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

NE Y MARKET; SHARE AND 13.14. eb 10 st st 50 20 t 4.0 9.16.4 'his day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOu.F!'3, 8h re Railways. ?aid. Closing B us i ness Price. done. Bir., Wol., and St r. V a l . ' all iii) the and Tyne. Fl ost. , Sleat.,andMid.k.lo 1 al ,Bristol and Exeter Cale donian : i 10 , • ors aio Bandon all Cornwall all Do A i A irets no in I 1 Do. B t i It fip c.p an. it , 41 been paid to B. al Dublin & Belfast June. all Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. all Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 Glasg. and S. Western. 100 ,Greai Eastern, Ord. stk 100 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian gt 100 GreatNorthof Scotland 100 Great Northern • 100 Do A stock lOO Do Li do .. . ... • I 100 , Gt. S. an ' W. of ............ 100 Great Western .. Do Str Val gua. stock 100 Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 London and Blackwal , 100 Lon., Bright,& S. Coast 100 Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 ,Lon. & North Western 100 Lon. & So•.th Western 100 Ulan., net, & Lincoln. 100 Maryport and Carlisle all Dot shares all ' ITetropoll tan al Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby If I.lid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares 'Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee 10 Nth. Eastern—Berwici. 10 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.1 Do Leeds 10, Do York _ 1 11 _ Do Car1i51e.......,, 1 North London 8 8, 7 8 83 F 8 1121 )12! ei 61 121 122 1221 1231 134 136 101 103 6f} (62 401 108 76 t 7 114 116 40 41 91 98 101 i 1021 43 44 I 121 )0 1221 2d 1.0 it lip 0 90 92 50 61 24 25 98, 99 55! 661 85186 Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction al Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock 10( Do Soot. Mid. stock., 101 ;Shrews. and Weichpooll al (Shropshire Union .„ 1 10( South Devon . .1 101 South Eastern • I 101 South Wales llOl S. York. and River Dun 101 stai nes , Wok.,andWox al Stockton & Darlington al Do ll Do New, 18& Taff Vale lOl Do B Do C ............... Ulster Do ................ 2( Do Vale of Neath. ..... 0 1 Victoria sta. and Pim lO Waterford & Kilkenny 10 West Cornwall lO Hartlepool Fl a r. R lt West Midland Oxford 1( Do Newport 11 Do Hereford V 115 117 15/ 16 p 114 12 119 121 43 14 98 100 ►0 48 ►0 32 10 016 99 101 11 g} 11 37 38 , 5 9 10 p 8 7f p )0 150 153 8 4} 6 11 I 3 ai p -- ;0 -- 43 45 37 38 98 100 COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, The Royal Sardinian Railway Company, gua ranted by the Italian Government, has been an nounced with a proposed capital of £1,000,000, in shares of £2O each, for the purpose of assisting in the development of the resources of Sardinia by the construction of railways, and important concessions are offered to those who may feel disposed to sub scribe. There urn be a payment of interest at the rate of 6 per cent, during construction, and of 8 per cent. subsequently for 99 years. A free grant has been obtained of 480,000 acres of freehold land, the proceeds of which when sold will from time to time be divided as a bonus to the share holders beyond the guaranteed interest, and it is stated that the present value of the estates thus ceded, according to official returns, is:1;500,000, or one-half of the share capital, with a prospect on the completion of the railways of being materially enhanced. Moreover, the privilege is given to the holder of each share to take two bonds or obliga tions of £2O each, at £ll per bond, bearing 3 per cent, interest, and to be paid off at par by drawings extending over 41 years. A deposit of £1 per share is required upon application, and arrangements are to be made offering an advantage to those proprie tors who may feel disposed to pay up in full. The enterprise has been exceedingly well received on the Stock Exchange, where it is already quoted 1 prem. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed selling days in the shares of several new undertakings, viz, the 29th April in the Imperial Ottoman Bank and the Mercantile Exchange Bank, both of wt,ich are to be officially marks-d ; the 4th May on the Cotton Plantation Company of Natal, dealings in which are not to be recorded ; and the Obligations of the South Italian Railway Company are to be included in the Share lists. Two O'CLOCK. Although business in the Market for Public Securities has continued only moderately active It buoyant tone has prevailed, and the few trans actions recorded have led to a further advance of 1 per cent., Consols being 921 93 for money and ac count. TtieN9W Three per Cents. and the Reduced are slightly firmer at 911 1. Exchequer Billshave been dealt in at Bs. prem. India i 5 per Cent. Loan remains at 109 e f, and Long Annuities have realised 14 15-16. The Ali,ince from Australia has been announced With 171,636 in gold. The rise in Spanish Passive Bonds has been the most prominent feature in the Foreign Market, and the latest price is 321 331; the o , rtificates, 10i 111. Egyptian have improved to 971 931, and the 2d issue is 971 ; Greek are firmer at 29k ; and the Coupons have advanced to 131 14. Tne various other securities generally show buoyancy. Turkish Consolides are 471481; and the Confederate Loan, 1f 21 prem. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been very limited, the dealers and speculators being chiefly engaged with the half monthly settlement. and prices have shown no material variation. Lan cashire and Yorkshire, North-Western, Midlands, and South-Eastern, have been a shade firmer ; while most of the other lines remained at previous quo tations. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings, how ever, in one or two instances, show more firmness. Bahia and San Francisco realise 201 2l1. ; Dutch, Rhenish, 16! ; East Indian Peninsula, 1091 1101 and Great Southern of India have declined to 1066 Grand Trunk of Canada have improved to 18i 19. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneom.. Shares con tinued dull at about previous quotations. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 921 3 21 New 3 per Cent. Annuities kontuttes, 30 yrs, expire .4th Jan., IS/W — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 14 15-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent , Ditto Enfaoed Paper, 4 per Cent 9B Ditto 5 per Cent i htto 5} per Cent D i . nonds E 1.900 .... Ditto under £1,000.. Consols for Account. May 7 93 4 Exche quer Bi lls, £l,OOO 2i per Cent 8 Pna FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent .... E gyptian Ditto 4I per Cent., 1852- 68-60 94 3; 7 et Cent Ditto, Second 971 81 Issue ........ Greek 6 p er C ent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ,ns.„ 2 99i1 9 i 9 I lit to A d•conot 24 Ditto Coupons f It•tli4n 5 per "cent. (Nlaretrimana Railway) 76 13/ 14 Mexican 3 per C en t Do to Ac count 341 f Moorish I mper i a l 5 per Cent New G rana d a Ditto 2 pe r C en t Ditto Deferred B/ P •rovian 41 per C ent . Ditto 4; per Cent, 1862 Ditto Account BBl guese 3 per Cent., 1853 D itto 1862 .. 471 8 Russian 6 per Cent., 1822 , £ St — Ditto 4i per Cent ~ 1850 .. Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 .............. t Soni e t t 3 per Cent 95 41 51 ........ it to Account.., 531 Ditto Passive 531} Spanish 321 31 21 31 21 BpEtnisli Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 ..... Venezuela, 3 per C e nt ...... 23 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 1 1 8 Dividends on the above payabl e in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account n Consol s' 921 3 Money Ditto THREE O'CLOCK. Account 921 3 SUICIDE OF A CONVICT.—A married man named Patrick Newcastle -o Manion, 21 years of age, was convicted a' n-Tyna Assizes of a rape upon a married woman on the morning of New Year's day, and sentenced by Mr. Baron Martin to penal servitude for life. There were mi tigating circumstances in the case, and since hia conviction there was a wide-spread impression prevailin g in the town that he was innocent of the crime for which he had received so terrible a punishment. The Mayor of Newcastle, Mr. I. L. Bell, had taken much trouble to inquire into the case, and his efforts resulted in a communication being made by 1,4, Baron Martin to the Home-office, intimating that it was desirable the case should undergo further investigation. A communication from the Home-cffice authorising this in aestigation w as rec -i ve d at the gaol in Newcast l e on S atur- Y Morning, but the convict had frustrated the good in tensions of the authorities by committing suicide during the night. Early in the morning when the officers entered his cell, th ey discovered that he had hung himself. He had au,ccietled (l uring the ni g ht i n unravell i ng the cordage of him self. and so made a rope with na". which be dcetroyed mind o n The prisoner seemed to be in his usual state of t can ho b e niZe Previo us evening, an d t h e on l y surmise that se ioreat6esta shat the p r i soner might have heard that were to b e trans) the gaol sentenced to penal servitude place of deter,tiouerred on Saturday morning to their final the numb er , and he feared that he might be among An important the Government nn, etnent baa been undertaken by It has been decid ed toeu the reference to volu n t eer corps . countai.ts, an-1 to rag a ; adjutants as military tic and account, for all public rn , in that, capacity t o receive them for the service of the e„ r e t r : th ich may be remitted to k ( s ) v BP. etively. In ord er t o the due3P e. rmance o f t h e finan :rr which th ey be ong re ti '1 d u ti es to b e entrusted to thenn,t to each of the officers holding that °Mee has notified that gilarantee will be required to be prf.vided abPvPQinrnent' A 11:1)101?t 4630 to be other of the following modes :-1. Th e el; them One or ,cleposited in the Public Funds ; or, 2. Volts to be ob- Eained from the Eur opean Assurance Society f or 3 - T 4400 ; or , Two bonds of sureties for £5OO each; or, 4. The bondoi %le surety for £5OO, and a policy of the European Aseu r . 14ot Zocioty fin 400• CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Not the slightest change can be reported in the general discount market, the enquiries being mode rate, and the quotations easy. The Shannon has arrived from the West Indies With £498.683. During !he last few days there his been a mode rate amount of activity in the Foreign end Colonial Produce Markets. The public sales of tea has closed at a slight advance for good and superior qualities. Sugars have fully maintained previous rates, while coffee, rice, fruit, and spices have remained without any material variation in values. The Tallow Market has been, in some instances, influenced by the late advices from Russia and Poland, and prices have tended upwards for both present and forward delivery. 154 166 28 30 SSIONS. I closiu. to.l Price. Its Ito 2 I p 5 p n ty 1(7 118 "9 '0 (08 Od 09 5 5 ) liF 0 60 64 II 5 60 62 65 11 40 6 40 It SO ll 20 25 LI 20 22 1 , 91 101 1 1 21. 4 11 0 1061 1076 11 1a a 2 9 81 11 99 101 11 89 • 2 2 i 10 106 07 p 00 'OO 102 CO 97 9 2 ** _ _ II 47 49 L; - _ 11 3 5 too EO 12 iN. u 8 :09 EMI 1(11 1. 7i 2 i p It. ii 1 , COL 1(.7 its io, 101 1(3 I NT SECU - ;% p.c.Ja ,tJui 1877- 54...... ..... I Do. 6p. c.. Feb. At A .. 10 p. c. Mar. Sept 101 I Do. sp. c. Jan.azJuly. 101 ! Do. 5 Inacribed stow. 101 'ape G. Hope. a p 0,187: 101 1 Do.Ap & Oct. 1881 101 Do. IMP to! Do. Jan. & July, 1801.. 10 , Ceylon, Nov.lsal, 6 p 100 1111411 ittus i per cent .. 100 111 113 Na. G,.v. 6 per Cent.. 130 ti 8 110 Ilt..ls.Gov. 6 p.c.J..AzJ ul; .00 103 1(5 bO. 6p. c.Ap. & 00.. 100 !N. S.W. Gov. p 18 1 ' - Do. 5 p. C.,18,. to 1 ~1 - Do. do. 1888 & upwd. 10 New Zealand 6 p cent. 101 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. r. I rater:lnv, 1875. Queensland Gm 6p. c. 101 AUK lii.p.e.lb7i,t up. RP ,Vln.Gov. p.e..1a.At.1 ul, 101 Do. 1-' n 4,11. et 101 103 105 10 1 0 ;t3 10 1.0 1 1 3 0 03 05 s2O 94 H.) 10 112 )0 u 1 113 )0 in 113 lo [l3 115 )0 102 1026 )0 102 1026 )0 102 1024 )0 110 112 G 104 106 0 :1 113 0 111 113 )( 1100 110 113 1 . ;091 110} c>FtTTFsH 2 Cambrian Gold I.- Amalgamated.. - ; ; wvon Con.. (Tay lbt least Basaettolloean, 1 'Emit Clogau Gold Ltd. - East Caradon ... - East Carn Brea.. . . . ... - E. W'l Russ e l (Tavist . - ,Gam.lSLAutryn(Gwen.i - tlreat South ' , Ague - •,. Wheat Vor(lielstob - ;Grenville. - ' i erod'N- Foot , . - • I q•igei on Downs... • . - ! Lady Bertha - , I,,rgaret (tiny Lelani - qarke 4 vi yndy Iron Ore (Lim. - New Seton •• Furth liovrna Base..t(lllo4ai; -▪ , :orth Wheal Crotty . - i'ar Consols(St. Blaze; [0 -* rovidenee(Uny - South Caradon(StCleer - S. Cam Brea (Illogan) - ,'.Wheal Fran.allov.-m; - 'Stray Park 5 lfaimar Si)v.,t Lead Min 0 l'in Croft - West Basset (IlloganL - W Caradon (Liskeard - West Seton - o•Vheal Basset (Mogan - ;••• heal fluller(Redruth -1: heal itt y (U.Lelan t - ‘VhealLad ott ........ • - wheal 111aryAnn (Men. - Wheal Seton . heal treia.eney - ,Wheal Union. 8.1.6 ~ . 16 • 4. Zo 2.0 6 1.3.0 19i !.17.i 2.4. P 10.11.: 13 .t '43.9. 43 471 58i 7 3.17 _lOO/ 10k 9/ 51 St 144 1.1 !10 41 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great v orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 111 PREFErtENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eas , ern, 4 per cent., pf., 105 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop Ext., B, 6 per cent., 10) London and S.-Western 4i per cent., 104 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. East Lit Loin, gua. 6 per cent., 135 FoREIGN . Bahia and S a n Francisco (Rm.) guft. 7 per cent., 211 Dutch Rhenish, 16; Recite an i San Francisco gua. 7 per cent,, 17 Royal Swedish, 7 per cent., 14 San Pauio gua. 7 per cent., fit JOIAT-STOCK 'TANKS. Agra and Unitect Service (lint.), V9I Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (11M.), 30-i Anglo l'ortuguese (lim.), 7 1 Ausvralasia, 711 Imperial Bank slim.), 141 Imperial Ottoman, 2J 1.1 London t - h .rtered Bank of Australia, 24 London Joint stock, . 6v Loudon and N vrthern (11m ), London and Westminster, 774 Natianal of Liverpool, limited, 61 South Australia, 3i Union, o f Australia, 63 London b7i St. Kathcrine Victoria, tksi DOCKS. MISCHLLANEOUS. ilitoatnno,Cl6rormligHtion (Canal Cavour), 5 :racenyi;t3. Bonds rd. iB-0 leaned 90, 141 i London eltepayl General Omnibus Co m ' a Madras Irrnzation and Canto, 3 1) nY ' (11I II.), Ili Metr ~ Rail. ' arriaze, and Wagon, 5 Natal band and Colonisation Co. (liin.), gi Peninsula and 11 iental Ste am, 77 I Van Diemen's lAnd, 10 TEE LAND QUESTION AT CONSTANTINO P We have every reason to believe th a t the dl.--- matic settlement of the land question at Constantinoplei 8 1°- at hand, but whether in a manner satisfactory t o our ante_ rests remains to be seen. H.M. Ambassador has greatly exerted himself, but has received no effective assistance or support. It will be recollected some time ago a very lame do-ument was drawn up in French, but produced noeffect. Since then a ho'e and corner meeting has been held, and some document drawn up in French, but whether it has been signed we do not know. Meanwhile the matter is nearly s€ Wed, but although we shall be allowed to hold land on the former basis, and the Ottoman autho rities will be fully secured in their jurisdiction, yet we be lieve a compromise has been made at our expense so that the property is to be registered in the Consular Courts, with the view of tht-ir being lit gated, when they may be sold by the Turkish authorities at the request of the Consular Courts. We have reason likewise to expect that English men 'will no longer be allowed to hold lauded estates, but llotoos,-6tnur Al ail. 1 BRITISH POSS. 4,111W71,. r. Nitric •t, Lawren , 'om.,Barodatt.Cent In. 1 Gu. 5 per cent........ Do. New Do. E. shares.. ... o.uttato.l44l LS-Ai:Hun I 4. Do. Preterence 4 !stitlalo, Bran tAGodric' p. et. tds. Aug. 1, 1, - .! Do. do. July 1, 187: 'O. 10. Ju 44 I, 1. , utta..ss.F.a.stn, I. IC 'TheTown Dock Ser I( Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. 10 Fast Ind.an. *u.s p. 4.. to Do. do. 11 gxt.... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk 01 Ist . Bonds • ! Do. o. c.ef erred.-- al w. , 41 Pref. Bon s.. Di. do d fer rd...... al uo. 3d ef. stock ... Do. do. d terr d.... al Do. 4th l'ref. sok .. al Do. du deferr , d....•. al Gt.lndiarentu.gua.ap.e tut Do. New gua. sp. c... 1! Do. January, 1862 .. South.of India(Lim uaranteed 5 per cent. It Gt. W. of Canada Sitar., al Do. New ... i4 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. al uo. 56 F. c. do. '77-8.. . al Indian Branch Limited Madras %mar.. sp. o. .. I' Do. p. c. Extensim. Do. Fifth Extension. ort, e. Brio, t Melb. /Is Hobson's Bay. at Do. 7 p.c. Mortg. Bd.. al Vrwßr unswick a Cain r, Class A Ant B at V. It!.C'da6 pc Ist )1 bcis p SCinde .......... ( 1 ' 00. Delhi ...... ' Punjaub te" • )0. • F 1 , On. indus.St. Flo.) -"° COLONIAL GOVT RNN stodi tOck troct, stook itock itock stock 20 4tcx otor k muslnems done 1091 1091 i 110 9I i ITIES. 103 i 21 931 4 31 1111 ART ND ON. DRAWING FOR PRIZES (THIS DAY) No. Name. 6,943 A. T. Langford, Plymouth .. 12,374 R. S. tioltord, Colnaghi, and Co. 12,102 F. F. Downes, Cheltenham .. 1,528 J. Anderson, Margaret. street, Cavendish-square 7.396 T. W. Hid, Oswestry 12,175 Raydon, Maidstone 2,450 Amy Sanderson, South Australia 6,516 P. P. Thomson, Live: pool .. 10,271 E. Newton, Fitzroy-square 12,417 E. Lloyd, Shrubbery, Stratford. 2,355 Michael Ryan, Clonmel 4,398 H. Thornton, Brad'ord 10,120 H. Sparshott, Gray's-inn-passage 9,533 Colonel Norman, York .. 11,163 J. Bodes, Whitley .. 9,081 J. Fisher 8,969 J. Dick - - 1,776 Mrs. M‘Mullen, Hackney .. 3,137 B. Spilsbury, Huggin-lane 1,402 J. H. Murchiston, Kingston-on- Thames 1,264 Capt. Wood, Sarbiton • . 3,124 Col. Wilson, Finsbury .• 11,364 T. Tidadale, St. John's • . 6,118 Mrs. Bentley, Leeds •• 8,100 Alfred Brothers, Manchester .. 992 J. Wheeler, Westbourne-terrace 2,659 S. Crisp, Hobart-town 5,955 F. Moseley, Lord .st., Liverpool 7,772 J. Dyson, Sheffield .. 1,738 G. Hilder, Rye •• .• 105 Mrs Gardner, Glasgow • . 11,486 J. A. Gray, 11,166 H. Wardman, Leeds .. 11,24 H. Nixon, Liverpool • 10,699 J. Ch urc h, S pr i ngf i eld, Essex .. 6,338 T. Saxby, Lewes ell el 9,835 A. Ellis, Leicester • • .. 961 R. T. Brown, Lower-st., Islington 9,832 J. D. Harris, Leicester 4,55:: G. Inwood, Bromsgeove 12,101 T. Hilton, Blackburn 7,224 T. Barker, Newark 9 261 T C. Fox, Wel:ington •• 3,346 W. Smith, Quacrant 943 Miss E awn, Be,rners-street 10,897 A. Bishop, Blackheath •• 7,124 Mrs. Turner, Midhurst .• 6,235 R Shipman, Grancham.. 151 Alfred Bishop, Blackheath .. 2,64) J. Ka r, Geelong .. 4,479 E. Wright, Brighton .. 1,650 W. P. Will ama, Rugeley 968 Mrs. Yeomans 4,460 Mrs. H. Kennedy, Bridgwater.. 11,539 J Stewart, Jedburgh 6,208 J. Tilson, Leeds .. 232 J, W. Harvey, St. John's Wood 6,758 W. G Allison, Louth .. 9,669 T. Taylor, Edinburgh .. 5,974 J Mackneith, Liverpool.. 1,193 G. P. Pierce, Albany -street .. 1,183 Miss Blackburn, Wandsworth.. 6,331 - Stanway, Leominster.. 8,097 J. Harylod, Christ Church 5,833 R. Mark, Aylesbury 2,195 J. Morrison, Glasgow 10,254 . W. Tookey, High-st., Marylebone 3,791 R. Forrest, 49, Bernard street, Russell .square .. 200 6,718 J. Knight. Launceston .. 10 11,447 J. Solley, Tipton.. .. 40 11,710 T. Mills, Kidderminster .. 10 8,089 J. C o t ton , S t. Helen's .. • • 60 3,098 J. W Rudd, Norfolk. crescent.. 15 3,112 Mrs. Peel, Terrace, Clapham .. 25 5,301 E. W. Robert. 15 Fish -street-hill 25 2,002 Miss Ramsey, Aberdeen ~ 25 2,448 S. Deering, Adelaide, South Australia .• 15 .. 683 E. M. Wilkin s , P ou lt ry .. 20 5,835 W. Quarmby, Ashton .. .. 25 8,919 J. G. Fox, New Zealand .. 10 6,210 E. Bretherton, Gloucester .. 15 11,902 W. Steadman, West Melling ~ 20 2,337 A. Lawrence .. • • .. 20 10,098 C. Srnithers. Leadenhall-street.. 10 4,628 H. W. Wix, Bromley, Kent .. 50 4,775 Messrs Rickett, Cheltenham .. 26 1,942 E. Johnson, Castle-street, Holborn 15 4,024 R. Miles, Aberdare .. •• 15 9 ,779 J. C. Gregg, Constantinople .. 30 2,674 W. Lewis, Hobart Town .. 25 6,198 F. Collins, Leeds .. 20 7,959 A Knowles, Stockton .. .. 25 3,348 W. B. Berry, Commercial. road 10 6,216 J. Mills, Leeds .. .. 35 7,707 W. Pierson. St. Albans 541 G. Haman, Bishop Auckland .. 6,389 A. Gledhall, Cardiff .. 7,735 J. Fawc-tt, Sheffield 9,861 W. Phipps, Northampton .. 10.96 1 S. Roberts, Chester .. 506 S. Brandon, Rotherhithe 4,067 E. Cordingly, Atberaton 10,148 - Stevens, Loughborough Park 9,785 G. Taylor, Constantinople .. 1,103 R. Steward, Yarmouth .. 8,682 C. Cordy, Semarang 1,396 W. M'Crea, Lombard -street .. 4,487 Lady Briggs, Royal-crescent, Brighton • •• .• 10,789 J. Henderson 9,149 A. Andrews. Truro .. • . 3,4g7 S. Tucker, Ponders Eql • . 202 Messrs. Marshall and Snellgrove's Library, Oxford-street .. 1,705 E. Statham, Paddington .. 7,461 M. W. Britten, Pe,. zance •• 1,291 Mrs. Woodhall, Canonbury 2,783 W. Bowing, Melbourne.. .. 887 J Gurney, Farringdon-street 6,807 W. Middleton, City .. 5,077 T. Beal, Dover .. 6,082 I. Gatti .. .. • • . 13,624 Mrs. G r i mes, 14 , C larges-street 2,119 John Menzies, Kincardine .. 12,012 J. Tegg, James-street, Bedford row .. .. • • .. 11,593 J. Alexander, Barcelona .. 4,724 W. Warwick, Cheltenham .. 3,557 Dennison, West-square, St. George's .. 4,843 John Taylor, Fazerkerley •• 3,463 -, Guardian Office .. 3,678 C. Painter, 377, Strand 10,030 li,chard Day s, Newgate-street 9,994 R. Brew, Ware .. 1,564 W. D. Bushel, Cardiff .. 1,038 W. Farthing . • • .. 2,623 R. Gibson, Geelong 10,433 C. Snewing, Euston-square 4,667 J. Lane .• 5,,184 T. Laing, Hereford 6,364 J. Smith, Louth • . 12,139 J. h ean, Bradl e y Heath • ... 3,6 9 Captain Wilson, 4th Foot •• 9,803 Sarah Whitehead, Kirby Lonedale 4,603 W. 'Webster, Manchester .. 12,355 W. Robertson, 14, Pratt-street, Camden- town 9,866 C. Kenning, Little Brington, Nor thampton, the Chief Prize, " The Dancing Girl Reposing," .. 700 8,109 W. T. Thackley • • .. 25 4,379 Dr. Small •• •• •• 50 4,198 E. W. Langdale, Beverley .. 75 2,888 M. Feden, Sydney .. 5 0 5,841 2 --Smith, Bi s h opsgate• street .. 10 6,046 -5, Addison-terrace, Ken- W. Gee, A s ht on-under-Lyne aington.. 20 20 8,221 G. F. King, Fenchurch-street 20 12,728 J. Hamilton, Corporation-st , Bel fastmanager, proprietorthe •• 10 The drawing of the minor prizes was then proceeded with, and at its conclusion thanks were voted to Benjamin e lessee, 00f the and mr .theatre. Webster, returned thanks tor the campliment. He said Mr. Webster S W m m e i b t r h s . t , e w r E l s li f, Li a " : l l. t i s h n e m g would always feel happy placing his theatre at the die posal Art Union, and he (M r . posal of th e . S mith) would at all times be at their command. (Cheers.) The procootlingo thou tovaiuutod. SO .0 75 100 10 25 The annual general meeting of the members of the Art Union of London was held to-day at the New Adelphi Theati e, for the purpose of receiving the report from the executive committee, and for the more interesting object of drawing for the prztv. The chair was occupied by Lord Monteagle. The report was read by Mr GODWIN, which stated that —" The sum set apart for prizes to be selected by the prize holders themselves was thus appropriated :-35 works at £lO each; 30 works at £1.5 each; 25 works at £2O each; 20 works at £25 each; 12 works at £36 each; 12 works at £4O each ; 10 works at £6O each ; 3 works at £75 each ; 3 works at £lOO each ; 2 works at£2oo each. Total 15 works. To these are added—The great chief prize, " The Danc ing Girl Reposing," a statoe is marble, by W. Calder Marshall. R.A. ; 6 statuettes in bronze, " Caractacus," by J. H. Foley, R.A. ; 200 statuettes in porcelain, " Go to Sleep," by Joseph Durham 300 porcelain bu-ts of H.R.H. the Princess of Wales ; 100 tazzas in commemoration of the late Prince Consort, designed by J. Leighton; 150 pairs of has reliefs in flctile ivory, of subjects from Milton, by E. Wyon and R. Jefferson ; and 200 books of Etchings, by E. Radclyffe, after the late David Cox ; making in all 1,109 prizes, in addition to the engraving and volume of illustra tions received by every member; and the Parian busts due to those who have subscribed for ten years consecutively without gaining a poise. The following is a list of the successful names and num bers, in the order in which they were drawn from the prize wheel : Amount of Prize. ME S(JN, LONDON, TETESDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MA RLBOROUGH-STREET. CHARGE or M ANSLAUGHTEH--Willi im Clayands 2 cab proprietor, of Conway - mews, Fitzroy-square, was charged before Mr. Knox with Causing the death of Wm. Cooper, by striking him on the head mitt) a hammer, on the 31st March last. After some evidence had been given, Mr. Lswis said that when the case was entirely before his worship it would not present such a serious aspect as it at present did, and he could put in bail to the amount of 11,000. Mr. Knox, after going over the case as laid before him, said that under the circumstar oes he must still refuse, and remanded the prisoner till Thursday. THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE. .IAVANNAH, April B.—The Vanderbilt still re mains in port. The other day Admiral Wilkes breakfasted on board her Majestfs steamer Ariadne, and several civilities and courtesies were exchanged between the two commanders. Washington, April 1 4.—The Navy Department has received information of the following captures:— The D. Sergeant, from Galveston bound to Hon duras, with 51 bales of cotton, captured by the United States'gun boat Kittaniny, off Galveston. bar; the schooner Ranger was captured by the Fort He nry ' s armed boats, off Crystal River, with gunpowder, &c.; the schooner Adna, of Nas sau, was captured off the mouth of the Suwanee River, with an assorted cargo. New York, Apri' 14.—The British steamers Surprise and Dolphin, previously reported captured have arrived at Key West. On the 31st of March a schooner was dis covered going into the Big Santee River. The United States' ship Conemagh gave chase, but she went on with a very favourable wind. As there were but few feet of water in the Santee River, she could not go in ; she continued to fire at her, but did not suc ceed in capturing her. A boat which drifted from the schooner was captured, in which were several articles and cards, on which was the name of I. P. A. Mertz, no doubt the blockade-runner. The Rising Dawn, from Nassau, has arrived, a prize, captured off Wilmington. Key West, Florida, March 20.—The schooner Two Brothers was brought into port on the 27th, a prize to the steamer Tioga, Captain Clary, who captured her about 60 miles from Abaco, from Nas sau, bound to Dixie with an assorted cargo. The schooner Su r p r i se , f rom near Bay Post, Florida, with 200 bale s o f cotton, was captur e d b y t h e steamer Huntsville, Lieutenant-Commanding Ro gers, about 80 miles west of Tortuas, and arrived here on the 19th. On the night of the 23d the United St a t es ' steamer Octorora, Captain C o lli ns , arrived from a cruise, having in charge two prizes which she had captured on the Bahamas, and the circumstances connected with the capture of one of `hem are so peculiar as to attract more than ordi nary notice. THE POLICE AMALGARA.TION BILL, The bill produced in the House of Commons by Sir George Grey for the atralgamation of the City of London Police with the Me tropolitan Police was issued from the parliamentary printing office yes terday. Tne title of the bill is "The City of Lon don and Metropolitan Police Act, 1863." It is pro posed that the bill shall take effect on the let Jan. next. It provides for the establishment of one or more branch station or stations in the City, to be under the superintendence of a new Assistant Com missioner of Police, to be appointed by her Majesty, the offer of such appointment to be made in the first instance to Captain Hodgson. The City police force are to have the same rank, pay, and superannuation as they are now receiving; whilst the constables of the Metropolitan police force within the City are to have the same powers, duties, &e., as are exercised in the metropolitan districts. The Chamberlain of the City of London is to transfer all the cash vested in his name in connection with the police to the receiver for the Metropolitan Police district, and, after the act has come into operation, the expense of maintaining the addition to the Metropolitan police force is to be defrayed partly out of monies to be provided by Parlament, and partly out of the police rate leviable under the City Police Act ; the money payable by ParliameLt to bear the same pro. portion to the money payable out of the police rate as the money hitherto contributed by the Mayor and commonalty and citizens has borne to the money payable out of the said rate. The Chief Com missioner of the Metropolitan Police is to have power to issue a warrant requiring the Cham berlain of the City of London to pay out of any cash in his hands a sum not exceeding the amount of the police rate authorised to be levied by the City Police Act. The warrants of the City justices are to be recognised and executed in the counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Hertford, Essex, and Kent, and every warrant issued by any justice in those counties is to be executed in any part of the City of London. SYMPATHY WITH POLAND. At a public meeting held last night at the King's Arms, Old Kent-road, to express sympathy with the Poles in their efforts to achieve the independence of their country, the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to le That the Poles, after having long exhibited under cir cumstances of the most cruel provocation a calm and dig- Differ) demeanour in the firm but peaceable vindication of their rights, which entitled them to the respect and admi. ration of all civilized nations, have been forced into their present insurrection by acts of continued and intolerable oppression and insult on the part of Russia, and by the absolute necessity of taking up arms in self-defence, and in order to preserve their national existence." " That for the last century it has been the constant aim of the Russian Government to denationalize the people of Poland, and to efface the remembrance of her former great. ness and freedom; and this nefarious policy has been pursued by means of constant conAseations, exiles, and massacres wholiwithout a parallel in the history of any o.her country; and the anarchy which this system has naturally produced is dangerous as well as disgraceful to the civilized States of Europe, and an insult to the majesty of iniernational law on a gross violation of which the domi nion of Russia in Poland was founded." "That it is the duty as well as the right of Europ ean powers, by their united remon- trances with the Government of Russia, or if need be by their joint inter vention, to put an end at once to a state of things so dangerous and disgrace ful ; and, although this meeting is convinced that if a firm resolve were expreeed by Frrnce and England to place Poland in a position of independence, the enfeebled Go vernment of Russia would yield to their wishes without a struggle, and is still more convinced that if, contrary to its expectation,this more peaceful policy should fail,and hostile measures should become necessary, the sacrifices which such measures might entail would be borne with cheerful ness by the whole English people," "That a petition be presented to her Majesty and both House, of Parliament to use all possible exertions to secure the immediate settletoent of an independent Government of Poland," CRYSTAL PALACE.—A rehearsal took place in the large hall, Exeter Hall, this morning, of the intended great musical performance to be held at the Crystal Palace, on Friday next, the Ist Nay. The whole of the in strumental music by Mendelssohn to Racine's " Athalie," was performed, under the direction of Mr. Costa, together with the Exhibition Overtures by MM. Meyerbeer and Auber, and the National Anthem. Madlle. Parepa, Miss Martin, and .Madam e S a i nton Dolby sang the solos and concerted mum, and Mr. Phelps re cited Mr. Bartholomew's illustrative verses. The orch:stra, which occupied the whole floor of the hall, includes 196 violins and violas, 90 violoncellos and double basses, and 20 harps, and a proportionate num ber of wind instruments; and the effect produced by so great a body of instruments, including all the most celebrated artists of the country, was of a most extraordinary description, and such as to leave no doubt that the performance on Friday will be one o f t h e greatest and most remarkable musical displays ever wit nessed The magnificent and well-know n " " was given at the reheaieal this morning with unparalleled vigour and precision of effect. The demand at the offices in Exeter Hall for tickets for the day, as well as for season tickets, has been very great. Up to seven o'clock to-morrow even ing the tickets for this performance will be on sale at ss. each ; the charge on Thursday and Friday being 7s. 6d. Sir John Bowring is (mays the Devon Weekly limes) appointed by the Government as one of the envoys to attend the approaching conference at Paris with reference to the postal system; especially with reference to the postage of newspapers. All the large continental na tions will be represented at this conference. pass ing off inferior leaves a s i n th e usua l vents t p h o e r c ti h n i g nes T e ea without colour on the l ea f p re • kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore ; always good oaf, am in packets by 21280 agents. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. YORK RA( ES—THIS DAT. 31Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. CRAVEN STAKES. Brother to Rapid Rhone Comet Stockman Five ran, ZETLAND STAKES. Tarlatan • . Vanessa Saragossa Ten ran. STAND STAKES. Idle Girl Belgravian Lament GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP Adventurer Fantail Physalis colt Nine ran. KNAVE SMIRE PLATE. Livingstone Inverness Lyra Six ran. UNION HUNT PLATE. - - - Ace of Spades Delphi Five ran. LATEST BETTING. THE DERBY. 500 to 30 agst National Guard (taken) 40 to 1 agst Bonnybrook (taken freely) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS---This Evening. The Lord Chancellor took his seat at the usual hour. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Flint, Holywell, and Moslyn Roads ; Southampton Port, Harbour, and Pier ; Caledonian Railway (Improve men's) ; London and Brighton and South-Coast Railway (Dorking to Leatherhead) ; and the Maidstone Water bills were read a second time. THIRD READINGS. The following bills were read a third time and passed, viz. :—The Launceston and South Devon Railway, Dare Valley Railway, Glasgow Gas, Leyland and Farringdon Gas, Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Railway, Aylesbury Markets, St. Asaph Roads, and North Beverley Gas. THE ALKALI WORKS REGULATION BILL. This bill was read a third time ann passed. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (1858) AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time. NEW ZEALAND BOUNDARIES BILL. This bill was also read a third time and passed. OFFENCES (SOUTH AFRICA) BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. THE GALWAY CONTRACT. The Earl of HARDWICKE asked Int. Majesty's Go vernment whether the contract for the conveyance of her Majesty's mails between Galway and America was to be simply a resump• ion of the old contract, or whether it was intended to introduce any and what modification therein ; and also whether the rate of speed originally stipulated was still to be exacted, and also whether a copy of the contract would be laid upon the table of :he H use of Commons hefore the introduction of the estimates for the mail packet service. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said he was in the same condition as he was before, as he had not received any "ifidal intelligence relative to engaging the ships. He might, however, say that the same requirements as before relative to the speed and ships to perform the service would be required, and a copy of the contract would be laid on the table of the house be•ore the estimates were taken. THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. Earl GRANVILLE referred to the following motion which stood upon the paper in the name of Lord Strath eden, namely :—" To move a humble address to her Ma jesty praying her Majesty to appoint a commission to inquire whether it was desirable to provide within the limits of the metropolis any additional termini or extension of railways already existing, or to pro vide any connection or communication between such rail ways; also, whether it was desirable to allow any additional railways to be made within such limits, and if so, in what manner, and with what restrictions, the several works should be carried out. The noble earl said it would be very inconvenient to move for the appointment of a com mission whilst there was a committee sitting, to •whieh the subject might be referred. Lord STRATHEDEN thought that good might have resulted from his motion, but he should not act in opposi tion to the opinion of the noble earl. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said 'complications were arising in Dublin similar to that in London, and he thought the expression of their lordships' opinion should apply to Dublin also. Lord REDESDALE said he was quite aware of the state of Dublin, in consequ , uce of the Dublin and Kingston and other railways, and was of opinion that some interfer ence was iequired. The motion was then withdrawn, and Their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--This Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. THIRD READINGS. The Norwich Poor Bill was read a third time. The following bills were considered and ordered to be read a third that:: .—Blackfriars Bridge—Exeter Gaol— Great Western Railway (Branch at Great Bridge)—lnver• ness and Perth Junction and Perth and Dunkeld Railway Companies—Seaton and Beer Railway—Ware, Hadham, and Buntingford Railway. PETITIONS. Lord FERMOY, from Maryleb me, against the amalga mation of the City with the Metropolitan Police, and praying that the metropolitan districts might have the government of their own police ; Mr. J. J. POWELL, from Gloucester, signed by 900 inhabitants, against the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Sabbath. RAILWAY BILLS BILL. Mr. WHALLEY pot.tponal the second reading of this bill until to-morrow fortnight, as the committee up stairs had not yet brought its sittings to a close. FACTORY OPERATIVES. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that on Thursday next he should ask the President of the Poor-law Board whether the number of those factory operatives who had never applied for out-door relief were included in the number of unem ployed cited by him in the recent debate, and whether there was any return of the unemployed married women. MEDICAL OFFICERS (INDIA). In reply to Mr. BAZLEY, Sir C. WOOD said that the warrant of 1860 did not profess to make the two services identical. The question with respect to the medical officers was then under discus sion. There was a dlff-rence of opinion in India on the -übject, and a medical commission had been appointed to report upon it Until, however, the Indian Board received the decision of the Secretary at War upon the matter they could not wall determine what course to adopt. CAPTAIN COLES'S PAMPHLET. Mr. ADDINGTON asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether his attention had been directed to a pamphlet pub., lished by Captain Cowper Coles, R.N , purporting to con tain a correct statement of the comparative expense of build ing iron ships of war to carry broadside guns, and ships of war with the same weir/ hr. of metal fit , ed on the cupola sys tem ; and whether the statement therein contained was ac cepted by h'm as cot rect ? Lori C. PAGET said he had read the pamphlet of Capt Cores, and found it a very interesting work. He shou dbe very sorry to state that this gallant officer's assertion with respect to these ships were correct. Very probably he had taken great pains in estimating the figures upon which his conclusions were based, but he (Lord C. Paget) knew full well that many estimates which had been made on this and kindred subjects had not turned out correct. CRIMINAL LUNATICS. Gen. BUCKLEY askedthe Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the building intended for criminal lunatics was ready; and whether those criminal lunatics now confined at the private asylum at Ft- herton, near Salisbury, amounting to the number of 284, were likely shortly to be removed to the new asylum ? Sir G. GREY replied Chet he was informed that a large portion of the new building was ready, and 100 criminal initiating would shortly be received. He could not say when it would be ready for the reception of a larger number. The first inmates would consist of persons from Fisherton. lONIAN ISLANDS. Lord R. CECIL ask , d the Under Secretary of State for war, when certain returns, ordered at the beginning of the se , sion, concerning expenses incurred at the lonian Islands, will be laid upon the table. Lord HARTINGTON replied that the returns rested with the Colonial office, but he believed that they would be supplied in about a fortnight. AMENDMENT OF THE LICENSING SYSTEM. Mr. LAWSON asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Majesty's Government had abandoned the intention of introducing a bill for the amendment of the licensing system during the present session. Sir G. GREY replied that he had been in communica tion with some of the parties who take a deep interest in the matter, and he regretted to state that the result did not leave room to hope that a satisfactory and acceptable mea• sure could be successfully passed during the presen session ARMY (DISTINGUISHED SERVICE COLONELS). Gen. LINDSAY then rose to move "That an humble address be resented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the claims of 21 officers of the army, who were promoted to the rank of colonel in 1850 and 1856, as Aides-de-Camp to the Queen, and for distin guished service in the Crimean war, who, by a recommen dation of the Royal o m mission of 18 58 , wh ieh had reference to anther class of officers, h a ve been depriv ed, to an unduet extent, of the position 'they attained by tae and ifth f i 3 te ros,rinio,asoerotn ' r e e P conferred upon them; and t o whether they were entitled to any;rreles • s t Y o recommend in what form such redress should be accorded to them." The hon. and gallant member went at much length into the voluminous correspondence on the matter, and cited the sentiments of Lord Herbert and Sir G. C. Lewis in support of the claims of those officers. The in quiry he proposed would be limited to the claims of those officers who were lieutenant•colonels before June, 1854. He brought the case forward as one of public duty. Col. NORTH seconded the motion, Lord HARTINGTON opposed the motion. He fully ap p r eciated the services of the dietinguished officers speci fied, and considered them well deserving the promotion they sought. The commission of 1858, composed of com petent authorities, after a careful investigation, finally dis posed of the claims of the officers, and no good could now arise from re-opening the matter. (Luz ornato.) LONDON GAZETTE —This Evening. FOREIGN OFFICE, Arnm 28. The Queen Las been pleased to approve of Mr. B. R. Hebeler ae Consul-General in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for his Royal Highness the Duke of B unsw ick. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 28. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—General toe Earl Beauchamp, from the 10th Hussars, to be Colonel, vice Field Marshal Lord Seaton, G.C.8., G.C.M.G., deceased. 10th Hussars—General his Royal _Highness the Prince of Wales, K .G„K.S.I., to be Colonel, vice Gene' al the Earl Beauchamp, transferred to the 2d Life Guards. 60th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-General Viscount Melviiie, K.C.8., from 32d Foot, to be Colonel Com mandant, vice Lieutenant-Ge-eral Paterson, deceased. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Ensign James Norton, from 71st Foot, to be Corset and Sab-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Frederick Stephens, promoted. Ist Dragoon Guards—Charles Gaudy, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Charles 'faddy Hatfeild, promoted. Ist Dragoons—William Watt, Gent., to be Corset, by pur chase, vice Croft, promoted. 2d Dragoens—Lieutenant Thomas Philip Parr to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice George Buchanan, who retiree; Cornet Thoma s Hunt to be Lieutei ant, by purchase, vice Parr; Francis James Agnew Wallace, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hunt. Royal Artilley—Captain George Hossaek to be Lieute nant-Colonel, vice Hatch, removed to the Supernumerary List; Captain and Brevet.. Major Richard Hatt° Heatinge to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice HoAsack, retired upon full pay ; Second Captain Thomas Marshall Harris to be Cap tain, vice Hossack ; Second Captain ceeorge Napier to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Keatinge; Second Captain and Brevet-Major Thomas James Maclachlan to be Cap tain, vice Bayly, removed to the Supernumerary List ; Lieutenant John Taker to le Second Captain, vice Harris ; Lieurpnant Philip Hanaier Harcourt to be Second Captain, vice Napier; Lieutenant H. C. Baskerville Tan ner to be Second Captain, vice Brevet-Major Maclachlan; To be Lieutenants—Gentleman Cadet William Whateley, vice Tacker; Gentleman Cadet Horatio Francis Smyth, vice MacFarlan, promoted • Gentleman Cadet Henry Douglas Richmond, vice Harcourt; Gentleman Cadet Ernest Wentworth Buller, vice Tanner. To be Adju tants.—Second Captain James Smith Baird ; Second Captain Gustavus Frederick:Blair, Second Captain Henry William Lumsden, Second Captain David Dalrymple; Anderson. Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Carew de Morel, from half-pay late 42d Foot, to be Captain and Lieutenant -Colonel vice Brevet-Colonel Arthur Lord Walden, who retires upon temporary half-pay ; Lieutenant and Cap4tinWilliaru Earle to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice de Morel, who re tires; Ensign and Lieutenant Henry Renebald Clinton to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Earle ; the Hen. Adelbert Wellington Cast to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clinton. 6th Regiment of Feet—Major and Brevet-Lieurenant- Colonel John H. F. Elkington,_from half- pay, l ate 6th Foot, to be Major, vice He n ry Pratt Gore, who retires upon temporary half-pay; Ensign Martin George Cole to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Unwin, who retires; Alfred Mellor, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cole. 16th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant Arthur Ewen Stabb to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Ensign Christopher Samuel Bailey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sydney Herbert Davies, who retires; Rigby Watson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bailey. 21st Foot—Ensign John Davidson, from 58'h Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bothwell, transferred to 71s F,,ot. 22d Foot—Staff Assistant Surgeon Francis Henry Welch to be Assistant Surgeon, vice John Adcock, M.D., who ex changes 24th Foot—Ensign George James Gordon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Leech, promoted. 40th Fool—Lieutenant Robert Brooks Clarke to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Thomas Bailey Richards, who retires; Ensign Legh Richmond Phillips to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Clarke; John Selby Walker, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Phillips. 41st Foot—Thomas Horner Pearson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice John Du Boulay Blennerhassett, who retires. 5811 Foot—Thomas Herbert Milles, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Davidson, transferred to 21st Foot. 71st Foot—Ensign Sydney Arthur Bothwell, from 21st Foot, to be Ensign, vice James Norton, transferred to 2d Life Guards. 86th Foot—Lieutenant John Joseph Blake, from 94th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Cullinan, who exchange% 94th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Valentine Cullinan, from 86th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Blake, who exchanges. 100th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Charles Jackson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Henry A Jones, who retires. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Sydney Carr Glyn to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice James Singer, who retires; En sign the Hon. Edward Lawless to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Glyn ' • Algernon Heneage Drummond Gent., to be En s i gn , by purchase, vice the Hon. Edward Lawless. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Assistant-Surgeon John Adcock, M.D., from 22d Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Sur geon, vice Francis Henry Welch, who exchanges. VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.—John Hauly,Gent , to be Acting Veterinary-Surgeon, vice William Albert Russell, promoted. BREVET,—Colonel Frederick Gaitskell, C. 8., on the Re tired Full-pay List of the Royal Artillery, to be Major- General, the rank being honorary only. MEMORANDUM.—Major and Brevet Lieutenant. Colonel Wm. Henry Kenny, half-pay, late 73d Foot, and late Staff Officer of P . ensioners , has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Comniission, under the conditions of the Horse Guards Circular Memorandum of Feb. 15. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 27. In pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure, Admirals of the Red Sir Francis Wm. Austen, G. C. 8., and Sir Wm. Parker, Bart G.C.B , have this day ben p romote d t o b e Admi rals of the Fleet; and in consequence thereof the following promotions, also dated this day, have taken place : Admirals of the White—Sir Wm. Bowles, K.C.8., and Sir Henry Hope, K.C.8., to be Admirals of the Red. Admirals of the Blue—The Right Hon. Maurice Frede rick Fitzhardinge Lord kiizhardinge, G.C.8., and Sir Fairfax Moresby, K.C.8., to be Admirals of the White. Vice Admirals William Walpole and Benedictus Mar wood Kelly, on the Reserved List, to be Admirals on the same list. Vice• Admiral of the Red Sir William Henry Bruce, K.C.8., to be Admiral of the Blue, Vice-Admirals—William James Mingaye, Sir Charles Christopher Parker, Bart., and John Edward Walcott, on the Reserved List, to be Admirals on the same List. Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir James Hanway Plumridge, K.C.8., to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice- . Admirals of the White Henry John Leeke, K.C.8., K.H., and Sir Charles Howe Fremantle, to be Vice-Admirals of the Red. Vice-Admirals of the Blue—Henry Smith, C. 8., and John Alexander Duntze, to be Vice-Admiralty of the White. Rear-Admirals of the Red—The Right Hon. the Lord Edward Russell, C. 8., and Henry Wolsey Bayfielsl to be Vice -Admirals of the Blue. Rear -Admirals ofthe - White—William Ramsay, C.B. and Sir l'aldwin Wake Walker, to be Rear. Admirals of the Red. Rear-Admirals of the Blue—Charles Eden, C. 8., and the Honourable Charles Giloert John Brydone Elliot, C. 8., to be Rear-Admirals of the White. Captain the Hon)urable George Fowler Hastings, C. 8,, to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Captain Richard Henry Stopford to be Rear-Admiral on ,he Reserv, d List. Captain the honourable Swynfen Thomas Carnegie, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admirals—Hugh Patton, Alexander Montgomerie, John Wm. Montagu, George Cornieb Gambier, Sir Charles Burrard, Bart., Thomas Ladd Peake, to have the rank and title of Retired Admiral. Rear-Admirals—Henry Shovel! Jones Marsham, Charles Crowdy, Thomas Mansel, to have that of Retired Vice- Admiral, in pursuance of the Order in Council of 7th May, 1858. Captain James Pulling has also been promoted to be Retired Rear-Admiral, on the terms proposed in the Lon• don Gaz , tte of the Ist September, 1846, but without increase of pay. APRIL 23. Royal Marine Light Intaatry—First Lieutenant John Frederick Sanders, to be Captain, vice W. P. Elliott, re tired ; Second Lieutenant Francis Mordaunt Shairp, to be First Lieutenant, vice Nander., promoted; First Lieu tenant and Adjutant James Pultney Murray to be Cap tain, vice Pox, deceased; S.cond Lieutenant Erskine Tudor Risk to be First Lieutenant, vice Murray, pro moted. BANKRUPTCIES ANNITLLED. George V. Wakefield and ll,c)bert B,rt, hotel keepers ; Swansea Wm. Smith, merchant, Manchester H. and J, Redgate, lace manufacturers, Nottingham BANKRUPTS. - • • WWI, The following are the ,niy bankrupts col any importance which appear in the Gazette:— Thomas Hands, puh!ican, Birmingham Henry Sylvester, cab proprietor, Hampstead Wm. Dyer, builder, Torquay George Volans, hosier, Sheffield Charles Borer, cheesemonger, Haverstock-bill John White, blacksmith, Ventnor, Isle of Wight Walter Edwin Collins, plumber, Birmingham David Wragg, butcher, Masbrough, York James Blakemore, crate maker, Birmingham James Gameson, spur rowel maker, Birmingham Thomas Morley, painter, Bury St. Edmunds. Henry H. Johnson, wine merchant, Mark-lane homas G. Gladwin, builder, Paddingtou-street , N rY lebone Henry Harvey, general merchant, William Mold, auctineer, Euston road John S. Ruthven, merchants, Liver po ol Robert Kelly, auctioneer, Li_y_arPo e, b r ewers, Stalybridg e White, John Beaumont and Joseph w Kenning ton-road u p on-T y ne. Georgo Murton and Joh n Murton, grocers, Newcastle- Course of the Exchange.---This Day. Amsterdam Ant warp ......... • • • Ditto Brussels Short. 11 151 3 Months, 11 171 .. 3 Months 2 2 : Rotterdam i Bamburgh Ditto Marseilles 4: 25 5 4 4 2: 13 7i .. Short. 25 I^l r , —. Frankfort on Maine.. 25 45 . Vienna 1191 ............ 11 O 0 Trieste ............ -- Petersburgh ........ 11 50 Berlin ......... 353 Madrid............ Cadiz .... '... Leghorn ............ Milan ............... C 3 enoa • .. _ - ....... 11 161 11 14 11 NA 25 60 2 5 50 13 71 25 25 25 50 25 50 li3i 11 60 11 60 361 49 4A 25 8 52i 25 52} 491 491 2;5 57i 25 -- 4 671 .............. _ . 25 621 25 571 Naples ............. 25 521 25 571 Palertiio .... . ....... 25 57i 25 621 Li'Messin.......... 25 57i 25 E2} sbon .a .............. 0p0rt0........ 52 4 53k 54 exic M Foreig an Dollars in Bars (Stand ar d) , per oz £ 3s3k 0 17 91 ......... . 0 0 Silver in Bars (S tandard) 0 5 1 South American Doubloons 0 0 0 LONDON, April 28•—Wind this day at noon—West; moderate breeze, with fine weather, but showery at times. PORTSINfOrTTR April 2 7.—Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Revenge, for the Mediterranean, Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. ' A naval court assembled en board her Majesty's ship Victory at Portsmouth yesterday, for the trial, pro forma, of Lieut. Charles Hill, and the surviving officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Orpheus at present in England, for the recent loss of that ship on the bar of Manukau harbour, New Zealand. .The C our t was composed of Capt. Scott, her Ma e eona e C . j After esty's ship Vi ctory, President ; Captains Wain wright,urnmingileaPriehile a masslimore,C of evidenceaamberlain, and Sc the striking h that her ending w as read by the Deputy Judge. Advo cate. It set fije b 3l a Y ; B s o t ; ip l‘ O l a r lfli h k e d: u was lost by on 2' the harbour on the day named when going over it in the absence of pilot boats, that no blame whatever was attached to Commodore Bur nett, C. 8., or any ci° her officers and crew, that tl]o conduct of every officer, seaman and marine, man an d boy, on board was deserving of the very highest praise, and that Lieut, Hill and the officers and crew of her Majesty's late ship Orpheus were therefore fully and honourably acquitted. Lieut. Hill was then called to the table and presented with his sword. The President observed that the duty be had to perform was gratifying to him, and that he only expressed the feelings of the entire Court when he said they felt the sword could not be in trusted to better and more worthy hands. It gives us much pleasure to announce that, hPr Majesty has forwarded to Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8., Admiral Commanding at Portsmouth, through Sir C. Phipps, the sum of £5O for the families of the crew of the Orpheus, with the expression of her Majesty's deep sympathy with them in their afflic tion. The Revenge, 76, Capt. Mends, was appointed to sail last evening for the Mediterranean with Rear- Admiral R. Smart, K.H. Rear-Admiral Smart will hoist his flag as Vice-Admiral, and in command of the Mediterranean station, on relieving Vice-Admi ral Sir W. Martin. Admiral Martin returns to England via France. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty:—Capt. F. A. Campbell, to the Royal Oak ; Lieut. Armand T. Powlett and Lieut. Henry E. Stephens, to the Orontes; Lieut. Robert B. Cay, Lieut. R. Woodward, and Lieut. E, S. Richards, to the Liverpool ; Lieut. Henry C. Best, to the Cam berlan d; Lieut. Chas. Forrest, to the Megoara; Lieut. Sir A. Loraine, to the Royal Oak; Lieut. 7. B. Creagh, to the Edgar; Lieut. H. F. Hovenden, to the Ajax; W. F. Haine, master, to the Liverpool ; J. Kiddie, master, to the Royal Oak; Sub-Lieut. R. H. Lawson and Sub-Lieut. F. Rougemont, to the Royal Oak; Sub-Lieut. W. Otter, to the Narcissus; Henry Cooper, paymaster, to the Royal Oak; Har rington R. Jones, paymaster, to be Secretary to Rear-Admiral Smart ; J. Jack, surgeon, to the Royal Oak; R. Edwards is promoted to sur geon; E. R. Key and E. W. R. Veale, assist.- paymasters to the Royal Oak ; Patrick Keelan and Dr. E. J. Sherard to the Royal Oak ; R. J. Wemyss, chief engineer, to the Curagoa ; Francis Brockton, engineer, to the Fox ; R. T. Martell, en gineer, to the Vigilant ; J. Rice, J. Slater, and G. Patterson, assist: engineers, to the Curagoa; .T: Mercer, acting-second-cless assist-engineer, to the Curagoa ; F. W. Raikes, second master, to the Orontes; Benjamin Dickenson, second master, to the Curagoa ; William Thomas Tredidge, second master, to the Royal Oak; Edward P. Statham, midshipman, to the Warrior; Sydney A. Roberts, Calverley T. Bewicke, and Arthur C. Clarke, naval eadetr, to the Royal Oak ; Walter H. Buck and John H. 'Wade, master's assistants, to the Orontes; Benjamin J. Bradley and John Stocker, master's assistants, to the Royal Oak. THE ARMY. The Scots Greys are under orders to remove from Peirshill (Edinburgh), Perth, and Hamilton to Bir mingham, Coventry, and Weedon. The first troop from Peirshill commence a 21 days' march to Bir mingham today. The last two troops will leave on the 2d proximo, reaching Coventry and Weedon on the 21st. The Scots Greys will be replaced by the 3d (King's Own) Hussars, now on their voyage and march from Dublin. (The ceremony of consecrating the colours of the 2d battalion of the 25th Regiment, stationed in Edinburgh Castle, took place in Holyrood-park on Saturday last. After consecration by the Rev. Mr. Watson, a Scottish Episcopalian clergyman, the colours were handed to the two junior ensigns by Lady Juliana Walker, wife of the Major-General Commanding, and Lieut.-Col. Allan responded to the address. The Scots Greys and battery of Royal Artillery from Leith then executed along with the battalion a number of parade movements. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. HERALD.—" Give your decisions boldly," said an experienced judge to a newly-appointed brother, " for they will generally be right; but never give your reasons, for they will very often be wrong." We can give our hearty support to the motion brought forward last night by the member for Devonport. We think it high time that the Go vernment should take into consideration the state of the manufacturing districts, and determine what measures, if any, may tend to relieve the operative population from their present condition of unwilling idleness. But we certainly think it most unfortu nate that Mr. Ferrand should have "given hii rea sons," and prefaced his motion by such a speech as that which he thought it his duty to make. It is true enough, no doubt, that delegates from numerous manufacturing districts have furnished Mr. Ferrand with distorted facts and un reasonable opinions; but certain we are that these delegates do not represent the views of the m-re intelligent and respectable of the opera tives. It is not possible for one who does not comprehend the economy of factory labour to avoid such misapprehensions of filets as several times eli cited the laughter of the 'Lidice' beeches during Mr. Ferrand's speech. He promised, and evidently in tended, not to revive the memory of old personal or political feuds. But that memory mastered him; and seeing his old enemies of the Anti-corn-law League before him he could not refrain from taunt ing them with the prophecies in which they for m( rly indulged, and the miserable results wli 11 til Fi have followed and falsified those prophecies. 1 n ere opportunity was tempting indeed. W h e n pevirn w hat ea t :e e e Y :s ctnot, uojs: In fighting for the repeal of the Corn n L aws , gentle f m or en a s w u e p r p e ly w Look at And what was their answer j' . _ us; o ar f n f e o d od tha u t po it n u 6 is bread, entirely depend for cotton, which to . and w otsacfoen to nt r de pendicountries. America, e do not that d d upon n th t f v e a e i l n i were they told that this dependence was a great B u t n a e te a s sy o u f ngere waa foreign and lamentable misfortune7a misfortune which, if e he sl l a e v a e st In va i n were they asked it were the result of choice, w ould have b een a crime. become of them if a servile insurrection should break out—what would become of should close the ports of the U • them if war did rot believe in servile r United States. They was the last thing they wouidevolt or in war; war induced us to le idly on ever believe in. They tual peace ;to put our a the expectation of perpe ply of food, on the same army a nd navy, and our sup cotton peace footing on which the manufacture blunder with the f • stood. We paid for the first vve are paying, for rrightful disaster of the Crimea; America for cotton, theh, inevitable dependence on the Anti,Corn-law ,L 7 ;ch seemed such a trifle to wherein we shall the hour may be fast ap- Proaching_s al bitterly regret our de pendence on America But the motionanswered for so large a part of our food. tnirably. It compelled s ered th its G chief purpose ad mirably, to make up its mind to take some cou e rse other. So long as no pressure was put upon them, or put upon them only to be withdrawn, they were content to do nothing and let matters drift. But with a seri ous motion in p rospect, threatened by a man not to be cajoled or l ectured into withdrawal, they were compelled to act ; and their action, if it go far 1 enough, may prove exceedingly fortunate and judi cious. Mr. Villiers refused to promote emigration at Government expense, and declined to accede to Mr. Potter's request for a Royal commission.d U se. considered the first unnecessary and the sewn. only less. His opinion is, clearly, that the distress Is expe / . temporary, and must be met by l temii h o a r t ary inquiry clients. He proposes, according l y , y he multitude of shall be made as to which o f me t nt of the towns works required for the inip i r b o o ve begun at once, and and lands of Lancashire ar inquiry will not occupy he pledges himself that this and that there is much more than three weeks, work enough to be done to occupy a bundrkd for twowinters. As a, thousand able-bodied men temporary reme-y a this is perhaps the best th a t could (FIE' l ' be named. It has its 1 eu ties ; but so have ell schemes for the relief of Lancashire ; and it has the advantage of being at once less costly and less deP panda than a resort to emigration. 1124 1021 102 1 i 104 11i i