The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LON DON, FRIDAY ETE - NING FEBRUARY 29. 185 6. _ _... ......_...._ the press, and corroborated by the committee of man to him (Dr. Riley) six years ago, but it had Second Captain Dominick Sarafield Greene to be Adju- THE SEBASTOPOL COMMITTEE. THE IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS. Country Markets. fri)tr VabittOn that house. In the report that hail been presented never been acted on. This gentleman was proceed. taut by augmentation. .• 11'E YT' MILIT ABY COMMLSSION. _____.... o , ... Second Captain James Frederick D'Arley Street to be e ( to that house Lord Lucan, the Earl cf Cardigan, and ing to make some strong remarks on the chairman's oon -1 The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch Adjutant, vice Hastings, promoted.,• - __ e-eweeew others were inculpated by the commissiion. When that duct, when he was interrupted by ZSecond Captain Henry Walpole John Dashwood to be A Committee of the Howe of Commons, of which one- banks for the four weeks ending the 19th of Jan ., 18.56, DERBY SMITHFIELD.-FBE. 26: e — -- --- - ------• -en commissionwaslaidbeforetheGovernmsentthecoursethey The CHAIRMAN, who requested him to confine Adjutant, vice Freeth, promoted. Second Captain William Morris to be Adjutant, vice half of the members were appointed by those, indirectly, , when added together, give the following as the average Our market era s well supplied with fat beasts tonln o l SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. weekly circulation of these banks during the past monnh, and the quality was generally good • ; the attendanc e ought to have pursued was to have measidered it as the his remarks to the motion before the meeting. He who were most desirous to shield from blame those . - Patton, who resigns the Adjutancy only. i n di c t men t o f a grand jury, and adopting it not as the would, after the adoption of the report, have an oppor- Second Captain Frederi c k Close to be Adjutant, vice whose conduct was directly impeached, sat last session viz• •.- . . , £6,970,190 heifers and bullocks. There was a plent r g buyers was large and high prices were asked for the "••E on the state of effairs in the Crimea. So damning, Average circalation of the Irish banks IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. groundforfurthed inquiry, but forthe terial of the parties • tunity of making remarks on his (the chairman's) con. Colclouele promoted however,. were the facts unavoidably elicited from un- , Average circulation of the Scotch banks ..... fat pigs wasil e a u rg t e itui. and sold readily. Fat and store eni'l and if that had been done by court - martial the evidence - duct. . - - Second a 'Captain John Bawden Parkin to be Adjutant, i willing witnesses, selected so as to give the fairest pee- , Average circulation during past mouth 2 1 11: , 0 1 3 1 - 25, _ ,, ..-40.---. vice Dyneley, who resigns the Adjutancy only. would have been given on oath, and the parties charged Mr. MORRIS rose to order. The report stated that Probationary Veterinary Surgeons to be Veterinary Sur. sible colcuring to every occurrence, that every accuse- l Oil On comparing the above with the fixed issues of t 5 9 1 71 HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.) would have bad an opportunity c f answering the as " David Waddington, Esq., retired from the di rec . geons, viz. :-John Henry Cart e r, Edward Kelly, John tion was most fully substantiated, even although leading 1 ' several bank)) as given in the Banking Almanac, the mutton, 6id to 7el ; lamb, Od to Od rev , 7d tc 7 11 ri, 6a n cei g st,o w; do r :t to 41d quotations :-Beere, ed to g , charges made against them. The Government, how- tory, and was eligible for ;re-election," the 'speaker Bolton Hall. . , questions were avoided, nor any one point fully investi- following appears to the state of the circulation :- The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack Ist Regiment of Foot-Ensign George Turner to be gated. The Irish banks are above their fixed issue ever, instead of doing that, hs el instituted an was in order in trying to prove the contrary. (Cheers,) Lieutenant, without purchase, vice W. C. F. Kelly, de- An unexampled mystification was, however, carried£6ls 69 at five o'clock. • , per lb. T S. t h bank s theirfixed • 4 (l .2t i d ler i s v c i or l e b ; ; ca ug lf-a le k f i i a n f t li a , , l s 3 B s: ), O d P e P iti dr e ° . . . The Earl of SIZAFTESBURY presented several pe. inquiry into the co n d uc t o n t h ose 0 , 3 mm i es i oner s, and Dr. RILEY then proceeded amidst cries of question ceased. To be Lieutenants, by purchase-Ensign John out. The re t d b the Chairmen f ln h he ' '' e c above "sue- 8 por propose y e o w le !*•'' Wong against the opening of the Crystal Palace and were, in fact, putting them on their trial; and his charge and order to enter into the state of the Company's affairs, Tymons, vice Gregory, promoted ; Ensign 0. D. W. Hun- not one syllable could be controverted, or even noes- Total above the fixed issue £1,671,276 EDINBURGH GRAIN.-FEB 27. ter, vice O'Connell, promoted. To b e . Ensigns, without a fo il British Museum on Sundays. against the Government was, that by this p roceedin g criticising, at the same time, the Chairman's conduct inboned was rejected, and that which, as far as was prat- The supply of grain to-day was large. There ewes ene The amounts of gold and silver held at the head offices t e l oTl: i :1 . 1:0 8 I , 7 o l t e ,at a i a o la ready, with a "" noLorzi REDESDALE presented petitions to a similar purchase-Lieut. Thomas Arthur Mills, from the sth • they bad done an i r r e p ara bl e i n j ur y t o th e service, and reference to them, which he contended had been such al Lancashire Militia vice Thoma,s who resigns • ; Lieut. ticable, without a dereliction of truth, screened the of the several banks during the past month have been as effect from the counties of Warwick and Gloucester. John Richard Palliser, from the Dublin Militia Artillery, noble culprits from public indignation, and was penned , follows :- 21 71 Lord DUNGANNON gave notice that on Tuesday to prevent the truth in future frame being known, to forfeit the shareholders' confidence in bini. He pro by their noble brother,-was adopted, Gold and silver held by the Irish banks =l : o r ris : Ho Wheat on the top, 2s up, alai on the average le up. Barley, on the top, ed up-and on the &rerannot next he should wove for certain retutles relating to the Future commissioners would bear in mind the fate posed to put certain questions to the Chairman, who Thus passed the first act of the inquest on 10,000 Gold and silver held b the Scotch bauks..., 9: 3 8 ° 40 8 ,75 • vice c sth 0:T . Lieutenant F. A.. Culeitt, from the West Y up. Oats on the top Sd up-on the average, is • magistracy of Ireland. . of Sir J. M'Neil and Colonel Ttulloch, and they declined answering them until be came before the meet- Norfolk Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. British heroes. The fraud was, however, too palpable. • Beans on the top 2s up-the average, 2s LI up. TORTURE IN INDIA. would shape their report in ac cordance with the Mg :for re-election at a later period of the day. This 7th Foot-Ensign H. G. Follett, from the 87th Foot, to The people felt that their representative's were insulted Total of gold and silver held 24,14.3,952 The Earl of ALBEMARLE moved that there be . AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. views of those who appointed tlne commissioners, announcement of the Chairman was received with be Ensign, without . purchase. . . by a gross mockery, and the interests and reputation The above statements complete the returns of the eir- Wheat X 3 11. 1 4-12 the• laid before their lordships a report by the acting second 9th Foot-Captain C. H . L es l ie t o b e mot or , without of the nation, and of the ary sacrificed to a few culation in England, Scotland, and Ireland for the month 0 0 0 (ninths. judge of circuit of the centre division of the Madras and not run the responsibility of speaking, which would applause. purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Colonel F. D. Lister, whose minions of unmerited power, rank, and place. ending the 19 hof January. . Do. new Barley Presidency, addressed to the Court of Fotijdaree Adaw- result on speaking the truth. The Government having Dr. RILEY continued his address amidst such a storm Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, Falsely calcula t ing that the contamination of public These returns, combined with the average circulation Oats - . llO 1 8-12thre fat, dated Sept, 25, 1840, together with the proceedings picked out men in whom they could confide, they had of confusion as to be inaudible to all except a few w ithi n under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854 •; Lieut. erm i noytnent rendered every man enjoying it a servile of the Bank of England for the same period, will give Beans of the court held thereon, also the minute of the council suppressed a portion of their report, and now his immediate neighbourhood. W. Daunt to be Captain, without purchase, vice Leslie ; Ensign A. F.C. Rollo to be Lieutenant, without purchase , tool, two Commissioners were sent to the Crimea, whose the following results of the circulation of notes in the ' • of the Madras Government founded on the report of subjected them to the ordeal of a t r i a l, m r , N orr i s and Mr. Bruce (director) rose together, vice Daunt ; Lieut. V. G. Coates, from the B r est Suffolk Report, it was hoped, would be such as to appease the United Kingdom, when compered with the previous BOSTON-EIRE. 27. a WO the circuit judge an d . on the proceedings of the Miilitia, to be Ensign , withoutpurchase , vice Rollo, ll ma ivereal dissatisfaction. month :- The new commieeioners comprised some old gentlemen and were received with applauee by their respective '. .. There was quite a panic in the wheat trade, an-d ne d Foujdaree Adawlut ; with returns of the number of 14th root-John Wilson, Geut., to be Ensign, by pnr- They, however, freed from the atmosphere of Parlia- employed in the police, and the who bad seen much aerviee) and the arguments that friends. Ultimately Mr. Bruce was called upon by thechase, vice Furneaux, promoted. native officers ment-street, amid the purer air of the East, acted with any terms ; a few selected samples were disposed of collection of revenue, the number of the officers die- appplied a few nights ago in that house with meeting to address them first. imputation of 17th Foot-Assist eat.Surgeozahomas Houghton Walker that noble British spirit which, with very few execs- -- 1855 1856. needy millers, at a decline of Is to 2s per qr., but op missed for employing torture, or other misconduct, in reference to old judges applied equally to these Mr. BRUCE defended himself from the has been permitted to resign his commission. tions too well known and despised, all their countrymen Banc t o e f i E a n r e ik ia s nd .... 18,679,169 qualities were altogether unsaleable. In te Yal u the years 1813, 1833, and 1835 ; a return of the revenues 29th F oot-Ensign J. H. H. St. John to be Lieutenant, judges. There were also carnet knights on it, men who delay in the stores account, which arose from the by purchase, vice Parkinson, promoted ; Frecik. Gowland have there evinced. , 11_ 22 ' lan ' 19 ' Increase. Decrease. £ £ £ £ spriag corn there is little or no change to notice. o n of the Presidency in 1803, 1813, 1823, 1833, and 1853, There is such an Obvious reason in confounding the 19,089,845 4 0,679 - Prices :-Wheat, red, 84.-s Od to 68s Od ; white, 6 8 s o ne and several other returns relating to the courts of cir• had never seen a shot fired, and amongst them was a chairman and the other directors refusing to Horn, Gent., t) be Ensign, without purchase. - 70s Od extra, 72s 0(1. Barley, 348 Od to 38s ein• i n en • statement of ascertained facts with accusations, that it Joinostock Banks - and despatches respecti ng ta xa ti on gentleman who, when on the Sebastopol Committee, confirm his appointment of a storekeeper of 25th Foot-Charles Pell Heigham, Gent., to be Ensign, -- -17 s to 275. Beans, 37s Od to 45s Od. Peas, 36: to 3 °'' cult, land tax, &c., by purchase, vice Ctu yeghanne, promoted. . cannot be unintentional. and torture. The noble lord said that he intended the defended the conduct ofthose who wereaccnsed. He warned ability and putting in the situation a man Total In England .... 25,580.322 26,083,975 503,653 - per qr. Let every judge b eware , if his decision, based on evi- scot:amt. 4.40'1,763 4,1.0,789 - 257,974 returns he now moved fn. to .serve for the furtl er them against th 28th Foot- Assistant -Surgeon James Frederick Steuart, e consequences of this inquiry, and con- incapable of discharging the duties. He assured them M.D., has been pe rm itt e d t o res i gn hi s commission ; Wil- deuce, is to be investigated by a secret and irresponsible Ireland ......•• .... 7,043,279 6,970,190 - 73,089 illustration of the return that had recently been . d dig _ _ 0 : 9 - lb. -wbee.:nrr;hel:l3l nlifb-goo.sreoL‘pv is NEWARK-FEB. 27. si ere e appointment of such a tribunal as not being that the stores accounts were correct. He then Earn Cowl, Gent. to be Dispenser of Menicines. tribunal. What magietrate cerener , or justice of the United Kingdom .... 37,024,364 37,196,954 172,59) - id 41 made upon the torture employed in Madras. The tor 29th Foot-Lieutenant di hu Botnford, from the Lan- peace can act under each a ' sygtem ? 'lf tb . e . secret tri : A large attendance of farmers toelay. Little do up , tore, it appeared, had been practised by the Government likely to bring out the naked facts in the manner they entered on the general accounts for the half year which cashire Militia, to be Maslen without purchase , vice burial absolves, the judge is held to have unjustly slant' wheat, at a reduction of 2s per quarter. Spring e° lll , for Government purposes -torture inflicted for the pur- should be , They should be cautious to impress the he said were unsatisfactory. Cochrane, appointed to the 89th 'Foot; Ensign .1 oho James tiered. Showing an increase of 503 653/. in the circa. altered. ,blot pose of raising revenue, and torture inflicted for cenipul• army that they did not desert them in a strange land The CHAIRMAN denied that he recommended the ap- Bailey to be A.djutant, vice Bruce, promoted in the 82d The people ask, provided this extraordinary tribunal lation of notes in England, ' and an increase of Wheat , white 76s to Bns red 73s to 755; barley non sort' labour upon the Government works. He did not and in the hour of need, or it would be bad for Eng. p ointment of the store-keeper, Mi. Bruce reoom-does not contrive te whitewash the accused, what fon 172,5901. in the circulation of the ri d i ng Kingdom, 3i4 t 41 , nn '' 28: to 3s to 3 s• oats 24st. :31s to 375• 4 0 32 5, grinding ~ , . . _ w , mean to harrow up their feelings on the present occa• Foot . 36th Foot-Thos. M. La M eanr i er , Gent., to be Ensign,s ; beans, 4es to 50s ; malt, 72s to 76s , Pe lows ?. Are the to be tried for their misdeeds ? How when compared with the month ending the 22d Gf land. mended that person to the committee, and they by purchase, vice Gray, promoted in the Ist Foot; Filet to 41s; tares, -s to -s per qr. sion by reciting the truly horrible details that were con maey investigations preceded the trials of Whitelocke, Dec. ; and, as compared with the month ending the Mined in the volume but he would take a more favour- Mr. HADFIELD seconded the motion. appointed him. lie (the Chairman) had rendered Lieutenant C. D. James, from the Devon Attillcry Paliser, Sir J. Murray-of every naval officer, whose 20th of Jan., 1855, the above returns show a decrease Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Glodetanes , ) e e e• • • • • able opportunity of entering more fully into the subject. On the motion being put, every assistance possible to get the stores accounts ready,eli p lies been run aground or lost-and of the untortu- of i73,111.t. in the circulation of notes in England, and appointed to the 57i h Foot. IitRABORNE IifAILS. The chief evidence of the commission of these cruelties Sir J. PAKINGTON rose and said he found be but the system of accounts laid down by Mr. Bruce had 38th Foot-Ensign a decrease of 512,335/. in the circul a tio n o f th e U n it e d were given by Mr. Malcolm Sewin, who bad s erve d a - i a J T. Carroll, to be Lieutenant, with- nate Byng ? was unable to proceed with the motion of which he been a failure. The utmost confusion prevailed du r i ng out purchase; vi ce 8.-lfield, who resigns ; Captain B. Has the late management of our forces in the Crimea Kingdom. aif° judge for many years with great fidelity in the East b • B. Thompson, from the East York Militia, to be Ensign, bye t the habitual and applauded system of the British The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng- (ze signifies that the mane are sent from the neneral r-- - • a g iven notice owing to the forms of the house, and the statement of the chairman. ay the night-and et by the morning-4eapatch.) . India Company, and had subsequently become a judge a ' without purchase, vice Carroll. Government and army ? The actors in it are placed in land in both departments during the month ending the it was doubtfu l , under all circumstances, wh,ther it Mr. BRUCE, with g rea t ve h emence , d e fi e d t h e C ha i r • -•-•-e connected with the Court of Foujdaree Adawlut. The4lst Foot-Second Lieutenant Ajax Menem from the those higher poste in which they can more fully follow 19th of Jan. was 10,549,829/ , being a decrease of lest report was dated 1855, and it bore strong re. was a fitting time on which to raise this question. The man to deny that he appointed the storekeeper, and Devon Militia Artillery, to be Ensign, withouepurchase, out the same prinuplee and acts throughout the whole 598,863/. as compered with the previous month ; and Day wn.,/, Klll ,, . N. 1•• . era IV nor Vir !'; semblance to the report of 1840, as far as the honourable and learned member for She ffi eld thought called on Mr. Anderton in confirmation. vice Palmer, promoted. of the British forces and empire. ' a decrease of 2,501,083/. when compared with the same coimarfueh. in General Pos'' I For' dalssi, The first name . Ensign Quayle Y Dflice, London.' I Dispatch.% S n ' --"' most appalling details of torture were concerned. it was, and he (Sir J. Pakington) placed his nio- Mr. Noanis censured the unseemly interruptions of Christian of is M lrea As the principal actors in the fatal tragedy-the period last year. 1 and not Mylred, as previously stated. ' the chairman in the discussion that had taken place, 45th Foot-Thomas Apjohn, Gent., to be Ensign, by [LEFT SPEARING.] tion on the paper, but the noble lord having refused kIN , F-very Friday • • Liver ooi Vv . tt death of so many thotwands, and of British reputation, The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks kmorics(hYluit•Pao_. t i P . to allow the hon , and learned members motion to be and he claimed his right to address any remarks he purchase, vice Prestow promoted. for all but physical valour and endurance-are kept so during the month ending the 19th of Jan , was tmeric.e. t hy United eta. ! packet) ...........• I ' . 4 / •• ••- •• Liverpool lreb thought proper on the contents. of the rep o rt, Ev e ry. 52d Feet-James Hill Bradshaw', Gent., to be Ensign, prominently before the eyes of the public and of the 4,148,952/., being a decrease of 91,038/. as compered 'merles (by U States! • 0 HOUSE OF COIVIMONS—(This Evening.) taken as a substantive motion, his (Sir John Pakingtonn) - • • south oat t • r t • s: l n e l c tZo of ir d l i s:!,7 t ifi r crc . L o ia i cznparison with that by purchase, vice King, appointed to the 9th Light era- world, and as the loss of our prestige must either be with the previous return, and an increase of 322,373/. packet) .... .......N amendment could not be submitted to the house. thing kastralia (via Sou.tll - the act of Par- goons , borne by them especially, together with some other in- when compared with the corresponding period last year, ------e------- ametan) ......... ht --- - •• • • noun Dove :tempter. He was desirous that it should be distinct ) y known that liament, he charged the directors with serious derelic- 54th Foot-Ensign Vero Temple Bawly to be Lieutenant dividuals, to whom we confided the conduct of our 4=0.••••••••IMMIMIIII, :Mt° (via Marseilles) N 1 The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after four o'clock. it was from that cause he withdrew his amendment. tion of duty in not having the accounts ready 14 days by purchase, vice Shiner, promoted • affairs,-it becomes the duty of the Press to learn from Ditto Oda Cape or Good rt 4l We& LONDON DIOCESAN CHURCH BUILDING before the meeting, and certainly a person re- thes9! h Foot-Lieutenant Launcelot Charl es Brown, from experienced officers, as we have done, what the belie, BOARD OF TRAM' RETURNS. ' Hope) .......... •• N I • • ~,,, 6 He was unable to give his to the • support motion of the H a m pshire Militia, to . be Ensign, without purchase, &fen (West Coast) ...11 , 23d of the month •!Plymouth - c .-- -. • SOCIETY' BlLL.ceiving 2,000/. a year should be able to viour of our leaders really has been in the field. -- n en__ es, li 24, 30 of n!.lDover .• ‘ On the motion of Mr. EROTHERION for the second lion, and learned member, because he bad omitted produce them in time, or he was not 60th ' vice Bun d le , appointed to 3d Foot. Foot-Lieutenant Stephen Hodges from Will the soi-disant maligned Peers reply to the fob The Board of Traee have issued an account of the r e x t *Z c l l r r l:::::::;;;; m estiA :Oth of mon.!Southamptozl reading of thief ill, several points from it that ought not to have been eligible for re-election. The bon. gentleman then theMilitia,Henry• '- • " a ' 1 ' " ? West Kent to be Ensign, without purchase owing queries .- Customs' duties received during the past year, as cOrn• Sahamas ......„...34 .17th of the wool Southamptor I rmo Mr. HADFELD moved, as an amendment, that it omitted in a motion censuring the conduct of the Go- went over the general state of the undertaking, which vice Warren, who resigns. Was it, or was it not, the duty of Lord Lucan, before pared with the two preceding years. The subjoined ewer ........... Z 1! 3 ' tI ' 171t • 11; ;1 7 u;;Iii . :1183=ait; • ;1;' . M ar% ;6 6 . be read a second time that day six months. He looked vernment ; whilst the terms of it were likely to prejudge has been SO repeatedly put before the public during the 66th Foot-major Frederick Hammond, from hele-pay ordering the charge by so very c e n s id era m e a p ar t o f hi s table shows the total, ands pecifies the amounts obtained z a su re o z nOiXyr - c . s:::::: :: ii nth et the month ••Imuth.4t ,,,, etisnj o e upon this bill as a public measure, and that it should past half-year. He thought it was time to remove the Unattached, to be Major, repaying the difference, vice cavalrn, to ascertain by personal inspection whether from the 14 Principal articles. As regards tea and sugar c ape o f Good Ilope .. NI Various port ,1:111' • the cause of those gallant officers whose conduct had rl have been introduced by the Government instead of by a present chairman from that position, and elect a man Michel, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached the g r o u n d, the relative strength, an d th e f orma ti on o f the fact of the intended reduction of duties having been Cape or Good Hope -14, 9th of the ' F e b' 24 been impugned. He should abstain from entering into month douthamptor , private member. It was one way of getting an o capable of successfully conducting the affairs of the cora- Lieutenant-Colonelcy ; Captain E. Montagu Davenport to the enemy, were such as to a ff ord such a probability or arrested has been followed by a considerable increase of Can: de Verde ......NI Ceylon (see India) 1 1, obnoxious measure quietly through the house. a discussion then of the question, and reserve for himself pany , be Major, by purchase, vice Hammond, who retires ; Lieu- of success as justified the attempt ? receipts. Coffee, likewise, is on the favourable side, but Cey10n..............N1 , • l'S•l h ' .o . tenant James Galbraith to be Captain, by purchase, vice - on spirits, wine, provision?, fruits, and spices the pa - chenen 151e5.... , ...NlMon.,Wetl.,&Yrl3. Southamptot., Sir W. CLAY seconded the amendment. t'• e right of bringing forward at a future time a motion re In reply to a question from Mr. LOVE, Did he, or did he net, duly perform that duty ? avenport • Ensi g n Charles Valentine Oliver to be Lieu- ments exhibit a decrease. The revenue from tobacco is enllio--•• •• •• -- •• 21 & 17th of moot', Soutaampto‘+' Lord R. GROSVENOR supported the bill. It dealt lative to it. The conduct of the Government had been The AUDITOR said that the locomotive superinten- If Lord Lucan, his chief, did not, in view of the ac- m 03 191 ° tenant, by '*• • vice Galbraith. China ... . Only with private property, dents books bad not been .en audited n t t' 1 MIS an inop ft .......t, 5,13,18,28,&250t n• Dover ...• ... 1 odo open to the gravest censure in almost every department 69th Foot-Lieutenant Henry Charles St. George, from ' ' f alling off,consequent upon the checkgiven gents a After a few words from other hen. members, After some norther discussion the report was adopted, the Fermanagh Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, decidedly order that charge, does Lord Cardigan con- He would on another occasion show that want of unity - Cont. of Euro .e M & fc!Twice daily .... • • Dover .... • • ww" The house divided, when the numbers were-- and the dividend of 4s. 6d. per share declared. vice Grote appointed to the 95th Foot. ceivo that he was justified in executing. it when any the war to public undertanings :- •ll' For the second reading 135 that might to exist between the various departments After the transaction of some other business, the meet- 76th Fo ot-Assistant•Surgeon John Macartney, from favourable result watt obviously impossible / 1853. 1851, Egypt (see India) 1 1855. Franco ...... M & NlTifloe dallY ••• • • • Dover ..... • 11'44'930 Against it 2O connected especially with war. After making some re- tug proceeded to the election of retiring directors, the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice G. A. Wilkinson, Did he, or did he not, remain with the wreck of the • —-- .31braltar ..........111, 4 , 7, 17, 30, 27 'l'm South amptoe , Majority for second reading --115 mar k s w i t h re f erence to C omm i ssary-General Fild er, Th e ret i r i ng di rectors are M r. W addington, M.P. ; p l aced upon half-pay. force under his command to rescue them as speedily as £ £ £ G reece ( s ee India) The bill wee then read a second time. be said that the report had been in the hands Levi A. Paget, ALP., resigned •; and Mr. J. Packs. 78th Foot-Lieutenant Edward Jackson Fitzsimons, poseible from unnecessary danger ? ree Tobacco 5,686,193 4.781,893 5.312,203 Greytown .......... fil 2nd &17tb of mon SonthsmPto° 4,751 777 4,575,473 4 871,4 +6 Elarnburell ...... -.ls ,Tuosday-lk Friday jLondon ..• •• • RAILWAY, &c., BILLS. of the Government seven months before he was The candidates to fill the vacancies are Mr. Wadding- from the South Lincoln Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Barker, promoted. Was he, or was ho not-the captain of a vessel-the euear . • . • .•. ',913,729 4, ,, 35,572 4,933 063 Havannah ........ „ m 2nd of the month lEolithamp.ro. . 1 ,, . 2,677,187 2,693,034 2 404,061 Holland .. •• .. .. .... 14.11 Daily .. .. -• . • ..• Dover ... ~ • • : I ' 6 ` th ereo Mr. STRUTT moved that "the Board of Trade do made awarethe charges it • andthe first of ( andidates-Mr. Goodson, the Albany, Piccadilly ; Mr. 84thF tE• H arry B. • oo - neign ro an to be Li eutenant, last to quit it when sinking or stranded, after malong sier ts every effort to withdraw and to save every individual of wore • '2,030,075 2,022,529 1,856,099 aonduras .......... ee wei rlthe month, ,eiouthampto , ' 1 ..20 0 present to this house a report upon the Railway and time he heard of them was in th e public papers. This Pulley, 28, Great Winchestet-street ; Mr. J. R. Mor -532,,193 415 173 325, a 3 9 India '( via Maracllles)M 'Nit& 25th of month !Dover .. .•• • ! Canal Bills of this session, in conformity with the recom- Robert Fraser Huinplerey, fronethe Aberdeen;hiro n.Llitia, 'ts crew ? Grain and flour mendation contained in the fifth report of the select was an unfairness and an injustice that ought not to be risen, Theobald's, Herts ;, Mr. R. Orr, Sydenham ;to be Ensign, without Purchase, vice Croban, promoted. High military authority has. commented on that die- coffee 367.16 i 311,960 301,144 Ireland ~ ......M & Nirwlee daily • • •...1not; head • 26 committee on rail way and canal bills of the ression permitted. (Hear, hear.) He had also received Mr. T. W. Helps, Deans- yard, , Westminster! Mr. 87th Foot-Harding Giffard Follett, Gent., to be En. aster. They coincide in substance-our chivalrous, t' i r l te . • - 333,994 246,1116 '228,119 Li5hen.............. ml 7, 9, 17, &27 of m.,RouthamPto" F e b' of 1853 ; nod, that the Board of Trade do a letter from Mr. Filder, stating that be bad R. i Walters,. Susses gardens, Hyde park ; and Mr. sign, by purckase, vice Latupen, promoted. polite Ally, and our blunt, free-spoken foe-" C'est su Butter and cheeso .. .. .. „ • M. thilly, Pidions Stortford, 88th Foot-Inent. Le . wis Buchanan, from the Tyrone perbe ;" " You are an army of nous -mats ce n'est pas spices i P• 9 135 111,-42 109,6 5 Madeira ............ N;230 of month •• • •iLiverpool ...I present to this house a report upon the no idea he bad been recalled until he saw it in I 0•• 59,741 51,117 50.540 Malta (Fee India) 1 20 0 -• 4 k • Private Bills for Harbours, Docks, Navigations, &c., in A violent • discussion ensued, and an amendment was Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. la guerre," " led ou by asses." What says the world T 1 s 8 18 &28 of men. Dover -..- conformity with the practice in force with respect to If the recall had been sent out it o o that the newspapers. pr p sed the report be received but not adopted, . . 90th Foet-Lieut. Francis George C. Probart to be Cap- i n l 2 0 1 P 7 d genera . ur iumorous contemporary ?Inc t, a orris ' Other articles .............• 892,153 1,053,129 993,908 Malta .............. . • ---I---- - - Railway Bills."-Agreed to. must have passed him on the road, and up to that day but up to six o'clock, when our report left, the discus- tam, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major J. N. Sargent, the Russian General's simile with the choicest flowers- 22 612,738. 122 357,38 22 615.7 f 8 Aanritlus ...... „ ,_, , c •14th of the moral, 1 g6 Feb. - • whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Mexico ...........,2d :2nd ef th , , , month. sonthampten NEW WRIT. he had not officially been informed of it. He mentioned sion on the motion and amendment had not concluded. Rank, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 1854; Ensign emblems of the justice of his remark, and of our indi- The Excise statements for the past year hat e ako been Naples .............N ;sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover .... ••1 _ vidual wit and public d d • • 1 1 - isceremeut an j ustice.-.Y. ore issued new writ was ordered on the motion of Mr. HAI"- that to ehow how the business of the Government was --- W. R. Winans to be Lieutenant, without purehese, vice issued and the suloined Mine exhibits the quantities of New Granada ~,, ....s,ll l /G pi l i T t r , !f s tn i onth ummer, i nicery tu TER, for Boston, in the room of Mr. Gilbert Heathcote, conducted, ROYAL SWEDISH. Probart; Ensign Robert Anderson, from the Renfrew inn Advertiser. each article charged with duty in the United Kingdom f n ew t f= o n e d "•"*" wne 15th25th 'l* P• • D Various port ' in , ~„,„,,e , d i . • .o mon. over ...• ••, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. [LEFT SPEAKING.] A special meeting of the shareholders in this under- Militia, to be Ensign, without purehase, vice Winans. . • .-..-., ..„--,...... g . during that period as compared with 1854, and also the p en i nsu l a .. .. .. .. ..I.l.thl7th27thofmon. gouthamptonl • THE ARMY. taking was held this afternoon in the London Tavern. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. d & 27th of men. Southampton . ft o T.HB ALLEGED .AT rEMP TED MURDER nn • i ns retained for home consumption. All the Peru ..............m f• ..,,_ un ge q a tit .....___.- _. - • . The meeting was specially convened in consequecce of Edwin Winscom, pianofore dealer, Croydon. of o f Port Natal NBy private ship.• .Varloas p0,,..4 Mr. LAYARD moved for nominal return of officers, articles show a decrease, with the exception h ops, .., ~ e w" w "•• Iso ISth2stt ' D IMy ~........ ~ .. Is ,- 1 • - 10,m1,1, 1 ever .... • • non-commissioned officers, and privates mentioned or RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. the connection that had existed between this company Thomas Whitehead end Joseph Lass 4, dyers, York. AIV .D ROBBERY AT W A LWORT H. which the yield wag extraordieary. Spirits, which in •Tuscany dd .... nhN lsthlsth2sthefinotr.ll3over ...• • • ...160 11 recommended for distingeished services in the reports of - e and the late Mr. Sadleir. BANKRUPTS , eee- the preceding year presented an increase, have been eon nenoznen ........., el 2d 11; 17th onnoutt 'ionthampten Ie• ' Generals Codrington and Markham, and in that of the Meetings This Day. James Tomlin, shipowner, City. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, read a , document which stated that the whole of the financial Robt. Dullain, chemist, druggist, and grocer, Tipton. EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION OF THE s ioerably affected by th e alterotien of duties. The Ina- Van Diemen's Land fie. SERVANT. lO OO nufacture of sugar, attentpted in Ireland, from beet-root we A ';,rl r n t ia) www *' two' I7th of rnorttl ( Southampton lk Brigadiers attached to their respective divisions, on the Henry Smith, farmer, Sedgelely. Staffordshire. ee .... ..w i I e business of the company was under the control of On Monday last a very startling and alarming account appears to have entirely ceased, occasion of the storming of the Regan on the Bth day of EASTERN COUNTIES, Mr, Sadleir. It also stated that Mr Sadleir •• • _ _ ' George D av i s, cabinet maker, Wiginore•street, C avcn- -- September. 1855.-Agreed to. Dee ' .22 ' lan ' Increase. Decrease 1855 1856. Bank of England .. • • 18,679,169 19,089,84 S 4 0,679 Private Banks Joint•stock Banks Mr. LAYARD moved for nominal return of officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates mentioned or recommended for di-tingnished services in the reports of Generals Codrington and Markham, and in that of the Brigadiers attached to their respective divisions, on the occasion of the storming of the Redan on the Bth day of September, 1855.—Agreed to. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, read a document which stated that the whole of the financial business of the, company was under the control of Mr. Sadleir. It also stated that Mr Sadleir had promised to give an account of his position with respect to the company on the 18th of the present month, but he committed suicide on the day previous, the 17th, and they had only had time at present to make a hasty investigation of the affairs of the company. The statement of the financial position of the company at the present moment was then read, from which it ap peared that the number of shares that Mr. Sadleir had over•issued amounted to 16,291, and that the number of obligations of the company over-issued by him was 18.782. The balance-sheet showed an item of 17,8241. due by the company to Mr. Sadleir, and also that the liabilities of the company he had incurred, and which did not appear in the books of the company, amounted to 35,2411. is. 10d., for which it was unknown what securities existed. It also showed that 5,000 shares had been purchased for the company at par. A variety of questions were put to the direntors as to the course they proposed to adopt, as it appeared that the company was in a complete state of bankruptcy, they having only a few hundred pounds at the bank to meet liabilities to the amount of about 86,0001. Eventually, a committee of shareholders was appointed to report the true state of the company's affairs to a meeting to be convened at the earliest moment possible. James Tomlin, shipowner, City. Robt. Dulimn, chemist, druggist, and grocer, Tipton. Henry Smith, farmer, Sadgelely. Staffordshire. George Davis, cabinet maker, Wigmore•street, Caven dish-square. Jacob Win. Henry Schafer and Wm. Henry Brown, merchants, Fenchnrch-street, City. Thomas John Nicks, repo, maker, Coleman-stroet, City. Richard Jenkin Polglase, initlwri. 6 ht and engineer, Bo rough-road. On Monday last a very startling and alarming account appeared in the different papers of a robbery com mitted at the house of Mr. Knott, a gentleman re•id ing at Sutherland-square, Wel worth, and an attempt at murder Ly the thieves. The paraeraph went on to state that, about six o'clock on Sunday evening, Mr. and Mrs Knott and their family left their residence to attend the evening service at a neighbouring church, leaving their servant (Lucy Constable) charge of the house. On their return home the family found the house surrounded by a large erased of persons, and, on ontrring, they discovered the servant with one wound on her hand and another in her throat. She was enabled, however, to state that very soon after her master and mistress had left, the hour, three men hal effected an entrance by means of elseleton keys, and commenced plundering it. She endeavoured to prevent them, and, while doing so, the ruffians inflicted a wound, first on the b ick part of her hand, and next a wound on her throat. The state of disorder which the house presented favoured the truth of the young woman's statement, and iu the state she was in it was deemed necessary to remove her to St. Toomas'e Hospital, and she was taken there in a cab. The alleged roebery and violence was of so startling a character, that Mr. Lund, the su perintendent of police for the district, felt it necessary to investigate the circumstances himself, and in this he was assisted by one of his serjeants, Coppin, 15 P. On ques tioning the young woman Constable on the subject, Mr. Lund found that there was a discrepancy between the version she gave hint and that which she related on the return of her master and family. The version which she gave him (Mr. Lund) and Coppin was this :—Tbat sson after the family went out she heard a ring at the hell, and on going up to see who it was the dour flew open, three men entered, and one of them threw a coat, or something like it, over her head, and also placed some thing, like a plaster over her mouth. He then gave her a violent blow on the head, forced her down the kitchen steps, and as she reached the bottom he gave her a second blow which rendered her insensible. On recover ing, she said "You villains, you are murdering me," and at Vile time she saw one of the men approaching her with a table knife in his hand, and which he held up in a me nacing manner tows rds her. She threw up her hand to save her neck and face, and in this way it was that she received tho cut on the hand. The man also drew the knife across her throat, and she instantly felt the blood trickle dawn her bosom. She recollected nothing after this until she found herself alone in the kitchen, and she instantly rushed to the front door, which she found closed, opened it, and gave the alarm. When asked who the men were to whom she had been seen to speak to at her master's gate and other places in the neighbour hood within the fortnight before, she positively denied having spoken to a single individual. This denial toge ther with the fact oilier having stated thatthe front door was closed when she went to give the alarm, satisfied the officers of her participation in the robbery. Their opinion on this point received additional confirmation by the strong impression on their mind that the wound in the throat had been done by the young woman her self, though the medical officers at St. Thomas's Hos pital were of a contrary opinion. Yesterday, Sergeant Coppin called at the hospital, and the young woman, Constable, on seeing him approach her bed, burst into tears and said she should tell the truth respecting the affair. She then said she had made the acquaintance of a young man who, with a friend of his, had called on her on two previous Sunday even ings, during the absence of the family at church. Last Sunday evening be again came by appointment, and being alone, she asked him where his friend was, and he re plied that be was with his young woman, " a stunning fine girl." She then left him ie the parlour white she went upstairs to dress, and on coming down they left the house together. The young man then took hsr to a public-house where, he said, he expected to see his sister, and there they had a glass of brandy, anti conversed with several persons there ; but as the time for the return of the family approached, she returred home. The young man accompanied her to the end of toe street, where he took leave of her, and went in an opposite direction. On reaching her master's house she found the front door open and ajar, with a skeleton key in the lock, which stuck so fast that it could not be removed. She hurried into the house, and finding that it had been robbed, she took up a keife, and snigged the beck of her hand with it, to "make behove" that the thieves did it while she was re sisting them. She did not think this enough, and then, taking up the knife a second time, drew rt 'across her throat. Coppin endeavoured to get from her a deserip tion of the party she had mentioned, but she could not, or would net, give the slightest information on the sub ject ; so that, though there is no doubt of her being brought to justice herself for the offence, there is every probability of the thieves escaping. Coppin directed that the self-wounding patient should be closely watched, and as soon as she is sufficiently recovered to be removed, which, it is supposed, will be in the course of a week or 10 days, when she will be taken before a magistrate. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of this company was held this afternoon, at the London Tavern, Dlshopsgate street. Mr. D. Waddington, M.P., in the chair. Great excitement prevailed at the meeting, in conss qu-nce of its being the day for the election of directors in Cue room of those who retired by rotation, amongst whom was Mr. Waddington, tEe chair man. For an hour previous to the appointed time for the commencement of the business the room was nearly filled with shareholders, and at the com mencement of the business was densely crowded. Great confusion and noise prevailed throughout, The CHAIRNAN on entering the room was received with a volley or mingled cheers, hisses, hootings, and other demonstrations according to the feelings of the respective shareholders to wards him. A dr Whenany of these data fall on a Sunday, the malls 4intetted on the following clay, with the exception of the rn,',d F.onthampton), and the Malta, both of which will be deepete" - precedlng day. illiam IllcKezhney, merchant, Broadway, Plaistow, Essex. THE G OVERNM ENT POLICE BILL„ —Public wet , j Or i were held in Manche s t er an d S a lf or d on Wedne v cie jl evening to oppose the Government Police Bill. t , Wednesday the Worcester Town Connell agreed VP.." tit the House of Commons against th e Police Con° tt and Bor lughs Bill. yrs. . r!' THE LATE id UnDlit IN oTAFFORDSHIR journed inquest upon the body of the unfortunater tiri o man, Robt. Grumtnitt, was held at Seen Wllag e t ; o o Tuesday. It will be recollected that deceased was found in the Birmingham Canal at Swan v t he and on examination thereof it was discovered that throat had been cut, that blows such as would Pr 04 insensibility had been infi:cted upon the be ad ' ketllt that a stone had been placed in each of the coat poe ude r evidently for the purpose of keeping the boil u dii water. The additional evidence produce d l ibt rot throw any light upon the tragical affair. d •or.nor having remarked that there was an able'' evidence to show by whose hands the de , el l plt death was caused, adjourned the inquiry till ttl r or of March, at West Bromwich.-- Wolverhampto, isle. ADVERTI4RmENT.I gicalt Arm 'DAR tun. 0 09. POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE AND PEREpECTIVA G 045 —llessrs. S. and B. Selma/us, opticians, 39, .Alm„ o tsi street, Piccadilly. . Observe opposite the • York po d By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuabl e yti d extraordinary improvements in th e mos t power , ' re; brilliant Telescopes, Camp, R acecourse, O pera , and pees spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects - o 'l o through them—of great importance to the armYr_voll and others. These tele sco p es p ossess suc h ex trse" - o le powers that some three and a-half incites, with an el til r iefro piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons , Saturn' ise and the double stars; with the same telesco9 o oto seen a person's countenance three miles and a half a" - v eil and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger sizes, with increasing powers accordingly; while their vq:o ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to dikcover more th an above above and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, Exhibition, 1851.—aluable, newly-invented, very s itch powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,ths size of a walnut, 11 "wcf a person can be seen and known 1i miles distant; they g` n a ,,` re every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera. 11° country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 1 0 i d es. to They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yeehti°;',ol r sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. % i v' race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with won t ` f - ot' power. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the 1f",,, e 4 eat transparent power. The valuable advantagea cri d i/ from this invention is, that vision becoming inspi re A ro preserved and strengthened, and very aged person S et' enabled to employ their sight a t the most minute --y r pation can see with these lenses of a much less Is a g 1 :40 0 ing power—and they do not require the frequent to the dangerous 'effeets of further powerful ass i "::s' Deafness—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, t - t , traordinaa7 powerful, small, newly-invested instrurac' o r deafness, entirely diff eren t f rom all' others to srarP ol ; bet thing of the kind th a t h as been or probably ever e s' produced: Being of the same colour as the skin, is noL' r eli cePtible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at c r, i 4 and at public as sem bli es ; th e unp l easan t sensation of '9'tbe noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all ig' assistance that possibly could bo desired.-39, Alba° street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. Janlo9 Mechie, engineer. B Atersea-fields. John Douglas; holer, York. Charles Fox, Merchalit, Sc , ,rborough. William &Ahern, glass dealer, Liverpool. Thomas Burnet, glass bailie manufacturer, Blaydon Durham. William Carter, jun., ironmonger, Leamington Priori, Warwickshire. Thomai Smith, la , e inannfaxturer, Nottinglimm. Henry Pring, bake: and flour dealer, Old Market, Richard Gribble, carpenter end builaer, Pilton, Devon. Thomas Etnereott, builder, lilitton-street, City. ,Alfred John Green, b:ushinaker, New-cut, Lambeth. The SECRETABY havilig read the notice convening the meeting. Mr. FRANKLIN, M.P., complainefl of the short time the report had been in the hands of the shareholder. At present he had received nore. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the A,t 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 82, for the Week endini; on Saturday the 23d day of Feb., 1856. ISSUE DEPAUTZIENT. Notes Issued •• 24,3:0,330 The ClurnmAs said the meeting had not been properly constituted. As soon as it was he would explain the apparent delay. Government debt.... 11,015,10(• Other securities...—. 3,09,9C0 Gold coin and bullion 9,9!5,230 Silver bu11i0n........ Mr. NORRIS contended the meeting was properly con stituted, and that Mr. Franklyn was in order. £24,393,330 £24,390,3:i0 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated tho 28th day of Feb., 185 After some further remarks from hon. shareholderA, in which personal feeling predominated, the subject dropped, and the SECRETARY proceeded to read the minutes of the last meeting. The CHAIRMAN proceeded to address the meeting, when BANKING DB Preprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest ........ .. Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of " National Debt, Sav- :PARTMENT. Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) .......:.. 11,948,C0G Other securities...—. 19,185,177 Notes . • .. .......... 5,848,810 Gold and silver coin.. 660,062 ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 4,1 i I,' 6 1 Other deposits ...... 14,762,3G1 Ewan Day and other Mr. FRANKLYN again complained of the report having been issued only the night before the meeting., and said it was t) be regrette 1, more esp:cially on this occasion, that the report had not Leen issued earlier. He moved that in future the report should be in the hands of the shareholders at least a fortnight before the day of meet ing. A SHAREHOLDER seconded the resolution. - 'dllls.. :..... ..... 713,094 The CHAIRMAN said the proceedings were very irre. gular. If the meeting would decide whether they would hare the report read, or take it as read, he would after that address the meeting, and explain the caure of the delay in the issuing of the report. The resolution was put and carried unanimously. The report having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN said that he addressed them with feelings of deep anxiety, both on his own account and on theirs—(laughter) —so that he might be able to make plain to them that which they might not have understood, and explain fully and fairly his past con duct. All he wished was to he judged by the facts. He regretted the delay that had taken place in the pro duction.of the report, owing to the delay in the produc tion of the accounts to the board of directors, because they ought to have full opportunity of examining it, and considering it previous to their being called on to approve or reject it. The Chairman then entered into the expenditure and receipts of the company, which are fully set forth in the report and the accounts. The extraordinary expenditure for the half year had been 47,9141. lls. 7d., out of which 17,3471. 3s. 7d. had been set aside to meet dis puted claims and charges not previously ascertained. The loss on the working of the Harwich and Ipswich and Harwich and Antwerp boats for one year had been 5,9761. 15s. 7d., and the directors had determined not to run these boats for the future, not but that they thought that a remunerating traffic would have ultimately been obtained. The stores account showed a deficiency of about 4,0001., which was included in the sum set aside for disputed claims and charges. The revenue fur the peat year would have given a dividend of Bs. per share, had it not been for the outlay that had been made for the , permanent way to p'ace it in the most efficient state of repair, and be hoped they would bo able to come to a satisfactory understanding as to what amount should be set aside for the future for that purpose. The committee of inquiry had necessarily distracted the attention of the officials, and he believed that had been the cause of an increa e of expenditur e during the half-year, but he looked for ward to that unanimity in the future which waa so ne cessary for the efficient and satisfactory working of the line. The working stock was now in an ineffi cient order, a large sunk having been expended for that purpose. Alter alluding to tke opp os iti on li nes proposed to be constructed, and the applications the directors had made to Parliament, he referred to the report of Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co., complaining of the accounts of the stores department being in arrears, and that a month must elapse before the accounts could be completed, and he (the chairman) called on Mr. Bruce, a director, who had taken that department under his especial care, to explain the cause of that arrear. After some other general remarks, he moved the reception and adoption of the report. The motion having been seconded, Dr. RILEY' said that a similar promise to that made that day to Mr. rralakl,l2, was made by the chair- TILE POST-OFFICE% OF DUBLIN AND EDINBURGH.--. Certain plans for remodelling the Dublin and Edinburgh Post. offices, submitted to the Trea-iary last year, were, on the sch of April, 1355, approved and alopted by the Lords of the Treasury. The arrangements were calcu lated to promote the efficiency of the service, and to afford the officers a fair and reasonable remuneration. They refer exclusively to matters of detail. FOG GUNS AT HOLYHEAD.—In answer to a memorial from the Liverpool Steam-ship Association, the Marine Department of the Board of Trade have ordered two 24. pound guns to be placed on the South Stack Rock, at Holyhead, which are to be fired every half hour in q • nick succession in foggy weather. Due notice will b e given when the guns are ready for use. In a convocation, held yesterday, at Oxford, the de grecs of Bachelor of Divinity and Doctor of Divinity by diploma were conferred on the Hon. and Rev. H. Mon• tague Villiers, M.A., formerly student of Christ Church, Bishop Elect of Collide, PERSIA. Mr. LAYARD gave notice that un the first day after the house going into supply he should call the attention of the home to our relations with Persia. THE M`NEIL-TULLOCEI REPORT. In reply to a question from llr. 8. W ORTLEY Fr Mr. F. PEEL said that the reply of Lord Lncan and also that of the Earl of Cardigan were referred to the committee for their information, and a rejoinder bar? been received from them. These documents would he laid before the board that had just been appointed, which Wag considered preferable to laying them before that house. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked whether Sir J. M`Neil and Col. Tulloeh would be present at that inquiry, and if they would have the power of examining and cross examining the witnesses. Lord PALMERSTON said that the proceedings of the court would be regulated by the commissioners. Cer tainly Sir John Al'Neil and Col. Tulloch would have an opportunity of being present during the inquiry, like the public. The commissioner 3 would have full powers to govern their proceedings. Sir DE LACY EVANS asked if the public were to understand by the answer of the noble lord that the commission might shut their doors, and proceed with closed doors whenever they thought proper. (Hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said undoubtedly they might. They would have discretionary powers for regulating the proceedings of the court. The subject then dropped. SLAVERY IN TURKEY. Mr. BIGGS asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment, at the present Conferences at Paris, to require (in the changes they meats to ad rigs in the Turkish institu tions) the abolition of the slave tra le and domestic sla ♦ery in the Sultan's dominior ? Lord PALMERSTON Raid that the Government had used every exertion, and with success, to prevent the slave trade on the Turkilli shores of the Black Sea. The domestic slavery vial a question whist' did not properly come within the functions of the Government. ENFIELD MILITIA. In consequence 4 , f a question put by Mr. EVELYN to the Secretary for War relative to this regiment of militia not being embodied. Mr. LAXARD called the attention of the house to what he called a job with re ference to this regiment, most of the officers being relatives of Lord Enfiald; the commander. A Ppiri ted discussion took place, in which Lord PAL MERSTON. Mr. BYNG, and Sir E. PARRY took part, repu diatiog the charge of jobbery. OFFICERS' RETURNS. Sir DE L&CY EVANS called attention to the returns that had been made, on the motion of Mr. Layard, relative to the officers in the Crimea, naming their past services. It so happened that for six weeks he served on the staff at Chobham, and six weeks en the staff in North Briton. He had also served on the staff in Spain and France, under the late Duke of Wellington and also in America, and to his surpriQe he found in the return alluded to that his service for six weeks at Chohham, &c., were mentioned, but not those abroad. (Hear, hear.) That was the way his humble services had been mentioned, and if the rest of the return was al destitute of truth as that which referred to him it was not worth the paper on which it was printed. Major REED called attention to similar omissions as regarded other gallant officer , . Mr. F. PEEL said he was unable then to give an ex planation of what had been complained of, but that he would make inquiries respecting it. MR. ROEBUCK'S MOTION On the motion that the house go into committee of JaPPIYI Mr. ROEBUCK moved "That the appointment of a commission of general officers to report upon the report of Sir John M'Neil and Colonel Tulloch is to substitute an inefficient for a very efficient mode of inquiry ; and that the effect of such appointment will be to hide the misconduct of those by whom various departments of our army have been sub jected to the command of officers who have been in ' culpated by the Commissioners appointed to inquire in to their conduct." He reviewed the reports circulated last year relative to the suffering of the army in the East, the speeches that had been made in that house thereon, and the notice of his motion for an inquiry. He also referred to the effect that motion had on Vie country and on the noble lord the member for Landon, who, like a timid fisher man leaving the storm in the distance, made for the shore, and ran howling away. (Laughter.) After that they had the disruption of the Aberdeen Governmeot. The ;equity took place, and the result was that all the suffering and incapaeity that had been exposed by the preen were found t o b e true. At th e ti me t h e h ouse a pp o inted the inquiry, the Government who succeeded Lord Aberdeen issued a commission to inquire into the state of that army, and appointed Sir J. M`Neil and Colonel Tulloch the commissioners, which at first they were reluctant to undertake, knowing the unpleasant task they had to perform. They, ho..vever ultimately accepted it, and proceeded to the Crimea and, inquired and reported. The first report was a Jana, and justified every assertion main 1y J -~._ LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 20. The Queen was this day pleased io confer the honour of Knighthood upon Thomas Blaikie, Esq., Provost of tho City of Aberdeen. FOREIGN.OFFICE, FEB. 27. _ The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Louis Chapalay as Consul for the Swiss Confederation in Aus tralia, Victoria, and New South Wales, to reside at Syd ney. WAR-DEPARTMENT, FEB. 29. Ist Regiment of Life Guards--Cornet and Sub-Lieute nant the Hon. Cecil Dancota be to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Hare, who retires. 3d Dragoon Guar ls—Cornet William Blenkinsop to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Swinburne, promoted. 2d Dragoons—Robert Bainbridge, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Stewart, promoted. 3d Light Dragoons— Captain William Hone Davis, fzom the Royal Dublin City Militia, to be Cornet, without purchase. - Bth Light Dragoons Second-Lieutenant the Hon. Everard Stourton, from the Norfolk Artillery Militia, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Johnson, appointed to the Ist Dragoons. 13th Light Dragoons"—Cornet E. H. E. Kauntze to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chamberlayne, promoted. 14th Light Dragoon—Cornet G. M. Dew to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice ilathway, who resigns. 17th Light Dragoons—Cornet Robert Bainbridge, from the 2d Dragoons, to be Cornet, without puschase. ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. Brevet-Colonel Henry George Teesdale to be Colonel, vice Pickering, made Supernumerary. Brevet-Ilajor George Ashley Maude, C. 8., to be Lieu tenant-Co!onel, vice Teesdale. Second Captain Charles Wright, to be Captain, vice Maude. Lieutenant William Howley Goodenough, to be Second Captain, vice Wright, Brevet-Colonel Noel Thomas Lake, C. 8., to Es Colonel, vice Tullob, made Supernumerary. Captain Evan Maberly to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lake. Second Captain John. Everett Thring to be Captain, ♦ice Maberly. Lieutenant Albert Henry Wilmot Williams to be Se cond C,i,ptaio, vice Thriog. Caplain William Manley Hall Dixon to be Lieute nant Colonel, vice Askveith, made Supernumerary. Second Captain William Magrath King to be Captain, vice Dixon. Lieutenant William Smith Maynard Wolfe to be Second Captain, vice King. Captain Hoary Wm. Montressor to be Lient.-Colonel, vice Eardley Wilmot, made Supernumerary. Second Captain Lambert Henry Fulko Greville to be Captain, ♦ice Montressor. Lieutenant Chas. Fred. Cockburn to be Second Captain, vice Greville. Brevet-Celonel Collingwood Dickson, C. 8., to be Lieu tenant-Colonel. Captaia Henry John Thomas to be Lieut. Colonel, vice Dixon, made Supernumerary. Second Captain Hugh Bent to be Captain. Second Captain Thos. Itobt. Glanville to be Captain, vice Thomas. Lieutenant Henry Hamilton Conolly to be Second Cap tain, ♦ice Thomas. Second Captain Henry Jervis White Jervis to be Cap tain, vice Campbell, made Supernnmeiary. -Lieutenant Walter Chidiock Nangle to be Second Cap tain, vice Jervis. Second Captain Wm. Lovelace Ditinaresq to be Captain, vice Clerk, made Supernumerary. Liszt. Henry Strover to be Second Captain, vice Da maresq. Brevet-Major Gaspard Le Merchant Tupper to be Cap tain, vice Boxer, made Supernumerary. Lieut. Gampbell Hardy to be Second Captain, vice Tupper. Second Captain Henry Heyman to be Captain, ♦ice Baddeley, made Supernumerary. Lieut. Win. Wilberforce Hagan to be Second Captain, vice Heyman. Brevet-Major Dixon Edwd. Hoste, C. 8., to be Captain, by augmentation. ' Lieut. Lewis Fred. Hall to be Second Captain, vice Mate. Lieut. Fred. Cockburn Griffin to be Second Captain, ♦ice Fraser, made Supernumerary. Lieut. John Henry Pelle to be Second Captain, ♦ice Warlow, made Supernumerary. ,Lieut. Jno. Kelly to be Second Captain, vice Vandeleur, made Supernumerary. Lieutenant Charles John Dowse to be Second Captain, vice Orr, made Supernumerary. Second Captain Alfred Wilks Drayson to be Adjutant, vice Arbuthnot, promoted. Second Captain E.eginald Onslow Far mer to be A.tijritan 'flee Smith, Thoreeigne the ,Ldjutancy only, £37.640,035 Nf, MARSHALL, Chief cushier. Datod the 28th day of Feb., 1886. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. £37,640,055 The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns male in the week ending Feb. 24, 1855, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the British Possessions in America 22s. 80. Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius -Is. 11d. Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies Avenge of the three foregoing descriptions 23s. gad. COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam 11 19% Ditto, three months .. 12 1% Rotterdam ............ 12 2 Antwerp .............. 25 70 Brussels •••••••••• •• 25 70 Elamburgh 13 11% Altana •• •••• I Paris • • .... 25 50 Ditto, three months .. 25 85 Marseilles 25 85 Bourdeaux ..•••••• •• Frankfort.ou simile.... 12: .% Berlin ................ Vlenna•••••••••••• •• •• 10 38 Trieste •• •••••• •••• •• 10 40 Petersburg •• •••••••••• 364, Madrid ••• •• •• •••, ,•.. 49% Cadiz • ••••••••••,•• 50% 8arce10na............ [ANGL—Tars DAY. Gibraltar ......•• •• •• •• Leghorn •• •• •• •••• •• •• 30 22% Genoa ........••...... :4 b”c, Milan •• •• •••• •• •• •••• Venice•• •• •• •••• •• •• •• Naples •• • ...... •• 44 Palermo .... Messina Lisbon .. Oporto . •••• •••••••••• - Rio Janeiro ..... .•••• .. Buenos Ayres.. •• • • .... New York ,60 days' sight Philadelphia 1 PRICES OF MILLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in Bail £3 17 9 1 Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 o I Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 0 Now Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in tars 5 O 7 Sevilla ...... .......... METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS —At • the usual weekly meeting to-day, the following alteration in . the bye-laws was agreed to, on the suggestion of the Under- Secretary of State :—" That every new street be at least 40 ft. wide,"instead of " That every street be at least 25 1 t.wide." The following gei-tletnen were appointed members of the committee of Works and Improvements : --Messrs. Hall, Atkins, Collinson, Carom•tel, Hunt, Wright, Dixon, Chalmer-i, Cipt. Barnett, Turner, D'lffanger, Dennis, Doulton, Morland, and Bevan. The remainder of the business was of no public interest. DEPARTURE OF THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN WAR STEAMER —SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.—Her Majesty's screw steam-sloop Victoria, Captain Norman, which has been lying in the Southampton Dock fir the last three months, will leave on Monday next for Plymouth, whence she will take an Australian mail, and at once proceed to her destination, Melbourne. STEAM BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND MONTREAL.—Liver pod, Feb. 28.—At the meeting of the Dock Committee this afternoon a letter was read from Messrs. Allen and Gillespie, asking for a permanent berth in the Wel lington Dock for the vessels of the Montreal Ocean Steam ship Company, who are about to establish a fortnightly line of steamers between this port and the St. Law rence. The first of these vessels, the Canadian, the let ter stated, was expected in the Mersey on Saturday. The bar silver brought by the last West India steamer was sold yesterday at 600. per ounce, chiefly fo shipment to India. The price realised for the previou arrival was 610., but there was a decline to 614 d. immediately afterwards, and, as the market then con tinued to show great flatness, the present reduction was anticipated. GOLDSMITHS' AND JEWELLERS' ANNUITY INSTITUTION AND ASYLUM,—The half-yearly general meeting of the subscribers took place last evening at the Crown Tavern, Clerkenwell-green. The Annuity Institution was re port - d to be in a very satisfactory condition. The balance-sheet showed 1,0841. 6s. 6d. in favour of the institution, including a legacy of 1001. from the late J. Johnson, Esq. The Asylum report stated that the fund had increased from 1181.5 x. 2W. to 2141. 14x. 71d. The Society of Goldsmiths and Jewellers, established twenty years ago, for preventing an increase in the hours of labour, had been dissolved, and its funds, amounting to 117/. 7s. lid., handed over towards the endowment of the Asylum.• Both reports Were nanimouely adopted. _ _.._.~ EXCISE. Quantale) charged Quantities retained for with duty. home c alsumption. 1854 1855. 1854. 185;. Hops (Ib).. 9,877.12; .. 83,221 004 .. 9,291,958 .. $ , ,368,148 alt , bsh ) 36.819 554 .., 33,884,6 9 .. 36,812,727 . • 33,879.381 Paper(ib).. 177 896 214 .. 166.776 2 4 .. 161,7.44,204 .. 155,665,310 spirics(cls ) 26,148,511 .. 22,186,1177 .. 25,883,581 .. 21,957,273 Sugur(cwt.) 2,204 .. -- .. 2,204 .. Articles. PA RLIAMEN TARY DIVISION. ROUSE OF COMMONS.-FEB 28. MONETARY SYS'TE3I. Motion made and question put, "That a select committee be appointed to inquire how far the present monetary system is in accordance with the requirements of the country, and to clnsider if it cannot be improved an, amended." The House divided—Ayes 63, Noes 115. AYES-6S. Alexander, J. Dunne, Colonel And-rson, it J. Fergnson, Bailey, Sir J. Fitzgerald, W. R. B. Ball, E. Greene, John Bankes, Rt. Hon. G. Guinness, It. S. Barrington, Vist. Gwyn, Howel Barrow, W. Hastie, Alex. Bentinek, G. Heywood, J. Biggs, W. Holt° R. Diploid, Sir S. Jones, O. Bond, J. Kendall, N. Bruce, C. L. C. Kennedy, T. Buck, Col. Knight, F. Banbury, W. B. Laslett, W. Cayley, E. S. Lindsay, W. Smith Lockhart, W. Cholmondeley, Lord MacEvoy, E. Cobbold, J. C. MscGregor, James Cole, H. A. litalins, Richard Cowan, C. Meagher, T. Crook, J. Morris, D. Davies, D. Mundy, W. Davison, R. Murrough, J. r. Dillwyn, L. L. Newdegate, C. Oakes, J. Packe, C. Paxton, Sir J. Peacocke. G. Robertsm, P. Stnijth. Sir W. Steel, John t,traoey, H. Stuart, Captain Thompson, G. Tite, W. Tollemache, Verner, Sir W. Vernon, V. Warner, E. Warrrn, S. Whiteside, .T. Whitmore. H. Willoughby, Sir IL Wise, A. TELLERS. Muntz, G. Spooner, R. NOES-115. Joseph Gladstone, W. Agnew, Sir A. Glyn, G. ]cock, T. Graham, Lord M. Annesley, Earl of Oregson, Samuel Balllic, IL Gt eville, Colonel F. Baines, Rt. lion. M. Grey. lit Hon. Sir G Rail, J. Hadfield. George Baxter, W. Hale, Robert ''•lierkeley, Sir M. Hall, Sir Benjamin Berkeley, G. Mulkey, T. Black, _Vain Hamner, Sir John Bouverie, lion. E. P. Hardy, G. Bromley-Moore, J. Thistle, Arch 4. Brand, H. B. W. Hayes, Sir B. Srocklelmrst, J. Hen ca ge, G.m. U. Brotherton, J. Heywortii, L. Brown, W. ll:ndley, C. Bruce, li. A. Holland, E. Castkrosse, Vie. Jolliffe, Sir W. Cecil, Lord Jonas, Admiral Clay, Sir W., Et. Keating, H. Cockburn, Sir A.J. E .Kersoiw, .T. Corry, H. T. L. Langton, 11. G. Cratifurd, E. H. ,T. Lennox, Lord IL G. Cuoitt, W Lewis, Sir G. C. Vere, S. E. Luce. T. Divett, E. Mackie, J. 1/uncan, Viscount M•Catin,.T. Duncan, George /deTazgart, Sir J. I Yunlop, A. lilartin, P. East, Sir J. Massey, W. Ebrii•gton, Viscount Milligan, It. F.:smonde, J. Monck, Via. Ewa , t, J. Mon,ell, W. Fenw.ck, IT. Mowbray, J. U. Fitzgerald, J. Napier, Si,' C. Fitzroy, Henry North, F Fitzwilliam, C. Northcote, Sir S. Foley, J. H. O'Brien, P. Earl of O'Connell, J. Otway, A. Palmerston, Viscount Peel, F. Poll tit, A. Percy, J. . Phi ilimore, J. O. non more, R. J. I'i*.zott, F. Pilkington, J. Pollard-Urquhart, W. Price. W. Pritchard, J. Reed, J. Rice, E. Rldl y, Georgia Robartes, T. Rushout, Capt. G. Scobell. Capt. Seymer, 11. Smith, R. Smi IL Abel Smollett, A. Strati', Hon. E. Tancred. H. Thesiger, Sir. F. Thornely. T. Villiers, C. Walpole. S. Walter, J. Wells, W. Wilkinson, W. Williams, W. Wilson, J. Winniugton, Sir T. Wood, Sir C. TELLERS. Hay ter, W. Mulgrave, Earl of COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday, a court was held for the despatch of pub- is business. There was a very large attendance of members. PRESENTATION' OF TAE FREEDOM OF TIM OITT TO SIR EDMUND LYONS. Deputy DAMN moved :—" That the freedom of this ancient City, in a gold hoz of the value of 100 guineas, be presented to Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, in testi ineny of our adthiration of his distinguished services." Having passed in review the services of Sir Edmund from hie entering as a ruidehiprnan in the year 1807, to the crown;ng operations befnre Sebastopol, the speaker observed that Sir Edmund Lyons was the man to whom they all pointed as 'having played a most distin guished part in the operations of the war. He (Mr. Dakin) would carry with him the approba tion of that court when he proposed that tke gallant baronet should be associated with Lord St. Vincent, Lord Nelson, Lord Collingwood, and other distinguished men, who they knew had in days gone by been proud to be enrolled among the citizens of London. He gathered from Sir Edmund Lyon's own address on a recent occasion that there was no. thing more gratifying to the service of which he was so distinguished an ornament than to have the good feel ing, the interest, and the sympathy of the citizensot the metropolis. (Cheers.) In proposing the resolut ion to which he had referred, he paid a debt of gratitude to Sir Edmund for services rendered, and added to the roll •f their distinguished citizens a name of which they might be justly proud. (Cheers.) Alderman and Sheriff KENNEDY seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to, amid much cheering. OFFICE OF COMMON BERJEANT. Mr. Russell Gurney was unanimously elected Common Serjeant in the place of Mr. Bullock, who recently re signed that office. Mr. GURNEY having expres•ed his acknowledgments for the honour conferred upon him, Mr. CAUSTON moved, "That the office of judge of the Sheriffs' Court be declared vacant, and that it be referred to the officers and clerks' committee to consider the duties and emolumente of that office, and that Mr. Rus• tell Gurney be requested to preside in the Small Debts Court until his successor shall be appointed." The motion was carried unanimously. After receiving several reports the court adjourned. , .. . ~_..r. _ _. -- -.. . __ -- - ----- --- BIRTHS. OP A SON. Oil On the 26th inst., at Stepney-green, the wife of Col o - Jeffrey, Esq. O r On the 28th inst., at 4, Wellington-street, Lona bridge, the wife of John Lacy, Esq. OW A DAMMAM. On the 25th inst., at 7, Sussex-place, Hyde-pork , ill. wife of Major Jervois, R E. '• On the 27th inst., at 58, Eaton-place, Mrs. Geo. Cli r ° On the 25th inst., at 74, Regent-street, the wife of B. Benjamin. MARItIED. or On the 21st inst., at All Saints, flo St. John's-wood, fi lf mender George Fasts Burgess, to Henrietts,L, surviving child of the late Morton Win. Lawrence, P" of S. John's-wood. (d el On the 27th inst., at St. Pancras New Church, Jiti e st Burchett, Esq , of Isleworth, to Elizabeth Ann, the el daughter of James Day, Esq., of 29, Arnwell-t.treet, .ry tenville. DIED. On the 26th inst., at Camberwell, gurrey, Colonel 1 16 , n 0 g Thornton, C. 13., late of the 82d, and formerly of the , Regt., aged 77. On the 27th inst., Mr. Batty, of Aldero6s street, and Littlehampton, Sussex aged 68. On the 26th inst., at Islington, , Henrietta, relict of 1 1, late Thos. Payne, Esq., of Clapham-rise, and Trig-w" Upper Thames-street. aged 84. So f ' On the . 4,3 d inst., Henry Leveret, Esq., of Ipswich , folk, aged 63. for On the 23d inst., at Ramsgate, William Murray , es ly merly Serjeant-Major of the 3d Foot Guards, and Ist' Superintendent of the M Division of Police, aged 69. On the 24th inst., at Greenhithe, Mr. William ) 3 °' aged 86. On the 23d inst., at Droughty Ferry, N. 8., Captain I I I; Tasker, late of the " Di e -h ar d s ," h er M a j es ty's 57th fteg meut. On tie 25th inst., at Seaton, Kent, Thomas Hays, 94" late o Bertn — e - n - cue s Y aed 85. On f the 25th inst., , at g 45, Ebury-street, Chester -0 0 6 ror Isaac Gompertz, Esq. aged 83. LONDON: Printed and Published by MUItDO TO 1114 1 ‘ 2' : : of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 77 , e Sun Office, Ng' i. / Strand, in lha Precinct of the Savoy, in the counq - Middlesex, Friday ' Yebtuary 29, 1856. ~vi[.dY • 4; 11 Pr Mem PLII CUT Q "Will I Bran rapnt eurre tOry been whet to' a , Tr TI PO I it i kil 221( be and into Mes mare Aug obli the Gen adu Om' lief Y -