The Press. — London, England, 1855-05-26 00:00:00

MAY 26, 1855. by the arms of their separate countries, while the figures, fruit, fish, and birds, represented upon the columns, distinctly point out the four quarters of the world, its elements, and its productions. The pro gramme for the week, with a variety of other amuse ments, includes a new French comic ballet, Le Tailleur de Toulon, the Pyrenees singers, a balloon ascent, the Busselli Brothers, and the storming of Sebastopol by a galvanic battery, which will no doubt attract a very large portion of the Whitsuntide holiday keepers. At the Surrey Gardens, in addition to its usual attractions, the public are promised a Siege and Storm of Sebastopol, upon a scale and with a pyrotechnic ,effect never before attempted or sur passed. Obituart LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR GEORGE CHARLES D'AGUILAR, K.C.B. died in Brook-street, on Monday morning last, in his 71st year. Sir George, who has for some years past occupied a mansion in Brunswick-square, Brighton, and was sojourning in town, had been breaking in health for some time previous to his de parture, but no immediate danger was apprehended. As a soldier be had seen much service ; he had been fifty-six years in the army, was wounded at Bhurt pore, and became colonel of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1851. The deceased was greatly attached to his regiment; and during his stay in Brighton, at the time of the battles of Alma and Inkermann, watched hourly and anxiously the papers and tele graph for tidings of his gallant compeers, and was much affected by the losses there sustained. The death of Mr. T. R. TRAVERS, the popular vocalist, late of Drury-lane and the Surrey Theatres, took place at Kensington on Sunday last. He was known in the musical profession by the nom de guerre of Travers, but his real name was Romer, and he be• longed to the talented family of the Romers, the dif ferent members of which have been long popularly identified with the lyrical drama. CAPTAIN LORD SPENCER S. COMPTON (15th Hus sars) died suddenly on Monday morning at Exeter, in which city his lordship was stationed with his regiment. Lord Spencer Compton was taken unwell about a fortnight back with inflammation of the lungs, but was considered to be progressing favor ably. On Monday morning, at an early hour, a heavy fall in his bedroom aroused the attendants, and on entering his chamber the gallant nobleman was found prostrate on the floor. He was quite unconscious, and expired in a few minutes. The deceased was brother of the present Marquis of Northampton. He was born 6th March, 1821, entered the 85th Regiment, as lieutenant, in 1843, and subsequently removed to the 15th Hussars, his commission as captain being dated in December 1840. The deceased only returned with his regiment from the East Indies in June last. AMONGST the Russian prisoners brought home in the Simla was the Governor of Balaklava, who was taken prisoner when Balalava was first seized by the English army. In the confusion of the capture the governor lost his wife and daughter, and has never heard of them since. A CURIOUS INSTANCE OF ADDER FASCINATION is related in the Dumfries Courier. A person of the name of Kerr had his attention arrested by the melancholy cries of a hen pheasant, perched upon a tree in one of the plantations in the parish of Tinwald. On proceeding to the spot he beheld a large adder in an erect attitude, gazing intensely and in the very act of attracting the hen by its influence. Kerr applied his stick lustily to the back of the intruder, which he quickly despatched ; and the pheasant was imme diately released from her spell-bound position. THE GREEN-PEA Caor has failed in Portugal this season. Large quantities of green peas are imported into England from Portugal, owing to their coming to perfection sooner in the latter place than in the former. LETTERS FROM NEW YORK state that the rush of Ameri cm travellers eastward this season is unexampled, steamers a ul sailing vessels for Europe taking out full complements at every trip. THE PARISIAN TRADE has not yet experienced any bene ficial effects from the opening of the Universal Exhibition. Few foreign visitors have arrived, the greater number deeming it expedient to postpone their journey until the month of June, when it will be in all its éclat. The weather, on the other hand, has not been favorable, and transactions generally, but more particularly those of the mzgasina de nouveautis, have suffered from it. The shop. keepers having completed their assortment of goods with a view to the Exhibition, the wholesale trade has relapsed into stagnation. Large orders have been received from Prussia by manufacturers of Paris and the departments, witch are evidently intended fur Russia. The greatest ac tivity prevails in the manufactures of Tourcoing, St. htienne, and Lyons. In this last city hands are actually wanting to execute all the orders from Paris, England, and the United States. At Roubiax, Rouen, and Mulhausen the dull season has commenced, and is likely to continue until orders from the fair of Beaucaire restore to them some activity. THE PRESS. THE RUSSIAN LOSSES IN THE WAR were stated by Lord Lansdowne lately at •147,000 men. The following are further details. In the month of January last a report was presented b the Emperor Nicholas, stating the loss of the army at 187,000 men, including those who died under the severity of the long marches and of sickness. A new report was presented to the Emperor Alexander in April, fixing the total loss of the army to March 31 at 250,000. In this report especial stress was laid on the effect of the marches, and some disastrous incidents were particularised. It was stated that an entire company (division?) had perished under the snows between Odessa and Perekop, and another between St. Petersburg and the south. An entire battery had been lost in the same manner, with the men and horses. The guns were found after the thaw, and are again in use. GENERAL PELISSIER, lately nominated by the Emperor to the chief command of the army of the Crimea, is the nineteenth on the list of generals of division. His promo tion to that rank is of April 13, 1850. He is the senior officer of Generals Bosquet, Noel, and Canrobert, but the junior of General Regnault de St. Jean-d'Angely, the com mander of the Imperial Guard. General Pelissier is Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, was not long since in com mand of the division of Oran, and has been Governor- General of Algeria ad interim. He was always one of Marshal Bugeaud's favorite lieutenants. Au ATTE;PT to sound the River Hudson just below the Niagara Falls, in order to ascertain the depth of the basin into which the waters are precipitated, has been made by an American gentleman. He thus describes his last ex periment :—" Another attempt was made with a conical iron of about 401bs weight, attached to aNo 11 wire—all freely suspended, so as not to impede the fall of the weight. I let the weight fall from the bridge—a height of 225 feet ;it struck the surface fairly, with the point down—must have sunk to some depth, but it was not longer out of sight than about one second, when it made its appearance again on the surface, about 100 feet down the stream, and skipped along like a chip until it was checked by the wire. We then commenced hauling in slowly, which made the iron bounce like a ball, when a cake of ice struck it and ended the sport. I am satisfied that no metal has sufficient specific gravity to pierce that current, even with a momen tum &nuked by a fall of 225 feet. The velocity of the iron, when striking, must have been equal to 124 feet per second ; and, consequently, its momentum near 5,000 lbs. Its sur face opposed to the current was about 50 superficial inches. This will give an idea of the strength of that current, and, at the same time, hint at the Titan forces that have been at work to scoop out the bed of the Niagara river." to Illarktt and Citg itttiligtart. FRIDAY EVKNIN•. THE continued influx of gold has formed the chief oojeot of interest in the Stock Exchange news of the week. Every day arrivals are notified of considerable amount, and the resulting aggregate constitute a large addition to the already exuberant stock of bullion in the Bank cellars. On Monday the total value received was not less than 345,000/., of which the principal items were 40,000 ounces of gold from Port Philip, and nearly 900,000 dollars from New York. Next day 117,0001. arrived, 100,0001. coming to hand by the West India mail-steamer; on Wednes day the Sussex, from Port Philip, landed 33,000 ounces of gold, worth 132,000/. ; and yesterday 35,045 ounces additional, valued at 140,0001., were received, per the Orwell,Waterloo, and Wooloonwoloo, from Melbourne and Sydney. With the aid of smaller parcels, the whole sum arrived since Satur day last must exceed 750,0001. Epsom races have somewhatinterrupted the course of ordinary speculation during the week. The public buyers still flock in, seeking for investments, but the transactions of the dealers have been limited. Prices are, however, well maintained, and in Consols a further, though trifling, advance has been established on last week's quotations. On Tuesday the an nouncement of a reduction in the rate of interest on the June Exchequer Bills gave buoy ancy to the market, as evincing the confidence of the Govern ment in their own credit and that of the country. An instalment of fifteen per cent. on the new loan fell due on the same day, requiring 2,400,000/. ; but the payments were provided for without causing the slightest perceptible difference in the Money Market. The daily fluctuations of Consols have been : Saturday, 901 ; Monday, 901 1 ; Tuesday, 901 1 ; Wednesday, after reaching 911, the quotations fell to 901 1; Thursday, 904 1. This afternoon prices have been well supported. Consols were done as high as 911, and left off at 91 to 911 for both money and the 30th instant. Reduced Three per Cents. were 901: New Three per Cents., 901; Bank Stock, 2091; India Bonds, 18s. prem.; Exchequer-Bills, 12s. to 15s. prem. for the March issue, and 4s. to 7s. for the June issue. The Omnium of the new loan has advanced pretty zegularly every day, and was firm to-day at 3 pram. The next settling-day in Consols, after the 30th instant, is fixed for July 10, when the quotations will be made ex. div. SHA RES. Permanent Railway Stocks and Debenture Bonds are much sought after for purposes of investment by the general public, and the prices have accordingly exhibited much steadiness, with a tendency to advance. The Indian lines have improved in value during the last tew days. FOREIGN. Foreign Securities are steady, with little doing, except in Turkish, in which speculation has been rather active. The quotations have ranged between 76 and 781. To-day the medium price was 77 . Russian Fives have been done at 99. Mexican Bonds are more buoyant ; and the Sardinian Loan has been rather in demand lately. BRITISH FU: OFFICI 44D8. Closing Prises. [AL QUOTATION. Mond. Thud. W.d. IThurc l Friday - - I-. out 4 ao4 9O/ 11901 1 91 0 1 --- 91 901 901 1 9 01 91 / 1 891 90 1 1 891 Is 9 al 891 i moo 904 ito4 4 9 t 31 3 6.18 I 8 16-19 1 909 :011 2 IP 21 P 24 P 2 l IP 2 i lIP 4 7 1U 9 4 7 14 6 16 A 19 8 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto for Account per Cents Reduced 3 per Cents Long Annuities Bonk Stock, f per Cent Omnium ICson. tiills, 20. per diem India Bonds, (1,0001.).... BANE OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and et.b Victoria, cap. $1 for the week ending on Saturday, the 19th day of May, lush. ►aeua PEPARTIiiNT. Noteeiseued 429,302,510 Government Debt 111,015,100 Other Securities .. 2. 98 4.900 Gold Com & Bullion 15,9v2,54 Silver Bullion .... 429,902,550 L09,9(.2440 lANKING DSPARTININT. Proprletors'Capltalil4,33B,ooo Government Seen. Best Public Deposits• 3,336,473 Dead WeightAn4 n 0,823,131 Other Deposits .leven Day & other Notes 10,20,e:0 Bills 184,304,003 144,304,033 • 'lncluding Exelmquer, Savings Banks, Gommissionsrs of National Debt, and Dividend Accounts. SHARES. RA ILWAYO--. Aberdeen Birne.Wolv.& BtourYal Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Wed. 124 4 Prid. 29 a Y t 62 t fe si 62/ 3 13i 4i 7 Chester and lf olynead Cork and Bandon Dublin et Belfast June East Anglian Eastern I InioL (B) East Lancashire Eastern Counties Great Northern 131 41 31 4641 146 66 21 744 6 6 11 916 I 9$ 8 CI I 71 11 100 71 • Ali 711 Gt. SUL and Wet of Ire , Great Western Lancashire& Yorkshire Lon., Tilbury, & Stheud Lou., Brighton, ke Loudon and Blackwell, le 2 20 2 21 2 8 1 I bb 7 __ • 62i 3}' 131 'i 5 4 <I 14k bc sl a ' 111 I 901 14 38 8 d 7 781 1 . 11 99 101 Ida 62i Si 1.1( 411 16 4d 41i to 3i Ite :14 I ul 2 96 tl 66j Ti Ili 21 14i 21 'Ai 81 7 11 I :00 1 7j 8 100 i 71 Ile - 2 hondonand Nrth-Vi Midland Newmarket. Newry and Enniskillen Norfolk Nrthrn. Counties Union I North British North Staffordshire North-Western Oxf., Wrcetr., and Wolv. Scottish Central Scottish Midland South Devon South-Eastern and Dov. South- Western South Wales Waterford t Limerick ISCILIANICOUS— AllltildiaD Agricultural Canada Crystal Palace Crystal Palace of Fames North British A us. Laud Peel River Laud I Min. Scottish Aust. invest. South Australian Land Van Diemen's Land FORE 1 66i i i 1 79 lli 99 101 ' oi b 70j 11 :é 2 40 0.1 124 31 4; 26 129004 31 8 115 21 3 t 1 111 [llOO N - c I!19 &saw. & Rttrdm. 71 71 I Belgian East. J. 21 I d 21 Id Dutch Rhenish 11 Id 11 Id East Indian 444 3 244 b Gt. Indian Pen. 1 3 p G.W.ofCan.,Bh 2Ol 1 21 Lyons M I Geneve 34 4r 3t 4p adras NIL& ge. w.in) ; 6 t j P 8 i 1 . Nrthrn.ofFrnce. 331 1 351 Norw. Truk. PK 71 84 71 81 Paris et Lyons 261 14$ 261 7p Paris & Orleans 46 7 46 8 Paris &Rouen 39 41 40 2 FOREIGN FUNDS. Per Cent. Mond. T.....' - Brazilian 6 Danish 5 inch. (Ex 12 0ui1.)25 (3411 i - French 3 68f :0t• Of I Do. 4 :13t but 93( Do. flank Stock 1 3( Hexicen 3 21i I 2? Peruvian 4 P ortugue se 4 43 Russian 5 98 Spanish 3 31 5 Turkish (Ace.) 8 78 bNg 29 30 - 4 i ret 23 30 d lii 31 80 1 1 1 11 81 28 6 12 Bil WI It ?14 ♦ y 31 3 115 &4 3 11 I S .2 4 lb_ AO i - I 1 , 10111 cdf 90e ro• 64 f 80c 3j 69110r 4 I 11( 60c 3:73, nr6oo 1 .7 3003'. 304 144th. Ili 123 . —22 i 13 i —..— 910} 9 6 _ 'Ss 711 1 771 7 e 77i i 5 14 21 74' Ili 1' 3 3 88j Jai I 1 1 2/ S 1 4 r5l 9t Wed. LWAYB. 1 Wsd,iu. Thurs. 7 i .3 i 2f i 14 I i 2i 4 d Ii id 24 611 244 2I IP 21 6 l i P 4 6 i P a p Ili ID a p 6 1 Al i l 7 351 i 7 8 264 i pl2ll iii 47 9 47 41 3 41 3 I 2 I 1 3 f II e eh 'a 1 F 7 2. 1 241 st t 4i I e l li sii 0 41 IC