The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-31 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET iNf) COMMERCIAL TNTELLIGENCT. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotten Market yesterday closed flatly, and prices of most descriptions ware fully id. per lb. lower. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, 3,000 of which were taken by the exporters. In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon the rates on Antwerp, Amsterdam, and Frankfort were higher, but on Hamburg and Trieste they were rather lower. The Silver Market is quiet, and bars are quoted ss. lid. per oz. standard. About 45,000& in that metal was announced to-day from Boulogne by the steamer Rhine. The applications for discount accommodation in the open market and also at the Bank continue on a limited scale. Owing, however, to the prepara tions for the bills which arrive at maturity on Saturday—the 4th being Sunday—there is rather more inquiry in some quarters, and to-mor row increased activity will no doubt ho experi enced. The aggregate amount of pap-r which now become due is not supposed to be very large, but the liquidation'of the engagements will probably cause atemporary influence upon the value of money. At present, however, no important change has taken place, the current terms being about the same as for some weeks past. Although trade is certainly less depressed then it was, the increased trans actions have not yet been sufficient to absorb any considerable portion of the present supply of available means, and the competition which natu rally prevails amongst moneyed firms to participate in the limited business now in progress, prevents much variation in the rates. The subject of a re duction in the minimum to 2i per cent. has ,gain been discussed, but it is not generally supposed that a further concession will be made. The directors appear to have resolved not to do so; ot } •erwise the measure would scarcely have been delayed, when the position of the establishment, a fortnight ago, would have rendered the measure practicable. It is generally understood that Saturday will be made a holiday ih the City. Thanks are due to the LOrd Mayor for lis endeavours to secure this concession, which will have the effect of giving a large number of the commercial public: a recess of three days. It merely involves the suspension of business for half a day. Saturday having f)r some time past been a half holiday, attd as trade is ex ceedingly dull, the movement cannot be attended with much inconvenience to principals. Dealings have taken place in the New India❑ Loan Debentures at 98} 991. This is the first time any quotations have been given. The Market for Engli-h Securities is quiet, and about per cent. lower. Very few dealings have taken place, either in speculation or for invest ment, and the other markets present an equally dull appearance. Rumours of a deficiency in the Reserve, and of the consequent probability of a loan, have been current, and have no doubt assisted to increase the Leavy tone of the market. Consols have been 96/ for money, and the same for the Bth pros. ; the May price is 97 to 97,k ; Ex chequer Bills 355. preni.; and the Bonds 100 7 ; 101 t. The transactions in the Foreign Stock Market are limited, and prices tend downwards. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 100} 101 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 104 f ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 43i 44.1 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 1091 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 100± ; Peru vian 41 per Cents. 83i ; and Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45i !. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 61 ; Mexi can, 19i 20k ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 83 84 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents, 109 111 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 99 101 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44 44i ; ditto New Deferred, 26i j. A very limited business has been reported in the Railway Share Market to-day, and in most in stances a decline of about t o 4, per cent. has taken place. South Western and: Notttt Stafford have receded ss. ; Caledonian, Eastern Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, and South Eastern, 10s.; and North British and North- Eastern (Berwick); 11. The For , iLfn and Colo nial lines are very quiet, and exhibit li tie variation from previous quotations- Grand Trunk of Nada have declined 1/. ; and East Indian 15s. Mining Shares are quiet, at about former values. For Joint Stock Ba.nk Shales there was a moderate inquiry. London and Westminster im proved ss. ; and London Chartored of Australia, 10s. In the Miscellaneous Share Market there is no change of importance to repot. THE POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY OF LANCASHIRE. KELLY AND CO. Messrs. Kelly and Co., the enterprising com pilers of the London Directory, are proceeding with their series of country dire eories in their usual admirable ett le. Among the advantages of civili cation, which are becom'ng too common to be appreciated in their full value, are these excellent works of reference, which will soon enable an in habitant of one eed of the kingdom to discover the residence of his correspondent at the other, in a manner that would have appeared magical a few years since. Twelve of these county directories have already bt en published, in cluding nearly thirty counties and several of the chief towns of England. The present is devoted entirely to the county of Lancashire, of which it gives a full and tho'ough account. The towns, the townships, the villages, the prricipal seats of the nobility and gentry, the commercial prospectuses, are all described at full length. The court and trades' directories are given with the usual exactitude. The introductory treatises on the county and its chief departments are full of interest. The statistics of the population, number of houses, state of trade, &c., leing of great importance. The increase of popu lation and other signs of progress in the different localities, are carefully noted. A directory of the counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland is in the press, and another of Northumberland and Durham is now compiling. Subscribers may there fore anticipate a speedy completion of the series, which will classify and register all the householders of this populous country, and afford an unanswer able testimony to the enterprise and perseverance of Messrs. Kelly and Co. BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DA Y. (From the Qiftetat Ltst;l Fusines. done. 8 per Cent. Consols Annsitles adis Bonds, £l000 Batik "Stock — DittO Account, On:sols for Account Exchequer Bills, 2id. March. - Juno. £lOOO • ... - V6OO . 35 I Small Exchequer Bonds, 1558, RA per Cont.... Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Braman 5 per Cent, Ditto 1852, 4i per Cent. - Do., 1829 and 1839, 5 per Cent . [ 1025 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 7Bi Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent — Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1853 Passim) Bonds, 1522, £ St., 5 per cent IO9A Ditto, 4i per Cent. IOO 100 Spanish &nide, 3 per Cant. Ttirkiah Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Account .... Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account loli Venezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. 2 &AKE o'oLocif Console, money Console Account, (April 8) THE DEPUTY -CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.—We are given to understand that on the appointment rf Sir Frederick Carrie, Bart., to succeed to the chairmanship of the Ea-t India Company, at the expiration of the usual term of office of Mr. Ross Don nelly Mangles, M.P., on the 14th of next month, Capt. Bastwick will be nominated to the deputy-chairmanship. This officer entered the Bombay army as a cadet in 1827. the same year with Sir Henry Rawlinson. After getting several staff appointrnerts, and evincing pr.tficiencv the Oriental languages, h was transferred to the p:tl it cal department, and made first assistant to Colonel Pot linger, then Resident in Scinde. He accompanied Sit John Keana's army as political officer, and was int”usted with the negotiation of the treaty of 1838 with the Atneers of Lower Seinde. On the advance of the Briti-h force into Affghanista n he was left in charge of the poli tical agency of Upper Scind e and the districts below the Bolan Pass by Sir Wm. Macnaghten. Subsequently 13, atted for a short ;ittoe as Rs , ident in Scinde on the d, - prtrture of Colonel Pottingsr. Returning to Eaglet , on sick certificate, be was eel.oted hy Sir H. Putting, to accompany him to China in 1841, but his health not permitting him to accept the situation, he er as succeeded in it by Colonel Malcolm. Captain Eastwick was elected to a seat in the direction in I.B47.—Moniewqra SHARE MA.METS (This Day). LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL.% RAILWAYS. Bhr. Paid RAILWAYS. LessinZ Closing Prices Business Companies this dal , this day St. 100 Buckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 98 100 St. 100 Clydesdale Jo Ca.lcdon... 100 - 102 25 all Col•Stour Vy E.U.&E.O 13 15 St. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p., Gt.Northn 139 141 1391 5 all E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 4 St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian, Neils. Direct. •.. ••• St. 100 Do. New Do 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt•Westn 50 all Hull & Selby. Y. & N.M lOB 110 1091 25 all Do. Shares. Do 12, all Do. Shares. Do • ••• 12il all Lon.&Groenw S. Eastern l2i 134 12i 20 all Do. Preference Do 24 25 St. 1 100 Lon. Til., &S; Peto &Co 93 95 10 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do si; all Manch.Bxtou. 14n. &N. W and Matlock & Midld 2 21 St. l loo Mdld. Bradfd. Midland 94 96 5I Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count I - ip 50 all N • diEst.s p.c. Do 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N. W ... 121' all Do. Shrs..4 Do - ••• 2t. 100 illoystn.& Hit. Gt.Northn'l3s 138 10 I all ,Shrows.& Her T. Brassey 8 8i 12 all I S.Staffordsh.. M,MClean 10 10 50 all ,WearVal,g6pc Stk.&Dar. 25 all Do Do 32 33 33 St. 100 , Wilts&Sonarst Gt.Wostn BB 90 69i 't•II.WATt. Olost:ig rr.oe. this day. usiness dore this day. 12i 10 Arabg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. 50 all Belfast & Ballymenn 13 , 1 all Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley St. 103 Birkenhd. Lance:. & Cheshire Junct 25 all Blackburn 25 all I myth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) St. 100 Bristol & Exeter...— St. 100 Caledonian. St. 100 Chester & Holyhead 50 all Cork and Bandon—. 20 all cork, Black. & Pass 20 all Cornwall 10 all D r ,. A 10 all Do. B 5 2 ll iDublindrßelfastJune St a 1 0 " 'Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. . 0 100 !En! ,, t, Anglian ......... St. 100 Eastern Counties S tyloo Do., do. ition,A.stk ..... Easternl7n 25 Do., New A ....... 25 all (East Kent n S A L W° ! East Lancashire ... . '" all !East Suffolk ........ 10 all I D o . St. /00 Edinburgh & Glasgow t. 100 iEdinb.Prth.drDundee 0 all , Forthand ClydeJunc. St. 100 'Furness St. 1 . 00 Glasgow &S. Western_ 10 all Groat N. of Scotland A. 100 Groat Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 1.1100 Do. , B. Stock ..... St. 'lOO Gt. Sth.&West.(lre). St. 100 Great Western. St. ; 100 Do. Str.V.ll.. gua.St 12 all Irish South-Eastern. 5C all Lancaster &Carlisle. 1.6 i Thi ..... l 15 , Do. New Thirds St. 100 !Lancash. & Yorkshire 16 6 !no.. do. F £l6 ... 9 7 Do. Do., £9 3 it Do., Wst. Riding Un ZO ! all Do. Southport....... 11. i all !London & Black wall 11i Do. New, i's. Si. 10s. i St. 100 Lu n d. Itrii;, , ht. Ste 'lOO London &N. Wester 5 IDo. Eighths St. 100 'i,, oo ri on dr. S Western 5 all Ludwirry.dreoleraine Z 5 ; all Ludndrry. & Ennisk. it. 'lOO Xanch.Shet&Lineln. 10 11 Metropolitan St• .100 'vlidland St. 1 00 Do. Birming.& pert) 50 all Ai dland G. west. (Ir. t 5 all D o . Shares.- 00 eli NewCastleknarlisle 25 all Nowpt. A berg.liTirfd 10 9 Newry di Armagh ZO , all Newry, Warrenpoi'tt 4 Roatrevor ..... Northn. Counties Ua North British North Devon, Rail. d Dock Stock ............ Do., A Stock ......... Do., B Stock ... IN. Eastern - Berwick !Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp. stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North We5tern........! N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N.E.Abrdn.St Do. Scot. Mid. Stock Shropshire Union !Sitinghourne &Sheer South Devon 'South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dur Do.. 1o& 50 4 10:) St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St_ 100 25 1.3 SL 10J St 100 St. 100 10 31.1 Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1855 Stockton & Hartlepl (Taff Vale IDo. Pref., No. Thames Hay. D. &R. Vale of Neath I Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeri ek West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class De. Second Class THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENII 51 - 6 7i - 81 69 - 71 9 - 10 25 - 26 89 - 91 86i •-- 87 36 - 38 7f - S 16i -17 i 58 - 59 44 - 46 29 - 31 H - 16 87 - 83 62 - 63 l i 28 -28 f 87 - 89 04 - 10 [O2 - 103 87 - 89 126 - 128 98 - 100 53 - 55 - 53 83 85 10 -- 12 p 10 12 r , 87i 83 1— a d 1 di 6 - 6} 105 - 107 933 - 94 - 1 913 - • .• '"''' . a, 35 - 37 94/ -95 J 66 - 63 j 12i -13 A 59 - 61 3i - 51 - 52 91 2 i d 46} 47. 72 73 92 94 4i - 4i 8 - 9 8 - 9 30 - 32 7 -3. d 108 - 26i -27 i 78 - 80 45 - 47 3 - 2 35 - 36 - 70 826 -83 L 13 - 15 7 - 5 9 - 11 35 - 36 •.. -- ." 99 - 102 3 - 6i - 6$ BRITTST4 PCISLFIRSISITnIVS_ ••• .-- ••• i - iP - iP 9 - 10 180 - 85 75 - 80 74 - 78 ... ".'". ... ..• - ••• li ...- li 109 - 110 4 1g - 110 9i 23 2O 2i2 / 47 49 47 811 82 21 21 21 19 —19 h 1/ Igct 106 - 111 - 111 100 101 191 —19 i 20? 21 a par - ir ••• ••• 1 Pj 1001 191 FOREIGN. 10 all k.ntwrp &Rotterdam 5i 61 20 all Ardennes.. 20 3 Bahia & Fra , elm() 5 all Belgian East. Juliet. 1 —1/ 20 all Beziers to Graissessae 6 all Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 3 3/1 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 34 —3/ 20 all Eastern of France 271 —27 t 20 2s. Euphrates Valley ... 20 all Gt. Central of France ... 20 all Great Luxembourg... 71 81 8 ti Italian Junction — ••• 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ~. 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 4k —51 p 5 all Lucca & 20 all Lyons and Geneva 27 28 33., all Maria Anteuia 10 all Do. New ••• ••• 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2Ol 21 16 all Northern of France 3Bl —38 a 20 8 Do. New 10 all NorwegianTrnk•Pret 8/ —9/ 9 20 all Paris and Lyons 33.1 331 331 20 all Ditto New 20 all Paris and Orleans 54 56 30 9 Recife & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7p. c id 20 1/ Riga, and Danaburg „. 10 all Rums and Frascati_ 20 all Royal Danish l6 18 5 all Royal Swedish 4 4 all Do. 7 per cent. , 2C all ,3a,mbre and Meuse 8 81 8 10 all )o. 5A per cent. pref. 8/ 9 20 all Southern of France 2l 2 •,1 8i all West Flanders 4g 4i 10 41 Do. 5/ per c. Prof . 9 —9/ 20 all W.&N.W, of France 26 27 20 6 Vestern of Austria... ••• 20 all Vo-t. of Switzerland ... ••• 6 all A/wet aden 6 all 10. Bp, cent. pref. 20 all , Zealand JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100! 5u Agra & United Serv 10 all anstralasia B4 86 25 all Bank of Egypt 00 50 Bank of London i 47 49 140 all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co I „ 50 all British N. American ... tin 20 10 alik.of Ind.Au.dteli. 31 00 50 City '53 60 59 100 25 !Colonial 120/ all ConimercialofCanada' 60 20 liAramiereiai of Lund. I ..„ 20 all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cnt. il7 181 18 20 all Lomeli. flk.of A ~ t . 181 —18 i 19 20 London and County „ 284 50 10 London Joint Stock. 00 20 Lond.an(lWestminst. 454 00 35 National Pro. of Eng. , „ 20 10 Do. New 50 25 National Bank ..... 20 all New South Wales 43 45 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 37 39 3S 120 all Ottoman Bank 00 Provincial of Ireland 61 —6 3 r 10 all Do. New 15 all 4ccith c , tralia ' .•• ••• 25 1? Do. Nevr 25 all tiulonot Australia_ 46 48 461 / 76i ... 10 Do. New 50 10 .3nion of London 23 '25 00 50 *Unity Mutual 00 50 Westrußk ,); Load „,d Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd. at 50/.) Bris. & Ea. 4 p, c. Do. 4 per e. Shares., Caledn. £lO 4} p. c. Ches . & Ho. 51 p. e, Do. do. 5 per cent._ Cork &Bandonsip.c, Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. E. Anglian Cis. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co. Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 ....... Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un. G. 6p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash .6 p.cts E.&W. York. J. sths Ediu. & Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 51 5 - 74 111 - 120 110 - 112 102 - 101 p. c. prem. Gt.N. ofScot.lst Pre Gt. S dx W. (Ireland) Do 4 per c. Pref. St. , Gt. W.(B.drll.Ex.spc Do. con. rod. 4i p. c.', i Do. con. rod. 4 p. c. /Do. irred. 4 per lent. [Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh 62 -- E 4 10i -- 11 Do. Chester $p.e.P.S. Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0.... Do. Birm, Gua, Stk, Do, Chesil, Gua, Sh. Do, do. do Do, do. do ,Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc.No. 1 Do., P., 5 p. c. St. No. 2 Do. Now Guar. 6p. c. Do, do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Coy. di Nuneaton 5 F. ct... Lou, & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares ... 1160 - 165 Londy.& Color. # Sh. Londy. &Ennis. Sh. M., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 120 - 122 0 - 68 Doro. do. 3i per cont. Marypt. &Carl. 4 p.c. . , I . per cent __ Do.. do.. Mid. Consol. 6p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &H. Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 513. c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. Norf k. D eb.4 P.C.Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Est. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 V.5p..,1547 North British . Do. 71. Preference N.E. Bony. 4 p. c. Do. do. do 137 - 139 99 - 101 90 - 92 ••• .. 1105 - 107 94 - 96 1 1 - IDo. Leeds 6 pe. No. 1 I Do, do, Qrs., 1848 Do. York 11. & S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist g,ruar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar Do, do. Debeatr. St Scot, Cent. New Pref Sc.N, E. Aber. g.6p.c Do, do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. nxeu s 4 pr ctn., S. Fa -stern (Reading Ann.) of 21 Os, 6d Do, 4? per cent Do, Fixed 4i p.c. Sh Do. New pr. cent S. Wales Gus. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4. p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar 6tock. &Dar„, 5 p. c IDo. do. do. 118 - 120 125 - 127 73 - 75 10 - 10.1 ••• - ••• 1 24,1 -24 i 100 - 192 100=1021 100 - 16 27 - 28 Waterftl& Kilk. 6 pc. PREFERENCE SHARES. 94 - 96 6 --- 1.61. 6 - 6i 103 - 112 105 - 110 112 - 117 110 - 115 127 - 132 91 - 93 87 -8) 87 - 89 91 -101 ', 9;,1 t - 10 16 - 17 10 - 10 72 - 74 19 - 20 1 9i - 10 14 - 15 1138 - 140 10i -11 h par) -22 i 118 - 120 106 - 108 90 -101 BRITISH MINES. 'Alfred Cons. (Philk.)l 'British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.)l l Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay. ) 1 E Ist Basset (Illogan)' Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk. ) ( Grt. W. Vor (Heistu. ) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) Po: trellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co. S. Caradon (St. Cleer S. Cara Brea (Illogn. S. W. Frances( Illogn. Pave. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un. Mines (G w ennap V. of Towcy (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Itdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstek) , Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) Wh. Ma. Ann (Monht. Wh. Trelawney (Li s. ) 11 - 12 !80 - 90 1 460 - 480 85 - 95 14i - 16 5 - 5i - 2 - If - 4 13 - - 14 4 - 5 I'o - 184, lf 1 375 390 225 - 24 9 i - 1i 3i - 4 - 21 - 25 110 - 120 1 210 - 220 280 - 300 - 74 11 - 12 43 - 45 24 - 26 20 20 10 9t. Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen,lnd,guar. 5 p. c. Do. Do. Additional A. Buffalo dr Lake Hur. Buff. , Brut. dr God ch. p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian Do, C Shares Do. E. do. D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'l9 Geelong & Melbourne) guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk. of Canadai Do. 6 p. c. Deben IGt. In, Pen. g. 5 pert I Do. New. guar. 5 p.c I Gt. Wcstn. of Canwia Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 00. do., '76, p. '6O , Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, withoui, option Madras, guar. 4i p.c Do. do., 5 per C. Do. 4i p. c. Exten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex do, l Ondo (Limited) ,;'cinde, guar. b por c Do Pat 20 I 0 100 100 5 5 20 10 20 100 all 18 i 9 18 all 18 all 20i all 100 No 100;100 '2s(1(1 20. 20. too 100 100 100 86i i 7 58k i I 101 i S 2 x d 127 a 7 58 a 87i 8 78 i i 5i 3 106 93$ 4 3i 3/ 92 1/ 2 3G 5 1 3 i 9 4 4 : i 5 i 66 7 52 1 901 1 90 i 461 73 11 2 3. 2B St, l 121 1 124 d St: St. lili 12i 12t 69i i 1001 20 12A 25 - 20 St. St, 8i SL St. 7879 V 'ts 217} 7} FOREIGN MINES. 20 71 Australian 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (ii.) g p 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .e,5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada . . 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 12 . 1 134 1 A Clarendon Con. MM. Co. of Jamaica...-. ...a 40 all Cobre Copper 4O 42 ... 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. a 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 11 Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada 1 all Noveau Monde 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.& Smlt 54 61 5 1 Port Philip • ••• 30 16i santlago do Cuba 21 21 all United Mexican 134 44 MISCELLANEOUS. 000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) . 25 19 Australian Agricult. 25 27 254 6 10 all Australn. Royal Mail 11 11 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 31 41 10 2 Do. Now iss. at 5/. d 50 40 Brit. American Land 35 40 100 324 Canada l4O 150 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 113 114 1138 13 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 25 30 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 26 28 5 all Crystal Palace l4 14 11 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal, of Franee 20 all Eastern Steam 4l 51 St. 100 ;ElectricTelegraph 1 all ;Electric Tel. of Irel — . . 5 all lEn.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 11 1 . 1 10 10s. Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. . . 9 all Eur.&Am.Stm.(lim.) 4 —44 20 all Gen. Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) 15 14 ;Gen. Steam Navigat. . 20 5 London Discount 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 31 31 31 20 10 ,Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all 'Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 9 10 all I , Do. Extension Teleg. mr2 ,jo Mexican& S.Americn I 5 5 Nat. Discount Co ll 4 3 10 6 Netherlands Land.,,, 4 10 all Do. Do. 5 all Do. 8 p.e. Pt. iss.at 1 d 2 3 5 3 Do. Do. 100 80 New &N. S. Land 17 20 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.e.D. 961 974 97 64 1 all N. li. Australasian... 20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 2 3 1 all Oriental Gas 1 10s. Do New Shares 4d ip 5 all ?wall.. Ld. dz Minrl 2 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 78 —BO 76 9 50 10 Do. New 50 all Rhymney Iron 100 60 ; toyal Mail Steam 6l —63 624 1 all ";cot. Austral. Invest ll 11 St. 100 i.AIIB, Gov. 6 p.c.bds lO6 108 25 all xiati. Austral. Land 1 all iubmarine Tel. Scrip 4 11 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus.Ln • Co. Up. Can. ... 100 284, Van Dienieu's Land.. 10 11 lrbirb Xlittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. THIRSK RACES.—(This Day.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] SCURRY STAKES. Milksop Sansquenet Redcap BOROUGH HANDICAP. Massacre . . Church Langton Gammoner 3 Nine ran. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 9 to .2 agst Clydesdale (taken) 9to 2 agst The Peer (taken) B.to 1 agst Mentmore (taken) 12 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Botany (taken) 20 to 1 agst Melissa (taken) 20 to 1 agst The Peer (taken) GREAT NORTHERN. 11 to 1 agst Turret (taken) 12 to 1 agtt Warlock (taken) 12 to 1 agst Vedette (taken) Nothing done on any other event. THIRSK RACES.—TIIESDAY. Trial Stakes. One mile. Captain Weddlerburn (Peacock) 1 Phyllis Water100 The following also ran :—Cytherus, Riga, and Mon tague. Won by a he ad. Thirsk Handicap. One mile and three-quarters. Strathnaver (Brinby) 1 Sing of Scotland (Little) 2 Greencastle The following- also ran :—Evelyn, Cslipb, Medallion, Mauchline, Silica, Lcetitia, and Minnie. Won by a head. Same between second and third. Falcon Stakes. Onee round and a distance. Crinoline Valiant (Grimmer) 2 Mange Th• following also ran : —Milksop and filly by Bird catcher. Won by a length. Ille.wbray Stakes. T.Y.C. Flying Cloud (Mr. G. S. Thompson) 1 Raspberry ., (Coalloner) 2 Paul Jones . .... (Charlton) 3 The following also ran :—Sir Walter Scott, Marsail laise, Basilisk, and Amazqn. Won by a length. The Sowerby Plate. T.Y.C. Church Langton. The following also ran :—Gammoner, The Martlet, Empty Bounce, Lucy, Fanny Free, Peggy Taft, Imititia, Captain Wedderburn, and Early Bird. Gammoner came in firet by a head, but the stewards awarded the race to Church Langton, on account of Gammoner proming him on to the rails, AQUATICS. A very exciting sculler's race came off on Monday last from Battersea-bridge to Putney-bridge, between H. Burton, of the Prince Albert Rowing Club, and J. Dyer, of the Temple Unity Club, for 51. a side. On the men taking their places, we perceived Dyer had won the choice of stations, having taken the Surrey shore. A referee having been appointed, a capital start was effected, Dyer taking the lea), which he maintained till opposite the Old Swan, when Burton gradually stole upon him, and at Price's Candle Works drew himself clear. It was then very evident that the race was all his own ; and Dyer, after vainly endeavouring to re cover his lost distance, gave in at the Feathers, leaving Burton to row in an easy winner. The match was rowed in Mr. Ralph's old-fashioned wager-boats. THE SCOTCH IRON TRADE. The following is Mr. Thomas Thorburn's quar terly report : The prospects of a rapid decline in the value of money combined with the sound and safe position of the iron trade, stimulated in January speculative enquiries, and extensive purchases were made of rnix , Kl Nos. at from 537. 6d. to 565. cash, and Os. 6d. to 53). three months open. Thereafter the price continuing to rise till it touched 60s. on the 31 current, has fluctuated between 595. and 555. 6d. for muld Nos., and 631. and 60i. for No. 1 Gartsherrie. The average price in January was 545. 7d., February 564. 31., Mar:th 575. 3d., against 735. 61, 735. 93. and 755. sd. in ;These months re5pee .4...A.,.. s.orm... Though the shipments* are greater, and the produc tion is considerably less when compared with the same period last year, the stocks in the aggregate have slightly increased, and are now 187,000 tons—of which 92,000 tons are in Warehouse-keepers' stores. The addition to the stock of only 27,000 tons daring the quarter is not so great as was expected, and is chiefly owing to the falling off in the local consumption, which has been affected by that stagnation so severely felt in several branches of business. It is, however, reviving concur rently with other departments of trade, and promises to be brisk, contracts to some extent having already been entered into for railways, water, and gas pipes. For all kinds of iron, a foreign as well as a home demand is evidently increasing. Looking at the improved aspect of the world, politically and commercially, with masses of capital seeking employment, the stocks of iron generally low, and the prices 208. per ton under those of the corresponding period of last year, and entering as we are upon the busiest Feason for shipments, I cannot but regard the prospects of the trade as very encouraging. The Market is firm at the following quotations : Bars, 71. 10s. to 8/. ss. ; rail, 71. to 71. 54. ; railway chairs, 41. 74. to 4/. 10s. ; cast iron pipes, 4/. 17s. 6 i. to Si. 103. ; No. 1 Garteherrie, 608. ; No. 1 G.M.8., 558. to 588. ; No. 3, 543. to 553. per ton f.o.b. here. Last Coast brands, 558. to 575. 6d. ; Ayrshire brands, 545. to 553. 6d. for mixed numbers. * The shipments and local consumption amount Tons. during the last quarter to The production (126 furnaces in blast March 31), ditto Production in the same period 1857 (131 fur naces in blast) .. .. The shipments and local consumption in the same period 1857 LLOYD'S SHIPPING,—(Thiz Day.) LONDON, March 31.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; moderate breeze and cloudy, with slight rain. COWES, March 30.—Wi n d S.W.—Arrived—Golden Horn, from Callao ; Julia Lawrence, ditto; Seaman, Rio Janeiro. DUNDEE, March 27,—wi n d W.N. W.—Sailed— George Kidd, for Adelaide. PLYMOUTH, March 30—Wind S.S.B. —Arrived—Specu lation, from Sierra Leone, OFF PLYMOUTH, March 30.-L-Arrived — Curnatie, from Mauritius. SWANSEA, March 30.---Wi n d Marelaud, from Caldeira. OFF SCILLY, March 20.—Irene, from Colombo ; Sufi matt Christina, New York ; Pronto, from Havannah for Ghent. OFF TEIGNMOUTH March 30.—Arrived—Drono, from Algoa Bay. OFF KINGSTON, March 30.—Arrived—Ipswich Lass, from St. Michael's. QUEENSTOWN, March 28.—Protomelis, from Callao Disraeli, ditto; Prebisla, Honduras. NEWPORT, March 30.—Wind S.W.— Sailed—Forest Queen, for Rio Janeiro. SCILLY, March 29.—Arrived— Suffolk, from Mauri tius; Bosphorus, from Liverpool for Buenos Ayres; Leonero, from St. Michiel's for Bristol. SUNDERLAND, March 30.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed— Marquis of Bute, for New York. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.W., showery. Arrived —Aurora, steamer, from Dublin ; Carolinida, La Poule, and Le Coq, Cherbourg; Danube, Newport; Ant, Dyme. Sailed—Atalanta, steamer, for Jersey ; L'Etoile, for Carentau; Aurora, steamer, London; Carolinida, Cher bourg. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind W. S. W. Arrived, March 30—Alexander, and Sardinia, from Mobile ; Byzantium, New Orleans ; Pelican (s.s.), Rotter dam ; Greyhound, Newfoundland. Arrived, March 31—Emily Gardiner, from Savannah ; Margrietha, Tarragona ; Adeliza, Girgenti ; Clio, St. Michael's; Caroline, Nantes; Noo Conception, Spain ; Geffrard, Rangoon. Off—Victoria, from Mobile ; Constitution, New York ; Balbec (s.s.), and Tagus (s s.). (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind W., tide low water, cloudy. Arrived, March 30.—Wilsons, from Algoaßay ; Serpent, St. Michel's Lionne, and Amity, Gravelines ; Elizabeth, Demerara ; Rands of Providence, Dunkirk ; Donna Fran. cisco, Wydah ; Gleaner, St. Michael's ; Volante, Dania. Arrived, March 31—Mary Ann, and Melcolm, from Antwerp ; Adriatic, Chincha Island ; Batavia, steamer, Rotterdam; Panther, steamer, Boulog ne . DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.W., moderato. Anchored—Daniel Whaler, for Quebec ; Englishman, Madras; Vrieme, Odessa; Emily, Cape Coast Castl e — a ll from London. Passed—Pomona, Colombo, and Eliza Moor, all from Cal lao, for London ; Orient, Adelaide; Strathmore, Shanghai ; Wm. Wallace, Honduras; Gennine,Rangoon; Fort William, and Zodiao Mauritius ; One, Two, Af r i ca; C as h angei , Boston ; A"rbona, barque, Westward ; Maria Hay, Cal cutta ; Douglas, barque, and Prince Alfred, ship, Manilla ; Marion, and Macintyre, Macob ' • Ryherzog Ferdinand Max, Bombay; Fonteadella, and Sir W. F. Williams, Shanghai ; Christinia, New York; Masaniello, Cape of Good Hope—all for London, 22i i H 31, 1855 ZI.LIGENCE. LONDON AND NO RTEL- rERN AND GREAT NORTHERN. The following is the reply of the directors of the Lon don and North-Western Company to the minutes of the deputation of the joint companies to settle the prevail ing disputes : "Euston-station, March 27. "The directors of the London and North-Western Company have carefully considered the minute of the deputations from the mediating companies, dated 22d and 23d instant. The further recommendations con tained in that minute are admittedly made in conse quence of the refusal of the Great Northern and Shef field companies to continue to act upon the arrangement concluded on the 11th inst., when, in deference to the wishes of the deputations, and in order to facilitate ns far as possible the settlement advocated by them, the Lon don and North-Western Board made concessions be yond what the Sheffield Company had any right to claim or expect at their hands. "The only question upon which there is any substan tial difference between the parties is, whether the Lon don and North-Western Company, in consideration of a three months' agreement for equal rates and fares— which agreement could not be legally enforced even for that short period—ought to give np permanently their legal right, under the agreement of July, 1854, between them and the Sheffield Company, of which agreement that company have for several years had the benefit, and which they had lately thought fit to put an end to, without either giving the stipulated notice or accepting the stipulated reference to arbitra• tion. This condition is now sought to be imposed on the London and North-Western Company by the Shef field and Great Northern director,. " With a full knowledge of the fact that this board wholly declined to agree to such a condition, which had been proposed through the deputation by the other party, and expressly refused by the London and North- Western directors on the 11th inst., the deputation came to the decision recorded in their minute of that day that there wag no valid reason for continuing the present injurious rates. " The London and North-Western directors might have reasonably objected to any re-opening of the deci sion so arrived at, but a uew suggestion haying been offered by the deputations with respect to the litigation forced upon this company by the Sheffield Company's proceedings in connection with the South Junction line, and with the Warrington and Stockport agreement, and with the Chester station, this hoard, at xious to meet the views of the deputations to the fullest possible ex tent consistentiv with their duty, offered in the minute, under date the 2g ,1 --- -Do—, to low,. eo ago etliaululoo neut. sion of Mr. Leeman the questions involved in these liti gations, which offer, however, was not accepted by the Sheffield Company. " This board have therefore read with some surprise the subsequent minute of the deputations now under reply, and in which it is intimated that the Sheffield and Great Northern companies now again, and as a condi tion of aecepting the decision of the deputations, claim that this board shall wave permanently their rightful position in the legal and Parliamentary proceedings forced upon them with relation to the repudiated agreement of 1854; those companies reserving to them selves, at the same time, the right, unlimited and un restricted in any degree, to carry on their attacks upon this company by means of their suit in Chancery and their fire bills now before Parliament. This board must again wholly object to such a condition. "Confessedly injurious as are all these measures and proceedings on the part of the Sheffield Company, not only to the London and North-Western Company, but to many others also, it cannot be pretended that they are calculated or designed to result in permanent advan tage to the public. "Toil is made abundantly clear by the following ex tract from a published letter addressed by N r. Chapman, deputy-chairman of the Sheffield Company, to Mr. Denison, chairman of of the Great Northern Company, so recently as the 11th of February, 1856, at which time the Sheffield Company was acting under the agr.±e• went of July, 1854, with this company. A copy of the letter in question was banded to the deputations on the 11th it.st. "You (Mr. Denison) will recollect that for many years your company (the Great Northern) has coveted the Sheffield and Manchester traffic. You induced Parliament, on grounds of competition, to give you run ning power over our line from Retford to Sheffield, made out of the money of our shareholders, and our property was seriously damaged thereby, and fatal acci dents also resulted. After you obtained those powers of competition you agreed to divide the traffic (which you were thereby enabled to compete for) with the London and North-Western and Midland. You stopped competition, raised tares and rates, and ceased to care, for the time being, whether that traffic passed over our railway (and thereby to some slight extent compen sated us) or otherwise. " The Great Northern Railway Act was obtained as for a line from London to York, and no part of your case for that line, either alleged or suppose I was that of blanchester traffic. Parliament never purposed, in giving that line, specially to make a second line to Man chester. "`Suppose you had the power to run to Manchester to-morrow, what would be your course; After a cam paign of competition yott would charge the same fares ;is the London and North• Western, taking the public, of necessity, in a somewhat longer time ; you would at length be ready to dispose of your share of the traffic thus acquired under any diviiion which would leave you - act, as regards Manchester, precisely as you - Mi3 as re '.arded Sheffield, and our shareholders and the public would be the victim. " 4 JOHN CHAPMAN. " To Mr. E, Denison M P Doncaster.' "Simultaneously with the prosecution of the hostile measures before referred to, the Sheffield Company have, for the obvious purpose of extorting terms, cooomenced and continue to carry on a competition at rates so re duced as to entirely destroy all profit, both to this com pany and to themselves, and which have the effect also of diverting from its natural course the traffic of neigh bouring companies. For example, the Sheffield and Great Northern companies carry passengers from Man chester to London and back, via Sheffield, a distance exceeding 400 miles for ss. ; whereas between points upon their own lines they charge the same sum for carrying a third-class passenger 60 miles. "The London and North-Western Company are pre pared to abide by and act upon the arrangement come to on the 11th of March, and to make the further con cessions offered in their minute of the 22d inst., so far as now applicable. The question of the alleged right of the Warrington and Stockport Company to nse the joint station at Chester, under their Act of 1853, which point alone is raised in the pending suit is now before the courts, by whom it will be speedily and conclusively dis posed of. With reference to the South Junction accounts, the London and North-Western directors con cur entirely with the deputations in the opinion that these accounts ought not to be disturbed, except upon `very strong grounds ;' but entertaining that opinion, they will feel it their duty to bring these accounts under the review of the Court of Chancery, should the Sheffield directors refuse to refer them to Mr. Leeman or other impartial arbitrator, with power to make such investiga tion and correction of them as be may find just and necessary. Teo London and North-Western directors are ready to refer this matter, as well as all other ques tions in difference, relating to the accounts, tolls, and rates connected with the South Junction line and Warrington and Stockport agreement to Mr. Leeman, without complicating such reference by any unnecessary limitations, and to abide by his decision,' as recom mended by the deputations. " The London and North-Western Board, as the trus tees of so large a property 4 have too deep an interest to be insensible of the evils i attending the reckless compe tition set on foot, and now carried on by the Sheffield and Great Northern companies, or of the still greater evils which may result from its continuance and exten sion. Deprecating the existing state of things, they are prepared as heretofore, at once and unconditionally to restore the rates and fares at all points where the com panies are in competition to the position in which they stood prior to the contest, or to such other scale as the deputation shall consider reasonable ; but if the Sheffield and Great Northern companies persist in their refusal to give np, even temporarily, the existing ruin ous rates and fares, unless this board will agree to aban don their duty to their proprietors by now pledging themselves that under no circumstances will they seek to enforce the legal rights of this company, the respon sibility of that course of proceeding and its consequences will not rest upon the directors of this company, who must in that event leave the question to be dealt with by the Legislature, feeling that by such a course they will best consult not only the interests of their proprietors, but also the permanent interests of the public. "The London and North-Western Board cannot close this communication without again expressing their thanks to the members of the deputations for the time and trouble bestowed by them in endeavouring to bring about a termination of the existing reckless competition, so injurious to all parties." LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN, AND GREAT NORTHERN & MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE COMPETITION. In reference to the reply of the London and North Western Railway Company to the recommendation of deputations from the Midland, Lancashire and York shire, North-Eastern, and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway companies, respecting the competition for the London and Manchester traffic, the joint committee of the Great Northern and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire companies submit the following statement : " Euston Hotel, March 30. "The Great Northern and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Joint Committee can only express their regret that the London and North-Western Company have thought proper to decline to adopt the recommen dation of the mediating companies—the Midland, the Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Eastern, and East Lancashire companies. The deputations from those companies had before them ail the facts on both sides, and their recommendation embodied the conclusions they came to, as impartial arbiters, as to the course which ought to be taken by the London and North Western on the one hand, and the Great Northern and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire on the other. This decision the Great Northern and M a nchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire agreed to adopt also been adopted by the London and NOrth,Wester Company there would have been anend of a nd if it had the com petition iu rates which the Lond on and North-Wes tern a ff ect to deplore in designating it a reckless competi tion. It injurious consequences do result from the con tinuance of competitive rates, the London and North- Western have now only themselves to blame for it, Impartial arbiters have interposed--they have heard both parties—they have given their decision as to the terms upon which the competition should be arranged, and the London and North-Western have declined to accept their award. " G. H. PACKE, Great Northern Vice-Chairman. " GEORGE GAMBLE, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway. THE NEW OPERA-HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN. The new Opera-house, now in the act of being built, is to be opened next May with a grand opera! " I heard a trowel, tick against a brick, " I looked me up, and straight a parapet " Uprose at least six inches o'er the planks," says Coleridge's address • but what would the poet have said or sung could he have marked the rapidity with which the new theatre has sprung into exist ence ? It is scarcely more than a few weeks since the labourers were at work clearing away the ruins of the old building, and now the new one is fast approaching completion. This is the third time that the finest theatre in England has been built upon the same spot—once, as its gaunt, dingy houses testify even to the present day, the very centre of London wealth and fashion. The first was built aud opened in 1732 by Harlequin Rich, of Beggars' Opera f ame, who h a d g i ven up his little theatre in Lincoln's-inn-fields when his company lost its chief attraction, Lavinia Fenton —the original Polly Peatlum--who quitted the stage to become Duchess of Bolton. Though miserably inferior to the lake edifice, the building was long regarded as the first of its kind in Europe, and, beyond a doubt, the best in England. It, however, shared the fate which, sooner or later, overtakes all theatres, and was burnt to the ground in 1808, liandel's fine organ, and the still finer stock of wine of the Beef-steak Club, being de stroyed with it. The foundation stone of the next theatre, which was built for the Kembles, was laid by the then Prince of Wales in 1808, and opened in 1809 at the advanced prices, which brought about the celebrated " 0. P. riots. All our readers are aware of the extent and beauty of that edifice, and of its total destruction by fire so recently, and under such peculiar circumstances. The full ex tent of the loss which the operatic world sustained by that calamity will probably never be fully known, ror even to the present 'Mau caul, a.. ) , brings to light fresh proofs of the almost irreparable nature of the injury—an injury so complete that not a single article was saved from the finest ward robe and armoury, the finest musical and dramatic library, that ever belonged to any opt-ratic estab lishment in the world. Every one knows how little hope was at first entertained that another great theatre would be built for the same manager, and the same purpose, and until the last few months no outward sign was given that such an idea was in contemplation. Since that time, how ' ever, Mr. Barry, the architect, has been busy. Messrs. Lucas, the contractors, have been engaged, and almost simultaneously with the removal of the ruins of the old house the walls of the new began to rise, and have continued mounting upwards with all the rapidity of colonial enterprise, till now, almost within six months from its commencement, the actual structure is finished, and being roofed ir. The theatre is announced to open on the 15th of May next, with one of the grande,t of those great operas the production of which has spread the fame of the Covent-garden management wherever music is known and cultivated. A mere visitor to the new building, however, finds his credulity severely taxed by this announcement ; for, though, possibly, it may take place on the appointed day, yet trust ing to the evidence of his senses, he would be rather inclined to disbelieve the oaths of all the architects ever sworn that the house can beready even within the year. Opened, however, on the 15th of May it is announced to be, and opened, too, complete, at least as regards that part of the house with which the audience is concerned. Much, however, will, at any rate, remain to be done, especially behind the scenes ; and the manager can say, in the words of Johnson's imitators in Rejected Addresses, " Of that part behind the curtain which has not yet been destined to glow beneath the brush of the varnisher, or vibrate to the hammer of the carpen ter, little is thought by the public, and little need be said by the committee. Truth, however, is not to be sacrificed for the accommodation of either, and he who should pronounce that the edifice has received its final embellishment would be dissemi nating falsehood without incurring favour, and risking the disgrace of detection without participat ing the advantages of success." Outside the building there is such a wilderness of ropes and scaffolding that it is rather difficult to see what is done or what remains to do ; whle within the walls, where all is in truth rapidly ap proaching completion, it appears to the inexperienced eye as if nothing had been effected. It is a curious place inside ; a mere gigantic shell of raw brick wall, which, apparently without support, tower a nu n area- ree - c--..ttovo-you;-wirere the, roof, ba tw the tremendous iron girderß, is only being put on, and where a scaffolding, swinging in mid air, like a huge spider's web, is hung to the girders with ropes, and allows the work men at that dizzy height already to prepare the ceiling. The place is full of carts and barrows— loads of bricks coming in, loads of rubbish going out ; the clang of iron is incessant and the air thick with dust, for in every place where men can get a footing the work is going on inside and out. That curious arched frame of wood hanging in the centre of the great space by ropes, and looking for all the world like a colossal gibbet, is the skeleton of the proscenium, 52 feet broad by 42 high—the all-im portant space through which the scenic glories of Grieve and Telbin are to be displayed, the area which is the world of fame to future prime donne. The spot where all the carters are at work shovel ling out great loads of gravel is the site of Fop's alley, and those curious iron frames which, bestrid by dusty labourers and echoing like thunder under the blows of hammers, are rising up the great semi circle of walls facing the stage, are the tiers of boxes which, six weeks hence, will be occupied by the proudest of England's wealth and beauty, and only echo back the strains of Bosio or Grisi. Thus there is little in the present aspect of the interior to denote precisely the uses to which everything is to be put hereafter ; so we learn with surprise that the ground nom which all these things are e seen is some 10 feet below the floor of the pit ; that the great holes in the stage walls are the scene docks into which canvass cottages and marble halls are alike stowed away when not iu use ; that the brickwork semicircle above the boxes is the amphitheatre, the one above that the gallery ; and that the iron gir ders above the stage are to support the floor of the painting-room, and serve as places on which to suspend impetuous waterfalls or practicable bridges, or hung aloft to which the slender Cory- Theenay " pose" her limbs with all the grace required for the finale to the ballet. The brick arches round underneath the pit are to carry the floor and to be used as store rooms. The wooden frameworks at the four corners of the house mark the place where the dome shaped ceiling springs, and the wide opening in the iron work near the stage on the right, the site of the Royal box. But these and a hundred other pur poses besides are but dimly shadowed forth, and the whole scene of the interior only recalls the lines in which the brothers Smith make Scott describe the rebuilding of the great rival house, Drury-lane : "Didst mark how toiled the busy train ' Ropes rose and san k an d rose aga i n, And nimble workmen trod, To realise bold Wyatt's plan Rush'd many a howling Irishman. Loud clatter'd many a porter can, And many a ragamuffin clan With trowel and with hod." The Opera-house, as it now stands, is externally one huge structure nearly 100 feet high by 122 feet broad, and no less than 240 feet long, about one fifth larger than the late theatre, and about the same size as the ce l e b rate d L a S ca la of Milan, hitherto the largest in the world. The four outer walls of the building, of course, have to carry every thing, and, in order to make them of the requisite strength and lightnes%, they are constructed on the cellular principle, which is now in different ways getting so much into vogue in works of great strength. Each of the four walls is apparently about 24 feet thick, though it is in reality com posed of two walls, the outer of three feet and the inner two feet, with transverse walls also two feet thick at intervals of 20 feet apart, and running up between them from top to bottom. These, with wrought-iron tie rods holding both inner and outer walls together, g i v e immense strength and light ness to the whole. The roof proper, if we may so call it, as distinct from the rich ceiling which is seen by the audience, is a beautiful specimen of constructive skill, being at once fire-proof, roomy, light, and of the most enormous strength. It is composed of nine great lattice girders of wrought iron each of which is 90 feet long by 1 8 inches broad, and 9 feet 6 inches deep. These, each of them weighing 18 tons, and equal to a dead strain of 300, are placed at intervals of 20 feet apart, and floored between at the bottom, while on them rest s a ridge and furrow roof of glass an d iron. Thus, between each pair of girders are spacious coins 90 feet long by 20 wide, a n d a b ou t 14 high, which are to be used as carpenters' workshops, s toreroom, Barry that &c. It is no s li g ht cre di t to Mr. he was able to get these ponderous girders to the summit of such high wallswithout accident, and it is equally creditable to Mr. Lucas that his walls withstood without a symptom of weakness eo trying a strain. To these girders will be hung the ornamental dome shaPed ceiling, which in white and gold will be covered with traceries and mouldings of the moat elaborate design. The whole dome, a beautiful feature in Italian architecture, apparently rests on four arches—three forming the front and side galleries, and one over the proscenium. The latter has been constructed with special reference to its acoustic properties, arid will be crossed with a net. work of gold traceryon awhite ground, correspond. irg with the style of the ceiling. AA we have said, both "house" and stage of th e new theatre are one fifth larger than the old, th e latter giving an un broken square of 90 feet, and upwards of tio f ee t high. The shape of the old house was a perfect horseshoe, with tie proscenium columns projecting inwards, so that those in the side boxes could scarcely see the stage at all. The present building approaches more to the form of the old Greek theatre—a perfect semicircle with the sides pro longed, and only sloping in sufficiently to give a graceful outline, without at all intercepting the vfew even from the end boxes. Those who like the loft and somewhat imposing appearance which many tiers of boxes always impart to the house will be sorry to hear that in the new ono there are only to be three—the pit, grand, and upper tier. Every one, however; will be glad to learn that the increased space thus left at the disposal of the manager has been employed in giving to the public an amount of accommodation they never had before. There are 36 boxes on eaoh tier, each of which is wider and deeper than in the old house, and each of which is built no less than nine feet six inches high. Above the third tier, at the back facing the stage, is the amphitheatre, much larger in size and infinitely more commodious with regard to seats than in the old house. On a level with this, at each side of the house, is a row of 10 or 12 upper side boxes, and above these are the two side galleries, with the large gallery at the back of all over the amphitheatre. A spacious corridor, eight feet wide, lofty and richly decorated, will run behind each tier of boxes, communicating with all parts of the theatre from end to end. Strong wrought iron girders built into the walls form the boxes, supported on cast-iron columns at intervals of 10 feet apart, and resting one on an other from the top of the top tier down to the floor of the pit. The pit will hold no greater number of spectators than the old house used to do. There are to be 11 'rows of pit stalls, each stall pf which is to be, in fact, a comfortable arm-chair two feet two incises wale, and with three feet three inches inter• val between each row, so that all may pass to and from their places with the most perfect freedom and ease. There will be ten rows of pit seats, with the same width for each seat and the same interval between each row as was the case with the stalls in the old house. The slope of the pit will be 1 in 18, and the stage will be raised 4 feet 6 inches above the level of the front pit stalls. Seen from the stage, then, the house will Fresent one grand amphitheatre, about 80 feet high, 65 feet broad, 75 feet deep. The effect of this when:brilliantly lighted, when all the tiers of lofty boxes are hung with rose-coloured silk, and the architectural fea tures of the house enriched with the most massive decorations in white and gold, will be grand and rich far beyond all that has hitherto been seen -in this country. The Queen's box will be on the right hand side of the house, and will have a private entrance and stair case from Hart-street, and a beautifully decorated ante-room attached to it. The Duke of Bedford has slmilar accommodation, but of course, on a more limited scale. The places of entrance and exit for the public are unusually- lofty and numerous, and in all the public staircases, those fertile sources of accident, well holes and balustrades, are com pletely avoided, by carrying solid walls in their stead. The grand entrance is to be in Bow-street, where of course, there is a " colonnade, where tender beauty waiting for her c3ach protrudes her glovelc - is hand and feels the shower." Th:s en trance forms a kind of basement story to the grand portico which rises over ,it, and from which the . entrance porch is separated by a roof. Five large double doors admit from the porch to the entrance hall, which is 60 feet long by 27 broad, and pro- . portionately lofty. This is on a level with the pit tier. A staircase 12 feet wide conducts to the • crush-room, which is on a level with the grand tier, and willibe beyond a doubt the noblest apart ment of its kind yet built. It will be 80 feet long by about 30 wide, and 30 high. Five immense windows open from this room on to the portico built over the carriage porch, and which in summer will be available as a promenade, in addition to the crush-room. The Corinthian portico itself will be one of the finest yet built for any modern theatre. Its extreme width will be 82 feet by 84 high. All its columns will be of solid stone, 37 feet high by 3 feet 8 inches in diameter. Our readers will be better able to judge of these magnificent dimensions by comparing them with those of the well-known portico of St. Martin's Church, which is only 65 feet wide by 60 feet high, and the columns 33 feet high by 3 feet 6 inches aiameter at at the base. Flaxman's exquisite sculptures were fortunately saved almost uninjured from 4,;ye. euime ,es Oa 0).4 tildma ire, and these have been incorporated by Mr. Barry into the details of the new portico. The figures of Tragedy and Comedy will be placed in niches on either side, whilst the bas-reliefs representing ancient and modern dramatic art will be over the crush-room windows. ,Wow-a -days the Opera season scarcely lasts more than 15 weeks—by no means a sufficient time to defray the rental and other heavy expenses of such an immense establishment as that of Covent-garden is to be. During the "unseasonable " part of the year, therefore, we believe it is not Mr. Gye's in tention to leave his theatre a prey to dust and cob webs, and, though there will be no more bal mas- ques, yet dramatic entertainments at least during the winter months will be at once more re s t ore d to Covent-garden. The idea is a good one, and the manner in which Mr. Gye intends to carry it oat is still better. This is one of the chief reasons for having each tier of boxe3 of the great height we have mentioned-9 ft. 6 in. The pit tier of boxes is constructed so as., out of the season, to remove entirely, and allow the pit to be extended back to the actual walls, where the height of the grand tier will let the audience see all that passes on the stage without stooping to avoid the ceiling above or knocking their heads against it, as in our old-fa shioned theatres. The hangings of the grand tier, also, and the divisions between its boxes are made so as to enable them to be removed at 24 hours' notice and thus the whole tier on the occasion of winter dramatic performances can be converted at once into a spAciOus dress circle. Partly in con nexion with the Opera-house is hereafter to be built a grand floral arcade, 80 feet wide by 60 feet high and 240 feet long, running along the entire length of the building, from Bow• street to Covent-garden. This building will be of glass and iron, light and elegant infoim, appearance, and decoration, for the purpose which it will be used—a floral appendage to Covent.gai den-market, and where only flowers will be sold. On the great nights of the operatic sea son this will be lighted up, and remain open as a promenade for the audience, two or three entrances being provided which will admit at once from the theatre to the arcade. However, this beautiful idea will not, we think, be carried out entirely this year. It is quite enough if the new Opera opens at the ap pointed time, and enables Mr. Gye to resume his managerial career with all the success which is really deserves, and with all the good wishes which we are sure will attend him.—Times. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. Notwithstanding that the supply of English wheat 01 sale here to-day was very limited, the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in the quotations. Thera was a large quantity of foreign wheat on show. Even the finest parcels meta dull inquiry, and prices were with difficulty supported. Barley was in short supply and good request, at v ery full prices, but malt moved off slowly, at barely late rat es . Oats changed hands freely, and good sound corn Wag 6a per quarter dearer. Both beans and peas sold readily, at extreme rates. The flour trade was heavy, and the top price of the best town-made qualities was 40s per 2801bs. ARRIVALS MIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. English 1,330 120 2,990 Irish C4lB. 1,550 1,030 Flour: 1,880 Foreign..... 1 3,580 400 ski.; brie There will be RO bUS/0888 next. transacted here on Friday BOROUGH HOP. Our market i s wellsuppliedwith all kinds of bops, i n which very little business is doing, at barely stationary prices. WHITECHAPEL. The trade continues heavy, as follows : Beef, from 2s Bcl to 3s 8d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; l a mb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 3s 8d to Is 8d ; pork, 31 Od to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. PRICE OP GOLll.—The about 2 per quotation of gold at Paris is mille p d e i r sc i o t unt, and the short exchange on rates with the English M s ounce for standard gold it n London is 25.074 Mint price On comparing these 2-10ths per cent, dearer in Paris than in toadon. By advice 3 from Hamburg ap p p ri e c a e rs of tb 3 a l i 17 01 . d i fi ad alfu e t r the price of gold is 420 per 1/. sterling. Stand ard g old at the English Mint price mark, and the short exchang e on London is 13.31 per is therefore ab out 540ths per oent. dearer in -London than in Ham bur g . The course of, exchange at New York on Londo n for bills at 60 days sight is about 108 per gen ~ t which, when compared with the Mint par g b e t w een the two countries, shows that the exchan eis s lightly against England ; and, after making allowa nce for leaves transportye; n o profit and on h differencet e import of t. ti " interest, the p fo r r ese c n h t a : r ge at s e a here the United Btat(es pOr a of g old 1 I ~' L 0.6! [2i 12 17s 17 , 5 7R 17s 6/15; 40 12s1 1001