The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1861.

PUBLIC BUSINESS.

Viscount Palmerston has given notice that he will move
the following resolutions, to give effect to the recommenda-
tions of the Select Committee on Public Business :7_

That the Standing Order of 25th day of June, 1852,--
"That the committees of Supply and Ways and Means
shall be fixed for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and
may also be appointed for any other day on which Orders
of the Day shall have precedence of Notices of Motions,"
—be read and repealed; and, in lieu thereof, to move,
1. That, the Committees of Supply and Ways and Means
shall be fixed for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and
may also be appointed for any other day on which the
House shall meet for despatch of business.

That the Standing Order of the 2d day of August, 1860,
—" That, unless the House shall otherwise direct, all Orders
of the Day set down in the Order Book for. Mondays, Wcd-
nesdays, and Thursdays, shall be disposed of before the
House will proceed upon any Motions of which Notices
shall have been given,"—be read, and repetted ; and, in
lieu thereof, to move,
2. That, unless the house, shall otherwise direct, all
Orders of the Day set down in the Order Buok for Mon-
days, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, shall be dis-
posed of before the House will proceed upon any Motions
of which Notices shall have been given, the right being
reserved to her Majesty's Ministers of placing Government
Orders at the head of the list on every Order Day, except
Wednesday. •
3. That the House at its rising on Friday do stand ad-
journed until the following Monday, without any Question
being put; unless the House shall otherwise resolve.
4. That while the Committee of Supply and Ways and
Means are open; the fast erderuf-the Day on Friday shall
be either_ Supply or Ways Ithd Meahs, and that on that
Order being read; the Motion shall beinacW" That Mr.
Speaker do now leave the Chair." • •
5. That When' a Public Bill has. been commikted to a
Select Committee, and reported to the House, the Bill, as
, •
amended, shall' be appointed for consideration on a future
day ; when; unless the•House.shall order the Bill generally,
or specially in respect- of any particular•clause or clauses
thereof, to be re-committed 'to` a Committee of the whole
House, the Bill; after thiconsideratiOnOf the Report; may
be ordered to'be read a third .time.. • • • •
That the said Resolutions •be Standing Orders of this
house. (Friday, 3d May; at half-past four o'clock.)
• ; -

7HE 11VSURRECTIOY IN POLAND.

The late orders about not wearing mourning,
carrying sticks, &c., have given rise to all sorts of
absurdities. The shopkeepers were ordered to take,
all signs of mourning dresses, &c., out of their win-
dows, on which they all, with one accord, exhibited
things only of the two colours, red and green—the
former signifying bloodshed, and the latter hope—
and actually a fresh order has been issued forbidding
these colours to appear ! Everybody is obligedto
carry a lantern who is,out after 10 o'clock at night,
as you know, so all sorts of devices have been re-
sorted to to render this order ridiculous; two school-
boys were seen marching through the streets, be-
tween 9 and 10 in the morning, with a tiny lantern
suspended on a huge pole, in the manner in which
the soldiers carry teir soup. Again, between 5 and
6 in the evening, a man might be seen bearing two
lighted lanterns suspended on each end of a stick;
and another with a lantern fastened to his coat in
front in the fashion of an order. Another made
the tour of the town in a droschka with an enor-
mous Chinese lantern on each side of him, and se on.

When the order for leaving off
.mourning first
appeared the English and Prussian COnsuls-Gene-
ral went to the Prince and told -him they had
been ordered by their own Soveieigns to wear
mourning, and they therefore intended doing so,
but they decidedly objected to the :idea of having it
forcibly torn off by the patrols appointed for that
purpose; so the Prince caused papers to bo drawn
up containing a permission to wear mourning, "or
anything they liked," whiek_were given to the Bri-
tish Consul-General, Vice-Onsul, and chaplain, and
to the Prussian Consul, Who-now accordingly walk
about the town each with his crepe on his hat and
his " permit"_ in his pocket, bearing the Autograph"
of the most merciful General ZablOckoi. A few
days ago M. Laszczinski, the Civil Governor of
Warsaw, was walking along the street with a stick
in his hand, when a patrol met hial, stopped him-
(sticks being fox-bidden) and handled him rather
roughly. He was extremely indignant at this; and
went back immediately to the Castle, which he had
just left, to complain to the Prince, saying it was
intolerable that Government employee should- be so
insulted ; but the only remedy the Prince Could"
devise was, that the employes should give up wear-
ing hats, adopting caps with a star in the front
instead.

THIS .DAY'S MARKETS.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHEIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 5s -to £5 55 0(1. ; clover
do., £3 lOs to £sl3s ; and straw, £1 1N to £2 N per load.
A steady demand.
CUMBERLAND..— Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 55 ;
clover, £3 10s to £5 18s 03 ; and straw. £1 165 to f 2 2s
per load. Both hay and straw moved off steadily at full
quotations'.
WHITECHAPEL. Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 5a Od ;
cloves, £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 5s to £2 Os
per load. Trade steady.

COLONIAL.
TEA.—The market has been very quiet, and prices have
shown little or no change of importance.
SUGAR.—There has been very little activity, and late
quotations are barely supported for all descriptions.
COFFEE.--LimitA dealings have t•taen place in planta-
tion Ceylon, without any change of imporknce in prices.
RICE.—The market has been dull, and prices generally
have shown less firmness.
SALTPETRE.—The demand for the finer descriptons has
been more active, and in some instances higher rates have
been, established.
TALLOlV.—Business has continued moderately active,
and quotations for both present and forward delivery show
little variation. P.Y.C., on the spot, 595, and last three
months, 55s 6d per cwt.

COAL MARK
(frfoes of Coal per Ton at
e. d.

?AT—APRIL 29.
the close of the market

Lambert's West Hart-
- ley l6 9
Tanfield Moor —l3 0
Tanfield Moor Butea..l3 0
Carway and Duffryn
- Malting - 24 0
Do. Anthracite..2l 6
West Hartley ..17 0
Byass's Bebside West
Hartley ....17 0
Wylam l6 3
Craghead Hartley.... l5 3
Hiumvoli Gas. ' '

a, d.

Walls End.
Hartlepool.... lB 3
Kelloe
Haswell l9 0
Gosforth 16 0
Cassop 17:9
South Hartlepool.-- (16 9
Eden l6 - 9
Hedley 15 9
Harton. 16 0
South Heti on ..17 9
Heugh Hall., 16 9
-Thornley ..„... ...:16 • 0
Thorpe , l7 0
Hilda
Ridde11......
Trimdon Thornley....ls 6
;, 129 ; sal3, 92.

THE NAVY.

The Duncan, 101, screw, in the second class
reserve •at Portsmouth, yestesday left the harbour
under steam, and proceeded to the trial ground in
Stokes,bay, in charge of Capt. G. S. Gordon, corn-
banding the steam reserve at the port, to test her
three-bladed iron propeller. In her trial of August
last she attained a speed of 13.335 knots, accom-
panied by a great and very peculiar vibration
below. The propeller used on that occasion was
one of Griffiths's patent, of 20 feet diameter, and a
.pitch of 26 feet. The diameter of the iron propel-
ler with which yesterday the intended series of
trials were commenced is 19 feet 3 inches, with a
pitch of 27 feet 10 inches. Six runs were made on
this as on the former trial, and the results, by com-
parison between the two trials, were a reduction
in speed of 100th of a knot, with six revolutions,
less, and the vibration considerably less than
before. The blades of the iron propeller are
of the common form, with their leading cage
uncut, but will undergo certain alterations
during the forthcoming trials. The Duncan
will be placed in dock to-day, should there be suffi-
cient water, to detach the shifting blade from her
propeller, &c. The great fault of the three-bladed
propeller lies in the necessity its. use imposes of
docking the ship when required to be got at her
foi any purpose, instead of lifting it through the
screw aperture, as is done with the two-bladed pro-
peller.
The royal screw yacht Fairy has commenced dis-
mantling alongside the north wall of Portsmouth
dockyard, preparatory to being 'taken in hand by
the authorities for a theyough overhaul and repair
of Ito-.4*tikreigkrde--- 74NY;
cifitimpnd, 6, pAdie, at Ports
'commented plaili,ingopit p akatory
to
coining out Ofthn dock and:beingfitte&as a float-
ing steam factory. < -
'llo.,lgajesty'.s ship, 'Dee was hauled out of basin
.yestetel4Y; and again-left 'Weblwich; heavily laden
with 'steam kear. fortliejin of the_,Black. Prince at.
Glasgow.- The, resolve of. the. Board of Admiraltyao cause,the engiiieiiiand machinery destined for"the
Black-Pritiee, sf Glasgow, to be inatilifaetyred in the
Thames; and IhOse of-. the, Bristol,: at- Woolwich, to
,be manufactUrd o; the Clyde, has .giVen rise' to
many 'retiiarkst'tlic" Dee -and- Ithatiamatitlins (the
only turn ships employed exclusively in, that
service) having been taken up for that purpose dur-
ing the whole of the winter. Inconsequence of the
tempestuous weather experienced during
tive voyages, for which both ships are extremely
ill adapted, and the delay in the transport;tlie fit-
ting and completion of both the Bfack-:Piirice' and.
the Bristol have been retarded;;and The; outtlay:con-
miderably augmented, in addition to theurin ecessftry
expenditure incurred in transport. Two Oth:er'ship:
loads still remain to complete the complement for
each vessel. _ _

A number of long and short lengths of two inch
chain cables, manufactured by Messrs. Wood
Brothers, of Chester, and Messrs. Park and Co., of
Dudley, were tested yesterday and Saturday in the
hydraulic testing-house at Woo] The whole
of the cables withstood the test well, and all bore
nearly double the strain required by the Admiralty.
regulations—namely, 72 tons, those, of Messrs.
Park's and Co. giving way at 121-, tons ; white-
thew of Messrs. Wood resisted to 130 tons'. Rialtr,-
and broke only' at 'that- point. Messrs. Wood's
cables were stated to be manufactured of Welsh'
iron ; and those of Messrs. Park of-Staffordshire.
iron. The trials were pronounced to be highly
satisfactbry and extremely creditable to both firms.
Messrs." Park's links,"of an oblong shape, were
accorded the preference, Messrs: -Wood's -being an
oval form of link. . •
Rear-Admiral R. Laird Warien' the newly 4-
pointed Commander-in-Chief6h7the Brazil statign,
embarked yesterday for ,Asc2nSon: on' board the
Emerald,. 51, screw; Capt. Arthur Cuminin, lying
at Spithead.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :7-Capt. Sidney Grenfell to the
Cornwallis, vice Capt.- Randolph-, whose period of
service has expired ; gave ctidbt, ;
to the Doris; Robert W. Stopfoyd, midshipman, to
the Ariadne; Amos Pritchard pror,ndted.to the rank
of secona-cla§s -assigt.-dngineet,- in the Blenheim ;
J. C. Gray, promoted to the rank of second-class
assist:en/gin eer,: in the ..Doiregal.;...L Fielders, pro-
moted to the rank of second-class assist.-engineer
in the Geyser ; William Miller, promoted to the-
rank of second-class assist.-engineer in the Fisgard,
as supernumerary ; James Young, promoted to the
rank of second-class assist.-engineer in the Asia as
supernumerary; James Bowman, promoted to the
rank of second-class assist.-engineer in the Rhada-
manthus as supernumerary; Ebenezer Spencer,
promoted to the rank of acting second class assist.-
engineer in the Orion; Charles R. Lacy, promoted
to the rank of acting second-class assist.-engineer
in the Act wen, for the Dove; Horace H. Small,
third-class assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland, for
service in the myrtle ; John George Cox, acting
third-class assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland as
supernumerary ; and William Bremner, acting,
third-class assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland as
supernumerary, and to be lent to the Monarch for
service in the Lizard.