The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-28 00:00:00

1 E y MA HKET AND C°3l-11FER (UAL INTELLIGENCE. The' CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. ,44,,, a0 tt0n market at Liverpool yesterday closed , 00 ' 0 1 Y. The sa l es were est i mate d at 8 , 000 b a l es of which were for export, and 500 on specu co4l l)rising 650 Pernam and Maranharn, 4 1 , "`" ;50 Egyptian, at sd. ; and 1,000 1 4 , 1t ' a t 3d. t o 31d. per lb. Th e R a il way Sh are t Was quiet, b u t s t ea dy. it e a keeting of the proprietors in tho Canada P a nY, held this day, the retiring directers re-elected. The report showed a satisfactory N rea •i t B of the company's affairs during the year 14 , s an d upon the re-valuation Of the laud remain t "old, it was est i mate d to b e wort h 22 5. 9d . kre Au increase was found to have taken place u rh e transacti ons com p a r e d with the preceding ii i3r the l an d s so ld an d leased exceeded those of ti le e : i ° ll B year by 22,834 acres, at an advance '48, 4 1 1 1 . 0 averaging 2s. 10d. for the laud sold, `*d. for those leased per acre. The . forma,- ‘ ra ilways, the abundant harvest, and other iit, i i"auces, had contributed greatly to the en i„valtle of the company's property. A vote kliCt Was passed to the chairman, Charles 'ti ti r ates at which bills of exchange upon the t o t Vtal citi e s we re yesterday afternoon nego twkere were steady generally. Paris, 90 days, q:ch at 25 44 to 45, Hamburg at 13 61 to t :sterda in at 11 191 to IN, Frankfort at 11 5 1, 119 k, and Trieste at 12 36 to 42. aglish funds have been flat and with scarcely hfuti.4tiaesa doing. Consols realise 92,--1 / for ri teen and . 92 i . '-k foe account. Exchequer Bills k e a quoted 6s". to Os., and East India Bonds t tel 'atuni. The accounts from the Vienna 4 4''ea are professedly unsatisfactory, but 4 , P 3 rity of persons here desire no ,peace 104 . 'es. not insure the dismantling of Sobas-, :4 44 y,r some equally "strong material gua 'i to The necessity for borrowing a mil- - to o l advance to Sardinia, is likewise a g ainst o . although it is not known whether Stock c u equer*Bills will be issued. Sardinia will the advantage, as she deserves, of the high ) 1 , °' our Government, by having to pay only ,t et k i 't. ! and 1 per cent. sinking fund, for wkat 'll 4 u, orms Y the l a tt er , instead of 6 per cent., which 4 ' 1 -e the t it borrowed of capitalists in ~ tq h f a way._ '4; 4 tr more is doing in foreign stocks, and il a re well maintained. Turkish Bonds are N tr , ic,,L'ovrever, having been done at 79Z- and 80-1-. a ' ti c a Stock is at an improvement to t re tonds have realised .and Grenada .t 1 , 4, 5 7i- to 6. Venezuela Stock is worth 271. Vi Per Cents. are 62! to 63, and Danish 821. Vollowino• are the nominal prices of foreign \2FGreoLla Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; to 20/ ; Peruvian, 70 to 72; ditto Three 10 44 4 .350 to 52 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., ,'b 7,; tussian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; 144cue- an d- a -H a lf per Cents., 89 to 91 ; Deferred, 181 to 182 ; ditto Three, to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 5 to si; aa sive, 4i to 41. • V h ''ailw a y share Market has been weak, and have been of the most limited charac pri ncipally in Caledonian, Great Western, extern, Midland, and South-Eastern. The ti are also quieter. PONDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (Prom the Oticial h i it.) 7te Bnqiness done 1 , ,, - " Consols Annuities 92fi / . k' llll ,, • cler £lOOO l3 s '- for Account 214 ` or Account, Ap r il loq Bills, lid. LN) N I. 6 9 D' ...................... 6 9 k,„„•.................. 1,, ..‘ t k%t OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. ',.\ 0n49 , 1825, 3 per Cent (is teNn P "a Bqi 3* 1 '); 01 1(1s, Deferred 6 sfi 6 kikc i t o e u r Cent. 3 da, 44 per Cont. Per Cent t i o l olids, 5 per Cont mo k Ma, 3 per Cent , e'w Deferred, 3 per Cent 2O i 70 . 504 874 36$ ' 18A- L, I(3)4lrnittee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 64 . p , No f °ll e's, 6 per cent k or the Account 80 79fi 1 80g 804 g ilk? Lends, 31 per Cent. ... ...... Ssr th e A ccoun t 2B p: f i cj i deridg on the above payable In London. k~l nt 'es, 3 per C e nt. S ri,-, l L' ti e h.f i — ngo, 26 per' Cent. 12 nun" 62/ 3 4 Der Cen. Certificates ....„. THREE 3 i O'CLOCK. %h ug , 9 /Ditto. April Acoomnt I ►LI ARE rZ A_ B, KET S, (n-I'6 DAY.) RAILWAYS. dNoTHER PRUSBII9.N CIRCULAR. It following is the text of a confidential circular Ltsh issued by the Prussian Cabinet to its re %tatives at the Courts of Germany. BERLIN, , in M st A . RC l li ha ' te tarring to my circular of 16 st . en t ,, e ard you, for the purpose of completing your sl i e ll tsr a copy of the Austrian Circular of Feb. 28th, ~? " ?a been brought to our notice from various quer -44t,h the expression of surprise and displeasure that , L ust of Vienna should have taken such steps Previously or even simultaneously informing us • The text of the annexed (Austrian Circular ot 1 Bth • 2 8th), which at th e tim e of our circular of 1 f ed ilAt, was not yet known to us, is only cal: ~.i It strengthen us in the views expressed in the Zltt t C",t is evident, beyond contradiction, that the ' llt e , ° ,' Vienna is desirous of substituting its own i '"l' Ulnae of the Diet, and to this end it attri c,•4 e c) ,, us intentions which we do not entertain ; it e"n i r u vecations where no impartial judgment can i i,714 4 1 and add u c es the views which-prevailed at the I 0 a 6 l l et the treaty of April and its Additional N I 4 the so l e gu id e o f ac t ion , in the place of the i.,lt , Pri ncipl es of the Confederation. '', , ,( )111..1 take up too much apace, by reference to the ', o te, re 'sions made use of by our organ at the Diet, .1 ‘. 4 11 . all the inco r rectness contained in the Austrian .‘tj - ' arid I confine myself in this 'respect simply to i c ,,, Put forward in my circular of the Bth inst. The I te ll 4 ucl correctness of our views, as expressed there, . t Br feetly beyond all dispute, that, with any one Itlt ehis t ", "I to recognise them, reasons and argument 10 .4 eLY be of any avail. . iclttb . 40 t hesitate to designate as a decided mis-state. • C 1 , 4 t Kerr von Bismarck-Schonbaueen either offi %,""t°f 13 °e -officially has declared that Prussia would 0 18 (l r the entire Kriegsbereitschaft of the Federal i 0 , 14. His Majesty's representative at . the Con.fe )lh,:,Who has been more surprised at this expression lk h :‘B7 e leto his mouth by the Austrian circular of than by the other mis-statement it contains, has t t i s 'a the most positive manner, that he said no -I,,lgkefl'at could even be misunderstood in the sense ',4)1; , and confidently appeals to his colleagues for ~,:14ilitsZtsie,°0nii• after the sitting, the expression alluded a te Passed from mouth to mouth, as having been 0 k'' - tterr von Bismarck, by persons who could not i,.e. Il v ra what had passed in the sitting, is, indeed, 7 Ae t hence tWs information originated we are ig -44.... ;le kl .vete of Herr von Bismarck's (as member of the li' itt klt% k ee on the question of the garrison ot Rastadt), t et n "wever, had nothing of the tendency above al ef',,cenld not at the time have come . to the know ,c'keace,'"uo Austrian Federal Representative, Baron von tk't F 4 l ) and cannot therefore in the remotest degree 0 :ed as a ground for the latter's report, which 11 s`u have g iven rise to the statements made in the a k h '' ar . patch of Feb. 28. N 8 nature of this sort of reporting is thus put into • Per light. I will not waste a word upon it. yet tahort remark, however, I cannot omit making. ti1kt ,.. 1 . 3 1101 strives in vain to explain himsef .ow qu i d l oh eat the Diet can possibly be brought into to ay with the missions to London and Paris. to the attitude at the Diet were of a nature offen qlq j9e Western Powers, (as according to the fictions k i, ahinet of Vienna it is represented to be, but in k i i ti t ,, not in the remotest degree), Count Buol's 1 4 "" about seeing us involved in contradictions lt ti ttl t °ll gruities can at any time be removed by the . INC that according to the express command of his 1 the Ki n g a regular understanding . with tl lil l'inets of London and Paris cannot be attained, 0,,e-rrussia has, by participation in the peace l k'Aq t tlu esl e acquired a thorough knowledge of the u ‘;‘, of th e bases of peace, for the attainment of . which . Add 1 ts, have to enter into obligations. Our position in 4 4 4 4, 2 ,1 1 ect is exactly that indicated in the despatch of h t . '. addressed to Graf Bernstorff and Graf Hatsfeldt. e itsi e tli ere has nothing taken place between us and the Qv o b i ' Powers beyond a confidential interchange of ‘ u lti which we, for our part, have net departed, i $l4 ai character if it bad been observed . on all sides, 1 . ',.,?e.rhaps, have prevented many misunderstai:id solet,:lits interchange of views, however, cannot, with II ' ei tlesre desire of arriving at an understanding, It kli 11 04 us any obligations by anticipation, and least ONe ge e t)cl the timid apprehension of an appearau.ce ti m tts ,\'°eation produce in us any intermission in acting P 4 l ' .9 - 4 t Convictions, based as they are on the prin. moped the resolutions of the Diet, with their accorn ktliieg motives. If Count Buol finds an incongruity gym. • ' lou ,We confess ourselves unable to remove it for kt l, 1 10 : °.should, however, at the same time, like to kiVlitt e y ; t the Cabinet of Vienna reconciles basing its V er alien on the dangers that threaten on the V'te,„ Prussia, and its urging the deploying of 0%,` 13 ' '8 military power to meet them, with its sitnul ktal'ri it. Profession of hopes of peace, which it puts for ted the co nnection with the negotiations now opened, 'l'e e ,, ee lacilia,fory attitude assumed at them by the ti ~‘,.oetative of Prussia. Op t 11 Will have the goodness , ' on fitting occasions, ' ul t r e s s e! YeUrself confidentially in the sense of the fore vmutrks " MARTEUEFEL.7, . _ 20 20 50 20 RATIMAY3. alertieen ~..,....., Aaibg. Nottr.g. Bosl and Basin. Janot.. Belfast & Ballymena. [firming. Wolverh Stour Vallf y Mrkenhd. La.nesh Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk: £5O and £NS Cow Do., ...... Blyth &Tyn 3 origin. £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Carmarthen and Cal digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pas- Cummil Junction DuNin&P.elfastjuuo Dundco re ithJzik.b, (teen Junction Do. Now East Anglian Eastern Counties.... Eastern Union, 1, Stock Di., B. Stock Do., Now A. Lancasldro '],li.nlinrgl,4lt (Haag° , &tub. and Peebles. Prth Dundt-, 'orth & Clyde Jun , Furness . Do. Extension Glasgow& S. Weste:;. ;:rent Northern.... Do., A. Stock • Do., B. Stock Wit. SILL &17,'ost.(Ire. 3reat Western. Do. , Stour Val. R Gua. Stk I.riBh F...frohth-Eastori; ncaster 8-. Carlis' , Do., Thirds Do. Nov Thirds.... tJancash.andYwks). Do., Fifths Da. i Wst. Midi/1g ITT' LAv.ersbv.&Southl , 1,011(1(J:a lc Black wn. !.ond. Brlght ficS.Csl timid. and N. Westr )o. Fifths D °JR Sh. , MB, 00. Eighths bondon c,n(1 . 8, Westr: Do., C 5 .C4Q.. !..ncludrriStOolerain , nthidtry. & E'nn - 131k atanell.Shef Do. , No. & Lin. Un Aidland >e.Birinn g verb liidld.O.West. (Ire, •).o. Half Shares . ;esve: - .•,stle &, Cari i in :4ewinkt.BuryExten gwpt. & Lirfi owky & Enniskilim \Towry Warrenpoin' end Rostrevor Corfolk . 4'ortbii.Cti unties tin 'iorth Brit; sh orth Devon, No. I :)0., No. 2 ")0., a A Deferred 00., B Guarklitoce I. Eastern—Berw iel Do. do. Extenßion G.N.E. Pura Do. Leidy York north London Do. New -el t) q,SLS.Wstrn.,llamp. stead, and City Jn.. , Torth Staffordshire, 'forth Western .„ „, & S. Westrn. Jinn . Nuneaton, Hinckley, Ind Leicester.. )xford; Wereester t & Wolvorhampton eortsmeuth leottisk Central 3cottiEhMidland... ihrewsby. & ilerefl 4hropshiro Union south Devon ;oath Ea.stern South Wales 4. Yrksh. & Rive Dm itaines, Wok. &IVoI .3toekton Darlia itc,lkten liartlepl raff Vale Do. £lO shares Do. Prof., No. Phamos Raven Doi and BAilway Valo of heath Wnterfi. & Kilkann Ws,terford&Linteric) West Cornwall.. ,West End of Londor and Crystal Palace `Nutt London Wimblen & Croydon elosfn: Prices this day. 20A - • 21 -4/ 81 -- 8 131 -- 124. (6 - 17 - 63,(i 88 - 90 63/ - 644 12 - 13 6 - 8 33 - 23 53 - 63 11 - 15 11i - 11? 29 -- 31 20 - 22 72 74 Fy7 59 2d rar 2i 2L ,„ - 68 70 71 73 23 ' 91 65 . Cai 59 - 61. 70 73 - 6 - 7 6 .7 76 76A ~ -- •., 7k SA 97 99 991 100 s d 1 83 81 81 8 71 61 241 - 244 8 - Si - 70 11 - 43 11. - 9 - 2 48 - 50 28i 2gi 7 9 5 7 71 - 72 7 61 41 31 124. 13 48,1 •- 49i 49 50 d par 4a 4R -7 4R i 1 d I ar 29 - ?.0 100 -- 102 €4 - C 5 45 - 47 12;- 13. 614 62i 27 - 28. 4 - 2 2 - 1 - 3S -- .. 41 - 161 16i 4 - 5 22 - f 24 5A - 62 .• - ••• 6 • - 7 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. Atomic:az Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, 82 -- 81 i'd = f g Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Atustralian 3 2hd Lond. Chart. Bk. Ditto New London and County 4 ' London Joint Stock.; Loud. & Wcrthainster. National Provincial of England - Do. New National of Ireland ; Now South Wales ' Oriental . Bank of CorporAtior ;'rovincial of Ireland Do. ,Nc..w ;loyal Auntraln.Bkg & ()old Imr) south Australia Union of Australia D. New Union cf London 20 -- .21 d IP 20 50 20 25 33 - 35 39 -. 41 la i 153 5 391 4!) i 37 - 39 65 - 67 7i 38 :I 61'6 iti KET NP &if S -(1' BIS DA Li --- CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was moderately supplied with English wheat. All kinds moved off slowly, at Monday's quota tions. The general condition of samples was good. The chow of foreign wheat was tolerably good. Holders gene rally wore very firm in their demands; but the amount of business doing was trifling, on former terms. Floating cargoes - were much neglected. We had a fair sale for barley, :If full quotations; but malt wa,s much neglected. Te oat trade was dull, but no change took place in pricbs. Beaus, peas, and flour sold at Monday's currency. English .. t risk • • • • Foreign .. Wheat. 1,620 ARRIVALS THIS ITEM Barley. met. 2,180 2,480, flats. k Flour. 190 1,560 . -. 3 520 sks. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is tolerably firm. In prices we have no change to notice. WIIITECHAPEL. Each kind of ineat moved off slowly, at our quotations : —Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 44 to 4s 6d ; veal, 3s 6:1 to Is Gd; pork, 3s 01 to 48 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LogDox, March 28.—Wind and weather this day at noon, E. ; light, breeze, and hazy weather. PORTSMOUTH, March 27.—Wind, S. to W. Arrived— H.M.S. Malacca, from the Crimea. Sailed—American Congress, for New York. PLYMOUTH, March 27.—Wind, W. Arrived—Queen of Ave, from Falmouth, for Rangoon, to bo docked. FALMOUTH, March 27.—Wind, variable. Arrived— H.N.M. steamer Merapie, from Batavia, for Helvast. STOCKTON, March 27.—Wind, N. Arrived— Wildflower, from Prince Edward's Island. ANTWERP, March 27.—The Leurwarden (s.s.), from Loudon to Oporto, stranded near the latter port on the 21st February, remained in the same position on the 14th inst., with little hope of getting off. [Mem.—This vessel was reported from Amsterdam, on the 12th March, as having been got off, and taken into Oporto.] (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wiud, E.N.E. Arrived—Speed, from Callao ; Standard, Charleston. Sailed—Theodore Dill and A. B. Simpson, for Calcutta ; Rafaelita, for Aalsund ; Saxon, Demerara; Charter Oak, Savannah. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Wednesday, 9.27 a.m. Wind, N.N.W. ; light, and hazy. Passed—Paris and London (s.), from Paris, for London. THE MILITIA.—The Royal Hants Militia, quartered at Haslar (Gosport) and Fort Monckton, were in a very insubordinate state on Monday morning when mustered on parade. When the assembly sounded about 300 of the old soldiers—those attested under the former act— refused to fall in, and piled their arms at the other end of the barrack•yard.. On being asked their reason for behaving so irregularly, they told the commanding officer they had served the time they were attested for, and they wished to go borne. The major commanding told them he would represent their grievances to the autho rities in a proper manner. The mild course bad the desired effect, and the men fell iu as usual, Businve dons this day. 65 5 98 74 9 )i 154 6O i i 71i 2 1i i 61# 12 27i THE SUN, LONIDO 11, "WEDNESDAY EVENING,. .MARCII 28. 1.851 i : 4. ri A- ttt so 1.11 cases were of every-day occurrence, and he bad been appealed to by one of the learned judges i❑ 6pen court to use his influence as a member of Parliament to put a stop to the existin_r scandalous system. Accordingly, he had introduced the second bill for establishing a -registration ; but after the shape this discussion had taken, he thought the best course was to refer both bills to a select committee. Mr. Layard—Mr. Osborne stated that there were no operating tables in the hospital. Is that true or not ? Dr. Menzies—l question the truth of that statement. Mr. Layard--Are you aware that the boards and tressels used for such purposes were so rioketty that a person was obliged to sit upon them to keep them steady ? Dr. Menzies—l never heard of that. Mr, MURRO UGH saw no necessity whatever for this oppressive measure, when, under the existing law, a judgment could. be btained on a bill of exchange in eight days for 3/. 10s. in a town cause, and 4/. in a Country cause. Examination continues',--There was no regular operat ing-room but a place was set aratt for the purpose in one of the wards: It dicl not occur to him when making preparations for the reset ,tion of the sick and wounded to provide a proper room .beforehand, as he thought there would be no difficulty in doing it afterwards. Some allowance ought to be made for the confusion in which all things wers. Mr. Layard—Was not the first thing necessary to be done the provision of a. room for operations ? Did it not occur to you so ? Dr. Menzies—lt did not occur to me at first, but I thought of it when the wounded arrived. Mr. Layard—When the wounded arrived ! (A laugh.) Nevertheless you had operations performed in one of the wards, in the sight of the other patients. Could you not have appropriated some other place, or sepa rated that portion of the room from the others in some way ? Dr. Mcnzies—l directed the proper person to provide a place, but he did not do it ; and, as I said befor.?, I had so much to do that to see after everything myself was quite impossible. (Laughter.) Mr. Layari—Did you discharge, or report, or punish that person for neglecting your orders on such an essen tial point ? Dr. Menzies--I did not. The - ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought this question had been sufficiently discussed. Thera could be no doubt that, under the existing system, fictitious and fraudulent defences were made to bilis of exchange that were a scandal to the law, and if any sate plan could be devised for securing a more expeditious and economical mode of rose very, it was for the interest of the legal profession, and for the advantage of the mercantile commun;ty,that it should be adopted. It was impossible that the pre sent state of things could be allowed to continue ; and then came the question, could the house adopt either of these bills ? Both were based upon the same principle, but the machinery of each was different to that of the ether, and therefore he thought they could not do better than assent to the proposal to refer the two bills to a select .committee. Mr. .M‘MAIION pointed out that the 12th clause was a violation of international law, because it allowed Eng lish merchants to take proceedings upon bills of ex change against merchants in America, 7rance, or any other foreign country. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for Ireland concurred in the p:rinciple of both bills. It was unwise t.- allow debtors to hare a vested right in the law's delay. Mr. T. HANKEY said the persons w1;:o were most anxious. that this bill should pass were nol, bankers and dealers in bills of exchange, but merchants; and traders who et - cried on business with negotiable instruments. Mr. W. BROWN hoped before either of these bills passed that a clause would he introduced ;making a dis tinction between foreign and inland bills, , ar to place the whole npm an equality. Mr. MULLINGS pointed out a difficulty which would arise in connection with these bills. 'There was a society in London which made a practice af searching weekly the Registry of Judgments and they Register of Bills of Sale, and publishing for 11. a-year a list of all judgments and bills of sale. Now, perhaps the opera tions of that society might not be prejudicial. to the gene ral public so far as these two registers were- concerned ; but, if they were to be allowed to publish the bills of emiliange registered under either of these bi lie, it might be productive of much mischief. He therixiore hoped souse provision would be made for prohibith Jg the publi cation of the Register of Bills of Exchange. After a few words from Mr. RICIIARDSON, Mr. Layard—Tben how could you expect your orders to be attended to in other respects ? No reply. Mr. Layard—Did you ever reprimand, censure, or dismiss any person connected with the hospital ? Dr. Menzies—Yes, I sent away one officer from the hospital. Mr. Layard—Who was he ? Dr. Menzies—One of my clerks. Mr. Layard , ---A copying clerk ? (A. laugh.) Dr. Menzies—Yes. (Renewed laughter.) Examination continued—Mr. Wreford was, be should say, about 60 to 63 years of age. He did not perform his duties to his (Dr. Menzies') satisfaction ; on the con trary, Ise opposed his authority. Mr. Wreford was still at the head of the purveying department. He (Dr. Menzies) was the responsible person for seeing that the sick and wounded were properly provided for board ship for their passage home. The Chairman—Then you were to blame if, as we have been told, they were sent away without proper neCessaries? Dr. Menzies—Yes, I presume so. (Laughter.) Examination continued—First-class Staff-Surgeon Carr was his assistant in performing operations in the general hospital, and Dr. M`Gregor at the barrack hospital. He should say that there was not a Sufficient medical staff in the hospitals to insure the safety of the patients. Although the numbers were few the men worked hard, and were engaged night and day in their arduous duties. He was not present at all operations, though it was an universal practice, at all general hospi tals, that the head of the medical department should .al ways be present on such occasions, Dr. Menzies, in reply to some further questions in re ference to the number and condition of the patients of the general hospital, read several documents of an offi cial character. He then went on, in reply to a series of questions, to state that he had all the medical references tor the commandant to attsnd to, as well as the corres pondence with Dr. Hall. Lord Stratford sent to him from time to time to ascertain if anything was wanted, and he replied that with the exception of some chairs and tables and a few other articles they were not in want of anything at the hospitals. Lady Stratford sent some linen, and it was accepted, but it was not wanted. By General Peel—He considered that it was the com mandant's duty to see to the provision for clean linen in the hospital. Mr. WILLIAM viewed this as a commercial question, and he believed that if either bill passed in its present shape it would have a most inj wcious effect upon the inland trade of the country. Mr. SA_NDIRS opposed both bills, believing, as a commercial man, that they would be produ alive o great harm. The house then divided, when there app wred— For the second reading ll4 Against it Majority —s6 The bill was then real a second time, and. orderA to be referred to a select committee. BILLS OF EXCHANGE "AND PRO:b:ISSORY NOTES BILL. This bill was also read a second time, :uicl wa3 or dered to be referred to a select committee. UNION OF BENEFICES BILL . Mr. FREWEN moved the second rea fling of this hill, the main points in which he shortly re: e.i-red to. Mr. COWPER contended that the chatlip!s proposed to be effected by the measure were unnecesm.ry, whilst the measure itself would not in its operitiott fulfil the intentions of the hon. gentleman by whom it had been intrlduced. He trusted, therefore, the hon_ gentleman would not press his motion. Mr. R. PHILLIMORE would not oppose -the second reading of the bill, Vat he thought some modifications might be advantagenusly made in it in conarctit tee. . • By Colonel Lindsay—He had never heard of any of the wounded men, after the battle of the Alita, remain ing four or five days without being attended to. Ad miral Boxer applied for some surgeons from Malta, who came. He never refused the services of any medical men to his knowledge. The officers who arrived from the'Crimea with the wounded were sent either to Con stantinople or Scutari. In cases where they applied for sick leave to return home a medical board was held upon them. The board assembled at his autho, rity. At first the medical board had to report to Varna before permission could be given them to return home ; but latterly they obtained leave as soon as the decision of the medical board had been given. He did not receive nominal but numerical returns of the deaths in the hospitals. Latterly be received no returns of con valescents. After a few words from Mr. BoUVERIE , Mr. SPOONED expressed his approbation Of: the, bill, to the second reading of which he offers a o Con, but he quite agreed with the hon. gentleman (Kr. Phillimore) that some alteration might be beneficially male in committee. Mr. HENLEY opposed the motion, on ib e ground that it did not provide for parochial ministraa ;it )n. Mr. FREWEN briefly replied and pressed 'hi .s motion. The house then divided, when the numbers. were— Ayes 3O Noes Majority - --82 Colonel Lindsay—Was it ever reported to you that some men sent on board as convalescents were unfit to be sent back to the Crimea ? The motion was consequently lost. ECCLESIASTICAL PROPERTY (IRFLLAND) BILL. Dr. Menzies—l never heard of such a thing taking place. If the medical man in charge of those convales cents did not report any unfitness of patients for trans port he ought to have done so. By the Chairman—He got numerical returns of deaths on board the transports. This hill was read a second time, and was ardered to be referred to a select committee. VACATING SEATS IN PARLIAMENT BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. WILLIAMS opposed the bill on the ground that it interfered unjustly with the rights or constitu encies,. Mr. BANKES also opposed the motion. _ _ _ By Mr. Bramston—The board appointed to decide upon the efficiency of Mr. Ward consisted of himself as president, and two staff surgeons of the second class. He thought the report was now in England. This brought the examination of Dr. Menzies to a close. Dr. Dumbreck was next examined.—He stated that he Was deputy superintendent of the hospitals, and senior officer pro tempore. He arrived at Constantinople on the 16th April. He objected to the building selected for•the hospital. He was in charge for a month. Dr. Hall arrived on the 29th June, and superseded him. The food sup: plied to the men was very fair, and he could speak from experience, as he had himself partaken of the rations served out. Many complaints were made respect ing the hospital tents, as well as the green coffee supplied to the men. There was no want of medical comforts at the battle of the Alma. The wounded in that engagement were conveyed off the ground on stretchers ; but at Balaklava and Inker man ambulance waggons were made use of for the pur pose. He did not know why Messrs. Black at Constan tinople were chosen from whom to purchase medicines. Mr. Wreford, when once in want of wine, applied to Messrs. Black. He had orders from Mr; Sidney Her bert to give Miss Nightingale every assistance in his power. Sir G. GREY explained that the bill ?maid only apply in cases where a member of the Cto - vernment merely altered his relation to it by changing;:, .on the re constitution of a Ministry, one office for anothier, which did not In any way uumpromise his ludepen , 36 net., but, on the contrary, under the present state of tbe law, sub jected him to the inconvenience of submitting h imself to his constituency for re-election. It was necessary that the house should be clearly informed that tb,e bill would only have this limited operation. Mr. BENTINCK and Mr. HATFIELD also 'opposed the bill, the latter hon. gentleman moving that ;it be read a second time that day six months. Mr. BARROW, in seconding the amendment, con sidered that it was due to the oonstitnet 'cies of this country that they should have an opportunity of ex pressing their approbation or otherwise of tile change of office which had been undertsken by their representa tives who were connected with the ministry. Mr. HENLEY and Sir F. THESIGEE supported the amendment. Mr. S. WORTLEY would support the motion, be cause he saw no constitutional objection whatever to it. After a few words front Mr. DEEDES, The house divided, when the numbers were— Ayes Noes 73 Majority The motion was consequently lost. THE SARDINIAN LOAN BILL. The Chairman—Did you do so accordingly ? Dr. Dumbreck replied that he did. He issued the orders she wished to have executed. When that lady arrived she expressed her surprise that the hospital was in so orderly a condition under all circumstances. Whilst Mr. Ward was alive the whole of Dr. Menzies' difficulties arose from the way in which the purveyor performed his duties. Mr. Wreford was not to be held responsible for anything that occurred alter the 16th of October. A great portion of his time was occupied in preparing returns of the number of men in the hospital, and reports of various descriptions. There were plenty of operating tables after the battle of Inkerman. Dr. Hall was responsible for everything in the hospital at Bataklava. He (witness) never saw the hospitals in the condition described by Mr. Stafford. He inspected the ships for the transport of the sick and wounded. After Inkerman the bedding on board the transports fell short. He never used chloroform in ope rations; but he had seen it used without auy injurious effect in such cases. The hospital arrangements were not adapted to the circumstances of war. He thought the mission of Miss Nightingale most desirable. The Committee adjourned about 4 o'clock until to morrow. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER this bill was reads second time without opposition, and the committee was postponed until to•morrow before the notices of motions. Some other business on the paper having been disposed of, the house adjourned. shortly before six o'clock. ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL CO3l - DAY.) The committee resumed their inquiry this morning at the usual hour. Dr. Menzies was recalled, and stated that his position at Scutiri was an anomalous one, and he did not know really what to do. Dr. Cumming was his superior officer, and gave orders frequently without consulting him, and he felt himself so awkwardly placed that he was often at a loss how to act. Dr. Cumming arrived at the hospital in November. The Chairman—What made you believe that he was your superior officer ? Dr. Menzies replied that Dr. Cumming was his senior in the service ; and on his arrival he (witness) considered himself superseded. He threw off all responsibility from his own shoulders after the day Dr. Cumming arrived. . OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. (Prom a Supplement to last night's Gazette.) WAR-DEPARTMENT, MaRcH 28. Lord Panmure has this day received two despatches and their enclosures, of which the following are copies, ad dressed to his Lordship by Field-Marshal the Lord Rag lan, G.C.B. Mr. Layard—Therefore, that being so, Dr. Cumming was responsible for anything that went wrong after his arrival ? Dr. Menzies replied that he eu ould say so. He un derstood Dr. Cumming Was his superior, and considered he ought to obey Dr. Cumming's order. He considered Dr. Cumming was responsible for the orders he gave. Lord Seymour.—You statea the other day that you had the charge of that hospital from Juno until the Ist of January last ; do you mean to abide by that state ment ? Dr. Menzies.—l do. Before Sebastopol, March 13, 1855. My Lord,—The enemy commenced working upon the =melon in front of the tower of 31alakhoff in the night of Friday; bat the nature of the work, from the thickness of the atmosphere, could not be distinguished. Great progress, however, had been perceived on Sunday, and that night a strong working party of the British troops was occupied in commencing a parallel from the advanced point of our right attack, with a view to form a junction with the corresponding parallel to be made on their sido by the French, who began it on the following evening ; and much was done to forward the operation before day light this morning, and it is hoped that the object will be completed to-night. The weather is generally fine in the early part of the day, but towards evening heavy sea fogs come rolling in, and wholly obscure the view of the place. The enemy have shown a battalion and some Cossacks on the heights abeve Balaklava and towards Namara, pro bably with the view to interrupt the French and English wood-cutting parties, for the construction of gabions, in the immediate neighbourhood, but the allied detachments have not been obliged to discontinue their work. I enclose a return of casualties to the 10th inst. I have, &c. RAGLAN. The Lord Panmuro, &c., &c. Lord Seymour.—Well, then, yen were responsible. Mr. Drummond.—Did Dr. Cumming show you any document by virtue of which he superseded your autho rity ? Dr. Menzies.—He did not Mr. Ball.—Did Dr. Cumming give any order which you considered interfered with your management of tho hospital ? Dr. Menzies.—No. The Chairman—What authority did he give which led you to believe that he waii your superior / Mr. Menzies—He gave no authority at all. The Chairman—Then why did you obey his orders ? Dr. Menzies—l always regarded him as my superior. He was above me in rank and seniority. Examination continued—As all reports were made to him, and he was responsible for what was done in the hospital, perhaps, strictly speaking, he ought not to have recognised Dr. Cumming's orders. He was under the impression that he had come there to assume the command of the hospital. Mr. Layard—Did you remonstrate with Dr. Andrew Smith on your " anomalous" position, as yen term it ? Dr. Menzies—No. When Dr. Cumming arrived he wrote to Dr. Smith, telling him of the fact, and asked to be relieved from a share of his responsibility. a . „The Chairman —A "share" of your responsibility. Mr. Layard then resumed the examination of the witness at the point he left off at yesterday. He ob jected to the position of the dead house fixed upon by Dr. M'Gregor, because it was inconvenient and dis agreeable to the patients. He did all be could to keep the hospital in proper order, but the Committee must allow that his position was a very trying one. The large numbers of sick who were continually arriving quite overwhelmed him, and the numerous duties ho had to perform rendered it quite impossible he could see to everything, All he could do was to give directions to the different officers. The Chairman—Did you complain of your position, or notify what you have just stated to any person ? Dr. Menzies—No. The Chairman—Then why do you complain now I Why did you not complain then ? Dr. Menzies—Because I thought it was of no use— and I knew that there was nobody to relieve me at that time. Enclosure 1. RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 9TH TO 11TH MARCH, 1855, INCLUSIVE. 18th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 31th Foot-1 rank and file, killed. 41th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 55th Foot-1 rank and file, killed. 77th Foot-2 rank and file, wounded. 97th Foot-1 rank and file, killed. Total-3 rank and file, killed ; 4 rank and file, wounded. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOLTRT, Ad j utan t- General. Enclosure 2. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON - COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED FROM 9TH TO 11TH MAltell, 1855, INCLUSIVE. KILLED. MARCH 9. 97th Regiment of Foot, Private John Widows. MARmi 10. 55th Regiment of Foot. Private John McGuire. MARcH 11. 34th Regiment of Foot. Private William Callaghan. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure .1.• NOHINAL RETURN OF 140 N-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES OUNDED FROM Oru TO 11rii MARCII, 1853, INWCLUSIVE. WOUNDED. MARCH 9. 44th Regiment of Foot. Private Thomas paddler, severely, s (TN OFFICE, Seven, o'clock. NORTITAIVIPTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. Foxhunter King of Trumps Medway Fourteen ran. Won by half a length 6 to 4 agst Scherz (taken) ALTHORP PARK STAKES. Queen's Head Tilly Sugar-cane Ten ran. 6to 4 agst Queen's Head (taken) 2to 1 agst Slander Colt (offered) ST. LIZ HANDICAP. Alonzo . Hercules Gamelad Talfourd Saucebox Benham.. Nine ran. CUP STAKES. Fiv© ran. RACING STAKES. 1 LATEST BETTING. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Fandango. 10 to 1 aga Vandyke. 10 to 1 agst Athersone. CHESTER CIIP. 25 to 1 agst Marc Antony MPE MAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) PRIVATE BUSINESS. Price's Patent Candle Company Bill was read a third ime and passed. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third time :—Dursley and Midiaad Railway; Ossett Gas ; South Staffordshire Railway. PETITIONS. Mr. Vance, Mr. Muntz, Mr. Ileadlam, and Mr. Maleings pre3onted petitions against the Bills of Exchange Bill. DILLS OF EXCHANGE BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this bi!l, _ . _ Mr. VANCE opposed it, on the ground that it would restrict the operations of bills of exchange and prove alike injurious to the debtor and the creditor. It pro posed to estiblish a registration of dishonoured bills of exchange, and to enable the holder of a bill of exchange to sue out judgment against his debtor without taking any preliminary proceedings beyond the mere registra tion. This r. gistration would set aside the existing law of judgments, insolvency, and bankruptcy, and, other wise give the holder of a rgistered bill of exchange an undue advantage over all other creditors. That part of .the bill which related to Ireland was exceedingly objec tionable ; and, although it might boa very good thing to prevent frivolous defences against bills of exchange, he yet thought such cases were of too rare occurrence to justify such an arbitralir measure an this. Except in cases where usurious interest was charged, frivolousdefences were exceedingly unfrequent, and since the coMmercial community of England and Ireland had mostly petitioned rt.ainst the bill, he did not think the house would be justified in passing the second reading. He moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. MUNTZ seconded the amendment, as the bill would do a great deal more harm than good. Ile would drive many a solvent man into bankruptcy. It came from a lawyer, and he. had no hesitation in saying that lawyers were more ignorant of mercantile transactions than any other people. A bill of exchange was only the representation of a debt . not quite due, and he could not understand why it should have precedence over all other contract debts. vv Sir E. PERRY defended the bill, which he said was supported by 28 petitions from the largest mercantile cities in the kingdom, and based upon sound principles. The patronage under the bill would be placed in the hands of the Crown, but it would impose no additional expense whatever upon the public, as the registration fees would provide for everything. It was not the bill of Lord Brougham, at least that noble and learned lord did not frame it ; but it was the work of a committee of mercantile men who held their meetings in the City of London, whilst it had been examined in detail, and ap• proved by a committee of Law Lords in the upper house. The law proposed to be established by this bill was in operation in Scotland, where it was working exceed ingly well, and he hoped as the simple remedy of the bill was to do away with fictions defences, and give a speedy remedy on dishonoured bills of exchange, If the house passed the second reading he should hare no objection to refer the bill to a select committee. Mr. GURNEY - could see no necessity for altering the existing law. There might be inconveniences at tending its operation, but the remedy proposed by this bill was averse than the disease. In fact, it consulted the convenience of the few at the expense of the ruin of the many. The sound principle for regulating the law of debtor and creditor should proceed upon the under standing that the debtor was entitled to sufficient time to recover himself from temporary difficulties, and if at the expiration of that time it was found that the debtor could not recover himself then his assets should be divided in equal proportions amongst all his cre ditors. Now, this bill wholly ignored the principle of giving the holder of bills of exchange a preference over all other creditors, and he thought the house should hesitate before they adopted it, because it appeared to _him to be an absolute encouragement of fraudulent pre ferences. He admitted that the present state of the law was an inducement to leniency from the creditor to the debtor, but this bill would afford a direct premium for harshness ; and therefore he thought it would press heavily and unjustly upon those small shopkeepers, and their name was legion, who carried on their trade through the instrumentality of bills at short dates. Besides these objections to the bill, it would act most prejudicially upon the public interest, inasmuch as it would tend to diminish the amount of really good bills of exchange, and increase considerably bad ones, because men who did not hesitate to give bills now wouli object to do so if this measure passed, and bills of exchange would too frequently bear the acceptance of men of straw. As for the petitions in favour of the bill, he did not attach much importance to them, because they came mostly from Chambers of Commerce, where small trades- Ilion were not very often represented ; while, with re gard to the petitions which came from wholesale dealer 4 in favour of the Scotch system, it might work'very well for them, but the man who felt the screw had just as much right to be heard as the man who turned it. (A laugh.) Now the small tradesmen of Scotland would .tell a very different story to these petitioners, because they could show that the good the system accomplished was purelyiruaginary, but the evil it inflicted was pal pable and certain. (Hear, hear.) Mr. NAPIER should be sorry to see this bill rejected, because if men could be made to feel that there was a speedy and simple process for making them fulfil their contracts they would not be so ready to put their names to bills of exchange which they were unable to meet. Mr. MITCHELL supported the bill, on the ground that a man who put his name to a bill of exchange was bound to be prepared to take it up at maturity. quiteaiS tradesmen w r j . hu S os P ltli yOawaouhbNnol unjust E ui snßt carriedtahiol ed p p ci o nns s ec e t ai d :left ie t rl bill, r e bgd fuoesrbi niiin: bills the of f h e ieccxhacshema operationsoni might h es t ,mb abe withi be bills for moderate if not insignificant amounts. He ob. jetted to the bill because it gave thee w re o d u it ld or d t o he no p g ow oo e d r of injuring an unfortunate d e bt or . It whatever, but a great deal of harm. •Mr.BAlNESeupported the bill upon the same ground as that urged in the petition of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce, viz., that it would simplify and economise the law, while its provisions bad been approved of by the highest legal and mercantile authorities. He preferred this bill to the Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill, but perhaps the good of both might be extracted and put into one bill, if they were referred to a select committee. Mr. G-LYN insisted that the present law of bills of exchange imperatively called for reform ; it was an ano malous state of things that there should be one law for Scotland and another for England, and ho hoped the two bills would be referred to a select committee, with the view of devising some 'effective means for destroying the pernicious system of renewing bills of exchange. Why, on the 4th of March last, one house, in the city noted no less than 700 dishonoured bills, while it was computed that on the same day there were no less than 5,000 dishonoured bills noted in the city of London. Now, was that a state of things which the Legislature could permit to continue. It lowered the character of bills of exchange, and any measure which could put a stop to it would be a benefit to the mercantile com munity. Sir F. THESIGER thought the remedy provided by the Common Law Procedure Act was sufficiently ex peditious without a measure of this nature. There was no analogy between the case of Scotland and that of England. In Scotland the existing system had prevailed since 1682; it had become incorporated with their laws, and the people were used to it, but he did not think that was a sufficient reason for transplanting it to England, where people had become familiarised with quite a different sys tem. There were defects in the English system no doubt, but they would be remedied by the second bill on this subject, and therefore he should have no objection to assent to the second reading of this bill, providing it was afterwards referred with the other to a select com mittee. The LORD-ADVOCATE said the whole law of Eng land upon this subject rested on a false basis ; the cor rect system was that which prevailed in Scotland, and not only in Scotland, but all over the Continent, and the house, in his opinion, would do well to adopt this bill. Mr. KEATING, who had charge of the second bill, said the existing law was a scandal alike to the admin istration of juitice and the Legislature. Actions were brought upon LA of exchange, and for the sake of de lay they were defenied. The acceptance was denied; but, on the trial, an order admitting the handwriting was produced, and the holder obtained his verdict. These MARCH 11. 18th Regiment of Foot. Private John Conners, severely. 77th Regiment of Foot. Private Timothy Connell, severely. Private James Clarke, dangerously. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Ad j u taut- General. Before Sebastopol, March 17, 1855. My t , )rd,—The progress of the parallel, which I reported to sot tr lordship in my despatch of the 13th instant (No. 205), 3 not been as rapid as was anticipated, the ground being e: Ktremely rocky, and the difficulty of procuring cover co: asequently excessive, and rendering it almost im possible to carry on the operation (luting the day. Both .:the English and the French have now, however, succee(to ti in establishing the communication between them. :Her Majesty's troops have not been assailed ; but our Al lies have been kept constantly in action, and they have s a cceeded in driving the enemy from the rifle pits, in whi c h they had established themselves in their imme diate 1 i ont, with distinguished gallantry and great perse veranc e. They, however, have sustained some loss, though not eq ttt 1.1 to that which they have inflicted upon their oppor ts. .A. st• dy fire has been maintained upon the =melon in the occ a pation of the enemy, from the guns is our right attack •„ and the practice of both the navy and the artillery has 13( conspicuously good, and reflects the highest credit o. a those branches of her Majesty's service. Alth o, igh no positive attack has been directed against our we irks, our approaches are carried so close to the enemy, that the casualties are greater than they have lately 1 )ei3n, as your lordship will be concerned to remark in expo aning the returns I have the honour to enclose; and it is my painful duty to announce to your lordship the de s. el of Capt. Craigio, of the Royal Engineers, whose zeal and devotion to the service could not be sur passed, s ind who was killed on the 13th, after he had been relieved. from the trenches, and was on his way to the Engine ei• Park, by a splinter from a shell, which burst close to him. • I haNro•the honour to report the arrival of Lieut.-Gene ral Sim? )s an, who joined my head-quarters yesterday, and that of Rr John 11• Neill and Colonel Tulloch, who reached Balakla ra a few days before.—l have, &c., RAGLAN. The I to rd Panmure, bcc. Enclosure 1. RETUTI V OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 12TH TO 15TH OF MARCH, INCLUSIVE. 7th Rai iment of Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 18th Fa it-1 rank and file, killed. liOth Fa 4-1 rank and file, wounded: 34th Fa ,t-2 rank and file, killed. 38th Fa )t-2 rank and file, wounded. 41st Foe t—lrauk and file, killed; 4 ditto, wounded. 55th I !oat-5 rank and file, wounded. 62d F oo t-1 officer, 1 rankand file, wounded. 77th Pc,ot-1 rank and file, killed; 1 ditto, wounded. 88th JO' Dot-3 rank and file, wounded. 89th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 97th .Fliot-2 rank and file, wounded. 2d Bi btl alion Rifle Brigade-2 rank and file, wounded. Royal: .Artillery 1 rank and file, wounded. Royal.) 'Angi neers —1 officer, killed. Total--1 officer, 5 rank and file, killed; 1 officer, 26 rank ar.3,/,, file, wounded. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 2. NOMIN'AL RETURN OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEES KILLED FROM THE 12TH TO THE ]STH MARC H, INCLUSIVE. KILLED. MARCH 13. Rom' Engineers. Captain A. D. Craigie. J. E. BIICKNALL ESTCOURT, Acjj utant-General. Enclosure 3. NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED FROM THE 12TH TO THE 16TH TARCH, INCLUSIVE. WOTINDED. MARCH 15. 62d Regiment of Foot. Captain J. B. Forster, slightly. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 4. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFIXERS AND PRIVATES KILLED FROM THE 12Ta, a‘o 15TH MARCH, 1835, INCLUSIVE. KILLED. MARCH 12. 41st Regiment of Foot. Private Patrick Cunningham. MARCH 14. 18th Regiment of Foot. Corporal Owen Whelan. 34th Regiment 'of Foot. Private Thomas Gately. MARCH 15. 34th Regiment of Foot. Private William Heritage. 77th Regiment of Foot. Private Francis Burfoot. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure G. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFXCERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM .THEi 12TH TO 15TH MARCH, 1855, INCLUSIVE. WOUNDED. MARCH 7. Royal Artillery. Gunn :r and Driver Hugh Mcßride, severely (omitted in a-oturu of 9th Kant). MARCH 12. 38th Regiment of Foot. Private Francis Haynes, severely 55th Regiment of Foot. Private John Singleton, severely 88th Regiment of Foot. Private Daniel Quinn, slightly MARCH 13. 7th Regiment of Foot. Private William Bas dray, severely 30th Regiment of Foot. Private John Filstead, severely Private John Callaghan, slightly 41st Regiment of Foot. Corporal Richard Ivers, slightly 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade. Private James Thornelly, slightly Private Thomas Stephens, slightly MARCH 14. 30th Regiment of Foot. Private Patrick Kavanagh, slightly. 41st Regiment of Foot. Private John Evans, slightly Private John Navin, slightly' Private James Downes, slightly 55th Regiment of Foot. Private James Lawrence, slightly Private George Miller, slightly • Private Patrick Guering, slightly 88th Regiment of Foot. Private John Hough, slightly Private William Huntly, slightly 89th Regiment of Foot. Private Jeremiah Ward, dangerously, since dead 97th Regiment of Foot. Private Francis Carty, slightly Private James Hargreaves, slightly MARCH 15. 35th Regiment of Foot. Private Joseph Peverett, slightly 55th Regiment of Foot. Private Michael Farrell, severely, since dead 62d Regiment of Foot. Private Hugh Reilly, slightly 77th Regiment of Foot. Private William Grange, dangerously J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, • Adjutant-General. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM REAR ADMIRAL LYONS. (Fromm cc supplement to last night's Gazette.) ADMIRALTY, MARCH from Despatches, of which Rear-Admiral tho following Sirar e Edmundco p e have been received Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief cf her Majesty's ships and vessels is the Mediterranean and Black Sea. DESTRUCTION OF THE TOWER OF DJIMITEIA BY HER MAJESTY'S STEAM-VESSEL VIPER. Royal Albert, off Sebastopol, March 17, 1555, Sir,—l have the honour to enclose, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a copy of a letter that I have received from Captain Criffard, of hor Majesty's ship Leopard, enclosing one from Lieutenant Armytage, reporting his having destroyed in her Majesty's steam-vessel Viper, under his command, the martello tower and barracks of Djimiteia, which had been recently erected for the defence of the direct communication be tween Anapa and Kertch. This very useful service has been performed by Lieut. Armytage in the manner that might have been expected from an officer of his acknowledged merit.-1 am, kc., (Signed) EDMUND LYONS, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. To the Secretary of the Admiralty. Enclosure. Her Majesty's ship Leopard, off Kertch, March S. Sy,--The wind being off shore this morning, I sent her Majesty's ship Viper to examine the Boghaz of the Kuban Lake, and also the coast as far as the Tower of Djimiteia, and have the honour to enclose a letter from Lieutenant Armytap, reporting his having, in the latter placo, de stroyed tho new tower, with two guns, also the barracks and other buildings. Lieutenant Armytago deserves great credit for the able manner in which he has performed this service with his small vessel.—l have, sze., (Signed) GEO. GIFFARI,), Captain. Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.G.8., Commander-in-Chief. Sub-Enclosure. Her Majesty's stea Mm-vesBsel 18 Viper, off Kertch, arch , 55. Sir,—l have the honour to report that, in obedience to your instructions, I left this anchorage at 5.30 this morn ing, for the purpose of examinin g the mouth of th e Kuban Lae. I arrived off there at nine, and observing a small force of Cossacks on the north spit, opened fire and dis persed them, then ex amined the lake i n the whale-boat of this ship, but observing nothing of consequence a l o ng the coast to the south - eastward. proceeded I had just previously taken IVssession of a small vessel laden with charcoal and other goods, in with me, with three prisoners whichbrought have _ on board. enclose you her papers, &e., as they may be useful to his Excel lency, the Commander-in-Chief, and request your direc tions in reference to the prisoners. At I'so p.m. I arrived off the Martello Tower, at Diimi teia, anchoring bow and stern at a distance of 500 yards from the beach, and a:. 2 p.m. opened fire upon the fort., dispersing the few Cossacks that remained. It is now my pleasing duty to inform you that I have effectually destroyed the fort, barracks, and granaries (having set fire to the latter), spiked and disabled the two guns, destroying the ammunition ; and all, I am happy to say, without any casualty on board the Viper. I beg to bring under your notice the conduct of Mr, James Roche, Second Master, who commanded the land. ing parties ; and Mr. John R. Moss, Master's Assistant, who aided him in destroying the guns; both having per formed their duty much to my satisfaction.—l hare, &c., (Signed) IVM. ARMYTAGE, Lieutenant and Captain G eorge Giff ar d , H .M.S. Leopard, Commander. Senior Officer. Royal Albert, off Sebastopol, March 17. Sir,--I have the honour to enclose, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a letter which has been addressed to me by Captain Giffard, stat ing that, while making a reconnaisonce near Soujak-Kale, with her Majesty's ship Leopard under his command, and accompanied by her Majesty's ships Highflyer, Swallow, and Viper, and also by H.I.M. steam ship-of-war Fulton, he was informed by the Cir• cassians in the neighbourhood that the enemy had so reduced the strength of that fortress by the removal of men and guns to Anapa, that they were ready to attack it by land if he would do so by sea ; and that he, wishing to encourage the natives and to embarrass the Russians, had assented to the proposal, and moved the ships to within 1,000 yards of the south face of the fort, where he performed his part, but that on finding the Circassians did not perform theirs be withdrew, after having driven all the garrison out of the place, with the exception of a few gunners in the earthern batteries, and having also dismounted several guns, and done considerable damage to the arsenal and public works, leaving the garrison about a mile from the place, surrounded by Circat.sians, who were collecting rein forcements. The ships appear to have been well placed, and to have fired with great effect ; and Captain Giffard expresses his thanks to Captain Le Buis, his able coadjutor on former occasions, as well as to Captain Moore, C omman d er Cran ford, and Lieutenant Armytage, and their respective officers and ships' companies, for their support. Of Captain Giffard himself, I may be permitted to ob. serve that this is not the first time that his zeal and gal lantry have been conspicuous since he has been under my command.—l am, &c., (Signed) ED. LYONS, Pear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London. REPORTING AN ATTACK UPON SOUJAK. Her Majesty's ship Leopard, Soujak Bay, March 13, 1855. Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, thatfrom the in formation I had received from the Circassians, at Ghelenjik and also from the observations of Monsieur Le Bris of his Imperial Majesty's steam-vessel Fulton, as well as my own, on the Gth instant, if! Soujak Bay, I was led to be lieve the Rnsaians had sent many guns, stores, &c., away from that fort, and would probably leave if a force ap peared off it. Wishing to have wore certain information for you, on my return to your flag, I, on the evening of the 11th instant, when the Highflyer joined me, proceeded with the vessels named in the margin (Leopard. Highflyer, Swallow, Viper, and Fulton, French steamer),.to Soujak Bay, where we anchored on the morning , of the 12th ; but a fresh gale, with heavy swell; preverfEed'bur closing the batteries. I therefore threw . , spin shells into the place; and the Circassians, who soon ap . pe e sacl9l.4l4lubers, at the same time attacked the small fort at The bead of the bay, opposite the town, drove out , t i he : gitiiiik,' u; and burnt it, at 8 a.m. This mornino'the Circassians inform e d me they had a sufficient ' force, and would attack Soujak Kale by land if I would do so by sea, and wishing to encourage them and embarrass the enemy, I immediately moved the squadron to within 1,000 yards of tho south face and opened fire on it. From this paint the enemy only had 10 guns to bear on the ships ; but the light wind and damp weather made the smoke hang over and conceal them from our fire, whilo our masts above were conspi cuous to them. We soon drove all the inhabitants and troops out of the place, except those in the eiti then batteries, but I was much disappointed to find that the Circassians did not ad vance to attack them when out of the town, as they had promised. I, therefore, moved out again, as, with our small force of men, it would have been too great a ri s k t o land, the main body of the garrison being close at hand. ,The arsenal and public buildings are much injured, and several of the guns were silenced and dismounted. Our loss, lam happy to s a y, h as b een sma ll ; an d some i n j ury has ,leen done to the masts and hulls of the ships. I was much pleased with the able way in which all the ships took up their assigned positions, and have to thank Monsieur le Brie, of the Fulton, Captain Moore, Comman der Craufurd, and Lieutenant Armytage, commanding the Viper, for their able support, as well as all the officers and men. The Russian force, apparently 1,500 or 2,000 men, and the other inhabitants are now encamped about a mile north of the town, having left a few men iu the batteries ; they will have great difficulty in communicating with Anapa, being surrounded by the Cireassians (who wero collecting reinforcements), and should they return to the town, a small naval force can at any time drive them out again. I enclose list of casualties among the ships. I have, &c., (Signed) GEORGE GIFFAR,D, Captain. Real-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.B. Sub-Enclosure No. I. CASUALTIES ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP LEOPARD, RECEIVED DURING THE ATTACK AT SOUJAK, ON THE 13TH MARCH, 1855. KILLED. David Marchment, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery, shot wound, carrying away the soft parts of the neck ante rior to the spine. WOUNDED. Gecrge Davis, A. 8., splinter wound of thigh severe. Brewerton, Private Royal Marine, contused wound of back, slight. (Signed) J. ACHESON, Surgeon. Sub-Enclosure No. 2. RETURN OF KILLED AND WOUNDED ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP HIGHFLYER, AT SOU. JA.K-KALE, MARCH 13, 1855. Killed . . . None. WOUNDED. James Rickard, A. 8., slightly. Jeremiah O'Brien, Ordinary, slightly. (Signed) W. D. KERR, M.D. Surgeon. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) TIIIVXTENSIVE BANK ROBBERY AT VICTORIA. A well-dressed and good-looking young woman, who stated her name to be Mary Garrett, the wife of the no torious Henry Beresford Garrett, who is at present under remand on the charge of being concerned with others in robbing the Victoria Bank, Australia, applied to the court under the following circumstances : She said that she was married to the prisoner at Syd ney some few years ago, and that, about two years ago, she left Australia and came to England, he promising. to remit her, from time to time, money for her support. She, however, never received a farthing, and was at present in the greatest distress. Mr. Leadley (the chief clerk) inquired what her ob ject was in coming here. Applicant said she had seen a report in the papers stating that prisoner was in custody on the charge of robbing the bank at Victoria, and that he had deposited a large sum of money in the bank. She therefore wished to know if the court could not grant her an order to re ceive a portion of that money for her support ? Mr. Leadley said an attachment had been put upon that money, as no doubt it was a part of the proceeds of the robbery. Applicant said she was not aware of the robbery, nor did she know the prisoner was in England until she raw it in the paper.:. The woman who came over with him, and with whom be was cohabiting at the time of the robbery, was a married woman, and her husband was still living.. Mr. Leadley said the court-could do nothing for her. If she was destitute and in distress, she must apply to the parish in which she slept last. Applicant thanked Mr. Leadley and left the court. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. RECONSTITUTION OF THE KINGDOM OF POLAND. (Continual from, our third edition of last evening. ) Mr. M. MILNES rose. He said it was his lot on for mer occasions, when the question was brought forward by his noble friend the late Lord Dudley Stuart, whose me mory was linked to an unselfish devotion to the cause, to express his opinions en the question of Poland. But he was anxious, before the noble lord (Lord Palmerston) spoke—(a laugh)--to say two or three words on the subject, for ho thought his hon. friend was right in bringing the subject before the attention of the house. Taking the words of the resolution, they enunciated facts on which all were agreed. The historical summary which his hon. friend gave to the house was also such as they could all agree upon, and ho could not see how his hon. friend was wrong in sug gesting to her Majesty's Government that this was a ques tion which should obtain serious attention during the nego gmhtomtheantt thiswa s nego tiations which were now proceeding. At the same time he was bound to say that this was a question which was diffi cult to deal with at the first partition of Poland, which was more difficult at the second partition, and yet more should be considered as a German question, because, if the ' S l t i i ffi rr c o l u il n t de t d t W' h i e th th m ir a d n'y a i n ) ( e l r; v l h ex ic i h tio a s t . times,Pol Polish questionitlyas present. If there was 11 the n p u. re t s h e o n_ u t importance to Germany was the state of Rvssian Poland? It was one enormous for in former times from it, what was the danger now ? What tress. Russian Poland, at the present moment, threatened Germany with exactly the same kind of menace as Sebastopol ali w ttre more so threatened Turkey. (Hear.) Ho did not wish the people of England should be deceived en this point, and ho thought that in the case both of Poland and Sebastopol they could make no dem an d requ i ring the disarmamen t o f the one or the other, unl ess th ey were prepare d to co nd uc t the present war otherwise than as they had conducted it— unless they could conduct it with military genius and offi cial aptitude. (Hoar.) It was idle to talk of Sebastopol on the one hand, or of Poland on the other, unless they could show that they could back up brave words with brave deeds, maintain their armies iu the field, and protect their soldiers under the misfortunes of war. Lord R. CECIL could not agree in thinking that the pro posed measure was required, or that the reconstitution of Poland was just or necessary in itself. If they could not take a town six miles from the shore, or send au army that distance from their ships without being starved or nearly decimated by disease, how could they attempt to restore the independence of a great inland country, or to under take an enterprise before which the genius of Napoleon had failed ? The provinces which Austria gained by the partition of Poland were extensive and fertile, and it was scarcely to be expected that she would yield them up with out a struggle. He scarcely thought that they were pre pared to embark in a struggle for the reconstitution of Po land, with Austria, Prussia, and Russia. They should look to the progress of their own. country within the last century before they accused others. There was not a quar ter of the globe in which England had not increased its territarry by some aggression—(cries of "No,? no,")—and obtained dominion hythe repression of oppressed nationali ties. They had taken the Cape and Canada, and had ob. tamed possession of India and the lonian islands. They had gone to war to defend a power that was itself the great oppressor of nationalities. During 400 years the Turks had oppressed the greatest nation in the world, and 25 St. 20 St 1&3 8 1.06 100 100 100 100 12 50 16f 16s 3' lr 20 20 10 10 16d 100 9 100 21 St. 10 St. 25 all ,141 s, 5.i 21? S . all 171 all all I 63i 4 I4i 11A i ni I 58 76 i 24 i 29 8 A _ A 1 1 )11 11- 1 . );. f!' F;:' l f r t