The Sun. — London, England, 1859-03-11 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY J.,'" AY. I SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, Two o'CLoc7C, The markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce during the last few days have been very inactive, and prices, in some instances, have slighly receded. Tea has been at steady rates, notwithstanding the extensive sales of damaged goods that have taken Place. Coffee, of good quality, brought fully former values, but inferior descriptions were a shade lower. British West India sugar has been in limited demand, chiefly for home consumption, and °ply the better qualities realised previous rates. Rice continues very dull, and lower prices are now c urrent. Fruit, spices, and saltpetre have been dealt in to a limited extent, at about former rates ; and in tallow there has been scarcely any business reported., P.Y.C. on the spot being dull, at 525. to 428 . 3d. per cwt. At the public sales of Foreign and Colonial wool there has been rather more ani - Illation owing to the improved character of political affairs on the continent, and the quotations realised at the commencement of the sales have been fully 611PPorted. Tile Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed ' I.IIII Y, and the previous advance was fully sup- Ported. The sales were estimated at 10,000 bales. 4311 the Stock Exchange a fair amount of business Wa-s transacted in railway shares, and prices were without any important variation. On the 30th inst. the half-yearly interest is due 1)11 the 6 per cent. and 3 per cent. Chilian Bonds, 4114 on the 31st on Danish 3 per Cents. The applications for discount accommodation in t onhard-street continue moderate, and, as lower rates are charged there than at the Bank of Eng land, the authorities of that establishment obtain "IY a limited share of the bills brought forward fo r negotiation. The general charge for first-class Paper is 21 per cent., the market having acquired rather more firmness during the last few days. At the Stock Exchange there is still an excessive sup- Ply, and some difficulty is found in finding bor rowers on Government Stock at 4 or 1 per cent. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer l'era, which leaves on the 12th for Bombay, will take out £384,925 in silver. At the Bank of England yesterday there were to bullion operations of importance. The dollars brought by the last West India steamer have been disposed of at 601 d. per ounce, showing a decline of Id. on the price realised in the early Part of last month. A resolution was passed at the Royal Swedish Railway Company to-day to postpone the issue of the new obligations. The usual half-yearly meeting of the East Anglian Railway Company took place to-day. The report showed a falling off in the last six months of XBB9 .‘ BB9 3s. 7d., arising from the depression in the B.r alh trade and the consumption of coals. The gross revenue for the half year was £25,813 11d., and the working expenses of the Eastern 'ennties Company, £11,476 11s. ld., leaving a u °lance of £14,337 4s. 10d., which was devoted to Interest on the bonds:on A and B stocks ; and a sufficient amount was also apportioned for the C st ock at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The r eport was adopted. There has been some variation in the market for P ublic Securities to-day, but, considering the 1110vements on the Paris Bourse, the Funds have be en better maintained than might have been anticip a t e d. A slight decline has nevertheless ta ken place, Consols being 96 to 961 for money, 1111 d 9 61 1 for the account. India Loan Debentures lave advanced to 99 and 991 ; ditto Bonds to 20s. P t eln• ; Exchequer Bills are 355. to 38s. prem. ; a nd Long Annuities are marked 1 3-16ths. Several transactions have been recorded in !Foreign Securities, and prices remain without any i mportant variation. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 93 t° 93 k; ditto, New Loan, 791 - to 7917 and the 4 per d ents. are steady at 1031; Mexican at 20 ; Peru lian 41 per Cents. at 911 ; ditto Uribarren at 84 and ditto Dollar Bonds at 82 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. are firm at 441 to 45 ; ditto Deferred at 301 ; V enezuelan Deferred are flat at 171. The New Austrian Loan is 1 to 3 dis. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., give the following IS the prices of the American. Securities Redeemable. Prices. tT i, 4 ited States 6 per Cents..... 1867-1868 4 Je. 6 per Cent Bonds .. ... 1868 99 100 .t . labama 5 per Cent. Bonds.. 78 80 ' k elltlicky 6 per Cent. Bonds.. 1868-72 90 92 ZerYland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds 95 97 Bassachusetts 5 per Cent. Str. Bonds 0 • P ennsylvania 6 p er C en t. Stock lBB6 96 98 e , lll lsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock — 82 83 Teutsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 ,86 87 v erMessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers 83 85 I grginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886 - 84 86 tulip-b. 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888 85 87 h °. ton 5 per Cent: St. Bonds 90 92 Mnois Central 7 per Cent. il-,9ttois Central 6 per Cent. 1875 _77 79 4. ultois Central 7 per CenV. (Freelands) jJ?. shares, 60 dols. paid Voehlgan Central 8 per Cent .. do. s h ares . New York Central 6 per Ct., New convertible .. York Central 7 per Ct , Convertible, from June 15, 1857_59 1864 93 95 O. do . 73 75 N ew York and Erie, 7 per Ct., 3 d mortgage 1883 67 68 N ew York and Erie 7.per Ct., convertible 1862 35 37 N ew York and Erie, 7 per Ct., Do fund . 1875 35 37 - Jo do, shar es P l 3 15 P anama 7 per Ct., Ist mort gagel, Str. Bonds, not cony 1859 100 102 `ie. do., Ist. do. LI the Railway Share Market there has been rather less buoyancy. Prices, in several instances, h aving given way about 4 per cent. on yesterday's Quotations. Great Northern, Midland, and North Eastern (Berwick), have declined about s s. ; and 4 4aueashire and Yorkshire, 10s. ; Caledonians and gastern Counties have improved ss. ; and Brighton and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10s. ; C hester and Holyhead, Great Western, South Vestern, and North British brought about runner rates. 1860 81 83 37 35 dis 1869 83 85 45 50 1883 The Foreign lines have been very inactive, and Lombardo-Venetian declined about 10s. for both the old shares and the new. In the Colonial Market, Grand Trunk of Canada have receded to 36 and 36k. Great Western of Canada are steady at 161; East Indian at 1051 1051, and Great Indian Peninsula at 1021. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, and show little variation from previous rates. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. lier Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 96 Lon g Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 1 -16 I ndia Stock 1, - 'to Debentures A Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO D itto under 11,000 ..... ' -o nsols for Account / 20 ft 6 March. June. , s xchequ er Bill s , £l,OOO, 2d. & 1/d.. 3' 378 1 itt° Small, lid. I . "zellequer Bonds, 1859, 31 per Cant ... • 100 a FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bra zilian 5 per Cent Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 9 4/. Bueno s Apes, 6 per Cent ..... "- Ditto Ac co unt 791 D anish, 1825, 3 per Cent. i ti .' c luad. or New Consolidated - .Leaman 3 per Cent — p erl:htto Account .. 20 uvian 4-1 per Cent 9l Ditto (Uribarren), 4/ per Cent ii, 11 -Rsian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent lOll / xd Ditto 4/ per Cent. S panish 3 per Cent 441 Ditto Account ~, Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 4 nrjrish 6 per Cent 93 Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ir yitto Account ellezuelan 5 per Cent. — Ditto Deferred Dividends on the above payable in Lon don. I , ll strian, 10 Fl, 5 per Cent. 7Ol D inh Exchange 12 Guil. 2/ per Cent — Peruvian Certificates, 4 per Cent. Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s B2 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 96 / : Consols for Account (April) The proceeds of Mr. Spurgeon's Edinburgh 4 4° , 48 „ft have, after paying Spu r r exps, amounted to about tiLo• Of this £ 22o oes to Mr. pgeon's new tabernacle, uu. to Dr. Begg, and £lO5 to the Young Men's Christian /Istituto. The speculation has been so remunerative that NPf : aY,after a sufficient time has glided past, have it tried again ; but it is hoped that, now that the Edinburgh folks got their curiosity satisfied, they will be more rigid in i rgull: of the propriety of these sacred vress. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS, Share' Railways. 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost., and Eastern Junction Belfkst and Ballymena fir., Wol., and Str. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passa,ge Cornwall Do. A (A meg. no div Do. B j l until6p.c.per an hasbeen pd. toB Dublin and Belfast June Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc ;East Anglian 'Eastern Counties 13.14 Stock; Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Doacw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Rent East Lancashire Stock East Suffolk • • Do !Editthrg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn ;Great North of Scotland Great Northern I Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) ,Great Western 'Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk. Irish South Eastern.... 10 1613 4' Stock Lancaster and Carlisle. Do. Thirds IDo. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newis Pl. at 25105p.5h Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L 'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Stock Stock '1 Stock 124 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock 'Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock] Stock' Stock 25 Stock Stock IDo. Birming. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Ne.astle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def ) Newry, Warpt., & Ros 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 I Sittingbourne & 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 & Kilkennvl 'Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall • W-end Lon. Si Cry. Pal. Do.A.—Arecy.nodiv.till ~.. p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London I Do. Ist Class IDo. 2d Class P a id . I Closing I Business Price. all 100 3i 100 100 100 100 100 1613 4 100 100 100 E 3 is, 174 all all 100 all all all 22f 7 16f 100 100 6 61 i Sj 62 64 11 111 31 83 93 94 85 851 481 49s 94 8 14 lafr 9 1 8f 100 100 all all all 5 13 9 150 66 61 45 47 31 33 15 Witt 1021 3 89 all all all all all 911 1 1 4 7 101 12} 3} d 13 14 1 7 8 33 34 571 8 Da i 67i 8} 1121 13 25i 6 5} 6f 93 1 1 1 1 38 i 100 1 I i i 591 1 9 92 I f 2 1 ; 01 i 110 112 261 271 81 85 46 47 31 24d 18 39 71i 12 61 66 12 14 38 72 64 5 70 75 ri i 22 3 6 6} 14 16 93 94 71i 72 27 27 95 97 10 loa 1024 103 88 90 [33 134 104 106 574 571 55 57 85 90 12 13 R 12 13 p 95 95} 67 69 112 113 95 054 1 93 934 3 Fi 38 2 id [OOl 1001, 75 77 11i 12 60 62 d 584 59 8 11 37 38 Stock Stock PREFERENCE SHARES. Railways. Blythe and Tyne 1C per c. pref. (issued at £5O) 'Brix. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock IDo. do. do. Shares 'Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc IDo. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. iDun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. !E.Angn. Class A 7& spc iDo. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coun. Ex. 5 pet. No.l Do. do N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock l Eastern Union, 4 per ct. East Lane. 6 per et E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent Glas. &S West. cr a. spc Great Northern, 5 p. ct Do. sRedm.,lop.c.pm pe Do. 44 p. c. do. do. R edm.,s pc. pm Gt. NIL of Scotld, Ist pf (Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 1 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 4i pet. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do.. . Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Prof. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares 'Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct. Do. do. 5 p c. No. 4 L on. & N. W. Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, shs. Londondy.& Ennis 1 sh. & Lin., 6 p. ct. Do. 26 Do. 31 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent all 100 Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do. Con. Bris.&Bir.6 p.ct Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Ilit.pref. it. Newport,Aber,&c. pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c.p m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p. c. sh area Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB4 Do. 54 p. C. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Vl4l.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, goo. 5 per cent Nth .Dev. Rail. & D sk. Co. 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.lB46 80. York, H. & S. Parch. North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua. Do. 4i p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 34 per a. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6 ) Do per cent Do. Fixed 4p.c.lst is Do. New do., 2d issue. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua.l Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent.- 100 100 100 100 all 1 all Paid. 1 Crloriscein.g 49 61 94 96 1103 105 126 128 117 119 6 631 98 101 111 116 108 112 115 117 114 116 132 134 80 82 73 75 113 115 118 120 110 112 104 106 61 66 11 114 94 96 85 87 86 88 99 101 9 101 16 17 91 104 72 74 184 94 194 9.1 14 144 L4O 142 18 120 [6O 165 123 125 69 1 711 p 39 141 I ,01 103 P 94 96 Of Pi 111 111 9 9i 112 114 97 98 i d p 2 4 23 i 122 124 115 120 99 101 lot lot 24 25 102 101 ,102 104 161 17i 29 30 33 34 49 51 Share' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock. Stock Stock 1:4 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock St Oc l lc Stock Stock Stock los. 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 20 25) 25 Stock 34 50 i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. I pai d, Leasing I Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletehley Buckinghamshire Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val E.Lincolnshire,g.ap., l E Union,HarwichShs.l Do. Woodbridge 1 GI s.Barr.&Neils,Drct Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest' Hartlpool.Dek.datail Hull and Selby Sharei Do. Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gea• 4 1 1 et Do. 6 per cent Mfine.,Buxtn. &Matk Midsb. & Redcr, g. 6 p.c. Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. N ewmar kt.,BuryEx I guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent. • Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A Rovstn,Hitch.,k Shep Shf Roth.&Gol.g.sp.e. Shrewsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6p. c , Do. do. Wilts and Somerset.. wimbledon& Croydn. Share Docks. Stock Commercial lOO _ . Stock Do4perCent.Pref.Min lOO Stock East and West India lOO = Stock London lOO -- 93 Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO . • Stock Victoria 20 ,Do New lB Ln & N.W Ln & NAT Caledonin E.U.&E C Gt.Nerth. E.Counts. Caledoninl Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.Stlir Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do 1 Peto &Co Db. Norfolk Do. LN W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Connts. Do. Do. Do. L&N W 1 &L.Yk. j Do. GtNorth. 5 Lan.& Yk T Brassey M'Clean Stk.&Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgtn DOCKS. 98 100 102 104 17 18 143 145 41 4i Flog iii 64 66 115 120 92 93 96 98 II 57 59 1138 140 11 } 1 1t 90 92 8 9 I Paid 1 Closing I Business Price. Done. 143 4 109/ e i 54e 92} t 97} 6 1 1 la A•l4 t f THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY f' EVENING, MARCH 11, 1859. , THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. Estates Court (Ireland), in tie room of Judge Martley, lately deceased. THE PHCENIX MB PRISONERS. Mr., DEASY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whe ther there was any foundatbn for the statement which appeared in the Times, tha; letters from the persons accused of political offences in Ireland to their professional agent had been intercepted ordelayed by the Government? Lord NAAS said, with reference to the last question, from inquiry he had ascertainel that the practice alluded to prevailed throughout England. But, on the representation of Mr. Macarthy Downing, thedrofessional gentleman acting on behalf of the prisoners in question, he had given instruc • tions that any communications Si writing between them and him should not be opened. As related to the first question he was in favour of there being a third judge in the court mentioned, and the subject was under the consideration of the Government. ' Second Captain Robert Cade . ll, Madras Artillery. The promotion. of Captain John Temple, 12th Madras Native Infantry, to be Major in the Army, to bear'date 13th April, 1858, in lieu of 20th July, 1858, as stated in the Gazette of 28th Jan., 1859. The undermentioned Officers of her Majesty's Indian Array, who were promoted to the Brevet rank of Major, with the date erroneously of 20th July,lBsB, in the London Gazettes of 16th Nov., 1858, and 28th Jan., 1859, to have their Brevet Rank post dated to 28th August, 1858, being the day after they became Regimental Captains : Second Captain IV. Tod Brown, Bengal Artillery. Second Captain James Shaw Gibb, Bengal Artillery. Second Captain Richard Pittman, Bombay Artillery. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 7. Corps of Royal Marines.--First Lieutenant and Adjutant Henry George Elliot to be Captain, vice Rider, retired; Second Lieutenant Edward Charles Sparshott to be First Lieutenant, vice Elliot, promoted. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. West Riding of Yorkshire—The Hon. Francis Stuart Wortley to be Deputy Lieutenant. Durham Artillery Regiment of Militia —John James de la Taste, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. 90th or Highland Borderers' Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Lieut. J. F. Bennett to be Captain, vice Macfar lane, resigned ; Ensign W. J. B. Ruler to be Lieutenant, vice Bennett, promoted. (The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday last, the Bth inst.) East Kent Regiment of Militia—George Shirley Max • , well, Adjutant of the said Regiment, to serve with the rank of Captain. BANKRUPTS. Robert Wheeler, oil and colourman, 58, Crawford-street, Bryanston-square, to surrender March 24, at half-past eleven, and April 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, John Elliott, blacksmith, Farnham, Surrey, March 25 and April 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Lambert, tailor, Nottingham, March 22 and April 19, at eleven, at the the Shirehall, Nottingham. William Jolliffe Gregory victualler, Kingweston, March 21 and April 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Jonah Jenkins, shoe maker, Llanharran, Glamorgan shire, March 22, and April 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Thomas Slator, grocer, Paddington, March 28 and April 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Weston Bendel, carman, Minories, March 25, at one, and April 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Hunt, miller and baker, Warwick, March 28 and April 18, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Edward Lacey, builder, Horwick, Derbyshire, March 23 and April 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.. Francis Witton Huggins and Charles Witton Huggins, wine merchants, Derby, March 22, and April 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Thomas Le'ake, jun., furniture dealer, Nottingham, March 22 and April 19, at eleven, at the Shirehall, Not tingham. Edward Hawkes, tobacconist, Birmingham, March 21, and April 18, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Joseph Baxter, builder, Birmingham, March 26, and April 16, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. =Walter Boutsher Masters, draper, Hackney-road, March 25 and April 29, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. George Morris, licensed victualler, King Edward-street, Newgate-street, City, March 23, at half-past twelve, and April 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING), The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. Earl, GREY said, in consequence of a communication he had received from the noble earl opposite (Derby), he should withdraw his motion upon the subject of the lonian Islands. His opinion remained the same, although the noble earl said that injury would be done to the public service by a discussion of the subject. The Earl of DERBY said he should not have requested the noble earl to withdraw his motion had he not been convinced that the public service would suffer from grant ing the papers wished for at the present moment. He would avail himself of the present opportunity of ex pressing his high sense of the public spirit which had in duced Mr. Gladstone to undertake the mission, at much personal inconvenience. Beyond the payment of his actual e apenses, Mr. Gladstone had only accepted his mission on the •condition that he should receive no remuneration. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. In reply to a question from Earl ST. GERMANS, The Earl of MALMESBURY said ho had no official information respecting certainproclamations refeming to the Hospodar of Wallacha which had appeared in the public prints. A conference would shortly sit at Paris on the subject, and the subject would be taken into the fullest consideration. DEBTOR AND CREDITOR BILL. On bringing up the report of the amendments to this bill, Lord ST. LEONARDS moved the insertion of a clause relating to sequestration of clergymen's livings. The Bishop of LONDON said he could not approve of the clause, but he should not oppose its introduction. He would much rather the whole subject was left to the Lord Chancellor to be dealt with in a separate 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 : Banff, Macduff, and Turriff Junction Railway ; Formartine and Buchan Railway ; Leominster and Kingtou Railway ; and Swansea Vale Railway. The Red Sea Telegraph Company Bill went through committee and was ordered for third reading. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented, praying that the Mini sterial Reform Bill might be rejected ou the second reading as totally inadequate to meet the requirements, and an in sult to the common sense, of the community ; against the Highways Bill ; for the introduction of vote by ballot in any measure of Parliamentary Reform ; for the admission of Dissenters to the same rights as members of the Established Church ; and for inquiry into the subject of the Newfoundland fisheries. BELFAST LUNATIC ASYLUM. Mr. DAVISON moved for a copy of the correspondence which passed between the lord lieutenant of Ireland and the governor of the Belfast district lunatic asylum, re lating to certain alleged errors in the report of the commis sioners of inquiry into the state of the lunatic asylums of Ireland regarding the Belfast asylum —Agreed to. DWELLING HOUSES (SCOTLAND. Mr. BAXTER moved for an address for return from each burgh in Scotland showing, from the valuation roll under the Lands Valuation Act, the number of dwelling houses of £lO real rent and upwards occupied by male householders ; also the number occupied by male house holders at £B, and under £lO ; the number at £6, and under £8 ; the number at £5, and under £6 ; the number at £4, and under £5 ; the number at £3, and under £4 ; the num ber at £2, and under £3 ; and the number under £2. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (EAST INDIES AND CEYLON). Mr. GROGAN moved for a return of the names, sala • ries, date of appointment, and nature of office of judicial officers, law officers of the Crown, and other principal officers connected with the administration of justice in the East Indian possessions of the Crown and in Ceylon ; and specifying such officers as shall have belonged to the legal profession in England, Ireland, and Scotland respectively. —Agreed to. FIRE INSURANCE. On the motion of Mr. GREER, the following- was ordered :—Return of all sums paid into the Inland Revenue Office in Great Britain and Ireland, for duty on insurance against fire, for the quarters ending severally the 25th March, 24th June, 29th September, and 25th December, 1858 (in continuation of Parliamentary paper, No. 365, of Session 1858). REFORMATORIES, SCHOOLS, &c. Mr. BLACK moved for an address for return showing the amounts of grants which have been made by the com mittee of her Majesty's Privy Council on Education, to reformatories, ragged industrial schools, or any other institutions, under whatever designation, in England and Scotland, in accordance with the minute dated the 2d day of June, 1856, from that date to the 31st day of December, 1857 :-1. The name and character of the school or institution, and where situated; 2d. The number in each school respectively on account of whom the grants have been made; 3d. The amount for capitation grant of 50s. ; 4th. Amount in aid of teachers' salaries ; sth. Amount in aid of rent ; 6th. Amount in aid of purchase of tools and raw materials for labour ; 7th. Average amount for each pupil ; Bth. Amount in aid of building.—Agreed to. THE FRANCHISE. Lord VANE TEMPEST gave notice that on the motion for the second reading of the Ministerial Parliamentary Reform Bill, he would move that persons who had £2O in the savings banks, and other persons not included in the present bill, should be admitted to the exercise of the franchise. THE BALLOT. Mr. H. BERKELEY gave notice that when Lord J. Russell's amendment to the Government Reform Bill was brought forward he would avail himself of that opportunity to bring forward the question of the ballot, in order that it might receive full discussion. ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN THE PROFITS OF PIRACY. In reply to Mr. RIDLEY, Sir E. B. LYTTON said that a commission had been appointed to inquire into the charges against Mr. Caldwell for a participation in the profits of piracy at Hong Kong, and the despatch which had been received fully acquitted that gentleman. During the trial of the Queen v. William Tarrant, which took place at Hong Kong, in which it was sworn that certain papers im plicating Mr. Caldwell had been destroyed by order of Dr. Bridges, something had transpired that induced the Government to suspend Mr. Chisholm Anstey, the Attor ney-General of the colony. Dr. Bridges was not in the colonial service at present, and therefore Government had no control over him. Sir John Bowring's tenure of office had expired, and he had given directions to his successor to in stitute an inquiry into the conduct of the government officials at Hong Kong, amongst whom it appeared that there was a great laxity in the discharge of their duty. THE NEW RIFLED CANNON. Sir DE LACY EVANS asked the Secretary of State for War, whether it was the fact that only 250 of the ap proved new rifled cannon were at present ordered or expected to be constructed within the current year; and, if so, whether this arrang-ementwasnotinadequate to the pre sent wants of the Army and Navy and to the present aspect of European affairs ; and whether it would not be practica ble and more advisable for the Government to afford Sir William Armstrong greater proportional means of con struction, whereby he might be enabled to provide the country, within a short period, with a far greater number of these national defences ? The SECRETARY for WAR not being present no answer was returned to the question. THE MAGISTRACY OF THE COUNTY OF HUNTINGDON. On the motion that the house on its rising do adjourn until Monday, • Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he could explain the cause of the recent large additionto themagistracy of the county ofHuntingdon. It appeared that there were,rore magistrates in that county than policemen. Recently there had been added to the list of the magistrates in Huntingdon no less than six, of whom two were civilians and four clergymen. In the selection several gentlemen of liberal politics and high respectability had been passed over, and persons who did not occupy the same position appointed. One of the gentlemen was a brewer who had public-houses in every village of the county, and a question might arise as to whether he was an eligible per son to sit on the bench when questions relating to licenses were brought before the consideration of the magistrates. Some were of opinion that these appointments were made on political grounds, and it was desirable that information should bp afforded to the public on the subject. Mr. S; ESTCOURT said that he had not been able to obtain information from the lord lieutenant of the county with respect to these appointments, but he had applied to the Lord Chancellor, and, so far as he could understand, the gentlemen were very well qualified to fill the office of magistrate, both from position and local knowledge. The hon. member was incorrect in his state ment with reference to the last six appointments, for they included three laymen. It was natural for the lord lieutenant of the county to give the preference to persons of his own political sentiments in his selection for the magistracy, a practice that prevailed in every part of the kingdom. He did not know whether the magistrates in Huntingdon exceeded the number of police- men in the locality, but if they did it was not an unusual circumstance. The magistrates for the county were 33 in number, and he believed that all their services were required. With regard to one of the gentleman being a brewer, any improper influence on his part with reference to licensing was provided against by act of Parliament, as he was not entitled to take a part in the magesterial proceedings where his business interests were concerned. After a few remarks from General PEEL and Mr. FEL LOWES who vindicated the appointments in question, and denied that they all took part against the Liberal candi dates, Sir J. WALSH denied the accuracy of the statement of the right hon. gentleman (Mr. S. Estcourt) that lord tenants throughout the country were influenced in the magisterial appointments by political motives. After a few words from Sir J. PAKINOTON the subject dropped. BURNING CHAPELS AT TRAVANCORE. Sir ANDREW ilielecre tt.try of State for India with respect to the burning of Mis sion Chapels ; the ill-treatment of missionaries and native converts ; the interruption of low caste funerals by men of high caste ; and the alleged couduct of the British resident. Lord STANLEY said that no official information had been received on the subject, and in the absence of such he did not think it would be right to enter into any explana tion in reference to the matter. Ile trusted the house would suspend judgment until the arrival of the necessary information in this country. CHURCH RATES (ABOLITION) BILL Mr. SCHNEIDER said 'he trusted the Chancellor of the Exchequer would appoint a day for the second reading of this bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex pressed his willingness to accede to the request of the hon. member. He could not, however, appoint any evening sitting for tho second reading of the bill, but would name Tuesday next for that purpose. 6 LANDED ESTATES COURT (IRELAND.) Mr. JOHN FITZGERALD asked the Chief Secietary for Ireland whether it was the intention of Government to recommend the appointment of a third judge of the Landed HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY. Mr. 'HADFIELD asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government intend: to bring in a bill to enable serjeants, barristers at law, attonies, and solicitors to prac tise in the High Court of Admiralty, without compensation to proctors ; and whether the yearly compensation to proctors and other officers of the late ecclesiastical courts, made and to be made under the late act had been ascertained, and if so, the probable yearly amount thereof, and what yearly amount had been received by way of contribution, in fees or otherwise, in diminution of such compensation to proctors and other officers, and of the new Court of Probate, from suitors and parties proving wills and taking out ad ministrations ; and what may beths probable yearly amount of the expenses of the said Court of Probate, and of the compensation of proctors and other officers. [LEFT SPEAR:I)7G.] LONDON GAZEW.E-(THIS EVENING) WAR- OFFICE, MARCH 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings, Knt., C. 8., sometime Principal Storekeeper of the Ord nance, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Ceminanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. WHITEHALL, MARCH 9. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing the Right Honourable Sir John Somerset Pakington Bart ; Vice- Admiral William Fanshawe Martin ; Vice-Admiral the Honourable Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, K.C,B. ; Rear- Admiral Alexander Milne, • Captain the Honour able Swynfen Thomas Carnegie, K.C.8. d.8. ; and the Honour able Frederick Lygon, to be her Majesty's Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and territories, thereunto belonging. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 10. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. W. S. May as Consul at Liverpool for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Juan Antonio Arglich as Consul at Newcastle-upon-Tyne for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. DOWNINQ-STREET, MARCH 9. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Samuel Mitchell, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Island of Grenada, and Henry Grattan Bushe. Esq., to be Inspector of Police for the Island of Trinidad. CROWN OFFICE, MARCH 9. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR- LIAMENT. Borough of Tewkesbu;;:fie Hon. Frederick Lygon, of Madresfield Court, in the county of Worcester, one of the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral. County of Wilts—Northern Division.—The Right Hon. Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron Estcourt, of Estcourt, in the county of Gloucester,, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. MARCH 10. County of Sussex—Western Division.—The Right Hon. Charles Henry Gordon Lennox (commonly called Earl of March), President of the Poor Law Board. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 11. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Thomas Rumbold Richard son, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Bruce, who was appointed to the 17th Light Dragoons, receiving the difference between the two Com missions. ,st Dragoons—William Lawrence Twentyman, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Costobadie, promoted rth Light Dragoons—Cornet and Adjutant John Mould to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Cornet Charles H. Baillie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Viscount Royston, whose promotion by purchase on 11th January, 1859, has been cancelled. Military Train—Surgeon William Walter Weld, from the 47th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Fenwick Martin Twed dell, placed upon half-pay. Royal Artillery—Surgeon Richard Valpy De Lisle, from the 4th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Warren, deceased; Assistant-Surgeon William Taylor Morgan, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Franklyn, pro motel on the Staff. Grenadier Guards—Ensign James T. Richard Lane Fox, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir Henry Fletcher, Bart., who retires. Ist Regiment of Foot—Edward Croker Frings, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Sneyd, appointed to . the 21stFOot. 4th Foot—Surgeon Henry Fisher, from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice De Lisle, appointed to the Royal Artillery. 6th Foot—Lieutenant John Edward Tewart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dowglasse, who retires; Lieutenant Richard Bolton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Catty, promoted ; James Bannatyne Blair, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Butler, deceased. 7th Foot—Charles James Hayter, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Lloyd, promoted. 10th Foot—Rodney Stuart Riddell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bourke, promoted in the 18th Foot. 12th Foot—William Lawson Saunder, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gosselin, who has resigned. 19th Foot—Alexander Bredin, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Kirby, promoted. 21st Foot—John Hornby Collor, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 25th Foot—Lieutenant E. A. T. Cunynghame to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Brown, who retires ; Ensign N. C. Ramsay to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cunyng hame, who retires. 26th Foot—William Barton Wade, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Turner, promoted. 30th Foot—Ensign John William Green to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hampton, who retires. 41st Foot—Ensign Ashton Henry Warner to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Smith, deceased. 44th Foot—William John Edward Graham Sutherland, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Trimmer, promoted. 45th Foot—The promotion of Ensign O'Neil to be ante dated to March 16, 1858, and to be vice Lieutenant Barnes, promoted in the 14th Foot, and not as stated in the Gazette of July 23, 1858 ; the promotion of Ensign C. B. Steward to be antedated to July 23, 1858, and to be vice Lieut. Rowland, promoted in the 22d Foot, and not as stated in the Gazette of Sept. 1 7, 1858 ; the promotion of Ensign Smith to be antedated to Sept. 17, 1853, and to be vice Lieutenant Walker, promoted in the 21st Foot; Henry James Burford Hancock, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Westby, who has resigned. 47th Foot—Surgeon William Singleton, M.D., from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Weld, appointed to the Mili- tary Train. 50th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant Charles Richard King to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Ensign George Henry Turner to be Lieutenant. by purchase, vice Hudson, who retires. 51st Foot—Francis Barnston, Gent, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Burton, deceased. 53d Foot—Ensign John Charles Bell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice H. R. M. Wilson, deceased ; Charles Henry Bonney, Gent., is be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bell. 56th Foot--Lieutenant Samuel Henry Harford to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Pye Pye, who retires. 61st Foot--Surgeon Herbert Taylor Reade, from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Stewart, who exchanges. 66th Foot—George Dalton Michell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mardon, promoted. 71st Foot—Ensign John Boulderson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mounsey, promoted. 80th Foot—Ensign George Weir Cosens to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pattisson, who retires ; Ensign R. Cuninghame C. Graham to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bennett, who retires. 98th Foot—Ensign Charles Edward Woodward, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Blackett, promoted. Rifle Brigade—The Honourable Thomas Charles Scott to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Broadbent, promoted; Charles Fairfield, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hook, promoted. 3d West India Regiment—Rifle Instructor Richard 'Web ster to be Ensign, without purchase, vico Waugh, ap pointed to the 9th Foot. - - Cape Mounted Rifles—Ensign Edward Yewd Brabant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice W. Henry Peel, pro moted, by purchase, in the Ceylon Rifle Regiment. HOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon Ludovic Charles Stewart, from the 61st Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Reade, who exchanges. Assistant-Surgeon Henry Bowles Franklyn, M.D., from the Royal Artillery, to be Surgeon, vice Singleton, ap pointed to the 47th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon John Phillips Cunningham, M.D., from the 45th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Fisher, appointed to the 4th Foot. VETERINARY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Acting Veterinary-Surgeon Joseph Dulloy has boen per mitted to resign his appointment. BREVET. Major Gravenor Kirby, Bengal Artillery, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel in the Army. TO BE MAJORS IN TILE ARMY. Captain James Thomas Walker, Bombay Engineers. Captain Thomas Harmer Sibley, 62d Bengal Native In fantry. Captain William Maxwell, Bengal Artillery. Captain Folliott Walker Baugh, 26th Bengal Native Infantry. Captain Francis Geach Crossman, 45th Bengal Native Infantry. _ _ Captain Charles St. George Brownlow, 15th Bengal Native Infantry. Captain Frederick Octavius Sainsbury, Ist Bengal Euro pean Fusiliers. Captain Arthur Bunny, Bengal Artillery. Captain George Alexander Renny, Bengal Artillery, Captain George Hutchinson, Bengal Engineers. Captain Osborn Wilkinson, 4th Bengal European Light Cavalry. Second Captain William Wilson, Bengal Artillery. Second Captain Edward Walker Ellis Walker, Bengal Artillery. Second Captain Henry Parlett Bishop, Bengal Artillery. Second Captain John Sabatier Frith, Bengal Artillery. Second Captain William Wilberforce Harris Greathed, Bengal Engineers. Second Captain Frederick Richards Maunsell, Bengal Engineers._ _ _ Second Captain George Edward Watson, Bengal Engi neers. Second Captain James Frederick Tennant, Bengal Engi neers, Second Captain Julius George Medley, Bengal Engi neers. Second Captain James John McLeod Ines, Bengal En gineers. Second Captain George Tomkyns Chesney, Bengal En gineers. Second Captain William Edmund Warrand, Bengal En gineers. _ _ Second Captain Henry Alexander Brownlow, Bengal Engineers, Second Captain Patrick Stewart, Bengal Engineers. Second Captain Charles Scott, Madras Engineers, Second Captain John Archibald Ballard, Bombay En gineers. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 9th day of March, 1859: ISSUE DEPARTMENT, Notes issued £33,721,015 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 19,246,015 Silver Bullion .... - tL33,721,015 .f 33,721,016 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in - eluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis - niissioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- , EPARTUNT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £18,696,147 Other Securities 16,474,750 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 705,007 counts) 8,741,162 Other Deposits 13,440,220 Seven Day and other Bills 776,706 £41,160,909 i £41,160,909 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated March 10,1330. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made iu the week ending the Bth day of March, 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Per cwt. From the British possessions in America 28s bid Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 28s 9fd Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 31s 3fd Average price of the foregoing 29s d COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This DAY. Amsterdam :- Ditto Rotterdam — 11 171 11 17/ Antwerp Brussels — 25 30 25 35 Hamburgh Paris _ _ _ ___ Ditto ... Marseilles . 3 Months. 25 30 25 _321 25 35 25 _37i Frankfort on Maine Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Genoa 117 i 11 1.5 11 18 35i 49 49 29 70 2.5 45 118 11 25 11 28 35 4 49 9 29 '2f 25 521 Naples Palermo — Messina — Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — _ 40 1191 120 52 52i 40k 120 1 1201 52, 53i E.I. Co's big. House Ns. 60d Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 24i Bombay ditto Madras ditto — 26 24} East India Company s Bills drawn, from the 24th ult. to the Bth inst. Bengal £o 0 0 Madras 0 0 0 Bombay £0 0 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 5 1 THE GOVERNMENT REFORM BILL. GREAT MEETING IN THE CITY-(THIS DAY.) A public meeting of the citizens of London was held this day, at two o'clock, in the Guildhall, for the purpose of taking into consideration the Re form Bill introduced into Parliament by her Ma jesty's Government. Long before the hour fixed for the commence ment of the meeting the hall was densely crowded. Mr. Ernest Jones was amongst the crowd, appa rently not having been able to procure a ticket for admission to the platform ; there appeared also to be a good sprinkling of " non-electors" present in obedience to the circular issued by Mr. Jones for them to attend and support him in his endeavours to advocate their interest. Two o'clock was the hour fixed ; at which hour the Lord Mayor entered the hall, and took the chair, accompanied by Sir J. Duke, M.P., Mr. Crawford, M.P., Baron Rothschild, M.P., Mr. D. W. Harvey, Mr. Sergeant Parry, Mr. W. Leaf, Mr. Ingram Travers, Mr. Hall, Mr. Tite, M.P., Mr. Cox, M.P., Mr. Briscoe, M.P., and about 100 other gentlemen of influence. Lord J. Russell was not present. The LORD MAYOR, in opening the proceedings, said the present meeting had been convened in con sequence of a requisition signed by upwards of 900 gentlemen. He trusted the meeting would give a patient hearing to each speaker. Mr. SAMUEL MORLEY, on coning forward, said he regretted that, owing to the absence of gentle men who generally took a prominent part in politics, he had been called upon to move the first resolu tion, which was as follows : " That the Reform Bill submitted by the Government to the House of Commons is unworthy of the acceptance of the citizens of London, as a settlement of the claims of the country to a just and comprehensive measure of re form, inasmuch as it disfranchises those electors who now possess county votes in respect of property situate in boroughs, and enables the proprietors of freeholds within boroughs to vote without requiring their personal presence at the polling place, or their residence in the borough ; and because it does not provide the protection of the ballot for the electors—does not extinguish any of the small and cor rupt boroughs—does not assign any increase in the number of their representati' es to those leading boroughs in the metropolis, and throughout the country, which are now so inadequately represented ; and lastly, because it does not confer votes upon those large portions of the working classes who have shown themselves fully competent to exercise the franchise. This meeting, therefore, is of opinion that the bill ought to be rejected on its second reading." The bill he looked upon as a complete failure. It in reality settled nothing. The glaring inequalities of the present system were left untouched. The Tower Hamlets, with its 25,000 electors, would still remain only equal to Thetford, Arundel, and Caine., which would still return three aristocratic nomi nees. (Cheers and hisses.) There were a number of fanciful franchises erected, but they would b e utterly worthless. The ballot was ignored, and in its stead a system of voting papers was sub stituted. Such a circumsta nce of itself wa s enough to justify the rejec tion of the bill. H e regretted the absence of many gentlemen who ought to have attended, because it showed th ere was not that unanimity which it was so desirable should exist. Ho called upon the meeting to agree to the resolution, and thus show that they were determined to have a complete and thoroughly effi cient measure. (Loud cheers.) Mr. P. A. TAYLOR said he had grea t pl easure in seconding the resolution. He th oug ht th e bill was a sham and a delusion, and that the sooner it was got rid of the better. Th ey h a d h ear d a grea t deal about different reform bills, but the bill that would meet with the acceptance of the country was that whic h would confer the greatest amount of freedom ontthe electors. Lord John Russell had a bill, but without it was a large and comprehen r , sive measure it would be rejected. The country would never submit to the leadership of any person who entertained narrow_ and confined ideas on the subject of reform. (Cheers.) The LORD MAYOR was then about to put the resolution when Mr. Ernest Jones advanced in front of the platform and asked permission tospeak before he did. so. This was - a signal for the'com mencement of a tremendous uproar. The Lord Mayor said he would take the sense of the meeting as to Mr. Jones being heard. A scene of great confusion ensued, during which time Mr. •Jones made his way to the platform, but he very shortly after quitted the hall without addressing the meeting amidst loud cries of "Smithfield, Smithfield." For some time it was impossible to restore order, but, upon its being done, the Lord Mayor put the resolution and declared it carried unanimously. Mr. Sergeant PARRY then came:forward to move the second resolution, which was to the effect that a petition to Parliament be drawn up, founded on the foregoing resolution, and forwarded to Lord John Russell for presentation, and that the other members be requested to support it. The learned gentlemen denounced the Government bill as a sham and a delusion, and as one that ought to be scouted by every honest and sincere reformer in the coun try. Its provisions curtailed the franchise instead of extending it, and the working man was left in a worse position than he was before. He thought that as the working classes were the producers of the national wealth they ought to have a voice in the national representation, and that no Reform Bill should be accepted which excluded them from their just rights. • (Loud cheers.) W. LEAF, Esq., briefly seconded the resolution. The LORD MAYOR put the resolution to the meeting and it. was carried. His lordship said Baron Rothschild, Sir J. Duke, and Mr. Crawford were present, but Lord John Russell had sent a letter of apology, (Hisses.) The letter of his lordship was as follows : " Chesham-place, March 9, 1859. " Sir,—ln answer to your letter respecting a public meeting of the citizens of London on Friday next, I beg to state that as we are within ten days of the discussion on the Government Reform Bill in Parliament, I think it will be best that I should reserve the expression of my opinions for the House of Commons. lam glad, however, that my e on _ stituents are going to meet to express their own views. It is my conviction that if the bill were to pass in its present shape the disfranchisement of the freeholders, where property is situate in the boroughs, would deprive the counties of their most liberal element, and would enable landholders to revive in small boroughs all the evils which prevailed before 1832. " The proposal of voting by written papers would facili tate transactions the most dangerous to the independence of such boroughs. " The refusal to extend the franchise to the industrious classes in towns is another invidious and noxious quality of this bill.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) " J. RUSSELL. " S. Morley, Esq." Sir J. DUKE then came forward and said his political views were pretty well known. He had always supported the ballot, the abolition of Church-rates, and other liberal measures — (cheers)—and he thought the Government Re form Bill ought not to be allowed to be read a second time. (Cheers, and cries of " Mantle, Mantle.") He had great pleasure in moving a vote of thanks to his lordship, who had come forward at some inconvenience to preside at the meeting. (Cheers, hisses, and cries of " Mantle, Mantle.") Baron ROTHSCHILD came forward to second the motion, but the meeting refused to hear him. The hon. member stood forward some time, but seeing that all attempts to address the meeting were hope less, retired ' • upon which a man named Bradlough endeavoured to make himself heard above the tumult that prevailed. Cries of " Forward, forward," arose from all parts of the hall, and upon the speaker attempting to comply with the wishes of his party, he was unceremoniously seized by one of the City Marshals, who with great violence thrust him into one of the adjoining rooms. Another tremendous burst of indignation followed, amidst which the Lord Mayor dissolved the meeting. Upon 1111. Bradlough making his appearance on the steps in the hall leading to the Court of Alder men, he was vociferously cheered by the mob re maining in the place. He was proceeding to address the meeting in the usual Hyde park style, when the police made their appearance, and marched in single file to the back of the speaker. The crowd imagining that some forcible steps to clear the hall were about to be taken, made a hasty retreat, and in a short time quietness again reigned in Guildhall. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. Business Done. 116} 114 sot 1I 118 110 11k 104 101 4 123 4 GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The London directors of this company, with a view to remove an erroneous impression which they believe prevails respecting the present and future position of the railway, state that the total capital set forth in the original prospectus as necessary to complete the line amounted to £9,500,000. The sum of £3,111,500 had been raised in bonds of the Province of Canada, the interest on which formed the first claim on the railroad. ' The remaining capital consists of the debentures and shares of the company. Alany circumstances arose, especially connected with the line between Montreal and Portland, which caused an expenditure not origi nally contemplated, and a junction of 22 miles in length has also been made between St. Mary's and London ; but, on the other hand, the Canadian Legislature liberally consented to forego all claims for interest on the amount of provincial bonds above stated until the original shareholders received 6 per cent. ; and the eastern portion of the line has been curtailed nearly 30 miles, causing a saving of about £250,000. The actual capital raised and expended to this date, on which interest is payable, is £8,426,200, which stands in the following order :- Ist, £2,000,000 preference debentures, 6 per cent. ; 2d, £2,144,600 ordinasy debentures, 6 per cent. ; 3d, £1,500,000 7 per cent. debentures ; 4th, £2,781,600 consolidated stock. And authority is to be asked for at the meeting about to be held in Canada to raise the further sum of £1,111,500 by second preference debentures, under the powers granted by the Act of 1858, while sum, with ex isting assets, will be required to pay off present liabilities, and to open the whole line from Sarnia to Quebec and Riviere du Loup and to Portland, a total distance of 1,057 miles, including the Victoria bridge. The cost, therefore, of the railway to the shareholders, equipped with working stack, and including the bridge, will be about £lO,OOO per mile, a sum which the directors consider extremely moderate when it is remembered that all the works will be of the most substantial character, the bridges and viaducts being of stone and iron, that the Vietoria•bridge will cost £1,350,000, and that interest has been paid by 'the company during the construction of the works to the extent of L 1,200,090. The length of the line now open is 880 miles, and by October next the bridge and the extension to Sarnia, of 70 miles, will be ready for traffic ; and at the same time a railway in the State of Michi gan, between Port Huron, opposite to Sarnia, and Detroit, 55 miles in length, promoted in the interest of the Grand Trunk Railroad, and to be worked by it, will also be open. This railway completes the link with all the American railways extending west and south, thus forming a continuous line between Chicago and the eastern seaports of Quebec and Portland. The traffic to the present time has been almost entirely local. The receipts upon the portions of the line now open, 880 miles, have already exceeded the total amount originally looked for from that source over the whole length of the road. The gross amount calculated upon in the prospectus was £460,000 on 1,112 miles, or at the rate of XS per mile per week. The sum actually received in the two years 180 mand 1858 has been at the average rate of £ll per per week upon the whole distance as opened. In regard to the through traffic, the directors can see no reason for doubting the accuracy of the original calculations. The vast trade of the west has greatly increased during the last fe w y ears, as likewise the expo r t s and imports and the population of the province of Canada. A regular line of steam packet s b e t ween Quebec and Portland and Europe, shortly t o f orm aweekly communication, has been es t a bli s h e d . Th e Grand Trunk will thus form the best route to the Western States of America and the Red River set tlement of the Hudson's Bay Company, and ulti mately to British Columbia. Thegross revenue actually obtained on th e four principal lines, which have hitherto tran s p or t e d a large proportion of the traffic, averaged on the Michigan Central £3l 4s. per mile per week ; on the Great Western of Canada, £32 6s, ; on the New York and Erie, £46 10s. ; and on the New York Central, £49 16s. ; the average on th ese f our li nes exceeding £ 4O per mile per week. The directors have every confidence that the very moderate estimate of 130 per mile on the western and £3O on the eastern half, making an average on the whole line of £25 per mile per week, from the local and through traffic com bined, will be realised, and also that the working expenses under these circumstances will not exceed 50 per cent. of the . receipts. On the por tions of the line west of Toronto already opened the local receipts for the last few months have ex exceed £2O per mile per week, and the working expenses have been less than 50 per cent. As suming that the total capital on which interest will have to be paid may in round numbers be £10,000,000, the result will be as follows :—£2s per mile per week on 1,057 miles, £1,374,100; deduct ing 50 per cent. for working expenses, £687,050, would leave £687;050 ; from this deduct rent on Portland section, V 73,000 ; leaving a net profit of £614,050, or more than sufficient to pay 6 per cent. on the whole debenture and -share capital of the company. Under these circumstances the London directors in offering, without reserve, their views on the position of the railway, feel that the board have adopted the best and most equitable mode of raising the necessary funds by the proposed new issue of £1,111,500 second preference debentures, which,with the £2,000,000 of first preference already, issued, assume the position originally occupied by the provincial debentures of £3,111,500. THIS DAY'S MA.RKETS3O CORN EXCHANGgfr Fresh up to-day very little English tvit.af came liiitatd either from Essex or Kent. Although tlie-Shew of satnples was limited, the demand for all kinds ruled veri inac4ye'at Monday's decline in the quotations. 2 A full average quantity of foreign wheat was brought forward. Even the finest parcels were verytall, and thi value of other kinds were nominal.' --•- . The few samples of barley on offer were 'disposed of, at full quotations. Fine malt moved off freely; other kinds slowly, at lath rates. We had a fair, but by no means active, inquiry for oats, at full prices. The supply was very moderate. Beans and peas changed hands slowly on former terms. There was rather more doing in flour at full prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English 1,890 410 1,270 1, 460 1,450 Irish Foreign .. i 6,490 I 10,970 1 1 ., 4 3 , 7 8 3 sit NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL The supplies of meat on sale here to-day are tolerably extensive, and the trade generally rules heavy, as follows : Per 81bs. by the Carcass. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beef 3 oto 3 4 Mid. d 0... 3 6to 3 8 Pm.largedo. 3 10 to 4 0 Do. small do. 4 2to 4 6 Large pork.. 2 10 to 3 6 B . d. s. d. Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 8 Mid. do .. 310 to 4 2 Prime do. .. 4 4to 4 8 Veal .... ... 3 Bto 4 8 Small poric .. 3 10 to 4 4 BOROUGH HOP. New hops, the show of which is very moderate, continue in steady request, at very full prices. Fine yearlings are held for more money. In other hops next to nothing is doing. Mid and East Kent pockets 7os to 130 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do Ms to 75s „ Sussex do sBs to 70s „ COLONIAL. TEA.—The market remains firm, but only a limited busi ness has been transacted. Common congou is quoted 13d to 13id per lb. SUGAR.—There has been a very limited amount of busi ness reported, and for all descriptions prices have shown a downward tendency. A small quantity of British West India of superior quality brought former rates. In the Refined Market modet-ate transactions have been reported, and prices exhibit little variation. COFFEE.—A fair inquiry has existed in the private con tract market for plantation Ceylon, which realises full rates. Other descriptions are in buyers' favour. RICE.—The market remains exceedingly dull, no trans actions of any importance having been entered into, and prices are unaltered. FRUIT.—A very limited business has been transacted, and at public sale a few lots of damaged goods sold at a slight decline on former rates. SALTPETRE.—No business of any importance has been recorded, but prices remain steady. TALLOW.—The market is dull, and but little inquiry has existed for consumption. P.Y.C. on the spot and for for ward delivery is quoted 52s to 52s 3d per cwt. IVooL.—the public sales of foreign and colonial wool have been well attended, and for the better qualities the rates current at the commencement of the sales have been well maintained. English wool continues inactive, and for the inferior qualities lower rates have in some instances been accepted. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March 11.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; light breeze, and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, March 10.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived— Her Majesty's steamer Peseverance, from Malta and Gib raltar. Sailed—Compeer, for New Orleans. PLYMOUTH, March 10.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Ardent, from Sierra Leone. PILL, March 10.—Wind S.—Sailed—Courier, for Africa ; Lord Duncan, for Africa ; Elizabeth, for Trinidad. CARDIFF, March 10.—Wind S.S.E—Sailed—Balgowrie, for Caldeira ; Alarm, for Galveston; Alma, for New Orleans ; Rapid, for Charleston ; Transit, for New Or leans. FALMOUTH, March 10.—Wind S.E.—Sailed---Una, for Porto Rico. TORBAY, March 10.—Wind variable.—All the wind bound vessels are getting under weigh, except the Reaper, distanced in consequence of the crew being refractory. CLYDE, March 10.—Wind S.S.W.—Sailed—Bryan, for Bahia. SOUTHAMPTON, March 10.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed— Thames (steamer), for the West Indies (BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind W. Arrived.—Hotspur, from London, leaky ; Miram, from Sunderland ; Pet and Ocean, from Newcastle ; Atalanta, steamer, from Jersey; La Poule, Le Coq, and Georges, from Cherbourg; Ondine, steamer, from London, L'Etoile, from Charenton ; Moslem, from Newport. Sailed.—Thames, steamer, for Madeira and St. Thomas's ; Heroes of the Alma, for Sierra Leone ; Brilliant, for Jersey ; Don Colino, for Guernsey ; Ondine, steamer, for Dublin ; Argyll, steamer, for Charenton ; Swift, for Bristol ; Aller ton Packet, for Newcastle ; Fellowship, for Seaham ; Comet and Clara, for Swansea ; Mystery, for Cardiff ; Spring, for Woodbridge; New Mary Ann, for Dublin; Tweed, Jessie, Confidence, Eliza, and Queen, for Sunderland ; Mary, for Portland ; Mayflower, for Llanelly. LIVERPOOL, March 11. Wind W.S.W. Arrived—Sino, from Galveston ; Quilha, from St. Michael's. Sailed, March 10.—Cintra, screw steamer, for Oporto ; Rhone, screw steamer, for Genoa ; Souvenir, for Pernam buco ; Sea Flower, for Odessa ; Electra, for Rio Grande; Dart, for Charente; Frederikke, for Aalborg; D. W. Pickering, for Nantes; Anna, for Fredericia ; /area, for Smyrna. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPM.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind S.S.W. ; tide four hours' ebb. Arrived, March 10.—Antigua, from Demeraia. Arrived, March 11.—Malabar, from Demerara; Harfleur, from Karrabeck ; Lizzie Morton, from Leghorn • Exmouth, from St. Malo ; Confidence, from Seville ; Planter, from Guernsey. Sailed—Edith Moore, for Calcutta ; Panther, steamer, for Boulogne ; Planet, steamer, for Harburg. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind S.S.W. ; moderate. Passed—Delaware, from Jaffa, and John Romilly, brig, from Jamaica—bath for London. Anchored.—lno, from Shield, for Dublin ; Telegraph, from London, for Liverpool ; Clartho, from London, for Constantino*. Sailed.—Ballarat, for Shanghai. Put back.—Coeidius for Alexandria ; Suomi, for Car diff, having b een i n collision, and sustained damage. A t ROYAL Ci e crowded E m p e t C i An o A f N t p h eCH medicall profession s i S o O n C I h E e T 1 d Y — a t Tuesday evening, Mr. F. C. Skey, F.R.S., President of the Society, in the chair, Mr. Sibley, the Registrar to the Mid dlesex Hospital, read a very interesting paper on cancer, from which it appeared that, as regards the hereditary nature of the affection, it was found that this formidable ' disease was traced in 81 per cent. of the cases ; there were five instances in which they had two cancerous relations, and in one very remarkable case five relations were affected with cancer. The duration of life was found to vary greatly accor ding to the seat of the disease ; and in the cases of cancer of the breast, those who had been operated upon lived 53 months, whilst those in whom the disease was allowed to take its natural course lived only 32 months. In respect to age, it was observed that nearly all the patients had arrived at maturity, only four being attacked under the age of 20 years. The paper, which was unusuafly long, received the commendations o f M essrs. A rnett, Birkettttid' the President, who considered that the best thanks of thi ' 1 society and the public generally were due to Mr. Sebley' for the great care exhibited by him in the compilation of the paper from cases in the cancer wards of the Middlesex Hospital. NEWSPAPERS TO INDIA AND AUSTRALIA.—We are authorised to state that as it has been represented to the Postmaster-General that much inconvenience would arise from an alteration in the postage of newspapers to India and Australia being made without a long notice, owing being a Common practice for subscribers for such no:I - - papers to pay news agents for considerable periods in Vance (including the postage), his lerdshithas been „„,t: with the concurrence of the Lords of the Treaeurh to next pone from the Ist of April to the Ist of Januarydnein the commencement of the regulation lately postage of newspapers Gazette for adding one penn y to ths she.anntsti,tiathSroeuutghahnEipgyptontan. d Suez, to Vrak e the coat of the — W PAD RE sir C o IC w ( , ) This mo , rnin f g, te during got yed F m A ar y h R B E . LICIr BRIG.—GALLANT h R ea ESC ga Ut near ri thistl N pl . a l e V e . , in t he brig run nin G g c' f n o s r a P h al o tow Nan harbo s' ur. e Sh 6 e was over ve St r ep D pe ae r ra Po ß in ar t, san an d d .carTilleedlifbey immediately got afloat and proceeded to the ship. Lifeboat Institution, stationed theboa life boat caug htbofb here, wasttlirleeneane rrelheNainvyagtiosno Before reaching the wreck the heavy seas rolled several times lifeboat,intothefilledby andthe surf, when hualt no ong sooner ethr was it ewrec kin hershe w as repeatedly G gallant od an 's d than e n ced i t e r lays were,m s t ant l e y w s e e v l f e r - j d e a c t t e d e r n H e d e ,r with help, to accomplish their humane object, or perish in the attempt. Fortunately their perseverance was crowned with success. One by one the foreign shipwrecked crew, consisting of seven men, were taken into the lifeboat, and afterwards safely brought on shore, amidst the acclamations of the people. When the lifeboat was got out a double crew im mediately offered to man her, notwithstanding the heavy tide and the high sea that prevailed at the time. FISHERMEN FOR THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. —Eight or nine men belonging to this district have lately been engaged here for service at the Cape of Good Hope as boatmen and fishermen. They are to be engaged, we be lieve, in boating goods from vessels in the roads to the shore, and, when without work of that description, as fishermen. All the men who have been engaged are mar ried, and take their wives and families with them. They are promised good wages, and have already received ad vances for their outfit and passage.—.Tohn o'Groat's Journal. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—The shareholders of this company have agreed to raise £300,000 to aid in carrying out the proposed branch railway connecting the South-Eastern station at London-bridge with CharinC cross. The branch, if made, must necessarily pass through St. Thomas's Hospital, and will, in all probalility, inter fere so materially with it, as to raise the question of its re moval from its present site to a better. Should the managers decide on the propriety of erecting anew hospital in a suburban or rural district, it would be a noble example, which might be followed with advantage by other h )spitals. I