The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-28 00:00:00

2 ig head 1 / be Tit I andx ro of fuel for th e and otoro )p ,rkablY o ho t b u t bol d ,t grog 1i used ioce .abia, eteal:o; Pie, Witlithler F the Wea ' • 3;l of c).! 133 a is I. of tht t ra nspor . ., amp frna!b_ a O tto' ad su igl• h colou r' os ) Marse lli o 6 hors . , u n t he 12/g° sport, arrir! ;es, a nuouv . 0 0 MCI 13°44 %G er* other ° 1 0 Lt.'s, an 4. hialea b". 11* (No. ot i r argo of sv /ies Ari d he dal' f mv screw .10 - 1 3 . 1,0 „ te co 1 Andrehlo" ad prif4 0 es 750 0 . 1 01 ea on theld 1 1 ,f the , n fan try th. h e left f°r G. ••.-- -- - • - 40 N b, li K E T AND coAIMERciAt. [NTELLTGEN( E. Th e cott CITY, TWO o'CLOCK lreak et ° ll market at Liverpool yesterday was 4 0114+ 2: 3 8 regards the quotations. The sales kit Tsrl'7.antlOiasm, o a o to bales, including 230 Pernam sd. to 7d., 200 Egyptian at It, ' 2l B R, and 400 Surat at 3d. to 32d. per Nedhe ltail way Shares, with the exception of 441°441; were in g oo d d eman d ; but no ma- Thetuteratiou occurred in prices. h att , r ? are num erous arrivals this morn i ng f rom k e. ''''a) the l atest Melbourne dates b e i ng, h / . ere ' d ) but the letters and papers are not all de iikpiled' as Some of th e s hip s are merely tele i4itgu".,,,,The Chilian, f rom Ad e laide, Oct. 2, 4 'r - '°/. ; the M arco P o l o, f rom M e lb ourne , te °fl p t")°94 ounces and 4,2501. in gold, and the kith 6 ? °6o ounces. Th e accoun t s as to trade tti tpi " 11 nport mar k ets appear to be of the same ker e tna as before. The excessive quantity of kolitc kli se on h an d can only b e wor k e d o ff after kiti a i: Of Co mparatively limited arrivals. That 'l4th . ea P it alists, however, have not had all- loss 4 911, 8 111. ai de) the f o ll ow i ng s t a t emen t f r om the a4O new spaper will show : '141 h4 t4 6 ; l3 ,Per supplies a remarkable contrast in the rk) , - 'lvo idifferent modes of investing English ca tlZlLiiiiolll3B4,6 8 an . investment to the extent of some t 5 414%ar, terling in British merchandise, consi,,, ,, , n , e' . o h to , ttslit,iket Jrf E ale and returns. This investmet, a. th t :7Q, on the of. eie re ,„_ . average, a disastrous loss, simply h:tilitlioetZur:qtltte e ti l i: a p t :rt i a i n e n s d intere , ted were ignorant did not knew what to 11 44 11 : When . to stop. • The other inves'onent n s e is fn ikliiikosoperations to a very limited amount. T IL 0q4,." Whole of the English banks in the Austra 'l l in es is less than 2,500,0001., yet upon this ' 0 t h , 'aye derived profits during the past year, 6!20:8 ascertained, amounting to nearly 500,0001. N t tb cc ut• for this colony alone. From the other t to to " e Y may probably calculate on 20 per E cen ?et% • t hat the total revenue derivable from the ng 17ofttl invested i Australian banks is 40 per cent. k -ii leer . r e 4 ,, 11 1 11 e nlO n Ueyis not invested in Australia, iliokl'''co in the British funds, from which Lett,he 11 4,: r . e derive an additional 3 per cent. . t47,l3l,talists think well of these facts. They en k,lis b:'L important lesson, which may be thus stated : Clori",,W country affords a finer and more profi ni ta t b h l: q3/4ad, b li ' t e, tiiploy ment of capital tflaianyo a t n h d er hy the ,,,liyt,,,,itewc,:lvtt in en t t mus tl ab judicious Ntihtitt:eoillindoterrecilryYinavbeesntinsbas the colonies the inhali nuks because private enter pe'rintendence, are more ttlitl ,t e tii . 13 8 °, in personal rr,aner, if the English capitalist f Or i ce colonial skill in the management Or heriterprises he conld at all times realise even Zois profits tha n ' those accruing to the banks. We ic t 'is c l t h, ese remarks merely as suggestions aettprde lh.tomnfP.ish capitalists, and request them t to study y a i,,0, ti de and resources of this . coun country. At of lOttoe4t we shall more distinctly point . out modes Ott.. wh ich at once must advance immeasurably h ,,to th 'ea of this country, and at the same time, i,e r w e ill Olttele shareholders profits which, we be 6-, " 4 1," Y e clipse even the large profits of the Austr ' alian I The. oti tlntelligence received to-day from New Y the st eamer Africa, is more favourable hk t L t g n „ ra to the money market, and the effect t l 'Ll'ie in the activity of the speculation in I lt lltth A t the latest date, however, these were ' 14 44, 4°7 . The following, by a local writer, eye lu g ~...._ i1 4•,,f0r a w ,,!' from Europe is not so favourable as specu- Il C ineb, "Se expected, and the market receded under 4 h i) tl e l'or t ,l* The great aim of the brokers is to bring 14 4 ti t , .1).°41 outside of Wall-street, and put upon , ko t ° Da rti l l l k of the weight which high prices has f liti b eY ‘ i h trarly burdensome. The accumulation ml , o:4lllphtetiands of those prone to speculation tie own , 3 .• e lth e Y,ltti hr sera -to a moderate extent, but . 1 ti kte t i4,a t g have not the ability or disposition to take L k ik ti , °l, lls li d ,„ l. ,he!naovement mu st, therefore, for the want f 'ic. 10 st td .'ited. When the recent enormous decline o Ni.„41t11,1 commenced, there were very few fancy . Z_ttll - ' l , l l • :,,‘„reet. They were in the hands of outside '‘c.dt,: t S % - 7° l the loss fell on that class of operators. - 4 1 t diP of the market, the brokers became tot bl4h ktl they etti k ,...ey are now striving to get outsiders lira7;l, 11 °tat high pric.‘s. They may attra k et a , -6 84 I "Nh to materially relieve the mar et. ' moo r zle) iti srv i i i . l siou of payments by Mr. G. T. 4 0 ec i ea the China trade, for several days ru n t; e tl. I,`,nPending, has at length been an kh 4 -111 POr a , u iS gentlemen stopped in 1847 from gionam-; difficulty, but was enabled to meet V e d a 11 POW him in full, with interest, and f I kt ill 81 g1 , his exceeding 100, 000/. The Wear 4ll o ci r C ub la trades have, during the 1/414ie ~ wo been a source of heavy loss to ' di not restrict their operations, and the 4 w '., bl . j °ekade has especially interfered with h t t :°l4,;, ` i for the finer-sorts of indigo, which Ot t t l e e ll purchased for St. .Petersburg. On as d. NO a heavy amount of bills falls due. '`) 41 the 4th, which, in this instance, is Sun ltt,,) kki , - , i4 'Auer failures are expected. Money is k lliti l Per cent. on good paper. . d. kt ‘st nglish Stock Market there is still a ttli forc't 14103, 4 i ti4 ancy, and rather more disposition to Ca to i , Ille diate transfer. Consols have been Oita. \Zclaince 90 7 to 91. The New 3 per 't to " g a min 1; 7 and the Reduced I -11 01 n • IN 4 160 1' ti il lt k Stock is marked 213 k to 215. b :Itoi l d "lave been 6s. to 9s. premium, It i Zcirei ki 4 ,, 9 i to it. Ai t- ' 4ll l3,7`'tocks there is more business doing. ti 111,1144 ~qua have been quoted at 20k, and .t o latter, ' 2 to 721, being au advance upon ' kl t ,;_ ac la 15 3 quador have realised 3i, and l' b 7 .11 u 6. Sardinian Stock has realised 85. j 15i` Per cents Cents. have been 93k, Dutch 1, sp a , ll ' 93i, and Russian Five per Cents. 4p4 :..,G fo n 'all Deferred are ri-g- i• tik 4 4 :..,6 11111 re g are the nominal prices of foreign. li i 2 01 to ;Ada Deferred Bonds, 5 to . 6 ; M 'Jai ii ,_llt % A l ii ; Peruvian, 71 to 71; ditto Three Otto 43 1 : 2 1 to 504; Portuguese Four P,er Cents., 4p 4 ' P oi i An ssian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ) 44 1 % I\i`"and-a-lialf per Cents., 87 to 89 ; t h Ot lits ew Deferred, 171 to IF., ; ditto Three '1 1 44 '.' 36 to 36 1 2 . ; ditto Certificates, 41- to 5; 1 11 roe e )4 to 41. 4te l i t 1 / 4 1 titi t w aY Share markc:t has been . flatter, Q . T ti 'very little doing, but Caledonian are h t Nik t i s 6 quotations are in several instances ex 4, 1 / 4 Sambre and Meuse have risen ito # p -°' The Scinde shares have been dealt in l %in 14\ e '„ A d th w. g l ia Fria Mine is lower, tke Banks are Stii, -e Miscellaneous Companies' are gene -42 - li alne in price, with very little inquiry. , , - LrUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CL( I , (Front the Oticial L. .) INctk Business done 0,1 ti_:......... ...... .. . .. .... . ............ 215 13i siNt s ~ntneed Annuities 9la i I N Co need. Annuities . 9l h 90f kt4titticit A .. el at• Annuities 41Z.eFeant, Bth March Dli 1 ,t4OQ kils, 2jd. , 41 , 1 ................................... ..... bte, ..... ....•......... 'tjto -y404. 1858, 31: - ' Cerm kut 010 1859 , , 34 per ‘nt. — ~i': IionjOREIGN FUN7OS AT ONE O'CLO UK. kl kB kud 3i a s. li per Cent 1,,b,.z,i It" Cent. ''s ki,l e ds Ai t ~2 per Gant. —go Account 72 i I‘4llkltil I l l o :la, 1 822 5 per Cent. £St 994 l Ddb toi4 tis, 5 Per Cent. B5 1 e,c1 41 , Ne w % 3 Per Cent 36 ,IiI I be :erred, 3 per Cent. 174 i h e t " ,l B, 6 per cent 7si Nf t k 4 11 4: Cent. ..... .. ............. ..... 0 40 ,4d rz the payable in London. 3i • 4411 1 4 1: t i 1?.. 2 4 Per en Ce . n. e t x ..l2 Gu11..-. -ent. Certifieate5... to z ,,,_, HALF-PAST TWO. Diuts._.. ................................... soi 1 1,4411 • 0. ........._,...____________,___,......__Alarch Account li NI it % Q b r lll, , 4 111 ,„ ~AtAHEN'S ORPHAN ASTLITH.—At . the Nliti t geld 'al meeting of the governors of this institu °3ll Monday at the London Tavern, G. C. K Nl, 4 B , l ect e ci p,, in the chair, eight boys and four girls 13'il t ratoe„ - truni a list of 35 candidates. The report Na t % - tat there were . at present in the asylum 114 4 t ' and that, owing to the double income tax, and ~t t o) fo-, provisions, the committee could pc:t . re tillttih'B't th 13u rably of the prosperity of the institution, d . ' 4, 1 - 1 4 i k e Y had, notwithstanding, resolved upon ad _.'irt,stlee, -- Lger number of children than usual in order 1, 1 %. 1 1 7te -„"', far as 1 y in their power, the number of illii ‘ 4 h(tcylt),UanB Which a the recent melancholy ship ti,B,Nolit,"ll.o`ivn upon the sympathy of the public. igii. i t for 4e_e te.ndered their best thanks to Lord John ,titt', 4 ,lt f '',, s ,nling at the last annual dinner, and to 441414tra,iallu'a .Cornpany, and the Trinity House, for foNlket it;Tnatiovis. The statement of accounts showed i t tLtit,4 l 4, 4ll d and at th e b an k ers o f 1861. Os. 7d. i ii . } . - i, 7r. 61 11 "BANKNoTEs.—A fresh return, moved 1., 41.".1 2, Q 1 .,,? 11, h as just been i, , suecl of the clitninution A 44vi 1l -'reulaCon of tlie co;l:ilxv,cau.ied by v ari .)ll3 I! q i t ',ettkieti to issue notes since' the Bank Char " 4% y ea ;*. The total shows an increase of 8,7371. • . ' a lld is aow 705,0621. THE SITN, LONDON, WEDNES DAV - EVENING, FEBRUARY 28 LINES L EA SED T MIXED K, ENTA IMPERIAL PAR LIAMENT. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Leasing losing Pricet , Rusir ess Shr. Paid. RAILWAY/ Compans. yesterday. this day. 50 all Bedford and London S. Blotchley N. West. • St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W. 6 98 St. IMO Clydesdale Jo rialedon... 7 99 25 24 Col.Stoth•Vy E. Un. t. Sud. and U E. C..... ... ••• St. 100 E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 134 136 St. all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian Neils. Direct ••• ••• St. all Do. New Do — ••• 25 all Glstr.dt Dn. F) Gt. Wes.l ..„ 100 all lift] pl. Dk. & '{k. New. Railway.... & terw• ••• ••• 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &N M 105 107 25 all Do. Shares. Do., ..• ••• 12i all Do. x Shares. D 0... — 12i all Lon.&Green - a S. Easter , 121 134 20 all Do.Preferenet Do 23 —24 10 all Lon., Til., &S Pet° &Cc 1011— 114 St. LOO Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk... St. tOO Do. 6 per ct. • ••• 5 all )Manch. Bxtn L.&N. W. and Matloc! & Midld. 2i —24 50 all \fiddlesbro' & Stckton Z, Redcar Darling t. . . 10C all Aidid.Bradfd Afidland.. 92 94 50 all Northern an Easternsp.c. E. Count. 58 60 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do • • ..• 50 all Do. Fixeds p Do — ••• 25 all ?rest. & Wyr: L. &N.W &Ln&Yl 12 all Do. A Shares. Do — Si. 100 Boysin.& Hit. GtNortht 133 136 25 18$ 'Slief.lloth ant Lancash& Gool eg. 5 p.c. Yorksh. . 12 9i S. Staffordsh. Nl.MClear 2i —2 e 50 all WearValleygt Stockt. Sz 6 per cent... Darlingt 25 all Do St. 100 Wilts&f.;omrs' 4tWestn 9O —• li2 HOUSE OF COMMONS.- -(THIS DAY.) The screw line-of-battle ship Cressy, 80, Captain R.L. Warren, is detained in the Downs in consequence of a dense fog, which prevailed, without intermission, for upwards of 24 hours. She left Sheerness on the after noon of the 23d inst., en route for Spithead, in charge of Mr. Brockman, R.N., Master of the Wildfire, brought up at the Great Nore for the night, weighed at 2 p.m. on the 24th, anchored at 6 p.m. off the North Foreland, proceeded at daylight on the 25th for the Downs, where she arrived about noon, and discharged pilot; attempted to round the South Foreland, but, owing to the hazy state of the atmosphere, was compelled to anchor off Deal. A vast number of merchant vessels bound to the eastward are prevented by the fog from passing up the Dover Channel. The Cressy will proceed to the westward as soon as the wcather becomes more favourable. She is ordered to SpitheNd to await the assembling at that anchorage of the other shins intended for the Baltic, and all of which are to be ready for sea by the 13th of March. The Royal George, 102, and Majestic, 80, are urnier orders to be at Spithead by the 4th proximo. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSI. NESS. The Executor and Trustee Soc . iety Bill ; the Great Northern Railway (Church and I ichools at Doncaster) Bill, and the Oxford. Worcester, , and Wolverhampton (Improvements and Branches) B ill, were read a second time. On the motion for the second reading of the West minster Improvement Bill, a di "mission arose as to whether the additional powers a asked for by this bill should be intrusted to what might ; be called "Bankrupt Companies." Mr. PARKER moved that VD .e bill be read a second time that day six months. After a short conversation, the house divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it Majority The bill was then read a second time, as was also the Westminster Land Company's Bill 4 ARRIVAL OF SICK AND WOUNDED. On Monday the transport Sultana arrived off Graves end with sick and wounded soldiers from Scutari, and, every preparation being made for their disembarkation, yesterday morning they were landed at the Terrace-pier with the tenderest care, and with every precaution re garding their comfort and convenience. A. special train had been in readiness, and, after partaking of a hearty breakfast, they proceeded to Fort Pitt, Chatham. Mr. Dobson, the Mayor of Gravesend, was on the spot, and, as on a former similar occasion, tendered his services in aid of the military authorities, who superintended the disembarkation and departure for hospital of these poor fellows, many of whom were severely wounded, anti all more or less sickly and feeble in body, lout not broken in spirit. Previous to the men leaving the ship a grateful acknowledgment of the sense they entertained of the treatment they had received during the •oyage from the officer in command and the surgeon who had medical charge of them was signed by them, 158 in number, and presented to those officers. Among the wounded was an intelligent Pole (a pri vate), who had deserted from the Russians and joined and fought with the 47th Regiment. PETITIONS,. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from Birmingham against the Public Health Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a similar petition from the National Gas Company. Mr. A. STAFFORD presented a petition from Emma Allan, who claimed the consideration of the house in consequence of the death of her husband in the Black Sea, his vessel being lost, Captain Christey having re fused to admit it into the port of Balaklava. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Glasgow, praying that a stop might be put to the distillation from grain during the present price of corn. PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 Aberdeen 99 101 100 St. 100 Do. No. 2,7 p. c... 90 —92 25 30 BlythandTynelOpei ••• c. pref. (issd. :4 50/ St. 100 iris. & Ex. 4p.c. St 92 91 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares .. St. 100 Caledonian £lO 97 92 x n 15 all Chester & llolyheae Guar. 53 per cent — 9B all Do. do. Pref. No. 2.. ... 2i all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 — 64 all Cork &Baudons3p.e. 64 all Dundee Perth deen Junction 6!, all 7 -astern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No. 1 / pm 6? all Do. No. 2 $ t pm 10 all )o. New 6 r . c. Sti 1.2 i 134 20 all Eastern I.Tuion, Gar per cen: 5 all Do. 5/. 10 ner cent: --- 10 all Do. 10/. Defientr.Sh St. all Do. do. 4 per cent — St. 100 East Lan cast). 6 p.cts 5 all East and West Yoe'. shire June. Fifths St. all gdiuhPrth.&Dund , . 4 per cent. St. 1.00 - 11a.sgow &S.Westeri Guar. 5 per cent.... St. LOO 'seat Northu. sp. c 116 118 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem llO 112 St. 100 00. 43 p. , 23 all Do 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. at sp. c. pm... a 4p 10 all Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref 6i. all Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths)... 20 8 Do. 4 per c. Pr2f. St ... 50 6 Gt. West.). (Berks & Barns Ex. sp. c) 6 63 St. 100 Do. con. red, 43 p.c. 95 97 St. 100 Do. eon. red. 4p. c. 87 8 St. 100 Do. irred. 4 ).c.... 83 90 893 8 all Do. Birm.lPfe - f. Sh... 10 103 10 all Do. °nester t: p. c.P.S. 164 16/ 10 all Do. do. sp.c. do lO 103 St. i_oo Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. 69 71 70 26`.! all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh lB3 19 13: 1 , all Do. do. do 94 93 20 all Do. do. do ...... ••• 13 1 14 4 16 6 Lau. &York. F. £2O St. _OO Do. 6p. c. Stock 133 135 St. 100 London and Brighten Guaranteed 5 p. a St. 100 Do. Pre`., sp. c. St. ... St. 100 Do. Ne w Guar.6 n, c. St. 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct — 50 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds 23 3 ) 123 all Lonclonderry& Color 3 Shares ..• ••• 123 all Lowly. & Ennis. ASh — 10 all %fan., Sher., & Lin , r 1 New, £lO lll 12, 6 I 4,! Do. .E 6 4 lip 123 all Niaryp,,.&Carl.4p c 124 all De. 43 per cent ••• ••• 12; 10A Do 2 •• ••• St. '.OO vlid. Cons& .6 p.c.St. St. 100 Do. Conso!, Bristol & Birm. 6 per cont 1133 135 163 113 Do. Pref. 43 per cent 14 —id dis 10 10 Norfolk Debenture St. 100 Do.Prsf. 4p. c. Stoct 57 89 St. 100 Do. 5 p.c. Est 11 04 106 St. 100 Do. 53per St. 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c. St. 100 North British lOl 103 St. 100 N. E. Berw, 4 o.c. P 9O 92 17 5 Do. do. d 0.... 3 33 20 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.c c.N0.1 123 9 Do. do. Quarters 48 . 25 10 Do. York H.& R. Plir. 3d 20 all North Staffords - wire — St. 100 Oxford,roiei.h..m, 6 Worcester, vv & p.c. 111 113 84 all Scot. Cent., New Pref 25 all South Devon l2 —l4 10 14 Do. fixed, 43 per cent 3d par 1.0. G all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) o 7 £1 Os. 6d. 223 23 3 20 all S. Wales Gua. 4p. c. 20 all Do. do. 4 p. c ••• 20 all ".Yorkslap.c.Guar; 15 —lB 25 all Stockton and Dar lingtor, 5 per Cent. 25 11 Do. do. do. par -- ip 123 all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. • till Ist July, 1856 MINES. 1 all Agua .?ria i ... i i 1 all A.nglo Austrin. Gold ... ... 10s. all Anglo Californian i _ ' 20 6 Australian 1 • 1/ 1 all Australian Cordillera ~. _ ... 1 all Australian Freehold. ... _ ... 1 all Ave Mar;a 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) i i 50 all Oltenarvon Iron and Coal . 20 13.5 British Iron 4 6 51 35 251 Bra,zilianlmp.(issued at .t 5 pm 1 2 i 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiab:e 1 lA 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 28 —3O 1 A Carsons's Creek i i 1 § Clarendon Cons. Min, Co. of Jamaica i -ad 40 all Cobre Copper 46 48 5 1 Colonial Cold i St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 43 48 25 all Do.Prer. 7. p. cent. 1 d 1 p 16 Copiapo..... ....... -.. 17 19 " 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg clo. 11 n 2 1 Fortuna id. - par 20 all General l4l 161 1 all Gt.NuggetVoinßeg. i 1 4 all Great Polgooth ". —". 1 all Liberty ., - -. 3 all Linares.. 7 -- 71 5 1 Lusitanian Rd -- id 1 all Mariquita i fi 1 all New Gram da i 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co . ... 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 i 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead MM. & Smelt. 15 16 5 1 Port Philip ' i i 1 all Quartz Rock ... ... 50 all Rhymney Iron l9 21 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 111 Santiago de Cuba...„ 31 4 • 1 all South Australian + 1i 10 71 Tin Croft . 28: all United Mexican 2} 21 21 1 1 all Waller A-- A 1 all West Mariposa A -- i 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba ". ". MISCELLANEOUS. 25 171 Australian Agricult. 291 —30 A 20 ... - Australsn.Pcific.Mail ...• • - 10 all Australn. Roy a l M a il ... .... 10 51 Berlin Water Works 3 —21 d i 50 40 Brit. American Land 58 62 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co ... . 100 321 Canada 118 120 1191 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. et. Jan. and July 1071 1071 5 all Crystal Palace 2B 2+ 2i 4 all Crystal Pal, of France ... ." 1 1 Duston Iron Ore - . 20 5 Eastern Steam .— 25 22 ElectricTelegraph(A) 15 16 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... ... 20 all General Screw Steam ... .." 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. .., __ ... 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ... . 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 6 — 6 .; 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... _ .... 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 11 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. .„ ... 1 all N. B. Australasian._ i _ 1 20 121 Nrth.ofEuropeSteare .. _ ... 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 2a 28 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 53 5 5 50 all Do. Do. ... ... 2 all Portland Iron Co n —2 1 p 100 60 Royal Mail Steam - 66 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1/ 1i 11 1 / Ditto New. I ip 25 all South Austral.Lnid ?41 354 I i , ail i •Sulinar. Telegraph , i t - , al it, :;,..; .tero,l . . g _ .i , 20 5 Tr st Si. Loan Co, of Upper Canada...-. 1 ... ... 100 28} Van Diemaud s Land , 122 -z; 3i SIIARE MARKETS. (Ihl6 DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. kberd.con Ambg. Nottng. Bosh and Eastn. Junet Belfast ST, Ballymena Birming. Wolverh. Stour Va11ey...... Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire ,:)un et Do. Chetah. & Birk £5O and 125 Cons Do., . ...... • Myth ;,:,Tynsorigiva £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter , Caledonian. Carmarthen and Car digan . Chester (Si. Iloly 3 ,lad Cork and M , 'oilon.. Cork, pass Cornwall Crieff J auction Duhh o &Belfast June DuvadeePerthdrAbei '.Loon Junction 'Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock De., 3 Stock Do., New A. FAA Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth & Dunuet Forth & Clyde June Furness Do. Extension Glasgow& S. Weateri Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Qt. Sth. &West.(lre. Greet Western Do. Stour Val. Rai: Gna. Stk [rich South-Eastorn. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds_ _ Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths Do. Wst. Riding Ur Liv:Crsby.&Southpt Loudon & Black wa.l ond Bright & S.Cst Gond. and N. Westn 00. Fifths Do. Eighths London and S. West): Do., 1;50 Do., £49 Ludndrry & Col eraint r odndrry. & Eunisk . Vi•lneh.She".& Do. j Shares, No. ) )0., Mau. & Lin, Un . Aidland )0. Birmng.&Derb Nfidld. G. West. (Ire. Do. Half Shares geweastle & Newmkt.Bury Este"). Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf.) Newry & Enuiskille Newry Warrenpoin; and Rostrevor Norfolk gortlin.Counties Un North British 'North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 )0., 2 A Decreed Do., i B Guaranteed g.Eastern—Befwiel Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Purci. Do. Leads Do. York North London .. Do. New £lO I.t,LS.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn Niorth Staffordshire north Western sT. k S. Westrn. June inneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton Portsmouth ieottii'd Central i'cottishMidland 4hrewsby. pit Herat] ihropshire Un'on 'ouch Devou loath Eastern iouth Wales Yrksh. dt Riv. Drr Do.. itaines, Wok. &Wo"_. Stockton Darnn itv....kton dr Hartlepl. Car Vale .. Do. £lO shares Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Doel: and Railway Vale o Neath Watertl. & Kilkenny Waterford &Limerick West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace West London. Wimbledn & Croydon Closing Prices yesterdly. 19i -20 i 4i - 4; 82 - 9 13 - 122 16 - 17 - J 3, - 95 - 63 12 131 3 -- 2 6 - 7 13 - 11?-, 114 - 116 29 - 31 20 - 22 72 74 55 57 2d par 19; 20; • •• '''. 70 -- 72 89 -- CO 70 -- 72 126 - 128 90 - 92 64 -- 65 60 - 62 70 - 75 5 - 7 5 7 74. 744 74 8 4 96 98 99i 100 id 1 85i 86 8 7 1, 71 6?2.f 23 - 234 7i 8. ••• .••• ash ; 69 41 43 par p 11 9 24 50 - 52 3j 3h 28 29 8 10 - 6* 7 73 74 6/ 6A4.1 4/ 34 12 124 50i - 50 52 par A 4 4 411 , d 29 - 31 99 - 101 64 - 66 45 - 47 12:1 , 5S 59 4 29 - 30 4 - 2 2 - 1 38 - 40 ••• • 3 - 16 17 3i - 4 23 - 25 5 - 6i i' = i' FOREIGN. lAntwerp &Rotterdam Belgian Eastn June, IBeziers to Graissessac Bombay, Barada, and Central India,Serip, Central. of Italy ,„ Demerara Dijon and Besancon. Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Extension T_ . )o. 42 p. c. Bds„ pay, '57, couvertMe Do. c' o. do,, '59, do I Gd. irk oi CanadaA is .Do, St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert, of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of France Ct. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent Great Luxem')ourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt.WlntjrnofCanad Shares Do. Eds., payaMe's7, with opt; o u till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto po. 6 per cent. _ 6onst. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Madras Do. New NI aria AiILODIP Do. do. New Namur & Dego (witl interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of Frarce D o .20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 31 p. c. & red. at 22.9. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde. (fmy. B. do Ams. She ) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Roaer ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i- p. cent. Pref. Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 51 1 per c. Pref Western of France West. o" Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-STOI Australasia.. British Colonial Bank 1 and Loan Company British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. o , Australia Ditto Now . London at -I County.. London Joint Stock.. Lond. & Westminster National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales ! Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New 2079,1 AnTtraln.Pkg gold Trap Co with s tJuioii of Do. New Union of London ,„, 63 - 63 1 - 4 - 3i par i p P - d 321 324 56 —6% 11 lir - ...al par ,par op 2R 2 17i — l7l 95 97 95 97 99 10: 92 94 2d par 97 100, -- dis ••• li 2 p id--id 1 i 6i - 7 - 33i - 331 12 -- 12 8 -- 93 20a 20jp 45 47 39 41 . . pm 21i —22 i Ist —pa d r 2 —li 7 1 i 8 ••• '''''' ••• ... '''' pm 31 6 - 3i - iii: gi BANKS. 80 -- 82 ••• • • • ld— i d 2i 2id 19i -- 20 d iP 36 : 7 38 33 -- --- 35 37 - 39 61 - 66 7 9 tee = • Businegs done this day. TEA. DUTIES. Mr. WILSON gave notice that he will move to-mor row that the house go into committee on the Customs, with the view of passing a resolution to arrest the fall of the duties on tea. EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATES BILL. The Marquis of BLANDFORD moved the second reading of this bill. (LEFT -SITTING:)' CRIMINAL COUhT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) THE AfURDER IN FOLEY-PLACE. Mr. Bodkin said he was instructed to make an appli cation to the court in the case of a person named Luigi Baranelli, who was charged with murder, and also with shooting with intent to murder, to postpone the trial to the next session. The prisoner had been committed to the gaol of Newgate by the coroner for Middlesex ; but the Government thought it a proper case for them to prosecute, and they had instructed the Treasury solicitor to take the necessary steps for that purpose. The pri soner had been taken before a magistrate, and he was at present remanded beyond the _time the present session was likely to last ; and as one of the witnesses, whose evidence was most material, was very ill and unable to attend and give evidence, he, upon this ground, re quested that the trial might be postponed. Mr. Justice Wightman at once granted the applica tion. Mit.RKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was an offer in to-day's market. There waq more disposition shown on the part of the millers to purchase most kinds, and Mon day's prices wore well supported. Nearly all descriptions of foreign wheat moved off slowly, yet we have no change to notice in their value. The barley trade was very dull, at late rates ; whilst malt was much neglected. The oat trade was tolerably firm ; but beans and peas were very dull. The nominal top pike of flour is now 703. per 280 lb. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. I Malt. 1G) Wheat. 313 English .. Irish •• •• Foreign .. Oats. I Flour. 1,890 i 1,300 . - - 1 5,260 bs. BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in our marketis very moder a t e , y e t we have no change to notice la phces. WHITECHAPEL._ The trade to-day was iu a sluggish state, as follows : —Beef, 3s Od to Is 41; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; pork, 3s 01 to 4s 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TIIESDAT. In our last we announced that the Liverpool Spring Meeting bad been postponed till Friday, the 2d proximo. Since then, however, it has been further postponed till Wednesday, the 7th. There are parties who find fault with the latter, and say the laws of betting have had something to do with the arrangement ; at all events, the frost cannot be said to have been the cause of the latter alteration. Since the announcement no betting has taken place on the event here. There has been so change since our last, except a further improvement in St. Hubert for the 2,000, and a greater decline in Lord of the Isles. The following figures show the latest betting : GREAT NORTHERN. 15 to 1 agst The Yore (taken) 16 to 1 agst Lady Palmerston (offered) 25 to 1 agst Spencer (taken) GREAT METROPOLITAN. 10 to 1 agst Corcebus (taken) 16 to 1 agst Fandango (taken) 13 to 1 agst Redlands (taken) VIE TWO THOU/MD. 6to 4 agst St. Hubert (taken to 2000. 4to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (taken) sto 1 agst Lord of the Isles (offered) CHESTER CUP, 20 to 1 on the field (oXered) 33 to 1 agst Schamyl (taken) 40 to 1 agst Honeysuckle (taken) 40 to 1 agbt Knight of St. George (taken) 50 to 1 agst Weathercock (taken) DERBY. 700 to 100 agst St. Hubert (taken) P 2 to 1 agst Grmeulus Esuriens (taken and off) 12 to 1 agst De Clace (taken) 25 to 1 agst Fla'Aerer (taken) 33 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (taken) 33 to 1 agbt Saraband (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1855. MA Coventry Salisbury Doncaster 13 Thirsk l5 CIL Warwick Spring 2O Epsom Spring 22 Northampton 27 29 Croxton Park AP Newmarket C 9 Cat terick El idge ll York Spring 17 Abergavenny • 18 11Talton l9 Newmarket F S 23 M. Chester Spring 1 Newmarket S S 8 *Shrewsbury 10 Lath l5 Epsom 22 * Manchester 30 NE, Stockbridge 2l Winchester 22 Newcastle 26 LY. Liverpool ll I *Stamford 17 Nottingham 19 Goodwood 31 ,10.-ST, JIT Ascot 5 Hampton l3 Bibury 2O JU: Newmarket Carlisle Worcester 5 *Lancasto. AUG North Staffordshire 7 Brighton Brighton Club 10 *Wolverhampton 13 *Reading l4 SEPTE Warwick 4 Doncaster• ll *Leicester l9 * Lewes York 16 22 Egham 28 * Derby 28 MBER. Newmarket F 0 .........25 *Northallerton ............27 OCTO *Chester ..................... 2 *Wrexham .................. 8edf0rd..................... 4 Newmarket S 0 ......... 8 NOVE *Liverpool .................. 6 BER. *Warwick Autumn 12 *Richmond l7 Newmarket H 26 *Worcester 3O NIBER. I * Shrewsbury...... l3 IRISH RACING FIXTURES FOR 1855. AP. Curragh April ...........................24 MAY. Howth and Baldoyle ...... 15 I Cenfy C astle 30 JUNE. Curragh June -.26 JULY Monkstown ............ 2 Bellewstown ............... 4 Carlow Do wnßoyalCorporation 17 Balleigh 23 Heath of Maryborough 30 3ST. Roscommon 21 Kilcock 28 AUG Galway Tramore Sand ......... 8 Tuam 14 SEPTE Curragh geptember ...... 4 Jenkinstown Park ...... 11 Cahireiveen ............... 17 OCTO . DownßoyalCorporation 22 Cohel .Tolinstswn V 7. ,; ...... uGLeber ......... 10 NOVEMBER. Armagh ........ . . 6 THE TRANSPORT ALMA. 'We (Times) published some time since an extract of a letter complaining, as it appears falsely, of the accom modation on board the steam-ship Alma, which had then been just taken up for the transport service to the Crimea. The following letter, addressed by all the passengers to the captain, and dated Balaklava, proves how unfounded was the statement of our correspondent: —" Dear sir,--We have reason t) believe that you, even more than ourselves, have felt annoyed by a letter regarding the 41.1 ma which appeared some time ago in the Times, proceeding certainly from none of tig. On this account therefore particu larly we wish to express to you how very much in debted all cf us who have been on board with you till you reached this place have Leen to you for the unvarying kindness and attention you have shown us, how convinced we are of your own and your officers' excellent seamanship, and how exceedingly comfortable we have been on board ; at the same time, while we state this more particu!arly with the wish of removing from your mind any painful feelings the letter referred to may have..causeq, we are glad of this opportunity of conveying thatilA; anl.l the assurance4f 'our good wishes for you wherever you go." Among the arrivals in the Britannia of naval invalids from the Black Sea fleet is that of Lieutenant Marcus Smithett, son of Captain Luke Smithett, of Dover, and grandson of Sir John Hamilton, a veteran servant of the Crown, now 90 years of age. It will be remembered that Lieutenant Smithett served in the Tribute, 21, screw, at the Sebastopol attack, and was seriously burnt in gallantly assisting Captain Moore in blowing up the enemy's fort on the Circassian coast, Lieutenant Smithett having himself fired the train. Lieutenant Smithett has been suffering all the way home from the external and internal injuries he received when he was blown up with the fort. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant—Jocelyne J. W. Jervis (1850) to the coast guard. - Masters—Richard Stokes (1840), from the Neptune, to the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw ship, at Ports mouth, as master of the fleet ; William Mills (1841), to be additional master of the Fisgard, 42, guard-ship at Woolwich ; John N. Willis (1846), to the Hecate, 6, steam-sloop, at Woolwich. . • Second Mabter —James H. Ryan (1851), from the Arrogant, to the Volcano, steam-smithery, at Woolwich. Naval Cadet—H. T. Stephenson, from the Tartar to the Royal Albert, 121, flag-ship, in the Black Sea, for disposal. RETIREMENT OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE NAVAL MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Sir William Burnett, K.H., after serving 33 years as chief of the naval medical department, has placed his re signation in the hands of Government. Sir William has attained the patriarchal age of nearly fourscore years, and has set a good example by retiring at a moment when the requirements of the times demand the talents of younger ani more vigorous men. Sir William's successor has not yet been named, but rumour mentions Sir John Liddell, Dr. Bryson, and others. Whoever may be the officer selected, of this we are satisfied, that the Admiralty will have much to answer for if, after the late exposures which have occurred in the sister service, and the unfair treatment which has been awarded to the assistant surgeons of the navy, an incapable man should be nominates!. MILITARY. The screw-steamer Gibraltar, which arrived on Friday in Queenstown, will convey the following troops to the Crimea :-130 of the 33d Regiment, with Captains Wickham and Fanshawe, Lieutenant the Hon. R. H. Ds Montmorency, an Ensigns Johnston and Ball ; 72 of the 54th, under Ensign Parr ; 70 of the 66th, under Ensign Oliver ; and 139 of the 90th, with six officers. Teterinary-Surgeon Cochrane, rt.A., sails from Cork in the Himalaya for the Crimea, in charge of 161 horses, to serve as remounts for the cavalry. A circular has been addressed by the Lord Mayor of Dublin to the governors of the various hospitals of that city, requesting particulars as to the accommodation available for sick and wounded soldiers and sailors arriv ing from the Crimea. Recruiting for the 4th Light Dragoons, whose num bers have been considerably thinned during the present war, is going on with considerable vigour at Manchester, where there are already 220 fresh horses and 140 men in active training. The cavalry barracks at Manchester have the 3d Light Dragoons quartered in them, and, the stabling being insufficient fur the addition above mentioned, temporary sheds of wood were erected last week under the direction of Colonel Henry Servaete, of the Royal Engineers, for 112 horses. A detachment is expected to be sent out to the Crimea in the course of next month of these new troops. A troop-sergeant• major has also been sent to Manchester, as quartermaster for a field-train, which is forming there, for the purpose of conveying stores to the army in the field. Ten thousand muskets have just been delivered into the Tower stores from the manufacturers at Birming ham. A new description of rifle has been issued to the makers ; it is called the Pritchett rifle, and is said to be superior to the Minie. A SHELL WITHOUT A FUSE. The attention of the Board of Ordnance has been called to a newly-invented shell without a fuse, and so con structed as to explode at any given interval, according to the desire of the person projecting it. It is the inven tion of a Frenchman. The half-yearly change of quarters of the Household Brigade of Guards is appointed to take place to-morrow. The 2d Battalion of Grenadier Guards will be relieved at the Tower by the Ist Battalion, and proceed to St. George's Barracks, Trafalgar-square. The Scots Fusi lier Guards proceed from Trafalgar-square to Portman street Barracks, and the Coldstream Guards to the Wellington Barracks, in Birdcage-walk, St. James's park. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. 28.—Witd and weather this day a noon, light airs from the so' th-westward, with dull , hazy weather. _ _ . _ RAMSGATE, Feb. 27.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Bilbains, from St. Jago de Cuba. OFF HASTINGS, Feb. 27.—Caroline, from Moulmein; Gloriosa, Calcutta. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 27.—Wind, S.E. Off Port—Seringa patam, from Moulmein. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 27.—Wind, S. The Catherine, from Barrow, bound to Kragero, has been assisted in here by the carpenter and two boys, having been run into by a barque, when the master, mate, and a seaman got on board the latter ; she is not much damaged. HULL, Feb. 27.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Hercules. for Rio Janeiro ; Swan, Greenland. BELFAST, Feb. 26.—Arrived—Johanne Elise, from New York. NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—The Gulnare, from Jamaica to London, which put into Key West, Jan. 17, has been condemned. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.44 a.m. Wind, N.W. Arrived—Argonaut, from Callao ; Tuscarord, Philadel phia • Laconic, St. John's ; Margaret, Havre ; D. Harri son, iirhampea ; La Plata, Brazil. Off Port—Marco Polo, from Melbourne. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 26. Wind, N. to N.W. Arrived—Waxford, from Alexandria; Village Girl, Cuba; Emanuel Tagliafero, Malta ; Eliza, Savannah. (BY SUB3fARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.14 a.m. Wind, N. by W. ; tide, 2i hours flood ; weather, cloudy and light. Arrived, 27th—Dart, from Havre ; Eliza Warwick, Calcutta; Frederick Gastave, Santander ; Maria Chris tina (s), Carril. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.36 a.m. Wind, S. ; ligbt, and thick fog. Passed Dungeness on the 27th—Washington, from St. John's ; Berhic, Demerara ; Louisa, St. Vincent ; Ellen Oliver, St. John's ; Spheroid, St. Vincent; Gloriosa awl .11 - e;nry Mitchell, Calcutta ; Lime, Iluence Ayres—all fc, Loudon. Anchored— Diana, from New Orleans ; Caucasian, from Bombay ; Highlander, Calcutta ; Plutas, Bilboa ; John Henry, Caltutta—all for Ladon. 25 St. 20 84,, 25 20 I' 20 10 10 all_ St. 10 St. 25 20 20 20 100 all all 10 all 16i 10 9O a d 63 97 97 x d :MBER. Tram ore Strand lB Kilkie lB Limerick. 25 ~BER. 1855 LIPEItIA.L PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS--(YESTERDAY.) ROYAL ASSENT. The royal assent wag given this day to the Army Ser vice Amendment Act. Their lordships adjourned during pleasure. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at :five o'clock. MAJOR-GEN. VIVIAN AND THE TURKISH CONTINGENT. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he had given n otice to the War Minister of his intention to ask sc woe questions relative to the appointment of IViatjor-General Vivian, late Adjutant-General of the IM.adras army, to the important post of Commander of the, Turkish contingent, and also whether the Go vennment had yet appointed a persoa to proceed to the Crimea to ascertain the exact state of the army at the present time. (Hear.) He wished to know also whether the Government would have any obi Ictiola to lay on the table of the house a statement of the %;rar .services of Major-General Vivian. It appeared tee him itlte Earl of Ellenborough) to be a matter of the greatest ;importance that this gentleman should be qua lified i d .every particular for the command of the Turkish x riny. He had asked fur this infor mation re.ll.!Y because he was unable to obtain it elsewhere. Let it not be supposed that he , at all impugned' the military character of M a j or -G eneral Vivian, because he really knew nothing abo u t hi m. T h i s officer might, for" all he knew, be a most gallant and respectable geneeCoan. He, however, believed th a t Major• General Vivian Nacl not even obtained the honour of Commander of the Bath,. And considering the liberality with which that honour was givon to the officers of the Indian army, it struck him that tliis fact was sufficient tv show that this officer had not distinguished himself upon any important occasion. The noble earl then referred to other circumstances, with a View of showing the unfitness of Major-General Vivian for this com mand, and observed that before any of the Indian officers were appointed to command any portion of the forces in the Crimea, a statement should have been made to the Governor-General of India on the .subject, and his advice asked in respect to such appointmeGt. Lord PANMLYRE' regretted the course the noble earl had thought it his duty to pursue. He did not mean to question the right of the noble earl to make such inquiry, but he did question the justice of the noble earl's observations as far as Major-General Vivian was concerned. He (Lord Panmure) could scarcely say that Major-General Vivian was yet ap pointed to the command of the Turkish contingent, inas much as he was still in concert with that gallant officer upon the subject referred to. He had no hesitation in stating that a more gallatt officer to take command of the Turks could not be found. The testimonials he had read from Major-General Vivian were cf the highest possible description, and such as any officer might Le proud of. With respect to the appointment of an officer to proceed to the Crimea to ascertain the state of the army, be had to Etate that it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to appoint , any person to perform that duty', it being the intention of the Government to wait for the eeport of the gallant gentleman appointed to the command of the staff. Lord VIVIAN was astonished that any noble lord should be found not only to make an attacii on, but to canvas the appointment in such a manner as to damage the reputation of a military officer. Such an attack was as unjust'-as it. was cruel. Ljhe -noble lord. theo, read a letter from General Armstrong, of MadrO - s, the Genera . in command of the Presidency, speaking in the higher!: terms of the military ability of Major-General Vivian. I The subject then dropped. ... On the motion of the . LORD CHANCELLOR, the Criminal Justice Bill and Speedy Trial of Offenders Bill passed through committee. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. The Earl of HARDWICKE rose to move for the returns of which he had given notice, relaling to the transport service, as follows :—" Return of the number of transports employed in carrying troops and munitions of war, between the Ist of November, 1853, and the Ist of January, 1855, inclusive ; the name of each vessel (transport) ; her tonnage under old and new measurement, distinguishing steam from sailing vessels ; if steam, number of horse power ; showing the amount of ton nage occupied by machinery, coals, crew, water, provisions, and ship stores; showing what amount is loft for cargo ; showing if any transport is under agreement for postal or any other service previous to being taken up as a transport ; showing the amount for the hiring of each vessel per month orper year ; how long a period each transport is hired for ; for what service she is engaged ; from what owner she is hired ; showing whether any alteration has been made in the terms since first hired, and, if any, what difference; if alterations have been made (or fittings added) in the internal arrange ments of any transport, describing the alteration or fitting, with the vessel's name ; at whose expense the alteration or fitting has been made, and the amount of expense incurred." In submitting this motion, he felt bound to make some state ment of the cape which induced him to press for these returns. Nothing could convey a stronger notion of the desire existing among the public to carry on this war with vigour, and for that purpose to lay the whole resources of the country at the feet of the Government, than the fact that the other night a vote of 5,081,000/. should have passed the other house with out discussion, intended to defray the cost of the transport service for the ensuing year, which must be added to the sum of 3,582,0001., its cost during the past year. Those two sums, added together, would, in his belief, purchase the whole of the transports employed in the service of the Crown. He found that there were 102 steam transports, of 121,060 tons, and 115 sailing vessels of 93,172 tons; making together a tonnage of 214,232, hired at the rate of 161. a ton per month for the whole period, not in cluding the cost of coals. In 1830 and 1831 the amount of money asked for the whole service of the Royal Navy was about equal to that now asked for transports only—the naval estimates then amounting to between 5,000,000/. and 6,000,000/. Under these circumstances, the question natu rally asked by every man living was, how had this amount of money been expended ? He would venture to assert that in the whole service of the Crown there had hardly ever been evinced a greater degree of profligate extravagance in the ex penditure of money, carelessness and ignorance in the making of contracts, slovenliness in their employment of vessels, and confusion and mismanagement as to their departures from and arrivals in the ports of this country. In the region where they were employed their utility bad been marred by the utter want of arrangement in everything that concerned the business of embarking, carrying, and landing cargoes, so fa miliar to all persons engaged in mercantile concerns in this country. When first the war broke out, and it was thought necessary to have a large quantity of shipping in readiness, ships came forward so quickly that the whole trade of the country seemed to be laid for the moment at the feet of the Crown. Government made engagements with the owners of the transports on terms that astonished the merchants; and showed them to be utterly ignorant of the manner in whielibusi ness of this kind ought to be conducted. The tonnage wag bar gained and paid for on the builder's measurem en t, though every one was aware that that was merely nominal, the difference be tween it and the real tonnage being often so wide that in the ease of the Britannia, for example, the builder's tonnage was 1,154, whilst the tonnage for cargo was but 619, 535 tons being taken up by the propelling power. The expense being so enormous, it not unnaturally occurred to Government, that the best mode of extricating themselves from the difficulty would be to purchase the vessels hired. Two transports of the number were actually so purchased, and delivered to the uses of the Crown, but the only result was to entail a great additional expense on the country—the Prince having been lost in the storm at Balakiava, and the Perseverance upset the other day in the dock, and so much damaged that she would require to be refitted for service at a very great outlay. Another company whose ships were hired, and which darried oss the postal service with the North American 'and West Indite colonies, continued to receive between 200,0001. and 301,6001, a, year from the Government, although it was actu ally deprived of the means of fulfilling the engagements of its postal contrtiet The fact was, that from the number of ' steamers hired by the Government, communication with our colonies abroad, grid with the Crimea itself, was almost starved. Whilst the owners of the transports thus hired re velled in the enjoyment of highly advantageous contracts, the vessels had In many cases been called upon to perform little or no service. The Simla, a very large ship, of about 3,000 tons, lay six we at Constantinople without anything to do, to the astonishment of everybody. In another case, a vessel loaded in England with boots and shoes for the Crimea was not allowed to discharge its cargo on arriving at Balaklava, and bad to cross the Black &a three or four times before she had an opportunity of doing so. Another flagrant case of mismanagement was that of the potatoes sent out by the Hes penis, which lay so long on board that they began to grow, and were finally distributed by the captain to the Jews and other strangers residing at Balaklava, who sold them to the troops for whose benefit theyhad been intended, at the highest possible price. It was observable that transports laden with stores for the nee of the navy at any of the dockyards were properly stowed and loaded, wlfilst in those carrying army. stores utter confusion prevailed, the commissariat stores, ordnance shot and \ shells, and medical stores, being all so jumbled together, that the wrong articles were placed up permost, and the cargoes either not filled up, or excessive. The same mismanagement attended the arrival of the trans ports in the harbour of this country. In various instances they have been ordered round from Portsmouth to the Med way, at a cost of not less than 400/. for coals, to land per haps 100 invalids, who aught have been conveyed by railway for 50/. It was most important that such matters should be brought under the notice of Parliament, in order that there might be some chance of having thee& tremendous mistakes and abuses rectified. Such had been the sonfusion prevailing as to the embarkation of cargo, and the ignorance of the Government authorities, that when the Prince was lost the Admiralty wrote to every dockyard in the country in quiring if they knew what was in her, and what cargo s h e had received at that. particular port. Could anything be more absurd than to make such inquiries of the western dockyards, when the vessel had been loaded under the very nose of Go vernment in the Thames ? Of all matters connected with tho management of the war, it appeared to him that none might have been more easily or simply provided for than the trans port service. Had Government only asked the advice of any established mercantile house as to the best mode of turning shipping to account, he was confident that the amount of money asked for the transport service might have been greatly reduced. He would suggest that the surest and most economical plan to follo w i n hi r i ng steam - s hips was to make a contract with the o wner, i nc l u di ng th e price of coal ; but taking the power of deducting say 50s. for evoi7 ton of coal supplied to him. He was informed that the Simla had been hired at the rate per month of 90,0001. a-year, her whole cost not living been more than 100,0001., and every one con versant with such subjects must know that 25 per cent. would be ample to cover all the expenses of the ship. He was sorry to observe that only the other day occurred an instance of the same wasteful extravagance as had been marked. Their lordships had heard much of the issue of coffee in the raw bean to the troops in the Crimea. The Government, being anxious to remedy this crying evil as speedily as possible, hired a ship to proceed to the Crimea with roasted coffee. For this purpose the Telegraph was engaged, a screw steamer of 500 tons register and 900 tons builders' measure ment, which had cost its owners 28,0001., and the Government agreed to pay for its use 2,5001. a month, which would in ten months give the full value of the vessel. She was loaded with coffee, and about to start, when General Simpson, who was to have gone out in her, saw her and declared that he would not go in her, lie did not—nor did the ship itself ; for they her so deeply with coffee that the water ran in through the• water-closet tubes, and they were obliged to take her into dock. If she reached Constantinople at all be believed it would only be after coaling three or four times on the voy age, 210 faatkin had picptiowd wero . gara P l o4 4 0 . - .._.. --- occurrences that had excited so justly the public discoxiterli and indignation. They might not warrant him in castling censure en the Government, but they did in asking for such returns as would furnish their lordships with authentic infor. mation as to these transactions. Lord PANMURE said it was, of course, impossible for hiq to anticipate all the points to which the noble earl had called their lordships' attention, but he gave the noble earl full credit for asking for the returns with no other view than that of obtaining accurate information as to the matters to which they related. He fully admitted that Parliament wag entitled to have a strict account of the manner in which the great sums expended for the public service had been ext. ployed. The Government which preceded the present was fully aware that the hurry of despatching the troops to the East and taking up the transports for the public service in. volved some increase in the aspense. Having had their at. tention called to the errors and mistakes alleged to have been committed in the management of the transport service in loading the vessels and unloading them on their arrival at their destination, officers had been appointed to make spry.cial inqu:ry into these matters. The reports of those officers had reached him only that day, so that he had not yet been able to give them due consideration. An inquiry was going on into many of the subjects referred to by the noble earl, and when that inquiry should have closed, there would be no objection to lay the result before 1 1: arliament. With regard to what the noble earl had said in reference to chartering steamers, he could as. sure their lordships that th e G overnmen t had made the bargain with their eyes open, and there could be no doubt that the contract would prove far more economical than if it had been regulated by tonnage. All the other defects and imperfec. tions to which the noble earl had referred would, he wit, satisfied, be obviated in future by the new Transport Board; and in expending the large sums of money which Parliament had placed at the dis - losal of the Admiralty for carrying on the transport service, the utmost economy would be practised consistent with efficiency. Considering the large quantities of troops, materials, and stores which Government had had to transport to the seat of war, net only for the use of our own army but also for the use of our allies the French, as well as of the Turks themselves, he thought that, on tho whole, the transport service had been fairly conducted. There might have been some deviations from former practice; there might have been omissions and mistakes committed occasionally ; but on the whole, he must repeat, the service had been conducted with efficiency. With these observation, it only remained for him to state that there would be no ob• jection to the production of the returns. The Earl of DERBY said, the noble lord having consented to the returns, and having fully admitted that great in attention had prevailed, that great mismanagement and considerable abuses had hitherto characterised the transport service—but, above all, the noble lord having promised to furnish such information as should show the country upon whom the blame and responsibility rested, it was not neces sary for him to trouble their lordships with any remarks; His only object in rising was to draw the noble lord's atten tion to a paragraph which occurred in Lord Raglan's last des patch. In that despatch Lord Raglan complained that he had not received a large supply of hay and forage, which he had been led to expect would have arrived cut before the date at which he wrote. Now, he wished to ask the noble lord whether he had made any inquiry into that circumstance, and whether steps would be taken, or had been to ken, for insuring a more regular supply of forage to the army ? (Hear.) Lord PANMURE denied that he had admitted, or had in tended to admit, that great abuses and mismanagement had prevailed in the conduct of the transport service. With re ference to the question about the hay and forage,, the explana tion which he had to give was this—no doubt, at the period when Lord Raglan penned his despatch, there was a de ficiency of hay at Balaklava, but steps had be en taken to insure a regular supply, and within a day or two after Lord Raglan wrote his letter an ample.. supply of forage .had arrived at Balaklava. He had reason to.' believe that the steps taken by the Admiralty would insure i.,supply of forage at Bala. klava at least every fornight. (Hens:.) The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH inquired whether it would not be cheaper to contract for pressing ,the hay than allowing it to remain in the hands of the Government ? Lord W4,/,9URE said experience had shown that it was cheap"er thattloWernineilt should undertake the pressing. Viscount CANNING wished to correct a thistakewhich the noble earl had fallen into, who had moved for these returns. i ns -te.q,d of the Cunard or any other company that contracted with ~khe Government for carrying mails receiving between 200,000 i. and 300,0001. for their postal services in addition to what they A -eeeived for transports, they were only paid an equivalent for the exact service they were enabled to perform for the Post-office. The returns were then ordered, and their lordships ad. journed at half-past seen HOUSE OF C030101c4;5--YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair shork.t.ly before four o'clock. NEW MEMBER:. Mr. DAVIES, the newly-elected men.` ber for Cardigan, took the oaths and his seat. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second' time and ordered to be committed :—Connaught Milling Com• pany, Westminster Improvements, Westminster Land Company, and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway:. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY BILL. On the motion that this bill be now read. a second time, Viscount EVELYN moved that it be read a second time this day six months. Mr. WISE seconded the motion. Sir J. GRAHAM also briefly spoke against the bill. After & shore discussion the house divided, when the numbers were— , . .. Ayes .. Noes .... l3O Majority — 7 O The bill was thereupon o rdered to be read a second time this day six months. PETITLONS. Sir J. DUKE presented 1.% petition from several printers in the city of London in favour of the repeal. of the newspaper stamp. THE CONDITION OF OUR' ARMY IN '!•HE CRIMEA.. Sir E. B. LYTTON presented a p etition from the in. habitants of Saddloworth, Yorkshire,, praying for a searching inquiry into the causes of tile oalamitiea suf. fered by our army in the Crimea. CLOSING OF PUBLIC-HOUSES OIC SUNDAY. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from a place in Yorkshire in favour of the closing of public-houses during the whole of Sunday. NEW WRIT. Mr. HAYTER moved that the clerk of the Crown be instructed to issue a writ for the election of a Commoner to in the present :Parliament for the borough of Northampton, in the roonr of the Right Hen. Mr. Vernon Smith, who b as accepted the office of President of the Board of Control. THE BEE AL COLLEOTION. Viscount EBRINGTON presented a petition from the Council of the Society of Arts, praying that steps may be taken to secure the benefit oe the Bernal Collection for the nation, and moved that it be printed with the votes. THE NATIONAL GALLIItY, &o. Sir J. WA LMSLEY also moved that a petition be presented to her Majesty in favour of the opening of the National Gallery anti British Museum after divine aer• vice on Sundays. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. In reply to Mr. HADFIELD, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL stated that it was the intention of the Government during the present session to introduce a bill to abolish Ecclesiastica: Courts, or to transfer the testamentary jurisdiction thereof to any other court, and to make one probate of will 'or grant of administration of sufficient binding authority over the entire property of any deceased person in all Tarts of the United Kingdom, the colonies, or elsewhe.re within the dominions of the Crown. _ . _ The SOLICITOR-GENERAL also added, ins reply to Mr. COWAN, that care would be taken that cosErmation granted in Scotland should have equal validity and mt. thority with one probate or letters of administration over the entire property of a deceased person in what• ever part_of her Majesty's dominions it may be situated. WINTER CLOTHING TO OUR TROOPS. . - Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE asked the Secretary at War if it was true that no winter clothing had been sup• plied to the 46th and 63d Regiments in that Crimea that, in consequence of that neglect, these regiments had been almost destroyed ; and whether an y one bad been dismissed or censured for that neglect ? Mr. F. PEEL said that he believed the wii iter cloth• ing supplied to these regiments had been lrbst in the Prince, but that inquiry was now being made into the matter. REPORT OF THE MAYNOOTH COMMIS SIONERS. In reply to a question from Mr. SrooNnn, as to whet ther a copy of the evidence taken by the Consroissioners had been supplied to Dr. Cullen, Lord PALMERSTON said that before the report was drawn up a question arose as to the selection of certain questions regarding ecolesiasticat discipline as connected with Maynooth. One of the commissioners and the secretary were desirous of having the opinion of Dr. Cullen, as one ef the trustees' of the college, on these questions ; but Dr. Cullen re. plied that he could not answer the question unless ha was furnished with the evidence on which these ques. tions arose, and accordingly that evidence was column. nicated to him. Dr. Cullen, however, misunderstanding probably the purpose for which it was placed in his hands and the particular discretion wailed in him, s on e f a r s r a were e t r h e eir c took it to Rome, and without the knowledge of the corn. prudence oncerne mission bad a portion of it translated into Italian. So far, they therefore, w erenot t was concerned, in placing the evidence in the hands of Dr. Cullen. THE " KENNEDY CASE." a o sthe blame, Commissioners i so Mr. BLAND (previously to Sir J. V. Shelley bringing on his motion on this subject) wished to ask the Seen. tart' of the Treasury, whether, notwithstanding the Treasury Minute of the 10th of May last, wherein the First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exche. quer are stated to have considered the office theretofore • held by Mr. Kennedy vacant, and notwithstanding Mr. Kennedy's own letter, mentioning himself as dismissed from such office as from May laet, he, Mr. Kennedy, the office held had continued to draw the salary in respect of suc h o ffi ce and, if so up to what time, and for what s ervices f Mr. WILSON, in reply, stated, that a fter makin g in; quirt' into this matter, he had found that at th p time when t b h y e r n . ut K e e i in n q e ue d y s t i v o a n c la t : paaftsesredtdheactl3:ngtlem an's letter M in which he stated his be lief that he had beea dismisse d the Treasury as to what was motion was before t he house at the instance of his hon. i t t o b b e e ca d m oi e le a question under the with c i r cumstances. At that ti me a friend the member for West Surrey, for a committee of inquiry into this subject, and the Government did not feel by any means justified in filling up the vacancy in the face of that motion. Other circum stances had since happened which prevented the situa. Lion from being filled up. On inquiry as to the course to be pursued for the fulfilment of the duties of the office in the interim, the Treasury were advised that Mr. Kennedy's patent could not be worked until his succes. ser had been appointed. Another difficulty arose as to the Act of Parliament under which that gentleman's office was held, and which empowered the Treasury to alto. cats the duties to be performed to the two commiesionerg `- --- - - . _~ L 3 1,- 16 too 9 100 21.:, 20 20 20 20 33i 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 paid.' 1 .00 all 114 all all all 18 all 141 s. 63,} i 17 i