The Sun. — London, England, 1861-04-26 00:00:00

3 of fire ightier pierced re end- igazine powder and nint of ison is [ wells, )f rain. of the Cum -1 with 11 and th of I have Parade ,teries 3 one rance 3 and and peak- any to of The stone [5 or much front lajor who ;need ope com- COIL.. tl 2_tratice of Charleston harbour, which are con iTieted of pametto logs and sand. They are all 6,118 of for action with large garrisons and 4,11 8 of heavy calibre. THE EXACT DISTANCES OF THE FORTS. f i ort Sumt er i s th ree an d th re e-eighths miles m o °l rn Charleston, one and one•eighth mile from in t t I\loultrie, three-fourths aof mile from Cum 104gs Point . one and three-eighths mile from Fort n son, and two and five-eighths miles from 4 :tle Pinckney. The city of Charleston is entirely 0 4 'of the range of the guns of Fort Sumter. STONO INLET. it i , S tiino Point is a portion of Morris Island, facing lb" sell coast. Stono Inlet is about two leagues from I:south channel of Charleston. Between them lie islands, viz., Morris Island, on which the light Jere stands, and Coffin Island. In Stono Inlet lt ,"* are nine or ten feet of water at low tide, but hl ', et a not much frequented until Charleston was ii t le l zaded in 1775, when it was visited by Bri itaaYessels. In a strategical point of view the wo tun is of United States troops at Stono Point t e : l 'dappear to be for the purpose of getting in the 1 „:1 3 f the Morris Island batteries, which now el: the sea approaches to Charleston. On ?I , G e t ris Island the Confederate States forces are 4„tYnumdrous, and if an attempt to land troops e ''`ltle by the United States force the conflict will hard and bloody. At our last accounts in ord to Stono Point, General Bauregard had v e , e red an immense battery to be erected at the t r „,, 7 Place where it was alleged the United States Ri ps will attempt to land. A subsequent report f ro ,„‘ e d that several large guns were in transitu gl Castle Pinckne y to that Point. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. TURIN, APRIL 25. T he Itlonarchie Nationale of to-day mentions the jo l Manifested by the people at the announcement „at Ntl Garibaldi and Count Cavour had become re relied, an d sta t es th a t the reconciliation was ght about by the influence of a very high , nonage, who induced then; to come to frank ex militions and an open reconciliation. 1 4e same journal adds that on the same evening oaribaldi e evening and Gen. Cialdini embraced each other 'reconciled brothers. NAPLES, APRIL 25. to k popular demonstration in favour of Gar ibaldi foe popular place yesterday in the Via Toledo. Order was g et, however, disturbed. den ying letter from Colonel Tripoti has been published ti his the assertions made by General Cialdini Ills letter to Garibaldi, that orders had been :en to receive the Sardinians in the Abruzzi with "4118ket shots. He declares that, on the contrary, tftlibaldi enjoined him to receive the Sardinians as 4)thers. THORN, APRIL 25. : A rmco Gortschakoff has read to the Council of p e Ad ministration of Warsaw a letter from the Em (lr, expressing to the authorities of the city his ' a Jeaty's thanks for the re-establishment of order. M• Trepow, Director of Police, has been dis tililaled, with a pension of 20,000f1., to be paid out of the Polish Treasury. T roops continue to be concentrated in Poland, wher e the army already numbers 80,000 men; The troops are receiving the additional payment fi nally granted them when placed on a war footing. ut is rumoured that a war-tax amounting to N°o,oooll, will be imposed upon the country. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 25. The Minister of Marine has, in the interest of the i e reautile marine, issued an ordnance permitting 41 , e , sailors lately called out to be sent on leave of Ze . ece, part of them at once, and part later. The tleance stipulates, however, that they may not go e° l ld the Baltic and the North Sea, in order ba t they may be recalled at the very shortest ° tie% Orders have at the same time been given for t he stn s out of one ship of the line, one frigate , and a Itt steamer. PARIS, APRIL 25. The P atrie of this evening says Omar Pasha arrived on the 23d at Antivari, abd Immediately proceeded to Trebinye." T he Patrte also cont a i ns the following : c 4 A despatch from Beyrout, dated the 20th inst., t ll ounces that the English squadron arrived in the gads On the 19th inst. , According to the same despatch, the English ita 'l iral had left Beyrout, accompanied by the ~al i sh Consul, on an excursion to the mountain." e ,'he Emperor to-day reviewed a division of the ' l 'itlry reserve. 61 411 e Paris papers, on the authority of telegraphic i l ' E tnees from Marseilles, state that the Bank of ra nee has taken into consideration two proposals bl eb had been submitted to it by parties in Con 4ctinople and in London. These proposals are said to offer the necessary . 44 ntees to enable the two great houses of Mar 4i'les which have lately suspended payment to h R ulne business. ;Pie same papers state that the aspect of flnan -41 affairs has improved at Marseilles, and add that :el'al bankers of London and Paris gave assist "ee yesterday to several important Greek houses. THIS Aars MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. t o l , e rY limited supplies of home-grown wheat were on sale kinY) yet the demand for both red and white qualities k b : 4 very inactive. All good and fine parcels quite main -41,-"ed previous rates ; but inferior parcels were extremely `gealt of disposal. t % kinds of foreign wheat changed hands to a limited alt, but without leading to quotable change in their 4 Ilx/'loating cargoes of grain attracted but little attention. b l 3 tices, however, we have no change to report. malting barley moved off steadily, at full currencies, ' , Oth er descriptions were a very dull sale. 14 malt about an average business was transacted, on :0 11 'ner terms. 1 2 11 e oat trade was fi rm , and in some instances prices fur ther Improved. 'eau and peas were in request, at fully the late mi mic,. PI m , our changed hands to a moderate extent only, at un ‘ered rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Eti h Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. 8 •• •• 1,160 420 1,400 —l 430 cor.:• ....... '1411 " • •• • 44,450 3,600 16,910 2,170 sacks brie. Is , NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. ) 4 Th e supply of both town and country killed meat has 0 : 11 much less extensive, and the trade rules somewhat I ligher terms. Per 81b. by the carcase. Itt . sdsd sdsd A ; ,,ellor beef .. 2 10 3 2 Middlingmutton 4 2 4 8 '?dling do. ' . 3 4 3 8 Prime do 4 10 4 0 I l ene large do. 3 10 4 0 Veal 4 4 5 4 4. email do. .. 4 2 4 4 Small pork jegt erior e po mutton rk ..... 4 0 4 4 0; 8 ' ~ amb 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. P'o l . all good and fine hops, and especially yearlings, we th. ° o to report a steady demand, at in some instances fur " enhanced rates. Other kinds are in limited request, 4t Prices are supported. Mid and East Kent pockets 80s to 200 s per cwt. Weald s 6os 168 s „ Sussex 6os 126 s „ Yearlings llos 190 s „ COLONIAL. hitbutt , 4 .--The market has been very quiet, and prices Nava s, e rtally altered. sli / ..."2 41 t.--Less activity has prevailed, and prices have declined for inferior qualities. In the refined ' t full rates are generally current. Uf °l?? Ex.—Full rates have obtained for fine descriptions Phttation Ceylcn, but inferior qualities are a shade ch eaper. ti rkt e L--Only limited dealings have been recorded, and herless thinness has prevailed in prices. e LaPE TUE.—Business has continued inactive, and no -4nge of importance can bo noticed in qu.tations. TAr. ; n e previous ttttes are generally market cvntinues dull, and current. We understand that two vacancies in the trust °C the British Museum have been filled up by the election 1) f the D u k e of Northumberland and Sir Thomas PhiHipps, or tl v i\li ddle-hill. The best results may be anticipated from a election. The remarkable collection of manuscripts b C. (n lalit together by the latter possesses a deservedly world -14(1 reputation. It is from this class of gentlemen that we should like to see the body of elected trustees supplied. TKE VOCAL ASSOCIATION.—M. Ole Bull, the ;Peat Violinist, with Signor Gardoni, from the Royal 1 1. 1 „ 4 , 1 t 1 Opera, Covent Garden, and Madame Lemaire, from Majesty's Association St. James's Hall, on Thursday evening, 8 7,,.. (1 Y 2 . The choir o f t wo h un dred voices will perform ve ral of their mos t popu l ar ma d r i ga l s andpart Bogs, ci * 4 4 et the directive of AZ, Dextedict, MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. ---~=_-----cP-- •_ _- CITY, Two O'CLOCK. During the last few days there has been rather less activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugars have slightly declined, while full prices have been obtained for the, finer qualities of coffee. Rice has been in moderate request with out any material change in prices, and the transac tions in fruit and spices have been on a rather moderate scale at about previous rates. Saltpetre and tallow have been in very limited demand, and quotations have not varied to any material extent. There is a fair demand for money, and the rates are very firm, ranging froth 41 per cent. upwards, according to the character of the paper:offered for. negotiation. The sum of £48,074 has been applied to the re demption of 243 Peruvian 3 per Cent. Bonds. The English Stock Market has been very de pressed, in consequence of the distressing accounts from New York, which, for the moment, engross the chief attention of the dealers and speculators. A decline of I per cent. has taken place, Consols having receded to 911 for money and account, but a decided recovery has since occurred, the pre sent quotations being 911 92. The New Threes have receded to 904, the Reduced to 901, and Bank Stock to 232 ; India ditto is firm at 223 and 225 ; ditto 5 per Cent. 1021 ; and Exchequer Bills are heavy at 3s. dis. The dealings in the Foreign Market hare been very circumscribed, and prices tend downwards. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 70 to 701 ; ditto, 1858, 531 to 54 ; Russian 41 per Cents. have receded to 911 ; and Brazilian 41 per Cents. to 874 ; Dutch 21 per Cents. are firm at 641; and Chilian 41 per Cents. are 821. In the Railway Share Market the transactions have been limited, and a downward movement has taken place in prices. Lancashire and 'Yorkshire have receded 55.; Caledonian, Eastern Counties, Great Western, North Western, Midlands, and South Eastern, 10s. ; and. London and Brighton, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines are inactive, without any materialchange in values. East Indian have receded 55., and Great Western of Canada ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares barely support previous quotations. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock . 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9Ol 90 i t 3 por Cent. Conwsls Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9oi t Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5l India Stock .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enticed Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 6 per Cent. uitto Debentures, 1858 Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — iitto under £1,000 ipii sols for Account,9ll i Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 3 dis - FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK . razilian 5 per Cent Ditto 4/ per Cent. 1858 .. B7l, Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 B7k I 0 hilian 6 per Cent Ditto 41, per Cent. Russian b per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchangel2 Guil 6'i TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9li 92 Ditto Account 9ll 92 SPUR 2IN G INTELLIGEN, MANCHESTER BETTING.—TaunsDAT. TWO THOUSAND. sto 1 agst Kettledrum (taken) 8 to 1 agst Overton (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Klarikoff (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Preetptress (taken) 12 to 1 agst Diophantus (taken) 100 to 7 agst Itussley (offered) 100 to 7 agst Neighbour (offered) 100 to 7 agst Sweet Hawthorn (offered) 26 to 1 agst Imaus (taken) THE DERBY. 4to 1 agst Dundee (taken) 100 to 6 agst K ttledrum (taken) 100 to 6 agst Kild , nan (offered, take 20 to 1) 100 to 6 agst Big Ben (off., take 20 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Sweet Hawthorn (offered) 1000 to 5 agst Nautilus (taken) 1000 to 3 agst Folkestone (taken) CHESTER CUP. 7to 1 agst Chere Arnie (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Wallace (taken) 100 to 7 agst Light (offered) 100 to 7 agst Man-at-Arms (offered) 100 to 6 agst Ben Webster (taken) 100 to 6 agst Millionaire (offered) 25 to 1 agst Herne (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Horace (offered) 40 to 1 agst Schism (taken and offered) AQUATICS. CLASPER OF NEWCASTLE AND POCOCK OF LAAIBETII FOR £5O A-SIDE. The above event took place yesterday over the usual course, from Putney to Mortlake. Owing to the fineness of the weather there was a large concourse of spectators. Mr. Casaymer was referee. Clasper having won the choice of station took the Middlesex side. He was piloted by Driver. Precisely at twenty minutes past two a very even start was effected. When off the Duke's Head a barge moored off there caused a slight inter ruption. They rowed scull and scull for fully half a mile, when Clasper gained a few feet ad vantage over his opponent, but this was only tempo rary, as Pocock again drew himself level. They then rowed scull and scull till they reached Hammersmith Bridge, Pocock going under first with a lead of two or three feet. When they reached Chiswick Eyot, Clasper put on a spurt, and drew himself clear of his antagonist. At the end of the Eyot, Clasper was two lengths ahead. In crossing again at that place he gained another length, which virtually decided the match. Clasper increased his advantage, and arrived at the Ship at Mortlake in 26 min. 10 sec., full a dozen lengths ahead of Pocock. Though Pocock has been defeated, his friends ought not to desert him, as he rowed the finest and gamest race; without except ion, that has been rowed on the Thames for the last fifty years. Previous to the race he had under went a careful preparation by Mr. Robert Bain, of Lambeth. Betting at starting-2 to lon Clasper to any amount. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Notwithstanding the great success that has attended the representation of the new drama " Magloire," in which Mr. Webster nightly creates the deepest impressions on the audience, it is to be with drawn, for a time at least, at the end of the present week, in order to make way for the celebrated drama " The Col leen Bawn," with Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault. Fortune seems fixedly to smile upon the Adelphi Theatre; for the last eight or nine months money has nightly been refused at the doors. Mr. Webster, we imagine, must by this time know what it is to sleep upon a bed of roses. • At Guildhall police-court yesterday, " the Rev. Thomas Reynolds" was charged with being drunk and other offences, for which he was remanded. 'lt was stated in Court that be lately held a living in Woolwich, and on leaving his congregation they presented him with a purse of sovereigns and a silver inkstand. FIRE AT SAFFRON-HlLL.—Yesterday a destruc tive fire broke out at Mr. King's timber yard, Saffron-hill. The property was all consumed, and a number of the sur. rounding houses very extensively damaged. Mr. King was partially insured. Mr. Cobden was to leave Algiers on the 23d. It is probable he will resume his Parliamentary duties the second week in May. THE TYNEMOUTH ELECTION RIOT.—The per sonal injuries of Mr. Hodgson are so severe, that it will be a week before he can commence his Parliamentary duties. According to a return just made no less than 854 prisoners in gaols in England and Wales received cor • poral punishment : 268 of the number got the " cat." THE SUSPECTED MURDER AT CARLISLE.-011 Wednesday the police discovered the dress the woman Davidson wore on the night before the murder. There were marks of blood on it. The analysis of the contents of Horsley's stomach had not up to yesterday been completed. EQUALISATION OF THE POOR RATE.—A very crowded meeting was held yesterday at the Guildhall, at which it was resolved that the best remedy for the distress which at present prevails, and for the defects in the existing law, would be to equalise the charge for the relief of the poor over an extended area of chargeability, so that every description of valuable property might bear an equal share of the burden. CAUTION TO LADIES STIOPPING.—A girl was yesterday afternoon taken into custody for putting her hands into ladies pockets whilst they were looking into shop windows in Oxford -street. ARCHITECT'S CHARGES. —i n the Sheriff's Court this morning the Common Sergeant gave his decision in the case Hoskins v. Sarl, which was an action for £26 10s. for acting in tho arbitration case of Myers and Sarl. Mr. Sarl had paid £lolos. in court. Ile ordered the full amount to be paid. The performance of Guillaume Tell was post poned last night at the Royal Italian Opera owing to the illness of M. Faure. Russia is concentrating troops in Bessarabia. The French occupation of Syria will cease on the sth of June. It is reported in Paris that Lord Dufferin, the British envoy, has resigned, in consequence of , the Government's aPProYal of the appointment of a Greek JiAmakan, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING; 186 L Shares liminess done SHARE MARKET.-(TBIS DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 8 8i 81 83 6 7 98 100 971 Oa ra , A. I Closing I Business '" Price. Done 5 6 41 43 8 8i 17 18 49 .50 38 40 26i 27i 87 89 29 294 113 115 125 127 11l 112 1071 1051 130 1:-+2 106 108 711 72 60 62 1:01 1111 CO 62 118 120 16 47 96i 97 95 66 101 t 1 441 45/ 3i Ad 1241 1241 1 1 HIP 96 100 7 6d 62 G 4 621 83} 103 t 10331 i d Jp 60} 601 91t 97 99 4 31 7591 Iv 7 114 115 33i 144 86 88 47 49 90 42 821 821 5S 60 93 95 4 7 40 41 10 11 t , 5 1 6} P sgt 5V p dir 76 79 11i 12 5 6 BRTIISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Paid, Atlantic St LP wrence Bom.,Baroda&Xent Ind Gu. 5 per cant Do, Do. Buffalo and L axe Huron IDo. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godricb p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim' Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext.... Do. Jubbulpore Do. 45 p c. Debdntrs 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 G t. In di aPenin. gua.sp.e ' Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South.oflndia guaranteed 5 pc:* cent. Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 P.c. '73 with't opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Do. 5i p. c. do. 3do Madras, guar., S 1 p. c• • • Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. 5 Mclb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßyunswick Canda By. SrL an d(Lim.),cr. 6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B Capital do Do. do. Land do. Oude (Limited) Scinde . Do. Punjaub 9 Do. Do. ........ Do. Indus. St. &g.l Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 100 all all all all all all all all 100 all ss. 15 all 100 Closing Price. 07 70 93 94 16 16 d i 5 5i d, 6i 74 75 80 65 70 65 70 41 5 _ll li d 1 i 11 1-ad 99 100 97/ 98/ 1 99 100 99 100 20/ 21/ 68 71 55 60 39 41 45 48 37 40 37 40 95 96 lid 1 d 92 93 d 111 111 9 8/4 95 98 90 93 83 85 93 84 85 88 2 I#d b 7 5 7 975 985 IFI 18 19 d N 92 d 'AYS. FOR - EIGN Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes ........... Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine .a hail Copiapo &...... Pitto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Bus (- limn 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. e. Pref. ........ orthern of France.... o. New Shares ....... orwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Ilcditer. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Peru.) Alia. 7 p. et. 1im...... Riga es Dunaburg...... . . Ito r Yal Danish . '.- 13 Royal Swedish .....• .• Po. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse o. 54 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c S. Aus t. &Lomb Vene tin Southern of France :S. East 7 p West Flanders Do. 5i p. e. Preference.. AV. & N.W. of Prance .. Western of Austria.... Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... Do. 8 per cent Pref.... Zealand BRITIS: Al freitCon s ol s i British 'roil !Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Taoist } East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ..... E. WI Russel (Tavistk.)! Gam.dSt.Aubyn(Gwen.)! Great South Tolgus 1 G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack) Wheal Vor (Helston)i Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingsbon Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant) i North Downs !North Frances (Illogan), IN. Wh'l Basset (1110 ;an), North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey)! 'Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park ,Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. Tin Croft ;Vale of Towey (Carm ) 1 West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton I Wheal Basset (Illogan) ,Wheal Buller (Redruth): Wheal Edward (Cals.) iWheal Kitty (U.Lelanl Wheal Mary Ann (Men. }Wheal Trelawney (Lit!, FOREIG: 20 Australian 1 BonA mord Copper,L im. 20 Brazil St.J. del Rey,Lini, 5 Do. Land and Ai iningCo.' 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo 40 Cobre Copper Copiapo 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming•Co, 2 Fortuna. 20 General 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr I} Kapunda (Limited).— , 8 Linares 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquica 1 N. RhineCopof S. Aus. L 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead, Mining and Smelt... 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 88.2.8, United Mexican ..,...• • 1 Worthing (Limited) I Do. 190 Agra&UnitedService Bk 40 (Australasia 25 Bank of Egypt...... 100 IBank of Loudon .... 20 Bank of Turkey . 60 British North American 20 I Chtd.Bank of India, ,tc. 25 Cll.sler. of In. Lon.& Ch. 100 City 100 ,Colonial 20'11 Com. Batik of Canada.. 100 ,Commercial of London. 20 1 Eng., Scot., & Aus. 20 I Gen. Bk .of Switzerland, 20 Lou. Char.Bkof Austral 20 Do. new 50 ,London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 'London and S.Atrican. 100 I.onden & Westminster 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 20 Do. new 50 National Bank ..... 20 'New South Wa1e5...... 25 •Orient. B. Corporation . 20 ;Ottoman Bank ...... 100 IProvineial of Ireland .. 10 Do. new. . .. . 25 South Australia 25 'Union of Australia .... 50 lUnion of London 100 (Unity Mutual COLONIAL GOVERN stock stock stock i stock stock stock stock MINES. MISC 10) 100 so} I 100 100 9.: 99 2 id oar 1. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic it. ML Stm (1d) Atlantic Tel. (Limited) frtustralian Agricultural Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land B.szi.ilag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ' Cop. Min. ofEng.dzSmlig Do. Pref. 7 per cent. Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. 6 p Perpet. Del). Irrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph ors, bow u Do. N e w English &Aus. Copper. Gen. Steam Navigat)m !Great Ship limited)... Do. 17. p ct Preference Lon. District TeL (Lim.) I L.G. Omnibus Co. (Um.) Madras Irr. and Cantl.. Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Dis. Co. (Lim.) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lira.) Netherlands Land ..... Do.B dis. N.BrANovaScotiarand N.D.Aus'Lralasian (rim.) Orien:;al Gas (Limited). Do. -few Shares (Lim). Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) Pen. & Oriental Steams Dc. New Red Sea&ln.Tel.g,4ip.c. Rhymney Iron ...... all all 15s. 8 100 all tt 15 V $1 , 41 • ng 18 20 12 14 113 113 1 33 1(4 1(6 108 108 ldA ln 97 - _ 3 3i Do. New. Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv. Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Do. do. Registerel .. • . Do. do Trust and Agemy of Austrlasia (lim)l4 is. Tr.& Ln.Co. of UpT. Can. K'dom Tel. Co. (lim.) Laad t, 100 all all all all 1 1 111 24 34 d 1 O 4! a} 1 5 10 1 I 5 4 pr 49 51 70 72 9i Ioi 17 2 IND 16i 176 4i 5i 40 61 114 128 31 35 6 7 1 5 1 28i i i q N Lustraban • 7',l I 1 1 !onAccord Copper,Lim 17,6 I d trazil St.J. del Rey,Liml 15 1 31 32 311 /o.Land and Mining Co. all 1 1 larendon Cons.MinCo. !obre Copper i all 39 41 ' ;opiapo )unMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail F or t una. all 1 21 21 ieneral all 23 24 it N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 * ip capunda (Limited). • 1 111 11 p .snares all 84 9 Jusitan lan I p r */) dariquita all • i.RhineCopofS.Aus.L ' 128 . 6 d 'ontglibaud Silver,Lead, Mining and Smelt... • all 4 6 'ort Philip I 1 icottish Austria. 10a, Jutted Mexican all 6 61 61 Worthing, - (Limited) • all Do — JOINT-STWIaMi S. tedService Bk 60 80 82 all 61 63 62 14 Bank atr o all 18i 191 19, atikaagrunnsk‘tUoar Egyptn alia London ..... 50 1 ,3 Bank of Turkey 3 I 14d British North American all I 2htd.Bank of India, ,te. all i 201 21 :111.3/ler. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 32 31 34 31 ty .. • • 25 37 39 om. Bank of Canada.. all Dommercial of London. 2 0 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 15. 161 Gen. Bk .01 Switzerland all I Lon. Char.Bkof Austral! all ; 22! 23 Do. new I 11 London and County •• I 2 0 34; 351 3 5 : London Joint Stock 1 10 304 London and S.Atrican I 10 2 11 I.onden & Westminster 20 87 68 i 871 1 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 Do. newl2 I New — Na Orient. tiSna üBl t B . h a Vln Corporationk'r a!e . s . all - 0 5 2 1 50 Ottoman Bank .. ' all 116 17 16 1 Provincial of Ireland 1 25 "- Do. new South Australia ~ all 'Union of Australia all 138 40 lUnion of London (Unity Mutual 6O OLONIAL GOVERNAIECUItI.TIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO in 114 1141 Do. 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 _ Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 — Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. /00 ZOB 110 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 108 110 Do. 5 p er cent lOO 101 i 102 1011 Cape G.llope, 6p 0,1880 100 woe 106 Do. 18901 100 105 1 106 107 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. JB , .&July' 100 103 109 108 Do. 010. c.Ap. & Oct. , 100 N. S.W. Gov. p. 100 97 100 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 18/6 1 100 931 991 Do. p.c., 1888 &upwdsl 100 2 3 89 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling*, 1875 lOO 10f 109 S. Aus,Gap.c.lB7B.& up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 _ Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 10th 106 1051 DOCKS. Commercial' Do. 4 per Cent.Prei.Min. 100 t East and West India 'London. ......... 100 '=" 601 St. Katharine Southa 100 Vietoriampton 100 9 , 99 ID& New 2 _—d pal. 51 51 --- 2 ltd I I .11i 12i 3} 211 3 2fo 22i 231 6 1 7 8 9 37i 584 52 64 41 aid IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-YESTERDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE MARRIAGE LAW. The Earl of CLARENDON presented a petition in favour of legalising the marriage with a deceased wife's sister. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Ki!rush and Kilkee Railway and Pourtnasherry Reclamation, Kingston-upon-Thames and Leatherhead Road, Oswestry and Newtown Railway (branches), Brecon and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Railway, Stratford-upon- Avon Railway, Inverness and Aberdeen Junction, and In verness and Nairn Railway Amalgamation, Ryde Water, and Huddersfield Gas bills were read a second time. The Wolverhampton New Water Bill was read a third ime and passed. THE BANKRUPTCY BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR laid on the table the two amendments he proposed making in the Bankruptcy and Insolvent Bill. The notice of his amendments might assist their lordships in their decision as to whether the bill should or should not be referred to a select committee. The other noble lords would give notice of any amendmenig they might feel disposed to move. _ _ Lord CHELMSFORD said, on the part of the Earl of Derby, he would adopt the course proposed at the earliest moment. He did not think he should.be in a position to do so before Tuesday next. LEASES, &c., BY INCUMBENTS' RESTRICTION BILL. Lord LYTTELTON moved the second reading of this bill, which was one for restricting benefice holders of eccle siastical corporations from making long leases of certain lands, to the detriment of succeeding incumbents. The Bishop of LINCOLN suggested that in committee certain amendments might be made which would mate rially improve the bill. After a few words from the Marquis of BATH, The bill was read a second time. POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS BILL. On the motion for going into committee on this bill, Lord REDESDALE wished to know what provision was made for the depositors ascertaining the state of their accounts. The Earl of EGLINTON •and Lord MorrnsAoLv. 'also asked some questions relative t) the hill. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said it was proposed to send the books up from the country for comparison to the central bank in London, and any depositor by letter could know, if he wished, the exact state of his account. With respect to the £lO clause for transferring the accounts from existing savings banks to the Post-office savings bank, or vice versa, it was in troduced for the convenience of the depositor, in order to save him the trouble of drawing his account from one bank in order to place it in another. The accounts would be kept precisely as the money order accounts. Very little expense would be incurred in carrying the bill into effect. Lord REDESDALE was of opinion that the mode of transference at present in operation ought not to be inter fered with. He thought when the bill became generally known it would be greatly objected to. After a few observations from the Marquis of CLAN RICARDE, the house went into committee on the bill. Clauses from 1 to 6 were agreed to. On clause 7 being proposed, A NOBLE LORD asked the reason for fixing the inte rest at £2 lOs ? Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said it was so set down in order to prevent coming into competition with the existing savings banks. The rate of interest in public savings banks was £2 18s. This and the remaining clauses were agreed to without amendment. The bill was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time :—Bishop's Castle Railway; Burton-upon •Trent Water ; Great Northern Railway (Purchase of Hertford, &c. Railway) ; and Kil kenny Markets. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented in favour of the budget; for the abolition of the income tax ; for the opening of the National Ga!lery and other public institutions on Sun days; from tradesmen in the metropolis and Ireland, com plaining of the income tax, and praying for relief from the same ; from licensed victuallers against permission to wine vendors to sell quart bottles of wine, as proposed by the budget; against the Poor Law Removal Scotland Bill, kc. WESTMINSTER AND GUILDIIALL SPECIAL JURIES. Lord R. CECIL moved an address for return of persons liable to serve on special juries for any courts sitting at Westminster or Guildhall; distinguishing those who have been summoned during the year 1860, the number of times each person so summoned has been summoned ; and stating the number of exemptions granted.—Ordered, LEINSTER TOLLS, &c. Mr. M'CANN moved for return of all cities, boroughs, and market towns in the province of Leinsterin which tolls, customs, or octroi duties were levied on corn, cattle, poul try, or eggs on market days, since the first day of January, 1850.—Ordered. LICENSE OF SPEECH AT THE BAR. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition of Mr. Thos. Clutterbuck, attorney-at-law, complaining that at the Worcester Assizes, under the license of speech claimed by the bar, false and injurious reflections were cast upon his character, for which he could obtain no redress, and pray ing for a revision of the law. The hon. gentleman read the petition, which stated that Mr. Huddlestone was the learned gentleman alluded to, and he (Mr. Duncombe) said that the petitioner did not attribute any malice to Mr. Huddle ston e. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. YEOMANRY. Mr. GRIFFITH moved an address for a detailed E t ate ment of lohe expenditure per • regiment, and the items of which such expenditure is composed in each case, of the Yeomanry Cavalry, for the year 1860 ; and a detailed state ment, in the same manner, of the items of which the esti mate for 1861 on the same subject is composed.—Ordered. ALDERSHOT—CURRAGH OF KILDARE, On the motion of Mr. OSBORNE the following returns were ordered :—Address for copy of the original esti mates for the purchase of land for the erec tion of permanent barracks, temporary huth and for all other works and buildings, civil and mili tary, at Aldershot, and of the sums voted in each succeed ing year for the above services, including cost of draining, paving, and supply of water; return of the total expenses incurred on account of the above services up to the 31st day of March, 1861, and of all expenses incurred for works, &c., at Aldershot, Charged to" various stations," vote 14 ; and detail of the prospective expenditure at Aldershot, approved by the GoVernment, whether as yet voted or not. Return of all expenses connected with the erection of per manent and temporary barracks, huts, stabling, &c., on the Curragh of Kildare, and for all other works and services in the formation of the camp there, including cost of draining, paving, and supply of water. SALE OF BEER. Thw CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER entered into some explanations relative to the resolutions which he was about to move in Committee of Ways and Means, and said that there were houses in which small beer was retailed at 1 id. a quart, and which were of great convenience. However, these houses were illegal, and he proposed to impose a liconse of ss. on them. TREASURE TROVE. Sir J. C. JERVOISE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the notice would be circulated which, on the 9th of January last, it was stated would pro bably be shortly issued, in regard to treasure trove, giving the public full information on the subject ; and whether it was intended to force the claim of the Crown to ancient coins, gold or silver ornaments, and objects of antiquity found in England and Wales, as part of the Royal revenue. Sir G. C. LEWIS explained that the Treasury was in the habit of purchasing gold coins and giving the value of them in bullion when they were of value as objects of an tiquity. They were melted down in the Mint, and the Treasury made no profit whatever out of these coins. AUSTRIAN OCCUPATION OF VENETIA. In reply to Arr. GRIFFITH, Lord J. RUSSELL said that there were at present 3,000 troops of the late Duke of Modena, but the Government was in possession of information to the effect that there was no aggressive movement contemplated in Italy on the part of Austria. IRON-CASED VESSELS. Mr. KNIGHTLEY asked the Secretary to the Admi ralty whether, in the contracts for the iron-cased vessels ordered by the Government, and now in course of construc tion, any stipulation had been made as to the quality of the iron to be used; and whether it was proposed to subject the plates to any, and, if any, what, test to prove their strength ? Lord C. PAGET said that this matter was under the careful consideration of the Admiralty, and a commission, including some most eminent scientific men, MIS appointed to inquire into the subject, and give Government every assistance. RAILWAY ENGINE -DRIVERS. Mr. BENTINCK asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he had lately received a deputation of rail way engine.drivers, the object of which deputation was to call his attention to the consequences of that class of rail way servants being overworked, and asking for the inter. ference of the Board of Trade in the matter ; and, if so, whether any, and what, answer had been given? Mr. M. GIBSON said that he had received such a de putation, and confessed he was surprised to hear of the uqualm 9f howl Owe aleA we r 9 cmployed, amyer, he informed them that Government could not interfere be tween them and their employers. THE BUDGET-ADJOURNED DEBATE. Mr. S. FITZGERALD, on resuming the adjourned debate on the motion for going into committee of Ways and Means, complained that the Chancellor of the Exche quer ha I not given any explanation in reply to the tem perate questions which proceeded from the Oilpo 'sktion benciles: Several considered that the Chan cellor of the Exchequer over-estimated his re ceipts for the present year, and was sanguine in respect to certain sources of income on which he relied, but which it was believed he would never realise. It was also strongly objected to the financial scheme of the right hon. gentleman that he proposed to remove a tax ' which he could not replace, and which would have to be supplied by au addition to other taxes which were already unbearable. He believed that on both sides of the house it was considered that, in reference to this particular tax, the right hon. gentleman had been influenced only by a desire to conciliate the member for Birmingham (Mr. Bright), a course which should not be pursued by any dis tinguished statesman. The right hon. gentleman bad not been candid in his st ttement with respect to the year 1860-61, for he said that the deficiency in income as corn• pared with expenditure was only £2,270,000. But it ap peared that there was a further deficiency of £750,000, which would have to be provided for out of the current year. With reference to 1861-62, he repeated that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was too sanguine in his expectations. In support of that assertion he would ask if any one acquainted with the state of things in China was satisfied that the sum of £1,000,000 voted for the expenses relative to that country would be found suffi cient ? The right hon. gentleman went on the assumption that there was to be no failure in the harvest, and that peace was to prevail on the continent, but could any statesman be sanguine on either of these points? (Hear.) The Foreign Secretary stared the other evening that an indemnity to the amount of £650,000 had been received from the Chinese authorities, but it turned out the sum really received was only £212,000. He contended that the Chancellor of the Exchequer could not realise by January next the amount which he anticipated from China, for of the £550,000 that would be in the hands of the Government from Chinese customs not one farthing would come into the possession of the right hon. gentleman. Notwithstanding this the Chan cellor of the Exchequer took credit for that money. He believed that Mr. Bruce had already fol lowed the example of the French and American GovernmentS, and paid the British merchants in full, and therefore not one farthing of that money would be avail able for the purposes of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Hear, hear.) Another objection to the budget was the re peal of the duty on paper; and with an admitted deficiency on the income last year, and a probable deficiency for the current year, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had spoken in support of repealing this duty of unbroken pledges, but ho believed there was no member of that house so overburthened with broken pledges as the right hon. gentleman. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) H e denied that the house was pledged to the repeal of this tax, though they were with regard to other taxes. How many members of the house were there who, at the last election, did not express an opinion that the income tax should bo repealed? He said those who agreed with him (Mr. S. Fitzgerald) considered that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had understated their expenditure, and exaggerated their receipts for the current year. If after the statements that would be made on his (Mr. Fitzgerald's) side of the house, the Government still said this was a surplus, they must be responsible for that assertion. But if there were such surplus he and those who agreed with him would not consent to the remission of a tax which could net be replaced, and, as he previously stated, could only be supplied in the event of a deficiency from other intolerable imposts. (Hear, hear.) _ Mr. M. GIBSON said—The financial scheme that has been submitted to the house has undergone much and varied inquiry, and I remark that the investigations which hon. members appear to have undertaken have lc‘d them on diffe rent points to very different conclusions. It is not for the Government to complain of the most searching inquiry into such a financial proposal as it may think fit, on its respon sibility, to recommend for the adoption of Parliament; I, for one, should be the last to complain, or to think that the House of Commons should be deterred by any consideration from giving the fullest attention, or applying the most searching investigation, t the financial plan of the Govern ment. But there is this remarkable difference that strikes me at once, that, while the hon. member for Stamford (Sir S. Northcote) tells us he is satisfied with the estimates of the revenue from Customs and Excise, as submitted by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the hon. gentleman who has just spoken disputes those estimates, and the calculation of what they will probably yield, and says the Government is misleading the house into a reckless remission of taxation in those sources of revenue. I believe the probable yield of the Excise and Customs has been honestly estimated, in conference with the departments which can alone judge what is likely to be the yield of those great sources of re venue, and I will undertake to say that those estimates would in all likelihood have been the same if the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Disraeli) had been Chancellor of the Exche quer, instead of my right hon. friend. (Hear, hear.) These are not matters respecting which officers of departments can plot in concert with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in order to cook up an account that may mislead the House of Com mons. (Hear, hear.) Nothing of the kind. These, I repeat, are honest estimates, niad by men of judgment and integrity, and I believe that they represent as accurately as can be ascertained what will be the revenue of the incoming finan cial year. (Hear.) Sir, I must say lam surprised, not at the criticisms which have been passed on this budget, but at some of the statements which have been made respecting it. The hon. and learned member for Mallow (Mr. Long field) said he viewed this budget with abhorrence both in its substance and its details. I certainly should not have thought it calculated to give rise to such emotions. (Hear, and a laugh,) lam astonished also at the indications from some hon. members of what they would have preferred. I had not the good fortune to hear the speech of the jion. member (Mr. B. Stanhope), but I am told it was a very good one. (Hear, hear.) He said he should have preferred if the Government had proposed a larger income-tax, ac companying this proposal with a reduction of the duties on tea and sugar; but I do not believe that that is the opinion of the party with whom the hon. gentleman acts, and I never heard that they would have been prepared this year to agree to an increase of the income-tax if it were accom • parried by a remission of indirect taxation. It has not been thought right to propose a larger income-tax than 9d. in the pound, though, according to the lion, gentleman, one of 10d. or 11d. in the pound ought to be proposed in order to reduce the duties on tea and sugar. Mr. B. STANHOPE—Perhaps I may be allowed to ex plain what I did say. After stating that I did not wish to apply the unnecessary penny in the way proposed by the Government, I added that I should not object to spend that penny, or even an additional penny, in taking off indirect taxation. Mr. M. GIBSON—Then there was the hon. member for Chippenham, who objected to the Budget, and wished for a practical amendment. Anything, ho said, for a practical amendment, in order to condemn the scheme of the Govern ment. Well, I am only sorry there is not a practical amend ment before us. (Hear, hear.) We want to know what is the alternative proposition by which hon. members would abide as a substitute for the plan of the Government. (Cheers.) The hon. memlSer who opened the discussion said nothing very definite. His was a speech full of negative proposi tions, but he told the Government that their responsibility was great, and that their first duty was to provide ade quately for the public service, maintain the public faith, and if remissions wore proposed to give them in the way most likely to benefit the country. (Opposition cries of " Hear.") That is good advice, and it is my belief that the Govern ment have acted consonantly with it. (No.) We have, as we believe, provided adequately for the public service. We are as alive as the hon. member can be to the necessity for upholding public credit, and we believe that in the remis sions which we propose we are doing what, on the whole, at the present time will prove most beneficial to the general interests of the country. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman who last spoke asked me to explain one item of income which he seemed to think very doubtful—namely, the amount which will be received from China in the course of the pre sent financial year. The hon. member has given us his esti mate of the probable yield of the customs duties at the various ports cpen to our trade in China; but let me re mind him that ho gave us an estimate of what had been re ceived during 1859, which was a year of war—(hear, hear) — and he also failed to tell us that under the treaty now ports are to be opened. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member seems to doubt whether the departments in England and the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, with a full knowledge of the de tails and a full sense of their responsibility, are able to give the probable yield of the Customs of the United Kingdom ; and yet he, an independent member, is prepared to give us, from some private sources of information, the exact amount of what is to be the year's yield of customs duties in some ports in China. (Hear, hear.) Now, with all respect for him, I prefer to take the estimate of Lord Elgin and baron Gros, who have told h er Ma j est y 's Government that, under the treaty of Tien - tsin , there will be certain sums received, amounting to about £1,000,000, during the present financial , year. hear.) There are, in fact, five quarters' , or near ly a year and a -hall's receipts ; but the money will be forthcoming, and we sh all he able to carry it to the ere,lit of the country during the pr esent financial year. (Hear, hear.) Out of this £1,000,000 I am not aware that anything that Mr. Bruce may do or may have done in consequence of delay in his receipt of instructions can make a difference exceeding £90,000 or £lOO,OOO in the estimate of my right hon. friend. This million is to be disposed of rateably be tween the merchants and the Government. It has ap peared to us that, considering that this country has ex pended some millions for, as we are told, the protection of merchants and of trade in China, there should be out of this indemnity at least a rateable proportion retained by the Go vernment. (Hear, hear.) Basing our opinion upon autho rity of the only persons who are qualified to guide us in this matter—namely, those who have been on the spot, who have negotiated this treaty, and who are responsible for the advice they give,—we believe that a moderate estimate of the araount which can be carried to the account of the British Government during the financial year is at least £750,000. (Cheers.) I should infinitely - have preferred keeping witlliu ply more .inanicainte pr9yiuce, t o 101 l Share t 3.14 stock stock stock Railways. • ,Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sleaf. andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter ICaledonian flarmarthen Cardigat Cork and Bandon I Cork,hock., ,tPassagt Cornwall . Do A (A gets no div. !Do B ntuil c ran. hasbee p n p d. e toP I Dublin Sr Belfast J tme 'Dun., Perth, ttrAb. June East Anglian I Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do DO NW A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, dc Dundee Forth Clyde Junction• IFurness Glasg. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Do do R do Gt. S. ,tz W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South-eastern (Lancashire ez Yorkshir' Loudon and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. do S Coast I Lond., Chat., and Dove! Lend. ! Nth. Western Lond. do Sth. Western 'L'derry ter Coleraine Ennisiallea 'Man. 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Sh. &Lin. 6 per of Do. £6 99 101 20 21 51 6 99 101 108 113 105 108 108 110 106 108 122 124 80 82 109 111 90 92 751 714 113 115 111 113 101 103 ,105 107 97 99 98 100 89 91 90 92 100 102 9i 10 17 18 10k 101 74 76 20 21 10 10i 15 15. 113 115 113 115 137 140 113 115 101 103 150 155 128 131 71 74 86 87 In 141 124 126 Do. 3} per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent Nlaryport & Car., 4 p. c Do. 44 per cent. Mid. Con. 6 p C. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. 4. per cent. Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. Norfik 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 54 p. 0. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay. Val. Ex.5t.1847 North British, 5 p. 0 Do. New, gua. 5 p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pl. she Do. do. do th.Dev.R ail. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. 0 p c. redeemable.. Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. l'ref. Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, li. & S. Porch. North Staffordshire.... Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pf Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... 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(Hear, hear.) The hon. baronet (Sir S. Northcoto) spoke of the gloomy pros pects of the country in reference to its import and export trade, telling us that it was not right to calculate upon a full. Exchequer, seeing the decline which had taken place in our exports and imports. He stated very , accurately the amount of our exports in the first two months of the present year, and said that during that period they fell short of the ex poi ts for the corresponding months of 1860 by £3,370,000, or 16 per cent. But we have now a return made up to the close of the month of March, making three months, and I find that there is a remarkable recovery in this third month. (Hear, hear.) Although there is still a decrease in the value of our exports during the first three months of this year as core pared with' 1860, the comparison is not now so unfavour able as before. Instead of a falling off of £3,370,000, or 1G per cent., as in the first two months of the year, the diminu tion for the three months is £2,612,000, or 9 per cent. (hear, hear) ; the total value of exports being £'27, 6 69,000 in 1861 against £30,481,000 in 1860. There is also this satisfactory statement to be made besides—that last march, as compared. with March, 1860, shows an increase in the declared value of our capoi'ts of £557,000. (Hear, hear.) There can be no doubt that at the commencement of this year there was not that activity of' trade which we could desire. Various causes had contributed to that result—the severity of the winter prolonged far into this year, the state of affairs in the united States, and the falling off of our trade with Bri tish India, contributed to it; but there was a marked re covery in the last month, and it is not fair to assume that that diminution of our exports which the hon. baronet. truly stated took place during the first two months of the year is to be a criterion of what the exports will be during the whole of the year. (Cheers.) In the first two months of 1860 a much larger proportion of the imports of th year took place than is usual. In that year they were 21 per cent. of the imports of the whole year, while ii former years the average of those two months was only 19 per cent. (Hear, hear.) So that it is not altogether fair to compare the imports of the first two months o this year with the imports of the first two months of last year, which were out of the usual proportions. (H ear. hear.) Ido not find anything in the shipping returns to justify gloomy forebodings as to the trade of the present year. They show an increase in the first three months o r the present year both of British and foreign tonnage as compared withlB6o. The total tonnage entered and cleared outwards with cargoes in the first three months of 1861 is 4,299,027 tons as against 3,914,643 tong in the same time in 1860. The British tonnage was 2,533,511 tons for 1861, and 2,450,150 tons for 1860. So that there is an increase this year both of ail shipping freighted with cargoes in and out and of British shipping in particular. (Hear.) These are reasons for not taking a gloomy view of the probable re ceipts from our various sources of revenue for the coming year. (Hear.) Ido not deny that a flourishing state of trade is the general forerunner of a full Exchequer. I quite admit that it is fair not to take too sanguine a view of the probable yield of our various taxes if we ace reason for sup posing that our great brenches of industry may be affected withinjtuihoeursly. Ma j esty'sßu But all Government, m considerations h thehav ehadight departments concerned in drawing up the estimates of the probable yield of the taxes for the present financial year. (Cheer's.) With regard to the various alternatives, there is one which I ee not think any hon. gentleman has proposed, and that is that the Government, having a charge of £69,000,000 to provide for, should ask the House of Commons to . give them some thing like £72,000,000 for the purpose. (Hear.) What. would the House of Commons have said to such a proposal! Could we honestly—to use a vulgar phrase—have sweated down the surplus, and have come here with a lame story that there was no surplus, so as to save ourselves the trouble and difficulty of repealing taxes, which appears to me much more embarrassing than putting them on. The Government would do nothing of the kind ; but, honestly believing that the present taxes if all renewed would give a surplus of reve nue over expenditure, they have proposed a budget founded on thoselprinciples embodying such remissions as on the whole they believed to be most beneficial to the country. (Hear.) If we had come down here to propose a 10d. income-tax, the re newel of the tea and sugar duties, and the keeping on of all the existing taxes, the right hon. gentleman the member for Bucks would have told us that he could be no party to trusting the G overmnent in which hehad no great confidence with so large a surplus. (Hear.) He would have said what he said when my right hon. friend the Secretary for India brought - in a budget which showed something like £1,000,000 surplus. The right hon. gentleman then said : —"The Government are in possession of a surplus revenue of £1,000,000, and that is a surplus which no Government ought to ask the house to provide over and above the neces sary expenditure of the year; " and he went on to say that they ought "to consider whether it would be most for the advantage of the country that the excise on paper should be repealed or that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should be left in possession of a surplus which they had no security that he would discreetly use." (Hear, hear.) When my right hon. friend had a surplus of £1,000,000 the right hon. member for Bucks thought that surplus ought to be ap plied to the repearof the paper duties. (Hear, hear.) The tea duty was then 2s. Id., the sugar duties wore high, and yet the right hon. gentleman thought the surplus ought to be applied to the repeal of taxes he eloquently desoribed as taxes on knowledge and on trade, and against which he, ha fact, adopted all the arguments which have been made use of in support of that repeal. (Cheers.) The resolution of 1850 was not an abstract resolution—(hear, hear)—it was a resolution asking Ministers to make use of their surplus for the repeal of the duty, and I hope we shall have from the right hon. gentleman now some assistance of the sort which I had the honour to receive from him in .1850, for I can conceive no alteration of circumstances which can justify any change in his opinion, (Hear.) On the contrary, all'the facts which have happened since that period have strengthened the case of the paper duty, and have supplied no reasons for further delay. (Hear.) Every hon. gentle man, then, I think, will candidly admit that we were bound to propose some remission of taxation ; that we could not propose to renew all the taxes. A penny remitted from the IT income-tax would have left the £1,000,000 surplus which the right honourable gentleman would not allow the Go vernment to retain in 1850. We could not stop short there. 'Were we, then, to cast over the paper duty, to ignore the past, and to assume that the House of • Commons was not in earnest when it passed the second and third readings of the bill last year. Honourable members have told us that they voted for it, not caring much whether the question were carried or not ; but, was the Government to presume to suppose that the de liberate votes of the House of Commons were not meant to be a guide to it ? (Hear, hear.) It was impossible for the Government, if they intended to propose any remission of taxes, to pass over the paper duties. (Cheers.) If hon. gen. tlemen will place themselves in our position, they must ad mit that that was the right, consistent, honourable, and bold course to pursue, and I believe it is the course which this house will support. (Cheers.) The hon. baronet oppo site says we ought not to repeal the paper duty, because we can't put it on again. But why can't you ? Because ho knows that thcl enefits of that repeal will be so apparent in the country—that the extension of manufacture, the increase in the employment of labour, and the beneficial influence upon the general commerce of the country produced by that repeal will be such that no Minister would think it consis tent even with the interests of the public revenue to put it on again. (Cheers.) The hon. baronet says that if you re mit the paper duty you take off a permanent source of revenue, but the House of Commons declared by its vote that it was tto be regarded in that light—(hear)—and I cannot help thinking that if the Government had ignored the resolution on the subject at which the representatives of the people arrived, they would have been guilty of dis respect to this house, as well as forgetful of their constitu tional functions. (IL ar, hear.) I must add that I feel as tonished that hon. members opposite should suppose that we, in recommending the repeal of this tax last session, did so with so little consideration that we must now admit our selves to have been entirely in the wrong and ought to deem it our duty to propose' the remission of some other item of the taxation of the country. The hon. member for Somer setshire I may remind the house, last year raised the ques tion whether we were to impose a n additional penny in th e share of income-tax, or in preference to mmorepeal the paper by s majority of 63 , came to the deliberate conclusion that it paper , duty, and upon that questi on the House of "m expedient that the latter post shoul lished. When, mord be abo ceve.r my right hon. friend the Chan- M as more ce llor of the Exchequer brou g ht forward the Bud g et last s t a ted that he intended to make a remission of • tax ation to a certain amount, adding that he should s ession, he • indirect recommend the abolition of the paper duties as being the tax the repeal of which would be likely to prove beneficial to the reductionpubl ic , ; f but o if the duties, House h e should ofC be prepared preferredmons pata.. the o give due weight to that opinion. The House of Commons, h o wever, with all the circumstances of the case before them and all the statements of my right hon. friend fresh in their minds, did not prefer the reduction of the duty on tea , p 4 the Government, therefore, having a surplus sbeaetnthseaiiid• posal, and being, as a consequence, bound by every rii mentary usage to give a remission of taxation, could not, I contend, have acted otherwise than they have d one in refer ence to this question. (Hear, hear.) It has in deed, that we ought to have had regard to the Payment of debt in laying our financial proposals before You ;that there are Exchequer Bonds to be provided fur, some of which will fall due in May, 1562. There are, however no Exchequer , bonds falling due this year, and I am not aware that it is the practice of Parliament to make, by taxing the couutri more than is necessary for the requirements of the carrel' year, provision for charg es w h ich belong to a period which re m ga a t y d extends beyond it. I f e u d r a t further er Navinobs e g r v s e o t io h e refea t the redo:atli; tion of debt must be the amount of ann ua l t axation which you wish thenn to provide. Yo u cannot, when that annua l tax ation is very considerable in amount, and when Vu a bsorb large por tion of the industry of the nation, COlrie to Parliament with r Co nee tr — y any degree dt propriety and ask its sanctiota increase of taxation, in order that a certa in amount n f o t may be reduced. 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