The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-01 00:00:00

THE" SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1861.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Railways.

Paid.

Closing
Price.

Business done

Itland° & St Lawrence,
Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind'

73 75
916 926
16 166 d
46 416

Gu; 5 per cent ......1
Do, Do.
IBuffalo and Luxe Huron
fDo. New ..

Do. Preference
Buffalo, Bran tokGodricll
6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
Do. do. July 1, 1873
Do. do. June 1, 1874
Clout ta ctS. Eastn. (Lim'
Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.
Cape Town Dock Scrip
Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c
Demerara
Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p.
East Indian, on 5 p. c.

6 7
75 80
65 70
OS 70
41 5

Do. F Shares Ext
Do. Jubbulpore
Do. 41 p c. -Debentrs
Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864

Do. 1865-1870
Grand Trunk of Canada
I Do. 6 per cent. Pref

Do. 2dPref. 6 per et..
Do. 6 per et. Debentr.
Do. 7 per cent. 1862 ..
Do. do. 1867..
Do. do. 1872 ..
G t. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.e.
Do. New gua. 5 p. c...
G t. South. of India (Lim)
guaranteed 5 per cent.
Do. do.

Gt. W. of Canada Shares
Do. New ..
Do. Bonds pay. '76, with
opt, till '6O
Do. do. '73 till '6O
Do. do. '73 without opt
Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do.
Do. 56 p. c. do. '7B do
Diadris, guar., 41 p. c
Do. do. 5 per cent
Do. 41 p. c. Extension
Do. Fourth d 0...
Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds.
Newßransxvick Canda

Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc
Class A Capital Share
Do. do. Land d 0........

Do. do. B Capital d 0...
,Do. do. Land do. ..- ....
;Dude (Limited) ... .....
IScinde ....
IDo. Punjaub
D°. Do
I.
Do.lndus.St. Flo sc',:,'
Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. '

100
11 all

(100
10
all
100
I

11ai
6 pr

11 14d
98 99

97 98
991 1001
6
21 22
70 74
CO 63
41 43
50 55
40 45
40 43
941 951
lid 1 d

21 1; d
9i
191 lk 111
d

94 97
89 n

82 84
Dli 02i
85 87
2i I; it

6 7

5 7

96i 97i
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0 92
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,AILWAYS.

5f 5a

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11.1
311

all
all
all
all
all

all
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all
all
all

12 13

31 21.1
31 31(1
23 24

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3J 20
87i 38i

8 9
361 37i
55 57

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20} 21i

54- 84
91 91
21 22

61
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981

42 1

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THIRD EDITION.

AY UN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(Tins EVENING).
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the woolsack
at the usual hour.

CHURCH RATES.

- -
The Earl of DERBY presented 101 petitions against the
abclition of Church-:rates.
Several other peers presented petitions to a similar effect.

SECOND READINGS.

The following bills were read a second time :--Sutton
Coldfield Corporation Estates, Caledonian Railway (Stone-
house Branch), and Glasgow and Milngavie 'Junction
Railway.

the lives of many persons, fugitives to the Residency.
It is stated that Officers who were present considered that
the effect of the charge was to enable many Europeans to
escape from slaughter, and time was gained which enabled
the faithful Bhopal Artillery to man their guns. Colonel
Travers's horse was shot in three places, and his accoutre-
ments were shot through in various parts. He commanded
the Bhopal Levy.
Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel James Browne, C. 8., late
46th Bengal Native Infantry—For having at Seerporah, in
an engagement with the rebel forces under Khan Allie
Khan, on the 31st of August, 1858, whilst advancing upon
the enemy's position, at daybreak, pushed on with one
orderly So war upon a nine-pounder gun that was com-
manding one of the approaches to the enemy's posi-
tion, and. attacked the gunners, thereby prevent-
ing them from re-loading, and firing upon the In-
fantry, whO • were advancing to the attack. In doing
this, a personal conflict ensued, in which Captain, now
Lieutenant-Colonel, Samuel James Browne, Commandant
of the 2d Punjaub Cavalry, received a severe sword-cut
wound on the left knee, and shortly afterwards another
sword-cut wound, which severed the left arm at the shoul-
der, not, however, before Lieutenant-Colonel Browne hai
succeeded in cutting down one of his assailants. The gun
was prevented from being reloaded, and was eventually
captured by the Infantry, and the gunner slain.

LONDON GAZETTE-(TBIS ~EVENING).

FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 26

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Samuel
Lilly as Consul-General at Calcutta for the United States
of America.

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DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 27.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Walter
Raleigh Kerr, Esq., to be Colonial Treasurer ; and Edward
Everard Rushworth, Esq., to be Auditor-General for the
Island of Mauritius.
Her Majesty has also been ',leased to appoint Gerard
Oudkerk, Esq., to be Book-keeper, in the office of the
Auditor-General for the Colony of British Guiana; and
Richard Russell, Esq., to be Auditor-General for the
Island of Trinidad.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint John
Hill Beresford, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Island
of Tobago ; and Anthony Pemberton Hobson, Esq., to be
Inspector-General of Police for the Island of St. Vincent.

WHITEHALL, FEB. 21.
The Queen, taking into her Royal consideration that
upon the decease of James Andrew, Marquis of Dalhousie,
in the peerage of the United Kingdom, and Earl of Dal-
housie, in that part of the United Kingdom called Scot-
land, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble
Order of the Thistle, without issue male, which hap-
pened on or about the 19th day of December last,
the dignity of Marquis of Dalhousie became extinct,
but that the earldora of Dalhousie devolved upon Fox,
Baron Panmure, now Earl of Dalhousie, Knight of the
Most Ancient and of the Most Noble Order of the Thistle,
and Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of
the Bath, as the eldest and only surviving son and heir of
William, Baron Panmure, deceased, second son of George,
Earlof Dalhousie,and that, according to the ordinary rules of
honour, the sisters of the said Fox, now Earl of Dalhousie,
cannot enjoy that place and precedence which would have
been due to them in case their father, the said William,
Baron Panmure, had survived his nephew, the said James
Andrew, Marquess of Dalhousie, and had thereby suc-
ceeded to the title and dignity of Earl of Dalhousie,
her Majesty has been pleased to ordain and declare that
Mary Hamilton (commonly called the Honourable
Mary Hamilton), the widow and relict of James
Hamilton, of Bangour, in the shire of Linlithgow, Esq.,
Ramsay Macdonald (commonly called the Hon. Ramsay
Macdonald), the wife of Donald Macdonald, of Sandside, in
the shire of Caithness, Esq., and Christian Millie (com-
monly called the Honourable Christian Mauls),
spinster, the only surviving sisters of the said Fox,
Earl of Dalhousie, shall henceforth have, hold, and
enjoy the same title, place, pre• eminence, and prece-
dence, as if their- late father, William, Baron Panmure,
had survived his nephew, the said James Andrew, Marquess
of Dalhousie, and had succeeded to the title and dignity of
Earl of Dalhousie.
And to command that the Royal order and declaration be
registered in her Majesty's College of Arms.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCEL 1.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from,
her Majesty's Consul at Stockholm, reporting that a new
Swedish Customs' Law will come into force on the Ist
April next, by which the differences at present existing
between bonding and warehousing in Swedish ports will
bo abolished, and the warehousing duty of one quarter per
cent. ad valorem, now in force raised to 1 per cent. on the
tariff rate, payable both on landing and refreshment.
Vessels of above 24 tons will not be required to produce
a consular manifest, in lieu of which a master's manifest
must be delivered.