The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELL/GENCE, CITY, Two o'CLoCK, Letters from Liverpool state that . the Cotton Market yesterday closed with a quiet aspect, and prices of all descriptions were id. per lb. dearer than this day se'nnight. The sales were 6,000 bales. Th 3 Railway Shire Market was steady, and prices of all the leafing stocks have advanced. The operations of the London, Manchester, and Foreign Warehousemans' Company, which was established about twelve months ago, do not appear to have been so successful as was anticipated, since its managers have deemed it prudent to relinquish all branches of trade except those connected with cabinet and leather ware, glass goods and jewellery -- this department is the last into which they have entered. Subjoined are the particulars of the specie on board the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Com- Pan3r's vessel which leaves Southampton to-day for India • Bombay (silver) £260,715 Ceylon (gold) Madras (gold) Do. (silver) Calcutta (silver) 384,520 Total £677,115 In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets this week there has been rather less animation, but the demand for all the principal articles has been Well supported. Full rates have in all cases been Currant. Sugar has been quiet at late quotations ; and for coffee advanced prices have been demanded, but the transactions have, nevertheless, been nu- ; inerous. Cocoa is firm. Tea steady ; and rice at a small improvement. In spices the dealings have 16 been very limited, and there is no particular alte- 3 ration in prices to notice. Saltpetre is dearer, but 20 there has not been much activity. The tallow 11 Inar bout ket has been heavy, P.Y.C. having declined St. . 3s. per cwt. 0 The prosp ec t us o f th e " Lif e an d P roper t y P ro - 10 teetion Company" will be found in our advertising 12; c olumns. This undertaking is certainly one of a st• hovel character, but at the same time, if properly 25 inana g ed, it will no doubt prove remunerative to St. t hose who may be induced to subscribe any portion 10 It the required capital, viz., 100,0 0 01. The object 10 ":7 to purchase a new invention, which is a protec- St. won against fire and burglary. The particulars are st: f ully stated in the prospectus, and from calcula- 50 ' Lions made, it is estimated that by the plan pro- 25 kused by the promoters of the undertaking a 100 oividend of 15 to 20 per cent. will be realised. 25 There is still a very active inquiry for discounts 50 la Lombard-st ree t an d a t th e B an k o f E ng l an d , 20 lit the supply has rather increased. Notwith- St, ;deriding so little diminution in the pressure has 50 „et take n pl ace, th e pos iti on o f th e N at i ona l St. stablishment has evidently improved, as the au- St t florities have announced their intention of making st advances on Bills of Exchange and Government s t securities, prior to the April dividends, at 6 per at Ce nt, or per Cent. below the late quotation for 21 tiuch accommodation. This alteration will have no 2: Particular effect on the commercial market, but at 5( the same time it will tend to increase confidence, s and thus promote a beneficial influence. 1 Market speculative operations in the English Stock -market are not extensive. Owing to the favourable 2 tendency of the money market the Bears are not couravd to extend their engagements, while the E Bulls are awaiting further symptoms to confirm the expectation that diminished pressure and strin gency will soon ensue. The reduced terms on which th e Bank now makes advances on stock preparatory to the dividend payments has augmented the str ength of the market this m o rni ng , th e F un d s nag now per cent, higher than at the close of p bus iness yesterday. Consols for transfer have e n 9 31 and for account 93 . 4 94. The New 3 e e n 931 are marked 941 L, and the Reduced, 94 to 941. Bank Stock is 2181 1 to 220, and East India Stock, 222. Exchequer Bills are better, viz., is. to 4s. pm., and India Bonds are 2s. discount to ls. pm. Foreign Securities are rather active, and at firm 'Potations. Turkish 6 per Cents, have been dealt to at 95f and the 4 per Cents., 1014 ; Spanish 3 Per Cents. ha-e risen to 401 4 f and the New De ferred rule quiet at 24k. French 3 per Cents. have b een 69 50, with the exchange at 25f. 25c. Peru 'Lien 41 per Cent. are 80, and do. 3 per Cents., 25. Mexican Stock is 22. E ; Danish 5 per Cents, are iiarked 1041. The following are the nomi na l pri ces o f F ore i gn Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61- 7'; Mexi ;.,,n) 2 21 22 1 Peruvian, 80 81 ; Ditto 3 per 55 56 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 45 ; , s 4 tuasian o p er Cents., 109 111 ; ditto 4/- per Cents., u 6 98; Sp an i s h 3 p er Cents., 40k ; Deferred, 24i. 241 ; ditto Certificates, 6 61 ; ditto Passive, ti 6 _ . 20 20 20 25 20 10 20 10 Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that the market for American Stccks during the past week bas been inactive. The demand for Illinois Cen tral bonds and shares still continues, and business t O Some extent has been done at improved quota- GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Redeemable. Per Cent. tr tilted States 6 per , Cent. Cents. 1867-1848...105 105, u nited States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868-105 105 1 -------- STATE SECURITIES. k aryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... M assachusetts 5 per Cent. (Ster]. Bonds). M ississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. Bond s lB4l-1871... 43 Pe nnsylvania 5 p er Cent. Union Bk. B o nd s ... 16 Pe nnsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock e nlisylvania. 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 79 T ennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds I ,..rginia 6 per Cent. Bond 1886... 83 i rginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 84 LOANS OF CITIES. Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 82 New Orleans 6 per Cont. Stock 1883... 75 RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not Convertible 1875... 90 Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875... 85 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 1860...106 108xd Illinois Central (Shares), $25 paid 31 32 p Michigan Central 8 p. Cent., Convert-1860... Do. do. do. . . 1869. 91 93rd New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 931 95 New York Central 6 per Cent., not New 1883... 80 82 M eVe York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d gagMort „e 1833 4 `i ••York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible-1862...80 8 827xd N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund 1875... 83 85 Pp s analna 7 per Ce n t., I s t M or t gage 1865... 9 Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent., Ist Mort 1880... 89 CO The Railway Share Market this morning has been exceedingly active, and in'almost all instances enhanced quotations are current. Caledonian have improved 155., Eastern C oun ti es 55., N or th- Western 55., fanchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 55., Midland 10s., North British 1/ , North- Eastern (Berwick) 155., Shropshire Union 1/ , and South-Eastern ss. to 10s. G reat Northern heavy, and receded about 1/. Th e French wereand Canadian lines have also been fully supported, and Paris and Lyons improved 11., Great Western of Canada 55., and East Indian realised former quotations. For British, Foreign, and Colonial Mining shares, there has been little inquiry, and the few dealings reported have been at former prices. 'Wheal Edward brought 41. Tincroft 4 North Frances 19, and Great Wheal Vor 6g. United Mexican improved to 41. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares have Shown a downward tendency. London Chartered of Australia declined ss. London Joint Stock 55., a nd London and County ss. to 10s. Crystal Palace improved 55., and Royal Mail Steam re ceded 1/. .. 89 91 ..1001 1011 Itllasa FITNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Bnon..t. done Bank Ste* . .. 220 1R i ... 3 per Cont. rendnZi . Zi . n " nitl:l; 94i 4 i 4 3 per Cent. Console Annuiti New 3 per . Cent. Annu ities " 94f d I Long Annuities, expire• 6th Jan, 1860 2i India Stock ..... 221i India Bono. xio64••••• •• •• • ••• .es.• • • e• • Ditto, under £lOOO ..... •—• • Consols tor Account .. Exchequer Bills, 2i;i ........ •• ..... ...... g 0 0 0 0 0.,....."... .. .. ............. . .....••• ....... Small ............... . ........ 1 4 p 3i - I ; c --: ......... . ........... 4 p Ditto Bonds, 1858, Ditto, 1859 ............ per PRICES OF FOREIGN ......... 98 i Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. NDS—THIS DAY. Ditto New, 1852, 46 per CeU . t . . ............ ,--„;, Danish Bonds, 3 poi Cent., 1825 . . .............. i l t i • Ditto 5 per Cent. ... . ..... .. . ....... . ... Mexican 3 per Cent... ............ Ditto Account ............................... 12 Peruvian Bonds 46 per Cent .................. .... 221 . 2 4 Ditto Account ...... . ............................... — BO Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 55 Sp %Di Eh Bonds, 3 per Cent. i Ditte New Deferred, 3 per ern'. Ditt,. Passive .... 56 8 pan is li Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 68 4 6 Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto Account 951 4 i Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent, ...„ re Dividends on the above sayable in Lond e n . F nch Rentes, 4i per Cent. Ditto 3 per cent 69f. 50e. ox 25f. 25e. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Gull_ C 4 THREE 3 O'CLOCK. Console, m oney 9a i Ditto, Account ( larch 5) 934- 4 St. 20 100 100 20 100 100 I 111 E rS3I3N, LONDOIN, FRIDAY EVENING , FEBRUARY 2O fB5 7. T 11,DO 4 01 - 11, • en v,lr, x - 7-111", - 41 sT7TI 1r 0 SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Price, this day. Business done this day. 4i - RAT WAYS. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastu. June. Belfast & Ballymena Bfrmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkonlid. Lancsh. dr Cheshire Junct Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. . . Chester dr Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Da. A • Do. B ....... Dublin &Belfast June. Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. Fast Anglian ......... Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A. stk. Do. Do. ' New A._ . East Kent !East Lancashire 2i 9 io all 13i all k 100 m all !,5 I all 20 all Ea st Suffolk .... 0• .. 10 4 Do. St. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 10 all Edinb. and Peebles St. 1 00 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee ' 0 all Forth and ClydeJunc. it. 100 (Furness ... .. ...... St. 100 iGlasgow & S. Western 10 all Great N. of Scotland St. 100 Great Northern ..... St. 100 Do., A. Stock ..... St. 100 I Do. , B. Stock ..... 4. 100 'Gt. Sth. &West.are. it. 100 I Great Western. ...... it. 100 ,Do. Str.V.R.. gua. SI .2 all Irish South-Eastern i 0 all 'Lancaster & Carlisle. 6i 141 Do., Thirds... - 1 12 i Do.- New Thirds ... 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire a Do., do. F. £l6 ... i Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Do. Southport. all London & Blackwall 100 Lond.Bright.& S. Cst. 100 London &N. Western' all Do. Fifths all D0.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 _ 2i Do. Eighths 100 London it S.Western all Lndndrry.&Colerainej all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.She f. &Lincln. 1 Metropolitan ....„ „, 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's, arrangement 1 00 '.Midland 100 Do. Birming. & Derby all midland G. West.(lr.) all De. 4 Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle.. all Newpt.Aberg.&llrfd. all 9 N N e e w w r r y y , & w E a n n u .e i sk np i 0 1 le n i nt & Rostrevor 1100 Norfolk i 33 Northn. Counties Un 100 North British ,100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock 100 Do., A Stock 100 Do., B Stock 100 N. Eastern Berwick 23i,D0. do. Exteusion .10;1 Do do. C. N.E Porch all IDo Leeds WO Do. 'fork 1100 North London ;3/.1 N. &S. Ws tu. , Hamp- stead, and City Jn I 171 North Staffordshire lall North Western w all N. &S. Westin. June. 1.00 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton— -16 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N. E. Abrdn .St 100 Shropshire Union 4 'Sitingbourne &Sheer all ,Sontli. Devon 100 ;South Eastern all IDo. 41 per c. Shares 100 South Wales 17 S. Yorksh. River Dun 7 Do.. all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all Stockton & Darling 15 Do. do., 1854 3 Do. do., 18C5 164 Stockton & Hartlepl 100!Taff Vale 100 Pref., No. 1,,. 22 !Thames Hay. D. &R. all 'Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick all West all j West End of London 4.1 - 4 - 40 - 20i - and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B all West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class , all Wmbledon &Croydobj 7 - 2 - 5 - ••• - 7 -- BRITISH all Atlan. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. all Do. 101 Buffalo & Lake Hur. 100 Buff., Brnt. & Godch. 100 6p. c. bds. , 1 Aug. ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East 2s9d Central Oude lOs Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do. all Demerara 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all Do. 4 p. e.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do. all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent [OO Gd. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per e 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c all Gt. Westn. of Canada 8 Do. New all Do. Eds., payable '57 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, do. I all Do. do., '73, without' option all Madras, guar. 4i p.c all Do. do., 5 per C. 10 Do. 44 p. c. Exton. 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 5 Do. 4th Ex., do ss. Oude (Limited) 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c all Do all A.qtwrp & Rotterdam 14 Ardennes all Belgian East. Junct. 16 Beziers to Graissessac all ICarmeaux&Toulous , Coal Mines and 12 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of Franco all Do. New 2s. Euphrates Valley 18 Gt Central of France 17 Great Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lake Coust. & Bale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. all Lyons and Geneva all Lyons & Mediterran all Maria Antonia all Do. New all Namur & Liege all Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref all Northern of France ' all NorwegianTrnk. Pref all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 7 Recife dr San Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. 7 Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish. all Sambre and Mouse all Do. 5 per cent. pref all Southern of France all West Flanders all Do. 5A per c. Pref all W.& N.W. of France 6 ,Western of Austria._ all IWcst. of Switzerland' all Wiesbaden all \ Do. 8 p. cent. pref. all ,lealand ..• - 81 - 68 - 70 8 - 9 91 - 96 66 - 66 36 - 37 ••• ''... ... .-- ... - 10.} - 1O 19 - 20 - 103 42 - 45 30 - 32 7i - 6 97 - 99 56 = 57 ••• - ••. - 35. 95 - 9G 7 - 8 92 - 93 78 - 80 124 - 126 111 - 113 63 - 64 - 66 70 73 6 i 74 61 —74 p 99. 100 id 6$ - 61 ,108 - 109 107 - 103: 211 - 21: log ico I i I toii 1054 3ii : 36 - - 5 Leasing ,Com2anie] Ln. &N. W. Cah don E.U. &E.O Gt. Northn E. Count. Calclonian. qt. -I .ireisto Y. 3i N.M, Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do Ln. &N. W. & Midland. E. Count Do IL. &I. W Do Gt. Northu T. Brassei M. MCleanl Stk. &Dar.' ~Do Int.vvestn. Closing Prices this day. ICE SHARES. 92 - . 94 ki = 100 6 = .16 ?P f.t) 12 - 12 in ---- 76 117 - 119 Lll - 113 01 - 106 62 - 64 10 - 10, 6 - 93 -- 95' := ss 99 101 1 0 -- 101 if -- 171 101 75 -- 77 19, - 201 0i -- 10; 14i 15j, 1313 ''' re• 36 - 13 . 6 .14 - 117 .5G - 158 66 - •34 - 136 99 - 101 89 - 91 li - 04 —lo6 - 94 - 1 id - 109 - 118 - 110 - 70 - 18 -24 i - 103 -10 i - 28 4 -- 3p - 31 Business this day. rbtrrA f777°°2/*Ottiott SUN OFFICE, Seven oTlock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE Or LORDS—This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his Feat OR the woolsack at five o'clock. Viscount DUNGANNON p r esented a petition from the Prote s t an t ;A ssociation of Cork, praying, that their lordships would indignantly reject a measure that might be tubmitted to them, interfering with the endowment of the Established Church in Ircland. The noble viscount also gave notice that on Thursday next he would move an address to Her Majeety, praying for a return of the number of benefices to the See of Luidon under 1001. perannum, the name of the incumbent, and also the names of those benifices not containing a residence for an incum bent. THE PRINTING OF THE HOUSE. Earl STANHOPE moved "That a select committee be appointed to consider whether any, and if so, what improvements could be effected in the printing of the minutes and journals of the house, and especial y as to putting upon record both the numbers and the names of the peers who take part in the divisions." Earl GRANVILLE acquiesced in the motion, which he thought would remedy the defects at present existing in the printing of the minutes and journals of the h Anse. The motion was then agreed to. THE SEE OF LONDON. Lord DUNGANNON askew if it was the intention of the Government to introduce any biil daring the present session for dividing the see of London, and whether they contemplaied bringing forward any mea sure to provide for bishops who, from advanced age or other infirmity might he desirous of being relieved from episcopal duties by relinquishing their sees. The Earl of HA RROWBY said that the subject re quired great consideration, but a commission had been appointed to inquire into the whole subject. With re atpect to the question relating to retiring allowances to bishops who might wish to resign their sees, the subject was also under the consideration of the Government, but at present were not prepared to bring in a bill with such an object. . _ - MARINE FORCES BILL. This bill was read a second time. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Crhis Evening.) The SrEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following private bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed :—Andover Canal Sale ; Cal cutta and South-Eastern Railway Company ; ewe' Amman Railway; Thames and Medway Conservancy. TEA DUTIES. A number of petitions were presented from the tea merchants and dealers of various pa r t s o f the country against the proposed alteration in the tea duties. Mr. MOFFATT presented a similar petition for Lord Palmerton, from the Tiverton tea dealers. (Laughter.) DULWICH. COLLEGE. Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether any measure would be introduced during the present session, to carry out the recommendations of the Charity Commission with respect to Dulwich College ; and, if so, whether legis. lation would originate in the House of Lords or Com mons Mr. BAINES said it was the intention of the Gov ernment to bring in such a bill. It would be introduced in the House of Lords before Ester. THE INCONIE TAX. Major REED called the attention of the Chancello of the Exchequer to the wording of his onrely tive to the Income-tax. It male no mention of the pro posed alteration of the tax, and he asked if it was the intention of the Government to adhere to his plan rela tive to the 7d. and 5,1. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the resolution was drawn in the usuul way. In committee he should propose his alterations. ORDER OF VALOUR. Captain SCOBELL asked the First Lord of the Trea sury when the Order of Victoria for Valour would be put into operation, and whether he had any objection to the statutes and regulations under which that Order bad been established being placed upon the table of the house Lord PALMERSTON said that the navy list of those entitled to the Order was complete, and th it the army list was nearly so. As soon as it was complete the list would be published. He would lay ou the table the statute referred to. INDIAN RAILWAYS. Mr. OLIVEIRA asked the President of the 13 ,ard of Control whether the Indian Government would ( xtend the system of a guaranteed rate of interest upon further capital proposed to be invested in railways in India be yond that already agreed upon; several railway schemes having been recently submitted to the public, upon which the question of a guaranteed rate of interest upon capital was left in doubt ? Mr. V. SMITH said that the Indian Government had laid down no positive rule against any future guarantees relative to Indian railways, but considering that they had guaranteed 20 millions to be laid out in rail H aye, it was not advisable to extend that guarantee. It was sincerely hoped that railways would be sufficiently re munerative to induce companies to embark in Indian rail ways. THE IRISH POOR. In answer to Mr. MAGUIRN, Mr. BOUVERIE said that in consequence of his not receiving the support he expected last session in the bill he introduced on the subject, he did not intend to bring in another bill of the kind this session. He would, how ever, consider any bill the hon. gentleman might intro duce on the subject, and if ho could he would support Mr. MAGUIRE said that he would adopt the sug gestion. SUPPLY OF GUANO. In reply to Lord NAAS, Mr. LABOUCHERE said that some difficulty bad arisen with reference to the supply of guano from the native tribes near the islands of Jiblea, Hanki, and Gutzqud, on the coast of Arabia, believing they had some right to the guano, which was now under investi gation. Messrs. Ord, Hudson, and Hayes had a licence which gave them a monopoly of the trade for five years, four of which were unexpired. THE MEGiERA. TROOP-SHIP. -- Sir J. PAKINGTON moved the adjournment of the house to put some questions to the First Lord of the Admiralty, relative to the ship which left Portsmouth with 500 troops, and had to put back in a few days from the vessel having sprung a dangerous leak. He said that he had received communications from some of the officers on board the ship stating that when the ship was about one hun d re d a nd forty miles from land she sprun g a d angerous l ea k, and tons of water came in every minute, so that the cabins were flooded. He gave a detailed account of the state of the ship from the information which he had received, which, he said, was at variance with the firmer statement of the First Lord of the Admiralty, and there was ne glect in sending the ship to sea in such a dangerous state. Sir C. WOOD denied that he stated or admitted on a former occasion that the ship was sent to sea in a dangerous state. !Ls information was derived from a report made to him, which showed that the ship had been sent to sea in, as was believed, a so und state, b u ck th a t on examining her i n Pl ymou th dock, it was found that two screw holes, about the size of a man's finger were open seven feet below the water line, t h r ough which the wat er came , but only in such quanti▪ ties that it could be kept down, by a band-bucket. The ship was properly in spected before she went to sea. The right honourable baronet read the reports of th e var i ous o ffi cers in re ference to this ship, whi▪ ch confirmed his previous state ment. No pains were spared to render the ship sea worthy, and the officers of the ship inspected her before sailing, and expressed their satisfaction of her condition. The report of the military officers showed that the arrangements for the troops were satisfactory. He re peated his former statement that she left port in an efficient manner, but that she met with rough weather, and wa3 injudiciously pushed against the sea which strained her, and her leakage was an unavoidable accident from stress of weather. He did not think the dockyard officers were to blame. PERSIA. and P ers i a by territory had Mr. LAYARD referred to the rumoured t rea t y th a t quc?iruendtrin ie xplanation from the wth regard t o our question of blieaedn which b c e e ead n e (isignedportioned Rbetweene I R T, Russia was sh a Government ; and if he had asked for an expl anat i on, or had made remonstrances to the greatltidi a Indianimportance s , t a o n d t hi r e s if Russian Minister in this country. He asked the Persian negotiations at Paris had been broken off, and he complained of the delay of the production of the papers relating to Persia ? Lord PALMERSTON said that he knew, nothing of suck a treaty, except that stated by the son. member. It was not true that the Persian negotiations at Paris had been suspended or interrupted, a n d he had no lea son to alter his former opinion as to th e resu l t, an d under these circumstances he considered a discussion of the matter in that house must have a very in jurious effect—(hear, hear) — and b - -e asked for a little further delay before laying the paper on the table. It would not have been right for her Majesty's Govern ment to interfere, or make any rem onstrance with the Russian Minister on such information as that given to the house. SHIPPING OF GOODS. TO BE ENSIGNS. Cornet John William Beatty, from the Land Transport Mr. NEWDEGATE called attention to the present Corps. plan adopted at the custom-houses relative to the return Cornet Frederic Boni, from the Land Transport Corps. of imports and exports rots goods at the various ports, Cornet John Bruen nutledge, from the Land Transport and put a question in erence to it corps. Cornet Ealmayne Burrell Foster, from the L: nd Trans. Mr. WILSON said that the tables were produced by r C r ° Corps. the Board of Trade. So far as his knowledge went, ' o C t ornet. Vincent Aplin, from the Land Transport Corps. he knew of no order for any change in this matter. It Cornet Edward Jervis, from the Land Transport Corps might have appeared that where there was a laxity of Cornet James Bodkin, from the Land Transport Corps. information, tho clerks of the Custom House might Comet Joseph Smith, from the Land Transport Corps. have call ,d on the merchants and desired them Cornet William APCall, from the Land Transport Corps. to be more particular i n future. Cornet John Sweeny, from the Land Transport Corps. DESTITUTE SOLDIERS' WIVES. Cornet William Shackleton, from the Land Transport Corps. Sir J. TYRRELL again called the attention of the Cornet William Thompson, from the Land Transport Under Secretary for War to the destitute state of the Corps. B ath ers w i ve s and children outside the camp a t C A c h es - i Cornet James Ciaig, from the Land Transport Corps. ter. They amount .d to 130 families, Thuwoa.en were Cornet Jobn Briggs, from the Laud Transport Corps, TO BB ADJUTANTS. Lieutenant R. W. Jenkins. Lieutenant John Itt‘Loughlin. Lieutenant J. Hesketh. Ensign J. Sweeny. Ensign W. Shackleton. Ensign W. Thompson. Ensigu J. Craig. TO BE QUARTERMASTERS. Quartermaster Adam M'Bride, from ballf-pay 39th Foot, late Paymaster Land Transport Corps. Second Captain Joseph Cheese, from the Land Transport. Corps. Quartermaster Win. Lambert, from the Land Trans port Corps. Quartermaster John Gannon, from the Land Transport Corps. QUartermaster J. Stafford, from the Land Transpor Corps. Quartermaster J. Copeland, from the Land Transpor Corps. _ _ Comet Robert Craig, from the Land Transport Corps. TO BR RIDING MASTER. Lieutenant Maillard Noake, from Dumfries Militia. TO BE SURGEONS. Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Francis Reynolds. Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Fenwick Martin Tweddell, from half-pay. Staff-Surgeon-of the Second Class Alexander Mackay Macbeth, from half-pay. Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class John Andrew Wool freyes, from half-pay. RAILWAYS. Paldj Buckglianisli. Clydesdale Je. Col.Stour Vy. &Lin. g. 6 p.c.. Uo. H. Sli , alas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. Now ierlstr.&Dn.Fr. flnll & Selby. Do. Shares. i Do. i Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Til., Do. BArk. Sh., ISfaneli.Dxton. and Matlock Bradfd. 'Newmarket BuryE.G.spc., I N.diEst.s p. c., Do. 6 per et.., Do. Fixed sp.c I Prest. & Wyre Do. Slirs. A Roystn. & Hit. Shrews.& Her S. Staflordsh.. WearVal.g6pc D 0..... Wilts diSomrst 97 - 99 98 - 102 11 - 13 134 - 137 3i- 44 16 - iii 12i -- 13 23 -- 24 103 -- 110 P 2a -- 2i 92 -- 94 - P 55 -- 57 1 131 - 134 8 - 9 9 - 9i 32 - 33 88 - 90 PREFER Z all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 50/, 100 Brim. &Ex. 4 p. c. St 0 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares. t. 100 Caledn. £lO 4i p. c t. 100 Ches. & Ho. 54 p.c t. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent... Si all Cork&Bandonsip.e. 5 all Duu.Perth.&Aber.J. ) 2E. Anglian Cls. ASh [OO Do . do. CD. B Op. c. ;. 10) 'Do. do. Cia. C7p. c. 1 all Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l )t all Do. No. 2 ...... 1 all Do. New 6 pr. c. St. 1 all East Un. ' G. 6p. c. i all Do. 51., 10 per cent. 1 all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. . all Do. do. 4 per cent.,. 100 East Lane ash .6 p.cts. all EAW. York. J. sthsl 5 Min.& Gl. 5 p.c. Sh . 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c, 100 Furness, 5 p. c . 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c, prem 100 Do. 44 per cent .. 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prom. all Gt.N.ofSeot.lst Pre ' 100 Gt. S di W. (Ireland) 15 Do. 4 pore. Pref. St. 6 Gt.W.(B.&II.Ex.Spc 100 Do. con. red. 4 . 4, p.c 100 Do. con, rod. 4 p. c 'OO Do. irred. 4 percent 100 Do 5 p. c. rod. prof all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh. all Do. Chester Sp. c. P. S all Do. do. 5 p c. d 0... 100 !)o. Birm, Gua, Stk. all Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh. all Do. do. do. all Do. do. do. 100 Lan.& Yt‘rk. 6 pc.St 100 Lon.&B.G. 5 pe.No, 100 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. 100 Do. do. sp. c., No. 4 100 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares ... all Londy.& Color. iSh. all Londy.&Ennis. A Sh. 100 M., S., &L. 6p. Cent. 44 Do. do. do. £6 100 Do. do. 34 per cent. all l‘farypt. ', - 6a.r1.4 p.c. all Do. 4A per cent 10.; Do. do. 100 Consol. 6 p.c. St 100 Do.Con.l3r.Bir.6p.c 100 Do. 4A p. c. Pref. St 100 Do. L. &IL Pref. St all Nrew.,Aber., Szc., pr 5 p.c.re,l. 5 p. c. pm 8 Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et all gorfk.Deb.4p.c.Sl) 100 o. sp. c. Ext. 1846 100 Do. 51 p.c. pf., 1847 100 D0.Wv.V.5p.c.,1847 100 North British 31 D 71. Preference ... 100 Y.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf.j 800. do. do 13 Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848_1 10 Do. York II &S. Pura sll 'North Staffordshire 1 100 'Ox., Wor. & Wolv. p.c., Ist guar. 100 ;Do, 6 p. c. 2d guar... n.ll !Scot. eent.New Pre: 00 ISc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.e. 00 IDo. do. 7 p.c. pf. St LOO 1D0..d0.3? 2 - - p.c. - pf. St all !South DeVou all IDo : _fixed 4i_pr cent, i all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 44 per cent all Do. Fixed 4 p.c. Sh 100 S. Wales Goa. 4 P. c ___ S. 100 Do. do. 4i p. c all S.Yorksh.4 p. c. Guar all Stock. &Dar., sp. c 1 15 ID.. do. do. all Stock. dr Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 all Waterfddr Kilk. 6 pc. 231 100 BRITISH MINES. 2/ 12'Alfred Cons. (Philk, British Iron 20 ICondurow (Cambrn4 1 , iDev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 14s IGreat South Tolgus 10/ 310 rt. W. Alfrd.(Philk.) 7 IGrt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 886 d Lady Bertha 7A N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Bisset (Mogan) 6115 North Wheal Crofty 1A IPar. Cons. (St. Blaxy) 9 IPorkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. ISort. Cons. Min. Co 2i IS. Caraclou (St. Cleer 2 S. Carn Brea (Illogn. 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn. 4A ITam. S. tic L. Min. Co 9 iTin Croft 40 lUn.Mines (Gwennap) 1256 V. of Towey (Camar.) 1A IW. Basset (Illogan) 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd. 5k Wh. Basset (Mogan. f Wh. Buller (Rdruth. 5A IWh. Edward(Calstk. 11 7s Wh. Kitty (U. Llnt. 8 Wh. Ma. Ann(Menht. Wh. Trolawney (Lis.) 21i -22 i 61 - 74 155 - 165 150 - 470 15i - 164 9. 1 ,- 10i 6 - 6i - 1 1 - 20 34 - 35 6i - 7 23 - 24 1 -- 14 330 - 350 7i 8 330 - 350 1 - 4 - 4i 230 250 - 1 3 5 - 36 160 - 165 280 - 300 270 - 290 4 - gi 19 - 21 41 - 48 19 - 21 MINES. i -1; 3 - 3t i 18 - 20 (1 55 57 12 11 5 id 7i 81 ld p I 1 i -: 115 • i .7 ii ... - ... 4 - 41. FOREIGN 7 Australian 27 Brazilian Imp.(issued at £5 pm) all Do. Coeaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 4 Clarendon Con. Min. CO. of Jamaica all Cobro Copper 1G Copiapo all Fortuna all General all Linares li Lusitanian all Mariquita all INew Oranada:, all INoveau Moude all Pont. Sit. Smlt 1 Port Philip 1.9 Santiago de Cuba .. all I , ;outh Australian all Do. Scrip all Do. 10 p. c. Pref... all United Mexican •I MISCEL 19 Australian Agricult. all Australn. Royal Mail all Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land 32i Canada 1.00 Do.Ga.6pc.Jan&July LOO Do. 6p• c. Feb.&Aug. LOO D 0,6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. all Copper Min. of Eng. all Do, Pref. 71 p. cent all Crystal Palace all Do, Preference all Crystal Pal, of France Duston Iron Ore 18 Eastern Steam 100 EleetricTelegraph all Electric Tel, of Irel. all En. &Aust.Cop.SmCo 10s. Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel, all Gen. Ir. Sc. 14 Glen. Steam Navigat. 5 London Discount all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. all Mexican&S.America 5 Nat. Discount Co 5 Do. New 5 Netherlands Land., all Do. Do. all Do.B p c.Ptiss.at id.' 1 Do. Do. 80 New B. &N. S. Land LOO N. S. W. Gov. sp.e. D. all N. B. Australasian 17 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam all Oriental Gas ss. Do. New Shares all iPeclltr. Ld. & Minrl 1 all Peninsular & Oriental, 10 Do. New all IRhymney Iron all IDo: No;.. 60 Royal Mail Steam._ all Scot. Austral. Invest. all Do. New LOO S. Aus. Gov. 6 p. c.bds.l all south Austral. Land all Submarine Tel. Scrip' all Do, Registered 5 Trust kLn. Co. LT .Can 28. 1 ; Van Diemen's Land 1.00 - V, Go, 6p,cJan, 4 July ,A_NEOUS. 22 - 24 4i -- 5i 40 -- 45 135 -- 140 1101 -- 111 35 - 40 26 - 28 2? - 24 5t - 54 92 - ..• --- ••• li -- li ee ...'. ••• J . id 1 4 - 4i 2i - 31 A -- IP ... 1 - li 3 4 4 4} par i p I__ --- 1 .i • ••• .d 14 ii k - 2g 2g ip := 25 .13 6 - 8 •• i •• li - ff - 35 - ii 1 --- 1 7 16 es, .."'" ••• ; suffering the greatest n isery. One won:an with seven children had 0n049 day but a penny worth of potatoes and a halfpennyworth of greens to sub L3t: on, 1-ind had it net been for private charity, the c. - mssquences must have been frigh!Jui. There were 30 young married females living on a penny a-3ay ; and the women and children had to sleep in hovels, and wherever they could. The misery arose from the stoppage of the soldiers' pay. Mr. FREDERICK PEEL said that instructions I had been given to General Gaccoigne, who had the command of the camp at Colchester ; and, untl he had received his report he could not state anything decisive. It would he a had precedent to afford relief in this instance from the army fund, and to break through the army regulations, in reference to soldiers marryi6g. He saw no reason V,r their marrying— (laughter) —fo r they were very young men, and were only enlisted for 1110 years. BILL ETTING SOLDIE RS. In reply to Mr. Cow -IN, Sir G. GREY said that notice would be given of the clauses to be introduced into the Mutiny Act. NEW WRIT. A new writ was moved fur North Leicestershire, in the room of Lord Granby, called to the Upper House. RETURNS. Several unopposed returns were ordered. WAYS AND MEANS. On the motion for the house going into committee on Ways and Means, Mr. GLADSTONE presented a petition against the proposed alteration in the Tea and'Sugar Duties. THE INCOME TAX. Mr. DISRAELI rose to move the following resole, ion— " That, in the opinion of this house it would be ex pedient before sanctioning tho financial arrangements for the ensuing year, to adjust the estimated income and expenditure in the manner which shall appear beet calculated to secure the country against the risk of a defi ciency in the years 1353-9 and 1859-0), and to provide for such a balance of Revenue and Charge respectively, in the year IS6O, as may place it in the power of Parliament at that period, without embarrassment to the finances, alto gether to remit the income tax." In introducing the motion, he said that he should not introduce into its consideration any topics to induce the house to depart from a consideration of the financial details before them. It often happened, and it was natural that a difference of opinion shoul 1 exist in that house on subjects that came before them, but he thought that on a question of finance that difference of opinion ought not to exist, He approved of the course taken by her Majesty's Government in reference to the war income tax. He looked upon th a t as a political and not a financial question, and he regretted the Government should have allowed the country to have been agitated relative to its con tinuance this year. It might be said that Parliament was not sitting, and they could not, therefore, do so. But there were other means of allaying such excitement, either by a speech or a letter, and the noble lord might have taken an opportunity of allaying the feelings of the people on an occasion similar to that when he visit ed Manchester. Failing that, he regretted its abrogation had not been announced in the speech from the Thrnno. It was therefore from a desire to relieve the mind of the country that be made an attempt on the fir,t night o the session to induce the Government to give the re quired information. (LEFT SPEAKING.) LONDON GAZETTE--(This Evening) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, FEB. 19. Notice is hereby given, that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will, by the desire of her Majesty, hold Levees at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her 111..jesty, on the fol lowing days, at two o'clock :—Thursday, the 26th inst., and Thursday, the 12th March next. It is her Mjesty's plea sur 2 , that presentations to his Royal Highnessat these Levees shall be considered equivalent to presentations to the Queen. Addresses to the Queen may either be forwarded to her Majesty through the Secretary of State for the Home Department, or may be reserved until her Majesty shall hold a levee. REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT THE LEVEES AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE. The noblemen and gentlemen who purpose to attend the lsvees at St. James's Palace are requested to bring with them two largo cards, with their mines clearly written thereon, one to be left with the Queen's Page in Atten dance in the Ante-Room, and the other to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name to his Royal Highness. Those gentlemen who are to be presented aro hereby in formed, it is tb3olutely necessary that their names, with the name of the nobleman or gentleman who is to present them, should be delivered at the Lord Chamberlain's Office, before twelve o'clock on the Tuesday previ ous to each Levee, or on any earlier day between the hours of eleven and four, in order that they may be submitted fur approbation ; it being her Majesty's com mand that no presentation shall bo made at the Levees but in conformity with the above regulations. It is particularly requested, that in every case the names be very distinctly written upon the cards to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, iu order that there may be no difficulty in announcing them. The state apartments will not be open for the reception of company coming to Court until half-past ono o'clock. LORD CITA.MBERLAII\T'S OFFICE, FEB. 20. Notice is hereby given, that the Stat e Ap ar t ments c f Windsor Castl e w ill be re-opened on and after Monday next, the 23d instant. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 17. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PA R L ram ENT. Borough of Bandon Bridge.—Captain the Honourable William Smyth Bernard, of the Farm, near Bandon, in the room of the Honourable Francis Bernard (commonly called Viscount Bernard), now Earl of Bandon, a Peer of Ireland. FEB. 19. County of Limerick—The Right Hon. William Monsall, President of the Ganeral Boar,' of Health. Borough of Clunmel—John Bagwell, Esq., of Marlfield, in tho county of Tipperary, in the rooth of John O'Connell, Eqq., who has accepted the office of Clerk of the Crown and Rawer in Ireland. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 20. MILITARY TRAIN. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. Lieut.-Colonel John Diem Wilton, C. 8., from half-pay 50th Foot. Lieut.-Colonel George Erskine, from half-pay un attached. TO BE MAJORS. Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel John ion ley Hoyland, from half-pay Unattached. Major Henry Ralph Browne, from half-pay Unattached. Captain James Peter Robertson, from 31st Foot. Captain Joseph Salis, from Cape Mounted Rifles. TO BE CAPTAINS. Brevet-Major John Joseph Wood, from 82d Foot. Second Captain James Morris Hill, from half-pay Royal Artillery. Captain John M'Court, from half-pay 83th Regiment. Captain Peter John Macdonald, from 3d West - India Regiment. Captain Arthur Wellesley Williams, from half-pay Un attached. Captain Godfrey Cooper, from 44th Foot. Brevet-Major Charles Robert Shervinton, from 46th Foot. Captain James Hornby Buller, from half-pay 57th Foot. Captain James Henry Wyatt, from half-pay 79th Foot. Captain William Braybrooke, from 95th F oo t. Captain John Canavan, from half-pay 18th Foot. Captain George Swaby, from half-pay Unattached. Captain Henry Nason, from the Land Transport Corps. Captain Henry Richmond Hoghton Galo, from half-pay 48th Foot. Captain Godfrey Clerk, from half-pay Unattached. Lieutenant George P. Edward Morrison, from the 22d Foot. Lieutenant John Simeon Francis Diok, from 78th Foot. Limit, W. Baker, from 48th Foot. Lieut. W. G. D. Massy, from 19th Regiment. TO BE LIEUTENANTS. Lieut. G. A. Rogers, from 31 West India Regiment. Lieut. J. Powell, from 39th Foot. Cornet D. Gibson, from 21 Dragoons. Ensign J. Blake, from 47th Foot. Second Captain Wm. Banks, from tho Land Transport Corps. Second Captain John Jones, from the Land Transport Corps. Second Capt. C. Hutton, from the Land Transport Corps. Second Capt. J. Young, from the Land Transport Corps. Second Capt. St. John Willans, from the Land Trans port Corps. Second Capt. H. Miller, from the Land Transport Corps. Lieut. G. R. Caldwell, from the Land Transport Corps. Adjutant W. Curbett, from the Land Transport Corps. Lieut. J. Harris, from the Land Transport Corps. Lieut. T. Fletcher, from the Land Transport Corps. Lieut. T. Witchell, from the Land Transport Corps. Lieut. W. E. Cater, from the Land Transport Corps. Lieut. E. Sherwood, from the Land Transport Corps. Lieut. A. Murphy, from the Land Transport Corps. Lieut. W. H. Dawson, from the Land Transport Corps. Lieut. L. J. Keogh, from the Land Transport Corps. Adjutant R. W. Jenkins, from the Land Transport Corps. Lieut. J. McLoughlin, from half-pay Osmanli Horse Artillery. Lieutenant George Symons, from the half-pay Osmanli Horse Artillery. Lieutenant James Thorburn, from the half-pay Osmanli Horse Artillery. Lieutenant Robert Bruce, from the half-pay Osmanli Horse Artillery. Lieutenant John Devine, from the half-pay Osmanli Horso Artillery. Lieutenant Daniel Dowling, from the half-pay Osmanli Horse Artillery. Adjutant J. Hesketh, from the Land Transport Corps. Captain Christian W. McNiell, from the Hants Militia, and attached as Captain to the Land Transport Corps. Captain E. M. Palliser, late of the West Cork Militia, and attached as Captain to Land Transport Corps. Arthur Hunt, Gent., from half-pay, as Deputy-Assis tant -Commissary Field Train Department Royal Artillery, and attached as Captain to Land Transport Corps. C. W. Farwell, Gent., attached as Lieutenant to Land Transport Corps. TO BE VETERINARY SURGEONS, ... _. Veterinary jurgeo;*76loag, from the 11th Hussars. Veterinary Surgeon 'William Death, from the Laud Transport Corps. Veterinary Surgeon William Varley, from the Land Transport Corp Veterinary Surgeon John James Channon, from the Land Transport Corps. Veterinary -Surgeon T. Paton, from the Land Transport Corps. corp& Veterina r y -S urgeon J. Barr, from the Land Transport Veterinary -Surgeon G. Fleming, from the Land Trans port Corps. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Gloucester —Leonard Maryns Strachey, Esq., and Chas. William Stoughton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenants. County of Dorset —Hastings Nathaniel Middleton, Esq., and Charles Wriothesly Digby, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenants. Haddington, Berwick, Linlithgow, and Peebles Regi ment of Militia Artillery—Archibald Dickson. jun., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Lovell, promoted. BANK OF ENGLAND, An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap_ 32,'fcr the Week ending on Saturday the 14th day of Feb., 1867. mum naraaricrarr. A 'otes isoned ...... . .. 24,054,270 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other .. 3,4n9,900 Gold coin and bullion 9,579,270 Silver bu11i0n........ - £24,054,270 £24,054,270 6r. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. -.1867. Dated the 19th day of Febraai BANKING DE X Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest ........ •....... 3,525,742 Public deposit; (In cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ing's Banks, and Dividend Recounts) 7,087,607 Other deposhs ...... 9,774,058 thven Day and other Bill.• • •• .• •• •e 791,641 :rkaTiairr. Governmentseenritles .(Includg.Dead Weight Annuity) 11,545,0'0 Other securities ...... 1 ,, ,,247 794 Notes •• .. .......... 5,257,85 Gold and silver coin .. 680,190 -_- - X 35,731,048 Dated the 19th day of February, X 35,731, 48 C. MA SHALL , Chief Cashier. 1857. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. Ibo Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Feb. 17, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Groat Britain : s. d. From thci British Possessions in America 39 34 Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 39 0 Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 42 7i Average of the above three descriptions 4l 1 BANKRUPTS. John Weston, manufacturing chemist, Mottram, Che. shire, to surrender, March 3 and 30. at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Man chester; Hewitt and Needham, Manchester. Edward Joseph Morris, spirit dealer, Malpas, Cheshire, March 3 and April 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Etches, Whitchurch ; Tyrer, Liverpool. Ann Oliver, grocer, Walkington, Yorkshire, March 4, and April 1, at tr'elve, at the Leeds District Court. Car rick, official assignee, Hull ; Robinson and Atkinson, Beverley and Hull. Henry William Collison, provision merchant, Bath, March 3, and April 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Gibbs, Bath. Thomas Hudson, ship broker, Liverpool, March 3 and April 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Case nove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Chilton, Liverpool. James Bassnett end Thomas Bassnett, opticians, Liver pool, March 4 and April 8, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Hiatt, Wellington ; Evans and Son, Liverpool. James Beech Hill, china dealer, Blackfriars-road, Surrey March 2, at twelve, and April 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Gluildhall-cham. hers ; Cordwell, College-hill, City. Henry Garnett, stationer, Dover, March 3, at half-past two, and 3 , at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street k Chidley, Basinghall • street. )Robert Lee, currier and leather cutter, Cromford, Derby, March 10 and 31, at half-past ten, at the Shire hall, Nottingham. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Smith, Derby ; Recce, Birmingham. Willliam Baker, clock maker, Birchall-street, Birming ham, March 5 and April 2, at half-past eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Bir mingham; Baldwin, Birmingham. Robert Rumney Charles and William Fordyce, paper manufacturers, Houghton, Northumberland, March 6, at eleven, and April 8, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Bell, Broderick, and 8011, Bow Churchyard; Head and Son, Hexham. James Cowan, cheesemonger, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, March 4, at eleven, and April 7, at twelve, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Watson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Harwood, Clement's-lane. James Basse and Solomon Linda, wine and spirit mer chants, Tower-hill, March 6, at one, and April 6, at half past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrence, Smith, and Faw don, Bread-street, Cheapside. John Chalcroft, builder, Paddington, March 6, at twelve, and April 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol. son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrence, Smith, and Fawdon, Bread-street, Cheapside. Peter Stefano, ship chandler, Wellclose-square, Mid dlesex, March 6, at one, and April 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Williamson, Hill, and Williamson, Great James-street, Bedford-row. Samuel Potter, livery-stable keeper, High-street, Mary. lebane, Feb. 27 and April 3, at twelve, at the Courl of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury May, Russell-square. Thomas Jones, bottle-merchant, New Broad-street, City, March 3, and 31., at two, at the Court of Bank. ruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Chidley, Basinghall. street. • James Truscott, commission agent, Austin Friars, March 3, at half-past eleven, and March 31 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy: Stansfeld, o ffi cial assignee; Wyatt, Vernlam-buildings, Gray's-inn. John Gillam, Devereux-court, Strand, and Wm. Henry Tayler, licensed victuallers, Poultry, March 4, at two, and April 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.. Graham, official assigaeo; King and George, King-street, Cheap side. _ _ Gaorga Henderson, apothecary, Stanhope-place, Re gent's•park, March 5 at half•past one, and April 4 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Chidley, Basinghall-street. Edward Baldwin, newspaper proprietor, Shoe-lane, March 5 at h.tlf-past eleven, and April 2 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Barker, Bowker, and Peaks, Gray's-inn square SCOTCH SEQITESTRATIONS. Donald Campbell, carter, Glasgow. John Robb, painter, Edinburgh. W. and T. Kerr, wrights, Glasgow. William Stewart, tacksman, Barnaline, Argyllshire, now deceased. George Cromer, malt liquor merchant, Glasgow. James Nicol, balker, Aberdeen. 0017111311 OF EXCHANGE.—Tars DAY. Am5terdam............ 11 16 Gibraltar .... . .. Ditto, three months .. 11 18% L eg h orn .• •• • .... ... • • 29 47 Rotterdam .• •• •• •• •• •• 11 18yy Genoa ..... ••••• •• •• • . 'A 75 Antwerp •• •• •• •• ••••• • 25 45 Milan •••••••• •• • • • ..• Brussels ....•......... 25 45 I yenice....... • ...... .. Ramburgh ............. 13 7% Naples . . . • • .... ••.• .. 431 i Altona .. —.• ... .. ...... , Palermo .... Paris.. Ditto, three months .. 25 67 % Lisbon .. bl% Marseilles . ...... •••• .. 25 673 Oporto .. • • .........• • • 5 1 Ti, Bourdeana Fi ankfort-on-llaine •• .. 119% Buenos Ayr Beriln ............ es•••• •• •• .• .... New York,6o days' might Vienna •• •• •• ••••• • • • • • 10 30 Philadelphia •• .• ..•• •• -Trieste." .. •• •• .... 10 32 FILIOES OF 3IILLION, MI os. Petersburg .• ........ 37% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 IT 9 Madrid .........., .... 49 Portugal Gold Coin .. 00 9 Cadiz •• • • ........ 49% 0 0 0 Ba ............ New Dollars ....•• . 0 5 1N Ba rcelona •. . Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 Silver in bars .. • ...._ ......... THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 19. —The Etna, a screw steamer of upwards of 2,200 tons, arrived here this morning after a passage of 39 hours from Liverpool to the Needles. This vessel is intended to open the new mail line to and from Australia, via Egypt, for which a contract has been made between her Majesty's Government andithe European and Australian Royal Mail Company. The Etna will sail hence for Malta and Alexandria, with the mails, on the 24th inst. ; and the Oneida, one of the screw steamers belongin g ca this company, will carry the Etna's mails from Suez to Tunde Alexandria, touching at Aden and Point de Gall e . T he next departure from Southampton under this company's contract will take place on the 12th of Ma rc h , and there after on the 12th of each month. Th e vessels intended r for this service between Suez and Aus tra li a ia h al ready sailed from Southampton di rect to Au stra lia,aveso(' will, take up their st a ti ons i n the foregoing arrangement, the sailings from Sydney homeward, via Egypt, being on the 11th of each Majesty's iron paddl ew h eel steam vessel Triton, oandeher machinery t horoughly month. Her in Woolwich b as i n , h as h la3untg a bodilers.co n m ew ple d te eck re s fi . t n , e h w av h i u n i g . rbeepeanired, suppliedand with n new fia . dleboxe s , &c., warks fore a n d a f t, shortly ready for re -commission . The steams h ip Oberon h as been thorouagnhdlywiollvebre. hauled, and her T engines and h boil ers p u t un d er re p a i r in Woolwich dockyard . The engineers' work is orde red to to be susp en d ed for the present, in order to permi t a complete survey of the vessel by the shipwright depart meat. She d get up steam yesterday morning, and teste d the effie . len . ey of the repairs in engines and plaohj'er7*— JOINT-STOCK BANKS. all )Australasia 18 Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London all , Bri. Col Bk.& Ln. Co a 6 IBritish N. American C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Ch 50 (City 25 iColonial ............. 20 Commercial of Lond. all Eng. Scot. &Aus.Cht. all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust. all Ditto New 20 London and County 53 ILud.&,E,Bnkng.Co r p 10 (London Joint Stock 20 ILonlandWestminst. 35 National Pro. of Eng. 10 New ............. 22 ;National Bank ...... all I New South Wales.... :a a 11 1 512 1. 116 DDo O utrsi to i tioon. . :t i Ali; e otoo n uNmrinil t ls a cae.o(wunf f B . B a a n n k t: .. Corp.... . 2n Provincial of Ireland Australia...... O.lm.Co. Australia... goo ili_leii4tyr IVlutual . ll I ' Y tII Bk. of Loud.. 10 96 93 id- 4p 59 - 61 ii d 68 70 18i -- 19 181 -- 18/1 47 49 37 —31 3 i d par 6 _ . 62 7 - 9 6 al as ISSESSIONS i - 1 p 2 j; 195 98 94 96 94 96 par p r• • '''" 1 - li p 113 -- 114 2i -- 2ip 214 -21 i 49 -- 51 81 -- 83 21i -- 21$ -- 1 p 25 -- 25} 21 - 3Ap 99 -- 100 418 -- 123 418 -- 123 108 110 191 201 211 22 Par 4 p - ip ••• -- w. 2 -- 2ip ig - 2: - 5i - I - 32i - 9i par 4 6i ;;; - - 4 6 - io : 30 8i -- 19i -- 37 -- 9 -- WI; -- 54i - i d 41 - 96 - 324 1121 131 5} 32} if 9 204 20 5 6 i i i i 181 19 181 18i 304 30 7 19 i 10 i I 29?! 30i 1 57 6.'r 7 92 14 3 78 9 71 70i AlB3 .08 7i 8k 2A 105 f 5 43i 43i 4 19 I i G 4. 12: - St. 6 St. 12: 11; St. St. St. St. 10 76} i i Do, 12j i 24 3 i 108?, 1 1103 i i IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.--(YESTERDAY.) THE SUPPLY OF GUANO. Lord POLWARTH gave notice that on Monday next he would move for any papers or correspondence relative Ito the cession of the islands of Ila,ski Giblen, and Obit ( ragonl by th e Imaum of Muscat. to ' her Majesty, and their erection into a Colony; and also to call the atten tion of the house to a licence granted on the 20th Feb., 1856, by the Commissioners of Emigration.to John Ord and others, giving them the sole and exclusive right to raise and take away guano from these islands during five years. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. The Marquis of CLANR ICARDE, in ; lengthened speech, called attention t o t h e evils arisi ng out of the double government of our Indian possessions, and con cluded by moving that the s y s t em under Which the go vernment of her Majesty's territories is administered in India is no longer suitable to the condition and prospects of that vast empire, or the development of its resources and the improvement and welfare of its inhabitants. The Duke of ARGYLL defended the existing system of Indian government, and asserted that discussions on Indian affairs ought to be taken on substantive propo sitions, and not on abstract resolutionr, such as that proposed by Lord Clanricarde, which were not calcu lated to produce any practical good. The motion was then withdrawn, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY.) SAVINGS BANKS DEFERRED ANNUITY TALES. Mr. W. MICHELL B asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Mr. Tidd Pratt bad certified the Savings Banks Deferred Annuity Tables. Sir G. LEWIS said that Mr. Tidd Pratt had nothing to do with these tables. They were prepared by the actuary to the savings' bank, and approved of by the Lords of the Tri!wary, who then published them in the London Gazette. THE BUDGET. Lord J. RUSSELL asked Mr. Disraeli if he intended to-morrow to propose his motion on going into coin. mittee, or as an amendment to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposition ? Mr. DISRLELI said that he should submit his mo tion on the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair. PERSIA. . Mr. GLADSTONE wished to know the date when the first instructions Were sent to the Indian Govern ment, under which the military expedition proceeded to Persia, and that the correspondence relative to the ex penses with the Indian Government should be laid on the table of the house. Mr. V. SMITH said that there would be no objec tion to produce the paper asked for, which would show it was the same as that that had been stated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. GLADSTONE—The date ? Mr. V. SMlTH—September 26. Mr. H. BAILLIE asked if it was not in July last, and that proceedings took place on them in India in August last I Air. V. SMITH said that provisional instructions were sent out to the Indian Government to make the necessary arrangements in the event of there being re quired ; but the final instructions were not sent out before the date he had named. COUNTY FRANCHISE. Mr. L. KING rose to move for leave to bring in a bill ,o make the franchise in counties in England and Wales ,he same as that in boroughs, by giving the right of voting to all occupiers of tenements of the annual value of ten pounds. He observed that this was a question which had been often before the house, and had fre quently elicited promises from the Government ; but; unfortunately, those promises bad never been realised for, though several bills had been brought in upon the subject, none of them had succeeded. The hon. gentleman proceeded to urge that the only way to treat this great question of the franchise was to make all classes of voters equal ; and not make any dfference between inhabitants of different localities. 14 was often found that in large provincial to wns, which were not directly represented, which had literary and scientific institutions, and the in habitants of which were every way calculated for the en joyment of the franchise, there were 71) Voters but the occupiers of 50/. a-year houses and in agricultur a l tow n s with few inhabit an t s an d of Coss cultivated class, 101. householders were entitled to votes. The case was stronger in some of the rural districts, where the occu pier of a house of 201. a-year bad no vote, while persons in towns who occupied houses of a much humbler class did possess the franchise. The hon. gentleman then proceeded to quote some statistical tables, by which hi showed that in 1841 the number of voters in counties and boroughs was only 1 in 18, but now, while the pro portion was the same in boroughs, the number in coun ties was reduced to lin 21. He then gave the number of voters in counties and boroughs as compared with the population and with the amount of property, pointing out that the proportion was greatly in favour of the leo. roughs. lie mentioned the case of an agricultural parish in his own county where there were only 60 voters, or 1 in 29 of the population ; but if the franchise were ex tended to 101. householders, the number would be ie. creased to 89. He pointed out that the county of Bucks was overrepresented, as compared with Lancashire, in the former there being 125,000 electors and Ilmembers, while in the latter there was a population of over two millions and only 23 members. He then urged that there had been no real objection made to this bill on for mer occa,zons. Certainly the noble lord the member for Loudon had said that it was well to keep up the differ ence in tenure of the right of voting which existed be tween counties and boroughs, but the noble lord had nevertheless, in one of the reform bills he bad recently introduced, proposed to extend the franchise in counties to 201. householders. He hoped that the Government would allow him to bring in his bill, which he brought forward with no party view, but as a simple matter of justice. Lord PALMERSTON hoped his hon, friend would not think that he was acting with discourtesy towards - him, if he stated that be was not disposed to concur in the introduction of the present bill. Independently of objections to the measure itself, looking to the business before the house for the present session, he thought there was little probability of such a bill passing in the present year, and he was of opinion that it was better not to enter on the consideration of a measure of great *magnitude and importance without a chance of passing it. He owned, moreover, that he could not agree with his hon. friend in the principle he had laid down of identifying the rights of voting in boroughs and coun ties. (Hear.) He concurred in an opinion expressed by his noble friend (Lord J. Russell), and which had been quoted by his hon. friend, that there had always been a distinction, and one which it was desirable to retain, be tween the right of voting in counties and boroughs. It was useless to disguise from oneself that there were cer tain classes of voters which represented diffezent classes of the community, and that the rights of voting were of opposite characters. But what would be the logical con sequence of following out the principle laid down by his hon. friend, and adopting the s ame r i g h t o f voting in counties and boroughs ? The logical consequence would be the sweeping away of all the boroughs ; for, if the right of voting in counties and boroughs was identical, on what ground would it be necessary to preserve the boundaries of boroughs ? and you would in fact go the length of dividing the country into electoral dis tricts. He (Lord Palmerston) objected to the principle itself of the bill, and also to the consequences which it would entail. In stating this, he begged his hon. friend to understand that he did not mean to express an opinion that no extension of the franchise in counties ought under any circumstances to be made. He should at all times be ready to consider measures of .a modified kind for the extension of the franchise in counties. His noble friend the member for London had laid down the principle that in counties the qualification should be the same as that which entitled a man to be a juryman, viz., the ow cupation of a house of the annual value of 201., and to that he (Lord Palmerston) did not object. His hon. friend, in introducing this measure, might have it said by many that he was seeking to introduce a bit by bit reform of the representation, and that the question ought so be de alt with by a g re at an d com p re h ens i v e measure . He ( L ord Palmerston) himself was not an advocate for great and there did exist a necessity for a gr eat comprehensive measures of reform of a th n i d s n k e in tn d p . re l h n en l e B i 3 ve l measure, in consequence of the manifest abuses which p i r d e v n a o i t l e n d o i: e o x u i r s t r e . T p r h e a s e systemn tat io nT of our re samecon s titution b things adgra. d d ually grown up to its present state, and he thought it wiser and safer, in dealing with questions of reform, to see your way a n dc learly, to take one step at a ti me—to takeu p a defect and meet i t by one measure, an d see whether it was efficient for the purpose ; but not to go beyond deal ing with that particular matter which you wished to set right. He hoped his hon. friend would not consider, be. cause he could not concur inthe intrordeinsscetnfisotaen of this bill , t e iv altogether lt system.ogether a that h: a was i one o of t h o se nlnwoh:r s r e e t p h His i n e objeation m w as to the particular measure which his hon. friend proposed, and also to the introduction of any such measure, which in the present session of Parliament, asuntdisifnaetthoeryprreesseunltt.staAtes of theepublicm ea a s u fi r a e i s r s , b could t l e b a s d h t o o u r g e would suffici en tl y occupy the advise th e h ouse not to assent') r to es t e h n e t woulds i e n s t s r i e o d n oio h ti e onof a bill which b e th ought was objectionable in its elf, and which, if it w as i ntroduced, therew aslittlechchance of passing this session. Mr. HEA.DLAM was one of those who always .sup ported the proposal of his hon. friend, and be bad lis tened to the speech of the noble lord, but he could not fin d i i n it with re. sufficient reason to induce him to alter his opi house, which there was g th a e rd st t a o t i e t. o ts th re e g b a ti rd si e n d es t s he b fi ef r o s r t eobtrection of t b li n e e bri n m n o u b s l t e lord aay that he scarcely recollected a session Thew l ith reference to the of that c o t u h n e t r y e : l e l s d i les-ibusiness before the principle of the bill, the ihu a distinction q ualificationbetweenkitnbgeto the history of our own con• borough voters. nob l eus e ar that the county franchise was lrdsaid the boroughs, originally a alore 4oB freehold was the original franchisee stittnion, it would as the . inasmuch b'eotion to the class of persons 11;abopeolP•ral one than that of as there ae.Ye J to the f ' 1 But w sought to admit r anchise—namely, 10 . it wa s whom counties 1 A quarter of a century ago holders i n b orough s were admitted to the fina le/. house all the objections to the danger of that coulee chise, and bad been found to be without any grounds - and sorely/ growl , householders in to the class of persons who were 104 householders in counties the same objection was less applicable._ Be thouln 'lit that it was d es i ra bl e that we shou ld avail our- selves of every opportunity which occurred of extenditg the franchise, and he believed there could be no proposal which contained lese of evil, or less:of danger, than that FOR ,IGN. 5i - i - 8t - 81 - - I 108 27i 51' 1 id 19 i pm 44 10 lip 35 i 68 i 991 i 834 3 543 554 I 12 4 5d 25} 12 i 98 i 4i i 32 474 41 40 50 50 50 15 100 100 100 all 100 all 100 101 all all all all all 100 54 all all all all all all 1100 all all all 100 4a 4 44 4 21 i 4i i 65 i x d