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

3 . 11' , ItKET AND 04 11.4 1,, - 401 A L INTE'LLIGEA Cf. Ther e ,„ CITY, TW 0 o'CLOCK. 41 4 6 1 . " as 110 particular alteration in the . cotton .. fl rrA - at Liverpool yesterday, prices remaining *Uplands rule at 4 15-16 d., Mobile sd:, and ' elt Orlea ,•• l elie e li s aid. per lb. Railway Shares w . er? 1'4 4 444 buoyant, the quotations being mostly t 1.. tit. higher than on Thursday. , 4 remarkingle it " upon the condition of the tallow . li!esers. Smith and . Charles observe that. ...._ tiBv, ahQement, based upon some St. Petersburg Itt ~ ,:e Bn , hai recently been p t forth to prove that there ii,t:-,,00 caks still on the way from Russia, which t,,,r;a,ed still further to depress prices. We may here 4 .41, e t hat we Lave taken reat pains to ascertain the 1 4, Iti al aT .'titY and ,_ we are convinced the estimate exceeds Ir i t e h lt Y .)5 , at least 10,000 casks. Notwithsta h n at 1 41 low a Present price is so far below N IN A: 411 be imported for, capitalists are . unwilling v o kkto Purdales during the present uncertainty as t ! i f , COtr 1 : Wa r .; and what applies to purchasers here has, 'St. urge greater force with respect to investment b ‘ereb urg- Ravin , * thus explained the reasons wi ti , es itess is almost at * a stand-still in that capital, t4 t ' t 3' e c e , ° : t , c lude by observing that this state of things Th ii , inu e 1„ g. ,, ttiet n ,' (3 ' Course, was written before the death of Tl l , 7111)4°r of Russia became known. hie, lat, alik of England return to last Saturday h k I , re - r , lO great alteration. The cCi d eti 171°Qs Week is as follows : 4 7 parison k with ''e circulation 'X19,061,870 ti l , N beer ea , -on,, *************************** ,184,285 • 13,044,626 •• ................................ 114 t act ............ 63,840 ............... Dee r .............................. Nei; ... 32,699 elDesits .. 4,855,455 vthe, l • 1 : : ) , 'creas e 43,147 crease....... 10,449,182 N:iterease .................... 11:11 and othe r Bill s • ecre ase 11,035 ent 11,539,540 et I n _ ease S ecurities i s,zz ,L )ee rease ....... 14,522,432 61,908 f' e tnploy . . in : tl ore 'lase el • '233,110 Ode '44. 4 41 6131 ...... . :13 - ;kers' Magazine !) e extension f the Joint Stock Banking and „ o t:lVi'ne large profits that have incited the C ° i li t y cl ui l ow establishments. • One of these, 3) h li k," already known as Alderman 1 M as L een formally placed before the public, Ao44oo(lvertiiement gives the proposed capital 11hei,),11:.) 1 001. shares. de rat e as r auch steadiness yesterday afternoon I k ‘l i tie a 4° f exchange for bills upon the princi -4 at (321 the Continent. Paris, 90 days, was - u 324 to 37, Hamburg at 13 6 to €, at , 9 10n'52 to 56, and Amsterdam at 11 18 at hk Exchange there has been great ex rorsnlorning, and the confirmation of the ~, tio4" R ussia's death has led to speculative 011t1.4' ,` 0 1 . a rise and to the buying back of Bear Oo nsols h ave a d vance d '2 per Cent., ti 4• t ) a ll 4eti from 93 1 to 93g for transfer and ac- (1 4 1 111 11, t Ntli b b : In g now 931 . for the latter. The \lllollb B° nearthe settling day die pet te e - the calculations of those who g o itig for a fall. The New 3 t ' e ha ve been marked 94 to 94j, I,4 4 . kai ti C; ll eed 931 to 93k. Bank Stock has r j " 1, '41q, 44 , 11 ed at 2131 to 215. East India Stock at 220. Exchequer Bills are 6 3 . titt, 4 'o t • • 4Ci la Bonds 13e. premium. (111 Market kat, e . has been generally b_ene lka",l,lY t ee s e in Consols, but Turkish. Bonds have most influenced by the prospect of L4ra l :A.eV, B i to 79. Russian 41 per Cents. have 3 4 , 1 ' 4 4k < I to 92. Dutch 4 per Cents. are 93g. Th e p l are has been done at 86i. Mexican ot ti 41 1 q Och 4 21 to and Equador 3/ to 46. 11, 4 Pte t , e rit) has been dealt in as high as Gi folioo ka 1 , 6 ktl N?. are the nominal prices of foreign . t o - 2 e i llacla Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mex. - ° NB 4 ; Peru v i an , 70 to 72 ; ditto Three 0 t ''oo 4- • / 0 02 ; Portuguese Four per to erCerotos.; I lk0 ) 1 1) , 1 / 8 Siall Five p e r Cents., 9 1't ;.441 41 . , an(1- a-}13,1f per Cents., to ' • Deferred, 184 to 181 ; ditto Three ' 36 e to 3q ; ditto Certificates, 5 to 5i , tat. 41 to 41 Na t° 2 per cent * . appears to be about the ttplt 4 avance in railway shares, and with great 4 . ,t The transactions have been pretty gen . e- Nladed over all the lines, those most in L l 4 ! i 'ag the Caledonian, Eastern Counties, t 4 f o ° t the rn, North-W estern, an d Midl an d. er tieign lines are rising. East India are up t a4l k 1 1 1 2 11 11 de 4 have again been g prem., Lyons t i i tl4 ta t7;11,, Luxembourg have improved to 1, `t tti,: a nee 1, Great Western of Canada taostly in proportion. The at fal l and Foreign_ Mines are in more t • Jo' 4 10 „ Th q t:/ f A tl cl ek Bank Shares are quiet, but kiq Zkis ce i l ralia have risen 10s. to 1/. 4' e t • all eous shares have been in demand, 'l4 rie st Royal Li te a egraph, Peninsular eam, 4eri al ld Crystal Palace, are all rather -44 2 ) s THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 4k k , 4 'ront the °Pied Ls 6. ) Business done rt is Pi c .. 2131 15 t , ,ektile ....................... , 34 1 (- 4 Annuities... Cent Annuities . 93} ,As 4; Per ee-yinnuities q 4 4 41,4:orlkeet10,. Annuities 79 Bth March 93 A I 8 tko'ci .. ei 20. ykkil ........................ 66 99 kttle .................................. . n 9 Ol t ! 11044 • lg ....................... ••• q•' ) 3i per Cent. l49# L , 4i; 1, o p ..„ 0 5 9, FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO t, o r b ,;11cl a '4° , 3 por Cent 7O pq 4 ls 34 Oit, l ,tio-•eilt. 4 . 1 ai`, 4 , 1 1(, 4 1'h Per Cent Litt ) Per Cent .. . f l o ONt iVreP_er Cent ..... • • t t the Accountrrecl, 3 per Cent lBi t ond s e P, or t4 e l A ) , ,,Per cent i i 4th 'count 79 8i fiendsvea on 3 the above payable in London. pe r C ent ...... 4 beiv 44 o e • 2 4 . . 1 . 2 Cutifieates. 0 liitb T O'CLOCK. ' .. • 93 i A • . A ..... . ;' ,7 1 ... .................... 6 3 P ---- -4-414SDBN" TRIAL IN PARIS. ,N 6" t ,,A, To Tr , EDITOR OF THE SUN. 1 41 ,14 av ou : request of many friends lam induced to 11 . ' 91 1 1f ort .! of th e insertion of this note, in reference ti :joate case of a Dr. Marsders nand and , his (laughnanda7er,,oinvestigation the Court of Assize, ite r rt of which has appeared in many of taf:l%l;` . ,` 4 lb,..,Paers. 1 1 11 3 , haTsar,,pden is no r e lative or connexion of 1 6) . hiR f ru , I any knowledge either of him or hi t tik ttl _oght3% lam not a widower, neither have , 0ti " .. 14 he ' , and I believe I am the only one of ob e d ie tn edical profession in London.—l am, nt servant, "NIA,. WILLIAM MARSDEN. inn-fields, Feb., 1855. kt : Job iti 'lessen will - leave Berlin for Vienna this S t l i rl I are still at ;44,4111114,4nd Countess of Ashbum . han ,'N'I'Y )4,„-Plaee. The countess will remain in the ' 4 4 l :l)e e - tt ` 4 li , Nr her accouchement. The noble earl ~ii 't l i t, Iltitert".l Dover -street yesterday, but his arrival ai. am. kit 4ve.,140d Countess of Clanwillia in, who arrived in L e pee from Deal Castle a fortnightsinF a e, _a . re It d! l rti 4,1'1,t0 remain in town more than a few a j a s rty % I t ill t l 't l as t atlY Ashburton entertained a select kr tiv u (l% 1 t venin g at Bath House. . i t ' ll i -1:41 alrld Bailey and 4 411 at tlie,i.. Lady . B 1 sve_square, for the Miss Bailey have 1 , f ro , r; residence in egr IA 1 4 s, .4 k,rittral. Cll.4o'eell etle 4 1k . eia 4,t -,,, Y Ilerr Von Usedom arrived yesterday 4 til, h 'aake's Lord Warden Hotel, Dover, from Ned / the s o .1_ Eastern C om p a ny's steamer, and tA lt ed to , 1 1‘u ii, Ar 4.1., 440ud011 by train at 7. 30 . 9 e,N 4, - tqloll AnSTRALIA.—TheJoven Dolores has i la;; %iv?"' lqelbourne and the Arabia from Sydney, ItAiB,,fWY:tle-;cerlitt 4 aimed. :the amount of gold they bring, it il , t t r.AlL % TO t eir g NN ,,,. TRH BRAZILS.—A corresp ae on d d s e e n n t e a y t . 11 '), 4 re i 1 "tes—" Great d i ssat i sfac tion . f, t , th, e (; °4 -1 til: fl o e re.atthe withdrawal of the . mail st il e l am ar e i r s s t f• a u - gt,, p , .cry serious in l convernence w Mail and Liverpool 3 4 Ctii es ha, Is bieli the Roy i t't'iN e kel a t bet a k en , taken, independently a . of the mortifica '43 q t he oeing• left entirely in the dark as to the , li4, i rtio, t itt war lu the Crimea, 4,;,,, 1 1,,,i - ereili., both of the and l this, too, just at 1 4ti ot 4 4 , up; mom en t._ Sure ly both however, is `, ofyour7y,e been interrupted. j-IIA SHARE MARKETS, b. 16 DAY.) RAIL'' VAYS. rtnqine , dons this day. :r. Paid. ;tim 50 I all 12i all 3 529 I all 2 19 5 , 30 ;t. 1.00 ;t. 100 .0 21.5. O all O all O 16 .0 13 O 45 5 all t 5 all it. LOO fr,o all it 100 St. 100 25 8:' St. IGO St. 100 10 all St. 100 10 1 50 all 20 all St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. .30 St. 100 St. 100 .2 I all 61 141 .61 4 R. 100 .94 all .4 114 0 all 3.4, all It: _OO it. LOO 10 5 12? 24 St 100 50 421 40 34 25 all 25 all St. ',(X) 25 all 1? 2B 4: St. 100 St. 100 ;5 I 22 6. 5 !T 21i i 0 8 It. I t.A) St. 00 . 16 all 16 all 8 ~11 8 all St. ..00 25 20 io 311 it. :00 i 0 10 all 10 3 1 20 17 20 all 10 all it. O 8 ;t. >t. .00 O all ;t. .00 It I L io 15 :0 5 !O 12 15 I It. 100 .0 9 >t. 100 0 ,5 21 10 all 10 all 50 all 20 1.8 O all .0 141 s. RAILWAYI. A hordeen Anabg. WoUng. BosE and Eastn. Junot.. Bolfas t & Ballymena Binning. Wolverh. t Stour Va11ey........ 13rkeuhd. Tinv.tsb. d Cheshire Junet Do. Chest,. & Birk. £5O and 235 Cons Do., Myth Tyn ) origins £25 (is&l. at £45 Bristol and Exeter.. Caledonian Carmarthen and Car digan ... Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.. Cork, Black, &Pas Cornwall Orloff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Abel deen Jun rtion Do. Now ...... East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, I Stock Da., B Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgov Edinb. and Peebles.. Edin. Pith & Dun& Forth & Clyde June Furness Do. Extension Glasgow &S. Wester) Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai' Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Cariisli Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds fameash. andYorksl, Do., Fifths D ). , Wet. Riding (JD Liv.Crsby.&Southpi London & Blackwa l Lond. Bright & S.Cst r.Jond. and N. Westr. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Do. Eighths London andS. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O r_.ndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk 4anch.Shef.& Li neli Do. Shares, No. ) )0., Man. & Lin. Un. Widland )o. Birmng. & Den* alld. G. West. Om) Do. Half Shares ewe astle & Carlisle iewmkt.BuryEsten. ‘Twpt..A.berg. &Hrfd .awry &Enniskillen levvry Warrenpoinh And Rostrovor o rf o 1 k Torthn.Connties Un 4orth British _ _ North Devon, No. 1 )0., No. 2 *o., A Deferred )0., B Guarantee d i. Eastern—Berwiel )o. do. Extension )o.do. G.N.E. Pura Leeds )o. York forth London Do. Now £l.O c.&S.Wstrn.,llamp stead, and City Jn., forth Stailbrdshire.. forth Western & S. Westrn. June fnneaton, Hinckley and Leicester )xford, Worcester, & ffolverhampton 'ortsmonth 4cottisli Central icottish Midland . ihrowsby. & Herefd. ;hropshire Union 3ontli Devon -loath Eastern south Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Dw Do itaines,Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darling iteekton & Hartlepl gaff Vale . Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. L... flames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Watertl. & Kilkenn3 IWaterford&Limeriel, West Cornwall. Vest End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn & Croydon Closing Prices yesterday. 19i -20 i 4i - 4i 81 - Si 13 - 124 16 - 17 74 90 !2 62/ - 634 12 - 13 31 - 21 5/ - ••• - ••• 13A -14 t D.A 29 - SI 20 - 22 70 7 2 55 57 2d par 193 20, 70 - 72 90 - 91 71 - 73 126 - 128 88 - R) 631 - 64 60 - 62 70 - 73 5 - 7 5 - 7 75 ‘,.. 754 7a 97 99 97i 9fiBi id d d 1 83i 84 ; 8i 8 1' 6i 234 - 24 71 - 84 37i - 6i 10 - 4 2 par y 11 9 1/ 24 48 - 50 3# 34 284 29i 8 10 11 6i 71 -72 A 7t 4! 4 12 126 48 49 . 49 0 d par /(1 4: 1 2 5 6 1. - d• par 29 - 31 99 - 101 63 - E 5 46 - 48 i 2 - 14 596 - 60 28 4 1 -28 i, - 2 - 1I 37 - 39 31 - 4 16 17 3i - 4 23- t 5 51 - 64 i - - 7 FOREIGN. Antwerpctßotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and _ _ Cent;;llndia n Scrip ,Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Ey'Ansion Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Od. Tk of Canada A is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Debon., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt.WesternofCanad Shares Do. This., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 . Do. do., '76, p. '69.. Dn. do., '73, without option 20 100 20 tittmilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Conet. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. pref _ 16} 10 31i ,all Lions and Genova Lyons & Meditorran VLadras Do. Now Warta Antonia Do. do. New gainur St Liege (wit) interest) Do. (ex interest) IsTorillern of France. D 0.20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erqueline,sl guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 2211. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bds (filly. B. & Ams. She.) gorwogianTrunkPref Paris and Lynns Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen l'arisCaen di Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre !loyal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 5.i p. cent. Prof. Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quelacc (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Prof Western of France ' West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-STOI 50 al 25 20 Australasia 31 British Colonial Bank and Loan Compan;, al British N. American 5 Chart& Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia 4 China 5 Colonial 0 Commercial of Loud 8 English Scottish and Australian 611 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia... 5 Ditto New. 50 2, :0 London and County .0 London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminstei ;5 National Provincial of England LO Do. New 32i National of Ireland 111 New South Wales ;11 Oriental Bank of Corporation 5 Provincial of Ireland 11 Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co._ Lll South Australia ►ll Union of Australia 24 Do. New 10 Union of London .‘,. 1 - 1 4 - 3 par it. P 21 _2# 32g -32 i 5) - lfip - 1p ,• ••••• so .. ...d~ 1/ 'lip Par iP par —gyp 24 - 3 21 - 3 161 - 174 95 - 97 9 7 97 99 - • 10' 92 91 1 2d par 97 -- 100 - - id —4 d 6 - 7 33 - in - 124 RA - 94 20i - 21 p, 45 47 39 41. pw 21 22} par 21 — lid 72 B.} ••• ''''' ••• ••• "...- no d el 4 - Oir ••• - ••• 17i -18 A BANKS. 80 -- 82 I'd : id ..... ••• I 2i - 20 20} d iP 34 :-- 37 - 39 38 -- 40 63 - 65 9 it* r.:, ri, 641 3i 41 12i 13 111 i i i 91i 2 1 73 4 891 90 65 5 160 00 99 69 8/ 91 9 30i 30 50i 50 62k 1} 29 81 I pm 2i 3 2# THE SUN, LONDON', SATURDAY EVENING-, MARCH 3, 1855 MINES. OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. IMP F !AL PARLIAMENT. 1 L ail Igua 1 all Inglo Amtzln. Gohl ••• 10s.I all Ingle Californian „ 20 6 lustrslian 1 all .lustralian Cordillera - 1 all lustraliau Freehold. 1 all Ivo Maria — - 1 all rladen (Gd.Dachy of) 4 3 50 all Blmnarvon Iron and Coal . • 4 6 5 1 20 13.5 British Iron 4 6 35 2:74 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm li 21 21 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiab i 1 11 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 28 —3O 1 4 riarsons's Ci•ecAr. 1 8 - 1 1 Clarendon Cons. Min, Co. of Jamaica 4— 10 all Cobra Copper 46 48 48 5 1 Colonial Gold 4 A St. all Copper Min. of Eng 43 48 25 all Do. Prcf. 72 p. cent 1 d 1 p ... 16 Copiapo ........ 17 19 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg Co 18 14 2 4 Fortuna 4d par 20 all General 144 164 1 all Gt.NuggetVeiußeg 4 4 all Great Polgooth •• ••• -1. ..11 Liberty . - .3 all Linares.. 7 71 5 1 Lusitanian gd id 1 all Hariquita ........ a 1 all New Granada d 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co . 1 all Nouveau Monde s 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 15 16 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhyniney Iron l9 21• 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 114," Santiago de Cuba..., 3 4 1 all South Australian e 1 10 74 Tin Croft... 1 2 28i all United Mexican 2 24 23 1 all Waller — 1 all West Mariposa A 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba ••• MISCELLANEOUS. 25 174 Australian Agricult. 294 304 31 20 ... Australsn.Pcific•Mail „. 10 all Au4raln. Royal Mai =. 31 10 54. Berlin Water Works 3 50 40 Brit. American Land 58 62 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co — 100 324 Canada llB 120 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct. Jan. and July 1074 1074 108 5 all Crystal Palace 2 B 21 21 3 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 4 Duston Iron Ore • .•• 20 5 Eastern Steam — 25 22 ElectricTelegraph(A) 14 15 144 151 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 all General Screw Steam 16 154 20 10 Irish Beetroot Suga) 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mcxican&S.Amcricn. 6 64 61 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land 4 2 1 N. S. W. Coal &Inter Steam Navigat. Co .„ 1 all N. B. Australasian I 1 20 124 Nrth.ofEuropeStearo fi all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 24 -- 24 24 53 all Peninsular& Oriental 54 56 56 a 5 all Do. Do. .. ...p 2 all Portland Iron Co l4 24 100 60 Royal Mail Steam - 68 664 7 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l3 13 1 4 Ditto New... — A 25 all South Austral. Land 341 354 354 I al: Submar. rt,,ai , T t e ,, 1 1. 7 t ra h - 20 5 Tr st & Loan Co. of Upper Canada 100 1284 Van Diemancl s Land 121 (Fivni, last Night's Gazette.) y . WAR-DEPARTMENT, MARCH 2. t Lord Panmure yesterday received a Despatch and its Enclosures, of which the following are copies, addressed to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took hi 3 seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. Lord LUCAN apperred for the first time in the house this evening. His lordship entered into an aI:L. mated conversation with the Earl of Clarendon and Lord Lyndhurst. His lordship appeared in excellent health and spirits. Before Soba.stopel, February 17,1855. MY LORD DUKE, I have the satisfaction to acquaint your Grace that the weather has improved since I last addressed you, and the country is becoming drier. Two days ago the thermometer was up at 60. It was somewhat lower yesterday, and early this morning it was down below freezing point, and at this moment it is snowing. DEATH OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. The Earl of CLARENDON rose amidst profound silence, and said—My lords, I think it my duty to inform your lordbhips 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, of apoplexy, after an attack of influ- I mention these particulars in order to show your Grace how variable this climate is. No movement has been made upon the part of the enemy. The garrison of Sebastopol is engaged in deepen ing the ditches, and improving the defences of the south front, and in constructing works on the north side of the harbour. onza." I have also, my lords, received a despatch from Berlin, also informing me of the death of the Emperor of Russia. An hour before this despatch arrived, received an account from Lord John Russell, who is at Berlin, stating that the Emperor of Russia was at the point of death, and that he had already taken leave of his family. I apprehend, said his lordship, although this event occurred at so late a time as between twelve and one this morning, there can be no doubt of the authenticity of the information. Under these cir cumstances, as this unexpected 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. I have received information that the Russian army, in the neighbourhood of Bakshi-Serai and Simpheropol, Is suffering much from the want of provisidns, and from pri vations of all kinds. I am happy to b 3 able to s,ty that the railway is making considerable progress, and that every helm is entertained that in the course of a very short time it will be available for transit as far as Kadikoi, which will accelerate the conveyance of stores up to the camp. I enclose the return of casualties up to the 16th inst. I'have great pleasure in stating that Colonel Bell, of the Royal Regiment, who received a slight wound in the side from a musket-ball, when commanding in the trenches on the night of the 14th inst., experiences very little incon venience from it, and has felt well enough to continue to discharge his duty with his accustomed zeal. I have, Sze., RAGLAN. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c. &c. (Enclosure 1.) • RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 12TH TO 16TH FEBRUARY, 1835, INCLUSIVE. Ist Regiment of Foot-1 officer, wounded. 19th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 38th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 44th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 47th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 77th Foot-2 rank and file, wounded. 89th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded 90th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. Total-1 officer, 8 rank and file wounded. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 2. NOMINAL LIST OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED FROM THE 12TH TO THE 15TH FEB., 1855. WOUNDED. FEB. 14. • Ist Royals—Colonel George Bell, slightly. J. B. BUOK.NALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. t2~ - 131 DEATHS AT SCUTARI, &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, 63(.1 regt. Corporal James Meridith, 41st regt. PRIVATES. James Mannering, 62d regt. James Abbey, 63d regt. Samuel Brownley, 68th regt. James Beatty, 68th regt. James Grant, 42d regt, William Wormill, Royal Art. Jas. Shoney, Saprs. and Min. Patrick Monahan, Royal Art. Wm. 11eagher, sth Drag. Gds. Wm. Eritain, 17th Lancers Wm. Morford, 7th regt. Richard Peters, 46th regt. George Combos, 2d Rifles Thos. Owens, Scots Pas. Gds. James Brown, ditto Henry Heather, Ist Rifles Alexander Caffery, 21st regt. Charles Cowley, 4th regt. Thomas Jones, 97th regt. Linnett, 49th refit. John Lofts, 49th regt. Patrick Flanagan, 62d regt. Francis Poller, 55th regt. Henry Francis, 4th regt. John Hunt, Oren. Gds. Henry Richards, 19th regt. Martin Gannon, 4th Dra g. Gds. Michael Hinchcy, 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 Neates, 55th regt. Robert Smith, 68th regt. Thomas Connell, 77th regt. Henry Gurr, 90th regt. James Nugent, 95th regt. Henry Pearce, Royal Art. Robert Wyatt, do. M. Laughlin, Sap. and Min. George Huff, 46th regt. Robert Boide, 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. Joseib Stainer, 19th regt. Thomas Tidswell, 39th regt. James Tracey, 68th regt. - Henry King, 49th regt. Joseph Smithers, 46th regt. Mark Rutland, 33d regt. Wm. May, let bat. Rifle brig. Robert Kain, 6th Drags. Charles Vincent, 38th regt. William Hood, 93d regt. William Greenoff, 44th regt. Robert Martin, Royal Art. Wm. Hadden,Coldstream Gds. Allen Kennedy, Scots Fusiliers Charles Hillcott, 17th regt. Francis Clemmens, 4th regt. Charles Carroll, 19th regt. James Walker, 20th regt. Patrick Riau, 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 SHIPS ARRIVING FROM TIM CRIMEA. James Whitelow, 71st regt. Alexander Hay, 79th regt. 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 refit. James Smith, 2d Rifles v Abraham Clark, Royal Art Patrick Cloffee, 9th regt. William Lock, 49th regt. John Hevert, 28th regt. George Palmer, 55th regt. Denis Corrigan, 44th regt. Alfred Mathews, 20th regt. George Meade, 31th regt. Henry Page, 49th re g t . Thomas Barry, 68th regt. Angus Robertson, 93d regt. George Bird, Ist Rifles James Morris, 11th Hussars Henry Batty, 4th Foot S. Woden, 2Sth rent, ON BOARD THE ROBERT LOWE. 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 regt. Robert Laing, 7th regt. David Wigg, 7th regt. Wm. Drinkwater, 9th regt. Robert Cavanagh, 19th regt. Thomas M'Lecd, 42d rcgt. Samuel Kelly, 50th regt. John Baines, 68th regt. James Henry, 77th regt. . Thomas Farthing, 89th regt. John Joneq, I , sth regt. Thomas White, 97th regt. John Beain, 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 regt. 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 William Smith, suth regt. James Lock, 77th regt. William Smith, Royal Art. John Swarby, Cold. Gds. Thomas Greeves, Cold. Gds. John Fahey, 49th regt. Hobert Haywood, 77th regt. Peter Longtou, 50th regt. Henry Gibbon, 97th regt. Denis Knowles, Ist Rifles William Sparks, Ist Rifles Henry Abbott, Ist Rifles PRIVATES. Thomas O'Brien, 89th regt. John Mason, Royal Art. John M'Namara, 89th regt. Mat. MTherson, 89th regt. Joseph Bishop, 38th regt. Thomas Thompson, Ist Foot Robert Swinton, 79th regt. William Swain, Ist Foot John Henderson, 79th regt. William Parler, Royal Art. ON BOARD THE PI6CATOR.I Private Edward Bennett, Royal Art. ON BOARD TUB MELBOURNE. PRIVATES, John Delaney, 88th refit. Elan Price, 2d Rifles Joseph Sugliffe, 77th regt. I Powell Evans, Royal Art. ON BOARD THE MEDWAY. PRIVATES. Chas. Mulholland, 89th regt. I William Rowland, 19th rogt. THE CIVIL SERVICE.—Lord Stanley of Alderley, Pre sident 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 nance-office, Pall-mall.—Civil Service Gazette. HOME CIRCUIT.—HERTFORD, March 2.—Sarah NeVt ton, 27, who was acquitted on Thursday upon a charge of the murder of her son by poison, was, this morning, tried upon another indictment, which charged her with murdering her husband, John Newton, by the same means. After the evidence had been gone through, the jury returned a verdict of net guilty. 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 reviewel the course of policy which had 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, he could say that he quitted his old office with regret ; however, he felt beund 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. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. —A special meeting of the propi ietors of this company was held yesterday, when two sums, of 1,5001. each were voted for a service of plate to Mr. 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. BRITISH TELEGRAPH COMPANY.—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. ls. 6d., which will give a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 3 per cent, per annum on the capital entitled thereto. Enclesur© 3. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM THE 12TH TO 15TH FEB 'WARY, 1855, INCLUSIVE. WOUNDED. FEB. 13. • 44th Regiment of Foot. S3rjeant IsaaeMulllory, slightly. 77th Regiment of Foot. Private Thomas Melineight, dangerously Private Daniel Rurden, dangerously 89th Regiment of Foot. Private William Murray, severely. FEB. 14. 3Sth Regiment of Foot. Private Thomas Collins, severely. 47th Regiment of Foot. Private John White, slightly. FEB. 15. 19th Regiment of Foot. Private Maurice Bennett, severe l y. 90th Regiment of Foot. Private James Hobbs, severely. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. M ARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. s to 7s per ib ; apricots A. very limited business was tr ansac t e d i n fru i t and vegetables to-day. Prices ruled abo u t s t a ti onary. ; apples, hot-h English,;hot-house segrapes, 6s Od to lO s Od per lb ; ' Os foreign ditto, 103. to is 8c1; melons, O s Od t o O s eac h peaches, Os Od to Os ; nectarines, Os Od to O s p er d ozen ; F to ßu Os IT P — er P lo n z e . apples, 4s 6d to 108 Od per bushel ; pears, 7s Od to lOs Od per half sieve ; Orleans plums and green gages Os to Os Qd per punnet ; ditto, Os to Os 9d, and common plums, 3s 0 i to Os Od per half sieve ; cherries, Od to Os per pound ; lemons, 9d to is 3d per doz.; oranges 4s to 10s per 100; fil berts, 93s per 100 lbs ; cobnuts, 180 s to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to 01 per 100; figs, is Od to 2s 6d per lb. VEGETABLES.—Savoy cabbages, 91 to is 6d per dozen; red ditto, 2s to 3s Od per dozen ; French beans, Os 3d to Os 4d per 100 ; brocoli, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; potatoes, 90s to 133 s per ton ; vegetable marrow,Od each ; peas, Os Od to Os Od per bush.; broad beans, 9d to is per half sieve ; turnips, 4d to 6d per bunch ; carrots, 7d to 10d per bunch ; cucumbers, is Od. to 2s Od each ; garlic, 6d to Os 8d per pcuud ; spinach, 2e Od to 4s Od per sieve ; anions, 2s Gd to 4s Ocl per bush. ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks, 4d to Gd per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6d ; horse-raddish, 2s Od to 5s Od per bundle ; parsley, 4d to 8d per bunch ; celery, is Od to is 6d per bunch ; endive, is 6d to 33 per score ; beet, is 6d to 2s per doz. ; parsnips, is Od to 2s Od 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, 6d to is per half sieve ; radishes 9d to is per dozen hands; ; tomatoes, 3s Od to 4s Od per half sieve; chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussels sprouts, is Od to is Od per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2s per 100. ; rhubarb, 9LI to is 3d per bundle ; sea hail, is 6d to 3s per punnet ; asparagus, 4s to 9s per 100. NEWGA.TE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s 6,1 ; Geese, 5s Od to Gs Od each; Ducks, 2s Gd to 2s 9d ; tame Rabbits, Os Od to Os Od; wild do , ls to is Gd each ; Pigeons, 9s to 12s per doz. ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Us Od ; middling, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Chickens, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; Flares 2s 6d to 33 Gd ; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 3d each ; Partridges, is 9d to 2s Od ; Pheasants, 3s 6d to 3s 9d; Leveret", 2s Od to 2s 6d ; Roasting Pigs, 4s Od to 75 Od ; Guinea Fowls, 2a 9 d to 3 s Gd each. Ostend fresh butter, lis 6d to 12s 6d, and English lls 6d to 15s Od per dozen lbs. English Eggs, 10a Od to ns Od; French ditto; 6s 9d to 7a 64, per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 38 4d to 4s 4d ; veal, 3s 103 to 4slod pork, 3s Id to 4s Gd per tilbs. WHITECHATEL. Beef, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d. to 4s 4d ; veal, 3s 81 to 4a 8d; pork, 3s Od to 48 4d per Blbs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s 01 to 20s ; Brills, is Od to 7s each; Salmon, 3s Oil to 4s Od per lb; Cod Figh, 2s Gd to lOs each ; Soles, 3d to is 6d per pair; Eels, 8d to 1s Od per lb; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6tl ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 24s ; Natives, 50$ to Os p.m Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimp s, Smelts, 2s Od to 3sod per doz.; Is 6d to 2s 6(1 per gallon; bsh; Mackerel, 408 per 100 ; Bloaters, is 6d to 2s Od per doz. ; rats, 8s Od to Os OEI per Fresh Herrings, 5s Od to Os per 100. ; Scotch do., 6d; Sp bushel ; Doreys, 2s 6(1 to 108 eac h ; H ad d oc k s, 5 s t o 15 s per doz. ; Pike 6cl ; Sturgeon, 6d per l b ; Prawns, 2 s Gd t o 3s. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 91d to lOid; of household ditto, 8d to 9d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Mario - Chides, 551 b to 641 b, 34d to 3 d ; 641 b to 721 1 ,, to Od ; 721 b to 801 b, 3Ad to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, 3:4d to Id ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4ia ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4id to 01; 104 la 1121 b 01 to Od ; upwards, Od to Od ; Horse hides, 5s 66. to Os 01; calf skins, tight, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ditto, full, 5s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, 6s 0:1 to 78,3 d ; Keats, 5s Od to 5s 10d ; Half-broils, 5s Od to 5s 10d ; Downs, 4s Od to 48 10d ; Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. FAY MARKETS. SMITRFTELD.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 42 16s Od ; cloves ditto, 3103 to 5:17 4 ; and straw, 1/ 4 s t o it 9 s per load. A full average supply and a sluggish demand. 31 03 to 41 164 ; clover ditto, 4s to 11 10 s per load. snep Supply Ostto Ld to A e rNaDtss., 15s 1 — y ; n good,M esadao t a N iy, anti trade dull.a IVI 15s to 4! 15s; clover ditto, Both hay and straw sold slowl y , at our quotations. 1 i 3 T I E 0 o s i A to P .2 5 1. 1 todws stray, 4s to 11 93 per load. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) marc h 3.—Wind and weat h er this day at noon, strong braze, and cloudy, W ith ra i n. The LONDON, march S.W.; Barometer has fallen considerably, and now indicates much rain. RAMSGATE, March 2.—The Arabia, from Sydney, arrived off here, was detained 21 days by ice, in lat. 60 S., long. 1,9 W. ; spok e the Q uito, of Liver p o ol , Beach Head 9 wiles distant, with all hands disabled, and sent four hands to bring her to place of safety. OFF MARGATE, March 2.—Arabia, from Sydney. PORTSMOUTH, March 2.—Wind, W. to S.W. Arrived— Waldemar, from Canton and the Cape, for Hamburg. SOUTHAMPTON, March 2.—Wind, 8.5.1 V, Sailed—La Plata (a), for the West Indies. DARTMOUTH, March 2.—Wind, S.W. Arrived— Balton zorg, from Hartlepool, for Shanghae. DOVER, March 2.—Wind, W. Arrived—Clemonts, from Havannab, for Hamburg. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday, 10.45 a.m. Wind, N.W. • _ , Arrived—Florifla, from Savannah ; Parliament, Boston; Ariel, Now Orleans ; Parse, Callao; Argentina, Curacoa. ROL - MEAD, March 2. Tho John Bannerman (ship), from New Orleans, for Liverpool, on shore near hero, it is feared will be a wreck. The cargo h expected to be saved. QUEENSTOWN, March 1. Wind, S.W. Arrived—Suffolk, from Uragnay ; Minna, Laguna ; Adam Gladiolus, Callao; Frances, Now Orleans. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) ' GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.19 a.m. Wind, W.S.W. ; tide, one hour's flood ; weather, fine. Arrived, March 2—Antii Berg, from Licata ; Fairy Malaga. DEAL, Saturday, 9.51 a.m . Wind, W.S.W. ; strong. Passed—John Soott, from Demerara, for London ; Su• perior, from London, for Ferrol; Queen of Britain, Ber. bice, for London. 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 have shown your instructions that it was not possible for ins to do so. " I hope, my lord, that I have stated the facts temper ately and i❑ 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 occasion shown myself undeserving. of their confidence or unfitting the command which I hold.—l have the honour to be, &c., " TAXAN, " Lioutemut-General, Commanding Cavalry Division. "His Excellency 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 :-- << "2o, Hanover-square, March I. 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 Commanding in-Chief. I consider it due to my professional honour and character to seize the earliest moment of requesting that my conduct in ordering the charge of the light cavalry brigade at Balaklava on the 25th of October, and wilting 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 tinge with the greatest confidence, believing it to be the undoubted privilege, if not the positive right, of every sol dier to be allowed a military inquiry into his conduct when, as in my case, he shall consider it to have been unjustly impugued. " LUCIN, 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 one 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 introducing any comments, 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 (3,300,0001.) Bill. In reply to a question from Lord MONTRAGLE, 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 it 3 produc tion would not be to the advantage of the public service, though, personally, be 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.) Dill and the Common Law Procedure Act. Amendment (Ireland) Bill were each read a third time and passed. The house adjourned at ten minutes to six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair 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. WILLIA.MS 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. Douverie, Mr. Wil son Patten. Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, and Mr. Greene, Sir J. DUKE, who ha i charge_of the said the Company were quite willing that the maximum price of their gas should be 6s. per thousand. The house then divided, when there appeared, For the second reading Against it Majority —93 The bill was accordingly read a second time, and or dered to be committed. BA.RNSTAPLE ELECTION. Mr. G. BUTT brought up the report of the Barnstaple election committee, declaring tlat Mr. Guinness was duly elected, but that 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 Bill ; and that it be an instruction to the committee of selection to add such local members to the committee upon such bill as they may think fit. _ . After a brief conversation the motion was withdrawn upon the understanding that the Liverpool members do not sit upon the committee. ___ PETITIONS. Mr. FERGUSON presented a petition from Carlisle, praying that public-houses may be entirely closed on Sundays. Mr.. WYSE presented a petition from Stafford against the Public-House Act of last session. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Fin3bury against the sale of intoxicating liquors. Mr. T. PARKER presented a petition from several local papers against the newspaper stamp. Mr. WALTER presented a petition from the Not tingham Waterworks Company against certain clauses in the Public Health Bill. Mr. MOWATT presented a petition from the Cam bridge Mechanics' Institute, in favour of the purchase of the Bernal Collection by the nation. Several other 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. He 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 male to send either to Scutari or t) 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 net been out more than a week os ten days, and he was informed no offer had yet been made i❑ answer to that circular ; but the head of the medical department had been directed to engage the services of ten civil practi tioners. I3REECII-LOADING ARMS. Mr. MAGUIR.E asked the Under Secretary at War whether any step, 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? PEEL said sertral 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. DUNCOMBE a4teil the Under-Secret ry for War, whether tiler,: is any objection 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 103. for the Church of England, 7s. 6d. for the Presbyt , rian, 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 m:ike 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 Nolan asked the Under Secretary for War whether those serjeant - s of regiments of militia who are now pensioners from the army, and who Lave volunteered for foreign service, will be allowed to count their service towards increase of pension? Mr. PEEL said those s.erjeants receive I le. 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 sancti,n 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 present bill Lord PALMERSrON 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 have received two telegraphic messages—one through Berlin, THE RECALL OF LORD LIICAN. "The Earl of Li:TAN—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 I am 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 3ith 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 Harding°. " Your lordship will perceive that the Queen has been pleased to approve the recommendation of the General Commanding-in-Chief that yon should be recalled, and that, in communicating to you this decision, the Ithuister 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 ,bedient humble servant, " RAGLAN. "Lieutenant-General the Earl of LUCall." 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 Departtnent, Jan. 27. "My Lord,—l have to acknowledge your lordship's despatch, dated the 16th of December, enclosing the copy of a letter addressed to you by Lieutenant-General the Earl of Lucan, and submitting to me 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 Lucan for the consideration .of General Viscount Hardinge. " I have now the honour of enclosing, for your lordship's guidance, an extract from the reply wich I have this day (26th of January) received from Lord Hardinge, and which has been submitted to and approved by the Queen. "I have, therefore, to instruct your lordship to commu nicate this decision to the Earl of Lucan, and to inform his lordship that he should resign the command of the ca valry division and return to England. "In performing this painful duty I purposely abstain from any comments upon the correspondence submitted to me ; but I must observe that, apart from any consider ation of the merits of the question raised by Lord Lucan, the position in which he has now ylaced himself towards your lordship renders his withdrawal from the army under your command in all respects advisable. "I have, &c., " NEWCASTLE. "Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.8., Stc." With this was enclosed this extract from the letter of the Commander-in-Chief to the Duke of Newcastle : "Horse Guards, Jan. 26. " My Lord Dake,—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 he used in his despatch were 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 ker 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, atter my recall, I only did what was due to my own honour and reputation. (Rear.) 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. 3fl, 1854. " My Lord,—ln your lordship's report of the cavalry action of Balaklava of the 25th ult., given in th'e papers which have just arrived from England, you observe, That from some misconception of the instruction to advance, the Lieutenant-General considered that he was bound to at tack at all hazards, and he accordingly ordered Lord Car digan to move forward with the Light Brigade.' 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 front, 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. Having 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 linos 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 could protect the retreat of the Light Cavalry in the event of their being pursued by the enemy, and when, having already lost many offic ers 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 and 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 thit 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 bo remembered that the aide-de-camp, well informed of the intentions of his General and the ob jecte he had in view, after first insisting on an immediate and the other from the Fingue—to the eff.4;t E:nperor of Russia died in the course of th'n This announcement was received tion. ci l iinit t .- wa n,r, -, dstt fi4 4 ,4, 1;F ;) NATIONAL EDUCATIO.L. 1 , , g. , !1:,;,.. %. .* . 3 ' . k . ' i i g It/ Mr. DUNDAS inquired whether the'l9 7 o;ve rna , .4 . ,'' intended to further the bill introduced by - - 0 - 4.?* . ,4- .. r :` ; ,;,,z/ Russell, on the subject of National Educakiori, -- Nii.,,,.;i -whether they intended to postpone any furtherroce S 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 is 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 PALIVERSTON 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 business 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 feel disposed to treat any measures for the welfare of the interests of Ireland with indifference. (Hear, hear.) An to the Jurors' Bill, he could appeal to the candour of the hon. gentleman whether he attributed the circum stances attending the delay in the progress of that bill to any fault on the part of the house. He hoped the Lon. 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 had been appointed. (Hear, hear.) Hitherto any delay bad arisen from causes over which the Goveinment bad no control. Mr. WHITESIDE said his hon. friend never charged the Government with wilfully neglecting Irish business ; he 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 hon. 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 complaint was not 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. DITNCOMBE, 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 had to perform a,disagreeable duty in asking the house to make this committee a secret one, because much misconception bad arisen in regard to it. The committee had 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 Youth. We were at present in alliance with a great Power, l :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 had undertaken—(hear) — but at the same thine if the house would have confidence in their discretion, he 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 had himself objected to the committee being made secret. At present the house was precisely in the same position in regard to the inquiry as it was before the committee was appointed, for they had transacted no business, and bad examined no witness. The common course of committees was to be thrown open, and he should have been glad if this one could have been made the same. But there were obvious difficulties in the way of such an arrangement. In the first place, the room would be inconveniently crowded by the impulse of curiosity. Then there might be difficulties as to the manner in which evidence or portions of evidence was accepted or rejected. But the house was sacrificing a great deal of counterbalancing advantage, on the other hand, by making the committee secret. Ho 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 was, 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 he ' 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 fc,re, he did not see the policy of excluding the prev. He 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. W. PATTEN said that the difficulties which had been discovered by the committee at its first meeting wore 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 would 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 bad already censured his conduct, would bo those who would have to decide upon the publication or non-publication of statements affecting the character of the noble duke; and be 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 ho would say, as one of a small minority, that he never was p r esent at any debate in which the arguments were so entirely on one side as they were in that upon the appointment 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 p r i va t e opi nion. It was now a question of the greatestimport ance w h a t they were to do with the committee. Hi s o bj ec t i n i i s i ng h a d been to -eoint 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 l t i 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. Patton) stated that the appointment of the committee must ba considered as an attack on the Duke of Newcastle. Mr. PATTEN (interrupting) admitted he said in the first instance that the committee must be considered as an attack on the Duke of Newcastle, but hceafterwards correctedthat expression, and said it was an attack upon the Govern ment. (Hear.) Sir J. PAKINGTON resumed He had certainly under , stood the hon. gentleman to say the committee must be considered as an attack on the Duke of Newcastle ; and he had fuither understood hi m t o say t h a t th a t was t h e on l y reason for his addressing the house. He (SirJ. Pakington), for himself, disclaimed any intention to attack any indivi dual iu acting as a member of the committee. (Hear.) He thought the speech of the hon. gentleman (Mr. Patten) was a speech which was not addressed to the question now before the house, but entirely to the propriety of tho original vote of that house in deciding to appoint a committee of inquiry into this matter. Again, what had the noble lor d the member for Totnes (Lord Seymour) told the house? o r e n d a n n y o nothing li no e w t , o a ld nd th t e h m at t t h h a is t a th p e pli c e r tio m n i i t ys t a e s o n l o ia t t f l o d u i t s t v . secret which the house had before th em. Ho (Sir J. Baking. ton) thought the papers submit ted to the house p roved that statement was quite superfluous. The committee could have discovered nothing new because tney had not com menced their inquiry. The first step the committ ee h a d to take was to consi der their mode of proceeding, andwhen they began to consid er their mode of proceed ing th ey were all, he thought , deeplyconscious of the respon s ibilit y un d er which they had to discharge their duty. It was i n th e full consideration of that responsibility that they came to the decision , which he might say was unanimous, that the public ought to bo excluded from their proceedings. The question, in fact, now before the house was, whether the House of Commons did or did not adhere to the opinion it expressed by so large a majority that they ought to have this inquiry by a co mm itt ee, an d th a t if they had that committee it ought t o b e a complete and searching inquiry. (Hear.) The opi n i on o f a ma j or ity of that committee was that they could not do their duty to the public, and that they could rot make it a searching iuquiry or a satisfactory investigation, which would enable them to report to the house in such a manner as the house and the country had of)'' • ,ptEa 6 ,0 lO C 5v e 3L44' „ ,4'. A Idt! le6 oi o .or fo t r ti e bit 1 resor ' P • -' tf 0 5 ') ,A° or ti: , * s t 1 : or 201 i 56i 20 76 I 86 51 30 i 33 I 21a I 363 7 81 1 65 i