The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-16 00:00:00

seer e o a : 4 s or t° ; ll ,6000 . 01 , 105 , Re" ib : in ; to vint A ‘. el/ 1 1. ' 0 4 P--400,04 peP tOr be Vb er • 4 1 7 - 00 Or a al e 60 a i ll fa tb ° •- 00 l , A 0 mAtof °"O4 o to 0 v F -4 t "Aids, i per Cent... .. . ..... 8 7 li,t4 tile Account — urici lli tto 11.. 8 13 per Cent 864 37 .t)'- Sit 6 , Form,„ per cent BOl 4 4 t he Account Botl / tit v 2lcle,N per Cent.. d 8 on the above payable in London 7 1 1 4 K E L T.ELLiciBiA CB. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. :atom market at Liverpool yesterday was and there was no alteration in prices. The ;re estimated at 8,000 bales (1,000 of which or export, and 1,000 on speculation), emu -10 Perna and Marantlate, at 64(1. to (i:/d ; 'a, at 6FI. ; 400 Egyptian, at Nd. to ; Surat, at 3d. to 4 7-161 per lb. The darket closed firm, with an upward ten prices. colonial produce markets, this week, there !la a limited business done in sugar, but qices have been obtained. Coffee has been but full prices have been realised for in Ceylon, and native has ruled at 475. to per cwt. Not much has been done in rice, pices there has been very little inquiry. has been firmer, and cochineal more h. Russian staples have generally ruled . tallow has receded 3d. to 61 per cwt. Congou tea has remained a t 941. per lb ., rates have been current for good and fine inins ular mails, which in due order should ;abed from London on the morning of the ~ will not be made up until the mor►mi g Ly, the 20th. Letters postcd on the morn 20th will be in time. for Australia per Ballarat wilbe in time to-morrow, Saturday evening. teamer Argo, belonging to the General )2npany, has made a rapid passage home, 41 Melbourne on the 9th January. We another proof at least of what steam can th, even in such distant voyages. The le accounts, judging from the outline ' telegraph, are not encouraging, more laving occurred. The letters will not be until to-morrow morning, but, as the is detained, there will be just time to lge them. Lval of the ship Swarthmore, from Aus ;er a long detention at- the Sandwich affords great satisfaction, as she has on board ; lowing official queries and answers have ved from Adelaide, and afford data for ilusions as to the prospects of emigrants Australia iat is the expense of erecting a country dwell le to an agricultural labourer ?—From 301, at is the rent of a town lodging suitable to and his family?-10s. a week and upwards. iat funds have been placed at your disposal past quarter for the relief of immigrants ? chere any fund in the colony for the relief of tte poor ?—A sum of money is annually voted, ler the charge of the Destitute Poor Board. e the description of labour which is in request ty ?—Agricultural labourers, and good domes also mechanics. Id the rate of immigration of the last quarter demand for labour V---It might be safely in- id it be safely increased with reference to the iood in the colony ?—Quite safely. ite any particulars relative to immigration. 'and for labour which you think may be use -ly the demand for mechanics for building la g been great, and is likely to increase." ,ed States Securities this week, accord itatement of Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and has been a steady market, hut with LS limited in Government Stock and kds. The Illinois and the Panama RAH were in request. The current prices ws Redeem able. Per Cent. :s 6 per Cent. Bonds 1862... 98 99 s 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...106 107 LOS 6 per Cent. Inscribed 1867-1868...105 106 Mate 5 per Cent 1858 to 1830... 90 92 5 per Cent ... 73 80 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 81 83 .s 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1868...102 103 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) .. 91 92 Per Cent. (Steil. Bonds) 1858-9-66.... 83 81 `or Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 85 85 )r Cent: Bonds . „ 1886... 86:1 87 Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1876 .. 104 10,i LOANS OF CITIES. tr Cent - 1857-1865... 83 6 per Cent. Bonds 1893... 80 do. do. • 1874... 7 do. do 1834... i 2 RAILROAD BONDS. Al 7 per Cent. 187 5 .... 69 70 Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster -1859... 93 Central R. Rd . 6 p. 8 592i 90 1 4 Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort 18 ' 6 8-LISO-100 101 gie 7 per Ceut. 3d . ...... . ........................ 82 84 Erie 7p. Convertible..lB7l... 74 Lie 7 per Cent. Siukiug _.. .................. ... 76 78 ;( - 1 arrivals of bullion, amounting to .ncluding the Argo's freight with that arthmore, gives increased buoyancy to market, and with a proTect of increased igh the wafshould go on, provided the uspicious. For some time the accumu ital has been very perceptible, and the not be likely to find such profitable em ir theirsurpluses as during the year 1854. rcely any speculation going ou to attract 4 • except th e -l oan w hi c h our Government 4 a lre to raise, and which will again pass S te 3 ' into circul a ti on f or t h e war expen di ture, S? et " not the usual p u bli c c h anne l s afforded by 7 1 (4 4 , t `'.'1e borrowing of foreign states or by new V4t h tial undertakings. The price at which the 'ett 4% of ti l , ean was yesterday taken will afford an t i !)l t of e value of money on good security, the " 1 100 0 , flgland having given 101/. 6s. 4d. for kkth, ~,. at 4 per cent. 1 1 4 . 4 0 English Funds have been at advanced rates L 'he improvement being 4 per cent. 1 Con k:l,lre been quoted 931 sand since 934 8 - i for i 4 ). and 93 / for account. There have been e 4 t 1 ° Pie in the New 21- per Cents. at 79 and 80. 1 1 , 1 4 : r uia Stock has been dealt in at 225. Ex. 1, 4 tills are 6s. to Os., and India Bonds Ils. • premium. `e til ,, Exchequer Bonds are 99k. ria:',Voreign Stock Market prices are generally Ct:t oti lLt Turkish have advanced to 80i i. Spanish V ol 'k l e,,ave been done at 37 ; Mexican bonds have Oo t :°i, and Brazilian at 101 k. Greek St o, k ' 4 0% 4 1 quoted 5i ; Sardinian is at 861 to 87i ; 6 f e ta. brings 22k. kN .°l l owin g are the nominal prices of foreign I)2C-Grena,da Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Alexi -104 t o 20 . 1 1 - • Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto Three 44 $•, 60 to ' 52; Portuguese Four pi.•r Cents., .p; Russian Five per Cents., 99 t o 101 ; Ntt e ur - and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; .0, 414. Yew D e f erre d, 18$ to 18i ; ditto Three W., 364 1 to ni ; ditto Certificates, 4i to 5; kt. 4 t,ttl. 'Nye, 41 to 4g. Railw a y Share Market has been rather 10 1 though the amount of business done is IL f i ,_ ..Grea . t . Northern, North-Western, i M b idn -4%744 r u t :lb liee S t riti T sh b , e a F nd bre iktt i CaledonianShares leave been ee 0 44 Antwerp and Rot b terdam have further 4444UnitedMexican Mine Shares are higher, the 4 14,4 4 : e nominal, and Crystal Palace is better. i 1:1 FUNDS TA'S DAY 4.1 ONE 0 ., • ;.• ;'_ ',. r Prom the °Altai ti, . qs,eL,t n tin , inag:; (lot, , I ,' -onsols Annuities N It<r Cent Annuities ) t,2lc. ' 225 1Z0.114. £lOOO . .. • 47 4.4 4: 11 ,11der 210 00 l4 ''.A.ccount April • 933 ' i L' l oo o 4e r Bills. i(i. ' 00 NI .................................. : .... 6 9 1 / 4 4 4,1 . t 4 .1 ... .............. ... .......... ....... 6 9 ytt o 130 rids 1858, 3a per Cent. . 9 -ji I N A t ., 1859, ~ 'lttiia ` ll FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONF: O'CLO U K k iN t llgkis, 5 per Cent lOl4 kt,l 4 SA Alt 3 per Cont. tiitu l lZhe Account 2O; t_ ,` 0 HALP-PART TWil. 0 10 ,11 0, la t! 140 . April Account t, 41,1 IkIN til wl? ROBBER? or CHURCH VAVLTS.—Two men te r NSa a'e, father and son, were taken before . the liVi" l llazist t s on Monday, on . suspicion of i ll . r e e otTe st r :le e n, and the other received, a qua ld n. 4)44l4billirre.trl e c rn o s ffi n n d s ed in . vaults in a church at Mo , )L1t1.1q)441..,,011 AUSTRALIA. GENERAT : T-OFFICF, t 4 ) - I, 4(l. e .'' l' h ' h e next mail for Australia will P brforwarded :,-,t , th o 'r.ll..er ship Marc, Polo, under a contract made poi bt" ma ster-General with the . owners of that vessel /101: 4111.. P c ". The Marco Polo is app?i i nt e e x d t to m b ld e d a e li ! 1 1 :,.,fon, Liverpool on the sth Ap_i_l l _ri es, I ,_ "tl:!lllll;l444ll4l7sB,Pa a P n e d rs V fo arri N D e ren S ie o n e ' t s h Land, Wi p V os ie te te d ri i i n i !(1 41 V td , to the evening of the 4th April, or posted or e ll - 111 Liver ), 1 up to the morning of the sth I -4tal l not • I a° be sent by any oth, r vessel s , t t v 4 for a ddressed to gildedlollNtagelliar by the Marco Polo. TiLe packet rates Ilqt b e ,be chargeable on letters, but nespapers 1, 11 :e i ll t haw, to any postage. Those postmasters d el 13,etions direct . them nd to in fo t rc letters s r a d ru,p, to anner, "68 e4t er o ll eaoasiolisnt will send pigtel m ttcir Aces 1441 11 kg 441tillieh ' 20 10 10 10 5 20 20 ti L-• it. 201 00 20 20 20 6 20 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 rgiftv . ( s nametece),,,A ad cles?at', Frogs 17 44, are Slow' ;pus, Ad ;her wise , T 1 aea o rtliss co ,rs and 'a must w 'Wee the aells'ito pr e it re. f or Score; blng 81 bo ll fl "ia fig ell , B ° L - 700 went ell ,Ltare ip is rot ',env cage wsl , /. 4 ..11 be aock m b een her Cell litead eert pr II be °lit° 81, leter a Crash Plaht Tb, e, • 4 75. p ati° ' )itheglY' aaa vats, w ere , saltpetref °r it e Saperi!; 4 41 , 3n uest. cut th - ;' , and after a h Prnon tentr , fall doe Ise r 60, and The 'es• I with •ha di Pe: sloop, 1 1 th 11)a te posterd# (4T 'list., e d stro 11 , e sda• t . l Ol yteb es i , the at spit , Aft ,if tter, srboa r t rh p o sted: ,f tbs ,e2v" he • tryl t( arse CoO2I 116 . 4 Ing . 0 , , thu s e renal me )oell s4 i sE . et 'f i iitb e by ll oho's* f Oh, re 8 ha Idef taNered .lel t - ;;`tat i s ,l'h °W „ led; e 4 4,14arri• stew; aft a 2 4 „8(1 8 f ' •gi oil, pengOf the : : :1 4 141t ete cs o ce ucl iN • 4 04 10 •if th Os of A l aell) 1, i larld ig k te Wha late Cf? . 70 /. l table er 011ts$atbtiost' 2 F' yy •• ' 3 "aalc ; 9 1.1 vviaa, ° o4e C , th e r . th at • a% , o! t o • - th Doc 7ph bit Ute ar;okr - pile ,t undo 'l' ,ert S , , „a . a • c S tate • Qa ,$ Si 14t;41. tts, "oul eb ille c t e pt* %kit/the d ed . o ,l‘ ,01,4 :141k.„',q481ie8s;:tiaui:( ,„ d 4 P0 &4 • atteri ot i ,) has ‘b 96 lit tnit 8 1 bf ti ler el.Pr• i" 4 t k tet e s ;1 6 btkte tr'as 441 shares wad er k tones Il ktt e 4 " well: 90 0 , P i t4tes tea tate vent e a s at e styli 11. 1'e 444 Yr k rirsei.--,fsihrh,;:bia S ;tts c 'Ce5P.j. brti:tiogt . 1 41 4 Per ‘444 r oce o 6 per illis° A 9, 11 ° 4 etr, 0, 5 0 - t o elia 6 pet Der, lett Se • t '? , 'Jo. SZ,e,Ptra t , 114 " per erd be en ' Vlva"d;') br a t t „l ( ork ti a`: , " 66 A, .. JO. t 4 e Tivol ° 0 ....... of "rli and to !Y ork lli and ' P, n' d e ? ... ....... r ' - 00.'00 It 60 0/ isos tee 10 lislred; d' if 4 1tlio w th e , 01104 of cap' at cap $ Will be ?Jr" r t ; e 4.00,7; reintfor ,b 0 111.1 S r ty Sean h,21,11,3_ RE M Rl< 7TS, h. I A ~r-----. RAILW A YS. RArr.wAys. Closing Prices yesterday. Business done this day. Aborcleon ..... A mbv: No ttrl. Boß' 1 !I e”, tg. , v ` ...)0... , 11 , 11' y B:rkenhd. Lauesi. Cheshire (o. Cheap. & Birk., £5 , ) and l 5 C.Tv- Do., ..... & Tyn origitia £25 (issd. at £4: ;11 iste: • • ~,,, • Oat marthen and Ca , digan Chester & Cork and Rtn , ton Cork., Black, & C•n•nwall if 'riot! Junction Dundee Perth &A New...... „ st . Co anti . .4,stelll Uniort, Atock Sto,A. :)0., Neu A....., nbar;411.3,1 Edirtb. Peeble6 , `;din. Pith A Dun.l,e ti9rth ht Clyde Jun.,. Furness. Do. Extension.. GlasgowkS_ A esOn refi.t. Northern ,„ Do., A. Stock J).)., B. Stock. Gre:Lt • Stour Val, Ra Gila. Stk I risli South-Eastoru. I.3neaster & Cari 'Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds hancash. and York, 100., Fifths Vt'st. Riding Ui.l biv.Crsby.&Sonthpt. London & Bla4: `_o^ d. Bright & S.I3A Loud. and N. We,t;!!4. - ! Do. Fifths ...... 1)o.10/. Sh., :11&B, 1)0. Eighths ILondon Vir andS. , stp 'Do., £5O Do., £40.. ,n.litdrry& Colerain i,uanclrry.& Enniric ,fl4.l3cli.Slle At Liu& Do. No. & I IT , Nfitiland [limn g. &Derb , fidld,Q, West.fir, Half Stares._ :44,-Irfonst Newurkt.BuryExten. Nwpt.Aborg, &Hrt 'ewry & Enniskilte .` , Tewry Warre►.►poiw Rostrovor. .:rorfolit . \Torthu.Counties i 7, ' , Tortll British. 4orth Devon, No No, 2 • , 0., A Deferre . R Guar:tilt-4 ] , i.Eastern—Berwi,i do. Extension . ..do. Pureit )o. Le ,cls Du. York.. Forth LonJ>n ~ D. New Lit), stead, and City Jr. Stafford,4lli aortic Western. ';. Az S. Westrn.Jiim, ttneaton, Muck !.,y Leicester... ford, Worcester, :k n'olverharupton • ... N.rtsmouth ttish Central is ~ttieh Nfid hind wsby. dz_ , ropslifrt , Uutot uti, Devon .. rtL Easterri „ .n 0 Waleb ........ v rksh. Ri v. 1%). ;,..1. - nos, Wok. iz •tocktoli it Darli .. ~ktou Es t(atrtlrt;' , 1 1 Vale. '• :- .hares. • Pref., No. I ,111,,t3 Haven Awl ft ..... V•O,k Noath... ~terf ' nu "aterfor I,llUrner , Nest A'ost End of Londe• ::nd Crystal Palact ,Vt!st Loudon Arimbledn &Croyclonl 203 - 213 -3 4i 84 8i 13 -12 i 6 - 17 74 •- i is 3 ; -• 2.3 5j 61 11 - 15 - 28 20 - 22 72 A 58 2d par 21 7) - 7 . 2 87i - 8.41 70 - 72 - 25 91 93 65 - 65 i 5) - 70 - 73 5i -- 6i, 5 6iip; 8A 97 9,4 99 1091 d 1 Bt4 —85 A 8 7A ; 24 - 24 7i - 39 i - 70 10 - 42 24 48 -- BO 3$ 3 ! 29 30 . 7 9 11 5 7 72i 733 7 6id 41 31 121 12: 49i 40 - 50 d par 4i 5)1 C 1 1 d yar 29 - 101 --- 103 64 E 6 45 -- 47 12: 3 1 ;3 Go¢ 61 -- 29 4 2 2 - 1 4 -- ti 3.; -4; 32 - 4 - Ci - 7 FOREIGN. .':fitvz?cp. , .,itotterdam telgiau Ea.stn. .111 m, Bezi ors to Graissesaat: !tombay, Barorla, an,! Central I tolio„Scril Control of Italy I )etuerara Diion awl Eleqancon !►ntch Rhenish Eastern of France i)o. New East Indian Do. EY :ensio Do. 41 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible I ►o. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of o,..nadaA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. ..... Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till '62 'h►. Comp. 6 p. c., do Gt. Central of Franc.' Do. New 5 per cent Great Liixembour. Constituted Share, Do. Obligations . . 1 , h. Westorn o f Clanwl Sliaros Rds., payablo's7 with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O . Do. do., '73, without option flrimilton & Toronto De. 6 per cent. Lake Cont.t & Basle !Awes. & Pistoja 5 p.e pref Lyons and Geneva Liyons & ItediteiTaL Do. Now Maria Antonia ) 0: do. New amur di Liege (witi • interest).... Do. (ex interest) 'Tortherii of France. D 0.20/. Slis.late Char 'croi and Erqueline 3$ p. c. & rcd.l at 22M, dur. 8S yrs.' l'rom 1 Jan. 185 I Do. 201. 3 p. c (fmy.l3. 413 Am s. She.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Attu Bonds :'aria and Orleans Paris and Rouen— .., "arisCaAm & Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre...., Danish loyal Swedish iambre and Meuse._ ►o. 54 p. cent. Pref. '..zonthern of France ' At. Andrew's and Quebec (A) 'Test Flanders Do 54 per c. Pref Western of Prance._ , vost. of Switzerland esbadet Aealand L 8 -- B.f 1 - - par i p 2 - 14 331 33.,4 • - 9 8 91 -- 81 47 49 87 - 89 par - ip - 3 2i - 3 17i - /8 96 - 98 95 - 97 101 m 103 92 94 19 -19 i 98 -- 100 1 - • 2ip 1/ lb 6i - 7i 34f -34 i 121 - 12, 21i - 22 p 1 47 49 1 39 41 Pro 21i —22 i ar 2 lid 8 —B4 ... - ••• ••• - pm - 4 ti - 7ir 18 - 18~ BANKS. 82 -- 84 ld—id • -"" ••• - 24.1 201 -- 211 d ip 34 - 3G 39 - 41 36 40 64 - 66 7 - 9 Pt JOINT-STO Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Compaw British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia. Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China , Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. ol Australia rat° Now ., London aul County.. London Joint Stock .. Loud. & WeFtmiuste, ;National Proviucia, of England Do. New National of Ireland , Nev South Wales oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Irelan( Do. New • .oval A astraln. Bkg & Gold tmp C 0..., Pito • A ,istralia o f i 1 , ,, New ..., ....... .... T JUiPII9I Loam THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1855. ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- of Lady Olivia Blackwood, who took much interest in them. vid, IlArt.veats. Compai , tosni, ••• • yestertay ess this lth:, MITTEE (7 1 11 - 13 DAY.) Mr. Layard—'Vas any attempt made to organise them as nurses, or to turn their labour to some useful account ? The inquiry was resumed this morning at the usual hour. Mr. Macdonald—Any attempt - to have done so would bare been futile, as the effect the war had had upon their minds, combined with other circumstances, ren dered them totally unfit for any beneficial empleyment. Examination continued by Mr. Layard—During the space of four months the hospital had six changes ; first, there was Dr. Menzies ; then a period during which Dr. Cumming acted under orders from Lord Raglan ; then Dr. Forrest came down from the Crimea ; then Dr. Forrest fell ill, and Dr. Pennell took his place ; then Dr. Crnikshank ; afterwards Dr. Lawson ; and, finally, 4 Dr. Cumming again. _ The first witness called was Mr. T. M. Mackay. In reply to Mr. Layard, he stated that he was the re presentative of Messrs. J. Baines and Co., shipowners, Liverpool. Some of their vessels were tendered to the Government. as transports in March of last year, and were chartered for the conveyance of horses. Captain Boyce came down on behalf of the Admiralty to inspect the vessels, and to give directions as to the fitting of them up for the required purpose. He did not produce any written regulations as to the alterations he desired to be made. Amongst other changes he insisted that a house on the deck should be taken down, for which there was no necessity, as it would have served ai an accommoda tion fur several horses. These alterations were made at the expense of several hundred pounds, which fell upon the Government. The vessels were- afterwards fitted up according to Captain Boyce's directions, regardless of expense; hut in so improper a manner in his (witness's) opinion that he shonld not have been surprised if a coil siderable number of horses were lost. They were only separated by a bar ; and when the vessel rolled in a storm if the horses slipped they must fall under the feet of the others and be crushed. The animals could not lie down. [LEFT SITTING.] LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (IJefore Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE RUSS ELL. -- SPECULATIVE BUILDERS-ADJOURN- 3IENT SINE DIE. This bankrupt was described as of Elgin-road, Not ting-hill, builder, and to-day was appointed for his last esw•eination. The solicitor to the assignee objected, as the case had been already adjourned for accounts which had not yet been filed, and the assets would barely pay the expenses His Honour said that this was another of those cases where there would be nothing for the creditors. If it man came to this court to be " whitewashed " it must not be at the expense of the creditors. There were more cases of this class among speculative builders than in all the other cases put together. He should therefore ad- j journ the examination sine die, and leave the bankrupt to come up at his own expense. Mr. Layard— Are you acquainted with the Hull mode of fitting up ships for the conveyance of horses ? Mr. Mackay replied that he was not personally—but he had been informed it was an excellent plan, and one of great safety. Mr. Layard—Did you make any proposal to the Go vernment to feed the troops in the Crimea ? Mr. Mackay—We did. Our tender was to provision the troops at 3s. 6d. per day per man ; giving each man per diem a pound of bread, a pound of beef or pork conked, a quarter of a pound of preserved potatoes, which would be equal to a pound of raw. They would also have given a weekly supply of 3oz. of tea, 3oz. of coffee, 11b. of sugar, 11b. of cheese, gill of pickles, 2ez. of salt, ioz. of mustard, besides j pint of ale a day, and .1 gill of spirits. They would have done all this, and reaped a reasonable profit, as they bad been in the habit of victualling emigrant ships. They would have been able to accomplish this with four vessels of 1,200 tons barden continually employed. The Chairman—You would not have kept your transports in the harbour for six weeks ? (Laughter.) Mr. Mackay—Oh, no ! They would go backwards and forwards as quickly as possible. Cross-examination continued—He undertook to deliver them at the camp. He had an objection to say publicly what means he should have adopted to cook the potatoes and other things. He found that preserved meats and vegetables kept un commonly well, especially the latter ; and by his plan they could feed me❑ in the Crimea at almost as cheap a rate as they could live at home. He should have accomplished this by means of a continual line of ships running to and fro. lie tendered two ves sels to the Transport board, for the conveyance of horses ; but, on arriving at Cheapside, he was told he was too late. He was, however, told to put his tender into a box, and after running down stairs and into the clerk's office to find where his tender had got to, he at last met with it and placed it in the box, which was then taken by the messenger into the boardroom. But although he was only two minutes behind the spe cified time for sending in his tender, he was informed that he was too late, and that there was no help for it. Mr. Layard—Did you recommend the adoption o hospital ships to the Crovernnient Mr. Mackay—They did ; but none were to his know ledge fitted out. In reply to Lord Seymour, Mr. Mackay stated that they made the tender to supply provisions when the bad weather had set in, and when so much had been heard about the bad state of the road from Balaklava. They had well considered where they could obtain their sup plies. If there had been no means of landing stores at Balaklava he should have gone to liareiesh Bay. Mr. Green (of the firm of Messrs. Green, shipowners, Rackwall) stated that three of their vessels were char tered ,by the Government, their names being the Northumberland, the Resolute, and the \\rainier Castle. The first and laq of these were chartered at 30s. per ton, and the other at 253. They were all employed as trans ports for horses, and were fitted up on the Admiralty plan. If he hat been fitting out the vessels on their own account he should have adopted that plan—and not the Hull mode for a short voyage, and be considcre.l the voyage to the Crimea was a very short one. Ht thought ,a si❑gle bar separating the animals was a suffi cient protection. The Chairman—Why do you prefer that plan to the Hull system Mr. Green—Because it accommodates mere horses. Bat] no difficulty with the Admiralty as to the contract or filling of the vessels. They were chartered by their regi,te.r. The Resolute was detained five weeks at Balahlava. Mr. Llyard —I believe the Resolute was lost in the storm ? Mr. Green—She wag. Mr. Layard—Did you effect your own insurances en ;hose vessels r Mr. Green—l did. for compen,ation for the l oss o f the Resolute ? applied to the Government Mr. Layard—llave you Mr. G but only r ecen tly, on th e groun d that she l the cap t a i n not b e i ng a ll owed t ) take care of her. r s a cr i was ee n have,ced fi ; Examination continued by_ Lord 'Seymour—He be lieved all the horses were conveyed without casualty. The Reso!ute took 50, and the Northumberland 48. They had nothing to do with the provisioning of the horses. That was undertaken by the Admiralty. It was only two days ago that he had applied to the Go vernment for the loss of insurance on the Resolute. Mr. Macdonald, of the Times, was then recalled, and was examined by the chairman. He stated that he was sent out to administer the charitable fund raised by the Times by an appeal to the Sympathy was placed in his bands for di s t r ib u tion, and f or th e relief of t h the n an repo' ted existed amongst ou r s i ck and wounded at Scut ani. r aa w d liberality be which rality :atf the Briti s h public. That had been from time to time When be got out there, th ough these wants presented a somewhat milder aspect than had been stated, they still existed. The Government had a better opportunity of administering to these Wants, as they bad ambassadors and agents in the East, and could have commanded the markets ; whereas he had to discover everything, and, in fact, to worm out, in the first instance, what were the real necessities most requi re d . H e ha d l e tt ers o f re commendation! to !various authorities, amongst them to Dr. Menzies. minis were no wan t s . —6-11-i terin i:man g —Did und ?he afford y ou any fac i l i t i es f or a d - your f Mr. Macdonald — No, he did no t . Chairman—Dil be obstruct you ? Mr. Macdonald—ln fact n o t. But I was met with b o y b s D t a r c . l e i‘ s ie n place zi r d s tindirectly every Way. I was i n f orme d Examination resumed—He found, however, that there were wants existing. A few articles were pur chased in England before he went out, but others from Constantinople. That town contains about one million knowbec n supplied that tko on Fr e n of inhabitants, and there were market s , so that the thehos pitals h l spo l, t that t provided w of different articles, so that when one was out they could fall back upon another ; but we had no system of that the pita committeels might h a t v o e kind. might tghtht have es a a v m e ebeteimned,emriovsed f most, if not the l oca l ity. Miss not a Nightingale and her staff of ladies had ar r i ved two days before he did, and he should say she was ob s t ructed in her benevolent object. The medica Lo faeer, he kne w , having authority, refused to accept his suppli es , a l though these supplies, which were much required, w ere not ob tained elsewhere. The nurses , too , whom Mis s Nightin gale offered were not accepted to the extent th ey m i ght have been. He had tasted [the port wine s ent out by the Government, and certainly it was not genu i ne—in fact it was not port wine at all. By Mr. Layard—He bad visited the bazaa rs i n Con stantinople, and could say that everything which was required might have been procured in them. Th e h ouses in Constantinople were const r ucted of wood, b u t th at article there he believed was not very plentif u l . Il e did not know whether sufficient planking might have lle wishedeat so r eks e ciui . been obtained to have erected large huts for th e recep tion of the sick and wounded. There was plenty of room around the hospital in which such huts might have been erected. Mr. Layard—Where were the French stores kept ? Mr. Macdonald—They bad an hospital ship, on board which all parcels directed to Constantinople were sent. They also had an hospital on the hill, to which their stores were carried. All stores addressed to UK passed through the custom-house at Scutari ; but they were discharged there without being a pparently consigned to the care of i anybody, and the packages frequently, ther e f ore , be came broken open and lost. He had seen parcels of nreserved meats and other good things, addressed to officers, brok e n, and their contents lying scatt ere d a b ou t I in all directions. The French hospital was much more I strictly looked after than ours, and an order had to be applied for before it could be entered by a stranger. Mr. Layard Were there any soldiers' wives ,at Scutari ? I Mr. Macdonald —Nothing can convey to the corn. mittee the ttate in which the soldiers' wives lived at Scutari. In one small room he saw at one time as many as 43 of them, some with children, all huddled together in a small, dark, dirty room, which could not be com pared to a room in one of the very worst lodgin g -h o uses in the metropolis before the Lodging-House Act came into operation. some imilrovement had been made in t * 9iii440 2 1 4 0 Werg: bdin 1* the cliertiou _ Bedford and Blotchley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jo. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lincoln gr l per cent Ras. Barr. & Neils. Direr Do. N0w..... Glstr.dt Dn. Fi Dk. & Railway__ [Tull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. 7 Shares, 14011.&Greons, Do. Pr ,, forone. Lon,, & S t,owestoft gr 4 per cent. Do. 6 per el. Nianch. Bxtu and natio& Aiddleibro' Rcdcar idld.Bradf.l Northern an Eastornsp. ,- )o. 6 per et. )o. Exeds p Prest. & Wyr, Shares. itoystn.& Hit Shef.Roth (looleg. 5 p. c. S. Staffordsb, ',VearValleygt 6 per emit_ 0 ~oiits,nnmrst London & N. West. L.&N.W. Caledon... E. Tin. S E. C..... Nrtl - •: , . Chic nitu Gt. Wes. .+ Vk. New w Y. &NM Do. S. Es: ts 3 Peto &Co Norfolk IL.&N.W k Midld & Darling!. Midland.. 91. Conn' L. &N.V.' SLlAkic`i Do :t North • ;.ancasiii Yorks], A.MCleat, itockt. St Darliugt- Do I;4f:west!). 5 - 97 - 99 1.34 136 - 104 Ib6 12i -- 134 23 -- 102 -- 114 2 - 2i 90 - 59 130 -- 133 -- 2 31 - 32 00 - 92 PREFERENCE SHARES. Sr.. 100 .8 heroeim llOl 103 '_ , t, tOO Do. N 0.2, 7p. c..... 90 —92 25 110 Myth aiad Tyne lOper ••• c St. 190 T3rie l)re . &E L x (i . s 4 sci. p. a c t . s :t i . ) 92 -- 91 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ..• ... St. I'i° : - . , alcdonian £lO 15 al Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5 per cent ... „„„ 91 all 00. do. Pref. No. 2 ... ~. k:i all Do. do. Pref. 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(Berks & Rants Ex. sp. c)... 6 6i St. 100 Do. con. red. 4i p.c. 96 98 96j St. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. e. 87 8 St. 100 Du. irred. 4p.c. .., 89 91 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. 51t..., 10 —10 a 10 all Do.Coe s t cr B p. c.P.S.I 16a 17 10 all Do. do. sp.c. do , 10 10j St. PO Do. Birm. Gina. Stk. 70 72 26f an Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. 184 194 13A• ail Do. do. do 9 ll 9# 20 all Do. do. do l4 —14 a 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 4 A,! St. ,00 Do. 6p. c. Stock - 135 St. i 0 London and Brighten( Guaranteed sp. c 1 ... ... St. 100 Do. Prof., 5p.C. St ... .... St. . 1 1 0 00 @ r D ,oisT o n . u. loft. Nuneaton F s. a: . . pc .6 .ocy p t. . . c " 1 .. . .. ..• .. . • 2a 3 ) 60 5 L c o a n n d . on u & iir S d . s Western 12a1 all Londonderry& Color 1 , Shares '' ' ," - '... ... 12i I all Londy.k Ennis. i S l .l. j ... -•- ... [0 all Ilan., Slief., & Lin. New, £lO 1 12i —12 ii 6 i 4' Do. £6.. ' i tI , l??, , all darypt.&Carl.-ip c 1 ... ... 12. 1 2 1, all • /o. 4, per cent ••• ••• 1,4! 10: ••• ••• 4t. 100 did. Consol.6 p.c.St. ... ... 3t. 100 )o. Consol. Bristol (firm. 11 per ce:lt !133 135 134 j 161 11-K )0. Prof. 41 per con - • # lid this 10 i 10 qorfolk Debenture 4 —4. z,t, 1100 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stoe • i 15 -- 87 St. 1 IC/0 • )0. sp. e. Est !103 - 1(5 ' St. 100 )o. 5:; per ct. pref ! ... ... St. 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c .. ... St. .00 forth British :101 103 it, 100 I. E. Perw, 4 p.c. P; 90 —• 92 90 17 I 5 Do. do. do. 20 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.c ',.:.N - 0.11 ... ... 12a i 9 Do. do. Quarters 451 .. ... 2'3 1.0 - /o.Yoric li & -;. P/4%1 4 id 20 all Vorth Staffordshire.. 1 .., . ..., St. I.C:+ )xford, Worcester, & , wolverh..£ls, 6 n.c. 107 109 3.k all )cot. Cent. , New Pre; , _ ~ 25 all iouth Devon l3 14 10 li )•,. fixed, 4:5 per cene id Pa , .0.6 all 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. Od.l 23 .24 20 all i Wales Gua. 4p. 0.1 ... „. tO all Do. do. la p. c... I ... ..„ n all 4 YOrkSll.4p.C.CliVir-S! 14 ...... 17 2 5 a ll -Itockton and Dar-1 lington, 5 per cent ! ... . ... [2 4 1 1 0 5 1 3 " t o o . ckton ' a lo nd liart d ie o - . i 14) pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 ... ... IfINES 1 clii .lgua ioria ... .. • • ••• i ,••• i 1 all Anglo Austrlu. Gold „„. ... lib. 1.1 l In,glo Californian i - i 26 6 Australian 1 -14 1 all lustralian COrtlillerh: ... ' - .., 1 all tustraliau Freehold. ... - ... 1 all Ave Maria . -- - 1 all %den (Gd.Dueby of' , 4 -- i 50 all Bhmarvon Iron and, Coal . - 7 20 13.5 British Iron 4l ..• 54 35 254 Brazilianlmp.(issue , l at ,t 5 pm 24 - 24 24 30 all Do. Cocacs & Culab , 1 - 14 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy 9 9 -21 29i 30 1 4 t iArsous ' s C.:•eqlc.._ ~. I t - 4 1 ; Clarendon Cons. Mir. Co. of Jamaica .4 - 4 1 40 all Cobre Copper 47 - 49 49 5 1 Colonial Gold 4 - A ; St. all Copper Min. of Eng 43 - 4 8 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 2.1 - par ... 16 Copiapo ..... ...... - 19 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg '74 , 14 - 2 2 4 Fortuna id - par 20 all General 144 - 16',' 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinneg a - i 4 all Great Polgooth. ••• - ••• 1 all Liberty ... - ... 3 all Linares.. 7 - 74 5 1 Lusitanian . id - Ad 1 all Aariquita •I - I 1 all !Vow Granada - 1 all Now Linares Mining and Smelting Co ... - ... 1 all Nouveau Monde I - 4 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 15 - 16 5 1 Port Philip 4 - i 1 all 'quartz Rock -•••• ..• 50 all Rhyranoy Iron , - 21 15 all Do. New 5 - 6 30 114 Santiago de Cuba... , i 44 - 5 1 all South Australian par - ip 10 74 Tin Croft 1 - 2 28:, all United Mexican 4 - 44 4i i 1 all Waller i - a 1 all West Nlariposa - i 1 12s. Wortlaing Mining of Australia. ...... ....•...... •.: - •.• 1 all Yuba ••• ••• - MISCELLANEOUS. 25 174 Australian Agricult. 30 - 31 20 ... Australsn.Pcific.Mail ... - ... 10 all Australn. Royal Mail ... - ... 10 5A 4 Berlin Water Works 21 -24 d 50 40 Brit. American Lauri 60 -- 65 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co ... - ... 100 324 Canada ll9 - 121 120 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6 p ct. Jan. and July.. 1074 -- 108,1 5 all Crystal Palace 3 - 34 134 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... - ... 1 4 Duston Iron Ore .., - ... 20 5 Eastern Steam - 25 22 ElectrieTelegraph(A 15 - 16 15i 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. ... - ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... - ... 20 all Genoral Screw Steam ... - ... 15 4 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... _ ... 20 10 Magdalena St. Navin .., ... ... 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel ... - .. i 10 9 Mexicau&S.Americn 64 - a 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... _ ... •10 5 Netherlands Land.,,. 4 - 14 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. ~. - ... 1 all N. B. Australasian I - 1 20 124 Nrth.ofEuropeStoom ... - ... 5 all Peclllr. Ld. & Mittrl. 24 - 3 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 57 - 59 58 I 50 all Do. Do. ... - ...p 2 all Portland Iron Cu l4 - 2 100 60 Royal Mail Steam - 68 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l4 ..14 1 4 Ditto New. - a 25 all South Austral.l.an,: 354 - 364 1 all Submar. Telegraph • . I • 1 all Dr. R., istor.vi 20 5 Tr. st & Loan Co. 61 Upper Canada,, ..• •- ••• AP 2 8 i VW Pcnairili. Ott P. .at Pi P« OS •- ••• i P. .at ;,3,i MA.teKBT NEWS—(THIS DAY.) CORN EKi'll.A NOB. Very moderate supplies of English wheat have come to hand coastwise this week. Fresh up to-day the receipts were very limited, and the show of samples was, conse quently, small. All kinds sold readily ; and, in some in stances, prices were rather higher than on Monday. Holders of foreign wheat were very firm ; but the business was small, on former terms. There was a slight improvement in the barley trade at very full prices. The malt trade was in a sluggish state at barely late rates. We had a good inquiry for oats, the prices of which were fully 61 higher than en Monday. Beans, peas, and flour, sold at full quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour, i 3,230 4,760 2,210 630 2,990 . - - 40 i 21108 ks. 250 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN brie. For the week ended March 16, 1865, made up from the Returns of as Inhpectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Waits per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. 1 OATS. 1 RYE. BEANS. I PEAS. 68s 04 30s 6d 125 s 24 , 38s 7d 40s 8d f 393 4d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. 69s s Bd I 31s . d 6 BARLEY. 1 25s OATS 8d 41s . RYE lld . 1 42s 10d BEANS. i PEAS. 40s 61 QUA NTITILS OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 92,979 . ; Barley, 67,721 ; Oats, 24,90 S ; Bye, 192 ; Beans, 7,355; Peas, 1,280 quarters. English Irish .... Foreign Wheat. 1,020 1,420 SMITHFIELD. The supply of beasts here, to-day, was but moderate; yet the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, and, in some in stances, prices were 2d per 81bs lower than on Monday. We had a good sale for sheep—the show of which was sea sonably good—at very full prices. The best shorn sheep were worth 4s l rBd per 81bs. We had a dull inquiry for calves, at a decline in price of 2d per 81bs. In pigs very little was doing at late rates. Lambs sold slowly at from 5s to 5s Bd. per 81bs. Milch cows were dull, at from 141. to 191. each, including their small calf. Per Bibs to sink the offals. - --- s. d. s. d.l s. d. • d. tuferior Beasts... 3 4to 3 6iPrimeSouthdown 5 0 6 2 3econd quality.... 3 8 4 4 Large tree. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6(Prime small d 0... 4 8 5 2 Prime Scots, drc. 4 8 410 Large hogs 3 0 4 0 [nferior Sheep ...3 6 3 101 Small porkers 4 2 4 4 3ccond qua pig lity ...4 0 4 41Suckling ci.lvep..24 0 28 0 Prime erso.-wlled.4 6 4 10,Quarter old s2O 0 24 0 TOTAL sumr. FOREIGN =ma. Beasts •••••• 1,0.0 I Beasts ....... • • 50 Sheep ......... •• .. •••• .. 3,540 Sheep .... •• •• •• Jalves .......... •• •• •• 125 Cares.. •. •••• •• 49 Pigs •• •• .... 420 , Pig 5........ .• •••• •• . ..... NEWGATE AND Eaoh kind of meat moved c Per 81bs by LEADENHALL. )ff slowly, as follows e caress.). S. d. a. - d: Beef, inferior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., prime large 3 11 4 0 De , do. small 4 2 4 4 large ,3 0 3 8 s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 310 Do., prime 4 2 4 6 Veal 3 8 4 S , Perk, small 310 4 4 - BOROUGH HOP. There is a fair average business doing i n our market, and prices are fairly supported. This week's imports are 14 bal.wi from Antwerp, and 162 from New York. Mid and East Kent pockets, 141 11s to 201 Os per cwt. ; Weald ,f Kent ditto, 141 Os to 15 10a; Sussex, 141 t o 151 .; year lings, 71 7s to EL COLONIAL. TEA.--There has been a quiet market for common congou, at 94 , 1 to Sid per lb ; but other descriptions have been taken to a fair extent at full values. SUGAR.—Not much has been done this week in British Plantation. Barbadoes, of the old crop, has realised, at motion, 3.a to 3ls 61 for brown, 32s to 37s G 1 for low grey to good yellow, and 37s to 33s for crystalised yellow. East India—Bengal has not been in much request, and at muction while Banares sold at 3d per cwt decline, viz., at 35s to 37s Gd for mid to good, but low yellow date Ilauritins kind was taken in at :2 8 s per cwt. Madras was taken in at full rates, viz., at 25s to 253 Gd for low to mid Native brown, and at 26s to 27s lid per cwt for yellow. Mauritius publicly went at full prices, low mid black selling at 24s Gd to 2Gs Tow to good grey at 31s to 33s 6,1, and low to good bright grocery at 303.6 d to 375. Foreign—Crystalised Demerara brought 31s to 33s for low to mid brown, and 33s 6d to 40s for low grey to fine yellow. Clayed Manilla afloat has sold at 19s 6d, white Bahia at 235, brown ditto at 19s 6d, and brown Paraiba at 19s 3d. Havannah at auction went at 37s to 38s for yellow, and at 378 . 6 d for florettes. J ava so ld at 31s Gd t o 34 s (id f or yellow, and at 29s to 31s for brown. Refined brown lumps have been taken freely at 42s 6d to 43s per cwt. COFFEE.—Plantation Ceylon has ruled steady. At auc tion f fine, ord, small to good mid bold colony realised 54s Gd to 645, triage 36s 6d. to 495, and pea berry colory 62s to 655. Native good ord pale has been at 47s to 47s 6d per cwt. Mocha has been firm, Bombay brought 72s Gd to 80s f r mid clear gdrblerl; and Alexandria 66s for mid part garbled. RICE.—The dealings have been limited. Good and white Bengal has been sold privately at 14s 91 per lb, and at lls 6d for good mid white at auction. SPlCES.—Zanzibar cloves have been active at 54d to Sid for fair bold bright. Black pepper is steady, an d white has sold at full quotations; viz., at 7d to 74d for mid bold. Jamaica ginger has ruled at higher values, selling at 42s to 71s for ord and mid dark. Mace has been rather cheaper. Cassia Lignea is at advanced prices. Ruat —There is a good demand, at full rates. COTTON —This article has been quiet, but at previous rates. ' SALTPETRE—FuII prices have been current. Bengal went at 22s to 23s for 21i to 12? per cent, and at 27s 6d to 28s for 5 per cent. refraction. COCHINEAL—There has been an advance of ld per lb., Honduras silvers, low foxey to good bright pea green selling at 3s 4d to 4s. TALLOW —The market has ruled heavy, P.Y.C. at 48s 6d. GREEN FRIIIT'.—More inquiry exists, which is usually the case, upon the approach of the Easter holidays. Two cargoes of oranges, from St. Michaels, one from Terceira, and one from Piguerra, sold by Keeling and Hunt at pub lic sale, realised prices in advance of those obtained last week. Seville sours 5.. per chest lower. Lemons dull. Nuts, of all kinds, in fair demand. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 16.—Wind and weather this day at noon, fresh breeze from the westward, and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, March 15.—Wind, S.E. Arrived— Swarthmore, from Melbourne and Tahiti, with 60,000 oz. of gold ; Walter Morrice, London, for Bermuda, with damage from collision with a large barque, on the 11th of March, off Dover. _ FALMOUTH, March 15.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrival— Rapid, from Bahia. dmiEs, March 15.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Maria, from Bahia; Hanover, Santos. PLYMOUTH, March 15.—Wind, S. Arrived—Antago nist, from Manilla.—The 'Victoria Emmanuel, from Lon don, has put in with bows stove, and five feet of water in her hold, having been on shore. OFF DOVER, March 15.—Jane E. William, from New York, for Rotterdam. SWANSEA, March 15.—Arrived—Catherine Jenkins, from Coquimbo ; Spiena, do. Mixon), March 15.—Arrived—Wesley, from St. Do mingo, and proceeded for Liverpool. BELFA§T, March 14.—Arrived— Jacob, from New Or leans ; Katharine, St. John's. • _ _ GRANVILLE, March 13 —The Burmah (tpt. No. 85), of Sunderland. tfrom Constantinople to Deptford, went on 'shore near Blainville, about 18 miles north of this port, and, if the wind continues at N.N.E., may possibly be got off without material damage. She will partly dis charge, when two Government steamers will endeavour to tow her off. CORUNNA, March 7.—The Princess, from Newcastle to Constantinople, has put in leaky, with her cargo shifted, part thrown overboard, loss of bulwaks, &c., and must discharge. The weather continues stormy, with fresh gales from S.W. to N.N.W.,•and a very heavy breeze. STRALSUND, March 12.--The hard frost continues. The ice iu the harbour and roadstead has become very strong; in the harbour it is two feet thick. MALAGA, March 5. —The Isabella (barque), of Sunder land, from Genoa and Marseilles to Calcutta, was stranded last night, 10 miles west of this port; she lies on her lar board side, on a reef of rocks, with the water almost level with the hatchways, and must go to pieces if the wind blows from south-west. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SlSTER.—Peti tions are being numerously signed in Leeds in favour of Mr. Heywood's bill, introduced into the House of Com mons on Tuesday last. At Bradford, also, a petition in favour of the bill has received several thousand signa tures, including those of the Mayor, and many other members of the corporation, the - clergy, &c. COLLIERY EXPLOSION AND LOBS OP Lunt —An ex plosion of fire-damp occurred yesterday morning, at - a very early hour, in the Victoria pit, Dukinield Colliery, near Manchester, by which four men and four horses were killed. Four other men were also hurt, and nearly suffocated by the sulphur or "after damp," but their 1103 49$ Ot 4 01 4g9. 1 41 .9116,ter. 50 25 12i 12i 20 73 2i 58 8G 8 xd 124 92i 76 i x d 8 7j 97t 4 1004 100 i 69 701 30 291 12i 10. H 20 14 2'3 20 Si 1 8 i A i IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 11017 SE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CrrAfccELLon took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord BROUGHAAI presented petitions from Lan cashire and Warwick in favour of summary jurisdiction being given to magistrates to dispose of cases of petty lar ceny. The noble lord, in presenting the petitions, related several cases of great injustice in consequence of the magistrates not having the power prayed for. He also cited some cases tried by Baron Alderson at the late assizes, in which persons charged with offences of which they were subsequently declared innocent by a jury had been confined in prison several months previous to the trial. The noble and learned ford moved for certain re turns showing the period for which they were confined during the last year previous to their trial.—Agreed to. MARINE MUTINY BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH moved for returns ,bowing the various stations of the militia regiments, also the number of men who have volunteered into the line, and a'so the number of the militia regiments who have not yet furnished their quota. MUTINY BILL. On the motion that this bill be now read a third time, Earl GREY rose to inquire on what principles first commissions in the army were granted. The noble earl said that he would be one of the last to wholly abolich the practice of granting commissions by purchase ; but, on the other hand, he was also certain that such a aye teal could not. be maintained unless that in the public mind there was perfeA confidence that it would be im partially and fairly carried out. Lord PANMURE said he found it had been the prac- - tice to grant commissions without purchase to those cadets who had distinguished themselves at the Military College at Sandhurst. It had also been - the practice to grant commissions to the sons of those officers in ber Majesty's service who had distinguished them selves, and who, he thought, their lordships would con sider had a right to those first commissions without purchase ; and, in the third place, he was informed by the Commander-in-chief that the next class of persons whose claims to commissions were recognised were the s'ns of poor deserving clergymen. When the claims of all these classes were exhausted, commissions were given to those gentlemen whore names had been placed on the list of applicants for commissions, and many of those commissions had been recently distributed amongst the last class in order to meet the demand of the army. The age to qualify for those commissions was now ex tended to 32 years. He had failed to find out any ground for the supposition that those commissions had ever been given away without due consideration. After a few words from Earl GREY, Viscount HARDINGE said the noble earl must be aware that -in case of commisssions granted without purchase, consideration had always been given to the propriety of reducing the half-pay list, and there was an injunction upon the Commander-in-Chief that a certain proportion of money received for commissions was handed over to the Secretary of War, to be applied to the reduction of the half-pay list. After some observations from the Earl of ELLEN BOEOUGR, The bill was read a third time and passed. TEA DUTIES DECLINE SUSPENSION BILL. The bill was read a second time and passed. SECRETARIES OF STATE BILL. On the motion of the Earl of GRAN VILLE this bill was read a third time and passed. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM t his bill was read a second time. THE MILITIA. Earl MALMESBURY rose to put a question to her Majesty's Government respecting the militia, as to fur lough to be given to married men ; and also as to the maintenance of their wives and families. The noble earl in asking this question took occasion to enter at great length into the hardships inflicted upon the men who had entered the militia in failing to get their free discharges, and also to the dissatisfaction ex pressed by those men who had entered only for a short period at finding that the militia was to be permanently embodied. He wished, therefore, to know whether such an order had been or would be given, to what extent it would be carried out, and whether the Government in tended to provide any fund for the maintenance of the wives and children of militiamen who bad been embodied in the manner he bad pointed out 'I To make the cost of such maintenance a charge on the locality would operate as a check to all recruiting for the force. 'Lord PA.NMURE admitted having stated to the noble earl that a question for information with respect to any one county would be better addressed to the War Office. If, however, the question were of a general kind and rested on public grohnds, perhaps the better way was to take the course the noble earl had done. With refer ence to the question itself, he thought the noble earl could not be in possession of a circular, issued from the War Office in November, 1854, addressed to the com manding officer of each militia regiment. He was sorry that an impression existed that a breach of faith had been committed towards those men who bad engaged to servo in the militia, for he was quite sure no such breach of faith was intended. .rt was true that under the act of 1852 the men were engaged only for training; and excrei,e; but he could not a d m i t th a t un d er th e act of 1854 they were forced to continue their service'. In the circular issued to each commanding officer, he was instructed to call only for those men who had no claim for exemption on the ground of the original enHstruent, zn.l to report to the War Office those men he considered not compe tent to serve. With revect to the embodied men, the custom wa - if their wives and families became a burden on the parish from the absence of the husband to allow such men to return to their 'homes. If any blame ex isted in the matter, it - must rest, not with the War Office, but with the colonels of militia. Lord EATEM AN said that he had no knowledge of the circular :n question. He did not complain of Le authorities of the Home Office, for the noble lord the present Premier, when Home Secretary, frequently granted permission to the ma rr i e d moo t o re t urn h ome . fie had written to the colonel of the Herefordshire Mi- .itia on the suij,ct, and was informed by that gentleman that it would be exceedingly inconvenient to carry out the instructions given by the Home Office as to the did charge of these men. A communication was then sent to the War Office, and, in reply, the colonel was directed to transmit the names of the men whom he could recom mend fir discharge on payment of the enrolment money. According to a return made by the War Office 23 mar ried men had been released since the receipt of that letter, and 42 were at that moment in the regiment who had not yet been released. That colonel had informed him that he had made a point of granting discharges only to those married men who could prove themselves to be the fathers of two children legally born. (A. laugh.) If out of a regiment of 500 men 100 were discharged be cause they were married great difficulty would be found in replacing them. (Hear, hear.) Lord PANMURE (in answer to the noble lord) said he could furnish him with a return of the names of the men discharged, but not of the names of those who had applied fora discharge. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said as far as he could understand the question, there appeared to be two classes of militiamen—one enrolled before the act of 1854 and the other after. The first were to be drilled for 21 days, or by an order in council for 56 days, and were not liable to be .permanently embodied ; but those enlisted afterwards, were liable to be permanently em bodied for 5 years. Now, he thought it would be con ceded that no person who enlisted before the 12th .of May, 3854, ought to be compelled against his will to serve for the period named ; and he thought Government would act with impropriety if they did not insist upon this class of militiamen serving for the whole period to which they might be made liable when they enlisted. He did not see why the Government should not issue an order in council that the men who enlisted before the 12th of May should be called on to serve for 56 days. If this course were adopted there would be, among other advantages, a chance of many volunteering into the army and remaining there. He hoped, therefore, that nothing would induce the Government to depart from the strict rule of law, which Pave power to compel those who enlisted before the 12th of May to serve for 56 days. He would also call upon the Government to make the most earnest exertions for the purpose of raising the militia to the full extent of the establish ment. At present there were 44,000 embodied, where as power was given to raise 136,00 e; so that at this moment the militia force was 92,000 below its comple ment. (Hear, hear.) At the same time a vote in the army estimates had been taken for 60,000 additional men.to the army. Allowance, however, must be made for casualties. So that there were required not fewer 182,000 men, or, with the addition of at least 6,000 or ' 7,000 artillery, -Perl.Y. 290)090 Ten to complete th e force. He hoped the Governinent would look to the condition of the country in this respect, and take prompt measures to supply the deficiency. Earl GREY was extremely glad the subject had been brought before the house by the noble earl (Malrnes bury), as it was one of very great importance, and the existing state of things was unfortunate, as it interfered with the enlistment of the regular area. He had heard with great regret the noble marquis opposite, who, he believed, was a colonel of a militia regiment and a lord lieutenant, say that he thought it was n o breach of faith to call upon men who had enlisted fur one period, under an act of Parliament which distinctly provided they should not be permanently embodied, to serve beyond the time for which they had enlisted. In his opinion this was a flagrant breach of faith, and he was af ra id th at th he Government beli e believed that o a r t the ma colonels ny m e n weohfohmili tiafaultd lay ; e but e r e v : r i t t a h i n t l h y e enlisted before May, 1852, were not aware that they were entitled to donand leave of absence or discharge, when they had fulfilled th • ea . time of service, which at the most wa3 56 days. IT —e hoped this d* • would discussion make it generally known that every such man who en listed before the 12th of May, whether married or not, or with child ren or not, or earning better wages than in the militi a , h a d a r i ght, whichno colonel of militia or Government could • set aside, to demand leave of absence after the time had expired for which he had stipulated to serve. He agreed with the noble marquis that when this was generally known, one itaconveuienca would most likely ensue—namely, that half of the militiamen would walk off; and that the further inconvenience would be experienced of not being able to fill up their places, for no one in his senses would enlist in the mi litia and perform any services if without. any chance of` pension. H e w as quite sure that the risk of_fightino. was no discouragemen t to ingi to enlist, for ke believed that it was the hope of fighting that proved the strongest inducement to enlist. What man would serve five years continuously when he could get greater advantages in the Pala AW 1 11 4 ! 49.44 *t_ ult treme impolicy of departing from the original scheme 0 ' i militia. It was intended to be a reserved force, com posed of men who, in consequence of their avocations, could not permanently enlist, and not when enrolled to be permanently embodied. If you permanently em bodied the militia., you excinde all this elass i of recruits, and you will find that recruiting for the militia will materially interfere with recruiting for the regular army. He had seen letters from several- officers who told him the system had seriously interfered with recruit ing for the regular army. They had been told by the noble earl that 60,000 men were still wanted for the army, and a larger number for the militia. This was a very serious state of things, and one which Government ought to look after without delay. His advise to Government was to return to the original principle of the militia, and not to keep the men permanentlyounbodied. Loo k at the inconve nience of the existing state of things. There were 44,000 militia embodied, and 136,000 to raise. He found that the country was paying for the charge of the officers for the 136,000, while the country was only receiving the services of the number of miltia embodied. The milithv was costing the country an enormous sum, and, in addi tier, interfering with recruiting for the regular army. Inconvenienc.:s of every description were experienced. Labour was interfered with, and country gentlemen would refuse to come in or to allow the'r suns to officer regiment:. The depirture of Government from the ori ginal plan WiZS tad, and it pur.ued the resillt would be to make the militia more expensive than the regular army, without b e i ng as available, and in addition to in terfere seriously w ith t h e enlistment cf the regular army. His idea was that the two forces ought to be kept en tirely distinct, right - or wrong —that kas a clear and an intel igible policy—that policy had been departed from, and no other had been adopted. The militia was now neither one thing nor the other. It was not the militia of 1852, nor was it formed on any intelligible principle. He trusted that the whole subject would soon have the serious consideration of Government. The Earl of MALMESBURY, in reply, was not sorry the subject had been brought forward. He trusted the noble lord would not say that it was the intention of Government to make the men who enlisted under the act of 1852 liable to the provisions of the bill of last year. He hoped the noble lord would state that he was ready to adopt - the principle so well laid down by the noble earl (Ellenborough), and would allow ,those men to have their discharge who had served the 21 days, or 56 days, as originally stipulated. With respect to the qUestiori of married men with children; that was a question of policy, and 'he had brought it before their lordships in the hope that it would receive considera tion. The noble earl had not received an answer as to whether Government intended to maintain the wives and families from any other fund than the perish rates. The circular issued by the Home Office relative to the exercise of the power of granting discharges to married men by colonels of regiments was obscure, and he beg ged to ask for a further` explanation of its meaning from Government. - Lord PA.NMURE said that the debate bad taken a wider range than was anticipated. Grave questions bad been raised by the noble earl (Ellenborough) and his noble friend (Earl Grey), which would be felt through out the country, and would be deemed by all to be of great importance. It bad been said that after the notice relative to the right of militiamen to their discharge that many militiamen would take advantage of the circum stance, to the great inconvenience of the public service. Neither for .that nor for this discussion could he hold himself responsible. His endeavours would be, as an administrator of the War Department, to-avail himself of the services of as many men as the exigencies of the country required. With reference to the circular re ferred to by the noble earl, in his opinion it was per fectly clear. That circular was addressed to the orderlies and the clerks of lieutenantcies, and no doubt that cular would be found in the hands of the sergeants of militia. The last paragraph stated (as we understood) that if any reason should exist why, in the opinion of the proper officer, a man should be allowed to be free on re payment of the enlistment fee, or without repayment on the recommendation of that officer, the man should be discharged and relieved from service. In the case of mar ried men who had enlisted for five years, and who had thrown their families on the parish, and who were liable to contribute to their support from their pay, it was intended to give their discharge, but not on furlough, as it was considered far better not to have men in the militia so burdened- as to make militia duties impossible. It wee not the intention of her Majesty's Government to take any step with regard to the, wives and families of the married men, further than to discharge the men from the burden of serving. If the colonels did not recommend the men to be discharged, then the responsibility rested with the colonels. If they did recommend men to be discharged, the discharges were granted in all cases. He trusted that one effect of this debate—which he "considered to be advantageous—would be to let colonels of militia know the power they had in this respect ; but another effect of the debate he could not approve of, as, if the recom mendation thrown out were adopted, they would reduce the militia ranks, and impair the efficiency of that body. The Earl of DERBY wished the noble lord to state distinctly whether the_ power of discharge rested exclu sively and solely on the 'responsibility of the colonels; for however unpleasant and awkward it might be to raise the question a; this, or indeed at any moment, still the amount of inconvenience was not to be compared with. the consequences of leaving an impression on the country that an act of Peel auiet had been tampered with by which . men were to be deprived of their rights. (Bear.) No inconvenience that might arise from raising this question could be equal to the permanent injury that: would take place if engagements entered into with any class of her Majesty's subjects were not rigidly and ho nestly carried out. And a great mistake was made by not fulfilling t> the letter arid tge spirit the declaration that was ma le at the tirno of the introduction of the act of 1854, that, as the time and terms of the service wero t - ) be changed, individual option would be given to every single man who enlisted before May, 1852, to say whether he would or would not enter into a new engagement. If every one had been re-attested under the act of 1854, these perplexing questions would not have arisen, and we should have h ard men coming forward to colist vo luntarily. Had this been the case you would have bad a militia embodied on a well-understood plan of agree ment, and whether the man was married or single, he would have -had no cause to complain, or right to withdraw from his engagement. But it was of the last importance that men should know the rights they had practically, and he would be no party to conceal those rights from them. Ile Fait' that every man who. enlisted for 21 days' service, or by an order in council for 56 days' service, should not be compelled to serve, for a longer period or under different arrangements, or that the term of his service should depend on the will or the caprice of his colonel. _ _ Lord EANMURE would be the last man to adopt or advocate a czirse. of- policy calculated to keep men in ignorance of their rights or engagements. He believed every militiaman who enlisted in 1852-3 knew when hie term of service expired. If the original terms were in tended to be varied, it must be done by enactment, as in the case of volunteering to go abroad. With respect to the power of discharge, if the colonel withheld the recommendation for a man's discharge, be must take the responsibility of the act on himself. Whenever the recommendation was given it would be complied with. Lord GREY said—Let the men -know their rights. He wished to have an express assurance from Govern ment that, though the act of 1854 gave th - 6m'power to alter the original agreement, the power would not be exercised. The subject then dropped, and their lorli!thips ad. journed: HOUSE OF COMMONS-YESTERDAY: The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock; NEW MEMBERS. _ . Sir R. Peel, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, took the oaths and his seat on his re-election for Tam worth. Lord Monck, a Lord of the Treasury, took the oaths and his seat on his re-election for Portsmouth. Sir Stafford Nortlicote took the oaths and his seat for Dud ley, in the room of Mr. Benbow, deceased. Mr. Hol ford took the oaths and his seat for East Gloucester shire, in the room of Sir M. H. - Beach, deceased. Mr. Baxter took the oaths and his seat for Montrose, in the room of Mr. Hume, deceased. Mr. Back took the oaths and his seat for Barnstaple. TORQUAY DISTRICT CHURCIEI BILL. Sir J. Y. BULLER, resumed the adjourned debate, on the motion for the second reading of this bill, and declared that the spiritual wants of the district impera tively demanded that a bill of this description should be passed. It would enable Sir Laurance Palk, who was the promoter of the bill, to provide church accommoda :Papusveldo.uogfhtbytoallhapyaortnieso iu the accommoda tion for at least two-thirds of the population of Torquay; I ; 4 lFt s h . an d locality,sincehethaobui hesita tion in passing the bill. Sir W. HEATHCOTE quite admitted the necessity for this church, while he allowed that great credit was due to Sir Laurance Palk for the effort he was making to provide it, but the object of this bill could be accom plished by the existing law, and hence a private bill of this nature was wholly uncalled for. Besides the bill Proposed to go beyond the provisions of existing acts in respect to mortgaging pew rents ; the existing law provided that p ew ren t s s h ou ld be devoted in the first instance to paying the stipend of incumbents, but this bill appropriated the pew rents to four distinct poses before they could be applied to the stipend of the in. eumbent. Mr. SOTHERON said tl4 question which the house bad to decide'vvas this—Was the bill so objectionable that it ought not to be passed ? He did not think it was, and therefore he should support the second reading, with the view of having the bill investigated before a select committee. Mr. A. PELLATT said the advice of the honourable member might be very good in its way, but this bill was opposed to a very great principle. It proposed, in fact, to sanction the levying of church rates—a proposal which he would never consent tI, because it was oppos ed to the general feeling of the country. After a few words of explanation from bfr.,Pnue. 4 nLORE. Mr. PALK denied tliat the bill weßld . . , authorise the levying of any new church rates ; i4 - . oiimply_authorised the direction of existing rates to a ehepel (geese to the pwish-chureh; Aso as to i3rovido.for.*Teligl,us want!! o Jthe district. • - • '''''''' " . " . 2 - '' ..-r7' 's . The Marquis of BLANDFOED said the house would be guilty of -great injustice if -it negativtd the second reading of this bill. - Lard SEl'Mait Lilly admitted the necessity 'for additional church accommodation in Torquay, but this bill dealt with the question of church rates, and he could r , ot assent to it on that account. 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