The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-27 00:00:00

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL r TELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoex The Bank of England weekly retern of liabilities and assets made up to the 24th inst., is of very satisfactory charac-er, and although the private securities have increased to the extent of about a quarter of a million ; there is a large increase in the public deposits. The reserve of notes has also accumulated to a large amount, the total Mow standing at more than thirteen millions ; and the bullion, owing t ) the arrivals of Australian gold and the large remittances of sovereigns from the provinces, shows an accumulation of over three quarters of a million. There is also a small in crease in the amount of the active circulation, but a decrease in the private depo•its. In the other portions of the balance-shtet, there is little variation of importance to record. The various items, and the changes they present, will be seen from the subjoined table : ♦ctive circulation Increase Bullion.., Increase Rest Increase Public eleposits Increase Other deposits Decrease Seven-day arid other bills Increase Government securities No alteration. Other securities Increase Notes unemployed Increse 12i £19,307.025 96 145 18 733,815 791.660 3 ; 893,655 2.663 7.693.272 1,116.235 13,574 781 195 358 894.979 15,926 9,901,993 16,805,904 243,951 13.013.705 665.850 The operations in the Bullion Deparmeut yes terday were unimportant. Several ves eli Ere ex pected from Australia, which wall no doubt ensure a further accumulation at the Bank, as the quan tity absorbed for export purposes is very limited. Bar silver i 4 dull, at ss. lad. per oz. statcltrd. There was very little change yesterday in the rates of Continental exchange, but they ,xhibited, if anything, increased firmness. Rather mere business was reported. Money continues in limited request, and there is no alteration to describa in the general position and appearance of the market. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday business was quiet, at steady rates. The sales were 6,000 hales, 2,000 of which were taken for export and on speculation. Business in the Rail way Share Market was rather in:.ctive, at late rates. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about 111,1501., and the exports 78,5651., exclusive of the following shipments direct from London to the Continent during the week ending Thursday last : Gold Coin—Rotterdam PP —Calais —Boulogne IP - -Hambro' „ Bars—Boulogne Silver Coin—Calais PP Boulogne „ „ . 820 oz. .. 60 ~ 30,780 r. 75 9,0_0 - 400 2,400 —Rotterd. TM —Hambro' ... 50 41,i RIO ,58 i,266 The market for Engl►sh Securities is rather depressed, a decline of /- pQr cent. having been produced by a few speculative sales, and some unfavourable rumours which, a:though not generally believed, tend to affect the value of the Funds. Consols have been 97 to 97i both for money and account. Thy June Ex-- chequer Bills are 355. to 38s. premium ; and the Bonds are 1001 1011. India ditto are 20s. pre mium. Bank Stock is 227. Foreign Secu'ities are depressed and business ig restricted, at a slight downward tendency in quota *ions. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 1011 to 102 ; and the 4 per Cents., 104 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Ceiits., 771 ; ditto Defei red, 161 ; Mexican 3 per Cents.,. 2G ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 831- ; Russian 5 per Cents., 1101 ; Spanish 3 per Ccuts., 44 ; and ditto Deferred, 26,1 In the Railway Share Market this morning only a limited amount cf business has been reported. The preliminary arrangements for the settlement of the half-monthly account being now in progress, the attention of the dealers has bean eng4ged with that event. Prices have exhibited little variation. Eastern Counties declined 58. ; and Caledonian, and Edinburgh, Perth, and Dunde-, 10s. Lan cashire and Yorkshire, and Noith-Westero, im proved 105. ; and North-Eastern (York), ss. The other lines dealt in were at previous rates. The Foreign and Colonial lines have sightly im proved. Dutch Rhenish advanced ss. East Indian ss. Grand Trunk of Canada, 103. ; and Great Western of Canada, ss. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are inactive, and exhibit little variation in prices. BRITISH FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES-THIS DAY. (Pram the Officva Ltst:l Business done 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 1. /Cis Bonds, £lO9 O - 21 p Bank Stock for Account a7 c5...0L8 ~, :ic.,, A.,, Fanneqz,er gills, 2.0. March. June. ioc4 .. — 135 8 Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent — ilitto, 1t59 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 77j Ditto Deferred, 3 per Ceut. . Mohican ~ per went 2O Peruvian Bonds, 4t per Cent Russian Bonds, 1622, E, St., 5 per Cent llok . Sph IPb Bouds, .4 per (lent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. i llarkitn ',owls, , per cent . Ditto Guaranteed, > per Cent. .. Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO ret.o: K. 97k . 97i ConsolP, money . Ditty, Account . We (Derby Reporter) are happy to say that Mr. Bags, M P., has rapidly improved, and that he has now marly recovered from the effects of the accident which we men tioned last week. Mr. Bass was sufficiently recovered to accompany a dyputation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday hat with reference to the excise duties on malt. Taz LATE ArimiaAL SIB JOHN Ross.—The effects i f this diet nguisheri arctic voyager have been disposed of by public auction, at North-West Ca•tls. The gallant veteran had gathered, during his lorg life-time, a mass of articles of every description. The sale was nuruerou4y attended, and the whole effects were eagerly bought up, in many cases at high prices. The people in the district seem.d all to be anxious to possess therr , elves of some souvenir of the gallant admiral.—dyr Observer,. METROPOLIT,IIN BOARD OF WORKEL—At the usual weekly meeting yesterday at the Guildhall, Mr. J. Tbwaites in the chair, the general cash balance as re ported to be 47,6081. 4s. id. Memorials on the main drainage question were presented from a meeting of dis trict boards and vestries from the parish of Lambeth. Mr. Leslie moved that the board should ascertain if any and what pecuniary interest appertained to the copy= holder* of Hampstead beyond the rights of the free holder of the heath. The motion was seconded by Mr. Chatmer and carried. ST. PANCRAS VESTRY.—At the weekly meeting of the vestry yesterday, Mr. Church warden Wyatt in the chair, it was resolved to affix the corpora`e Peal of the vestry to the authority to the London and Westminster Bank to place 8.0001. to the drawing accoutt of the parish, and that drafts tor the Metropolitan Board and Imperial Ga4Company be Et once drawn. A repOrt suggesting a considerable redaction in the salaries of the medical staff, except that o' the surgeon of the workhouse, which it proposed to raja* from 1401. to 1801., was ordered to be considered at the next meeting. A motion for a com mittee to inquire iito the qualifications el certain mem bers to bold their era's in the vestry was negatived by a large majority. WItEOK ON THE lOAST OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. — A letter written frim the Falkland Islands in behalf of the crew of the IsTrrth American ship Antoinette, states that that ship has ,een wrecked on the coast of the Falk land Islands, while ou its way to London. "We got to Berkeley Sand," itsays, "on the second day after we left the ship, or rather b a settlement at Port William, where we fourth an Amercan consul, to whom the captain told our loss, and that there was a boat and five men adrift, whom wet had luslaight of. The gocd old gentleman got•a vessel the saneafternoon, and at daylight the nuei, mornieg p►oceededto look for them, although it blew a gale of w ind. Hit last worus to us were, 'Don't fear, if they a.re alive will find them ;' and find them he did on one of the small is'ands, with boat stove and without water ; aid the crew informed me that be never left the deckor slept until he did find thew, when he showed them ;very kindness in Li.; power. He was absent but forr days. I am informed by the in habitants of the coony that he bas always been in the habit dilating in Lis way for many years. He is the same man. who welt in pursuit of and foand Captain Gardner and the nissionsiies who were starved to death at Cape Hero, rescued a French crew on the coast of Patagoeia and in the Straits a Magellan, and a Danish crew at Eattenland, and all at his own ex pense. The inhabitants say he is better acquainted ano has more, knowledge of the place and coast than any man living. He is kind, generous, and liberal in the extreme." rp I Jo. his Day). A. .-*..-,,,,,................, RAILW YS. KAILWAY- :lost, g ^r c. this Nottirr. Bost. di Eastn. Janc.... :-celfast tiallFuma" Btrmng. Wolverh. 'ttour Va!ley Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire June' Tackburn iytlt & Tyne original ,:25(iss. at £45)..., Ttristol & Exeter__ Ca1ed0nian.......... ''nester & flolyhea' Cork and Bandon lork, Black. & Pass Cornwall all D„ . an Do . B , all Dublin&BelfastJune 41/ Dun. P. diAber.June. lkt Fast Anglian ........, 100 Eastern Counties...., 1U(1 EasternUnion,A.stl= 14)0 Do., do. ...... . 84 n o New A. all East Kent East Lancashire ... ' 3l East Suffolk ...... . all D o . I ' lo i nbnrvh dr Glasgow 1(1 ° l Edinb.Prth.diDunde(. all worth and ClydeJunc. 1101 ' Furness . 100 Glase•ow di S. Western all Great N. of Scotland] 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock .., 100 Do., B. Stock ..... 100 Tt. Sth.&West.(lre). 100 Great Western. 100 Do. Str. V. R gua. St all Irish South-Eastern. . 11 Lancaster &Carlisle. K Do., :Do. New Thirds I Lancash. &Yorkshir'. Do., do. F 4:16 ... Do. Do., £9 I Do. , Wet. lading U Do. Southport..... London di Illackwall I'Do. New, i , s. 51.105. Lond.Bright.diS.Cst London & N. Wester Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Vfanch.Shef.&Lincln. Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derbi Midland G.West.(lr.' Do. Shares ....... . Newcastle & Carl isle. Newpt.i% bore dr Tlrfd Newry & Armagh Newry, Warrenpoint dt Rostrevor ....... Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail ,t Dock Stock. ..... Do., A Stock ......... Do., B Stock . N. Eastern Berwick ,'Do do. G.N.E.Purch Do. Leeds Do. York North L0nd0n.,.,.... N. & S. Wstn., Ramp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire.. North Western....... N. & S. WOXtril. June Oxford Worcester A; Wolverhampton.. Peebles 7i - 8i 69 - 71 9 - 10 25 - 26 89 - 91 87 1 - 88 37 - 39 7 - 8 16. 17 - 59 44 - 46 29 - 31 ''ortsmonth Ithy palmy IScottish Central ,S Do. Scot. Mid. Stock ihropst.ire Unioir •iitingbourne &Sheer 4outh Devon south Eastern South Wa1e5.......... S. Yorksh. Rivarfn 00.. 14 - 16 87 -8.) 62 - 63 27i -- 284 89 -- 91 9A - 10 10:1 - 104 89 - 91 126 - 128 ; 98 -1001 58. f - 51 56 - 53 3taines,Wok.,&W,,k 4tockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1855 Btock.ton & Hartlepl rad . Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haw. D. &R Vale of Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Coinwall.. West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class._ neiness dote this clay. 83 85 10 —l2 p 10 12 p 89 1 d 1 - 1 d 6 : ii 105 - 107 95i , - 96 i - i 92 - 93 ••• . 37 : i'3 96i --97 67 - 69 12 = 13 60 - 62 51. .?")2 91.3 - 923 2 - 473 - 483, -75 At 92 - 94-1 4i - 4A 8 - 9 8 9 - 32 7 3d 110 -- 1.12 26i - 27 80 - 82 47 - 49 -- 2 35 - 69i - 70 82i - 83 13 - 15 7 - 5 9 - 11 35 - 36 99 lo 3 6a IRTTISH POSSESSIONS, i - ip 1 - 9 }BO - 85 75 - 80 70 - 75 ••• ••• li - li 110 111 4 - 2 p la 19 20 43 50 813 82.3 21i 22 1p 193 19; —14 d 106 - 111 106 - 111 100 - 101 19. - 20 20 - 2 d - IP - I - 1 p 6 - 6j ••• ....- ••• 1 - 1 i - 3I 3- 3i, 27 - .A- 9 - 5~,. 26 - 27 8} - 20 1 21 37-4 - 384 8 - 8A 8L 9): 33X - 31t - 3I 51 - 56 i id 16 - 18 i - i 8 - Si 8, - 9 21i- 21 4g - 4i 9 - 9A 25} - 26 ... "" ••• BANKS. . . - 84 - 21 i - 211 47 - 49 - 3 53 - 60 ••• - .. 17i - I.Bi 18i - 18 .1 -- , i 37 -- 39 17/ -17 i 46 - 48 26 - 28 23 -- 25 ... .. • "". 2 ...d AtLan. and St. Law. itombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd s guar. h p.c. Do. Do. Additional A _I Buffo3o dz Lake Hur. Buff., Brnt. dt Godeh. 6 p.e.bds., 1 Aug..'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '741 (Calcutta and S. Est. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Demerara. (Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares.. Do. E. do. Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,T9 Geelong do Melbourne guar. 5 per cent.... Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wostn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4 i p. e. Do do., 5 per c..., Do. 4i p. c. Exten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do, nude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c Do FOR: A.ntwrp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bahia & Fre.- ci'co Belgian East. Junct 3eziers to Graissessae Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry )utch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Gomhardo-Venetian i,ucea iSt Pist.sp.c.l • Lyons and Geneva Waria Antenia Do. New Vaniur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Prot Northern of France Do. New 4orwegjanTrnk. Pre+ Paris and Lyons DiLto Now Paris and Orleans. Recife & San Frae f Parnam.) g. 7 P c Riga and D inaburj Rome and FruzsAi-..1 Royal Danish ...... Royal Swedish.... Do. 7 per cent Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 5i per cent. pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 per c. Pr.jf W. & N. W. of France estern of Austria VQ- L. of Switzerland .est aden . ......... :0.8 p. cent. prof Zea1and..,,.... JOINT-SToi 'Agra & United Sere, A.ustralasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bri.CoL Bk.& Ln. Co British N. American C. Bk . of Ind. An. d;Cli City ( Clonal Commercialof Canada Commercial of Loud. Eug. Scot. &Aus.o I it. Lon. Ch. Bk.of A London and County London Joint Stock. Lond.andWestminst. National Pro. of Eng. Do. New National Bank ..... New South Wales Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New th A nstrai Do. N0w...... Union 01 Australia Do. New, Union of London.,,, Unity Mutual Weotrulik of Land Si: St. St. I 15 S. 100 t 6 9 17 3 2.0 I all all St. 100 St. 100 12i 5 St. 100 0 all 25 all zt. 100 10 5t. , 100 St. 100 A , all 25 all 00 all 25 all 10 9 20 all St. 100 50 36 St. la) St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St 100 25 tr St. 10) St 1.00 St. 1.00 10 31.1 ; 176 20 all 1.0 all -4 Jai all 100 1(10 100 all 18 9 18 i all 13 all 20i all 100 100 100 1100 12sfid 20 20 100 100 100 100 all all 50 20 100 100 20h 00 100 100 20 BO all all 12 A all - 400 100 100 all all IGN. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1858. Paid RAILWAYS. IBnckghamsh. l Clydesdale Jc , Col. Stour Vy. g. 6 p. E. lic. 11. Sh. Ilia,. Barr. dr Neils. Direct. Do. New 'Gletr.S6Dn.Fr Hull di Selby Do. Shares Do. i Shares Lon. dt Greenw Do. Preference Lon. Til. , drS. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Baton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N.& Est.s P.C. Do. 6 per ct Do.Fixedsp c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shrews. & Her S. Staffordsh WearVal.g6pc Do Wilts dtSomrst 15 , all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. Do. 4 per c. Shares. Caledn. £lO 4i p. c Ches. & Ho. 5i p. c, Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork &Bandonsip e. Dun.Perth.&Aber J. E. Anglian Cis. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.] Do. No. 2 ....... Do. New 6 pr. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent, Do. 101. Debentr.Sh, Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash.6 pets. E.&W. York. J. 5th. , ! Edin.& Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c....,. Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 P. C. Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at .5 p. prem. Gt.N ofSeot. Ist Prf Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. &H.Ex.spc I Do. con. red. 4i p.c, Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do, irred. 4 per tent, 108 1)5 112 110 147 5i 92 87 88 99 Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh.. Do. Chester Sp. c. P. S. Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0.... Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh. Do. do. do. 'Do. do. do. 19 - 14 - 138 - Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l Do. , P., 5 p. c. St. No. 2 Do, New Guar. 6p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. do N. W., Cov. dz Nuneaton 5 r . ct... Lon. dz S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares ... Londy.di Color. iSh. Londy.&Ennis. Sh. M., S., &L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Di:). do. 3i per cout. Marypt. ~ Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4h per cent Do. do. Cotusol. 6p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p. c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &H. Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. c Norf k. Deb. 4 p. c. Sh. 137 - 99 - Do. sp. c. Eat. 1546 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p. e. Prf. Do. do. do I Do. Leeds 6 pa. No. 1 do. Qrs., 1848... Do. York H. di S. Pur. ,North Staffordshire.. Ox., Wor. di Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. _ _ 1 150. 6p. c. 2d guar... IDo. do. Debentr. St. Scot. Cent. New Pro. &.N.E.AI er.g.6p.c. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. ] Do. d 0.3.1 p.c. pf. St.l South DSion Ipo l fixed 4 i pr cent. S. Eastern (iteadin , Ann.) of D. Os. 6c17. Do. 4:i per cent Fixed 4i p.c. Sh • - Do. New 41 pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do : do. 46 p. S.Yorksh.4 .c.Guar.l ,9tock. &Dar., sp, c. Do. do. do. Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc PREFERENCE SHARES. ,c':6 - 101 - .., - 64 - 112 - 110 - 117 - 115 - 132 8 . ) 90 101 164 101 74 20 10 15 140 ,• ''''. ... I• '''''' ... . •• • ,60 - 185 , • ... 6 . ... 120 - 122 i - i 65 - 68 ••• • "'". ... iiii = iii - 106 95 - 97 1 1 - I par 22i 23 us 120 106 - 108 199 -101 120 -- 123 125 -- 130 74 -- 76 10 -- 1(4 24i 24 100 192 100 103 - ..• 160 - lOi ii - iii , ii = li 126 5 BRITISH '2ll2lAlfred Cons. (PhillE4 14 'British Iron 20 Condurow (Cambrn. 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay. 30 aid Basset (Mogan 17s Great South Tolgus. 1715 Grt. W. Alfrd. (Philk., 7fi Grt.W. Vor (Helstn 17s Lady Bertha 8 N. Frances (Illogan) ... N. W. Basset (Mogan) 6/1.3 North Wheal Crofty 1} Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 23 , Caradon (St. Clear 2 S. Cara Brea (Illogn. 19 S.W. Frances(lllognj 43 ram. S. &L. Min. Co. 9 Tin Croft 40 Un.Minee (Gwennap)' 1256 V. of Towey (Camar.) 1 W. Basset (Illogan).. 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 51 1 Wh. Basset (Illogan). 5 Wh. Buller ( Rdr nth). 54 Wh. Edward(Calstck) 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 8 Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) 44 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) MINES. iii -12 i 80 460 480 85 95 141 151 5 51 11 2 9 10 13 14 4 —5 la 19 360 - 370 4i - 230 - 250 - 3i - 4 - 21 - 25 110 - 120 215 - 225 295 - 305 7 - 74 114 - 124 42 - 44 - j 23 - FOR.EIGN at_LNE. 20 /4 Australian 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (IL) A —I P 35 27 Brazilianlrap.(iisued at ..£5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada .. ... 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 124 —13 i 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica 40 all Cobre Copper 4O 42 ... 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop- , per Mining Co. 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 1i Lusitanian ...... 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada * i 1 all Noveau Monde - 20 all Pont.Sil.alM.dt Smlt 54 64 5 1 Port Philip • ••• 30 1.6 i Santiago de Cüba all United Mexican 3# —• 44 MISCELLANEOUS. 000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim. ... ... 25 19 Australi a n Agricult. 25 26 10 all Australu, Royal Mail 11 .- 14 10 all Berlin Water Wo r k s 34 44 10 2 Do. New iss. at 5/. d . 50 40 Brit. Americ an Land 35 40 100 32. Canada l4O 150 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 113 114 1134 1 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 28 32 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 26 28 5 all Crystal Palace ll 14 5 all IDo. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal, of France .., . . 20 all ;Eastern Steam . 44 . g St. 100 Electric Telegraph ... 103 105 1 all ,Electric Tel. of Irel. ..„ 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 14 —1.. i 10 I.os. Eur. & Ind. Jan. Tel. ... _ 9 all Eur.&Am.Stin.(lim.) 4 .... 4 20 all Gen, Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. . 20 5 London Discount ... 14 - i d 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 31 3i 31 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ..„ ... 10 all Mediterau. Elec. Tel. 8 9 10 all Do. Extension Teleg. ~. ... 10 all Mexican& S.Americn ... _ ... 25 5 !Nat. Discount C 0.... 1 1.1 10 6 ;Netherlands Land.,,, i ____ i 10 all Do. , Do. 5 all Do.B p.c.Pf.iss.at 1 d 2 3 5 3 Do. Do. 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 17 20 St. 100 N.S.W.i Gov.s p.c.D. 96 97 961 I I 1 all N. B. Australasian... 20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 2 -- 3 1 all Oriental Gas 1 10s. Do New Shares id 5 all Peen'. Ld. & Minrl l# • 24 50 , all Peninsular 4 Oriental 78 80 50 10 Do. New 6l —71 p 50 all hymney Iron 1 00 60 Royal Mail Steam 62 —64 62 1 all Scot. Au , tral. Invest l4 1# St. 100 S.Ans, Gov.6p.c.bds lO6 108 25 all South AvLstral. Land , , ••-• .., 1 all Sub mar i ne T e l. Scrip — 1* 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus.Ln.Co. Up. Can. .!..! -- ....” 100 284 Pan Otoinou's Laud lO ...• . U Leasing Companies La.&N.W. ( )al 42 (10L E.U.6zE.C' Gt.Nortl,T, E. Count. Caldonian. Gt. Westn , Y. & N.M, Do Do IS.Eastern, Do Peto &Co Do Ln. dxN. W. & Midld. Midland... E. Count Do Do L.QiII.W Do Gt.Northl T. Braese M. MCI oa Stk. dzDar Do IGt. Westn. IDo.. Closing Prices this day 97 - 99 100 102 13 - 15 139 - 141 4 - hio 12i -13 i 24 -- 25 93 -- 95 94 - 9 6 i • iv 57 - 59 '135 - 138 8 - Si 10 -10 i 32 - 83 - 90 Basinee, this day CAMBRIDGE AND OX F RD EIGHT• OARED MATCH.—(This Day.) The great contest for aquatic superiority between the rival Universities of Oxford an Cambridge took place this day over the risua course, from Putney to Mortlake, and as time approached for the decision of the event, which for the last month has been the sub ject of speculation amongst all classes of sporting men, the interest excited became intense, and during the last week many anxious faces might be observed on the towing-path at Putney, watching the daily practice of the rival crews and criticising t'.eir respective merits. The Oxford crew having arrived at Putney on Saturday last, and took up their quarters at the White Lion, the Cambridge men, on Monday, taking their old quarters at the Stir and Garter and, since their arrival each crew have been in active training, having a picked crew of the best watermen on the river to row with them. The Oxford crew for some time past have been the fa vourites in the betting, but within the last day or two the Cambridge men have improved so much that they were backed at evens, and in some in stances odds on them. The morning being remarkably fine and mild, the assemblage of spectators was very great ; the numerous steam-boats engaged to accompany the race being well patronised, particularly the two chartered by Messrs. Searle, the eminent boat builders, of Lambeth. As usual, on such occasions, there were an im mense number of gentlemen on horseback on the towing-path and Hammersmith-bridge, and, in fact, every "place where a glimpse of the race could be obtained, was crowded to excess. There were several eights, fours, &c., on the river, besides an immense number of small boats of every descrip tion. The following are ill. nameg of the crows; a OXFORD. st lb 1. R. W. Risley, Exon ll 7k 2. T. Arkell, Pembroke 3. C. G. Lane, Christ Church ...... ll 8 4. H. Austin, Ma g dal en . ......... 5 E. Lane, Balliol 6. W. H. Wood, University l2 5 7. E. Warre, Balliol S. J. I'. Thorley, Wadham H. Walpole, Balliol (cox.) 9 8 CAMBRIDGE. at lb 1. H. H. Lubbock, Caius ll 4 2. A. L. Smith, Trinity 3. W. J. Havart, St. John's 4. D. Darroch, Trinity l2 1 5. H. Williams, St. John's l2 4 6. R. L. Lloyd, Magdalen 7. A. A. Fairbairn, Trinity ll 12 8. T. Hall, Magdalen R. Wharton, Magdalen (cot.) 9 2 On proceeding to take their stations, Cambridge, having the choice, took the Middlesex side, and about three minutes past one o'clock a beautifulstart was effected by Mr. Edward Searle, who officiated as starter. The Oxford crew appeared a little excited and nervous at the start, two or three of them actu ally lanshipping their oars, but on getting into work, bath boats appeared nearly level, neither getting much advantage for the first half mile. On nearing Craven Cottage, the Cambridge boat began to show a little in front, having the rudder level with their opponents' stem. They maintained about the same lead to Hammersmith-bridge, after passing which they rapidly drew away from their - opponents, and taking their water before reaching Chiswick Eyot, never afterwards decreas ing their lead, and coming in the winners at Mort lake by about four boats' lengths. The winning crew rowed in a beautiful boat, built by Matthew Taylor, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; and the Oxford crew in one by Messrs. Searle, of Lambeth. The time occupied in doing the distance was to Hainmersmith-bridge 9i minutes, and to Mortlake about 21 minutes. The Oxford crew thus losing the laurels which they so gallantly won last year. We believe that one or two of the crew have been ill during the last week, which may, in some measure, account for their easy defeat. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The operation of stowing the wire for a second effort on board her Majesty's ship Agamemnon, in Keyham basin, is now proceeding rapidly. An extra place for deposit has been constructed on her upper deck, abaft the foremast, capable of taking 2 1-sth miles each flake or layer. Here about 140 miles were deposited up to yesterday, Thursday evening, at an average of 27 miles a-day. ft will contain together 2CO miles, which forms the first portion to be laid. The place of deposit last year, in the hold, made the coil oval in one direction, close to the kelson, and oval in the opposite direc tion above. A different arrangement prevails now ; two additional bulkheads have been knocked away, and the hold presents the appearance of a basin perfectly circular in every part. The cone in the centre is 12 feet 3 inches high, and has a diameter of 10 feet at the base and 5 feet at the top, it will be encircled by 1,050 miles of cable. The remain ing 150 miles are to be coiled on the orlop deck where the heavy shore end was placed last year. A new guard has been fitted for the Agamemnon's stern, to prevent the cable from fouling the pro peller. The cage previously used was weakened by its proximity to the copper on the ship's bottom, which served as a negative to the iron. The gal vanic action of salt water on it during the last eight months has rendered it desirable to provide a new one, which will not touch the surface until the load line is rea c h e d. O n board the Niagara the boats forward on the upper dock are to be re moved, and a space prepared of 33 feet diameter, equal to the recepti on o f f rom 170 to 180 miles of cable. For the app roac hi ng t r ial the Atlantic Telegraph Company appear to have made vary complete arrangem en t s t h roug h th e ir engineer-in chief, Mr. Bright, w h o h as b een some days at Plymouth. The coili ng on b oar d the Agamemnon i is superintended by Mr. Canning, who assisted in the operations last year, and who laid the cable ac ross the Gulf o f S t Lawrence from New foundland to Cape Breton. Mr. Whitehouse, who completed the lines from Varna ta Bala klava, and was cha rge d w ith th e first shipment and fittings on board the Niagara, takes the same duty now, with the aid of Captain Kell, who was engaged iu laying the early Mediterranean lines. Mr. Everett, of the Niagara, accompanied by Mr. Clifford, one of the Co m p any ' s ass istant engineers on the former occasion, h as b ee n entrusted with the supervision of the experiments carried on at the works of Messrs. Easton and Amos, under the advice of Messrs. Penn, Field, and Lloyd; whom the company have Consulted upon the modifications to be made in the paying out machinery, and with the concurrence of Mr. Bright, th e ir engineer, and Mr. Appold, who invented, for a different purpose, the form of brake to be used. The staff of telegraphic clerks engaged last year has been re tained, and some of them under the guidance of Mr. Whitehouse, the electricia n , are per f ect i ng themselves in their future employment by trans mitting and receiving, through the 2,630 miles of wire now at Plymouth, the . class of m essages antici pantietdedonsttaltiees c a l n o d se t r he j junction of ofAmerica. England with the United ANcIOES FOR THE GREAT EASTERN.—On Tuesday and Wednesday two of Trotman's patent anchors, each weighing 5 tons 12 cwt., and intended for the Great Eastern steam-ship, were tested by the powerful hydrau pt. Stopford, Lieut.-Col. Maude, R.A., lie machinery at Woolwich Dockyard, in presence of the a gentlemen. A 8 it is requisite that patentee and numerous visitors, comprising the Marquis required by the Admiralty. ss b u a re of a e m n o o u rm nt o in u g s aido t h f e s n ey he Stafford,roars sci entific fCor the Great Eastern ashparlel s N te o r d s j h a i ii, master was a quarter of At strength, s s t u h r e ey cent.o w of ve2erore tone obnes proof tsubmittedhe deflection an inch, and the strain being gradually increased to 90 a e n b d gi M b e r e . r, Pe a a n k d e, m m ra. tons, the extreme deflection amounted to li inches. At shipwrights, of the Fisgard, who conducted the experiments, cau tioned all present is keep clear of the machinery, lest an accident should result, from the sudden flying of the metal. m this r. strain A tb Atherton, t M o n r ~ Rice chief With the consent of the patentee, th e machinery was then worked with a tension of 100 tons, the most intense interest prevailing to ascertain the result. Both anchors stood this extraordinary test without the least indication of giving way, a result highly favourable to the manu facturers, Messrs. Wood and Co., of Liverpool. Mr. Smiles, Secretary to Mr.lEborallt General Man ager of the South Eastern Railway Company, bad an interview with Mr. Fitzgerald, yesterday, at the Foreign office, on the subject of foreign Passports. There was a concert a day or two since in the Austrian State Lunatio Asylum, and Staudigl, the once celebrated singer, sang the "Chapel in the Wood," by Schubert," to the great delight of his fellow patients. Tbo American Telegraph Company now sends de spatches from both ends of the line, anti simultaneously, by a single wire, the electric cerrente meeting and cross ing, but causing no irregularity. Two ordinary cells of the Grove battery are used. This is the invention of a Mr, Hughes.--The Puildr. Till EASTi bN LTEA W NAVIGATION COJiP~ NZ. TO TELE EDITOR OF ThE SUN. am requested to inform you that, in the opinion I the Directors, it will be for the interest of the Company hat the Seventh Annual General Meeting of the ropri tors which studs adjourned to the 31st instant, should be further adjourned to the 17th of April next, by which time they will be prepared with contracts for the completion of the works connected with the ship and engines, and also to afford to proprietors the requisite information ; the meeting on the 31st will there fore be iheld pro forma at this office (instead of at the London Tavern as advertised), at two o'clock precisely, when the further adjournment will take place.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN YATES, Secretary. THE CHINA MAILS. ARRIVAL OF REFUGEES FROM LUCKNOW. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Colombo, Captain J. S. Field, arrived at Southampton yesterday morning, bringing a small mail from China, Ceylon, Alexandria, Malta, &c. The Calcutta mail, *islets should have come by this vessel, was lost in the .va, The Colombo left Alexandria on the 13th March, Vialta the 17th, and Gibraltar the 21st. She expe ienced fresh north westerly gales from Alexandria to Nialta ; thence to Gibraltar and along the coasts of ipain and Portugal to Cape Finisterre, fine weather ; :elm and foggy weather across the Bay of Biscay; and fresh northerly breeze up Channel. The Colombo brings 107 passengers—viz , 42 fiat ilass, 24 second, 27 children, and 14 dock ; and on reight 111 packages of specie, value 59,7821. sterling, 33 boxes of oranges, 365 boxes of almonds, 22 boxes of iates, 37 la:xes of valuables, 263 bales of cotton, 39 packages of elephants' tusks, and 110 packages of gene , ral merchandise. The yacht Gondola, belonging to Mr. Gibbs, of Bris tol, was at Alexandria ; also the Liverpool steamers kraxes and Pactolus, Lloyd's steamer Australia, and the Egyptian fleet. At Malta were Admiral Lord Lyons' fleet, lying in the Grand Harbour, and the French steamer Borysthenes the Quarantine Harbour. Gibraltar advices are to the 20th, on which day the quotations of exchange were as under :—London, 90 lays' date, 49,-1 to 50 ; Paris, ditto, sf. 30c. ; Marseilles, litto, sf. 30e. ; Genoa, ditto, sf. 35c. ; Madrid, 8 days' flight , 1i dia. • Cadiz, ditto, par; Malaga, ditto, g die ; ieville, ditto, # die. ; Alicante, ditto, die. ; Valencia, yl die. ; Barcelona, ditto, I die. Spanish pillared 'altars 4 per cent. premium, none, no demand. The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 17th inst. says :—" It is understood that instructions have been received from ;he Horse Guards for Major-General Williams, K.H., commanding the First Brigade in this garrison, to pro ceed to England. It is probable that the General, ac companied by his Staff, will take his departure in the course of the ensuing month." The British steamers Norna, Hercules, and Crimean, wrived at Gibraltar on the 17th, 18th, and 20th respec tively, the two first-named from London, and the last from Liverpool. The Dutch galliot Albert Romeling, Goosens master, which put in at Gibraltar on the 7th with cargo shifted, left on the 11th for her destination, all right. The Austrian brig Maria, Capt. M. Russovich, which arrived at Gibraltar on the 10th from Liverpool, landed the crew of the British barque Eliza Carrew, coal laden, vhich foundered on the 26th ult., in lat. 46 N., long. 13 W. The crew were saved at great risk, during very boisterous weather, by Capt. Russovich. The sufferers, Rho had lost everything except what they stood in at the time the barque foundered, spoke very highly of the aospitable treatment experienced from all hands on board the Austrian bridfrom the moment they were picked up until their arrival at Gibraltar. The Barbaras, of South Shields, lost foremasthead, foretopmast, jib, and main boom and sails, besides sus taining other damage, in a gale from the S.E. on the 6th inst., 40 miles west of Cape Spartel. She would ave to undergo repairs at Gibraltar before leaving for Corfu. During the Colombo's homeward voyage she spoke the following vessels :—March 15th, the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Indus, in lat. 33 46 N., ong. 21 55 E. ; 19tb, the steamer Malabar, belonging the same company, Ist. 37 29 N., long. 5 49 E. ; 20th, ,he British schooner Pride of the Seas, lat. 37 12 N., ,eg , 1 E. ; the ship Storm Queen, lat. 45 20 N., long. 810 W. Among the passengers by the Colombo were the fol lowing from Lucknow :—Lady Inglis (daughter of the ird Chancellor, and wife of the late Commandant at Lucknow, Brigadier-General Inglis) and three children ; Ars. Bruene and four children, Mrs. Ruggles, Mrs. 4pthorpe and two children, Captain Lawrence, Lieut. Foster and Lieut. Cook. Great interest was, of course, excited to catch even a momentary glimpse of Lady Inglis, who, we are happy to say, looked well and cheerful, despite of the sufferings and privations she has been called upon to endure. Much regret is felt at the oss of her ladyship's diary of the siege, in common with -.early all the baggage of the passengers, by the wreck of the ill-fated Ava steam-ship. Lady Inglis was wel , ximed on board the steamer by her brother (Colonel rhesiger), sister, and cousin (Captain Tinting, R.N.) ; while others of the Lucknow heroines were received ay their respective relatives and friends, the mutual interchange of affectionate greeting rendering the scene the deck of the noble steam-ship one to be long re membered by those who witnessed it. Major Isaacs, of the 824, who lost an arm in General Windham'e disas trous affair at Cawnpore, was also a passenger by this packet. Toe Mayor and other members of the Local Relief Committee were early on board the Colombo, in pursuit ~ f their philanthropic mission ; but the only case calling or their interposition was that of a female servant, the wife of a sergeant, who lost everything she possessed in the Ave, and also 181., which she had saved from her hard earnings in India. The poor woman received a small gratuity from the gentlemen in question, who also forwarded her to London, and intend to lay her case before the general committee in the metropolis for their consideration. .:VAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Her Majesty's ship Excellent, Capt, R. 3, Hewlett, C. 8., is reported so shaken by her long gunnery training, &c., that she will be replaced by another ship, probably the St. Vincent, 102. The Exeellsnt has been in the service about 70 years, and was for , nerly known as the Boyne, OS guns. She was em ployed in the last French war, and formed one of the flying squadron off Brest, being one of the fastest ships in the fie:A f that day. . Tile Urgent, 6, screw troop-ship, Commander M'Donald, will be unlocked to-day at Portsmouth. The Sealark and Rolla naval apprentices' training brigs are refitted for summer gel vies at Portsmouth. Capt Moorsom, C. 8., resumed com mand of the Diadem, 32, at Spithead yesterday. The instructors of musketry at Chatham have commenc2d their summer instruction of the officers and men of the various East India depots attached to each battalion. In consequence of the strong representations which have been made to the authorities of the inconvenience and danger likely to arise to the troops of the Royal Engineers quartered in Bromptou-barracks, Chatham, from a poi tion of that esta blishment being converted into an hospital for the sick and wounded troops who are expected from India, the idea of placing the sick and effective soldiers together has been aban doned, and it is intended for two large men-of-war to be fitted up as hospital ships in the Medway, for the exclusive accom modation of the invalids from India. The large screw steamer Hero, 91, at Chatham dockyard, is now completed, and will be launched as soon as the Admi ralty orders have been received to that effetit. This steamer is one of the largest screws ever constructed at Chatham, and has been in progress nearly four years. Her Majesty's steamer Rhadamanthus, Master Command ing Sturdy, arrived at Southampton on Thursday after noon to embark a set of Lamb And Summers's patent flue boilers, manufactured at Northam for H.M.S. Coromandel, with which she sailed next afternoon for Woolwich. • Several experiments having recently taken place in order to ascertain the best description of metal for casting heavy ord nance at the newly erected Royal Standard Gun Foundry, Woolwich Arsenal, the select committee of Royal Artil cry officers have recommended that sach guns should be cast from a mixture of Swedish with Nova Scotia iron. The failures which recently occurred are attributed to the fact that Swedish iron unmixed is too hard for such castings. Lieut.-Col. F. Eardley Wilmot, superintendent of the Royal Gun Factories, has issued a notice to the effect that until the arrangements are more complete, strangers will not be silo ved to be present to witness the casting of heavy guns. The im proved description of furnace invented by Major A. Vande leur, Captain Instructor of the Royal Gun Factories, having been submitted to a series of competitive experiments with other furnaces, has received the approval of the authorities, and will be introduced generally for service in the shot and shell factories. The various clerks and other officers connected with the Field Train department of the Royal Artillery, have been transferred to the Military Storekeeper's Offices, in the Royal Arsenal, these departments having been consolidated in ac cordance with instructions from the War Department. The paddlewheel steamer Panther, of about 700 tons and 350-horse power, chartered by the Peninsular and Oriental Company f)r their Malta and Marseilles line, arrived yester day from Glasgow, having averaged 12 knots on her passage round from the Clyde. Captain Joy, late of the company's steamer Alhambra, has gone to Glasgow to bring round the new steamer Benares, of 2,500 tons and 500-horse power, expected at Southampton in a few days; and another addition is about to be made to their fleet by the launch on Wednesday next at the building-yard of Messrs. Summers and Day, at that pert, of the Northern steamer, of 1,500 tons and 320-horse power. The Benares will shortly leave, we understand, with a number of troops from Sheerness for conveyance to India by the overland route. Detachments of troops from different regiments have ar rived at Southampton, and embarked on board the Ripon, &pt. H. W. Powell, which leaves to-day with the Bombay mails for Alexandria. The Alhambra, Capt. Babot (acting), also leaves to-day with the Peninsular mails. A detachment, consisting of 6 officers and 56 men, are under orders to cm bark in the Royal mail steamer Parana, which sails from Southampton on the 2d proximo for Vancouver's Island. The following appointments have been made at the Ad miralty : The Hon. M. A. Wingfield, midshipman to the Marl borough; E. C. Ha cv,rth, mi Ishipman to the Renown ; R. E. Jones, master to the Coastguard; John Little, promoted to the rank of surgeon ; Richard Picken, promoted to t the rank of acting surgeon; John D. Rogers, second-maser to the Marlborough ; and Llewellyn Edwards, master's assistant to the Urgent. OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE ON St/NDAVS. Yesterday Vice-Chancellor Page Wood granted an in junction restraining the Crystal Palace Company from accepting the surrender of share s in exchan g e for ti ckets of admission on the terms Fpacified in the company's recent adverti4ement., and from admitting any persons to the Crystal Palace or i t s g r o u nds on Sundays, con sideration of money payments, whether made directly in or indirectly. A report of the proceedings on demurrer will be found among-our legal intelligence. lAIP;I;,..IAL RIRIAAIVIEIiI T. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal A-sent was giver', by commis-ion, t) the Ron .1 ( 1 0,000,0000. the Consolidated Fued (500,0000, the Mutiny, the Marine Mutiny, and the Commons Inclosure The Royal ComiLissioner e were the Lird Clatic&lor, the Marquis of Salisbury, and the E irl of Haiti wicke. Their Lordships adjourned during pleasure. The LORD CiaaNcEnon took his seat on the wo.,lsaa at five o'clock. Viscount DUNGANNON presented a petition front s?yeral clergymen of the Church of England against the bill f,,r legalising the marriage with a deceasel wife's sister. TneEarl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from the Presbytery of Brechin for the promotion of Chris tianity in India; and also a similir petition from the Wesleyan Methodists of the Centenary Chapel in Dublin. THE PATRIOTIC FUND. * The Duke of NORFOLK begged to ask the noble earl the Lord Privy Seal whether there would be any objection to lay on the table of the house a copy of the letter of Mr. Ball to the royal commissioners of the Patriotic Fund, in which he stated his reasons for not signing the report m a d e b y the commissioners ? The Earl of HARD WICKE said it was quite true that Mr. Ball, one of the commissioners, hal not signed the second report, and had given his reason for not doing it, in a letter. There would be no o'ojecti'in to l a y a cipy of it Mare their lordships, but he thought it would be more complete if that letter was accun - ponied by the reply of Major Harris to statements made by Mr. Ball. (Hear.) The reply of Major Harris had been referred to the commissioners, and their report was shortly expected. As soon as it was received it would be printed with the other documents and laid on the table. PASSING TOLLS, Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY, having presented some petitions In favour cf the abolition of incising todi, asked the noble lird opposite whether the alvernment intended, after the Easter recess, to introduce any mea sure for the abolition of such tolls The Earl of DONOUGHMORE said a measure was now under the consideration of the proper department, and they hoped soon to be iu a condition to introduce a bill on the subject. BARRACK EX. PENDIFIIRE. Lord PANMURE rose to move f, r a return of the sums of money proposed in the Army EAlinates of 1856-7-8-9, to be expended in barracks, showing the sums required for the erection of new barracks, and stating the different localities in which they were to be erected, and whether they were intended to re place old barracks. The sums required for supplying water, improving drainage, and ventilating existing barracks and also the sums required generally for sanitary purposes connected with barracks or hospi tals, and for the provision of quarters for married men, commissioned officers, and soldiers. In moving for these returns his object was to show what had been done of late years to promote the moral and phrical well being of our soldiers. The evils that had recently been pointed out in the condition of barracks had been sought to be provided against in all the arrangements that had been made. He should prove to their lordships that no class of her Majesty's subjacts had had their health more carefully attended to, er been more diligently looked after than that very class whiob they were accused of neglecting, the soldiers of the ranks who had always shown themselves worthy of all the care which was bestowed upon them. He was anxious to do this now, because the statements that had gone abroad might very much teed to check the aspirations/of young men for military service, and thus do damage to the recruiting of the country. He would first draw attention to the changes that had been made in the moral and physical condition of the soldier during the last quarter of a century. He would not say that all had been done that ought to be done. Much yet re mained to be done in order to carry out the view which he bad always entertained, that of rendering the two military professions attractive to the youth of this country. Eventually he hoped to see the day, though he feared it was yet somewhat distant, when dismissal from either the army or navy would be considered as a great disgrace by the man as it was at present by his offic3r. (Hear, hear.) It would take not only time, but a great expenditure of money to place the army on that footing on which he' should wish to see it. The great point to which public attention was now turned was the sanitary condition of the army. He would first draw attention to the arrangements cf several years past. When he first joined the service the condition of the soldier, compared with what it was no*, was really and absolutely filthy. When Lord Grey was Secretary. at War he amended the routine of foreign relitfs, which had not before been properly settled. By his ar rangement no soldier, even at so distant a station as the East Indies, was to be more than fifteen years absent, except in cases of emergency, and at the West Indies and nearer stations the period of re lief was fixed at ten years. This had been carried out at a great public expense. Another improvement of Lord Grey's was the introduction of good-conduct pay, and of savings banks in the army. Lord Hardinge had done much to improve the condition of the pensioners and old soldiers ; he put an end to the frauds which bad prevailed in drawing pensions, and caused them to be drawn in advance. This body of 15,000 armed defenders had often rendered great service to the country. When he (Lord Panmure) succeeded to the War-office, six years ago, he bad introdu ce d lib rar i es i n t o b arracks, and he believed that great advantage bad resulted from them. Up to 1848, it was the practice to sell spirits in the can teens ; the result was to introduce a habit of dram drink ing. With the consent of Parliament, the commander in-chief abolished the practice :it was now utterly given up ; and there did not now exist iu the army the men heretofore known as "sponges." (Hear, hear.) Every eviller cculd now retire, after twenty-one years' service, with a pension of eightpence a day ; and for every five years' service in the colonies he had an extra penny a day; so that he might be entitled after twenty-one years' service to one shilling a day. Great improvement had been made in the rations, at a considerable cost to tin e country. Formerly there were only six chaplains n the army ; now there were twenty-two, and thirty five as.istant chaplains. The bounties given were placed on a better footing ; a free kit was now given, and the soldier knew that he should receive in money the full bounty offered. Recently the pay sergeants had been raised 2d. a day, with a view to compensate them for the loss of prize-money. It was utterly unfoundei to say that the condition of the soldier had been neglected dur ing the last 25 years. Improvements had been made ; the estimates had been increased ; and the had taken very little notice of it. He now came to the condition of the barracks. It was said they were so bad that to compel soldiers to live in them was worse than a siege• The statement was an exaggeration. Iu all the new barracks al' recent sanitary improvements had been introduced ; but when the old barracks were built those things were not thought of. A room now considered large enough for twenty-five would have been made to hold fifty or sixty. In some barracks, he ad mitted, the ventilation and draining was deficient, and it was almost impossible to make the improvements which were now advocated. A very large sum of money would be required to carry out those arrangements. He was ready to take his share of the blame for not asking Parliament for more money; but he thought that the call for improvements in barraoks was carried further than necessary. The recent report of the commissioners showed that the mortality was greatest among the Guards—as much as 20 in 1,000 he bilieved. He con- sidered that the colonels of the regiments had been nn justly blamed for this state of things. Had their repre sentations been attended to, the soldiers would have been much better lodged. The cost of a site alone for bar racks was enormous in London ; it could scarcely be less than 100,0001. It was singular that those lately built often turned out less healthy than old barracks. He be lieved the Wellington barracks were not so healthy as the old Portman-street barracks, the sanitary state of which had been much complained of. He believed they were the most healthy barracks in London. The engineers at Chatham were far more healthy than the Gr' uards in London, the reason being that the latter were so much exposed to the night air. He could not but think that there were many night sentries in London who might be dispensed with. (Hear, bear.) He had gone into these details in order to show that during the !ast 25 years the interests of the soldie r h a d no t been neglected. On the contrary, every Government during that period bad shown itself most anxious to improve the condition of the army, and every Government bad been successful in the steps it had taken for that purpose. (Hear.) But it must be remembered that the sanitary condition of the soldier was not the only thing for which the estimates were voted. (Hear.) For the last two years the army estimates bad amounted to upwards of 11,000,0001. per annum. This year 630,0001. had been voted for barrack accommodation ; but the mere wear and tear of of the existing buildings had cost not less than 220,0001. of that sum. There were new barracks in the course of erection at Portsmouth and else- where, which would render the accommodation of our troops better than it was at present. But that was not the only thing they mud look to—they must also look to the military defences of the country. (lean) It was just as necessary to pay attention to the defences of our dockyards, our great arsenals, and our coasts, as it was to spend vast stuns upon converting barracks into palaces. At this moment Portsmouth might be said to be properly and amply defended ; but Plymouth ,till re quired a great deal to be done to put it in a satisfactory condition ; and there were various other points to which he would not more particularly allude while speaking i n public, but which he was quite sure would command the most serious attention of the noble earl opposite. Nor was that all. We bad a number of great military stations abroad, and they must not be neglected. The Govern ment should endeavour to disperse the votes cf Par;ia• went throughout the whole army, and not confine its expenditure to the benefit of a mere portion of the (the noble lord) was as willing as any one could toecarry out every sanitary improvement ; b u t troops. be ri their lordships must recollect that tho c u oh g e l e i or t sr h t.) e unty on o s fee Commons were always ready to agree to every plan of this description, they were not so ready when it came to furnishing the necessary ways and means. (Hear.) He had thought it his duty to call attention to this matter in sanitary n m m ta i r ght not they might i t i o t yreform but male theord eirmtphoarttathnecepcufbsl be induced to sanctionways andthe m voting by their representatives only b ethat of T th h e e nDec u e k s e sa o r lCAMßßlDG ea E ns w . as extremely glad that the noble baron had given him an pressing as publicly as he could the extreme pp reg ret with which he f oun d th a t some o b servat i ons o f his on a re cent occa , ion had led to an irnpres,ion that he had brought a charge either against the noble baron himself, or against the Government with which the noble lord had been connected. 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But ie making that statement nothing could be further from his intereien than to refirct upon the noble barr). Oa the contrary, he believed that no man could have been mere anxious than the noble baron for the improvement of the condition of the soldi er . He be lieved it would I.e. found that the noble baron had done more in the way of berrac't icripros ems ,t tha n any pre vious Secretary of State during a similar period. (Heer.) fn eayiee that, however, he .lid hot intend any dime for the truth was t e h p a ec t t in to th th is e they had be en r n e c s , p b e le ct l , or a d s 's pre inm d a e n o y ess o o t r h s e ; rs, progressing in the spirit of the age; and the chances er rbably were, that in a few years they would have lr2eli demands, and succeeding Secretaries of State would be called upon to fled ways and means for many services which at the present moment were not thought of. Our ancestors had not intentionally neglected the condition of our soldiers ; but while everything had pro 'reseed to the extent it had, it would have been mon strous to have left the a idler in the condition he was. (Hear,) He (the illustrious duke) had been referred to In his two capacities, as colonel of the Guards and as the head of the army. His noble friend had taken away any necessity he might have bad for making any defence of his conduct as colonel of the Guards. As the noble lord had so fairly stated, the colonel cf the Guards had no more power to interfere with the state of the barracks than any other colonel ; and it would be a most im proper thing it he had. (Hear, hear.) The situation of colonel of the Guards was a moet honourable one, but it was exactly as that of any other colonel ; and it would have a moot adichievocis effect upon the army if it was thought that he bad any spec:al powers. (Hear.) In the communications which had taken place betvreen the noble baron and himself, as head of the army, they had often agreed that many things would be desirable, but tLey would have placed the Government of the country in a very false position it they bad pressed for those things without reference to the means at their disposal. (Hear.) There was a great difference between intro ducing estimates and fi Kling ways and means. One was the simplest process in the world ; but it was very difficult to persuade the country to agree to an increased amount of taxation. (Hear.) He (the illustrious duke) was very glad that the subject bad been brought for ward, because exciting the public interest by discussion aas the only mode in which they could hope to ob lain additional means for carrying out the wished-for improvements With respect to barracks for the Guards, the noble lord had truly observed that the difficulty was in finding s'tes. The cost of the barracks was as nothing compared with that of the land. Some portion of the want of accommodation had been caused by the intro duction of libraries, rea liog-roome, washing-rooms, and the like. 01 course, unless new rooms were provided, they must b 3 taken from the barrack accommodation. Of course, however, it was possible, new rooms were provided ; but even at the present time the introduction of these libraries had diminished the amount of barrack accommodation. (Hear.) Again, if they introduced as improvement in one barrack, they must extend it to all; because when the soldier found out its value, and he very soon would field it out, he would ask to have it in every place at which be was stationed. This led to an enormous expense; and it was only by spreading it over a certain number of years that they could expect to per fect the plan. (Hear.) With regard to the teturns moved for by his noble friend, he should like them to include the estimates of the local authorities, which were the documents upon which the estimates of the Government were based. Formerly they were sent to the Ordnance office without passing through the hands of the Com mander-in-Chief ; but since the new Secretaryship of State had been established it had been arranged that they should go first to the Commander-in-Chief, and should then be handed by him to the Government. These original estimates `would give the actual wants of the army more fully than any public document would do ; they would show the mode in which diffe rent items of improvement were valued by the Govern. meat. The demands made upon them were always for very much larger sums than the Government placed in its esti- IT Ives ; and some portion of them were necessarily post p med. What these should be was determined not by the military authorities, but by the military authorities in conjunction with the Secretary of State. (Hear.) In conclusion, he (the illustrious duke) had only to say that be cordially approved of the returns with the addition he had suggested. They would show that his noble friend bad no been at all remiss ,in the way in which he bad applied the resources of the country to the improvement of barracks. (Cheers.) The Earl of CARDIGAN had had many opportunities of inspecting barracks in various parts of the kingdom, and ho must say that the opinion which prevailed with regard to the discomforts endured by the troops was an exaggerated one. Great improvements had already been introduced. The rooms were less crowded, and married couples were no longer allowed to occupy the same apartments as unmarried men. (Hear.) The idea which had of late become common that soldiers had nothing to eat but boiled beef was altogether erroneous ; for in most re g iments the men h a d b a k e d meat and potatoes three or four times a week. (Hear.) He could not say that he approved of the new regulation with regard to canteens. In all well regulaled regiments the rule was to prohibit spirit-drinking in the canteen until the afternoon ; and no good would accrue frornAriving the men out of the barracks to public-houses. (Hear.) With regard to night duty, he would remind their lordships that men enlisted to perform all military services, and amongst those that of standing sentry was the first. (Hear.) The Duke of SOMERSET hoped the Government would not be terrified by consideration s of expense from giving the subject of barrack accommodation their moat serious attention, because he thought there were many improvements which might be effected without materi ally increasing the burden upon the estimates. At the same time it hardly became them to grudge the cost of providing the soldier with decent accommodation, when they had spent two millions sterling upon the Houses of Parliament, and when they had filled Westminster-hall with deigns for new public offices, which would cost several millions more. The other day he happened to be at the Welliogton Barracks, which were considered a model. It was three o'clock in the afternoon, and the sleeping rooms ought to have been tolerably fresh ; bat the eir was so foul that he could not stay in it. He was told that he had no idea how he should have found it if he had come iu the morning. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of DERBY was sore their lordships would not regret the time they had spent in listening to the speeches of the noble lord and the illustrious duke. It was well the country should know that the couse which had been pursued with regard to the improvement of the sanitary, moral, and social condition of the soldier had not been that which many persons had hastily and rashly assumed. If any one would compare any gentle. man's country house at the present time with what it used to be 30 or 40 years ago, he would understand how great had been the increase which had taken place ' in the number of the comforts and conveniences of life. It was not that the corrforts of the soldier had not lat. a lat terly been increased, but that increase was n ow l oo k e d from a different point of view. There was an earnest determination on all hands to look carefully into this most important subject, namely, the social condition of the army; but they must recollect that everything could not be done at once. One of the last act of the noble baron opposite had been to appoint four sab-com mittees, at the head of one of which was a right hon. gentleman to whose exertions the army owed much, namely, Mr. Sidney Herbert ; and her Majesty's Go vernment were waiting for the reports of those sub committees as to the best manner of carrying out the recommendations of the sanitary commissioners. In the meantime the committees were themselves empowered to expend a small sum in the removal of Borne of the most glaring defects. (Hear, hear.) When the Government received their reports, they would not hesitate to take steps for carrying them out, and they would not shrink from making the necessary application, to Parliament. He deeply regretted to notice the tone of the remarks which had fallen from the noble duke opposite. He (Lord Derby) was not prepared to defend the expenditure on the Houses of Parliament which had taken place, but it was hardly true to say that the reason army improve ments were delayed was the enormous waste of money on public buildings. In 1852 he was very near applying to Parliament for funds for a new Foreign-office, but from that time to this nothing had been done ; and the noble earl opposite (Lord Clarendon) had never en tered the old building without alarm, or quitted it with out congratulating himself upon his safety. (Laughter. With regard to the papers that were moved for, he was not prepared on the part of the Government to offer any objection to them. With regard to the papers last men tioned in the notice, viz., the correspondence within the last ten years between different departments of the Gc vernment, he should pre fer that theyshould not be moved for, especially as, from the manner in which the motion was worded, it implied that suggestions for the welfare of the troops had been disr egarded. Now, there was no Idoubt that there were many things which were desirable, . but at the same time economy must be looked to to some extent. No doubt financial difficulties had pressed upon the department, which had caused some of the pro• jects to be abandoned. He did not think there was any objection on the part of either of the departments to the production of these papers, but he thought, as this ()or respsndence went back for so long a period, and partook necessarily to some extent of a private character, that it would place the departments in an invidious position if the correspondence were produced. Lord PANMURE said, with regard to canteens, he could only say he did not express his own opinions merely, but the opinions which were expressed by the committee. In some regiments pains were taken to close the canteens at a certain hour, but in many regiments that was not done. It had been said that the late Go vernment were willing enough to expend a million and a half over public offices, but they were not willing to spend a comparativ e ly sma l l sum in the erection and al of i c a o t u e l d d saysopnelnydi ng t a ha m t i t l h li e on la a te n G d oa tveerrantmi o e n n o t f n b e a v r e r r a c e lc o n s . half in public offices. Not only had the erection of addi• tional offices become necessary, but it was a matter of economy to erect them. A vast expense was immured every year in the hire of buildings in which to con ductdea the public business, and this year they i in the large saving by enlarging the Ordnanci_e; s o i ffi . had prevented the necessity of hiring Pauli:unapt neighbourhood of that o ffi ce in Pall -In a sum of 40,9001. bad for the last three years furnishedkin order that they for the enlargement of barracks, in a f soldiers' wiv la 3 might no longer have the exhibition build ings In w a hioh Bleeping in the same room wit h was now obviated, H e other soldiers, and h e b e lieved the necessity cf that but as to the first two there could be no objec quite agreed with the Earl of Derby as to the latt er re . turn ; tion. Lord DE ROS observed that it was of the greatest importance that the guard rooms should be made com fortable and healthy for the men, and hi hollered that A 100 100 all 100 all 100 'lOO 54 961 6