The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-12 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET COIVriv(F.,II.OTAL TNTET,T,TarNer-,; CITY, Two O'CLOCK. In the Foreign and Colonial produce markets, during the last few days, business has keen very dull and most of the leading staples have slightly receded in value. Sugar has declined about 6d. to is. per cwt., and tea, owing to the advices by the overland wail stating that large shipments have been mane, has declined about Id, per lb. Coffee - has been moderately steady, and cocoa firm, owing to a large Government contract that has just been issued. Spices have slightly declined, as also saltpetre. The public sales of indigo con tinue to progress very slowly. There is still a want of activity in the biddiugs, and no alteration can be noted in the prices realised for the various qua lities at the commencement of the sale. Good use ful qualities of Bengal, however, are in better re quest. Tallow has been rather firmer. P.Y.C. on the spot being now quoted 525. 9d. to 535. for spot and delivery up to June, and 50s. 9d to 51s. for last three months. . The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday presented a very animated appearance, and values of all de scriptions continue to improve. The sales amounted to 15,000 bales, 5,000 of which were taken by the Speculators, and 1,000 by the exporters. The Rail- Way Share Market closed quietly, and prices were Without any material alteration. The market for East Indian Securities bearing 5 per cent. interest is rather firmer, and it is gene . rally imagined that a decided improvement will take plane in their values, as a statement is circu lated to the effect that the East India Company have decided upon granting no more guarantees. It is rather singular that a movement in these investments has not taken place in proportion to the reduction in the minimum rate of discount, but probably the prospect of continued calls pre ' vents the advance. The general rate of interest now allowed for de posits with the joint-stock banks and private firms is 2 per cent., and there can be no doubt that these establislun.ents will receive offers of considerably more money than they can employ. The current terms for the negociation of commercial bills have been slightly reduced in consequence of the alter ation made yesterday in the minimum rate of dis count. Good bills are negotiated at about 2 and Per cent., and instances are met with wllere 2,} per cent. has been really accepted. An impression exists that although a further slight relaxation in the official quotation may take place, the existing easiness will not be of long continuance ; but one thing is pretty certain, namely, that there must be a considerable revival in trade before there is a suffi cient diversion of capital to cause any reaction. During the spring some amelioration will no doubt take place in all departments of trade, and then, perhaps, the demand for accommodation will be sufficiently active to enable the monied interest to obtain rather higher rates for discount. The Bank of Frankfort have reduced the rate of discount to 3 per cent. The Bank of France returns are completed to yesterday, showing a further general improvement en the resources of that establishmcnt ; but it would. appear that trade in France continues dull, inas much as the pressure for discount accommodation je still very limited. The bullion shows an in crease of 1,260,0001., and the bills under discount • • have diminished to the extent of 2,840,4001. The market for English stocks is rather firmer today, but the transactions are but few, and the Movement in prices is unimportant. The anticipation of a favourable Bank return tends to support q uotations, and it is generally • thought that no material improvement will ensue till after further progress is made in the business tow before the House of Commons. Consols have been 96e # both for money and ac count. For the 4th prox. they are now 96i sellers, The New Three per Cents. are 06k ; and the Reduced, 96i ; Bank Stock is 225 ; Exchequer are 325. prom. ; and India Bonds, under 1,000?., 255. prem. Foreign Stocks are very firm and a gcod business has been transacted at enhanced quotations. Turkish 6 - per Cents. are 100 to 1001 • and ditto 4 per Cents., 104/ ; Brazilian 5 per dents. have declined to 1031, but the 44 per Cents have advanced 11 per cent., viz., 99i ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. have improved 3 per cent., viz., to 103, 105 ; Peruvian 454 per Cents. to 801, 81 ; and ditto 3 per Cents. are steady at 56 ; Poituguese 3 per Cents. are steady at 45k; and Russian 5 per Cents. at 1114, 1121. Sardinian 5 per Cents. aro 901 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. 431, 444 ; ditto Deferred, 26e ; and Dutch 4 per Cents. 101. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 516 ; Mexican, 20 201 ; Peruvian 4-i per Cents., 80 81 ; ditto 3 per cents., 55i 561 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 111. 113 ; ditto 4i per Cents. ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 431 44 ; Ditto New Deferred, 26 261. Business in the Railway Share Market this morn inghas been inactive. Prices, however, have shown some slight variation. Great Northern and Great Western have advanced 10s. ; Eastern Counties, 1 55. ; and Midland, it. North Western, and Vale of Neath declined ss. ; Brighton, 10s. ; and North Eastern (Berwick), 15s. In the Foreign and • Colonial undertakings a very limited business has • been reported. Not tliero of France has improved about se. ; East Indian, 10s. ; and Grand Trunk of Canada an d G r eat Western of Canada, about ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares aro exceedingly inactive, and little variation can be re ported in prices. London and County have re ceded ss. Or iental Bank, ss. Union of London advanced 51. In the Miscellaneous Market the only change to report has been an improvement of 1/. in Royal Mail Steam shares. BRITISH YUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. (From the Offlctai Lista Bank Stock BnelnerP done. b.. 1 • eat. reduced A nnu ttl ee i 3 per Cent Cmb; o Ann nitles 96L 6 6 A New t per Cent. Annuities 961 i iii lodi. Bonds, £lOO .• • • nitte. under ll= 25 p Bank Stock for Account 226 (Tolsols for Account an't , Poner liMa. 20. $l.OOO • ~... . eta , Small 35 32 ...• • 32 35 32 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Braun/in 5 per Cent Ditto 1852, 4i per Cent. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. lO3 5 9 . Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent B.of 1 Ditto 3 per Cent.,..,,. 56 51 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 18b3, 3 per Cent. :Russian Bonds, 1622, £ St., 5 per Cent lll. 124 Ditto, 44 per Cent. 991 illardinian Bongs, 5 per Cent. Upanith Bonds, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 44 4 3,1 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. , Initto Account Ditto Passive 6l Tarkieb Bonds, 6 per cent lOO i 99i 1001 I 'Ditto Account lOO3 i Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. D %toll Exchange, 24 per Cent., 12 Guilders 654 . . Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .111.ttEE O'CLOCK. Consols, money Consols account (March 4) is 20 100 100 The Emancipation of Brussels says :—" Mr. Somers, a reporter of the Times, who was sent into Belgium to g ive an account of the passage of the Prince and Princess 'rederick William through this country, waited a few a. ! st y li ago on the Minister of War, and in the name of t be Times expressed regret for the publication in that j' )urnal of the article on the Belgian army which created nob a sensation. [A DVERTIS EMENT.] —Among the numero us ex t raor di nar y cures without medicine of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, effected by D u B arr y' s delicious health.restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, the follow mlo .2g are not the least remarkable : ' 44 zaboth Jacobs , of NazingVicarage, Cu l\ .e ra N lth o a . 47cr,2ss1;—,, Miss Herts : a t ore of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gathering, low spirits, and nervou s f anc i e s." Cure No. 48,314. --"Miss Elizabeth emu, Gateacre, near Liverpool: a cure of ten years indigestion, and u.„7BPepsia and all the horrors of nervo . u h s , irritability." Cure ' O . 3 ,906. Ihirteen years' c01i.,,,, general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent celebrated Revalerita Arabica Food.—JAMES PORTER, Athol -street, Perth. Supported by testimonials from the followingiid;D Pro fessors of Chemistry: Dr. A. Ure; Dr. Shor al llarvey, Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wilmer ; Dr. t •t' Cistles uai. , Dr, Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies• the Dowager Countess of . sons, Major Gen, Thomas I' • and other respectable Ing, ma"after all other hose health has been restored by it, means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full 1 . 1 e. , tions. In canisters, 11b. 2s. 9 21 45 Gd. ; 51 b . 121 b. 22 d. ; -. • on re instrue- s. The 121 b canisters are sent carriage free, ceipt of Post -office order, B o arry nt D c u au ß t a i rLy, and Co., 77, Regent-steet, Lond7:l. Im against the fear . dangers of spurious imitations ---The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an Injunctiod on the 10th March, "54against Al 4 fre Hooper Nevill d.,, i ' for' imitating l' Du Harry' s itevAlezit4 ra d bica Pv9 SHARE MARKETS—(This Day). RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. !Paid , ; SY Eastn. June.... Bolfaßt & Bailymen Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Va11ey..... .... Birkenhd. Lancsh. d 100 100 100 all all all Cheshire Junct 'Blackburn , Bluth & Tyne origina £25 (iss. at £45).„ Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. Chester & Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Do. A Do. B Dublin&BelfastJunc Dun, P. &Aber, Juno (East Anglian 'Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A. stk Do., do. B. IDo. New A 'East Kant ... East Lancashire East Suffolk ..... Do. Edinburgh dr Glasgow lEdinb. and Peebles Edbab.Prth. drDundet Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness Glasgow di S. Western' ;Great N. of Scotland jGreat Northern Do., A. Stock ; Do., B. Stock pt. Sth.&West.(lre) Great Western. Do. Str.V.B.. gna.St Irish South-Eastern. iLancaster di Carlisle. io., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., de. F £l6 ... Do., Wet. Riding Un. Do. Southrcrt. London & Blackwal , Lond.Bright. di S. Cs t. London &N. Wester ' Do. Fifths Do. JO/. 5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S. Wet rn Lmindrry. &Colerai ne Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. She f. &Lincln. Metropolitan . ..... Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement ...... Midland ... Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West.(lr. ) Do. Shares . Newcastle &Ca.rlisle Newpt. A berg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen ewry, , Warrenpoint & RPstrevor Nortolk.. Northn. Counties Un I North British North Devon, Rail. 6 Dock 5t0ck............ Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern—Berwick IDo. do. Extension Do do. G. N. E. Pura. Do. Leeds Do. York North London. N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Ju North Staffordshire North Western.. N. ds S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester di Wolverhampton.. Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central ...., Sw.t. N.E.Abrdn.St Shropshire Union !Sitingbourne &Sheer South Devon 'South Eastern Do. 4i per c. Shares South Wales IS. Yorksh. RivQr Dun Do iStaines,Wok.,B4Wok. Stockton & Darling►..l Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1855 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale... Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D. &P Vftl - .. of Waterfd. & Kilkenny Wa.terford&Limeriek, , West Col nwall 'West End of London ] and Crystal Palace..l Do. A Do. B West L0nd0n......, Do. First Class Do. Socond Class Wmbledon &Croydon, Closina Pr'o th'z day. 5i - B.f, - 71 - 73 ••• 9 - 94 - 96 944 - 94 36 - 38 de• ..... ••• 4 - 5 ••• "'" • 8 - 9 18j - 19. 62 - 63 48 - 50 33 - 35 15 - 17 901 - 91. ••• • s 7 :ss: ii io ••• .. •, - 96 9/ - 10 LOS - 103 89 - 91 L3l - 13: LO3 - 105 60k -60 i 60 - 63 84 87 10 —l2 p 10 12 1 - 931 94; i— i d 6i - 6i 107 - 101 1 1001 - 10] 8 - 983 - 99. 39 - iii 983 - 99. 69 - 71 13 - 14 62 - 64 3i - 1 1 521 - 53 ;3 . 6 6,i - A 52 - s‘l 82i - 83 95 - 57 -7 81 : 9 32 33 9 5 d 109 - 111 261 - 26 49 - 50 - 36 - 38 74 - 75 831 —84 i 13 15 7 5 d 9 11 37 38 ilio 0 7 - 3i - 3 6- 6 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 'Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and' Con.lnd, guar. 5 p. c. ! Do. Buffalo & Lake Hur Buff., Brut& Gorich 6 p. e. Ws. , 1 Aug.,'72i Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June '74,1 'Calcutta 'and S. East.) Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A Oiarcs Do. B. do. ••• •1 Demerara. 1 lEastern Bengal East Indian 4 1 Do. C Shares D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do. '59, do. Geelong St Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. IGd.T of Canada Do. 6 p. e. Deben ! Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore IDo. New. guar. 5 p.c IGt. Wcstn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payablo '57 IDo. do., 76, p. '60...1 do., '73, do. iDo, do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4. p.c ' Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Eaten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex. t do, 0 ude (Limited) 5 Scinde, guar. per c Do i - i 13i 87 92 83 87 80 85 Ipar ip - 109 - 110 lip, 19i - 24 48 - 50 83 - 85 24 -21 i - 1 p 211 -21 i - IP 1 110 - 115 11.0 - 115 105 110 19i 20 21 21 6 d par! iP I g iP ... - ... 1 1 - lip, Business done this day. St. l loo St. 'lOO 50 all 25 all 00 all 25 all 50 9 20 all St. 100 50 St. 100 St. 100 St. 'lOO St. 100 St. 100 25 311 25 1r) , :l St. 109 St 100 St. 100 10 31.1 FOREIGN. 10 1 all Antwrp &Rotterdam 61 61 6 1 1 20 ' all Ardennes 5 I all Belgian East. Juliet 1 11 20 all Beziers to Graissessac ... ... 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouss Coal Mines and Ry. 3i 4 20 15 Dutch Rhenish - 3/4.1 20 all Eastern of France 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all Gt. Central of France ... 20 all Great Luxembourg 8 ak 10 6 Italian Junction 20 all Lake Coast. & Bale ... ..- 20 all Lierre and T urn h ou t „. •-(1) 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 51 —51 p 5 all Lucca do Piat.sp.o.p. ... .. • 20 all Lyons and Geneva 2B 29 20 all Lyons & Mediterran ... ... 33i all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. New • ••• 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 204 21 21 16 all Northern of France- 381 38/ 381 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 8 91 20 all Paris and Lyons 341 341 2() all Paris and Orleans 55 57 20 9 Recife & San Frau , (Perham.) g. 7p. C. i liP 9 i 10 all Rome and Fruesti... ... ... 20 all Royal Danish l6 18 5 all Royal Swedish i i 20 all Sambre and Meuse Ti 81 10 all ')o. 51 per cent. pref 7i Fi 20 all Southern of France 22 224 81 all West Flanders 4l 4i 10 all Do. 51 per o. Prof, 20 all W. di N. W. of F rance 27 28 20 6 'Western of Austria •... --* ••• 20 all West, of Switzerland ... ••• 6 all 'Wiest ',den 6 all I Do. Bp , cent. pro f. ••• ••• 20 all (Zealand _________________ ••• ••• ••• _ - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 10 all Australae - Th;. 181 86 85 1 25 181 Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London 4B 52 40 all Bri.Col. Bk.& Ln. Co 50 all British N. American ::. .. 20 10 C.Bk.of Ind.h.u.tkel , .... ... 100 50 City 6i. 100 25 Colonial iil 100 20 Commercial of Lond. ::: 1 .- 20 all Eng.Scot.dzAus.Clit 181 18 20 all Lon. C h ., Bk.of A :.1•t. 18.4 181 181 1 1 20 all IDitto New 50 20 ;London and County .... ... ... 50 Lnd.dlE.Bnkng.Corp ... ..... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock. ... -- ... 30 4 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. ~. 100 35 :national Pro. of Eng. ... .... 20 10 Do. New ... ... 211 50 25 national Bank 20 all New South Wales 44 46 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 38 40 38} 20 20 Ottoman Bank 100 lis Provincial of Ireland' ... ... t 10 all Do. New. . 5 1 R.Ans.B. &G.Im.Co. ... ••• 25 all south Australia . ••• 25 all Union of Australia 44 46 441 5 24 Do. New 26 28 .- BO 10 Union of London 100 50 'Unity Mutual ...... ~.. ...d 10 50 Wootrußk of Lona' „ -7_ „.d . THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1858 .4.•,_titt..* -',.'7litttott SUN OFFICE, Scan, o'Clook. IMPEIZiAL PI ;:-?, iliAlviLi.a. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented a petition from the suburbs of the metropolis, praying for the equalisation of the poor-rate. Lord SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from Lancaster, in favour of the first Special Services Bill ; also a similar petition from Durham, and another pray ing for the furtherance of Christianity in India. THE DEFENCE OF ARRAN. Lord DERBY said before the business of the day commencelihe would take that opportunity of repairing an injustice which he had been told he had committed during the late debate, to the gallantry and perse verance of a gentleman to whose heroic exertions the country was greatly indebted. In supplying a few omissions of the noble lord the Secretary of State for War, he mentioned certain circumstances connected with the defence of Arrah. He had attributed that gallant operation chiefly to Major Boyle, to whose science and engineering skill that garrison was mainly indebted for ultimate success. The omission complained of was that of a gentleman, Mr. Wade, the resident magistrate of the district, who took up the defence of the place after it had been abandoned by the superior officer. The omission, he had been informed, had caused some pain to the friends of that'gentleman in this country, and also to a relative, a member of their lordships' house. Had that noble lord been present he should have assured him that he bad not the slightest intention of casting a slight or slur on any person connected with so gallant an action. (Hear, hear.) In mentioning the names of gentlemen connected with the repression of the mutiny it was impossible to bear or recollect the gallant deeds performed by all, and to this circumstance, and this alone was the omission to be attributed. Earl GRANVILLE said the number of civilians who had distinguished themselves during the mutiny had been so great that the Government felt the g:eatest difficulty in mentioning names without Involuntarily inflicting personal disappointment and annoyance. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. Lord BROUGHAM called the attention of their ,ordehips to the above subject, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening. The SfEAKCI took the chair at 4 o'clock. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented, praying for Parliamentary reform ; for and against a change in the government of India; the spread of Christianity in India ; the aboli tion of the paper duty ; and against the London Corpo- ration Reform Bill. METROPOLITAN WORKHOUSES. Mr. GILPIN gave notice, for Lord Raynham, that on the 19tb the noble lord would move for a select corn mittee to inquire into the condition of the administration of the law in the metropolitan workhonseß, and other matters in connection with the poor. INDIA. Colonel SYKES gave notice that be should ou Mon day move for a return of the population, and annual revenue of the north-west provinces of India, showing the population per square mile, and the pressure of taxation per head for 1854 and 1355, and also a like return for the Bombay Presidency. THE LICENSING SYSTEM. Mr. HARDY asked the Secretary of State for the home department whether it was his intention to intro duce any measure in the present session to alter the system of licensing alehouse 4, beerhou , es, and other places of public resort, refreshment, and entertainment now in force, or for the batter regulation of such houses and places? Sir G. GREY said he was not now in a position to introduce such a bill, but he hoped before the end of the session to introduce a bill for the better regulation of ale-houses, in which provision for licensing would be introduced. THE DIVORCE ACT. Mr. LYGON asked the Attorney-General whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to bring in a bill to amend the Divorce Act of last session in reference to affidavits, which, is the opinion of the Judge Ordinary could only be made before the court sitting in London ; and whether it was the intention of her Majesty'. Government to bring in a bill to extend the law of divorce to Ireland, and those portions of her Majesty's dominions which were left unaffected by the Act of last year. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the subject of the second question was under consideration. A. substantial measure would be introduced for the Divorce Act, but not an amendment act. !MORTALITY IN TIIE ARMY. Capt. .A.INTNESLEY asked whether the Government had received any report from the regiments of foot guards which proved that the mortality, instead of 22 per 1,000, was little more than half that amount in those regime❑ts. Sir J. RA.MSDEN said the report referred to had been received, which presented a more favourable return than that given by the commissioners. The comm's sioners had taken the averages for the 15 years pre ceding 1853, that of the report referred to only for the last 18 months. CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT. Mr. 11. BERKELEY asked the First Lord of the Treasury when it was his intention to propose to sub mit the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act to the investigation of a committee. Lord PALMERSTON said he intended on an early day to propose a committee for inquiry into the act. ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT (IRELAND). Mr. BAGNVIALL asked the Attorney-General for Ireland whether he was prepared to state the course which the Governmeit intended to take relative to the Encumbered Estate• Court Mr. FITZGER&LD said he intended shortly to introduce a bill to perpetuate the Encumbered Estates Court in Ireland, and abo to extend the law t) unen cumbered estates. COUNT WALE WSKI'S DESPATCH. In answer to a question from Mr. WARREN, Sir G. GREY said that no direct or formal request had been made by the French Government for the prose cu-ion of any person in this country for conspiracy to commit an offence of this kind, but last year a copy of the proceedings taken in Frauce against the parties named was submitted to her Majesty's Government un accompanied by any request for proceedirgs to be taken. If there had been evidence against the party sufficient to have arrested him in this country, it would have been done. In answer to another question from Mr. WATIREN, Sir G. GREY said a warrant had been issued against a British subject under the 9th Geo.IV., as an accessory before the fact to a murder alleged to have been com. mitted in France. (llear, hear.) CIVIL SERVICE SUPERANNUATION. Sir F. KELLY asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to propose to Parliament, during the pre sent sessior, any bill for the settlement of the civil service superannuation question The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was unable to give a definite answer to the question. RELIEF OF LUCKNOW. Colonel FRENCH asked the First Lord of the Treasury if he would lay on the table of the house the despatch of Sir James Outram, detailing the operations at Lucknow between the 25th of September, when Col. Inglis was relieved by him and General Havelock, and the 22d of November, when Sir Colin Campbell forced hie way through the rebel army to the Residency? Mr. V. SMITH said no such despatch had been re ceived by the Government, but that as soon as it was he would immediately lay it before Parliament. MILITARY SURGERY, (EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY.) Mr. BLACK asked if a professor had been appointed to the chair of Military Surgery in the University of Edinburgh ; and if such appointment had been made, if there was any reason for the class-room having been closed for the last two sessions ? Sir J. RAMSDEN said no professor had as yet been appointed. RED RIVER SETTLEMENT. On the motion for adjournment, Mr. LABOUCHERE, in answer to Viscount BURY, said he had received no official report of the meeting - at the Red River Settlement. He believed Mr. BaHat:l6lle, the gentleman referred to, had been illegally arrested, but a misapprehension existed with reference to his having been haneed over to the Rifles to conduct him out of the settlement. Mr. Banautili() had since appealed to the Hudson's Bay Company in this country. HUDSON'S BAY. In answer to a question from Mr. ROBBUCK, Mr. LABOUCHERE said that it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to take possession of the Hudson's BayfCompany's territories, but they were willing to renew the license to the Company under certain conditions, giving the Government exclusive power of colonization, &c. The question of boundary between Canada and Rupert's Land were to be sub- jected to a discussion of the Committee of Privy Council by mutual consent. CANTILLON'S LEGACY. Mr. STIRLING asked the First Lord of the Treasury if it were true, or if he would obtain information from authentic sources as to the fact—that the legacy of 10,000 francs, bequeathed to the sub-officer Cantillon who attempted to assassinate the late Duke of W e llin g ' ton, by the late Napoleon Bonaparte, in a codicil of his will, approving and justifying the attempt, had, since Dec. 2, 1851, been paid, with interest up to the date of payment, by the Emperor of the French. The doc trine of assassination was by that codicil preached and upheld by the first Emperor, and what he wanted to know was whether this mischievous doctrine had been endorsed by the fortunate successor to his fortunes, To Cantillon the wages of assasination had been duly paid, and his name was to be found in a list of other in the MoniteUr, left legacies by the Emperor and paid; but it was stated that, whilst all the others were not paid in full, Cantillon was paid in full with interest. Whe n he addressed this country by the pen of his Mi- nister, and the act of the noble lord, he charged us with assassination, we had a right to ask him who was the party that had openly avowed the doc trine of assassination in the columns of the Moniteur. Lord PALMERSTON said he thought the hon. gen tleman would have - ehown more good taste—(cheers, and cries of " No")—and displayed more candour, if, instead of assuming an answer, he had asked what were the real facts. (Hear, hear.) The assumption that the money bad been absolutely paid by the Emperor of the French was false, and in a matter of so much delicacy with regard to private relation, it would have been better if he had made i , iqutries and ascertaine i the facts before he brought the matter forward. It was then that Napoleon left Cantellon ten thousand francs, and the executors, M. Bertrand and Monthellon, between 1823 and 1826, advanced certain payments to him. When the Emperor of France issued a commission with reference to the payment of the legacies, Cantil lon's widow applied for the balance (1,200 fr.) she con sidered due to her late husband. The commission, however, refused to sanction its payment, in the belief that the first Napoleon was labouring under an abbera tion of mind when he made the bequest. (Cheers.) Mr. STIRLING rose t) address the House in reply but he was loudly called to order on the ground that he could not be beard a second time. The hon. gentleman then explained, denying the assertion of the noble lord that be (Mr. Stirling) had assumed the legacy was paid by the Emperor of the French. He was rejoiced at the answer that had been given to his question. (Hear.) The subject then dropped. COUNT WALEWSKI'S DESPATCH. _ _ Lord ELCHO asked if the Goverament had sent a despatch in answer to that of Count Walewski's, and when it would be laid on the table of the house ! _ _ MINISTER OF JUSTICE. Mr. W. EWART pnta question to the First Lord of the Treasury, for explanation on the subject of the appointment of a Department or Minister of Justice. CANTILLON'S LEGACY. Mr. BOWYER rose to enter on the question of Can tillon's legacy, and was called to order. He said the hon, member for Sheffield had asserted that the Em peror of the French had paid the legacy, and he wished to know his authority for that statement. Mr. ROEBUCK said he could not answer the ques tion. CHINA, Lord J. RUSSELL inquired of the First Lord of the Treasury, whether he had any 'objection to lay before the house instructions given to Lord Elgin on his depar ture for China, and the terms which were offered and rejected at Canton previously to the late bombardment. Sir C. WOOD said it was unusual to communicate to the house the instructions given to ministers, plenipo tentiaries, &c. No communications bad bee❑ received from China that could be laid on the table of the house. In answer to a question from Lord J. MANNERS, Lerd PALMERSTON said the Government had received from Lord Elgin a copy of the communioation he addressed to Yoh, who had given an answer to it, but there was not time to translate it to be sent home by the last mail, but its substance had been communicated to the Government. CORPORATE REFORM. On the motion of Sir G. GREY, this bill was read a second time on the understanding that it should be referred to a Select Committee. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, Lord PALMERSTON rose to move for leave to introduce a bill of great importance, viz., that of trans ferring from the East India Company to the crown the government °fiber Majesty's East Inuian dominions. Th• noble lord then proceeded to say that he di , t not propose to make the alteration from a spirit of hostility to the East India Company. (LEFT 3ITTING CASUALTIES IN INDIA. (Franz the London Gazette of this evening.) INDIA BOARD, FEB. 11. Tho following papers have been received at the East India House. GENERAL ORDER BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GOVERNOR , GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL, No. 1564 of 1857. Fort William Dec. 12, 1857. The Right Honourable the Governer-General in Council having received last evening the list of casualties in the affair at Chinhut, on the 30th of June, 1857, and the me morandum of the defences of the Residency at Lucknow, furnished by the Garrison Eu4itteer, which are alluded to in the Despatch from Brigadier Inglis, of her Majesty's g2d Regiment, dated the 26th September, 1857, published in the " Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary" of the 9th inst., as well as the list of ca , lialties during the siege of Luck now, is pleased to direct the publication of these doeu ments. R. 3. 11. BIRCH, Colonel, Secretary to the Government of India, in the Military Department. Nominal Roll of Officers Killed and Wounded at Chinhut, on the 30th June, 1857. General Staff—Wounded—Sub-Assistant Commissary General Lieut. T. James, dangerously. Artillery—Wounded—Captain A. P. Si niPn;, twice, severely ; Second Lieutenant J. 130nUatil, 111.'a 32d Foot—Killed—Lieut.-Colonel W. Case ; Captain C. Steevens ; Lieut. J. D. Thomson (Adjutant) ; Lieut. J. Brackenbury. Wounded—Captain A. Bassano, severely. 13th Regiment Native Infantry,—Wounded—Major C. F. Bruere, slightly. Volunteer Cavalry.- Killed.—Captain W. G. M. Mac lean, 71st Regiment N. I. Wounded—Lieutenant J. IL T. Farquhar, 7th Light Cavalry, severely ; Ensign C. W. Campbell, 71st Regiment, NJ., Evenly. Gude Irregular Cavalry.—Wounded—Lieutenant F. W. Graham, slightly, ABSTRACT. Officers killed ~ wounded ... .... Total l3 T. F. WILSON, Captain, Officiating Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General S. INGLIS, Brigadier, Commanding Lucknow Garrison. Nominal Roll of Officers Killed and Wounded during the Siege of Lueknow. General Staff—Wounded--Brigadier-General Sir 11.. M. Lawrence K.C.8., CommanCino. the Force, mor tall y ( since dead) ; Officiating Deputy A.Listant Adjutant-General, Captain T. F. Wilson, slightly • Offi c i a ting Deputy-Assis tant Quartermaster-General, Lieutenant G. N. Hardinge, slightly. Brigade Staff.—Wounded—A.D.C. to Brigwiler J. Inglis, Lieutenant F. N:. Birch, slightly. Artillery.—Killed—Seconl Lieutenant E. P. Lewin. Wounded—Captain A P. Si mon s, slightly (since dead) ; Lieutenant D. C. Alexander, severely ; Second Lieu tenant J. H. -C a ptain G. W. W. Fulton.. Bryce, severely (since de ad of chol e ra ) ; ti Second Li eu t enant J. Bonham,'once slightly, once se verely; Second Li eutenant J. Alexander, severely; Se cond Lieutenant D. Macfarl ane , severely ; Second Lieu tent F. J. Cunliffe, slightly (since dead of fever ) . Engineers. —gill e d Wounded—A ss i s t ant Field Engineer,, Lieutenant F. W. Birch, 59th NJ., mortally (duce dead) . 7th RL;gitnent Light Cavalry.—Killed — Lieutenant L. A. Arth ur . W ounded—Capta i n C. W. R a d c liff e , dangerously (since dead) • C:ptain T. T. Boileau , s lightly ; Veterinary Surgeon F. .A dead). ' F. Hely, dangerously (since dangerously (since dead) ; H-lit.'s 32d R eg i ment c f F oo t.—Killed—Lientenant P. C. Webb. W oundod—Major E. W . D. Low, slightly ; Capt. W. P ower Lieutenant J. Edmonstone, severely ; Lieutenant C. M. Foster, slightly ; Lieutenant E. Harmar, severely ; Li e utenant H. Cook, slightly ; Li eu t enant J W. Charlton, dangerously ; En sign W. H. Studdy, mortally (since dead.) Detachment of H.M.'s 81th Regiment of Foot— Wounded—Lieutenant D. OBrien, severely. 13th Regiment Native Infantry.—Killed — Major C. F. Bruere. Wounded—Capt. T. P. Waterman, slightly; Capt. R. B. Francis, mortally (since dead). 41 st Regiment N at i ve Infantry.—Wouuded—Capt. M. F. Kemble, severely ; Lieut. H. Inglis, severely ; Ensign G. L. K. Hewett, slightly. 4Sth Regiment Native Infantry. —Wounded Lieut. and Adjutant O. L. Smith, severely (accidentally); Lieut. I C. W. Fletcher, several ; Lieut. A. J. Dashwood, slightly (since d ea d of cholera); Lieut. D. Hay, slightly ; Ensign H. C. slightly. Major J. S. Banks 71st Regiment Native Infantry.—Wottaded— Captain O'Dowda, slightly; Surgeon W. W. Wells, G. Strangw 1 a Y! , slightly ; Surgeon W. Brydon, severely. Officers not belonging to the Oude Briqale.—Killed— H. S. Lester, 32d Re t. N. 1., mortally (since dead); Ensign It. L. Inglis, 63d Re , NJ., slightly. Oude Irregular Force—fionnded—Major of Brigade , 33d Regiment N.I. W p ounded—Lieut. Captain G. R. P. Barlow, slightly . (since dead). Ist Oude Irregular Cavalry—Wounded —Captain H. Forbes, slightly. 2d Oude Irregular Cavalry—Killed—Lieut. J. S. Shep herd. _ 33 Oude Irregular Cavalry,—Wounded.—Lieut. F. W. Graham, twice slightly. sth Regiment Oude infantry—Wounded--Captain W. H. Hawes, severely ; Lieutenant G. Grant, dangerously (since dead). 9th Regiment Onde Infantry—Wounded—Lieut. 3. A. Vanrenen, slightly. Assistant Chaplain—Wounded —Rev. IL S. Polehamp ton, severely (since dead of cholera). Ordnance D e p artmen t — Wounded—Permanent Con ductor P. Baxter, severely (since deal). Gentlemen of the Civil Se rvice--Killed-31. C. Omman ney, Esq., Judicial Commissioner. Wounded—Deputy Commissioner of Mullson, C. Capper, Esq., slightly ; Offi c i a ti ng Deputy Commissio ner of Gonah, G . H. Law rence, Esq., severely ; Assistant Commissioner of Luck now, J. B. Thornhill, Esq., slightly. Civil Engineers—Wounded —J. Mcßae, Esq., severely ; J. Casey, severely (since dead of cholera). 0 35 ; gentlemen of A BS TRACT.—KILLED AND D IED OF THEIR W OUNDS .— Officers, 17; gentleman of the c i v il serv i ce , l ; warran t officers, 1; 1 9. Wounded—fficers, the civil service, 3 ; civil engineer s , 2 ; a s s istant chap lain, 1 ;---41 total, 60. Officiating Deputy Assistant-Adj utant- G enera l. J. INGLIS , B rigadier, T. F. WILSON , C aptain, Commanding Lucknow Garrison. LONDON GAZETTE. —(This Evening.) room of Si r J o h n G eorge Sh a w lif WHITEHA.I4, F EB . 12. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right. Hon. Ch Y, to be S econ d Ch urc h E s t a tes Commissioner, WHITEHALL. FEB. D. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, B iris., has appointed Charles Hawkin s, Es q ., t o be an Inspector of Anatomy e a e r vl e r s, V re i s s i c g u e nt ide. E the v e"i in England and Wales, in the room of John Bacot, Esq., resigned. D t P o W be N C IN hi G e -fS Justice of The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir William Cape of Good iCnt" Hope; Alexander Fitzj3mos, Esq., to be Queen's Advocate and Police Magistrate, for the Colony of Sierra Leone ; and Edwin Jacque s q to be Superin- E t ß h . e 9 C . olony of the tendent of Quarantine at Flat Island, a Dependency of Mauritius. WAR.OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB 12. 2d Regiment of D ra g oons— Rowland Veitch Betty, Gent., to be Coraet without purchase. Military Train—Lieut. Thomas Witchell to be Adjutant, vice Craig, promoted in the 10th Foot. Grenadier Guards—Maier and Brevet- Colonel Charles William Ridley, C.B. to be Lieutenant-Colonel, with out purchase, vice Wood, promoted to the rank of Major-G enera l ; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Charles Algernon Lewis to be Major, without purchase, vice Ridley ; Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-Major Alfred Tipping to be Captain and Lord ca L hp i ap e suoeit appointed vice dc n aer t ol , Bne without td i hE t g h eide o 2wy u d,a t rpidnros purchase. oiastyed Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Lewis ; • 21 S ds c t o Scots 000 F ott i_i_s i T l ß i o eorbbeerßobert Guards—The ccospetis, Charles 'Wellesley Pa.kenharn, Gent., to be Ensign and Gent., s w u i r t n hii n a t eu o ut e be t. o p f H E u Speirs, not Spiers. thernect: Henry r g a y n spurchase—Lieut. gentlemanßracken bury, c kpur bury, from 60th Foot. To be Lieutenants, without pur chase—Ensign A. H. Haldane, vice Lord C. E. Hay; Ensign H. R. Tucker ; Ensign G. F. F. Horwood. sth Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Williams Gillespie, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 20th Foot —Captain John Terence M. O'Brien, from the sth Foot, to be Captain, vice F. N. Dore, who retires upon half-pay. 31st Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Eaton Swettenham to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ball, who retires. 32d Foot—Lieutenant J. Birtwhistle to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Moore, killed in action ; Lieutenant Samuel H. Lawrence to be Captain, without purchase, vice Birtwhistle, whose promotion on the let July, 1857, has been cancelled. The promotion of Lieut. Lawrence, on the 28th June, 1857, in succession to Captain Moore, has been cancelled. Ensign C. J. F. Smith, from 21st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Strachan, promoted ; Arthur Bishop, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase ; William T. Goad, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 41st Foot—Lieutenant Patrick Malone, from the 2d West India Regiment to be Lieutenant, vice Hall, who exchanges. 45th Foot—Charles Harrison Hignett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Beamish, promoted. 48th Foot—Ensign J. W. Coventry to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cairncross, who resigns. 50th Foot—Ensign F. B. E. Allhusen to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hickman, promoted; Robert Stuart MacGregor, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Allhusen. 56th Foot—Caleb Coots Lloyd, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Buckner, who retires. 59th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William John Dauney, M. 8., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Orr, deceased. 60th Foot—Ensign F. S. Brereton to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Braokenbury, promoted in the 2d Foot. 61st Foot—Ensign James G. Hamilton, from the 70th Foot, to be Ensign in succession to Lieut. Pattonn, died of wounds ; Sidney Nugent, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, in succession to Lieut. Twynam, promoted in tho 30th Foot. 62d Foet—The second Christian name of Ensign Theobald, appointed on the sth instant, is Medows, not Meadows. 64th Foot —Charles Hamilton Same, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase. 65th Foot —Windle Hill St. Hill, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Crozier, appointed to the 70th Foot. 70th Foot—Ensign T. R. D. Bingham to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Coryton, promoted in the 10th Foot ; Ensign A. W. Crozier, from the 65th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bingham. 74th Foot—Captain William Kelty M`Leocl to be Major, without purchase, vice Hancock, deceased ; Lieutenant H. R. Wolrige to be Captain, without purchase, vice M`Leod; Ensign A. D. Keane to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Wolrige. 76th Foot— Ensign Henry Filkes Hooper to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Wedderburne, promoted in the 7th Foot; Edmund Austen, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Hooper. 78th Foot—Sir A. Mackenzie, Bart., to Ise Ensign, by pur chase, vice Erskine, whose appointment, oa the 2d inst. has been cancelled, in consequence of his having pre viously died of wounds received in India. 80th Foot- Ensign H. B. B. Leveson Gower to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice St. George, promoted in sth Foot; H, J. Brown, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase vice Gower. 82d Foot—Ensign Thomas Ryan to be Lieuteuant,without purchase, vice Hensley, killed in action. 84th Foot—Quartermaster-Serjeant Thomas Griffin to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Williams, promoted. Rifle Brigade -Captain the Hon. Geo. B. Legge, from half pay of the Riffle Brigade, to be Captain ; Lieutenant C. E. Musgrave to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hon. G. B. Legge, who retires. To be Lieutenants, without pur chase--Ensign Edward John Fryer ; Ensign Montagu John Guest . Ensign George Augustus Curzon. To be Lieutenant, by purchase—Ensign John William Russell, vice Musgrave. 2d West India Regiment Lieutenant Andrew Halliday Hall, frem the 41st Foot, to bo Lieutenant, vice Ma• lone, who exchanges. Cape Mounted Rifles —Ensign W. Nicolson to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Green, promoted in the sth Foot; Ensign Duncan Campbell L. Fitz williams to bo Lieutenat, by purchase, vice Smyth, who has retired. To be Ensigns, without purchase— Charles Henry Maril lier, Gent., vice Nicolson ; Charles James M. Hallowell, Gent., vice Woodrooffe, promoted. St. Helena Regiment—Lieut. Henry Taylor to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hole, who retires. DEPOT BATT A refOarg. Te ha Instrusiee eof M eeket ry —Captain Robert Neville, • 11th Foot ; Captain Charles O'Doncghne, 76th Foot; Cap tain William H. Thompson, 59th Foot ; Captain Charles Parker Catty, 6th Foot. ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE. Captain William Patterson, from the 25th Foot, to be Adjutant to the Staff College. UNATTACHED. Captain George Hamilton, from 10th Foot, to be Major, without purchase. Lieutenant James Henry Archer, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Captain. without purchase, HOSPITAL STAFF. TO IitEASSISTANT-SURGEONS TO THE YOURS. Benjamin Cowan Kerr, late Acting Assistant-Surgeon, vice Whittaker, appointed to the 69th Foot. William Gerard Don, M.D., vice Gibbons, promoted on the Staff. William Cutheart Boyd, Gent., vice Patton, appointed to the 15th Foot. John Sarsfield Comyn, Gent., vice Good, appointed to the 43d Foot. John Williams Gillespie, M.D., vice Mackinnon, ap pointed to the 61st Foot. James M'Crevey, M.D., vice Todd, promoted in the 99th Foot. Charles Henry Leet, Gent., vice Begot, appointed to the 2d West India Regiment. Edward Barrett Kearney, Gent., vice Inkson, appointed to the 37th Foot. William Hillmau, Gent., vice Clifton, appointed to the Royal Artillery. Ebenezer Miller, M.D., vice Harris, appointed to the Royal Artillery. William Jay, Gent., vice Longhurst, appointed to the 13th Foot. Theobald Fetherstone Langstaff, Gent., vice Johnston, appointed to 9th Foot. Alexander Macintyre, M.D., vice Pirrie, appointed to the 7lst Foot. Nicholas Loftus Gray, Gent., vice Wilson, appointed to the 71st Foot. Thomas Bennett, Gent., vice Price, appointed to the 89t Foot. Riharcl to the 92d Foot. James M.D., vice Landale, ap pointed James Gorman, Gent., vice Elliott, appointed to the 9th Foot. Edward Coffey, Gent., vice Kirwan, appointed to the 13th Foot. TO BE ACTING ASSISTANT SURGEONS. John Masters, Gent. Theodore Gross, M.D. Jamos Johnston Brown, M.D. VETERINARY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. To be Acting Veterinary Surgeons —Frederick Riney, Gent., Thornton Hart, Gent., Henry Dawson, Gent., Martin Mence, Gent., Henry ussey, Gent., James Lam bert, Gent., James Woodyer Callow, Gout. Veterinary- Surgeon William Dorrofiehi's appointmeet as Acting Ve terinary-Surgeon bears date 7th September, 1857. BREVET. Lient.-Colonel AlexancieTMaZWell, C. 8., 46th Foot, having completed three years' service on the 12th De cember, 1857, in the rank of Lient,-Colonel, to ba pro moted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th October, 1857. The promotion of Lient.-Colonel John Stewart Wood, Unattached, to be Colonel in the Army, to bear date the 12th December, 1857, instead of the 15th January, 1858, as stated in the Gazette, of the sth instant. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 11. The following promotion, dated the 4th inst. , conse quent on the death, on the 3d inst., of Vice-Admiral of the Red the Hon. William Gordon, have this day taken place. Vice-Admiral of the White Robert Wauchope; to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir James Stirling to be Vice- Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red William James Hope Johnstone to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Thomas Bennett to be near. Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Joseph Nias, C. 8., to be Rear- Admiral of the White. Captain Richard Crozier to be a Rear-Admiral on the Re served List. Captain the Right Hon. Lord Clarence Edward Paget, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 4. Corrs or ROYAL MARINES. Gentleman Cadet Arthur French to be Second Lieu tenant. Gentleman Cadet Richard Archibald Gorges to be Second Lieutenant. Gentleman Cadet Henry Eyre Russell to be Second Lieutenant. BANKRUPTS. Wm. Henry Last, commission agent, Cannon-street West, to surrender Feb. 27, at one, and March 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alfred Southam, manufacturer, Manchester, Feb. 22, and March 15, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. John Tabb, licensed victualler, Upper Belgra.ve-place, Pinlico, Feb. 26, at half-past two, and March 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Oliver Long, manufacturer, King William-straet, City, Feb. 25, at twelve, and March 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. iaJohn Samuel Wilson , woolle n merchant, Leeds, March 1 and 29, at twelve, at the Commercial -building, Leed hire, s. David Thompson, innkeeper,Ulleskelf, Yorks March 2, at half-pa t eleven , and March 23, at eleven, at the Commercial -buildings, Leeds. John Ellis, joiner and builder , Liverpool, Feb. 26 and March 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Feb. John Knight, brick - m aker, Beoley, Worcestershire, 27, and March 27, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Richard Frank Bingham, confectioner, Nottingham, Feb. 25, and March 23, at half-past ten, at the Shirehall, Nottingham. Thomas Geo. Shaw, wine merchant, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate-street, Fob. 22, at twelve, and March 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joseph Levy, merchant, Jewry-street, Aldgate, Feb. 24, and March 29, of twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Leigh Jolliffe, grocer ' Salisbury, F e b. 24 , t wo , and March 3 0 , at twelve, at the Court of Bankrupt cy .'t J a mes Smith, brickmaker, Lowestoft, Feb. 23, at ne, and March 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bank r up tcy. John Moore, cloth manufacturer, Pudsey , Yorkshire, Eeb. 25, and March 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Reel Jeffreys, outfitter, March 1, and 22, at eileyen, at the Liverpool District Court. William Williams, linen clatper, Llandilo, Cgalarthelu Feb. 23 and March 23, at 11, in the Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol. Abraham Henry James and Thomas Robert, builders, Newport, Monmouth, Feb. 23d, and March 23d, at 11, in Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol. William Inglis Carne, merchant, Mark-lane, Feb. 2G, at two, and March 24, at 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Marco Fernandez, baby-linen maker, Devonshire-square, Bishopsgate, Feb. 20, at eleven, and March 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Samuel Griffiths, merchant, Wolverhampton, Feb. 22 and March 22, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Richard Hope Price, jun., scrivener, 'Wolverhampton, Feb. 22 and March 15, at half-past ten, at the Birming ham District Court. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Russell, flesher, Kirkintilloch. John Jackson, paper-maker, Leslie Paper Mills. William Hutton, wood merchant, Edinburgh. Walter Finlay, cattle salesman, Glasgow. Mary Swift, Prince's-street, Helensburgh. Robert Blackwood, worsted spinner, Kilmarnock. James Watson, ironmonger, Greenock. John Hood and Son, manufacturers, Glasgow. BANK OF ] An Account, pursuant to the Act :the Week ending on Wednesda, ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for ty, the 10th day of Feb., 1858. .ARTME NT. ISSUE DEP. Notes issued . . 30,220,760 Government dab t•. 11,015,100 Other securities .. 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 15,715,760 Silver bullion•• •• ~ •• £30,220,760 I £31,210,760 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 1 day of Feb:, gt. ,BANKING DEFIRMUNT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest ••.. • • Public deposits (in cluding E cchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings' Banks, and Government securities (inaluitg.DeadWeight Annuity) .. • • Other Securities Notes ..... Gold and Silver Coin 828,857 Dividend Accounts) 4,253,493 Other deposits 16,205,945 Seven Day and other Bills £39,671,535 I £39,671,535 M, MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 11th day of Feb., 1858. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Feb. 9, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 29 11 Muscovado, the produce of tho Mauritius 26 4 Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 2B 8i Average of the above descriptions. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-THIS DAY. imsterdam— „ 11 15 Gibraltar ...... ••••.• • • Ditto, three months.. 11 17!u Leghorn .. •• • • .... •• • • 30 0 Rotterdam .• •e• • • s •• • • 11 173 . 6 Genoa .......... •• •• .• 2:5 G 5 Antwerp • ... 0 • •••• •• •• 25 40 Milan •••••• • • •• •• •• Brussels •• ••• • •• 10\ •• ••25 40 Venice ••••.•• • •• •• Bamburgh ............ 13 5% Naples .. • ••••• 41W, Altona •• •••••••• •• •• .• • • ,Palermo .. •• •• 123 Earls • • • • .... 25 15 Messina Do. tbrce months .... 25 45 Lisbon .. Marseilles ............ 25 45 lOporto ........... ..... 52' Bourdeaux Rio Janeiro • Franlifort-on- Maine .... 118 IL Buenos Ayres ... ••• .. Berlin _ „„„ „ „ .. New York,6o daya' eight Vienna .. •e• •• ••••••• • go 10 38 Philadelphia • Trieste • • • • .... 10 39 PRICES OF BULLION. PEE oz: Petersburg .... ..... ••• 35 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 '3 Madrid ... 48% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 B trcalona .......... New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Seville.. .. .. 31 Ivor iu hlrB ...... 0 5 1 S LINCOLN RACES.--(This Day.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] HANDICAP HURDLE RACE Miss Hnrkaway Chester Knight of the Shire Five rata. Won by half a head. LINCOLN SPRING HANDICAP. Vandermeulin Honeytree Silica Twenty-one ran. Won by two lengths. There was a number of false starts. ... 3 IHB GREAT SEA SERPENT HOAX. Mr. Frederick Smith, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gives the following account of the great sea serpent :—On the 4th instant, Captain Harrington, of the ship Castilian, stat , ql hiR belief that he had S,Oll the great sea serpent near St. Helena. His confidence is strengthened from the fact of something similar having been seen by her Majesty's ship DmJalus near the same position. The following circumstance, which occurred on board the ship Pekin, then belonging to Messrs. T. and W. Smith, on her passage from Moulmein, may be of some service respecting this " queer fish." On December 28th, 1848, being then in lat. 26 S., long. 6 E , nearly calm, ship having only steerage way, saw about half.a-mile on port beam a very extraordinary-locking thing in the water of considerable length. ith the telescope we could plainly discern a huge bead and neck, covered with a long shaggy-looking kind of mane, which it kept lifting at intervals out of the water. This was seen by all hands and declared to be the great sea serpent. I determined on knowing something about it, and accordingly lowered a boat, in which my chief officer and four men went, taking with them a long small line in case it should be required. I watched them ♦ery anxiously, and tho monster seemed not to regard their approach. At length they got close to the head. They seemed to hesitate, and then busy themselves with the line, the monster all the time duck ing its head, and shooing its great length. Presently the boat began pulling towards the ship, the monster following slowly. In about half-an-hour they got alongside ; a tackle was got on the main yen', and it was hoisted on board, It appeared somewhat supple when hanging, but so completely covered with snaky-looking barnacles about 18 inches long, that we had it some tine on board before it was discovered to be a piece of gigantic seaweed, 20 feet long and 4 inches diameter, the root end of whioh appeared when i❑ the water like the head of the animal, and the motion given by the sea caused it tiff seem alive. In a few days it dried up to a hollow tube, and as it had a rather offen sive smell, it was thrown overboard. I had only been a short time in England when the Dsedalue arrived and reported having seen the great sea serpent—to the best of my recollection near the same locality, and which I Lave no doubt was a piece of the same weed. So like a huge living monster did this ap pear, that had circumstances prevented my sending a boat to it I should certainly have behoved I had seen the great sea snake. Country r.larkots. MANCHESTER-FEB. 11. Our market this morning was fairly attended, but trans. actions were of the most languid character. There was a fair demand for the best qualities of English wheat at last week's prices ; secondary sorts neglected. American red being lees plentiful, met a moderate sale at lti to 2d per 701bs advance. Flour trade depressed. Oats and oatmeal a slow sale at barely late prices. In barley, beans, and Indian corn there was no material change. NEWARK—FEB. 10. A good show of grain to-day, and in better condition. Nons but the finest qualities of wheat realised last week's rates; in prices generally no alteration. Wheat, white 50s to 565, rod 46s to 50e; barley, mailing 33s to 425, grinding 34s to 365; oats, 24st. 33s to 365, 22st, 321 to 345; beans, 448 to 46s ; malt, Gis to 72s ; peas, 44s to 455; tares, —s to —s per qr. LOUTH—FLA. 10. Wheat, 40e to 4&; extra, 45s ; barley 32s to 35s ; oats 20s to 225; beaus, 40s to 445. BOSTON—Fas. 10. Pricos :—Wheat, rod, 3Ss Od to 44s Od; now, to —s - ; white, 42s Od to 46s Od; extra, 48s. Barley, 26s Od to 378 01. Oats 18s to 255. Poas, 36. to 42s Od. Beans, 34s Od to 41s Od per qr. GLA.SGOW—FEB. 11. This day's market was pretty well attended, and a fair business was done in good wheat at full prices. Flour in favour of buyers. Beaus in fair demand. Peas scarce, and wanted. Oats and oatmeal a slow sale at last week's rates. Barley unchanged. EDINBURGH GRAIN. —Ftz. 10. A good supply of grain to-day, and sales heavy for all sorts. Prices back forbeans and barley. Oats and wheat a shade better. Wheat, on the top, is 6d up, and on the an averaged Os 3d up. Barley, Os ed d own on the top, lld down on the average. Oats on the top were Is 9d up, and on the average i s 4d up. Beans on the top ls 6d up, and on the average Os 5d down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat XI 19 10 5-12th. Do. new 0 0 0 0-12th s . Barley Oats 1 4 7 3-12ths. Beans CI 1 1 1 4 .1 9 5 2 9: 11 :s Total Supply and Sales. 1 Wheat 1 1587 9 3 7 qr 5........ ........ 1 . 7 . . solds d 1683 37 7 r r ss ................................... 137 2 0 0 ' I ,l 'l r i r • s s a Barley Oats Beans DERBY SAIITIIFIELD.—FEB. 9. A good supply of fat beasts to-day ; the demand was inactive ; former prices were asked, and beef was a little more than an average sale. Sheep was in large 'supply. There was a full average supply of fat pigs. Fat calves more plentiful. The following were the quotations :—Boef, Gd to God; mutton, 7d to 71d ; lamb, —d to 0I ; veal, 7d tc per lb. ; pigs, 9s Gd to lls 3d per score ; rough fat, 5s 3d to Os per I.llb. ; hides, 44d to 61c1 per lb ; calf-skins, Gd to 7 ,1 per lb. TRE MAIL P ACKET SERVICE.-9884881. is the total estimated expense of the Post-office packet service for the year 1858-9, against 965,064/. last year. The mail services include obarges of 25,0001. (Holyhead and Kings town), 4,0001. (Southampton and Jersey, &c,) 15,5001. (Dover, Calais, and Ostend), 20,5001. (Peninsular and Gibraltar), 172,8401. (Liverpool and Halifax, Boston and Now York), 240,0001. (to and from the West Indies), 30,0001. (Brazil and Buenos Ayres), 25,0001. (West Coast of South America), 33,0001. (Cape of Good Rope), :20,500/. (West Coast of Africa), 185,0001. (Australia), 139,4141. (India), and 20,0001. for the additional mail , to India by alternate hebdomadal communication to Bombay and Calcutta. • 94 1 i i 4 105 1 161 2 GOiii 93i 4i 4 G i 107 i 78 101 98 71 Si i 63 52i 34 3 97 6 7i 52i } 82 2 3 2i 3 1001 1i 100 i j 10 91 21 i 211 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. —(YrseTERDAY.) THE EAST INDIA COMPANY. Earl GREY said—l rise, my lords, pursuant to the t n i : not have c w e h I i ch thegi directorsen, tto presentE a s tto your o i u n i d • u r d o t p i p a s t, a y k p e e y t s done me the honour to entrust to my care. The Nast e I ndiannsCeogmn consequence co m its e b having efor eyo lordshipsubreen signified as petitioners,tn them b y in the ministers of the crown that a bill will be proposed to Parliament, for the purpose of placing her Majesty's East Indian dominions und er th edirect authority of the crown ; in other words, a bill to abolish the East India Company as governors of India. On receiving that com munication the East India Company in Wadhdinrhes theyse d a letter ated to the First Lord of the Treasury, their objections to the proposed abolition of the company —objections which they said were not founded on per sonal considerations, but on considerations of thepublio interest both of this country and of India, at the same time expressing their readiness to concur in any attempt that might be made to improve existing arrangensonts. To that letter the Court of Directors received an serewer couched in very brief, not to say contemptuous, terms, informing them that the First Lord of the Treasury de clined to give them any information, either as to the rea sons which had induced the Government to submitabill on this subject to Parliament, ores to the precisions which that bill would contain, and reserving all explanation on these points until the bill had been introduced into Par. liameament. I cannot forbear stating at starting thatthis answer had very m uch the appearance of discourtesy to the East India Company. The position in which they stand gave them a right to expect that her Majesty's Government would have consulted them on this subject. But not so much of the discourtesy do they complain as of the injury likely to be done to the public service by the course taken, because I am sure your lordships will agree with me that to create a new system of govern ment for India is a task of extreme difficulty, and requires to be undertaken with careful consideration in order that danger may be avoided. (Hear, hear.) Surely the directors, from their knowledge and experi ence, would have been able to have offered some useful advice and assistance to Government in the considera tion of this subject, and I am persuaded that, as it would clearly have been the duty of the East ladle Company to do so, it would have been their anxious desire, if con sulted confidentially, to have given their best advice and assistance in devising the beat arrangement that could be adopted for the common interest. I cannot help thinking that a very great injury has been done to the public service by the course taken by Government, and it does not appear to me that the present Cabinet stands so much above all its predecessors in ability orjudgment as to make the advice of the East India Company super fluous in this matter. (Hear, hear.) My lords, the East India Company, on receiving from her Majesty's Government this letter declining to enter into any con sultation, behaved, in my opinion, with the greatest propriety. They showed no sign of offence with respect to the discourtesy with which they had been treated, but they considered what was the course which it was their duty to pursue, and they came to the conclusion that, as in their opinion the proposed measure was not calculated to prove of public advantage, they were bound, being practically charged with the protection of British interests in India, to refer the whole question to Parliament, and to state their views in petitions to both houses. (Hear, hear.) Accordingly, the Court of Di rectors caused a petition to be drawn up, a petition equally remarkable for the temperate and becoming lan. guags in which it is couched, and for the extreme clear ness and order of its arguments. Indeed, I do not know that I ever road a state paper which in my opinion deserved a more unqualified commendation. (Cheers.) That petition was assented to by 16 out of 18 directors, including some who had been nomivated by the Crown, and it was subsequeutly, after a very protracted discus. Bien, adopted by the Csurt of Proprietors with, I believe, only four dissentients. Seeing, my lords, that this petition Las arisen in the manner I have described, and that it has all the weight that can be derived from the position of the great company from which it emanates, I have thought it my duty to present it to your lordships, and will no w proceed to state its prayer and averments. The noble earl here read an abstract of the petition of the East India Company, which was published at length in The Sun of Jan. 21, and proceeded to say : I have now given your lords ] ips a sketch, and it is a very alight one, of the substance of the petition. I have not thought it necessary to do more lhan thus slightly to state its substance, because I am sure that it has already born read by most of your lordships. And I may acid, that before we are called upon to legislate you will not only read but carefully consider a document, every word of which well deserves your attention. I believe if vcu so study this petition you will find that toe argument it contains is unanswerable in its main points, and that you will come to the conclusion that the petitioners have succeeded in demonstrating that there is no ground upon which it can be required that the authorities at home should be oonstituted essentially different from the man ner in which they now are. The petitioners point out to your lordships that, under existing arrangements, although instructions issue from the Board of Directors, those instructions are not, and cannot be, carried out without the couseet of her Majesty's Government, which itself ultimately deeides what those instructions ehail be. By this arrangement complete authority is given to the Government. The Government is, as it ought to be, supreme. That I regard as a matter beyond controversy ; for your lordships must see that a possible conflict of authority would be most icconvenient. Bat the points to be urged in favour of the petitioners' case do not stop here. When your lordships consider the extent of your Indian empire, the vastness of its terri tory and of its population—a population including men of different races and origins, all of them so unlike our selves in temper and habit of mind, I think it will appear obvious to you that the task of conducting the eeneerns of such an empire is one of the greatest magnitude. It is impossible to suppose that Ministers of the Crown can possess sufficient knowledge of India or of Indian affairs to enable them unaided to conduct that go vernment in an efficient manner. The petitioners have told your lordships that the average tiros during which the Presidents of the Board of Control hold their office is two years and a halt. Would it not be preposterous to suppose that men holding office for that period can have that intimate acquaintance with the affairs of India which a proper conduct of the Indian Government demands 2 Hitherto the requisite knowledge and exper i ence have been supplied by the Court of Directors. It is further to be remarked, my , lords, that the Court of Directors shields from the bane ful influence of party spirit the government of India. It is because the Court of Directors is a body having no connexion with political matters that it has been able to carry on the Government of India free from the turmoil of party warfare. If the Ministers of the Crown get the Government of India most directly into their own hands this will be no longer the case—and the evil resulting from such a state of things will be at once apparent to us, if we look elsewhere. Ido not at this present mo ment see in this house a noble friend of mine who, a few years ago, held the governorship of Ceylon. My noble friend—l allude to Lord Torrington—was governor of that dependency at the time when disturbances took place there. From the temper of the people of Ceylon at that time there is no reason to doubt that if the rebels bad been allowed to gain any advantage through any weakness or want of spirit on the part of the govern ment of the colony, the consequences would have been most fearful. But by the prompt and energetic measures of my noble friend that insurrection was suppressed almost immediately. Amongst the measures which the alarming nature of the crisis required was a capital sen tence against 18 of the ringleaders of the rebellion, and that sentence was carried into effect at one time against them all. Because these 13 persons were executed at once, a cry was raised against Lord Torrington. It was believed that through him the Government might be in jured, and therefore he was hold up to public odium through the press and in Parliament as a Minister of cruelty. I say, my lords, that Lord Torrington deserved the thanks of his country ' • but instead of those, the treatment which he received was such as to render his future Government of Ceylon to be so difficult, that'll may say it almost became impossible. What, my lords, has preserved the Government of India from attacks similar to those made against Lord Torrington l It has been preserved from them because by means of the Court of Directors it has been kept always from the arena of party passions. Your lordships well know how firmly the Court of Directors has on some occasions refused to folow the Government in doing things which the court considered against the rules of justiee. It would not have been able to do this had it been swayed by the influences of political lies. We all know of the celebrated instances of the bankers of Oude, where the Government required the directors to send out a despatch in the justice of which they did net believe. The Court of Directors said : " We admit that you have the legal power to take steps to compel us to sign that detpatok, but so strong a sense have we of its injustice, that even though you go to the Court of King's Bench for a mandamus we will rather be imprisoned than yield." But, my lords, it is said that the existing system of Government is a double one. In one sense it is, but it is not a double o ne i n t h e sense of any conflict of power. There can be no conflict of power; the power of the directors is a moral power only, and can only be exercised where they have conidence that they are acting in accordance with the dictates of just i ce. The immediate functions of Government are, and must of necessity continue to be, exercised in India. The duties of the home authorities are mainly confined to laying down general rules for the guidance of those in authority in India. Their duties are merely to deliberate and direct, and in order that the Home Government may have the advantage of the knowledge of those whose experience is invaluable upon the subject of the govern ment of India, a double government to this extent must always exist. I think thee, that the petitioners are right in saying that, however the government in India is to be administered, the country could not venture to dispense with the aid of the company, in some sheer, or another. Ido not say that the constitution of the company is perfect ; the directors do not say that it ie perfect ; they state their readiness to join with Parlia ment to amend their constitution, where amendments are required. There is one fault, my lords, in the presen t state of things, which I think is obvious. Since the , the company has ceased to by a!mercantile corp proprietors of the East India OompapY h formerly gave them that interest in the company wine thisk that in a just claim to choose their directors. deattr due inquiry, for 1853, when:a provision was ma bar: r no longer Court of Directors, r thoatthe Court itself to fill up vacan. (iririni :ii h a a t v e e m b e e m en be b r e s t o te f r th o e enabling the Government ittow7, have given a pow f- :he proposed directors helng sub. w e es Government for approval, ,and that withheld till the names were submitted to b a rn iP iei r t : rt i i i i dVt : h u le s th e ' on s ela•t : h f P arliame nt. .. But whatever defects there be in the constitution of the Indian Government as Is now exists, these detects are merely mattele 0 I v 20} 20i 100 100 100 100 'lOO ; 100 all ;100 all 10 163 ,100 100 22 all ,100 all all all all all all 100 100 !236d I 103 all all all all 5 i i 624 i 41 991 9 37 6i 74f 83.1 1 I 111