The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-01 00:00:00

DIONEY lIIARKET AND :_Io7,II.VIETICTAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocii. Accounts from Liverpool report that the Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, and prices con tinue to decline. The sales amounted to 12,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken by thq exporters, and 1,000 by the speculators. The Railway Share Market manifested a flat appearance, and the quo tat'ons were lower. During the last two or three days the inquiry frr money has been very moderate, and even now, although preparations are in progress for the liquidation of the biPs which arrive at maturity on &sturdy, there is very little perceptible increase in the number of applications at the Bank of England or in Lombard-street. The terms still range from 21 upwards, and not tithstanding the improved position of the Bank of England and the prospect of continuous arrivals of gold from Australia, very few were in expectation of au alteration in the minimum quotation to-day. The principal circum stance which induces the opinion that the directors will not further relax their regulations is the very small supply of hills now on offer, and as a conse qu-nce, the inutility on the part of the authorities to enter into competition with the discount firms. After a brief sitting the directors have determined upon making no ch Inge, but as this result was ant ici pated no disappointment is felt. The tendency of the Money-market will now rather be in the con trary direction, notwithstanding the large supplies of gold that may be received from Australia. Trade will, no doubt, gradually revive after the Easter holidays, particularly if the advices from India and the United States continue to improve. The market will, no doubt, feel the immediate influence of an increased commercial demand, for the effec i l, of the new regulation at the Batik, by which no re-dis counts are allowed, will thou become visible. An extraordinary meetiing of the London Joint- Stock Bank proprietors was held to-day, for the purpose of choosing two directors t fill the vacan cies caused by the resignation of Mr. Tilson, and the decease of Mr. W. M. Christy. The candi dates were Mr. Charles James Heath and Mr. Henry Lea, who were unanimously elected. The particulars of the tenders for the East Indian Loan have just transpired. The amount subscribed for was 4,800,0001. The lowest tender was 97 and the highest 102. The committee of the Stock Exchange have de cided that the " house" shall be closed on Sa urday. C mtinued dulness is the principal feature in the English Stock Market, but, upon the wFo!e, the prices indicate increased firmness. Speculation continues very inactive, owing to the approach of the settlement and the Easter holidays. Consols have been 961 97 for money, and 96i 7 for the Bth inst. ; they ate now 961 97 for both, and 97i for the May account. The March Exchequer Bills are 365. to Ns. prem. ; the June ditto 355. to 38s. prem. ; and the Bonds, 99k. A moderate amount of business has been recorded in the Foreign Stock Market, but prices are gene rally lower. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 101 i ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1031 104 ; Spanish 3 p , r Cents., 431 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents, 91i ; Mexican 3 per Cents, 192 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents. 83a ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 78 ; ditto Deferred, 16 17 ; Chiliae 6 per Cents., 104 ex div. ; Danish 3 per Cents., 82i ex div. ; and Dutch 4 per Cents., 984 ex dir. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5i 61 ; Mexi can, 191 20 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 83 84 ; Portuguese 3 p-r Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents, 108 110 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 100 1001 ; SPauisll 3 per Cents., 44 44} ; ditto New Deferred, 251 26. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 18b8. £26,767 55,415 13,302 11,903 29.351 15.071 21,905 20,075 5,200 4,782 5,684 9.142 31,292 3,006 5,227 6,215 3,440 8 942 8,1.55 38,998 Great Western... North-Western . South-Western Brighton Midland Saab- Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter Chester and Holyhead Lancaster and Carlisle Manchester, Sheffield, & North Eastern West Hartlepool Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and Sou h-Western Scottish North-Eastern Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada Northern of France 1857. £25,395 59,306 12.171 10,530 28,702 14,318 20.102 21,416 5,473 4.773 5,471 9,331 32,114 3,033 6,323 6.035 3,356 9,757 10,469 37,079 There has been a very moderate business done to-day iu the Railway Share Market, butt a slight advance may bi 3 quoted on one or two of the lead ing. lines. Caled,nian, and Lancashire awl York shire have improved ss. ; North-Western, about s s. ; South-Western and Nor: h-Ease ern (York), 10s. ; and North-Eastern (Berwick), 1/. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings scarcely any business lus been reporteJ. Groat Luxembourg have improved 10s. ; and Great Western of Canada declinei. ss. to 10s. Mining Shares have hen very quiet. Wheal Buller realised. 280. Cobra Copper 40, and Linares 91. Joint Stock Bank Shares have exhibited a slight d?wuward tendency. Bank of Egypt have de clined ss. London and County 55., and Union of L)ndon ss. to 10s. In the Micellaneous Market, Australian Agri cultural shares improved 1/. London General Omnibus Company 5.5., and South Australian Land declined 10s. ]3I fISH FUNDS.—CLOSING P.E.WEB —THIS DAY. ( From the Offictal List:) _ _ _ Bosineas done. 3 per Cent Consols Amenities 96i 7 I ,ia Bonds, £IOOO Bai st. , e, Ditto /account 0 asois fo r Account ... 964 7 61 i ExatieTvr Bills, ;?.td. March. June. 1%1000 Exchequer Bonds, 1154, 3; par Cent.... 99 109 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Buenos A yres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 7B Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent Citilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO4 x d Danish Bonds, 3 pet Cent., 1825 B2i 14 x d Mexican 3 per Cent Peruvian Bonds, 4} per Cent B3; x d Ditto Account Sardinian Bon4s, 5 per Cant. BD .ih 'tonds, 3 .per (lent. Ditto Account Tamen ,outts, 6 per cent . . Ditto Account .... .... lolk 1 i Ditto Guaranteed, ; par Cent. .. . ... 1034 4 DiVidetuts on the ahove payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2. per Cm:, 12 Guilders Do, 4 per Cent. Certificates et tittEE O'OLOCA C.,nsol P 4, money Consols for Account, (April 8) ACCIDENT AT WOOLRICIL—An accident attended with the most lamentable results occurred yesterday .norning to one of the clerks employed in the Labbratory Depar - 'tent of Woolwich Arsenal during the process of some intricate experiments, in which every person connected with them is exposed to much risk and danger. It ap pears that a shell charged with fulminating mercury and other explosive materials burst with sudden violence, and scattered its fragments in the midst of the operators --all of whom fortunately escaped ii,jury, except a man named Forest, late a sergeant in the Artillery. Having obtained his discharge from the corps, the unfortunate man bad recently entered the Royal Laboratory Depart ment of Woolwioh, and, having evinced considerable s kil l sai d much inventive idea, Captain Boxer, superintendent of the department had on several occa sions expressed his high estimation of his assistance. On the occasion of the sad accident yesterday morning he accompanied Captain 8. , x0r to Piumstead-marsb, to Garry out some experimental trials with a newly-in vented species of 12-Inch shell. One of the fragments struck him on the right fore arm , a nd fear fully shattered the bone th ro u g h ou t. Capt. Boxer. wh o was on horse back, i mme d ia t e ly p rocee d e d with the grew:eat po ss ib le bate to the Royal Arsenal Infirmary, and gave W., hoise to D r . Parrett, R. R principal me dical fficer of the establishment, who hurried to the scene of accident. A hospital cot having been forwarded, the sufferer was con veyed to the institution, where he was eximined by Dr. Parratt and Mr, Coleman, when it was f )tind necessary to amputate the arm immediately, as inflammation miaht otherwise be expected to supervene from the frightful nature of the wound, the flesh and muscles being tore, and much lacerated. A dose of chloroform was accord ingly administered, and the painful operation was most skilfully performed, during which the patient was ren dered totally unconscious. According to a newly-estab lished regulation adopted by Lord Panmure with refer ence to sufferers by similar accidents, the injured man will continue in receipt of his full rate of pay, although incapacitated from further duties.' He had only returned to his employment Se terday morning from a few days' have o f absence, having been married on Saturday last. A TRAVELLER'S EXCLAMATION ABOUT HIS PASSPORT. Oh I that et me one, as Cobden threatened to do pith Rus s i a , wou ld crum pl e u p th e passport , literally, 41 ) a sheet of paper I"—Puncli. ►SH MNR EL AILWA .•tAILWAre AA-ohm. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Jane—. Belfast & Rallymen Blrmng, Wolverh. Stour Valley B;rkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct Black burn Blyth & Tyne origins' 25 (iss. at X 45) Bristol & Exeter ' Caledonian.. ..... phester & liolyhea Cork and Bandon. Cork, Black. & Pass. Cornwall De, A Do. B Dublin &Belfast Juni Dun. P. &Aber.Juno East Anglian Eastern Counties Easternljnion, A. stic Do., do. 8.... Do, New A ............ East Kent ...... ! East Lancashire ... !East Suffolk Do. Ed inbarch dt Cdamgoi Edinb. Prth. &Dnnde Forth and Clyde June Furness Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do. , B. Stock ... Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire t. Great Western. Do. Str. V. R gua. St Irish South-Eastern Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Thirds ..... , IDo. New Thirds Lancash. & Yorkshir Do., do. P El 6 1 D0.D0., £9 Do., Wst. Riding th, Do. South purt. London di Blanliwal Do. New, i-s. 51. 10s. Lond.Bright.&S.Cst London & N. Weßte- Do. Eighths London di S. Wester Lndndrry &Coleraine Tindneirry. dr EnnifA Manch Sh ef. &Lin el n. Metropolitan ......... idland .......... ...... Do. Birming. & Derh Midland G. West.(lr. Do. Shares ......... Newcastle & Carl isle.. Newpt.A berc..&llrfel Newry & Armagh Newry, Warrenpoint & Re.strevor Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. 41 Dock Stock Do A Stock .. _ _ Do., B Stock IN. Eastern Berwick Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Ramp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Westrn. Juno. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St Do. Scot. ➢lid. Stock Shropshire Union . Sitingbourne &Sheer. South Devon South Ea5tern......... (South Wales 'B. Yorksh. River Dun 'Do.. Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1814 Do. do., 1855 Stockton & Hartlepi ,Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1. 'Thames Hay. D. &rt. Vale of Neath I Waterfd. & Kilkenny Watcrford&Limerick Wee, Col nwa11........ West End of London and Crystal Palace.. Do. A Do. B IWest London.., Do. First Class Do. Second Class BRITISH pi Ntian, and St. Law. lornbay, Baroda, and Con.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. Do. Do. Additional A dutralo 6i Lake 'fur Buff. Brut& Goich ti 1 Aug..'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do, do I June ,'74' Calcutta and S. East. Central Dude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Demerara. Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.44 p.c.Bnds.,'s9 Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk, of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option Niadras, guar. 41 p.c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 44 p. c. Eaten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.e. Do. 4th Ex., do. Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c Do li'Mr g this day. 5i - 6 7i - 8.1 69 - 71 9 - 10 25 - 26 89 - 91 86 i - 87 36 - 38 .• ••• 7 -8, 164 58 - 59 44 - 46 29 - 31 14 - 16 86 - 88 62 - 63 27i - 28, 87 - 89 91 - 10 102} 101 i 87 - 89 126 - 128 98 - 100 57 - 54 56 - 53 83 85 10 12 p 10 12 87i 8S 1 i d . 1i - d s ii 105 - 107 93i - 944 - 1 913 - 9 3 35 - 36 93i - 94 65 - 67 fi - ii 59 - 61 3i - 51 - 52 • •• .... 91a' 2 - 461 4'4 72i 73 I 92 94 4i - 4. 8 - 9 8 - 9 30 - 32 7 - 3 d 103 -110 1 26i -27 i 73 - 80 45 - 47 3 - 2 35 - 36 69i - 70 82i -83 i 13 - 15 7 - 5 9 - 11 35 - 99 -16 i 3 - 3} 6i - 6i 13SESSIONS. - i - iP 9 - 10 185 - 90 78 - 83 75 - 80 li - li lio n s no 26 - 21 46 - 48 811 - 823 211 -21 i - 1p 19 - 193 106 - 111 1106 - 111 100 - 101 19.} - 19/ 20, - 2i - - iP - liP FOREIGN. 10 all A ntwrp & Rotterdani - 61 61 20 all Ardennes. . 20 3 Bahia & Fra CleCO, , ••••• ... 3/ / 5 all Belgian East. Junet. 1 11 20 all Reziers to Graissessae 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouss Coal Mines and Ry. 3$ 3i 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 3i 31 20 all Eastern of France 27/ 27$ 20 2s. Euphrates Valley ... 20 all Gt, Central of France ... 20 all Great Luxembourg... 71 81 1G 6 Italian Junction 20 all Lake Const. & Bale .. 20 all Lierre and Turnhout 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 4 5 all Lucca & 20 all Lyons and Geneva 261 —27 i 33. all Nlaria Antrula 10 all Do. Now 20 all Namur & Licgo 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2O; 21 16 all Northern of France 37s 38 20 8 Do. New 10 all NorwegianTrnk•Pref 8/ 91 20 all Paris and Lyons 3 9s 33 20 all Ditto New LO all Paris and Orleans 54 56 20 9 Recife & San Frau , €Pernam.) g. 7p. c id 81 i 20 I.} Riga and Dunaburg 10 all Rome and Frascati 20 ah Royal Danish l6 18 5 all Royal Swedish - 4 all Do. 7 per cent. 2c all Sambre and Meuse 7s 81 10 all 5 per cent. pref Bl 9 20 all 4outhern of France 2! 2 8: all. West Flanders 4A 4$ 10 all Do. 51 per c. Prd . 9 91 /0 all W.drN.W. of France 2G 27 20 6 Western of Austria._ , 20 all #1%.,t. of Switzerland 6 all # .esi aden 6 all Do. B P. cent. pref — 20 AL Zealand ••• ••• ••• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 50 Agra & United Serv 40 all Australasia B4 86 26 all Bank of Egypt ,21 21i' 21i 100 50 Bank of Loudon 46 48 140 all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co ! 50 all British N. Americani 20 10 C.Bk. of Intl. Au.&Ch 31 2$ 50 City 153 60 59 c uo on n i . m ch eii 100 25 Colonial 120,'i all Commercialofeanadar . all Commer cial of Loud. 2011 ,,c'•Scot.diAus.Ciit. 171 18 18 711 .of A.A. I 181 18i' 18 50 20 London and County ••• 50 10 London Joint Stock. ... 30 00 20 Lond. andWestminst. 45 41 35 •41 • • • 60 21 ational Bank pro. of 800 "' 2O all Now S outh Wale s,,. 43 —4i °3105 National D o e w E . n . g . 20 25 all Ment al Bank corp. . 38 39 00 46 Proviricial of Ireland 61 63 10 all Do. NOW.. 120 a ll Ottoman Bank 25 all ,oath astral:la ...... 31 :t 25 12A Do. New ......•••••• 25 all Union of Australia...' 4 6 48 ... 10 Do. New. ............... 26 27 60 10 ' Jnion of London 223 --24 i 23/ 1 00 50 Unity Mutua1...... ... 00 50 WotrnBk 01 Load • ..,4 Ind St. 100 St. ,100 St. ;100 , _ 56 au 20 all 20 1 all 10 I all 50 all st. Mu St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 all St. 100 20 all 10 all St. 100 t. 100 St. 100 St. 100 10 all it. 100 "I. 100 It. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 12 all 5C all 161 141 161' 15 Bt. 'lOO 3 20 all 11 all 111 >3 st. 100 St. 100 124 5 St. 100 5 all 45 au it. too 10 14 St. 100 St. 100 50 all 25 all 00 all 25 all 10 9 20 all St. 100 50 3i St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 dt. 100 St, 100 25 16i St. 100 St 100 St. wo 10 31.1 18 all 18 all 20i all 100 10 100 ilOO -- This Day). miness dore this day. 87 i 6i 16i 5981 27/ 8 101 xd 88 8i i 8 881 a 8a 3 1056 6 )3/ 4 3i 41 4} 4 3i 4 94 2 35 5 i 941 5 41 3j THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1858 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL:'. Leasing Companies Closing Prices this day RAILWAYS. Bnckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc Col.Stour Vy. E. L.n. g. 6 p E. Un. H. Sh Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. tif.w Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. 1 Shares Lon. &Greenw Do. Preference Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N. &Est.s p.c. De. 6 per et Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. !Shrews . & Her S. Stallordsh IWearVal.g6l3o Do Wilts &Somrst 100 all 100 Ml all Ln. &N.W. Cale('ton E.U.diE.O Gt. Northn E. Count.' Caldonian. Do. Gt.Westn., Y. & N.M ' Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do Ln.d&N.W. cit Midld. Midland. E. Count Do Do Do 14. &N. W Do Gt. Northn T. Brassey M. Melo/in Stk.dcDar Do 93 - 100 1100 - 102 13 - 15 139 - 141 4 - ••• ''''" 'Gft.NVestn. iiiii uo 12i -13 i 24 -- 25 S 4 -- 96 2a 94 - g • tt ) 57 - 9 1 1i8 - 138 8 - 8i 10 - 104 Business this day 32- 33 88 - 90 109 i PREFERENCE SHARES. 25 all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) - • St. 100 ,Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. 'it. 94 - 96 20 9 Do. 4 per c. Shares ... - -• St. 100 Caledn. £lO 41 p. c 99 - 101 St. 100 Ches. & Ho. 51 p.c - 110 St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent ... 61 all Cork &Flandonslp.c . - 64 all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J 64 St. 100 E. Anglian Cls. ASh - St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B Op. c 108 - 112 St. 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c 105 - 110 St. 100 Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l 112 - 117 1131 St. 100 Do. No. 2 - 115 St. 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St L.7 - 132 20 all East Un., G. 6p. c. - 751 5 all 1)o. 5/., 0 per cent. - 10 all Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh. - St. all Do. do. 4 per cent ... - St. 00 East Lancash.6 p.cts - 5 all E.&W. York. J. sth , - 10 9 Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. ... • - St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 72 - 74 734 3 St 100 Furness, sp. c - St. 100 Glas. & A.W.G.5 p.c - - St 100 Groat Northn. 5 p.c llB -- 120 St. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem llO 112 110 St. 100 Do. 4i per cent lOl - 101 1021 100 60 Do. 5 p.c., Rod. at 5 p. c. pram. - 64 10 all Gt.N.ofScot.lst Pr( - 11 20 all Gt. S& W. (Ireland) - 20 all Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. . . - 50 S Gt. W.(B.&H.Ex.spc . 5i - 4 St. 100 Do. con. red. 41 p.c. 91 - 93 St. 100 Do, con. red. 4p. c. 87 - St. 100 Do. irred. 4 per lent. 87 - 89 1 St. HQ Do. sp. c. red. prof. 99 - 101 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh 94 - 10 10 all Do. Chester gp.c.P.S. 16 - 17 10 all Do. do. sp.c. do lO - 104 St. 100 Do. Birm , Gua. St 72 - 74 72 26i all Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh l9 - 20 13i all Do. do, do. 9l - 10 20 all Do. do. do. l4 - 15 St. 100 Lan.& York, 6pc.St. 138 - 140 St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l - St. 100 D0.,P.,5p.c.5t•N0.2 - St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. - • St. 100 Do. do. sp. c., N 0.4 St. 100 Lon. &N, W., Cov. dr Nuneaton 5 r . et - St. 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 per et late 3d Shares - 185 121 all Lou dy. & Color. Sh - 124 all Londy.&Ennis. ISh St. 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent 120 . - 122 6 41 Do. do. do. £6 . - St. 100 so. do. 34 per cont . . 65 - 68 124 all Marypt. t Carl. 4 p.c. - 12;i all Do. 41 per cent ••• - ••• 12. 101 Do. do. .. . St. 100 Hid.Consol.6 p.c. St - 5t.1.00 Do.Con.Br.Bir.6p.c. 137 - 139 137 St. 100 Do. 41 p. c. Pref. St. 99 - 101 St. 100 Do. L. &H. Pref. St 90 - 92 10 all New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c.red. 5 p.c. pm. - 10 all Do. Porpet. 6 pr. ct. 101 - 111 11 10 all tiorfk.Deb.4p.c.Sh. - St. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 ... - St. 100 Do. 51 p.c. pf , 1847 ... - St. 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. - • St. 100 North British .. 135 - 107 7 34 Do. 71. Preference - , St. 100 N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. 94 - 96 17 84 Do. do. do ll - 20 13 Do. Leeds 6 pa. No.l - 123 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 -- 25 10 Do.Yorkll. &S. Pur 1 - par 20 all North Staffordshire_ 221 - 224 22i 1 St. 100 Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar llB - 120 St. 100 Do. 6p.c. 2d guar lO6 - 10$ St. 100 Do. do. Debeatr. St 'l9 - 101 84 all Scot. Ceut.New Pre .. . St. 100 Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c llB - 120 St. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St 125 - 127 125 St. 100 Do. d 0.34 p.c. pf. St 73 - 75 25 all South Devon lO - 101 10 all Do. fixed 41 pr cent - 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 241 -24 i St. 100 Do. 41 per cent .lOO - 132 St. 100 Do. Fixed 4k p.c. Sh lOO - 102 St. 100 Do. New 4) pr. cam, - St. 100 S, Wales Gua. 4p. c. ... - St. 100 Do. do. 41 p. c lOO - 103 100 1 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar - 25 all !St ock. &Dar., sp.c 27 - 28 25 19 IDo do. do. Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH MINES. . . 2/ 12!Alfred Cons. (Philk.); 11 12 12 20 14 British Iron ••• . . 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 80 10 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 460 480 ••• 30 East Basset (Mogan) i 0 100 ••• 17s Great South Tolgus 144 154 ... 1715 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 5 54 71 Grt. W. Vor (llelstn.) 14 -- 2 ••• 17s Lady Bertha ••• 8 N. Frances (Illogan) 81 94 ••• .••• N.W.Basset (Illogan) 12 --14 ... 6/15 North Wheal Crofty 4 5 ... 14 Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 174 184 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min, Co. 1 14 ... 24 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 375 390 ••• zS. Cam Brea (Illogn.) 44 54 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn.) 223 —230 A ••• 5 46 ram. S. &L. Min. Co. 4 14 10 9 Tin Croft 34 4 ... 40 Un.Mines (Gwennap) 12s 6V. of Towoy (Camay,)l4 14 14 W. Basset (Illogan) 2l 25 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd ) 110 120 ... 51 Wh. Basset (Illogan) 2lO 220 Wh. Buller (Rdruth) 2BO 300 280 54 Wh, Edward(Calstck) 64 74 ... 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 11 12 8 WILMa.Ann (Menht.) 43 45 44 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 24 'l6 , FOREIGN MINEI3. ZO 74 'Australian 1 10s, Bon Accord Cop. (ii.) 4 p 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at ..C5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes do Cuiada 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 124 131 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica...—. ...d 40 all Cobra Copper 39 41 40 ... 16 Copiapo 1. all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. kd 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 11 Lusitanian .14 id 1 all Mariquita 1 all Now Granada — I all Novean Monde 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.di Smlt 54 64 5 1 Port Philip — ••• 30 161 Santiago do Caba 2 24 all United Mexican—. 31 —4/ MISCELLANEOUS. 000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) 25 19 Australian Agricult. 26 28 26 4 1,0 all ,Australis. Royal Mail 11 11 10 all I Berlin Water Works 3l 44 10 2 'Do. New iss. at 5/. d 50 40 Brit. American Land 35 40 100 324 Canada l4O 150 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc•Jan&July 113 114 1134 St. all ,Copper Min. of Eng. 25 30 25 all Do. Pref. 76 p. cent. 26 • 28 5 all 'Crystal Palace l/ 11 11 / 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal. of France . 20 all lEastern Steam 4 4 5 St. 100 !ElectricTelegraph 1 all 'Electric Tel. of Irel. 5 all .EnokAust.Cop•SinCo 11 14 10 10s. Ear. & Ind. Jan. Tel. 9 all , Eur. &Am. Stm.(lim.) • 4 —4l 20 %11 'Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. . . 261 20 5 London Discount 11 1 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 34 31 31 20 10 ,Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all ,Moditcra,n. Elec. Tel. 8 9 10 all ',Do. Extension Teleg. 1.0 all I MexicanSL S.Americn , 25 5 (Nat. Discount Co l4 4J34 4 10 6 (Netherlands Land , 14 10 all ! Do. Do. 5 all ,Do.B p.c.Pf. iss. at Id. 2 3 5 3 Po. Do. 100 80 INew B. &N. S. Land 17 20 St. 100 N.S.W.' Gov.s p.c.D. 964 97 964 74 61 1 all N. B. Australasian... 20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 2 3 1 all Oriental Gas 1 10s. Do Now Shares ip 5 all Peellir. La. & Mimi 2 2/ 50 all Peninsular dt Oriental 78 80 50 10 Do. New 50 all Rhymney Iron 100 60 ttoyal Mail Steam 62 61 1 all `-icot. Austral, Invest. 1 4 1.4 11 St. 100 S. Aus, Gov• 6 p.c.bds. 106 108 1074 25 all South Austral. Land ..„ 334 1 all. Submarine Tel. Scrip 4 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus. La. Co. Up. Can , 10: 284 Van Dienaen's Land lO 11 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRIITCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) THE WEST HAM DISTILLERY COMPANY. A meeting was held today f•Jr settling the HA of con tributories, and also for the appointment of an official liquidator. A private meeting of the creditors was held yesterday, with a view of effecting an arrangement, so as to prevent the continuance of the present proceedings, and to continue the business, and avoid the serious loss which must inevitably result from the sale of the valuable premises and plant. The precise resolution come to did not transpire. The case, however, came on to-day in the usual man ner, IN RE COLLINS. and was proceeding. A meeting was hell for the choice of assignees under this bankroptly. The bankrupt was a jeweller in Clerkenwell. The cboi•:e took place. The preliminary accounts by Meser4. Hart, Brothers, show—debtor to creditors, 1,2001. ; assets, 5001. CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q. 0.) CELIIIGICS OP ACCOUNTANTS IN BANICRUPTCT.—PIITTIS V, PIZZEY. The plaintiff in this action is an accountant, and Bought to recover the sum of 10/. on an I 0 U, fur preparing a balance-sheet, in order that the bankrupt might pass his last examinati.,n before the Court of Bankruptcy. It appeared that the pi intiff bad to perform the work for such sum as the court might allow, but in the event of there being no assets available out of the estate, the bankrupt should pay 10/. The bankruptcy toek place in September, and plaintiff alleged that there was not sufficient in the hands of the official assignee to pay the court charges and sol cit-es fees. Defendant coroplai ‘ed that pi sintiff had pressed him before time bad been allowed to realise the meets. Plaintiff Batd he bad been assured by the offi3ial assignee that no wore would be roalked. His Honour thought that the plaintiff was somewhat premature, but it was ultimately consented to that de fendant should pay at 10s. per month—plain ill relin quishing any claim on the estate. labuton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. • TATTERSALLS I —(This Evening.) NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Worcester (taken and offered) 8 to 1 agst Wouvermans (taken) 9 to 1 aget Monarque (taken) (MEAT NORTHERN. 12 to 1 aget Bashi Bazouk (taken) 100 to 7 agst Prince of Denmark (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Adamas (taken) DERBY. 14 to 1 agst The Hadji (taken) MS OAKS. Bto 1 agst Gildermire (taken) 10 to 1 agst Proud Preston Peg (taken) HAMPTON RACES.—(This Day.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] BOROUGH HANDICAP. St. Clair . Captain Wedderburn ... Church Langton Nine ran. St. Clair objected to on the score of arrears of forfeits. RICHMOND HANDICAP. Greencastle - Maucbline NORTH RIDING STEEPLECHASE Milkmaid Moire Antique Ito Ara Five ran. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—YESTERDAY. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 16 to 1 agat Br. to Bird-on-the-Wing (taken) GREAT NORTHERN. 10 to 1 agst Turret (taken freely) METROPOLITAN. 135 to 15 agat Wrestler (taken) NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.) Liewenants—Richard H. Harrington to the Urgent ; Sydney Metcalfe to the Excellent. Masters—Christopher Albert to the Gorgon ; Richard Thomas to the Fisgard ; W. H. J. Green to the Ex mOnth. Surgeons—John Simpron to the Victory, for Hasler Hospital ; W. D. Kerr to the Agamemnon ; Hart Gim lett to the Gorgon. Paymaster—Albert J. M. Roberta to the Gorgon. Clerk —Charles W. King to the Gorgon. Assistaat-Surgsons—W. D. Smyth to the Agamem non ; W. Nichol (sctino to clitt , . ; David Campbtll to the Nile ; L. A. White to the Cumberland. DYER V. DANIELLE, This was an action on a bill of vx:ihange for 171. Mr. T. Beard defended on the ground that defendant, who was the indorser of the bill, ha l not received notice of dishonour, and that the bill had been passed to plain tiff with consideration. Tile bill bad been paid to a person named Roe, who now said that he paid it to plaintiff on ace bunt of a debt, but he did not indorse it to Dyer. Dyer, the plaintiff, had also handed it to some one el , e, as he said, to present, but there was no evi deuce of presentation, and the case was adjourned with costs to defendant. THE RICHMOND CONVEYANCE COMPANY v. TILE GREAT NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The following change of quarters of the House hold Brigade of Guards will take place on the 15th of April : Grenadier Guards-Ist Battalion, from St. George's, Keneingtoa Migazine, and Buckingham Palace Barracks to the Tower of London ; 2d Bat talion, from Wellington Barracks to St Geo , ge's, Kensington Magazine, and Buckingham Palace Barracks ; 3d Battalion, from the Tower of Lon don to the Wellington Barracks. Coldstream Guards-Ist Battalion, from Wel lington Barracks to Windsor ; 2d Battalion, to re main at Dublin. Scots Fusilier Guards-Ist Battalion, from Port man-street and St. John's-wood Barracks to Wel lington Barracks ; 2d Battalioen, from Windsor to Portman-street and St. John's-wood Barracks. The following officers and troops from the batta lions of Infantry at Chatham garrison embarked at Gravesend yesterday, on board the Abeona, for Cal cutta, viz :—Ensign J. E. W. Black and 10 men of the Bth (the King's) Regiment ; Ensign C. H. Newbatt and 11 men of the 10th Foot ; 40 men of the 19th Regiment ;13 m-n of the aith Regiment; 78 men of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers ; 26 men of the 24th Regiment ; Ensign J. Garfortb, Ensign J. T Gray, and 48 men of the 32d Regiment; 13 men of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment; Ensign Wm. L. Barr, 53d Regiment Ensign G. Mart surgh and 26 men of the 75th Regiment ; and En sign G. B. Wolseley, with 20 men of the 84th Re giment. The following troops, from Canterbury, also embarked in the same vessel :-30 men of the 7th Hussars, under the command of Cornet J. B. Phillipson; 24 men of the 64th Regiment, with Ensign H. Davies and G. Ash; 16 men of the 82d (Prince of Wales's Volunteers); and 10 men of the 90th Light Infantry. Detachments from the High land depots stationed in Scotland also embarked for India, consisting of 26 men of the 42d Royal Highlanders, from Perth ; 20 men of the 79,11 Highlanders, from Stirling • and 11 men of the 93d Highlanders, from Aberdeen. Assistant- Surgeon Slatter, 61st Regiment, and a Staff-As sistant Surgeon embarked in medical charge of the troops. A detachment of 100 gunners of the Royal Artillery left Sheerness yesterday by the Medway steam-packet at 9.15 a.m., for Gravesend, to em bark on board the transport Abeona. The men were fr m Mail. Shaw's Company, 12th Battalion (nine in number) ; from Capt. Weolsey's Company, 5 . h Battalion (30 in number) ; from Capt. Rag's Company, 2d Battalion (44 in number) ; and Capt. s Company, 11th Battalion (17 in num ber). The whole of the regiment of Royal Artillery was yesterday morning mustered by Mr. Pellait, principal military storekeeper of Woolwich Arsenal, attended . by Mr. Harry, one of the superior officers of the department, wearing the undress uniforms as prescribed by a recent Government regulation. The duty of mustering the garrison, in order to verify the pay-officer's returns at the end of every month, has now devolved on the principal military -torakeeper of the Arsenal, in consequence of the field-train having m'rged into that department. Brigade-Major Shaw attended as staff-officer of the garrison. The battalions, numbering about 3,000 men, were assembled on the Royal Artillery Parade ; the Royal Horse Brigade in the west square ; and the field batteries at the encampment at the extremity of Woolwich Common. The mus ter commenced at 9 a.m., and terminated at halt past 11. o'clock. The Royal Marines, the militia regiments, and the military train were mustered in their respective quarters by the divisional pay master of the each corps. Mr. Cornelius Noddall, master in charge of the receiving ship Fisgaril, and late acting master attendant at Woolwich, having been appoint:d master attendant at the Royal Garence Victualling yard, Gosport, left Woolwich yesterday morning for his new post. The functions of master atten dant at Woolwich dockyard are consequently car ried on by Mr, George Fittock temporarily. The new Lords of the Admiralty paid their fir s t official visit of inspection to Chatham Dockyard on Tuesday afternoon. The mem bers of the Board who were present were Rear- Admiral T. Martin, Lord Lovaine, and the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, M. P., first secretary, accom panied by Rear-Admiral Sir. B. Walker, K.C.8., surveyor of the ntvy, and L'.-Col. G. T. Greene, surveyor -general of works. Their lordships went over to the dockyard in the Admiralty seam barge. On landing they were received by Capt. G:lismith, C. 8., the superintendent of the establishment ; Mr. C. Pope, master attendant ; Mr. F. J. Laire, master shipwright ; Mr. R. Laws, storekeeper ; Lt. J. Wise, clir_ct.r of p lie.) and the several ht ads of departments. Their Lordships then proceeded to make an inspection of the several large screw ' steamers which are building at Chatham, visiting in succession the Hero, 91, the Charybdis, 21, the Irresistible, 80, the Hood, 99; and the Mersey, 40, the last of which they spent some time in examin ing. This steamer, which is the longest in the navy, is rapidly approaching completion, and will be launched during the summer. The members of the board also went over the various factories and wotk r shops of the establishment, and afterwards pro ceeded to the extremity of the dockyard, where c!le:r 1 rd-hTs spent some time in the inspec , ion of 1 -,he site for the large steam l'as'n which is to be shortly commenced at Chatham, the excavations for which are to be dug by the convicts attached to the prison at St. Mary's. O. returning to the yard their lordships were conducted by Col. Greene to see the improvements which are being carried out, and were shown the large floating basin which will he shortly fit for the largest vessels in the navy. Afer leaving the dockyard their lordships inspected the Marine Barracks, where they examined the plans for their enlargement and improvetnent, which are to be immediately carried into effect, at an esti mated expense of 55,0001. The Pembroke, 60, screw, Capt. E. P. Charle wood, has been taken into No. 3 dry dock at Sheer ness, for survey of screw tropeller apparatus, feed pipes, valves, &c., she bring fitted for coastguard service. The Edinburgh, 60, screw steam-snip, Captain the Hon. J. S. J. Carnegie, IDs been put out of the fitting bAsin at S`►eerness, and will be ready to join her station at Leith for Coastguard service in 10 days, Tit; . C9lossus, 80 gung, screw steam-ship, re cently from Chathatn yard, where she has under gone rtpairs, has had a trial trip to test her machi nery. The trial was in every respect highly satis factory. The Colossus is now placed in the steam reserve at Sheerness. The Cressy, 80 guns, screw steam-ship, Cap!ain E P. H &lsted, is c )noplet,id in No. 3 dry dock at Sheerness. She will shortly be moored as guaid.- sbip of the steam squadron of reserve at Sheerness. An Admiralty order has arrived at She ruesi to pay off tho Childers, 12 guns, Commander Victor G. Hickley, expected home from the West Coast of Africa. The Hero, 91, screw-steamer, being completed, an Admiralty order has been received at Chatham for the hunch to take place on the 15th of April. The paddle-wheel steam-vessel Merlin, 6, Com mander C. W. Buokley, from Sierra Leone, Feb. 16, and Lisbon, March 26, arrived at Plymouth yesterday morning. As previously advised by telegraph, she has no news of the mail steam-ship Gambia, Capt. Tubb, now overdue three weeks at Plymouth. It is possible that she may have gone ashore in one of the rivers on the West Coast during the prevalence of the " smokes," wh ch have been more dense this season than for half a century. Her predecessor, the Ethiope, made eight attempts to get out of one river, and struck her bar five times. The Merlin reports tbat the Sharpshooter, 8, sailed on Feb. 12 for the Bights Division to relieve the Antelope, 3, Commander Pike, ordered to proceed to Ascension. The steam sloop Alecto, 5, Commander Hunt, arrived at Sierra Leone from Ascension Feb. 12. The steam vessel Pluto, Commander W. Swinburn, sailed on the 18th for the Bights, and the steam-sloop Ardent on the same day, with the Commander-in- Chief, for the Gambia. At Sierra Leone on the 14th the Boscaw, n, 70, Capt. N. A. Powel!, the Vesuvius, 6, Commander. Wire, the Alecto, and Childers. The Teazer, having been ashore in S.!arcies river, was beached in Sierra Leone for repairs. The Merlin !tit Sierra Leone ou the morning of the 16th Feb., and communicated on the 18th, in lat. 12.04 N., long. 17.7 W., wi h the Spitfire. Called at the Gambia on thtki 19th, and left the following morn ing for St. Vincent's. Arrived there on the 23d, and left on tie 26th. Communicated with the Alert the same day. Arrived at Teneriffe on the 4th March, and on the sth, 6th, and 7th, while at anchor, ex perienced a very heavy gale of wind. Left on the 11th, but had to put back on the 12th, in conse quence of a defect in her rudder head. Sailed again on the 19th, and arrived at Lisbon on the 23d. The Mt rlin has been nearly three years on the coast of Afric.i. She brings home seven iuvalida and three distressed British seamen. DEATH OF COMMAANDER BRAKE.—Commander Wm. Lenthalt Brake died at Garland Cottage, Holt, Wilts, on the 27th ult. lie entered the navy in the summer of 1796, as a volunteer on board the Royal William, Captain Francis Pickmore, flag ship of Sit Peter Parker. He has been unemployed since Feb. 2, 1816. He accepted the retirement with the rank of commander (under her Majesty' s order in council of Nov. 1, 1830), on the lith April, 1851. additions to WOOLWICH ARSENAL.--The recent dories this establishment, consisting of ne s Tle f : shell, for the manufacture of heavy ordnance, shot, in sncord?tcla a " f h ew th w e ee l k ae s t , cartridges, (tc., will, army estimates, be in full operatic) NORTHERN RAILWAY. This was an action to recover damages for injury done to one of the omnibuses of the Conveyance Com pany by a v%n belonging to the defendant , . Mr. Beard was for the plaintiffi, and called witnesses in support of the case, but they were contradicted by others. H►s Honour said it was next to impossible to decide in this case : first ca'ae a dead stand-mill, and then a grand sma,h, and scarcely any one could say who was right, but he thought that in this case the evidence was rather in favour of the defendants. Verdict for defen dants. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This. Day.) MANSION -H OUSE. Joseph Smith was charged before Mr. Alderman Hale, with picking a gentleman's pockat about eleven o'clock this morning in Fenchurei.street, and stealing therefrom a coloured silk pocket handkerchief. Police constable No. 65, proved the theft, and Mr. Thomas Hewan, draper, Gracecburch-street, corro borated his evidence, and identified the handkerchief as his property. A previous conviction and sentence of two months was also proved as havitg been passed against the pri soner. The prisoner pleaded poverty and want of employ ment, and promised reformation, Mr. Alderman Hale sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment with bard labour. THAMES. TEN ADVIINTURES OF A SOLDIER AND SAILOB.—Henry Dawkins, a private in the Grenadier Guards, stationed in the Tower, and Jane Evans, an elderly woman, were brought before Mr. S.flfe, charged with stealing a coat and a waistcoat, the property of a sailor, named William Walker, belonging to the brig Wil son. It appeared that the sailor fell in with the soldier yes terday, and they set off in quest of adventures, and spent all iheir money in drink. Both men became intoxicested, and at last found their way to an infamous house in that worst of all places, Bluegate-fields, Shad well. The soldier and the sailor laid down on the same bed with their clothes on, and the female prisoner, who appeared to act as landlady, covered a sheet over them. The sailor was soon asleep, and when he awoke he missed his coat and vest, which it appeared the woman pawned for 9s. 63. [['he clothes were pro duced and identified.] Mr. Selfe was of opinion that the soldier had nothing to do with pawning the clothes, and discharged him with the remark that his conduct was very disgraceful in getting drunk in the middle of the day, and frequent. ing such a horrible place as B uegate-fields. He sentenced the other prisoner to pay 203. fine and ss. value, and io default one month's imprisonment. He ordered the sailor to pay ss. to the pawnbroker, and then his clothes would be delivered to him. [ADVERTISEMENT]. —Holloway ' s Pills positively the best retn&dy for the cure of every internal complaint in-' cidental to the human frame. The virtues of this won derful medicine have rendered then inva.uable to persons of debilitated constitutions ; while to those suffering fram derangement of the stomach and towels, liver or kidneys, they are equally serviceable, and, from their gentle yet positive effect, they can be u.ed with the utmost safety. Thousands of persons have testified that by their use alone they have been restored to health after other remedies have proved unsuccessful. , Id by all medicine vendors throughout the world, and at Professor Holloway's E s tablishment, 244, Strand, London ; by A. Stampa, Cot etantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna; and B. Muir, Malta. when it may be expected that at least 1,500 addi tional hands will ber required. THE MILFORD HAVEN SEMAPHORES. —The Admi ralty have again altered their mind with regard to these stations; and although totally useless at night, and in thick weather, they ate to be for a while continued, •notwithstanding the premises at Thorn I-land and Hakin Point have acrually b: ea publicly advertised to be let. The whole, how ever, from its total inefficiency, must, sooner or later, be superseded by the electric wire, sub marine or orherwise. THE COAST VOLUNTEERS. - T he Violet, gun boat, has just arrived at Milford Haven, as t en d er to the Eagle, for the purpose of affording sea prac tice to the numerous coast volunteers daily train. ink; at that port. PEMBROKE DEPOT BATTALION. —The staff of the Ist battalion, which left Pembroke for Colchester some weeks back, returned there last week en route to Buttevaut, Ireland. This changing and counter changing cannot but prove expensive and injurious to the service. The. barraoks, so long promised, and for which land has been purchased at such an enormous outlay, have not yet been begun, and the troops are still crammed into the inefficient wooden huts. COAST DEFENCES. —The Berwick Advertiser says —" The Government have resolved on placing a series of heavy artillery on our ramparts. The guns are each to be 95 pounders, and are to be plan' ed on the battery underneath the flag-staff, whereby they will possess a range of the shore on the south coast for a considerable distance. Holy Island. Castle is also to be supplied with guns, and is, be sides, to be garrisoned by some companies of ar tillery." The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : Commander J. Dayman to the Gorgon, comm's s'oned ; F. A. Pountney, clerk, to the Agamem non ; E. B. Cornish, assistant-clerk, to the Nile ; and A. Walker, assistant-clerk, to the Agamemnon. MILITARY OBITUARY FOR MARCH. Generals.—John Munro, East India Companfs Service ; Aug. Andrew; C. 8., ditto. Lieutenant-Generals.—John Williams Alfred. Major-Generals.—Cecil Bisshopp, C. 8., Colonel 16th Foot ; Fred. Charles Griffiths. ColonelA.—Henry Tucker, Royal Engineers ; H. Cotton, C. 8., East India Company's Service ; C. Graham, C. 8., retired full pay, ditto. Lieutenant-Colonel.--William Wilmer, Bth Dragoons • Samuel G. Carter, reti re d f u ll p a y, 16 h Feva ; Lord Alvanley; J. P. Dirom, late Orenadier Guards ; J. K. Mackenzie, 'ate 4th Foot ; George Warren, late 23d F-ot ; Richard Hort, late 81st Foot ; J. D. B. Elphinstoue, Me 4th West India R , ,g,ment • Henry Smart, late Royal Engi neers ; J. Lionel Stephenson, C. 8., E tst India Company's Service ; Sir William Lloyd, retired full pay, dirt.,. _ . Majors.—Sir James Dunlop, Bart., Coldstream Guards ; John Smith, retire i full pay, Royal Ar tillery ; Sir A. Mackenzie, Bart., retired full pay, E rat India Company's Service ; G. Simmons, late 7th Drag.lon Guards ; Viscount B.lgon , e, late Gi'ena ier Guards ; A. C. Innes, late 3i Foo-. Caprai*s—Gaith-pore Sterling Home, sth Foot, on board the City of Manchester, on voyage from Calcutta t r London ; Robert Bogle, 78 h Foot, of wounds ; John Gordon, 82d Foot, of wounds ; Henry L-m3priere, half-pay Royal Artillery ; Bt'- verley Robinson, ditto ; Thomas Askew, half pay Wal'er's R-giment ; John Fleury, half-pay Port Service. Lie uten an ts.—Sydn eyVy se, 6th Dragoon Guard-, killed in action; John C. Brown, 5.h Foot ; Fred. Brown(' Sind with, 10th Foot; John Gordon, 93d Foot ; Edward Stanley, retired full pay, Royal Artillery Drivers ; William Kingsmill, retired full pay, 10th Vet, rinary Battalion. Ensigns--Wm, Spooner, 54th Foot .; Thos. Fred. Bowen, 59 h killed iu acti , in ; Alexander M`Dout-11, half-pay, Glengarry Feucibles. Ajutani—John Packett, half-pay, 2d Greek Light Infantry. Quartermaster—Jobn Jones, la' e Scots Fusilier Guards. As,istant Commissary General—Donald MaeLio :1, half-pay. Inspect:l! General of Hospitals—Hugh Bone, M. D., half pay. Surgeon—Ebnezer Hack - , half-pay, 1.8 h Dra goons. . . AssistantSurgeon—Robert Ferguson, 95th Foot, Deesa. EARL SrANHOPE'S ADDRESS. (Front the Times.) The address of Lord Stanhope to the University of Aberdeen deserves a high place in what has now become a numerous and important class of compo sitions. We have seldom read anything so likely to apply the needful stimulus to the often smoul derini, fire and fitful ambition of Academic youth. A Scotch precedent is ab nit the last that is likely to obtain weight at our English Universities, and one of them has for its Chancellor a man who teaches eloquence, at least, by his own most distin guished example. Yet even Lord Derby could bring that example more home, and make it m ,re available, if he wt uld some day inform the scholars and reasonets, but very indifferent talkers, of his University how he came by his marvellous coin wan.] of words and power of exposition. This is not meant to imply that the exaiitple is perfect, for, like one of the representatives ot the same Univer sity, Lord Derby is occasionally carried away in the torrent of his own words. When, however, we see a man, the chief of his party, able to rally it and bring it into power once and again tinder the most adverse circumstances,—then there is no sub ject on which be cannot deliver himself so as to rivet the at:eation of all hearers, disarm their hos tility, and for the time even ()verb' ar their convic tions, it is idle to criticise a faculty which every body must envy an I desire. So, by what pro cess is Lerd Derby an orator ? How did a, t assist na'ure 3 Can he impart the secret to that crowd of students,—the hope ot England,—fry m whom our Parliament, our pulpits, our coirrt-i, our magistracy, our hustings and platf-runs, to be supplied ? Lord Stanhope has given his view Of the secret, which, indeed, is in general terms that to which every distinguished orator, ancient or modern, has given his authority. It is labour, study, practice, drudgery, application, or whatever else we may call it. We should only take up needless time if we were to attempt au enumeration of the splendid examples and em phatic admonitions iu favour of early, constant, variou., and systematic training, in the case of everybody called upon to speak in public. The early statutes and usages of our Univ,rsities bear witness to the paramount importance of the faculty in the estimation of oar forefathers. The old scholars of Oxford "disputed" their way from term to term, from one degree to another. Till the Restoration we believe we are justified in saying that no sermon was ever read in the University pulpit, and even elsewhere a manuscript was as great a confession of weakness as a printed book would be in these days. Yet these were ages iu • which the Universities had a far stronger hold on the nation than they now have. They were not be hind ours in solidity of scholarship, iu depth of philosophy, and strength of conviction. The art of speaking did not dilute learning and weaken vi g our of mind, but ministered to them. Scholars then not only held their own, but went forth, and taught, and persuaded, and governed the world. In this age, however, which brooks no com parison with any age that went before it, it is a plain fact, which cannot be disputed, that neither at our Universities, nor at our public schools, nor in any other places and systems of education in vogue amongst us, is any attempt made to teach the art of speaking. What may be adduced in the way of exception is utterly inconsiderable. From the time a gentleman's son goes to school to the happy mo ment when he sees his name, perhaps, in the list of Wranglers or the "Class List," he has most pro bably never recited English poetry or prose, never even read either aloud, much less has he ever made an oral statement of facts or views to a greater length than a short sentence in reply to a short question. Up to the age of three-and-twenty it is matter yet to be ascertained whether the intended clergyman can read a verse in the Bible as it ought to be road ; whether the intending barrister can make a legal statement, attempt to convince with out giving disgust, or to persuade without making himself ridiculous. He may at that age he able to do many things seldom required. He may be deep in Greek and Roman antiquities, and able h e write strue and even scan any chorus ; ' rho may Greek and Latin verses in a dozen v ra c e r r: om , pose a be a good mathematician, and except in the e t h a se at , d many never be cal e d tolerable essay. He may ., kaf ay What hO ) w r - - other , accomplishments, Tfe, int) practice once in a whole ri nons, or in somt. c production of written se respondence of u do in one way or an the g al l' c ommon gift of all ever, every man un' f : r a o l m gr i a n v f i a t n y : classes, all ill age s e sdifference between man and other, what profession'',what is the first and fore most Veen one wa it ut any man and another, is left brute, and between aSsistance whatever from to chanc e ' schools or - universities. ~onie men have naturally better organs of articulation, some are in better society and more among good some are more acct ibis • some begin to talk a year or two before oth ers, and have that start upon them ; some prefer society to study from mere idle ness ; some are early seized with an ambition to be orators. Nature and circumstances interfere in many ways, and make one man a speaker, another mute, and others all shades between these ex- 90i 3 , 1 47i 6i 3# ... Cremes, but education in these days has nothing t do with the result. A schoolboy is all his time de clining, conjugating, parsing, construing, scanning • —all grammatical and critical exercises —recitin g . first Latin doggerel bout genitives and prwteritesa : then, it must be admitted, Latin and Greek - speeches and poetry. The Universities merely complete this course of training. But the habit of , mind imparted by all these exercises is rather ad verse to method, facility, and elegance of expres- sion than conducive to these qualities. It often helps to make men hesitate, boggle, and stammer, be at a loss for a word, or give two 9r three words instead of one, contradict themselves, explain, re- peat, and fall into every vice of utterance. The t d o o n e g s u e not is refer conti o u n a t c o a I p e d u b i l question, as Lord St a nh o p e ver y proper l y sa y s, lly nictespseeravkiicneg; andThieg always liable to failure for want of a proper trainin g . The result is lamentabl e , and often disagreeable. The first education that the country can give offers no security whatever that a man shall not offend and disgust when he should please and in form. Enter church after church, in the metropo lis or elsewhere, and you sh e ll h ear the pmenread by a machine, and the sermon read by • a drone. The supplications are solemn without being serious ; the exhortations have only that gravity that conduces to sleep. The one is a pious form, and the other an unpleasant necessity. is is - not our present, purpose, and certainly is no Wish, - of ours, to enlarge upon defects which are the. • staple of almost every conversation in respectabl e houses between the hours of one and two on Sun- .. day afternoon. Nor is this state of things confineet to the Church. Hundreds of excellent gentlemesa aspire to Parliament, and get in or not,, with the same ultimate ill succe , s. The moment they try to speak, all their feelings, thoughts, facts, and purposes either crowd to the tongue or fly alto- - getlaer, and leave it utterly bankrupt of words. Those who can speak do not often bring credit on the gift. In teed, in this country there is no thing which is so often the subject of a sneer as fluency of speech. It has become an affectation with many that they cannot express themselves, and they find excuses enough alike in the short- • comings and excesses of others. A large part of the wisdom, the experience, and the actual • power of the country is unrepresented in Parliament, through the taciturnity or defective expression of our public men, while, as a natural consequence, many who have little else than a ready command of words entails an influence be yond their just worth. "In the people of the blind a one-eyed man is king ;" and in an assembly of bad speakers or mutes a very ordinary orator will get more than his duo. It must be so at the bar, and in the pulpit also. At the former there are men who have been sneered at for their garrulity, their vulgarity, their tau o. t I ogy, and utter defiance of all the rules of rhetoric, eve, since they opened their mouths, but when they obtain practoe, wealth,. and rank, they can afford to laugh at their brief less brethren. En the pulpit the scholar and gen tleman from the University pines and moulders in his curecy without even the conviction of ministe rial success, while an ignorant Ranter carries away halt his flock, and the vulgar Dissenter, with every fault of in nir - eq. and style, with solecisms innume rable and unpardonable outrages on social pro priety, is run after by thousands, would fill a Oules,eum, and has every, hing a clergyman can wish for ex ept a Palace, a Peerage, and " My Lord." The chief foundation of his power is not merely his owe eloqueric-, but the utter want of that quality in must of his competitor'. He lris been preaching every day, to a small party or a large one, ever since he was 10 years old. He has been among preachers. When another ended he began ; and when he was tired another took it up. His whole life, short as it is, has been one course of preaching. The Oxford or Cambrid e e divine has get up 20 textbooks, can reed the Scriptures in the c ruins', has read the Fathers and the old English theolo gians, but never preached except by book, and bas scarcely heard a sermon that was not a written one, and read accordingly. No doubt, people must have begun early to speak well., The child who is allowed to tell his longstory all about nothing at all, or the tale he has read ;het merniog in his nut sery-book, is in training for an orator. lie will very soon have his little audience, while the philosopher is left on his stool, and the . sulker is left to go where he will. This is domestic training, which, whether by precept or example, has more to:do than schools. But if schools ate good for anything, they ought to help here too. - Boys ought to practise that which they will have to do in future life ; to describe what they have read, seen, or heard ; to read from other language a into good English, as Lord S-anbope says was part of Pitt's traiuiug, to state cases and arguments, and in every possible way to acquire readiness, nerve, a good vocabulary, and a gentle tone of voice, neither overbearing nor timid, and even a bearing that - shall not be positively ridiculous. It stands to reason, and is certainly borne out by multitudes of instances, that if a child is ever to speak well it ought to begin as soon as it has the use of its tongue ' • and the course ought not to be intermitted at school or college. At present all the rhetorical training a boy has at either of these places he picks up for himself. If he does this his future career is often a triumph of self-will over duty, or rather of nature over learned folly. While the good boys ere plodding over their tasks, writing no end of verses, racking their brains to find matter for a theme, or turning over the leaves of dictionaries and grammars till they are dizzy, some indolent; fellow is following his own bent, taking all kinds of nonsense, playing off hi- jokes on everybody, and trusting to his good fortune and address to propitiate the master. Thirty years hence he is likely enough to be a great man, and, in his way a useful roan, while his dutiful and plodding con tempora, ies are settling into ol.).cutity and insigni ficance. It ought not to be, but it is so, and will remain se, as long as the art of speaking well is ui telly neglected in all its stages and applications, and nothing is cared for but headwork and pen _ svoik, as applied to ancient languages and pure ma hem atics. MARKST Day. CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended April 1, 1858, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS RYE I BEAN S PEAK 453 2 d 37s 3d 23s 4d 296 1 id 386 ld j 41s 5d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERA GES. , WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS 1 RYE I BEAKS MR 45s 2d 36s 5d 23s 1J 326 8d 38s ld 41s 51 ENGLISII GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 108,900; barley, 56,799 ; oats, 14,455; rye, 113; beans, 6,113 ; peas, 1,0 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The great lamb market was held here, to-day ; but the supply of lambs, compared with many corresponding sea sons, was rather limited. On the whole, the lamb trade ruled steady, but by no means brisk, at from 6s to is per 81b.. From the Isle of Wight, 200 head came fresh to hand. There was a slight improvement in the beef trade, at Monday's currency. The supply of beasts was limited. We had a fair sale fur shoal), at full prices. Calves sold briskly, at an improvement in value of 4d per 81bs. In pigs and milch cows, very little was doing. Per Sibs to sink the ollais. s. d. s. d.I s. d. s. Inferior Bcasts....3 oto 3 2 PrimeSouthdown 4 8 6 0 Sccend quality 3 4 3 6 Large erse. calves 4 0 4 U Prime large oxen 3 8 310 Prime small d 0... 5 0 5 4 Prime Scots, die. 4 0 4 4 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 0 3 4:Small porkers 4 2 4 4 Second quality . ..3 6 3 10'Suckling calves 20 023 Prime crse.-wlle d.4 0 4 AlQuarter old pige l$ 022 0 Lamb, 6s to 7s. FOREIGN Erma% Beasts ..................... 3G Sheep and lambs .....•-• 110 Calves ..................... Pigs ...................... . . TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts BOO Sheep and lambs Calves 250 Pigs llO NEWGATE AND LEADBNHALt. Thera was a slight improvement in the trade generally; as follows : s. Ple: 81:1* the 3 10 4 10 li_dutton,lnferiot d. a. d. 8 . 4. d. 2 10 3 4 eeefOnierior ...... 2 8 3 ° Do., midaling.....3 : 3 "('; to., middling 3 6 310 Do. prime large.. 3 8310 I II " prime 4O 4 4 Per, large ....... .3 0 3 6 1 Pork, Mall • 3 8 4 4 Do., do. swan Lamb, 56 ed to Gs 6d. SOOVIALLt March 31.—For all kinds of stock, the „pply of which was only moderate, the demand ruled very inactive, at our quotations :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 6,1 to os 0,1. ' Lamb, 5s ed to 6s 6d; Teal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; Pork, 33Gd to 4a 4d per Blbs, to s ink the offal. ROMFORD, March 31.—W0 had a slow trade Lyre to. dr, and prices were barely supported :- -Beef, from. Se Od to 4s 6d ; Hutton, 35 6d to 48 10d ; Veal, 3s lOd to 58 0 1 ; Perk, 45 Od to 48 61 per Albs ; Store Pigs, ---s to ; Milch Cows, —/ —s to—/ ; Lean Cows, —1 to —1; Suckling Calves, lOs to 231 each. BOROUGH HOP. The show of hops, to-day, isveiTei;tensive for the time of year. For all kinds, the demand is heavy, and prices show a tendency to give way. Foreign hops, in rather large quantities, are pressed for sale, at low currencies. New Mid and East Kent Pockets, 708 to 11.2 s ; Weald of Kent do., 51s to 665; New Sussex do., 52s to 60x; Year lings, 21s to 48s. HAY MARKETS. Snurarnew.—Meadow hay, 21 10e to 41 4e; clover, 31 103 to 51 Os; and straw, 1/ 53 to 1/ 105 per lose. A. good eupply, and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 10. to 50; clover, 31 108 to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 6. to 11 10e per load. Both bay and straw moved off slowly , a t late rates. WHITEORAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 105 to 4s; clover. 3/. 10s to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 5i to 11 10s per loac. A slow trade. 20 20 10 st. 20i 20i 190 100 100 100 17 an an In° 100 100 100 100 100 tOO 100 all 16 1 100 1100 ,100 109 all all 123rd all all all all 77 8 33 3 110 5 i i 30 i 51 i 100 A 2 19 1 "1 . Q .~