The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-27 00:00:00

4 t oo 0 ° of 40 0 0 t ri ftre° P C t C ll ill 01 Or fr e° 0 rie bo eo r e e tile I _„ ----"" l uN Al A t SET A ND (:4141 /E ROLd L INTELLIGENT E. t'll A. ere Ras CITY, TWO o'CLOCK - , 1 Zetti k „: . a (Old Cotton market at Liverpool _ gei tt :,, and pri ces ruled heavy. The sales ' 1 to g 000 , li t „,ort) ) bales (of which 500 were taken Algae 4, c° mPrieing 120 Bahia at 50., 400 I i' 9 Sea Is l a o• to 9d., 500 Surat at 3d. to aid., li r liates were at ls. to ls. 6kd. per lb. Rail- i :1144. ere flat, and in most instances rather . 1) ..1,. e t ullo il e Sal" of indigo have been brought to No e rr , ) and the biddiugs towards the end tk'ttA: r re animated, Broken soft Bengal went ~, I„,, rates to 3d. advance. Fine sorts were ~ , te1,,.„ otalys' o 'lL, and new parcels hal the preference 3 ti oodi i l 'les declined 2d. to 3d. and Kurpahs ! LL. t t n ,s ll oo 4ll t is Y brought about the ' former prices. k leh chests were sold at and after the sale, ' 11 4 '° o wer kezvi e , „ _ e for export, 2,000 for home 1 Autli p 4itir r e e ffe h eres ? toti 4 ; he z : O ts O in :o s i t i e g a n d t ily i n. . The colonial wool I would be produced in Russia by ! Zwled r „ ° Page of its trade with England, it is i p o -b t ' t ` L b Y all impartial persons would be y 41,1 and it is greatly to be desired, liktle i l ti c ll Mr,. Cardwell is out of office, that i,,R i er 'n° ll ld again be brought before Par it l.:tleesrs. Smith and Charles state that Ndtiltia telegraphed to St. Petersburgh that • N e w ec rd be more stringently dealt with, a 'Na to ~) and the exchange fell to 35-a i, sales i)l e v e in" rendered impossible. Had the °epee th,, proved as imperative as was ex- Il it ' . '''' exchange would. have sunk much , illteir 'qr. k et l f gence from New York again represents ', 4 tta ati , °r fancy securities as being unsettled , afi ts w ug• Money continued generally easy. 4liet s er e held at advanced rates, and cotton 1/4kitilitittot from Mexico allege that 2,000 of Santa Cti ttte l 33 had d eserted to General Alvarez. Otei t r 8 from Buenos Ayres hold out hopes of inko restored between the capital and the I, ( ,,tter e. l which latter all was quiet. S le ta i:' ( it to the popular fettling in Canada hi l et: tb ° the war, as well as to the settle ikll'eltitie emigrants who arrive out, a 1 1 'et g the Quebec states as follows : 4i t l :ett s me immigrants find their way to ki wii4 iThe policy of our Government in lii: 4 li ta p ro ands to actual settlers at a mere nomi- Qatt a v „ es very attractive ; and, in a country qttaic r Y°Yed but two or three years since, it . 4 4h e e IraPOSSible to obtain a single acre, so 4 is ell the settlement. But few immigrants L•' • • of ~, L ower Canada, except in the vi k°lll4l7:settilio works, where they can obtain , hi t , as labourers. The system of land 'ytiiiea ~e er to prevaili ng i n L o w e r Canada, has kL0,11;,41,;! settlement. 7 ka: . , i )-j ariatia has become fired with a military i''l male ol unteering for the Cribiekis the one I !!i te eation. Mr. Rankin, member of Path ,eieenty of Essex tendered his services to , e0, 1 , 41 ,,f oefore I t 4 4 t . that nobleman's departure from , i , , kill' - 0 .raise and equip a thousand men to 1 1,pra ao 'T armies in the East, himself to take kt i ' itl 'itf oro " h t e li r eni. The ex-Governor is to lay Majesty, and the gallant M.P. So t tlite;, ) ; r eigu's orders. He would not find ‘ 1 , 1 4 g a "LtY in fulfilling his engagement. So k •,; I ??eare the interest in the present war, 1 , 4 , th e d. the of little else. One of our city Ilt h Mtefi o u ebec Mercury, hitherto regarded as a t k , ! I Ilrop,?. ai tY and patriotism, ventured toque sas:tl4lll ‘ le tY of volunteering for the Crimea ; 'l 5 ' f e , i article n o t ver y remarkable for ' t ,liweN ° R, hinted that our ardent youths . 1 44 ° desirous of courting privations oltigthe their hearts' desire fulfilled by k , 63, 4 4 , ,it, wintu in some of the lumber t A t jop ii i:, Ottawa. The indignation of our ni,c' 4 4l ) ,,„"Tn knew no bounds, and notes from ,I. p oor "oers ordering the discontinuance of k l , i ktl 4 „nit th . e4 in upon the bewildered proprie tZvo4oftr was the feeling, that in the very `' t !t4: l ‘ixt:,: s e . ..iournal the proprietor bad to dis lele 4 toneats of his own editor, and humbly ' b T he,k, t 4 appearance of the offending I tt ee . 1 f r 'qic ki i l e t th a , cll l d i , Avers profess to furnish dates of klort, l4 :4o B ; B tralia, being two or three days Ole " he % r eceived here, but they furnish no 14'44,!P0rt ' ~ At Sydney trade was very dull, t14,7 1 1.1p ar '', l ; gold showed a great decline last ' 11 „,, 4 ,ai1 a 1 : 11 With 1852. The Panama route th e Oa r , a b 48 strongly advocated by the Mel liMiguish%r of Commerce. ~,L,,t i ll ' it° ek . Market has been flat again, b ut ow i n con sequence of speculative traiesac -091 to g i ") a few money sales. Consols t it 0 1. v _s) but have since been down at Coll e a l_u! Account they have been 91 0 NY 4,, being decidedly from the Crimea represent SV' )k r ,, ueing decidedly in better health, stil e „ - 7; respects the Altura prospect is ih k , i"`tlia„o• th e re, but -il home we have t i, ,.. t ,Aat now in more demand, and mer- St i :kradence weak, with more failures an- N ~h4je a d. we have also the certainty of large Sie l . ll ,t to be borrowed by our Government. i ttretl,_ Per Cents. have been 941 , to 1 and the '',cii,NZ 2i,s to A. Bank Stock has varied from ""41 - -Exchequer Bills are Gs. to 93. and tii ° N " lls , 01i g1 ,114 % •to 12s. premium. V,t l I , 4klliet:ti ties have been firm generally, TZFiti e 'l i ti k,tx t xican Bonds have realised 20i, li, 1 41 p,,, e ' 410' „Portuguese 4 per Cents. have i tch 217 1 :14" . 1; Sardinian Stock is worth 85k. Per e„ hate been done at 75i and 76. ht A 'ts. are 611, and the 4 per Cents. kek f ° l l • 8. 9 1 111 m, ~. `'s 2i ... :Vte ja :b d a re the nominal prices of foreign te at ,' 21.17 4 Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi -11 i t -4., 50 4 ; Peruvian, 71 to 72; ditto Three kk43 'it ta. 5 0 Port u uese Four per Cents., .Po 'iesia " • g p tt h ~,Ilt•k id 11 Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; Q te ,.(Nee ? - r ;a - Ralf per Cents., 87 to 89 ; toi l '4. 3 6 " i eferred, 17 Js to 18 ; ditto Three k,:he IS 4 1.° 3 4 ; ditto Certificates, 44 to 5; kt'llai ll oeth t°4! .r . Tot Se of Sir Scrod s Railway Company, under 'II ''''ir ' 4 ' Herbert Maddock, the Hon. J. ',l, it t co a xing) and Mr. Pinney, has just been A t e;cl t o b time in the House of Commons, and " 4 ,t t i lettl e e eC Tanlitted; &Rea 4 :l ett of the account in the Share Mar -o',l'Ppe,,,!.ce to rule lower the speculation for 1 1, 1 44 1 ,7,, n g to have been ' rather in the ascen ‘l:htliti, • ''." hg fortnight. Foreign shares are very ool„ , AL btit it' and Forein Mines have been ne -11:k ,-.-)ritish Iron w are better. The Banks Nee o xliere is no change of importance in • 4:l Pahies' shares. L s' . k4 tt k x ~, I-IS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCI . ii! k e (Froze the Obicica List.) LN A Business done ( it7N t ' 1i1i . '.... 215 13i t.o o ,, i ±e,ed Annuities 9l. A gAti. 047018 Annuities . 9l i 94 ki t Z.! a / 0 1 14,,,,". L .,. Annuities L , Y.,' '/Dire sth Jan., 1860 -16 i th3t e :. . ~,; Expire sth Jan., 1860 ll ,41 41 P 1 17 6 ... - .... ''‘ 4 'o °CND l2 4„AN t, i ,_• lll t, Bth March 9ll Clpi' , ."'", 2id. 8144,,:.,: ......... kt44 l) t i ti t " . ................ 9 6 t o ~..,;,. ...• ........................ _ it er lclie ••;.- ........................ ) It i/ l itt, . 1 30 4 t s ti !ed • 3 k ~. , ,-58, 3i per Cent. 9 9 N is ,011 , 18 . P. If 1, 1 16.. u Pe FO REIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOI3K go n g t llt. I th ytilt: , h i the A c 1 Per Cent. - 1 / 41iik tt, I t oms ceent ' 72i Nl 4 kr e ' 5 Per Cent., Con. 1811 .- 4 x,koe " g t il tiial -- Ald e e ' - Per Cent.... .... lendsNoi 6 Per cent - .. 75j 6 1,144 i ttt f , on the above payable in Lender. h at , , Per Ceut. ea. 25 fr 92i Re ) 2 4 per Cent. 12 Gail " bit 1e ..,. 1 4 HALF-PAST TWO. i . O . ..... Mil ,_ ............................... alarch Account ......... ... 91 i I,l l lt „ w o ,k p ro Pent have resolved to advise her Majesty fk; i 3'4l., f l amlation, appointing a day of humiliation I s l l t l4 .44 se e ul l. the Purpose of imploring the protection k tivlte4 e Lor . the country. kkthe y in the House of Lords, caused by the 7 tion a ;.te -Viscount Lorton, has been filed up by l i kiii4L Mite Earl of Portarlington to bet e new 4 ht, tr ti Peer for Ireland. tit, 4l ,lcix OF THE CITY OF LONDON.—The I, l Ni! i 4 oV o ncion and Middlesex received the new writ, ;t„t t , ti k e l!!t night, for the election o c t a a us r e epr_e y - Y l k 4 ( i l " fill up the fa v,acan S ey aturday d h b as h,-q tt f or „ acceptance of oe. Y the - " 1 " nomination , and, should there be a Pellin • PO lti i.aa rs ,g will take ' place on Menday.. There 74 tll ° _ t i Or gat night of an intended . opposition to the fti. mit h ru John, but we believe they were no tiC N "'ours. IN 7) 11 411 A. R O til kl - 1 letter from New York Pep, The Panama Railway Is at last to be tl i t t) t o b e ' • The passengers by the steamer of the I k‘ tk i t 414 w e carried carried by rail across the Isthmus, but P ',, 11 1 the steamer of yesterday will be pre cse 97arriage of the two oceans. Panama on N:ltith• nd Aspinwall on the Atlantic are now t i . ,1 1 1, 1 / . 0 2 1 fbree hours of each other, and the whole ek ti k , ,Zatc 4 l , l , lS- e, , vr, York to San Francisco may be 4N " v itift• lycernr;of io 411- 4§ ) e s uurciy by my judgment, must become very pro. :HARE MARKETS. (TRIB DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterdv. Baldness done this day. , it '(3.1 !Aberdeen lAtabg. Nottng. Bost and - Eastn. Belfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh. .iStonr Valley Birkenlid. Lanesh. & Cheshire Juliet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20... ....... Blyth & Tyn 3 origina £25 (issd. at £45. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen and Car digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crier Junction Dublin&Belfastlunc Dundee Perth &Aber Been Junction Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, 5t0ck....... ...... B Stock Do., New A East Limeashire Edinburgh & Glasgo Ediub. and Peebles Edin. Prth & Dundee Forth & Clyde June Furness Do. Extension Glasgow &S. Weston. Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail, Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlis' Do., Third* Do. Nevm Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blaekwal Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths D0.101.5h.,M&8 Do. Eighths London andS. Westn 'Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Col eraine Lndndrry, & Ennisk. Nianch.Slief.& Lind e Do. Shares, No. 1 Do., Mari. & IMidland Do. Birmng. laDerb Midid. G. West.:.(lre.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle, Newmkt.BuryExten. Nwpt. Abel*. &Hal Newry &Enniskillei. Newsy Warrenpoint and Rostrevor.: Norfolk Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., i B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Purch. Do. Le.:..da Do. York North London Do. New £lO N".&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western, N. & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central ScottishMidlaud Shrewsby. da Herold. Shropshire Union „ South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. di Riv. Dur Do itaines, Wok &Wo Stockton k Darlin it,,lkten & Hartlepl WI Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Doc) , and Railway Vale of Neath Waterf 1. & Kilkenn3 Waterfoddaloseri,k eat' Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London. Wimbledn & Croydon 19 -20 j 4i - 4i 8i 9 13 —l2 ', 16 17' 74 6,3c1 93 - 95 62 -62 i i. i = ii§ 3 - 2 6 - 7 13A - 14 11i - 111 29 - 31 20 - 22 72 74 55 57 2d par 191 203 70 - 72 89 - 90 70 - 72 126 - 128 90 q 2 65 -65 i 60 - 62 70 - 75 6 - 7 5 7 74. • 74i 5k - 6 8 k 96 98 993 1004 id id 1 —86 i 8 7 7i 6id 23 -23 i 71 - Si . • 6.4 5 42'.- 431 •. -"r• par 11 9 11 2i 50 - 52 34 34 28 ~. 29 8 10 64 7; 73 - 74 6i 6AII 41- 12 124 50i - 51 - 50 52 Par iP - 41 - 41( 1 - 61 29 - 31 99 - 101 64 - C 6 45 - 47 121 13i 594 29 - 30 38 - 40 3 3i 16 17 - 4 23 - :5 - 5i - E* 1 : 7 FOREIGN. A law.' pcatotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graisseaßac Bombay, Baroda, and Central Tudia,Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Extension Do. 41 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Tk of CanadaA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do . Comp. 6p. c., do, Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canada Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p.'56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O De. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Teronto Do. 6 per tezi*--..e.c. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca 4 Pistoja6p : p, , pref."?' I Lyonv,Thd Gene4ti, Lyons M Mediterrak: (adr Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur dz Liege (with interest) I Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do.2ol.Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3a p. c. & red. at 2261. dur. 88 yrs. from IJan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Me (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ..... Paris and Orleans Paris and Rotten— ParisCaen&Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. p. cent. Pref Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quekoc (A) West Flanders Do 64 per c. Pref Western of France West, of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... Zealand JOINT-STOI 11 Australasia 11 British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 611 British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 15 Colonial !O Commercial of Loud l 8 English Scottish and' Australian dl Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto Now 20 Loudon and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 National Provincial, of England 10 Do. New 22 l National of Ireland all Now South Wales ' all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australa.Bkg , gy Gob) Imp Co._ :• ...., L 1111,.1 Jt h U6 LLAI 2 Do. New .0 Union of London 63 - 6 1 - 4 - 3i par -- i p - P 2i - 2i • 321 -32 i 5 -6 , 1 - 1P ~ ...... ... o• ''... ..• ... IB' par ip par ip 24 3 2 21 17 -17 i 95 - 97 95 - 97 99 - 10' 92 :94 2,4 — 4 , par 97 aoo P •,•• lid d 6i - 7 = 33 12 -- 12 9A 20i - 21 p 45 47 39 41 pm 2 . 2 22 d par l 21 lid 76 —8 •• --- ••• •••• - pm .. - 3i - 6i 1- 71)1 . . . - - iii; iii "H BANKS. 82 I'd = fq -." ••• 2i - 19 d iP 36 —• 38 33 - 35 37 - 39 "R In 61 - U 6 7 9 is. = •it ft. 100 it. 700 .0 gls. all O all ;0 16 .0 1i i 0 45 15 all 5 .all 100 6 . an St. 1 00 25 8 : 1 i St. 100 St. ta 10 all St. 1.00 10 1- 50 a) 1 20 all St. 10G St. 100 St. 100 St. 1 00 St. JO K. Iwo ;t. 1100 14.ri ;t. .6i 100= 9 a 1 41.10 !0 a ll lA all It. 100 it. 100 riA it 10G 50 42i 40 :34 25 all 25 all t St. 100 25 all 2e, 4t 4 St. 100 St. 100 0 all ;5 22 0 All ft. ► IA ,t. 100 ,6 all L 6 all 8 all 8 all it. 100 20 it. I too 00 all LO all ID 31 lei !O 174 !O all LO all LO 1 [OO ;t. I_oo ;t. 00 0 all it. 100 k.itoo ;0 15 ;0 5 ;0 12 ;5 a'] It. 100 .0 9 ;t. 100 5 2q :0 I all !O all X) all .0 1418. U all 5 tO 10 .7 6 all O 14 A 10 !O all !O 10 . 0 ,0 all PO all 5 15 5 all 5 all 5 1 4 all .t 0 ) 1 . all A 11 5 all ;o 10 9 12 16 O 10 ;3A 31A 0 .0. I all all D all .6 all !O all .o I all O all !,0 all :0 10 IA) all .to 14 30 16 8 all LO all o lii 6 all !O all 201 5 13i 111 3 971 1001 100 THE SUN, CORDON, TUESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 27. 185 A LINES LEASED T I 'IXF,I) RENTALS. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) IPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Le tang losing Prices neatness Shr• Paid. RAILWAY.; Coutpa us. yesterday. this day. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley N. Wee.. ..• St. 100 Buekghamsh L.&N..IN i 6 98 St. 100 Clydesdale .Te Cal ed , )n 7 99 25 24 Col. Stour Vy. E. Un... Sud. and Hal. E. C. ••• St. 100 E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. it.Nr tltn. 134 136 St. all Glas. Barr. & Caldot Neils. Direct St. all Do. Now. Do ......... ••• 25 all Glstr.dt Dn. Ft Gt. NV et >tc . 100 all fTrtlpl. Dk. & Ik. Mo w. Railway & Le 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &N".A , 105 107 105 i 25 all Do. Shares. Do —...— ••• 12i all Do. d Shares. Do 12i all Lon.&Greenv S. East et I 124 134 20 all' Do. Preference Do .. 23 —24 10 all Lou., Til. ,& S. Peto &C a 1041— 114 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk... St. WO Do. 6 per ct. •• ••• 51 all Ylanch. Extu L.& N. SV. and Matlocl. & Mid Cd. 24 —2l 50 all Nfiddlosbro' & Stckto a & Redear 10( all Hidld.Bradfd 92 94 50 all Northern an, Easternsp.c. E. Coun 58 60 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do ••• ••• 50 all Do. Fixeds p Do •• ••• 25 all Prost. & Wyr, L. &N.. 1 V. &Ln&.s 12i all Do. Shares. Do — St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. GtNor tl ?V 133 136 25 18$ Shef.Roth.ant Lancaa G0010g.5 p.c. Yorkal• 12 9i S. Staffordsh. 9I.NICI , st - 2 d 50 all Vicar Valleygi itockt. & 6 per cent... Darling t 25 all Do 31 32 St. 100 wilts&gomrst GtWeat D. 90 92 OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) HOUSE OF LORDSL-(YESTERDAY.) Robert Leaman, 23, labourer, was indicted for stealing 1 dozen pairs of braces, the property of the London and North-Western Railway Company. It appeared that prisoner had been carman to Messrs. Boxendale, the railway carriers, and in August last he had in his care as a carman, a parcel of hosiery which had been sent from Leicester, by Messrs. Staines. From this parcel of hosiery some braces were stolen, and nothing more was seen of them until the prisoner's conduct gave rise to his being taken into custody. The jury acquitted the prisoner. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his Re 4 on the wooleack at five o'clock. . The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition in favour of a prohibition of the saleof spirits on the Lord's Day. The Duke of ARGYLL presented general petitions praying that a law might be passed prohibiting the dis tillation from grain. THE NEW ADMINaTR,ATION, The Earl of WESTMEATH said that a belief existed that a change was anticipated in the administration of the Government in Ireland. The noble earl said he also had heard that a noble earl who he did not see in his place had been appointed to theVice-Royalty of Ireland. The name of Howard was a sufficient guarantee that that appointment would create general satisfaction, although his private opinion was that Ireland would greatly be nefit by the abolition of the office altogether. There was a!so another appointment, namely, that of Mr.llorsman, Rho had, it was said, accepted the office of Chief Secre aiy for Ireland. Although he (the Marquis of West meath) was a nationalist, he must say that he was by no insane sorry that it was not an Irishman that was ap pointed to that office. lle was sorry to find that no steps had been as yet taken to correct the evils of the Board f Admiralty, which evils had been clearly stated by the late Sir G. Cockburn in a paper which had recently ap peared in the Times newspaper•. He trusted that the noble lord at the head of her Majesty's Government would take ad vantage of the return of Admiral Dundas, obtaining his advice and services in that department. Admiral Dundas had executed. an ignportant and delicate task, as Commander-in-Chief in the Black Sea, in a most creditable manner, and be had come home, having re ceived the approbation of the entire service. Earl GRANVILLE said there was no inten tion on the part of her Majesty's Government to abolish the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. He differed altogether from the sentiment of the noble earl. He had himself heard the sentiment of "Thank God we have still a Lord-Lieutenant in Ireland " loudly cheered. With regard to the other appointments, all the informa tion he could give him was that Mr. Horsman had ac cepted the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland, and that Sir C. Wood had accepted the office of First Lord of the Admiralty, at which he expressed great satisfac tion. The constable in the case said that he found 40 lbs. of tea in the prisoner's lodgings, and wished to know what he was to do with it. The Recorder said he could not make any order. id el it KB T NEWS--(THIS DAY.) HAY MARK EIS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 16 to 4/ 153 Od ; clove? ditto, 3/ 33 to 51 17s ; and straw, 1133 to 1/ Ds per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at barely stationary prices. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 31 53 to 51 15s ; and straw, 1/ 3e to 11 93 per load. Trado dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ -17 s to 4? 15s; elovtz ditto, 3/ Os to G: Oa; and straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ Si per load. A moderato supply and a heavy demand. COLONIAL. TEA—The market is very dull, and common sound con gou is at 9d per lb. . SUGAR—Manilla is wanted, but high prices aro asked. Refined brown lumps are steady at 42s 6d per cwt. The public sales to-day comprise a fair quantity of East India. There were taken from the East and West India Docks last week for home consumption 1,413 hhds, 116 tierces, 265 brls. The stock is 6,208 hhds, 1,360 trcs, and 632 bls. COFFEE—There is a fair demand for Native Ceylon, at full prices, and plantation is more in request. Very little, however, is offered for sale. PREFERENCE ; SHARES. 1 -4 J9 - 10: :90 -92 - 94 ItICR—A moderate business is doing ii this article. Good Madras realised 14s 9d to 15s per cwt. Rum—Last week 198 puns, 3 hhds were taken from the abovenamed docks for home nee, 81 puns were exported, and the stock is 4,692. puns and 2 hhds. COTTON—The market is quiet. SALTPETRE—BengaI 112 per cent refraction brought full values, viz. 22s 3d cash per cwt. T&LLow—P.Y.C. is quiet, at 55s to 55s 3a per cwt. IRON.—The market for Scotch pig has been dull, and prices have further receded. Mixed Nos. are now 53s 6d cash. .97 -92 5i - 64 - 1r - 134 SPECTER remains dull, and prices are rather lower ; 75 tons on the spot sold at 231. 15s. per ton, 14 days prompt. OlLS.—Linseed has been firmer, business on the spot at 36s 3d, for forward month's the price is 375. Rape is less active, owing to the rapid thaw, but owing to the great scarcity on the spot prices are maintained; bre wn 535, and pale 55s 6d to 565, for the next 14 days there are sellers at ls, and 28 forward at 2s under these quotations. In cocoanut a moderate business has been transacted at 45s 6d to 46s for Ceylon. GO - 65 -_ 110 - 112 LOI - 103 i - ip 6 - 64 95 - 97 87 89 88 90 10 —10 i :161 -- 10 i 39 71 181 191 :93 —9l 14 id 133 - 135 -.1. - ••• 1 2i - 3 p 12 -12 i i - IP 133 135 14 id 87 - 89 1104 - 106 101 - 103 90 - 92 3 - 3i a ha 111 - 113 12 - 14 id par 23 31 i -- ii. ... —.a ••• par --1 P orated them that the thing must not be done again, and it .oas not repeated. The mule thing could not be done 1 rich the a!dernien ; they were corporation jus tices, a nd irremovable. He thought that this power ought I obe given by the bill to two or more justices in petty s essions, assembl e d a t th e usual place where ses sions * ere wont to be held ; and he had no indisposition wha ts' . - er to give the same power to any one of the sti pen 21‘s IT magistrates. Sin ce b r i ng i ng in his own bill he ha( 11' tad frequent communications on the subject from thr d .strates, professional men, and the Society of Jus th ;ea' Clerks. Lord CAMPBELL said it gave him sincere satisfac tiA ma to anticipate the pleasure which it would give to gr and juries and magistrates whom he might address on th e circuit to hear that such a measure was before their le) rdships with every prospect of success. Their lordships co aid hardly imagine the anxiety of the public in the pr. )vinces fer that improvement. That poor wretch who cai ne before hint on circuit for stealing an old shoe, value on, penny, might have been three months in prison pre via acily. But it might be said, why not hold quarter see, rims more freque n tl y , so as to lesson the evil Their any,carer to him publicly was, that they were not bound to leold quarterly s ess i ons more frequently ; but pri ,a, Os, they said they refrained from doing so with a v i e qr of the evil becoming so exaggerated as to cure itself. Thy iti gs were not so conducted in Scotland. There, the s he 7.1 i f in every county and his deputy were a l ways en gag !din trying all case s within a few days of their oc cur.' •en ce. There was a distinction in the Jaw of the Lud ; present which was a disgrace to it. As the law stooe" 1 .. now, you might go and cut down a load of wheat on a ,Se:, and that was but trespass ; but the removal of r strip brouglit the person within the criminal Jaw. 7 be NOBLE LORD roe again in answer to a Tres tier by Lord ST. LEONARDS, and said, as we understood bin t, that he would not give the magistrates the power of I Orfeiture against these parties. At the sam e time, jus time was now administered most purely by unpaid ma rietrates. Formerly the squire used to sit in his ball and his• clerk was his gamekeeper, and poachers used to be c onvicted there. Now they met in curia. L ord ST. LEONARDS regretted the noble lord's in ten, led absence when the bill would be in committee. He was alarmed at the great extent of punishment put in the pov rer of these magistrates, who could sentence those tha• t had pleaded guilty to two years' hard labour. Con sidc ring that they were convicted without a jury, he doubted whether they ought to pass it to that extent. He did net know whether the eases adduced by his noble and learned friend from quarter sessions were quite ap plies tlate ; for, if they could not trust the justices assem bled ill quarter sessions, he did not see how they, could trust the same persons when fewer in number. But it did silo .w how careful they ought to be in looking into the pro visions of the bill. Earl DESART thought, from his own experience, that the bill would be advantageoustolreland, and hoped that it I would be extended to that country. The :LORD CHANCELLOR replied. The :bill was then read a seemed time, and ordered to be corn: mitted to-morrow (this day). The speedy Trial of Offenders Bill was read a second ;ime. The 1 'urchasers Protection against Judgments Bill was read a t hiid time and passed. Their lordships adjourned at 25 minutes to seven o'clock., LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. 27.—Wind and weather this day at noon, S.W. ; dull, hazy weather. RAMSGATE, Feb. 26.—The Richard Reynolds, Shields to Genoa, which struck on the Goodwin, has commenced dis charging. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 26.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived— H.M.S. Cesar, from Gibraltar. COWES, Feb. 26.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Union, from New York, and left for Bremen. _ _ ou p tta U . NGENESS, Feb. 26. Arrived—Glenorehy, from Cal- SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 26.—Arrived--Olive, from Monte Video. WHITBY, Feb. 26.—The Enterprise (brig), of Stockton, from London to West Hartlepool, is on shore in Robin Hood's Bay, and is likely to become a wreck • crew saved. PORT TALBOT, Feb. 26.—The Favourite (schooner), of Falmouth, for Cardiff, was wrecked- yesterday on the Nash Point ; crew saved. ARUNDEL, Feb. 26.—The Ellen, of and from Falmouth, for London, struck and grounded yesterday morning on the foot of the Straits, at the east end of Brackolson Bay, during a thick fog, and, owing to the heavy sea, were com pelled to abandon the vessel ; crew saved. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 26.—The Qaits, from Islay to London, was spoken on the 11th Feb., in lat. 46 N., 18 W.; with all hands laid up with the scurvy, oxoept five men and a boy, by the Emma Jane, arrived here. (BY SUBMARINE GR A A N V D E B S B E I; D Ir me nt s t d B a G y 7A IO 7I 4 . O ) Wind, S.W. ; tide, four hours flood ; weather, cloudy. Arrived, 26th—Jane and Mary, from Terceira ; Daring, St. Michael's ; Gipsy, Guernsey ; Dublin Lass, do. ; Rapid, Terceira ; Jenny Lind, Figuera ; Telegraph, Catania. Arrived, 27th—Corsair, from Guernsey ; Carolina de Forrest, Nantes; Eclipse, Madeira; American Congress, New York ; Victoria, Santander. _ _ _ DEAL, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind, S.E. ; moderate, and clear. Passed—Chilian, from Adelaide, for London. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Cressy, for Portsmouth. The Glenorchy, from Calcutta, for London, is being sup. plied with an anchor from here. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Frederick, Demerara to London; Jan. 23. The Athleta, Liverpool to Australia, Dec. 25, lat. 12 S., lung. 33 W. The Jenny Pitts, Shanghae to London, Jan. 11, lat. 90 N., long. 24 W. (which had spoken the J. C. Schotel, Jan. 2, in lat. 4 S., long. 17.) The John Hamilton (ship), of Greenock, for Bombay, Dec. 22„ let. 19.-S.-,- , lorgri - sz - vr. -- The Lady Seymour (ship), of Bristol, bound south, Deo. 25, lat. 10 S., long. 32 W. The Frederic Gustav (Danish barque), Demerara to Lon don, Jan. 25, lat. 49 N., long. 15 W. The Webster (American ship), for Liverpool, Feb. 12, lat. 18 N. long. 18 W. The Margaret Prince, Havannah to Gloucester, Feb. 15, lat. 51 N., long. 13 W. The Dolphin, London to Valparaiso, Jan. 3, lat. 5 S., long. 26 W. The Rangoon (barque), Madras to London, Jan. 16, lat. 20 N., long. 32 W. The Liffey (English barque), Feb. 8, lat. 17 N., long. 11 W. The Ville de Paris(barque), Feb.l2, lat. 19N., long. 9 W. The Luisa (barque), St. Vincent to London, and supplied with bread, Feb. 22, lat. 48 N. long. BW. The Louisa, Cadiz to Pondicherry, on the Line, long. 21 W. The Dumfriesshire, lat. 12 N., long. 26. The Importer, Liverpool to .Apalachicola, lat. 31 N., long. 33 W. RACING FIXTI MA 'RES FOR 1855. Coventry Salisbury T D a o it n rt caster 13 B e k r Newmarket jck B r C i d g . e . .. 1 York Spring 17 M. Chester. Spring 1 Newmarket S S 8 *Shrewsbury 10 JU Ascot Hampton l3 Bibury I 20 air Newmarket Carlisle Worcester 5 *Lancaster A.lac North Staffordshire 7 Brighton Brighton Club 10 *Wolverhampton 13 *Reading l4 SEPTE Warwick........... Doncaster, . . ......... *Leicester ........... *Chester *Wrexham Bedford Newmarket S 0 NOVE *Liverpool .............. cii, Warwick Spring 2O Epsom Spring 22 Northampton 27 Croxtoa Park 29 IL. Abergavenny . 18 Malton l9 Newmarket F S 23 T. Bath l5 Epson 22 * Manchester 3O NE, Stockbridge 2l Winchester 22 Newcastle 26 .LY. Liverpool ll * Stamford 17 Nottingham 19 Goodwood 31 rUST. * Lewes l6 York 22 I * Ethane. 98 * Derby 98 11 19 OCTi IMBER. I Newma r k e t F 0 25 1 41\ l'orthallerton 27 BET/. *Warwick Autumn 12 *Richmond l7 N ewmarket H 26 *Worcester 3O ABER. *ghrewabury 13 IRISH RACING FIX T I T RES FOR 1855. A.PRIL. Curragh April ...........................24 MAY. He wth and Baldoyle ...... 15 I Cenfy castle. . 30 JUNE. Curragh June —.26 JULY IVlenkstown ............... 2 Bellewstowa ............... Carlow ................ AUG G a 1way..................... Tramere Sand ............ 3 Team........................ 14 De wnttoyalCorporation.l7 Balleigh ..................... 23 Heath of Niaryborough..3o JST. :MEER. Tramore strand lB Kilkie 18 'OBER. Roscommon ............... 21 Kilcock ..................... 28 SEPTE. Carragk September...... 4 Jenkinstown Park ...... 1 1 Cabirciveen ............... 7 OCTI Johnstown .................. 2 Irish Metropolitan ...... S Curragh (Maher ......... 16 NOVE Dewnlt oyalCorporation.23 Cashel ..................... 30 Armagh ............ 'AMER. .................... 0 6 DOVER, FEB. 26.—General the Marquis Alphonse de la Marmora, C om mander-in-Chief of the Sardinian contingent to the Crimea, accompanied by the Marquis de la Rovera, and the Count Balbo, arrived at Hake's Lord Warden Hotel this afternoon, by the South Eastern Company's steamer, from . Calais, and p rocee d e d to London, by train, at 7 . 30 - Dr Urn . Or PTInT7qSOR GATISS.—We reg re t t o rece i ve , 10 lett,rs from Gottn,grin, the anLounc eruen t th a t Pro fessor Gauss, of that university, died on Friday last, the 23d instant. CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in rising to move the second reading of the above bill, said it was well known to their lordships that, during the last two or three years, the subject of the trial of offenders for petty offences had very much attracted public attention. It was felt that, during assizes and sessions, cases of persons charged with petty larcenies had much increased, and caused very unnecessary expense. He should put that part of the question aside ; but he thought persons brought to as sizes or sessions for petty larcenies of articles worth one shilling or two shillings created an effect on the public mind which was very injurious. Such cases excited a feeling that they ought not to be brought before such tribunals, ancl that it was infinitely better if they had been disposed of a summary way. How to meet that objection there seemed but one obvious way—that such cases should be tried before the justices of the peace sit ting in petty-sessions. The only question, then, would be as to the nature of the offences. What he proposed in this bill was, that magistrates in petty sessions should take cognisance of all simple larcenies, for it was absurd to say that those justices who could take cognisance of a case of deg stealing could not take cognisance of a case of stealing a duck. Then, with regard to the power of punishment, he did not think it a very expedient matter to limit the power of justices. He did not think that very slight punishments tended either to reform crimi nals or to lessen crime. (Hear, hear.) He thought, therefore, magistrates should have the power of award ing one year's imprisonment. There was another provi sion of a different character. It was proposed last ses sion by a learned friend of his now no more—Mr. Ag lionby—that where persons were charged with offences before magistrates, they might plead guilty, and the jus tices in that case might sentence them or transmit the record of the plea to the assizes. He (the Lord Chan cellor) had originally prepared the bill in that sense, but o o f n o c v o i si d H e r e a t d i e i dn no 1 i e t , t thought ,t meana t m t g o h tbe productive adopt that p ro. vision further than that, when a party shall be brought before a justice, and shall plead guilty, the justice may dispose of the case if the larceny be not above the value of 20s. The noble lord then moved the second reading of the bill. Lord BROUGHAM would not apohigise for making a few observations which he wished to state to the house on a subject of so great importance. He would impress upon their lordships' minds the great necessity for passing some such measure as that now before the house grounded upon the same principle as that in this bill. The state of the administration of the criminal law of this country was most deplorable. It had been described by many, but by none better than by his noble and learned friend the Chief Justice (Lord Campbell), who had added to it by the weight of his great authority. From the returns laid before Parliament—which plainly show the absolute necessity of the Legislature providing a more summary system of punishment in cases of criminal justice—he would merely refer to those for six counties, viz. Somerset, Sussex, Berks, Hants, Wilts, and Dor set, which comprised a population of 1,800,000, or 1-10th of the people of England and Wales. From those counties, the returns of the details of the trials and punishments, and the number of persons tried at. the quarter sessions, showed that, out of 1,500 prisoners tried, 895, or nearly three-fifths of the whole number, were for larceny under the amount of ss. For larceny under the amount of Is. 400 were tried, or nearly one Quarter of the whole ; and 243 prilkoperg were triers for stealing property under the value of sixpence. Upon this calculation, taking the whole population of this country, he found that 12,000 cases were tried yearly in England and Wales, where the value of the property did not amount to ss. These - were cases of mere simple larceny. The consequence of the present system was, as his noble and learned friend, the Chief Justice, had described, injurious to the due administration of justice, and to all those who had to assist in adjudicating upon such cases, to grand and petty jurors. The prac tical grievance was very great—the expenses of all parties concerned—the expenses to the counties—the expenses of the witnesses—and the expenses of the jurors, both grand and petty, were enormous. But all these evils he considered, although of great importance, were not so great as those inflicted upon the prisoners themselves. The prisoners in many cases were detained days and weeks in prison, and when they came to be tried were probably acquitted ; but, if convicted, it be came almost impossible to award a proper amount of punishment, because all of them had undergone—though secretly and unknown—a certain amount of punish. ment, and which in many cases was greater than was due to them in proportion to the crime committed. The public noticed that for a certain offence the prisoner had been dismissed with one day'aitnprisonment, because, perhaps, the presiding judge found he had previously undergone 30 or 40 days, but that the public did not know. It happened to his noble and learrsed friend the Chief Justice, at the Lent assizes last year for Bucking hamshire, to have to try 15 prisoners, all of whom had been committed to prison fortwo months, and the average value of the property stolen was only 10d. or 12s. 6d. in the whole. The course which his noble andlearned friend pursued was, and it was the only one open to him, that he awarded each prisoner one day's imprisonment. He (Lord Brougham) could not help feeling, with his nobleand learned friend, that the magistrates of that county were to blame for not having an adjourned sessions sometime during those two months. Each prisoner had been, in con sequence of that omission, in prison nearly 60 days—in some cases a great deal too lo ng f or th e cr i me w hi c h h e had committed. It was now perfectly evident that some course must be taken for giving a speedy and summary trial in these cases. He thought it would be an ines timable benefit to the magistrates if they were allowed the power—he would not force it upon them—in case they desired to have it, of obtaining professional aid, in the same way as in Ireland, where assistant barristers were chosen by the magistracy as chairmen of quarter sessions. But if all chairmen of quarter sessions were like his noble friend near him (the Marquis of Salisbury) such a proposal would be superfluous. He regretted that the bill introduced into the other house by Sir J. Pakington in the year 1850 was lost. Had it passed a great improvement would have taken place in the admi nistration of the criminal law of the country. He (Lord Brougham) knew of instances of sentences at sessions which had surprised him. In the year 1849, in a county he would not mention, three men were tried, their ages bordering on 70. One was sentenced to six weeks' im prisonment with hard labour for stealing to the amount of one penny ; another was awarded four weeks and hard labour for stealing to the value of one halfpenny ; and the third had four weeks with hard labour for stealing to the amount of one farthing, In these cases he had no reason to believe that there were any aggravating cir cumstances. In another county a man was sentenced, at 70 years of age, for stealing to the amount of 3d., 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour ; but he took it for granted that there must have been some aggravating facts. Ho would give these particulars to his noble and learned friend upon the woolsack, in order that he might inquire into the facts, and no doubt a satisfactory inquiry and result would be obtained. All these cases greatly encouraged the hope that, if they wished it, an option would be given to magistrates to call in the aid of professional assistance to preside at quarter ses sions. He did not believe that any man tried in a court presided over by an experienced lawyer, in criminal jurisprudence, would be sentenced to four weeks' im prisonment and hard labour for stealing to the extent of one farthing. He (Lord Brougham) said that by his bill the jurisdiction was only given to magistrates in petty session, and to stipendiary and police magistrates; but his noble and learned friend's bill included those who, though sitting alone, should be professional men. With all possible respect to the magistrates of the C ity, he should objeCt to extend the jurisdictio n to t he m. Another case was that of a poor woma n in receipt of 355. a-week from an annuity, which was to be stopped in case she anticipated it. The noble lords who were the trustees were obliged to stop it ; and the story was told before those m agistrates as though the two noble men had, of their own caprice, or worse feeling, kept it back ; and thus two of the most honourable names that adorn the peerage or society were: slandered. If that had happened in any case where the. magitrata was re movable he would not have had a second. opportunity of doing the same injury ; he would have been removed immediately. The Government of which he was a mem ber took that into their consideration. The removable magistrates were to take the same course—they heard the story, and then informed the parties that they had no jurisdiction. But hearing it and having it re !port -4 was the great g rievance that rcqu; red to b e remedied. Lord Melbourne, then at the head of the Home - dace, Summoned them before him, and in. 1101 JSX OF COMMONS-YESTZRDAY. The wSPEARER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The ;following bills were read a second time and or dered to be committed :—Abingdon Railway ; Barrow Harbour; Birkenhead and Liverpool Docks (Alteration of Liv erpoolPock Rates, &c.) ; Birkenhead and Liverpool Docks (Trust Property of Birkenhead Dock Trustees, ice.); Brid port and Broad Windsor Roads, Bridport Roads, Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway, East of Fife Rail way, Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, Electric Tele graph Company, Exeter and Exmouth Railway, Fergus Esti ary'Reclamation, Gateshead Quays and Improve ments, Gloucester Water and Local Board of Health, Gun-Barrel Proof Houses (Birmingham and London), Hamilton Improvement, Hartlepool Gas and Watei, Hedem and Hull, &c., Road, Ipstones Mineral Branch Railway, Jedburgh Railway, Keighley and Kendal Road, Leslie Railway, Limerick and Foynes Railway, Lu ton, Dunstable, and Welwyn Railway, Lyme Regis Roads, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail way(Capital), Medical Invalid and General Life Assurance Society ; Metropolitan Railway; National Loan Fund Life Assur ance Society ; North Staffordshire Railway ; Newton in Mack erleld Improvement ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (Broad Gauge) ; Portsmouth Railway ; Rhymney Railway ' • Salisbury and Yeovil Railway ; Scinde Rail wa y ; Stokes Bay and Isle of Wight Railway, Pier, and Telegraph ; Stroud and Chal ford Road : Waveney Valley Railway ; Weymouth Water; Worcester and Hereford Railway. On the motion for the second reading of the Caledo nian Railway Bill, Mr. HADFIELD moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months, because it would only enable the company to raise money for no other pur pose than carrying on a ruinons contest with a rival railway; to the great detriment of the shareholders. The second reading was postponed until this day week. PETITIONS. Mr. :NIUNTZ presented a petition agreed to at the public !meeting of the inhabitants of Birmingham, pray ing for a full and searching inquiry into the conduct of the war. Mr. MIALL presented a petition from the Town Commissioners of Rochdale, praying for the abolition of the local charges on shipping. Mt. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the Me dioal .f moo ;owl:we. esadoplaitaing of d fw tive medical arrangements in the army, and praying for inquiry. Sir J. V. SHELLEY presented a petition from the Exeter Hall meeting, praying for the repeal of the newspaper stamp. Mr. W. PATTEN presented several petitions from placesin Lancashire against the sale of intoxicating drinks on Sundays. _ HITME. Lord PALMERSTON, in rising to MOTO for a new writ for Montrose, said—Sir, I cannot simply confine myself to the bear motion which I have placed in your hands. (Cheers.) I think, sir, that I should not be doing justice to the feelings of the house if I were not to express some feelings of regret, which are shared, I am sure, by all who hear me— (cheers)—and some feeling of respect for the memory of the gentleman whose loss we have now to deplore. It was , said of an eminent man in former times that he gave up to party wkat was meant for mankind. Now, the re verse of that might be said of our late colleague, Mr. Hume, (Loud cheers.) For the party to which he devoted the labours of his life was his country, and be yond his country the interest of mankind in general. (Cheers.) Sir, we have known men who have gained for themselves an eminent position in this house by placing themselves at the head of a faithful band of friends whose object it was to acquire political power for the purpose of governing the country. Mr Hume was a remarkable instance of a man who gained an eminent position not only in this house and in the estimation of the country, but also established for himself a name which may be said to have been not only European, but which extended far beyond that limit. (Hear, hear.) He was a man of whom it may be said that he took the lead in every measure of improvement which has of late years been carried into practical application. He had an in dustry which nothing could tire or overcome. His perseverance was baffled by no defeats ; but, although he was frequently opposed, and met with frequent rebuffs in his political contests, nothing ever passed between him and those whom he opposed that left any traces of resentment. (Cheers.) It was once said of a person who held a high position in this house, that any bitter acri mony which might have been created by his party conflicts never went beyond the doers of the house ; but he might say of Mr. Hume that, with him, any feeling excited by his party conflicts never went even to the door of the house. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord concluded by ex pressing his conviction that both sides of the house would be disposed to do justice to the memory of their late colleague. (Cheers.) Sir J. WALMSLEY said he could venture to add one remark to the well-merited sentiments to which the noble lord had given expression. The late Mr. Hume was a man of whom it might be said that he never made an enemy or lost a friend ; and he hoped the house would not let that opportunity pass without some me morial of him. Mr. BROTHERTON also tendered his testimony to the worth of the late lamented hon. gentleman. NEW WRITS. Mr. HAYTER moved that the Clerk of the Crown be instructed to issue a new writ for the election of a Commoner to serve in the present Parliament, in the room of Lord John Russell, who had accepted the office of one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. Sir J. PAKINGTON said that, in consequence of the motion which had just been made, he wished to put a question to the noble lord at the head of the Govern ment. He found it stated that Lard John Russell had accepted the office of one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State ; and he wished to ask whether the office the noble lord had accepted was the Secre taryship of State fer the Colonial Department ? If the noble lord had accepted that effice, he (Sir J. Pakington) wished further to ask whether Lord J. Russell was about to proceed on his mission to Vienna ; and, if so, when he might be expected to return to this country ? He (Sir J. Pakirgton) wished further to ask whether there was any under Secretary of State for the Colonial department, and on whom the duties of that department would devolve in the event of Lord John Russell proceeding on his mission ? (Hear.) He (Sir J. Pakington) might venture to say from the limited experience he had had in that office, in his opinion, nothing could be more seriously inconvenient to the transaction of public business than the protracted ab sence of the Minister connected with it, and at present there were several questions of great interest before the Colonial-office. (Rear.) Lord PALMERSTON replied that his noble friend had accepted the office of her Majesty's Principal Sec retary of State for the Colonial Department. Tho noble lord would proceed, ....everthelese on his mission to Vienna, and in the meanwhile his.ALord Palinerstionat)_ lion. friend, who :lately held the office ,the d lord had accepted would undertake to be answer- - 4 able that no public inconvenience shout 4 arise from the temporary absence of the noble lord. There wag, howevor, as the right h on , b aronet well 10.1evii, a permanent Underi Colonial Secretary. It was itus•os sible for him (Lord Palmerston) to state what would . be the precise period at which his noble friend would rete rn to this country, but he had no reason to suppose, which ever way the negotiations in which he would be engai;ed could turn out, that his absence would be a protrpcted one. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HAYTER then moved for a new writ for the elec tion of a Commoner to serve in Parliament for the..bo. rough of Halifax, in the room of Sir C. Wood, who h ad accepted the office of First Lord of the Adruiralay. (Derisive laughter.) The hon. gentleman also mov ed for new writs for the borough of Radnor, in the roc ,ra of Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, who had accepted office as Chancellor of the Exchequer—(hear, hear)—and for For. farshire in the room of Viscount Duncan, who had +ac cepted office as one of the Lords of the Treasury. THE SICK AND WOUNDED FROM THE CRIMEA. Colonel HARCOURT wished to ask the Under-Secre tary of War whether any of the offers said to have been made to the Government by the London cr other hospi tals, to receive a certain number of the sick and wounded who have come home from the Crimea ' had been ac cepted, or whether the Government had themselves provided the necessary accommodation, and whether they had made, or were making, arrange,tnent s for the fit reception and treatment of those who may hereafter arrive from that quarter ! Mr. F. PEEL said that the authorities at the hospi tals had been informed that the Government would be willing to avail themselves of their offers, if necessary ; but the Government had made ample provision for tfee reception of the sick and wounded, and accommodation for 1,600 wounded soldiers had been provided. (Hear.) UNIVERSITY MILITARY PROFESSORSHIPO- Mr. GROGAN wished to asked the Under Secretaly of War—the - Parliament having voted a sum of 4001. n the last session for the establishment of regius professors. ships of military surgery in London, Dublin, and Edin burgh—what Steps had been taken for the establishment of such professorships in London and Dublin, and ve- eu we may expect that such professors will be appointed i t Mt. F. PEEL said that a Regius Prefessor of Military Surgery had held office for some time fn Edinburgh, and the system had been found to work so well that it had beell'79posed to introduce it into the Universities of Londbi 'au:. Dublin. The matter had, however, been in abe7,-Ince, but as he saw no reason why it should longer remain so, he should take steps forthwith, in order tla.et thus° professors should be appointed. (Hear, hear.) IRISH BILLS. In reply to Lord NAAS, Lord PALMERSTON said all Irish bills must be put off until the Secretary of Ireland should be in his place. LAW OF PARTNERSHIP. In reply to Mr. MArANs, Mr. CARDWELL said if the Government did :Not take up his Bill for Amending the Law of Partnership, he should be prepared to take it up, but he must com municate with his successor at the Board of Trade be fore he could give any definite explanation in the mattor. SERGEANT SULLIVAN. On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Mr. F. FRENCH took the opportunity of again bring•. ing under their notice the case of Sergeant Sullivan, who carried the colours of his country at the Battle of the Alma. The sergeant's conduct was honourably mentioned in the despatch of the General, and yet the noble lord at the head of the Government had thou Fit proper to treat the case with such cold indifference asito , have already checked the volunteering into the British army. Had Sergeant Sullivan been in the service of the French he would have received his promotion on the battle-field, but he was only a soldier in the ranks, and his merits were therefore passed over in the British army. (Hear, hear.) He should be glad, however, to know if the Government were dis posed to take the claims of Sergeant Sullivan into their consideration, with a view to his promotion? (Hear.) Sir J. WALSH took exception to the bon. member's description of the battle of the Alma. The hon. gentle.. man said the success of the battle was due to the bravery of the rank and file ; now, if the hon. member meant that there was not equal credit due to the officers he was greatly mistaken. Lord PALMERSTON was sure that the hon. mem ber did not exclude the officers from his eulogium. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the case of Sergeant Sullivan, he repeated that it was left to the command ing officer of each regiment to recommend one non commissioned officer; the officer commanding the regi ment in which Sergeant Sullivan served had recom mended another non-commissioned officer for promotion, and Government had no alternative but to adopt it, Mr. WHITESIDE said it was no't enough to promote' only one non-commissioned officer in each regiment ; the area of promotion ought to be enlarged. (Near.) THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR. Mr. LINDSAY objected to their going into commit. tee to vote money for carrying on the war while the system of carrying it on was so defective. He bad re cently returned from France, where he had opportunities of seeing how differently things were managed there. He found the Minister of War, a very unassuming man, sitting in the midst of his business, and on the walls of this Minister's office there was a map which was so arranged that it showed at a glance the position of every great army in Europe. The Minister told him at once upon his putting the ques tion the amount of supplies which France had at Mar seilles, Constantinople, the Crimea, and Sinope. And how ho was able to give them information was this : he had fivc , liirtrobore- .I,:cieportaisentri employed ender his immediate direction, and these directors made reports of the state of affairs daily. Now, if he bad asked ft r such ixforreation from the English War Minister, it would not be given because it could aot be given to him. Our system was too much encumbered with red-tapism to admit of its success—it was a procrastinating system and the sooner it was amended the better. (Hear, hear.) To give details he would mention the transport service with which he was somewhat familiar. The house had already voted 7,000,0001. of money for carrying on the transport ser vice. In that service there were 250,000 tons of regular shipping constantly employed, besides 100,000 tons of [ hired transports—(hear, hear, hear)--and all this immense tonnage was required for furnishing the supplies of an army consisting of only 25,000. (Hear.) Why, good gracious, there was tonnage enough to sup ply the French as well as the English, if the transport service were only properly managed. (Hear.) That branch of the war, as well as others in the war depart ment, demanded an immediate change. Seven millions had been charged upon the country for this service, and yet more was demanded. (Hear, hear.) How was this state of affairs, however, proposed to be remedied / By the appointment of a transport corps. Now they all knew what a corps meant, it was simply a system of ' shifting responsibility from one person to another. Let him have one man who was responsible in preference to three where neither was responsible. (Hear, hear.) Let him have one man wh o s h ou ld b e responsible —respon sible to the Minister at War. They need not go out of doors to find such a man, they possessed such a man in the Admiralty, and he thought it was only due to that gentleman—he retered to Captain Milne—to say that if any promotion were to take place he thought that gentle man ought to be selected for the exertions he had made in connection with the service. It might be said that so much money ought not to be trusted to one man, but then he would be responsible to the Minister-at-War and to the Admiralty Board. (Hear, hear.) Without troubling the house with details, he would refer to the sum paid to the West India Mail Packet Company for the transport of 17,000 tons, which was at the rata of upwards of 600,0001. per annum. • He did not complain of the company receiving that sum ; but the fact was, that company was already receiving 240,0001. for the use of their boats in another department of the Government service—he meant the postal service. Give this 600,0001. for service in another way . , these were unfortunate questions, but the service of the country demanded that this sum of money should be properly applied, which at present he thought it cer tainly was not. Perhaps the house would allow him, before siting down, to offer a remark on a few words which fell from his hon. friend the member of Ayles bury, during his able speech the other evening, in which he had been accused of wishing to sever the aristocracy from the people. Now he (Mr. Lindsay), as one of the people, hoped that the day might be far distant when he should see the aristocracy severed from the people. As one of the people, he was proud of the aristocracy ; but, at the same time, he cared not whether it was a scion of the house of Bedford or of an unknown man who governed them, provided his system of govern ment was sound and good. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ALCOCS thought the magnitude of this war could not be over -rated. We were at war with a country territory. having a popul a ti on o f seventy m i ll i ons , possess i ng at least a ni n th part of the ontire glo b e, an d d e f en d e d b y an army nu m b er i ng , i n ordinaryof ti'mhese; u of a m illi on o f men ; an d yet we had at tacked Russia only upon one point We had attacked her there with the torce of arms, without endeavouring to bring any moral force to bear upon her through the instrumentality of such coun tries as Norway and Swede*. On the other side, the nations of Asia had been equally neglected, and there fore he contended that the war had not been carried en with that vigour which its exigencies and magnitude demanded. Mr. BAILLIE wished to have some explanation with regard to the new land transport service about to be attached to the army. Was that service to be of a permanent or a temporary character? He must remind the house of the statement made by the late Secretary at War, that the army was without a waggon train, with out a Commissariat, without a Medical department, and wanting a competent staff, and it was somewhat strange that, knowing this, he did not make that extraordinary statement to his colleagues before the army was sent out to the Crimea. The fact was, the house must insist upon having some one Minister responsible for the administration of the eutire army, or the country would be doomel to witness far greater disasters than those a statement which had been enc ountered ikrasi in re t f h er e Crimea. riugto E the member f or Gl oucester Ina M de r. by GE t p ie tt g G agin D t tl a N dm D (Admiral Berkeley) that there was little to complain of or to reform in the transport service, said that he had since hearing that statement made inquiries which had satis• fie 1 him that it could not be substantiated, but that on the contrary there had been much mismanagement in this department, arising from its having had no single and responsible head. 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