The Express. — London, England, 1851-04-18 00:00:00

• 7 : I,e ° s+, ✓~~;;. .00 4 1 . fa-e ( 1. 1 . 1 1 1 _ t Ofp rt O vnel [THREEPENCE. RAILWAYS. GOOD FRIDAY. There is no business going forward in aluires, to day, the Stock Exchange being closed. (The following are yesterday's closing prices.) SHARES A•D SWAM UNGUARANTECD. PALI Pd. ' ItaiwArs. I Mang tenor, i Sala. MONEY MARKET. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. GOOD FRIDAY. This day being observed as a strict holiday in the City, the Stock Exchange and all the public offices arc closed. THURSDAY EVRNING. 16 IC 31 101 111 60 22 15 151 211 24 1. de 161 i 16 IS4 sG ii Dividends. kut. & July.. 9! 93 Jan. & July— 103 :OS & 1 ut 114 Jan. &July... 108, 107 April 3t. 0.1 ~ 92, 931 Feb. &Aug.— 83 rAPIRR-MACHE sad IRON TEA - TRAYS. An asoartmaa4 of TM Tier and Wallrra whoily mann , oted, wheroer as to Wee, variety, or non ty, is now wiling by WILLIAM o. li eirrOS. at Warn much loner Wan amnion wansa• gurney of MA large reeve% eon purchaves. &Yam Owe Earns...mach! Trays, per et of them . from 201. M. to Id sniper Ditto. !rem ditto „. hoot 15a. M. to 4 gunman, 000. PI *nape, diLlet An immen, qaannty et maall pautemniche and iron Mtn many of them eamutel in me bitten stole of art, at of. olt a coaster of the it or tying cut ; Woe 00.1, ar a!yridly oat of (Auntie'n. Ihrey me eaperialty worthy .he setention of tar, rn aral ouffre-loruae larepers. ll.und iud Gothic waiters, eake and bread Marts, •EIMY low. 1t AM l'S at all FORTS awl P.%TTERNS.—The J larg e 4. es wed a* et.ot, eat, anwet-nent of rALm KILN MAG -11 and other EANDLENIICKY, CAMPIIINt , AIVIAND, aad pit. Ift Ltaillea, are.:l all the Murat :roproveenenta,a•A of the neweßt 5..1 ....4 feelwitibe Imams, in °multi. bohewiros and plala 0,.., of pap. r loathe , . I:. raaarma. told W. 6. bl:wrom'N y litre sul the maamabla adrettiaw i.n, no mains. PALMER'S CANDLES, 131.1. a pound. PALMER'S PATENT CANDLES, all marled " Miner." Militia or double vial-- egd per pound. MIL .la-, 3 Iv:via «....... Tad. do. staltuuya, 1:e 4 Maks M. do. 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It detetitao, eith • trakonae sinote• se., tar yy, tem, y oroty .4 the Jrutt hosith.tro al pthatyto,y,d, beeir eV frier* and mammy% la towate and tette thew ; ehil depiet•. w th we* eve. and taarrr, the car. Sri.. I • u lutell‘mr, t6+, brone. , -purponl rvifil, While pr...e. Yti throu4l. ,u.t. o u ; •va " lig nab .r. fly 11.111 w. be t *tut i. th .t trahllnK by whack the It.tat t) , drtat fi • tt• ..tee• ?CV l'aeir heir thi,* h thy an to Down to, at as a canton+ of actual alyaratsee." — Deltaanta. lonia y Nada. Mir, rad Os.. 01. Ora l& Mkt. =three PAMPIILIST WM CMMIUM. Je4 pall third, se. ere. pekoe ls 7 NOTES oa Ihr CONS I ItUCTION of SIiEEP t oilieS. ly .1.31124 it thus. MA. thaw,/ of the '• Osurth 01 reje, S. - A s aosoblet es ft e ithefithe cart &tither of the church of asiklL Mr. Itholt-o Lae eyelash' thought for no r th.l 111111 Mt lost o. b Ithatety purr.% Minor ul tbuoctit, Warr of epfethl." sod ktherr uf thiest."—lliftannot. L Smith. Pifer, eth S% ._-_-_ VWKS, NEWS , N KWB.—Tbe Wit, Cheaprit. I .n 4 Imola Neternaper tat the er. rid. LLOYD'S WI ttlif.Y NOUS X Llrial'APl.lt connate tasty Isz Cataluna of the levy Wert Intelnenee ,tweernatt ne pan lerttool fr .at all port. of tle vn.ta, b) e sw—.. e, thlo teie t tr .nh. and t: h. f n 4+W. Tru.ingers 14 esprur. Ito. Count,* ot tbe it,* i. 1 ....1t•er 1 terry tts.uotry food in 11.0.. f.,r bowl. Priee Indy Ito re t race. po..t.free. eend three F oga* , tont . to Lorad Lloyd, li, . :dm .1 7 .. t uare, London, and it 41 4 .1. 4. 4 tr• oyy tO a ..u1414:t ; tit 01411 Sissy see. spot. MEETINO OF MIDDLESEX NIAOISTRATES. Ye,tertlay a meeting of I‘lidillesex magistrates t oo k t tip ILIUM', ( . IC1101%1:11, to Moron the linunciA a l PIO a' ocnil loi,int,s of thc comity. Mr. prc-iScil, and them were nearly forty magi strates l in Neut. /Mr eoeXTV I.l.l'oX'. Aft. r some norm ...anon on the measure intentional into tho noose of Commons, the object t in whish was the pipit , tit o f coroner. by tiled valativ. tg.ul o f f i e,, and tot the EVI 'W A'S of l'roneutions Bill, the usual reports from the prisons were pressmted. There wen in %lie Coldbath-tichli llouve of l'orrection 1,197 prisoners -i.e., felons, 723 ; mivdenteanants, 311 ; and vita ratite, 15111, all males above 17 year , of av—i.e., . in 460 the We.toviuster O e n tit there were t 173 prisonen female-, all age., and 213 males (under 17) ; and in the House of Detention there were for trial 62 prison. es, com mitted fir n .exsitoitiation 116, fur want of boil 37, on sum mary orders , IL :141 de.erters 2. 'the report , w. A., received and adopted. The court made a rate of Id. in the pound, as an ordinary county rate, for the ensuing qu arter, and a farthing rate under the Lonnie Asylum Act. Tll t: t ot.NET HATCH .taXi.eXt. The eommittee of this asylum reported to the court that the arrangements WOW nearly completed, and that the obi. blishment would lw opened for the reception of patients in the earl' pat of June. Mr. 'l' unit r brought up the report of the committee on the onhiro of the Alice of coroner. Ordered to be printed. soMIXXIAT CoNtiNtMSNT. Sir PETER 1..1C DIE, having previously made an in quiry relative to th e number of cases as of aesttemirmaa pted fUirdirecting in the Howe of D e t e ntion, said he wd of the attention of the magistrates to the syst-ra of solitary coutintment, and the reunite es of eases of insanity to which that frac.. had d. Ile hail recently received the 21th report of the hoard of in wager. of prison , in America made to the executive government, and he fauna from that report that there was now in that country but one pri.t in which the solitare systene a carried out, and of 300 prisoners dis chargt4 from various circumdances, 31 were flint:v.:li ill health, and 341 th r ough insanity. He would remold the i court that it way upon the plan of this prison that the )lodel l'rinon at Penton% ille had been constructed, and the government had endeavoured to compel the ma gistrates throughout England to construct he wa s their glad pri sons upon the same principle, but the attempt had not succeeded in Middlesex, for the sovistrates of that county had declined to carry it out as a system. The hull. magistrate then read from the report he referred to the following extract from the message of the °memo.' of rcnnvylvania to the legidaturc it worthy of se rious consideration, whether by a system of solitary confinement the severity of the punishment autho rised by the law does not injuriously affect the mental and physical vigour of the prisouer., and the frequent return- Mentlation to the executive , for the panlon of cony ict s afflicted with ill-health and imbecility would appear to no 11 quire a modification of the present law. be With the reinly b e fore the public it would folly to fac t s that there is an undue development of insanity among our prinniers. The commissioners of the Ca nadian government ulso, after a careful examination of the Institution, in widely they endeavoured to ascertain how large an accumulation of insane cases there were in the New Penitentiary of Philadelphia, express the opinion that out of the whole number of prisoners, not exceeding 300, there were 50 eases of insanity. If, then, the commis sioners were corn et in their result, it is not strange that the governor should be subjected to much importunate solicitation for the frequent exercise of the inedoning pow ,.. re the public, truly may it he said that it would he folly to deny that there 1 an undue development of insanity among pre tter , in the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania. It is clearly seen too, from the above analysis. that it was not because they were poor ignorant and vicious .colourell' people, that they be came insane, for more than half of them were white. It was not because they were old, vicious, broken-down, anti sick. for more than half of them were men in the prime of life, and in gtstel bodily and mental health. It was not be muse tiny [H e reditary tendency to insanity, for inure than three-quart[ rs of them had no such tendency. It as because as many, or more, prisoner* in proportion to the whole number femme insane in all prisons. for there is not an autlam.tie official document. from any of the pellnitenA. - tiaries in Maine. New Hanipshin.. Vemiont, 13. clnewtts, Connecticut, New York, or Ohio, which afford such melancholy evidence of their tendency to produce insanity." Having placed these eery rt impoant hut raelaneholy facts before the n h hie (Sir P. Laurie) stood there for the 'torpor of bench ,g thanks to the magistratee of that county fur the manful and successful oppo•ition they hail made against the government and the m nimmentlations of the prison inspectors on the subject of solitary confinement. Ile had received the report but a few days ago ; and he hoped the facts he had called the attention of the hi Itch to would be widely circulated, and breitaht under the notice of the Dome Secretary and the prison inspectors; and he should be greatly astonished if they did not b' e 1111 e converts in favour of what he had Item aelvevattal -tile altolitian of solitary confinement. The remainder of the business disposed of was merely of • routine nature, and the court adjourned. Yesterday a special general meeting of the share holders of this company was held at the London Tavern, Ilishopestateogreet, to consider, null, if approved, to au thoriee the director* to carry into full effect an agreement with the Newmarket Railway Company for the working by this company of their railway, in conjunction with that of the Newmarket Company, upon term. and conditions to be laid before the meeting; and to consider and, if approved, to authorise the directore to carry into effect, an agreement with the Eastern Union Company for the construction of the brooch line of railway from Mueningtree to Barwick, upon terms to he stated at the meeting. The chair was oe- ' copied by DAVI!. W.ll.llllMitUrt, Esq., )1.1'., chairman of the board of directors. The CHAlltalAN add it was not his intention to offer to the proprietors ails remarks previous to the conclusion of the special business of the meeting. At the close of that business, however, he would my a few words on the part I and future policy of the company ; and, as he was unwilling to withdraw attention from the special business, he would call on Captain Kelly, the chairman of the committee of ehartholders, to give his reasons for adopting the New market agreement. he report states that the negotiations with the New market Company, alluded to in their supplemental report, adopted by the special general meeting held on the ibth nlt., have rteulted in the provirional arrangement of the terms of a working agreement between the two companies, based, in the opinion of the committee, upon a due considera tion for a common interest of both. The main object of the committee in recommending the arrangement is to pre vent the diversion of traffic from the lines of the Eastern Counties Company by intrusion on the part of other contra nies having competing, it' not ho-tilt, interests, care hung taken that the desired protection be obtained upon terms st sues pendent for the Boaters Counties Company to aon eede and satisfactory to the Newmarket Company to ac cept, and calculated in their practical operation to nulwerve the pecuniary interests of both companies, and to maintain between them constant good-will and mutual co-operation. The committee have not thought it prudent or expedient to art upon the powers conferred upon them, to cubr into negotiations with all or any of the other companies in oho eastern district, as they have considered that so to have done would interfere with the free and responeible action of the board of director., and would have retarded, rather than promoted, the aceomplishment of the object fur which they were appointee'. Captain KELLY said they would recollect that when they net together on the ]title of 31a:ell, they cowitlered a report circulated among them, recoui meiling them not to confirm an agreement entered into by the tested of directors. That agreement, if adopted, would have abstracted a suns of 8,0001. from the pocket. , of the shareholders of the Eastern Counties company. lie home' their chairman would be empowered to bring on his line all the traffic which would enable him to pas a high uteri nil to, the proprietors, and that he would nut be 100 out d front suiting over a propitious sea. (Applause.) • would woe pros-+d to the more humediat • boomer of the el ty, culling attention in the nest plate to the map which had Ewen pried ri and circulated among the proprietors, 111111 which particularly di scribeel the powitiou of the New-' market Railway. Happily, by means of the piliposed agree ment, the Countive would h e plowed in a pottier& of offence and of dehmee again t the Norfolk Conipeny. In fart, the eherebioloteri had nothing now to apprelecesd. The line might he extended from Newmarket to Bury, is which case the coal brought from the inland districts :night be conveyed and All at a cheap rate. There was, inure- over, a patt 7 isular ilewriptiuse of chalk in the is, ighhourhood of Newmarket, which, if brought to ',modem, would be odd and weal in the interior of houses. He believed the line from Newmarket to Cheeterford would prove of a produc tive character; and, if so, their means of defence against any enemy would be apparent. lie war confident that they wire perfectly fortified against any adversary, anti that when they coiefirmial the labour. of their committee their property would be conridereloly increased in value, that their traffic would be materially increased, and that they would he freed from all danger. (Hear.) It would be perceived by the report that the committee hail thought it unjust to take out of the hand , of the executive organs of the wompany—namely, the directors—the functions which ought fairly to laiong to them. Therefore, they lad passes) a strong resolution, recoommendiug the directors to act liberally) with the view of bringing about a good feel ing rewards the East Anglian Cumpaniee. lie thought the shareholders might rely upon the ability and integrity of their chairmau, and he had great pleasure iu moving the adoption of the report of the committee. Mr. GLACII recondul the motion, and in doing so ob served that it was by mere accident his name WAS omitted from the report, in the general policy of which he perfectly comeurred. lie had opposed the election of the present directors, but, as they had been elected, he would give them his full confidence until such time as he found they were undeserving of it. In oilier words, he would nut say they were wrung until their wrung acts were made manifest. (lieut.) Mr. ROBERTSON morel, ne an amendment, that the motion be' rejected, inasmuch a. it took an utfett.ive and defensive course against the Norfolk and other companies. lie contended that the Newmarket was an insignificant line, and that it was foolish to guarantee to each a line the payment of 5,000/. a year. With a declining revenue, where was the 5,000/. Et year to come from? (Hear.) It uppeared to him that the more advisable course MILS to effect a union with the Norfolk and the other East Anglian companies, and that the committee of investigation had made matters worse than they were b. fore. (Oh, oh.) Mr. WILSON begged to secund the amendment. The CIIAI It)IAN expressed a hope that there would be no mistake about the paternity of Mr. Robertom, respecting time agreement. With reference to that agreement there were 'furious matters of detail which it was necesmry the share holden should be made acquainted with, in order to enable them to arrive ut a correct decieion. The Newmarket and Chesterford Com pany had put before them their views as to what their lime WAS worth—three per cent: and, in the result, that company stipulated that they should have what the Eastern Counties could afford to give, provided the Eastern Counties did not suffer loom thereby. The committee thought that a fair proposition for the Newmarket Company to make ;,and by the construe this of the line to Cambridge the Eastern Counties would obtain an interest of 60 per cent. on the traffic as between Cambridge and Ely. (Hear.) The Newmarket and Ches. terfordCompany said that they ought to have the use of the station at Cambridge and of the company's servants free of cost. That point was also conceded by the committee. Now, it would be pereciied from the report before the meeting, that if, under the traffic arrangements, the line , id unt metre 3 per cent., then that a .um out exceeding 5,001.11. should be appropriated to make the dividend', equal to that amount. Ihe concessions which were made were no doubt of an important character, but they would take no revenue out of the Eastern Counties Company. (Hear, hear.) Ilk impreeeiou was that w ith this new traffic arrangement with the Newmarket Company, the Eastern Counties Company in two or three years would not base occasion to contribute the 5,000/., hut, on the contrary, that the payment of 3,000/. would entirely cease. (Ilear, hear.) It was sti vitiated, in the event of the line paying more than 3 per colt. per.annum, that the Eastern Counties Company should receive all the surplus over and above that amount. The Great Northern Company had fought and defeated the Eastern Countice Compeny in parliament, on the ground that they would give the most direct commu nication to the northern parts of England, and they hail turned their attention to making lateral branches with the East Anglian district, thus showing what they would do suppoing they had power to extend their influeuce in that elination. The committee therefore felt it of great import auce to protect their property to the right of Shepreth, and they stipulated that they should have control over the arrival and departure of all trains coming to the stations of the Eastern Counties line, iu order to prevent the New market and Chesterford Company to work their trains in harmony with the Great Northern Company. In making this stipulation they were met in a must liberal and fair way. lie felt that the arrangement he had mentioned was equitable and just to all parties ; sad that it was of vital iutiortanee to the protection and value of their pro perty that the meeting should now sanction it. He moved it. adoption, in order to its being carried into im mediate etfoct. (('heers.) Mr. CIiRISTIE considered it a dear and a bad bargain for the Eastern Counties, and he would there fore ask the shareholders to reuse before they Satletitlattl the agreement. lie was of opinion that the Eastern Couuties Company should enter into fair terms of amalgeniation with all the lines of railway cast of Peter borough, as a means of putting an end to that ruinous com petition which brought their earnings so low. He did not think there was any fear that the Great .Northern Company would go to the expense of making fifteen miles of railway in order to get on to the Newmarket and Colchester for the purpose of corking it. (Hear,) Mr. BOX mid that the line between Newmarket and Chesterford was certainly nut a thriving concern, but it would beer a very different aspect when the line was made to Cambridge. (Hear, hear.) Besides, it would prevent competition on the part of a rival company, which was an object of great importance. (How.) Ile wished to see a union between the lines to the east of the Great Northern, and if the other companies had been as reads to come to equitable terms as the Newmarket and Chestivforel Com pany there would be little difficulty in accomplishing that object. (Bear, hear.) Mr. lIELPS said that having already suffered from giving guarantee's, he wished to know from time chairman whether the guarantee in the present ease might not be made condi riena—whether, for instance, the guarentee might not be made proportional to the dividead they themselves re reused ? The CIIAIRMAN said that he did not think it desirable to re-open the question between them and the Newmarket Comnany. As a general principle, he thought the hoe. proprietor was quite right in his observations reseeding guarantees; but would it be wise in them, be cause' they had committed errors formerly, to place their property in jeonardy, as they would do if they kft the meeting without confirming the agree ment ? (Hear, hear.) The traffic at present was on the increase. and when the line was opened between Newmarket and Cambridge he believed the guarantee would amount to little or nothing out of the coff‘vs of the Eastern Counties. Mr. WILSON said that he had now, as upon many forms r occasions, listened to the prophetic speeches of the chairman, which usually turned out to be splendid fallacies. (Uproar.) Ho (Mr. IA ilson) was not a stock jobber, nor had he any wish to become a director. Ile believed the rock on which they had split was the Norfolk amalgamation: (Hisses.) Confidence was a plant of slow growth, and hal confessed that he regarded everything coming from thel chairman with very great suspicion. (Hisses and cries of Shame.") The CHAIRMAN put it to Mr. Wilson whether ho would indulge in personalities after the meeting had given utterance to so decided an repression of feeling against him ? Mr. WILSON again es.sayeil to make himself heard amidst a perfect storm of clisapprohat:on. He asked whether he was in possession of the meeting. (Loud cries of " No. no.") Ile would not mention any names again. (Ilimes.) Ile would not occupy a minute. (Hisses.) lie recolleettsl —(the remainder of the sentence was lost amid the com plete hurricane of disorder excited by the speaker.) The amendment was put and lost ; only four hands were held up in favour of it. Mr. HELPS 'nosed, as another amendment, that it he an instruction to the board of directors to endeavour to intro duce into the bargain a proviso that the snot payable should an no half-year exceed the sum of live per cent. on the dividend. This ammilmcnt was also put and lost, and the recom mendation of the committee was carried by an overwhelm ing major ty. The CHAIRMAN said he now came to what ho co.ssi dared his immediods province so the organ of the board. A PItOPIttETOR thought that prior to any other busi ness being proceedeel with the meeting ought to expr.•ss its gratitude to the committee of shareholtle rs for the zeal and elllrieney they had evinced. lie tooled a vote of thanks to them for their s es ices. The motion having been duly seconded, was put and cer- Tied unanimously. Copt sia KELLY responded. The committee had thought of uothilig during the negotiation I.at the interest.; of the shareholders, and they had neither drunk a glass of water nor eaten a crust of bread at the cxpi use of the company. The CHAIRMAN said the next subject before the meet ing contempleftel the !cueing of the Harwich line. All were agreed that this line had been too long post poned. Se early as a line was contemplated be tween London and Harwich. In September, ISO, one of the directors of the East en Counties fleeted an agreement with the Ee.tern Union, the tenor of which were already known. It wan thereby provil d that 2 miles were to be sold to the Eastern Union at their fair value, to be uwertained by Messrs. Locke and Stephenson. That clause had been carried out, and the sum of 49,0001. had been agreed upon as the value. The eceond clause had also been carried out, and the third, which was considered ohjectionahle, had IWen met by the ' Eastern Ciden in a very amicable spirit. Clause 4. which had reference to the line between London and Coe:Wester awl from Colchester to Manninetree, was proposed to be amended. By the sth chum. of the agreement between the two eutupanies, the Eastern Unain company agreed to Trent to this company a lease for 9...19 years it• the Eastern Cnioo lierwich line branch and pier, at a toll or rent aseestel at 4! pee cent. per annum on the oust of ouch bunch and pier, with an equal division of profits beyond such I'. per cent. that ugreement, however, was never p, rfeeteil. It was now propose d that the per center should be 4 per cent. iustead of 41 on a coot of 160,000/. But he thought they 'Meta look to on extent of traffic which would require a double line of rail., and in contemplation of the additional fatiiitiee which this in. creme of traffic would demand, he would take the cost at 249,0001. instead of Ino,llooe, although he had l,ecu told the termer amount would never he reached. Now what was it they might look forward to in return fur the expense of constructing this line to Harwich? It would be went leete d that a company had been termed for running boats and carrying the to Ile between Harwich and Rutterdam and Hamburg. Hut that company failed in cone quenee of the difficulty which this 101 miles of road between :dunning tree and Harwich presented. lint when a railway was cm. etr ucted between these pieces this difficulty would be removed. Any ',cretin who cast his eye over the map would see tile Ml prwtance of a complete line in reference to the Miele with Hamburg, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam, through Harwich. (Hear, hear.) Leaving out of vi altogether the truffle between Ostend sub Ouneire, and the tribe to the north of the Texel, where the communieation between Lowestoft and netting came into competition with them, they would have the traffic between the importent places he had mew tinned, and through them apt I the north of Eureee. (Hear, hear.) When 200/. a week came over their line at present iu con•equence of the communieation which had been opened with Denmark a • few weeks since, by means of one boat only, they could not shut :heir eyes to the importance of completing thin line to Harwich. (Hear, hear.) Then it was for their interest that facili ties st:euld be given to the pleasure traffic between London aud the seaside. By completing this line the North Sea would be opened at a distance of he mile., to Bowe whom pleasure or health carried to the seaside, and it was his ueinieu that the pleasure traffic between the metroplis, ith its 2,100,040 inhabitants and the port of Har wich would he equal, if not greater, thou that to any other point. (Hear, hear.) It wan then most desirable to secure this important outlet, whether re garded as a means of eummunication with the worth of Europe, or as a puint for pleasure traffic in addition to the permanent traffic which it would afford. He would say nothing of the propriety of keeping Leith with the Eastern Union Company ,• but, notwithstanding all that had been said of railway din eters nut being bound by the rules of honour, he was of opinion that the rules of honour should be their guide, and therefore he. trusted that the Eastern Counties proprietors would that day give their eenction to an agreement which they had entered into, although they were not legally bound by it. (Hear, hear.) lie be lieved that it was of essential importance to the de velopment of the traffic of the Eastern Counti A line to secure the outlet to Harwich, and he begged of the share holders calmly and diepaesionately to consider the points lac had stated. (Hear, hear.) lie would now move the rest)- , lotion that the directors he empowered to enter into nego tiations fur a lease of the Harwich Railway and Pier, and to conclude the same on such terms as they may deem expedient. Mr. ANDERSON seconded the motion. Mr. ROBERTSON moved that the agreement be rejected. Mr. WILSON seeouded the amendment. Captain FINLAISON said that he had no doubt Har wich would become a port of much importance in regard to continental traffic, but to gain that object they must use steamers .if a superior class. Mr. 110 W ES supported the resolution. lie had no doubt that Harwich would become a point of great attraction to the inhabitants of the metropolis when the line was com pleted. Mr. M'LAURIN said that the chairman had given a very clear and lucid explanation. (Hoar, hear.) Ile was glad to see hint in his present position; but he must say that experience told him he was not satisfied with the statements of any board of directors unless ample details were given. The amendment was then put and lost; the original reso lution was then put :1111i carried, with only two dissentients. The CHAIRMAN said that he considered it to be disk able to have full information placed Iwtore the shareholders, so as to citable them to come to a correct conclusion on any point that was laid before them ; and it was on that account that he gave such minute details of the negotiations with the Newmarket and Chestsrford Company. (Hear, hear.) Ile would now state to the shareholders the course which the board meant to pursue, and which it was important that the shareholders should be made ac quainted with. Ile had no doubt many of them thought that they did nut receive a proper return for what they had undertaken. The real question for them now to con sider was, how far they could accommodate the public. They must not keep up the rate of travelling to such an amount as would make it cheaper to use their own modes of conveyance. (Hear. hear.) There was no use in getting If. by one man if they could get OF. by thirty men. They were aware that there wits a great diminution in their re ceipts, and that their line did nut contrast favourably with other hues. But that was not because it was taken away by the compctitioa of the Great Northern line, for their receipts had fallen off on every station, with the exception of one or two. When they got beyond Waltham the farmers travelled in other conveyances because they charged too high a rate. They found the same thing to occur at Wish( ach. They had given notice to the Eastern Union Company to discontinue the special rate for the carrying of good*, which was a source of loss to them. These causes accounted for the falling off in the receipts. Now, their object must be to get bark the traffic—to get it back at any rate. (blear, hear.) If they could not get twopence they must be satisfied with a penny ; they would not discourage the low class of goods. They intended, therefore, to reduce the rate of carriage and to give greater facilities fur day ticketik. Thcv were aware that it was difficult to bring back a traffic which had once gone from them; butt it was only by unanimity among themselves and by giving con fidence to the public that they could hope to resuscitate their property. Now, as regarded their position in relation to other companies, they were ready to ratify any equitable agreements with the Eastern Union, the Norfolk, and even the East Anglian Companies. They were at that moment engaged in negotiations with the Eastern Union Company, and they were prepared to make to them what they con sidered-liberal concessions. As regarded the Norfolk Company they were told that that company would annihilate them. Now, the chairman of that com pany, Mr. Peto, was too shrewd a man not to know that he could not annihilate them. lie had too much experi ence ❑ot to know that it a as to the interest of that company to work amicably with them. Ile was right, no daub', in endeavouring to protect his own property, us it woo their ' -fur to protect the property of the Eastern Counties share- holders ; but they were ready to consider how the two com (Hics could be brought int., an harmonious arrangement. ear, hear.) He hoped that both companies might be made to fall in with their views, and that they could make a fair and equitable arrangement with all, so as to develop the resources of the three companies. (Cheers.) The report informed them that a committee of shareholders of the East Anglian Company had waited upon them. They were received by the directors; but it was impossible to enter into any negotiations with them, as that body was not properly constituted, but more particularly because the East Anglian Company were at that time engaged in nego tiations with the - Lrreat Northern. Now, belied no hesita- t lion in saying that he was prepared to recommend, on the R. part of the Eastern Counties Company, more advantageous 5t..., terms than they could obtain front the Great Northern. so (Hear, hear.) The Eastern Counties Union, leaving docks 15 at Ely, were able to put themselves in an antagonistic position, for they could immediately place their 23 barges on the ricer, and so divert the traffic from the East Anglian and the Great Northern lines. But t r . he hoped that the Great Northern Company, instead of 2$ carrying on the fight with the Eastern Counties, would come to terms of alliance which would be mutually bench- IS vial to both companies. (Hear, hear.) As he had said, the 2 3 Eastern Counties Company had determined to bring back „9E the traffic to their line, and for this purpose to adopt wise S' and judicious measures. They proposed to encourage the in building of villas along the line by issuing season tickets as for 21 years. By means of their arrangement with the $24 Blackwell Railway they would be able to come 12 2 into Fenehureh-street, so as to give the greatest i t ' facilities to persons living in London to go and 17 conic from those villas. The chairman then explained in de yp tail the nature of the arrangements between the Eastern 16; Counties and the Blackwell companies, and called on the ti proprietors to judge the directors by their merit, and not in t o s a hostile or carping spirit. (Hear, hear.) .1f they were 10 not able to put their railway in the soundest position, they se yet hoped to put it in a sound and healthy one. (Cheers.) Mr. BOX moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, which to having been seconded and carried, the meeting adjourned. 3.1 ---- - SPORTING. TATTEItSALUS--Trrt - R.sa.ty. A few investments were made ou Ilernandez and Glens lawk fur the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, but the only hums rally in force were the 3lountuin Sylph colt and die Cunt', -sor ; it being difficult to say which had the call at the finish. Confessor also came into high favour for the DerLy Bonnie Dundee having several friends. 700 to 100 was laid once against Prime 'Minister (offers aftcrwards to take 1,200 to 200), and S to 1 to a considerable amount against Teddington. 21) to 1 offered against Ncwmiastcr, and 1,000 to 10 laid against Grecian. The Chester Cup movements were confined to an improvement in Rhesus, Nancy, and R9Stlhorough, and a decline of three points in Montague. Latest price,: TWO TlItit'SAND OrINEA STAKES. 1 t o 1 opt Mountain sylph colt i 7 to 2 t fr) to to J Slr J Haat retool nor (t) to I torsi fanteta's 6to 1 Mr. U. It.' lark'. nhawk SO to t It Naves Motto (t) Grecian was dctiared not to start at 1.3 d p.m. CIIt. 9 TER EXP. 9 to I apt Mr. Trce,'s Itberovr (t) 13 to I Lord 81rrttonoreo Moutrdne 13 to 1 Mr. Muware. , Ilur.borough 110 to 6 Mr. T. Lot, s c) It) IS to I Mr. Met Lou'o Tb ILdiat 2r to 1 13ir 1.11‘w4 y'. Troicau (t) 6 t, I opt W. llnford'Zl:rinse - 4. Mintster (t) 6 to I tor J. 11.rolvy's leddington 1.1 to I Mr. J. t lirs's Malvorourti Buck (t) 11 to 1 Mr. 17v.I.Liro's Constedsuon to 1 L rd rothnton's luirde Modes (26 to I t 2", to 1 tar 1. Ms.. y's Confessor (1) ao to I Mr. (i. Ifisraves Iht4eus (tf) lon. to 20 Mr. 11. K likrottawk IV') to l Mr. Dlllllftel Groczan 7 to I *gat Mr. Cratsicks's Ilessr homburg to 1 Isis J. Ifsuiry'S Aphrodite (t to 1v07) 8 tot bad Stull:. TILE FLYING DUTCHMAN AND VOLTIGEUR. \Ye are authorised to state that whatever may be the re sult of the great match between the above horses, it will not be determined, until after it has been run, whether The Plying Dutchman will start for the Emperor's Plate or not. A similar announcement having been made yesterday at Tattersall's, the public wiil do well to refrain from specu lating on the Ascot event until after the York. Sprung Meeting. Mr. Payne's Citadel broke her leg y es terday morning at Epsom, and has since been shot. MALTON RACES.—TUESDAT. ~ TWJ-YEAIt-OLD ST A KE4 of 10 for.. each, h ft: colts, 0 Bet 711); and MFR.'S, Bst 311). Straight haltmile (10 subs.) 30 sh. Mil p c.f.i ., . King of Ito •po (Buiaby) 1 23 11.. Mr. Vs Pat:o.llldr .. . r0 . ;,1 Eglrtitt.C.. M ilia . 31r. Harrisn's Needle -• Mr. Bosees f by Haman Plana out of Huta of 1 uno O i o King of Trumps made all the running, and won easy by 30 a length. lluu iu 51 secs. NIALTON HANDICAP of In gars. each, h ft, and with 100 3 0 added, second to save his stake. 2 miles, 47 subs, 23 of 24 whom pay 3 sovs. each. 1 . )tr. O. tidrion's little fawn, 3 yrs, sst elb ilsoseltioe's Cul y, 3 sr.., tiot ..lb :gr..). 'tote, Pr. go, f yr;. Sot 71b (Hsrrison) 3 S: r. T Walter's Msry Nobbler, ag d, :et lib 6to I agst l'resto; 2to 1 apt Unity; 7 to 2 agst Little Fawn. Won cleverly by 2 lengths. Itun in 3 min 50 Res. .IMATEeIt ST.tKVA of 5 sovs. each and 10 added. Gout. riders. One mile. (6 rule:.) Mr. gasser's I by Amoco. ust of CarnoriVa, yrs, 111 71b (Lord Lardress) 1 Mr. G. Barton's Taly, 4 yrs. tort Or. Morris's W c by slr Womb., 3 yrs, Bet 1310 Mr. Ileroeltioe'o Timothy, 1 yrs, lOst Mr. Behroors b f by Ant Ilepeoler, 3 yrs, B.e. lelb 3 2 to 1 agst Arundel filly, who made all the running, and won easy by three lengths. WELIIAM Cur 0E25/. added to a sweep of 5 sovs. each for horses, &c. that never won, gent rider, miles, 13 subs, was won cleverly by Mr. J. Sinipson's View Iloilo°, 5 yrs, list 91h. (Mr. G. Simpson) beating Mr. J. Lainplugh's lteiver, aged, 12at (owner) and 8 others. :HAWES PLATE of 251, added to a sweepstake of 21 601'.. each, one mile and a half, 3 subs, was won in two well-contested heats by Mr. J. Scott's b c by Sleight-of !land out of Ilaniptonu, 3 yrs kCharitou), beating Melody and Newman Nogg's. WensmsDAY. CLARET STAKES of 10;;;:eneli, It ft, and 20 added. For 3-yr-old colts ti.t nb, and finks Bst 41b. One mile and a Imlf. (6 subs.) Mr. Ilesselta.e's enity (Loss+lair) 1 Wnm Rotbeduld's e by elm. les Xll. dam by Touchstone 2 Mr. ll.s4.bbinss'i The Cutler -- - 4 We. Saxon 6 to 4 agst the Cutler, and 2 to 1 each against the others. Unity not mentioned. Won cleverly by a length. CoNvivitL ILAN Dletr of 10 *ors. each, 5 ft, &c., with 50 added ; the seeend to save his stake. 1 mile. (23 subs,) b of whom pay 3 sovs. each.) Mr. !Lori-et:else by More Carideo oat of Wm Julia Bennett 3 yr., 50 iii ........-(Wsjs) Sir C. Moneli's Vsngu.rd, yr., list 5 Mr. Noon's Mal lose Netrirtori. 3 yea sst 71b 5 to 4 on the colt, who tools the lead, and won a line race by a neck. IAitEwELL STAKES of 10 .ova. each, b ft, and 20 added, for 2-yr-olds; the second to save his stake. Half a mile. 5 subs. Mr. J. o..boene's Ireeine. Tat 41b (Osborne,Jan.) 1 Mr. ilairs I by II tnAlt d by Jeered, 7st 41b Mr. Wi..teriasham's %wren 7st 4lb Lop, Eglintint's obeitle, Mr. Huttun'e 11.50 Tattle, 7s. I lib 3 Betting:-6 to 4 agat Sheltie, and sto 2 agat Ire sine. Won by u head. TALLYHO HANDICAP of 10 sees each, 5 ft, &c., with 20 added. One mile and a half. (9 subs.) ; 1 paid 3 sots. Mr. O. Barker's Tordefelles, 4 yrs, nst .ulb (Camas) 1 ()total, ilanorth's Marone., 5 yrs, lost Sib (Mr. Pratt) 2 Mr. Barton. Smoggier MIL Bald. list 41b.. ..... (Mr. Psteett) 3 Mr. Itiliotee Imm :I Mon, 3 yrs, S t . (Mr. C. Boynton) 4 Mr. Bet-Moor'. V'eur de cane, 6 yea lOst 12. b (Capt. Broadley) S \Won by u head, after a good race. INNKEEPERS' PCKSH of 10 soon, 11114.1 n Sweepstakes of 3 son each, three quarters of a mile (3 subs), was won easily by Mr. Ilesseltine's Timothy, 4 yrs, lOst 13Ib (Long ' stair, beating Anti-ltepealer filly and Maid of the Moor. SPELCLATIoN PLATE of 251, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sees each, one mile and a half (6 subs), was won in 3 heats by Presto, 3 yrs, 'ist, beating 'faly and the Arundel may. SMITHFIELD MARKET.-THIS DAT. The number of Beasts I. not large, but very few are wanted; trade is coueequcutly heavy, and rather lower rates are taken. Several remain unsold. We are not heavily supplied with Sheep; however, there are more than the trade requires, and Monday's prices arc barely main tained. 'flit, being Good Friday, Lamb is the principal 1 article in demand. There are nut so many as we have seen on former occa-tons, but the trade is so exceedingly de pressed that they cannot all be sold. Choice Calves are in request ; these arc scarce, and full prices are obtained for them; many second-rata qualities remain unsold. From Germany and Holland there are 93 Beasts, 270 Sheep. and 266 Calves ; Scotland, 50 Beasts ; 260 from Norfolk and Suffolk ; and 110 7lltlch Cows from the Home Counties. I Pet It )110 0. 6110. s. a... .. h iiooo of lats. a.L a. I Dot New, Here...N.4 .34 3 n Sol Das. W.-I.& dh 3 3 3 0 0 4 Rem .4honaoree , ... 3 2 1 4 Dastiongwools 8 444144 .4 4 a 111 3 beasts.. 242 11 Do. do. Elmo 34 3 Oahe* ...... ... .... 3 0 4 .111wes sa.lsacand goats 3 4 3 Pigs _. .... .. . ...... ... 2$ 3 g De. do. Nora 0 0 n Des. Pas & lialf.tig4. 4 4 4 1 Wits ..,... , . ...... IS 06 1 Port. at n...rset. NI; Mao MI 6 . 11 " . . ..." Calves. 431 ; Pita. a*. AMIENS AND BOY,' LOGNE RAILWAT.—Tratile for the week ceding April 13, 18.51.—Pa.‘engers, IG,Gtgr 35e.; merckanditc, 19,312 f. GOc.; total, 33.860 f. We. ; or, 1,4341. SO I kberdeen ... ... ~ 81 Imberg., Notting., Roots, I and East Junction _. 131.Birm.Wolv. & )4.075 alley .100 'l3eistal and Ezeter ... 50 :Onletinnin .. _ 30 !Clumer an 1 llolyhead 45 Oubl n aad Belfast June all 'Dundee, Perth, and Aber : dean Junction , k 10 11 23 East Anglian (Cl 5 L.9s I and L. It D. .... 4l 51 IS Do. (f la C.& IL) 3 31 20 Eastern Cootties ... 7 . 71 23 Eastern Unmet, Claes A (late E. D. 6 14 111 ..• .- 6 CI 25 Lio. class and C dltta 41 4 23 East Ione:Alto ... l7l 17 6; W. New) Marrs SO iEdiubtirah and Glasgow 23 i Edinburgh, rarth,l /under 71 81 11r.' Exeter and Esmoutli 23 Gr. at Northern ... - 17 IRA ' 124 W. 1 ethares t A,Dererreel 5 6 121 I)o. 1 share., 13.8 peret.; 121 121 1 30 iGt South. and West. tired 42 43 Ito' oGreat Wodetn ... 17 1 Do. Xel ... _3 21 el/s. 50 Lancaster an d Carlisle . 111 W. Thirds .. .- ; 10 0 Lancashire.-nil Vorkalair. 163 63 •23 Da. I Owes ... 10 9 die. * l , 111 Po. Mu ... .. ... 7 61, „ 11 1 Do. W. at Riningllnim 5) 51 ~ ; 5,1 .Lewin and Think _ IS :9 O ilkillAnolun and IllarkWall 111 DoTilbury Imam. Inerl . p i i pOl I lUio Lam, grightwn, &S. Ca,• 55. 97 . ton t e gjgon ca North-Wm/m*021)4 129 17 Dn. do, New 1 shares . Si 31 pm 11 Do. Fifths ... .. - 31 51 1 lin-Sinah.,ll and ft. , ,c; 2i 3 pot 'l4O Luton & 9.•te:11-Wertern $$ b 9 421 IW., £3O ........64 31 .:is 34 D... £lO .., .._ I ii 4 Ai) SI Itaneh.,llnx.,sr4 Natleck I 31 11Ilis 108 I renneb.,shet,witnenlnsh.l 35 1 Nik 1 41 Po 3letllnt LineL Venus 3 2 dig . tOu 9111.1m1 - ... _ 6 jl 63 33 Do. J:3O 'Marco . ... 131 12 las -:100 Do. them. and Derby .. 34 36 33 Newmarket . ... 111 9/ 6 Newpnct, Anergarenny, and Hereford— ... 31 31 dig . 1011 Noradk _ ... _ _ 27 29 IS Do. New 5.2'.... ... .. 13 12 ells 1 31 Northern Counties Union 21 21 Ms I 7 Newry and Enniskillen .. . 1 . .. 85 ; North Etillah - ... ... I 1/0 I 171 North Staff dds),ire.. ... ' t Ms 1 la seed, treater° ... .. 11 10 ids i 1 nornhirSnuu mn t West-lune. I 11 1 IS entfard, Wore.. 5r Wolver. 17 1 181 1. t 3 nontlah Central 16 17 a die i 2) Soottleh lialleu.d ... ... lh 1 11 4 .3 *54 Do. New ..... .- 16 15 elk , 34 13!Ishreers. ft Mena, Cdans A 4 SI tet 14.1 i w.., claw 1t... dis 4 l edtess Awry.): llerefortrild II I/ do, all ahrenabwry ant ebes.er (5 1. W. Min.) all Do. Ilulees ... _ .. 1.1 1)3. Ornentry ... .11. Shropshire Vnion ... .. S.. 3.ontot P. von .. _ ... SO South &omen _ bu Sorb Wales ... .. 11 Muth YorkM.S.:ltirerDon 6 Shed.,lteth.,l4Ajonk,Sl re. 161 Wecktun and Ilartlepord -111 raw Vale Ealensrw ~ 17.. ThattultilasenDJalrrddl. 13 Vim of N. nth ... .., .. 9 We* Cornwall - 23 Tork,Newesellentlienria 20 Do. do. r.Sten).o6l ... 9 Do.G.N. V.Purchase SJ York and No, oh 51.dlawl LINES LEASED Al. 11111 EL) 8 'Beirlu Sr hunts. Est. 3 per Ct. (le°, l to Gt. Western 4 1 at 20 Dirminglimmw latordJonc eollohdypd.,erorithwuar. settee Dea .to tit.krest. 231 291 20 Ditto without a guarantee 15 I(leassel eotarratWrsh rn 27 28 lium., Woiv., and Dudley rw.stlulypd-ortrithgtrar. Deus. dto GNatWedero, 111 91 pen 11 : Ditto without arm:mica" 1711(larew•Itn .seat Western 7 8 pen 13uckinensm-rdre Unwed to LoomolonoSN.oNeliterri;o * Clstlesnale Juncdaa (leased to I'oleinoon . 2S EastLinodnaharhar 6p.t.n. (I mad ut lit. N.rtnewlll 51) DullerSellty(oorkarN3ll.d; 23 Do. 1 shares (ditto)...! 121 Do. 1 ahan a (l tta) .. An Leedske Brad*oril (31E114°11 i 121 Inntloo and Grearlok.Cloi I In Son , h hasterro .... 17 19 Si 9i 13 14 3 3 die 33 21 da IL 23 :71 23 3 4 thdip[ j 61 dis 6 IS di. 4 dii 4 dii 2 221 3 Ai. dis 27 27 17i 16 41 43 Sli 101, 3 10 115 i 51i 1924 23 96re 20 1/00, Fret-mare 01010,! WI 24j 30 Sarthero sE Arne spr ret tiers.' t01.0.1.(33unt1e.1 54 66 11 'D tto ditto New . - 1 a G pia ,r% 23 IrtantonTrc (lean. Lon kN.Woo.tt I anr.lllr , rk 12 41 14 101,0itn, I Alums (.) lditto)l 7 I 46 pia iNJ 30 lite ,1., , ; WM.. and Ralmor 1 Veined o 8 with Ea' tau l 31 215 06. 443toynton :Ind preens( Otani I I to rims Nuannta lf 0 GI 3 Do. Shvpreth E.:L.4%46M0 lj 11 pm 12 I 01 Sauth Stair te.t.inte tleued to Mr. An3ean 3 31 die 23 ' 33 W, ar Vwll.l. n Is. Lt.ous. t 1ea..4 to t•tnentonalnir. 24 246 SO 50 W.a...4..tner , et,atttitynt. (leu.e.l to On. , 64 , nrn 14/ 454 gi'Abertlern... 10 10 'Cak-.10..Lku CIO WI 10 I,..ltetter atul 1101yhe;m1 - N.LAitEa. k dL Itt 16 ,ken Junction . . I di* 2 1 4 si VArrtir INt . St. 7 per Cent.. Ditto 7 per Cent. Mott •t u t:trurcit s Eaten.., p.r No. I, Ditto do. No. 2, Dr. Ncw Ire Cent %lock EsstUatoystartp 614.6 p.ll, 'Ettinburgh, Perth, and: Dundee, Ai per tent ...; Great Northern 5 per Centi Gt.SiliaWe.tre(l)eightha Lanctuthirer‘Vorks. V kb' lbeddbif birak6perec.No.ll ;Loudon, Bricht." S.Coast. Jon I Irg i fie q w "t'C' e. Y 6 per tondonanthWertern Sew Man.atultaL sc. ish.Noll Do. New ale Do. £6 KullanuCoart.B.&RJl Norfolk Extension Do. Si per GYM. 011 M. Math Oaltard, Worcester awl Waiver., 62.5.66;e CUM ihrewtburyttliirmita.Mati Guaranteed ... Shrews 6:Chester(Nor.W. Mitt.) 6 per CAUL.. .. South Devon York. Newnottle,it Berm OtNorth of Enkpurah: Ditto Limo I IliaelteN.Mid.D.MS. iureir POI r o ils re s. lei 161 de I pm did 13 11 13 113 13$ pa 17 13 II lj pm 11 Ilj , is 15e 111 lb 1•1 1H 1' di, FOREtuN tt.) {Boulogne at gruieue Centre' trance (Vterzan; 'Dutch Finnish 'Beet Indium Great loth= Penineuls.„ Do. Do. Maria Autonie... ,LwAys. If/ . 10 — I 17J 1; ex div II 4 die II I pu Du Pa I Si b u city $ IP Si 1 I 13 31 Us U 33 ex UT IS 36 - - Do. do. New Namur and Liege Be rthero 01 France . prleone -nd La.rdkauz `Pori,. and 9rlearw r 0 I earls and Roues 10 16 Paris and str.amboarg 110 10 Konen and Havre 10 10 dambra and Mean 10 15 four. and Navas 20 IliVast flawless 10 11 ex 11 7 dm 3 9 8 1 I dill 28 3 25 ?Ot 101 es di, 4 61 21 3121 RAILWAY SIIARE MARKETS. Liwzaroor., Aram 17.—There has been more animation In our share mar. et to day, and a g rod amount of budness hen been done. The best lines are a sr elle Wither, and the market closed kr(niy at the quotations:- 1 1r ennead, Lancashire. and theakire, 81 d.—Ditto Mar 5), 41 d —Caledorai n, 151 3.16 f—Eaat laavea. shire, 171—tancashire end York•hire 621 6 (fifth shares), 61 d.—Leeds and Thank, 181- Lande s and North Western, 1291 Das, (Mn shirea, 31 l p.—Ditto (Min Mare.). Mid I o.—land, 631 3 —Ditt, (half Mares), 19 121 d.—North Britian, 1171—Shrews. bury aid Cheater yr swoon 11114 Chester, 101. sh leen. 1 d.—Seuth I gaiarro and DOW. 971—Yolk, Newmark, and Berwick, 'if —Ditto (pref., unpaid up), 11 el.—York and North Midland. 271. blaNert 7:siren, APRIL 17.—Shares have improved some what further, raid a good augur o ffur the soundness of the market is the almost total chsappeanweacrintangues. Prices for cash are almost the same es for the sevonst. BatsTol., APRIL 17.—The close approach of the holiday armed the market to be inactive and very few new Pelee wire effected. The alterations were to Bristol nd Patter ' which left off at 81, and Great Westerns at Sol. The market closes to day till Wed nesday. LEEDS, APRIL 17.—There has been a considerable DR- Deonlnent in a.l knob of *hares thin morning, and the market closes fine. Cooing sales :—P.st Lancruhrres„ 171 ; Meth sod Thanks,' 181; Caledonians, 151; FlO Midlands, 171 dia. ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 22 S .uth Eotern and Dover, 27f ; Nunn Weattn3e, I 1 div. To-mono. being Good Friday, there will be no (netting on 'Chaser. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 17.—This market was rather ite r to-d-ty, end in sonic irstAntso( prloen a .varoxil. Il asing bean and Stour Valleys were d ae et 101. 16e. 3d. per abate; :brews. bury and Birmingham B's were Jane at Sj lii: 30 St. ZS 31 st. so so so &.. ii et. so so U 171 1 33i 6 56 Bf 16 Ili 16 31 88 14i 82 t2l 3 2$ $ 3 4$ I IS 6si ?, 9 LI 31 6I 611 22 3 , , 3 U II N I ai I 27 I 1 lot I P to t ir Sf 32 die Si dis 31 19 131 37i it 1 1 j n 4 : 224 1i 167 17 711 2711. "41 NI ill 7i s 5 s' 10 e I. l Oi 20 20 5 4 11°11 n.lico? 10 10 6 si. liii 20 I 20 6I 6 11 s to I lo 11 13 103 !U{= 189, tli I i' 40A P 10 20 . 10 le to S SO fp The market for American stocks remains without change at the following quotations as reported by Messrs. 1). Bell, Son, and Co., in their circular of this evening: Redeemable. United States S per CL lids. . .. 1451 Do. 6 per Ct. Boods 1864 Do. ti per (7t Bond, Do. r. per Ct. Stock P.oeton Car 5 per Ct. (kir. Pennoyleants S per Ct. Stock Inearachneotte 3 per CL (wr iting bond.) Maryland S per Ct. (sterling Sandal 4,963 15,182 April & Oct.. 105 106 Canada 6 per et Bonds The business in foreign exchanrs was carried on to-day, to-morrow being Good Friday, but, us is usually the case on such an occasion, only a limited business was transacted, and the attendance of mer chants was comparatively thin. The quotations generally remained the same as on Tuesday, but Amsterdam and Hamburg were again a trifle higher. The following were the prices negotiated: tune. Pnarrargetlotrd. From To Aroatordarn pert Mort 11f1. 16,0 r. ... ltti. 1633 h. Unto. 3 blontbsllll.l.irtv. 1111. 17 ov. J.O. it la, 89 89i ..,ttrdate I lambing nrul Altnno „ „ lame.. S *.:d. 13mcs. dish. Frank Irt.on-the-Maine ~ „ 119 It. OLT.. ... 119118. V leill.A TrWete Antwerp ... 2Mra. 2kte. ... ?Mts. 39ete. Paris ,, Sand :Mew. erte ... 33free. Seto Ditto ,, 3 Menthe2.sfren. 2:Acte... 23. ice. .7,cte. Mane ....... „ „ 25fre4.23cts .. 231r0t fetc. Genoa = II „ 21.1r.:3ct0. ... Sr. Wets. Naples per dlcat „ 411 pence ... 411 pence Palermo ....... per 0.0.0 ~ lAs pence ... 121; pence Mw.ina . Madrid ... per (altar ~ IA longs ... 301, pence cwt.. „ „ 3 ,, f prow ... peter Barcelona „ 491 pace ... 491 pence 1.1.50 per are „ 331 Knee .. 334 pence Divert° The discount on gold yesterday at Paris was 21 per male (new taritfrate), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 1111 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 23.114 ; and the exchange at l'avis on 1.011(1011 at shart being 23.021, it 'follows that .sold is 0.352 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. The price of gold at Ilambarg, by counts, 1.4 420 per mark, which, at tit , price of 31. 17s. 10!,d. per ounce for gives au exchange of 13.51 ; and tit Hamburg on London at short being that gold is 0.233 per cent. dearer in in London. the latest ne w English Mint standard gold, lie exchange at 1:1.5, it follows Hamburg than According to the last adviees the course of ex change at New York on London for bills at GO days' sight is 1101 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109, 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.61 per cent in favour of England. Upon taking into consideration the differenee of interest and charges of transport, we find that the present rate leaves no profit on the importation of gold from the United States. The Eastern Counties shareholders, at the special meeting held toglay, approved of the Newmarket and of the Harwich agreements. The traffic returns for the last week on the under mentioned English lines of railway, a s made up to this day, are as follows: 1,•50. London and NorthWortern £43,846 .... £43,707 °mat Wv,tern Midland Londini and South Wtstern..., 9,465 I.anea.hire and Yorit.hin: 1.5,610 .... London and Brighton South Eastern York, Newcastle, and Berwick 13,190 ... . York and North Midland 7,157 ..• • Leeds and North Stallord.hire Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire 6,317 .... Eastern Counties and Norfolk 13,440 Shrop.hire Union :47 Bri..tol and Exeter Ilanehe.ter, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction 118 London and Blackwall Shr, wshu ry and Cht ster 1,570 .... Mauchc.tcr, South Junction, and Altrinchain Clitlic roe, 647 .. . . unit West York-hire Liverpool, Crosby, uud South port Shrewsbury and Uirotiughans South De % on 1,84S 20,909 9,509 11,591 10,253 10,079 14,497 7,037 7M 4,334 438 4,201$ 610 .... 109 7 , 56 1,335 ;AU 1,836 Total £162,366 £181,105 The receipts on the above lines being 181,405 t. in 1850, and 18'2,3601. in 1831, the increase is shown to be 1,1611. The number of miles open in 1830 was 3,3361, and in 1831 3,693, showing an increase of 1541 1 miles, or 44 per cent. The average return per mile per week was, in 1830, 311. 3s. 101 d., and in 1831, 491. Bs. B',d. The receipts lust year were swelled by the holiday tratße. The return per mile per week on the chief Him is subjoined: 1851. 1850. London and North Western .. £84.61 .... £92.99 Great Western Midland . .. 42.74 London and South Western _ 39.00 .... 39.78 Lancashire and Yorkshire Loudon and Brighton South Eastern York, Newe.eale, and Berwick 45.03 .... 49 94 York and North Midland The returns on Scotch lines are as under . : 1851. 1840. Glasgow and South Western £3,712 .... £3,123 Edinburgh and Glasgow 3,878 .... 3,999 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Caledonian 6,471 .... Monklands 866 .... The Irish returns are: 996 6,869 734 1861. 1860. Midland Oreat Wodern £1.443 .... E 1,410 Belfast and Ballymena Waterford and Limerick 3tl .... Belraq and County Down 229 .... Ulster BO6 Dundalk and iinniAillen LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES PARIS, Aram 17.1 rat 11 Mawr. I . For Account. !Higbee., Lowe>t.! Cloriog. 3 per Cents. 3 per t seta ass lye/Cents. New Loan 43 l ' erPm (C:eih: 130 . angison Lowd;6 ";si ult, 115 !1; 90 ,24 876. Belgian, 5, 1610 ll4l llottey. Naples agates .. i, 73 Mousy. 5, 10.2 — Rowan Loan, 1850 .. _ Do. 1 4 1 Do. do. 1034) . . 764 _ Dn. Treasury Honda 4j ... Piedmont w. C. eta. SI 75 Bing Shares Pomo, Aram 17.—Versailles (right bank), 166 25; do. (e t ;wadi), ;to 73 , Paris and Orleans, /41; P..n scot I:ouen, 635; arseilL a aid gal l eon, sO. 75; Strasbourg wad thee, !.41 ; Centre (Viers:on), 43 i toecap and 11..; deans, 400; North, 472 50; Varla and Stras, uric 493 75: Thum and Nautes. 276 23. 11ABRlu, Aran. 12.—Three per Cents., 3.5 5-16; after Bulsa, 35 15-16 cash, 36 paper. Four per Cents., 13/. Five per Cents., 164 ; after Bolos, 151 cash, 16 paper. Coupons, 81 ; after Bobo, 8 cash, $ paper. Passives, 6 11-16 ; alter liolsa, 6 11-16 cash, 61 paper. Bank of St. Ferdinand, 1001 cash. Exchange on London, 61.35. BERLIN, Arum 16.—Voluntary Loan, 105 0 . ; New loan Four-and-a-llalfper Cents., 102/ ; National 1./ebt, 851 ; Com mercial Marine Society's Premium, 129 f ; Bank Shares, 96. VIENNA:, APRIL lo.—Fire per Cent. Metalliques, 561; Four-and-a-half per Cents., ditto, 84i. Dank Sharer, 11275. Exchange on London, 13. . . dap, ' 67 0 167 10 N 46 94 4, INCING-LANE—Tniv-snAT EVENING. A slight improvement is observable in the demand for colonial produ , c this week, and some kinds have realised advanced quotations. The public sales of sugar have gone off with spirit, and in some instances an advance has been obtained. Plantation Ceylon Coffee has met with a good inquiry, and an enhancement in the value of fully 2s. has occurred ;some descriptions of foreign have also improved to the same extent, while native Ceylon has changed hands in small quantitis.s, at 40.4. 6d. to 41s. per cwt. The new scale of dutit' came into operation this day. • tea market keels firm, but as vet no Inniness has been • • I sin e° the arrival of the mail. Th. : colonial ~ .4 until the 23rd inst. 101 p 4 , Afo :•• ,41 0 •- • yr •••,f; Nc• • , ••- 0 4121 c" pPm ar ea di, 161 } 91 / 10 91 174 ez day. 151 itu~ tau