The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-13 00:00:00

AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. r .~, g ,004, i.) irorY; 40%* FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'ol, ) (Pram the Official _ MuuzNE It M. AiiK ET CITY, TWO o'CLOCK Tii .._ e cotton market at Liverpool yesterday closed a steady appearance. The sales were esti -174 mate d at 8,000 bales (including 1,000 for export 500 on speculation), 350 Pernam and Maran all; at kW. to 7d, ; 500 Bahia, at 6d. ; 600 3 Y P t iat, at 50. to 7&d. ; 500 Surat, at 3d. t o " ; and 80 Sea Islands at Is. to 2s. per lb Th e Sbare M ar k et was quiet, but at firm quota_ . tiens. in , ! h i ere are t wo arr i vals from Sydney this morn out the dates are old, and it is not yet aseer mta,,,ed. if there be gold on board. n_j:he Directors of the Royal Swedish Railway t7.41;1/.3nY make the following announcement of .m Intentions : isit:t e special meeting of the shareholders., held in 7 1 ,1 on th e 29tlii May, 1854, a r.-?solution was un -414.. s 'Y Passed, authorising the Directors to raise A dep,"ot exceeding 100,0001. on loan, and after much ,thirrrarion they have determined upon giving effect t o oesOlution in the follow manner, viz.:—T create ; 1 Z :obligations' of 4/. eacl, bearin,g interest at the M ee Per cent. p er annum , and redeemable at th e d t . 4l , 5/. fo r eac h o b l i gation, a certain number to be °phi T annually, and the whole to be miterned 40 years. 't was stated above, that 11,146 shares hav e b een forfeit e d, an d the deposit paid thereon, viz , has reverted to the company. The directors it only fair that those who have paid up regu ((mid have the benefit of this fund ; and they ohopropose to offer to th e p ro p r i e t ors 16,942 of gations, bein g i n th e p roport i on o f two obli 'kit for every five shares, at the price of 21. 15s. for otbsbligation, the discount thereon being covered by obh. ailloant received on the forfeited shares. Any gill a which may not be claimed by the proprietors disposed of hereafter by the board for the benefit Teary. look with confidence to the co-operation of the ' in carrying out this financial arrangement, the security of these obligations, having a first e ll the railway, is undoubted. The annual interest, lee of issue, will be more than 7 per cent., and .tive advantage by redemptirin is considerable. 'Mediate issue of them would enable the directors t Pcine any fu r th er ca ll un til a f ter th e open i ng o f At t 35 miles." t he opening of the Stock Market there vas e- - Ice of the same quietud e a s b e f ore , b u t N l4 . o _ t hen considerable animation has ensued. 4 44 44 W ere 92 1 for tranfer, and 921 to 933 for kki f lill t• One broker sold rather a large parcel, yep r a short time the quotations were slightly 1t4C 48 . ed, being 92i for money ; but the French then commenced operating, and, as it was that favourable political news had ma rapid i m p rovemen t occurre d t o 93 on ey, and to 938 f or accoun t. A mong t h e Current was one to the effect that Sweden Joined the Western P owers , b u t th e l e tt er S tockholm, published in another part of Paper, does not warrant the assertion. suer Bills were marked 6s. to 9s. premium, lequer Bonds 991 to Bank Stock for Was dealt in at 216. .`"ga Securities have been quiet. Russian 5 have been flatter, • realising only par. Stock has been at 861 to 8 4 . Spanish 3 44 . have been 36k, and the Deferred 18i-, 11 ' each case rather l o w er . Th e T ur ki s h however, have risen to 794 I. Dutch 2i 3 . hav e b een 62k. foll ow i ng. are th e nom i na l pr i ces o f f ore i gn , i6l - -renada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi ,44 0, h 2 , t0 202. ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto Three d1t04 4 7 4 .) 50 to 52; Portuguese Four per Cents., eto - i, • ) Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 10_1_ ; ni a o l lr-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; ' Q e „,Yew Deferred, 18 to 18i ; ditto Three A - ' 14 ., 361 to 37 ; ditt o Certifica tes, 41. to 5 ; L ltit h lti :live, 4 to 41. rat railway market the English Shares have k e lltor b uer more buoyant since the commence t% O siness, and upon the improvementinthe k 1 1 4: i, ol nt th ere i s st ill comparatively little doing. tj tid .lgn Shares are more d e alt in , an d the and Canadian are still i n dem an d. ti b - °rei gn and Colonial Mines ther e h ave i i .„, 14 few transactions. United Mexican " 4, and Agua Fria are still rather fiat. The - "uock B an k s are d u ll . R oya l M a il St eam Cae n) and Canada Company are fully sup- stOck .. 80 - bless done Shut,.,,. •. ..... ... ............. . ,' mt. Reduced Annuities..., ...... .. . Shut )cut. po r Cent. Annuities Annuities ol s n nuities, Expi re sth Jan., 186 Shut 30 0 . Shut Years, Expire Ith Oct. 1859 ~ 3 0 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860_ 4 ,ut 3-16 A tl i t ' n o,clt for Account 216 ktoi'°r Account, April ki,alller Lille, 24d. 40 0 96 t 441 96 bitt tends 1858, 3i per Ceut. 99i i It% 1859, ~ „ 4 4tip" FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO - 11 t. - ' 41 1,1 1 ;1 1 411, 1822, 5 por Cent. £St lO3 ho'olada, 5 per Cout. . 4 44 - 4 , 3 per Cent 3i; O" W Deferred., 3 per Cent lBb A --u ),...knaittee Cert. of Coup. not fun 4a p c ti;: n ds, 6 per cent 791 • i r . dends on the above payable in London ) i c ,t a tig_N 2i per Cent. 12 Gull-- 62i ''''x' Cent. Certificates .... HA LP-PAST TWO. e e bs ols 931 a ate, Ap r il A ccoun t Aet ti 4 'l to Constantinople letters, the two Turkish it gates the Taif and Medschidje arrived on the tr Treizon, wit 2,00 Tunisians on board. i t at P. B mar b ched d to Bat h oum. 0 The new commandant W assi f Pacha, was at Erzeroum. The Turkish k th , l l 3B have succeeded, it is repo r t e d, i n s u pp ress i ng Ord rebellion. PitatiBcher Invalide, of the 3d inst., publishes 11 , for a general mourning, and for all ladies ' Heinen and all persons of both sexes having Court, together with the staff and superior °F the guard, the army, and the fleet, to ‘ 5 the Winter Palace at half-past one o'clock, o t - ea. cl4 Y, where their Imperial Majesties would, 0 2, 8 '°n of their mounting the throne, receive 1,'" 418 and homage. The ladies were required 44 1. in the " Russian costume." 1 4 4 . 8 1°/"T Or A CASK OF BLASTING POWDER IN A Tuesday last a sinker, named Thomas r,iteaiding at Llanelly, deposited a 56-pound cask Ot t4r n ,g powder on a table in his residence. Shortly 4;0% 4 u 8 his own children, accompanied by some of the li rP children, assembled around it, and during 6ry absence from the hou-e with a portion of which he gave to another man, one of the fears of age, heated the poker in the fire and Ito the cask through the cork hole. We need state the awful result. The powder exploded report, blowing the loft and the roof clear loins great damage to the furniture and walls Two of the six children have since died, ~ ht hopes are entertained of the recovery of •Carmal.then Journal. OF ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE . robbery was effected on Saturday evening Ickford and Co.'s, the well-known extensive ider the following circumstances :—lt has le time customary for the firm to send a their establishment in Wood-street, Cheap ` laydon-square station of the London and stern Railway with the money required to en, and on this occasion a man named Geo. intrusted with cash amounting to 1651. for le, and with which it is supposed he imme mded, as he did not make his appearance In at the - appointed time, and has not since of. ' 4 E CARRIAGE TRADE.—Yesterday a nume ,tion of stage carriage proprietors had an in h the Chancellor of the Exchequer at his lence, and made a representation to him 'died various objections to the present mile tssessed on stage carriages and omnibuses. were made alleging that the stage carriage were at present exposed to several inequali ievauces. The Chancellor of the Exchequer he statements very attentively, and in reply iat the deputation had fairly stated their case. oocl their objections to the mileage duty, and or ke With them that it was productive of inconve lrot lila that the circumstance of the war would pre- IN I ; 111 ,. making any diminution of it. He should not. ' ‘ ' . P.e i pt u `4.,lorre eight of their complaint, but would,. if . an be 1 .. 1 1 occurred, try to remedy it without injury 'Mt - "tine. The deputation , having expressed their Nvithdre Year , AND COUNTY DOWN RAILWAY.—At the 10 /. 1 Meeting on WedneFday a dividend of 14i. )I.4(iiitt,r,:lrfa2rle. was declared for the half-year, being at 16s. per cent. ': I (I I ",,AND BELFAST RAILWAY.—The dividend de at ~ -.40 half-yearly meeting was at the rate of 5 per titre_r annum, leaving a balance of 6,7001. of which t'ke brought from the preceding half-year. J"ASE OF THE EMPE RO R OF RUSSIA.—It is as' 4p A' 4 Prof ess i onal circles, that there is nothing, • 111 ' ll improbable in th e a cc ount g i ven f or th o f k,„•14,1 I Q B B of th e E mperor Ni c h o l as. O n all hands ‘4ipeereo r emarked, that, during the past] wi n te r , th a ed deaths, after short illnesses, have been o ee _ LI ordinarily common. In not a few instances s'eUz a of severe pulmonary complications . during "" Proved rapidly fatal. Such complications I, t l th ' " i$ i r es e e known, resort to vigorous measures, the Czar's physician is a homersopath, were v vPlittod,Meaw gyros a nd gazette. - e if tt arm Th e Dit l u do; th Pany f the el l' jote 0 ,„ , e icote"' g toe : t th e Dart °f , toh t _holin 0 ; ep tho 4, 4 n u o lisly p ha o. !le.liberatt?Xe 1 2 h 5 18 res 1 uti 1" 'ter at rit t uU r obli faCe itl° Pri ce ° 5 Per der (1 44 f 51 . f Ihe aff ies:pele,ci,getili, ahao'clluttew4lya°B3fo: the I I " j has the, ' 2 l4li ts er it ( t ile r 11 40 4 0 41 Q re pro al • Attie °b ligat het for e , obligat' /th qli D ata tiot i .k b e 4f the e cu sp. , li Th e°rll l 3 a ,t 541 4 ):, 100 NC7w3rB :Too 5 the ittlk• 4 th e r ,, 14"" prick a t hi .J Ilie /)4)B Pect• te ' ti aled ." I coo : ai Ai lkat ) ,_ ace t ',Arst'Z i a th „4 e o n , .n i rfr Vt'u%ran, CI : th en letp-74t, 18 wen t 0 a eh, 15 0 . 0 ;1 4448ecl th en di; 41P - of kti 'red t 01 0 14 t ot /ed a ' A Part "eY ' 41 9 ! 14 • eury 1%4 J o' Aed :4 0 g tOCkl er if f i l it , hl )a Per, )o:l 4 er ] )0 r $ .4 11k ktOir Ze lleal „ .0 I Or e i aft J 4 • • • e gft Si if ;is Mi n !lt a a. , °4 0 014 ten t h et t h nowt ea( ; be: . ; 1 ,4 follo w Or' •-•-• Q O t ) 2° 2 Nt 1.4 '6 ,„ oto „ !att._ r 00 0 kuletb-Aii ....... 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" ~, :71)fi lye SJ *l' 1., 'odv` 4 ;:)t-lARE MARKETS. (ThIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWArb. Aberdeen. digan ?,5 St. ?.0 St all LOO .41 .00 ~.,Rt AllgifU7.... B Stock Do., Now A Emi Lancashire 'Do., A. Stock..., Do., B. Stock.... 56 26 100 :26 1 34 223 all 541 213 100 32 100 all all lorfolk ... 1.7 all all 1 Scottish Midland 1 ihrowsby. & Flcrcf D ihropshire Union 1 south Devon , ioatl. Eastern Month Wales Irksh. & Riv. Dui (h" 21 141 s. Ambg. Nottng. Bosi. and Eastn. Ballast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh ?tour Valley Birkenhd. Laucsh. Cheshire Junet . Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20..._...... .... Blyth & Tyn s origina £25 (incl. at .£45 Bristol and Exeter... -C.,Aledonian !Carmarthen and Cal Chester 4 Holyhead' :cork and Bandon., , _fork - , Mack, dti Pa: arc:mall Cricfr Junction Onhiiii&l3olfast,Tunc. DumleeParth&An-. ,Tunction....,. Jo. New ...... ' l 7itstern Counties.... , I;,,storn Union, sto ;x .... . inburgb dt G]asgoi Edinb. and Peebles Edin. nib di Dundee 7ortli It Clyde Jun, Furness. Do. Extension Glasgow &S. Wester) (lreat Northern Gt. Sth. &West.(lre., great Western . Stour Val. Rai] Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Unleash. a,ndYorks;" , I Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Liv.Craby.&Sonthpt London & Blackwal Lend. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westu. 'Do. Fifths Do .101. Sh. M&B Do. Eighths London andS. Westn ;Do., £5O I Do., £40.. Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk, Aanch.Slief & Limb Do. Shrove No. l Jo., Man. & Lin. Un \iidland Binung. & Derbi %(idld. G. West. (Ire,) Do. Half Shares . I Newcastle & Newmkt.BuryExten. wp t A berg . & Hrfd iewry & Newry Warrenpoin and Itostrevor Northn.Counties Un North British,., North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 A Deferred.. Do., i B Guaranteed Eastern—Berwiel Do. do. Extension Do. do. G.N.E. Parch Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New £lO N. &S.Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City Jo.. North Staffordshire. 'forth Western & S. Westrn. Juno. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester •)sford, Worcester, lk Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central ta.ines, Wok. &Wo7r; Stockton t Dar ;tc.:kton & Hartlepl Taff Vale.. 10. £lO _•hares Do. Prof., No. :lames Raven Doc F. and 11.1ilway .... . V:le of Neath ' Waterf l . & Kil k Yaterford&Limer;:l 'Nest Cornwall Nest End of Londoi and Crystal Palace.. Nest London Whribleln&Croytiol.l I fnosing Prizes yesterday. 20i -21 i 41 - 4i 8k - 8i 13 - 12 16 17 74 6id: 90 - 92 631 -63 ii 1. - ili 3 - 2 - - 15 114 - 11: 29 - ;11 20 - 22 72 73 n 6 38 2d par 20 21 .•. --.' 70 - 72 89 - SO 71 - 72 126 - 128 91 - (.32 641 - 611 53 - 60 72 - 74 6 - 7 5 • 7 76i •-• 77 ••• """ • • •(", 7/ 8 98 - 100 993 100 a d 1 851 86 8 731 73 63 24 -24 i 7i - 84 - . 88} - 69 40 - 42 j - 24 48 - 50 3i 34 29 ... 30 7 9 11 5 7 724 - 73 '7 64(1 1 4i 3i 124 12/ 49 -- 50 49 1 (1 par 4$ 4 5i —6!, 1 d ar 29 - 30 99 101 64 e 6 46 - 48 13 60 61 281 - 29 4 - 2 2 - 1 37 - 39 ••• ''''' 4 - 41 61 • 16 34- 4. 22 - 5i - 6i . i - 7 - 8 - - R - 1 P 21 - 11 2. - Zip It *i 9i 8i 47 49J 87 -- 89 -- 2 1 4 -- par -- ip5P 2i -- 3 2i -- 3 17i -- 18 96 - 98 95 - 97 100 - 102 92 94 2 d par 97 -- 100, di ,, ••• li 2 p d I P lip 6 = 7/ 34 -34 12 - 12 R -9A I 21i - 21ip 47 49 39 41 pro 21 22 ld 2 lid 7i 8 ..• --- ••• ..• - Pm 3i - 4 d 6 7p 18 -- iii BANKS. 81 -- 83 ••• -- ••• ld—id 2i 21 20i 214 d ip ... ."'" ... 34 - 36 39 - 40 38 -- 40 64 - 66 7 9 •• ....-. .•. P. FOREIGN. gut erpdittotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessae' Bombay, Baroda, and Centl ludia.Serip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of Franco Do. New East Indian Do- EY :onsion Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanadeA is Do. St. Lawrence Si Atlantic do. Do. Ccrt. of lichen., con. into Stk. till '6? Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franc, Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. Now 5 per cent Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Covet. & Basle' Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p. c prof Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran , Madras Do. New Nlaria Antonia Do. do. New 7sTamur di Liege (wit} interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France D 0.201. Shs.latc Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3i p. o. & red. at 221. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bdr (fmy.B.& Ams. Shs.) gorwegianTrunkPrei Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ...... Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen !-.)arisCaen 6z Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Mouse , Do. 51 p. cent. Pref iouthern of France it. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Prof Western of France , West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden [Zealand JOINT-S! Australasia British Colonial Bank all all 2 and Loan Company British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Clutd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto Now. London and County 'London Joint Stock Loud. & "Wcrtininster National Provincial of England Do. Now National of Ireland 'Oriental South Wales 'Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. Now Royal Australn. Bkg & Gold Imp Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New LTAio4 a Labia-o,i Business done this day. 64i 5 76/ 4 71 7i 90 11 I I 86 53/4 5 10 St. St. 5 681 9 723 3 13i 121 29i 1001 1 12i 12i 10 281 8 6 12: 1 12 12 St. St. 20 12i 25 20 1.0.6! k pm 20 20 20 25 22 40 5 St. 25 all 104 2 100 1100 100 100 100 100 20 20 20 10 50 50 2 100 40 39i 40 Leasing ' Closing Prices Buttes Shr Paid. Rur.wkrir: Compans. j esterfay this day. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley N. Went. . St. 100 Buckghamsla, L.&N.W. 5 97 St. 100 Clydesdal eJc CW241011... : 7 99 25 24 Col. Stour Vy. E. Un. & Sud. and Hal. E. 0...... .•. St. 100 E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 134 136 St. all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direot St. all Do. New Do ..• ••• 25 all Glstr.dsDn.Fi. Gt. Wean 100 all Firtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & term. 60 all Hull & Selby Y. &NM 104 106 25 all Do. 3 Shares. Do — 123 al] Do. Shares. Do — 12i all Lon.& Greens% S. Easter! 12i 134 20 all Do.Preferena Do 23 —24 10 all Lon., Til., &S Peto &Co. 10' 113 11 St. 100 Lowestoft gr . 4 por cent. Norfolk ••• ••• St. tOO Do. 6 per et. • •.. 53 all Vranch. Bxtn L.& N. W and Matlocl & Midld 2 - 50 all \fiddles Ivo' & Stckton Redear 10( all Ifidld.Bradf I Midland ; . 90 92 913 50 all Northern an Easternsp.e. Count. 57 59 573 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do • ••• 50 all Do. Fixcds p• Do ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyr. L. &N. W &Ln&Yls ,„ 123 all Do. 3 Shares. Do — St. 100 Roystn.& Hit GtNorthy 138 133 25 IE9 Shcf.B.oth Lancasla Goole g. p.c. Yorksh. 12 93 3. Statiordsh. A.MClear 23 —2 d 50 all Near Valleyga Stockt. 6 per cent... Darlingt 25 all Do Do 3l 32 313 St. 100 Wilts&gorarst ltWestn 9O 92 PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. C. ...• Myth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50l) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandonsip.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 r . c. St. Eastern Union, Gar per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. cts East and West York shire June. Fifths EdinbPrth.&Dundr 4 per cent. Glasgow & S.Westert Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. , at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 43p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Rod. at 5 p. c. pm_ Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prel Gt. Soutl in. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths)._ Do. 4 per c. Prat St Gt. Wostn. (forks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... Do. con. rod. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Cnester 8 p. c.P.S. Do. do. 5 P. c. d0...' Do. Birm. Gua. Stk, Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. Do. do. do..- Do. do. do.. Lan. & York. F. 1:2(' I Do. 6p. c. Stock ) London and Brightril Guaranteed 5 p. c ) Do. Pref., sp. c. St. ) Do. New Guar.6 p. c. ) Lon. &N. W., Cey. Nuneaton 5 p. ct i Loudon &S. Wester' Con. Thirds I Londonderry& Color Shares I Londy. & Ennis. I :Wan., Shef., & Lin New, ,£lO Do. £6 _ _ Warypt.& Carl. 4 p c Du. 4 per cent Do Aid. Consoi .6 Do. Cousol, Bristol R: Birin. 6 per cont Do. Pref. 41 per con Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. a. Stoc I Do. 5 p. c. Ext Do. 51 per et . pref._ Do. Wav, Val. S P.C. North British v. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 p.c Do. do. Quarters 48 Do.Yerk & Prr. north Staffords'nire.. Oxford, Worcester, & Volverh.Xls,6 n.c ;cot. Cent., Now Pre South Devon Ds. fixed, 41 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 41 p. c,. S. Yorksh.4p.e.Guai, Stockton and Dar lington, 5 per cent. Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 'Agra Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australian... Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Flltenarvon Iron and Coal British Iron. Bmzilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Comes & Cuiaba Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Ci •eek Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. Copiapo ....... English and. Austin Copper Smeltg 410. Fortuna General Gt.NuggetVeinßeg Great Polgooth . ... Liberty Linares Lusitanian ktariqui ta Now Granada Now Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgibau d Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Ethr.oney Iron Do. Now Santiago de Cuba south Australian Pin Croft United Mexican Waller West Mariposa ....... Worthing Mining 01 Australia Ynba 20 20 10 10 10 St. 25 to 5 20 20 100 20 5 20 THE SUN, LONDON, TtTES DAY EVENING, MARCIE 13, 1855 LINES bEASED A T FIXED KENTAI.S. 1(2 - 92 92 - 91 97 - 99 '-' ••• - 6 - 1 - T - 1:31 .." ••• ••• - 65 - 118 - 112 - 104 - Is ip - 98 - 8J - 90 - 10, - 17 10i - 72 - 191 - 911 - 14 - 135 ..... ••• ...-• ••• .... ••• 2i- 31 - 124 - tip ..... •110 '''' ..• ....' ••• - 135 - 14(1 - 4 - 87 - 105 - 103 - 91 - 3i •• ••• - - 108 23 14 pal - 24 - 17 -- ip yip ..... . .• ES. i ... i 1 - 1 7 4) —5) 2 2 1 —1) 29 31 id 47 49 1 -- 43 48 2,1 par 17 19 li 2 id par l i i —16 i i 7i SA d I 15 - 16 it - i 17 19 5 6 4i par ip 1 2 3 4 :0178. 30 - 31 . .•• 3 • 2id 60 65 ilo iii .07i - 1084 3 - ii - i 6 MISCEI. Australian Agricult. Australsn.Peific.Mail Australn. Royal Mail, Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land' Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co: Canada Canada Gov. 6 p. ct. 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It is with deep pain that v e have to record the sadden and premature death of P. M. Feeney, Esq., a gentle man who was for more than 14 years honourably con nected with the reporting and literary departments of this journal, to which his large and varied attainments, quick wit, and graceful facility of comp isition and ex pression, rendered him an able and most valuable con tributor. Few men engaged in the severe and arduous service of the London daily nress have ever maintained so long a connection with it with hiAier honour to them selves, or with er, ater advantage to the press itself, than Mr. Feeney. Of the multifarious demands which a newspaper incessantly makes upon the mental energy and literary acquirements of its retainers, there was not one which he was not always able to meet with rare capacity and un•natche 1 promptitude ; and as there vi as nothing too high to las above, or too small to be below, the ready grasp of his comprehensive talent, so was there nothing in itself so high that his genius could not ele vate it, nor anything so small that his pleasant fancy and playful wit could not adorn and beautify it. He was greatly beloved by every one to whom he ever be came known, He carried into all the relations of pri vate life the same genial temperament and quick intel ligence which distinguished his literary career ; and the associates of his labours have now to lament, in his pre mature withdrawal from among them, one of those irre parable losses that create in human intercourse a void which no ether companionship can fill—a shadow which no subsequent joy can efface. The more sacred sorrows of the home once lighted by his presence we must not attempt to unveil ; but even here our regrets are not unmingled with the bright memory of life's tenderest sympathies gently borne, and life's noblest duties man fully fulfilled.—Morning Herald. [We add our cordial but regretful sympathy to the above, for Mr. Feeney was really a most worthyand urs assuming gentleman. We knew him well, for his first connection with the London press was by The Sun, where he remained for about tem years, during which period he often rendered very essential service in our extraordinary expresses during the memorable agitation of the Reform Bill, Corn-laws, &c. He was one of our staff reporting Sir Robert Peel's speech at Glasgow, which reached The Sun office within twenty-four hours of its delivery, notwithstanding the great snow-storm, which blocked up a large number of Tory members on their way to be present at a division, which baffled their precious schemes. There were but few railways in those days ; but the energy and enterprise of The Sets beat all the London papers together by nearly twenty-four hours.—Ed. SUN.] THE PACIFIC TENDENCIES OF THE NEW EMPEROR. (Front the Constitationnel of yesterclay.) The Emperor Nicholas was not merely a man, but, like all other Czars who succeeded each ether on the throne of the Romanoffs, he personified a system, a people, and a tradition. Though the man is dead, the people, the tradition, and the system remain. Whatever name he may bear, the sovereign who reigns at St. Pe tersburg is always the Czar, and the Czar is not Nicho las, or Alexander, but it is the idea of Catharine and of Peter, and what is still more, of Russia. The Emperor Alexander, in succeeding Nicholas, can therefore nei ther change the policy of his ancestors, nor smooth down the difficulties of the present state of affairs. His lan guage may be more moderate, his manners more kind, and his nature perhaps less tyrannical ; he may in his relations with Europa evince more courtesy and ame nity, but it does not depend on his own will to accede voluntarily to cond:tions of peace which might di minish the grandeur and curtail the powers of Russia. These conditions can only be imposed on him by the authority of victory. This is the feeling which is now generally manifested by the press of Germany, bet ter situated perhaps than any other to understand what is the true state of the question. Thus the Boersenh,a//e of Hamburg, of the 7th inet., states that very illusory hopes have been founded on the death of the Emperor Nicholas. That journal cannot bring itself to think that the Emperor Alexander will ever consent to transform the military port of Sebastopol into a commercial one, and destroy the strongest and most formidable bulwark that Russia possesses in the Black Sea, and the asylum of the domination of the Czars over a point of the globe from whence they menace at the same time Asia and Europe, Persia and Turkey. The situation of the Eastern question before the conference at Vienna is, therefore, now precisely what it was before the death of the Emperor Nicho,ay. This is tbe opinion also of the Augsburg Gazette, which is persuaded that the change which has taken place on the throne of Russia gives no fresh chance' for peace. This idea is also that of the Ost Deutsche Post of Vienna, which refuses to see in the ranewal of the powers and the confirmation of the instructions given to Prince Gortschakoff any guarantee for the moderation of the Emperor Alexander. This is also the opinion of Spenser's Gazette, which does not think that it can be possible for the negotiations of Vienna to lead to any definitive solution until the fate of Sebastopol is decided, for in its opinion no peace which should leave that citadel of Russia in the Black Sea standing, would offer any getvantee for the future secu rity of Europe. Voss's Gazette, the Wanderer, and the Hanover Gazette express the same idea in different terms. The Volkslealle goes further, and states that the death of the Emperor Nicholas has rather weakened than strengthened the hopes of peace. In fact they all seem to come to this conclusion :—" The Emperor Alexander may regret that Russia should have engaged 'in a rash struggle with Europe under unfavourable cir cumstances. But he can no longer draw back except by force, and now that the sword has left the scabbard, it will not be returned to it until Europe, which now sees the object to which Russia aspires, shall have gained the cause of civilisation on fields of battle." THE NEGOTIATIONS AT VIENNA. VIENNA, March O.—There is no fact connected with the great question of the day to be communicated, but information to-day received will enable me to give you a correct idea of the opinions entertained by the Representatives of more than one of the Powers. Every one who knows anything about the matter must be well aware that the point on which the Powers will find it most difficult to come to an understanding is the third. France and England still insist on the ne cessity for razing the fortifications of Sebastopol, and reducing the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, while Aus tria remains true to her already expressed opinion, that Russia cannot be expected to destroy the work of her own hands. There is reason to believe that when Lord John Russell first came to this city he expected to find Austria undecided, if not positively shifting in her policy, but reliable infor mation has been given me that he has found Count Buol perfectly straightforward and resolute. No pretensions are made to an exact know:edge of what has occurred between the Representatives of the Allies, but it will be seen that Austria will as strongly insist on Russia's renouncing her claims to all exclusive privileges in Turkey as will the Western Powers . As has before been said, this Government would glad!y learn that the Allies had obtained some decided impression prevails Sebastopol will continue successf u lly to resist all o e in :tine very highest circles that the Crimea, but it is my their efforts. The public will do well to lay in a large stock of patience, as the diplomatic conflict which is about to take place is likely to be a prolonged one. At the preliminary conference, held the day before yesterday (the 7th), neither the Turkish Minister nor his Adlatus were present. Another meeting of the same preparatory description will take place before the regu lar Conferences begin, which will be the case as soon as Prince Gertschakoff and M. de Titoff have received their fresh credentials. HOLLAND.-THE INUNDATIONS. ROTTERDAM, March 10.—Accounts from the Lower and Upper Rhine, and from the province of North Bra bant, continue to be of the most distressing description. We hear of houses undermined and beaten down by the inundating waters, while others more capable of re sisting their violence, stand with their roofs peering above the surrounding flood. In one instance, in a village near Dusseldorf, the inhabitants had T e ott o he t t h i o m s e e to effect their escape before the waters dashed in, sweeping all before the m. Man y poorer a e s at u u n re d s er w t e h re e circumstances me n though s e sc d ta , apnecde,s tnei nothtonly haveso place m a bo n ef y e n , happily,e safety was in the higher storeys of their dwellings ; and many instances occurred of people being obliged to seek safety on the roofs of their cottages, whither no assistance could be conveyed to them, in consequence of the enormous masses of ice dashing about on the surface of the encroaching waters. The village of Veenendaal has suffered severely ; the in habitants have left—i.e., have been driven from—their homes en mane, and may be seen bringing with them their children, their furniture, and what provisions they could save, seeking shelter in the neighbouring villages. The church, which is situated on a rising ground, is al most the only building uninjured by the flood, and it is consequently filled with poor creatures shut ont from any other shelter. The King and the Minister of the Interior have al ready visited this scene of desolation, and his Majesty left in the hands of the authorities a thousand florins for the immediate relief of the homeless inhabitants of Veenendaal. Collections are being made throughout the whole country for the same benevolent purpose, and as there are many Dutchmen prospering in England, it may be that they also will lend a helping hand in aiding their distressed fellow -countrymen in this their hour of urgent need. In North Brabant the flood is not so general, but it has broken down the dykes, so that the damage caused Will prove of a Will charttoter. - lAIPERI A L PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord MONTEAGLE moved for certain stamp re turns. The Duke of ARGYLL presented a petition praying for the closing of public houses during the whole of Sunday. The noble lord also presented a petition for the prohibition of distillation from grain. THE CHARGE OF LIGHT CAVALRY AT BA L AKLAVA. The Earl of LIJCAN said that he was anxious to preface the motion that he was about to make by read ing to the house two letters. The first letter was from the Adjutant-General, in answer to his (the Earl of Lucan s) application upon Tuesday last for an investigation of the circumstances of his case, and a re consideration of the decision of the General Command ing-in -Chief with reference to his (the noble earl's) re quest for a court-martial. That letter was as follows : " Horse Guards, March 12. "My Lord,—l have had the honour to lay before the General Commanding-in -Chief your lordship's letter of the sth inst., in which you express with increased anxiety your earnest desire, in consequence of the perusal of Field- Marshal Lord Raglan's letter to the Duke of Newcastle of the 16th of December, 1851, that your lordship's whole conduct at Balaklava on the 25th of October last may be investigated by a court-martial. " I am desired to assure your lordship that the General Commanding-in-Chief has given to your case the most careful and deliberate consideration, and his lordship sees no grounds for altering the decision which has been already communicated to your lordship ; that he cannot recom mend that your conduct on the 25th of October should be investigated by a court-martial. " I have the honour to be, my lord, " Your lordship's most obedient humble servant, " G. A. WETHERILL, Adjutant• General. " Major-General Lord Lucan." To which I have written this reply : " Hanover-square, March 12. "Sir,-1 have just had the honour of receiving your let ter, informing me that the General Commanding-in-Chief adheres to his decision not to allow my conduct on the day of the action of Balaklava, the 25th of October last, to be investigated by a court-martial, as I so earnestly prayed. " I vesture to remark that it is unprecedented that charges so damaging to a general officer, imputing to him, as they do, inattention to one order, misconception of a second, and incapacity to execute Om instructions he had received, should be brought against him by his Com mander-in-Chief without an opportunity of meeting them being afforded to him. • " These charges are now for the first time brought under my notice, four months after the event, and areof so grave a character that, if well-founded, they should have incapa citated me from being continued for an hour longer in a command for which I had shown myself so wholly unfitted. " Sir, a great wrong is thus done me, as I confidently affirm that, had the court-martial been conceded to me, I should have had no difficulty in establishing the injustice of the charges contained in Lord Raglan's letter of the 14th of December, by the testimony of the most distinguished officers, not only of our own, but also of the French army. " I have the honour to be your obedient servant, " LUCAN, Major-General. " The Adjutant-General." Under those circumstances, he (the Earl of Lucan) would move that the papers he had referred to be laid by her Majesty's Government on the table of the house. Lord PANMURE said that the proceeding was most informal, inasmuch as the papers in question were not in possession of her Majesty's Government. He had, however, no hesitation in stating that the Government concurred in the decision of the Commander-in-Chief, and were ready to justify the decision he had come to, if their lordships should think this a proper time for discussing the matter. Lord LUCAN said, that being most anxious to afford the noble baron such an opportunity, he now gave notice that, on this day week, he would move for copies of the report made by Lord Raglan of the battle of Balaklava, and also of his (Lord Lucan's) report of the same cir cumstance. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said the course of the noble lord was very irregular. The letter he had rem!, he presumed, was an official letter, and for a peer to rise in his place and read such a communication, and move that it be printed, was, as he had said before, irregular, and he hoped it would not be drawn into a pre cedent. The subject then dropped. NVYNDHAINN DIVORCE BILL. This bill was read a second time. CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL. The report of the amendments were read. THE TEA DUTIES SISPENSION BILL. This bill was read a second time. MUTINY BILL. This bill was read a second time. SECRETARIES AND UNDER-SECRETARIES OF STATE BILL. Earl GRANVILLE briefly moved the second reading of this bill. Earl GREY said he understood that the bill was ren dered necessary by the recent consolidation of the old War-offiee and the new department of the Secretary of State for War. He could not say that he did not enter tain serious doubts whether, even as a temporary measure, that was, as a whole, the best measure which could be adopted, nor that it did not fall extremely short of the general reform of the military departments which he was convinced was necessary, and the urgent necessity of which was more and more proved by every day's experience, and by the new disclosures of mismanagement eehich had ex isted. But although, as he said, that measure could not be considered es effecting all the necessary general improvements in the military departments, still he could not brit feel that it was not proposed with that view by the Government. Shortly after the appointm^nt of the noble lord the Secretary of State for War tl his present office, ho said, among other things, that the atten tion of her Majesty's Government should be called to the subject of the constitution of the military departments. The Minister of War had promise], shortly after his ap pointment to office, to consider the means of consolidating, under one Minister, the whole of the civil administration ; bat at the same time, lie state? that he could not turn his attention to that subject until he had directed it to others of a more pressing nature, affecting our army in the Crimea, and necessary for repairing the evils existing thine. He (Earl Grey) thought this perfectly fair and reasonable, though, as he had stated before, he thought that the at tention of the Minister of War would lave been directed to something more useful than the measure which was now before them ; still he had no fault to find, and he waited with patience for that larger measure which ho had pro mised, and ho had ne doubt that he would, in due time, either propose it to that house, if Parliamentary iaterfer once was necessary, or advise her Majesty to adopt it of herself. He wished to call the attention of the house to this circumstance. If it was only that the present con stitution of the military departments was unsatisfactory —if the Government stated that they intended at an early period to bring forward some plan for putting these departments on a more satisfactory footing, then it appeared to him that it was highly inexpedient, while the departments continued in their present state, that any mea sure of a larger character should be adopted, involving a large expenditure, which had no reference to the imme diate wants of the country. With regard to the expendi ture necessary for carrying on the war, no one objected to her Majesty's Government, though imperfectly constituted, proposing whatever might be necessary ; but when they came to largo and extensive plans, involving a very heavy expenditure, plans which were not to take effect during the present war, hut had reference to the permanent wants of the country, the case seemed to him greatly altered ; and regarding plans of that kind, he could not but say that he thought, in the present state of the departments, that a largo expenditure of that kind ought to be avoided. It was on this account that ho observed with no small degree of alarm the votes which had been proposed in the Ordnance estimates in the other House of Parliament, which, of course, being public documents, he was at liberty to comment upon in that house. The alarm had been increased by the manner in which, as ho had bees iuformod, those votes had been explained. He found that it was proposed to take a vote of mere than a million sterling for new works. This was in addition to the sum of 560,000 i. voted last year, s• that altogether the increase in the two years would amount to nearly 1,600,0001. ; and these sums, large as they were, did not represent the whole expense, because a very considerable number of works which were to be undertaken would not be finished with the grants proposed to be taken ; therefore the sum in volved was ono of very considerable importance. They were informed that these votes were with a view to the permanent defence of the country —(hear, hear)—not for providing for any particular danger in ono year rather than in another, but for enabling the country to maintain a proper position of independence. The house would see, therefore, that they came strictly within the works which, in his opinion, it was inexpedient, at that moment, to proceed with. It appeared further that the great bulk of those works consisted of new barracks and new fortifica tions. It had been explained that it was intended to re move or put an end, in a great measure, to the present sys tem of dividing the troops into comparatively small bodies, and to erect barracks capable of containing largo numbers of men. He entirely approved of that design. (Hear.) It was an alteration in the present system which he had long thought ought to be adopted. He knew it was inju rious to the army to employ troops as an armed police— (hear, hear)—to divide them into comparatively small de tachments. He also thought that, in point of policy, it was highly injudicious that the preservation of the public peace should be confided to the army. They knew that, ix the metropolis, where the police had been established about 26 years, though we had gone through times of no ordinary difficulty, in no ono instance had it been necessary to employ ;the troops against a mob. In former times that necessity was continually occurring ; but since the establishment of the metropolitan police, except in some few cases in which it had been thought proper to have the troops ready to support the police, in ne one instance had it been necessaary to use a troop of dragoons to restore order. Ho thought that the troops ought to be kept only in situations where, in cases of serious disorder, they could be called into operation. The railways now presented such convenience for rapidly concentrating a large body of troops, in case of emergency, that no difficulty could arise. But this was not the time for erecting new barracks, which were not likely to he finished until the present war ended. They were providing temporary barracks for 50,000 men, and he could not help thinking that this accommodation, in addition to that already existing, weuld be amply suffi cient to moot the immediate exigencies of the case. Th e other object of the votes was to make new fortifications for the protection of our coasts. No doubt that, in itself, was a proper object to attend to. (Rear, hear.) N o man could doubt that it was advisable to provide against any small expedition that might make a descent upon our coasts; but if we were to poi n t ou t a t i me l ess neces sary than another for such works, it was the pre sent, because we were in strict alliance with ono of the two great maritime powers ; and as to Russia, with which we were at war, her ports were so pecu liarly situated, that we had the means of completely pre venting any attack by her. He thought, moreover, that our experience before Sebastopol had shown how much might be done, in the way of defence, by mere earthworks. At the present moment, Sebastopol was infinitely stronger than, when our operations first commenced. He was afraid that Russia had shown a superiority to ourselves in many points of military organisation. He could not deny that she had not only a much larger army, but that it seemed that that army was better managed, and better handled, in proportion to its size, than our own ; and that, with all our wealth and progress in civilisation, we had reason to klusix A the Luau = m which we 1144 been outstripped by comparatively barbarian forces. He believed that if an exi• gency arose, in a few days, nay in a few hours, the hands which executed our great railways would be able to put our maritime towns in such a state of defence, and raise up earthworks of such a character as would make the works at Sebastopol appear a mere joke. On those grounds then, he maintained that these works were not urgently neces sary, and not being so, the argument which he submitted was this, that it was injudicious toproceed with them in a time of war, when the several departments of the Govern ment were necessarily occupied in making arrangements for the active prosecution of the great war in which this country was engaged. At such a time as this it was ut terly impossible that a great plan for the re-distribution of the troops in peace, and for fortifying the coasts, could be considered with that deliberation and care which ought to be employed. There were a great many questions to be set tled, not only as to the most convenient places in which accommodation could be provided for the troops, but as to the science of fortification. Present experience had proved that it would not do to follow the beaten tracks without carefully inquiring what alterations en former plans ought to be suggested by the progress of modern science and modern inventions. He would say, therefore, that even if these subjects had been properly con sidered by the authorities, it was not during war that they could be satisfactorily dealt with. The Government had determined to remedcl the civil departments of the army. They had undertaken to do so in accordance with general opinion from one end of the country to the other ; for it tsar evident that sutler the existing organisation those departments had not been well conducted, and that there had been a want of judgintn', both in employing the money which had been voted by Parlkruent from time to time in k3spieg up these services which were to be employed in war ant also in the application of those grants since the war, broke out. He believed that a great pert of the mismanage- - mant was particularly due to the Ordnance department. He had no hesitation in saying that from what he knew of the manner in which that department had been conducted, under every successive Administration, during the peace up to the present time, and that, more especially with re ference to the manner in which the grants during the 40 years of peace had been expended, there were the greatest grounds for mistrust. With regard to the fortifica tions, it would ill become him, a non-professional man, to express an opinion as to the works of that kind which had been undertaken. But this he knew, that with respect to many works whi c h h ad b een undertaken, he found a ge neral concurrence of opinion among men of science, that those works had been injudiciously planned, and expen sively executed. He knew that some of the mistakes pointed out had been the subject of derision to many fo reign engineers, and which a non - pro f ess i ona l man cou ld easily perceive, when pointed out to him, though not able himself to discover them. He would mention one case which had been pointed out to him some time e go. He was looking at -no of - the new forts for the protection of Plymouth. Looking to the inner mound, with its large number of guns, it seemed to him to be a place of great strength ; but a gentleman pointed out to him that, though the battery looked very well, it had been the re mark of a foreign engiueer, that it wag a "regular shell trap." It was placed immediately at:the foot of a preci pice of rock, so that every shot or shell, fired at that bat tery ,must strike it, or break down fragments of the rock, and in a few minutes kill every man in the battery. That was a battery erected within the last few years, and in other works similar errors were to be detected. Then they came to the case of the barracks. With regard to them, every man might form an opinion, more so than in the case of fortifi ca ti ons. He found that tho Cambridge bar racks were to be built at an expense of something more than 37,0001., to accommodate 500 men and 44 horses, which was at the rate of about 70/. per head, while a two or three-roomed cottage could be built for that sum—(hear hear)—and would cert a i n ly prov id e b etter accommodation ' for six men than was given to the soldiers in the barracks. He found at Shoeburyness accommodation was to be pro vided fur field officers at an expense of not less than 1,20 W. per man. A good farm house, for a whole family, could be built for about 8001., or 52 per cent. less than a single field officer's accommodation. But the accommodation for our troops was both indifferent and costly. This being so, was it expedient that we should incur further expenses until the matter could be considered by authori ties competent to form a judgment ? At the present time co confidence could be placed in the departments. There was no Master-General of the Ordnance. The Minister of War had said that all the various offices should be brought under his own cognizance and control. The question was, who was responsible ? Surely the war in which we were now engaged was a sufficient load ; yet he was told it would be necessary to add to the present weight upon the public resources a sum not less than from 15,000,0001. to 20,000,000/. for the expenses of the current year. If the wants of the country were as large as he believed them to be, he thought they would be able to meet them ; but he believed that, in public as in private life, borrowed money was apt to be unwisely expended. Ho thought the esti mates laid before Parliament were characterised by reck lessness. Ho did not grudge anything necessary to carry on the war vigorously, but he thought we were throwing away money by thousands—nay, by hundreds of thou sands of pounds —unnecessarily. (Hear.) Ho thought it was the fault of the Government to act too much upon impulse, and it was upon that ground that he now objected to the reckless erection of barracks. He reminded the house of what occurred at the conclusion of the last 11"31', when the barracks in this country were sold precipitately, and he believed the same reaction would now take place if this course were persevered in. He hoped it was not neces sary for him to apologise for bringing this subject forward. Lord PANMUItE said the noble earl need not have made any apology whatever for having introduced this subject. He had listened to his address with that interest which he always felt in everything that fell from his noble friend, more especially because he believed that there was no indi vidual in that or the other House of Parliament who had for so many years with so much zeal and assiduity, turned his attention to the subject then before their lordships. lie should pass at once to the measure before the house. The principal part of the speech of his noble friend would be an swered by one short piece of information, namely, that Y% i t.h reference to the construction of either barracks or bul warks, all that could be suspended, till lie could lay before their lordships the plans, had been directed to be sus pended. (Hear.) With reference to the several points upon which his noble friend heel touched, ho could not concur with him that he had condemned fairly the appli cation of the vast sums of money that had been voted by the House of CoMmons. The fret was the fortifications which we were about to erect for the defence of some of ow- principal ports. Now, as to those fortifications, he agree not aree with his noble friend that this was not the time. (Hear, hear.) As his noble friend stated, the time would come when a reaction would take place; but lie (Lord Panniurc) considered, as far as that observation went, that we were moving in a right direction ; and he quite agreed, that it would rest upon any Govern ingnt who undertook it to be responsible that those works were done in the most approved manner, ac cording to the newest and most approved principles, and in the most economical manner to be effective. I (Hear.) With reference to the barracks, his noble friend thought the principle of collecting troops in one large bar ' rack, instead of scattering them in smaller barracks over the country, was objectionable. He (Lord Panmure) en tirely approved of the step wo were now taking, and he be lieved, if it had been taken some 10 or 15 years ago, we should not now have to complain of the inadequacy of our troops to undertake field operations, or to be so little ac customed, as they appeared to be, with the habits and duties of a camp. 25,0001. did seem a large sum to be ex pended upon a barracks, but it was a barracks for 10,000 men. His noble friend said we had to rely entirely for this information upon the Clerk to the Ordnance. He (Lord Pannsure) had inquired, and be found that an engi neer officer, of very considerable experience and reputa tion, had been entrusted with a message to 13olgium to in spect a very large barracks there, with a view, before the plans were adopted, to see all that had been done there. Now, what were the objects of this barracks? It was to concentrate 10,000 men on a particular point, at whieli point opportunities would be afforded for the exercising of that force, consisting of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, in all the operations of field exercise ; and seeing that the men learnt the habits and duties of a camp, and giving that large body of troops, during a time of peace, that prepara tion which would best adapt them for a time of war—(hear) —that means might be adopted in this country for traiuing our Men, without any one being able to point to those faults which were recently pointed out. Those faults would be remedied by the sad experience of the war ; but they were faults which must not be allowed to occur again. With reference to expenditure, he entirely concurred with the noble earl that we ought to consult the skill of those great contractors who had made their names famous. He could not see himself why barracks were to be built by military nations alone, and he had yet to learn that it was either prudence or wisdom to retain a corps of military labourers and bricklayers to do that which the people of this country could do much better. With respect to the Ordnance Department, it was not his intention to go into that subject at the present time. All he wished to say was this, that while ho had given orders upon the one hand that no new works which could be avoided should be un dertaken at the present time, so, on the other, he hail en deavoured to be in a position—as he hoped ho should be in a few days—of laying before the house the scanner in which he proposed to alter the several establishments of the army. (Ifear.) He proposed to deal largely with the Ordnance Department. He proposed to unite all the se veral departments of the army under the superintendence and management of a department of war, and he trusted to lay before their lordships such a scheme as would be ef fectual for that purpose, though, perhaps,it would not go so far as his noble friend (Earl Grey) thought it ought to go. (Hear.) With reference to hut barracks, he believedreasons had arisen to show there was not a necessity for quarter ing a large army in this country, as, for that purpose, we had more barracks than we required • but we had a large force of militia embodied in this country. It was true, we had legal means of quartering them—we might quarter them in billets ; but he did not know one more unpopular act, or one more oppressive on the part of the Government or the Parliament, than quartering in billets so large a force. (Hear.) It was his object to relieve as much as possible the people of this country from the present system of billeting. At that moment there was a great body of militiamen embodied in this country—there were 41,000 effective men embodied—out of whom 10,000 were in bar racks, and 34,000 were in quarters. It was for the pur pose of taking those men out of quarters that these hut barracks were being erected, or quickly run up. He be lieved that they would be built in such a manner, and be put into such a condition as that, with proper care being taken of them, they would last for several years, but if they should not be required, they might be disposed of in the market with some advantage to the public service. He had alluded to that point of his noble friend's speech, because be wished to assure the public, on the one hand, that the billeting s7stem would be as speedily as possible lessened; and he wished to assure the officers of the militia, on the other —who had the morality of their men at heart as much as any officers of the regular regiments could have—that their men would be as speedily released from their present position as possible —namely, their being on billets. For these observations he thought the house was indebted to his noble friend (Earl Grey) for having brought this subject before them. He would not follow him in the discussion ou the financial condition of the country ; that would be discussed on a future occasion. But he would repeat that their lordships were under an obligation to the noble earl for bringing the subject forward. (Hear.) The Earl 'of MALMESBURY entirely agreed with the intentions of her Majesty's Government in regard to their crecting barracks at Aldershot for the purpose of lodging the troops, because it was not sufficient to spend money in the enlistment and drilling of the soldiers alone if they did not give them every opportunity of being brigaded and disciplined, and being looked after as a regu lar army. Earl FITZ WILLIAM wished to know whether any in tention existed in the minds of the Government trusted it would be desirable, during the peace which he would soon be restored to thorn, l to maintain a larger esta blishment than they had had during the last long peace. Earl GRANVILLE said it was th o intention of Government at the close of the war to give a more mili tary character to this country, though it was somewhat premature to answer such a question. The Earl of ELLY.ANBOOP . Cia l lit year gh Imo I manufacturing town would have been exposed to absolute desolation if it had not received the assistance of the mill. tarp. It would, therefore, be absolutely necessary, in order to the withdrawing of the soldiers away from the manufacturing districts, in which disturbances might take place, that they should, either by arrangements with the civil bodies who had the power of employing the troops, or by legislation, have a uniform system of police capable of protecting the public peace. Lord PANINIURE was understood to say that, in col lecting the 10,000 troops at Aldershot, care would 13,i taken that the large manufacturing towns should not be without protection. The Earl of ELLESMERE said the camp at Aldershot had his entire approbation. The bill was then read a second time. Tlae Exchequer Bills (17,183,000/.) Bill was passes through committee. Their lordships then adjourned at five minutes past Z o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock. NEW ME 'MEER. Mr. J. FITZGERALD, thenew Solicitor-General fir Ireland, took the oaths and his seat on his re-election for Ennis. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Barnet and Willesden Railway Bill and the Grand Surrey Canal I3►ll were read a second time, and ordered t) he committed. Mr. C, LEGIT moved that it be an instruction to the committee of selection, that they have power to add the - members for South Cheshire to the committee on the Liverpool Docks Bill, if they think fit. Mr. EWART had been requested to second the mo tion. His own opinion was. that there ought to be no local members in the committee, but the house having I decided that the members for Liverpool should be on the committee, it was only fair that Birkenhead, which had a local interest in the bill, should be represented. also. Mr. BOUVERIE objected altogether to local mem• hers being on committees, but the standing orders of the house provided otherwise, and the standing orders ought, therefore, to be adhered to. Cheshire, however, could not be considered to be locally interested in this bill, and he must oppose the motion. The motion was then withdrawn. PETITIONS. Mr. THORNE LY presented a petition from the iron. masters of South Staffordshire against certain provisions in the new Public Health Bill. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition from the letter-press printers of Birmingham in favour of the bill for the repeal of the newspaper stamp. Mr. S. FITZGERALD presented a petition from a place in Wales, praying that no person might receive an ecclesiastical appointment in Wales who was not ac quainted with the Welch language. Mr. A. PELLATT presented a petition from South• wark in favour of Polish nationality. Mr. PHINN presented a similar petition from Bath. Mr. L. HEYWORTH presented a large number of petitions from various parts of the country, praying for the total prohibition of the sale of intoxicating drinks on Sundays. Mr. COWAN presented a petition from the proprietor of an Edinburgh newspaper against clause 5 of the Newspaper Stamp Repeal Bill. Mr. M. GIBSON presented petitions in favour of the bill from Manchester and other places. Mr. LAYARD presented a petition from Durham in favour of the more vigorous prosecution of the war. Mr. MIALL presented petitions from various Wes leyan bodies against the sale of intoxicating drinks on. Sundays. Mr. BROCKLEHURST presented a petition from Macclesfield, very numerously signed, praying the re• peal of the act of last session restricting the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sundays. THE INVESTIGATOR. Mr. FRENCH wished to ask a Lord of the Admiralty if it was true that the crew of her Majesty's ship Ince*. gator, who, under the command of Captain ll`Clure, accomplished the object for which so many expeditions bad been sent from this country to the Arctic regions, the north-west passage, being ordered to abandon their vessel, leaving behind them all their clothes and other property, had only received three pounds compensation per man ? Admiral BERKELEY said it was true petty officers had received 3/ , and ordinary seaman 21. 103., being the sums authorised in such cases by the order in. Council. MR. HUGHES. Mr. MACARTNEY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether it was a fact that Mr. Hughes, one of the Judges of Assize on the Leinster Circuit, when about to open her Majesty's Commission in the Crown Court at Wexford (the High Sheriff and Grand Jury being then in attendance), proceeded to canvass the electors of a northern county, although no vacancy in its representation bad taken place, and whether any per mission or instruction had been given to Mr. Hughes to do so, either by the Lord Lieutenant or the Lord Chan cellor, previous to the arrival of a subtitute to preside in the Crown Court at Wexford ? Mr. HORSMAN said Mr. Hughes was appointed owing to the illness of ono of the regular judges. He was not the only judge in the circuit, nor did he leava Wexford just as the commission was about to open on the Ist of March. He received an intimation to contest the county of Cavan, and he obtained permission from the Lord Chanccllor to retire from the circuit before the commission was due at Wexford. No public inconve nience had resulted from the learned gentleman's retire ment, as the business at Wexford was very light and easily transacted by the other judge. THE lONIANISLANDS: Captain ARC UDALL inquired if it wag into that the right hon. hart. who recently he'd the office of Secretary for Ireland had been appointed to the office of Lord High Conmas9ioner of the lonian Islands ? Sir (4. GREY the appointment had been offered to the right hon. bart , but lie could not Fay whether he had accepted it or not. METROPOLITAN BRIDGES. Mr. OLIVEIRA asked the First Commissioner of Works whether it was the intention of her Majesty'a Government to take any steps, during the present ses sion of Parliament, in reference to the report of the select committee of last i•ession upon metropolitan bridges? Sir W. MOLaiWORTH replied in the negative ; but the bill of his right hon. friend the President of the Board of Health, for the better government of the me tropolis, would embrace many of the improvements re commended by the committee of last session. REFORM OF THE ARMY. Major REED wished to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce any measures of reform in the. present system of conducting, the affairs of the army ; and, if so, whether he had any objection to state what those measures were, and when they were likely to come into operation ? Lord PALMERSTON stated some time ago that it was the intention of the Government to re-arrange several portions of the military departments. It was quite impossible to say what those re-arrangements would be ; but as soon as they were completed they would be made known, and he hoped found satisfactory. MASTERS IN THE NAVY. Mr. LAY ARD asked if the arrangements of the Ad miralty for promoting masters in the navy for good ser vice were yet completed Admiral BERKELEY said the Admiralty had agreed that the pay of masters should be increased according tcw service. CHATHAM BARRACKS. Mr. STAFFORD asked the Under-Secretary for War whether it was the intention of the Government to continue St. Mary's Casemated Barrack, Chatham, as a receptacle for soldiers returned from the East ; and whether it was intended to convert the whole, or any additional portion, of Brompton barracks into an hospi tal for our sick and wounded soldiers ? Mr. PEEL was unable to answer either question, as he was not aware of the changes referred to. PASSENGER ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The order of the day for the committal of this bill was read, for the purpose of being postponed. ORDNANCE SURVEY. On the motion that the report on the Ordnance Esti mates be agreed to, Lord ELCHO called the attention of the house to the present state of the Ordnance Survey of Scotland. At the close of the last century it was thought that a one. inch survey was quite sufficient to suit all purposes, but in course of time a six-inch scale was substituted in the case of Ireland for the one inch. In 1851 a committee.' investigated the subject so far as Scotland was concerned,. and that committee reported that the old one inch to the' mile scale would be sufficient for Scotland ; but the people of Scotland were dissatisfied, and they had since memorialised the Goverment to have the survey made on a scale of 24 inches to the mile, a scale which has been approved of by several eminent scientific men although the Board of Ordnance were opposed to it. ' The scientific and professional men of Scotland were then polled upon the subject and they were required to state which they preferred, a 6 or a 24 inch scale. Thirty de cided in favour of a 6 inch, and 120 in favour of a 24 inch scale. These same authorities were afterwards re quired to state which they should prefer to be adopted, a twenty-four inch scale or a decimal scale, giving 25 and a third inches to the mile. The majority were in favour of the latter. Accordingly, in Julys 1854, a Treasury minute was issued in favour of the larger scale, and its cost was now being tested by con tract and piece work. In the meanwhile it bad been estimated that the survey of half of Scotland, which would embrace the whole of the cultivated and improv able while the w hol e o in the f larger Scotland scale,o on th woulde 612,0001. De () cost ne-i neh 498,0001.,5ca1e would cost 114,0001., making a total of De duct from that total 90 , 0001., which had alread y been expended in some of the works, and the cost of the sure vey which Scotland mostly preferred would be 5 22,00 W. Lord SEY*OUIt said this was a very important question, because they were called upon to make a sur vey of Scotland that would render it of no use to the public; besides, they had insufficient ground to deter mine as to what would be the cost of the survey, and he objected to putting the nation to enormous expense when the cheaper one-inch scale would satisfy all public pure poses. If private parties, such as railway or drainage companies, required a large scale let them pay for it. Colonel DUNNE said it would be very unadvisable to resort to the larger scale, but he should certainly prefer a four or six inch to a one inch scale, speaking for military and ordnanze purposes. The one would cost no more than the other. Mr. COWAN doubted that ; indeed he believed the increased cost between the two would not be six times, but thirty-six times, more. He thoroughly concurred in the whole of what had fallen from the noble lord the member for Totnes. Mr, RICA bald it might be all very well to talk about t i all 10 LS* 20 50 50 100 100 13.5 254