The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-25 00:00:00

2:ONEY 111.41?,KET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. During the last few days the operations in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have been moderately active. Dealings in tea, however, have been suspended until the public sales which com menced to-day. For sugar, coffee, and rice there has been a steady demand at about late quotations. Saltpetre has been less inqnired for, and quotations tend downwards. For tallow there has been a more active demand on speculative account, and some large transactions have taken place for forward delivery. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a fair amount of business was transacted, and prices were unaltered. The sales were about 7,000 bales. A further sum of £30,000 in foreign gold was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday. Monday next, the 3d proximo, has been appointed a special settling day in the shares of the London and Provincial Bank, and dealings are to be offi cially recorded. The inquiries for money continue limited, but more activity is expected to wards the end of the week, when preparations for the monthly liquida tion of commercial accounts will probably increase the supply of mercantile bills. At present, how ever, the market is quiet and easy, the current terms for first class bills being 23 to 21 per cent. At the 36th annual general meeting of the Stan dard Life Assurance Comp any, held at Edinburgh, yesterday, it was stated that the new assurances effected during the year 1861 exceeded half a mil lion sterling, making upwards of £7,500,000 of new assurances issued during the last 15 years. The annual inct. me is £315,000, and the accumulated fund nearly £2,000,000 sterling. A further improvement has occurred in the English Stock Market, owing to a renewal of pur chases and the short supply of stock in the hands of the dealers, Consols being NI a for money and the 6th proximo. The New Threes and the Reduced have improved to 93a1 ; Bank Stock is fiat, at 242 ; India ditto, at 224 ; but the 5 per Cent. remains at 106 T, 1073. Rather more busines, has taken place in the Foreign Market, but prices exhibit very little alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 841 85 ; ditto, 1858, 741 5 ; Mexican are steady at 341 2 ; Italian flat, at 68t ; Spanish remain at 531 ditto; Deferred, at 431, but the Certificates are heavy at 71 t ; Venezuelan have receded to 241 25. Russian are firmer at 103 ; the New Italian Loan is s prem., and the Ottoman (Mire's) Loan 6 51 66. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been limited, and prices have exhibited a Blight depreciation. Great 'Western, Brighton, North - Western, Midland, and North Eastern (Ber wick) declined ss. ; and Great Northern, 10s.; Bristol and Exeter, however, have improved £1; itud Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial Markets scarcely ally business of importance has been recorded, and quotations remain without alteration. South Aus trian and Lombardo-Venetian realise 19; ; Great 'Western of Canada, 121 y ; and East Indian, 101!, 1021, I Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares con tinue dull. London Joint-Stock Bank realise 36i ; Crystal Palace Stock, 341 35 ; Royal Mail Steam, 34 ; and Scottish Australian Investment, 136. Da nk a nk Stock ISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4 3per Cent. R e d uced Annuities 93! a i ~,Pet "Y 3 per Cent. Cent. Consols Annuities Annuities -.` India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 9O Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent . Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 Ditto ditto April, 1864 99k Consols for Account, March 6 931 1 March. 1 Jung. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 22 Ditto £5OO . . I )itto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent thtto Account Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 Eq.uador New Consolidated Iraporial Moorish Scrip blexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account ~,,uvian 41 per Cent lOOl i Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and '6O 461 -Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St lO3 21 34 Ditto 41 per Cent 931 Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 6 2 b -b.rtiinian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred c, Di tto Account ZPrinish Ce r t . o f C oup. not f un d ed A urkish 6 per Cent. B5l 5 Ditto New Loan Ditto Acco int Ditto £lOO 80nd5.... -Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ~..t.D itt o Account v ' li zuela, 3 per Cent .. Ditto Account b , Dividends on the above payable in London. Itt:;.ean , 25 per 1 er Cent. Exchange 12 Guil. 6 65 u Cent., , 1861 Ba f i i THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Account .. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. 108 to to £s l l hay, S 2 to £4 15s clover, £3 A lOs • and straw, 8s to £I - 16s Od per load. slow demand. eumn P.RLAND.--Meadow hay, L 2 Os to £4 15s ; clover °', C 3 10 s t o £5 10s; and straw, .£1 8s to £1 16s per load. Tr ade dull. RIT ECIIAPEL.—Meadow ha Os to £4 15s ; clover, 5:3 10 )1,„ to Lb lOs ; and straw. £ 1 Bto £1 168 per load. u "a• hay and straw were in slow request at late rates. COLONIAL. th e; .—Business has been dull, parties having deferred to day l' . Operations until the public sales, which commenced R . Prices, however, remained steady. I a C V CiAIt. —The market has been moderately active, and e,,Prices have been well supported for all descriptions. defined qualities have also been in fair demand. r , 'oPPEE.—For good and fine qualities tif Plantation `'eYlou there has been a more active demand at full rates, 4114 foreign descriptions have been inquired for, chiefly, however, for exportation. RICE.—A steady business has been done in East India d escriptions, and late quotations have been maintained. , SALTPETRE, Busi ness h as b een dull, and the few bargains entered into have been at barely previous rates. TALLOW.—The market has continued moderately active, Traci some rather large speculative dealings have been r ecorded. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 455. 9d., and last t hree months delivery, 48s. per cwt. THE TRICE OF GOLD. Share; 13.14 25 10 st st 50 20 6.4.0 Railways• Bir., Vol., and Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter „ Caledonian C , rk and Bandon Corn wal A gets no div l Do A ti I] 6p c.p an.h as l Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. East A ngliau Eastern Counties ...... Eastern Union, A. stock Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U3ds, East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow ' Edin., Perth, & Dundee, Glasz. and S. Western.' GreatNrthn.of Scotland' Great Northern Do A stock 6i 7 96 07 106 106 5 6 [9.16.41 42 44 11 11 19 201 57 58i 55 58 37 40 93 94 30 30i 101 103 117 118 116 117 134 136 105 107 701 71} 57 6J Do R do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackly'll Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Doyer Lon. & North Western) Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine L 'derry & Enniskillen Shef., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do 5hare5........ Metropolitan Midland Do New _ 1071 1071 60 62 120 121 46 48 96} 96, 101 102 6 11 43} 431 if Si 1311 1311 1 4 3 11 3 101 103 Do Ilirminz t Derby ] Mid Gt. W. of Ireland] Do. b shares Mid Kent _ Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry, Warnpt, & tos Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß, Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick D0,...G.N.E. purchase 12.10 Do'Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction 1 Not. Gran. RI. & Canal' Portsmouth Rhs coney Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Sc)t. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lanc. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun! Staines,Wok.,andWok. ,Stockton & Darlington Do 69 71 65i 0 93 d p 55 hsi 87 87& 101 103 ti 6 d 10i 11 95 96 127 129 45 17 103 106 46 48 37 39 Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 Thames H avenDk&Rail Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim 1 Waterford As Kilkenny Water f ord Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.Arß West Midland Oxford Do Newporr, Do Hereford 841 MI 68 70 100 102 38 Si 9i p 5f64 P 144 148 55* 56* 2f * 3* d 87 92 128 131 7 71 47 49 43 46 90 92 116} 17 1161 16} 134 1074 71 1 i 70 i 71 lon f eq. i not 20 961. I 0 1011 2 li 8 1 } 131 i f i 1i p 981 8 87* 7 102 371- 841 I ; 7:1 di 43} toi 90 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid. Co. s • Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.& N.W Birkenhead., Buckingh - nck h re... Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. 53 55 Do. 56 per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do ll2 114 113} Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U. &E.O E. Lincolnsh. gApr c. 100 Gr. North. 136 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 4} Do. Woodbridge.... 100 • • • • Gls. Barr. &Neils.Drct. 100 Cale - don .. Do. new Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. • . Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 109 111 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 200 205 Lon. and Chat. Ext B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per C. all Do. . !! London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 6 4 Do. Preferen Lon.,Tilb.& "-,bend 100 Pete &Co B2 84 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Don per cent lOO Do. Mne.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmark t, BurvFx g*ua. 5 per cen , t.. l 5. 5. 6. E Counts. p p Northn.&Ea.tn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber North Western Preston and Wyre. all kri c N i r . 44 46 Do. 4 shares A. all o. •• • • Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 ' t.North. 134 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 122 124 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West( 93 95 Wimbledn t Croydon, all L.&Brgtn' 86 96 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. Closing Business Paid. Prices. Done. T he quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and 'he short exchange on London is 25f 15c per £1 sterling. °li c omparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. mid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-Ioth per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. 13 Y advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 426 k per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.fi per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 2- mths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. T he course of exchange at New York on London for bills at CO days' sight is 113 to 114 per cent., and the premium on told is about Ea per cent. At th ese rates the importation of gold from the United States would leave a trifling profit. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c pref. issued at £5 all at [iris. & Exet. 4p.c. st 100 93 95 20 Do. shares st Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 100 et Cork & Bandon, 53 p. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 percent all 20 21 63 Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun all 6 6 3 10 Do. lst Class Pref all st E. Angn. Class Asp. c lOO 99 101 at E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 109 111 st Do No. 2 100 109 111 at Do. new 6p.c. st lOO 126 128 at Eastern Union, 4p. o— 100 82 84 at Do. sp. c. guar lOO st Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 112 114 st Do. 4p. C. guar. S. & u lOO 90 92 at Furness, 5 per cent lOO at Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c lOO st Great Northern, sp. c lOO 119 121 at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 113 115 st Do. 43 p. c. do lOO 106 103 st Do.sp.c.Redrc.atsp.c.pm 100 110 112 110 10 Gt. Nh. of' ..cot. let pref. all st Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 100 102 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent 6 st Do. redeem. 44 p. ct lOO 98 100 100 991 at Do. redeem. 4p. ct lOO 89 91 st Do. irredeem. 4p. ct lOO 90 92 st Do. sp. C. redeem. pref. 100 102 104 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares all 91 101 10 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pt. sits all 173 181 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs all 10 1 11 st Do. Birm. guar. stock lOO 77 79 263 Do. Chesterguar. shares all 20 21 3 131 Do. do all 10 101 20 Do. do all 15 16 100 Lan. & Carl. 43 p.c. pre( SO st Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 136 138 at Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10dt e 100 at Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO st Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur. 100 102 104 at Lon.&Brig.sp.c.gu. No.l 100 112 114 st Do. 5 per cenLdo. No 2 100 112 114 at Do. 6 per cent. do lOO 135 140 at Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 112 114 st Do. 7 per cent pref. atk 100 152 156 1533 at Do, 6 p.c. do(W.K&C.P.) 100 128 131 at D 0.4 p c.st(div.def.lll'6s 100 75 77 st Lon.Chat&Dov. sp.c.pf. 100 96 98 97 st Lon. &N. W., Cov. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 at Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. at, late 3d shares 100 at Do. 41 per cent 2s 6d Do. (Prtam. perpl. anna of 28 6d 123 Londondy. & Cole. shs all 12} r,ondony. & Ennis. 4 shs all 134 131 at Man. Sh. & Lin. 9 per ct. 100 124 126 6 Do. £6 at Do. 35 per cent......... 100 0 71 10 'Do. redeem. 6 percent... 5 5 3pm 123 Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. all .. 121 Do. 41 per cent......... all . at Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. 100 .. st Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c 100 13' 139 st Do. 43 p.c. pref. at. rdem WO 103 105 st Do. 45 p.c. irredeemable 100 Do. 41 per cent. . . all st Do.Leic. andHit.4per ct 100 94 96 st Nerflk. sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 st Do. 51 p. c. Pref. at. 1847 100 .. at Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lBl7 100 .. st Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 111 113 st Do. New gua. 5 per cent 100 109 111 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. 7 11 Ipm 10 Do. do. do. all st Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co. 100 .. st N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 .. st Do. 41pr. ct. redeemable 100 .. at Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref 100 100 102 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. R. 13.4 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 13 4 dis par 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 .. 25 Do. York, H.& S. Purch. 10 20 North Staffordshire.. . all 3 dis par 10 Rhymney Guaranteed.. all 22 23 at Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 .. at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 .. at Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 10s. South Devon, Ann, 10s. all 135 140 10 Do. Fixed 43 per cent all 10 11 10. 6 . South Eastern(Reading, Ann., 1.0.6) at Do. 44 per cent t Do, Fixed 43 per cent no 101 103 South Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 .. t Do. 43 per cent st Do ' Stock. 100 .. . . Doba Yorkshire, 4 1 p p 5. c ep. g gc u u. . a a do. 1859 lOO Do. 5 per cent. lOO .. st S. 20 Do • • • 25 st W. Mid.-Oxf lst Y ' 6 1 : 1 1 7 1 2 87 7; 2 10 9 3 25 • B6p. c all 32 34 Do. c 6 c all 31 33 st Watrfd & Ktiku p. c. 100 42 45 st at Do. Newport 5 Do. 2d t;, - ( t ) ra stk 100 128 130 c. p P f .gd. 100 103 105 p.c. st Do. Perpet.6 p. st Do. 66 100 121 128 tilt 1869 100 120 125 DOCKS. • stock ICommercial ! 100 stock 100. 4 per Cent. Pret.Min 100 stock East and West Judia •• 120 124 126 ' stock !London .......... 100 57 59 s stock St. Katharine. lOO 60 62 stock 'Southampton lOO 11••• 2 d p 10,40 20 k i — D y i o eto N r c i w a ........ ... ................ 100 99 101 FLOGGING. — The number of men flogged in the a rray in the United Kingdcm in the year 1860 was but 179 ** - Et great reduction as compared with former years, alike 1 4 th e number of men flogged and in the number of re *gl kents in which men wer e flo gg e d. Forty-one of these bad s ubjects were in the Royal Artillery, and the same number 1 . 4 the cavalry (12 of them in the Military Train and nine 1 4 the 11th Hussars) ; there were only 96 in the whole of U - le infantry. Concurrently with this return another has b een issued, showing the number of boys sentenced to be 40 gged in Englanctand Wales in 1858-60, upon summary eO4 -viction for simple larceny, under the Act of 1817 ; the somber was no more than 1,716 in the three years. The % lili erfe sentences were almost invari abl y 50 lashes ; th e ci 4t. tences of the lads varied, and t he y were more ire elltlYY punished with the birch. But in 11 gaols, boys of to 14 y ears o f age h a d 24 lashes with the cat; in some a t ' sll i 3 0 lashes • and in two, lads of 12 to 14 g ot 36 lashes. I,: l 'aunton a boy of nine had 24 lashes, but "with,,a very but cat o f so f t sma ll cor d s se lected by the surgeon. o{, ABEAS CORPUS TO COLONIES. — In conse q uence oe case of John Anderson, the escaped slave, the Duke i n 4 ‘ 4 e wcastle has b e f ore th e House of Lords a Bil l provid ell that i n f uture no writ of habeas corpus shall issue from E I,gt and into a n y co l ony where there is a law full y estab "4li_ecl court o f justice authorised to issue such wr its. RIVATE BlLLS.—Th er e seems no probability of I P 4e k of " private busin ess " i n P a rliament this Sess i on. a t t he end of last week above 270 private bills had been e "Y brought into one or other house. The railway bills 11 ' ) Po.se the construction of no l ess t h an 1,800 m iles of new tie 'United Kingdom-1,497 in England. 1004 12& I stock stock FOREIGN Algerian , Antwerp ,S; Rotterdam Ardennes.... ....... Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine £ Rail Copiapo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c Do. do. tlreat Central of France (;,t. Luxem., Con. she ftalian Junction Lierre k Turnhout Lyons & Geneva Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Conlin (Smyrna to Aidn) L'aris,Lyons, & Medi ter. Paris & Orleans 6 1 6 ; 7. .7pl I lk i lk 11 12 4i 4 , 1 - P 23 44 lli 111 112 i Ft ci 2t► 21 40 41 8 10 8i 7i 43 44 54 66 Recife & S. Fran. (Perm) zua. 7 p. ct. Riga Dunaburg Royal Danish Royal Swedish ........ Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lira, g. 7 p. c S.Aust. &Lomb Venain Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 p et West Flandern .., Do. 5i p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France West , rn of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden . . . Do. 8 par cent Pref Zealand . . 31 ; 2/1 13 15 Si 9A 0/ ipm 2p 28} Z9l til i 19i 71 a 10 30i 22 23 16 28 51 51 20 32 18 20 9 11 112 115 15 17 84 86 104 u 8 105 108 1/ O pr }pm 96 99 3 3% i 1 i 1 11 a 26 21 4 5 all all all all 100 all 100 all all aA all i I P 2 le 10 15 14 11 16 1 14 76 8 52 53 68 70 10 12 19# 191 17 19 5 6 52 54 134 139 33 35 II 4* 6 . ids {p pr 11 11 p 11 u 1 9 10 I THE SUN, LONDON, !TUESDAY! EVENING, FEBRUARY 2 ,25, 1862. Business done 101 loci 6i I 100$ i 101 f 2* 1; 1021 i 100 60} 60 42 3i 38} 1011 1 1001 100 1 LAW II'iTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) 16 16; 1 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) LEDGER V. WEBSTER. 17 161 This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the proprie tor of the Era newspaper, against Mr. Benjamin Webster, the lessee of the New Adelphi Theatre, for slander. Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Rigby appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Sergeant Shee for the defendant. 34i 6 1 Mr. Chambers, in opening the case on the part of the plaintiff, said that Mr. Ledger, the plaintiff, was the pro prietor and editor of the Era, a weekly newspaper, its cha racter being partly of a sporting nature, but also the chief organ of the theatrical profession. No one could deny that Mr. Ledger, as editor, had done all he could to ele vate, improve, and encourage that profession. He had felt bound to bring the present action against Mr. Webster for the publication of a libel inserted in the bills of the New Adelphi Theatre reflecting upon the character of the plain tiff; but before going into the question of the libel complained of it would be necessary for hint to state that about two or three years ago, it was considered by the patrons and mem bers of the profession, that as many of the members were reduced to poverty and distress, they thought it advisable to found an institution for their relief, and, accordingly, a very large meeting was held, at which, no doubt, Mr. Webster took the leading part ; and it was then agreed that an institution to be called '1 he Dramatic College should be erected, forming houses for the refuge of decayed members of the profession. Subscriptions to alarge amount were obtained, which were aided by the receipt s of certain fanoy fairs, where the actresses of the profession acted as the keepers of the stalls. There was also a class of entertainments resorted to which did not meet the approbation of those who were anxious for the elevation of the profession, as "Cheap Johns" and "Aunt Sally." Mr. Ledger had in his paper, the Era, praised the object of the benefit, but was disappointed of the entertainment, and in 1861 another benefit took place at the Crystal Palace, when similar en tertainments again took place. Mr. Ledger, in the Era, had, in a leader, commented on those amusements, and ex pressed an opinion that it would not add to the true inte rests of the profession. The learned counsel then read the articles in the Era, and proceeded to read the libel complained of and inserted in the defendant's bill of Satur day, the 24th of August, to the effect that the plaintiff had, unauthorised by the management, or any one con nected with the management, inserted an advertisement of Mr. Toole's benefit, and which was a gratuitous insult by a low-minded person to mislead the public. The inser tion of the advertisement had been forbidden, and showed the pitiful resources of this journal (the Era) in giving free advertisements and puffs at 6d. a line to its limited cir culation. After the publication of the libel, Mr. Ledger had called upon Mr. Webster for its withdrawal. It was, however, repeated. The learned counsel then proceeded to nitrrate other matters that had taken place in connection with the insertion in the Era of a letter signed, J. D., condemning the proce e di ngs a t th e Crystal Palace on the occasion of the benefit for the Dra matic College, which led to a correspondence , i n w hi c h M r Webster had demanded a nd obtained an apology from J. D • The learned counsel concluded by saying that the plaintiff' had been compelled to come forward for hi s own v i n di cat i on and lay the case before the jury. The libel, as also the articles in the Era, and the corre spondence, were put in and taken as read. The publication of the libel .having been proved, Mr. Caxford, of the Law Tones and the Field, and Mr. David Mitchell Aird, printer of the Economist, were called to prove that the libel was calculated to injure the circula tion and property of a class paper. This being the plaintiff's case, Mr. Sergeant Shee pro ceeded to address the jury for the defendant. Mr. Webster was e xamined, and sa id on hi s attent i on being called to the articles in the Era reflecting on the Dramatic College fete, he wrote to the editor r es p ec ti ng th em , and no notice being taken of his communications he sent his stage manager to the Era office with an intimation that no further advertisements of the Adelphi Theatre were to appear in the Era newspaper without a written order. Notwithstanding this, on the 24th of August an advertise ment announcing \lr. Toole's benefit appeared, which was quite unauthorised. The case was proceeding when we went to press. 11 II 3i COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) , . ALLEGED FRAUDS IN THE LEATHER TRA. DE-IN RE ALFRED WILLIAM RIDER. This bankrupt was described as of Bevis Marks, City, leather factor, and was brought up in custody from the Queen's Bench prison to surrender under the petition in bankruptcy, and to apply for his release. Mr. Brandon appeared to oppose on the part of the peti tioning creditor, Mr. Janson, of Bennet's-place, Grace church-street, leather factor. Mr. Sargood, instructed by Mr. Beard, Basinghall-street, supported, and said that the application was made under the, 112th section of the old Act. The bankrupt was in custody under a capias on the ground that ho was about to leave the country, but it had been held of ELby, Deacon, and Chitty that the Court had power to release. Mr. Brandon took an objection that there was no affidavit of service of notice under the 19th rule under the New Act. Mr. Sargood argued that it was unnecessary, as in this case all had been done that was necessary. His Honour, however, held that an affidavit must be made, as required by the new rules, and served on the re spective parties interested, in this case being the petitioning creditor and his solicitor. The facts of the case are these :—Thomas George Rider, a brother of the bankrupt, was made bankrupt, and charged with several offenees under the bankrupt law. After a pre liminary examination at Guildhall Police Court, he was aimitted to bail, but absconded. It was suspected bank rapt had obtained considerable property belonging to Thos. Rider, under a fictitious sale, and was debtor to the estate on bills of exchange to the extent of about £9OO, and in the belief that he was about to quit the country, he was taken on a capias, issued at the suit of Mr. Janson, who is a cre ditor for £768. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE POOR-LAW GUARDIANS OF ST. MARTIN'S AND A TROUBLESOME INMATE.—SamueI Withers, an inmate of St. Martin's Workhouse, and who is a most troublesome fellow, was charged betore Mr. Tyrwhitt with the follow ing conduct : ~'‘everal of the guardians attended to hear the case. Michael Brannan, porter of the Workhouse, said—The defendant is an inmate of the house, and yesterday went out on leave, and returned at one o'clock drunk and dis orderly. I got him upstairs, and he was reported to the board and ordered to appear before it at seven o'clock. H e attended, and then abused the guardians in such a manner that I was ordered to remove him and give him in cus tcdy. _ _ Mr. Tyrwhitt—ln what way did he abuse the guar dians ? Brannan—He was hallooing at the guardians, but I cannot say what ho said. Some of the guardians are pre sent. Defendant—l was not drunk. Brannan—At seven he had partly recovered, but was not quite sober. _ Mr. William Kemmish, of 16, Lowther Arcade, one of the guardians said : At seven yesterday evening Withers was brought before the board to answer the offence of being drunk. Before I could speak to him, he said, " I was the biggest vagabond in the parish, and the greatest wretch," and called me many other offensive things. I appealed to the board to know whether a guardian was to be so abused. I cannot say whether the man was drunk or sober, but he was labouring under the effects of drink. His conduct was at all times so bad that he was the terror of the other inmates. Defendant—Had I not occasion to write to the Poor. law Board about the treatment I received ? Mr. TyrwlAt—What do I care about the Poor -law Board ? It has nothing to do with this case. Mr. Wm. Goodchild, another guardian, residing at 15, Long-acre, said—l was present, and the defendant was brought in for being drunk, when he began a tirade of abuse against the guardians, particularl3. Mr. Kemmish and my self. He called Mr. Kemmish a diabolical scoundrel, and an oppressor of the poor. Our business was interrupted until he was removed. He was given in charge by order of the board. Defendant—Had I not occasion to complain to the poor law board ? John Simmons, 87 C, said the defendant was not drunk when he took him into custoly, but he had been drinking. Defendant—l went out yesterday, being in bad healt h,and came back at one o'clock, but not drunk, or I should have been given into custody. I was unwell and sick. At seven o'clock. I was ordered to attend before the board. I had occasion to complain of the guardians, and Mr. Ferrell, Ithe Poor-Law inspector, attended and investigated the circum stances, and he suppressed his indignation at the manner in which I had been treated. I denied being drunk before the board. I was no more so than lam now. The guardians misunderstood what I said. I wish to know if they dont always give the inmates in custody for being drunk. Brannan—Not if quiet. The dining-hall yesterday was in an uproar, all the people coming out. The defendant has been here twice before, and acted in the same manner at the workhouse. Mr. Kemmish—The clerk is here, and he will contradict all the prisoner has said. Mr. Tyrwhitt—The question is whether or not the de fendant was drunk. What is to be done with a wilful man like you ? They might have given you in charge if they liked at first, or turned you out, but they did not do that. You have been proved to have abused the Board. If you were not properly treated, and wished to complain, you knew how to write. I must send you for 14 days, and you may be sent for 42. You are a wilful man. The defendant was then locked up. 521 n THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. !NIPEEIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE REVISED CODE OF EDUCATION. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Duchess of Parma arrived three days back at Munich, where she intends to remain for a few days• The Grand Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany has also arrived in the Bavarian capital, and taken up his residence at the palace of Prince Ltutpold. The Bishop of WINCHESTER presented petitions against the revised code of education. On the motion of the Earl of COLCHESTER, the following bills were read a second time .—Caterham Water 'Works, Ceylon Railway Company, Great Britain Mutual Life As surance, Leeds Weter, Deaf and Dumb Poor Asylum, Dun dalk and Enniskillen Railway, and - Webb and Gray's Patent. lit / • • I. •. ~: •' • '::: ' :., r SHARE MARKET-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Business Price. done. 7i 8 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Paid all lOU all all all all Si Si 5 ot iP 5 7 all {lOO 15 all 100 C Irorsiiene:4 67 70 100 101 6 . 6j d 100 101 101 f 102 f 100 102 1011 1024 102 103 1031 1041 -- 25 26 72 74 60 63 42 45 43 46 39 41 38 40 1001 1011 FT 1p 100 101 1 9 1 121 1 7 i 7 i 98 102 93 95 100 101 93 95 90 92 4 6 loli 1024 pr 95 98 Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence' iioni.,llarodact.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cont.— 'Bulfalo and Lake Huron Do. New . Do. Preference ,Clciitta.,e S.Eastn.(l.!!! ) 'Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim ) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. C. 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Caradon (Liskeard) 5 38 (0 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 971 1021 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 70 75 Wht.si Edward (Cals.) 7# 11 2 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 15 16 Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 17 18 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim all 4 5 Brazil Land & Min.Co all 14 11 1 Clarendon Cons.MittCo ; dim. 10 Cobre Copper all 32 34 Copiapo . 1 iDunMoun.Cop.Ming Co all 1 1 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 i 11 / 2 en G leort e u r n al a. . all 2 2 20 all 22 24 2 ,Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr. 1 3d I p 14 :Kapunda (Limited)..... 1 1 11 p I Linares all 8 9 5 ILusitanian 2 1 d pr 1 Mariquira all 1 1 IN.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 1 1 id 20 'Pontg . ibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... all 2 , 4 5 Port Philip 1 1 11 , 1 Scottish Austrln. (L.) los. 11 2pm 2} 1 1 20 St. John del Rey (L.) ' 15 63 64 I 28.2,81 United Mexican . 1 Worthing - (Limite . el) t all COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-S2 Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 Do. 6p. cent. -- 100 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. .iv Auk. 100 1(7 109 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 109 111 Do. 5 per cent lOO 99 100 Do. Inscribed stock 100 97 99 994 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,lBBO l 100 111 113 Do. 1890 1 100 111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 111 113 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c' 100 - 'N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J uly 100 106 107 107 Do. 6n. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. G ov. sp. e.,1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 971 984 Do, d0.,1888 upwds 100 97 98 974 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 11071 1081 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO - ,Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Jit.&July 100 104 106 - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap..tOct lOO 1107 108 1074 i 1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bis 50 90 92 190 40 Australasia all 66 67 1 661 25 Bank of Egypt all 214 224 221 1; 100 Ba-Ak of London .....' 50 British North American all 52 53 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 211 224 22 1 25 Ch. Mer. of In. 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Tall Mell _DiIS Land _. 16 17 2 3 AN ITALIAN PARLIAMENT. The Earl of DERBY gave notice, on the part of the Marquis of Normanby, that on Thursday next he should call the attention of the noble earl the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to a proclamation of a very extraordi nary nature which had lately been issued in the Neapolitan territories. Earl RUSSELL asked where the proclamation was to be found. The Earl of DERBY said he was about to ask the noble earl whether he had received any information respecting it. He had seen it in an Italian newspaper, and it was to the effect that after a given day no person was to set foot within a certain boundary, that all houses, farmhouses, cabins, and hovels were to bbe levelled, and also that all inhabitants of every house, farm houie, or other building in - which more than one day's food was to be found, should be treated as brigands and got. (Laughter.) Earl RUSSELL said he had received no information from her Majesty's Minister or Consul at Naples on the subject, and he should therefore feel obliged if the noble earl would furnish him with a copy of the proclamation to which he referred. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING. The SrmulEu. took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Cirences ter District Roads, Norwich Corporation, and Scottish Northern Junction Railway. GENERAL COMMITTEE OF ELECTIONS. Sir F. Baring, Mr. Walpole, Mr. H. Herbert, Mr. Ker Seymour, and Mr. Bonham Carter were sworn at the table as the general committee of elections. PETITIONS. Some petitions were presented against the Revised Code of Education and the Highways Bill, praying that when any hon. member was counted out the debate should be resumed at the next sitting. TRANSPORT SERVICE. _ Mr. CHILDERS asked the hon. member for Sunderland (Mr. Lindsay) if he would not postpone the following motion, o:! which he had given notice :—" That, in the opinion of this house, her Majesty's Government ought to adopt measures to carry into effect the recommendations of the select committee of this house appointed in 1860 to in quire into the transport service, or at least such por tions of the report of 1861 as were unanimously adopted by the sad committee ?" Mr. GRIFFITH gave notice that he would ask a ques tion on the subject of the alleged ill-treatment of the Italian Consul at Malta. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS IN IRELAND. In reply to Mr. BEAMISH, fir R. PEEL said that the subject had been under notice of Government, but as he was at present advised it was not intended to introduce any bill on the subject. THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY IN IRELAND. Mr. M'EVOY asked the First Lord of the Treasury, if her Majesty's Government intended to make any proposal to Parliament, in accordance with the suggestion of the Secretary for Ireland, respecting the erection of a College in Dublin in connection with the Queen's University ? Lord PALMERSTON said that no such proposition had been brought under the notice of Government. ACCIDENTS COMPENSATION BILL. The ATTORNEY GENERAL asked the member for the Tower Hamlets whether ho would have any objection to dofer the second reading of the Accidents Compensation Bill until Wednesday, the 19th day of March ? Mr. AYRTON said that he would postpone the bill in accordance with the wishes of the right hon. gentleman, but he trusted that the right hon. gentleman would be in his place when the bill came on for the second reading, and that in the meantime his views in reference to it under went a change. Laughter.) BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. BENTINCK moved the following alteration in the 57th paragraph of the rules, orders, and forme of proceeding of the house :—" If it appear on notice being taken, ht the close of the speech of any member (such notice not to be taken during the time that any member is addressing the house), or on the report of a division of the house by the Tellers, after four o'clock, that 40 members are not present, ➢ir. Speaker do adjourn the house without a question first put till the next sitting day ; and the name of the member who has taken such notice, and also the name of every member pre sent when the house is counted, shall be taken down by the clerk of the house, and published on the following day in the votes and proceedings." He contended that under the existing practice injustice was done to hon. members, and the progress of public business was retarded. Mr. KNIGHTLEY seconded the motion. Sir G. GREY hoped the house would not accede to the motion, and argued that every reasonable latitude was afforded to private members to bring on their motions. He drew attention to the fact that Government never placed a bill on the paper for Wednesday, when itwould interfere with the bills of private members. (Hear, hear.) He thought the effect of counting out was rather salutary, as it tended to induce hon. members to compress their speeches into reasonable limits. Lord R. CECIL supported the motion, the object of which he contended was merely to secure the courtesy to every hon. member of having an opportunity to finish a speech which he had commenced. He strongly deprecated the practice of an honourable member being per mitted to move that the house should be counted out, without due publicity being given to his name. He thought such secresy was injurious to public business, and most unjust to private members. Mr. PAULL opposed the motion, and he thought that no hon. member would shrink from the responsibility of placing his name to a motion for "counting out," merely because be had the privilege of going behind the Speaker's chair and making such motion. He for ono would not feel disposed to avail himself of such privilege as exercising the constitutional right of moving that the house should be counted out when there were not forty members present. Mr. ENVART supported the motion. Mr. B. OSBORNE, on the part of the house, declared that in a count-out there was no feeling of hostility towards any member, and he referred to his hon. friend (Mr. A. Smith), who had been counted out five times in one session, as an illustration of what he sthted, so far as his own personal feelings were concerned. He thought the services rendered by the " counters out" were very valuable—(laughter)—and he objected to that meritorious body being dragged into publicity. (Great laughter.) Mr. BENTINCK replied, The house divided, and the numbers were— For the motion Against Majority —l76 The motion was accordingly negatived. TRANSPORT SERVICE. Mr. LINDSAY then brought forward kis motion on this subject, which we have given above. He contended that that there was necessity for a great alteration in the present system. In the three years ending 18,6, no less than £16,000,000 had been expended by the Admi ralty in the service. He referred to the ad vantages which resulted to the country by the establishment of an organised system in regard to this ser vice, by which £1,000,000 on the public expenditure was saved He alluded to the Transport Board, which had been the means of effecting this saving. Having analysed the composition of the select committee which had been appointed in 1860 to inquire into the Transport Service, he contended that the house were bound to adopt the recom mendation of that committee. [LEFT SPEAKING]. THE VICTORIA CROSS. (From the Gazette of this evening.) 1 WAR-OFFICE, FED. 25. The Queen has been graciou-ly pleased to signify her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned officers and non-commissioned officer, whose claims to the same have been submitted to her Majesty's approval, on account of acts of bravery performed by them in India, as recorded against their several names, viz. : Major Richard Harts Kpatinge, Bombay Artillery (now of the Staff Corps)—For having rendered most efficient aid at the assault of Chundairee, in voluntarily leading the column through the breach, which was protected by a heavy cross fire. He was one of the foremost to enter, and was severely wounded in the breach. The column was saved from a serious loss that would probably have resulted, but for Major Keatinge's knowledge of the small path leading across the ditch, which had been examined during the night by himself and a servant, who declined, when re quired, to lead the column, without his master. Hav ing cleared the breach, he led into the fort, where he was struck down by another dangerous wound. The Com mander-in Chief in India states that the success at Chun • dairee was mainly owing to this officer, whose gallantry, really brilliant, he considers was equalled by his ability and devotion. Major Keatinge was at the time a political officer with the 2d Brigade of the Central India Field Force. Capt. James Blair, 2d Bombay Light Cavalry—For hav ing on two occasions distinguished himself by his gallant and daring conduct. 1. On the night of the 12th of August, 1857, at Neemuch, in volunteering to apprehend seven or eight armed mutineers who had shut themselves up for defence in a house, the door of which he burst open. He then rushed in among them, and forced them to escape through the roof; in this encounter he was severely wounded. In spite of his wounds he pursued the fugi tives, but was unable to come up with them, in con sequence of the darkness of the night. 2. On the 23d of October, 1857, at Jeerum, in fighting his way most gallantly through a body of rebels who had literally surrounded him. After breaking the end of his sword on one of their heads, and receiving a severe sword cut on his right arm, he re joined his troop. In this wounded condition, and with no other weapon than the hilt of his broken sword, he put himself at the head of his men, charged the rebels most effectually, and dispersed them. Lieutenant Charles George Baker, Bengal Police Bat talion—For gallant conduct on the occasion of an attack on the rebels at Suhejnee, near Peroo, on the 27th Sept., 1858, which is thus described in this officer's own words :—" The enemy (at the time supposed to have mustered from 900 to 1,000 strong in infantry, with 50 cavalry) advanced. With out exchanging a shot, I at once retired slowly, followed up steadily by the rebel line for 100 yards clear of village i or junghs when, suddenly wheeling about my division into I line, with a hearty cheer, we charged into and through the centre of the enemy's line, Lieutenant Broughton, with his detachment, immediately following up the movement, with excellent effect, from his position upon the enemy's left. The rebel right wing, of about 300 men, broke at once, but the centre and left, ob serving the great labour of the horses in crossing the heavy ground, stood, and receiving the charge with repeated volleys, were cut down, or broke only a few yards ahead of the cavalry. From this moment the pursuit was limited to the strongest and best horses of the force, num bering some sixty of all ranks, who, dashing into and swimming a deep and wide nullab, followed the flying enemy through thevillage of Russowlee and its sugar-cane khets, over two miles of swamp, and 600 yards into the thick jungles near Peroo, when, both men and horses being completely exhausted, I sounded the halt and assembly, and, collecting my wounded, returned to the camp at Munjhaen about 6 p.m." The charge ended in the utter defeat of the enemy, and is referred to by Lord Clyde, "as deserving of the highekt encomium, on account both of conception and execution." It is also described as having been as gallant as any during the war. Lieutenant William Francis Frederick Waller, 25th Bombay Light Infantry —For great gallantry at the capture by storm of the fortress of Gwalior, on the 20th June, 1858. He and Lieutenant Rose, who was killed, were the only Europeans present, and, with a mere handful of men, they attacked the fortress, climbed on the roof of a house, shot the gunners opposed to them, carried all before them, and took the fort, killing every man in it. Lieut. John Chas. Campbell Daunt, 11th (late 70th) Bengal Native Infantry—Lieut. Daunt and Sergeant Dynon are recommended for conspicuous gallantry in action, on the 22d Oct., 1857, with the mutineers of the Ramgurh Batta lion at Chota Behar, in capturing two guns, particularly the last, when they rushed at and captured it by pistoling the gunners, who were mowing the detachment down with grape, one-third of which was hors-de -combat at the time. Sergeant Denis Dynon, 53d Regiment—Lieutenant Daunt is also recommended for chasing, on the 2d of No vember following, the mutineers of the 32d Bengal Native Infantry across a plain into a rich cultivation, into which he followed them with a few of Rattray's Sikhs. H e was dangerously wounded in the attempt to drive out a large body of these mutineers from an enclosure, the pre servation of many of his party, on this occasion, being attributed to his gallantry. Conductor James Miller, Ordnance Department, Bengal —For having, on the 28th of October, 1857, at great per sonal risk, gone to the assistance of, and carried out of action,:a wounded officer, Lieutenant Glubb, of the late 38 th R-giment of Bengal Native Infantry. lie was himself subsequently wounded and sent to Agra. Conductor Miller was at the time employed with heavy howitzers and Ordnance stores attached to a detachment of troops, commanded by the late Colonel Cotton, C. 8., in the attack on the above-mentioned date on the rebels who had taken up their position in the Serai at Futtehpore Sikra, near Agra. Midshipman Arthur Mayo, Indian Navy—For having headed the charge on Nov. 22 1857, in the engagement be tween the Indian Naval Brigade and the mutineers of the 73d Native Infantry, and Bengal Artillery, when the former was ordered to charge two six-pounders which were keeping up a heavy fire. Mr. Mayo was nearly twenty yards in front of any one else during the advance. RAILWAYS LONDON GAZETTE.—(Thts Eventng). WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 25. 40th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Richard Greaves to be Colonel, vice General Sir Alex. Woodford, G C. 8., transferred to the Scots Fusilier Guards. 3d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Worthington to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jones Harper Reade, who retires ; Ensign William Frederick Kerr to be Lieu tenant by purchase, vice Robert Charles Hearn, who retires ; Ensign John Augustus Vivian to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Worthington ; Gentleman Cadet Robert Georges Fulton, from the Royal Military Col lege, to be Ensign by purchase, vice Kerr; Francis William Kane, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Henry Harrison, who retires; George Upperton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vivian. 4th Foot—Lieutenant George H. Kittoe to be Captain by purchase, vice Frederick Anthony Trevor, promoted by purchase to an unattached majority ; Ensign George Augustus Sweny to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Kittoe; Ensign William Harry Stone to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice George Studdert, who retires; Charles Albert Torriano, G. nt., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sweny; Christopher Middlemas Davidson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stone. Bth Foot—Quartermaster Charles Usherwood, from 19th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice John Keatinge, who ex- changes 11th Foot—Ensign George Theobald to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Anthony Miers, who retires George Brehon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Theobald. 19th Foot—Ensign Cortlandt Skinner to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Moffatt, promoted ; John G. W. Griffith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Skinner; Quar termaster John Keatinge, from the Bth Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Charles Usherwood, who exchanges. 521 Feet—Ensign John C. W. Lever to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Reginald Gaston Wilberforce, who retires; Hervey J. L. Bruce, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, v. _ . vice Lever. 66th Foot—Ensign James Landon Watt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Augustine Wm. Massy, who retires ; George Francis Horton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur- chase; vice Watt. 62d Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Lloyd Reade to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Thomas Milson, who resigns that ap. pointment. 78th Foot—Lieutenant William Thompson to be Captain by purchase, vice Melville Augustus Walk.r, who re tires; Ensign James Baron Baillie, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thompson; Colin Mackenzie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice I3aillie. 90th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Dawson Barwell to be Captain, without purchase, vice Francis Delmahoy Wyatt, deceased. 2d West India Regiment—John Craven Mansergh, Esq., to be Paymaster, vice Wm. Neilson, cashiered by the sentence of a General Court Martial, UNATTACHED.—Captain and Brevet-Major Geo. Samuel Young, from the 80th Foot, to be Major, without purchase. BREVET. Captain Gillian Maclaine Ross, 3d West India Regi ment, to have the rank of Major. Captain Harry Lewis Evans, of the Royal Marines, to be Major. Second Captain Frederick Mould, Royal Engineers, to be Major. The Commission of Captain William Wallis King, em ployed on a particular service, to bear date 13th December, 1861, instead of 14th January, 1862. BANKRUPTS. The portion of the " Gazette" which contains the bank rupts had not arrived when we went to press. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Turs DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 181 11 18/ Antwerp — 25 40 25 45 Brussels — 25 40 25 45 Hatnburgh — 13 n 13 8 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 1181 118/ Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 321 321 Berlin Madrid Cad i z 25 521 Leghorn — 25 4 71 Milan — 25 471 25 521 Genoa —'2s 471 25 521 Naples Palermo .. 1201 120 i M ess i na — 1205 1201 Lisbon — 621 52$ Oporto .— 521 525 Rio Janeiro Now York Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz a 17 9 M ex i c an Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) South American I oub!oons lIIE GOLD IN NOVA SCOTIA. The discovery during the past year of gold in Nova Scotia, already made known to the British public through the me.. dium of the newspaper press, renders the following re marks from a gentleman resident in the country very inte resting : The site of the first gold discoveries in Nova Scotia, and that on which mining operations have been carried on to thegreatest extent, is Tangier. This name is applied to a I • 1 river, and also to a harbour into which the river empties, the latter being on the Atlantic coast, from 60 to 60 wiles eastward of Halifax. The mines at this place extend from within half a mile to within two miles of the in head of the harbour. Mining operati ons commenced here the latter part of April last, but the Nova Scotian public were nacre -1 dulous as to the existence of gold in their country, and for months goldhunters came into the new mines but slowly. At the best part of the season the number of miners at Tan gier did not probably exceed 1,000. What were the pro fits of these men? will naturally be asked. Any statistical answer to this question must be founded, in a great degree, upon conjecture. In a country like this, where no " gold escorts" are required to bring the gold from the mines to a place of safe deposit, where the products of those mines do not pass through the hands and are not submitted to the inspection of any Government official, and where the gold 1 which leaves the province passes through such a variety of channels to Europe, the 'United States, and the neighbour ing provinces, it is next to impossible for a private person to ascertain the amount of gold obtained, and any conjecture upon the subject would be practically valueless. I may safely say, however, that the Tangier miners—and they comprise among their number many men of Californian and Australian experience—with very few exceptions, express themselves well satisfied with the results of their labours hitherto, and with their prospects for the future. Yet the greater part of the gold obtained has be en extracted from the quartz by merely breaking it up with hammers, the fragments of the quartz still remaining on hand to be lafterwards ground in a quartz-mill, and contain ing, of course, a large proportion of gold. It is only recen t l y. that any serviceable quartz-crushing machine has been in operation at any of the mines, and we have not yet any real good ones, although great preparations for the com i ng . spring are in progress. If we may believe acc ounts which aver age lots o f quartz from appear to be well-authenticated, the Tangier gold leads have yielded, under a very ru de crushing process, £ 8 per ton. The place is eas il y accessible, being upon the shore of a good harbour, and within six hours' steaming distanc e of Halifax. THIS DAPS SHIPPING. _wi n d this d a y at noon—East ; L ONDO N, Feb. 25 . moderate breeze, an 24. d csloallueYd•_spirit of the A ge , f or M au- BRISTOL ; Fe ritius w iled —Durnao and Lady S ea l—b ot h HULL, Feb. 24 . — for Greenland. CARDIFF, Feb. 23.—Sailed—Cameron, for Havannah. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Hammonia, steamer, from Hamburg; Courier, steamer, from Havre, Sailed —George, for Llanelly ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Sailed — Polonaise, for Sydney ; Evangeline, for Port Natal; Caravan, for New Yorks. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. No arrivals, Sailed—Weymouth, for Hongkong. IIIPERIAL PARLIAMENT _ . I HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. , . THE NAVY ESTIMATES. The SPEAKER then left the chair, and the house wen into Committee of Supply. Lord C. PAGET rose to move the Navy Estimates for the year. He said,—Before I lay these estimates before the house, I must briefly notice the allusions of my two hon. friends to the strength of the French navy. lam very sorry to have to do so ; we have often had discussions on this subject, and I am afraid they have often led to some ill feeling on the other side of the water. I must say I think it undesirable at the present time to enter into this topic, more particularly as the public in this country has been convinced that the French Emperor has acted most hon • ourably towards us. (Hear.) Under these circumstances, it would be much more pleasing to me to pass over this sub ject altogether, and confine my observations exclusively to our own affairs. But the hon. gentlemen seem to doubt the accuracy of the information of the Government; they seem to doubt whether the Government lets not been deceived. But I am bound to tell the hon. member for Sunderland and the hon. member for Montrose that every word the noble lord (Lord Palmerston) said last year with regard to the naval force of France is true; that every one of the iron ships mentioned exists. The Magenta and the Solferino are both afloat. I can give the names of the others if the committee desire it. (No, no.) It is true they are not all in commission, but they are afloat, and ready to proceed t• sea directly. I am perfectly ready to admit that we believe the preparations that have been going on in the French dockyards are not at this moment so great as they were. But do not let anybody deceive themselves, or suppose that the French do not intend to add to their navy. We know that in France every lover of his country is desirous of having a larger navy ; and I can assure the hon. gentleman, with out going further into details, that the force that I enume rated to the house all exists, and is all in a state of pro gress. However, I pass over this subject, at least for the present; and will now address myself to the estimates I have to lay before the committee. The total amount of the estimates for the Navy for the year 1862-3 is £11,794,305. The amount of the same Estimates for the year 1861-2, in cluding the £364,388 voted a few days ago for an excess of expenditure to the 31st of March next, was £12,640,588. The consequent net decrease on the next year, as compared with the present, is £846,283. The dect ease is caused chiefly by the reduction under the heads of the purchase of naval stores for building and repairing ships and the purchase of steam machinery. There is another vote on which there is a reduction—the vote which refers to the transport of the army. On that vote there will be a considerable reduction, and here let me say that in that vote is included a sum of £42,000 for the paying off of the transports which have lately been employed in the North American expedition. I think I may truly state that when that £42,000 is paid the whole expense incurred for that expedition, as far as the Admiralty is concerned, will have been completed. There will be no more to pay off. (Hear.) Upon some of the other votes there is an increase. There is a considerable increase on the vote for the Naval Reserve, and when I come to ex plain it I am sure the house will be glad to agree to that increase, because it denotes that we are gradually bringing together a most valuable reserve. (Hear.) There is also an increase on the vote for artificers, which is of no great importance. It is in consequence of our having decided that it was absolutely necessary that we should take on a considerable number of hired men with a view to repairing the ships employed in the China war, of which a great many have returned home. Their repairs are urgently necessary, and the Government therefore determined that there should be a slight increase in this vote. Before I proceed to state:the number of men we propose to take, let me ask hon. gentlemen who study this Estimate to remark that though there appears on the face of the estimate a decrease of no less than 9,000 men, yet that apparent decrease is simply in consequence of the Admiralty having thought it better this year to shovedistinctly the whole number et* boys voted. In previous years the boys have been merged in the seamen, the only boys shown were the 2,000 under training. This year the men and boys em ployed are shown sep ara t e l y. The actual diminution of men is 2,000 seamen and 200 men of the Coastguard. That is to say, for 1862-3 we propose to take a force of 76,000 men, against 78,200 for the past year. The proportion of boys remains exactly the same. I should inform the house that this reduction has already been partially effected. At page 10 of the Estimates will be found the number of men borne on the books in each month; and it will be seen that, of the whole reduction of 2,000, we have not now above 1,000 to reduce. The decrease will be entirely gradual. There will be no breaking of faith with the seamen. (Hear, hear.) As the ships come home and. the men are paid off, all who desire to enter for continuous service, having good characters, will be permitted to do so; and the only reduction will be by casualties, so to speak. An hon. gentleman desired that I should state how the continuous service was working. lam very glad to say that it is working satisfactorily. Last year I told the com mittee that one-half of the seamen were continuous service men. This year lam happy to be able to state that nearly two-thirds are continuous service men. (Hear.) I pro pose now to follow the time-honoured custom of giving to the house some account of the state and condition of the navy. First of all as to our force afloat. We propose to maintain during the coming year at home two line-of-battle ships, two iron-cased frigates, two frigates and corvettes, and four sloops, making a tot il of 10 ships in the Channel fleet. In the Mediterranean we propose to maintain nine line-of-battle ships, foul corvettes, and 15 sloops, making a total of 28 vessels. On the American station we propose to maintain eight line••of-battle-ships—a number which has already been decreased by one by the lamentable loss of a, very fine vessel. The only consolation we can offer to our selves is that there were no lives lost. (Hear.) She was lost upon a wild, broken coast, and it was a mercy that her crew were not lost also. We have also on that station 10 frigates and corvettes and 13 sloops, making a total of 31 vessels. On distant stations we have 22 frigates and corvettes and 58 sloops, making a total of 80 vessels. The total force afloat, therefore, during the coming year will be 19 line-of-battle ships, two iron-cased frigates, 90 sloops, 38 frigates and corvettes, makings total of 149 ships. That is a general view of the intentions of the Government during the coming year, but I must also say that the Ad miralty are very strongly of opinion that it is advisable, in some cases at all events, to substitute frigates for line-of battle ships. The frigates are in many respects in time of peace better vessels. They are less costly and require less manning; they are good for evolutions for all service pur poses, and, moreover, it is very desirable that we should have these large ships in reserve rather than always at work and necessitating repairs. I was asked the other day whe ther the Admiralty had not spent a great deal of money in preparing ships for the North American expedition. The Admiralty did prepare a great many ships, but these ships will come in; part of them will be commissioned in lieu of several line-of-battle ships now coming home, and the pre paration thus made will be of service for the future. In addition to the ships I have enumerated, we have two coast guard ships and nine blockehips, making 11 coastguard ships. Our total force afloat, therefore, will amount to some where about 160 ships of all sorts. With regar d to our men we propose to maintain on the homoefsmoffitiocnerds,urni3nagrinthees,com ing year for service at sea a force sea men, and boys, including the Coastguard afloat, amounting 1 to 15,200 men. In the Mediterranean we propose to main min a force of 9,800 men; and on the North American and Mexican station 12,200, including 700 Marines who t are disembarked. That is a total of 37,200, which may be con sidered to be within call of home. In these days of steam it may fairly be considered that the whole of these men, and ships likewise, on the Mediterranean and North American stations, are practically available for all pur poses of home defence should it be necessary. We have be sides on distant stations a force of 17,000 men, making a total afloat of 54,200 men. That is the tctal number of men we purpose to maintain for the fleet and the Coastguard afloat. Although we are asking for a smaller Estimate this year on account of the men, and although hon. gentlemen plf a oo n rlre d l sei ewra trainednlntmeg') d r °' i—on3ai b oy ste h ' force at the present time, y_ et when I state what force we opposite might feel some alarm at any diminution of ou have available for the year_ state of preparation. side of the house will be o have too many men- on either m sa e u n ie that time w l e dhonav'te availablethink I don't think anybody ' f opinion that we are not in a fair e t calling on our re serves are the in the home ports di moment - A t i o ttl ; th o hue t o sea. The right. hon , mem posable at the `fiet ha rnusive of boys in traini ng--4,400 when I made 'a similar statement last ng-4,400 men - 9 1 d n But what are these men r ' bar for My answer is, ye ar, ' men we could put onboard any shlp we liked. the men who manned those three frigates at the that they are These are late crisis, and there are nearly four frigates' ships' com panies ready to put on board to-morrow. We hope we shall be able to maintain a disposable force of men and boys in the home ports of 4,400. The n we have Marines ashore 9,860, Coastguard on shore 4,000, riggers in the dockyard —who are first-rate seamen, and ready to embark at any moment-700, able-bodied Naval pensioners 2,700, and able-bodied Marine pensioners I,7oo—making a total force available, without calling on our reserves, of 23,300 men. That is our normal state of preparation, irrespective of everything in the shape of reserve. Sir J. P AKINGTON—Over and above the crews of all ships in commission ? Lord C. PAGET—Over and above the crews of ships in commission ; including marines on shore, but excluding Ihe training boys, who we think will not yet be useful. We next come to that magnificent force which has just been created—the Royal Naval Reserve. It is impossible for nee to say more than has been already said both in and out of this house as to the patriotic conduct of the men composing that force. (Hear, hear.) We may entirely rely upon those men. Everything which has occurred tends to show that . they are men upon whom we may thoroughly . d g er eni d They are first-rate seamen. Every merchant bear.)give the preference in manning his ships. (Hear) gerir ' They arc steady men, and all that we hearis to t these men. advan tage. Last year I was thought oversanguino owhen. ' pitted that we should raise 9,000 or 10,000 ve 1 , 0 000 and odd To-day we have passed the 10,000, and h aenrolled. (Hear, I antici men either enrolled or just about to isbe quite light that we hear.) That is very satisfactory. but ow Admiralty have been should be proud of this result, iti is also right that we W of this force. If any hon. P at great pains to ascertain member likes to move for . t he the Coaestails he will find them very ity will be very glad to produce interesting, and the Admira lty co mmittee too long, I will state . them ; but, not to detain the and crews, the retaining fees of the including the expense of train shortly that the cost p while on board h is ig a h b e o r u fi t gu .E r l e & provisions and every other , th e pay m in e g n s , h t i h p e s i , r t l h od e as i g r int o eg ffi ro c a : n r d s i of shipping masters, year I put it at rataheetarila, the men increase in number the expense per man diminishes, and therefore we may expect that when per but of f coarse ann um. as . the ed, uld ier and ity. 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