The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-04 00:00:00

TEE GREAT ECLIPSE OF THE SUN ON MARCH 15. self-possession may desert him when the grandeur I of the scene is before him ; and I am inclined to attribute to this circumstance that want of accord ance in the descriptions of some of the appearances • during totality upon which several writers (not eye witnesses) have considered themselves justified in advancing certain theories by no means reconcile able with the impressions of actual observers. There is reason to infer the presence of clouds has often materially heightened the effects of the eclipse. Dr. Stukeley, who witnessed the totality of the eclipse of 1724 in a olouded sky, speaks of the solemnity of the spectacle on that occasion las incomparably superior to what he had seen in the year 1715, when the sun's disappearance took place while the heavens were very clear. In 1724 the darkness was total and palpable, and spread over the observer from the south like " a great black cloak," or like a curtain drawn across from that side. It was immediately preceded by livid tints on the earth and in the sky, while the whole aspect of things was awful in the extreme, and " seemed to announce the death of nature." Mr. Airy, who ob served the eclipse of JulyllBl2, from the Superga, near Turin, referring to the last two or three mi nutes before the sun vanished, remarks : "At this time and to the totality the appearances were very awful. The gloom increased every moment ; the candle seemed to blaze with unnatural brilliancy ; a large cloud over our heads, whose appearance I had not particularly remarked, but which, I think, was of c umulo-stratus character, became converted into a black nimbus, blacker, if possible than pitch, and seemed to be descending rapidly ; its aspect became horribly menacing, and I could almost ima gine that it appeared animated. Of all the appear ances of the eclipse, there is none which has dwelt more powerfully upon my imagination than the sight of that terrible cloud.'' Mr. W. Gray, an eye witness of the eclipse of 1851, remarked that " as the umbra approached the clouds appeared in vio lent motion, from the fluctuations of the shadows on them, and darker purple overhead than the darkest thundercloud ; in the horizon lurid yellow and orange. In the north-west was an opening into the clear sky, which suddenly changed from a misty blue into the most lovely celestial blue, and this darkened to indigo. What injury the clouds caused to the astronomical observations was compensated by the strange horror they added to the scene." A curious appearance has repeatedly presented itself shortly before the commencement of totality and soon after its termination, or when the solar crescent has a scarcely appreciable breadth. It con sists in the rapid passage of dark and light waves stands out as the only one of the present century which will be nearly total in England.—l have the honour to remain, sir, your obedient servant, HIND. Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Regent's park. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times : sir,—l beg to place at your disposal the follow ing_popular remarks with reference to an astrono mical phenomenon of rare occurrence, and one A. second supplement to Tuesday's Gazette was which will possess considerabl e i n t eres t f or th e pu bli s h e d last night, containing, together with some ge neral public. documents previously publishe, the following de- On Monday, March 15, at 1 o ' c l oc k i n th e a fter- spatch from Sir Colin Campb e ll : THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF TO THE Loon, the sun will almost en ti re ly di sa pp e ar over GOVERNOR-GENERAL, an extended belt of this country. He will be annu- HEAD-QUARTERS, FORT FLITTEUGURET, larly eclipsed, but the annulus or ring-like portion January 5, 1858. of his disc remaining uncovered by the moon on My Lord,—l have already had the honour to the central line will be so narrow that the eclipse inform your lordship by telegraph, of the various will, nearly assume the form termed by astronomers arrangements which had been made for the march " total without continuance," i.e., one in which for of the force, un d er my i mme di a t e comman d , up th e an instant of time the sun is wholly obscured. In - Doab. deed, on this occasion, such will be its character in Having been obli ge d t o p ar t w ith muc h o f m y carriage to meet the wants of Major-General Sir J. the vicinity of the island of Madeira, where the Outram, G.C.8., in Oude, consider a bl e d e lay was moon's diameter will appear somewhat greater than unavoidable at eawnpore after the action of the 6th. in England. The time, however, was not lost. A brigade under Brigadier the Hon. Adrian Hope was detached to The line of central eclipse commences upon the earth in the southern part of the Carribbean Sea, Bithome where every vestige of the Nana's property about 50 miles from the mouth of the river Tocuyo, was swept away ; and aft e r considerable exertion , much treasure recovered from the wells belonging in Venezuela ;in other words, the middle of the to his former palace. The troops had worked hard eclipse corresponds in this position with the time at this duty, and itwas not completed when it had of sunrise, and consequently the greatest phase become necessary for Brigadier Hope to close on cannot be observed in any place which is situated me, subsequent to my march. The 88th Foot was accordingly ordered out from Cawnpore, under Col. in a more westerly longitude. Leaving Margarita Maxwell, C. 8., to prosecute the researches which a Tittle to the south, the central line almost touches had already been attended by much s uccess . A n the northers extremity of the island of Tobago , order has been given to transfer the treasure so where the eclipse will be greatest when the sun has found to Mr. Sherer, civil magistrate of Cawnpore. attained an altitude of about 7 deg. above the hori- Another brigade having been detached under zon. It then launches forth into the North Atlantic Brigadier Walpole, to make a detour by Akbarpoor Ocean, and, gradually changing its direction from through Etawah to Mynpoorie, with crders to rejoin east to north-east as it approaches the African coast, rae on the Grand Trunk Road. The effect of this passes about midway between the Azores and the movement has been excellent, and Capt. Bradford, Island of Madeira, after Grossing the tropic of Can- the officer whom I selected to act as a special cern cer in longitude 30 deg. west of Greenwich. Con- missioner, to accompany Brigadier Walpole's force, tinning in a north-easterly course, it will pass about has been enabled to shape out the police arrange -30 miles from Ushant and about 40 from the coast ments. He has punished some notorious malefac of France near Brest, the small tract of country tors, and disaffected districts, as shown by the bring to the north and north-west of that place various reports which have been forwarded to the being the only part of France where an eclipse ap- Secretary of government. In consequence of the preaching closely to totality can be witnessed. march of this column, it would appear that there Hence, sailing up the Channel, the central line h as b een a complete sweep of rebels and bad charac will enter England on the Dorsetshire coast, near _ _ _ _ tern from the southern part of th e Doab.Briga- Lyme Regis, and passing over Swindon, North- over the ground or along walls, and was particu- dier Walpole joined me yesterday at Futtehgurh, - ampton, Oundle, and Ho:beach, will leave the larly remarked in the south of France during the and has received my entire approval, for the able country by way of the Wash. Traversing the North colime of 1842, and at several stations in Prussia in and judicious manner in which he has carried out Sea it again approaches land by the Skager Rack, 1851. The nature of this phenomenon which is very the duty entrusted to him. and meets the coast of Sweden near Frederickshal, likely to come prominently into view on the 15th of lam informed by the civil authorities that my in a part of the country not far removed from the March, will be better understood by a few extracts protracted stay at Cawnpore was of much benefit, central line of the total eclipse of July 28, 1851. from the accounts of the eclipses of 1842 and 1851. and lam convinced that, apart from any immediate Still keeping on a north-easterly coast, it leaves At Alais, in 1842, persons who were upon the ter- military object, it is necessary for the re-establish- Sweden near Soderham, and, crossing the gulf of race of the fort and in other open positions, noticed ment of authority, that the march of the troops Bothnia, enters Finland in the neighbourhood of bands alternatelylight and dark, verylong, parallel, s h ou ld b e d e lib era t e. Ti me i s thus afforded to t h e Wasa ; then passing over Lake Ulea, and near the and directed from east to west, which were projected magistrates and special commissioners to visit re south eastern coast of Lapland, it traverses a por- upon the terrace and battlements like the folds of an bellioue towns and villages, and again display to tion of Archangel and of the Arctic Sea, and after immense curtain ; they seemed to undulate and coil the people in an unm'stakeable manner, the resalu almost bisecting Waygat's Island finally leaves the up, and were most apparent when the visible seg- tion of your lordship's government to visit punish earth at a point equidistant from the south-east ment of the sun was very narrow. At Seyne, ac- meat on all those who have, during the last few corner of Nueva Zemlia and th e A s i a ti c con ti nen t, cor di ng t o M. S av ournin, "shadows and luminous months, set aside their allegiance. Our movements where the sun will set at the moment that the spots ran along one after the other, as though they have accordingly been regulated on this principle, greatest eclipse occurs, were produced by small clouds passing successively with reference to the day on which Brigadier Wal- A partial eclipse will be visible early in the morn- over the sun. The spots were not of a uniform pole was ordered to be at Mynpoorie, and the date ing over nearly the whole of South America lying colour—they were red, yellow, blue, and white. of the probable arrival of Col. Seaton's column from north of the Tropic of Capricorn ; the sea-coast of Children followed them and tried to lay their hands Delhi, at the same place. Peru as far as the Andes chain being the only upon them. Several observers compare the effect Having completed my means of movement with region within this limit where the sun will not be to that produced by the tremulous shadows which the carts which had returned from Allahabad on the above the horizon before the moon comes into con. are seen at the bottom of a shallow basinnfilled with 23d Dec., after conveying the wounded to that sta tact with his disc. In this part of the earth the water or other transparent fluid, when the surface tion, I marched to Ch ow b e p ore on th e 24th. eclipse will occur on the sun's northern limb. Simi- is slightly agitated and at the same thus has the On the 28th, while the h ea d- quarters an d one larly a partial eclipse on the southern limb at an sun's rays upon it. M. Arago (from whose interest- brigade were advanced to Meerunka Serai, Major early hour in the morning will be seen in the West ing notice of the eclipse of 1842 the preceding ob- Gen. Windham, C. 8., was detached with his remain- India Islands, the eastern half of the United Stat es , servations are extracted) himself witnessed a simil ar ing b r i gade to Futtiah, the Rajah of which place had the Canadas, Labrador, dec. appearance from the citadel of Perpignan, although abandoned his fort the night of the advance from In the afternoon a partial eclipse on the northern unfavourably placed at the time of its occurrence. Cawnpore. The fort was destroyed by the engineers limb will be visible over nearly the whole of the con- During Bor 10 seconds the facade of the great and several rebels belonging to the villages in the Client of Europe, the Mediterranean, the northern tower, in a perfectly clear sky, appeared illuminated neighbourhood were disposed of by the magistrate. and western parts of Africa, in Asia Minor, and by a singular fluctuating light. During the eclipse of Mr. Power accompanied this brigade, and was en portions of Asiatic Russia and Persia. Of course 1851 an observer at Rastenburg, in East Prussia, abled to make a good circuit round the country. the greater the east longitude of the place, the later remarked, a few seconds before the sun's disappear- Measures were taken from our several halting in the day as a general rule, will the eclipse happen. ante, a rapid rolling movement of light and dark places to destroy the country boats on the Ganges in The partial eclipse on the northern limb will be seen bands upon a wall from which he was distant about order to prevent interruption of the Doab, from the in the afternoon hours in Scotland, the northern 30 paces ; the bright streaks were broader than the 0 ude side of the river, when the troops should have counties of England, Norway, parts of Sweden, dark ones, and the whole without colour. Though moved on. A considerable number were burnt, but Finland, and Russia proper, they preserved a general perpendicularity, there was it is probable that many may have escaped notice. It is, however, with the central line that we are still perceptible in their journey from north to south On the 31st Dec. the leading brigades arrived at particularly concerned, and I will therefore detail a kind of axial motion, like that of the spokes of a Goorsaigunge, Brigadier Greathed and Major-Gen. more minutely its track across England. It will ap- wheel, Othert persons in the same localityremarked Windham closing up, the one from the river in the preach very near Start Point on the coast of Devon these bands, and their evident motion upon a centre. evening, and the other from Futtiah the next day. tut will not fairly land on British ground after its Near Dantsic it was noticed that "at the moment Early on the forenoon of the Ist Jan., Brigadier long sweep over the Atlantic until it reaches Lyme of the reappearance of the first ray there passed Hope was sent forward with two regiments to the Regis, in Dorsetshire, about a mile west of which rapidly over the sands of the seashore a pallid, un- Kallee Nuddee, to prevent the further destruction place it should first strike our shores, according to dulating and trembling magic light, which quickly of the iron suspension bridge, by the rebels. They the prediction Start Point will not be more than disappeared." disappeared on his approach, and the corps of Royal two miles from the central eclipse. From Lyme In the metropolis the eclipse will be very large, En g ineers and Bengal Sappers with a party of Regis the central li ne passes over Bettiscombe and t h ough not annular ; 978-1 000ths of the sun's dia- sailors , under Major Nicholson , Royal Engineers, Buratock, and about m id wa y b e t ween S out h Per- meter w ill b e covere d by the moon at lh. l m . p.m., set to work with great vigour, and worked d a y an d rot and ere wkerne into the c oun ty o f S omerse t. or th e so l ar crescent w ill t h en present a b readth of night for the repair of the bridge, which had been In Somersetshire it will pass by Misterton and less than 45 seconds of arc. This corresponds to very much injured. I consider that Major Nichol- East Chinnock, near Yeovil, Marston Magna, and the appearance of the sun about lm. 10s. previous son, and the officers and men under his command, Castle Carey, to Bruton, whence it runs up the line to the commencement of totality in the eclipse of deserve great credit for the unfl igging industry and of railway to Witham Friary, and crosses it into July, 1851, and from experience on that occasion real skill displayed on this occasion. The sailors Wiltshire about two miles east of Frome. The rail- I entertain little doubt that there will be a very con- were specially useful to Major Nicholson, in the way from Yeovil to Frome is throughout less than sfderable degree of gloom in London ; not, perhaps, management of the ropes which re-, , laced the broken a mile and a half distant from the calculated path what would be termed darkness, but rather par - partof the iron workof the suspension bridge. of the eclipse, taking of that unnatural shade which invariably On the morning of the 2d of January, I rode In Wiltshire the central line runs midway be- accompanies the total phase. Stars or planets may out, accompanied by the chief of the staff, to see if tween Trowbridge and Westbury to Calne, and be seen, particularly if their positions are known to the bridge was ready for the advance of the column. thence by the Swindon Junction Station on the the observer before hand. The sky will appear to Shortly after my arrival, while I was inspecting Great Western Railway to Highworth, and over a close in and deepen almost into violet, and the as- the work, which was nearly complete, I observed corner of Berkshire, about midway between Lech- Peet of things generally may be changed. Neverthe- an unusual movement amongst the villagers in a lade and Farringdon, into the county of Oxford. less, everyone who can locate himself nearer to the village about half a mile to the right front of the In Oxfordshire its course is through Bampton, central line will be wise in so doing, if he have any b r id ge . f t soon b ecame evident that an attack was Witney, Blenheim-pa r k, an d W oo d s t oc k , an d desire to witness the effects of the eclipse to advan- about to be made on the working parties. The thence by Heyford Purcell, on the Birmingham tage. Te the many who must content themselves with picquet, which had been placed on the enemy's side and Oxford Railway, towards Brackley. viewing the eclipse in London it may be some cense- of the river, to cover the working party, was quickly In Northamptonshire, passing over Croughton lation to know that it will be of far greater magnitude reinforced. The picquets there, consisting of a and Brackley, and very near to Towcester and the here than any one which has occurred during the w i ng o f th e 53 r d R egt., were skilfully la i d out by Blisworth station of the London and North- last 100 years, or will be again visible till time has Major Pays, of that c or p s , un d er th e dire c ti on o f Western line, it will take Northampton in its track made something more than an indentation on the Brigadier Hope, to the left and along the road. and running midway between Kettering and 20ta century. The enemy attacked with guns and musketry, Thrapston to Oundle, will skirt the fens adjoining At the middle of the eclipse the planet Venus will whilst the remainder of the 53rd was passing the Peterborough to the borders of Lincolnshire near be situate nearly on the same parallel as the sun bridge in support, and the heavy guns were being Ciowland. Brackley, Northampton, and Oundle and 4 deg. east ; Mercury will be found about 6 advanced from the position in which they had appear to be situate very exactly on the central line. deg. distant from the sun, reckoning horizontally originally been placed, to cover the working parties. In Lincolnshire it traverses Holbeach, and then towards the west, and about 5 deg. below him. The The right wing of the 93rd Highlanders remained enters the Wash, passing midway between its shores Principal stars will have the following altitudes and on the right bank of the Kallee Nuddee,' in reserve. towards the North Sea. bearings : A raking fire was quickly opened by Lieutenant For about five miles on each side of the line thus Degrees. indicated the eclipse will present the annular form. Capella (a Aurigae) 4B E.N. E. Vaughan, of the Royal Navy, and Major Smith, This is the calculated limit but owing to the slight Castor Pollux degree of uncertainty existing with regard to the Betelgeux (a Orionis) l5 E. the remainder of the force should come up, for precise values of diameters of the sun and moon, which orders were sent ; the position now taken up Aldebaran (a Tauri) 33 E.S.E. proper to be used in the prediction of eclipses, the Altar (a Aquilae) l6 W. by the 93rd Highl an d ers was secure d , and the fire true breadth may, and most likely will, be some- of the enemy k e pt d own b Vega (a L y our guns, but an what in in excess of the above range, v ance was no t perm i tted. I may mention that they 29 W. N. W. the Although the eclipse of March 15 will not be Those who have any curiosity to see the stars flanks had been secured, when the bridge was first actually total, it will be so near an approximation with the naked eye in the daytime will do well to occupied by the detachment of a wing of the High to a total eclipse that, did the mocn's apparent acquaint themselves with these positions before the landers at Rowel!, a village about three miles to diameter admit of it, less than 10 seconds of time occurrence of the eclipse. the right, where there was a ford. A. patrol having would suffice for the entire obliteration of the sun. The central line near to which the greatest de- been sent also on the previous day to destroy what " Bailey's beads" will, of course, show themselves, gree of darkness and the more imposing phenomena ever boats might be found, for several miles up the and it is very possible that the corona, or " circle are to be expected will cross the Great Western Kalleo Nuddee, to the left of the bridge. At 11 of glory," which surrounds the sun in total eclipses Railway,as above stated, close to the station at a.m., the main column from tho old c imp began will be seen for a few moments, since it has been Swindonwhichwill d'u ly be the most acces- to arrive, Brigadier Greathed's brigade ~ lead visible more than half a minute prior and subse- sible point in this direction for those resident in the ing. At the same time it was observed that quent to the totality. The appearance of the rose- metropolis who may wish to view the eclipse to the the enemy had got a heavy gun in po coloured prominences, or " red flames , " as they best advantage. It will traverse the main line of the sition, which had not opened before, about are usually termed, is more doubtful. In the London mile I' l and North-Western about a from the a hpast 2 p.m. ; the 533, supported by the 93d, eclipse of 1851 I saw the principal flame four or Blisworth t• ts a ion, and, leaving Peterborough four advanced on the village, to tee right, which had five seconds after the first gleam of sunlight, when miles to the south-east, will cross the Great North- already been evacuated iu consequence of the fire the illuminated portion of the solar disc would be ern Railway near to its junction with the East Lin- brought' upon it ; whilst Brigadier Great had about equal to the breadth of the annulus in the colnehire and Midland lines. The respective corn- marched along the left of it, the cavalry moving at approaching eclipse. The observation was con- panics might probably add to their revenues by a sharp pace on the line of the enemy's retreat firmed by the testimony of the Rev. W. R Dawse, affording facilities for the conveyance of the public towards Futtehgurh. The retreat of the enemy who accompanied me to Sweden, and who is well to the above points on the morning of the 15th of soon became a rapid flight, considerable execution known to be one of the best and most experienced March. Swindon will perhaps be the more eligible being inflicted by the cavalry, under the imme observers of the present day. One of the " red position, as the magnitude of the eclipse will be diate superintendence of Brigadier-General Grant flames" in 1842 was also remarked for several se- somewhat greater there than higher up the central and Brigadier Little ; all the guns which had been c onds a f ter the re-appearance of the sun. The fact line, opposed to us, viz. (vide Return), eight in number is a sufficient proof that no explanation of the phe- To the unprofessional observer I would suggest falling into our hands. nuraenon on the supposition of mirage or other that he will find his advantage by l eav i ng t e l escopes I n this skirmish all the troops engaged behaved analogous effect is acimiasible Leaving the purely at home- The phenomena which require their aid rema rkably well ; and the only fault I had to find astronomical phenomena • ' to the astronomer, is . I will are not certain to occur in this eclipse, and while he was w ith their too great eagerness for attack. The attempt to describe for them he would, undoubtedly,l threbels who dispersed this • those appearances which are looking more especially interest' best view of those far grander appearances on the sisted of three or four battalions 41st and othe r nig to the general reader, . and which every one vided he stations may h hope to witness pro- earth and in the eave . ns which have especially corps of Native Infantry. In the 41st the rebels himself sufficiently near to the rivetted the observer's attention in grea t eclipses o f h a d b egun with much system to organise a second central line. When two-thirds the sun. A few coloured glasses varying in depth , battalion, their recruits being dressed in a neat , or rathe r watching the succe3sive uniform. Their rout was complete, and it is diameter are covered b more, of the sun's of shade will be useful in 1 .. said, y the moon but he will need no other as- apparently on good authority, that the fugitives has assumed the figure present ,or when the sun phases of the eclipse, presented by the moon three sistance. A perusal of some popular account of the who escaped have made for Bareil ly. or four days before the change, a decided'willprobably The camp was pitched late in the evening on the tion in the colour of the landscape. alters- appearances attending the totality d.. will be re- enable him to see more than he would oif entirely road to Futtehgurh, five miles from the Kallee marked ; a gradually deepening y ellowtinge w ill then know what Nuddee, where I had the pleasure of nvetiog Co]. creep over it, and about the same will una time has cquainted therewith ; he rally commenced that period of tin • S gene- : o look for and will be less likely to be d i sconcerted Seaton who aton who had ridden over from Bowen to report usual stillness of by the ' supernaturalaspectof everything the arrival of his force and convoy in person. He nature which is frequentlyalmost of the absence of a marked characteristic around him. It cannot be too well understood that was directed to make certain arrangements with en , onth rite,ieue to sun th light, Ten minutes or there- it is only upon or very near to the central line that the latter, and to close on Futteligurh, after being azure blue of the e greatest eclipse the pale or we t ' • are o anticipa!e t he most striking effects. And joined by Brigadier Walpole. A very large stock purple tl lO h . e sky will change to • 1 t sent to Cawnpore, to side of the speoertieora wai begin to close in vio e or if I have not expre , sed myself with sufficient clear- of grain was ordered to be will appear to d a e t % o e l a „ d. ahorqy after t l ie o li a every ness with reference to its position across the ceun- ease that district, and lighten the labours of the descent of the sky e Tt ci rn e r n hiln- This apparent they try it will afford me much pleasure to give any fur- Commissaliat, for the supply of Sir James Outram. astonishing and im • e me S. one 0 , Pearent ther information in my power to intending ob- On the 3d I marched on Futtehgurh, which had posing effect s cf C on t e of the mom, servers of this ec lipse. 1851 ; indeed on that occasion i t ‘ue totllity in Guided is eclipse. been deserted after the defeat of the previous day, ling. For two or three minutes at attetruly appal- reliance ra lp g y ht an b aut l hority upon which I imagined by all the followers of the Nawab. The flight of greatest aced I obscuration the planet V enu s taiZe of the referred to theplaced I have more than once the rebels was so rapid thatthey had no time to of 'several t the brightest stars will probably come into eiei,,, he 10th, 1887, as o sellpse on the morning of August , complete the destruct! 'on of the Government pro everything around the observer will have land l one that would be total . in Eug- perty. It is with the utmost satisfaction I have to while ;l ee will not ~am now able to state • • sumed that unnatural gloomy appearance w . h . ich ee th e c um l Atts po se the °ale 1 - • Raving found re positively that this Mom your lordship of the very large amount of induce feelings of awe. Object aw% made erroneous n ati or , to which ason to sup- stores, of the most valuable description, belonging never failed to 9 to the late gun and clothing agencies, which have then appear • d with dull olive or purple ; the ' Mr. Farley, who hbo the, eircum m tinge effect, will seem for me the " be en kind enou h ,„ ~ 8 nce to been saved to the state. A notorious malefactor, ably placed for the particulars of ti, e _ el . e. wa co rn t clouds, if favour from good modern 1 e jpse i n hn, e one Najir Khan, was seized with his guns in the contact with him, and the black e ements of th e ,„, q• llBB tien to I caused to be almost in and sur- The result shows that it is merel ,u n and niacin town, ----- his to be done by the inhabitants, the face of the sun, y th e , . , • under fear of punishment He was • moon projected on appear to b e partial phase which will be seen heree.ci.ule. of th s e _ on themselves. . brilliant halo, will t r ated at the principal gate, en the 4th inst. rounded by a contact will occur at live minutes ' -t he 1 . t . 14 past ay e „ .131. • P hardly more than 100 yards distant. _However a Greenwich, and the sun will rise less than a quer . h . %election the • , at P ower civil service, has as lied to me to himself for the phone- the a pp roac h in g • 'Me, to a • appointment of Mr. Capper, civil ser person may have prepared of an hourprevious, Thus . adi se po ,„ mo ist him in th e t unhigely that his men& of a great eclipse, it i 4 DO ' t in livesent 4 is new eeeist ' -nt 11 3 a man of DESPATCH FROM SIR C. CAMPBELL. much experience in these districts, and acquainted with the people. I have therefore ventured to give the sanction required, subject to your lordship's approval. The destruction of the Nawab's palaces is in pro cess. I think it right that not a stone should be left unturned, in all the residences of the rebellious chiefs. They are far more guilty than their mis guided followers. A brigade will proceed to-morrow to visit two very mutinous villages, at a distance of some twenty miles from Futtehgurh. A garrison has been left at Mynpoorie, consisting of her Majesty's 38th Foot, 2 field battery guns, and 200 Wall's Horse. This garrison will furnish the escorts from Myn poorie to Agra so long as such precautions are ne cessary. I have intimated to Col. Fraser, the Chief Cora missioner, North-West Provinces, that it is not expedient to leave a small detachment by itself at Etawah, but that that place should trust rather to the influence of the Mynpoorie garrison on the one side, and the last arrangements made by me in the Cawnpore district on the other. That arrangement consists of a moveable column which is now being organised by Brigadier Inglis, at Cawnpore, for the purpose of marching about the district in aid of the civil power. Having reached this point, and the communica tion being fairly established between Calcutta and Agra, I await your lordship's further instructions. —I have, &c., C. CAMPBELL, General, Commander-in-Chief. POLITICAL POWER OF LANDLORDS. After the declaration of the poll at the County Hall, Northampton, on the 20th ult., the friends of Colonel Cartwright, the successful candidate, dined at the George Hotel, in honour of the event. Sir H. Dryden, Bart., presided, the Vice-chair b e i ng fill e d by Mr. E. Greaves. The chairman was supported at either end of his table by Wm. Smyth, Esq., and George Gunning, E=q. ; and at the second and Fairfax Cart wright, t h e company were, also, t t a tia b ii l gn e ha b ti, : AK Esq. .n Cartwright, gh, ley, Es Amongst . Es q., p , Col. Cartwright, M.P., Wm. Willes, Esq., W. Grant, Esq., J. L. Stratton, Esq., J. W. Boughton Leigh, Esq., Cap tain Newland, Revde. F. Thursby, C. F. Watkins, G. S. Robertson, cir,c. When several loyal and political toasts bad been honoured, "The Health of the Chairman was drunk. Sir H. DRYDEN, in returning thanks, said—At the April election, South Northamptonshire was bewitched by the silver-tongued Althorp, and went mad, but now it had recovered from its madness. (Cheers.) He had already explained the reasons w hy the conservatives lost the election last year—ib was not because the political pi iuciples of the con situency were altered. (Hear.) In the previous election there had certainly basil no method in their arrangements. This one had been well managed. (Hear.) S ome thi ng h a d been said about coercion. Coercion did not accord with his views. (Hear.) If a person said he had promised his vote. he (Sir Henry) did not think it was right to press him. Such things perhaps had been done on their side, but it was known they had been extensively done on the other. When a man promised either think they ought to press him to party he did break his Word. (H ear.) I t was no t a pr i nc ipl e of his to not, "do evil that good might come." Of this, however, he was quite certain, that if the other party would refrain from those practises, they (the conservatives) must win. (Cheers.) The majority of the constituency was conserva tive. He kn ew many tenan t s o f ra di ca l p eers , whose hearts were with them, bad come against them or had stayed away. (Hear, hear.) Cer tainly a tenant had no right to use his landlord's land to vote against him, but on the other hand a landlord had no right to make his tenant !vote against his principles. He had long decided what he should do if ever a case arose with his own tenants —and one had occurred. He thought where there was a difference between the landlord and the tenant, the tenant should not vote. He had given his opinion on a very matsrial election point, as there were many farmers present, and he would now give his Opinion on anAher point. They could not do altogether without legal agents, but he thought that legal agents in canvassing should always be accompanied by a non-professional canvasser, and that the district should be mapped out for the one quite as much as for the other. He did not canvass his own tenan's, but before taking one he always sa tisfied himself as to his principles, and then, if after the teuaut thought proper to turn round, he thought he might fairly come down upon him. (Hear, hear.) Sometimes a case would occur where —from the death of a landiord, the new landlord would be of different principles to the old one and to the tenants. In this case, he thought the tenants should remain neutral. Re would give an instance of a case of this. The last Duke of Marl horouk was a. great Radical, and when he died he was subteeded by his son, who was an equally great tory, who turned out all the tenants. Now, this was a hard case. He had a right to expect his tenants to remain 'neutral, but be bad not a right to expect them to change their principles because the landlord had died. (Hear, hear.) Having told them his opinion about the relations of landlord and tenant, and about their mode of canvassing, he would now say a few words with reference to former elections. Col. Vyse had only one brother iu the county who canvassed for him; but no man had ever had such active canvassers as Col. Cartwright, and it had been done with little trouble e ith er t o him self or anyone else. (Hear.) He had seen enough to know that a personal canvass had a great effect. Without reference to Col. Cartwright, he was sure the personal attention of candidates had great effect. (11, ar, hear.) At the last election some electors were canvassed six or eight times over, and some were not canvassed at all. First, a profes sional man went to one or two voters in a village ; then somebody else was sent to about two voters ; , and after a few days, perhaps, Mr. Knightley and Col. Vyse canvassed one or two more • and then others said, " why did they not come to ' us also ?" so that iu reality they did more harm than good. There was no method or management in that elec t:en. If there had been, Lord Althorp would not have gained so great a majority as he did. (Hear.) SCOTCEI LAW APPOINTMENTS, -_1i addition to the announcements already made, we kelieve that Mr. E. S. Gordon, Mr. Archibald Broun, a n d Mr. A. T. Boyle, will be appointed Advocates. Depute. The two fo rmer held the same office in 1852, since which tine their then colleagues, Mr. D. Mure and Mr. C. Baillie, have be come sheriffs. The fourth nomination still remains to be made. —Edinburgh. Courant. [ADVERTISEMENT. WO have read with much nleasuro Du Barry's report on the cure of diseases without medicine by Du Barry's Food, of Indigestion( Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipa tion, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility. The following are a few extracts which appear to merit the attention of many: —Cure No. 47,121, —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham cross, Herts: a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gather. ings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 48,314. — Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool ; a cure ,of 10 years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure 52,612. —Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th Dec., 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, Alt the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after 'dl medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability of many years' standing. This rlood deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be con sidered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered. Supported by testimonials from the following celebrated Pro fessors of Chemistry: Dr. A. lire; Dr. Shorla nd; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de bodes; the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart; Major Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable per sons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full instruc tions. In canisters, 11b. 2s. 9d. ; 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 51b. lls. ; 121 b. 225. The 121 b canisters are sent carriage free, on re ceipt of Post-office orde r . B a r ry Du Barry, w and Co., 77, Regent-street, London. Important Caution against tho fear ful dangers of spurious imitations.—The Tice-Chancellor Sir William Page Weed granted an Injunction OR the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitating "Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." ADVE tTtSEM6lf'r . Si m , • AND HEAlevo SPECTACLES—ft POWERFUL TELESCOPES -- OPERA, RACE, AND PARAPECTIVII GLASSES. — S, and B. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly, Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's 'Royal Letters Patent foe valuable and ex traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-pi ece will show distinctly Jupiter ' s moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a Person's countenance three-and-a-half miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordiulY- The Royal Exhibition, 1851. —A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can bo seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer every pur pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shoetiug , deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlem en, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera. Camp, Perspecti ve, and powers. - Invaluable Race-course Glasses, with wonderful Preserving Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent pewee. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and stren gtkened and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dan• geroxs effects of furtber powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the dist ince from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Ocganio Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or proh ably eau be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, Is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinct lya, church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant simsation of singing noises in the ears is eutirely removal, and it attar& all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-L.39, iiiarle•Arcot i Piccadilly Olusomito the YRrk iiptelsW) THE WEATHER IN THE PARKS, dv. During the past few weeks the weather has been intensely cold, the wind, with the excep ti on o f one clay, having been in the north-east ever since the 9th of last month. During that period the tem perature, as registered by Negretti and Zambra's thermometer, at the Royal Humane Society's receiving-house in Hyde Park, has b een severa l degrees below freezing point ; but owing to the high state of the wind little ice was formed on the orna mental waters of the different Royal parks until this week. Even as late as yesterday not one sixteenth of the Serpentine was frozen over ; but near the bridge which separates that river from Kensington Gardens the ice had formed over the width of the place to the thickness of three inches, and should the frost last until Sunday next skating and sliding may be pursued without the least danger of the frozen surface giving way in any part of the river. Mr. Charlier, the secretary, and Mr. Williams, the superintendent, of the Royal Humane Society, have had an additional number of icemen placed o❑ duty, and the tents and marquees supplied with hot-water baths, and beds are kept ready, t , ) be applicable for any emergency that may arise. In spite of all that the icemen could do a great number of men and boys insisted upon going upon the ice, and several immersions took place, some proving nearly fatal. _ The thermometer during the night of Tuesday at 29, being three degrees below freezing point. At nine yesterday morning it had not varied in the least degree, and at noon the mercury stood at freez point, viz., 32. The barometer at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning was 29.51, and yesterday morn ing, at the same hour, it stood at 29.49, the wind being still in the same direction. A vast number of carriages containing members of the nobility and gentry were driven into Hyde Park in order to allow their distinguished occupants to witness the healthy exercise of sliding and skat ing, but owing to so small a portion of the Serpen tine being frozen sufficiently to bear, the parties were to some extent doomed to be disappointed of the sport they expected. Travelling through the parks is a work of no little difficulty, owing to the great accumulation of snow. Last evening at seven o'clock the glass at the Royal Humane Society's receiving -house began to drop, indicating:a continu trace of frost. In the Regent's Park, the Long Water iu Kensington Gard ens, the Round Pond in Victoria Park, &c., a great number have ventured upon the ice, and amongst those whose lives have been perilled were the following :—Alfred Thomas, of Eaton-lane, Pimlico, who was immersed in eight f l eet of water in the Serpentine, but rescued by iceman Henry Smith, and taken to the receiving -house. John Newman and four others broke through the ice at tpo same spo:. They were rer,cued by Leeman Higginbottona, and received the most prompt at tention at the hands of Mr. Superintendent Wil liams and Dr. Christian, and they wore, after some time, able to return homo. Perry, one of the ice men, also rescued two persons who had broken through the ice in deep water ; John Williams, 4, Lisson-street, was rescued from the Round Pond by the society's men, and five others were likewise 'Nei by the aid of Icemen Higginbottom and Perry. Fortunately not one fatal accident has yet taken place, owing to the exertions of the Royal Humane Society's men. SNOW STORM. Yesterday the metropolis and the country for many miles iu all directions were visited by a severe storm of wind and snow, and, although the fall has been less than has been experienced on previous occasions, it wrts continuous, and accompanied by so much wind that in some pl tees it drifted to a considerable depth. To guard against the effects of the snow some of the omnibus and cab-drivers pro vided themselves with veils. It will be seen from the following reports of the state of the different railways—collected from offi cial sources—that the storm was in various parts of the country very severely felt. Upon inquiry at the London and North-Western office it was ascertained that all the trains w9re running with fair regularity. One train from Edinburgh was about half an hour late, but the . Manchester train due at 2.45 p.m. arrived to a minute. The guards reported a severe fall of snow at Diggle, and a considerable quantity in various parts of Yorkshire. Fortunately, however, the line had only suffered to a small extent. The Great Northern Line suffered somewhat severely, and in consequence of the snow having entirely blocked up the line at Grantham the t'affic was sent by the loop, which prevented delay. The cuttings where the snow had drifted were princi pally of stone and rock, and the company worked short trains both north and south of the obstruc tion, by which means the traffic was carried ou with comparatively little delay. On the Manchester, Sheffield; and Lincolnshire line, which is in connexion with the Great Northern, the scow began to fall on Tuesday, and blocked up the line on that day to such an extent that the 5 p.m. express from Manchester was five hours behind its time. The Mails yesterday morning were be tween two or three hours late, and the goods train proportionately suffered The Edinburgh express arrived at King's-cross on Tuesday evening two and a half hours late ; but the express to Edinburgh which left King's-cross at 8.30 p.m. on Tuesday was understood to have arrived safely. At 3.56 yester- , day afternoon a telegraphic message was received at King's-cross, stating that the whole of the line bad been cleared, consequently the traffic will go ou uninterruptedly. The Great Western line suffered very little. The trains arrived a little behind time, and the guards reported snow all along the line, but not in consi derable quantities. The London and South-Western also was but slightly affected. The trains were, of course, some ' what delayed, but no stoppage of any extent was experienced. On the occasion of previous snowstorms the Eastern Counties line suffered to a very consider able extent, and in the present instance a somewhat serious interruption in the ordinary traffic has taken place. Yesterday morning the Norwich end of the Norfolk line and various points on the Eastern Union were entirely blocked, owing to the drift of snow into the cuttings. A large number of work men were employed to clear the line to allow the morning mail to pass on its way to London. This desired end was at length achieved ; but, instead of arriving a few minutes after 4 a.m., the train did not reach Bishopsgate until after 7. The various branches suffered more or less ; some were entirely blecked ; and so great had been the drift ou the Sudbury and- Harleaton branches, the former 58, and the latter 106 miles from London, that they both remained blocked yesterday afternoon, and no persons were booked- from Bishopsgate for the places upon them. Although the snow had very little effect upon the South Eastern line, considerable delay took place in the arrival of the - French mails, caused by the gale at sea preventing the steamboats entering the harbour. The mail boat should have arrived at Dover at 8 o'clock yesterday morning ; but it was not until 9 mMu s tes to 3 yesterday afternoon that a telegraphic message was receive:' at Loudon-bridge, stating that the ves , el had just arrived. Some of the trains were somewhat behind time ; but at no point on the line was there any considerable accu mulation of snow. The snow did not impede the traffic on the Lon don and Brig:lt:in ; hut in the course of yesterday telegraphic messages were received at London bridge from Newhaven, stating that the steamboat (Orleans), which should have left at 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning, had nor, owing to the gale on the coast; then started ; and that the Konen, which should under ordinary circumstances have been de spatched at 8 o'clock yesterday, h a d f or th e same reason been kept in the harbour. The boat-, how ever, would be sent as soon as the state of the sea justified that course. , - The neighbourhood of Rochester and Chatham was yesterday visited with a heavy fall of snow, which lasted without intermission for about sixteen hours, accompanied by a cutting north-easterly wind. The hills and all the exposed lauds are covered with snow to a depth in some places of several feet, while many of the roads leading in fiona the country are blocked up and rendered im passable. In many of the railway cuttings on the North Kent line - the snow has drifted to a great depth, rendering .tho passage of the engines and trains extremely difficult. There has not been such a severe snow storm in Kent for several years past. Tim DRUMMER BOY AT LucicNoW.—A drummer of her Majesty's 321, named Conway, a mere boy, pre sented his musket at o. huge sepoy, and the Man then fell on his kneee, - and begged for his life. The boy said in an au th or i tative voice, " Come a l ong w ith me,'" and then placed his hands on the prisoner, marched him off, and, on meetin an officer, he said, "Here, sir, is a pr i soner I have taken."—From Captain An derson's Siege of Ltreknote. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills. —With these marveff)ne remedies at hand, none need despair of being cored, they aot in unison on the absor bent system, giving enerr.y, tone, and vigour to all the functions of life, their surprising sale in every part of the civilised world is the most convincing proof of their efficacy in curing bad legs, old wounds, scrofula, and diseases of the skin, thousands of persons who suffered from these dreadful maladies have been cured by their use, after every other remedy had failed—their is no case however obstinate or long standing, but may be cured, fnerefore the afflicted should immediately try them.— Sold by all me iicine vendors throughout the World ; at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, j London. GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid Pric. Annum. Share £ s. d. X o. d. British Provincial •• •• 71. per cent. 20 0 0 all 23 ~ , 5/. per cent 20 0 0 - - G B i r t i y g Brighton ' L i London .. •• •• 2/. per cent. 15f, 0 0 1.0 4 ICO Equitable .•••• •• ••0 0 u all - 21. European .... .•• • • 6/. per cent. 21 0 0 - - Great Central .• •• • 8/, per cent 10 0 0 - 10% Imperial .. • • ...... IN. per cent. 50 0 0 - 78 Ditto New . - 53 0 n 12 10 G Ai% Ditto Debentures - Stock 100 e f - • Do. Continental I stCap. 31 ss. 50 0 0 42 15 0 50 Do. Do. 2d Cap. 4/. 15s. 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Do. Do. 3d Cap. 4/. 10S. 50 0 0 43 10 0 - Do. Do. 4th C.ap 31 50 0 0 41 0 0 - Independent ~ .. •• 51. 40 0 5 all - London Parl, Preferen. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 - - Pbcenix Ratcliff •••••..•• •• .• 51. 20 0 0 16 0 0 - Surrey Consumers United General •• .. •• IGs,Od per sh. 50 0 0 - 20 Westminster Chartered : 7 per cent. 50 0 0 - - Ditto, New .. .. •• •• - 50 0 0 10 A 0 - Western A .. , •• •• 10 0 0 -an - Ditto B . ...... ;, .• • • 10 0 0 4 0 0 - MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount of Name of Company. per Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - ---- ----- X s. d. £ s. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron •• 10 0 0 2 0 0 _. African Steam Ship . • • • 20 0 0 10 0 0 -- Assam tea .......... tig• Per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Auction Mart•• •• •• •• 214/per cent 50 0 0 - - A us t ra li an Azriculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 27% c • 81. pr cent. 100 10 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 - A. Au u s st t r ra w li ia at n i Trust uoyai 24 - LI all Anglo-Maxicare Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 00 . all - 14 British Arnori an Land Si. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 1 30 Canada ... •• •• •- • • 64. percent 100 0. 0 32 10 0 - •• Do. 5 per cent Bond, .51. pet cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 5 per cent bds 5/.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6 per cent. - Si. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 at. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, 6 p c:bds 1876 Cl. per cent Stock 100 0 o - Crystal Palace Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent. 50 0 4 .5 0 0 4 ~. Crys. Palace of France - 40 0 all - City Navigation Bonds 3 1 ;/. per cent - Electric Telegraph Eng..&Aus. Cop. Smelt - 50 0 all 1 % Eng.&lris. Meg. T. Co all _ 50 0 0- ...... Equitable Iteversionry 5 /per cent. 100 0 0 110 0 0 Ditto New - ..111 - 53 0 0 22 10 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest 5 l. p c and 11. .00 0 0 00 0 0 - - 0 0 2 .. s T ie Se am . Col. (Etta.) n L aso hn.) - 25 0 0 all - 10/. per et. & 15 0 0 14 0 0 - London Gen. Omnibus 12/. per cent Hudson's 8ay...... 4 0 0 all 3% 5/. per ce nt. Stock Stock Hungerford ........ 1 1a do N n Re. &evNeariiMonaa'ryls°. 2/. ss. 5/, per cent. 15 0 0 all 100 0 0 all - _ 10 0 0 all - Mex. & S. Americar. - 10 0 0 all - N Nat. Discou n t C omp.. 25 _ ... 0 0 50 0 4 N.S.W. G ov. s p.e. Deb. Si. per cent. _ 100 0 0 - Nor. Bri. Australasian Gd. 10 0 all x North of Europe, Stm. Ml. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 P rice'srateniCand. Co - 21 0 0 all 20% Peel River.LandBcMin. 50 0 all 2U Pen. & Orient a l St eam 71. per cent 50 0 0 all 80 4 Ditto New .... .. - 50 0010 0 0 18% Reversionary Int. Soc. 4 321. pr cent 100 0 0 all Ditto New ........ 0, 2 /. pr ceilt. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 6C 0 0 65 Scottish Aus. Invest 15/. per cent. I 0 0 all 1 % 1 South Australian Land 11. per cent. 25 0 0 a ll 38 ?rust and Loan Comp. IN,. pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 4% Vau Diemen's Land - 10 s• 100 00,28 10 0 10% 6 per cent. B on d s - I _ - SPORTING IN T ELL I GENCE. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING-TUESDAY. -- - Toe Tyro Stakes of 5 2OVS, each, with 40 w?ded ; for 2-yr ais ' • colts Set lib, filhe9 and geldings 84 31b. Win• nerve 41b extra. The second to save his stake. T.Y.C. (11 subs..) Mr. J. Merry's Finch, B,t Sib (Sopp) 1 Mr. I'. Parr's J. , ‘„ , euse. 3 3ib (E. Forster) 2 Mr li ,, ach'.."Yi.ung L.vt , ll, Bst 71h (Furdham) 3 The tollowlng also ran :—Tomboy, Thermopylae, and Arminins. 13- Wog-2 to 1 azst Tomboy, ad to 2 ilgst Miss Finch, 4 t“ 1 agst Young Love'!, 5 to 1 agst Joytuse. Won by two lengths; about the same distance be tween the second and third ; Arminius was fourth, Thermopylae flab. and Tomboy sixth. The Aiotree Plate of 50 sous. Winners after Ist Feb. 5111 ex'_ra. One mile. Mr. Cocking's Gaiornomr, 3 sr?, 6At 8 b (Pritchard) 1 Mr. Whit worth's Leuki4hca, 3 yrs. 64 Sib Eb Peacock) 2 iciginan's Viou, 3 y rs 6 _.....(C r00 k) 3 Filly by Sim , iorn, and Kt, ekborn al.o ran. Betiii g-,--Even on Leukotbea, 4 to 1 agstKnoekburn, 8 to 1 agst Gammoner. Won by a held ; about three lengths between the second and third. LIVERPOOL, Wedn,aclay Atternnon.—At 12 o'clock this day the clerk of the course was reluctantly com pelled to announce the postponement of the Grand Na tional Steeplechase A Itr,ough the racecourse on Tues day was in pretty good going order, albeit somewhat slippery, yet the severi y of the frost durint the - night rendered the sport impracticable to-day. Still very little ,now fell, and now (at 2 o'clock) the day is bright and sunny, hut the wind 1- high, and in the shade the frost is most intense. Twenty-five horses have arrived for the steeplechase, and the postponement has created much oisappointment. • From Irela,d, France, and from all parts of England, visitors nave arriv , -d in theexpecta•ton , f witnessing the "Derby" “f stesplechases. Mr. Tophain, the clerk of the course, will be the chief sufferer by the unpropitious wea , her, for he supplies the money to be run for, and he has now no chance of a reimbursement, It is doubtful wheth-r the Steeplechase will take place at ail this week. Only two races in addition to the Gra d National were contained on the card, the uncertainty which existed relative to the Meeting taking place having prevented many gentlemen from sending their horses. Subj ined is a list of the horses which have arrived at Liverpool, ••r rather at Aintree, to run for the Steeple• chase : Xanthus, Tow Moody, Escape, Claudio'', Little Charley, Magnet gelding, Ab-del-Kader, Morgan Rattl-r, Jean lu Quesne, Joe Graham, Treachery, Lough Bawn, Knight of the Shire, Black Swan, Black Bess, Little Tom, The Brewer, Harry Lorrequer, Glenamour, Moire Antique, Conrad, Weathercock, Emigrant, and Eanet. AQUATICS. UNIVERSITY BOAT-RACE. , Another trial of aquatic skill beween the . rowing gentlemen of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge has been determined upon, and the following are in active training for the event : OXFORD. CAMBRIDGE. 1. Risley, Exeter. 1. Havart, St. John's. 2. Arkell, Pembroke. 2. Smith, Trinity. 3. Lane, Christ Church. • 3. Lubbock, Caius. 4. Austen, Magdalen. 4. Durroch, Trinity. 5. Lane, Balliol. 5. Harper, St. John's. 6. Wood, University. 6. Lloyd, Magdalen. 7 Warre, Balliol. ,7. Fairburn, Trinity. Thai lev, Wadham , stroke Hall, Magdalen, stroke. Walpole, Balliol, steerer. Wharton, ditto, steerer. The race is to take place at mid-day on the 27th inst., over t' e usual course, from Putney-bridge to Barker's rails, Mortlake, on nearly the top of the tide. Both crews are composed of very fine powerful men, averaging 12 stone eacb, the Cantabs being at present a trifle heavier than their opponents, notwithstanding which, however, the Oxonians, said by competent judges to be the best crew see. Sears past, are the favourites. PRICES OF SHARES. From the Official List. PUBLTSFIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENIN LONDON, TUESDAY, Lana 2, 1858. CANALS Names of Companies. A shtn &Old)) Birmingham Coventry.. • • Derby • ... GrandJanctn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand Union Kennt & Avn Leeds &Livrp Leicester Leicstr &Nth Louglthorogli Macclesfield. Neath 0xf0rd...... Dividend ' per rr, Annum. 9 3 7.. p. Ct. 40 4/: 100 144. 100 61. 15s. 100 21. pr. ct. 10 6/. pr. ct. 100 7s. 6d 40 6s. 100 251. 'OO 51 83 17 ss. 143 701 100 21. 10s. 100 161 100 Name of Company. Berlin ...• • • East London Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New ...• • . Kent • • Lambeth• • .... • • • • .. New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall %Vest Middlesex • . • ... Do. D 0....... Price. Names of Companies. Dividend per Annum Peak Forest. Reg;cnt's•• • • Rochdrtie.... ;SUlrd &Won. Stoarbridgr, Severn and Wye Rail. Warwick &1 Birming. j Warwick & Napton.. Worcstr & Birming. Wilts & Brkr 121. 10s. It. 16s. s. d LOG all WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. Price 51. per cnt. 6t.per cnt. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 4t. per cut. 51. per cnt, ,41. per cent. BRIDG. Dividend Name of Company. per Annum. atingerfOrd • • • • •• .• .. Southwark ..... Ditto New of 7% p.c. Waterloo ..... ........ Ditto Old Ann. of Bi. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall ............ Name of Company Commercial •• •• •• •• •• Do. Preference East and West India.. 0 mid curry D. & f;anall Do. Loan Notes .... Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London •• •. • ••••• • • St. Katharine .. •• •• •• Southampton ........ Victoria •••••••• •• •• Ditto New •• •• •• •• •• • • 10s per cent. 11. 12s. Od. 11. Us. Od. 28s. DOCKS. Dividend per ' Annum. 61. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. ~ 51. pr cent. 4%t. per ent. 4 per cent. 5/. Os per c. s. d. stock. Stock . Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 TANIES. X s. d. Stock. (00 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 INSURANCE CO. Dividend per Annum. &mount of Share. 71. per c. 71. 148. 6d. 4. p.c. & bs. 15s. 0(1. & bs 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 5/. 5 pr ct.& bs. 4/. per share 1/ 18s. ss. 5 1 ,4 per cent. 1/. ' 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent Si. per een , 121. per cent 14s. sc. p. et. &bs. 2s & 2s bons 21i. per sh 4s. per share IBs. & bs. 4% per cent 5/ per cent si. per cent. GLA per cent 5/ p. ct. 5/, per colt. 51. per cent 12% per c. 7s. g p c & be p c & bs i/ Ms 41. & bonus Si & bonus. 5 . & bonus. TINT -S TOCK Dividend per Annum. Name of Company. Albion • ....• •• •. Adlianoa Brit. and For. Ditto Marine ....... ithenmum .......... atlas .• &rims Life British Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London .. •• .. ClericLefed.gt Ocn.Life Connty ...• •• •• Crown Eagle Equity and Law...... European Life......... Family Endowment •• General. ••••••• Globe Gresham:Life . Do. D 0....... Guardian Imperial Fire......... Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire ............ Law Lite •• •• Legal and General Life London London & Prov. Law • .. .. • • • • • • Sled. Ir_vlid & Gen. Life Slinerva ••..• • .. • gonarch • • • New Equitable Pelican •• • • • . • • • • .. •• Phcenix Professiona Life .• • • .. Provident Lite Rock Life.. .. Royal Exchange Sun Fire • • • • •• Ditto Life ..... United Kingdom .... Universal Life • ..... Victoria Life • • ..... Name of Company. Bank of Egypt ...... Bank of London ...... British North American Cli. Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. Colonial .............. Commercial of London. Eng . Scot. & Aust.• Ch. Lond. Ciaar. Bk. of Ana. Do. New .. • • .... London and County •• Lon. & Eastn linkg. C. London Joint-Stock Londn and Westmin.3tr Nat. Provincial of'Eng. Ditto, New Ditto ditto Natio•ui Bank New oath Wales Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New......... E0nian.......... • ..... south Australia .. -... Union of Australia.... Union of Hamburg.... Union of L0nd0n...... Unity Mutual ........ Western Bank o , Londn Name of Company. rank of Scotland .. • . British Linen Company Caledonian Bank ..... City of Glasgow Bank Clyilcsddie Bank .... C minercial Bank .. Eastern Bank.. • • .. •• Edinb. & Glasgow.... National Bank North of Scotland Bank Royal Bank of S cotl. Union Bank of Scot. • . Western Bank • . Alliance Fire and Lire.. British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Insur City of Glasgow Lite.. Colonial Life Edinburgh Life loser. Eng. & Scot, Law Life ; Life Assoc. of 3catland National Fire and Life I North British Incur... ( Northern Assurance Co.' I Scottish Provincial .... Scottish Union Insrnc. I Standard Life ........ 201. per cent 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 4 1 . per cent. 51. percent. 71 . P. & be. 4 . per cent. 51. percent. 101. per cent. W. per cent. 28 per cent. 18 per cent. 16pc.&bs ii.per cent. 20 7 . per cent. 101. per cent. B'. p. ct.&bs. 81. per cent. 5/. per cent. 101. per cant. 1/. per cent. 151. per cent.) L i LIST OF SCOTTISH COht. Dividend per Annum. 7/. per cent. 81. per cent 81. per cent 5/. per cent. p cent. U. per cent. 6/. per cent. 3341. p cent. 6►4 per cent. 51. per cent 51. per cent. 81. per cent. 71. per cent. 8%/.pr cent. 41. per cent. 10c. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. por cent. 6/. oer cent. 51.,er cent. 61. por cent. 61. per. cent. 71. per cent. 7341. prcent. 51. per cent. £ s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. X a. d. 25 0 0 ,10u 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 I 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount of Share. £ 8. 5. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 100 o 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 1) 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 00 0 50 0 ' 20 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock 20 0 0 100 0 0 ANKS. Amount of Share. X e. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 'lOO 0 0 1 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 MO 0 0 100 0 0 Paid. O. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 al 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 •0 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 0 an 4 0 0 47 5 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 t 2 10 2 0 12 11 2 0 0 20 0 I, 2 a r, 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 o 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 10 Paid X s. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 - 6 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 all all all all 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 'ARIES' PRICES. Amount of Share. Paid. Price. s. d. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 0 1 10 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 11 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 15 0 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 1 4 0 20 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 X a. d. 100 C 0 1 00 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 500 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 100 o 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 )0 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 Coun t r v rilaniete. HULL- MARCH 2. The weather has been frosty, with cutting east winds. At our market this morning the attendance was good, and wheat in fair supply, with a steady sale at last week's currency. Foreign unchanged in value. Barley quiet. Beans and peas the turn dsarer. Oats in request, at full prices. Wheat, English red, 44s to 45s ; white 46s to 50s; oats. 24s to 28s ; barley, 32s to 36s ; Indian corn, 37s ; linseed cakes, Hull, 91 15s to 9/ 17s 6d ; ditto, foreign, 8/ cs.to Si ss; rape cakes, 51 15s Od to 61 Os ; guano, —/ to —t• ; bones, 6/ 10s.; flout, —s to --s; tares, —s to —s. NEWCASTLE —MARCH 2. Farmers' wheat in small supply, with a quick sale , and and Saturd a y' s d ec li ne recovere d . Fi ne ualities and q foreign sc arce , an d i n request at pr i ces the turn dearer. Flour more doing, with full prices. Barley unaltered. Oats dull, but not lower. Beans and peas quiet, CATTLE—Beasts, a fair sale, at previous rates. ,Sheep and pigs in limited d e m an d, at a decline on last weea" EDINBURGH NAY AND STRAW MAR .ET MAILUII 2. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large, Oat &raw, from 6s Od to 94 6,1 per kemple of 16 stoney tron ; wheat do., 5s 6d to 7s tid ; barley do., 5s 61. to 6 id. Hay from l Od to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—MARCH 2. There were in the market to-day 11 mks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 33s 5d and —s• DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—MABOH 2. There were in the market to-day 15 bags of oatmeal, 0 0 ' barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od —s Od —s td Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s Od --1 ed Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od a Od —s Od DUBLIN. Manna 2. White wheat, 26s 6d to 28s 0(1 ; red ditto, 23s Od to 263 Od ditto new, sOd ; barley, malting, 13 s t o 18s Od; grind ing, —s to —s ; oa.s, old, lls Od to 14s; ditto, new, Od to —s 01 ; oatmeal, 14s to 15; Od; bere, new, Hs to 153 Od ; rapes: , d, 23s Od to 25s Od per brl ; bakers' flour, 153 Od 20; Od per cwt; Indian corn, 31; 0.1 to 33; 6d per 480 DA. COAL MARK Prices of Coals per ton at s. d. Morpeth West ! Hartley 17 0 I s d. Ward's West Hartley ...16 0 South Durham .„. 20 0 Keiper Grainge ...25 0 It, 22 ; sold, 22. I.—MARcH 1. the close of the market Walleend, am Ships at mark HARBOUR OF REFUGE IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.-- The need of a suitable harbour of refuge for the shipping frequenting the Bristol Channel, having been brought under the notice wf the Leisglature, has called forth ap plications from several localities. A breakwater in St. Ive's Bay is recommended by the Cornish people, while the Bristol Chamber of Commerce is in favour of a harbour at Clovellv. The coasts of the Channel have been surveyed by Capt. Claxton, R.N. The inhabitants of Swansea have set forth the claims of the Mumbles to a breakwater, which they state would rt rider the splen• did bay of Swansea a safe refuge harbour. LOCAL NI-JA R MAREBTA LIVERPOOL—MARCH 3. STOCK EXCHANGE—There has been an entire aDsenCe of business to-day, and the tencdeny of prices has been droop. jog. Closing quotations :—Birkeuheacis, 73 Caledonian', 48 i=-Chester and Holyhead, 194 2—Eastern Counties, 12 13-16 s.l6—East Lancashire, 92i—London and North Western, 98A—Sheffiehis 39.1 40—Midland, 99 i—North' B a i r lt i i , sh 3 434 o 4 - - L -- 0 - o B ds er N w o ic:k t s h , e 2 n3 3 ! 2 4 4 iY s:_ or p k o a v n e ( r i s, N 2 o 2 lh T. M l6 i_d l : Dutch Rhenish, 3i 1 dis.—Grand Trunk of Canada, 12111 —Groat Western, 194 20. BIRMINGHA i , MARCH 3. STOCK EXCHANGE. —This market was a shade firmer to• day, but there was very little business done. Midlandf closed at 99—London and North-Westerns at 9S; Slaffords at ICI 11 ex div.— Birmingham and Derbys at 7N 71—and Birmingham Old Union Mills were don e at 13. —South MANCHESTER, MARCH 3 STOOK Excnarraz.—Tbe market opened flat, and there was a limited business, prices closing rather easier. District Bank, lle prom.--Dov,rs, 22 7-1 7-16—Trunks, 12 11-16 Sbetfields 3i per cent. 68—Leeds, 921—Eastern Counties, 1'2,)--Leeds F. Id — Caledonians,4Bl—Londons, 98i—Mid land, !+94—S,,nth Staffords, Li ex div. BIRTHS. BLAILAND—On the 2d inst., the wife of George Binaland, Esq., of Crosby-square, London, and of Clapton-square, of a daughter. BIDGOOD. —On the 3d inst., at 6, Vigo-street, Mrs. Fred. Bidgoed, of a daughter. Illyddelton-equate, the wife, MANN --:On tho 2d inst., at 20 , of Edward Mann, Esq., of Selling, of a son. SALMON—On the 2d inst., at South-park, Ilford, Essex, the wife of It. H. Salmon, Esq., of aeon. MARRIAGES. FISHER —OAKLEY—On the 27th ult , at St. Church, Mr. George Fisher, of Oxford,. to Sara h Ana l oi younger daughter of the late Mr. Samuel Oakley, Glocester. Pancras KWRIGHT- On the 2 8 7 t E h A u I T a fordshire, John A r k wi i g ht, 'Esc' , aged 72. S. Hampton Cour t, Ire"' AR BATES—On the 2d inst., at his resid en ce, 6, Ludgat ei n . 11, Mr T. C. Bates, and late of 61, Windmill street, Milto next-Gravesend, aged 72. CAMPBELL VOn the 28th ult., at Argyle place, Sir Robert Campbell, Bart., aged 90. Fay—On the Ist inst., a t Clevedon, Somersetshire, Vri33' Fry, E sq ., age d f.. 0. liar; EIAYLLAR—On the 2d inst., at Chichester, J. F. Wiy Esq., aged 68. KRALUTLER—On the 3d inst., William Kranetler,scl'i of , Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park ,Jr how STEPHENS—On the 2d inst. , a t his residence, iaPtou-stree t , rise, Mr. William Stephens , of Thrognaor aged 71. ..--.-- - "" . " -- " Ig —...--...... _____------ LONDON Printed and Published by MITRDO N ( o. of No. 11'2, Strand, Printer, at Do Sun Odico. ,trav( :) , in *.be Preclno, of the Savoy, in I.he youotY of Middlesex, Thursday, March 4, 1858. X 8. d. Price. H 4, 1858 105 5/. Os 17s 10s. 7s. 0: Paid Paid. Paid. Price. 4 1 102 Price 105% Price. 365 18% Price. 38% 2n% 6036