The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-24 00:00:00

Ited ra4 talc ari hot 1&" NI ONT v ] I, IA RKET r ' y ti le bl era ° ris 4 A CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. sellbe cotton market at Liverpool yesterday pre ted a fir m appearance. American, Surat, Bra / l an) and Egyptian cotton were most in request. e lands brought 5d., Mollie 5-0., and O r l eans 141 3 6 d. per lb. Railway shares underwent no .13°I.tanc variation, though the tendency in prices rather to de c li ne . heiTho woollen trade of Huddersfield, which had s howing some sli g ht s i gns of revival, has re edanother ch ec k b y t h e failure of Messrs. Ile en, Oldfield, and Co., of that place. The sus , 4 4 48i ° 4 is att r ib ute d to the non -arrival of remit ce° from A ustralia, and at the meeting of the eNiters appoi n t e d f or to-day the liabilities are kected to he stat e d a t 4 0,0001. As regards the tchest er market an improvement has been .in ed by th e recent rAdvices from America, which =fedt hat suppli es ' t h ence w i ll temporarily be im- Y the lowness of the water in the rivers. 7edideniand f or yarn for India, Germany, and the terranean has likewise h a d a f avoura b le in . gile tice ,k 4 official teturn gives the aggregate quantity of 1, 0 7 1 , 1 l 'avr Muscovado, admitted into the various .10 of t 1.4) United Kingdom from the sth July, Ifo to the sth January, 1855, on the payment of mil t:f of 4s. per cwt., at 2,176,736 cwts., and at Tl. l3 er cwt. at 2,157,104 cwts. 144 4 ,, e8 bipments of the precious metals direct from go, h_ .4 during the week to Thursday last were 584 kbur"B of gold and 60,696 ounces of silver, all to g. 1 rates for Bills of Exchange negotiated here %Ilt!xlay afternoon up on th e pr i nc i pal cities of the ,k4kloont were generally steady. Paris, 90 days, i tt :t° 47i ; Amsterdam, 11 19f to 19 1 . ; Ham- Ph") 1 3 7 to 7f ; and Trieste, 12 38 to 42. 11: 11 ° bar silver, ex Atrato, has been sold at Ss. 11Per ounce. ° s ank of England re t urn f or the week to the Olt is very favourable, showing the following ,Neti ‘ebilv circulation.. Increase `4l°4 ............. kilt Increase .. s„ND () OZkl ItilEil(slAl, ELLIGEIt in 0 Ai )tairii ,ed )12 V'Oyg could le velu dail:' I , u gh n been C nd tb• 4t Ilaug a ; ;tot - . ' 4 a v g. I ine a r, • ti Prit 11 'Eldon e oreg, !penal e ila. i y for mblect niving oder% n obly %r the, n irgem crew:, ser; teri ief tb a $ll.l fl% e" 04 5 --. 84 2 5° 56 0 " n 547 ; canoe Pr e ' ill be ,star (stl/ ?. c. jets Teo; Pod Fir ire' Sir Os bier 000 F o ot the ad' 1 1 09 3 Or 7 1 , 0 £18,984,010 16,180 14,201,243 579,723 .... 644,317 Increas e . 4,468 • I Deposits 5,077,843 Increas e Deposits rej 6 ,759 Increase J-D ay and oth er Bill s Decrease... gent Securities 15,03811,583,885 Increas e S ecuritie s . • Decrease_ .., 14,521,596 liUnemployed 359,248,495,965 8 '"lncrease. 551,915 F unds 551, been firmer this morning, and 907 re doing. Consols for transfer have rea lat° 93 1 1 4, and for account 93i to Exche are e " t o 9 and India Bonds 10s, to k eiti. IS. S., 'Ver b , l , : urP, . India Stock is at 226. znk kivtificant business is doiag in Foreign itikt i -11 ,S and they are generally nom i na l . T he 4 1t ' . ' l ltamittee's Certificate is 5, 1 ; I, being • :rad Venezuela Bonds have risen to 25 and -tkish Bonds are nearly per cent. higher, 80i. 4 4, (111- owin g are the nominal prices of foreign It4; ''s Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi to 20i ; Peruvian, 70 to 72; ditto Three •3 50 to 52 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., cb; -Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; t tt *elirsand-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91; OtittNew Deferred, 18 to 18i ; ditto Three Z 0 14...$ 361 to 37k ; ditto Certificates, 41 to si; thßive, 4 to 4i. . 4 h , e is very little movement in Railway 1 0, 1 443 4 the dealings are of a limited character. V141444a undertakings, though also quiet, rea 'LYesterday's quotation s . L a k e C onstance e are now marked with 31. additional paid j 1 41. tf tt i t a re mostly d u ll, b u t C ocaes and Cuiaba "ed Mexican are in favour, at improved 'e v • T he Joint St oc k B an k s are muc h t h e same l i l _ ° ‘lelY, and i n t h e miscellaneous shares there u g to notice, owing to the paucity of deal- St. 10 St. 25 ASH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CL'l`ik . (Prom the Official ii:t.) dAne Co n s ols Idwinesslat Annuitie s 93 i 24 3i t ti3ck • t gonos. . ii6(l6 226 1/41:4 I na r der MOO ... ::: .. ... .. .............. •• .. •10 13 ° A.ccount, April • 934 k i t imlier Bills 1tin7......................... ......« 9 6 Ito; ••••• 9 6 tket. ............. . 3 . i .... ... . &c . n .. t: 96 ()IP 1859, ~ , 99i 1 rOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. kiZAittse Cert. of Coup. not fun 54 4 p o Account fore, the 80g i 4 i iklionds, 3i per Cent. 'News on the above payable in London. %I mo TWO O'CLOCK. 1 b't f. ,, l ° 93 -•,,, April Account .......,.._____..--..--- ~ ) MINING INTELLIGENCE. '., _ 10 5 20 20 11 444 100 °ft the Mining Journal of this day.) I ld ''s)ce • • 20 %t ~t h., ept upon the principle we have often re- 5 1kN1 1 ,,, i " in the mining market all are either buy- 5 01 Ilera, and when shares are unusually low no 20 i‘t•l, l , ll i toliase, although it is undoubtedly the best ,Ittl e - „ Il g 8 0—it is difficult to account for the present 4 11 1 r4 c ressicin and absence of business. There is no 20; b' and, upon the whole, a decided improve- ' k, , , II Y of the mines. Rosewarnes are 150/. to 1601.; 100 improve k, t 1 -o rt • 0 31. Devon Great Consols, 3751. to , r idge Consols 2/. 10s. to 2/. 12s. 6d • Brewer, Eg Lis/ 10 ; North Bassets inquired" L. to , ~, . A. . after at 100 Y-%." 1 . ; Bassets, 520/. ; Builer, 5001. to 5261. kt`ttefi„Po meeting, held to day, a dividend of 1/. 204 \k t. tile ,o oo/.) was declared, and the mine report 100 fift , 27/ t ° l •3T. Tantar Consols, U. 10s. to 21.; West 20 Qi 0 ; to 281. ; West Caradon, 1651. to 1701. ; G p i ,,r. to 2/. 10s. 4 4 1 . 1 mines considerable improvement has been 20 i ‘t 41: d O the market, a very fair am oun t o f b us i ness 20 one, and higher prices obtained. ilt. 20 ,ti,atlicenee of the continued employm en t o f some tt , tt 's of the African Steam C om p an y i n th e V.o,Zrvice, there will be no mail this month to the of Africa. N,l!ttal Gas Company have received advices from 'll:iihtendent at Calcutta that he has selected two ti erection of the necessary works, and that, 10iftt he assistance of the Government, he expected Z lf ession of them in a month. 511 Thursday members of this club dined to- A'eursday evening, at the Thatched House 'Atiairal Sir Augustus Fitzclarence presided, Tki r , 11111:ported by Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, 4 11114 41 4 ,0 Dundas, Admi ra l Ed en , C ap t a i n Chf .4olc Hudson, Captain B. Seymour, ice. The k r -mt i evening was Si r F re d er i c k Thesiger, M.P., 4 Ael o ij_ life served with distinction in the n av y. 014 t'uce Fitzelarence was appointed president attßa' HALL.—The following are the names le Who passed their examination in the science ( ; 41 , 0 f medicine, and received certificates to 1,1' 1 4 Thursday, March 22 :—Oscar Byrne ; John Ph h e r, Sheerness, Kent; William Sayer, Liver a-1448 Smith, Tunbridge ; Charles Frederick John Jones, Dyffryn, Merionethshire. gg V FY COURT. —Yesterday John Windle Cole, ee remembered, was convicted some time S. it; criminal charge at the Old Bailey, and sen tillilkit;4°, Years' penal servitude, applied to pass his NlltkM . Commissioner o ‘ ablanque ordered Veent for two months, in order that an exa ttttit!he accounts might be made. TEE UNITED STATES AND 1101.- A it iat k ,_ Provisions of th e new t rea t y b e t ween t h e "" and the King of the Netherlands have l o b ji.mhed. The convention was concluded at &le 22d of January, 1855, and is to re- O i 'u,,eati o _five years from the day of the exchange of te,lets ,z lB . It defines, at some length, the powers t t :tit tl ` ,Consuls -General, Consuls, and Vice-Con -6,1 *, I lfted States, who are to be admitted into all : 1- ` 4 41; the transma , rine possessions or colonies of, I'llj7 lB which are open to the vessels of all na ,o4t are to be entitled to the protection of-the "16 `he f; and to the assistance of the local authori bl hi t t:,e exercise of their functions. They are not ttb a 4 With any diplomatic character ; but the i krt j 4 , (l° ,euments relating to the affairs of the C0n '4446" he protected against all search, and even all have no power - to visit or seize them, yo t r,e their contants. Passports delivered by I t iti t i lto s B ttlar agents do not dispense with the ne k by"'„UeNrer providinc , himself with all the papers :t i cte i. el f .",e local laws in c order to travel or to estab- Mhy t he colonies; and the right of the governor V 6 'ro - Prohibit the residence or to order the de tvc hee Co lony of any perso n t o w%oin a passport i f , k c. delivered rema i ns un di s t ur b e d . —N ew kale 20 20 6 20 100 100 20 J.Z_)O ~' -~ : telll / 1 1, SURE MARKETS, 121-1164 DAY.) RAILWAYS. , br. 11'11(1.1 RAILwAys, 100 Aberdeen....... „ B,i Am.bg. Nottrg. Bost and Eastn. Jnuct... all Beldist & Ballymena. all Birtning. Wolverh. it Stour Valley 296 Birkenhcl. Lance'. & Cheshire June; all Do. Chest.. ,51 Birk £5O and £25 COll2. 19 Do., £20... ~ 30 Myth &Tyns origina 1 £25 (issd. at £45, .00 Briabol and Exeter., 00 Caledonian. 21s. Carmarthen and Car digan all Chester iii. 13ol:i - no3.. - i all C'ork and Bandon all C.T•rk, Black, & Pass 16 Cornwall 14 f)ri cif Junction 45 Dublinalielfr,stJune. all Dundee Pertit&Alko 1.o:u7:. Junction. all Do. New [OO East Anglian ...... .. all ::astern Counties 00 ilastorn UlllOll, A Stock ....... ..... 100 Da., B. Stock 86 Do., New A.. 100 Fest Lancashire 10€' Edinburgh & Glasgow all Ediub. and Peebles 100 Edin. Prth & Dundeel 1 Forth & Clyde June. all Furness all Do. Extension 100 Glasgow& S. Weston; 100 Great Northern [OO Do., A. 5t0ck....... 'OO Do., B. Stock ._)0 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rai Gun. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisl 14i Do., Thirds , 4 Do. New Thirds _ 1.00 Lancash.andYerksh all Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Tin all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal .00 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. .00 Lond. and N. Westn. 16 Do. Fifths 56 Do.lol. Sh., M&8... 2? Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 426 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O. all Lndndrry& Col erain , all Lndndrry, & Ennisk 1.00 I.lanch.Shef & Lincli all Do, i Shi,,,:e , No. ] 4L Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 _Midland 'lOO :)o.Birmng. ScDerb; all Aidld. G. West. (Ire,; 221 Do. Half Shares all - Newcastle & Carlisle, 54 Newmkt.BuryExten. 21:1 Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd 8‘ Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoinl and Rostrevor .00 Norfolk 36 Northn.Counties Un .00 North British...,, all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., 6 A Deferred all Do., 6 B Guaranteed 100 N. Eastern—Berwicl 20 Do. do. Extension , 13 Dodo. G.N.E. Purch all Do. Leeds .00 Do. York all North London all Do. New £lO 31 is N.&S.Wstrn.,llamp. stead, and City Jn., 176 North Staffordshire , all North Western all N. &S. Westrn, June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. 100 ( - Word, Worcester,& Wolverhampton 8 Portsmouth 100 loottisk Central ~... 100 Scottish Midland all ilitewsby. & Herefd 100 =Shropshire Union ill ' , font]) Devon [3O loath Eastern 11 South Wales 15 i. Yrksh. it Ri v. Dna 5 Do 12 ',.taines, Wok. &Wols Stockton Darlin 113 itcraton 100 NAT Vale. 9 1)o. £3O share , Prof., No. 21 Mama Haven Doel sad. R ilwal' all Vale of Neath all Waterf 1. & all Waterford&Limerie) 18 West Cornwall 3 vest End of Loader and Crystal Palace all West London 141 s. Winabledn&Croydon. FOREIGN. all Antwerp &Rott:Tdam 3 Belgian Eastn. Juno. 10 Ileziers to Graissesna 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India. Scrip Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and Bosaucon, 10 Hutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian 10 Do. Eslonsion all i D0,..4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, ;Onvertibb; 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 Prance all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent 12 Great Luxembourg Constitutod Sham, all Do. Obligations all Gt. Westurn of Canad Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7 with option till '55. all Do. do., '62, p. '56.. all Do. do., '76, p. '60.. all Do. do., '73, without option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 por cent. 14 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoja sp. c. pref 10 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons 4 Mediterran. 16i Niadras 10 Do. New :31i Maria Antonia All Do. do. New all I Namur 4 Liege (wit _ interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France. all Do .2 0/. Slis.late Char• leroi and ErquelineF. guar. 3$ p. c. & red. , at 221/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 201. 3 p. c Bele (fmy. B. dr Ams. Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Ronon 10 ParisCaen dz Cherbrg. all Ronan and Havre..... 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse , all Do. 5i p. cont. Pref 14 Southern of France 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 5i per c. Pref 16 Western of France 16 WeFt. of Switzerland all Wi,:sbaden all Zealand JOINT-STOI all Australasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Clirtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond 18 English Scottish and Australian all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 5 Ditto New 20 London and County.. 10 London Joint Stock.. 20 Lond. & Wortminstei 35 !National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22 1 , National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 ?'rovincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Auqraln.Bkg Sy Gold Imp Co ' all South Australia I all Union .)f Do. New XO Viii9l3 of London i„,i !Closing Prices yesttrlity. 204 - 21 44 - 8. - 134 - 16 - 17 73 -- 64( 88 - 90 - 64, 11 4 - Jl 6 - ••• ••• - - 6 1 li - - 15 1.12 23 --• 30 20 - 22 72 74 57 09 2d par 20 21 o• —.-. .. 70 72 87i 71 73 . 123 125 91 93 65 65b - 61 Business done this day. 25 St 20 St 70 6 6 76 97 99J, 411 i - 83 - 8j 7A - 24i - 25 8 - 8i 63 - 70 41 - 43 "."' • • - 50 - 73 3t 13 -- 50 50 par - 4i I ar - 47 - 13 62 - 29 69J 70 id 4i 5 I d as 125I 25 20 i Pm 20 20 20 33i I 25 8i 25 10 L. 0.1 33k 2 51 - 82 - 84 I'd 2 fa 3 -- 20 d iP 33 -: 33 39 - 41 37 - 39 65 - 67 71 - Tilt SUN , LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 24 185 , -.llfe q 7 Ditt 4 RAILWAY/. Leming Curapitus losing Pricer yesterlay. It ~sit. es 5 this day. Bedford and Bletchley London A. N. Went. L. &N. W. Caledon... Un. t E. 0... . 1 SUN OFFICE, Si); o'clock. ~ - - Buckgliamsh. Clydesdale Jc Col. Stour Vy, Sud. and Ha]. E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct' ' Do. New...... BRIGHTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) Gt. Nrth n. Caldonian (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPB.) SELLING RACE. Questionable Colisti f. ..... Oistr.ez Du. F) Titlpl. Dk. @t. West Irk. Now. Tierw. Do. Do 'Five ran. PAVILION HANDICAP. Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenn Do. Preferen et Lon., Til., &S Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. n it aen. Bxtn awl Mai le el Ethelbald Pantheon . S. Easter Do.. _ ..... - Six ran. SELLING RACE. walked over. HURDLE RACE. Uncle.. Pet° &Co. N orf Ik, Stamford Bullfinch L.& N. AV & MITA. Darlingt. Four ran. OVENDEAN PLATE. NfiddleA)ro' Redcar . ..... ,Northern an Eastern sp.e Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p • i'rest. & Wyr• n39.r01d Matilda Eight ra.n. E. Count D 0..... . OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. L. &NAV klm&Yl Do. A Shares. aoystn.Sz Shef. Roth an, Goole g. 5 P.C. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... Do. at North: Lancash Yorksh. titockt. & 'Darlingt ( From a Supplement to last night's Gazette.) WAR DEPARTMENT, MancH 24. Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch and its enclosures, of which the following are copies, ad dressed to his lordship, by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B.:— Wilts&C.;omrst ltWestn. Before Sebastopol, March 10. My Lord, —I hare really nothing to report to your lordship this day. I sm . happy, however, to` g be able to inform you that the weather is exceedingly fine ; and that I entertain great hopes, derived from the reports of the Principal Medical Officer, that the sick will materially benefit by the improvement in the temperature. Our advanced batteries are making considerable progress. Every effort is directed to the maintenance of the camps in a healthy state, which, as the warm weather approaches, becomes daily more important. I inclose the return of casualties to the Bth instant. I received on the eveninc , of the 6th instant, a tele graphic despatch from Lord John Russell, dated Berlin, the 2d, announcing the death of the Emperor of Russia at twelve o'clock on that day. According to the information of deserters, the event has not been promulgated . at Sebastopol. —I have, (tc., RAGLAN. The Lord Paiimure, &c., &o. Enclosure 1. RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE STH TO BTH OF MARCH, 1855, INCLUSIVE. Ist Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file killed 9th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 17th Foot—l rank and file, wounded. 30th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 34th Foot-1 serjeant, wounded. Total—l rank and file, killed ; 1 serjeant, 3 rank and file, wounded. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutaat-General. Enclosure 2. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED FROM sTri TO 8111 MARCH, INCLUSIVE, KILLED. 6ru MARCH. Ist Regiment of Foot. Private Edward Garland. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General, Enclosure 3. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM STEE TO Bra MARCH, 1855, INCLU SIVE. WOUNDED. MARCH 5. 17th Regiment of Foot. Corporal Thomas Swain, severely. MARCH 6TII. 9th Regiment of Foot. Private Peter Mulroney, slightly. 30th Regiment of Foot. Private John Vernon, slightly. MARCIE 7TH. 34th Regiment of Foot. Sergeant B. Willett, slightly. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant• General. STATE T BA D E. From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, March U.—During yesterday and to day the market has been less animated than it was on Tuesday last, and the amount of business transacted has been much tr.ore limited. The German :net-chants continue to buy moderately, and in water twist'', they have to pay the advanced price established at the beginning of the week. For the home market, and for India, there is but little demand, and cop and hank mule yarns are quoted at former prices. The cloth mar ket continues somewhat depressed, although during the week numerous considerable purchases have been mad.. Stocks of shirtings and other India fabrics are not so large as they were a few weeks ago, but there has, thus far, been no demand sufficient to encourage any improvement in price. The Greek merchants have been less active this week than during the past few months, and the heavier classes of cloths, such as are bought for the Le vant markets, have been more difficult to sell. There are, however, no stocks of them in the market, and prices therefore remain very steady. LEICESTER, March 23.—We have no improvement in any branch to report. Worsted spinners are producing carefully, the demand being very limited, and no altera tion in price. into consideration, he had no doubt a very slight addition to their number would enable the judges to go four:circuits in the year instead of two circuits, as at present. With a moderate increase of. the county court judges at the same time, there might be, if not forty-two, at least twenty-six criminal courts held once a fortnight in every county in the coma try. He admitted that the expense would be great, but there was a fund which might be made applicable to this purpose. He had no doubt a great saving of expense and a great improvement would be effected. The average cost of each prisoner in Scotland was 131., the average cost of each prisoner in England was 211., and he was most anxious to make a fair proportion from the dietary, which might be different in the two countries. After inquiry into the subject, he found that only 21. was to be ascribed to the difference ef diet. With respect to clothing, which was dearer in Scotland, a prisoner had the option of wear ing hi s own or t h e prison clothing. In Scotland the prison clothing was universally chosen, so that in Scotland the clothing was dearer than in England. Again, in Scotland, from the work which was done by the prisoners, the average of 191., after allowing for the 21. from the diet, was reduced to an average of 131. It would therefore be observed that a total saving of 90,0001. or 100,0001.-would be gained by the adoption of this improvement; but the incalculabl e benefit in the moral improvement of the pri soners, and in their moral character, must also be taken into consideration. He must apologise to their lordships for the time he had taken, but the subject was one of the utmost importance. He would quote the opinion of Sir Matthew Hale, who, as the result of his experience and long reflection on the subject of I,gal defects cud Jaw amendments, had left, his opinion to the following effect : "Thai, the amendment of the law ought to be done by judicious and competent persons. Reforms must be done some time or othor or they would be done by persons actuate" by enmity to the profession, mistaken int ntions, or for popular favour. Amendments ought to be made in time by persons who knew their business, and much evil would result unless the business was undertaken by such hands. It would otherwise be too late, and it would give occasion for the pretext that, as the lawyers and judges would not make the re f orms, they must be done by other hands." If a person went on a travel to indulge his curiosity in a distant country, and on his return stated that he had found a people, not in n the depths of barbarism, who had laws for the punishment nf cr exe ime, but who had no means o f carry i ng those laws into cution ; who left in the hands of persons most likely to abuse them, or not likely to perform their work at all ; in this country which this person had explored, he had also found that some thines were considered not offences, and others which were not offences were most severely punished, and that persons were imprisoned month after month who were all the time innocent , and might all the time be able to prove th e i r innocence; that' in some parts of this country the administration of the law was as per fect as it could be devised, whilst in all others it was as wrong as it could be; if a person should say this, it would hardly be believed that such a country could possibly ex ist on the face of the earth ; yet it would turn out that this was only a faint and imperfect description of the country in which their lordships were living. On the last occasion on which he had addressed their lordships on this subject he had told the late Lord Chief Justice that these addresses were the testamentary acts of persons in their situation ; but he little thought his words would then be s© unhappily and so soon true. He (Lord Brougham) deemed it his duty to bequeath these observations on these most important subjects to their lordships and to the country before he was called home, or before he sank, as he was daily more and more tending, into the state of feebleness incidental to old age. (Hear.) The noble and learned lord concluded by moving his resolutions, stating that it was the imperative duty of Government to direct their attention to these highly important subjects. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he could not follow his noble and learned friend through the important subjects to which ho bad so lucidly and ably callfd, attention, and if he did not attempt to do so he trusted Oat his apology would be that the only notice which his noble and learned friend had given was his intention to call the attention of the house to criminal procedure. Of course, on a subject so vast, and involving such important considerations, it was impossible he could be prepared to follow the able, lucid, and long—although not too long—statement of his noble friend. Hs (the Lord Chancellor) could only say that with the great bulk of those observations he most entirely and most heartily agreed. In what was the fittest and most practicable remedy opinions might differ, and it would not become him to offer off-hand any confident opinion. With regard to some of the observations he must express his entire concurrence. In the first place, the organisation of the police throughout the country was a perfect anomaly, and almost seemed to be contrived to secure impunity to criminals. Government had turned their attention to the subject, and last year the noble lord now at the head of her Majesty's Government had brought in a bill for the purpose. He (the Lord Chancellor) must express his re gret that the measure had not passed, whatever might be the defects in it. He also trusted that some measure with out the defects of the bill of last session might be eventu ally adopted with regard to criminal prosecutors. He agreed in the abstract that the existence of such functiona ries would be attended with great benefits, but when his noble and learned friend spoke of a single public prosecu tor, ho (the Lord Chancellor) could hardly think that 500 would be sufficient to discharge the duties of such officers. One or more would at least be required in all the large towns and more important districts. He believed, how ever, that the wants of the country would require the power of proceeding as was now done. It might be the relic of a barbarous age, but ho could never believe that it would be allowed that on great questions it should be left to any officer of the Crown to say whether the offences should be prosecuted or not. In the case of murder, for instance, the institution of the coroner, which was a popular institution, was a means by which the public always felt that they had the power of bringing a delinquent to justice if the rnagis trates did not choose to do so. He must, therefore, guard himself from assenting to the suggestion that the institu tion of public prosecutors would be a safeguard against many of the e;ils which his noble and learned friend had so ably exposed. In the case of a man committed for for gory, 'against whom a t rue bill was f ound, but a witness was cot forthcoming, Le did not see how a public prosecu tor could remedy that, or that there was any remedy ex cept by keeping the witnesses in close confinement until they were wanted. He believed that his noble and learned friend would agree that this remedy would be worse than the disease, but any witness who chose would °them ise escape the public prosecutor just as ea , ily as he did at pre s,ut. With regard to the increase of the number of the assizes and sessions, lie was m uc h i nc li ned to agree with Lis noble friend, and t o thi n k t h at, to some extent, an in crease might be not only desirable, but practicak.le. Here again, however, it must be borne in mind that the ques tion was 'out a balance of the inconveniences, and as long as they had trial by jury they Mould always find it ex tremely difficult in small counties to secure juries oftener than at present. Lord BROUGHAM made some observations with re spect to paid. juries. or of some other regiments, have not been since sent in that ship. Mr. PEEL said he would answer the questions on Monday. THE MILITIA. Colonel CLIFFORD asked the Secretary of Stmte for the Home Department, whether in his opinion the act of 12th May, 1854, had not deprived any militiaman, whether enrolled before or since, of any right to claim his discharge by reason of the embodiment of the mi litia, without the existing danger of invasion? Sir G. GREY gave it as his opinion that the provi sions of the act of last session applied alike to militia. men enrolled before as after the passing of the' act. That, at least, was the opinion of the law officers of the Crown. BALA.KLAVA BURIAL GROUNDS. Mr. G. DUNDAS asked the Under Secretary for War if the Government had taken any steps with re gard to the state of the burial grounds in the neighbour. hood of Balaklava, and the large quantity of decaying and putrid substances in the vicinity, to counteract the natural effects of so much offensive matter, and prevent as far as possible the spreid of fever and disease 'I 'Also if those composing the sanitary commission, recently sent out to the Crimea, were indued with full powers to adopt at once such means as may appear to them neces sary to secure the health of the troops ? It PEEL s aid the attention of the commissioners had been especially directed to that subject, and large quan. tities of peat charcoal, and other disinfectant-3 were about to be sent out to be placed at their disposal. The commissioners bad the power referred to in the second piestion. TRADE WITH CHINA. Mr. GREGSON asked the First Lord of the Trea. Jury, with reference to the notification from the Board Trade of the 12th instant, published in the London Gazette of the 13th, on the subject of the coasting trade in China, whether the coasting trade in China by British ships was thereby extended beyond the five ports named in the treaty of 1842 ; if so, whether British ships might proceed at once under the local authority from Amoy, without waiting for the sanction of the Im perial Government at Pekin ; and, whether goods sent coastwise in British ship s wou ld b e a d m itt e d a l the same duty as goods imported in Chinese vessels Lord PALMERSTON said the permission had been granted not by the imperial but by the local authority, and he was unable to Fay whether it extended beyond the five ports or not. He was unable to answer the second question. TOOLS FOR THE ARMY. Mr. H. BAILLIE asked the Clerk of the Ordnance whether any trenching tools of a superior description to those originally sent out bad been forwarded to, the army of the Crimea, or whether the Board of Ordnande was still prepared to maintain that the tools originally sent out were of the best description that could be ob tained in this country ? Mr. MONSELL entered into a lengthened explana- tion in reply to the question. The tools he said were partly supplied by colonels of the regiments, and partly by the Board of Ordnance. The tools used in the Crimea were issued from Woolwich, and were made after a pattern agreed on by a board of general officers. Conflicting statements of the quality of these tools had been made to the Ordnance, and under those circumstanses an officer had been sent to Woolwich to examine the tools about to be despatched to the army. If they were found to be bad in quality, of course the order for sending them out would be countermanded ; but perhaps the hon. gentleman would repeat his question on a future day. Mr. ROEBUCK inquired if it was true that the tools sent out were reported against by a commission ofgeieral officers that met in the camp at Chobham ? Mr. MONSELL had never heard of the commission, but he would make inquiries about it. • MINES. Mr. BELL asked the Attorney-General whether any and what progress had been made towards a settlethent of the rival claims of the Duchy of Cornwall and the Woods and Forests to minerals below high-water mark? Also, if any arrangement had been proposed by which leases or licences can be granted pending the settlement of those claims to parties desirous of working mines in the disputed localities, or what prevented such an arrange• ment being entered into ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the dispute was making progress towards settlement. Pending the dis pute, however, a bill would be brought in to enable the Crown to grant leases. THE SARDINIAN LOAN. Mr. BOWYER asked the First Lord of the Treasury, whether her Majesty's Government intended, previous to bringing before Parliament the supplemental treaty, by which her Majesty engages to lend two millions to Sardinia, to lay befcre this house papers showing the condition of the finances of that country ? Lord PALMERSTON said he had no doubt that Sardinia would be able to pay interest upon the sum of 2,000,0001., which England was about to lend to her, but he could give no particular information as to the condition of the finances of that State. IRISH BILLS. In reply to Mr. E. B. ROCHE, Mr. HORSMAN stated he proposed to postpone the Fairs and Markets (Ireland) Bill, and the Juries (Ire land) Bill, until after Easter. The Lunatic Asylum ;Ireland) Bill would be taken on Monday. MILITIA BOUNTY. Captain STUART asked the Secretary for War wbethtr the remainder of the 61. bounty promised to all militia recruits (on their enrolment) would be paid to those men who bud lately been discharged, as married inen with lar.ze families? Mr. PEEL said the bounty was only paid for six years' servipe. , - CONVENTION WITH SARDINIA. Lord RALmEasToN brought up a message from the Crown, which was rPrA by the Speaker from the chair. It stated that her "Majesty, in conjunction with the Emperor of the French, had entered into a military convention with the King of Sardinia, whereby her Ma jesty agreed to equip and keep up for the pur poses of the present war a f Tee of 15,000 men. Her nbjesty had also entered into • a supple mental convention with the King of Sardinia, in which she undertook to ask her Pa rliament to give her powers to advance to his Majesty by way of loan a sum of 1;000,000/. sterling, to be paid in two instalments of 500,000/. each, one immediately a ft er suc h power wag obtained, and the other within six months afterwardc. In the event of the war continuing, her Majesty further undertook to recommend to her Parlia ment to allow an additional 1,000,0001. to be advanced to his Majesty the King of Sardinia within twelve months after the first loan—his The LORI) CHANCELLOR—There were once paid juries in the Exchequer Court, and the measure which abolished them was most popular. He entirely agreed that there were groat grievances, but unless they had a court constantly sitting to dispose of the cases as they arose, there must always be delay. It was a case of tho balance of how much; but he was prepared to say that Government ought to take into consideration, and would no doubt take into consideration, the question whether there should be additional assizes and sessions. He trusted that it would not be supposed that he was answering or commenting upon the observations of his noble friend, for he felt that he could only discharge the last most imper fectly. He could only express his general concurrence in the observations of his noble and learned friend, and in the truth of his proposition that something ought to be done in the matter. Majesty undertaking to pay interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum upon both loans, 1 per cent. of which to be tre a t e d as a s i nking fund. Her Majesty concluded. her most gracious message by declaring that she relied upon the zeal of her most faithful Commons to enable her to make good the engagement which she had contracted with his Majesty the King of Sart. dinia. After a few remarks from Lord BROUGHAM the subjec . was allowed to drop, and Their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes past seven On the motion of Lord PALMS RSTON it was agreed that the message should be taken into consideration on Monday next. THE FAST-DAY SERMON. On the motion of Lord PALMERSTON, seconded by Mr, DISRAELI, it was agreed that the tha*ks of the house should be presented to the Rev. Mr. Melville fur the HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time, and passed: --Brighton Improvement Commissioners and Municipal Corporation ; Folkestone Water ; lloarwitliy Bridge ; Lands Improvement Company ; Ratcliff Gas ; Surrey Gag. able sermon which he preached before the house in St. Margaret's Church, on Wednesday, and that the ser mon should be printed and circulated amongst mem bers. the Rotherham Gas and the Stalybridge Gas Bills were considered, and ordered to be real a third time. The Medical, Invalid, and General Life Assurance Society (Stamp Duty on Memorials), was reported. The West London and Crystal Palace and Westmin ster Terminus Railways, and the Southampton Paving Trust, St. Pancras Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ was ordered for the borough of Wilton, in the room of Mr. A'Court, who had accepted the office of Income-tax Commissioner. PETITIONS. Mr. WILCOX presented a, petition from the corpo ration of Southampton, against certain clauses in the Public Health Bill. Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition from the cor poration of Sheffield, praying for the repeal of the news paper stamp. bir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from Brentford, praying for the opening of the British Museum and National Gallery on Sandays. Sir J. PAXTON presented a petition from Coventry, praying for the repeal of the Beer Act of last session ; also a petition from the Licensed Victuallers of the same place against throwing open their trade. Mr. GIBSON presented a petition from the National Temperance Society praying for the repeal of the news paper stamp. Mr. K. SEYMER presented a petition from Wilt shire praying that public-houses may be closed the entire of Sundays. 5 - 97 7 - 99 ... -- . 134 - 136 LO4 166 12/ -- 23 -- 24 101 - 11 - 2 - 24 10 - 12 7 - 59 •• '' •. 30 - 133 2 - 2~u 32 -32 i 89 - 91 PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 A berdeen 100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. c • 30 Bly-thandTyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501; 100 llris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5.i per cent., all Do. do. Pref. No. 2. all Do. do. Pref. No. 2. all Cork &Bandons3p.c all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. l all Do. No. 2 all Do. Now 6 r . c. St all Eastern Union, Gar, per cent all Do. 51. 10 per cent all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh all Do. do. 4 per cent.. [OO East Lancash. 6 p.ets all East and West York shire June. Fifths all EdinbPrth.&Dundec 4 per cent. LOO Glasgow & S.Westen Guar. 5 per cent... .00 Great Northn. sp. c .00 Do. sp. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem... 100 Do. 4i p. c. all Do. sp. c. Scrip, Red. at sp. c. pm... .. all Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prot .00 Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 8 Do. 4 per 0. Pref. St 6 Gt. Wostn. (Barks Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... 100 Do. con. red. 4 p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c, 100 Do. irred. 4p.e. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh.. all Do. Chester Bp. c.P.S. all Do. do. 5 p. c. do.. LOO Do. Birm. Gua. Stk, all I Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. all Do. do. do all De. do. do 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O 00 Do. 6 p. c. Stock 00 London and Brighter, Guaranteed 5 p. c . 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct 5 Loudon &S. Wostern Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Color Shares all Londy. & Ennis. all • it Wan Shef., & Liu. New, £lO 44 Do. .£6.. all Ifatypt.&Carl.4 p o all Do. 4. per cent 103 Do 100 \lid. Consol.6 p.c.St 100 .De. Consol. Bristol Birm. 6 per cent 11t Do. Pref. 4. ) ; per cent 10 Norfolk Debenture 100 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stock IGO Do. 5 P.C. Ext. 100 Do. 5A per et . prof 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. 0 100 NTorth British 100 NT. B. Berw, 4 p.c. P 5 Do. do. do 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.o 9 Do. do. Quarters 46 10 Do.Yorkli.& all North Staffordshire.. 100 Dxford, Worcester, & Vrolverh.Xls, 6 n.c. all 3cot. Cent. , New Prei all south Devon 14 D.). fixed, 4l per cent all 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. all 3 Wales Gua. 4p. o. all Do. do. .4i p. c all 3. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stockton and Dar lington, 5 per cent. 15 Do. do. do. all itockton and Hartle ' pool, guar. sp. c. till Ist July, 1856 12i -- 1 -- ..• '-' 1: 1 3 - 135 - 1 4 - - 87 103 - 101 - 103 90 - 92 3 - 3i *i --: Ti 106 - 108 13 - 14 id pal 22/ - 231 ii ---- II • •• • ••• MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of fruit and vegetables were but moderate, and the demand ruled very inactive, as follows 2--- FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 7s to lOs per lb; apricots, Os to Os per doz. ; hot-house grapes, 6s Od to 100 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 lls Od per bushel ; pears, 7s Oct to lOs Od per half sieve • Orleans plums and green gages Os to 'Os Od per punnet • ditto, Os to Os Od, and common plums, 3s 0 to Os Od per half sieve ; cherries, Od to Os per pound ; lemons, 9d to is Gd per doz.; oranges, 4s to 10s per 100; fil berts, 958 per 100 lbs ; cobnuts, 1808 to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to Od per 100; figs, is Od to 2s Gd per lb. VEGETABLES.—Savoy cabbages, 9d to is 9d per dozen; red ditto, 2s to 3s (id per dozen ; French beans, 35 Od to 4s Od per 100 ' • brocoli, is 4d to 3s Od per bundle ; potatoes, 85s to 130 s per ton ; vegetable marrow,od each ; peas, Os Od to Os Od per bush.; broad beans, 9d to is per half sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 6d to Od per bunch ; cucumbers, is 3d to 2s 3d each • garlic, 6d to Os 8d per pcuud ; spinach, 2s 0 1 to 3 s Od per sieve ; anions, 2s Gd to 4s Od per bush. ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks ' 3d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, 4 d to 6d ; horse-raddish, 2s Od to 5s 03 per bundle ; parsley, 4d to 6(1 per bunch ; celery, Os 10d to is 6 d per bunch ; endive, is 6d to 3s per score ; beet, is Gd to 2s per doz. ; parsnips, Os 6d to is ld per dozen ' • small salad, 3d to Od per punn e t ; mus h ro oms, is 9d to 256 d per pottle ; artichokes, 4s to 6s per doz. ; cabbage lettuces, Is 6d to 2s per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve ; radishes Od to is per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s Od to 45 Od per half sieve ; chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussels sprouts, is Od to l s 10d per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2s per 100. ; rhubarb, 8d to is 2d per bundle ; sea kail, is Gd to 2s Gd per punnet ; asparagus, 5s to Os per 100. - 103 - 92 - .. - 94 ii - 6 ••• "' st -_ 6 -- 1 12i -- ,•• ..-. .. .•• ..... •I •• "... • •• •• 58 - 62 5 - 117 { 07 - 109 .00 - 102 I - ip • "'''' • • • • ..... • • • - 81 - Hi - 174 10. 73 194 -- 91. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Thrkeys, 4s Oct to 8s Od ; Geese, 4s Od to 68 6d each; Ducks, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; tams Rabbits, Os Od to Os Od; wild do., is to is 6d eaoh ; Pigeons, lOs to 128 per doz. ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, 2s Od to 3s 3d ; Chiekons, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Hares 2s 3d to 3s Gil ; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 3d each ; Partridges, is 91 to 2s Od; Pheasants, 3s 6(1 to 3s 9d; Leveret , ., 2s Od to 2s 6d ; Roasting Pigs, 4s Od to 7s Od ; Guinea Fowls, 3s Od to 3s 6d each. Ostend fresh butter, lls 6d to 12s 6d, and English 12s Od to 158 Od per dozen lbs. English Eggs, 9s 6d to lOs Od; French ditto, Gs 9d t. 7a 9d per 120. NEWPORT. - - --- - Beef from 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 45 8a ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d : nork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per Sibs. WHITECHAPEL. - - - Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3e 4d to 4e 6d ; veal, 33 8d to 4s 6d; pork, 3s Od to 4e 4d per Blbs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6(1 to lls ; Brills, is Od to 5s each; Salmon, e 3d to is 10d per lb; Cod Fi s h, 2 s 6d t o 12 s eac h ; Soles, 3d to ls Od per pair; Eels, 8d to is Od per lb; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 6s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 15s to 24s ; Natives, 568 to 60s per bsh; Mackerel, Os per 100 ; Smelts, is Od to 3s Od per doz.; Skate, Gd to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is Od. to is 6d per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 5a Od to Os per 100. ; Scotch do., 6d; Sprats, 8s Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, le Od to 7s each ; Haddocks, 4a to 15s per goz. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, Gd per lb ; Prawns, 2s 6d to 3s; Mullets, is to is 6,1; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut, 6d per lb; Flounders, is to is Gd per dozen. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are fro= 90 to 10d ; of household ditto, Eid to 9d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 34d to 33d ; 641 b to 721 b, to 30 ; 721 b to 801 b, 31(1 to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, id to 4id ; 881 b to 961 b, 4ed to .1(1 ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 104 to 1121 b Od to Od ; upwards, Od to Od ; Horse hides, 5s Gd to Os Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ditto, full, Gs Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 6s 6d to 78 6d ; Kents, 5s 6d to Gs 6d ; Half-breds, 5s 6Ci to Gs 6d ; Downs, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; Shearlings, lld to is Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITRFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 15s Od ; clover ditto, 3/ Os to Si 15s ; and straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ 9s per load. A full average supply and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 2/ 18s to 4/ 18s ; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 5/ 14s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11104 per load. Supply moderately good, and trade rather dull. WHITEORAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 4/ 15s; clover ditto, 31 Os to 5/ 18s; and straw, h 3s to 1/ 9s per load. iloth hay 60 straw Along o gowly, &t 10 , to atth WOOLLEN- TRADE. (Front the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.) LEEDS, March 23.—We have no material change to report in the state of the woollen cloth market. There was a good business done in both the Cloth-balls on Saturday; a cheerful feeling generally prevailed, and transactions were entered into with considerable spirit. On Tuesday there was a quieter tone, and only a mode rata business was done. HUDDERSFIELD, March 20 . —The market to-day was much flatter than on the previous week, though we have not had any very busy days for some time past. ROCHDALE, March 19.—There has been little or no change to-day from that of the previous Monday, either in pieces or wool. The merchants are buying certain sorts of which they may be in immediate want, and the manufacturers purchase the raw material very sparingly at former prices. _ BRADFORD, Thursday.—Wool—The choice of all sorts is very limited, but the demand is so scanty that the trade is still inanimate and cheerless. Yarns—A little more inquiry for spool yarn, which, in some instances, commands a shade advance. Pieces.—There is a steady improvement in this department. HALIFAX, Saturday.—The appearance of our market to-day has been 011 i l3 of sla c k ness, though there is in re ality no less doing n the piece and yarn trades, in the receipt and execution of ord ers , and prices exhibit firm ness. In the wool business there is ready sale for use ful combing fleeces. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LONDON, March 24.—Wind and weather this day at noon, N.E. ; fresh breeze, with dull, cold weather. There was a hard front this morning. - i The John Stewart (brig), of Whitby, got on the Barrow Sand, and was abandoned, with 2 fe e t o f water ever her cabin floor ; crow saved, and landed at Sh eerness. PLYMOUTH, March 23.—Wind, E. A rr i ved— Queen of the Tyne, from Callao, for Antwerp. sailed — V 1- e ecity fer Adelaide, S.A. ; Saxon, Cape of Good H ope. ' FALMOUTH, March 23.—Wind, E,N.E. A.rrivecl,—Nl Desperandum, from Ceylon ; Frederic°. 11 , (*manna ° • H.M.'s steamer Dee, Portsmouth, for the Clyde. , PORTSMOUTH, March 23.—Wind, N.N.E. A rr i ved Alps (s.s.), from the Crimea. SOUTHAMPTON, March 23.—Arrived--Madrid (s.), fro Gibraltar, &c. M get on board GRIMSBY, March 23.--Wind, N.E. Arrived —Tine" (schooner), of Montrose, for London, with master list overboard.—The Industry (brig), of Newcastle, sn iair,._... terday, after striking on Dowsing Sand ; crew pi c k ed .7 p into off by the Mariner, of Perth, arrived here, STOCKTON, March 23.—Wind, E.N.E.—The Caledonia onth(beri2gethofinstant ; from London, has arrived here with damage from collisio n with the French schooner Anais, which received consider- Shore aagileed—Huron, for Honduras. t a h b e le fo d r a m m e a r g . e; two of the boys b o e f yi t n h g e l b a e tt e e n r run SHIELDS, March 23.—Wind, E. Arrived Monarch, London,f .w ro mh m iltLbFyoßeDn, trii ea N r v le i sh t t h h23i d .u % s m t. Shore ham, a W m, lT :a ll e 7 lost °Bi and another brig, coal-laden, was wrecked on the East Barrowes at the sane time—crew saved. 0 n M t a h r e c hvi.2h3i.t—a Whitaker e s Medway po, LEITH, March 22.—Arrived—Jessie Mitchell, f rom Monte Video. (nu ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday, The United States mail stem.-ship St. L ou i s, with the usual fortnightly American mails, from Now York, has arrived off Cowes; she brings dates to the 10th inst. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind, N.E. Arrived—Glenroy, from Calcutta; S. Gildersleeves, Baltimore ; Martha, Rotterdam. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.40 a.m. Wind, /1" .B. • tide, four hours' ebb ; strong, and cloudy. Arrived—Belgi um (s.), from Ostend. Sailed—Maes.ssan for Launceston ; Lightfoot, Calcutta; Holland (s.), Ostend; Vesta, Oporto. DEAL, Saturday, 9.30 a.m. Wind, N.E. ; fresh, and cloudy. Anchored—C ow or from Callao, for London ; her Ma jesty's ship Driver, from Portsmouth. Passed, 23d—Catherine Jamieson, from London, for IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. A. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN.--TREATY WITH SARDINIA. The LORD CHANCELLOR communicated to the house a message from her Majesty, in which her Ma jesty informed the house that she had, in concert with the Emperor of the French, entered into a treaty with the King of Sardinia, whereby the latter engages to maintain for the purposes of the war 15,000 men, well organised and instructed in their du ties as soldiers, and by the same convention her Majesty undertakes, on the re commendation of Parliament, to advance to the King of Sardinia, 1 ,000,0001., 500,0001. to be paid as soon after the assent of Parliament to the loan had been ob tained as possible, and the remainder to be paid six months after the first instalment. Her Majesty further engages, after the expiration of 12 months, to ad vance to the King of, Sardinia a like sum of 1,000,0601., the Government of Sardinia enEagin, to pay 4 p er cent. per annum— one p tr cen t, o f which was to go to the sinking fund. Her Majesty has directed a copy of the convention to be placed before their lordships ; and she relies upon the House of L , 3r Is to make good the en gagements which she had contracted. THE MILITIA. The Earl of 'HALM ESEURY, seeing his noble friend opposite, begged to ask wha!ier any information had been received from the law officers of the Crown relative to the construction of the Militia Act of 1852, as to the service to be expected from the men u , :der the act passed in the present session ? Lord PANMURE begged to state that experience bad shown him the bad effects that invariably follow a discussion as to the rights of soldiers in this house. The men, after such a circumstance, invariably entertain erroneous notions as to their rights, and such had been unfortunately the case in the present instance —many militiamen had, on the suggestions of others, laid down their arms, refusing to do duty, and applied for their discharge. On explanation, however, they bad resumed their duty, and expressed themselves willing to abide further instructions from the Govern ment. (Hear, hear.) Although he had never any doubt in the matter, he had, nevertheless, taken the opinion of the law offi cers o f t h e C rown, who had assured him that every militiaman who was now serving under the act of 1854, whether he had been enlisted under the acts of 1852 53, or subsequently to the passing of the act of 1854, was equally compelled to be sworn as a regular embodied militiaman. That was distinctly and unques tionably the present state of the law. There was another point that had been touched upon in the discussion be fore alluded to. It was stated that when the act of 1852 was passed a pledge was given by the Government, or was understood to be conveyed, that the men who were enrolled in 1852 were to have the option as to the limitation of service. Now, if any such engagement had been given, whether such was right or wrong, he thought that it ought to be religiously and strictly ad hered to. But that, however, was a question to be inquired into. (Hear.) The behaviour of the militia, he thought, was deserving their highest approbation, and it, of itself, furnished strong inducement that their case should receive that consideration which it was so justly entitled to. After a few observations from Earl GREY and the Earl of MALMESBI7RY, The subject dropped. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Lord BROUGHAM then rose to call the attention of the house to the subject of our criminal procedure. It was a subject of vast extent and great importance, and if the difficulties of dealing with it were equally great, he should shrink from undertaking it. But those defects to which he was about to call attention were too obvious, and their consequences were too generally felt, to make it any very difficult matter to deal with the question, though he did confess that, for some of those difficulties, it might not be so easy to find a remedy. It was his intention, in the course of the remarks he was about to make, to confine himself entirely to the subject of the criminal procedure, and not enter into the large field of the criminal law, much as that required amendment, for whole classes of offences, tending to irreparable mischief, were no crime at all by our law. To begin then at the beginning. The courts of the metropolitan police magistrates, before whom the of fender was first brought in London, were in reality a great misnomer, for they were nothing like the courts of police magistrates. It had indeed been said by a learned person that their title reminded him of fee remark of Voltaire on . the title of the "Holy Roman Empire." Ho said there never could be a worse name, for it was neither " holy " nor "Roman" nor an "empire." So these courts were neither "metropolitan," for they were excluded by act of Parliament from the metropolis ; nor "police," for they had nothing to do with the police, any more than any other justices; and they were properly speaking not "magis trates," because in this country that meant an unpaid judge, but those gentlemen were stipendiaries. Nothing could be more useful than these courts. They had a very useful criminal, and also a very useful civil, jurisdiction, although be thought this last ought to be transferred to the county courts; they got through an immense amount of business, and he hoped that it would not be long before their number was multiplied, and they were spread over the different parts of the country. He thought, however, that the power should be extended, so as to give theta the right of discharging prisoners not only on bail, but also on their own recognisances; for he was informed by those who practised at the sessions, and who were connected with these courts, that there was rarely very little heard of persons liberated on their own recognisanees making their escape. In fact these poor people could not or would not remove from their ordinary place of residence to avoid a trial. With respect to tho police or constabulary force, it was perfectly clear that this was very deficient, for although many of the lArge towns had a police—not, perhsps, a very perfect one—in many parts of the country there was no thing that could be said to deserve the name of police. Not only were a large supply of constabulary necessary, but it was desirable that some general rules should bo framed to give uniformity to the action of different parts of the force in various districts throughout the kingdom. The amount of fees varied considerably in different counties. Iu Dar ham the average was 31. for each case. In Essex the ave rage was 21. 4s. ; in Dorset 4/. 10s. ; at Havering-atte- Bower, 6/. 13s. ; whilst at Derby it was only 11. This ine quality proved the expediency of paying the officers by salaries instead of by fees. He thought it would be very de sirable in the manufacturing districts to have a reserved force in addition to the ordinary constabulary. Such a force would be at the call of the magistrates, and the knowledge of its existence would tend greatly to the prevention of the mischief caused by agitators and other disturbers of the public peace. He would now call their lordships sae's, tion to another point. The offender having been trapped it was necessary to bring him to trial, and then arose the greatest defect in our criminal system—the want of an au thority vested in executive Government to provide for the execution of the law by putting it in motion. He believed this was the only country in the world in which the cri minal law was left, as it were, to shift for itself, for it was nobody's business to prosecute. He would mention a few instances to show the evils arising from the want of a public prosecutor—instances in which the guilty had been allowed to escape, and in which the innocent had been in jured by prosecution. The first case was that of a trades man in a large way of business at Portsmouth or Plymouth, who was committed for forging a hill for 2,0001. or 2,50 J/. A true bill was found by the grand jury, but the prosecu tor was not to be found, and the prisoner was discharged. Another case was that of an honourable baron, who fired a loaded musket at a clergyman, with the intention either of killing him or doing him some grievous bodily harm. The prosecution was dropped and the baron escaped all punishment. Some time ago, at the Old Bailey, a bill was found against a person for forging a will ; but when the case came before the judge, there did not appear to be the least ground for the charge, and the party was discharged. On one occasion he was counsel in a case which was tried in the county of Lancaster, where a most respectable gentle man, possessing an income of 10,0001. or 12,0001. a-year, was arraigned on a charge of murder. It turned out that the bailiff of the gentleman had placed a rope across a road which was under repair, and that he had neglected to place a lantern on the spot durinc , the night. Th e consequence was that a p oor woman fell and broke her neck. The grand jury sagaciously decided that it was murder, and found a bill, not against the bailiff, who was the cause of the accident, but against the master, who was totally ignorant of the transaction. The judge at once directed the gentleman to be acquitted. Now, if there had been a public prosecutor, net one of the cases which he had mentioned could by tha most remote possibility have had any existence. Under the present system there was no security either for the execu tion of the law or against its abuse. That system had come down from times of the greatest barbarism and dark ness—from times when one class of the community was altogether exempted from capital punishment—from times when a man's life was valued at a price, and when it was the practice to look at the pecuniary value of the thing stolen or the life or limb lest, and to give compensation accordingly—from times when there was trial by fire and by water, as well as by jury. He would now direct the attention of their lordships to the advantages arising from thelexistence of public prosecutors. In Scotland the Lord Advocate had the superintendence of all prosecutions, and in every county, and in most of the large towns, there was a procurator fiscal, who was prosecutor for the district ; and such care was taken that acquittals were very rare. In 'the year 1853, the number of commitments in England and Wales was L 7,057. The number tried was 25,585, of whom 4,800 were acquitted—about one-fifth or one-sixth of the whole. In Scotland the number of commitments was 3,756, the number of trials 3,139, and the number of acquittals 279 ; being one-sixth or one-twelfth of the whole. The difference was attributable to the employ. ment of a public prosecutor. In Ireland, down to the year 1816, there was hardly such a thing known as a witness going before a grand jury. All that was required was the written depositions taken before the magistrates. The practice was exposed by Sir S. Romilly and Mr. Hor ner, and a bill was passed to remedy the evil. At that time the proportion of acquittals was fifteen-sixteenths, for in 205 cases in which bills were found D. 4 less than 192 ac quittals took place. The proportion of acquittals varied considerably in different counties. In Somerset the propor tion was between one-fifth and one-sixth ;in Hampshire and Berkshire, between one-third and one-fourth • in Sussex, one-fifth ; in Wiltshir e , one - s i x th or one-seventh. In some parts of the country, Middlesex, London, and parts of Surrey and Kent, a great number of criminal courts were held, in addition to a number of sessions, whilst in York shire there were only the criminal assizes and the quarter sessions. In Northamptonshire a case had occurred of a woman who was charged with manslaughter on the 26th July, just after the grand jery had been discharged. She was kept in prison until the March following, and then no bill was returned against her. Now, was it fit and pro per that there should he this diversity ? Why should not one part of the country have the same benefits in the ad ministration of the law as another? Why should it not be the same all over England as in Middlesex, Surrey, and the districts adjoining the metropolis? He knew thejudges were most willing to lend their services in going additional circuits, if Parliament was willing. There must, of course, be an increase of their number, but a moderate increase would be sufficient, if a judicious alteration was made in the circuits ; at all events some arrangement might be made, and he was inclined to think that, inasmuch as a groat deal of the business of the judges was now taken from them by the county courts and the recent changes in the law with respect to petty offences, which lessened the time CODAkthaed Q 4 Ow circuits—soy takiDgall theft things Mr. BERKLEY presented a petition from Bristol in favour of the Friendly Societies Bill ; also a petition from the newspapers of the same place praying for the repeal of the newspaper stamp. Mr. HORSFALL presented a petition from the Pro testant Association of Liverpool, complaining that a certain person had assumed the title of Bishop of Liver pool, and praying that the law officers of the Crown might be instructed to enforce the law against him. Mr. A. PELLATT presented petitions from certain Dissenting bodies in the West of England, complaining of the conduct of the Bishop of Exeter, in refusing to consecrate their burial grounds, unless they complied with conditions which they did not believe were autho rised by the Burial Act. Also petitions from various private individuals, complaining that they were deprived by the Burial Act of making use of certain vaults upon which they had spent large sums of money. PARKEIURST BARR4CKS. Colonel HARCOURT asked whether it was true, that in November last there was an inspection of the sheeting in use in Parkhurst barracks, when a very large quantity was conderniod, and put aside for the express purpose of being immediate] forwarded to the Crimea, f or use as bandages and Y lint, but that till very recently, if not up to that time, it remained at Parkhurst, and was not used for any purpose :—Whether it was true that Lord Methuen, the colonel of the Wiltshire Militia, declined allowing his men to be em b arked for the Mediterranean in the troop ship Resistance, in consequence of his not considering her fit for the purpose; whether it was not then proposed to send out the drafts of the Guards in her, who equally objected ; vAd whether drafts of the highland brigade; iiiii4■lllMlN MMM!I IRISH APPOINTMENTS. On the motion that the house at its rising should a journ until Monday next, Mr. MACARTNEY asked if the appointment of an Income tax Commissioner which had recently been made was to fill up the vacancy occasioned by the re tirement of Mr. O'Flaberty, the Irish Commissioner ? Lord PALMERSTON replied in the negative. Mr. F. FRENCH complained that it was too much the practice of appointing Englishmen to Irish offices. He thought such offices ought to be more freely dis tributed amongst Irishmen. Mr. WILSON declared that the appointment to which special reference had just been made in no way related to Ireland. Its duties were wholly confined to . England. The subject then dropped. INTERMENT ACT. Mr. A. PELLATT drew attention to the imperfec tions which prevailed in the existing Interment Act. They were so framed as to place Dissenters at the mercy of the bishops, and the consequence was that they were compelled, when burying their dead upon consecrated ground, to dispense with the services of their own minis ters, and put up with those of clergymen belonging to the Church of E ng l an d. (H ear , h ear .) In point of fact, the bishops refused to consecrate the Church portion of a cemetery unless it was walled off from that appropriated to Dissenters ; and he, there. fore, called upon the house:to deal with the subject imme.. diately, by taking the law of co nsecration out o f the hands of the bishops, and bring it within the juri s di c . tion of the civil government. Lord PALMERSTON did not anticipate that there would be any difficulty in this matter so far as the me tropolis wai concerned. No metropolitan graveyard hal been closed which was not previously reported against, while he was given to understand that those grave. yards that had been closed had made ample provisions for the burial of the dead in cemeteries. Mr. FITZROY defended the existing law, and stated that in the case of public cemeteries, Dissenters and Churchmen c on t r ib uted in equal proportion towards their support. Mr. HADFIELD said the hon. member for South wark had twice attempted to bring this subject formally before the h ouse, and twice bad he been counted out. This evening's discussion, however, had by no means exhausted the'subject, and since he thought the " count ings out " were attributable to official interference, n wo t uld still persevere until he got a night for ventilati ng he hop e d th e honourable mem ber entilati g the whole question. Mr. W. WILLIAMS denounced the pr ac ti ce of counting ou t whenever the question for disc uss i on was imp:flat:Ude to the Government. After a few words from Mr. MALINs the motion for adjournment was agreed to. NEWSPAPER STAMP BILL. Mr. DEEDES gave notice that on the motion for the second reading of the Newspaper Stamp Bill, he should move as an amendment that the second reading be post. poned until after the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made his financial statement. DWELLING-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. • EDUCATION OP THE PEOPLE OF SCOTLAND. The LORD-ADVOCATE, in moving for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the education of the people of Scot. land, begged to remark in the first place that the bill wag the acne izt Klatance a 3 the Immo of lad year s gs St. 20 St. 15 5 10 St. St. 5 18i - 9 " - 143 -- 135 ••• .... 2i - ••• ..- 1 - 31 - 103 - 66 - 2 - 1 - 38 - If, - 43 73 7 , 7 764 611 i 90 lei 94 19i 100 9A 21'p 49 41 pm 22 par 84 6if 724 124 65 I 74' 8 98 72 4 1 I I