The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, . LONDC Aels- - 5n0«.•••••••• •• • ••• ky5.....m.m.................mm0mm.........m0rmem0d0mma5e..M11,. MONEY IVIARKET SH _i..:,, NI ..,ti, _.,A. a Yesterday). L.....N.80 .L.t.A6V L! .t.L r EXELP tc.n../%1 IA ..4.5. Leasing Closing Prices Busbies- AND RAILWAYS. Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Companies. yesterday yesterday Closing love-. usiness done ........___ COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Shr. Paid RtiLways. ---usa.—_ yesterday. lay. - t:100 B — uckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 93 - 100 St. 100 Clydesdale Jo. Caledon_ 100 - 102 CITY, Two O'CLOCK. - 25 all Col.Stour Vy. E.U.&E.O 13 - 15 This being Good Friday, we have nothing to 123 10 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. St. 100 E.Lni. g. 6 p... Gt.Northn 139 - 141. & Es.stn. June.- 51 - 6 5i / 50 all Belfast & Bal 5 all E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 4 - 4 report in thi s d e p ar t men t . iPaen' ... - ••• St. 100 Glas. Barr. Caldonian. The following as th e p r i ces o f A mer i can S ecur i- 13/ all Birnang. Wolverh. , i, & Neils. Direct. St our Va11ey......... 7i -81 St. 100 Do. gay; Do •• - ••• ties :-- St, 10) Birkenhd. Lancsh. 6 2; all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt. Westn ... - Cheshire Juncr...... G 9 - 71 50 all Hull & Selby. V. & N.M lOB - 110 109 i GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Redeemable. Per Cent. 25 all 731ack burn -10 25 all Do. 3 Shares Do • United States 6 p er C en t s . 1867-186 8.. .101 103 25 all Myth & Tyne original 123 all Do. -1 Shares. Do • - ••• United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1863...101 103 £25 (iss. at £45).... 25 - 26 12/ all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern. 123 -13 STATE SECURITIES. St. 100 Bristol dt Exeter__ 89 - 91 20 a ll D o. P re f erenee D o 24 - 25 Alabama 5 per Cent ... 78 - St. 1100 Caledonian.. ...... .. 863 -8787 4 61 St. 100 Lon. Til., &S. Peto &Co. 94 -96 Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds 1865-1872... 91 93 St. 1100 Chester & HolyheaA 36 -- 38 10 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do - ••• Alaryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... .. 90 92 50 all Cork and Bandon... ... - ... si, all Matich.Thrton. Lu.&N.W Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). ...101 103 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. ... - ••• 1 and Matlock & Midld 2a -21 20 all Cornwall ••• - ••• St. 'lOO Mdld. Bradfd. Midland_ 94 - 96 95 Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. 10 all D., A - ••• 61 51 Newmarket Bonds lB4l-187 1 ... Mississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... -- - 10 all Do. B ........ ..... -- "' BuryE.G.spc. E. Count.. 4 - 3p e P e ennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock - ...d 50 all N &Est.s P.C. Do 57 - 59 Tenn se 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877: 8 7 2 7 8,3 78 , 25 all rDun. P. &Aber•June. 7i - 81 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do ... ..... ... - ... st. 100 !East Anglian ......_ 163 - St. 100 1.7 16 i 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c • Do •• - ..• nnessee 6 per Cent. Bonds Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 82 8425 all Prest. &Wyre L. &A. W. ... - ... Eastern; Counties.. ... 58 - 59 591 8/ 3 123 all Do. 3 Shrs..h Do . - ••• 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ...1888... 82 84 s t ' 1 ° () EasternUnion,A•stk 44 -46 - St. 100 Do., do. B. ...... ...... 29 -31 30 4 St. 100 Roystn.dt Hit. Gt. Northn 135 - 138 10 all I Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 8 - 83 LOANS OF CITIES. 15 83 i I D Nw A . ........ ... - ... &sten 43 per Cent. Bonds 1883... 83 90 25 all Mon .14 - 16 1.2 all S.Staffordsh.. H.MCleau 10 - 103 New treal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865.- - - St. 1001 (East 86 -88 863 50 all IWearVaLg6pc Stk.&Dar. .., - ... Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1 - 883 .• - - - rEast Lancashire ... 20 ; a 1125 all 'De Do 32 - 33 RAILROAD BONDS. 1.0 all I Do. Eastj Suffolk ...... ... - ... ..... !'.: St. 100 :Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn. 83 - 90 Illinnia 1 , ,,..1..._, ~ ___,l---1 1-1 itr--4 ... Alabama 5 per Cent SECURITIES. ... 78 Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds 1863-1872... 91 93 Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... ... 90 92 Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). ...101 103 Mississippi 6 por Cent. Pl. Bk. Bonds lB4l-1871... Mississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... -- Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock P ennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 82 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds ~V i rginia 6 per Cent. B on d s 1886... 82 'Virgini a 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 82 LOANS OF CITIES. Boston 4i per Cent. Bonds 1883... 8 3 Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not Convertible 1875... 83 k Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875... 82 & Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 1860... 80 82 Illinois Central (Shares), $3O paid ... 9 d 7 d Michigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860... Do. do. do. 1869... 86 88 New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 92 94 New York Central 6 per Cent., not Convertible 1883... 82 84 >Law York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort- 1 I Do. ) Ed inhurgh & Glasgovr , Edinb. Prth. &Dnnde 1 Fortlt and Clyde June. / Furness / Gla.sgovr& S.Western I Great N. of Scotland / Great Northern / Do. A. Stock .., / D 0. ,, B. Stock ..... / Gt. Sth.&West.(lre). l Great Western. ... I Do. Str.V.R. gua. St I ,Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. I Do., Thilds. ..... ..... Do. New Thirds ... Lancash. &Yorkshir I l Do. , do. F £1.6 ... iDo. Do., £9 IDo., Wst. Riding Un I Do. Southport.... London & Blaekwa.l Do. New, i s. 5/. 10s. Lond.Bright.&S.Cst London &N. Wester Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lndndrry.dtColeraine Lndnclrry. & Ennis. Manch . Shef. &Lincln. , 'Metropolitan Widland ... ....... ...... Do. Birming.&Derb Midland G.West.(lr. Do. i Shares Newcastle & Carl isle.. Newpt.A berg. &lied Newry & Armagh ... Newry, Warrenpoin' & 11,Pstrevor Norfolk.- .......... Northn. Counties Un 'North British 62 - 63 27i - 28 27i 8 PREFERENCE SHARES. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (ised.at 501.) 87 - 89 9i - 10 102 i 10• 87 89 L 26 - 128 98 - 100 5 7 i - 54 56 - 53 !Eris. & ix. 4 p. c. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn. £lO 4i p. c. Ches. & Ho. 5i p. Do. do. 5 per cent Cork &Bandonsip.c. Dun. Perth. &Aber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. 13 6p. 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. ii ie 101 3 i xd 88 6 7 ioi - i 8 i i 3 6 - 64 . - gage 188.3... 76 N. York and Erie 7 p. Cent. Convertible 1862... N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund 1875... 60 Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865... 9J Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent.. Ist Mort 1880... 88 83 85 10 12 p 10 12 872 88 1 fel 11— d 108 - 112 105 - 110 112 - 117 110 - 115 127 - 132 88k i 8 * BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—YESTERDAY. ( _From the Official List.) _ Do. 51., fo per cent Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh IDo. do. 4 per cent.., l East Lancash.6p.ets. '6 —s Business done 3 per Cent. Console Annuities I , dia Bonds, £lOOO ...... ......... ..... ._., 17 12 p Bank stock - Ditto Account, 225 0 .a.sols for Account Exchequer Bills, 2;d. March. June. t4OOO Exchequer Bonds, 185 , 4, RA per Cent —99 i PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—YESTERDAY. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 7B Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent. lO4 x d Danish Bonds, 3 pet Cent., 1825 B2l 14 x d Mexican 3 per Cent Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent Ditto Account Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Bp,nish Bonds, :3 per Cent. ... .. 134 Ditto Account Tarkith winds, r; pQr cent ... Ditto Account IOIA 1 i Ditto Guaranteed, i per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2 par Cenl., 12 Guilders Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates k ntIEE O'CLOCA Consols, money Consols for Account, (April 8) 105 - 107 93i - 94.1 11 - 1 91i - 9 1051 6 938 4 3 44 4; 4 34 4 92i 2 E.,SIW. York. J. sth: Edin. dr 01. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed. Prth. &Dun. 4p.e. 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. prem., , Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N. of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S dr W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. W. ( B. drH . Ex .spc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per lent. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do, Chester Sp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh Do. do. do. IDo. do. do. Lan. dr York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. I Do., P., 5 p. c. St. No. 2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., N 0.4 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 r . ct... Lon. & S. W. 7 porct. 72 -: ii di : lie, 35 - 36 35i 5 i 94i 5 41 31 110 - 112 102 - 104 93i - 94 65 - 67 62 - 64 10} - 11 i - ii 51 - Fi 91 - 93 87 - 84 87 - 89 93 - 101 9? 1 . - 10 16 - 17 10 - 101 72 - 74 19 - 20 91 - 10 14 - 15 [3B - 140 59 - 61 3i 3 51 - 52 North Devon, Rail. A Dock Stock Do., A Stock ......... Do., B Stock ..... N. Eastern - Berwick ,!Do do. G.N.E.Purch IDo Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N. E. Ahrdn. St. Do. Scot. Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sitingbourne &Sheer. South Dev0n......... ••• ".." .•. - 9 - 4 2 -0 , 46,1 - 47. 721 - 73 2 92 - 94 4 - 4i 8 - 9 8 - 9 late 3d Shares ... Londy.& Color, 6 Sh. Londy.&Ennis. 6 Sh. M., S., &L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 - 185 30 - 32 20 - 122 7 3 d 65 - 68 103 - 110 26i - 274 78 - 80 45 - 47 -- 2 35 - 36 69i - 70 82i - 83 13 - 15 7 - 5 9 - 11 35 - S 6 `l3o. do. 34 per cent. lkiarypt. i? Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. Consol. 6p. c. St. o. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c.' Do. 4i p. c. Prof. St. Do. L. &IL Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. '137 - [39 99 - 101 90 - 92 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. Norf k D eb. 4p. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c.'pf , 1847 Do. V. sp. , 1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p.e.Prf Do, do. do 10/ - 11.7 i - 107 9L - 96 1k - o'6 1.6 !Do. heeds 6pa No. 1 IDo, do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York IL & S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. p. c. 2d guar Do. do. Debeatr. St Scot. Ceut.Now Pret Sc. N. E. Aber.g.6p.c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St I Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 4i pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4A per cent Do. Fixed 4A p.c. Sh Do.'New 43 pr, cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do, do. 4A p. a S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar ,stc, ck. &Dar., 5 p. c. i Do. do. do. IWaterfd& Kilk. 6 pc ••• • 6 - Part - -- 221 118 -- 120 106 -- 108 J 9 -- 101 3 - 6i - 6i 118 - 120 125 - 127 73 - 75 10 - Iv 6. 24i —24 i 100 132 100 102 Jo°-102 27 - 28 5' i 901 1 1 47i 6 12i 3 THE MILLER TESTIMONIAL. We have very great pleasure in extracting the following abbreviated report from a local journal— descriptive of the splendid and beautiful tribute recently offered to the humane and gifted Origi nator of the Ragged School Entertainments. The testimonial to Mr. W. H. Miller, in recog nition of his valuable services in connexion with the Ragged School movement, was presented on the 24th ult., under very interesting circumstances, at the Hall in Dow , hty-street, Lamb,th. At eight. o'clock the Earl of Shaftesbury took up his position on the platform, and was loudly cheered. G. W. BARNARD, Esq., bonorai y secretary to the Testimonial Committee, then rose and read tite ()Rowing addre , s "To Mr. W. H. Miller, Superintendent of the Lambeth Ragged School. " Dear Sir,—As friends and acquaintances amongst Whom you have long lived and laboured, who have bad ample opportunities of observing your character, and of witnessing your self-denying efforts to do good, we have minted for the purpose of present; ng you with a substantial mark of our esteem, and of our high appreciation of your novel and most successful attempts to provide and suggest attractive and elevating entertainments for scholars in Ragged Schools. We cannot, dear sir, be insensible to the large amount of self-imposed toil to which, in addition to your business engagements, you have thus subjected your self, in order to prepare those artistic scenes and sketches, so well calculated to catch the eye and fix the attention of the young; nor can we fail to admire the talent Which gives life to those scenes by narratives and ee scriptions, and deduces lessons a t onc e th r illi ng th e m i n d, and calling into action the better feelings of our nature. But Most of all we rejoice in the conviction that in all your pur oses and plans, it is your noble and exclusive aim, by the blessing of Almighty God, to do what you can to rescue someof the myriads of our outcast juvenile population from the pestilential influences of low and vicious places of amusement, and to show how pleasure and profit may be combined, thus convi nc in g a ll th a t 'religion never was designed to make our pleasures less.' Accept then, dear air, the accompanying time-piece, together with the purse containing 100 sovereigns, as a memorial to yourself and your family of our hearty appreciation of your philanthro pic cfforte, unl a 3 an expres.,ion of cur earnest hope that your life may long be spared, that the lu: tre of your good name may never be tarnished, that the blessing of them that are ready to perish may still come upon you, and that at last, having served your generation by the will of God, you may go henc e t o b e i nc l u d e d amongst those to whom will be addressed the great Master's commendatory words, Because ye have done it unto these little ones, ye have done it unto me.' (Signed) " SHAFTESBURY, " Chairman of the Committee, on behalf of the general body of the subscribers."' The reading of this address was frequvntly inter rupted by h ear ty app l ause. A t its doe() the time piece which formed part of the testimonial was un covered, and testified by its appeatance to the goad taste of those who were concerned iu its production and its choice. It bore the following inscription : "On the 24th day of March, 1858, the Right Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury presented this Time-piece and a Purse containing 100 sovereigns, to Mr. W. 11. Miller, as a me morial from his friends and neighbours of their high appre ciation of his efforts to instruct the outcast juvenile popu lation, through the medium of moral and intellectual en tertainments, expressly designed and prepared by him for Ragged Schools." The noble CHAIRMAN then rose to make the pre- 1 sentation. Addressing Mr. Miller, his lordship said that a body of his friends had assigned to him (the chairman) the office of giving effect and reality to the spirit of the beautiful address which had lust been read, and to a-k him to accept of sonic substantial proof of the value in which they held his services in the cause in which he had so zeal ously and happily engaged. It has been said that the man - vho made two blades of grass grow where only one had grown before, deserved the gratitude of society. What then was due to the man who bad grafted on the stock of ignorance the precious fruits of knowledge and religion ? (Appl au s e ) Mr. Mill er had solved a great problem. and was entitled to take rank with many oth: rs as one of the benefactors of the human race. (Renewed applause.) He therefore asked Mr. Miller to ac cept this testimonial as a token of their approba. tion of his talents, and of the mode in which he ap plied them. Mr. Miller had recognized in human nature that faculty of admiration—a faculty most )Owerful in its ;ntluence, whether for good or evil. Mr. Miller would, therefore, accept this testi monial as a token of their admiration of his talents and character, and also as sit expression of their gratitude. It was true that Mr. Miller had only done his duty in the sight of God ; but still those who knew him could not but lie grateful to him, as to a fellow -creature whose talents had been governed by Christian principles and reduced to Christian practice. (Loud applause.) He (the chairman) knew that he spake the sentiments of all now pre sent, when he invoked the blessing of God on Mr. Miller, with a wish that he might be blessed in his work, that his days might be prolonged, and that he might come to his grave like a shock of corn in full season—and might there be written on his tombstone, the lines which had honoured one who was also a teacher of men through men medium of pictures presented to the eye. His lordship then recited the hues written by Garrick as an epitaph, on Elogarth, altering the last line so as to read— " For Miller'd honoured dust lies here." (Great applause.) He had now to request that Mr. Miller would receive this small and insignificant gift, not as a recompe Ise, but as a recognii ion, and as a token of their deep regard. (Prolonged ap plause.) His lordship then handed the purse of 100 sovereigns to Mr. Milller. Mr. W. H. MILLER having feelingly responded, sat down am'd the most hearty applause. He after wards proceeded, in accordance with the pro gramme, to give a art of his entertainment, :` A Journey from the Nurib Pule to the Equator," in Which he engaged the unwtarit d attention of his audience amid frequent applause and hearty laughter. The whole of the boautrful panorama, painted by Mr. Miller's own hand, was unrolled. Theentertainment having concluded, Mr. Miller's name was finally received with three cheers, followed by cheers, still louder, if possible, in honour of tha Earl of Shaftesbury. . P OnEIGN TAMFFS.—A return of all alterations made ri? the Customs' tariff, 01 foreign States and their depen °ley!, received since the 10th of March, 1857, has been 1 3 ,/ , inted by order of the Hou s e, on th e mo ti on o f M r . 41 'wdegate, M.P. It ills 23 pages of a Parliamentary Paper, South Eastern 'South Wales '5. Yorksh. Riv4rDun . . Staines,Wok.,&Wok. 'Stockton & Darling.. Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1.85 'Stockton di Hartlepl 1 Taff Vale Do. Prof., No. 1.. (Thames am'. D. &R. 'Vale of Ne,ath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Coinwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class_ Do. Second Class, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. A.tian„ and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda and Cen„lnd,guar. 5 p.c. Do. Do. Additional A Buffalo & Lak© Hur Butt., Brut. & Godch 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do, do,, 1 June '74 Calcutta and S. East, Central Undo (Lim. ), Ceylon A shares Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do. E. do. , Do.• 1 p. c. Bnds. , 9 Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben I Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 pert Do. New. guar. 5 p.c ! Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Do. Now Do. Bds. , payable '57 Do. do., 76, p.'6o Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without; . option Madras, guar. 4i P.C Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4/ p. c. Exton. Do. 3d Ex., g. 5p.c. 1 Do. 4th Ex., do, Onde (Limite d )icindo, guar,per c. Do. katwrp & Rotterdam Ardennes. Bahia & Fra disco Iselgian East. Junct Be ziers to Graissessac Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp. c.l . Lyons and Geneva %aria. Antonia Do. Nov Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New NorwegianTrnk. Prei Paris and Lyons Ditto Now • ...... Paris and Recife •Sz San Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c Riga and Danaburg Rome and Fraesti Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent Sambre and Meuse_ )o. 5i per cent. pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5.4; per c. Prof 1 W.& N. W. of France Western of Austria 1 Wezt. of Switzerland .esladen Do. 8 p. cent. prof. Zealand JOINT-STO Agra & United Sorv lustralasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co. I 3rltish N. American C. Bk. of Ind. Au.dtCh City :"!oloni al Commercialof Canada' \Commercial of Lond. Eng.ScotArAus.thit. Lon. Ch. Bk of A ,Ft. London and County London Joint Stock. L oud.andWestminst. National Pro. of Eng . Do. NOW National Bank New South Wales lOriental Bank Corp ;Ottoman Bank 'Provincial of Ireland Do. New. S ou th astralia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London._ Unity Mutual ........• WebtrnUk of howl - ip J. - 61 3 9 - 10 185- 90 78 - 83 75 - 80 ••• ••• 1 ••••• 1I ••• - ••• 109 - 110 li - Ir 20 21 46 43 814 821 , 211 —21 ti 1p 19 191 lidk 106 - 111 ,106 - 111 100 - 101 191 - 19 20 2 - 2t - iP 1' 5 - 6i 1-14 3$ - 3$ 31 - 27. -27 i **ii _iii 41i - 41 p 26} - 27 81 - 9 201 - 21 37 - 38 8 - 81 - 9:1 32: - 33 31 4 - 31; 51 - 56 fi fid 16 - 18 i - i 71 —8; 84 9 21i 2s. 4i 4i 9 94 26 27 •44 '".. ... ... - ... BANKS. 84 - 86 1 21 - 21.. 46 - 48 31 - 2i 53 - 60 17. ig 181 -18 ii 43 - 45 1 38 - 39 ' 17 - 1 1 4 61 - 63 46 _• 48 26 _ 27 - 244 11A 11A St. St. t 2 St. all all 100 100 100 100 all all St. 100 50 36 St. 100 St. 100 I St. 100 St. 100 St, 100 25 16i St. 100 St 100 St. 100 10 31.1 z 0 17 30 all 10 all A. 100 1100 `too 100 100 100 (10 100 5 5 20 10 20 all all all 10k) [lOO 2s' d 204 100 100 ;IGN. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1858. NAVAL AND 1.•..t - LITARY INTELLIGENCE. Yesterday, Major-General Eden, in retiring from the command of the troops at Chatham garrison, in which he is succeeded by Colonel H. Eyre, issued the following garrison order : " In accordance with orders from his Royal High ness the General Commanding-in-Chief, Major- General W. H. Eden relinquishes, and Colonel H. Eyre will assume the command of the Chatham Garrison and the Invalid Depot from the Ist of April inclusive. "Major-General Eden cannot quit the garrison, which he has had the honour of commanding for the last three years and a hair, without expressing his thanks to the heads of departments, civil and military, and officers generally, for the cordial sup port and assistance he has always received at their hands, and for their friendly and courteous bear ing towards himself. "In bidding the garrison farewell, which he does with great regret, he begs to assure them that he shall always look back on the years passed at at Chatham with much pleasure. Tuose years have been marked with incidents of great interest, more especially the several visits of her most gracious Majesty the Queen to the wounded soldiers. "It will always be a gratification to Major, General E ien to hear of the welfare of all those with whom he has been to long and intimately as sociated, and w ith every ki n d wish he now takes his leave. By order, "C. E. GORDON, 111,ijor of Brigade." On Tuesday evening the officers belonging to the Ist and 2d battalions of infantry entertained General Eden at a farewell banquet, at which the officers in command of the various branches of the service at Chatham, together with nearly all the heads of departments, were pYesent. Yesterday the troops of the Royal Engineers who are to be employed on the boundary expedition in North America, under the command of Major J. S. Hawkins and Lieut. J. H. Wilson, R.E., left head-quart-rs, Brompton Barracks, Chatham, and proceeded to Southampton, at which port they em bark for their destination. Die expedition, which numbers 56 non-commissioned officers and sappers, is expected to be absent from England for several years. They are provided with every kind of in strument required in the particular service in which they are to be employed, the men comprising the expedition being composed of the most in telligent and trustworthy members of that depart ment of the service to which they belong. The depots of the 86th (Royal County Down) and 87th (Royal Irish Fusileers) Regiments em barked at Chatham dockyard yesterday afternoon for Cork, for the purpose of joining the depot battalions now in course of formation in Ireland. The depots numbered upwards of 400 men of all ranks. The Lords of the Admiralty have commenced their annual official visits of inspection to the dock yards at Chatham. They are expected at Ports mouth on Thursday next, when the gunb -ats will be the principal object of their attention. It is expected an augmentation of all classes of dockyard artificers will be made. The ships fitting out are very short of men. A few hands (not a dozen, we are informed) have volunteered from the Hanniba►, 91, depot ship of the steam ordinary, for the Marl borough, 131, fitting for the Mediterranean, but 500 or more are wanted to make her complement up to its seagoing strength-1,100. She is other wise well forward with her equipment, and is ready for trial at the measured mile in Stokes's-bay. She has all her guns shipped but the loner deck tier, which it is usual for such large ships to take in at Spithead. Tue Renown, 91, is still considerably snort of her complement of 840 ; she has been four months and a half in commission, and the Marl borough two months. The Urgent, iron steam troopship, Commander M`Donald, is ready for taking in troops at Ports mouth. The Arrogant, 47, Captain Heath, C. 8., is ready for trial f her en;;ines, drc., at Portsmouth. HerMijesty's p a ddl ew h ee l steam sloop Prome theus, in dock at Woolwich, ha s un d ergone a most searching investigation reladve to the disease pro nounced to have overrun certain portions of her hull, according to a preliminary survey made by the shipwright departmi T. on her first admis sion a lino remove il u amount ve th o e f injuryeni it e a i s nt into d e e o n : i k e . a Tone ascertain outer COa'ill , 7, which was found to bi consi derably affected wi7h the destructive " rot." On proceeding to a clone survey of the principal beams, and testing every foot of timber bearing the slightest evidence of decay, _a report was for- warded to the Lords of the A drniral ty, rata iog that toe sum lequir,cl to render her seaworthy would amount to 16,0001. Many of her timbers, on the application of the hammer, crumbled into dust. A number of hands are actively engaged on b .aid in or,ter to push the work forward, so that she may be ready for the pennant, as ordered, during the present spring. Comm ender Joseph Dayman, late of her Ma jesty's frigate Cyclops, yesterday hoisted his flag on board the Gorgon at Woolwich, for temporary commission, to accompany the A ,amtninon. Major Newton's G troop of Royal Horse Artil lery were yesterday morning inspected by;Aajor General Sir W. F. Williams at Woolwich, and are ordered to be in readine,s for departure on Mon day next to march for Dublin. Major Ward's A. troop is likewise under orders from Woolwich for Aldershot. The Eagle freight ship commenced shipping war stores yesterday from Woolwich for Poiut de Galle The sth Royal Irish Llueors, head-quarters Newbridge, are rapidly filling up their ranks, and it is' expected that the regiment will have its full complement of men before the close of the current mo4h. Their first inspection by the Major Gene ral commaudiu ; the Dublin district is fixed for the 18th of June next. The Duke of Cornwall freight-steamer, embarked yesterday at, Portsmou'll a detachment of the 30th Foot, and left with them for Dublin. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : Lieu enants—Richard 13. Harrington to the Urgent ; Sydney M t calfe to the Excellent. Ma sters --Christopher Albert to the Gorgon ; Richard Tia(rias to the Fissard ; W. H. J. Green to the Ex manth. Surgeons—John Simla Eon to the Victory, for Haslar H ospital ; W. D. Kerr to the Agamemnon ; Hart Gun lett to the Gorgon. Pa ymaster --Albert J. M. Roberts to the Gorgon. Cl'rk — Coarles W. King to the Gorgon. A seistaat-Surgeons—W. D. Srnyth to the Agamem non ; W. Nichol (acting) to ditto ; David Campbtll to the Nile; L. A. White tr the Cumberland. WRECK OF THE AVA. Extract of a letter from a young medical officer from Newry from T " va ) rCa i tjc inp o om jii, ti a, th c e ey S lo h n o , re F , e t b w . e 2 1 3 7 18 1 . es We started from Calcutta on the 10th of tYs month, havin g on board a more than usual numb. r of passengers, principally ladies and wounded offi cers from Lucknow. The passengers, the ladies Were inclined to make themselves very At th Madras orders r a We to g l o a t n d i n it si aT e Tri ° especially, avioeable atm e veryth i ng prem i sed a d e l tg h t f u l tr i p. v e . e nu r m e n , t a t r p e o as rt u b r tween Madras aud G,dle, and one which these steamers do not go to except sent by Government. All went on most sllootaly, and we were looking forward to the pleasure of seeing a new place, and spending a little time there, when, on the evening ofgthal to one of the ladies from eight o'clock, o'clock, as I was sitting ' l ewd o r d ers f rom on d ec k to totpto a and turn the hel m , so as t o di rect h er oi qn quietly lyin 16th t i h n e st s ., !aortonai l e the next mom en t cras h wen t th e e io the L s u e s c h k , inpow and , bottom of the vessel on a rock. The land had been in sight during the afternoon, but no one thought of it being so close as to endanger the ship, as we were going straight on, full speed. All the boats were at once lowered, and the ladies and children first and then the gentlemen put into them. An ofifiter was put in each beat, and sufficient of the.ship's hands to manage them, the remainder, with the captain, first and fourth officers, the purser, theengineers, andmyself rernainedon board. We could see that it was too rough to land the pas sengers with any safety, a s the w aves were b rea k aw on the coast with great violence ; so the boats , merely moved off a little, and remained till day light. Iu ten minutes the decks on which the cabins are was covered with water, the bow of the ship a ft d er altogether, and the stern ConEe qwuaesnstltyllCtkiltefadstuopnotulito rock, woftiie thus she struck. The strain was so great that the captain thought every moment she would break in two ; however, the work was carried on as coolly and quietly as if nothing was wrong. Two large and strong rafts were constructed to hold all the crew, and those of us who remaln.ed aboard. If the ship broke in two, we had, besides, life buoys for those who could not swim, all being prepared for the worst. 4‘ Th e crew commenced getting the specie out of the hold, which was already flooded. There were treasure, each containing sn cabi ns were s till to b e 5 7 0 13 ?. o i a n rd si r er p . ack T a h g e es sa o io f got at, but although they were known to contain most important papers, besides a quantity of jewellery and other valuables, no one liked to leave the deck lest the vessel should part asund r. At midnight the straining was so great that two of the masts gave way, and fell over the side. The ship herself held on, however, think God ; for had she broken, our risk would have been great indeed, as all around the rock was deep water, and the eddy made by the ship sinking would have baffled the finest swimmer, and even endangered the lives of those in the boats around her. "In the morning, the captain sent me ashore, and I walked to Trincomalee. The ship's barber being an inhabitant of Ceylon, and speaking thy; language, accompanied me, and got the natives to show us the way. It is 13 miles , and the sun was broiling, so my face got horridly burned. I took with me some of the crew, who carried the ship's dispatch-box, and some other important papers. The road was partly through the jungle, and partly along the shore. I felt so thankful at my narrow escape, and so relieved after a night of constant anxiety and alarm, and the path through a country of such beauty a n d variety of landscape, that I really enjoyed the walk amazingly. I had nothing on my head but a small uniform cap, which was no sufficient covering from a tropical sun. When half way we came to a native house, where I got my feet washed, and had a drink of cocoa-nut milk ; and when near Trincomalee we met some officers of the garrison, who gave us shire of a bottle of brandy, which thoroughly revived us. Before reaching the town we were met by several gents, who pre , s-d us to go direct and tike up our quar ters at their houses. However, I preferred going to the hotel. " The gentlemen passengers went along the shore as I did, and were met, when they readied a part of the road along which a conveyance could travel, by all the carriages which Trincomalee could muster. The ladies and children went round in the three largest boats, and reached town about oue o'clock. All the passengers being landed, the captain commenced getting the specie out of the ship ; but after they had got 154 boxes, she went in two with a loud noise, and those who had re mained on her till then had barely time to get into the boat alongside. " he government agent, whom we saw on our way, requested me, as soon as I reached town, to let his wife know the state the vessel was in, and that a despatch might be sent to the governor ; so having written a note to his lady, I had a bath, and went to bed and slept soundly. " The passengers have saved nothing, except a few who had the presence of mind to run down and fill their pockets with what was most valuable, yet every one of them was most happy and contented, l and went away in the Granada, which the Penin sular and Oriental Company's agent had sent for them from Galle giving three ct en's& r the captain. " The ship has not yet broken to piece ,, , though the waves are rolling over her. The captain expects that when the sea gets smoother, by the aid of divers, he will recover the greater part of the trea sure which has gone down. We are living in tents. We have sound native soldiers and policemen to assist in watching the shore, and picking up any thing which floats to land, and the divers are ready to commence operations when the weather mode rates. We are most comfortable, with lots of eat ables and drinkab!es, and no end of easy-chairs, which floated on shore, and which we make into b ids. As the jungle abounds in game, we manage a little shooting. The company now send us every thing we want. There is a poor old Turk, whom I met in the twilight last night, wandering along the shore, and whom I see there still. He had two small boxes, being his all, containing pearls and diamonds, worth, it is said, 40,0001., and they are all gone. He cannot understand us, nor we him, so he wanders about alone in the desperate hope that his little boxes may be washed ashore, and a look of such dejection in his face asi I cannot describe, and which has taught me a lesson I will not soon forget. For my part I was never in better spirits. I have saved my life. lam now enjoying myself, the air and exercise has given us all such an ap petite." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The report of the directors of this company states that the total amount of share capital which the company is authorised to raise is 4,450,0001. cur rency. Of the 178,000 abates 8,300 have been re served to meet the conversion of b o nd s , an d on th e osnateepwri sterling i g a a r pe e ec s ro t us l i i ni e at r r e . o remains jTat total n. 3tiobe s intc eras sd up 5,457,1621. r t currency, of which 3,479,9331. consi s t s o f s h are ca pital, 207,5001. of c o nve rtible b on d s , 830,8401. o f non -convertible bonds, and 938,8881. Governme n t loan (to he paid o ff.) Th e t it a l ex p en dit ure t o t h at received n dale amounted to 5,492,8561., includin g 422,1671. expended on the Sarnia branch, 50 miles in le ng th, but nor yet open; 110,0421. on the G a lt and. Guelph line, 15 miles in lung , h ; and 28,542/ pai t of a loan to the Detroit and Milwaukie Railway Company. The amount hitherto reserved as a sinking fund has been transferred to revenue account, which sum, with the undivided balance of latst half-year, arnountedto 68,279/. The directors have thought it right at once to carry to the debit of this surplus revenue the whole cost incurred and cJmpeusations actually paid for the De.jai dins Canal acci lent last year, amounting to 30,453/. ; in addition to which bonds maturing at various dates, from one to fiye years, have been given for an aggregate sum of 9,8221., which will be placed against revenue as mature, making together 40,275/. There are still three or four unsettled cases ; but the direct o rs do not anticipa'e that the amount to be paid will be large, the heavy claims having ben already dis posed of. The whole c :st of repairing ti=e compound e7iN.OB. 1. rails by fish-jointed T rails has been carried this half year to the debit of revenue, to the extent of 21,8971 A further unusual amount is also carried to the bebi t ofrPvenue this half-year, 6,3871., being so much traffic receipts oversta:ed for the half-year ending the 31st July, 1856. These three items togel;Loz - amount to 58,7371., after deducting which, together with the charges proper to the half year for interest on Government loan and on the company's bonds, the balance of net revenue amounts to 103,6541., out of which the directors re::ommend the payment of a dividend for the half-year at the rwe of 51 per cent. per annum, wick will absorb 92,4461., and leave a surplus of 11,2081. for the ensuing half year. PARIS AND ORLEANS. The annual general meeting of this company was held on Tuesday in Paris, M. Barrholony in the chair. Mr. W. Gladstone and Mr. J. D. Barry, the two English directors, wet e present, Th. , revenue account, for the ye tr 1875 showed that 64,923,610 f. (2,596,9221.) 'Ltd been received, and 35,508,769 f. (1,420,3501.) expende I, leaving a balance of 29,414,293 f. (1,176,5721.) Out of this was deducted 254,923 f. for sinking fund, 12,000 f. annuity to original grantee, M. Lecomte,2, 024,423/. (80,9770divisibl9 among the officers and servants of the company, in addition to the salaries and wages, leaving 27,122,944 f. (1,084,9181.) for the shareholders as iu interest and dividend. Out of this sum 9,000,000 f. (360,0001.) were paid on the first of October, 1857, at the rats of 36f. per share, and it was proposed to pay a further sum to the shareholders of 60f. per share, or 18,000,000 f. (720,0001.) on the Ist of April, leaving a balance of 122,944 f, (4,9181.) for the next account. The dividend fur the year amounted to 90f. per share of 500 f., being atthe rate of 18 per cent per annum. Formal resolutions adopting the report and de claring the dividend were parsed, and the meet ting separated. WATERFORD AND TRAMORE. The half-yetrly meeting of this company was held on Tue6clay at Dubl►n, Sir James Dombraiu is the chair. After some discussion tho report was adopted, and the dividend declared. IRISH SOUTEI-EASTERN. The balf-yearly meeting of this company was held un Wednesday, in Dublin ; Mr. J. E. Red mond in the chair. Mr. W. W. HUGHES, the secretary, recd the report, which state 1 that he works of the first di vision of the Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway have progressed in a sati4factory manner during the past six months, and thy direc . ors of that com pany calculate on opening their line to Burris in the course of the summer. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Sir J. DOMBRAIN, the report was adopted, and the dividend of 4s. 6d. per share, subject to income tax, was declared. The retiring directors and auditors were re elected, and the meeting separated. BAGENALSTOWN AND WEXFORD. The half yearly meeting of this companywas held on Wednesday in Dublin ; Mr. J. E. Redmond in the chair. The report stated that the works on the first di vision have nrule considerable progress. The first division from Bagenalstown to B xris might be opened for public traffic in July next. On the motion of the chairmen the reports and statement of accounts were adopted, and the meet ing separated. GLASGOW, DUMBARTON, AND HELENSBURGH. The sixth ordinary meeting of this company was held on Wednesday, at Glasgow ; Mr. Colin Camp bell, jun., in the chair. The report stated, that although the line may not be opened exactly at the specified time, it is not anticipated that there will be much, if any, delay beyond the middle ofay. TI - w bori owing powers of the coman have ben put in execution to tb o e , extent of 8,8001., at interest of 5 per cenrte.tc annum, but the directors trust that the gret d tion in the value of money will en able the m govt to issue their debentures on much more favourable terms. TheY 'have already borrowed ate 41 - and 4/ per cent: Tne directors have little doubt of being age to complete the line at a cost not exceeding the estimate.' After some discussion, relating to a dispute be tween the chairman and a retiring director, the report was adopted, and the meeting separated. INVERNESS AND ELGIN. The railway from Inverness to Elgin was opened on Thursdiy. A large party assembled at the station to greet the arrival of the first train. The works on the only portion of the lino remaining to be completed between Elgin arid Keith are in a forward state. GENERAL TERMINUS AND GLASGOW HARBOUR. The half-yearly meeting of this railway company was held in Glasgow on Wednesday. Mr. W. Buchanan, M.P., in the chair. The report was held as read. It stated that the revenue account exhibited a continued improve ment in the traffic, the gross receipts in the past half-year being 6,3311., and in the corresponding period of 1857 4,7521., showing an increase of 1,5791. As this increase was, however, counter balanced by the large amount of interest paid dur ing the half-year, the directors recommended that the dividend payable for that period be again at the rate of 2, per cent. per annum. The report was adopted. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles opened. 1857. 26 118 198% 94 6% 67% 93 489 183% 283 203►% 465 25% 90 286 161 647 183 289 k 60 173% 9% 28 567 301( 171 108 N 12 682 Receipts. NAME OF RAILWAY. 1857. 1856. BRITiou. - - Belfast and Ballymena .• .• • • •• •• .. 1,231 1,020 Belfast and County Down.. • • • • • • • • Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,432 2,456 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York Bristol and Exeter • • .... Caledonian. ........... • Chester and H01yhead........... 4,782 4,773 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage • . .• 194 174 Cork and Bandon • • •• •• •• •• •• •• 24 4 233 Dublin and Belfastl unction ........ 1,077 1,423 Dublin and Drogheda...... 1,412 1,412 1,443 Dublin and Kingstown • • 1,364 999 Dundee and Arbroath ........ 557 545 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junctioi 947 945 Dundalk and Enni5ki11en............ 403 456 East Anglian.... • • • 907 96 East Lancashire • .............. 5,331, 5,809 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.... •• 1 23,710 22,693 Eastern Union. • .. • Edinburgh and Glasgow 5,228 5,324 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee-- 2,907 3,026 Exeter and Creditors.. • . .......... Farness Railway ... .............. Glasgow, and South-Western........ 6,215 6,035 Great Northern•• •.. ...... • 21,906 20,103 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 6,366 6,240 Great Western •••••••••• • • • • • • .. • • 26,768 25,395 Irish South Eastern • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • - - Lancaster and Carlisle ••• • • • ........ 5.696 5,472 Lancashire and Yorkshire.... ••• • •• 20,075 21,416 Leeds Northern ...• ••••••• • • • • • • • - Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... - London and North Western ..• 55,415 59,306 London and Blackat all ••• • • • ........ 1,191 1 1,210 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 11,903 10,530 London and South Western. • • 13,302 13,272 Londonderry and Enniskillen 701 611 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Shalield,and Lincolnshire 9,142 9,331 Manchester and South Junction...... 8,,3 738 Maryport and Carlisle • • Midland .• ..... 29,352 28,703 Midland Great Western (Irish) 3,909 3,903 - - Newcastle and Carlisle.. • • North British • • .. • • 4,678 4,620 North Staffordshire .. • ... 6,151 6,970 North-Western ••..• • • • - Scottish Central .• 2,730 • 2,655 Scottish Midland •• • • • • ........ - Shrewsbury and Birmingham 1,527 1,614 Shrewsbury and hes ter .• 2,664 1 2,815 Shropshire Union .... •............. 782 1 8 9 South Devon .•• • • 2,274 1 2,571 South Eastern •• .. •....... 15,071 I 14,319 South Wales • • - - South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. - Ulster. • • 1,23- 9 1,358 Waterford and Limerick 912 1,106 West Cornwall ...... • ....... 65 t I 606 Whitehaven Junction ............... 329 424 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. - - FOREIGN. Dutch Rhenish •• 3,680 2,39 3 Lyons and Mediterranean .• ........ lionterean and Troyes Namur and Liege .. Northern of France •••• • • • • ........ 33,998 37,079 Orleans and Central Paris and Lyons Paris and Rouen. Paris and Strasbur,gh • • -.ouen and %Vest and North-West of Franc e - TEE CAGLIARI ENGINEERS. (From. the Daily News.) Watt has been restored to this country. Park has been liberated conditionally, and will Eoon, no doubt, be liberated absolutely. When it is con sidered that during ten months of Palmerston and Clarendon there men languished in prison with out a single effort being made for their liberation, the speedy results that have followed the more energetic intelven'ion of the present Mini s t r y are no übt calcal 'tea to create mixed feelings f satisfaction and humiliation. As far as these two unfortunate Englishmen are concerned, there is a certain degree of satisfaction in reflecting that they have at length been released from an intolerable burden of unjust punishment and unineri ed suffer ing. As far as England is concerned, it i s to the last degree humiliating to know th et this libera tion has not been effected till one of the sufferers has lost his reason and both their health ; that it has not been effected rill the whole European world has been astounded at our strange lone suffering ; and that it has at la-t been conceded as an act of grace, not paid as a debt of justice. It is of the last importance that the international view of this question should not b 3 to=t sight of. It would ill comport with the high bearing for whica Euelaad in her dell:nes with foreign States was once so honourably proverbial, it would be tray au entire forgetfulness of what is due to the just demands of na - Fonal self respect, if the English people or the Euglish Gomel went were fora moment to treat the res orat.ou of Watt and the qualified liberation of Park, as a sufficient atonement for the indignity which, iu their persens, has been offered to their country. Our case against the Govan - ment of the Two Sicilies is, that these two English men were seized witlrout a shadow of right, and ' imprisoned for ten ni:2wlis in clear violation of international lew. To suppose that such a case as this is to be adequately answered by sending one of the men home, after he has been driven mat by ill-treatment, and liberating the other because his heal , h is so far undermined that his lite would be jeopardised by further imprisonment—is a pitiful conceit unworthy even of Lord Clarendon. Even as far as the sufferers themselves are concerned, it is plain, on the very face of the matter, that their claim for reparation is irresistible. Mere liberation, ) with shatter eel health, impaired intellect and ruined prospects, from a cruel and unjust imprisonment, an never be accepted by the released prisoners themselves as an expiation of original wrong and protracted. outrage. Some substantial compensa tion is the very least that ought to be demanded in a case in which no compensation can be an equiva lent for the wrong. But if this be so as between these prisoners and the Neap Titan Government, how much more strongly is it the case as betweeri the Crown of England and the Crown of the Two Sicilies ? Wrong has been committed; insult has been offered; repa:ation must be demanded and obtained. From first to last the imprisonment of these two men has been as wrongful as it has been merciless. Is it a sufficient acknow ledgement of that pro racted wrong and that studied contumely, simply to unbar the prison doors, which ought 'reser to have been closed, to terminate a confinement which ought never to have commenced, and to release these two Englishmen, after their ten mouths' captivity, without a single expression of regret, a single promise of reparation, or the faintest semblance of an apology ? We rather fancy that the Tudor Queen and the Puritan Pro tec or would have known how to rekct and resent such an insolent act of condescension as th s. Do our readers remember the story of Cromwell, Car dinal Mazarin, and the Quaker t In the-e days of diplomatic deference to despots it may really be as well to recall it. The vessel and cargo of a Quaker merchant (there being no war between Fr eiCe and this country ) had been wrongfully seized by a French cruiser. The Quaker complained to the Protector, and the Protector represented the matter to Maza rin. Utz irin, after procrastinating as long as he could, finally declined to interfere. Upon this his Highness instantly caused seizure to be made of three French vessels, then in English ports, had their proceeds sold, paid the Quaker the full amount of his claim, and then directed his Latin Secretary, Mr. Milton, to inform the Cardinal th_a_ r t ee e b b balance was held at the disposal of the French Treasury. This very " unamiable''. Pr_ _I t : : 7 t , we are told, was attended by the be t ? . t e r; olo, ,,ii . . de not only procured comper satin for /I. of ' a similar wrong, but ;prevented other wrongs. kind from kiting attempted in fun the present case There is an especial reason - f diplomacy should be why the Cromwell style of in dealing with Ki n , we done who are interes'eri preferred to the Ferdinand. it is not Ca g liari seizure. Sardinia in this question r with ourselves. o f in i t Sardinia has a C 011 201012 stake•on of the vessel, captain, and claims the precisay the same grounds restitution crew, on t h e liberation t un h.i ds , a , s entitled us 0 the ungLueerS. Who tO del' and dou bt that the policy of the Neapolitan Court i n their heir tardy concession of complete or qual:fisd liberation to the t wo E nglishmen, has been die fed by a desire to deprive Sardinia of the sunpor of England, in Prosecuting the chi n in which. the üb-Alpine Sta e is more immediately concerned? But are We prepared to be the ready dupes of an artifice so transparent Are we to take this tardy concession, wrung- f rom fear and- em i t, not justice, as a f u ll s ati s f ac ti on o f our demands ? Are we to waive all c l a i m t o a p o l ogy and reparation, and be very thankful that it has graciously pleased bis Majesty of the Two Sicilies to forego, out of his sovereign will and pleasure, the luxury of continuing to inflict the mortal -pains--of Neapolitan incarceration on two Englimhtnen whom he never had a shade of right t ) detain in durance for a moment ? If we allow our selves to assume such an attitude as this, to evade a common prosecution with Sardinia, of the claims of international justice, beciuse we have been insulted by the parade of royal clemency —then indeed we shall have been rather losers than gainers in the world's estimation and our own self respect by the restoration of Watt and the release of Park. But we will not anticipate such a con summation as this. It is fair to credit with some thing nobler and manlier than this a Ministry who, in this matter of the Cagliari, if they have not done much, have yet accomplished mire in one month tt an my Lords Palmerston and. Clarendon achieved in ten. PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM' SETIF wßealf. Yesterday a meeting of the Royal National Life-boat Institution was held at its house, John-street, A-delphi, Captain Lambert Perrett in the chair: We alao observed present Admiral Sir Thomas 11-rbert, ; Ad miral Bullock; Al ex . B oe t e fear, E-q.; George Lyall, Ea M.P.; Admiral M'llarrly; W. H. 'Radon, E.g.; C aptain W. H. Hall, R.N., C.R., F.R.S.; Captain Egerton, RN.; and Captain Ward, R.N., Inspector of Life-boats to the society. • T. a Secretary (Mr. Lewis) having read the minutes of the previous meeting. A reward of 61. was voted to the crew of the Institu tion's tubular life-boat stationed at Rhyl, in considera tion of their laudable conduct in putting off in the life boat and rescuing, during a gale of wind, three fisher men from the sloop James Holmes of Douglas. The fishermen bad boarded the sloop after she had been abandoned by her crew. They had not, however,'heen long there before they made signals of distress. The chain had given way, and they were compelled to take to the rigging. It was now blowing,a, terrific gale, and' the vesiel was thrown on her beam-ends, and the poor cres t . tures were only rescued from an appalling death a few minutes before the ,loop was in a thousand pieces. A reward of 19/. ss. was also voted to. the ere w of tl a Lowestoft boat, which is likewise in connection with the National Life-boat Institution, for their praiseworthy conduct in rescuing, during a hurricane, the crew of five men from the sloop Orwell, of Arbroath, which was wrecked o 3 the Newcome Sands on the 17th ult. Rome.• diately on the return of the life-boat with the men of the shipwrecked vessel, she again put off with her gallant crew to the assistance of another vessel which was seen on the sands, but which had fortunately been driven over them, and therefore did not want the help of the life-boat. A reward of 14!. was likewise granted to the crew of the same life-boat, for rescuing 12 men from the brig Oswy, of Shoreham, which w as d ur i ng a heavy gale of wind wrecked off the Gorton Sande. Rewards amounting to 451. were also voted to the crews of the life-boats of the institution stationed at Harpley, Pakefield, and Lytham, and other life-boate, for putting'off with a view of rendering assistance to ships in distress... A. reward of 3/. was voted to a boat's crew for rescuing seven from a boat belonging to the brig Rose Macroon, of Waterford, which during a gale of wind had sunk eight or nine miles off Great Saltee Island. The poor sailors, who had Wen for many hours driving in their frail boat before the wind, were found to be quite ex hausted when rescued. A reward of 61.103. wag also voted to the crew of the Mundesley life-boat, for putting off with the view of ren dering assistance to the crew cf the schooner Jane, of Ipswich ; but no sooner had the boat been launched than the spar to which the poor sailors were clinging went down. A few minutes previously the shrinks of the poor sufferers were distinctly heard. The vessel was quite unseaworthy. Had she been stronger built the crew might easily have been rescued. A reward of lb/. was likewise voted to a yawl's crow, hr putting off with the view of rendering assistance to the crew cf the brig Quicksilver, which bad been in collision with another ye Rd, and was seen in a sinking conditien off Winterton. When the yawl approached her, however, it was found that no one was on board, her crew, it was supposed, having been taken on beard the vessel she had been in collision w+th. Toe thanks of the Institution, inscribed on vellum, were also presented to Mr. John Brook, of the Grange far.r, Isle of Wight, in testimony of hrs highly merito riou, s,rvices ing, by wadirg into the surf, to rescue 15 persons from the brig Tornercria, of Portugal, which, during s gale of wind, was wrecked off Ather fidd. The other men who hal assisted in the crew had received pecuniary grants from local subscriptions, A raward of 51. was also voted to two boats' crew for putting off and rescuing the crew of the barque Eclipse, of Yarmouth, which, during a gale of wind, was wrecked ff Shetland. A!so 3/. to three meu for pu tng off in a boat and rescuing, at the risk of their lives, three persons who had capiizid from their boat on the oast t.f Shet land during a gale of wind. A poor woman who was in the boat perishe t on the occasion. The Moelfra life-beat, on the Anglesey coast, which belongs to the National Life-moat Institution, had res cued the flat Hannah and her crew from imminent dan ger on the 6th ult. The weather was at the time very severe, blowing dead on shore, and the crew perfectly helpless from cold and long exposure. Besides great gal lantry and labour, much skill was displayed in getting the vessel off from her dangerous position. rhelefe-boat's crew spok e very highly of the behaviour of the lie boat. It wa- , r- ported that the society's life boat stationed at Weimer, had recently put 4 ff to a ship that was eeen on the Goodwan Sands. It was found however on approach ing the vessel that no one was o•, board. Thisisanother lamentable Plustratien of the abirelute necessity for one of her Majesty's small steamers being constantly kept, with her fires banked up in the Downs, with one or two life-boats attached to her. The steamer might also be ready to tow life-boats out to the vicinity of the Good win. We have often urged the adoption of some such p'an ; and the National Lift-boat Institution, seconded by the large mercantile and other bodiesof the City have m , merielieed the late Board of Admiralty on this impor tant and ❑vi.:nal subject ; but their appeal was not re garded. We trust, however, ti,a; the übj et, which ie perfectly practicable, will again be revived, and that ie gill receive more a:eention from the present Board than the late one. Same hundreds of our fellow creatures every year peri,h on these dangerous outlying sands he f rre any human aid can possibly reach them from the shore, as in the case above recorded ; and it is full time that serneti ing should be done to lessen this dreadful wa,le of huma❑ life, and the incalculable misery result ing from it ameegst the widows and orphans of the drowned. The Portmadoe life-boat, whic'a belongs to the institu tion, as Paid to have rendered important services to the steamer Plynl ynnon, which was recently in a dangerous position off Portmadoo. The life-boat remained by Cu) steamer a day and night, at the risk of being stove to pieces. Ultimately, however, the steamer was got off and proceeded o i her voyage. Agreeably to the strict orders of the institution, its life-boats are never to en courage crews to leave unnecessary their ships, and thus it not unfrequently happens that, through the ins'rumen• taity of the li'e-boats, valuable ships and cargoes are saved from destruc ion. During the past month the society bad sent new life boats to Pilling, in /s+ rfolk; Ardmore, in Ireland ; and to Dover, and two others are about to be sent to Hastings and Brighton. It was also stated that the Messrs. For rest, the life-boat builders, were now building several boats on the plan of wore now adopted by the institution for several of our C donial Governments, and that two boats had r,:c ttiv been despe'ehed by them to Aus tralia. The instituion furni.h , a working dlawings on a large scale of its life-boats, for distribution in our colonies and in foreign countries. The benevolent donor of the eost of a life-boat to the institution had requested that it might be named the Havelock, As a means of rescue from danger, the name appeared to be appropriate; and he was desirous that the name of that Christian should be cherished on ,the Scotch nowt, where the hf -boat is to be placed. Upwards of 1,3001. was ordered to be paid for various life-boats and transporting carriages. Admiral Fitzroy having been elected a member of the committee of management, the proceedings closed. THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF Lonuorr.--Atasetzi o t b s i l l general meeting, held yesterday at the society;%b u _,__ . in Hanover square, the Right Hon. Sir G. ppesoirce,vice and president, in the chair, Messrs. L. M. artn.d°l4. parfait A. C. Blackstone were elected frllows, candidates oLemsebreer. J. thus . 0. des Murs, of Paris, a correFponudifg. p tr . .rd He arts. li v Rut ter, society ; and the Earl o w f er :: pn i r t d : llayn, J. N. Shoolbred, G. B ,t stated that the number iiiere, and R. Drumgm'sarrh°dfen:vd,7: 11.? oad already amounted to arable increase as compare d fa i r the fellowship. f I st year. The donations durin g e a d ddd a fine jedagaAutrargseeanantdiatotaher animals 2 o f 4 p v 9 ' s7i: and r n s d t a o ffpo t er h ord e l gxcellen . cy W. D. Christie, Her Ma ihe ethlrth present ed : _i nn : 3'i t t ePh i l : n i its g : n b i: a ! ad t , : c a al p n t u t r h e ne Republic ; a A. from th e coast of West Africa, res en t ed p d ist a ne e b o y f Tr °lt . 4 0 , ? . A. Swanzy, and some interesting marine animals from Bombay, presented by Lady Cust. WAR TO THE KNIFE BETWEEN THE ALLOPATH AND 110MCEOPATHIC DOCTORS.—To the Editor,—Sir—By the Lancet of last Saturday it would appear that a cams belli exists between the sons of Esculapius—an Allopath has refused to meet a Homo, 'path ! Where and when is all this to end ? What with gagging medical bills in Parliament on the one hand, and doctors' diFpates on the other, John Bull is kept in a most beautiful state of suspense as regards the treatment of his body. How different is the Hygeian system of James Morrison, in which nothing but harmony exists, and which fully ale lints to the meanest capacity for the arcane of health and disease. So far as the practice of doctors is *rm. cerned the great and immortal Harvey need never h Ire lived, for they have derived no practical tenefit from his discovery of the circulation of the blood. It was left to James Morrison, the Hygeist, to follow up and perfect the great discovery of Harvey, which is fully proved by the " Morrisoniana." 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