The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-12 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. At the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there was a good general demand and a steady market. The sales were 12,000 bales, including 4,000 bales on speculation and for export. The Railway Share Market was dull, at a decline from the rates of Thursday. The Bank of England Return, - complete for the Week ending sth April, exhibits som very import antfeatures, and is generally of a very unfavourable character. Iu consequence of the remittances to Turkey in payment of the loan, the stock of bullion was materially reduced. There is evidence of the stringency which prevailed in the money market to meet the i nstalments on the Consols loan and to meet the commercial liabilities of the 4th of the month. The quarterly payments of salaries, dividends, ko., will account for the alteration in the public daposits. Active Circulation Increase Bullion 10,057,105 Decrease Rest Increase Public Deposits Decrease Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills • 757,025 Decrease O • • 8,280 Government Securities r Decrease t Other Securities Decrease P.Notes unemployed i. Decrease Telegraphic advices from Liverpool report the arrival there of the 'United States' steamer Ericsson, and the Royal Mail Packet Persia from New York. The former left on the 29th of March, and the latter on the 2d of April. The Persia has thus made an unusually quick passage of ten days. She brings no account of the Missing steamer Pacific, and it is to be feared that her fate is certain. This vessel has brought 40uu,u00 on freight, and 270 passengers. She re ports the total loss of the Cunard steam-packet Curlew, near Bermuda, on her voyage from Halifax, with loss of mails and cargo, but, fortunately, all the passengers saved. The commercial advices from New York continue satisfactory, with steadiness in the Stock and Money Markets. The trade in Dreadstuffs was active, with a fair demand, and provisions were in request at advanced prices. The Foreign Exchanges ruled as follows :—On London, 1091 to ;on Paris, 5 12k. Freights were lower than previous advices reported. Accounts from Riga mention that the announce ment of the treaty of peace being signed, had scarcely any effect in advancing the prices of tal low, hemp, and wool, as previously quoted. The fact is, the merchants had discounted the effects of peace on the market before, and it was expected by some that the advanced prices would not be Maintained. However, this was not the case, and they were firm at 9$ to 100 roubles for tallows of ordinary quotations. The official return of the exports of bullion from the Port of London for the week ending Thursday last is as follows Silver Coin to Hamburg „ „ Rotterdam oz. 900 100 Bars to Hamburg 36,944 Gold Coin to Rotterdam . 9O ft Hamburg 1,221 The unsatisfactory character of the Bank of Eng land return has continued to depress Consols, but a very limited amount of business has been done. Consols for money have been 921 to 931, and they are now 93 ; while for account they have ranged from about 93/ to 93g. The New 3 per Cents. have been 92i to 931, and the Reduced 91.1 to 92. The New 24 per Cents. wore 77. The March Ex chequer Bills were ls. premium, and the June 3s. discount. The lgonds are 981 I. The Foreign Market has been quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents. were heavy at 97i to 98 for money, and at 981 for account. The 4 per Cents. re mained at lon 2. The Spanish Committees' Certi ficate% were si. Dutch 21 per Cents. 64, and Peruvian 3 per Cents. 54a. Mexican Stock was stead y at 221 a. Grenada New Active were 21k, aNd the Deferred 7,1. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 71 j ; Mexi eat, 224 ; Peruvian, 73 80 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 64 6 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; Russian 6 per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 4-I t per Cents., 94 96 ; s PEtnish 3 per Cents., 4516 ; ditto Deferred, 24i ; ditto Certificates, 51 4 ; ditto Passive, 7i Railway shares have been generally dull, but the prices have been well maintained, while in some eases an advance has taken place. Bristol and Exeter are 1 per cent. higher. The foreign lines are also buoyant. The Lombardo-Venetian Scrip is o to 6i prem. Mining, banking, and miscellaneous shares are about the same as previously. BitrrlSH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Prom the Oficial List.) _ rin•niest done. 8 Per Cent. Redxced Annuities 9li 2 Per Cent. Consols Annuities 924 31 1 15°q 3 per C en t. Annuit.i.s l `°%' 2 i per Cent. Annuities 77 ` 4 'ng Annuities, expire sth San. 1860... 3,1 3-16 Ditto 30 Years, expire 1 Otis Oct., 1859 3 CO . dots for Account- . Excheqnor Bills, 21d. March. June. .£lOOO . .... ... lp I 3 d SRO 2 p ilrenll 2p 1 -_ Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent.. 9 / Ditto, 1859 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Pinador Bonds Ditto New Consolidated... lsi Grenada Now Active, 11 per Cent. Ditto Deferred , W rortean 3 per Cent 'erAvian Bonds 41 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent 543 I lusaiau Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 41 per Cent. Birdinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. . S Panielt Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 5i p o Tnrkiti) rouda, 6 put. cent 9B 7ti Ditto Account 9831 ad Ditto Small ' Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cont. Dividends on the above .assble to London. Unteli Exchange, 21 per Cent., 12 Guil 64 TWO O'CLOCIK. Consols, m oney 93 931 Ditto Account WILD BEASTS IN INDIA.—The following is from a c orrespondent at Lahore, dated the 7th Feb. :—" You , are probably aware th a t th e coun t r y o f th e Fi ve Ri vers is infested by wolves, bears, and leopard., especially the first-nam e d, w hi c h have so multiplied of late as to be come a national nuisance. By a loose registry, kept in the seven provinces of the Punjanb, it appear.; that the number of children that have been carried off by wild beasta amounts to 1,564, classified as follows :-1,106 by wolves, 334 by bears, and 124 by leopards or cheetas. The rewards hitherto offered were not sufficient to in dnee the lusty and the venturesome to make trade of it. Mr. Montgomery has proposed to Government two alter eatives, both admirable. First, that the head-money allowed for such beasts be doubled and even trebled ; secondly, if Government should refuse to increase the prerniumg, that 200 well armed and trair.ed ebikarries, be engaged by the State, and distributed over the in fested provinces."—lndian Paper. SUNDAY OBSERVANCE. —A. numerous and highly re spectable public meeting of the inhabitants of East bourne, Sussex, was held in the large room of the Ter reinus-Hotel, Eastboure. on Wednesday evening, April 10th, for the purpose of establishing a branch of the National Sunday League, an association having for its object the opening of the British Museum, National Gallery, and Crystal Palace on the Sunday afternoons. Robert Cooper, Esq., of Eastbourne, took the chair at half-past seven o'clock, and after briefly expressing his approval of the objects of the National Sunday League, and his firm conviction that when those objects were fairly placed before the people of England they would Command their approval and support. He introduced the deputation from the central committee of the league, who, at the r quest of a large number of the inhabi tants of Eastbourne, bad been invited to attend, in order to remove the misapprehensions that seemed to prevail with respect to the views and intentions of that associa tion. The members of the deputation then proceeded to explain the origin and objects of the National Sunday League, and, judging by the hearty applause which fre quently interrupted their addresses, succeeded in con vincing, the meeting that the National Sunday League Was deserving of their cordial support. A series of reso lutions in accordance with the obiects of the league were ultimately agreed to almost unanimously. A branch Was formally established, and several members enrolled, and the proceedings, which throughout had been quite enthusiastic, terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairmin. YOBBI(4N,, 10 all kntwory4-P. , tt rd:ro 9 81 40 40 1)0. 5 p.c. Oblgs.con. , in Sli.atpartill'6l par 2 p 20 10 Ardennes 5 —5),, 5 all Solgian Eartu. June 2 20 14 Resters to araisecesa 21 25! 161 18 11 ilornbay,Baroda,an Central India,Berl; 1 111 511 18 all Do. 171 all Demerara 20 11 Dutch Rhenish l5 — l l I , 20 all Eastern of France 20 13 Do. Now l2 —l4 20 all East Indian, g. 5 p." 221 23 221 20 15 Do. Zyt,cnaior‘.. 221 —22 i 100 all D0.41p.c.8ud5.,7 100 tati Do. do. do., '59, do. 20 16 Gee'on,g Melbowne guar. 5 per c nt.. ••• 20 all Do., Lou. allot., do. ~. 25 226 iGd.Tkof CanadaA.in 8 7 25 ill Do. ... .... .. . ... . ..... 17 171 100 9 0 Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till '6:' 75 77 100 all De. Comp. 6p. e., do 851 861 55 20 14 Qt. Ceutralof France 6 61 20 all Gt. Indian Poninsul 215 221 22k 26 14 Great Lnxemboun C ona titntod Sham -GiSt 5 4 all Do. Obligations... .35 34 35 20 11 Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. —• 55 5 201 all Gt.Westornofeanads Shares • 255 26, 261 206 51 Do. New 2l LOU all Do. Ms., payable's7, with option till '55 99 100 100 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 l2O 125 122 100 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O l2O 125 100 all Dc4 do., '73, without option lO7 109 20: all Ilamllton Toronto 25 •—• 26 d d 100 all Do. 6 per cent. 20 17 Lake Conat. k Bast „.. — 20 all Liorre and Turnhout ...d 5 all Lucca & Fist. sp. c.p 20 16 Lyons and Geneva 20 14 Lyons & Moditerran 20 all Madras, guar. 44p.0 20 201 20 10 Do. Now eo., sp. a 15 2kp 20 10 Do. 41 p. c. Exton 1 1 p 105 31. all Maria Antonia 10 all Do.. do. Now 20 all Namur & Liege (4410 Interest) 7 7 9.0 all Do. (ox intorcet) 5l 6 16 all l,lortbern of France. 41 411 20 all Do.2ol.Shs. l2 12! 125 20 Do. 204 3 p. c Bdr (fmy.l3.& Ame.Sha. • 10 all NorwegianTrunkPre . 8 10 20 all ( Paris and Lyons 431 —54 531 40 all Ditto Bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans f3 55 10 5 'Rome and Frascati — 20 all Royal Danish l9l —20 t 5 all RoyalBwedish • ••• 4 all Do. Obligations....... - 20 all Sambre and Meuse._ 141 141 14 It) all Do. 51 p. cent. Prof. ... 94 10 r 5 Scinde, guar. sp. c 11 •-• 21 61 20 all Do ••• 20 all Southern of France ... —,- pm 20 16 St. A.ndrow's and Queboe (A) • 4 , ..• 8i all West Flanders 44 5 10 all Do SA pin. c. P rof, o . f W s . w t f zo 2 2 0 0 l ell B Re st. 'V .do N F rcnctrland 3 , ! 6 all Wiesbaden . 20 all Zealand MISCELLANEOUS. i 19 Australian Agricalt. 31 33 ie all Aust,raln. Royal Mail 10 all Berlin Water W orks 63/4 50 40 Brit. American Land . 140 -- 145 100 32 Canada.... St. no 0.00.6p.c. Jan&;nly 1( 9) 110 110 n St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb '& Aug 107 109 St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Mar & Sept 106 103 6 ail Crystal Palace 2l 2j 21 5 all Do. Preference- 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 Duston Iron Ore 20 13 Eastern Steam — 5 all En.dfAus Cop Sm Co 11 2 St. 100 Klectric Telegraph 9O 62 9i 1 all Slectrie Teleg. of Ir • 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier -; • 15 14 Gen. Steals Navigat. .4. 27 18 all General Screw Steam ..„ - 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 31 33 31 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Niediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 10 10 9 Kelrlean&S.Amerien. 51 —0/ 6k 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land ll 2f 10 all Do. Do. 5 2 Do.SpePissatld 23 100 80 New B. dr N.S. Land 18 22 1 all N. B. Australasian 4 W 15 Nrth.ofEuropeSteant . 1 all Oriental Gas — 14 1 28. Do. "New Shares" if l 5 all Peel Rr . Minrl. 21 —3i23 pm 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 10 Do. New .. . (00 60 Royal Mail Steam 794 1 all Soot. Austral. Invest. 11 1 Ditto New .... . . ... . . 25 ekll South Austral. Land 3 39 Submar. Tel, Scrip... 1 1 0 all Do. Registered i f 1* 15 5 erustd; L. Co.U.Can -- 100 28a 7s. -Diemen's Timid 16 ,••• 17 is. V.Goi6pie.Janaauly SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAIL were. !Paid . 100 100 61a. all all all Ambg. Nottng. Boat and Eastn. Junct... 311 fast & Ballymena. tlirming. Wolvorh Stour Valley BirbeAhd. Lancsh Cheshire Junct no. Chesh. & Birk.. £5O and £25 Cons ' Do., £20..... 00000 •••• Blyth &Tyne origina £25 (iced. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Carm. and Cardigan Cheater di Holyhead . Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Paw Cornwall Do. A 100 100 Do. B Crioff Junction Dublin&BolfastJunc. Dun. P. & Abor. Jac. East Au glian Eastern Counties East. union, A BO ' De., B. Stout Do., Now A East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edi n. Prth & nuncio , ''orth & Clyde Jen s. ?urns as Do. Extension Glasgow& S. Wester , Groat N. of Scotlnd, Great Northern 'Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.; Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Gum. Stk [rish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksh. Do., Wet. Riding Un LIT. Ors4.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn Do. Fifths Do.lol. Do. Eighths. . London and S. Westn. Do., £5 Do., £4O Lndndrry& Colerai n Lndndrry. & Ennisk Niancb.Shef. Do., Man. & Lin. Un Di e trop olitan Midland , Do. Birmng. & Derb) kfidld. G. West. (Ira, Do. Half Shares . Newcastle & Carlisle . Nwpt.Aborg. &Hrti Newry . &Enniskillei I tiewry Warronpoin' and Rostrovor .. . Norfolk Northn.Conntios Un North British ........ Nth Devon Rai!. & Dock Stock Do A gtock . DO.; B Stock Do., B Guarantee , N. sstern—Berwle+ Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N. E. 'Enroll Do. Leeds Do. York North London N • &S. Wstrn. H amp stead, and City Jn North Staffotdshire North Western...— Y. & S. West rn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester.. Ox, Wore., & Wolv. Portsraouth ikottish Co utral ... I Seottish Midland Shropshiro Ur i )n South Devon .1 South Eastern South Wales S. Yrk sh. 4 Riv. Dn Do Staines, WOE.. &Firol= Stockton & Darn 'Stockton 4 Hartlop" Taff Vale I Do. Pref., No. 1 ITharnes Hay. D.& R. triverstono & Lanos Vale of Noath p Waterfd. Kllkenns Waterford& Liroof West Cornwall West End of Londol and Crystal Palms. Do. A Wost London__ I Wimblpdn & Croydor Closing Prices yesterday zt 28 '4l - ••• - ...." .. 8i 9 17 -18 j , 15i -- lc 12i 7 13 90 - 92 60-1 - 61 16 - 17 ••• '''.. NO 17 - 18 10 - 101 31 - 38 24 - 26 - 78 61 - 63 29 - 30 88 - 92 6i - 74 94 - 95 78 - .80 23 - 125 ,04 - 106 641 -64 J 70 = Zp 6 - 7 881 4- 88 j 74 73 103 101 1014— 1011 par p par 4 p - 4 943 956. • A .• •••‘, Imo '''''' ... 28 : 29 74k- 74i 43 - 45 ••• ...... ... 14 16 53 - 55 34 - 34 35 •• .. 78 - 79 6 5 3 / 4 .. 3. - 3 15i -16 i 56 3 / 4 .- 57 3 / 4 88 - 92 61 - 6 6 - 63 101 - 103 273 - 28 74 - 76 47 - 49 15 -15 i 72 - 73 j 71 - 73 4 - 2 1 li - 37 ••, •• -- ~ l9i -: 24 5j - 6 1 6j - 7 - •••ip Business done this day. JOINT-STOOK BANKS. A 0 all A.natralasia 96 -- 98 7 25 5 Bank of Egypt - - 14 6i 100 50 Bank of London 40 all Bri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C. ..„ 50 all British. N. American • 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 20 4 (natl. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China ..4 100 50 City — e 6 100 25 Colonial •••, •- 100 20 Commercial of Loud 20 all Eng.ScotAtius.Cht l6 let 20 all Loud. Mot Bk. 01 Australia l6i 17 17i 20 5 Ditto New . . '5O 20 fendon and 10( 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkg.Corp par 2p 50 10 London Joint Stock • 100 10 London and Paris 3] - 234 100 20 bond. & Westminsto , 4T 100 35 National Pro.of Eng ... 20 10 Do. New 60 223 National of Ireland 20 all New South Wales., 4O 42 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 42i 43i' 20 5 Ottoman Bank 100 50 Royal British ••• 25 all Muth Australia 25 all Union f Australia.. 70 - 72 Do. New" 7i B 50 1') Union of London " 2T 10 30 Wootorn 13k of Lou' 3 g 2d THE SrIN. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 12. 1856. LINRB • A.d FIXED N' VA LS. tools to work it. Ins other places the earth could be thrown up to make earthworks for the protection of the cattle. Shelter, under the direction of a railway con tractor, and proper materials, could have been provided at the rate of two men per horse, in two days. There were many places in the plateau, near Lord Rag lan's, where sites might have been selected where the regiments might have been well sheltered. He had seen for weeks together, wretched looking ani mals knee deep in mud, with no nose bag, and the forage thrown on tile mud, nine-tenths of which was trod den into the mud before they could eat it. If there had been an abundance of sail cloth, and other materials, 100 horses, allowing two men to a horse, might have been sheltered in a week. Our army did not appear to have paid that attention to the sheltering of the horses as the French did, and the Sardinians, the first moment they arrived in the country. He , could only speak as a civilian, and not as a military man before the enemy, but he considered that no railway con tractor with materials at band would have lost one twentieth the Amber of the horses that we lost, and from the same causes. Lvidn. Cowan, Ctostnr r , 11.• yesteris . Badness this lay. Lord Lucan—Did you see any of the cavalry horses of our allies under cover ? Mr. Rawlingson—l am not aware that I did. I might have seen them, but I paid no attention to them. Lord. Lucan—When the Sardinian army came into the field, had they any field duties to perform, and at what period of the year did they arrive in the Crimea I Mr. Rawlingson—l cannot remember the period of the year when they arrived in the Crimea, nor can I say anything about their field duties. In reply to another question from Lord Lucan the witness said that his remarks, as to the state and condi tion of the horses, had no reference to the manner in which the horses had been fed. He meant by compar ing the leslcs of a railway contractor to refer to the ex posure of horses to wet and cold. Mr. Bracebridge, who had been engaged in the Crimea, entered into a detailed stltement of the quan. tity of spare sails there was on board the ships in the harbour of Balaklava, and said he wag of opinion that had the sails been laid over the horses' backs during the bad weather, the mortality amongst them would have been less, and also that linseed at ss. per bushel could hive been procured at Constantinople for mixing with the 'Arley given to the horses, so as to have increased the forage supplies. S:r R. Airey, Quartermaster-General, was then called and examined by Col. Tulloch. He said that orders were issued on the Bth November to Lord Lucan to provide shelter, which was renewed on the 12th. There were but few available men in a cavalry regiment when in the field for such work as that. The site of the cavalry camp bad not' then been decided on, althongh there was reason to believe at the time that where they were then stationed would have been the site of the permanent camp. It was his duty to know, and he did know, the army was deficient of the necessary quality of trenching tools. They were engaged in breaking up the ground, and in operations of great magnitude. The regulations allow but five pickaxes to a whole regiment. He had issued as many as 46 to each battalion of the army in the course of five or six weeks. The tools were notoriously bad. The Court adjourned at 4 o'clock. London & N. 'West L. &N. W. Qaledon, E. tin. h R. C Nrthn. E. Count. Caldonian Qt. Row Yk. Now. & Borw. Y. &NM Do Do S. Easter , Do Peto At Co. Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midld. Stekton & Darlingt. :n. Conn. E. Count. D 0... Do L. & N.W Do Gt North n (A/wash &I Yorksh. T. &assay . M. 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TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 110 to 100 agst Yellow Jack (taken) sto 1 apt Porto Rice (taken) Bto 1 agst Fly-by Night DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Cannobie THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY. (This Day.) The Board of general officers resumed their sittings this morning at the usual hour, at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. The examination of CA. Lowe by Col. Tulloch was continued.—He considered it perfectly possible, seeing that shelter would be required for the horses, that can vass, &c., might have been obtained a month earlier than the period when the huts were erected, and would have been a wise precaution. When his men had tools and materials they showed much ingenuity in providing shelter for the horses. The number of available men for the work during December varied from Ito 20. In the beginning of December it bad not been decided where the camp should be situated, but he was unable to say when it was decided on. The horses were shifted every opportunity the ground admit ted of. The want of men and the transport of material re tarded the progress of the work more than the want of tools. He was unable to say that carpenters might have been obtained from the shipping at Balaklava to supply the want of men to erect the stabling. His stabling was completed about the end of Feb. or the beginning of March. He was unable to say now how many horses he had alive in November, but when his stables were completed he bad but 39 horses alive. He gave a re turn in the Crimea, and he should think the namber alive in November was from 130 to 150 ; his was the last stabling completed front want of wood. Colonel Tulloch then proceeded to put to the witneFis a question similar to that which had been put to the pre vious witnesses he had called in reference to the para graph in the report relative to the want of promptitude or ingenuity in providing shelter for the horses, the same as that adopted by the Sappers and Miners at Bala klava. Lord Lucan objected to the question. It was not only a leading question, but it was particularly calling half a•dozen selected witnesses to over-ride the Court in giving their opinion on the whole matter. Ultimately the question was put. Col. Lowe said, in reply, that he had never seen the horses of tie Sappers and Miners at Balaklava, and he declined expressing any opinion on it, not having con sidered it in relation to the paragraph quoted. Col. Tulloch put the question to the witness again, on which Lord Lucan objected, saying the witness had answered it twice. The witness retired, Lord Lucan hating declined to cross-examine him then. By tho Judge•Advocate-General—Did Lord LU'All Frequently visit your camp ? Col. Lowe—Yes. Judge-Advocate-General—What passed on those cc. (melons ? Col. Lowe—He made inquiries relati►e to the state of the officers, men, and horses, and he examined the work that had been done. Tke witness then retired. General Beatson, Commander of the Bashi-Bazouke, was next called and examined by Col. Tulloch. He said that he landed in the Crimea about the let October, with General Scarlett's heavy brigade, and remained there till the end of November. The horses from the time they landed to the time ho left the Crimea were in a very bad state. He did not think it was practicable to place the horses under temporary shelter on the plateau near Lor 1 Itaglan'e quarters, from the uncer tainty there was of their remaining there. Lord Lucan and General Scariett wished to remove the cavalry to a better spot about three hundred yards in the roar, but it was not done. It was owing to that uncertainty that the reason why the horses were not earlier got under shelter was attributable. The best description of shelter must depend on the nature of the materiels at hand. Digging trenches and throwing up earth around the horses, he was unable to say whether such were practicable in the Crimea. He saw none whilst ho was there. It was the practice of the Bashi Bazouks, when in a country where there was wood, to construct temporary shelter with the branches of trees, but, of course, could not construct any where there were no trees. It was not desirable to expose English horses for so long a time, and in such weather as that referred to. He Lad heard the description f the state of the horses from wet, mud, and frost, and be thought the same objection was applicable to the cavalry not digging trenches, from the uncertainty of their remaining where they were, and the laborious nature of the work re quiring a good supply of tools. Ho certainly would not, have placed his own horses under canvass on the pla teau, because the first gale of wind might have blown the canvass off, and the horses have been injured thereby more than if they had stood in the open air. By Lord Lucan—lle left the camp shortly after the storm of the 14th November. No officer to his know ledge placed his own horses under canvass on the plateau; it would not have been judicious to have hutted the horses on the plateau. Lord Lucan—On the part of the heavy brigade with which you most lived in the Crimea, was there any want of prowptitude shown in praviding shelter for the horses ? Gen. Beatson—l think every officer was anxious to take all possible care of the horses. Lord Lucan—To what do ysu attribute thg bad con• dition of the horses on landing in the Crimea ? General Beatson—l attribute it to the want of proper arrangement being made for the foraging' of the cavalry before they left Varna. Colonel Griffiths was recalled—On the 3d December, when at Kadikoi, his horses were, generally speaking, in - pretty good order. There were some -very weak. The horses stood at their . picquets till about the 8d of Jan. before any of them were under cover. No orders were given to shelter them till the 16th Dec., and the delay that occurred after that was from want of men - and tools. The number of available men employed in providing shelter depended on the amount of cooimis•.. sariat duty required of them. On an average they were from 70 to 75. men. He thought sail cloth . covering and spars, if both had been there, could have been put up for shelter in four days. In December he lost 28 horses, and in January 51 hones, and at the end of January he bad only about one-third of the horses that left England alive. He suggested to General Scarlett that application should be made for carpenters on board the fleet in Balaklava harbour. All he could say was, that he didn't get them. He thought that, under the circumstances, the cavalry did their best in providing temporary shelter for their horses ; but should they be called on for another cam. paign, no doubt they would improve on their past expe rience. When he was at Balaklava he saw a canvas covered stable, but he took no notice of it. He never went into it, nor made any inquiries about it, and it was only when he saw the Commissioners' report that ho was aware the stables belonged to the Sappers and Miners, The Sappers and Miners situated at Balaklava bad greater facilities (and the men were much less worked than the cavalry) for erecting temporary shelter th an the cavalry had at Kadikoi. - Major Thompson WM recalled and examined by the Judge-Advocate-General relative to his former statement of digging a drain for his horses, and he was asked to explain how it was the mortality amongst' his horses after that was greater than in other regiments. The witness said he could only account for it from the sth Dragoons bavitg a larger number of horses and fewer men to look after them than any other regiment in the Crimea. Having explained some other points, Mr.lßobert Rawlingson—Was engineering member of the commission, and was so employed from April to . July. He was wounded in June. He had made him self acquainted with the geological formation of the Crimea, and, speaking as a civilian, if he had had fifty men at his command with appropriate tools he should have found no difficulty in providing temporary shelter for the horses in any part of the Crimea. No one could conceive, without experience, the effect the weather, had on the ground, transforming' it - into a thick mud in a very short space of time. That part of the country near Mahon, in Yorkshire, and down to the sea, very much resembled Kadekri, other parts partook of the oolite formation, and required MAREET NEWS.—(Thus Day.) COVENT GARDEN. We were but moderately supplied with fruit and vege tables. Generally speaking, the demand ruled steady, at full prices. FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 8s to 12a per lb ; colonial do., Os to Os each •, hot-house grapes,' 20s to 30s 04 per lb ; foreign ditto, Od to Os ; melons, 2s 04 to 3a 64 each; peaches, 2s Od to 6s ;- nectarines, is 6d to 4s per dozen ; apples,, 2s 04 to 3s 04 per half sieve ; pears, 3s 04 to 6s' per dozen ; plume Os to Os per sieve ; green gages, Os per punnet; apricots, 1;6(.1 to ris Od per doz.; common plums, Os Od to Os Od per sieve; cherries, Od to osl per pound ; lemons, 8d to is 6d per doz ; oranges, 6s to 12s per 100 ; fil berts, Os , to Os per doz. lbs ; cobnuts, 12s to 15s ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to Od per 100; figs, Os 94 to ls 6d per doz ; strawberries, Od to Od per pottle ; goose berries, Os Od to Os Od per half sieve '• currants, Os Od Os Od per half sieve ; rasplysrries, Od to 04 per pottle. , VEGETABLES.—GreetI, is 64 to 31 Od per doz. bunches; cabbages, Is to 2s al per dozen • Savoy ditto, i s t o 2s 04 per do. ; brocoli, is 6d to 2s per bundle ; potatoes, OF to 90s per ton ; vegetable marrow,Od to Os per doz. ; peas, Os to Os Od per bushel ; French beans, 2s Od to 3s Od per 100 ; turnips, 3d to 44 per bunch ; carrots, 54 to 6d per bunch ; cucumbers, 2s 04 to 4s 04 each ; garlic, 6d to Os 84 per pound ; spinach, 3s Od to 45 04 per sieve ; old onions, 2s 64 to 4s per bushel ; new ditto, 34 to 4d per bunch ; leeks, 24 to 3d per bunch ; shallots, 84 to 104 ; horse-raddish, 2s Od to 4s per bundle ; parsley, 34 to 44 per bunch ; celery, Os 94 to is 6d per butch ; endive, is 6d to 4s Od per score ; beet, is Od to 2F. per doz. ' • parsnips, Os 64 to is Od per dozen ; small salad, 2d to 33 per punnet; mushrooms, is 04 to is 64 per pottle; artichokes, is 3d to Is 6d per half sieve; cabbage let tuces, 641 to is 03 per score; sorrel, Od to Os per half sieve , radishes, 0.3 to Os Od per dozen hands • tomatoes, 3s to 4s per half sieve ; chillies, is to la 6d per 100; Brussels sprouts, 2s Od to 3s Od per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2s Per 100 ; walnuts pickling, 0.1 to Os per 100 . ; cauliflowers, ls, to 4s Od per doz. ; rhubarb, 64 to is Od per b un dl e ; asparagus, 3s to lOs perloo ;sea kail, is to N 64 per punnet. GENERAL SCREW STEAM-SHIPPING COMPANY. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. An extraordinary general meeting of the above corn- HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY). pithy was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, Raikes ROYAL COMMISSION, Currie, Esq., in the chair, for the purpose of confirming, ' The Royal assent wes given by commission to the or otherwise, certain bye-laws passed a t th e genera l ollewing bills: —Commons. leclosure, Turnpike Trusts meeting held on the 20th of February last; also to re- Arrangement,Delamere Forest, Secretary to the Poor Law calve a report from the directors of their having sold Commission (rreland), Trial of Offenders, Out Pensio ners . eight of the company's ships ;to take instructions as to The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor. the course to be adopted as to the future of the company; the Marquis of Breadalbane, and Lord Stanley of and upon the late negotiations with the Board of Trade AlderleY• for a supplemental charter. The following were the ; The Bishop of EXETER said he bad the honour bye-laws : to introduce a bill on the same subject as the "First—That the Gth clause of th e secon d supp l ementa l Church Disciplin e Bill now before their lord deed be revoked, and that in future all cheques upon the ships. His bill was founded on the report of the bankers of the company may be signed by two directors, select cemmittee of 1841, and which resulted in a bill en " Second—That the 66th clause of the original deed of regulate proceedings in cases of clerks in holy orders settlement be altered by omitting the following words, who had offended against morality. He thought they vie the then. d on ne eac of the funded gav eand all other property of a second reading to the Church. Discipline Bill. the company, which shall be estimated, not at the cost, The bill was then read a first time. but at or about, and in no case exceeding, the market DIVORCE BILL. value thereof.' "Third—That the f u tur e qua lifi ca ti on f or eac h di rec t or The LORD CHANCELLOR move d th e fi rst readies of this company shall he, his being a holder of 100 shares of a bill to regulate the Law of Divorce in matrimonial in the company, notwithstanding any change that may eases. The bill was f rame d i n accor d ance w i t h the re take place in the a m oun t i n fi gures f or th e ti me b e i ng of commendations of the Commission which bad Pat upon each share of the company." the subject two or three years ago. These were confirmed after some observations. The Bishop of EXETER asked the hon. and learned The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the day, lord whether he would have any objection to take his at some length entered upon a matter which he said bill with the Divorce Bill and the Church Discipline might appear at first - sight ae merely personal to himself, Bill on the same day but it was not so. Having alluded to the circumstances The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he could not under which he reluctantly took the chair of the board, understand the right rev, prolate's reason for putting his he stated that he had received a letter the other day question. He was sorry be could not assent to the pro• from a gentleman, whose came be need not give, be. ceeding without further consideration. cause he had made him (Mr. ('urrie) a very ampl„po. The bill was then read a first time. logy for the imputation which he had cast upon him. The Bishop of EXETER, named the 25th inat. as the The writer reminded Mr. Currie that a short time be- day on which he wculd take the second reading of his fore the last meeting he had transferred into hie name bill -100 shares of the company--that he had bought The Bishop of BANGOR then rose to ask the inters. them in consequence of the report of the company Lion of the Government respecting the Church Discipline having disposed of eight vessels for 500,0001. ; but Bill, which he described as mischievous, uncalled for, that when be found Mr. Currie had reduced his in- and visionary. terest he naturally felt some anxiety, and he felt more The LORD CHANCELLOR expressed his regret at strongly when Mr. Currie did not impart to the meet- being obliged to differ in foto cede upon this subject ing anything as to the sale. The writer wished to know from the right rev, prelate. It was his intention to move whether Mr. Currie had parted with any of his shares, the second reading of the bill on an early day, believing To this Mr. Currie replied that he was much tempted to that it was a most useful measure, and was imperatively confine his reply to a peremptory and i n di gnan t d en i a l, called for. but he added that he had never bought or sold a single The Bishop of BANGOR again urged his objections share in the General S crew St eam -Shippi ng C ompany ; to the bill. that he originally paid 5,0061. for 220 shares, which he The ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY also ad now held. He had never held any less or more, neither dressed their lordships, but in a tone that was quite in. had any relation or connexion of his, under any advice audible in the gallery. or opinion given by him. The case was this, that a A short conversation took place between the Bishop large debt being due from a Mr. —, who held of Exeter, the Lord Chancellor, and Lord Redeedale, shares in connection with another party, these shares which was also quite inaudible, and at its termination were transferred as a partial security to him as chair- their lordships adjourned. man of the company, and Mr. Hoggins, the broker, and these shares were gradually realised towards the liquidation of the debt, these sales being made without any interference or cognisance on his (Mr. Currie's) part ; yet that it was on the transfer of these shares into joint names, too, that the writer accused him, as chairman, of such gross misconduct. He therefore desired the writer to make him an im mediate and ample apology. In the gentleman's re ply, which conveyed the most "feeling and handsome apology," be glanced at the conventional morality of boards of directors and chairmen. Mr. Currie then al luded to the lax tone in these matters which too fre quently pervaded commercial men of the present day ; and here he was reminded of what his friend Sydney Smith had so well said—" Oh, drab coloured men of Pennsylvania, it is not for g in-sling and eherry-cobbler alone that man is to li v e ; but for those great principles against which no argument is to be listened to—princi ples above cash, superior to cotton, higher than cur rency; principles without which it is better to die than to live, and which every servant of God, over every sea and in all lands, should cherish ` unite ad abdita Bpira menta anima.'" With reference to the negotiations with the Board of Trade on the subject of a supplemental charter, it would be remembered that the board had made a return of 31. and 21. per share. The Board of Trade, who had treated them with great fairness, objected to the return of 31. per share, and through their auditors declared the reduction in the one case should have been 21. This did not injure the position of the company. The money returned would, therefore, be 41., leaving the shares at 161., and they would have to wait only till the completion of the charter when the money would be returned. In the meantime the money was yielding them 51 s per cent. He had now to report the sale of eight of their ships for 500,0001., and that a deposit of 25,000/. had been paid in cash, and was lodged at inte rest to the present moment. The articles of the agreement between the contracting parties having been read, a resolution was passed, ap proving of the sale and confirming the same. In reference to the course to be adopted as to the future of the company, after a long discussion a resolu tion was carried to the following effect :—" That the cour,e to be adopted with reference to the future of this company, be left entirely in the hands of the directors, with full powers to take such steps as, in their discre tion, may seem best calculated to promote the interests of the proprietors." A vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman, the meeting then separated. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, April 12.—Wind this day at noon, S. ; moderato breezo and fine. The American ship Congress, arrived off Dover yester .lay, from New York, reports that, on the 30th of March, in lat. 41. long. 48., sho fi•1l in with the Boomerang, of and for Liverpool, with loss of fore and mainmasts and rudder 'wad, and with seven feet water iu the hold ; sho rescued from the wreck the mate, carpenter, and threo seamen. ]fem.—This completes the rescue of tho entire crew. PORTSMOUTH, April 11.—Wind W. to W.S.W.L-Ar rived—H.M.S.'s Exmouth and Conqueror, from Devon port. FALMOUTH, April 10.—Wind S.W., strong breens.— Xrrivod—Agrieola, from Moulmein, for the Clyde; Ores tes, Laguna. Off the port —Amst.irdatn, from. Batavia, for Amsterdam. COWES, April 11.—Wind S. to S.W.—Arrived—Gottin cr,er, from Batavia ; F. E. Schutt, Guayaquil ; Claudia, Buenos Ayres, all for HambuT. RAMSGITE, April 11.—Wind W. by S. to S.W.—Ar rived—W;Aterlily, from Newport, for Harburg„ assisted in leaky. MONTROSE, April 11.—Wind E.—Sailed—Emigrant, for Quebec ; Mars, Quebec and Grangemouth. SHIELDS, April 11.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Anna, for Singapore. SUNDERLAND, April 11.—Wind and Thornoy Close, for Quebec. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. ROCHESTER ELECTION COMMITTEE. Mr. INGHAM appeared at the bar and reported to the house that Mr. W. Martin had been duly returned for the borough of Rochester, the petitioners baring aban doned their charges of bribery against the sitting member. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. Mr. BOWYER moved for a statement of the accounts in the Audit.office, showing to what date examined or finally audited ; and the reason for the delay, if any, la the audit of accounts in arrear.—Agreed to. (r rat ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Emily, from Cardiff; Trent, steam transport, Portsmouth. Sailed—Tradesman, for London ; Carlianda and La Poole, Cherbourg. ST. JAMES'S PARK. Mr. L. DAVIES asked the Chief Commissioner of Public Works, whether he intended to carry out the plan suggested by the committee for opening the com munication from St. James's Park to Waterloo Place ; and whet* the recommendation of the committee, that the Duke of York's Monume n t s h ou ld b e removed, had been fully considered by the Government ? Sir B. HALL said he should be prepared next week to state how much of the report the Government in tended to adopt. As great objection existed to the removal of the York Column ; he had measured the ground on either side of the column, and he found that the carriage-road into the park at that point might be effected without disturbing the column. The house should be fully informed upon this subject before anything definite was done. Mr. MACARTNEY asked the First Commissioner of Public Works whether Vie attention of the Government bad been, or would be, directed to the advantage of opening a carnage way from Queen's-square through the present mates into the Birdcage-walk, in connection with the other improvements in St. James's•park ? Sir B. HALL said the opening of a carriage way at hat point did not rest with the Government. OXFORD UNIVERSITY COMMISSION. In reply to the question of an HON. MEMBER, Mr. WALPOLE stated that the papers appended to the report had been printed by mistake. They ought not to have been attached to the report. PUBLIC BUSINESS. Viscount PALMERSTON moved that upon Thure• day the 29th day of May next, and on every succeeding Thursday during the present sessio n , G overnment orders of the day shall have precedence. The noble lord hoped the precedents of former years would be followed, as great convenience had resulted therefrom. The motion was agreed to. WORKING ON SUNDAYS. Captain STUART asked the Clerk of the Ordnance whether it was the fact that the operatives in the Raynl dockyards and arsenal at Woolwich still continued to be employed on Sunday ; and whether the responsibility of commanding such employment rested with the heads of departments at Woolwich, or with the authorities of the War-offi c e ? Mr. MONSELL said, with respect to the dockyard ho could give him no information, but with respect to the arsenal, it was not the practice habitually to employ labourers on Sunday. On one or two occesions, owing to accidental circuu:stancep, some persons had been em ployed in the carriacm department, but that was all. S;r C. WOOD laid it was not true that work was permitted to be done in Wocslwich Dockyard on Sunilaya. Mr. 11ORSFALL asked the First Lord of the Ad miralty what were the eireurnAanceß which led to the employment of a large ntimber of workmen in the Dock yard at Portsmouth on Sunday last, and whether he would give directions for the discontinuance of such a procedure for the future? Sir C. WOOD said that in order to enable certain work to be completed, which was cf great importance, the workmen ha I been allowed to assist the contractors, but such a proceeding would not again be allowed. BRIBERY. Mr. OLIVEIRA. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the intention of her Majesty'i Government. to renew the act 17 and 13 Vic., c. 101, relating t.) bribery, which would expire at the end of the present session ? Sir G. GREY said it was the intention of Go►ern• meta to renew the act. METROPOLITAN LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT LIVERPOOL, Saturday Mc.rning. Wind W. Arrived—America, from Bombay; Everton, Bahia; Ellen, Demerara; Livingstone, Apalachicola. QUEENSTOWN, April 10. Wind W.S.W. Arrived—Sarah Jane, from Mazagan ; Elizabeth, Rio Grande; Indian Queen, Barbadoe,. AMENDMENT RILL. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked at what hour it was in tended to bring on this bill ? Sir B. HALL said the Attorney• General meant to move for leave to withdraw the bill. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE sail that was not an answer to his question. He wanted to know at what hour the bill would be brought in, as he intended to show up the inf,►mous conduct of the Board with respect to this matter. (Laughter.) The ATTORNEY.GENERAL said he merely meant to move to discharge the order. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE—At what hour ? Not after 12° (Laughter.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—No. Not if it is inconvenient to the hnn. member. ROYAL ASSENT. (FT SUBIAARINB AND BRITISH TRLEGRAPII.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.50 n.m. Wind W. ; tido 4 hours' ebb, fine. Arrived, April 11—Minto, from Lagos, Arrived, April 12—Emilie, from Fohr ; Zephyr, Grave lines : Mary, Memel ; Matilda, Guernsey. Sailed—Teaser, for Cape Palmas ; Skerrymoro, Algoa Bay. DEAL, Saturday, 9.20 a.m. _ . Wind W.S.W., strong. - Anchored—Her Maje4y's pin-boats Nos. 14, 33, and 41, from the River, for Portsmouth ; Slater Rebovr, St. Michael's, orders ; 'mil, Madras, London ; Margaret Mit- Samarang, Amsterdam. Passed—Castilian Maid ship, from Westward, for London. Sir A. CLIFFORD, the Usher of the Black Rod, ap- peared at the bar of the house and summoned the Speaker and the house to the House of Lords to hear the Royal assent given by commission to several bills, for which see Lords' report. NEWGATE AND LE&DENIIILL. Turkeys, is 61. to Si 61 ; Goslings, 6s 6d to 8s 01 each ; Ducks, 33 Od to 4s 0(1 ; wild do., Os Od to Os to 01 ; rab bits; is to is . 6d such ; Pigeons, 6d to 8d each ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os O 1; middling, 2s to 3s Od ; Chickens, is 9d to 2s 6d ; Capons, 3e 6d to 4s 6d ; Hares, 3s 01 to 4s 0.1 ; Grouse, Os 1:/(1 to (is to Od each ; Pheassnts, Os 0,1 to Os Od ; Paktridges, Os al to Os to Od ; Guinea Fowls, 3s 01 to 3s 6d ; Roasting pigs, 0.3 Od to 03 Od each. Ostend fresh butter, 12s Od to 13s Od, and English 12s Od to 16s 01 per dozen lbs. English eggs, 9s to 1030 d ; French do., 5s Od to 7s Od per 120. NE W PORT. B , ,ef, from 2s 10,1 to 4301 ; mutton, 330 d to 43 4d ; lamb, 5s 4(1 to 6s 4d ; veal, 43 Od to 5s 01; pork, 3s 2d to 4s 8d per 81b3 , by the carnage. WriITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 8d to. 4s Ott ; mutton, 2s 101 to 4s 2d ; lamb, 43 01 to 6s 2d; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; pork, 3s 2d to 48 61 per Sibs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s Gd to 203 ; Brills, 3s Od to 10s each ; Salmon, 2s ad to 3s 6d per lb ; Cod Fish, 3s Od to 7s each ; Soles, 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; Eels, 6d to Os per lb; Lobster s , O s 6,1 to 2s 6d; Crabs, fid to 3s Od ' • Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per d oz . ; Common Oysters, 16s to 20s ' • Natives, 48s to 50 3 per b a h ; Mackerel, 10s to —s per 100 ; Smelts, Os Gd to 3s 6,1 per doz. ; Skate, 6d to Oil per lb; Shrimps, i s 6d to 2s 6(1 per gallon Bloaters 5s 03 to 81 01 per 100 ' • Fresh Herring s , G s 01 to Os per 100; Scotch do., 01; Sprats, Os Oil to Os Oa per bushel ; Doreys, is to 5s each ; Haddocks, 4s to 12s per doz. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, Od per lb ; i rawns, 3s Od to ls; Mullets, Gd to 2s Gd each ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut, 61 per lb ; Flounders, is 61 to Oa Od per doz. ; salt fish, 2d to 8d per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheate❑ bread in the metropolis are from Sid to 10d; of household ditto, 8d to 9d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3/d to Od ; 641 b to 721 b, to 4d; 721 b to 801 b, 4,1 to oa ; 801 b to Bilb, 44 to 4}(l ; 881 b to 931 b, 4fd to 4id ; 96113 to 1041 b, 43d to 41,1; 1041 b to 1121 b —d to —d ; upwards, —d to —d ; Horse hides, 6s Od to Oa Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 01 to 33 Od ; ditto, full, 6s 64 to Oa Od ; Polled Sheep, 8s Od to 9s 6d ; Rents, 7s Od to 8s 6d ; Half-breds, 7s Od to 8s 6d ; Downs, 5s 9d to 7s Od Sheorlings, is ld to is 2d; Lambs, 2s 6d to 3s 9d. HAY MARKETS. SMITNIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 41 4s to 51 15s ; clover do., 41 10s to 6/ 15s ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 8s por load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CIJUBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 41 5s to 51 15s; clover do., 41 lOs to 6' 12s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9s per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at late rates. WHITF:CIIIPEL.—Meadow hay, 4/ Os to 51 14s ; clover do., 41 83 to 61 15s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 8s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. Tin LONDON liosrmt.—The 116th anniversary fes- tival of this noble institution was held on Thursday evening last at the. London Tavern—his Royal High- ness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., in the chair. The total amount contributed was announced as 2,2001. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A Gutr, AGED ONLY FOUR TEEN.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. William Carter, coroner for East Surrey, held an inquest in the board room of Newington Workhouse, Walworth-common, on the body of Martha Leach, aged 14, who was found drowned on Wednesday last. .The jury returned a verdict of tem porary insanity. A naeeting of :the committee of the governors of the Wellington College was held yesterday morning at the new Palace of Westminster, to make arrangements for the ceremony of laying the first stone of the college by the Queen on the 3d of May. Present—the Earl of Derby (chairman), the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, the Rev. G. R. Gleig, and Mr. Cox. MINING INTELLIGENCE.—The Mining Share Market continues in a dull and depressed state, with but little business doing, and' with a preponderance of sellers. Many dividend mines show a downward tendency. Bassets, notwithstanding the important discovery of the new north lode, have receded from 410 to 370 ; Buller, EGO to 570; South Frances, 335 to 340.-3 fining Jour nal of this day. FiriEs. , —On Thursday morning a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. W. H. Blackmore, cotton and waste manufacturer, Harris's-yard, near Whitechapel Church. There was a good supply of water from the mains of the East London Company, but the flames could not be subdued until the warehouse was burnt out and the roof destroyed. The engine-house was also much injured, with the kilns and stabling adjacent. The buildings were insured in the Sun office, but the contents were not insured. A fire also occurred on the premises of Mr. John Wilson oil, colour, and Italian wareh ouseman, 43, Strutton-gronnd, Westminster. The front and back shops, the fixtures, and the, back rooms on the first, and second floors, were seriously burned, and the rest of the premises and.their contents much damaged by water and smoke. Th - eloss is - covered by insurances in the Royal Exchange and Wotan 3 irk: i i , all all LOO all , Aberdeen no. N 0.2, 7 p Do. Debentures Myth and Tyne 10pe a. pref. (issd.9tsol & Ex. 4 p. e. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Ches. & Ho. Gn. 5i pc Do, do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Gork (kßandonsip.c Dnn.Prth Aber. J. Z. Anglian CI e. ASh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7p. c. Ras. Co. Ea, spc No. 1 Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. o. St Last Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent.. Past Lancash. 6 p.cts 14 1. W. York. J. 50.1 • & Gi. 5 p.c. bh. • Prth.&Dun.4p.c Purnem Glas. & S. W. G. 5 p. c Groat Northn. 6 p. 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Wiltoktlomrst PREFE' all all 103 1100 100 all 100 100 100 'ES. 63 I 976} ad Pm Pm 1161 16 107 1924 SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 11. STOOK EXOLIANGE.—Tho market has been dull to-day, and prices slightly lower than yesterday. Great Southern and Western, 521—London and North-Western, 1011. 1 —Ditto, ono fifths, 3s. 9d. p.— Ditto, quarters, Is. 3d. p. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 29—Midlands, 741 1 s—North Eastern, Berwick, 19.16.3. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 88i—Ditto, 161. F, 1 d.—South Eastern, 21i I—Great Western of Canada, 26—Dutch Rhenish, 1:1 pm.—Luxembourg constituted, 61 d.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 161—Great Western of Canada, new, 3 p. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 11. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—This market was doing a very fair business to-day, and prices were steady. Midlands were done at 744—Stratford Canals, 26—Shropshire Banks, 41. 3s. 9d.—Crystal Palace, 2/. 16s. 3d.—London and North Westerns closed at 1011. il STATE OF TRADE.—MANCIESTER , Apr 10.—The market continues firm, with a moderate business. the sellers of both yarn and cloth ar e mostl y witho ut stock in the principal goods require d, and, having e x t ens i ve orders for borne demand and for I n dia and China, de cline to take new engagements except at an a d vance. Buyers hesitate to g i v e higher prices, b u t st ill the tend ency is upwards. The position of producers is much bet ter than for some time past. PROPOSED NEW VERSION OP THE BlBLE.—There are now three petitions, signed by 100 persons, for a new version of the Bible. Some of the petitioners, who are well acquainted with the original languages, are of opinion that the authorised version of the Scriptures is "not so free from faults as the translation of such a book ought to be." They also point to the far greater num ber of MSS. now accessible to translators, by which many existing passages are proved to be spurious, and urge that "to require that anything should be regarded as the Word of God which numbers of sound scholars and excellent men have pronounced a forgery is un worthy of a Defender of the Faith." All these petitions were presented by Mr. Heywood, M.P. THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—This society is forced, owing to the unsatisfactory state of its finances, to ap peal to the public. The following circular to the mem hers will explain the position of the society :—" I am directed by the council to inform you that at the special general meeting of this corporation, held on Monday, March $l, the following resolution was moved by the Right Hon. Marl Grey, seconded by Mr. John Evelyn Denison, M.P., and carried unanimously That the council be authorised to terminate the tenancy of the garden at Chiswick as soon as the lease will permit, and ' that the property therein be sold, unless such a sum as the council may require for maintaining the garden shall have been subscribed before May I.' 5,0001. is the sum required." PENTONVILLE PRISON. M. BOWYER asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department a question relative to the regulations Pentonville Pi ison, touching the access of ministers of religion to prisoners not members of the Esta blished Church. The subject was one that net only affected Roman Catholic priests, but the ministers of all religions, and what be complained most of was the refusal of the Secretary of State to admit a Roman Catholic priest to the above prison, on the ground that it would be contrary to t he 4 th George It., chap. 64, to admit such m inisters of r e li g i on without the irisoner to hav e a m i n i ster of his own administer religio us consolation to him, but he r r e e l q i g u ieosnt to o f aL a hni i contended there were no such restrictions in the act, an d such a regulation was contrary to the religious ri g ht s and liberties of the people. If he found the law really was as had been stated, he should bring in a bill to remedy of visiting th ese that grievance. Th ese m i nisters ought to have the power prisons at all times, and without the restrictions complained of. Mr. A. PELLATT said that these regulations were Considered a grievance by Dissenters generally. Sir G. GREY said he was desirous of giving every liberty to Dissenting ministers to visit Government prisons that he could, but that, under the present law, it was necessary a person should express a wish to see a Dissenting minister before he:could be admitted. In the case referred to he had gone as far as the law would allow him, but he could not go to the entire length the hor. and learned member wished him. ARMY CHAPLAINS . Sir De L. EVANS drew attention to the service of the chaplains of the army in this war, and asked the First Lord of the Treasury what recognition, if any, might be hoped for in respect of these services! Lord PALMERSTON, after paying a high ettlogium on the manner in which the ministers of the Protestant, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic religions had discharged their duties in the East whe ther in the discharge of their ordinary duties, or in ministering to the sick in the hospitals and the wounded on the battle-field, said the Government hoped to have an opportunity of rewarding those meritorious men hereafter. Mr. S. HERBERT bore testimony to the zealous and efficient services the Army Chaplains in the East had rendered, and mentioned that four young men of the Established Church and four of the Romish Church had perished there from disease and over- exertion, and suggested that the chaplains of the army mightbe rewarded w i t h d ecora ti ons sim il ar to the Commissariat, as was done in foreign countries ; and, in addition, that they should be rewarded by their appointments to benefices in the gift of the Lord Chan oellor, as some mark of public remun era ti o n for th e i r public services. Mr. NEW DEGATE also spoke in terms of cotnmen dation of the conduct of the army chaplains in the East. THE ARMY IN THE CiZIMEA. Mr. PALK rose to ask the UnCler•Secretari for War whether Sir J. arkci Col. Tao* luerkg besq JO-) Ana )00 Lys ILLS it 2e 10 6) 50 20 20 1.00 3i 100 all 16 110 an all 273 7 94 79i 124 101 64i 91 5 74f i 40 5 • St. $5 10 2fq 1 1 1 all all all 12a. z fl