The Sun. — London, England, 1861-03-29 00:00:00

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Preference .... . all 6 7 BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 10 Boat. Sleaf. and Mid. Co. all 54 64Buffalo,Brant&Godrici) 100 75 80 100 6p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 stock Bristol and Exeter .... 100 97 99 ed Calcutta, 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities India Stock. ... ... 220 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 65 70 • - - 5 ClcuttaakS.Eastn. (Lim all 41 5 Ditto 5 per Cent - - i of revenue, Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent - 1 2 0 0 ( D ;o o r A k, I ( ll A rock., trassag€ all - - 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Sony 5 14 11 d Ditto 5 per Cent. )arB 18 56 ' 7 ' Ditto 51 per Cent .. 991 100 gets no div. ( all __ 171 Demerara • • all - - r the years Ditto Debentures, 1858 954 I 10 Do B , untll6 pc persn i all -__ f hasbeen , d.toß 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 15 14 11 d 131 stock East Indian, gat. sp. c. 100 99 100 991 i Consols for Account .. 011 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 42 44 20 Do. F Shares Ext..... all - - noes and re- 1 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d l3 15 dis 25 Dun., Perth, dzAb..lunc. all 8 81 20 Do. Jubbulpore all - - C 33,499,980, , Ditto £5OO l3 dis stock East Anglian lOO 17 18 100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs. all 97 98 97 1 ,85 7.58 to 1 FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. stock Eastern Counties lOO 49 50 491 1 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 37 39 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864.. all 991 1004 100 Do. 1805-1870 all 11 3 'ailWay2 ;in ' Erazilian 5 per Cent 32,365 from Ditto 4f per 'Cent. 1860 854 6 25 D o Nw A, late EU3ds. 131 - - stock East Suffolk - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all - - Chilian 6 per Cent - - 100 j Do. 6 per et. Debentr. all 39 41 40 32, includ - Equador New Consolidated 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 45 50 egular esti' Mexican 3 per Cent .. 241 / 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 38 42 including Ditto Account - - 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 38 V 40 39 stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 111 113 New Grenada Active, 34 per Cent. - - st( 2 ) O ck Gt D . s o. o N uy e h w m g n u n a d . s ia p (L . c... im) 8 11-d 111 Peruvian 41 per Cent .. - stock Great Northern lOO 110 111 gar 1856 5 1 Ditto 3 per Cent guaranteed 5 per cent. all - - Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. .. 464 1 stock Do do B do 100 129 131 20 Do. S. 18 214 d 1857-58 to Sardinian 5 per Cent. 100 704 71 71 701 50.480,77° i Ditto Account stock Do Str Val gun, stock 100 60 62 Spanish 3 per Cent 7,462 ; for Ditto Account - - stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1104 111 1104 /1 4 / 100 opt,till '6O - - L defleienni Ditto Passive - - 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 95 98 Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded....... 58 stock Lon., Bright_ & S Coast 100 118 119 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 83 )r the year Turkish 6 per Cent 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B d 0... all - - 1858-59 0 f Ditto Account stook Lond. & Sth. Western.. 100 914 024 921 stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c... 100 82 84 Ditto New Loanstock Do. do. 5 per cent ... 100 92 93 £8,290,13 0 ; 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all - - stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 86 88 • Ditto Account leficiency of Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Buds. 100 - - .Dividends on the above payable in London. 50 Maryport and Carlisle.. all - - 20 Newßrunswick at Canda THREE O'CLOCK. 124 Do do 4 shares.... all - - Ry. &Lan d(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 iget for the Consols Money 914 4 10 Metropolitan stock Midland 100 12511251125444 W Class A Capital Share • • Do. do. Land do.. - .... £6,678,0 91 f Ditt'o Account stock Do rirming. & Derby 100 98 100 100 . Do. do. Land do. ...... COM/30119tv - 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - 20 Oude (Limited) ...... .. 55. - - million in COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY. 25 Do 4 shares all - - stock Scinde „ l a; 100 974 983 2.5 Mid Kent. ~. .... .. .. - - 20 Do. Punjaub .... t s. 0 15 2d 10 131 June. Amsterdam - - 20 Do. Do. ........ a ? all -- d ' Ditto - - stock Do.lndus. Flo. ~,f,`" 100 90 92 911 Rotterdam - 12 14 12 11 10 Newry & Armagh, def.. 9 76 d 10 Trinidad ( Si. Lim.) Scrip.. 1 4 4 d Antwerp - 25 621 25 674 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. all - - . desolation stock Norfolk.... . . ... ....... 100 54 66 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 25 62/ 25 674 621 624 62i 4 ,t Brussels - ,stock North British . a 100 rtrending ; Hamburgh - - 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam. all 51 54 rting itself , Paris all - - - Ditto - - 20 Bah.&S.Fran_Lim.7 p.c. 20 14 14 p 4 10,000, and Maxseilles - 25 721 25 75 stock Do B stock ._..... ._. 100 5 Belgian East. Ju nc ti on a ll / 1 1 ery station Frankfort on Maine - 118 f 1194 stock Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 1011 1024 102 25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase 16134 }(I iP d 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all - - Vienna - 15 35 15 40 • stock no Leeds .............. 100 60 601 Ca•-neaux Mine & Rail 30 •12 13 Maharajah Trieste -_, -15 35 15 45 stock Do Yo r k - - 1 111:110 to hie Petersburgh - 331 334 stock North London .. ...... 100 07 99 10 Ditto Extension .... all 31 21.1 nisery is on Berlin - 10 Do new 5 - - 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 31 31a 121 i Madrid Torth-West Cadiz - 481 484 10 N. and S. W. Junction.. all 91 10f 20 Grand R us G uar . 6p . a 10 - - 20 Do. d o . a ll - - i of famished Leghorn - 25 97/ 26 6 12 Not. &Grantham Rail.. 11 7 4 76 l I crows and M - .. eebles ...... ....... all - - 20 Great C en t ra l o f F rance all - - ilan - 25 85 25 90 20 Portsmouth, - - • 20 Gt. L uxem ., Con . shs ... all 6 4 71 Genoa - 25 85 25 90 10 Rhymney.. ...- ........ all - - 20 Italian Junction ...... all -- a cow, the Naples - 384 59 s t oc k Scott i sh C entra l - - t r altog e ther Palermo - '1164 117 stock Soot N. E., Aber. st oc k 100 34 35 20 Ly ons & Geneva ...... all - - f Messina - 1 1 64 117 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock... 100 86 85 20 N amur & Liege ........ all 71 74 1 'he Mysore Li s b on -521 524 stock Shropshire Uni0n...... 100 47 49 10 Sittingbourne & Sh ee r. all - - 20 Do. 6p. c . P ro f. 16 Northern o f F rance .... a ll 874 384 I )roposes to Oporto - 52/ 63 stock South Devon .. - ...... 100 40 42 16 Do. New Shares ,-.. 15 - - i Rio J ane i ro - • . • • 50 Nthn. Counties Union.. 31 - d 10 N orweg i an Trunk Pref. all 8 P 'ling, Lave New York - • • • • 25 S.-Durham & Lanc.Un. 224 - - 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 364 371 1 heir dying Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard).... per oz. £3 17 9 stock South Eastern ........ 100 831 831 834 4i II stock South Wales ...._... 100 59 61 60 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 55 57 20 c Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) c Mexican Dollars 1 (•t• .3. 1) 0 4 11 4 stock S. York. and River Dun 100 94 97 t gua. 7p. et. Bin.-- 15 41 310 11 Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 5 Oa r If 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok; all 4 7 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 16 - - South American Doublons - - s . 25 Do do ll 103 114 t, ~: 5 Royal Swedish ........ all - - d y unsettled • - - stock Taff Vale .-..... ••• • • • 100 - - 20 Sambre err Meuse ..... all 5/ 6 r ryots hale PARLIAMENTARY REFORM, stock Do Pref. No 1 ' 106 - - 10 Do. si per cent Pr0f..... all 81 81 ,8/ 1 I the arreere 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 --- 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 4 14 110 21 • 5O Ulster .... '• - . al. 551 563 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 14 11 110 121 1 1 I At Fur' A meeting was held yesterday morning in the 122 L Do : ' 2 4 p 20 S. East Portugal 7 p et . . 4 - mtielveB t° Manchester Town-hall to consider the question of stock Vale o f Neath 3 following Parliamentary Reform. The Mayor (Mr. M. 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim. , all 111 114 stoca Waterford & Kilkenny . 1 100 - - 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference all 91 94 .20 W. & N.W. of France tutor y se'Waterford & Limerick all -- 7 -- _ Curtis) took the chair, having convened the meeting 5 20 0 West Cornwall ........ all 54 64 Di 20 West.Tn of Austria 6 - - a 20 Westvrn of Switzerland all - - b thrashing in compliance with an influential requisition. 20 West L0nd0n.,........' all - - 6 Wiesbaden ...... . . - - ti 10 Do Ist class ........ all - - 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref . .- all -- - who war Mr. R. N. PHILIPS moved the first resolution :- 20 Do 2d class . .. -- I all - - 20 Zealand - - if nd one of " That in the opinion of this meeting an extension stock W a e n st a ltrNepool. Harbr , 100 - _ BRITISH MINES. Si _____ _ away hi , of the suffrage, which will at least confer the fran - stock West Midland-Oxforct too 43 45 - ' Alfred Consols (rifilkek) 2.11.10 21 31 if stock Do. Newport, 100 40 43 20 !British Iron !l6 1 z him, and chise on every male person who is rated for the relief stock Do. Hereford, 100 79 81 - ;Clifford j nil 180 190 la line, until o f t h e poor, together with vote by ballot, a more - , , - 'Devon G. C ons . ( T av i st . ) ; 1 345 355 - jEast Bassett (Illogan).. 1 30 1074 112/ to b and gave ' . equitable distribution of seats, and shorter Parlia- PREFERENCE SHARES. - ;East Caradon ..14.6 191 20 101 1i i u - , E. W'l Russel (Tavista) 7.4.0 61 64 61 arms and ments, is a necessary measure of reform." I - 'Gam.diSt.Aubyn(Gwen.)' 541 17 19 over clods, I ' - Great South Tolgps 1 17s 6 61 I] Mr. BAZLEY, M.P., supported the motion, and Share' Railways. I Price. Done. iraid Closing i Business - 1G .Wheal Alfci. (Philack) 13.9.6 1 th® were I - G. Wheal Vor (Helston); 94 1 1i w Was warmly cheered. He wished that her Ma- - 9 I ..-- ; Grenville ' 5.14.6 2 21 h ' jesty's Ministers and Liberal members of the 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 pert - Herod's- F00t..... ' 8.12 36 18 House of Commons, who were sceptical as to the c. pref. (issued at Z5O all - - - IHingston Downs 4.10.6 21 21 -• !Lady Bertha I rd is, that 'utility of reform, could have witnessed this large stock arts. & Exet.4 ractstock 100 - - 20 Do. do. do. Shares - -•-• ;Margaret (I..Tny Lelant) 9k 46 48 le stock Caledou £lO 41 per cent 100 100 102 - ;North Downs 2l 31 ong, after meeting. They would have mutually exc l a i me d , stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 - - - ,N ort h Frances (Mogan) 114 41 51 41 yi ig a thou- "We must set our house in order." (Cheers.) He 61 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. a all - - - ;N.Wh'l Baseet(lllo, ; an) 4s 51 61 - . had never for a moment do u bt e d th a t th ere h ad b een 20 Corn wa ll. 5 per cen t... a ll 20 21 ;North Wheal Crotty . 9.18.9 74 81 m 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun.. all 6 65 - Par C onso l s (St. Blazey) 11 9 94 hi latent in the minds of the people a sin cere d es i re 14 Do Ist Class Prof all - - 20 ;Providence (UnyLelnt.) 10.6.7 t 37 39 de for a comprehensive, practical, and beneficial mea- stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.e lOO 99 101 - 'Sortridge Cons. Min. Co., lls 1 1 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p. c lOO 108 113 - 'South Caradon(StCleen, 11 295 305 he done for sure of reform. Because the people had not been stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 105 108 - S. Cara Brea (Illogan).., 41 21 31 of turbulent, but quiet and orderly, pursuing their stock E. Coon. Ex. sp. a No.l 100 107 109 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim all 1 1 ti inks have - B.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)!18.18.9 150 160 ordinary duties in life, maintaining the social fabric stock soc Do. 5. Pew 6 pet ct stock. 100 100 106 gl ,Stray Park 24.8.0 35 37 fo instances in its integrity, adding lustre to the renown of their stock Eastern o Union, 4 per et. 100 80 82 5 ITamar Sill , . & Lead Min 44 225 ed supplY c ountry, an d d o i ng h onour to themselves, it had stock Do. 5 per cent. guar... 100 - - 10 ,Tin Cr of t 9515 fo 3 said of them that they were indiff eren t t o reform stock mtn .. ..y r, l . a c s. Spa shares 100 110 112 - Vale of T owey (Carm . ) 135 6d 1 1 w a lOO lOO - - 90 92 - West B asse t ( Ill ogan) ll 17 18 le and content with things as they are. B e f ore pro - stock Edin. Perth& Dun.. S . & 4pc. D. .- ;W. Caradon (Liskeard), 5 75 77 seeding to the House of Common s f or thi s sess i on stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 - - - West Seto n stock Glasatz S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 - - - 1 Wheal Basset (Illoganl; 5/ 105 110 id he took public and private opportunities of making stock Great Northern, sp. et. 100 113 115 - ,Wheal Buller (Redriith); 5 115 126 known his opinion that a rferiod of calm and con- stock Vo.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 100 11l 113 - !Wheal Edward (Cals.) 7.5 21 2/ at 'Ell. 15. tentment ought to be taken advantage of for effect- slz i k :30:541.T. do.:c i l s o.. . yin 100 8 102 83 1 1 0 3 - - 'Wheal Kitty (U.Lelantt 1.7.2 12 13 - !Wheal Mary Ann (Men. ; 8 15 17 c 1 ra 3th inst. ing a reform in the House of Commons. He had 10 G?.. A. of fondu e Ist all - - - ;Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 154 11 13 I _ - FOREIGN MINES. fo !h China voted for Mr. Locke King's motion, and should stock f Gt.sn. & w (Ireland)4 1 100 97 99 p. ct pref. stock.... ) __ ar. runny+ Ili a rn elm }lnv fn.. T A,,...1.. :... 1.:- -----_-1 A—_ f Mr. BAZLEY, M.P., supported the motion, and Was warmly cheered. He wished that her Ma jesty's Ministers and Liberal members of the Rouse of Commons, who were sceptical as to the 'utility of reform, could have witnessed this large meeting. They would have mutually exclaimed, "We must set our house in order." (Cheers.) He had never for a moment doubted that there had been latent in the minds of the people a sincere desire for a comprehensive, practical, and beneficial mea sure of reform. Because the people had not been turbulent, but quiet and orderly, pursuing their ordinary duties in life, maintaining the social fabric in its integrity, adding lustre to the renown of their country, and doing honour to themselves, it had said of them that they were indifferent to reform, and content with things as they are. Before pro ceeding to the House of Commons for this session he took public and private al pp o rtu niti es of making known his opinion that a rferiod of calm and con tentment ought to be taken advantage of for effect ing a reform in the House of Commons. He had voted for Mr. Locke King's motion, and should support the member for Leeds in his proposal to extend the franchise. (Cheers.) He believed that the trust reposed in the people had been beneficially exercised, and, for himself, he was perfectly pre pared to be identified with them, believing that an extension of the franchise, a redistribution of seats, and a judicious amendment of their representation would be accompanied by greater prosperity and satisfaction in the country. Considering the diffi culties in the way of reform inside the House of Commons itself, he did not blame the Government So much as many of his Liberal friends were inclined to do for the course that had been taken. The people Must take more care to send members to the House of Commons who would really carry out large measures of reform, and act up to their professions on the hustings, but he did think her Majesty's Ministers had erred extremely when they stultified reform in the late speech from the Throne. No speech ought to have come from the Queen that did not include the word "reform." (Hear, hear.) If the Government felt powerless in the matter, they might have said, through the voice of the Sovereign, that there were State reasons why reform could not be proposed at that particular juncture, but that the Government were pledged to it, and that at the ear liest possible opportunity reform would be conceded. This declaration would have placed the Govern ment in a much better position, and given to the people more encouragement to► confide in them. (Cheers.) G.C.13 , 0 isador is a to Her Fier Minister missioner arrange -3 earliest er, aboir° stock stock stock stock -in-Chief rea as lie Majesty's 3onferrea piestion; iew shall n of the er above stock stock stock stock stock 101 it it may in Chins that the B re - guls - I well as Le on the he river, ing, and ohibited 10 stock stock j stock 2s. 6d. 12 12 3 / 4 stock Mr. R. CooPER, on behalf of the working classes, who were unable to attend this meeting in any strength, owing to the inconvenient hour of assem bling, wished to say that the prevalent feeling among them was that they had been betrayed by the very Government in whom they had been led to place more confidence than in any since 1832. Lord J. Russell had been faithless to his cause and his reputation. Had all the really Liberal mem bers of the Government given in their resignations when Lord Palmerston wished them to ignore this question, he (Mr. Cooper) believed that indepen dent steps would have led to the retirement of the most treacherous Prime Minister of modern times, and a Cabinet would have been formed that would have been equal to the wants of the country. ILoud cheers.) A Tory Government might have existed for a time, but could not have lasted long, for Toryism was utterly incompatible with the spirit of the present age. The great object of the, Liberals ought now to be to get rid of their pre /lent Premier, whatever the consequences might be. :it was nonsense to be afraid of a Tory coming in wien we had a Tory in already. (Laughter.) He knee of nothing more impudent and ungrateful tLan the plea that the people wanted no reform, Merely because the people had been persuaded by their best friends to rely on the solemn pledges of the Government, and therefore remained quiet and expectant. (Hear.) Were they to be called in different because they had trusted to the promises of " gentlemen p " (Cheers.) Those who had de ceived the people on this question—gentlemen so ?alled—were political blacklegs, who having got :oto power under false pretences now sought to :•emain there by trickery and subterfuge. Let it pa forth, then, to Europe that it was the demoral :zation of the higher classes, and not of the lower, that threatened this nation with disorder. (Loud deers.) This talk about popular apathy was a mere cloak for treachery. It was no less sound in argu blett now thanat the time of the last election and. Prefously, when so called Liberal members and can didates emphatically declared reform to be at that time necessary and expedient because the people Were to quiet. (Cheers.) Did the Government want another Cato-street conspiracy, Peterloo mas sacre, Bristol and Birmingham riots, or Notting ham conaagration P If so, let it be known that it Was our rulers, and not the people, who were insti gators to physical force. (Cheers ) The resclution was passed unanimously. Mr. Alderman HEYWOOD moved : "That, in the opinion of this meeting, her Majesty's Go vernment, having taken office with a distinct pledge to Drry a more comprehen s i ve R eform Bill than that of Lor d erby' s Goverment, is morally bound either to pass such a bill without delay or to resign." It was the greatest possible mistake to suppose that veorking men were i n diff erent on this question, but they were certainly more rational than formerly, and if not admitted by the upper classes to a fair share of political power th e y would proceed to obtain it by means more delib era t e an effectual than those referred to by the last speaker. (Cheers.) Dr. WATTS seconded the motion. After several other speeches, the motion was adopted unanimously' as well as a petition found e d on the resolutions. stock 12i 12 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 101 10 Bt st 10 10 1.0.6 E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c. Do. do. Class B 6 p.c.... Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per ct. stock.' Eastern Union, 4 per et. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.. Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p.c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Greb.t Northern, 5 p. et. Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. 6p.0. Redro. 5 p.e. pm Gt. Nh. of Seotid. Ist pt. c Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 ? p. et. pref. stock Great West. (Berks and Brants) Ext. 5 p. ct Co. Redeemable, 41 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Itirm. Pref. Shares G t. W. Ches. 8 p.o.pf.sh Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Eirmg.guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 43 p c. pref Lan..lsYork 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s3B 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. Jr Brig. 5 pagn. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c. N 0.4 Do. do. 4i per cen , '. Do. do. 91 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P 1 Do.4p.e.S.(div.def.til '65) I Do. 4 per cent. Pref Lon. Chat. and Dover Do.W. (A rceiv. no div Ex.A til 6 p cis pd on Do. B B. & Brom cx. Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct Lon. & S. W, 7 p. ct. stock , Do. 44 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl antis. I of 2s. Rd..... ...... ... Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct Do. .£6 Do. n per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent laryport & Car., 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent. ..... . Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock ' Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock I Do. with option till 1860 Do. Left & Hit. pref. st. Norfik sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay. Val. Ex. 5t.1847 North British, 5 p. 0 Do. New, gua. 5 P. c. • • • Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she Do. do. do Nt h.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. 41 p c. redeemable Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, .. &S. Pureh North Staffordshire.. Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new pt Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. a. pref. stock.. - Do.Aberdeen,g-ua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Beading i Ann., 1.0.6) ' Do. 44 per cent. Do. Fixed iip.c. lot is. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent. Do. 5 per cent:. S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd do Kilkny, 6 p. c W.Mid -Oxf lst Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 1866 Do. till 1869, let ie. Do. do. 2d is. all I 100 97 99 89 91 90 92 WO 102 9f 10* 17 18 Pi 101 74 7G 20 21 10 10,E 15 15* 1135 137 112 114 1112 114 135 140 112 114 101 103 148 153 128 131 1 "0 73 86 88 131 141 126 128 4 P, 68 tO IP, 133 135 ,100 102 91 93 110 112 108 110 1 lip 91 93 100 101 id ip 22 i 23p 100 100 100 all all 130 132 101 102 224 23 99 100 99 100 98 100 1341 4 85 87 26 271 31 32 31 32 45 48 122 124 118 121 98 100 121 124 114 118 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. p. 4 ,1 Leasing Closing Business I - "'"' Co.'s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire Chester & Holyb Do. Do. 654 per cent Clydesdale ;rune" Colchesttzr, Stour Val., E. 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Registered 10 Do. do . . all 55 65 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 200 Vim Diemen'a Land 285 95 1 0 5 .93 132 134 100 102 104 1 i 1 p 89 91 84 PL SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1861. TILE INDIAN FAMINE. A public meeting was held in the Egyptian Hall, at the Mansion House, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, to devise immediate measures for alleviating the distress caused by the famine which is now pAvailing in India. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presided ; and amongst the gentle men on the platform were the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Col. Sykes, Mr. Tite, M.P., Mr. Gregson, M.P., Sir Herbert Edwardes, Sir Edward Ryan, Mr. Var sifted, M.P., Alderman Salomons, M.P., Aldermen Mechi, Rose, Finnis, besides Mr. W. Dent, Mr. Arbuthnot, and other gentlemen interested in our commercial relations with India. The Rev. Mr. Davis, chaplain to the Lord Mayor, having offered up a special prayer composed for the occasion, The LORD MAYOR briefly introduced the subject, remark ing that he had been requested to convene this meeting to consider the means of relieving the sufferers from that great calamity which had lately fallen with unexampled severity on the population of a great part of our Eastern Empire. He was much gratified by witnessing in the numerous attendance that day a proof of the sympathy with which that object was regarded by the public, and he was especially pleased to meet on that occasion several most distinguished gentlemen, who were either members of her Majesty's Government, or members of one or the other House of Parliament. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had kindly- undertaken to move the first resolution. (Cheers.) Mr. GLADSTONE—My Lord Mayor and gentlemen, I shall submit to the meeting a:resolution which has been placed in my hands, and the purport of which is as follows :—" That this meeting, deeply sympathising with the distress arising from the devastating famine in the north-western provinces of India, and being desirous of aiding the noble exertions of the relief committee in Calcutta and Bombay in their en deavours to relieve the distress of their fellow subjects in India, now reduced to a state of appalling destitution, feels called upon publicly to record its sense of this calamity, and its sympathy with their suffering fellow subjects." I apprehend I am right in saying that this large meeting has been called at a moment's notice, but the subject on account of which it has been convened does not require much deli beration, and the citizens generally of London, and not least those leading persons in all classes and all pursuits whom I have the satisfaction of seeing in this room, do not, I trust require much time to consider whether they shall step forward and save from the horrors of famine their suf. fering fellow creatures in India. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor I cannot but be reminded by this noble hall, in which its has been my lot, and the lot of many I see around me, to appear before, often and often, Low we came to this board to share the hospitality of the C%ei of London in the time of many of your lordship's predecessors. We have enjoyed at the tables laid in this hall the geed things which Providence has bounteously "given for oar sustenance and comfort. May our recollections of the !unity with which we our selves ;arrive at such means of sustenance and comfort, and the abundance with whichthe blessings of God have been poured upon us, move ewe) , heart among us with one thought and one desire to do what we can for an object, than which no more urgent er more noble one, I would venture to say, ever was prop)sed to an assembly of the citizens of London. (Cheers., I have not come to this place to-day because I felt that it belonged peculiarly to me to do so, or that I had anypeculiar qualification for as • sisting you in the high purpost of this meeting, but I was desirous that such a meeting, pr such a purpose, should not pass by without the appearanfe of at least one member of her Majesty's Government—(iheers)—to testify in his own behalf, and I am certain I nay say not less on behalf of every one of my colleagues, our hearty approval of, and warm sympathy with, the object for which you have called your fellow-citizens together (Cheers.) You are well aware that it is not necessary for me to apologise on their behalf. They have sought, cc are seeking in change of air that relief from their parliamentary labours which, after all, it is not unnatural they sholld seek ; .and I am bound to say that I myself was arrestel in the execution of a similar intention, which I very glasl/y postponed to attend this meeting. (Cheers.) My Lad Mayor, I shall not presume to instruct the meeting on tle particular case which has brought us here, for whatever' may be required to be said upon the subject, you will mar much better from those who are acquainted with ties particular circumstances of India, and whose correspondence and constant intercourse with those who are resident in that country give them higher qualifications, and enable them to afford greater and more accurate information. [t is enough for me to say that I find it authentically statel to us that though the know • ledge of this famine has come somewhat suddenly upon us, yet the features of it are so broad and so appalling that it must at once speak for itsei. Fifteen hundred thousand human beings, as it is stated to us on what I believe un doubted authority, have nothing under Providence but the hand of charity to trust to et) save them from the horrors of a premature death. (Hear, hear.) That alone, I think, is such a basis of fut, such an ample justification for your assembling yourselves together, such a ground for . appealing to the week) people of this country, whom on these occasions tle City of London appropriately leads, that nothing that can be said even by others better informed than myself can add much force to the ideas conveyed by those few simple words. A million and a half of men, women, and children dependent on charity for the very meals of subsistence, not in the gene ral sense in which we are accustomed to use these terms, but for the means of rescue from a horrible and otherwise in evitable death. (Hear.) The tics which connect us with India are of a nature which render this appeal if possible still more forcible than when it is considered on general grounds. I confess lam not one of those who are in the habitual belief which has so widely prevailed in this coun try, that it 1b to her connexion with India,, and such like ceennexions, that England owes her material greatness, wealth, and prosperity. I am strongly and deeply convinced that the roots of the greatness of this country lie within the shores of these little islands, and not beyond them. (Cheers.) At the same time, no man who is capable of appreciating what belongs to the welfare of mankind can fail to see that, with whatever feelings it may have been, we have undertaken immense responsibilities with respect to our transmarine possessions, and we come under the con ditions of a sacred trust towards them which we cannot but discharge. (Hear.) We carry to India, and in constantly and rapidly increasing quantities, the productions of this country, and exchange them for the productions of India, and it is satisfactory, even on an occasion of this kind, when we deplore the want of the necessary means of subsistence for a portion of our fellow creatures, to recollect that the pursuits in which the great bulk of the citizens of London are engaged are pursuits the daily and inevitable tendency of which is to render the occurrence of these great visita tions more rare, and to mitigate their severity when they arrive. (Hear.) Still they do arrive, and on this occasion they stare us in the face, and I ask whether on every ground, whether as men, as philanthropists, as citizens, or as Chris tians, we ought not to rush forward to avail ourselves of the opportunity which is now afforded us to relieve this distress ? (Cheers.) For though no doubt we set a high value on our commerce with India, as we do on our commerce with the world, though that no doubtis the prevailing source of the wealth and power of this country —we have more to do with India than to unite it in the bonds of commercial intercourse with ourselves, valuable as in my opinion those relations are. We have to carry to India more than wealth which ourshores produce. We owe to India a boon of which we can never acquit ourselves by the mere exercise of political rule, and by our sway over the minims who inhabit that country. We must desire to communicate to them some bettor and higher gift. Often and oftea do we hear of the duty—and we hear rightly and reasonably of the duty and of the hope —a bright and glorious hope—that something may be done towards carrying Christianity into India. (Cheers.) And, my lord mayor, let me ventare to say that in my opinion this meeting is no small missionary meeting. (Cheers.) You have difficulties in making known the gospel to the multitudes who inhabit India. You are beset by your own differences—you are beset still more perhaps by the fact that you exercise political authority over the people of India, because we are liable to the suspicion that when we attempt to teach them directly, and by that means attempt their conversion—when we teach or attempt to teach them the truths of the gospel, we are liable to the suspicion that it is with political objects and enls that we engage in that holy work. Ido not state that as a reason why that work should not be prosecuted, but as a reason why that prosecution is materially and seriously injtred. But here you have an opportunity to which those hindrances do not apply. (Hear.) There are arguments in Christian life and in Christian works which nothing can resist. The residents of India have it in their power, each of *cm, to become a living sermon—each of them to be, as it were, an apostle by his own life and conversation, and by exhibiting, in the face of the people of India, what are the doctrines of Chris tianity by letting them know what are the practical results of Christianity. (Cheers.) And if we will, on this occa sion, follow the example of that Saviour who was content to spend His time and thought on earth in assuaging the woes which beset hurean life, I trust we may do something to convince our sufering and affli c t e d f e ll ow - su bj ects that the religion we profess is ind ee d a re li g i on o f l ove, and by means which can excite no suspicion that w e are doing something to in them towards us . (Ch eers .) M y whole purpose is to bear willing and cordial testimony to the sacredness and worthiness of the object for which this meeting has been convoked; and on my own behalf and on behalf of those who, together with myself, form for a time the administration of the country, I earnestly commend it to your hearty and cordial support; and I further venture tc express a hope the: this meeting is not to be the accom plishment, but only the beginning and starting point of a great work—that the words which, uttered within these wall, will be echoed from one end of the country to the other, and that ye shall be able to bear something like a national testimony, and make something like a national offering, in order to mitigate the pressure of one of the severest visitations sent upon any portion of mankind within the memory of any of us now present. (Cheers.) The Hon. A. .INNAIRD seconded the motion, which was carried by acclasiation. provincial bankers receive and remit such contributions to the Lord Mayor ; and that the amount so collected be de spatched by each mail to India." Sir E. RYAN noved the second resolution :—" That in consideration of he extreme urgency of the case, and of the necessity of adopting immediate measures to relieve the misery now so tnhaPPily existing, this meeting most anxi ously entreats tie benevolent contributions of our fellow citizens, and of the public at large; and recommends that subscription Liss be opened, and that all the London and Alderman FINNIS seconded the resolution, wlich, after a few words from Mr. JONES, was passed. Mr. R. VT. CRAWFORD then moved the third resolution: —" That this meeting is of opinion that all the cities and towns in the United Kingdom should be animated to co operate with the committee now appointed, in their efforts to carry out the above object." Mr. VANSITTART seconded the resolution. Mr. GREOSON then moved the appointment of a com mittee to carry out the objects of the meeting. The motion, having been seconded by Mr. J. A. ARBUTII.• NOT, and supported by Mr. FRITH, was agreed to. The proceedings ended with an announcement that the subscription-list had been headed by Mr. Gladstone with £5O. The Bank of England subscribed £5OO, the Agra and United service Bank, £3OO ; Oriental Bank, £3OO ; Gold smiths' and Mercers' Companies, £2OO each, besides other large gifts. THE SIEGE 01 THE CITADEL OF ALESSI-AA. The citadel of Messina having been the last bulwark of the Bourbons in Italy, a few details of its fall may, perhaps, be not without interest. Ever since the battle of Melazzo in July last placed Mes sina in the hands of Garibaldi, there had been a truce be tween the town and the citadel, held by a Neapolitan gar rison, and it was confidently expected that on the fall of Gaeta Marshal Fergola and his soldiers would be only too glad to accept the honourable terms offered to them in the name of King Victor Emmanuel. Gaeta fell on the 13th of last month, and the citadel was immediately summoned by Gen. Chiabrera, commanding the Italian brigade Pis toja, but instead of conforming to his repeatedly declared in tentions, Marshal Fergola first alleged himself to be obliged to await anofficial announcement of his Sovereign's depar ture from his own superiors ; and finally, after the arrival of one Colonel Villamatta, replied that he • should defend himself to all extremity. The Italian Government could only reply in one way, and accordingly Admiral Persano and General Cialdini were ordered to repair to Messina without delay. The latter arrived on the 26th February, and operations would have begun at once had not bad weather delayed the landing of the siege train for some days. The citadel is in reality of no great strength, acc3rding to modern ideas of fortification, but its position at the bot tom of the port is such that the town is at its mercy, and when Fergola ordered all merchant vessels to leave the harbour with threats of laying Messina in ashes great ap prehension was felt from the remembrance of the fearful bombardment of 1849. The citizens, nevertheless, bravely declared themselves ready to submit to any sacrifices so that the citadel were taken, but General Cialdini resolved, if possible, to prevent unnecessary bloodshed, replied to the threats of the Neapolitan by an intimation that if he fired upon the town an officer should be shot for every civilian killed, the Marshal himself and the garrison given up to the vengeance of the populace, and the property of the garrison confiscated in compensation of damages. This ener getic reply soon brought forth a promise to respect the town, and up to the 9th of March all remained quiet. On that day the Neapolitans began to fire upon the works of the be siegers, and continued to do so throughout that-and the two following days. Their fire was irregular, being extremely violent on the 10th, and dying away in the course of the 11th, ceasing almost entirely at night. On this latter day the state of siege was proclaimed in the town, and every cart and carriage laid under requisition for the transport of powder and munitions from the landing-place below the city to the batteries. At dawn on the 12th the garrison resumed firing, not only from the citadel, but also from the detached forts—Don Blasco on the right looking from Messina towards the Cala brian coast), and San Salvatore on the left at the mouth of the harbour. This cannonade continued without intermis sion till noon, when a more distant shot announced that the attack had begun. A few of the first balls fell into the sea, but this slight deviation was soon corrected, and from that moment rifled shot, grenades, and bombs continued to pour upon the citadel with unerring accuracy. In about 10 minutes the Neapolitans might be seen scampering out of Don Blasco and taking refuge in the covered way, where they remained until the cessation of the fire. The nearness of the besieging batteries, within musket range, made every shot tell, each successive explosion caused a quantity of earth and stones to be flung high into the air, and about 4 o'clock the barracks burst into flames, just as part of the Italian fleet steamed up to take part in the attack. Shortly after a small powder magazine blow up, and the Neapoli tans, who from the beginning of the attack had not fired a single gun, then displayed a white flag, but on a point so low as to render it all but invisible. This not having the desired effect of stopping the cannonade, the garrison, in their terror and impatience, actually displayed seven white flags on different points, which being observed from the fleet, first the ships and then the batteries ceased firing. At half-past 5 o'clock some Neapolitan officers came out to parley, and at 6 the flagship of Admiral Persano, the Maria Adelaide, steamed into the port, her band playing the Itnyal March amidst the enthusiastic vivas of the population, who crowded the Marina. The parleys lasted great part of the evening, the Nea politans demanding an armistice and terms, while General Cialdini insisted on an unconditional surrender, and finally declared he should re-open fire unless the garrison submit. ted without further delay. To back up this reply the Maria Adelaide left the port, and fired one or two shots, upon which Marshal Fergola sent to say he was ready to surrender at discretion. Early on the morning of the 13th the 26th Italian Regiment marched into the citadel to take possession, anti at noon, precisely 21 hours atter the com mencement of the attack, the tricolour banner, with the white cross of Savoy, was hoisted on the highest point of the citadel, amid the salutes of the Italian fleet, and even of the batteries of the fallen fortress. Thus did the Bourbons lose their hold upon Southern Italy without a shot being, fired in reply to the besieging batteries—a silence the more striking after the violent fire kept up so long as there was no attack. But this supine ness of the defence by no means diminishes the merit of the Italian army and its general. The artillery of the former deserves all credit for the rapidity and accuracy of their fire, which in so few hours inflicted great damage on the fortress, and the latter for the admirable arrangements which would have made any prolonged defence impossible. A VOLUNTEER FINED AND DIS- MISSED. A duly constituted court of inquiry was held in Bingley-hall, Birmingham, a day or two ago, to investigate a charge made by Captain Hebbert, commanding No. 10 Company of the Birmingham Battalion of Rifle Volunteers, against Private Daniel Joseph Clarke, a member of that company, for having, on Saturday evening last, " been drunk when on parade for battalion drill in Bingley-hall, and behaved in a disrespectful manner towards his superior officers, such conduct being subversive of good order and military discipline." The proceed. ings were conducted openly, and were attended by a large number of volunteers, who behaved with the most becoming propriety, and seemed to take great interest in the matter. The court and the witnesses appeared in full-dress uniform. On Sun day Captain Hebbert addressed a letter to Private Clarke, expressing his sorrow that he should have added to his first offence of disrespectful conduct on the previous evening on the parade ground to Lieutenant-Colonel Mason, by coming into the orderly room, when in a state of intoxication, and conducting himself there in a very reprehensible manner. The captain added, "I shall be compelled to report you for trial before the battalion commit tee, unless you take the opportunity, which I shall afford you in the course of Monday, of sending a written and ample apology." Instead of sending an apalogy, however, Clarke tendered his resig nation, which, under the circumstances, was re fused. Clarke, on being asked whether be had any objection to the members of the court, re• plied that he had not. The order for the assembly of the court was produced and read, and the court then proceeded to the examination of the witnesses, on the charge as above-mentioned. The evidence, which it is needless to particularise, was taken down in writing, but, according to the rules of the service, no oath was administered. After a careful and patient investigation, which occupied three hours, the court was cleared for de liberation, and it was afterwards announced that the court had found as proven that Private Clarke was not absolutely drunk, but exited by drink ; that his behaviour was disrespectful an:. l . insubordi nate towards his officers ; and they recommended that he be fined 30s. and dismissed the corps. The evidence and the , finding having been duly sub mitted to Lieut.-Colonel Mason, commanding the battalion, that officer took occasion to read the fol lowing confirmation and remarks to the volunteers present at drill on Tuesday evening :—" The com manding officer is pleased to approve and confirm the finding of the court of inquiry on the following grounds,--Ist. An opportunity was afforded Pri vate Clarke by his captain of apologising for his misconduct as a member of the corps, of which he did not choose to avail himself, thereby rendering investigationan into the charges preferred against him, pursuant to the rules, imperative. 2d. Drunk enness is an offence at all times disgraceful and reprehensible ; but when a volunteer so far forgets himself as to publicly present himself on parade, clothed in the uniform of the corps, in a state of intoxication, it is absolutely necessary that such conduct should be visited with the p u nishment it, deserves. 3d. Obedience to orders is a is prin ciple of military law; without it, discipline s im possible. A laxity in this respect can o . nly lead, as in this case, to insubordination and disr . espeet of officer authority. So strongly does the commeolding feel it to be his duty to enforce its observance, that he is prepared to use all the means vested 13 him by act of Parliament and the rules of the corps to carry out, as on this occasion, the important and responsible duties with which he is entrusted." DINE. to leave proceed ft and a .ral (Sir e insur" Ale, and bentionS m go 011 I consul e offered Ihamber rmation t heard t it was the part len the weed to lovern- Hang re esta looked 20th of It i° )n g the Ilinean Shang in pos.- tary t° n mar' ad left re 01 11 / S. The r is ik pplica in g to eft for Weser V, &C., ere on utside mate e, but ) assed B usi on a , m ber ,and adras• 11C9 111 201 204 j 01 63 112 117 87 90 THE STEAMSHIP COLUMBIA. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.—The new steamship Columbia, built for the Atlantic Royal Mail Com pany by Messrs. Martin Samuelson and Co., of Hull, and intended for the mail service between Galway and the United States, underwent her official trial trip to-day in the presence of the Go vernment authorities. Among the gentlemen on board were Captain Patey, RN., Admira:ty super intendent of mail packets at this port ; Messrs. Luke and Dinnan, Admiralty surveyors; Messrs. ' Murray and Rubie, Board of Trade surveyors ; Messrs. Samuelson, Mr. A. M. Weir, Mr. Glover, Vfr. T. Summers, Mr. Tucker, of Paris, &c. The Columbia was taken to Stokes Bay, where she ran tie measured mile six times with the following rtsults :-Ist run, 4m 535, equal to 12.283 knots per how ; 2d run, 3m 475, equal to 15.859 knots ; 3d run, 4m 555, equal to 12.203 knots; 4th run, 3m 52 4 equal to 15.517 knots ; sth run, 4m 525, equal to 2.328 knots ; 6th run, 3m 565, equal to 15.319 knos. The official mean taken was 16.2 statute miles per hour. Steam, 221 b ; vacuum, 20. Draught of water at starting, 16ft 3in forward, and 17ft 2in aft; lisplacement at this draught, 4,000 tons; weigh; on board, 520 tons of coal and 60 tons of water. The wind was light during the trial. The Columba is a steamer of 1,590 tons register, and the following are her principal dimensions:—Length of keel, Mit ; length over all, 378 ft ; breadth - of beam, 40ft ; depth of hold, 30ft. She has two oscillating engines, of 800-horse power (nomi nal), working up to 3,200 during the trial ; cylinders, 98ft diameter and Bft stroke ; and air pumps worked by two auxiliary engines of 34 in. diameter. She has eight tubular boilers, with five furnaces each, presenting a total of 800' square feet o' firegrate and 20,000 square feet of heating surface, and is fitted with Partridge's superheater. Her main saloon is 122 ft. long, d eco _ rated in the highest style of art, and the cabins are models of convenience and comfort. She has accom modation for 197 first-class and 360 steerage pas sengers. The Columbia is commanded by Captain Robert Leitch, aid is appointed to leave Galway on Tuesday, the 9th of April, with the mails for St. John's and Boston, This is the sister vessel of the steamship Anglia, now being built by the same firm for the Atlantic Company, making, with the Adri atic, recently purchased, and the Hibernia, a fleet of four steamers of the largest class and horse-power of any afloat. A fine barque of about 500 tons bur den was launched at noon from the yard of her builder and owner, Mr. John Ransom, at Northam. She was named the J. H. Ransom, the Mayor of the borough (Mr. Alderman Coles) performing the accustomed ceremonial, and is intended for the South American trade. MARRIED 01? NOT 111112.RIED? Yesterday afternoon the following rather curious case was heard at the Marlborough-street Police -court. It was a summons for bastardy arrears. Mr. Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, appeared for the defendant, a respectable looking young man, named Bearon, and on the case being called on said his client had no wish to shrink from paying for the support of the children, but he was anxious that they should be properly brought up, which, if what he had heard was true, was not likely to be the case. Mary Heard, the complainant, saiTshe was still a single woman. She could not produce the orders made in her favour, as Phe had given them to a friend in St. Giles's workhouse five years ago. The orders were made eight years ago, and the defendant, for a long time, paid ss, a week for the two children. Mr. Tyrwhitt said ho could do nothing till the orders produced. When did she receive any money last ? Complainant said seven weeks ago. Mr. Lewis then proceeded to ask the complainant a few questions, and the following were her answers. lam not married. lam cohabiting with a person named Rich. I can swear I have never been in a chapel with him. At a church at Petersburgh-place, Notting-hill, the banns were published last June or July. Rich put them up, but we were not married. We were to have been that day three weeks. We did go to the church once after, but we got tipsy and didn't get married, and I have never got a paper from the church. We went to the gin shop and got tipsy, and the minister told us we were tipsy, and he would not marry us. We went into the vestry-room, but no book was presented to us. The minister told us to come the next day but we didn't go. A young man and a young woman were with us, and we all went into the vestry by the minister's direction. Mr. Lewis said it was almost a Yelverton marriage. Complainant continued—The minister told us to get an emetic for the man, and the only emetic •we got was more gin. (Laughter.) I went last Sunday to St. Patrick's Chapel, and of course there was somebody with me—there was the congregation. (Laughter.) I never got any paper from any other church, and never got any ring. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Nor the church key. Mr. Lewis said he was credibly informed that complainant, was married to the man Rich. A daughter of complainant's said she remembered her mother going out to get married. _ _ _ John Crockett, a porter in Covent-garden Market, said he remembered going to a church in Bayswater, but he could not remember where. It was two months ago—in the winter (the complainant said in June or July). He went with the complainant and Rich. He went to give the man away. (Loud laughter.) After going into the church they went into a room and saw the clergyman there. What they went into the room for was to be married. There were some books there, but no one signed them. By Mr. Lewis—Don't .know the reason they were not married. Believed the man " had the drop taken" was the reason. The clergyman spoke to them, but he had no idea what he said. All came away together and went into a public-house opposite St. Giles's ; Church, and there had something to drink, and complainant went home. Mr. Tyrwhitt—lt is common with these people when they get drunk not to go to the church again. The case was then adjourned that evidence might, if possible, be produced of the complainant's marriage. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS'—THURSDAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 9to 1 agst Merrimac (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst Horror (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst The Rap (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Sister to St. Albans (taken) 14 to 1 agst King of Diamonds (taken) 100 to 6 agst Avalanche (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 6to 1 agst Spanish Fly (offered) 100 to 40 agst Spanish Fly, Lupellus, and Zitella mixed (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 13 to 1 agst First Lord (take 14 to 1) 13 to 1 agst East Sheen (offered) 100 to 6 agst Pancake (taken) 25 to 1 agst Giraffe (taken) 30 to 1 agst Benbow (taken) CHESTER Cur. 50 to 1 agst Schism (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 1 agst Klarikoff (offered) 15 to 2 agst Kettledrum (taken) 10 to 1 agst Matador (taken) 10 to 1 agst Sweet Hawthorn (taken) :1 to 1 agst Knight of Thistle (taken) THE DERBY. tO 1 agst Dundee (offered) 25 to 1 agst Kettledrum (taken) :10 to 1 agst Robin Hood (taken) It to 1 agst Diophantus (offered) 33 to 1 agst Gardener (taken) 33 to 1 agst Neighbour (taken) THE MAILS. • MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. April 18. Do. (via Marseilles) April 12. Brazil and Cape Verde .. April 6. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Cuba and - Melico • • •• - • . •• • • . April 1. Canada.. &c. (via L'derry) .. .. .. March 27. Cape of Good Hope, &c... .. .. .. April 3. China, Pena,: g, and Singapore (via S'ampton) April 4. Do (via Marseilles) Mar. 29. Gibraltar (via Sonti,''ampton) .. .. .. Mar. 28. India (Calcutta), Ceyloz, &c. (via Southampton) April 4. Do. (via Marseilles) Mar. 29. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. Mar. 28. Do. (via Marseilles; • • .. April 4, Lisbon ~ .. .. .. • • • . April 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via SouthaoPton) .. Mar. 28. Do. (via Marse illes) .. Mar. 29. Vigo, and Oporto_ .. - .. April 1. .. Mar. 28, ,Ic. THE CONVICTS AT CBATILIIII. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As the character of Chatham Prison has been undeservedly prejudiced in the estimation of the public by the exaggerated and false reports which have been circulated of riots among the convicts, I would venture to ask the favour of your allowing the insertion in your columns of a letter which appears in the Times of this day, from Captain Powell (the Governor), explaining that no such riots took place. It is unnecessary for me to say that his letter contains a faithful and accurate statement of the facts.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, JOSHUA JEBB, Major- General. 45, Parliament-street, March 28. "TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. " Sin,—As a matter of justice to me, who am responsible, as Governor of Chatham Prison, for the discipline and good order of the establishment, I must beg the favour of your allowing me to state that you have been misinformed in regard to the continued outbreaks which are represented as hay ing occurred ; especially that any disturbance either took place or was contemplated upon Sunday last. Indeed, so little apprehension did I feel on this subject that, instead of taking any extra precautions on that day, as stated by your correspondent, I gave leave of absence to one-third of the prison officers, and allowed my children to attend the services in the prison chapel as usual. " Since the outbreak which occurred on the 11th of February, and which was promptly and vigorously suppressed, there has not been any symptom of disorder but once, and that occurred .during the dinner hour on Wednesday, the 20th inst., when a very few men rapped at the cell doors, &c., and five or six voices were heard by those who were in the corridors close to the cells. This did not last more than a few minutes; indeed, Major Ogilvie, the deputy-governor, who was within the corridors during the whole time, mentioned to the visiting direct or th a t h e never even h ear d any voices. " Intimation of an intention to create a disturb ance had been given by several well-conducted prisoners on the previous day, whieh induced me to take some extra precautions ; and, among others, I requested the general commanding at Chatham to send a stronger party than usual to the ground, in the immediate neighbourhood of the prison, where the troops are in the daily habit of being exercised at target practice, and to authorise me to call in their assistance in the event of any disturbance taking place. The party thus sent might amount to about 100 men altogether, not much in excess of the number frequently on the ground. " With respect to the civil guard, a force of 24 men, having loaded with buck-shot, that descrip tion of ammunition has been served out for years past ; and it will be easily understood that if ever it should unhappily become necessary to fire, its effect would be less severe than ball cartridge. " I may mention, in conclusion, that any precau tions which I may deem it my duty to maintain are chiefly necessary in consequence of the directors having determined, in accordance with my sugges tion, that not a single man should be moved to Mill bank or Pentonville. The whole, therefore, of those who were ringleaders in the outbreak before re ferred to, are still inmates of the prison, although they are more or less under restrictions and priva tions. It cannot therefore be expected that under such circumstances these men will at present be entirely reconciled to the position into which they have brought themselves. " The extra force maintained at the prison is a military picket of 24 men.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, - T. FOLLTOTT POWELL, Governor. " Chatham Priaon, March 27." LITE.RATURE. BULWER'S LIBRARY EDITION. Leila and Calderon. By Sir E. Bulwer Lytton. One Vol. Wm. Blackwood and Sons. Another volume of this admirable :Library Edition has placed in the - hands of the sub scribers two of the least known and least popular, but not altogetherMY any 'Means two of the least remarkable, products of ziir Edward Lytton's ima gination. Originally these two charming little fic tions appeared separately, and each of them in a far more costly form ; being what are called gift-books, exquisitely bound and profusely illustrated. Their having been published in this resplendent manner in the first instance, we cannot but think may account in some measure for their comparative lack of popularity, when contrasted with the more am bitious novels and romances penned by the same master hand. Nevertheless, it must be borne in recollection, that neither "Leila," nor yet "Calderon," aspires to arrogate to itself credit for anything at all like the elaboration of plot or the minute delineation of character for which the majority of the world-famous Bulwer Novels and Romances are so renowned and noticeable. Yet, in some respects, too, they are each of them—each ' of these minor stories (both being founded upon t r ie, are hup ea p c ie h s , incidents recorded in the pages of Spanish history), the t triinsuommpe respects,otth efr e a q u u t i rm a r l equivalent in merit so u t dramatic is " Calderon the Courtier," that Sir Bul wer Lytton tells us in his preface that he at one period meditated the idea of turning it into a tragedy. So delicately defined is the position occupied by Almamen, between Moor and Christian, that the romancist avows that that portion at least of his narrative of " Leila" he could not improve now with all the aid of his matured judgment. Viewed as lighter sketches, penciled by the hand of a great master, they are both of them, in their way, as worthy of examination, and each, when examined, will be found, after its own fashion, as interesting to scrutinise and as delightful to appre ciate as the artists more extended and more gorge ous masterpieces. Assuredly there is scarcely one among the more ambitious and, in most particulars, more remarkable of the Bulwer Romances, that closes with a more pathetic or a more bewitching tenderness than " Leila :" where Boabdil pausing in the Mountain pass, thenceforth called El ultimo suspiro del Aforo, weeps over that last glimpse of his conquered kingdom, while the trumpets and cymbals heard in the distance, tell of the triumphal march into Grenada of the Spanish soldiers of Ferdinand and Isabella. Distinguished, however, above the clangour of the cymbals and trumpets of the Christian army—the sigh of the Moor is appropriately enough the latest sound audible in this romantic record of the history of the glory and the downfall of the last of the Abencerages. The Cotton Atantffacture of Great Britain investi gated and illustrated. With an Introductory View of its comparative State in Foreign Coun tries. By the late Andrew Ure, M.D., F.R.S. To which is added a Supplement, completing the statistical and manufacturing information to the present time. By P. L. Simmonds, F.S.S. 2 vols. Bohn, London. Mr. Bohn deserves our best thanks for introduc ing into his cheap and beautiful series of standard works the late Dr. Ure's valuable work on the " Cotton Manufacture of Great Britain." Dr. Uie's is a standard work. It only needed a continuation up to the present time, which has been -furnished by the competent pen of Mr. P. L. Simmonds. The original work is wisely preserved intact, for it needed additions only, not correction, and those additions have been supplied. The illustrations are numerous, and many of them valuable ; they seem to have been always introduced when a figure ren dered description more easily comprehensible. W e do not remember any other work which gives so complete a view of our cotton manufactures ; it is full of interest to the general reader, while all per sons connected with the trade will find a collection of statistical tables compiled from Government re turns and documents widely scattered, and acces sible in their completeness to very few, at least not without much trouble and expense. Our cotton manufactures have made a bound during the last qu a r ter of a century, which i s p ro b a bly unsurpassed in the history of any branch o f industry in any part of the world. The following zna rvellous table in. Mr. Simmonds' introduction will illustrate the truth of this remark COMPARATIVE TABLZ. 1835. Population of Great Britain ~ of Manchestr bale ported, de- , Cotton Production U. Cates , s sa exported,. in! Cotton imported into Great Britain,l lbs. ..... . . .. ........ .. Cotton worked up in ditto I 33-3,043,4641 Kingdom, estimated £29,504,405 , Capital embarked in Cotton Indus in Manufactures try in England i £35,000,000 C:cthlaWervnednited Kin spindles at work in United Kincr- , d0m........................... ''' Cotton No. of Persons employed in Cotton! 17,564,138 170,000 1,`:54,328 1860. 27,435,325 450,000 4,675,770 1,390,938,752 1,105,965,000 £22,128,304 £52,013,482 £69,350,976 £100,000,000 9,350,000 33,000,000 Factories in (iittO.. Aggregate Value of the gross Im ports of the United Kingdom- £48,911,542; Aggregate Value of Exports of Bri- , tish Produce and Manufactures... Revenue of the United Kingdom... 216,858! 500,000 £214,000,000 £17,372,2701 £51,347,3201 £135,892,817 £71,967,191 Surely every Englishman ought to be acquainted with the history, progress, and present state of a native manufacture like this ; and nowhere will he find the information he should have more easily than in the present edition of Dr. Ure's book. We should not omit to state, for those who do not know Dr. Ure's work, that it contains an interesting ac count of the cultivation, growth, and manufacture of cotton from the most ancient times to the pre sent, and of the state of the trade in all other , countries as well as in our oven. United States, California, • • • • • Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe April 10• West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Ap r il 1. M R . P.OBBIICK AND HIS CONSTlTUENTS.—Ar rangements have at length been made for Mr. Roebuck to address his constituents with reference to his recent speech on Italian affairs. In consequence of the application made to him last week to explain his views, Mr. Roebuck has this week written to the mayor, expressing an earn est de sire to give his constit uen t s ever y ex planation in his p ower, and placing hi mse lf en ti re ly i n th e hands of the may o r. His worship, aft er consu ltin g w ith some of Mr. Ro e buck 's friends, teleg ra ph e d t o tht gentleman yesterday suggest ing Monday next for a meeting ; and Mr. Roebuck having replied assenting to the arrangement, the mayor immedi ately issued placards as follows :—" John Arthur Roebuck, Esq., M.P., having represented to me his wish and inters_ tiers t o come down to Sheffield for the purpose of addressing his constituents on our foreign relations and other matters, I hereby appoint a public meeting of the burgesses for that purpose on Monday lace," 10.—Afanchoster Guardian,