The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-28 00:00:00

XONEY - MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Not tho slightest change can be reported in the general discount market, the enquiries being mode rate, and the quotations easy. The Shannon has arrived from the West Indies With £498.583. During the last few days there has been a mode rate amount of activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. The public sales of tea has closed at a slight advance for good and superior qualities. Sugars have fully maintained previous rates, while coffee, rice, fruit, and spices have remained without any material variation in values. The Tallow Market has been, in some instances, influenced by the late advises from Russia and Poland, and prices have tended upwards for both present and forward delivery. The Royal Sardinian Railway Company, pa rented by the Italian Government, has been an nounced with a proposed capital of £1,000,000, in shares of £2O each, for the purpose of assisting in the development of the resources of Sardinia by the construction of railways, and important concessions are offered to those who may feel disposed to sub scribe. There will be a payment of interest at the rate of 6 per cent, during construction, and of 8 per cent. subsequently for 99 years. A free grant has been obtained of 480,000 acres of freehold land, the proceeds of which when sold will from time to time be divided as a bonus to the share holders beyond the guaranteed interest, and it is stated that the present value of the estates thus ceded, according to official returns, is ,E 500,000, or one-half of the share capital, with a prospect on the completion of the railways of being materially enhanced. Moreover, the privilege is given to the holder of each share to take two bonds or obliga tions of £2O each, at £ll per bond, bearing 3 per cent. interest, and to be paid off at par by drawings extending over 41 years. A deposit of £1 per share is required upon application, and arrange-ments are to be made cffcring an advantage to those proprie tors who may feel disposed to pay up in full. The enterprise has been exceedingly well received ote the Stock Exchange, where it is already quoted 1 prem. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap- pointed selling days in the shares of several new undertakings, viz , the 29th April in the Imperial Ottoman Bank and the Mercantile Exchange Bank, both of wnich are to be officially marked ; the 4th May on the Cotton Plantation Company of Natal, dealings in which are not to be recorded ; and the Obligations of the South Italian Railway Company are to be included in the Share lists. Two O'CLOCK. Although business in the Market for Public Snurities has continued only moderately active a buoyant tone has prevailed, and the few trans actions recorded have led to a further advance of per cent., Consols being 92i 93 for money and ac count. The N9w Three Fer Cents, and the Reduced are slightly firmer at 911 2 Exchequer Bills have been dealt in at Bs. prem. India 5 per Cent. Loan remains at 109 a L and Long Annuities have realised 14 15-16. The A , lit-ince from Australia has been announced With £71,636 in gold. The rise in Spanish Passive Bonds has been the most prominent feature in the Foreign Market, and the latest price is 321 331; the Certificates, 101 114. Egyptian have improved to 971 981, and the 2d issue is 971; Greek are firmer at 291 H ; and the Coupons have advanced to 131 14. Tne various other securities generally show buoyancy. Turkish Consolides are 471 481; and the Confederate Loan, 11 21 prem. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been very limited, the dealers and speculators being chiefly engaged with the half monthly settlement, and prices have shown no material variation. Lan casbiro and Yorkshire, North-Western, Midlands, and South-Eastern, have been a shade firmer ; while most of the other lines remained at previous quo tations. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings, how ever, in one or two instances, show wore firmness. Bahia and San Francisco realise 20i 211; Dutch- Rhenish, l6i ; Eist Indian Peninsula, 1091 1101. ; and Great Southern of India have declined to 1066 ; Grand Trunk of Canada have improved to 18i 19. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinued dull at about previous quotations. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 921 3 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 1 urinates, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 14 15-16 India Stock — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 9B Ditto 5 per Cent lO7l I Jitto 51 per Cent D bonds El.llOO Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account, May 7 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 per Cent..., 8 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852.68-60 94 31 Egyptian 7 pet Cent 97i 8/ Ditto, Second Issue Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ins 29k 9a 9 Ditto Aecount .. 29s Ditto Coupons l3i i 14 Italian 5 per Cent . . (laremmana Railway) 76 i Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 341 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada P .t . uv , an 41 per Cent. Ditto .0 per Cent, 1862 Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 18.53 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 41 per Cent .' 18:50 ... Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive ...... Spanish Cert. of C oup not funded Turkish 6 per C ent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Cent. 18,2 Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money ................ 91.1, 3 Ditto Account 92/ 3 CRYSTAL PALACE.—A rehearsal took place in the large hall, Exeter Hall, this morning, of the intended great musical performance t be held at the Crystal Palace, on Friday next, the let May. The whole of the in strumental music by Mendelssohn to Racine's " Athalie,'' was performed, under the direction of Mr. Costa, together with the Exhibition Overtures by MM. Meyerbeer and Auber, and the National Anthem. Madlle Parepa, Miss Martin, and Madame Sainton Dolby sang the solos and concerted music, and Mr. Phelps re cited Mr. Bartholomew's illustrative verses. The orch-stra, which occupied the whole floor of the hall, includes 196 violins and violas, 1-0 violoncellos aid double basses, and 20 harps, and a proportionate num ber of wind instruments ; and the ( ff.ct produced by so great a body of instrum ents, i ncluding all they most celebrated artists of the country, was of a most extraordinary description, and such as to leave no doubt that the performance on Friday will be one of the greatest and most remarkable musical displays ever wit nessed The magnificent and well-known " M.rch" was given at the rehearsal this morning with unperaPeled vigour and precision of effect. The demand et the (Bees in Ezet-r Hall for tickets for the day, as well as for season tickets, has been very great. Up to seven o'clock to-morrow even ing the tickets for this performance will be on sale at ss. each; the charge on Thursday and Friday being 7s. 6d. THE LAND QUESTION AT CONSTANTINOPLE.— e have every reason to believe that the diplo matich settlement of the land question at Constar tinople is t band but whether in a manner satisfactory to our inte 'rests r ema exertedins to be seen. H.M. Amhissador has greatly fnippo rt hi mself , It . b ut has received no effective as-istance or do :unient will be recollect e d some t i me ago a ver y l a me wa s Since th en a hole up in F renc h, b u t pro d uce d noe ff e ct. and som e d oct rie and c orner meet i ng has b een h e ld , it has been of ent drawn up in French, but whether the matter is ne a r ed We do no t k now. M eanw hil e to hold land o n the settled, but althougthe Ottoman autho• lieve a Compromis e hwe shall be allowed cities will be full y secu ru re e r basis, an d has bey their j ur i s di ction, yet we be aterlimiade at our exp ense so that the property is to be regi the view of their being lit Sated n t he Consular C our t s , w ith Best the Turkish authoriti es at ihewhe re n t hey may be sold by Courts. We have re :son likewisetqost of th e C onsular men will no longer be allow e d to holedzPlaencolt that English only hous e s.—Smyrna Importing l' ea wt twat colo ur on the l e vents the Chinese passing off inferior l eaves as in theif D us ' r u e al kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, th erefore, always 944 OM9 I Sold in packets by 2,280 ageats. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closin, -na,. i w avt• Paul. Price. tiustnetse done , t tantic &St Lawrenc. ill CO Z 2 4)„ j tom.,Baroda&Cent In. to it 8 ico 108 Gu. S per cent.. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares. zO6 Buffalo and Lake Huron al, 44 54 10 Do. Preference .... • • an 7 0 8 100 6p. et. bds. Aug. 1,1.71: ' Buffalo, Brant&Godrid 0 1 . 00 Do. do. July 1,187: - tut 100 to. do. Jua.. 1, , (01 st :It utta.&S. Eastn.. I. 100 1(.7 1( 8 st 'apeTown & Dock Sct 100 I' 9 11 4 , tuck Eaatn. Bengal gu. sp. 10, 07 84 'took hest Ind.an. gu. sp. . lot g 'I 109 k 20 Do. do. (7 Ext... 5 15 ltp 20 Do. do. H do. •• 6 rock Grand trunk ot cattail • 0:. 11 , 0 100 'u. Ist . Bonds CO (4 100 Do. o. neterred all 7 50 100 ~,,, Pref. Bonds, 53 56 100 D,. do d ler ed all 40 5 100 Do. 3d I' ef. stock 100 Do. do. dierr d.... al; 32 26 100 Do. 4th Pref. s o k... all 23 26 100 Do. au deferrt all 21 23 stock GtlnchaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 1(.9 110 110 9lj 20 Do. New g - ua. sp. c... 12 1 lip 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 4 15 15 stock Gt. Soutii.of India(Lim tzuaranteed 5 per cent. 100 106 107 1061 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer. all 114 2 114 I 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 vaith't opt. all 99 101 100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. . all 88 .2 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 It fp stock Madras guar., sp.c. .. 100 106 1..7 stock Do. 4$ p. o. Extensioi. too 1 00 102 stock 1)0.4. .... 100 67 9 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 —. stock netb.t c. Boo' 50 nelb. & Hobson's Bay. a 47 4g NO Do. 7p. c. &long. Lds al, 20 New Brunswick Canoe (lase Aenl 11 all 3 5 N.lll.C'da6 P OlB, pt bde 100 00 (2 stock Soinde ....•• ••..) st 1 Delhi .. ..... 100 1 , 71 , 9 (pu II 8 og 107 i Do. do ••• I > t 2 40p 20 Do. Punjaub 14 st Do. Do. .. ' 100 061 1071 cock Do. luilus.St. Flo.) k I (a . (01 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.c...1 a &J - 1877-S1 ......... lot ICO 105 103 Do. 6p. c. Feb.. &A u. 100 1 , 0 3 Do. Ap. C. Mar. at Set, 101 II 0 1.3 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 10 , 93 95 935 434 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 2 04 ape G. II ope. R p 0.167 lot .10 .12 Do.Ap &Oct 18$' 101' 111 113 Do. 189 10, tll :13 Do. Jan. & July, 1891. 100 113 tl5 'Ceylon, N0v.1.61, 6 p ItY - 151Hu itius " per cent .. 100 111 113 1124 Nana: G.v. 6 per cent.. 130 1(8 110 .01. 103 I's— 1.0. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct 10( - IN. S.W. Gov. 5 p t., 18 10 , 102 1024 Do. 5 1.4 e.,16, to 1 ' 101 102 1024 I Do. d0.,1888 &upwd• 100 102 1624 102 j New Zealand 6 p zent. 100 .10 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. . ster:ing, 1875. lO, 104 Ic6 ,Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 :1 113 J. Ace u0p.c.1670.5: up. 10' t 1.1 113 --I Vlc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&,Jul) 100 109 110 Do. to •n n. Ao.&(lnt. 100 094 110 loot 104 BRITISH MINES. tainbrian Consol. Gold Idiom Amalgamated Devon G. Con, iTavist East Bassett (Illog-an ‘ East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon .... East Cam Brea... . W'l Russel (Tavistli.; Gam.kSt.Autiyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolg - us Wheal Vor (lielston Grenville :I erod's- Foot •lingston Downs., ~. Lady Bertha qargaret (Guy Lelant uarke Valley.. ‘tyridy Iron Ore (Lim New Seton . • North Downs ti '1 Basset ( 110 4an , :orth Wheal Crotty . .'ar Consols(St. Blazey - 'rovidenee(Uny Lelut South Caradon(St.Cleer'' , l4 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) -'. Wheal Fran. (Mogan; ta.l .l Stray Park Tamar Silv.r.t Lead Ilin tin Croit West Basset (Illogan) l6 rV Carzdon (Liskeard. 5 West Seto Wheal Basset (Mogan 5i V, heal Buller( Redruth) 5 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 Wheall.ud ott Mary Ann (Men ; 8 IWheal Seton 586 heal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 Wheal Union 3.17 19i ei t. 17.( 2.4. v lh t 0.6.7 5 154 5i ,hi 40 250 lei 17i 41 5 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 111 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 105 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. B, 6 per cent., 101 London and S.-Western 46 per cent., 101 FOR KIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Urn.) gua. 7 per cent, 21} Dutch Rhenish, 164 Recite ant San Francisco (lien.), gua_ 7 per cent., 17 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 9,11 JOIN T-sT9CIi TANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 304 Anglo yortug,uese (Um.), 7i Australasia, 711 Imperial Bank (lito.), 14i Imp, rial Ottoman, 2) 14 London , B , rtered Bank of Australia, 284 London Juint stock, 8 London and Westminster, 771 Union of Australia, L 35 Victoria, 981 DOCKS. Ce ylon CompanyMISCELLANEOUS., 3k Italian Irrig.it on (Canal Cavour), 5 Ditto 6 per cent. Bonds rd. i8;0 issued 90 , 14 Loudon Gen. ral O mni b us Comp any.(lin3o, 1 N5l itdtsflapLa.alinrlrad'iglitant' anda° C rnr o j l a nei sCana. , aion . 3a 2; ( n i ini ! ), 9 A I Peninsula and U ieutal Steam, 77 SIIIPPING—This Da: LONDON, April 28 —Wind this d a y at noon—West; moder.te breeze, with fine weather, but showery at times. R P evenge, OßTSM for U the Mediterranean.OTH, April 27 . — Sailed —H er Majesty's ship rod, to FAL r M Sr U . Th OTH. oma April s 27.—Wind var i able.—Sailed—Nim- NEWPORT, April 27 —Wind W.—Arrived —Aline Ball, from London for Ntw York. SHARE MARKETS—This day. Sh,re Railways. I Paid. 13.14. 10 8t Bt 50 20 Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val, !Blythe and Tyne. 1 Bost.,Sleat.,and !Bristol and Exeter Caledonian !Cars and Bandon !Corn wa I I !Do A A :.!ets no d., fip c.p an.hs, Do. B been nth; to B. ;Dublin dr Repast June. 'Dun.,Perth,&Ab..Tunc }Edinburgh & Glasgow , Glasg. and S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stkl Ditto A stoc Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do Bdo ..... Gt. S. an i W. of Irelan: Great Western ... st i Do Str Val gun.. stock st Lancashae A 5 Yorkshire st ''London and Fllackwal st ,Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast st ;Lon., Chat., and Dover st 'Lon. AL Nor h Western st Lon. Az So . .th Western t Man., Shef., lc Lincoln. 5 0 Maryport and Carlisle 12i I Do shares.. ...... 10 Metropolitan st Midland 4.4.0 Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Lipe North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwtol , Do, G.N.E. purohas, Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London I Do New . . North Staffordshire I. and S. W. Junction (Scottish Central c16.4' 'Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot . Mid. stock ' Shrews. and Weichpool :Shropshire Union ;South Devon !South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun r, tames, Wok.,and Wok Stockton et Darlington Do Do New, MC Taff Vale. . ....... Do B ----- •• • • Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath (Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford 8; Kilkeuny West Corr wall %. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do N ewport Do Hereford 8 8 7 8 63 65 112 112 all all 1 all a 61 61 40 42 13 14 89 91 106 108 51 52 44 46 24 25 1204 121, 1201 12'1 134 136 101 103 66 (64 [O7l 107} 76 77 114 , 16 391 40* 9;i 97} 101 102 43 44 12 12} 122} •23 lip 91 93 50 51 24 25 99 100 55! 64 86 87 115 I'7 1/ 1 15i i 6/ 14 12 :20 122 43 14 98 )00 48 60 32 33 90) 91 67 G 9 99 101 6i 7i 4 38 9 10 71 p 150 153 4i 5 2 3}P 12.10 79 81 154 156 28 30 43 15 n 38 98 100 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuh 4. Closing Businel , ►'rice. done, 61 I 1021 66i 39; 976 f BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning Arrived—Hope, from Memel; Clarendon, from Jamaica ; Pibilis, from Guernsey. Sailed —Pauline, for Lubeck ; Young Australia, for Moreton Bay. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Humility, of Weywouth, from the north, for the west. RUSSIANS AND DRINK.—A very characteristic pisode, showing the utter inability of the Russian soldiers t., abstain from drink, took place at the s-toking of Michow, on February 17. A party of these fellows broke into an apothecary's shop, and, without pausing to see what the bottles contained, swallowed all their contents, and some 20 of them met their death 14 these MOM. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1863. ART UNION OF LONDON. DRAWING FOR PRIZES (THIS DAY). The annual general meeting of the mewners of the Art Union of London was held to-day at the New Adelphi Theatre, for the purpose of receiving the report from the executive committee, and for the more interesting object of drawing for the priaee. The chair was occupied by Lord Monteagle. The report was read by Mr. GoDwnr. , which stated that -" The sum set apart for prizes to be selected by the prize holders themselves was thus appropriated :-35 works at £lO each; 30 works at £l5 each; 25 works at £2O each; 20 works at £25 each; 12 works at £35 each; 12 works at £4O each ; 10 works at £5O each ; 3 works at £75 each ; 3 works at £lOO each ; 2 works at£2oo each. Total 152 works. To these are added-The great chief prize, " The Danc ing Girl Reposing," a statue is marble, by W. Calder Marshall. R.A. ; 6 statuettes in bronze, " Caractacus," by J. R. Foley, R.A. ; 200 statuettes in porcelain, "Go to Sleep," by Joseph Durham 300 porcelain buts of H.R.H. the Princess of Wales; 100 tazzas in commemoration of the late Prince Consort, designed by J. Leighton; 150 pairs of has reliefs in fictile ivory, of subjects from Milton, by E. Wyon and R. Jefferson; and 200 books of Etchings, by E. Radclyffe, after the late David Cox; making in all 1,109 prizes, in addition to the engraving and volume of illustra tions received by every member ; and the Padea busts due to those who have subscribed for ten years consecutively without gaining a prise. The following is a list of the successful names and num bers, in the order in which they were drawn from the prize wheel :- No. Name. Amount of Prize. 6,943 A. T. Langford, Plymouth .. £l5 12,374 R. S. Hollord, Colnaghi, and Co. 10 12,102 F. F. Downes, Cheltenham .. 40 1,528 J. Anderson, Margaret- street, Cavendish-square .. • . 100 7.396 T. W. Hill, Oswestry 10 12,175 Raydon, Maidstone .. ~ 25 2,450 Amy Sanderson, South Australia 10 6,516 P. P. Thomson, Liverpool .. 15 10,271 E. Newton, Fitzroy-square .. 20 12,417 E. Lloyd, Shrubbery, S , ratford, 35 2,355 Michael Ryan, Clonmel .. 40 4,398 H. Thornton, Brad f ord .. 26 10,120 H. Sparshott, Gray's-inn-passage 50 9,533 Colonel Norman, York .. .. 15 11.163 J. Rodes, Whitley .. 40 9,081 J. Fisher •• .• •• 40 8,969 J. Dick •• •• •• 10 1,776 Mrs. M'Mullen, Hackney .. 25 3,137 B. Spilsbury, Husgin-lane .. 20 1,402 J. R. Murchiston, Kingston-on- Thames 200 •• •• •• 1,254 Capt. Wood, Surbiton lO 3,124 Col. Wilson, Finsbury 10 ~ 11,354 T. Tidsdale, St. John's.. 20 6,118 Mrs. Bentley, Leeds 15 8,100 Alfred Brothers, Manchester .. 20 992 J. Wheeler, Wesrbouree-terrace 25 2,659 S. Crisp, Hobart-town 20 • . 5,955 F. Moseley, Lord •st., Liverpool 15 7,772 J. Dyson, Sheffield .. 40 1,738 G. Hilder, Rye • . •• 20 106 Mrs. Gardner, Glasgow • . 20 11,486 J. A. Gray, .. 10 11,166 H. Wardman, Leeds .. .. 10 11,264 H. Nixon, Liverpool .. 10 10,699 J. Church, Springfield, Essex 15 6,338 T, Saxby, Lewes 15 $4 9,835 A. Ellis, Leicester .. 20 961 R. T. Brown, Lower-st., Islington 25 9,832 J. D. Harris, Leicester .. 20 4,555 G. Inwood, Bromsgrove .. 10 12,101 T. Hilton, Blackburn .. 25 7,224 r. Barker, Newark .. 40 926tT. C. Fox, Wellington .. 25 3,346 W. Smith, Quaorant .. 15 943 Miss Etson, Berners-street .. 16 10,897 A. Bishop, Blackheath .. 10 7,124 Mrs. Turner, Midhurst .. 10 5,235 R Shipman, Graniham., .. 10 151 Alfred Bishop, Blackheath .. 25 2,64.) J. Ka r, Geelong 20 4,479 E. Wright, Brighton .. .. 10 1,550 W. P. Will ams, Rugeley .. 25 968 Mrs, Yeomans 10 4,460 Mrs. H. Kennedy, Bridgwater.. 20 11,539 J Stewart, Jedburgh .. 20 6,208 J. Tilson, Leeds .. .. 25 232 J. W. Harvey, St. John's Wood 20 6,758 W. G. Allison, Louth .. .. 16 9,669 T. 'l'aylor, Edinburgh .. ~ 16 5,974 J. Mackneith, Liverpool.. .. 15 1,193 G. P. Pierce, Albany-street .. 15 1,183 Miss Blackburn, Wandsworth.. 10 6,331 Stanway, Leominster .. 15 8,097 J. Haywood, Christ Churoh .. 15 5,833 R. Mark, Aylesbury .. 50 2,195 J. Morrison, Glasgow .. .. 10 10,254 W. Tookey, High-st., Marylebone 15 3,791 R. Forrest, 49, Bernard-street, Russell , square .. 200 ..• 6,718 J. Knight. Launceston .. 10 11,417 J. Solley, Tipton.. .. .. 40 11,710 T. Mind, Kidderminster 10 8,089 J. Cotton, Sr. Helen's .. 60 3,098 J W Rudd, Norfolk. crescent.. 15 3,112 Mrs. Peel, Terrace. Clapham .. 25 6,301 E. W. Robert. 15 Fish -street-hill 26 2,002 Miss Ramsey, Aberdeen .. 25 2,448 S. Deering, Adelaide, South Australia . • .. .. 15 683 E. M. Wilkins, Poultry .. 20 5,835 W. Quarmby, Ashton .. .. 26 8,919 J. G Fox, New Zealand . • 10 6,210 E. Bretherton, Gloucester .. 16 11,902 W. Steadman, West Melling .. 20 2,337 A. Lawrence .. • • .. 20 ...„ 10,098 C. Swithers. Leadenhall-street., 10 4,528 H, W. Wix, Bromley, Kent .. 50 4,775 Messrs Rickett, Cheltenham .. 25 1,942 E. Johnson, Castle-street, Holborn 15 4,024 R. Miles, Aberdare .. .. 15 9,779 J. C. Gregg, Constantinople .. 30 2,674 W. Lewis, Hobart Town • • 25 6,198 F Collins, Leeds .. .• 20 7,959 A Knowles, Stockton .. .. 25 3,348 W. B. Berry, Commercial. road 10 6,216 J. Mills, Leeds 35 7,707 W. Pierson, St. Albans .. 35 541 G. Hilman, Bishop Auckland .. 15 6,389 A. Gledhall, Cardiff .. 20 7,735 J. Fawcett, Sheffield .. 40 9,861 W. Phipps, Northampton .. 10 10,961 S. Roberts, Chester .. .. 15 506 S. Brandon, Rotherhithe .. 15 4,067 E. Cordingly, Atnerston .. 40 10,148 - Stevens, Loughborough Park 15 9,78.5 0. Taylor, Constantinople .. 20 1,103 R. Steward, Yarmouth .. .. 35 8,682 C. Cordy, Samarang 35 1,396 W. M'Crea, Lombard-street .. 35 4,487 Lady Briggs, Royal-crescent, Brighton 75 10,789 J. Henderson .. .. 100 9,149 A. Andrews, Truro .. .. 10 3,497 S. Tucker, Ponders End ~ 26 202 Messrs. Marshall and Snellgrove's Library, Oxford-street .. 25 1,705 E. Statham, Paddington .. 20 7,461 M. W. Britten, Pee zance .. 10 1,291 Mrs. Woodhall, Canonbury .. 10 2,783 W. Bowing, Melbourne.. .. 15 887 J Gurney, Farringdon-street .. 20 6,807 W. Middleton, City .. .. 40 5,077 T. Beal, Dover .. .. 10 6,082 I. Gatti 15 10,624 Mrs. Grimes, 14, Clarges-street 50 2,119 John Menzies, Kincardine .. 100 12,012 J. Tegg, James-street, Bedford. TOW • . • . 50 11,593 J. Alexander, Barcelona .. 20 4,724 W. Warwick, Cheltenham .. 50 3,657 Dennison, West-square, St. George's .. • . • • 40 4,843 John Taylor, Fazerkerley 36 3,463 —, Guardian Office .. 10 3,678 C. Painter. 377, Strand 15 10,030 It chard Day s, Newgate-street 40 9,994 R. Brew, Ware .. .. 15 1,564 W. D. Bushel, Cardiff .. 20 1,038 W. Farthing .. 2,623 R. Gibson, Geelong .. 10 10,433 C. Snewing, Euston-square .. 15 4,667 J. Lane .. 10 5.584 T. Laing, Hereford .. 10 6,364 J. Smith, Louth .. 20 12,139 J. h ean, Bradley Heath .. 75 3,6 9 Captain Wilso., 4th Foot 26 9,803 Sarah Whitehead, Kirby Lonadale 35 4,603 W. 'Webster, Manchester .. 35 12,355 W. Robertson, 14, Pratt-street, Camden- town • • .. 50 9,866 C. Kenning, Little Brington, Nor thampton, the Chief Prize, " The Dancing Girl Reposing," .. 700 8,109 W. T. Thackley • . •• 25 4,379 Dr. Small 50 4,198 E. W. Langdale, Beverley .. 75 2,888 M. Feder), Sydney .. 60 2 Smith, Bishopsgate- street .. 10 6,046 —5, Addison-terrace, Ken sington .. • . 20 5,841 W. Gee, Ashton-under-Lyne 20 8,221 G. F. King, Fenchurch-street 20 12,728 J. Hamilton, Corporation-st., Bel fast 10 The drawing of the minor prizes • was then proceeded with, and at its conclusion thanks were voted to Benjamin Webster, Esq., the proprietor and lessee, and William Smith, Esq , acting manager, , or the use of the theatre. Mr. WILLIAM SMITH, in the absence of Mr. Webster, returned thanks for the compliratut. He said Mr. Webster would always feel happy in placing his theatre at the dis an t P d he ( eeMr. Smith) would at all ilie The proceediDge then terminat e d. sal s o b f a t a h t e t A he r i t r U co n m io m ; and . (Chrs.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CHARGE or MANSLAUGHTER —Willi im Clayands, cab proprietor, of Conway -mews, Eitzroy-square, was charged before Mr. Knox with causing the death of Wm, Cooper, by striking him on the head with a hammer, on the 31st March last. After some evidence had been given, Mr. Lewis said that when the case was entirely before his worship it would not present such a serious aspeot as it at present did, and he could put in bail to the amount of £l,OOO. Mr. Knox, after going over the case as laid before him, said that under the circumstances he must still refuse, and remanded tho prisoner till Thursday. THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE. HAYANNAH, April S.—The Vanderbilt still re mains in port. The othsr day Admiral Wilkes breakfasted on board her Majest3's steamer Ariadne, and several civilities and courtesies were exchanged between the two commanders. Washington, April 14. --The Navy Department has received information of the following captures: — The D. Sargeant, from Galveston bound to Hon duras, with 51 b a l es of cotton, captured b y t h e United States' gunboat K.ittaniny, off Galveston bar; the scho oner R anger was captured by the Fort Henry's armed boats, off Crystal River, with gunpowder, &e. ; the schooner Adna, of Nas sau, was captured off the mouth of the Suwanee River, with an assorted cargo. New York, Apri' 14.—The British steamers Surprise and Dolphin, previously reported captured have arrived at Key West. On the 31st of March a schooner was dis covered going into the Big Santee River. The United States' ship Conemagh gave chase, but she went en with a very favourable wind. As there were but few feet of water in the Santee River, she could not go in ; she continued to fire at her, but did not suc ceed in capturing her. A boat which drifted from ;he schooner was captured, in which were several articles and cards, on which was the name of J. P. A. Mertz, no doubt the blockade-runner. The Rising Dawn, from Nassau, has arrived, a prize, captured off Wilmington. Key West, Florida, March 20.—The schooner Two Brothers was brought into port on the 27th, a prize to the steamer Tioga, Captaia Clary, who captured her about 60 wiles from Abaco, from Nas sau, bound to Dixie with an assorted cargo. The schooner Surprise, from near Bay Post, Florida, with 200 bales of cotton, was captured by the steamer Huntsville, Lieu t e n ant - Commanding Ro gers, about 80 miles west of Tortuas, and arrived here on the 19th. Oa the night of the 23d the United States' steamer Octorora, Captain Collins, arrived from a cruise, having in charge two prizes which she had captured on the Bahamas, and the circumstances connected with the capture of one of them are so peculiar as to attract more than ordi nary notice. THE POLICE AMALGAXiTION BILL, The bill produced in the House of Commons by Sir George Grey for the amalgamation of the City of London Police with the Metropolitan Police was issued from the parliamentary printing -office yes terday. Tne title of the bill is " The City of Lon don and Metropolitan Police Act, 1863 . " I t i s pro posed that the bill shall take effect on the Ist Jan next. It provides for the establishment of one or more branch station or stations in the City, to be under the superintendence of a new Assistant Com missioner of Police, to be appointed by her Majesty, the offer of such appointment to be made in the first instance to Captain Hodgson. The City police force are to have the same rank, pay, and superannuation as they are now receiving; whilst the constables of the Metropolitan police force within the City are to have the same powers, duties, &c., as are exercised in the metropolitan districts. The Chamberlain of the City of London is to transfer all the cash vested in his name in connection with the police to the receiver for the Metropolitan Police district, and, after the act has come into operation, the expense of maintaining the addition to the Metropolitan police force is to be defrayed partly out of monies to be provided by Parliament, and partly out of the police rate leviable under the City Police Act ; the money payable by Parliament to bear the same pro portion to the money payable out of the police rate as the money hitherto contributed by the Mayor and commonalty and citizens has borne to the money payable out of the said rate. The Chief Com missioner of the Metropolitan Police is to have power to issue a warrant requiring the Chan berlain of the City of London to pay out of any cash in his hands a sum not exceeding the amount of the police rate authorised to be levied by the City Police Act. the warrants of the City justices are to be recognised arid executed in the counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Hertford, Essex, and Kent, and every warrant issued by any ju s ti ce in those counties is to be executed in any part of the City of London. Le Constitutionnel of to-day mentions " under reserve" a rumour it has just received from Berlin to the effect that M. Bismark will almost immediately have to retire from office, that Minister being held responsible for the present isolation in which Prussia finds herself. Yesterday, we learn from L Opuuon Nationale of this morning, the Ministers sat in Council at the Palace of the Tuileries, under the Presidency of the Emperor. In taking po , session of his archiepiscopal throne M Darboy, says Le Siecle, addresses a letter to the clergy and faithful of his archdiocese. "what it is," he remarks at the very outset, " that has brought us the honour of being named your archbishop, we know not. Perhaps," he adds, "the intentions and the acts of the venerated Cardinal Morlot - had something to dc with it." In replacing his deceased predecessor, M. Darboy goes on to remark that he wished to continue his work by precisely the same means and method, making an allowance only for the differences alone discernible in personal character. The Archbishop of Paris declares that the Church, or more plainly speaking the Pope, w ou ld always find in him "not only a Bishop faithful to the holy see; but still more, the son ever respectful and ready at all times to do the will of his well-beloved father." France, he says, also no less than the Church may count upon his devotion, for France is no other than the soldiers of God.. In watching near the Pope in order to protect him from audacious criminals, in order to render him and to maintain him as master in his own home, the French army he declares does no more than follow the mut d'ordre, which has been transmitted downwards from reign to reign from the days of Clovis to those of Napoleon 111. Sir John Bowring is (says the Devon Weekly limes) appointed by the Government as one of the envoys to attend the approaching conferenc e at Paria with reference to the postal system; especially with reference to the postage of newspapers. All the large continental na tions will be represented at this conference. SUICIDE OF A CON VICT.—A married man named Patrick Manion, 21 years of age, was convicted at Newcastle-on-Tyne Assizes of a rape upon a married woman on the morning of New Year's day, and sentenced by Mr. Baron Martin to penal servitude for life. There were mi tigating circumstances in the case, and since his conviction there was a widespread impression prevailing in the town that he was innocent of the crime for which he had received so terrible a punishment. The Mayor of Newcastle, Mr. I. L. Bell, had taken much trouble to inquire into the case, and his efforts resulted in a communication being made by Mr. Baron Martin to the Home-office, intimating that it was desirable the case should unde•-go further investigation. A communication from the Home -office authorising this in vestigation was rec , ived at the gaol in Newcastle on Satur day morning, but the convict had frustrated the good in tentions of the authorities by committing suicide during the night. Early in the morning when the officers entered his cell, they discovered that he had hung himself. He had succeeded during the night in unravelling the cordage of his hammock, and so made a rope with which he destroyed himself. The prisoner seemed to be in his usual state of mind on the previous evening, an d the only surmise that can be made is that the prisoner might have heard that tfiose inmates of the gaol sentenced to penal servitude in m g ight be among to their final p w l were t e o f b d e e :e r n e t n i e s f e e p r r a e e d d o h n e Saturdayfeared t h that o h r n e the number. the adjuta n t s as m ili tary ac- An important movement has been u n d erta k en b y the Government in reference to v o l unteer corps. employ ym in that ca p ac it y to rece i ve m• ne t ' s Which may be re m itt e d to ca l otnudhnaatsca account us e ,nn and itdoe alldr pe t qu o ub e il r m i ce them for the service of the corps to which they belong re sp€ctively. In order to the due performance of the finan ci .1 duties to be entrusted to them,the War office has notified tothat app o i n t men t, that guarantee w ill beii t l heo requiredfficrs holdin g tobeprovided by them in one or other of the following modes :--1. The sum of £530 to be deposited in the Public Funds; or, 2. A policy to be ob tained from the European Assurance Society for £500; or, 3. Two bonds of sureties for £5OO each; or, 4. The bondof of the European Maur ozonooesuSroectiyetyfotrofs4o26oo, and . a polic y SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. YORK RA( ES—T*4ls DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 2 to 1 agst Fantail (ufft-red) 7 to 2 agst Carbineer (offered) 7 to 1 agst Physalis colt (offered) AnurvED.— Stockman, Fauconberg, Navarino, Lady Louisa, Lady Ripon, and Lufra. TATTERSALL S—YEST ERDAY. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 6to 2 agst Fantail (taken) 7to 2 agst Carbineer (taken) Bto 1 agst Physalis colt (taken) 10 to 1 agst Manfred (taken) 60 to 1 agst Adventurer (offered) THE DERBY. 9to 2 agst Lord Clifden (taken) 7to 1 aget Macaroni (taken) 10 to 1 aget Saccharometer (offered) 15 to 1 agst Ghillie (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst National Guard (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Automaton (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Ranger (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst King of the Vale (taken) 33 to 1 agst Carnival (offered) 40 to 1 aget Jarnicoten (taken) 60 to 1 agst Avondale (taken) 50 to 1 aget Stockman ((offered) 1000 to 15 agst Fantastic (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Physalis colt (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Safeguard (taken) CITY BETTING—YESTERDAY. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 6to 2 agst Fantail (taken) 7to 2 agst Carbineer (taken) Bto 1 agst Physalis colt (taken) 10 to 1 agst Venison (taken) 10 to 1 agst Manfred (taken) 20 to 1 agst Piccador (offered) 60 to 1 agst Adventurer (offered) CHESTER CUP. sto 2 agst Straddle (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1883. APRIL. York Spring 2B 1 Salisbury _ _ Chester 6 Bath l2 Harpenden l5 Epsom l9 .Y. Radcliffe 25 Manchester 27 Marlborough 29 Ju: Ascot 2 Newton 10 Hampton ..10 ()diham 16 Bibury Club 17 Beverley. l7 Stockbridge lB Chelmsford 23 Newcastle-on-Tyne 23 Carlisle 3O Ju: Worcester Summer 2 Newmarket July .. 7 Liverpool... 13 Abingdon 14 Hungerford l6 Pontefract 16 Stamford ..16 Winchester 2l Nottingham 21 Cambridge Southampton.. 22 Goodwood.. 22 Aui Brightcn Brighton Club 6 Lewes Wolverhampton lo Reading . 12 York August lB TIM Plymouth 20 Egham 25 Stockton 25 1 Oxford 1 Lichfield .. 3l SEPT; Devon and Exeter 1 Derby Summer Warwick Leicester lO Doncaster 15 OCT Coventry Newmarket S. Q . :MBER. Brecon .... . 2l Richmond 22 Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket Ist Oct. 29 113 ER. Lincoln Autumn 20 Newmarket Houghton 26 Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The first of the Royal Italian despatch vessels, built by Messrs. Wigram, of Blackwall, and fitted with improved engines of 350 horse power by Messrs John Penn and Son, was tried at the measured mile on Saturday, and, notwithstanding a strong wind, attained the extraordinary speed of 17 nautical, or 191 statute, miles per hour. A naval court assembled on board her Majesty's ship Victory at Portsmouth yesterday, for the trial, pro forma, of Lieut. Charles Hill, and the surviving officers and crew of her Mkjesty's ship Orpheus at present in England, for the recent loss of that ship on the bar of Manukau harbour, New Zealand. The Court was composed of Capt. Scott, her Ma jesty's ship Victory, President; Captains Wain wright, Cumming, Phillimore, Chamberlain, and Seccombe. After hearing a mass of evidence the finding was read by the Deputy Judge• Adv ocate. It set forth that her Majesty's ship Orpheus was lost by striking on the bar of Manukau harbour on the day named when going over it in the absence of pilot boats, that no blame whatever was attached to Commodore Bur nett, C. 8., or any of her officers and crew, that the conduct of every officer, seaman and marine, man and boy, on board was deserving of the very highest praise, and that Lieut. Hill and the officers and ore .v of her Majesty's late ship Orpheus were therefore fully and honourably acquitted. Lieut. Hill was then called to the table and presented with his sword. The President observed that the duty he had to perform was gratifying to him, and that he only expressed the feelings of the entire Court when he said they felt the sword could not be in trusted to better and more worthy hands. It gives us much pleasure to announce that her Majesty has forwarded to Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8., Admiral Commanding at Portsmouth, through Sir C. Phipps, the sum of £5O for the families of the crew of the Orpheus, with the expression of her Majesty's deep sympathy with them in their afflic tion. The Revenge, 76, Capt. Mends, was appointed to sail last evening for the Mediterranean with Rear- Admiral R. Smart, K.H. Rear-Admiral Smart will hoist his flag as Vice-Admiral, and in command of the Mediterranean station, on relieving Vice-Admi ral Sir W. Martin. Admiral Martin returns to England via France. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty:--Copt. F. A. Campbell, to the Royal Oak; Lieut. Armand T. Powlett and Lieut. Henry E. Stephens, to the Orontes; Lieut. Robert B. Cay, Lieut. R. Woodward, and Lieut. E. S. Richards, to the Liverpool ; Lieut. Henry C. Best, to the Cum berland; Lieut. Chas. Forrest, to the Meuere; Lieut. Sir A. Loraine, to the Royal Oak; Lieut. 7. B. Creagh, to the Edgar; Lieut. H. F. Hovenden, to the Ajax ; W. F. Haine, master, to the Liverpool ; J. Kiddie, master, to the Royal Oak; Sub•-Lieut. R. H. Lawson and Sub-Lieut. F. Rongemont, to the Royal Oak ; Sub-Lieut. W. Otter, to the Narcissus; Henry Cooper, paymaster, to the Royal Oak; Har rington R. Jones, paymaster, to be Secretary to Roar-Admiral Smart ; J. Jack, surgeon, to the Royal Oak ; R. Edwards is promoted to sur geon ; E. R. Key and E. W. R. Veale, assist.- paymasters to the Royal Oak ; Patrick Keelan and Dr. E. J. Sherard to the Royal Oak ; R. J. Wemyss, chief engineer, .to the Curagoa ; Francis Brockton, engineer, to the Fox ; R. T. Martell, en gineer, to the Vigilant ; J. Rice, J. Slater, and G. Patterson, assist.- engineers, to the Curagoa ; J. Mercer, acting-second cless assist.-engineer, to the Curagoa ; F. W. Raikes, second master, to the Orontes; Benjamin Dickenson, second master, to the Curagoa ; William Thomas Tredidge, second master, to the Royal Oak; Edward P. Statham, midshipman, to the Warrior; Sydney A. Roberts, Calverley T. Bewicke, and Arthur C. Clarke, naval cadets, to the Royal Oak ; Walter H. Buck and John H. Wade, master's assistants, to the Orontes ; Benjamin J. Bradley and John Stocker, master's assistants, to the Royal Oak. THE ARMY. I The Scots Greys are under orders to restore from Peirshill (Edinburgh), Perth, and Hamil ton to Bir mingham, Coventry, and Weedon. The first troop from Peirshill commence a 21 days' march to Bir mingham to-day. The last two troops will leave on the 2d proximo, reaching Coventry and Weedon on the 21st. The Scots Greys will be replaced by the 3d (King's Own) Hussars, now on their voyage and march from Dublin. The ceremony of consecrating the colours of the 2d battalion of the 25th Regiment, stationed i n Edinburgh Castle , took p lace in Hol y ro od - park S a turday last. A fter consecration by the Rev. M r. i W a tson, a Scottis h E p i scopalian clergym an , th e colours were handed to the two junior ens i gns by Lady Juliana W al k e r, wife of th m e ar-Getnoetrhael C omm anding, and Lieut.-Col. Allan resp onded a ddress. The Scots Greys and battery of Royal Artillery from Leith then executed along with the battalion a number of parade moyementg, SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC TOURthai nate& —The victory of the Confederates over the Federals at. Charleston is something more - than ' the mere triumph of one combatant over anothtr. P. is a victory of forts over ships, of land batteries over iron-cased vessels, of the deknce over the at tack. It conveys a lesson which we should be un wise to neglect. It represents an experiment on a large scale is a department of science to whi c h we are now devoting our attention. Roughly speaking, Charleston harbour is not very unlike Southampton Water, and now it has been actually attacked,by an ironclad fleet and defended by heavily-armed , forts. We need say no more to show how valuable this ex perience may be to us, and with what interest we should regard the history of the battle. Of Charles ton harbour in its present state we know only that it has been carefully fortified by the construction of strong works on each side, not only of the entrance. but of every point in the harbour itself. One of the forts is an old one, being no other than the now famous Fort Sumter, but it was strengthened as far as circumstances would permit. The other defences are mostly of recent erection, and adapted to the practice of modern warfare by all arts of the Con federate engineers. The result, we are told, was, that no hostile vessel could enter the harbour with out passing within 600 yards of a battery. Across the channel, too, at a point where the obstacle would serve to bring the assailants to a standstill within reach of the shore guns, the Southerners had placed a line of torpedoes, and behind this line they had ranged their own iron-clad gunboats. For all these dispositions the Federals had prepared them selves. A contrivance had been invented tor raising the torpedoes ; nine heavy iron-clads were to go in and silence the forts, and then, the harbour being opened, it was imagined that the city could be bom herded by the squadron from the inner waters. Such were the plans for the attack and the defence, and it would be difficult to imagine operations better calculated to throw light on our inquiries. We find, then, as the great result of the engagement, that the attack was decisively repulsed, and, although we are still without official details of the battle, we are left in no uncertainty upon any of the main points of interest. We know that whereas the file of the iron-clads produced little effect, except on the old-fashioned masonry of Fort Samter, the fire of the forts totally destroyed one of the iron clads and disabled at least four mope. This remark able service, too, was performed by sheer force of artillery. It was hard shot against heavy armour, and the armour gave way. We have the names of seven out of the nine vessels engaged, and these names show that the best ships of the Federal fleet were despatched upon this duty. The Passaic was the model Monitor of the new pattern—an improve ment upon the original, designed by the inventor himself. The Ironsides was the only one of the three models approved by the Navy Department for ex periment which had not been pronounced a failure. The Keokuk was a specimen from Mr. Whitney's dockyard, and was regarded as rivalling the fa vourite productions of Mr. Ericsson. The Wenawkeu was a sister ship to the Passaic, and the others, we believe, were of much the same build. In fact, they are all called "Monitors".in the report, the name of Mr. Ericsson's original vessel having been applied generically to the ships built more or less exactly on her model. We do not suppose for a moment that the vessels could be compared to our own iron cased frigates. The beat of them were under 1,500 tons' burden, they cost but £BO,OOO a-piece, and they were built from the keel in a very few months. Our own experience has taught us that on such terms a really first-rate production would have been an impossibility; but, at any rate, the Federals bed no better vessels in their fleet than those which ad vanced to the attack of Charleston Forts on the 7th of last month. Yet these vessels were completely worsted in the engagement which followed, and the power of artillery seems to have been more effectu ally demonstrated than in any other battle of the war. The Keokuk, Mr. Whitney's vessel,was abso lutely destroyed and sunk. The Passaic " had her turret so bent as to deprive her of all offensive power"—a casualty which had not been reckoned among the liabilities of these turret ships. The Wehawken was similarly damaged, insomuch that her turret worked with difficulty." The Ironsides refused to obey her rudder and " hecameunmanage able." Such, indeed, was the superiority of the shore batteries, assisted, probably, in some degree by the Confederate gunboats, that credit is claimed for the Federal commanders in hating saved the fleet from complete destruction. The battle went wholly against the ships, and was very soon decided. Pro bably the two accounts which represent the engage ment respectively as lasting two hours and half an hour may be reconciled by supposing that the last 30 minutes proved fatal to the fleet, the ships hav ing become exposed by that time to the full force of the Confederate artillery. When we inquire into the nature of the ordnance which was employed with such effect we find it described as of the Whitwort h pattern, It is said, indeed,that both on the Northern and Southern sides the guns in use are principally of English make, but the descriptions are so loosely given that we can hardly form any definite conclu sions on the point. In the present else, however, Whitworth shot is spoken of as well as Whitworth cannon, and as we have ourselves ascertained the power of this species of ordnance, we may perhaps credit the report that it played a part in this notable , engagement. But the moral to be now drawn is, that forts, or stationary batteries, may be expected to perform better service against ships, or movable batteries, than was imagined when a resolution was token last year to suspend the construction of forts , at Spithead, The mobility of ships can be neutra lised by any impediments which will delay them for a short period within reach of the fort guns. As Chart. ston these impediments were formed by a chain of torpedoes and a line of gunboats, but any obstacle in the channel would have had the same effect. If the iron-clads could have steamed right on past the forts at ten miles an hour, they might have escaped perhaps with little damage even at 500 yards range. But this was put out of their power. They were brought up by the barrier across the channel, and then when they engaged the forts on these terms they were soon knocked to pieces. If it be said thai this occurred, not because forts are stronger than ships, but beeaase on this occasion the Confe derate guns were stronger than the Federal armour, we answer that a similar condition might generally be insured. We have no doubt that in this case the Southern artillery had really an intrinsic advantage over the imperfect and hastily built iron. clads of the Federals. A Whitworth gun, if the Confede rates had such weapons, would make very short work of American Monitors, but it is obvious that, whatever may have been the particular conditions in this case, it would be always possible to give a heavier battery and a thicker coat of armour to a shore fort than to a floating vessel. There is no practical limit to weight on one side; there must necessarily be a limit on the other. In short, it comes to this—that if we can only compel a ship to remain stationary for a few minutes within range of a fort's guns, those guns may be used with fatal effect against her, while the fort remains invulner able under the protection of its armour. Possibly a ship's armour may be made much thicker and a ship's guns more powerful than they are at present, but in both these cases there must be a limit, whereas there is no such limit as regards either the armour or the armament of the fort. A tort, then, may be expected to beat a ship if they can be made to engage on equal terms, and that these conditions may be secured by very simple contrivances is what we learn from the fight at Charleston. POST.—There is assuredly no topi c which more imperatively demands the attention of Government than the condition of the manufacturing classes in Lancashire. It is, however, but just to the Minis try to say that they have not needed to be reminded of their duties by the voice of Parliament. The de- bate which supervened last night on Mr. Ferrand's motion evince but little diversity of opinion is those who took part in it on the fund,mental pez.. which were at issue. Mr. Ferranti, in asPeanbmo• ceeding three hours in duration, _ supportedeiovernment to tion that it was the duty consider without delay manufacturing taken to relieve the distres . s th t truth be said that from nfo censuring r t u u atel y b t the G t u o u hon eell districts, but it cannot with Wireviously known to the he adduced any facts not the p whaot.fenitthheeaesures should be Administration. Indeed, public or admitted.by_ , 00 persons ar au ced which for the course theyv went in any respect . u _ he cautiously abst hitherto adopted. It is f 400 0 e, and . gave for some time been, subsisting on public cha rity. Th e problem how to find thena known that u pwards o occupation in that which has hitherto been their sole em ployment remains, as formerly, without solution. means of It was a distinctive featu re of last that no speaker sugg es t e d i t to be deb a t e Government, at all r i s k s, t o be the duty of the o s of Lancashire with cotton . Although close on half an a wicked and purposeless women are deprived, by ing their daily bread,it war, of the means o f eat n pride that none is a matt er f or l eg i t i mate in such an have proposed that th e G overnm Alt of emergency should disregard the obliga tionsinternational law, and interpose by force in order to check hostilities which can only bring ruin and disgraceTh upon those wh o are engage d in th e m. The sole question which should occupy the consi deration of those who profess to be the friends of the Lancashire operatives is how to relieve them in their present pressing necessities. This question was differently answered, both by Mr. Ferrand and by Mr. Potter, who moved an amendment to the former gentleman's motion ; but neither of their answers can be regarded as satisfactory. It was pro posed that the Government should find occupation for the 70,000 or 80,000 ablebodied men who are at this moment subsisting on charity by employing them on public works ; and it was also suggested tbat the Government should enable them to emi grate to other lands, where they would, with com e parative facility, secure employment. It was fur , ther proposed by Mr. Ferrand that an act should be passed with the view of checking over-trading and over-production for the future, by restricting the time 00 0 fff childrentwh o e r s k e ing d v er f ot o yf r aoaufnu t h e l tst hours,b o l oewi inflicted fi s a i ho . strikinglyct us e d r b p y e rda the y A ,a m nd American illustrative a a n eg w eeo a tin r toie o m ;t a, la n e ,sh c in d efiance cotton trade of this country, and of the panic which it hasasnucegregeae of s te te d vt , ehrayt thata well-informed principle operativesof b e only political permitted to work at their ordinary trade for a limited number of hours per day. The amendmen t t o bi f eosn A t l o r I. way P th o eo t f t c e ro r etit io t en o v itnhge districts, e t ff h e e c t t R distress, e sts i se n cu to re t d he t h c e o ndi- sion should b e appo i nted to i nquire that a Royal Commis o report upon the ap proval of but very few. The report of a Roy a 1 Co rn mission, as the President o f t h e Poor-law Boa rda well observed, could give us no information which we do not at present possess. We know the cause of the distress in the manufacturing districts, and we are equally well acquainted with its extent. On these points a Royal Commission can tell us nothing. As to the remedy, we are equally well aware that it can consist alone in an abundant supply of cotton. From the appointment of a Royal Commission no good could be derivable either to the Lancashire cotton spinners or to the public generally. It remained, therefore, for consideration whether the suggestions in respect to the employment of the distressed ope ratives on public works, or the adoption of means for facilitating their emigration to other countries, could be adopted. On the head of emigration, the reply of the Government may be considered as equally satisfactory and conclusive. Tne distress in Lancashire may be very great, but we have not yet come to that pass when we must drive the popula tion elsewhere for employment. To encourage the emigration of the English cotton-spinners would be in effect to deny that in this country the cotton trade could ever again be revived. Of what avail will it be to encourage (as we are doing daily) the growth of cotton in India and elsewhere for the supply of the English market, if at the same time we deprived our selves of those to whose labours we must be indebted for the conversion of the raw material into the fabrics of which, in the course of time, we shall be in such need. Nor could the Government consent to employ the Lancashire operatives on public works, where their wages should be paid out of the national purse. This would be in fact only another mode of making a parliamentary grant in their favour. The most suitable mode of relieving them is that which has been devised by the Government. In Lancashire and Cheshire there exist vast districts which need drainage, and which would thus supply work for upwards of one hundred thousand men for more than two years. It is the intention of the Govern ment to despatch engineers immediat, ly to those counties, to select the places in which drainage works may forthwith be commenced, and in the course of three weeks the Government anticipate that labour will be supplied to 70,000 men. These works will be instituted under the Local Improve ment Acts, and the expenses be borne by the districts in which the improvements are made. This course will satisfy the requirements of all; it will supply employment to the distressed manufacturers; it will check that demoralisation which is apt to arise from protracted idleness; and it will cast upon those who will be most benefited by the labours of the operatives the cost of their support. HERALD.—" Give your decisions boldly," said an experienced judge to a newly-appointed brother, " for they will generally be right; but never give your reasons, for they will very often be wrong." We can give our hearty support to the motion brought forward last night by the member for Devonport. We think it high time that the Go vernment should take into consideration the state of the manufacturing districts, and determine what measures, if any, may tend to relieve the operative population from their present condition of unwilling idleness. But we certainly think it most unfortu nate that Mr. Ferrand should have " given his ream eons," and prefaced his motion by such a speech as that which he thought it his duty to make. It is true enough, no doubt, that delegates from numerous manufacturing districts have furnished, Mr. Ferrand with distorted facts and un reasonable opinions; but certain we are that these delegates do not represent the views of the more intelligent and respectable of the opera tives. It is not possible for one who does not comprehend the economy of factory labour to avoid such misapprehensions of facts as several times eli cited the laughter of the Radical benches during Mr. Ferrand's speech. He promised, and evidently in tended, not to revive the memory of old personal or political feuds. But that memory mastered him ; and seeing his old enemies of the Anti-corn-law League before him he could not refrain from taunt ing them with the prophecies in which they for m( rly indulged, and the miserable results which have followed and falsified those prophecies. The opportunity was tempting indeed. When they ere fighting for the repeal of the Corn Laws, those gentlemen were warned that it was not safe to de pend for a supply of food upon foreign countries. And what was their answer? " Look at us; we depend for cotton, which to us is bread, entirely upon the slave states of America, and we do not feel in the least uneasy under that dependence." In vain were they told that this dependence was a great and lamentable misfortune—a misfortune which, if it were the result of choice, would have been a crime. In vain were they asked what would become of them if a servile insurrection should break out—what would become of them if war should close the ports of the United States. They did not believe in servile revolt or in war; war was the last thing they would ever believe in. They induced us to legislate on the expectation of perpe tual peace; to put our army and navy, and our sup ply of food, on the same peace footing on which the cotton manufacture stood. We paid for the first blunder with the frightful disaster of the Crimea ; we are paying for the inevitable dependence on America for cotton, which seemed such a trifle to the Anti-Corn-law League; the hour may be fast ap proaching wherein we shill bitterly regret our de pendence on America for so large a part of our food. But the motion answered its chief purpose ad mirably. It compelled the Government to make up its mind to take some course or other. So long as no pressure was put upon them, or put upon them only to be withdrawn, they were content to b d e o nothing oi and rn IpEr l en e t stuprmeeedatt,t intoe threatenedr s drift . withdrawal,Bbyut a with n e they were ° seri oust compelled to act ; and their action, if it go far enough, may prove exceedingly fortunate and judi cious. Mr. Villiers refused to promote emigration at Government expense, and declined to accede to Mr. Potter's request for a Royal commission. He considered the first unnecessary and the second use. less. His opinion is, clearly, that the distress is only temporary, and must be net by temporary expe dients. He proposes, accordingly, that inquiry shall be made as to which of the multitude of works required for the improvement of the towns and lands of Lancashire can be begun at once, and be pledges himself that this inquiry will not oecup i y s much more than three weeks, and that hund red work enough to be done to occupy a thousand able-bodied men for two nters. s and it has the b t e e m n p a o m r a e r d y . It remedy bae this t s disi ffi pecrubiatress tibeLutA b es t so i that .p . haveco A uldull advantage of balm at onoc lone Gently anti 'rah dep. there resort relief e f m L i a g n r e a a t s i o h n i Lancashi re ; s pl i r i ll ein te e t s h f a o n r sympATHY WITH to express B At a public meeting held last night at A rm s, Old Kent•road, the Poles in their Efforts to of their country, the following achieve att independencehli3y paths , 'with --) , unanimously agreed to : r‘suiutions were " That the Pole s, after havin oumstances of th e most g long exhibited under cir.• nified dem eanour in the ,frtiel provocation a c a l m en d dig their rights n , which ent itled firm thtm to the respect and admi ration of all civilized nations, have been forced into their present insurrection by acts of continued and i n t o l era bl e O pp r ession and insult o n t he part of Russia, and by the absolute necessity of ta ki ng in se l f-defence, , and inorder to p reserve their national " that fur the last century it has been the constant aim of the Russian Govtrnretnt to denationalize the people of Poland, and to efface the remembrance of her former great ness and freedom ; and this nefarious policy has been pursued by means of constant confiscations, exiles, and massacres wholly without a parallel in the history of any o.her country; and the anarchy which this system has naturally produced is dangerous as well as disgraceful to the civilized States of Europe, and an insult to the majest7 of international law on a gross violation of which the domi nion of Russia in Poland was founded." ' "That it is the duty as well as the lig ht of European powers, by theirunited remonstrances with th e Government . ntton, to put an Of Russia, or if need be by theirjoint interz a and end at once to a state of things so dangerous that if a firm disgrace ful ; and, although this meeting isc o nvinced and England to place resolve were expressed by France and the enfeebled Go« Poland in a position of independence, e their wishes without a vernwent of Russia would yield that if, contrary to its struggle, and is still moreco policy should fail,and hostile this more peace ful expectation,Barmy should b eco me neck f the sacrifices which measures wo uld be borne with cheerful-. measures m i g ht enta il such w hole English p eople," ness by the "That a P Maje sty p etition be presente d to her and b o th nous*, of Parliament to use all possible exertions to Beam) d i a t„ettlement of an inde the forme pendent Government QS Polio,- ~