The Sun. — London, England, 1861-03-19 00:00:00

21113 _DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March 19.—Wind this day at noon—North 'Westerly ; moderate breeze, with dull rainy weather. PLYmouxu, March 18.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Bar naby, from London for Bilboa ; Fortunate, from Sunder land for New York. DEAL, March 18.—Arrived—Elba, from New York for Shields. PORTSMOUTH, March 18.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Julia, from the Coast of Africa, with pumps choked, and loss of foremast, &c. CLYDE, March 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Vasdo de Gama, screw steamer, from Lisbon. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, March 18—Courier, steamer, Brilliant, Leader, and Edward and Mary, from Jersey ; Resolution, from Newport; Lelia, from Swansea; Portland, Catharine, and Dinorah, from Cardiff. Sailed—Alhambra, steamer, for Lisbon ; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey ; Seine, steamer, for St. Thomas ; Leader, Edward and Mary, and Brilliant, for Jersey ; Affi ance, steamer, for Havre. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, March 19—De Wolfe, and Camperdown, from Demerara ; Amaranth, from Mauriti us ; H ans , f rom Pilan ; Crusader, and Don Colin 3, from Guernsey; Lima- Pia, from Buenos Ayres. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Pafised—North Wand, from New York for London, in tow; Edmondsbury, from Lond on f or N agapa t am ; Lau derdale,' from Foo-choo-Foo for London. Anchored—Ninga, brig, from Hartlepool for Genoa ; Carl C. Liderman, from Grangemouth for Malaga. Sailed—Harry Hastings, for London in tow. Put back—Alexandrina, for Algoa Bay. PLYMOUTH, Monday—. Detective officers Brown and Annie, of the Devonport Dockyard Metropolitan police force, seized last week, at He'stone, in Cornwall, four casks containing 16cwt. of copper bolts, sheet capper, broken en gine bearings, &c., from a dealer in old metal named Richard Paskoe, who had buried the greater portion in the lands of his brother, a farmer residing five miles off, at Sithney. The brothers were taken before the magistrates on Saturday ; the principal offender was released on bail, the other on his personal rocopisance. It appears that, in consequence of the activity of Mr. Superintendent Bray and the police, the system of despatching Government Plunder by rail was so much checked that those engaged in the traffic were compelled to resort to sea transit, and that the course adopted was to ;end by a sailing vessel from Ply- Zaouth to Penryn, and thence by land to Heletone. Here ke metals were sorted and despatched by land across the country to Hayle, whence steamers conveyed them to Bristol for transmission by rail to the melting pot at Birmingham. Mr. Sleep, plumber, of Plymouth, the alleged owner of the first cask stopped, 3241 b., will be brought before the borough n augistrates on that chargé shortly. H e is out on remand. The metals are wrapped in shavings or straw to prevent c hinking when moved. The Government mark, the broad arrow, is attempted to be obliterated in every case. In many the effort is unsuccessful, and in nearly all, by submitting the bolts to a strong heat, those parts compressed in mark ing are completely exposed. It is very extraordinary that the local policemen have been frequently looking on at lielstone while the Government metals have been sorting. They profess ignorance of the existence of the broad arrow, , e4l , acoording to the staterrymts of the metropolitan force, the magistrates and solicitors in the west of Cornwall are e qually uninformed on that stibject. Pascoe has been re ceiving two or threr.i tons per week. The metals are not supposed to be taken away through the gates of the dock -3',..4.1118, but are conveyed to the various landing - places from shi ps rep a i r i ng i n Hamoaze and the Sound. It is feared thatl-, in some cases portions of the bolts are cut off before they are driven into the sides of the ships. METROPOLIS LOCAL TAXATION.—The select committee appointed to inquire into the local taxation and government of the metropolis, and the local administration of justice therein, met yesterday. The committee consists (2f Mr. Ayrton (chairman), Mr. Bazley, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Beecroft, Mr. Aldermali Copeland, Lord Enfield, Sir G. C. Lewis, Mr. Locke Ring, Mr. Locke, Lord Lovaine, Lord John Manners, Sir J. Shelley, Mr. Taylor, the Lord Mayor, and Mr. Tit e. The only witness examined was Mr. Scott, Chamberlain to the City of London. The committee adjourned at four o'clock. SHARE MARSET.-(THIS DAY.) xe na, of , of lin, sts. 33 :on- nue s of in the esi- ion. at tch ern iers ing of enS the isa- ped are, de bre bre cgs by . esr in on be- ied tea by be ct ted be for er )de ' mg mil ay t of his re d; ell MON. T ALIRKET AAJJ CITY IVEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. During the last few days business in the markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce has continued inactive, and little change of importance has taken place in prices. Tea has remained at previous values. For sugar there has been a very limited inquiry ; good grocery descriptions, however, have maintained previous prices. Rice is in more request, at slightly reduced rates, and a fair business has been transacted in saltpetre, at an ad vance of 6d. per cent. The Tallow Market has been very inactive, and but little speculative busi ness has been transacted, prices generally showing less firmness, P.Y.C. en the spot being quoted 595. 6d. to 60s. per cwt. Continued activity prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices advanced id. to id. per lb. The sales amounted to 20,000 bales. A small amount of gold, namely, £12,000, was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The Massilia, which leaves to-morrow for India, China, &c., will take out £124,189, namely, £18,587 in gold and the remainder in silver. The tendency of the money market continues favourable, and a reduction in the minimum rate of discount is expected on Thursday next. In the meantime, the demand for accommodation is very moderate, although good bills arc negotiable at 7i per cent. A small amount of business ha s b een t ransac t e d today in the market for Public Securities, and owing to the negotiation of a few speculative sales, a decline of s per cent. has occurred. The uncer tainty felt with reference to the course of events in America, and the expectation that the next mail will bring some unfavourable advices have dimi nished. The buoyancy recently experienced, and the reaction is only kept in check by the satisfactory change in the aspect of monetary affairs both here and on the continent. Consols are 91! 92 for transfer, and 924 for account. India Stock is flat at 220 ; ditto 5 Per Cent. Loan is firm at 1001 India 5i per Cent. Rupee Paper remains at 1001; Exchequer Bills, lid- per diem, are flat at 7s. to 6s. dis. ; ditto, 2d. per diem, at par ss. prem. In the Foreign Market Mexican stock has shown Increased depression, dealings being recorded at 23 8 24. Turkish 6 per Cents. are flat at 741 to 74! ; ditto, 1858, 541- to 551 ; but the 11'10 Bonds have Improved to 58; and Peruvian to 94; Spanish Deferred are heavy at 411; but Belgian are steady at 976, • Business in the Railway Share Market has been very inactive, and most of the principal undertak ings have shown increased depression. Eastern Counties, North-Western, South-Western, Arid land, North Eastern (Berwick), and West Midland have declined 58. ; Great Northern and Norfolk, however, have advanced 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have continued 'very quiet, without any change of importance in values. Royal Danish realize 14 ; East Indian 99 998; and Great Indian Peninsula 951 95k. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinue in limited request. London and Westmin ster have declined 55.; Bank of Australasia as.; and Peel River Land £1 les. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICEs 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 2 11 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 1858 Ditto 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 25 dis Consols for Account . 2d. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 6 lid 7 d spm par Ditto £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. 1852 B6 51 Ditto, 1858 .... 851 Ditto 1860 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent Ditto Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 1011 Ditto 4f per Cent. Bar dinian 5 per Cent. .. Ditto Account S Panish 3 per Cent — Ditto New Deferred — Ditto Account Turkish Cert. of Coup. not funded 54 6 per Cent .. Ditto Account ' Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 4i per Cent., Ex. 25f 971 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols ' Money 9IA 2 Ditto Account 92h 1 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. ! raid. Closing I Business Price. Done. 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 1 3.14 Bir., Wol , an d St r. Val.! all 881 stock Birk.,..La., and Ch June 100 80 82 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 5 6 stock Bristol and Exeter 100 98 99 stock Caledonian lOO 951 96 951 10 Ca rmart hen & Cardigan all SO Cork and Bandon all 20 ,Cork, lilrock., tPassage all 20 Cornwall . 6 ts pc n p o er d an iv : 10 Do A until t g i l e 10 Do B all r h asbeen d. toB 5 0 Dublin & Belfast June. all 42 44 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab..lanc all 8 81 stock East Anglian lOO 161 171 stock Eastern Counties lOO 60 51 PI stock Eastern. Union, A stock 100. 37 39 stcac Do do Bdo 100 26 28 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 134 stock stock East Suffolk stmir 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 85 87 Edin. P er, & Dundee 100 25 26 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 110 112 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all s s t t 0 0 c c kk nodoA stockGreatNorthern lOO 109 110 110 01 100 101 102 1091 3 stock Do do B do , 100 129 131 129/ stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 107 109 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 CO 62 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1111 1111 111 4 stock London and Blackwall 1 1 0 61 r 2 614 2 stock Lon., Brig,ht.. & S Coast 1 100 117 118 r.llBl 171 18 stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 47 45 dock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 951 951 961 6 tock Lond. & Sth. Western ! 100 911 024 92 11 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 L'derry & Ennisaillen all 101 114 took Man. Shef. & Lincoln.. 103 47 48 471 50 ffaryport and Carlisle.. all 121 Do do 1 shares...., all 10 Metropolitan 6 34 24d took Midland 1.4.0. Do new. took Do Rirming. & Derby 100 101 103 50 311 d. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares n l 25 Mid Kent.. all 10 Do, Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ras all took Norfolk.. lock North British. .. 1 100 631 644 took Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 lock I), A stk ; A rocs no d. until 6pehas beenpd.B 100 `ock Doll stock . .. 1 100 took Nth. Eastern—Berwic k 100 1011 102 102 If 25 Dodo, purchase 16134 id it , ock no Leeds ..... ......... 100 60 601 60 4 `ock Do York :ock North London 10 Do new 5 5.16.4 North Staffordshire 174 34 31 114 1 0 N. and S. W. Junction all 94 104 12 Not. & Grantham Rail ll 73 75 10 Fzebles all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney .. • ock Scottish Central ock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 34 46 ,ock I Do Scot. Mid. stock 100 86 88 ock Shropshire Union lOO 49 50 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all ock South Devon 50 Nthn. Counties Union 25 S.-Durham & Lane. Un 224 ock South Eastern ock South Wales 100 59 61 ock S. York. and River Dun 100 94 07 NI 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 401 411 25 Do do ll 101 114 p 25 Do New (1860) 3 664 p ock Taff Vale . .. ock Do Pref. No 1 lOO 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 -- 50 Ulster .0 . • all 551 561 25 Do 10 Do : ....... ock Vale olNeath 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim i all 114 111 ocic Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 20 West London ...... •• • 10 Do Ist class • f all Do 2d class .. all xk IWestHartlepool llarbr land ........ 100 )ek ,West Midland—Oxford; 100 44 45 444 5 Dek Do. Newport 100 40 43 I Dok Do. Herefordi 100 79 81 stock 12i 10 stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 1 9.16.4 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stocic stock stock stock stook PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. Pa id I Closing Business I Price. Done. 25 1 Blythe and Tyne 10 per a pref. (issued at £5O all ' etk Eris. & Exet.4 p.ctstock 100 , 20 Do. do. do. Shares l4 stock Caledon £10,41 per cent 100 99 101 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 65 & Bandon, 51 p. a all 2 - 2 0 Cornwall. 5 per cent. 65 un.Perth&Aber.Jun all 6 61 14 i o Ist Class Prof ... stock lE.Angn.Class A 7 &5p. 0 lOO 99 101 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO 108 118 112 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 105 108 stock E. Coun. Ex. sp. a No.l 100 108 110 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 108 108 stock Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 121 123 stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 80 82 stock Do. 5 percent. guar._ 100 stock , Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares 100 110 112 stock I Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock 'Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 stock . Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 stock !Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 stock !Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 113 115 stock I Po.sp.c.Redm., 10p.e.pm 100 110 112 stock Do. 41 p. a do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 83 85 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pt. all stock c Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland)4 1 100 97 e 9 # p. et. pref. stock 5 0 Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. sp. ct 6 stock Co. Redeemable,4l p.ct lOO ,97 99 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct lO9 89 91 stock Do Irredeemable, do lOO 90 92 stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Prey) 100 100 102 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares . i all 94 10 5 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sil all 17 18 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pl'ef all 105 101 stock IDo Birmgmsr. stock lOO 74 76 74 264 'Do. Chester gua. shares all 20 21 111 I Do, do. e,o, 20 I Do. do. do. 100 Lan. I.c Carl. 44 p a pref 4O stock Lan..&York 6p. a stock lOO 135 137 stock D , J.Barnstst.£s 3s 10d pc 100 stock I Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) stock Lon.& Brig.s pawl. No.i 100 111 113 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 111 113 stock Do. gua. 6p. a lOO 135 140 stock Do. do. sp. a No. 4 100 111 113 stock Do. do. 4A per cen''. .... 100 100 102 101 4 8 Do. dO. 44 p. a shares.. all stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock. 100 148 153 stock Do. 6p.e. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 ,128 131 stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.deftil '65) 100 ?0 73 stock !Do. 4 per cent. Pref lOO stock 'Lon. Chat. and Dover lOO 87 89 f i Do.W. 1A rceiv. no di's' 10 Ex.A til 6p cispd on all 1 )0. B B. & B rom ex . all 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B 21 stock Lon, and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 stock Lon. & S.W, 7 p p. . ct. stook 100 stock Do. 44 per cent lOO 2s. 6d. D o . (Prtsm. perpl anns et 2s. 6d.. 121 Londondy. di Cole. Ish all I 12 Londony. & E nn i s. I sh all 131 145 sloe Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per eV 100 127 129 6 Do. £6 stock ino. 31 per ce n t 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent 5 4 Ipl 124 7 , laryoort & Car., 4p. a all 124 I Do. 41 per cent, all stock Mid. Con. 6p a stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bin 6 p.c lOO '134 136 stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 99 101 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 stock Do. Lela & Hit. pref. et. 100 91 93 stock Nortik sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 --- stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 1 100 stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.stlB47 100 stock North British, sp. c lOO 111 113 stock Do. New, gua. sp. 0 lOO 109 111 10) Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she 3 1 11 p 10 ( Do. do. do all stock Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dek.Co. 100 stock N-East.Cons.Pret 4p. c. 10 0 91 93 stock Do. 44 pc. redeemable lOO stock Do. Bervvick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 leo 101 17 Do. do. do 8 13.4 id ip 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1, 13 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 ?5 Do. York, •.& S. P urc h. 10 1d 1 p 10 North Staffordshire... all 22 23 to Rhymney Guaranteed all 84 Scottish Central, new all stock Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.— 100 stock Do.Aberdeenauft.6p.c. 100 • stock Do. 7p. a pref. stock 100 130 132 10s, South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 105 10/ 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent. all 1.0.6 j South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) stock Do. 44 per cent lOO 98 100 stock Do. Fixed 111).c. let is. 100 98 100 stock • , outh Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 91 93 stoek Do. 44 per cent lOO 08 100 stock Do. 5 per cent; lOO stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p. a gua lOO 85 87 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c. all 264 274 25 Do. B 6 ver cent. 25 Do. C 6 percent all 314 321 stock INV &fed & Kilkny, 6p. 100 45 48 stock I W.Mid -Oxf lst Gua st 100 123 125 123 stock I Do. 2d do 100 118 121 1204 , stock Do. Newport 5 p.c.p tred. 100 98 100 stock I Do. Pet. 6p.c. pf 1866 100 121 124 stock I Do. rpe till 1869, Ist is.l 100 114 116 124 I Do. do. 2d is.; 71 Australian BonAccord Copper,Lim. Brazil S t.J. del Itey,Lint Do. Land and Mining Co. Clarendon Cons. MinCo Cobre Copper Copiapo . . DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna. 1G eneral Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares Lusitanian Mariquita I N.RhineCopolS.Aus.L 1 Pontg - ibaud Silver,Lead; Minin and Smelt 1 Port Philip Scottish Alkstrln. United Me can Worthing (Limited) Do. I *82.81 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 131 14 10 t Atlantic R. MI Stm (Id) - - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 1000 kAtlantic Tel. (Limited) all - - 25 'Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 281 i a - - lO Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 41 Railways. ' Paid 1 Leasing ,Closing Business 50 British American Land 40 - 'i Co.'s. I Price. Done. 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 34 36 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 lieaordanalllefehley, all 'LT7EIT.W .. .. 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 124 141 Beckinghamshire ....1 100 Ln & N.W 9 t 96 821 Canada Land all 115 118 Chester It Holyhead.. 100 Do. - Do. do. 51 per cent 100 Do 121 123 stock Cop.Alin.ofEng.&Sraltg. all - - Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do. 109 111 25 Do. Prof. 71 per cent. .. all 20 22 Clydesdale Junction.. , 100 Caledonin 99 101 • stock Crystal Palace Colchester, Stour Val.; all E.U.&E C 154 164 stock Do. Preference E. Lincolnsh ire,g. 6 p.c.! ICO Gt. North. 135 137 • 20 E. India Irrign. & Canal 1 1d 1 d E.Union,Harwich Shs al i E.Counte. l 4 44 stock Electric Telegraph Do. Woodbridge ..1 100 - - 25 I Do. New l5 - - Gls.Barr.& Neils, Drel l 100 Cs.ledonin' - - 5 English & Aug. Copper all 34 31 81 De. New ... . . .... 100 De. „ . .1 -...- Lowestoft, gun. 4";15 Gen. Steam Naomi ate m 14 - - Gloster Dean * Forest; all Gt. W est. - - . 1 Great Ship Limited) all I Hartlpool.Dek.t RaiL all tk.N.&Br - - 1 Do. 174 pct Preference all Hull and Selby ......1 all Yk.N. Md. 109 111 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 3 - - Do. 1 Shares ....... all Do. - - 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 1 11 Do. t Shares ....... all IDo. L D o o w . l e ' Lanc.& CarL gua.s p.c. 100 Ln.&N.W 201 204 10 Med. Exten. TeL (Lion.) all 21 31 London & Greenwich 100 S. East 6l 63 25 National Die. Co. (Lim.) 5 11 11d, ..o.t. 100100 Do. ,112 117 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) ; 11 °d Lon.,Tilby.& Soutencl. 100 Pete &CoIB7 90 10 Netherlands Land all - - Manc.,Buxtn. & Mtk.! all (Norfolk 34 34 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis all Do. 6 per cent.... .. .. 100 IDo o - - 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 801 - 4 .-!. ence Stock....._ ... 100 p.c. i >5. 56. E.Counts 1i p 1 N.B.Australaslan (Lim.) all r 4 1 Mid. Bradford P r efer- 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), all Newmarkt.,BuryE . x / Midland 94 96 96 6 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 'lss. 4er 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.) 8 guaranteed 5 stook Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 100 47 . 61 474 Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c.l all Do. . Do. do. 6 per cent .. .1 all Do. ..... ' 55 57 50 Pen. & O riental Steam . all 66 70 69 4 9 Do. Fixed 5 per cent.. all D 0..,,. :.. - - 50 Do. New 25 10 11 351 North Western 1 all Midland- - 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp.c a l l l l 1 18 64 1 1 9 7 p 19 Preston and Wyre. 1 all . -. L&lv N 154 151 50 Rhymney Iron L. Yk. - - 44 15 Do. New all 41 6a 6 Do. 4 Shares k 1 all D 0.... . .. - - a 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 491 501 Roystn.Hitch., & Sliepi 100 Gt. North. 13 2 134 stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ' Skrewebry& Hereford, 100 T.Brassey 100 102 25 South Australian Land .)( 100 123 128 all 82 34 H Do. Do. 1 P i p 1 'Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. Registered South Staffordshire .. all :81`Clean.. 10/ 11 10 Do. do. , all 54 1 Ni l Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West 90 92 20 r. & Ln. Co.oftr . wimbledon& Croyda. all ididi llArlu. 84 91 • 100 'a pr .Car 5 - - you Diemen'isi , and -., 91 91 101 THE SU*, LONDbN, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1861. Bturbieos done all all all all all all all all I all 5a 6, - -P 1/ 114 i 11 12 13 34 4 , 1 3i 41 23 24 7 71 7/ 7/ 19 20 87i 381 8 9 37 38 55 57 4 3ii hi hi 81. i (11 n i I } 4 20i Eli 6 61 9} 91 21i 22i i 2' - 175 185 350 370 1074 1124 15 154 64 7 18 20 64 7 14 14 It 24 21 36 MI 2t 21 14 46 48 34 4 44 A 4 74 7/ 74 84 9 94 37 29 300 310 3 3i 170 180 36 38 all 2 all 428.6 d. 5 . 1 17 18 77 79 385 275 106 tlO 120 130 2 tk 12 1 17 20 12 13 f lt fcl 50 ft 1 - 39 41 8 10 2 2i 21 22 pr yp 1 9 . P pr ip I id 4 6 92 11 i J i 11 41 i IV f 211 1 94 f 25 i 7 1 6 1 71 30 4 111 COMMERCIAL BANK OF LOYDON. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING (TITS DAY.) A special general meeting was held this dsy at the Com mercial Bank of London, Lothbury, for thepurpoae of re ceiving'a report from the board of directors d an agreement entered into by the board with the London 51d Westminster Bank for an advance by the London and Westminster to this bank, and for the transfer of the businem of the Com mercial to the,Westminster. MARE HUNTER, Esq., occupied the &air. After reading the advertisement, The CHAIRMAN said they were aware of be disaster that had called them together, and without detailing them with any preliminary statement he would proceed to read the re port of the directors. The document stabd that late one Friday night information was given to the directors that the bank had been robbed to the extent o' £87,000 by a ledger keeper named Durdin, and a meetinvf the directors was summoned the following morning, and at the meeting it was decided to obtain assistance at the earliest moment. The London and Westmnster being the largest establishment, the directors were tpplied to, and they agreed to advance a sum of money not exceeding £1,000,000, provided the directors transferred the whole of their business to that establishment. The directors, before adopting this course, fully considered ther position, and found there were three courses open to them either to close the doors of the bank, which would create a 'Artie in the com mercial world, to stand a run which was ineviable, or to make some such arrangement as the directors Ind adopted. If, as he said before, the doors had been chsed, the share holders would have been involved in great expense. The bank was in a position to stand a run, but with money at 8 per cent. the cost would have been enormous, and the result would have been, after fighting tint battle, that little worth possessing would be left at the conclusion of the contest. The assistance of the London and Westminster was preferred, aid an arrange ment was made with that bank for a transfer of the business, and the reason the arrangement was so speedily concluded was, that the London and Westuinsterpositively refused to enter into any arrangement afttr a rnn on the Commercial Bank had once commenced. The directors thought that tho course they had adopted was the wisest, and they confidently anticipated that the whole of the shareholders' capital would be returned to them in full. (Hear, hear.) The agreement between the Westminster and Commer cial Banks was then read, and it was to the effect that the assistance asked should be rendered in the event of the transfer of the business of the bank to the Westminster. The report of Mr. Jay of the firm of Quilter and Ball, of the accounts of the bank, in which it was stated that the actual sum of which the bank had been defrauded by Dur din was £66,992 7s. 2'd., was read. Mr. CUTBILL, the manager, then read a statement of the affairs of the bank on the evening preceding the discovery of the robbery. After noticing the paid-up capital of the bank and other items, it went on to show that in four weeks the bank had paid off £600,000 of its liability from its own resources. They held securities to the extent of £777,690 to meet outstanding liabilities of £170,000. (Hear, hear.) He said he had felt eertain that i n two months from the present time the Commercial Bank, as a bank, would be entirely out of debt to the whole of the shareholders. The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution confirming the agreement entered into by the directors with the directors of the London and Westminster, which having been seconded, Mr. FISHER said he thought the directors had taken a course which he thought the proprietors would think was wise and judicious, because thereby they had all been saved great anxiety and trouble, and he should not wonder the least at the London and Westminster coming forward to pay their usual half .yearly dividend (laughter.) He did not see there was anything so out of the way in such a proceeding. The Westminster had made a very profitable bargain, and if they paid the £12,000 which the dividend amounted to, they would make a profit then by their business of over £40,000. (Hear, hear.) So the meeting would see that it was not such an unwise act for the London and West minster after all. If the directors had had time to arrange the transfer of their business, ho felt sure the 'Westminster would have been only too happy to give considerably more than £12,000 for such a good and ready-made business. But the directors had to decide in a few hours, and he could not resume his seat without again saying, that the directors had done the best thing they could for the shareholders under the circumstances of the case. The resolution was then put to the meeting and carried unanimously. After a short discussion, another resolution, appointing several of the shareholders to act with the directors in finally arranging the affairs of the bank was negatived, and the meeting adjourned. The following is the report of the directors : " Information having been received at a late hour on the evening of Friday, 15th February, that the bank had been robbed by a ledger-keeper at Henrietta-street (named Durdin), to the amount of £67,000, steps were at owe taken to summon all the directors in or Rear London for the following morning. "At this meeting, after consultation with the solicitor and manager of the bank, it was determined that, as the first duty of the directors was to protect their customers against the run which was inevitable, it was desirable to seek assistance in some shape from one of the joint stock banks. The London and Westminster being the largest bank, negotiations were at once opened with that estAbli.h ment, and they engaged to advance any sum, not exceed ing a million, which might be required to meet your lia bilities ; you directors undertaking, as far as lay in their power, to influence their customers to transfer their accounts to the London and Westminster Bank. The details of this arrangement, which you are now asked to confirm, will be read at the conclusion of this report. "The arrangement was confirmed by a board especially summoned for the purpose at eight o'clock in the morning, on Monday the 18th ult. " In adopting the course they did, the directors were in fluenced by the following considerations : "Three courses were open to them :—To close the doors of the bank—to stand a run which was certain—or to make some such arrangement as is now submitted to you. "To close the bank's doors would have been an unneces sary and unjustifiable cruelty to its customers, and would have exposed the commercial world to a panic, the extent of which, at the present moment, it is impossible to measure. To the shareholders, the result would have been a winding-up under bankruptcy, with its attendant vexation and expense. This course, therefore, was dis carded at once. " The bank was in a position to risk the second course, and stand any run, which could be reasonably anticipated ; but with money at 8 per cent. as the minimum rate, and an inevitable sacrifice on securities not instantly convertible, the price of fighting the battle must have most seriously affected the property of the shareholders. " The directors believed, looking to the result of the run on them in 1866, when the deposits were reduced from £1,500,000 to £BOO,OOO, a reduction from which they had not, up to the present time, recovered to any appreciable extent, that a second run would leave them at its termina tion no business worth preserving. The winding-up of the bank must have followed, and that would, practically, have placed you in the same position in which you now stand; but with this material difference, that you would then have paid a heavy price for that which now costs you nothing. " It may be said that the bank, forced, for these reasons, into an arrangement of some kind, might have made a better one. Your directors think otherwise. With a week—with forty-eight hours before them—they might possibly have done it; but Monday would have found the bank with a run upon it ; and the London and Westminister positively refused to deal with us in any shape after a run had once commenced. " There can be little doubt that other banks, influenced by the same considerations, would have followed this course. Be that as it may, the want of time, the necessity for secresy, so long as secresy was possible, prevented negotiations with other establishments. "The present arrangement, by which the great majority of your customers have transferred their accounts to the London and Westminster Bank, may be looked on as the price paid to that company for having saved you from the anxiety and loss of a run. " Doubtless it is a most painful price to pay ; it was not agreed to until other proposals had been made and rejected; but if your directors are right in their belief that remune rative business was at an end, this price becomes nothing, as your accounts would have left you of themselves, as they did in 1856. The profits, if any, of the small business which might have been left to you (looking at the necessity of re-creating a reserve fund), would have afforded little or no dividend for a series of years, during which your shares must have remained at a nominal price. "As it intended to ask you to appoint some of your own body to advise and co-operate with the directors, in the pre sent position of the bank's affairs, it has not been thought necessary, nor was it possible within the time, to give you more than an approximate statement of the liabilities and assets on the evening of last Saturday, the 16th inst. The figures, however, are given, which show the state of the accounts on the day of the transfer of the business and at the present time. " Whilst, on the one hand, the directors would regret to state anything calculated to create an unfavourable impres sion of the value of the shareholders' property, they must (having regard to the notorious uncertainty attending the realisation of assets under the circumstances the bank is now placed), guard themselves against making any state ment that may create expectations which the result may not realise :—they confine themselves to the expression of their hope that the shareholders' capital will be returned to them in full." THE STRIDES OF TRADE.—Capital appears to be the social ogre of the present age, and devours the smaller strugglers in the arena of commerce as remor se l ess ly as th e giants of old swallowed up the little boys. The leviathan London firms, ever ceaseless in their growth, absorb their lesser brethren, who seem to have little choice beyond closing their shutters and betaking themselves to other pursuits. To illustrate this fact, we have but to instance such general houses as Marshall and Snellgrove's, dealers in everything from furniture to finery, who are gradually swallowing up an enormous block of tenements, and pos sess some 80 men in the rifles; Shoolbred's, which firm likewise boasts a corps of volunteers and its armoury; Howell and James', their new jewellery saloon being equal to anything of the kind in Europe. Tarn's, Harvey's, of Knightsbridge, and some others. is yet more extraordi nary is the example of Jay's, as it s exclusively devoted to mourning. This latter firm, which one would have thought large enough for its requirements, claiming, as it did, the entire space of the houses Nos. 247 and 249, Regent-street, is again throwing out its aggiossive acquisitiveness, and adding the whole of the upper portions of the adjoining boot and shoemaker's, and the hatter's, alone ceasing after extending itself over Merchant's, the wax chandlers, in the very centre of the Oxford-circus. Besides this horizon tal amplitude, a crystal structure towers skyward over the original buildings, and is used for the lighter description of weak. While, moreover, a large manufactory in the rear of Verey's Restaurant, in Princes-street, is an append age to this black establishment. Nor does the monopoly of space end here; an extensive range of buildings in Mar garet•street is necessary for the making of the cloaks. The only way to account for such successes is that these houses must by fair and honest dealing, after a series of years, have gained for themselves an accumulative custom which time serves but to enhance; and this necessitates the ab solute requirement of a greater number of employes, in creased accommodation for their customers, and conse quently more room. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. ' Atlantic & St Lawrence om.,Baroda&.Centln4 Gu. 5 per cent........ Do, Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron l Do. New Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do, do. July 1. 1873 !Do. do. June 1, 187 lClcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim. Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. e East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per et. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 (3 t.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O Do. do. '73 till 'OO. Do. do. '73 without opt. Do. 54 p. C. do. '77 do Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B do liad:sr, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do: 41p. e. Extension Do. 5 IMelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Buds., INewßrunswick et Caudal Ity.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share do. Land do 100 stk i 20 204 IC 106 Do. do. B Capital do::: Do. do. Land do. ..- .... Oude (Limited) 5cinde.......... Do. Punjaub .... d s ' l I 8 Do. Do. .... •• • • 1 , Do. Indus. St. Flo. ,••; Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. Paid. all all all 100 all all all all all 100 100 }all f 100 15 all 100 1 ,ATL . Closing Price. 68 72 92 03 16 161 d, 4} sdl 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 42 5 If li d 4 pr 1 lf li d 98i 99i 97 98 99i IA 21 22 68 72 b 8 62 40 42 48 52 38 42 38 42 95 96 11d 1 d 2 If d 111 Ili 91 84 d 95 100 90 V 3 81 83 92 03 86 68 2 12 (1 5 7 5 7 97 98 2 d lfd —d 90 92 i ld 'WAYS. FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardenne5........... Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Ca” - neaux Mine & Rail. Coplapo ........&...... Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout ...., Lyons & Geneva .. • • Nitmur Do. 6 p. e. Pref. INorthern of France Do. New Shares , Norwegian Trunk Prof. E'aris,Lyons, dz Mcditcr. Paris & 0r1ean5...... Recife .1z S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. et. lirn ,Riga & Dunaburg. Royal Danish.... _oyal Swedish . .. Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre t Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref. San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin, Southern of France 1 S. East Portugal 7 p et'', West Flanders o. 5 p. c. Preference . & N.W. of France Western of Austria L estern of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... o. 8 per cent Pref aland BRITISH MIN. Alfred ConioliThilaek) British Iron , Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon l 2.11.1 2.14.6 7.4.0 E. WI Russel (Tavistk.); Gam.•.t.Aubyn(G wen)! Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston)' Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs 'Lady Bertha 'Margaret (tiny Lelant) North Downs (North Frances (Illogan), 'N. Wh'l Basset (111 0 .; an); 'North Wheal Crofty .• I ;Par Console (St. Blazey)l 'Providence (tiny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. ;South Caradon(St.Cleer) l S. Carn Brea (Illog an ) 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim 1 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)1 Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Alin Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ) IWest Basset (Illogan) tW Caradnn . 'West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Miller (Redruth)] Wheal Edward (Cals.: Wheal Kitty (U.Lelatit) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Trelawney (149,) FOREIGT 54/ 17s 13.9.6 5.14.6 8.12 4.10.6 1.8.6 2 9 1 11i 4. 9.18.9 lk 10.6.7 1} all 118.18.9 ! 124.8.0 138 47k b 5 7.5 1.7.2 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bki 50 40 Australasia all 58 62 01 591 25 Bank of Egypt all 19 2G 100 Bank of London ....... 50 51 83 20 Bank of Turkey 3 11 1141 50 British North American ' all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, ttc.l all 201 21 201 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch 1 all 33 35 100 City 100 Colonial ..... 20'11 Com. Bank of Canada— all 100 'Commercial of London . 11 2O 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch..! all 161 16 20 1 Gen. •Bk of Switzerland] all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral) all 223 23 23 21 50 London and County .. 20 331 341 50 'London Joint Stock .., 10 291 20 'London and S.African..i 10 2 11 100 Wooden & Westminsteri 20 63 54 431 1 100 !Nat. Prov. of England 42 20 IDo. new l2 50 !National Bank 25 20 New South Wales all 25 'Orient. B. Corporation .; all 49 51 50 20 Ottoman Bank ....... all 18 19 181 1 100 'Provincial of Ireland 25 • 10 Do. new. all 25 !South Australia 25 (Union of Australia all 50 Union of London ... , 12 24 25 241 100 'Unity Mutual ....... :.. :1 60 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEGURITIgV, Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 100 Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 - - Do. Op. cent,lBBo-2 100 112: Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Au,a. 100 107 109 Do. 6p. o. Mar. & Sept. 100 110 112 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1003 1004 1004 4 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 1071 1081 Do. 1890 100 108 109 N. B. G ov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 106/ 1071 Do. 6p. o. Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1860 100 971 981 Do. sp. 0., 1871 to 187. 100 971 984 Do. 5 p.c.,lBBB&upwds 100 97 98 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 106 107 147 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c,.1878 & up. 100 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 - - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1118 109 1984 74 874 8 Docks. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min. 100 stock East and West India stock London stock St. Kathari ne 1 100 56 stock Southampton 1 100 c stock Victoria . ..... 100 98 100 20 Do' New . 2 id par 98 100 id par MISCELLANEOUS. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. WARWICK .RACES—(This Day.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SWEEPSTAKES OF 20 SOT'S. Mercia TRIAL STAKES. Thunderbolt Atherstone The Rap 3 Eight ran. Won by two lengths. RACING STAKES. Mermaid . . Mariotta filly 2 Duplicity 3 Seven ran. WILLOUGHBY HANDICAP. Pitman Worcester Sutherland .. 3 Three ran. VO HANDICAP (PLATE. Twilight Tyrant. 2 Woman in Red Six ran. STAND HANDICAP. Prince of Orange Queen Bee 3 Apollo Four ran. LATEST BETTING. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 14 to 1 agst First Lord (taken) 100 to 6 agst Thunderbolt (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to lon the field (offered) 9to 1 agst Kettledrum (takon) 12 to 1 apt Matador (taken) THE DERRY. sto 1 eget Dundee (offered) Very little betting. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This EVENING). The LORD CIIANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. CHURCH RATES. A number of petitions against the abolition of church rates were presented. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Metropolitan Central Hotel Company Bill was read a second time, The following bills were read a third time and passed : Charing Cross Bridge (City Terminus); Portsmouth Water; Edgeware, Highgate, and London Railway ; Price's Patent Candle Company; Eastern Counties and Saffron Walden Railway ; and Dewsbury and Batley Gas, QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICES BILL. Lord TAUNTON moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to remove a certain declaration which was now required to be taken by every person appointed to any office under the Crown. The declaration at present required to be taken, bound the person never to use any power vested in him by virtue of his office to do anything calculated to injuto the Church as by law established. The bill he thought would have .been agreed to without opposition, but he found that it was to be opposed. The declaration had for years been disregarded, and he doubted whether the noble earl opposite, when he took the high and respon sible office of First Minister of the Crown, subscribed to the declaration. [The Earl of Derby—l did.] (Hear, and laughter.) The noble and learned lord then who sat next the noble lord, when he was elevated to the woolsack, and had to dispense Church patronage, did not subscribe to the declaration. [Lord Chelmsford.—Yes, I did.] —(Laughter.) He was unfortunate in mentioning names, but he knew that although he (Lord Taunton) had held several offices under the Crown, he never made the declaration, and it was notorious that a number of the persons holding very high offices dispensed with it also, and a bill of indemnity was regularly passed every year to exempt such persons from the consequences of the omission. He knew many very sensible persons who thought it was highly ob jectionable, and who felt so scrupulous, that they thought it an infringement of the declaration to sign a petition for the abolition of Church-rates. He was of opinion that no danger could result to the Church by the abolishing the declaration, and he hoped their lordships would be of opinion that it ought no longer to be retained. Lord CHELMSFORD said, in spite of the strong appeal of the noble lord, he felt it his duty to oppose the bill, and he hoped the house would uphold its former decision. He thought the Dissenters had in years gone by received a benefit with a certain condition, and they were now, by objecting to make the required declaration, attempting to retain the benefit and get rid of the condition. For thirty years the doclarationhad been in force, and now it was dis covered to be highly inconvenient. He had no sympathy with the members of the Church who had such sickly scruples as prevented them from taking the declaration, and he must say he was astonished at some of the remarks of the noble lord opposite as to the little danger likely to be apprehended by the Church by repealing this declaration, when it was well known that these large bodies of persons were exeru. s .uenerleivvo .- ante of Church and State. [LEST SrEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This EVENING). The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Kendal Fell, Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junc tion Railway, and Stockton and Darlington Railway (New Railway at Marske and Skelton, &c.) PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the Parochial Assessment Bill and the Poor Law Removal Act, as well as the Metropolitan Improvement (No. 1) Bill, &c. BALLOT SOCIETY. On the motion of Mr. H. BERKELEY copies of a letter from the Secretary of the Ballot Society to the Postmaster. General respecting the alleged suppression of certain letters at Ripon, from the secretary of the same soeiety to the Se • cretary of the Treasury, and of the letter on behalf of the Postmaster-General to the Secretary of the Ballot Society, and a reply to the same, inclosing a declaration, signed by 60 electors of Ripon, were ordered. SALMON FISHERIES. Mr. BAINES presented a numerously-signed petition from Leeds, Ripon, and different places in Yorkshire, expressing approval of the recommendations of the com mittee on this subject, and praying that the same should bo carried out. lONIAN ISLANDS. Mr. MAGUIRE begged to give notice that on Thursday he would ask the First Lord of the Treasury if the state ment which had appeared in the French newspapers, re lative to the interference of the English Government in the affairs of the lonian Islands, were considered to be the great source of the difficulties in which these islands were placed ; whether the cause assigned for the adjournment for six months of the legislature of those islands was correct, and other information on the same subject. NAVAL PENSIONERS. Colonel LINDSAY asked the Secretary to the Admiralty, if it was true that three pensioners, referred to in a lettTor to the Times of the 11th inst., have had the pensions awarded them for loss of limbs reduced from one shilling to nine pence a-day; and, if so, upon what grounds a sailor is treated upon a different system from a soldier as to pension for wounds. Lord C. PAGET said the pensioners in question were awarded ls. a day. The regulations of the service were that an able seaman, having been wounded severely, should have a pension of 2s. 6d. a day . ; but if ho were able to make natural exertions for his support a pension would be allowed of 6d. a day. However, these men could claim admission to Greenwich Hospital, and under the new regu lations they would also receive 3s. a week. SEALED PATTERNS. • Major HAMILTON asked the tinder Secretary of State for War, if there was any objection to duplicates of the sealed patterns being lodged in Edinburgh, in order that Scotch contractors may see them without having to send to London ? Mr. BARING said there would be no objection to the course proposed, as it would be beneficial to the public service. THE ARMY IN INDIA. In reply to Col. DICKSON, it was stated that arrange ments had been made for a local army in India, and also for the establishment of European cavalry for service in that country. MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES. Sir S. NORTHCOTE asked the Secretary to the Trea sury whether he would be able to lay the miscellaneous estimates upon the table before the Easter recess, so that they might be in the hands of members before the finan cial statement was made. Mr. F. PEEL said that in the course of Friday next he would lay these estimates on the table. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE FOR EASTER RECESS. Sir G. C. LEW' IS, in reply to a question, said that on Friday next he would move that the house at its rising should adjourn until after the Easter holidays, instead of on Monday as originally proposed, the latter being the day appointed for the burial of her late Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. MEXICAN BONDHOLDERS. Mr. BUTT asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Af fairs whether any official intimation had been received at the Foreign-office of the appropriation by the new Mexican Government of 50 per cent., or any other proportion of the customs duties or revenues, to the payizlent of the debts due to the holders of the State bonds ? Lord J. RUSSELL repeated in substance th© answer he had previously given on the subject. CONSOLIDATED FUND (£4,000,000) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. EAST INDIA (INCOME TAX). Mr. CRAWFORD called the attention of the House to the levy of income tax upon incomes and profits arising in India, which were already subject to an income tax in that country ; and moved that the petitions from mer • chants and others of London and other parts of the United Kingdom, against the levy of an income tax upon incomes and profits arising in India, which were al ready subject to an income tax in that country, presented to the house upon the 7th day of this instant March, be referred to the Select Committee on Income and Property Tax. Ile said that this subject occupied the attention of bankers and others commercially connected with India. Persons employed in planting coffee, tea, and sugar in India by companies in this country bad at to pay a double income-tax, and he considered t hat a gre hard ship which pressed very unjustly on i n dustrial operatio ns. With regard to India he contended tha t a !vide distinction should be drawn between it and other colonies, for the latter had the power of regul a ti ng their own expenditure , while the former was entirely under the centrol of this country in that respect—the Secretary of State being despotic, and his orders law. He did not wish to go into the subject a s to whether or no we sh ould assume the liability of the debt of India, and he believed that that country would, by cur.. tailment of her expenditure, be ultimately enabled to provide out of the revenue for her own contingencies. His object in hringit3g this question forwald was rarely t 9 preyent the Government interfering it the financial of of India, in a manner calculated to operate fnjuriously on the inte rests of the latter; and he believed that such could be easily effected by introducing a bill to amend the India Income-tax Act, so that the double imposition of the income tax should be removed. He believed that the inevitable result would be that this country would shortly recoup itself for any temporary loss it might sustain in the reduction of revenue to the Treasury by a continuance of the present double tax. He concluded by stating the substanee of the petitions from the bankers and others on this subject, and contended that benefit must necessarily result from referring the same to a select committee. Sir M. FARQUHAR cordially seconded the motion. Mr. T. HANK EY opposed the motion, and said he could not see how the subject could be referred to the committee in question, which could only properly consider the question arising out of the levy of income tax in this country. The principle of income tax in this country was, that all incomes of a certain amount should be taxed, from whatever source derived. He did not want to enter into the question as to how far this principle was correct, his only object was to show that this double tax complained of was inseparable from the state of the two countries in reference to their financial position. He ad mitted, no doubt, that some difficulty might be experienced in obtaining money in this country for the constructicn of rail ways and other undertakings, but too much of that difficulty should not be attributed to the double taxation, and he contended that the house had nothing whatever to do with the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Government had no objection whatever to referring the subject to a Select Committee. [LEFT SPEAKING.] LONDON GAZETTE -(THIS EV.ENEVG). ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 13. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Colonel George Everest, C.B. and F.R.S., on the Retired List of the Bengal Artillery, formerly Superintendent of the Great Trigonometrical Survey, and Surveyor. General of India. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Colley Harman Scotland, Esq., Chief Justice of Madras. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 19. .st Regiment of DragOon Guards—Cornet Thomas Arm strong Gough to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Grews, promoted. 6th Dragoons—Lieutenant George M. Billington to be Captain, by purchase, vice Joseph Thomas Wetherall, retires; Cornet Henry Albert Reade Revell to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice the Honourable Edward Roden Bourke, promoted ; Frederiok Wise, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Stewart, promoted ; Cornet William Ward Bennitt to be Instructor of Musketry ,, vice Lieu- tenant Bourke, promoted. Bth Light Dragoons—John Gaspard Le Merchant, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Clarke, promoted. 15th Light Dragoons—Captain Horace Trower to be Major, by purchase, vice lien ry Lee, promoted by purchase to an Unattached Lieutenant-Colonelcy ; Lieut. Phineas Bury to be Captain, by purchase, vice Trower ; Cornet Hugh Humphrys to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bury. 16th Light Dragoons—The surname of the Cornet ap pointed on 12th March, 1861, is Maillard, not Mallard, as stated in the Gazette of 12th inst. 18th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Henry Maxwell How ard from the 4th Royal Lancashire Militia, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hicks, promoted. Royal Artillery—Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Maclean from the 42d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice McMunn, promoted on the Staff. 6th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Alexander Courtenay Hall to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edmund Hall, who retires; John Vincent Rigg, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitz Gerald, promoted. 9th Foot—Francis William Braithwaite Gattey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Leigton, promoted. 10th Foot—Major Harvey Wellesley Pole Welman, from the 86th Foot, to be Major, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colo nel Richard Mordesley Best, who exchanges. 11th Foot—Lieutenant David Baker Gabb, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Paget John Bourke, who retires ; Ensign Roper Dacre Tyler, to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Gabb ; John Hely, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ferdinand Russell, appointed to the 49th Foot. 12th Foot—Ensign Alfred Handcock, from the Royal Dub lin City Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dun levie, promoted ; William Henry Brooke Peters, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice MacDonell, promoted. 13th Foot—The surname of the Ensign appointed on 22d ultimo, is levers not Jevers, as stated in the G aze tt e o f 22d February, 1861. 15th Foot—Ensign John Joseph Grier to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Maunsell, promoted. 17th Foot—James Stuart Thornton Duesbery, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice William Villett Rolleston, pro moted in 2d West India Regiment. 18th Foot—Loftus Corbet Singleton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Marsland, promoted. 20th Foot—Arthur Joseph Stourton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Elliott, promoted. 22d Foot—Haworth Peel Massy, Gent., to be Ensign, by _......... , purchase, vice Parry, promoted. 29th Foot--Charles Edward Pinckney Simpson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice William Graham Arnold, who retires. 30th Foot—James Alexander M'Mahon, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Brownlow, promoted. 35th Foot—Edward Douglas Jones, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ed ward Laws, who retires. 36th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Edward Charles Butler to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel James Nugent, who retires ; Lieutenant Horace Edward Willett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Butler ; Ensign Christopher Spurgeon to be Lieutenant, by _ purchase, vice VV illett. 42d Foot—Lieutenant Edward Arthur Elgin to be Instruc tor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Fraser, about to retire from the service. 10111 5 ay. T ames Ed.. ward Fagan, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice - Meane, promoted on the Staff. 48th Foot—Major John Guise Rogers Aplin to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Benjamin Riky, deceased; Captain James Mancor to be Major, without purchase, vice Aplin ; Lieutenant Ed ward Feneran to be Captain, without purchase, vice Mancor; Ensign Pulteney Edward Bowlby to be Lieu tenant without purchase, vice Feneran. 49th Foot—Ensign Ferdinand Russell, from 11th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Robert Emslie Henry, who reties. 50th Foot—George James Campbell Allardice, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice White, promoted. 66th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Edward Knapp Wur tele Smith, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Taylor, appointed to the Staff. G2d Foot—Eugene Charles Pollexfen, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Charles Callaway Ross, appointed to tike . 92d Foot. 70th Foot—Charles William Howard, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Collins, promoted. 75th Foot—Lieutenant Harry Philip Dawson to be In structor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Cornwall, returned home invalided. 81st Foot—Mark Saurin Wynne, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cowper Rochefort, who resigns. 86th Foot—Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Mordesley Best, from 10th Foot, to be Major, vice Har vey Wellesley Pole We lman, who exchanges. 87th Foot—Ensign Edward Willoughby Pardoe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hickson, whose promotion by purchase, on Jan. 4, 1861, has been cancelled ; En sign George Cox, from 2d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Par- due. 90th Eoot—John Henry Hedges, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Murray, promoted. 91st Foot—Atherton Powys Maurice, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Gurney, pro moted ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Wm. Traill, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Watson, appointed to the Staff. 94th Foot—Edward Smyth Mercer, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Buller, promoted. 95th Foot—Lieutenant Edwyn Brenton Andros to be In structor of Musketry, viee Lieutenant Nicholas, returned home invalided. 97th Foot—Staff - Assistant - Surgeon Samuel Edward Maunsell to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Porter, appointed to the Staff. 98th Foot--Ensign Charles Frederick Sharp, from Royal North Lincoln Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Percival Herbert Dobbs, who retires. Ist West India Regiment--Ensign Edward Roberts, from the 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ar thur William Crombie Nowlan, who retires. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—John Charles Jobling, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, Tice Edward Negus Wood, who retires ; Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Lancelot An drewes White to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Noott, who exchanges. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Mortimer James Macdonald to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Ernest C. Wilford, appointed to 49th Foot. Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Ensign Francis Nolan, from Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bolton, promoted. UNATTACHED. _ _ _•___ _ Major Henry Lee, from 15th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase. Lieutenant Julius Henry Stirke, from 12th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Assistant-Surgeon John Meane, from 46th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major Dolmage, placed upon half-pay. Assistant-Surgeon John Alexander M'Munn, M.D., from Royal Artillery, to be Staff-Surgeon, vice Chartres, appointed to 100th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon Edward Gregg Noott, from Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice White, who exchange'. Assistant-Surgeon Joshua Henry Porter, from 97th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Fagan, appointed to 46th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon Duncan Campbell Taylor, MD., from 65th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Maunsell, appointed to 97th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon Robert Watson, from 91 st Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Edward Knapp W. Smith, M.D., appointed to 56th Foot. To be Staff Assistant-Surgeons from Oc t. I, . 18_60, the antedate not to carry back pay—Charles Henry oung Fre elle - o- Godwin, Gent.; John 'Walters, M. 8.; Franklin Gillespie, M.D. ; Albert Augustus Gore, Gent. ;tl.'homad k , Gent. ; George Farr White, j o e n n • bert Wilson, M.B. ; y Jones, M.D. ; Macgillivray r David son,Edward Donald Heath, M.D. Robert Adams Gentl.V; M.D.; Robert Croft Lever, Gent. ; Adamst, M.D. ; Reginald _ Robert De Burgh Bronislaw JamsesheFraseldvoiwnssk,i,Gel‘iLtß. ;.; James Thompson, Gent. ; Caleb Ri or d an , Gent. , , &mug' Hope, Gent. ; Tho mas Y oung Baker, G e nt.; John .L. t l ' enry N. Bracken, Gent. • Patrick Gent. ; Frank Pout , Gent. ; Patrick Charles QBanxintelar, M.B. ; Samuel Gamble White, M.D. ; Henry Henry Offi T ey Harvey, Gent. ; Erskinehomas Bur neninb tt Grant,Lamb, M.D. t 1% ; Wm. Robert Wall, Gent. ; Patt i so n Flynn, Gent. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brev e t-Colonel Sir Robert ~Walp ole, K.C. 8., Rifle Brigade, to have the local rank of Major General in the East Indies. Captain William M'Bean, 93d Foot, t o be Major in the Army. Paymaster Wellington Browne, 80thf tFooyoat, v o a r v a t t h o e f honorary rank of Captain, under the 27th January, 1560. BANKRUPTS. Robert Barrie, builder, York-streett Covent-garden, to surrender, March 28, at t wo, and April 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. . Alfred Mordamat, chemist, Southampton, March 28, at twelve, and April at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Riley. butcher, Ilkeston, April 4 and Apra 18, at the Sllirehall, Nottlaghara, at half past elelyeu, fPeter Scott, timber merchant, Liverpool, April 4 and 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. John Measor, upholsterer, Brighton, April 8, at two, and May 6, at twelve, at the. Court of Bankruptcy. George Groom, lithographic printer, Aidermanbury, April 9, at twelve, and May 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Gray, manufacturer of materials for making paper, Garrett Mills, Wandsworth, March 28, at two, and April 26, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alexander W. Laidlaw, wine merchant, Bury-court, city, March 27 and May 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Walter Parry, carpenter. Bristol, April 9 and. May 9, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, at eleven. Spencer Percival Pennell, commission merchant, Liver pool, April 4 and 17, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. James Bolton Robertson, draper, South Shields, March 26 and May 14, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis • trict Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS, Gustave Bruhns, merchant, Glasgow. Rey. James Stormonth, teacher, Edinburgh• John Fortune, watch and deck maker, Edinburgh. William Mackersy, Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh. Robert Davidson, builder, Dundee, now decease d. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--This D. VI. Amsterdam Ditte 3 Months. 12 1 12 11 12 1 1.2 11 Rotterdam 25 621 25 70 Antwerp Brussels — 25 62 i 25 70 13 81 13 9} Hamburgh Paris Ditto slarseilles — 25 701 771 Frankfort on Maine — 1181 191 Vi e nna Trieste - 15 35 15 45 Petersburgh — 331 331 Berlin — Madrid -• 481 Cadiz 4B! Leghorn 26 5 Milan 25 95 Genoa 25 921 Naples Palermo ll7/ Messina ll7f Lisbon - 524 Oporto Rio Janeirs — New York — • • .. Foreign Gold in Bars (Staticlard)....per oz. £3 rer 9 Mexican Dollars „ 0 1 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 4 0 South American Doublons .......A...... 48k 481 25 95 25 90 25 85 39 117 117 52/ 521 Share 20 20 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stock sto3k 711 E LATE DUCHESS OF KENT. Monday next, between 1 and 2 o'clock, are the day and hour fixed for the interment of the remains of her late Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Till then the body will remain at Frogmore. On the day fixed for the inter ment the remains will be removed from Frogmore too Wind sor at 4 o'clock in the morning, and with the strictest pri vacy. As the distance from Frogmore to Windscor is little over a mile, the body will, by this arrangement, be laid in the Wolsey Chapel, adjoining the Chapel Royal, before daylight. Here it will remain until the hour fixed for the funeral ceremony, when the procession will be formed and the coffin carried into the Chapel. Royal, where the service for the dead will be read and sung. The body will then be temporarily deposited in the Royal vault, which already contains the remains of so many of our nation's rulers. Within a comparatively recent period her late Royal High ness ordered the erection of a mausoleum at Frogmore, which will be completed within a month from the present date. When ready, in compliance with the wishes of the illustrious deceased, the body will be privately removed from the vault of the Chapel Royal, and finally deposited at Frogmore. The remains, as usual, will be enclosed in four coffins—two of plain solid mahogany, one of lead, and an outer case of mahogany and crimson velvet. The two inner coffins were sealed down yesterday. DOVER, MARCH 18. The Princess Royal of Prussia arrived from Calais this afternoon on board the Prince Frederick William steam packet, J. Pittock, commander. Her Royal Highness was received on landing by the Prussian Ambassador imd:the Countess Bernstorff. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was also here awaiting her arrival. - --- - After taking some refreshment, their Royal Highnesses left by special train for Windsor, by way of Wokinghani, at 4.30 p.m. ANOTHER BRUTAL MURDER IN LIVERPOOL. Yt. ,e... The Liverpool Stipendiary Magistrate was occu pied yesterday in the investigation of a charge of murder, preferred against Joaquin Fransisco, a Brazilian sailor, belonging to the Spanish vesse Antonio. The deceased's name was also Fransisco, a Spaniard. In the course of Sunday evening the prisoner went to the boarding-house kept by Florentine, in Carpenter's-row, where several other Spanish sailors lived. On arriving at Florentine's, the prisoner passed at once into the inner kitchen, where there were several of the boarders at the time, and as he went in, he in some way pushed against the servant girl, who made some complaint, on which the deceased called out not to make a noise there as the master would not allow it. On this the prisoner said it was none of his (deceased's) business; to which deceased replied that he would make it his busi ness. The prisoner then challenged the deceased to fight, and the latter saying, " Very well," went out into the street. Two or three others followed, and soon afterwards the prisoner came out. With out saying a word, he rushed through those who were standing by, and made a cut at deceased's neck with something having a whit e bl a d e , which was in his hand. Neither th e prisoner nor the deceased had said a word outside of the house up to this time. Immediately on being struck, blood gushed out of the neck of the deceased in a copious stream, and the prisoner ran off. The deceased died in less than ten minutes. It appeared that the prisoner had boarded in the house of a man named Philip Joseph, and that this man Joseph was at Florentine's at the time of the dispute. Suspicion at first fell on him, and he was seized as the murderer, his w ife being also present. She proceeded home, and in a short time after her arrival there the prisoner came in, apparently quite cool and collected, and went up stairs and changed his shirt, putting the one he had taken off into the box and locking it. When he had done this Mrs. Joseph accused him of having committed the murder of which her husband was accused, and insisted on his being detained till her husband was exonerated. The prisoner did not say anything, and while Mrs. Joseph was endea vouring to detain him, a police=officer arrived and took him into custody. So soon as he say the officer the prisoner made a violent effort to get away, and finding that he could not do so, he drew a knife, and made several attempts to cut the officer across the abdomen. He was at length over powered and secured, but not before he had suc ceeded in throwing a razor into the fire. It is with this instrument that he is supposed to have com mitted the murder. The prisoner was remanded till to-day, when he will be committed for trial at the assizes on the charge of wilful murder. Wine, called Valerie, two thousand years old, has been dug out of the ruins of Pompeii. MR. SPURGEON AND THE "SATURDAY REVIEW.' —ln a speech addressed to a meeting of the Aberdeen Young Men's Christian Association, on Wednesday, Mr. Spurgeon said—" I remember, in the streets of London, a man took off his hat and bowed to me—' The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon—a great humbug.' I took off my hat too, and said—' I am obliged to you, Sir, that I am a groat any thing; I am afraid you are great at nothing.' (Much laughter and applause.) We passed on, parting very ami cably. I have not had the pleasure of meeting him since, but I felt highly flattered that day. (Laughter.) One thing I always like to have—the hatred of the ,Saturday Review, and the love of God. (Applause and laughter.) No movement can ever hope to be established as a good movement until it has had both. When it has both then it is all right. When you have the hatred of the A S'aturday .Reviine, you may' b e quite sure it is according to th e mind of Gad. Ido not know how itis that that magazine has attained to such precision of judgment that it never makes a mistake at all." (Laughter.) LICENSES TO REFRESHMENT HOUSES. ---Mr. Ayrton, M.P., has obtained a return, which was yesterday granted, of the number of licenses granted under the Act in England 24Vsiceti.e,rca.t2e7h,edaidstoinfgeuhiashrgitte, an d also the number the n umber granted 23and under each granted to in per e s a o c n h s c li i c t e y n , sbeodrot boroughs gehel, and county 1 b eer to be drunk on the premises, and Ireland. It appears that in England and Wales in Ireland, where the there were 'l,BOl licenses , and 15 n Ireland, t o k eep refreshm en t houses un d e r £2O value, at 10s. 6d. eac h ; and 3,521 in Englan d and 17 licensesrent w t oas£2o or upwa rds, at £ 1 Is. each. There were kee pers of refreshment houses to sell foreign wine to be consumed on the p rem i ses a t un d er £5O, i n num b er 396 all in England, at £3 3s. each, and at £.60 and upwards, 251 all in England, at £5 ss. each license. To s h o pkeepers to retail foreign or British wines not to be consumed on the premises, under £5O a year value of house there were 720, of w hi c h t h ere were 486 i n England at £2 2s. each, and 234 a t a ren t o f £5O, or above, of which 243 were in 1 - ;:ngland, at £3 3s. each license. In England and Wales there were 593 refreshment house licenses granted to persons licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the premises, and 489 wine licenses. The acts for the general sale of beer do not extend to Ireland. THE KING OF PRUSSIA.—The ceremony of doing homage to the new King will take place at Konigsberg in the beginning of June, and in Berlin about the 10th of that month. Their Majesties will remain at Konigsberg for five days. About the middle of June her Majesty in tends to go to Coblentx and thence to Baden produced " A letter from Venice," says the Nord u o y s t ` d ` us that the speech of Prince Napoleon has o n f the Its einnforins less effect in Venetia than in th e other par ts ,peninsula. on