The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-08 00:00:00

61.4EY HARKETI "EIRE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Daring the last few days there has been a steady demand for most descriptions of foreign and colo nial produce. Sugars have fully sustained their late advance, while in coffee, rice, and cocoa the operations have been to an average extent at full rates. In tea there has been no material alteration, business having been deferred until the public sales which are advertised to commence in a few days. The tallow market has been more ani mated, and prices for both present and forward delivery have shown an upward tendency. The officials returns relaing to the trade and navi gation of the United Kingdom for the month of 7anaary have just been published, and frum them it appears that the total declared value of the ex- pores from that period has been £10,413,C86 against 18,045,155, in the latter period of 1863, showing an increase of £2,368,431. The increase is perceptible in beer and ale, coals and culm, cotton yarn, cotton manufactures, earthernware, haberdashery, and millinery, linen yarn, linen manufactures, silk manufactures, sheep and lambs' wool, and worsted manufactures. The importation of the principal articles have been larger as regards live animals flax, rice, lin- - 1 recd, tallow, wheat, tour, and wine, while there s . has been a diminution in raw cotton, petroleum, . raw silk, sheep and lambs' wool, coffee, sugar, tee, and tobacco. The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the tonnage of vessels employed in the foreign trade for both the entries inwards and the cleararces outwards, while in the coasting trado for the same period there is little change of im- I si et portance. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes opened at 66f. 27c. 66 30—firm. A further decline of per cent. has taken place i to-day in the market for the English funds, owing 1, to farther sales on speculative account, induced It! by the unsatisfactory position of continental poli tics. Comols are 91 2- for transfer and about 91 tl ° for the Bth April. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 897 N, and Indian 5 per Cents. 1041 Bank Stock is 23% 239. There has not been much alteration in the at Foreign Market, to-day, and business is quiet. 11 81 Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 681 691 ; do. Con solides, 50-1 ; Mexican, 431 ; Greek, 221 4 ; Spanish Passive, 351; do. Certificates, In- i I ; Portuguese, 48-1; and the Confederate Loan 43 46. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have : been restricted, and i n severa l i ns t ances p r ices have shown less firmness. Great Eastern and Great Northern A Stock have declined 10s., Caledonian 153., and London and Brighton £l, while Metro politan, Midland, and South Eastern have im. proved 53. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings exhibit little change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are flat. Imperial Ottoman realise 18; London Joint Stock, 40/ 41 ; Discount Corporation, 10/ ; Credit Mobilier are quoted 1/ 1/ prem. ; Credit Foncier of Great Britain, I,t- 2 prem. ; Financial Corporation, 2 21 premium. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOTERN3IENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, April 8 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2Ol Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent — Ditto £5OO Bank England Stk, 41 per Ct., last 11:.-yr 2375 9 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 217 191 Ditto Account — Ditto 5 per Cent, July, 1870 Ditto Account..., , — Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 1041 Ditco 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — Ditto:Debentures, 4 por Ct., April 1864 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — Ditto under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1869 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 — Ditto Scrip, £55 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Deferred — Cuba, 6 per Cont. Wuhan 6 per Cent. — Ditto 41 pei Cent. Colombian 6 Scrip £BO pd Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent — Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account lO4 Guatemala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Uent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada.. New 25 por Cent. Jan. 1894 — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 .. Ditto Account B5l Ditto 11 per Cent Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid — PM Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 6'2,'3 Ditto Account 4Bl Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 BBl 94 Sardinian 6 per Cent, Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Ac— c0unt.......... Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account 451 Ditto PasAiv e . Ditto Account ............... . Spanish Cert. of Coup not .. . funded — Ditto Account.,.... Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Acc0unt........... Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 ditto A „mint ... _ 68 atto £lOO Bonds.. ................ bO.t 4 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account ................... Ditto, Artot, Bonds Ditto 6 por Cent, 1863 ............ 67 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.......,. 1001 I Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account 124 Dividends on the above payable in Load *n. Austrian, 5 per Cent,. Ex. 10 Florins. - -Belgian 4 per Cont.,Ex. 25f .— 1-I toh 21 p er Cent., Ex. 12 Gull Ditto 4 pe r C ent. Certificates Dutch,, t 25 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders /al lan, 5 per Cent ~ 1 861 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. Console Money THREE O'CLOCK, Ditto A 911 4 pril t Acennn -.. ~ ..... wi l t'', 911 2 CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The prospect of monetary affairs continues satis factory. Notwithstanding that slight symptoms of activity are occasionally noticeable in the general discount market, the mercantile classes are un doubtedly looking forward with confidence for easier rates to prevail within a short period. The im ports of gold continue upon a large scale, and as the exports are not very considerable, the greater quantity of the metal finds its way into the Bank of England. This morning there has been a rather large inquiry for discounts, but the quota tions continue us low as 51 per cent. for the best short dated bills. A further sum of .£07,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The share list of the Thames Iron Works Ship building,Engineering, and Dry Dock Company will be closed on the 10th inst. It has been notified that Mr. Frazer Luckie and Mr. Christopher Deake Buckmann have joined the board of the Royal Naval and Military Banking Corporation. The letters of regret to applicants for shares in the South-Eastern Banking Company were issued on Saturday, and those of allotment were posted this evening. COLONIAL (3OVER 'his day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. qire! Railways. Paid. 13.14. 1 Wol., and Str. Val. at. Blythe and Tyne. 10 liost.,Sleat.,andhlid.Co all 84 9 st Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian ...... 100 120 12 50 Cork and Bandon al' 20 Cornwall a: 0 7 A gets no die 1 0 Do A 10 D o. B till opc.pan.haf• a been paid to 8.1 60 Dublin & Belfast June. ' al 3 6 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. al If st Edinburgh & Glaegow. l 10 St Glasg . and S. W es t er n. 10 I t st GreatEastent, Ord. stk 10 st Ditto A stock et Ditto East Anglian st 100 ed I GreatNorthof Scotland 100 at Great Northern lOO et Do A stock st Do B do st Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland 1e st Great Western et Do Str Val gua. stock It st Lancashire & Yorkshire 11 et London and Blackwall 11 st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 1( st Lon., Chat., sad Dover 1( at Lon. & North Western 1( et Lon. & Scr,th Western 1( st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 1C Maryport and Carlisle. a 124 Do f shares.. at Metropolitan st Midland Do New st Do Birmincr. & Derby 10 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland al 26 Do, 4 shares 26 Mid Kent ... al 10 Do Cray Line at North British et Edin., Perth, & Dundee 10 st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 10 26 Do, G.N.E. purchase lb.' et Do Lecda lO st Do York et Do Carlisle.. st North London 10 Do New 1416.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction a] st Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 10 et 1)0 Scot. Mid. stock lO 10 Shrews. and Welolipool, al at Shropshire Union —.l 10 et (South Devon lOl at South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 10 20 6taineo,Wok.,andWok. 25 Stockton & Darlington a] 26 8 II i - II 6 7 11 ii 136 38 16 17 94 95 107 109 464 474 47 49 7 B PO 128 128 129 D 2 134 95 97 63 .:13i 1(91 109, 6) 71 10 104 3) 4 t 1071 10S 09 100 51 52 1074 108 126 126, 96 9S 631 &4I 24 t 6 1011 102 sei ao; 00 12: 127 5 1 2 111 77i 78! Lll ICI DO 123 126 DO 4 44 DO 98 10u .11 - - 10 534 54 i 10 84 SO * 901 el 00 1100 102 ill i Si 9i Lll 37 38 17 9 10 87 8 p )0 160 10 8 Do :5 Do New, 186& It Tad Vale 10 Do B 10 Do C 10 Ulster t 5 Do '.lO Do st Vale of Neath st Victoria eta. and Pim lOO et Waterford & Kilkenny 100 et West Cornwall lOO 22 24 et W. Hartlepool Har.ctlt lOO et Vireet Midland -Oxford 100 et Do Newport 100 et Do Hereford 100 6 8 I 3 1 3 Shp 11 i - - 91 &1 BRITISH POSSE ;STUNS. Closing Price: Gg 6: 1031 101 1p 1 p P 1 p bi 71 81 )0 1101 103 )0 163 10, 1051 106 114 105 . * P J. 1,; ;u lye 21.1 i I 23 Yi 1 57 61 1 66 64 1 50 63 I 49 51 1 33 42 1 26 28 1 22 C 5 0 1031 104 , 2 03 104 111 9} 10 18 11 14 11 92 94 11 85 87 2 p 1p )0 102 f 103, )0 97 •09 PO ‘2 06 u as 68 Li - Lll 3 5 100 82 L 4 100 103 104 100 1021 1031 2 # 11) 1 all 104 104 100 ,0 0 98 10) MENT SECUIUTIEs. hare Kailwart ii *antic &St Lawrence It: tioni.,Baroda.t.Cent Inc 1 Gu. 5 per mat— ..... Do. New Do. E. Shares.. :04 Buffalo and JLake 'furor, al 10 Do. Preteranoe Butlalo,BrantAGodriel, 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1871 )0 Do. do. July 1, 187. 10! )0 !Jo. do. June 1, 10 31 Clcutta...tS.Eastn. (Lill. 10 Cape Town Dock Scril 10 )ek Hastn. Bengal gu. 6p. ! 1- sck 11,:aat Indian. eu. 5 p. c. 10 !O Do. do. (} 1 Do. do. II do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada lug Do. let I'ref. Bonds... al )0 Do. do. deferred.— al )0 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. RI )0 Do. do. deferred...... al )0 Do. 3d Pref. stock a 1 10 Do. do. deferred.— al, 43 Do. 4th Pref. stozic... all Do. do. deferred...... al sk tit,lndlaPenin.gua sp.c 1U Do. New gua. 5 p a... 1 Do. January, 1882 .. - ,ok ut. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 10 01 (it. W. of Canada Shares a] o Do. New .. .. 1 0 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. al 0 Do. 5t p. c. do. '77-8. al 0 Indian Branch Limited ck Madras guar., 5 p. c. .. ek Do. p. c. Extension - ck Dc. 44 d 0........ ) Do. Fifth Extension. Eck Sielb.Corp. 4p. o. Bnds. liobson's Bay. 00 Do. 7 p. e. Slortg. Bcs Newßrauswick Candv l Class A and B N.lll.C'daB pc Ist t bdsi I Cock Soinde .......... • ( 1 ock Do. Delhi. , : i..- 1 1 10 Do. do .... t! s 5 Bt Do. Punjaub .... ;3 4 c I Do. Do. ........ , a,s , 11 3ek Do. Indus. St. Flo.) ill Chu.Gov. 6 p.o.J ,SzJ 1877-81 - Do. 6p. c. Feb ttc Aug 100 100 It 2 I Do. d p.c.Mar ,t Sept. 100 99 101 Do. Ep. c. 101 8d 81 Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 83 VI k;speG.llope, 6 p 0,1873 100 106 108 Do.Do.Ap &Oct. 1830 100 108 110 - — lB9O 100 1/0 112 Do.' Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 108 109 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 111 , Mauritius 6 per cent .. 1()0 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 100 ItB 110 ,N.l3.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Jul) 100 101 103 I Do. it p. c.Ap. do Oct. 10 - - 'N. S. W. Gov. 5p 1, 18f,i 10 Du. f. p. c.,18,1 to Lit 10 - Do. d0.,1888 dcupwdt 10 !New Zealand 6 p cent. 10 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c - sterilng, 1875 lO IQueensland Gcv. 6p. c lOl S. Aus G6p.c.1878.J6 up - - tVio.Gov. 6p.c.Ja.,trJuly 1 Do. lo 6p.0. AP.&00.. 11 99 100 99 10) 99 NO 168 194 106 101 111 BRITISH MI. 2'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 uliflord Amalgamated Devon G. Con.. Cfavist ) 1 5 East Bassett (Illogan) SO East Clogau Gold Ltd - - East Caradon ...... tl4.e - l East Cam Brea... 3.4.0 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 Gam..tSt.Aub Tolgus yn(Gwen ; 581 - G reat South IG. Wheal Vor aleiston; 40 17 s Grenville I flerc,d's-Foot . . 8.12 ingston Downs 4.18.0 - i Lady Bertha , Mllargaret (Ilny Lelant it - arke Valley.. 4 11yndy Iron Ore (Lim ; 2. New Setun l9l - • North Downs 22 N.Wh'l Basset (1110. an,t 3.1.0 North Wheal Crotty . 2.0.9 ' Par Consols (St. Blazey.) Providenee(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 'South Caradon(St.Cleer 11 1 4 - !S. Cam Brea (Illogan) IS.Wheal Fran. (1110gan, 18.18.9 Stray Park 30.17.0 ramar Silv.& Lead Min - - rin Croit 9 West Basset (Illogan) ll W Cr radon (Liskeard) 6 West Beton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 IWheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott I Wheal MaryAnn;:ilen ) 8 IWheal 3eton 5Bl t Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 - IWheal Union Closing Business i Price. , done. 44 40 140 460 65 60 2i SO 20 201 11 12 21 23 83 86 185 195 871 921 31 37 21 3 134 lib 175 185 2 b 214 24 21__ PREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 91 Midland 43 per cent. pf. stir. rd., 102 North Eastern, York, 11. and Selby purchase, 101 I PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCK& Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., Ditto, new 5 per cent, 5 London, Chatham, dtc , 6 per cent. 2d pf., f 8 Loudon and S.-Western 14 per oent., 1014 2 LINES LEASED AV FIXED RENTAL& Chester and Holyhead, 364 London, Tilbury, and:Southend, 100: FOREIGN RAILWAYS.] Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) ',tug. 7 per cent., 174 Namur and Liege gua. 14t. per annum, 8/ Sambre and Meuse, 33 per cent. pf., 9 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 211 201 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 204 FOREIGN MINES. Yudananautana of S. Australia, lira., 3 4 21 31 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon a.m and Liverpool (lim.), 474 Ditto, new, 334 3 Bank of Egypt, 27 Bank of London. 1643 5 4 Bank of Otago, Rm., 4 Chartered .tiler. of India. London, and China, 67i 8 Consolidated Bank, lim., 104 East London, lim.. 74 English and Irish (lim.), 124 4 13 English and Swedish, lira., 74 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 304 14 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm , 74 Imperial Ottoman, 18 4 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 34 4 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 124 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Pjate, 504 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 264 London and County. 57 6 4 London Joint Stock, 413 401 London and Westminster, tO3 SO Merchant [lank, rim., 1I 4 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 24 4 National Provincial of England. new, National .tank, New South Wales,7sol Scinde, Punjaub. and Delhi, Rm., Ditto, new, 71 3 Union of Australia, 53) Union of Ireland 10 Union of London, 404 DOCKS. Victoria, 00 100 pIISCELLANEOUS. Anzlo-Mexican Mint, 204 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira, 21 Berlin 'Water Works, Bin., 81 British Indian Tea, lira., 5.1 I 1 Commercial Union (Insurance), 95 9 Contract Corporation. lan., 55 0 Discount Corporation, limited, 101 14:gyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., 44 1 English and Australian Copper, 11 Van Diemen's Land, 113 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Rm., 75 Hudson's Bay, 185 International Financial Society, 125 Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam, Um., 8 Ditto (all), 54 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 3 Ditto, 6 per mit. jsads, ream, 3.570, issued 90 1 85 Business done GOA 104 41 10 111 1111 Id 3s 16 $7O 680 65 70 1 2 I li 100 09.1 Tilt Still. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1864 MISCELLANEOUS—Continued. Joint • stock Discount, lim., 6; London Financial Association, lim., 25 it London General Omnibus Company, 21 / London Mercantile Discount, Jim., 61 Mercantile Credit Association, lim., 12} 12 'National Discount Company, lim., 111 I Oriental Inland Steam, lim , Royal Mail Steam. SS / 5/ 6} Societe Financiere d' Kgypte, Jim., 5 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 6/ ow_ POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OBTAINING MONEY BY MEANS OF A FORGED ORDER, —John Watson, clerk, 1, John-street, Berkeley-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with obtaining by means of a forged order on the London and Westminster Bank the sum of £l7, at 262, Oxford-street, with intent to defraud Mr. John Dickenson Betts. Mr. William Woollens, cashier to Mr. Betts, grocer, of 262, Oxford-street, said that on the previous evening the prisoner, whom he had known as being in the employ of Mr. Ball, a grocer, in Puke-street, Manchester-square, entered the shop and presented an order for some goods, and an order for the payment of the sum of £l7 10s. on the the Stratford-place branch of the London and Westminster Bank, signed Bateman, and countersigned Cecil James Ball, the prisoner saying " This is for you." Ho gave the prisoner the money, £l7 10s., and after doing so, having a little suspicion as to the genuineness of the signature, re marked to the prisoner that it was a curious looking cheque, as the words "on demand" were written twice. Tho pri soner said, " That is nothing to me—l've nothing to do with that." The prisoner then walked to the counter to get the goods, and he (witness) told some of the assistants to detain him while he went to Mr. Ball t 3 see if the cheque was genuine, and on going to Mr. Ball's he found that the signature was a forgery, and that the prisoner had left Mr. Ball's employ on Saturday last. Mr. Cecil James Ball, managing the business of his father, James Ball, grocer, of Duke-street, Grosvenor square, said the prisoner had been in his father's employ, but was discharged on Saturday last. The signature to the order was not written by him, but it was somewhat like his writing. Mr. Tyrwhitt inquired whether the signature was Lord Bateman's ? Mr. Ball said it was not. Ho had seen Lord Bateman write several times and cashed his cheques, ho being a customer. He (Mr. Ball) always countersigned the cheques on the back, and Mr. Betts cashed them for him. Edmunds, 198 C, proved taking the prisoner into custody at the corner of South Audloy-street (the prisoner having bolted out of Mr. Betts' shop), and said on telling him the charge, he said that he had been sent with the order by a pock-marked man. One of Mr. Betts' assistants took the money all but half a sovereign from the prisoner, and the half sovereign he (the constable) found in the prisoner's mouth, he having attempted to swallow it, bat being pre vented doing so by his grasping his throat. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, who bad no ques. ions to ask, for a week. THAMES. FEMALE IlranwAy ROBBERY.—Margaret Cavanagh, an Irish Cockney, who has been frequently in custody, and has been summarily convicted several times in this court. was brought before Mr. Paget on a charge of highway robbery, which was committed in a very daring manner. Mr. George Myner, a master lightarman and barge owner, said he was also the proprietor of a house of public enter trinment called the White Swan, in Brunswick street, Blackwell. Last night, a few minutes past twelve, he was on his way home, and when he was within a few yards of his own house he was accosted by the prisoner, who tapped him on the shoulder and made some overtures to him. He repulsed her and walked on. She immediately clasped him round the waist with both arms and put her hands into his pockets. His money was gone in an instant. He had L 3 163., including three sovereigns, in his pockets. Ile was then close to the Ship public-house, in Brunswick street, and called out " Mr. Caton," or Tom Caton. The landlord of the Ship came out, and he said to him " Tom, lam robbed; this woman has stolen my money." The prisoner was going away, and he seized her, and gave her into custody. A man was near her when she first accosted him. Mr. Thomas John Caton, landlord of the Ship, said ho heard the prosecutor call out "Tom," and went into the street. Mr. Myner had hold of the prisoner, who dropped some money. Mr. Myner said " I am robbed ; she has taken all my money." Mrs. Caton brought out a lighted candle. He took it from her, searched the street, and picked up a half sovereign. Mr. Myner—There was a half sovereign among the oash taken from me. Mr. Richard Hornblower, N 0.12, Norfolk-street, Black wall, shipwright, said ho heard the noise in Brunswick street, and looked for the money that had been thrown away. IL picked up a silver sixpence on one side of the road and a penny on the other, which he took to the station-house and gave to the police inspector. The prisoner, on being called fur her defence, said she had nothing whatever to say. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARK2TS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 103 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £6 103 Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 108 per load. Trado slow. CUMBERLAND.—MettiOW hay, £3 Os to £4lOB Od ; clover ; £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load, A slow sale. WHITEOHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs ; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 ]Os p er load. Trade dull. COLONIAL. 1'71).e...A moderate amount of business has been tran sacted in the private market, and prices generally aro well maintained. A large quantity is announced for public sale within the next few days. SUGAR,—The demand for raw sugar has been rather active, and prices have been well maintained. Refined goods, owing to the small quantity on offer, realise high rates. COFFEE.—There has been a steady demand for colonial descriptions, and good and superior qualities realise fully former quotations. Rics.—A moderate amount of business has been re , corded in East Indian, and quotations in most instances are well maintained. TALLOW.—There has been a strong inquiry for P.Y.C. for both present and forward delivery, the quotations on the spot, 41s 61; March, 41s Gd to 41s 91; April, 425; and last three months, 44s per cent. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. HOLBORN VALLEY IMPROVEMEN The Select Committee of the House of Commons to whom the above bill was referred met yesterday for the first time. The committee consisted of Sir David Betides (chairman), Mr. Howard, Colonel North, Mr. Banks Stanhope, and Mr. Blake. Mr. Hope Scott, Q,C., the Recorder, and the Common Sergeant of the city of London, appeared on behalf of the Corporation of London, who are promoters of the bill. There were 13 petitioners against the bill, but the greater part of them were unrepresented by counsel. Mr. Hope Scott, Q.C., in opening the caeo for the promoters, said that was a bill to authorise the Cor poration of London to construct a viaduct over the Holborn-valley with new streets and other im provements connected therewith, and was only to carry out the provisions of a previous act of Parlia ment which was passed last session for the regula tion of the coal and wine duties. Those duties were to be continued for ten years longer, and, after de fraying existing oharges, it was stipulated that the first charge on those continued duties were to be applied to the raising of a viaduct over the Holborn valley to Ely -court. The scheme they had in view was, as money was to be provided for this object out of the 4d. coal dues, that this work should be carried out under the authority of the Corporation of Lon don. Having referred to a map, the learned counsel said it was intended to commence the viaduct near the Old Bailey, and to be continued over the Holborn-valley. It was also intended to form a new street in continuaticn of that already in pro. gress from Farringdon-road to the new metropolitan meat market. There was to be another new street from near St. Sepulchre's Church, and terminating also in Farringdon-street. There was also to be an improvement near West-street. There would also be a raising of the road between Farringdon-street and Farringdon-road, commencing near Newcastle. street for a length of about 270 feet, up to a Summit at the crossing of the new street to the now metro. politan meat market. It was proposed to stop up, either wholly or partially, the following streets : Snowhill, Field-lane, Great Saffron -hill, between Holborn-hill and Charles-street, and the southern end of King -street and Ely-place. The increase of the traffic in this direction caused the Corporation to seek some improvements, and they offered prizes for the best plans, to effect that object. He found that 18 were sent in, some of them proceeding by the east, and some by the west, but the Corporation of London had selected one which had received the public approbation. The main feature of this scheme was the construction of a viaduct between Skinner -street and Holborn, and removing the houses on bah aides, which he believed would make one of the finest streets in London. It would be 80 feet wide, with a gradient of not less than 1 in 94 ; but varying to lin 264. The roadway approached more to the south than to the north, as a better gradient would be secured. There would be one or two arches near Farringdon-street, with a head• way of 21 feet, which would open a view to St. Sepulchre's Church. There would be access from the footpath to the roadway by steps, which would be about 25 feet. The Corporation would also en deavour to comply with the intentions of Parlia ment in the erection of houses for the working men who might be deprived of their houses by this im provement, There would be means of access for carts and waggons on the east by a communication with the high level road in Skinner-street near Angel-court, by a street 60 feet wide, and with a gradient of lin 45. The estimates have been prepared in this way, one including the alteration of Shoe-lane and the other excluding it. The estimate for the viaduct between Holborn and Skinner -street and between Hatton-garden and Sc. Sepulchre's Church was £900,340; the estimated returns from the re sale of property was £551,630, making the net cost £348,710. To which must be added, for the con- , struction of the viaduct, £75,882, making the total net cost £921,592. With the widening of Shoe lane to the extent of 40 feet the estimated cost was £127,938 ; to that there would be a credited return of £58,455, making the net cost of the property £69,483 ; to this must be added the cost of construc tion, £6,500, making the total net cost £75,983, So that, including the cost of widening Shoe lane and the entire works in connection with this scheme, the total estimate was £500,575. To effect these objects the fourpenny coal duties were appropriated to them as the source of their expenditure, and he believed, from the evidence that would be given by the City Chamberlain, they should prove that these coal dues wou:d be sufficient to meet this expendi ture; but even if there should be a deficiency, which they did not apprehend, it would be a very small one, and the Corporation of London would be able to make it up from other sources. The learned counsel then referred to the petitions which had been presented against the bill, amongst which was that of Mr. Charles Meekin g, wh ose property would be required. He object e d to the powers o f t h e C ity Improvement Act, and h e required a not i ce o f two years before giving up th e property. But w hil e h e wished to keep the corporation out of possession of the property for two years, he wanted the corpora tion to be compelled t o complete the work w i t h in five years. There wa s no question of public prin ciple to discuss, as the whole was a matter of detail. The Chairman wanted to know what was to be done with the traffic going east and west, while all all this was going on. Mr. Hope Scott, n said that would be a ques tion rather for the surveyor than him; but if he would allow him to m a k e a suggestion, theyin tended to open a new street before they closed up the main artery. Mr. Haywood, Surveyor to the Commissioners of Sewers for the city of London, said his attention had been drawn to the traffic of the streets of the City, and he had been engaged by the committee to investigate nsi de rplans 'which were sent in, and carefully the ed the wh o l e of them. Holborn hill at the present time h a d a gradient ranging co from 1 in 12 to 1 in 17. Id Skinner•street the gradient varied from 1 in 20 to 1 in 24. The scheme ho proposed to remedy the present evil was ex plained by him by reference to a plan. Amongst the most prominent was the viaduct, which would require the whole of the property on both sides of the way to be taken down ',from St. Sepulchre's Church to Hatton .garden. Farringdon-stroet would also be crossed by a bridge, and new streets would be formed in connexion with the viaduct. He then went into a public explanation of the scheme as detailed by Mr. Hope Scott in his open. ing ddress. After hearing further evidence, The room was cleared, and the committee delibe rated with closed doors, and upon the readmission of the public, The Chairmsn stated that the com m i ttee were of opinion th a t th e pream ble of the bill was proved. The clauses will be taken into consideration to day. ATTEMPT TO UPSET A TRAIN. --The up mail have had beyond Yeoforel ve r y serious results. On arrivin g a b out a quar t er of a mile train on th e N ort h D e von it'ilw ay on Monday o n c ig cu h r t r h ed a , d w a o n u a ld rro p w ro e b sc a a b p ly e from anaccideut' which, . haci th i e t driver of th e eng i ne saw an obstruction thetructlotnraoinn p th as o se l d in s e a , f i , n ly to , which, before s p ee d cou ld be reduced, th e t ra i n ran. There wore one or t wo severe j o lts, b and was im me di a t e l y pu ll e d up. The obstruction was found to have b een caused b y a woo d e n gate, w hi ch had been un sufficing hung and plac e d across the rails, and upon it a h eap o f a to large stones had b een p il e d. The wh ee l of the engine had scattered th k e e a e t p on th t stones s o and tin on the metal s . T here was ano ther cut through th a gate, the impetus gate close by across the line. While the train was stopped Geo. Nott, a labourer in the . employ of M r . J ames Daw, farm er , o f St o k ey D o wn, Crediton, came up to Jas. Stanbury, the fireman, and inquired the reason the train was stopped. Stansbury having suspicion, laid hold of Nott, but ho resisted very violently, and drew a knife from his pocket, at the same time asking him (Stanbury) if he was going to kill him. The prisoner was taken on to Croditon and on his way to the police station he said ho was guiity, and expressed his sorrow for what he had done. There was no obstruction on the line 40 minutes before the train came up. On Tuesday ho was brought before Mr. J. Silifant, at the Court-house, and, after hearing the evidence of the engineer and the fireman of the train, he was committed for trial At the ziezt aseizwb—Apouth Payer. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocx. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. -- -~- (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL RACES—Tms DAY. £4O HANDICAP PLATE. Lord Douglas .. Poland 2 Z Ara 3 S WEEPSTAK S. Damascus Mrs. Nesbi tt Dovedale ' Five ran. TYRO STAKES. East Linne Club Queen t Veatherglass 3 Seven ran. East Lynno walked over. Stakes divided. ' SPRING CUP. St. Lawrence Aurelian l 2 Five ran. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Serious Case Chester 2 Fire ran. II UNTE RS' STEEPLEC lIASE. Portponed until to-morrow in consequence of snow and sleet that has fallen. LATEST BETTING. LIYBRPOOL STEEPLECIIASE. 6to 1 aget Emblematic (taken) Bto 1 aget Bantam (taken) Bto 1 agst Portland (taken) 9to 1 agst Jerusalem (taken) 10 to 1 agst Wee Nell (taken) 11 to 1 agbt Real Jam (taken) 40 to 1 agst Worcester (taken) CITY BETTING—Tuis DAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 11 to 2 agst Bantam (taken) 6to 1 agst Emblematic (taken) 9to 1 agst Jerusalem (taken) 10 to 1 agst Portland (taken) 11 to 1 aget Wee Nell (taken) 16 to 1 aget Real Jam (taken) Very little betting. istßlr. TITS - seconded tho amendment, and considered that the question should be delayed in order to afford more time to investigate the subject. Mr. M. GIBSON reminded the house that the duty of the committee was not to select any of these schemes, but to decide which they considered should not be proceeded with. After a few words from Mr, ROBERTSON against the amendment of Mr. Crawford, The house divided— For the amendment Against 277 Majority —2Ol The amendment was accordingly lost. LEFT SITTI AO. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evl FOREIGN OFFICE, MARCH 6. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Eduardo Badia y Ortiz de Zaniga as Vice-Consul in London for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 8. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Major and Lieutenant- Colonel Frederick Marshall to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Lieutenant. Colonel and Brevet-Colonel George Howard Vyse, who retires ; Captain Roger Palmer to be Major and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Marshall; Lieutenant Lambert Houlton Ward to be Captain, by purchase, vice Palmer; Cornet and Sub- Lieutenant Daniel Fitz Gerald Gabbett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ward; Lord Albert Loveson Gower to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry Montague Hozier, promoted. 6th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Edward Barden to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Richard Francis Chaplin, who retires; Alexander Hargreaves Brown, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Edward Barden. let Dragoons--Acting Veterinary-Surgeon Thomas James Richardson to be Veterinary -Surgeon, vice Evander Chambers, placed upon half-pay. 3d Hustlers —William Wood Clarke, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Charles Stephen Walker, promoted.: 16th Lancers—James Colean Kennedy, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Alexander Baring Bingham, promoted. 17th Lancers—Gentlemen Cadet Henry Tilton Sheen Carter, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Robert Blair, who retires. Royal Artillery—Colonel Alexander Tulloh, C. 8., from the Supernumerary List, to be Colonel, vice Francis Dick, retired upon full-pay. Royal Engineers—Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Roger Stewart Beatson to be Colonel, vice Lloyd, retired on full-pay— Captain and Brevet-Major Edward Wolsten holrue Ward, on the Seconded List, to be Lieut.-Colonel —Captain and Brevet-Colonel Enable° Fano Bourchier, C. 8., to be Lieut.-Colonel, vic e B revet- C olonel Beatson —Selond Captain Willoughby Digby Marsh to be Cap tain, vice Brevet-Colonel Bourchior, CAL—Lieut. John Gander to be Second Captain, vice Marsh—Gentleman Cadet Henry Phipps Constantino Dillon, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenant, with temporary rank, vice Garnier. Grenadier G uards—Lieutenant and Captain Edward Henry Clive to bo Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Thomas Sydenham Conway, C. 8., wbo retires upon half-pay—Ensign and Lieutenant Alex. Louis Ricardo to be Lieutenant mid Captain, bypurchaso, vice Clive—Frederic Hambleton Custanco, Gent., to bo Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ricardo. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign Luke Frederic Scott to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Herbert Small Janvrin, who retires—Gentleman Cadet John William Hughes, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur case, vice Scott. 7th Foot—Captain George Augustus Eliott, from 25th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hope, who exchanges. 12th Foot—Ensign Henry Duppa Alfred Cutbill to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice William Lewis Murphy, killed in action—Ensign Charles Henry Gard ner to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cutbill, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 22d of December, 1863, has been cancelled—Ensign Faulconer Morgan, from 102 d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Gardner. 14th Foot—Major William Cosmo Trevor to be Lieute nant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Charles Wilson Austen, died of wounds—Captain Wil liam Ilanbury Hawley to bo Major, without purchase, vice Trevor—Captain Charles Edward Grogan to bo Major, without purchase, vice Edward John Holworthy, drowned—Lieutenant Alexander Gordon to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice John Shaw Phelps, dkd of wounds—Lieutenant Peter Barlow to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hawley—Lieute nant John Glancy to be Captain, without purchase, vice Grogan—Ensign Denis Creagh to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gordon—Ensign Cecil Thomas M'Mahon to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bar low—Ensign William Thornhill Blois to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Glancy—Gentleman Cadet Brook Taylor Ottley, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, witly,ut purchase, vice Creagh—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Walter Noyes, from the Royal military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice M'Mahon —Gentleman Cadet George Howard Moore-Lane, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign without pur chase, vice Blois. l6th Foot—Major Thomas Tydd, from 76th Foot, to be Major, vice De Winton, who exchanges. 25th Foot—Captain Charles Errol Hope, from the 7th Foot, to be Captain, vice Eliott, who exchanges. 29th Foot—Lieutenant Martin Charles Selwyn Tupper to be Captain, by purcbase, vice John Robert Griinston, who retires—Ensign Douglas Drummond Dick to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tupper—Gentleman Cadet William Evans, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dick. 30th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Neil Bannatyne, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Alexander Webster McKenzie, promoted in 100th Foot. 31st Foot—Captain and Brevet Major Lachlan Forbes, from the 51st Foot, to bo Captain, vice Harcourt, who exchanges. 61st Foot—Captain John S. Chendos Harcourt, from the 31st Foot, to bo Captain, vice Forbes, who exchanges. 76th Foot—Major Charles Lorenzo De Winton, from the 16th Foot, to be Major, vice Tydd, who exchanges. 87th Foot—Ensign Archibald Neil Campbell to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Robert Atkin Hickson, who retires—Gentleman Cadet Hyacinth Daly Devereux, from the Royal Military Coll e ge, to be E ns i gn, b y pur chase, vice Campbell. 90th Foot—Gentleman Cadet James Mandeville Wood Von Boverhoudt, from the Royal Military College, to be En sign, withoukpurchase, vice William Stewart Hamilton, promoted. 100th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Gatey, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Albert Grant Dunn, deceased. 102 d Foot —Gentleman Cadet William Francis Vetch, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Faulconer Morgan, transferred to the 12th Foot. 105th Foot—Major Gordon Stoll to be Lieutenant .Colonel —Captain Christopher Wallis Lethbridge to be Major, vice Stoll—Lieut. Henry Beckley to be Captain, vice Lethbridge—Ensign Edward Daniel Way to be Lieu tenant, vice Samuel Flood Page, who retires—Ensign John William Darrill to be Lieutenant, vice Way, whose Henry on Oct. 31, 1863, h as b een cance ll e d —Ensign Henry William Aylmer Willing to be Lieutenant, vice Darvill, whose promotion on Dec. 4, 1863, has been can celled—Ensign John Edward s Whitehead to bo Lieu tenant, vice Beckley—Gentleman Cadet George Hay Dale, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Willine—Gentleman Cadet John Louis Margery, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Whitehead. 106th Foot—Gentleman Cadet George Frederic Churchill from the Royal Military O o ll ego , to b e E ns i gn. , 108th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Crawford Boyd Cooke, from the Royal Military College, to bo Ensign, vice Algernon Seymour Tollemache, promoted. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant and Adjutant George Roberta Noseley to be Paymaster, vice Henry Peacock, deceased. 4th West India Regiment—Lieutenant John Blaksley, from the lst \Vest India Regiment, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Meyrick William Bidewell Edwards, who has retired. ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.—MajOT and Brevet-Colonel Edmund Gilling Hallowell, half-pay Unattached, from Deputy Quartermaster General, Malta, to be Commandant, vice Brevet-Colonel C. R. S oo tt, promote d , to b e Major s Genera' STAPP.—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel James Henry Craig Robertson, half-pay 100th F oo t, f rom D eputy Quartermaster General, lonian Islands, to be Deputy Quartermaster General at Malta, vice Brevet-Colonel E. G. Hallowell, appointed Commandant Royal Military College, Sandhurst. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT —The services of Staff Assistant- Surgeon Edward W.dman Ward, half-pay, have been dispensed with—Stiff Assistant-Snrgeon James Henry Lewis ' to be Staff-Surgeon, vies Henry Iluish, M.D., placed upon half-pay, BREVET. Colonel Francis Dick, on retired full-pay, Roy1 0 h; . 1 - lery, to be Major-Gen e ral, th e ran k b e ing honorary Colonel Edward Thomas Lloyd, on retired fn .. -ray, Royal Engine ers , t o b o Major-General, the rank being honorary only. Fr ' l l i ' n h c e :s ej ß n o mi ge is r s l i° ' a n ! m a as r, c .B.; Brevet-Colonel GothFo o o f t. L t i o eu b t : n antedated Colonelto 22d June, 1863, ho h a ving cmapleted five years qualifying se, vice on the 21st June, 1863. Paymaster Thomas Joseph Atkinson, 21st Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain. 1 The following promoti9ca to take place consequent on th e decease of I% ajor- General William Sutton, (;.13., on F eb. 20, 1861: Major and Brevet-Colonel Charles Rochfort Scott, Un attached, to be Majur-General. Hon. h 1 W*l Captain and Brevet-Major 1 atn Jame s Rifle Brigade, to•be Lieutenant-Colonel. ► Captain George Colclough, Royal Artillery, to be Major. MEMORANDUM. With a view to the names of the u ndermentioned Officers appearing in their prcperpositio n i n the Army List, it is announced that they stand in their respective regiments as follows : 19th liussars—Tn the following order :—Corneta J. S. A. Bruit and lt. G. E. Dalrymple, next below Cornet 8,1). Barrow. 20th Hussars—ln the following order:—Cornets D. C. Budd, 11. J. Beattie, and C. Bailey, next below Cornet O. 141. Ooslow. 21st Hussars—ln the following order:—Cornets It. C. Andrew, J. W. M. Cotton, rani I', Deane, next below Cur net E. 8. Noave. 101st Foot —In the following order :—Lieutenants W. 11, Weiner and J. C. Partridge, next below Lieutenant W. S. Jervis — Ensigns A. Lloyd, G. S Sewell, and W. 11. Browne, next below Ensign C. M. Stocklev. 1034 root-44 the following order :-2nsigno J, rnittee, of which he was a member, had taken in respect to their selection of the cetripetinr; schemes of railways for the metropolis. Ile contended that nukes the house were prepared to deal with the whole question, the only course would be to accept the reports of the committee. Sir J. SHELLEY said that the discussion proved that the House of C 01 1 .1111( ne w as not a proper tribunal to deal with the subject of metropolitan railway legislation. The amendment was negatived without a diribiun. Mr. CRAWFORD then inovcd the following amendment to the motion of 1\ lr. Pd. (;ilion, that after " Tot tcr,ham and Farringdon-alreet Railway," odd, " and so much of Ihe Me tropolitan District Railways Bilt, No. 33, as refers to the pro posed works situated to the eastward of lilackfrinim-bridge to-ether with the Metropolitan Dist i n ct R ailways Bill, No. ' to- ether He contended that the construction of the underground railway to which his amendment referred would be attended with the greatest obstruction to the traffic of a most impor tant thoroughfare of the metropolis. He did not think that the house was called on to adopt the suggestion of a commi tieeof gentlemen which more materially affected corns of the most valuable property in London. Having referred to the hardships inflicted on some of the humbler c classes by being driven out of their dwellings through th e of railway undertakings in certain district s , he appealed to the house not to sanction the construction of _the railway to which ho adverted. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. IMPERIAL PARLIAVTI HOUSE OF LORDS—This Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the woolsack AI five o'clock. THE DANO- GERMAN WAR. The Earl of DEttl3Y, without wishing to raise a dis cussion, or to offer any remarks upon the question, wished to ask the noble earl the ti.e retary of Foreign Affairs if it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to give any information to Parliament of a later date than that given by the correspondence already published. Events were succeeding one another so rapidly as to cause rho greatest anxiety in the public mind. Earl RUSSELL reminded the noble earl that Austria and Prussia had refused to accede to proposals made to them by the other European powers, and had engaged in a most unjustifiable war, and ho considered the Danish Govern ment quite justified in resisting the demands made upon them. He did not think, in the present condition of affairs, that it would be fur the public advantage that all correspon dence that had taken place in each step of the negotiations, illustrative of the courao of events and the conduct of her Majesty's Government, should be published. At the and of the week her Majesty's Government expect to receive the reply of the Danish Government in answer to the invitation to the Congress, When that answer had been received there would be a break in the negotiations, and that would be a favourable opportunity for making known the progress that had ben) made up to that time. lie hoped that when the answer of the belligerents had been obtained, if that decision were favourable. there would be little difficulty in obtaining the assent of France, Russia, and Sweden to an invitation to going into consi • deration of the question in the proposed congress. Earl DERBY asked the noble earl if he could say, for certain, whether the papers would be laid on the table pre vious to the Easter recess. Earl RUSSELL said the clerks in the Foreign-office had been so hardworked, in consequence of the number of papers required of them, that he could not promise the papers would be in the possession of their lordships before the Easter holidays. Lore STRATI ORD DE RED'OLIFFE hoped that her Majesty's Government would be in a position before the adjournment for the Easter holidays to state definitely what course they intended to pursue with respect to the whole question. In reply to further questions from the Earl of ELLEN 1101t01.1GII. Earl RUSSELL said ho believed that Austria and Prussia would require some modification to be made in the treaty of 1852, but what they wished precisely it was im possible for the Government to say, PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Anglesey Central Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. SIR J. LAWRENCE'S SALARY BILL. This bill passed through committee, and was reported without amendment. STEERING AND PROPELLING STEAM SHIPS. The Earl of lIARDWICKE presented a petition from Mr. W. J. Curtis on the subject of propelling and steering steam ships by an improvement of his own. The noble earl read a number of testimonials relative to the efficiency of his inventions and concluded by asking the Government to state the grounds that led to its rejection by the Govern ment. The Duke of SOMERSET said the two eminent autho rities to which he had referred tho invention had come to a conclusion adverse to the merits of the invention, and, therefore, he did not foci justified in put ting the country to the expense of making a trial, but be had placed a vessel at the service of Mr. Curtis, and the improved rudder had been fitted to her at his expense. When, however, the trial took place, the ordinary gunboat completely triumphed over the vessel fitted with the improved rudder. Tho inventor afterwards said that there hid been a combined opposition against him, and having been atthcked by everybody, said the Admiralty had acted with great injustice towards him. He considered that is what had taken place the utmost fairness had been awarded to Mr. Curtis. THE SECRETARY OF THE POST-OFFICE. Lord TRURO asked her Majesty's Postmaster-General whether the rumour of Sir Rowland Hill'■ resignation was well founded, and if so whether he had any objection to state the circumstances under which it took place. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said it was true Sir Rowland Hill had resigned his office in the Post-office in consequence of ill health. He was sure their lordships would agree with him that the withdrawal from the public service of so eminent a person was a great and serious loss to the country. THE AUSTRIAN FLEET. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY rose to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he could give the house any information respecting the movements of the Austrian fleet towards the Baltic. i . [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Evening, The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY (ADDITIONAL POWERS) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. TITE said that in hie capacity of a trustee of Dal wich College, he felt bound to move as an amendment that this bill bo read a second time this day six months. If the bill were agreed to it would have the effect of trenching on a very valuable portion of Dulwich C o ll ege , an d t h e trustees o f that foundation had already afforded sufficient acoorn modation to the neighb o urh oo d as regar d e d railway trains, by an arrangement which they had entered into with the two lo ca l com p e ti ng com panies. Notwithstanding that arrangement the London, Brighton, and Dover Company endeavoured to carry out their original plan, although there was no doubt the neigh bourhood of Dulwich had ample railway accommodation. Captain JEItVIS seconded the amendment. After some discussion the amendment was negatived, and the bill was road a second time. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY SCHEMES. Mr. MILNER GIBSON called the attention of the house to the report of the Sel ec t C omm i ttee on Railway Schemes within the l imits of the metropolis, and moved that the following bills he not proceeded with in the present session :—Victoria Stet top and Thames Embankment Rail way, Oxford-street and City Railway, London Main Trunk Underground Railway, Charing-cross (Northern) Railway, Ch a ring cross (Western) Railway, T ot t en h am an d Hemp stead Junction Railway (Extension to Charing-cross), London Union Railways, and Tottenham and Parringdon street Railway. 1 hat the fees which have been incurred in respect of the said bills be retnitted. That the said ro port be referred to all select committees to which any rail way bill s within the metropolis may ba referred. The right hon. gentleman said that the joint committees of both houses had examined . evidence, and eliminated ou t o f the mass of metropolitan railway schemes those undertak • ings which they considered would be most beneficial to the public as supplying certain necess ar y li n k s i n ra il way ac• commodation to the metropolis. Having referred specially to the Oxford-street Railway, the London Main Trunk Underground Railway, and the Charing-cross Northern lines, ho said that some of the schemes to which the com mittee were adverse wore shown, accor di ng to ev id ence, to be likely to interfere with the sewerage of the City, and to interrupt the traffic of one of the principal thoroughfares. The principal scheme which the committee appr o v e d, i n re f e rence to these projected railway s , was th at w hi ch pro posed to connect East and South London by means of the Thames Tunnel, and although he differed with some of his colleagues, he considered that these schemes would bp b as t car ried out by private enterpr ise, subject to the supervision of Parliament. Mr. AYRTON advocated the construction of the London Main Trunk Underground Railw a y, as connect i ng two i m p or tant points of London, and was the only one of the schemes that would afford facilities to the working classes to obtain proper house accommodation in a healthy locality. He concluded by moving an amendment to the effect that certain portions of tho lines tending to connect the south and eastern portions of the metropolis should be excluded from the °mention of the motion of the right hen. gentle man, Mr. M. Gibson. The amendment was negatived without a division. Sir J. PAXTON moved as an amendment to Mr. M. Gibson's motion, that " The Charing-cross (Western) Railway be omitted fro m th e li st of bills w hi c h a re not to be proceeded with during the present s ession." STAIIT4I4X yineiceted the cicuroe which the com- 1261 6 128 f THE CONVICT HALL. In refereace to the case of the murder of the convict's wife, at Birmingham, three weeks ago, particulars of which, and of the husband's trial at Warwick assizes, have been already reported in The Sun, we have now to add that the horrible circumstances are exciting an unprece dented interest in the county, and persons who have no sympathy with foul crimes are using every effort to procure a remission of the sentence of death on the ground that the prisoner's provocation was intolerable, and that great allowance should be made for the anguish of an inj tired husband, smarting under such a wrong as that which he bore. A great mass of evidence has been laid before Sir George Grey which was advisedly kept back from the jury, because it did not amount in law to proof that the provocation was of such a nature as would reduce the prisoner's crime from murder to manslaughter. There were many witnesses at Warwick, but they were, for this reason, not called. They prove that the wretched wife left the comfortable home her husband had provided for her on the very day of her marriage,was next day brought home by her parents, and that she visited on the third day a man named Joy, for whose society she eventually left her hus band at the end of the first week of her married life. Her husband was brought to the door of the theatre on the Saturday night and saw them com ing out together, and asked her what she meant. She replied in Joy's presence, " I mean what you see," and attempted to strike him. The man be came incensed, but did not know what to do. He grieved for a month, frequently seeing his wife at her mother's, and implored her to return. At last on the 16th February he visited her, and after an affectionate interview he shot her. In the interval it is now proved that she had been receiving the visits of Joy, and that adultery had been repeatedly committed, and that after she was shot and before her death Joy actually was with her in her bed room at her mother's. All this may well have un settled the husband's mind. At all events, it has produced great commiseration for the prisoner at Birmingham. The excitement in the various manu factories, where the workmen crowd to sign peti tions for mercy, is very great. We understand the legal and medical professions are sending up sepa rate memorials, and that the solicitors' memorial already numbers 100 signatures, while the general town memorial is signed by many thousands. These documents will reach Sir George Grey this morn ing. The prisoner's employer, Mr. J. S. Wright, and others, with the counsel and solicitors in the case, have been unremitting in their efforts. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market very dull and drooping. Sales, about 3,000 or 4,000 bales ; imports, 15,704 ; previously, 5,391. PARLIAMENT wiil, it is said, adjourn for the Easter holidays on tho 18111 hut, way, T. Price, E. G. P. Wood. A. H. S. Neill, and E. L. Clarke, next below Ensign E. B. Gardiner. 104th Foot—ln tho following order:—Lieutenants W. 11. Brind, and 11..1'. Evans, next below Lieutenant T. J. Quin. • 106th Foot—ln the following order:—Ensigns J. Wing • low, E. It. Coker, 11. INlcy, it:lci G. G, Bird, next Lelow Enßign A. U, Maurice. 107th Foot-1n the fdlowirg order •—E uA i gnm w. M. Mayfair J. (4. M. 1)e 1.. Bean, 3.. W. Nirolay, W. Cale, G. W. lieresford, and A. 1. Shepherd —next below Eniign A. Down. 11)9,11 F9ot— In the following ortl.2r :—litisigna A. IT °yrs, A. 11. Mayhew, W. 11. Webb, R. Mayne, and A. L. Strafe)), next below Enzign IL P. :Simpson. 'l'h© Gazelle of this evening contains a number of pro motions and alterations of rank amongst the Officers of the Staff Corps and of her Majesty's Indian Military forces. Course of the Exchange.—This Day. -..-- Amsterdam ........ Short. 11 17 11 17+ Ditto ............ 3 Months, 12 0 12 ti} Itotkrdain .......... 12 0 12 Ot Antwerp .......... .. —. 25 60 25 G 5 Brussels llamburgh .......... 13 71 13 ' 8 Faris Short. 25 25 25 SO Ditto 3 Months, 25 67} 25 721 Marseilles .. .. — 2.5 671 25 721 Frankfort on Maine -... 119# : Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 33 33f Berlin . — Madrid Cadiz — 25 85 Leghorn 25 80 48 Milan — 25 80 26 85 Genoa ,_ 25 80 •2 8 85 Naples Palermo ,_ 25 82/ 25 8 7} Messina — 25 82/ 25 • 87 i Lisbon — 52/ 52f 0p0rt0...• . — 52/ 621. Foreign Gold in 13ars (Standard), per 0z.... L 3 17 9 'lie:lean Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF•PAST 7 O'CLOCK.. BANKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of Commercial im portance in the (iazette : Wm. Dolby, farmer, Rotherfield, Sussex Edwin 13. Cork, Baker, Stratford Abraham Barnett, glass merchant, nottndsditch Joseph Grainger, carpenter, City-road Edwin Beaven, cabinetmaker, Regent's-pa r k 'William Spensley, silk broker, City Ernest I'. de la Courneuve, ship broker, Cardiff Malachai H. Ford, linen draper, Bradford Alfred Radford, butcher, Cambridge 111aurico 11.1 yrs, tobacconist, Birmingham George R. Frieuke and Thomas J. Gathercole, engineers, Mark-lano George Wcstrip, cab proprietor, Walworth BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Philip 'Waddell, glass importer City New Levy and John Thachrah, clothiers, City John Briggs, miller, Bra4ford SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Urquhart. Anderson, and Co., druggists, Loith M. Anderson, flosher, Anstruther Robert Stewart, bookbinder, paisley • Thomas Finley, jun., farmer, St Leonards AQUATICS. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE. As the day fixed for this great national equatic event (the 19th March) approaches the interest of the public increases, and everything connected with the encounter is watched with the utmost degree of anxiety. On Friday and Satur day last the rowing of the Oxonians was eagerly scanned by hundreds of Cantabs, who took the opportunity affirded them by the Oxford and Cambridge pastimes, and visited the banks of the Isis. 'rho impression formed by the Cambridge gentlemen seemed very unfavourable to their own. colours, and many of them backed the dark blue at odds, a circum stance which has given Oxford more confidence, and induced them to lay freely the odds of 6 to 4, which can be had at Oxford for the asking. As we before stated, the Oxford crew will be in London about the middle of the week, as orders have been given to forward the beat by road to Pul ney on Wednesday evening next. The crow, it is cxpectod, will make their debut on the London waters on the following Thursday, when the London talent will have an opportunity of judging of their merits. On Monday afternoon (yesterday) a picked crow was got up to give them a turn, in accordance with the usual custom at Oxford, end a race of exceeding interest took place below Nuneham. The scratch crew comprised, besides the Presi dent of the 0.U.8.C., Mr. Carr, and several Oxford oars of great experience, including the Messrs. Morrison. The names, however, as given helm, will speak for themselves. MIL CARR'S CRLW, 1 E. E. Illingworth, Brasenotie 2 I', F. Lambert, Corpus 3 A. Morrison, Balliol 4 W. W. Goddard, Exeter 6 G. Morrison, Balliol 6 C. E. Harris, Brasenose 7 lt. Sepberd. Brasenese C. It. Carr, Wadhain (stroke) F. C. Cluttorbuck, Trinity (coxswain) OXFORD UNIVERSITY CREW. 1 C. P. Roberts, Trinity 2 W. Awdry, Balliol 3 It. H. Kelly, University 4 J. C. Parson, Trinity 6 W. B. Jacobson, Christ Church 6 A. E. Seymour, University 7 M. Brown, Trinity D. Pocklington, Brasenose (stroke) C. E. It. Tottenham, Christ Church (coxswain) The river being swollen to a great extent, owing to the recent heavy rains, and the wind blowing very strongly from the west, caused an unusual roughness on the surface, re sembling as near as possible the swell of the Thames near London. :Mr. Carr lay under the Berkshire shore at the Mile Bush until the " Varsiry Eight," which has rowed from Sandford, came within a few lengths, when he put on a quick stroke and led them through the Railway Bridge, at which point the gap had been somewhat lessened, as:the powerful stroke of Mr. Pocklington told more effectively in the rough water than the dash of Mr. Carr. Upon reaching the Corner the " eight" put on a spurt and caught up to their opponents, whose want of condition telling upon them, enabled the former to Ulm the lead, which ,they maintained to the finish. The rowing of the "eight" afforded great satisfaction to those who were present, although it was observed tho stroke oar lacked the dash which has been the distinguish ing feature of the Oxtord stroke for the past three seasons. Mr. lloare, the gentleman referred to, who expected to row in the scratch crew, was unable to do so thrcugh slight indisposition. r2Limo . Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Tho iron paddlewheel steamer Lizard, ',employed in har bour duty between Chatham and Sheerness, has been selected by the Admiralty to bo experimented upon with Capt, coffer-dam, or portable dock, in order to test the merits of that invention. - The Lizard having been placed on the gridiron to ascertain the state of her bottom will be floated into the steam basin to-day, should the gale at all moderat e , an d w ill b e placed in the dock to-morrow in order to s ave th e s p r i ng t i des. The Bombay, 67, 400 horse power, which was to have been undockod at Chatham during the present week, is now ordered to remain in dry dock for a month longer, and in the meantime she is to be made ready as soon as possible for commission. During the time she has been in the ship wright? hands she has been fitted with an entirely now description of apparatus, from the plan of one of tho officials in the dockyard, for more expeditiously and safely lower ing the boats at sea. The date at which the Bombay is now ordered to be undocked is the 7th of April. The Ariadne, 26, 100 horse power, Capt. E. W. Vansil tart, having been inspected at the Noro byVice-Admiral of the White Sir C. Talbot, K.C.8., naval Commander-in- Chief, has discharged the whole of her powder and shells into the magazines at Upnor Castle, an d yesterday the War Departm e nt transports Marlborough and Bomarsund landed her hea e vyhat 68 pounder and A rmstrong guns at the Ordnance Wharf, hero. The o r d ers previously given for the Ariadne to be paid off in Chatham harbour have been countermanded, and she is now to be paid off at the Noro, intoemp employed d dockyard, i adis ta a and afterwards placed in the third division of the Stevan Reserve in the Medway. The crew of the Ariadno are now nt N lin o g tw t i h t e ha s t h a i n p d a in n: returninghas th h r f been in commission, the vessel is in excelleut order, and her condition reflects the highest credit on Capt. stores s y Vanaittart and the officers under him. 'esterday a large party of convicts arrived at the St. Mary's convict establishment, Chatham, from Leeds, to bo employed on the works now in progress for the enlargement of the dockyard. Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham for the paddlewheel steamer Hamm 6, 830 tons, 220 horse power, attached to the third-class Steam Reserve, to be broken up, the Lords of the Admiralty having decided that she i 8 " t to bo sold, as was previously directed. A portion of the Channel Fleet, consisting of the screw line-of-battle ship Edgar, SO, bearing the flag of Vice-Adeii nil Decree, C. 13 .; th e i ron plated screw steamsh i ps Warr ior. 10, Black Prin ce , 40, and the Defence, 18, arrived at Port land on Saturday. The Rector and Prince Consort hak e been in port some days. Tho following appo i ntments were ma d e yesterday at the Admiralty :----Tr enrY M. Barkley, midshipman, to the Princess R o y a l ; R o b ert F. Smyt h, as sist.-paymaster, to th e Rattlesnake ; Russell llill, assist.- paymaster, to the rum broke; Dr. Al exan d er Mi tc h e ll, ac ting assist.-surg., t o t h e Excellent ; John Lambert, assist.-surg., to the Implacable ; William Oliver, chief engineer, to the Asia, for the Royal J. Ibbett , chief engi neer , t o Sovereign, vice Tailor; W. the Ask, for the Prince Regent; and Ada al D ann , c hi e f engineer, to the Pembroke. THE LAST MOT OF AUEER (t 1 Very small one) is that, hearing two ladies at the Op era s i ng in discord, h o exclaimed to a friend," How difficult it is, my friend, to keep wo women in accord!". 47i 7 11 , 891 91 1011 2 107 f 99i 9 COI 90 IC4I i 104 I