The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-07 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there was a fair demand for all descriptions, and prices were without any material change. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales, 1,500 for export and speculation. The Railway Share Market mani fested an active appearance, and a large business was transacted, at a slight improvement in prices. The Bank of England Return, completed to the week ending the 28th ult., is of a decidedly un favourable character, but the changes presented chiefly arise from the payments which bad to be made on the 4th of the month. These engagements have produced a material augmentation in the pri vate securities ; the public appear to have ob tained considerable advances, and placed them to their credit, in order to be prepared for the bills arriving at maturity on Wednesday. The alteration of the reserve of notes, although of an adverse nature, is not very important. As might have been naturally anticipated from the absence of gold arrivals, and the continuance of withdrawals for the Continent, the bullion has been reduced to a slight extent ; but as several vessels, including the Blackwall, are now overdue, an improvement in this department may soon take place. The revenue collections have been favourable, and the arrival of public deposits have already attained a very satisfactory total. The rest now stands at 3,719,8541., and a dividend of 4i per cent. is, therefore, anticipated. The next balance-sheet will not, probably, be more fa vourable than the present one, as the pressure for money continues exceedingly severe, and the influx o f the precious metals has been limited. The Principal items and the charges they present are as under :-- Active Circulation Decrease Bullion Decrease Rest £18,596,730 18,425 10,343,715 60,975 3719,854 , Increase Public Deposit s Increase Other Deposits Increase Seven-Day and other Bills 743,563 Increase • 17,203 Government Securities Increase Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed Decrease The official return of the exports of the precious metals from the port of London for the week end i4g Thursday last is as follows : Gold Coin Boulogne ... 5,080 Ozs. Silßars ver Coin In the discount market, to-day, the enquiry for accommodation is rather less active, and since the VI inst., when the bills not paid on the previous d ay were liquidated, the tendency has been rather inure favourable. It is not presumed, however, tha t much relief will be experienced during the nezt few weeks. Business in the English Stock Market has been ternarkably dull to-day, and from the commence zuent to the official close the fluctuation has scarcely • exceeded f per cent. The unfavourable Bank return Produced increased weakness, but the dealings, as usual on Saturday, have been very limited. Consol s have been 931 and 93,1 1 for money, and 931 and 93i to 94 for the account. The New Threes have been specially transferred at 93i Z. Ex chequer Bills are 3s. prem. The transactions in the Foreign Market have also been contracted, and prices are heavy. Turkish 6 per Cents, have been 971 to 97i, and the pre sent price is almost 961 to 97. The 4 per Cents. Were dealt in at 1011 to 1011. Spanish 3 per Cents. are firm at 41, Russian 4i per Cents at 98, and Portuguese 3 per Cents at 441 to 45. Peru vian 41 per Coats. were marked 781, and Me xican bonds 221. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Mexi. 18 Ca n, 22k ; Peruvian, 41 per Cents., 79 80 ; 20. ditto Three per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per 100 Cents., 441 451 ; R uss i an 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; d o . 10 d i per Cents., 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40i 1; 100 tl itto N ew D e f erre d , 24i ; Ditt o Certificates, E 6 i ; Ditto Passive, 5i 6. 20 downward tendency has been displayed in the 20 Ila 17 il way Share Market this morning, and a lower 20 4 _. ll ge of prices has been established for all the prin- St. pal lines. North-Western, South-Western, Mid- 1 2 g land, and South W a l es d ec li ne d s s. G reat Wes- 100 t ern,, Bright on, N ort h -Eastern (Berwick) and 20 J . -140r r - Easte rn Y or k 10s. L ancash i re and st. Yorkshire, and East Lancashire 155., and Great 100 Northern U. The French lines have been dull, as E ) also the Canadian Paris and Lyons rose ss. Grand 204 la rtink of Canada declined 10s and Sambre and •; 204 100 Met' Ss. too Briti s h, F ore i gn , an d C o l on i a l Mi n i ng Shares 100 ruled heavy. Wheal Buller realised 325, 100 North Wheal. Basset 321, and West Basset 35. 20 Joint Stock Bank Shares have beet' quiet. Colo- 20 anal Bank declined 55., Oriental, Bank 55., and E 'Union of Australia 10s. Commercial of London 20 20 a dvanced 10p., and Ottoman Bank ss. 20 In the Miscellaneous undertakings there is little 20 variation to report. Peninsular and Oriental e St ean , declined ss. London General Omnibus 10 om pan y, National Discount Company, and Crys- 20 tat Palace brought previous quotations. 5 -BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 'O'CLOCK. (from the Offiaal List.) Pt• De , ' Cent. R educed Annuities Shut :ktl•une done New Cent. (l onsole Annuities 934 V" . 3 per C en t. A nnu i t i es Loup Annuities, expir e stt. Jan. 1860... Shut Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 Shut Ditto 30 Yeats, expire sth April, 1885 Shut Consol s for Account .. 93/ tehequer Yl000 Ditt o Advertised 5 d PRICES OF FOREIGN F UNDS AT ONE O'CLOCF Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 224 Peruvian Bonds 41 per Cent Ditto Account 7Bl Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853 3 per Cent 45 4/ R ussian Bonds, 1822, St., 5 per Cent — Ditto, 44 per Cent. 9B B P"ith Bowls, 3 per Geut. D itto Account l‘tritieli Bonds, 6 per cent .• Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. D itto Account „ .ui weeds On me above okra" in l ' ° " 10. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money 934 Ditto for aeo ou / t —... We under- MB. COBDEN AND THE WEST RIDING. — stand that Mr. Cobden will not offer himself for re-elec- tlon for the West Riding at the forthcoming The London and for Railway Company are inviting tenders for wideni n 1 y g the rat wa between election. Willesden and Watford Grropeenwic h tors of the l Fair i s the now entirely in ppressed. Two o f prieand have given the p olice power to remove anything that 'alight be placed uon it. A letter from Berlin of the 4th states ') that . M. de Bloome, the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, had ar rived in that city to suppott Baron de Bale, in the negotiations respecting the duchies. The latter adds that it was consid ere d l i kely thst e questi on would be brought to a sati s f actory conclusionth. GEORGE HOLIIES IN SAFE ICEEPI the Wake field sessions, on Wednesday, George Ro wer , was een : ienced to six years' petal servitude, and his companion Jesse Smith, alias Holmes, to six months' imprisonment' It will be remembered that the sudden release of George Holmes from imprisonment, by the Rorne Secretary, a abort time ago, caused great dissatisfaction amongst the Magistrates of the West Riding, CHILD BURNT TO DEATH.--Yesterday a woman, named Chapman, living at 53, Cornwall -road, Lambeth, beard screams from a room in which she beta left her daughter, a little girl, and in which there was a fire. On ot running in she found th e c hild an d part of the furniture the room on fire. With the assistance of same other persons in the house she managed to subdue the flames, but the child was so injured that it died in a very few minutes. It is supposed that the child first set fire to its clothes, and then, by running about the room, to he furniture. 10 20 20 20 SHARE MARKETS—;This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. RAILWAYS. 50 13i St. 111 25 I al 25 a] Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) St. 100 Bristol & Exeter._ St. 100 Caledonian...—. -..- St. 100 Chester & Holyhead 50 all Cork and Bandon ' 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass 20 all Cornwall 10 all Ds. A. 10 8 Do. B . ... .. .. 50 45 Dubli n &B e lfaelJunc 25 all Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. St. 100 East Anglian ......... 20 all Eastern Counties St. 100 EasternUnion,A. stk St. 100 Do., do. 8............. 25 8i Do. New A. 25 17i East Kent . St. 100 East Lancashire ...... 20 all East Suffolk 10 4 Do. St . 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 0 all Ed inb. and Peebles._ St. 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dunder '0 all Forth and Clyde June. St. 110 Furness St. )0 Glasgow &S. Western ll Great N. of Scotland 0 Great Northern 0 Do., A. Stock ) Do., B. Stock ...... I Gt. th. &West.(lre. ) Great Western. ... _ Do. Str. V. R. gua. Si Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle. j I Do. , Thirds Do. New Thirds J Lancash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F. £l6 i Do., Wst. Riding Un I Do. Southport. ' London & Blackwall Lond. Bright. & S.Cst.; London & N. Western, 10 a] St. 1( St. 10 St. 101 St. ID St. 10( St. 10( 12 al 50 al] 161' 14 161 12 R. 11l 16 1 3 20 g 11i g St. 100 St. 100 Do. Fifths Do. Eighths London & S. Western; Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.diLincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's ! arrangement Do. Birming. dr Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. 3 Shares Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk... ........ Northn. Counties Un North British . ...... North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern - Berwick Do, do. Extension 'Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn., North Staffordshire North Western N. di S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton...., Portsmouth i ßhymney Scottish Central Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St Shropshire Union , Sitingbourne &Sheer South Devon ,South Eastern 'Do. 43 per c. Shares South Wa1e5........... S. Yorksh. RiverDunl 20 all 10 I all 12h 2, ,IOO' ?5I all i 5 I all it. , 100 0 1 .0 1 ft. 1100 ft. plOO 0 all 5 all 0 all ;t. 100 i 0 3} ;t. 100 t. 100 - it. 1100 3t. 'lOO - it. 100 !,5 INI 50 all 3t 100 100 0 ,31.1 !CI 17i !O all .0 all it. 100 ?CI 16 10 10 3t. 100 3t. 100 it. 100 WI 4 it. 100 0 all it. 100 15 all 5* 13 5 3 .. 164 3t. 100 3t. 100 15 22 !O all !Cs all !O all .0 all 5 all 5 all ?CI all 10 all .0 I all Do.. ............ Staines,Wok.,&Wok Stockton & Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18N5 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. Thames Hay. D. &R. Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall.. West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. It West London Do. First Class. ..... Do. Second Class._ Wmbledon &Croydon Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June —. Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh & Stour Valley .. Birkenhd. Lancsh & Cheshire Junct ...... Blackburn 37 8 6 6 83i 4 1244 6 1 I 1021 2 [094 9 05i 6 51 05 41 BRITISH PI 0 all Atlan. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 P.C. all Do. 10i Buffalo dx Lake Ilur. 100 Buff. Brat. dt Godch. 100 6p. clads., 1 Aug. ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 2s6d Central Oude (Lim.) lOs Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do all Demerara . 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all Do.4i p.c.Bnds. ' '57 all Do. do. do. '59, do. all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent ' 1 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada, all Do. 6p. c. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pare 4 Do. New. guar, 5 p.s all Gt. Westn. of Canada 8 Do. New all Do. Bds. payable '57 all Do. do., "76, P. '6O all Do. do., '73, do all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 4,1 P.C all Do. do., 5 per e. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Eaten, 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. ss. Oude (Limited) 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per C all Do FOR: all Antwrp &Rotterds.ro 14 Ardennes. all Belgian East. Junct. 16 Beziers to Graissessac all Carmeaux& Toulon& Coal Mines and Ry 12 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France all Do. New 2s. Euphrates Valley 18 Gt Central of France 17 Great Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Bale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. all Lyons and Geneva all Lyons & Mediterran all Maria Antelia all Do. New all Namur & Liege all Do. do. 6 p. o. Pref all Northern of France all NomegianTrnk. Pref all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 7 Reoife 4 San Fran., (Perham.) g. 7 p. c. 7i Rome and Frascati , all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish. ...... all Sambre a n d Meuse all Do. 5i per cent. pref all Southern of France all West Flanders all Do. s&.per c. Pref all W. &N. W. of France Western of Austria._ all West. of Switzerland all !Wiesbaden all I Do. 8 p. cent. prof. all Zealand . . JOINT-STO 0 I all )Australasia 18i Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London all Bri.Col Bk. & Ln. Co all British N. American 6 I C• Bk.of Ind.Au.StCli 50 City 25 IColonial .. 20 Commercial of Loud all Eng.Scot.dzAns.Cht all Lon. Ch. Bk. of Aust all Ditto New ..........•• 20 Loudon and County 50 LudAtE.Bnkng.C or p 10 London Joint Stock 20 ,Lond.andWestminst . :21 3 1520 5 0 1 N N OND t a eao t t l vt. o i i oomNnneaaawnli South BankP. . 13 r . of Eng. . a : n i Wales k ... .... .......... 25 Provincial of Ireland Australia . all D o . New 50 jUnity X I 11 ' AUs• B &G Im.Co. 1 al l l, l all !u n i on 2 Loudon .... 2 Do. ...of Australia... 10 lu n iz o 7 511 \;sir,_ dual Osrioie:it:al Bank Corp "wil Bk .-. . •••• Loud 41 - 4 81 - 9 (9 - 71 81 - 9 92 69 - 70 37 - 33, 1131 - 19 - 10' - 50 - 31 - 7i - 6 99 - 100 56 7 36i - rj - 95 - 96 83 - 85 124 - 126 110 - 112 68j - 69 64 - 66 74_ - 78 7i - 7; Si; 102 —10 z, d par - 108 - 110 , 1051 - 103 id par 104 1034/ 3ii 38 Eli 54 - 53 i• 4 : in 57 6 3 i 3 id 46 47 85j - 86 3t - 34, 3 - 2. 39i - 41) 62 - 63 96 - 100 4i 4i, 7 - 7 . 10A - 11 30 - 31 108 - 110 274 - 28, 50 - 52 2i -4( 18 - 19 75 - 76 85i - sad 4 3 d 12 14 41 43 20k = ii. "'"' ... ~ .--' •.. 'i IT -6 I SSESSIONS - 1 p 1 lip 196 93 96 98 95 97 par i p - •• - •p, 112 -- 114 23 -- 2ip 21i -- 22 51 7 - 62 211 -- 21 26 lb! -- 3 i2 . 99 -- 100 120 -- 125 120 -- 125 107 109 19 3 204 21 22 Par iP '1 = 2ii; 6 J - 6i li - li 3 -- 4 r, 5 1 53 331 —33 i 10 11 par 41 - 4ip 6 ii - 6pi ioi —31 i 8/ - 9.} 21 -21 i 38i - 39 9 - 9A 57k - 58 57 - 59 p i fi* 1 -1, 84 9 8i 9 10 32 3 par— 1 p BANKS. 9 9 - 101 53 -60 p is 69 70 is -- 18 18i -- 19 181 -- 19 ia . 65 39 4 ° i p ••• 60 62 7 - 9 11 - 9(1l 10 1 -- i j 8 (1 100 ,OI 11 100 09i 404 40 G2i 3 7 - 5 2 1 ..: 1121 13i 51i 2 82 21$ 5i 2 100 992 50 40 15i 16 TEE SUN, .LONDON, S'Avr URD..I EVEN Iz\ G, MARCH 7 1857, LAW OF LIBEL FOR NEWSPAPERS. Paid' RAILwAys. Leasing Companies Closing nines thla day. Business this day. was at Auckland the licences were sent to Mr. Greasly to be sealed, and handed to him for consideration. When the licence was handed to him Mr. Burgess's name was not on it. There was a blank in it for the name. He brought it to Durham in that state. He took it on the 27th of September in that state to Mr. Davison's office, Mr. Davison was secretary to the late bishop. He directed that gentl eman t o i nser t the Reverend George H ar t Bar ges's name in the licence as incumbent of Christchur c h, West Hartlepool; he was aware that the cemetery had been consecrated upon the petition of the vicar of Stan ton and Mr. Burgers. The name was inserted in his (Mr. Band's) presence. After it was inserted, he (Ur. Bland) signed. Cross-examined byMr. Hill—lt was on his responsibility that the document was signed. He was aware that tnere was an unseemly controversy at West Hartlepool. The Jud ge sa id h e wou ld not h ave any religious contro versy there. Re-examined by Mr. Atherton—ln using the term " un seemly"lie did not apply it to Mr. Barges. Mr. Jackson, a clerk in Mr. Davison's office, stated that he (witness) filled up Mr. Burges's name in the licence. The learned Judge then expressed his opinion that after journal, w. ho r , r .a insteadn Hill, d Q i on . .Cuw.,,hrtii which addressed hi e n n tghaat the explanation now given it was a great pity to go on with the case. n o o t note note o ants. He protested against the conduct of the plaintiff, would thet h e hjeditoran have e beenof o f r t h t h op e it: d bu e l h n ae d r: - 4dverttser, which . was admitted by him to be a respectable in the very next impression, and would have at once cor rected any mistake that the parties had fallen into, chose to bring this ac ti on aga i ns t t h e defendants. The, West Hartlepool commissioners were a public body, appointed by act of Parliament, and responsible to the ratepayers, and therefore a body whose proceedings were of interest to the public and properly reported by the press. This report, he observed, was objected to as libellous because , it was not a report in extenso. But he maintained that it was a fair condensation of the proceedings. Ho contended that the report having been sent to the de fendants by their reporter, and relating to public matters not only of interest to the town of Hartlepool, but to the whole diocese of Durham, they were justified in publishing it. He remarked that 60 years ago, in the case of Woodfall, the printer, Lord Mansfield had laid it down that the jury had not to decide with regard to the libel, but with regard to its publication. Since that decision, however, an act had been passed which left it to thejury to declare whether the publication was a libel or not. He alluded to the case of " Lord Lucan V. the Publishers of the Daily Nem," in which case the conduct of that nobleman had been severely reflected upon ; but the article having been published in the interest of the public, the jury gave a verdict for the defendants. The report in the Durham. Advertiser was a correct account of the proceedings, and published in good faith ; and therefore if the jury did give the plaintiff a verdict, let it be for the smallest coin in the realm. DAVISON V. DUNCAN-ONE .FARTHING DAIAGES. This case, which has attracted much pubic attention, came on for trial yesterday morning, before Mr. Justice Crompton, at the Northern Circuit, Durham. Mr. Atherton, Q.C., Mr. Manesty, and Mr. Udall were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Hugh Hill, Q.C., Mr. Over end, Q.C., Mr. Ferrer, and Mr. Unthank were for the defence. The plaintiff in this action was Joseph Davison, a soli citor in the city of Durham ; the defendants, W. Duncan and J. T. Duncan, proprietors and publishers of the Dur ham, County Advertiser. The action was brought to re cover damages—laid at I,ooDl.—for a libel. The defen dants pleaded first, not guilty; secondly, that the facts were true; and thirdly, that the statement complained of was a just and true report of what had taken place, and that they published it without malice. Mr. Atherton stated that the plaintiff, Mr. Davison, acted, previously to the resignation of the late Lord Bishop of Durham, as the secretary of that prelate. The libel of which Mr. Davison complained was contained in the number of the Durham Advertiser chted. the 10th of Octo her last, and the form in which the libel appeared was a professed report of the proceedings of a meeting alleged to have been held at Hartlepool by the commissioners of that place. Now, as one of the pleas of the defendants was that the injurious and calumnious statements contained in the report were true, it became necessary that he should explain how manifestly and egregiously untrue these state ments were. Mr. Atherton then entered into a history of the appointment of commissioners at West Hartlepool, under the Town Improvement Act of that town, and showed that by the 50th clause of the act the board was empowered to construct a cemetery for the use of the town, and by the 60th clause to appoint as chaplain of the same the minister for the time being of the district of Christ church in that town. The commissioners having deter mined to exercise the powers granted to them, a cemetery was constructed. It then became necessary to get a portion of the cemetery consecrated, and the first step was to petition the bishop to consecrate it. The petition was signed by the Bev. Mr. Ridley, vicar of Stranton : Rev. Mr. Borges, in cumbent ot Christchurch ; and affixed to it was the com mon seal of the commissioners. The petition was prepared and the consecration took place accordingly. But pre- Dr. vioumslya,ltboy, being on the 15th of December, 1 85 " i, the late Bishop, cons id era bly oppressed by infirmity, finding it difficult, if not impossible, to transact all the duties of so large a diocese, executed a commission giving power of performing the duties of the see to the Lord Bishop of Manchester, the Venerable Archdeacon Bland, and the Rev. Canon Douglas. The consecration being com pleted, it became necessary to appoint a chaplain, and Mr. Davison prepared the necessary document. He did not sup ply the name of the clergyman to be appointed, but sent the document with a blank space in the proper position to Arch deacon Bland. Some little time after the archdeacon came to the office of Mr. Davison, bringin g with' him the li cence, and directed that the R ev . John Hart Burges's name should be inserted in the blank space, he being the in cumbent of Christchurch, and the person pointed out in the act of Parliament. This being done, the archdea con put his signature to the document, and properly de scribing himself upon the face of the instrument as " com missary specially appointed." Now, in the libel complained of it was affirmed that the bishop confirmed the licence, that it was presented to him to be executed by Mr. Davi son under a false pretence, and accompanied by a deception practised upon the bishop, who, it was alleged, had been induced to execute it, not knowing that it was a licence in favour of the Rev. Mr. Burges. Of course as the bishop never saw the instrument, this report was egregiously and preposterously untrue. Mr. Atherton then read the fol lowing extract from a report of the proceedings at the meeting ot the Hartlepool commissioners, which was pub lished in the defendants newspaper : A document in conncteion with the Hartlepool Cemetery, which had been received by the clerk from Mr. Joseph Davi son' was put in and read. It prof esse d to be a licence from the bishop to the Rev. John Hart Burges, as chaplain to the cemetery, and reciting in the usual way, that " iu pursuance of a petition," drc. On the reading of the document several commissioners ex pressed their surprise at its contents. No petition had been presented either by the town or the commissioners. The Chairman said he thought it was a clumsy device on the part of Mr. Davison to get Mr. Barges into the office. The Rev. Mr. Ridley said he had received on Saturday last a communication from Mr. Barges, stating that he had re ceived a licence from the bishop, (tic. Being at a loss to un derstand what was meant by such a communication, he, as vicar of the part*, wrote to the bishop, and had received the reply, of which the following is the substance :—" The bishop desires it to be made known that a document, repre sented by Mr. Joseph Davison to bo a mere licence for the West Hartlepool Cemetery, was laid before him for his signa ture. No name was mentioned in the licence, and certainly not Mr. Barges's. If the name of Mr. Burges had appeared in the document, the bishop would have refused to sign it." 1 Commissioner remarked that it appeared that the whole of the proceeding had been a fraud upon the bishop as well as upon the public on behalf of Mr Burgos. The Rev. Mr. Ridley said it was a great scandal upon Mr. Davison. After some further discussion, a resolution was agreed to, and a copy ordered to be sent to the bishop, to the effect that the commissioners did not admit the necessity for any such document. Mr. Atherton, having read the foregoing extracts, re marked how very grave an imputation this report cast upon the conduct of Mr. Davison. It amounted to this, that Mr. Davison, the professional secretary of an aged and infirm prelate, whom he had served faithfully for so many year s, had imposed upon him a gross fraud for the purpose of serving the purpose of his friend Mr. Burges. In explanation of the letter of Mr. Maltby, the bishop's son, Mr. Atherton contended that both the father and the son had clearly been mistaken. Ho urged that when the proprietors of the Durham. Advertiser received the accoun t r of this meeting from a reporter, they should have deferred its publication for at least a week, when they might have ascertained its truth, and in the sa me num b er i n which appeared the bane might also have appeared the antidote. The defendants, however, published this report on the 10th of the month, the meeting occurring only three days before. A question might be raised, why did not Mr. Davison summon the reporter, or the person who uttered the words complained of, but supposing Mr. Davison had brought his action against the latter, he would have been involved in far nicer points than were involved in the celebrated plea to which he should presently refer. Mr. Davison lodged his complaint so early as the 29th of October, but it was not till the 2d of December that the defendants put their plea upon the record, and it was this—that the injurious and calumnious statements were true in very fact. Now, the defendants had either inquired into the truth of the allegations made in the report, or they had not. They bad either found that the allegations were unfounded, in which case the malig nancy of the libel w as k nown to them, and they put forward and deliberat e ly d e f en d e d these false and injurious state ments; or else, without taking the trouble to inquire, they recklessly, with the means of knowledge before them, shut their eyes to the truth, and, whether the accusations were true or untrue, they at haphazard put down, recorded, and insisted on them as true in substance and in fact. The learn ed ,counsel animadverted upon the conduct of the defend ants in not apologising as soon as possible after they had ascertained the falsity of the allegations. They had pleaded that it was a fair report, and that it was done with out malice ; but Mr. Davison had reason to believe that it was not published without malice. It was a question whe ther it was permissible in point of law to give even a con character t be press cor rect report of wh a t t oo k pl ace a t a mee ting of the Hartle.opr Improvement nd valuable se defame rvi services the of undoubtedly were i n thi s f ree country, h e h a d very con siderable doubt wheth er i t was to b o perm itt e d or en dured that the p u bli s h ers of journals like the Durham, Ad vertiser should give th e publicity which t h e i r c i rcu l at i on afforded to the defamation of character, to libel and slander, quite without foundation, and in many cases uttered with express malignity. It was true, in some in stances, that defamation by some parties was rather a compliment than otherwise. But when it got into a coun try journallike the Durham Advertiser, and thence into the London papers, if the person calumniated was in a public poaition,the character of the defamer was perhaps unknown and in such a case the calumny of one man was just as fatal as the malice of another. The friends of the person calumniated could not take the trouble to ascertain the truth of the charges, an d th e offence was rendered a hun irtevreaoauinldwhiatbvei n b i e t e e n o i r f ig t i h n e al de li f m am it l i a s. - d ti r o e n d b t a i d m b e s e e g i e a a l t l r w t o h d a t n o The Court of Queen's Bench had decided that the plea of justification was a bad plea, and this was likely to become one of the causes celebres, owing to the plea which had been pronounced bad. The conductors of the public press generally, who were anxious to sanction their own impu nity, and perhaps also looked upon the existing law as un favourable to the public, had taken up this case of the Durham. Advertiser, and the question had been discussed and commented upon. Mr. Atherton then remarked that there were several inaccuracies in this report of the meet ing of the Hartlepool Commissioners, and he dwelt espe cially upon the fact that the reporter had omitted either to give the document itself, which he said was laid be fore the commissioners, and that ho bad not even stated that it was signed by Archdeacon Bland, as the commissary of the bishop. The suppression of this fact proved, he contended, that the report was as unfair as the Court of Queen's Bench had decided the plea was wrong. The following evidence was produced for the plaintiff's case The learned judge then summed up, stating his opinion that the expressions made use of at the meeting clearly contained libellous matter. Reporters and newspaper proprietors were private individuals performing very use ful and important functions, but if they circulated slanders they must be held responsible, as other private individuals were. The jury retired for a short time, and at two o'clock re turned with a verdict for the plaintiff —ono farthing da mages. ARKET NEWS.—(This ay.) COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of fruit and vegetables were only moderate, and the trade generally ruled steady, as follows : Pineapples, peril). 6s Od to lOs Colonial do., ea. Os Od to Os Od Grapes, per 1b... l 2s Od to 20s Foreign do Os Od to Os Od Melons, each 3B Od to 5s Od Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to 8s Od Nectarines, do. 2s Od to 8s Od Apples, p. h. sv. 6s Od to 8s Od Pears, per d0z....8s to lOs Orange; per 100. 3s 6d to 9 Lemons, p. doz. Os 9d to 2s Oc Apri cots, p. doz. 2s Od to 6s Oc Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Oc VEGE 'Filberts, per 1b.....1s to is 4d Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 140 s to s Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od Walnuts, per 100 Gd to is Od Figs, per 'doz Is to 3s Od Strawberries, per • pottle Od to Od Gooseberries, per half sieve ...Ms Od to Os Od Currants, p. do. Os 01 to Os Od Plums, per do. 2s at to tis Od Green gages, do. 4s Od to 7s Od Raspberries, p. potl. Od to Od 'ABLE!". Greens, p. doz. bun. 3s to 3a6d Cabbages, per doz. is to is 9d Savoy do., p. do. is Od to 2s Od Cauliflowers, do. ?sOd to 5s Odl Brocoli, p. bun, is 0,1 to is Potatoes, per ton 60s to 130, New do., per do Osto ()- Peas, per quart ...9d to is Od Turnips, per bunch 2d to 6,1 Carrots, per bunch 5d to 7d Cucumbers, each 2s to 4s Od Garlic, per lb .....6d to Os tzd Sorrel, per sieve Od to O. Spinach, p. Od to 2s 64 Brussels sprouts, per half do 2s Od to 3s Od Onions, p. bush 2s 6d to 4a 9d New do., per bunch 4d to 6d French beans, per 100 2s 6d to 4s Od Leeks, per d 0......... 2d to 4d Shallots, per lb. 6d to 83 Rorseraddish, p. bun. 2s to 5s Parsley, per (10. 3d to 4d Celery, per do Os 9d to is 61 Beet, per doz. is 01 to 2s Od Parsnips, per do. is Od to Os Small salad, p. pun. 21 to 3d Mushrooms, p. ptl.2Bolto2s 3d Artichokes, each ...4d to 8d Lettuces, per score 91 to is 31 Endive, per score ls 6d to 3s Radishes, per bunch 21 to 3d Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to 6s 01 Walnuts per 100...0s 81 to is Chillies, per 1001 s Od to is 6d Capsicums, per 1001 s 01 to 2s Rhubarb, p. bun. 91 to is 6d Asparagus, per 100 6s 01 to 9s Sea kail, per pun. Os 01 to Os Turnip greens, per bush NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to 10s Od ; Geese, 5s Od to 8s 01 each ; Ducks, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2101 each ; wild do., 10d to is 2d ; Pigeons, 10(1 to is 3d each ' • large Surrey Fowls, Gs to 12 s ; b arn -d oor d o., 3 s 6d to 5s Gd ; Chick ens, 5s Od to 9s Od per couple ; Capons, Os Od to Os ; Hares, 2s 6d to 386 d ; Grouse, 2s 3a to 3s Oil each ; Pheasants, 3s to 4s 6d ; Partridges, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Woodcocks, 3s Od to 3s 6(1 ; Snipes, is Gd to is 9d; Teal, is Gd to is 9d; Wild Ducks, is 91 to 2s Od ; Widgeons, 15 to is ad ; Plovers, is 6d to Is9d each ; Guinea Fowls, is 9d t o 3 s ; R oas ti ng p i gs, 6s Od to lOs Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to • s Od ; English do., 15s Od to 18s Od per dozen lbs. ; English eggs, 9s to lOs ; French do., 7s 6d to 8s per 120; Leverets, 2s (id to 3s Od each. NEWPORT. Boef, from 38 4d to 4s 6,1 ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10(1; ♦cal, 4s Od to 58 01; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per Blbs., by the car case. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 101; veal, 4s 0 Ito 5s Od ; pork, 34 8d to 5s per Blbs., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, ls 01 to I2s ; Brills, 2s Oil to 7s each ; Salmon, is 9d to 23 6d per lb ; Cod Fish, is 61 to 7s each ; Soles, 4d to 23 6d per pair ; Trout, Is 01 to Os per lb ; Lobsters, 2s to 42 6d; Crabs, 6d to 3s Od ; Whitings, 3s Od to 7s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 12s to 16s ; Natives, 50s to —s per bsh. ; Mackerel, 608 to —s per 100; Smelts, is Od to 3s 6d per doz. ; Skato, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; B'oaters, 5s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 4s to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, 5s Od to Os Od pel bushel ; Doreys, is Od to 7s each ; Haddocks, 4s to 10s per doz. ; Pike, 6d Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 7s Od to Os; Mullets, 6d to is 6d each ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut, I'd per lb ; Flounders, is 6d to 2s Od per doz. ; salt fish, Od per lb ; Eels, 8d to Is. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Sid to 9d; of household ditto, 7d to 8d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 54d to 41; Glib to 721 b, !Sid to 5 d ; 721 b to 801 b, Sid to Gd ; 801 b to BSlb, Cd to 6 d ; 881 b to 961 b, Gad to 7d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 7d to 74(1; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides, 103 thl to Os Od ; Caif skins, light, 3s 01 to 5s Od ; ditto full, Os Gd to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, lOs thl to 12s Od ; Bents, Ss rid to lOs; Half-breds, Ss 61 to lOs 0 i ; Downs, Gs 6d to 8s Od ; Shearlings, Is 4d to Is 5,1 ; Lart.bs, Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 41 Os ; clover do., 3l lOs to 51 03; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 8s per load. A full average supply and a sluggish demand. CUMEERLAND• —Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 4s ; clover do., 3/ Vs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 93 per load, Supply tolerably good and trade steady. %VHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 03 ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 8s per load. Trade dull, et late rates. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, March 7.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; moderate breeze and cloudy weather. FALMOUTH, March 6. —Wind W. N. W. —Arrived —Ma tilda, from Rio Janeiro ; M. W. Babbage, Vera Croz. DARTMOUTH, March 6.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Cla rendon (s.s.), for the Cape of Good Hope and India. TORBAY, March 6.—Sailed—Berlin, for New York. BONOHURCH, 1.W., March 6. —Off the port—Annan dale, from Mauritius, for Bremen. SwerrsrcA, March 6.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Bella Donna, from Coquimbo; Mary, Riva da Sella. Sailed...-. FI iends, for Malta. CARDIFF, March s.—Two steamers came in collision in Penarth Roads to-day, and one of them sunk. CHRISTIANSAND, Feb. 23. -- rhe Constance, from Stock holm, for England, which was towed up here previous to the 30th after being on shore to th e eas t war d o f th i s place on the Nov.,2th Nov., has been discharged and surveyed, and found to be so much injured that she was abandoned, and will be sold. The publication of the paper was admitted. Mr. W. W. Brunton, clerk to the West Hartlepool Com missioners, stated that be attended a meeting of that board on the 7th Oct. Produced a copy of Mr. Burges's licence. Believe _l that the document was read by the chairman at the meeting. It was dated the 27th September and was a licencl from the Bishop, signed by Archdeacon Bland, empowering Mr. Burges to inter bodies in the consecrated portion of the New Cemetery. Cross-examined by Mr. Hill—lt was read by the chair man, Mr. R. Ward Jackson. Several commissioners, whose names he gave, were present. Mr. Jackson, after reading the document, said it is with the bishop's seal specially at tested. After it was read several of the commissioners ex pressed their surprise and astonishment. Several of the commissioners asked of witness if he bad made an applica tion for the licence, and he replied to them, " No petition had either been sent by the commissioners or the town." Several of them said that they could not understand the necessity for such a document, as the burial ground had already been consecrated. The chairman said that Mr. Ridley, the vicar of Stranton, was the proper person to inter Mr. bodDavi i s e o s n , andto that give . rt. the Borges licen a c status. lays L 1 C11:17. sy Ridley, devi c e t the vicar of the parish, remarked that be (Mr. Ridley) had written to the bishop, and that he had received an answer from the bishop that Mr. Davison's document had been laid before him by that gentleman, but that Mr. Burger's name was not in it. If it bad been he would not have signed it. The letter to him, lie saiii, was signed by the Rev. Canon Maltby. One of the commissioners said it was a fraud.P Another that it was a scandal upon the Church. Mr. Ridley replied he did not see that. It was a scandal upon Mr. Jos. Davison, the late bishop's secretary. The commissioners repudiated the document. The commis sioners are elected by the owners of property in the town. The meetings are held fortnightly. For the last year and a half they have been attended by the reporters, and the proceedings reported. Mr. Peel, the next witness, produced a petition for con secrating the cemetery at West Hartlepool. It was siassed by the Revs. Ridley and Burges, and was sealed by the commissioners. The Bishop of Manchester consecrated the ground. The Rev. Mr. Buries produced the original licence to him under the seal hop, a b p is p h o o in p ied an .,l ds t ig w ne a t il l s ' ig ` n G e e d or o g n e was then called, an d proved that he h r sary. He w as at Bishop Auckland in tßhal A reas S n2a e dc7 p ph't amnf b wtm e : r ndei , spßsc w taoel when the licence, with others, was handed to hire by the bishop's steward, Mr. Greasly. When he (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday, 9.30 a.m. Wind W. fine. Arrived—Jura, steamer, from Liverpool ; Rapid, Sun derland ; Pearl, Cardiff; Charlotte and Undine, Wood bridge; Water Nymph, Sunderland. Sailed—Elizabeth, for Cardiff; Barkley, Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind W.N.W. Arrived—Syria, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Ti tania, Taragona. Sailed—Ennerdale, for Pernambuco; Africa (a), N ew York; Circassian (a), Newfoundland. QUEENSTOWN, March 5. Wind S.W. Arrived—Detroit, from Callao. • (BY SUBMARINE AND BRIT] S iITELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.16 a.m. Wind W.N.W. ; four hours' flood • fi ne. Arrived, the 6th—Meteor, from Table Bay; Earl Mul grave, Nassau ; May Flower, Demerara; Cybelle, Bar bie° ; Vizeano, Ilavannah; Invanhoe, Calcutta; Adelaide, Odessa. - Arrived, the 7th—Harries, from Dunkirk ; Ocean, Dun kizk ; Albatross, Rotterdam ; J. K. L., Singapore. DEAL, Saturday, 9.30 a.m. Wind N.W., moderate. Passed the Downs on the sth—Floke, from Shields, for Vonedag. _ ' Passed— Blackfriars, from Madras, for London; Land scape, Ibrail, London ; King John, Llanelly, London ; Dorothy, Taganrog, Neptune, Australia, Dundee. Anchored—Susan, from London, for Rouen ; Alicia, Shields, New York ; Lelia, London, St. Thomas. The committee appointed by the House of Lords to consider what improvements might be made in the print ing of the minutes of the house, amongst other things, recommend that the divisions be taken and printed in the same way as those of the House of Commons. The wreck of the Northern Belle in foggy weather is a very dangerous obstacle to navigation. A few days ago a ship had a narrow escape by striking it, It is understood to be in contemplation by mutual arrangements between the South Western Railway and the Steam Packet Company, to land passengers from Jersey and Havre free of all dock charges, gratrilP tr.-4b s SUN OFFP IE, Six o'ol,ock TI:E BALTIC. HAMBURG, March s.—The Hamburg and New York mail-steamer Borussia arrived in the Elbe yesterday morning from New York, after a run of 16 days and 9 hours, and averaging 9i knots the hour throughout her trip. She brought a general cargo and 54 passengers, and will leave again on the 16th inst. for the same place. The shipping trade has been very brisk during the last few days, and a great number of ships from various parts have entered the port. 100 ißuckghamsh Clydesdale Jc. all Col. Stour Vy. 100 E. Lin. g. 6 p.€ all E. Un. H. Sh. 100 IGlas. Barr. dr, Neils. Direet. 100 Do. Now all i Glstr.&Dn.Fr all Hull dg Selby all Do. Shares all Do. Shares all Lon. & Greenw all Do. Preference 100 Lon. Til., dtS 54 iDo. Bark. Sh, all jManch.Bxton. and Matlock .00 Mdld. Bradfd. 5j Newmarket all N Bu iL ry E E si G .i s p p e c.. all Do. 6 per ct.. all Do. Fixed sp.c all Prest. di Wyre all Do. i Shrs. A 100 Roystn. & Hit. all Shrews.& Her all S. Staffordsh.. all WearVal.gGpc all Do.. .00 !WiltsdzSornrst St. 1100 25 25 50 25 11, Ln. &N. W. Caledon E. U. & E. C Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian., !Do Rt. Westn. Y. & N.M Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do Ln. &N. W. 6c Micild. Midland... E. Count Do IL.di/S. W Do I Gt. Northn T. Brassey . M. MClean Stk. dr Dar I ~,Do IGl.Westn. PREFER 25 all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd. at 501. St. 100 Brie. &Ex. 4 p.c. St 20 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares. it. 100 Caledn. £lO 4h p. c St. 100 Ches. & Ho. 5 p, c St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent... 6./ all Cork &Bandonsip.c, 6 all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. 10 2E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. St. 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c all Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l 6 all Do. No. 2 10 all Do. New 6 pr. c. St. 20 all East Un., G. 6p. e. 5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent. 10 all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. St. all Do. do. 4 per cent... St. ,00 East Lane ash. 6 p.cts. 5 all E.&W. York. J. sths, 10 5 Edin.d; Gl. 5 p.c. Sh St. 100 Ed. Prth. &Dun. 4p. c. St 100 Furnerss, sp. c St. 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c St. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c 6t. 100 Do. 5 P. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. gt. 100 Do. 4i per cent . )0 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. [0 all Gt.N.ofScot.lst Pre It. 100 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) !O 15 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. i 0 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc ;t. 100 Do. con. rod. 4i p.c 1. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p. c. t. 100 Do. irred. 4 percent, t. 100 Do sp. c. red. pref. S all Do. Birm. Pref. Sb.. all Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S. ) all Do. do. sp. c. d 0.... t. 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. all Do. Chesil. Gua. Sb. Si all Do. do. do I . all Do. do. do. 100 Lan. (Si York. 6 pc. St. 100 Lon.&B.G. 5 pc.No.l 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., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 p. et . 100 Lon. &S.W. 7 perct late 3d Shares all Londy.& Color. all Londy.&Ennis. Sh. 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 4i Do. do. do. £6 100 Do. do. 3f per cant. all Marypt. Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 44 per cent 10? Do. do. 100 Wid.Consol.6 p.c. St 100 Do.Con.Br.Bir.6 p.c 100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St 100 Do. L. &11. Pref. St all New.,Aber., &c., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c. pm 8 Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct all Norfk.Deb.4 p.c. Sh. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 100 Do. 5i p.c. pf., 1847 100 D0.Wv.V.5p.c.,1847 100 North British 3i Do. 71. Preference 100 N. E. Berw. 4p.c. Pr Si Do. do. do - 13 Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 1 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848.. 1 10 Do. York H.& S. Pura all North Staffordshire 100 Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. 100 Do 6p. c. 2d guar all Scot. Cent. New Pref , 100 Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St ! 100 Do. c10.3i p.c. pf. St all South Devon all Do. fixed 46 pr cent all S. Eastern (Reading Anu.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 De. 46 per cent all Do. Fixed 43 p.c. Sh 100 S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c 100 Do. do. 4i p. c all S.Yorksh. 4p. c. Guar all Stock. &Dar., 5 p c 15 Do. do. do. all Stock. dr Hare. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 all Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH 2/ 12 Alfred Cons. (Philk. :0 14 British Iron .. 20 ;Conduraw (Cambrn 0 1 ,Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay , .. 14s 'Great South Tolgus , .. 10/ 3 I G rt. W. Al frd. (Philk , .. 7 IGrt.W. Vor (Helstn , Bslid Lady Bertha .. 7i N. Frances (Mogan) • N.W.Basset (Mogan; ~ 6/ 15 , North Wheal Crofty 1.. 1A Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) 9 i Porkellis U. (Wend.) Gs. Sort. Cons. Min. Co 2i S . Caradon (St. Cleer 2 S. Cam Brea (Illogn. 19 S.W.' Frances(lllogn. 4i Tam. S. &L. Min. Co D 9 Tin Croft 40 lUD. Mines (Gwennap 1286 V. of Towey (Camar.) 14 jW. Basset (Illogan).. 20 IW. Caradon (Liskrd.) 56 Wh. Basset (Mogan) 1 , 5 IWh. Buller (Rdruth). 5i IWh. Edward(Calstck) 117 s WI). Kitty (U. Llant) 8 WI). Ma. Ann (Menht. 4# Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) FOREIGN 7 Australian 27 Brazilianlmp.(issuee at £5 pm) all Do. Comes tic CuiadD 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper 16 Copiapo all IFohuna all !General all Linares I .s i ILusitanian a]l' Mariquita all New Granada , all Noveau Mondo , all Pont. Sil.Ldlld. Smlt 1 Port Philip 15i Santiago de Cuba all south Australian all Do. Scrip all Do. 10 p. c. Prof. all United Mexican MISCEL. 19 Australian Agricult. all Australn. Royal Mail all Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land 32i Canada 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 100 Do, 6p. c.Feb.&Aug. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar. &SePt all Copper Min. of Eng. all Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent. all Crystal Palace ' all Do. Preference all Crystal Pal, of France Duston Iron Ore 18 Eastern Steam 100 Electric Telegraph all Electric Tel. of Irel. all En. &Aust.Cop.SreCo i l 10s. Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel.! all Gen. Ir.Sc, 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 5 London Discount all Loud, Gen. Omnibus) 10 Magdalena St. Navig, all Mediteran. Elec, Tel. all Mexican &S. Americni 5 Nat. Discount C o I 5 Do. New 5 Netherlands Land..,, all Do. Do. all Do.B p c. Pf. iss. at 1 d 1 Do. Do, 80 New B. &N. S. LaZd, 100 N, S. W. Gov.s p.c.D.I all N. B. Australasian... 17i Nrth.ofEuropoSteam' all Oriental Gas . ....... ss. Do. New Shares all IPeelßr. Ld. & Minrl. all iPeninsular & Oriental ) 10 I Do. New all Rbymney Iron all Do. New 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest all Do. New 100 S. Ans. Gov. 6p. c.bds al South Austral. Land all Submarine Tel. Scrip' all Do. Registered 5 Trust&Ln. Co. U.Can 281 Van Diemon's Laud WO - V. Go.6p.cJan. tt July 93 - 95 98 - 102 11 - 13 134 - 137 3 - 4i iii - 109 124 - 13 23 - 24 107 - 109 - P 24 - 2i 90 - 92 - P 55 - 57 1 131 - 1:34 8 - 9 9 - 911 32 - 88 - OE SHARES. 92 - 6 -6, • . • ...-. -. • - 75 - fi 1116 - 10 - 112 .02 - 104 64 - 68 10 - 10, 95 - 96 84 -- 100 -- 102 10 -- 10. 16i -- 17' 10 -- 10 73 -- 71' 19 -- 20 9 -- 10 14 -- 15 L 35 -- 137 [37 - 140 .15 - 118 '--- . -57 - 159 -- . 65 -- 68 8 L 34 - 136 98 - 99 88 - E 9 1i LOi 90 - 92 14- 14 1 - ''-' ... LO - 111 [l4 - 118 [O5 - 110 65 - 70 17i - lig 23,E - 24 100 - 101 91 - 10 27i - 28? - 4 = MINES. 22i - 23 - 74 155 - 165 145 - 455 14 - 15 9i - 10 5' - 6 - 1 18 - 20 32 .- 34 6 - 7 23 - 24 8 - 9 14 -1/ 330 - 350 7 - 8 34 0 - 360 - 14 - 220 - 24( - 1 35 - 36 16 0 - 170 280 -30 420 - 340 19 - 21 46 - 48 23 - 25 oi 7-165 1110 - 115 -- iP 12i --13 MINES. i - li li - 2 3 - lq 19 - 21 d p 59 61 12 Ft I id 71 id -- 1 ::: 7 -= "ii 7= - ii = ii ,ANEOUS. - 25 - 54 - 45 - 153 - 40 - 28 - 5 - 21 ....... ••• - 93, - .• la ...... ••• - - 4i - 3i par li 4 4a iP - t - li -- 24 26 P 8 - 111 - 37 - 1 -- 1 - 16 = to. ODESSA. A letter from Odessa of 23d Feb. informs us that the announced Russian Steam Navigation Company had as yet given no sign of life. Their agent, Capt. Arkas, had endeavoured to purchase some steamers in France, but could find none fit for his pur pose. He subsequently went to England, where he purchased eight steam-boat=, which are daily expected at Odessa. Trade is so dull in th a t town that several merchant captains had discharged their crews and laid up their ships, seeing no chance of procuring a freight. The port had been frozen for 10 days, and was not clear of ice until the 18th Feb. The English steam-frigate, which brought the English Commi ss i oners f or s ettli ng th e boun daries, had sailed. The Danube being frozen, the Commissioners could not proceed from Varna to Galatz, and were forced to go round by Odessa. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsTraDA.L) The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following private bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed :—Cork Consumers' Gas ; Liverpool Docks Committee and Birkenhead Decks ; and Swansea Docks. The Norfolk Railway bill was withdrawn. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. In answer to a question from Sir S. NOBTHOOTE, Sir G. GREY said there would be no objection offered by the Goveinment to going into committee on the In dustrial Schools Bill to-night pro forma, in order that it might be reprinted with the amendments of the promoter. THE BURIAL ACTS. Sir DE LACY EVANS asked if it was the intention of Government to introduce a bill to amend the Burial Acts ; and if so, whether there would be any objection on the part of Government that a clause similar to clause 8 of the Burial Act for Ireland, passed in the year 1853., be introduced therein, securing certain sacred rights to bury in family vaults in existing cemeteries ? Mr. MASSEY said that the Government bad had the subject under consideration, but that i n th e present state of affairs it was not likely they woul I introduce a bill. He was unable then to state what would be the particular provisions of that measure. WEST LONDON UNION. Lord C. HAMILTON asked the President of the Poor Law Board whether the deficient accommodation for the casual poor in the West London Union had been officially brought under his notice `I Mr. BOUVERIE said that, having seen a statement in the public journals with reference to this union, he had caused inquiries to be made into the subject. He found that in the Union Workhouse there was a room for casual poor, but that when it became full, those who could not be received in the workhouse casual ward were sent to a place in the neighbourhood of King's-cross, which afforded the worst possible, shelter. It was no better than a stabl with a division in it for men and women, who were s- a p. plied with a rug and 6 oz. of bread. Means bad i jeen taken for remedying that state of things. THE LIGHT DUES. Mr. J. EWART asked the Vice-President, o f th e Board of Trade whether it was intended to wake any, and what, further reduction in the light dues levied by the three general lighthouse boards, under tine Merchant Shipping Act, 18541 Mi. I:OWE said that in 1854 the light dues for Eng land, Ireland, and Scotland were consolidated and placed under the control of the Board of Trade. Since that time they had taken off dues to the amount of 100,0001., and had erected 21 lighthouses, and were now negotiating the erection of 13 more.• Without in cumbering the funds the Board of Trade were making arrangements for reducing the dues 50,0001. more. (Hear, hear.) AMEER ALI MOORAD KHAN. Sir F. KELLY asked the President of the Board of Control whether, in the case of the petition presented to her Majesty the Queen by his Highness AR Moored Khan, on the 13th November last, and by her Ma jesty referred to the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India,, any decision had been come to by the Board; and if so, on whatground the communication of that decision was withdrawn from the petitioner, who was now in London awaiting such decision Mr. V. SMITH - said that a communication was not made to Aweer Ali Moorad Khan, because it was thought he had left the country. The G , tvernment afterwards found be wal in this country, and they had now com municated the decision to him. PERSIA. On the motion of the adjournment of the ho . use, Mr. LAYARD renewed his question with reference to the production of the papers relative to Persia. Mr. Y. SMITH repeated his answer given above. Mr. GLADSTONE said that he was not satisfied with the answer. If they were not to discuss the ques tion till the assembling of the new Parliament the war would be over, and all interest in the question at an end. After some remarks from Mr. WHITESIDE, the subject dropped. THE RESOLUTE. In reply to some remark from Mr. EVELYN relative to the conduct of the Admiralty in reference to the Arctic vessel Resolute, in stripping and dismantl ng her, Sir C. WOOD said that on the arrival of that ship into this country every attention was paid to Captain Hartstein and his crew—(hear, hear)—and be offered on the part of the Government to send them back to America in a Government frigate, but which be politely declined accepting. What had been done to the Resolute had not- been done discourteously to the American Government, but with a view to her preser vation. The same was done to the most valuable ships in our navy when they were not required for active service. GUANO. Mr. SCOTT called the attention cf the Government to the necessity of taking n.ea,ures to obtain guano from the Arabian Islands, on terms more moderate than those lately concfuded by the Government, provided pro tection be afforded to those engaged in its exportation, and to secure its importation !ram those ilatids to this country. lie complained that the supply, of guano was most unsatisfactory, the trade being a monopoly in a few bands. The. Government had obtained a cession of these islands from the Imaum of Muscat, which they leased to mer chants and created a monopoly, instead of securing them for the advantage of the British agriculturists. That was an abuse of the prerogative of the Crown, and showed the negligence of the Government to the agri cultural interest. Mr. LABOUCHERE said he was able to add but little to his previous answers to similar questions. The Government had followed the conduct of Lord Derby's Government with reference to guano islands on the coast of Australia, when they gave a licence to private persons for six years, only banding them down to import 500,000 tons per year into this cquotry. H e had endeavoured to impress on Messrs. Ord and Co, the necessity of supplying guano at a small cost, and they had consented to throw open the trade on a royalty of 1/. per ton. The president of the Royal Agri cultural Society and Mr. Caird had expressed their sa tisfaction at that arrangement, as being advanta geous to the British agriculturists. The atten tion of the Government had been called to facilitat ing the supply of guano, and Lord Clarendon had re quested the Admiralty to give instructions to masters of vessels to give all the information they could on procur ing supplies of guano. The subject then dropped. WRECKS AND CASUALTIES. Mr. HENLEY called attention to the returns of wrecks and casualties, lately presented to Parliament, and asked the Vice-President of the Board of Trade if he had any objection to have a return prepared, showing the number of vessels entered inwards in the years 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, and 1856 ; distinguishing the foreign and coasting trades, and foreign and British ships employed in each respectively, showing the total number of Bri tish and foreign vessels, and the total number of wrecks and casualties in each year, and the percentage of British and foreign vessels wrecked, or to which casualties have happened in each year. Mr. LOWE said the Government were unable to give such a return for the past. The fault had been seen and instructions had been given to rectify that evil for the future. Mr. CARDWELL expressed his s a ti s f act i on at the return, which showed a decrease i n th e l oss of life since the alterations made by Parliament through the Board of Trade. POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND. Lord NAAS called the attention of the botve to the proposed improved postal communication with Ireland. Mr. H. HERBERT said that the greatest possible dissatisfaction prevailed in Ireland with reference to this subject, and pressed the Government to show that they had done all that was possible to effect this desir able object. Colonel FRENCH also complained of the present communication. Mr. WILSON explained the circum s t ances of the case with ref erence to the subject, and s a id th at con tinued negoti at i ons were goin on t eff the objeef desired. The c l rnmercial popu g lation o of Ireland had no doubt cause to complain of what appeared to be delay on the part of the Government, but it arose from th e G overnment being unable to act on , _ presided the 'eviden ce committeegiven before a P ar liamentary rsny over by Lard Naas. T co mpanies had stat e d their desire to ve t evenhro et on ye railway to the Government, but that they wouldt the basis of Captain Huish's evidence as e the period of transit. They wanted it a longer period, and there lay th e diffi" yl a because if facility 50 50 50 25 12h 25 10 i 1.0.6 i 4i i 1 3 4 par x d 111 10} 95 91 i 32i 46 x d rBIJIT. time could not be gained .so as to make a double trap, in 24 hours the public wouiol gain rothing. fitter some remarks from Gliontl DUNNE, The subject dropped. in Sir - - CHINA. F. Y ked te ent they . tended to con KELL tinue to as act on h the ,Govern o:nua m if nce relative to carryirg the British flag in tbe China wata7s ? lie con tended the ordinance was illo.:31 Lord PALAIERSTON said the question was re. opening that which bad constituted so long a debate on China. There was no intention at present to diecon. tinue acting on the ordinanee referred to. The subj, , ct then dropped. The adjournment• was then aor,ed to. EAST INDIA AND CHINA. On the motion of Lord tiorrtAm an address was agreed to for copies of any memorials received by Viscount Pal merston in 1847 and 1848 Jr nil the E . t , t India and China Association of Liverpool, together with the answers re. ceived thereto. WAYS AND MEANS. On the question that the Speaker do leave the chair, and that the house resolve itself into a committee of ways and means, Mr. DISRAELI said—l understand from what passed yesterday that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would to. day make a statement as to the course the Government propose to take with regard to financial matters ; but after I left the house I find that the right hon. gentleman made the statement which I anticipated to have heard from him to-day. I shall therefore take this opp-r -tunity fairly and succinctly to state to the house the coarse which we on this side were prepared to take with respect to financial measures in ordinary circumstances, and how far that course must be modified under the ex traordinary circumstances which we have now to encoun ter. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in introducing to the house his financial proposition, stated that there was a very large increase in the income derived both from direct and indirect taxes, and he entered into a compari son of the relative amounts which accrued from those two sources. I think the right hon. gentleman stated very ac curately that the direct taxes had produced 21,000,0001., and the indirect taxes something more than 39,000,0001.; but he omitted one item of no mean importance, and that was the local taxation of the county. I need not remind hoe, gentlemen of the large amount of that leash taxation, nor how materially it alters the ha'ance which the Chan cellor of the Exchequer struck in his financial state meat. We have no wish, sir, to distur b in any way the balance which exists between direct and indirect taxa tion. Our opposition to the income tax has never been founded upon the fact that it is a direct tax, but upon the circumstance that it is a direct tax of the most invidious and intolerable character. It was our view generally, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer origi nally brought forwarelhhose propositions which in a more mortified form we ar ow about to con,ider, that with wise financial arrangements, perfectly sound in principle and legitimate in practice, and with a well-considered reduction of our expenditure —a reduction regarded only with respect to the efficiency of the public service, and with no other consideration—a reduction which we should have recommended, 'whatever might be the state of the Exchequer, whether exuberant or ex hausted—it would have been possible to make adequate financial provision for the year without any material addition, if any, to the taxation of the country. We were ready, indeed, notwithstanding those opinions, to consider the propositions of the Government in a spirit which would rather have erred in perhaps unne cessarily favouring the Exchequer than in attempting to offer obstacles to the policy which Ministers origi nally recommended. Therefore, so far as the income tax was concerned, we were prepared to give every possible assistrence to the Government consistent with maintain ing Vile spirit of the settlement of 1853. I would even call it V.ie compact of 1853, and I am rather surprised that a ve , , : y high authority upon financial subjects in this house --the right hon. gentleman the member for Portsmouth —should have derided the idea of a compact. (Sir F. Baring—No.) On referring to an excellent speech which the right hon. bare made in 1853, I find he then laid it down in very strong and nervous language that the set tlement of that year was a compact of ouch a character that when 1860 arrived he should be surprised to see any Minister bold enough to continue the income tax. (Hear, hear.) With regard, then, to that portion of the financial scheme which assumed the form of direct taxation, we wished to consider it in the most liberal and conciliatory spirit, and, provided we could have obtained from the Government a virtual pledge that the compact of 1853 would be fulfilled, we should have supported the general policy recommended in that re spect. It was with that view that I gave notice of a resolution which, while it would not have injured the Exchequer at the present moment, would have secured that in 1860 the income tax woold not be higher than sd, in the pound. Such was our policy with regard to direct taxes Let me now state the course we intended to pur sue with respect to the indirect taxes proposed by the Chancy lfor of the Exchequer. The most important of these indirect taxes which the Chancellor of the Exche quer proposed to deal with was the tea duty. It was our lot, Sir, to propose originally that the house should consider the question of the tea duty. It was our opinion that we could not deal with e tax of more importance, or one which had a greater influence upon the commerce of the country and the general prosperity of the people. Great opposition was offered to the consideration of that question, • Many persons of very high au thority were of Opinion ,that the (ereeriment was me wbwh ought not to be made. We are informed that the quantity of the article on which we proposed to operate was limited, and that the only consequences of our legis lation would be, the supply not being proportionately increased, to injure the revenue without benefiti ng t h e • consumers. Nevertheless, taking the most sedulous means to obtain the very beat information on the sub. ject—and here I may offer cur thanks to a gentleman whose name was frequently mentioned in the recent de bates, Sir G. Bonham, f or the assistance h e gave us— we believed that the views to which I have referred were erroneous—that the quantity of the article was, if I may use the epithet, illimitable, and that if we operated boldly upon the tea duties we should greatly etimulate commerce, very much advance our manufactures, and, itioee all, confer a great benefit upon th© body of the people. We had not the honour of carrying that mea sure. It was, fortunately for the country, carried by our successers, and I ask the house whether all the be nefits anticipated from that great change hare not been ful y realised 7 (Hear.) There has been no change in our fiscal laws which has operated more beneficially to the ,great body of the people. It has been proved that the quantity of the article required is really illimite able. •l'he immense increase in the amount of our im portations proves that, and every anticipation of benefit to commerce, to manufactures, and to the community generally has been perfectly realised. With these views, Sir, and not believing that a great increase of taxation was necessary, and being prepared to make great sacri fices with respect to increased local taxation, believing, too, that when the war ceased the tea duties ought to fall to the particular amount which they would have touched bad not the war occurred, it was our intention to resist any change in the settlement of 1853 with re gard to the tea dinies. I cannot say that anything that has occurred since has at all shaken our - general views upon that subject. 1 donut want to introduce invidiou,ly into this discussien any consideration with respect to the affairs of China, but I may perhaps be allowed to observe that, if you increase the tea duties instead of diminishing them at a time when the supply of the article is less, and likely to continue to be so, the consequence must be most injurious to the consumer. (Hear.) Let the house ob serve, however, that we are not now in the position in which we were when the financial propositions of the Government were offered to us. Nay, sir, I find the po sition in which we are placed is very different from what it was when the noble viscount annourred to us yester day that it was the intention of her Majesty's Ministers to appeal to the country. I understood that then the noble viscount, believing that the decision of this house on Tuesday night was an erroneous one, had made up his mind to appeal to the people to say whether they would sanction that decision. What was'our position at that moment t The House of Commons had censured the conduct of the agents of her Majesty's Government in China, which conduct had been sanctioned by her Majesty's Ministers; and the noble viscount accepting our resolution as a censure upon his Government, wished to appeal to the country, in order to ascertain whether it approves or condemns our proceedings, But, after I had addressed the house , the nobl e vi scount, to my great surprise, informed us that her Majesty's Mi nisters have superseded the agents whose conduct we had censured. I cannot, Sir, understand the consis tency of that proceeding .on the part of her Majesty's Ministers. It places this house in a very peculiar poei tion. If the noble viscount had not cha lenged the j tice of our censure I could understand the course he has taken ; but to appeal to the people to say whether they sanction our decision, having in the meantime superseded the persons upon whom our sentence was pronounced appears to me extremely inconsistent. Hear ) But what is the actual position in which th e h on finds itself placed 1 The noble viscount up on the question of war, says he utterly contemns the ()inion of the ex- Howie of Commons, and appeals to the opinion isting o in f a m f a u y t . o r e ß li o o w u , s e of Com Sir, can Commons, w hich ish a ich fu t to n r t e to as House of war —the subject of Commons on a subject quite that of respect to the affair inassemble with the noble viscount? If a taxation, chin aas is 1 i t m f o p ° t o r : p our opini onno influencewith that the solemn opinion of ,this hou ld se nj u is to assemble a-nue contemned of war is not to in fl uence his conduct, an p d on be a future House of Commons, 'er announces the appealssnb j subject i May, I can- • not see how be can ask the condemned house t o l evy new imposts upon t he people. If the fu ture Reuse o f C ommon s is, beceisbioountdwibtyh thedin to the anticipati on of the n o bl e v i scoun t, re spect to China, how can to w r e ev e a x e c r p c s o e e r ct o i n t g r to d &Aloe of a moribund house with the respect to con-ider to tax a ti on ? I think it would be well for house t t a xes under circumstances which depri ve whether at the pres ent moment a e ca nno t d o better than vote new e onstitutionel eenee, ri , n d er it impossible l fr east us in a us of all autho rit y , and which, if Oct in a legal, at to deal wish the prop erty of our cenettluents. What world be the Conte queues ? Tier new house o is to to meet in 3lay W e can hare the budget in A Webave ofte n had the buOget in May. In 1848 the budget was brought forward in August. On a question so important as that tf direct' or indirect taxation, involving considerations of so various and so momentous a character, it would be much better that the new house should be left to decide, unaided by the judgment of a house which has been deprived of all autho rity, and which constitutionally has no right any longer to deal with the property of the peopl e What power has this House of Commons to pass laws that the people . of England shall pay taxes for a year hence, when our authority was - virtually destroyed the moment that the ,IGN. 82} sii 47 6 86 5i 4i i 10 10 50 100 St. St. 10 25 15 20 100 S t. 1 20