The Sun. — London, England, 1863-03-13 00:00:00

w"" (Iva;.ciug, which he iniitobk lanc e a p c for R.1165,i h to ns, cried out " The Muscovites are o thee." This unfortunate creat , d Tl.,ge among the sithernee, p7i ciplu.tt .3 sonic hundred inces. 14 ,, ere 'iving their error, they returned to the '" e rge, but the Russians, taking advantage of the darkness of the night, succeeded in escaping from th e churchyard, and fled precipitately to Iwano /ti'er pursued by the sithemen. This affair cost the Pules 11 killed and 25 wounded. The Russians lost 4 0 killed, and they carried away several Ic( lunded in their baggage waggons. The insur gents, after having taken some rest, first at Smandzo- W* n llze and again at Outcha , y, menaced the Russian eneral's communication with Michow by a rapid mar ch , The consequence was that the Russians tl de a disorde r ly re t rea t from Siennick to Michow. i " : he plan o f t h e R uss i an G enera l s is 1101 V evident T hey int en d e d to attac k the P olish camp at Pias -4 1 . 1 ,"N-Skril a on t wo s id es simuhaneeusly, but Gen. & I L 4 ngiewiez drove back their first column on Wol 'run and their second on Michow. The accounts re ceived from more distant quarters are less favourable to the insurgents. The Russian General, command ing at lialisch, having been i n fo rme d by th e Pr ussian authorities of the existence of a Polish C°T PB composed of 300 riflemen and 120 lancers. re cruited in tee Grand Duchy of Posen, and which esed th e f ront i er near F :uptze, assembled a large forc e and attacked the Poles on the Ist of March. thp, ' o Pght the entire day without any advantage ' o r tiller party, hut the nest day the Ru-sians re -Ih-wed the hat tlew it n very superior forces, near the great Lake of Mktei.owenz t. Although the corps °I t he insurgent chief Meet' zki came to the assist ance of their comrades from Posen, the latter, hav ing to contend with a force 10 limps their number, killed/o'e forced to retreat after a considerab.e loss in and wounded_ fhe corps of Milentzki re reated i nto the i nterior, a part or the force from p (18" n returned home, and the remainder j .ined ;her insurgent bands. The accounts received in stbte that the German papers have exagge ;ted th e l oss o f t h, i nsurgents in this aff,ir. she journal wt ich is said to be the organ of b °lorle ' Wtj imann, sent to Posen by the Grand ult E , Constantine as a Russian plenipotentiary, ; 11 /11 'irla a r e p or t f rom thi s p erson , accor di ng to l c' 300 Pales were captured by the Prussian sol , A. letter from Thorn of the 3d instant states t 260 R uss i an sold i ers were sent tby the military er nor of Pi oc k t o searc h th e country house of a IDre4nt situat e d n o t f a r from the Prussian fron i• Alth oug h ne i t h er arm s n o r a mmuniti on were I : Un d, the so ldi ers carr i e d away 180,000 florins, the "c haw's private fortune. TILE REVOLUTION IN GREECE. (From the Correspondent of the 7imes) ATHENS, FEB, 28. T he news of the day is the discovery of a wide ttEtid conspiracy to bring back a Bavarian Prince ; t he thr one o f G reece . R umour b a d announ c e d b i- 8 , 43 e time ago, and the matter was even brought I , T "'e th e Assembly, bat it is only since the new - t ' il listty has come to power that tangible proofs of 11°11 an attempt have been fcund. The movement eepotenipl,ted was to have embraced the capital as e t - as the provinces, but more especially the e ittler • While the Govt rnment was tracing its -atili fications in the capital, news came in from the 4itithorities in Messene, Sparta. and Lamia,announc :g enli s t ments and preparations, and a.,,king for f h sslB taoce in troops. The instruments through which 48 reactionary movement was to be carried into .'et were the superior officers who have been set ids by the revolution, and some Pelikari chiefs, h ° Must have long ago convinced themselves ;bat :-`4:new state of thin g s is not favourable to the r 1 're of irregular bands. One of the most active t r it e in the matter seems to have been the BaVh. t i : Tl C "Stil, wh o his re mained h ere a fter the deper hre of the Bav,rian Minister some weeks ago. at exchange die wo by him to a Frge amount . 0 01 e Credit ot ptople in the provinces have be n ") and t here are the depositions of several per -13:: T 0 whom offers have been made. Under these at tstenc.s th e G overn me n t re s olved to with eir,ll his exe q u a t ur , an d to sen d him our ot the hrl'ti-ntt37. o •ived the order to leave yesterday, o h W4B tak en d own to th e Pi eras to be embarked i ,l h "'l e ard the Austrian steamer winch leavts to-day. Gevern men t intends to justify this step by : I ni eu tifiltli catieg ;•;) rne foreign Missions here the i ids h; t , h !td to his expulsion. M the same i ft , t4 s half a d oz ,- n offiters on half-pay, who were set, Pli cated in the plo!, have received orders to leave. 4 et al of th ese b ad b een sent o ff b e f ore to some o f t; tt il arlds, but had returned clandestinely ; their tli„, o was known to the police, but they were not "bed until now. pry bile these measures w,-re taken in the capital, thP"ations were likewise made to send troops into vi n e P t ovinces. Th e sen di ng of troops into the pr 0,480 ,48 , 48 e 1 has t h e d ou b le a d vantage o f di sco u rag ing eiberti°oary attempts, and of tending to restore dis by active service. The new Minister of at ts h ad the difficult task of first getting the f e l- P 5 in hand before he could send them away 6 1 . etvi ce• He found, I am told, his depart in l yn the mos t woeful state of disorder. h '" B than a million and a half of drachmas, ti4 ti r , i, ;" had be en m i sse d f ro m the Finance Depart hat 1 are una ccounte d for; b es id es which the troops p ag e be en in the habit of reeeiving ruinous extra 1,4 The soldier's pay is 35 leptas, which even the 4 1 t n all °wance increases only by 16 additional leptas. i te 'e the revolution the extra allowance has been e1 :4 , 4418 d to 50 leptas, so that it amounts to consider ~ts..,iti?.ore than the regular pay. , The new Govern thin 'lB resolved to remedy these abuses, but thefiret d on ;vas to get the soldiers in hand, which has been Ille:. 1 / 1 3 to a certain point. Formerly you used to ti th Parties of two or three strolling about at all ret, " °f the night, caring little fur patrols or the ti alt e• Now the order to be in barracks at the h fl °t the retrait• is strictly enforced, and tbe town tel t IP.e atlY geined in se c ur ity. Great care is being baenetn to ch oose trustworthy off i cers f or t h e d e t ac h- N I 8 Which are sent to the provinces, and the troops s e t o tr ot , are chosen out of different battalions, sorts ee nti - ` t t t hem up and destroy old instincts of insubor tN," I • The G•eek soldier is a very tractable o r , th tu " r e, and it r . qu i res b u t a li tt l e es p r it d e corps ir ect Part of th e ( ffi cers to k ee p hi m i n order. This tvh i l ' h it3 le enou g h i n t h e super i or i ty o f t h e ar tillery, h ,, s some good young officers. e l I ' G 'tserereele takt-n in hand eemehE r point Pit 'g"'" " 1 + - mt iy • c,:norniod re tome). et 4 . Asure in this respect was the abolition titt:i d " r tetic poets, which area useless burden tor a C o ,;" 1 e enutty. Th ere are th e Mi n i s t e r s of foreign tt t tlt o_ i les her e , w h o can b etter a ff or d suc h l uxur i e s t tl i , ' l4 ' l O', and t he G ivernment has nil confidence the' fo reign Ministt-rs. All he Missions have 440: " ' it e hien recalled ter reaeons of economy. ' I econom th e ical tn 4. , su r e was propos , d yesterday 4(l)'' 4 ' k t - thbly ' nlid tt is is to reduce a.l salaries by Eyibr e r that is, to return lo the scale wh!cn ttirt e years ago, when salaries were,.in 4itl measure is perhaps more que, lot?. 1 4, the forms r, for salaries are not large in th tult ry ; but the useless employes ely _me t by 4 , 1 t i b ,"' bomber has been eeeatl. increaeed by h A Nil e elev. • " To have few employes ~tioaton a l uovernment. , Pai d is far better economy than To have many r4 q t, r, i ll paid. * ho n " 4 r thing is the collection of the revenues, ds lad e 7 l.e w oefully in arrear since the October b ay se . dpti E , d t with the exception of the Custom . at a few or no t.xes have come in, and e his ci ;o x i: ; Pete i „, t4 " t tlent when there was reeklesstikss in thee "' As the collection of revenues cannot be done t() oe k i 'alcl natnt. the Government has b en obliged ‘ (t a °I. t he L h of u ' ooo , o oo drachmas which was proposed .a ar s - L t at b 9 the late G overnmen t, b u t which la l'aade d ttl'ach success hitherto. Alt those who have thati off ers hav e ma d e t h em only conditionally— that t ; ; tf ,the Assembly autLorised the loan. Now la done it is expecte tat the Greeks (14d willTh €tod, - coins forward. erevenue of the Crown the to h , en g iven as security for on o portion of • P ro „, r) ) Ind the general revenue for the rest. teki n .44 ail this y ou can see that things are again °Q11 4 ,1 . , a favourable turn, The great thing in this 41 )(1 e , -37 ,. i s to avoid personal questions. The danger 4t ttiv I llu sion Which were brought about by the last liti s ; Li g.e for ascendancy may turn out in the end an the ▪ oi ta ge, for it has produced the determination in qtio,. :68 the co lof thmmone peopcausele to r for esis the sat any ke att p of petty to &I ke, tithe per k tV4lrieS. CONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Cl I Y. I:VELVL O'CLOCK. The Bank of England return for the week ending Wednesday last is not altogether favourable, but the movements are not of magnitude. The metallic reserves have been trenched upon, and owing to the increased demand for discount accommodation, the other securities have been augmented. Annexed is our usual analysis : Active Circulation £19,228,205 Decrease .. 461,980 Bullion .. 14,325,178 Decrease . 176,3 9 Rest . • • . • 3 666 3 6 Increase . 7,1 58 Public Deposits 8,673 899 Increase 637,596 Other Deposits.. .. • • • • 13,282,605 Decrease .. . 85,481 Seven Day and other Bills .. • • 573,460 Decrease 58,410 .. • • • • Government Securities • . • • 11,193,588 Increase .. • • 48,817 Other Securities 19,805,739 Increase .. • • • • • • 1.• 6.705 Notes Unemployed .. .. 8,87 2 , 550 Increase .. 305,7 i 0 .. • • The Council of the Think of France have reduced the rate of discount from 5 to 4* per cent., and owing to the increase in the stock of bullion, the improvement in monetary affairs isespected to col- tinne. The large supply of Mexican dollars brought by the Shannon has been disposed of at ss. 30. per oz. for China The operations in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markers during the last few days have not b-en very extensive. Tea, sug.r, coffee, and cocoa have remained at about previous quotations, while a slight advance has taken place in the value of rice and tallow, P Y C. on ihe spot being quoted 43, 9d.; June delivery, 445. 9d.; and last three months', 46, 9d. per cwt. On the Bengal division of the East Indian Rail way the treffic receipts for the week ending the 28th December last were £11,024 against £8,497 in the corresponding period of the previous year. The earnings of the North• Western Provinces division were £5,882 against £4,743 in 1861. Two o'CLocK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. R,uter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. French Rentes were 70f. U. The monthly return of the Bank of France has been published to-day, and it shows an increase of £2,168,000 in the bullion, and a falling off of £2,053,320 in the bank notes, and a reduction of £2,456 000 in the discounts, and cf £1,340,000 in the advances on the stock and shares. The English Stock Market opened this morning with a firmer appearance, and a few transactions took place at a slight advance, but some sales led to a reaction, and Consols are now 928 for money, and 921 Z for account, The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced are steady at 902 ; Exchequer Bills flat at 3s to ls. dis.; Bank Stock improved to 237 and 2394 ; and India Five per Cents. remained at 1081 Q. The transactions in the Foreign Market have been moderately active, but prices, in several in stances, show loss firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, have receded to 681 I; do., 1862, to 681 69 ; and the Consolidea are 421 ; ption are 961 -a, and the second issue 9611; Mexican 311 1 ; Portu guese New Loan is flat at 461 ; Russian ditto 944; Spanish Passive 2611; ditto Certificates 91 ; Italian 691 I. The New Danish Loan is 11 4 prem., and the Salvador 1.2 prem. _ _ _ The operations in the Railway Share Market have been limited, and prices have remained with out change of importance. Great Western and North British have improved about 55.; and North Western, 10s.; Metropolitan have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remained with out hiny material alteration in values. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares con tinue inactive, at about previous rates. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. New 3 per Cent Annuities i ndia Stock Ditto 5 per Cent loB} I Ditto EnfacHi Paper, 4 per Cent .. 1) tto 5 per Cent 1) . . 1)(113 ' I.' I. tlf .... Dit to u , ,der £l,000 Consuls for Account, Aptil 8 92s I Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 3 1 dis Ditto £500 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING I' Ric Es. Egyptian 7 pet Cent 961 i 7 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ms.. 2 0 1 i Ditto Coupons I alien 6 per Cent. (Maretnuiana Railway) 7 2 ± Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent ..• Ditto Deferred .. ..... .... 6.i 7 Ditto Land Warrants ( Hectares )...... 6* P n 1 '41141 per tent. Ditto 41 per Cent ~ 1862 ... .. inttA) Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1863 Ditto Account 471 Ditto 1862 Ditto Scrip, £3O paid 3 i pm Russian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9i Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account.. 531 a IMt to Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Dirt, , Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 18,i2 Ditto Account Venezuela, 3 per Cent 23 Ditto Account 68i 71 8 Ditto 6 per Cent., 186 2 Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 26 francs.. 691 Ditto Account . . 691 1 i THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money J)itto Account 921 t IMAGINARY NEGRO WARFARE.—The fate of the negro, of the white population at the South, and of the Northern army respectively will be decided in a brief con test, which will occur about the middle of next June, and which we will describe as gravely and succinctly as pos. sible :—On the Ist of April 50,000 negroes who have been previously drilled in c arious camps of instruction, will be debarked at Aquia Creek. Pugnacious Joseph Hooker, foaming at the mouth from long delay, will organise them into brigades and divisions, with the velocity of fren aied impatience. But it will require six weeks of incessant toil to perform this simple teat. It is at last accomplished. The pontoons are laid safely and .ssed without opposition. To prevent accident toe grand col ured division is tar in the van. Greeley, its commander, remains at. Aquia Creek, "with a powerful g ass," after the maniac' . of Burnside. The skirmishers of the grand coloured divisi , n are thrown out. They deploy. The voice of an overseer calling hogs is heard in a distant field. They rally on the reserve. No rebels being visible, they are again thrown forwards. They feel for the enemy, but he is not to be felt. The fire at n thing, 50 teet in the air, and hit it every time. The rebels bait g thus driven to their earthworks, the grand coloured division advances at the pas de charge, singing a Mstho :ha refrain, to storm the enemy's position, and carry "the (Test" at all hazards. of a sudth.n. the artillery of A. P. command botches forth a burr cane of shell and shrapnel. 'I here is a risine of wool, as of quills upon the fretful porcupine, under the caps of dusky brigadiers and sooty major generals; there is a simultaneous effusion of mellifluous perspiration fr .m fifty thousand tarry hides; there is a display of ivory like fifty thousand flashes of lightning; fitty thousand pairs of charcoal knees are knocking together, and one hundred thousand Ethiopian eyeballs are rolling madly in their socketsi like so many drunken and distracted moons dancing in an ebon sky ; the grand coloured division trembles like a mighty pointer d , g on an icy pavement—there is an universal squall, as if all Africa had been kicked upo its shins, and at the self-same moment a scattering, as if all the , black birds, crows and buzzards in creation had taken wings at once. To a man the Northern army lies prostrate in the field, asphyxiated by the insufferable odour bequeathed to the atmosphere by the dark departed host For a like cause the rebel army is in full retreat to Richmond. tary and alone, with his nose in his hand, A. P. Hill sur veys the silent scene.—Richmond .Examiner. THE NEW FRENCH PALACE.—Lie Palace of In dustry, which is rising into form et Auteuil, pro mites to be a very fine edifice. Arriving by the new boule• yard, which is being constructed by the city of Paris, and which will be embellished with parterres, rows of chesnut trees and fountains, the visitor will see before him an impos ing structure, at once light and a .lid, composed of glruis and iron, resting on a basement of white stone. The grand facade will present a coup d'ceil of 600 metres, or more than double the elevation of the exposition building of 1855 in the Champs Elysdee, and will be surmounted by a vast central dome, of larger . dimensions than those of our own Great Exhibition, and consequently than any other in the world .—Ones a IP fek. BRITISH POS 4ESSIONs. 'bar ••tat (ways Paid. Price. insitiesa (o.n• 100 r $t lawren, 61 64 ;oiri.,Baroda&.Cent In. I. 104 I , 5 105 Gu. 5 per cent........ 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares... 5 I, ‘ 14 sfilialu anti louse DUP., 4 Do. Preference , 00 intlalo,Brant,&(.lodricl p. at. bds. Aug. 1, l i 1.• 77 80 t().. Do. do. July 1, 1872 73 76 100 .o. ,io. J ane 1,1, '1 ' , if 73 76 at 1,01 ; 100 0 , 6 105 st 'apeTown & Dock Sere) 100 t. 8 1 06 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 100 0 7 stock last Indian, du. sp. c. for i 064 1004 1062 20 Do. do. G Ext 4 20 Do. do. H do. .. 5 ip 61 a stock Grand Trunk of canalic tu. 1.04 la 201 100 Ist Pt , . Bonds .1 65 67 100 Do. co. deterred.— 10.. td Pre! Bon a, „ 57 59 100 Di. do d ter ed all 44 6 100 uo. 3d 1' ef. stoek 40 44 42 100 Do. do. d Act r d.... . all 34 33 100 Do. 4th Pref. so k all 21 28 28 4 100 Do. do deferred all 22 24 2 . stock GLlncliaYeniti.gua.sp.c. 100 1054 108 106 20 Do. New gua. S P. 0 l2 a 1 I 20 Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of lndia(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 0.0 102 104 1031 204 Gt. W. of Canada Share-4 all 12f 13 12f 2 0 4 Do. New ....... • •1N 74 74 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't npt. all 100 1(2 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. • all 93 .5 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 lip stock Niacin's guar~ sp. c. stool. Do. 14 p. 0. Extensiol 100 96 98 stock Dc. 4 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Aelb.Lorp. p. o. Bud , 100 50 Nlelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 49 51 100 Do. 7 p.o. Mortg. Bds. all 40 , Zewßr answick Canth Class Asn 1 B ... all 3 5 N.ltl.C'da6 po Ist t bds 100 83 66 Sawi oo ck i ScinD eliii de 0 (1. 0 6 1(.7 100 1( 4 106 1044 5 Do. do z •• • • 2 4 fp 20 mt. Punjaub s1 15 a 4 0 at Do. Do. .. , 100 1 031 1044 1014 4 a ..ck Do. indus.St. Flo.) tioo 98 too • A GoVgIiNINI EN SECU iITIO np.c...ta —1877-9 f 074 1074 Do. 6p. e. Feb. &An 100 9 07 Do. dp. c. Mar. & Sen. 100 •t 5 st. 7 ! Do. 3p. e. Jan.&.July. 101 r 7 98 ! Do. 6 Inscribed stoci 100 95 97 • ape G. H one. R p 0,187: tot. tO9 111 Do.Ap &Oct 188. 100 113 115 - I Do. 18 9 Inc 114 116 I Do. Jan. & July, 1801. 10) 112 114 Ceylon. N0v.1.61, 6 p 10 - 3Ln itius s per cent .. :00 110 112 - Na aG.v. 6 per cent. 1)0 .1 111 1104 ui 0 106 107 )(). 6p. o.Ap. &Dc 10 - IN. S.W. ov. 5 p e.,18 10 , 1004 1014 Do. 5 p. c.,1371 to l 10. 1004 1014 - Do. d0.,1888 dzupwd= 100 10.' 101 104 INew Zealand 6 p sent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. sterling, 1875 ioo 11.'84 1074 1074 Queensland ~ .Ausoi4j.,,G v. 6 . l o ti76.3t p tip o 1 1 1 ,0 0 ! 11 1 3 3 ▪ Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&J ull 100 108 110 Do. to um. Atc&Ont.. 100 114 1114 1114 R It 1 TISFI 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 id p lu,ur.l Amalgamated.. 21 23 ievon G. Conc. iTaviai 1 630 540 Bassett a Hogan 1 East Clogau Gold. Ltd. Is. 4d p East Caradon ...... 1.14.1 .4 45 414 East Cant Brea.... WI Russel (Tavistk.. 7.19.0 44 6 4 , iam..kStAubyn(Gwen.) 57, 18 18 13reat South Tolg - us l7a 84 1. Wheal Voralelston 40 7 74 3renville tierod's- Foot ..... • 1 ingston Downs 4 7.0 24 3 Lady Bertha f Otargaret ((Jny Lelant 34 30 —Clarke Valley.. 4 \lvndy Iron Ore (Lim 2) 1 4 d New Seton l6l 13.4 145 orth Downs 2l 3 WWI itasect(lllo.can 1.17.1 4 4 44 \'orth Wheal Crotty i'ar Consols (st. Blazey) 1 4 4 / 6 10 L'rovidence(UnyLelnt.) u 42 south Caradon(StCleer) If 405 415 3. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.15.0 81 41 •••. W heal Fran. (Illog,En 18.1 .9 90 9 Stray Park 6 famscr Silv.& Lead Um 44 4 1 10 Pin Crort 9 19 20 20 West Basset (Illogan) l4 124 (34 W Caution (Liskeard 5 33 35 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) ti 70 75 Buller(Redruth) 5 624 874 65 CV heal Kitty (U..Lelaut 2.0.6 7 Wheal Lud ott heal Mary Ann (Men 164 10a Wheal Seton . 584 245 265 ; heal Treiawney (Lis.), 7 17 18 Wheal Union 3.17 5 54 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. prem.,lo7 Gt.Nyestern ( erks & Hants Ext.), 44 per cent. red., 98 Ditto, 5 per cent. red. ',ref., 102 i" London and Brighton, 5 per cent. tuna. Stock, No. 1, 114 Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 44 per cent. pf., 1014 forth Kastein, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 914 Nor h Eastern, 44 per cent. rd., 1024 South Wales, gua. 5 per cent., 101 West Midland, Oxford, let guaranteed stock, 1274 PREFEMENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c , 6 per cent. 2d pt., 81 North British (r.din., Pertu, and Dundee) 4 percent., 81 LINES LEASED AA. FIXED R&NTALS. Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 9 ; Northeru and Eastern 6 per cent., 54 Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 94 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 138 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Bah:a and sin Franc.sco (I im., gua. 7 per cent., 21 Great Luxembourg, tri 1 I Paris, Lyuns, tnd Aledite , raaean, 47} Recut. an I San Francisco (lim.), pus. 7 per cent., 181 San Paulo •lim ), gua. 7 per cent. 91 6 South Austrian *ad Lombardo Venetian, 23(1 Turin and Savona, (all), 16 FOttEIGN MINES. Capul Silver, For& una (Him), Lusitanian, 2 31 00 a o n n t t t a t i . s l A h lr a u A UM) 4 3 alian, JOINT-STOCK BAN K S. Gold Yudanamutana of S. Auetralia ( , r bu e i o srt s ar Gold dine 3 ( i ) C , t o. rm. ), 2/ Union of Australia, 52 lim ) 281 Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool ( •, Ausiralasia, 83t Bank of Egypt, .71 Bank of Wales, 11 British and American Exchange (11m), 61 British North American, 60 City, 93 f English and Irish (1im.),73/ Imperial Bank ;Hui.), iof London and Brazilian , lim.), 3' l 30 London uh irtered Bank of Australia, 27i Lonuon and Colonial (Rut. 3/ / London and County, 4it London Joint stock, 61 London and South African, 26;1 London and Westminster, 77 at ottoman Bank, 414 1 Provincial of Ireland. s 9 South Australia, 35, I DOCKS. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, TMARCH 13, 1363, SHARE MARKETS—This Day• ORDINARY SHARES AND STOUJ 3. Closing Bushier, Share Paid.' done Railways. Price* 13.14. 25 10 et Bt 50 20 Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork ann Bandon Cornwall Do A A eets no dix Do. B c.p an.ha , CCC been paid to B. Dublin Belfast June. .I)un.,Perth,/tAb. Junc.' Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. , Great Eastern, Ord. stk 8 81 7 8 86 88 116 117 at 7e 40 12 13 14 88 20 107 109 49 60 46 48 241 231 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock 121 123 1:0 122 134 136 101 103 651 G6} Do El do (it. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwul , Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Stan., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares Metropolitan Midland Do New .. 108 f 1001 7s 74 114 115 39 41 93} 98/ 101 1014 416 154 13i 13; 121 .24i 94 t 96, i. 4.0 Do Binning. & Derby Gt. W. of Ireland Do. y shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line 'North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York 50 52 24 26 98j 9S! Do Carlisle North London Do New 'North Staffordshire .N. and S. VV. Junction Scottish Central 'Scot E.,_Aber. stock 55 561 b7k 8; t 19.16.4' • Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews, and Weichpool ,Shropshire Union ;South Devon South Eastern !South Wales S. York. and River Dun zstaines, Wok.,and Wok Stockton Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. .. Do B Do C Ulster { Do Do {Vale of Neath 114 116 1 1i 161 11 ‘ l l 121 123 44 15 10 102 t Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall V. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newport' Do Hereford' 100 100 100 100 100 60 61 32 34 92 021 b 8 59 7 8 37 38 9 10 v 74 8 p, 144*9 151 kt 3 i I) 80 84 150 160 40i f 65; 6i 61 6 109 1144 394 984 4 100 4 i I 4 5 14 13i 124} I } If P 81; I 981 i ld i i Ili f 92i * I 68 28 :10 4 1 4 42i 35 37 98 100 the civic authorities from their municipal duties on this occasion. (Hear, and laughter.) He cited the loss of eight lives in the City and none in the metropolitan police district on the night of the illuminattons, as evidence of the bad management of the police on that occasion. (Hear.) The LOR.D MAYOR said the matter brought betoro this house by the hon. and gallant member involved much larger questions than appeared on the surface; it was, in fact, the culminating point of the grievances that had been unnecessarily set before the public during the last week. On Saturday the whole business of keeping uneer rested upon the city police. Large vans containing metropolitan police were driven into the city in the course of the morning, and materially contributed to create confusion. The judges sitting at the Central Criminal Court were re• peatedly in the habit of stating that the city police exhibited more zaal and ability than the metropolitan police. (Oh, oh.) It was untrue that the City had refused the aid of a squadron of cavalry. The City understood that they would have the benefit of the Life Guards, whose majestic appearance and well-trained horses would have contributed much to keep order. All the military the city had was 200 artillerymen, whose horses were so caparisoned that they created a great deal of obstruction; indeed, they consti tuted the worst force that could have been employed. He (the Lord Mayor) told the noble lord (Lord A. Paget) that he should have liked 40J Life Guards, if he could have got them. The City authorities gave the most emphatic instructions that the volunteers should not be engaged in keeping the people back—that they should be kept at the chief barriers as part of the spectacle, and as objects of attraction—(renewed laughter)—moreover, in every way to give way to the crowd. (Laughter.) The officer in com mand of the troops to which he (the Lord Mayor) had the honour to belong, instead of coming to the Man sion-house from the forming ground, a dis tance of only 480 yards, he most improperly went round a distance of 3,000. (Laughter.) In getting to their appointed place at the Mansion-house they caused great confusion, and were themselves lost in the crowd. (Much laughter.) He did not refuse the aid of the metro politan police, because their aid was never offered. He saw carriages pass the Mansion-house freely and rapidly, but it appear d that carriages were detained many hours in the metropolitan district. (Hear, hear.) He was at the Mansion-house on the night of the illumination, believing it a post of danger. (Laughter.) The crowd was so great that he feared, if barriers had been used, as suggested, there would have been greater loss of life, which he, in common with all the citizens, greatly deplored, (Hear.) Lord A. PAG ET wished, asher Majesty's Chief Equerry on the occasion of the Royal procession to say a few words. He desired to bear testimony to the excellent behaviour and good humour of the people on the occasion. The public gave an extraordinary amount of assistance in keeping order in the City. The City police were, in fact overwhelmed, and gave up their work as a bad job. (Laughter.) (LEFT SPEAKING.) LONDON GAZETTE--This Evening. WIND'OR CASTLE, MARCH 10. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales has been pleased to make the following appointments : The Lord Harris to be Chamberlain to her Royal H6hness. The Marchioness of Carmarthen, The Countess of Morton, The Countess of Macclesfield, The Countess de Grey, to be Ladies of the Bedchamber to her Royal Highness. The Hon. Mrs. Robert Bruce, The Hon. Mrs. William George Grey, The Hon. Mrs. Edward Coke, The Hon. Mrs. Francis Stonor, to be Bedchamber Women to her Royal Highness. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 11. _ _ The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Juan Constantine Couder as Vice-Consul at Southampton for her Majesty the Queen of pain. DO WNING-STREET, MARCH 12. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Rawlins Semper, Esq , to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Island of Antigua. BANKRUPTS. That portion of the G ,zette containing the bankrupts had nut arrived when we went to press. MARKETS—This Day THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SHREWSBURY RACES.—THIS DAY. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Lufra Quicksand Six ran. HAWKSTONE CUP. Odin© R.volver 3 Edith ALTIt INGHAM PLATE. Peignoir Miss Emma 2 Seven ran. SHROPSHIRE HANDICAP. Flytrap BOROUGH MEMBER'S PLATE. Colonel Crockett 1 Violet SPRING STEEPLECHASE. The Dane Oliver Twist Glautius Eight ran. LONGNER STEEPLECHASE. __ Mytton..... _ 1 Joe Maley .... • 3 Glautius Thre® ran. LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to 1 agst Hospodar (taken) 6 to 1 agst Sacckarometer (taken) 11 to 1 agst Michael Scott (taken) 12 to 1 agst Rapid Rhone (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Early Purl (offered) Course of the Exchange--This Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 17i 11 18 25 45 Antwerp Brussels --25 45 MARK-LANE. The supply of English wheat received fresh up to this morning's market was very moderate. The trade, however, was in a sluggish state for all qualities, yet no change took place in prices compared with Monday. The show of samples of foreign wheat was large. Gene rally speaking, the demand was confined to actual wants, at previous quotations. Floating cargees of grain were in slow request, on former ;erms. The supply of barley was moderately extensive. Malt ing parcels changed hands slowly, at barely late rates; but other kinds were difficult of sale, at 6d per quarter less money. In malt about an average business was transacted, at late cur renci es. With oats the market was extensively supplied, and the trade ruled heavy, at fully the late lowest point, as regards priooo. Beans were dull, at Monday's decline ; but peas steadily supported previous rates. Most kinds of flour were in slow request, yet no change ook place in their value. ARRIVALS THIS WICEIE. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 1,630 960 8,950 I 140 590 Irish — N'oreigu 8,950 14 , ' 80 42,320 670 aka 11,360 brie. NEW GATE AND LEADENILALL. The supply of meat has increased since the commence ment of the week. The demand, however, is moderately active at our quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. sided Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 0 Middling do. .. 3 2 3 6 Prime large do. 3 8 3 10 Do. small d 0... 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 4 4 0 lnarior mutton. 3 6 3 10 ad sd Middlingmutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Veal .. 4 0 5 0 Small pork 4 2 4 6 .arab BOROUGH HOP. The hop trade continues heavy. Fine qualities of the home growth maintain their previous value; otherwise the quotations have a downward tendency. The supply of American hops ia large. Mid and East Kents 7os to 180 s per cwt. Weald of Kents Sussex Bavarian Belgian American 758 to 86s „ COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been dull, and only a limited amount of business has been transacted, at about previous quotations. SIJGAIL—In the West India market the operations have been of the most limited character, and only good and supe rior grocery qualities have sustained former rates. Busi ness in the refined descriptions continued inactive without any change of importance in values COFFEE.—OnIy limited dealings have been recorded in Colonial qualities. Plantation and Native Ceylon, however, maintained previous rates RlCE.—There has been a more active demand for East India, chiefly for exportation, and good . and fine descrip • tions have maintained previous quotations. TALLOW.—The market has been rather more animated, and prices have slightly improved for both present and for ward delivery, P.Y.C., on the spot being quoted 4as 9d; June delivery, 44s 9d ; and last three months, 46s 9d per cwt, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CURIOUS CHARGE OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—A cabman named Richard Blackmoro was charged with being con cerned with two men, named Lake and Donnelly, now in custody, in violently assaulting Wm. Hobbocks, a cab pro prietor, of College-street, Chelsea, and also with robbing him of some money and his horse and cab. The two men, Lake and Oonnelly, were brought up yes terday on remand, but no prosecutor was in attendance, and Mr. Knox was informed that the matter had been ar ram ed. Sergeant Bason, acting inspector, said that if another re mand were granted he thought they should be able to get the third man. Mr. Knox said he certainly should remand the prisoners again, as it appeared to be a case of highway robbery with violence. Sergeant Bason now said he understood that while at the Great Nor thorn Railway station Hobbocks Was attacked, pulled from his cab and robbed, and his horse and cab driven away to Woodstock-street by the prisoners. A cabman namt d Bickmore said he saw the prisoner Blackmore with the two prisoners Lake and Donnelly. The constable who took Blackmore into custody said he admitted being in the affair, but said that it was settled. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner that he might be brought up with the others, and ordered summonses to issue for the attendance of the prosecutor and wit nesses. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Atneoralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Mar. 21 via Marseilles Mar. 15. isirazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Apr. 6 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Apr. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southawpton.Mar. 21. via Marseilles Mar. 15. Falkland Islands Apr. 6 Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Mar. 13. India (.;iileutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 21 via Marseilles Al ar. 15 India (Bombay), via Southampton Mar. 13 via Marseilles Mar. 22. Portuga1.... Nlalta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ...... Mar. 13, via Marseilles ........ Mar, 15. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Mar. 18. by - U.S. packet.... - by Canadian packet. Mar. 18. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 12. ARMOUR-PLATED SHIPS. Order for committee read. Notion made and question pro posed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the chair.' , Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words, "it is not expedient to commence at the present time building wooden ships which are to be cased with iron armour plates," instead thereof. Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question." '!he house divided—Ayes, 154; Noes, 81. AYES —154. A dam,W. P. Gavin, Major Paget, Lord C. E. Addington, Hon.W. Gibson. T. 31. Palmer, Sir R. Adeane, H. J. Gilpin, C. Palmerston, Visct. Agnew, Sir A. Gladstone, W. E. Peel, Sir R. Angerstein, W. Goldsmid, Sir F. Peel, F. Anson, Major Gower, F. L. Pevensey, Viscount Antrobus, E. Gregson, S. Pinney, Col. Atherton, Sir W. Greufeil, H. R. Pollard Urquhart W Baillie, H. J. Gray, William Ponsonby, A. Barbour, J. D. Grey, Rt. lin. Sir G. Portman, W. H. B. Baring, H. B. Gurdon, B. Pritchard, John Baring, Sir F. Gurney, Samuel Proby, Lord. G. L. Baring, Thos. Geo. Hanbury, R., jun. Pugh, D. Bass, M. T. Hankey, Thonisan Puller, C. W. Bathurst, A. A. Headlam, Thus. E. Ridley, Sir M. W. Bentinck, G. W. P. Heathcote, G. H. Robartes, T. J. A. Bei keley, C. Hervey, LordA. Russell, A. J. E. Black, Adam Holland, E. Sclater-Booth, G, Blencowe, J. G. Hotham, Gen. Lord ,t,cott, Sir W. Bonham-Carter, J. Howard, Hon. C. Scourfiela, J. H. Bouverie, E. P. Howes, E. Selwyn, C. J. Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Hutt, W. Seymour, H. D. Browne, Lord J. T. Ingham, R. Seymour, A Bruce, H. A. Jervoise, Sir J. Shaf'to, R. D. Buckley, Maj.-Gen. Kendall, N. Shelley, Sir J. V. Buller, Sir A. Kinglake, A. W. Smith, 31. T. Bury, Viscount Kingscote, Lt.-Col. Smith, Sir F. Butler, C. S. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Smith, J. A. Buxton, C. Knatchbull, W. Somes, Joseph Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Knatchbull-Hugess Stacpoole, W. Carnegie,Hn. C. Lawn, Sir E. Staniland, 31. Castlerosse, Vist. Layard, A. IL Steel, John Cave, S. Leroy, A. Sykes, Col. W. H. Chapman, J. Legh, G. C. Trelawny, Sir J. S. Churchill, Lord A. Lewis, Sir G. C. Turner, C. Clay, James Locke, John Verney, Sir Harry Clifford, C. C. Lowe, Rt. Hon.R. Villiers, Rt. Hon. C. Cobbett, J. M. Macdonogh, F. Vyner, Reginald Coke, Col. Mackie, J. Walpole, S. H. Cowper, Hon. W.F. Mainwaring, T. Walter, John Crawford, It, W. Martin, J. Weguelin, T. Davey, R. Mass e y, W. N. White, L. Denman, G. Matheson, Sir J. Wickham, H. W. Duff, M. E. Mills, A. Wood, Rt Hn. Sir C. Duke, Sir James Milnes, R. M. Wood, W. Duncombe, A. Mitchell, T. A. Woodd B. T. Dundas, Frederick Morris, D. Wyld, James Dundas, Sir David North, F. Wyvill, M. Enfield, Viscount Ogilvy, Sir J. Ewart, William Onslow, Guildford TELLERS. Finlay, A. S. Packe, Col. Fortescue, C. S, Paget, C. Brand, H. B. Gard, R. S. Paget, Lord A. Dunbar, Sir Wm. London, 581 i MISCI LLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, 71 British American Land, 30 29 Crystal Paisce, :34 Electric Telegraph, 104 Great ship (iim.),l 6 irriot.on (Canal Cavour),:sf Joint •stook Discount, 21 London District Telegraph (l;m.), 2} Loudon General Omnibus Company (lim.), rdetrop. Rail, Carriage, and Wagon, 73 Nerbudda Coal and Iron, 6} Peninsula and 0 , iental Steam, new, 45 Royal Mail Steam, 6 0 Van Diemen's Land, 14 25 50 25 60 13 7* 13 71 amburgh Paris .. Short.. 25 20 25 25 Ditto .. 3 Months 25 47 25 55 Mllarseillee _ _ 25 50 __ _ 25 55 Frankfort on Maine.. 1191 11Da Vienna Trieste hb e Petrsurg 35 35k Berlin - lviadrid Cadiz Leghorn — ilan 25 52i 25 ($0 • • • 25 521 25 67} M Genoa — 25 . 5 2k 25 67} Naples Palermo 25 60 25 66 Messina Lisbon — 528 52i 2 Oporto, — 52 1 52 . -- Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz ...... £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doub!oons IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—This Evening. The Lo D CIIANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. PETITIONS. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE presented a petition from the county of Derby, praying for an improvement in the Game Law passed last session. Earl GREY presented a peution from a place in North umberland, praying tet•an amendment in the bribery law. bIR.M . MALLEY IRWIN. Lord CRAN4OR presented a petition from Mr. O'Malley lrwuip praying for a commission to inquire into the way in which his petition of right which he had pre sented had been dealt with BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND REGISTRATIONS (I IGE LAN D) BILL. Earl SAINT UER )IANS moved the second reading of this bill. The object was to ex 'end to Ireland the sys tem of registration established in England in 1836, and in Scotland in 1854, except in regard to marriages, the registration of which could not be provided for in Ireland unless by an alteration in the marriage law. He hoped that the time was not far distant when the marriage law of the three kingdoms would be assimilated and consulidated, per mitting of a system of registration; but in the meantime it was proper that the system of registration, found to work so well in the United Kingdom, should be extended to Ite land, so far as circumstances would permit. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE had no particular objection to the bill, but he doubtad whether the medical officers on whom it was proposed to devolve the duty of registrars were the fittest parties for that duty. The guardians, he thought, ought to have the power of appointing the registrar. He quite agreed in the necessity for the immediate alteration of the marriage law, and in regard to registration the Government must act not only with discretion but firmness. lie trusted the Government would lose no time in taking the matter in hand. The bill was read a second time. DRAINAGE OF LAND (IRELAND) BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Viscount LIFFORD said the bill was very simple, and might, he thought, at once pass through the committee, '1 he Marquis of CLANRICARDE noticed that the greater part of the bill—the first part of it, which was the most important—had been omitted. Originally there were 86 clauses and two schedules, which were now reduced to 17short clauses and one schedule. They ought to have the opportunity, considering the importance of the measure, of expressing their opinions upon it. He hoped that for that purpose, the debate wowd be adjourned for a week. Viscount LIFFORD suggested that the bill might pass through committee, and a discussion took place on the third reading, which would be postponed for a week. The bill passed through committeee, and was reported to the house. ECCLESIASTICAL PATRONAGE. The LORD CHANCE LOR had a notice on the paper that he would call the attention of the house to the Ecclesi astical patronage vested in the Lord Chancellor, and would present a bill on the subject, but intended that in order to give time for d ue cons id eration he would postpone the in troduction of the till till Tuesday. MALT DUTY On the motion o f Earl RAN BILL. a seco d ti me . VILLE this bill was read Their lordships adjourned at 20 minutes to six. HOUSE OP COMMONS—This Evening. The SPEAKEII took the chair at 4 o'clock. PE TI TI ON S. Several petiti ons were presented against the sale of in toxicating liquors on the Sabbat h, GALWAY SUBSIDY. On the motion ot Mr. BAXTER, a copy of the letter from the chairman of the Great Ship Company, dated March 7, 1863, to the Postmaster-General on the renewal of this subsidy, was ordered. THE ALABAMA. On the motion of Mr. WHITE, a copy of the correspon dence between the Conimiisioners of Customs and the Custom-house authorities at Liverpool, relating to the buddin,, fitting out, an d sa ili ng of the vessel No. 290, since known as the Confedera e cruise, Alabama, was ordered. UNION OF BENEFICES ACT. On the motion of Mr. CUBITT, an address for copies of all commissions issued by the Bikhop of London under the Act 23 and 24 Vic., c, 142, and the returns made, was ordered. GERMAN SETTLERS AT THE, CAPE. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked the Secre , ary to the Trea-ury if the two letters dated Dec. 18, 1861, from Sir B. Hawes to the L irds of the Treasury, and the answer of the Lords of the Treasury, dated Mardt 10, 1862, were the whole correspondence, according to the order of the house for a " copy of the correspon dence between the War-office, the Treasury, and the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, relating to any pay ment made to the Cape German settlers during the finan cial year 1860-61 ;" and, it the whole correspondence had not been given, whether there was any objection to place it upon the table of the house ? Sir G. C. LEWIS replied that, on referring to the cor respondence, he found there was another letter not yet pro duced, but not a material part of it. He should teel happy to produce that letter. There was a general previous cor respondence, but it did not refer to the particular matter which the hon. baronet had brought before the house. OUDE. Col. FRENCH asked the Seeretary of State for India whether the opinions of the law officers of the Crown had been obtained by him upon the chtims of the representative of the late Capt. R. Frith, or of any other of the claimants upon the late State of Oude ' • and, if so, wheth er h e b a d any objection that copies of such opinions be laid upon the table of the house ? Sir C. WOOD replied that it was contrary to the usual practice to lay the confidential opinions of the law officers of he Crown on the table of the house. The opinion which he (Sir C. Wood) had formed was based upon the opinions of the law officers of the Crown. MORTALITY AT ROTHERHAM. Mr. CHILDERS asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his attention had been directed to the alarming extent of mottility and disease in the town of Rotherham, arising from the state of drainage and the imperfect supply of water; and, whether Government would take measures to enforce a remedy thereof ? Sir G. GREY replied that the attention of the Privy Council had been called to the matter, and two medical inspectors had been sent down to make an. inquiry. The authorities of the town had applied tor powers to obtain a better supply of water and drainage. TRIAL OF GUNS. Sir J. FERGUSSON asked the Secretary of State for War, whether, before the Committee which he stated tin Monday last had been appointed to consider the reapective merits of the Armstrong and Whitworth guns, the latter were to be tried against the service, field, and garrison guns of Sir W. Armstrong's vattern, or against others of an altered consiruction -- ----- Sir. G. C. LEWIS replied that no restrictions were mposed. THE PROCESSION OF SATURDA:y_ THE CITY AND METROPOLITAN POLICE. On the motion for going into a committee of supply, Sir DE LACY EVANS rose to bring under the con sideration of the house the expediency of amalgamating the Metropolitan and City of London police establishments. He considered that there shauld be but one police for the entire metropolis. The result of the bad management on the part of the police on Saturday was , that b ot h th e Prince and Princess were exceedingly alarmed for their own safety. It was not improbable that the dejeuner at the Guildhall on Saturday morning had tosomeextent detained NOES -81. Adderley, C. B. Greene, Capt. J. Montagu, Lord R. Ayrton, A. S. Griffith, C. D. Noel, G. J. Aytoun, H. S. Grosvenor, Lord R. O'Conor Don, The Barnes, Thomas Martopp, E. B. O'Reilly, M. Barttelot, Col. Hassard, M. D. Pakington, Sir J. S. Baxter, W. E. hay, Sir J Parker, Major W. Bazley, Thomas Henley, J. Peacocke, G. M. Beecroft, G. S. Hennessy, J. P. Fender, J. Blackburn, P. Ilibbert, J. Potter, E. Brooks, R. Ho s .li, T. B. Robertson, N. Burrell, Sir P. Hubbard, J. G. Roebuck, J. A. Clifton, Sir R. Jackson, W. Seely, C. Cobden, R. Jervis, Captain Smith, J. B. Coningham, Wm. Jolliffe, H. stanley, Lord Cox, W. Kennard, R. Stansteld, J. Dalash, Robert Laird, J. Stirling, Wm. Dent, John Dent Langton, W. H. Taylor, Colonel Douglas, Sir C. Lawson, W. Tollemache, J. H. Doulton, F. Leader, N. Tomline, G. Duff, R. Lee, W. Turner, J. A. Edwards, Major H. Lennox, Lord G. G. W^+lington, J. Elphinstone, Sir J. Lennox, Lord H. G. Westhead, J. Ewing, H. E. C. Lennox, C. White, Jas. Fergusson, Sir J. Lindsay, General Williams, W. Forster, Charles D. Longlleld, Robert Wyndham, Hon. P. Forster, 11. E. Lygon, Hon. F. TELLERS . Graham, Lord Wm. Merry, James Lindsay, W. S. Greenall, G. Moffatt, George Peto, Sir M. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SHREWSBURY SPRING MEETING.—THURSDAY. The Racing Plate of 6 sovs each, kith a plate value £3O added. About half a mile. Mr, Riddell's Leontes, aged, 7st 31b (inc. 71b extra) (T. French) Prince Soltykoff's Knight of the Bath, 4 yrs, 7st 61b , - (S. , Adains) 2 Captain Christie's Miss Julia, aged, 9st (G. Fordham) 3 J. Grimshaw weighed for Miss Emma, whose number was hoisted, but the jockey returned at 1.59 and declared that she would not run. Bett ng-5 to 2 on Leontes, who waited upon Miss Julia into the straight, and corning away at the distance, won easily by a length. Knight of the Bath passed Miss Julia a dozen lengths from home. The County Members' Plate of £5O for two-yr-olds. Half a mile. Prince Soltykoff's Whitefield, Bst 71b Lord Uxbridge's Red Cap, Bst 101 b . (T. French) 2 Lord Bateman's Fair Sophia, Bst 71b ....(G. Fordham) 3 Betting-7 to 2on Red Cap, 9to 2 agst Whitefield, 10 to 1 agst Fair Sophia. Red Cap, with Whitefield. and Fair Sophia in dote com pany, made play to the turn into the straight, where the favourite running wide and also taking out Whitefield, left Fair Sophia with the lead. The refractory pair were soon, however, on terms with Lord Bateman's mare, and gave Whitefield an advantage, which she increased opposite the enclosure, and won by a length and a half. Fair Sophia was beaten two lengths from the second. The Cleveland Handicap of i 6 soya each, 10 ft, with 100 added. About one mile and three. quarters. Mr. Melviiie's conundrum, 5 yrs, Bst 61b (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Mundy's Odin; 3 yrs, Get 131 b (T. French) 2 Mr. Stevens's Violet, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b 'Payne) 3 Mr. Priestley's Little Nelly, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (J. Grimshaw) 4 Mr. Jno. Osborne's Flytrap, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (Whiteley) 5 Mr. F. Leason's Picco, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Carroll) 6 Betting-5 to 2 agst Odine, 105 to 30 agst Violet, 4to agst Conundrum, 5 to 1 agst Picco, 10 to 1 each agst Fly. trap and Little Nelly. The lead was held alternately by Violet, Odine, and Fly trap into the straight, where Conundrum came away, and won by 20 lengths, the others were partially stopped before reaching the winning post. The Herbert Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards, certain penalties and allowances. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. T. Hughes's Miss Emma, 5 yrs, 6st 81b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Prince Soltykoff's Knight of the Bath, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (S. Adams) 2 Betting-6 to son Miss Emma, who made all the run ning, and won by four lengths. The whaler was bought for 250 guineas. The Handicap Hurdle Race of 10 boys each, 5 ft, with 50 added. About two mile• and a quarter over eight flight of hurdles. Mr. T. Hughes's Remunerator, 6 yrs, 9st 31b (in 31b ex) (John Nightingall) 1 Mr. Parry's Miss Hawthorne, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (W.White) 2 Mr. Ashwood's Mytton, 6 yrs, 9st 41b ..(Childs) 3 Captain Little's Marble 11111,4 yrs, Bst 71b .. (A. Sadler) 4 Mr. Bell's Deception, aged, lOst 21b (J. Kendall) 5 Mr. Sly's Everlasting, 5 yrs, 9st 12Ib Betting--7 to 4 agst Remunerator, 2to 1 agst Everlast ing, 6 to 1 agst Miss Hawthorne, 7 to 1 agst Mytton Remunerator made all the running and won easily by three lengths. A b,d third. WARWICK SPR WEDNESDAY, Acceptances for the Great W, ,ING MEETING. •, MARCH 18. 'arwickahire Handicap. Two Fairwater .. Optimist . • Age et lb S 9 0 .. 6 8 7 Age st lb Bedouin .. .. 4 7 5 Bonnycastle .. 4 7 4 Lord Stanley .. 4 7 4 Oakapple .. .. 3 6 8 Double X.. .. 3 6 6 Dr. Syntax .. 3 6 4 His Excellency .. 3 6 3 Luscinia .. .. 3 6 2 D'ulcibolla :: .. 6 8 4 OldminBter Balh‘m . .; 5 8 3 .. 5 7 12 Suburban .. .. 6 7 9 Tolurno .. .. 4 7 9 Catch'em Alive .. 4 7 9 Squire Percy .. 6 7 8 The highest weight accepting being Bst 51b, it has been raised to Pet, and the others in proporti at. NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT. TUESDAY, MARCH 24. Weights for the Earl Spencer's Plate. About five furlongs, Age st lb Age st lb Lady Clifden .. 5 9 9 Yurullo .. 4 7 0 Dictator .. 5 8 6 Gaz lle 4 6 13 Queen of Trumps 4 8 3 Briton .. 3 6 12 Argonaut .. .. 48 2 Merry Hart .. 36 12 Libellous ~ 68 2 Fiancee .. .. 36 12 Peignoir .. .. 48 2 Lady Abbess .. 36 12 Exchequer .. 4 8 1 Summerside .. 36 12 Alvediston.. .. 4 8 1 Gipsy Girl .. 36 12 Biondella .. 4 8 1 Interduca .. 4 6 11 Johnny Armstrong 4 8 1 Newmarket 3 6 10 Black Lily .. 6 7 12 Independence a 6 10 Little Lady .. 57 12 Flying Fish .. 36 8 Bertha .. .. 47 12 Scuveraine .. 36 8 Gauntet .. 5 7 11 Ossian .. 3 6 6 Gemma .. 4 7 10 Mountain Buck .. 3 6 6 East Sheen .. 5 710 Smoke .. 3 6 4 Walloon .. 5 7 10 Dualla .. 3 6 4 Red Po.e .. 5 7 10 Glenorchy.. .. 3 6 2 Birdhill 4 7 7 Tease me not .. 3 6 2 Humphrey .. 4 7 7 Almack .. 3 6 0 Queen of Spain .. 4 7 6 Hawthorn Blossom 3 6 ady Louisa .. 57 5 Speedy • • 3 6 0 Miss Livingstone.. 47 5 ; a-insman • • • • Z ora 5 7 4 rurcos .. 3 6 0 Flexmore .. 47 3 Stella .. .. 36 0 Alchymist.. .. 47 3 Middlewatch .. 36 0 Juliet J a 7 3 Antidote .. 3 5 12 Certificate .. 4 7 0 Jenny Wren 3 5 10 Maid of Honour .. 5 7 0 Nebula .. .. 3 510 Cellarius .. 4 7 0 Rest .. 3 5 7 Cairncaotle 3 7 0 Perquisite .. 3 5 7 Vigil 4 7 0 Harleston .. 3 5 7 SCEATCUINOS.—On the 7th inst., at 9 a.m., Interduca out of Liverpool Spring engagements, and Butterfly out of Shrewsbury Hurdle Race. 9.h, at 9 a.m., Juliet, Xurullo, Miss Emma, Betsy CopelaLd, Lachesis, and Ka ght of the Bath out of Liverpool Spring engagements; and at 2 p.m., Zora and all Mr. Bryan's horses out of Shrewsbury engagements. JEsl , ousy...••This now notorious mare received some injuries while running in the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase on Wednesday last, having cut one of her fore and hind legs. This may possibly account for her not winning. GREAT UONDESCENSION.--ru e village of Sail (Loire) has long been known to possess mineral springs of great virtue, but as yet little use has been made of them. A company has, however, recently been formed for utilising them, and Count do Persigny, who takes a great interest in the welfare of Forez, has consented to a:low one cf the springs to be called by his name. The new estab lishment will be ready to receive visitors in the corning season.--Galignani. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS---last Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair tit four o'clock. The Birmingham and Sutton Coalfield Extension Bill was read a second time. ATIIENRY AND ENYIS JUNCTION RAILWAY (ABANDONMENT) BILL The order for the sec ind reading was withdrawn. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. Cox, from inhabitants of Bishopsgate-street, complaining that the Government had sent two detective officers to Warsaw without written instructions, and praying that they might be called to the bar to explain the exact nature of their mission ; Sir J. SHELLEY, from Westminster, to the same effect. Mr. HENNESSY, from St. Pancras, to the like effect, and pray ing for inquiry ; from Dundee, in favour of the independence of Poland ; Mr. BAINES, from Leeds, against the Prison :Ministers' Bill; from certain ministers, in favour of the prevention of the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Sab bath; an HoN. MEHBER, from Ripon, in favour of the repeal of the duty on malt. THE PROCESSION ON SATURDAY. In reply to Genera) BUCKLEY, Sir G. GREY said the galla ,t general had not given him notice of his question ; 'out he might state that his attention had been particularly called to the imperfect police arrangements on Saturday, when the Prin cess Alexandra passed through the City, by the news. papers, and to the absence of any official regulations for keeping the streets clear. The accuracy of the state ments published in the newspapers had since been con firmed by gentlemen with whom he had conversed, who were in the City. The subject, however, of uniting the City and Metropolitan Police had not as yet received tlae attention of the Government. Sir DE LACY EVANS desired to ask a question on the same subject, but would defer doing so until to. morrow. INDIA—MEDICAL SERVICE. Mr. R. MILLS asked the Secretary of State for India, when the details for the amalgamation of the Medical Service of the late East India Company with that of the Royal Army were likely to be promulgated ? Sir C. WOOD replied that this subject was now under the consideration of the War-office. He was not in a con dition to say when the details would be promulgated, but he hoped only a short time would elapse. WOODEN FRAMES FOR IRON SHIPS. Mr. LINDSAY rose to move—" That it is not expedient to commence at the present time building wooden ships which are to be cased with iron armour-plates." He said when the Secretary for the Navy brought in the nary esti • mates he stated that there was a large stock of timber in the navy, and that it was intended to use a portion of that tim ber in the construction of five ships, to be covered with iron armour plates, and he (Mr. Lindsay) proposed the reduc tion of a ?articular vote in order to raise the question. A discussion followed, and the noble lord at the head of the Government promised that the construction of those five wooden ships should not be continued until the opinion of the house had been taken upon the subject. The first ques tion he desired the house to consider was whether iron or wood was the most suitable material for the construction of ships of war. It was well known that iron was len times stronger than wood : that was to say, an inch plate of Eng lish iron was quite as strong as a 10 inch plank of English oak. The first operation in constructing a ship was the lay ing down the keel, and in the case of wooden ships the keel and sternpost were necessarily divided into a great number of different parts, and the ribs, or timbers of ships as they were called, were fastened together by bolts and trenails. But the sternposts and timbers had in themselves very little strength. It was only when they put the planking outside and the fastenings inside that the ship became so strong. But the keel and kelson and sternpost of an iron ship could all be formed into one piece ; that was to say they could all be welded together, and every part when welded was as strong as, if not stronger than, any other portion of the hon. He might incidentally state that he was not a shipbuilder, nor was he directly or indirectly interested in any shipbuilding yard in this or any other country. But he was a ship owner, and for the last 10 years he had had no ships built of wood, as he had arrived at the conclusion that iron ships were much stronger. The Admiralty had recently laid a paper on the table of the house on the relative advantages of iron and wood, and relative cost of each material in the construction of ships for the navy. In that paper, though tho Admiralty admitted that an iron ship was on the whole much stronger than wood, yet they argued throughout that it was advisable to construct of wood the ships that were in tended to be cased with iron. In the first place they stated that they had not been satisfied with regard to the quality of the iron supplied. Now the quality of iron was a question of price, and if they had not the best iron for the construction of their ships of war it was the fault of the Admiralty. Then it was stated in this paper that the compasses of iron ships were liable to get wrong. Now there was a vast number of iron ships afloat. He had him self iron ships sailing to all parts of the world, and he had not found those serious difficulties with regard to the compasses which were stated in this paper. With regard to fouling the bottom, which was another objection made; shipowners who had iron ships going voyages to India and California. and Australia. found no difficult in this respect ; and it was a singular thing that when the ships were taken into fresh water, up a river, the barnacles all fell off. But independently of that, there was the obvious remedy of dock ing. With regard to the splinters from iron ships in case they were struck by shot he was not so capable of giving an opinion, but he would bring forward two or three witnesses. One was Mr. Scott Rus se ll, an i ron shipbuilder, who in two able pamphlets published in 1861 and last year, called " The Navy of the Future," went into the whole question of the strength of iron ships, and the effect of shot of various kinds, and he proved that iron ships might be built as strong as wooden ships of far greater dimensions and weight, and much stronger than wooden ships of equal weight and mea surement; that iron ships would have less draught, could carry much heavier weights, were far more durable, safer against the sea, safer against fire, much safer against ex • plosive shot, safer against red hot shot and molten metal, and that they could for all practical purposes be made im pregnable even against solid shot. Such were the conclu sions of a gentleman who was not merely a shipbuilder, but who had dealt practically with the question for a great num ber of years. But he saw in his place the hon. member for Birkenhead (Mr. Laird), a man of great experience in these matters, and with all deference to the Comptroller of the Navy, far more competent to advise the house than that offi cer was on this question. Capt. Halsted, who in 1861 and 1862 gave a series of lectures at the United Service Institu tion, arrived at almost the same conclusions. Against these opinions the Admiralty dwelt on the prodigious ravages caused by splinters of iron when broken or smashed by shot. That statement, however, was only founded on the experi ments of au old vessel of 20 tons burden, called the Ruby; and he believed that, about 16 years ago, was fired at by 68- pounders, and of course sent to smithereens. He believed, however, that her plates were not thicker than a half- crown. He should like to know on what other authority the Board of Admiralty were making these extraordinary assertions. He should refute this statement by their own officers, before a committee of the house. Capt. Hall, who commanded tbo Nemesis, an iron vessel, was examined, and was asked to state his experience of her in China. He stated that several wooden steamers were ewployed on the same service, and they were invariably obliged to lay up for repairs, while he could repair the Nemesis in 24 hours. On being asked if he had an opportunity ofjudging of the effect of shot on iron vessels, he said the Nemesis on one occasion was struck 14 times, and one shot came in on one side and went out on the other. Never theless there were no splinters, the shot having passed right through, just as if you had put your finger through a piece of paper; and that nothing could be more easily stopped than these holes. Another witness, Capt. Charlwood, gave evidence which was the same insubstance. He (Mr. Lindsay) believed that armour plates, of themselves, were anything but a source of strength to a ship. He was rather of opi nion that the great weight of armour plates tended to weaken them and to make them top heavy. The Admiralty brought forward a witness, a Frenchman, to prove that wooden ships were equally strong for the purpose. But they had no occasion to go to France for a witness. On that subject he would refer them to any master shipwright in their own dockyards. There was nothing so difficult as to fasten the stern frame of a ship, on account of the tremen dous vibration caused by the movement of the screw. On the Edgar, a 90 gun ship of 600-horse power, the vibration and the strain were so great that the master shipwright himself said, "For God's sake, stop this engine or you will drive the sternpost out of the ship." The next question Was whether it would be desirable to build iron ships ite her Ma jesty's dockyards, supposing it to be desirable to build them at all. The objections brought against private contractors were-Ist, that they did not keep to their agreements ; 2dly, the general slovenliness of their workmanship ; 3dly, the great temptations they were under to use inferior and cheap materials ; 4thly, the impossibility of departing from the plans when once agreed to without allowing the con tractors to charge what they pleased. These were grave accusations, but were they true ? He had received a letter from Mr.Santuda (which the hon,gentleman read at length) denying them altogether, stating that the delay which had occurred in the cot struction of vessels for the Government was due to the interference of the Admiralty, and affirming the writer's belief that the cost of building no one of the iron-plated vessels had remunerated the shipwright.. From the Thames Shipbuilding Company he (the hon. member) had also received a long letter exculpatory of the charges which had been made against them with special re ference to the Warrior. (This the homgentleman also read.) Tu all the accusations in question the company gave a complete and indignant denial. They challenged the Ad miralty to produce a single instance either of slovenly work or of bad material in their ship ; and they denied that they had ever contracted to build her for £210,000. The altera tions made by the Admiralty were so serious, that the course the company had adopted was to propose that the Govern ment should simply repay them their costs out of pocket and 12i per cent. on the outlay—an allowance which they did not consider at all too great. That course was at once adopted, only the Admiralty reduced the rate of profit to 5 per cent., which the company agreed to take. They admitted that even if the Government had made no alterations in the pluir the time they had in the first instance asked for was too short by two or three months; but they contended that the alterations which had been made amounted to so great• ed at ier by allt by )W. of eh- Per- nce old r of