The Sun. — London, England, 1860-03-22 00:00:00

--- , di. ..........--................... , — 'TIT 17 i . 3; ONE I' 11/AR KET ,-I.ND CITY :71'°,Tr' , F, S' !Li RE MA R. _FE T.— ( THIS DAY: ) 4- ,______...._ ... O.DINARY SHAKES AND STOCKS. -Mr. Cowper CITY, Two o'CY.ocE.. .le The demand for money continues very active, , Closing Business ciety, was re • a nd as several days are likely to elapse before there Share Railways. Paid. Price. lime had been 18 any diminution of the pressure, full rates are re- 12.10 Amben4., A ottlng,. Bost. and Eastern Junction 10 e} 6,1 64 Lucia improved. quired for negotiating commercial bills. It is 50 Belfast and Ballymena.. all - - denote warm 13.14 Bir., Wol., and 6tr. Val. all 8 85 rather surprising that so little should have been Stock Birk.,L a., and Ch. June. 100 49 71 . ie shelter from said, especially i n specu l a ti ve c i rc l es , w ith regar d 25 Blackburn 5 B'yrn and Tyne all - - ter were purer to the possibility of an advance in the minimum 10 Bost.siem.& mid. Conn all 61 7 100 102 104 icreased. q uot ation of the Bank of England; but at the pre - roect ' ;, ,1 11,- ,6t d°ol and Exeter oian asses used to sent moment the operators in public securities pay g o Carmarthen an I C on ardigan all ___..- L e case now. greater attention to, and are more influenced by, 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - er of the Hu- the tendency of political affairs abroad than the 20 Cornwall all 64 64 61 rears ago the 10 Do. A A roves. no div 10 Do. B until6p.c.per an I all - course of the money market. all - - e had directed hasbeen pd.toß. In consequence of the proposed establishment of a 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all - - a out on duty 25 Dun.,Perth,&Abr.Junc all 7 8 useable state ' Bank of India," the chairman of the Agra and Stock East Anglian lOO 15 4 151 16 154 partly from United Service Bank, and the managers of the Stock Eastern Comities lOO 64 4 56 i sii i Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 37 39 of sewage. Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 26 28 in the Ser- China, and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, 25 'EaDsto.sNofiwl(lte.E.U3ds) 84 - all - - enterin the 10 Do - - gand China, have addressed a communication to the r the effort U nder Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 79 SO Secretary of State for India, in which they Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 2 84 291 vning person state 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - : I known sere- Stock Furness - - ed, after they " W e beg that you will have the kindness to convey to Stock Glas g ow & South Westn lOO 100 101 Great North of Scotland all - - of the Serpen- Sir Charles Wood our request that he would favour us with Stock lo Great Northern lOO 111 112 1111 11 12 luently sunk a copy, or with the substance, of the recent despatch from Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 112 113 111 12 1 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 131 133 ere remained lir. Wilson, which is said to form the groundwork of the Stock Gt. South.& Wstnareld) 100 113 115 would greatly Movement in question ; and, inasmuch as we are not aware stock Great Western ipetent to give of what may have been asked, or may be sought, by those Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 60 65 12 Irish South Eastern all - - _ _ Ol 14 1 e bottom. He en g a ged in that movement, we have also to solicit that we S tock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 100 4 1011 10 shallow that may be allowed by Sir Charles Wood an opportunity of Stook London and Blackwall. 100 68 70 69 our opinion upon the general question before very good ar- exp r ess i ng Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 111 113 25 Lond. Chat. and Doverl all 12 13 1111 11 any new arrangements are concluded. We would further Stock London & North Westni 100 974 9 8 1 9 s i at experience express our confident hope, in so a pp ea li ng to Sir Ch ar les 121 Do. Eighths lO 1 1 1 d 9 4„ Stock London& South-Westn lOO 925 13 nit a The gravel 1 Wood, that no exclusive or p re f eren ti a l pr i v il ege , o f any ki n d 25 L ' derry & Coleraine .. all - - united supply Whatever, may be accorded to any private int eres t s , but 25 L'clerry & Enniskillen. all 8 10 ' that matters of such vital consequences as the prosperity of ross, near the 50 and Carlisle . all - - plentiful that Stock Man., She!., .?c Lincoln lOO 41 5 12 421 11 all India should be dealt with entirely on p u bli c groun d s 125 Do. Maryport do. 1 Shares all and for the general advantage." 10 Metropolitan sea incapable 112 1125 11 24 la i The half-yearly dividend on the Brazilian 5 per Stock Do. l irr d ming. & Derby.; 1 1 00 0° 89 91 i was only 14 awl with the Cent. Bonds, and on the Boston City S • 50 Sterling 4i- 25 Dlioid.. i Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - Shares all - - 89 90 at there was per Cents., has been advertised for payment. 25 Mid Kent all - - rag increased. Accounts f rom Li verpoo l state that the Cotton 10 Do. (Cray Line) all - - 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - rould produce Market yesterday closed with a rather active ap- 25 New., Aber., & Rereidf all 10 11 tiful. It was 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 - - Pearance, and 13,000 bales were sold at previous 20 Newry, Warpt., & 800 all - - are, and such Stock Norfolk lOO 56 58 li ttes. In the Railway Share Market a fair amount 50 North. Counties Union al al 8 a 100 61 4 62 al 42 14 of . Stock North British ompanies got hUstneso was transacted, and prices exhibited a to action for • decided improvement. B S t t o o e c k k Nvoor.A.Dsetvk.R.2Aii.r.trecD.nko. S d t iv k : 100 - - until6v.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - ter in Duck 100 - - It is rumoured that a new Russian 5 per cent. Stock Do. B gook ably impure. lo an, at 95, is in contemplation. Stock North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 93 935 93 1 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 16134 2 11 d a ye been con- 100 464 461 ni i i The market for public securities remains in- Stock o, Do. o l it e o e r p 100 764 764 7 Terly m tele. rata. If the leti ve, but the quotations are steadily maintained, Stuck North London lOO 105 107 107 20 North Staffordshire 174 34 34 d 14 -4 14 red had been.i 4 for Consols being 941 / for monoand 94 6 1 the y , 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 9 91 able to the aocount. There is little speculation in progress, Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver 100: 4: 1 401 1 404 10 Peebles Duck Island. and as the investments are limited, the market pre- 20 Portsmouth report to the Seats a quiescent appearance. India New Loan is 100 118 118 ,ed the injury inter to the 8 t l o o ck S R Zt m is n h eY Central gat at 1041 i ; ditto 5 per cent. Enfaced Paper is Stock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 301 315 304 1 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 87 89 e decided to 6 roi, at 99i ; and ditto 51 per cent. ditto, at 1051 - - . ; Stock Shropshif' , : Union lOO 47 49 • Dusk Island ditto Debentures have improved to 971; but the ,10 sooty , gbourz‘e & Sheer. all 35 21 4 otock Devon .• . lOO 42 14 421 1 ort of Thames Bonds are heavy at 3s. dis., and Exchequer Bills Stock South-Eastern Stock South % ales , 100 - - at 16s. to 19s. prem. Stock SoutbYorks.&Riv.Dun. 100 71 73 Teddington Business in the Foreign Stock Market is mode- 6 39 8 g l a cl e t s A W :Llth W a o k n . . . all 38 Tately active, but prices in most instances tend 25 Do. do. large supply per Cents. are i to 8 0; Stock Taff downwards. Turkish 6 C '9l - aff Stockton y a Ic & Ilartlepool 1 1 00 6 f - - __ - )f getting it? ditto New, 621 to 631 ; and the 4 per Cents. are Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 . 100 - - should prefer 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 - - hat of taking f trin at 102 ; Brazilian 41 per Cents. are heavy at 50 Ulster rks and Ken- t 25 Do. 2O 25 35 p 9 4 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents: at 85i ; ditto nothing-not 12 101 Do Lis Serpentine r eferred at 24/ 4; Russian 3 per Cents. are steady StocklVale of Neath lOO 57 60 10 i Victoria Station & Pim 91 10/ 104 11 of improving at 6 , 5 ; and Chilian are marked 106. The new 41 StockWaterford & Kilkenny 100 - - aud, and then 50 Waterford & Limerick all - - lusting circle per apposite bank P rhe Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 31 to 20 West Cornwall 20 West London - - mid be about 3 1 prem. ; Universal ditto, 1 i prem. ; the Buenos 10 Do. Ist Class all - - - ould here be Aires Railway Shares are 1 z • p rem . ; an d th e 20 Do. 2d Class in the centre. Canada Loan 1-: i prem. nd the circle, Ti,., loan ....,41,f. ...;1.4...,..4 .........:-.1-.4 4. • '....3 .- PREFERENCE SHARES. et rid of the ) would effect CITY, Two o'CLocE.. The demand for money continues very active, and as several days are likely to elapse before there is any diminution of the pressure, full rates are re quired for negotiating commercial bills. It is rather surprising that so little should have been said, especially in speculative circles, with regard to the possibility of an advance in the minimum quotation of the Bank of England; but at the pre sent moment the operators in public securities pay greater attention to, and are more influenced by, the tendency of political affairs abroad than the course of the money market. In consequence of the proposed establishment of a ' Bank of India," the chairman of the Agra and United Service Bank, and the managers of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China, and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, have addressed a communication to the Under Secretary of State for India, in which they state :-- "We beg that you will have the kindness to convey to Sir Charles Wood our request that he would favour us with a copy, or with the substance, of the recent despatch from Mr. Wilson, which is said to form the groundwork of the movement in question ; and, inasmuch as we are not aware of what may have been asked, or may be sought, by those engaged in that movement, we have also to solicit that we may be allowed by Sir Charles Wood an opportunity of expressing our opinion upon the general question before any new arrangements are concluded. We would further express our confident hope, in so appealing to Sir Charles Wood, that no exclusive or preferential privilege,of any kind Whatever, may be accorded to any private interests, but that matters of such vital consequences as the prosperity of all India should be dealt with entirely on public grounds and for the general advantage." The half-yearly dividend on the Brazilian 5 per Cent. Bonds, and on the Boston City Sterling 4t per Cents., has been advertised for payment. Accounts from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed with a rather active ap pearance, and 13,000 bales were sold at previous rates. In the Railway Share Market a fair amount O f business was transacted, and prices exhibited a decided improvement. It is rumoured that a new Russian 5 per cent. loan, at 95, is in contemplation. The market for public securities remains in active, but the quotations are steadily maintained, Consols being 941 / for money, and 942- 1 for the fteeount. There is little speculation in progress, and as the investments are limited, the market pre sents a quiescent appearance. India New Loan is Rat at 1041 g ; ditto 5 per cent. Enfaced Paper is 6 eln, at 994; and ditto 54 per cent. ditto, at 105}; ditto Debentures have improved to 971 ; but the Bons are heavy at 3s. dis., and Exchequer Bills itt 16s. to 19s. prem. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is mode rately active, but prices in most instances tend downwards. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 791 to 80; ditto New, 621 to 631 ; and the 4 per Cents. are arm at 102 ; Brazilian 41 per Cents. are heavy at 9 ii ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents: at 851; ditto referred at 241 4 ; Russian 3 per Cents. are steady St 6.5 ; and Chilian are marked 106. The new 41 Per Cent. Brazilian Loan is i y pr,sm. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 31 to 3 4 , 1 prem. ; Universal ditto, 1 priem. ; the Buenos Ayres Railway Shares are 1 z • prem. ; and the Canada Loan 1 4 prem. The last week's railway receipts., ascertained up to this day, are, in round figu rest, as under :- 1860. 1859. Great Western North-Western !Guth-Western 13 1:i ghton Midland South- Bastern .. 16,243 14,358 Great Northern Lancashire and Yirkskire North-Easte rn Yanchester, She ffi eld, and Lincoln ..... 10,580 ' ' 9 , 539 Bristol and Exeter .. 5,845 6,600 north British Oxford, Worcester, ind Wolverhampton 4,701 4,20 5 Zdiaburgh and Glasgow „ 5,539 5,4 79 Glasgow and South-Western 6,528 6,323 Grand Trunk of Canada . 11,443 8,686 Great Western of Cali . ada Great Luxembourg These returns show a satisfactory increase in most of the principal lines ; on the G:reat Western it amounts to £7BB ; • the •North-Western to £6,725 ; the j r h-West ern . ' "X 538 ; e Midland to th the •to £1,.885 ; the Great No 2 Y r or 9 k: shire r e t n o l P3 ,7 f 5 3 : 825 4 the Lauciloll ire and and the Grand Ti:Uthnl: Brighton there is a de r i tenll-‘ao Canada s t2 t ol e : 57 r z n ,2,7 t 5 0 on "3 the' The transactions the Railwav Share Market have been moderately active, ana. prices have in most instances tended upwards. The chief feature, however,.has been a rise of about 4 per cent. on Great Northern A stock. Great Northern have advanced Ll ; Great Western, lOs. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 15s. • and Caledonian, Midland , Oxford, Worce s t er , and Wolverhampton, and South astern, ss. Brightens have declined ss. The Foreign lines were inactive. Bahia and San Francisco have improved to 61 7; and Per nambuco to 12. In the Colonial Markets the Canadian under takings have shown increased buoyancy. Grand Trunk of Canada have advanced to 361, and Great Western to 12f 13k, East Indian realise 1021 103. Joint Stock Banks and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, but support former rates. 'ould be— :Thwcmld the =vigil Share; Railways. mild not coax ware over the on of gallono and that improve tit' the surface/ practice WO r and per DO.) Blythe and Tyne IC per C. pref. (issued at £5O), Bris. & Exet.4p.ot.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 4} per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc IDo. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. No.l Do. do N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares, Do. 4 p.c. gna. S. & D.i Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc.l Furness, 5 per cent ....1 GI as. &S West. a. 5 pc. I Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.e. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, lst pf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 , I p. et. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and Rants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 44 pet Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do. Binning. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 8 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.St£s 3610dpe IDo. 6 per c. (E. Lan) Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. S P. 0 No. 2 Do. mia., 6 p. ct. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. Do. 45 per cent Do. do. per c. shares Do. 7 per et-mt. Pref. St. D 0.6 p.c.do.(W,E.&C.P.) D 0.4 p.c S.(div.clef.tiF6s) Lond. Chat. and Dover Lon. &N. W. Cov. &Nu - eaton, 5 p. et. Lon. &S. W, 7 .ct. stock, Londoudy & Cole, 4 she. Londoudy. & Ennis 4 sh. & Lin., 6 p. et. Do. £6 Do. 35 ner cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent. Ntarort & Car., 4 p.c. yp Do. 44 per cent .. Stk 20 tock 12.10 P a id . I Closing Buitneso Price. Done. 96 98 1100 102 Sto 6 sc 5/ 1 8 99 101 110 113 103 108 111 113 110 112 125 127 82 84 110 112 89 91 75 77 Cranwortitt or peers.) _ LxxA.NDE?" , ;NTS. irgument for acut ed by the ►ble purpOSag d void under e against hie for the next re was a total stator. The and codicil yment of all £60,000 and enefit of the t disannulled etanca of th• gainat this tomilly.) o respond. a )cree on the 1r the will of testator, or )ther to the titled to th. ime with the .ts are taken ent accord- BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Per Cent. Consols Annuities 6 per Cent. Annuities llok oldie Stock , 1041 / 1 Ditto 5 per Cont. Ditto Enfaeed Paper, 4 per cent. ...... 991 Ditto 5 per Cent 1051 Ditto 51 per Cent 971 Ditto Debentures, 1858 Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO nitt) under £l,OOO Consols for Account (April) .... India Stock for Account — Ditto 5 per Cent. Exch3quer Bills, £l,OOO, lid l9 16 ! itto £SOO Ditto Small, 14d. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. A . azilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent. 1852 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto Deferred Chillan 6 per Cent Zdexi@an 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Portuguese. 1853, 3 per Cent. Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 pe r f3ent Ditto, 3 per Cent., 1859 65 41 Spanish 3 per Cent. — Ditto Deferred $ per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent. Ex. 25f. Stock 50 118 120 117 119 109 111 103 105 84 86 Is consented the wills of termine the lis Honour to save ex- ae cause to onday as to he claim a •f avern, Old.. to pass his to the as' KI his oxi►' .res held by ed th a t out miters,. and a. a the =Lao ars to send Lber to dr rdering the ;, subject to it was ill. A the tin'. DOO shy ne 300,0 THREE O'CLOCK. lot havia. :stiffs an d Consols, Money 94f Ditto Account POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—( This Day) ; an& led' ovens could 04 M ARLBOROUGH-STREET. STREET ROBBERY AND STABBING.—Sarah Clarke was Charged before Mr. Bingham with being concerned with another female in stealing a gold pin of the value of £2 10s. from the parson of Mr. W. Allingham. Mr. Allingham said that on the previous night about a Sauter to twelve he was walking down the Haymarket With two friends, when the prisoner and two ether females called after them, and then came up, and one of them Caught hold of his friend's coat and another seized [his (the Witness's) breast-pin, and passed it to the prisoner. He then charged her with the robbery, and gave her into c ustody. Mr. Bingham having asked if anything was known of the Prisoner, O 'Shaughnessy, one of the warrant officers of the court, klid there was a warrant out against the prisoner at the present time for stabbing a female in the face, and that it 4 a4 not been served in consequence of the prisoner keeping ° llt of the way. The prisoner was remanded till Saturday next. area. il : a pital h a ' . refuse to ithoritieo. Y t h e de' L intifis ° ll Levars°ll com Pall ch Wed he shares re d upoll a s nt ot" pted th. that t 1 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 12 10 Stook, Stod7 Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock all 1100 96 98 !Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. o. Stock [Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.t e IDo. p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 , 1 Do. Leio. Hit.pref. st Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. o. n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. a. with option till 1866 Do., till 1869 Nerfik 6 p.c. Ex.Stk ' 1846 Do. 5 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 T)0.5 Wav Val. E x. Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 percent Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dek.Co. N_East, Cons. Pref.4p.c. Do. Bervick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds , 6 p. c. No. 1 'Do. do. Quartero; 1846 110. York, H.& S. Lurch North Staffordshire .. • • FOx. Wr. Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. Redeem., 2d gua Do • Irre deem., 2d gua 'Rh ymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new pi Scottish North-Eastern 3 per c. pref. stock... • Do. Aberdeen. a gu.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 105. Do. Fixed 4i per cent. . South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Do .4i per cent Do. Fixed 4} p.a. let is South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. ti per oent S.-Yorkshire, 4 DV;. gua Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e Do. B 6 per cent .• ••1 Do. C 6 per cent tWatrfd & Kilkny, 6p.0 all 71 10t, 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 8.13.4. 98 100 87 89 90 92 100 102 91 /0} 17 18 161 101 74 76 19i 20 9 10 141 15 139 141 116 118 116 118 140 145 116 118 154 158 132 136 66 68 22i 100 99 111 12 321 i THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. l ' ()lst r 3 oN March 22.—Wind this day at noon, West; boderate breeze, ' and cloudy, with very cold weather. 1 3 1 O . R TSMOUTII, March 21.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W. winos hard --Arrivod—Livingstone, from London for Trinidad. g e ° °,7Es, March 21.—Wind S.W., hard gale.—Arrived-- a ' l 3 7 l:nph, from Shanghae. Qu.RticsTowN March 21.—Arrived—Onda, from St. °n ungo ; Edinburgh (ss), from New York. (BY S UBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) Wind GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. , ; tide, first hours' flood ; weather cloudy. Wind, W. by N., moderate.D"l' Thursday Morning. 1115 117 10& 11} 125 127 68 78 0 tp 139 141 102 103 j EP 91 96 91 10 11t 12 Par i P 11 113 10 112 91 93 94 96 1 fd p 23 24 [24 126 117 119 Stock Stock Stock E}' Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stocki Bedtord and tileteli.tei Buckinghamshire Chester & Holyhead..' Do. do. 5i p:ct... Do. do. 5 p. et. Clydesdale Junction Colch..lster, Stour Val E.Lineolnshire,g.6p.o E Union,3arwichShs Do. Wootibridge Gle.Barr.&Neils,Dret. Do. New Gloster& Dean FoTesti Hartlpool.Dek.&Ra. Hull and _Selby Shares Do. I Shares Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.c London &Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Sontend , Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer- 77 79 123 125 135 140 10i 11 231 24 103 103 101 103 88 90 99 101 80 88 28 29 321 331 32 33 60 DI — ei;Ce Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn. & Eastn. 5 p.c Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent.' North Western Preston and Wm. Do. Shares A. Roystn, Hitch ~ & Shep Shrowabry& Hereford. Do. Do. all In& N.W 100 Ln& N.W 98 l(0 100 Do ' 51} 32 100 Do. 124 126 100 'Do. ll2 114 100 ,Csledoninif 2 104 all IE.U.&E C 16 17 100 iGt.North.ll4o 142 laolo i 1 100 l e E a •Cm led un on t in 41 41 10 0 IDo. all Gt. West. all !Yk.N.&Br all iYk.N.3ld. all IDo. • a. IDo. 100 ,_Ln&N , IW 100 S. East 100 iDo. 100 !Pet.) &Co 100 ;Norfolk 100 IDo. all I LN W&3l 109 111 -... .- 100 !Midland . 5. 5. 6.!E.Counts. all !Do. all !Do. all Do. all ',Midland all 11,V r . all !Do. 100 !Gt.North ! 100 ;T Brassoy! 1 ,_!: • • ! all !M`uican .! 100 Gt. West. all L.arlirgto South Staffordshire Wii! - s and Somerset.. Wimfjedon Croydn. DOCKS. Docks. 204 208 64 66 115 120 93 95 9 21 95 97 IP 57 53 14 14 1135 137 104 106 10t 11 Stock) Commercial lOO . Stock Do 4 p erCent • Fret . Min lOO —. Stock 'East and Wont India lOO Stock:London lOO Stock, St. Katharine lOO .-- Stock'Southampton ... lOO Stock Victoria ...... lOO 100 103 v) po New ."..frouseau"E 1 2 i , LucEs LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. lways. Paid .l Leasing Closing Business Rai • I Co.'s. Price. Done. I Paid Clo'sl3lg I BUSinellf Prioe. I Done. Share THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1860. LITERATUR.E. Railway®. Closing ;b o i neso d on e Paid. price. Greymore. A Story of Country Life. 3 vole, Smith and Elder. This is a very pleasing story, which well fulfils, in interest and incident, the promise held out by its attractive commencement. There is something fresh and charming about it, the spirit of domestic life seems to pervade it, and throughout the reader is fascinated by the simplicity and grace of its most delightful heroines, Katherine and Hester. The most important personage is Agatha Marchmont, but she has really less to do with the story than Kate. In consequence of being brought up at the house of her grandfather, Agatha was early estranged from her father, and when her mother's relatives all ,died, the unhappy young heiress was removed to her father's house, now ruled over by a stepmother. Mrs. Rivers was an exception to the rule, and proved a very desirable relation, but the high spirit and peculiar temper of Agatha militated greatly against any comfort. She was unfortunate, it is true, for she adored Greymore, her old ancestral place, but owing to her grandfather being involved in pecuniary difficulties, the place was mortgaged, and after his death it was found necessary to let it to enable the trustees to clear off the encumbrances. This was, of course, a heavy blow to Agatha, who would have been happy to live there as mistress in solitary supremacy, but who could not endure to mingle among a different class to that in which she had been brought up. Katherine and Hester did all they could to render their home happy to one who was so near in kindred and so far off in feeling. Their efforts were fruitless ; and after a time all the interest that the reader has hitherto felt for Agatha gives place to scorn and indignation when she conducts herself so unworthily and deceitfully about the letter. Katherine had become attached to a gentleman who had been visiting the neigh bourhood, but, owing to peculiar circumstances, he was unable to declare his attachment previous to leaving the place, though he wrote an explanation. The letter containing this much-desired vindication of ambiguous conduct never reached its destination for four years. By a long series of subterfuges and concealments, Agatha persuaded herself that she could not act otherwise. She did not at first actu ally intend to suppress the letter, but she paused and hesitated till she got compromised, and then her regard for her own dignity was of more weight than the dictates of honour, and the consideration of others' feelings. All this is skilfully told ; and doubtless many serious errors are committed, and much unhappiness caused through such evil thoughts once entering the mind, and through such pertinacity in not revealing at once the mis take. It was through no doings of Agatha that all went right at last. She would have been equally to blame had death or another marriage intervened to separate her sister from the object of her affections. So indignant does her conduct make one feel, that but little pity can be felt for her, when a sud den devastation swept away her cherished dreams of future happiness. A destructive fire consumed Greymore, and the solemn warning was not sent in vain, for the very next day Katherine was in possession of her letter. Apart from this serious event, there are numberless passages of home life, especially at the beginning of the story, which are most delightful to peruse. The dispositions of some of the actors introduced are also well described. Henrietta Brooke is a perfect model of her sort, and the skilful way in which she plays her cards so as to entrap the wary and surprise the simple would be amusingVid not such serious consequences follow in the train of her manoeuvres and machinations. Mrs. James Thorpe is also very well pourtrayed, and only too many of her class exist, never happy but when propagating slander and eternally en gaged in making small things large. Philip is a strange person, he is very peculiar but not attrac tive; he and Agatha are, indeed, good enough for each other, with their implied superiority and lofty notions of humility and dignity. The character of Katherine is in itself enough to make the story edi fying and engaging ; one does not often meet with so perfect a specimen of a bright and happy creature, not exaggerated or overdrawn. " Greymore" has every chance of being appreciated by many, and all who prefer something natural and real, after the mazes of the ideal and the mysteries of the artifi, cial„ will welcome this sketch of country life in an English home, which is a state of society existing in no other country, and whose lights and shadows, storms and sunshine, have been here most exten sively displayed. 7he Autobiography of a Seaman. Vol. I. By. Thomas, tenth Earl of Dundonald, U.C.8., &c., &c. Richard Bentley. Second notice. Whatever may be the faults of Lord Dundonald, want of straightforwardness and plain-speaking is not among the number, and his work is extremely interesting and full of stirring incident. His chief object in submitting these pages to the public is to vindicate his character from imputations which have been long since set aside, likewise to expose those whom he considers have wronged him. Bat although one chafes over Government de spatches, and is indignant at the flagrant miscon duct which was perpetrated in the navy, one is lighted with the quaint anecdotes which abound throughout in the following strain : " One day a party of ladies paid us a visit aboard, and several had been hoisted on deck by the usual means of a ' whip' on the mainyard. The chair had descended for another whip,' but scarcely had its fair freight been lifted out of the boat alongside, than the unlucky parrot piped Let go I' The order being instantly obeyed, the unfortunate lady, instead of being comfortably seated on deck, as had been those who preceded her, was soused overhead in the sea Luckily for Poll, Jack Lar mour was on shore at the time, or this unseasonable as sumption of the boatswain's functions might have ended tragically." " Being seated near the admiral at dinner, he inquired what dish was before me. Mentioning its nature, I asked if he would permit me to help him. The uncourteous reply was—that whenever he wished for anything he was in the habit of asking for it. Not knowing what to make of a rebuff of this nature, it was mot by an inquiry if he would allow me the honour of taking wine with him. never take wine with any man, my lord,' was the unex pected reply, from which it struck me that my lot was cast among Goths, if no worse." Lord Cochrane follows the history of the whole naval war of the early p ar t o f t hi s ce ntury very minutely, with extracts f rom hi s di ar y of every cruise he made, and he was a l ways :in commission. Having made himself ob nox i ous i n headquar ters by his straightforward ness o f s peech and com plaints in Parliament of naval abuses, although his valuable services were always acknowledged, they were but tardily requ i te d , an d th en only on compulsion, from his possession of a seat in the House of Commons, making the Lords of th. Admiralty fear as well as hate him. Though he brought a good deal of upon himself by often unnecessary bluntness, it was the same spirit of daring, which made him an un daunted officer. The history of his cruise in the Speedy, a ridiculously small brig, mounting four teen three-pounder guns, shows what zeal and daring added to a mind which could meet any emergency, and could find a dodge to get out of any scrape, can do. That same little hit of a craft became the terror of the Spanish coast ; and, when at length her time was come, she gave so much trouble to the line-of - battle ships to cap ture her, that the French captain of the vessel to which she at length struck, returned the gallant Cochrane his sword, as a compliment to his bravery; but he was not destined to be long'a prisoner, and was soon afloat again. The following history of the capture of the Gamo . by the . Speedy was one of the most daring actions in a tune when brave deeds were frequent : " As some of my officers had expressed dissatisfaction at not having been permitted to attack the frigate fallen in with on the 21st of December, after her suspicions had been lulled by our device of hoisting . Danish colo urs , dm, I told them they should have a fair fight, notwith s t an di ng th a t, by manning the two prizes sent to Mahon, our numbers had been reduced to fifty-four, officers and boys included. Orders were then given to pipe all hands, and prepare for action. " Accordingly we made towards th e frigate, which was now coming down under steering sails. At 930 ain she fired a gun and hoisted Spanish col ours, which. the 'Speedy acknowledged by hoisting American colours, our object being, as we were now exposed to her br oa d s id e, ' to puzzle her, till we got on the other tack, wh en we an up the English ensign, and immediately afterwards encountered her broadside without damage. " Shortly afterwards she gave us another broadside, also without effect. My orders were not to fire a gun till we were close to her ; when, running under her lee, we locked our yards amongst her rigging, and in this position returned our broadside, such as it was. "To have tired our popgun four -pounders at a distance would have been to throw away the ammunition ; but the guns being doubly, and, as I afterwards learned, trebly, shotted, and being elevated, they told admirably hpon her main deck ; the first discharge, as was subsequently ascer tained, killing the Spanish captain and the boatswain. "My reason for locking our small craft in the enemy's rigging was the ene upon which I mainly relied for vic tory, viz., that from the height of the frigate out of the water, the whole of her shot must necessarily go over our heads, whilst our guns, being elevated, would blow up her maindeck. "The Spaniards speedily found out the disadvantage under which they were fighting, and gave the order to board the Speedy; but as this order was as distinctly heard by us as by them, we avoided it at the moment of execution by sheering off sufficiently to prevent the movement, giving them a volley of musketry and a broadside before they could recover themselves. " Twice was this manoeuvre repeater., and twice thus averted. The Spaniards finding that they were only punish ing themselves, gave up further attempts to board, and stood to their guns, which were cutting up our rigging from stem to stern, but doing little farther damage ; for after the lapse of an hour the loss to the Speedy was only two men killed and four wounded. "This kind of combat, however, could not last. Our rig ging being cut up and the Speedy's sails riddled with shot, I told the men that they must either take the frigate or be themselves taken, in which case the Spaniards would give np quarter--whilst a few minutes energetically employed on their part would decide the matter in their own favour. " The doctor, Mr. Guthrie, who, I am happy to say, is still living to peruse this record of his gallantry, "Nitta- _,------ , ..e teered to take the helm; leaving him therefore for the time both commander and crew of the Speedy, the order was given to board, and in a few seconds every man was on the enemy's deck—a feat rendered the more easy as the doctor planed the Speedy close along side with admirable skill.. " For a moment the Spaniards seemed taken by surprise, as though unwilling to believe that so small a crew would have the audacity to board them ; but soon recovering themselves, they made a rush to the waist of the frigate, where the fight was for some minutes gallantly carried on. Observing the enemy's colours still flying, I directed one of our men immediately to haul them down, when the Spanish crew, without pausing to consider by whose orders the colours had been struck, and naturally believing it the act of their own officers, gave in, and we were in possession of the Gamo frigate of thirty-two heavy guns and 319 men, who an hour and a half before had looked upon us as a cer tain if not an easy prey." " Shortly before boarding an incident occurred which, by those who have never been placed in similar circumstances, may be thought too absurd for notice. Knowing that the final struggle would be a desperate one, and calculating on the superstitious wonder which forms an element in. the Spanish character, a portion of our crew were ordered to blacken their faces, and what with this and the excitement of combat, more ferocious looking objects could scarcely be imagined. The fellows thus disguised were directed to board by the head, and the effect produced was precisely that calculated on.. The greater portion of the Spaniard's crew was prepared to repel boarders in that direction, brat stood for a few moments as it were transfixed to the deck by the apparition of so many diabolical looking figures emerg ing from the white smoke of the bow guns ; whilst our other men, who boarded by the waist, rushed on th em f rom be hind, before they could recover from their surprise at the unexpected phenomenon. " In difficult or doubtful attacks by sea—and the odds of 50 men to 320 comes within this description —no device can be too minute, even if apparently absurd, provided it have the effect of diverting the enemy's attention whilst you are concentrating your own. In this, and other successes against odds, I have no hesitation in saying that success in no slight degree depended on out-of-the-way devices, which the enemy not suspecting, were in some measure thrown off their guard." After this brilliant action promotion was actually refused him and his officers, and after bringing his prize into Malta ho was despatched to Gibral tar in charge of a notoriously bad sailing packet, which actually caused the loss of the gallant little Speedy. On his arrival in England, after his exchange, when ho applied to the Admiralty for a command for himself and promotion for his brave first-lieutenant, he was met with the following cool and cowardly reply : "No answer being r urned to this application up to the period of my arrival in England, another letter was for warded to his lordship, which met with the same reception, and afterwards a third, which produced from Lord St. Vincent the reply that my application could not be enter • tained, fee that it was unusual to promote two officers for such a service—besides which the small number of men killed en board the Speedy did not warrant the application.' " It was impossible not to feel nettled at a reply so unex pected : that because few men had been killed on board the Speedy, her first lieutenant was considered unworthy of promotion, though terribly cut up. To argue with a First Lord is no doubt an imprudent thing for a naval officer to atiompt, and my remonstrance in this instance had such an effect as to get my name placed on the black list of the Admiralty, never aeain to be erased. " In my letter to Lord St. Vincent, the following incau tious observations were made—viz., that ' his reasons f or not promoting Lieutenant Park er , ecause there were only three men killed on board the Speedy, were in opposition to his lordship's own promotion to an earldom, as well as that of his flag-captain to knighthood, and his other officers to increased rank and honours : for that in the battle from which his lordship derived his title there was only one man killed on board his own flagship, so that there were more casualties in my sloop than in his line-of-battle ship.' " From the receipt of that letter Lord St. Vincent be came my bitter enemy, and not he only, but his successors thought it incumbent on them to perpetuate his lordship's displeasure. My reply was no doubt keenly felt at the time, when it was a common remark in the navy that the battle of St. Vincent was gained by the inshore squadron, under Nelson, the commander-in-chief being m e re ly a s p ec t a t or , at a distance which involved only the loss of one man in his own ship." However, he scon afterwards got a ship, not from any good will of those who were in authority, but because he told them, on their refusal, that he should move for an inquiry in the House of Com mons that bugbear of red-tapists. There is more interest in his early career, at least as far as this volume goes. In awaiting his ship he con trived to enter Parliament, and the following ex tract shows how he came the old soldier over the electors, as he thought, but he found, to his cost, that it was far easier to steal a march on a French man or a Spaniard than on the electors of a rotten borough : " Aware of my previous objection to bribery, not a word was asked by my partisans, as to the price expected in ex change for their suffrages. It was enough that my former friends had received ten guineas each after my defeat, and it was judged best to leave the cost of success to my dis cretion. "My return was triumphant, and this effected, it was then plainly asked, what ex post facto consideration was to be expected by those who had supported me in so delicate a manner. " Not one farthing I' was the reply. " ' But, my lord, you gave ten guineas a head to the minority at the last election, and the majority have been calculating on something handsome on the present occa sion.' "'so doubt. The former gift was for their disinte rested conduct in not taking the bribe of five pounds from the agents of my oppon en t. F or me now to pay them would be a violation of my own previously expressed prin ciples.' -" Finding nothing could be got from me in the way of money payment for their support, it was put to my gene rosity whether I would no t, a t l eas t , g i ve my constituents a public supper. " 'By all means,' was my reply, ' and it will give me great satisfaction to know that so rational a display of patriotism has superseded a system of bribery, which reflects even less credit on the donor than the recipients.' " Alas ! for the vanity of good intentions. The permis sion thus given was converted into a public treat ; not only for my partisans, but for my opponents, their wives, chil dren, and friends ; in short, for the whole town ! The result showed itself in a bill for some twelve hundred pounds! which I refused to pay, but was eventually com pelled to liquidate, in a way which will form a very curious episode hereafter." When, after this, in command of a fine frigate, the Imperieuse, he was despatched to aid the Spaniards our then allies, as he best could, and with a discre tionary power. On arriving at Catalonia, which was besieged by the French, he occupied a breached tower which the Spaniards and their British allies were about to abandon, and which was the key to the town ; by the aid of some 200 of his men he so fortified and repaired it, that the French found that they could make little or no head-way, and at length, when the wall altogether broke down, and they came to the assault, they found unexpected difficulties in the shape of board ing nettings and chain-cables, and were repulsed with great loss. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS._MARCU 21. BLEACHING AND DYEING WORKS BILL. Order for second reading read ; motion made, and question proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the question." The house divided ; ayes 226, noes 39. AYES —226. Adam, W. P. G ar d , R. S. Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J. Adderley, C. B. G arnett, W. J. Mure David Agnew, Sir A. Gaskell, J. M. Murray, William Bagwell, J. Gavin, Major Napier, Sir C. Ball, E. Gladstone, Capt. Newdegate, C. N. Baring ' Sir F. Gly n, G . G. Nicol, 'William Beach, W. W. B. Goldsmid, Sir F. Norris, J. T. Biggs, John Gore, J. R. 0. North, Col. Blackburn, P. Gore, W. R. 0. Northcote, Sir S. H. Blake, J. A. Graham, Sir J. R. G. Ogilvy, Sir J. Bonham-Carter, J. Graham, Lord Wm. Packe, C. W. Bramston, T. W. Grenfell, C. P. Packe, G. H. Brand, H. B. Griffith, C. D. Padmore, R.' Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Grogan, Sir Edward Papillon, P. 0. Bristow, A. Gurdon, B. Parker, Major W. Browne, Lord J. T. Gurney, Samuel Paxtom, Sir J. Bruce, 11. A. Hanbury, IL, jun. Peacocke, G. M. Buchanan, W. Hanbury, Captain - Peto, Sir M. Buckley, 3laj.-Gen. Hankey, Thomson Pevensey, Viscount Buller, J. W. Ilarcourt, G. G. V. Pritchard, John Burghley, Lord Hardy, Gathorne P ug h, D . (Carmar.) Butler, C. S. Headlam, Thos. E. P u ll er , C. W. Butt, Isaac Heathcote, G. 11. Raynham, Viscount Byng Hon. G. H. C. Henley, J. Roba r t e s, T. J. A. Cairo' , James Henley, Lord Roebuck, J. A. Calthorpe, F. H. Hennessy, J. P. Rogers, John J. Campbell, W. F. Henniker, Lord Bolt, J. Cartwright, Col. H. Hill, Hon. R. Russell, Hastings Cave, S. Hood, Sir A. Russell, A. J. E. Cavendish, Hon. W. Hopwood, J. T. Salomons,Alderman Cayley, E. S. Hotham, Gen. Lord Salt, Titus Childers, H. C. E. Howes, Edward Scholefieid, W. Churchill, Lord A. Ilumberstone, P. S. Scott, Sir W. Clifford, C. C. Hunt, G. W. Selwyn, C. J. Clinton, Lord R. Ingham, R. Shelley, Sir J, V. Cobbett, J. M. James, Edwin Sheridan, R. B. Cobbold, John C. Jermyn, Earl Sheridan, 11. B. Colebrooke, Sir T.E.JOhnstone, Hon. 11. Sibthorp, Major Collins, T., jun. Jones, D. Slaney, R. A.. Coning,hatn, Wm. Kekewich, S. Smith, Abel Cowper, Hon. W.F. Kendall, N. Smollett, P. Crawford, R. W. Kershaw, J. Sorties, Joseph Cross, R. A. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Spooner, R. Crossley, Frank Knatelibull, W Stacpoole, W. Cubitt, Ald. Knatchbull-Hugess Stanhope, J. B. Dalglish, Robert Knightley, R. Stansfeld. J. Davie, Sir 11. R. F. Langston, J. H. Stirling, Win, Davie, Col. F. Langton, H. G. Steuart, A. Deedes, Wm. Lanigan, J. Stewart, Sir M. R. Dent, John Dent Lawson, W. Stuart, Col. Dillwyn, Lewis L. Leathern, E. Stracey, Sir H. Dodson, John G. Lefroy, A. Taylor, Colonel Douglas, Sir C. Lee, W. Taylor, Hugh Duff, M. E. Duncombe, T. S. [l e d g d h e'l l l l , r. lion. H. G. T T ° re li f e u m sir, i llo' n ii . ° C ll ..ll F . • Duncombe, A. Lindsay, Colonel Vandeleur, Col. Duncombe, W. E. Locke, John Verney, Sir Harry Dunlop, A. Longfield, Robert Walcott, Adm. J. E. Dunne, Col. Lovaine, Lord Waldron, L. Edwards, Major H. Lyall, G. Walpole, S. 11. Egerton, A. F. Mackie, J. Walter, John Egerton, E. C. Maguire, J. F. Warre, J. A. Egerton, W. Mainwaring, T. Watkins, J. L. V. Elphinstone, Sir J. Malins 1 •9 it Wallington, J. W. Estcourt, S. Manners, Ld J. Western, T. S. Evans, T. W. Marjoribanks, D. C. Westhead, B. Ewin,, ,, , H. E. C. Massey, W. N. Whalley, G. H. Farquhar, Sir M. . Mildmay, H. Whitbread, S. Ferrer, ,Tames Miles, Sir W. Winnington, Sir T. Fergusson, Sir J. Miller, T. Wyld, James Fereloy, Lord Miller, William Wyndham, Sir 11. Finlay, A. S. Mills, A. Wynn, Col. Foley, J. 11. Milues, R. M. Wyvill, M. Forster, Charles Monsell, Rt. Hn. W. Fortescue, Hon. D. Monson, W. J. TELLERS. Freeland, If. W. Montagu, Lord R. Crook, Joseph French, Fitzstephen Morris, D. Arton, A. S. NOES-39. Antrobus, E.' Craufurd, E. H. J Martin, J. Atherton, W. 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Sew.. . , . r - 25 ;South Australia, ~,,., all 25 'Union of Australia 7skll 44 1 3 4 60 tUnion of London l2 884 Vit 22 9 100 Ifjpity Diututil \ f 0 1 all 1 100 86 68 97 98 1 67 a 7 id f di 5 4(11 6/1 ei 7} 77 82 72 77 70 75 par 1. p 11 idi 1* /d id 1 d 1 102 1 102 f LOO l 101 P IP L 0 24 102 1 2(4 211 36 37 93 94 73 74 85 87 73 75 72 74 994 100 id k d 1 Id 121 1)1 81 84d 95 100 95 100 95 100 91 94 974 92 88 pi 92 94 id Id 5 7 74i s 6 7 1} 2;}, [9 191 Id p 1 eo 1O) 100 1. 3 0. '3s. Od. 1 7 all 10 1 t i 3 10} 103 354 651 sol 7z# 73! 80# 44 4 73 4 14 13j 61 7 129 i SO inie 88} 80 79i 29 16i it ~~ j i -~.~ _a w tautly, to the opinion of the house, and not press hi/ notion. Lord PALMERSTON said that neither on the Minia• terial nor on the other side of the house was there any do. sire but to promote the progress of public business. H. would suggest that any motion on this subject should ba confined to the session in which it was made. He agreed with those who thought it would be unjust to interfere with the right of hon. members to bring forward any question for the adjournment of the house on Friday. (Hear, hear.) THIII 1) EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. WARWICK RACES—(This Day.) (BY ELICTRIC TELEGRIO.H.) SCURRY HANDICAP. Maud.... N0rt0n...... Six ran. HURDLE RACE. Ilade Johnny 2 Corkscrew 3 Ten ran. HUNT CUP. Jack Barber 1 Harry 2 Nine ran. ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. Joe Maley Johnny 2 No third placed. NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. Emperor Medora 2 Liberator Ten ran. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 13 to 2 agst Forager (taken) 100 to 6 agst The Monk (taken) CHESTER CUP. 25 fo 1 agst Apollyon (taken) No Tattersall's. The disputed Steeplechase at Shrewsbury is settled, and Glautias gets the stakes. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(This EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his slat on the woolsack at the usual hour. THE GREAT TASMANIA, The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH asked a question of the noble lord the First Lord of the Admiralty relative to stores on board the Great Tasmania transport ; he should also like to know whether stores had been sent to India for the troops going to China. The Duke of SOMERSET said the Admiralty were no way responsible for the stores on board the Great Tasmania. With respect to the stores for the troops going from India to China, there was great difficulty in providing stores that would stand so long a voyage. There was, however, a large store of provisions at Hong Kong that would supply the troops up to October next. The Government were sending out stores every month, and, from the steps the Govern • went had taken he assured the noble earl there was no need of anxiety. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said the noble lord had not stated the number of troops for which stores had been calculated. The Duke of SOMERSET said about 10,000, PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, the Eau Brink Drainage Bill was read a third time and passed. THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. The Earl of DERBY begged to ask the noble duke the question he had given notice of, with respect to the ad journment of the house for the Easter holidays. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said it had been found that it would be absolutely necessary for their lordships to sit for the first two days of Passion week, on account of two important money bills coming down from the other house, but after Tuesday he proposed that the house should adjourn until Tuesday, the 17th of April. QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICE ABOLITION] BILL. Lord TEYNHAM moved the second reading of this bill, which proposed to do away with the declaration at present enforced upon persons about to enter the public ser vice and corporation office. The declaration at pre sent required was to the effect that " I, A B, in the presence of God, de solemnly profess, testify, and declare, on the true faith of a Christian, that I will do nothing in the office of to injure the Protestant Church, as established by law in England." By this declaration a person holding office, however much he might wish for the abolition of church rates, which wore thought by some likely to weaken the Church,was not at liberty consistently to sign a petition with such a prayer. Lord CHELMSFORD opposed the bill. It had been observed that the bill had pissed the House of Commons without opposition, but he should say it had rather slipped through the house unobserved. Several hon. members whom he was acquainted were totally ignorant of the nature of the measure. The declaration had been in troduced by the late Sir R. Peel, when Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the object of it was to ob• tain from every Dissenter taking office a formal recognition of the predominance of the Church of England. The declaration had been introduced into the Test and Corporation. Act, and it was the opinion at that time that, had it not been done, there would have been an overpowering majority against it. He objected to this bill on three grounds ; first, that it:would disturb a settled question ; secondly, that the noble lord had not pointed out any grievance that required a remedy ; and thirdly, that it would remove a stumblingblock out of the way of certain dissenters who wished to injure the Church of England as by law established. He moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The Duke of NEWCASTLE supported the bill, as the law was in a most confused and anomalous state at the pre sent moment. At present numbers of persons entering the public service did not make this declaration, but with re spect to corporate offices it was different, because each can didate was compelled to go before a magistrate and make the required declaration. The mode of making the declaration was most irreverent, and he thought that the time had come for its abolition. (LETT SITTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Sir W. HEITRCOTE took the oaths and his seat for the University of Oxford. \ PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— Cheshire Midland Railway ; Glossop and Marple Bridge Road • London and North-We s t ern R a il way (N o. 1) ; Marple New Mills and Hayfield Junction Railway; Midland Railway (Burton-upon-Trent Branches and Deviations ; Midland Railway (Rowsley and Buxton lines) ; Mirfield Gas; North British and Peebles and Jedburgh Railway Companies ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford, and Worcester and Hereford Railways ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton and Severn Valley Railways; Stockport and Woodley Junction Railway. The Bourton on the' Water Railway, the Scottish Drain age and Improvement Company, and the Manchester and Buxton Road Bills were read a second time: Mr. FORSTER moved that the minutes of the evidence taken before the committee en the Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill in session 1844, and the reports of the Ad miralty, including the report of Mr. Rendel, their engineer, on that bill, be referred to the committee on the Vale of Clwyd Extension Bill.—Agreed to. PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS. Mr. BOWYER gave notice that on Thursday , next he would move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to privileged communications in certain cases. THE INDIAN ARMY. Colonel SYKES gave notice that he would ask the Sec retary of State for India whether it was intended to abolish the regular army in India ; and that he would also ask for certain returns in respect to the Indian army. SHIP BUILDING. - Mr. JACKSON inquired if the Government would lay on the table the report of the commission on the subject of ship building for the navy and in the dockyards? Lord C. PAGET stated that he was prepared to lay on the table the report in question. THE FRANCHISE. Mr. GRIFFTH asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether it was intended that the voters at £6 rent and upwards, whose rates are now compounded for by their landlords, should have the opportunity at the next registration of qualifying themselves as voters, by taking on themselves the payment of rates for the past year, or otherwise as may be arranged to effect such object ? Lord J. RUSSELL said he would consider whether a clause to meet the views of the hon. member could not be introduced into the Reform Bill. PAUPER REMOVALS. Mr. LANIGAN asked the President of the Poor-law Board whether he had any objection to produce (and, if not, when he would lay upon the table of the house) copies of the order of removal made, and the examinations taken by the magistrate, and of the notice served or sent by the poor-law officials of St. Pancras to the Thurles Board of Guardians previous to the removal of the poor woman Mary Carter to Ireland ? Mr. VILLIERS said that the matter did not properly come within his province. He had no official report on the subject, and was obliged to rely on the accounts which ap peared in the newspapers ; but, acting on these, he corn - municatedwiththe Poor-law authoritiesof St. Pancras, and it appeared that the case alluded to was of a very unusual kind. A commission had been directed to proceed to the place where the unfortunate woman resided, and it appeared that she made the same statement that she had previously done. He had called on the Poer-law authorities to make an official statement, and the hon. member could inspect the documents relating to the matter; or, if he preferred, he would be furnished with copies of the same. STAMPS ON NEWSPAPERS. Mr. WESTERN asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the proposal to abolish the stamps on newspapers would apply to newspapers to be sent abroad ; and, if so, whether such newspaper can be sent with a penny adhesive stamp, or would be liable to the book rate of fourpence ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that on Monday next ho would make a statement on the subject. THE TIMBER DUTIES. Mr. ADAM asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer s whether, in consequenc e o f th e repea l a th e timber duties, any drawback would b e a ll owe d on s hips in tll° hands, either fi n i s h e d or i n p rocess o f building 9 on timber .And, fur ther, whether any drawback would be al lo w ed _ which had paid the d u ty but had not yet passed into con sumption ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied in the negative. SAVINGS' BANKS. Mr. S. ESTCOURT asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer when he prop o sed to bring in the bill respe c ti ng savings banks, and ob served that the subject was one that excited much interest in the minds of a large portion of the community. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the 1 bill in question would . not be brought bef ore the house w ith ou t due notice being given to hon. members. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Mr. PAULL moved that Government orders of the day shall take precedence of noticed of mot i ons upon Thursdays instead of Fridays. BOUVE - RIE strongly objected to the motion, and expressed a hope that the hon. member would not press his motion to a division. After some discussion, Mr, FAULL said that he would yield, though reluc• DARTMOUTH ELECTION. Mr. LYGON moved that the minutes of the evidence taken before the select committee on the Dartmouth elec tion petition, in session 1859, be laid before the house.-- Ordered. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL. Mr. STANFIELD resumed the adjourned debate, and was (LEFT SPEARING.) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YEsiEnDAY.) SLEACIIING AND DYEING WORKS BILL. Mr. CROOK moved the second readiniOfthisbill7 . Mr. IT - RIVER moved, as an amendment, that it be read a second time that day six months. Mr. RIC'HARDSON seconded the amendment. Mr. ROEBUCK—I ani about to speak on this question under somewhat p ecu li ar c i rcumstances. Very early in my Parliamentary career Lord Ashley, now the Earl of Shaftes bury, introduced a bill of this description. I, being an ar dent political economist, as I am now, opposed the measure , and drew a distinction, whi c h I d raw now, between women ' and children and men. Women and children I hold not to be atajuris ; they are not masters of themselves, but are under the control of other people. I would not interfere between men and those with whom they make eentracts for employment, but I would certainly interfere between women and children and their employers. However, I opposed Lord Ashley at that time, and was very much influenced in my opposition by what the gentlemen of Lancashire said. They declared then that it was the last half hour of the work performed by their operatives which made all their profits, and that if we took away that last half hour we should ruin the manufacturers of England. I listened to that statement, and trembled for the manufacturers of England—(a laugh) —but Lord Ashley persevered. Parliament passed the bill which he brought in. From that time down to the present the factories of this country have been under State control, and I appeal to this house whether 'the manufacturers of England have suffered by this legislation. (Cheers.) But the hon. member for Manchester still, I find, makes the same objection. He gets up and prophecies all sorts of evil if we interfere now ; but he has kept out of view the evils for the prevention of which we are now about to interfere. (Hear, hear.) He has not told us what was laid before the committee, and what Mr. Tremenheere describes in the course of his investigation. But I will read some facts from Mr. Tremenheere's report, and will then appeal to the House of Commons, to the fathers and the brothers of English women and children, if they will not interfere to put down this tremendous evil. (Hear.) There are some sentences in the book now in my hand which make my blood creep, and when the hon. mem ber gets up and tells me that the Manchester manufacturers are likely to suffer, I say, let them suffer. (Hear, hear.) I, at least, will not be a party to the perpetuation of any such atrocities as I find recorded, and I do hope that the gentlemen of England will not be parties to them either. (Hear, hear.) Says the hon. member, "the bleachers are servants to the public ; the demand for work comes upon them at uncertain times, and there is no analogy between the case of factories and of bleaching and dyeing works." Now, I don't care a straw whether or not there is any analogy In this respect, but I am sure there is an analogy in the suffering—(cheers) ; and if so, the interference of the house is as necessary now as it was then, whether the bleachers are servants of the public or their own masters. They inflict misery upon the people they employ. (Hear.) is the question ; and having prevented this misery in the one case, let us interfere to prevent it in the other. (Hear.) I will now quote a few passages from Mr. Tre menheere's report. Here is the statement of John Hamer, finisher " 1 have been 14 years in the bleaching trade. I was employed at Messrs. Hollins's, Tootle-bridge, Bolton.. . One morning we went to work at 5 o'clock and worked till 6 the morning after (25 hours). All the sets wore work ing the same hours (the young with the adults). . . I have been so tired, though I am a strong and healthy man, that I have often to sit at my bedside when I get up of a morning, and my fingers are so stiff and sore that I cannot dress myself. I feel thus tired what must the young girls and boys feel ?" (Bear, hear) Let hon. gentlemen remember that this is an inquiry made only a year and a half ago. (Hear, hear.) Here is the statement of Ann Simpson, 14 years old, Eliza beth Hilton, 1.5, and Sarah Hi„ son, 16 : "We came to work last Friday morning at half-past six (at Mr. Ridgway Bridson's Bleach-works, Bolton). We worked all Friday night till half-past five on Saturday morn ing (23 hours). We did not sleep any time in the night, except on Saturday morning at half-past five we laid down to sleep on the hooking-box, and slept till a little after seven (less than two hour's sleep, and with the clothes still on, after 23 hours' work) ; then we went to breakfast for half an hour, and then came and worked till ten minutes past eleven." We complain bitterly of the hours of this house, and if we tome at four with liberty to away and dine at seven, and then don't get home till go in the morning, we say, "What a terrible night's work we have had !" (A laugh.) Well, then, think of the poor child between 13 and 14, or between 10 and 11, not able to go away and get a good din ner, not sitting while at work upon these soft cushions, but standing upon her poor, tired, little legs for hours and hours together. (Hear, hear.) Think of her and com pare her work with ours. (Hear.) We complain of the labours which we undergo, but as compared with our life. hers is the life of the damned. (Hear, hear.) Phithian Monks says : "I am foreman of the dyeing and making-up room. I worked last Friday till Saturday morning with those three girls, and what they have said is correct." " William Crompton.—l am 17. I have been four years and a half (that is, since he was 12 years old) in the dress ing-shop. We go on till different hours, sometimes early, sometimes late. I worked once three days and three nights, and not long since I began work on Friday morning at 4 and worked till son Saturday night (37 hours). I mostly slept at meal times, and only stopped one hour for meals ; the rest I ate while I was working. (Hear, hear.) Now, I ask you, the gentlemen of England, if you will bear this. (Cheers.) I hear great talk of huma nity—lip humanity !—(hear, hear—about the American slave. No man can view with more indignation than Ido the horrible condition of the black in America ; but I cannot help regarding with at least equal indignation the condition of the white slave in England. (Hear, hear.) I recollect hear ing a story which to me appeared atouching one, and fraught with a pregnant lesson. Mr Oastler was walking with the late Sir Robert Peel up his splendid picture gallery. Mr_ Oastler, as we knew, strongly advocated the shortening of the hours of labour in factories. Sir Robert Peel, on the other hand, as we also know, was a great political econo; mist, and was arguing with his companibn upon the im policy of State interference. In passing along the gallery they came to a beautiful picture, I think by Landseer, which most of us probably have seen—a portrait of one of the daughters of Sir Robert Peel; and Mr. ()make, stop ping suddenly, said, "My God, Sir Robert I And she might have been a factory girl ! " Yes, any one of our daughters might have been a factory girl, and is there a man present with any feeling for his child who could think of her work ing almost without cessation for 37 hours ! (Hear, hear.) Think of her tender years, think of her delicate little hands I have it in this book that children' hands are often blis tered, and the skin torn off their feet, and yet they are thus obliged to work, the persons 'who overlook them being sometimes forced to keep them awake by beating on the table with large boards. (Hear.) For God's sake, then, I say, don't let us listen to the hon. gentleman ! I don't want to weary the house, but I appeal to you as men, I appeal to you as fathers, I appeal to you as brothers, and I ask you for God's sake not to be participants in this horrible cruelty. (Cheers.) The hon. member says he is sure you will not go into committee on this bill. I, en the contrary, feel certain that if I know anything of my countrymen we shall go into committee ; that the measure will be carried by a triumphant majerity, and that we shall not lay our heads upon our pillows to-night, saying " We have deserted those whom God has placed under our charge—the weak, the helpless, the distressed; we think only of ourselves, of the wealthy and of the great." (Cheers.) The weak and the miserable appeal to you for compassion and for aid, and. I, their humble advocate, also appeal to you in perfect con fidence that you will listen to their prayer, and will pass this measure for their relief. (Cheers.) Mr. COBBETT supported the bill. Lord J. MANNERS thought the home might safely give a second reading to the bill. Sir H. CAIRNS said the bleaching of linen in the north of Ireland was a very different process from that carried 011 is Lancashire, and if the promoters of the bill would give him an assurance that it should not apply to Ireland, 12, would vote for the second reading. Mr. RICHARI,SQN and Mr. CONOLLY warmly opposed the bill, which they considered most unjust to the freedom of manufacture in Ireland. Mr. A. EGERTON considered that legislation was ne cessary, and supported the bill. The house then divided, and the numbers were -226 For the second reading 39 Against it —lB7 Majority The bill was then read a second time. A telegraphic despatch troopsd e shpaadt alreadych fro m commented Milan t a h n e n ir O h u o n m e e S that the Frenc e ward movement. The order, as you are aware, had been sent weeks ago to have them ready to move at the firstnotiee. It seems that this step has been taken in accord 'with M. Cavour, who considers that the Piedrnontese army is f u ll y equal to any emergency, and strong enough to res ist any possible attack on them by the Austrians. The Austrians probably will not put their prowess to the test just now, unless M. Cavour attempts to strike another blow for the liberation of Venetia ; and., in truth, M. Cavour thinks he has so completely the mastery ov er his Imperial a lly that he may do as he pleases . The omeward-bound French army will, it is said, Occupy Savoy and Nice. INDIAN ARMY. —..k return moved for by Lord Ellenborough has been just issued, and shows the manner in which the officers of the disbanded regiments of the Ben gal army are now disposed of. Tt appears that of the offi cers disbanded 277 are on furlough; 115 on political and civil employ ; 55 on the military staff; 302 servilag with irregular reg i ments ; 118 doing duty with her Majesty's European regiments ; 36 doing duty with other corps of the Bengal army; 6 on duty with discharged soldiers proceeding to England ; 64 with police col ps; 5g with Commissariat and stud; 38 on public works and surveys; 3 studying at Thomason Collage • 1 in ter aporary command of station at Barrackpore ; 14' doing 'duty at Saugor, Meeanmeer, Meerut, Mooltan, Delhi, Barn ickpore, kc. ; and 64 unemployed, including 10 colonels re; aiding is India ; making a total of 1,151. officers. The total , number of privates and non-commissioned officers whe tr ook their discharge from the late East India Company's army in consequence of the transference of the Government of India to the Crown was 10,18 5 ; of which numb( br 6,338 were from Bengal, 1,739 from Madras, and 2,108 f tom Bombay. n T i h en e t p s r in ese l n n t e dia ffe la ct in ive n s e tr gai eng 6 th ,3 o 2 f 4, th loca l dras Ei ,11 . 20,8 p e1em79, anrdegii; Bombay 2,676 men ; total, 11,879 ; not inclui lin g 3,303 re _ eruits embarked for India between the Ist of June and Ist of December, 1859, and 1,393 recruits for Inc uow at the depots in England, Share 100 Stk 204 20 10 100 { 17} 20 S took Stock Stook 25 Stock 5 Stock Stook Stock 100 Stock ~~~