The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-29 00:00:00

EXCHANGE.

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at 2.01. Credits have been in very limited supply
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Share Railways. Aid. Price. Business done
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we have re. CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
100 ;Atlantic &: St Lawrence all --.4 70
the 22d of
This being Good Friday, a close holiday has Share, Railways. Paid. Closing Businesa
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, Price. Done , sog i Bom.,Barodale.Cent Ind 100 92 93
( Gu. 5 per cent
the 15th of ,
been observed in the City. 18 Do, Do. Fl 6 16 164 d
13.14 Bir., 50 Belfast and Ballymena , all - -
204 Buffalo andLaKe Him)] all 44 5 d
Tirol ,and Str. Val i all 881 204 i [Do. New ....... - -
stock Birk., La., and Ch June. 100 80 82
(YESTERDAY.) 25 Blyth and Tyne ' all - - 10 Do. Preference .... . all 6 7
BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 10 Boat. Sleaf. and Mid. Co. all 54 64Buffalo,Brant&Godrici) 100 75 80
100 6p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
stock Bristol and Exeter .... 100 97 99
ed Calcutta, 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
India Stock. ... ... 220 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 65 70
• - -
5 ClcuttaakS.Eastn. (Lim all 41 5
Ditto 5 per Cent - -
i of revenue, Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent -
1200 (D;oorAk, I(llArock., trassag€ all - - 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. - -
20 Cape Town & Dock Sony 5 14 11 d
Ditto 5 per Cent.
)arB 1856'7' Ditto 51 per Cent .. 991 100 gets no div. ( all __ 171 Demerara •• all - -
r the years Ditto Debentures, 1858 954 I 10 Do B , untll6 pc persn i all -__
f hasbeen, d.toß 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 15 14 11 d 131
stock East Indian, gat. sp. c. 100 99 100 991 i
Consols for Account .. 011
50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 42 44 20 Do. F Shares Ext..... all - -
noes and re- 1
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d l3 15 dis 25 Dun., Perth, dzAb..lunc. all 8 81
20 Do. Jubbulpore all - -
C 33,499,980, , Ditto £5OO l3 dis stock East Anglian lOO 17 18
100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs. all 97 98 97
1 ,857.58 to 1
FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. stock Eastern Counties lOO 49 50 491 1
stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 37 39 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864.. all 991 1004
100 Do. 1805-1870 all 11 3
'ailWay2 ;in ' Erazilian 5 per Cent
32,365 from Ditto 4f per 'Cent. 1860 854 6 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 131 - -
stock East Suffolk - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all - -
Chilian 6 per Cent - -
100 j Do. 6 per et. Debentr. all 39 41 40
32, includ-
Equador New Consolidated
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 45 50
egular esti' Mexican 3 per Cent .. 241 / 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 38 42
including Ditto Account - - 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 38 V 40 39
stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 111 113
New Grenada Active, 34 per Cent. - -
st(2)Ock
GtD.
so.oNuyehwmgnunad. siap(L. c...im) 8 11-d 111
Peruvian 41 per Cent .. - stock Great Northern lOO 110 111
gar 1856 51 Ditto 3 per Cent
guaranteed 5 per cent. all - -
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. .. 464 1 stock Do do B do
100 129 131 20 Do. S. 18 214 d
1857-58 to Sardinian 5 per Cent.
100 704 71 71 701
50.480,77° i Ditto Account
stock Do Str Val gun, stock 100 60 62 Spanish 3 per Cent
7,462 ; for Ditto Account - -
stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1104 111 1104 /1 4 / 100 opt,till '6O - -
L defleienni Ditto Passive - -
100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 95 98
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded....... 58 stock Lon., Bright_ & S Coast 100 118 119
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 83
)r the year Turkish 6 per Cent
100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B d 0... all - -
1858-59 0f Ditto Account
stook Lond. & Sth. Western.. 100 914 024 921 stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c... 100 82 84
Ditto New Loanstock Do. do. 5 per cent ... 100 92 93
£8,290,130; 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all - - stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 86 88 •
Ditto Account
leficiency of Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Buds. 100 - -
.Dividends on the above payable in London. 50 Maryport and Carlisle.. all - -
20 Newßrunswick at Canda
THREE O'CLOCK. 124 Do do 4 shares.... all - -
Ry. &Lan d(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7
iget for the
Consols Money 914 4 10 Metropolitan
stock Midland
100 12511251125444 W Class A Capital Share
• • Do. do. Land do.. - ....
£6,678,091f Ditt'o Account
stock Do rirming. & Derby 100 98 100 100
. Do. do. Land do. ......
COM/30119tv - 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - 20 Oude (Limited) ...... .. 55. - -
million in COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY. 25 Do 4 shares all - - stock Scinde „la; 100 974 983
2.5 Mid Kent. ~. .... .. .. - - 20 Do. Punjaub .... ts. 0 15 2d 10 131
June. Amsterdam - - 20 Do. Do. ........ a ? all -- d '
Ditto - - stock Do.lndus. Flo. ~,f,`" 100 90 92 911
Rotterdam - 12 14 12 11 10 Newry & Armagh, def.. 9 76 d 10 Trinidad (Si.Lim.) Scrip.. 1 4 4 d
Antwerp - 25 621 25 674 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. all - - .
desolation
stock Norfolk.... . . ... ....... 100 54 66 FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
25 62/ 25 674 621 624 62i 4
,t Brussels -,stock North British . a 100 rtrending ; Hamburgh - - 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam. all 51 54
rting itself, Paris
all - - -
Ditto - - 20 Bah.&S.Fran_Lim.7 p.c. 20 14 14p
4
10,000, and Maxseilles - 25 721 25 75 stock Do B stock ._..... ._. 100 5 Belgian East. Junction all / 11
ery station Frankfort on Maine - 118 f 1194 stock Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 1011 1024 102
25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase 16134 }(I iP d 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all - -
Vienna - 15 35 15 40
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stock no Leeds .............. 100 60 601 Ca•-neaux Mine & Rail 30 •12 13
Maharajah Trieste -_, -15 35 15 45 stock Do York - - 1
111:110 to hie Petersburgh - 331 334 stock North London .. ...... 100 07 99 10 Ditto Extension .... all 31 21.1
nisery is on Berlin - 10 Do new 5 - - 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 31 31a 121
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Madrid
Torth-West Cadiz - 481 484 10 N. and S. W. Junction.. all 91 10f
20 Grand Rus Guar. 6p. a 10 - -
20 Do. do. all - - i
of famished Leghorn - 25 97/ 26 6 12 Not. &Grantham Rail.. 11 74 76 l
I crows and M - ..
eebles ...... ....... all - - 20 Great Central of France all - -
ilan - 25 85 25 90 20 Portsmouth, - - • 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 64 71
Genoa - 25 85 25 90 10 Rhymney.. ...- ........ all - - 20 Italian Junction ...... all -- a cow, the Naples - 384 59 stock Scottish Central - - t
r altogether Palermo - '1164 117 stock Soot N. E., Aber. stock 100 34 35 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all - - f
Messina - 1164 117
stock Do Scot. Mid. stock... 100 86 85 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 71 74 1
'he Mysore Lisbon -521 524 stock Shropshire Uni0n...... 100 47 49
10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all - - 20 Do. 6p. c. Prof.
16 Northern of France.... all 874 384 I
)roposes to Oporto - 52/ 63 stock South Devon .. - ...... 100 40 42 16 Do. New Shares ,-.. 15 - - i
Rio Janeiro - • . • • 50 Nthn. Counties Union.. 31 - d 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 P
'ling, Lave New York -
• • • • 25 S.-Durham & Lanc.Un. 224 - - 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 364 371 1
heir dying Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard).... per oz. £3 17 9 stock South Eastern ........ 100 831 831 834 4i II
stock South Wales ...._... 100 59 61 60 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 55 57
20 c Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) c
Mexican Dollars
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(•t• .3. 1) 0 4 114 stock S. York. and River Dun 100 94 97 t gua. 7p. et. Bin.-- 15 41 310 11
Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 5 Oa
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If 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok; all 4 7 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 16 - -
South American Doublons - - s
. 25 Do do ll 103 114 t, ~: 5 Royal Swedish ........ all - -
d
y unsettled • - -
stock Taff Vale .-..... ••• • • • 100 - - 20 Sambre err Meuse ..... all 5/ 6 r
ryots hale PARLIAMENTARY REFORM, stock Do Pref. No 1 ' 106 - - 10 Do. si per cent Pr0f..... all 81 81 ,8/ 1 I
the arreere 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 --- 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 4 14 110 21
• 5O Ulster .... '• - . al. 551 563 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 14 11 110 121 1 1 I
At Fur'
A meeting was held yesterday morning in the 122 L Do : ' 2 4 p 20 S. East Portugal 7 p et.. 4 -
mtielveB t° Manchester Town-hall to consider the question of stock Vale of Neath
3 following Parliamentary Reform. The Mayor (Mr. M.10 Victoria Sta. and Pim. , all 111 114
stoca Waterford & Kilkenny. 1 100 - - 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference all 91 94
.20 W. & N.W. of France
tutor y se'Waterford & Limerick all --7 -- _
Curtis) took the chair, having convened the meeting 5200 West Cornwall ........ all 54 64 Di 20 West.Tn of Austria 6 - - a
20 Westvrn of Switzerland all - - b
thrashing in compliance with an influential requisition. 20 West L0nd0n.,........' all - - 6 Wiesbaden ...... . . - -
ti
10 Do Ist class ........ all - - 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref..- all -- -
who war Mr. R. N. PHILIPS moved the first resolution :- 20 Do 2d class . .. -- I all - - 20 Zealand - - if
nd one of " That in the opinion of this meeting an extension stock WaenstaltrNepool. Harbr ,
100 - _
BRITISH MINES. Si _____ _
away hi, of the suffrage, which will at least confer the fran - stock West Midland-Oxforct too 43 45 - 'Alfred Consols (rifilkek) 2.11.10 21 31 if
stock Do. Newport, 100 40 43 20 !British Iron !l6 1 z
him, and chise on every male person who is rated for the relief stock Do. Hereford, 100 79 81 - ;Clifford j nil 180 190 la
line, until of the poor, together with vote by ballot, a more - , , - 'Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.); 1 345 355
- jEast Bassett (Illogan).. 1 30 1074 112/ to
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and gave ' . equitable distribution of seats, and shorter Parlia- PREFERENCE SHARES. - ;East Caradon ..14.6 191 20 101 1i i u
- ,E. W'l Russel (Tavista) 7.4.0 61 64 61
arms and ments, is a necessary measure of reform."
I - 'Gam.diSt.Aubyn(Gwen.)' 541 17 19 over clods, I ' - Great South Tolgps 1 17s 6 61 I]
Mr. BAZLEY, M.P., supported the motion, and Share' Railways. I Price. Done.
iraid Closing i Business
- 1G .Wheal Alfci. (Philack) 13.9.6 1
th® were I
- G. Wheal Vor (Helston); 94 1 1i w
Was warmly cheered. He wished that her Ma- -
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..-- ;Grenville ' 5.14.6 2 21 h
' jesty's Ministers and Liberal members of the 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 pert - Herod's- F00t..... ' 8.12 36 18
House of Commons, who were sceptical as to the c. pref. (issued at Z5O all - - - IHingston Downs 4.10.6 21 21
-• !Lady Bertha
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rd is, that 'utility of reform, could have witnessed this large stock arts. & Exet.4 ractstock 100 - -
20 Do. do. do. Shares - -•-• ;Margaret (I..Tny Lelant) 9k 46 48 le
stock Caledou £lO 41 per cent 100 100 102 - ;North Downs 2l 31
ong, after meeting. They would have mutually exclaimed, stock Do. Quar.
Shares, No. 2. 100 - - - ,North Frances (Mogan) 114 41 5141 yi
ig a thou- "We must set our house in order." (Cheers.) He 61 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. a all - - - ;N.Wh'l Baseet(lllo,;an) 4s 51 61
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had never for a moment doubted that there had been 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent... all 20 21 ;North Wheal Crotty . 9.18.9 74 81 m
61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun.. all 6 65 - Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 9 94 hi
latent in the minds of the people a sincere desire 14 Do Ist Class Prof all - - 20 ;Providence (UnyLelnt.) 10.6.7 t 37 39 de
for a comprehensive, practical, and beneficial mea- stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.e lOO 99 101 - 'Sortridge Cons. Min. Co., lls 1 1
stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO 108 113 - 'South Caradon(StCleen, 11 295 305
he
done for sure of reform. Because the people had not been stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 105 108 - S. Cara Brea (Illogan).., 41 21 31 of
turbulent, but quiet and orderly, pursuing their stock E. Coon. Ex. sp. a No.l 100 107 109 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim all 1 1 ti
inks have
- B.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)!18.18.9 150 160
ordinary duties in life, maintaining the social fabric stocksoc Do.
5. Pew 6 pet ct stock. 100 100 106 gl ,Stray Park 24.8.0 35 37 fo
instances in its integrity, adding lustre to the renown of their stock Easterno Union, 4 per et. 100 80 82 5 ITamar Sill,. & Lead Min 44 225 ed supplY country, and doing honour to themselves, it had stock Do. 5 per cent. guar... 100 - - 10 ,Tin Croft 9515 fo
3
said of them that they were indifferent to reform
stock
mtn....yr,l.acs. Spa shares 100 110 112 - Vale of Towey (Carm.) 135 6d 1 1 w
alOOlOO - -
90 92 - West Basset (Illogan) ll 17 18 le
and content with things as they are. Before pro- stock Edin. Perth& Dun.. S
. &
4pc. D.
.- ;W. Caradon (Liskeard), 5 75 77
seeding to the House of Commons for this session stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 - - - West Seton
stock Glasatz S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 - - - 1 Wheal Basset (Illoganl; 5/ 105 110 id
he took public and private opportunities of making stock Great Northern, sp. et. 100 113 115 - ,Wheal Buller (Redriith); 5 115 126
known his opinion that a rferiod of calm and con- stock Vo.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 100 11l 113 - !Wheal Edward (Cals.) 7.5 21 2/ at
'Ell. 15. tentment ought to be taken advantage of for effect- slzik
:30:541.T. do.:cilso.. .
yin 1008 10283 1103- - 'Wheal Kitty (U.Lelantt 1.7.2 12 13
- !Wheal Mary Ann (Men. ; 8 15 17 c 1
ra
3th inst. ing a reform in the House of Commons. He had 10 G?.. A. of fondue Ist all - - - ;Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 154 11 13 I
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-FOREIGN MINES. fo
!h China voted for Mr. Locke King's motion, and should stock f Gt.sn. & w (Ireland)4 1 100 97 99
p. ct pref. stock.... ) __
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Mr. BAZLEY, M.P., supported the motion, and
Was warmly cheered. He wished that her Ma-
jesty's Ministers and Liberal members of the
Rouse of Commons, who were sceptical as to the
'utility of reform, could have witnessed this large
meeting. They would have mutually exclaimed,
"We must set our house in order." (Cheers.) He
had never for a moment doubted that there had been
latent in the minds of the people a sincere desire
for a comprehensive, practical, and beneficial mea-
sure of reform. Because the people had not been
turbulent, but quiet and orderly, pursuing their
ordinary duties in life, maintaining the social fabric
in its integrity, adding lustre to the renown of their
country, and doing honour to themselves, it had
said of them that they were indifferent to reform,
and content with things as they are. Before pro-
ceeding to the House of Commons for this session
he took public and private al pp o rtu niti es of making
known his opinion that a rferiod of calm and con-
tentment ought to be taken advantage of for effect-
ing a reform in the House of Commons. He had
voted for Mr. Locke King's motion, and should
support the member for Leeds in his proposal to
extend the franchise. (Cheers.) He believed that
the trust reposed in the people had been beneficially
exercised, and, for himself, he was perfectly pre-
pared to be identified with them, believing that an
extension of the franchise, a redistribution of seats,
and a judicious amendment of their representation
would be accompanied by greater prosperity and
satisfaction in the country. Considering the diffi-
culties in the way of reform inside the House of
Commons itself, he did not blame the Government
So much as many of his Liberal friends were inclined
to do for the course that had been taken. The people
Must take more care to send members to the House
of Commons who would really carry out large
measures of reform, and act up to their professions
on the hustings, but he did think her Majesty's
Ministers had erred extremely when they stultified
reform in the late speech from the Throne. No speech
ought to have come from the Queen that did not
include the word "reform." (Hear, hear.) If the
Government felt powerless in the matter, they might
have said, through the voice of the Sovereign, that
there were State reasons why reform could not be
proposed at that particular juncture, but that the
Government were pledged to it, and that at the ear-
liest possible opportunity reform would be conceded.
This declaration would have placed the Govern-
ment in a much better position, and given to the
people more encouragement to► confide in them.
(Cheers.)

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Mr. R. CooPER, on behalf of the working classes,
who were unable to attend this meeting in any
strength, owing to the inconvenient hour of assem-
bling, wished to say that the prevalent feeling
among them was that they had been betrayed by
the very Government in whom they had been led
to place more confidence than in any since 1832.
Lord J. Russell had been faithless to his cause and
his reputation. Had all the really Liberal mem-
bers of the Government given in their resignations
when Lord Palmerston wished them to ignore this
question, he (Mr. Cooper) believed that indepen-
dent steps would have led to the retirement of the
most treacherous Prime Minister of modern times,
and a Cabinet would have been formed that would
have been equal to the wants of the country.
ILoud cheers.) A Tory Government might have
existed for a time, but could not have lasted long,
for Toryism was utterly incompatible with the
spirit of the present age. The great object of the,
Liberals ought now to be to get rid of their pre-
/lent Premier, whatever the consequences might be.
:it was nonsense to be afraid of a Tory coming in
wien we had a Tory in already. (Laughter.) He
knee of nothing more impudent and ungrateful
tLan the plea that the people wanted no reform,
Merely because the people had been persuaded by
their best friends to rely on the solemn pledges of
the Government, and therefore remained quiet and
expectant. (Hear.) Were they to be called in-
different because they had trusted to the promises
of " gentlemen p " (Cheers.) Those who had de-
ceived the people on this question—gentlemen so
?alled—were political blacklegs, who having got
:oto power under false pretences now sought to
:•emain there by trickery and subterfuge. Let it
pa forth, then, to Europe that it was the demoral-
:zation of the higher classes, and not of the lower,
that threatened this nation with disorder. (Loud
deers.) This talk about popular apathy was a mere
cloak for treachery. It was no less sound in argu-
blett now thanat the time of the last election and.
Prefously, when so called Liberal members and can-
didates emphatically declared reform to be at that
time necessary and expedient because the people
Were to quiet. (Cheers.) Did the Government
want another Cato-street conspiracy, Peterloo mas-
sacre, Bristol and Birmingham riots, or Notting-
ham conaagration P If so, let it be known that it
Was our rulers, and not the people, who were insti-
gators to physical force. (Cheers )
The resclution was passed unanimously.
Mr. Alderman HEYWOOD moved :
"That, in the opinion of this meeting, her Majesty's Go-
vernment, having taken office with a distinct pledge to
Drry a more comprehensive Reform Bill than that of Lord
erby's Goverment, is morally bound either to pass such
a bill without delay or to resign."
It was the greatest possible mistake to suppose that
veorking men were indifferent on this question, but
they were certainly more rational than formerly,
and if not admitted by the upper classes to a fair
share of political power they would proceed to
obtain it by means more deliberate an effectual
than those referred to by the last speaker. (Cheers.)
Dr. WATTS seconded the motion.
After several other speeches, the motion was
adopted unanimously' as well as a petition founded
on the resolutions.

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Do. do. Class B 6 p.c....
Do. do. Class C 7 p.c....
E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l
Do. do. No. 2
Do. New 6 per ct. stock.'
Eastern Union, 4 per et.
Do. 5 per cent. guar...
Edin.. Glas. sp.c. shares
Do. 4 p.c gua. S. & D.
Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c.
Furness, 5 per cent ....
Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c.
Greb.t Northern, 5 p. et.
Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm
Do. 41 p. c. do. do.
Do. 6p.0. Redro. 5 p.e. pm
Gt. Nh. of Seotid. Ist pt.
c Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4
? p. et. pref. stock
Great West. (Berks and
Brants) Ext. 5 p. ct
Co. Redeemable, 41 p.ct
Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct
Do Irredeemable, do
Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref
Do. Itirm. Pref. Shares
G t. W. Ches. 8 p.o.pf.sh
Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref
Do Eirmg.guar. stock
Do. Chester gua. shares
Do. do. do.
Do. do. do.
Lan. & Carl. 43 p c. pref
Lan..lsYork 6 p. c. stock
Do.Barnsl.st£s3B 10d pc
Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.)
Lon. Jr Brig. 5 pagn. No.l
Do. 5 p. c. No. 2
Do. gua. 6 p. c.
Do. do. 5 p.c. N 0.4
Do. do. 4i per cen,'.
Do. do. 91 p. c. shares
Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock
Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P 1
Do.4p.e.S.(div.def.til '65)
I Do. 4 per cent. Pref
Lon. Chat. and Dover
Do.W. (A rceiv. no div
Ex.A til 6 p cis pd on
Do. B B. & Brom cx.
Do. Metropolitan Ex B
Lon. and N.W. Coy. and
Nuneaton, 5 p. ct
Lon. & S. W, 7 p. ct. stock
, Do. 44 per cent
Do. (Prtsm. perpl antis.
I of 2s. Rd..... ...... ...
Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh
Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh
Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct
Do. .£6
Do. n per cent
Do. redeem. 6 percent
laryport & Car., 4 p. c
Do. 41 per cent. ..... .
Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock
' Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c
Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock
I Do. with option till 1860
Do. Left & Hit. pref. st.
Norfik sp. c. Ex. st. 1846
Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847
Do.sWay. Val. Ex. 5t.1847
North British, 5 p. 0
Do. New, gua. 5 P. c. • • •
Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she
Do. do. do
Nt h.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co.
N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c.
Do. 41 p c. redeemable
Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref.
Do. do. do
Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1
Do. do. Quarters, 1848
Do. York, .. &S. Pureh
North Staffordshire..
Rhymney Guaranteed
Scottish Central, new pt
Scottish North-Eastern

34 p. a. pref. stock..-
Do.Aberdeen,g-ua.6p.c
Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock
South Devon, Ann. 10s.
Do. Fixed 44 per cent.
South Eastern (Beading
i Ann., 1.0.6)
' Do. 44 per cent.
Do. Fixed iip.c. lot is.
South Wales, gua. 4 p.c.
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SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1861.

TILE INDIAN FAMINE.

A public meeting was held in the Egyptian Hall, at the
Mansion House, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, to devise
immediate measures for alleviating the distress caused by
the famine which is now pAvailing in India. The Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor presided ; and amongst the gentle-
men on the platform were the Marquis of Clanricarde, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P.,
Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Col. Sykes, Mr. Tite,
M.P., Mr. Gregson, M.P., Sir Herbert Edwardes, Sir
Edward Ryan, Mr. Var sifted, M.P., Alderman Salomons,
M.P., Aldermen Mechi, Rose, Finnis, besides Mr. W.
Dent, Mr. Arbuthnot, and other gentlemen interested in
our commercial relations with India.
The Rev. Mr. Davis, chaplain to the Lord Mayor, having
offered up a special prayer composed for the occasion,
The LORD MAYOR briefly introduced the subject, remark-
ing that he had been requested to convene this meeting to
consider the means of relieving the sufferers from that
great calamity which had lately fallen with unexampled
severity on the population of a great part of our Eastern
Empire. He was much gratified by witnessing in the
numerous attendance that day a proof of the sympathy
with which that object was regarded by the public, and he
was especially pleased to meet on that occasion several most
distinguished gentlemen, who were either members of her
Majesty's Government, or members of one or the other
House of Parliament. The Chancellor of the Exchequer
had kindly- undertaken to move the first resolution. (Cheers.)
Mr. GLADSTONE—My Lord Mayor and gentlemen, I shall
submit to the meeting a:resolution which has been placed in
my hands, and the purport of which is as follows :—" That
this meeting, deeply sympathising with the distress arising
from the devastating famine in the north-western provinces
of India, and being desirous of aiding the noble exertions of
the relief committee in Calcutta and Bombay in their en-
deavours to relieve the distress of their fellow subjects in
India, now reduced to a state of appalling destitution, feels
called upon publicly to record its sense of this calamity,
and its sympathy with their suffering fellow subjects." I
apprehend I am right in saying that this large meeting has
been called at a moment's notice, but the subject on account
of which it has been convened does not require much deli-
beration, and the citizens generally of London, and not
least those leading persons in all classes and all pursuits
whom I have the satisfaction of seeing in this room, do not,
I trust require much time to consider whether they shall
step forward and save from the horrors of famine their suf.
fering fellow creatures in India. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor
I cannot but be reminded by this noble hall, in which its
has been my lot, and the lot of many I see around me, to
appear before, often and often, Low we came to this board
to share the hospitality of the C%ei of London in the time of
many of your lordship's predecessors. We have enjoyed at
the tables laid in this hall the geed things which Providence
has bounteously "given for oar sustenance and comfort.
May our recollections of the !unity with which we our-
selves ;arrive at such means of sustenance and comfort,
and the abundance with whichthe blessings of God have
been poured upon us, move ewe), heart among us with one
thought and one desire to do what we can for an object,
than which no more urgent er more noble one, I would
venture to say, ever was prop)sed to an assembly of the
citizens of London. (Cheers., I have not come to this
place to-day because I felt that it belonged peculiarly to
me to do so, or that I had anypeculiar qualification for as •
sisting you in the high purpost of this meeting, but I was
desirous that such a meeting, pr such a purpose, should not
pass by without the appearanfe of at least one member of
her Majesty's Government—(iheers)—to testify in his own
behalf, and I am certain I nay say not less on behalf of
every one of my colleagues, our hearty approval of, and
warm sympathy with, the object for which you have called
your fellow-citizens together (Cheers.) You are well
aware that it is not necessary for me to apologise on their
behalf. They have sought, cc are seeking in change of air
that relief from their parliamentary labours which, after all,
it is not unnatural they sholld seek ; .and I am bound to
say that I myself was arrestel in the execution of a similar
intention, which I very glasl/y postponed to attend this
meeting. (Cheers.) My Lad Mayor, I shall not presume
to instruct the meeting on tle particular case which has
brought us here, for whatever' may be required to be said
upon the subject, you will mar much better from those
who are acquainted with ties particular circumstances of
India, and whose correspondence and constant intercourse
with those who are resident in that country give them
higher qualifications, and enable them to afford greater and
more accurate information. [t is enough for me to say that
I find it authentically statel to us that though the know •
ledge of this famine has come somewhat suddenly upon us,
yet the features of it are so broad and so appalling that it
must at once speak for itsei. Fifteen hundred thousand
human beings, as it is stated to us on what I believe un-
doubted authority, have nothing under Providence but the
hand of charity to trust to et) save them from the horrors
of a premature death. (Hear, hear.) That alone, I
think, is such a basis of fut, such an ample justification
for your assembling yourselves together, such a ground
for . appealing to the week) people of this country,
whom on these occasions tle City of London appropriately
leads, that nothing that can be said even by others
better informed than myself can add much force to the
ideas conveyed by those few simple words. A million
and a half of men, women, and children dependent on
charity for the very meals of subsistence, not in the gene-
ral sense in which we are accustomed to use these terms, but
for the means of rescue from a horrible and otherwise in-
evitable death. (Hear.) The tics which connect us with
India are of a nature which render this appeal if possible
still more forcible than when it is considered on general
grounds. I confess lam not one of those who are in the
habitual belief which has so widely prevailed in this coun-
try, that it 1b to her connexion with India,, and such like
ceennexions, that England owes her material greatness,
wealth, and prosperity. I am strongly and deeply convinced
that the roots of the greatness of this country lie within
the shores of these little islands, and not beyond them.
(Cheers.) At the same time, no man who is capable of
appreciating what belongs to the welfare of mankind can
fail to see that, with whatever feelings it may have been,
we have undertaken immense responsibilities with respect
to our transmarine possessions, and we come under the con-
ditions of a sacred trust towards them which we cannot but
discharge. (Hear.) We carry to India, and in constantly
and rapidly increasing quantities, the productions of this
country, and exchange them for the productions of India,
and it is satisfactory, even on an occasion of this kind, when
we deplore the want of the necessary means of subsistence
for a portion of our fellow creatures, to recollect that the
pursuits in which the great bulk of the citizens of London
are engaged are pursuits the daily and inevitable tendency
of which is to render the occurrence of these great visita-
tions more rare, and to mitigate their severity when they
arrive. (Hear.) Still they do arrive, and on this occasion
they stare us in the face, and I ask whether on every ground,
whether as men, as philanthropists, as citizens, or as Chris-
tians, we ought not to rush forward to avail ourselves of the
opportunity which is now afforded us to relieve this distress ?
(Cheers.) For though no doubt we set a high value on our
commerce with India, as we do on our commerce with the
world, though that no doubtis the prevailing source of the
wealth and power of this country—we have more to do with
India than to unite it in the bonds of commercial intercourse
with ourselves, valuable as in my opinion those relations are.
We have to carry to India more than wealth which ourshores
produce. We owe to India a boon of which we can never
acquit ourselves by the mere exercise of political rule, and
by our sway over the minims who inhabit that country.
We must desire to communicate to them some bettor and
higher gift. Often and oftea do we hear of the duty—and
we hear rightly and reasonably of the duty and of the hope
—a bright and glorious hope—that something may be done
towards carrying Christianity into India. (Cheers.) And,
my lord mayor, let me ventare to say that in my opinion
this meeting is no small missionary meeting. (Cheers.)
You have difficulties in making known the gospel to the
multitudes who inhabit India. You are beset by your own
differences—you are beset still more perhaps by the fact
that you exercise political authority over the people of India,
because we are liable to the suspicion that when we attempt
to teach them directly, and by that means attempt their
conversion—when we teach or attempt to teach them the
truths of the gospel, we are liable to the suspicion that it is
with political objects and enls that we engage in that holy
work. Ido not state that as a reason why that work should
not be prosecuted, but as a reason why that prosecution is
materially and seriously injtred. But here you have an
opportunity to which those hindrances do not apply.
(Hear.) There are arguments in Christian life and in
Christian works which nothing can resist. The residents
of India have it in their power, each of *cm, to become a
living sermon—each of them to be, as it were, an apostle
by his own life and conversation, and by exhibiting, in the
face of the people of India, what are the doctrines of Chris
tianity by letting them know what are the practical results
of Christianity. (Cheers.) And if we will, on this occa-
sion, follow the example of that Saviour who was content to
spend His time and thought on earth in assuaging the
woes which beset hurean life, I trust we may do something
to convince our sufering and afflicted fellow-subjects
that the religion we profess is indeed a religion of love,
and by means which can excite no suspicion that we are
doing something to in them towards us. (Cheers.) My
whole purpose is to bear willing and cordial testimony to
the sacredness and worthiness of the object for which this
meeting has been convoked; and on my own behalf and on
behalf of those who, together with myself, form for a time
the administration of the country, I earnestly commend it to
your hearty and cordial support; and I further venture tc
express a hope the: this meeting is not to be the accom-
plishment, but only the beginning and starting point of a
great work—that the words which, uttered within these
wall, will be echoed from one end of the country to the
other, and that ye shall be able to bear something like a
national testimony, and make something like a national
offering, in order to mitigate the pressure of one of the
severest visitations sent upon any portion of mankind
within the memory of any of us now present. (Cheers.)
The Hon. A. .INNAIRD seconded the motion, which was
carried by acclasiation.

provincial bankers receive and remit such contributions to
the Lord Mayor ; and that the amount so collected be de-
spatched by each mail to India."

Sir E. RYAN noved the second resolution :—" That in
consideration of he extreme urgency of the case, and of the
necessity of adopting immediate measures to relieve the
misery now so tnhaPPily existing, this meeting most anxi-
ously entreats tie benevolent contributions of our fellow-
citizens, and of the public at large; and recommends that
subscription Liss be opened, and that all the London and

Alderman FINNIS seconded the resolution, wlich, after a
few words from Mr. JONES, was passed.

Mr. R. VT. CRAWFORD then moved the third resolution:
—" That this meeting is of opinion that all the cities and
towns in the United Kingdom should be animated to co-
operate with the committee now appointed, in their efforts
to carry out the above object."
Mr. VANSITTART seconded the resolution.
Mr. GREOSON then moved the appointment of a com-
mittee to carry out the objects of the meeting.
The motion, having been seconded by Mr. J. A. ARBUTII.•

NOT, and supported by Mr. FRITH, was agreed to.
The proceedings ended with an announcement that the
subscription-list had been headed by Mr. Gladstone with
£5O. The Bank of England subscribed £5OO, the Agra and
United service Bank, £3OO ; Oriental Bank, £3OO ; Gold-
smiths' and Mercers' Companies, £2OO each, besides other
large gifts.

THE SIEGE 01 THE CITADEL OF ALESSI-AA.

The citadel of Messina having been the last bulwark of
the Bourbons in Italy, a few details of its fall may, perhaps,
be not without interest.
Ever since the battle of Melazzo in July last placed Mes-
sina in the hands of Garibaldi, there had been a truce be-
tween the town and the citadel, held by a Neapolitan gar-
rison, and it was confidently expected that on the fall of
Gaeta Marshal Fergola and his soldiers would be only too
glad to accept the honourable terms offered to them in the
name of King Victor Emmanuel. Gaeta fell on the 13th
of last month, and the citadel was immediately summoned
by Gen. Chiabrera, commanding the Italian brigade Pis-
toja, but instead of conforming to his repeatedly declared in-
tentions, Marshal Fergola first alleged himself to be obliged
to await anofficial announcement of his Sovereign's depar-
ture from his own superiors ; and finally, after the arrival
of one Colonel Villamatta, replied that he • should defend
himself to all extremity. The Italian Government could
only reply in one way, and accordingly Admiral Persano
and General Cialdini were ordered to repair to Messina
without delay. The latter arrived on the 26th February,
and operations would have begun at once had not bad
weather delayed the landing of the siege train for some
days.

The citadel is in reality of no great strength, acc3rding
to modern ideas of fortification, but its position at the bot-
tom of the port is such that the town is at its mercy, and
when Fergola ordered all merchant vessels to leave the
harbour with threats of laying Messina in ashes great ap-
prehension was felt from the remembrance of the fearful

bombardment of 1849. The citizens, nevertheless, bravely
declared themselves ready to submit to any sacrifices so that
the citadel were taken, but General Cialdini resolved, if
possible, to prevent unnecessary bloodshed, replied to the
threats of the Neapolitan by an intimation that if he fired
upon the town an officer should be shot for every civilian
killed, the Marshal himself and the garrison given up to
the vengeance of the populace, and the property of the
garrison confiscated in compensation of damages. This ener-
getic reply soon brought forth a promise to respect the town,
and up to the 9th of March all remained quiet. On that
day the Neapolitans began to fire upon the works of the be-
siegers, and continued to do so throughout that-and the two
following days. Their fire was irregular, being extremely
violent on the 10th, and dying away in the course of the
11th, ceasing almost entirely at night. On this latter day
the state of siege was proclaimed in the town, and every
cart and carriage laid under requisition for the transport of
powder and munitions from the landing-place below the
city to the batteries.

At dawn on the 12th the garrison resumed firing, not
only from the citadel, but also from the detached forts—Don
Blasco on the right looking from Messina towards the Cala-
brian coast), and San Salvatore on the left at the mouth of
the harbour. This cannonade continued without intermis-
sion till noon, when a more distant shot announced that
the attack had begun. A few of the first balls fell into the
sea, but this slight deviation was soon corrected, and from
that moment rifled shot, grenades, and bombs continued to
pour upon the citadel with unerring accuracy. In about 10
minutes the Neapolitans might be seen scampering out of
Don Blasco and taking refuge in the covered way, where
they remained until the cessation of the fire. The nearness
of the besieging batteries, within musket range, made every
shot tell, each successive explosion caused a quantity of
earth and stones to be flung high into the air, and about 4
o'clock the barracks burst into flames, just as part of the
Italian fleet steamed up to take part in the attack. Shortly
after a small powder magazine blow up, and the Neapoli-
tans, who from the beginning of the attack had not fired a
single gun, then displayed a white flag, but on a point so
low as to render it all but invisible. This not having the
desired effect of stopping the cannonade, the garrison, in
their terror and impatience, actually displayed seven white
flags on different points, which being observed from the
fleet, first the ships and then the batteries ceased firing.
At half-past 5 o'clock some Neapolitan officers came out to
parley, and at 6 the flagship of Admiral Persano, the Maria
Adelaide, steamed into the port, her band playing the Itnyal
March amidst the enthusiastic vivas of the population, who
crowded the Marina.

The parleys lasted great part of the evening, the Nea-
politans demanding an armistice and terms, while General
Cialdini insisted on an unconditional surrender, and finally
declared he should re-open fire unless the garrison submit.
ted without further delay. To back up this reply the
Maria Adelaide left the port, and fired one or two shots,
upon which Marshal Fergola sent to say he was ready to
surrender at discretion. Early on the morning of the 13th
the 26th Italian Regiment marched into the citadel to take
possession, anti at noon, precisely 21 hours atter the com-
mencement of the attack, the tricolour banner, with the
white cross of Savoy, was hoisted on the highest point of
the citadel, amid the salutes of the Italian fleet, and even
of the batteries of the fallen fortress.

Thus did the Bourbons lose their hold upon Southern
Italy without a shot being, fired in reply to the besieging
batteries—a silence the more striking after the violent fire
kept up so long as there was no attack. But this supine-
ness of the defence by no means diminishes the merit of
the Italian army and its general. The artillery of the
former deserves all credit for the rapidity and accuracy of
their fire, which in so few hours inflicted great damage on
the fortress, and the latter for the admirable arrangements
which would have made any prolonged defence impossible.

A VOLUNTEER FINED AND DIS-

MISSED.

A duly constituted court of inquiry was held in
Bingley-hall, Birmingham, a day or two ago, to
investigate a charge made by Captain Hebbert,
commanding No. 10 Company of the Birmingham
Battalion of Rifle Volunteers, against Private
Daniel Joseph Clarke, a member of that company,
for having, on Saturday evening last, " been drunk
when on parade for battalion drill in Bingley-hall,
and behaved in a disrespectful manner towards his
superior officers, such conduct being subversive of
good order and military discipline." The proceed.
ings were conducted openly, and were attended by
a large number of volunteers, who behaved with
the most becoming propriety, and seemed to take
great interest in the matter. The court and the
witnesses appeared in full-dress uniform. On Sun-
day Captain Hebbert addressed a letter to Private
Clarke, expressing his sorrow that he should have
added to his first offence of disrespectful conduct on
the previous evening on the parade ground to
Lieutenant-Colonel Mason, by coming into the
orderly room, when in a state of intoxication, and
conducting himself there in a very reprehensible
manner. The captain added, "I shall be compelled
to report you for trial before the battalion commit-
tee, unless you take the opportunity, which I shall
afford you in the course of Monday, of sending a
written and ample apology." Instead of sending
an apalogy, however, Clarke tendered his resig-
nation, which, under the circumstances, was re-
fused. Clarke, on being asked whether be had
any objection to the members of the court, re•
plied that he had not. The order for the assembly
of the court was produced and read, and the
court then proceeded to the examination of the
witnesses, on the charge as above-mentioned.
The evidence, which it is needless to particularise,
was taken down in writing, but, according to the
rules of the service, no oath was administered.
After a careful and patient investigation, which
occupied three hours, the court was cleared for de-
liberation, and it was afterwards announced that
the court had found as proven that Private Clarke
was not absolutely drunk, but exited by drink ;
that his behaviour was disrespectful an:.l. insubordi-
nate towards his officers ; and they recommended
that he be fined 30s. and dismissed the corps. The
evidence and the, finding having been duly sub-
mitted to Lieut.-Colonel Mason, commanding the
battalion, that officer took occasion to read the fol-
lowing confirmation and remarks to the volunteers
present at drill on Tuesday evening :—" The com-
manding officer is pleased to approve and confirm
the finding of the court of inquiry on the following
grounds,--Ist. An opportunity was afforded Pri-
vate Clarke by his captain of apologising for his
misconduct as a member of the corps, of which he
did
not choose to avail himself, thereby rendering
investigationan into the charges preferred against
him, pursuant to the rules, imperative. 2d. Drunk-
enness is an offence at all times disgraceful and
reprehensible ; but when a volunteer so far forgets
himself as to publicly present himself on parade,
clothed in the uniform of the corps, in a state of
intoxication, it is absolutely necessary that such
conduct should be visited with the punishment it,
deserves. 3d. Obedience to orders is a
is
prin-
ciple of military law; without it, discipline s im-
possible. A laxity in this respect can o.nly lead, as
in this case, to insubordination and disr.espeet of
officer
authority. So strongly does the commeolding
feel it to be his duty to enforce its observance, that
he is prepared to use all the means vested 13 him
by act of Parliament and the rules of the corps to
carry out, as on this occasion, the important and
responsible duties with which he is entrusted."