The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-26 00:00:00

MONEY DIARRET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed heavily, at previous price.. The sales were 6,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken for export. The Railway Share Market was steady, and subsequently closed at its best point. The shipbuilding firm whose difficulties we ad verted to yesterday, is that of Messrs. R.. J. Brown and Co., of Sunderland and London. Although the subject has been freely discussed during the last two days, we abstained from publishing the /lame, as negotiations were in active progess to made such arrangements as would avert a stoppage. These negotiations have failed, and it is feared that the consequences will be serious, especially in the north, where the utmost excitement prevails owing to the prospect of other firms being also involved. 'inc liabilities are about 200,0001. or 240,000/., and the assets will probably realise 10s. in the pound, but some affirm that 14s. 9d. in tho pound may be secured. The assets consist of timber and shipping, both of which, in the present state of the market, would realise low prices. At Sunderland much alarm has been occasioned, and the negotia tion of paper is rendered almost impossible. Mr. Brown was connected, in an official capacity, with the Australian Auxiliary Steam Clipper Company, and was a large shipowner. The catastrophe has excited general regret, and his friends deserve much praise for the exertions they have made to extricate him from his difficulties. The affairs of the London and Eastern Banking Corporation appear from the proceedings which took place yesterday to be in a much more unfavourable situation than was generally sup posed. The liabilities are 397,7341., while the assets are computed at 413,4501. If this sum is realised a return of about 31. per share out of 501. per share subscribed may take place, but it must bo remembered that the amounts set down in such case; are very seldom realised. The statements Made by Mr. Coleman, the accountant, sh ow that there has been gross mismanagement of the funds placed at the disposal of the Directors, who, instead of applying them to the legitimate purposes of Bank ing, have most recklessly involved the shareholders in serious losses, by making advances to themselves and others, which render them liable to serious charges. The mere fact of advancing a sum equal to the capital subscribed to Colonel Waugh, (i the Bracksea Castle and the Beddington estates, i n a enough to excite unqualified condemnation, but the loans made to other members of the board Without adequate security fully prove how utterly unworthy they were of the trust reposed in them. It was finally agreed that the Oriental Bank, the Agra Bank, and the North - Western Bank of India should send out 104,0001. the next day to meet acceptances falling due ! and to hold.over all other bills against the Batik, on receiving a commission of 21 per cent. and the 9urrent rate of interest for all advanced, the share holders. giving their individual promissory notes for the remainder of the 501. per share to which they are liable. At the meeting of the Ottoman Bank , held this day, the re p or t was read and adopted, and a pay- Ment of 15s. per share (being equal to 10 per cent. ' per annum on the called-up capital to the 31st Zeeember last) is to be made each r e g istered share holder ou his signing the deed of settlement, which Will leave a balance of 12,7291. 19s. to be catried to the credit of the current year's account. Mr. A. H. Layard, M.P. the chairman, i n an eloquent speech, said that four l branches had been successfully established in Turkey, and at Constan tinople, where they met the greatest resistance. The Greeks and Armenians, w h o were the great bankers out there were now c ounted amongst their Customers. Mr. Fa"lconet, recommended by the house of Baring Brothers would be of the greatest ser vice to the Bank, looki n g at the great esteem in Which that gentleman was held abroad. He con sidered the National Bank of Turkey would bene fit,. instead of being any prejudice to the Ottoman Bank, for it, would do the first thing needful of macing the currency on a so und basis. The chair an's s peech was received with applause, and the report with the dividend of 15s. per share, or 10 per cent. per annum, was agreed to unanimously. A further sum of 50,0001. was sent from the Bank yesterday for the Continent. The money market is still very active, at full rates. No alteration in the terms of interest and discount was made by the Directors at their weekly Court to-day. In English Securities more firmness is visible, and several purchases of stock for the May account are reported. There is still very little disposition to deal however. The market, though firmer, is in active. Consols have been 93k and 93i 1 for money, while for account they have been 931 4. March Exchequer Bills are par to 4s. prem.,and d the June ditto ls. discount to 4s. prem. Indi Stock is 2231. Foreign Stocks are equally dull. Turkish 6 p er Cents, are 9 8 to 98k ; Sardinian 5 per Cents. , 901 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45k, and Dutch 2i per Cents., 65i ; Mexican Stock is heavy at 23. The following are the nominal p rices of Foreign Stocks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Mexi mn, 22# 31 • Peruvian 4k per Ce nts., 77 9 ; do. 3 per Cents '55 7 ; Portuguese 3 p er Cents., 441 51 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; do. 4k per Cents., 97 9 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. , 411 ; ditto De ferred, 25 ; ditto Certificates, 6g g ; ditto Passive, 5i 6.. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :-1856.18b7. Great Western £25,115 £24,230 North-Western South-Western B Brighton Midland Beath-Eastern Great Northern 1,614 21,016 Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 5,338 5,472 Chester and Holyhead East Lancashire 5,798 5,577 Lancaster and Carlisle Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 8,863 8,605 North Stafford Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh 3,706 3,355 Stockton and Darlington Belfast and Ballymena 'Ulster 1,358 t 10 , 2 7 Edinburgh and Glasgow Scottish North-Eastern Grand Truck of Canada Great Western of Canada. A moderate business has been transacted in the Railway Share Market, and prices in most instances have slightly advanced. Caledo nian, Eastern Counties, Great Northern, and North Western, improved ss. Lanca shire and Yorkshire, Midland, North British, North-Eastern (Berwick), and South-Eastern 10s. to 15s. Great Western and Brighton realised fully former quotations. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings prices have also shown an improve ment. East Indian advanced 10s., Grand Trunk of Canada 1/. 10s., and Paris and Lyons about ss. In Mining shares there is no change of import ance in prices to report. Wheal Trelawny brought 25. Brazilian Imperial 11 f, and United Mexi can 37 f . In. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares a fair business has been transacted at about previ ous rates, Oriental Bank declined 10s. and Union of London 103. Australian Agricultural shares re ceded 1/., and Electric Telegraph 10s. Canada Land improved 11. ----- BRITISH FUNDS ISIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC (Rom the ailicsal List.) orlon= ID done 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities O3l ii New 24 per Cent. Annuities ..... . 76i 223 i India Stock .... ................................. India Bonds, £lOOO ......... ...‘ . 15 5 d Ditto, under £ lOOO Consols for Account 93R A E xc h eq uer Bills, 21d. . •• .. March. £l000 £soopar 4 p .........par 4 p June. 1. d 4 1. d 4 4 1 d St. 50 St. St. 20 20 10 St. 20 10 20 10 20i 100 100 .00 20 20 20 LOO 20 20 20i 20' 10 20 5 20 Small ....._ ..........................3 4 p par PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE OTI40:;ic Equador New Consolidated llB Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account ....... Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 -- Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent. 451 Sardinian Bolas, 5 per Cent. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. nit fun 6 12 Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto Account oft Idends on the above ~ ayabie in London. Dutch Exchange, 2,1 per Cpni . ., 12 Guilders G5l TWO O'CT OC'E Consols, money 93a Ditto for account . 93g A CHIEF JUSTICE " BRAWLING " IN THE CHURCH. The two learned judges now presiding in the cou r t s a t Warwick Assizes, atte nded St. Mary's Church of the ancient town on Sunday morning last. The Rev. Albert Boudier, the assistant minister, read the service, and in the course thereof commenced to read . the prayer usually offered during the sitting of Parliament,• doubtless un aware that Parliament bad been dissolved the previous evening. Lord Campbell, who was cognisant of the fact of the dissolution, created some excitement by ex claiming, " No, no, there is no Parliament !" upon which the rev. gentleman desisted from putting up an useless supplication. WO too 100 all all all fii 171 2 100 all Nottng. Bost. & This*. June.... ... Belfast It ,Ballyraena Btrmng. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey......... Bi r kenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Junct. ..... Black burn ............ Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... Bristol dr Exeter...... Caledonian-- ........ Chester dr Holyhead Cork and Bandon—. Cork, Black. & Pass. 'Cornwall ............... A.............. Do. B ....... ..••• Dublin&Belfast•Tunc ... Dun. P. &A.ber. June. East Anglian „..... Eastern Counties—. FAsterntrnion,A. stk. Do., do. 8.. ...... Do. New A East Kent . East Lancashire East Suffolk ..... Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.&Dunde e Forth and ClydeJunc. Furness....... !Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern .••••• Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.are.) Great Westorn. • ••• • Do. Str.V.R. gua.St South-Eas;:ern. Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds ..• Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F. £l6 Do., Wst. Riding Un Do. Southport London & Blackwell Lond.Bright&S.C st. London & N. Western De. Fifths Do. Eighths London ix S.Wastern Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shet&Lin cln. Me . J. L. Ricardo'solitan --- Do . arrangement . ..... Midland ...... D o . Birming. & Derby Midl a nd G.West.ar.) Do. Shares ......... Newcastle &Carlisle.. N ovr pt.Aberg.&firfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warren Point ROStrOVOT Norfolk. . • Northn. Gounties Un North British N or th Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension •.• IDo do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York ............. . North London...— N. & S. Wstu., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western...— N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton.... Portsmouth ,•. •Rhymney Scottish Central ... Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St Shropshire Union Sitingbourne &Sheer South Devon 'South Eastern...— Do. 4} per c. Shares South Wales S. Yorksh. RivarDnn 100 all 100 all 100 100 all all 141 all 100 100 all 100 33 1 ,100 itoo all IC3 all, 100 161 IC3 100 Do Staines,Wok.,&Wok I Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18% Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. Thames Hay. D. &R. Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek West Cornwall.. West End of London and Crybtal Do. A Do. B West London ... Do. First Class Do. Second Class..; Wmbledou &Croydon MAIIKETS—jhis Day.) RAILWAYS. Closirl Prices yestenia.Y. Business done this day. ( * Cid' RAILWAYS. BRITISH P 1 all 10 100 100 2sqd lOs all all all all Atlan. and St. Law. Bombay, Biroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. Do. Buffalo & Lake Hut Buff. ' Brat& Godch. 6 p.e.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, 74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A share: Do. B. do. Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian .......... . Do. C Shares D 0.44 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. G ee long & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c Do. Nev.v guar. 5 p.c Gt. Westn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, do. Do. do.; '73, without option .... . .......... M a d ra s, guar. 4i p.c. Do. do., 5 per e. Do. 4i p. .Exten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.e. Do. 4th Ex., do. Omle (Limited) • Scinde, guar. 5 per C. Do ...................... FOR: Antwrp &Rotterdam Ardennes. ........... IBelgian East. Junet Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux&Touloum Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish F le ra y n; l Eastern of France Do. New G G E t,: l .e , P a C h t e ra it te u r x al s e :o fa b l ourg Italian Junction ....le Lake Const. & Liorre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp.e.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. Maria Antnia Do. New Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of Franca NorwegianTruk. Pref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Reeife & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Mouse Do. 5i per cent. pref Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 per c. Pref W.& N.W. of France Western of Austria_ We3t. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 p. cent. prof. r,ealand all all all a all , JOINT-STOI - ll — Atraa lasia lsi Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London ! all Bri.Col, Bk.diLn. Co all Britisb N. American 8 C.Bk.of Ind.Au&Ch 50 City 25 Colonial . ............. 20 Commercial of Loud. all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cht. all Lon. Ch. Bk. of Aust. all Ditto Nov 20 London and County 53 Lnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond.anclWestrainst. 35 National Pro. of Eng. 10 Do. New ............... 22 A National Bank ...... all - 'New South Wales .... 13 a2 1 1125 1 1,.1 14:3 0 RDu r ion..ie(nne.olw Provincial Bank Corp. all Do. New ..... 15 Ottoman Bank ...... f . ................ B f . A Sz us G t a.tl:a.C 0..... all South Aust • lia. 1.... Union of u; g;: ... Ou Unity Mutual . . ** 50 Yfestrp, 8k,0114 ......... . 46 3 3C / i i i ma 83 122 i 105 681 1411 2} li 1081 1044 82 i i 3 851 sa NORTHAI"IPTON RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELE9RAPII.) CIIP STAKES. Atnati Companion S;x ran. ALTHORP PARK STAKES. Eurydice Happy Land Seven ran. LATEST BETTING. EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 5 to 2 apt Vaulter (taken) 5 to 1 agst Hospitality (taken freely) Nothing else hacked. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7 to 2 apt Vedette (400 to 100 taken) 7to 1 bar one (offered) 1000 to 100 agst Kent (Okenl METROPOLITAN. Bto 1 on the Field Offered) 10 to 1 agst Fishqrwan (100 to 9 taken) CHgSTER CUP. . 10 to 1 agst St. Giles (taken creel)) 1000 to 30 agst Dulcamara 1000 to 15 agst Sir Colin (offered) 1500 to 30 agst Gemma di Vergy (taken) DERBY. 20 to I . agst Skirmisher 20 to 1 agst Rent (offered) REPORT OF THE RUSSIAN MEDICAL DEPARTMEff T. A copy of a report on the organisation of the Russian medical department and the sanitary state of their Cri mean hospitals wise laid before the House of Commons on the motion of Mr. Stafford. The report, which is suffi ciently-interesting, is drawn up by Dr. Mouatt and Mr. Wyatt. They divide their - subject-matter into four heads—], the organisation of the medical department generally ; 2, the surgery of the war; 3, medical history and the sanitary condition of the hospitals and camps ; and 4, the prevailing diseases in . the Russieii army, as well as those of the native population or 'ratters. These are again subdivided. The medicrl department includes two classes of stu dents-1, those c iticeted at the expense of the state, and 2, those educated at their own expense at the various Universities. The right of the first class to serve in the army is compulsory (for a period) ; every medical officer may retire on half-pay after 25 years' service, and on full pay after 30 years' service i;To each regiment, which con sists of fcur battalions of 1,000 men each, is attached a medical staff of one surgeor-msjor and three surgeons of battal one," which latter term appli• e to every junior medical officer who first joins a regiment ; but, if attach- ed to an hospital instead of a regiment, his primary ap pellation would be Ordinatcar de l'Hopital. His pay will be 250 silver roubles, or 8001. a year, with service and forage, The next step is that of surgeon of a regiment, or Ordinateur superriclr, the nay of which is 346 roubles, or 1,3601. a yeae. The third grade is that of a doctor of a division, or of a regiment of Guards, or chief officer of a smog bospitel, or aide to a chief officer of a larger hospital. In this case -the rank is that of lieutenant colonel or colonel with 505 roubles salary, and 176 table-money. Then come the superior grades of doct )r of a corps (555 rouble 3 salary); doctor-in-chief of a corps of the Guard ; and, lastly, di rector of the medical department of the army, or general staff-doctor of an army, or member of council of the is ili tery medical deps.rtment of the empire. The last rank is that of major-general or general, and the pay 725 roubles and 300 table-money. Oue advantage of the Russian system is this—that if the state of the service precludes the pro motion of a medieel office: from want of vacanoies, his prospects as to pay and retireinent still progressively advance by the provision for increase of pay after every five years' succe :sive service, and also increase of relative army rank for any special merit displayed ; and as there is no inducement for prolonged ser vice, old and effete officers give place to young and efficient successors. In every regiment there is a dispenser, who holds the rank of a non-commissioned officer, and in every general hospi"l is an anothecary. Then there are the dresser., or " felchers,' who are young lads taught what the French term la petite chirurgerie, their duties being analogous to those of the medical subordinates attached to European regiments in India. The cooking for the hospi tals appeared excellent, and well conducted by regularly attached cooks. •There were found five different scales of diet. The bread sup plied WP9 white and of fine quality, but the sick, from habit, often preferred no black. The soup contained 11b. of meat per man, and plenty of cabbage and other vege tables; it was thickened with meal, and found a very ex cellent and palatable pottage. Tea was largely consumed by all classes. Each sick soldier costs the Government some 25 kopecks, or 1.9., per diem. An officer belong ing to the Russian " Intend'alce" reside 3 in all large towns where troops are stationed, and purchases all things requisite for imspital and regimental require ments, supplying them to the c3lonel on requisition ; animals and vehicles for the use of the sick and wounded are libeially given by the nation, and the ambulance arrangements appear to be very efficient. Tne female nurs-s are highly spoken of; they are ail 1 Wks, called " Sisters of Mercy," generally widows of officers. From what the authors of the report saw of these valuable women, they are 1 d to the con clusion, irresistibly, that female nursing, re a general rule, can only be succcsefully practised from either the predominance of strong feelings of devotion or affec _ Lion. The fail diet for hospi , 3l conval -,cents was 21b. of black bread, llb. of meat ilb. of barley for gruel, litre ( quart ) of kwase, meat; of brandy, and salt; the low diet (B 2) includel 141 b. of white bread, V). of meat, — db. of barley, a litre of white wine, and salt. Ttie daily 'rations for "duty" men cf the Russian army include 11b. of black bread, 11b. of meat, litre of kwass (a fermented beverage), a 4 litre of tour cabbage, a litre of barley, 22 grains of salt, a lof a grain of horse-radish, a of a litre of vinegar, and 4of a grain of pepper. The brave defenders of Sebastopol appear to have enjoyed the advantages of the very best modern surgery. Among 80,000 wounded, 10,000 capital operations were pel:ormed (including 3,000 am putation:). Union or healing by the first inten tion is never attempted . by the Russian surgeons, on account of the impossibility of obtaining so de sirable a result in crowded hospitals ; when it is attempted pp:mule abscess, and pblegmonous in flammation are the almost invar:able results. Oec-fourth of the fatal ct-es after operation resulted from pytenaia ; erysipelas and phlegrnonous inflammation were common, but there was no great amount of hospi tal gangrene, and very little tetanus; both these affec tions were generally fatal. The circular operation seems to have been preferred to the flap, in all amputation cases, and some good stumps were seen. Wounds of the head and chest ate stated to have been singularly fatal. In cases of wou n d s i n t h e ca vity of the chest, bleed ing is not rc:orted to, b ut di g it a li s administered instead. No real typhus was d e t ec t e d i n any of the hospitals, notwithstanding thei r crow d e d c ondition. It may. be asked to what caus e i s t o be attributed the very large amount of sickness and mortality among the Rus sians. The authors of the report think it yr—A.ly dtie to intermittent and bilious remittent fevers, with a marked tendency to adynamia, and a low typhoid state, and diarrheea, which occasionally degnera ted into eyeentery. Remittent fevers are the en demic of the Crime a , and this is the disease from which the Tart..rs chi e dy suffe-. This was aggravated by the Russian system of subterranean hutting. The Russian soldiers appear- i unhealthy, either pre maturely old and withered, or very young ; tbeir aspect wai sallow and their persons and camps generally the reverse of clean. They have a pr dilection for strong waters, which form part of their rations. In physical conformation and height they were above the average, equal in height to the English, but inferior to them in capacity of chest and muscular conformation. The horse-, oven of.the officers, wore in wretc:ied condition, and had no kind of clothing. Such is a summary of the mot inters-ting details of the Re pot t. REGISTRATION OF ELEOTORS.-1-The amount paid for the.registration of electors in England and Wales in the year 1853 was 55,8351. 15s. 6d. THE SOLIOITOR-GENERAL. — We are happy to learn that the Right Hon. J. Stuart Wortley is gradually re covering from his serious attack of brain fever, and has for some days past been considered out of danger. The right hon. and learned gentlemen will, however, be compellc 1, for several weeks to come, to abstain from professional duties, it being essential to his complete res toration teat heshould avoid all unnecessary excitement. The suspension has been announced of Messrs. R. James Brown and Co , Ex';ensive timber merchants and shipbuilders and owners at Sunderland. Their direct debts amount to 80,0001. upon acceptances and 30,0001. on open account, while their indirect commitments on bills discounted are 150,0001. Their asset-, it is hoped, may realise about 14s. 9d. in the pound. The house hal been established about 12 years, and apprehensions are entertained that its stoppage may bring down several s maller firms. INDUSTRY IN FRANCE.—The Department of the Ma rine and Colonies is now about founding, in the Rue do Rivoli, at the corner of the Rue St. Fiorentin o a perma nent exhibition of the productions of the French colonies, similar to that form'. 1 by the Minister of War for those of Algeria. A special commission has been formed for its management., of which Vce-Admiral C.xillc is president. It hold its first sitting on the 18. h, and it is expected that the exhibition will soon be open to visitors. THE LIBRARY OF THII House OF COSIMONt3.—The re port of the (defunct) Standing Committee of thtr!.eibrary of the House of Commons informs us that the collection now amounts to upwards of 30,000 vols., the increat.e having occ urred princ pally in dictionarie s , b oo ks of reference, history, law, topography, diplomacy, voyages, and t r a• ve k It has been necessary to provide furthEr accommoJa- tion for the increasing quantity of books. The general in dex to the journals 1837.1852 is finish- I,and the remaining MS. will be in type and the volorae ready for delivery this year, when the preparal ion of the work, coramencing with 1853, and including the subsequent years : , will be committed to the able hands of Mr. Vardon, who has been intrusted with the compilation of 3 vols., already printed, of general index to the journals. The general indexss to bills , re p orts, and p a pers fr om 1801 to 1852, and to division s from the y ear 1836, ha ve been nom p iled and printed. The committee c o n s isted o f the late Speaker Lefevre, Mr. S. H. 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Do. irred. 4 pereen:;. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do:Chester Bp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan.& York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 Do. ,P., 5 p. c. St. No. 2 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W. Cov. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct Lon. & S.W. 7 pore' late 3d Shares Londy.& Color. Sh. Londy. &Ennis. Sh. M., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. .£6 Do. do. 31 per cent. Marypt. h Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do. Kid. Consol. 6 p.e. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &IL Pref. St. New.,A.ber.. &c., pr 5 p.e.red. 5 p.c.pm Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct Norf k. Deb. 4 p.c. Sh Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5A p.c. p'., 1847 Do. Wv. V.sp. c.,1547 North British Do. 7t. Preie7ence N.B. Berw. )o. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc No. 1 Do. do. Qi3., 1848 Do. York &S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. p.c., Ist Do. 6 p. c. 2cl guar._ Scot_ Ce.. 11: NPW Prp: - Se.N.E.Aber.g., ).c. Do. do. 7 p.c. Do. d 0.33 p.c. pr. St South Devon Do. fixed 41 pr cent S. Eastern (ReacThn Ann.) of El Os. 6d. Do. 41 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Sh S. Wales Cala. 4 p. c Do. do. 4i p. c. S.Yorksh.4 p. 0.03 tiar. Stock. &Dar., 5 p. C. Do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. oil July 1, '56 Nate; 11.sz Kilk. 6 pc_ Leasing lompanies Ln. &N. W. (la] erlon ... E. U. 41 E. C Gt. North n E. Count. Caldouian. Do Gt. Westn • y. N.M. Do ...... • Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co Do Lo. &N. W dr Midld Midland E. Count Do Do Do L. dr IS . W Do Gt. Northn T. B- Else; M. MClean Stk.&Dar Do t.W es ix RENCE SHARES. 6 - 6i 108 - 112 108 - 112 A - ip - 12 - ..- - V. 75 - 77 115 - 117 1 107 - 110 1101 - 103 62 - 64 10 1 1 - 10 - 95 - 96 84 -- 86 10) -- 102 10 -- 10!, 16A -- 17 10 -- 10 72 -- 75 19f -19 i 93 -- 14f -- 14; 135 -137 138 - 141 1115 - 118 1155 - 157 - 66 - 68 134 - 136 sm 7 - 93i 88 - 89 li - lipl ii -- iiii S 3 92 li ld - 4(11 - ,LlO - 111_ 1.14 - 118 tO5 - 110 65 - 70 17i - 1 23 - 23} 100 - 101 ' 9i - 10,; 2i - 28 2 - 3p .2i_ 3 .-- ••i RAILWAYS. Buckghani.sh. Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.( E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby. Do. Shares. Do. 1 Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Ne' .narket Btu yE.G.5pc. N. 4/ Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct Do. Fixed sp.e Prest. & Wyre, Do. Shrs. Roystn.& Hit. Shrew.l.& Her S. Staiordsh WearVaLg 6 pe Do Wilts &Solar. Closing Prices yesterday. 92 - £1 98 - 102 IL - 13 131 - 137 33 - 16'5 12i -- 13 23 -- 24 102 -- 105 P 24 -- 2R 89 -- 91 P 55.. - 57 1:31. - 8 - 9 9 - 91 i 1 88 -• 90 BRITISU FiiTi Alfred Cons. (Philk. British Iron Condurow (Cambrn. D ev. Gt. Cash% (Tay.) Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wang.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleel S. Cam Brea (Illogn. S. W. Francez(lllogn. Tam. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un.Mines (Gwennap) V. of Towey (Camar.) W. Basset (IllogAn) W. Caradon (Liskro.) Wh. Basset (Mogan) Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstck), Wh. Kitty (U. Llantl Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) Wh. Trelawney (Li ) 1431 10/ 3 18s6d1 161151 1.2 s lu 761 FOREIGN MINES. • 20 7 Australian 35 27 BrazilianlmP.(issuei at X 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes do Cuiadr 31 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 19 21 1 i Clarendon Con. MM. Co. of JaMP'ea...... $ id 40 all • Cobre Copper ......••• 61 63 ... 16 Copiapo 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 11 Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada 1 0 1 . Nevean Monde 20 all Pont.Sii.LlDl.& Sinn 7 9 5 Port Philip ••• 30 16, Santiago de Cuba .r 2A 3 j 1 'all iouth Australian 1 all Do. Scrip 1 all Do. 10 p. c. Prof. —• 281- a ll United Mexican MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Agricult. 21 23 221 1i 10 all Australis. Royal Mail 10 all Berlin Water Works 4 51 50 40 Brit. American Lary' 40 -- 5 100 323 Canada - 155 154 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jai Wuly St. 100 Do, 6 p.c.Fch•StAucy, „. St, 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 35 40 25 all Do. Pref. 7; p. cent. 26 28 5 all Crystal Palace —2l—2s 23 5 all Do. Preference ...... 51 5$ 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... • 1 $ Duston Iron 0re...... 20 18 Eastern Steam. ... .••• • ••• St. 100 Electric Telegraph 921 93. 1 2 L 933 3 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel. ••• 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 11 1$ 10 10s. Ear. & Ind•Jetn. Tel. par ip 25 all Gen. 15 L 4 C.en. Steam Navigat. . • 20 5 London Discount ... 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 4i 41 20 10 Magdaleua St. Navig. 110 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ••• • 10 all Mexican &S. Americn 21 31 5 5 Nat. Discount Co. 43 5 5 Do. New 10 5 Netherlands Land._ 11 10 all Do. Do. 5 all Do.S p e.PLiss.at 1d 4 41 5 1 Do. Do. 1.00 80 New B. &N. S. Land 18 22 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.e.D. all N. B. Australasian... B 20 all Nrth.ofEuropoSteam 1 all Oriental Gas I 1 i$ 1 ss. Do. New Shares par ip 25 all Peelßr. Ld. & Minrl 1 21 2$ 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 67 69 50 10 Do. New 4 5 p 50 all Rhyinney Iron 15 all Do. Now 53 100 60 Royal Mail Steam— - .: . 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 1 all Do. New — ••• St. 100 S. Aus. Gov. 6 p.c.bds 25 all South Austral. Land 35 37 7.361 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip / 1 p 1 all Do. Registered 120 5 Trust&Ln Co.U.Can. 1,100 28? Van Diemen's Land 1 . 1. --13 St. 100 V.Go,6ptcJan. diJuly Business this day. MINES. 21 93 7 8 155 165 450 470 13h 617 —6 d A 19 29 31 6 7 22i 23.1 8 9 11 —ly 345 355 6 7 320 330 I • 210 0 - 1 34 - 35 165 - 175 ?50 - 270 335 - 345 18 - 20 43 - 45 24 - 26 0.12 THE ENGLAND 1 THURSDAY (11. is Westminster 13a+11 Bedford Blackburn Coventry FRIDAY, City of London Fin-bury Toner Hamlets Abingdon Andover Arundel Aahburt on Ashton-under-Lyne Aylesbury Banbury Bt rwick-on-Tweed Beverley Bewdley Birmingham Blick burn I3od min B Aton B )ston Bradford Brecon (Borough) ilgenorth Bridgewater Brid port Brighton Bristil Buckingham Bury • Bury St. Edmunds Caine Canterbury Cardiff (District) Carmarthen (Borough) Carnarvon (Borougb) Chatham Cheltenham Cheater Cbicheqer Chippenham Christchurch Cirencester Clitheroe Cocker mouth Colchester Conway Co wbri - dge (Borough) Cricklade Dartmouth Derby Devouport Devizes Dorchester Dover Droitwich Dudley Durham (Borough) Evesham Exeter Eye Promo Gateshead Gloucester Grantham Great Grimsby Grimsby Guildford Halifax Harwich Heetiogs Haverfordwest Hereford Horsham Huddersfield Hull Ipswich Kendal Kidderminster Knaresborough Lancaster Leeds Leominster Lewes Leicester SATURDAY, Lambeth Marylebone Barnf,'lpl3 Beaumaris Cambridge Cambridge Univer-ity Dmbigh Boroughs Flint District Rochelle MONDAY, Southwark Brecknockshire Cumberland (East) Derbyshire (South) Devon (South) Durham (North) Essex (South) Gloucestershire (East) Herefordshire Huntingdoneiire Kent (East) Leiceetersh.re (South) Norfolk (West) Nox thamptons hire (N.) TUESDAY, Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Carmarthensbire Carnarvonshire Devon (North) Dorset Durham (Sontli) Essex (North) Ghinorgaushire Gloucestershire (W.) Hants (North) INS. THE FRENCH BUDGEP OF 1858. . The followin, - ; is the exposi des motifs of the to ?get of 1858, lately pre3.ll;e I to the L , gisletive Body. The docruneut hears the signature of E. Piesident of the flumes seal ion, of the Council of State, and MM. Godello and Vuitry, members of ►he same body :•=- " Gentlemen,—We are about to submit to yc tir ex amination the estimate of the receipts and expenses pro posed for the year 1858. Last year, at thi, period, we congratulated ourselves with you on the Loper: of an early peace. Peace has been signed—a gi 'dons and leoing one, a work of wisdom and straightforward dealing ; a new treaty of Paris, very different from the (11 one, and in which are written by the hand of France, and sanctioned by all Europe, great prin• ciples of hurnani'y too long con , ester), and the rules, henceforth certain, of international maritime law. At the Fame time Heaven gave a son to the Emperor and to France. To these great benefits of Providence we must respond by moderation .and wisdom. The enseintle of the budget which we now submit to you is summed up, so to speak, in the words of the Emperor at the opening of your session I have resolved to reduce the ( xpenses without suspending great public works, without compromising acquired postione, and to diminish certain taxes without injuring the finances of the State. The budget of 1858 will be pre sented to you in equilibrium ; al the foreseen expenses have been set down in it. The amount of the loans will seffice to pay the balance of the expenses of the war ; all services may be assured without our having need to apply rine , v to public credit.' As yon know, gentlemen, the year 1356, which has just concluded, shows a not able augmentation in the produce of the indirect taxes and revenues, and yet the year 1855 was itself teesep tienally productive. The year 1855 produced 957,500,000 francs. In that sum, new duties figure for 33,230,000 fr. for hal a year. The year 1856 produced 1,033 000 000 francs, in which the new duties figure fur 79,647,000 francs for a whole year. You will remark, gentlemen, that the estimate of the receipts f r the year 1853 has been made with that pru dent reserve which last year obtained your approbation. At the simile time, to be consistent with ourselves, and to obey the wishes of the Emperor, we have inscribed in the budget all the foreseen expenses, and we have set them down at the true figure, as much at lcaet as it is possible to do for things to come. "Suppression of the second war decime on the regis tration duties.—The new war decime on the registration duties will be suppressed from Jan. 1, 1858; which will be a relief of 23,000,000 f. "Abrogation of Article 1 of the by of the 6th Prairial, An VII, and suppression of the stamp duty on printed notices and prnspectuses.—Art. 1 of the law of the 6th Prairial, An VII, is thus conceived :—‘ Printed notices, whatever may be their object, which are cried and dis tributed in the streets and public place?, or which are put into circulation in any other manner, shall be subjected to a stamp duty, with the exception of addresses con taining the simple indication of domicile or a simple notice of change of residence.' Although this duty was reduced by Art. 6 of the budget of the 28th April, 1816, which fixed it at 10e. for the whole sheet, at sc. for halt a sheet, at 24e. for -the quarter sheet, and at lc. for the belf-quarter sheet, cards, and others papers of smaller dimensions, commerce and manufactures have not ceased during fifteen years to demand its suppression. It pre sents the inconvenience of being quite out of proportion with the value of the object taxed. It quadruples and even quintuples the price of printed papers ; thus re stricting the employment of this useful atode of publi• cation, it becomes an embarrassment to the deve lopment of commerce and manufactures in general, and causes a real and special prejudice to the print ing trade. It is the object of numerous frauds, which, being exercised on a large. scale, destroy Vie de ments of just and hone t competition, and favour, to the injury of honest manufacturers and traders, those who do not fear to disobey the law. The laws of the 25th March, 1817, and of the 15th May, 1848, which admitted eaceptione to the law of the 6th Prairial, An VII, gave rise to incessant difficulties and to disputes on the application of it. From 1837 to 1850, the produce of that stamp duty did not exceed annually 500,000 fr. ; froth 1850 to 1855, it amounted to nearly 1,000,000 fr. But the suppreseiou of it will not cause an equal loss to the treasury. At pre-cot it is only at the post-office that contraventions in this matter can be ascertained ; and in most cases it is private enterprises which, especi ally in towns, are employed to convey and distribute printed papers. From the moment the stamp duty shall be suppressed the post-office, thanks to the reductions of postage effected by the law of the 25th June last, will resume its advantages, and the treasury will find in the postage a large compensation for what it will lose by the stamp duty. The repeal of Art. lof the law of the 6th Prairial, An VII, by removing a permanent cause of discontent, without occasioning sensible preju dice to the treasury, will give satisfaction to wants aris ing from the extension of commerce and manufactures. We think that this measure will obtain your approba tion. " Modification , * in the law of June 5, 1850.—Increase in the duty on French and foreign transferable semi ties.—ln conformity with the wish repeatedly expressed by the Legislative Body, the Emperor has charged us to prapnaß tnyou so tevy a pew tax on transferable secu rities. The law of June 5, 1850, established a propor tional stamp duty on newotiable share.; and bonds of com panies. That tax was 50c per 10011 on the nominal cap - tal of the share, if the duration of the company did not exceed 10 years, and lf. if it was for a longer period. This proportional tax once paid, the share acquired under the law of 1850 a double advantage; it had no more stamp duty to pay during the whole continuance of the pany, and was exempt during the same space of time from any formality of registration in case of transfer. According to the provisions of that same law, if the com panies wit,lied to avoid the payment of the proportional duty, they might enter into an annual subscription for the whole period of their duration. In that cnae they wculd have to pay sc. per 100 f. of capital. Such is the general economy of the law of 1850. We continue to transferable securities all the advantages conferred on them by that law ; but we propose to convert this pro portional stamp duty once paid into au annual and obli gatory tax of 150. per 1001. of the real capital of the share. By that system proportional duty on the issue will cease, and the subscription which was before optional becomes obligatory. Different conside rations have induced us to recommend this plan to your serious examination. In the first place, it avoids the creation and the introduction into our laws of a new tax, which appears difficult and perhaps even dangerous. We find, besides, in a law already estab lished, the principle and the basis of the new duty to be levied. In the secohd place, the annual stamp duty leaves to transferable shares sll their liberty, and does not in any way interfere with the different negotiations of which they are the object. Maintained, and as it were embodied, in the law of 1850, it removes all' rea sonable fear of further increr.se. Simple and easy of collection, and moderate in its amount, it will not in any way impede industrial progre-s, and its proceeds or.) destined to be increased only by the Llevelorment of the object trxed. " Budget of Receipts.—The estimate of the receipts for 1858 has been trade accor ding to rules admitted last year, and approved of by you. We have confined ourselves for this estimate within the limit of the receipts realised in 1856, and by the provisions admitted by the budget of 1857. The taxes and indirect revenues on which this calculation is almost exclusively based avid in the beget of 1857 far a sum of 1,031,010,000 francs, We propose to yen to admit them in that of 1858 at 1,030,340,000 banes. We must add, that in this total estimate, account has been taken of a diminu• tion of 24 millions, the caus's of which are exolaincd a bove, and also of an increase of receipts of 14 millions, being the probable result of the new duty on transferable recuritios. "Budget of Expenses.—The budget of 1858 al com pared with 1857 presents an increase of expenses of 18,081,520 francs. • Different causes have produced this considerabN augmentation ; it will be suffi cient for us to point out the principal ones. The departinvnt of Finance cla;rns for itself alone en increased expenditure of 27,855,3661 r., in which amount are set ,own 5 millions for the Transatlintio Stearn pankete ; 5 millions' for annual reinsbursement to the Z .nk of Franco on the loan of 75 millions wade in 1848 (hitherto this annual reimbursement bad 'been placed at the charge of the fleeting debt) ; 5 millions for the in creass of small salaries in different branches of the finance department ; 7 millions for the reserves of the sinking fund ; and the remainder for other expenses con nected with the collection of the indirect taxes. The department of the Marine receives an extraordinary grant of 11,251,299 fr., the inevitable results of the wear and tear of a war, so nobly sustained, and also called for by the progress every day making in naval science. "The ways and means of the budget are estimated at And the ordinary expenses at 1,716,986,190 Making a surplus of receipts of 20,128,9811r." Here follows the summary of the budget which was read to the Legislative body by the president when the bi 1 was presented on the 21st, and which was given in this j )urnal on Monday, 23J. The following are the articles of the blidg( t which relate to the new duty on shares and bonds : . "Art. 6. From the promulgation of the present bill the duties est.iblished by Arts. 14, 22, 27, and 31 of the l%w of June 5, 1850, on the shares and bonds of financial, oommtroial, and industrial companies are con verted into a single obligatory duty of 15 centimes per annum for every 100ir, of the capital of the said shares and bands. " Art 7. For companies created hereafter the duty shall be determined during the first three years, with re spect to i-hares, according to their nominal capital, and witlvespect to bonds according to the rate of emission. For the years following it shall be levied on the capital fixed every arc', years, according to the average price of the shares and bondeduring the triennial period preced ing. For companies established previously to the pre thulgatiou of the present law the duty shall be levied, during the first triennial period, according to the aver age quotations of the three preceding years. If the com• pany has not been in existence three years, th e avera ge shall be determined on the p er i o d w hi c h has elapsed since its creation. " Art. 8. The amount of the proportional duty paid, in virtue of Arts. 14 and 27 of the law of by companies established prior to the the present law, shall be included in the f the preceding they will have to pay hereafter, in virtue e • article. pro m u nu dutiesg s a , t which in s i O o hf , foreign com "Art. 9. Shares and bonds i8312e1 by g nies shall be subj e cted, like French, to a tax which shall not exceed 150. er 100 f. per p on their real value. pa. . a nnum A regulation of the public adm inistration shall ebtablish the proportion and the manner in which this tRx shalt b collected. "Art. 10 The same regulation shall lay down all the necessary rne t:urea for• the execution of the present law. "Art. 11. Ev.ry contravention of this regulation shall be liable to a fine of from 501. to 300 f." LORD MALMESBURY AND LORD PALMERSTON. Lord lialmesbury present 3 bis compliments, to the editor of The Sun, and would feel much obligel to him to insert the enclosed letter in hi 3 journal. Whitehall Gardens, March 25. "Lond on , M arch 25. My Lord , —I am one of those who thought it . their duty to vote against your Government upon the China question, and who have in consequence been exposed to your public invectives and misrepresentations on the subject. You have uttered and written these at a mo ment when we are unablo to reply to them in Parlia ment, and I therefore adopt the less usual course of an swering you through the press. "The invective is of comparatively little consequence; but it is important that the public, who are now occu pied with the primary causes and proceet!ings o f th e Chinese war, and who have • never read the blue-book xcapt in extracts, should know exactly what they were. That la!ue-hook. was Sir John Bowring's justification of his acts. " It became our indictment against him, and the House of Commons upon its evidence gave a verdict against the defendant. "Now, that verdict was founded upon whit appeared in the bluc-b ok as having occurred up to the time it was produced, and when the events were related accord ing to their respective dat-s. But this undoubted evi dence live in direct contradiction to the statement which you make to your constituents at Tiverton. "To them you write— "'An insalent barbarian wielding authority at Canton bad violated the British ffrg, broken the engagemeats of treaties, offered rewards for the heads of British subjects in that part of China, and planned their destruction by murder, assassinations, and poisons. The British cffiCers, civil and naval, on the station had taken those measures which appeared to-them to he' proper and necessary to obtain redress.' "Now, my lord, the inference which must be drawn from these l'nes is that ts'.l tho•rs outrages preceded our seizures of the ships, ehelling forts, and bombarding Canton itself, and were the provocations to our aggress sion. This in'erence is not true, for, with the exception of the first one—namely, the supposed violation of the British flag on board the Arrow, a'l the others :were subsequent to and in retaliation for our operations- con ducted nithout any declaration of war. "You would make your constituents believe that the issue upon which the minority in the Lords and the majority in the Commons decided was that all the out rages which you enumerate could not and did not justify our hostilities, whereas they only declared that the ori ginal dispute of the Arrow did not justify the violsnoe of our men=ures—measures which had subsequently in duced barbarous reprisals and engaged us in a Bangui= nary war. That was the real issue and verdict before Parliament ; but you have, both in your address and in your speech at the Mansion-house, attempted to mislead the public as to this fact by mixing up the successive events and confusing the impressions of your audience. If the blue book were within their reach, they would find that Sir J. Bowring did obtain or secure important compensation for the first offence, and might then have stayed his hand until he received orders from home, but that the bloodshed and crimes that have followed are the consequence of other demands which you yourself in your wiser hours had officially pronounced to be One roue and unpri,fi'able. " You proceed to tell the voters of Tiverton that we are men who have endeavoured to make the humiliation and degradation of our country the stepping-sto:pe to power.' What opinion, my lord, have you of thO me• mory and credulity of your countrymen if you think they have forgotten that Lord J. Russell has but latei - y re tired from your own Cabinet, and that Lord Derby, hav ing re=igned office on the first hostile division of the House of Commons in 1852, has supported yourself an•i your colleagues with all the strength of the Conservative party during every phase of the Russian war ? " Such statements may, perhaps, be forgiven in an address as an electioneering clsp-trap ; but was it decent to use the tab'e at the Mansion-house as a hustings I For I find that at the L rd Mayor's dinner on the 20t'i inst. you are rep rted by the Tines to have spoken thus : --‘ If those who voted against us bat risen to power, what ought they to have done as the logical and inevit able corsequence of their vote? They asserted that our proceedings were unjustifiable . . . They must have paid the rewards which had been given for the heads of our merchants, and the cost of the arsenic which had ben used in poisoning our fellow sub jects at Hong Kong.' And this is the lan-guage of the Prime Minister of Eng land at the banquet of the first magistrate of the capital, surrounded by foreign ambassadors and all the talent, rank, and wealth, of his party. What they thought of this extraordinary insult to some 400 members of Par liament is easily guessed and known ; but what would the most ignorant of our countrymen have said of your logo had you addres s ed them thus in an analogous case of post ' Bible occurrence '1 `Two men quarrel, and proceed from words to Glows ; one is killed. The survivor is tried, his counsel pleads justifiable homicide, the jury give a ver dict of manslaughter. Pending the trial the relations of the deceased take up the feud, and poison those of the accus, d. The jury, logically, must pay for the poison.' "Have I not, then, a right to call your Lordship's speech in the City an electioneering clap-trap 7 But was it the plate and the audience for such a tone ? ,The im patience of obcurity or the irritation of misfortune may sometimes excuse invective, but you had on that occa sion no such ralliation. You are the popular Minister of the day. You msy justly refer your countrymen to very long and, I admit, very useful services to the State. They appear to be anxious to do you honour and give you their confidence, and yet you choose this moment of pride and prosperity wantonly to accuse those who have like myself, often supported you in maintaining the honour of England and defending her best institutions of sacrificing tile,e to the basest personal motives. "If the • charge had not proceeded from so high a quart , ?r I should have despised it. I declare it to be ut terly unfounded as regards myself, and I believe it to be equally so as regards the gentlemen with whom I found myst if in unusual accordance upon the China vote. By its very nature it was unconnected with any party creeds as to religion, finance, or politics, and this is the simple and true explanation of the medley division that en. sued. " The country having been committed, my bumble vote will support a ant' which has now become necessary to ErgLsh interests and honour, but which at first might have been avoided without a sacrifice of either. " I have the honour to remlin, " Your Lordship's obedient servant, " MAL M ESBURY. " The Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, K.G." About 50,000/. in bar gold was taken from the Bank yesterday for exportation to the continent. 100,0904, sovereigns, are said to have been taken by the Govern ment this week for transmission to the Cape. THE CASE OF FRATRICIDE AT MAIDSTONE.—The in quest on the body of Tnernas Edwards, the young man who was murdered at Maidstone on the 18th inst., was resumed yesterday. The father and mother of the pri soner, George E lwards, proved that he had taken the axe up stairs with him on the day of the murder, and a policeman deposed to finding it in the bedroom, covered with blood. A verdict of wilful murder against Gen. Edwards was returned. The prisoner exhibits the greatest indifference, and says he was at Maley, thre miles off, at the hour the murder took place. THE BILLS OF EXCHANGE ACT —A return tat -ly moved for by Mr. Keating of the number of writs is sued under the Dille of Exchange Act in the superior courts in 1856, and also of the number of judgments under the act, &c., has just been printed. In the Court of Queen's Bench the number of writs issued under the act in 1356 was 3,399, and the number of judgments 2,950. The total number of writs issued in the Queen's Bench in 1856 was 29,6071., an I the total number of judgments 11,024. The total average number of writs issued during the last four years was . 24,910, and the average ,:umber-of final judgments 9,682. The number of judgments on verdicts in 1856 was 639 ; the average number in four years being 761. In the C eirt of Ex chequer the number of wi its issued in 1856 under the act was 14,845, and the number of judgments under the act in the same time 5,961. The total number of writs issued in 1856 was 45,335, the average of four years being 38,132 ; and the total number of final judgments in ,1856 eas 16,932, the average being 13,177. The number of judgments on verdicts in 1856 was 810, the average being 871. In the Court of Common Pleas the number of writs issued under the act in 1856 was 4,922 the number of judgments is not returned. The tots number of writs issued during the year was 17,665, and the total judgments 6,096. The number of judgments on verdicts in 1856 was 345, the average being 337. THE INCREASE IN THE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE.—A. re turn lately presented to Parliament t y the Chancellor o the heads e Exchequer of armyequerof the and navy,cariou rd s su ma voted in supply un der th ueoue services in every year fro°mll3Ba3rsccioalrBds6steleal la rive, shows the gradual and progressive increase which has taken place in public expenditure since the filet named drom 18 period, 8 11 45 7 Under the vAe headva varies s t i h n e army estimates, frem to ea l b Bsl e i a t r varies 5,793,4561. to 6,364,426/. • from 5 ,979,2721. to 7,167,4861.;fr0f 184 1 5 855 the army esti mates, including the expensewoungitnh; e aerm werebodie embodied voted militia, which in this and the ec_ or nearly double that of au), ereeedityeawras et hem which to gether, suddenly rives to s 1 , 377 1' 1 11 8 ° ,6 v 7 e 5 t 1 e .' fur the Ordnance Department. in A i r it hart gradually increased to Period up 5 7 to n 1854 h increased to 5,986,662/ , and 3,053,-6-1' ; 1 990 1651. The total vote for the ar siy in 1855 to 9, thecomtn irsatiat and from which period up gradually increased to 14,796,7211., or 48 including 43 50/ L d o uble what it was 19 years previously ; and in a eon. 1855 the vote was 21,779,6971. which is four times what it was in 1835 ; in 1856 the total vote was 20,478,0341. an militia, d w o , e , s e e .i ti n s i e B r 3 , v s ic: 7 B , , ateiOr 1835 was 4,245,7231. ; was 6,943,7201. ; in 1354, 14,812,6091. ; in 1855 it rose itiobelBnsa4vyiteshtainid in 1845 i to 19,456,1121. ; and in 1856 it was 16,773,596/. The same progressive increase is observable throughout every department. It would be both tedious and unnecessary to recapitulate all the items. The total supply voted in 1835 was 14,123,255/e during the next five years—viz in 1840, it bad increased to 17,622,513/. ; in 1845 it was 18,735,591/.; in 1850 it was 20,012,735/. ; in 1855. 62,207,8221,- -that is, it had increased fourfold in 20 years ; in 1856 it was 50,564,6241. A. consider Able pro portion of the great increase in the liter years is due to the txigeucies of the Russian war. # ND WALES Day), March 26. Ca► Ir-,?e Hertford Nottingham ' Windsor March 27. Lincoln Liskcard Liverpool Ludlow Lymington Lynn Lyme Alacclebfield ne Maldon M .Itun Marchester Mat lborough Ma!low Merthyr Tydvil Monmouth (Distri6) Montgomery (Biro') Morpeth Newcastle-on-Tyne Newport (Idle of Wight) Nortlia!lerton Northatoptmi Norwich Oxford University Pembroke Peterborough Plymouth Pontefract Poole Portsmouth Reading Reigate. Retford Richm..nd Ripon Rye Salford .Salisbury Sandwich Scarborough Shaftesbury Sheffield Shrewsbury Southampton South Shields Stafford Stamford Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stroud Snuderlind Swansea Tamworth Taunton Ta% ist ock Thetford Thirsk Tiverton Totnes Tynemouth Wakefield Walsall Wallingford Wareham Warrington Wv:wick Wells Wenlock estbury Weymouth Whitby Whitehaven Wigan Wilton Winchester Wolverhampton Woodstock Worcester Wyc , ,mbe Yarmouth York March 28. Huntingdon Midhurst Newcastle undr-Lyme Oldham Oxford (city) Peterborough Preston Lichfield Shoreham March 30. Oxfordshire Radnorshire Rochester . Rutlandshire Salop (South) Shropshire (South) Stafford (North) Staffordshire (North) . Barons. (West) Surrey (East.) Wiltshire (North) Worcestershire (West) Yorkshire (West) March 31. Hertfordshire Lancashire (North) Lincoln (North) Leicestershire (North) Northam ptonshire . (S.) Noi Lhumberland (S.) Nottinghamshire (N.) Salop (North) Shropshire (North) Safford (South) Staffordshire (South) Westmoreland Worcestershire (East) WEDNESDAY, April 1. Lancashire (South) Surrey (West) Lincolnshire (South) Wilts (South) Suffolk (East) Yorkshire (North) THURSDAY, Apia 2. Montgomeryshire Nortbutnberland (N.) Wiltshire (South) I Yorkshire (East) Middlesex Corn wall (West) M erionethshire Monmouthshire FRIDAY, April 3. Cheshire (Soutb) I Kent (West) Denbighshire Warwickshire (North) SATURDAY, April 4. Cheshire (North) I Flintshire Cornwal (East) Hampshire (South), MONDAY, April 6. Derbyshire (North) I Norfolk (East) SCOT] THURSDAY (This AND. Day), March 26. Leith FRIDAY, 'arch 27. Dundee, E linburgh I Greenock St. Andrews SATURDAY, March 28. Kirkcaldy Kilmarnock PaiFley MONDAY, March 30. Invernessshire Linlithgowshire Montrose Paisley Stirling Burghs ifABOII 31. Fife Peeblesshire Ilenfrewshire Selkirkahire Dumfries Falkirk Burghs luverness Banffshire Bute Forfarsbire Glasgow Haddingtonebire TUESDAY, N. Aberdeen Ayrshire Clackmanan &Kinroes Edinburghsbire WEDNESDA: Aberdeenshire Dumfriesshire THUBSDA' Elgin and Nairn FRIDAY, April 1. Elgin I • Wigton Burghs Argyleshire Dumbartonshire SATIIIIDA. P, April 2. Stirlingshire C3itbness April 3. Lanarkshire I, April 4. Wigtonshire Wick Cork Dublin Ennis MONDAY, April 6. IRELAND. SATURDAY, March 28. Enniskillen Lime, ick Portatlington March 30. Dundalk Galway Kilkenny Kinsale Mallow March 31. Cash;l WEDNESDAY, April 1. MONDAY, Armagh Athlone Carlow Clonmel • Dublin University TUESDAY, Bandon Drogheda SATURDAY, April 4. Carlow (County) 1 Limerick (County) Cork (County) I Louth WEDNESDAY, April 8. _ Armagh (County) TUURSDAY, April 9. Dublin (County) I Fermanagh TUESDAY, April 14. Tipperary REWARDS OF GALLANT CONDUCT.—Yesterby, at the general meeting of the members of Lllyd'e, the follow ing votes were unanimously carried :—The sum of 251. to Donald Thompson and four men, composing a boat's crew, for their praiseworthy and gallant conduct in sav ing, at the imminent risk of their own lives, two survi• yore of the crew of the Ahti, wrecked near Dunnet Head in the month of Sept. last. The sum of 10/. in aid of the subscription on behalf of the widows and orphans of the crew of the lugger Victory, of Margate, who were drowned by the capsizing of their boat off Kingegate on the sth of last Jan., and the sum of 251. to the Ship wrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent sooiety iu aid of the funds for general purpose-•. 00 1 ,C) 1 20 LO 20 !GO all all all 100