The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-11 00:00:00

THE WEATHER. PROBABLE TO-MORROW. North Britain S.W. to N., fresh; rainy. Ir e l and S. to W., strong, with rain. Central S.S.E. to W., fresh ; rainy. rtet Coast S.E. to S. and W., fresh; rainy. South England. S.S.E. to W. and N.W., fresh to strong; rainy. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. Det, This y, weer B Da andl B. E. M. , D. F. ,C. I. S. 9 a.m. ----. — Nairn — -- , 29•62 42 41 S.S.E.S SD 3 9 r. 2 -Aberdeen-- 29 7 i 43 42 S.S.E. 3 8 43. 2 Leith 29'05 44 42 S. tlerwiek 29 71 44 42 S. 2 9 r. 1 3 9 r. 2 Ardrossan 29'63 44 43 E. 4 9 r. 4 l'ortrush 29'58 45 42 S.E. 2 9 r 2 G alway , ' , illieldki 2913 45 43 S.S.E. 3 5 F. 3 Searboromrh 2919 43 42 S. 3 9 r. 3 Ileligoland Liverpool •• • • 29'00 47 46 S.S.E. 3 g r. 2 Valentia 2911 52 51 W.S.W. 310 r. 3 Y armouth 2 9 '97 44 43 S. 3 B r . 3 I .ond oo 3990 46 i 45 S. 2 9 r. 0 -Dover 29'97 47 146 S.E. 5 9 o. 5 Portsmouth Portland 11 ...... I 'l3 mouth . 29131 51 50 W.S.W. 5 9 r. 1 3 W. 2 9 r. 1 4 .2_`'en anee ..:. 2979 52 5l , EXPLANATION.-B. Barometer, corrected and reduced ' 0 32 de g at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inc h diminution, and each 10 about 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. ,:xPosed thermom e ter in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for ` - " v aPoration and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true-- T, magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud 9 )• I. Initials :—b,, blue sky ; c., clouds (detached); ' , '°g; h., hail; 1 , lightnin nt., misty (hazy) ; 0., over cast (dull) • r ., rain ; s , snow; t., thunder. S. Sea dis uthatice (I. to 9). * His Excellency the Hanoverian Minister is ex '?ected at the residence of the Legation, in Grosvenor-place, early next week, from Hanover. The American papers say that the Japanese am bas adorn were to leave Jeddo for England on the 24th January last. PUBLIC INCOME AND EXTENDITURE.—A Parlia mentary return, m ove d f or b y M r . Willi ams , shows that .. total income in 1860 was £71,104,127 ; in 1861 it was 1°067,998, the excess of exp en dit ure over i n come being 42)474,670. Paid. ( Closing Business Prices. Done. 25 ' Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 all at Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. st 100 93 95 20 Do. shares st Caledon. qr. ahrs, No. 2 100 64 Cork & Bandon, 5/ p. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 per c( nt all 20 21 64 Dun. Perth, & Abei.Jun all 6 64 10 Do. Ist Class Pref ~ st E. Angn. Class Asp. c lOO 100 105 at E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 103 110 at Do No. 2 100 108 110 at Do. new 6p.c. at lOO 125 127 at Eastern Union, 4p. c— 100 82 81 at Do. sp. c. guar lOO at Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 112 114 st Do. 4p. c. guar. S. &u_ 100 90 92 at Furness, 5 per cent lOO st Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c lOO at Great Northern, sp. c lOO 115 117 at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 111 113 at Do. 45 p. c. do lOO 101 106 106 at Do.sp.c.Redmatsp.c.pm 100 107 109 10 Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. all at Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 97 99 50 Great West. (Berka and Hants Ext) 5 per cent 6 st Do. redeem. 41 p. et lOO 100 102 1014 at Do. redeem. 4p. ct lOO 91 93 at Do. irredeem. 4p. et lOO 91 03 at Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 100 103 105 103 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares all 91 101 10 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. abs all 175 18. 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs all 105 11 at Do. Birm. guar. stock lOO 75 77 264 Do. Chester guar. shares all 20 21 134 Do. do all 10 101 20 Do. do all 151 15 100 Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. prel 80 at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 136 138 st Do. Barnsl.st£s 2s 10d ee 100 at Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO at Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. put lOO 101 103 st Lon.&Brig,.sp.c.gu. No.l 100 113 115 at Do. 5 per eent.do. No 2 100 113 115 at Do. 6 per cent. do.— at Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 113 115 at Do. 7 per cent pref. atk 100 152 156 at Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 100 129 133 at Do. 4 p c.st.(div.def.lll'6s 100 75 77 at Lon.Chat.&Dov. sp.c.pf. 100 96 97 96 4 a at Lon. &N. W., Cov. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 at Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares at Do. 14 per cent 2s 6d Do. (Prtam. perpl. anns. 1 of 2s ed 124 I Londondy. & Cole. 1 shs all ' 124 I f ondony. & Ennis.. abs all 13 4 14 at ,Man. Sb. & Lin. 8 per et. 100 125 127 m 6 I Do. £6 40 I Ipm at !Do. 31 per cent, 10 iDo. redeem. 6 percent 5 1 tpm 54 121 Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. all .. _ 124 Do. 44 per cent all .. .. st Midland Con. 613, c. stk. 100 .. .. st Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c 100 13 7 139 st Do. 44 p.c. pref. at. rdem , 100 102 104 at Do, 45 p.c. irredeemable 100 6 Do. 44 per cent..... . . all .. .. at Do.Leic. andrlit.4per et 100 92 94 at Nerflk. sp. c. Ex. at. 1846 100 _ .. at Do. 54 D. c• PM. at. 1847 100 st 1D0.5 Way. V a lE x .st.lB47 100 .. at ;Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 111 113 at (Do. New gua. 5 per cent 100 109 111 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. 7 11 l4pm 10 Do. do. do all .. • • at Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co. 100 .. • • at N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 .. • • at Do. 4a pr. ct. redeemable 100 .. • . at Do. G.IsT. E. 4p. et. pref 100 09 101 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c, pref. Q. 13.4 96 98 d 20 Do. Leeds 6 P. c. No. 1 13 4 4 d 125 Do, dn. Quarters, 1848.. 9 .. .. 25 iDo. York, H. &S. Punch. 10 .. _ 20 North Staffordshire.... all 4 dis par 10 Ithy nney Guaranteed.. all at SCortiSil North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock„ .. 100 a 21,8... tt Stock. . t D DDDO c o oook . i Aberdeen, g u a . 6 p . e 100 .. .. at Do. 7p, c, pref. stock 100 .. . • 10s. South Devon Ann, 10s. all 135 140 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent all 10 11 10. 6. South Eastern (Reading ats South D .A n o . . n . 4. , 5 & lad:io. 1 . 1,,A 185, . l a o l ol 2 . 4 . 1 2 , 5 , 1.0.6) all 100 101 103 54F&,ipi Wales,x Dpo st per dre cent ne l nt p i te gua. r 4 c p e n e t 1 :10 0 000 0 00 10 .. 1 .. 10 . .3 : at D 20 Yorkshire 4p c u 100 85 87 DO. ' 5 • • g a ' n P S . c p .. g o u . . a ,17 4 11 p 25 Doall 28 29 13 0 6 rb p. c all 32 34 25 at Watrf p (l °: st W. Mid.-Oxf Ist ti ::: . 8 . 64 . 9. Y. 6p. c. 100 42 45 all 32 34 Do. 2dd gu o a stk 100 126 130 1211 s at iDo.Newport 5 p.c. nil ** 100 0 12 1 0 13 1 1 2 2 5 2 gt IDo. Perpet.6 p. C. pf. 1.6 100 101 103 Do. 100 121 124 st , DOCKs . stock Commercial I 100 , Y s tock Do. 4 per Cen t. Pret.M in. , 100 stock East and West India , 100 125 127 126 stock London—, ...... ~ stock ,St. Katharine lOO 65 62 stock. Southam pton lOO pt,ok '"v"istoria .. ........ ......• 100 90 101 20 !DO New .........•.3••• 2 Ld 1,13 THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. 77th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Greer Saun ders, who exchanges; Lieutenant John Butler Mac kenna, from 82d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bentinck L. Cumberland, who exchanges. 7th Foot—Ensign Frederick Charles Keyser to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Edward Lloyd Gatacre, who retires ; William Edward Roberts, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Keyser. 15th Foot—The transfer of Assistant-Surgeon Charles Moore Jessop, from the Staff, which appeared in the Gazette of 28th January, 1862, has been cancelled. 16th Foot—The transfer of Assistant-Surgeon Edward O'Connell from the Staff, which appeared in the Gazette of 31st December, 1861, has been cancelled. 17th Foot—The transfer of Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Allan, M.D., from the Staff, which appeared in the Gazette of 14th January, 1862, has been cancelled. 20th Foot—Russell Thomas Birch, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 24th Foot—Lieut. Samuel J. J. Burns to be Captain, with out po rehase, vice Josiah R. Rolls, deceased ; Ensign William Magill to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Burns ; Lieut. Robert S. B. Leech to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. William Franklin, promoted ; Lieut. John M. G. Tongue to be Instructor of Muske try, vice Lieut. Butler, who resigns that appointment. 25th Regiment of F oot — Major-General Henry D. Town shend to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Somerset, K.C.8., deceased. 28th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Alfred R. H. Swindley, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Ward, promoted. 30th Foot—The transfer of Assistant-Surgeon James Pax ton M.D., from the Staff, w hi ch appeare d i n t h e G aze tt e of 14th January, 1862, has been cancelled. 33d Foot—Richard Lewis Bird, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Jervis, promoted. 47th Foot—The transfer of Assistant-Surgeon James Jame son, M.D., from the Staff, which appeared in Gazette of January 14, has been cancelled. 54th Foot—James Edward Sewell MacCarthy, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Magill promoted. 58th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Hesilrige, from 59th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Richard Dane, who exchanges. 59th Foot —Lieutenant Richard Dane, from 58th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Arthur Hesilrige, who exchanges. 60th Foot—The transfer of Assistant-Surgeon George Ed ward Gascoyen, from the Staff, which appeared in the Gazette of January 14, has been cancelled. 64th Foot—Ensign James George Anderson to Lieutenant, without purchase, vice John Thomas Pack, deceased ; Lieutenant Charles Hamilton Sams to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant John Thomas Pack, deceased. 76th Foot—Captain John Barclay, late Paymaster Forfar and Kincardine Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Paymaster (with the honorary rank of Major) R. T. Hearn, deceased. 77th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Greer Saunders' from 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice James Franklin, who ex changes; Cockburn Forte, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Edward Beatty, who retires. 82d Foot—Lieutenant Bentinck L. Cumberland, from 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice John Butler Mackenna, who exchanges. 87th Foot—The surname of the Ensign appointed on the 11th ultimo is Jeudwine, not Jendwine. 96th Foot—The transfer of As sistant -Surgeon Caleb Shera Wills, from the Staff, which appeared i n th e G aze tt e o f the 38th January, 1862, has been cancelled. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Francis Markham to be Inr structor of Musketry, vice Captain Knox, appointed Act ing District Inspector of Musketry 'at Gibraltar. The transfer of Assistant -Surgeon Thomas Kennedy, from the Staff, which appeared in the Gazette of the 31st December, 1861, has been cancelled. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—The transfer of Assis tant-Surgeon James Martin, from the Staff, which appeared in the " Gazette" of 1 4th Janu ar y, 1862, has been cancelled. DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain Willi am F rederick John Rudd, Ist Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Cap tain Baynes, 88th Foot, embarked for India. UNATTACHED.—The Commission as Major of Brevet Lieu tenant-Colonel John Henry Ford Elkington, to be ante- Surgeons Calder, Hut • d E a p t l e c d A t L o D ls E t r h A F ß o r b: f u E a N r T y ,_l A B6 6 l s . i s ton, Beath, Marshall, Chalk, Armstrong, and Milburn, Gazetted as Staff Assistant-Surgeons on 14th January, 1862, have been appointed to vacancies caused by an augmentation of establishment, and not in succession to transfers to regiments, as then stated. MILITARY STORE DEPARTMNNT. The relative military rank of Lieutenant granted to Deputy-Assistant Superintendent of Stores G. Clark, to bear date 3d of March, 1855, instead of Ist April, 1861, as stated in the Gazette of 19th November, 1861. The relative military rank of Lieutenant, granted to De puty-Assistant Superintendent of stores J. C. Freeburn, to bear date April 12, 1856, instead of April 1, 1861, am stated in the Gazette of Nov. 19, 1861. BREVET. Captain Duncan Stewart, 86th Foot, to be Major in the Army. The Commission as Brevet-Major, of Second C ap t a i n Fre derick Mould, of the Royal Engineers, to be ar d a t e 28th January, 1862, instead of 25 th -Feb , 1862. BANKRUPTS, Edward Bell, Chelsea David Dewing, Norwich James Morris, Hunter-street, Br unswick -square, city George J. Sandford, linen draper, Westminster Henry C. Jones, engineer, Royal Navy, Woolwich Sir William Hanham, Bart., Kingston, Surrey John Wells, builder, Reading Sarah Jenner and Fandy Jenner, school keepers, Ham mersmith Patrick Stewart, clerk, Surrey Thos. S. Smith, earthenware dealer, Northampton James brewery, grocer, Little Bytham, Lincoln John Willbourn, joiner, Brimington, Derby George D. Handy, carver, Sunderland Wm. F. Suttie, publican, Bishopwearmouth, Durham James Foley, provision dealer, Bolton Elizabeth Pepper, calf jobber, Grantham John Couldrey, beer seller, Oxford Jelin Rochell, grocer, Wolstanton, Stafford William Farthing, corn merchant, Framlingham Charles Constable, bag hosier, Sheepshead Thomas Smith, fishmonger, Birkenhead William Mitchell, publican, Tonbridge John Booth Bramley, Felley, Notts William Rawson, plumber, Ripley John Richards, lace agent, New Radford Edward Osborn, carpenter, Ramsgate James Thomas Harvey, mariner, Whitstable Th om as Filmer, farm labouer, Debtling, Kent John Sweeney, journeyman engineer, Lambeth Richard Winter, attorney's clerk, Stepney Michael McKernon, agent, Camden-town Thomas Dreweatt, jun., miller, Havant, Hants William Gardner, victualler, Northampton John Walker, corn dealer, Higham Ferrers John Green, bootmaker, Bermondsey George T. Millin, tailor, Oxford Edwd.Langley,woodcarver,North-row,Grosvenor-square Daniel Clark, poulterer, Maidstone Richard Corbett, provision dealer, Dudley Port, Stafford shire Wm. Johns, shoemaker, Worcester Henry Skelton, baker, Southsea Edward L. Adey, chemist, Camden-town Henry S. Spink, wheelwright, Beyton, Suffolk Wm. Webber, surgeon, Tunbridge Wells Robert C. Sadgrove, milliner, Brighton Robert Osgood, transporting pilot, mile end George R. Grant, tanner, Rotherfield, Sussex Elizabeth M. K. Pallett, schoolmistress, henfield, Essex Shadrach Bugg, carman, Bromley, Middlesex Achille L. Leriche, commission agent, Coleman-street John Chayney, farmer, Lenham, Kent Fred. J. Whiffen, commission agent, Deptford John Pringle, timber merchant, Sheepwash Hannah Crates, innkeeper, Abergavenny James Adams, watchmaker, Ringwood, Hants James Morgan, lock maker, Willenhall, Staffordshire Frederick W. Boucher, tobacconist, Bilston Wm. Webb, accountant, Wolverhampton George Spencer, manager for an iron master, Bilston Isaac Howard, cinder dealer, Wolverhampton Charles Prentice, tailor, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex Michael Dawe, miller, Chardstock. Dorsetshire Augustus Bertram Champ, attorney, Ipswich Richard Goodey, baker, Kingsland-road, Middlesex Robert Teek, commission agent, Vauxhall-bridge road Ezekiel Jones, machinist, Blackfriars-road Hayman Sukerladen, general merchant, Finsbury Henry Habgood and Henry John Eaton, builders, Wim borne Minster, Dorsetshire Frederick Henry Warr, tailor, De Beauvoir Town Edward Stephen Wand, boker, Whetstone, near Barnet Abraham Corbett, shoemaker, Hackney-load Edwin Littlejohns, builder, Devonshire-street, Blooms bury William Turner, Mile .end John Johnson, Cubbington, Warwickshire Joseph Matthews, dealer in wares, Birmingham William Parsons Spencer, grocer, Wolverhampton Benjamin Smith, licensed victualler, Dudley John Seagrave Higgs, publican, Market Harborough, Leicestershire Christopher Chambers, grocer, Ballinhay, Lincolnshire Edward Swithenbank, innkeeper, Bradford Benjamin Wilkiason, farmer, Leppington, Yorkshire %Vm. Giberthorm, vonfectioner, Chesterfield John Etches, r-rocer, Dronfield, Derbyshire Thomas 0. Dobson, soap manufacturer, Liverpool Wm. Hassail, hiker, Tarporley, Cheshire George R, Jackson and Theodore E. Edwards, jun., ship brokers, Liverpool Sampson Shelley and Edmund F. Shelley, power loom cloth manufactcrer, Hollinwood, Lancashire Robert Whitbread, plumber, Bacup, Laneasniro SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. D. and T. White, grocers, Glasgow William Cunningham, upholstery furnisher, Glasgow John Paterson, clothier, Glasgow James Murray Reid, draper, Dundee LIVERPOOL .RACES.—CIiis Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Northern Light. .................................... 1 Nosegay .......................................... 2 Six ran. SPRING CUP. Arcadia .. 000000000000000000000000000000000 1 Costa Haadington Eleven ran. TYRO STARgs. Fi g tree filly Blithfield Oscar.... ......... .. 3 Five ran. WYNNSTAY CUP. Rara Avis ........ , Jacob Five ran. TRIAL STAKES. Cosmopolite walked over. SELLING STAKES. Abbess filly .................. Hetty ............................. 2 AINTREE PLATE. Brilliant .......................................... 1 Abron ...... Lord of the Manor ...................... LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 11 to 2 agst The Huntsman (taken) 10 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 100 to 6 agst Bucephalus (tak en ) 100 to 6 agst Harry (taken) Yesterday. The Dane scratche d at six o'clock THE SUN, LONDON; TUESDAY' EVENING, EtOil 11, 1562. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: TATTERSALLS'—YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 6to 1 agst Huntsman (taken) Bto 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 14 to 1 agst Playman (taken) 14 to 1 agst Anatis (taken) 16 to 1 agst Harry (taken) 20 to 1 agst Romeo (taken) 20 to 1 agst Brunette (taken) 25 to 1 agst Thomastown (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bridegroom (taken) 2.5 to 1 agst Tattler (taken) 33 to 1 agst Willoughby (taken) 66 to 1 agst O'Connell (taken) 66 to 1 agst Cannibal (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—MONDAY. There was not much done on the Spring Cup, although several animals were supported to small amounts. For the Grand National Steeple Chase, Huntsman retains his posi tion, although 7 to 1 was offered. Thomastown, from a report of his non-arrival, went to 25 to 1 (taken and of fered) ; but, at the close, the highest offer was 16 to 1. The Dane had friends to-day at 100 to 6, while Anatis was friendless ; Jealousy, Playman, Bucephalus, and Romeo were each very fairly supported. Old Calabar, from the betting, appears to have had a bad night's rest; 6 to 1 was laid against him for the Two Thousand Guineas, and 100 to 6 for the Derby; but a very small amount cf support stopped his downward progress, and, at the close, 5 to 1 for one event, and 100 to 7 for the other, were the highest offers. Closing prices : LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. 6to 1 agst Costa (taken) 7to 1 agst Haddington (taken) 7 to. 1 agst My Mary (taken) Bto 1 agst Shropshire (taken) Bto 1 agst Sir William (taken) Bto 1 agst Petra (taken and offered) TYRO STARES. 3to lon the field (offered) GRIND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 7to 1 agst Huntsman (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 12 to 1 agst Playman (taken and offered) 16 to 1 agst Bucephalus (taken) 16 to 1 agst Thomastown (offered) 16 to 1 agst The Dane (taken) 20 to 1 agst Tattler (taken) 20 to 1 agst Romeo (taken) 20 to 1 agst Anatis (offered) 20 to 1 agst Xanthus (offered) 25 to 1 agst Harry (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bridegroom (offered) 40 to 1 agst Willoughby (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 1 agst The Marquis (taken) sto 1 agst Oli Calabar (offered, 6to 1 taken) THE DERBY. 9to lon the field (offered) 14 to 1 bar one (offered) 45 to 1 agst Neptunus (taken) 50 to 1 agst Nottingham (taken) WIMBLEDON, CHEAM, AND KINGSTON VO- LUNTEER AND HUNT RACES. These races were held yesterday in West Barnes Park, and caused a large number of persons to assemble, includ•. ing a number of volunteer officers. W. Paxton, Esq., and E. F. Rayne, Esq., were the stewards; Lieut. Allen was clerk of the course ; and A. Heathcote, Esq., of Burdens Park, Epsom, the judge. The Trial Cup ; the winner to be sold by auction:, selling allowances. About three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Urry's Nancy (X4O), 12st 71b (Mr. Hipwell) 1 Mr. Rayne ns Nelly (X4O), 12st 71b .. (Mr. IVhitburne) 2 Mr. Bailey's Billy the Norman (L2O), 12st (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—Lady's Maid, Tommy Bounce, Strawberry Jam, Otranto, Lot 84, Countess, Surprise, and Wiakworth. Betting-3 to lon the field. The winner made the running all the way, and won by half a length; two lengths separating the second and third. The winner was not sold. The Hunters' Stakes of 2 sous each, with . a:claret jug added About two miles and a half, over hurdles. Mr. Reynolds's Lottery, (V.O), 12st (Owner) 1 Mr. C. M. Baker's Bandy Legs (X4O), 12st "i'lb (Owner) 0 Mr. Rayne's Harry (X6O), 13st (Mr. O'Farrell) 0 Betting-6 to 4on Lottery, 3to 1 each agst Bandy Legs and Harry. The latter bolted at the start ; Bandy Legs finished at the half distance, and the winner finished at his leisure, and was sold for 20 guineas. The Farmers' Plate, given by the gentlemen of Mr. Heath cote's Hunt and the Morden Harriers. About two miles over hurdles. Mr. Urry's Nancy (£4O), 12st 71b (A. Balchin) 1 Mr. Rayne's The Lark (£4O), 12st 71b (Owner) 2 The following also ran :—Paddy, Sailor, Constance, and Limerick. Betting-3 to 1 agst Constance andLSailor, 4to 1 agst Nancy. Won easily; the second was the only other that walked past the post. Sailor fell. The winner was not sold, The Volunteer Hurdle Race Cup. About two miles. Mr. Hurman's Lottery (X2O), 12st (Owner) 1 Mr. Barter's Inder (X2O), 12st The following also ran :—Fun, Ruth, end Lady's Maid. Betting-6 to 4on the field. Won by 40 lengths ; only the first two passed the post. Ruth threw her rider and belted. A Scut ry Race for a Silver Cup, two miles, was won by Lard George; Chippenham second. 11 started. A match for £25 aside, one mile and a half, was won by Mr. Barter's Ruth, 12st 71b, beating Mr. Reynolds's Countess, 12st, [ADVERTISEMZNT.] Mr. Thomas Senn begs to inform his friends that he has commenced business for a gentleman. T. S. can be seen daily, in Upper St. Martin's-lane, from 10 till 3, and 6 till 9. 7-1 Mr. that; treet ag's ;lass. al re- ssea P , and r fear ayself I said is cut. isson f glass and r. At of the ou till. young )rdley, named x, Mr. A with ap- A, and ,le and 3', and •-place, others qIIM.- - ' narried d with lauds- risoner ad just mitted, the re e from nstable rinceut imme , which )of the slams attend. ent this penny xle up a Ld slept the pii ith her Elliction )0 large wicked ty your ne and er, and present, , and. s of the ley had repel]." should -South, qadrasp ith loss k, fro►n s, frota .ning. alliance► ming. n Pride, 'fling. ard, for 'ard, for ierars• 98 VI ,t, snoW ag gre' vs had 'ions t° y eight ow the and in drifted ruing a le raia south' cone' d coll een si% of the er per' dest [laugh° e main even' Ldge to he pol e In the ear the Ices of mentS' its wag w atero ided to , as also' y e arof 'carried t h e old ►as ro t of the n iron e sart3e A uterS' at and turakii tops of 'Y a nd (Sim i• kely to )ugh ° I ceased• DIONP:1 1 .MARKET AND CITY NE WS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business in the foreign and colonial produce markets during the last few days has been rather less active. Tea, however, supported previous prices; coffee and cocoa are also at full rates, but sugars show a slight decline, particularly for low and in ferior descriptions. Rice, fruit, and spices have remained without any material alteration in prices. For saltpetre there has been a better demand, and enhanced rates have been realised. Tallow has been dull, at steady quotations for both present and for ward delivery. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi ness was moderately active, and prices underwent no material change. The sales were about 5,000 bales. Continued easiness and abundance are still the principal features of the general Discount Market, and no immediate alteration is expected, because the trade of the country remains in a very quiescent state, and large supplies of gold are received from Australia and other sources. About £77,000 in gold was taken into the Bank of England yesterday. The steamer which leaves to-morrow with the Bombay mails will take out £342,580, of which £308,430 is in silver. The bar silver by the Shannon, from the West Indies, has been sold at ss. ltd. per oz., and the Mexican dollars at ss. Old. per oz. The prospectus of a new Joint-Stock Bank for London and Liverpool has been issued. The nominal capital is to be £2,000,000, in 20,000 shares of £lOO each ; but the first issue will only consist of 10,000 shares, upon which not more than £25 is to be paid. The title of the undertaking is, the "Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool," and the directors, in urging their project upon the attention o f the public, state that besides there being ample room for further banking accommodation in Lon don, the inoreasing trade of Liverpool and its neighbouring towns gives to such an establishment every prospect of success. It is also stated that, although Liverpool during the past 25 years has more than doubled in population and wealth, no new bank has been established there in that period. There is a decrease of £1,378 in the traffic re ceipts of the South-Eastern Railway for the past Week. The traffic returns of the Great Western Rail -way of Canada for the week ending the 21st ult., amounted to £10,474 against £8,226 last year. The Spanish Financial Commission have given notice that the auction of the Foreign Redeemable Debt will take place at 'Madrid on the 29th inst., and the Government have assigned £5,546,072 reals for that purpose. A further slight improvement took place in the English Market yesterday afternoon, and continued firmness was apparent on the commencement of business this morning, Consols being 931 for transfer, and 931 f, for the account. A reaction, however, has occurred, owing to sales in realisa tion of profits, the latest quotations being 937, for transfer, and 931 / for the account. The New Threes are firm at 929 7, ; the Reduced at 93k s ; zchequer Bills remain at 19s. to 225. pram. ; Bank Stock at 238; and India 5 per Cent.lo7 /. The dealings in the Foreign Market have been a moderate character, and prices show a down W ard tendency, Turkish 6 per Cents. are 841 85 ; ditto, 18 58, 70L , ; Mexican remain at 341- ; Chilian 4 1 per Cents, at 86, and Spanish Certificates at 617. Italian have receded to 67/ r ; Portuguese to 46k 1, 'been Venezuelan, to 24/. The Moorish Scrip has '"een dealt in at 11 Y dis. Business in the Railway Share Market to-day has been rather less animated, although in Tome Instances prices show a slight advance. London, Chatham, and Dover, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South Eastern have improved ss. ; North Western, los.; and Caledonian, 15s. ; North Eastern (Berwick), however, have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have remained :dull at about previous prices. Dutch- Rhenish realise 161 ; Bahia and San Francisco 171 17 1 ; and Great Western of Canada have de clined to 131 134, East Indian are firm at 102 i 102 1 ; and Great Indian Peninsula at 101/ 1014. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares exhibit little variation in values. London and Westminster, London Chartered of Australia, and Ottoman Bank, however, have declined about ss. The Don Pedro North Del Rey Gold Mining Com pany are firm at to tl prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING I'RB 5 IS. 23 CE Bank Stock a 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 921 i t India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 9l Ditto 5 per Cent lO2l / Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100/ Ditto Bonds £l,OOO )itto under £l,000 Consols for Account, April 10... 93 a a I a March. 1 June. 19 22 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d Ditto £5OO Ditto Small n FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Italian 5 ' ll ilian 6 per Cent — i) irto 41 ner Cent B6 alia n r Cent. (Maremmana R. Scrip) 11 / 1 dis t 5 . e Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Acco nt Grenada Active Ditto Land Warrants 2 Do. Ex over-due Coups. & Hectares. 9 / 10 Im • 1 Penal Moorish Scrip 5 / ( -rovian 41 per Cent .. Ditto 3 per Cent , o Ditto Account v ' t:liguese 3 per Cent., 1853 — Ditto Account asorssianto 4 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. Dit per Cent 93/ 'Patiish 3 per Cent Ditto A ccount .. bitto New Deferred 43s D itto Account 2Panish Cert. of Coup. not funded wedish, 4 per Celt. 1. 11 rki 8 h 6 per Cent. 854 Ditto New Loan Ditto Account V enezuela, £lOO Bonds 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. Ditto AcQount Malian, 5 per Cent., 1861 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Marley Ditto April Account SHARE MARK ET-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Business Price. done. 74 8 64 7 93 91 110 110 k 5 6 41 43 10 11 214 224 57 68 58 60 38 40 024 93 301 31 102 104 11C4 1144 113 i 1144 132 134 103 105 724 73 57 59 1071 1081' 59 61 122 125 45 461 94 04f 101 102 9 11 44 414 9 94 [2Bl 129 1 3Sp 98 100 70 72 6ci 661 9S i 99 1 }d 55i 56 87 88 101 103 5 41 d 10i 11 127 129 47 49 106 108 47 49 36 38 861 861 67 68 99 101 51 36/ 37/ 7/ 6 84 p i 5 p 145 150 55i 56i 26 34 i d lip 88 - 92 129 132 6/ 7/ 48 49 44 46 89 91 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. i paid. Leasing Closings Business Railways. Co. s Price. • Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.,I7N.W Birkenhead. Buckingh -nglfire... Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do 53 55 Do. 5; per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.O 10. Lincolneh. ,cz, spr c. 100 Gt. North. 137 139 E.Union,TlarwichSlis all 113,Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge... . 100 .. .. 66 Gls. Barr. &Neils.Drct. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 197 202 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c all Da ...... . • • • London tt Greenwich 100 (S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen , Lou.,Tilb.& S._ .}bend 100 Peto &Co B2 84 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 pier cent lOO Do. Mnc.,l3xtn.„tc Matlock all LNW& M 31 3 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx i 5. 5. 6.,E Counts. p i p gua. 5 per cent... 1 Northn.&EAstn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent..... all iDo. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all IDo. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1(0 N. E. Bet% .. .. North Western Preston and Wyre. i all kri rf 1 43 45 Do. 4 shares A. all o. ••• • .. .. .. Itoystn.Hitch.&Shep. 100 ' t.North. 135 131 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey,l2l 123 Do. Do. South Staffordshire lOO Ln.&N.WI .. .. Wilts and Somerset lOO 11 Gt. 93 95 •Gt. West + , Wimbledn t Croydon all L.&Brgtn, 8; 9; PREFERENCE SHARES. Share; Railways, 13.14 25 10 st Et 50 20 6.4.0 19.16.4 Wol., and Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Tiost.,Sleaf.,andMid.k_!o 1 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian C,rk and Bandop Confwall Do A A gets no div Do. B till Op c.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. n ~Perth,& Ab. Junc East A noliau Eastern Counties . Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do DoNw A, late B U3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee (lasg. and S. Western. GreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern 'Do A stock Do ti do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Trish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall i.on., Bright.,& S. Coast Von., Clint., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry &Enniskillen Ilan., Slid., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do I shares Metropolitan Midland Do New _ _ Do Birming . . tt Derby Nlid Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle, Newry, Warnpt, Az nos Norfolk North British N or.Der.RaihtDk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdl3 l Do B stock 12.10 Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. RI. & Canal Portsmouth Rll5 mney Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Sc , t. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. , an dWok. Stockton & Darlington Do . ... Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 Thameell avenDk&Rag Ul.ter Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Watertord & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R , West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford Share) Railways. 51 12J 2 8 61 I 48 i LUPE RIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. _ _ THE REVISED CODE. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH presented petitions against the Revised Code. The Bishop of WORCESTER presented similar peti tions. Lord ST. LEONARDS gave notice that on a future day he should call attention to certain parts of the Revised Code as related to the grouping of children according to age. The Earl of DERBY presented petitions against the Revised Code. Lord REDESDALE also presented petitions to the same effect from Northumberland and Cornwall. CATHOLIC CHILDREN IN WORKHOUSES. The Earl of WICKLOW presented a petition from a Roman Catholic clergyman at Portobello complaining that certain Roman Catholic children in the workhouse there had been taken from thence and sent to Protestant schools for education. The petition prayed for inquiry into the circumstances. LAW OF LUNACY BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of this bill- _ Lord CIIELMSFORD said, no doubt the proceedings connected with the late extraordinary trial had led to the introduction of this bill, because up to that period there had been no complaint against the manner in which such inquiries had been conducted. The bill introduced by the noble lord on the woolsack proposed that in all jury trials one of the judges of the superior courts should supersede or preside in place of the Master in Lunacy. He had great doubts as to the practicability of such a course. He could not un derstand how such a provision had been made, because during the late trial, and since its termination, not one person had found fault with the manner in which his learned friend the Master in Lunacy had conducted those proceedings. Assuming for a moment that a judge was to take the place of the Master in Lunacy, there might perhaps be an advantage in cases which were taken in the metropolis, but they must be aware that the greater part of these cases occurred in the country, and that would greatly add to the inconvenience of making it imperative that a judge of the superior court should invariably pre side. If the Master in Lunacy was to be superseded he should like to know why the Lord Chancellor or the Lords Justices should not conduct the inquiry because they issued the commission, and therefore, were the best parties to continue the inquiry. ale was of opinion that:the present law worked well, and there was no necessity for the change which this bill proposed. Since the year 1853 there had been no less than 561 commissions of lunacy issued, and out of that large number only 20 had been tried by a jury, and that fact strengthened the opinion that he entertained, viz., that it would be injudicious to interfere with the jurisdiction of the Masters' in Lunacy. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Alford Railway Bill and the Caledonian Railway Deviations, &es, Bill were considered and ordered for third reading. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented in favour of the rejec tion or modification of the Revised Code of Education, &c. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr, BRAND, a new writ was ordered to issue for the election of a member for the borough of Chipping Wycombe, in the room of Sir G. H. Dashwood, deceased. 93 i 110 i i 10 22 lf 57 ; i ; ; i 58 301 i 114 1321 105 73 i 2f 10811 8 59 123 461 6 9.14 104 1 91 i I 1281 v 81 11 p 71i 1 1 66** 81 9 8i f d 55i LEAVE OF ABSENCE. On the motion of Col. WILSON PATTEN, leave of absence was granted to Mr. Leigh for three weeks, on the ground of illness in his family. ORDNANCE SURVEYS. On the motion of Mr. E. ELLICE, an address for an account of the sums expended on the ordnance surveys of England, Ireland, and Scotland respectively, up to the 31st March, 1856, and a similar account for each subsequent year to the 31st March, 1862, with total results, was ordered. INCOME TAX. Mr. HUBBARD gave notice that he would move that there should be an amendment in the mode of levying the income-tax, and that he would bring the subject before the house. SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ITALY. Sir G. BOWYER gave notice that on the motion for going into committee of supply on a future evening he would draw the attention of the house to the state of Cen tral and South Italy. THE REVISED CODE. Lord R. CECIL asked the Vice President of the Com mittee of Council, if it is intended, under the revised edition of the revised code, to abolish any of the lectureships in the training colleges ; and, if so, when that abolition is to take effect. Mr. LOWE replied in the negative. SHANGHAI. Col. SYKES asked the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether, in the anticipated attack of the city of Shanghai by the Taipings, it was intended to preserve a strict neutrality between the Imperialists and the Taipings, due provision being made for the safety of the foreign set tlements in the neighbourhood of Shanghai; and whether there was any foundation for a statement in a Paris paper that the French representatives at Shanghai have invited the English authorities to join in military operations for the recapture of Ningpo from toe Taipings. Mr, LAYARD said that the Government, considering the value of the property belonging to British subjects at Shanghai, had adopted means to secure the preservation of that property. With respect to the second question, he begged to say that there was no information received at the Foreign office in reference to the matter to which it related. DEFENCE OF THE PORT OF GREAT YAR- MOUTH. Sir H. STRACEY asked the Secretary of State for War if it was the intention of the Government to carry out the purport of a correspondence between the Mayor of Yar mouth and the Secretary of State for War, in 1859, rela tive to rendering the port of Great Yarmouth in a proper state of defence ? . .. _ Sir G. C. LEWIS said that it was not considered neces sary by Government to adopt any means to render the port of Great Yarmouth in any more defensive position than it occupied at present. PUBLIC MONEYS. Lord H. MONT.A. - 6 - 611ovecf that, in order to strengthen the check upon the Government in regard to issues of money for any public service whatever in excess of the sums voted by Parliament, as well as to secure the just appropriation of every payment voted to its proper account, a committee be appointed, to be annually nominated by Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of revising all estimates or accounts laid before Parliament; and that it be an instruction to the committee to report in what way the present duties and powers of the Board of Audit should be extended or changed, with a view to render such board responsible to Parliament alone, and tho head of it not second in rank to any of the perma manent officers presiding over other departments, and also to make the present system of audit available for the purposes of the public service; and that it be a further in struction to such committee to report to this house the exact period of the financial year when it would be desir able that the annual estimates should be presented to Par liament, so as to enable the necessary examination of such estimates or accounts to be completed and reported upon by such committee before this house proceeds to sanction such estimates or accounts by a vote of payment in supply. The hon. member referred to the authority of Mr. Laing and Sir J. Graham on the subject in support of his motion. He contended that the mode in which public money was voted and expendcd was most disgraceful to the financial administration of the country, and was far inferior in prin ciple and practice to the system adopted in private places of business. The noble lord referred to the time of William 111. to show that public money had been improperly applied, and that legislation was rendered necessary to remedy the evil. He said that the fact was that a certain amount might be voted for a particular department of the public service, and that was supposed to re - present the wishes of Parliament. But what was the reality ? Why, assuredly in the existing sys tem a vote might be granted by Parliament for a specific object, and yet the money might be applied to an entirely different object. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord cited the authority of different distinguished persons, examined before a committee appointed to inquire into the manner in which the public accounts were audited to show that the Treasury entirely disregarded the views of Parliament in reference to a specific application of votes of money. The noble lord illustrated his position by reference to various items of public expen diture in which certain votes of money had been diverted to objects different to those for which they were granted. He quoted extracts from the committee appointed to inquire into the subject in 1854, is support of what he asserted, and contended that a practice had grown up in regard to Parliamentary votes by which the constitutional authority of the house was certainly super seded. H. quoted 0100 tho authority of M. Fould in regard to the functions of a legislative assembly as related to the grants of, and control over, public money. (Hear, hear.) [LEFT SPEAKING]. LONDON GAZETTE.—(This Ev:mtng). WHITEHALL, MArcH 8. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart., to be one of the Eccle siastical Commissioners for England, in the room of the Right Hon. Sir James Robert George Graham, Bart., de ceased. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 11. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John F, Capella as Consul at Rangoon for his Majesty the King of Swe(3.on and Norway. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 10. William Charles Sargeaunt, Esq., has been appointed to be Agent-General for the Crown Colonies, in conjunction with Penrose Goodchild Julyan, Esq., in the place of Ed ward Barnard, Esq., deceeased. CROWN: OFFICE, MARCH 10. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Longford—Miles William O'Reilly, Esq., of Knockabbey, in the county of Louth, in the room of Lieu tenant-Colonel Luke White, who has accepted the office of one of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 11. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards— William Henry Hoey, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, !vice Thomas Henry Duncombe, appointed to the 41st Foot. sth Lancers—Lieutenant William Lloyd Browne to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice John Charles Boucher, who re tires ; Cornet Richard Moore Sadlier to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Browne. 9th Lancers—Edward Llewellyn Thomas, Gent., to be Cornet, by pu rc h ase , v i ce Cecil Edward Martyn, ap pointed to the 6th Dragoon Guards. 11th Hussars—Lieutenant Paget Peploe Mosley, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Alexander Baring Bingham, who retires; Cornet George Clerke Cheape to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Mosley ; Edward Greville Sar toris, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cheape. 12th Lancers—John Mundy Dowdeswell, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Houghton, promoted. 14th Hussars—Lieutenant Lawrence Mackenzie to be In structor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Whish, retired. Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Edward Smith Bridges, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant and Captain Clive , who resigns that appointment. 6th Deg invent of Foot—Lieute nan t J ames F ran kli n) from CAVALRY IN 1110DERN ARMIES. The Revue Contemporaine publishes an article, by Comte de Latour,7on the important question of the part which cavalry is likely to play in future wars, now that fire-arms have acquired a range far supe rior to that of former days. Many professional men, since the last Italian war, have expressed the opinion that the number of cavalry ought to be considerably reduced, since the long range will prevent its ever repeating those brilliant charges which won for it an undying reputation in the fields of Rossbach, Hanna, Marengo, Aus terlitz, and Essling. Before a mass of cavalry, they argue, can be brought near enough to a square or a battery, it will be crushed by the overwhelming power of ordnance rendered effec tive at a distance of 2,000 yards, and muskets with a sure range of 800. At Solferina, for instance, the Austrian cavalry, which attempted to charge Gen. Desvaux's squadrons, could not even deploy under the murderous fire of the French rifkd guns, which ploughed their deep ranks. Henceforth, then, ac cording to the adversaries of cavalry, the duties of that art will be reduced to escorts, foraging, and skirmishing parties, and pursuing the enemy after a battle. Comte de Latour is not of that opinion. The proportion of cavalry, he observes, in modern armies is about one-fourth in time of peace, and one-sixth in time of war. In the latter case, France would probably have 100,000 horse in an army of 700,000 men, and this would not be too much. The effect of a well - served artillery will always be terrible, whenever it can enfilade close masses; but it will be much less effective against a cavalry-force masked by woods or ravines, or even concealed at a distance of 1,000 yards by a thick veil of dust and smoke. In such a case, cavalry may resolutely charge a battery ; and this it may even do when quite exposed, provided it makes its approach in skirmishing order, so that, instead of presenting a deep mass, it may only oppose scattered points to the showers of grape and shot directed against it by the battery. This manoeuvre is now adopted by the infantry, and must shortly be also by cavalry, when, our author believes, it will regain all its superiority of former days, and be able, as before, to extinguish a murderous artillery-fire in the open field, execute offensive movements when there is a long distance to be gone over, break an attacking column, complete the defeat of a waver ing army, change a check into a rout, make nume rous prisoners, and cut off and surround single parties. The Count finds that the opinions now generally held regarding the power of the new fire-arms are vastly exaggerated, and shows that many more men were lost in the great battles of the Empire than in the last Italian campaign. At Austerlitz the Russians lost 30 per cent., the Aus trians 44 per cent. of their army ; the French lost 14 per cent. At Wagram the loss of the Austrians was 14, that of the French 13 per cent. At La Moskowa the Russians lost 44 per cent.; at Waterloo the allies lost 31 per cent., the French 36 per cent. At Magenta, on the contrary, the Austrian loss was not more than 8 per cent., that of the French only 7 ; at Solferino the Austrians sustained a similar loss, and the Franco-Sardinians only lost one-tenth. This may be explained by the fact that a long range obliges the projectile to describe a large curve ; thus, according to M. d'Azemar, if the column of the Place Vendome were placed between the gun and the mark, the latter being at a distance of 2,500 yards, the projectile would pass clean over the monument without touching it. Count de Latour very justly observes that when the new musket was invented, the same predictions of the future uselessness of artillery were made as are now brought against cavalry, and concludes with other argu ments tending to prove the importance of this sec tion of a regular and well-appointed army. THE REPRESENTATION OF THE NORTH RIDING• —The high sheriff has fixed the nomination for Monday, the 17th inst., and the poll will be taken on the following Thursday, and the declaration on Saturday. i- IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS —YESTERDAY. The LORD CHA. \ (ELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal Assent was given by commission to the Con solidated Fund Bill. The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth, and Earl St. Germans. SHOOTING LICENCES. The Earl of MALMESBURY said on Thursday next he should call the attention of the house to a circular which had been sent round to all those who held shooting licenses, and which was said to have the approval of the Chief Commissioners of Woods and Forests. THE PRESS IN FIEDMONT. The Marquis of NORM ANBY said he was compelled to postpone the motion which stood on the paper for Friday until Monday next, owing to the non -arrival of certain in formation which he had expected. THE REVISED CODE. The Earl of DERBY presented petitions against the Revised Code. THE SOUTHERN BLOCKADE. Lord STRATHEDEN (who has elected to use the title of Campbell) rose to call attention to the blockade of the ports of the Confederate States of America, and to move an address for copies of any correspondence upon the subject which might have taken place since the date of the papers which had been laid before Parliament. The noble and learned lord said the object of the motion is not to impugn the conduct of the Government or to show that the blockade ought before now to have been opened, or that now some measure in that direction should be taken, but to establish that the attitude in which we stand with one of the belligerents suspends, if it does not violate neutrality, and that some further action is required in order to restore the neutrality we aim at. The belligerent in question is the Southern or insurrectionary power, and our attitude towards it arises out of a transaction very easy to recal, and a despatch with which the world is perfectly familiar, that of the Foreign Secretary to Lord Lyons, dated Feb ruary 15th. The transaction was an appeal on our part to the Government of Richmond, through our consul at Charleston, to accept the principles of public law laid down at Paris in 1856. The whole narrative ap pears in paper No. 3or the series on America. The nego tiator with the Government of Richmond was not our con sul in person, but a gentleman of South Carolina, whom he chose to represent him. It was clearly open to the Govern ment of Richmond to decline the proposition, not upon its merits, but on the ground that they could not hold inter course with the agent of a power which had not yet recog• nized the place they claimed in the society of nations. Such a refusal might have easily been made on grounds of policy, as well as grounds of dignity, because if they consented to negotiate with countries which denied their claim to recog nition they might seem in the eyes of some to compromise their right to urge,or at least to reduce their power of extort ing it. And it is well known that, among the leading men of Richmond, there was a difference of opinion on the conduct which became them. However, not only did they consent to hear our negotiator, but they determined to embrace his proposition. On the 13th of August last year the Presi dent of the Southern Congress signed the resolution which that Congress had arrived at, accepting all the rules laid down at Paris in 1856, except that which relates to priva teering, and which we had not asked them to adopt. But the President was not so weak as to refrain from telling our negotiator that he looked for something in return for the concession he was making, and that the return he hoped for was a rigorous adherence, on our part, to the principles we had laid down as to blockades. We gained our point on such an understanding. So much for the transaction with the Government of Richmond. We now come to the des patch of the 15th of January, in which the Foreign Secre tary, so far as the papers show, in reply to no question, in obedience to no demand, and in fear of no emergency, volunteers his approbation of the blockade as carried on at Wilmington and Charleston. It is perfectly notorious to all by whom these papers have been studied that at Wil mington and Charleston the blockade has been less effective than at any other portion of the seaboard from the north of Virginia to the extremity of Texas. The effect of the despatch therefore is to relieve the Government of Wash ington from the necessity to maintain at any part a higher or stricter type than that which Wilmington and Charleston have illustrated. Wherever it exceeds that type which the Foreign Secretary has selected for encouragement they are at liberty to weaken and abate it. It is unnecessary to prove its inefficiency at other ports, since its state ad these two has been accepted as the standard. How far is such a measure, upon our part, consistent with the engagements we incurred in Aug ust to the Governmen t of Richmond. It should never be forgotten that our Govern ment were not forced to choose between the opposite alter • natives of raising the blockade or of giving it in its weakest points a conspicuous and irrevocable sanction. They might, in a despatch so public and momenious, have sanc tioned not its weak points, but its strong ones, if any such could be discovered ; they might at least have gone on without a pointed declaration, and only so far recognised it as they had during the autumn. On what ground were they required to blazon a mani festo in its favour, which must offend and startle one of the belligerents who had a right to look to a very diffe rent conduct from us. who had a right at least to hope that, when we quitted silence, it would not be for language in consistent with our pledges to him. How can it be shown that this uncalled-for manifesto does not violate neutrality by a departure from the principles which we urged upon the Government of Richmond, and should have urged in vain, had it been thought that we were ready to abandon them. It can be shown, in one way only, viz., by disproving the evidence which this book presents on Wilmington and Charleston. Happily the witness to be heard is that very Consul whom the Govern ment urged to negotiate with the Southern Power on the point which I referred to, whose previous character is shown by the appointment to so delicate a trust, and whose fitness to receive it was proved by the rapid and suc cessful close to which he brought the business. The juris diction of Mr. Bunch extended over both these harbours— one of them in North, the other in South Carolina. It is not necessary to rely on the evidence which the Southern envoys have adduced. It is not necessary to rely upon the circumstance that the harbour of Charleston has been bar ' barously chocked up, which would not have happened could access to it have been otherwise prevented. It is not necessary to rely upon the circumstance that now ships may be insured at fifteen per cent. between Liverpool and Charleston, whereas fifty per cent, would be required, as shipowners inform us, in a really adequate blockade. Our consul had no motive for leaning one way or the other, although the Northern Government have now deprived him of his office by taking away his ex equatur. In support of this view the noble lord then read copious extracts from the despatches in question. The noble lord, in continuation, said—Such was the blockade at these ports in which it has received so unlooked for, and so astonishing a sanction. But does it, therefore, follow, that the con duct of the Government is open to exception. On the contrary, it only follows that further correspon dence is required to throw sonie light wholly wanting now upon the reasons which directed them. Further papers may show that they were forced to make a declaration on these particular localities by an embarrassment which could not be disposed of, or an inquiry which could not be adjourned. They may show us that the French itwas Govern ment had already acted in t his manner, and that necessary to keep up our concert upon American affairs. They may show us that further evidence was in possession of the Government to rebut that of our naval officers and consuls. They may show us that an explanation has been offered to the Government of Richmond with which we have communicated and may communicate again, calculated to remove the sting from a proceeding which must appear to them so adverse. But if naurther information is extended, the irresistible conclusion will present itself that we owe a debt to one of the belligerents which ought to be dis charged, although not by raising the blockade, a course after their despatch impossible for Government. If no further information is extended until that debt has been discharged in one form or another, neutrality may be upon the lips of official men, but has lost its place among their counsels. Lord ABINGER said he had not anticipated such an easy solution of the Trent difficulty, and attributing it, as he did, to the conduct of her Majesty's Government, he could not forbear expressing his opinion that the prudence,dignity, and conciliation which they had displayed deserved the ap probation of all classes in this country. (Hear.) He did not advocate the raising of the blockade, because he thought that under existing circumstances it would be quite unpardon able, and would inevitably bring about collisions between our ships of war and the cruisers of the United States. He so highly approved the policy of noninterference that he should be sorry to see any system inaugurated which would lead to any difficulty, in adhering to it. At the same time, he confessed that his sympathies were with a gallant people struggling for independence. He admitted that the Northern States were superior in men, material, and treasure, and he did not undervalue the importance of their recent suc cesses, but he believed, notwithstanding, that the subju gation of the South was an i m possibility. (Hear, hear.) The determination of the Southern Suites to maintain their independence must be admitted by all, and when once that was the case it was time to consiaer whether a recognition of their independence was not a measure which we ought to take to save bloodshed, and to put an end to the war. H e hoped that some independent member would make a motion to that effect, or, failing that, t at the subject would be taken up by some noble lord on that side of the house. Earl RUSSELL —I quite admit the right of thenoble lord to call into question the conduct of the Government with respect to the blockade, nor, indeed, should I comp lain if noble lord we re to call into q uestio n the whole of theirc a o n n y • I duct with resp ect to the unfor tunate differences which have taken place in America, for I am convinced not only that that policy is founded on reason end can bo justified by argument, but also that it is generally approved by the country. (Hear, hear.) "with respect to this particular question of the blockade , — and I shall not detain your lordships by entering into any other—it was, of course, a matter of serious consideration with her Majesty's Govern ment from time to time in what manner they should act. T here are various questions connected with a blockade '•I. which they had to consider. The first was, whether thee. was sufficient authority for instituting it. Lord Stowell says that a blockade must be the act of a sovereign autho rity. This was the act of the President of the United States, who on the 19112 of April issued a pro clamation declaring that the blockade was about to begin, and that act was followed by armed ships of the United States, blockading the several ports, and warning vessels off the coasts. Therefore there can bo no question as to the authority by which the blockade exists. Then, with regard to the means which the Presi dent, as the organ of the Government of the United States, has employed, of course at first they were very deficient, but I think that these papers and everything we have heard show that the Government of the United States has been most desirous so to augment their squadron and so to em ploy their ships that there might be a sufficient force to es tablish an effective blockade. It was a matter of great im portance to them—a vital point of their policy, and therefore one cannot doubt that they would use every means in their power. As early:as the 15th of July, when complaints were made in the New York newspapers that the blockading squadron was not sufficient, I find that they had then 31 men-of-war, of 56,000 tons, with 726 guns, and 10,118 men. That shows that they had made great efforts to establish en effective blockade. It might be said, again, at the coin mencement that the blockade was too extensive, and that it was impossible that so extensive a blockade should really be efficient ; but we must recollect that we ourselves in our American 'ear instituted a blockade of 2,000 miles of coast, and the difference between 2,000 miles and 3,000 miles is no so great as to authorise us to make any objection to the blockade on that account. But in a blockade of 3,000 miles of coast, although it is such a blockade as we ourselves should have established, and such as the law of nations re cognises, with several large ports and many small ones to watch, there were sure to be many irregularities in the con duct of it. Yet we find, generally speaking, that there has been an intention to station ships off the different ports, and that ships have been stationed there. Thus the blockade of Charleston was effective on the 11th of May by the ship Niagara; Pensacola was blockaded on the 13th of May; the blockade of the Mississippi was effective on the 26th or 27th of May, and Savannah was blockaded on the 28th of May, each port with a sufficient number of ships for the purpose. The noble lord said that the blockade of Charles ton was interrupted on some day in May; but he himself read a letter in which it is stated that the blockade was renewed by another ship on the sth of June. There wa s also an account of another ship being added on some day in July or August, and there is no reason to suppose that there had been no ships of war before that port, and the whole question which arises is as to the interruption of the blockade between the 15th or 23d of May and the 4th of June. If any ship had been taken at that time into a prize court it might well have been argued by the owners that there was an in terruption, and that no blockade existed; but that does not affect the general question of the blockade of tke Southern coast of America. And. let it be remembered, above all, that if there were an ineffectual blockade the last place in which we should hear of it would be in the American price courts. When a merchant vessel had been taken into one of those courts it would be quite competent for the owners to plead that there was no effective blockade and that, there fore, the vessel not having broken it, could not be legally condemned. No one will say that there are not judges in America quite competent to decide questions of international law—judges who have inherited the precepts and doctrines of such men as Chancellor Kent and Justice Story—quite competent to pronounce judgment according to law, and , who, I believe, would not have departed from the law in their decisions in such eases. But Ido not find that there has been any real discussion in the prize courts of America, ex cept, perhaps, in one or two instances with respect to the efficiency of the blockade. I must confess to the noble lord that the many instances which are given by Consul Bunch and others of vessels which have run the blockade induce me to consider the whole of this question with a view to decid ing what the course of the Government should be. But, in saying that many vessels have run the blockade, I think there is great exaggeration, and there is great misapprehen sion when lists of vessels are given which are, in fact, vesse l s belonging to the Southern ports, whi ch run out of creeks and creep through shallow waters in order to reach another port on the same coast. These are mostly small vessels of from 50 to 350 tons, and it is stated in one of these letters that they cannot be regarded as vessels of such size and im portance as to argue that the blockade was inefficient which allowed them to escape. Your lordships know very well that in 1806 the Government of this country announced a blockade extending from Brest to Dunkirk, but during that and other blockades which we instituted on the French coast there were many coasting vessels which went from one port of France to another entirely escaping the blockade. But would that have justified either America or any other neu tral Power in saying " This blockade is ineffective, and we will not acknowledge it, and we require you to give up the vessels which you have seized for breach of blockade 2" It certainly would not have justified suoh a course. But there is another consideration, Has the Southern coast had a free and uninterrupted communication with Europe? Have your lordships heard that cotton has arrived in its usual quantities here, and that the manufactures of Great Britain and France have arrived freely at the ports of the States which are now in a state of civil war ? On the contrary, the intelligence which we have received shows that there has been no such uninterrupted intercourse, but that great inconvenience has been suffered by the inhabitants of these Southern States, owing to the existence of that blockade, which is said to be ineffective. On the question of the effi • ciency of the blockade it was desirable to consult the law officers of the Crown ; and after having done so I wrote the despatch to Lord Lyons, stating that : " Her Majesty's Government however are of opinion that, assuming that the blockade is duly notified, and also that a number of ships is stationed and remains at the entrance of a port sufficient really to prevent access to it or to create an evident danger of entering or leaving it, and that these ships do not voluntarily permit ingress or egress, the fact that various ships may have successfully escaped through it will not of itself prevent the blockade from being an effec tive one by international law." This was the deliberate opinion of her Majesty's Govern ment on the subject. I cannot give the papers to which the noble lord refers, on the very ground on which he asks for them. He says, perhaps there may be papers that may show the blockade he thinks ineffective may really have been effective, There are no such papers ; there are no papers that can make the case stronger for the Government than those which have been given; the Government is willing to leave your lordships to judge the case from the whole effect of the papers that have been already printed. As to any representations from the Government of France that it considered the blockade ineffective, I must state that no such communication has ever been made to her Majesty's Government, The noble lord has asked whether the Go vernment of the Southern States acknowledges the 2d and 4th Articles of the Declaration of Paris. It has declared that it does acknowledge them. We have entered into no engagement with that Government. It is our duty to see that the Declaration of Paris is agreed to independently o li f any such engagement ; that it is our duty with regard to all neutral nations, and with regard to the peace ?fthew I should have been very finny to be forced circumstancesby dh g to re c a o t m m e istoforatundieffeireeotv?ionngelnstoiocnircutswtanonlces, a w. v e e b ld e l e e n uld a take a course in such a have thought ourselves oblige% t quarre e l rth tha e t r wsoeulatdh.ha(vHeemars)de Itu w to b ae eco m m y e o p h a j r e t o is t an an s d ei t t h h e er ob o! e h c e t N of ever y member of her Majesty's Government from j the very beginning of the conflict to watch the course of events, with the determination to act in an impartial spirit and preserve a strict neutrality between the two Powers. Sometimes our course, as when we acknowledged the r'retiveoonnsoofnicertain points Southern States as belligerents, may have been considered as having an injurious effect on the North. OR the other hand, when forbidding privateers to carry their prizes into had any British port, it may have been considered to m have not an effect unfavourable to the South. con sider the tendency of these acts. We only ßut o w l (' s d i i n d g er t e h d e w eh h a e - - ther they were just in themselves, and obliged r e a it c h te er r w of it t h hi o s n c e o s u id n e try or . t l l f ,A w m e i, h ; a . d . been n o i i l le . d ,, ttlk . e . = andd an for interesting the peo pl e a o n ! y t o' he Federal Government to w co r un un count America and g e iv enbcya calamity a especially. e i r taylo person for a: ntehtl the by lately hese negrws, i s n u superintend n s t o e n u dt South. e I n i e e g to disposition. describes oe r ri k e n s , e t °B n h n . ei r usefulness, di d every thing and some the P c l o a r n i d ta i • He says,though e nt an an d d ca p lu r m es n id io e u n s t t g h e e n ir er r a e ll a y di g n o e o s d s he coulaidnteotrethmeovFeetdheeraelffGecotvoefrnfmalse a ye ag t he cautiously. abstained from any ' • incitement tLaosisnteheroetiaisol7aves to rise against their owners. Bnt if, by any misfortune, it had become necessary to vindicate our honour, if we had been obliged to take part in this war, any hope of seeing an end to the system of slavery by peaceable means would have vanished. In that case the North would have proclaimed a general emancipation of the slaves, and though it is our earnest wish that the sin and stain of slavery should cease, yet there is nothing we should regard with greater horror than the devastation, the burnings, the murders, and pillage among a population of 4,000,000 slaves that, in the name of liberty to the negro, might have been perpetrated. (Hear.) We trust that when this contest ends it will end in such a way as to leave the emancipation of the negro possible to be effected by gradual and peaceable means, and that the slaves of America may in time take their place as free labourers without loss of life or destruction of the pro perty of their masters. It is not owing to those masters that slavery now exists in the Southern States of America. It is an inheritance they derives from this country. hear.) Having taken this neutral course, I trust w three month s , or p er h aps sooner , we ni,ay see the end of this civil war ; and I hope it may end in a manner n ee n i e tt with the welfare and happiness of both parties,ad a renewal of the old feelings between North and South. If so, they wa may consent to a peaceable separation into might both be powerful—inhabited by men two w ith very dif.. States that ferent education, perhaps with diffe e re l n s t ho n u a l t a urz prosperity f or . but who may have before themldabvcearerYte: case centuries to come. If this shou contest we have done no.. joice above all that during and the that while we have constantly thing to aggravate it, ias t_tear. a ) t the same time been a cou rse p nf u o rs o u n e e d ili a at fl io r n m . course it Bio then withdrew his motion. Lord STRATHED TRAN S FER OF LAND. Bill of Real Estate w a sßi readll w a a s s r e e c a o d ud a second time. tire The The ;Z hnsef g etri Their i o dships then adjourned. I