The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-15 00:00:00

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THE STN, LONDON
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,fil Nal VE .Y MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
4 , . •
ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share i Railways. Closing Business
Paid. prices Done.
St. CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
Share Ipaid. 1 Closing B
pousianee.ss -
Atlantic &St Lawrence) an 178 79
iisi- ' Railways. •
100
for Colonial Produce Markets
Leased at 6 per cent.,
ary adlutTrihilonueggl:t_her el
jags': fewan ddays hare been rather inactive, 12.10 Amber;., Notting. Bost.
tiai
10 61 el 61 i 18 Bom.,Baroda&Centlnd 1 9 i 4 d
g. 5 per cent i
all - -
ken
18 Do .
prices generally have remained steady. 50 Belfast and Ballymena.. all - -
sl'toeradtyhe better qualities of tea there has been a 13.14 Bir., Rol., and Mr. Val. all 8 9 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 0 1 1 d
'ght Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh. 18 Do. Do. B 44 g d
Junction lOO 67 69 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all
l 7
_8 d
non
inquiry, and the new season's crop has 25 Blackburn
~,, f Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 1 100 85 90
on limited request, the present high rates pres Stock Bristol and Exeter
tock Caledonian
'ventins-
-190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 80 84
:-- b a large export business being transacted,
exten
t of ,
and the Str Bohreititeanrcltußdanlldoolecad . 1:11 4_8.1
_49
20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3. 0. 4d par
dtO ' home trade have bought to a very limited 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - -
20 Cornwall all 41 54 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. - - pm
nts, t. Coffee has been in moderate request, and 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - --
10 Do. AEA roves. no div. (an - - •
one good qualities of Plantation Ceylon have fully 10 Do. B per an. t all - 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 par i1)54 1 6
the rina !In; c.
e. pd.toß. 174 Demerara - -
tof Maintained late values. Rice has been flat, and in 50 Dublin an elßelfast Junc. all - - 9. 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 4 1 d
25 Dun Perth,& Ai.,r.-1 unc. all 91 10 a Stock East Indian, gu. sp. e lOO 101 102 102 4
'Cis° Cocoa and rum scarcely any transactions have been stock Fast Anglian Eas:Anglian - lOO 151 164 20 Do. C Shares all - ling ren
100 62 63
Ibe 1 Oiled. At the public sales of indigo prices have Stock Eastern Counties 2O Do. E Shares Ext. 10 par 4 p
"men.
G Geelongeel
pero ue
egnS el .nog urd
Corporation
.t. i
20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 -
ais steadily maintained, although some consi-Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 29 31
Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 45 47
100 D0.41p.c. Bds. pay.•se all - -
ex- , derable quantity has been withdrawn. Saltpetre 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 -
SteWoi
Ives continues at steady rates, but tallow is dull. P.Y.C. 25 East Kent all 13 15
100 95 9750 nil cei 1 ail 19
_l9
_2O
ised Stock East Lancashire
all - -
Stock Grand Trunk kof Canada 100 30 31 304 1
Ibe 811 the 20 East Suffolk
spot is quoted 535. 3d. ; March delivery, to Do - - 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.,7B all 71 73 a
the , 635. 6,1 Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 71 72, „„, 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pre lOO 89 91 1004 100
ex- -- ; and last three months, 525. 9d. per cwt. 20 GtlndiaPenin.gua.spLe, all 99 100
aat The Liverpool cotton market yesterday again Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 1® 29 298 "6
20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 I i 1 d
hey Presented sal r,orthes&a Clyde Junction
itol9l
....-
_-
20 Do. do 4 i d par
orra balesa very animated appearance, and 12,000 Srock Glasgo_w South we stn. 1(9) 96 98
Great North of all 10 101 20 1 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip 12y -
tent were sold at a slight advance. In railway stock Great guaranteed 5 per cent.) 16
into Shares the transactions were limited, and prices lee ss so 89 /
Northern lOO 1044 1051 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 151 161
201 Do. New
and reer:_ Stock Do. do. A Stock
Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 137 139
~...-aed unaltered: Stock Gt. Sonth.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 1014 1054 100 ( Do. Bonds pay. '76 with
( apt. till '6O
It has been announced by the directors of the Stock Great Western
all 105 107
.lat 111tdl'as Irrigation and Canal Company that they Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk. 100 56 57
12 Irish South Eastern.... all - - 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 102 104
100 Do. 54 P. c. do. '77 do
eroso Lancaster and Carlisle. all 85 90 86 20 Madras, guar., 44 p. c all 1791 184 171
the have requested Lord Stanle s sanction to the 161 Do. Thirds
Luse
teele_ei.tiou. 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension, ,15 18
11.9 d
of Major Cotton as their chief or super'''. - Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 95 96 " 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.a, 10 *
is to
"ging engineer, to proceed forthwith to Madras, 16 lit• 'lo°.. r 9 416 5 4d 20 Do. Fourth do.
Tied and ade all necessary measures for the complete shares.. 7 id
3 Do. West Riding Union i - - Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - -
ptNewßrunswick&Canda.
20 Do. Southport all -, -:, 20 I RY.&Land(Lim.)p•,.6pc in -_d
it as . E111.,..1.Vi1eY of the works. The committee of the Stock
11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at 25105p.5h. 44 1-03 109- 100 4
11.6.3 London and Blackwell, all et Of Class ACapitl.Share ( - .... a
ers, • e nge have appointed Monday, 21st February,
,Brighton &S.Coast 100 „ i„.i' l. .. , Do. do. Lands d 0..• .. )..
000. 8 SPeeial settling day in the shares of this company, ssrckk London Lon &
North Westn• 100 Y ' 96 -4 a 20 Do. do. B. Caital do. 110 '- --d
stly. Do. do. Lana d 0... 1 _
and business is to be marked in the official lists. 124 Do. Eighths 74 1 1 d
~,, Nelirlhger apramroad / 2,.
hers
Stock London& South-Westn. 100 924 93 93 -Of 20
arid, At the Bank of England yesterday there were no 25 L'derry & Coleraine - - 20 Oude (Limited) -
ant ; bullion 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 38- - 20 Scinde
s• of 1 •,,, operations of importance. The gold by the Stock Man., Sher, & Lincoln.. 100 B9 384 20 Do.
the • No operations
viz., £162,000, was delivered, and £BO,OOO 10 Metropolitan 3 -- d 20 Do. New 4 icfr 10 1 d far, 10 /
Stock Midland lOO 1011 102 1024 1 20 Do. Punjaub .. *4 5 1 d
c 1 44
taken for transmission to the Continent. Stock Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 76 78 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. tzg, 5 i
also The Royal mail steamer La Plata, arrived from 2550
DMoid..iGsth.aWreeast. (Ireland) all - - 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - -
all - - 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip I Id IPI I
ived th,ie West Indies, has brought £lBO,OOO in gold and 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all -
1001
.cted sliver. 25 New., Aber., & Herefd. all 12 13
FOREIGN.
ight 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 -.. .-__- _
ious The demand for discount accommodation con- slsic k I.4eol;froTir WarPt•' "48
100 64 66 i
con- %Ines moderate, and previous rates are still tie- Share Railways.
she ' Stsoock llsfooctull.froiittinsges Union.
10,1,1 di 614€1 paid. Crloriscien.g l BDusoianee.ss
be- ' moderate,
for first class bills. In some instances choioe Stock Nor.Dev.Rait&Dk. Stk. 100 - -
tof paper short date is negotiated at a fraction under stock Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 4/ 5
, ofuntil6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - 20 Ardennes all - - P
2 Per cent.of Stock Do. B Stock lOO -n„ „ 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c. ii d
Dr of
Stock North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 9 114 "I 1 a 5 Belgian East. J unction a 1
;ty'S
to The principal topic of conversation in City circles 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 14 1 d d 20 Beziers to Graissessas.. all l
very Stock Do. Leeds lOO 48 481 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail. all 1 21
cl be . -cLaY has been Lord Stanley's financial statement Stock Do.. York lOO 781 MI 781 4 20 Dutch Rhenish
earl 14 reference to India. Upon the whole it is regarded Stock North London lOO 101 103 6 Eastern of France ...... le i 26 261
,hers 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd i 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. - - P ,
Lialas very favourable explanation of the financial and City_ Junction.... £3 is. - - t 20 Great Central of France all - -
had •
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she all 61 61 c:
11024‘,1tion of the Indian authorities, and particularly 20 North Staffordshire.... 174 41 44 d, 12/
andl3l 131 10 Italian Junction .., - -
20 North-Western
20 Lake Constance & Bale al' -He -wit
.r 1110 rumours circulated for some time past, slO No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 8
-
felt Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 29 31 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all - - i
chef that 11. Oan, of £10,000,000 would be required, the 10 Peebles all •- - I 20 Lombardo Venetian..., 8 1 lip 91
20 Luoca & Pistoj a, 5 p.c.pf. all - - e
gue, announcement that £7,000,000 is all that is now 20 Portsmouth
_ _ , 20 Lyons and Geneva ....
allal _- -_ i
gton Ptrsed, is 10 Rhymnev
Stock Scottish Central lO
100 115 117 334 Maria Antonial
ion.ci ' regarded with satisfaction. The at- Stock Scoth. N.H.. Aber. Stock 100 :57.4 :774 20 Do. do. New - -
1
ien Mont of that sum will create little or no effect Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 00
100 45 47 46 20 Namur and Liege all 84. 81
20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 192 201 1
tbe Fitanh.lotthrihecolgus on ey ' Irmarket,which still remains in a very Stock Shropshire Union
alloo 347/ 238/ d, 16 Northern of France .... all 77 37; t
;fore '2O Do. New Shares - - p
his
wfOhreale'l 0
thought,
T.he failure of the Austrian
.t. loan wiiill, Stock4:ck
'Slo°ituuttlhl3-Ellavus°trnnerne &Sheer.
Sheer.
100 74 f 44 744 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 84 91 f
r B.100 71 72 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7.
.4 2 d .
~plevent the negotaabMl of ot er Stock South WalesE
20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. a' .3 331 331
col• . 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun. all 134 144
1
' the '
settle operations a e , tions of similar character, at least 20 Do. do 2O Paris and Orleans ...... all 52 53
that 20 Staines, Wok., 6z Wok all 8 11 20r Recife& S. Fran. (fern.) ) 9 1 a. d f
, ntinental affairs remain in their present 25 Stockton & Darling,ton all 36 87 ) gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... )
4oud , •
c
lem-
111anod although
situation. Upon the whole, therefore, 155 Do.. do.o N 5-1 224 --- 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 4 - --
7 - - 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - - i
Par- , "le prospects of financial affairs are satisfactory, 20 Royal Danish all - -
.SA:iff.k.vtoal & Hartlepool
100161
_--
_..-
5 Royal Swedish - -
ears,
Stock-
occasional fluctuation may take place, Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 . 100 - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. .: all - - o
use.)
biarmit_a!e.rial change in the condition of the money 20 Sambre and Mouse all 6/ 74 7 a
-
,tin 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rtal 22 • - -
it ro-Stock Vale of Neath ' 100 75 85 Ell) 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all V/ 92
r
20 Southern of France
et 1S considered imminent. Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - -
50 Waterford & Limerick all - - 81 West Flanders all
ff 91
itely warl2l. half-yearly meeting of the Blackwall Rail- 20 West Cornwall
20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 23 24 a
per-
-10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. all -
I "InPauY was held to-day-Mr. Daniel in the 20 Western of Austria.... 6 - - t
was
p ese d Which
ehrair7ateitt, 5 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till
20 Western of Switzerland all - -
a very favourable report was 6 Wiesbaden - - t
5 Do7.Pt has been pd. to B
allall
(43
013-1
6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - -
ter- loci. _ e stating that a balance of £23,792 1 ls. 20 West London - - 20 Zealand all - -
-
applicabler Mauled from the half-year's traffic 10 Do. Ist Class all(
, 20 Do. 2d Class all -
BRITISH MINES.
as. 6.,t0 dividend. The recommendation was
itnetoWtayiller, PREFERENCE SHARES.
i
u* °n the old, and 3s. 2d. on the Business share) Mines. Paid. \ Closing Business t
core_ e _ ease in Share Railways. I Paid. Cilorliaien.g
Done. IPrice. Done.
rver, for the half-year. There was .
cad.
(
the general receipts of £2,592, 25 Llr
pbreetr
(issued at
alto 1)57)
all
49 51 - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 64 74
20 &Mai Iron
Over ll, 'Pal. d With the corresponding period of 1857. i Stk Bris. & Exet4p.et. Stock 100 94 96
The 7etied .....
Do. do. do. Shares - COO dummy (Camborne). 20 - - c
Load. port 4" Was adopted, and it was agreed that thelo Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 465 475
1
i Votemof.thanks Wa
Blares $
hould be goock Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 100 103 105
- East Bassett (Illogan). 30 185 195 -
converted
directors.
cordial Iq. g Do. Quar. Shares, NO. 2. 7. 10 - - -
17s 12 138
ovor Stockl
Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc 100 - - - Great South Tolgus....
cad. Stock Do. do. sp. ct. lOO - - - G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 21 31 r
The transactions in the market for Public Seen- -G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91_ 1 i
reties tO el Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all - -
61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. all 6 6
100 1034 - Lady Bertha lBs 6d 1 1
- North Frances (Illogan) 81. 6 F.
t
Slid -ay have indicated rather more animation, gttmocttt re Class
as 58A67pc4.5.Pc.. 10 - 113 118 - North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 2 .4
BS tO )llent
Ira the quotations have shown a tendency towards Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc .... 100 108 112 - N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 64 74 E
area , Prove •Ex. 5 pet. No.l 100 /15 117 - Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 16 17 t
d toThis slight but favourable change- Porkellis Unit. ((Wend.) 9 - -
bel attributed to the statement made last night Stock E.
do Conn.
N 0.2
110000 13214
113416
-- Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 69 :1 1 t
Meek rarnewllnPiOrn c:•peSthgc.r 100 81 83 - • outhCaradon(St.Cleer) 24 430 410
• for • the Rouse of Commons upon Indian finance, and Stock East Lane. 6 per ct lOO - - - Sorth C. Brea( Illogan). 2 21 2`,.
ver,
hued , the
Iva,
_eanip.aratively small loan which the Council E. W. York. Jen. fifths all - - - S W heal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 220 230 ' (
5 Tamar Silver and Lead t
Stocks Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 - -
but it 4!equire for the current year.
_Mt fact, too, that Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 75 76 75/ Mining; Co 44
3 11 e
Is tolo Tin Croft 0111 be raised without a Government guarantee Stock
0e Graran.eA We):Ttic:na.t.s" 1 pc.- 100 1-13 115 - Unitedblinesoawennap) 40 - -
ited i;!! been viewed with satisfaction. Consols have gttoeoclit, groeastpeN7l2mern: 5
.p. ct. 100 120 122
10p e.pm 100 111 113 - Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d 4 1
- west Basset xIlloga.) -18 zu z 2
the eell dealt in at 95?-, 1 for money, and 951 for the Stock Do. 44 p. 0. do. do.
es. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 6O 64 66 - Wheal Basset (Mogan). 51 215 225 i
Iteboe,.°,unt, and the present quotation is 951 1 for - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 115 125 fair 10 Gt.„?.l.k. 01 Srtld, Ist pf all 11 114
Wheal Edward (Cals.). 54 24 24 I
- ally ties1. The New Threes and the Reduced Annul- Stock tit ; Ireland) 4 1 100
p. a. pref.( Stock .. ) - Wheal Kitty (U. Lelantl 1.7.2 11 12 ,
Et..
- Wh'i MaryAnn(3lelthe 8 46 48
Le 96 to 96-1 ; Exchequer Bills remain steady 50 Great West. (Berke and 6 - -I
- Wh'l Trelawney (Lick.) .44 31 33
less.
Rants) Ext. 5 p.ct. .
t. at 33,• to prem. ; India Loan Debentures Stock Do. Redeemable, 44 p c.i. 100 62 94 934
neia lire 981
•365.
(180 gi Long Annuities (1860), 11 ; and dittoFOREIGN MINES 1
etod
' u 5), 18 3-16. ble do lOO 86 8S -7'
gttococlirc
Do. Redeemable,
recieema 4, p. et lOO 85 87
Stock Do. sp. p. et. Redeem. Pref. 100 99 101 1134 100 20 Australian 74 1 1
ther ,
and Securities a fair amount of business 8 Do. Birm. Prof. Shares all 10 104 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim lOB par 1P ' •
35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 27 1 2
10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.
d in
20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 10 12
:eFeceo_pr:lreedi
prices tend upwards. Turkish 6 shares all 164 171
5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 11 21 . '
10 Do do. sp. ct. pref all 10 loi
itity 79. 'uts. are 901 to 901 ; ditto New Loan, 791 to Stock Do Birming. guar. stock 100 73 1 Clarendon Consols Min-
ing Co. of Jamaica ... a -- d
noes 20 1,04'4; ditto 2d issue, 61 to 6 discount ; Chilian 261 Do. Chester guar.shares all 19
all 38 ,15
13/ Do. do. do
[tea, 11
18 nominally without alteration ; Mexicanall 144 141 - Cepiapo l6 10 12
Ilave •;„. Stock P,aon. do..
looik 6 p.c. stock 100 140 142 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1
1 3d,
2 Fortuna
Sardiss"VrOVed to 201 i ; Peruvian to 94 ;
~ccociE, beon.tirrig.spc. gu. No.l 100 - -
all 194 204
811 ; liall !co 801 ; ditto Small are marked fsp. a ...No. 2 100 - - 20 General
3 Linares all 8 9
s /It:. aedre
Stock
tiueaa ~ 5 per Cents. are firm at 102 ; Stock
Do. !sTew. gin., 6p. ct..: 100 - -
Stock Do. do. sp. C. No. 4 100 - -
Stock Lon..lc N.W.Coy. &Nun- 5 Lusitanian
1 Mariquita ll 1 1 d
all I 11
Ce 8 'll-Yres Deferred at 181- Venezuelan 5 per eaton, sp. ct.
cir. ;
Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 1 1 p
been
dealt '
adva_c
tatonady, at 441 •; and 'ditto Deferred have late 3d shares lOO 163 168 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead
ter- 121 Londondy & Cole, 4 she all - - Mining and Smelt.... all 44 5
17i 1. Austrian 5 per Cents. have1
-old, 121 Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh. all - - 5 Port Philip
to 111 at 76, and the New Loan is at 1 dis. Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct. 100 122 124 30 Santiao de Cuba l6l 1 1
daPar ; the letters of allotment were issued yester-44 4 II) 28.2.84 United' Mexican all 24 31 ,
Lia ;
Y, and •COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Pressed.
81110 then the market has been very Stloc264lc :3:0. r
y.. fip
06p
re
tr cent.sc
Car., 4 p.c. all - -
Closing Business
;ton med. 124 i Do.
There ( Do. 4 per cent allo4l - -_..
Stock Mid. Con. 6p. a Stock - 7
Ton, In vshas been rather more buoyancy exhibited -
1-Le railw pref. stock.. 100 104 105 ,
- Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 113114/ 113/ 14
Oa- ha. ay share market, and prices generally Stock Do. 44 p.
Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. 100 140 1-.2
Ve gym , , - Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 1114 112 i
res ; English patlnsed with the improvement in the Stock k13D00.. f t 100 96 98
with r-option till 1860 3 i ill
- Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 114 1151
fun Pref•" 1 all 91 10 - N.B.Gov.ep.c. Ja. &July 100 111 112
for ki,li
__ , ds. Caledonians have advanced 15s. ; 10 I Leic. & Hit.pre .s .
- Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100
aa-D • Pe et, 6P.
Perth
Nrewpoa.
rertdee,Ambeart,&sc.p.
a.
pi: )
all 111 12 12 - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 100 101
- NovaScotirGov.6 p.c. St.
tri:/„. and Dundee, Lancashire and Yorkshire, ' Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 111 112
(s.), - ~ b.-0,011, 1., Stock Do.
option till 1866
- S.Aus.Gt6pc.Jan&July 100 109 111
and IN orth-Eastern (Berwick), ss. ; Man- 10 Norfilk
aD.
Eebx.t.4spt.coak.sh,ais4reos
laooll 9
_lO si
"ester, SI - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 107 109
ary bren , leffield, and Lincoln, and North Stafford Stock Do. .p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 -__ -__
IttreigiTigagttibEp.se 7. .122
LT. ...,... 111 113 -
gat former values. Sock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 - - JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
lutlheaforeign lines have been inactive, but prices Closing i Business
Ssttocockk NNt..hE.aaDetv.
i.l.lrLeadit. &4plekro.Cebo lOO -_ -_
Sharei Joint-Stock Banks. Paid* Price. Done.
aivaenceldso4 .c. Pref. 100 98 99
Stock Do. Berwick, p .
r• slightly improved. Paris and Lyons
17 Do. Leeds, 3.13.4. 4dm p
'on, In th ss` ; and Lombardo-Venetian, ss. to 10s. no Do. 6p. C. No. 113 7 -
e colonial market Grand Trunk of Canada 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 -
40 Australasia all 90 92
-
on ; rose i „ . 25 Ro. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 1 d p
25 Bank of Egypt all 26 26 •
iy,-- 12. . "S• ) East Indian, 10s., and Great Indian at North
s.. Staffordshire .. . all !!.; 231
k vx.v r.S & Wol. 6pc. 11;4' 100 121 123 22 100 Bank of London 5O
- -
'our .111113 -
40 Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co. all - -
lila brought yesterday's quotations. Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua. lOO 111 113
00 British North American all 56 58
,for /oint Stock Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db.stk.inperp 100 99 101 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 2 14d
niodes_ . Bank Shares have been dealt in to a sk
iqe.nzaastienrnewdiz
laol,l --.....
.....
100 City 5O 61 63 62
25 - - 32
rate extent London and County have im- reock Scottish
10. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 - - 100 Colonial
20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all - -
• -,
.... a.Proved to 281 ; Ottoman Bank to 201 ; and London
- °lnt Stook to 311 to 34. Stockstoak Drooo..A7brdo.eepniegut.
100 Commercial of London. 20 - -
20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 161 17
Slid
tcellaneous Shares have been flat. Peninsular 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 10 11
:Poet 11°°00 --
--
20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - ,
Telegraph,lo Do. Fixed 44 per cent. all - -
20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 214 22 22
/l. Oriental Steam have declined to 85. Electric 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading 50 London and County - - 28
1021 Ann., 1.0.6.) all 241 25
50 London Joint Stock ... 10 - - 31 1
ate. Stock Do .44 per cent lOO 103 105
100 London & Westminster. 20 - 47
an- 631and R 2 ; It°Yal Mail Steam are 63 to Stock Do.Filed4lp.c. Ist is. 100 103 105
100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - -
rk. ~ Red Sea Telegraph, Bto 8,4 Stock Do. New do., 2d issue. 100 - -
Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 - - 20 • Do. new
50 National Bank lO - -
25 - - ►4so
le;
Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO
20 New South Wales
-___...
3IartITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gala. all 164 174
25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 39 40 391 /
25 ) Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. an 23: 2,2
20 Ottoman Bank all 20 204 201 1
3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 961 6 25 I I Do. 6 per cent.
Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, Provincial of Ireland .. 25 65 67
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5 Port Philip 1
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28.2.81 United' Mexican all 24 3
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Paid. Closing Business
Share Securities. Prices. Done.
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Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 114 1151
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NovaScotirGov.6 p.c. St.
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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1859.

GREENWICH ELECTIO.N.

IMPERIAL PARLI.P,TENT.

STATE OF THE POLL.
Eleven o'Clock.

Salomon s

HOUSE OF LORDS—(XIsTERDAY).

Angerstein

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

Majority
Twelve o'Clock.

Salomons
Angerstein

2,133
1,612

Majority .

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

:Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before Lord Chie
Campbell and a Special Jury.)

After we went to press yesterday the Duke of Cambridge,
the Earl of Wilton, and Lord A. Hay were examined.
The Earl of Wilton gave his evidence at great length,
and concluded by saying that he considered his conversa-
tion with Mr. Duncombe to be as confidential and sacred
as anything this side of the grave.
The Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the
Army, was then examined by the Attorney-General. He
said—l was requested by the Secretary of State for War to
nominate the members of the court of inquiry on Col. Dick-
son. All the communications on the subject were official.

Lord CRANWORTH presented &petition from the pro-
testant dissenters of Northallerton, complaining of the de-
cision of the Lords Justices which excluded them from
administering trust funds of grammar schools.
The Earl of CARLISLE and the Earl of SHAFTESBURY
presented similar petitions. •
RIGHT OF SEARCH.
Lord WODEHOUSE asked the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs whether !he would lay on the table of the
house, copies of the recent correspondence between her
Majesty's Government and the Government of the United
States respecting the right of search ? The noble lord hav-
ing alluded to the unpleasant feeling that arose last year
between this country. and the United States relative to the
right of search exercised by British cruisers over vessels on
the high seas, said, from a correspondence that had
ensued, the question had been left in a very unsatisfactory
condition, notwithstanding that the noble earl at the head
of the Foreign-office had adopted the principles laid down
by General Cass. He thought it was of the highest im-
portance that the correspondence between this country and
the United States should be laid on the table, in order that
the true state of affairs might be known.

The Earl of MALMESBURY—I have not the least ob.
ection to lay this correspondence before your lordships.

am afraid, however, as my noble friend has read that por:

)n of it which has been published in America, he will Ind

I never had any communications with Lord Wilton, or any
persen on his behalf, concerning the matter.
By Lord Campbell—l never would have permitted any
such communications to me.

Re-examination resumed—lt would most assuredly be the
duty of a commanding officer of a regiment to send along
with the report of a regimental board inculpating an officer
any other facts which had come to his own knowledge. It
would also be his duty, after he had sent it in, to add any
other charges which might reach him against the same
officer. Of course he would inquire into the truth of the
charges. If he thinks there are sufficient grounds to show
their probability or possibility it would be his duty to re-
port them. I beg, however, to observe that as regards the
militia I do not know the exact course which is pursued.
I do not know whose duty it is to report there, but they
ought to be reported. Militia regiments when disembodied
are not under the control of the Cc hander-in-Chief. A
colonel of a militia regiment has no power to pass sentence
on an officer; he must report the matter to his superior
officer.

Mr. Edwin James—ls it usual for a board, consisting of
a major and two officers, to sit and hear charges against
their superior officer, the lieutenant-colonel?

The Duke of Cambridge—Such a board would be ap-
pointed merely to inquire whether the charges are provable.
They area board to make a preliminary inquiry-into certain
subjects brought before them, and it is impossible to know
what will be the result of their inquiry.
Cross-examination resumed—When they make their re-
port it is the duty of the colonel to send it forthwith to his
superior officer. Of course it is his duty to make any in-
quiry he thinks proper first ; but, having made up his
mind that the report should be sent to his superior officer,
he ought to send it at once. In every well-regulated regi-
ment there ought to be a mess meeting once a month at
least. I know they 'are not held in some regiments oftener
than every three or six months. They are not held as re-
gularly as they ought to be. There is much laxity on the
subject; but in every well-constituted corps they ought to
be held once a month. I am speaking of mess meetings
for accounts. I never heard a word about Col. Dickson's
case until I was requested to appoint a board of inquiry. I
did not even know what the board was for.

little of novelty or amusement in the papers which will be
produced here. I think, however, the noble lord would have
consulted the convenience of the house if he had waited
until the correspondence was laid upon the table before he
indulged in the remarks he has made, as I expect but few of
your lordships have seen that portion which has been pub-
lished. My noble friend has referred to the account of a
visit which was paid to me by the American Minister, and
has expressed surprise that within 24 hours I should have
held language of a contradictory nature ; but that is easily
explained. Upon the first day the Minister for the United
States called upon me, and asked my opinion upon certain
points of international law relating to the right of search, I
gave him what is commonly" called an evasive answer—(a
laugh)—as the subject was then under the consideration of
the law officers of the Crown, whose opinions I received
shortly afterwards. When I got that opinion I had no diffi-
culty the next day in replying to the United States Minis.
ter when he came again, as was agreed ; therefore, your
lordships will see there was nothing extraordinary in the
decision at which, apparently, I had suddenly arrived. My
noble friend seems to think that we have given up some
great British right or privilege of vital consequence to this
country. If I understand international law at all, which
has not changed in our days, what is right now must have
been right 50 years ago. At the latter period, or rather 45
years ago, circumstances were very different to what they
are now. We were then at the close of a very long and se-
rious contest, by which all nations were more or less ex-
hausted, and at the end of which no nation but England
possessed anything like a navy. The French navy, had al-
most entirely disappeared. The American navy was small,

having lost many of their ships, and the British navy was

riding triumphantly over the ocean, being the only one in a
condition to preserve the police of the sea, and to carry out
those points of paritime policy which the circumstances of
the time rendered necessary. But it must be recollected

The Attorney-General—Would it be a breach of duty to
allow a regiment to be disembodied, when the accounts
were in a state of irregularity, without holding a mess
meeting in regard to those accounts ?
The Duke of Cambridge—I am not much acquainted
with militia matters ; but if you ask my opinion as a mili-
tary man, I thick it would be the most irregular thing I
ever heard of.

Similar evidence having been adduced with regard to the
custom of the army,

The Attorney-General then addressed the jury for the
defendant. He contended that Col. Dickson had brought
the whole of theunpleasantness upon himself. He said Lord
Wilton had no ill-feeling against Lieut.-Colonel Dickson.
On the contrary, he respected him, he trusted him, and ho
even liked him as a friend. He m:shed not- to take any
course against Lieut.-Colonel Dickson that could injure
him, or cast a stain upon his name ; and if the jury were
satisfied, upon the evidence before them, that that gentle-
man had so far forgotten himself as to misapply the money
which he had in his hands, Lord Wilton called upon them
to perform their duty as he had performed his duty, and to
give their verdict in a manner to vindicate the authority of
the army and the authority of the law. The learned gen-
tleman occupied four hours in the delivery of his speech.
Mr. Edwin James, this morning, rpplied on the part of
Col. Dickson. The learned gentleman made a very telling
and energetic speech, and resumed his seat by say lug he
confidently exile-eted ac'erdiet in his favour.
Lord Campbell then commenced his summing up to the
Fa/ L of Ch. v-ridence mat
had been given during the trial, and, having explained the
law on the point, left it to the jury to say whether the case
had been made out to their satisfaction. If so, then they
would give a verdict for the plaintiff, but if on the contrary,
then their verdict must be for tho defendant.
The jury bad not returned their verdict when we wont
to press.

that at that time the feeling in this country respecting the
slave trade was extremely strong, and in fact the English
navy was the only one capable of exercising an effective con-
trol over that odious traffic. We could not then expect
assistance from other nations, and we treated matters rather
with a high hand. We were masters of the sea, and we
clamed that which, although it was for the benefit of all,
must be admitted to have been more than we had a right to.
Your lordships are aware that the slave trade is a perfectly
legal traffic, except whore treaties exist providing for its
suppression, and there is no law whatever that gives us or
any one else a right to visit a ship or seize her even if full
of slaves, provided she is sailing under an independent flag,
unless we have a treaty right to that effect with the nation to
which that particular flag belongs. As peace endured and
nations flourished, those who had lost their navies were
enabled to reconstruct them and those who had had none
began to create them. Feelings grew up among them with
respect to their navies similar to those which we entertained
in regard to our own, and naturally they began to dispute a
claim which they had never submitted to with any good
grace. Such was the case with France She had a slave trade
treaty with us, and she said, " We are an independent
nation, with a navy of our own, and we consider it an insult
to be thought unable to fulfil our own engagements, and to
maintain the police of the sea as far as our own flag is con-
cerned. We are able to do it, and we do not desire you to
meddle with our ships, but to leave them to us to look
after." Such, too, was the language of the United States
as their naval power and spirit of independence increased.
I am not fond of expressing opinions upon the acts
of my predecessors in office, but I must say I think they
held out too long, considering all the circumstances, for the
extreme exercise of the power we claimed, and which inter-
national law, strictly interpreted, could not bear us out in
demanding. As my noble friend has stated, this practice of
visiting all ships (the slave trade having much increased in
consequence of the Russian war) created a great amount of

ill bloOd in the United States, and I felt that the time was

come when, instead of carrying it with a high hand as we
had done 31 years before, it was better, that great country

having a powerful navy, and able if they chose to prevent
acts which we justly deprecate, that we should show our
confidence in them, and rely upon their uniting with us to
put a stop to the slave trade. The American Government,
in their language, went as far into one extreme as we had
formerly done in the other. They at that time declared
that no right of search whatever should be allowed. But on
the 10th of April, I think it was, General Cass forwarded
to -w-hat I then stated—an opi-
nion by which I am still prepared to abide—that it was
written in a fair and candid spirit, and which I believed
contained a just interpretation of international law. He did
not in that note deprecate the exercise of the right of search
under all circumstances. What he did state was that,
although a nation might, upon particular occasions, be
justified in resorting to it, yet that such.a comargrould, in
accordance with the principles of international law, be taken
at the risk of the officer by whom it was pursued, adding
that if there were sufficient grounds of suspicion to justify
the proceeding he was of opinion no Government would
be disposed to find fault with its adoption. Now, being
aware if the spirit by which the American Government
was animated upon this subject, what I agreed to do
was this :—That wo should establish, in conjunction with
that Government, for the sake of maintaining the police
of the sea, a code of instructions for the commanders of
both countries which should be identical, and which should
guarantee any officer acting within their scope against
being open to blame. I was, moreover, of opinion, paying
regard to the natural feelings of the people of America
upon this question, that it would not be unwise to invite
the French Government to join us in pursuing the same
course as that which I have just mentioned. I may
add that it seemed to me that any code of instructions
which should be agreed on by that Government and our
own should be of such a nature as not to give rise to the
suspicion upon the part of America that in assenting
to it she was surrendering one 'particle of her national
honour. It was, however, as your lordships must be per-
fectly well aware, more easy to propose such a scheme than
to put it into execution. A considerable time, therefore,
has elapsed during which the highest authorities of the
French navy, as well as of our own, have been employed in
considering this matter; but the result, I am happy to say,
has been that the Governments of both countries have
agreed upon a code of instructions which are identical, and
that that cede has been submitted to the American Cabinet,
with an invitation to them to join with us in its adoption.
Such, my lords, is the course which we have taken, nor can
I regret that we have followed it. And although I may
appear at first to have surrendered a right—an extreme and
exaggerated right—in favour of which so much has been
spoken as well as written—yet I thought, as I said before,
that the time was come when it was better to place entire
confidence in the proper feeling of the American people
than to prolong an agitation which, in point of fact, ren-
dered them indisposed to aid us in our endeavours to put
down the slave trade. (Hear, hear.) The best proof, my
lords, that I was not mistaken as to the wisdom of that
policy is to be found in the spirit which has since been
evinced by the American Government both in its language
and its acts (Hear, hear.) From that Government I have
received the strongest assurances that it will use its best
efforts to put down the slave trade with American ships. It
has even gene so far as to make " officiously," but not
" officially," a suggestion, in the expediency of acting upon
which I entirely concur. It is that the treaty into which
we have entered with the United States and which binds
us, with a view to the suppression of the slave trade, to
have SO guns on the West Coast of Africa should be so
modified that, instead of our being obliged to have 80 guns
in that quarter, and America being enabled to fulfil her
part of the stipulation by maintaining there two old
sailing frigates of 40 guns which are perfectly useless
in the suppression of the slave trade, she should
keep up a certain number of steam-vessels-10 steam-
gunboats amounting to two guns a-piece—which would
constitute a much more effectual force than the two sailing
frigates which have hitherto been employed. The Govern-
ment of the United States has, moreover, intimated that
inasmuch as the slave trade on the coast of Cuba continues
on:the increase it is its intention to send a larger number of
vessels to that coast for the purpose of suppressing the
traffic. (Hear, hear.) Such has been the spontaneous re-
sult upon the part of the American Government of the
action of her Majesty's Ministers towards it upou this sub-
ject. What I have contented myself with doing has been
to forward to the Government of America the accounts
given by our commanders upon the African coast of the
atrocious desecration of the American flag in the prosecu-
tion of the slave trade, and no language, I am happy to say,
could be stronger than that which Lord Napier informs me
was used by General Cass when he heard those reports,
altogether independent of any comment which was made
upon them by her Majesty's Government. (Hear, hear.)
And, my lords, while upon this subject I cannot refrain
from expressing my satisfaction at another change which
has taken place in reference to the question of the slave
trade. Your lordships are aware of the complaints which
have lately been made in consequence of the adoption of
the French scheme of negro emigration to the French colo-
nies, and you cannot have failed to learn with satisfaction
that the French Government has within the last fortnight
or three weeks abolished that system on the East Coast of
Africa, where it had led to greater complications than in any
other quarter. (Hear, hear.) You have also been made
acquainted by a paragraph in the Speech from the Throne
that we are carrying on negotiations with the Government
of France, at their invitation, with the view of arriving
at some agreement by which the entire abolition of that
system of negro slavery might be accomplished—(hear)—
and through which we may be able under proper regula-
tions— in fact, under the same regulations which prevail in
our own case—
to supply France with really free labour
from the East Indies. (Hear, hear.) Nothing, I am happy
to think, now seems wanting :to enable us to bring all
nations—each acting for itself, but at the same time in uni-
son with each other—to the resolution to concur with us
in the suppression of the slave trade, and to abandon a plan
from which the well-known horrors of the traffic but, too
often result. (Hear.) But one thing is wanted to consum-
mate this good end, and that one thing is peace. (Hear.)
When the Russian war began the slave trade had all but
died away. Its complete abolition was checked by that
event, but, if we should only be fortunate enough to enjoy
for some years to come the blessing of peace, the trade will,
I feel assured, be completely extinguished. (Hear.) That
blessing we have now every reason to hope awaits us. The
speech which was recently spontaneously delivered by the
able and powerful ruler of France to the French Chambers
tells us so upon the best authority, inasmuch as ho from
whose lips it fell is all powerful, either for peace or war. We

[We shall publish the verdict in our late edition, if re-
turned in time.]

EXAMINATION LIST FOR WOOL JP/CH.

The following is a list of successful candidates for
admission into the Royal Military Academy at
Woolwich, at the examination held at Burlington-
house, Piccadilly, in Jan., 1859 :
J. D. Bowly, 17, l'reparatoryMilitary Academy, Eltham,
4,612 marks.
J. H. Urquhart, 17, Dr. Bridgeman's, Woolwich, 4,285
marks.

H. Fowler, 17, King's College, and Mr. Taylor's, Wool-
wich, 4,215 marks.
M. T. Sale, 17, Rugby and Clapham Grammar School,
4,059 marks.
W. C. O'Connor, 19, Queen's College, Cork, 3,930 marks.
T. C. Cooke, 17, Harrow, and J. P. Flemings, D.C.L.,
Tonbridge, 3,824 marks.
C. E. Tuthill, 17, Dublin University, 3,806 marks.
A. Worry, 17, Winchester, college, and Mr. Taylor's,
Woolwich, 3,795 marks.
C. Jones, 18, Upper Canada College and Dublin Uni-
versity, 3,727 marks.
C. D. E. Smith, 17, Mr. Taylor's, Woolwich, 3,570
marks.
T. F. Glancy, 18, Dublin University, 3,560 marks.
W. A. Day, 18, Dublin University, 3,529 marks.
C. Cunningham, 17, Glasgow University, and Mr. Tay-
lor's, Woolwich, 3,511 marks.
A. H. Kildahl, 19, Dublin University, 3,430 marks.
A. B. Brown, 18, Royal National School, New-cross, and
Rev. C. Hughes's, St. John's-wood, 3,418 marks.
W. S. Peat, 19, Truboy House, Woodford, 3,393 marks.
C. Kirkwood, 18, Kingstown School, Dublin, and Rev.
A. De la Mare's, Woolwich, 3,300 marks.
J. W. Bernard, 18, Cheltenham College, 3,292 marks.
F. H. W. Milner, 18, Eton, and Rev. J. H. Groome's,
Earl Soham, 3,266 marks.
W. A. W. Orange, 19, Grammar School, Halifax, 3,240
marks.

J. A. Kelso, 19, St. Paul's School, and King's College,
3,208 marks.
R. J. Haslet, 18 Dublin University, 3,195 marks.
L. Downes, 17, St. Peter's College, Hadley, 3,175 marks.
H. A. Barker, 17, abroad, and Rev. H. Pritchett's,
Charlton, 3,165 marks.
P. Lewis, 18, Cowbridgo Grammar School, 3,121 marks.
H. H. Baker, 17, Marlborough College, 3,110 marks.
H. Allman, 19, Dublin University, 3,379 marks.
S. Gardiner, 18, Royal National School, New-cross,
3,067 marks.
A. C. Ward, 17, Mr. Osborn's Bath, and J. P. Flemings,
D.C.L., Toubridge, 2,958 marks.
P. R. Barber, 18, Yarmouth Proprietary School, and
Rev. F. Arnold's, Kingston-on-Thames, 2,946 marks.
E. G. B. Gattey, 18, abroad, and Rev. W. Pritchett's,
Charlton, 2,897 marks.
F. H. E. Day, 19, Mr. Pritchard's, Eltham, and Clapham
Grammar School, 2,874 marks.
W. 11. Wright, 17, Marlborough College, 2,729 marks.
J. E. Toller, 20, Harrow, 2,694 marks.
J. B. Ormsby, 10, Dublin University, 2,655 marks.

THE POPE AND THE PRINCE OF

WALES.

On tho occasion of the late interview of the
Prince of Wales with the Pope, his Holiness rose
on the entry of the Prince, and, coming forward to
the door of the apartment to meet him, conducted
him to a seat, and entered into conversation with
him in French. Colonel Bruce was the only other
person present.
.The interview was brief, and
limited to complimentary expressions and sub-
jects of local interest. On the Prince rising to
take his leave, the Pope conducted him again to
the door with the same warmth of manner
which he had manifested on receiving him.
It is the intention of his Royal Highness to
visit the numerous members of the various Sove-
reign families of Europe now domiciled in the
Eternal City, before applying himself steadily to
studies. A few days ago his Royal Highness went
to call upon the King of Prussia, or rather upon the
Queen, the state of his Majesty's health making it
painful for any one to see him. The Prince has
declined a formal visit from the. French General,
Count de Guyon, who proposed paying his respects
to his Royal Highness at the head of his etat-major.
The excellent habits of early hours, family devo-
tion, and healthy exercise, so meritoriously incul-
cated by Queen Victoria, are strictly followed by
the Prince and his household. The lion. Colonel.
Percy's services have been accepted by his Royal
Highness during his stay in Rome.

UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS IN THE BANK OF ENG-
LAND.-By a return just issued it appears that on the sth
ult. the unclaimed dividends in the Bank of England
amounted to £1,069,374 125., of which £926,450125. 6d.
was advanced to the Government.