The Sun. — London, England, 1860-02-28 00:00:00

-,,,^,,,,, Tarleton, yesterday he north ; through whether the shore I blown a L and Al , under a e, inspec , and Mr. f landing d caught Carnatio nd threw ie water. le yester ice, addi -1; T. G. firmed to assistant :htrge of 'Wilson, 'irebrand. r'VTIOX embers of eld at the vas a ♦ery iilbertson, ed in these a general s, when at wielding at his forces 'dolls as to have seen rior power overnment, e necessary his boldest jealousy, ful country Irs and the of Charle- Pope was ment, when ly has ever have con lergies, has independ- L cursed by loughed by ing clouds srule, faint aced on her ,on her and lie the gal- Villafranca )ct of dawn )ok forward m the tomb enshrined r European artyrs, her re coloured ed to being :d, by Mr. )n the table lings from d passed ht plendid en- Lotographie ongst other box picked lose of the in inspect hen served, g converse en over all Janimously If the Rev. Hatch ard ; iven to th• —Hertford 80 ; clover, lOs per load. lOs ; clover, N per load. 18e ; clover, 9a per load. ad prices are lquiry in the taken place, lon has been te stocks on of last year, Wry for thi d s. lye been re• nigh only a the spot, is Ld lest three iarket.) End. 17 9 17 9 17 9 17 9 Tool 18 6 1 0 18 0 19 0 17 0 lutrryn 92 6 Steam 22 6 16 3 lg. of this last, excited Ls the whole 3e of doing' oung couple arrisge was the parish; o and bride be draws by home. Th e . took refuge he Warwick eluding the honor g. d. MONEY MARKET AND CITY NE TVS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days has been inactive, although in most instances prices have been fully sustained. For tea the inquiry was limited, and no public sales of importance have taken place in sugar ; for coffee there was a-steady demand at full rates, and rather more activity has been apparent in the inquiries for rice, fruit, and spices, which have been dealt in at former rates, Salt petre has been in very limited demand, but tallow has shown more buoyancy, prices for both present and forward delivery having slightly advanced. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, and only 5,000 bales were disposed of, at about previous rates. In the Railway Share Market only a small amount of business was transacted, and prices tended downwards. A further small withdrawal of gold, viz., £15,000, took place at the Bank of England yesterday, and unless some fresh supplies speedily arrive from the Continent, the movement will probably continue. The quantity lately sent away, however, is too mode rate to excite anxiety, and the money market, owing to the limited demand and abundant supply, still retains an easy appearance. On the Stock Exchange loans are obtainable at 2 per cent., but the inquiry is likely to increase during the next few days in consequence of the liquidation in stocks and shares. Speculative business on the Stock Exchange con tinues dull, and as there are very few dealings for investment, the English market presents a quiet appearance. Upon the whole, however, prices are a shade firmer, Consols being 942- I for money and 94 1 1 I for the account. Much attention is still paid to the advices from the Continent, but the opera tors are very cautious, and, if inclined to deal, limit their transactions, and avail themselves of the earliest opportunity to realise a profit. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady at 951 ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is 104,1; ditto 5 per Cent. enfaced paper, 981- ; and ditto 51 per Cent. ditto, 104 ; Bank Stock is 229 i and 231; Exchequer Bills are 235. to 265. prem. _ . A fair amount of business has been transacted in the Foreign Stock Market, and prices show au improvement. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 791 to 79i ; ditto New Loan, 66i. Mexican have ad vanced to 221, ; Russian 41 per Cents., to 081 ; ditto 3 per Cents., to 65 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. are 82; and Peruvian 41 per Cents., 94t. The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are firm at 21 3 prem. ; the Universal ditto are I prem.; the London and Provincial ditto, 4 ; prem.; the Canadian Loan is 2 1 prem. ; and the Buenos Ayres and San Fernando Railway,: I prem. The arrangement of the account has been in pro gress in the Railway Share Market, and a great por• tion of the business transacted has been in connection with that operation. Caledonian, Edinburgh,Perth, and Dundee, London and Black wall, South Western, North British, and North Eastern (Berwick), have declined ss. ; Great Western and Midland ad vanced ss. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s. ; and South Eastern, £l. .....In_ the Foreign Market prices were nominally unaltered. _ The Colonial undertakings were inactive. Grand Trunk of Canada improved to 35t, and Great India Peninsula to 991-. East Indian im proved to 101 and 1011. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have shown little variation of importance. Bank of Australasia declined to 771 ; London Joint Stock to 311 ; and Union of Australia to 46. Canada Land were firm at 125 and 126. Crystal Palace at 30. Peel River Land brought 49, and Van Diemen's Laud 111. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9sf 5 f II per Cent. Consols Annuities N.w 3 per Cent. Annuities 95 f India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced raper, 4 per cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 5} per Cent . lO4 Consols for Account (March) India Stock for Acounnt . Ditto 5 per Cent lO4 1 E achequer Bills, £l,OOO, I;d.. .• Ditto £5OO 23 6 Ditto Small, lid. - - FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES 'Nowa Ayres, 6 per Cent liexiaan 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Peruvian 4} per Cent 941 Ditto Account Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ...... ... Ditto 41 per Cent. Ditto, 3 por Cent., 185 9 65 Sardinian ' o per Cent liplaish 3 per Cent Ditto Deferred 3 per Cent. Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK Consols, Money 94/ Ditto Account (March 8) 94 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 28.—Wind,_this day at noon, West blowing a heavy gale. CLYDE, Feb. 25.—Wind S.W., strong gale Arrived —W. H. Jenkins, from St. John's, N.B. SWANSEA, Feb. 25.—Arrived—Stately, from Cuba. PLY/ft:II7TM, Feb. 27.—Wind W.N.W., strong—Arrived S —Le France, from Havre for the Brazils. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 25.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— H.M.S. Euryalus, from the Mediterranean. 27.—1 t blew St, a hard gale all last night, which still continues. F LEET WOOD, Feb. 27.—Wind N.W., strong gales.- Arrived—The Favourite, from Savannah. St, THE IMPERIAL LINEN COMPANY. —There has sti evidently existed during the last three or four years a grow ing tendency amongst the ma nufacturing interests to direct ?itt, the stream of the retail trades again, as was once the ens- St, ton, into special channels, from the store s y stem and the Ste selling of everything; specialites, as the French h ave it, Sti are now the order of the day, and another of these has been 1 added to the many, under the title of " The Imperial Linen Company," the head office of which the large Man cheater manufacturers, from which it dates its origin, have 2 opened in Wigmore-street. Let them proceed as they have sti commenced, and many thousand housekeepers will erelong St eagerly seek the advantages that their prices offer—prices which this company confess are fairly remunerative, and which it is fully determined to adhere to. HAMPSTEAD HEATH AGAIN IN DANGER.—On Saturday, at the weekly meeting of the Council of Maryle bone, at the Court-house, Mr. Nicholay drew attention to the fresh attempt being made in Parliament, with regard to building in the vicinity of Hampstead Heath. A bill has been introduced to repeal the clause of the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Act, which prohibited the Court of Chancery from granting powers to persons to build on estates where applications had been previously made to Parliament for such powers, and such application had been rejected upon their merits. This bill was introduced into Parliament last week, and stood for a second reading on Wednesday last. Some one, however, called the attention of Mr. Edwin James to the circumstance, and through his interposition the second reading of the bill was put off till Wednesday next. The council adopted a petition against the bill. The leaseholders and copyholdere of Hampstead and the parish of St. Pancras have also petitioned against the measure. DESTISOCTION OF AN EASTERN TOWN.—The Clyde steam-packet, which has just arrived at Marseilles front Syria and Smyrna, brings an account of the almost total destruction of the town of Dardanelles by fire on the night of the 19th inst. the part of the town in which the conflagration commenced was that where the foreign con suls and the principal commercial men reside. The French consul, M. Battus, had barely time to escape and to save the books and papers of his office. The house of the agent of the Compagnie des Messageries Imperiales was torn down in order to prevent the flames from reaching that of the Pacha.' Five children are said to have been burnt, but nothing positive is known. THE GREAT EASTERN STEAMSHIP AND PARO CHIAL Ra.TEs.—During the time the Great Eastern Steamer was lying in the Thames, off Deptford, the chains in connection with her moorings were attached to fasten ings in a piece of laud or wharf within the parish of St. Nicholas, Deptford. This was held b y the p arish authori ties to be a beneficial occupation on the part of the company to w hich and w im h e ie d h (t t oh h teh e re g ar great rates bein eat V ship belonged, and an as sessment to the r. Ng made asace oldingly m ade. The amount quarterly) was £9 6 s. B d. , and the de man d for payment no t ha v ing been complied with, a summons was applied for before the police magistrate of the district, an d of the amount Clrmed. sday Dig. Seeker, the presiding mag istrate at the Greenwich_ .Police Court, made an order for pay ment a THAMES CONSERVANCY —A curious case con nected with the conservancy et of the river came before the mag istrates at the Petty day last, the conserva y to S rs ess o i f c ' n t s h a e t R T o h c a h m f o e r s d , e l o a n h n T i h n u g r sa penalty of £lO from a fisherman i nder the old act, for ob structing one ef their officers. Ir. Metcalfe, barrister, at tended on behalf of the conservators. the appeared that the Ps whe s n iau e m officer entered his fisherman was taking shrimps boat to see that he avoided taking when the fisher man obstructed him, and denied his right. The conse quence was these proceedings, under the Act of George 11. Mr. Metcalfe said the only object sought was to protect the fishing for the bene fit of those who, enga g ed in the same trade, duly carried out the regulations of the law; but the magistrates decided, that although under the old act the conservators were empowered to protect the fishing, the duty of so doing had not passed to the present conservators, inasmuch as the Thames Conservancy Act of 1857 gave them power over the river itself simply, but did not allude to fishing. A case was stated for the opinion of the Court of Queen's Bench.' SHARE MARKE S.-( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES A: ND rrocKs. Shxre //Airways. Closing Price. 12.10 iNtraing.liot At. and Eastern Junction 50 ! Belfast and Baltymen2 13.14 !Bir., and .str. Val Stock! 11 rk., TA., awl Ch. June 25 IMackburn 25 !Blyth and Tyne 10 Iliost.Slelli.dt llli 1. Coun Stock j Bristol and Exeter Stock ;Caledonian 10 ( Carmarthen Cardigan! 50 Cork and Balltion 20 Cork, lilkrockdkrassagel 20 jCornwall 10 I D - 0. A A reves. no div. unt ilOp.c.per an. 111 10 , Do. B hasbeen 50 Dublin andßelfast June. 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June Stock (East Anglian Stook IN:astern Counties Stock Eastern Union A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock 25 Do.Nw.N.(lte.E.U3ds) 20 East Suffolk 10 Do Stock .Edinburg and Glasgow Stock Edin.,Perth, - & Dundee 10 'Forth & Clyde Junction Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn 10 Great North of Scotland Stock Great Northern Stock Do. do. A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock Stock Gt. South. & Wstn.(lreld) Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.ltail Gua.Stk 12 Irish South Eastern Stock' Lancashire & Yorkshire' Stock London and Blackwell.; Stock Lon.,Brizliton &S.Coast 25 Lond. Chat. and Doverl Stock Loudon & North Westn , 12 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen Stock Man., Shef., Lincoln 50 Maryport and Carlisle 124 Do. do. Shares 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland Stock Do. Birming. & Derby , 50 %lid. Gt. West. (Ireland) 25 Do. a Shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do. (Cray Line) WO Newcastle and Carlisle 25 New., Aber., & Iferefd, 10 Newry & Armagh ( let.) 20 Newry, Warpt., & ttos Stock Norfolk 50 North. Counties Union Stock North British Stock N or. Dev. Rail. &Dk. Stk Stook 1)o.A Stk.—Arec.no div until tip.c.hasbeenpdli Stock Do. B Stock Stock Nor th-Eastn.—Berwick, 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Stock Do. Leeds Stock Do. York Stock North London 20 North Staffordshire 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver 10 Peebles 20 Portsmouth 10 ithymney Stock Scottish Central Stock South. N.H., Aber. Stock Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Stock Shropshire Union 10 liittinqbourne & Sheer. Stock ,South Devon StockiSouth-Eastern Stock I south Wales Stock South Yorks.& Itiv.Dun. 20 ;Staines, Wok., & Wok. , 25 IStockton & Darlington: , 25 I Do. do. IStockton & Hartlepool' Stock 'Taff Vale Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesnavenDk&Rail 50 Ulster 25 Do. 12 10 Do. Stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Station & Pim Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 50 Waterford & Limerick 20 West Cornwall 20 West London 10 Do. Ist Class 20 Do. 2d Class PREFERENCE SHARES. ei 64 f-} FI 73 74 lli 12h 64 7 104 i 105 i 92i DI 6 6i 74 8 14 15 57 68 3'l 41 27 29 814 524 281 294 101 103 109 i 110; 99 101 133 135 111 112 691 70} 60 65 10068 9 1 1001 6 110 112 I 124 13i 90i 912 92 8 10 40 41 24 104 109! 87 89 9 104 all 10 3i 100 100 100 'lOO IGO 1613 4 100 100 I I 100 171 all 100 all all 164 100 100 58 60 3 1 d 61i 611 921 921 if d 464 47 vs} 761 108 HO 34 9 94 28 -10 71 81 14 16 701 70 1 1 114 116 274 484 4 ti 87 48 49 I 3d 42 14 88 884 t 8 ;0 70 72 6 8 89 40 8 1 9 4 1) 551 564 2 4 3 4 1) i kp 5% d Al 104 101 1001 69 901 100 I 92k 1091 921 a 5 1 61 2i t 80 At i 1 i Closing Business Share! Railways. 1 Paid• 1 Prioe. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne It per, C. pref. (issued at £ so )' Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares tock i Caledon £lO, 45 per cent 12.10 j Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 61 Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. 61 Dun. Perth,&Aber.Jun Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc— . Stock Do. do. Class C 7 po Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ot. No.l Stock; Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per et. Stook Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ot. Rock Edin.&Glas. 5 po shares Stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... Stock Glas. &S West.— a. 5 pc. Stock Great Northern, 5 p. at. Stock Do. 5 poßedm.,lop.c.pm Stock 'Do. 45 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 IGt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt ; Gt.Sn & W (Ireland) 4 Stock l ' p. et. pref. Stock , 50 Great West. (Berke and, 11 ante) Ext. 5 p.ct St ock Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct.' Stock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Stock , Do. Irredeemable, do St ock Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref. S Do. Birm. Prof. Shares 10 Int. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref Stock Do Birming. guar. stock 261 Do. Chester guar.shares 135 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. it ock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock ;lock Do.Barnsl.St.Cs 3slocipc itock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) ,tock on.& Br g.sl)e. gu. No 1 tock Do. , 5 p. c No. took flo. gun... 6 p. ct. toek Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 took ,Do. Do. 45 per cent 5 I Do. do. 45 per c. shares took! Do. 7 per nrn t. Pref. St. , ockl D 0.6 p.c. do (IV.E.&C.P.) 'ock i Do.4 p.c S.(div.def.til' (15) , 25 d. Chat. and Dover! ock 1,0 n.& N. W.Cov. un - I eaton, 5 p. et. ,ock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock. 12 , Londondy & Cole, shs.l 12 4 ILondoudy.& Ennis 5 sh. bock I Nlan.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. et. 6 Do. £6 tool , Do. 31 ner cent. 10 Do. redeem. 6 per ceqt 125 INfaryport & Car., 4 p.c.' ( Do. 41 per cent.. I ` 2 Do. ock Nfld. Con. 6 p. c. Stock .1 ock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct ock Do. 45 p.t. pref. stock 6 t)o. with option till 1864 ock Do. Leic. & llit.pref. st. 10 ( Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s p. o. redeem, at 5 p.c. 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. 0. wit) option till 1866 10 DO., till 1863 ,ock Nerfik 5 p.c. Ex.Stk.lB4e .ock Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 ,ock Do.sWavVal.Ex.Sk 1847 Lock North British, 5 per cent bock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent, Lock Nth.Dev.ltail.& D .k.Co. I ock N-East.Cons. Pret.4 p.c. ock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref.' 17 Do. do. do. 26 , Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 pi I Do. do. Quarters, 1846 25 1 , )o. York, 11. &S. Purch. 20 North Staffordshire ock l ox. wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g ock Do. Redeem., 2d gua Stock'Do. Irrecieem., 24 gun. 10 Itl‘vmney Guarantoed. 8 Stockl St ock 35 per c . p ref. stock. Stock. Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 Scotus!!c t i C N e o n r r h a - k n a e s North- Eastern e r P n ' Stock! Do, 7p• c• pref. stock 10s. I South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 i Do. Fixed 45 per cent. 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) .......... Do .45 per cent •... Do. Fixed 45 p.o.lst is. S ou th Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 45 per cent ....... S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c.., ,Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.s. Do. II 6 per cent ... Do. C 6 per cent..... watrfd & Kilkny, 6p.c. all 1 100 94 97 102 104 61 6 9 101 112 118 105 107 114 118 113 115 128 130 82 84 111 113 90 92 77 78 121 123 120 122 112 114 106 108 87 80 100 100 100 100 all all 96 93 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 97 99 S 6 88 84 91 400 IC2 10 I.oi 17 18 10} 101 76 77 20 21 10 10i 15 154 j1:39 141 1 116 118 116 118 140 145 1116 118 1104 INS 132 136 b 6 68 21 22i 17 119 100 44 100 5 all !25 126 I 66 68 I 1/ 104 100 100 100 3 100 1 all [39 141 102 103 9:s l 9 5 10 10, '2 121 par i p 1331 11 113 10 llt 90 92 95 96 1 jd 100 100 100 100 100 1 Id 23 24 121 123 :15 117 76 78 123 125 125 130 11 Ili 24 24 101 103 101 108 VS 92 1(1 102 85 88 28 29 33 34 32 33 50 55 102 i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Keaton! and llletehtey alt Ln &TN. 4 , ~ 1 Buckincrliamshire .... 100 Ln & N.A ' 149 101 , Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do 5l 315 Do. do. 55 p. et..... 100 Do. 124 126 Do. do. sp. et. Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin,lo3 105 1 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.ALE C 155 165 I.3.Lincolnshire,o'.6p.c. 100 GlNorth.'l4o 142 1 Union,liarwichSlis. all E.Counts., 45 45 Do. Woodbridge ... 1,10 , Gls.ltarr.&Neils,Dret., 100 Caledoninl Do. New lOO Do. ' Gloster& Dean Forest, all Gt. West ', Dartlpool.Dck.&ftait.! all Yk.N.&fir, Dull and Selby ' all Yk.N.Md.lll 113 I Do. 5 Shares : all I Do. — Do. A Shares 1 all Do. I .11111. lanc.tClarl.gua.s p.c. 100 Lit& N`l , Y 210 214 I/nion&Greenwieti .1 100 IS. East , 64 66 1/o. , Preferenee llOO , Do. Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. , 100 , Pet° &Co ' 93 05 Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. l 100 ;Norfolk I Do. 6 per cent , 100 I Do. ' Nranc., Ituxtu. & Matk., all LN W&M , 25 25 Mid. Bradford 'Prefer- i I ence Stock Newmarkt.,llnry Ex ;. 5.6.! E.Ccunts 1 Iy , guaranteed 5 p. c. Nortlin.& Eastn. 5 p.c I all ' Do. 1 57 59 Do. do. 6 per cent.... all Do. — Do. Fixed 5 per cent.' all , Do. ! North Western , all Midland , 145 15 I.& N W Proton and Wyro. I 1 an s, L.Yk. ' Do. 5 !Shan s 4...' all , Do. ' _ Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep , 100 'Gt.North 135 137 Slirewsbry& Hereford, 100 i T Brassoy l lo4 106 Do. DO. 1 1 ' •••• t i i P S ou th Staffordshire.. all 31 ` Clean .1 105 ii Wilts and Somerset.. , 100 Gt. West 190 92 Wimbledon& Croydn.; all .L.&llreinl 75 85 DOCKS. Dooko. i • Stock Commercial ............1 100 Stock ; Do 4 pereent :Fret • 3lin. 100 Stock , EaKt and West India... 100 Stock London ................ 100 Stock St. Katharine.......... 1 00 1 -- Stock Southampton .......... 100 —'... Stock;Victoria .....................••, 100 1 02 104 r 10 iDo New 4.111111411/••••10: I 2 ..... i n LeaAing i C. l os. l ng l _it us_si Paid. Co.'s. Price. Done. Paid I Closing Busin OR ewe Price. Dose. Share t'ald. 921 I THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1660. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—( This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Mr. Commissioner Holroyd was the only sitting commis sioner engaged during the morning up stairs hearing private applications. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, _Seven o' Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF L9RDS—(Tms EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. - - - -- - The Duke of MARLBOROUGH laid on the bible the report and evidence on the Church-rate Committee. THE PLEA OF GUILTY. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Law Amendment Society, praying their lordships to pass a bill he introduced a few nights ago for the purpose of abolishing the plea of guilty or not guilty, and providing that the judge at a criminal trial should ask the prisoner, " Do you desire to be tried or not." The noble and learned lord then explained a misapprehen sion that had arisen with reference to the annual address he had made at Bradford on the subject of bribery. His de liberate opinion was the same that it had ever been, viz., tlut it would never do to punish bribery merely as a misde meanour, but that it must be dealt with as a felony, and until it was so treated it would never be finally suppressed. COMPANIES (1860) BILL. This bill passed through eonimittee. PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION (INDIA) BILL. This bill was read a second time. COURT OF CHANCERY BILL. This blli was read a third time and passed. OFFENCES IN IRELAND. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved for a series of returns relating to offences against the person, and the rewards that had been given by Government for the ap prehension of criminals, from 4850 to 1860. The noble lord entered at some length into the subject of crime in Ireland, and said he was utterly at a loss to understand how it was that in Ireland, where there was a constabulary amounting to 12,000 and 72 magistrates, crime was so pre • valent. The Duko of SOMERSET said if the noble lord would slightly alter the terms of his motion there would be objec tion to the returns moved for. The required alteration was made, and the returns wore ordered. [LEST SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—jilts EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. At the time of private business, Colonel W. PATTEN drew the attention of the house to the inconvenience and expense occasioned by non-attendance of members on committees on pri vate bills. The plan adopted was to appoint these committees for such times as hon. gentlemen might select as being mast convenient for them to serve. The committee on Group No. 1 of Private Bills was tohave assembled that morning, but Mr. J. P. Hennessy, mem ber for King's County, was absent; the consequence was that the party interested in one of the bills of the group was put to the expense of £3OO, and would perhaps have to pay even a larger amount. Mr. RIDLEY, chairman of the committee in question, also commented on the hardship inflicted by the non-at tendaace of the hon. member on the committee. Mr. BOUVERIE moved that the lion.lneriber in ques tion be ordered to attend in his place on the committee to morrow morning. He thought that the house was entitled to an explanation of his conduct from the hon. member. After some conversation, in the course of which Colonel W. PATTEN 'stated that kr. ife - nnessy had gone that day to Ireland, an amendment was moved to the effect, that "attend this house" should be substituted for attending the committee, which was agreed to, the ori ginal motion having been previously negatived. BOROUGH OF DUNDALK. The SPEAKER announced that he had received A communication to the effect that the petition against the return of the members for this borough was withdrawn. Henry Adolphus Simonds, Gent,. to be Lieutenant; Blackall Simonds, Gent., to be Ensign. County of Oxford.-3d Oxford Rifle Volunteers—Timothy - 'Edward Cobb, *Banker,' to be Lieutenant; John Potts, Gent.. to be Ensign. County - of Sussex.— 6th Sussex Rifle Volunteere—The Hon. Percy Scawen Wyndham to be Lieutenant ; the Hon. Edward Tumour, commonly called Viscount Tur nour, to be Ensign. 4th Sussex Rifle Volunteers.— Inige Gell to be Lieutenant ; William Beard to be En sign. Bth Sussex Rifle Volunteers— Sir Charles Goring, Bart., to be Captain. County of Carmarthen.—lst Carmarthenshire Rifle Volunteers—The Viscount Ernlyn to be Captain; John Lewes Thomas Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Frederick Lloyd Philipps, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d Carmarthen shire Rifle Volunteers—David John Browne Ed wardes, Esq., to be Captain. County of Devon.—Exeter and South Devon Rifle Volun teers—George Henry Courtenay to be Captain ; James Gordon, to be Captain; John Wm. Harris to be Lieu tenant; Herbert Rocke to be Lieutenant; George Wick ender Cumming to be Ensign; Peter Merrick Hoare to be Ensign ; Sir Edmuud Prideaux, Bart., to be Lieu tenat-Colonel ; Arthur C. Chichester to be Major ; Thos. Holman to be Captain; Chas. Fox to be Lieutenant; John Lempriero de la Garde to be Surgeon, vice Harris resigned. Btn Devon Rifle Volunteers—William Porter to be Cap tain ; Hon. Colin Lindsay to be Lieutenant ; George Newman to be Ensign. sth Devon Artillery Volunteers —John Eyre Kingdon to be Captain ; William Tombs to be First Lieutenant; William Wilcocks to be Second Lieutenant. 4th Devon Artillery Volunteers—Edward Vivian to be Captain; Briscoe Hooper to be First Lieu tenant ; John A Hay to be Second Lieutenant. 2d Devon Rile Volunteers—M. J. Collier to be Lieutenant, vice Daman; resigned; Thomas Butcher, to be Ensig n, vice Collier, promoted ; Frederick Dufty Bewes to be Cap tain ; JosephNorrington to be Lieutenant; John Hawker to be Ensign. Royal Ist Devon Yeomanry Cavalry— Henry William Clarke to be Lieutenant, vice Robert S. Dykes, .deceased; John Northmore to bo Cornet, vice Clarke, promoted ; Richard Preston Bishop to be Cor net, vice Jas. H. Muller, promoted. 2d Devon Artillery Volunteers—T. H. S. Pullin to be Honorary Surgeon; 13th Devon Rifle Volunteers—Horace Vibart Mules to be Captain; George Hutchings Jerrard, M.D., to be Lieutenant; John Robinson Rogers to be Ensign. 3d Devon Artillery Volunteers—Maitland Rossiter Coleman to be Second Lieutenant, vice Cotton, resigned. County of Northumberland.—lst Corps of Northumber land Artillery Volunteers—Captain Potter to be Captain Commandant ; Second Lieutenant Pilter to be First Lieutenant. Ist Corps of Northumberland Rifle Volun teers—Mr. Henry Bell to be Captain; Mr. George Fawcus to be Lieutenant; Mr. Charles Alexander Adam son to be Ensign. County Palatine of Lancaster—Artillery Regiment of Royal Lancaster Militia—Win, Skirving, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Thos. Christie, promoted. Bth Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Captain John Hutchinson to be Captain Commandant; Lieut. W. Hardman Price to be Captain; Ensign Oliver Ormerod Walker, jun., to be Lieutenant, vice William Hardman Price, promoted ; T. Lloyd Price, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Chas Walker, Gent., to be Ensign, vice 0. Ormerod Walker, promoted. 14th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Captain Tyndal Bright to bo Captain Commandant; Lieutenant Charles John Brady to be Captain ; Ensign Henry Jones to be Lieutenant, vice Charles John Brady, promoted. 23d Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Ely Andrew, Esq., to be Captain ' • Joseph Moxon Clementson, Gent., to be Lieu tenant ; John Nield, Gent., to be Ensign. 41st Lanett shire Rifle Volunteers—Richard Patchett, Esq., to be Captain; Hugh M‘Monagle, Gent., to be Ensign. County of Stafford.—Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, 6th Company—Joseph Walker, Gent., t 3 be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon. 10th Company—Michael Hoole Ashwell, Geut., to be Honorary Assistant- Surgeon. 16th Company—Joseph Knight, Esq., to be Captain ; Wil liam Henry Dutton, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; John Smith Mayer, Gent., to be Ensign. 17th Company — George Pudsey Aston, Esq., to be Captain. 18th Com pany—Joseph Barrows, Gentleman, to be Lieute nant; Joseph Pearson, Gentleman, to be Ensign 20th Company—Thomas Bagnall, jun., to be Captain; Henry Williams, Gent,, to be Lieutenant ; E. Hooper, Gent., to be Ensign. 21st Company—Newton J. Lane, Esq., to be Captain ; Josiah Spode, Gent., to be Lieute nant; Robert Lander, Gent., to be Ensign. 22d Com pany—John Harrison, Esq., to be Captain ; Win. B. Harrison, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Robert N. Boyd, Gent., to be Ensign. County. of Chester-4th Company of Cheshire Artillery Volunteers —Henry Anthony Grey, Esq., to be Captain ; Kenneth Powles, Gent., to be first Lieutenant ; William Symson Briggs, Gent., late Corporal in the 3d Company of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers, to be Second Lieutenant. 13th Company of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers—Francis Dukinfield Palmer Astley, Esq., to be Captain; Charles Mimics James Ashton, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Thomas Bailey Hall, Gent., to be Ensign; Alfred Aspland, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant- Surgeon. County of Middlesex: -South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps—Evans Macpherson, Esq., late Major 68th Regi ment, to be Captain ; the Hon. William Edward Fitz maurice, late Major 2d Life Guards, to be Captain ; Francis Henry Atherley, Esq., late Major Rifle Brigade, to be Captain ; John Walrond Clarke, Esq., late Captain 10th Royal Hussars, to be Captain ; Hon. C. S. Vereker, to be Captain ; W. H. Wylde, Esq., to be Captain ; Hugh Haunnersley, Esq., late Lieut. Uxbridge Yeo manry Cavalry, to be Captain; Chas. Appleyard, Esq., to be Captain ; Charles Frederick Hawker, Esq., to be Cap tain; Charles Townshend Murdock, Gent., to be Lieute nant; Henry Langley, Gent., late Sub-Lieutenant 2d Life Guards, to be Lieutenant; Henry Arthur March, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Fredk. Cox, Gent., to be Lieute nant; St. Pierre Butler 11 ook, late Captain 83d Regt. of Militia, to be Ensign; Herman John Richard Gaskoin, Gent., to be Ensign ; George Charles Silk, Gent., to be Ensign ; Thomas Bramah Diplock, Gent., to be Ensign; Frederick Dawson Gilly, Gent., to be Ensign; William Henry Lammin, Gent., to be Supemumery Lieutenant ; George Frederick Parrett, Gent., to be Supenaumery Lieutenant. West Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps—Laurence Oliphant, Esq., to be Captain. 21st Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—Will Adams Dewar, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Thomas William Angell, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Edmund Yates, Gent., to be Ensign ; George Dumeldenger, Gent., to be Ensign. 32nd Mid dlesex Rifle Volunteers—The Hon. Thomas Charles Bruce to be Captain Commandant ; James Thomson, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Edward Frederick Devenish Walshe ' Gent., to be Ensign. County of Kent.—Kent Rifle Volunteers-12th Compan7 —Thomas Horn Fleet, Esq., to be Captain ; Charles E. Rashleigh, Gent., to be Lieutenant; T. Butler, Gent., to be Ensign. 13th Company—John Robin Harris ' Esq., to be Captain ; William Bristow , Gent. , to be Lieu tenant ; Thomas Wm. Merchant, Gent., to be Ensign; William Scott, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon. 15th Company—The notice of Commission of Ensign Balaton, inserted in the Gazette on 21st February inst., should have been as follows :—Thomas Balaton, Esq., M.A., instead of Thomas Balston, Gent. 18th Company Henry Bowden, Esq., late Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Captain ; Clement Satterthwaite, Gent., to be Lieu tenant; Frederick Henry Norman, Gent., to be Ensign; 25th Company—John Blaxland, Esq. , late Colonel 55th Madras Infantry, to be Captain; William Peter John Rogers, Gent., to be Lieutenant; William Barnes, Gent., to be Ensign. County of Southampton.-2d Company of the Hampshire Rifle Volunteers—Thomas Willis Fleming, Esz , to be Captain. 4th Company of the Hampshire Rifle Volun teers—William Stedman, - Gen., to be Honorary Aq sistant Surgeon; Charles John Longcroft, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; George Birt, Gent., to be Ensign. County of Cornwall-2d Cornwall Artillery Volunteers— William Henry Box to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Thomas Alexander Pattison, resigned. 6th Cornwall Rifle Volunteers—Jahn Dingly, Esq., to be Ensign. County of Surrey.-7th Surrey, or Southwark Rifle Volun teers—Captain Francis Marcus Beresford to be Major Commandant; Evan Wynne Roberts, Esq,, to be Cap tain ; John Pope Cox, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; Charles Vincent Boys, Esq., to be Ensign. 9th Surrey Rifle Volunteers—Lieutenant Octavius Orn maney to be Captain; Ensign Edmund Belfour to be Lieutenant ; Alfred Chaworth Lyster, Gent., to be Lieu tenant; Thomas Hardwick Merriman, Gent. ' to be Ensign; Harold Englebach, Gent., to be Ensign. 15th Surrey Rifle Volunteers (Chertsey Subdi vision)—Robert Hay Murray, Esq., to be Lieutenant; IN RE ALCOCK AND COMPANY. These bankrupts were earthenware manufacturers. &c., at Burslem, Staffordshire, and to-day was appointed for the last examination. The failure is to a large extent, and the accounts being voluminous the balance-sheet had pot been filed, and an adjournment took rlace by consent. CENTRAL C_RI2I.I.IN,AL COURT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) THE ROBBERY AT GRESHAM HOUSE. John Edgar and Edmund Moore were charged with stoal ing £ll6 in gold and other moneys, amounting in all to £215, the property of her Majesty. Mr. Cole and Mr. Camplsell appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Metcalfe defended the prisoners. The prosecution was instituted by direction of the Com missioners of Inland Revenue. From the opening statement of the learned counsel for the prosecution it appeared that Mr. Redford, a collector of inland revenue, occupied a portion of the offices used by the Government in Gresham House, Old Broad-street, and on the afternoon of the 16th of January the money in ques- tion was left by him in an iron safe in a cupboard in his office, and on the following morning it was discovered that the lock of the cupboard had been forced, and the safe and its contents were gone. The prisoner Edgar was a carpen ter, and the other prisoner was a French polisher, in the employ of Messrs. Smith, contractors for Government work, at Pimlico, and they had both been at work in Mr. Redford's office shortly beforo the robbery was committed, and it was proved that they were both in the office after Mr. Redford had left, and that they had ample opportunity of committing the robbery if they had been so disposed. Suspicion at once fell upon them, and they were taken into custody, but the evidence was not sufficient to sustain a charge, and they were dismissed. A reward of £5O was then offered for the detection of the offen ders, and a cabman then came forward and stated that on the night of the robbery he took two men, with an iron safe, from the neigbourhood of Old Broad-street, and upon being shown the two prisoners, at once identified them as the men, and said that he drove there to a place called Montague-mews, Bloomsbury, where Edgar resided, and where he and Moore got out of the cab, taking the iron safe with them. The evidence of the cabman was materially con firmd by the evidence ofMr. Field, land lord of the Marlborough Head public house, in Bishopsgate- street, which was to the effect that at the time mentioned by him he saw the pri soners in the cab at his house, and they went away to gether. The prisoners, upon this additional evidence, were again given into custody, and upon the officer going to make a search at Edgar's house his wife handed him a box which contained 57 sovereigns, which was about half the amount of gold that was stolen, and £1 Bs. 8d in copper, amongst which were a great many farthings. A number of farthings were amongst the money stolen. There wore a great many witnesses examined for the pro secution, the principal of whom was James Stokes, the cabdriver. 3607 (examined by Mr. Cole), who said—On the night of the robbery I was on the stand near Gresham House. I was called off the stand about seven o'clock by Moore. He told me to pull round, and I followed him up St. Mary-axe about 30 yards. When I got there I saw the other prisoner with an iron safe by his leg. It was about 18 or 20 inches long and 15 wide. They put the iron safe in the cab and told me to drive to the Marlborough Head, Bishopegate street. Edgar then got out out, went into the house, got a carpenter's basket of tools, put them in the cab, and then returned to the bar for a pint of porter, of which I partook ; he then returned the pot. Edgar then told me to drive to Bloomsbnry-square. At Montague-street Edgar got out and went in the direction of Montague-mews. He returned in a few: minutes, :and as the safe was being taken out of the cab he said, "My portmanteau is very heavy." I re plied that it was. A few days after the robbery I was in a publichouse, where I saw a bill offering a reward for the discovery of the robbery. I told a policeman, who hap pened to be present, all I knew about it. Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—l never expressed any doubt about the identity of the prisoners. I will swear I never did. I saw the bill offering the re ward of £5O, on Thursday night about 10 o'clock 1 had not seen Brett, the officer, or any constable before I gave information. I had never seen either of the prisoners be fore the night of the robbery, and then it was dark. I did not go to Inspector Hamilton. I told the officer who was distributing the bills. I was taken by Brett, the officer, to Edgar's house. Two other officers accompanied us. It was on Friday morning between 9 and 10. The officers went into the house, and I remained outside. I was after wards called in, and on Edgar being pointed out to me, I said he was one of the men. I never, when I was first asked the question, went out of the room with one of the officers, and on my return said I was sure he was the man. I never expressed any doubt about the prisoner's identity. I never, in my depositions, said I went into another roomwith the officer, and on returning to the room said, "I am sure that is one of the men." Atier this the officers and myself left the house. Edgar was not taken into custody. Edgar said he would remain at home as long as they liked. We afterwards walked up the street to the public-house. Tho officers were sent, and the pri soner was: again arrested. By Mr. Metcalfe—l first saw Moore on Friday night as I was on the rank. I immediately said, " I believe him to be the man." I never told Brett I had any doubt about his being the other man. I was quite sure when I saw him at the station-house that he was the man. He was walked up and down by the officers before me. That was after I had said I was certain he was the man. I don't know why he was walked up and down before me. I had never said I withcd to see him walk. I again say I don't know why they walked him before me. I said on Thursday night to the officers I should know him by his walk. I had never seen either of the prisoners before the night I was en gaged by them. Edgar paid me. By Mr. Cole—there was plenty of light from the street lamps for me to see Edgar when he first engaged me. I had not the slightest doubt about the identity of the prisoners. Mr. Field, the landlord of the Marlborough Head Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, confirmed the evidence of the cabman in every particular. The learned counsel, in addressing the jury for the pri soners, contended that it was clearly a case of mistaken identity, and commented very severely upon the conduct of the cabman, who had not thought fit to open his mouth be fore a reward of f... 50 was offered for the apprehension of the persons committing the robbery. The Recorder having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of guilty against boti prisoners, and they were each sentenced to 18ixonthe hard labour in the House ce Correction. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) The Court was occupied the whole of the morning with Mint cases, none of which possessed the slightest interest. POLICE INTELLIGE'NOE-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH .STREET. UNPROVOKED ASSAULT ON A SOLDIER —A FORTUNATE WITNESS.—EIIen Hurst, a low looking woman, was charged before Mr. Beadon with committing a savage and unpro voked assault on Charles Moyes, a private of the Ist bat- talion of Scots Fusiliers. The complainant said that on the previous night he was returning to the St. George's Barracks down Pulteney street, when the prisoner, whom he had never seen before, struck him on the head with a basin, smashing the basin to pieces and inflicting a very severe wound on his head. Prisoner said she threw the basin at the soldier, but did not intend to hurt him. Butcher, a constable of the C division, said he saw the soldier walking quietly along Pulteney-street, and saw the prisoner walk behind hint and take from under her shawl a basin with which she struck him on the head. The soldier appeared to be sober, and the prisoner was well known. Mr. Beadon said it was excessively had struckfortunate the con stable was a witness If the soldierher she wou ld have asked him to give hi nt th ree months* He was sor ry he could not give her more, but he should give her s the longest term h, could, and should, therefore, fine her ' or two months. Charles Kellett and Francis Williams, two young wer e next charged with a very unprovoked assaulton men, John proved by of 8, Sutton-street, Soho, and the case bein g by the compla inant and b y Mr. Kitt, of the Rose and Crown, Charlotte -street, Foley-place, Kellett was fined 40s. or a month, and Williams having also assaulted a constable, was fined 40s. and a month. OBTAINING AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF GOODS la FALSE PRETENCES FROM MESSRS. MEClif S.—Ralph Cavendish, of 40, B r ompton-crescent, Brompton, was charged before Mr. Beadon, by Sergeant Silverton, of the C division, with obtaining by false and fraudulent pre tences at 112, Regent-street, 1 dressing case, 1 dressing bag, 1 despatch box, and of her articles of the value of £309 165., the property of Messrs. John Joseph Mechi, and Charles Bazin, dressing-case makers. Some of the property was produced in court by Sergeant Silverton. It appears that the accused presented to a person from Messrs. Mechis, who t ook the goods, a cheque on Messrs. Drummond, for the amount of £309 165., and they having a suspicion, got the services of Sergeant Sil verton, who accompanied the shopman. Sergeant Silver ton watched the place while inquiries were made at the bank, and it being there found that the prisoner had no effects the sergeant took the prisoner into custody, finding property to the amount of about £5OO in bis possession, which he had obtained from different tradesmen. Sergeant Silverton asked for a remand, which was granted. The recovery of the property is due to the exertions of the sergeant, who acted with the greatest promptitude in the matter, CARLISLE. Mr. COBBET T, as chairman of the committee appointed to try tLe merits of the petition against the return of Sir J. Graham and Mr. Lawson, stated, amid much cheering,that the committee were of opinion that the hon. members had been duly elected. WEYMOUTH PETITION. Mr. EGERTON announced that the committee on this petition were unanimously of opinion that Mr. R. Bruce and Viscount Raynliam were duly elected. 'SAVOY AND NICE. Mr. M. MILNES said that he hoped the hon. member for Bridgewater (Mr. Kinglake) would postpone the motion of which ho had given notice relative to the proposal of the annexation of Savoy and Nice. The papers necessary for properly discussing the subject had not yet been laid on the table, and therefore hon. members were not in a position to enter on the consideration of the question. (Rear, hear.) Sir R. PEEL differed from the last speaker, and in order to enable him to address hon. members, he would move the adjournment of the house. Rumours were afloat which, he feared, were only too well founded on truth, and he thought the present time was the best to enter on the con. sideration of the subject. lie thought Ministers should avail themselves of the earliest opportunity of placing their conduct in a clear and intelligible light before the house and the country. If the Government proved that they had acted in reference to this matter in a proper and straight forward manner, they would receive the support of hon. menitiotio (Hear, irrj Lord J R USS EL ke L said that the papers which he would shortly lay on the table would place the house in a better position than they were at present to discuss the subject fully and fairly. (Rear, hear.) They would also be better able to judgo whether the conduct of the Government was praiseworthy or the reverse. Mr. KINGLAKE said that it was not his intention by his motion to censure her Majesty's Government, because it would be unfair to do so without the papers alluded to by the noble lord the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. He con sidered that time was of vital moment in regard to this question, and therefore he purposed to press his motion. The motion for the adjournment of the house was then negatived. THE HALFPENNY STAMP. Mr. DAWSON asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he was prepared to consider the prop iety of com mencing the scale for the transmission of printed matter at a halfpenny stamp for the first two ounces in weight? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER , said that he would withhold any statement on the subject at present. SAVOY AND NICE. Mr. KINGLAKE then brought forward his motion, which was iu the following terms :--" Address for copies of the correspondence which had taken place between her Majesty's Government and the Government of the Emperor of the French and the King of Sardinia, in respect to the pro posal for annexing Savoy and Nice to the Empire of France." He contended that the proposed annexation was at va riance with the wishes of the provinces in question, and would materially and injuriously a ff e ct the interests of Switzerland. .H e a ll u d e d . to a parte de famille entered into between the Emperor of the French and the King of Sardinia which he believed to have really taken place prior to the marriage of the Princess Clothilde, to show that the annexation in question was an idea for some time entertained by the Emperor of the French. lie did not believe that they should rely too strongly on the statement of the Emperor of the French, that he would consult the wishes of the great Powers of Europe before he took any step in re gard to the proposed annexation. The question involved not only the interests of Italy, but of all Europe, .and he repeated what he had previously said, that in bringing for ward his motion he was not actuated by any feeling of hos tility to her Majesty's Government. Sir It. PEEL seconded the mo , ion, and denounced the proposed annexation as an i nnova ti on dangerous to the comity of nations, which should be at once arrested or sanctioned, in order to prevent future hostility between the Powers of Europe. He gave the Government credit f or a desire to improve the c ommerc i a l re lations of England with other countries ; but it was an extraordinary fact that on - the very day the treaty was signed the Emperor of the French put forward his claims for Savoy. (Hear.) Was this commercial treaty only a sop to enable the Emperor of the French to carry out his schemes of personal aggrandiseme n t, an d h e ca ll e d on the Govern ment to give a denial that night to any such supposi tion. (Hear, hear.) (LEFT SITTING.) LONDON GAZETTE -(THIS EVENING.) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEL 23. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Francis Leopold M'Clintock, Captain in the Royal Navy, LL.D. WAR-OFFICE, FRR. 25. The Queen has been graciously pleased to giro orders for the appointment of Andrew Buchanan, Esq., C. 8., her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary to her Majesty the Queen of Spain, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knivhts Commanders, of the Moat Honourable Order V the Bath. GENERAL ORDER. Dated Horse Guards, Feb. 23, In consideration of the onineniservices of isiajor-Oeus ral Sir Hugh Rose, G.C.8., during the late operations in India, her Majesty has been graciously pleased to promote this distinguished officer to the rank of Lieutenant-General in the army.—By order of his Royal Highness the General Command ing-in• Chief, (Signed) G. A. WETHERALL, Adjt.-Gen. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 28. BREVET.—Major-General Sir Hugh Rose, G.C.8., to be Lieutenant-General. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 27. Rear Admiral of the Blue James Hope, C.B , to be Vice- Admiral of the Blue until further orders, and while em ployed as C o mmander-in -Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels within the limits of the East India Station. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. County of Aberdeen—Colonel Charles Frazer to be Vice- Lieutenant. County of Somerset—Robert James Elton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia , Henry Gully Foy, Esq., to be Surgeon, vice Hugo, de ceased. Bridgewater, or sth Somerset Company of Volunteer Rifle Corps—John Masters, Doctor of Medi cine, to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon. Keynsham or 7th Somerset Company of Volunteer Rifle Corps — James Ireland Clayfield Ireland, Esq., to be Captain ; Charles John Simmons ' Gent , to be Lieutenant; liar ford Lyne, Gent., to he Ensign. Williton or 9th Sinner set Volunteer Rile Corps—John Halliday, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; John Blommart, Esq., to be Ensign. Wells or 10th Somerset Company of Volunteer Rifle Corps— Tohn Nicholls, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant- Surgeon. Stogursey or 11th Somerset Volunteer Rifle Corps--George Fownes Luttrell, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Robert Guy Evered, Esq., to be Ensign. City of London.—London Rifle Volunteer Brigade—His Royal Highness General the Duke of Cambridge„ K.G., to be Honorary Colonel. County of Rutland.—Rutland Militia—John Thomas Keel, Esq., to be Surgeon. County of Cumberlsnd.-2d Cumberland Artillery Volun Leers—Thomas Salkeld, Esq., to be Captain Comman• dant. Ist Cumberland Rifle Volunteers—Robert Ferguson, Esq., to bo Captain Commandant. 3i Cumberland Rifle Volunteers—Major Charles Hamilton Wake to be Cap- tain Commandant. County of Berks.—Berke Rifle Volunteers--let Corps, Ist Company—Henry Bilson Blandy, Gent., to be Lieute nant, vice Charles Stephens, promoted. Ist Corps, 2d Company—Lieut. Charles Stephens to be Captain ; COURSE OF EXCHA.NGE.—This D.Y. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 151 11 151 Antwerp Brussels Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 321 25 371 F 117 rankfort on Maine — a 117 i Vienna Trieste - 13 50 13 70 Petersburgh 341 34;• -- Madrid 49" Cadiz — 49 Leghorn — 30 321 30 g 7, Milan — 25 40 ' 25 45 Genoa .— 25 371 25 42 Naples Palermo — 121 121 Messina . 121 1221 . 52 521 Lisbon Oporto . 52 68 1 Rio Janeiro New York . GO 00 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard),...per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars •••••••"” 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standtxd) „ ,, 0 0 0 South American Doublons ......1 „ 00 0 ~ BANKRUPTS. David Cahn, merchant, Leadenhall-street, to surrender, March 9, at two, and April 13, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Thomas Clark, paper merchant, Bradford, March 22 and April 20. at eleven, at the Lecds District Court. John Slitter, retail brewer, Small lleath, near Birming ham, March 15 and April 5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. John Herd. corn merchant, Liverpool, March 15 and April 2, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Jonathan Brignall, dyer, Manchester, 15th and 29th of March, at twelve, at the District Court of Bankruptcy. Emma Newstoad, licensed victualler. Bedford-street, Bedford-row, March 14, at one, and April 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joseph Allison Crane, merchant, King-street, Cheapside, March 13, at half past two, and April 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Clemerson, ironmonger, Loughborough, Leices tershire, March 13 and April 3, at the Birmingham District Court. William Mullet, grocer, Brookland, Kent, March 9, at half-past twelve, and April 13, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Rodgers draper, North Shields , March 7 and 30, at twelve, at the 'N e wcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. James Lane, sharebroker, Kingsland-place, Kingsland road, March 13, at half-past two, and April 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Minton, manufacturer of materials for wax flowers, New Bond-street, March 10, at twelve, and April IG, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrunptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. James Laing, horse dealer, Edinburgh. Robert Smyth, brewer, Edinburgh. George Hart, auctioneer, Glasgo - v. Robert Walker, innkeeper, Hamilton. Joseph Turnbull, fruiterer, Glasgow. William Allison, joiner, Bishopton, Renfrewshire. Alexander Stewart, house carpenter, Tarland, Aberdeen shire. THE CORPORATION REFORM BILL. A special meeting of the Court of Common Coun cil was held yesterday at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding, " to consider, the Bill in Parliament for the better regulation Of the corporation of the City of London." It having been resolved that the clauses of the bill should be read and discussed seriatim, clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to as they stood. On clause 3, fixing the municipal franchise at £lO, Mr. W. Cox (late M.P. for Finsbury) moved that the franchise should be extended to X 5 house holders, upon the ground that it was generally understood that the parliamentary franchise was about to be reduced below £lO. In the discussion which followed up3n this amendment, various suggestions were made for amending the clause, but it seemed to be generally considered that a £lO franchise would in the City be almost equivalent to universal suffrage, mare especially as occupiers of offices, chambers, ware houses, wharfs, &c., may as the bill stands, claim to be rated the police rate, and so acquire the vote, and a strong desire was evinced that the e:ause should be agreed to intact. Mr. Cox, however, per sisted in pressing his motion to a show of hands, when not more than a dozen hands were held up in its favour; and it was, therefore, negatived by an overwhelming majority. On the same clause, Mr. Alderman MECHI moved the omission of certain words, with the object of preserving the rights of the livery as participatqrs in the election of the Lord Mayor. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY strongly opposed the amendment, urging that the livery had only ob tained what they call their rights by the abominable act 2 George 1., which was obtained for political purposes, and that they had no claim to the franChise except upon the common basis of being house holders or occupiers within the City to the amount of £lO. Other motions were submitted on the same point, and the result of a continued discussion was the adoption of the following, moved by Mr. Alderman Lawrence, viz. :—" That the rights of the livery be preserved in the election of Lord Mayor and Sheriffs conjointly with the ratepayers, and that the clauses of the bill be altered accordingly." On the same clause, Mr. Cox again vindicated his title to be con sidered an "advanced liberal" by moving that in th© municipal elections votes should be taken by ballot. After some discussion, on a show of hands, the " previous question" was declared to be carried, a decision which was affirmed on a division by 81 votes to 26—majority 55. The motion was therefore lost ; the announcement of the munAtrB being received with loud cheers. Clauses frio 17 wore then agreed to. On clause 18, appointing the number of represen tatives to be returned by the different wards of the Common Council, Mr. H. TAYLOR objected to the appointment, as not fairly representing the wealth and property of the different wards, and moved a resolution, assert ing theopinion of the court that .a maximum number of representatives for any ward should be eight, and that in the distribution regard should be paid to the present representation of the existing wards. After a protracted discussion and several divisions an various amendments, which were negatived, the court adjourned, leaving the remaining clauses of the bill for discussion at a future court. ,4NOTHER PIER A P GRAVESEND. THAMES CONSERVANCY, The Court of Conservators met yesterday to hear the objections of the Corporation of Gravesend and of Mr. Quaife, the receiver, under the ; Court of Chancery, of tolls of the Town Pier, Gravesend, to the Court granting a license to the London and Tilbury Railway Company to construct a pier for landing their passengers at West-street, Gravesend. The members present were—Jonathan Thorp, Esq. (chairman), Joseph Turnley, Esq., Commo dore Drummond, C. 8., Admiral Autin, C. 8., and T. H. Fry, Esq. Mr. Matthews, on behalf of the receiver, objected to a license being granted for the purposes intended —lst, because it would be of no advantage to the public ; and, 'idly, it was not necessary for the con venience of the public—both of which requirements, he said, were essential within the spirit and mean ing of the Conservancy Act, and he quoted clauses 57 and 59 as in point. Mr. Matthews stated that the object of the application by the railway com pany was to divert the pier tolls, -id. per passenger (now applied towards paying interest to those who advanced the money to build it) into the coffers of the railway company, and that too at a sacrifice of the comfort of their passengers, who would, if the licence were granted, be landed into a narrow street, where a carriage could not turn. The existing piers were most ample, and her Most Gracious Majesty had been pleased to use them, and express her satisfaction at the great accommodation they gave the public. Mr. Sharland, town clerk of Gravesend, stated that if the licence would only go so far as to a landing for cattle and bona Alie ferry passengers from Tilbury Fort, he could not oppose ; but if it was the intention of the company to construct a pier for passengers generally, he was instructed to object; the corporation having given bonds to the mortgagees of the tolls to guarantee them the inte rest of the moneys advanced. He also submitted that it would be monstrous for the court to enable the railway company to get from it by a side wind what they had not dared to ask when the Railway Act was on its passage through Parliament. The Chairman observed that the objections of Mr. Matthews and Mr. Sharland were very fair and pertinent, and should be considered by the court. TIM REPORTED TREATY BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA. The Independance Beige publishes the following at the head of its political summary " Tbe Morning Chronicle publishes a strange piece of news. It announces that Russia has con cluded, or is about to conclude, an alliance with Austria, by which the latter Power would receive a guarantee for all her possessions at home and abroad, including Hungary and Venetia. The Eng lish journal does not say upon what conditions Austria has succeeded in procuring such extensive advantages ; it confines itself to saying that the guarantee will be given by Prussia, and that Aus tria has herself engaged to conform her policy to the interests of Russia on the Danube, in the Roman Principalities, and in Servia. In other words, Aus tria and Russia would derive the benefits, and Prussia pay the cost. • " We will not simply say that this announcement is improbable ; it is radically false. It suffices to read it to be convinced of this. It is but another version of a report already mentioned by us yester day, according to which Russia had threatened Piedmont with a rupture of diplomatic relations if the annexation should take place. "All these reports emanate from sources inte rested in spreading them, to act in some way or other upon public opinion. What is true is, that Russia, and even Prussia, in their last diplomatic declarations on Italian affairs, thought fit to make some significant reserves on the theories of the English Government upon popular sovereignty, and to shield the principles of their own organisa tion and. the rights of their dynasties. "This attitude has necessarily caused great satis faction at Vienna ; but, as will be seen from our Berlin correspondence, its importance must not be exaggerated. Even at St. Petersburg, the Govern ment—allowance being made for its manner of viewing questions on pure theoretical grounds, and perhaps protesting at the same time against accom plished facts—is, nevertheless, not disposed to take int-) account the necessities of time and place. It is in this respect that its policy differs essentially from that of the Austrian Government, and this is why we do not believe in the famous piece of news of the Morning Chronicle." CAPE OF GOOD ROPE. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY. The Royal Mail steamship Celt, Captain Brown, has arrived. She left the Cape, an. 20 ; St. Helena, Jan. 29 ; and Ascension, Feb. 2. Trade at the Cape was dull and money scarce. A change for the better was hoped for from the Cape and Natal Bank projected in London. Sir George Grey was still looked for by next in coming steamer from England. The vine disease was still spreading, and had identified itself as the " oidium tuckeri ; the extent of its ravages was being exam ined by a eqm mission. Pretorius, Dictator of Transraal, had also been elected president of Orange State. It was believed that the Home Government would not sanction this union. Livingstone's expedition was at Kongone on the 12th of December. All well. An insurrection against the Sultan , of Zanzibar had been quelled by her Majesty's ship Lynx. Advices from Vienna confirm the statement that the Austrian Government, having by the fraudulent over issue of the National Loan, shut the legitimate money market against it, is now contemplating an appeal to the ga mbling propensities of the nation. A " lottery loan" of two hundred millions of florins (nominally £20,000,000 ster ling), is talked of ___._ t-~~ - ~~ IMPERIAL PAIILIAM 1.,N T. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack it five . I'EPTATE BCSINESS. On the - motion of Lord REI)ESDALE, the foliov -- bills were read a second time :—'-Waterford and Limerick;‘i and Great Southern and Western Railway; Holyhead Weer, and Isle of Wight (Eastern Secti o n). - THE BALLOT. Lord TEYNIIAM gave notice that he would on the 16th of Match move a resolution, to the effect that it was expe dient that the votes at elections fur inembars of Parliament should be taken by secret ballot. BLEACHING WORKS. Lord BROUGHAM called the attention of the house to the suffering endured by children of tender age and women in the process of bleaching. It had been proved that child ren between seven and eight years of age had been kept for IS and 20 hours, and in some instance two and three days, in continuous work in bleaching works, during which time they endured the most excruciating hardships. The system pursued towards these poor children was heartrending, many of them only being kept awake by tho use of violent means. What he wished for was that some moans might be adopted to put an end to such dreadful practices, and he begged. to ask the noble earl whether it was the intention of the Government to extend the operation of the factory act to bleaching works. Earl GRANVILLE said he would make inquiry into .the subject, and give the noble and learned lord an answer on another evening. THE MARRIAGE LAWS. Vise'mut DUNGANXON presented a petition, signed by 300 women of Aylesbiry and its immediate neighbour hood, against any measure fur legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister. Lord WODE HOUSE said the noble lord seemed to be ta o lg f pa) o ui p iag i snhtitot he eeo that url t id h i ao with lve a majority sonie of the female population was difficultydeccased i l pife:esying sister b , ia bu ea t s h o e . (Hear, hear.) The noble visc , amt had presented a peti tion signed by three hundred of the women of Aylesbury, and urged the importance of such a petition. Now, he happened to have another petition, not signed by 300 women, but signed by 428 ladies residing in the neighbour hood of Asylesbury—(" hear, hear," and laughter) —quite of an opposite prayer. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) He did not think that any such great evils as the noble Viscount antieipitCd would arise it the alterations required in the marriage law , were made. For himself he should be perfectly willing to let the question be decided by the ladies of Aylesbury. (Rear, hear, and laaehter.) The LORD ~LOIt add he hoped the ladies of England, both for and against the alteration, would come forward and give expression to their opinions on the subject by petition. It was, however, his opinion that the isejority of the female population was against the measure. Viscount DUNGANNON confessed the noble lord (Wodihouse) had the advantage of him on that occasion— (laughter)—but he was firmly convinced the female popu lation generally agreed with those whose petition he had just presented. The subject then dropped. NAVAL RESERVES. The Earl of II ARDWICKE, in rising, pursuant to no tice, to call attention to the state of the naval reserves, said he had a strong desire, so far as he could, to assist the noble duke at,ihe head of the Admiralty in this important ele ment of our national defences. At a time when enormous sums of money were being voted for our armaments it would be a matter of the greatest satisfaction to the country and service to the State if a body of seamen could be relied upon in any sudden emergency for the defence of the na tion. In the present state of Europe we were compelled to keep afloat an armament equal to the carrying on of a con siderable war, and this too at a moment when our relations with our allies were of the most friendly character. It was well known to their lordships that we had always possessed a naval reserve in the whole merchant service, the seamen - in which were liable by Acts of Parliament to serve the Crown in case of any emergency. These statutes were still in force, but public opinion had so anxiously pressed upon the Government the impossibility of raising a force by compul sion, and the facilities of locomotion by sea and land were so rapid, and extended, that the hope of raisin.- seamen by impressment was almost unive rsa lly abandoned ; ano, although there was no intention of repealing the statutes, yet it was felt that they could not be carried out until too late, and until an enemy was thundering at our doors. His noble friend behind him (the Earl of Derby) appointed a commission to consider the best mode of manning the navy,' and in August last an Act was passed empowering the Crown to raise a volunteer reserve of seamen. This year a vote bad been taken on the Navy Estimates for paying this volunteer force, and the present was therefore a fitting time to inquire into the prospects and present condition of our naval reserve. He would not go into the question of reserve steamships, but would• confine himself to the ability to man those ships on any sudden emergency. We had for some years possessed a valuable reserve in the coastguard. The men had all served the Crown at sea for 10 years ; they were thorough seamen, trained to the use of all descriptions of arms, and in the highest vigour of life. They consisted of between 7,000 and 8,000, but not ing..re than about 4,000 were now seamen, the rest having served in the revenue service upon shore. The commissioners hoped that the re venue service would employ more seamen, and that a larger number would be available for the royal navy in case of need. The next portion of the naval reserve were called coast vo lunteers. They were constituted by Act Of Parliament, but they were very inadequate in numbers, and although they might be valuable along the coast at the commencement of a war, yet, being only bound for a year, they could never be sent to sea. The commissioners then recommended that a force of volunteer reserve of 30,000 men should be formed. and held together by a retaining fee. They recommended that their retaining fee should be £6, but that Ll Of this amount should be carried to a pension fund. The object wa to renew, if possible, that Mercantile - Marine Fund which was of so tench value and importance in connecting the whole of the seamen of England together by a common bond. Unfortunately that fund had gone to ruin, but it would be a ' ;;neat object i the present scheme could be con nected withthe Mercantile Marine Fund, the idea being that £1 of the retainer should ' olt to a fund enabling the vo lunteer reserve to receive £l2, £lB, or £2O a year, accord ing to length of service. It was hoped also that the public would liberally aid this fund. They also recommended that naval schools should be established at the different ports for the instruction of boys, and that one portion of the boys should Le draughted off to the Royal navy and an other to the mercantile marine. He earnestly called the attention of the noble duke to these recommendations of the Commissioners. He wished t) make an observation or two on the operation of the third article, regulating the admission of volunteers, by which candidates were re quired to have served five years at sea. The object of this, of course, was to get A. B. seamen. Now, there was no term so vague as that of A. B. seamen. One man might be good for one purpose and another for another, but all received general certificates after service. By proceed ing on this principle of selection the probability was that when they got their 30,000 men they would find that a great many of them were not up to the mark. Why should it not be at once distinctly stated that there were certain qualifications which the men should possess, and why should they not be asked to show on examination what they were able to do ? In this way they would be sure to know what description of men they were who presented themselves. Under the system proposed there could be no certainty of procuring good men. He had heard it said that certificates were even made matters of bargain and sale by the men. Then, as to the system of training, he thought it very inadequate. The volunteers were to be a picked body of seamen, trained to the use of arms, well drilled, and made practically acquainted not only with the use of the great gun, but of small arms. The time set apart for drill was 28 days in the year, which, by deducting Sun days, and the time required for travelling, would be re duced to 22. Now, they knew perfectly well that without an immense deal of practice no man could be of any great value in the management of artillery ; and he feared, there fore, that if the country depended upon these volunteers as being first• rate seamen, accustomed to artillery, and ready to fight an enemy, it would be deceived. (Hear.) He wished next to point out to the noble duke that if they were not able to produce a better class of men than these were likely to be, they would absolutely ruin the reserve they now had. By one of the regulations, No. 151, it was provided that naval volunteers would be eligible for the Coastguard force. He had shown their lordships that they might confidently rely on the Coastguard to the extent that they could go. They might be called off their stations to-day and ready to man a ship to-morrow. But supposing they had 30,000 volunteers of the description he had referred to, and they had a right to enter the Coast guard service after ten or seven years, ho was afraid it would be found that the latter would lose its efficiency. A naval volunteer might pass and not be a seaman at all in the proper sense of the word; he might be only p artially drilled and trained, and, yet after he had been a certain number of years on the books, he would have the right to enter as one of the elite of our reserve, he being an inferior man and unable to perform any of the duties that a coast guard man now discharged. In this way the coastguard force would be deteriorated. There was a body of men, called short-service pensioners, men of good character and who had each served ten years on board a man-of-war. They were now scattered over the face of the earth; but, if permitted to join the reserve force, they would be found a most valuable accession to it. At present they received a pension of 6d. a day, but by making a difference in their pay from £9 to £l5 a-year, the Government would attract an. excellent class of men to the proposed force. Theme was ., at present a description of reserve wleich was coesidererodve. som e value, but which he thought suscertible of imp were now various theeucret purpose t o ard volun facilities for drill to the coastguard and c?a. nmoewntrn menu—he p w o s rts of fo t r he the but might be eleven ships f th aff at er u di e b re g teers Those ships never moved from theirmte hbee donet h o thought gt to t renderif they yw their ere crews s t o re s o e al really n t s n e n t e . is r n n c e 1 1 8 w ; ilisohgedamtooadnayseeratm. At was being laid for them t m o e f m s O e ll n l t e b i n o i N t to r arsta told nce there e w r e h tw i which hseefeme• ra Tney imagined that when in this plan of the Government. they the country that a t. they were liable to be jounced 7r ' t 3 tuo o p v . e n rnm at en a t o a y s o r l e o s in er e N n te t men they entered the service carried off to China or vicseome other distant part of the world in some petty war. He (Lord V spoke the feeling of both houses of Parliame nt and of the o G vernment when he said most where aerdrewwieekell) night ~bieireerki,ogs o nly scheme was shl y of h avi ng distinctly and emphateticgvyiathteutththeebeeneed andnece ssity ca)ject of the whole re course to impre s t rient,soth i a n t te t re h s e t ea . men of the country, in its success, and were of all men, had re greatest war or political accident under the s trongest obligations uevetty to support it. (Hear, hear.) Government to break the contract they had made in this matter with the seamen of England, wHotiulrewsartiisnfidencicethtahte or to take those men from their usual occupations on any such enterprise ; so that they might rest assured that when. they were callee on to serve it would only be in the por foment* of that great duty of national defence which wan incumbent on every citizen. The Duke of SOMERSET said he was not surprised to find that the noble earl took a considerable interest in the success of the plan in question. He assured the noble ear that he did not in the least complain of any criticism or any censure which, might be passed on a scheme which was still an eTperiment, and which was now for the first time being tried on a large scale. He (the Duke of Somerset) might shortly advert to some of the principal recommendations of the Manning Commission, and to the course the Admiralty had pursued with respect to them. They had offered. a num ber of special recommendations, the first, and perhaps, the most important of which related to the establiihment of training ships for boys. On that subject two difff rent plans w ere suggested. One was tha t et Portsmouth and Ply month training vessels should be, s tationed for' leas who should enter them for a time, and then all go iiktovithe -,` ~, ...~.,~ _ _ ~~=: / ~, . ~~