The Sun. — London, England, 1861-03-23 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Bank of England return completed to the 20th March, shows some very favourable changes. The bullion, owing to the arrivals from the Con ment, has been largely augmented, while there is an increase of upwards of half a million sterling in the reserve of notes. In the public deposits there is a large increase, while the private deposits show a d,iminiation of about a quarter of a million. One of the chief features in the return, however, is the augmentation in the Government Securities. In the other items of the balance-sheet there is no alteration of importance. The changes will be seen in the subjoined table : Notes issued - £26,304,620 Increase .. 385,645 Rest .„ 3,825,441 Increase .. • • • • • • 8,6.57 Public Deposits .. 8,224,094 Increase .. .. 1,585,210 Other Deposits .. 11,452,251 Decrease .. .. 239,430 Seven Day and other Bills .. 576,812 Increase . 7,606 Government Securities 10,599,072 Increase .. • . 1,119,343 Other Securities 19,707,299 Decrease .. . • .. 313,718 Reserve of Notes .. 7,453,425 Increase .. . 569,780 Gold and Silver Coin OS .4 871,805 Decrease 1 ,326 stock of Bullion .. 12,701,425 Increase .. 372,283 Active Circulation .. .. 18,851,195 Decrease 184,135 There is a brisk inquiry for accommodation in the general discount market, at 61 to 7 per cent., and the Exchange Loans are also in increased demand. The favourable character of the Bank of England return has attracted attention, but the changes were fully anticipated in consequence of the reduction in the minimum on Thursday last. About £20,000, in gold, was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon a decline was exhibited in the rates on Amster clam, Antwerp, Vienna, and Trieste. The America, which sailed to-day for Halifax and Boston, conveyed £86,700 in specie. There was rather less activity in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, but the recent advance Was maintained. The sales were 10,000 bales. A cell of £1 per share, amounting to £46,154, is due on Monday on the London and Blackwall Railway, New, shares. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £146,600, and the exports £285,000. A heavy tone has pervaded the market for Public Securities to-day, but very little business has been transacted either for money or account. Consols have been 91t I for transfer, and 92 to 924 for the account. India Stock is firm at 221 and 22 2; ditto 5 per Cents. at 1001; Exchequer Bills, Lid. per diem, at 7s. dis.; ditto 2d., remains 7s. to 2s. die. Foreign Securities have been dealt in to a moderate extent, but prices generally are rather , depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 741 75 ; ditto, 1858, 541 to 55 ; and the 4 par Cents. have re ceded to 100, and Mexican to 241 ; Russian 5 per Cents. are 1011 and 102 ; Sardinian are firm at 821, and Spanish Deferred at 411 7. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been of a very moderate character, but a slight improvement has taken place in prices. Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, and London and Brighton have advanced 10s. ; and Great Northern, Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, London and Blackwall, and Midlands, ss. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Norfolks, and South-Eastern declined 58, In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been very little business transacted, and prices have shown no change of importance. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in fair request. London and Westminster have advanced ss. ; London Chartered of A ustralia, ss. ; and Bank of Anstralisia Shares, ss. ; National Discount Company have declined to 31; and Van Diemen's Land brought 10. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities India Stock 66 Pe Ditto 5 per Cent .. . lOOl Ditto Debentures, 1858 Ditto 1859 Consols for Account lid. I 2d. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 7 I 7 d Da , a .. 7 d I d IttO, Small .... FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account ...... ItUssian 6 per Cent. 182 2 , £ St .. 102 It Ditto 4i per Cent. Bardini an 5 per Cent. .. 6 Panish 3 itto No Dw Deferred 4lk 1 miliciab. 6 par Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK.. Consols, Money 914 i Ditto Account 2.HIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March 23.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather. TORBAY, March 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Enter prise, from Havre_for Havannah. Sailed—Eugenie, for Porto Rico. FALMOUTH, March 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Her cules, from Baltimore; Eliza Jenkins, from Cardiff for Pernambuco. PORTSMOUTH, March 22.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Telose, from London for New Zealand ; Lucy, from Shields for St. Thomas. PENZANCE, March 22.—Wind N.—Arrived—Effort, from Huelva for Liverpool. Fowny, March 22.—Wind N,W.—Arrived—Arabia, from Rio Janeiro. COWES, March 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Eva, from Guayaquil. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived, March 23—Courier, and Wonder, steamers, from Jersey. Sailed.—Water Sprite, for Morlait; Star, for Guernsey . ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre; Dispatch, steamer, for Jer- BeY; Dream, for Newport. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, March 23—Belgium, from Ostend; Mercury, arom Boston. Sailed, March 23—Glance steamer, for Canaries ; C. Garcon and Son, for Lisbon; Amelia, for Cardiff and Ha vannah. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed, March 22—Staghound, from New York; John Duncan, from Callao ; Cleveland, from Kong Kong—all for London. Anchored —Margaret, schooner, frcm London for Nantes; Solid, from Sunderland for Havannah. The George Marston, London, proceeded to Ramsgate to stop a leak. V. ICE- CHANCELLORS COURT.— Vice-Chancellor Stewart this of morning dismissed the appeal of Kidd against Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque. Vice. Chancello r Ri nd Haynes vir ersley delivered judgment in the case of V. aYnes, he was of opinion that the land in question passed to osertvepraldivisees under plaintiffs will. PROTECTING s trate at Marlborough. ER,—Mr, . Mr. Tyrwhitt, the magi- Police Court, this morning, granted Mrs. Jane Tou r ory a protecting forotec ting order on her goods as she had not seen her husband the last three years. THREE FURIES.—Last nig ht three women stole a piece of calico from the s h op o f Mr, the property Jones, of High street, Poplar. On his endeavouring to recover only r er of the e they attacked her m ost unm ercifully, and p one t women was captured b y the p ol ice with the possession. She ple aded g uilt y to t he theft ' thisoy in 1 her morning at the Thames Police Court, and was sent to prison for four months. THE BAL MASQUE. —This morning two me , named Thomas and Davis, and two women, Mary Ann and Margaret Thompson, were charged with attempting to steal the watches of two gentlemen who had been amusing themselves at the Bal Masque, at her Majesty's Theatre, last night. They were remanded. CHARGE OF INDECENT ASSAULT.—PEARSON y. ANDRIEUX.—At the Secondaries' Court, this morning, the damages sustained by the plaintiff in this case were assessed at the sum of £5, and a verdict for that amount was returned. SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND, AVENUE -ROAD, ST. j°} lN'S-WOoD.—Last evening an entertainment was given at the Eyre Arms, St. John's-wood, in aid of the funds of this valuable institution. The pupils of the school sang a selection of concerted pieces from Handel and Mozart, and performed on the piano-forte some of the compositions of Beethoven, Mendelsohn, and Benedict, in a manner alike creditable to them and to their energetic and able instruc tor, Mr. Edwin Barnes. The entertainment was concluded by a le c t ure on China and the Chinese del i vere d by J. M. Croft, Esq. There was a numerous attendance, and it is in . c ontemplation, we believe, to give a series of such ente r, t aTments in aid of the funds of this institution, the charitable object of Which cannot be doubted. :te At have :ford. In by Cam fifth, renth, dge :onse- ford ; :ford ; 1857, ienth, ridge• aches L coil- ,rancep rowed choice L gage ►d and three pity of ier ob- dward creW o that creWo D first t lead, )ff the .ed in' ry ad )xford l after over e they ing at Cora - was B the Pit 0° Sad to w ent bridge in our it the 1. The id the 10 vic' if palt ig the n i n ute „ •educeu cal r 1 ach. 10 se. ,p. ab (fo r (true- - Cloud Lched) y 0.9 letter liaturb- SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHAttES AND STOCK& Closing I Business Price. Done. Share Railways. 13.14 stock stock stock Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str. ;Birk., La., and Ch June Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter 1 Caledonian Carmarthen k Cardiiar Cork and Bandon cork, Itlrock., t-Passage! Cornwall .... _ Do ( A gets no div. D o o until (i pc peran.l hasbeen • d. toB Dublin & Belfast June.; Dun., Perth, &Ala: ;lune East Anzlian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A st,eic Do do B do Do NW A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, ,tz Dundee Forth dr Clyde Junction Furness Glasg. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland, Great Northern DO do A stock stock 12i 10 stock 6.4.0. stock Do do B do (t. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock .9.18.41 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock i t oc h stock Do Str Val gua. stock ►rash South-eastern Lancashire & Torkshirf London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. Az S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Lond. & Nth. Western Lond. & sth. Western , L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Ennisaillen Man. Shet. k Lin"oln laryport and Carlisle Do do # shares Metropolitan Midland .. Do new..... Do uirming. & Derby 511 d. Gt.. W. of Ireland Do i shares 1411 , 1 Kent ..... Do, Cray Line Newcastle and C srlisle Newry & Armagh, def Newry, Warnpt. & Ros Norfolk.. North British .. Nor.Dev.Rall&Dk.stock D A stk ; A reca no d. until Bpchas beenpd.B Do B stock ......... Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do do , G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds ........ Do York [North London ........ Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. & Grantham Rail rnbles Portsmouth Rhymney - Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock... Shropshire Union ...... Sittin Erbourne & South Devon .......... hn. Counties Union .. S.-Durham & bane. Un. South Eastern South Wales .......... S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do _ Do New (1860) Taff Vale Do Pref. No 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Ulster D 0....... ......... Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim.. Waterford & Kilkenny} Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall ........ West London Do Ist class ........ Do 2d class .. WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport, Do. Hereford, Paid. stock stock 8 Bi t 80 82 5 6 98 100 95 96i 5 6 42 44 8 8.1 161 174 50 51 37 39 26 28 84 86 25i 261 54 66 631 64} 100 'lOO 100 16 13 9 100 100 100 5 174 all 1011 102 id iP 60i 601 901 01 98 100 3i 31 i 91 10} 73 75 114 116 34 35 S 6 88 48 50 40 42 - -d 100 I 100 100 It 100 83, 54} 59 61 94 97 4 7 401 41i 104 114 of 6 6} pl 551 564 2 24p 77 WI 111 1i 5i 61 44 45 40 43 79 81 PREFERENCE SHARES. 95i} 171 17 50} 25i 8 110 i 101 i 4i 1111 f f 616 [174 18 17} 18 96 f 1271 1 i 11 P 101} 51 4 102 14d 8 3 i I Paid lo Share ) Railways. ' I C Price. sing Business Done. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 100 Blythe and Tyne 10 per e. pref. (issued at £.50 Bris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £10,41 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54. p. 'Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun , Do Ist Class Fret E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c. Do. do. Class B 6 p.c.... ,Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pet ct. stock. 'Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edi n.& 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. !Great Northern, 5 p. et. I Do. 5 44 p. cp.c.Redodm., 10 do. p.c.pm . . Do. ap.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm. Gt. Nh. of Seotld. Ist pf. Gt. Sn. W (Ireland) 4 1 p. et. pref. stock.... Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct... to. Redeemable, 4i p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do Irredeemable, d 0... Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh., Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do Birmg.guar. stock ' Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Itock 50 stock stock stock stock stock 26i 13i 20 100 stock stock all 100 10 10 'took Lan. & Carl. 4i p c. pref.' Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock. Do.Barnsl.st.£s3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) .. Lon. & Brig. 5 pc.g - n. No.l 'Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. g - ua. 6 p. c. Do. do. sf. c. No. 4 Do. do. 4 per °en'. Do. do. 4 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.e. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.c.S.(div.def.til '65) IDo. 4 per cent. Pref Lon. Chat, and Dover Do. W. f A rceiv. div Ex.A tilapcie pd on no. B B. & Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct l.on. & S. W, 7 p. ct. stock' Do. 4.4 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns of 2s. 6d... Londondy. & Cole. sh. Lon dony. & Ennis. 1 sh \fan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct !Do. £6 Do. 31 per cen,!, Do. redeem. 6 percent Ilaryoort & Car., 4 p. Do. 41 per cent. Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock IDo. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st.l. Norflk 5 p. c. Ex. st. 18461 Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st./ 847 North British, 5 p. c Do. New, gua. 3 p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs Do. do. do N'th.Dev.R ail. & 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. Purch. North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pt Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. 99 101 20 21 6 6} stock steak 2s. 6d. 99 101 'lOB 113 105 108 108 110 106 108 121 123 80 82 410 112 90 92 121 12. stoc 6 stock 113 115 111 113 102 104 83 85 97 99 97 99 89 91 90 92 100 102 9i 10 17 18 10} lot 74 76 20 21 10 10i 15 15} t 35 137 ,112 114 112 114 ,135 140 1112 114 1100 102 10 10 stock stock stock stock 118 153 ,128 131 70 73 81 stock stock stock 10s, 100 100 100 all all 86 68 1.0.6 stoeft stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stook stock stock 12i Do. 7 p. a pref. stock l South Devon, Ann. IOsJ Do. Fixed 4a per oent. ISouth Eastern (Reading, Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4'i per . cent. Do. Fixed p.c. Ist is. youth Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent. Do. 5 per cent; ... S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c gua. Stock. (tDar. A 5 p. c..' Do. B 6 ner cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c -Oxf Ist Grua stk Do. 2d do Do. New port 5 p.o.pf.red. Do.l'erpet. 6 p. e. pt 1866 1 Do. till 1869, ist Do. do. 2d is. 1 131 141 126 128 69 71 P, 100} Atlantic & St Lawrenc Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ini Gu. 5 per cent.. Do, Do. B Buffalo and Laxe Huron I !Do. New ..... ....... • • • • • Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godricli 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 187-I Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) Cape, Eas tn. Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip !Ceylon Guarautd. 6 p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. i 865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canadal Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 .. G t.lndiaPentn.gua.sp.c. ' Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of In di a (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent., Do. do. IGt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Do. 5t p. c. do. '7B do Madras, guar., 43 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 43 p. c. Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick tt Canda Ry..tLand(Lim.),T.6pc Class A Capital Snare Do. do. Land d 0.... • . • • Do. do. B Capital do Do. do. Land do. ;Dude (Limited) , Scinde = f Do. Punjaub Do. Do. ........ 'Do. Indus. St. Flo. 4,g , Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip FORIIGN 111 113 [lO 111 1031 104} [29 131 107 109 71 71i 60 62 Al+ 11 11 61 C 2 117 tis 47 49 95t 95+ 9171 02+ 101 11i 46 47 Si 3id 127} 12711 a 11 p 100 102 7 6d [34 136 [OO 102 91 93 11 113 109 111 1 Ir p 91 93 WO 101 id ip dip 22 23 130 132 101 102 221 231 03 100 98 100 91 93 98 100 85 87 24 271 31} 32 31i 32 45 48 123 125 118 121 98 100 121 124 114 116 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Bedford and Blotchier Buckinghamshire Chester & Holyhead.. Do. do. 5i per cent.l Do. do. 5 per cent.; Clydesdale Junction..; Colchester, Stour Val. E. L inoolns h ire,g.6 p. c. E.Union,Harwich Shs' Do. Woodbridge • • • I Gls.Barr.&.Neils,Drct. Do. New • • ••• • • • Gloster& Dean Forest;Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail.' Hull and Selby .. • • • • Do. Shares ... ••• • I Do. Shares ....... Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. London & Greenwicb Do. Preference ... • •• 1 Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend.l Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct.l Do. 6 per cent 3ranc.,Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. j , Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c.; Do. do. 6 per cent •• • • Do. Fixed 5 per cent North Western Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A Roystn.Hitch.,& Shep Shrewsbry& Hereford! Do. - Do . :Gt. West. iri.N.dcßr Yk.N. Md.! Do. all Do. •. •• • • 100 Ln...t5N.W 100 S. East. 100 Do. 100 IPeto 3c Co 100 'Norfolk 100 'Do. all • L NW&Il c Mi dland ouut s 1: 10 5 0 all 'Do. all Do. all. Do. .. , all Midiand. all / 84 L 11 . Z . 1 all iDo. 100 100 1 all M'Clean. 100 Gt. West.' PU Blein Gt.North.l ,T.Brassey South Staffordshire . Wilts and Somerset.. Wintledone4Croyclti, Leasing I Closing Business rail l Co.'s. t Price. Done. all LLntN.W 100 LndLN.W 94 96 100 Do. 53 531 100 Do. 121 123 100 Do. 109 111 100 ,Caledonia 99 101 all lE.U.ezE C, 15i 161 ICO ,Gt.Nortit. 135 137 alt l E.Coutata. 41 n 100 IC4.ledoulni tlo9 111 201 204 61 63 112 117 87 90 3 31 94 96 iP 55 57 - - 151 132 134 99 101 14111 89 91 gi Pi Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes . • • Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Beloian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac • . Ca , -neaux Mine & Rail Copiapo . litho Extension Dutch Rhenish .... • • • • Eastern of France Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c Do. do. Great Central of France' Gt. Luxem., Con. sits— Italian Junction .. •• . • Lierre & Turnhout Lyons & Geneva .. •• • • Namur & Liege .... • • • • Do. 6 p. e. Pref..... • • • . Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Paris,Lyons, & Mediter Paris & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Fern ) gua. 7 p. et. lim .. • • • • Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish.. • • • • • • Royal Swedish ..... Do. 7 per cent. Pref.. • • Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p.c , S.Aust.&Lorab Venetin Southern of France.. • • S. East Portugal 7 p ct. West Flandem ...... Do. 5i p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France . WestPrn of Austria Westurn of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent Pref..• Zealand TRW 'SUN, LONDON, SATITRDAYt EVENING, MARCH 23, 1861, THE VOLUNTEER REVIEW. THE GOVERNOR OP BERMUDA. On the 6th ult. his Excellency the Governor of Bermuda and Mrs. Freeman Murray were enter tained by the inhabitants of Hamilton at a ball and supper. The ball-room was tastefully decorated, an escutcheon charged with the armorial bearings of the guests of the evening being placed between por traits of her Majesty and the Prince Consort. Sup per was served at half-past twelve. At the head of the room •sat the Hon. Henry J. Tucker, the Mayor of Hamilton, and the guests of the evening were on the right and left. At this part of the table were also seated his Honour the Chief Justice and Mrs. Darrell, the Receiver-General, the Colonial Secretary and Mrs. Keon, Captain Hutton, R.N., and Mrs. Hutton, Captain Newland, R.N., Control ler of the Convict Department, the Members of Council who were present, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, and several civil and military officers. The toast of " Her Majesty the Queen" having been drunk, the Chief Justice proposed the healths of " His Excellency the Governor and Mrs. Freeman Murray," feelingly alluding to their ap proaching departure from the island. His Excel lency, on behalf of Mrs. Murray and himself, re sponded with manifest emotion, acknowleding the warmth of the interest which upwards of six years of intimate acquaintance with Bermuda had created in his mind, and pledging himself at the same time that this interest would not fade when his actual connection as Governor should cease. His Excel lency's remarks were received with hearty applause. Several other toasts of a local character were then given and responded to, after which the company returned to the ball-room, when daicing was kept up to a late hour to the music of the band of the 39th Regiment. His Excellency was entertained on the Bth ult. at dinner by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club of Hamilton, under the presidency of the commodore, Captain Hutton, R.N. After the health of her Majesty had been proposed by the commodore, and enthusiastically drunk, the health of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, patron of the club;with the rest of Royal Family, was given with all the honours. The health of his Excel lency was proposed by Captain Hutton, and re sponded to by the Governor. Several other toasts were then given, and the company separated. The following letters have been addressed to the editor of the Times : Sir,—As my name is mentioned in your article on the proposed review at Brighton, in the Times of to-day, perhaps you will allow me to say a few words in reply. You argue justly that if all the metropolitan com manding officers pull different ways the result must be prejudicial to the Volunteer force. I answer that there is no antagonism between.us. We have the best possible understanding among ourselves. I am very sorry that any should fancy they see dis union where none exists, and for my own part I most emphatically say there is no "opposition" in tended between Brighton and Wimbledon. The circumstances of each corps are different. Many find it inconvenient to go as far as Brighton. But Easter Monday is a holyday, and it would be hard to say that because we do not go to Brighton we are to stay at home, or to infer disunion because we go somewhere else. Of the names you mention this morning as opposing the Brighton sham fight, Lord Elcho is not going out at all on Easter Monday; Lord Grosvenor is to march out independently with the Queen's ; part of Lord Truro's corps go with him to Wimbledon and part go to Brighton ; the City Rifle Brigade have their parade on Easter Saturday ; Sir John Shelley marches on Easter Monday to Richmond. It has been long agreed that we should thus move independently for the very purpose of avoiding even the ap pearance of opposition to Lord Ranelagh. The Civil Service and others whose destination is Wimbledon go together, and, of course, in proper military formation, because large bodies of men must do so to avoid confusion. Our principal object is, however, a march out; and although we shall after reaching Wimbledon perform a few brigade movements, we shall not, I assure you, Sir, attempt a rival review: Your anticipations of the inconvenience of Wim bledon Station will not be felt, as we are going to march. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, BURY, Lieutenant-Colonel Civil Service Reg. March 22. Sir,—Under the heading of " The Proposed Review at Brighton," it is stated that " great dissension and ill-feeling upon this subject prevail among the officers and men of the metropolitan force, which will, perhaps, eventually lead to the retirement of some of the ablest commandingofficers;" and it is further stated that "Earl Grosvenor, Viscount Bury, Lord Elcho, and Lord Truro support the intended review at Wimbledon, or, at least, will not attend with their regiments at Brighton." As this is not the first time my name has thus been brought forward in connection with this subject, and as I have not, and never had, the slightest intention of taking part with my corps either in the sham fight at Brighton or in any review at Wimbledon-common on Easter Monday, you will perhaps allow me space for a few words of explanation. In November last I was asked by Lord Ranelagh to take the London Scottish to a sham fight on Easter Monday. lat once declined to do so. To the refusal I then gave I have steadily adhered, in the belief that it would be better for my corps, a great portion of which consists of recruits, to work steadily at their squad, company, and battalion drill through the winter and spring, so as to be fit for inspection in the month of May or June, than to take them to a sham fight, for which, by Easter Monday, they would be manifestly un fit. Of the fitness of the place selected, and of the reasons assigned for its selection, I say nothing ; but I am anxious to say a word on the general question. The Volunteer force is greatly indebted to Lord Ranelagh for all he has dono in connection with it. He wrote upon it years ago, long before most men had even thought of it. His corps is the 2d Middlesex, thus showing that he was among the first who took part in the movement, and that he did so at a time when it was not popular, as it now is. He has done all in his power to promote it in every way ; it was at his suggestion that we had brigade field-days last year, which, I hope, will be resumed this summer; and it is in the same spirit that he is actively engaged in organizing this sham fight: It appears to me, however, that a line should be drawn by the War-office authorities somewhere. The Volunteers should, I think, be allowed brigade field-days among themselves to the ) extent of 3,000 or even 4,000 men, the maximum of a brigade, the sanction of the authorities being previously obtained ; but everything beyond this, whether it be a review or a sham fight, should, I venture . to think, be organised by the proper authorities, as was the case last year at the reviews in Hyde Park, and at Edinburgh, Newtown, and Knowsley. If a review of even 8,000 or 10,000 Volunteers, at which the manoeuvres are confined to marching past, takes place, a General and competent staff are appointed, to guard against the risk of failure, and it seems somewhat inconsistent and hazardous to allow the Volunteers themselves to organize sham fights to an unlimited extent, without any intervention by or assistance from the authori ties. As to the review on Wimbledon-common, I have declined to take any part in anything which might be construed as a counter-move ment to Lord Ranelagh's sham fight, and my corps does not even parade on Easter Monday. I am not, however, aware of any arrangements hav ing been made for a review on Wimbledon-common on that day. Lord Grosvenor, I know, only goes there for a march out and for an ordinary regi mental field-day, and, although it cannot be denied that there are on the subject of the sham fight some differences of opinion, I am sure there is no disunion or ill-feeling among us, and I am confident that any forebodings as to the retirement of some of our ablest commanding-officers will not be realised. Apologising for the length of this letter, I remain your obedient servant, ELCao. St. Jameo's-place, !ritual 22, BRITISH POSSESSIONS._ Railways. Paid. Closing Price. 67 70 92 93 16 16i d 4i sdl 6 7 75 BO 65 70 65 70 4/ 5 BRIM ( Alfred Consols (Plinack) , British Iron 'Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Mogan). • !East Caradon E. WI Russel (Tavistk ); ;Gam.eSt.Aubyn(Gwen ) Great South Tolgus 1 !G.Wheal Alfd. (Phil acic)' G. Wheal Vor (Helston)! Grenville Herod's- Foot Hingsbon Downs !Lady Bertha !Margaret (tJny Lelant) ! North Downs North Frances (Mogan) N. Wii '1 Basset (1110 ;an) North Wheal Crotty iPar Consols (St. Blazey), 'Providence (Uny Lelnt.) , Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) 'S. Cam Brea (Mogan). • !S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 'Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. Tin Crort Vale of Towey, (Caren ), West Basset (Illogan) 1 'W. Caradon. (Liskeard) ,West Seton Wheal Basset ((Mogan); !Wheal Buller (Redruth), Wheal Edward (Cale.); !Wheal Kitty (U.Lelanty Wheal MaryAnn(Men.) jWheal Treiawney FORE MINES. - 2.11. i 0i 1 2 - lis 185 350 370 1074 1:24 15f 15f 64 7 18 20 6 6i _ . 7.4.0 17ii 13.0.6 Oi 5.14.6 8.12 4.10.6 1.8.8 1 1 -- ; 21 2/ 36 18 24 2, ; 1 1 46 413_.. 2 9 1 11i 4s 9.1 8 8.9 1 10.6.7 1k 41 , all 18.18.9' 24.8.0 13E4 - 6d 47 5 5 7.5 1.7.2 - 31 41 44 5 CI 64 7i 84 9 94 37 39 i 1 300 310 21 31 i 1 170 180 35 37_ I - 2 1 68 6 .17 18 77 79 355 365 105 110 120 130 2i 3 1 12 13 16 18 11 13 MINES. 1074 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim 17.6 I d 20 Brazil St.J.dcl Rey,Lim 15 31 32 31 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1 1 40 1 ! C C o la b r r e e n c d o o p n p C e o r ns.MinCo. dis. all 39 41 Copiapo .. 16 8 10 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 2 IForturta. • all 2 21 20 General; all 21 22 21Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr. 1 1 ip 11 , Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 11 p 3 Linares all 84 9 5 Lusitanian 2 pr ip 1 Illi ariquica all 4 1 iN.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 1213.6d 1 1d 20 iPontgibaud Silver,Leadl Mining and Smelt all 4 6 5 Port Philip 1 1 (Scottish Austrin. (L.) lOB. 11 it 18.2.8 / United Mexican all 4 5 4i i 54 5 1 Worthing all Do I JOINT-STOCK 1321. NKS. 100 Agra&UnitedScrvice Bk 50 711 81 40 Australasia 1 all 63 05 64 25 ißank of Egypt all 181 191 , 184 100 Bank of London 5O 51 13 1 52 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all -- 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all' 201 214 21 204 25 ;Chiller. of In. Lon.& Ch all 33 31 100 I City 100 'Colonial .. ... 38 39 20'11 'Corn. Bank . of Canada all 100 ;Commercial of London . 20 • -- 20 ',Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 151 151 151 20 Geu. Bk .01 Switzerland all 20 'Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 221 23 221 3 50 !London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 'London and S. Airican lO 21 If 100 London & Westminster 20 63 64 644 4 100 Nat. i'rov. of England . 42 20 I Do. new 50 National Bank ........ 25 20 !New South Wa1e5...... all 25 Orient. B. Corporation . *ll 50 62 20 Ottoman Bank. I all 174 184 18 174 100 Troy metal of Ireland .. 25 10 ;Do. new all 25 ;South Australia . all 25 I Union of Australia :: • . all 50 Union 0 , London 108 ;Unity Mutual.. ..... 60 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. & July 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 Do. 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 111 124 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 . 1112 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. NO :07 109 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 'lOO 110 112 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1001 1001 1001 1 Oape G. Hope, 6p c,lBBO 100 1071 1081 Do. 1890 100 108 109 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1061 1071 1074 Do. 6p. o. Ap. & Oct. 100 - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 98 99 Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876 100 98 99 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwds 100 9714 esi Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 106 107 S. Aus. G 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO - IVic.Gov. 6 p.c. Jr. &July 100 - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 107} 1081 1081 74 8 DOCKS. stook Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO stock !East and West India stock London ... 100 stock St. Katharine.... 1 100 stock Southampton lOO stock Victoria ........ 100 98 100 20 'Do' New . 2 id par 98 100 id par MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint 'Atlantic R. Ml Stm (1d) Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural ' Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) 1 Cop. nin. of Eng. & Smltg Do. Pref. 7i per cent. Crystal Pa ace Do. Preference E.ludialrrign. & Canal ',Electric Telegraph .... Do. New English & Ans. Copper Gen. Steam Navigate Great Ship Limited) Do. 17i p et Preference Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras hr. and Canal Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) N a tional Die. Co. (Lim ), f Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 'Netherlands Land i Do.S p.c.Pref.iss.atl dis. iN.Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.) . jOrintl.ln.Steam(Lim.) Peellt.Lnd.&3 l in.(Lim ) Pen. & Oriental Steam . Do. New RedSea&lnd.Tel.g,.4ip.el Rhymney Iron Do. New _ _ Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim•) South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Registered Do. do.. Tr. & Ln. ComilJpr.Can., Via Diann' 4‘ and all all 15s. 8 100 all 13 14 28 30 4} 42 34 36 18 20 12i 14} 116 120 20 22 29 80 102 104 d 97 100 3} 31 I I 1 1k 2# 1 3/ 1# lid, 11 Old) i 1 1 - I 44 pr 4 47 60 68 70 10 11 1% 19 p 16i 174 44 5i 49i 80i 123 128 82 84 j 54 i IA1 ' ; si *el 11 1i 1 d 99 993 97 98 99i 1003 3 205 213 67 70 57 60 40 42 48 52 38 42 38 42 95 96 lld 1 d 2 14 d 111 Ilf 94 d 95 98 90 83 82 84 92 93 86 88 2 lad 5 7 5 7 97i 98 , 1 2 d 111 d 1 90 92 ,ATLWAYS. ba 5f - -P 11 10 I li 12 13 3i d 31 31 23 24 61 71 7; 7; 19 2u 87; 38& 8 - 9 37 38 55 57 4 30 5/ 6 81 ' 11 , 1 11 lkd i 204214 i 6 61 cli 91 216 22i Business done THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. CHELTENHAM RACES.—(This Day.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. CLEEVE PISTE. The Comet 1 riff raff Venison Four ran. GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. The Freshman Jerusalem Medora Eight ran. VHS DAY'S MARKETS. COVENT GARDEN. Somewhat increased supplies of vegetables have been on sale to-day, but the show of fruit is still very moderate. Generally speaking, the demand rules steady, as follows : FRUIT. s. d. s. d: Pine apples, perlb 6 0 to 12 0 Colonial do., each 1 6 to 2 0 Grapes,per lb 8 0 to 16 0 Foreign do 1 6 to 3 0 nelons, each Peaches, per doz 6 0 to 12 Nectarines, per dz 2 0 to 6 0 Apples, per hf. sv. 2 0 to 4 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 5 0 to 15 0 Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 10 0 Apricots, per doz 2 0 to 4 0 s. d. s. d Cherries, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 1 6to 2 0 Cobnuts, per lb 1 6to 2 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Figs, per doz 2 oto 4 6 Strawberries ,oz. 1 6 to 2 0 Gooseberries ht sv 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, pr ptlo oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 5 0 to 7 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 6 to 1 9 Savoy do., pr do. 1 6 to 1 9 Cauliflowers, p dz 0 8 to 3 0 Brocoli, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 100 to 170 0 New ditto, pr pun. 1 0 to 0 0 Peas, per 4 sieve 20 0 to 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 3 6 to 5 6 Carrots, pr do 7 0 to 8 0 Cucumbers 2 0 to 3 6 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach, hf.-sv 2 0 to 2 6 Brus. sprouts, h.s 1 3 to 2 0 Old onions, hf. sv. 1 6 to 1 9 Do., dz bun French beans, 100 3 0 to 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 0 to 0 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 3 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 8 0 3lushrooms,p pun 1 oto 1 6 Artichokes, pr dz 4 oto 6 0 Cabbage lett,score 1 0 to 2 0 Endive, per score 1 oto 2 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 6to 0 0 Tomatoes, hf sve 4 oto 6 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 2to 0 8 Asparagus, pr do. 5 oto 8 0 Seakale. per pun. 1 0 to 2 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to lOs Od; poults, 4s Od to 7s Od each; geese, 4s Od to 8s Od ; goslings, 6s Od to 8s Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Od ; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each ; wild do., 8d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to is Od each ; large Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 15s Od; chickens, Os Od to 8s Od; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; grouse, is 6d to 2s Od each; pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; ptarmigan, 2s Od to Os ; woodcocks, 3s Od to 4s Od; snipes, is 6d to 2s Od; teal, Os 9s to is Od ; wild ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; widgeons, is Od to is 6d; plovers, Os 9d to is Od each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 6s Od to 9s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 6d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 8s Od ; French do., Os 6d to is 6d per 120 ; leverets, 2s 6d to Os Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Blbs. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 8d to la ; prawns, 5s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pet lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 20s ; cod, 2s Od to 103 Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, is Od to lOs Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 6d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 16s to 20s ; natives, 40s to 45s per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to 12s Od. ; haddocks, 5s to 20s Od ; smelts, is Od ; flounders, is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen ; mackerel, 50s ; fresh herrings, 5s ; bloaters, 6s to 8s per 100 ; carp and tench, is Od to 3s per braco. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 9Ad , of household do., id to Bid per 411, loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 31d ; 641 b to 721 b, 31d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 3:d ; 801 t to 881 b, nd to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 41d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 41d to 4/d. Horse hides, 8s 6d to lOs ; calf skins, light 2s Od to 3s 6d ; do. full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 8s Od to lOs Od ; half-breds, 7s Od to 8s 3d; Downs, 5s 6d to 7s Od; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, is Od to is id, HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, a Os to £5 5s Od ; clover do., £3 Os to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 103 to £1 18s per load. Trade heavy. CUMBERLAND..-- Meadow hay, £2 2s to £5 5s ; clover, £3 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 10s to £1 18s per load. Trade dull. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow bay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od ; cloves, £3 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 10s to £1 16s per load. A slow trade. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. GENERAL ORDER. HORSE GUARDS, S.W., MARCTI 22. Her Majesty does not require that the Officers of the Army shall wear any other mourning, on the present me lancholy occasion of the death of her late Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, than a black crape round the left arm, with their uniforms. By command of bis Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, General Commanding-in-Chief. JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjutant-General. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 22. Her Majesty does not require that the Officers of the Fleet or Royal Marines should wear any other mourning, on the present melancholy occasion of the death of her late Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, than a black crape round the left arm with their uniforms. C. PAGET. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. John Giffith, bookseller, Hanway-street, Oxford-street. Henry Payne, tailor, Strand. BANKRUPTS. Alfred Wilson, draper, High-street, Kensington, to sur render April 4 and May 9, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. James Fielding, cotton-spinner, Macclesfield, April 9 and 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. William Bowen, victualler, Swansea, April 9 and May 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court, William West, bookseller, Upper Arcade, Bristol, April 8 and May 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. John Wreford Hunt, limp manufacturer, Liverpool, April 4 and 24, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Thomas Dewick Hunt, innkeeper, Bootle, near Liver pool, April 5 and 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Samuel William Potter Steward, brick maker, Fordham, Cambridgeshire, April 3, at half past twelve, and May 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Griffin, grocer, Walsall, Staffordshire, April 4 and 25, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Samuel Salomonson, bill broker, Abchurch-lane, City, April 4, at half-past twelve, and May 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Stevens, merchant, Great Saint Helens, City, April 9, at one, and May 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Henry Thomas, builder, Dawlish, Devonshire, April 3, at one, and May 1, at twelve, at the Exeter Dis trict Court. William Simpson, corn dealer, Pickering, Yorkshire, April 8 and May 6, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Edward Kirkby and Company, salt proprietors, North wich, Cheshire, April 4 and 24, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. William Scotson, car proprietor, Liverpool, April 5 and 24, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Charles Frederick Young, chemist and druggist, Notting ham, April 4 and 25, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. _ _ _ Augustus William Voigt, pianoforte dealer, Cheltenham, April 8, at one, and May 6, at .eleven, at the Court of Bankvurhw for the Bristol District. SCOTC.H. BANKRUPTS. Murray and Walker, ironmongers, Glasgow. Colin Faulds, baker, Lennoxtown, Campsie. Robert Kay Kinninmont, merchant, Edinburgh. James M'Arly, commission agent, Glasgow. John Alexander and Co., iron manufacturers, Glasgow. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on ,Wednesday, the 20th day of March, 1861: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ......X26,301,6201 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 10,981,258 Silver Bullion .... 848,362 £26,304,6° 0 1 £26,304,620 BANKING D: Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553,003 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and :PARTMENT. Government Seen- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,599,072 Other Securities 19,707,296 rotes Cold and Silver Coin 871,805 Dividend Ac counts) 8,224,091 Other Deposits ‘,11,452,254 Seven Day and other Bills 576,'12 £38,631,601 M. 7 £38,631,601 ARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated March 21, 1861. AVERAGE PItIC) OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown ar Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 19th day of March, 1861, exclusive of theduties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the imporation thereof into Great Britain : Muscovado, the produce of ths British pos- PER CWT. sessions in America •••• Muscovado, the produce of tht Mauritius Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 24s 21d Average price of the foregoing .. 24s 4d According to the Indepaidance, the Finance Committee of the &lean Senate las decided by five votes to four to propose the rejection of he bill sent up from the Lower Chamber for rendering Frelch gold a legal tender in Belgium, 14 1 ss. f 100 15 all 100 1 all all all all all I 2f . it 10 RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London _News.) The will of Dr. Baly, M.D., F.R.S., Physician extraordinary to her Majesty, of Queen Anne-street, Cavendish• square, has just been proved in the prin cipal registry by the executors, Robert Martin, Esq., M.D., of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and Charles St. Clare Bedford, Esq., solicitor, the Sanctuary, Westminster. The personalty was sworn under £7,000. This gentleman's death, which arose from a frightful accident whilst tra velling by railway, is no doubt fresh in the recol- lection of our readers. He was unmarried, and in the flower of his age at the time of this dreadful occurrence. Dr. Baly made his will on Nov. 29, 1859, which was attested by Charles S. C. Bedford, Esq., solicitor, and H. Dutton, his clerk. The dis positions are as follow :—He bequeaths to his cousin, Marie Josephine Fauvell, a policy on his own life in the Crown Insurance Office, so recently effected as the Bth of April, 1E59, directing that the amount arising therefrom should be invested, and the dividends applied to her education and maintenance, and the principal sum handed over to her on her attaining maturity. The doctor be queaths any other policy that he may have effected to his sister, Elizabeth Baly. The deceased pos sessed a third part of a freehold estate left him by the will of his late father. This he has given be tween his two sisters, Mrs. Shipp and Miss Baly, Mrs. Shipp to hold her portion for life, with the power of disposition by will, and should she fail in doing, it is to devolve upon her sister, Miss Baly, if living, but if deceased, it is then to revert to the testator's cousin, the before-named Miss Fauvell. The residue of his property is to be divided in the same manner for the benefit of his sisters as the freehold property is left. There is no other disposition in the will. The will of the Very Rev. Thomas Hill Lowe, D.D., Dean and Canon of Exeter, was proved in the London Court on the 11th of this month by the two executors nominated therein, namely, his brother, Colonel Arthur Charles Lowe, and the testator's son, the Rev. George Lowe, Vicar of Upper Ottrey, Devon. The personalty was sworn under £25,000. The will is entirely a family disposition. The doctor's eldest son inherits by succession the freehold property; the funded property the dean bequeaths between his sons and daughters in different sums, and the residue of his personal property, including the leasehold estates, he distributes in equal proportions amongst his four unmarried daughters. The will bears date the 31st of May, 1858. Dr. Low passed the whole period of his life as a minister of the Established Church, and filled the various clerical grades of deacon, priest, vicar, and rector, having held successively two livings. He was made canon in 1832, and in 1839 attained the deanery of Exeter. Dr. Lowe died on the 17th of January last, at the Cathedral close, Exeter, at the advanced age of 80. The will cf Lieut.•• Colonel the Hon. Charles AlexanderWrottesley was proved in London on the 13th of this Month. The executors nominated are the Hon. Edward Bennett Wrottesley, the brother, and the Honourable Arthur 'Wrottesley, the nephew. The personalty was sworn under £3,000. Colonel Wrottesley entered the army in 1817, and, served in India under Lord Combermere, and was present at the siege of Bhurtpore. He became lieut.-colonel in 1838, and retired from the military service in 1848. His will bears date the 10th of August, 1860, and is very brief, the bequests being all confined to the colonel's family. The real estate he had devised to his brother, Lord Wrottesley, but who is since deceased. There is a legacy of £4,000, as also other bequests, to the testator's nephew, the Hon. Arthur Wrottesley; and the colonel has appointed his two sisters, the Hon. Maria and the Hon. Mary Wrottesley, residuary legatees. Colonel Wrottesley was a bachelor, and died on the 24th of February last at the age of 61. He was the second son of the late Lord Wrottesley, and :grandson of Charles, fourth Earl of Tanker vale. TEE APPROACHING BUDGET. Subjoined is a letter regarding some points which may probably be dealt with in the approaching Budget. It appears that the small Custom-house charges introduced into the last Budget, and which were estimated to produce more than £400,000, have not thus far yielded at the rate of half that total. The writer, therefore, considers they are likely to be abolished on account of the great an noyance they occasion, and that a charge of a quarter per cent. on the declared value of all goods imported and exported may be substituted. It is doubtful, however, if the annoyance is really so great as is represented, and as the principle of these taxes is good some stronger proof of the dissatisfaction of the shipping and import houses must be given be fore the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be likely to surrender the £200,000 of revenue thus acquired. The suggestion that a tax of a quarter per cent. upon imports and exports would, if honestly com plied with, produce £790,000 is tempting, but such an impost would have the ineradicable defect which is the opprobrium of the income tax, of offering a premium to falsehood : " Sir,—Conjectures are rife, as usual, pending the financial statement of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, with regard to the changes likely to be proposed in our fiscal arrangements. That a defi ciency exists all know, but how it is to be met is known to Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues only. Among the many rumours now afloat, however, the most probable are those pointing to the abolition of the penny stamps on all packages imported and exported, of the stamp duty on dock warrants and bills of lading, and the readjustment of the duty on coffee and chicory. With regard to the penny stamps on imported and exported packages, as well as the stamp duty on bills of lading and dock war rants, there can be no doubt of the whole thing being a failure. Never has there been so much annoyance inflicted on the commercial world for so poor a return. It appears, by a statement just presented to the House of Commons, that from the 16th of May last up to the 31st of December the amount received for stamps on packages was £82,868 ; on shipping bills, £30,254 ; and on dock warrants, £8,595 ; making in all, £121,717. This is not much for so long a period, and, had it been anticipated that the tax would have proved so un profitable, it is scarcely to be supposed the public would have been exposed to the annoyance of its imposition. But it is believed that, consequent upon the abolition of those stamp duties, another will be imposed, in the shape of an ad valorem rate upon all goods imported and exported. It will be remembered that the penny stamp was to be at the rate of about per cent., and this is to be the maximum of the new ad valorem rate should it be imposed, the values to be taken on the importers' and exporters' declaration. The total declared value of the imports and exports for the last year was, in round figures, about £316,000,000 ; so that I per cent. upon this amount would give an annual return of £790,000. It is doubtful, however, whether people would declare so liberal a value as they do now that such declarations entail no charge. As to the change in the duty upon chicory, it is thought that in justice to the public it should be equalised with that on coffee. The charge now upon chicory is only £6 per ton, while that upon coffee is £2B. But the retail price of each is, as a rule, the same. The consumption of chicory is now very large. As yet the accounts for the past year are not pub lished, but for the year 1859 the total quantity of chicory imported was 13,34 5 tons , while that of coffee entered for home use did not exceed 15,398 tons. An canal duty of 2d per lb. all round would therefore not only be fair to all, but would give an increased revenue to the Chancellor of the Exchequer."-- THE LATE CONFERENCE AT BIRMINGHAM. — The proceedings at the late Conference on Ragged Schools, held in Birmingham, under the presidency of Sir John Pakington, has, through the instrumentality of the philan thropic and charitable gentleman who filled the post of honorary secretary, and who was one of the originators of the meeting, Mr. Charles Ratclifr, been published in a compact form. The report is one of great interest to those who have at heart the improvement of the condition of the distressed, starving, and neglected children of the United Kingdom ; and many of the speeches, those, for instance, delivered by Sir John Pakington, Al. v Hill, Esq., a n d the Rev. Dr. Guthrie, will be read with great interest. We trust the benevolent thoughts will not be merely read, but that they will be vigorously acted on b y all who h ave the means of assisting in carrying ou t the objects of conf erence. With a strong and united determination to accomplish any particular object success is almost certain, an d success in so good a cause would be more than euflicient to compen- L sate for any amount of trouble or exertion, IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING. The celebrated case of Pulpit Jurisdiction" was decided in the Consistorial Court yesterday by Dr. Radcliffe, Vicar-General. It has excited extraor dinary interest for several reasons. There is no re ported case in which the precise question at issue was determined. It brought into conflict the authority of the bishop and the rights of the incumbent, "the liberty of the pulpit," and the power of the O r di nary to control i t. In this re spectit was a matter of deep interest to the while it excited the ma sses o f bishops and clergy, the Protestant population generally, Presbyterian as well as Episcopalian, by the political element with which it was pervaded. The Rev. Dr. Millar is the vicar of the parish of Shankhill, which em braces nearly the whole of the town of Belfast. Ho became personally liable for a debt on a small church erected in an outlying district of that parish. In order to raise the amount by a public collection, he invited the Rev. S. G. Potter to preach in the parish church on the 12th of August last. Mr. Potter is the incumbent of a parish in the county of Wicklow, but was well known in Belfast, and was very popular among the Orange portion of the Protestants and those who sympathise with them in political sentiment. He was a leading member of a " Protestant Association" in Dublin, a fre quent and not very moderate speaker on poli tical topics, not sparing in his strictures of public men who did not take his view of political questions. Fle had preached to the Orangemen at Downpatrick on the 12th of July, and published a letter subsequently, to which the bishop seriously objected; and "No doubt," said the judge, " a preacher may do more harm than go)d by injudi cious violence, though his views be orthodox." The Bishop of Down and Connor thought so, and ex pressed his objections to the vicar, who did not think proper to communichte them to Mr. Potter, who was announced to preach, notwithstanding. The bishop wrote to Dr. Millar intimating his view on the Bth of August. Dr. Millar wrote an answer expressing his dissent from the bishop's view of the sermon of the 12th of July, which he had himself heard. The inhibition was consequently issued on the 11th, and Mr. Potter, in defiance of it, preached on the 12th, as announed, the contest with the bishop swelling very much the attendance on the occasion and the amount of the collections. The question, as stated by the judge, was not whether the bishop acted wisely or unwisely in issuing the inhibition, but whether he had a right to issue it. In order to ascertain this, Dr. Radcliffe reviewed the history of episcopal juris diction from the earliest times, and as the result, he said, " I cannot find a trace of any practice or usage or even a dictum in any reported case going to the extent that a bishop could not, at his mere will and pleasure, without assigning any reason, have prevented any particular stranger from preach ing or officiating in his diocese." The fact that the strange clergyman is beneficed and licensed in another diocess does not affect the case ; for as one bishop has no right to preach in the diocess of another bishop, without the permission of the latter, he cannot give authority to do so to one of his clergy. "On the whole, then," said the judge, "it appears to have been the clear and settled com mon law of the Church, that no clergyman could have lawfully preached in any diocess without the sanction of the bishop thereof, unless privileged, as already mentioned ; and this law is not only not contrarient to the laws of the realm, but was adopted by the Legislature as the basis of several important enactments." The judge pointed out the great in convenience that might result from the liberty claimed by the incumbent. If every incumbent should be at liberty as he pleased to admit any other clergyman to preach or officiate in his church, in defiance of the bishop, leaving the bishop the mere power of punishing the stranger for un orthodox opinions, when proved to have been deli vered, very great abuses might arise, and ministers objectionable in many respects, both in doctrine and character, might be able to officiate almost perma nently in the diocess because of the difficulty and cost of proving their unfitness in the ecclesiastical courts. For example, an incumbent might differ from his bishop about the " Essays and Reviews," and might allow oue of the authors to preach in his pulpit, though that volume is condemned by the whole of the bishops. The right claimed, therefore, is subversive of episcopal authority and of the order established in the Church. It is true that this right vested in the bishop might be made the instrument of tyranny and oppression, as had been strongly urged; but there is a visitor in the metropolitan ordinary, who might provide a remedy for the wrong ; besides, there are powers in the Crown which might be brought into operation. But as different opinions had been given on the question by ecclesiastical lawyers; as the circum stances were novel, peculiar, and irritating ; as Dr. Millar and Mr. Potter did not, in the judge's I opinion, intend deliberate defiance of the authority of the bishop ; and as the prohibition was felt as an insult by Mr. Potter, the decision of the Court was that each party should pay his own costs, no punishment having been sought on the part of the bishop. The judgment concludes in these terms : "I decree and declare that said Rev. W. Millar be admonished and prohibited from permitting the Rev. S. Potter to perform Divine service, or admi nister the sacraments, or preach in the parish church of Shankhill, near Belfast, or elsewhere in the said parish mentioned or referred to in the article exhibited on the part of the promoter of the office, until licensed or duly authorised thereto. And let the parties respectively abide their own costs in this case. I decree and declare that theßev. S. Potter be admonished and prohibited to abstain from performing Divine service, or administering the sacraments, or preaching in the parish church of Shankhill, near Belfast, mentioned or referred to in the articles exhibited on the part of the pro moter of the office, or elsewhere in the diocess of Connor, until licensed or duly authorised thereto. Aud let the parties respectively abide their own costs in this suit." HARBOURS BILL. This bill begins with giving power to the Public Works Loan Commissioners to make advances for the construction or improvement of harbours " or for carrying into effect any other shipping purpose," to be repaid within 50 years with 31 per cent. interest, a higher rate to be charged on all sums over £lOO,OOO. The bill then proceeds to abolish passing tolls, debts now charged on them to be paid by the State. Shipping dues (except pilotage rates), levied by charitable autho rities named in a schedule are also to cease, except so far as may be requisite for payment of now existing pensions, and of compensation to be granted under this bill, or for the execution of such shipping purposes as have hitherto been executed out of such dues as are for the benefit of the ship ping and goods on which they are levie d. where iff ay there. by proprietors. the o ti a l dues are to cease in five years (saving the r ights of creditors), but compensatio ns p aid out o f public moneys for differential due s are not to ce ase afterbe levied until the expiration of ten y ears, if payable to privatelncreasedlcal h aut rates ori ra ties vvere the compensation paid to them for differential dues is applied to the shipping or other public purposes, or where debts have been contracted for such pur poses. special taxes at the port of Dublin are abolished.. Ramsgate harbour is transferred to the Trinity-house, which authority may levy 3d. a ton on vessels attending the harbour, except Rams. gate fishing boats and vessels using it as a harbour of refuge), 6d. a ton on cargoes, and 3d. on every passenger emba r ki ng or l an di ng a t th e p i er . ' Any deficiency of income for the harbour purposes is to be supplied from a Parliamentary vete; the town dues on coal are to cease. The authorities of Dover harbour are authorised to levy a rate for harbour purposes on vessels using the harbour. The debts on Whitby and Bridlington harbour tolls are to be paid by Parliament, and rates for harbour pur poses may be levied on vessels using the harbour. 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