The Sun. — London, England, 1861-03-06 00:00:00

1110NRY 111AREET AND CITY 2VEIVS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK Continued firmness is reported in the money market, and the rapid efflux of gold to the United States is calculated to prevent any immediate reaction in the rates of discount. About 250,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday for transmission to New Or leans, and the remittances during the present Week will represent a considerable aggregate Supply. As these shipments cannot be maintained Without producing increasedstringency, capitalists are induced to exact full terms for the negotiation of commercial securities. The Foreign Exchanges, yesterday afternoon, exhibited an advance in the rates on Amsterdam Frankfort, Vienna, and Trieste. Gold is now about 5-10ths dearer in London than in Paris, and 6.loths higher here than in Ham burg. The bar silver, by the Seine, from the West Indies has been sold at ss. id. per ounce, standard, showing a slight decline. The Spanish Financial Commission have notified that the auction of the Foreign Redeemable Debt Will take place at Madrid on the 27th instant, for Which purpose the Government have assigned 1 ,302,292 reales. A general court of the directors, governor, and company of the Bank of England will take place on the 14th instant for the consideration of a divi dend. At the annual meeting of the Star Life Assu rance Society, the directors' report for the year 1860, which was unanimously adopted, stated that 902 new policies had been issued for the assurance of £336,290, yielding an annual income of £11,312 15s. 9d., an amount exceeding that of any previous year. The annual revenue, after deducting the premiums for policies fallen in by death, and sur rendered to the office, now amounts to £89,439 3s. ld. The premium or assurance fund is now £360,530 35., showing an increase of £51,085 1 78. 10d. during the year. It appears that the claims by death, after deducting sums assured in other offices, amount to £21,942 16s. ld., assured by 60 policies ; and the directors state that this sum and number are below the average expected and provided for. During the last five years the sum of £158,419 15s. 10d. has been added to the assurance or premium fund, while £204,531 2s. 6d. has been paid since the establishment of the society on policies which have become claims by death. Continued activity prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were fully Per lb. higher. The sales rather exceeded 15,000 bales. The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Teutonia, which sailed to-day for New York, takes out specie —£31,000 in sovereigns, 270 pas sengers, and upwards of 700 tons measurement cargo on freight. The United States mail steamer Arago, which sailed to-day for New York, takes out £20,000 specie in sovereigns. The business transacted in the market for Public Securities to-day has been limited, and chiefly in connexion with the monthly settlement of the account. Consols, however, have continued steady at 911 t for money, and at 921 A for April 10th. Speculators still take an unfavourable view of the Market, owing to the continued stringency of money and the increased efflux of gold to America. The New Threes and the Reduced are flat at 911 but Exchequer Bills are firm at 6s. to 2s. dis. ; Bank Stock remains at 2321 ; and India 5 per Cents. are 1001. Very little alteration has taken place in Foreign Securities, and business has been moderately active. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 694 to 701; ditto 1858, 514 521 ; ditto £lOO Bonds are steady at 53; Sardinian at 823 ; Portuguese at 46t. Dutch 21 per Cents. have improved to 64 ; but Mexican are flat at 23 ; and Spanish Deferred at 41. Gre nada Active are firm at 16. In the Railway Share Market the transactions have not been very extensive, but, in most in. stances, prices have been well supported. Caledo nians, North-Eastern (Berwick), and South- Easterns, have improved ss. ; and Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Eastern (York), and West Midlands 10s. London and Brighton, North-Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in very limited request, and prices have shown no change of impedance. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares barely support previous quotations, the dealings however have been of a very unimportant character. , BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. zank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 8 per Cent. Consols Annuities IncaS 3 per k Cent. Annuities 9 12 1 toc .. ~ Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Debentures 1858 95 f C onsols for Account, March 7 .. 91 India Stock for Account — Ditto 5 per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d Ditto £5OO 6 dis FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Equador New Consolidated Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account New Grenada Active, Si per Cent. Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7 and '9 Ditto Account Sardinian 5 per Cent. .. Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent... Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded 6 Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 64 TWO O'CLOCK Console, Money 91$ I Ditto April Account , COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YRS TERDA . Y . Af eaterdam Rotterda m4.. ll , it t e Short. 11 18f 11 19 3 Months. 12 Of 12 11 12 Of 12 11 b.Lwerp ' lll eels — 25 65 25 70 Ba ' Marseilles:itbtuorgh Nris 3 Months. 25 721 25 80 25 75 25 80 vallkfort on Maine — 1191 120 eti jia 15 45 15 55 Triest e -15 45 15 55 P etersbu r h 331 331 Berlin g C adiz 481 481 ,adi z 481 48 4 laeghorn — 25 95 26 21 arii an 25 87± 25 921 I3 elloa — 25 871 25 95 N 2 l ea lie. Lino —11 7 k L 443B Bina - - 1171 117,1 isbon ........... 521 52! _ Porto Ri0jan;i•re........... 621, 63 • • • • New York . .... .... Bars.... -- • .. Foreign Gold in (Standard)....per oz. L 3 17 • 9 Mexican Dollars . 0 0 0 ................. If Silver in Bars (Standard) ..... „ 05 1 South American Doublona ....... 0 0 0 ! .....—..............1:1:_. - • • ~ PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY. —The paddle-wheel steam tender Avon, T. Hammond, m as t er, left the Sound this afternoon, in order, if possible, to communicate with the screw steam-frigate Narcissus, 51, Captain Risk, now on her voyage to Madeira, Ascension, and the Cape of Good lOpe, with Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker. For the last 24 hours south-westerly winds have prevailed, but a strong breeze in the morning declined as the day advanced. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH LANCASIIIRE.—A resetting of the leading Liberal electors of South Lanca shire was held at the Royal Hotel, Manchester, yesterday Morning, with a view of considering the propriety o f s electing a Liberal candidate in the event of Parliament conferring a new seat on this division of the county. Th e Meeting was private, and is understood to have been ad jollrned for a fortnight without coming to any decision r especting a candidate. The Conservatives meet for a similar object at Newton-le-Willows to-day, when the na mes of Mr. Edward Lloyd, of Manchester, and Mr. J. A. Tobin, of Liverpool, will be submitted. M URDER OF A WIFE, NEAR RYDE, ISLE OF 1.,, IGItT.—In the Crown Court, Winchester, yesterday, e nrY Lacey, a s t ou t-b u il t, b a ld-h ea d e d man , w as indicted f or the wilful murder of his wife, Jane Lacey, at St. Helen's. f l : s e witnesse s agree d t h at at t h e t i me o f t h e mur d er L a cey ol i w i. n a very exc it e d s t a t e , qu it e lik e a ma d man . Mr. fe _,rot and Mr Pinniger, the surgeons, testified to his suf .:l.7lg from d e li r i um tremens ; and the former gentleman stated th a t the injuries to the deceased, the result of blows, ,„erwoueld not have b een lik e l y to have caused the death of a °n in ordinary health. The jury convicted the prisoner 43"maUdenslaughter, and he was s e n t en ced t o s i x y ears ' penal Share! Railways. Paid Cl • csing Business i Price. Done. og bit efully o con- 'llythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £s` Kris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent. Do. Quar. Shal'es, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun 'Do Ist Class Pref E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Conn. Ex. sp. c. No. 1 Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pet et. stack. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... ltdin.&G las. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. ' Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. , Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. lmo.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.e.pm Do. 44 n. c. do. do. Do. tp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm f; t. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pr. 1 G t.Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 ) p. et. pref. stock 'Great West. (Berks and 1 (Rants) Ext. sp. ct stock I I - a Redeemable,44 p.et stock I Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et stock ;Do Irredeemable, do stock ,I Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref 8 I Do. firm. Pref. Shares 10 Ot. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref stock Do Birmg.guar. stock 261 ' Do. Chester gua. shares 134 Do. do. do. 20 , Do. do. do. 100 Lan. & Carl. 44 pc. pref stock ILan.&York 6 p. c. stock stock ; Do.llarnsl.st£s 3s 10d pc stock ; Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) stock ILon.& Brig. 5 pc.gn. No.l stock !Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 stock ' Do. gua. 6 p. c. stock !Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 stock ' Do. do. 44 per cell'. 5 Do. do. 44 p. c. shares stock Do. 7p. et. Pref. stock stock I Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) stock I Do.4p.c.S.(div.def. til '65) stock I Do. 4 per cent. Pref stock ',T,on. chat. and Dover Do.W. f A rceiv. no div n Ex. A til 6peis pd on I - I Do. B B. & Brom ex. r D m o iL lk a re n , d rs rOp4t e nn ov. Ex an A d i Nuneaton, sp. ct i Lon. & S.W, 7 p. et. stock Do. 44 per cent •' Do. (Prtsm. perpl inns" 1 of 2s. 6d..... ILondondy. & Cole. 4 sh. T,ondony. & Ennis. 4 sh. Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 I Do. 34 per cent IDo. redeem. 6 per cent I `Jaryport & Car., 4 p. c,{ ,' Do. 44 per cent. Vid. Con. 6 p C. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 4 p.c Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 no. Leic. & lilt. pref. st. INorflk 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 ' Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. o , Do. New, gua. 3 p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she Do. do. do Nth. Dev. Rail. & Dck.Co 1 N-East.Con s.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. 44 p c. redeemable Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref ' Do. do. do ' i Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, •.& S. Puroh North Staffordshire Rhyrnney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new pf Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock 1 Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. los. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. 'zouth Eastern (Reading I Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 1 4 p.c. Ist is 'outh Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. Al per cent. Do. 5 per cent: ' S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua ' Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 ner cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd & liilkny, 6 p. c W.Mid -Oxf Ist Guastk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. 1 Do. Perpet. 6p. c. pf 1866 1 Do. till 1869, Ist is. 1 Do. do. 2d is. all 1 10s. ail all 19s. iCO 102 20 21 6 6} 99 101 112 115 106 108 108 110 106 108 121 123 78 80 112 114 90 92 113 115 1 ,110 112 102 101 82 84 97 99 98 100 89 91 90 92 100 102 91 101 17 18 101 101 74 76 20 21 10 10i 15 15} 135 137 111 113 111 113 134 137 111 113 101 103 150 153 128 131 70 73 87 89 116 118 150 155 In 141 127 129 69 71 P P 134 136 100 102 93 95 111 113 109 111 i 111 90 92 99 100 id p }dip 22 23 132 134 lot lot 23} 23.1 91 93 98 100 85 'B7 26 27 31} 324 32 33 45 48 123 125 118 121 98 100 121 124 114 116 stock stock stock stook stock stock 12i Anglo-Mexican Mint all 131 14 10 'Atlantic R. MI Stm (Id) - - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 1000 !Atlantic Tel. (Li m it e d) all -25 'Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 41 Leasing Closing Business 50 British Americ an L an d 40 - Railways. Paid. . Co.'s. Price. Done. 50 fB.&I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) a ll 34 16 Mitt . m.il 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 Buckinghamshire - -e hi e y , a Lii citiM .. 100 Ln &N.W 95 9 7. 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 121 144 324 'Canada Land all 114 118 Chester Holyhead. 100 1D Do. do. 54 . a per cent. 100 Do 121 123 10 I Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim.) a ll _ stock Cop.Min.ofEng,.&Smltg. all - - Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do. 109 111 110 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent... all 20 22 Clydesdale Junction..' 100 Caledonin 99 101 stock Crystal Palace Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E C 15 18 stock Do. Preference E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. 106 Gt. North. 135 137 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 id par E.Union,Harwich Shs all 'E.Counts. 44 41 stock Electric TelegizA Do. Woodbridge .. 100 - - 25 Do. New l5 - - Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drci. 100 CaJedonin - - 5 English & Ans. Copper, a ll 34 3 1 Do. New ... ...... 100 Da .. •. • - 15 Gen. Steam Navigati m 14 - - Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. - - 1 Great Ship Limited) all Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail.: all isTlD l , '" oo k i:; .N fvcro . l lr . _ - 3 . 4 3_ .- 1 1 Do. 17! pct Preference all 1 1 hull and Selby ......i all Yk.N. Md. 109 111 5 Lou. District Tel. (Lim.) 3 - - Do. 4 Shares Do. 1 Shares ......: all Do. London c di. .; ro, C f.e& a r r eo l n . re g ee t e ia. o.. s wl. l . ) o ..c ii 11 1 00 0 00 0 s l n in .}. .t s N t. .l . l.: 202_ 2C15 20 Madras Irr. and Canal.. 1 11 14 21 4 1 10 Med. Eaten. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 11 05 dIi Di l . ~ r o o oa n .:6 . : , '. r ps, Bt i eo l ur l 1 ) xt y c - , . et g .1 i & nn S ,a ..t o . u 3, t i. p e a. n .. tei d t.: , 11 1 a000 00 101 Pet o & CoC 088 91 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 1 d 10 Netherlands Land all - 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dig all 100 N. BrAN•vaScotiaLand 85 - 4 - 1 M e i d o . o ß e r s a t d o t c o k r . d . l: .p re . f .c. 7 5 - 5.10506 , 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), all 1 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 155. 4pr Newmarkt.,BaryEx 1 ')Midland 915 947 p 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.) 8 44 34 . guaranteed 5 stock Peelli.Lud.&Min.(Lim.) 100 47 50 Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. ..... .55 57 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam . all 68 70 Do. do. 5 per cent ... all Do. ...... - - 50 Do. New 25 10 11 351 Do. Fixed 5 per cent . ., all Do. ... . . - 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.44p.e all 18 19 pl 4 North Western 1 all Midland 154 154 50 Rhymnay Iron ... ..... all 164 17! 15 Do. New all 44 5 Preston and Wyre. { 1 all ! t rt L. N y W k . ) •-. . - ..._ A. all IDa .. . _ 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 49 50 Do, 4 Shares stbck Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim.) 100 123 128 Roystn.llitch.,&Shep 100 Gt. North. 132 134 Sk rews bry& Hereford. 100 T.Brassey 100 102 25 South Australian L an d a ll 32 34 Do. 1 I 1 Do. do. Registered .... all Do. l a w il M' ,. Clean.. 1 1 4 4 1? 10 Do. d 0...... all 6 ) 7 1 Gt West. 95 92 - 29 Tr. & Ln. CaotUpr.Can. 5 - - 100 Yu, Diemen's Land ...Ile I 10 11 W WS I 1 i m il I tt l b laCillinSc,°: Somerset.. V is y re l n.: : 1 all stock stock stock 10 stock stock stock 2s. fid, 124 124 stock stock 121 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock los, stocx stock stock stock stock stock SHARE Railways. Paid, Beitast and Ballymena Bir., W - 01, and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Bly th and Tyne Rost. Sleaf: and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon iCork, filrock, Passagc Cornwall.... A (A gets no div.l tDo B D° " until 6pc peran. hasbeen • d. Dublin & Belfast June., Dun., Perth, &Ab. June , East Anfrlian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do i Do Nw A, late EU3ds (East Suffolk lEdinburah & Glasp:on. , l Edin. Perth, & Dundee i Forth & Clyde Junction IFurness Gists , . and S. Western - Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Do do B do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great 'Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South-eastern ' Lancashire & Yorkshire Loudon and Mackwalt Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover 'Lond. ct Nth. Western Lond. & 4th. Western. L'derry &Coleraine .: I,'derry & Ennisiollen 'Man. Shet. & Line.oln IMaryport and Carlisle ' Do .lo shares.— Metropolitan Midland Do new ..1 Do i. , lrminc.r. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do 4 shares Mid Kent.... Do, Cray Line Newcastle and C trlisle Newry & Armagh, def Newry, Warnpt. & Ros Norfolk.. ...... North British ... ' Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.sta& 13 , stk ; Atees no d.I until tipehas beenpd.B Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do do . G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds ......... Do Yor`r .. North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction N ot. do Grantham rtebles . -• Portsmouth Rhymney.....- Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock! Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittinsbourne & Sheer. South Devon hn. Counties Union S. -Durham & Lane. Un .S.ntth Eastern ...... ,South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and WokE Stockton & Darlington Do do I " I 11 Do New (1860) 3 Taff Vale Do Pref. No 1 10t) ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 Ulster Do ....... ..... 20 Do. : Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim , all Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 Waterford & Limerick all West Cornwall West London all Do Ist class Do 2(1 class .. WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO West Midland—Oxford 100 Do. Newport 100 Do. Hereford 100 13 DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Busines Price. Done. 8 8i 80 82 6 6 99 10: 97& 98 51 6 43 44 8 81 15 16 48i 4% 37 39 26 28 88 88 254 26 112 114 108 109 100 101 [29 131 [OB 110 681 6269; 58 109} 1101 60 61 114 115 48 41 416} 951 91 02 14 11 46 46 Si 14 d 126! 127} p, [OO 102 7 6cl 52 ':4 631 63i 1004 1W Id 1p 57 574 871 881 99 101 3i 31 - 9 101. 73 75 114 118 334 344 87 89 49 51 39 41 85i 86 53 GO £4 97 4 7 39i 403 10 11 D 6 6i X2 l, 56i 2 2ip d ip 65 67 116 111 5i 61 44 46 40 43 79 81 PREFERENCE SHA RES. 2 , !lnre 1:5.14 st stock stork 100 100 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 all all ,• all , all 100 1081 9i 104 2 101 115 i 14,1 1 911 f 451 61 127 6t 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1.4.0. 100 1001 f d 85 1 61 all I 1 oo THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY.-i EVENING, MARCH 6, 1861. NOTTINGII,I3I RACES—(This Day.) Paid, Closing Price. 113nolness done 73 75 92 03 BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. FOREST PLATE. Confession. 10 16} d 41d1 Five ran. 6 7 75 80 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1861. MARCH. 65 70 65 70 41 5 Shrewsbury 14 Warwick Spring 19 ! 1 Llanboidy .. l6 I Thirsk lB i ILiverpool Hunt Club 20 Doncaster Spring 23 Newmarket F S 29 AY. Bath 2l Manchester 22 Harpenden- 24 Epsom ENE. Odiham 25 Newcastle 25 Bibury Club 26 Stockbridge 27 Winchester 2B The bill was then read a second time. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. LEADER, who was introduced by General UPTON and Mr. LONGPIELD, took the oaths and his seat on his election for the County Cork. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Devon Central Railways; Edinburgh, Perth, ani Dundee Rail ways (Queensferry Branches) ; Merionethshire Railway ; Great Dover Road; and Wexford Harbour Commissioners. IiVIPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OP LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. - CHURCH RATES. Petitions against the abolition of church rates were pre sented by Viscount Dungannon, Lord Romney, the Earl of Hardwick, and Lord Bcrners. LAW OF DIVORCE. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave notice that on Mon day next he should move for a select committee to inquire into the law respecting parties who have or ought to have the right to sue in the Divorce COurt in England, and the Court of Session in Scotland. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Atherton, Bedford, 84c., Gas and Water Bill was read a second time. ADMIRALTY COURT JURISDICTION BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of this bill, which he said, was one of much importance to the mercantile marine of this country, and its object was to enlarge the jurisdiction and impreve the proceedings in the High Court of Admiralty. The causes tried in the court last year amounted to 1,618, and the average cost of each suit was £974. With respect to the jurisdiction of the court, it was at present somewhat circumscribed, but the present bill was to extend the juris diction to owners of all ships not residing within the juris diction of the court. The bill also, in his opinion, made other great improvements in the law with respect to salvage and the mode of proceeding with causes in the court. If the bill received the sanction of Parlia ment he had no doubt it would be hailed by all parties interested as a great improvement in the law as it stood previous to the passing of the bill. Lord CRANWORTH agreed with the Lord Chancellor in holding that the introduction of trial by jury into the Admiralty Court would be productive of the most mischiev ous effects. At present the judge of the Admiralty Court was assisted by two nautical persons, and the witnesses might be examined viva voce. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council were also assisted by two other nautical men, but they had no power of examining witnesses, and could not judge of the value of the witnesses by their de meanour. He, therefore, did not see any probability of the appeal court arriving at a better conclusion than the origi nal tribunal. As the bill stood, there was a right of appeal on all interlocutory proceedings, with the consent of the judge, and he suggested that an appeal on matters of fact should not be allowed, unless the judge thought fit to autho rise it. (Hear, hear.) Lord CHELMSFORD said that in the great majority of cases the proceedings in the Admiralty Court were carried on by depositions, and in 99 out of every 100 collision cases the plaintiff was sure to gain. He should like to know the number of appeals in collision cases, and in how many in stances the decree of the Admiralty Court had been re versed. The questions involved were often of great impor tance to the litigant parties, the evidence was generally contradictory, the points were frequently of a professional nature, and he thought that the commercial classes would view with alarm any proposal to abolish appeals alto gether. (Hear.) After a few words from Lord WENSLEYDALE, Lord KINGSDOWN said he had always held it to be necessary that in all proceedings, in order to secure the fullest and most deliberate investigaticn, there should be a court of appeal, whicn should, when necessary, review the de cision of the courts below, and settle the law.' This was more particularly necessary in regard to the Court of Admiralty, No one could bear stronger testimo*yjo the ability and care displayed by the learned judgelato presided over this Court, but it was impossible altogether to avoid mistakes. Those who supported the amendment scarcely understood the mode of procedure in the court. It would, in fact, be utterly impossible to carry out the bill as it stood now with out altering the whole procedure of the court. There was always great contradiction in the evidence, and when, after considerable difficulty, it had been settled what the facts of the case were, and their bearing had been explained, the judge retired with the nautical assessors, consulted with them apart, and then returned and gave judgment at once, without ever stating which particular facts had been found and which had not. It was impossible, therefore, with such a procedure to separate facts from law, or to say which were matters of law, of fact, or of seamanship. Without the bill was altered, therefore, it would be necessary to alter the procedure of the court. After fay/ words from the Earl of Powis, The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he wished it to be generally known that the clause taking away the right of appeal was not suggested by the learned judge of the court, who would most willingly allow his decisions to be re viewed. The suggestion was his own ; but he had become a convert to the opinions which had been expressed in the course of this discussion. He would, therefore, in commit tee move that this clause be struck out ; so that thing s would remain as they were. Railways. Share 100 stk 1 18 20. 20 10 100' Atlantic & St Lawrence l ßom.,Baroda&Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent........ Do, Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron !Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo Brant &Godrich 43 p. Ct. bda. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1. 1873 1 Do. do. June 1, 187 , .1 Clcutta. &S. Eastn. (Lim;.) ICape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Seri/ Ceylon Guarantd. 6 P. c 'Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 180-1870 'Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. G t.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. Gt. South. of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. IGt. W. of Canada Aaresi Do. New .. ... 1. Bonds pay. '76, witl gat, till '6O r. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt. Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras, guar., 44 p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent ....I Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. C. Bnds. Newßrunswick Cando 1 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) .... -a ....1 Scinde Do. Punjaub Do. Do. ,Do. In dus. St. Flo 4 , 19; Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 100 100 100 all all all all all all ss. 'lOO 10 all 100 1 FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdzonl Ardennes.-- .• ...• Bah.&S.Fran-Lim.7 p.c., Behccim East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Cv - neaux Mine & Rail Copiapo Ditto Extension . Dutch Rhenish ........I Eastern of France .... Grand Rue. Guar. 6 p. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout . Lyons & Geneva ... : : Do. 6 p. e. Pref. ........ ,Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ~.... Norwegian Trunk Pref. raris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Fern )' gua. 7 p. ct. lira ' Riga & Dunaburg 1 Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lira, g. 7p. c S.Aust.dcLomb Venetin Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 p ct West Flanders Do. 5 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France West"rn of Austria West, not Switzerland Wiesbaden o. 8 per cent Pref 'Zealand .. . . 11 1 d 4 pr 11 15d 98/ 99} 97i 981 100 101 li h 2ii 221 70 74 CO 63 41 43 50 55 40 45 40 43 944 951 lid 1 d ll} 1121 I; d 9 / 9 d 95 100 90 92 82 84 91i O2i 85 87 2 If t. 5 7 5 7 D 4 974 2 d Itl —d 90 92 ,ATLWAYS. Si 51 1/ 124 12 13 3 21.1 3 31, 23 24 6t 7 1 4 19 20 876 38i 8 9 37 38 55 67 3 211 5f 5/ 81 RI If 111 11 3 d 201 Elf 6 61 91 9i 21i 224 BRITISH MINES. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 British Iron Clifford j nil Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ). 1 East Bassett (Illogan) ' 30 East Caradon 12.14.6 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen4 541 Great South Tolgus i 17s G, Wheal Alfci. (Philack) 13.9.6 G. Wheal Vor (Holston)' 91 Grenville ' 5.14.6 'Herod's- Foot 8.12 Hingsbon Downs 4.10.6 I Lady Bertha I 1.8.6 Margaret (tiny Lelant)9 North Downs 2 North Frances (Illogan)1 111 N. will Basset (Ill° 4an) l 4s North Wheal Crotty ,Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 Providence (Uny Lelnto• 10.6.7 Sortridae Cons. Min.Co.i lls South Caradon(St.Cleer)l 11 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 4l S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim all S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1. 4 .9 Stray Park 24.8.0 Tamar Silv.,t Lead Min 4l Tin Crort Vale of Towey (Carm ) , i3s96d West Basset (Illov,an) ll W. Caradon (Lisk ear d)' 5 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 wheat Buller (Itedruth)li Wheal Edward (Cats.)' 7.5 Wheal Kitty (C.Lelanl 1.7.2 Wheal Mary Ann (Me n . 8 Wheal Trelawney (Li s . ' 51 Folt E I disT MT Australian BonAccord Copper,Lim. Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lim Do. Land and Mining Co. Clarendon Cons.MinCo I Cobre Copper Copiapo .. DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co, Fortuna. ,General I r Gt N. Cop. of S. Aust r 1 1 Kapun da (Limited) ILinares Lusitanian Mariquita N.RhineCopofS.Aus.l.-1 Pontgibaud Silver,Loadl Mining and Smelt 1 Port Philip Scottish Austrin. (L.) l United Mexican Worthing (Limited) D . 2 20 2 1 20 t8.2.8} 1 1 1 all 1126.6 d. 1k 31 4 32 1 die. 39 41 8 10 I I 2 3 2} 20 22 pr tp 1 1 9 101 p it tp I Id 4 6 i k i 31 4 i i JOINT-STOCK BANKS, 100 'Aa&UnitedService Ilk, SO 40 Austra gr lasia 1 all 67 69 25 !Bank of Egypt all 19 20 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all -- 20 Clitd.Bank of India, &c. all 204 21 201 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch ' all 32 34 100 [City 1 50 69 71 100 Colonial 2011 i Com. Bank of Canada.. all 100 ICommercial of London .1 20 -- 20 1141 'ng., Scot., & Ans. Ch.. all 154 16 20 ,I Gen. Bk .of Switzerland a ll 20 I Lon. Char. Bkof Austral all 224 23 50 London and County .. 20 :334 344 50 London Joint Sto c k .. 10 20 London and S.Airican.. 4 I 2 14 100 ILonden & Westminst er 2 0 614 624 624 100 'Nat. Prov. of England 42 20 IDo. new l2 50 'National Bank .• 25 20 New South Wa1e5......, all 25 Orient. B. Corporation . 1 all 47 49 20 ; Ottoman Bank .. . ... all 17 18 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 -. 10 Do. new 25 ,South Aust ra li a ' all 25 Union of Austr a li a 50 Union or Lo n d on 100 'Unity Mutual.. ..... I 60 C— OLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. & July 100 Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 Do. 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 112 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-1 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 :07 109 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 110 112 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1001 1 1 04 1004 Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 107 108 Do. 1890 100 108 109 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 106 107 Do. 6 jo. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 186 100 974 984 97 Do. sp. c., 1871 to Is 7 100 97 09 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwdii 100 97 98 974 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 .100 106 107 1064 S.Aus.O t. 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Js. &July 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1074 108 1084 DOCKS. stock Commercial I 100 stock' Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min ' 100 stock East and West India 1 100 stock Commercial , 100 stock 'Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min ! 100 stock !East and `Neat India 1 100 stock I London stock ISt. Katharine.. I 100 stock , Southampton ' 100 stock IVietoria ... ; t 100 10 ID° New .-- .... 2 98 100 id par MISCELLANEOUS, 175 185 350 370 95 100 154 18 6 64 21 23 7 74 1 14 1} 24 3 35 17 14 2 1 4 46 48 34 4 4 46 7 8 76 86 6 06 01 38 90 300 310 3 'I 180 Igs 40 42 2 21 51. 6 17 18 80 St [ 1 345 355 021 1071 115 125 11 21 • 12 13 19 21 121 141 PETITIONS. Petitions were presented in favour of the remission of the hop duties, against legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister, against the Parochial Assessments Bill, against the abolition of church-rates, against the continu ance of the income-tax, in favour of the appointment of Roman Catholic schoolmasters and chaplains in Poor-law unions; against certain clauses in the Highway Bill; by Mr. BRIGHT from a public meeting, held at Newcastle-on- Tyne, presided over by the Mayor, in favour of the intro duction of a Reform Bill this session ; and from other places to the same effect. NEW ROSS ELECTORAL DIVISION. Mr. M'MAHON moved for a copy of the reports made by the inspector appointed to inquire into the late election of guardians for the New Ross electoral division.—Ordered. NAPLES. Sir S. NORTHCOTE moved an address for copies of the despatch containing the instructions alluded to by Mr. Elliot, in his despatch of the 18th day of September, which commences with the following words :—" In conse quence of your lordship's desire, it became necessary for me to consider the best manner of seeing General Gari baldi ;" and, of the despatches of Admiral Mundy subse quent to the departure of Mr. Elliot from Naples.— Ordered. STEAM-VESSELS. Mr. BARING moved for a return, in a tabular form, with consecutive numbers, of the whole of the steam vessels registered in the United Kingdom on or before the Ist day of January, 1861 ; stating, in separate columns, the following particulars :—Official number of ves sel ; vessel's name ; port of registry ; date of registry ; date of build ; registered owners ; dimensions of vessels in length and breadth and depth of hold ; ton nage (exclusive of engine room) ; and gross tonnage, dis tinguishing vessels built of iron, and vessels having screw propellers; also distinguishing vessels measured under the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, from these measured under previous Acts; and estimated horse power of their engines, and giving the aggregate number of vessels and amount of tonnage, with an index for easy reference attached to it, giving the names of the vessels in a lphßbotical order, with numbers to each, corresponding with the executive numbers in the return (in continuation of Parliamentary paper, No. 449, of session 1860).—Ordered COALS, CINDERS, CULM, &c. Mr. H. VIVIAN moved for accounts of the quantities of coals, cinders, and culm, and patent fuel, shipped at the several ports of England, Scotland, and Ireland, coast ways, to other ports of the United Kingdom, in the year 1860, distinguishing the quantity shipped at each of the said ports as compared with the year 1859; Of the quantities and declared value of coals, cinders, and culrn, and patent fuel, exported from the several ports of England, Scotland, and Ireland, to foreign countries, and the British settlements abroad, in the year 1860 ; distinguishing the countries to which the same were sent, and comparing the same with the year 1859; also. distinguished the ports of the United Kingdom from which the same were shipped. Of the quantities of coals, cinders, and eulm, and patent fuel, exported from the United Kingdom, in the year 1860, with the rate and amount of duty thereon; and, of the quantities of coals and patent fuel brought coastways and by inland navigation into the port of London during the year 1860, comparing the same with the quantities brought daring the year 1859.—Ordered. ESSEX TURNPIKE ROAD. Mr. ALCOCK moved for return of the salaries paid to surveyors, assistant surveyors, and clerks to the trustees, and any other officers paid by the trus tees of the first district of the Essex turnpike roads, giving the names of all the officers, dates of their appoint ments, and the salaries of each respectively, giving also the number of miles, the income and expenditure for the last year's account made up ; and, similar return for the second district of Essex Turnpike Roads.—Ordered. TRANSFER OF LAND. Mr. V. SCULLY gave notice that, unless the promised bill of the Government on this subject were shortly intro duced, he would draw the attention of the house to the subject after Easter. HUNGARIAN NOTES. Mr. WHITE asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the alleged manufacture of notes in this country, in the name of Hungary, had,been brought to the notice of her Majesty's Government by the Government of Austria; and what steps had been taken thereupon by the order or advice of her Majesty's Government f Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to say that her Ma jesty's Government had their attention drawn to the sub ject of the manufacture of notes by Kossuth, which bore the stamp of the Royal Crown of Hungary, by the Quern meat of Austria. The matter had been referred to the law officers of the crown, who gave their opinion that the issue of these notes was illegal, but that it would be impos sible to procure a conviction in case of indictment. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. In reply to Mr. HANBURT, Sir G. C. LEWIS said that the bill for amending the InduArial Schools Act had been deferred until Government had received a report of the Commission on Education. TELEGRAPHIC CABLE BETWEEN ALVER STOKE AND RYDE, AND MALTA AND ALEX ANDRIA. Mr. LIDDELL asked the Secretary to the Admiralty why no answer had been given to a report sent is by Mr. Piggott to the Board of Admiralty cf the result of a trial of his telegraphic cable laid down between Alverstoke and Ryde on the 20th of June last ? Mr. CONINGHAM asked for some information relative to the telegraphic communication between Malta and Alex- Lord C. PAGET said that the Admiralty had nothing whatever to do with the subject to which the last question referred. 'With teferenco to the other questiox, he would state what had occurred. Mr. Pigott, in April last, applied to the Admiralty for permission to lay down the line of his proposed telegraphic communication. The Ad miralty objected to his carrying such line across the harbour of Portsmouth, but consented to its being laid down be tween Alverstoke and Ryde. A letter had been since received from Mr. Pigott, stating that the undertaking had been completely successful; but the Board of Admi ralty had nothing whatever to do in respect to that com munication, except to acknowledge its receipt. SIR BALDWIN WALKER. Lord C. PAGET—I may, perhaps, be permitted to take this opportunity of informing the house that the Avon was sent out this morning to endeavour to intercept Sir Baldwin "Walker. (Laughter.) Sir J. PAKINGTON—After the announcement which he has just made, perhaps the noble lord will allow me t o put to him two questions. First, whether it is true that no telegraph was sent from the Admiralty till half-past 11 o'clock to-day? (Hear, hear.)l Secondly, whether the Avon is not reckoned cno of the slowest ships in her Ma jesty's service? (Laughter, and hear, hear.) Lord C. PAGET—It is quite true that the orders were sent ont this morning, but it must be ramembered that the Avon sailed from Devonport, and that we had news of Sir Baldwin Walker having put out from Yarmouth roads, where he had taken shelter, this morning. It is quite possible, therefore, that the Avon may be able to cut him off. (Laughter.) MASTERS AND OPERATIVES. Mr. MACKINNON obtained leave to bring in a bill for establishing equitable councils of conciliation between masters and operatives. COLONIAL MILITARY EXPENDITURE. Mr. A. MILLS moved for a select committee on colonial military expenditure, to inquire and report whether any, and what, alterations might be advantageously adopted in regard to the defence of the British dependencies, and the proportions of cost of such defence as now defrayed from imperial and colonial funds respectively. The hon. member, in a speech of some length, condemned the policy pursued by this country in reference to the subject, which he contrasted unfavourably with other European States. He contended that instead of this country being requested to expend millions annually in providing for the defence of our foreing possessions, these colonies should be induced to become self-reliant and independent as far as defences were concerned. Mr. MARSH seconded the motion, as he considered a committee would be desirable in investigating many details in connection this subject. • Mr. C. FORTESCUE said that the motion of his hon. friend (Mr. Mills) was not regarded by the Government in a hostile light. On the contrary, as far as he was concerned, he highly approved of the result arrived at by the motion of the honourable member, but he differed with him as to the measures of attaining it. He referred to the reports of the Depart. mental Commission instituted by the desire of General Peel during the administration of the late Government, which were an utter failure, so far as affording Go vernment any means of practically dealing with this question. The essence of these reports was that the defence of the colonies should depend on local corps without any assistance from the Imperial country. But the fact was that the presence of British troops was desirable in our dependencies in maintaining a good feeling with the natives, and affording them a greater sense of security. The dis cipline and the esprit de corps of a local army were necessarily inferior to those of imperial troops. As regarded the argument of fostering a feeling of self-reliance on the part of the colonists, he had no doubt that that feeling would manifest itself in moments of dan ger. He referred to Australia, and other English colonies, to show that in cases of emergency they would supply the necessary means of self-defence. Mr. BAXTER thought the house was deeply indebted to the hon. gentleman for having brought this subject before the consideration of the house. He had done so in a. very moderate speech, without passing censure on the present or any preceding Government. It seemed to hies desirable that they should obtain more full and explicit information on the subject. He had listened with great attention to the speech of the Under Secretary for the Colonies, and he must ex press his regret and surprise that Government should op pose the motion. The point taken by the Under Secretary was that the committee would interfere with the proN 'ince of her Majesty's Government. He gave them an assurance that the noble duke at the head of the Colonial-office would carry out the principle that he had laid down. It was only on the previous Friday that the house had conceded an in quiry into the Admiralty; and a committee had also been appointed to consider the number of matters which were peculiarly within the province of the Poor•law Board and the Exchequer. When, therefore, the hon. gentleman talked of this preliminary objection, he was in fact limiting too much the prerogative of the house ; and he (Mr. Baxter) hoped they would never accept the doctrine that they must leave such subjects in the hands of the Govet nment. (Hear.) In the present case there existed great differences of opinion amongst the officers themselves. Gen. Peel stated that the Government was labouring under great difficulty and em barrassment with regard to the colonies ; and when they had:so strong an expression from the gallant general, hon. members must be satisfied that a prima facie case was made out for the interference of the house. According to the hon. gentleman (Mr. Fortescue) everything was couleur de rose ; and no doubt his speech would be read with pleasure by the colonists ; but the house must recollect that they were the representatives of the people of this country ; and that they found a report placed in their hands which stated the mili tary expenditure on account of the colonies for the year 1858 at £3,968,000, while the colonies only contributed the sum of £378,215. (Hear.) His hon. friend said that the cost had since been greatly reduced ; but he wished the hon. gentleman had condescended a little to particulars. The surplus revenues of the Dutch colonies were stated in the report to be £2,600,000 a year, and those of the Spanish £l,lso,ooo—almost as large an amount on the right as ours was on the wrong side of the account. (Hear.) The hon. gentleman disputed the figures . relating to the Cape of Good Hope, and stated that the expenditure was now less than half of what it was in ISSB. Well, that would only make a difference of £400,000, which would still leave a sum of upwards of three millions for the defence of the colonies. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland did not contribute a farthing to this purpose, and the Cape only con tributed the miserable sum of £30,000. So far from em barrassing the noble duke at the head of the Colonial De partment, he was satisfied that the noble duke would find that an inquiry impartially carried on by a committee of that house would strengthen his hands and enable him to enforce his views upon those colonies which did not ade quately support their own military expenditure. They all knew that very great things had been done in Australia ; and he wished that the example which, w;th so much credit to themselves, they had set should be extended, not only with the sanction of the Colonial-office, but with that of the house. He hoped, therefore, that her Majesty's Government would reconsider their determination. (Cheers.) Lord R. CECIL had heard the last few words of the hon. gentleman (Mr. Fortescue) with surprise, for he had never listened to a more conclusive speech in favour of a motion than that which the hon. gentleman had finished by a declaration that he should oppose the proposition before the house. It appeared to him (the noble lord) that it was a great error to publish a report which showed how greatly the Government officials differed among it them selves ; but as it had been printed he did not know any adequate means of dealing with the controversy except by referring it to a select committee. The hon. gentle man entirely mistook the pedigree of the present mc tion. It was really due to the very wise State paper which was issued last year by the right hon. gentle man the Secretary for the Home Department, in which he showed the great difficulty and cost of Colonial Government, and I - Anted out more authoritatively than anybody had yet done the mode of settling the doubts which had arisen. When the hon. gentleman spoke, however, of the three millions which were expended in the military defence of our colonies he overlooked a very important fact, namely, that the greater part of that sum was incurred in the defence, not of our colonies, but of a series of detached military posts. In the first place, more than a million of it was spent on the Mediterranean settlements, Gibraltar, Malta, and the lonian Islands. As to the propriety of retaining those posts, he said nothing ; but it was quite clear that the cost of a war expenditure, and they had no right t upon the colonies. The same remark applied them charge was i t really to the Bermudas, Heligoland, St. Helena, and other places too numerous to mention. Then there was a large class of colonies which were in no danger from external enemies except in Europe, in other words, colonies which would not be involved in war unless by our own act. Of course if we went to war with France our relations in the Pacific would be endangered ; if with America those in the Caribbean Sea might be imperilled, and it was only conformable with the principles of justice that those who made the quarrels should bear the cost of fighting them- (Hear, hear.) The exhaustive division which he had made of our colonies only left two others unmentioned, They were bordered by powerful native tribes, with whom the inhabitants might at any time come into collision. He referred to the Cape and to New Zealand. It might be a great question whether it was wise in the first instance to colonise these places at all. When they looked back at their past history they might well I . 1001 "95 I 61 7 all all all all all 81 7f 3,3 9 Nottingham Spring 5 Coventry Liverpool Spring 12 Northampton Catterick Croxton Park Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven 15 Chester 7 York l4 Malton l6 Salisbury l6 JU Chelmsford 5 Beverley Hungerford Ascot Hampton l9 Newton 19 IMPERIAL PAR LIA ME N T HOUSE OF. COMMONS —(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Llanelly Railway and Dock (New Lines, &c.) Bill was read a second time. NEW ZEALAND. Sir J. TRELAWNY gave notice that on going into committee of supply he would draw the attention of the house to the state of New Zealand. SUPERANNUATION OFFICERS (PENSIONS BILL. Mr. M. MILNES, in moving the second reading of this bill, said he believed that the principle of the measure could not be impugned. It was most unjust to treat this class of officials to whom the bill referred in a position different to other public functionaries who received retiring allow ances.' He did not consider that there was any body of men in the civil service who were more deserving of the gratitude of the country than these men, who rendered the most important services in the arduous position in which they were placed. The time had gone by when the prison officer formed the subject of portraiture by the novelist, and was held up to the ridicule and abhorrence of the humane and enlightened members of society. He did not propose the remuneration to these men on retirement to be paid out of the Consolidated Fund, but out of local taxation. After a short discussion, the house divided— For the motion 6l Against it ...... Majority The bill was consequently lost. QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICES BILL. This bill passed though committee, Mr. SOTHERON ESTCOURT reserving his threatened opposition until the third reading. CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. On the motion that the house go into committee on this bill, Mr. NEWDEGATE rose and moved the following amendment : "That this house will, to-morrow, resolve itself into Com mittee, to consider the propriety of establishing in lieu of church-rates, thenceforth to be abnlished, a charge on all hereditaments, in respect of the occupancy of which church rates have been paid within the last seven years; such charge to be levied with the county-rate at an uniform rate of poundage, the occupier being in all cases entitled to de duct from his rent the amount of the charge levied on his occupation." He said he had been induced to adopt this course in order that the agitation which had so long elated on this subject; and in the interests of peace, the interests of religion, he hoped the house would grant him the committee he asked for. (LEFT SITTING.) FROM THE GAZETTE OP LAST NIGHT. CROWN-OFFICE, 1 1 1ARcH 2. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Nicholas Philpot Leader, of Dremagh Castle, in the county of Cork, Esq., in the room of the Right Honourable Richard Deasy, who has accepted the office of one of the Barons of her Majesty's Exchequer in Ireland. WAR-OFFICE, PALL -MALL, MARCH 5. Royal Regiment of Horse Gaards—Major and Brevet- Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Smith Baillie to be Lieute nant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet. Colonel Richard Henry R. H. Vyse, who retires ; Capt a i n an d B reve t- Major Lord Geor g e John Manners to be Major, by pur chase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant -Colonel Baillie ; Lieut. the Hon. Geoffrey R. Clegg Hill to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Maj or L or d G eorge John an • ners ; Cornet John Albert Craven to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hill. Ist Dragoon Guards —Cornet Henry Barker to be lieutenant by purchase, vice Cuningham, promoted; Charles Teddy Hatfeild, Gent.; to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Barker. sth Dragoon Guards—Ensign James Dennis, from the East Kent Militia, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Thomas Burton Henry, who retires. Bth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Edward Pulleyne, to be Instructor of Musketry. 12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet- Colonel Arthur Lowry Cole, C. 8., from the half-pay list, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Edward Pole, who retires upon half-pay; Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Alexander Oakes to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Cole, who retires ; Captain and Erevet Lieutenant-Colonel John De Montgomery Prior to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Oakes ; Lieutenant Robt. Edward Roe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lieutenant- Colonel Prior; Cornet David Roche Vandeleur to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Roe. 15th Light Dragoons—Cornet Benjamin Winthrop to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Walter Theodore Edward Ben tinck, who retires. 17th Light Dragoons—Cornet Elward William Pritchard, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Harri son, promoted. Royal Artillery--The name of the Lieutenant appointed on 19th December, 1860, is Herbert Frederic Gaimes, not Herbert Frederic Gairnes, as stated in the Gazette of 22d January, 1861. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Godfrey Wentworth Beaumont to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant and Captain Henry George Bowden, who has resigned that appointment. 7th Regiment of Foot—Major John Birtwhistle, from the 32d Foot, to be Major, vice George William Wallaoe Carpenter, who exchanges. 17th Foot—Richards Horwood Dunning, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Campbell, appointed to the 74th Foot. 20th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Frederick Houghton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas Aldridge, who re tires.; Ensign Charles Simeon Elliot to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Houghton. 32d Foot—Major George William Wallace Carpenter, from the 7th Foot, to be Major, vice John Birtwhietlo, who exchanges. 34th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Cecil Clayton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vico Fox, promoted. 49th Foot—Captain Thomas Erskine Arthur Hall, from the 91st Foot, to be Captain, vice George Kemp Chat field, who exchanges. 58th Foot—William Wordsworth, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Deane, promoted. 72d Foot—Captain Alexander Crombie to be Major, by purchase, vice Charles John William Norman, who re tires ; Lieutenant William Henry Campion to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Crombie ; Ensign Henry Francis Campbell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Campion. 74th Foot—Ensign Arthur Meredith Duff to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Arthur Angelo, who retires ; Ensign Archibald James Campbell, from the 17th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Duff. 75th Foot—Cornet Oliver Ormerod, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to bo Ensign, vice Richardson, appointed to the 88th Foot. 87th root—Lieut.nant Joseph Noble Beasley to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Colmer Lynch, deceased; Ensign Robert Atkin Hickson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Beasley. 90th Foot—Ensign David Patterson Murray to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Joseph Outram, who retires. 91st Foot—Captain George Kemp Chatfield, from the 49th Foot, to be Captain, vice Thomas Erskine Arthur Hall, who exchanges. _ UNATTACHED.—Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant- Colonel William Henry Kenny, half-pay 61st Foot, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Major, without purchase. BREVET Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James Kenneth Wilson, re tired full pay Royal Marines, to have the honorary rank of Colonel, under her Majesty's Order in Council of 13th September, 1854. Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Sampson, half-pay Bth Garrison Battalion, Staff Officer of Pensioners, retired upon full pay, to have the honorary rank of Colonel. Major Peter John Macdonald, 2d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Captain William Wiltshire Lyach, 2d Foot, to be Major in the Army. The Brevet Commission as Lieutenant-Colonel of Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Chas. Napier North, 60th Foot, to be antedated to the 24th March, 1858. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Richard Paddy, draper, Amelia-place, Brompton. B ANKRUPT S John Evans, cattle dealer, Larnpater, Cardiganshire. Anna Maria Owen, dealer in ohms, New Bond-street. Sidney Joseph George French, qemist, Norton Folgate. Thomas George Johnson, jun., wine merchant, Coventry. James Heck, butcher, Lincoln. Charles Powell, grocer, Dartford, Kent. Wm. Gunnell and John Browne, biscuit manufacturers, Landport, Hants. George Edward "Walker, victualler, Nottingham. Ernest Weil, merchant, Bank-chamber, Lothbury, city. George limjette, skein silk dyer Weaver-street, Bethnal green. - Catherine Dawes and Charles Fiddian, the younger, malreable nail manufacturers, Birningham. THE CUNARD STEAMERS.—The British and North American Royal Mail Steamship Company have in timated that, in consequence of tin screw steamer Austra lasian having put into Cork witE loss of two fans of her propeller, they intend to despatel the Royal Mail paddle steamer Europa, at an early hour tail morning, for Queens town, to take on board the goods, including a small quan tity of specie, from the Australasian, and to sail without delay for New York. The mails and passengers by the Australasian have been alreadyforwarded by the company's steamer Arabia. doubt whether they had repaid the great cost and anxiety which they had entailed ; but whether or not, we had entered into pledges with the emigrants who had left our shores, from which it was now impossible to draw back. Take the case of the Cape colony. Great complaints had been made of the enormous expenditure which had been lavished upon it ; but what had been our policy ? We had r curtailed its territory; we had left a large territory help lessly exposed to the attacks of the natives; and we had pro voked the formation of a hostile republic upon its borders. We had prevented the Dutch colonists from carrying on a kind of warfare in which they were perfectly able to keep the Kaffirs at bay; and we had therefore absolutely bound ourselves to protect the colonists from the consequences. With respect to New Zealand the question was not a mi:i tary one at all, but it arose from matters which were beyond the control of Parliament. It became a matter for serious discussion whether the house ought not to take the affairs of the colony snore under its own cognisance. The present war had arisen solely in consequence of the pressure which was put upon the governor to furnish land for the settlers; and he did not think it was in accordance with the policy of this country that the Imperial Government should leave such delicate questions to be settled entirely by the local authorities. (Hear.) For these reasons he regretted that his friend should not have seen fit to accede to the motion (Cheers.) Sir J. TREL AMNIA' thought it was not quite satisfac tory that so many heads of departments should be without seats in that house. (Hear.) At present the Secretary for the Colonies, the head of the Wat -office, and the First Lord of the Admiralty, were all members of the other house; and there was another great department which seemed almost to have been put in commission in the Lords—he meant the Chancellorship of the Exchequer. (Laughter.) With regard to the proposed committee, he doubted whether its appoint ment would not throw upon the house the responsibility he wished to see attached to the Government. The house repre sented the whole of her Majesty's subjects,not onlythe people of this country but the natives of the colonies. By the treaty of Waitangi her Majesty solemnly promised the New Zealanders the whole of their rights, tribal and otherwise. At this moment, however, there were almost troops enough in the colony to settle a Chinese war, or to put down another sepoy insurrection. There were already above 3,000 Euro pean soldiers there, and he heard that another regiment was under orders to reinforce them. And whence did this war arise ? Three or four years ago, when the house was asked to guarantee a New Zealand loan of half a million, ho warned them that there might be difficulties respecting the land ; and everything had happened as he feared. In the north island, not far from Taranaki, there was a plot of land which had been obtained from the natives of New Zealand by practices which he would not describe. This land had formerly been held by a tribe which, for par poses of whale fishing, had emigratel 33 years ago to Queen Charlotte's Sound ; but they had always intended to come_baek. In fact the owner of the land made his son Wirimi Kingi, or William King, promise that he would go back. In the meantime, Governer Hodson had bought the rights of a few members of the tribe who had stayed be hind, and also of another tribe who had seized it and pre tended to the right of conquest. The governor evidently though he had got a capital title to the land ; but he had really no title at all. (Question.) He (Sir J. Trelawny) maintained that the New Zealanders had a right to be heard ; and he hoped that the imperial Government would not keep up the war when we had no case whatever a against Witimi King. (Hear.) Mr. AD DERLEY felt justified in asking the Govern ment to withdraw their opposition to the motion, the only person who had expressed the slightest disapprobation of it being the Under-Secretary of State. (Hear.) The hon. gentleman himself admitted that the Government had, in consequence of the pressure put upon it, made a move in the direction indicated, and that they had not found any in convenience to arise front it. He knew the difficulty there was in inducing the house to entertain a colonial question ; but he would appeal to hon. members whether their opin ions on the subject had not materially ripened in the course even of the last hour ? The question next before the house was ono affecting the hop duties. He confessed he should feel himself much better able to deal with the hop duties if the Government were prepared to say they would look int o this enormous waste. The Under-Secretary to the Colonies based his opposition to this motion upon the report of the departmental committee which sat last year. He (Mr. Ad derley) thought if the hon. gentleman had studied that re port more carefully he would be more eager to enter upon this subject. It was monstrous that nine-tenths of the Bri ish empire should be exempted from contributing either men or money to the defences of the empire ; and that al I the forces for its protection had to be raised and paid for in this small metropolitan island. What reason was there for this ? Not only was it so, but the New Zealand colonists accused the home Government of having produced the pre sent quarrel. So that whilst the money of the taxpayers was being expended in this lavish manner, this country was not getting even the thanks of other parts of the empire. As to the report, what had the report to do with this inquiry ? It had been observed that the two gentlemen who drew up the report differed as to details, but they were perfectly agreed in the main that it was absurd for England to go on finding mon and money for the whole empire. Those two gentlemen expressly declared that upon the essence of the report they were perfectly agreed. The Under- Secretary for the Colonies said he could imagine nothing more conducive to the dismemberment of the empire than the withdrawal of British troops from the colonies. He (Mr. Adderley) had a very different idea of the nature of the connexion between the colonies and the mother country. But he asked would a Canadian who was equipped at the ' national expense be anything else than a soldier of the army of the British empire ? Why the American colonies were separated from this country only after ten years of the most pertinacious folly on the part of George 111. and Lord North; and even in those days they equipped not merely armies but navies in their struggle with the mother country. But, after all, what was it that did break dawn the connexion between the American colonies and England ? It was the commencement of a system of interference which was now quoted by hon. members as essential to the maintenance of union between the colonies and the mother country. Every body knew that by teaching the colonies to rest upon the mother country they were only weakening, paralysing, and pauperising them. He believed that subsidising the colo nial church only weakened it. (Hear, hear.) Then it was said that the imperial prerogative of the Crown had the right to make war and peace. But colonial quarrels often led this country into wars, just as our wars threatened them with danger. (Hear, hear.) Some mention was made of volunteers in the colonies ; but who could say what their numbers were ? At any rate, five regiments had been sent out to New Zealand ; and Parliament was so far responsible for that war. Our only course, then, was to put down the war, and repeal the act which implicated us in the dispute. With regard to the Cape, the waste of troops and money in that colony was wholly indefensible. A return was about shortly to be laid before the house which would show that, whereas it was provided that the German Legion were to be placed on half-pay until they were absorbed into the population, they had as yet been drawing full pay. The facts which had come out in the course of this debate had had great weight with the house, and the result of the in quiries of a committee would again materially alter public opinion on this subject. He again earnestly pressed the Government to withdraw their opposition to this motion. Lord PALMERSTON—The right hon. gentleman cer tainly thinks the opinion of this house capable of very rapid formation if he imagines that it has been matured and brought to perfection in the short period during which this discussion has been carried on. I perfectly agree with my hon. friend in the objections he has urged to the motion pro posed. It seems to me that the objects to which the com mittee would direct its attention may be classed under two heads ; first of all it would have to determine what number of troops should be retained in each of our foreign colonies and dependencies ; and next, it would have to determine by whom those troops should be paid. Now, I think it is not too much to say, that the question of what should be the proper amount of garrison from time to time and from year to year under the ♦arying and fluctuating circum stances of the empire and its relations with foreign powers —what should be the actual number of troops in each of our dependencies, varying infinitely in their actions and relations —cannot be properly determined by a com mittee of this house, but is one which must be resolved by the discretion of the executive Government, con- versant from time to time with all the considerations by which such a decision is to be governed. Then as to the question of how those troops are to be paid. It is not within the competence Oa committee, nor of the House of Com mons, nor of the British Government itself, to determine what amount of contributions each of these colonies should of garrisons could only b e effected b y t the expense make ; because we all know that many of them have inde- B British Government and Coloni a l negotiations nd Legislatures. S uc h negot i ations could Govern ments a pende . nt ti l o e t gi s s b la et t w ur e e e s : and that any arrang emen t s f or divid ingthe is overnm not be carried on by a committee of the House of Com mons. Therefore I am bound to say that the tendency of the motion is rather to transfer to a committee of this house duties and functions which properly belong to the responsible advisers of the Crown. This is my opinion; and I can therefore anticipate no great political result from a committee, if the house affirm that one should be appointed. The right hon. gentleman who has just sat down, in his zeal to induce the Government to consent to the motion, made use of an argument not very likely to carry conviction to our minds. He said that if the Govern ment would agree to this inquiry, he should be greatly tempted to vote for the abolition of the hop duties. (Laugh ter.) If the Government in its negotiations with colonial legislatures should be provided with no better arguments to produce an impression on them than those which the right hon. gentleman has endeavoured to use in his negotiations with the Government, I am afraid that neither the Go vernment nor the colonies would make such progress in the distribution of expenses which the right hon. gentleman wishes. (A laugh.) 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