The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-07 00:00:00

N E - , A l "r I 2Y I A i 1 1 1.- 1- 4 1 1 1.4 D COM Asfliii CIAL f!,'LL f GEN('E. o'CLOCI. The Cotton mark TWO et at Liverp o ol yesterday closed e al n left/ iIY, but no a l teration occurred in prices. T es amount e d to 6,000 bales, viz., 5,000 Amen all (500 of which were for exportation), 200 Per- L.l lll and Maranham at 52d. to 60. ; 100 Bahia at to 6 1. d. _ 2 3 100 Egyptian at 51d. to 9d. ; and ittSurat at 3d. to 4d. Railway Shares were dull. f cco unts from M a d r id state t h a t th e co ll eagues --L. Madoz wore not natio agreed with him con )lithe sal e of Clergy Lands, and that the krie,il ere t / fere maki ng great e ff orts aga i ns t it. fl u• of th e N at i ona l B an k o f Belgium to 31 gives the amount of specie at 51,847,404 f., olte million less than in the preceding month. 10 ,,he st eamer with the Cape of Good Hope mail to ‘ t l l _ ne , e es still a good d ea l o f a tt en ti on as b e i ng p a! tong of pursuits. During 5 months, 702 (and .1. copper had been sent down from Name qua -led at ror wool-washi ng es t a bli s hment had been (4 Craclock. Th e steamer Pacific arrived A.4 0 4 , t ,§t• Hele na on h er way to th e C ape an d in 24 day s . is Th e -La gos, with th e A us t ra li an an d I n di a mails, or ic:114f,.,110t e xpected at Southampton until the 9th -‘l.l. Yeats btlt • tieb m , r -aY there was some decline in the rates of titi e , — ge for bill s upon the principal Continental 1 4%Paris, 90 d ays, was taken at 25 273 ; Ham - laltlY,.; 13 5 1 to ; Amsterdam, 11 174 to 18 ; 12 39 to 45. ii 4l:4l °Wing is a statement of all Additions the ieti,a(leetions of the Unfunded Debt, since t b e t 01i the ° i f, last Session, and of the Unfunded De • - Amo n Ait h December 1854 Le . ,,t of Unfunded Debt on sth July, 1854, ,7 1 Iter i „ 1 .1 . _ addition to the same, 300,0001., "' 12. -"e December, 1854, per act 17th Vic., 800/. s uction of the same, 14,2001. (paid off), b eht V, sc ribed for bonds) ; amount of Unfunded 0 , The December, 1854, 16,827,5001. I• ' lll kitio — trl/jog relates to the operation of the road; 1,2 79/. i ßarchase c l and cancelled, August 29, 18;54, 5 (1.* Exchequer Bills purchased and (dedci' N ovember 10, 1854, 264,669/. 12s. lld. AltielacY bills, purchased a t pa r ). I teek "gh there i s more fi rmness i n th e E ng li s h 12°04% and prices are to per Cont. higher 11 44 1 4 the close y es t er d ay , b us i ne ss is not brisk. 40 11 (4.111 °re has b een d one i n N ow Th rees , which ggaioL to 921 Bank stock has risen to 214 §". East India Stock is at 223 to 224. Ex letl4 are Gs. to 9s. premium. To-morrow Th, 5 day. l aid tic ° is a dull market for Foreign securities, %the, the in prices is not of much import s her ka r`axlean Bonds are 20'4., and there has been r r a ,;, 11 'n Grenada Deferred at 5. Russian 11(1,;'" , are heavy, being 100. Spanish pPassiveDutch 1 ) , I . are 4, and Belgian L 4 per Cents. 92. 11 4 c The pots. are 62, 1 ,-, and the 4 per Cents. kto tks . 011 0 W ing are the nominal prices of foreign tat; 267-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Men t. 211 ; Peruvian, 70 to 71 ; ditto Three to 43 tO B to 51 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., ' l l,.tt o "1„' ttnsiia Five per Cents., 100 to 102 ; p e n b 4 . 1 ,.. 11r- and-a ll -Half per Cents., 88 to 90 ; ti tto Defer re d, 171 t o 18 • ditto Thrr p tt ? 36i to 37 ; ditto Certificates," 4i to 4. 4 ; Td ,aaszve, 4 41s -114%.411WaY Market is still very dull, but prices I ler, generally l ower. Great Northern, how Litekivtetatittited o ne exce pti on . Midland are n' The North-W es t ern fi rmer , as we ll as G re at 'Net Vi The French lines have been supported. i n t ers of Canada are higher. . . heli g Shares there is nothing doing. Joint 4 e 5 al age are. quiet, but firm. .The Australasia Bba t ° 10 •Tep ro 8 • higher and the Union, of Australia k are a ttr ved 10s. 'Australian Agricultural Land 1 k w eaker, and the Canada Company's , 11 r r' Th© Crystal Palace are a 4re e eeded a b ou t 21. i at Yesterd a y' s p r i ces . /11 : 14 •` a thell.Ploeunt of Stockpurchased by the Sinking " 1 '23. "melt 2 4 per Cent. bloek, pursuant to 16th . _ ' 441 1 t insi - R ank 13 3 THIS DAY' AT ONE O'CLO i • . (p rom 3 p er % N * k the (*mat List.) 3 1a t ~ . , 139 , iness done !fPer C e 'l4 , ..... , ............. 212 13 e , nt, seed i nn ...... ... ..... t . p er ..0 % %111 „noes 94 3 3 lama Atu lta N. a Annuities 9ll A a Co Sto c k t ie% ennities -`1440/s fo r . ` dire sth Jan., 1860 -16 & oh 4 . ' ec * ... 1a ... ... 223 4 Zll l4 'r -80 8 4 4 Bth February 4' ........ ' a. 69 ......................... 9 I h Z ~. . er iio;:;,:i.,; ................... ........ 0 . I .' N t it te 1858 . ii per C en t -- (h eba. O cia ! 01 ,, v 01 859 ,99,1 3 ‘_. , i llki 13 ° ,111 8, ro lt PrlN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOJ K. • .vi n 3 per Co n : e . ell'e4.- ................... 5! IN , v, 1 /°4( . 18 , 1822 .6 ....................... . 2i4o itt e ome, 3 , Per Cent_ £St pass_ per Uent ... ............. - 4 k l. .47 (Converted) 11,nla t o 471dg on tn.. above eavable In Lonlieft• h'il Ih, , 11 44 per Cent. ex, 25 fr . ' 11 4 4 - rulin g . zA per Cent. 12 Gull ' tree Ct;nt. Certificates HALF-PAST TWO. r b i ,ls 9IA a "to. February A ceonnt ...... • _____------.2 Emily Dun ass ttr,,,;!.„4. tinim„,, d iral and Lady • d t i l t i * e7l,l tll t• e •i -(l :er . . --- ye A ster m day afternoon, as accompanied The numerous the e d el 'ii r t ti le 7 ,44 J. D. I) a n . d i be . lad to learn that Ilale a - , 41 has re llt officer . will It kit u w (l hearty as ee yered his health, g and is looking as to p ad; 41' Eo0"er• th e t . '. (l. llest of 11 03xT.—Yesterday the *sual return y n the railways of ateunnilted jci nfr ,lLersons emplo t y e e d. The number now , p,,,„,'s to nearirlo- was printed. to .."1. 1 ‘ 1. 411 0 ,....Y_ 1 _6,000 per reat7 rarlia,len'tlf; DR1712 C . om t issue /? , ERS• miss . ro d the charges of —According t4iiitt!4eillent °I t} Pal l r e j o u f s the National Debt Corn , sec te,,ell Arnow:it teoo4ffol/. a year. 1(111 1! (11f t-.. e l ti t s ° : 44l Ts. A I paper will be read at the . m”t- Thomas Dickins, eh , ( th e , (sty this evening, by Mr. Worm, ',7,1104 o`';:,,,rntreial Consideration' of the Silk 11`ttie p .e. „, " 8 uses." --k°tiliEe.-B,l°Tio PuND. —The officers of the . General rsan(i 1 . Ossti — i .. 'n London, including the letter carriers nl4l fa e— ' ba de subscribed 480/. Os. 10d. in ai d of the 1, b et atrfetie Fund, ti es b Lot, tieb 5._._ aptain Felton Harvey, liii,;'°N t• al . Motor.c 4 e 'Viceregal Court, blaster appointed .• .4 sera' of Prisons in Ireland, in the room of • I'f e b ,v3Y. do 1( 1 6 1, 184 51r i ,. 4 7 8 that six troops of the Household Brigade 4411 4, i kahout 3in .n 1 will leave for the East in the ii Dr e .Ke With 11, in'-, • t of cavalry. The IA Celt n, '4lB additional cont i nent ti l:::::: y1, 1 .0 11 ;: s en of the Household Cavalry number 11 „ . 1 14 4n • court EWERS COMMISSION . --, t special the I; Osin g ,7, cla . .Y, at which Sir John Shelley moved 0 .41 111 (1 aC" e lution •—" That the whole question of the or'sidrr.,-,11;4'8 north of the Thames be not taken into kirliiteii-`44 until the various plans recently proposed, lkiL il etu . r° 4 7 be, before the first Tuesday . inApr b i r l o n u e g x b t t , N4;1.: t h t ;e o "t e .. e ,ommission,.for such drainage, be Sl it ill g i: e ", ,, and due time for consideration on such division it was carried by 1 ' 4 4 t o fot tr il. q, Up" a propositions by Sir John Shelley the b_1.1 40 a___ -two 'ktrt, e , Kreei to. h,t4il e 1 to, COACH ACCIDENT.—A Ilfra ilt, • 4(l aeh lett le „ which runs between.few days ago 1440rdie‘ee forth of Devonshire, was found in a most Re,: to4llposition , about a mile and a-half from the %A ths t : he horses, with the pole of the of a co r a oa ch d: INN thr /t ed mounting a hedge at the turn t a h aN l4l ) In Pt a. man named Faker, was lying Fortunately vtiOet;11„ell injured and speechless. on the Whether the it 4 .1. hot.o_c' Dassencrers in the vehicle. iii . i .„„, 5 .,„„m 0 1111 P 0 • - •‘en ill - the horses Demme o. k nee ge,b, or 1 , ' 4 11 ' 0 to say as the poor fellow has not spoken god 4 r, still p •'' • us state. e vi l , l les iti a precario 4 10,. °111( ti0a." MANCHESTER STEAII-SHrp.:--The large C 'Rion, - .' l ells scr.w steam-ship, City of . Manchester, tOettl,4lllll4,Ztahbe Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam-ship . fi t l y Z .), 4 ; e ee of Leon engag d ed st a o s re a s t t r o an t s b p e ort c s r h im ip ea to . r _ s t a te () h, bt, '‘Yeil 6 troops a3 Philadelphia on ... M A o p t . Y. Al . ....r g .h, -Liverpool from 4, 13 dititin°' . L IEUTENANT-GENERAL HON. H . c the Grenadier ( al lted glll ebsd officer died a few days . since at the ib tlik ttl, a a rXe of 85 . He was formerly in pa . i p r h larid e %le deceased served . underth p e e D n u in k s e ul o a f r Y oa o m rk . ''• r- ' and subsequently in the . tt tl l ? • P 04 .1. ti,,°adiz he held the . offica of Adjutant-Gene: h o ; c14,1,,44 services he received the war medal and al it . Ige r. T e e of E Geoeral Capel was a member of the noble 1 •, 5 1 , ' - '-t l e i r ll dt I°IIIAL COPYRIGHT (ENGLAND AND BELGIUM). buisiajest, a ppeared the . copy of a convention between t- . Qo.. 'kept 0 , 4 T:11a the K . irg of th Belgians for the es a t e `4 eb th e °f in ternational copyright, s, signed in Lo- Nis,(otl t ile 2 0 4th of I.,etiti en __ ,n of . January). From the date of the of August, 1 54 and recentl ret of it erat er _" au - Mg into operation the authors of works tl,.. l l r qpert„7,_ 1 art will be entitled,(where theto exercise the right laws now confer . th',rightcitnetthheir works. to 11;tetection c,.' t . erritoriFs ( . w or the other country, and I works will be exteni cd . 4111..4I'14tiens 6V: with to -t nr * lgin e a xpress stipniations. compositions It illiiejWBrki and the certain i ni i litre of inn swat ls Re efirleluded in performance revisions of the conventions are 4 , 1 41 i ~,a 1 .1 ., as the laws of P each of the t-.vo countries be seized and i,f;•-",e, Pirated works or articles will . of each to led, a n d , • , levied as the'lows 1 geyser „ alien penaltie sod,ti.-143' Prescribe. Works, to be - ., orot i e i ct L ec o , n r , n io u o s , t l, ini•V'ell---if Belgian, at Stationers -hat , the Ih.'•Niish, at the office of the Belgian tlii "‘eriu r i n of Brussels. During the continuance.lor a_ Minister of ti 4 Nivention the dutie's now payable on the in p t Iveris the United Kingdom of hooks and musicall_s Der: Published in Beloium will be reduced to _ ? e. Der i i 7i., and the duties o e 'n prints or drawings to i l 2 O l , il tol te The duties now payable on the importation lto e 4 ruusie, and prints' into Belgium will be reduced k..o. ba re fixed at the uniform rate of 10f. per 1 . 0 11 0 . 1) 0_ Ittnolriles• Books, &C., may still be prohibited . by eit e 1 G 1 Jere lu t• The convention. is to continue in force for ofo th e . and from year to year, on the tacit agreement contracting parties. N SD A :c (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. FOR: RAILWAYS. 20 21 4i - 4i 8,1 - 84 33 - 2. - 7 29 - 31 19 - 21 60 62 51 - 53 n 34 30 ... 31 8 10 3 - 40 3 - 34 16 17 B - ••• 6 7 IGN. Closing Prices yesterdAy. 12 - 11 ~ IGi - 174 - - 96 611 - 12} 13, 14 - 15 111 - ng 73 -- 75 55 -- 57 2d -- par 19i -- 2(2) 70 - 72 899 -90 i 71 - 73 1 - z6 - 128 90 - 92 66 - 74 - 78 7 - 9L, 7 - 9 74i P.- 75 4Z Sti 99 101 1004 101 " d (l - - 85 86 8 7 7i 24 - 71 243 691 69a 41 43 d- 11 - 6. it- 2i 14 -- 11 GS -- 76 77 6 -- sAdj 4 -- 12i -- 134 53A 51 -- 53 par -4., Rd i' p 4R 9V 6 .-- GA 4 d i 1.; 301 - 311 lop 62 - 63 8 - 45 - 47 J 2 - 14 58 59 29 - 30 - 1 - 3. - 2A lar i p le ''". ••• ~. .--' ... P 2} —2 d 32/ 32 5. 63 1 I,IP Ile '""' ... iii 70 9i Si 11 —10 d 88 90 2 24 par -- ip par ip 2i -- 3 2g -- 21 16i -- 17 •• ••• 97 - 100 93 95 2 d par 97 100 ills li 2 p fd i d i i 61 - 71 iii = iii 121 -- 12 -- 9A 21i -- 21ip 47 49 42 44 Pm 22 23 id 21 lid ... - pm .3 d - ••• • 17 ls; BANKS. 80 - 82 •.• •• 1 d •d 3 - 211 201 - 21 • A - ASP Aberdeen ....,,„ A.mbg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Janet_ ' Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkcnhd. kincsb. Cheshire Juliet... Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons. Do., ...... Blyth &Tyn3origina £25 (is.ed. at £45, Br:stol ani Exeter... tlaledonian. Carmarthen am!! Car digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and. Bandon._ Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&Belfast.3une Dundee Perth &Abel aeon Junction Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock De., B Stock Do., Now A East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Pr Lb & Dundee Forth & Clyde June Furness Do. Extension Glasgow & S. Weston, Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai' Gua. Stk • Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlis'e -Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds Lancash. and York& Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London ,c Blackwal Loud. Bright & S.Cst Loud. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B ( Do. Eighths London and S. Westn 'Do., £5l Do., £4O Lndndrry& Col eraine Lndndri; & Ennisk. Vaue: 2 .P • ".& Lincln Do. No. 1 1)o., Mc. n Widland )o. Birnni ;.17. & crb3 ifidld. G. West. (I re, ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle F Carlisle Newmkt.BuryExten Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Connties Un. North British North Devon, No.. 1 Do., No. 2 1 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Es.stern—Berwicl , Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. birch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New £lO N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, Si Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland 4 4nrewsby. & Herefd 4hropshire Union South Devon loath Eastern South Wales 4. Yrksh. di Riv. Dm Do qaines, Wok. &Wol Stockton Sz. Darlin itc,:k ton di Hartlepl !Vf Vale Jo. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 Hinnies Haven Doel and Railway Vale of Neallt Waterfl.l.; Kilkenn?. Waterford&Llmeriel West Cornwall West End of Londe ] and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn & Croydon. Antwc rp&Rotterdani Eclgiac Ev,stu. Jurm. Bee crs to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central In dia.Sc rip Central of Italy Demema Dijon anti Besancon , Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Extension Do. 41 p. c. Bds., pay corxcr..ib'e Do. Co. , '59, 0o (Id. o 'adal.k.. St. La c rence A '..lantic do. 70. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '6:: Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Shares ... Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lako Const. & Baslo Lucca d; Pistoj a 5 p.c. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Madras Do. Now Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (wit] interest) Do. (ox interost) Northern of France. D o .20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 22. y. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Da. 20/. 3 p. e Bar (flay. B. dE Ams. Shs. ) NurwogianTrunkPref' Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen parisCacn & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish RoyalSwedisn Sambre and Meuso Do. 5i p. cent. Pref southern of France 1 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5 per c. Prof... Western of France... West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-BTO' 111 Anstrala6ia 11l British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 11l British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bra. of India, Australia, & Chi 25 Colon al !(.1 C0n.unci...7::..1 of Lond 1 8 English '...ottiah and Cond. C.: c. Bk. o! Aus. " 5 Ditto IC v 0 Lon( , . OD . uounty .0 Lonthri '.1..;; Stock !O Load. National Provincia , of England LO Do. Now 22. ) , National of Ireland all i Now South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation 5 Provincial of Ireland 611 Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gola Imp Co., Lil South Australia Union of Australia 2 Do. Now 10 Union of London 37 - 39 38 -- 40 65 - 67 7 - 9 3t. 100 .2i S . iti all 3 all .1f 29A :711 all n 19 5 30 tit. 100 St 100 1.0 21s. !Mall 6 1 p, 45 all 5 all >t. 100 9 all R. 100 1 I all 25 all 25 all St. 100 25 all 1. 1 .2 s 44 St. LOO St. LOO 50 all 25 22 00 911 6i 54 21,3 :0 8 !O all >t. ► too it. 100' L 6 all 16 all 8 all 8 all it. WO 5 20 ?,5 13 ,t. I too 1.0 all .0 3 Is o d 1 .0 all .0, I t. Loo it. LOO it. LOO 0 all it. :00 It. It m 151 al ,t. 100 6 21,' :0 I all 10 all ;0 i all .0 141 s. .0 all 5 3 !O 10 ) ,,0 2s. 72,11 all ;0 14 !O 10 !O all !O 10 J all 5 1.2 5 all 5 all 5 1 ;pi 12 4 all !O all 0i I all )0 I all 5 lan 0 10 0 19, :0 1 164 :0 5 01311 .0' 11l :0 all 0,0 all IA all !CI all Lo ► all ;0 all O all D 10 0 all !0 20 5 3 LA) 1 all tt) i 16 8i all LO all ?,0 1G ?,0 16 6 all ZQ all 100 100 2 2i) 1 LO DO _WEDN'RSDAY EVENING, PEERTJAny less. Brimine. Anne this day. 61.1 xd PREFERENCE SHARES. x n 71i1 xn 1281 x n 661 i Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c BlythandTyne 1 Oper c. pref. (issd. at 50/) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 52 per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork dißandons p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Eastern Counties Ex tension' 5 p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 r . c. St. Eastern Union, Gar per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent East Lamcash. 6 p.cts East and West York shire June. Fifths Edinb Prth.&Dundoe 4 per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. e. prom..., Do. p.c. Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. at 5 p. c. pm... Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Prof Gt. Southn.diWestm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St Gt. Wostn. (Berks & Rants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4A p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irree„ 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester S p. c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. e. do Do. Birm, Gus. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do fan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. a Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Lon. &N. W., Coy. di Nuneaton 5 p. London & S. Westerr Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler A Shares Londy. &Ennis.A Sh Shef., & Lin , New, £lO Do. £6 Ittarypt.& Carl. 4 p e Do. 4} per cent 99 - 101 90 -92 6i 100 5 100 all 96 - 97 51 6, /- 1 1 I 12i -- 13 100 h 991 s d 100/ 694 i 5 10 St. St. 5 12i 124 19 124 12; St. IA 100 100 all all all all 10i 100 100 Do Consol.6 p.c.St •)o. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent )o. Pref. 4jper cent !gorfelk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Est ;Jo. 51 per ct. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c orth British K. E. Teary,. 4 p.a.'r Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 p.c Do. do. Quarters 48 Do. York S. Pur. North Staffordshire :Word, Worcester, & Wolverh..£ls, 6 7.c.1 'cot. Cent. , New Pref -;outli Devon 59 = 62 114 -- ..ail iir too 111 101 103 i in 6 GA 95 97 87 81 88 90 10.} 161 161 10 10. 70 72 19 192 94 91 14 14. id 133 135 • • • owl 2i- 3p 12 - 1 2 a ip 123 135 ld Is 7 S 9 'lO4 105 101 - 102 90 - 92 3 - 3/1 i 1- la 113 - 115 25 10 ;)s. fixed,4l per cent 3. Eastern (Reading, Ann.) of £1 Os. S. Wales Gua. 4 p. Do. de. 4k p. c S.Yorksh..4p.c. Gnarf; Stockton and Dar lington, 6 per cent. Do. do. do. 3tockton and Hartle-, pool, guar. 5 p. c.' till Ist July, 1856 12 14 id par 23 - 24 20 20 20 25 all all all all lr -18• 17 k 821 4 67 6i ... -. ••• id -- iP 70 1s 141 LINKS LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing ,:losing Prices Easiness Mr. "aid • itinwATl l Compans. yesterday. this day. 50 all Redford and London & Bletchley N. West i , • Bt. 100 Buclighanish. L.&N.W. 1:6 98.' St .lilo Clydesd al e ,Te C ed on 19 101 25 24 Col.StourVy. E. Un. Sud. and Hal. E. C..... ••• St. 100 E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 133 135 St. all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct St. all Do. New. Do .•• ••• 25 all Glstr•ds Dn.Fr Gt. Wes 51 ... .. • 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all gull & Selby Y. &NM. 105 107 25 all Do. 1 Shares. Do ••• ••• 121 all IDo. Shares. Do 124 all Lon.& Greenv S. Easteri . 12 13 20 all Do.Preferenec Do 2 21 231 , 10' all , Lon. ,Til., & S Fcto &Cc 10 114 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — •.• Pit. WO Do. 6 per et. ••• 51 all Mauch. Bxtn. L.&N.W • and Matloct & Midld. 2g —2i 50 all Middleibro' & Stckton & Redcar Daxlingt. .. • 10C all Midld.Brad.fl Aidlan6. . 92 -- 94 50 all Northern an- Easternsp.c. Count. 57 59 59 50 all Do. 6 per ct. D 0......... ..• ^ ••• RI all Do. Fixeds p 25 all Prest. & Wyrc L. &N.W ' &Ln&Yl , ... 43i 121 all Do. 1 Shares. Do . St. 100 floystn.& Hit. GtNorthi 132 135 25 18$ Slief.Roth.an(, [Awash & Goole g, 5 p.c. Yorksh. .•• 12 91 S. Stalfordsh. \l3lClear , 21 2 d 50 all WearValleygi Stockt. & 6 per cent_ Darlingt 25 all Do ..... 31 —32 St. 100 Wilts&Oomrst atWestn. 91 93 pm pm 1331 die MINES. 1 all Agna Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 10s. all Anglo Californian * 20 6 Australian ll 1 1 all Australian Cordillera _ 1 all Australian Freehold 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) I a 50 all Blmnarvon Iron and Coal _ 5 7 20 13.5 British Iron 3 5 35 25. Brazilianlmp.(issued at 1;5 pm l/ 24 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 1 1 20 15 Do. St. John Delßey 28 —3O 1 Carsons's Creek 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica id par 40 all Cobro Copper 45 47 5 1 Colonial Gold l St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 50 65 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. pry 2 p ... 16 Copiapo l6 18 5 all English and Austin. 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The following bills were read a second . time : Aboyne, Ballater, Braemar, and Cairnweil Road ; Ayr, Harbour ; Banff, Maccluff, and Turriff Railway ; Bel fast and County Down Railway; Birmingham Canal Navigations ; Commercial Road ; Cromford and High Peak Railway ; East Indian Railway ; East Kent Rail way ; Glasgow, Kirkintilloch, anti Baldernock Roads ; Great North of Scotland Railway; Hyde Original Gas ; Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway ; Lon don and South-Western Railway ; Madras Railway ; Nottingham and Newhaven Road; Plymouth and Stone house Gas ; Renfrew Police and Improvement ; Rother ham Gas ; Stockton and Darlington Railway ; Uxbridge Eurgage Lands ; Warrington Water ; and West Somer set Mineral Radway. CATHEDRAL APPOINTMENTS. The Cath'edral Appointments Act Continuance Lill vas brought down front the llou3e of Lords and read a first time. 2,000 were fit to go into action, while there were 1,000 men in the hospital at Dalaklava ; and yet the men whose incompetence had brought this state of things about were to be promoted in office ; but he was sure the country would not stand it, and lie hoped the com mittee of inquiry would be proceeded with. Sir W. MOLES\VORTH said the hon. and gallant member had fallen into an error. The British force in the Crimea numbered 30,000 men, while the weekly deaths were far less than GOO a-week, as the returns would show. The house then went into committee of supply. In reply to Sir. H. WILLOUGHBY, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that no supplementary army estimate would be re. quired for the year 1854-55. He stated last August that the military expenditure of the year would not ex ceed the estimates then voted by 3,000,0001. His esti mate of the excess now was 3,340,0001. A vote of 1,200,0001., no account of the Ordnance supplementary estimate, was then agreed to. The house then resumed, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. BANQUAT AT THE MANSION--HOUSE. Last night the Eight Hon. the Lord Mayor gave his usual annual dinner to the aldermen and other dignita ries of the city at the Mansion-house. The proceedings on the occasion derived their chief, if not their only in terest, from the circumstance that among the guests in vited to the dinner were the Earl of Cardigan and Ad miral Sir Charles Napier, who each delivered speeches relating to the war, in which they have both taken active and leading parts. Lord Cardigan attended attired in the identical uniform which, we- understood, he wore in the desperate cavalry charge at Balaklava. Upwards of 100 ladies and gentlemen were present at the banquet.' The cloth having been removed, and the customary loyal toasts duly honoured, The LORD MA.YOR briefly proposed "the Navy and the Baltic service," coupling with the toast the names of Sir Charles Napier and Captain Lynch, R.N. (Drunk with enthusiasm.) Sir CHARLES NAPIER then also to return thanks, and was received with applause. The gallant Admiral, who was very indistinctly heard, was understood to speak as follows :—My Lord Mayor, Lady Mayoress, ladies and gentlemen, it an officer having returned from a fereign service like my noble friend, if ho will allow me to call him so (the Earl of Cardigan), after having performed prodigies of valour, and been received in the manner in which ho has been this day, must feel proud on this oc casion, how must I feel, who have returned from my com mand having scarcely performed any service at all, and been censured by the Government, and dismissed from my command ? (Cries of " No, no.") I repeat, dis missed from my command. I have no doubt it will be expected by the present company that some account should be g iven of the very small services performed in the Baltic by that magnificent fleet which was sent out from this country. (Hear, hear.) That fleet was mag nificent, certainly, to a degree. It was very badly manned, and worse disciplined ; but, however, we ma naged to take it to the Baltic without pilots, without charts—all the officers being perfectly unacquainted with the Baltic and the difficulties of the navigation ; and we succeeded in getting there in perfect safety. Now, the first object I had in view seas to endeavour, if possible, to satisfy the wishes of the people of this country. I was quite aware, when I went there, that one-tenth part of what was expected could never be performed ; but, nevertheless, I was determined to do the best I pos sibly could under the circumstance.% When we first went out my view was to give the Russians every chance of putting to sea. I divided my fleet into two squad rons—l left one in the Gulf of Finland, and the other not very far off from the island of Gothland. However, the Russians did not think proper to come out. Our next object was to go to Cronstadt and see what was to be done there. We accordingly proceeded, with the as sistance of a French squadron, to do all that we possibly could, in order to attack the enemy. But we found the thing totally impracticable. Ia the first place, there was not depth of water enough for the ships, and in the next place the batteries were of such strength that it was impossible to attempt to attack the place without the certainty almost of destruction to our fleet. I think, therefore, that I acted the prudent part in the course I pursued. The French Admiral entirely concurred in my opinion, and we therefore returned to our former anchorage, and thence w en t t o Bomarsund. I had written before to the English Government, proposing to attack Bomarsund. I wanted no other troops to enable me to go there. I had troops enough ; but the French Admiral thought it mere proper to have some. The French Government sent out 10,000 troops accordingly. I repeat that I did not want them—they would much better have been employed at Sebastepol. I only asked for one or two thousand men to make the thing more sure ; but I could have done without them ; and I wrote home to that effect. However, they sent us out 10,000 men. It is needless for roe to say how quickly the thing was accomplished. (A laugh.) Bomarsund was taken in no time, with little loss, and a great fortifica tion was destroyed—or rather a series of fortifications which extended a considerable distance over the Baltic. I now come to a matter of greater consequence, and I think it my duty to make it known as much as I can do here, because I am not in Parliament. I have been very much censured by the Government. Great clamour has been raised against me, and instead of the Govern. ment discountenancing timt clamour, they have actu ully supported and encouraged it. Tee moment it was known iu England and France that the French army intended to return home, seeing that it was perfectly impossible at that season of the year to perform any fur ther service without risking her Majesty's fleet, the Go vernment became dissatisfied, and they ordered a council of war to be held. I dare say nobody ever heard yet of a council of war fighting. (Laughter.) However, we did not want that to drive us on. But the whole sub ject was carefully and thoroughly. examined by a Mar shal of France, a French admiral, a general of French engineers, and also by no less than three British admi rals ; and they all_ unanimously decided that it was per fectly impossible to proceed further; and that had we done so we should have encountered the risk of almost certain defeat and loss. The British Admiralty was not satisfied with that, but they listened to the advice of an officer of engineers, and I was ordered to hold another council of war, to ascertain whether French admirals and English officers would abandon their own opinion and adopt that of the Admiralty. The English officers felt insulted at the proposal. Had I been desirous to con sult the opinion of a Brigadier-General of English En gineers, and to give up my opinion when the other members had expressed their opinion, they thought it was not necessary to hold another council of war, and the French Admiral very properly refused to join in such a proceeding. He said, "I have a'ready given my opinion, end it is not the opinion of any General of En gineers, whether he be English, French, Gern'nn, or any other country, that will make me change my opinion of an attack purely naval in its character." The Govern tnei.t at home was not satisfied with that. The French General of Engineers sent home another report, still more bare than the first, and it is unnecessary for me to aay that wo all concurred in condemning that opinion also, and the French army returned to France. 1. be lieve, and hare no hesitation in saying, that had they gone up the Gulf of Finland again, instead of returning home, our fleet would have been totally lost. Not satis fied, however, with that, I went up, determined to have another survey of that fortification, which is one of the strongest in Europe. That was in the month of Sep- teraber, and that month in the Baltic corresponds in severity with November here and among the Channel Islands. I then sent home a report of the survey I had taken with great care and deliberation, and with the determination to do all that a man could do to satisfy, if possible, the expectations of the people of England. The moment it was first reported (erroneously) that Se bastopol was taken, it was also said, " Why does not Admiral Napier go and take Cronstadt and St. Peters. burg ?" In fact, I was asked, " Why don't you go and take Moscow ?" (Laughter.) Now, I never did ex pect that the Ldmiralty would join in that clamour. I say I certainly never expected that they would have been so mean and despicable as to join in that clamour in order to bring odium on a naval officer who had done all in his power to bring honour and credit to his coun try. (Hear, hear.) What did I do ? Why, I sent home to the Admiralty a clear and detailed account, stating my opinions and what appliances were necessary in order to take, Sweaborg. You will not expect me to state what those opinions wero. (Hear, hear.) Suffice it to say that I gave two separate opinions, one of which if followed I believe was certain to insure success ? and the other certain to bring destruction on the fleet. What did the Admiralty then do ? I mention this in order that there may be no mistake whatever, because if the Government h ave th e l eas t sp i r i t about them they will immediately discharge me, and turn me out of the service. (Laughter.) I say that the Admiralty per verted my language. They not only did that, but they sent to me the most goading letters 'which they possibly could write. They asked me why I did not take Sweaborg, and why I did not do this, that, and the other ? They received my letter, giving them an account of how Sweaborg might be taken, on the 4th of October, the very day on which the first intelligence reached England of the capture of Sebastopol. On the 9th of October—five days after wards—the news arrived that Sebastopol was not taken; but the Admiralty had not the plain, straightforward dealing, or the honesty, to write to me and apologise. No; but what they did was this—they perverted what I had written, giving them a plan for the taking of Sweaborg. My lord, I was not going to stand that. (Laughter and cheers.) lam not the man to pub up with an insult. I remonstrated most strongly, but after all my remonstrances they still persisted in saying that I had led them astray. Well, what could I do ? I was not going to be driven into all this, particularly as Sir J. Graham during the whole period I was in the Baltic bad written to me admonishing me to beware of stone walls ; telling me not to risk her Majesty's fleet against them ; that these stone walls were not to be trusted ; and reminding me that when I was first known to be going out to the Baltic I had been accused by certain persons of want of discretion, but assuring me that now, that g it will go forth to the world , n in his opinion, I had proved myself a consummate com mander-in-chief. After that came themtohsettho an l o n p s insulting ti and degrading letters to me ever addressed offi cer ; and I mention this particularly in andthinat Sir the A J. dea G i r n a i h st a t m a. will be prevented from ever sitting tion again as First Lord of the Admiralty. I state it to the public, and I wish them to know that had I followed the advice of Sir T. Graham I should most inevitably have left the fleet behind me in the Raltic. I will prove this before the world ; and if Sir J. Graham has one s ingle spark of honour in him he will never again take his seat at the Admiralty until this matter is cleared up. On the other hand, I will say that I have no right to be ever employed again, and I ought, in fact, to be scratched of the "Navy List" if I am nut telling the truth in what I now state. (Cheers.) I am taking the first op portunlty of making this statement publicly, and I am perfectly ready to answer for my conduct before the Rouse of Commons whenever they choose to call upon me to do so. (Cheri s.) Tl:e I r:ll.tnt Admiral then coo c'uded 1 y again than:iing the company for the honour they had done him in drinking his health. The LORD Micron gave, as the next toast, "The Army," coupling with it the names of the Earl of Car digan and of Captain Maxee, his lordship's aide-de-camp, and took occasion to pass a high eulegium upon the gallant deeds of the noble Earl in the Crimea, and sly.- cially upon his heroic conduct in the disastrous car alry charge at Balaklava,. (The toast, at the suggestion if Alderman Cubitt, was given upstanding, with three times three vociferous cheers. The Earl of CARDIGAN then rose to acknowledge the compliment that had been paid him. Ho said- 1 -My Lord Mayor, Lady 'Mayoress, ladies, and gentlemen, I feel considerably embarrassed in rising to return you my sincere thanks for the high honour that you have done ale, because there are several conflicting feelings which now weigh heavily upon my mind. lam here reminded of what has recently occurred in the East, and I feel cer- E MARKETS. NAVY ESTIMATES. On the motion of Mr. WILSON, it was agreed that tc-morrow orders of the day should have precedence of notices in order that a vote might be taken on account of the supplemental navy estimates for the years 1854-55. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at half-past one o'clock. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. (From the Times of this day.) The intelligence we have to communicate to the public on the present Ministerial crisis, and the materials from which we can attempt to form an opinion of the success and stability of the new Cabinet, are still, unhappily, of a scanty and unsatisfAtory kind. It is known that Lord Palmerston perseveres in his undertaking, and had two audiences of her Majesty yesterday to report progress. It is known also that some of the impediments which had been raised against the formation of the projected Administration have been removed. We believe it to be definitively settled that Mr. Gladstone, Sir James Graham, and Mr. Sidney Herbert retain their positions in the Government, the latter gentleman succeeding Lord Palmerston at the Home-office. Sir George Grey, too, has consented to remain at the Colonial Department, in spite of his ill-health, as a proof of his cordial desire to support Lord Palmerston at the head of the Govern ment. The changes likely to take place are, therefore, even fewer than had been anticipated. They will, in fact, probably be confined to the removal of Lord Aber deen from the Premiership and of the Duke of New castle from the War Department, and the only office now to be supplied by a now Minister is that of the Se cretary of State for War. After 10 days, then, of anxious negotiation and endless intrigue while the whole business of the empire has been suspended Parlia ment been adjourned from day to day, or vexed with Personal recriminations—negotiations for peace post poned, and the fate of armies in the field left in suspense —we revert to a point which might have been reached with less delay and less injury to personal reputations. Nay, even at this hour we are by no means certain that the office of Secretary of State for War is filled up, though it was the source of all this commotion, for some doubt remains whether Lord Panmure's health will en able him to accept its arduous duties. We believe, how ever, that Mr. Layard will hold the effiee of Under- Secretary of State for the War Department—a post for which his great knowledge of the East, his recent visit to the theatre of war, and the energy of his character undoubtedly qualify him. The most certain and inevitable result of the vote of the House of Commons appeared to be that Lord Aber deen and tho Duke of Newcastle should cease to form part of the Government. The Duke intimated, with great feeling and dignity, that he was equally determined to re sign the seals of the office he held, and to accept no other, because he felt that his name, under the existing cir cumstances of the country, would be a source of weak ness rather than of strength to his colleagues in office. As matters now stand, the Duke acts wisely for him self and for the country iu keeping aloof fora time from the direction of public affairs, nor should we have doubted that Lord Aberdeen himself had come to the same resolution, and for the same or still stronger rea sons. Rightly or wrongly, justly or unjustly, his name has been connected by the public in this country and other parts of Europe with the inefficient conduct of the war, and that imputation has been used as an instru ment to break up the Governtnent over which he pre sided. The belief in Lord Aberdeen's retirement was, therefore, so general and so natural, that we should hardly have adverted to the subject, if we had not ob served in a journal connected with one section of the Government a statement that Lord Aberdeen was ex pected to return to office in the capacity of Lerd Preii dent of the Council. We cannot suppose that Lord Aberdeen himself entertained any such intention. Whatever be the merits or the defects of his character, they are perfectly consistent with the principles he has uniformly professed—an earnest desire for the restora tion of peace, and a strong hope cf obtaining it chiefly by diplomatic means. That opinion is not popular at this time in the country or in Parliament, and Lord Palmerston is called upon by acclamation to form a War Ministry. We heat tdy trust that his cuergyand practical knowledge of military affairs may enable him to prosecute and terminate the war with triumphant success. But there would be an ob►ious absurdity in Lord Aberdeen's holding a subordrnate office, in a Cabinet which comes into power for the express purpose of tak ing measures which he, as Priuio Minister, did not think it necessary to adopt. his own dignity and reputatibn evidently proseribs a comparative retirement, •although, in an age of great and extraordinary events, accompa nied by strong revulsions of feeling and judgment, it is by no means certain that the opinions which are identi fied with the name of Lord Aberdeen will always be as unpopular as they are at the present moment. These considerations are so self-evident that we wonder any of Lord Aberdeen's friends should have thought it expe dient to put forward his name at all at the prevent moment, or to make his presence in the Cabinet a con• dition of their own acceptance of office. If Lord Aber deen formed part of the new Ministry its failures would, in the present . temper of the nation, be thrown upon him, and its successes ascribed to others ; it is therefore in his power to render far more valuable services to the Government and to the country in an independent position. We are reluctant to suppose that any cause of this nature can have contributed toretaxd the formation of the Government; but certain it is that there has been a most injurious delay, and the mutterings of impatience which were heard last night in the House of Commons will, ere long, burst forth in an explosion of dissatisfaction. We have much lost time and lost ground to regain—we have great and continuous efforts to make before we can restore the military influence of this country to the high point at which it stood after the Battles of Alma and Inkerman ; and we have yet to prove that with a free Parliamentary Government this country can carry on a campaign to a successful termination. The world, jealous of our wealth, and jealous of our freedom, may say that prosperity has relaxed the warlike spirit of the nation, and lileerty impaired the authority of the Go vernment. Yet never were the people of England more eager to throw their whole strength into tise prosecu tion of a war, or more ready to obey any Minister who will take the measures necessary to obtain success. The more resolute the Minister, the more he will be sup ported, and our difficulties have arisen entirely from a want of authority in the Government, not from any re sistance to authority in Parliament or the nation. MARKET NEWS-(T1IIS DAY.) The chow of English wheat in to-day's market was limited, yet most of Monday's unsold samples wore cleared off at that day's currency. There was only a trifling inoiry for foreign wheat, the supply of which was moderato, yet holders generally were firm, and tho quotations were well supported. The barley trade was dull, yet we have no change to note in prices. Malt moved off heavily, on former terms. Oats were somewhat firmer than on Monday, and prices were supported. In the value of beans, peas, and flour no change took place. •----•-- ARRIVALS VMS WEER. I 1 Wheat. l Barley. Malt. English .. 220 Irish .... Foreign .. 2,810 Oats. I Flour. 70 ( 540 130 I 120 BOROUGH HOP. Our market is steady. In pricos no change has taken place. WHITECHAPEL. The general demand ruled inactive to-day, as follows : —Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ' • mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; pork, 3s Od to 4s Gd per 81bs. by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DIY.) LONDON, Feb. 7.—Wind and weather this day at noon, moderate breeze at N.E., and dull cloudy weather. ['SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 7. Wind E.N.E.—Arrived—Na tal (s.), from the Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 6. Wind E.N.E.—Arrived—Or niche, from Calcutta; Harbinger (s.); from Balakiava. HULL, Feb. 6. Wind N.E.—Sailed—lndian, for Balak lava ; H.M.Str. Vulture, for FALMOUTH, Feb. 6. 7 —The Gladiator, from Torrevecchia to the Blltie, has been assisted in leaky, and must dis charge. Two studding sails, one stamped Dartmouth, a burgee, marked Ann, and several articles of wearing ap parel, have baen picked U. supposed to come from the vessel wrecked on the shoals of 1,110 Grey Rocks. LIVERPOOL, Feb. G.—The Breclinells, of this purl, from Paraiba, was lost ou the Barra de Tutaya ; crew saved. CROMER, Feb. 6.—The brig Jane Dunn, of Sunderland, is ashore, cut down to the Tfater's ed;e, at Shcringbam, apparently having been in contact ; had been abandoned by the crew. SCILLY, Feb. 6.—Arrivcd—Fier Gebro?flers, front Da tavia, and sailed for Rotterdam ; Little Nell, from Car diff for Boulogne, with a leak in her stern, and c argo shifted; Margaretta, from Newport for Plymouth, leaky. The brig Jane, of Portsmouth, from Cardiff to Malta, w as a b an doned, on the 27th ult., in a sinking state ; cre w p i c ked up and landed here by the Spanish schooner Eter. POUT MAHON, Jan. 22.—A vessel, apparently a Swede, dismasted and derelict, loaded with planks, no papers on board, has been towed in hero by a Neapolitan schooner, from Sicily to England. BARBADOES, Jan. 11.—The Zuloika, from Rio to the Channel, put in here on the 2d inst., leaky, and With fore • mast sprung. BILLS OF EXCHANGE BILL. This bill was alto brought down from the Lords and read a first time. THE COURT OP CHANCERY. Mr. WHITESIDE gave notice that this day fort night he should move fora reform in the Court of Chancery Law. NEW WRITS. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER a new writ was or. dered for the borough of Tiverton in the room of Lord Palmerston, who since his election has accepted the office of Prime Minister. On the motion of Mr. HATTER a new writ was or dered for the Southern Division of Wilts, in the room of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, who since his election has accepted. the office of one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State (Rome-office.) ORDNANCE SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES. Mr. GLADSTONE proposed that the Speaker do now leave the chair, in order that the house might go into committee of supply, for the purpose of giving a vote on account of the supplementary estimate for the Ordnance Department, of which his right hon. friend, the principal Secretary of State, bad duly given notice yesterday. He might state that the Government were of opinion that it was the wish of the house that they should not proceed with any business, except such as was of absolute necessity for the public service, until those who had accepted office or changed office in her Majesty's Government had had an opportunity of submitting themselves to their constituents for re-election. So far as the Govern ment was concerned, it would not be convenient to-day to go on with the bills which were already stated on the votes of the house ; but if the expression of the opinion in the house should make it -evident that the contrary was the wish of the house, the Government would be ready ; but estimating the probable wisleo c ftle seue e q ho n u t s l e y , tithehadbeen Government tho proposedughtnot convenient,tbat thefirst important busi. and on mess brought forward should be the Navy Estimates, and they fixed Friday week for that purpose, more particularly as his right hon. friend the First Lord of the Admiralty OD whom it would devolve to propose those estimates, had been indisposed, and would not be able to be in his place before that day. With respect to the vote he (Mr. Gladstone) proposed to take to-Jay, it would only be necessary for him to remind the houee‘of the restrictions laid upon the Government by the rules and regulations of the house, in regard ,to public money. The house would bear in mind that it was not only necessary that all money raised for the public service should be raised by the authority of Parliament —it was not only necessary that the money should be appro priated for the particular service for which it was asked, but the wisdom of the house had enforced, as a further restriction, that this money, e l. though legitimately applied, could not be issued without the authority of the Ways and Means Bill. It had become necessary for the Government, in consequenc e o f the expenditure of the Navy a nd Ord nance departments, a to nd p , ro in po t s h e e first asuP p Pi laTe, t supplemental estimate for th e p resent year, authorise the further expendi ture of money for those services, and to issue the money. He hoped, therefore, that the house would make no objection, or raise any difficulty in giving the vote he required ; inasmuch as it was required to meet the exigencies of the public service, and no doubt the house would be desirous that no department should be stopped. (Hear, hear.) The vote would be reported to. morrow, and in the meanwhile the Government would examine whether it was possible to meet the necessary expenditure without troubling the house to meet from day to day. He hoped it would be distinctly understood that if he proposed that vete to-day, that it was desirable no diectaeaie,e eiloulci take pla6e upon the subject of tho estimates, an opportunity for which would be afforded to the house when the residue of 'the estimates were moved on Friday week. Sir H. WILLO UGHBY had not been aware of the intention of the Government to ask for the vote in question until ho saw it upon the notice paper in his hands. And he should like to know whether constitutionally it had a right to call upon the house to vote a large sum of money on ac count, when there was no responsible person in office to answer for its proper and efficient outlay, and moreover as the notice had come before the house without full notice. He should also like to know the meaning of the two supplemental estimates which the Government proposed. Did they include the army, or were they to have another estimate for that service ; and further when they should what were the supplies required for the year 1854-55 ? (Hear, hear.) Mr. WALPOLE observed that the only object for go ing into committee was to take the vote which had already been passed for the public service, and that being so he thought there could be no objection to that course. He 'should, however, object to reporting the resolution to morrow. Sir C. WOOD said the resolution would mot bind any one ; it was only to take a vote on ac count, and every item in the estimates could be fully and fairly discussed when the residue of the vote was prepared. The resolution of to-day would commit no one whatever. With regard to what had fallen from Sir H. Willoughby, he might state that this vote would require no loam in fresh taxes, as it was simply a vote On account to meet the demand of the public ser vice out of the existing funds in the Treasury. No public business could be taken until Friday week, when Government would propose to go on with the Navy Estimates, which would be laid on the table to-morrow. Mr. A. STAFFORD said he had received a letter i s s this morning from Scutari, stat i ng t h at t h e diffi cu lti es of that hospital were incr eas i ng. The d eat h s average d 40 a day, and information b a d come d own f rom the Crimea, directing the autho r iti es o f t h e h os pit a l to be prepared for the reception o f fi ve h un d re d a dditional sick wounded. still most el He w as told disgraceful, I also and t a t he h e t systemh t e re fo therefore of transport and was e urged upon the Government the necess ity of beitowing some signal mark of confidence upon D r . Macgregor ; who had undertaken to reform the transport system. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER pointed out to the honourable member that there were two courses open to him, which it would hare been better for him to have taken rather than make a statement which the house had just heard. Either he could have laid his information before the War Department, or he could have formally called the Government to account in Parliament for their neglect if they had committed any error. Neither of these courses had the hon. gen tleman taken, but he had preferred to make an ex parte statement upon his own responsibility, and he could only state generally that everything had been and was being done to mitigate the evils at Scutari. Additional medical assistance was rapidly being sent out, and he must again express his regret that the hon. member had not placed his information before the proper department, instead of disclosing it in his place in Parliament. He deprecated the appeal which the hon. member had made on behalf of Dr. Macgregor, because it assumed the appearance of dictating to the Governmint. (Hear, hear.) Mr. A. STANFORD explained that he had come down expecting 'to find the Secretary at War in his place, or he, perhaps!, should have taken the course re commended by the right hon. gentleman. Mt. WHITESIDE said the state of things at Scutari was so horrible that it was preposterous, nay, it was cruel, to expect members to remain silent upon it, or to apologise when they ventured to refer to it. He would not be so mealy-mouthed, an d he had no hesitation is declaring that, after the censure which had been passed upon the Secretary at War, it Ras the height of impro priety to reward him by so shuffling the political cards as to enable him to step into a higher office. (Hear.) 1 Col. B. KNOX said the CMC was so pressing that it admitted of no delay. The army in the Crimea was perishing at the rate of a thousand a week—in fact, it was now reduced to 11,000 men,' and all this was owing to the mismanagement of the authorities in the East. Col. DUNNE said no lecture from the Chancellor of the Exchequer should d eter him from statin g the facts to the house. The army in the Crimea did not number more than 11,000, of which number not more than ':- L. f • • • Z.' tv - 4 7 • '5 77 ‘4, • gain that a late engagement i 4 11l tci :_I ‘ea& eteiseet 6 f a that pert of the world ie the Itie of thalmodsonie an flattering reception which I *Ai, let.-, with:llls 'day. But, coupled with that, there are i ather feeling which press on my mind—among others, tha - recellectidgof the sad and disastrous loss that occurred on that fatal day, and the number of bravo officers and soldiers whose lives were then unfortunately sacrificed. (Hear, hear.) I have further to remember that it is very difficult to soy anything connected with the war which is now waging in the Crimea without touching inadvertently upon some of those subjects which now so much engross the publics attention, and which are also under the full considera tion of both Houses of Parliament ; and I think, there fore, that you must clearly see that it would byno means be fitting or proper for me, in the situation which I hold —that of a high staff position in the army—to enter into that question on this occasion. (Hear.) My Lord Marrs my services in the Crimea having been alluded to by you, perhaps I may lee allowed to inform you how I have been employed since I was sent out to the east. (Hear, heave) It was my good fortune, when in Turkey, in the 6r't in a ince, to be sent forward by the Commander of the Forces towards the enemy's outposts with the light cava'ry. It was not well known where the. Russians were at the time the siege of Silistria was proceeding. I was, therefore, erdered to ascertain the position of their army and its outposts. I had to patrol the whole of the country by means of detachments of the troops under my command. Shortly after this, very early in the morning one day, I received from head-quarters a very peremptcry order, which was by no means misses tisfactory to me, that I should immediately proceed with a strong body of cavalry to discover what had be come of the Russian army ; for the siege of Silistria had then been raised, and the 4ritish Commander-in-Chief was totally i gnorant whether the Bussians were about to proceed towards Varna to attack our position, or in tended to retreat t owar d s t h e i r own country. Y ou eau easilyimagine that this was rather art anxious undertake ing, and one that required the exercise of considerable caution on my part. We might h ave come at any mome ull upon the Russian army—upon the Russian outposts. Ws travelled over the country, which I may call a perfectly wild desert, for a distance of nearly 300 miles. My ordab were to proceed 130 miles as far as Trojan's Wall, on the confines of the Dobrudscha. We did so, and marched 120 miles without ever seeing a human being. There was not a single house in a state of repair or that was inhabited along all this route, nor was there an animal to be seen except those that exist in the wildest regions. Having ascertained that the Russian army had returned by Babadagh, and given information to the Com mander-in-Chief upon that subject, I then proceeded on a very interesting march, patrolling along the banks of the Danube to Rustchuk and Silistria, and returned thence by that great fortress Schumla, which has been often attacked, but never taken— it being, in fast, as I believe, perfectly impregnable. (Hear.) After our return from these quarters to Varna, then came the order to proceed to the Crimea ; and here I must say that that expedition was a noble undertaking, and had in view an object worthy of the ambition of two great nations. (Cheers.) On our first landing in the Crimea, I was em ployed within two hours afterwards, with a strong body of cavalry, artillery, and infantry, in endeavouring to cut off some Russian cavalry, which were supposed to be marching towards Simpheropole lam sorry to say that I did not succeed in this task, for I never could find the Russians. (Laughter.) A few days afterwards came that glorious affair, the battle of the Alma ; and here I must say, that, according to my humble judgment, nothing could ho so perfect as the preparations which were made by a great army for that attack. The columns of our in fantry, which had marched in perfect order for the attach e instantly deployed into three lines, and advanced straight down tho hill, crossingand fording the river, then ascended the hill on the opposite bank, and marching straight into forts and batteries which appeared to be impregnable, they drove out at the point of the bayonet a Russian army of 45,000 men in the short space of two hours and a half. The arm of the force in which I served had not the hono ur of being engaged in ane tbing important on that occa sion. We cat upon our horses under a heavy fire for a long "period, and in that position we witnessed the glorious exploits cf our brother coldiers. Shortly after this was fought the Battle of Balaklava, and unfortu nately our allies, the Turks, abandoned their position in ' a very short time, without maintaining any contact with the enemy. It was late in the afternoon when I received an order to attack the Russian forces posted in the valley, which consisted of a long lino of guns drawn up in the form of batteries. I received that order, my . Lord Mayor, and I obeyed it. (Loud cheers.) I de livered that order myself to the brigade under my com mand. I ordered them to march. I ordered them to advance. I ordered them to attack the Russians in the valley ; but, my Lord, I must say this, that on that occasion, it being my duty to give the order to my men, I did give it, though I deeply regretted it at the time, and I am sure I should have much more deeply regretted it afterwards if anything had prevented my per forming the rent of my duty, which was to share the dangers that those brave men so boldly ficed. (Cheers.) My lord, whatever danger those men incurred, I shared it with them. (Renewed cheering.) We advanced down a gradual descent of more than three-quarters of a mile with the batteries vomiting forth upon us shells and shot, mead and grape, with one battery on our right flank and another on the left ; and all the intermediate ground covered frith the Russian riflemen ; so that when we came to within a distance of 50 yards from the mouths of the artillery which had been hurling destruction upon us, we were, in fact, surounded and encircled by a blase of fire, in addition to the fire of the riflemen upon our flanks. As we ascended the hill the oblique fir e of the artillery poured upon our rear ; so that we had time a strong fire upon our front, our flank, and our rear. We entered the battery—we went through the bat tery—the two leading r4nients ' cutting down a greet number of the Russian gunners in their onset. (Cheers.) In the two regiments which I had the honour to lead every officer, with one exception, was either killed or wounded, or had his horse shot under him, or injured, Those regiments proceeded, followed by the second line, consisting of two more region 11:B of cavalry, which con tinued to perf.xin the duty of cutting down the Russian t g o u o n u n rerb regiment,s brigade. h ie : . 1 Then elcnadmcae believev the uert endeavoured tt i ortdh complete this r,, another' brie, :s formed:l :t i h e e v d ed u t o y f success, and the result was that this body, composed of with as s assigned only about 670 men, succeeded in passion- throug t h e mass of Russian cavalry of (as we have since' learned) 5,200 ' strong; and having broken through that mass, then went according to our technical military expression " threes about," and retired in the same manner, doing as snuck execution in their course as they possibly could upon the enemy's cavalry. Upon our returning up the hill which we lad descended in the attack, we bad to run the same gauntlet and to incur the same risk from the flank fire of the Tiralleure as we had encountered before. Numbers of our men were shot down—men and horses were killed, and many of the soldiers who had lost their horses were also shot down while endeavour ing to escape. But what my lord, was the feeling and what the bearing of those brave men who returned to the position. (Here the noble and gallant officer's voice faifered, and he spoke with very evident emotion.) Of each of these regiments (he continued) there returned but a small detachment, two-thirds of the men engaged having been d es t roye d ; an d those who surv i ve d h av i ng arrived at the summit of the hill, whence they had coin inenaed the attack but a short time before, could net refrain from giving three ringing cheers of triumph and rejoicing at the exploit which they themselves bad per formed —(cheers) —for they had ridden ever a formid able Russian battery and attacked a countless body of Russian cavalry in the rear. My lord, I understand it has been stated that the British cavalry are of a very inferior description, and require a thorough reform ; that they are badly officered, being commanded by gentlemen of too high a rank in the country, and that they ought to be better officered. I can only say that Ido not think you will find any body of officers more careful of their men than those officers who now exist, and perform their duties better in the cava'ry regiments, or that you will find any regiments in the world where there is such a mutual attachment between officers and men, as is the case in the British cavalry. The officers are at all times perfectly ready to assist and to attend to the comforts of their men. The men, likewise, are so attached to their officers that, wherever those officers lead them in the cause of honour and glory, there those men are always sure to follow them. (Cheers.) In con clusion, my lord, I will only say that, in the minds of those who escaped the dangers of that terrible attack to which I have referred, there exist reflections of which they cannot divest themselves. I think that every man who was engaged in that disastrous affair at Bala klava, and who was fortunate enough to come out of it alive, must feel that it was only by a merciful decree of Almighty Providence that he escaped front the greatest apparent certainty of death which could possibly be cone ceived.(Lend cheers.) Th e no bl e ear l ( w h o was also veryindistinctly heard) sat down by repeating his acknowledgments for the honour that had been done , him. The health of the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, and the other customary civic toasts, then followed, after which the company separated. The Peruvian Government steam screw frigate Aptiri• mae, 50 guns, which has been fitted out by Mr. Green, in the East India Docks, and also the Tombez, steam screw gun-boat, built for the same Government, were hauled into the river yesterday morning, with an admi ral's pennant flying at the main, and will take their departure for the Brazils in the course of to-day or to morrow. TRADE OF THE PORT OF LONDON.—The several dock companies of London lately resolved upon applying to Parliament for a repeal of certain clauses in their acts of incorporation, whereby they are prevented from making charges for dock dues on lighters and other craft enter ing their docks. Inconsequence of this movement, the Lancers, merchants, tiaders, and others interested in the trade and port of London, have combined to oppose the bills now before Parliament for repeahin , those exemptory clauses, and a petition to the House of Commons is now Mc:; ut-se of signature io the City praying their rojecti,T. PRICE or Goal.—Tile quotation of gold at Faris Is about at pvr (accurding, t ) the last tariff), %chid' , at the English' Mint price of 31. 17s. 101(1. per ounce fur stand• and gold, gives an exchange of 25 . 17 ; and, the exchange w Id is about 0•48 per ce.it. dearer in Pars than in Lon don.at Paris on London at short being 25.0 a,. it follows that per mark, wLiell, at the EngliA 111111,t pri c e of 31. 17e. . By adNic..is from Hamburg the p rice of gold is 423 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives ait exchange of 13.4 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13.31, it follows that gold is 0 . 06 per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The:course of ex change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1081 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it fol lows that the exchange is nominally 0.83 per cent. against England ; bet, after making allowance for charges of tran s p ort and difference of interest, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmission of gold either way between , wo countries. 0 %; ets p, Jl' gr ri ro#o 9?, 20 50 50 100 100 -