The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-10 00:00:00

_ .. _ . __-_ - - -- - ------ - - --- - - _......- , THE SUN, I.4ONDCI of MONEY MARKET SHARE MARKETS. _____ ;IN r' , ' ,'. -, 1 , .1 ). ' ; ...,. ~ ~.. . ' - ',.. L. • lan (THIS DAY.) ~,. . ,•: sj . itakm ,. 2 .. .. ~ m ~,.'4`)l-. an. C osini ~ 1 3, ~,.'4`)l-the - AND die , compan -.• yesterday this •ty ere RAILWAYS. ow COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Bletobley ... N. We , t. --......—. Shr. Paid 'Ur:mem Closing Prices Business done St, 100 Buckt , hanish. L.&N.W. 95 -97 his CITY, Two o'CLOCK yesterday this day. , - W ter 3t. 14 i. era. 0. ... ...... 271 28 2t all Col, Stour Vy, E. Un. & The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed of o2i - i kfabg. No tng. Bost - Sad. and Hal: E. C..... 11 - 13 firmly at fully previous prices for all kinds and rit. 100 E. Lin. e. 6nc Gt. Nrti,ti. ... - . Nat and Basin. Amt... 41 - 4i 41 +ra, at an advance of 1-101. per lb. ;on American be- a ail , 1 !fast & Ballymena ... - . :31 at Binning. Wolverh A 5 all E. Via, H. Sit, B. Count. 41 ... 5 St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian tof tureen 51d. and 61d. per lb. The sales were itortr Valley Bl - 9 Neils. Direct ro- 12,000 bales, 1,000 for export, and 4,000 on specu- ii. 29) iciirkeihd. Lance.. & St. 100 Do, New.,.... Do Id, lation, comprising 300 Egyptian, 64d. to Bd. • :lheshire Junet l7i - 181 "2 all Glstr. dr Dn. Fr 3t. 'tl est?. ... - ... to , 171 al' to. Chosh. & Birk. 110 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Irk. Now. 2,500 Surats, 4id. to 4/d. ; and 60 Sea Islands, £5O and £25 Cons 15i • IFI Railway & Borw. ... - .. 1 1d. to 91. per lb. The Railway Share Market 22 19 Do. , £ 20 ...... .... ... 121 -. 13 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NM 104 - 106 25 all ilyth &Tyne origins. 25 all Do. 4 Sharer. Do.. ...... . ... - ... , Was without any feature, but a better tone pre- .£25 (issd. at :BV' ••• - .. 12) all Do. t Shares, Do • - ••• In- failed. it 100 iristol and Exeter... i`o - 92 1.2 i all Lon.&Greettv, S. Easter --121 13 the The quarterly statement of the particulars of st tOO aledo;a 10 . 61s jarm. and . Cardigan 61 - , I x a 20 all Do.Preferen 2e Do ••• - ... St. 10.1 Lon., Til., &S. Pato &Co 110 - 115 she vessels trading within the limits of the East India 5 t all iThester & Holyhead 161 -17 j 16} St 100 Lowestoft gr. sly 51 all ';ork and Bandon... ... - ... 4 per cent. Norfolk •... ... Company's charter has been published by the East )th 10 al! lork, Black *Pas •.. - ... St 100 Do. 6 per et. Do T, India and China Association. From this it ap- 5 all Manch. 13xtn. L.& N. W CO 20 18 "Jornwall ' wo pears that, from the Ist January to the 31st March, 10 all Do. A - 2f gill there was an increase of 5,452 tons entered in- 10 8 Do. B 5O all Middlesbro' & itckton & Rodcar Darlingt. ... - 10 11 4 riel Junction.... ... - ... MO Wards, as compared with the corresponding period 50 45 Dublin&BelfastJnn c . ... - ... St. 100 Midld.Bradfd Midland.. 92 - 93 93i in, of last year. The clearances outwards this year M all Dnn. P. & A1).,-. j ne . ... - ... 6i 5i Newmarket sle. St. 100 East Arlllan ..... .. 174 • 186 Bury E. G.spe F i n. Conn. I -..• 1p I # pm showed a decrease of 8,285 tons. !0 40 E as t ern Cou n ti es . 101 104 101 60 all N.& Est.s p.c. E. Count. 55 -57 56i ley •,i) all Do. 6 per et. D 0... ..„ - ... The instalments of 15 per cent. on the New St. 100 last, 7nion, ASC 34 38 :es, 50 all Do. Fixeds pc Do St. 1i) De., B. Buret... 24 - 26 site .an. 14 °Rn, d2O per cent. on the finding of Exche- l 5 g- Do., New A.... - , 6 all Prest. &IN yr• 1.. &N. W. ... - ~. nal quer Bills are due to-day, but as they have in 25 10 East Kent - 126 all Do. i Stirs. ADo ... - ... iti- most cases already been provided for, the demand it. 100 oast Lancashire 76 -78 St !• 0 Roystn.& Hit. GtNorthn 134 - 136 ore- St. 100 14;dinburgh & Gimp, 61 - 63 IA F” Shof.Roth.an , Lancesh& for accommodation in Lombard-street is not exces- 10 all Edinb. and Peebl Goole g. 5 p.c. York sh. ... - yin 11 , all Shrews.&ller T. Brassey 71 - 7 sive. As there is also the settling-day in the English st. lob Edin.Prth & Duni •29 -30 'in, :2 'he, S. Statiordsh M. MClean 31 • - Rd 'rid 8 tack market, however, full employment is found for t° 9 Forth & Clyde J un , ... ~ 50 all F urness .. "0 .1I Wear Valleygr Stoekt. & s al: Do. Extension. ..•..., per cent... Darlingt of capital, and full rates are current. On the 24th 20 a .. - ... • ...... - 3t 100 Glaszow &S. W- a r 8$ -92 -ft ad Do Do 3l 1 --321 the inst. th e L oan w ill be fully paid up, and some s•. Iffy , WiltgAr• n rPt - 1 41 VnPta. ... -•-• .., sof anxiety is felt to ascertain what course the Govern- 10 all Great N. of Seotlnd 61 - 7 4. 100 Great Northern . • 94 95 95 4 1 ed, rlt6le E H. ENC E SHARES. merit intends taking for the obtainment of further 4 t. 100 Do., A. Stock-- 79 81 7 9 1 ifs, it 1 00 Do., B. Stock ln 125 124 St.l 100 kherdeen 1118 - 122 1 121 20 be pecuni ary ass i s t ance . it. Lk 'R. Sth. &West.are. l 104 'O6 , 104 3t.1100 I Do. N 0.2. 7p. a... l 116 120 1 __ a opt. ktobg. No. trig. Bost and Basin. Junot... '1 (fast & Ballymena. !Binning. Wolverh .4v itonr Valley r3irlteand.Lance.. & •Iheshire Junet.... 10. Chesh. & Birk. £5O and £25 Cons Do., £20.......... .... tlyth &Tyneorigina £25 °sad. at £4 iristol and Exeter.., jaledonian Germ. and Ciardigat (Mester & Holyhead. ';'ork and Bandon.. fork, Black, do Pas Do. A Do. B riel Junction. Dub:in&BelfaatJnnc Dun. P. & Jnc, East ..... Eastern Counties. fast. mien, A Sti Ds., B. Stook... Do., New A.... East Kent oast Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgo• Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prti, & Dui worth & Clyde Jun Furness Do. Extension... Glasgow &S. 'VW Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern 'Do., A. 5t0ck..... .. Do., B. Stock_ Sth. &West.(lre Great Western Do. Stour Val Rav Gua, Stk Irish South-Easter. Lancaster & Carlisi. , Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds Lsneash.andVorkq! Do., Wet. aiding ITli Liv.riuy.&South t London & Blackwell Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Lend. and N. Westn Do. Fifths Do.lol. ,C Do. Eighths... ..... London and S. West!. IDo., . Do., £4O Lndndrry& Col erain Lndndrr7.&Enni4 Kanch.Shef.& Lincl D,,.. man. Ar. Lin. TT r, iletropolitan fldland Do. Birrang. & Dub Aidld, G. West. (Ire. Do. Half Shares._ Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf Newry & Enniskille Newry Warrenpoin, and Rostrevor...... Norfolk ..... ' , barna .Counties North British .. with Devon Rai'. & Dock Stock Yo., A Stock ' so., B Stock Do., B Guarantee N. Eastern—Berwle Do. do. Extension Do.do.G.N.E.7turch Do. Leeds Do. York North London N.S4S.Wstrn., Ram - stead, and City Jr.... North StatTordshir North Western N. & S. West rn. Juno Nuneaton, HincklP , and Leicester Ox, Wore.. & Wolv. Portsmouth Ttottish Central . Scottish Midland Shropshire Uri South Devon South Eastern South Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Dnt 8$ - 92 6i - 7 94 95 79 81 23 _ 125 04 i 06 641 65 anxiety is felt to ascertain what course the Govern ment intends taking for the obtainment of further pecuniary assistance. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. W. 0. Young, held to-day, a statement of the probable assets and liabilities was read. This gave liabilities to the amount of 65,7501., and assets of 25,2491. A long conversation took place with regard to a Partnership which was supposed to subsist between the above gentleman and Mr. Beckwith, of New castle ; and it was finally agreed that the meeting should be adjourned until an investigation had taken place in this matter. Mr. Pitcairn and Mr. Stevens consented to act as inspectors. The market for Public Securities is quiet, but the quotations have advanced 1 per cent. Consols for money are 931 to 931, and for the Bth prox., 93 1 i• The New Threes are 931 to g, and the Reduced 92k to I. Bank Stock is 213 to 2131. Exchequer Bills, MArch, are ls. premium. The market for Foreign Securities maintains yes terday's quotations, but there are few important transactions in them. Turkish 6 per Cents. have declined about 1 per cent., to 991 991, ex dividend ; and the 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Stock has risen I, to 1021. Russian 4i per Cents. are now 95i 96. SPanish New Deferred 3 per Cents. rule at 25, for money and account. Dutch 2i per Cents. are un altered, at 63, and 4 per Cent. Certificates at 94. - , cluador has been dealt in at 15g, and New Brazi lian tonds 98. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 71 8 ; Mexi can, 221- 31 ; Peruvian, 78 80 ; ditto 3 per Cents., b 6 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; Russian Per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 94 96 ; !Panish 3 per Cents., 451 61 ; ditto Deferred, 24i ni ;• ditto Certificates, 5i 6 ; ditto Passive, 71 1. Railway Shares are in demand, especially old and preference stocks, and prices are irm with an 11Pward tendency. Midland have risen ss. ; Great Northern H Stock ss. ; London and Brighton 106.; Lancashire and Yorkshire 10s. to 15s. ; and the Great Western of Canada 10s. Foreign shares are Without variation. 95 41 791 121 104 641 51 Bt.l herdeen 3t. 1. , Do. N 0.2, 7p. a.,.. St. 1100 Do. Debonturea . '45 al: -tlyth and Tyn. - c. pref. (issd. at 501 .1 & Ex. 4 p. a. Si Do. 4 p. c. Shares - lalcdonian £10.:.,:. P :hes. & Fie. gn. 5i Pt I. Do. do. Pref. No. 2. II Do. do. Prof. No. 2 . l Cork &BandonHp.c Dun.Prth Ahor. J. 2 111. Anglian els. ASh K) Do. do. Cls. B 6 p... NI Do. do Cls. C7p. c. all was.Co.ns,spcNo 411 Do. No. 2 .1' 118 - 116 81 st. la, ug w , 5g 70 16 6 - 7 6 7 86i 881 it. I.) al 9 11 al ~.1 96 -- IN - 76 7! 103 101 1014 -- 102 par —p, par - 4 95 -- 96 51 - 6 Do. New 6 p. c. St .1. g',ast Un. G. 6p. 411 Do. 5/. 10 nor con, 41' to. 16i. Deb atr.S} 41 , Do. do. 4 per cent `Bast Lancash.6p.ct 411 feW. York. J. sth 1 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. eh -..1 ill Furness 1(' Pas. & S.W. G. 5 p.c • t lreat Northu. sp. )0. 5 p. a. Rodeom at 10 p. c. prom. )0 Do. 44 p. e '4 Do. sp. c. Scrip, Red. At sp. c. pm... , .1i 4t.N. of Scot. Ist Pre 10 qt. S. iW. (Ireland .1 Do. 4per o. Pr4f 6 It. iY.(B. fl.Exspo 10 Do. con. red. 4i p.c. IQ - )1. con. red. 4p. c. O Do. irred. 4p. 0.. . O Do. sp. c. red. prof Ll Do. do. do. 'll Do. Birm. Pref. 31 Do. Chester Bp.c.P. S. al Do. do. 5 p. c. do.. 10 Do. Birm. Gna. Stk 411 Do. Ches. Gus. Sh.. 411 Do. do. do 41 Do. do. do 6 r.an. &York. F. .C2i O Do. 6 p. c. Stock • r.on. &Bri', G. 5 p.c. Do. Prof., 5 p. e. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 10 Do. do. 5 per cent .' 10 (ion.&N. W., Coy. 6 gunea' on 5 p. ct . )0 r 4on .s i B.w. 7 per et I Lomb'. & Coler. Sh I.ondy.& Ennis.. S' LO L.,New,lC/ 10 Do. £6 ill •farypt.& Carl.4p o 411 10. 4i per cont ,O• )o .00 id Consol.6 p.c P. 2.1 ••• -• 29 - 74 3 / 4 - 75 43 - 45 6171 116 118 . ••••• 14 -- 16 107 - 109 102 - 104 9i - 10 53 -- 55 3 i - St , 35 36 ••• ""'" 6 - 6A 94 - 96 F 6 - 68 88 - 90 98 • 100 781 -79 i 51 - 54. 31 3 n 1 5i - '6l 561 571 88 90 9A - 10 -171 10 - 10. 74 - 76 Ist —20 f 9h - 10 1 I 4 —15 t - 138 - 138 6k - 6 6 - 61 10f 101 ... ...... 904 • gr. ...... woe •N 28i -29 i 106 74 - 76 47 19 14 5 724 - 73 70 - 72 4 - 2 14 - ifl 37 •••• ••• ...r Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. i - afICTISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT @NE O'CLOCK. Do StaincA,W , k &Wol= Stockton & Darn k Hartley Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1... T l, ames Flay. D.& R. l lllverstone dr Lanu' ;Yale of , Waterti. & Kilknnn Waterford&T.Jimer e'• West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace . Do. A . Do. B West London. iWimbledn &Croydon ..I • m.... .. (Frani the Otitis:4l List.) &ions*. done. It ink Stock f. mu . tient. Redzcod An nu iti es 9 24 $ A a N S Per Cent Cons o le Annu i t i es • 93 4 i i 4.1 , ` l, 3 per C ent . A nnu iti es "Thg Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... 3! 3.16 Ditto 3 , Years, expire sth Jan , ISO_ 3 5-16 . Ditto 30 Years, expire stk Ap r il, 1885 l6i i 1 41 is. Bonds, VOW.* .. Ditto, under £lOOO 03 48015 for Account (May 8) 93i i 8 cchegner Bills, 2tu• March. June. 4000 , •••• 0000 1 p 1 13 d .F. 560 Firma: . . 21 p 1 Ditto Bends, 1858, 3i per Cent 9Bj PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO, R , /Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1813 9 4 Equador Bonds Ditto New Consolidated l5l k 'xical• 3 per Ceut Ditto Account 22i Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto .q per Cent. B P I. *l kowds, 3 per Cent — Ditto Few Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 25 waqh.t, rends, ii per cent — Ditto Account 991 . a d Ditto Guaranteed, 1 per Cent. Ditto Account • ,,,, ,,,d- on the above .;v. ere in 1 411' • bvitelt• Exchange, 2A per Cont., 12 Gull 63i Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates O. eon. Tir.ilfr. 6 p 4. 100 Do. 4i p. c. all Do. Pref. 4.i pct. cei all Do. 51: Pr , f. 4 p. c. 100 , Ditto L. &H. Prof. S all t iNew., Aber., &a., pr. r p. c. red. 5P c. pm. au :Norfolk Dobeatun• 100 e l iDo.Frof. 5 p.c. St cl, 100 Do. 5 p.c. Ext ..... 100 Inv. 54 per et. prof 'Do„ Way. Val. 5 p 'OO 'North British 00 V. E. Berw, 4 p.c P 7 Do. do. do 13 'Do Leeds 6 p.c %No. 9 Do. do. Quarters ... 10 Do. York TT, & ' 2 . P-0- ill North StaffordsMr, Al Ox, Wo )i ,Do Prof. 101. Sh. ill S:cot. Cent. , New Pry ill South Devon .4 Do. fixed,44 per con a] '3. Eastern (Readi•i: Ann.) of £1 Os. 60. k; Do. 44, per cent., )0 iDo. Fixed 4i p c )0 S. Wales Gua. 4p, e. ill Do. 4A p. c ill Vorksh.4p.c.nuar. Ht,nck.& Dar., 5 p. c. 5 , D0. do. do ill Stock. & liartl. g. 6 p. c. till July 1, '56 IWatortd.& Kilk.6 pc I's- 137 95 - 97 • • • .. • .• ••••• •• ." 6i - 7i .••' ..:p: 1 101 -104 91 94 15 4 -.5i = 98 10) • ••• 1 155 22/ 2.'1 98 - 100 9/ - 10 1 --2 p 2i - 2}, Console money • Ditto Account (May) ...• TWO O'CLOCK. ft3} $ 931 if MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN Per the week ended April 10,1856, made up from the Returns o: tt e 2: niPeetgrs in the differeut Cities and Towns in England and Wales Per Imperial Quarter. HEA T 69 • BARLEY. OATS. I RTE. I BEANS. PEAS 31 31s 81 23 s 61 41s 7d 40s 73 39; 7d TIIE SIX WEEKS' A vERAGE: irtre k T. I RAMAT. OATS. ACE. BEANS. I PEAS. 0 1 36s 101 I 23s 7d 45s 3d 40i lid 39 108 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 88,099 ; Barley, 5 ,456; Oats, 12 828 ; Rye,l23 ; Bean., 6,634; Peas, 64 Quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NRWCIA.TE AND LEADENHALL.—Beef, from 2s sa to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Lamb, 5s 2d to 6s 2d • Veal, 38 1 04 to 4s 10d; Pork, 3s 2d to 4s 8d por 81bs, by the carcase. Trade dull. SOUTHALL, April 9.—To-day's market was well supplied with each kind of stock, which sold heavily, at drooping aces, Be e f, f rom 3s Od to 4s 441; Mutton. 3s 2d to 4s lOd ; %rob, 58 6d to 6s 6d ; Veal, 41 Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 2d to Is 8d Per 81bs, to sink the offal. , ROI/FORD, April 9.—Th e t ra d e was very d u l l, as fol- VIPs : — Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 5s Od ; ' 4 ' ,t a rab, 6s Od to 7s 03 ; l, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Pcrk. 35 fid 44 6d p er 8 1 bs. Quarter- Vea o ld Store Pigs, 215 to 285 each. HAY MARKETS. SUITIIFIELD.—Mcadow hay, 41 Os to 51 15s • clover do., %ii 10 a t o 6/ 15 a; an d s t raw, 11 I s to is per load. Trade dull. e ~n N IBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 41 2 s t o 5/ 15 s ; c l over d o ., 10 3 to 6t 10s ; and straw, 11 5s to 11 9s per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. d °• WIIITECILAPEL.—Meadow hay, 41 Os t o 51 15 s ; c l over • 42 108 t o 6115 s ; an d straw, 1/ 4s to 11 8s per load. fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. BRADFORD, WILTS.—The house and grounds known as the Priory in this town are about to be taken on a lo ng lease by some ladies in connection with Miss Sellon, of Plymouth, and others, better known as the Sisters of Mercy, and it is their intention to open an establishment simila r in all respects to those already in existence at .I ' l 3'lllollth and Bristol. Great alterations are intended to be made in the premise., and some new buildings added for the purpose of providing accommodation for the numerous members and pupils who are expected to reside there. STATIC OF TRADE.--NOTTINGHAM, Wednesday.—The lace trade is in a very healthy condition. Manufacturers are very sanguine as to its future prospects, and are busily engaged preparing for the expected demand. The t ransactions this week are satisfactory, and as the spring advances the demand will be more so. The operatives are exceedingly well employed at good wages. In hosiery the home demand is quiet, but as more genial weather prevails we shall soon have a more active trade. S , me buyers from the United States are in the market. Raw material is still very dear, with little prospect of a decline in price. THE GREAT SHIP. —At the Liverpool town council yesterday, Mr. H o d son, one of the members, stated that e had recently had a conversation with Capt. Harrison, commander of the leviathan ship which is being built at the yard of Mr. Scott Russell, in reference to the accom modation to be provide , ' for the Great Eastern at that port. In his (Capt. Harrison's) opinion it would be quite impossible to swing her in the Sloyne, the usual anchor age ground of the American steamers, as she would there snap all the ropes that could be attached to her. The accommodation suggested was a landing stage, to Which she could be moored. Mr. Robertson Gladstone (brother of Mr. J. Ewart Gladstone), speaking as an ex tensive shipowner, expressed a belief that another vessel would never be built of the same size ; and it was there fore scarcely expedient, for the local authorities to pro ride s p ec i al accommodation for the Great Easter). Mr. Tyrer (also a large shipowner) was of opinion that the Great Eastern would ride safely at anchor in the river. The subject - than dropped. r to 2th - of the ;lON. 17 Hi f 104 102 1i FOIL tntworp&Pott rd m Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes telgian Eastn. Jnnu 3eziers to Ora , ss• sea Itotnbay, Baroda, an !'!antral Ind ;ft.§.. - r Do. Demerara ...... I bit& Rhenish . „. Eastern of Franc , !)o. New Rad Indian, g. 5 p. Do. Fy D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do. 'gt 4 , d . Geo - ong 3lelbou ne guar. 5 per c nt. Do., Lou. allot., do. Gd. TL of Cantu: aAI Do. ............... Do. Cert of Doben. con. into Stk. till's Do . Comp. 6p. c., do Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsul . l Great Lnxembour. Collgtitiated Share. Do. Obligations._ Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. Gt. Western of Oilmen, Shares . Do. New Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56 .. Do. do., '76, p. '60... Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basl , Lierre and Turnhout Lucca it Pist. 5 p. c.p Lyons and Geneva, Lyons & Mediterm; 'dachas, gua- 4 p.c De. New d 0., 5 p. e Do. 4i p. c. Exton Karla Antonia Do. do. New Namur & tier ( _ . Interest) Do. (ex interest) , Northern of France . D 0.201. Shs Do. 201. 3 p. a Bch , (fmy.B.dt Ams.Fihm. Norwogian'PrnnkPre Paris and Lyons..... Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Rome and Frascati. Royal Danish ...... Royal Swedish., , Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse Do. 5 p. cent. Pret Scindr, guar. 1 p. c Do fit 9 pm. - 2 P 5} - 2 . 14 2 4 - 3 1 - 14; Southern of Franoe..l St. Andrew's sing 11 2 • 1 -w 414 E 12 -14 22i - 23 224 - 22 - 7 , ' 75 77 85A R 6.•, 6f 6i 21 -- 224 74 - 31 - Quebec (A) West Flanders Do K n"r c. Pref W. &N. W. of Prance' West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ... Zealand 25 26 - 31 99 - 100 117 - 122 118 123 107 109 25 26 d' 117 122 •.pm 12 - 13 20 - 20,E - 2 P, 71 - 7i 6 - 7 411 - 42 t 2 1.2? 8 - 10 531 - F . 3 55 1 2O~ ila 33 - 2 inn •••• ~. 4i - 36 -; 37 19 : iiii JOINT-STOCI RANH& 7 0 al A qatralaqii, ... . 97 .» vg 25 5 Bank of Egypt 1 2 100 50 Bank of London 6S 65 40 all iiri. Col. Bk.& rin. C. 50 al British N. American 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 20 4 Chrtd. Buk. of Indic, Cit A y nstraiia, & Chin , 100 50 64 - • 66 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Loud 20 all Eng • Seot.lk eins•Cht• 16 -- 16 20 all Lond. Chart. 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OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justiceq Creswell and Crompton ) THE ISLINGTON MURDER. This morning, at the sitting of the ceurt Celestine Som mer, 24, married, was placed upon her trial upon an in dictment charging her with the wilful murder of Celes tine Christmas, upon the 15th of February, at Islington, she was likewise charged upon the Coroner's warrant. The prisoner, who appeared very much dejected and looked very pale, remained seated during the whole time of the trial. She scarcely ever raised her eyes whilst the evidence was being given, but kept looking down, and, beyond occasionally weeping, did not seem to pay much attention to what was going on. She was dressed in a black gown, over which she wore a faehionable hooded black cloth cloak, and her hair was tastefully banded over her ears. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clerk prosecuted, and Mr. Bel lantine defended. Mr, Bodkin, in opening the case to the jury, said ail that be should feel it his duty to do upon this occasion would be to lay before them a brief eatline of the cite cumetances by which the prosecution sought to bring home the crime to the prisoner, and those circumstances would require their most anxious consideration. The prisoner, who is a married woman, at the time of this occurrence lived with her husband at Linton-street, Islington ; and upon the 16th of February, from some information that was given to the police at Islington, they went to the prisoner's house and asked the prisoner, whom they saw there, to allow them to search the cellar of her house. She said what for? and they told her. They then did so, and found the body of a female child apparently about 14 years of age, with a number of wonnie about the throat. The prisoner was then taken in cu-tody, and also her husband, but the magistrates, thinking there was not the least evi dence against him, ordered his discharge. The learned counsel then went into a brief detail of the evidence, and having done so, called R whet Muntz, a girl about 14 years of age, who said that up to the time of the occurrence, and for some time previously, she had lived with the pri soner, and her husband at No. 16, Linton-street, Islington. They occupied the whole house. Witness was servant and used to sleep in the kitchen. One Saturday night about the middle of Feb., the prisoner went out at about 10 in the evening. Witness was at that time in the back kitchen. Prisoner More she went out said, " I a-n going into Murray-street, and shall be gone about half an hour, and I shall expect you to be in bed and asleep before I come back." Witness did not go to bed, but sat up to make herself an apron. In about half an hour she heard the prisoner at the door with the latch key. Witness directly git into her bed, which was in the front kitchen. Prisoner then came to the top of the stairs and said, "Are you in bed, Rachel." Witness made no answer, and she then heard prisoner go up stairs into her bed-room. Before she went up witness heard her say to some one whom she brought in with her, " Wipe your feet and go into the parlour," and she then heard some one overhead in the parlour. After prisoner came down stairs from the bed-room she came into the kitchen, and then witness saw that she had on another gown. It was an old black one. She had gone out in a black dress with flounces and bugles upon the sleeves. Prisoner came down into the kitchen and pulled the blind down. She had no light, but the pas being on the opposite side of the way there was light enough to see. She then went up and came down again with a candle, and the child following her. Witness knew the child ; she bad seen it before. Prisoner went across the kitchen and the child st tpped at the door. Pri soner said " What are you stopping for, come in—what are you afraid of ?" The child said, " I ant not. afraid ma'am, but fit is a strange place to me— I have not been here before." Prisoner then went into the cellar, the one opposite the kitchen door ; that is not the one in which the coals are kept. She then took the child into the cellar, and witness heard the child say "Some one was going to cut her throat.," and pri soner said "elle wee." The child then cried out "Y. u are going to cut my throat." Prisoner said " I am going to kill you." The child said " You a ill go to the devil, the devil will have you." Witness then heard the child say, " I am (lyin g , lam dying." Prisoner then put out the candle and Caine back into the kitchen. She walked about in a very quick way and several times sail, " You --, I will kill you, I will kill you; I wdi teach you to :e'l any more lies about me. You are a liar, you are a thief." Whilst this was going on the child was groaning in the cellar. Prisoner then mine up to the match box, and, taking out us match, lit the candle and went, again into the cellar. Deceased did not make any mere noise. Alter a short time pri soner came out again, and said, "There, you , you must be deal by this time ;" and she then but toned up the cellar door. She then caine and tapped witness upon the ehoulder and said, " Rachel " Witness then turned round as if she was ust awoke, and prisoner asked her if she had been ou t ;e get some soap. Witness said she had. Prisoner ,hen said she had been down several times to get some soap from the cupboard to take into her bedroom ; and also said that she had been to the greengrocers to get change for half-a-crown to pay her her wages, and asked if there was any hot water in the boiler, as she wanted to wash her hands, and was going t bed. She then went into the back kitchen, and was engaged about half an hour washing, and then went up to bed. At about two in the morning the prisoner's husband came home ; he had gone out early in the evening. Witnesss got up the next morning and looked into the cellar, where she saw the child lying upon the fl or near the cellar door ; the face and hands were covered with blood. Witness shut the door again. At about 11 o'clock witness's sister called upon her. Prisoner told her not to ask her sister down into the kitchen, as she was busy. Witness, however, managed to tell her sister something of what had taken place, and about four o'clock she cause again, bringing with her some policemen. Cross-examined—l was afraid to get up during the night, and laid awake during the whole time. Master was not very kind to mistress. He used to beat her, and she cried and seemed very unhappy, and said master was kind to her, but mistress was not. It did not occur to me to tell my master of what had taken place. I had been about four months in their service. Re-examined—Master used to beat the prisoner for not getting his dinner ready. I do not know of any other cause for their quarrelling. ,wice. Edwin To wnse,.d, a sergeant of police, proved going to the house of prisoner upon Sunday afternoon, the 17th Feb. He saw prisoner coining up stairs from the kitchen. She met the police at the top and said, " What d) you want 7" Witness said, "To search your cellar. ' She said, " Look into my cellar—good God, what for 1" The husband came out of the parlour, and we all went down together. I got a light, and upon going into the cellar, the door of which was partially open, found the dead body of a girl lying upon her back with the face partially to the right. There was a large wound up in the neck and a quantity of congealed blood underneath the neck and upon the ground. I said to the inspector "It is all right, the body is here and cold. The prisoner must consider herself in custody for causing the death of the girl." Sh e sa id , Me 1 I did not do it, adding to her husband, I did not tell you as I aid not wish to make you timid, but I heard a noise outside of the area railings last n i g ht." Th e husband was. taken, but- discharged by the magistrate. Upon searching the prisoner's bedroom, a black gown stained with blood was found under the bed. There were also marks of blood upon the lucifer-match box. Rebecca Donavan, the searcher at the station, said that she found marks of blood upon prisoner's petticoat. Sho said it c,aine from bleeding at the nose, and her hus band knew that. She added that a girl had been found stabbed in her cellar, but that she knew nothing about it. She said it was the cellar that had no coals in it. Another police-constable produced a pair of stockings belonging to the prisoner stained with blood, and also a knife, which was in a cupboard by itself. This was stained with blood. The knife produced it a large sharp carving one. It further appeared that when at the police-court she said the child was her bro ther's child ;he had left it her to take care of. This was after she was remanded. She 'also spoke about Richard the Third and Hamlet, and she had done it. She did not know what to do for the best, and spoke of the children murdered in Richard the Third. Further evidence was then given to prove that de ceased was 10 }ears old and prisoner's child. Prisoner fetched her away from Mrs. Harrington. with whom it had been from its birth upon the 6th if February,. and then took it to the house oca Mr. Groves in Mur• -ay-s`rect a , ;(1 it remained there until the even ,ng of the murder, when she took it away, a n,- , -,aid she was about to get it a situation at a gree , . 4rocers. She used to pay 21. Gd a week for its keep anti ,ad paid 54. Tin) child bore prisoner's maiden name. The medical evidence having been given, Mr. Baliar.tine, iu a brief address, commented upon the evidence, and urged that the ill usage prisoner had received from her husband had so preyed upon her mind as to render her not a responsible agent. Mr. Ju-tice Crompton then summed up, and briefly commented upon the evidence, and said it would be for them to say whether they thought she was consci ins of the act she bad committed. The jury almost immediately found her guilty. Mr. Justice Crompton then passed the usual sentence of death, telling the prisoner not to entertain any hopes that her life would be saved. The prisoner was then taken out of the dock in an al most senseless state. Lord Cardigan that, notwithstanding, as he (Lord Lucan) had said th e h orses had deteriorated in condition previous to their embarkation at Varna, that the Light Division horses were in good condition ? Lord Lucan said he differed from that opinion, and rend an extract from an order he issued at the time, pointing out the had condition of the horses of the light cavalry, and calling on the officers and men to use their best and strenuous exertions to procure forage for them, and for the men not to continue longer mounted than necessary, and that the pace should be as slow as possible. He had issued 72 orders for the care of the horses. The condition of the horses on landing at the Crimea, from what they had suffered whilst at sea, he could scarcely recognise them. The Court adjourned at half-past 1 o'clock, and re turned shortly after two o'clock, when the examination of the noble lord was proceeded with. The Judge-Advocate-General then called upon Col. Tulloch, and asked him if he had any communication to make to the Boar.] ? Col. Tulloch then addressed the court, in the course of which he said that anything he said was not to affect his colleague, who was unavoidably absent on that occa sion. He proceeded to defend the conduct of the Crimean Commiesianere, who had been actuated in the dis charge of their public duties with a desire to do justice to all parties ; -and however much many gallant officers might feel annoyed at the statements contained in that report as savouring of hostility towards them on the part of the Commissioners, he begged to assure those gallant officers that such was not the case, but that their desire had been to present a temperate and moderate report, and which he believed it had been considered by her Majesty's Government and the public at lari s e. He was most desirous of giving any officer who might suppose him self aggrieved by any statement ho might have made the fullest opportunity of clearing himself from such allegations. From the tone Lord Lucan had adopted in addressing the Court it might be supposed that the Commissioners were actuated by personal motives is noticing his conduct ; but for himself he might say that be had no personal acquaintance with the noble lord, and had never sees him before the commencement of this inquiry. Whatever the noble lord might think of it, he (Colonel Tulloch) was confident that her Majesty's Government and the public considered that report, as he 11%d already said, a very temperate and mode rate one. The gallant officer then entered into the remarks which Lord Lucan had made against the manner in which the Commissioners bad calcu'ated the mortality amongst the horses in the Crimea, and in reply to his lordship's statement that the cavalry was not in the Crimea on the 6th of October, ho produced documents from the War-office, showing that the head quarters of the various cavalry regiments engaged in the East were at Balaklava at that date. With reference to the mortality amongst. the horses, he found that the average strength of the Heavyßrigade during the months of N.w. and Dec., 1854, Jan., Feb., and March, 1855, was 727 horses, and that there died du r i ng th a t per i o d 501 (not including those that died in action), giving 77 per cent. In the Light Brigade during the same period , he average atrergli was 457 horses, and during that time their died, exclusive of those in action, 394 horses, ;lying a mortality of 92 per cent. Teat was a more fearful mortality amongst horses than had ever occurred before, or that might possibly ever occur again, and it was not to be supposed but that every possible mode had been had recourse to that could be adopted or ingenuity to devise to save tl:e lives of the horses on which the lives of so many men depended. He next referred to his lordship's statement, that that portion of the Commis. sioners' report with reference to the number of men en gaged in hutting the troops was incorrect, and said that in December, 1854, the number of men in the Crimea of the Heavy Brigade, including the sick who had not been sent to Scutari, and officers' servants, was 1,030, In the Light Brigade at that time the number was 730, making together about 1,760. The Commissioners had stated that not above one•fifth of the number of men had been engaged in that work, and he found that the largest number so engaged was 180 men of the Light Brigade, and 60 of the Heavy Brigade, making together 240 men, falling short of one-fifth of the nuns. her of men by 100, and that, again, he thought, showed the Commissioners had no desire to exaggerate the real state of things in the Ciiinea at that time, or of bringing charges against officers without foundation. The gal lant officer then proceeded to read the whole of that part of the report which Lerd Lucan considered animadverted on his conduct, remarking that it was not an animadversion on his lordship's conduct. He had only, in that report, stated facts. There might hays been reasons why certain things which the report stated had not been done were not done, and all the report stated was that they had not been done, leaving it to the War Department to ask fer an explanation. All the Commissioners had to do was not to inquire into the conduct of the officers in the Crimea, but into the state of the stores. He contended at some length that there was no animadversion in the report on Lord Lucan, whose name was not mentioned, and said that there was but one instance where an officer's conduct had been animadverted on. That ()leer was not in this country, and be be lieved he had not yet discovered it ; but should he do so, and ask for an explanation, he (Col. Tulloch) .hould be ready to defend hie conduct. The gallant Colonel next proceeded to show that the statements of the Corn. missioners relative to the hutting of the cavalry were correct, and that during the bad weather shelter could have been given to the horses by adopting a mode simi lar to that suggested by Col. Griffiths, arid Teat a list of the ;umber of spare sails on board the vessels of war available to shelter the horses. Had ingenuity been et t to work to devise shelter for the horse', independent of these vessels there were a num ber of sai!ing vessels and transports in the harbour of Balaklava in the month of November, whose sails might have been made use of for shelter, and many of these vessels were in the harbour as st ire depots, and would have no use for their sails. The Heavy Brigade in Novernbr r numbered 946 men, excltisive of officers, and the Light Brigade 560, making about 1,500 men. These men, if they had been set to work (calcu laVng nine cubic feet for every three horses), might have du' a trench round the horses and erected mud walls higher than..the hors' knee., that would have afforded them much shelter. After some further remarks the gallant (Beer asked to be allowed to call evidence. Tne President—Do you wish to put any questions to Lora Lucan ? Colonel Tulloch—Yes, a great number by and bye ; but I should wish fist to examine a few officers. - EN then called FIR.F; INSURANCE COMPANIES. The followingc, letter is understood to exp ress th e feeling of all persons interested in the subject of fire insurance with respect to the bill proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for preventing the competition of foreign offices. The expectation is that it will fall altogether short of its object, and that a large portion of the business will be gradu ally transferred to foreign companies by means of correspondence, in the manner at present adopted for effecting marine insurances at Amsterdam and Hamburg : "Sir,—There is nothing in the bill now before Parlia ment relating to fire insurance duties to prevent any persons or firms corresponding direct with any of the foreign insurance companies, and effecting policies from loss or damage by fire which would not be subject to the duty, as if issued by an English office, or through any representative of a foreign company in England. " The third clause states that the duty shall oat nd to and be payable and paid for and in respect of every in urance of property within the United Kingdom from loss or damage by fire, whether the same shall be made by any company or society within or out of the United Kingdom, or whether the policy or ether instruments relating to any such insurance shall be wade, signed, er issued in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and whether there shall be any such policy, instrument, or not. "The bill does not say in what manner the duties on insurances or policFes so effected are to be payable and enforced. Is the insurer to be held personally liable for the duty? and to whom liable? also what penalty for non-payment of the duty ?—I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, "April 9. " INVESTIGATOR." LAW OF PARTNERSHIP. Mr. Lowe's new bill on the law of partnership has koeu printed to-day. It is unclogged by any of those restrictive attempts to " protect" the in terests of creditors which, by discouraging the exercise of vigilance, could operate only as a sti mulant to fraud and litigation, and comprises simply the following provisions, giving freedom to the public to lend money upon such terms as bor rower and lender may mutually deem expedient : "Whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to partnership : be it therefore enacted as follows : "1. This act shall not apply to the business of a banker. "2. The term trader' shall include any person, part. nership, company, or body corporate carrying on any trade, business, or undertaking. "3. No person making a loan to any trader shall be deemed to be a partner of, or to be subject to any liabi lities incurred by, such trader by reason only that be receives as a compensation for such loan a portion of the profits made in any business carried on by such trader. " 4. No person, being an agent or servant or person in the employ of any trader, shall be deemed to be a partner of, or to be subject to any liabilities incurred by, such trader by reason only that he receives as a re muneration for his services as such agent or servant a portion.of the profits made in any business carried on by such trader. " 5. No person receiving by way of annuity or other wise any portion of the profits made by any trader in his business shall by reason only of such receipt be deemed to be a partner of, or to be subject to any Ha bilities incurred by, such trader." THE BILETTING SYSTEM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—l was not aware that soldiers were billetted on private families until reading the papers of this day. What particularly struck nay attention was what Mr. Ellice said about what he. called " little grievances." Place a soldier in the midst of his family, and we should then see whether he would really feel it to be a " little grievance." The remarks of Lord Palmerston were also worth attending to. According to him it would take more than a ear to abate the nuisance. I would ad. vise my Lord to remember the conduct of the House of Commons a short time since, when the question was to give the Gin and Beer peepie one hour more on Sunday evening. TI at matter was considered so impoi tant that, although the house had within a few dab s closed its business, an act was framed and carried through both Houses, and became the law of the land in a few days. And so it would in the present case of billetting were one or two of these little grievances placed within the c;rcle of my Lord. Palmerkton's family, and those of the homes of members of the House of Commons.— I am, &c., Church-street, Shvreditch, April 8. J. M. ADELPIII THEATRE. Last night a new two-act drama, entitled "Like and Unlike," was pr4duced here. The plot of the drama is exceedingly simple, and turns upon the exact similitude of two sisters, one a sempstress, and the pattern of modesty and simplicity ; the other a courtesan and opera dancer. Mr. Harry Mowhray, a Yorkshire squire, homilies acquainted with the French sempstrese, pro poses and is accepted, but at the same time the danseuse Florette is exciting a sensation on the stage, and her likeness to Lisette, the sempstress, is -o great, that Mr. Peter Potter, a Manchester cotton spinner, who bad dangled after Florette for months, declares Lisette to be the danseuse, as does a dandyfied cousin of Mowbray's. All this works on Mowbray's mini, who, on the day intended for the marriage, convinced that Lisette is no other than the danseuse, repudiates the engagement. In the next act Florette ap. pears ; she has by this time become the wife of a German count. She turns out to be the sister of Lisette, which last encounters Mowbray in her sister's house, when the mistake is kept up, until by the vio lence of Mowbray Florette faints away, and Lisette enters to clear her character. Tne two being together under Mowbray's eyes, the mistake is cleared up, and the pair made happy. The parts of Lisette and Florette are both sustained by Madame Celeste, and affords her ample sco p e t o dis play those great ilities that she is acknowleged by all to possess. Her changes from the different cha racters were remarkable, and elicited immense applause. Mr. Webster, as Harry Mowbray, acluitted himself to the admiration of the audience; and his portraiture of the maddened lover was both natural and touching. The other parts were capitally supported by Wright, Paul Bedford, and Selby. The piece, which turned out' a regular Adelphi bit, will attract all London to the theatre. NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE. The experiment of reviving the " legitimate " drama in the east, which was commenced at this theatre in the holyday week, has proved eminently successful. The last revival is that of "Antony and Cleopatra," a in which Miss Glyn sustains the part of the heroine with her usual ability and success. Marc Antony is ex ceedingly well played by Mr. Marston, who represents with great force a gallant, genial nature, certain that he is on the road to destruction, and recklessly, not blindly, adhering to the fatal path. The mise en scene of the piece is highly creditable to the manager, Mr: Douglas ; indeed such hieroglyph. spangled decorations would, 30 years ago, have been looked upon as archeological marvels at theatres of much prouder pretensions than the National Standard. A prospectus has been issued of the Metropolitan Field Bleaching, Washing, and Scouring Company, with a capital of 30,000/. in 101. shares. The prospectus has been issued of the North and South ►'Vales Steam Fuel Company, with a capital of 30,0001. in 101. shares. the object is to carry on and extend certain works already in operation near Liver pool for the manufacture of a patent fuel which has re ceived the approval of the Admiralty. PEOPLE'S PARK AT HALIFAX.—A piece of land at Halifax has recently been purchased for a people's park by Frank Crossley, Esq., M.P. for the borough. The land is in a very pleasant situation, near the mansion of Mr. Crossley, and not very far from a number of alms houses now being erected by the hon. gentleman. The park is to be laid out from designs to be furnished by Sir J. Paxton. CORPORATION REFORM.—A meeting of the inhabi tants of Coleman-street Ward was held yesterday, under the presidency of Mr. Alderman Hunter. when a series of resolutions were agreed to against the Government bill for the reform of the City of London. THE LATE GALES tN - THE BLACK SEA.—CONSTANTI- NorLE, March 27.—Heavy gales of wind at N.E. blew at Kertch, between the 14th and 19th of March, bringing down large masses of floating ice from the Azoff, during which several losses occurred, and much damage was done to the shipping. The Esk(s), Capt. Champion, got imbedded in the ice, and was subsequently driven on shore in St. Paul's Bay, and wrecked ; materials ex pected to be saved. A French frigate was driven on shore, and much damaged. A French sailing vessel went down at sea near Kertch ; crew saved. The King Philip had her bows cut through by the ice, and had to throw cargo (wood) overboard to save lives and ship. The Un derwood had her bows cut through by the ice, and was driven out to sea. The Balaklava bad her rudder damaged, and sustained other injuries. The Williams , store-ship, sustained damage in her bows, &c. Dauntless sustained damage in her bows, &c. Several French steamers sustained much damage. .. , The Henry Holman lost her rudder, and sustained other injuries. NO lives have been lost. THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQVIRY. [A. part of the following appeared in our impression of yesterday re-] The Board of General Officers re-assembled Mir; morn ing at the usual hour, at the Great Hall, Chelsea. As the inquiry proceeds public interest appears to be more excited in the inquiry, and the ball to-day was three parts full before the commencement of the business. Lord Lucan and his friends arrived before 11 o'clock, as did Cal. Tulloch, Lieut.-Col. Gordon, Col. Doherty, Cal. Connelly, and Col. Griffiths. There was a much larger attendance of ladies, the friends of general officers and others connected with the inquiry, in the reserved portion of the ball surrounding the president's table. Lord Lucan said that his object was not so much to secure justice to himself as to those officers who were inculpated with himself by this report, and again called attention to the publication of another article in to-day's Times, and to consider how far that paper had attended to the suggestion of the board. The Deputy-Judge-Advocate (to Lord Lucan)—To what do you attribute the great mortality amongst the horses I Lord Lucan -D3es this refer to any particular period, or *te the whole of the time the cavalry division was under my command ? The Deputy-Judge-Advocate—The question has been J altered to this form. To what do you attribute the great mortality amongst the horses during the time the cavalry division was under your command ! Lord Lucan—The cavalry was not under my command until they landed in the East, and I need not refer to the horseslost on their passage. His lordship, who spoke slowly and cautiously, said the question I am afraid will require a very large answer. I may say independent of of the horses lost in action, and which I can explain, I might attribute the loss of the horses in the army first., I may say, that perhaps excepting a day or two-for a very few days at long intervals—l may say that the horses of my cavalry were never properly fed any one day whilst under my command. From the inefficiency of the food, and from the irregularity by which they ob tained it, the horses were never in condition at any one time during •the whole time they were under my com mand. I may say thatthe horses deteriorated in condition from the mornentthey landedat Scutari or Varna. lean not saythey continued to deteriorate, because they could not be in a worse condition- but they deteriorated from that moment until they got into that desperate state of emaciation from starvation that, as you observe, but a very small proportion of them survived. It must be well known to all accustomed to horses, that when ex posed, it was the same with them as, I believe with all other animals, that they required more food than at any other time. I say that the rations of food issued to the cavalry were insufficient ; and when the whore of the ra tions were given it happened very rarely in Bulgaria. I will confine my remarks to those regiments under my immediate command at Varna,srather than speak of what happened at Devna, and which came under my personal knowledge, because my brigadier did not keep me sup plied with very perfect information of what occurred there. At - Varna, till tbe time of the great fire in August, there was not much difficulty in procuring bar ley and chopped straw. My first duty after arriving at Scutari was to become the president of a board to in quire into the supply of rations for troop, artillery, and i baggage horses of the army. His lordship's statement was of a very rambling character. We gathered, however, from it that the subject of foraging was considered, and it was . , arranged, with the consent of Lord Raglan, that the artillery and cavalry horses should have 12ibs. of barley and 10. be. of hay or 16ibs. of chopped straw, and the baggage horses were to have a quarter less of barley, but the same quantity o hay or chopped straw. At Varna, before the fire, there was not much difficulty in getting the quantity of forage, always getting the barley and in most instances the quantity of hay ; but some times they got but 61bs. of hay, and in the Crimea the greatest quantity of hay they had was Bibs. After the fire at Varna there was a want of both hay and barley, and I had only the services of Mr. Murray, who was both new to the country and the servica, to asssist me in getting what I required ; and bad it not been for my aide-de-camp, Capt. Walker, the cavalry would have been in a much worse condition than they really were. One of the great evils at that time was that of the Com missariat sending all over the country young men to secure forage for the horses, the consequence of which was that in many cases they were bidding against each other, and raising the prices considerably ; a sheaf of corn, that generally sold for two or three piastres, fetched on this occasion f,ur or five piastres. At Devna the fora;e was so short (and it generally happened that if the soldier was deficient the General ass so also) that I had to deprive my baggage horses of their forage, and leave them to do their best, to provide my chargers with food. This deficiency continued (luting the time the cavalry was in Bulgaria, and I called personally on Mr. Commissary Filder often re specting it ; and, although I a 111 always prepared to give him the greatest possible credit for the manner in which he rationed the men, I must say, with equal fair ness, that I was always dissatisfied with tha way in which he fed the horses. I never had an interview with him about the forage that I did not leave him without being dissatisfied with hint on that account. I four d from the inefficiency of the forage that my horses were failing, and as they were almost my first care I could not feel sati-fied at finding they were starving. When the light brigade came in from Deena I inspected them the morning after their arrival, and, with the exception of a few of them, I could not see much i difference in their cenditit st between them and the heavy brigade, although Lard Cardigan had stated they were in good condition, and that he was satisfied with their condition. I consider there was tbe greatest ruisrnan agement p issible in embarking the cava'ry for the Cri mea, consisting of 1.100 horses. After they had been at sea a few days, one of the officers on board of the Simla came to me and complained that there was no forage on board for the horses, rt . though Lord Raglan had ordered, previous to their embarkation, that there should be six weeks' forage put, on board each of the vessels. In consequence of that deficiency it became necessary to shorten the rations. His l-r Wrist then described the debarkation of the troops in the Crimea, which occupied three days, to show what a condition the horses must leave been in. After then t landieg, Lord Cardigan took 200 horses on patrol, and these horses, in addition t t short forage, l , ad to go 30 hours without water, from which they suffered much, being sucject to a harrassing patrol. As the cavalry proceeded they found no forage except a few stacks of what could hardly be called strays—there was a total absence of corn. The horses for some days after the commenced , their march in the Crimea had but little corn and but little water, which was also very scarce. On the morn ing of the battle of the Alma I was promised some corn, and a little was given to some of the regiments, who shared it with the others. So alarming was the state of the cavalry at this time that on the morning of the battle I spoke to Lord Raglan about it, to which he replied, " I fought to have come to him before, and not to annoy him then about it." I informed him I had not done so, hoping it would have been better by that time. The cavalry remained at Alma two days, and the first night -4 _tle forage was supplied, and the horses were then much below condition, having had to do 12 or 14 hours' work a day with short rations. From the moment the cavalry landed in the Crimea the supply was irregular and very short, and on one occasion the cavalry divided their forage with the French. When they were within a quarter of a mile of Balaklava barley was supplied to the cavalry, and the horses were in a better condition at the battle of Balaklava than they bad been pre viously, from the extra fodder that had been supplied, but they still suffered from want of water. After marching to the plateau on the 30th Oct , 1554, the horses had their allowance of barley, but only 81b. of hay, whilst the artillery horses had 1016. of hay,.a t ed on my remonstrating I was intermed by Mr. Filterter that it was in accordance with Lord Raglan b orders, which I foolishly believed was the case, but I afterwards found that the reduction had been made by the Commissary, and not by Lord Raglan's orders. On the Ist November the light brigade was ordered to take up a position seven miles from Balaklava, on which I rem onstrated on the diffi cu l ty there would be of providing them with forage, but I was informed that I must proceed. If I had had the assist ance of a C o mmissary Genera l, whose business would have been to have superintended the forage of the ca valry, I should have been informed of what was going on, which I did not receive from the Commissary, who probably considered the brigadier was his commanding officer, and not me. The noble l or d th en procee d e d to s tate thel nature of the weather at this time, the difficul ties he bad ta contend with in supplying forage, the harassing nature of the work the horses bad to dis charge, and the unavailing representations he made of the elate of the cavalry to his supe rior officer, and said that the effective strength of the cavalry at Varna was 16 squadrons of 155 horses each. The light brigade lost during September, from horses being thrown overboard and a considerable number that were lost in landing, between 50 and 60, besides what were killed in action. The heavy bri gade lost on the passage to the Crimea 226 troop horses, besides a considerable number of baggage horses, and many officers' chargers. In all the heavy brigade lost then about 300 horses. I have an account of the daily loss of horses, and I find that in October not more than a dozen horses were lost. In November 46 horses were killed. and 68 wounded in the Battle of Balaklava. The light brigade lost 341 horses, which arose from the enemy crossing the lines and taking them away ; 120 horses, however, died in the month of November. In reply to a question from the Deputy-Advocate- General, Hie Lordship said that hie recommendations, in many instances, were attended to, and his lordship read vari ous docirinents in confirmation of his statement. General Peel asked the noble lord if he agreed with Mnjor Thompson, sth Dragoon Guards, who apolo gised for not being in regimentals, from not having been summoned before the Board to give evidence on this occasion. his horses were in a very bad condition in deed in December, and required e , pecially shelter at that time from their being in that reduced condition. The horses standing in the pickets were exposed to the severity of the frcez:ng weather at that period, and he and his brother-officers endeavoured to initiate the suffering of the horses by digging a trench round them and throw• ing a mud wall up to their knees. It was of immense advantage to the horses. The Greys had it to a air• tain degree, but he was unable to say if it was generally adopted. All the men be had to spare joined in this work, and provided this shelter for their own and their com rades, (who were in hospital) horses. It took the men be could spare a fortnight to do this for 150 horses, and it would have taken about two days if he could have put the whole of his men to the work. He had not a sufficient- number of trench ing tools. The pickaxes were very bad, the points bent. The shovels were very bad and the handles broken. The difficulty he had to contend against in providing this shelter for his horses wai from want of men and the badness of the trenching tools. If ho had had canvass and tarpauling he could have put them up, and it would have been beneficial. If it had been blown down it could easily have been re-erected. If he had had sufficient canvass and 20 carpenters to assist his men that kind of shelter could have been er, cted f:►r his men's horses in a day. It required no great ingenuity to provide the shelter his horses had at the time re ferred to. The Court then adjourned till Friday. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—('his Day.) LONDON, April 10.—W light breeze with occasional ,— n s t o th w f: r d i, a ofy at noon, W.S.W. Wind W.—Arrived —Trent (s. P t o „ R t. T N 6 7 . ll 9 T o l ,P fro A lu il a lta . , having in tow H.M. floating battery Meteor. April 9.. —The packet. Dart, of Jersey, is pLystour fr aground o e the ro ck s nt Cutwater, and fills with the tide. FALMOUTH, Ap ril 9.—The ship Boomerang, of and for bil, was dismasted in a hurricane s Liverpool, and was abandoned, 27th Mi.rch, in 41 N. long. 49, by the crew, excepting the mate, carpenter, and four seamen, who were left ou the wreck, unable to be rescued, by the He len It. Cooper, from New Orleans to Havre. Artived— Bange.lor, from Moulmein and Mauritius ; Arno, Buenos Ayres. Sailed—Prospero, for St. Thomas ; Ocean, New foundland. JERSEY, April W.S.W.—Arrived—Charles, from New York. CARDIFF. April 9.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Meander, for Monte Video. WATEnFoup, April B.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Ca. pella, from St John's, Newfoundland. SHIELDS, April 9.—Wind Jane, for Canton ; Alabama, St. Stephen's, N.B. tl' ickeiruit , Tra.meawru. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Courier (s.), from Jersey; Minerva, Shields; Laura and Active, Newport; Sportsman, Plymouth.' Sailed—Alliance (s.), for Havre ; Wonder (s.), Jersey; Le Coq, Cherbourg ; Sportsman an Alphea, Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Thursday left.rning. Wind S.E. Arrived—Refuge, from New Orleans. Sailed —Taurus (s.s.), for Constantinople; Mary Woods, ValparaiFo ; Brazilian, Newfoundland ; Shark, Para ; Owego, New York ; Heimdal, La Guayra ; Theodor Bell rend, Dail( zic •' Penelope, Cape Verde; AlcYmone, Qutbee ; Ellen Bates, Melbourne ; Scipio and Davidist Marys, Newfoundland; Alice, Naples. QuEENBTOWN, April 8. Wind W. Arrived—Lamorna, from Norfolk. Sailed—Sesostris, for Barcelona. ROI:MEAD, April 9. Wind, W. Sat led—Pastinita, for Havannait. estIBMABIZIN AND BRITISH TELEGBAPH.I GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.25 a.m. Wind W. ; tide 5} hour's ebb, fresh, with rain. Arrived—Doris , from New York ; Providence, Guern sey ; John Spence, Demerara. Sailed—Shelburne, for Jamaica : Pearl, Montreal. DEAL, Thursday, 10.16 a.m. wi n d W., fresh. Passed —Storm Cloud and Jacob Badge, from Calcutta ; Lotus, Trinidad ; Juanita, Trieste ; John Spence, Deme rara ; Choice, Porto Rico ; Pacific, Leghorn ; Cataline, Port Luuis—all for London. Anchtzed—R. at. gun-boat Mackerel, from River; John Sidney, from Savannah, for Elsinore ; Agathe, from Bre am, fiirr NoWport ; Siena, from Er &Tabu& for liiTerpool, pm pm 2} k 66i 6 x d 31 33j ;.,j li 2 4} 2f i ra 3 } p * 66 i i 1 1 Y