The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-11 00:00:00

s Day.) B.) 1 1 2 S in Braila and offered to re• English ports, be dealers are • The depth 10i English th Februa!lf The Mimosa to withdral l r. But it hag )t suffer froS' urg CorrespoiP ae decided to• ive short-bar d ion of the pub• sported in the , ette of Berlin, roposition ba s ). puties, ema; ruerbb•ns, 1 03° r of Deputies at it will us e to the legiti' or many Yea t ri !s, against to e ibitive system Intiers, and to the fleas" ish lit is .inerfit privates, left Lieut. dlon'' gitnent of Jo' o •Tsch e rkesk. from his ill' smia. ant pub IS b• d f the fund for f this neconot I after the stiff ount of sur o4 ar 1853 WO 398/. interest, e due by th e waq 146,2871. on the 31st of number of de* --A. return of 55, under the • for the better I assaults oa y order of the Mr. Dillwyr l y ruffians wer e ,f whom ( 0/5 varying fror one was 6 04 , re 134 convo" ; at Hammer' 101-street, 70 , , 49 ' • at th e , , r, 48 ; and r took place 1 ° cisely define d ) )ns were c9° . of assaulta 33 of assaultil4 I'he formal re• e the following of some Arne" er of the roon! who attracte d the hearts of G. bad roan,' and it needed chipper. T b° ;ecl in the mo gt the diamon d° neck. A ring ord which fell ng daugbterg• ho occupied a e several years onal as well ag Lble acquain t- Terpsichorea n h all the grace lad it not bees have had it is to be en' 11-roorn I The 3 banning Mis' Lucky was th e Is T. to dance• but few were :e of a serio?g are much WO' to attend her one. Miss *T. ,er this, surd/ SCOTLAND.'' aeral of birthet aliehed yester tistical tables, on of Scotland al number of 1 , 1 to 93 49 8 " 16 of femmes' ,639, of which June (2.811), In July the 0 ; in Septeru (the prover r 1,048. Th,.! _viz., 30,7uu. Scotland JO' . amounting to ccurred in the in healthy one 7,227, etva lri9 5,300 in Apr" l 61 in Augus t ' 78 in Novelly —A theatrical and the loose p) of all the who can beg , 'e will not 0 4 found among 11 draw some t mean to mg 1 willingly be .he revelry, or they above all it at Coveot be house was e flower of its tiring the up' ping for their suddenly A little ear pated. As it as the phrase t five o'clock, o flag (which. :ennes s cal ea he signal for the strange nsidering th e of orgies and modesty rere listening leir dens a nd em as if front crew ensued !ry dregs Of ; but, Few se •tly from the at the intense which made ;htest care of iggled forth, uched figure' ke the devils oubtless they ;finer. :ma Two CO , eads on Tear 1, we cite the fof Somerset :—" Somer .- f ye couutie Lis Majeatl" , greeting. -- ler the band or the exec'' I. These are tely on sight place of your Id that you Tent number raytors, and a and guar shell to es( Is fficient num ir beads and ra of foster and the `aid -A for execu• and of battle esday more ind solistiog a executed. of Noveru - HOBBEM. wer for the , n the 4th of launched 012 and fitted. ',aut the 22d le gun•boats )13 placed , in MONEY MA _KET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, yet firmly. Compared with Friday's rates Prices of all kinds were the same. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 have been taken on speculation. The sales include 340 Per tam and Maranham, at fild. to 7d. ; 140 Bahia, 6 id. to Gad. ; 500 Egyptian, 61d. to 9d. ; and 1,00 0 Surat, 4gd. to 4d. per lb. There was a fair ablount of business done in the Railway Share Mar ket, but prices were much the same as on Satur day. The commercial advices from New York are con- Pidered favourable, and although much anxiety was "iriced to obtain further political information from Europe, still the improved prospects of peace con tinued to operate beneficially upon monetary and Mercantile affairs. Capital was abundant both in Wall-street and among the commercial community. The Banks discounted freely, and most departments trade were becoming very active. The last Weekly return of the City Banks exhibited some I mportant changes. The loans and discounts were l arger 41,344,132 dollars, and the specie increased 15 7,138 dollars. During the week ending Feb. 23, t he imports exceeded the exports to the amount of 1,293,629 dollars. Commercial advices from France show that a killin g of uncertainty still exists among traders in f 'lleY wares, and the usual orders for bijouterie, bronzes, dr,c., have been kept back, which has ren dered the season very dull to the manufacturers. 13 4 the other hand, the silk factories at Lyons and id -lewhere are iu full work, with orders from Ameri eala and English houses, and on Russian account, rich will keep them employed for the next two or .three months. At Paris the sales of spring novelties g age not yet commenced, in consequence of the b ackwardness of the season, but large purchases l 44 've been made in woollen . manufactures. In the provinces trade has improved, and manu facturers of general articles of merchandise are 1411 Y employed with town and country orders. Those of Alsace and Rouen have had their stocks 4) completely taken off that purchasers have had difficulty in obtaining supplies ; and prices, which 'ad been declining for some time past, have ad i!lice(l. Generally speaking, such a steady state ° I trade has not existed for some time, as there is a pparently all absence of speculative transactions. 41 the same time, all are anxiously looking for *ard to the close of the present month, when the r esult o f the peace negotiations will become known. : e anwhile, the feeling displayed in the commercial (41 ( 1 shows that the majority are sanguine of a 4 gw ourable result. Telegraphic accounts from Hamburg state that 'lrices have been received there from Norway kill iclinciug that a serious commercial crisis has ( I : : c eurred there. In the city of Bergen alone 2 0 °uses had suspended payments. Notwithstanding the adjustment of the account t i active speculation for an advance in prices pre tails in English Stocks, and the least political in- Z il igence of importance from Paris may be expected k exercise a material influence upon the market. a uY of the dealers have deferred " carrying over" the ir accounts, and the rate this morning ad -4llced to fully :1 per cent., a higher point than has been k nown f or s ome time past. Advances on 1, te giblic Securities are only obtainable upon onerous °eAand for the last few days large profits have realised by some of the influential jobbers, who ha ve procured money from the Bank of England at about 6 per per cent., and have retailed it on the Sto ck Exchange at 8,9, and 10 percent. This morn , Consols opened quietly and at a slight decline, iZ• 91 1, and after having risen to 911 they have jleB receded to their former value. For the 18th 1 The there have been dealings at 921. to 921. e New Scrip is 1a premium. The New * per /lC ents. are 77, and the 5 per Cents. 115. Exche leer Bills ar e I. s . discount to par, and the Scrip is 1 1 prem. India Bonds are Gs. to 2s. discount. ?or Foreign Securities there is a dull but steady market. Turkish 6 per Cents. have risen to 96 1 41 962, but the 4 per Cents. are rather heavy at 0 . Venezuela Active are 232, and the Deferred 2 1. Sardinian Bonds have risen!, per cent., viz., „ 4 7 , 91. Grenada New, Active are worth 91k, and Deferred q. Brazilian 5 per Cents. have been and Belgian per Cents. 95. The foll ow ing are the nominal prices of Foreign k Ics :—Mexican Bonds, 20 ± ; Peruvian, 79 81 ; It , t ° 3 per Cents., 56 57 ; Russian 5 per Cents. , 1, 103 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 92 94 ; Spanish 3 r: t Cents., 43 ; ditto Deferred, 24 ± ; ditto 8434 i 61 7i. 1111 Railway Securities there is no movement of 111 1 ) ertance, but some of the quotations appear e aker. S ou th-Western have declined 55., and NOlll l-Western g. Among the Foreign lines that ba te be en d ea lt in are Grand Trunk, Great Indian el liesula, and Great Western of Canada, which h a l'e ruled steady. h e 4 eada Land Shares are 1/. lower. Banking 4 tes remain dull. Ilt qD3H FUNDS THIS DAY 0 CLOCK. (Prom the Oticiai Litt.) i t, Ilnqin.... done. Itr Cent. Cone°ls Annuities 9 13 1 $ i ibl ir 2 i per Cent. Annuities 77 ti - V . Cent. Annuities ll5 b i : l4 Bowie, tiouo fa`to. udr £lOOO "ivolp n :or e Account, Aptillo k. hCola Ditto Scrip "' c b er sici p q teh equer Bills, 20d. . 21 000 ............. —. ..... ... •••••••• 400 , %nail . uitto Bonds, 1858, 3A per Cent. I , l itto, 1859 • Ir' I C T E OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOi:Ic 44tilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. i acla Nevr Active, 1A per Ccnt. 11 11 , 4 ? Deferred 6l ii„ "alien Bonds, 5 per Cont. vihish Bonds, 3 per Cent . , 4 itto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 1 , 1 : j t) i i t t . to PAcc ount asi v e -1i 7i 7 1, 11 ' 4 • 11 Bonds, ti per cent ....: Ditto Account bitte 4 per Cent It i:)i tto Account Iheztiela Bonds, 4/ per Cent 2BA Ditto Deferred, 10 per Cent. . .... . It, Dividends on the above raysble in L ondon. T lia n 2A per Cent., ex. 25 francs — *-itt e , l:. 93 per Cent.. cx. 25 francs TWO O'CLOCK. 91A 913 ... 92i 92; 2 6 a 921 la pm 1 d par 1 a pAr ldlp 93 C , nsol., money ....... bitto Account, April 10 .. IVI4EXET NEWS.—(This Day.) HAY MARKETS. 4150 ITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 41 4 s to 5/ 158 ; clover .10., °s to 61 14 s; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9s per load. t ;"!de st ea d y . 44"MBRItLAND.—Meadow hay, 41 5s to 51 17a ; clover do., ' 8 4 to 61 12 s • and straw, 1 / 5s to 11 103 per load. federate supply, and a steady trade. 4 0 " liITECHIPEL.—Meadow hay, 4/ 4s to 5/ 158 ; clover Tt:' 41 88 to 6/ 15s ; and straw, 11 4s to 1 1 9 s per load. T r tolerably firm. T k IifiTRRDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODUCE MARKETS. — d h ° Weekly review from the Amsterdam and Rutter- Produce-markets state that, although business was s e ;Paratively inactive, prices were well supported. In d t t "„ ar , and coffee few operations have taken place, an bag partially declined through the condition of the ain trade. Indigo exhibits firmness, and some parcels as : changed hands at rather higher quotations. n — L °tl ntf--The letters from Rouen mention that the ti/ he - i liket for manufactures was steady, but that diminished e vit Y waii expected, owing to the approach of the atter holidays. pr od t/1 "ING A CUlLD.—Considerable excitement has been 4 ,,eed in the quiet village of Thixendale, near 111.al ti u3 , ' the burning of a child. It appears that Catherine p 4 ' o , the mother of the child, was known to have been a r io %nont for SOTIIC time. She went with her mother to 44.IY,si.eian in Malton on Wednesday, the 20th ult., and 41 , birth to the child while residing with her parents ; ori the Friday night following, her father being from 4 -nn Dale, the grandmother, is supplied to have i nt the child in the house fire. after having previously sit t erre d it. Upon information being given to Mr. Con spot "Perintendent police-officer, he repaired to the discove re d some calcined bones (being the only teT aina ) in the ashpit. He took the mother into cus 8005r' and the grandmother, who had absconded, was all also secured. On beirg interrogated, it was at,,jekd by the younger prisoner that she had been actu the ,"Y the desire to conceal her confinement, owing to 1 4 j'r")ue denunciations of her father when previously mother fat nilYway, this bring her second child. The trw er and grandmother have both been coramittod for at York asaizes.Alancitatsr Exontinfr• SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yckterd ay ' Paid.' WVA.trinleer.: ......,.. ,„ C i Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastr.. Junes all B.dfast & Ballymena all Binning. Wolvorh ? Stour Va11ey ,..... 21 4 ;iiir.e ali. Lancel.. 6 Cheshire Junct all 10. Chub.. dr Birk. £5O and £25 Cons 1. Do., £20.-- all i lyth &Tyne origin: £25 (ised. at £45 100 :3ristol and Exeter . LOO ;ale,loniart 611, - ';aim. and Cardigat. 1 all illiester & Holyhead all irk, and Bandon all Oork, Black, & Pas -18 r.lornwall all Do. A 8I Do. B 14 r 'riel Junction 45 Dv.b.inctßelfastJune. all '")on. P. & Aber. JPC. 100 Ef..st Avglirn xll Eastern Counties.. 100 ; -'.e.st. l"Tnion. A litl Ilil ) o., B. Stoet ~ g.'.• Po., New A.....- 10 i East Kent 'WO I i;;ast Lancashire ,100 lEclintu rex & Glasgo ~ 1 all ; Edinb. and Peebles 'lO I Edin. Prth & Dunds 9 1 worth & Clyde Jun :. all Furness all ; Do. Extension ...... .. 100 IGlasgow& S. West , ' all ;Great N. of Scotlnd. 100 !Great Northern 100 'Do., A. Stock 1 00 i Do., B. Stock 1)0 Gt. Sth. &West. are. '... 100 Great Western 'lOO Do. Stour Val. Rai' Gua. Stir all Irish South-Eastern. all - !Lancaster & Carafe( lir !Do., Thirds 8 .! Do. Now Thirds 100 Laticasla.andYorksh 4 Do., Wet. Riding Un. ail LivCrsby.&Soutlipt I all London & Blackwall 100 I Loud. Bright & S.Ctt. 100 ILond. and N. West') 16 Do, Fifths 51, t .n0.101.;511.,14/c.8...c 2. Do. Eighths.. DO; London and S. Westn all I Do., £5O all PDo., .£4O all ILndndrrytit Col ()rain; all I Lndndrrr. & Ennisk I'lU 1 ' lianch.Shef. k Lind . 1 1 525. Do , titan. & Lin. Un i 1 getropolitan 1100 ITC.dland 100 17 o. Dim ng. & Derb - ; . I all 1 1 1 , tridld. G. West. (Ire, R _ ' all .Do. Ralf Shares. all Newcastle & Carlisle all tNwpt.Aberg. &Hrti 8! I Newry & Enniskille' ail ;Newry Warrenpoin and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 32 ?Tertlin.CountiesUn 100 North British ... .. Nth Devon Rai' & 101) Dock Stock .. 100 Do., A Stock .. ..... all Do., B Stock all 'Do., A B Guar antes' 100 tN. Eastern—Ber sic 21i ;Do. do. Extension 15 I Do.d o. G.N. E. ?arch -.1 IDe. Leeds 'OO 'Do. York 100 North London 3:; liN.k.S.Wstrn.,Hamr stead, and City Jr,. I 7i I North StsfibrdAire.. al ;Worth Western all I :i . . &S. Westrn. J one 1 !Nuneaton, HinekleN , I and Leicester........ 110 I' )x, Wore.. & Wolv. 8 I!'ortenionth 100 I stottlsh Ce Aral ..,, ill' IScottishMidiand , 100 I shropshire Ihi .11 ..., a' i ISonth Devon i 10(South Eastern 100 (South Wales I.: I 'i. Vrk sh. & Riv. DIP. .............. :6 4t.kinP..Wo'k. &WO ; I Stockton & Datil l 6 .41.4., - :kt , G..n & linrtlep' ,Ip.ff Vale .. ':o Do. Pref., No. 22 :rh9mes Hay. D.& F. ,tYlverstone & Laud sll Vale of Neath all Watertl. & Kilkonn3 all Iliaterforldstimer.cl , all iWest Cornwall a.lWest End of London: and Crystal Palace all Do. A 3 Do. B all West London. all Wimbledn & Croydor 0 41 LO 40 !O i 10 5 .8 4 .8 all 13 !C. dl tO , 15 );) all 16 !O n t l ;5 224 t 5 I t 1 !;., 14 !r) hid :G t 4 4 I ,i 1 In all !(0 all X 0 all )0 all So , all 1 0,1 in 9 17 20 all 5 all 0 16 • 0 14 `lO all 20 10 20 5 3L all 10 all !O %II !A ...)1 10 1 41 .0 I all .0 I 5 5 all 4 I all [0 I 311 26 27 4 - 4} ..• 8 - 8i 15 -14 14 5 9 b 87 - 89 58 - 58 ili --- l 3 3 - 2 7:1 - 8} 12A - 13 9 $ Pi 32 -- 31 22 - 24 - . - 73 56 - 68 9/ - 95 25i - 26, 85 - 87 6 : 4 1 - 7 92 - 93 77 - 79 11.3 I'2l 103 105 60i 61 55 60 72 - 75 6i - 6 - 7 83i -83 i 99 100 , 991 109 d par i d parl 92,1 —93 a . -.. ... ... '''' .. 25 - 153 Id 691 - 70 41 43 ist• '.... et 11 - 13 51 53 1 34 Std 30 31 76 - 77 - 6 - 151 - 151 1 52 53 as 90 4 : 9A - 104 24 - 26 04 106 74 76 46 -- 48 12 3 / 4 13A 66 67 71. 73 ' 4 2' id 4-- 36 • •• 18 - 19 3i - 4i 61 - 7i FOREIGN. Antworp& r, e. , t.t. rd zn ' Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes tlolgi an Easitn. 3eziers to Graiss , ssa Rombay, Baroda, an Contr'it . l IncLa,Scri: Do. Demo am out& Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New IMast Indian, g. 5 p. Do. V,y;ennicyn D 0.41 p.c.Budg.,'s7i 1)o. dt, do.. '59, dam. . Gee' ong L. Melbou• 'ate guar. 5 per c nt.. Do., Lou. allot., do. pd. Th of CanadaA e Do. Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till 't. , )o. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Con:tral of Fran , Gt. Indian Poninsul , Groat Lnzembour , Constituted Share- Do. Obligations... Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. Gt. Western of Cana(' a Sharps Do. New Do. BI a. payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56... Do. do., '76, p. '60... Dc. do., '73, without option.. & Toront^ 'Do. 6 pm. °cut. Lake °omit. & Bad- fierce and Turnhout Lucca t Pist. 5 p. c.p iiyous awl Geneva Lyony & gollitorrm. NiArirae, glut^. 4 p.c D. New 0., sp. e Do. 4 p. c. Exton 'Maria Antonia Do. do. NOW !Namur & Liege eriti interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France. D 0.201. She Do. 201.3 p. e Bds (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs. NorwegianTruttkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 5 p. eent. Pref. Scittdc, guar. 5 p. c Do. Southern of Frame St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) ! West Flanders .., 'Do 5A per c. Pref W. &N. W. of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden !Zes.lend n Si ld 1 p 3A 4 2i - I 38 -38 i 12 - 14,, 21i - 22 211 - 21 12 —ll a 13} 14 69 7' 79 81 5i 6 201 —2l 3i 3 251 16 3k - 99 - 100 , 117 - 122 118 - 122 107 IC9 ?4i - 25 115 - 120 10 . 14 14 a— i , 7 v 2 3 R- 5} - 5 i - 39 12. "• - 7i - R. 49 - 49! E 0 - 52 19 -- 20 ... - .. 91 - 9; 3 - 1 ~. ...ft pit - 4; ii - ii ... .... . 19 - 19:1 Business done this day 3 20 8 el: to iu !O 1 Ali 6 , all JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 1 , 11 Australasia 96 - i -6 100 !50 Bank of London - 62 40 ' all ) . Rai. Col. 13k.81-,Ln. C ,„ - „, 50 all British N. American ,„ - „. 25 I 5 Chartd. Bank of Asi* ld - par 20 I 4 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China id - par 100 j 50 City 62 -. 64 1.00 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond .., - .. 20 all I Eng.Seot.&Aus.Cht l6 -17 16 20 I all Lond. Chart. Bk. of , Australia l6 --17 16i 20 I 5 'Ditto New 4 --3 d 1 50 ;20 (I.rndon and County ... - „, 3 3 100' 50 ILnd.&E.Thakg.Corp. par - 2p 50 ilO ILondon Joint Stock. .. -- 100 10 London and Paris l4 -- 4 a 100 20 Lond. & Westminster ... - ... 100 35 National Pro.of Eng ... -- ... 20 10 Do. Now 50 22- National of Ireland ... -. •• • ... 20 all . New South Wales,.... 37 - 39 oil 1 25 all Oriental Bank of , 1 Corporation 4l ,_ 43 100 125 ,I.'rGvincial of Ireland ... - ... 10 all 'Do. New 5 1 Ft Aus T 1 t-G.) I ra c, ... - 100 i 5 O Royal British ••• - ••• 25 'all 4oi.Lit Australia 3B - 40 25 all Union of Australia,.. 71 - 73 . 2,i, Do. New ......,,,,,„,,„, 7i . 84 50 10 Union cf London st . ... - ... 99 i i i 70 69/ 11i 11 8 1 20 11; i i 13i 11 THE SION, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1856. LINES taitASEI) Ai' Lcasia , itkrlvrAT6' Cowan:, It. 100 it 1 100 all it. 100 5 1 all fit. 11.0, ) ;t. ►lOO IE. 1 all iG all 15 all .2? all all all St .0.0 it IWO it, WO 5 all It. Ivo 3i 5i ii all all 12t St. ~• 0 25 Rk 3 London All N. Wost. L.&N.W. Calodon... E. Un. & t.Nrti,n. Count. ;aldonian [(it. Nir esu Yk. Now. & Berw. y. &NM IDo Easton 1 Veto & Co kNorbll-, LC' all ~0 all 11! 9A 'L.& N. W & itekten Darliugt. 94 - 96 94 - 18 11 - 13 En. Conn, L. Count p 0... ..... 4k ... 4i 103 - 115 13 - 23i - 244 105 - 110 &N.W 2 - 5I xll t.lOO 91 - 92 P i" 55 - Ut Nor thn, I..ancash dt YorkBh I'. Brassoy kteloatil 9tockt. Darlingt ;P:) Wil t4Se_;o:arst off '"" ... Wootn 134 7/ - 7i 83 - 85 PREFE RENO g SH Ait K'S. __- St.! 100 tberdeon ~ 112 - 116 St. ' 100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. c 112 - 116 1 St. 100 IDo. Debentures ... B2 86 145 alt tlyth andTyn-. , , o i ),:i c. pref. (issd. t 501 ... - ••• SC 100 driu. & Er. 4p. c. Si. 92 - / 4 4 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ••• - ••• St. 100 .'laledonian £lO 96 -98 1 5 all Ches. & Pfc. Gn. 55 pc 155 - 165 91 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2. ... - ... 24 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ... - ... 641 all Cork &Bandonssp.e .•. - - NI all Dun.Prth .&Aber.J. 51 - 6 4 10 1 2 E. Anglian Chs. A Sh. ... - St. Itoo Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c.; 95 - 100 St. 1 .00 Do. do Cis. C7p. c. 70 --. 80 6i, all Ea.e.Co.Ex,speNo. ' I 11' Pm 6;1 all Do. No. 2. - Pm 10 1 all Do. Now 6 r. c. St 12 - 125 20 all East tin. G-'. • 6 p. c. ... - ••• 5 all De. 51., 10 nor cent ... - ... 10 all Do. 181. Defientr.SP. ... - ... St. all •Do. do. 4 per cent ... - ... St. 100 East Lancash.6 p.eti - , ... - 5 all 1%.?c.W. York. J. sth. ... - - 10 1 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh. ... - ••• St. 100 1 4 :d Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 63 - 70 20 all Furness -•- ••• St. 101) Chas. & S.W. G. 5 p.c. ... - St. 100 Great Northn. sp. c 115 - ..'l7 1165 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem llO7 - 109 108 St. 100 Do. 41 3 p.c. - 103 12 74 Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. pm_ 10 all .It.N. of Seut.lstPre VI - 10 St.' 100 at. S. &W. (Ireland ... - ... 20 11 Do. 4per c. Pmf. S ... - •.. 50 6 - It. W.(13. tH.Exipc 6 - 64 St. 100 Do. con. red. 45 p.c. 92 - 94 St. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 82 - 84 qt. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c. . 84 - 86 St. 100 Do. sp. c. red. Pref 95 - 100 HO all Do. do. do. ... - ... 8 all Do. Biran. Pref. '3h 9l - 101 10 1 all I)o.CnosterB p.c.P.S 164 - 17 10 1 all De. do. sp.c. do lO - lei St 1100 Do. Rim, Gna. Stk 7 0 - 7 2 36:f,1 all Do. Ches. Gaa. 81 1 l9 - 20 1351 all Do, do. do t 4 A - 10 20 al Do. do. do l4 t - 141 16 6 ran. &York. F. £2 , 1 - / St. 100 Do. 6p. e. Stock .. '33 - 135 St. 100 Lon.& Brig)). 0.5 p.c. ... -- ... St. 11.03 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. .• - ..• St. 110 i . Do. Now Guar ,6 p. c ... - ..., St 1100 Do. do. 5 per cent . ... - ~. t 1100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. Z. . Nuneaton 5 p. ct. ... - ... 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St. 100 10x,Wo.AtW.15/ 3p; I ~ - ... 10 , 95 Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. ... - ... Si all ;Scot. Cent.,New Pre ... - ... 25 all (South Devon 135 - 1411 10 14 Do. flaed,4s percent! ... - ... 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 22/ ~-. 23; St. 100 Do. 4 1 , per sent G6 - 98 St. 100 Do. Fixed 45 pc sh 95 - 91 St. 100 :d. Wales Gua.4 p. a ... - ... 20 all I Do. do. 45 p. c 20 all ; :;.Yorksll.4p.e.Guar ... - , 25 all 'thek.& Dar., sp. e. ... - .. 25 15 iDO. de. do. 1 - Sp 125 all stock. & Hart]. g. & n • e. ti . l July 1, '56 ... - ." 5 45 ;iv Atnrtd. & Ink. 6pe 25 -24 d 9 I ,Pa d KENrTALN, C•oslng Fri :.• yesterdhi Basin vs this day. ADJOURNED INQUEST ON THE LATE MR. SADLEIR, M.P.—(This Day.) The adjourned inquest on the body of the late Mr. Sadleir was resumed thig morning at the Workhouse, Hampstead, before Mr. Wakley and the jury impanelled on the first occasion. The jury having answered to their names, The Coroner asked Mr. Manning, the solicitor to the deceased family if he had any more witnesses to examine ? Mr. Manning said he had not, but he bad some docu ments to lay before the jury. With regard to the money said to have been paid to the deceased on the Saturday previous to his death, he had found the deceased bad been paid 1,384/. in Bank of England notes, but neither of the notes had been since paid in to the bank. Again the deceased was paid the above amount in a 1,0001., 3001., 501., 201., 101. Bank of England notes, and the remainder in cash. He (gr. Manning) had received a letter from Messrs. Freshfield, solicitors to the London and County Joint-Stock Bank, stating that they had examined the deeds deposited by the deceased, as security with that bank, and found them to be genuine. It was believed that the statement that had been put forth with regard to the deceased's forgeries were ex aggerated, if not unfounded. The Coroner said that if the matters to which Mr. Manning had referred were to become evidence, wit nesses must be called in support of them. Mr. Manning said it would be impossible to produce evidence that the deceased bad, as he had accused him• self, ruined thousand, and he suggested that the in quiry should be strictly confined to the cause of death. The Clown here could have no claim to the chattels of the deceased ; but the Lord of the Manor of Hampstead, under the terms of the original grant of 1561, to Sir Thomas Roth, if the cre ditors could not prove their right to it. - The Coroner said the jury had no power to decide on that question. The case since they last met had assumed a more serious aspect than it first appeared to present, and many astounding facts had come to ligkt through the usual channels of information. The question of claim must be decided elsewhere, and he would not anti cipate that decision by discussing the question then. Mr. Manning said he considered it would be a waste of time to produce more evidence. The case must rest on the evidence of the deceased's friends, and the letters he had written to show the state of the deceased's mind. The letters if produced in the Court of Chancery relative to the testamentary disposition of his property would have been sufficient to prove him of sound mind, but he (Mr. Manning) considered that when,it was recollected the deceased was in the habit of freely using opium, there could be no doubt that when its effects went off he became much dejected, and it bad an effect on his mind and spirits, and in that desponding state it was probable be had destroyed himself. Mr. Nicholls, the surgeon, was recalled, and said he had again examined the stomach of the deceased, and he believed it contained opium. Mr. Manning again urged the effect which probably the opium had in depressing the deceased's mind, and the distressing circumstances in which he was placed, to show it was not possible the deceased could have been in his right mind. He had no other evidence to offer. The Coroner then summed up, and said he should re- ' fer to the most important points of the case to guide the jury in arriving at a right conclusion, but before doing so he said that looking at the letter sent by the deceased to the chemist of whom he had the poison, that he acqeitted him and also the butler from all blame—the mariner in wlsich it was ordered, and the quan tity, being sufficient to throw any person off his guard. He deeply deplored that coroners' juries had to inquire into the state of mind of persons at the time of their committing suicide, because he knew of nothing more calculated to involve persons in a labyrinth of doubt. He believed such inquiries to be utterly use less, and in many cases they were most mischievous ; be cause every now and then verdicts of insanity were re turned as a matter of course, and they had this per nicious effect, that jurymen, Irons getting into the habit of returning such verdicts where crime was not appa rently charged, when they had to discharge their duties as jurymen at the Old Bailey on charges of murder, re c Alecting on what slight grounds they returned verdicts of insanity before the coroner, the worst of cri minals escaped justice, and now and then a mad man suffered extreme punishment. After referring to the course adopted by the Court of Chancery in ascer taining the state of a person's mind he said they (the jury) had only to deal with the actions of a dead man, which they must couple with the letters he bad written, and which must be taken as his dying statements. He next referred to the difficulty of defining insanity, and Raid that the jury, from the evidence that had been ad duced, would have to say whether the deceased was a responsible agent at the time of his committing suicide, or, in other words, that he was in such a condition of mind as made him morally and legally responsible for his actions. It was deeply to be regretted that this was a subject of so much difficulty. He always noticed that jurymen were disposed to lean on the side of mercy and humanity ; but then it should be borne in mind that that feeling re ferred more largely to society generally than to the individual, and on that point he again said the practice of coroners' juries is returning verdicts of temporary in sanity where the evidence was slight., was producirg the moat dis +Estrous consequences in Criminal Courts of jus tice, and he hoped that before long that practice would be put an end to by an alteration of the law. The Coro ner then referred to the decemea's letters, which he said were written at a time when he was not so far dis turbed as to create a confusion of ideas. They were writ. ten as if by a man of reasoning and reflective powers, and possessed of a correct memory. At the sane time, it was impossible not to know tl:at he was suffering intense agony, and the act which he had committed showed, of itself, the mental sufferitn:4 that drove him to such an act of desperation ; but then the question arose, was the deceased in that state of mind that made him responsible for hie actions ; was he driven to it from an uncontrul. able impulse ? The evidence of the medical gentleman showed that., on the post mortem examination, the brain presented no symptoms indicative of its being in a dis ease l state. Reference had been made to the deceased being in the habit of taking opium, which would be a matter for their consideration, and it would be for them to say, on the whole of the evidence that had been laid before them, whether the deceased committed murder by destroying himself in a sound state of mind, or whe ther lie did it at a time when he was labouring under insanity. If they had a doubt upon it let them give the deceased the benefit of it, and rescue hie memory from the charge of being a murderer. Having referred to the evidence, The jury retired to consider their verdict. After an absence of 25 minutes, the jury returned into court, and returned a verdict that the deceased died by his own hand whilst he was in a perfectly sane state. The Coroner—Then that is self-murder. The Foreman—Yes. We are unanimous in that opinion. Tho Coroner—My own conviction is, after the most mature and careful investigation, that you could have come to no other conclusion. . . vv -- - The jury then signed the inquisition, and the inquiry closed. READING SERMONS.—NOTICE TO QUIT.—A clergyman at Doune, in Perthshire, has given notice to his congre gation that he will be under the necessity of reading his sermon in the pulpit. It would appear that his people, who evidently prefer preaching to reading, have given him notice, in return, that if he is not able to preach without notes he had better resign his charge. CRUSADE AGAINST THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPlM—Yes terday, before Joseph Lobb and Peter Dickson, Esqrs. Mr. Bonney, bookseller, of E ot-street, Southampton, was charged by P. C. Ford, with having his shop open for the sale of goods on Sunday last. It appeared that the constable, who hail been " planted," as the phrase is, a few doors below Mr. Bonney 's shop, the shutters of which were closed up, saw a person go into the house, upon which he went to the door, heard the sound of money rattling, and then saw the person come out with a newspaper in his hand, which he believed to he Lloyd's Paper or the Weekly Times. The information was laid by some " Great Unknown" under a clause in the Local Improvement Act, which is copied from that in tho act of the merry and moral Monarch, Charles 11. Mr. Lobb ' that under the Acts of Charles 11. and Wil liam ill., toe only goods that could be sold on a Sunday were milk and maokerel, and as a newspaper came sot under the category, the defendant was guilty, and fined ss. He pronounced this decision without any reference to the Sabbatarian question. Thus has commenced a crusade which will recoil in its effects upon the objects of the promoters of it. Punch should immortalise their stupidity. How can these well-mean ing but silly persons expect to stop the sale of a news paper, sanctioned by the Government stamp and trans mitted by the Government mail ? The next step w ill be on the side of the newspaper vendors—an information will be laid by one against another under the Act of Charles 11. The payment of t'ae penalty will be refused, and the magistrates will have to put the recusant in the stocks ! Will the magistrates presume to do so in the year 1856 ? Assuredly not, and how contemptible then are the proceedings of these people, who dare not show their faces as informers against one of their fellow ' townsmen who distributes a paper sanctioned by the fiscal stamp of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Can they stop the postmen as they distribute the papers on a Sunday morning ? We hope to get boll of the names of the informere.—Hampshire Advertiser. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING. THE SADLEIR FRAUDS. Fresh discoveries in connection with the Irish branch of the Sadleir frauds are hourly coming to light. The Carlow Sentinel states, upon good au thority, that some very stupid forgeries upon the Tipperary Bank have turned up. Whence this de scription of paper emanated no one can even con jecture, but it is certain that payment has been applied for by the Secretary of the Bank of Ire land. The forged documents appear to have been given as securities to the Bank of Ireland, and the parties who have received notice to pay them have repudiated all connection with them. If such bills are really fictitious the truth or falsehood will be unravelled before the Master in Chancery. The trade report of the Freeman's Journal has the fol lowing explanatory remarks in reference to the charge made upon the Bank of Ireland by the Leinster Express of Saturday last : "Previous to the year 1845 an arrangement was made with the Bank of Ireland by the Tipperary Bank on the same terms as those made by the Bank of England with the non•issuing banks in England—viz , that so long as the Tipperary Bank did not issue notes they were en titled to have their approved bills discounted by the bank at 1 per cent. under the current rate. Upon the passing• of the Bank Charter Act, when the amount to be issued by each bank was to be defined by certificate, it was deemed equitable that the Tipperary Bank, being altogether excluded frem issuing, by reason of their agreement with the Bank of Ireland, should have that agreement secured to them for a time. Accordingly by the Bth and 9th Victoria, c. 37, the agreement in ques tion is expressly alluded to, and the bank is bound to continue it for ten years, or pay a penalty of 1 per cent. per annum on the amount agreed upon, which amount is stated to be registered with the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes. Up to the let ofJan. last, when the tea years expired, the bank was obliged to continue the connection or pay the penalty. At the time the agreement first originated the Tipperary Bank occupied a position of great independence, and was undoubtedly in apparently very prosperous circumstances. We have a perfect re collection that, both at Belfast and Dublin, they had agents who discounted largely, ♦ery largely in Belfast, on behalf of the bank at rates below those current. This is, we believe, the whole of the connection between the two banks--a connection, no doubt, which greatly assisted the parties who have ruined the Tipperary Bank by their frauds, bnt which involves no discredit to the Bank of Ireland, which was merely carrying out an agreement in the spirit of the Legislature. We have further the fact that the Bank of Ireland is a creditor for a very large eum, 30,0001. at least, much, if not most, of which arose from its continuing to pay after Glyn and Co. had re fused, and from a similar continuance at the branches, where it is understood considerable sums were paid to the order of the Tipperary Bank in both cases, in the vain hope that the ruin might be averted. There is therefore uo just imputation which should debar the bank from the natural influence of large creditors, and, on the other hand, the creditors at large ought neither to ex pect nor to allow one establi,hment to undertake the entire charge of the affair, but should look after their own interest. Much is yet to be discovered and investi gated. We have as yet no idea what has become of the rest of the money. It is stated that Mr. John Sadleir has drawn 200,0001., and there are assets 35,0001. On the other side are—first, capital, stated to be 100,0001., and liabilities, 430,0001., leaving about 300,0001. altogether unaccounted for. It is believed that Mr. Jas. Sadleir has gone abroad, and it is at least evident he must have had more knowledge of the state of affairs than is alleged by the letters of his unhappy brother. It in now generally supposed that those shareholders who have retired with in the three years will have to be called on to contribute to those debts which were outstanding, and which are believed to be more considerable than appeared at first, although there is little doubt that the ultimate result has been long foreseen, and some management used to relieve some of the parties from their liability. Not the least curious circumstance is the large addition of English shareholders (whether substantial or others re mains to be seen) which took place during the past year, all, or nearly all, it is believed, through the same channel. Altogether, what is known is bad enough ; hut it seems pretty clear that what is only matter of con jecture, or wholly in the dark, will be worse. We have been asked whether, where parties hold Tipperary Bank deposit receipts, and have overdrawn their accounts, they can set off one against the other ; and, although we are aware a contrary opinion is entertained by some, we think there can be no doubt the depositor can do so where the names are the same. The deposit receipt is nothing but a mere acknowledgment. It is not trans ferable, nor is it even a security for money, and the account both for the deposit and the over-draught is precisely under the same head. Where there is any variation in the names it will be fatal." THE CONTEST FOR NEW RQSS. There is likely to be a severe struggle for the possession of the seat lately filled by the exiled editor of the Nation. Sir T. Redington has issued his electoral address, and, according to local authority, it is believed that the battle will be fought by Sir Thomas and the quasi Liberal, Mr. Tottenham. The rumour, however, still gains ground that Mr. John Reynolds, of Dublin, will try his shattered fcrtunes.in New Ross. THE POTATO. The Banner of Ulster states that extensive pre parations are going forward in the northern pro vince for the cultivation of potatoes, and, now that so much practical experience has been gained in this branch of agriculture, it is anticipated that the next crop will be equal to that of the past year. " Nearly 1,000,000 acres were Vanted in 1855. The crop was a full one, with a very few cases of disease, and the quality superior to any raised since the year of famine. The class of seed potaoes offered at market is excellent, and we understand that the amount of damage sustained by the stored crop during the winter months is comparatively trifling. Great care was taken to preserve the potato throughout the season, and at present the quantity held in the hands of farmers is much above the estimates of former years. Prices con tinue highly in favour of growers." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY). The LORD CHANCELLOR tlOk his seat on the wool• sack at five o'clock, CHURCH RATES. Petitions against the abolition of Church rates were presented by the Bishop of Llandaff. Lord BROUGIf A.AI presented a petition from Sussex praying to their total abolition. THE FALL OF MAPS. Lord MALMESBURY said that as it was understood the armistice which had been agreed to would expire on the 31st of March, unless a peace was agreed to before• hand, and as it was most probable that the noble lord the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs would be soon afterwards in his place, he gave notice that soon after the Easter holidays he should call the attention of their lor lships to the facts referred to in the correspondence that had taken place on the sub ject of the siege and fall of Kars. The Earl of ELLENBORMIGH wished also to call the attention of the Lord President of the Council to the necessity of furnishing the houso with further information. He observed at the 13th page of the cor respondence a statement was made of the claim of Gen. Williams to have had a decisive voice in the put.- chase of provisions for the Turkish army then at Kars. The precise letter was, however, omitted. There was also in many parts of the correspon dence a fact stated as to the guarantee for prompt payment for the required supplies having been tendered by General Williams. The letters authorising such guarantee were also omitted. At the end of the report there was also several allusions made to the expedition to Kerteb, but the correspon dence upon that point did not appear. He submitted that it was necessary to have all these omissions supplied before they could properly discuss the subject. Lord GRANVILLE said he would make inquiry on the subject. roe Slarquis of CLANRICARDE expressed a hope that the noble earl who had given notice on the subject of Kars would inform the house more distinctly as to the nature of the motion he intended to bring forward, inasmuch as the notice be had given was very indefinite. The Earl of MALMESBURY said his intention was to call attention to the subject, and to express big own opinions as to the cause of the disastrous fall of Kars. CAPTURE OF A RIEAND GANG. A letter from Roscommon announces the capture on the 7th inst. of a band of 15 Ribandmen. They formed part of a gang who for some time past have been traversing the county, attacking houses, and demanding arms. Their arrest has caused great consternation among their associates yet at large, many of whom have fled the neighbourhood of their exploits. LA ffr INTELLIGENCF.—March 10. JUDGES' CHAMBERS. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) N Trin MATTER OF MARY ANN SING.-NOVEL AND PORTANT APPLICATION AGAINST A CONVENT. A writ of habeas corpus had been issued a few days since, and was to-day made returnable to produce the body of a girl named Mary Ann King, supposed to be detained at the convent of "Our Lady," at Norwood. Mr. Clarke, of Bedford-row, attended on the part of the mother of the girl, and Mr. Harting, of Lincoln's inn-field, appeared for Laura d'Espinasse, the Mother Superior of the convent. The case had attracted a good deal of public notice. The application was made, and the writ issued oil an affidavit of Mary King, the mother of the girl, who bad been some time in the nunnery. The mother detailed several interviews she bad at Norwood, and declared that she was anxious to see her daughter, and was willing to receive her home, and to have her under her maternal care. It appeared that the girl was 15 last May, and through Father Cotter, a priest of St. George's Church, was admitted to the Convent school of " Our Lady," in 1850, for two years. She was advised to let her remain for six months longer. Her daughter had expressed her dislike to go abroad, and appeared pleased when she heard she was was only to be at the convent six months longer. Subsequently her mother called several times to take her home, and also with her solicitor, Mr. Clarke, to see the " Reverend Mother," when it was stated that the girl was in France. An application was made to Mr. Justice Crompton, and the writ of habeas to produce the girl. No affidavit was used or filed denying the statements of the girl's mother. The return to the writ set forth that Mary Ann King had been placed at the convent in 1850 for the purpose of being educated, and put out to some respectable situation. That in the year 1855 the girl had of her own free will gone to Havre, in France, and had obtained a situation there, and that neither the mother superior, nor any one in the said convent, had any control or authority over her, nor had they the custody of the girl at the time the writ was issued. Fur ther, the return showed that the lady superior had no authority over her for twelve months previously, nor since the writ was granted. The learned Judge, having read the return, said he considered it a good and sufficient answer to the appli- cation. Mr. Clarke concurred with the view taken by hie lordship, observing that they had obtained the informa tion which they could not procure before the return of the writ. The return was ordered to be filed, ;laid the parties retired. SIR EDMUND LYONS —For some days past there has been a rumour prevalent at the naval and military clubs tbat Sir Edmund Lyons is to be raised to the peerage. We should not be surprised if such a report should ulti mately turn out to be true, as the Whigs have unfortu nately always had a strong desire to exercise the power of creating new peerages, with the vain hope of strength ening their position in the Upper House. We have no objection, as far as we are concerned, to see honours heaped on Sir Edmund Lyons. He has been a fortu nate man throughout life; and, therefore , on the principle laid down by Napoleon 1., deserves all he gets. I% presume, however, that the peerage will be granted for diplomatic services, and not for any naval feats of I.is performance ; for up to this time we are not aware that he has done anything meriting distinctions similar to those bestowed on Nelson, Rodney, Duncan, Howe, or Jervis. The baronetage is an honourable order. Sir James Simpson, the C om mander-in -Chief of the army, has been rewarded by being placed in it ; and we shall be quite satisfied to see Sir Edmund Lyons placed side by side with his old colleague. Moreover, it R oald not be right, nor good policy, to elpieciate one service at the expense of the other.—Morning Herald. BALTIC MORTARS. The Earl of DERBY gave notice that he would, to morrow, put a-question to the noble lord at the head of the War Department on the subject of the gross frauds practised in the supply of mortars to the Government. He had intended to put the question to-night, but, as the noble earl was not in his place, he would defer it till to-morrow. LEGAL MEASURES OF THE GOVERNMENT. Lord ST. LEONARDS said that, before their lord ships proceeded to consider in committee the Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bills, he wished to call attention to the legal measures proposed by the Government with respect to England and Ireland, and to the administra tion of justice in both countries. He would confine his ob servations within the narrowest possible limits, but he as sured their lordships that few subjects of greater import ance could be brought under the attention of Parliament. He proposed, in the first instance, to call attention to the present power of the Court of Chancery in Eng land. The Court of Chancery consisted of the Lord Chancellor, the Court of Appeal (conducted by the two Lords Justices), the Master of the Rolls, and three Vice-Chancellors. The Lord Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls had an independent jurisdiction, and sat alone. Since the year 1852 the business of the Court of Chancery had been put upon a new and very differ ent footing to that which ruled in former times. The present system had been introduced at a very great cost to the country. The principal alteration made was, the abolition• (of the Master's-offices ; and this having been accomplished at a very large outlay of public money, the judges of those courts—the three Vice- Chancellors and the Master of the Rolls—bad to exer cise jurisdiction in every case, from its beginning to its final termination. So that, instead of having masters in different !offices with a certain independent jurisdic tion, the judges had a chief clerk (a very competent person, with a competent salary) and clerks under him, who were in constant communication with the Court, and transacted in a more satisfactory manner the fund tions formerly discharged by the masters. The whole working, however, of this system, which had cost so much, depended upon not overworking any of those courts. If those courts were once worked so that the chief clerk could not have everything under his immedi ate superintendence, the rsischief of the Master's-office would be revived, and all the advantages would be lost for which the public had paid so high a price. In every one of those courts there were two jurisdictions—one a contentious jurisdiction to deeide rights between man and wife, and the other simply an administrative juris diction, such as providing, guarding, appointing trusteer, distributing funds, &c. In this state of things the bill entered in their lordships' paper for discussion that night bad been introduced by his noble friend. They all knew how tender the law was to interfere with the ri g hts of property. By the law of England a man might dispose of his property in any way be pleaeed, while it insured that there should always be large estates with proper dignities attached. No court of justice had the power to alter a rime's contrary to what appeared to be his meaning and intention. In consequence of this a person who wished to alter a will had no remedy hut to apply to their lordship' house, for there was no other relief to which he was entitled. The present measure was a great inroad upon the law of property, for it gave a power to sell estates, notwithstanding that there was no power in the testator's will either to sell or exchange them. This measure was proposed to extend to both England and Ireland. He would, however, request his noble and learned friend (the Lerd Chancellor) to postpone the bill, and not endeavour to carry it through that house until the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill, which was before the lower house, had been legislated upon. Under the provisions of the bill before their lordships, it was proposed to grant power for the sale of certain estates in Ireland. He need, however, hardly inform their lordship that, if the measure before the other house were carried, no one would have recourse to the present bill, as the former measure was so infinitely before it in beneficial operation. The bill Mere the lower house possessed manifest adeania;ee. It empoWered the Court of Chancery in Ireland to sell estates, granting with such sales a Parliamentary title. The bill before their lordships would give no title at al!, and it would be folly to suppose that, under these cir cumstances, it would affect Ireland at all. In convection with this question, it was quite impossible to lose sight of what had been proposed by her Majesty's Govern ment in regard to the Court of Chancery iii Ireland, for he (Lord St. Leenarde) held the extension sooner or later to EugTand of any merire which was found emi nently advantageous to Ireland quite inevitable ; and he might also add that any measure which worked benefi cially for this country must ultimately be granted to Ire land. This remark did net refer to tie Encumbered Estates Court as orighally granted to Ireland—that was an exceptional piece et legislation, expressly intended to meet a very exceptional case. It would not, perhaps, have faded from their lordships' recol lection, that when that bill (the Encumbered Estates Bid) was first brought before them he had remarked upon it tyat it was to property what the suspen sion of t e abeas corpus'wes to personal lib:rty ; it was, as he had before remarked, intended t miet a most exceptional case, and he had no hesitation in adding that it bed worked the salvation.cf Ireland. There wa-, it ap peared to him, a want of concert between the members of her Majesty's Goverement in that and the otherllouse of Parliament, and between the Irish and the English branches, which was much to be re gretted, as it was calculated to lead to4Llll,ult . e; in legislation that, wi out due care, would involve the two couniriee in hreat difficulties. He prayed their lordships particularly to re mark what was proposed in reference to Ireland. It was proposed that every owner of an estate in Ireland might go to the Court of Chancery and desire that Court to sell his lands, encumbered or unerecurnbered, settled or not settled, and upon that sale to give a Parliamentary title. The result of such provision would be that a man v. ho had encumbered his estate might sell it at once without any difficulty, whereas the man who had been careful hal to go through all the trouble end expense of search iug and establishing his title. Could such a power be granted to Ireland and denied to Engian :I If the bill passed, the Court of Chancery in Ireland would become the agent for the sale of the estates of every man in Ire land. (Hear.) No man would purchase without a Par liamentary title, when the seller could make over one to him by going to the Court of Chancery. He must again repeat that he was quite satisfied the measure would ulti mately have to be extended to England, for English pro perty was already at some disadvantage, on account of the Parliamentary title granted to Irish landowners. It, however, these advantages were thrown into the hands of the Court of Chancery in England,together with the duties which devolved upon that court in connection with eccle siastical jurisdiction, that court, as at p resent consti tuted, would inevitably and hopelessly break down, and all the trouble and legislation which it had caused in 1852 would prove to h av e been to no purpose. There were other powers given by several Acts of Parliament, ,which required the best a ttention—powere given to persons of limited interests in property to dispose of that property for the benefit of private companies. There was, too, he was sorry to say, a great tendency upon the part of tenants for life, and others having limited interests, to throw the whole expense of the, drainage and improve ment of their estates upon the remainderman. Expenses were thus thrown upon the corpus which should properly be borne by the tenant in possession fur the time being, and he I(Lord St. Leonards) felt convinced that, with regard to the bill which had called forth these remarks, its effect would be to cause many settled estates to be greatly encumbered, welch, without that bill, would have descended unfettered to the settlers' children, and others entitled tinder the settlement, and thus have ena bled them to maintain those stations in life which the set tlers' positions might have entitled them to expect. With respect to the changes proposed by Government in regard to the Court of Chancery in Ireland, it should be re membered that that court had been reformed in 1850. although it was not until 1852 that the English Court of Chancery had been reformed. At that time there were, in fact, only four masters in all. These four masters, by the Act of 1850, were, in point of effect, turned into vice-chanc Dors, having, with their clerks, power to transact chamber business, just as in the same way as in this country the chief clerks of the Master of the Rolls and of the Vice-Chancellor, with the assistance of their clerks, transacted chamber business. The business which it was necessary to carry on in open court was carried on by the Lord Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls, and in thetransaction of that b usiness the y wanted _ no aid or additional assistance. The administration of real and personal estates, questions relating to the fore. cicenre and redemption of mortgaged estates, as to the . appointment of new trustees, and also to all partnership transactions, with many other matters, were ail subject to an appeal, disposed of in the Masters'-office, to which the Lord Chancellor and Mester of the Rolls, by 'an order, had also power to direct ether. matters to be sent. That system worked well, and wanted no chances,. There were three commissioners of the Encumbered Es. tates Court. In a comparatively short time the powers of that court would expire. But the intention of the Go vernment no ,v was to provide that it should, in a new form, endure for ever, with largely extended powers, em bracing the whole of the landed property of Ireland. It was proposed to abolish the Encumbered Estate Courts; to abolish the roasters altogether; to appoint two vice chancellors with chief clerks, and to give a chief clerk to the Master of the Rolls, and then to transfer the bu siness of the Encumbered Estates Court to the Court of Chancery, with great additional powers. There never was a scheme more likely to break down than that. Surely the Encumbered Estates Court ought to be allowed to get through its own arrears, and the latter ought not to be transferred to the Court of Chancery. When those arrears bad been disposed of. then, if it was thought advisable to continue the scheme of a Par liamentary title, the future business of the Encum bered Estates Court might be transferred to the Court cf Chancery, but no orrears on any account should be PO transferred. The Master of the Rolls in Ire land —a most able an I painstaking judge. and one who always devoted his whole energies to the performance of his duties—hail strongly deprecated the pro. posed measure, and said that if it passed it would entirely paralyse all his energies. The report of the commissioners, though drawn up by very able and learned men, was in many respects open to objection. There could be no necessity for i-ne new court of appeal being instituted in Ireland. The appetite jurisdiction was there exercised by the Lord Chancellor, to whom an appeal was brought from the Master of the Rolls. He (Lord St. Leonards) bad held the office of Lord Chan cellor of Ireland for five years, and during that period had decided many most important questions, and had never known any complaiet rah ed about the Court of Appeal. It was proposed, however, that in order to make a new court cf appeal, there should be an ex- Chancellor added to the Lord Chancellor, if one could be found, and, if not, a common law judge ; and, if neither could be found, then that a new judge should be created to hold office during pleasure. He thought that no judge should ever be called upon to sit in a court of appeal during the pleasure of the Crown. Such a sys tem, if acted upon in this country, would be most ob jectionable. Na common law judge could strengthen the Lord Chancellor in his own court of appeal. It would be a most objectionable thing that a common law judge should have the power of deciding against the Lord Chancellor upon matters of equity in his own court. There was also another point deserving of attention. It was proposed that the fees and duties which had been hitherto paid should be abolished, and that the charge should be imposed on the Consolidated Fund. This was a national question, an imperial question, and one which regarded the Courts of England as well as the Courts of Ireland. If persons were to obtain the benefit of a Par• liamentary title to the estates they purchased, by the in tervention of the Court of Chancery, it became a ques tion whether they ought not to he subjected to a rea sonable charge for the benefit they 60 obtained. It was a question in what respect they ought to reduce the fees and duties in courts of justice, and what were the fair and necessary expenses of the administration of justice in the abstract. He admitted that they ought not to tax the administration of justice, but the ques tion of fees and duties to be paid for the administrative jurisdiction exercised for private purposes was a very dif ferent matter. He had already adverted to the alteration made in the practice of the Court of Chancery in Ireland in 1850, and it was from an anxious desire that that eye ten', which had hitherto worked so well and so much to the satisfaction of the suitors, might be contiened, that he had been induced to make these remarks. He certainly had expected that, long before this, the Masters of the Court would have been able to close their offices with re gard to the arrears. They had already given the'Mastera most ample powers in order to enable them to wind up the arrears, but such powers had not been able to effect thet of ject. The - LORD CHANCELLOR said that although the house was always ready to listen to the noble and learned lord on subjects such as the present, yet be must say that he thought a large portion of what his noble and learned friend had been stating was extremely inapplicable to the subject before their lordships. He was surprised that, at nearly the last stage of this bill, they should be milled upon to dii:Cuss the merits of another bill which was in the other House of Parliament. The present measure was introduced by him (the Lord Chancellor) for the purpose of obviating the great expense and delay which had hitherto prevailed in that house with respect to pri vate bills to enable parties to lease and sell settled estates. In fact the bill gave the Court of Chancery the power of doing, cheaply and expeditiously, that which was done at present by that houseat a very heavy and unnecessary co,t. Such was the sole object of this bill. When it was first introduced its provisions were confined to Eng. land only. His attention having been called to the fact that it was important the treasure should be extended to Ireland, he teri caused the bill to be iatered and made app ietahle to Ireland as well as England. The noble and ned lord seemed to think that this bill would ever en cumber the judges and others connected with the Chan cery in England, but he (the Lord Chancellor) really thought his noble and learned friend was ratherchimerical, It seemed to him that, unless they were determined not to have the powers given by the bill, from some appree heesion of interfering with the state of settled pro perty, they were pei f et'y tale in leaving such prapt rty in the hands of C etrieery. With regard to the extension of the present measure to Ireland, the only argument be had heard which might raise a doubt as to whether it was applicable to that country was, that in the other house of Parliament the Government bad introduced a raeasure for extending the provisions of the Encumbered Estates Court to all estates, whether encumbered or un incurubt red. He bold it to be a childish legislation to Fay that they should net pass a measure with a view to wards extending it to Leland, because there might be, at the end of the session another measure which would render the first use 1 se. He thought it would be wise to pass the preterit measure, which could not possibly do any harm. Ile must confess that ha felt some difficulty in following the noble and learned lord in his discussion about the merits or demerits of a measure which was re ferred to a seleet committee in the other House of Par liament, acid which might never come before their lord ships. It was asked, Why not extent the Encumbered Estates Court Bill to England ? But in Ireland they had a general registry of estates; which did not exist in England, and the absence of which he (the Lord Chan cellor) greatly lamented. It was impossible to follow hie noble and learned friend into details which were not before their lordship., and, therefore, be should simply c intent himself with repeating the terms of his motion, tint t'lis bill be committed. The bill th =n passed the ugh committee. Upon the mcniin of Viscount DUNGANNON, a re• turn was ordered of all persons now appointed to act as justices of the peace in the several counties in Ireland, the number of stipendiary nnwistrates located is each cf.unty, and the several sessional divisions. Their lordships adjourned at 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER t3Ok the chair at the usual hour. NEW MEMBER. Mr. H. INGRAM took the oaths and his seat for B .ston. Sir J. TROLLOPS presented a petition frnna Spald inr.r, against the recommendations of the Charity Corn miesionelP. Sir J. GRAII3'.NI presented a petition from Car Hale n favour of medical reform. Mr. SCHOLEFIEL f) presented a petition from Bir. mingham against the Police Bill. Several petitions were presented against the abolition of Church rates until an equivalent had been provided, and also against the opening of the British Museum and National Gallery on Sundays. Mr. WILSON brou4ht up the Navy Estimates. MORTALITY IN THE CRIMEA.. Viscount EBRINGTON gave notice that on an early day lie should move a resolution to the effect that the excessive mortality in the Crimea had : been occasioned through bad sanitary regulations. OUR RELATIONS WITH AMERICA. Sir E. B. LYTTON gave notice that immediately after the Easter recoaq he should call the attention of the house to the state of our relations with America. LORD PANMURE'S DESPATCH. Sir DE L. EVANS said, in consequence of a state ment that had appeared that the Government would have no objection to lay on the table of the house a copy of the despatch to which ho had referred, and also that the despatch would be found highly creditable to Lord Panmure, he begged to ask her Majesty's Government whether there would be any objection to its production Lord PALMERSTON said he held in his hand a copy of the telegraphic despatch to which the gallant member had referred. The despatch was a long one, and con tained matters that it would not be prudent to make public. The hon. and gallant member could, however, himself see it. The words of Lord Panmuro relating to Captain Dowbiggin were "I recommend young Dow , : biggin to your attention, if fit, and you have a va canc y . CHURCH RATES. Sir J. PAKINGTON asked whether, as they bad read the bill for the abolition of Church rates a second time, there would be any objection to order returns to be made of bow much hod been received from Church rates from certain parishes for the last ten years ? In• formation was greatly wanted on the subject. Sir GEORGE GREY said a return similar to that now asked for by the honourable baronet bad been made some time ago. Th e return in question took a considerable time in preparing in consequence of the Government possessing no po wer to compel the parishes to make the returns wanted. If the returns would not meet the view of the hon. member, he would have no objection to an appendix to it being made, and at the same time an endeavour would be made to obtain the information asked for. ST. PANCRAS WORKHOUSE. Sir J. PAKINGTON asked the President of the Poor-Law Board what steps had been taken to carry out the report of D. Jones with respect to the state of St. Pancras Workhouse ? Mr. BOUVERIE said he bad directed the report in question to be transmitted to the managers of the poor o. St. Pancras. That body had since been changed by their local acts, but active steps were now being taken to ameliorate the condition of the inmates and improve the workhouse of the parish of St. Pancras. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH SPAIN. In reply to a question from Mr. OLIVEIRA, Mr. WILSON said that negotiations were in pro! 5 1 4 1 MINES. 1 all Agra Erie ..........•• • •.• - ..• 1 all Anglo Austria. Gold ... - . 10a• all , Anglo Californian - I 4 20 65 Australian. 4 i 1 all -Australian Cordille • ... - ..• 1 all Ave Maria, ••• -- ••• 1 all Baden (Gd.buchy of ... - ..• 50 1 all Bleenar. Iron & Coa ... - ••. 20 ! 14 British Iron 2 - 6 35 26 3raziliaulmp.(issued at £5 pm.) - 2 30 all Do. Comes & Cuts') 2 - :21 20 il5 Do. St. John Doi I-ce:‘. 20 - 23 1 i Clarendon Cols. Min Co. of Jamaica__ p - jp 43 all ,Siobre Copper 66 - 69 5 1 C'c.lonial Gold - ... 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