The Express. — London, England, 1850-04-04 00:00:00

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Shipp. Maar& irrierik se yeet hes. le- ad, ) LONDON bPELLINO marry, posaliety eltreettee IT the with* m d "all dieloaltise ea- e plashes arliflasl Parisi Idtweiss. t 32 Cis sopa; my!. dr 170 beratifil W•00-suie of ollials OW the mu! alkirkig bizedosilos T.i;17.) iirwinpie; •7•—cWte—uTed: " Illystisted Laden Nom," ittS, range to ne Muir and to Bawls. long to be as& to the odes. on LO I M READING - to the eptalliag Book. the nod .mii4n and instructive ,re host the test Esegash Authors, is beautifully sad copiously Illustrated Is - trated London News, 196, Strand; E' b past Is. uL, NT of LIFE sai Wised we If tine." —twin sad Dater Moralsors—Euer , [kudos—The Park; Laser. Rd* ot.ler p:esonat pinoto—Conntry „L i r= n Nlittit —Evenings at lloase—Mosie— Orzt.ag, Sleeping, Bathing, Alr, Bad, %%INS. 2 vols. Is. met ; by pot, itee—'ketch at Min beak M. 11einkweensee et DO M. ne la.; by poet. Is. k. sad AVOID. sea tee our course my rm." rt every form ;tem ma ewe) et wt. seemed exertrunes. net hareem the men the Jf MO. mad minion - the Wet and pityeieel repletion el ; Rem Oteuldil ,• Weenie the when 10, Mg/Oilmen Ite. 'ORNI.-NUMEROUS `REUEL And as Saturday last will ti reesiketion, not only Is regard' aielaide etthinier, but roc the very various perm of A. iciest la loos of life accmpasied tits ca- Irith coast, the details of which from our Daiwa oorrupondent, .'envy sad eslamitoue. tamed the Ilowari, of needy 1,000 Mao but. ft* sear Liverp,ol. She was bound him Mobile mks a 41E0 of mum and mahogany, voluted at ••.1. sad 20,000 L Oa Saturday morabig, when : • . •ticatim, she was sees labouring is the ple off at 10 o'clhek at night she struck es a • • :• tee of s- honks oe the month of tue • ••L! . ..rise on the road speedily broke is her hull, tccal.• water.:ogged and settled. At daybreak spa • a•AL.f.i the crew were seen eliagiag to the rigging, at cottoned at Southport immediately wait ..4. Toe poor fellows were brought sabers is ' f vtaa•tad condition, and one of them, John Smith, • . sank under his intense sutra . - .ex cue has exerted mach commiseration. • Linconi.hiee, Yorkshire, and Northumbrian %is also% innumerable are reported. Between a.. UM, ecastirtg 'steels were driven ashore, and the have beetle wrecks. At Tynemouth . apwarda t:.?m k..r.dred la I wire king in the Bay, }lumbar, and an opportune and favourable wind to tar,oar. On OW craning of Saturday the wind !Mita to the S 8., but blew a lwavy gale, throwing •*. : wa on the bar. Thir instant the things of nerved, and the indication of sewn wentherseen the whf,:e of vu la the greatest confusion, mute w the harbour for shelter. The some • .tr..• Limits of the 'steams* elteasek sad the me- t • of nee luny craft tipese through it almost at the a.ket*, lid to collisions and great destraetion of ;kr —ram, and emwatere. Unfortunately • moulder s •“..0 sr s./ vessels were drives senors. Some on the r.ciss beneath Tysemeatts Castle, and others en amber there could mot hay* been km than Mx' au: t*.oss which Kruk an the racks became total At Sunderland nearly a similar scene was wit • As east,' as 200 all of light colliers wars running ..: • —lie at the same moment, and at the entrance tine thus wen ammeroas collisions, and the havoc mows that had got Wide was very greet. 42 4wa11. *a B•turd•y, • l••ryrye buq - uer was lost the 'stud of North Ro••ldsba7, sad every =:..ss:e4 to her perished. The number cannot et be satisfactorily ascertained, but the lees of life is r..ea. Three of the bodies have come **hose, but las transpired likely to lead to the ,identity of the ▪ :4 Ina/es Chronicle says there was a heavy gala 4 .• f a Friday night last at Beausaris, sad it did much to the shipping at anchor in the strait', and WWI the L a a' '•f a melancholy Ices of life. Neuly all the mauls in • wu of Beauaaris were driven mime, and tastained hes Wary, sad cU of them will Untie be salooded t•-! 'key ma be o ff . Tin loos le mister than was ever •:•••,. umber pet eireumenuiese. A beestihil pleasure !, • Is property of It .bert Wiandrew ° En., of Liver :— • tisk had jest bees fi tted for the noisier season, .titanwant the sea well, and became • • total The crew leaded with difficulty, sad had • carrow d their lives. The smack Brothers, Barnet, from was wneked neer Penmen, and on. of the hands, •.• aquas sad his wife, was drowned. Tb. bodies I jry ' •• on Saturday morning, on the bomb. the captain ofe being clasped in each other's arms. Most of the zt senors in the email boat belonging to the vessel. 3 , 2 y, from Cheery, laden with 160 socks of flour for ma, woe much damaged, and tiled with whin. ' The end he John and William, of Port Mados, with u.l emir!, were wrecked. The crows were lanai by rope from ILI, shore. The beach is covered with Nr Y. arta fragments of mall boats beloaging to the poor, ••• Lad to other means of getting a living, were dutrorod. - - F l ti Tuw:4B.—Would it not then be *ell to M the year of our liird ate diamond eight huadred •••-• !.r.y, whether any of Use hest, whether the very worst '"%—coni..lering the state of society is which it has •i to • ctreordirsary end degrading as that of burying aft midst of the living, to generate ea amount *" L •' 4 in de , tniel ton compared whhwhichthe riCsilitar „ en ea Afric;a faseral is as • drop of water ,a as '. it should be remembered that, in the barbairooa ' 4* * -4 4 ire Lave cited there is away' to be traced the per •if so idea —es that the deed sees will want food. w -A mossy, ittendinto, beasts of budge, smoothie, that !* 4I •C ignorance is unable to separate from the wants hi to this earthly elate. There is so such poor i . 41 for the custom into mbielt this civilieed ego lapied, until its evils have brooms too groat • The election which endares beyond the grave is ; --71° "" fat, ' , existed with a tomb la a beautiful soli 'l varlet the clam ou r and clatter of • oity's streets. ! . ;.'4ll , oloo to that moral law of gravitation , whisk :•• .111ficult to separate our tilatightr of those who yr departed frau some barrier empocistion with thin Wo doers to end a remiss-place for our lead shish . ea writ sad where we may hope to lie when Oar own • skill c.fife, resew sad insaginlitica silk. su gg est It. .j.. 11 ra II spot weasels sacred to that last repose of so mach tr..; " where Retard decay may claim bleared , in her beautiful ssolessiesjef decay sad rasa by the arils of the brief Geese thee het. bki fts • • Lkte•Aolt Words. WRECK OF THE ROYAL ADELAIDE BTEAMEIL The statement is relereme to the molest of the peo sightple at Margate mat bowfin the deed dewier the the R^yal Adelaide woe leek sigmals is somewhat at urinate with the reports made by the two pilots, who saw the Royal Adelaide steam into the Prism's Channel seemly two hours before it is supposed she lam ea the sands. They distinctly state that they mw several rockets fired it the direction of the Prises's Chasse], sad heard the report of the signal distress gum. Mr. Hartley, the agent of the eseapsay, isforms us elms the Royal Adelaide was sot provided with large gum, esnee_questly the reports heard must have proceeded from W TOSIM tight-ship. The steamer had rockets sad other signal free ow board, and also the mambcr of boats re. gaited wader the set which regulates steam-vousele. As semi emboli have bees impressed as to the severity *I the weather during the night on wkieh the Royal Adelaide was lost, we may state that the videos* oldie gale tor the time it lasted has mot beea equalled for some years ; sad that is the opinion of the oldest boatmen oa Wilson of the meet. Numerous losses have been reported as all *ate of the Channel, and the Premed s:her Adler, Captain Tooker, which has arrived In the river from Cork, anatuwee the night to hays bens bedetevous and peculiarly dark. This vessel brought over nearly 300 deck passengers, nes, women, sad elaildres, an la order to serene theta as much as possible from the surf, which was making way over the craft, sad killed about a doses besets, the commander very humanely had as many es possible of the children takes does into the ensisenroose, where they procured warmth aad shelter. The escalate received at Lloyd's from their =am the seat west, oommualeate the dediag i Trerl of wreck and wearing apparel hoboes, to the sat fevers. Much of it has keen lowed is the Susie, mad this is amounted for from the feet that, at the time of the wreck, and her breaking up, the weather had immewhat moderated, sad the tide revening drifted the broken frogmans towards the north seas. The many luggets that west out to the wreck on Sunday have picked up • considerable quantity, but from its shattered state it is doubtful whether it can be brought into use. The following letter has been received this morning at the Dahlia S ram Navigation Company's odic*: " Gentlemen —I beg to atquatnt you o f a melancholy catastrophe th at happened on oar station on Saturday night, about 10 45 p.m. We observed two rockets and • large red light in the direction of the Tonguineand, outside of the Quern's Channel, and we observed the red light again at 11 and at 11 38, when we never saw it afterwards. The wind was Glowing hard from the 8.E., sad a heavy sea ma lting, particularly on the sands. At eitylicht we saw the remains of a large wreck lying close to the Tongue beacon; unfortunately tne sea was running so high at the time that we could not launch our boats. But one of the Margate leviers comieg through the Qeeen's Chaunel, fell I. with two dead bodies, each having a life-preserver on, with blue clothes ,• twee appeared to be the mate, the other the engineer. To-day (Monday) the wreck has been surrounded with boats, and it has been my duty to examine them. I have gleaned what information I scald, bat I ant afraid it is a bad job. She is a large steamer, sad there is nothing left of her besides her mashinery and bow and one side, and the only thing found that k id s to: her identity is a large lantern, marked ' Royal Adelaide.' Her cargo and light gear must have driven OS the Bea: cart, as not a vestige ia to be seen in the Qaren's Channel. As the wind had beet blowing so long from the east, the Margate boatman' were not on the look out. Neither did say of the pilots see anything of it, and the Tongue light. vowel fired signals of distress. Ido not think there was a craft of any cat riding in the Queen's Channel at sunset, so what became of the poor souls on board Heaven heaves. If say prima wishes any information ren ewals, the unfortunate seamen, I shall fee. happy to *apply all I can ;obtain. I am constantly bearding the boats, to glean something respecting the remainder' the crew. I have examined some copper sad braes handles, bat, with the exception of the lantern, can find nothing that; leads to her name ; bet a great many boats have put off from Margate, through the other Chanael. (Signed) " JOlnt HICK., Cammaading Batman, Cart Guard Station, St. Nicholas, Margate." OFFICIAL Matrix or Tun CROW DIOWNID._ The annexed return of the unfortunate crew of the Royal Adelaide was received this morning by the secretary of the company from Liverpool. It appears nearly the whole of them belonged to that port, and many lame left large is mourn their melancholy fate: W. Gaoler, chief mate ; G. North, second mats ; W. Seat, third Mat*: W. &illy, ettiof migiamr; W. Crook, semtd eagisior ; C. Cocklead, J. Delany. T. Wallisms, J. Doyle, W. 13.Ues, sad J.,llcore, firemen; P. Carey, and W. Wolfe, coal Lammers; W. Soe4eat, J. Seim, J. Stamper. R. Tom, J. Morgaa,salora; A. Turner, oarpeater ; T. Butler, bry ; H. Hillier, steward ; S. Oarelty, stewardess. The Rvel Adelaide Woman was insured in several daft/. The less of ship sad sargo is reported to exceed 30,0)01. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. 30W.STRIET. VIOLS= 4SACLTCIOX — TMIFOIIICII. —J. Btorks, J. Chwssmq, and CAarlage 11Wianis were chsnred with violent tumults on tidies constable Moore, of the F divieion. It appeared, from the ',Mesa, of mural police con stables, that yesterday afternoon Moore was on duty in Drury.lanv, when he was called by • butcher to take Burke into custody for &smelting him. The butcher's fear was covered with blood, and, as the con. stable was proceeding to take Burke into custody, Chia ntis& with an oath, said he should not take hint, and at the . . sass time kicked the constable upon the lower part of his stomach in a most violent manner. He repeated the out me ten or twelve times, kicking him about the lege and body in a mesa dangerous manner. The constable continued to keep a firm hold of Burke, who struck him several times upon the ram, and also caught hold of him by the collar. and almost strangled him. By this time upwards of 400 persona had assembled, and several of the mob Imo ceeded to rescuing Chuning and Barks from hie custody. Soon afterwards Moon saw Burks in the custody of Police constable No. 63, and immediately went to his assistance. Chiming again came up and kicked him moral times about the body and lea'. Moore caught bold of Burke and a flora struggle ensued between them, in the ware of which they both fill, and William caught bold of the constable by the hair and dragged him about the ground. The three prisoners were proceeding to commit further violence, but were fortunately prevented by the arrival of other con• stables. The prisoners were quite drank. Mr. Hall sentenced Burke to be imprisoned for 14 days, sad Charting be committed for one month. He lined Wil• limas 201 or 14 d ays. . . . The finials wee linable to pay the floe, sad the prisanen were all locked up together. Dian= TELEGRAPIL—From a valuable little volume just published, entitled " Electric Telegraph Mani pulation : being the Theory and Plain Instructions in the Art of Transmitting Signals to Distant Places. as Practised In England, through the combined agency of Electricity and Magnetism," by C. V. Walker, we learn that the length of the electric teleeraph line. already erected in Great Britain assounte to 2,?/.6 miles. The map in " Bradshaw 'seu i de" shows their direction and extent. The most turprieing feet percep tible on its examination is the absence of the telegraph on the Great Western and its tributaries, from Slough to Glou cester and Exeter. Looking at the various considerations of public sad private utility illustrated in Mr. Walker's volume, and palpable to all who give a moment's thought to the subject, we think we are justified in calling on the shareholders of the Great Western to look to it. As a mere measure of socesomy, the erection of the wires would be desirable. But even if there were no advantages of that seri derivable from it, the safety of passengers, the interests of government and of the public, imperatively demand that the same facilities should be provided for the in staetaneosis transmission of news from the south-west of England which already exist on all the other great lines. No earthly reason can be assigned why the merchants, hankers, brokers, lawyers, and the other professional men of Bristol, with their clients, should f b a s a itirived of advantages enjoyea by nine-teethe of the 'Wiwi towns in England ; or why Exeter should have thefacility of transmitting an inetastaneous message to Plymouth, and Oloumster to Birmingham, and be cut off from the like cotimonication with the metropolis. ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTII-EABTZEN RAILWAY.— Yettarday arming an inquest wee taken by Ur. Payne, at Sc. Bartholomew's Hospital, on view of the body of Merles Huetley, aged_ a boiler maker, wile was killed ea *e South- Railway. Several witnesses were .maimed, frau wham 'Adams it appeared that the deceased was enamelling to Greenwich In a third-else. onitge Is the tsar e'cle* Weis on Tuesday afternoon, whoa, i. easequesee of the searded state of the vale, he sat as • her attached to the test d the carriage. He wee streak by the roof of the ape-read statics and thrown on to the line, receiving injuries Mike mamma Immediate death. William Jones, tithe* sotto:tor at the Bpa-road station said that he had got time to signal the enlineAriver. He saw the MUD passing wader the roof the station when ite observed deceased la • third-slams carriage about the middle of the train, which was going at a speed of about tourism tulles an boar. Dateased's bead struck the roof, end be was dragged about thirty cede by the car riages, b take up ••••••sively by the seep et each, till he wee left the Ws. He was inasilsegy pined is as up taste, east to the London statism. The wedeln. dist of the compaay laid that the *inkiness*** ere it the Mw of the settle trucks. The ter deemed eat epos le ahead eight hot and a hell from the bar of the earritec No use WaShil be allowed to sit then. Had deceased been see w s u b se thegsurde he would have bee ordered dr,ws. Yr. Bezwe biome surge* at Thomas's Hosettal, said that d weeded when admitted. There wen a large wound over the lerehead, sad the skull wet free.ared. Ma right area wee bedew la several please, and h'. toegee weebinas In two. The beams et the skull was the cease of death. Verdict. C llaigeatal death." NORTHAMPTON RACES. THIS DAY. ( 3 7 Mph% Telegraph.) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE of 1001. Breasts .. .. .. 1 Aloozo .. • . 2 ALTHORP PARK STAKES for two-yrs-old. Receipt filly .. .. 1 Prestige .. 2 Bookhound .. .. 3 PYTCHLEY STAKES for 3 yrs olds. Compass .. .. . 1 Oivs and Take .. . . 2 MONEY MARKET. WIDNZSDAY EVININO. From Matfett', there is no tern ---- niereial --- newe;f w an interesting character, the markets being dulls The demand for breadstuff' wee priocipsll7 local, and of a retail character, but aces transactions had taken plus in flour, en American aceonat tar July delivery, at 21s. 6d. for superfine, and 22e. to Us. 6d. for extra. Much of the Lower Canada wheat was also finding its way across the lines. Pot ashes were quoted at SOs. ; pearls, 28s. 6d to 28s. 9d. Debentures were mane and nominal at Ito 2 dia. Of shares in the Montreal Bank, considerable sale, had been made of late, at 4 dis., whilst Ci'y Beak shares had exchanged bards at 34 dies. Tbe question of admitting foreign vessels to the navigation of the St. Lawrence is naturally one which excites the tersest attention of the Canadian public and press, and some further details of the intentions of the government authorities on the subject have been made known. A commu nication has been recently addressed by Mr. Ryan, the President of the Montreal Board of Trade, to Mr. Secretary Leslie, asking for information as to whether it is intended to recommend her Ma jesty to exercise her prerogative hy preventing foreign vessels from proceeding up the River St. Law rence beyond Quebec, and pointing out that such pre vention would virtually place the seaport of Montreal under the same disadvantages, as regards her foreign commerce, as she had to complain of before the pass ' ing of the new navigation act. Mr. Ryan further stases, that it is more than probable that engagements for foreign vowels to proceed from sea to Montreal are being made in England, and that consequently it becomes of the greatest moment to the commercial interests of the city that the views of government on the subject should be made known as soon as possible. In answer to this letter, the botrd received a copy of the report of the executive council, to whom his Excellency had re ferred the matter, as expressing the views of the government on the subject. The substance of this document is as follows : The committee of the executive council have given their most 1111XiM111 COLlSideratioll to the letter of the president of the Montreal baud of trade, with a view of recommending your esteelbncy to afford the; desired relief to the commenWl interests of that important city, provided t►at such can be extended without in any way conceding to foreigners the right to the free navigation of the St. Lawrence. In delibe rating on the subject, the attention of the committee was di rected to the course taken on a ft rmsr occasion under the instructions of her Majesty's Imperial Government, commu nicated to your Excellency in Earl Grey's despatch of the 10th of May, 1847. At the period refemd to, the Imperial Navigation Act had been suspended; but it was not held as a C31111(lUtlICII that foreign vessels could proceed up the St. Lawrence beyond Quebec, or obtain • clear ance from any other than that port; neverthe less, in order to afford relief to the trade of Montreal, instructions were given by the commissioners of customs to the collectors in Canada, to grant Sumacs to foreign Tassels to proceed from Quebec to Montreal in ballast and to return from Montreal to Quebec with cargoes of grain and other articles enumerated in the act 10 Vie , cap. 2, so as to clear from the latter pin, The committee of council are respectfully of opinion that. without in the slightest degree infringing on the right of sovereignty ever the waters of the St. Lawrence, your Exoellency might authorise the collector of Quebec to grant licenses to foreign Tassels to proceed to Montreal either with or without cargo, and likewise authorise the co:lector of Montreal to grant licensee to such foreign vessels to return with cargo to Quebec, eo as to clear from that port. Such an arrangement would, in the opinion of the Committee of Council, afford the only relief which it is possible, under existing circumstances, to extend to the trade of Montreal ; but they have little doubt that it would effect the desired object without in any way compromising rights which, the Committee of Council are of opinion, ought at all times to be carefully guarded. The returns of the gross revente from the Cana dian customs during the put year are not of a nature calculated to bear out the sasertions of those who complain so loudly of the progressive decay of the trade of the province ; but, on the contrary, afford evidence of increased commercial movement, and of a large augmentation of the number and requirements of the co..— - The total receipts from the cue .di - -it 430,6111. Is. 7d., in- toms during 1849 were 450,5111. le. 4 7d., being an crease of no less than 116,4811. 121. 10d. over the re ceipts of 1818, which were only 334,0291. Bs. 9d. The total value of the goods imported into Canada during the year was 3,002,5601., of which 2,733,3601. were subject to duty, and 269,2001. free from duty. From the official statement just issued of the aver age amount of liabilities and assets of the Quebec Bank, daring the period from the lit of September, 1849, to the 28th of February, 1850, it appears that the total average liabilities of the bank during the month ending the 28th of February last amounted to 110,7371.55. 5d., distributed as follows: promissory notes in circulation, not bearing interest, 44,3251. 15s. ; Walton due to other banks, 4731. 7e. 51.; cash deposits, not bearing interest, 46,4381. to ditto, bearing interest, 19,6001. The t average amount of *meta for the same month was as fellows : Coin and bullion, 27,0011. 4s. 3d. ; landed or other property of the bank, 6,5001. ; go. vernment securities, 12,0001.; promissory notes or Ws of other banks, 9191.105.; balances duefrom other banks, 2,5821. 12s. 7d. ; notes and bills discounted, ae other debts due to the bank, not included under the law going heads, 168,6611. lls. 63.; total average ens* 218,6641. 18e. 4d. The accounts received from California by the Ca nada extend to the Ist February. The commercial advice, from San Francisco represent the market as greatly overstocked with all descriptions of merchan dise, which, occurring at the height of the rainy season, when scarcely any business was doing, had given to prices a downward tendency, and until some favourable change in the weather took place, there was every prospect of the market becoming still further depressed. The general aspect of monetary affairs continued the same as:at the last departure of the mail. It is sup posed that gold dust must have accumulated in the interior, and that when the rains have subsided, and - --..ieation with the mining districts is re established, it will Gide become - plentiful in the market. In the reseatune a constant drain of the precious instals was going on, of which it woe diffi cult to hem any Generate calculation ; the amounts going to ll a parts of the world, particularly to Mk and Sydney, were very considerable, besides the regular remittance; which every steamer carries away. Money was wry scarce, and it is stated that so mach as 10 per cent. per month was given for disirmat of bills. In the rates of exchange there was M alteration. Several acts had paired the legisla tor* ; ate to provide for the appointment of pilots for the different ports and harbours of California ; and another which subdivides the state into twenty fly counties. Another act was under coast deletion to exempt from forced ale, in certain the homestead' and other property of heads of This measure, it was thought from its protective character, would onooursge the Emigration of *milks to California. A bill wan about to be iron& forward to relict a temporary loan to the re test only of 300,000 dole., in bonds bearing interest at I per cent. per month, to be limed at par, and to be received at par, with the interest thereon, for all de mands due to the state. Under the oonstita tics, the first legislature only can contract 1 MI e sad that debt. it is estimated win ast ia the aggregate exceed one million donors The ash ill the heads of the governor collected I kon lisps*, unseated to 800,000 dollars. 'rho peeint if reritenagg the capital to some central loos ties at all osmosis by Ka and land was still o r was favourably regarded by nen ben the ore. The in from the plants is of interest as regards wising olotra thee, they being suspended either by the anew or the swollen condition of the streams. DUBLIN UTOCUL—Asun. S. 3 pa Oat Oceseb 14 pea 004 ant ter sway ........ DIM tar riming . . ink amok. 2034 Pair ft limartollie Deb. (Go% ssewity, OIL GI 414 Oa Merged bra Map Ouipeuey ( (U. peed I lUds. Omaaft d bend U. pad 4 Delft ail irtivestiaa ll THIS DAY. Two o'CLoce. The opening pejo, for Coneelathis morning was 951 tar mousy, and 961 to 96 for account, at which scarealy any business wu done, and they gays way 1; when ems rather heavy purchases of stock for dolivey, said to be for account of the East India Com pany, gave an impnhe to the market, and the prim row, without any brook, from 961 to 96k, at which they, wen last does for present transfer. They are at this moment quoted 96 to 1 for cash, and 961 fur 1 the 11th inst. Exchequer Bills have advanced ls.; they have been done in all kinds at 66e. and 68s. prem. India Bonds under 1,0004 mark 90s. prem. A lap amount of business has been transacted in the foreign acuities to-day, bat generally at prices rather below those of yesterday. Since the improve. ment in the English fonds, however, more firmness has been apparent, and the market now looks better. Buenos Ayres have varied from 53 to 54, the last prices marked. Spanish are better, the Actives having been last done at 171 ; Mexican, at 281. Present prices : Brazilian New Bond., 1829 and 1839, at 86/. Buenos Ayres Bonds, for the 15th instant, at 54, 53, and 54. Danish Three per Cents., 1825, at 69 ex div. ; ditto New Scrip, at 21 and 21 prem. Two.and-a-Half per Cent. Dutch, at 551; Exchange, 12 guild.; the Four per i Cent. Certificates, at 841 and 85, ex div. ; the Four per Cent. Bonds, at 831 ex div. Mexican, for account, at 28, 1, 271, and 281. Peruvian Four-and a-Half per Cents., 1849, for account, at 681, 68, and lex div. ; ditto Deferred, at 261. Portuguese Four per Cents., at 321 for account. Russian Five pee Cents, at 1061. Spanish Five per Cent. Active., at 17 for money, 171, 17, and 1 for time; ditto Passive, at 31 ; the Three per Cents„ at 361 and 37. ISOLISH YUNDS.—Tau Dar. Rusk fitoek. abut -- I per Ct. Rad. An dud 3 tor Ct. (Radom.. 96 t 1-- -- -- 3 par Cl. Co Aft. NI 1 31 per Cu. .het Ito chequer MIL. 644. to 67.. TORSION FUND& 3 per Oh Auntriaa Bends. 1 per Ct. Grenada Ms.. le 17 44 pee CL Oak Beak. TI 9 0 Grenada behaved bk. 31 49 39 per Cont.. 6 per Ct. Mk.. 1846.28 1 4 per Ct. Drunk Ida. 99 8 4 per Ot. Penni= Ld►. 679 69 Ditto Nen. tts 7 Do. bakery] Bk. 4 par Ct. Durum ♦reue, 63 4 Door. la 4 Ditto Milian Ms., 87 9 467r: 6.. .1tem. Me., liin 4 Ditto Colwnb. Def. Yd► to *ankh lid., 17 1 Columbian Squalor Bet. 31 I 3 per CL spanks Bd.. 341 i I pot Ct. Danizhittda, 67 9 Ditto Twelve lida.34 I 24► par Ct. Dutch Ikla. 451 f 1 per Ct. Venezuela ink. 30 9 4 pee Ct. Dutch CtTla. 644 .4 Venezuela Deferred 1ike..12 I MINCING-LANE.-THIS DAY. fluosta.—The public sales, consisting of 200 hhds of Bar ba?oe•, 1,600 boxes of yellow, and 400 boxes of white Ilarannab have gone off without spirit, and • considerable portion of the latter was bought in ; but we do not alter general quotatioas. Barbadoes soli front 34s to 415.6 d.; yellow liavannab, 365. 6d. to 415., duty paid; white in bond, 28a. 6d. to 31s. 61. The refined market is firm, and high prices are asked : grocery lumps, Itw brown, scarce, at 485.; fair to fine steady, at 49e. to 50s. 6d. COIIEB.-120 casks and 200 bags of plantstion Ceylon were offered in public sale, and all bought in. We are again without transactions to quota in good ordinary native Cey lon; the quoted price remains 545. 61. to 55e., but must be considered part.y nominal. Mon remains out of dem►nd. BAverrews.—This article is inactive ; prices oonsiaelly the ease u lut week Braces —Ws are without transactions to report to-day. Tru.—This article is steady, but t►e demand continues limit , d. In other articles no alteration. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—THIS DAT. liners. Cooper and Davis report trade very dull, at the fol- lowing quotations: Prime Meadow. 661. to 725.: inferior, 50s. to C3s. Clover, f3os. to 1100. ; Straw, 235. to 275. OF THE LETTER-WRITING POELIC. —ln an opposite side of the enormous apartment, • good space and a few officials are devoted to repairing the careless ness of the public, which is—in amount and exient--seareely credible. Upon an average 300 letters per day pus through the General Put-office totally unfastened; chiefly in maw queue of the use of what stationers ere pleased to call " adhesive" envelopes. Many are virgin ones, without either seal or diration ; and not a few contain money. In Bir Francis Fueling's time, the sum of 5,0001. in Bank notes was found in a " blank." It was not till after some trouble that the sender was traced, and the cash restored to him. Not long since an humble postmistress of an obscure Walsh post town, unable to decipher the address on a letter, perceived on examining it, the folds of serail bank notes protruding from a torn edge of the envelope. She securely re-clued it to the secretary of the Poet-office in St. Martin'nle-Grand, who found the contents to be 1,5001,, and the superscription too much even for the hieroglyphic powers of the " blina clerk." Eventually the enclosures found their true destination. It is estimated that their lies, from time to time, in the Dead Letter.offiee, undergoing the process of finding owners, some 11,0001. annually in cash alone. In July, 1847, for instance—only a two months' accumulation—the poet-huts of 4,658 letters, all containing property, was arrested b 7 the bad superscriptions of the writers. They were consigned—after • searching inquest upon each by that efficient coroner, the " blind elerk "—to the Post office "morgue." There were bank notes of the value of 1,0101., and money-orders for 4071. 12s. But moat of tnese ill-directed letters contained coin, in small sumo, amounting to 3101. 9s. 7d. On the 17th of July, 1847, there were lying in the Dead Letter Office bills of exchange for the immense sum of 40,4101. 6s. 7d. ! Taking up • thin card-burd box of artificial flowers, which bed been shaken into the form of an Irregular rhombold,under the pre sure of several pounds' weight of letters and newe -1 pas, a " sub-president" remarked—The faith the public have in us is extraordinary. Here is an article which is de. signed to go safely to Dublin ; yet not one single precauticn, except this thin piece of twine, ts taken by the sender to ensure its preservatioe. Here, again, is • pair of white satin shies, Emu losing their colour from friction with damp newspapers and the edges of books. The other day the toe of • similar packet protruded from he very thin easing, and the stamper not being able to stop his band in time, ores mented it, in blue Ink, with the words "York, Feb.l, 1850. D."—Dichessa's lioebiliold Words. BOICIDII OF A ROMAN MI the 22nd ult.,a gentleman entered the coffee room of the Plough Tavern, Kensal-green, and ordered a pint of stout Twenty minutes afterwards Francis Saunders, a stonemason, entered the coffee room, and saw the deceased sitting at the table with his head resting on his hand, and findieg the de ceased perfectly unmalicious, he endeavoured to arouse him, and called the landlord and other parties to his assistance. Some stimulants were administered, and the nearest surgeon sent for, but on hie snivel life was extillet. No papers whatever to give any clue to the deceased's rebates' could be found. On Tuesday afternoon, at the adjourned inquest. *v. G. Howse identified the body as that of. Mr. William Henry Banyard, aged 49, of Belmont-terrace, Wandsworth-road. He had Miliaria Crown -court, Bishopegate, and was an eaten sire Ruda& merchant. For the last six months witness bad noticed deceased was somewhat depressed. He lived on very affectionate terms with his wife, and witness bad never known of his stopping out at night. The deemed hail not visited his counting house on the da he left hie home. On the morning of the same day the had expressed great disappointment at not roessiviag some large remittances from Russia. Hr. G. Brows, surgeon, made a post-iisorfem examination ; on opening the stemma the odour of aniz e ig oil of bitter almonds was quite apparent. TM of the brain wets found greatly mageeled, all the most extraordbary feet manected with the of the brain was be mimeos of a = 1111 :17: stance, es large a the half of a pigeon's_ess. geming on the lobe of the brain, and wkieh - was fts ths arachnid membrane and pia meter, the eibM w el ash e standing chronis lafiemmatioa. In siossequaes of b discovered he was sure the demand's brain was series* attested, but the death resulted from the undid ell Of almonds, of which masiderably more them a theehM been taken. The fast of no phial or WO" coed might be aeseantad for by the deseased i NT Meat time after taking the poison to throw the into the middle of a large Are which was bombs he Me. room, and thereby destroy ell trams. Vodka, " Died from the effects of essential oil of almonds, but whether administered by himself with the intention to destroy his life, or by any other perm, there was no 'videos lti RAILWAYS. Tars DAT. Two °Twos. Heaviness continues to prevail in the share market, and _prices of nearly 911 descriptions have to-day undergone a farther decline, additional de pression having been imparted to the market by the appearance of some of the more timid holders as sellers. Caledonians have fallen during the course of huhu*. to 8 ; Great Westerns, to 611 ; London and North Westerns, to 103. London and South Westerns are steady, marking wt. Few transactions are regarded in Continental lines. Central of France have been done at 12. Li Liman. Closing prise Yesterday. IV: ='`' Do. Preinsei; . an ads tet,Nteotait,hl. a Boot o. pt. 'moil • P.m) 11 . 13. - ii -- 1 ek. Pr iPI _ D TR. it re a 71?;1177 911su.Wolv, re Dudley aelledslervitligasr. D.irtaguaraatee w.., ..d B. n.. ~.: '::::: De. /Id Preferront Mater and Holybeed Do. Preference ... - Deldle and bathe Jane_ Soot dagliaa Do. (SIP Z. ft EL) . Do.(31.10o.)6 p. et. Pre, Do. (71.10 o) 7 p. Ct. ?ref Nesters Couotho . Do. Now Pref p.C1... D.. lit. .p. No. I Do. do. No.: Do. N. h IL 6 per Ct.. Do. Do. Now gluten Udoe, arm A Oslo IL U. SP.) . Do. elm. B. sod C. dia. Do.,==. p Do. Kaw Do. New j guru lidlollurgb and Glasgow net's, veoH4 & Dore& Kamer sad Exmouth Gloucester & Dean Forest Grist Northers i Do.kikurs. 21, e p. Ct... 1 6;."3r4f 4.llostb WeeL Urs. IT. Eighths Inst North of "sand.. De. New, .!40 _ Do. New, IV) Do. New, XII Great Welters ... Do. Now, fill I Hall and Selby... Ds. I sham ... ,Lasoostor sod Carib], .. Do. Iltirii Lasehabire and Torkslatra iia!TirlT ! Do.liad..erefleldkBbeff. Do. Welt Biding Unto!, Look and Bedford... Loads aad Think Do. PTa.li:E.N;Cr.r.i Do. br..21 Do. Do. N 0.3 Do. Pref. Quarter, 1645 . Landon and ktlactwalt Lan" Brighton. k B.Coaat Do. New pa. 6 p.Ct. Do. guarantowl 5 p.a.. law Croydaankaa. Ds. trot. 5 per Oast.. . Dc.Oonnt. 5 p.Ct..1532 London and Oroonwlah tkodoe k Nortb.Wootorm Do. do. Now & sham.. 0110,111 Do.Bl.and B.(C)I ILoados . tioutb.Weetero Do.3e — w -- /50 i4i Da New Preference .. Lowestoft Gw.4 per Cent 1111swea, Bus.,endllatlook Wroth, tittetScLincolnett Do.. s. £lO Prof. .. IY Do. Mon k Ll . L Dula Do. 4.r Ammo Dia, Do. Cons.B.lk B. 6p. C. Da.Erewaohralle7Praf. Midland GreatWeet. (Ire) Middleabre'alted.6p.Ctir ;Newcastle and Carlisle .. Norfolk Do. Now Ili ...1 5. BO: Goiraa.Ti North British - • - 1)o. Pharos .„ „ P°A bi r2 3 . ••• ••• BOACeieresse; Nora ntafordrhlri ~ Word, Wore.,! Wolver. Preston and Wyre De. e shares (A) and Reigate Ro=ttliltottin Extension anottioli ()antral CZNIS • Ofewilsary "ad Chow 51 131 91 9 _II a - faig7l4:miL) nw o—a—w-Wori be: Do. per Ont. Prel... Shropshire Uska Soots Devri Er. Fietirase; Itloa4l Stalbedshirs.. a l 6 O -1 u, 13 1611 1 11criirs I Do. No. bZ Na S Do. No. ißeiiat;;.ed South Wales ... L York, Doo. mid G001e.. . Sheffield, Rotherhem, sod Goole.N.Di. fea.S p.CL Waterford and /tmay . Weer Valley, 6 p. Cl. goo. Do. do. do. . flomemet,llt Weym. York,Newcomtlehflerwlek Do. Nat(Yort&Newea. Do. o.N.L.PorohorPrel Do.llertlepool Doek&Rl York end North Midland ii.Tr•ii;a7. 7771 /amen PArtmatra. i AsesaaNam Oats labia GM Melelet. ... =MIMI NM ... ( is Vilma) . . ... .. 3 4 :I di& 13 eh Si Us I i Pa• do. Ong bills& P.lmila ...I ITo. Madrid sad irsatir •.:. Motu awl Nartburs b MEM ... OVUM/ led 50tt0.:... Park Odom Potessi Ism MY soil Illonkierg Sow owl Mors Omits Nei Mare Tars soil limbs I I pm. r i 4 dm. 8f 8 ctia. Of 7 124 121 2f 2f 29 SI 19f SOf 4 61 9 9 4 0 dl. 1101 LIIBAPOOL, April 3. grolViortAwou.—The raarkst WY very gloomy to day, prime of everything le again looking down Chester and Hard. 74—/Anesehire and Ycetabire ConeoNdated U—Ditto ess ebarea), lad.—Lade. and North Wows, 10.4114- t7 0 . 1? newt thane). le e o. i d.—Ditto (fifth eharee), I d.— kt, and Wage (f.a No. I. le till 'ND, Ilf—DIUO (pref. shares); I:l4Wand. S 6—DI tto (e shares) 271 I 4.—North Naftikalre , I II d.—Noath Eiders and Dow:TON—Ditto, (No. 4 !mow),4l— and Bewiliet (0 NN 6 gr:et. till 10). 78. Pd. 02. BIRMINGHAM. Apra 3. Waticazox&wou. This Aare market was weak to 100600 ea 4 Nor% Waters. were dose 104; 141.110 ad 01: - Paw, at US; sad loath 040930114. at LEEDS, April 3. StodibMiatiatsi.—Tltin Ms beim seediarably more eriair dour Ude morning, bay without guy salmis/ slteratice in Mileawdoso were U. lower, oull Bag Idsmaldras So. lower. hoodista wore Mow 11. hem L• 808 orad Thinks wore Mond theme law se N. 'Mum Tranisothma took plea at the :—Oalookins, ; lbet lAnciehlre. brod t6 =l= 6 :l l 4?; North Wagon. 1 to 111 Ma.; York North Midd o U MIL Yak and North Midland Pre- Irra ine Omit Narttrurrn, MI 14 lee. 95. dl.. NIL Mkilande. a• Mail; mianamod r . 13 J; out :waters, 0$; Nowceotio, ass Intl% lie MANCHESTER, April 3. Broci-Excasmos.—The market matins's dull, and the rams/micas warn very Malted. BRISTOL, April 3. Swoox-ExmeAmers.—The market was re-opened eller the holiday', and was rather animated. Bristol and Enters were g 0.,, at 34 die ; ditto, Thirds, Ilf Ms. ; the other principal transactions were in Great Western's, the orinal shares of which were done at Ss ; and the New 174 shales dii. Michaud. SOL, 281 dia. 'SI ' 64 64 pos. 4{ ei gel. 14 111 db. 1 1 1l Id.. 8 8 6 6 7 if 7 78 33 113 dis. If If 7 711 II I pa. 1 i P" P= 36 66 6 7p* 17i 28i 15 27 ll a l as i dig 2 2e i 4 oi 1:1 dia _2B 217 722 ir ii pin. 3$ 37 pm. 17 19 pa. 52 f 3 26 56 13 134 10 104 Of SOU. 96 96 47 41 9 9 pa. II 1 I die par 30 32 171 17 db. 104 10 dii. 13 12i de. 2 li pat s Bl 17 i Ur 6 4 7 4 44 $ 34 Ma. 4 41 dt4. Se 3 as 4 dim 4 pm 3i 4 79 90 10 11 2S 24 103; 10417 14 1 dia dim par m. 60i 61 1 20 19 dia. 16 14 dia. 13_ 16_ 12 14 dia 395 36 ; r t ia 27 27 dim 17 18 hue iiso 14 I? 13 26 26 i ii 9 241 ex di 44 5 „ 2 34 ii lin As Pla. . 7 9 49 42 / ii pm. 13 13 exhit 1 Iv®. r liPal 9f OM. 7 6 St i 4119. 9 9i 13 11 dU ay die. IS 14 dia. 1 I dim 121 ISt SI Sidle zdv 5 7 11 10 4i 4 db. IS 14 12f 134 44 44 27 26 dl.. 34 44612 2 16 6 6 WA, 1 II IU II li! dia. i ti .7,1.,.. 154 16 4 $e dir. 12 6y 7 81 i 111 1132 131 10 10f 38 33 58 U YORK, April 3. Droctx-Exciwros.—Groat Northers. 7; ; York, New. cootie, and Berwitkplowe. Ezten.), 67 ; ditto 0. N. E. Purehim. I+. TH■ ENGIN' DRIVIRS ON TEN LONDON AND NORTH.. WIATZILN, AND NORTH BRITISH RAILWATS.—No terms having been come to between the directors of the North British Railway and the engine driven and stokers, nearly 100 of them have struck, and their places are being supplied by meekanin from the company's workshops. The engine driven of the London and Nothh-Western intend waiting on the superintendent of the locomotive department, for re dress of alleged grievances, and amongst other things to biguire into the delay that has taxon place in payment of the premiums they an entitled to for good conduct. CALRDONIAN AND EDINBUROR AND GLASGOW. It iS understood that these hitherto hostile companies have at length come to terms, and that this week all oppleition ceases, when the running of trains, in ethoection with the Scottish Central, will be resumed on the Edinburgh and Glasgow. RAILWAY MEETING. NORTHERN OF FRANCE. An extraordinary general meeting of the share holders of this company was held in Para., on Tuesday, Baron J. de ROTIP•CHILD, the president, in the chair. The meeting having been declared duly constituted, 902 shareholders being present, reFresenti ng 80,275 shares, the chairman; rase and, said that: the meeting had been con voked for the purpose of having submitted to it the draft of a treaty, provisionally entered into by the compsny with the government, relative to verions matters connected with the Use; and further, for the purpose of having the terra of the concession extended to 99 years. M. E. Pereire, the secre tary, would read the report of the board of directors on these matters. M. E. PEREIRE then proceeded to read the report: It commences by giving articles of the treaty, which is stated to be agreed to by the Minister of Public Works on the one hand, and the Northern Railway Company on the other. They run thus: Art. 1. Toe treaty entered into between the state and Northern Company, on Aug. 11, 1848, is to be modified as follows :—The bonds subscribed by the company to the trea sury are to be replaced by new ones, which shall ensure the complete reimbursement of all sums due to the state in the delay of one year from the promulgation of the law approv ing of tr e present convention. The company she.' have the faculty of arranging its payments as it pleases, provided that the whole sum be paid within the assigned period. The interest of tire whole of the expenses incurred by the state for the company shall, in conformity with A•t. 2 of the cahier des charges annexed to the bill of July 15, 1343, be regulated at the rate of 3 per cent., and it shall reckon for the totality of these same from the date of the approval by the government of the concession to the Northern Company —that is, from September 10, 1845. The amount of such interest shall be added to the principal of each bond, is order that the payment may be effected within the same period of one year. Art. 2. The Northern Company engages to construct at its cost, risk, and peril, a railway, which, starting from St. Quentin, shall join, at the frontier beyond Maubeuge, the Belgian line from Charleroy to Erquelinea. The line to be taken shall be determined by the government authorities, on proposition sent in by the company. Art. 3. The purchase of land, works of art, and earth works, of the said railway, shall be effected for two lines of rails; nevertheless, the company shall not be bound to lay down the second line, on the demand of the government, until the gross receipts of the exploitation shall amount at least to 18,000 fr. the kilometre. Art. 4. The construction of the railway from St Quentin to the Belgian frontier must be finished and opened to the public in its whole extent, within a delay of eight years from the promulgation of the law approving of the present con vention, _ Art. 5. The Northern Company also engages to construct at its cost, risk, and peril, at fart hest within two years after the said delay of eight veers, a branch line of from 25 to 343 kilometres (15i to 161 English miles) in length, the direction of which shall be determined by the government authorities, the company being previously heard. Art. 6. The claw.' and condition, of the erthisr des charges, marked B, of the Creil and St. Quentin line an nexed to the bill of July 15, 1835, and relative either to the construction or the exploitation, shall be applicable to the railway from St. Quentin to the Belgian frontier, se well as to the branch line just mentioned. Art. 7. In return far the engagementaithus entered into by the Northern Company, the duration of the concession of the Northern line, together with the branch lines from Lille to Calais and Duck :rl4, as well as that from Creil to St. Quentin, shall be prolonged to 99 years from the date of the principal line, that is, from Sept. 10, 1845. The con cession of the railway from St. Quentin to the Belgian fron tier, and of the branch line already speken of, shall finish at the same time. Art. 8. At the expiration of the 38 years, at present form. ing the duration of the concession of the railway from Paris to the Belgian frentivr, the part of the tariff of that under taking comprised under the denomination of sundries (objets divers), shall be replaced by the corresponding tariff of the Paris to Strasburg Railway (Law of July 19, 1845). In order to be admitted to profit by the reduction of the tariff thence resulting, the Amiens to Boulogne Company must be brought to consent to the same reduction towards the Northern Company. Art. 9. In case of total or partial non-execution on the part of the company of any stipulation mentioned in the pre sent convention, the provisions of Art. 7, above mentioned, relative to the prolongation of the concession for the principal line, and from that of the line from Creil to St. Quentin, shall be null and void, and the concessions of the two lines shell expire at the periods fixed by the laws and ordonnances which established them. Art. 10. Tne present convention shall not be definitive od valid until atter it has been ratified by a law. Paris, 4th Feb., 1850. (Signed) BINZAV• (Signed) Jewett DR RITHSCRLD, J. hlsr.A.Err P. HOTTINOrIB • The report then proceeds to detail the various phases through which the above treaty had passed before arriving at the terms just mentioned. The negotiations bad eon meaced on the 10tb of September, and terminated in February, as stated above. At first, nothing whatever had been said of the branch-line of from 2.5 to 30 kilometres ; it was in consequence of the improvement in public credit in the five months during which the negotiations lasted, that this additional charge was imposed on the company. The report then treats illOCeSliTely the various claims which the company bad to some amelioration in the original condition of its concession, such as the grave elvers committed in the government estimates; the non-execution of the railway from Fampoux to Ilszebrock, which rendered the branch-line to Calais of so much less value ; and, finally, the grave circum stances under which the line had to perform its various en gagements. The report reminds the meeting that the orieinal estimates of the government for the northern line, were 130 millions, including seven millions for ready money expenses. The committee of the Chamber of Deputies ultimately fixed the cost at 140 millions, exclusive of any sum for current expenses; but by the accounts presented at the general meeting held on the 28th of April, 1849, the whole expense, it was shown, would amount to 203 millions, or, deducting twenty-six millions for the branch line, from Creil to St. Quentin, to 177 millions, being not less than 37 millions above the government ultimates. This augmenta tion would alone, the board lad thought, warrant the de mand which they had made for a prolongation of the con cession to 99 years. Bat, not tit iog able to obtain the terms which they sought, they bad at last signed the above treaty, subject however to the examination and approbation of the shareholdsrs. If the company were to pay off in the space of one year the 42 millions due by it to the state, on the Ist of Jan. 1860. • necessity would exist to call for the full amount of 500 fr. for each share. If the treaty should not be agreed to, the 400 fr. per share, now paid up, would be amply sufficient for every demand. Even should the treaty be accepted, no tall would be made before 1861. The board declares that, looking at all the circumstances of the cue, it was with en extreme towns that it submitted to the share holders the terms of the treaty given above, and recommends that no resolution should be Dome to hastily on the subject. The report having been read, A SHAREHOLDER observed that it would be advisable to have the report while k had just been read printed, and distributed to the shareholders, in order that they might be able to examine at leisure the various pinta of the treaty alluded to. The CHAIRMAN replied, that it was the isthatiott of the board to adopt that coarse, and the more so, that the directors had determined to propose to the shareholden to postpone all decision on the tees of the treaty until the ordinary annual general meeting, which was fixed foe the 3011 of April current. He should now propose to the as sembly to adopt formally the adjournment of which he spoke. The adjournment was then put to the vote and adopted unanimously. No other business being on the ruder of the day, the meeting then separated. TALLOW MARKET.—THIS DAY. Illarkst la steady to-day, with a large speculative &- sing for Y. C., for delivery at tn. end of the rat, but no sellers to any extent. The (otations at present ruling an as follows Petersburg T.C. ell the Vet, 371. t October to Dtosaabor, 38., to 38e. 3d. $ • 1 . 3 4 I 52 Ii 1 In 13 12 at 6t 103 i 3 11 2 31 10 1 , i II 1 'I 601 II 13 ex tat 51 4i St. IGO M. 30 I 1 I 2I Ali ill II ss 1 ss l i tti i til pi 12 l "141 so poo ii 1 IS issliul 50 N, tcl st. IN !s4 "iri L3l 121 10 10 dt. ISO iie ii lll le 4 21 J 01. , 3 11 17 2! 17 7 8 ni a P i 21 3 21 el ex div 13 1 I