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

KET 04 ANT.) CWY-IitIVRCIA rYTELLId Eli CZ. CITY, TWO o'C LOCK. Il e cotton market at Liverpool yesterday pre tad a firm appearance. American, Surat, Bra "; and Egyptian cotton were most in request. la:mlcladis bro ug ht 5d., M o lil e 50., and Orleans i h . per lb. Railway shares underwent no ; Pc/r tant 'variation, though the tendency in prices 48 rather to decline. T he woollen trade of Huddersfield, which had j, s howing some slight signs of revival, has re ed another check by the failure of Messrs. eti,()Weld, and Co., of that place. The sus -114l " is attributed to the non-arrival of remit 16Z_es from Australia, and at the meeting of the t , l Mor s appointed for to-day the liabilities are t ed to be stated at 40,0001. As regards . the las c hester market an improvement has been un ed bY the recent advises from America, which 7 that supplies thence will temporarily be im- Z I by th e l owness o f t h e wa t er i n th e r i vers . 11, 41 :nand for yarn for India, Germany, and the C4iterranean has likewise had a favourable in thee. official .40, return gives the aggregate quantity of 1 0 , 4. 1 raw or Muscovado, admitted into the various JO of the United. Kingdom from the sth July, to the sth January, 1855, on the payment of 12, 1. 4 tY of 4s. per cwt., at 2,176,736 cwts., and at The cwt. at 2,157,104 cwts. " shipments of the precious metals direct from k it ' l l during the week to Thursday last were 584 It t eeli Of gold and 60,696 ounces of silver, all to kharg. -+, rd rates for Bills of Exchange negotiated here ist, e % Iv ay afternoon upon the principal cities of the V ent were generally steady. Paris, 90 days, 16 4 , 4 474 ; Amsterdam, 11 19f to 191 ; 'lana i ,„r) 13 7 t o 7i- ; and Trieste, 12 38 to 42. ` ll s bar silver, ex Atrato, has been sold at ss. Pe r ounce. The Bank of England return for the week to the 4 . ifvery favotgaiile, showing the following 1... t-- 'flve circulation. . 0 Increase . tita £18,984,010 16,180 41 u • 14,201,243 1,,, In crease 579,723 s ' n .... 3,644,317 Increase 4,468 "ue Deposits 5,077,843 ether Increase ge t Deposits 4 Increase Pe t - Day and other Bills 40 Decrease 1 5 ,038 Ir emainent Securities 11,583,885 o n , Increase 41,500 .4er Securities 14,521,596 L Decrease 359,248 8 unemployed 8,495,965 hlncrease 551,915 wth e Funds have been firmer this morning, and Iti more doing. Consols for transfer have rea tit92-i to 93k, and for account 93k to j. Exche lk "'ills are 6s. to 95., and India Bonds 10s. to ,ej et e, i olium. India Stock is at 226. kh zi 4 1 insignificant business is doing in Foreign t t naents, and they are generally nominal. The k4ll 4 h Committee's Certificate is 51 1, being ki It ; and Venezuela Bonds have risen to 25 and itr ltt Turki s h B o nds are nearly I- per cent. higher, 0% to 801. following are the nominal prices of foreign titi t ', A. :- --Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Alexi , , sto to 201, ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto Three 1 a•, 50 to 62 ; Portuguese Four per Cents. , u itt o l; Russian Five per Cents., 90 to 101 ; k kiti aur-and-a-flalf per Cents., 89 to 91 ; .kkto e ° New Deferred, 18 to 181 ; ditto Three %Pte., 361 to 372 ; ditto Certificates, 4 1 to 5 2; kisive, 4 to 4,A. her elita is very little movement in Railway % r , B ' and the dealings are of a limited character. ` )l °ali I w , a undertakings, though also quiet, rea kid t I Y yesterday's quotations. Lake Constance . 44 are now marked with 3/. additional paid /o e .- itkru , 141. ki k tiet l , l uttted eigare mostly dull, but Cocaes and C uiaba Mexican are in favour, at improved ii , 81 The J o i nt S toc k B an k s are muc h th e sa me ` pr eviously, and in the miscellaneous shares there n othing to notice, owing to the paucity of deal- ''.....ZPIZ Zrt_TXTr' 'PHIS DAY AT ONE O'UL' ) i (Prom, the Ogicia/ Li .t it D ent Consols Annuitiesloiiltock m 44 1 ° 11 (19. I:1000 ........ 1, 4 4, ) under 21000 lO 13 % to , '°r Account, April 9 34 4 i 4 4 . ,,,,t , Luer Bills, 24d. 4Z 9 6 % , 9 6 1 / 4 : 41 . 9 6 Otter Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. — I s it Itto 1859, „ e k , l t t OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. tk a t C ommittee Cert. of Coup. not fun. .4 1 p c 1 1 /4k, 13r theends, Account per cent — SOR k., ios '-Re Bonds, 3i per Ceut. Dividends on the above payable in London. BLI , IIII7SS don, 93 2i 3 220 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols 93A Ditto. April A CCO9nt ......... 931 MINING lIVTELLIGENCE. 4. ( Prom the Mining Journal of this day.) 01it 6 ,7. - -Exeept upon the principle we have often re - NC - -that i n the mining market all are either buy irtte w t l 4ll selle rs an d w h e n shares are unusually low no ▪ il PurchLe although it is undoubtedly the best 1 :14 4) t doin g so it is difficult to account for the present ▪ depression sion and absence of business. There is no Illoney, and, upon the whole, a decided impr 6 o o v l e- N a ra , yof the mines . e vßooosejraerantesca,rme Consols, 3751. to 1601. to ; fior i t 2 ri l. to 12/ D Consols, 21. 10s. to 21.121. 6d.; Brewer, , 11 1.12 8 . to 15 - l e . 10e. ; orth Bassets inquired after r at Ni,,v B . to 17/. ; Bassets, 5201. ; Butler , 5001. to J 261. eopiapo meeting, held to day, a dividend of 11. t • 4 te (10,0001.) was declared, and the mine report st:ittitafactor Tamar Consols, U. 10s. to 21.; West ,• t 271 : to Y i 8/. ; West Caradon, 1651. to 1701. ; C I A f - ", 2/. to 2/ 10s. ign mines considerable improvement has been Nt h r t e ed inthm k a very fair amount of business - *been don e e, and higher prices obtained. ' l 4 4 l: 4lB equence of the continued employment of some '1 v essels of the African Steam Company in the k, 0 1' Service, there will Le no mail this month to the Coast of Africa. il) • ,44 mental Gas Company have received advices from kal l APerintendent at Calcutta that he has selected two tai 4or th e erection of the necessary wors, n 14 1 1 ! ; t 0 the assistance of the Government, k he expected .4 Possession of them in a month. 6,0 1 . CLUB.—The members of this club dined to . - Thursday evening, at the Thatched House Admiral Sir Augustus Fitzclarence presided, t_ 441 001' 48 supported by Lord Ado!phus Fitzclarence, ( 1 al Deans Dundas, Admiral Eden, Captain Clif 'l44t'aPtain Hudson, Captain B. Seymour,. &c. The '', ( q the evening was Sir Frederick Thesiger, M. P., early life served . with distinction in the navy. I tet. ' 4 •Adolphus Fitzclarence was appointed president „oateeniss' HALL.—The following are the names - „"tletuen who passed their examination in the science k t 4 l l : r aotice of medicine, and received certificates . to t i t e . on Thursday, March 22 .—Oscar Byrne John imo i lf- 'Valk Sheerness, Kent ; William Sayer, iv.er s4l.;:thosnera's Smith, Tunbridge • Charles Frederick ; and John Jones, Dyffryn, 'Merion l e v tlis d hi le re do p ,14 - 7,t l lUrrey Couat—Yesterday John in will be remembered, was convicted sometime 10,;,,, r/c lti a criminal charge at the Old Bailey, and sehlis k,l,Zi to four years' penal servitude, applied to pass tit ca llation. Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque ordered /4 ilC l Ptirliment for two months, in order that exa ru of the accounts might be made. 1, - ' 4 li 44 Ta BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND HOL i'Lit."-Ehe provisions of the new treaty between the t i C States and the King of the Netherlands have t ls tren States The convention was concluded at ai -- goe ' on the 2 . 2 d of January, 1855, and is to ra- L g e ll at l i force five years from the day of the exchange of „1 i 'lt defines, at some length, the powers donsols-General, Consuls, and Vice-C.)11 7 ro United States, who are to be admitted into :41 1 -141 . 5 in the transmarino possessions or colonies i of 44-''therlands which are open to the vessels of a,l na -1 I; 4l'4 e i . T hey are to be entitled to the protection of the il't=ilititlaent and to the assistance of the local autliori b'e-i the free exercise of their functions. They are , not l 4 te),. -nteratecl with any diplomatic char:Lc:sr ; but 1, 441 4 1 : el zuld documents relating to the affairs of the Con „ql4 A t t " .4re to be protected against alt . search, and even fi r to a a)eit Y shall have no power to visit or seize them, ' 4 44 1 , - 1 3(41 oine their contacts. Passports delivered by 4 - ' l4 ity -8 0 O f t „oonsular agents do not dispense with the rie lijUired ~no bearer providing himself with all the papers by the local laws, in order to travel or to estab -44 I toself in the colonies; and the right of the governor W -1..11.112'rnY to p ro hibit th e re,idunce or to order the do ay 'rein a c o l ony o f an y p ersn tow Aom a pa , t 4 0)* a been''alelivered remains undisturbed,—/ly.)esr --2 c.v I:6uaa. „ attraCea ing , j °lllll3 althag show a h f by "1' ie ic veuer alue, clarations 01 6tb, in tbs o btain! roP excited to! exc. glassg °° old ' c bing 10 0 of all tbs dally he town b to ge eoouge eing carts an d that°ar id e all 01413 1 4 S e f the ol gte r; bout five there IS 01 Labrador,. the Proc e let, a joa• the P a ' gib , the „. rd °llof plies _owe_ 3 the 2e h els. for terdsl A yes em bl ,t t a l i 3 o e afsoo nooing t i 5. gate- 0 eive d Ode •e c C omon jipir el libic i l b tb l e itting n e b ei er c c ite a nd the per th eir g D er b dot a tt ` eij Pinspection• , „lief ib ° ing-in 0 ." iiterroo PlO lll r gonti'' ........ ......... 36 e 5...... 311 ~ ~•' ... . DO .......... 660, ... 6° roa vo Isla str s roll s ! roc" siost3 be 3cliov e ster' j u g of 1,11 the 1841 till 0 , Apr TarkPl pox— t h e the to atisrl sti s Fr anc o l, tbe o, shor t ti a a c h to he Fre ° ht 'nig state be „t e o y ht tbP, ; thou ti g enc e )I , l seti, ; „ if 10 0 P7 0 ° to l et ' • oel 04 11 Le l e The C 4 F o ir eat ea Roc by i s teu imb ed- hat - in ri t -0 reof arw go 14' .Evz 5156 160 vrbich A fej e o c4 Dir a 00 agy re Sir 0 0- o yero' or o , n tier , the o obi° toss the s rl #b. 3tb, T ;may T o wn ng of. ta' tiv *th O. rrived 0 j 0 os h e oil/ Vof the' 0— frO d - d food' „d 1- • the 00 Do dol” ► for CO Y fr°ll3 tb the i jif er 5 frO w • 00 01 # 1 0 0 tits4 ;e4 tor e-r e ft. • gAo gfl g PYfIYA. 1 86 ' of Eteg be 'l e a ad,' ~p, t lg Be° 1 0 % ,to 7 1. 'for r , visOir ne e to l o c o .e e er" . c ordivirJ, ; un to, eti oi , og ce a pt' ! 1 oi• ;ot L - . de r d ti" by loaf o °l ingt / `, 6 te• , Leic 16btrJ/ aid' i prer /i e ely t h .ter of ' 4 - 0 0 orb: it° ;: , !ARE MARKETS. alil6 DAY.) .[ ATL AYS. (login Prices yesterday, Bush:tem done this day. 2(1 - 211 4 - 41 8k -- 8 13i -- 12} 16 -- 17 74 - 6;1(i 88 - 90 63i - - 12), 6 - 8 3i - 2A 6A 13 I 1 - 23 ;i0 20 - 22 72 74 57 —r) 2d }•ar 20 21. 70 72 87a 8-q 71 23 -- 125 91. 65 65a 59 - 61 70 - 73 - 7 6 7 76 - 763 97 -9.) 99i 100 d 1 83 84 8i 8 7 24 - 25 8 - 69i - 70 11 - 43 11 - V P li - 21 48 - 50 29 89 7 9 14 -- 5 7 72 73 7 44 3i 12 13 49 • 50 49 50 d par i ll • 4g 5i 1 d at• 29 - 31 Al - 103 64 - 45 - 47 ,2 61 28 - 29 4 - 2 2 - 1 3G - 38 41 - 3i - 4 22 - 4 5A C:!! 6 - 7 r~~.l 1; }:1 EtAILWLTS. Aberdeen. zinabg. Noting. Boat and Eastn. 13cHast & 13ailymena. Binning. Wolverh 'tour Valley Wrkenitd. Lancsh. Qheshire, Junet Do. (oeah. & Birk., £5O nod 425 Con:,. Do., £20... Rlyth &Tyn,origina £25 (issd. a.t L•iF , Bristol and F.seter lcdot ....... Carmarthen awl Car digau Chester a tlolyhe.7.,i (7;ozk and Banton Dack, 47... Pat C , rnwall Cried - Junction DublindtßelfastJune Dundee Pertii ,tooa Jur.'tion Do. New ...... ....... East Ang1ian......,. Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, Stock B Stock Do., New A. East Lancashire Edinburgh &Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. PAL &Dundee brth & Clyde Jun , Furness Do. Extension Glasgow&S. Western I treat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.; Great Western Do. Stour Val, Rai: Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle, Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds...... Lancash.andYorksl, Do., Fifths Do. ' Wst. Riding Uu Liv.Crsby.&Southia London & Blackwal Lond. Bright & S.Cst Lon& and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lol. Sh.,M&B Do. Eighths London andS. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Col erain, Lndudrry. & Ennisk. danch.Shef & Lind) Do. j Shs.e , No. )0., Han. & Lin. Un didland ' , o. Birmng. &Derb3 %fidld. G. West. (Ire,) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Tewmkt.BuryExten. Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Vow ry &Enniskillei Newry Warrenpolni and Rostrevor \Torfoik orti iti.Counties tin. north British gorth Devon, No. 1 ►o., No. 2 'Jo., 1 A Deferred,.. Do., B Guarant,Ed NT. Eastern—Derwiel , )o. do. Extension G.N.E. Burch Do. Leeds Do. York North London .. 'Do. New £lO I.&S. Wstrn. , Hamp stead, and City dn.. Forth Western._ ~.. 4. & S. Westru. Juno. runeaton, Hiucklo:, - aud Leicester........ :)xford, Worcester Wel verli amptou :-)ortsulouth icottish Central 19cottish Midland lirewsby. kilerefi ;nropshire Union south Devon ;oath Eastern .'outh Wales Yrksh. &RiV.Dni q:t.inos,Wok. 8/Wol Stockton ;t Parli •;tc,Aton & Hart vale 1:10 ha e r;o. Prof., No. 7 . 7lantes Raven Doe - i and Ittilway Veto of Nen ... • . ArAterf 1. West Comwall. Vest End of Londoi .„‘.l ,V est London , Wimbledn & Croy(' FOREIGN. A ntworpdatotturdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India.Serip Central of Italy Demerara .. Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. EY'Ansion Do. 4l p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. 'Pk of GanadaA is Do. St. Lawrence Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franc , Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 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 Dn. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. 4adras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New amur & Liege (wits interest) Do. (ex interost) Northern of France. D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 221. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... Do. 201.3 p. c Bds. (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.) NorwogianTrunkPrel ,Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans , Paris and R0nen...... ParisCaen &Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre Royal Danish RoialSwedish,. Sambre and Meuse.. Do. 5i p. cent. Pre] Southern of France,. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5i per c. Pref.,.l Western of France...! WOFt. of Switzerland Wi.,abaden 1 Zealand JOINT-S' Australasia IBritish Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Wostminstoi National Proviuc'a'' of England ,Do. New National of Ireland 'Oriental South Wales 'Oriental Bank of Corporation. rrovimial of Ireland Do. Now Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co South Australia, Union of Do. New Union of London - 1 - 2i - 21 par i p lA- 33k - 333 - 61 2 - 2ip 1 - •,. •. 9 - • 8 9i - 44 50,1 83 - 90 15 - 15 , - $1) - iP 25 - 25 2i - 3 17i - 184 96 - 98 95 - 97 100 - 102 92 94 19 - 19 98 - 100 - Alp 1 - 2p par i r.. li lip 6/ -7/ 341 -34 i 121 -- 12 - 9A 21 211p1 47 49 39 4t pm 21 22 ; li par 2 8 —Bl ••• pin ••• ...-. 3i - gi - Gip iii: iii BANKS. 82 -- 81 ••• ••• ld—id 3 - 20 - 2li its 33 -- ii 39 - 91 37 - 30 65 - 67 7i - 8i ISO = 1111. 25 St. 20 10(`. 1.00 10f, ' 100. all all all 100 100 25 2s h all all all 1141 s. 10 5 20 20 all all 10 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 24 . 1855. LINES LEASED T .FIXED RENTALS. OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM FIELD MARSHAL LORD !RAGLAN. I MPE nIAL PARLIAMENT. Leasing losink Prices Business sta. Paid. RATLWATS • c om pans.l yesterday. this day. 50 all Tiedford and London & Bletchley _ N. West. ••• St. .100 Buckghanish. L.&N.W. 5 97 St. I.l`o Clydesdale •T , , 'lal e(10n..• 7 99 25 24 Col.StourVy. E. Un. Sud. and Hal. E. C... St. 100 E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 134 136 136 St. all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct St. all Do, New...... Do ••• 25 all t lstro& Dn. Fi Gt. Wes:l 100 Trtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway__ & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &N3l 104 106 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do. 12A all Do. T Shares. Do . 12i all hon.&Greenv S. Eastern 12i 134 20 all Do.Preferen., D 0... 23 —24 10 all Lon., Til., & S Pet° &, Co. 10 114 "St. 100 Lowestoft gr 4 par cent, Norfolk.. St. ur) Do. 6 per et. •• ••• W. all Manch. Bxtu. and Matloel & Dfidld. 2 - 50 all Hiddlevbro' Stekton & ' Redear Daxlingt. 10( all Midld.Bradfd vridland.. 90 --- 92 50 all Northern an Easternsp.c Count. 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do ••• ••• si) all Do. Fixeds p• Do ••• ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyrt L. & N.W &Ln&Yk ... 42 12i all Do. ZShares. Do — St. ±OO Roystn.& Hit. 'CA Northi 130 133 25 183 Shot Roth.ailr Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. „ 12 9i 3. Stallordsh, W.MCleat , 2i —2 d X5O all fflearValleygi itockt. & 6 per cent... Darling 25 all Do Do 32 —32 i St. 100 Wilts&gomrst ltWestn B9 91 90 ( From a Supplement t; - lttetnight's Gazette.) WAR DEPARTMENT, MARCH 24. Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch and its enclosures, of which the fol!owing are copies, ad dressed to his lordship, by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. A MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN.—TREATY WITH SARDINIA. The LORI) CHANCELLOR communicated to the house a message from her Majesty, iu which her Ma jesty informed the house that she had, in concert with She Emperor of the French, entered into a treaty with the King of Sardinia, whereby the latter engages to maintain for the purposes of the war 15,000 men, well organised and instructed in their clinics as soldiers, and by the same convention her Majesty undertakes, on the re commendation of Parliament, to advance to the King of Sardinia 1,000,0001., 500,000/. to be paid as soon after the assent of Parliament to the loan had been ob tained as possible, and the remainder to be paid six mouths after the first instalment. Her Majesty further engages, after the expiration of 12 months, to ad vaece to the King of Sardinia a like sum of 1,000,0001., the Government of Sardinia eroaaging to pay 4 per cent. per annum—one per cent. of which was to go to the sinking fund. Her Majesty has directed a copy of the convention to be placed before their lordships ; and she relies upon the House of Ler is to snake good the en gagements which she had contracted. TaE MILITIA. The Earl of MALMESBURY, seeing hie. noble friend opposite, begged to ask wbt thcr nny information had been received from the law officers of the Crown relative to the construction of the Militia Aet of 1852, as to the service to be expected from the men under the act passed in the present session ? Lord PANMURE begged to state that experience bad shown him the bad effects that invariably follow a discussion as to the rights of soldiers in this house. The men, after such a circumstance, invariably entertain erroneous notions as to their rights, and such had been unfortunately the case in the present instance—many militiamen had, on the suggestions of others, laid down their arms, refusing to do duty, and applied for their discharge. On explanation, however, they had resumed their duty, and expressed themselves willing to abide further instructions from the Govern ment. (Hear, hear.) Although he had never any doubt in the *latter, he had, nevertheless, taken the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, who Lad assured him that every militiaman who was now serving under the act of 1854, whether he Lad been enlisted under the acts of 1852 53, or subsequently to the passing of the act of 1854, WUS equally compelled to be sworn as a regular embodied militiaman. That was distinctly and unques tionably the present state of the law. There was another point that had been touched upon in the discussion be fore alluded to. It was stated that when the act of 1852 was passed a pledge was given by the Government, o r was understood to be conveyed, that the men who were enrolled in 1852 were to have the option as to the limitation of service. Now, if any such engagement had been given, whether such was right or wrong, he thought that it ought to be religiously and strictly ad hered to. But that, however, was a question to be inquired into. (Hear.) The behaviour of the militia, he thought, was deserving their highest approbation, and it, of itself, furnished strong inducement that their case should receive that consideration which it was so justly entitled to. After a few observations from Earl GREY and the Earl of MALMES-BURY, The subject dropped. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Lord BROUGHAM then rose to call the attention of the house to the subject of our criminal procedure. It was a subject of vast extent and great importance, and the difficulties of dealing with it were equally great, he should shrink from undertaking it. But those defects to which he was about to call attention were too obvious, and their consequences wore too generally felt, to make it any very difficult matter to deal with the question, though he did confess that, for some of those difficulties, it might not be so easy to find a remedy. It was his intention, in the course of the remarks he was about to make, to confine himself entirely to the subject of the criminal procedure, and not enter into the largo field of the criminal law, much as that required amendment, for whole classes of offences, tending to irreparable mischief, were no crime at all by our law. To begin then at the beginning. The courts of the metropolitan police magistrates, before whom the of fender was first brought in London, were in reality a great misnomer, for they were nothing like the courts of police magistrates. It had indeed been said by a learned person that their title reminded him of the remark of Voltaire on the title of the "Holy Roman Empire." He said there never could be a worse name, for it was neither " holy " nor "Roman" nor an "empire." So these courts were neither "metropolitan," for they were excluded by act of Parliament from the metropolis ; nor "police," for they had nothing to do with the police, any more than any other justices ; and they were properly speaking not " magis trates," because in this country that meant an unpaid judge, but those gentlemen were stipendiaries. Nothing could bo more useful than these courts. They had a very useful criminal, and also a very useful civil, jurisdiction, although he thought this last ought to bo transferred to the county courts; they got through an immense amount of business, and he hoped that it would not be long before their number was multiplied, and they were spread over the different parts of the country. He thought, however, that the power should be extended, so as to give them the right of die charging prisoners not only on bail, but also on their own. reconnisances ; for he was informed by those who practised at the sessions, and who were connected with these: courts, that there was rarely very little hoard of persons liberated on their own recognisauces making Unit escape. In fact these poor people could not or would not room\ re from their ordinary place of residence to avoid a Mild. With respect to the police or constabulary force, it was perfectly clear that this was very deficient, for although many ot the large towns had a police—not, perhaps, a very , perfect cone—in many parts of the country there was no thing thi.:,t could be said to deserve the name of police. Not only wore a large supply of constabulary necessary, but it was desires ble that seine general rules should be framed to give uniformity to the action of different parts of the force in various districts throughout the kingdom. The amount of fees veriest considerably in different counties. In Dur ham the :tvora,ge was 31. for each case. In Essex the ave rage was 21. 4s. ; in Dorset 41. 10s. ; at Havering-atte- Bower, 6/. 13s. ; whilst at Derby it was only 11. This ine quality pi .oved the expediency of paying the officers by salaries inst . % , ad of by fees. Ho thought it would be very de sirable in al to manufacturing districts to have a reserved force in addilt ion to the ordinary constabulary. Such a force would be at the call of the magistrates, and the knowledge of its existence would tend greatly to the prevention of the mischief caused by agitators and other disturbers of the public pe: ice. He would now call their lordships atten tion to anoth sir point. The offender having been trapped it was necessary -to bring him to trial, and then arose the greatest defect as our criminal system—the want of an au thority vested executive Government to provide for the execution of tb s law by putting it in motion. He believed this was the only country in the world in which the cri minal law was 1 eft, as it were, to shift for itself, for it was nobody's business• to prosecute. Ho would mention a few instances to show the evils arising from the want of a public prosecutor—instances in which the guilty had been allowed to escape, and in which the innocent had been in jured by prosecution. The first case was that of a trades man in a large wan- of business at Portsmouth or Plymouth, who was collimate d for forging a bill for 2,0001. or 2,50,1. A true bill was fesand by the grand jury, but the prosecu tor was not to be : found, and the prisoner was discharged. Another case was -that of an honourable baron, who fired a loaded musket at a . clergyman, with the intention either of killing him or doing him some grievous bodily barns. The prosecution wets dropped and the baron escaped all punishment. S , mss time ago, at the Old Bailey, a bill was found against a iw ason for forging a will ; but when the case came before the judge, there did not appear to be the least ground for tehe charge, and the party was discharged. On one occasion la a was counsel in a case which was tried in the county of Lau caster, where a most respectable gentle man, possessing al I income of 10,0001. or 12,0001. a-year, was arraigned on a chearge of murder. It turned out that the bailiff of the gentleman had placed a rope across a road which was under erepair, and that he had neglected to place a lantern on the spot during the night. The consequence was that a poor woman fell and broke her neck. The grand jury sagaahously decided that it was murder, and found a bill, not assainet the bailiff, who was the cause of the accident, but against the master, who was totally ignorant of the transaction. The judge at once directed the gentleman to be acquitted. Now, if therehad been a public prosecutor, not one of the cases which he had mentioned could by tha most remote possibility have had any existence. Under the present system there was ,no security either for the execu tion of the law or against its abuse. That system had come down from times of the greatest barbarism aid dark ness—from times when ono class of the community was altogether exempted from capital punishment—from times when a man's life was valued at a price, and when it was the practice to look at the pecuniary value of the thing stolen or the life or limb lest, and to give compensation accordingly—from times when there was trial by fire and by water, as well as by jury. He would now direct the attention of their lordships to the advantages arising from thelexistence of public prosecutors. In Scotland the Lord Advocate had the superintendence of all prosecutions, and in every county, and in most of the largo towns, there was a procurator fiscal, who was prosecutor for the district ; and such care was taken that acquittals were very rare. In the year 1853, the number of commitments in England and Wales was 17,057. The number tried was 25,585, of whom 4,800 were acquitted—about one-fifth or one-sixth of the whole. Is Scotland the number of commitments was 3,756, the number of trials 3,139, and the number of acquittals 279 ; being one-sixth or one-twelfth of the whole. The difference was attributable to the employ ment of a public prosecutor. In Ireland, down to the year 1816, thorn was hardly such a thing known as a witness going before a grand jury. All that was required was the written depositions taken before the magistrates. The practice was exposed by Sir S. Romilly anti Mr. Hor ner, and a bill was passed to remedy the evil. At that time the proportion of acquittals was fifteen-sixteenths, for in 205 cases in which bills were foiled no less than 192 ac quittals took place. The prooortion of acquittals varied considerably in different counties. Iu S,nnerset the propor tion was between one-fifth and one-sixth ;iu Hampshire and Berkshire, beta-eon one-third and onc-fourth ;in Sussex, one-fifth; one-sixth or one-seventh. In sonie pasts of the sountey, Middlesex, Lon .;n, wed parts of searrroY an.l Kent, a great 11111111 W of Critllin:o courts W:1: - 0 in addition ta) to nuinher of scssiens, whilst in Yorls shire there were only the oriesinel essizes end the qeertar sessiono. 111 Northamptoualilin a case lia , l oceuri ed to a u omen wteo was charged with nians4aughtcr on the 26th ly, just afar ;ha greed jeey les I been doseharged. She w as kept in prigrm ,n,tatil the March following, and Shen no ,seas returned againat her. Nog:, was fit find pro- Why should nut per tTsut there sham: I be tos (.Iv,rslty!? t f 'he coup , ry time smile bessotits in the ad °" I - el• • Why should if rot Leinisira4i:va of the 31V as nea os ei , ho theta :same a dhover England sista Wasidleseen, Surrey, and She nod- l a c es akoinieos the metropolis.? He kpow the judges :were m t willing „o lend their services ge.og additional a s There must, of course, .circuits, Parliamost; was w illi ng . be au increase of their Aufnber, but a molorate increase would be,ruilicient, if a j4uticions alteration was made in the circuits; at all events same 'arrangement might be made, and ho was inclined to think that, inasmuch as a great deal of the business of tt,o judges was now taken from them by the comity courts and the recent changes in the law with respect to petty offences which lessened the time consumed on the circuits — so, tallir.% till these things Before Sebastopol, March 10. My Lord,—l have really nothing to report to your lordship this day. I am happy, however, to;be able to inform you that the weather is exceedingly fine ; and that I entertain great hopes, derived from the reports of the Principal Medical Officer, that the sick will materially benefit by the improvement in the temperature. Our advanced batteries are making considerable progress. Every effort is directed to the maintenance of the camps in a healthy state, which, as the warm weather approaches, becomes daily more important. I inclose the return of casualties to the Bth instant. I received on the evenin7 of the 6th instant, a tele gr.iphic despatch trim LorfJoha Russell, dated Berlin, the 2J, announcing the death of the Emperor of Russia at twelve o'clock on that day. Aecc,r.linz to the information of deserters, the event has not been promulgated at Sebastopol.—l have, &c., RAGLAN. The Lord Panmure, &c., &c. Enclosure 1. RETURN OF OISUA LTIES FROM THE STH TO BTO OF MARCH, 1356, INCLUSIVE. Ist Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file killed 9th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 17th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 30th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 34th Foot-1 serjeant, wounded. Total-1 rank and file, killed ; 1 serjeant, 3 rank and file, wounded. J. B. BUCKNALL ESICOURT, Adjutant-General. PREFERENCE SHARES. Enclosure 2. berdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c • Blyth and Tyne 10 per, c. pref. (issd. at 500 & Ex. 4 p. c. St. IDo. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO 101 - 103 90 - 92 NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED FROM STH TO BTH MARCH, INCLUSIVE. 92 - 94 KILLED. 6TH MARCH. Ist Regiment of Foot. Private Edward Garland. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant• General. 97 - 99 Chester & Holyhead Guar. 64 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. l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 r . a. St. Eastern Union, Gar. percent ...... ..... Do. 51., 10 ner cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash. 6 p.cts. East and West York shire June. Fifths Edinb Prth.&Dundts 4 per cent. Glasgow & S.Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 4i P. c. Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red. at 5 p. c. pm... Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pret Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pr.f. St Gt. Wostn. (forks Hants Ex. 5 p. c).. Do. con. red. 4. p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irrod. 4p.c. Do. firm. Pref. Sh . D o. Chester 8 p. Do. do. 5 p. c. do.. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. Do. Ches. Gua. Sh Do. do. d 0........... Do. do. do. ••• • • Lan. & York. F. £2l Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Bright , Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. London & S. Wester; Con. Thirds Londonderry& Cole: Shares Londy. & ElllllB. i Sh Wan., Su ef., & Lin New, £lO Do. £6 Enclosure 3. 5i -- 6 NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM 5Ta TO BTii MARCH, 1855, INCLU SIVE. 1 - r 121 - 13 WOUNDED. MARCH 5. 17th Regiment of Foot. Corporal Thomas Swain, severely. MARCII 6TH. 9th Regiment of Foot. Private Peter Mulroney, slightly. 30th Regiment of Foot. Private John Vernon, slightly. MARCII 7TII. 34th Regiment of Foot. Sergeant B. Wiilett, slightly. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant• General. • to• ..... .'"''' 58 - 62 ...ad 1 . 5 117 .07 - 109 .00 - 102 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) i - ip COVENT uARDEN. The supplies of fruit and vegetables were but moderate, and the demand ruled very inactive, as follows : ERIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 7s to 108 per lb; apricots, Os to Os per doz. ; hot-house grapes, 6s Od to lOs Od per lb ; foreign ditto, 10d to is 8d ; melons, Os Od to Oa each peaches, Os Od to Os ; nectarines, Os Od to Os per dozen ; apples, 4s 6d to lls Od per bushel ; pears, 7s Od to 103 Od per half sieve • Orleans plums and green gages Os to 'Os Od per punnet • ditto, Os to Os Od, and common plums,, 38 0 to Os Od per half sieve; cherries, Od to Os per pound ; lemons, 9d. to is 6(1 per doz.; oranges. 4s to lOs per 100; fil berts, 95s per 1.00 lbs ; cobnuts, 180 s to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to Od. per 100; figs, is Od to 2s 6d per lb. 6 - 63 96 - 98 87 - 8 89 - 91 10 -10 i 161 - 17 10 - 104 71 - 73 181 - 1,4 9R - 9i 14 -14 i - 33 - 135 VEGETA BLEB.—Savoy cabbages, 9d to is 9d per dozen; red ditto, 2s to 3s Od per dozen ; French beans, 3s ,OLI to 4s Od per 100 ; brocoli, is 4d to 3s Od per bundle ; potatoes, 85s to 130 s per ton ; vegetable marrow,Od each ; peas, Os Oil to Os Od per bush.; broad beans, 9d to is per half sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 6d to Od per bunch ; cucumbers, is 3d to 2s 3d each ; garlic, 6d to Os 8d /3.9 r pcund ; spinach, 2.s Od to 3s Od per sieve ; onions, 2s 6d to 4s Od per bush. ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6d ; horse-raddisb, 2s Od to 5s 01 per bundle ; parsley, 4d to 6d per bunch ; celery, Os 10d to t s 6d 'per bunch; endive, Is Gd to 3s per score; beet, is 6d to 2s per doz. ; parsnips, Os 6d to is ld per dozen ; small salad, 3d to Od per punnet ; mushrooms, is 9d to 2s 6d per pottle ; artichokes, 4s to 6s Per doz. ; cabbage lettuces, is 6d to 2s per score ; sorrel, Gd to is per half sieve ; radishes 9d to is per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s Od. to 4s Od per half aieve ; chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussels sprouts, is Od to 1810 d per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2s per 100. ; rhubarb, 8d to is 2d per bundle ; sea kail, is Gd to 2s Gd por punnet ; asparagus, 5s to Os per 100. ••• ... ••••• 2i- 3j 12i - 13 i - iP Nfarypt.& Carl. 4 p c ►l u . 4i per cent Consol.6 p.c.St. • - )o. Consol. Bristol Sz Birm. 6 per cont ! . )o. Pref. 4A per eon, Norfolk Debenture . Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stool Do. 5 p.c. Est [)e. 54 per et. pref Do. Way. Val. 6 p. c North British V. E. Berg, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 p.c e.N0.1 Do. do. Quarters 45 Do. York I I , & 4 . Pr r. North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.£ls, 6 o.c. ,cot. Cent. , New Pref South Devon Do. fixed, 4A per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 3 Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4A p. c S. Yorksh.4p.e.Guar; Stockton and Dar- 133 - 135 - - 44 5 -87 103 - 105 101 iO3 90 -92 3 - 3A •• ••• id 106 - 108 13 14 id par e 221 - 23; ii z 11' lington, 5 per cent. Do. do. do. l Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. 0. till Ist July, 1856 ••• ••• 6 -- lin MINES. 1 •all igua Fria ... a ... II 1 all A.nglo Austrin. Gold ... ... ... 10s. all Anglo Californian 20 6 Australian 1 —l4 1 all Australian Cordillera ... ... 1 all Australian Freehold. ... ... 1 all Ave Maria ••• --- 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) i i 50 all Bleenarvon Iron and Coal . . 6 7 20 13.5 British Iron 4} 5} 35 254 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 2/, 3 30 all Do. Cocaes & Culaba 2 24 21 1 1 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —32 SO 1 l Carsous's Creak it 1 1 ; Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica 1 —id 40 all Cobre Copper 49 51 5 1 Colonial Gold i A St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 43 48 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. d par 25 ... 16 Copiapo 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg no li 2 2 1 Fortuna d par 20 all General.. 144 164 1 all Gt.NuggetVoiulicg. 1 il 4 all Great Polgooth . ... -- ••• 1 all Liberty 1 - .... e• 3 all Linares. 5 1 Lusitanian id —id 31 1 all Yfariquita g t i 1 all New Granada 1 all Now Linares Mining and Smelting Co ... . 1 all Nouveau Monde it i i 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 15 16 5 1 Port Philip i 1 1 all Quartz Rock ••• ••• 50 all lthyraney Iron l9 21. 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 111 Santiago de Cuba...,. 51 S. 6 i 1 all South Australian..... 1. 1 10 7, Tin Croft ... ........ .... 14 • -- 2 28 all United Mexican 5l Si 51 i 1 all Waller 'l —f, 1 all West Mariposa i 11 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia - ••• 1 all Yuba , ------ MISCELLANEOITS. 25 174 Australian Agricult. 30i —• 314 20 ... Australsn.Pcilic.Mail ... ... 10 all Aus'zaln. Royal Mail ... — .. 10 7 Berlin Water Works 2i I I 50 40 Brit. Amorican Land 53 6 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. ... ... 100 324 Canada ll9 121 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. and July 1(8 1081 1081 5 all Crystal Palace 3/ 33 32 4 all Crystal Pal.of Franct ... ... 1 i D Liston Trou Oro ... ... 20 5 Eastern Steam . 25 22 ElectrieTelograph(A) 15 16 1 all Electric Talcg. of Ir. ... . 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... .:: 20 all General Screw Stcan „. ... 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sup.: ... ... 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. .., . _ ... 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. „. ..... ... 10 9 Nfoxican&S.Anierien 61 Gi 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fue ... ... 10 5 Netherlands Istml 6 ii 2 1 :.;"S. tea N ul V. N Co a l ; d ig ea a i t tt . ie Co.S r _ C 0 .... ... 1 all N. B. Ar_stralasian I 1 20 12:1 Srt.ll.ofEuropeSteJan ... ... t, all Peel Itr. LI. &!.+.lintl. 2T- -- 3 50 all Peninsular& Oriental r i a 59 5:1 all Do. 2 all Portland Iron c o ll 2 1.00 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austr..l. Invest 1 li 1 4 Ditto New i 25 all South Austral. Land 36 37 1 all Submar. Telegraph 1 all rl . 1t.,,i- , t, , , ,,, i. ..... . il i 20 5 Tr st & Loan Co. of Upper Canada ... • 100 128 a Van Diemeud s Land 'l3 -13 i NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeyls, 4s 0.1 to 8s ; Geese, 4s Od to 6s Gd each; Ducks, 2.1 Gd to 2s 9d ; tame Rabbits , Os Od to Os Od; wild do to is 6d each; Pigeons, 10to 120 per dOz. ; large Survey Fowls, Os Od to Os 04 ; 2s Od to 3s 3d ; Chickens, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3s. 6,1 to 4s 6d; . Bares 2s 311 to 3s 64 ; Grouse, 2s 04 to 2s 3d each ; Partridges; is 94 to 2s 0 I ; Pheasants, 3s Gd to 3s 9tl; Leveret-, 2t , 04 to 2s Gd ; Roasting Pigs, 4s Od to 7s Od ; Guinea Fo 3s Od to 3s 6d each. Ostend fresh butter, lls 6,1 to 12s Cd, and English 12s Oil to 15s Od per dozen lbs. English Egos, Os 6il to lOs Od. French ditto, 6s 9d. to 7s 94 per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from :33 6d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; real, 3s 10d to•4s 8d : pork, 33 41 to 4s 6d per Sibs. WILITECIIA.PEL. Beef, 3s 3.1 to 48 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s ad ; veal, 3a 81 to 4s 6(1. ; pork, 3a 01 to 4s 4d per Saba. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6,1 to lls ; Brills , is Od to 5s each; Salmon, is 3d to is 10d pea: lb; Cod Fish, 2s 6d to 12s each ; Soles, 3d to is Od per par; Eels, 8d to lsOd per lb; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; Crabs, Gd to 28 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 6s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 15s to 248 ; Natives, 568 to 60s per Os per 100 ; Sm e lt s , i s Od t o 3 3 Od per d oz . ; Mackerel, oOd per 1b; Shri mps , i s Gd t o 2 s 6d p e r gallon; is Od to is 6d per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 5s -Od Skate, eO, Blow e rs, to Os per 100. ; Scotch do., cd; Sprats, 8s Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, is Od to 7s each ; Haddocks, 4a to 15s per "uzil s ; Sturgeon, ulrlaie, c 6d per lb ; Prawns, 2s 6d to 3s; 11 4d to is each ; Halibut, 6d per lb; Flo waders, is to is 6 d per dozen. BREAD. Th e prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are frois Oid. to 19d ; of household ditto, 8d to 9d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. '1 1b to 801 b, 3id t o 4d ; 801 b t o 881 b, 4d t o lid ; Market hides , 561 b to 64.1 b, 3i d to 3id ; 6411 s to 721 b, 3, 1 2 11 t 8 ° 81 3 13 ( t( 1 ) ; 961 b, 44d to 4id ; 961 b to 1011 b, Od to 01; 104 to 1121 b od to Od ; upwards, Odto Od ; Horse hides, 5s Gd to Os 0d ; calf skins, tight, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ditto, full, Gs Oct to Od ; polled sheep, Gs 6d to 7s 6d ; Kents, 5s 6d to Gs I ; Half-breds, N 6cl to 6s 6d ; Downs, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; lld to is Od. HAY MARKETS. S lur fine' it '.—Meadow hay, 21153q0 4./ 1.58 01 ; clover ditto, 31 03 to 5115 s ; and straw, 11 3s to 11 9s per load. A full average supply and a slugg ish demand. CIIMBERLASCI 3. Meado w hay , 2/ 183 to 41 181; clover ditto, 3/ Os l .5/ 143 ; and straw. 1/ 4s to V lOs per load. Supply moiler at oly good, and trade rather dull. W nirEcluti*.a 4 .—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 4 ! 15 s; clover ditto, 31 Os to 18s; and st raw , 1/ 38 to 1193 per load. Both hay and Is tray( moved - off slowly, at late rates. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) - - LONDON, March 21.—Wind and weather this day at noon, N.B. ; fresh breeze, with dull, cold weather. There was a hard frost this morning. The John Stewart (brig), of "Whitby, got on the Barrow Sand, and was abandoned, 1' rith 2 feet of water over her cabin floor ; crew saved, and landed at Sheerness. PLYMOUTH, March 23.—W ind, E. Arrived— Queen of the Tyne, from Callao, for F Lutwerp. Sailed —Velocity, fir Adelaide, 5.21. ; Saxon, Cive of Good Hope. FALMOUTH, March 23.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Nil DHe.msp.lrsa,sntdeaumme,r D fr e o e m , pohi C inrt e 2eas y 3m l .. o o_ % i j i , F fo r r ed t e h r e ie c o l , er ch 23.—A rrived--litadrid (a.), from Clyde. N.N.E. Arrived — Alps Gi r sob: :( il i iia s . s . r l,: ys„ f r : r e T o r.s lm ON ' a t ,r h: m o i l i a a C r r23.......wsco, Arrived—Tyne (schooner), of Montrose, for London, with master lost overboard.—The Industry (br ; ig), of Newcastle, sank yes terday, after striking on Dov sing Sand ; crew p i c k e d up by the Mariner, of Prth, arr2.-Fed here. STOCKTON, March 23.—Wired , E.N.E.—The Caledonia, from London, has arrived here with &Image from collision with the French schooner Anais, which received consider able damage; two of tho boys of the latter get on board the former. SHIELDS, March 23. — Wind, E. Arrived—M onarc h, f r om London, with damage, having been run. into off Whitby, en the 18th inst. MILFOED, March 23.—Sailed — Huron, for Honduras. W I TENHOI, March 23.—Tho Medway (bri ;), of Shore ham, was lost on the Whitaker Spot, on the 2 oth instant ; and another brig, coal-laden, was wrecked o n the East Barrowes at the same time—erew saved. SWANSEA, March 23.—Witid,,, E.N.E. Sailed Rhoda rick Dhu, for Cuba; United, Coquimbo ; Marialt.ns Cape do Verds. Calcutta ; Speed , Callao, bc4h for Liverp oo l . LEITH, March 22.--Arrived—Jesoie Mit c h e ll , frevl , Monte Video. KING6T3N, March 22. — arrived—S ara h Ann., ,from (rF.tt ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) SourriticarroN, Saturday, 11 n.m. The United States h ail btemt : ship St. Louis, pith the uhttal fortnightly American mails, from Now York, has ari‘vod off Cowes; she brings dates to tho 10th inst. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morn Ws. \i A l v a' et- N l-17;: AVrlenroy, from Calcutta; S. Cildoreleeves, Baltimore ; Marti a, Rotterdam. (BY SDIM ARI NIL AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.40 A.m. Wind, N.E. ; tide , four hours' ebb; stron g , and cloudy. (s.),r oit from Ostend. Lauaces Oporto. ton ; Lightfoot, Calcutta; s A a r i x i i e v a eLl a u n. tn for t Holland (s.), Ostend ; • DEAL, Saturday, 9.30 a.m. Wind, N.E. ; fresh, and cloudy. Anchored —Cowper, from Callao, for London; her Ma jesty's ship Driver, from Portsmouth. Passed, 231—Catherine Jamieson, from Low.lon, for Jamaica. into consideration, he had no doubt a very slight addition to their number would enable the judges to go four:circuits in the year instead of two circuits, as at present. With a moderate increase of the county court judges at the same time, there might be, if not forty-two, at least twenty-six criminal courts held once a fortnight in every county in the country. He admitted that the expense would be great, but there was a fund which might be made applicable to this purpose. He had no doubt a great saving of expense and a great improvement would be effected. The average cost of each prisoner in Scotland was 131., the average cost of each prisoner in England was 211., and he was most anxious to make a fair proportion from the dietary, w hi c h might be different in the two countries. After inquiry into the subject, he found that only 21. was to be ascribed to the difference of diet. With respect to clothing, which was dearer in Scotland, a prisoner had the option of wear ing his own or the prison clothing. In Scotland the prison clothing was universally chosen, so that in Scotland the clothing was dearer than in England. Again, in Scotland, from the work which• was done by the prisoners, the average of 191., after allowing for the 21. from the diet, was reduced to an average of 131. It would therefore be observed that a total saving of 90,0001. or 100,0001. would be gained by the adoption of this improvement ; but the incalculable benefit in the moral improvement of the pri soners, and in their moral character, must also be taken -into consideration. He must apologise to their lordships for the time be had taken, but the subject was one of the utmost importance. He would quote the opinion of Sir Matthew Hale, who, as the result of his experience and long reflection on the subject of legal defects and law amendments, had left, his opinion to the following effect : —"That the amendment of the law ought to be done by judicious and competent persons. Reforms must be done some time or other, or they would be done by persons actuated by enmity to the profession, mistaken int - ntions, or for popular favoiir. Amendments ought to be made in time by persons who knew their business, and much evil would result unless the business was undertaken by such hands. It would otherwise be too late, and it would give occasion for the pretext that, as the lawyers and judges would not make the reforms, they must be done by other hands." If a person went on a travel to indulge his curiosity in a distant country, and on his return stated that ho had found a people, not in the depths of barbarism, who had laws for the punishment of crime, but who had no means of carrying those laws into execution ; who left in the hands of persons most likely to abuse them ' or not likely to perform their work at all ; in this country which this person had explored, he had also found that some things were considered not offences, and others whi c h were not offences were most severely punished, and that persons were imprisoned month after month who were all the time innocent, andmight all the time be able to prove their inno cence ; that i n some par t s of this country the administration of the law was as per fect as it could be devised, whilst in all others it was as wrong as it could be; if a person should say this, it would hardly be believed that such a country could possibly ex ist on the face of the earth ; yet it would turn out that this was only a faint and imperfect description of the country in which their lordships were living. On the last occasion on which he had addressed their lordships on this subject he had told the late Lord Chief Justice that these addresses were the testamentary acts of persons in their situation ; but he little thought his words would then be so unhappily and so soon true. He (Lord Brougham) deemed it hie duty to bequeath these observations on these most important subjects to their lordships and to the country before ho was called home, or before he sank, as he was daily more and more tending, into the state of feebleness incidental to old age. (Hear.) The noble and learned lord concluded by moving his resolutions, stating that it was the imperative duty of Government to direct their attention to these highly important subjects. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he could not follow his noble and learned friend through the important subjects to which he had so lucidly and ably cull attention, and if he did not attempt to do so he trusted that his apology would be that the only notice which his noble and learned friend had given was his intention to call the attention of the , 1 house to criminal procedure. Of course, on a subject so vast, and involving such important considerations, it was impossible ho could be prepared to follow the able, lucid, and long—although not too long—statement of his noble friend. He (the Lord Chancellor) could only say that with the great bulk of those observations he most entirely and most heartily agreed. In what was the fittest and most practicable remedy opinions might differ, and it would not become him to offer off-hand any confident opinion. With regard to some of the observations he must express his entire concurrence. In the first place, the organisation of the police throughout the country was a perfect anomaly, and almost seemed to be contrived to secure impunity to criminals. Government had turned their attention to the subject-, and last year the noble lord now at the head of her Majesty's Government had brought in a bill for the purpose. He (the Lord Chancellor) must express his re gret that the measure had not passed, whatever might be the defects in it. He also trusted that some measure with. out the defects of the bill of last session might be eventu ally adopted with regard to criminal prosecutors. He agreed in the abstract that the existence of such functiona ries would be attended with great benefits, but when his noble and learned friend spoke et* a single public prosecu tor, he (the Lord Chancellor) could hardly think that SCO would be sufficient to discharge the duties of such officers. One or more would at least be required in all the large towns and more important districts. Ho believed, how ever, that the wants of the country would require the power of proceeding as was now done. It might be the relic of a barbarous age, but he could never believe that it would be allowed that on great questions it should be left to any officer of the Crown to say whether the offences should be prosecuted or not. In the case of murder, for instance, the institution of the coroner, which was a popular institution, was a means by which the public always felt that they had the power of bringing a delinquent to justice if the magis trates did not choose to do so. He must, therefore, guard himself from assenting to the suggestion that the institu tion of public prosecutors would be a safeguard against many of the evils which his noble and learned Island had so ably exposed. In the case of a man committed for for gery, against whom a true bill was found, but a witness was not forthcoming, lie did nut see how a public prosecu tor could remedy that, or that there was any remedy ex cept by keeping the witnesses in close confinement until they wore wanted. He believed that his noble and learned friend would agree that this remedy would be worse than the disease, but any witness who chose would otherA ise escape the public prosecutor just as easily as he did at pre sent. With regard to the increase of the number of the ass i zes an d sessions, he was much inclined to agree with his noble friend, and to think that, to some extent, an in crease might be not only desirable, but practicable. Here again, however, it must be borne in mind that the ques tion was out a balance of the inconveniences, and as long as they had trial by jury they would always find it ex tremely difficult in small counties to secure juries oftener than at present. Lord BROUGHAM made some observations with re spect to paid juries. The LORD CHANCELLOR—There were once paid juries in the Exchequer Court, and the measure which abolished them was most popular. He entirely agreed that there were great grievances, but unless they had a court constantly sitting to dispose of the cases as they arose, there must always be delay. It was a case of the balance of how much ; but ho was prepared to say that Government ought to take into consideration, and would no doubt take into consideration, the question whether there should be additional assizes and sessions. He trusted that it would not bo supposed that he was answering or commenting upon the observations of his noble friend, for ho felt that he could only discharge the last most imper fectly. He could only express his general concurrence in the Observations of his noble and learned friend, and in the truth of his proposition that something ought to be done in the matter. After a few remarks from Lord BROUGHAM the subject was allowed to drop, and Their lordships adjourned at twenty minutes past seven HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. fte following bills were read a third time, and passed: --Brighton Improvement Commissioners and Municipal Corporation ; Folkestone Water ; Hoarwithy Bridge ; Lands Improvement Company ; Ratcliff Gas ; Surrey The Rotherham Gas and the Stalybridge Gas Bills were considered, and ordered to be read a third time. The Medical, Invalid, and General Life Assurance Society (Stamp Duty on Memorials), was reported. The West London and Crystal Palace and Westmin ster Terminus Railways, and the Southampton Paving Trust, St. Pancras Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ was ordered for the borough of Wilton, in the room of Mr. A'Court, who had accepted the office of Income-tax Commissioner. PETITIONS. Mr. WILCOX presented a petition from the corpo ration of Southampton, against certain clauses in the Public Health Bill. Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition from the cor poration of Sheffield, praying for the repeal of the news paper stamp. t3ir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from Brentford, praying for the opening of the British Museum and National Gallery cm Sundays. Sir J. PAXTON presented a petition from Coventry, praying for the repeal of the Beer Act of last session ; also a petition from the Licensed Victuallers of the same place against throwing open their trade. Mr. GIBSON presented a petition from the National Temperance Society praying fjr the repeal of the news paper stamp. Mr. K. SEYMER presented a petition from Wilt shire praying that public-houses may be closed the entire of Sundays. Mr. BERKLEY presented a petition from Bristol in favour of the Friendly Societies Bill ; also a petition from the newspapers of the same place praying for the repeal of the newspaper stamp. Mr. HORSFALL presented a petition from the Pro testant Association of Liverpool, complaining that a certain person had assumed the title of Bishop of Liver pool, and praying that the law officers of t h e Cr own might be instructed to enforce the law against hiin. Mr. A. PELLATr presented petitions from certain Dissenting bodies in the West of England, complaining of the conduct of the Bishop of Exeter, in refusing, to consecrate their burial ground'', unless they complied with coLditi , )ris Avilich they did not believe were antlo,- rieed by the Burial Act. Also petitions from viri: ) us rrivat3 complainin;; that they were deP r'ved by the Burial Act of malting use of ce rta i n vaultsu on shish they had spent large sums o f money. I . PAR KHURST BARRACKS. Colonel HARCOU[IT a , ked whether it was true, that in November last tiler.: was an inspection of the sheeting in use in Parkhurst barracks, when a very large quantity was condemned, and put aiide for the express purpose of being immediately forwarded t 9 the Crimea, fir 11SO a 3 bandag,es and lint, but t';at till very recently, if not up to that time, it remained at Parkhurst, and was not used for any purpose :—Whether it was true that Lord Methuen, the colonel of the Wiltshire Militia, declined allowing his men to be embarked for the Mediterranean in the troop ship Resistance, in consequence of his not considering her fit for the purpose; whether it was not then proposed to send out the drafts of the Guards in her, who equally objected ; and whether drafts of the Highland brigade, 65 / 74 8 98 991 all all all all 5 10 St. St. 5 69j 7'o 72 i 61a i [OO tt:o 100 100 :00 100 20 20 20 25 all all all all lie Jr. or of some other regiments, have not,Peen sinCe sent iR that ship. Mr. PEEL said he would answer the questions om Monday. THE MILITIA.. Colonel CLIFFORD asked the Secretary of Stsite for/ the Home Department, whether in his or:11°110s act of 12th May, 1854, had not deprived any militiaman, whether enrolled before or since, of any right to claim. his discharge by reason of the embodiment of the mi. litia without the existing danger of invasion 1 Sir G. GREY gave it as his opinion that the provi sions of the act of last session applied alike to itnilitia• men enrolled before as after the passing of the act. That, . was the opinion of the law officers of the Crowt JAVA BURIAL GROUNDS. Mr. G. DUNDAS asked the Under Secretary for War if the Government had taken any steps with re gard to the state of the burial grounds in the neighbour. hood of Balaklava, and the lar4e quantity of deeayino. and putrid substances in the vicinity, to counteract th; natural effects of so much offensive matter, and prevent as far as possible the spread of fever and disease 1 Also if those composing the sanitary commission, recently sent out to the Crimea, were indued with full powers to adopt at once such means as p.lny. appear to them neces sary to secure the health of the troops ? Mr. PEEL said the attention of the commissioners hail been especially (Erected to that subject, and large quan tities of peat charcoal, and other disinfectants were about to be sent out to be placed at their disposal. The commissioners had the power referred to in the second iuestion. TRADE WITH CHINA. Mr. GREG SON asked the First Lord of the Tread ,ury, with reference to the notification from the Board. Trade of the 12th instant, published in the London" Gazette of the 13th, on the subject of the coasting trade in China, whether the coasting trade in China by British ships was thereby extended beyond the five ports named in the treaty of 1842 ; if so, whether British ships might proceed at once under the local authority from Amoy, without waiting for the sanction of the Im perial Government at Pekin ; and, whether goods sent coastwise in British ships would be admitted at the same duty as goods imported in Chinese vessels ? Lord PALME RSTON said the permission bad been granted not by the imperial but by the local authority, and he was unable to say whether it extended beyond. the five ports or not. He was unable to answer the second question. TOOLS FOR THE ARMY. Mr. H. BAILLIE asked the Clerk of the Ordnance whether any trenching tools of a superior description to those originally sent out had been forwarded to the army of the Crimea, or whether the Board of Ordnance was still prepared to maintain that the tools originally sent out were of the best description that could be ob• tained in this country ? Mr. MONSELL entered into a lengthened explana• tion in reply to the question. The tools he said were partly supplied by colonels of the regiments, and partly by the Board of Ordnance. The tools used in the Crimea were issued from Woolwich, and. were made after a pattern agreed on by a board of general officers. Conflicting statements of the quality of these tools had been made to the Ordnance, and under those circumstanses an officer had been sent to Woolwich to examine the tools about to be despatched to the army. If they were found to be bad in quality, of course the order for sending theta out would be countermanded ; but perhaps the hon. gentleman would repeat his question on a future day. Mr. ROEBUCK inquired if it was true that the tools sent out were reported against by a commission of general officers that met in the camp at Chobham ? Mr. MONSELL had never heard of the commission, but he would make inquiries about it. 'MINES. Mr. BELL asked the Attorney-General whether any and what progress had been made towards a settlement of the rival claims of the Duchy of Cornwall and the Woods and Forests to minerals below high-water mark? Also, if any arrangement had been proposed by which leases or licences can be granted pending the settlement of those claims to parties desirous of working mines in the disputed localities, or what prevented such an arrange ment being entered into ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the dispute was making progress towards settlement. Pending the dis pute, however, a bill would be brought in to enable the Crown to grant leases. THE SARDINIAN LOAN. Mr. BOWYER asked the First Lord of the Treasury, whether her Majesty's Government intended, previous to bringing before Parliament the supplemental treaty, by which her Majesty engages to lend two millions to Sardinia, to lay before this house papers showing the condition of the finances of that country ? Lord PALMERSTON said he had no doubt that Sardinia would be able to pay interest upon the sum of 2,000,000/., which England was about to lend to her, but he could give no particular information as to the condition of the finances of that State. IRISH BILLS. In reply to Mr. E. B. RocilE, Mr. HORSMAN stated he proposed to postpone the Fairs and Markets (Ireland) Bill, and the Juries (Ire land) Bill, until after Easter. The Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Bill would be taken on Monday. MILITIA BOUNTY. Captain STUART asked the Secretary for War whetO(r the remainder of the 6/. bounty promised to all militia recruits (on their enrolment) would be paid to those men who had lat(ly been discharged, as married men with lane families ? Mr. PEEL said the bounty was only paid for sit years' service. CONVENTION WITH SARDINIA. Lord P.ALMEIZSTON brought up a message f ro nt the Crown, which was read by the Speaker from the chair. It stated that her Majesty, in conjunction with the Emperor of the French, had entered into a military convention with the King el Sardinia, whereby her Ma jesty agreed to equip and keep up for the pure poses of the present war a f r e of 15,000 men. 'Her .7'.,Lejesty had also entered into a supple mental convention with the King of Sardinia, in which she undertook to ask her Pa rliament to give her powers to advance to his Majesty by way of lean a suns of 1,000,0001. sterling, to be paid in two instalments of 500,0001. eacb, one immediately after such power was obtained, and the other within six months afterwards, In the event of the war continuing, her Majesty further undertook to recommend to her Parlia ment to all 9w an tdditional 1,000,0001. to he advanced to his Majesty the King of Sardinia within twelve months after the first loan--his Majesty undertaking to pay interest at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum upon both loans, 1 per cent. of which to be treated as a sinking fund. Her Majesty concluded her most gracious message by declaring that she relied upon the zeal of her most faithful Commons to enable her to make good the engagement which she had contracted with his Majesty the King of Sar dinia. On the motion of Lord PALMEBSTOX it was agreed that the message should be taken into consideration on Monday next. THE FAST-DAY SERMON. On the motion of Lord PALMERSTON, seconded by Mr. Disn.tEra, it was agreed that the thanks of the house should be presented to the Rev. Mr. Melville fur the able sermon which he preached before the house in St. Margaret's Church, on Wednesday, and that the ser mon should be printed and circulated amongst mem bers. IRISH APPOINTMENTS. On the motion that the house at its rising should ad-- journ until Monday next, Mr. MACARTNEY asked if the appoiatinent of an Income tax Commissioner which had recently been made was to fill up the vacancy occasioned by the re tirement of Mr. O'Flaherty, the Irish Commissioner ? Lord PALMERSTON replied in the negative. Mr. F. FRENCH complained that it was too much the practice of appointing Englishmen to Irish offices. He thought such offices ought to be more freely ills tributed amongst Irishmen. Mr. WILSON declared that the appointment to which special reference had just been made in no way related to Ireland. Its duties were wholly confined to England. The subject then dropped. INTERMENT ACT. Mr. A. PELLATT drew attention to the imperfect tions which prevailed in the existing Interment Act. They were so framed as to place Dissenters at the mercy of the bishops, and the consequence was that they were compelled, when burying their dead upon consecrated ground, to dispense with the services of their own minis ters, and put up with those of clergymen belonging to the Church of England. (Hear, hear.) In point of fact, the bishops refused to consecrate the Church portion of a cemetery unless it was walled off from that appropriated t Dissenters ; and he, there fore, called upon the house.to deal with the subject imme diately, by taking the law of consecration out of the hands of the bishops, and bring it within the jurisdic tion of the civil government. Lord PAL ME RSTON did not anticipate that there would be any difficulty in this matter so far as the me tropolis was concerned. No metropolitan graveyard had been closed which was not previously reported against, w hile he was given to underst an d th at t h ose grave yards that had been closed had made ample provisions for the burial of the dead in cemeterie Mr. FITZROY d e f en d e d the existing law, and stated public that in the case of cemeteries, Di s senters and Churchmen contributed in equal proportion. towards their support. Mr. HAD FIELD said the hon. member far South wark bad twice attempted to bring this subject formally before the house, and twice bad he been coon ted out. This evening's discussion, however, had by no means exhausted the subject, and since lie thoneht the " count lierB c , u t " Nvcr, attributAble• to official inte rfcrence, lie 11,,ped the horocral.l., member Croy Id atilt persevere til he got a night for ventilating the whu:e cpestion. D. VV. NVILLIPIS denounced the pr.,•JLtiee rtf counting Out whenever the question for disculiioll W4EI impalatatle to the Government. After a few words from Mr. MALIN3 the ruiption fix a ijournment was ::greed to. NEWSPAPER St AMP BILL. Mr. DEEDES gave notice that on tia;" -- inoii.on for the second reading of the Newspaper Stamp Bill, :he should move as an amendment that the second reading be post poned until af ) .*:.r the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made his financial statement. DWELLING-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) MAILL. This bill was read a second time an 3 ordewed to be committed. EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE OF SCOTLAND. The LORD -ADVOCATE, in moving lfor leave to bring i❑ a bill to provide for the education of tile people of Scot land, begged to remark in the first place that the bill was the same in substance as the measure pf last year. R. 1 20 20 6 20 all 3 10 2s. -16