The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-06 00:00:00

111111 m. of the Chop of 3 arch d and fficulty to his ttivieg ly ea' .d e d to • of the ,gland• unabl e 1 ,,:a to ashipe Itures ; of the jo be' m i the the lent or course' uld be D Goa have shipO Pew" in the to set )f the )ents rorthl e reli• n this viably' istori -3 Pen' jrIOW the ion of übjeot • most united m, ml 11 and 'AL. siOn• ,t ob' val in Alex- Artno nidow ! Vide, faigar -street, to the Low ingtori Brick' 2e d 4. layere 5 there raft Al to take de the police time Id so t until le; th° r UP at )n all I Lon de for until alone, 1 to be for ell t o the half- eyond 10 o ity of the B oyal :11 the the AO any at rag' poliO. )WONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE'. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The retur❑ issued from the Bank of England for the week ending Wednesday last is indicative of en increased demand for accommodation, while golf!, 111 18 also been required to a larger extent. Th rd other securities and the metallic reserves consequently s how a falling off. ,_Subjoined are the particu lars Active Circulation . t £19,690,185 Increase .. b . .. 573,130 Bullion .. 14,b04,517 Decre-, 40 109,579 Beat • 3 ,659,178 Increase • • • ' 320,642 Public De p o sits • • ..• • 8,036 003 I reaPo .. • • • 134,345 Other nc Deposits.. • .. • • • • 13,368,086 Increase • • 935 Seven Day - and other Bills .. 631,870 Increase 33,097 O crvernment Securities 11,144,771 Increa se .. • • • • • • 101,692 Other Securities .. .. 19,639,034 Increase .. • • " 1,070,034 Notes Unemployed .. • • 8,566,840 Decrease .. • • • • •• 686,315 During the last few days business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce markets has continued very quiet, and prices have given way for most of the prin cipal staples, viz., sugar, coffee, rice, and spices. The Public sales of tea concluded without any material alteratirin in values, while tallow continued inactive at 43 5. 6d. to 435. 9d. tor P.Y.C. on the spot, and 465. 6d. for last three months' delivery. The suspension bas been announced of Messrs. Samuel Hood and Son, iron merchants, of Upper Thames -street, but their liabilities are supposed to be small. At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Brett Brothers, warehousemen, a balance-sheet was pre sented, which gave the liabilities at £70,059, and the asset s at £47,580 net. A composition of 10a. in the pound, without security, was offered and re Jected by the meeting. A resolution was ultimately agreed to, appointing a committee to consider whe ther--te estate should be wound up under a deed of aBB igatnent, or a composition accepted of 10s. in the Pound, with security, if such be offered. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 70f. 25c. to 70f. 20c.—heavy. It has been officially notified that the Stock Exchange will be closed on Saturday (tomorrow) and Tuesday next. Business in the market for the English Funds bas been extremely inactive, and there is nothing of novelty or interest to comment upon. Consols, however, are a little flatter, being 921 1 for transfer, and 921 4 for the April account. Dealings have taken place to-day in the New Threes and Reduced . Annuities at 90/ 911 ; in th e 21 p er C ents ., a t 761 ; In the India 5 per Cents. at 108/ 1 ; and in the Enfaced 51 per Cents. at 1121. No important change has taken place in Foreign Securities, and continued quietude prevailed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, have been dealt in at 591; ditto, 1862, 6911; and the Consolides, 411 1. Greek Bonds are flat at 191 1 ; Mexican, 311 ; Peruvian New Loan remains at 871; Portuguese ditto, 471 ; Russian ditto, 941 ; Spanish de ferred, 461: ditto, Passive, 271 1; ditto, Certi ficates have receded to 91 ; but Italian have im proved to 691 /. The New Danish Loan is 1/ 21 prem. Business in the Railway Share Market continued very dull, and there has been *no material change in prices. Great Easterns have improved about 10s.; and London and Brigtton declined ss. The other luxe dealt in main iained previous rates. In the Foreign and Colonial Market previous quotations were current. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares in some instances are a shade firmer. Bank of Egypt have improved to 284 294, Ottoman B ink to 421; Crystal Palace stock remain steady at 33. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities... 761 India Stock Ditto 6 per Cent loB# 1 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. i Jut° 51 per Cent Consols for Account, April 8 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent — Litt° Advertised 2 die FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 4 3 / 4 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ihilian 3 per Cent. B4 Greek 5 pe r C en t . , 1824 - 5 , ex- C oup.ins l9l 1 .02 e1ican 3 per Cent ~. Ditto Account 4- ruvign 4 3 / 4 per Cent. Ditto 4A per Cent ~1862 -- Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account 47} Ditto 1862 ittrasian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 23panish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred .. Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account - —. . Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 - - ... Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lon don. 'reach Itentes, 41 per Cent. , Ex. 25 f. .. 97f. 60c. Italian, 5 Ditto per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 f — Account 69/ 2 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account 922 I Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER's TELEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL, March 6. Sales of the week 28,140 bales, including 5,020 " spec and 8,290 for export. Quotations of fair °clea ns, 24i ; Mobile, 24 ; upland, 23. Estimated Middling Orleans, 21 ; Mobile, 201- ; upland, 20. 8441 , 408,500 b a l es . Imports of the week, 18,785 . Surat, 10 to 18. Today sales about 6,000 bales. Market firm. TRADE WITH CIRCASSIA.—There has been laid before Parli ament the diplomat i c corres p o ndence with Russia in 1856 .57-68 on the subject of trade with the eastern Prince coast of t h e Black Sea. On the part o f R uss i a Gortschakoff and Baron Brunnow claim that by the treaty of Ad r i anople Turkey ceded Cireassia to Russia; t h a t the treaty of P ar i s an d the protocols o f th e d e liberations which preceded it recognise that state of facts, recognise Russia and Turkey as the only riverein Powers of the Black Sea ; that Russia has therefore the right to determine at what points trade shall be carried on, and that the ports which are open —namely, Anapa, Soukoum Kale, Redout. Kale, Poti, and St. Nicholas, are amply sufficient to meet the pre sent requirements of commerce. On the part of Great Bri tain, Lord Wodehouse, the Earl of Clarendon, and the Earl of Malmesbury maintai n that this country has never recognised the right of Russia to the whole of the Cir cassian coast ; that Turkey could not give Russia a right Of sovereignty ever country inhabited by independent tribes ; that by the Treaty of Paris the Black Sea is neutralised, and its ports thrown open to the mercantile marine of all nations, and that it cannot be contended that Russia is entitled, as of right, to preve• t the subjects of other Powers from carrying on a trade with those parts of th e coast, which are not in her possession, and where the has not succeeded in establishing her power. There was, however, no occasion to press the controversy to a settle ment, and the correspondence closed, leaving each party asserting its own of inion and claim. WHAT NEXT ?—A new feature in the application of ga s to domestic purposes is said to be on the point o f i ntro d uct i on h ere . Fire-flies of g old and brilliants already sparkle upon the graceful white feathers and fresh green leaves that adorn the brows of so me of our youthful queens. Clusters of diminutive gas -lights are now to spring from the elaborate tresses of beautiful matrons; the jets will issue from burners measuring a twentieth of an inch pe r h our, w i t hi n transparen t s hades exquisitely cut, not larger than a cherry. The tubing is to be of solid gold, connected with a reservoir of the same valuable metal, which is to lie concealed in the meshes of luxuriant hair behind the head. The pressure will be applied to the golden tank, which is supported by an elaborate back comb, the top of which forms a row of little gaslights. Before entering the ballroom, the husband will " turn on the gas," light up his blushing bride, and usher her into her sphere of conquest, revolving like her prototype, the moon, among the lesser lights around.—American Gaslight Journal. ACCIDENT TO THE NEMESIS STEAMER.--A Point de Galle telegram, dated Feb. 18, states that the Penin sular and Oriental Company's steamer Nemesis struck on a rock while coming into harbour. She, however, en tered safely, although in a leaky condition. SHARE MARYr -- . Day. `l - tDINARY SHARES AND STOt)h.S. Share: Railways. Paid. Closing Busineas Price. done. 13.14 Str. Val. all iilythe and Tyne. all 1 1 '..:mt.,Sleaf.,audMid.Co. all Bristol and Exeter Caledonian lO Cork and Bau , lon Corn %vat' Do A ( A " g ets no diN all till tlp an.has Do, -13 been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. all , Dun.,PerthatAb. June. all Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 ,Glaag. and S. Western lOO 'GreatEastern, Ord, stk 100 Ditto A stock Ditto East Arrlian et 100 GreatNorthof Scotland 100 Great Northern • 100 Do A stock lOO Do B do Gt. S. awl W. of Ireland 100 Great Western Do Str Val qua. stock 100 Lancashire & Yorkshire IGO London and Blaelms.b 1 00 Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 Lon., Chat., and Dover 10 0 Lon. & North Webtern 1 00 Lon. & South Western 100 Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 Ilaryport and Carlisle. all Dot shares all Metropolitan all Midland Do New Do Binning. & Derby 100 mid. Gt. W. of Ireland s.l! 8 84 7 8 86 88 116,1 ''' ..irt 61 7} 41 43 13 14 88 20 108 108 49 80 45 47 24i 25 122 124 121 123 134 138 100 101 851 681 1081 1091 7z 73 114 115 40 42 90; 0 9 i ill 4 101 l 46 46 6.4.0 Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee' Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G,14.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction ' Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock 11. 14* 124* 126* li liP 94 96 t 9.16.4: Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1880 Taff Vale. . 52 53 25 k 26& 98i 99 —d 556 57 67e 871 Do B Do C 'later Do I Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford, 114 116 1 11 p 161 161 111 Ilt 121 123 45 46 101 103 1 N 51 32 34 93 934 C 8 69 7 8 87i 38i 9 10 o 7i 8 p 14i 162 26 St pi 41i 4? 36 37 96 98 444 501 491 164 1221 1221 11 134 b 1011 1 68 51 109 1 1141 401 991119 1011 441 51 14 125} * 41 98/ / 9 56i 87& 1151 161 I 11i 93k 3 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closine Share Railways 100 1 tlantic &St Lawrence all 63 65 s tk j Bom„Baroda&.Cent Ind 10u 104 105 Gu. 5 per cent. .. 20 Do. New . ...... 20 Do. E. Shares. 404 Buffalo and Lake Huroc at; 44 6 10 Do. Preference . all 74 8 • 100 I Bufralo,Brant,&Godric•l. 10 77 80 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1875 100 75 76 100 Do. do. June 1, 18;4 100 73 76 st Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Li, ) 100 103 105 st Cape Town & Dock Sail 100 108 109 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. ( 100 106 VI stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 106 1061 20 Do. do. G Ext 5 # 14p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 10( 204 'l4 100 Do. Ist Pre'. Bonds 9 13 65 67 100 Do. co. deferred all 50 53 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bows all 57 59 100 Do. do defer ed all 44 6 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock 100 Do. do. clef err,d. . 100 Do. 4th Pref. B. o all 21 28 100 Do. do deferred all 22 24 stock GLlndlaPentu.gua.sp.c 100 1054 106 105; 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 4 1 20 Do. January, 1862 4 1 I stock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 102 104 1034 1 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 12/ 204 Do. New 18 71 74, 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 100 162 100 Do. 55 p. a. do. '77-8 all 93 15 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 14p stock Madras. guar~ sp. 0. stock Do. 44 p. o. Extension 100 96 98 stock Dc.4k do lOO i 3 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.Corp. ap. o. Bud- 100 50 Melt,. & Hobson's Bay. all 49 51 100 Do. 7p. c. Hoeg. Bds. alt 20 Newßrunswick & Candr Class A 8111 B all 3 6 N.Rl.C'da6 NUL t bds 100 83 65 stock Scinde .. (100 1054 lON at Do. Delhi., lOO 1034 1014 Do. do cd 9 J 2 4 ip 20 Do. Punjaub ...• r e 15 I 1 st Do. Do. „ ...• f ?,Q , 110 103 101 ° , stock Do. Indus. St. — lOl , 98 100 COLONIAL GOVERNM EN I Sti7,olllll . l'll- , - , . 6 p.c.Ja .J ul' 1877-81 Do. 6p. c. Feb. &Au 100 ,14 ;06 Do. 6p. c.Mar. & Sept 100 tO4 1( Do. p. c. Jan.&July. 100 07 98 974 8 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 95 97 if 'ape a. Hope. 6p o, f 872 100 109 111 I Do.Ap &Oct. 1881 100 113 115 Do. 1891 100 114 116 'Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p e 109 - Mau ittus 8 per cent 100 110 112 Na , al G..v. 6 per cent.. 100 I 9 111 6 p.c..) a.&J uI! 100 106 107 uo. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. G ov. 5 p c.,18 , 100 1004 1014 Do. I; p. c.,1871 to 100 1004 1014 Do. d0.,1888 &upwda 100 100 101 1004 I New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. 100 16 00 7 4 10 122 sterling, 1875 4 S . Qu A e e u n s s G l a o n p d . c. G i o B v ia 6z u . pc:. 100 - Vle.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 108 110 Do. In 0 pm, An.,tont., 100_ 1114 1114 1114 111 - 1171 SH 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4d p ulitlord Amalgamated.. 20 22 Devon G. Cone. ‘ "Tavist., 1 530 540 East Bassett (Mogan 30 a ) 874 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. 4d P East Caradon 1./ 14 i 64 474 ea ... . jr a G. al a : nt iw W r t g .g Wheal ; sa l tre a r s i oea t tnt n u i A s v(D i s 3 :o : obnr ( a Ge v i w i s stet°. 73. n. 45 . 1 0 07 9 1 ;0 6 9 1 5 16 1 54 5 7 : 1 4 Great South Tolgus. 17e. 61 FGrenville Elerod's-Foot 8.12 46 48 L s elant 42. 9 .6,7.60 24 3 4 4 36 31 Lady Bertha Marke Valley. . 4.3.0 84 9 4 Ntyndy Iron Oro (Lim.) 23 1 d New Scion . . 191 135 145 ,North Downs 24 2 34 N.WIOI Basset (Mogan 2.17. t. 4 North Wheal Crotty .. 2.4.9 4 6 Par Consols (St. Blazey, 14 54 10 rrovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10. o.: 0 52 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 400 410 S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. 6.15.0 4 5 Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.1-.9 90 05 Stray Park 5 `Tamar Silv.dz Lead Alin 45 1 1 10 fin Crott 9 194 205 West Basset (Illogan) l4 125 i. 14 W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 35 37 West Seton ... . . Wheal Basset (Illogan) 24 65 70 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 625 674 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 7 13 WhealLud. ott .2.10.8 74 8 Wheal MaryAnn(Men )1 8 154 164 Wheal Seton . 584 240 250 , Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)l 7 17 18 Wheal Union 3.17 44 54 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great 'corthern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent prem., 102 101 Lancaster and Carlisle, 101 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 10 South Eastern fixed 4i per cent., 101 i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent. pref., 104 London and Blackwall, 44 per cent. stock, Ulf 1 London, Brighton, &c., 4 per cent., 1858, 024 14 London, Chatham, Jo., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., llk LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham 44 per Cent., 944 North Western, 16i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lira.) gua. 7 per cent, 21 Dutch Rhenish, 17 17 Great Luxembourg, 16 Recite and San Francisco (lira.), gua 7 per cent., 181 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent. (2n), 231 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper (lim.). Don Pedr. , Nor h Del Rey, Scottish Australian, t Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lien.), 4 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and Unitect Service (lim.), 94 Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (11m.), 244 Australasia, 8 # 1 2 Bank of Egypt, '<Eli 94 84 British and America:, Exchange (lim.), 6 British North American, 50 Chartered Bank of. India, Australia, and China, 22 English and Irish (lira.), 31 4 Eng., sco ~ and Australian Chartered, 20} London cluirtered Bank of Australia, 27 I Lonoon and Colonial (Urn.), 31 4 1 London and County, 451 1 5 London and South African, 9 611 London and Westminster, 774 National Provincial of England, new, 214 Ottoman Bank, 421 2 Union of Ireland (lira.), 10 MISCEL LANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, 7 Crystal Palace, 33 ,:Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, new, 43i THE TEA DIITIES.—In reply to the memorial adopted at the meeting of tea merchants and brokers, on Friday last, in favour of a reduction of the pre sent duties on tea, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a letter addressed to Mr. S. Gregson, M.P., refers to his answer of the 11th ult, to the East India and China Asso ciation, stating further, that it is beyond his power to make any estimate of revenue and charge for 1863-64 on which reliance for practical purposes could be placed. In conclusion, be thanks Mr. Gregson for putting him in possession of the opinion of a meeting of so much weight and importance. The Powerful, target-ship, at Portsmouth, has three plates from the Elswick Company bolted on her sides for testing by the gun of the Stork gun boat. The two French manufactured plates have also arrived at Portsmouth from France, b u t h ave not yet been delivered to the authorities. 80 84 160 160 29 31 = riint SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCA 6, 1863. CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Jo S h a n ra ß h ro ll wn op , k t i h n e s,::a : Lee, and Thos . Benham were in dicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of e iletor of the George and Ball, public house. 0 ....enard-street, Westminster, and stealing therein 12 bottles of wine, a shawl, two decanters, and 30s. in money. The male prisoners pleaded guilty, the female not guilty. The only evidence to affect her was the fact that in the lodgings of the prisoner Lee, which she with Lee occupied together, two decanters stolen from the prosecutor were found. The Recorder said there was no evidence to convict the woman with the burglary, and the jury at once acquitted her. Lee was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude, Benham to eighteen months' imprisonment with hard labour. Robert Nathan was convicted of stealing a barrow, the property of Michael Roach, and sentenced, a former con viction being proved, to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. Charles Edward Griffiths, convicted of stealing a letter containing two £lO notes, the property of the Postmaster- General, was called up for judgment, and sentenced to four years' penal servitude. Michael Manswortti, also convicted of stealing a clock, value £l2, the property of John Rd. Lund, his employer, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) George Shield, 30, labourer, was indicted for feloniously wounding Jane Dickson, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The learned Commissioner sentenced the prisoner to be Imprisoned in the House of Correction for two years, with hard labour—the fourth, eighth, and twelfth months in each year to be placed in solitary confinement. Mr. Morris, 23, upholsterer, indicted for feloniously utter ing a forged acceptance to a bill of exchange, was acquitted owing to the evidence being considered defective. _ The whole of the cases in the calendar having been dis posed of, the Court adjourned for the April sittings. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WESTMINSTER. EXTRAORDINARY AND ABSURD PENALTY.—James Marras and James Daubney, two young men, were charged with waylaying and attacking a soldier. John Ruddy, a private of the Blues, said he was out on lea'e from the barrack. last evening, and was on his way back at an early hour this morning, when he was attacked and illtreated by the defendants. The first of it wae, while pro ceeding by Knightsbridge-green they approached from be hind, and Daubney knocked him down from a blow on the back of the neck, and while he was on the ground the other kicked him in the mouth. Complainant got up and said he should call the police, but they said they did not care for the police, and again attacked him. Both struck him, and Daubney said he would smash his brains out. Mr.Yardley—Now, was this what had occurred before. Complainant—l never saw them before. Mr. Yardley—What provoked them—what had you said to them ? Complainant—l can't say what provoked them, I did not, I never spoke to them. James Payne proved that he saw the defendants leaving the soldier, who was bleeding from the face. He did not see any blows struck. George Ulasspool, 63 B, said he heard cries of police, and found the defendants running away from the complainant, who was running after them with his jacket under his arm, bleeding from the mouth and nose. Complainant had been drinking a little, but knew what he was about. Defendants did not complain of the soldier having struck them. Mr. Yardley said the policeman's account confirmed com plainant's in part, and fined them 10s. each, which was paid. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DERBY MEETING.-THURSDAT. The Harrington Plate of 30 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 6 soya each ; for three. yr-olds and upwards ; winners extra. 19 subs, four of whom paid 1 soy ft to the fund. One mile. Mr. R. Riddle's Leontes, aged,lst lib (inc. 61b extra) (H. Taylor) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Disdain. 4 yrs, 6st 71b (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. W. Hart's Henham Lass, 5 yrs, Bst lib (inc. 51b ex.) (Clement) 3 Mr. J. Barber's Abron, aged, 7st 41b .... (Woodhouse) 4 Mr. W. Ashworth's Bedford (late Peneus), 4 yrs, Est 121 b (car. Est 131 b) (T. French) 5 Mr. Lincoln's True Blue, 3 yrs, 6st (Williamson) 6 Lord Uxbridge's True Heart, 3 yrs, sst 121 b .. (Marlow) 7 - Bettiug-13 to 8 agat Disdain, 9 to 4 agat Leontes, 7 to 1 aget Henham Lass, 10 to 1 agst any other. The anxiety displayed to obtain an advantage at the start caused several " breaks-away," and when the flag fell Leontes secured a clear lead, followed by Disdain, Henham Lass, Bedford, and Abron in Indian file in the order named ; True Heart and True Blue (who lost many lengths at the start) being some hundred yards from the leading quintette. Approaching the canal-bridge Disdain suddenly dropped into the fourth place ; Bedford, at an in terval of half a dozen lengths, pursuing Leontes. At the bottom turn, entering the straight, the lot, with the ex ception of True Blue and True Heart, took closer order, but it was evident from the free applicition of the whip to all except the Forest Plate winner at Nottingham, that the issue was beyond doubt, for Leontes undisturbed Main tained his lead, and won by two lengths; Disdain, wits " came" again at the half distance, defeated Henham Lass by four lengths, and Abron finished close up with the latter. A Hurdle Race of 50 :Jove, added to a handicap of 5 sous each ; - winners 'extra. Two miles, over eight hurdles. Mr. Baker's Sinking Fund (late Harry), aged, lOst (John Nightingall) 1 Mr. R. R. Bignell's The Prophet, 6 yrs, 9st 61b (J. Knott) 2 Mr. Barnett's Butterfly, aged, lOst (G. Holman) 3 Mr. Adams's Ledbury, 4 yrs, 9st (J. Holman) 4 Mr. Lincoln's Clontarf, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (W. White) 5 Betting-5 to 4 agst Sinking Fund, 3to 1 agst Butterfly, 4 to 1 eget The Prophet. The favourite made all the running, and won in a canter by three lengths. A spirited race for second honours was secured by The Prophet by a neck ; a bad fourth. The Staunton Harold Stakes of 20 soya each, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya; for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; winners extra. Straight half mile. 8 subs. Mr. H. Marsh's Measure for Measure, Bst 71b (Challoner) 1 Mr. Orme's Alicia filly, Bst 71b (T. French) 2 Mr. Saxon's Lady Mary, Bst 71b (Midgley) 3 Mr. W. Hart's Dawdle, Bst 71b (Clement) 4 Betting-11 to Bon Measure for Measure, 3to 1 agat the Alicia filly. The favourite made the running from the start, and won without an effort by four lengths ; two lengths between the second and third ; the same between third and fourth. A Selling Stakes for all ages of 5 soya each, with 20 added ; certain allowances. T.Y.C. Mr. Angel's Lufra, 3 yrs (120), 7st 101 b (Perry) 1 Lord 'Uxbridge's True Heart, 3 yrs (120), 7st 101 b (T. French) 2 Mr. T. Cliff's Estrelda, 4 yrs (Z2O, Bst 101 b (H. Taylor) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Lufra. True Heart made play to within the distance, when the favourite went to the front, and won easily by a length ; two lengths between the second and third. The winner was bought in for 41 guineas. The Midland Steeplechase of 100 sovs, added to a sweep stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; win ners extra. About three miles and a half. 32 subs, 11 declared. Lord Coventry's Emblem, aged, gat 121 b (int) filb extra) (G. Stevens) 1 Mr. Baker's Sinking F und (late H arry), aged, lOst 81b (John Ni g hti nga ll) 2 aged, 10st 21b Mr. Adams's riff Paff , (G. Holman) 3 Mr. H. Melville's Mary Ann, 9st 81b (W. White) 4 The following also ran :—Heads or Tails, Xanthus, Nosegay, Pine Apple, Doubtful, and Sir Bobby. Betting-2 to 1 agst Emblem, 100 to 30 agst Sinking Fund, 8 to 1 each eget Nosegay and Pine Apple, 10 to 1 agst Heads or Tails. I mm ediately the flag dropped, Pine Apple, in the middle the course, assumed the lead, followed by Heads or Tails, Sinking Fund, Sir Bobby, Emblem, Xanthus, Mary Ann, and Nosegay, Doubtful, and Piff Paff last. Passing the Stand, Heads or Tails took up the running, Pine Apple going on second, Piff Paff and Sinking Fund next, the rest being whipped in by Xanthus and Sir Bobby. On the far side of the course Heads or Tails challenged Piff Paff for the lead, and all took the succeeding hurdles in admirable style, with the exception of Xanthus, who refusing was left many lengths in the rear. Proceeding out of the course up the hill the first time, Heads or Tails took a clear lead, the lot running in Indian file at long intervals. On re • entering the course, Pine Apple and Emblem, side by side, succeeded Heads or Tails, and Doubtful having refused, was out of the race. At the Stand, the second time, Mary Ann took up the running at the Water jump, where Xanthus, after refusing, leaped the post and rails into the course, and was pulled up. Sinking Fund and Mary Ann alternately had the lead until approaching the last hurdle, where Emblem, who throughout had been waiting, went to the front, and won in a canter by six lengths. A bead divided the second and third, and Mary Ann a bad fourth. Nosegay broke down. LATEST BETTING. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 7to 1 agst Emblem (8 to I taken freely) 9,t0 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 10 to 1 agst Satellite (offered) 11 to 1 agst The Dane (taken) 15 to 1 agst Arbury (taken freely) 50 to 1 agst Avalanche (offered) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Zetland (taken) 25 to 1 agst Caller On (taken) DERBY. 50 to 1 agst Melrose (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER^T}IITRSDAY. Many of our subscribers are at Derby, and the races coming off there were the principal business of the day. For the Liverpool Steeplechase, Jealousy came in great force, 7 to 1 being booked about her. Reraedium and Fusco were supported only to small sums, and Avalanche appeared to be quite friendless. Closing prices LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHA SE • 7to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 25 to 1 agst Remedium (taken) 25 to 1 agst Fos o (taken) 50 to 1 agst Avalanche (offered) THE DERBY. 6to lon the field (offered) YORK SPRING MEETING. Acceptances for the Great Northern Handicap of 20 soya each, 10 ft, and sif declared, with 100 added. Two miles, over the old course. 62 subs., 21 declared. Age at lb Carbineer .. .. 5 8 -12 Ivanhoff .. .. 5 8 12 Knutsford.. .. 5 8 3 Croagh Patrick .. 5 8 2 Carisbrook.. .. 4 8 2 Joey Jones .. 5 7 10 Doefoot .. .. 5 7 8 Dusk .. • • 4 7 8 Milverton .. .. 5 7 7 Earl of Surrey • . 4 7 4 Welcome .. .. 4 7 3 lladdington • . 4 7 3 Piccader .. • • 4 7 2 Harlequin .. .. 4 7 2 Gorse .. • • 4 7 0 Sappho .. • . 4 7 0 Fitz-Eva .. •• 5 7 0 Viscount Brignall 5 6 13 Charles Fox • • 4 6 12 Villette .. .. 4 6 10 Queen of Trumps 4 6 10 Aga et lb Physician, by Chan ticleer .. .. a 6 7 Adventurer .. 46 7 Prologue .. .. 66 6 Early Morn .. 46 4 Erin-go-Bragh .. 3 6 3 Donnybrook .. 36 0 X .. 3 6 12 Marmion 3 5 12 Laura • • .. 35 11 Jack of Hearts .. 3 5 9 Venison . • .. 35 9 Physalis colt .. 3 5 9 Middlewatch 3 5 9 Abbotsfordian .. 3 5 9 Lady Superior .. 3 5 9 Picco .. 3 5 7 Fantail 3 5 7 Contralto 3 5 7 Manfred .. 3 5 7 East Lancashire .. 3 5 7 ADULTERATION OF OYSTERS. It appears that in order to satisfy the cravings of certain fastidious epicures who prize Marennes oysters above all ()thins, the practice of giving common oysters a green colour by means of a salt of copper has been resorted to rather extensively by certain unscrupulous dealers. M. Cuzent, chief apothecary of the nava, department at Rochefort, having lately been summoned to examine a quan tity of oysters which had been seized in the market, proceeded to discover the fraud in the fol lowing manner. Ammonia being known to have a strong affinity for copper, a few drops of the former were poured on one of th e oysters ; th en , if the green colour it displayed was owing to copper, it was instantly changed to a dark blue, the cha racteristic colour of the salts of that metal; and the poison might be traced by this colour through the finest vessels of th e an i ma l. M. Ouzent on another occasion proceeded in a different way, which is much more within the reach of every housewife than the preceding one. Let a needle be inserted into the body of an adulterated oyster and a sufficient quantity of vinegar poured upon it to cover it entirely. After the lapse of a minute or so, copper in a metallic state will be found to have been precipitated upon the needle. However, a green colour is not necessarily the result of adulte ration. Oysters living on a b e d r i ch i n copper ore , or else those which have been detached from the copper bottoms of vessels, generally acquire a greenish hue, and are known to be unwholesome. This is precisely the case with Marennes oysters, which have more than once produced symptoms of poisoning. TOM THUMB AND HIS WIFE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.---The diminutive bridal party, which caused such a flurry among the Gothamites, wa s publicly received by the President and Mrs. Lincoln at the White House this evening. Among the distinguished guests present were Secretaries Chase and Welles, m a j or _ Generals Butler and Cassius M. Clay, Messrs. Crittenden. and Wilson, and many prominent diplomats. The reception was the occasion of an ag reeable reunion. Mr. Lincoln h a d f or the time laid aside the stern cares of office, and was affable and chatty; while Mrs. Lincoln's sauvity of manner was the theme of general admiration, —New York Zola. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The supply of English wheat on sale here to-day was vary moderate, Owing to the large arrival of foreign, and the fineness of the weather, the trade was very dull both for red and white qualities, and the quotations had a downward tendency. The show of samples of foreign wheat, both ex. ship and ea-granary, was large, and the trade for all qualities ruled heavy, at drooping currencies. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, at barely late rates. Barley—the supply of which was rather large—sold heavily, and for medium and inferior produce prices ruled somewhat eager. Malt changed hands to a moderato extent, on former ,erms. With oats, the mat ket was but moderately supplied. Fine qualities ruled tolerably firm as to price; but inferior produce was difficult of sale and low in value. The demand for beans and peas was far from active, yet no quotable change took place in prices. American flour was dull at the late decline. Other kinds moved off slowly at about previous rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat, Barley. Malt. Oath. Flour. English.— 1,410 1,560 ! 2,560 ' 100 j 1,130 Iri6ll. - Foreign 26,C90 19,520 — I 10,170 , 1,510 sks - . 20,380 brig.. THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT SUlClDE.—Heinrich E. Mincte, a gloomy looking German, aged 24, walking-stick maker, New Suffulk-street, Stepney, was brought before Mr. Selfe, on remand, charged with stealing a quantity of linen and wearing apparel. It appeared from the evidence given by Mr. H. S. Ellis, house agent, on the first examination of the prisoner, that he had lodged in the house, No. 11, New Suffolk-street, for five days, and on the night of the 27th ult. he came home between 6 and 7 o'clock in the evening. The prisoner took a light and went upstairs to his bed-room. He Wes heard moving about his apartment for some time afterward, and suspicion was excited. In the course of an hour he crept down stairs, and was leaving the house when Arthur Held, a lodger, endeavoured to intercept him, and observ ing that he looked rather bulky, said " What have you got about you." The prisoner made no answer and ran away. He was closely pursued and dropped a blanket in his flight. After a smart chase he was run down by Mr. Ellis and Mr. Held, and on being given into custody he was searched, and two waistcoats, a flannel shirt, a pair of drawers, 11 collars, three neckties, a pocket handkerchief, and several other articles which he had concealed about his body were found. The whale of the property belonged to the landlady and to lodgers in the house. After he was locked up he fastened his neckerchief to the bars of his cell, made a slip knot, and nearly strangled himself. He was dis covered in time and cut down, and a medical gentleman was in attendance upon him for several hours. He afterwards made another attempt to strangle himself with his stockings and again failed It was stated by Mr. Walter Kerressey, an Inpector of the K division, that the police had much trouble with the prisoner ; and with difficulty prevented him from destroying himself. The pri soner recently arrived in this country from Germany, and there was a mystery attending his move ments during the short time he had been in this country. Mr. Selfe remanded the prisoner for a week, and directed that two constables should accompany him in a cab to the House of Detention, where he would be carefully watched. This morning, when the prisoner was again brought up, he maintained the same gloomy reserve as before, and on the evidence being translated to him in the German lan guage he uttered not a word. Mr. Kleaher, the interpreter, said the prisoner had been very quiet all the week in Clerkenwell prison, and there was no reason to suppose he was insane. The prisoner was asked if he had anything to urge in defence, and he shook his head. Mr. Selfe said it appeared to him the prisoner had taken an apartment in the house in New Suffolk-street for the purpose of plundering it, and had been only there five days when he took everything he could lay his hands on, and then, in a fit of passion and vexation at being discovered and brought to justice, laid violent hands on himself. He sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. Extraordinary Charge of Robbery agains an Officer's Wife. About the time of the murder of Colonel Crofton and Captain Hanhatn, a diamond ring of very con siderable value was missed from the quarters of Colonel Crofton, at Fulwood Barracks. A reward was offered at the time, but no trace of the missing property could be found. In July last, several other gold rings and articles of jewellery were pur loined from the quarters of Captain Bluett, of the 10th Regiment. In this case a reward was likewise offered, but with the same result as previously. From certain circumstances which came to the knowledge of the police, Mrs. Black, the wife of Capt. Alfred Black, recently came under suspicion, and last week Superintendent Henderson paid a visit to Leicester, where Mrs. Black was then residing with her parents, in order to make inquiries. He was so far successful as to ascertain that Mrs. Black had been to the shop of more than one jeweller with a ring, to have the setting of the stone altered; and pursuing his investigations he became satisfied that a portion, at all events, of Captain Bluets's pro perty was in her possession. Superintendent Hen derson procured a search warrant, and proceeded to tho house of Mrs. Black's parents, and charged her with having possession of the missing property. After some time he was referred to Mr. Haxby, solicitor, Leicester, who produced several packages of jewellery, amongst which Captain Bluett, who accompanied Superintendent Henderson, identified two of the rings that had baen stolen from his quarters. Upon this Mrs. Black was taken into custody and brought to Preston ; and she was on Tuesday examined before Mr. Richard Neweham. Captain Bluett deposed: 16th and in J rc ul a y t l F as o t jw l oo lo d st four prisoner was ig my quarters_ last • I missed the rings between the g lB ol t d h, r o ie f ga July. Iy. my q from u e on the 14th of July The two rings now shown me are mine, with the exc e p tion of the stone i other ring the er ring the stones are the same , but the setti ng is serpent ring having been changed. In the th altered. I a l s o missed a brooch. Superintendent Henders on sa id that when he c har g ed the prisoner with having stolen the serpe nt rin g pro duced, she said, " I did not steal it ; I bou g ht it from a poor man I met upon the road." On the way T h u a b d ie s s in i c o e jo l t from Leicester to Preston, the prisoner said, " I bought the ring from a man who was hawking w l a t , i i a a d g r i e ri s .t e , t f T ro h m e p a n n .so o n ld er r w in a g s rings, who had a box of them. The ring with the until Monday, when the circums tances con nected with the robbery f Colonel c fton's ring are expected to be disclosed. The r° father of Mrs. Black holds a very respectable position in Leicester, which then re manded where he practises as aph • ' ystetan.—Preston Herald. Her Majesty's - gunboats Bullfrog, Carnation, Sepoy, and Spanker sailed from Sheerness yester day for Gravesend, where they will receive on board the Royal Naval Volunteers, to await the arrival of the Pfinceas Alexandra. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. For all qualities the trade rules heavy at our quotations. Lamb is selling at 6d per 81b. Per 81b. by the carcase. sdsa s d s d Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 0 Middlingmutton 3 10 4 2 Middling do. .. 3 2 3 6 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Frime lax-n-(3 do. 3 8 310 Veal .. 4 0 5 0 Do. small b do. .. 4 0 4 2 Small pork .... 4 2 4 6 Large pork .... 3 4 4 0 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a heavy market both for English and foreign hops, and prices have given way. The supply of American produce on sale is large. Mid and East Kents 7os to 180 s per cwt. Weald of Kents Sussex . 7OB to 126 s „ Bavarian Belgian American 7ss to 86s ~ COLONIAL TEA.•--The publics sales were brought to a conclusion yesterday, and prices exhibited no material alteration. SIICIAIi. Business remained very inactive, and only good grocery descriptions maintained previous prices. In the refined market a moderate business has been recorded at about former quotations. COFFEE.—The inquiry for plantation Ceylon continued moderately active; but owing to the high rates demanded by holders only a limited business was transacted. RICE.—The market remained inactive, and prices gene rally have a downward tendency. TALLOW.—OnIy a limited amount of business has been done at about previous quotations, P.Y.C. on the spot being marked 43s 6d to 43e 9d; and last three months, 46s 6d per cwt. COUNTRY MARKETS. 6. BIRMINGHAM—Msawn 5. English wheat was sold at 48s to 56s for white,. and 40s to 66s per 36 stone for red. Barley, new malting, 33s to 42s per qr ; grinding, 24s to 28s Oats, old, 24s to 30s per 30 stone ; Irish, 22s to 255. Beans, 40s to 44s per qr. Peas, 40s to 48s per 36 stone. PLYMOUTH—MiRcn 3. White, 56s to 60s; red, 54s to b6s per qr ; Dantzic, 576 to 58s ; American, 51s to 55s ; Spanish, —s to —s ; Rus sian, —s to --s. Barley at previous rates-34s to 38s per qr for malting ; grinding, 27s to 28s ; oats, 23s to 27s ; and beans, —s to —s ; flour, 38s to 41s Od. EDINBURGH GRAIN—MAacK 4. -- A good supply of farmers' wheat to-day, which met a slow sale at fully is per qr under the the prices of this day week. Wheat on tho top 4s Od down .. average Os 9d down. Barley on the top 8s 6d up. .average Os lld up. Oats on the top is Od up average Os 2d down. Beans on the top is Od down. ..... average Os 2d up. Flour sells as follows :—Whites, 44s Od ; extras, 418 6d ; superfine, 39s Od ; fine, 37s Od. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ...1109 qrs Sold 528 qrs Barley... 997 qrs Sold 466 qrs Oats Beans 286 qrs Sold 181 qrs CORK-MARCH 4. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 6s (dto9s 6d ; white, 7s 6d to lls ld ; barley, 6s 6d to 7s 4d ; oats, bs 6d to 88 Od. ; new bere, —a Od to —a Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD—MARCH 3. An average supply of fat beasts to-day. The quality generally was excellent, and prices had an upward ten dency. The number of sheep was short, and readily dis posed of. Calves were about the same as last week. A fair supply of fat pigs. Beef 614 to 7d Veal 7 3 / 4d to Od Mutton .... 8d to 9d Pork .. 5d to 51d Lamb —d to —d Rough fat 4s 3d per stone. Hides, 3d to 41d; calf skins, 5d to 6d. Bank of England Return---Yesterday. An Account, pursuant to t: cap. 32, for the week ending or March, 1863: ie Act 7th and Bth Victoria. on Wednesday, the 4th day ISSUE DET otes issued ..—....X28,257,025, 'ARTMENT. Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin St Bullion 13,607,025 Silver Bullion £28,257,0251 £28,257,025 BANKING D : oprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Sa Banks, Co Is 5- missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- , EPARTMENT. 1 Government Seon- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,144,771 Other Securities 19,639,034 Notes Gold and Silver 897,492 Coin counts) 8,036,003 Other Deposits 13,368,086 Seven Day and other Bills 631,870 £10,248,137 1 W. £40,248,137 MILLER, Deputy Cashier. March 5, 1863. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. A.nr.,ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Mar. 21. via Marseilles Mar. 15. 4.irazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Mar. 6. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Mar. 3, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Mar. 4. via Marseilles Mai. 15, Falkland Islands .. Mar. 6. Gibraltar, via Southampton Mar. 4. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, viu Southampton Mar. 4. via Marseilles Mar. 15. India (Bombay), via Southampton Mar. 13. via Marseilles Mar. 7. Portuga1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 4. via Marseilles Mar, 7. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Mar. 4. .by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. Mar. 6. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Mar. 10 Bahamas, via New York Mar. 12 Mexico Feb. 28. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Feb. 28. California. and British Columbia.. WELSH SALMON FISHERIES.—The reports dur ing the month which has elapsed since the close of the fence season from the various salmon rivers and fisheries in South Wales gave ample testimony to the abundance of the fish, and show that the strict enforcement of the laws for the better management of the fisheries has been produc tive of the most beneficial results. The fence season has been well kept on the Severn and ite tributaries, chiefly threugh the vigilance of the associations, and the conse quence has been that the fisheries from Worcester down have been productive of very valuable fish. The fixed engines and pults for the capture of salmon on the Severn are gradually being diminished in number in the tidal por tions of the river, and nets are more generally used. In the smaller streams anglers have had excellent sport, the salmon being fine and abundant. Births. Awmosus.—On the sth inst., at 65, Eaton-square, the wife of H. Lindsay Antrobus, Esq., of a daughter. BIIHRE.—On the 3d inst., at Dublin, the wife of Sir Ber nard Burke, Ulster King of Arms, of a son. CARTWB.IGHT.— On the sth inst., at 16, Green-street, Lady Elizabeth Cartwright, of a son. NORTH.—On the 2d inst., at 16, Arlington-street, the Hon. Mrs. North, of a son. Marriages. HARE—WESTHEAD.—On the 3d inst., at Saiu; George's, Hanover-square, Charles J. Hare, M.D., of Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, to Catherine, youngest daughter of Edward Westhead, Esq., of Ovington-square. MARSLAND—KENNEDY.—On the 2d inst., at St. Mark's, Jersey, Edward A. Marsland, Esq., 18th Regt., eldest son of the Rev, G. Marsland, o f Beckinghain Rect or y , . Newark, Notts, to Elizabeth Mary, second daughter of Colonel Craufurd Kennedy, late s th Fusiliers. Deaths. ARMSTRONG.—On the 4th inst., at the Vicarage, Willes den, N.W., Colonel O. C. Armstrong, Indian Army, aged 56. Biuz.—On the 3d inst., at Wandsworth, Miss Margaret Birt, of Newland, aged 72. Spring-gardens, Anne, BIRCSALL.-032 the 4th inst., at Bonchurch, Clara Jane, wife of J. Dearman Birohall, of Gledhew, near Leeds, a ged 22. KzNDA.LL.—On the sth inst., at 1, wife of Henry Edward Kendall, Esq.. aged 75. TAMTl.L.OTith.—omOans T th a e ylo 4 r th , o i f n t s h t. e , E at le T p h h e an W t a il n lo d w c s, a s M tle it ll ch :t m el, Newington T.—on theeuxwingtonßutts 3d inst., , aged 55. w Mr. F. W. Westley, of the Friar-street, D '-co fi rm of Westleys and Co., mons, aged 32. °own ra- IERIAL r.c TJAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening. The Lonn CHANCELLOR took hia seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ROYAL ASSENT. The royal assent was given by commission to the Prince and Princess of Wales Annuities Bill. The Bills of Exchange and Notes (Metropolis) Bill re ceived the Royal assent. The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Sydney, the Duke of Buccleuch, Earl St. Germans, and Lord Stanley of Alderley. LAND IN IRELAND. Lord CHELMSFORD laid on the table, on behalf of he Earl of Donoughmore, a bill to enable proprietors of ,and in Ireland, charged with feo farm rents for life, to con tract with the holders of the same, in order to their redemp- Lion or extinction. ROME The Marquis of NORMANBY complained of an omis sion which had been made of a portion of a despatch he had written shortly after the breaking out of the insurrection in Rome in 1849, portions only of the document being pub lished two years afterwards, He was not to, blame for bringing up the sul ject so fn quently, as it had been intro duced by the noble earl's quoting the despatch which had not been produced. It was of the greatest itnpor:ance that, when the despatches of an Ambassador to his Government were published, his meaning should be fully represented, and that the extracts should not be mutilated. Earl RUSSELL supposed that the person who presented the despatch to Parliament omitted the words because he thought them unimportant, and it had been for years before Parliament, so that the matter was not of so much import ance. It appeared the words had been left out by the person leaving off at a comma instead of a full atop ; but it could not serve any purpose now to inquire into such a matter, especially as it occurred so many years ago. NAVAL COAST VOLUNTEERS ACT AMEND- MEN T BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS--Last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The second reading of this bill was postponed until to- morrow. PETITIONS. By Mr. C. TURNER, from Salford, and Mr. Alderman SYDNEY, from Stafford, and others, against the Ministers' Prison Bill; Mr. M. MILNES, from Pontefract, complain ing of the inquisitorial nature of the income tax, and pray ing that incomes under £l5O may be exempted from the operation of the tax; against the Fire Insurance duty, and in favour of a modification, from Dublin, by Sir E. GROGAN; Sir W. G. HAYTER, from Wells, Sir F. SMITH, from Chat ham, an hon. member, from Spalding, Col SYKES, from Indian officers, complaining of the amalgamation, and praying for inquiry; Mr. HODGSON, from Carlisle, complaining of the laws regulating deep sea fisheries and the use of the trawl nets ; Mr. F. PEEL, Bury, Lancashire, complaining of the law regulating the granting of licences to public-houses; Mr. HENNESSY, from various places in England, in favour of the maintenance by this country of the independence of Poland ; Sir G. C. LEWIS, against the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Sabbath. EAST INDIA (TEA PLANTATIONS). On the motion of Mr. EWART an address was agreed to for copies of any reports made to the Government on the tea plantations in India. THE DISTRESSED OPERATIVES IN LAN CASHIRE. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that as soon as possible after Easter he should call the attention of the house to the condition of the cotton trade, with the view of inducing the house to consider whether measures could not be adopted to remove the unemployed operatives, who, for so long a period, had remained in unwilling idleness. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Sir J. HAY asked the Secretary to the Admiralty, in reference to a notice in the Gazette of Friday the 26th ult., suspending payment of certain naval prize money which had been due since 1857, and which had been recently ad ♦ertised to be distributed, what was the cause of this fur ther delay, and whether it was not due to the want of pro per agents to take charge of the interest of the captors ? Lord C. PAGET replied that no delay hat taken place on the part of the Admiralty in the distribution of the prize money in question. The money was delivered to the Ad miralty for distribution on the 9th of December last. On the 19th of February last orders were given by the Admi ralty for its distribution. Since that period some officers of the ship Niger, not included in the list, had claimed a share of prize money. The distribution had, therefore, been delayed until these claims were investigated. The captors had agents both in this country and at the spot. ECCLESIASTICAL CO URTS. Mr. H. SEYMOUR asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the intention of her Ma jesty's Government to introduce this session any measure for the reform of the Ecclesiastical Courts and Registries ? Sir G. GREY was understood to say that his hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer had such a bill in prepa ration, and that ho should shortly lay it on the table of the house. CHURCH BUILDING ACI S. Mr.:H. SEYMOUR asked Mr. Solicitor-General, if the Church Building Acts had been consolidated ; and, if so, when her Majesty's Government would introduce a bill upon the subject ? Mr. R. PALMER was understood to say that the acts referred to had been consolidated, and that the measure would be introduced before Easter. POLAND. Mr. HENNESSY (Lord Palmerston not yet being in his place) postponed asking an important question of which he had given notice until to-morrow. POOR. LAWS. return, Mr. HIBBERT asked the President of the Poor Law Beard whether it was his intention to move for the reap pointment of the select committee on the administration of the poor laws; and, if so, whether he would defer the in troduction of the bill to continue the poor law board until such committee should have reported to the house ? Mr. VILLIERS replied that it was his intention to move for the re •appointment of the committee referred to. He should lay the report ou the table of the house before he in troduced the bill to continue the Poor-law Board. NEW WESTMINSTER BRIDGE—BRIDGE STREET. Sir J. SHELLEY asked the First Commissioner of Works, when the houses left standing on the south side of Bridge -street were to be entirely removed, and whether or not arrangements have been made with the tenants in possession for giving up their interests; if not, what was the course the Office of Works intended to pursue with regard to that portion of the property ? Mr. COWPER replied that several of the houses on the south of Bridge-street had been removed, and the whole of them would be taken down without any unreasonable delay. All the owners had been agreed with excepting Fen dall's Hotel, a place of much resort during the sitting of Parliament, which would not be interfered with for a short while longer, so that the public purse would not be unduly trenched upon at present for compensation. The Royal Marriage—The Procession and the Arrangements. Sir G. BOWYER asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, having regard to the desire of the citizens of London to show all possible respect to her Royal Highness the Princess of Denmark, and the wish of the public outside the City to see the full solemnity of the procession next Saturday, arrangements would be made for the Lord Mayor and the City procession to attend her Royal Highness as far as Paddington? (Hear hear.) It was, he believed, generally understood that the procession would proceed from Temple-bar to Paddington at a rapid pace. Captain STACPOOLE inquired if any suitable places had been reserved for members of that house? Sir. G. GREY replied that this was the first time he had heard that the procession would proceed at a rapid pace from Temple-bar to Paddington. This would most certainly not be the case. (Hear.) He thought, however, that he explained the whole course of proceeding the other night. The city authorities would retire from the cortege at Temple-bar, giving way then to the authorities of Westminster. The Lord Chamberlain had withi n the last few hours received a letter from and Lord at Mayor expres s i ng hi s entire satisfaction, d of the other City authorities, at the arrangements ent. All that had m been concluded in concurrence with the Government. the arrangements had been finely ma d e,(; hear.) The and, he believed, to the satisfaction of all parties. Hear, y th e authorities of other districts throu ia g u h a w d h es ic ir h e would pass bad expressed ed t h o e te p a r ti cessio n respect and loyalty, and the Government had deemed it right to afford such parties the arties the fullest opportunity of hear.) If therefore, all parties, the City authorit i es doing so. (Hear,th h a d determined to accompany the processio n to the end of inc lude d, a route, great delay and confusion could not have failed to result.. (Hear, hear.) No place had been prepared for members o f that house. No parties w a o d u d t a le part, in the procession, which, as he had already said, would consist of six carriages ex cept the city and other authorities fairly entitled by their authority and jurisdiction to constitute a part of it. Sir G. BOWYER, declared that the right hon, baronet had not completely answered his question. (Cries of t , Hear, hear.") Sir G. GREY added that the civic procession would not proceed any further than Temple Bar. The other authorities, who were very numerous, would conduct the cortege to Paddington. THE NIGHT OF THE ILLUMINATIONS. Mr. WALTER inquired what arrangements had been made on the night of the royal marriage for the passage of carriages along the streets I ) Sir G. GREY replied that he had been in communication with the Chief Commissioner of Police on the matter, and it had been arranged that space would be kept in the streets to enable carriages to pass to and fro. (Hear, hear') .. Mr. PAULL as k e d a quest i on w ith react to th e sheriffs. Sir G. GREY replied that the Sheriffs of London being Sheriffs of Middlesex likewise, would continue with the procession to its termination at Paddington. An HON, MEMBER asked what arrangements had. been 7ade with respect to liyde-park ? "-- -vw mr. PLR replied that carriages would be allowed to pass through tug line of volunteers ; but, as there would be vast numbers of people on foot, no horsemen would be allowed, save those connected with the royal cortege or in connection with the volunteers Sir G. GREY said he had just received a letter from the city authorities to the effect that if they could not have precedence in the procession they preferred to go no further than Temple-bar. (Laughter.) TREASURE TROVE, On the motion for going into committee of supply, Sir J. JERVOISE rose to call attention to two circular s addressed to tho chief constable of tho county of Hants. dated respectively, Whitehall, Aug. 27, 1860, and White.- hall, Jan. 9, 1861, on the subject of treasure trove, The SPEAKER being summoned by the Black Rod (Sir A. CLIFFORD), repaired to the House of Lords to hear the Royal assent given by commisaion to several bills. On his Lord PALMERSTON explained the part he took in the raneaction. Dlr. F. PEEL explain - d the mode of action in regard to found property arri treasure trove. Obsolete Vessels of War. Mr. COB ,EN aid—Sir, in the terms oi the notice I have given, I beg to offer a few words on the subject of the great number of obsolete vessels of war in the ItDyal Navy,mean ing by " obsolete" vessels which have been useful in their day, but which circumstances and time have rendered use less. If it should be said that this is no longer a practical question inasmuch as in committee of supply, sub silentio, but not without individual protest, a vote has been passed enabling the Government to maintain 76,000 men for the Navy of the year,l beg to say in reply that 1 do sot acknow ledge that vote as necessarily Anal. It will be in the power of the house, if it think proper, on subsequent and more im portant stages of the measure, to review and, if necessary, to reverse the vote. After the remarkable utterances made by a Conservative peer in another place, to which we must not more particularly allude, expressing disapprobation of the excessive number of men voted for the Navy this year, I think it cannot be deemed improbable that this question will again come under the cbnsideration of the house. I will describe what I mean by obsolete ships of war. In the last return presented by the Admiralty to the house it is stated that there are 558 wooden steamvessels, 106 of which are line-of-battle ships or large frigates; the remainder being 452 vessels of lesser dimensions,ranging from corvettes to the smallest gunboats. Now, with the smaller class of vessels Ido not propose to deal. My remarks apply exclu sively to the 106 wooden line-of-battle ships or large frigates. The smaller vessels, although built of wood, and, therefore, liable to destruction from the combustible missiles which have rendered obsolete the larges ones, may and must be serviceable in barbarous and uncivilized regions, and may be used as a sort of police of the seas. Of the large vessels of war 66 are wooden steam line-of-battle ships, and 40 are large frigates. In speaking of the latter vessels, let me mention that 35 of them are upwards of 2,000 tons, and 14 upwards of 3,000. Therefore they average a larger tonnage than Nelson's line-of-battle ship the Vic tory, which was under 2,200 tons. When I call these large wooden ships obsolete, I do not speak on my own authority. lam not uttering a truism that is even new. The circumstances out of which the fact has arisen are of no very modern date. They sprang from a discovery nearly 20 years old—the discovery of an eminent French artillerist, which enabled bombshells to be projected horizon tally with all the precision of round shot, instead of, as for . . . merly, in a parabolic direction through the air. As it is neces sary to pin opponents to the point at issue, I beg to say that the wooden line- of•-battle ships have been rendered obsolete not by the adoption of the iron-clad gunboats or ves sels of war. No doubt iron-clad impenetrable vessels of war have rendered these wooden ships additionally and con- elusively useless, but they were objectionable and open to condemnation before ever an iron-cased gunboat went to sea, remember—for lam an old scholar in these things, for which, indeed, I have no taste, but which have been forced on my attention—l remember in 1849 sitting on a commit mittee to inquire into the Ordnance. Before that commit tee Sir T. Hastings, then occupying an important position at the head of the gunnery establishment, stated that in consequence of the adoption of those shells with horizontal motion, if we went into a sea fight with 25 line-of .battle ships, instead of the action lasting 10 hours, as such events used to do, it would more likely be over in 10 minutes, and, instead of our coming out of it with all our ships, we would probably lose half of them, The American Government, having very little money to spend on the navy, have shown much more forethought than we have. They have never constructed a line-of-battle ship for the last 20 years. They abandoned these ships not because iron vessels came into use, but because they found swift corvettes and such like to be safer vessels than the large cumbrous three-deckers which offered so broad a target to the incendiary shots. We have also had two or three expressions of opinion on the subject from authorities at home. The hon. and gallant member for Ilarwich, speaking lately on this question, said that a shell now acted as a mine, it burst on passing through the side of a vessel, and would so shatter it that a line-of-battle ship would be nothing better than a slaughter-house. Again, the hon. and gallant member for Wakefied, who is an authority in these matters, has told us of an experiment where shells were tried on a brig which was on fire at the twelfth round. It seems, then. that half a broadside sets a vessel in flames beyond the possibility of extinction. Such being the case, other countries, long before we took the hint, ceased to build large vessels of war. We have continued to build them, and we have now got the number of which I have spoken: Ido not undertake to blame anyone because we have got some line of-battle ships in hand. Whenever a change takes place we must experience some loss in a heavy residue of useless articles ; but I have a great grievance to allege against the Admiralty of successive Governments for having left us with so enormous a number of useless and obsolete ships of war. With whom, then, does the fault lie ? It is admitted on all hands to be a fault. Will anybody of nautical ex perience, with a head on his shoulders and a reputation to care for, get up and tell me that if these 106 large frigates and line-of-battle ships had not been in existence one of them would now be regarded as a useful vessel of war. (Hear.) If nobody will venture to say so, we may safely conclude that these vessels are quite useless. If we had wooden vessels of war to oppose to wooden vessels of war, it might be said, " other countries have got these line-of-battle ships, and it is therefore necessary that we should have them too ;" but the production of iron-clad vessels, and especially of impe netrable gunboats, has rendered these line-of-battle ships, not only additionally useless, but actually a danger and a snare, because it is now frankly acknowledged that a single gunboat making its appearance is a sufficient justification for any number of these wooden vessels to take to their heels and run away. (Hear, hear.) What has happened in America? A blockade established by these wooden vessels has been raised by one iron gunboat. Another iron vessel im provise for the occasion, made of railway iron, in one of the Southern ports, where the people are not apt in mechanical contrivances, suddenly made its appearance, and in almost a few minutes massacred the whole crew of one of the largest wooden frigates in the American navy,—a ship larger, I believe, than any of our frigates. Nay, more, if another iron-clad vessel had not come to the rescue, it is the opinion of the best nautical authorities that that single iron-clad would have cleared the whole coast of Northern America of wooden vessels. (Hear.) If that be so, and nobody will gainsay it,what follows? We have 106 of these large wooden vessels, which in all former times would have been regarded as the very mainstay and strength of England, but which are now of no advantage to us, give us no strength as against a foreign enemy, and which indeed are actually a weakness and a danger. If we were at war to-morrow I challenge any naval officer in. this house or out of it to say that we would send any one or all of these large wooden ships to oppose a single iron-clad vessel that may now be possessed by France or the United States. (Hear, hear.) Such being the case it is quite clear that we are in a dilemma of a very serious kind, and one which calls for the consideration of every man who has the interests of his country at heart. How is it that we have arrived at this state of things ? Is it because some new invention has suddenly surged up, taking us un awares, and leaving no choice to the Admiralty but to con tinue the manufacture of thes e large wooden ships ? Quite the contrary. We have had warnings from all directions. r fro ais m ed F i r n an ou ce r o an wß d o A oun me t r r i y ca, by a t it h d e all proclaiming for years th a t warningmosthave vn oe had incte on ahuatve c wa r ningsabene nanticahavl.men, we were coming to this. I think it is honourable to naval men that they have so frankly declared the worthlessness of these large wooden ships of war, because no doubt the poetry and romance of the navy are thought to be associated with the quarter decks of our line-of-battle ships. There appears at first sight something less noble, less dignified in a Monitor or a Merrimac than in a line-of-battle ship. lam not disposed to agree with that. I think power, wherever it is —intellect, wherever it is—give the real rank in the world—(bear)—and I believe that the naval authorities, in abandoning the traditions of the old wooden ships and espousing the cause of Captain Coles's cupola ships, and other inventions, not only show true patriotism, but take a wise view even of their own interests as professional men. (Hear.) According to Mr. Scott Russell, who ought to know, we have probably spent during the last eight years about £30,000,000 hi the material of a wooden navy that is now useless. I take the 106 ships I have spoken of as having Cost, with their contingents, £20,000,000 , I won't Admiralty is accountable for the whole of £2o,ooo,oo o ,thisythe but I firmly believe that the naval a d m inistration is fairly responsible for the loss of £ 10,000,000 of it.. l on of large believe £10,000,000 has been was ted in the cons ' wooden vessels since oth er countries have known, tructl and Government ought to have known, that these line-of-battle ships would be useless. (H ear.) With whom must the blame rest P I thin k it should be divided between t he two sides of the house, or, at all events, the two front benches -for I hope the other benches will be able to ab so(alviaeuthglemselves from responsibility. Igo b ac k to t h e time when the right hon. baronet the member for Droitwich was First Lord of the Admiralty, in 1859. He began what he called a reconstruction of the navy. It was no reconstruction of the navy. It was the conversion of great wooden line -of battle ships into screw vessels, after he knew other countries had abandoned these censtructions. I hold in myhand a paper of a very curious kind,which I wonder has not attracted m ore attention in this how * . It i s now somew h a t out of date , It is ~~~ 1 lice. sae ) raoti‘ ed t° pg. 8! ty 08 /e d to 3 a t 3 wave ,pang ilVrai ster l L, not until ilwA9 or or 3 d to , ne ar after ear" i n to aces► Tiers y the Ash , s edo ty 13 Ori ig. sten, lg. Mel• fli er, from Lboat tend De of hall Ire• osi Etyo