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

. . MONEY itiARKA;I 7 I .4; This Day). AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank of England weekly return 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 dopn=it-. The reserve of note; his also accumulated to a lar,re amount, the total now standing at more than thirteen millions ; and the bullion, owing t the arrival , of Australian. gold and the large re ;:i•tances of sovereignA frim the provinces, shows an accumul-ation of over th:oe guar:en of a million. There is plio a small in crt.aze in the amount of the active circul:foo, but. a decrease in the private (L-po.its. lii the other portions of the balaoce-shi e . , there is little variation of importance to record. The vatious items, and the changes they present, will t e seen from the subjoined table : Active circula'.•ion Increase Bullion Increase Rest Increase Public iirpo=its £19,307 025 96 145 18 733.815 791 660 3 893,655 2 663 7 693 272 Increase Other deposits --~-- 1316 235 13.574 781 Et AIL W A. V Instr g this day. u siness dor e this day. Decrease Seven-lay and other hid.; 5/ 6 Increase Government securities No alteration. Other securities Increa , e Notes unem:Jloyed Increase THE SUN, LONDON, .S-ATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1858' RAILWAY*. ♦mh;r. Nottnz. Roil. & Eastn. '';elfast & 'sirmng. Wolves 1: -Itour , t•rkenhd. Lanes . iThesllire June' ...... I "Ft' AL Tyne originsf 1£23 (iss. at £45)... "ri 401 ,tx Exeter__ ;Caledonian. r %ester Kt TTolyhea 'Cork and Bandon. lork, :rack. & PaS , '• Cornwall D. - “ Do.. B Dublin&BelfastJun , I T)110. P. dr.Aher.Jurn!. ; East Anglian iFaxtern Eastern Union, A. sti flo., do. :`‘i. no. New A ... East Kent ... East Lancashire East. Suffolk it. St. St, 10 t. St. St. 100 1 1 100 1- °° all 100 Do. El inbuyeil & (msg.° , c Erlinb.Prth..irDunde Forth and Clyde June. Furness flrlasß•ow is S. Weston, Great N. of Snoti Great Northern Do., A. Stock , Do., B. Stock i'lt. S ..'ll.&West.(lre). PreatWestern. !Do. Str. V. R gua.St fris'n Sonth-Eastern Lancaster dtearlisie Do., Thl ,, b , Do. New Thirds 'L. ,, q.ncash. Yorksbir Ll 6 .. Do. Do., £9 Do., Wst. 17, Do. Soutl,p,rt , 19 • 50 10;i st. 100 iLondon dT T3lf:e. , zwnt Do. New, i s. 51. 10s. ;London &N. We 0 ,0 3, too. Eighths St. 100 St. 1 , 0 St. 100 25 t-i St.loi St 10c , St, tf);) 10 31.1 London & S. V; aatoeru iLudnarry , Steolemne ~ finfirry. (St Enniso4. Wanch.Sl - ,ef.&l4incltt.' otropoiitan tidland ..... ........, Do. Birming.6l Del+ lidland fl.West.(Tr. Do. Shares Newcastl e & clarl . Newpt. bere %Fred Newry & Armagh cwry, , Warren poin & Restrevor 7,7r)rto Coun ties Ur. forth /MHO, 20 ?.0 iii to all North Devon, Rail. Dock Stock ...... Do., A Stock Do., 13 Stock BAstern Be, rWI el{ Do do. G.N.E. Pura IDo Leeds Do. York North London rsT, & S. Wstn., Tiara!, 4teacl, and City ,Tn. north Staffordrltire. Vora Western...—. & S. Westru. Juu,- /xfori Worcester iv Wolvorhamptou.. Peebles.., Portunouth.., Rhymucy... .i.cottislt Central Svt. N.E. Do. Scot. Mid. Stock bropstare Union 4 itingbourne &Show Devon. youth Eastern.., 4orith Yorksh. Rivwr itaines,VVok,,SLW , l4 itocktOn & Darling. Do. do., 1814 Do : do.; DM itocktol; 4 Hartlep; ra. ft' Vale.. Do. Pref., No. 1 - - 71 10 25 - 26 89 • 91 871 - 88 31 ,- 39 - 8 16i 17 44 - 29 - 31 14 - 16 87 - 8 62 - 63 271 281 89 - 91 9i - 10 103 104 89 -- 91 126 - 128 98 - 100 5Ai - 56 - 5i 83 85 10 12 ;. 10 —l2 89 89, 1 cl 11 1 d 6 - 6i 105 - 10 . 7 95i 1 - 92 - 93 37 3, 9E - 97 67 - - . •• • FO - 62 51, -- 32 ••• ."... 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E. d 0....,„ lg - 100 .4.. h D 0.44 p.c. linds.,'F. 9 ... —• 20 all Geelong do Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. ll9 20 1 St. 100 ,Gd. Trunk. of Canada, 48 50 !49 100 all 1 Do. 6p. c. Deben 1 813 824 20 , all IGt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore 214 22 ! 21i 20 1 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c ! 204, all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 193 19,i; 193 204' 13 Do. New 100 all Do. Bds.., payable 100 .11 'l. do., 76, p. '6O 1166 111 100 all Do. do., '73, do. —1166 -- 111 ! 100 , all Do. do., '73, without option .lOO 101 ! 1004 20 all Madras, guar. 44 p.c lO4 20 20 all Do. do., 5 per C. 201 2 21. 20 15 Do. 44 p. c. Exton d par' 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c t Bp 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do, - Bp 20 153. Dude (Limited 20 15 iciude, guar. 5 por e — 1 p 20 I all Do ••• ••• FOREIGN. 10 1 all j 't.rtwrp & Rotterdam 6 —6, 20 all Axi ennes •• •. 3 Bahia & Fra eitco,. ••• ••• 1 ) ati ielgian East. Juliet. 1 —1./ 20 al I teziers to Graissessay '••• ••• 6 all Coal Mines and Ry. 31 3i 20 :5 )utch Rhenish 20 tit Eastern of France 27 271 20 2s. F,uphrates Valley 20 all 'lt, Central of Franc,. 20 all Great Luxembourg BA - 8a 8/ it Italian Junction .. •.• 20 all Lake Const. & Bah 20 all Lierre and Turnhout 20 Lombardo-Venetian 44 5 p 5 dl Lucca & Pist.sp.c.l. 20 all Lyons and Geneva „. 26 27 33 all %Laria Antonia 1.0 all t)o. New 20 all Namur & Liege 20 111 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2O: 21 16 all Northern of France 374 384 20 8 Do. New 10 all NorwegianTrnk•Pret 81 20 all Paris and Lyons 331 334 20 all Ditto New 20 all Paris and Orleans, 54 66 20 9 Recife & San Frau , (Porn:am.) g. 7p. c id 84 20 1.1 Riga and D anaburg 10 all Rome and Frstscatti . — 7 20 alt Royal Danish ,. 15 -- 18 5 all Itoval Swedish 4 ql) Do. 7 per cent. 2t •tll Sambre anti Meuse 8 16 alt )0.51 per cent. pref B/ 20 al iontli elm of France 2li 2.1 8i all West Flanders 4g 4i 10 ii "0.54 per c. Prof 20 all W.& N. W. of Franct 251 —• 26 1 20 6 Vestern of Austria._ ••• 20 all •I. of Switzerland ••• 6 all :eat aden 6 all 'OO. BP. cent. pref. ••• 20 , Ali , Zea1and....,...... J 01 NT-STOOK BANKS. 100 ),) Agra & United Serv. 2.ustraianta B4 2 all i ßank of Egypt 100 5U 'Bank of London 147 40 4. all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co ! 511 all I .lritish N. American •• 20 10 i Bk.of Ind. Au.&Ch. 3 •2i 100 50 City 53 60 100 25 ; olonual 201 all !Commercialof Canada, ( 1 0 20 ionnueretai of Loud.l 20 all Enf.;.Scot.&Aus.Ctic 174 18 : 11 20 all 1 Lon.oll, Bk.of A .-t. r ; 184 —1,9 i! 30 20 ILondon and Countyi ? 84 50 10 Loudon Joint Stook. 301 100 20 j Lon (I. and Westulitist, 00 35 INational Pro. of Eng.! 20 li 00. New 50 25 !National Bank , ; ••• ••• 20 all New South Wales ' 43 15 25 att , oriental Bank Corp 37 39 31 20 all lOttoman Bang 00 • IPyovincial of Irolandl .„ ... 62 10 all Do. Now 25 all cioiith tustralia • ••• 25 12A •Do. New ! ..• ••• 25 all Union of Australia.. 46 48 464 0 10 Do. Now 126 28 Union of London 23 25 Ifo 150 (laity Mutuai ........ 100 50 Wostrniik ord ••••• „,d Shr.! Paid! liAilwArs. 100 100 all 100 all 100 ißuckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc Col.Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 E. Uu. H. Sh. IGlai. r3arr. 41 Neils.Diroet Do• New Glatr.&Dn.Fr Huh a Selby Do. Shareq , Do. Shares Lon.&Greenw Do.Prefcrenee Lou. Ti!., &S. Do. Bark. Sb. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock IVldid. Bradfd. Newmarket 13uryE.G.5pc. Ndast.s P.C. Do. 6 per et.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & Wyre Do. 4 Shrs. ;Roystn.& Hit. ;Shrews.& Her ' S. Staffordsh.. WearVaLepc z Do 97 - 99 100 - 102 13 - 15 139 - 141 4 - 41 GLlVesttl. Y. & N.M Do Do la :- ::tio S. Eastern, Do l`ji -13 i 24 - 25 93 - 95 Peto &Co Do I Ln. W Qc Midld 211 - 20 91 - 96 i • iP 57 - 59 E. Count. Do Do ... .... Do L. &Is. W Do Gt. North) T. Brass° . Melea Stk. diDa - Do '135 - 138 8 - 8i 10 - 10 90 wilts&Somtl4t it. West!, PP, EFERENCE SHARES. 25 all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 5010 - St. 100 Brie. & Ex. 4 p.c. 'it. 94 - 6 20 9 Do. 4 per a. ..„ - St. 100 lealedn..£lo 44 pc. 99 - 101 St. 100 Ches. & Ho. 54 p.c. ... - St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent._ - 6i all Cork &Bandons4p.e. - 6i all Dun.Perth.&Aher.J. 6 - fit St. WO E. Anglian Cls. A Sh, 96i 6 St. [OO Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 108 - 112 St. 100 IDo. do. Cls. C7p. c. 1 1 .5 - 110 St. !00 Eas.Co.E2,sp.eNo.l 112 - 117 St. fOO IDo. No. 2 - 115 St. 100 'Do. New 6 pr. c. St. L 7 - 132 20 all East Un., G. 6p. c. - 76 5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent. ... - 10 all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. - St. all Do. do. 4 per cent._ - St. 00 East Lancash.6p.ets. - 5 all E.&W. York. J. sth. - 10 9 Edin.&Gl. sp. c. Sh. St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.e. 72 - 74 St 100 Furness, sp. c - ••• St. 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c - - St, 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c ll6 - 18 St. 100 iDo. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. e. pron._ 110 - 112 St. 100 Do. 44 per cent 102 - 101 101 00 60 Do. 5 p.c., Rod. at r• p. c. prom - 64 10 all Gt.N.ofScot.lstPre lOl - 11 20 18 Gt. Sdi W. (Ireland) - 20 18 Do. 4 per e. Prof. St. - 50 6 iGt W.(8.&11.Ex.5pe 5 - t'i - gt. 100 , Do, con. red. 44 p.c. 92 - 94 it. 100 ID% con. red. 4p. c. 87 - 81 it. 100 iDo. irred. 4 per mut. 8S - 90 it. 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref. 99 - 101 8 ,Do. Trill. Pref. i t s , 10 all Do. Chester ip.c.P.s. 10 - 1i .0 all Do. do. 5 p. c. do.. 10 - 104 ;t. 100 Do, Birm, Gua, Stk. 72 - 74 64 all Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh. 19 - 20 .3A all Do. do. do 94 - 10 all Do. do. do. l4 - 15 it. 100 Lan.& York. 6 pc. St, 138 - 140 It. 100 Lon.&B.G. 5 pc.No.l - it. 100 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 - 1. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. - 4.1100 i)o. do. sp. c,, N 0.4 4.1100 Lon. & N. W., Cov. dr Nuneaton 5 r. et... t, 100 Lion. &S.W. 7 per ct. late 3d Shares ... 160 - 105 2 all Londy.di Color. j Sh. - 24 all Londy.&Ennis. A Sh. . . - :t. 100 M,, S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 1 20 . - 122 120 6 4! Do. do. do. 16 - 1. 'lOO Do, do. 3.i per coot 65 - 68 24 all Marypt, Carl. 4 p.c. ..• - 241 all Do. 44 per cent ••• - 2r 101 Do. do. t. 100 4id.Consol.6p.c. St ... - t. 100 Do.Con.Br.Bir.6p.e 137 - 139 I'3B t. 100 Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St 99 - 101 991 1. 100 Do, L. di H. Pref, St 9O - 92 ) all New., Aber., &c., pr sp. c. red. 5 p.c. pm ... - ) all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et lO4 - 114 ) all Norfk.Deb.4p.e.Sti - t. 100 Do. sp. c, Ext. 1846 ... - . 1 100 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 !100 Do. Wv. V.sp. ~1847 ... - 100 North British r 34 . D(., 71. Preference - 100 N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. 95 - 97 84 Do, do. do l4 -- I ) 13 Do. Leeds 6 pe. No. 1 - 9 ID% do. Qrs., 1848 .. i 10 IDo. York 11.diS. Pur. •- par ) all North Staffordshire.. 224 - 23 100 Ox., Wor. da Wolv. p.c., Ist guar. 113 - 120 100 p. c. 2d guar ilO6 - 108 • 100 IDo. do. Debentr. St. 1/9 - 101 33 all ,Scot. Ceut.New Pre'. 100 Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. 120 - 125 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 125 - .130 126 5 100 Do. d 0.34 p.c. pf. St. 74 - 76 all South Devon lO - 1. 4 all Do. fixed 41 pr cent - 6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of El Os. 6d. 244 - 244 • 100 Do, 44 por cent 1 , 0 - 1)2 100 Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sh lOO - 102 'lOO Do. New 41 pr. cent - . 100 I S. Wales Gun. 4p. c - 100 Do. do. CI p. c lOO - 102 II all I S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar - all Stock. &Dar., 5 p c 27 - i I 19 io do. do, , 100 iWaterfd&Kilk. 6pc 47 - 63 100 all all all 100 BRITISH HIRES. Alfred Cons. (Philk.)( British Iron . Condurow (Cambrn.) Dev. Gt. Cues. (Tay.)j • Gist Basset (11. ogan) Great South Tolgus Grt, W. Alfrd. (Philk .) Grt. W. Vor (lleistn. ) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Illogan) ( North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co. Caradon (St. Cleer) s. Cara Brea (Illogu.) S. W. Franees(lllogn. ) ' Paul. S. St L. Min. Co Tin Croft Cu. Mines (G wonnap)! V. of Towoy (Camar.) W. Basset (Mogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd. ) 1 Wh Basset (Illogan).1 Wh. Buller (Rdr nth). I Wh, Edward(Calstck) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) Wh. Trelawney (Lis. ) (Australian Bon Accord Cop. (li.) Brazilian Imp.(iisue I, at £5 pm) Do. Cocaes Qt Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Copiapo Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita Now Granada Novoan \fond° Pont.Sil.LdM.&Smlt Port Philip Santiago de Cuba _1 United Mexican Ili - 80 - 460 - 48) 85 - 95 4A -15 i 5 - 5A 1/ -- 2 1 9 - 10 13 - 14 4 - 5 18 - 19 1B 360 - 370 4i - 230 - 150 - 3i - 4 6'o i - 3 1 k -i P li - 2 133 40 4`.. ) 13 L 5 d id 18 ►9 9i 9 i 14 ~• •-• 5A - 6i - - 44 If 1$ 21 25 ,ilO 120 1215 225 '295 - 305 7 7i 711 11 44 23 5 MISCELLANEOUS. 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) 19 Australian Agricult. all ;Australn. Royal Mail all Berlin Water Works 2 Do. New iss. at 5/. d 40 Brit. American Land 324 Canada 100 - Do.Go.6pc.Jan&Julyl all Copper Min. of Eng. all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent all ,Crystal Palace all 'Do. Preference all Crystal Pal, of Franeel all ;Eastern 5team........ 100 Elec trie Telegraph all Electric Tel. of Irel. all En. &Aust.Cop.SmCo lOs. Eur. & lnd.Jetn. Tel. all ,Eur. &Ain. Stm.(lim.) 1.11 Gen. Ir.Sc, Col.(lim.) 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 5 London Discount all ;Lend. Gen. Omnibus 10 Magdalena St. Navig. •ll Medi Loran. Elec. Tel. all [ Do. Extension Teleg. all , Mexican& S.Amerion 5 INat. Discount C0....' 6 Netherlands Land....l all tDo. Do. all IDo.B p.c.Pf.iss.at Id. 3 Do. Do. 80 New 13. &N. S. Land foo N. S. W. Gov.s p. c. D. all N. B. Australasian... all Nrth.of Europe Steam all Oriental Gas 10s. Do New Shares all Peeltir. Ld. do Minrl all Peninsular dt Oriental 10 Do. New . all Rhyme; Iron 60 ioyai Mail Steam all ieot. Anatral. Invest 100 S. Ans. Gov. 6 p.c.bds all South Austral. Land all Submarine Tel. Scrip all Do. Registered 5 Truk Ln. Co. Up. Can 28 1 Van Dienactes Land, 25 - 26 34 - 41 35 - 40 140 - 150 113 - 114 28 - 32 26 - 28 11 - 14 44 - 44 103 - 105 •••i -•-• 14 4-- ". l ••• - ... 4 - 4] ••• ••• 34. 4 --3 i ••• ...'' 8 - 9• ••. - - •• I 1 - "•i - 3 2 3 2 1 d 17 20 96 —. 97 2 A i 3 i Ig lia il 78 80 6 i 7iP 21 23 62 64 1i...., la 106 108 --, I - 14 _ ], 14 ••• 11 Leasing iCompanies Ln.&N.W. Calcdon... E.U.dtE.O Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian. D 0..., Closing Prices this der Moines, this day CAMBRIDGE AND *OXF RD EIGHT• OARED MATCH.—(This Day.) The great contest for aquatic superiority between the rival Universities of Oxford and Cambridge took place this day over the usual course, from Putney to Mortlake, and as the 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 eccited 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 Carnbrilge men, on Monday, taking their old quarters at the St it 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 fir some time past have been the fa vourites in the betting, but within the last day or two ihe Cambridge men have improved so much that , hey were backed at evens, and iu some in stances odds on the n. The m truing being remarkably flue and mild, the assemblage of spectators was very great ; the numerous steatn-boaa engaged to accompany the rice being well pat:onis•td, particul +fly the two chartered by Messrs. Searle, the eminent boat builders, of Lambeth. As usual, (II such occasions, there were an iu - rnelase number of gentlemen on horseback on ae towing-path and Hammersmith-bridge, and, in fact, every i.'ace where a glimpse of the race could he obtained, was crowded to excess. There were several eights, fours, dsc., on the river, besides an immense number of small boats of every descrip, -*- - ion. The following are the names of the crews : OX FORD. at lb 1. R. W. Risley, Eron. 2. T. Ailed, Pembroke 3. C. G. Lane, Christ Cinireb 4. H. Austin, Magdalen 5 E. Line, Bal 6. W. H. Wood. Uciversity l2 5 7. E. Warre, B4111(1 S J T. Thorley, Waiharn H. Walpole, B (cum.) 9 8 CAMBRIDGE. et lb 1. H. H. Lubbock, Caius ll 4 2. A. L. Smith, Trinity 3. W. J. Havart, St. John's 4. D. Duro* Trinity l2 1 5. 11. Wi'liama, St. John's l2 4 6. R. L. Lloyd, Magdale❑ 7. A. A. FAirbairn, Trinity ll 12 8. T. Hall, Magdalen R. Whart Magdal-,n (cox.) 9 2 On proceeding to take their stations, Cambridge, hlving the choice, took the Middlesex side, and atout th r€ e minutes past one o'clock a beautiful start 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 unshipping their oars, buC on getting into work, b nth boats appeared nearly lei el, neith rgettingmuch ad vantage for the first halfmi le. On nearing Craven Cottage, the C.rinbridge boat began to show a little in front, having the rudder level with their opponents' stem. They maintainPd about the same lead to Hammersinith-bridge, after passing which they rapidly drew away frian their opponents, and taking their water before reaching Chiswick Eyot, never afterwardi decreas ing the r lead, and coming in the winners at Mort lake by about four b pats' lengths. The iv inning crew rowed iu a ly,autiful boat, built by Matthew Taylor, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; and the Oxford crew in one by Messrs. Searl,-, of Lsmbeth. Thi, time occupied in doing the dicta• ce was to lismmersmith-bridge 9i minutes, and to Moitlake about 21 miniri es. The Oxford crew thus losing the Lapels which they si gallantly won last year. We believe that one or two c•f 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 stowin=g the wire for a second effort on bowel her Majesty's ship Agamemnon, in Keyham basin, is now proceeding rapidly. An extra place for deposit his been eons rooted on her upper deck, abaft the foremast, capable of taking 2 1-sth miles each fl tke or layer. Here about 140 miles were deposited up to yesterday, Thursday evesing, at an avera,ge of 27 miles a - day. It will contain together 2eo miles, which forms the first portion to be tail. The place of deposit last year, in the hold, mads the coil oval in one direction, close to the kel son , an.l oval in the opposi'e 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 an 1 5 feet at the top, it will be encircled by 1,050 miles of cable. The remain ing 150 milts are to be coiled on the orlop deck where the heavy shore en:l was placed lets , year. A new guard has been fitted for the Agamemnon's stern, to prevent the cable from fouling the pro peller. Tae cage previously used was weakened by its proximity to t h e copper oa the ship's bottom, which served as a negat i ve t o the iron. The gal vanic ac ion of sal:. water on it during the last eight mouths has rendered it desirable to provide a new one, which will not touch the surface until the load line i s reac h e d . O n ho trel the Niagara the boats forward on the upper deck are to be re moved, and a snace prepared of 33 feet diameter, equal to •he recepti on o f f r om 170 t i 180 miles of cable. Fur the appro ichiug trial the Atlantic Telegraph Company appear to have ma de very complete arran gements t h roug h their engineer-in chief, Mr. Bright, who has teen some days a , Plymouth. The ceiling on hoard the Agamemnon is superintended by Mr. Caneing, who assi-trd in the operations last year, and who laid the cable across the Gulf of S t. L a wrence from New en. Mr. Whitehouse, foundiand to C a p e B re t, who completed the lines from Varna t klava, and was charged with the first shipment and fittings on board the Niagara, takes the saute duty now, with the aid of C =ptain Kell, who wa , engaged in lay 'ng the early Mediserranean lines. Mr. Everett, of the Niagara, accompanied by Mr. °Mold, one of the Compa iy's assistant wegineers on the former occasiou, hts been entrusted with the supervision of the experiments carried on at the works of Messrs. Easton and Amos, under the advice of Messrs. P enn , Field, and Lltyd, whom the company have eonsulted upon the modifications to be made in the paying oat to ichinery, and with the coucurrence of Mr. Brigh-, teeir engineer, and Mr. App ld, 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 tlect r i c i an, are per f ec ti ng themselves in their future employment by trans mitting and receiving, through the 2,630 miles of wire now at Plymouth, the cl ass o f messages antici pated on the closer junction of England with the United States and the continent of America. ANCHORS FOR THE GREAT EASTERN.—On Tuesday and Wednesday two of Trotman's parent anchors, each weighing 5 tons 12 cwt., and intended for the Great Eastern steam-ship, were tested by the powerful h) drau lie machinery at Woolwich Dockyard, in presence of the patentee and numerous visitors, comprising the Marquis of Stafford, Capt. Stopford, Lieut.-Col. Maude, R.A., and several idieutifia gentlemen. As it is requisite that the anchors for the Great Eastern shall be of enormous strength, they were submitted to a pressure amounting to 45 per cent. over the proof required by the Admiralty. At a pressure of 20 tons the deflection was a quarter of an inch, and the strain being gra - lually increased to 90 ions, the extreme dell ction amounted to 1i inches. At this strain Mr. Rice and Mr. Peake, master shipwrights, Mr. Atherton, chief engineer, and Mr. Nodiali, master of the Fiegard, who conducted the experiments, cau tioned all present to keep clear of the machinery, lest an accident Fhould result from the sudden flying of the metal. With thecon w se i n th t ofa tension of 100ntee the machinery wit% tons, the most intense interest prevailing to ascertain the result. B o th an c h o r s stood this extraordina r y t e s t without the least indication of giving way, a result highly fay , urable to the manu, t a cturers, Messrs. Wood and Co., of Liv er p oo l. then t worked Mr. Smiles, Secretary to Mr."Eborall, General Man ager of the South Eastern Railway Company, had at 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 Lunatic Asylum, and Staudigl, the once celebrated 4inger, sang the "Chapel in the Wood," by Schubert," :o the great delight of his fellow patients. Tho American Telegraph Company now sends de spa'ches from both ends of the line, and simultaneously, ,y a single wire, the electric cerreLts meeting and cross ; ng. but causing no irregularity. Two ordinary eels ed ters Grove battery are used. Thi s i s th e i nven tion of n Mr. Hoghel.-77te Build r. rhirti WZgitton SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. THE PAPAL STATES. the A letter on sis t o fr r o y m h ,1d Rome a f o e f w the a y 2oth R o saysby the Pope, the new Cardinals Antonucci, Orfei, Milesi, D Silvestri, and Mertel, assembled in ;he Sistine Chapel, and took the usual oaths in if the cardinals who are chiefs of orders, and of the functionaries who figure on such occa sions. The consistorial advocate, Mgr. Gaii santi, delivered in presence of the Pipe a .liscourse on the b-atiticatio is of the venera ble servant of God, John Satcander. This done, new cArdinals, kneeling at the foot of the throne, kissed first the foot and then the hand of the Pcpe, ttt which his Holini-ss raised and embraced them. Each of the new cardinals then went round to the other cardinals and gave them in snec , , , ssiet. `the kiss of peace,' and the latter complimented hem on their elevation. Then the new eariiii als seated themslvi s fir a moment in the places pro- Jided for them ; and then returning before the Pope prostrated themselves, and received fr trim the red hitt, in Sign of the blood whic . .Tesus Christ shed for us and of that which they must be ready to shed for the faith. The public mony being now ended, the Sacred College vent in procession t r the S!xtine Chapel, wbero a Pe Donn we sung. Th , procession havingreturned to the ball, a S cret Consistory was held, at which numerous nominations of new lishops in foreign countries were announced. The Pope afterwards placed a ring on a finger of each of the new Cardinals, and announced to them the titles which they are to bear. The Pope then retired to his private apartments." THE CHINA MAILS. ARRIVAL OF REFUGEES FROM LUCICNOW. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Colombo, CAptain J. S. Field, arrived at Southampton ve•terday morning, bringing a small mail from China, Ceylon, Al+-xaudria, Malta, &c. The Calcutta mail, which ehoul 1 have come by this vessel, was lost in the A.va. The Colombo left Alexandria on the 13th March, Slalta the 17th, and Gibraltar the 21st. She expe rienced fresh north westerly gales from Alexandria to ; thence to Gibraltar and along the coasts of ipain and Portugal to Cape Finisterre, fine weather ; alm and foggy weather across the Bay of Biscay; ri‘ d resh northerly breeze up Channel. The C rlombo brings 107 passengers—viz , 42 fiat Gass, 24 second, 27 children, and 14 deck • and on reight 111 packages of specie, value 59,7821. sterling, 33 boxes of oranges, 365 boxes of almonds, 22 boxes ef fates, 37 boxes of valuables, 263 bales of cotton, 39 aackagee of elephants tusks, and 110 packages of gene r merchandise. The yacht Gondola, belonging to Mr. Gibbs, of Bris tol, was at Alexandria ; also the Liverpool steamers %razes and Pactolus, Lloyd's steamer Australia, and t re Egyptian Let. At itlalta were Admiral Lord Lyons' fl t, lyinz in the Grand Harbour, and the French steamer Borysthenes in the Quarantine Harbour. Gibraltar advices are to the 20th, on which day the quotations of exchange were as under :—London, 90 lays' date, 49i to 50 ; Paris, ditto, sf. 30c. ; Marseilles, ditto, sf. 30c. ; Genoa, ditto, sf. 35e. ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, 1i die. ; Cadiz, ditto, par ; Malaga, ditto, dis ; Seville, ditto, 4 die. ; A licante, ditto, ; Valencia, die. ; Barcelona, ditto, 4- dis. Spanish pidared Irdlars 4 per cent premium, none, no demand. The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 17th inat. says :—" It is understood that instructions have been received from the Horse Guards for Msjor-General Williams, K.H., commanding the First Brigale in this garri-on, to pre ceed to E"gland. It is probable that the General, ac companied by bis &aft', will take his dep+rture in the course of the ensuing month." Tile British steamers Norna, Hercules, and Crimean, Arrived at Gibraltar on the 17th, 18 h, and 20th respec iiwely, the two first-named from London, and the list front Liverpool. The Dutch galliot Albert Roweling, Goo , ens 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. Ru-rovich, which arrived at Gibraltar on the 10th from Liverpool, landed the trey of the British barque Eliza Carrew, coal laden., .which foundered on the 26th ult., in lat. 46 N., long. 13 W. Tne crew were saved iv, great risk, clarion v -ry boisterous weather, by Capt. Rursovich. The sufferers, who had lest everythine except what they s ood ru at the time the barque foundered, spoke very highly of the hospiiable treatment vxperienced from all band+ on beard the Austrian brig from the moment they were pit ked up arril their arrival at Gibr-ltar. The Barbara% of South Shield', IoA foremasthead, foretopmast, jib, and main boom and sails, do-ides sue. taming other damage, iu a gale from the S.E. on the h inst., 40 aides wept of Cape Spartel. She would , ave.to undergo repairs at Gibraltar before leaving for Corfa. During the Colombo's homeward voyage she spoke the following ves,ets :---March 15th, the Penin.-ular and Oriental Company's steamer lodus, in lat. 33 46 N., long. 21 55 E. ; 19th, the steamer Msleber, belonging to the seine company, let. 37 29 N , long. 5 49 E ; 20 b, the British schooner Pride of the Spas, lat. 37 12 N., 1 E. ; the ship Storm Qieen, lat. 45 20 N., long. 10 W. Among the passengers by the Colombo were the fol lowing from Lucknow e--Lady Inglis (daughter of the L rd Chancellor, and wife of the late Commandant at Lucknow, Brigadier-General Inglis) and three children; qra. Bruen° and four children, Mrs. Ruggles, Mrs Apthorpe and t o children, Captain Lawrence, Lieut. Foster and Lieut. Cook. Great interest wae, of coarse, excited to catch even a momentary glimpse of Lady Inglis, who, we are happy to say, looked well and cheerful, despite of the snff,ringe and privations she has been elided upon to endure. Much regret is felt at the ioss 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 comed on board the steamer by her brother (Colonel Thesiger), sister, and cousin (Captain Tinling, R.N.) ; while others of the Lucknow heroines were received by their respective relatives and friends, the mutual interchange of affeclonate greeting rendering the scene on the deck of the noble steam-ship one to be long re membered by those who witnessed it. Major Isaacs, of the 82 I, who lost an arm in General Windham's disas trous affair at Cawnpore, was also a passenger by this packet. The Mayor and other members of the Local Relief Committee were early on beard the Colombo, in pursuit of their philanthropic mission ; but the only case calling for 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 bef ire the geeeral committee in the metropolis for their consideration. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Her Majesty's ship Excellent, Capt. R. 6. Hewlett, C. 8., is reported so shaken by her long gunnery training, 6zc., that she will be replaced by another ship, probably the St. Vincent., 102. The Excellent has been in the service about 70 years, and was for :ierly known as the Boyne, 98 guns. She was em ployed in the last French war, and formed one of the flying squadron ..ff Brest, being one of the fastest ships in the fieJt of that day. The Urgent, 6, screw troop-ship, Commander M Donald, will be undocked to-day at Portsmouth. The Soalark and Rolla naval apprentices' training brigs are refitted for summer service at Portsmouth. Capt Moorsom, C. 8., resumed com mand of the Diadem, 32, at Spithead ye terday. The instructors • f musketry at Chatham have commenc d their summer instruction of the officers and men of the various East India depots attached to each battalion. In consequence of the strong repr , sentations which have been made to the with, rities of the inconvenient - and danger lik , •ly to arise to the troips of the R •yal Engineers quartered in Bromptou-barracks, Chatham, from a po, tion of that est a 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 effect. This steamer is oue 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 ht Southampton on Thursday afternoon to eml ark a set of Lamb •nd Summers's patent flue boiiers, 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 Guu Foundry, Woolwich Arsenal, the select committee of Royal Artil cry officers have recommended that sach guns should bo cast from a mixture of Swedish with Nova Scotia iron. The failures which recently occurred are attributed to the fact that Swedish iron unmixed h 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 allo sed 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 Miliary Storekeeper's Offices, in the Royal Arsenal, these departments having been consolidated in ac cordance with instructions from the War tment The paddlewheel steamer Panther, of about 700 . 700 tons and 350-horse power, chartered by the P e ninsular and Oriental Company f . n. their Malta and M arseillesl2 knots line, arrived p a yester day from Glasgow, having Traged on her sa.,'o round from the Clyde. The following a ppoint me nts have been made at the Ad- rairalty The H on . xr• A. Wingfield, midshipman to the n2i shipmau to the R enown ; R. Marl borough;E.soneE. C. Hawtrth, s, master to the Coastguard ; John Little, promoted to the rank of surgeon; Richard Pick(); promoted to the rank of acti g surgeon ; John D. liogers, second-master tO the Marlborough ; and Llewellp Edward., 1/Ift'fi assistant to tho Urgent. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(YESTERDAY.) ROYAL COMMISSION. The Royal Assent was given, by commission, to the Consolidated Fund (10,000,0001.), the Consolidated Fund (500,0001.), the Mutiny, the Marine Mutiny, and he Commons Inclosure bid>. The Royal Commiiisioners were the Lnrd Chancellor, he Marquis of Salisbury, and the Earl of Rardwicke. Their Lordships adjourned during pleasure. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack tt five o'clock. Viscount DUNGANNON presented a petition from • veral cl-rgymen of the Church of England against the gill f r legatniing the marriage with a deceased wife's • ter. 'Eat , Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from she Presbytery of Brecht° for the promotion of Coris ianity in India ; and also a similar petition from the Wesleyan Meth tdistg of the Centenary Chapel in Dublin. THE PATRIOTIC FUND. The Duke a f NORFOLK begged to ask the noble al the Lord Privy Seal whether there would be any oijection to lay on the table of the house a copy of the letter of Mr. Ball to the royal commissioners of th. Patriotio Fund, in which be stated his reas!ms fir no , ig , ing the report made h, the commissioners ? The E trl of HARD WICK E said it was quite true that Ar. Ball, one of the comotissioners, ha I not t.igned he second report, and had given his reason for not ming it, in a letter. Tuere would be no oltjecti,n to ay a copy it before their lordships, but he thought it v.uld be more cotuplete it that letter was acc stn - ,aided by the reply (I Major Harris to ptatementß [lade by Mr. Ball. (Hear.) The reply of Maj Ham, lad been ref-rred to the commi•isionerw, and their report vas shortly expected. As soon as it was received it would Printed with the other documents and laid on the table. PASSING TOLLS. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY, having presented SO , llO petitions in favour if the abolition of pasting asked the noble lint opposite whether the Government intended, after the Easter recess, to introduce any mea sure for the abolition of such ton, I The Earl of DONOUGHMORE said a rnes.ure was now under the consideration of the proper department., and they hoped aeon to be in a condition to introduce a bill on the subject. BARRACK EX PENDIFURE. Lord PANMURE rose to move f r a return of the sums of money proposed in the Army E-timates of 1356-7-8-9, to be expended in barracks, showing the auras required fn. the caution of new barracks, and -tating the 'different localities in which they were to be erected, and whether they were intended to re place old barrack. 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 physical well being cf 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 bad been made. He should prove to their lordships that no claes of her Mirjesty's subiscts had bad their health more carefully attended to, or been more diligently looked after than that very class which they were accused of neglecting, the soldiers of the ranks who had 7ac's shown themstlees worthy of all the care which was bestowed upon thew. sic; was a X'Otli to do this n -'w, because the statements that had gone abrea alight very much tend to cheek the aspirationsEof 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 sillier during the last criarter of a CM•tury. He wou'd not say that al , had been done that ought to be done. Much yet re mained to be done in order to carry out the view whit's he hal alwaylt entertained, that e,f rendering the two military pr. fessiens attractive to the youth of this country. Eventually he hoped to tee the day, though he feared it was yet somewhat di-tent, when dismissal from either the army or navy would be considered as a r at disgrace by the man as it was at present by his officor. (Hear, hear.) It would take not only time, but a great expenditure of money to place the army on that tooting on which h•-i . should wish to see it. Tue gre t point to which public attention was now turned was the ear i•ary condition of the army. He would first draw atter tion to the arrangements r f several years past. When he first joined the service the condition at 'bee Idier, compared with what it' was row, was real y and absolutely filthy. When Lord Grey was S-icretaiy at War he amended the routine of f reign r litf e 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 fifieen years a'neet, except in eases of emergency, and at the West Indies and nearer stations the period of re lief was fixed at ten years. This had b7eu carried out at a great public e xperise. Another improvement of Lord Grey's was the introduction if enotl-eehducti pay, and of savings banks in the army. Lord Harding , - had done much to improve the cenditio i of the pensioners and old soldiers ; he put an end to the frauds which had prevailed in drawing pensions, and caused them to be drawn in advance. Thi., body of 15 000 armed defenders had often rendered great service to the ottuntry. When he (Lord Panwure) succeeded to the War-office, six years ago, ho had introduced libraries into barracks, and ho belieev. d that great advantage had resulted from them. Up to 184 S, it was the practice to sell spirits in the can teens ; the result was to introduce a habit of drain drink ing. With the consent of Parliament, the commander. ira:Lief abolished the practice : it was now utterly given up ; and there did not now exist in the army the men heretofore known as "sponges." (Hear, bear.) Every csulti now retire, after twenty-one years' service, with a pension of eigbtpence a day e and for every five years rervice 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 the country. Formerly there were only six chaplains in the army ; now there were twenty-two, an-I thirty five aseistant 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 c flared. Recently the pay sergeants had been raised 2d. a day, with a view to compensate them for the loss of pries-money. It was utterly unfounded to say that the condition of the soldier had been neglected dur ing the last 25 years. Improvements had been made qu etly ; the estimates had been increased ; and the pullic had taken very little notice of it. He now came lo the condition of the barrack.. 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, In pall the new barrack s el recent sanitary improvements had been introduced ; but when the old berraeles were built those thines were not thought of. A room now considered large enough for twenty-five would have been made to hold fifty or siety. In some barraeke, he ad mitted, the ventilation and draining was defic'ent, and it was almost impossible to make the improvements which were now advocated. A very large sum cf money would be required to carry out those arrangement'. He was ready to take his share of the blame for not asking Parliament for more money; but he thought that the ca 1 for improvements in barracks was carried . further than necessary. The recent report of the comma-stoners snowed that the mortality was grea'est ameng the Guards—as much as 20 in 1,000 he b slievel. He con srdered that the colonels cf the regiments had been ue• justly blamed for this state of things. Had then• repre sentations been attended to, the seldiers would have been much better lodged. The cost of a site atone for bar racks was enormous in Linden ; it could scarcely be less than 100 0001. It was einguiar that those lately unit often turne i 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 rf which bad been much complained of. He believed they were the most healthy barracks in London. The engineers at Ceattram were far more healthy than the t.e'ruards in London, the rostrum being that the latter were so much exposed to the night air. He could not but thine 'hat there were many night sentries in London who might be dispensed with. (Hear, hear.) He had gone int r these eletaiis in order to chow that during the iast 25 years the in , erests of the soldier had not beet, 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 sncc.'ssful 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 ) Fur :he last two years the army estimates had amounted to upwards of 11,000,000/. per annum. This year 630,0001. had been voted for barrack accommodation ; but the mere wear and tear of of the existing bnildings had cost ant less than 220,0001. of that sum. There were new barracks in the course of erection at Portsmouth and of eoluer where, which would render the accommoodtatthiaotn was not troops better than it was at present. B must also look the only thing they mutt look to —they to the military defences of the.cooutnotrtyho defences([fear.) lt was otir just as necessary to pay attentro and our coasts, as it was dockyards, our great arsenals,onvertieg barracks into to spend vast sums palaces. At this momentupoPnortsmouth might be said to be properly and ampdefended ; but Plymouth still re quired a great deal to y be done to put it in a satisfactory condition ; and there were various other points to which be would not morehopawratiscularly allude while speaking in public, but which quite sure would command the most serious attentiond a of the noble earl opposite. Nor w a s that all. We h a number of great military stations a broad, and they must not be neglected. The Govern ment should endeavour to disperse the votes of Perla meat throughout the whole army, and not confine its ' expendit ur e to the benefit of a mere portion of the troops. He (the noble lord) was as willing as any one could be to carry out every sanitary improvement ; but their lordships must recollect that though the House of 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 order that the public might not only be made alive to the importance of sanitary reform, but that they might be induced to sanction the voting by their representatives of the necessary ways and means. (Cheers.) The Duke of CAMBRIDGE was extremely glad that the noble baron had given him an opportuoitY _ pressing as publicly as he could the extreme r_e g g r e t a w r it e h . which he friend that some observationlonf th bi at o he bad cent occa ion had led to an imp brought a charge either agaiv st the noble baron himself, or against the Govern ment_ehad felt it hie dllt7, as the had been connected. U. 195 353 894 979 15,926 9,901,993 16,805.904 243,951 13.01:i 705 665 850 The operations in the Bullion Deparnaeut yes terday we re uniinp rtant. Several Ws el , are ex pected from Australia, which wd.l no drub ensure a further accumulation at the attek, as tie quan tity absorbed for export purposes is very Bar silver dull, at 5,4. la p-r oz. aal d rd. There was very little caange yeatef day in th rates of Continent el exchange, but they e if anything, increased firmness. Rati'er mere business was reported. Money continues in limited request, and there is no alteration to cit , scrib-) in the general position and appearance of the market. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busine-s was quiet, at steady rates. The sales were 6,000 2.000 of which were taken for export and on speculation. Bu•in=ss in the Rail. way Share Market was rather 111AutiVe, at it e rates. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been ahluit 111,1501., and the exports 78,5651., exclusive of the following.shintnents direct f , orn. London to the Continent during the week ending Thursday last : Gold Coin—Rotterd tun —Calais )7 —Boulogne SI Hambro' „ Bars—Boulogne . Silver Coin—Calais „ Boulogne 820 oz. .... 9,00 .... 400 .... 2,40) .50 .... 41,i ( 0 ....58 ~2G6 Bars-- „ —liababro' The market for English Securities is rather depressed, a decline of pr cent. having been produced by a few speculative sales, and some unfavourable rumours a though not believed, tend to aff , ct the va'ue of the Funds. Consols have heel' 94 to 97i bath for money and account. Tha June Ex chequer Bills are 355. to 384. premium ; and the Bonds arc 104 101. India ditto are 20s. pre mium. Bank Stock is 227. Foreign Seery ities are depressed and business is restricted, at a slight downward tendency in quota tions. Turkish. 6 per Cents. are 101-i to 102 ; and the 4 per Cents., 104 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cants., 771 ; ditto Defe_red, 161 ; Mexic in 3 per Cents., 2G ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 83/ ; Russian 5 per Cents., 1101 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44 ; and ditto Deferred, 26/ g. In the Railway Share Market this morning only a limited amount cf business has been reported. The preliminary arrangements for the sot' lenient of the half-monthly account being now in progres=, the attention of the dealers has been eng , geLl with that event. Prices have exhibited little variation. Easti-rn Cotinties declined ; and Caledonian, and Edinburgh, Perth, an-I nunde-, 10s. Lkn casbire and Yorkshire, and North-Westerti, im proved 10.. ; and North-Eastern (York), ss. The other lines dealt iu were at previous rates. The Foreign and Colon;a1 lines have slgli!ly im proved. Dutch Rhenish advanced ss. Ea,tt Indian ss. Gland Trunk of °Attach, 10s. ; and Great Western of Canada, ss. Joint-Stock Batik and Miscellanelus S►pares are inactive, and exhibit little variation in pi ices. BR!. I'ISH FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES -THIS DAY. (From the Qziictaf ttst:? Businees dote S per 1 - 3ent (7onsole !?, Rends, . . 21 p Bank Stock for Account z27 O,LdOiS i r 971 Ex March. June. 35 8 'Exchequer "fonds, :IA per Cent.... 1)IU°, 1359 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 77 Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent. . Alexicau pet .ent Peruvian Bonds, 4t per Cent Russian Bonds, 1521:, 1 St., I) per Cent llo,t Su - - per Vent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Tarklet • per cent Ditto Guaranteed, par Cent. 26 1;14 101 Dividends on tha Above payable in London. 1.'!.1' V. '1 , • K. Console, money Ditto, Account We (Derby Reporter) are happy to say that Mr. Bass, M P., has rapidly improved, and that, he bas n.,w nearly recovered from the kff-cts of the accident which we men tioned last week. Mr. Bass waa sufficiently recovered to accompany a d :potation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday I.►yt with reference to the excise duties on malt. THE LATE ADMIRAL SIR JOHN Ross.—The effects cf this dist nguished arclic voyager have been disposed of by public auction, at. North-Wept Ca , tl:l. The gallant veteran had gathered. during his long life-time, a mas 9 of articles of every descripti,n. The sale was numerou.ly attended, and the whol' effects eere eagerly bought up, in many cases at high prces. The perple in the district seem.-d all to be anxious to possess thennelves of some souvenir of the gallant admiral.—Ayr Observer. MkTROPOLITIN BOARD OF Woits.s.—At the usual weekly meeting yesterday at the Guildhaq, Mr. J. Thwattes in the chair, the geiieral ca,h ba'ance as re ported to be 47,6081. 4s. ld. Memorials on the main drainage question were presented from a meeting of dis trict beards and vestries from the parish of Lambeth. Mr. Leslie moved that the board should ascertai❑ if any and what pecuniary interest appertained to the clpy - holders of Hampstead beyond the rights of the free holder of the heath. The motion was seconded by Mr. Charmer and carried. ST. PANCRAS VESTRY.—At the weekly meet;ng of the vestry yesterday, Mr. Church warden AV) att in the cha'r, it was reselved to affix the corpora e Kcal of the vestry to the authority to the Lin don and We- trniester Bank to place 8 0001. to the drawing accou , t of the parish, and that dratta for the Metropolitan Board fod Imperial Gat , Company be at once drawn. A report suggesting a considerable reduction in the salaries cf the medical staff, fxe pt that of the surgeon of t ,, e tcorkhouse, which it proposed to raise from 1401. to 1801., was ordered to ha considered at the next wet Ling. A motion for a corn • mittee to inquire into the qualifications , f certain mem be.s to hold their sea's in the vestry was negatived by a arge majority. WnEOK ON THE COAST OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS. — A letter written from the Falkland Islands in behalf of the crew tf the North American ship Antoinette, states that that ship has been wrecked on the coat of the Falk land Islands, while on its way to London "We got to Berkeley Sand," it says, l'on the second day after we kft the ship, or rather to a settl ement at P ort W i l liam, w h e , e we found an Amer ican consul, to whom the captain told our loss, and that %here Was a boat and five men adrift, whom we had lost eight of. The gocd cld gentleman got a vessel the same afternoon, and at daylight the w x , rucrni, g proceed° I to 1 , nk for them, although it blew a gale of wind. His la,t worils to us were, 'Don't fear, if they are alive I will find them ;' an.l find thew he did on one of the email is ands, with boat stove and without water ; and the crew informed me that be never left the (1 , -ck or slept until he did find them, when, ha showed them every kindness in air paver. He was absent but font. days. I am informed by the in habitants of the coluny that he has always been in the habit of acting in this way f or ma ny yFrirß. He is the same man who went in pursuit cf and band Captain Gardeer and the missiotialies who were starved to death at Cape Horn, rescued a French crew on the coast of Patagonia and in the Straits tf Magellan, ant , a Danish crew at Hattenland, and all at his Own ex pense. The job ihitant4 iqty he is better acquainted ano has more knowledge of the plact3 and coast than an) man living. He is kind, generous, and libtral in the extreme," St. 12? 124 S. 12i 25 20 St. 1139 I 96 i i i noble baron had done that night, to make a stateme from which the public might understand that no peculiar blame attached to him (the illustrious duke) as the had of the army, and perhaps therefore considered responsi ble for the barrack accommodation of the country. (Hear.) But in making that statement nothing could be further from his intention than to reflect upon the noble baron. On the contrary, he believed that leo man could have been more anxious than the noble baron for the improvement of the condition of the soldier. He be lieved it would be found that the noble baron ba(cld,ao more in the way of barrack imp rovement than any pre vious Secretary of State during a si m il ar period. u In saying that, however, he did not intend any disre spect to the noble lord's predecessors ; for the truth was that in this respect, as in many others, they had been progressing in the spirit of the age ; and the chances pr tbably were, that in a few years they would have fresh 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 bad not intentionally neglected the condition of our soldiers ; but while everything had prin:reused to the extent it bad, it would have been mon etrous to have left the s idler in the condition be was. (Hear,) He (the illustrious duke) bad been referred to to his two capacities, as colonel of the Guards and as the head of the army. His noble friend had taken away any cessity be might have had for making any defence of his conduct as colonel of the Guards. As the noble lord het so feirly stated, the colonel of the Guards had no more power to interfere with the state of the barracks -hart any otner colonel ; and it would be a most im proper thing it be had. (Hear hear.) The situation of colonel of the Guards was a most honourable one, but it was exactly as that of any other colonel ; and it would have a most mischievous effect upon the army if it was theught that he had any special powers. (Hear.) In the communications which had taken place between the noble baron and himself, as bead of the army, they bad often agreed that many things would be desirable, but they would have placed the Government of the country in a very false position it they had pressed for those things without reference to the means at their disposal. (Hear.) There was a great difference between intro ducing estimates and A iding 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 was the only mode in which they cou'd 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'tee. The cost of the barracks was as nothing compared with that of the land. Some portion of the want of accommodation bad been caused by the intro duction of libraries, reading-rooms, washing-rooms, and the like. Of course, neless new rooms were provided, they must be 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 an improvement in one barrack, they must extend it to all; because when the soldier found out its value, sod he very soon would gad it out, he would ask to have it in every place at which he was stationed. This led to an enormous expense • aril it was on l y b y sprea di ng i t over a certain numb e r o f years that they could expert to per fect the Oen. ([Tear.) With regard to the returns moved for by his noble friend, he should like them to include the estimates of the lora! authorities, which were the documents upon whicb the estimates of the Government were based. F. rtnerly they were sent to the Ordnance office without passing through the hands of the Corn tusedn-in-Ohief ; but since the new S cretsrysbip of State had been established it h el been arreereed that they shoull go first to the Commander-ie-Chief, and should then be handed by him to the Government. These original estimates w. uld give the actual wants of the army more fely than any pui lic document would do ; they would show the mode in which diffe rent items of improvement were valued by the Govern ment. The demands madenpou them were always or very much tenser sums than the Government placed in it- esti :, sees; and some portion of them were necessarily post p -red. What these should be Was determined not by the mileary autboritee, but by the military authoritie e in eoejuection with the Secretary t f State, (Hear.) In cot:lda-ion, he (the illustrious duke) had only to say that tae ceroialty approved ef the returns with tee addition he h e:1 suggested. They would show that his nenle friend ILA IF), beet, at all remiss in the way in which he bad applied the resources ~f the country to the improvement of barracks. (Cheers.) Tue Ear, of CARDIGAN had had many opportunities of inspecting barracks in various parts of the kingdom, and he must say that the opinion which prevailed wi h regard to the discomforts endured by the troops was an exaggerated one. Great improvement.a hid already been introduced. Toe rooms were lied crowded, and married couples were no longer allowed to occupy the same ap ei tire ins as unmarried men. (Hear.) The idea which bad of late become common that soldiers bad nothing to eat but boiled beef was altogether erroneous ; fttr in most reel cute the men had baked meat abd potatoes three or four times a week. (Hear.) He could n;t say that he approved of the new regulation with regard t i cardeens e In all well regulaled regiment; the rule was to prohibit spirt-drinkiog in the canteen until the afternoon ; and too good would accrue from driving the men out of the bat racks 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 considerations of expense from giving the subj e ct of barrack accommodation their most serious attention, because he thought there were many improvements which redght 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 mew public offices, which would cost several millions wore. The other day he happened to be at the We Liogton B trracks, which were considered a model. It was three o'clock in the afternoo^, and the sleeping rooms ought to have been tolerably fresh ; but the aer was so foul that he could not stay in Lt. He was told that he Lad no idea how he should have found it if lie had come in the morning. (Hear, hear.) Tue Earl of DERBY was sore their lordebips would not regret the time they had spent in listening to the speeches of the noble lord and the illustrious du ke. b It was well the country should know that the couse which had been pursued will 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 cruntry hotner at the present time with what it used to be 30 or 40 years ago, he would understand how great had been the increa-e which had taken place in the nutnLer of the comforts and conveniences of life. It was not that the con f,,rts of the soldier bad not lat terly been increased, bet that increase was now looked at 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 cf the army; but they must recollect that everything could not he done at once. Oue of the last act of the noble baron opposite had been to appoint tour sub-cone tnittees, at the. head (1 one of which was a right hon. gentleman to whose exertions the army owed much, namely, Mr. Sidney EL rbert ; and her Majesty's Go verntuent were waiting fur the reports ed those sub committees as to the best manner of carrying out the recommendations of the sanitary commissiouere. In the meantime the cemmittees were themselves empowered to expend a small tutu in the removal of some of the most glaring defects. (Elea-, bear) When the Government received their reports, they would no' hesitate to take steps for carrying them out, and they would not shrink front making the necessary application to Parliament. lie deeply regretted to notice the tone of the remarks which bad fallen from the noble duke oppos te. He (Lord Derby) was not prepared to defend the expenditure on the H u u es of Parliament which had taken place, but it was hardiy true to say that the reason army improve ments were delayed was the enormous waste a money on public buildings. In 1852 he was very near applying to Parliament for funds for a new Foreign-office, . but trom that time to this nothing had been done ; and the noble earl opposite (Lord Clarendon) had never en tered the old burloing without alarm, or—quitted it with out congratulatieg itimself 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 la-t men tioned in the notice, viz., the correspondence within the last ten years between different departments of the Gc enhe shoull pre fer that they should n o t b e move d f v o e r r , n e w spec t ially as, from the manner in which the motion was worded, it implied that suggestions for the welfare of the troops had been dist egarded. Now, there was no doubt 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 cor respondence went back for so longs 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 ouiy 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 duets the canteens at a certain boar, but in many regiments that was not done. It bad been said that the late Go vernment were willing enough to expend a million and a half over public offices, but they wore not willing to spend a comparatively small BUM in the erection and al teration of barracks. He could only say that the late Go vernment never contemplated spending a million and a 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 . incurre d o every year in the hire of buildings En they w d b i b e x% made con duct the public business, and this y had prevented the necessity inParliament large saving by enlarging neighbourhood of that office furnished a sum of 40,000/. the ef Ordnance _hiring building s i w n h t i h e the exhibition bad for the last three years of soldiers' wiv es of barracks , in order that they might with other soldiers, and he sleeping in the same room for the nnieng enlargementer leave d with the Earl pf Darby as to the latter re turn; the necessity ( f that eas now obviated, He quite agree but as to the first two‘there could bas no objec. Lion. Lord DE ROS observed that it was of the greatest importance that the gnard•rootno should be made com fortable and healthy far the wen, and he believed that 1.0.0 50 50 50 100 121 1.2 30 17s 17.5 16115 1286 20 ,1/ 105.