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

Pr - ~ _ . I ''''w'' ti V gU 7 N toiktnol f Aar.................,... a. ans...................vummairecer,==lgisfirmk. - 41............ m. _ _ - li a okt Ey MARKETI SF_EARE MARKETS—(This Day.) LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid) n Closing Prices Busi RAILWAYS. Ain'. RAILWAYS. Companies Leg this day. this AND -- - - 0011./IDIERCIA.T. INTELLIGENCF, 8" P a t RAILWAYS. Closing Price: Business done ---1---__----- this day, this day. St. 100 IBuckgharash, Ln.&N.W. 93 --95 St. 100 ,ClydesdaleJe, Caledon... 98 102 25 all rcoi.Stour Vy. E.U.&E.O 11 13 I CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ]24 91; Ambg, NOttng. Bost. 1 & Eastn. June....... 41 —4/ 43 # St. 100 I E. Liu. g. 6 p.e Gt. Northn 134 137 5 all E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 3 41 In the Liverp oo l C o tt on Mark yestr,,,et therer,lay i5O all !Belfast & Ballymena ... -- ... . was a fai r d emand for all d.escri I 131 all Sliming. Wolverh. d i St. 100 ; Gl as. Barr. & Caldonian, ptiore,s, and prices Stour Valley,, Bl 9 I Neils. Direct. ... -- -. st 100 Birkenhd. Lancsb. & St. 100 'Do. Now Do .— -. Were without any material change. 'The sales were ' Cheslitre Junet...... C 9 —7l 25 all !Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Elt•Westn ... —.. estimated at 7,000 bales, 1,500 ,25 all Blackburn ... ...... .. 8 i 9 50 all Hull & Selby. Y.& N.M 107 109 'for export and 25 all Blyth & Tyne original 25 all Do. 1 Shares. Do B P e cillaption. The Railway She' Market mani- £25 (iss. at £45).... ••• ••• 121 all Do. 1 Shares. Do — ... Jested. an active appearance, a'ad a large business St. st. 100 Bristol & Exeter__ 90 -- 92 124 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l2l —l3 100 Caledonian 'vv. transacted, at a slight improvement in prices. St. 100 Chester & Holyhead 37i 3a4 381 St. 100 ILon. Til,, &S. Peto &Co lO7 109 50 all cork and Bandon... ••• ••• ,21 2 (03 0 1 all c C o o pr r n k aw , a ß Al l i ack. & Pass; ••• —• • • 10 51!Do. Bark. Sh Do i— i p The Bank of England R r .sturn, completed to the 51 all 7.ll.ancli.Bxton. Lia.diN.W. and Matlock & Midld. 21 2 'w eek ending the 28th vat., is of a decidedly un- ---St. St. 100 Mdld.B ra dfd . Midl an d ... 90 92 x ••• ... lavoktrable character, 'but the changes presented, 10 8 Do, B 50 45 DablindißelfastJun•-• ••• ••• p BuiTE.G.spc. E. Count.. 4 1 p 1 icliefl y ar i se from the payments which bad to be 25 all bun. I' &Aber•JuneT 104 101 50 all N.diEst.s p.c. Do 55 57 Inade on the 4th of the month. These engagements St, 100 East Anglian ... ..... . 191 2W, 50 all Do. 6 per et.. Do ... 20 all Eastern Counties..,,. 104 11 101 11 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do . ... have produced a. material augmentation ill the pri- St. 100 ifeasterntrnion,A.stk. 50 52 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. dz 1\ . W ... ... Irate securities ; the public appeer to have ob- 1 , t . . lg? Do., do. B ....... 31 —36 121, all Do 1 Shrs. ADo St. 'lOO Roystuak Hit. Gt.Northnl3l 134 taltmd considerable advances, and plac'.3d them to 25 173 East Kent ......... . 7i • 6,, 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassey l 8 9 St. 100 East Lancashire 99 100 100 991 12 all S. Staffordsh.. M. MClean 9 94 their credit, in order to be r , repared for 20 all East Suffolk .. ... ... 50 all Igo.. Stk.aDar. ii _—• 33 the bills arriving at maturity on We, 10 The le t. loi l Ed D n o b . m •gh&Glasgow 561 -- 574 25 all Do.. Do St. 100 ,Wilts&Samrst Gt.Westn BB 90 Alteration of the reserve of notes , although of an 10 all Edinb, and Peebles_ ••• • • PREFERENCE SHARES. S l bt laolol F E . d it in h b l .P n i d •th ei & , D ie r u d n e c e 36i 371 adverse nature, is not very impo-Etant. A. 9 mi ght 25 all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. ;t . ... ... St. 100 Furness .... Y ........ . ... ... e.pref. (issd.at 50/0 ... ..„ x IllaVe been naturally anticipated om. the absence of gold arrivals, and the contir a r lance o f w i t h drawals st. ll 100 Glasgow & S.Western •. • •• • St. 100 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. 92 94 10 a 'Great N. of Scotland 74 8 20 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. f or the Continent, the bulli on h as been reduced ... ... St. 100 Great Northern 95 96 95 6 5 St. 1 00 Caledn. £lO 41 p. c. 98 -- 100 st. 100 Ches. & Ho. 51 p.c. ... ... St. 100 Do, , A. Stock - 126 1241 St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent.,, .. -- ... the 64 all Cork &Bandonslp.c. ... ... DlP.ckwall, are no,w overdue, an improvement t.. 10 0 0 Gi Gt r . ea Ath &West re )110 112 tW . estern. 4 •' 634 69 sq i i 6 4 all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. 6 61 10 2E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. ill t this department may soon take place. St. 100 Do. Str.V.R. gua,...gi, 64 66 Th ' 12 all Irish South-Eastern ••• ... St. 100 Do. do, Cls. B 6p. c. 110 115 St. 100 Do, do, Cls. C7p. c. ... ... rer/enue collections have been favourable, 50 all Lancaster &Carlisle. 74 78 61 all Eas•Co.Ex,sp.eNo.l 4 4tid, 1651 145 Do. Thirds.. ....... ... 7 4 BAI , the arrival of public deposit have It3 ' 12 Igo. New Thirds ... 74 B IPI 65 all Do. No. 2 ...... .....• l'i iP al 10 all Do. New 6 pr. c. St. 3.24 13 rea dy attained a V ery satisfactory total. St. ;100 Laneash. &Yorkshirelo2 104 1021 2 20 all East Un. G. 6p. c. ... ... 16 I 6 Do., do. F. £l6 ...! 4 d _par T he rest now stands at ".3,719,854/., and a dividend 3 I Do., Wst. Riding Un.l ... ... 5 all Do. 51., 10 , per cent, ... .. 10 all Do. 101, Debentr.Sh. -,. ••• of 4 1 per cent. is, therefore, anticipated. The 20 all Do. Southport. ...... ... St. all Do. do. 4 per cent._ ••• ... 111 all London dz Blackwall 61 61 61 le 41 ba lance-sheet will not, probably, be more A- fit, 100 East Lancash .6 p.cts. ... ... St. 1 100 Lond.Bright.diS.Cst. jlOB 110 1091 9 5 all E.dzW. York. J. sths ... ... St 100 London &N Western'losl 100 1051 651 "'Durable than the present one, as the pressure for 20 ' all Do. Fifths ' ... ... 10 5 Edin. dr Gl. sp. a. Sh. ... ... St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 75 77 //3•C'neY continues exceedingly severe, and the Influx 10 1 1 1 all i D D o o . . i i 6l ii S th li s .,Mtirß...o .. id --__ St 100 Furness, sp. c . ... ... Par of the precious metals has been limited. The st. ' loo London & S.Western,lol4 1031 1054 44 St. 100 Glas, & 5.W.G.5 p.c. ... ... St. 100 Groat Northn. 5 P.C. 115 117 Principal items and the charges they present are as 25 a a l l l l L L ll n d d i i i i d d r 7.& er C E ol n emil r ie . 1 .... _—• ... St. 100 Do. 5 P. c. Redeem. 7- • • at 10 p. C. prem 110 112 uivier :-.... St. 100 Manch.ShefakLincln. 374 38 374 8 St. 100 Do. 41 p er cen t lO2 104 Decrease • -. Active Ci rcu l a ti o . a Do. J. L. Ricardo's 100 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. a t 5 18,425 arrangement ...... • ... p. c. prem. 10 all Gt.N . of Scot.lst Pre lO 101 Bullion 10,343,715 St. 1001 Midland ... ....... ..... 821 8 :! , i - : 82 4 . i St. 100 Gt. S& W. (Ireland) ... ... Decrease 60,075 St , 100 Do. Binning. dr Derby 51 55 514 20 15 Do. 4 per c. Prof. St. ... ... feat 3,719,854 50 all Midland Gl.West.(lr.) ... ... 50 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 5/ 61 :111,1a-ease 198 468 25 all Do. 3 Shares . ..., -. St. 100 Do, con. red. 41 p.c. 95 96 Public I;eposits ................................... 7,684'189 100 all Newcastle &Carlisle.. 1 . ! ... St. 100 Do , con. red. 4p. c. ... ... 25 all Newpt.Aberg..&H . rfd. 144 15 St. 100 Do. irred. 4 percent. 84 86 Increase ........................... 228,899 Other Deposits 10,715,611 50 9 Newry & Enniskillen ... ... 20 all Newry, Warrenpoint St. 100 Do sp. c. red. pref. 100 102 8 all Do. Birm. Pref, Sh.. 10 101 Increase 1,421,1G3 & Rostrevor -.— ... Se'ren-Day and other tillslo all Do.ChesterBp.c.P.S. 164 17 743,563 St. 100 N or f o lk . . 57 58 10 all Do. do, sp. c. do._ 10 106 Increase 17,203 50 34 Northn.Counties Un 31 31,1 St. 100 Do. Birm. Gus. Stk. 73 75 Government Securities 265 all Do. Chesh, Gus, Sh, 19 20 Increase .... 43,676 St. 100 North Devon, Rail. & 135 all Do. do. do 9, 10 Other Securities • " Dock Stock . . ••• 19,620,343 20 all Do. do. do, l4 15 St. 100 Do., A Stock ......... ... ... St. 100 Lan.& York, 6pc.St. 135 137 ~,,.0. Increase .:.. 1.864.547 St, 100 Do., B Stock ...... . . / St. 100 Lon.&B.G. 5 pc.No.l ~. ... " tes unemployea. St. 100 N.astern - Ber w ick 851 —86 P 54 St. 100 Do, P, ... ... Decrease 36,615 25 24D0. do, Extension ... 31 31,1 St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. 137 140 The offizial ' M etal return of the exports of the precious 2 5 16;dDo do. G.N.E.Purch. 3 21 St. 100 Do. do. sp. c,, No. 4 115 118 391 40 401 40 • 8 from th e 5 0 all Do. Leeds St. 100 Lou, &N. W., Coy. & atg In s _ _ port of London for the week end- St 100 Do. York 62 —63 624 3 Nuneaton sp. et._ ... ... u • LIr SCIa•y last is as follows - : St. 100 North London . . ... St. 100 Lou. & S.W. 7 porct. 10 31.1 N.& S. Wstn., Hamp late 3d Shares ... 157 159 157 Gold Coin ......... Belgium ... 500 Ozs. stead, and City Ja ... ... 124 all Londy.& Color. 1 Sh. ... ... :: liars ........ Boulogne ... 5,080 20 174 North Staffordshire,- 44 4,1 d 12a I 124 all Londy.&Ennis. 4 Sh, ... .., silver Coil: : Ozs. 20 all North Western 7 74 St, 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent. ... ... • Boulogne ... 11,320 Ozs. 10 all N. & S.Westrn. June. 101 11 6 44 Do. do. do. £6 ... . a a p In : ........ Boulogne ... 2,600 Ozs. St. 100 Oxford Worcester di St. 100 Do. do. 3er cent. 65 68 the discount market, to-day, the enquiry for Wolverhampton..... 30 —3l 304 5 aec° nattled +: ' 121 all Marypt, A Carl, 4 p.c. ... ... 6 , th • a tot, is rather less active, and since the 20 16 R Portsmouth .• ••• 121 all Do, 41 per cent Ins ••• •• t. 9 when the bills not paid on the previous 10s 10i ic h o Y tt n .is n h eY Central ...... 108 110 12/ 101 Do, do ••• ... St. 100 Wid.Consol.6p.e. St. ... ... ,„444,,wie:e l iquidated, the tendency has been rather st. 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 274 281 St. 100 Do.Con.Br.Bir.6p.c. 134 136 th at ...P.vourable. It is not presumed, however, St. 100 'ihropshiro Union.... 50 52 10 4 Sitinobourne &Sheer. 2/ 11(1 St. 100 Do. 41 p. c, Pref. St. 98 99 991 4e l; _ te nch relief will be experienced during the 50 all South Devon ..... ..... 18 19 184 St. 100 Do, L. &H, Pref. St. 88 89 u few- W ee k,. St. 100 South Ea5tern......... 75 i 6 10 all Now.,Aber., &c., pr. 5 p.e.red. 5 p.e.pm. ... ••• 10 all Do. 44 per c. Shares .. . . .., to _ il a il sinews in the English Stock Market has been Month Wal es Bl4 - 864 86 4 St. 100 went4l. rkably dull to-day, and from the commence- 20 17 5. Yorksh. River Dun 44 —3l i 10 all Mort k. D eb. 4 p.c. Sit. ... ••• 7 Do ........... ....... ;_ e to the official close the fluctuation has scarcely 20 20 all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. 12 14 St. 100 Do. 51 p.c. pf., 1847 ..• ••• A eeded i per cent. The unfavourable Bank return 25 a ll Stockton & Darling 4l 43 lOO D0.Wv.V.5p.c.,1847 ••• ••• Prod 25 15 Do. do., 1854 lisullloerned_ increa.aed ; weakness,. but the dealings, as 3 Do. do., 1855 7 34 Do , 71. Preference ... ... ... . ... a 4t Saturday, have very limited. Consuls 25 16?, Stockton dr Hartlepl. ... ... St. 100 N. E. Berw. 4 p.e.Prf. 90 92 904 g ave been 934 .i, and 04 -4 1 for money, and 934 i St. 100 Pall Vale • ... 17 85 Do , do. do ll ld klid n,„ 20 13 Do. Leeds 6 pc. No.l ... ... , - ''' 3 4•, to 94 for the account. The New Threes St. 100 Do. Pref., No, 1...... ... ... 124 9 Do, do. Qrs., 1848_, ... ... 25 22 Thames Hay. D. &R. ... ... li aav e been specially 'transferred at 9 3i - i 4. Ex - 20 all Vale of Neath......... 201 21 204 25 10 Do. York H.& S. Pur, 1 • id equer Bills are 3s. pram. 20 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny ... ... 20 all North Staffordshire ... ... Waterford&Limerick St. 100 Ox.,Wor. & Wolv. 6 , Ile transactions in the Foreign Market have 50 all all West Corn 11.. ... '''. ''' p.c. Ist guar. _. llO 111 111 104 1180 1 ... “ "-' °eel). contracted, and prices are heavy. Turkish 10 all West End of London St. 100 Do. 6 ' p. c. 2d guar ... ... 95 I 85 all Scot. Cent. New Pre:, ... ... P e r Cents, have been 974 to 97k, and the pre- and Crystal Palace., 7 9 St. 100 Se.N.E.Aber.g.,; Le. 114 118 5 all Do. A. Pere de is almost 964 to 97. The 4 per Cents. 5 all Do, B 5 2 6 si'r dealt in at 101 i to 1014. Spanish 3 per 20 all West London — ••• St. 100 Do. do• 31 p.c. pf. Si. 65 70 25 all South Devon 174 181 'eirt s• are firm at 41, Russian 4i per Cents at 98, 10 all Do. First Class... 10 all Do. fixed 44 pr cent. ... ... ' 20 all Do. Second Class:: • ; 7 - •*: Ild Portuguese 3 per Cents at 444 to 45. Peru- 10 all Wmbleclon &Croydo'n •.8 •.9 84 1.0.6 all B. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d! 234 —24 234 lan 4 5 per Cents. were marked 784, and Me xican . BRITISH POSSESSIONS. St, 100 Do. 44 per cent lOO 101 ' °4 cla 22i 10 all Do. Fixed 4p.c. Sb. 94 10 t • 110 all 'Atlan. and St. L a w. ... .. St. 100 S. Wales Gu s. 4p. c ... ... s T • 11 ' 3 following are the nominal prices of F ore i gn 18 9 B om b a y, B aro d a, an d St. 100 Do. do. 44 p. c • ••• t oeL , Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. 1 1 p 20 all S.Yorksh2 p.e.Guar. ... ... 11 a n ''' :--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 65 7 ; Mexi. 18 all Do, 25 all Stock. &D-r., sp. c 271 284 t , 22k i- ;; li -201 104 Bu ffalo & Lake Hur. 1— 2P 25 15 De do. do, -24 p" . 8 , itt o , Peruvian, 41 per Cents., 79 80 ; 00 100 Buff., Brnt. & Godch. l a , 121 all Stock, & Hartl. g. 5 5, 1 L ire() per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per p.c. till July 1, '56 ... ... o 'ent 100 1 100 6 D p o .c . .b d d o s .; , l l J A u u ly g : ,: 7 7 : 2 3l j 96" 9 9 8 3 96 4 6 all Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pe. • 2$ 35 3 ' a 12. 13 8 , ;3 444 451 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; do. 100 100 Do. do., 1 June , '74 95 97 el • Cents 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 4oi 1; BRITISH MINES. 14 0 la, " 20 2s. Calcutta and S. ast. par —4 p h ... 2/ 12 Alfred Cons, (Philk. , 221 231 ,vs N CR' Deferred, 24i i ; Ditto Certificates, ii ; Ditto Passive, 5-i 6. 20 lOs Ceylon A shares • • •• 20 2s6d Central Oude (Lim.) ... ... 20 14 British Iron ... ...... 64 76 tl ' 20 1 Do. B. do. ....... A d„ n pail reward tendency has been displayed in the 176 all Demerara . IC l A r a ... 14s Grea t ' South Tolgus.. 14 15 n 1 ,, Y Share Market this morning, and a lower 20 2s, Eastern Bengal - -. 112 114 1124 134 ... 10/ 3 G rt. W. Alfrd. (Plink.) 91 10 91 la ; a g l e i ?f Prices has been established for allthe prin ... 7 IGrt.W. Vor (lielstn., 5 6 tl 20 15 10 15 0 East po. Indian d s i h a a n r Shares 2l 2ip ... Bs6dlady Bertha taw, IneS• North-Western, South-Western, Mid- 100 all D 0.41 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 ... ... , ti ... 74 IN. Frances (Mogan) 18 20 ii e _ , and South Wales declined ss. Great Wes ... ... N.W..3,1 Met (Illogan) 32 34 321 100 a a l l l l a D ee o l . on d g o. di do i , e ; b s9 o , ur d n o e . ... ... 20 I e( ... 6/ 15,North Wheal Crofty 6 7 izi. Brighton, North-Eastern (Berwick) and guar. 5 per cent. ... 211 22 1 al ... 14 !Par. Cons, (St.Blaxy) 23 21 I ,7 - _,. 4 Eastern York 10s. Lancashire and St. ICO Gd. Trunk. of Canada 51 —52 513 2 al L° kEthire . 100 all Do. 6 .c. Deben... 81 83 iB2 -. 9 jPorkellis U. (Wend.) 8 9 z o __,, ) and East Lancashire 155., and Great 20 all Gt. In, P en, g. 5 pert. 211 211 1 211 ... 6s. ,Sort. Cons. Min. Co 14 - - 11 1 1 01 i _ o l- tnern 12 , The French lines have been dull, as 20 4 Do, New. guar. 5 p.c. 11 1 4!")! 5i i ... 24 S. Camden (St. Cleer 330 350 w 2 ,S. earn Brea (Illogn. 7 8 ••• • tl I the The Paris and Lyons rose ss. Grand 204 all Gt. Westn. of Canada 26 261! 2i 4 i ... 19 S.W.' Frances(lllogn. 340 360 rti n i, _ ~ 201 8 Do. New re r .1 °- or Canada declined 10s., and Sambre and 100 all Do. Bds,, payable '57 99 100 5 41 Tan,. ,-;. &L. Min. C•-• i [e of ss. 10 9 Tin Croft 4l -- .4! 41 xd P' 100 all Do, do., '76, 13.'60,,, 120 125 of )3 • • rltiab, 100 all Do. do., '73, do. ... 120 125 1 •.• 40 ,Un.Mines (Gwennpu) 22u 240 tu Foreien, and Colonial Mining Shares .. 1286 V. of Towcy (Camar.) 4 14 Ly e 100 all Do. do., '73, without 1 Si, ruled heavy. Wheal Buller realised 325, option lO7 109 1 107 • 14 IW. Basset (Illog tn).. 35 :i 6 ..35 di (4111 Wheal Basset 325, and West Basset 35. 20 all Madras, guar. 41 p.c. 19 —204 i 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd. 160 170 ve 20 all Do. do,, 5 per c. 54 ,Wh. Basset (Illogan) 280 3 0 af ;I ° 4l at Stock Bank Shares have been quiet. Colo- 20 10 Do. 41 p. c. Exteu. par - IP - 5 Ilirh. Buller (ddrutii). 320 340 325 al Bank declined 55., Oriental Bank 55., and 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. s p.c. i 1p ... 51 Wh. Edward(Calstck) 44 51 ••• • tali cat 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. ... 54 1178 Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 19 21 11i011 of Australia 10s. Commercial of London ... ate 20 ss. Oude (Limited) . 8 Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) 46 48 ••• CO - 44 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 23 , 25 iv ameed lOs and Ottoman Bank ss. 20 5 Seinde, guar. 5 per c. 2 —21 p ... .1 • tr 20 all Do 11l the Miscellaneous undertakings there is little FOREIGN MINES. Lc q' • po ____ iati°4 to report. Peninsular and Oriental FOREIGN. 20 7 Australian an ;ear° declined ss. London General Omnibus 10 all Aatwrp &Rotterdam 6j 64 64 ) 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issue(' fal )111 PalaY, National Discount Company, and Crys- 20 14 Ardennes... — at £5 pm) ca 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 11 —1/ 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiade 3 34 tai 1 Palace brought previous quotations. 20 16 Bezicrs to Graissessac 3 4 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 19 21 dr , I -, 6 all Carmeaux&Toulousp 1 1 Clarendon Con. Min. tic Coal Mines and Ry. 51 51 Co. of Jamaica.- - Id p Th ItITISH YLINDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIK• I— i P 40 all Cobra Copper 59 —6l Jut 20 12 Dutch Rhenish 12 14 on , (Iron' the O f ficial List:) 20 an Eastern of France 10 11 ... 16 Copiapo 2 all Fortuna fingfriest d01:10 20 all Do. New 20 all General - gel ter ce nt , Reduced Annuities Shut 20 2s , Euphrates Valley . . par — 1) 3 all Linares ' 4 . _(,:ent. Consols Annuities 93 4 4 20 18 Gt. Central of France 41 — 4 61 P ld p fay 4 per Cent. Annuities Shut 931 1 1 20 17 Great Luxembourg. 61 a . 514 Lusitanian 1 all Maiiquita. 4 4 Dr '' l7 ifiamnities, expire sth Jan. 1860.•..., Shut ••• ltt 1G 4 Italian Junction 1 all New Granada and 1 ° 3 0 Years, expire 10th Oct. 1859 Shut D itto a 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ... ..... 1 all Noveau Monde ° ••0 Years, expire sth April, 11385... Shut 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... •• d 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.& Smlt 7 9 ing s..FiCO.B rOr ACCO nnt •• ••• .• 934 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 64 6 41) 5 1 Port Philip - -. cia ' c hequer 131118, 21d. P 1 Qv 3 p 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ••• ••• ' 20 all Lyons and Geneva ... 301 311 30 154 Santiago do Cuba •... 14 21 5 1 all south Australian ... ... ... to Ditto Advertised • ford 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... ••• 1 1 all Do. &tap stai 110 15 OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO( R . 33 i all Maria Antonia ~,, 1 all Do. 10 p. c. Pref.... ... .., con sic 3 per Cent 10 all Do. New —•• 281 all United Mexican 4l —4l 41 Ditto Account 221 20 all Namur & Liege Cot rnvian Bonds 41 per Cent — 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. 21 214 MISCELLANEOUS. U Ditt o Account 10 all NorwegianTruk.Pref 9 9 4 25 19 'Australia' Agricult. 23 25 CAM Ditto 1853 , 3 per Cent 45 4/ 20 all Paris and Lyons 571 —5B 58 10 all Australn. Royal Mail ... g wan Sends, 1822, V., St., 5 per Cent.... 20 all Paris and Orleans 57 59 10 all Berlin Water Workr.... 5 51 IS Ditt o, 44 per Cont. '"11 tioads 3 per Cent. Ditto Aceeun't. r ; k . 41 1 nonds, 6 per cent ultto Account • ••• a lii Ditt 40 20 all Sambre and Mouse_ 84 9 Si , St. all Copper Min, of Eug. 35 emi 0 Guaranteed 4 per Cent. ditto Account ' IA . wends on the above Atyable in Lon ~ n. 20 all Southern of France.. .: —pm 5 all Crystal Palace .24 --, 24 C TWO O'CLOCK. 84 all Westi Flanders....... 4 1 —44 5 all Do. Preference CODSOIS, money 93i 3 10 all I go, 54 per c, ,Prof., 9,4 10 4 all Crystal Pal. of France s ... •• • nan mint • 93,1- sellers 20 a ll I W.& ist.W. of Franc( 324 3, 1 1 1 4 Dustou Iron Ore 1 ..• ••• the ............ 20 all West. of Switzerland ... _ ... St. 100 ElectrieTelegraph ... 921 90 2 pm. Sir Gilbert Heatheote 6 all Wiesbaden . • -- •• • 1 all Electric Tel, of Irel. ... ••• tom lisposed, is gradu a ls ' M.P., who has been seriously 6 i all Do. Bp. cent. pref. ... ... 5 all En.drAust.Cop.SmCo, 14 14 , Lion The London and NYovirtriehae.ewv.eeraitnegruhißs Railway -20 I all Zealand ... 10 10s. Eur, & Ind.Jetn. Tel.l ... ••• 4 had ' inviting tenders for Company 25 all Gen, Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) l ... ••• Sev , °hill:Inv:178: railway between JOINT-STOCK BANKS , 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat . . ••• nee( illesden and Watford. 20 5 London Discount ~.. .1 ill . alre Greenwich Fair is novv eta" i 40 all lAustralasia '99 101 100 994 4 all Loud. Gen , Omnibus 4—41 44 Rid ' proprietors of the land ppressed. Two of 25 184 Bank of Egypt f i— 4 P 20 10 !Magdalena St. Navig. ... -- ... jute e b given the police power remove anything that might e4Placed upon it. 50 Bank of London ,' 58 —6O 10 all iMediteran. Elec. Tel. . ... Mr. A. letter front Berlin of the th. states that M. de 100 all Bri, Col Bk.& Ln. Co , ... ... 10 all Mexican& S America 21 3i vies oome, the Danish Minister ofiyaorroeign Affairs, had ar- 50 40 all !British N. American ... ... . 5 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... id par 41 4 writ 'ed in that city to support de -Balsam in thes 5 Do. New ... friar qTuehsetioinkt getiations respecting the duchies, n 10 5 Netherlands Land._ 1 1 i laid ... 2;1 10 all Do Do - at it was considered likely th,t th e aught to a ,t,i,,factory conclusion. At the Would be 100 29 ,Commercial of Loud.. ii; 100 20 560 !British i t i l y k ... ° . f . . 1 . 11 .. d. .. ........ ...... ... 6 1 8 3 I . 70 6 18.1 5 1 Do. Do. GEORGE HOLMES IN SAFE KEEPIN 20 all !Ene . .Scot.&Aus•C lit • si ___ 1a• 100 80 New Land ... ... a fr, Id sessiOns, on Wednesday, Geor :ii 5 t. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. ... ... Mr. Iced to six years' penal servitude,gand At Was sett. 20 all IDitto New ........... _ ... Wake- 10 all ILon " .Ch. Bk.of Aust : 1 18 2 1 _ ... 0 1 all N. B. 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N w 6O clothes, and then, b • 50 10 - ui • e was Y running about the roo non's Land 14 16 in S ) furniture. , to 100 __ 1 , ?on o f London . NO 283 Van Dm 50 jtTnity Mutual -1. p cJan, 4July ... • r . . ... tp h: 100 ,50 \Wean). Bk .• - .0. Lond lO • - r - ' 8 'lt ttitl SuN, toNnol l / 4 T, sAItuRD riVk kIN MAIICH 7, 1857 . LAW OF LIBEL FOR _NEWSPAPERS. DAVISON V. DUNCAN---ONE FARTHING DAMAGES. This case, which has attracted much public attention, came on for trial yesterd ,es morning, before Mr. Justice Crompton, at the Northern Circuit, Durham. Mr. Atherton, Q.C., Mr. Manesty, and Mr. Udall were counsel for theplaintiff ; Mr. Hugh Hill, Q.C., Mr. Over end, Q.O , 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 hant County Advertises.. The action was brought to re cover damag es —l a id at I,oool.—for a l ib e l . The defen dants plead e d fi rst, not guilty; secondly, that the facto were true; a n d thirdly, that the statement complained of was a just an d t rue report of what had taken place, and that they p u bli s h ed it without malice. Mr. Atherton stated that the plaintiff, Mr. Davison, acted, previously to the resignation of the late Lord Bishop of Darham, as the secretary of that prelate. The libel of which Mr. Davison complained was contained in the number of the Durham Advertiser dated the 10th of Octo• ber 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 thel3oth 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 Rev. Mr. Ridl ey, v i car of Stranton : Rev. Mr. Burges, in cumbent of Christchurch ; and affixed to it was the com mon seal of the commissioners. The petition was prepared and the co nsecrat i on took ace accordingly. But pre viously, on th e 15 t h of December, 1855, the late Bishop, Dr. Maltby, b e i ng considerably oppresse d b y i nf i rmity, 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, bringing witht him the li cence, and directed that the Rev. John Hart Burgos'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, bad 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 of 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 profeesed to be a licence from the bishop to the Rev. John Hart Burgas, as chaplain to the cemetery, and reciting in the usual way, that " iu pursuance of a petition," he. On the reading of the document several commissioners ex pressed their surprise at its contents. :To 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. Burge- into the office. The Rev. Mr. Ridley said ho had received on Saturday last a communication from Mr. Barg. , -;, st eing that be had re ceiveda what licenc w ef a r s m om et e t by bishop,he. Being at a loss t o un derstand such a communication, he, as vicar of the parish, Mote to the bishop, and had received the reply, of which the following is the subst 'nee :—" The bishop desires it to be made known that a document, repre sented by Mr. Joseph Davison to be a mere licence for the West Hartlepool Cemetery, woe laid before him for his signa ture. No name was mentioned in the licence, and certainly not M . r. Burges's. If the name of Mr. Burges had appeared in the document, the bishop would have refused to sign it." A 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 tho 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 yea's, had impoc-d upon him a gross fraud for the purpose of serving the purpose of his friend Mr. Barges. 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. He urged that when the proprietors of the Durham Advertiser received the account 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 same number in which appeared the bare 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 was known to them, and they put forward and deliberately defended these false and injurious state ments; or else, without t a ki ng the trouble to inquire, they recklessly, with th e means of knowledge before t h em, s h ut their eyes to th e t ru th , an d , whether the accusat i ons 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 cor rect report of what took place at a meeting of the Hai tie pool Improvement Commissioners, to defeene the character of Mr. Davison, and valuable as tLe services of the press undoubtedly were in this free country, he had very con siderable doubt whether it was to be permitted or en dured that the publishers of journals like the Durham Ad vertiser should give the publicity which their circulation afforded to the defamation of charaeter, to libel and slander, quite without foundation, and in many cases uttered with express malignity. It was true, iu some in stances, that defamation by some parties was rather a compliment than otherwise. But when it got into a coun try journal like the Durham Advertiser, and thence into the London papers, if the person calsiumniated was in a public position,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. Die friends of the person calumniated could not take the trouble to ascertain the truth of the charges, and the offence was rendered a hun dred times greater than it would have been if the defama tion had been allowed to remain within its original limits. plea, and thi s was likely to become j T u h st e i fi C c o a u t r io t of n w ( a 2u s e a en b ' a s i ßench had d ec id e d t h at the plea of 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 be had 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 wag AS unfair as the Court of Queen's Bench hod decided the plea wee 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--one farthing da mages. ARKET NEWS.—(This I:ay.) COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of fruit and vegetables were only moderate, and the trade generally ruled steady, as follows : FRurT. Pine apples, per lb. 6s Od to 10s Filberts, per lb is to is 4d Colonial do., ea. Os Od to Os Od Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 140 s to s Grapes, per 1b...12s Od to 20.7 Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od Foreign do Os Od to Os Od Walings, per 100 6d to Is Od Melons, each 3s Od to 5s Od Figs, per doz is to 3s Od Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to 830 d Strawberries, per Nectarines, do. 2s Od to 8s Od pottle Od to Od Apples, p. h. sv. 6s Od to 8s 3d Gooseberries, per Pears, per d0z....8s to 103 Od half sieve ....Os Od to Os Od Oranges, per 100. 3s 6d to Os Currants, p. do. Os 0,1 to Os Od Lemons, p. doz. 03 9d to 2s Od Plums, per do. 2s Od to 5s Od Apricots,p. doz. 2s Od to 6s Od Groan gages, do. 4s Od to 7s Od Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od Raspberries, p. potl. Oil to Od VEGETABLES. Greens, p. doz. bnn. 3s to 3s 6d Cabbages, per doz. is to is 9d Savoy do., p. do. is Od to 2s fod Cauliflowers, do. ,:sod to 58 Od Brocoli, p. bun. is 0,1 to is Potatoes, per ton 603 to 130 E New do., per d 0....... Osto Peas, per quart ...9d to is Od Turnips, per bunch 2id to 6d Carrots, per bunch...sd to 7d Cucumbers, each 2s to 4s Od Garlic, per lb 6d to Os Rd Sorrel, per sieve Od to Os Spinach, p. d0...2s Od to 2s 6d Brussels sprouts, per half do 2s 01 to 3s Od Onions, p. bush 2s 6d to 4a 9d New do., per bunch 4d to 6d French beans, per 100 2B 6d to 4s Od Leeks, per d 0......... 2d to 4d NE WGAT E AND Shallots, per lb.. 6d to 83 Florseraddish, p. bun. 2s to 5s Parsley, per do. 3d to 4d Celery, per do Os 9d to is 63 Beet, per doz. is Od to 2s Od Parsnips, per do. is Od to Os Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 3d Mushrooms, p. ptl. 2so, I to2s 3d Artichokes, each ...4d to 8d Lettuces, per score 9d to is 3d Endive, per score is 6d to 3s Radishes, per bunch 21 to 3d Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to Os Od ' Walnuts per 100...0s 8d to is Chillies, per 1001 s Od to Is 6d Capsicums, per 1001 s Od to 2s Rhubarb, p. bun. 9d to is 6d Asparagus, per 100 Gs Od to 9s Sea kail, per pun. Os ed to Os Turnip greens, per bush is bd to is Gd LEADENHALL. ----- Turkeys, 5s Od to 103 Od; Geese, 55 Od to 8s Od each ; Ducks, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2s 01 each ; wild do., 10d to is 2d ; Pigeons, 10d to is 3d each ; large Surrey Fowls, 68 to 123 ; barn-door do., 3s 6d to 53 6d ; Chick ens, 5s Od to 9s Od per couple ; Capons, Os Od to Os ; Hares, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Grouse, 2s 3d to 3s 01 each ; Pheasants, 3s to 4s 6d ; Partridges, is 9d to 2s 3d; Woodcocks, 35 Od to 3s 6d ; Snipes, is 6d to is 9d; Teal, is 6d to is 9d; Wild Ducks, is 9LI to 2s Od ; Widgeons, is to is 3d ; Plovers, is 6d to le 9d each ; Guinea Fowls, is 9d to 3s ; Roasting pigs, 6s Od to lOs Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to -• s Od ; English do., 15s Od to 18s Ocl per dozen lbs. ; English eggs, Os to lOs ; French do., 7s 6d to 8s per 120; Leverets, 2s tid to 3s Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 33 4d to 4s 6(1 ; mutton, 38 84 to 4s 104 ; veal, 43 Od to 5s 01; pork, 4s Od to 59 Od per £3lbs., by the car case. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10,1 ; veal, 4s 01 to 5s 03 ; pork, 38 8d to 53 per 81bs., by the carcase. - - _ BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, is 01 to 123 ; Brills, 2s 01 to 7s each ; Salraon, is 9d to 2s 61 per lb ; Cod Fish, is 61 to 7s each ; Sole-, 4d to 2s 6d per pair ; Trout, ls 03 to 03 per lb ; Lobsters, 2s to 4s 6d; Crab s , 6d t o 3 s Od ; Whi t i ngs, 35 Od to 7s perdoz. ; Common Oysters, 12s to 16s ' • Natives, 503 to —s p er b s h. ; Mackerel, 60s t o — s p er 100 ;Smelts, is Od to 3s 6d per doz. ; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters, 5s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 4s to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od; Sprats, 5s Od to Os Od pes bushel ; Doreys, is Od to 7s each ; Haddocks, 4s to 103 per doz. : Pike, 6d Sturgeon, 61 per lb ; Prawns, 7s Od to Os; Mullets, 6d to is 6d each ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut, Fd 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 aro from 80 to 9d ; of household ditto, 7d to 8d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 5/d to kid ; 6411, to 721 b, sid to old ; 721 b to 801 b, sid to 6d ; 801 b to 881 b, 6d to 6sd ; 881 b to 961 b, Gld to 7d ; 961 b to 1011 b, 7d to 74d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides, lOs Od to Os ; Caif skins, light, 3s 01 to 5s Od ; ditto full, 9s 6d to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, 10s Od to 12s Od ; Keats, 8s tid to 103 ; Half-breds, 8s 6cl to lOs Oi ; Downs, Gs 6d to 8s Od ; Shearlings, is 4d to is 5d ; Lambs, Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITFIFIELD.—Meadow bay, 21 lOs to 4/ Os clover do. 31 lOs to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 83 per load. A full average supply and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow bay, 2/ lOs to 41 4s ; clover do., 3/ to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9s per load, Supply talerably good and trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ Os : clover do., 3/ lOs to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 8s per load. Trade dull, at late rates. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—Ibis Day.) ,e..--_ 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 Cruz. DARTMOUTH, March 6.—Wind N. W.—Sailed—Cla rendon (s.s.), for the Cape of Good Hope and India. TORBAY, March G. —Sailed—Berl in , for New York. Boxer' lIR on, 1.W., March 6.—Off the port—Annan dale, from Mauritius, for Bremen. SWANSEA, March 6.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Bella Donna, from Coquimbo; Mary, Riva da Sella. Sailed— Friends, for Malta. CARDIFF, March s.—Two steamers came in collision in Penarth Roads to-day, and one of them sunk. CRRISTIANSAND, Feb. 23. ['he Constance, from Stock holm, for England, whioh was towed up here previous to the 30th Nov., after being on shore to the eastward of this place on the 12th 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 he attended a meeting of that board on the 7th Oct. Produced a copy of Mr. Burger's licence. Believed that the document was read by the chairman at the meeting. It was dated the 27th September, and was a licence from the Bishop, signed by Archdeacon Bland, empowering Mr. Burges is 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, whore 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 had 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, hrd already been consecrated. The chaiiinan said that Mr. Ridley, the vicar of Stranton, was the proper person to inter bodies, and that the licence was a clumsy device of Mr. Davison to give Mr. Barges a status. Mr. Ridley, the vicar of the parish, rerearkc i that ho (Mr. Ridley) had written to the bishop, and that he had received an answer from the bishop that Mr. Dasison's d ocument had been laid before him by that gentleman, but th at Mr. Burger's name was not in it. If it had been h e would not have signed it. Canon The a letter lt, ; y . too One of , the he commissionersg d, sa i d it waswas sign e d b y th e Rev. a fraud.' Another that it was a scandal upon the Church. Mr. Ridley replied he did not S C 3 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 signed by the Revs. Ridley and Burges, and was sealed by the commissioners. The Bishop of Manchester conseqated the ground. The Rev. Mr. Burges produced the o r i g i na l licence to It i • g sv ne a d s signed 0 D .eheennne 'v'eaidtsh, " George tß h h i l m ee t 12 u d7, n t h d e () c o r n; m t s h ei eps commissary specially ep o re. f e t a hop, il e y a b p i s p h ei n t e I:d proved that he 13 ish o p A uc kl an d inw asseapptpeetni Archdeacon tibtee rd, Eland ite w hs a ea s ryl others, Was handed to him by th e bi s h o p's steward, Mr. Qreasiy 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 SL John's, New Brunswick; Ti. tania, Taragona. Sailed—Ennerdale, for Pernambuco; Africa (s), N ew York; Circassian (e), Newfoundland. QUEENSTOWN, March 5. ,Wind S.W. Arrived—Detroit, from Callao. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITiS El TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.45 a.m. Wind W.N.W. ; four hours' flood • fine. Arrived, the 6th—Meteor, from Table Bay; Earl Mul grave, Nassau ; May Flower, Demerara; Cybelle, Ber bice ; Vizcano, Savannah; luvanhoe, Calcutta; Adelaide, Odessa. Arrived, the 7th—Harrie . :,, from Dunkirk ; Ocean, Dun kirk Albatross, Rotterdam ; J. K. L., Singapore. •DEAL, Saturday; 9.30 X. 03. Wind N.W., moderate. Passed the Downs on the sth—Floke, from Shields, for Vonedag. P a ssed— Blackfriars, from Madras, for London ; Land scape, Ibrail, London ; King John, Llanelly, London ; Dorothy, Taganrog, Neptune, Australia, Dundee. Anchored—Susan, from London, for Rouen ; Alida, 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 Common,. • The wreck of the Northern Belle in foggy weather is a,very dangerous obstacle to navigation. A few days ago a ship bad 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, was at Auckland tie licences were sent to Mr. Greasly to be seal e d, an d h an d e d 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 sec r e t ar y t o th e l a t e bi s hop. H e directed that gentleman to insert the Reverend George Hart Bur ges's name in the licence as incumbent of Christchurch, West Hartlepool; he was aware that the cemetery had been consecrated upon the petition of the vicar of St an ton and Mr. B urgos . Th e name was i nser t e d i n his (Mr. Bland's) presence. After it was inserted, he (Mr. Bland) signed. Crossixamined by Mr. Hill—lt was on his responsibility that the document was signed. He was aware that there was an unseemly controversy at West Hartle pool. Judge said h e wou ld no t h ave any religious contro versy there. Re-examined by Mr. Atherton—ln using the term " un seemly" he did not apply it to Mr. Burgos. 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 the explanation now given it was a great pity to go on with the case. Mr. Hill, Q.C., then addressed the jury for the defend ants. He protest e d aga i ns t t h e conduct of the plaintiff, who, instead of writing a note to the editor of the Durham Advertiser, which was admitted by him to be a respectable journal, and in which that note would have been published in the very next impressibn, and would have at once cor rected any mistake that the parties bad fallen into, chose to bring this action against the 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. He 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. Hezeinarked 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 the jury to declare whether the publication was a libel or not. He alluded to the case of " Lord Lucan v. the Publishers of the Daily News," 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 Durhane 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. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YrsTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'cksek. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following private bills were read a, second time and ordered to be committed :—Cork Comnirners' Gas • Liverpool Docks Committee and Birkenh earl Decks and Swan , ea Docks. • The Norfolk Railway bill was withdrawn. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. In answer to a question from Sir S. NORTHCOTE, Sir G. GREY said there would be no objection offered by the Govern ment 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 t'ae intention of Government to introduce a bill to ameiad the Burial Acts ; and if so, whether there would be any objection on the part of Government that a dance similar to clause Bof the Burial Ac:: for Irel pasted in the year 1853, be introduced the..ein, securing certain sacred rights to bury in family vaults in existing cemeteries ? Mr. MASSEY said that the Government had bad the subject under consideration, bat that in the present state of affairs it was not likely they woul I introduce a bill. He we 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 notios ? Mr. BOUV.ERIE 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 vrard were sent to a place in the neighbourhood of King's-cross, which afforded the worst poasitle shelter. .'lt was no better than a stable, with a division in it for men and women, who were sup plied with a rug and 6 oz. of bread. Means had been taken for remedying that state of things. THE LIGHT DUES. Mr. J. EWART asked the Vice-President , af the Board of Trade whether it was intended to make any, and what, further reduction in the light dues levied by the three general lighthouse boards, under the M. trchaut Shipping Act, 1854 I Mr. LOWE 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 Ali Moorad Kban, 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 what ground 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 Ameer Ali Moorad Khan, because it was thought he had left the country. The Government afterwards found he was in this country, and they had now con], municated the decision to him. PERSIA. Mr. LAYARD asked, now that the negotiations f-or peace with Persia had been concluded, if the Government would lay the papers with regard to it on the taVie of the house I Mr. V. SMITH said that there was the same objec tion to laying the papers on the table now as t'aere was before signing the negotiations for peace, told h e rag _ gested that the house should wait until the negotiations for peace had been ratified.- There way, no necessity to present the papers to the house, and still less for the bon. gentleman to press the question. No v , .ite for the ex penses would probably be taken this ses,si on . CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTION ACT. In answer to a question from Sir F . KELLY, Sir G. GREY said that the Corrupt Practices at Election Bill was still in force, and would remain so for some time. When it was passed it was provided that it should remain in force till August, 1857, and till the end of the next ensuing session of Parliament. PERSIA. On the motion of the adjournment of the houQe, Mr. LAYARD renewed his question with reference to the production of the papers rclative to Persia. Mr. V. 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 dismantling her, ,Sir C. WOOD said that on the arrival of that ship into this country every att3ntion was paid to Captain Hartstein and his crew—(hear, hear) —and he 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 tr• the Resolute had not been done discourteously to th• 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 GUANO, IMPERIAL PA R LIA MEN T. time could not be gained so as to make a double t rans i t ____, a _-__ in A 24 fte h r ou o rs fu ti r e e p ol u a h r l k ic s w fr o o u m id c ga a t o " HOUSE OF LORDS.—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR too THE 'Lusa - MAGISTRACY. The subject d ro p pe d. 1 took his seat on the wool. ' CHINA. sack at 5 o'clo c k. n ne n l o p th u in nwg . E: , Sir P. KEL LY asked the Government if they in. i tended to continue to ao on • the ordinance relative to i carryit,g the British fildg in the China 'waters t He con Viscount DUNGANNON gave notice that on Tees- i tended the ordinance WP , I ille al. Lord PALMERSTON r aid the question was re. day next he shoal move for a copy of the memorial of I the Protestant Association of Mike/my to the Lore, , opining that which had . onstituf.ed so loot!: a debate Lieutrates,enant, comp mith laini and ng of Anthem a case in pe' tinue acting on the ordinance referred to. sons connected with the Irish Church Missionary Society The subject then dropped. were concerned. IRISH POOR L&W. The adjournm en t was then agreed to, EAST INDIA AND CHINA. The Earl of WICKLOW presented a petition from the On the motion of Lord tIOTHAIT an adc'ress was agreed guardians of Rathdrom, in Ireland, praying the house to for copies of any in,!in,,ria,, r..oelved b',.- Viscount Pal. to take into their consideration th e s t ate o f th e poor in noerston in 1817 and 1848 it , :11 the Eust India and China that county (Wicklow); and to consolidate the unions in Association of Liverpool, together with the answers re. Ireland, and thereby lessen the expenses of such estah- valved thereto. lishments. Their lordships then adjourned. WAYS AND MEANS. On the question that the Speaker d v leave the chair and that the house resolve itself lots 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 coarse the Government propose to take with regard to financial matters ;'but after I Mt. 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 oppor tunity fairly and succinctly to state to the house the course which we on this side were prepared to take with respecttofinanciaclomuresae must b suresineomrdoidniafied under therycircumstan ex traordinary and how far that . traordinary circumstances` which we have now to cocotte. ter. The Chancellor of the Exclisrper, 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 tsx se 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 locet taxation of the ceuntry. I need not remind bon, gentlemen of the large amount of that local taxation, nor how materially it alters rho balance which the Chan. cellor of the Exchequer strnok in his financial state ment. We have no wish, sir, to disturb 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 9se most invidious and intolerable character. It was our 'view generally, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer origi nally brought forward those propositions which in a more modified form we are now about to consider, 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 ocher 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 assistance to the Government ceneietent with maintain ing the spirit of the settlement of 1853. I would even calf it the compact of 1853, and I am rather surprised that a very 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. hart. 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 such a character that when 1860 arrived he should be surprised to see any Minister bold eleough 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 teat 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 Chancellor of the Exchequer, The most important of these indirect taxes which the Ceancell a- of the Exche quer proposed to deal with was the tea duty. It was our lot, Sir, to propose originally tt,a,t 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 bad 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 thorityarticle w ere of opinb,n that th e exeriiineet was cne which ong quantity a whichd m ade. Weee Areinformed proposed to that ra the was limited, and that the only consequences of our legis lation would b., the supply not being proportioriately increased, to injure the revenue, without benefiti ng t h e consumers. Nevertheless, taking the most sedulous jmeans to obtain the very best information on the sub ect—and here I may offer cur thanks to a gentleman a hose name was frequently mentioned in the recent de bates, Sir G. Bonham, for the assistance he gave us-- we believed that the views to which I have referred were erroneous—that the quantity of the artier was, if I may use the epithet, illimitable, and that if we operated boldly upon the tea duties we should greatly stimulate commeice, very much advance our manufactures, and, above all, confer a great benefit upon the body of the people. We had not the honour of carrying that mea sure. It was, fortunately for the country, carried by our successors, and I ask the house whether all the be nefits anticipated from that great change have not been fully realised ? (Hear.) There Las 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 illimit able. I'he immense increase in tee amount of our im pottations proves that, and every anticipation of benefit to commerce, to manufactures, and to the community generally has been perfectly realsed. IVith these views, Sir, and not believing that a great increase of taxation was necessary, and being prepared to make great sacri floes 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 dillies. I cannot say that anything that nas occurred since has at all shaken our general views upon that subject: I donotwant to introduce iuvidiougy into this discussion any consideration with respect to the affairs of China, but I may perhaps be allowed to observe that, if you increase the tea duties ins' ead 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 announced 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 ? 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 tour resolution as a c e nsure u p on h is G overnment, wished appeal to the country, i n or d er t o ascerta i n whether it approves or condemns our proceedings. But, after I had addressed the house, the noble viscount, I e my great surpthe, informed us th a t h er Majesty's Mi. meters have superseded the agents whose conduct we tth understand p ad e o n p l e t t ,coh sae y legged Cwouhr at eh t the et j bh • u ae s y; bad censured. I cannot, Sir, understand the consis tency of that proceeding on tee part of her Majesty's Ministers. It places this house in a very peculiar posi veal I could o t o u t t a i i ie n e . n of: f o b u t u h r t e c t e n o r o m b a u l p e r p e sanction our decision, having in the meantime superseded the persons upon whom cur sentence was appears to me extremely inconsistent. Pronounced' l Elear.) But what is the actual position in which itself placed ? The noble vi the house finds of viscount pon the ue tion war, says be utterly contemns thenq 8 pinion of the ex isting House of Commons, and of a future House of C appeals to the opinion Commons which is to assemble in May, How, Sir, can ' House of we bind a future , Commons on a su bject qu it e • t ta s t ha t ° I as im mr an ii, war —the subject of taxation, if o pinion with our respect to the affair in Chi n a no influence is to have . with the noble viscount 11118 er announces ? If a 111 that the solemn opinion of this house upon th, subject of war is not to influence his conduct, and he appeals to a future House of Commons, to assemble in May, I can not see h ow h e can ask the condemned and contemned house to levy new imposts uponthe fa people. If . the - t o the anticipation tune House of Commons_ip, according .ou• decision with ef the noble viscount, to revers e e ct it to be bound by the re spect to China, how can we yap decision of a moribund house with respect to ta xa ti on ? I think it would_ be we ll for t h e h ouse to consider whether at the present moment we cannot d o b etter than vote new taxes under circumstances w hi c h deprive tea n ot e of a ll authority, and which, if in a legal, at us deal sense, render it impossible a constitutional least in for us to deal with the property of our constituents. What wou ld be the consequenc e ? The now house is to west in May. W e can have the budget in M ay- We have often bad th e budget in May. In 1848 the budget was 'brought forward in August. Oa a question so import an t as that of 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 people. 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 service. Mr. SCOTT called the attention of the Government to the necessity of taking measures to obtain guano from the Arabian Islands, on terms more moderate than those litely concludjd by the Government, provided pro tectio:) be afforded to those engaged in its exportation, and to secure its importation from those Minds to this country. Ile coin plain ed that the supply of guano wa4 most unsatisfactory, the trade being a monopf•ly in a few hands. The Government had obtained a ce,sion 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 foilowed 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 b:nling them down to import 500,000 tons per year into this country. He had endeavoured to impress on Mesirs. Ord and Co. the necessity of supplying guano at a small cost, and they bad Cinsented 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 agriculturigs. The atten tion of the Government bad 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 proem.. 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 be had any objection to have a return prepared, showing the number of vessels entered inwards in the years 1852, 1353, 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 andcasualties 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. ChAi which D a h W a E w e L d L a e d x e p a re re s a s s e e d i h n is th s e at l i a s s fa s c o t f io l n i fe at s i the h e: there return, ur alterations Pw made by Parliament through the Board of Trade. POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND. Lord NAAS called the attention of the house 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 bad done all that was possible to effect this detir able object. Colonel FRENCH also complained of the present communication.' Mr. WILSON explained the circumstances of the case with reference to the subject, and said that con tinued negotiations were going on to effect the object desired. The commercial population of Ireland had no doubt cause to complain of what appeared to be delay on the past o f the Government, but it arosefrom the Government being unable to act on the reroi tee evidence c given befor e a parliamentary presid presided over by Lord Na a s. T co mpanies bad s t a t e d their desire to give every he railway iacility to the G overnment, but that they wouldntote periodac act on the basis of C aptain Huish's evidence as to li period, of transit. Th ey wanted a longer perio d, if and the re l ay the difficulty, P