The Sun. — London, England, 1861-03-14 00:00:00

. . t THE SUN, LON] MONEY 111AR.KET AND CIZT NEWS. ' 811A.RB ILARKET.:--(THIS DA r) BRITISH POSSESSIONS. --i- -- Closing ORDINARY SHArtES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid. price. - Businesselone CITY, Two O'CLOCK. There is a quieter demand for money to-day, and i 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 68 72 f a pproved commercial securities are negotiable at - hare; Railways. (Paid, Closing 1 Businese st k Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind 100 92 s 3 921 - '''''' Price.. Done. / Gu. 5 per cent r educed quotations. . lB Do, Do. 816 16 161 d eo Bettast and Ballymena . all - - The directo rs o f th e l on i an B an k h ave d ec l are d 13.14 Bit, Wol , and Str. Val. all 881 201 Buffalo and Labe Huron all 41 41. 201 IDo. New - - per forthehalf a dividend a t th e ra t e o f 6 cent. - - all 6 7 100 1 Buffalo,Brant&Godrioh 25 Blyth and Tyne all * •-•- 100 75 80 Year ending 31st December last. 10 Bost. Sleet and Mid.Co all 5 0 I 6 ro. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 stock Bristol and Exeter loo 97 f 9 In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there stock Caledonian allloo Do. do. June 1, 187 100 65 70 Wa s a rather more active demand, and prices were 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all - - 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim all ,41 5 Steady . 5 0 Cork and Bandon all - - 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim. 2 s. - - The sales amounted to 10,000 bales. 20 Cork, iilrock., -ePassage all - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 5 1 4 1 1 d The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 20 Cornwall ... - 4pr 171 Demerara all - - 10 Do A (A gets no div. f all - - 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. e 15 11 11 d t° this day, are in round figures as under :- 10 D o B s until 6re nevus. al , _ 1861. 1860. hasbeen :d. toll stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 1 0 0 985 901 99 4 20 Do. F Shares Ex t all - - Nor th - Western • 30 Dublin & Belfast. June- all 42 44 Z 75,142 £74,36S 25 Dun , Perth, At Ab. 3 una all 8 84 20 Do. Jubbulpore all - - B righton 15,719 13.772 stock Easi Anglian lOO 16 17 161 100 Do. 41 po. Debentrs. all 97 98 'rightists 12,578 11,339 stock Eastern Counties lOO 491 504 8 0 4 491 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864.. all 981 991 • i t o r i tt ea fi t i h t e n•i= n 38,924 37,252 stock Eastern 'Union, A stock 100 36 38 100 Do. 1865-1870 all 11 5 99/ 16,769 16,049 stc' Do do Bdo 100 25 27 stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 21 22 211 41 1 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 68 72 70 2 5 Do Nw A late EU3ds 134 - - Lau e • - - 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct. all 58 62 ashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter' No rth 100 Do. do. 1867.. all 33 42 - Eastern .. - - Adinburgh and Glasgow 6,230 6,460 stock Furness lOO - - 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 38 42 2rand Trunk of Canada . . 8,676 10,464 and S . Western 100 110 112 stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. 100 941 95j 951 5 10 gr ia e g at Nthn. f Scotland all - - 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 8, 14 d 1 d ureat Western of Canada , These returns show a continued improvement in stock Do do A stock - - r the r eceipts of most of the principal lines. On the stock Po do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 107. 109 20 Do. do. 18 211 d 201 Gt. W. of Canada Share s all 111 114 114 N orth-Weste rn th e i ncrease amoun t s t o £774 , stock Great Western on 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with stock Do Str Val gun. stock 100 60 62 the so uth -Western to 11,947, the Brighton£l,234, 12 Irish South-eastern ..., all - - ... .. • opt, till 'Co 1101 1111 11 12 1t t 10 0 Do. do. '73 till '6O all - - all - - stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 th e Midland £1 , 672 , the Great Northern 11,461,100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 95 100 stock London and Blackwell 100 604 r. 1 4. stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 115 116 100 Do. 51 p . a do. ' 77 do all 90 93 ' the L ancashire and Yorkshire £561, the North 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B do all - - . Eastern stock Lond.. Chat., and Dover 100 47 4t stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c lOO 81 83 astern £2,068, the Edinbur hand Glaseow g stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 961 961 06 5 I 1 stock Do. do. 5 per cent lOO 911 029 0 £770, and the Great Western of Canada £1, 361 . ... stock Lond. & B th. Western.. 100 91 92 91 4 25 L'derry Sr Coleraine .. all - - _ stock Do. 41 p. c. Extenson 100 85 67 I T he Grand Trunk of Canada shows a falling off of 25 I2derry & , Ennisatllen all 101 111 00 47 48 471 i 1 U stock 20 - Do. 5 do.. . Melb.Corp. 6p. a iinhs lOO - - 41 ,788. s tock Man. Shef. & Lineoln - 1 50 msryport and Carlisle.. all - -, , 20 Newßranswick & Canda • The traffic receipts of the South Austrian and 121 Do do }shares.... all - - stoc le k NYfiedtrlaonpde li . tan 6 31 21d Ry.&Land(Lim.)_g.6pc a l l 5 7 Class A Capital Share • LO sto ck Railway for the week end- 6.4.0. Do new • ing the 4th inst., 'exhibited an increase of £5,367 stock Do Firming. ar * Derhy 100 101 103 • • Do. do. Land do. ....... 20 Oude (Limited) ........ 6s. - - 50 Mid. G'. W. of Ireland all - - • • 100 964 974 , c ompared with the same period in 1860. 25 Do 4 shares all - - stock Scinde eve. 20 Do. Punjaub .... ._s3 a 15 2 d lid s At the half-yearly Court of the Proprietors of g 3r D id o ic , (g i a t iEi n - e - -- ' • all all - - 20 Do. Do. ... .... - si . 9 all - - d • t he Bank of England, held to-day, a dividend of 5 - - . stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. g e „t. 100 90 92 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 i Id, , 10 Newry & Armagh, def. 9 7 6 d / Per cent. was declared. 20 Nevery, Warnpt. &Roe. Boa. all - - • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. _ i 4 V an The annual meeting of the shareholders of the stock Norfolk. ..._ . .. ........ 100 52 51 stock North British lOO 631 641 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 55 61 •20 Ardennes.. .. ~ .. .., - wll--- - - P Dieman's Land Agricultural Company has stock scoe.nessitereernest I: _lO O - - also been held to -day, when the directors report stock D A stk ; A recs no d. eo _ ,nan..&S,Fran.lim.7 p.c. 20 1 1 010-1 5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 11 s until lipchas beenpd.B 100 - - 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all - - reco mmending a distribution of ss. per share was stoc kgoc Nth. B a stock ..... , - 1014 1 5 declared, free of income tax. 6 Caemeaux Mine & Rail 30 .12 13 i 25 Do h do E . G.N.E.G s . t N ern .E - . p ß ur erwi cha e s i : 1 1 6 ° 1 1 34 Id " 10 1 p" stock Tic Leeds - - The Bank of England Directors have separated stock Do York . 20 Dutch Rhenish ...... .. 16 31 31 af ter their weekly Court without making any stock North London _9B 10_0 10 Do new 2O Eastern of France .... all 23 24 altera tion in their discount regulations. 19.16.4 North Staffordshire l7/ 31 31 1 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. a 10 -- - 20 Do. do. all - -- There has been very little business in the 12 10 Grantham Rail ll 73 75 20 Great Central of France all - - En • glish Stock Market to day, and the quotations ' i - ,.. . t an & dS.W. Junction all 81 101 10 rsebles . . .......... all - - 20 Gt. Luzern., Con. shs... all 771 • have 20 Portsmouth - - 20 Italian Junction ...... all - - 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all - - , e been well maintained, Consols being 91i ; 1 0 Rhymney.....- - - stock Scottish Central - - rIO m oney, and 921 1 for the account. Speculation stock Scot N. E. Aber. stock 100 34 E 5 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 71 74 7 1 20 Do. 6p. a Pref......... all 19 20 continues dull, but a few purchases have been stock Do Scot. ind. stock 11,000 49 83 50 90 16 Northern of France.... all 371 381 en stock Shropshire Unionl6 Do. New Shares .- . 15 - - effected in consequence of the improved tendency 10 Sittingbonrne & Sheer. all -- . stock south Devon - - d • 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref . . all 8 9 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 37 38 Place in the New Threes, at 91 11; India Stock is 25 S.-Durham & Lanc.Un. 221 - - 20 .Paris & Orleans all 55 57 . stock South Eastern ........ 100 8* 84 841 43; 20 Recife &S. Fran. (Fern ) ) 221 and 223 ; ditto 5 per Cent. is flat at 1001 1 ; stock South Wales ......... 100 59 Cl 60 gua. 7_p. , ct. lim ditto New Scrip is at 100" ; Exchequer Bills, lid. st 2 o o ck S. York. and River Dun 100 . 94 97 , 20 Riga & Dunaburg l6 - - eta i n es, Wok,. and Wok al. 4 7 20 Royal Danish all - - 5 Royal . - - Per diem, remain at 6s. to 2s. dis. ; ditto 2d. per 25 Stockton & Darlington all 41 42 411 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all - - d iem, at 3s. prem. 25 Do do ll 104 111 o 25 Do New (1860) 3 661 p 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... ail 51 5; stock Taff Vale 'Very little business has taken place in the stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO - --, 10 Do. 55 per cent. Pref...., all 81 84 um - - 20 San Paulo, lien, g. 7p. c. 4 16 11 !, P oreign Market, but prices have improved. 25 ThamesHavenPk&Rall 22 - - 20 B.Aust&Lomb Venetin 14 11 11d Turkish 50 ulster " 6 per Cents. are 72 to 73 ; ditto, 1858, 25 Do 20 S. East Portugal 7 p it'. 4 - 81 West Flanders 631, to 541 ; ditto £ lOO Bonds have advanced to s i2 toc l k o Vale of Neath 65 / ; Buenos Ayres to 891 ; and Grenada Active to 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim 1 6 stoce Waterford & 'Kilkenny 100 - - 20 Western of Austrie- .. 6 - - 1, • ; Mexican have been rather actively dealt in 50 Waterford & Lidlerick all - - 20 Western of Switzerland all - - at 24; 1 ; and 241 i. 20 West Caswell - 20 West London all - - 6 Do. 8 per cent 'Pre . ..-. all - - Business in the Railway Share Market has con- 10 Do Ist class - - 20 Zealand - - 20 Do 2d class -._ .... all - - tinned inactive, but late rates are supported for s t oc k W e stHartlepool Harbr BRITISH MINES. 0 8t of the principal British undertakings. Great and Rail ' d ' 100 - - xfor 100 41 46 441 - 111 IA Ili•pd Consols(Philack) 2.1 1 1 6 10 21 3 2 1 20 ;British Iron Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and s s t t oc ock k West Midland-0 no. Newport 1 00 40 43 - 'Clifford ' nil 1 7 5 185 stock no. Hereford 100 79 81 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 350 370 North East ern (B erw i c k) h ave i m p rove d 5 5.; an d - East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 1074 1121 Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, and PREFERENCE SHARES. - East Caradon . - ... .... 2.14.6 15 151 - E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 61 61 W est Midland have declined ss. - Gam.dit.Aubyn(Gwen.) 541 18 20 In the F ore i gn an d C o l on i a l M ar k ets t h e trans- Closing Business - Great South Tol g us.... 17s 64 7 Share! Railways. Paid Price. Done. - IG.Wheal Alfci. (Philack) 13.9.6 411 actions have be en ex t reme l y li m i te d . G ran d T run k - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 1/ 1 - 'Grenville 5.14.6 21 21 o f Canada have realised 21 21 3 and Great 25 ' 'llythe and Tyne 10 per - Herod's-F00t....- I 8.12 '35 17 36 Western of Canada d ec li ne d to I 111 .1; ; a pref. (issued at £5( ell - - - Hingston Downs i 4.10.6 221 stk arcs. & Exet.4 p.ctstock 100 - - sn Lady Bertha Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have 20 Do. do. do. Shares - se Margaret ( tiny Lelant) 9 i 46 48 been in moderate request, at about previous rates. stock Caledon 410,41 per cent 100 .99 101 - North Downs 2/ 31 4 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 - - - ;North Frances (Illogan) 111 41 54 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. C. 'all - - - ;N. Wh'l Baseet (Illo4an) 4s 74 71 71 Ottoman Bank, however, have improved 5s , and 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent... all 20 21 South Australia ss. ; Australian Agriculiural, - North' Wheal Crotty - - Par Consols (St. Blazey) 14 01 91 Berlin Water Works, and Royal Mail Steam realise all - - al Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun.. all 6 61 14 !Do Ist Class Pref 100 99 101 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 37 39 38 - ;Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. lls 1 1 stock lE.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c. 100 109 112 - 'South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 300 310 previous values. stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 104 107, No 1 100 108 110 - , S. Cars Brea (Illogan).. 41 ' 3 31 PARIS BOURSE, 12.10 p.m.-Three per Cent. stock E. Conn. Ex. sp. 1 I S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all , ' 4 1 stock E. do. a No - IS.Wheal Fran_ (Mogan) 18.1 -. s; 170 180 Rentes, 68f. 12c. to 68f. 15c. Rather firm. stock Do. New 6 per ct. stook. 'lOO 121 123 . 2 100 106 108 - 'Stray Park 24.8.0 , 369 385 stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 78 80 5 'Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 49 , 2 21 BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRI CES stock Do. 5 per cent. - guar... 100 - stock Edin.&Glas.sp.c. shares 100 110 112 10 Tin Crort 9 61 6 - Vale of Towey (Caren) i3s 6cl 1 4 Peak Stock -- West Basset (Illogan).. 11 17 18 N o 12_e_r_Cent. Consols Annuities - - W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 77 79 In 5 6 per Cent. Annuities Shut 911 1 stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 - - - West Seton tia Stock. stock Glas.& S. Westess. 5 p.c. 100 - - - IWheal Basset (Illogan)1 55 8 110 .. , ... 221 3 Ditto 6 • per Cent .. • - ;Wheal Buller (Redrutli): 5 115 125 Ditto S cr i p . 100 102 104 11 1 stock Po.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 100 110 112 1005 • stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. - {Wheal Edward (Cals.); 7.5 11 21 ,--- Wheal Kitty (D.Lelant 1.7.2 12 13 • Ditto Debentures, 1858 951 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)/ 8 18 20 , s . Ditto, 1859 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. all - - stock- f . - Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 51 12 13 "ate Bonds £l,OOO l9 die GeSn. & W (Ireland)4 1 100 g 7 99 06 FOREIGN MINES . ... Ditto under £l,ooo 5 0 Great West. (Berks and 20 ;Australian %;01 313015 for Account - - 1 IBonAccordCopper,Llm. 17.6 5d 1 15d. I 2d. stock Co. Recleemable,4l p.c . i.. 100 97 99 20 Brazil Seg.del Reyadm 15 294 301 Ez h' e (quer Bills, £l,ooo 5 Do. Land and MgCo. all 1 1 • D taro £SOO stock no Irredeemable, d 0... 100 90 92 1001 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 4 - die. Ditto Small 1140 Cobra Copper all 39 41 , 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. a -• Cppiapo FOREIGN FUNDS-CLO.SING PRICES 10 Gt. W. Ches. 03 p.c. pub. all 17 18 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail I 1 Bra 5 per Cent all 191 101 .. - 10 1/o. do. sp. ct. pref 2 Fortuna... all 2 21 Ditto 45 per Cent. 1860 13. 20 General all 20 22 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. 261 Do. Chester gm. shares all 20 21 •2Cop. of S. Austr. 1 pr 1p Ditto Account • 20 no. do. do. all 15 154 11 Kapunda (Limited) ..... 1 1 11 p Mexican 3 per Cent .. 244 1i 5 100 Lan. & Carl. 45 p a pref. 40 8 Linares .. all 910 N. l) itto Account 1 iMariquira 2 pr p all 1 1 eve Grenada Active, 35 per Cent. - '- 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L.. 126.6 d I id 1 , Ditto Deferred - - 20 Pont baud Silver,Lead; , e rliVian 45 per Cent 931 5 No. 2 100 111 113 stock Lon.& Brig.spageu.No.l 100 111 113 stock Do. sp. a 5 Port Philip 1 1 1 Russian 6 per Cent. 1822, £St lOO 135 140 .. stock Do. gas. 6p. a 1 ;Scottish Austrin. (L.).. 10s. 14 d Ditto 45 per Cent. - 91 stock Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 100 ill 113 28•2•131 United Mexican . ...... all 4 4 4 D -Ui tt o 3 per Cent, 1859 1 Worthing (Limited).... all 1 4 4 "Panish 3 per Cent... 5 Do. do. 4i p. c. shares.. all - - Do -. • - - Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) Ditto Account 100 128 131 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Ditto Passive - - .. 17/ stock Lou. Chat. and Dover lOO 87 69 40 Australasia all 65 67 1 1rIcish - 6 per Cent -.., .. 73 2 Do.W. r rceiv. no div. 25 Bank o f Egypt all 19 30 Ditto Account ,• Ex.A to 6pcis pd on all- - - _ ' 7 21 5 i 10 100 Bank of London 5O 51 13 t Ditto New Loan Ditto Account - - 531 4/ - 50 British North American all - - Ditto £IOO Bonds Nuneaton, sp. ct... , 100 - - Dividends on the above payable in London. 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 33 85 Belgian,, 45 per Cent., Ex. 25f 974 stock Lon. & S.W, 7 is. ct. stook 100 - - stock Do. 49 per cent lOO - - 100 City ... 50 69 71 1 'Dutch Exchange, 12 Gail. 25 per Cent... 631 2s. ad. Do. (Prtsm. perpl suns. 100 Colonial . - THREE O'CLOCK. of 2s. 6d.. .. ... - - 1 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada.. all - 100 Commercial of London. 20 - - Consols, Money 911 2 129 Lon floncly. & Cole.. 5 el - all - - 124 Londony. & Ennis. i all all 1 34 145 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 151 16 511 Ditto Account 92i 1 stock Man. Sh. &Lin. 8 per ct. 100 126 128 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - .. e MISS , 6 Do. £6 . 44 i 41 i 20 Lon. Char. Bkof Austral all 226 23 221 3 THE WE AT HER. me 'Do. 34 per cent 50 London Joint Stock .. 10 - - • • 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent.. 5 1 4 e 20 London and S. African.. 10 2 15 METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. 121 "Jary-ort & Car., . 121 Do. 41 per cent 4p a all - _ all - - 100 London & Westminster 20 62 63 ;This ay, stock Mid. Con. 6 p 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 - - B •Ween 8 and B. R M. D. F. C. LS. stock Do.C,on.Bris. & Bin 6 p.c. 100 134 188 20 Do. new l2 - 9 k m. stock Do. 44 p. a pref. stock.. 100 99 101 50 National Bank ........ 25 - -..........._ . 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 - - 2 O 2O New South Wales - - 4aire . • ----- - - -25 Orient B. Corporation a k s Ili ....... 29.81 47 42 W.S.W. 8 7 c. 3 20 Ottoman Bank ... .. . Leith,. " " 29 . 93 41 39 S.S.W. 5 4 c. 3 stock . o . N rflk 5 a Ex. et 1846 100 - - stock Do. Lela & Hit. pref. st. 100 92 94 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 - t e ,.,_ . ...... 20.01 47 46 S.W. 4 9 o. 3 stock Do. 5.1 p. P. Pref. do. ' 1817 1 0 0 - - 10 Do . new. all - - 41ti;lek ...... 30 . 03 43 40 .. W. 3 3 a 2 ' 100 111 113 25 South Australia - - 301 3 1 rot t,„ " L a n -• . 30 . 04 41 43 W.S. W. 4 6 0. 4 stock North British.p p. 0... stock Do.sWava.VaEx.stlB4- 100 - - . 100 109 111 • 25 Union of Australia - - ehlei c r" •• - 30'01 46 45 S. '3 3 b. 3 stock Do. New, gua- a 1 1 . 0 . •• • , I , _ 60 Union oi London l2 24 25 241 5 Gales a ...... 30.12 35 34 W. 2 Ib. 4 101 Do. Bor. DU. g. pf. she 3 _s _ . l I 100 Unity Mutual 6O - - ace s : ). ... • . 30.14 49 48 S.W. 8 4 a 6 1 0 Do. do. do all _ t i ,..._ oreugh'.. 30 . 18 38 36 W. 3 4 b. 3 stock Nth.Dev.Rail. &Dck.Co. 100 - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. qu'veerSool..... 3024 41 40 S. 8 •E• 2 6 a 1 - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. & July 100 - - I(o,Btren... 30 ''' - az 46 44 - stock N-EastCons.Pret. 4 b n. c. 1 00 00 9_o 79 . 2 W. 3 1 C. stock Do. igg:l3=lrefgl. 100 99 100 - Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 - - b. P - Do. 6p . cent.lBBo-2 100 - - I o ' e h• •.. 30.27 36 33 N.W. 2 L',-,.1_1(lou ...... 30'29 47 34 W. 2 4b. - - 17 Do. do. do • 13.4. /cl p - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - I•'ve: ........ 30.29 40 28 • N.E. 5 1 b. I 4 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. a No, 1 13 - -p. Aug. 100 :07 109 I,souitr.lt, Mouth .. 30'28 41 38 N. 3 sm. 1 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 . g - - - Do. 6p c. Mar. & Sept 100 110 112 PI an d ••. . . 30..35 41 38 - - Im. 4 5 Do. York, .& 8. Purch: 10 Idl 1) - Do. 5 per cent lOO 1004 1001 1001 4 p en °nth .... 3055 38 3 6 E N . H . 1 1 e, 1 20 North Staffordshire.... all 22 23 - Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 107 108 1074 aers zance • • 30 36 43 42 N.B. 1 7 b. 2 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. all - - - Do. 1890 100 108 109 'er ...... : •. 30'38 37 36 N.N.E, 1 1 f. 2 81 Scottish Cent 1, new pt all - - - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1061'1071 11061 stock Scottish Norti-Eastern n...____ - Do. 6p c. Ap. & Oct. 100 - - 31 p. a pref. stock.... 100 - - Exp x - N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 186 e 100 97 981 t o 32 de g NA.TI arometer, corrected and reduced stoct ? ) o.Aperd a een i. sia= 100 - - 100 132 124 p. a, 1871 to 187 0 100 974 984 e a . at mean sea e ve!; each 10 feet of vertical rise- Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwds 100 97 98 481 /I ab out de. aboves out 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 Lock South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 104 10 4 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent all - - - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. a 2 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading sterling, 1875 lOO 106 107 posed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for Ann., 1.0.6) - B.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up. 100 - - uevoatPoairation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true- stoex Do. 41 per cent lOO - - - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Jr. &July 100 - - - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oc t 100 4 , 4 109 1081 il to nagnetic). F. Force (1 to 12-estimated). C. Cloud stock , Do. Fixed .Ip.c. Ist is. 100 - -- 7 L . I. Initials •-b blue sky • c clouds (detached) • stock south Wales, g - ua. 4 p.c. 100 91 93 _ ."°g• • h hail ; .1., lightning ; re., misty (hazy) ; 0., stock ' Do. 44 per cent. lOO 98 100 DOCKS. overt wd (d i l l) ; repeated augments stock Po. 5 per cent' lOO - r., rain ;s , snow ; t., thunder. A letter stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p: a gua lOO 85 87 -thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb- 25 Stock. & Dar. A. sp. o all 261 271 stock Commercial lOO - anee (1 to 9). stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO - , 25 Do. B 6 per cent all 515 324 25 Do. C 6 per cent all 311 324 stock East and West India ..1 100 WIND AND ___ 'WEATHER REPORT, This DAY, 9 A.M. stock_ Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c. 100 45 48 stock London .. . 1 100 css Belfast, W. ; gloomy stock W.Mid -Oxf lst Gua stk 100 123 125 stock St. Katharine..., ! 100 -- Birmingham,N.Vvery fine Hu ll ,tiolyhwead.s, .S vir W . ;. ; fin fi e ne stock Do. 2d do 100 118 121 stock Southampton lOO - Boston S.W. • finestock Do. Newport sp.apf.red. 100 98 ,100 981 stock Victoria. .... 20 Do New . - 2 I 141 par ' Brighton, w.R.w. fi ne lverness, w. ; dull stock Do.Perpet. 6p . apf 18.66 100 (21 124 Li., Leeds, 00 e ( s L ondonderry,' N o d f e t ' W r r i c . ,; N N fi n . W w e . .: finefl n fine stock Do. till 1869, Ist is. 100 114 116 - MISCELLANEOUS. Bristol, N.E. ; fine fine Iliad ll ' aven . S . • E . ; fine 124 Do. do. 2d is. 74 - - Cardiff, N.W_. • fi ne Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 131 14 131 Chatham, N.N•W. ; Newcastle on Tyne, ' 8•W. , 10 'Atlantic R. MI Stm (1d) - - - Coleraine), ester, S.W ; fine 1000 Atlantic TeL (Limited) all - - W.S.W. I fine , . LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 '3O 283 4 Deal, N.W. • fine - 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 41 4i Dublin, S.W. ; fine fine 50 British American Land 40 - - .I ) un.dee, N.W. ; fine Shef fi eld, N.E. , fine Railways. 1 d. , Leasing \Closing Business 1 Pal 1 . . . Co 's Price Done. 60 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 34 116 11, ,dinburgh, N. ; fine Sttnderland, S.M7 : 2O Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 .r , draouth, calm ; fine West Hartlepo ' 01 s 'ecr Wakefield, E ; 60 fire Bedford and Bletchley, all Ln IttW .. .. 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 121 141 Glasg ow, NAV. ; damp Beckingharnshire .... 1 100 Ln & .W 94 98 324 Canada Land all 114 118 ~.Goole, S.E. • fine Whitehaven smr • • ; fine Chester &1191yhead.. DO Do. 53 534 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all - - 1 • ' • • • dull Do. do. 54 per cent 100 Do. 121 123 stock Cop.lllin.ofEng.&Sinitg all - - L .T rafesend, W. ' fine Woiverton N mr •' , • • ; fine Do. do. 5 per cent.; 100 i Do. lO9 111 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent .. all 20 22 H arrogate, N. •' nne ) ...........21,,,, ..........,,.................. Clydesdale Junction.: 100 !Caledonin 99 101 stock Crystal Palace Colchester, Stour Val. all IE.U.&E Cl 5 16 stock Do. Preference E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. ICC Gt. North. 135 137 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 Id 1 d THE SIEGE OF MESSINA.--- - "The Turin G aze tt e E.Union ,HarwichShs, all E.Ccunts. 141 stock Electric Telegraph Publishes the precise terms of the letter of General Cialdini G po. Woodbridge ... 100 - - 25 Do. New l5 -* - .:. 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E.Counts 1 41 1 10 OrintLln.Steam(Lim.) 8 41 31 personal property, and that of coto. -, Northn.tz Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do' --4 .oated for the benefit of the families of peaceable cut- Do. do. 6 per cent .. all Do . 55 57 60 Pen. & Oriental Steam .. all 68 70 • Zell • ...... - 50 Do. New 25 10 11 haveB) to compensate them for the injuries which you may Do. Fixed 5 per cent'. all Do.. ... _ North Western C aliaod ; and, finally, I shall give up you and your sub- 50 Itlaymney Iron Prestos and Wyre. all ' r- "k NW 1 ord inates to the people of M • I have the character & L.Yk. )- - 15 Do. Now all 44 51 Messina. " kee • Do. 4 Shares A all Do. ._ , , 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 491 501 50 4 rang m y promises, and, without fear of being accused _ o stock Scot Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 123 128 ° f bo • n tn Et' t 1 &Sh 100 Gt.NOrth'. 132 1 • 3 - ys .1 c 1., ep 4 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 asting, I declare that you and yours will very soon be Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 T.Brassey leo 102 113 le Y h and p le ase. I will Do. Do. 1 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 4 / s. Reflect, then, and act as you P 117. 1 Do. do. Registered 110 t res South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean.. l ei ii 10 Do. do. .....oeui a bse you any longer as a soldier, but as a veritable i, Wilts and Somerset.. .100 Gt. West. 90 92 38 ass• 20 Tr. & Ln. Co.ofUpr.Can; 5 I - - 111 ) and as such entire Europe Will regard you," rimbledoniz Crud% all 'LA ENto.. fi oi 100 Van Diemeu'al•aud THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH [l4, 1861. BANK OF .ERGLAN.D. THIRD EDITIO 1. HALF-YEARLY MEETING (THIS DAY). A general court of directors of the Bank of England was held this morning in the Bank Parlour, Threadneedle street ; it was also one of the quarterly courts held pursuant to the Charter. BONAMY DbBREE, Esq., governor, presided. The minutes of the last court having been read and con firmed, The GOVERNOR stated that he had to acquaint the court that the net profits for the half-year ending 28th of Feb. were £720,215, making the rest on that day £3,728,710: After providing for a dividend at 5 per cent. for the half-year, the rest would amount to £3,100,060. The directors therefore propose that a dividend on interest and profits, on the sth of April, of 5 per cent., without deduction for income-tax, be declared. Ho therefore moved a resolution to that effect. A PROPRIETOR wished to know what was the amount of bullion in the bank at the present moment ? The GOVERNOR could not state exactly the amount, but it was, he knew, over £12,000,000. • (Hear, hear.) _ _ A PROPRIETOR asked the amount of notes reserved ? The GOVERNOR said it was over £7,000,000 0rX8,000,000, but he could not in that instant state the precise amount. It would become public in the usual way on Friday by the publication of the Gazette. Alderman SALOMONS said, referring to the questiom that had been asked relative to the capital and the notes reserved, he should like to know whether there was any reason why, after the usual meeting on Thursday, some authorized communication might not be made to the pro prietors. They had, by the present arrangement, to wait for the newspapers on Saturday before they got the infor mation. The GOVERNOR said it was the desire of the directors that every information on the matter spoken of by the hon. proprietor should be given, and it had been under conside ration, but whether or not it could be carried out ho could not at that moment say. The Governor then put the re solution for the dividend formally to the meeting, when it was carried unanimously. A PROPRIETOR complained that the present rate of in. terest was too high, and that there was a strong feeling on the point by traders generally. The GOVERNOR said the proprietors had assembled that day for the making of a dividend, and he did not think it desirable that a discussion should be gone into with respect to the rate of interest. (Hear, hear.) It was a subject that was every day, ne 0..im0.t 45v ery hour, under the consideration of the directors, and the proprietors might rely that immediately the directors saw it was prudent to reduce the present minimum rate they would do so. (Hear, hear.) Their proceedings had shown that they did not wait for a court day" to communicate to the proprietors, in reference to which they took extra responsibility on themselves, in order that no delay might take place. (Hear, hear.) He assured the meeting that when the moment did arrive for any relaxation the directors would only be too happy to give the public the benefit of it. (Hear, hear.) The motion was then carried. The SECRETARY announced that the dividend warrants will be declared and paid on the 6th April next. Alderman SALOMONS said he felt great pleasure in moving the next resolution. It was true, no doubt, that the high rate of interest did very seriously affect the trading interest, but at the same time they must look to the causes that had produced it. They had not only had a deficient harvest, but potatoes and fruit had turned out badly, and if they got through the present year without a great num ber of failures, with only the inconvenience of the high rate of interest, he thought it would be matter of congratulation. The resolution was a vote of thanks to the governor and directors for their exertions during the past half-year, and he could not re sume his seat without saying how thankful they were to the directors, and more particularly the governor, for the manner in which they conducted the interests of that great corporation. As the governor's term of office shortly ex pired, he took that opportunity of stating the high admire tion in which he was held. No gentleman had ever filled the chair at the Bank who had been more courteous—(hear, hear) ; and his whole conduct would favourably bear com parison with all those who had occupied the high position —men who had been most energetic in the commercial world, and ornaments to society. (Hear, hear.) The motion, having been seconded, was carried unani mously. . The GOVERNOR, in returning thanks, said the only re ward a governor of the house could receive on retiring from office was the thanks of the proprietors, and if he received that he could desire nothing more. He begged to thank the proprietors for the compliments that had been con ferred. The proceedings then terminated. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) EQUITY COURTS. (Before Vice-Chancellor Stuart.) EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA v. DAY—KOSSUTH NOTES. Sir H. Cairns, who appeared for the plaintiff, said cer tain affidavits had been made by the defendants, and he thought he ought to be furnished with copies of such docu ments previous to proceeding with the ease. The Vice-• Chancellor said he thought the learned gentle man ought to have copies of the answers. It was then arranged that copies !should be furnished, and the cause was ordered to stand over to a future day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. THE SIIOREDITCH BANK FAILURE.-IN RE DAVIES AND TROIJGHTON. These bankrupts, described as of Shoreditch, bankers, whose disastrous failure was so recently before the public, came up to day upon their examination meeting. The accounts have appeared upon a former occasion, but it may bA remembered that Messrs. Hart Brothers, and Hayles, the eminent accountants, of Moorgate-street, had been engaged on behalf of the creditors to investigate and report thereon. This morning at an early hcar the court was fairly filled by parties interested in the estate, and the various legal ge*tlemen appeared for their several clients. Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, said the assignees wished to make an alteration in the balance sheet. The bankrupts had credited themselves with amounts upon bills receivable, which would be materially reduced when the assets were realised. He (Mr. Linklater) proposed to examine both the bankrupts and if their answers were satisfactory, the assignees would not oppose their passing. Mr. Troughton (called by Mr. Linklater).—Before January, 1859, I was a clerk in the employ of Davies since August, 1855. My brother was in partnership with Davies in lBb7, and I went into partnership in August, 1859. Up to that time I was managing clerk. I was tolerably ac quainted with the position of the house when I joined it. The banking house in 1859 was not, to my knowledge, insolvent. Robert Cradock Davies said he had private property, but I did not inquire what it was. Davies told me what it was, but I- did not ask him. Davies was in the habit of looking at the books of the bank from time to time. The bookkeeper prepared the monthly balance-sheets en paper. I presented those balance-sheets to Mr., Davies. That gentleman did not attend at the bank every day in the week. He was absent one or two days. He was in the habit of looking at the daily balance-book very often. I was in the public office. Messrs. Evans Brothers are indebted to our firm in an amount of £46,000. They were indebted to the bank when I became a partner. Looking at the daily balance-sheet, it would be manifest that Evans's account was overdrawn. I arranged the advances with Evans Brothers, and told Mr. Davies of it. He knee they had £2,900 in 1859. Evairs here represented that they could not pay their wages unless the bank assisted them, and the bank dill ,assist them. Mr. Davies usually arrived at the bank about eleven o'clock and remained till three or four. He was in the habit of seeing customers who required assistance. We remarked to each other that Evans's account was largely overdrawn, and he objected to its going on. He complained before July, 1859. Davies would notice the overdraught from the daily balance•book. I had told him of the overdraught. By the end of 1859, Evans owed £14,000. I understood they had property, houses, and contracts. I have kept some documents from the official assignees, be cause I did not think they were of any use. In reference to questions of money advanced to Evans on mortgage of some houses, an answer given by the witness led to a most indignant cry of "Oh I oh! oh I" Mr. Linklater considered such interruptions most im proper. They materially interfered with the equanimity of the witness, and prevented the advocate from properly doing his duty. The case was not concluded when ve went to press, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH - STREET. - ------__ _ _ ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES, &c.—Sarah Andrews, a servant in the employ of Mr. John Sykes, corset maker, of 280, Regent-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with stealing four £5 Bank of England notes, and also on suspi cion of stealing a quantity of jewellery—the bank notes being the property of Mr. Sykes, and the jewellery that of Miss Emmallaig, sister-in-law to the prosecutor. Mr. Sykes said, the prisoner had been in his employment as servant since the 2d of March, having given as reference a person at Trevor-square. Prisoner left last Tuesday, and after she had gone he missed the notes from the cash-box, where they were safe the previous day. Some jewellery had been also missed. Philip Steel, barman at till Queen's Head, Titohfield street, said—On Tuesday morning prisoner tendered a a note in payment of a bottle of whisky. She took it from among some others. The number of 06880 was on it. He told her he could not get change for it. He then saw her go to a neighbour's, and on going there found she had at tempted to change it. Prisoner said she knew nothing about it. Edwin Chapple, 26 E, said that the jewellery the prisoner was suspected of stealing was the property of Miss Haig, the sister of Mrs. Sykes, and was of the value of about £3O. He had ascertained that the prisoner had been carrying on a systematic plan of robbery at different situations where she had been employed. He wished for a remand. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should remand the prisoner for a week. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. 05.11REIVSBURY RACES.—(This Day.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. MEMBERS' PLATE. Balleri no 1 Commander Pinkepoe Five ran. CO aPORATION PLATE. Tyrant 1 Lord of the Manor 2 Plutus .. Four ran. CLEVELAND HANDICAP. Prince Imperial 1 Volition Rosedale Four ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Black Diamond .. 1 Master Bagot Avalanche Eight ran. HURDLE RACE. Waterford Topsy Four ran. t.MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING). The LORD CHANCELLOR, took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. CHURCH RATES. Petitions were presented against the abolition of church rates by the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of St. David's, Lord Lyttelton, Earl Stanhope, and several other peers. • PRIVATE BUSINESS. - M. West of Fife Mineral Railway and Charleston Rail. way and liArllnur Companies Bill was read a buetnid Liiue. MARRIAGE LAWS IN IRELAND. Lord CHELMSFORD presented a petition complaining of the evils arising from the existing state of the law of marriage in Ireland. It prayed that an inquiry into these laws might be instituted, and that the Roman Catholic clergy might be entitled to those privileges in celebrating marriages, and subjected to the same restrictions as other clergymen. THE FINE ARTS COMMITTEE. The Earl of SHELBURN begged to ask the noble earl below him (Earl Granville) when it was likely the room now occupied by the Fine Arts Committee, which was origi nally intended for the Standing Orders Committee, would be occupied as it was originally intended ? Earl GRANVILLE said he could not give the noble earl an answer to his question at the present moment, as there was some difficulty connected with the subject. Lord REDESDALE raid he had for years urged the same subject on the attention of the noble earl. The room in which the standing orders business was transacted was quite inadequate for the performance of the public business, If the Standing Orders Committee could not be entirely given up, he thought it ought to be vacated during the sitting of Parliament. The subject then dropped. SUBDIVISION OF DIOCESES BILL. Lord LYTTELTON moved the second reading of this bill. The noble lord said he had not brought for ward this bill on his sole responsibility, but last session the bill was brought to him by several very eminent personages, and concurring in the objects of the measure, he had undertaken the charge of it. He did not seek to make extensive alterations in the church, but his object was to effect improvements where they were most urgently required. He wished to assimila to the system of the English Church at home with respect to the constitution of dioceses to what it already was in the Colonial Church, or to a , ,sitnilate that system as regarded the erection of dioceses to what it was with regard to the subdivision of parishes and the erection of new churches. The clergy year after year had petitioned the Crown for an extension cf the episcopacy, and although there had been such extension in the colonial episcopate, yet at home, where it was as much required, none had taken place. He did not believe it was owing to the want of funds that such had not been done, but thought it was altogether owing to the want of any machinery for the purpose. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EvENiyG). The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Blackpool and Lytham Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. C. FORSTER, the standing order No. 203 was suspended in the case of the Manchester and Milford Railway (Aberystwith branch) bill, and the bill will be read a second time on Friday. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the abolition of church rates, against the Poor Law Removal Act, against the Parochial Assessment Bill, in favour of a Reform Bill, &c. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS, Mr. B. COCII RAN E.' gave notice that tomorrow evening he should move for copies of all examination papers signed by the Civil Service Commissioners. IMPRISONMENT FOR RgLiGious OPINIONS IN SPAIN. Sir R. PEEL gAve notice that on the motion for ad journment to-morrow evening he would ask her Majesty's Government if any correspondence had taken place on the subject of the imprisonment of persons in Spain for religious opinions ; if so, what was the tenor, and that ho would draw the attention of the house to the matter. SALE OF GAS. Mr. JACKSON asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the intention of the Go vernment to introduce, at an early date, a bill to remedy the defects of existing legislation in regard to the measures used in the sale of gas? Mr. CLIVE said that the act in question had not come into operation, and therefore it could not be ascertained what defects existed in it. When these defects were known then a bill might be introduced to remedy them. THE CABLE BEW EEN MALTA AND GIBRALTAR. In reply to Mr. CONINGIIAM, Mr. M. GIBSON said the persons responsible for the safe keeping of the cable were the contractors, whose inte rest it was to see that it was attended to. The Government had taken the necessary steps to ascertain that it was kept safely, and when the time came for the appointment of the officer in question, they would take care that an efficient person was selected. NEW CENSUS TABLES. In reply to Mr. KNTGHTLEY, Sir G. C. LEWIS said that some time must elar.se be fore the contents of these tables could be properly digested, and I.l^ would take care as far as possible that the popula tion of counties proper should be properly described. FINSBURY-PARK. Sir M. PETO asked what steps had been taken in the purchase of land or otherwise for the purpose of forming the Finsbury-park, pursuant to the Act 20 and 21 Vic., c. 150 ; and if no steps had been taken, whether they would be taken, so as to carry out the provisions of the act, viz., five years from its passing in 1857 ; or whether it was in tended to apply for powers to extend the time of carrying out the same ? Mr. COWPER said that up to the present time no steps had been taken in reference to this subject. THE CHINA WAR AND THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT. On the motion for going into committee of supply on army estimator, Gen. PEEL asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what portion of the sum of £850,000, granted by Parliament to cover the entire expenditure on account of the China war during the financial year 1859-60, had been appropriated to, or is reserved for, the liquidation of the claims of the Indian Government, on account of advances made or expenses incurred in India. The honour able and gallant member complained that there was no efficient check on the expenditure that might take place in regard to money advanced for the purposes of India, and, indeed, he did not see how it could be otherwise, so long as Government retained the power of applying a Tote to purposes other than that for which it was granted. He comilamed also generally of the unsatisfactory state of ac counts in respect to financial operations with reference to India. He considered that these army estimates were most important, because they represented the peace establishment of the country, as we were at peace with the world, and only very trifling additions could possibly be required to be made to our military force this year. He then proceeded to criticise items in the army estimates, which he con tended were founded on a false principle. Mr. BARING appealed to the hon. and gallant member to postpone his remarks until he (Mr. Baring) had an opportunity of making his statement. He would be able to show that some of the assertions of the hon. and gallant member were not correct. _ . General PEEL said that remark could not apply to the observations he was about to make. (A laugh.) He denied that the abstract of the votes published showed clearly the real state of the case as regarded the army estimates, for credit was taken for a reduction in the amount which in reality was only a transfer to another head of military ex penditure. He contended further that the votes were in sufficient for the requirements of the army service during ihe year. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he regretted that he was obliged to censure the course taken by so justly respected a member of the house as the hon. and Tal 1 ant gentleman. It was singularly unappropriate at the present time to review in anticipation this subject be fore the statement was made by the member to whose hands it was intrusted. He thought that the hon. and gallant member should rather have endeavoured to assist than to throw difficulties in the way of his hon. young friend who had just undertaken the administration of the military expenditure. (Hear, hear.) The hon. and gallant member had not understood the nature of the re turns that hkd been recently made to the house, or he would have perceived that the sum of £850,000 was charged for the expenses of the China war. The principal object of that vote was an excess to meet the military expenses necessitated at home and abroad by that war. With re respect to the financial arrangements between this country and India, it was not to be expected that they could each year show exactly their position, because the financial years of this country and India terminated at different periods. After a few words from Mr. DISRAELI, The subject dropped. STOVES IN GARRISONS. Col. STUART called the attention of the house to the new stoves or stove grates placed in the barracks in London, Portsmouth, Chatham, and other stations ; and to ask the Under Secretary of State for War, the name of the inventor of these stoves, the name of the con•. tractor, the cost of the stoves themselves, and the expense of fitting them at the different stations; also, whether any officer in command of a district, gar rison, or regiment, or any barrack-master in charge of a station, has reported favourably of the experiment ; and, whether the economy of fuel has been sufficient to justfy the expense incurred in the alteration [Lul orzmiumi] WASTE PL ACES IN LONDON. Within the last few days a report has been pre sented to the Court of Common Council from the City Lands Committee, showing the number of vacant sites in the city of London or elsewhere be longing to the corporation, the sums paid for each of them, and how long they have remained vacant and unproductive. They first advert to a piece of ground on the east of Farringdon-street, the site of the Fleet Prison, purchased by the corporation in 1845 for £25,000, including the buildings upon the ground, the materials of which realised £5,269 odd, reducing the cost to £19,730, to which was added £1,882 17s. paid for redemption of land-tax, making the whole cost £21,613. This ground, they state, was kept vacant for many years, in the expectation that it might be required for the purposes of some public improvement, and now forms part of the property proposed to be taken and used by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. There are several plots of ground on the north side of Holborn-bridge and on the East of Field-lane, purchased and taken under the London (City) Im provement Act of 1847, at the cost of about £24,500, and the ground has remained vacant since the year 1848. Again, on the east and west sides of Victoria street there are some pieces of ground, purchased under the Holborn-bridge Act, passed upwards of 20 years ago, for about ' £55,000. Some portion of this ground has b een l e t b y th e cor poration on building leases, at rents amounting together to '1:321 a year, and the residue has been allowed to remain vacant for some 18 years, in consequence of anticipated improvements in that locality. Next is a piece of ground on the south of Holborn-hill, the site of two houses de stroyed by fire, purchased by the Commissioners of Sewers, at the request of the Court of Common Council, the expense of which, amounting to about £4,645, was paid out of the City Improvement Fund. The ground has remained vacant since 1848, and the committee think that steps should now be taken for letting it. There are likewise several pieces of ground forming the site of Smithfield mar ket, partly situated within the city and partly within the county of Middlesex, a portion of which is the ancient site of Smithfield, and the rest con sists of property purchased by the corporation at different times to increase the accommodation of the market. Under the provisions of the Metropolitan Meat and Poultry Market Act of last session a portion of that ground is directed to be preserved as au open space, subject to the periodical use of it as a market for the sale of hay and straw, and the remainder is to form part of the site of the proposed new meat and poultry market. Another piece of vacant ground is that in Warwick-square, adjoin ing the Old Bailey Sessions-house, being the sites of four houses purchased by the corporation in 1858 for £1,765. The houses were pulled down imme diately after the purchase, and the ground has since remained vacant ; but anticipated improvements in that locality induce the committee to recommend that it should not be let for the next six months. Further, on the west of Saffron-hill, the east and west of Victoria-street, and on the west of Turn- i mill-street, are several plots of land, acquired under ' the Clerkenwell Improvement Acts, the expense of carrying which acts into operation, after making allowance for the sum charged upon the London bridge Approaches Fund, and all sums received in respect of the property. amounted, up to Feb. 29, 1860, to £324,624. All that portion of the ground situate on the east of Victoria-street and the west of Turnmill-street has been agreed to be sold to the Metropolitan Railway Company for £179,157. The whole of the ground is under the control of the Im provement Committee. There are three pieces of land adjoining, and near to the City Prison at Hol loway, part of the land purchased by the Corpora tion in 1834, with the view of using it as a burial ground for the interment of persons dying of malig nant diseases within the city, the rest having been taken up for the purposes of the prison. The sum paid for the purchase and enfranchisement of the ground was £5,000, and that part not appropriated to the purposes of the prison is let temporarily, but is forthwith to be appropriated to building purposes. Lastly, there are several pieces of land at the New Metropolitan Market, Copenhagen-fields, part , of that purchased for the purposes of the market. The land brought under the authority of the Metropoli tan Market Act of 1851 contained in the whole about 76 acres, for which the corporation paid £64,978 odd. About 42 acres are appropriated for the purposes of the market, and the roadways, i taverns, and buildings connected with t ; and by an Act of Parliament recently passed the corpora tion are empowered to let on building leases a por tion of the vacant land, containing about 10 acres ; the rest, consisting of about 24 acres, being reserved for the purpose of providing additional accommo dation to the market, should it be wanted. ESSAYS AND REVIEWS. The following letter of protest against some recent expressions of the Bishop of Salisbury, in convocation, has been addressed to his lordship by a beneficed clergyman of the diocese : Marnhull Rectory, Dorset, Feb. 20, 1861. My Lord,—As a beneficed clergyman in your lordship's diocese, I yield to a sense of duty in expressing to your lordship the regret which I feel at seeing your lordship's name attached to a letter from the Archbishop of Canter bury, containing a condemnation of a work emanating from seven of the most learned and best informed members of our Church, On my own part, and that of my brethren in the diocese, the range of whose studies is likely to lead them to approve of the general spirit of the book in question, I can assure your lordship that we shall be always ready to listen re spectfully, on all fitting occasions, to the opinions of our ecclesiastical superiors, however much they may differ from our own; but in doing so we claim for ourselves the right, limited and restrained solely by the laws of the realm, of publishing our own sentiments, and the results of our re searches, freely and without reserve ; nor do we conceive that in exercising this right, subject to such limitation and restriction, we render ourselves liable to ecclesiastical cen sure, direct or indirect, of any kind whatever. I beg, therefore, as a clergyman of the diocese of Salis bury, respectfully to protest, and do hereby formally and officially protest, against the assumption cn the part of your lordship of the power to express such censure, prior to the judgment, and without the sanction of any duly constituted court of law. I have the honour to be your lordship's very humble and obedient servant, R. B. KENNARD, Rector of Marnhull. To the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, &c. THIS DAYS SHIPPING. LONDON, March 14.—Wind this day at noon—S.W., ight breeze and fine; sharp frost during the night. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—San Guisto, from Taganrog; Alliance, steamer, from Havre ; Despatch, steamer, from Jersey. Sailed—Jane Cochrane, for Cardiff; Sarah, for Sunder land ; Comet, for Lynn ; Havelock, for Newport ; Des patch, steamer, for Jersey ; Eleanor, for Llanelly ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre ; Seleka, for Newpott. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, March 14—Rio Plata, from Buenos Ayres ; Sir J. Easthope, from Dautsic ; Mary, from Guernsey. Sailed, March 14—Francis, steamer, for Marseilles ; Adler, steamer, for Bremen; Bruiser, steamer, for Ham burg. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, Feb. 13—Morning Star, from London, for Syd ney; Telegram, from Hull, for Bombay, and landed Mr. J. Porter, pilot; Sam Fendill, from Hartlepool, for Liver pool. Passed—Brage, from Gottenburg, for Oran ; Revely, from New York, for London. Passed, Feb. 14 (in tow of Wellington)—H.M.S. Lizard, from the westward, for the river. Off Dungeness, Feb. 14.—H.M. Netherlands steamer, Amsterdam, for Batavia; and Johanna, for London. THE THIRD SEAT FOR SOUTH LANCASHIRE, — We are informed that a requisition is about to be presented to the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, requesting that he will allow himself to be put in nomination for the third seat about to be created for South Lancashire. Our Liverpool correspondent informs us that at a meeting of the Liberal party in that town yesterday such a requisition was agreed to.—Manchester Examiner. The report of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, to be presented on the 18th inst., recommends that the com pany should be still kept formally in existence, so as to pre serve its original privileges, consisting of agreements with the American companies, and its direct connexion with the Governments of England and the United States. Tho directors feel confident that the course of improvement in ocean telegraphy will result in the success of a line from Ireland to Newfoundland. The bill for regulating the use of locomotives on turnpike roads was sent to-day before a Parliamentary m ittee. Many of its clauses seemed framed with the ex press view of defeating all the peculiar advantages which traction engines are capable of conferring. There is, con sequently, a strong probability that in this, as in almost all previous improvements in science for the benefit of com merce, many years of delay will, through legislative med dling, have to be encountered. THE WISBEACH MURDER.—Since the committal of the prisoner Augustus Hilton, who is charged with the murder of his wife at Parsondrove, near Wisbeach, under circumstances already reported, he has laboured under violent excitement, and two turnkeys have remained con stantly with him in his cell in Cambridge Gaol. Within the last day or two, however, he has become more tranquil. It is expected that the defence set up on his trial, which will take place on Yriday er Saturday, will be ineanity, TILE lONIAN ISLANDS. The lonian Parliament was opened on the Ist of March by the Lord High Commissioner, Sir Henry Storks, in the following Speech, read by his Excel lency himself in English and by Sir Peter Braila. in Greek : " Mr. President and Gentlemen, " The last Session of the 11th Parliament com mences to-day, and imp or tant ques ti ons w ill be submitted for your consideration and decision. " The most illustrious the Senate, in conf orm ity with the provisions of the Constitutional Charter, will lay on the table of the Assembly the Civil List and Budget of these States. " These have been prepared with a strict regard to economy, and I trust to y our lib era li ty to ma k e adequate provision for the public service. " In furtherance of a promise I gave at the close of the last Session of Parliament, I appointed, with the concurrence of the most illustrious the Senate, a commission to inquire into the financial condition of these States, with a view to the reduc tion of the export duties on currants and oil. " I presided over the labours of that commission, and the result of our inquiries is embodied in a report which has been already submitted to the public through the medium of the Government Gazette. _ " This report will be laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly, and it will be for you, after due consideration, to adopt or reject the proposals and suggestions it contains ; but I would observe, it will be necessary to accept or reject the plan as a whole, or with such modifications only as will securely provide for the loss which the revenue would suffer from a reduction of the export duties on the principal sources of lonian revenue. On no other conditions can the most illustrious the Senate or myself entertain any proposition for a readjust anent of the public revenue. I have heard objec tions made in a general way to this report, but no specific or tangible cha r ge has b een b roug ht for ward impugning the p r i nc iples it lay s d ow n, th e facts it adduces, or th e ca l cu l a ti ons it se t s forth. . "It easy to criticise, but difficult to disprove conclusions based on facts and on the evidence of experienced and competent persons, and calcula tions founded on certain and established data. " You will gather further from this report that the whole system of lonian finance is founded on mistaken principles ; that it is uncertain and fluc tuating in its character, and that the difficulties of arriving at a more healthy state of things are, at the present moment, almost insuperable. " Four Acts of Government have been passed by the most illustrious the Senate with my approval during the Parliamentary recess, and await your consideration and sanction. I would request your particular attention to Act No. 4 for changing the system of levying Customs duties ad valorem to that of weight. This Act has been passed in compliance with a resolution of the Legislative Assembly. There was some public feeling exhibited against this important measure when it was first put into execution. Its object was misunderstood; its effects unknown ; and like all new measures the opposition of certain interested parties was directed against it. "I am happy to say that the advantages of the new system over the old have been so apparent, its working so uniform and impartial, the protection it affords to the honest merchant so clear, and the just rights of the public revenue so secured, that the wisdom of the change is undoubted. Certain modifications in the application of the tariff may bo necessary from time to time, and the Government are occupied in dealing with cases as they arise. Bills are prepared, and will be laid on the table of the house on many subjects of great interest and of a pressing nature. I recommend them to your early consideration. "In conclusion, I can only repeat the assurance I gave you last year, that nothing shall be wanting on my part to secure a cordial and harmonious understanding among all the constitutional autho rities of the State. I reckon on your loyal assist ance and frank co-operation in legislating for the welfare and improvement of the lonian people. They are deserving of our anxious solicitude, and you can best establish a claim on their gratitude and sympathy, by faithfully discharging the trust they have reposed in you, " By his Excellency's command, " 11, DRUMMOND WOLFF, " Secretary to the Lord High Commissioner." The Most Illustrious the President of the As. terribly, Sir Dionysius Count Flamburiaris, then addressed his Excellency as follows : " Excellency,—l should consider myselffortunate, and should wish, were it in my power, to reply to your Excellency's speech in detail; but your Ex cellency is aware that my desire must be subser vient to the rules of the Constitution, which allow me, as the Speaker of the House, to refer only after and in conformity with their decisions. I feel convinced that the Assembly will take the subject into consideration without delay, and I must re serve the communication of their reply to your Excellency until their decision has been formed. However, I can and it is my duty to assure your Excellency of my firm conviction that the lonian representatives feel the difficulty of their mission under present circumstances, and the necessity of proceeding to the discharge of their .sacred duties with frankness and patriotism, together with the greatest prudence. " By order of the Assembly, "N. LUST, Secretary of the Legislative Assembly." The islands are enjoying perfect tranquility, and there is every reason to hope that the Session will pass off quietly, and without the usual necessity for a Uremature prorogation. MIS DAY'S 111ARICETS. CORN EXCHANGE. bit ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 545 2d ; barley, 38s Ild ' • oats, 23s Gd ; rye, 34s 6d ; beans, 41g 8d ; and peas, 43s Bd. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 51s 5d ; barley, 39s 4d ; oats, 23s ld ; rye, 35s 2d ; beans, 40s 3d ; peas, 42s 9d, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 64,930; barley, 55,844 ; oats, 15,875 ; rye, 207; beans, 4,257 ; peas, 1,046 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with beasts ; nevertheless, all breeds moved off slowly, at barely Monday's quotations. The general top figure for beef was 44 8d per 81bs. The show of sheep was very moderate, yet the mutton trade was inactive, at Monday's prices. Lambs were in good request, at from 7s to 8s per 81bs—about 30 came to hand from the Isle of Wight. Calves were brisk, and 2d per 81bs dearer—the top price being 63 per 81b. Pigs supported previous rates, but mulch cows were very dull, Per 81bs to sink the offal. s. d. s. d., s. d. s. d 8 Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 8 1 Primecrs-wool do. 4 8 5 6 Second quality do. 3 10 4 0 Pme.S'thdowndo 6 8 5 10 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Large crse. calves 5 0 5 6 Prime Scots, &e. 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 5 8 6 0 Crse. &inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Small porkers Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 18s to 22s ; and quarter .old store pigs, 22s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 950 Sheep and lambs 3,100 Calves ..►. Pigs Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGITE AND LEADENHALL. - The demand for each kind of meat is somewhat heavy, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 8d to 5s Od per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL March 13. --A mo derate _amply. Trade heavy : Beef, 3s Gd to 49 8d , mutMO, 49 Od to Gs Od ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s 8d to 5s 6d ; pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 81bs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, March 13.—A slo w inquiry, as follows : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 4s Od to Gs Od ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 5s Od to 58 6d ; and pork, 4, Od to 4s 10d per 81bs; Budding calves, los to 19s ; quar t er old store pigs; 228 to 29s each; and milch cows, £l4 04 to £lB 108 each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od ; clover do., £3 Os to £ slss ; and straw, £1 108 to £1 18s per load. T ra de dull. C UMB ERLAND..— Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 8 9 c l ov er, £ 3 Os to £ss 12s Od ; and straw, £ 1 10 8 to £1 18 3 per lead. A slow demand. ; WHITECHAPEL. Meadow hay, £ 2 Os to Z 5 ö s Od • clove!, £3 Os to £6 Os Od ; and straw, SI 1.08 to $I 18 per load. Trade heavy. COAL MARKE Meets of Coal per Ton at ,T—MARCH 11. the e lO6B of the market e. d. Carr'sOriginalHartley l s 6 Byass's Bebside West Hartley .. ..15 6 Lambert's West Hart- Cam ley ay and D u ...ffryn... 15 0 Malting . . .24 0 Howard's West Hart- Zley ........ l5 Bower's West H.artley 15 6 Tanfield Moor 13 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 6 Craghead 0 Locomotive Coke 23 0 Straker's West Hartleyls 6 Eden Main ..17 6 West Kelloe lB 6 Ships at market. 8. d. Davison's West Hart ley ....15 6 Hastings Hartley ....15 6 West Hartley 16 0 Walls End. Hartlepool..., 19 0 South Hartlepool 18 0 Kelloe Stewart's 19 6 Thorpe l7 6 Brsddyll's Hatton lB 3 Russel's Hetton 18 3 South Hetton l9 6 Haswell.... l9 6 Pittington'.... l7 0 Trimdon Thornley 18 0 171; sold, 97. The annual meeting of the Ottoman Bank i called for the 27th inst., when the directors will propose A dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, free of income" tax, and an addition of £.5,000 to the reserve fund, leaving 45,80 A t 9 be carried forward to the next account. '4ll