The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-05 00:00:00

iessaliof 3 ; ASIYr 'IOE4 OO Grail" J. Minh°, ni Lon e w FOOD ondon; see .dy an d m -cites ding It, :ad th e y tbel n the Gran voted )f the ds the 0 the 4 0 to s.s.t _ 1-CltirH ingebi A' %rd bf if S• terdsui.: bowmpr" t. —Lucian frOOS Sydn#t ruing• awpo ta, (64' rictorilk! Jersey I tterboi tbscribL hick s! 5° 5, • . ex: 1 ° 04 ); of Ow 0, 1 0 p IP4 bolo' _ 4 4 ar. it age tb . IS 0 4 ttlna r '7l, are 0 11 iteinflo y of the P n f a is of ; hi r o w h a te‘l lat h ' the ° Pi ' boulberil he Leg'? us ~, ell sauilf • Afr be r tb . Or $lO beet,, b 0 ti rell P fa ich g‘ ititip v d , )oss n bag , , yoga ~ nib prat upsys eronil MONEY MARKET AND COMMRI CIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily, without any change of importance from Thursday. The sales were 10,000 bales, (includ ing 4,000 on speculation and for exportation). The Railway Share Market was quiet at a slight advance. The Bank of England return, for the week ending the 29th ult., is rendered unfavourable by the active demand for money, which prevailed during the period over which it extends, for liqui dating the instalments on the New Loan and funding of Exchequer Bills. To this circumstance must be ascribed the increase in the public deposits and other securities, and the diminution in the private deposits. As the money-market has be come easier, it is reasonably expected, however, that the next return will be less discouraging ; but as further payments on the New Loan have to be made on the 10th inst., and the settlement in Con sols i s fixed for about the same date, the active demand for discount accommodation will no doubt revive. There is a small addition to the stock of bullion, and as large sums are known to be en their way from Australia, a further augmentation may soon take place. Active Circulation £19,017,190 Increase Bullion ». Increase Rest.. Increase Public Deposits Increase .. Other Deposits Decrease Seven• Day and other Bills Increase .. • Government Securities Decrease Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed Decrease 632,110 10,449,333 76,622 3,827,865 14,201 6,838,842 199,977 11,857,130 249,913 765,305 38,943 11,871,821 79,185 20,063,178 1,637,881 5,289,780 546,965 The failure was announced yesterday of Messrs. SYers, Walker, and Co., of Lombard-street, whose difficulties, it is stated, arose from the non-receipt of remittances from Calcutta. This firm appears to have been engaged in an extensive business, and the liabilities are estimated at about 60,0001. With regard to the assets nothing definite is yet known, but the return to the creditors is expected to prove limited. This was the only casualty re sultingfrom the liquidation of the commercial paper that fell due yesterday, the fourth of the Month, which in other respects passed off satisfac torily. The French General Direction of the Customs, h ave published the tables of the exports and im- Ports of merchandise, with the amounts of duty Paid thereon throughout the ports of France, for the month of Feb., and during the two first months of the year, as compared with the corresponding Periods in 1854 and 1855. In the first report, the duties received on foreign merchandise amounted to 1 4 0 0,000 E, in round numbers, being an increase of three millions, compared with the same month of the two preceding years. The total receipts for the second period was 24 millions, being one mil 'lon over 1855, and three millions over 1854. In the articles imported there was an increase in grain, flour, and all cereals, as well as ani rnal food ; olive oil, iron in castings and bars, cotton, silk, hemp, flax, linen, cochineal, indigo, &c., and a diminution in wines, spirits, coffee, cocoa, oleaginous grains, colonial and foreiga sugars, wool, copper, lead, and zinc. In the ex- Ports there was a considerable increase in Wines, spirits, machinery, articles of dress, soap, crystal wares, woollen and cotton fabrics, and linen and silk manufactures. Rais ing the duty on all chemical salts increased the receipts from 2,292,682 f. in 1855, to 2,946,788 f. in 1 856. The stocks of merchandise on hand are large, .especially of grain, cotton, wool, colonial sugars, olive oil, &c., but small in other articles. During the two first months of the year the shipping en t ared inwards from foreign countries was in the aggregate 127,493 tons, and 84,366 tons outwards. The official returns of the-exports of bullion from the P e rt of London, for the week ending Thursday last, has been as follows :—Silver bars (Hambro'), 12 9,488 oz.; silver coin (Belgium), 300 oz.; gold COi n (Belgium), 60 oz. The Funds have remained at about previous , otations, and th e market has been without the least sYniptonaa of activity. Consols have been Z t ° 9 31 for money and the 10th inst. The prices sr " May - 8 are about 93i . The New Scrip is Exchequer Bills, March, are 2s. to 4s. Prexu., and India Bonds ss. discount. F or Foreign Securities also there has been a dull market. In Mexican Bonds there have been Bove , 41 t ransactions at,an advance of 1 per cent., the quot ations having ranged from 2 2 k to 23 k. I,irazilian 44 per Cents. were 94. Equador 5 4. -utto New Consolidated 15. Granada New Active 22 . Ditto Deferred 75, and Greek 6i. Spanish 3 Per Cents.. were flatter, viz., 455, and the Certi ates brought 5i Turkish 6 per Cents. were 161 for money, and 1014 to 102 k for . account, 1 , be i ng Weaker. The 6 per Cents. receded to 101 4. E quador Peruvian Dollar Bonds were 58. The follo w i n g are the nominal prices of Foreign Stockse :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 4 71 ; Mexi can' 21 i ; Peruvian, 78 79 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 5 i ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 4 8 50 ; Russian k u s Per C en t s ., 104 6 ; ditt o 41 per Cents., 93 95 ; -PaiSil 3 per Cents:, 45} 6 ; ditto Deferred, 24i ; ditto Certificates, 54 4 ; ditto Passive, 74 5- Railway,Sh a r e s were generally well maintained. _Chester an d H o l y h ea d a d vance d 10 s ., a nd Great Nor thern ss. The other lines were mostly the same as Yesterday. The French and Belgian Shares im proved Sambres and Meuse were 55., and the ?aria and Lyons also ss. higher. Bank Shares were at fuller prices, especially Im ndon and. County and New South Wales. Canada Land were heavy. 2 AITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE u CLOCK.. ( Pro= tlu Official Li,f. ) amines , done. 3 Pe Cent . j„,,, Consols Annuities 93 A —.11 % Bonds, £lOOO Ditt o , under £1A)00 5 d Consols lor Account E lclisquer Bills, 24d. March. Juno. £lOOO WY •• 0. , £5BO 2 4 p par 2 d Rtuall Ditto Bonds, 185 S, 34 per Cent. 984 i Ditto, 1859 I L II I9E OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. --E ubut Bonds, 5 per Cent. — E D itto New, 1952, .4i per Cent. quador Bonds D itto New C onso lid a t e d l5 Gr enada New Active, 14 per Cent. GI Di tto Deferred 74 b l reek Bonds 6 Dittoi Accountnt ez . 221 a a 31 P' b itt Bonds, 3 per cent — Ditto Account .. 1)44184 Committee Co t. o f not fun. 5i 4 p c T r Coup. '''''h Ponds, 6p er cent lO ll Account Di tto ~,i vtt° Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account loli x Dividends on the above nsyabie In London. (Mader Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4i p. c. 58 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money Ditto Account THE BALTIC FLEET. 'eu Baltic Fleet "no longer exists in o ffi cial recog eitin ; 1 ,, it was merged into the home fleet yesterday, on /1 ',„" . ,Le1l day Rear-Admiral Sir R. S. Dundas, K.C.8., ," I ` l Rear -Admiral R. L. Baynes, C. 8., gave up their ` 4 Pective appellations of Commander-in-Chief and Se condoud in Com m and of the Baltic Fleet. The Captain of t he said fleet, Ole Hon. F. T. Pelham, C. 8., changed his Petition at the same time. The whole feet now at Port- Uleeth is placed under the command in-chief of Vice .9tairal Sir George F. Seymour, K..C.8., the Port ' 4timiral. The line-of-battle ships form one diviki mof the fleet, whose orders are issued tl rough Rear-Admiral lik e Dundas by the Commander - in-Chief, and the frigates 4n d smaller vessels form another division, regulated in manner under Rear-Admiral Baynes, these Adnii , leis becoming divisional Admirals only. Captain Pid ultra moves to the flagship Victory pro tem. Immedi ately after the review it is rumoured that 10,000 seamen will be discharged from the it-et; these will consist, for the most part, of the men drawn from the Coast Guard at the outset of the war and such others as have served fu lly and longer than the usual term of commission. It is said that there will be a permanent Channel fleet of • exercise and training, consisting of 12 sail of-the-line and Adjuncts. • Do., SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. !Paid 100 100 61s all all all trabg. No tug. .nd But:. Juliet. iwlfasZt & Wolvo rb Stour Valley tirlt °Aid. Lan•tsL. -Mesh ir e Juncl... 4 0. Chetb. & Birk £5O and L 25 D0.,£20............ ilytb Sr, Ty ne origina £25 (issd. at £-4• iiristol and Exam.— Jaledonian. Cum. and Cardigan: lhester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon_ Cork, Black, & Pas ;-)rnwatli. Do. A. Do. B Crier Junction DublindtßelfastJunc, ;Inn. P. & Jne, East Anglian ...... Eastern Counties. 7niun, A St, De., B. 5t00k.... Do., New A. .. East Kent -;ast Lancashire Fe.dint urgh,li GlsAgo: f!dinb. and Peebles :din. Prtb & Dtir 4.1 , "orth & Clyde Jun Furness no. Extension Glasgow St S. West,. Great N. of Scotlnd. Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock It. Sth. &West. are ' great Wohtern Do. Stour Val. Ray Gna Stk Irish South-Eu[4n. %%waster & Carnal , Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Gm:wash. andYorksh. Do., •Wst. Riding Un r.iv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Maokwall Lon& Bright & S.Cst. Gond. and. N. Westn Do. Fifths Do. Eighths... ..... . London and& Westn Do., £5O . Do., £4O. Lndudrry&Colerain. Lndndr7. & Ennisk. Idanch.Shef. Lind , Do., Alan. $z Lin. lin Metropolitan Midland 00. Birmng. &Dert) Nfidld. G. West. (Ire. no. Half Shares Newcastle & Et dowry& Newry Warrenpoin and Rostrevor l lorfolk Sorthri.Courttieslin North British._ Nth T),.n Rail. & Dock Stock 'o., A Stock B Stock Do. ; Es Guarantt, • N. astern—Berwi• , o. do. Extension 11.N.E. Pure) Do. Leeds Do. Y0rk........... . North London , . sT,S.Wstru.,ris.n.,_ • stead, and Oity North Staffordshir North Western N . & S. West Ili. Juni. kTuneaton, Hinekloy, 4114 Leicester.. Ox, Wore.. W virolv. L'orts:Liouth Scottish Celtral Scottish Midland._.. Shropshire Uri )r, South Devon ..... Snath Eastern__, South Wales - Yrksh. as Ely. Dn‘ Do Staines, k, Stockton & Darli Stockton ex Hnrtler' Taff vale.. Do. Pref No. 1.. " .. 1711TtleE4 hifly. D.& R ,Ulverstone & Lanes Vale of Neath Watorfd. 8z Kilkonn' Waterford&Limerei , West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace.. Do. A ........ Do. B !West London. Wimbledn&Croydonj Closing Prices yes erday 271 28 41 - 41 .» .... 8i 9 18 -- 19 16 17 12i -- 13, 90 -- 92 61k la 17 18 - i 9 10f - 101 35 -r 4U 25 - 30 76 -- 78 61 - 63 29 - 31 85 -90 6i - 7 94 - 95 79 - 81 L 23 125 05 1 07 at 654 70 - /5 6 7 - p 6 7 87i 88i 71 102 104 1914 1024 par p par pi 4 95 96 4.. "'' •.. 28 - 29: i Id 74. 75 14 46 a. "" ••• .....' 15 52 - 51 3L 31 35 ... 784 - 79} 5i - 51 34 3 e 15t •61 564 574 88 90 6i - Of 6 - G. lA --• 16!. 28 - 29 103 - 1(5 73 75 46 -- 4 8 13 '4 721 - 73 69 71 4 -- 2 . - ''s 37 •.• - 20 -- 21 43 - 5 6i - 7i ••, ... •. p FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rott rd , ln Do. 5 p. c. Oblgs. con. in Sli. at par till '64 Ardennes Belgian Bastn. June Beziers to Graissessa, Bombay, Baroda, an ' Central India,Berli Do. Domerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New. East Indian, g. 5 p. e Do. Far tension.. D 0.41 p.c.Buds.,' s7 Do. do. do., '59, dn.. Gee ong Melbou:ne guar. 5 per c nt.. Do., Lou. allot., do. Gd. Tk of CanadaA is Do. Do. Cert. of Deben con. into Stk. till '6l Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do . Gt. Central of Franc , Gt. Indian Peninsnl - Great Luxembonr , - Constituted Share. , Do. Obligati one... Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. Gt. Western of Cana.' al all 14 Shares ........ Do. New Do. &Is., payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. do., '62. p.'56 Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Dc.. do., '73, without option Hamilton 1z Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Baslc Lierre and Turnhout Lucca it Fist. 5 p. c.p Lvous and Gomm, Lyons dt Mediterrpn !iladras, guar. 4 p.e Do. New. , 0., 5 p. c Do. 44 p. c. Exten Maria Antonia ... Do. do. New ... Namur & Liege ( Interest) - .: Do. (ex interest)._ Northern of France. Do.2ol.She all all all all Do. 201. 3 p. o lade (fmy.B.& Ame.Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Rome and Frascati Royal Danish .Royalawedish Do. Obligations .... Sambre and Mouse.. Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Scinde, guar. 5 p. c Do. Southern of Frame St. Andrew's sue Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5 per a. Prof_ W. &N. W. of Franet West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand 8i - 9 par 2 p 4A— 5t 2i . 24 it —lit 1. lii - pl 39 -4 2 0f 12 -14 22. - 22 - 22 •.• 16 - ►i; 75 77 85 - 86 6 6P 21i -21 i 7i 3i 3. ••• ••. 251 'MI 2A- 99 - 100 117 122 118 123 167 1( 3 9 23f 244 d 115 -- 120 - • 11 -- 12 p 20 -20 - lt 3 / 4 - P 9 ll 3 - 4 74- 71 64 - 74 401 -- 40 12 - 12, 8 - 10 51 - 51 53 foi 14 = 15 - 2 •... ... - pm •• ••• •4i - 5 351 = • • • .."' • is JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Austral staia (Bank of Egypt Bank of LonClon itri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C. British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia 'Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China l City...... Colonial Commercial of Load Eng. Scot. & Ans. Cht. Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New I.d-rtdon and County Lna. & E. Bnk g. Corp London Joint Stook London and Paris Loud. & W estnunste National Pro.of Eng Do. Now National of Ireland. New South Oriental Bank of Cor oars Von Ottoman Bank. Royal British....., , • stralia. Union Australia ' Do. Ns Union of London Western Bk tf Lon( 5 5. I 97 -- 99 11 - 64 - 66 • es .• • 11 - 64 -• 66 16 7 16 174 2 a 16/ -- 3 ... - ••• par 2p ••• - 3 - 2 ~~~ ~~ N• .. . ••• • ••• 39 - 40 43 - 44 i li - 2i13. 70 72 7i 8 2 ,`„ ld Badness done this day. THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY ,EVENING, APRIL 5. 1856. Li N Et 3 • .:-1.31,1) VIXKI 4 , • SPORTING NOTES. EDUCATION. RAILWAYS, Leasiz Comps.n, C °sin. yester day this day. F. DONE AT DONCASTER. The " dressing" which the fielders received at Don caster is not likely to be soon forgotten. They had a precious hot time of it, and were right glad when the meeting was brought to an ending post. The sport was, with cniy two exckp'ions, utterly unimportant. The Hopeful Stokes, however, excited some interest, and was won by Saunterer, as smart a 2-year-old as ever looked through a bridle. Saunterer followed up his succcess by carrying off the Two-Year-Old Stakes at Thirak. The Doncaster Handicap occasioned some brisk betting at the post. Squire Watt, a large, lum bering, but not an ill looking animal withal, was a tremendous favourite ; he, however, proved totally un worthy of the support which ho received. He may figure more respectably with a man on his back, for certainly the little tom-tit of a, child that rode him was incapable of " getting him out." Be this as it may, I am inclined to fancy Squire Watt's boasted racing pre tensions are merely a delusion and a snare. Mr. Morris gave the ring a good turn with Cossey, and right glad was I to see his success, for there is not a more straightforward man on the turf, pick them where you will. G:woulus Eiuriens, whom the " Wizard of the North" pronounced to be the best two-year old he ever tried, is now degraded to the rank of a common plater. He achieved his first victory at Doncaster. His opponents, however, scarcely possessed a leather.flapping medio crity. How are the mighty fallen ! The Starters and the Jockeys again fell out at Don caster, and I have no hesitation in saying that I never beheld so diigracefol a disobedience of orders as that displayed by certain riders for the Hopeful Stakes. The starter could not get the horses fairly together, and his patience and temper were sorely tried. I am informed that the subject will be brought before the Jockey Club, and doubtless some, very severe measure will be adopted to prevent the frequent occurrence of false starts. I did not get so far north as Thirsk, and cannot there. fore discourse upon the sport celebrated in that locality. Attention is now directed to the approaching meeting at Epsom. I shall not state my opinion on the proba bilities until Monday, when I shall have received my letters of advice from the country. April 5. A FRESH MAN. The following are the resolutions of Lord John Russell's Bill, including Sir John Pa.kington'2 amendments and additions : 95 - 97 94 - 98 1. That, in the opinion of this house, it is expedient to extend, revise, and consolidate the minutes of the Com mittee of Privy Council on Education. 2; That it is - eipeilent to add sub:insPectors to tlie present inspectari of Church schools, and to divide Eng land and %Vales into divisions fur the purposes of education. 11 - 13 4k ... 41 3. That it is expedient to appoint sub-inspectors of British, Wesleyan, and other Protestant schools not connected with tha Church, and also of Roman Catholic schools. 104 -• 1(6 4. That, on the report of the inspectors and sub-in spectors, the Committee of Privy Conned should have power to form in each division school districts, consisting of single or united parishes, or parts of parishes. 5. That the sub-inspectors of schools of each division should be instructed to report on the available means for the education of the poor in each school district. 6. That, for the purpose of extending such means, it is expedient that the powers at present possessed by the Commissioners of Charitable Trusts be enlarged, and that funds now useless or injurious to the community be ap plied to the education of the middle and poorer classes of the community. 7. That it is expedient, that in any school district where the means of education, arising from endowment, subscription, grants, anti school-pence, shall be found deficient, and shall b 3 declared to be so by the Commit tee of Privy Council for Education, the ratepayers should have the power of taxing themselves for the erection and maintenance of a school or schools. _ 12i - 13 na 115 2i - 92 93 P in 65 57 8. That when, after a period to be fixed, any school district shall have been declared to be deficient in ade quate means for the education of the poor, the Commit tee of Privy Council should have power to require the ratepayers in such district to elect a school committee ; and such school committee should have power to impose a school rate, to provide .schools, to appoint masters and mistresses, and to make necessary regulations. 9. That the Committee of Privy Council should have power to issue rules for guidance of local school commit tees, and to exercise general superintendence analogous to that exercised by Poor-law Board over poor-law ad• ministration. 10. Tbat in every school supported in whole or in part by rates a portion of the Holy Scriptures should be read daily in the school, and such other provision should be made for religious instruction as the school commit tee may think fit, but that no child should be excluded from such schools on religious grounds, or be compelled to receive any religious instruction, or attend any re ligious worship, to which his or her parents or guardians shall on conscientious grounds object. 11. That in any district hi which a school committee shall have been elected, and -a school-rate imposed, the committee should have power to give assistance from the rate to preexisting schools', subject to two conditions :- 1. Proper and satisfactory inspection. 2, Compliance with the rule as to religious teaching. 12. That school committees shoal,' have power to send free scholars to schools receiving aid from rates in case of poverty of parents or guardians. TUE AUSTRALIAN MAILS. MAURITIUS v. DIEGO GARCIA. Some of the newspapers Lave been advocating the dif ferent routes for the conveyance of the mails to Aus tralia, especially that by Sut z, and direct from thence to Melbourne, stopping to coal at Diego Garcia. This route via Suez is no doubt by far the sbertest and most desirable; but why coal at Diego Garcia and not at Mauritius ? 13. That local school-r-ites should be assisted in fixed proportion from annual Parliamentary grant for educa tion. Diego Garcia is a small island in lat. 7 deg. south, and long. 72 deg. east, only ten feet above the level of the sea, producing nothing but cocoanut trees. Water, which is brackish, can only be obtained by digging wells. There are no inhabitants except a few fishermen. The sea for several hundred miles to the westward of it abounds in coral shoals, making the approach to it in that direction most dangerous. There is, of course, no establishment there for the purpose of coaling a steamer, and no lighthouse to enable a vessel to make the island and enter the harbour during the night ; and for two mouths in the year the weather is generally so thick that the island can scarcely be seen at daylight. The distance from Diego Garcia in direct line to King . George's Sound is 3,113 miles ; but in consequence of the soutteeast trade wind, which blows very strong, with a high sea, being directly against the course to King George's Sound, the steamer would have to steer to the southward unchr fore and aft sails, and steam till 0 e got to the southward of lat. 30 deg. south. She would then be able to proceed direct to Melbourne, but by this deviation she would increase the distance to about 3,350 miles. In stceriag south from Diego Garcia she would pass through the locality most liable to hurricanes, and, in case of need, no repairs could be effected at such as island, r any vessel found to carry on her mails and passengers. 14. That employers of children and young persons be. tween nine and fifteen years of age should be required to furnish certificates half yearly of the attendance of such children and young persons at school, and to pay for such instruction. 15. That it is expedient that every encouragement should be given, by prizes, by diminution of school fees, by libraries, by evening schools, and other methods, to the instruction of young persons between 12 and 15 years of age. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Aram 4. SUPPLY. Motion made and question proposed, " That a sum not ex ceeding 227,611/. tie granted to •her Majesty fur public education in Ireland, under the charge of the Commis sioners of National Education in Ireland, to the 31st day - of March, 1857." Whereupon motion made and question proposed, " That a sum not exceeding 212;73a be granted to her Majesty for public education in Ire land, under the charge of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, to the 31st day of March, 1857." Whereupon motion made and question proposed, "That a sum not exceeding 200,0001. be granted to h. r Majesty for public education_ in Ireland, under the charge of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, to the 31st day of • March, 1851." Motion, by 'leave, with drawn. Question put, "That a sum not exceeding 212,7361. be granted to her Majesty for pUblie education in Ireland, under the charge of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, to the 31st day of March, 1857." The Committee divided—Ayes 38, Noes 144. - Mauchins, on the other hand, has everything to recommend it as a coaling station. It is in lat. 20 dog. south, long. 57 deg. east ; is only 240 miles further from Aden than is Diego. Garcia. On the let of December last four lights were exhibited on the island. The highest is a revolving light, 366 feet above the level of the sea, vi,ible about 25 miles. There are two lights at the entrance of the harbour. A steamer can go in at any hour alongside the coal hulk and begin to coal. Flesh water is brought alongside in tanks. Provisions, fruit, and vegetables of all kinds are in great abundance. All damage sustained at sea can be repaired ; pas,zengers can have excellent accommodation on shore while the ship is coaling, and the harbour is perfectly safe at all times. Hurricant s seldom extend so far west aq Mau ritius • and steam-ships would in three days after leavir g the island be to the southward of 30 deg. of south lati tu - le, making rapid progress towards Melbourne. The mails are now brought from London to Days. hrs. Suez in Suez to Maureen :o 0,412 miles, at 10 knots 14 12 Mauritius to Melbourne is 4,680 wiles, at 10 knots . 19 12 Coaling at Mauritius ..... .. London to Melbourne. And to Mauritius in . London & N. Wo +t. L. &N. W. 'Caledon... E. Un. & E. C Gt.N rtnn. E. Count. Caldonts.u. Gt. Wee= Yk. New, & Rene.' Y. &N M Do. S. Easter Do Peto & Co Norfolk._ Do G.& N. W & Slokton Darlingt. Widland En. Coun. E. Count. D 0......... L.&N.W Do Gt Northu Lancash& Yorksh. T. Brassoy N.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do I(4tWeetn. see ""' 134 136 7k 7 3i 2id 31i -32 i .ENCE SHARES. 115 - 120 115 120 84 90 93 -- 20 12i 25 20 96 - 98 15t -16 i ••• - •.• 5.2 - 6 1 1 10s -20 1 1 all all ‘ll 1 SO 20 35 40 5 St. 25 Agna Fria 4.ng10 A ustrla. Gold Anglo Californian Xustra Han tnstralian Cordillera Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of Blgenar. Iron & Coa British Iron., Tlrazilianlmp.(issue.' at £5 pm.) Do. Comes Sr Cuial, Do. St. Johr Del Re Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica 10 28b 1 1 Llobre Copper Copper Min. of En,, Do. Prof. 7i p. 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'"" ... •• • - 4.. 107 i pm t 2l pm 71 i 93 i 91i 97 x d 41 1 I --------MI NFU. A NEOITI3. 7I 2i 19 Australian Agricult. 34 36 0 :00 9a 10 all Australis . Royal Mail .. ..... 10 all Berlin Water Works 61 fi 50 40 Brit. American Land .. _ ... 100 S 2 Canada l4O 145 Flt. 1M C. Go.6p.e. Jan& ;Lily Ii 9 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug 107 109 St. 100 Do.6p.c. Mar & Sept 106 iO3 5 ail Crystal Palace 21 3 5 all Do. Preference j 5 51 4 all Crystal Pal.of Franoe ... ... 1 4 D us t o n Iron Oro ... _ ... 20 13 Eastern Steam . .. . 5 all Eu.daus Cop Sm Co 11 1 St. 100 Electric Telegraph B7 8 1, all Electric Teleg. of Ir .„ ••• 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier ... .. . ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... .. 18 all General Scr ew Steam ... _ .. 4 all Lond . Gen. Omnibus 31 31 161 2U 10 Magdalena St. Navig ... _ . . 10 all Niediteran. E lec. Tel. 8 lb 10 9 Wexican&S.Americn. 5 3 / 4 6 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel . 2 ". 10 5 Netherlands Land .l i 2 21 2 10 all Do. 30 Do. .. . .•f .... 31 5 2 Do.BpcPissatl d p— ip 21 i 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 18 22 1 all N. B. Australasian... 1 / i 10 15 Nrth. of EuropeStsam . 11 , 14 1 all Oriental Gas . . ....... .11 1 2s. Do. " New Shares " 1 IP # pm 0 all Peel Rr. Ld.& Minrl. 21 31 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... ~. 1 50 10 Do. New .. ... ........ ... ...p 00 60 Royal Mail Steam ... ... ... 79 8 1 .111' Scot. Austral. Invest. 1i 1 1f I 1 i oitto New ... . , I p 25 all S'ontb Außt . r9.l.lsn ' d 38 4 ,33 at 3ubmar. Tel. Scrip... i 1 1 2° l l oo, 4 . :h ; VasN') 11 t ß dEL: a t elO r ;tir a .. : y e: n ii 7i 1 : 12 - 1 17 161 1 ... v,Go.lip. l: . jan&July I .., —. „. 106 i 121 20 119 13 AYES-33. Anderson, Eir J. Ferguson, Sir J. Bailey, C. Foyer, J. Barnes, T. Hadfield. George Barrow, W. Basile. Alex. Bentinck, G. Iley worth, L. Brumley-Moore, J. Jolliffe, Sir W. Bulkeley, Sir It. King, L. Campbell, Sir 1. I. Knatclibull, W. Cheetham, John Lockhart, W. Crossley, F. Macartney, G. Diliwyn, L. L. Mail, B. Egerton, Edw. Michell. William wa:t, J. .atonrgomery, biz* G. Williams, W. Mowbray, J. It. Blackburn, P. Mundy, W. Muntz, G. Oakes, J. Peacocke, G. Pittilaitore, B. J. Pilkington, J. Shelley. Sir J; Stuart, Captain Tite, W. Vansittart, (1. NOES-144. Acton, Joseph Gallwey, Sir W. O'Brien, J. Adderley, C. B. George, J. ' O'Connell, D. Agnew, Sir A. Gilpin, Col. H. Olive.ra, B. • a 'cock, T. Goderiek Viscount 0 tway, A. Baines, RL Hon. M. Gordon, A. Puiet, Lord A. Ball, E. Greenall, Gilbert Palmer, Roundell Rennet, Capt. P. Greene, John Palmerston, Viscount Berkeley, Sir M. Gregson, Samuel Patten, Col. Bethel, Sir R. Grenfell, Charles Paxton, Sir J. Biggs, W. Greville, Colonel F. Peel, Sir It. Black, Adam Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Perry, Sir E. Bond, J. Gurney, J. 11. Phi llimore, J. G. Booth. Sir Rt. Gore Hall, Sir Benjamin Pinney, W. Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Hanley, T. Pollard-Urquhart, W. Bowyer. G. Ilarcourt, G. G. Power, N. Brand, H. B. W. Hardy, G. Price, W. Biocklehurst, J. Headlam, T. Ricardo, 0. Brotherton, J. Heatheote, G. Richardson, J. Bruce, Lord E. Henley, J. lid!ey, George Burke, Sir T. Heywood, J. Rushoat; Capt. G. Butt, I. Holland, E. Russell, F. C. Cairns, 11. Horsfall, T. Seytner, 11. Castlerosse, Vis. Horsman, E. Seymour, H. Cecil, Lord Ingham, it. Smith, R. Chambers, M. Ingrain, H. Smith, Abel Child, Smith Kinnaird, A. Spooner, R. Christy, Samuel Laboucliere,RLllon.ll Stafford, A. Cockburn, Sir A. J. E . Langston, J. H. Starkle, Le G. Coote, Sir C. H. Langton, H. G. Steel, John Cowan, C. Lennox, Lord H. G. Strutt, Hon. E. Cowper, W. F. Lewis, Sir G. C. Thornely, T. Da,shwood, Sir G. Liddell, El. G. Vernon, G. Deasy, R. Lindsay Col. J. 'Villiers, C. De Vere, S. E. Lowe, It. Waterpark, Lord Disraeli, B. Luce, T. Wells, W. Duncan, Viscount M'Gregor, John Whatman, J. Duncan, George MacMalion, P. Whitbread, 8. Duncombo, 0. Martin, P. Wickham. li. Dunlop, A. Massey, W. Wilkinson, W. Dunne, M. M .theson, A. Willcox, B. Dunne, Colonel Moucreiff, J. Wilson, J. Ebrington, Viscount Mousell, W. Viz. Sir iugt C. ,Sir T. Ellice, E. Montgomery, H. L. v Fergus, John Moody, C. Wyune, John Forester, Cel. Morris, D. Forster, Charles Mulgrave, Earl of Forster, Sir John Murrough, J. P. Fortescus, C. S. Nader, J. Hay ter, W. Freestun, Colonel Northcote, Sir S. Berkeley, G. C. TELLERS. Original question again proposed. Whereupon motion made and question put, " That a sum not exceeding 220,6411. bo granted to her Majesty for public education in Ireland, under the charge of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, to the 31st day of March, 1857." The Committee divided—Ayes 41, Noes 126. AYES-41. Acton, J. • Fergusson, Sir J. Anderson, Sir J. Gilpin, Col. H. Barnes, T. Hadfield, G. Barrow, W. Basile, Alex. Bennet, Capt. P. Hey worth, L. Bentinck, G. Jolliffe, Sir W. Bramley-Moore, J. Kind, J. Campbell, Sir A. Knatchlyall, W. Cecil, Lord it. Lockhart, W. Cheetham, J. Macartney, G. Crossley, F. 3liall, E. Dillwyn, L. Michell, W. Egerton, E. C. Montgomery, Sir G. Evelyn, Mundy, W. Exert, J. Oakes, J. NOES—I2I 7 . Adderley, C. Gallivey, Sir W. Murrougb, J. A gmw, Sir Andrew George, J. Northcote, Sir S. Baines. Rt. Hon. M. Goderich, Vie. O'Brien, J. Ball, E. Gordon, A, ' O'Connell, D. Berkeley, Sir M. Greene, John Oliveira, B. Betheil, Sir It. Gregso ii, S. Otway, A. Biggs, W. Grenfell, Chas. Paget, Lord A. /Slack, Adam Greville, Col. F. Palmerston, Visct . Bond, J. Grey, Sir G. Patten, J. Booth,.Slr Rt. Clore Grosvenor, Ld. R. Peel, Sic it. Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Gurney, J. Perry, Sir T. Bowyer, G. Hall, Sir B. Phillimore, J. G. Brand, 11. B. W. Ilanbury, Hon. C. Pinney, W. Brocklehurst, J. Hankey, T. Pollard-Urquhart, W. Brotherton, J. liar ly, G. Power, N. Bruce, Lord E. Headlam, T. - Price, W. Burke, Sir T. Heathcoat, J. Ricardo, 0. Burrowes, R. Henley, J. Richardson, J. • Butt, I. II eywood, J. Ridley, G. Cairns, H. Holland, E. ' Russell, F. C. Castleroese, Viscount Borstal!, T. B. Seymour, H. Child, Smith Borman, E. Shelburne, Earl Christie, Samuel Ingham, R. Smith, It. Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Ingram, 11. Spooner, R. Cowan, C. Kinnaird, A. Steel, J. Cowper, W. F. LabouchereAt.lion.ll Strait, E. Dashwood, Sr G. /I. Langton, li. G. Tancred, IL Deasy, it. Lennax, told at. Thornely, T. De Vere, S. Lewis, Sir G. C. Vernon, G. Disraeli, B. Liddell, H. G. Villiers, C. Duncan, 'Viscount Lindsay, Col. J. Water park, Lord Duncan, G. Lowe, It.. • Wells, W. Duncombe, 0. Luce, T. Whatman, I. Dunlop, A. hl 'Gregor, John Whitbread, S. Dunne, 31. Machlahon, P. Wickham. H. W. Dunne, Col. Martin, P. Wilkinson, W. Ebrington, Viscount Massey, W. Wilson, J. Ellice, E. Matheson, A. Whittington, Sir I'. Fergus, J. II oncreitr, J. Wood, Sir C. Forster, J. 1 Monsen, W. Wynne, J. Forster, Sir G. Montgomery, H. - Morris, D. H a y ter, W. Freestun, Col. TELLERS. Fortescue, C. 3lulgrave, Earl of Berkeley, G. Paxton, Sir J. Peacocks, G. Phillimore, R. J. Plikington, J. Seymer, U. Shelley, Sir J. Startle, Le G. Stuart, Lord D. 'rite, W. Vansittart, G. Williams, W. TELLERS. ➢fowbray, J. R. Blaeliburn, Peter APOTRICARIES'-11ALL.—Narnes of gentlemen wh o passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thurs day, the 3d of April—F. P. Darke, Grarnpound, c orn . wall ; J. Kitcbing, Dublin ' • E. J. Marshall, W a l sa ll ; It. Aldridge Christchurch, Hants ; D. W. Trininell, India ; C. J. Finder, Lymington , Hants ; C. J. Wat son, Ipswich ; W. F. Dix , Suiallbur g h, Norfolk. THE MONSTER Gorr.—This huge piece of ordnance, which is being finished by the Mersey Steel Iron Com pany, Liverpool, is now completed, v, ith the exception of the breeching-loop and trunnions. Some idea of the size of the gun may be gathered from the fact that the weight of the trunnions and loop binding them to the gun will reach two tons and a•half. It will be at least a fortnight before it is completed. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY). The LORD CHANCELLOR t >ok his seal on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord BERNERS presented a petition against any al- teration in the Oath of Abjuration. Petitions against the abolition of °Mitch-rates until an equivalent had been provided were - present,d by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earl of Derby, Lord Redesdale, and several other peers. OUT-PENSIONERS' BILL. On the motion of Lord PANAMBE, this bill passed through committee. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. On the order of the day for going into committee upon this bill. - - The Earl of DERBY said he wished to call their lord ships' attention to one or two points in the bill which he thought very objectionable. It would be in the recol lection of the house that on the second reading of the bill he stated his concurrence in the general objects of the measure. He had, however, considerable doubts as to the efficiency of the machinery proposed to effect those objects. He had received many communications from various quarters upon this subject which tended greatly to confirm him in his impressions. He bad certainly received letters from some farmers, containing objec tions to the principles of the bill, but he thought, how ever, that considerable misapprehension was entertained by such parties as to the operations of such measnre, for be entertained no doubt whatever but that the objects in view, if attainable, would be eminently beneficial. He wholly objected to the employment of the poor-leer board in collecting the information. That board, he thought, was established for a totally different object, and were unfit for the discharge of such duties. As some prejudices existed in different parts of the country, it was of course desirable to remove everything objection. able from the bill calculated to remove those prejudices. He would propose that the information sought f it should be obtained through the petty seseions, whose courts were scattered throughout the country. Those courts possessed a peculiar facility for obtaining such information as to the local circumstances of the various agricultural district. He also thought that the measure ought to be amended in respect to the mode proposed for sending out for re turns, end for their return. He was of opinion that the Board of Trade should give due notice of the informa tion required by the issue of a circular at particular periods of the year. The Board of Trade should give an estimate of the average crops and their average value. The schedules also should be more simplified by the re duction of columns. They should be as simple as possible. The noble earl then stated some other ob jections to the bill, and said he thought it better to state his opinions candidly before proceeding to consider the bill. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY thought the Poor law Board and the Board of Guardians were the most efficient machinery that could be proposed to procure the informatio❑ sought for under the bill. The magistrates at petty sessions were by no means so well calculated to carry out the provisions of the bill as the Poor. law Board. (Hear.) He was very anxious to get the returns as early as possible, and therefore he thought that the Ist of June should he fixed as the day for receiving the estimate of the crops planted ; but if their lordships wished he should not object to the Ist of July being the day fixed on which the guardians should for ward their returns to the Poor law Board. He thought it very desirable that means should exist by which it could be learned what sort of a crop had been grown in certain years, and also whether the crop was light or heavy. If the provisions of this bill were fully carried out, this information would exist in the early part of November in each year after the passing of the act. The noble lord concluded by stating that in com mittee be should feel great pleasure in explaining to any of their lordships the other portions of the bill. After a lengthened discussion, in which the Earl of Ilardvvicke, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Elles mere, Earl Grey, Lord Ovcr;tone, and L•)rd Stanley of Alderley took part, the house went into committee on the bill, On clause 1, the Earl of DERBY moved, as an amendment, to leave out of the claw', the words " Poor law Board," for the purpose of substituting the " Beard of Trade." Lord FEVERSHAM should support the amendment, although he was entirely in favour of the principle of the bill. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY and Lord BER NERS supported he clause. The committee divided upon the original question, and there appeared— Contents lB Non-contents Majority —s The amendment was consequently negatived. On clause 2, on the motion of the Marquis of SALIS BURY, it was agreed that the returns should be made uut later than the Ist of September. The clause was agreed to, and clauses 3,4, 5, and 6 were agreed to without opposition. clause 7, after a few remarks from the Earl of EL LENBOROUGH, was then agreed to, as were also clauses 8,9, 10, and 11. Oa ela - use 12, the Earl of ELLENBOROUGH com• plained of the expense of carrying the act into effect, which would not he less than 1011,000/. a year. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said he believed the expense would not exceed 25,0001 per annum. The clause waR then nn.e.ari tn. - utauses and Romanies. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and paused: —Doddington Rectory Division ; Lancaster Gas ; Lin coln Water ; Milford Junctio❑ Railway ; Weymouth and Melcorube Regis Gas. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON presented a petition from Australia, praying that her Majesty would be pleased to direct that a postal communication be established be. tween England and the colony, by the nearest route, and at a speed of not less than ten knots, or nautical miles, per hour. NEW WRIT. A. new writ was ordered to be issued, on the motion of Col. BOLDERO, for Chippenham, for the election of a member in the room of Mr. J. Neeld, deceased. Mr. HADFIELD moved for a return, showing the amount of fees charged at the House of Commons upon every private bill presented to the house from the ses sion of 1848 to 1855. In reply to an hon member, Sir B. FALL said a short time ago be received a com munication, stating that a new department should be erected in Pall Mall, on the site of Buckingham house. The hon. baronet said he would read a letter he had addressed to the Lords of the Treasury, in which he stated that he thought it would be more desirable to have the whole of the public affairs concentrated in one particular spot. He proposed on a future occasion to move for a select committee to inquire into the subject of obtaining a site for the construction of the public offices now in Downing-street. If the proposition was adopted he should give the irmal notice and bring in a bill for the purpose. The plans for the building be proposed would not only be open to the architects of the United King dom, but of the world, in order that a building worthy of this country might be obtained. THE EXPORTATION OF IRON. Mr. THORNELY asked the Secretary of the Trea •mny whether, a treaty of peace having been signed at Paris, the bonds required to be gives at the Custom [louses on the exportation of iron, and of certain other ino.nufactured articles, might not now be dispensed with? Mr. WILSON—At present he could not answer the question t but if the hon. member would repeat it on another (Illiening, he would give him a reply. LA.MPETER COLLEGE. Mr. L. DAVIES asked the Secretary of State, whe ther it was his intention to bring in a bill to repeal the clause in the Act of the 16th and 17th of the reign of her present Majesty, which authorises the removal of Saint David's College from Lawpeter to Brecon, under the sanction of her Majesty, advised thereto by the Privy Council ; and, if not, whether such sanction would be withheld, in compliance with the prayer in the nu merous Petitions presented on the subject. Sir G. GREY said there was no such scheme at present before the Privy Council or, he believed, the Ecclesiastical Commission. No decision would be ar• rived at without allowing to the opponents of such a measure the fullest opportunity of stating and urging their objection , .. Sir J. PAKINGTON asked the Secretary for the Howe Department whether he had received any infor• oration with respect to a memorial signed by 106 of the Fellows of Oxford, which bad been transmitted to the au thorities, touching pecuniary circumstances in the elec. ' tion of fellows t Sir G. GREY said he bad no official information with respect to the memorial referred to, but there had been a preliminary meeting of the Privy Council at which he had not been able to attend, but he had no doubt the memorial had been transmitted to the proper quarter, where it would receive every attention. FOREIGN TROOPS IN ENGLISH PAY. Mr. OTWAY gave notice that on Monday he should ask the Under Secretary of War the numerical strength of foreign troops in the pay of this country, and what was to be their future destination. ABSENCE OF HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS. Sir J. PAKINGTON complained of the absence of the Under Secretary for War at that hour, which pre vented his putting a question to hi m of some importance. Mr. L ABOUCHERE said the hon. gentleman was absent in consequence of a domestic affliction. Sir J. PAKINGTON said the answer of the right hen. gentleman was satisfactory. _ _ THE LATE ABDUCTION CASE. _ Mr. HILDYARD asked the First Lord of the Trea• sury whether the attention of the Government had been directed to the case of Susannah Evans, a girl of 16 years of age, conveyed to Hamburg for the purpose of prostitution ; and whether, in consequence of the dis closures elicited in the investigation of that case before Sir IL Carden, any correspondtnce had taken place be tween the Foreign Secretary and Colonel Hodges, the British Consul at. Hamburg? Sir G. GREY said that the attention of the Govern ment had been directed to this case. Despatches iron) Cu]. Hodges, the British Consul at Hamburg, relative to this case, had been received at the ForiAgn-office, and bad been transferred to the Home Secretary's De partment. These despatches detailed what Co]. Hodges had done with reference to this case, and also cases of similar character, though not of so aggravated a nature, that had come under his notice. From these despatches it appeared that an extensive traffic, for so it might be called, of this disgraceful ct,amater was car rind on between the ports of Hull, Liverpool, Louden, and Hamburg. He (Sir G. Grey) had communicated with the mayors of these places, and he hoped shortly to he able to take such measures as would obstruct similar proceedings for the future. (Cheers.) _ _ 1 0 45 0 24 0 The Cape of Good Hop is Only 2,300 miles from Mauritius, and a branch steamer could carry the mails there in 9 days 12 hours from Mauritius; say from London to Cape Town in 34 days, or to Algea Bay in 31 days. If such an arrangement were carried out by Govern- ment it ought surely to satimfy all parties concerned, as it would combine speed and economy in the transmission of the mails to all our eastern colonies. —Correspondent of the Morning Herald. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) COVENT GARDE/T. We were but moderately supplied with fruit and vege tables, and the trade ruled steady, as follows : Faurr.—Pine apples, English, 8s to 12s per lb; colonial do., Os to Os each ; hot-house grapes, 20s to 308 Od per lb ; foreign ditto, 01 to Os ; melons, 2s 01 to 3s Gd each; peaches, 2s Gd to Os ' • nectarines is 6d to 4s per dozen ; apples, 2s 01 to 3s Od per half sieve ; pears, 3s 01 to Gs per dozen ; plums, Os to Os per sieve ; green gages, Os per punnet; apricots, is Gd to 5801 per doz.; common plums, Os 0.1 to Os Od par sieve ; cherries, Od to 041 per pound ; lemons, 8d to is Gd per doz ; oranges, 6s to 12s per 100 ; fil berts, 9s to Os pet doz. lbs ; cobnuts, 12s to 15s ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, 0.1 to 01 per 100; figs, Os 9d to is 61 per doz ; strawberries, Od to Od per pottle ; goose berries, Os Od to Os Od per half sieve ' • c urrants, Os Od to Os Od per half sieve ; raspberries, Od to 0d per pottle. VEGETABLE/ff. — Greens, is Gd to 3s Od per doz. bunches; cabbages, Is to 2s 01 per dozen ; Savoy ditto, is to 2s Od per do. ; brocoli, is Gd to 2s per bundle ; potatoes, 60s to 904 per ton ; vegetable marrow, Od to Os per doz. ; peas, Os to Os Od per bushel ; French beans, 2s Od to 3s 01 per 100 ; turnips, 3d to -41 per bunch ; carrots, 5d to 6d per bunch ; cucumbers, 2s Od to 4s Od each ; garlic, 6d VI Os 81 per pound • spinach, 3s 01 to 4s Od per sieve ; old onions, 2s 6d. - Li) 4s per bushel ; new ditto, 3d to 41 pet bunch ; leeks, 2d. to 3d per bunch ; shallots, 8d to 10d ; horse-raddish, 2s 01 to 4s per bundle ; parsley, 3d to 4cl per bunch ; celery, Os 9d to is Gd per butch ; endive, ls 6d to 4s Od per score ; Ikeet, is Od to 2s per doz. ' • parsnips, Os Gd to Is Od per dozen ; small salad, 2(1 to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, is Od to is 6d per pottle; artichokes, is 3d to Is6l per half sieve; cabbage let tuces, Gd to is 01 per score ; sorrel, Od to Os per half sieve, radishes, Os to Os Od per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s to.4s per half sieve; chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussels sprouts, 2s Od to 3s Od per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2s per LuO ; walnuts pickling, 01 to Os per 100 ; cauliflowers, is to 4s Od per doz. ; rhubarb, 6d to is 01 per bundle ; asparagus, 3s to 108 per 100 ; sea kail, is to 2s Gd per punnet. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Gd to 8s 61 ; Goslings, 6s Gd to 8s Od each ; Ducks, 3s Od to 4s 01 •, wild do., Os Od to Os to Od ; rab bits, 10d to is Gd each ; Pigeons, 6d to Bd. each ; large Surrey Fowls, Oa Od to Os 01 ; tnid.lling, 2s to 3s Od ; Chickens, is 6,1 to 2s Od ; Capons, 3E 6d to 4s Gd ; Hares, 2s 61 to 4s 01; Grouse, Os 01 to is to 01 each ; Pheasants, Os 01 to Os 01 ; Partridges, Os at to Os to Od ; Guinea Fowls, 2s 941 to 3s Gd ; Roasting pigs, Os Od to Os 01 each. Ostend fresh butter, 12s Od to 13s 01, and English 12s Od to 168 01 per dozen lbs. English eggs, 9s to I.os Od ; French do., 5s 04.1 to 7s Od per 120. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s Id ; mutton, 38 2d to 4s 4d ; lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 6d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per Blbs , by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. - • • _ Beef from 3s Od to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d; veal, 4s Od to 58 2d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 8110. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6d to 203 ; Brills, 2s 6d to IN each; Salmon, 2s Od to 3s Od per lb •, Cod Fish, 2s Od to 7s each ; Soles, 6d to 2s Gd per pair; Eels, 8d to is per lb; Lobsters, Os 6d to 3s Od ; Crabs, d to 3s Od ; Whitings , 4 s Oil to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 203 ; Natives, 483 to 50s per bsh; Mackerel, 60s to 803 per 100 ; Smelts, is Od to 3s Od per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is Gd to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters 43 Od to 8s 01 per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 63 Od to 03 per 100; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, NOdtoOs Od per bushel ; Doreys, is to 5s each ; Haddocks, 4s to 12s per doz. ; Pike (id • St urgeo n, Od per ib ; Prawns, 3a Od to 4s; Mullets. 6d to 1 2s Gd each • Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut 6,1 per lb ; Flounders, 1 s 61 to Os Od per doz. ; salt fish 2d to 8d per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten i;r;a 7 l in the metropolis are from 9id to 10d ; of household ditto, Rd to 9d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 241 to 01 ; 611 b to 721 b, 3id to 41 ; 721 b to 801 b, 41 to Od ; 801 b to 881 b, 41 to 411 ; 881 b to 981 b, 411 to 4il ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4id to 4il ; 1041 b to 1121 b —d to —1 ; upwards, —d to —d ; Horse hides, Ga 01 to Oa 01; calf skins, light, 2s 0' to 38 Od ; ditto, full, Gs Gd to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, 8s 01 to 93 61 ; gents, 7s 01 to 84 fid ; Half-brads, 7s 01 to 8s Gd ; Downs, 5s 91 to 7s Od ; Shearlings,ls ld to is 21 ; Lambs, 2s Gd to 3s 9d. _ _ HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 41 O . to 5/ 15s ; clover do., 4/ 10s to 6/ 123; and straw, 11 7s to 1/ 12s per load. A fair average supply, and a mode; ate demand. CUMBERLAND.—Mcadow hay, 4/ 03 to 5/ 154; clover do., 4/ 8s to 6 lOs ; and straw, 1/ 7s to t/ 13s per load. Both hay and slraw were tolerably firm, at full quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow 11,y, 3/ 18s to Si ; clover do., 4141 to 61 15s • and straw, 1/ Cs to 11 12s per loud. Trade steady, at full priced. 14 17 19 1.81 10i 64 i - I 5 881 i 103 101/ 21 16 74i 5 45 79 Si 91 131 721 2 70 51 I 1 5i 9/ i 101 31i 3; 403 i 27 I 1 28a Do.. all all 10 ) 100 Do.. PREFE Aberdeen.. Do. N 0.2, 7 p . Do. Debentures Myth andTyno 10 pel c. pref. (lead. at 501 Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Ches. &Ho. tan. 5 pc Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandons ip.e Dun.Prth .dt Aber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do CLs. C 7p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,spcNo. ' Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. o. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p.ete P.,. kW. York. J. sthd Edict. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh. Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness Glas. & S.W. G. 5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. Do. Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. it 5 p. c. pm... Gt. N. of Scot. 1 stPr, Gt. S. 'a W. (Ireland Do. 4per 0. Prof. :4 it. W.(B. t H. Exspc )0. con. red. 4 4 p.c. Do. eon. red. 4 p. c no. irred. 4p. c. Do, 5 p. c. red. prof Do. do, Flo. Do. Birm. Pref. - 311 1)0. Chester Bp. c. 4 Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gus. Sh.. Do, do. do Do. do. d 0...... • Lsn. &York. F. £2. Do. 6 p. a. Stuck . Lon. & Brigh. G. 5 Do. Pref., 5 p. e. Do. New Guar.6 p., e Do. do. 5 per cent , Lon. &N. W., Coy . . 4: Nuneaton 5 p. et. Lon. & S.W. 7 per et Londy. tic Color. Sh Londy. &Ennie.t S' /t.,5.,& L.,Now,lP l Do. Ze .. liarypt .&Carl.4 p 0 Do. 4. per cent ll°° all 100 100 400 10 10. 'lOO Lth: C. 100 I Slid. Consol .6 p.c. St 1(X) Do. Con. Br.Bir. 6 p 100 Do. 41 p. c. Pref. all Do. Pref. 41 per con all ,Do. 51. Pref. 4 p. c 100 Ditto L. &H. Prof. S , New., Aber., tec., pr. all f 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. all 'Norfolk Debenture 100 Do.Praf. sp. a. St- c 1; 100 ;Do. tb p.c. Ext 100 ; Do. 54 per et. pref... 100 ,Do. Way. Val. 6 p c 100 jNorthßritish 100 N. E. Berw, 4 p.c P 7 ID°. do. do 13 IDo Leeds 6 p.c 9 'Do. do. Quarters ... 10 ,!Do.Yorkrl.& Pur all North Staffordshire. 100 Ox,Wo.ALW.IS/ pc 9. Do It. Pref. 101. Sh. all Scot. Cent. ,New Pre , all South Devon 1} IDo. fixed, 41 per cen , all S. Eastern (Readinc.' Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 41 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p c S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 41 p. i • •S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 'Stock &Dar sp• c. ,Do. do. do. 'Stock. & Hartl. g. p. c. till July 1, '56 IWatericl.& Kilk. 6 p c 100 100 100 all all all Pm t 6 METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT. Mr. W. WILLIAMS asked the Attorney• General whether he intended to proceed with the bill to amend the Metropolis Local Management Act ; and if not, ke asked Sir B. Hall what means he intended to adopt to rw move the difficulty caused by conflicting opinions re. specting the provisions in the said act as regarded the election of parish officers ? Sir B. HALL, in the absence of the Attorney• Gene. ral, answered the question. That hon, and learned gentleman introduced this bill on the representation of certain members of that house, with relation to this question. As soon as he did it objections were take❑ to it, and it was not now his inten• tion to proceed with it. The hon. member for Lambeth had asked him (Sir B. Hall) if he intended to take any steps to remove the difficulty that was said to exist relative to conflicting opinions as to the election of parish officers. The object of the Metropolis Local Management Act was to supersede all existing vestries at the time of its passing, and to do that he copied into the hill a clause from Hothouse's Act, and which clause the hon. member for Lambeth supported. He (Sir B. Hall) suggested that an amicable suit (if he might so call it) should be taken to the Court of Queen's Ben2h for the decision of the judges on the difficulty complained of, and that tben,if the decision of the judges was contrary to what he intended, and he belie/wed was the true constr tie tine of the clause, on any representation being made to him to that effect he would consider the case, and would introduce a bill to settle the question. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE condemned the conduct of the Government with reference to this act, and the conduct of the right hon. baronet in recommending litigation to the various parishes in the metropolis. He described this act as most unpopular, and called upon the house not to let the learned Attorney-General withdraw the bill now before the house. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL charged the hon.; member for Finsbury with condemning this bill when it was introduced as an interference with popular rights, and finding the parishes of the metropolis concurred with him, he (the Attorney-General) had decided on withdrawing the bill. The object of this bill was to enable the new vestries to interfere with the poor and the Church, and so he framed this bill. If the honourable member for Finsbury would bring in a better bill to solve the difficulty complained of and save litigation, he (the Attorney-General) would be happy to support him. After some remarks from Mr. WILKINSON, the subj eot dropped. CENTRAL AMERICA. Viscount GODERICII asked the First Lord of the Treaeury, whether a document, which had recently ap peared, purporting to be a despatch written by the Bri• tish Minister at WVashingto❑ to the Secretary of State of the United States, on the 27th day of February last„ with reference to the disputes between this country and the United States on the subject of Central America, was authentic ? The hon. viscount having read the despatch which had reference to the arbitration relative to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, Mr. GLADSTONE, before the question wan answered, called the attention of the house to the position the house was placed in with reference to the Central Ame rican question, in the course of which he referred to the first correspondence between the two Governments en the sulject, and what had occurred in that house relative to the production of the correspondence. He had no wish to interfere with the discretion of pro. ducing certain documents ; but although the noble lord had informed the house in February the papers should be produced, they had not yet been laid on the table of the house ; and the last excuse was that the Foreign office had been so much engaged they had not been able to get them ready. That ought not to be an excuse for their non-production, and he urged on the noble lord the injury likely to result From it. He believed the present American Minister in this country was armed with suf ficient powers to carry out the intentions of his coun try. He hoped, however, that nothing would occur to prevent the present kindly relations between the two countries. Lord PALMERSTON said the right hon. gentleman knew the constitution of the various departments of the Government sufficient to know that they could not be augmented momentarily to meet temporary pressure. The right hon. gentleman had spoken lightly of the im• portant dutes that had lately engaged the attention of the Foreign Department. Mr. GLADSTONE said he had not done so. Lord PALMERSTON said he begged the right hon. gentleman's pardon, but he had. (Laughter.) After detailing the amount of business that the Foreign-office had had lately to discharge, he said he should not then enter into the question, but wait until the correspon dence bad been laid on the table of the house, which he hoped would be in a few days. TEIE CRIMEAN COMMISSION REPORT. Mr. PALK asked it the officers of the Commissariat Department who considered their conduct iuculpated by that report might appear before the Military Board of Inquiry now sitting, and defend their oonduct, as well as those gallant officers whose names had been so pro. minently put before the public by that report? Lord PALMERST')N said yes. SIR C. NAPIER AND THE CAPTURE OF ACRE. On the motion for going into supply, , ,„ . . suUllla rather have desired to observe silence than unnecessarily to obstruct the busi ness of this house by taking advantage of the opportunity which the motion before the house for going into supply usually gives to members, Were not the question a matter that personally concerns myself. The honour of every mem ber of this house is regarded by the hous4 as its own pro perty, and it is the duty therefore of every member to de fend himself from attack when not only his honour is as sailed, but his veracity impeached. I should gladly have avoided the revival of the unhappy controversy which oc curred between myself and the hon. and gallant member for Southwark. The house have heard enough, and more than enough, of that unhappy affair, and I am sure it is the last of my wishes needlessly to revive it. But, sir, during the early part of the recess a letter appeared in the Times, signed by the hon. and gallant member, which I will read, and as the name of the ion. and gallant admiral tit* member for Gloucester is also mentioned, it is utterly im possible for us, consistently with our duty, not to reeks comments upon and to substantiate our veracity. The letter is in thine terms : " Sir,—Sir James Graham stated in his speech that I had advised Sir Robert Stopford not to attack Acre ; and Ad miral Berkeley went further, and said that the night before I told Sir Robert Stopford that if he sent me into the posi tion marked out for me my ships would not swim for half an hour. My reply is not correctly reported, and I have to request you will give insertion to this letter. " I stated in my reply that upon my honour I did no such thing ; and I now beg to say that there is not one word of truth, or even a shadow of truth, in those statements ; they were got up to damage me. "I remain your obedient servant, "March 15." " CHARLES NAPIER. Now, Sir, that letter is not only a direct impeachment of our veracity, but it also ascribes motives to our conduct of the darkest and roost malignant kind. The house will do me the justice to remember that to all the numerous at tacks that the hon, and gallant member for Southwark has thought it consistent with his duty to make upon me— whether in letters or in speeches in taverns or en the hust ings —I never give theta the least notice excepting in my place in Parliament, and then only when placed on my de fence. I will now call attention to what were the allega tions made by my hon. and gallant friend and myself in the former debates, and I will point out to the house the evi dence which, as I think, will fully sustain those allega tions. As the question is to matte's of fact, and the evi dence to be adduced in bupport of them, I must rely on the justice and patience of the house to listen to what I shall bring forward in support of my allegations. And here, be fore I proceed to adduce evidence, I am anxious to preface what I am about to say with regard to naval operations before Acre with some observations of my own. I give to the honourable and gallant admiral the utmo st praise io! his gallantry and ability in Syria o n laud ; he t even beyond the limits of his comm ission in (=duc t. i h n e i nc utmost British credit in. for iug the the e operations.m ffe i e li t ta e r f y these operations finance in Syria, by th 2 exp ulsion of the E gyptian force give iin la su u sustaining t from Syria. The matter which rests between .the gallant admiral and myself is as to the naval operations before Acre, and the question arises out of the discussion which took place as to the conduct of the hon. and gallant officet when he commanded the Baltic Not. I mash) then some observations to the effect that I thought there existed ass erroneous impression that the plan of the naval attack on Acre was due to the lion, aid gallant officer—an erroneous impression that the attack took place from his counsel and advice; but that I had reason to believe from recent inquiries that the hon. and gallant officer, so far from having counselled that attack, had objected to it, and that Sir R. Stopford, the admiral commanding in Syria, and Sir C. Smith, came to the decision to make the attack in opposition to the opinion of the honour able and gallant officer. That was Ey first allegation. The next allegation was as to the attack, and the posi tion pointed out by Admiral Stopford for the different ships to take up ; that to the ship of the hon. and gallant admiral, the Powerful, a particularposition was assigned— the south-west angle of the fort ; that the hon. and iallant officer objected to that position, and said if his ship was placed there it would be sunk ii half an hour. The next allegation was that on the following day, when the attack was made, the hon. and gallant officer did not carry into execution Admiral Stopferd's directions ; that he did net take up the position assigned to hie ship, but at a consider. able distance and in a less exposed situation ; an d that by so violating the order of the cosainander-in-chief, he threw the whole naval operations into confusion. The feerth a ll ega ti o n was, that the capture of Acre did not take place immediately in consequence of the bombardment, wasbu effected by the landing of troops, in which the hen t . gallant admiral took ne part. The last allegation was, that en the morning after the action the hon• and gallant ad miral came on the quarterdeck of Admiral Stctptord's ship, and expressed a hope that Admiral Stopford was antis led with his conduct, and that Admiral Stopford, without giving the express terms, intimated that he was anything but satisfied with the position trken by him. These are the charges to is hich the has. and gallant admiral has pledged his honour the is neither truth nor the shadow of truth. To prove ray a re llegations the best evidence ought to be resorted to, and that would be the evidence of Ad miral Stopford, but he is no more. Tke documents and papers of Admiral Stopford would have been irresistible. 1 made application to his widow, but •I fitAl that the papers are under seal, in the hands of executors, and that all the executors are not in England. The parcel cannot be opened, nor the evidence produced. The secretary of Admiral Stopford is also dead. The next best witness would be Admiral Fanshawe, who was cognisant of the whole proceedings, but he is now in a distant land. The doctor would be an important witness, but be is also dead. Then there only remains evidence either of a secondary character or not of the best character. The boa. and gallant admiral (Berkeley) was the officer in command of a line-of-battle ship during the whole of the operations. lie was cognisant of the greater part of the transactions, and he was my informant in public and in private. 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