The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-18 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AN 0 COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. I n the general discount market there is no new f eature o f interest. The demand fo r mone y con tinues tolerably active, and as the supply of capital the the hand s o f th e b ro k ers i s not very abundant 'ue official minimum of 4 per cent. is the general quotation for the best bills, although exceptional °Perations are recorded at 41 per cent. T he parting go ld by th e W est I n di a steamer has be en sold at 775. 100., there being no demand for exportation, and the parting silver at 610. The Silver market is excessively flat, and nothing has Yet been done with the " fine" portion of the arriv a l . liaa kr. David Leopold Lewis, financial agent, &c., announced in a circular to his creditors that he has adjudicated himself a bankrupt. The liabilities are understood to be large, and nothing has tran ellred with reference to the probable realisation. There was a genera l upwar d movement i n the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. , Si nce Saturday last the i m p or t s o f s p ec i e h ave " Il lounted to £390,700, and the exports to £75,800. Two o'CLock. t , 4 t Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's ;, je gTain the French 3 per Cent. Renter were 67f. ° „ e . Agitated. ,Olortly after the commencement of business this mus k . nig the English Funds rose k per cent. upon a ` L e llewal of purchases. Since then, however, a re ;lPEte has been produced by a few sales by parties 11 ° purchased at much lower prices a few days e e - in order to realise their profits. Consols ha ve assn 891 2 for money, and 89k 1 for the account, I ld are now 891 f, and 898 k respectively. joreign. Securities havp va r i e d t o some ex t en t , t the tendency has generally been favourable. Xkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 724 731 ; do. Con -4' 46 5, 528 538; Mexictin, 26 1; do. New, 25i I ; 4 r eek, 211 ; Spanish Passi ve 331 1 ; d o . Certi -44") 178 f ; Italian, 631 8 ; do. New, 31 ; and the Confederate Loan, 35 37. 6 the Railway Share Market the dealings have ' ll Moderately active, and prices in most inst ances E' l(3 shown a further short improveme n t. G reat 6, 4Bt rn, Brighton, and Midland ha v e eac h a d vance d ; North Western and South Eastern, each 55.; sNorth Western and South Eastern, each 10s. ; and hat Northern A stock, Lancashire, and York e, and Metropolitan, each £l. tha l le Foreign a n d C o l on i a l li nes show little or no b i lge of importance. •° 4 lllc and Miscellaneous shares are in fair de alld and generally maintain former rates. South a 7,, can Land and Finance are quo t e d 1/ prem., gq Rio de Janeiro Gas, 1i prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. t:p e P° l "Eltna-vr Furins. ` Cent. Consols 'o r °. Account, April 6 8 9 12 * i 4,,_ Cent. Reduced B7l t ~.y. 3 4e 1 ,,. ~ Per Cent •6, B7l , 1)0.1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 7ll 44 4 . p Cent. Jan. 1873 b_tu . tje ; 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — 1 ) ", for 3() yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — 1 / 41 ` ). ' (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — ttiuer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent — )o. Da, X5OO 6 pm ... to , -• £lOO and X2OO I,"f England Stock, 51 par Cent — 1 -1 1)/Ax ri ,iovERNMENT SECURITIES. DStock, 10} per Cent., AprillB74 — b: Account bbo.• Accou Ce nt Do b o : l e per Cent., Oct. 1888 50 , er tificates — D o. . fdifaced Paper 4 per Cent — b o per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do' A l per Cent., May 1879 — o :,Per Cent., Aug. 1866 99 50. B onds, £4OOO pm under £l,OOO illis oi ,F OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ra z e'. Bonds, 5 per Cent — 5 0 .44 5 per Cent — • 41 . Per Cent., 1852-58-60 11 44 D o . 1863 D O l gyres 6 per Cent — '4140 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Per obo 7 6 Cent — ,;0100,• 4, Per Cent — 4 b 5 7, 140 6 per- Cent 1)0' " Per Cent. • _ D Per C t 1864 b 0 s e - P, en " ki ll ], g r l £55 paid p m 5 0. ,o per C en t., 1825 — D Do,' 6 Cent., Per 1864 tk lbi Per Cent., 1773-77, ..£25 paid h t 1 , 1 Principalities 1 4.4,,,uPaid —dis par E 0., i' New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Opt . r °visional Land Warrant — . 1) ,o,1 1 7 per Cent — 'Jo ' e eend Issue — •tlOO Bonds — I) bo • 1864 951 1 5 1 ti, ° ei•-i • •eek , - -P, £sb paid Df, A u Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 5 O " Account b• Coupons 81 I til t Account tiala 5 per Cent. It c 2-1839 and 1850 13 0 4 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) I) 1 865 4 0 S • t„.!_rl,p, 425 paid 0,:74 d per Cent. Ac t D bp c 1864 25 :6-1 - -1.4 6 1:1 0 t ,P:r Cent. Anglo-French 521 Zollf_nch Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c dis I,7 l . :b l i s v i b gean 6 . per Cent., £3O paid 9 81 pm 4 * G 4 Irapenal 5 per Cent 1)0 Dotran T , Per Cent — t , t o t •-!fe rred N,ori n 4ll4 Warrants (Hectares) 0u 3 -11 4- } per Cent. D 0 li• Per C en t. (U r ib arren ) — per 1. 0 o. A r Cent., 1862 11 • eco un fl i •81 1 3'''o n i k e e _ee 3 per Cent., 1853 Do s 3 2' o unt -- e.) O 4per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 11 , 1 44,„:e,cint — uo t i '' Per Cent., 1822, X St., ob ` l / PerG " - ' ent 1800 I) 1 ,0 8 .1 . 1860 "o Per Cent., 1859 1) 6 per ”it o rCent., 1862 14. 1 ,t110i . azi p 1864 fl "o 0 per Cent Ila t k a : 4Ae3count o An Per Cent • — Dl, i 'eennt ',(1A:lw: Deferred — i ) Jo count — L o p assiv e "in 11 t ec ount 331 1 'll Cert. 5 A e of Coup not funded — 'I tcli e , count 1N: 14 4 Per Cent. — bo 4,:_ Per Cent. 1854 Doper — e Cent. 1858 o count 70 i -1)00 Do 6 , Bonds , 75 / o A e v,er Cent. 1862 alp lint 13 ° ' t 10 ,3 /3 ~t,'5 6 , e ,. °lids 73* i r e 4 ° Q - t ;. Cent. 1863 bz,lei aateed, 4 per Cent 99 t p. A ct Per Cent. to. 6 'ount ti 0 0.4 Per Cent, 1862 e ee ° l lnt k ter Cent., 1864 4ll f k 4 Ftt h% lvidends on the above payable in London. b 1 tt, 1 7, 5 tito 4 , Per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Fr 21 1 Per cent., Eu. 25f. • — ft,,?.l!sper Cent., Ex. 12 Gail S o tli k"r Cent. Certifi-aes • 9Bf AL' Ae ilt es, 3 per Cent. — V 4 6 e ellnt :1.. 4. Per Cent. 1861 Ex 25f Qo hn ee ° ll nt " • • 74 47 P li, It TWO O'CLOCK.. g °e's3 unt t iv el l 3o ol Cotton Market—This Day. rO O bad'j'l' ther quiet. Sales p ro b a bl y a b ou t 5 , 000 , s. 6't b , ' t O 4 , vv . • AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE Loga- I k ' ir y 'C't i l v :,,L e l ::;" -- , Monday—Mathematical, at 71, Mr. Adler; Asiatic, at 8, "Drnze N lto etle 'l," Rev. A. Tien ; Architects, at 8. Tues- Vf4 lea' I nstitution, at 8, "British Philosophy," Pro kk:ll,l4%l-1 Ethnological, at 8 ; Statistical, at 8, "The c'ke," Professor Rogers; Engineers, at 8, "Drain %sll.4tare4tis, alaci Metropolitan System." 'Wednesday— dze.ba,l' 4 1; Society of Arts, at 8, "Preservation of 0 4 4: 1 1 4 0h Steet ; Geological, at 8 ; Archreological B }, "Moated Inclosures, Brampton Hall, ,"x, and " Torques," Mr. Cuming. Thurs -111 •uastitution, at 3, "British Philosophy," Pro- A 'oy , 44 0 4 • 1 / 4 kf t Royal, at 81; Antiquaries, at 81. Friday tigor ,°_,ltUti.ol; at 8, " How to View Works of Art, ,, Zesttaacott. Saturday—Royal Institution, at 3, I k tt, lll 4/ . , n 3?Bte nl," Professor Marshall.—Atharmara. Ibi.k,! LEDUC FOR THE MURDER OF HIS Two til o ,l vl lo (4, 4l°l3 LoGliE, March 17.—Leduc, the French- Olfi t E4s, °Z.laed his two sons in the river Lane, at - ov• q „ic,ll ember last, was tried yesterday at St. 4c;44coudemned to die. It is expected that the -4 take place here. SHARE MARKETS—This day. tare! Railways. 14 Bir., Wol., & 6tr. Val a st Blyth and Tyne it Bristol and Exeter li st ^Caledonian l' $J Cork and Bandon a :0 Cornwall _ a 0 I ei 93 rci Iv 129 10 Do A B I A gets no div. 10 1 a been paid to B till6p.c.p.an.has st Dublin & Belfast June. al 25 Dun„Perth, & b.Junc. al t Edinburgh & Glasgow 101 at Glasgow &S. Western 10' 's t Great Eastern, Ord. sik. 01 st Do. E. Angl. 'st No. • 101 at Great North of Scotland 10( at Great Northera lOl t D.,. A stock lOl st Do. B o t Do. ew. Is. at 25 pr 4l at Gt S. and W. of Ireland 10e at Gt. Weste n OriJnal 1 st D . S. Val. Bail gua. at Do. South Wales l4 at Do W. Mid.— Okford 104 at Do. Newpo. t lOl at Do. He eford. ;01 st Lane 'shire & Yorkshire 101 at L - ndon and Blackwali 104 st Lon., Brigh., & S Coast 10 at Lou., ('hat., and Dover 101 St Lou. & North Western 101 st Lon. & South Western 10: Man., Shet., & Lincoln 10( 00 Illaryport and Carlisle al 12i 00. shares st Metropolitan. .l: 10 Do. New at Mid and at Do, Birmin & Derby 10( 0 Mid Gt. W.. Ireland al, 25 1)0.4 shares 25 Kent st No. th British at Do Ed., Pth ;dr Dun lOl st Nth. Eastern Berwick 101 55 Do. G.N •E purchase 16.1 at • Do. Leeds at Do. York Do. Carlisle lOl 22 Po. Stock. & Darling. al 25 De. d 1855...8 2 25 Do. do. 1860-61 at North London 10 10 Do. New 10 Do. do. 18t4 st North Staffordshire 10' N. &S. W Junction a' st Scottish C. ntral at Scot. N. E , Aber. stoc 1. at O. Scot, Mid. stick_ lc, 10 4 1:1!ewa & Wolchpool. al, at Shropshire Union ( st South Devon 4O st -outh E stern .. .. 1( W z 0 .:taines, Wok., & ok al] at Taff Vale 10( 10 Do. C it Vale of Neath it Waterford & Kilkenny 101 it West Cornw All lOl it W. Hartlepool Har.&lt lO4 it Do. A irredeemable lO, t Do. A redeemable 101 66 68 16 17 10 81 86 ►0 107 19 K) 95, 461 10 6 7 0 - - ORDINARY SAKES AND STOCKS. 93 1231 46 7 114} I b 7 111 1171 I 95, i 69 61 1231 4 31 f 1314 f 1 2f 3 1071 i 67 61 7; 9) 1 841 4 40 391 40 I Paid. / Closing I Business Price. done. 73; 3 701 10 1 123 130 )O 141& 14. 0 129 3 0 88 00 0 724 73 0 - 66 CS 49 5 45 47 GO i 0: )0 114 115 )0 87 68 11 10 104 )0 88 29 )0 117 117 I'.) 95 96 , 0 581 5 11 - - 12'i 122 i 132 132)i p 101 1(3 52 2 t 5 26 106 j 107 13.4 - )3 M 67 ;0 9) 100 ll_ 37 38 ;1 10 11 p i 4 p 118 120 11 114 12 5 1 lip 30 76 77 Al 11} Ilf ,00 T;RITIS P .00 Atlantic & St. Lawrence al, st J Born., Baroda, • Cen.ln. loi gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. 14' shares 2011 Buffalo & Lake Huron a. 10 Do Preference al 00 1 Buff Brant, & Goderich luf 6p c. bds. Aux. 87.4 CO Do. do. July 1, 1873 101 00 Do. do. June 1, 1.,74 at Calcutta & E., lim lOl st a e Town Ss Dock, gu lOl 00 Demera a, 7 p.c. per. p al 3t East. Ben al, gu., SCo 10 ' •st East I distil, gu. 5 p.c. 101 z 0 Do J Extension st Grand Trunkot Canada 101 _ _ 100 Do. Equip. Mort. Bond. 1 charge 6 p.c al. [CO Do. Ist ref. Bonds al 100 Do. do. deferred iro Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds., all 100 Do. do. deferred [OO Do. Pref. stock all 00 Do. do. deferred all 00 Do. 4th Pref. stook all .00 Do. do. deterred all st Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.e, 10; 20 0. Gua 5 per cent l% 20 Do. New gua. sp. c at Gt. South of India (lim. gua. 5 per cent et Do 41 per cent lO . 204 Great W , s. of Canada al' 204 D New .. 00 Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay 1873 al DO Po. 5$ do. pay. 18778 all 10 fndian Branch, limited " at Madras, gua. 5 p.c 1 at Do. 41 do gt Do. 43 do IO Do. Fifth Extension at Nfelb. Cor. 6p. c. Ends. 1 50 ,Mel. & Hudson's Bay a , l 0 New Brunswick & Can Class A and B it V. 1. C ' da, pc lst pf.bds 10 it Scinde 14 it Do. Delhi 0 Do. do . ti 4, it Do. Puniaub.... 100 Do.lndus St Flo "' 100 COLONIAL GO VERNM - :ritisb Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec.3l, 1572 Can.Gov.6 p. c.Ja.& July 1877-t4 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1( - D sp. c. Mar, & Sept 10 1 )0. sp. c. Jan. & July 10 Do. 5 p r. Inscribed sk 10 Cape G. Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 10 April & Oct. 1880-1 -10 Do. do: 140.1 10 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lO Ceylon, Nov 1868, 6p. c 10 Do. 1878, do lO Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. t, 101 Natal . -;ov. n per cent lOO N.B.Gov. p.c.Ja.&.l uly 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p . c., 1866 00 Do. 5 p.c. 18 1 to 1876 100 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 New Zealand, 6p. cent ICO Do. 6 per cent lOO Nova Sc tia Gov. 6p. c sterling*, 1875 lOO Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 18 , 8-11 100 Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 Do. do, April & Oct lOO BRITIS' 2 Cam Consul. bold, lim - Chiverton - Clifford A malgamated - - Devon G. Cons. (Taoist - Drake walls 2.1 - East Bassett (Illogan) 3l - East Cara ,on 2.1 - as. Carn Brea 3.4 -- Past Grenville 2.: - East Love,' 2. • - E. W'i Russell ,Tavistk 9.F - Gam.Sz StAubyn(Gweu. 6 4 Gr at L xey, limited al. - Great South Tolgus l.l - G. Wheal Vor theist ~ 44 - Grenvil e 7.8 - Herod's Foot .. . 8." Hingston + owns 4.1 - Margaret Uny Lelant i -- Marke Valley 4.3 4 kt wy tidy Iron Ore, 11 w - Nangi les .. - New Sewn 2 - orth Downs. - North Roskear - N.Wh'l Bassett(lilogan I, - North Wheal Crofty - Prosper United.... - r videnee UnyLvlant 10, - '. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18 - tray Park f - in Croft - West I' as sett (Mogan - W. Caradun (L•skeard - West Chirerton - West Seton - _ Wheal Basoett 'Mogan - Wheal Buller (Redruth 1, - VVhea Ludoutt a. t. - Wheal Mary Ann (Men - Wheal Setoa - Wheal Trelawney (Lis Wheal Uni in 102 104 104 108 108 109 105 107 88 92 98 100 92 91 90 91 104 108 87 90 92 95 102 104 105 107 1061 109; 1091 } MINES. 29 31 1 580 59' 1.0 1 10 19 21 14.. 14 15 4.0 8 64 7.0 4 44 3.8 9 10 0.6 31 41 101 6 8 11 19 ;.0 1.0 2 21 1 :3 33 34 3.3 2i I 13 .4 36 18.0 34 4 94 6 8 3.0 44 5 24 13 Old 19 18 18 !li 35 45 3 - 21 12 14 10.8 6 3.0 14 2 1.8 3 8a .6.7 33 3.5 14 530 550 18.' 20 25 17.. 13 17 9 144 ist 1a 74 81 9 7 8 Ll 60 8241 [74 190 54 100 105 10 12.:. • 8 11 18 ,84 190 200 7 19 20 4 1 I PREFERENCE Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. et( Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., bU North Sterol dshire, 2 HARES. r, 98 PREFEMENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 44 per Cont. pi., Ditto, new per cent pt., 9i London and South-Western, 44 per cent., 98 LINES LEASED AT FIXED:RENTALS. Nottngham and Grantham R. & G. 92 FOREIGN RAILWAYS: Great Luzembourg, 12/ BANKS. Agra and Mssterman's, Um., 1181 193 mance init., 34/ - Anglo Egyptian, lim., 13 Bank of British Columbia, 173 Bank of London. 149 50 Brazilian and Portuguese, Um.. loi Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 311 3 Chartered Liter. of India, London, and China, 501 City, 112 133 Continental. lim., Ditto, new, 71 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), 25 Ditto, issued at 2 pin., Ditto, new. 81 Imperial Ottoman, 16/ Land Mortgag e Bank of India, lim., 5 London B..niof ttexico and S. America. limo, 8 1 8 London Chartered Bank co/Australia, 23 London and County, 72 11 London Joint Stoek, 47 61 London and 11 estminster, 93 , Mercantile and Exchange, Um., 71 Midland Bank, Um., 171 New South Wales, 423 Oriental Bank Corporation, 56 1 Schiele, Punjaub, and Delhi, 11m.,101 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., 33 seam Water Works, lira., 93 I • Bo , bay Gas, lira.. 51 City Offices, Um., 53 Continental Union Gas, lira., 11/ Credit k'oncier and Mobilikr of b.:ngland, 91 Ditto, new, 8 73 Crystal Palace, 343 Discount Corporation. 131 r,bbw Vale, 83 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Um., 41 / Fairb irn itngineering, 63 Financial Corp, ration, Fin ncial Discount, Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 8 Gellivera, lim., 3 3 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Urn., 63 Hudson's Bay, 151 3 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., - International Financial society, Um., 51 Joint Stock Discount, lim.. 8 London Financial Association. lim., 211 Lon on arid Provincial Marine, 3 Milwall Iron Works, 51 :•Jational Discount Company, lim., 141 1 /cean .ri arine Insurance), - 221 - Oriental Commercial. lim., 6 Cuebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, Um., 41 Royal Mail Steam, 963 7 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements. lim.. 243 Telegra; h Construe. and Maintenance, Rm., 81 "1 Thames and Mersey Marinealnsurance), 38 142 ;0 I 44 46 0 f 9 41 •r 0 57 5'3 0 81 8( 11 81 Y 1 0 155 15S 3 3 4 p 108 110 10 IU 10 13 73 76 - - ,SESSIONS. LI I 53 56 100 10 2 1 jd tp 11 4j II tj .9i )0 I 74 78 .0 - - g 7 99 75 85 it 110 102 10 99 100 )0 lOU 101 5 - - 10 1 170 18 I 1 83 0 1 1 68 68 1 56 58 1 60 62 1 53 55 1 60 63 ll 45 48 11 25 27 11 28 26 I 0 100 101 2 id ip 2 I id ip 93 100 ll 8 8 12 12d 11 85 GO d 77 i E.O 2 di 10 994 100 )0 9: 94 10 88 90 2 62 64 3 5 /) 82 81 LOO 98 100 1 09 9i 100 2 I d id v 8 IUO 94 97 NT SECUR: )0 85 ;0 85 )) 85 )0 71 )0 73 10 103 )0 106 10 10 I )0 102 )0 108 THE IJN, LOND - POLIOE INTELLIGENOE,—This Day. THAMES. AUDACIOUS HORSE AND CART ROBBERY.—MiChaBI Dinan and Edward Byrne alias Burns, carmen, who are well known to the police, and who have been convicted of felony, were brought up on remand charged with stealing a horse and cart and three chests of tea, and William Charles Childs, confectioner, of 192, Pentonville-hill, was charged with feloniously receiving the tea, he well know ing it to be stolen. Mr. Thomas Beard, solicitor, conducted the prosecution; Mr. L. Lewis, solicitor, of Ely-place, defended the receiver Childs. On the 10th of January last a lad named Frederick Nicholls, in the service of Mr. Nicholas Dawson, carman, was in charge of his master's van, and took in three chests of Congou tea at the Royal Mint-street tea Warehouses for Dr. Joseph Dorrell, of Church-street, Hackney, grocer. After leaving the tea warehouse Nicholls proceeded with his horse and van to the St. Katherine Dock-house to lodge an order there. He was absent about 10 minutes, and when he left the dock-house the horse, van, and tea were missing. On the same evening the horse and van were found, unat tended and without the three chests of tea, a considerable distance from the St. Katherine Dock. The prisoners Dinan and Byrne were seen on the 10th of January in Church-lane, Whitechapel, by Adam Langley, a police constable, No. 93 11, who knew them well. Dinan was driving Mr. Dawson's horse and van, and Byrne was seated opposite to him. There were three chests of tea in the van. Another witness also saw Dinan and Byrne on the same day•with the van. Both prisoners, on their appre hension, said they were taken for other men very much like them. Byrne said, "This is because I got off the other . _ job, lam taken for this." In consequence of information William Harmer, a police-constable, No. 166 M, searched the house of the receiver, Shields, No. 192, Pentonville-hill, and found 301bs. of tea in an old box, in another box eight or ten poun•is morel and 331bs. of tea in three green cannisters. Harmer asked Childs for receipts and invoices for the tea, and the pri soner said it came from Battle, in Sussex, .in a hogshead of grease, from a Mr. Flint, and that he gave 9d. per lb. for it. Childs had previously said, in answer to questions by Ilsr • mer, that he had a pound or two of tea, or perhaps 201bs. Mr. Joseph Dorrell, grocer, owner of the three chests tea, said it was worth 2s. 3d. per lb., independent of the duty of Is. per lb. Porter Wm. Dunaway, a detective officer, No. 11 11, stated tbafthe prisoners were regular horse and cart thieves. There were a gang of these scoundrels prowling about the docks, warehouses, and sugar-houses. If a carman left his horse and cart or van for a minute to obtain refreshment, or leave delivery orders in a counting-house, there was great danger of his never seeing the load in the van any more. Dinan had been convicted for stealing sugar out of his master's van, and sentenced to nine months' imprison ment and hard labour. Byrne • had been convicted for stealing sugar from a van, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. Harmer said there were two other cases of receiving pro perty knowing it to be stolen against Childs. He found some boots and tarpaulins, the proceeds of other robberies, on the premises of Childs, 192, Pentonville-hill. In consequence of the absence of witnesses, the prisoners were again remanded until Wednesday next. MARKE TS—This Day COVENT GARDEN. Our market is fairly supplied with fruit and vegetables. In most kinds of produce there is a fair average business passing at the following prices:— FRUIT. e. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Foreign do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 6 0 to 10 0 Foreign do 1 0 to 2 6 Melons Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 2 0 to 3 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..4 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries hf svei 0 to 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s d Illieberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 2 6 Walnuts, per 100 1 6to 2 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 0 Peaches, per d 0... 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per la.sv 0 0 to 0 0 Plums, per .110. .. 0 oto 0 0 Davons, pr do. .. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 4 6to 5 6 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 6to 2 6 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 6 tild ditto 2 oso 4 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 1 6to 3 0 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 3to 2 6 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli 0 6to 1 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 60 oto 40 0 Small salad. p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr pnt 1 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 1 oto 1 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 a) Mint and.savory..o oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz buds 0 oto 0 Green peas,o.-sv 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 0 French beans,h.s 0 oto 0 0 j Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. h.s 0 -0 to 0 0 I Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 '0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 01 Rhubarb, per bun 0 9to 1 Spinach 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Brussels sprouts 1 6so 2 0 I Seakale, per bun. 1 oto 2 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od ; geese, Os Od to Os Od each ; goslings, 7s Od to 9s Od ; ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings, 4s Od to 6s 6d ; rabbits, is Od to is 8d each ; wild do., is to 1s 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 9d each ; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s Od ; chickens,7s Od to 8s Od ; barn door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od.; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s Od t o 3 s 6d ; ptarmigan, Os 9d to le Gd each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od; woodcocks, as Odto 4s Od; snipes, is Od to ls 3d ; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; widgeons, is Od to is 6d ; plovers, is Od to is 6d each ; guinea fowls, 4s Od to 7s 6d ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, Is Od to is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 8s Od to 9s Od ; French do., 6s Od to 75 Od per 100 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 2s Od to 3s Od ; trout, Os Od to Os Od; eels, Os 10d to is Od ; prawns, Os Od ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and hali but, 6d per lb ; turbots, 3s Od to 15s Od ; cod, 2s 6d to lOs Od ; brills, Os Od to Os Od ; doreys, is Od to 7s Od ; mul lets, is Od to 2s Od ; lobsters, 1s Od to 4s Od ; crabs, Os 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, Os Od to Os Oct each ; soles, Os 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; common oysters, 12s Od to 60s Od; natives, 84s Od to 90s Od per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to 4s Od ; haddocks, 6s Od to 12s Od ; smelts Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, Os Od to Os Od per 120 ; fresh herrings, Os Od to lOs Od per 120 ; bloaters, Os Od to Os Od per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os Od per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from bid to 7d, of household do:, 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS, Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2d to 3d; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to aid ; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 44d ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 9s Od to 10s Od ; calf-skins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, Gs 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, —s Od to —s Od ; half-breds, lOs Od to 12s Od ; Downs, 7s 6d to 9s 6d; shearlings, is 7d to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od; clover, £5 53 to £6 6s Od; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. Demand inactive. CIIIIBRiILAND.—Meadow hay, £4 48 to £5 7s 6d ; clover, £5 be to £6 6s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. Trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od ; clover, £5 55 to £6 7s 6d ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per load. A moderate inquiry. SHIPPING. INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, March 18.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. OFF ROCHE'S POINT, March 17.—Arrived—City of Boston, screw steamer, from New York. PORTSMOUTH, March 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—White Star, from Melbourne. _ _ OFF THE EDDYSTONE, March 16.—Arrived—Lama, from Bremen for New York. SHIELDS, Maroh 17.—Wind s.—Arrived—Atlantic, from Almeira. CLYDE, March IG.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Conrad, from Mauritius. BRISTOL, March 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Mar B. Gesliori, from Sulina. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Sailed, March 18—. Beta, screw steamer, for' Oporto ; Commodore Perry, for Queensland. g. Passed, March 17—R e i ne de D S E u A d t ,'fr F o ri m d A ay lg M oa orn Ba in , for London ,• Petrel, from London, for Santa Anna. Passed, March 18.—John Scott for Madras ; Peterboro', for Shanghai ; Benthuther, for Valparaiso—all from Lon don ; Dragon, sorew steamer, from Charente for London. Anchored—Julia (of Exeter), from the north, for the west. THE CHINESE GIANT, who is to be the forthcom ing sensation of the season, is nine feet high, according to the Orchestra's account of him, and wears a tail of fabulous proportions, is on the voyage from China ; and it is said that several entrepreneurs are bidding for so great an attrac tion. THE CORPORATION OF LONDON AND THE PRINCESS OF WALES.—Upwards of two years after the event the Corporation of the City of London have had a medal struck to commemorate the public. entry of the Princess Alexandr:a into London on the memorable 7th of March, 1863, and yesterday a deputation from the Royal Enter tainment Committee went from Guildhall to Marlborough house to present copies of it to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. The medal, which is in bronze, and large and massive, bears on one side a likeness of her Royal Highness in relief, with the now household word "Alexandra." The reverse represents the Princess, led by the Prince of Wales, as her Royal Highness is being welcomed by the citizens. The city is symbolised by groups emblematical of Peace and Plenty, and in the back ground is a representation of the triumphal arch erected by the corporation at London-bridge, and through which the Princess passed on her journey to Windsor Castle. Upwards of 200 copies of the medal have been struck, and the then members of the Court of Common Council have been presented with one each, by a recent resolution of that body. IC2 11 2,1 ITIES. SATITRIM EVENIAG, MARCH 18, 18650 i AMERICA. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROLINA. (Per the China.) NEVBERN, March 1. Intelligence from th e N or th C aro li na papers in dicate that both sections are <oncentrating their forces in her borders for the final struggle. A Raleigh paper says that the people of that city will hear the guns of the great ant last battle of the American Rebellion, and flat the traditionary grounds of the Old North Stat?, will be the common graveyard of State rights "and State levies, without which no attempt at secession ;mild have been made. The existence of State lines - gill always be a suffi cient pretext to prompt the 1(01 interest of one sec tion to revolt against the GoNernment, if the other sections refuse to sacrifice their local interest. All history demonstrating th fact, personal interest is paramount love of countr- and even life itself. Hence to make us one famly, one people, and to obliterate these local dangerf,, we must abolish state lines which will give us a ceatral head, the magnet to which all local interest will be attracted, a Republican Government wlich will be the embodi ment of free institutions, s country in which the people cannot run riot, ani plunge into extremes under the cloak of denaocrwy. The Raleigh Progress say; that the Federals are concentrating a force. of 40,000 at Newbern, which will soon be ready to strilo; General Lee's army in conjunction with Sherman's forces. SAN FRANCISCO, March 7. The United States stemner Shubric, Captain Scamnron, 'sailed to'-day wiih Colonel Buickley and party of the Collins' Overland Russian Telegraph Company, bound for Silka, Russian America. The Shubric touches at Victoria, Vancouver's Island, to land a working party to commence build ing at . Fraser River. Mr. Gamble, Superintendent of the California State.. Telegraph Company, went on the Shubric, and lands at Victoria, to finish a small gap in the line between Bellingham Bay and New Westmin ster, British Columbia, on Fraser River. The telegraph line will be working in two or three weeks between San Francisco and British Columbia. CANADA, QUEBEC, March 7. In the House of Assembly on the 4th inst., the Hon. Mr. Darion presented seven additional peti tions against the proposed union of the Provinces. There is a rumour very prevalent, which seems to be well founded, that Mr. Galt, the Finance Minister, is about to impose additional duties, in order to provide for the deficiency •in the revenue. of naval vessels stood in close to the beach to cover the landing. The transports followed them and took positions as nearly as possible in .a line parallel to and about two hundred yards outside of them. The iron -clads moved down to within range of the fort and opened fire upon it. Another division was placed on the northward .)f the landing place, so as to protect our men from any attack from the direc tion of MasOnoro Inlet. At 8 o'clock nearly 200 boats, besides steam-tugs, were sent from the navy to the transports, and the disembarcation of men, provisions, tools, and amunition simultaneously commenced. At 3 o'clock p.m. nearly 8,000 men, with three days' rations in their haversacks and forty rounds of ammunition in their boxes, six days' supply of hard bread in milk, 300,000 additional rounds of small arm ammunition, and sufficient number of intrench ing tools, had been safely landed. The surf on the beach was still quite, high, notwithstanding that the weather had become very pleasant, and owing to it some of the men had their rations and ammunition ruined by water. With this exception no accident of any kind occurred. As soon as the troops had commenced landing pickets were thrown out ; they immediately encoun tered outposts of the enemy, and shots were ex changed with them, but no serious engagement oc curred. A few prisoners were taken, from whom I learned that Hoke's rebel division, which it was supposed had been sent further South, was still here, and that it was his outposts which we were meeting. The first object which I had in view after landing was to throw a defensive line across the peninsula from Cape Fear River to the sea, facing Wilming ton, so as to protect our rear from attack while we should be engaged in operating against Fisher. Our maps indicated that a good position for such a line would be found a short distance above the head of Myrtle Sound, which is a long shallow piece of water separated from the ocean by a. sand spit of about 100 yards in width, and communicated with it by Masonboro Inlet. It was supposed that the right flank of a line at that point would be protected by the Sound, and being above its head, that we should by it control the beach as far up as the inlet, and thus in case of need, be able to land supplies in quiet water there. Our landing place was selected with reference to this idea. An examination after we landed showed that the Sound, for a long distance above its head, was so shallow as to offer no obstacle to the passage of troops at low tide, and as the further down the peninsula we should go, the shorter would be our line across it, it was determined to take up a position where the maps showed a large pond occupying nearly one-third of the width of the peninsula, at about three miles from the fort. Shortly before 5 o'clock, leaving Abbott's brigade to cover our stores, the troops were put in motion for the last-named point. .0n arriving at it, the " pond" was found to be a sand-flat, sometimes covered with water, giving no assistance to the defence of a line established behind it. Nevertheless, it was deter mined to get a line across at this place, and Paine's division, followed by two of Ames's brigades, made their way through. The night was very dark ; much of the ground was a marsh, and ill adapted .to the construction of works, and the distance was found to be too great to be properly defended by the troops which could be spared from the direct attack upon the fort. It was not until 9 o'clock p.m. that Paine succeeded in reaching the river. The ground still nearer the fort was then recon noitered, and found to be much better adapted to our purposes ; accordingly, the troops were with drawn from their last position and established on a line about two miles from the work. They reached this final position about 2 a.m. on the 14th inst. Tools were immediately brought up and intrench ments were commenced. At 8 o'clock a good breast work, reaching from the river to the sea, and par tially- covered by abatis, had been constructed and was in a defensible. condition. It was much im proved afterwards, but from this time our foothold on the peninsula was secured. Early on the morning of the 14th; the landing of the artillery was commenced, and by sunset all the light guns were got on shore. During the follow ing night they were placed on the line, most of them near the river, whero tho enemy, in case. he should attack us, would be least exposed to the fire of the gunboats. Curtis's brigade of Ames's division was moved down toward Fisher during the morning, and at noon his skirmishers, after capturing on their way a small steamer which had come down the river i with shells and forage for the garrison of the fort, reached a small unfinished outwork in front of the west end of the land front of the work. Gen. Curtis, Lieut. Col. (now Brevet Brigadier General) Comstock, the chief engineer of the expe dition, and myself, under the protection of the fire of the fleet, made a careful reconnaissance of the work, getting within 600 yards of it. The report of Gen. Comstock, which, with its accompanying map, is appended hereto, gives a full description of it and its condition at that time. As the result of this reconnaissance, and in view of the extreme difficulty which might be expected in landing supplies and the material fora siege on the open and often tempestuous beaeh, it was de cided to attempt an assault the next day, provided that in the meantime the fire of the navy should so far destroy the palisades as to make one practicable. This decision was communicated to Admiral Porter, who at once placed a division of his vessels in a position to accomplish this last-named object. It was arranged, in consultation with him, that a heavy bombardment from all the vessels should commence early in the morning, and continue up to the moment of the assault, and that even then it should not cease, but should be diverted from the points of attack to other parts of the work. It was decided that an assault should be made at 3 o'clock p.m., that the army should attack on the western half of the land face, and that a column of sailors and marines should assault at the north-east bastion. The fire of the navy continued during the night. At 8 o'clock a.m. of the 15th all of the vessels, except a division left to aid in the defence of our northern line, moved into position, and a fire, magnificent alike for its power and ac curacy, was opened. Ames' division had been selected for the assault. Paine was placed in command of the defensive line, having with him Abbot's brigade, in addition to his own division. Ames' First Brigade—Curtis' —was already at the outwork above mentioned, and in trenches close around it ; his other two brigades, Pennypacker's and Bell's, were moved at noon within supporting distance of him. At 2 o'clock prepare,- tionsfor the assault were commenced. Sixty sharpshooters from the Thirteenth Indiana Volunteers, armed with the Spencer repeating carbine, and 40 others, volunteers from Curtis' brigade, the whole under command of Lieut.-Col. Lent, of the Thirteenth Indiana, were thrown forward at a run to within 175 yards of the work. They were provided with shovels, and soon dug pits for shelter, and commenced firing at the parapet. As soon as this movement commenced the parapet of the fort was manned,and the enemy's fire, both of musketry and artillery, opened. As soon as the sharpshooters were in position, Curtis' brigade was moved forward by regiment at the double quick into line about 475 yards from the work. The men there laid down. This was accomplished under a sharp fire of musketry and artillery, from which, however, they soon sheltered them by digging shallow trenches. When Curtis moved from the outwork, Pennypacker was brought up to it, and Bell was brought into . line 200 yards in his rear. Finding that a good cover from Curtis's men could be found in the reverse slope of a crest 50 yards in the rear of the sharpshooters, they were again moved forward, one regiment at a time, and again covered them selves in the trenches. Pennypacker followed Curtis and occupied the ground vacated by him, and Bell was brought up to the outwork. It had been proposed to blow up and cut down the pali sades. Bags of powder, with fuses attached, had been pre pared, and a party of axemen organised, but the fire of the navy had been so effective during the preceding night and morning, that it was thought unnecessary to use the powder. The. axmen, however, were sent in with the lead ing brigade, and did good service by making openings in portions of the palisading'which the fire of the navy had not been able to reach: At 2.25 p.m, all the preparations were completed, the order to move forward was given to Ames, and a concerted signal was made to Admiral Porter to change the direction of his fire. Curtis's brigade at once sprung from their trenches and dashed forward in line—its left was exposed to a severe enfilading fire,and it obliqued to the right so as to envelop the left of the land front—the ground over which it moved was marshy and difficult, but it soon reached the palisades, passed through them, and effected a lodgment on the para pet. At the same time the column of sailors and marines, under Fleet Capt. K. R. Brees ° advanced up the breach in the most gallant manner attacked the north-east bas tion, but, exposed to a murderous fire, they were unable to get up the parapet. After a severe struggle and a heavy loss of valuable officers and men, it became apparent that nothing could be effected at that point, and they were withdrawn. When Curtis moved forward, Ames directed Pennypacker to move up to the rear of the sharpshooters, and brought Bell up to Pennypacker's last position, and as soon as Curtis got a foothold on the parapet sent Penny packer in to his support. He advanced, overlapping Curtis' right, and drove the enemy from the heavy palisading, which extended from the west end of the land face to the river, capturing a considerable number of their prisoners ; then pushing forward to their left, the two brigades toge ther drove the enemy from about one-quarter of the land face. Ames then brought up Bell's brigade, and moved it between the work and the river. On this side there - was no regular parapet, but there was abundance of cover afforded to the enemy by cavities from which sand had been taken for the parapet, the ruins of barracks and storehouses, the large magazino, and by traverses, behind Which they stub bornly resisted our advance. Hand to hand fighting of the most desperate character ensued, the huge traverses of the land face being used successively by the enemy as breastworks, over the tops of which the contending parties fired in each other' g a es. Nine of these were carried one after the other by uur men. When Bell's brigade was ordered into action, I foresaw that more troops would probably be needed, and sent an order for Abbott's brigade to move down from the north line, at the same time requesting Capt. Breese to replace them a ith his sailors and marines. I also directed Gen• Paine to send me one of the strongest regiments of his own division ; these troops arrived at dusk and reported to Gen. Ames. At 6 o'clock Abbott's brigade went into the fort ; the regiment from Paine's division—the 27th United States coloured troops, - Brevet Brig.-Gen. Blackman, com manding—was brought up to the rear of the work, where it remained under fire for some time, and was then with drawn. Until 6 o'clock the fire of the navy continued upon that portion of the work not occupied by us ; after that time it was directed on the beach, to prevent the coming up of reinforcements, which it was thought might possibly be thrown over from the right bank of the river to Battery Buchanan. The fighting for the traverses continued till nearly 9 o'olock, two more of them being carried.; then a portion of Abbott's brigade drove the enemy from their last remaining strongholds, and the occupation of the work was completed. I" The same brigade, with Gen. Blackman's regiment, were immediately pushed down the Point to Battery Buchanan, whither many of the garrison had fled. On reaching the battery all of the enemy who had not been previously cap tured were made prisoners. Among them were Major- Gen. Whiting and Col. Lamb, the commandant of the fort. At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon Hoke advanced against our line, apparently with the design of attacking it ; but if such was his intention he abandoned it after a skirmish with our pickets. During the day Brevet Brig.-Gen. H. L. Abbott, Chief of Artillery, was busily engaged in landing artillery and am munition, so that if the assault failed siege operations might at once be commenced. Consequent to the fall of Fisher, the enemy during the night of the 16th and 17th, blew up Fort Caswell and aban doned both it and their very extensive works on Smith's Island, at Smithville and Reeve's Point, thus placing in our hands all the works erected to defend the mouth of the Cape Fear River. In all the works were found 169 pieces of artillery, nearly all of which are heavy, over 2,000 stand of small arms, considerable quantities of commissary stores, and full sup plies of ammunition. Our prisoners numbered 112 com missioned officers and 1,971 enlisted men. I have no words to do justice to the behaviour of both officers and men on this occasion ; all that men could do, they did. Better soldiers never fought. Of Gen. Ames I have already spoken in a letter recommending his promo tion. He commanded all the troops engaged, and was constantly under fire. His great coolness, good judgment, and skill, were never more conspicuous than on the assault. Brig. Gen. Curtis and Cols. Pennypacker, Bell, and Abbott —the brigade commanders—led them with the utmost gal lantry. Curtis was wounded, after fighting in the front rank, rifle in hand ; Pennypacker, while carrying the standard of one of his regiments, the first man in a charge over a traverse. Bell was mortally wounded near the pa lisades. Brig.-Gen Paine deserves high praise for the zeal and energy displayed by him in constructing our defensive line, a work absolutely essential to our success. Brevet Brig.-Gen: Blackman deserves mention for the prompt manner he brought his regiment up to the work, and afterwards followed up the retreating enemy. To Brevet Brig.-Gen. C. B. Comstock, Aid-de-Camp on the staff of the Lieutenant-General, I am under the deepest obligations. At every step of our progress I I eceived from him the most valuable assistance. For the final success of our part of the operations the country is more indebted to him than to me. Col. George S. Dodge, Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the James, accompanied me as Chief Quartermaster of the forces under my command. His able and energetic performance of his multifarious duties was all that could Lo ,rlAlied fur, and ron...tod the highest honour upon him. Surgeon Barnes, United States Volunteer; medical di rector, and Surgeon Buzzel, 3d New Hampshire Volun teers, medical inspector of the expedition, discharged their laborious duties on the field and in the hospital in a man lier most creditable to their ability and hunianity. I desire to express my high appreciation of the services of these officers. I shall have the honour to submit a supplemental report in reference to those subordinate officers and enlisted men who distinguished themselves on this occasion. I should signally fail to do my duty were I to omit to speak in terms of the highest admiration of the part borne by the navy in our operations. In all ranks, from Admiral Porter to his seamen, there was the utmost desire not only to do their proper work, but to facilitate in every possible manner the operations of the land forces, To him and to the untiring efforts of his officers and men are we indebted that our men, stores, tools, and ammunition were safely and expeditiously landed, and that our wounded and pri soners were embarked for transportation to the North ; to the great accuracy and power of their firo is owing that we had not to confront a formidable artillery in the assault, and that we were able with but little loss to push forward the men, preparatory to it, to a point nearly as favourable for it as the one they would have occupied had siege ope rations been undertaken and the work systematically ap proached. The assault of the sailors and marines, though it failed, undoubtedly contributed somewhat to our success, and certainly nothing could surpass the perfect skill with which the fleet was handled by its commander. Every re quest which I made to Admiral Porter was most cheer fully complied with, and the utmost harmony has existed between us from the outset to the present time. I forward herewith Gen. Ames' report.—l hare, &c., ALFRED H. TERRY, Major-General. Brig.-Gen. Rawlins, Chief of Staff, City Point, Va. THE TURKISH BATH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 76, Jermyn-street, S.W. Sir,—After my former letter on this subject, the statistics of which Dr. Kidd does not attempt to controvert, I have nothing to say as to danger from the use of the Turkish bath ; but I would beg you to publish the enclosed hastily collected opinions of various medical gentlemen, whose names give weight to the opinions they express.—Your obedient ser vant, JOHN JOHNSON. March 17, 1865. THE 'HAEU4A3I. Dr. Ifriff,rsoEN (Physician to the Sultan). " The bath is looked upon so much in the light of a panacea by the lower orders (the Turk), that they never dream of consulting a physician when taken ill. "The cheap protector of life." Dr. BRYCE (Introducer of the Bath at the Hospital of Kulali). "Potential as is the Turkish bath in aid of treatment during the active period, I hold its peculiar value to con sist in the curtailment of that period, and consequently in the shortening of the period of convalescence. "When I have got the skin to act, I have no fear for the head." Sir JOHN FIFE (Introducer of the Bath into the Newcastle Infirmary for the three Northern Counties). " I have been boiled, or rather roasted again into youth." "I am every day more and more persuaded by my expe rience of the great value of the Turkish bath." Dr. BARTEn.--(lntroducer of the bath into Ireland.) " The Turkish bath has boon for five years in daily use in my establishment. None were ever injured by it. Thousands will acknowledge the benefit they have re ceived, after the failure of all other baths and medical ap- pliances." Dr. GOOLDEN.—(lntroducer of the use of the bath into St. Thomas's Hospital.) " This (the Hammam in Jermyn-stroet) has opened a new era, both for man healthy and man diseased." Dr. ROBERTSON.—{lntroducer of the bath into the Sussex Lunatic Asylum.) " The bath realises for me more than any other agent the requirements of rational medicine, viz., an agent cap able of restoring perverted nutrition to a healthy condition ; and so by rendering each function of the body subservient to its purpose, does it tend to keep up that just balance of vital action which we term health." Dr. BRERETON.—(lntroducer of the bath into Australia.) " I wish to correct a great objection, viz., that the bath is weakening : never was a greater mistake made : the perspi ration has drained away no living tissue, but merely effete and poisonous matter, which was oppressing and not maintaining life. In exchange for this dead material, you have oxygen—the quickener of every function, and the life of the body." " It has become a question with me, not what the bath will cure, but what will it not cure ?" Capture of Fort Fisher, GENERAL TERRY'S, OFFICIAL REPORT. Headquarters United States Forces on FJan. 25, 1865. General,—l have edeT the l Point,on o N.C" ur to submit the fol owing detailed report of the op erat i ons w hi c h re h sulted in the capture of Fort Fisher and the occupa tion of Fort Caswell, and the other works at the mouth of the Cape Fear later : On the 2d inst. I received from the Lieut.-General i n person orders to take command of the troops destined for the movement. They were 3,300 picked men from the Second Division of the Twenty-fourth Army Corps, under Brigadier-General (now Brevet Major-General) Adelbert Ames, the same number from the Third Division of the Twenty-fifth Army Corps, under command of Brig.-General Charles J. Paine, 1,400 men from the Second Brigade of the First Division of the Twenty-fourth Army Corps, tunder Col. (now Brevet Brig.-Gen.) J. C. Abbott, Seventh New Hampshire Volunteers, the Sixteenth New York independent battery with 4.3-inch guns; and light battery E., Third United States Artillery, with six light 12-pounder guns. I was instructed to move them from their positions in the lines on the north side of the James River to Bermuda Landing, in time to commence their embarkation on transport vessels at sunriso - on the 4th inst. In obedience to these orders, the movement com menced at noon of the 3d inst. The troops arrived at the landing at sunset, and there bivouacked for the night. The transports did not arrive as soon as they were expected. The first of them made its appear ance late in the afternoon of the fourth. One of them, the Atlantic, was of too heavy craft to come up the James ; Curtis' Brigade, of Ames' division, was therefore placed on river steamboats, and sent down the river to be transferred to her. The embarkation of the remainder of the force commenced at sunset of the 4th, and was completed at noon of the sth inst. ; each vessel, as soon as it was loaded, was sent to Fort Nonroe, and at nine o'clock p.m. of the sth the whcle fleet way collected in Hampton Roads. The troops were all n heavy marching order, with four days' rations trom the morning of the 4th in their haversacks, and 40 rounds of ammunition in their boxes. No horses, waggons, or ambulances were taken. The caissons of the artillery were left behind ; but addition to the ammunition in the Haber chests, 150 rounds per gun in packing-boxes were embarked. I went down the river Personally with the Lieu tenant-General, and on the vay received from him additional instructions, and the information that orders had been given for the embarkation of a siege train, to consist of 20 3 0-pounder Parrott guns, four 100-pounder Parrotts, and 20 Coehorn mortars, with a detail of artillerists and a company of engi neers, so that in case siege operations should become necessary, the men and material for it might be at hand. These troops, under the command of Brevet- Brigadier-General H. L . Abbott, were to follow me to Beaufort, N, C., a n d await orders. I t was not until this time Oat I wa s i n f orme d F or t Fi s h er was the point against which we mere to operate. During the evening of th e sth or d ers w e r e g i ven for the transports to proceed to sea at four o'clock •• the next morning, and accompanying these orders sealed letters, to be opened when off Cape Henry, directing them to rendezvous, in case of separation from the flagship, at a point 25 miles off Beaufort, North Carolina. The vessels sailed at the appointed hour. During the 6th inst. a severe storm arose which so much impeded our progress that it was not until the morning of the Bth that my own vessel arrived at the rendezvous ; all the others excepting the flagship of General Paine, were still behind. Leaving Brigadier-General Paine to assemble the other ves sels as they should arrive, I went into Beaufort Harbour to communicate with Rear -Admiral Porter, commanding the North Atlantic blockading squadron, with whose fleet the forces under my command were destined to-operate. During the Bth nearly all of the vessels arrived at the rendezvous ; some of them required repairs to their hulls, damaged by the gale, some repairs to their machinery, others needed coal or water. These vessels were brought into the harbour or to the outer anchorage, where their wants were supplied ; all the others remained, until the final sailing of the expe dition, some twenty to twenty-five miles off the land. The weather continued so unfavourable as to afford no prospect that we would be able to make a landing on the open beach of Federal Point until Wednes day, the 11th. On that day Admiral Porter proposed o start, but at high water there_ was still so much surf on the bar that the ironclads and other vessels of heavy draught could not be gotten over it ; our departure was, therefore, delayed till the next day. On the morning tide of the 12th the vessels in the harbour passed out, and the whole fleet of naval vessels and transports got under weigh for this place. As we were leaving, the vessels containing General Abbott's command, came in sight ; orders were sent to them to follow us. We did not arrive off Federal point until nearly night-fall, consequently, and in accordance with the decision of the Admiral, the disembarkation of the troops was not commenced until the next morning. Our subsequent experience fully justified the delay ; it would have been extremely difficult to land the men at night. At 4 o'clock a.m. of the 13th, the inshore division LONDON GAZETTE —Last Evening LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, KWH 16. Notice is hereby given that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold a, Levee at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, ort Wednesday, the 22d of March next, at 2 o'clock • It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to his Royal Highness at the Levee shall be considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, M& 13. Notice is hereby given, that his Royal Highn ess t h e Prince of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold a levee at St. James's Palace,•on behalf of her Majesty, on Wednesday, the sth of April next. It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to his Royal Highness at this levee shall be considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, Fan. 20. Notice is hereby given, that her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold a drawing-room at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Ma jesty, on Saturday, the 25th of March next, at two o'clock. It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to her Royal Highness at this Drawing Room shall be considered-as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty. N.B.—The Knights of the several Orders are to appear in their collars at the Drawing Room, the 25th of March being a Collar Day. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, MARCH 17. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Deputy-Assistant Com missary -General Matthew Bell Irvine to be Assistant- Commissary-General, vice Willan, placed upon the retired list. Deputy -Assist. Commissary-General Walter Thomp son M‘liinstry to be Assistant-Commissary-General, vice Pagan, placed on half-pay. MILITARY STORE DEPARTMENT.— Deputy-Assistant Superintendent of Stores Mansell Octavius Miller to be Assistant Superintendent of Stores, vice Roges, placed on half-pay. Deputy -Assistant Superintendent of Stores J. W. Heritage has been permitted to resign his commission. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 15. The foll Owing promotions to the rank of Lieutenant have this day taken place : Sub-Lieutenants Philip Jago Lucas, Pearson Campbell Johnstone, Charles James Kent, George Gordon Webber, Edward Druminond, William C au l der John Blount, Alger non Charles Littleton, Charles Folliott Cox, Alfred Chas. Harris, William Henry Jocelyn, John William Bracken-- bury, Charles Johnstone, Francis John Jeffery Eliott, Acting . Sub-Lieutenant Lawrence Peel Willan. The undermentioned officers have been this day pro_ moted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's., It eet : Messrs. William Henry Sedgwick, George Ta ylor Alison (Acting), Thomas Scott (Acting), John Gray Taylor, Jas. Daly, Thomas Bromley (Acting), Ed mun d j iti 1 . Murphy, Alex. Purvis (Acting). BANKRUPTS, Tha following - are the only bankrupts of commercial portance in the Gazette : Alfred Baker, merchant, Birmingham Israel Bullen, butcher, King's Lynn John F. Johnson, cabinet maker, Finsbury George Cooke, shoe manufacturer, Northampton BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Henry. William Butler, manufacturer, Murton Henry Collins, land agent, Gower-street William Hodson, grocer, Rotherham SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John M'Dowall and Sons, engineers, Johnstone James M'Call, bedding and iron bedstead manufacturer, Edinburgh. William Gowans, innkeeper, Hamilton, deoeased COURSE OF EXCHANGE-Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 16 Ditto 3 Months. 11 19 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 47 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 20 Ditto 3 Months. 25 45 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1201 Vienna — 11 471 Trieste — 11 47f Petersburgh Berlin 11 17 11 19/ 11 19 25 52/ 25 55 13 9 25 27/ 25 50 25 50 120 i 11 52/ 11 52/ 31+ Madrid 47:i Cadiz - 47 47 47 Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples — 25 57 25 62 Palermo Messina Lisbon — 511 51 Oporto — 511 511 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standar) per oz. ... a 17 9 Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Eallwaya. =es Opened. Receipts. 1865. 1864. 1865. 1864. £ Z 1,964 1.764 805 709 2,195 1,572 5,582 5,503 17,7:0 16,673 1.847 1.278 3 5 5 328 128 115 Belfast and N, Counties l3B 135 Belfast and Comity Down Blyth and Tyne . 2B 28 Bristol and Exeter 1214 1211 Caledonian 2814 £621 Cambrian 9l 84 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61 Cork and Youghal . 324 324 Cornwall 651 651 Deeside l7 17 Dublin & BellastJunction 63 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 Dublin and Aleath Dub. & Wicklow and Wexld 914 911 Furness, &c 5O 5. Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eas tern.Nrfk.,&E. Union Great Northern 3il 353 Great North of Scotland 9l 99 tit. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7li 714 it.Soutim. & Westn.(lrind.) 3871 3731 Great Western 122.) I]B Inverness & Aberdeen June ll7l 1171 Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 1194 Irish North-West ern 145 145 Kent Coast 27 27 Lancashire& Yorkshire 4J3 402 Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 Limerick and Foynes 2 64 20/ Llanelly 461 464 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 51 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2Ol 2614 London, Chatham, & Dover 721 224 Do. Metropolitan Extension 111 104 nau.,Slieffield,&Lincolnsh Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham 9i 95 Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6635 611 Midland Gt. Wes tn. of hind 262 2594 Monkland 714 714 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 1029 1093 North London 9 9 North Staffordshire 254 251 Rhymney l9l 191 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern . . 138 138 Somerset and Dorset 66 66 South Devon South-Eastern 3OB 306 Taff Vale 57 57 Ulster Vale of Clwyd . 1054 10 10 1051 Vale of Neath 431 431 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 West Cornwall 274 274 W. IlaTtlepool II arbr. & Rai 1 524 521 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 Whitehaven Junction l3 13 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction 264 26 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 1854 185 Central Italy lB3 167 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 185 Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1(81 Eastern of France Eastern Bengal llO 110 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1335 18 581 Great Central of Belgium 295 272 t 952 Great Indian Peninsula s'3 55 3 20,516 Great Luxembourg 134 1 79 4,533 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 315 6,383 Madras Madrid, Saragossa StAiicant.. 681 650 19,516 Northern of Canada .. • 94 91 1,314 Northern of France ... 697 697 52,868 Norwegian Trunk .......... 44 44 729 Ottoman ... ..... . ........... 481 481 439 Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn.... 1967 1781 124,138 Paris and Orleans 1616 1611 68.303 Pernambuco 774 , 774 3,256 Sclnde lO5 305 2,545 Do. Punjab, &e , 34 . • , 33 217 South Austrian, &c Southern of France Viotoria Welland .. 1 256 6 22 1 531 7 1 71 5 2 2 9.360 7 !60:7_75 9 0 3 931 39,734 W. & N- Wes tn of France.... 1011 407 1,499 Lit 2 299 242 1,250 1,3) 1,178 1,317 260 208 1,979 1,7% 2,99 t 3,9.2 9,263 8,593 30,006 27,617 33,610 30,413 2,746 2.503 445 490 6;98 6,8,7 68,864 56,608 1,063 905 1,259 948 3,632 1,677 520 500 37,260 36,398 165 144 144 333 591 684 378 393 99,911 93,601 1 ,7 4 6 1,666 20, 83 16.740 15,168 14,035 4,621• 3,918 1,675 930 17,584 17, 71 1,277 1,194 1,351 1,338 2,462 1,960 44,789 42,602 4,676 4,690 1,576 1,535 2,707 2,505 21,1 . 0 18,704 5#,329 61,069 3,277 2,987 8,084 8,213 1,075 911 8 , 8 93 6,184 5,050 I.; 32 46 - 55 3.5!9 3,252 17,552 15,371 6,191 5,724 2,519 2,347 IGJ 140 2,784 2, 04 358 332 1,214 1,269 740 759 4,383 3,976 6 0 742 888 924 7.8 930 31,374 30,277 703 - - - 4,462 3,091 4,838 4,506 5,057 3,9v2 60,128 4 938 2,2 6 1,6 9 16,483 4,b86 10,469 4.263 592 14,825 8.960 18, v:is 1,654 4P,815 1,021 284 10,880 59,9n7 1,134 2.!4•1 3 c 3 92,773 19,901 36,904 STOPPAGE OF THE BIRMINGHAM PENNY BANK.—. We have to make an announcement this morning which will be road with sorrow by every inhabitant of Bir mingham, and which will undoubtedly bring grief and dis appointment into the homes of some of the most deserving, honest, frugal, provident, and industrious of the poor er portion of the population of this great town. We refer to the failure of the Birmingham Penny Bank, an institution to which the poor have been in the habit of resorting with their small savings for the last 15 years. In the outset, however, it is right to say, in order to prevent needless alarm, that the depositors will probably not suffer severely, if at all, in the end, as we believe the trustees of the bank are responsible to the full extent of their property for the amount deposited with them. The Birmingham Penny Bank was established in 1851, and its business has bee n carried on in Union-passage, neaeßull-street. D e p os i t , were made in very small sums, varying in amount from Id. upwards. There aro now 14,000 or 15,000 depositors, and the amount due to, them is between £5,000 and £6,000. A. panic was caused this week by the failure of Messrs. Att t run u hfs pon is th th e o b oa an u k se si o n f ee t h l e l s o u n s d p a e y n s l i a o s a t . woods, Spooner, and Marshall' s, an d there has been a of a e y m a r o a n n f The rm h e e n z d o t o h e a y t is "locked up," being invested in landed and other pro perty, and there were not available funds to meet the sud den demands of the depositors. Notice has been given for the withdrawal of £1,200 this day (Thursday), whereas the stem ordinarily withdrawn in a day does not exceed £5O. If the money of the depositors has been properly dealt with —and we have no information to the contrary—and if the property can now be advantageously disposed of, a divi dend of 20s. in the pound ought to be realised. Then, as has been previously intimated, we understand, as we are at present informed, the trustees are responsible to the full extent of their private property for the deficiency. —Bir mingham Gazette. THE EDMUNDS COMMITTEE.—This committee met yesterday at twelve o'clock. Their lordships were all pre sent. 'His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was among the peers, not members of the committee, who were pre sent. 106 107 108 106 104 110 198 9 102 1f 171 i 65 i 10flf 2011