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COMMITTEE ON COMPLAINT OP BREACH OP PRIVILEGE. The committee sat again on Wednesday. The members present were—Mr. Bright, Lord Hotham, Mr. Macartney, Mr. Butt, Mr. Keogh, Mr. G. E. H. Vernon, Colonel Bentinck, Mr. Moore, and Mr. Henley (chairman). The proceedings commenced by the re-examination of Mr. William Ford, who was questioned about the sum of money presented by the corporate officers of the city of Dub lin to Mr. Reynolds, then M.P. for the place. Witness was town-clerk at 5001. a-year, and, as his office had been pre served to him through Mr. Reynolds's exertions in the House of Commons, he was asked to subscribe 1001. to the fund. It was represented to him that the subscriptions that were being collected were intended to be applied to the payment of Par liamentary expenses, and the expenses of Mr. Reynold's elec tion petition; but he replied that he had already contributed towards that object, that he knew well that the 1001. asked of him was intended as remuneration for Parliamentary services, and that he would - not contribute for any such Purpose. • By Colonel Bentinck—Of his own knowledge he knew no thing of any transaction in which any member of Parliament bad received money for patronage ; he had not come to Lon don to repeat to the committee all the idle talk and scandal of the town of Dublin. Michael Enright, porter at the Dublin Custom-house, was then called, and examined about the propasal he made to Mr. Bindon about paying him 9t. to procure witness's advance ment in the Custom-house. He acknowledged that he had made that proposal, not thinking there was any harm in it. The situation he wished to procure was a vacant fire-lighter ship; and he had heard that it could be had for 91. James Cun ningham, of the Stamp-office, Dublin, had told him that he bad heard from a former occupant of this fire.lightership that that sum had been given as a " hand-over" for it to Mr. Rey nolds, M.P. Witness spoken to Cunningham twice lately on the subject, but it had passed from his memory, and he now said he knew nothing about the matter. The next witness was Mr. Mowbray Morris. The Chairman—We did not get from you yesterday Mr. Morris, the office you hold in connexion with the Times. We should like to place it on our minutes. Mr. Morris—l am manager of the paper. The Chairman—Have you refreshed your memory with re ference to the article that appeared in the Times in the month of September, about which you were questioned ? Mr. Morris—l have. Mr. Moore—l am to understand, then, that you speak with all the authority and information of the Times itself with re ference to those two articles'? Mr. Morris—l can give information, but I s p ea k w ith no authority whatever. Mr. Moore—ln the article of the 19th of September there The Irish memb er s must all be paid, occ urs this passage ;—" and they will all vote for their pay, . The Irish member i s a v ery serviceable animal, all the more serviceable for not b e ing very nice in his habits. (Laughter.) It is not too much to say, that hardly a single measure would have been passed for the last 20 years but for this facile and well-paid Swiss corps." Is it not the natural and undeniable inference from these two passages, and does not your statement amount to this, that every Irish representative must be paid, and that they will all vote for their pay ? Mr. Morris—Before I answer that question I must submit to the chairman that the subject before this committee is not the article of the 19th of September, but that of the Gth of February. The statements upon which that article was founded are contained in the Freeman's Journal, and it is hardly fair to call upon the conductors of the paper to answer questions concerning an article weitteu six months ago, on no other ground than it happens to be upon the same subject as the particular article which is impugned. You might with equal reason call upon the Times to answer questions upon any articles that may have been written on the conduct of the Irish members during the last six years, or any period. Mr. Moore—Excuse me. There is also a passage in the article of the 6th of February to this effect :--" A committee of the House of Commons would appear to offer the most ready and appropriate machinery for testing the truth of au accusation of this kind. We therefore suggest that some member--let us hope an Irish member—will put upon the books the proper notice for securing an investigation into the matter. It is one which must deeply affect the character of the Irish representatives." Now, if we are called here to test the truth of all accusations of this kind, and if this be an ac cusation of precisely the same kind, and even stronger than that to which the attention of the house was called on the 7th of February, it would naturally suggest itself to the minds of the committee to inquire into the connexion between the two articles, which bear upon the same subject, and carry with them precisely similar accusations. Mr. Morris --The accusations there referred to had been previously defined ; they were accusations made by Dr. Gray and Kelly, and it was those accusations which were pointed at in the article in the Times, calling upon the Irish represen tatives to inquire into the question. Mr. Moore —We inquire into the fact of the corruption, and not into mere allegations that may be made. It is into the fact of corruption that I am inquiring when I put those questions. Mr. Morris—l submit to the chairman that I am not called upon to answer questions which are irrelevant to the objects of this committee. Mr. Bright—Are the committee to understand you to say, Mr. Morris, that you consider that you are not bound to answer any questions whatever with regard to any preceding article to that of the 6th of February? Mr. Morris—Yes. Mr. Moore—Will you allow me to call your attention to another passage I In your article of the 6th of February you make this remark :—" We arc not the accusers in this matter. If Irish members are held forth to the public in this degraded point of view, it is that they stand accused by their own countrymen of the most signal acts of corruption." Mr. Morris—Still occurring in the same article and accusa tion. Mr. Moore—lt would scarcely be true, would it, as regards the meaning the public would apply to that passage; it would scarcely appear that you are not the accusers, inasmuch as six months before you had brought forward, in a very deliberate and elaborate manner, an accusation stronger even than that made by Dr. Gray Mr. Morris—l think that, supposing the public is mode rately reasonable, they will read the article as a whole, and not select particular passages, and, reading the article as a whole, they will see that any opinions which were expressed in it were intended to apply to the particular cases then under discussion—in fact, to the accusations brought forward by Dr. Gray and Mr. Kelly, and to no others. Mr. Moore—Well, I, as one of this committee, wishing to investigate the whole fact of corruption as alleged against Irish members, call upon you to answer the questions I shall put to you as to the article of September 19. Ido not ask you to name the writer, but I ask you upon what authority or in formation, private or public, you took upon yourself to bring against the Irish members such accusations as you have done? Mr. Morris—l must first ask the chairman to decide upon my objection. Mr. Butt—l have not this article of September before me, but, as I recollect it, it does not contain any charge of selling places. Mr. Morris—l think, until my preliminary objection be de cided. I ought not to answer any questions. The room was then cleared on the objection. When the doors were again opened, The Chairman, addressing Mr. Morris, said that the com mittee were of opinion that his examination might be extended to the article of September last. Mr. Moore—Well, taking the two articles together, does not the accusation contained in them amount to this—that all the Irish members are needy men, that they are all paid to vote, and that they all vote for their pay ; and that that accu sation is made without any exception or explanation ? Mr. Morris—l am not prepared to admit any inference from the articles. I must leave it to you and the committee to draw your own inference. Mr. Moore—But is not that the statement made in the Article ? Mr. Morris—lf you ask me as an individual what my opinion is— Mr. Moore—l ask you as manager of the Times Mr. Morris—As manager of the Times I am not prepared either to go into anyjustification of the article, or to offer any opinion about it. Mr. Moore—Have you any objection, not as a matter of justification or opinion, but as a mattar of fact—the article having been written, and the accusation made—to state to the committee upon what grounds of information or au holly they were so written and made ? Mr. Morris—l can only state what you youre+,•lf, or any other person, may ascertain for himself—viz., the public in formation upon which the article was founded. I can refer you to a letter which appeared in the Times on the 16th of September, three days previous, to which the article of the 19th refers in terms. That is the public information on which the article was grounded. Mr. Moore—That public information being an anonymous letter published in your own journal? Mr. Morris—Yes. Mr. Moore—And have you any objection to state to the committee upon what grounds the statement in that letter was founded ? Mr. Morris—l cannot. Mr. Moore —You cannot ? Therefore, in point of fact, lam correct in assuming that your statement was made solely because of an anonymous letter which was published in your own journal, and that you object to stating upon what grounds of authority or information the writer of that letter acted when he wrote to you I Mr. Morris—l cannot put myself in the position of the writer of that letter. The conductors of the Times, at the time they published it, knew who had written the letter, and it may be presumed they believed the statements in it, otherwise they would not have founded a leading article uPoo it. L IT -r. Moore—Y es , but the letter contained no public fact W aataver Upon, which the writer based his accusations. It was merely an assertion of facts, and I want to know whether you ar e in a position to inform the committee upon what fretla4s, or facts, or sources of information the writer acted, for, o r . course, it is the same thing whether a statement be made lo a letter or in a leader Mr ' have can give yon no more information than I alre ady done. ‘., yon two „ 4 _,_Woll do you know as a matter of fact, or are —.se that there are not among the Irish members many men who are notneedy, high • position I or who occupy asocial mr. Morris--I am not prepared to state anything whatever on my own authority. Mr. Moore—No b ra You are speaking as the editor of the Times, in which these articles • d Mr. Morris Not as the editor but as the manager. Mr. Moore—Well , as the god Mr. Morris —Yet ! are but enough to call me here as manager of the Times ; ° ll t I beganider b i y t consistent with my stating, and I must again repeat, that I do not cons an y questions whatev er duty to answer which have a ten dency to elicit the information up on which the Times ex presses its opinions. Mr. Moore here, in substance, repe a t ed question. Mr. Morris—l cannot answer your question without being led eventually to di s l o se such information. stated ? Mr. Moore—Well, do you know what D r. G ray Do you know that Dr. Gray's statement applied only to a limited number of one section of Irish members/ Mr. Morris—l have no knowledge whatever of D r. Gray's meaning, except what is appar ent from his what speec i h. Mr. Moore—Well, I am speak in g as to 7 apparent. Did not his accusation specially app l y to a limited number of Irish members ? Mr. Morris—His accusation, so far as published, won appear to point only to one individual. Mr. Moore—Did not the insinuation particularly apply t o a particular section of Irish members ? t Mr. Morris—l think it very probable that Dr. Gray in ended to point his censure only against thos e Irish represen tatives custom is. who were opposed to himself in po lities, as Mr. Moore—Were not his accusations directed against those who were guilty of the practices he was endeavouring to denounce? Mr. Morris - I really would rather not answer any ques tions as regards Dr. Gray's meaning or intentions, because I am not cognizant of them. Mr. Moore—No ; but you said the article of February the 6th was founded on Dr. Gray's statement ? Mr. Morris--yes ; that is the only public information. Mr. Moore—Well, let me point your attention to a passage in that article—" In the name of constitutional government we may be permitted to ask, what does the section of Irish THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 18544 of Dublin, were then examined as to the case related by Mr. Napier, the late Attorney-General. It was that of a Mr. Coleman, who had been recommended to Sir William Somer ville by the father of Mr. Gernon (an elector of Drogheda), and had been promised an appointment by him. Fearing that Sir William's party would not remain in power till an opportunity was found of giving him a place, he began to look about him. He fixed his eyes upon a paymastership of constabulary, which was of the value of 2501. a-year. He persuaded the occupant of it, a Mr. O'Callaghan, to resign, and he paid him 5001. for his resignation. Sir William Somerville, who was not said to be cognizant of this transac tion, then appointed Mr. Coleman to the office. However, he had not held it very long before the office was abolished, and he was left in the lurch. On this he took the opinion of counsel as to the legality of the abolition of the office. Mr. Napier's opinion was to the effect that it was quite within the power of the Lord-Lieutenant to abolish the office. The committee then adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY. This morning businev_was confined to the Warwick events, after which the Northampton and Metropolitan were touched upon at the prices quoted ; the invest ments, however, were small. The only horses in force for the Chester Cup were Baalbac, Umbriel and Royalist. The Derby and Two Thousand were untouched. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. sto 1 agst Defiance. 7to 1 agst Lamprocles (taken). • 9to 1 agst Mr. Sykes (taken). 12 to 1 agst Bracken (taken). 14 to 1 agst Brother to Little Swift (taken). 14 to 1 agst Pancake (taken). 15 to 1 agst Little Jem (taken). 16 to 1 agst Benita (taken). 16 to 1 agst Caliph (taken). METROPOLITAN. 7to 1 aget Jonathan Martin (taken). 12 to 1 aget Virago (taken). 12 to 1 agst Muscovite (taken). 16 to 1 agst Haco (taken.) 25 to 1 agst Exact (taken). GREAT NORTHERN. Bto 1 agst Aquila (taken). 15 to 1 aget Defiance (taken). 20 to 1 apt Ammonia (taken). 25 to 1 agst West Australian (taken). CHESTBIt CU?. 20 to 1 agst Baalbec (taken). 50 to 1 agst Umbriel (taken). 50 to 1 agst Royalist (taken). 1000 to 15 agst Brother to Little Swift (taken). WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASES.—FRIDAY. SCURRY HANDICAP of 10 sous each, h ft. Gentlemen riders. Professionals, 91b extra. One mile. Mr. Oliver's Battery, 4 yrs, 9st 121 b (Capt. Lane) 1 Mr. J. Dawson's Jack Leeming, 6 yrs, list (Capt. Little) 2 Mr. Rowden's Little Davie, 5 yrs, lOst 21b (Mr. Davenport) 3 The following also ran :—Orpheus, All Serene, and Peter the Great. WARWICKSHIRE HUNTERS' STAKES of 5 SON'S. each, with 25 added. 12st. each. Half-bred horses allowed 71bs. Once round. Mr. Jenning's nd Emperor, 12st. (Capt. Lane) 1 Mr. Cochrane's Polly, list 71b (Mr. Middleton) 2 Mr. E. R. King's Don Quixote, list 71b (Owner) 3 SWEEPSTAKES Of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added ; for 3-yr olds and upwards. Optionial selling weights, &c. Mr. Turner's Census 3 yrs (201.) 6st 21b (Oliver, jun.) 1 Mr. J. Adkin's Mirabeau, 3 yrs (201.), Est 21b (Corderay) 2 Mr. Morris's King David, 4 yrs (201.1, 7st ...(Wells) 3 Mr. Walker's Telegraph, 4 yrs (20/.), 7st...(Aspinall) 4 GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE (Handicap) of 25 sovs. each, 15ft, and 5 only if declared, &c , with 100 , added. The second horse to save his stake. Certain penalties and allowances. About 4 miles. (23 subs, 5 of whom pay 5 sovs. each.) Mr. Moseley s Trout, lOst (Tasker) 1 Mr. T. Mason's Oscar, aged, list 81b (S. Darling) 2 Mr. T. Rolt's Princess, aged, 9st (D. Wynne) 3 Needwood was scratched at 12.55 p.m., and Burnt Sienna at 1.33 p.m. FREE HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE Of 5 cove. each, with 251. added. Optional selling weights. Three miles. Mr. Land's Stretford Lass, late Take Notice (301.), Bst 111 b (including 21b over (Green) 1 Mr. Goodman's Widow Machree, aged (201.) Bst 101 b (Weaver) 2 HUNT CUP STEEPLECHASE of 100 guineas, by subscrip tion of 10 sovs. each, the surplus to go to the win ning horse ; llst 71b each. About three miles. Mr. D. Lane's Tipperary Boy, list 71b (Owner) 1 Marquis of Waterford's Lobster (h b) aged, 12st (Capt. Hutchinson) 2 FREE HANDICAP HURDLE RACE of 5 SOVS, each, with 30 added ; over 5 flights of hurdles ; winners extra. Two miles. Mr. Choyce's May Day, aged, 9st 51b (Stevens) 1 Mr. Saxon's Gerard, 5 yrs, Bst 81b (R. Archer) 2 Betting-5 to 4on May Day, who came in alone. BETTING—THURSDAY NIGHT. METROPOLITAN STAKES. 1000 to 60 agst Muscovite (taken).. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. Bto 1 agst Mr. Sykes (taken). 10 to 1 agst Bracken (taken). 10 to 1 agst Lamprocles (taken). • FRIDAY. METROPOLITAN STAKES. 16 to 1 agst Muscovite (taken). CHESTER CUP. 30 to 1 agst Brother to Little Swift (taken). RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 22. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edmond Semper, Esq., to be a Member of the Council of the Island of Mont serrat. _ _ members represent beyond the embodied wish of some hun dred needy men to obtain place, salary, and position ?" That is your statement. Mr. Moore—No ; it is a question. 3lr. Moore—But it is a question implying an opinion, I presume. Do you deny that it was intended to express an opinion in the form of an interrogatory ? Mr. Morris—l must repeat that lam not in a position to explain the article in any way whatever ; and I must de cidedly refuse to do so. Mr. Moore—But in the form of an interrogatory does not that p assage occur? Mr. Morris—That sentence does occur in the article, but, as you say, it is a question and not a statement; and I would direct your attention to another part of the article in which the Irish members are challenged to answer the question for themselves. Mr. Moore—Have you taken the trouble to find that there are Irish members who have always held a high position, and who, if paid, have certainly not voted for their pay ? Mr. Morris —I am.not prepared to answer that question. Mr. Moore—Have you heard any statements, or are you aware of any facts that are calulated to warrant you in stat ing that all the Irish members are paid, and all vote for their Pay ? Mr. Morris—l could, of course, if the committee thought my individual opinion was of any value, state it ; but I would suggest that such opinion would be of no value what ever to the committee; and, as representing the Times on this occasion, I must repeat, what I have said already so often, that I am not prepared to answer any questions what ever concerning that article, or concerning any article, nor to attempt to justify it. The last question was ordered to be read to the witness. The shorthand writer read it accordingly :--Have you heard any statements, or are you aware of any facts which are cal culated to warrant you in stating that all the Irish members are paid, and that they all vote for their pay ? Mr. Morris—l must' decline to answer that question. It is not consistent with my duty, as far as I understand it, to answer the question. Mr. Moore—The question is, are you aware of any facts ? Mr. Morris—That question is put to me as representing the Times newspaper, and I cannot disclose the information upon which the conductors act, and of which I happen to be cog nisant in consequence of my position in the office. Mr. Moore—And is it the custom at the Times office, and is it a fair specimen of the scruple and care and consideration the Times is in the habit of observing in bringing grave charges against public— Mr. Butt (to the Chairman)—Sir, I object to that question. Mr. Moore (to the witness)—Well, but if it were a private individual, instead of a public journal, who had made this accusation, do you not think he would in that case be called upon to state upon what grounds, opinion, or authority he made such a statement ? Mr. Butt—Sir, I object to that question. Mr. Moore—l insist on putting that question. Mr. Morris—l decline to answer it. Mr. Moore—Then, I have no further questions to put. Mr. Bright—Mr. Morris, you appear here as representing the Times, and speak with information and authority- Mr. Morris—With iuformatiou, but without authority, Mr. Bright—But with information and authority upon all matters on which you are permitted to speak at all ? Ar. Morris—l wish to make no statement on authority. Mr. Bright—You state that three days before the article of the 19th of September appeared there was published in the Times a letter, without the n 1 - 11. e of the writer appended to it, to which that article referred, and on which that article was to some extent based. Is that the fact ? Mr. Morris—lt is. Mr. Bright—ls it the custom at the Times Office to insert letters, especially letters making charges, without being in possession of the name of the writer, or some authority ? Mr. Morris —Certainly not. The Times publishes no letter of which it does not know, or believe it knows, the writer. Mr. Bright—Yes ; I believe there is a public statement made to that effoct—a regular notice that appears in the paper always ; but we have had before us here the editor of a Lou don paper (the hon. gentleman referred to the editor of the Standard), who, when questioned on this subject, replied that the newspapers pretended to publish only authenticated letters, but that, in fact, they did publish letters of the writers of which they knew nothing whatever. Mr. Morris—That is certainly not the case with regard to the Ti;”,C,S. Mr. Bright—Was there any specific statement made in the letter to which you refer, or was it merely general in its alle - gations, as we often see in matters of the sort ? Mr. Morris—The letter is before you ; perhaps you had better refer to it. Mr. Bright—You have read that letter, and are able to state whether there is any specific fact stated in it. Mr. Morris—l think not ; that is to say, no fact which can be separated from an expression of opinion. It is very diffi cult to separate facts from opinions. Mr. Bright—lf that latter were before the committee, would it enable us to prosecute the investigation with which we are charged ? Mr. Morris—l do not think I quite understand your ques tion. Mr. Bright—lf the letter referred to any particular case of corruption, with such circumstances as to indicate the parties who are alleged to be the delinquents, would it not enable the committee to prosecute the object of the inquiry with which they are charged ? Mr. Morris—You mean, I presume, by obtaining the evi dence of the person who wrote the letter ? Mr. Bright Certainly. If that were the case, would you be able to lay before the committee the manuscript copy of that letter ? Mr. Morris--I should certainly not be able to lay before the committee the manuscript copy of that letter. Mr. Bright —ls it not the case that the originals of com munications are preserved at the Times office ? Mr. Morris—Not always. Mr. Bright—And you are not aware whether this particular letter is preserved ? Mr. Morris —I am aware. Mr. Bright—That it is ? Mr. Morris—That it is, or that it is not. I cannot answer that question, but I cannot deny that I know the fact. Mr. Bright—But the letter by itself would not further the objects of the inquiry? Mr. Morris—l think not. Mr. Brght —The Times circulates some enormous number, I believe. By a recent Parliamentary return it shows some thing like 40,000 a day ? Mr. Morris lam not prepared to make any statement as to the circulation at this time. I believe the Parliamentary return snows about that number. Mr. Bright—Then, you are not prepared to lay before the committee any fact whatever on which the conductors of the Times undertook to circulate through 40,000 copies of their journal in one day so grave and insulting a charge, not against one individual only, but against the whole body of Irish re presentatives? Mr. Morris—When I say I am not prepared to do it, I do not wish it to be understood that it would not be possible, but simply that I do not think it consistent with my duty to do it. Mr. Bright—Would you lead the committee to infer that you could give us information affecting 100 needy men, leaving only five of the whole representatives of the Irish people ? Mr. Morris—That question is not easy for me to answer, except in an indirect manner, and perhaps this is the proper time for me to state the reason why I have refused to answer any questions involving what I consider the secrets of the paper. With all respect to the committee, I submit that the question here involved is the independence of the press. I think that the press of this country—there being no censorship established by law—is amenable to no authority whatever except that of the courts of law, and that not even a com mittee of the House of Commons has a right to question the conductors of the paper as regards the opinions they have ex pressed, and that there is no tribunal except the courts of justice which can compel them to do so; I think I should sacrifice the interests of the Times, and do a grievous injury to the press of this country if I answered the question. Mr. Bright—Read my question to the witness. The question was then read by the shorthand writer as fol lows : " Would you lead the committee to infer that you could give us information affecting 100 needy men, leaving only five of the whole representatives of the Irish people ?" Mr. Morris - I c tnnot answer that question directly, as I said before. Mr. Bright—What I. mean is this : Is the committee to un derstand that in the charge contained in that article nobody supposes you meant that 100 Irish members were to corrupt —that the statement was not to be taken as numerically cor rect ? There were some charges of corruption, and you be lieve in some, but we are not to understand that you believe that 100 members are corrupt ? Mr. Morris—My answer to that question is that I can not state to the committee what I believe. Mr. Butt—Would you extend your idea of the privileges of the press to facts as well As to opinions ? Mr. Morris—To everything whatever. Mr. Butt—Then if a specific and positive fact was stated in the Times with reference to the inquiry we are now entered on, you mean that we could not ask you for the information on which it was founded ? Mr. Morris—lt would be a matter entirely for the conside ration of the conductors of the paper whether they would answer it. If they thought the question could be answered without involving the interests of the press, they would pro bably answer it. _ _ Mr, Butt—Have you read the article of September, and does it not appear to you that it is a statement of opinion rather than a statement of facts ? Mr. Morris--Individually, that is my opinion. Mr. Butt—Now, as to the article of February; asking your opinion in the same way, it is to some extent a statement of information also, and to that extent it is information for which the journal is not responsible? Mr. Morris—That is quite true, provided the inference be not drawn that the two facts mentioned by Dr. Gray were the only grounds upon which the opinions of the Times were ex pressed. Ido not wish that inference to be drawn. Mr. Butt—Then you do not say anything one way or the other as to what information the Timis may or may not have ? Mr. Morris—l make no statement whatever upon the sub ject. Mr. Butt—Then your statement is not meant to convey to us either a positive or a negative assertion as to what other information the Times may have I I ask you because I thought you meant to say that there was other information at the Times office. Mr. Morris—l wish it to be clearly understood that I make no statement on the subject. Mr. Macartney—ls it not the invariable rule at the Times office, that they do not, and never did, publish a letter with out knowing the parties, or believing they knew them ? Mr. Morris—l cannot answer a question put so generally. I can only speak as to the custom of the office. Unquestion ably that is the rule which, to the best of my knowledge, is always observed. Mr. Bright - You remember a remarkable discussion about an annonymous letter being published at one time ? Mr. Morris —That is the very reason why I wish to guard myself against answering the question in the general terms in which it has been put. _ _ Mr. Butt —lf the Letters of Junius came to you, you would very probably be glad to print them ? Mr. Morris—l am afraid not now. Colonel Bentinck—As manager of the Times you admit, I suppose, that charges of gross corruption have been brought in your journal against the body of Irish members ? Mr. Morris—l admit nothing more than what appears in the paper. Colonel Bentinck—lu your capacity of manager you are not prepared to offer any explanations or justification of the charges brought in the Times against the Irish members ? Mr. Morris—l am not. Colonel Bentinck—Then, is this an exceptional case, or is It the practice at the Times office to publish grave charges without being prepared to bring forward any proofs in sup port of them 7 Mr. Morris—l am not prepared to answer that question. Colonel Bentinck—Then I suppose I may assume that you are unable to deny that it is so ? Mr. m • -- °rrits—That is an inference which you, as an individual may draw, but I presume the committee is too just to draw it. 3fr committee .l,ion t i o s_ qu Ne s o t i ; o r i l o y r o a u s ptember ? Mr. Butt—l understand you do not admit the right of the as to th tha t t he of ar F t e ic b l i e m o a f ry S . Mr. Butt—That i s a grave public public question. Mr. Morris—l wish simply to record my protest on that question. No mem'lcr having any more questions to put, Mr. Morris then bowed to the committee and withdrew. Mr. Patrick Fattrell, solicitor, and Qeruou, barrister, METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Yesterday the first stone of the extensive range of build ings about to be erected in the area enclosed by the corpo ration, at Copenhagen-fields, for a cattle-market, was laid by Henry Lowman Taylor, Esq., the chairman of the mar kets improvement committee. The building to be raised upon this spot is for the banking-houses, clock tower, &c. The members of the committee, of whom a large num ber were present, including Aldermen Humphery and Salo mons, having arrived upon the ground. Mr. Taylor com menced spreading the mortar upon the foundation intend ing to receive it. A plate set in a mahogany frame, naming the market " The Metropolitan Cattle Market," and upon which was inscribed the names of the committee, &c.. was laid upon the base, and an urn, containing the ancient coins of the realm, having been placed thereon, the stone was lowered' to its intended situation amidst the cheers of the assembly. Deputy Harrison tested the accu racy of the work with the square, and Deputy Holt with the level. The ceremony having been gone through, Mr. Taylor said, that as they had then finally completed the first part of their labours with regard to the erection of the New Metropolitan Cattle Market, he could not but feel it to be a great compliment on the part of the mem bers of the corporation, in their having entrusted such an important duty as that of that day to him. They had been of opinion that it would have been better if the mar ket had not been removed from the City, but as the Go vernment had determined to remove it, and as the corpo ration was empowered to carry it out, he trusted that the work in which they had been that day engaged would prove for the benefit of the country at large. They intended to carry out in all their integrity the intentions of the govern ment; and their hope was that they should be able to make the New Metropolitan Cattle Market a pattern for the whole world. It had been their desire to have laid that stone in the most unostentatious manner possible, but they found upon their arrival at the site that some hundreds of persons had assembled, and this was a con vincing proof that deep interest was taken in their pro ceedings, and they were important, for the act they had just performed involved the interest of thousands, and per haps millions of persons. The regulations for the manage ment of the market would be submitted to the Secretary of State for approval ; they will be framed with deep con sideration, and with the view of promoting the conveni ence of the public. He hoped the undertaking would have the good wishes of all present, and that they would join him in giving three cheers for her Majesty the Queen. The proposition met with a most enthusiastic reception. Cheers were then given for " Mr. Taylor," " the New Cattle Market," and " The Ladies ;" after which all par ties lefs the ground. SOUTH-EASTEEN RAILWAY. RESIGNATION OF MR. M‘GREG'OR Mr. M'Gregor has addressel the foliowing letter to the proprietors of the outh-Eastern Railway, resigning his office of managing director : `• London-bridge Terminus, South-Eastern Railway, March 23. . . . " Gentlemen,—The recent vote of the proprietors having had the result of removing me from the office of chairman of the company, I have felt it to be my duty to the share holders to return the trust they had reposed in me as ma naging director, by placing nay resignation of that office before my colleagues this day. " I have so thoroughly learned from my long labours on behalf of the company that the full usefulness to the com• pany of that position can only be realised in connection with the office of chairman, that I should be wholly unjus tified in keeping them separate, especially at a moment when questions of the highest import regarding the policy and conduct of the company have to be discussed. "It is impossible that I could retire from a position of so much responsibility without returning my most grateful thanks for the confidence which has supported me under circumstances of no ordinary difficulty, and of assuring you of my unabated desire to promote the best interests of the company. " I have the honour to be, gentlemen, " Your obedient faithful servant, "J AMES 31`GREGOR." PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MARCH 24. SETTLEMENT AND REMOVAL BILL. Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made and Ques tion proposed, "That the bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the question to add the words " upon this day six months :"—Question proposed, " That the word `now' stand part of the Question :" Debate arising ; debate adjourned :—Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the debate be adjourned till Monday next :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the words " Monday next," in order to add the words " Monday, the 24th clay of April next," instead thereof : —Question put, " That the words ' Monday next' stand part of the Question :"—The house divided—Ayes 132, Noes 121. AYES—I 32. Acland, Sir T, Gould, W. Patten, J. A'Court, C. Greenall, Gilbert Peel, F. Adderley, C. Gregson, Samuel Peto, S. Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Grenfeli, Charles Philipps, J. Barnes, T. Grey!lle, Colonel F. Phillimere, R. J. Bass, M. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Pilkington, J. Beamish, F. Hadfield, George Pinney, W. Bell, J. Hankey, T. Pollard-Urquhart V. Bethel', Sir R. Heathcote, G. Ponsonby, A. Biggs, W. Heneage, Geo. H. Portman, W. B wham-Carter, J. Heneage, Geo. F. Price. W. Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Herbert, S. Ricardo, J. Braniston, T. W. Hervey, Lord A. Ricardo, 0. Brand, II B. W. Higgins, G. 0. Rice, E. Brocklehurst. J. Ingham, R. Richardson. J. Brotherton, J. Jackson, W. Robartes, T. Brown, H. Jermyn, Rt. Hn. Earl Russell, F. C. Bruce, Lord E. Jocelyn, Vis. Russell, F. W. Bruce, H. A. Keating, R. Sadleir, James Buckley, Gen. Kendall, N. Sadleir, John Byng, G. 11. C. Kennedy, T. Sawle, C. Cardwell. E. Kingscote, Capt. R. Scholefield, W. Cavendish, C. C. Kinnaird, A. Scobell, Capt. G. Cavendish, G. C. Kirk, W. Scully, F. Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Langston, J. 11. Scully, V. Colvile, C. R Laslett, W. Seymer, H. Cowper, W. F. Lee, W. Seymour, Lord Crook, J. Locke, J. Smith, R. Crossley, F. Lowe, R. Sutton, J. Davie, Sir H. R. F. Lucas, F. Thicknesse, R. Denison, J. E. M'Cann, J. Thornely, T. Dent, J. D. Mangles, R. Vane, Lord H. Dunlop, A. Marshall, W. Vernon, G. Dunne, M. Massey, W. Vernon, Capt. L. Elliot, J. E. .Matheson, Sir J. Whitbread, S. Fagan, W. Mall, E. Wickham, H. Fitzroy, Hon. C. Milnes, R. Wilkinson, W. Floyer, J. Mitchell, T. Wortley, J. S. Forster, C. Moffatt, G. Wrightson, W. Fortescue, C. Monsell, W. Town, Sir J Fox, W. Moore, G. Freestun, Col. Morris, I). 14 each, C. Mulgrave, Earl of Gladstone, W. Murrough, J. Goderich, Viscount Osborse, R. Goodman, Sir G. Paget, Lo, d A. NOES—III. TELLERS. Raster, W. Berkeley, G. Alexander, J. Fitzgerald, W. Na , ier, J. Axclidall, M. Forester, Col. G. Neeld, John Arkwi ight, G. Franklin G. Newport, Viscount Bailey, C. Goddard. A. North, Lt.-Col. J. Ball, E. Gooch, Sir E. Pakington, Sir J. Barrington, Vist. Granby, Marquis of Palk, L. Barrow, W. Greene, Thomas Palmer, Robert Bateson, Capt. T. Grogan, E 4 ward Parker, R. Beach, Sir M. Gwyn, Howel Pechell, Sir G. Bennet. Capt. P. Hale, Robert Percy, J. Bentinck, G. Hall3Sir Benjamin Portal, M. Blair, Lieut -Col. J. H. Hamilton, U. A. Powlett, Lord W. Boldero, Lt.-Col. H. G. Henley, J. Shelley, Sir J. Bruce, C. L. C. Herbert, P. Sibthorp, Col. Buck, L. W. Jonas, Capt. T. Smijth, Sir W. Buller, Sir J. Jones, D. Somerset, Capt. E. Bunbury, Capt. W. Kerriton, Sir E. Spooner, R. - Burghley, LOr3 Burke, Sir T. King, J. . . Stafford, A. Knatchbull, W. Stanhope, J. , Cairns, H. Knight, F. Stuart, - Lord D. Carnac, Sir J. R. Knightley, R. Taylor, Lt.-Col. T. Christopher, Robt A. Knox, Lt.-Col. B. W. Thesiger, Sir. F. Cobbett, J. M. Lacon, Sir E. Tollemache, J. Cocks, T. S. Langton, H. G. Tomline, G. Colo, H. B. Langton, W. H. P. G. Trollope, Sir J. Compton, H. C. Lennox, Lord A. F. Tudway, R. Corry, H. T. L. Lennox, Lord H. G. Tyler, Sir G. Disraeli, Rt. Hon. B. Liddell, H. G. Vance, J. Duckworth, Sir J. T. Liddell, H. T. Vansittart, G. Duffy, C. G. Lockhart, W. Vyse,'Capt, R. Duncan, G. Lovaine, Lord Waddington, H. Duncombe, Hon. G. Macartney, G. Walcott, Rear-M. Duncombe, Hon.W.E. MacGregor Jas. Walpole. S. Dundai, G. Maguire, J. F. Whiteside, J. Dunne, Lt.-Col F. Manners, Lord - G. Williams, W. Du Pre, C. March, Earl of Wyndham, H. Egerton E. Meuz, Sir H. Yorke, E. Egerton, W. Michell, Dr. W. Emlyn, Vis. Montgomery, Sir G. TELLERS, Evelyn, W. Mowbray, J. Fellowes, E. Mandy, W. Pack% C. Filmer, Sir E. Naas, Lord Hilyard, R. C. THE MOUSTACHE MOVEMENT.-It is rumoured that all the oysters on the English coast, following the ex ample of other natives in her Majesty's dominions, in tend, for the future, adding the moustache to the beard they have been hitherto in the habit only of wearing.— Punch. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—SIGHT AND HEARING. —39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe--opposite the York Hotel. The Royal Exhibition. -- A valuable, newly invented, very small p ower f u l wa istcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one mile and a half distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and• tourists. Telescopes—A new and most important invention in telescopes, possessing such extraordinary powers that some, 3 . 4 inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope, weighing only 3 ounces, can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat-pocket. and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and race-course glasses, with wonderful power ; an object can be clearly seen, from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, have in vented invaluable preserving spectacle lenses. Imme diately they aro placed before imperfect vision, every object appears clear and distinct ; the most aged, de fective sight becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Deaf ness New Discovery—The Organic Vibrator, au ex traordinary powerful and newly-invented instrument, for Deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been or pro bably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, it is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public as semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist. anco that possibly could be desired.—S. and B. Solomons, Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Observe, opposite the York Hotel. Miles opened. NAME OF RAILWAY.: Receipts. 1853. - 138.11. TH -----.. 72 Aberdeen • •••__ _ _ • _ _ £1,639 2,083 374(, Belfast and Ballymena •••••• • • - • . - 686 859 1 7 ' Belfast and County Down •••••• • • • • .• - - 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1,608 2,080 - Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .• . • - - 85 4 Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • ..• •••• • • • 4,056 5,391 189 '4 Ca1ed0nian.......... - • •••••• • • •• I 12,683 15,201 894 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• ••••• • • • • 94% Chester and Holyhead •• • • ••• • _ 3,195 3,681 64 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ...... 155 173 20 Cork and Bandon .................. 187 239 56 Dublin and Belfast Junction •• .. • • • • - - 62% Dublin and Drogheda.. 6 1 Dublin and Kingstown .............. 554 631 16% 1 Dundee and Arbroath ........ ••.• • • 450 595 31 I Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 629 799 19 Dundalk and Enniskillen .• .. •••• • • • • 181 214 68 East Anglian.... • • „_•• _ •• 769 911 81 East Lancashire ••-_••• • •• _ _ _ _ 4,052 4,772 35234 Eastern Counties and Norfolk,. •• .. 17,018 18,912 95 Eastern Union • • ••. •-_•••• • • • • • • 1 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ••• • • . 2,103 2,753 6 Exeter and Crediton --_•• _ _ _ _ - - 19 Farness Railway ... ••• • •• .. • • ... • • _ - 171 Glasgow, and South-Western •••• • • .. 4,228 4,855 283% Great Northern and E. L......... .. 14,360 18,250 188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 4,492 5,081 31934 Great Western • • ...... _•• • • _ .... 17,180 20,424 25 1 4 Irish South Eastern .....• ••••• • _ •• .- - 90 Lancaster and Carlisle .. ..... . 4,356 5,608 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire.. ... •• • .... 17,478 17,592 - - Leeds Northern .... •• • • •• • • • ....... -- 181 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.. • • 265 323 5',3% ' London and North Western ..... •• • • 45,954 49,812 534 1 London and 81ackwa11.......... •• •. 962 1,220 17341 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 8,729 10,848 253 1 4 London and South Western. •.• • • ... 10,073 11,851 41 Londonderry and Enniskillen . ..... .. 289 548 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - - 167 % Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 6,672 7,753 934 Manchester and South Junction •••• •• 521 621 28 Maryport and Carlisle • .... tr ..-- _ 569 635 498% Midland •••••• • • • • • • ....... 22,636 24,688 126 Midland Great Western (Irish) ••• • .. 2,517 2,587 37 Monklands • • • • • • • • • • •• •• •• •• • • •• • • - - 784 Newcastle and Carlisle.. ••-_• • • . • • - - 149 North British • ............. 3,804 4,338 North Staffordshire .. .•_ • • ___ • • - - 47 North-Western ...• .••• • • • • •• • • _ • • • • 763 836 50 Scottish Central .. .• • •• .......... I 2,422 2,867 32 Scottish Midland -__•• •• .. • • • 2954 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ••• • .• - -- 47 Shrewsbury and Chester .. ... •• • .... 1,727 1,855 29 Shropshire Union .•__ • • • • •• •• . • •• 600 558 58 South Devon •••••.,••.. _ • • .. _ •-• 1,663 2,06 6 28814 South Elitern • • .................... 10,921 14,298 16234 South Wales .. .. _ • . . -... 2,446 4,053 77 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .• 1,846 1,854 40 Taff Vale ••••• • • • • • ................ 2,825 3,212 36 Ulster. ••••• • • • • ..... .............. 949 1,217 68 Waterford and Limerick - ........ • • - -- 25 West Cornwall .•• • • • ............. 555 602 12 Whitehaven Junction ...............254 276 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & L eeds 24,830 28,542 roaluit4. 57 4 Dutch Rhenish • ..• •• ............... 1,061 964 183% Lyons and Mediterranean •• • • ...... 5,854 6,881 63 Montereau and Troyes ............ • • 772 1,010 63 Namur and Liege __•••• • • _ •• .... 1,261 1,917 443% Northern of France .......... 577 Orleans and Centrals .. 240 Paris and Lyons _ ................ 12,348 13,666 84 Paris and Rouen. .................. 7,300 7,906 392 Paris and Strasburgh •• .. •••• • • .. • • - - 59 Ronen and Havre. .. 101 Western of France • • ...... _ 3,811 4,718 The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans and Central, Or eans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes. THR TOWER MOLT.--The large space extending round the whole of the north, east, and west sides of the Tower of London, which was formerly used as a moat, has now been appropriated as a place of exercise for the military stationed in the fortress. The 19th Regiment, now quartered in the Tower, previously to starting for the East, are daily exercised and instructed in their duties in this place, which is of very considerable ex tent, and exceedingly well adapted for the purpose. The men are also enabled to amuse themselves in their leisure hours, and it is very gratifying to see the zest in which they enjoy themselves with football and other healthful games on the eve of their departure for the seat of war. THE CUBAN SLAVES.—The four liberated slaves from Cuba, on their way to Liberia, have left Southampton for London, where free passages on board the West Coast of Africa steamer, Faith, have been taken for them, by order of the Government. There are about forty liberated slaves now in Cuba, who are anxious to return to Africa. THR ST. KATHARINE DOCHS.—The new warehouse which has been erected by the directors of the St. Ka tharine Docks for the housing of foreign goods in bond has been completed, and the premises have been erected in a manner which affords all the requisites demanded by the authorities of the revenue, for the security of goods placed therein under the locks of the Crown, they have been duly approved, and foreign merchandise of various kinds have already been placed therein. The new warehouse is believed to be the largest and most complete building of the kind in the kingdom, and pre sents a very imposing appearance. The completion of the works will vastly increase the facilities already afforded for the housing of foreign merchandise in bond at this already extensive establishment. [ApvEatisEmENT.:l—Holloway's Ointment and Pills certain remedies for Old Sores and Ulcers.—Copy of a letter from Mr. John Johnson, of Tregaron, dated December 19, 1853 :—" To Professor Holloway. Sir,--For twelve years I was afflicted with sores on my legs and arms, which gradually broke out into ulcerous wounds, and disabled me from following any of the active duties of life. I tried a variety of medicines, and applied several liniments, without benefit ; but a friend recommended me to use your ointment and pills, which completely healed tha wounds and restored me health, after every other means had failed."—Sold by all druggists, and: at Professor Holloway's Establish ment, 244, Ssand, London, WESTMINSTER, MARCH 23. This day, the Lords being met, a message was sent to the Honourable House of Commons by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, acquainting them, that the Lords, authorised by virtue of a Commission under the Great Seal, signed by her Majesty, for declaring her Royal As sent to several acts agreed upon by both houses, do desire the immediate attendance of the Honourable House in the in the House of Peers to hear the Commission read ; and the Commons being come thither, the said Commission empowering the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and seve ral other Lords therein named, to declare and notify the Royal Assent to the said Acts, was read accordingly, and tho Royal Assent givent to An act to apply tho sum of eight millions out of the the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year one thou sand eight hundred and fifty-four. An act for raising the sum of one million seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds by Exchequer bills, for the servic3 of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty four. An act to admit foreign ships to the coasting trade. An act for punishing mutiny and desertion, and for the better payment of the army and their quarters. An act for the regulation of her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on shore. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 24. 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant-General Lord Seaton, G.C.8., and G.C.M.G., from the 26th Foot, to be Colonel, vice General Charles William, Marquis of Lon donderry, K.G. and G.C.8., deceased, March 21. 79th Regiment of Foot—Mnjor-General William Henry Sewell, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General James Hay, C. 8., deceased, March 24. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 24. 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain Henry Wood, from half-pay of the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vice Clay, deceased, March 24. 6th Dragoons—Captain Methuen Stedman, from half pay Unattached, to be Paymaster, vice Barbor, who retires upon half-pay as a Captain Unattached, March 24. 10th Light Dragoons—Captain Alured Charles McMurdo, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Stedman, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Butler Mildmay Giveen to be Captain, by purchase, vice McMurdo, who retires; Cornet Henry Fullerton Richmond to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Giveen, March 24. Ist Regiment of Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class Charles Bush Hearn to be Surgeon, vice Knox, appointed to the Staff ; John Baker Greene, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon, March 24. 2nd Foot—Captain William Elford Adams, from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Inglis, who exchanges, March 29. 7th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Alexander McArthur, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24. 18th Foot—Captain Raymond Inglis, from the 2nd Foot, to be Captain, vice Adams, who exchanges, March 21. 19th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Peile, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24. 20th Foot—Ensign George Shuldham Peard to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Maxwell, who retires ; Ensign John William Doveton Lewis, from the 63d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Peard, March 24. 21st Foot—John Henry West, M.D., to be Assistant- Surgeon, March 24. 23d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Ebenezer Alfred Jenkin, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24. 25th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Jonathan Head, from Paymaster, 38th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bruce, pro moted, without purchue, to an Unattached Company ; Ensign Lionel Holmes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Head, who retires; Archdale William Chalmers Magrath, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Holmes, March 24. 27th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Hallam D'Arcey Kyle, from half-pay 45th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Rumley, appointed to the Depot Battalion at Parkhurst Barracks, March 24. 38th Foot—James Henry Lewis, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon, March 24. 41st Foot—Ensign Hugh Charles Harriott to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Lawes, who retires; Ensign George Peddie, from 71st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Har riott, March 24. 42nd Foot —Assistant-Surgeon William Alexander Mac kinnon, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24. 47th Foot—John Alexander Pope, Esq., to be Pay master, vice Eyre, transported, March 24. 63d Foot—Charles Arthur Talbot, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lewis, appointed to the 20th Foot • Assistant-Surgeon, Samuel Gibson, M. 8., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24. 69th Foot—Ensign Richard Dorington, to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Maclean, promoted ; Edward Gatty, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dorington ; Lieu tenant Robert Aufrere Leggett to be Adjutant, vice Mac lean, promoted, March 24. 74th—Lieutenant Arthur Charles Pretyman to be Capt. by purchase, vice Napier, who retires ; Ensign Marcus Langford M`Causland to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pretyman ; Frederick Nind Woodall, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice RE`Causland, March 24. 77th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant William Rickman to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wallack, who retires, March 24. 79th Foot— Thomas Miller, M.D., to be Assistant-Sur geon, March 24. 88th Foot—Thomas Robert William, M. 8., to be As. sistant-Surgeon, March 24. 95th Foot— Assistant-Surgeon John Clarke, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24. _ . 97th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Joshua Henry Porter, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24. 3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant William Beverley Robinson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Duckett, who retires, March 24 ; Ensign and Adjutant George Alexander Moorhead, to have the rank of Lieute nant, March 23 ; Ensign Thomas John Barlow Connell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robinson, March 24 ; John Carson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Connell, March 23 ; Henry Wellington Hartford, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, March 24. Depot Battalion of Parkhurst Barracks—Lieut.-Colonel Randal Rumley, from the 27th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel ; Major Ferdinand White, C. 8., from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, March 21. HOSPITIL STAFF.—Surgeon Alex. Knox, M.D., from the Ist Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Hearn, appointed to the Ist Foot; Assistant-Surgeon Edward William Bawtree, M.D., from half-pay of the 67th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice M'Arthur, appointed to the 7th Foot; Assistant-Staff- Surgeon Fenwick Martin Tweddell, from half-pay, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Clarke, appointed to the 95th Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon Edward James Franklyn from the 46th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Mackinnon, appointed to the 42d Foot, March 24. To be Assistant-Surgeons—George Evans, Gent., vice Porter, appointed to the 97th Foot ; John By Cole }ade, Gent., vice Ovens, appointed to the 9th Foot ; Andrew Knox Drysdale, Gent., vise Jenkin, appointed to the 23d Foot, March 2. To be Purveyors to the Forces—Acting Purveyors William Macdonnell,William John Arnold Tucker, James M'lnnes Green, April 27. BREVET.—The undermentioned officers to be Brigadier- Generals while employed upon the Staff of the Forces about proceeding upon a particular service :—Colonel John Ly saght Pennefather, C. 8., half-pay 28th Foot ; Colonel the Earl of Cardigan, 11th Hussars ; Colonel the Lord de Ros, unattached ; Colonel James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt, unattached ; Colonel Henry William Adams, 49th Foot ; Colonel the Honourable James Yorke Scarlett, sth Dra goon Guards; Colonel Sir John Campbell, Bart., 38th Foot ; Colonel George Buller, C. 8., Rifle Brigade, Feb. 21. Captain Alure .1 - Charles McMurdo, of the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Major in the Army; Captain Anthony Cunningham Sterling, unattached, on the Staff of the Army proceeding on a particular service, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 9, 1846. CHAPLAINS —The Reverend Robert Halpin, now acting as Chaplain to the Garrison in Dublin ; and the Reverend Robert Hamilton, now acting as Chaplain to the Garrison of Gibraltar, to be Comnissioned Chaplains to the Forces from March 24. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 20. Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadets Frederick Gasper lo Grand, Samuel James Graham, Robert Frede rick Tayler, James William Vaughan Arbuckle, Albert Henry Ozzard, Edward Brace Pritchard, George Frederick Blake, Robert Kirwan, Alexander Donellan, Otway Wheeler Cuffe, Henry Villiers Forbes, Ardley Henry Fal wasser Barnes, to be Second Lieutenants. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 21. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Frederick Ley to be First Lieutenant, vice Symonds, deceased. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. County of Nottingham—Arthur Edward Hill, Esq., commonly called Lord Edwin Hill, to be Deputy Lieu tenant; the Right Hon. Edward Strutt to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Sir Thomas George Augustus Parkyns, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; William Taylor, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; William Waldegrave Pelham Clay, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Sherwin Sherwin, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Thomas Broughton Charlton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Charles John Hill, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Francis John Savile Foljambe, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Royal Sherwood Foresters, or Nottinghamshire Regi ment of Militia—George Stretton Watson, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—The Hon. Algernon Sydney Arthur Annesley to be Captain, vice Hobhouse, retired, March 18. West Essex Militia—Lieut. John Swynfen St. Vincent Jervis to be Captain, March 21. Dorset Regiment of Militia—Ensign Arthur John Haw kins to be Lieutenant ; Reginald Hussey, Gent., to be Ensign, March 20. 2d or Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Edward Pakenham Alderson, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, March 9 ; Charles Ruddell Todd, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, vice Coe, resigned ; Nassau John Senior, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, March 17. Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Hussar Yeomanry Cavalry—Walter Francis Wrangham, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Foley, retired, March 21. BANKRUPTS. Peter Leicester, iron merchant, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, to surrender, April 4, at half-past two, and May 2, at one at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, fficial assignee, Sambrook-court ; Brewer, Philpot-lane. Isliomia. Sterne, merchant, Great Saint Helens, April 5, at two, and May 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Norton and Son, New-street, Bishopsgate. Robert Brown and John Burnham, blowers, Potton, Bedfordshire, March 29 and May 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Isaac Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Messrs. Rhodes, Lane, and Rhodes, Chancery-lane ; Messrs. Smith and Argles, Potton, Beds. John Sagar, Birkenhead, brewer, April 6 and May 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, South John-street, Liverpool, official assignee ; Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool. Robert Isherwood and Strethill Foden, wool and cotton dealers, Liverpool, April 6 and May 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liver pool ; Booker, Liverpool. Henry Husbands King, bookseller, Bristol, April 4 and May 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Brittan, Bristol. William Livesey, bell-ha iger an d gas -fitt er, Vauxhall bridge-road, April 5, and May 13, a t t wo, a t th e C our t o f Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Chidley, Gresham-street. William Billinge, stone mason and builder, Rainhill, Lancaster, April 4 and 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis official assignee, Liverp oo l ; Evans and trict Court. Morgan, Son, Liverpool. Francis Quick, jeweller and silversmith, Bristol, April 7, and May 5, at half-past one, at the Bristol District Court. Whitmore. °facial anigueo, Basingholl-atreet Bevan and Girling, Bristol ; Taylor and Collisson, Bed ford-row. James Rogers, mason and builder, Paddington, March 31, at eleven, and May 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Dawson and Bryan, Bedford-square. William Shuttleworth, licensed victualler, Stratford upon-Avon, April 5 and May 3, at twelve, at the Birming ham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birming ham ; Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Hodgson, Birmingham. William Morris, innkeeper, Ludlow, April 3 and May 1, at ton, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Backhouse, Bridgnorth ; Hodgson, Birmingham. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. _ - _ Henry Bladon and Henry Coates, stuff merchants, Man chester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Thomas Braid, builder, Glasgow. Andrew Oliver and Company, merchants, Glasgow. Patterson and Neilson, calico printers, Linwood, Paisley. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Michael Fowler, of Bushey, Hertfordshire, cattle dealer, second and final dividend of id. in the pound, payable at 35, Moorgate-street, City, on March 29 and following Wed nesday. Charles Vanderyacht, of the Quadrant, silk mercer, second and final dividend of Id. in the pound, payable at 35, Moorgate-street, City, on March 29 and following Wed nesday. Thomas Linnell, of 40, Gresham-street, City, commis sion agent, first dividend of 6s. id. in the pound, payable at 2, Basinghall-street, on any Wednesday. Richard Pope and John Buckingham Pope, of 3, Ade laide-place, London-bridge, and Crigglestone, Yorkshire, brick manufacturers, first dividend of 50. in the pound, payable at 2, Basinghall-street, on any Wednesday. David Furminger Kennett, of 181, Oxford-street, vic tualler, second dividend of 70. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. Robert Charles Roosemale Cocci, of Ceylon, East Indies merchant, first dividend of 12s. 3d. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-strcet, on any Tues day. John George Lacy, of Great St. Helen's, London, gun manufacturer, second dividend of 3s. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tues day. Richard Tamsett, of Woolwich, builder, second dividend of Bid. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. Charles Jacob, of Ingram-court, Fenchurch-street, mer chant, a dividend of 4s. in the pound, payable at three, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. John Davis, of the Railway Hotel, Colney Hatch, Mid dlesex, first dividend of 3s. 4d. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. Joseph Slater, of Friday-street, Cheapside, warehouse man, second dividend of Id. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basiughall-street, on any Tuesday. Henry Aldrich, of Ipswich, corn merchant, first divid end of Bid. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-cham bers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. Benjamin Cubitt Scily, of North Walsham, money scrivener, first dividend of ls. 2d. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basiughall-street, on any Tues day. Thomas Ballard, of 10, Southwick-place, Paddington, apothecary, first di videud of ls. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. Thomas Manson, of Lloyd's Coffee-house, underwriter, second dividend of 7d. in the pound, payable at 3, Guild hall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. ' Holt Taylor, of Waterfoot, Lancashire, corn-dealer, a further dividend of 4-id. in the pound, payable at 69, Prin cess-street, Manchester, on any Tuesday. Mackinsey Bowell, of Manchester, publican, first divi dend of 9s. in the pound, payable at 69, Princess-street, Manchester, on any Tuesday. Benjamin Smith, of Droitwich, Worcestershire, salt manufacturer, first dividend of 7d. in the pound, payable at 7, Waterloo-street, Birmingham, on any Thursday. Thomas Alesworth, late of Liverpool, merchant, a divi dend of is. making 9s. 7id. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. John Henry Romer, later of Brewer-street, St. James's, licensed victualler, a dividend of 9id. in the pound, pay able at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. John Read, sen., late of Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor square, tailor, a dividend of 55., making ss. 4d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-treet, Lincoln's-inn. John Thomas Dickens, late of Woolwich, grocer, a divi dend of Is. 11d. in th 4 pound, payable at 5, Portugal-st., Lincoln's-inn, Wm. Chapman, late of Chingford, Essex, a dividend of 3s. sd. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lin coln's-inn. James Lillicrap, late of East S tonehouse, Devonshire, Captain R.N., a further dividend of ss. 4d., in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. David Davies, late of Tregarron, Cardiganshire, inn keeper, a dividend of is. Bid. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Joseph Walker, late of West Auckland, Durham, wool len draper, a dividend of ls. 20. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. James Thomas Yates, late of Greenwich, Lieutenant R.N., a dividend of Bs. 10d., making 10s. 10id. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. William Twisden, late of Upper George-street, Portman square, gentleman, a dividend of 4s. 00. in the pound, payable at 5 Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. William Lupton, of Brighton Waterloo, Lancashire, auctioneer, a dividend of 100. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Margaret Seymour Elliott, late of Greenwich, no busi ness, a dividend of ss. ld., making Bs, 4d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED. William Robarts, of Burnham, Buckinghamshire, apo thecary, April 15 Thomas Shenton, of 255, Bethnal green-road, grocer, April 20—William Hutchinson, of 1, Riches-court, Lime-street, City, ship broker, April 20— Thomas Ballinger, of Birmingham, confectioner—April 27 —George Wood alter and William Henry Walker, of Silverdale, Staffordshire, silk throwsters, April 26—Joseph Bobinson Pim, of Birkenhead, Cheshire, brick maker, April 13—Edmund English and Edmund Francis English, 1, • of s ßath, auctioneers, April 29. Morris Levy Franklyn, late of Manchester, cap dealer, a dividend of 3s. 2d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. John Thomas Heap, late of Manchester, licensed victual ler, a dividend of Bs. 4id. in the pound, payable at 5, Por tugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Robert Watson, late of Durham, chemist, a dividend of 38. 64d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lin coln's-inn. George Humberstone, late of 20, East-street, Globe-lane, Stepney, servant to the London Dock Company, a divi dend of ss. 10d., making lls. Bd. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. John Crisp, late of 3, Danvers street, Chelsea, Lieute nant R.N., a dividend of ss. 10d, making 9s. sd. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. NOTICE OF CERTIFICATE. Thomas Ballinger, of Birmingham, confectioner, April 22, INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Charles Jennings, of Nailsea, Somersetshire, out of busi ness—Lawrence Eyre, of Banghurst, Hants, clerk—Henry Batson, of Kingston-upon-Hull, out of business—Matthew Tait, of Kingston-upon-Hull, boot and shoemaker—Jos. Shaw, of Kingston-upon-Hull, out of business—Samuel Boyd, of Kingston-upon-Hull, auctioneer—Robert Stowe, of Redditch, Worcestershire, baker—William Peachey, of Leigh, Worcestershire, builder—Thomas Baylis, or Wor cester, baker—Thomas Wood, of Burslem, Staffordshire, potter. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Charles Drakeford, jun., and William Thompson Ric kard, of Regent-street, Mile-end-road, manufacturing che mists— James Kemp and Henry Edmonds, of Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire, clothiers—Robert Forshaw and William Renshaw, of Liverpool, brewers—Wm. Brown, J. Lumb, and Thomas Simpson, of Castleford, Yorkshire, glass bot tle manufacturers, (so far as regards Wm. Brown,)—Alex ander Samuelson, George Knight, and Martin Samuelson, of Kingston-on-Hull, manufacturers of rivets (so far as re gards George Knight)—George Knight and Martin Samuel son, of Kingston-upon-Hull. engineers—Samuel Pearson and Joseph Pearson, of Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, brick makers—John Thompson and William Golding Kelsy, of Foot's Cray, Kent, grocers—James Joseph Icke, John Yates, and Elizabeth Glover Icke, of Newport, grocers (so far as regards James Joseph Icke)—John Maude, Alex ander Nicholl, and William Gledhill, of Halifax, York shire, worsted spinners —John Mode and George Thomas Marshall, of Ratcliffe Cross, coal merchants—Edward Bell and Frederick Young, of 34 and 43, Lower Shadwell, steam biscuit manufacturers—Peter Currie and Joseph Elwell, of Birmingham, brass founders—George Beardshaw, Thomas Lowrey Stevenson, and Jonathan Beardshow, of Sheffield, file manufacturers(so far as regards George Beardshaw— John Nichols and Samuel Stern, of Liverpool, emigration agents —Robert Mutrie and James Potter, of Watling-street, City, commission egents—James Franks and Chas. Paul Millard, of 14, Little Tower-street, and 80, Fenchurch street, City, tea merchants—Luke Lawton, Noah Lawton, George Viggars, William Lawton, and John Bradford, of the White Barn Colliery, Staffordshire, coal masters (so far as regards John Brayford)—Johu Railton and Samuel Ardrey, of Manchester, tool makers—Edward Baldon and Henry Coates, of Manchester, stuff merchants—George James Kain, William Benjamin Plant, and John Kain, of 8, Brownlow-street, Holborn, accountants (so far as regards William Benjamin Plant) —Benjamin Broadbent and Wm. Hawley, of Leicester, statuaries—Benjamin Butler, Adam Sykes, and Gustav Christian Schawe, of Liverpool, and Shanghai, China, and Manilla—Robert Burchell and Edwat d Welch, of Hastings, Sussex, stonemasons Samuel Graff tey and Frederick Thomas Patterson, of 29, Red Lion square, wholesale perfumers—Edward Menlove Manifold and Thomas Stamford Roscoe, of Liverpool, cotton brokers —James Moore and John Moore, of Hungerford-Farleigh, Somersetshire, woollen manufacturers Robert George Kirkman, Charles Burge, and Sidney James Forster, of 8, Great Tower-street—Robert Thrupp, William Shubrick Martin, and William Foster Reynolds, of Brighton, Sussex, brewers (so far as regards William Shubrick Martin — James Adlard and William John Palmer, of Ludgate-hill, City, lithographers—James Stott and Sutcliffe Greenwood, of Todmorden, Lancashire, stonemasons—Joseph Parker and John Thomas, of Sand Beds, Yorkshire, stone mer chants. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 18th day of March, 1854. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ~ • • .... 28,062,515 Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 14,062,515 Silver bullion - £28,062,515, £28,062,515 :. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 234 day of March, 1 BANKING DS Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest ...... 3,730,877 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer. Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 3,678,817 Other deposits . 11,305,3.33 Seven Day and other Bills ........ . 1,128,507 :PARTMENT. Government securities (inclndg.DeadWelght Annuity) .... ~.... 11844,700 Other securities ...• .. 14,512,895 Notes .............. 7,278,665 Gold and silver coin •. 760,324 £34,396,554 £34,396,584 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 23d day of March, 18. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the 21st day of March, 1854, is 245. Bcl. per hundredweight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.I CUSTOM HOUSE, MARCH 24. ENTERED INyfARDS.—The Jantina. Hendrika, from St e t. tin ; Harinow ' y, do. ; Active, Malmo ; Enigheden Str Is I. sund ; Thomson, Flensburgh ; Haabet, Aarhuus ; Sophi, e, Horsens ; Eros, Griefswald ; Maria, Ottendorff ; Adriea Dantzic ; Gustav Adolph, Rostock ; Comet, do . Ant a Elizabeth, Norderxhlende ; Emma Mathilda, .Newhai •- lingarseil ' • Winteren, Soderhamm ; Hebelus, Dantzie ; Alma, Christiania ; Skien, Sannesund ; Ocean, Sar i usbo . rg • ; Blandina, Tonning ; Minerva, Carlsburg ; Royal Adelau ). 3, Laurvig ; Julie, Rostock; Untenebinning, Norder aid t leuse; Alexandrine, Wismar ; Matta Margaretta, Chris - tiansand ; Logster, Kioge Margaret, Christiania ; lb r.eta, Wismar ; Aolus , Krageroe ; Neptune, Bungarel ; A ebe, Gottenburgh ; Navigationen, Holmsund ; Marlhine, l Cra geroe ; Norsk° Looe, do. ; Taube, Landscrons.; a tab, Kioge ; Emanuel, Copenhagen ; Frederike Christ Fohr ; Clara, Dantzic. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The My, for St. Maio ; Eclipse, Madera ; St. Helena, Geelong ; N avarimo, Port Philip; Jessie Thorns, Constantinople. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.-- The Joseph, for Barbadoes ; Flying Childers, Elsinore ; Shannon, Malta ; Margaretha, Gottenburgh ; Gesskea, Copenhagen ; Favou rite, Algoa Bay; Monteiro Rimeiro, Oporto ; Gloriosa, Calcutta; Industry, Dunkirk; Naiad, Dunkirk; Julia, Lisbon ; Yorktown, New /-ork• • LIVERPOOL, MARCH 24. The Meridian, from Demerara , has arrived at thi port with loss of foretopmast. • About 160 bales of cotton were latilded at Milford ( in the 21st from the Coronella, from New Orleans to Live rpcol, ashore on Broadhaven Sands, and some znore was exp eoted to be got out. The ship was not making water, and i s ex pected to be got off at high tide. Tho Star, from Buenos Ayres, has been towed . 6 •om Queenstown with loss of foremast, by the Albert, tun'. The Sarah Sands (s. s.), from Portland, passed on thee ;th, in lat. 42 46, long. 63 19, a steamer, supposed the Chaff ty, hence (and Greenock) for Portland ; and on the 10th, at one a.m., made a field of ice, and sailed along its edge I ive hours. CADIZ, March 14.—The Russian ship Activ, from _Ne castle to Genoa, put in here this morning with dam 14 and the Dutch ketch Kaashandel (late Yylstra), from Pi. ar seilles to Amsterdam, dismasted and with other dame l Te, having been in contact with one another off Cape 8 t. Mary's, Feb. 26 ; the master of the Kaashandel was washe d overboard and drowned whilst clearing the wreck. CUXHAVEN, March 21.—The Preciosa Swedish brig, fa Lindberg, from Cette, in getting under sail yesterday afternoon, took the ground, got off in the night, and bee proceeded up the river this morning. The Admiral Jarvis, of and from Hartlepool, got on shore above Neuwerk„ struck heavily, and became very leaky, but came off and into port this day, and is now on the mud in the harbe ; she will proceed with extra hands to assist at the pumi )s. CIIRISTIANSAND, March 4,—The St. Johannes, fr om. Newcastle to Dwertheim, is reported to have sunk ; wl len and where is not stated. The Catherine, of Tonsberg, i;ot adrift at Hetterven on the night of the 26th of February, struck the ground, and sank—crew saved. MARSTRA.ND, March 14.—The Idem, of and from Chris tiansand, to Aarhuus, which was on shore on the north-east side of the Scaw Reef, on the 4th of March, and subse quently drifted from her anchors, has been picked up, in the Cattegat, and towed in here full of water. PARIS, March 24.—The Benjamin, Santander to LiNler pool, put into L'Orient, March 19, leaky, and would d is charge to repair. ANTWERP, March 23.—The Leander (Prussian brig ), Naples to Antwerp, was on shore near Torrevieja, Mara h 3, in a bad condition, and with nearly four feet water In the hold. If the weather remains favourable it was hoped that part of the cargo would be saved. AMSTERDAn, March 22.—The Lionel (steamer), Shield s to Namsos, was abandoned in a sinking state Feb. 23, n lat. 57 N., and the crew taken off by the Nepttmus,. Holmstrand to Leith, which vessel was struck by a sea • Feb. 25 in lat. 56 N., lost masts and rudder and filled, was abandoned on the 14th March, and both crew s were . taken off her, March 14, by the HandeLsmaatschappy, ar- • rived at Ma9.shuit, from the North Sea fishery ; vela men died of starvation. A water-logged ship, with foremast and bowsprit st; ing, but no name perceptible, was passed in lat. 50 N., long. 18 W., by the Prima Donna, arrived at Swan sea. I The Pinto, from London, was spoken Jan. 9 in lat. 2.9 S., long. 18 W., with main and topmast gone. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Esk (s s), St. Thomas's to Southampton, March 8, lat. 30 N., long. 57 W. The Thomas Hill (English barque), steering to the E.N,E., March 16, lat. 45 N., long. 24 W. The Chalmers (ship), of Sunderland. London to San Francisco, Jan. 29, lat. 10 S., long. 28 W. The Grassmere, bound S.E., Jan. 23, lat. 25 S., long. 23 W. The Persian, from London, bound S., Feb. 4, lat. 3 /T., long. 28 W. The Janette, Callao to Queenstown, March 1, lat. 20 long. 43 W. ' COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 24. At to-day's market the pressure to sell was beyond tl e demand, and a reduction had to be submitted to of 3d t) 4d per bushel on wheat, is to is 6d per barrel on flour, and is to 2s per qr. on Indian corn from Tuesday's quotations. WAKEFIELD-MARCH 24. The fresh supply of wheat this week is not large, but the arrival of beans and barley is liberal for the time of the year. The wheat trade to-day is extremely depressed,. and must be written is to 2s per qr. cheaper, with a very limited sale. Barley sells slowly at a similar decline. Beans are again is per qr. lower. Oats and shelling hardly maintain late prices. EXETER-MARCH 24.. CATTLE.—Prime beef, 10s 6d per score • cows and calves, 141. to 17/. ; butchers' calves, Od. to 6d.' per lb., rearing calves 00s to 00s each. Sheep, 6d to 7id. Lambs, Od to Od per lb. Store hogs, large size, 00s to 00s each ; slips, OOs to 009 ; small, OOs to 09s. Rough fat, 5d per lb. Pork carcases from 9s 6d to lOs Od per score. CORN.—In our market wheat may be quoted from Ws Od to lOs 3d. Malting barley, 5s Od to 5s 3d ; grinding do., 4s 6d to 4s 9d. Oats, 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Beans, OOs Od to OOs Od. Peas, OOs Od to OOs Od. FLOUR. —Fine, 59s Od to 60s Od ; seconds, 57s Od tin 5811. Od per sack. INVERNESS.-MARCH 21. CORN.—Wheat, white, per qr., 73s Od to 75s Od. Bar ley, chevalier, 34s Od to 35s Od ; ditto, common., 33s Od to 34s Od. Oats, 26s Od to 28s Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 228 Od to 23s ‘Od ; ditto second, 00s Od to Os Od ; barleymeal, 15s Od to Os Od ; peasemeal, 15s Od to Os Od ; bran, per stone, Os 7d to 08 94:1 ; Ist flour, per 2801 b, 54s Od to 56s Od ; 2d ditto, 4.7 s Od to 49s Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imperial :28 2(1 to 2s 4d. ; ditto second, Os Od to Os Od ; barleymeal 4d to is 6d ; peasemeal, is 6d to Os 04 ; Ist flour, 2s 9d_ .siksh, 2s 7d credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 3d cash, 2s 7d credit. BRISTOL SUGAR-MARCH 24. We have experienced a very quiet market this wi ttek. The sales have only amounted to about 300 hogshead s of Barbacioes, upon which a decline of is per cwt. has 1 ►een submitted to by the importers. In refined goods there has been but little doing, and it is probable that any attempt to force sales would result in a decline in values. N.-MARCH 24. ie close of the market :--. Wallsend, &c. Belmont Braddyll Hatton Haswell Lambton R. d. .—.19 0 .....19 6 .....20 6 20 9 19 9 Lumley .lB 9 Pensher .18 6 Russell's Hetton 19 9 Stewart's .20 6 Whitwell 18 9 Cassop .19 6 Denison lB 3 Hough Hall l9 0 South Kelloe .19 0 Whitworth .19 0 - Gordon lB 0 Woodhouse Close ...17 9 Cowpex 20 0 Derwentwater Hartley.. 20 0 Grey's West Hartley l9 0 Cannel Sidney's Hartley 2O 0 Tyne Cannel ...22 0 'A NGE-YESTERDAY. Gibraltar .............. ueghorn .............. 30 70 Genoa ................ :25 65 42 Naples 1 i Palermo 12. 4 Messina •• • • I r, Lisbon • • • • ••' Oporto • • • • • • • ' Rio Janeiro .. .......... Buenos Ayres • • • • •,• • • • • -- New York, 60 days sight Plilladelohla ••••• • • • • . PRICES OF BULLION, pia oz. Foreign Gold in Bars Z 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mex i c an Dollars 0 o _ s New Dollars 0 0 savor in bars 0 1% BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 17th inst., at Florence, the 'wife of D. Bayley, Esq., 7th Bengal Light Cavalry. On the 24th inst., at 71, Gloucester-otferraLicenc, Lincoln'a•inn. Hyde•paric, the wife of Reg i'Vf. .2.1±) ore, Eaq., --- ---- OF A DAUGHTER. On the 23d inst., at Drake's -place, the wife of the Rev. w. Walker Pulman, vicar of Wellington, Somerset. On the 21st inst., at Southsea, Hants, the wife of Com mander W. E. H. Gennys, H.M.S. Prince Regent. MARRIED. - - On the 20th inst., at Monkstown Church, county of Dublin, W. Foster, Esq., Captain of the 11th (Prince Al bert's Own) Hussars, to Georgina, second daughter of R. Armit, Esq., formerly of the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards. DIED. On the 21st inst., at Charlotte-street, Brighton, Sophia, relict of C a pt a i n W. Chivers, aged 71. On th e 22d i nst., at Richmond, Captain F. P. Black wood, lt.N , youngest eon of the late Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir H. Blackwood, Bart., K.C.8., aged 44. On the 23d inst., at Lee, Kent, C. Godwin, Esq., of the Stock-exchange. On the 23d inst., at 3, Percy-street, Bedford square, J. Clayton, Esq., surgeon. LONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in, th e coun ty of Bliddleaez, Satarday, Maroh_2s, 1854. COAL MAR] Prices of Coal per ton at ti s. d. Buddle W. Hartley 2O I Burnhope l6 0 Carr's Hartley 2O CI Cookson's Hartley lB 0 Cragwood's Hartley _lB Davison's West Hartley 20 0 Hasting's Hartley 2O 0 Holywell .20 Old Adairs 17 0 Ravensworth Hartley 2O Redheugh Main 16 0 Tanfield Moor l7 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 17 Walker Primrose 16 0 West Hartley 20 0 Wallsend, &c. Bell and Brown 18 6i Gosforth lB 61 Harton lB 6 Hedley 18 3 Lawson lB 3 1 Bell's Primrose 16 0, Eden Main Bell 18 61 COURSE OF EXCII Amsterdam ........ .... 11 1314 Ditto, three months .. 11 15►4 Rotterdam ...... • • .... 11 15% Antwerp .............. 25 20 Brussels .............. 25 20 Liamburgh ............ 13 5Ni Altana .............. 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