The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-03 00:00:00

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(1 0 0. fr o poro fork, ; 0? cieb , I d 4 . oo t edof Li no r aye t :4 ) Iles tr io e tiff e yi oif i e ll o re f t lO I't FO ° o f ol: I o f er Lek I' o 6 41°' 011.°i • f' '0 BDl l4 'of 1 9 * La 01 ° i c the re poilt - .1 creig .0 - o , 1, off ort i ot e i, o nol, f o r t , Brit sllll dee S .stt o s o /1 , e fo rf' to o n eo ger tiel, )01. 1 111 0 join, a oer' . 4l ov , iS ,A2P. ocio 'be N e bo` o o ,o gior: i na m o of lo oe, v.l 0011 3C l b ,fig r " 1, 0 ° 0% tha t I I d ce. • AS or ti , n olc v d i DI it ; 441 7 4 1° tett the svn,rei at 100 o , d e • tell, ( 110 A 0 0 1 O': ;'tl o , *Jo e g 'binv •in 0 I i t , jo y 0 ow on. de fet )o ,lv- 000 , r .„,,r 03 0 01 of g onldr 01 • ;theor 0100 olf os 0 . 1 ;0 0 ;1 0 t tbers,pin( h r t 10 1 ' f % wob, efe fi :l 3 oe, er °l. P tho • icor I SI 1 11 F 11006%0 till t fir e d o do red e ate, Oat io ori, s° l l e f‘ 0 1 v oli _ n d r - fo o at, 'tbe y6 B ajeo j to to gi, 1 ; o t gi ce tb bt tf ° ro they job 0 0 At .0 do- ist weo 0 1 ° V yjetl f 01 011 0 . se d, ,rtai co lie . o ,l o 201 1 0 f. t y rr t, 4; 3 ' 1 0 1 LT: u rc iaP for ) 1. 7 1 1,00: 1 ,° t b° u lt., ° il ia.' i sod s o prePirui ONEy MA RKET eArZEICCI AND .41 INTELLIG-`BYCE. There CITY, TI7V 0 o'C LOCK. kliri tet ' a s 11 0 particul ar a lt era ti on i n th e co tt on sh at Liverpo o l yesterday, pricea remaining rep, ot`plands rule at 4 15-16 d., Mo;bile 5d., and doe tlea j l ls Sid. p er lb . R a i lw 'w Ay Shares were Pee,4114 bu oyant, the quotations being mostly In re ' higher ghner than on .ThureilAaY• upon the corAition of the tallow 1 . 4 1 . sta Smith and cb.arles observe that :-.- katies, :ernent, based I;pr, n some St. Petersburg 'OOO cas ks bee, n the::ded still fur s th ti e ll •,. r -r d put forth to prove that there the way ri f e r e o s m Russia, which here !hhiq u e a t n il ,t have taken ep gr e e s at i p ) ains to ascertain the e , Lay, and we are convinced the estimate exceeds .zilt y e Pre at least 10,000 casks. Notwithstand ,..,"P p; ice s so far below what Je imported for, capitalists are unwilling `‘ o l o r • Bch imported during the present uncertainty as to War • -2 , r4 e . and what applies to purchasers here has, ge.t., still greater force with respect to investment Ottrabu rg . Having thus explained the reasons ' 1 14 4 , 11158 8 is almost at g a stand-still in that capital, tliteot, conclude by observing that this state of things „ ong. °I c ourse, was written before the death of her ., of Russia bteame known. t, nk °f England return to last Saturday ‘p1. a .,:. 11° great alteration. Th eo parison with us week is as follows : 14 4 5terea ...... ............... fie ............. £19,061,870 184,285 13,044,626 1 / 44 ..................... 63,840 3,303,241 b ie. , bzosits 7441P13e P0 1 ,11 ; ts Itte4,ll,4er 32,599 4,855,455 43,147 10,449,182 A.k - icrea se titrttz'"9 and other Bills %tea se eut Securities A64,,•increa se l e urities °crease. . . 274,311 883,850 11,035 11,539,540 1,313 14,522,432 line tn - 61,908 i r , eyed 7,300,185 k 44 : tie reks• .. 233,110 <relit nu;;;; ... of ... .l;;lcers' Magazine Ilik ta . th e extension of the Joint Stock Banking ado he l arge profits that have i nc i te d t h e CCatof. new establishments. One of these, s, i l i 33411 k," already known as Alderman li srL tho a.I e : been formally placed before the public, Nxt isement gives the proposed capital 014 1 ,,..* lu 1001. shares. 01 14 7 much steadiness yesterday afternoon tAti tt of excha nge f or bill s u p on th e princi -0 A 0f 25 t he Contin en t. Paris, 90 days, was lOte A 323 / 4 to 37i, Hamburg at 13 6to 6i, hi s 12 52 t o 56, an d A mster d am a t 11 18 th I NP t c'ek k itizo t ithis Exchange there has been great ex lik. of -,, n '°rlnng, and the confirmation of the Otir3;•nussia's death has led to speculative 7k4t bs. far a rise an d t o th e b u yi ng b ac k o f B ear 6 , 4 4 N 'sels have advanced 2 per Cent., i kt 'to k lti ge Ll frnm 931 to 93g for transfer and ac eaki 'ing now 931 i for the latter. The 4 e vrbell" near the settling day dis k 1 444 Y the ca l cu l a ti ons o f those who StSta goingi, for a fall. The New 3 V `pct h ave been marked 94 to 94k, +.4 l ,..kkil l t, L ue ed 931 to 93n. Bank Stock has t00e4‘,7 4 , ed at 2131 to 215. East India Stock ' 1 7 11 .1441 4 in at 220. Exchequer Bills are 63. titt t4 , l l l o , :dia Bonds 13s. premium. LO s ti i - t g i l Market has been generally bene , 'm a / 4. 118 e in Consols, but Turkish Bonds have ee lt‘ :oeiCtiniost influenced by the prospect of ,N lB3 / 4 to 79. Russian 41 per Cents. have Bo d y , fa t ° to 92. Dutch 4 per Cents. are 93g. Ile p ate * k has been done at 86g. Mexican ' 4 4 E ,Nleh :th 21 to i, and Equador Wi f to 41. Th - IPte rn . 'rip has been dealt in as high as 6i 110 4 f OllO .-44 0 ,.. NisAl.ll4'lg are the nominal prices of foreign It t n ""i t o :nada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mem 4t:ellti I n i ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto Three it, 13..', ‘ "u to 52 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., St:tirtyussian Five per Cents., 93 to 100 ; I , t, 4 'kid -a-Half per Cents., to ; 44. 1 4 4 , ow Deferred, 181 to 181 ; ditto Three ill ks . ? ' 6 l - to 36i ; ditto Certificates, 5 to 5i ; kltt to t)i , 're, 4} to 41. itt 4 . to 2 per cent. appears to be about the ~ advance in railway shares, and with great ; 4 4y1 . The transactions have been pretty gene- Nr(led over all the lines, those most in ' j 1 , 44 k l lg the Caledonian, Eastern Counties, cm ik ' , btu, 10 t ot e r; North-Western, and Midland. . k,,,i,tk i et gn lines are rising. East India are up 1 / 4 1 , 3 / 4 1 11 .re have again been i prem., Lyons kkilialk.,7l;) Luxembourg have improved 1 to 1, 'NZ o‘ t oice 1, Great Western of Canada i, t egn %ln,lnostly in proportion. -e lt AN an d Ti le att liii F ore i gn Mines are in more likj oh ' l oi tit, 'r values. th" 't g2tock Bank . Shares are quiet, but kid 6 ki..."°‘ralia have risen 10s. to 11. k kil l eo :‘.:ell , RI q‘ a rteous shares have been in demand, ttli, t etti: ' el egraph, Peninsular Steam, Royal ) 14 , - . ' B aia Crystal Palace, are all rather ql B4 ppa, ~1 )8 THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ilk tto t 124 ° 74 the Ofteisl List.) iN t ! Busineu done Ittl , t i t :i;;;Z i .. ....... . .. ................. 2 9 T 1 per eo n .„, Annuities.... ......... .. , L 2t3tris Annuities 's Der e,,,„4innuities hai._. .. 7. Annuities 2 7 2 9 0 3 %;! 4 , 1 i66. 6 . . .:.................... 13 kklAor 4 41000 • l3 40er L I Z% Bth March 9 3 iiiiiV no , ... • 2id. k.ii;;;4; 185 8 3i per Cent. 99# 99# 144 4k ‘41 :11101,.:0tti1fi110 8 1 2 8 5 5 , 9 3 : FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. per Cent 70 k i : lie;'ee 4I I 34 4 Vt°44Bll:i Per C.,ent. • 21 t 71i 1 ex div. 41,4att0.,,,,,,,h Cent _oa t u s ‘ 43 . 4 b Per Cent. tie * 121 . 3 Pe Cent 14 th..l e rred, per Cent K 00,441.:,..ec0unt 861 54 64 181 151 it, 1 10, hue Cort. of Coup. not fun. 4 1 p c V l tt t4 t l l ' 6 Per cent ) '41 4 ..... 79 °t tic h _h b t livi ll(lB , .. . pei Cent ........... -. 23 1 1 bri:l ; kl`etil tb da on the . 40 -03,. per abe payable In London. 4 1It o k l i th r . 4 ; I i .......... C en t. ... ...... .. .. . b et j: 2 4 Der bent. 12 Gail. .... 621 4 . Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. . ....... 40 ...... ................. WOOLLEN TRADE. o, bito.4 -----...- , (Pi- ont ) 011 kit the Leeds Mercury of this day. 11,,,,a, M A . VM..' vb, —4Ol l 2 . —ln our last week's report of the feel' tket, we noticed that there had been a j, n I,,Tipeov:_prevlent in the . Cloth-halls, and a de -OON ;lent in the business done. On Saturday, tA'7Lls, a " a good attendance of merchants in the N ° liap, 0 c onsiderable animation. The previous 6 el tli e " e nlent was fully maintained, both in the 'eylow- til arket a n d i n th e quan tity o f c l o th th a t 4 4, 44 t1 14 4 :1 11 1 1 44tIeFR. Bat on Tuesday the market was gene ladthetk isinacitnate. It was thought by many ti. - ", e. ta "i ee ll of an exceedingly light character, but wo hl was over, the cloth cleared out was k tNe,l' ll B, ll l , i k - t hae, judging from appearances in the t k. i h a 'gilt have been expected, although it was 4 N I o - 1 %1 11 d ave b t age• The trade in the warehouses con- a 4 44eit, „1.". Few buyers have been in the town r , m.oes, au, yesterday, when several made their ap- 41 , 'Oa 415 -A 11 ; t -tngs look ' a. little better in consequence. 20 kl:N o - Y t o 14 . 4 -, .ceb. 26 The market has been more iN:tip e a to Al iiiti -maYl and the merchants who have shown any ice a .11.60111„ PUrebaSe pieces have offered lower prices. No e a (1,; 11 1 1 k.et has been - extremely inac . tive . and the 20 1 4 , 44 i 1 ; 111 p r i n ie ° ll a very limited scale, with little or no I , v, 1. -.4 0 --es. 20 44 1 1 / 41 , u i 11 . 13 ' March 2.—The inquiries for long wool n , c 4, 4 QZ - f r. , limited, and the sale unusually small. f tk7 2 11 i ti l l ana.nce of h circumstances, prices can- ` 5 l 0 pr at ed ;B'l:Led. Yar s n u s c The change in the weather if I — teei tt rnor ,hopeful feeling, and, ere long, with it i i i iti ed * (111 , )ik ti...ltsp ro _ production, we may hope to see Vel e Is mo r e etnent in this branch of trade. Pieces I. l t 4 1 Nde • lnquiry for goods to-day, and as . the :4,, et th le Un iversally low of stock, and, consider 'e!fltaeheiteevere weather has broken, and the season kt fl , e lny t ! w horl great activity usually manifests it ki L t 4.1, x, pr expect better doings. 4 1° 1 1 °11 ez t ell• 24 . —Business in every department „vo b 4 44 tkrerriely inactive to-day, and prices both of .t,„ -t of me r b ... k_ Pu r Ow material continue to show a bias in lit'44 e h ges ere• The arrivals of fleece wool, how %Z.' con siderably few er the last week or two, th g le very plentiful. SLIARE MARKETS. kTliI6 DAY.) ItAILWAYS. kr. I Paid.' RAlLwwfs. Closing Prices 1 this day. Swine's done this day. 1.00 (Aberdeen.. 81 I Arabg. Nottng. Bost andEastn. Junet... all Belfast & Ballymena. all Binning. Welverh. Stour Valley 29 Birkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk.; £5O and 225 Cons. 19 Do., k20.._.. •. 30 Myth & Tynsorigina £25 (isad. at £45 100 nriatol and Exeter 100 Caledonian 31s. IClumarthen and Car digau al]Ohoster & Holyhead all f2ork and Bandon all f - :ork, Vaek, & Pas, 16. Cornwall '.,!rieff Junction 45 Dul;lineaclfastJuue ail DundeePerth&Abe, ,teen Junction All 1)o. New 1.00 East A.hglian .411 Eastern Counties.... 100 Fastern Union, Stock WC B Stock 8:!, Do., Now A. 100 East Lancashire [OO I'Minburgh k Glasgo , all Edinb. and Peebles. 100 Edin.Prtb &Dun& e 1 Port], & Clyde June. all Furness . all Do. Extension..... ... 100 Gla,sgow &S. Wester) 100. Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 1 00 Do., B. Stock JO Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. 100 great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rai' Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14i Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds . 100 Lancash.andYorksh all Do., Fifths 11 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst 100 Lond. and N. Westn 16 Do. Fifths 52 Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B„. 2?, Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 42i Do., £5O 34' Do. £4O all Ludildrryck Col crain all Lnclndrry. & Ennisk 1.00 Ntanch.Shef.& Limb all Do. Shares, No. 44 )0., Man. & Lin. Un 1.00 Aidland 1.00 )o. Birmng. &Derb all Vlidld. G. West. (Ire, , 22i Do. Half Shares all gewcastle & Carlisle. 5.1 gewmkt.BuryExten. 21?, gwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. iewry & Enniskillen all gewry Warrenpoin' _ . and Rostrevor WO gorfolk 3 lorthn.Connties Un 100 'forth British all north Devon, No. l all Do., No. 2 'o., A Deferred all Do., B Guaranteed 00 I. Eastern—Berwici 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Purol all Do. Leeds 00 Do. York tIl 'forth London all Do. New Xl.o 3' It NT.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp• stead, and City Jn. 17i 'forth Staffordshire. all 'forth Western... .... all & S. Westrn. June guneaton, Hinckley and Leicester :00 )xford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton 8 l'ortsinouth 100 4eottish Central 00 icottish Midland all iltrewsby. & Illerofd ;00 4hropshiro Union south Dovou )0 ;oat', Eastern ll south Wales 15 i. Yrksh. di Riv. Put 5 , )o l 2 itaines, Wok. &WA al itockton Sz, Darn!' 15t ttc;kton & Hartlopl too t'aff . Vale 9 )0. £lO Shares WO Do. Pref.., No. 1 211, Ch arras Haven Hod and Railway all Vale of Neath all Nate] ft.. & ICilkenw all 'Waterford&bimerici 18 West Cornwall 3 West End of London :and Cryetal Pa'ace.. all West London 141 s. WI nbledn & Croydon. 20 - 21 Si - 5 81 - 8i 13 -12 i 16 - 17 74 - 6i, - !i2 64 - 64 12i - 130 31 - 21 5A - 6A It - 15 llg - lit 29 - 31 20 - 22 70 72 55 67 2d par 20 21 70 - 72 91 - 92 72 - 74 ,27 - 128 89 - 91 65 -65 i 60 - 62 70 - 75 5 - 7 5 - 7 764 -- 77 ••• •••C ••• •• Sh 99 101 99 100 id id i_d .- - I ' 85 - 86 8 • 761 76 - 66 24 - 241 7 i - Si 69 -69 i 40 - 42 i - 1T 11 - 9 li - 21 50 t 3 3a 3i 29i ... 306 8 10 - 6i 73 73 - 74 7 31 12t 49 —50 i 49 .0 d par Ad 4 4i 5i 6 1 d par 29 - 31 99 - 101 63 - €5 47 - 99 )2i - 13, 61 62 281 - 29 . 4 - 2 2 - 1 37 - 39 3i - 4 16 17 3:5 - 4 23 - 55 5} - 6i 6 . --- ••• - 7 FOREIGN. all utiverp&Rotterdam 2olgian Eastu. June. 10 Bezi ors to Graissossac 2s. ilmabay, Baroda, and Central ludia.Scrip ... Cc ntral of Italy ...... all Demerara 14 Dijon and Tiosancon 10 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian 10 Do. Ey:;ension all Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do 15 Gd. Tk of CanadaA is all Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. all Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Poninsula 1 Do. Now 5 per cent. 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations....... all Gt. Western of Canad Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7 with option till '55. all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, withou' option all Hamilton & Toronto' all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lake Conet. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c prof 110 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Mediterran 16. \iadras 10 Do. New 31i .iaria Antonia all Do. do. Now all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ox interest) all Northern of France all D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelinee gull . . 3 p. c. & rod. at 22&1. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1654.... all Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde. (finy.B. & Ams.Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPrel 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen 10 ParisCaen & Chcrbrg. all Rouen and Ijavre , 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 5M p. cent. Pref 14 Southern of France. 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West FlaudcrB I all Do 54 per c. Pref._ I 16 Western of France 16 West. of Switzerland ; all Wiesbaden 1 all Zealand JOINT-STOI all Australasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. Amoricat 5 Chartd, Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Coramercia.l of Loud 18 English Scottish and Airstralian all Loud. Chart. Bk. of A TI stralia 5 Ditto Now 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock.. 20 Lond. & Westminster, 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 221 National of Ireland all New South Wales all 'Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all ,Do. New 1 ,Royal Australn.Bkg St Gold Imp Co all South Australia all Union af Australia 2: Do. New 10 Union of xdonaoli ,' 81 - 31 par I P P - 33i 4t 6 - 7 - 2t - •,. • to ... -- ...al 24 2ii par ip Par IP 3 31 2i 3 171 -17 i 95 - 97 95 - 97 99 - 10: 92 94 2 d Pal 97 100 di. —21 p Ad—pa r r ,•• ..."" •• - 7] 34 - 3G, 114 -- 12 22a 22ip 46 - 50 40 42 pro 23 * ld par 2i 8 8 ••• ... -pm 3i - 7 ••• '''''' -1s BANKS. so .- 82 ~. ... ... • • --•••• • • • 1 • d •-• i d 2i - 21 20 21 par p ... .- 34 = 35 37 - 39 38 -- 40 64 - 66 7 - 9 ... = n• 25 St. 20 St 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 20 50 20 25 4 - ^8 f THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1855. MINES. Tbtrb FZFibttion, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 1 all Agua Fria 1 all A.nglo Austria. Gold 10s. all Anglo Californian 20 6 Australian - 1 1 all Australian Cordillera - •• . 1 all Australian Freehold. - 1 all Ave Maria - -- 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) - 50 all Blrenarvon Iron and Coal - 6 5 20 13.5 British Iron 43 - 53 35 253 Brazilianlmp.(issued at 1:5 pm 2 - 2A 24 30 all Do. COMES & Culaba 1 - 20 15 Do. St. John Delßey 28 -30 1 3 Carsons's Creek 5 I 1 Clarendon Cons. Min, Co. of Jamaica 3 - 10 all Cobro Copper 46 - 48 48 5 1 Colonial Gold 3 - St. all Copper Min. of Eng 43. - 48 25 all Do. Pref. 73 p. cent ld - 1 n ... 16 Copiapo - 19 5 all English and Austin (kipper Smcltg no 1 A - 2 1 2 4 Fortuna Rd - par 20 all 'leueral ll4 - llil 1 all Gt. Nuo%setVeinßcg 3 - 4 all Great Polgooth . ••• 1 all Liberty 3 all Li nares . - 8 74 5 1 Lusitanian 3(l 3d 1 all Vlariquita 3 - 1 all New Granada - 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co . ..• 1 all Nouveau Monde - 20 all Poutgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 15 - 16 5 1 Port Philip 3 - 3 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all 1111yraney Iron l9 - 21 15 all Do. New 5 - 6 30 114 Santiago de Cuba... 31 - 4 1 all South Australian par - hp 10 74 Tin Croft . - 2 281 all United Mexican 2A - 3 23 3 1 all Waller - 1 all West Mariposa - 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba ••• ••• MISCELLANEOUS. 25 173 Australian Agricult. 30 j - 31 31 20 ... Australsa•Pcific.Mail - 10 all Aus`;raln. Royal Mail - 3i 4 10 53 Berlin Water Works 3 -23 d 50 40 Brit. American Land 60 - 65 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co ... - 100 323 Canada llB - 120 St. 1.00 Canada Gov. 6p. ct. Jan. and July 1075 - 108 108 5 all Crystal Palace 25 - 3 21 3 4 all Crystal Pal. of France - 1 4 Duston Tron Oro - 20 5 Eastern Steam - 25 22 ElectricTelegraph(A) 143 - 153 144 154 15 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 all General Screw Steam ... - 16 154 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. _ 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien 64 - 64 61 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land 4 - 14 2 1 N. S. W. Coal &Inter Steam Navigat. Co. .„ 1 all N. B. Australasian 5 - 1 20 123 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 24 - 3 24 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 55 - 5V 56 3 50 all Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co n - 2 11 100 60 Royal Mail Steam - 68 65 7 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest 1 - 1 25 all Ds South t u t t o h Ne Austral.Landw 35 - 36 354 1 all Submar. Telegraph 4 - ' all Do. Rey; qtered.... A 20 5 Trrst & Loan Co. of Upper Canada.... - 100 \ 28n Van Diemand s Land' 121 - 133 HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool- SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. sack at five o'clock. BLOCKADE OF PORTS IN THE BLACK SEA. Lord LUCAN apperred for the first time in the house this evening. His lordship entered into an ani mated conversation with the Earl of Clarendon and Lord Lyndhurst. His lordship appeared in excellent health and spirits. DEATH OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. The Earl of CLA.RENDON rose amidst profound silence, and said—My lords, I think it my duty to inform your lorchhips of the contents of a telegraphic despatch which I received half an hour ago from her Majesty's Minister at the Hague : "The Emperor of Russia died this morning between 12 and 1 o'clock, cf apoplexy, after an attack of influ- ( From a Supplement to the Gazette of last Night. ) FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARcai 3. It is hereby notified that official information has been received from Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.8., commanding her Majesty's Naval Forces in the Black Sea, dated her Majesty's ship Agamemnon, off Sebasto pol, Feb. 11, 1855, that from the Ist of Feb. last " the mouth of the River Dniester, the ports of Akermanu, 0 vi diopol, Odessa, all the ports situated between Ochako♦ Point and Kinbourn Point, in cludingthelperts of Nicolaev and Khcrson, the Rivers Bong and Dnieper; also the ports between Kinbourn Point and Cape Tarkan, including the ports in the Gulf of Perekop, the poet of Sebastopol, the ports comprised between Cape Aia and the Strait of Eertch, including those of Yalta, Alouslita, Souclak, Kaffa, or Theodosia. The Port of Kerte!), the Strait of Kett* the entrance to and all the ports in the Sea of Azov, including especially the Ports of Bardiansk, Taganrog, and Arabat ; the River Don, and also the Ports of Auapa and Sonjak, were strictly blockaded by a competent force of the Allied Fleets of France and England. enza." I have also, my lords!, rsiceived a despatch from Berlin, also informing me of the death of the Emperor of Russia. An hour before this de. , pateh arrived, I received - an account from Lord John Russell, who is at Berlin, stating that the Empeivr of Russia was at the point of death, and that he had already taken leavo•of his family. I apprehend, said his lordship ilthough this event occurred at so late a time as betwee:, twelve and one this morning, there can be no doubt of the authenticity of the information. Under these cir cumstances, as this unexpect.:d event must exercise an important and immediate influence on the war, and upon the negotiations for peace, and possibly upon the policy of Russia, I think that my noble and learned friend (Lord Lyndhurst) will agree with me that it might be attended with much inconvenience if he per severed in bringing forward his motion, of which he had given notice. I therefore trust, upon public grounds, that my noble friend will accede to the request which I now make, namely, that he would postpone his motion. Lord LYNDHURST—My lords, after the statement ' of my noble friend, I feel it is my duty not to proceed with the motion of which I have given notice in reference to our relations with Russia. But I beg to state that I shall not withdraw it, but merely postpone it till a future opportunity. " That the Ports of Eupatoria, Etreltzka, Kamiesb, Kazatch, and Balaklava were, and are, and will remain ope❑ and free from all blockade untilfurther notice ; and it is hereby further notified, that all treasures authorised by the law of nations, and the resjective treaties be tween her Majesty the Queen of Grent Britain and Ire land and his Imperial M4jesty th. Emperor of the French, and the different Neutral Powers, will be adopted and executed with respect to all vessels which may attempt to viul.to he said blockade." STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, March 2.—ln some departments of our market there appears to be rather more inquiry than there was last week. But there ilas been an uneasy feeling in the market throughout the week, arising very much from recent and contemporaneous failures, al though these have been of comparative:y small magnitude. This feeling has contributed to increase, in some degree, the general depression ; and the saleseffected have been, as a rule, fully as low in their terms in the present as they were in the previous week. • NOTTINGHAM, March I.—Lace business slightly more buoyant, by means of small purchases. The hosiery trade is somewhat better off, and still kot above half the business of an ordinary season is doing ; here also the operations are confined to small purc'iasers, who are en tering the market in considerable numbers, animated by the reviving spring. LEICESTER, March I.—Business is 6qually flat in every department of our manufacture, as noticed last week. Yarns and wools remain without animation. M ARKET NIIWS--(T1312 DAY.) COVENT GARDE. A very limited business was transacted in fruit and vegetables to-day. Prices ruled about stationary. FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, bs to 7s per lb ; apricots, Os to Os per doz. ; hot-house grapes, E. Od to 10s Od per lb ; foreign ditto, 10d to is 8d ; melons, Os Od to Os each peaches, Os Od to Os ,• nectarines, Os Od to Os per dozen ; apples, 4s 6d to 10s Od per bushll ; pears, 7s 0(1 to lOs Od per half sieve • Orleans plums and green gages Os to Os Od per punn e t ,• ditto, Os to Os Od, and common pltums, lemons, 9d to i s 3d per d oz.; oranges, i s to 10s per 100; 35 0 to Os Od per h a lf s i eve; c h err i es , )d to Os per pound ; fil berts, 93s per 100 lbs ; cobnuts, 18)s to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to Od per 100; figs, is Od to 2s 6d per lb_ VEGETABLES.—Savoy cabbages, 90 to is 6d per dozen; red ditto. 2s to 3s Od per dozen ; 'much beans, Os 3d to Os 4d per 100 ; brocoli, 2s 0.1 to 4 8 Od per bundle ; t b o un 2 c s h ; Od each - potatoes, 90s to 130 s per ton ; vegetalle marrow,Od each ; peas, Os Od to Os Od per bush.; broad bean s , 9d t o i s p er h a lf cm•rots, 7d to 10d per garlic, 64:1 to Os 8d per pallid ; spinach, 2 s 0(1 t o 4,3 per sieve ; anions, 2s 61 to 4s Od per bush . ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s sieve ; h ; ;turnips, 4d t , o i68(1 poder cucumbers, per doz. ; leeks, 4d to 6d per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6d ,• horse-raddish, 2s Od to 5s 0,1 per bundle ; parsley, 4d to 81 per bunch • celery, is Od to Is 6d per bunch ; endive, is ato 3s per score ; beet, is 6d to 2s per doz. ; parsnips, is Od to 2s Cd per dozen ; small salad, 3d to Od per punnet ; mushrooms, 2s Od to 3s Od per pottle ; artichokes, 4s to 6s per doz. , • cabbage lettuces, Is 6d to 2s per score ; sorrel, 6(1 to is per half sieve ; radishes 9d to is per dozen hands ; 'tomatoes, 3s Od to 4s Od per half aieve ; chillies, is to is id per 10; Brussels sprouts, is Od to ?s 0,1 per half sieve; capsicums, is to 2s per 100. ; rhubarb, 9(1 to is 3d per bundle ; sea hail, is Gcl to 3s per punnet ; asparagus, 4s to . )s per 100. i'i l ial .00'251 THE " MARSDEN" TRIAL IN PARIS. TO THE EDITOR OF THR SIR,-At the request of many friends I am induc ed to ask the favour of the insertion of this note, in reference to the unfortunate case of a Dr. Marsden and his Baugh• tern, now under investigation in the Court of Assize, Paris, and a report of which bas appeared in many of the English newspapers. The said Dr. Marsden is no relative or connexion of mine, neither have I any knowledge either of him or of any •f his family. lam not a widower, neither have I any daughters, and I believe I awl the only one of the name in the medical profession in London.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM MARSDEN. 65, Lincoln's-inn-fields, Feb., 1855. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s 6d ; Geese, 53 Od to 6s Od each; Ducks, 2s Gd to 2s Od ; tame Rabbits, Os Od to Os Od; wild do , is to is 6d each ; Pigeons, Os to 12e per doz. ; largo Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Chickens, is 91 to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; Hares 2s 6,1 to 3s 6d ; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 3d each ; Partridges, 18 9d to 2s 0 , 1 ; Pheasants, 33 Gd to 3s 9d; Leveret', 2s 01 to 2s Gd ; Roasting Pigs, 4s Od Co 7s Od ; Guinea Fowls, 2s 911 to 3s Gd each. Ostend fresh butter, 11s 6 , 1 to 12s Gd, and English lls 6d to 15s Od per dozen lbs. English Eggs, lOs Od to lls Oil; French ditto, Gs Od to 7a Gd per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 11 to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4810 d : pork, 38 id to 4s lid per Sibs. WHITECITAPEL. Beef, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 38 4d to 4s 4d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; pork, 33 Od to 4s 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s Od to 20s ; Brills, is Od to 7s each ; Salmon, 3s Od to 4s Oct per lb; Cod Fish, 2s Gd to 10s each ; Soles, 3d to is Gd per pair; Eels, 8d to is Od per lb; Lobsters, fid to 2s 6d ; Crabs, 6 d to 2 s 6 d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 1 2 s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16 s to 24s ; Natives bah; Mackerel, 40s per 100 ; Smelts, 2s Natives, 50s to Os per to 3sod per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is Gd to 2s Od per doz. ; rats, 8s Od to Os Oct per Fresh Herrings, 5s Oct to Os per 100. ; Scotch do., 6d; Sp bushel ; Doreys, 2 s Gd to 1 05 each ; Haddocks, 5s to 15s per doz.; Pike Gd; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 2s 6d to 3s. BREAD. The prioes of wheaten bread in the metropolis are froze 91d to lOid; of household ditto, 8d to 9d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3id to 34d'; 641 b to 7216, 3Ad to Od ; 721 b to 801 b, 3 1 d to 3 id ; 801 b to 881 b, aid to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4(1 to 44(1 ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4id to 0(1; 104 1121 b Od to Od ; upwards, 0(1 to Od; Horse hides , 5s 6(1 to Os 0(1; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 36 0d ; ditto, full, 5s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, 6s Od to 7s 3d. ; Keats, 5s Od to 5s MI ; Half-breds, 5s Od to 5s bOd ; to 4s 10d ; Lambs, Os Od to O s Od . Downs, 4s Od HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 153 to 4/ 161 Od ; clover ditto, 3/ N to 5/ 17s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 9s per load. A full average supply and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 3/ Oa to 4/ 16s ; clover ditto, 3/ N to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 103 per load. Supply 'moderately good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 41 15s; °lova ditto, 3/ Os to 51 17s; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 9s per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. DEATII4 AT SCUTARI, tf:c. The following is the nominal return of deaths since the 15th of February : Assistant-Surgeon Grabham, 71st regt. Sergeant Michael Gabriel, 49th regt. Sergeant George Wiggins, 63d regt. Corporal James Meridith, 41st regt. PRIVATES. James Grant, 42d regt. William Wormill, Royal Art. Jas. Stoney, Saprs. and - Min Patrick Monahan, Royal Art. Win. Nieagher, sth Drag. Gds. Wm. Pritain, 17th Lancers IVm. Morford, 7th regt. Richard Peters, 46th regt. George Combes, 2d Rifles Thos. Owens, Scots Fns. Gds. James Brown, ditto Henry Heather, Ist Rifles Alexander Caffery, 21st regt. Charles Cowley-, 4th regt. Thomas Jones, 97th rcgt. - Linnett, 49th regt. John Lofts, 49th regt. Patrick Flanagan, 62d regt. Francis Poller, 55th regt. Henry Francis, 4th regt. John Hunt, Gren. Gds. Henry Richards, 19th regt. Martin Gannon, 4th Drag. Gds. Michael Hinchey, 21st regt. John Brown, 21st regt. John North, 23d regt. Samuel O'Raudall, 23d mgt. Elijah Holmes, 44th regt. Thomas Thompson, 28th regt. Thomas Spencer, 28th regt. Edward Sidney, 33d regt. James Knott, 46th regt. William Hall, 46th regt. Richard Holloway, 50th regt. Benj. Armstrong, 55th regt. Henry Neatcs, 55th rcgt. Robert Smith, 68th 'wt. Thomas Connell, 77th regt. Henry Gurr, 90th mgt. James Nugent, 95th regt. Henry Pearce, Royal Art. Robert Wyatt, do. M. Laughlin, Sap. and Min. George Huff, 46th regt. Robert Hoick, Royal Art. Henry Wrigley, 41st regt. William Henney, 71st regt. Patrick Lennon, 4th regt. Matthew Wilson, 97th regt. John Lamb, Gren. Gds. William Wood, Scots Fusiliers George Hathway, 71st regt. Joseph Stainer, 19th regt. Thomas Tidswell, 39th regt. James Tracey, 68th regt. Henry King, 49th rogt. Joseph Smithers, 46th regt. Mark Rutland, 33d regt. Wm. May, Ist bat. Rifle brig. Robert Kain, 6th Drags. Charles Vincent, 38th regt. f.. 44 William Greenoff, 44th regt. Robert Martin, Royal Art. Hadden,Coldstream Gds. Allen Kennedy, Scots Fusiliers Charles Hillcott, 17th regt. Francis Clemmens, 4th regt. Charles Carroll, 19th regt. James Walker, 20th regt. Patrick Ryan, 21st regt. George Greenfield, 30th regt. John Roberts, 33d regt. Joseph Vickers, 44th regt. Francis Solway, 46th regt. Louis Monk, 95th regt. Daniel Sharper, 49th regt. ON BOARD THE ROBERT LOWE, ON BOARD SHIPS ARRIVING PROM TILE CRIMEA. PRIVATES. Thomas O'Brien, Bgth regt. John Mason, Royal Art. John M'Namara, 89th regt. Mat. M`Pherson, 89th regt. Joseph Bishop, 38th regt. John Delaney, SBth regt. Elan Price, 2d Rifles Thomas Thompson, Ist Fool Robert Swinton, 79th regt. William Swain, Ist Foot John Henderson, 79th regt. William Parker, Royal Art. ON BOARD THE PISCATOR. Private Edward Bennett, Royal Art. ON BOARD THE MELBOURNE. PRIVATES. Joseph Sugliffe, 77th regt. Powell Evans, Royal Art. 'HE MEDWAY. 'ATES. William Rowland, 19th rag ON BOARD T 1 Chas. Mulholland, S9th rcgt. BRITISH TELEGRAPH COMPANT.—A special [general meeting of this company was held yesterday; Mr. James Simpson in the chair. The report states that the balance of the revenue account for the half-year, after deducting the working charges, amounts to 3,1421. Is. 6d., which will give a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum on the capital entitled thereto. SIR CHARLES WOOD. —On Thursday evening, at Halifax, the First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir C. Wood) addressed a numerous meeting of his constituents ; Mr. John Crossley presided. The right honourable gentle. man reviewei the course of policy which bad been taken by the late and the preceding Cabinets with respect to the Turkish question, and then entered upon a history of the war in the Crimea, The right hon. gentleman observed that, with regard to himself, be could say that he quitted his old office with regret ; however, he felt bound to render the Government every assistance in his power. A unanimous vote of confidence in the right honourable gentleman having been passed, the meeting terminated. James Maunering, 62d regt. James Abbey, 63d regt. Samuel Brownley, 68th regt. James Beatty, 68th regt. James Whitelow, 71st regt. Alexander Hay, 79th rcgt. Robert Hamilton, 79th regt. Robert Halbert, 95th regt. Aaron Sheldriek, 2d Rifles Benj. Barns, Scots Fusiliers James Wally, Gren. Gds. James Flood, Gren. Gds. Patrick Roach, 38th regt. James Smith, 2d Rifles Abraham Clark, Royal Art. Patrick Cloffee, 9th regt. William Lock, 49th regt. John Revert, 28th regt. George Palmer, 55th regt. Denis Corrigan, 14th regt. Alfred Mathews, 20th regt. George Meade, 34th regt. Henry Page, 9th regt. Thomas Barry, 68th rogt. Angus Robertson, 93d regt. George Bird, let Rifles John Murray, 42d regt. Garrard Sheppard, 6th Dgs. T. Wainhouse, 13th Lt. Dgs. Stephen Marsh, Royal Art. Isaac Whitehead, Gren. Gds. Thomas Fox, Gren. Gds. James Casanah, Ist Foot Samuel Knight, Ist Foot Daniel Green, 4th rogt. Robert Laing, 7th regt. David Wigg, 7th regt. Wm. Drinkwater, 9th regt. Robert Cavanagh, 19th regt. Thomas M`Letd, 42d regt. Samuel Kelly, 50th regt. John Baines, 68th regt. James Henry, 77th regt. Thomas Farthing, 89th regt. John Jones, 95th regt. Thomas White, 97th regt. John Bonin, 9 th regt. James Dawkins, 2d Rifles John Maher, 46th regt. Thomas Greenhouse, Ist regt. Thomas Smith, Cold. Gds. John Power, 50th regt. Hugh Williams, 79th regt. James Wales, 90th regt. William Dolan, 9th rcgt. William Ellis, Scots Fus. Gds. Marshal O'Niel, 38th regt. J. Pebbles, 21st regt. Patrick Phelan, 89th regt. Edwd. M'Dermott, 89th regt Henry Webb; Ist Rifles .Inures Morris, 11th Hussars Henry Batty, - 4th Foot S. Woden, 25th rogt. William Smith, 50th regt. James Lock, 77th regt. William Smith, Royal Art. John Swarby, Cold. Gds. Thomas Greeves, Cold. Gds. John Fahey, 49th regt. Robert Haywood, 77th regt. Peter Longton, 50th regt. Henry Gibbon, 97th regt. Denis Knowles, let Rifles William Sparks, Ist Rifles Henry Abbott, Ist Rifles LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 3.—Wind and weather this day at noon, S.W.; strong breeze, and cloudy, with rain. The Barometer has fallen consi derably, and now indicates much rain. RAMSGATE; March 2.—The Arabia, from Sydney) days by ice d in lat. GO S., i Q n ulto 2 , l of Liverpool, Beach Head l;o2;4mgilsl9.difiWsl;:nr;ets,pwlovkii:thath'al?l hands disabled, and sent four hands to bring her to place of safety. OFF MARGATE, March 2.—Arabia, from Sydney. P ORT SMOUTH, March 2. — Wind, .to S.V. Arrived-- Waldemar, from Canton and the Cape, f or Hamburg. SOUTHAMPTQN, March 2.—Wind, Plata (s), for the West Indies. DARTMOUTH, March 2.—Wind, S.W. Arrived— Buiten zorg, from Hartlepool, for Shanghae. DOVER, March 2.—Wind, W. Arrived—Clementa, from Havannah, for Hamburg. 10.4 c 5 ur a a .m co . a.; i f s ro fe m ared will be a wreck. New Orleans, for ( P ER ELECTRIC LIVERPOOL, TE S a turday,u E APii . ) Arrived—Florida, from Savannah ; Parliamenti,aßroohst2e.n Aria, Now Orleans; Parsa, Callao o A L r y g il e E n li ti D n , a ;, QUEENSTOWN, March 1. LThilveehrcoParojgoooLhio:neßashpaonereneteertadnetaaonr bhe(ellrhseaiapietd. Wind, S.W. Arrived—Suffolk , fr om Ura g uay ; minn a ' Laguna ; Adam Gladiolus, Call ao ; Frances, New Orleans. 10.19 a.m. ; Weather, fine. Licata ; Fairy, (BY BIIBMARINGIIntIivLBETD7sHa Saturday 10.19 Wind, W.S.W. ; tide, ono hour's flood Arrived, March 2—Antii -Berg, from Malaga. DEAL, SatUrday, 9.51 aan Wind, W.S.W. ; strong . - Passed—John Soott , f rom Demerara, for London ; Sn• perior, from London , for Ferrol; Queen of Britain, Ber bice, for London. the Arabia f rom S y d ney , amount of gold they bring, aNrerAiwvitensdfovfurAtoLhlnswriiaoel Wales, ,o A ubr u un s t i n ha e. L en d f A. —The Jov en D o l ores h as if any, is not yet ascertained. P ENINSULA R AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—A special meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday, when two sums, of 1,5001. each were voted for a service of plate to Mi. Wilcox and Mr. Anderson, for their services on behalf of the com pany, and on their relinquishing their emoluments in the undertaking in favour of the shareholders. THE CIVIL SERVICE.—Lord Stanley of Alderley, Pre - Eident of the Board of Trade, has appointed Mr. Louis Mallet as his Private Secretary. Mr. Peter Rorke has been appointed clerk in the Cash Account-office, Ord. name-deco, Sfraka &AO. charge, then placed himself in front of one of the leading squadrons, where he fell the first victim, " I did not dare so to disobey your lordship, and it is the opinion of every officer of rank in this army to whom I hive shown your instructions that it was not possible for me to do so. _ _ _ . . _ " I hope, my lord, that I have stated the facts temper ately and in a becoming and respectful manner, as it has been my wish to do. lam confident that it will be your desire to do me justice. I will only ask that your lord ship should kindly give the same publicity to this letter that has been given to your report, as I am sensitively anxious to satisfy my Sovereign, my military superiors, and the public that I have not on this unhappy occasioa shown myself undeserving of their confidence or unfitting the command which I hold.—l have the honour to be, &c., "LucAN, " Lieutenant-General, Commanding Cavalry Division. " His Excellensy the Commander of the Forces." Immediately on my arrival in this country, having writ ten a letter on my journey, I sent my son—my aide-de camp—with it to the Adjutant-General, at the Horse Guards. This my lords is the letter : "20, Hanover 7 square, March 1. "Sir,—l have obeyed her Majesty's command to resign the command of the cavalry of the army of the East, and to return to England. I have now the honour to report my arrival for the information of the General Conirnandi ng in-Chief. I ccarider it (Inc to my professional honour :,nd character to seize the earliest moment of requesting i hat my conduct in ordering the charge of the light cavalry brigade at Bilaklava on the 25th of October, and writing the letter I addressed to Field-Marshal Lord Raglan on the 30th of November, may be submitted and investigated by a court-martial. I make this appeal to General Lord liar dingo with the greatest confidence, believing it to be the undoubted privilege, if not the positive right, of every 501- dier to be allowed a military inquiry into his conduct when,. a 3 in my case, he shall consider it to have bee-a unjustly impugned. " LUCAN, Lieutenant-General. " To the Adjutant-General.' (Hear.) I assured your lordships that, if you kindly gave me your attention while I read the foregoing letters, I would not offer ono word of comment on them ; and I think that your lordships will admit that that will be the best course for me to pursue. (Hear, hear.) Earl GRANVILLE felt quite sure that, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, their lordships would not object to the seeming irregularity of the noble earl's statement; but, as the noble earl had confined himself to reading certain portions of correspondence, and had pur posely abstained from introducingany ecmnpnts, reserv ing to himself the right of doing so under certain contin gencies, he thought their lordships would be of opinion that no further conversation on the subject should now take place. (General cries of "hear.") The matter then dropped. The Lunacy Regulation Act (1853) Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed ; as was also the Con solidated Fund (3,300,000/.) Bill. In reply to a question from Lord MONTEAGLE, Earl GRANVILLE stated that the correspondence which had passed between the late Chancellor of the Ex chequer and the Bank respecting the issue of deficiency bills was of a private character ; and it was the opinion of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer that its produo• Con would not be to the advantage of the public service, though, personally, he had not the slightest objection to its publication, if that should be desired by any one con nected with the Bank. The Consolidated Fund (20,000,0001.) Bill and the Common Law Procedure Act Amendment (Ireland) Bill were each read a third time and passed. Ths house adjourned at ten minutes to six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the *hair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed :—Paisley Burgh ; Saint George's Harbour ; Shrewsbury Improvement ; Execu tor and Trustee Society ; Phoenix, South Metropolitan, London, and Surrey Gas Companies. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. W. WILLIAMS opposed it, because it was in tended to establish a great gas monopoly on the south of the Thames. He moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. A. PELLATT supported the bill, and declared that it would protect rather than oppress the public, with regard to the prices, quality, and measure of their gas. After some observations from Mr. Bouverie, Mr. 'Wil son Patten, Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, and Mr. Greene, Sir J. DUKE, who had charge of the bill, said the Company were quite wiling that the maximum price of their gas should be GA. per thousand. The house then divided, when there appeared, For the second reading lO6 Against it Majority The bill was accordingly read a second time, and or dered to be committed. BARNSTAPLE ELECTION. Mr. G. BUTT brought up the report of the Barnstaple election committee, declaring that Mr. Guinness was duly elected, but iat Mr. Lawley was not, and that so far as the latter was concerned the election was a void election. LIVERPOOL IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. M. GIBSON moved that standing order No. 90 be suspended in the case of the Liverpool Improvement Dili ; and that it be an instruction to the committee of selection to add such local members to the committee upon such Lill as they may think fit. .\.fter a brief conversation the motion was withdrawn upon the undrrstaiuhng that the Liverpool members do out sit upon the•committee. PETITIONS. Mr. FERGUSON presented a petition from Carlisle, praying that public-houses may be entirety closed on Sunany,.. Mr. WY SE presented a petition rem Stat'fxd against the Public-House Act of last session. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE prcser:tA a petition from i in bury against the sa'e of intoxicating liquors. Mr. T. PARKER. presented a petition from several ocal papers against the newspaper stamp. Mr. WALTER presented a petition from the Not- Ingham Waterworks Company against certain clauses in the Public Health 13111. Mr. MOWATT presented a petition from the Cam- bridge Mechanics' Institute, in favour of the purchase of the Bernal Collection by the nation. Several otlaer honourable members presented similar petitions. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY. Mr. LAYARD gave notice that on Monday he should ask the Under Secretary at War whether an order had been issued to the medical officers serving in the Crimea not to answer any questions put to them, so that they might be unable to answer the questions of the commis sioner sent out to inquire into the conduct of the Medical Department. Ho should also ask whether Dr. Lawson had been appointed to an office in the hospital at Scu tari, Smyrna, or Rhodes ; and, if so, by whose authority had he been appointed ? Colonel SMYTH wished to ask the Under-Secretary of State for War, whether any arrangement has been ma-le to send either to Scutari or to the camp in the Crimea those surgeons of militia regiments who have volunteered their services in accordance with a circular addressed to them from the War-office ; or, whether any, arrangements have been - made to send out the civil practitioners who have offered their services. Mr. PEEL said a circular was sent from the War office to the surgeons of militia regiments, requesting to know whether they would proceed to the East. It had ' not been out more than a week or ten days, and he was informed no offer had yet been made in answer to that circular ; but the head of the medical department had been directed to engage the services of ten civil practi tioners. BREECH-LOADING ARMS. Mr. MAGUIRE asked the Under Secretary at War whether any steps, and, if any, what steps had been taken by the War Department to improve the arma ment of the cavalry, artillery, or other troops, by pro viding them with a breech-loading arm? Mr. PEEL said sovcral were under the consideration of the Ordnance, and they were being tested by a com mittee of artillery officers. ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. Mr. T. BUNCOMBE asked the Under-Secret iry for War, whether there i.. yobjootion to lay upon the table copies of any letters or despatches that have passed between Lord Raglan and the Minister for War rela tive to the wants of the army in the Crimea ? Mr. PEEL said there would be no objection to pro duce the correspondence.' Colonel GREVILLE wished to ask the Under Secre tary for War, whether the salaries of the Chaplains at tending the army in the East were fixed during the past year by a War-Office regulation at Ws,. for the Church of England, 7s. 6d. for the Presbyterian, and ss. for the Roman Catholic, for the performance of their respective duties ; and, if so, whether it is the intention of the Go, vernment to make any alteration with a view of placing the clergy of each denomination on a footing of equality while engaged in this arduous service ? Mr. PEEL said the pay of the first was 16s. a day in addition to allowances and ration!. The Roman Catho lics were paid at the rate of 1501. a year in addition to allowances and rations. PENSIONS IN THE MILITIA. Colonel NORTH asked the Under Secretary for War whether those serjeants of regiments of militia who are now pensioners from the army, and who have volunteered for foreign service, will be allowed to count their service towards increase of pension? Mr. PEEL said those serjeants receives ls. 6d. a day in addition to their pension while they served in the militia, and if they enlisted in the militia twenty years they would be entitled to a further pension. Those who volunteered for foreign service received a bounty of 31., and their service in the Mediterranean would not be allowed to count in the manner suggested by the gallant officer. LANDLORD AND TENANT BILL. Mr. NAPIER asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether the sanction or support of the Government in both Houses of Parliament is intended to be given to so much of the bill recently introduced by the honourable and learned .member for Kilkenny, as consists of the bill of last session, which was rejected by the House of Lords, and which is contained in the first seventeen clauses of the prosent bill Lord PALMERSTON said the intentions of the Go vernment would be stated on the second reading of the bill. DEATH OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. Mr. F. FRENCH—Sir,—There is a rumour in cir culation that the Government have received intelligence respecting the death of the Emperor of Russia. May I ask if the Government have received such intelligence ? Lord PALMERSTON said—The Government L aye reoeiyed two ttltgraphis mentem--one through 3 r ha, 641 3a 41 4 a 121 13 12i I 21 lla i i i 91i 2 1 a 73 4 891 90 6545 76 i i f 8 I Si 100 .00 99 69 81 91 9 1 11 30 3 / 4 30 50 i 50 i 13k 624 1 29 81 61 7i 331 i 21i 2 11 118 11 121 i 13 121 31 3 i i 2f 17i f I 934 2 j 119 a 11 101 811 i THE RECALL OF LORD LIICAN. The Earl of LUCAN—The circumstances under which I appear before your lordships are painful to myself, and are, I may say, extraordinary, if not altogether unprece_ dented. I trust, therefore, that I shall receive your kind indulgence while I read to you some papers which will explain why I present myself to your lordships, and why lam not where I should be—at the seat of war. When I have read these papers it is not my intention to utter one word of comment on them, for on my arrival in England I instantly communicated with the com mander-in-chief. I addressed myself to that noble lord, and asked him to have my conduct investigated by a court-martial. So long as I can hope—and at present I do confidently hope—that my conduct will undergo a thorough investigation from officers of the army, who, I believe, are the most competent judges of it, I shall be silent in this house, and I only hope that such silence will not be misinterpreted. On Wednesday, the 16th of February, the three following letters were handed to me by a member of Lord Raglan's staff. The first letter is from Lord Raglan, addressed to myself : " Before Sebastopol, Feb. 12. "My Lord,—Having transmitted to the Minister for War the letter which your lordship addressed to me on the 30th of November last for that purpose, I have now the honour to forward to you the copy of a despatch which I received this evening from the Duke of Newcastle, with its enclosure from General Viscount Hardinge. " Your lordship will perceive that the Queen has been pleased to approve the recommendation of the General Commanding-in-Chief that you should be recalled, and that, is communicating to you this decision, the Minister for War has instructed me to inform your lordship that it is her Majesty's pleasure that you should resign the com mand of the cavalry and return to England. " I have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's most obedient bumble servant, " RAGLAN. " Lieutenant-General the Earl of Taman." Along with this there was also a private letter from Lord Raglan. The next is a letter from the Duke of Newcastle to Lord Raglan, dated the 27th of January ; and I beg your lordships' particular attention to this date : "War Department, Jan. 27. "My Lord,—l have to acknowledge your lordship's despatch, dated the 16th of December, enclosing the copy of a letter address e d t o y ou by Lieutenant General the Earl of Lucan, and submitting to mo observations upon its contents. "Upon the receipt of that despatch I felt that the pub lic service and the general discipline of the army must be greatly prejudiced by any misunderstanding between your lordship, as the General commanding her Majesty's Forces in the field, and the Lieutenant-General commanding the Division of Cavalry ; but, desiring to be fortified in all matters of this nature by the opinions of the General Com manding-in-Chief, I submitted, without delay, your lord ship's despatch and the letter of the Earl of Lucau for the consideration of General Viscount Hardinge. " I have now the honour of enelusin , , for your lordship's guitlanee, an extract from the reply which I have this day (26th of January) received from Lord Hardinge, and which hra beensub:l fitted to and approved by the Queen. • "I have, therefore, to instruct your lordship to commu nicate this de-ision to the Earl of Lucan, and to inform his lordship th:it he should resign the command of the ca valry division and return to England. fu performing this painful duty I purposely abstain from any comments upon the coryespondence submitted to rue ; brit I must observe that, apart from any c. nsider ation of the merits of the question raised by Lord Lucan, the position in which he has now placed himself towards your lordship renders his withdrawal from the army under yur command in all resp acts advisable. " I have, Sze., " NEWCASTLE. "Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.8., &c." With this was enclosed this extract from the letter of the Commander-in-Chief t ) the Duke of Newcastle : " Horse Guards, Jan. 26. " My Lord Duke,—Lord Lucan in his letter of the 30th of November, objects to the terms used by Lord Raglan in his public despatch, that his orders for the Light Bri gade to charge were given under a misconception of the written order, &c. "He declines to withdraw that letter, and adheres to the construction he has put upon the order, that it com pelled him to direct a charge. " The papers having been referred by your grace to me, I concur with Lord Raglan that the terms ho used in his despatch wore appropriate ' • and, as a good understanding between the Field-Marshal Commanding the Forces in the field and the Lieutenant-General Commanding the Cavalry Division are conditions essentially necessary for advan tageously carrying on the public service, I recommend that Lieutenant-General Lord Lucan should be recalled; and if your grace and her Majesty's Government concur in this view, I will submit my recommendation to her Ma jesty, and take her Majesty's pleasure on the subject.—l have, &c., " HARDINGE. " His Grace the Duke of Newcastle." It was my intention to read to your lordships the letter which I addressed to Lord Raglan in November, which letter, I may say, contains my offence ; but I have no doubt most of your lordships have already had an op portunity of perusing it. I think it right to observe, my lords, that this letter has not been sent to the press by me, though I no doubt gave away many copies of it to my friends before quitting the army ; for I did not think it safe to leave the Crimea under the imputation of having been recalled for writing that letter without allowing my friends to see it previously to my depar ture. I believe that in giving copies of that letter, after my recall, I only did what was due to my own honour and reputation. (Hear.) That letter has now appeared in the newspapers, and I will therefore spare your lord ships the trouble of listening to it. (Cries of "Read.") Certainly, if it is your lordships' desire that I should read it I will do so. It is as follows, and I particularly desire your lordship to remark this date also : - - " Balaklava, Nov. 30, 1854. " My Lord,—ln your lordship's report of the cavalry action of Balaklava of the 25th ult., given in the papers which have just arrived from England, you observe, ' That from some misconception of the instruction to advanos, the Lieutenant-General considered that ho was bound to at tack at all hazards, and he accordingly ordered Lord Car digan to move forward with tho Light Brigado.' Surely, my lord, this is a grave charge, and an imputation reflect ing seriously on my professional character. I cannot re main silent. It is, I feel, incumbent on me to state those facts which I cannot doubt must clear me from what I respectfully submit is altogether unmerited. The cavalry was formed to support an intended movement of the in fantry, when Capt. Nolan, the aide-de-camp of the Quarter master-General, came up to me at speed, and placed in my hands this written instruction : " Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to advance rapidly to the frost, follow the enemy, and try to prevent the enemy carrying away the guns. Troop of Horse Artillery may accompany. French cavalry is on our left. " Immediate. " R. AIREY: "After carefully reading this order I hesitated, and urged the uselessness of such an attack and the dangers at tending it. The aide-de-camp, in a most authoritative tone, stated that they were Lord Raglan's orders that the cavalry should attack immediately. I asked him, Where, and what to do ?' as neither enemy nor guns were within sight. He replied, in a most disrespectful but significant manner, pointing to the further end of the valley—' There, my lord, is your enemy; there are your guns.' So distinct in my opinion was your written instruction, and so posi tive and urgent were the orders delivered by the aide-de camp, that I felt it was imperative on me to obey, and I informed Lord Cardigan that he was to advance ; and to the objections he made, and in which I entirely agreed, I replied that the order was from your lordship. Haring decided, against my conviction, to make the movement, I did all in my power to render it as little perilous as possible. I formed the brigade in two lines and led to its support two regiments of heavy cavalry, the Scots Greys and Royals, and only halted them when they had reached the spot from which they_ a and could protect the retreat of the L i g ht Cavalry in the event of their being pursued by the enemy, _ when, having already lost many officers and men by the fire from the batteries and fort, any further advance would have exposed them to destruction. "My lord, I considered at the time—l am still of the same opinion—that I followed the only course open to me. As a Lieutenant-General, doubtless, I have discretionary' power ; but to take upon myself to disobey an order writ ten by my C o mmander-in-Chief within a few minutes of its delivery, and given from an elevated position com manding an entire view of all the batteries ansl the posi tion of the enemy, would have been nothing less than di rect disobedience of orders, without any other reason than that I preferred my own opinion to that of my General, and, in this instance, must have exposed me and the cavalry to aspersions against which it might have been difficult to defend ourselves. "It should also be remembered that the aide-de-camp, well informed of the intentions of his General and the ob jects he had in view, after first insisting on an imrataiikto and the other from the Hague—to the effect, that-th e Emperor of Russia died in the course of this forenoon.. This announcement was received with intense sonsa- NATIONAL EDUCATION. • Mr. DUNDAS inquired whether the Government intended to further the bill introduced by Lord John Russell, on the subject of National Education, or whether they intended to postpone any further proceed ing in regard to it until the return of the noble lord Sir G. GREY said that the further proceeding with the , bill had been postponed in accordance with a suggestion from the noble earl himself until after Easter. IRISH BUSINESS. On the motion that the house at its rising do adjourn until Monday. Mr. NAPIER called the attention of the house to the legislation for Ireland, and the state in which the Irish business stood, by which great injustice was done to Ireland and the Irish representatives in the house. He complained of great neglect and delay in reference to the progress of measures through the house. Lord PALMERSTON said he was not at all sur prised at the anxiety disp'ayed by the hon. gentleman on the subject ; but he thought the hon. gentleman did the house great injustice in charging it with neglect in this matter, considering the amount of time bestowed on Irish besineF.s last session. He did not begrudge the time which had been so occupied, and he was sure there was no hon. gentleman in that house who would fail disposed to treat :key measures for the welfare of the interests of Ireland with indifferimce. (Hear, hear.) As to the Jurors' Bill, lie could appeal to the candour of the hoe. gentleman whether lie attributed the circum stances attending the delay in tie progress of th it bill to any fault on the part of the house. He hoped the hon. gentleman would not consider the Government at all presumptuous invoting for a postponement of important Irish business until an Under-Secretary of State for Ireland, and responsible law officers of the Crown bad been appointed. (Hear, hear.) Hitherto any delay had arisen from causes over which the Government bad no control. Mr. WHITESIDE said his hon. friend never charged the Government with wilfully neglecting Irish business ; ho had only complained of the state of doubt in which every bill before that house connected with Ireland at present stood. Under these circumstances he (Mr. Whiteside) thought his bon. friend was quite right in calling upon the Government to explain its intentions. Sergeant SHEE, who excited some amusement by speaking from the Ministerial side of the house, de• fended the conduct he had taken in reference to the Landlord and Tenant Bill, which had been adverted to by the noble lord at the head of the Government in the course of his reply. He assured the noble lord that he and several of his honourable friends had determined not to support the Government unless it would set these Irish questions at rest; and the noble lord well knew that no Government could succeed or have a strong foundation which was not supported by Irish members. Mr. F. .FRENCH said his com pl a i n t was no t as to the way in which Irish business was treated by being brought forward at a late period in the evening, but the unintelligible nature of the business when it did come on. Look, for instance, at the Militia Bill. He trusted his noble friend would take this matter into his con sideration. Colonel DUNNE also complained of the confused state of Irish business. The motion before the house was then put and carried. NEWSPAPER STAMP REPEAL. In reply to Mr. T. DuNcoltaa, • Mr. WILSON stated that it was not the intention of the Government to proceed with the second reading .of this bill until Monday. ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COMMITTEE. Mr. ROEBUCK said he hadto perform a disagreeable duty iu asking the house to make this committee a secret one, because much misconception had arisen in regard to it. The committee bad unanimously come to the conclusion that the committee ought to be secret, but were divided as to the means of accomplishing this end. One way was by excluding the public and admit ting hon. members of this house—and another was by excluding the public, and asking hon. gentlemen to be kind enough not to insist on their privilege. Under these circumstances, the committee had determined to appeal to the house to make the com mittee secret in the fullest sense. In making this request the committee asked the house to have confidence in them in executing the responsible trust confided to them. The committee felt this diffi culty—if the proceedings were thrown open they would be published daily, and accusations would go forth to the world. But there was a still greater reason in the minds of the committee which he was only at liberty to shadow forth. We were at present in alliance with a great Power,r,and to maintain an amicable understanding be tween the two countries he premised was the paramount desire of the house. Therefore they had felt that. if public there would not be that opportunity afforded to witnesses of speaking their minds without fear and reserve, which was absolutely necessary to the efficiency of the inquiry. He felt himself unable to repress his sense of the respon sibility which the committee bad undertaken—(hear) but at the same time if the house would have confidence in their discretion, ho trusted it would consent to the committee being secret. He would therefore conclude by moving that the committee be made secret. (Hear.) Lord SEYMOUR wished to state the reason why he heel himself objected to the committee being made secret. - At present the house was precisely in the same position in regard to the i equity as it was before the committee was appointed, for they had transacted no business, and had exaeuned no witness. Tie common eaurso of cominittees was to Le ea• )wis oi.en, and he should have been glad if this one could have been made the same. But there were obvious difficulties in the w:.y of such an arrangement. In tlie first place, the room would be inconveniently ere w:led by the iin pulte of 'curiosity. Then there might be . di flieulties as to the manner in which evidence. or pertiona of evidence was a,ecepted or r. jected. But the house was sacrificing a great d , ai of counterbalancing advantage, on the Other hand, by making the committee secret. He considered the attempt to make this committee secret was a very foolish one. The hon, gentleman said all the members considered the committee ought to be secret. Such wise, in fact, not the case. It was presumed that if members came in they would betray what they heard; if he (Lord Seymour) could not trust hon. members, how could lie trust the members of the committee. (Cheers.) He did not think excluding members of the house would do any good. With regard to the press matters would naturally ooze out ; but, if anything appeared in the press, they would all naturally feel humiliated from the fear of being suspected of supplying the information. There fore, he did not see the policy of excluding the presc. Ho would only say, if the house determined upon making the committee secret, let them take all the re sponsibility ; for his part, he did not see that any ad vantage could accrue from it. Mr. J. IV. PATTEN said that the difficulties which had been discovered by the committee at its first meeting were foreseen by some gentlemen, and the committee opposed by them on that account., at the time that its appointment was first moved. It was a dilemma from which they could not escape, and which had been referred to by the noble lord (Lord Seymour), that the public policy of this coun try might require one course, and absolute justice to the individuals implicated in the inquiry might require a com pletely contrary one. (Hear, hear.) Take, for instance, the case of the Duke of Newcastle. In any inquiry, even into the despatch of a transport, the conduct of that noble noble duke must be more or less involved. Questions ' might be put to him, in reply to which he might think it necessary to his defence to make certain statements, and if the committee were secret, it would then be for its mem bers to decide whether they would report to the house, or would suppress the statements which the noble lord had thought necessary to his defence. He woald not say a word against the members of the committee, but he found that of the nine who had supported this application for secrecy, five had voted for this censure upon the late Go vernment. These gentlemen, who had already censured his conduct, would be those who would have to decide upon the publication or non-publication of statements affecting the character of the noble duke; and he would ask the house whether they would form such a tribunal as would, according to the constitution of this country, be accepted under other circumstances? This was a difficulty which was foreseen by members of that house before the committee was appointed, and he would say, as one of a small minority, that he never was present at any debate in which the arguments were so entirely on one side as they were in that upon theappointment of this committee. The arguments against its appointment had never been answered. Whatever course the house might take he would always, when it was in a difficulty, do his best to extricate it, although it would be at the sacrifice of his private opi nion. It was now a question of the greatest importance what they were to do with the committee. His object in risinghad been to point out the difficulties which beset the commit tee, and which were of enormous magnitude, and he now left the consideration of th ose diffi cu lti es to the house. Sir J. PAKINGTON said as he had the honour of being a member of this committee he wished to state his views on the subject now before the house. The hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. W. Patten) stated that ths appointment of the committee must be considered as an attack on the Duke of Newcastle. Mr. PATTEN (interrupting) admitted he said in thefirst instance that the committee must be considered as an attack on the Duke of Newcastle, but he afterwards correctedthat expression, and said it was an attack upon the Govern ment. (Hear.) Sir J. PAKINGTON resumed He had certainly under stood the hen. gentleman to say the committee must be considered as an attack on the Duke of Newcastle ; and he had further understood him to say that that was the only reason for his addressing the house. He (SirJ.Pakington), for himself, disclaimed any intention to attack any indivi dual in acting as a member of the committee. (Hear.) He thought the speech of the hon. gentleman (Mr. Patten) was a speech which VMS not addressed to the question now before the house, but entirely to the propriety of the original vote of that house in deciding to appoint a committee of inquiry into this matter. Again, what had the nobl e lord the me m b er f or T o t nes (L or d Seymour) told the house Ile told them that the committee had discovered nothing new, and that this applicationlwas not founded on any State secret which the house had before them. He (Sir J. Peking ten) thought the papers spbmitted to the house proved that statement was quite superfluous. The committee could have discovered nothing new because they had not cow menced their inquiry. The first step the committee had to take was to consider their mode of proceeding, an a w h ea they began to consider their mode of proceeding they were all, ho thought, deeply conscious of the responsibility under w hi c h th e y had to discharge their duty. It was in the full consideration of that responsibility that they came to the decision, which he might say was unanimous, that the public ought to be excluded from their proceedings. The question, in fact, now before the house was, whether the House of Commons did or did-S o t a dh ere t o the opinion it expressed by so large a majority that they ought to have this inquiry by a committee, and that if they had that committee it ought to be a complete and searching inquiry. (Hear.) The opinion of a majority of that committee was that they could not do their duty to the public, and that they could not make it a searching inquiry or a satisfactory investigation, which would enable them to report to the holm* in such a manner as the house and the country had Lion. 2(4 i 56i 7 20 i 86 5 73 i 131 13 53 I 301 1 34 I 65