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

N E twi A A, K AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. 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 the exporters, and 1,000 by the speculators. The Railway Share Market manifested a flat appearance, and the quo tations were lower. During the last two or three days the inquiry for money has been. very moderate, and even now, although preparations are in progress for the liquidation of the bills which arrive at maturity on Saturday, 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 notwithstanding 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 bills now on offer, and as a conse quence, 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 change, butas this result was ant ici pated no disappointment is felt. The tend-ncy 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 mat ket will, no doubt, feel the immediate influence of an increased commercial demand, for the effect of the new regulation at the Bank, by which no re-dis counts are allowed, will then become visible. An extraordinary meetiing of the Llndon Joint- Stock Bank proprietors was held to-day, for the purpose of choosing two directors t ) fill he vacan cies caused by the resignation of Mr. Tilson, and the decease of Mr. W. M. Christy. The can dates were Mr. Charles James Heath and Mr. Henry Lea, who were unanim nisly elewed. 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. Continued dulness is the principal feature in the English Stock Market, but, upon the wi o!e, the prices indicate increased firmness. Speculation continues very inactive, owing to the approach of the settlement and the Easter holidays. Cobsols have been 961 97 for money, and 96i 7 for the Bth inst. ; they ate now 96i 97 for both, and 97k 4 for the May account. The March Exeliequer Bills are 365. to 395. 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 1011 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1031 104 ; Spanish 3 p r Cents., 431 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents, 91i ; Mexican 3 per Cents, 19Z ; Peruvian 4i per Vents. 83a ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 78 ; ditto Deferred, 161 17 ; Chilian, 6 per Cents., 104 ex div. ; Daidsh 3 per Cents., 821 ex div. ; and Dutch 4 per Cent., 984 ex div. The following aro the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 6 ; Mexi can, 191 20 ; Peruvian 4& per Cents., 83 84 ; Portuguese 3 par Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 -per_ Cents, 103 110 ; ditto 4k per Cents., 10) 1001 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44 44k ; ditto New Deferred, 25/ 26. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter Cheater and Holyhead Lancaster and Carlisle Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincoln North• Eastern West Hartlepool Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and Sou h-VVebtern . &sottish North-Eastern 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 . 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 3,088 5,323 6,035 3,356- Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada... Northern ui France 8942 8,155 38,998 9,757 10.469 37,079 There has been a very moderate business done to-day iu the Railway Share Market, but a slight advance may be quoted on one or two of the lead ing lines. Caled,niau, and Lancashire and York shire have improved 51. ; North-Western, about 55.; South-Western and N• , r • h-Eas , ern (York), 10s. ; and North-Eastern (Berwick), 1/. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings scarcely any business his been reported. Great Luxembourg have improved 10s. ; and Great Western of Canada decline i sa. to 10:i. Mining Shares have hen very quiet. Buller realised 280. Cobra Copper 40, and Linares 11. Joint Stock Bank Shaies have exhibited a slight downward tendency. Bank of Egypt have de clined ss. London and County 5a., and Union of Laudon ss. to 10s. In the Micellaneous Market, Australian Agri cultural shares improved 11. London General Omnibus Company 55., and South -A.ustra liau Land declined 10s. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, (From the Officsal List:: _ _ _ _ Business done. 3 per Cent. Consols Ann Elites CoLsols for Account Es%ever 13111 s, 2,44 Minh. June. -41000 Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 3A per Cent.... 99i- PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ATONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 7B Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO4 x d Danish Bonds, 3 pet Cent., 1825 B2i x d Mexican 3 per Cent - Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. Tarkibh Bonds, 6 pgr cent — Ditto Account lolk 1 10itto Guaranteed, i par Cent. .. 1.038 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent., 12 Guilders Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...... x a TWO (YOTo •• K. 96i 7 264 7 97h Consols, money Ditto, Account .. ...... Consols account ( Ytay) ACCIDENT AT WOOLWICEI.—An accident attended wit h the most lamentable" results occurred yesterday .iiorning to one of the clerks employed in the Laboratory Depar - ment of Woolwich Arsenal during the process el some intricate experiments, in which every person ciinnecred 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 It•jury, except a mai) - named Forest, late a sergeant in the Artillery. Having obtained his discharge from the ccrpa, the unfortunate man had recently entered the Royal Laboratory Depart - - Mont of Woolwich, and, having evinced considerable skill wad much inventive idea, Captain 13-xer, superintendent of the department bad on several occ4 sions expressed his high estimation. of his assistance._ On the occasio n of the sad accident yesterday morning he accompanied Captain B-xsr to Plumsteal-mirsb, to Barry 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, and fearfully shattered the bone throughout. Capt. . 1 3.ix,,r, who was en hor-e -back, immediately proceeded with the greatest prissibie In firmary, iccd a i n c d a a l fa v c e er h o il i Arsenal . A. principal baste to the Royal horse to Dr. Parratt, n the establishment, who twirled to the scene nf accident. A hospital cot having been forwarded, the sufferer was co n . veyed to the institution, where he was examined by D r. Parratt and Mr. Coleman, when it was f an d necessary to amputate the arm immediately, as idiaminati,,n otherwise be expected to supervene from t.h u frightf u l nature of the wound, the flesh and mu , cles being torn and much lacerated, A dose of chloroform was accord ingly administered, and the painful operaticn was most skilfully performed, during which the patient was ren dered totally unconscious. According to a newly- estab fibbed 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 yep-terday morning from a few (qty.' leave of ab-ence, having been married on Sat urday •, A TRAVELLBR'S EIOLAMATION ABOUT HIS PASSPORT. —"Oh ! that some one, as Cobden threatened to do 'with Russia, would crumple up the passport, literally, like a sheet of paper !"..--Punch. • antic is of ways wear mon with KAILWAY , Nottnv. Bost. Sc Eastn. Jane._ Belfast &llymen; Birrang. Wolvorh. stout Valley Rirkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Junct Ilack burn Myth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol 4 Exeter Ca1ed0nian.......... Clhester dr Holyhear' Cork and Bandon I Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall D.. A Do. B ........ Diablin&BelfastJunc Dun. P. lzAber.danc. East Anglian Eastern Counties.— EasternUnion,A. stlK Do., do. B Do, New A Rut Kent St. 100 East Lancashire ... 20 an Esst Suffolk ...... 10 all Do. t. 100 Edinburg% & Glasgow ,t• 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dunde. all worth and ClydeJunc. St. 100 Furness . ...... . St. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 10 all Great N. of Scotland 4 t. 100 Great Noithern 4. 100 Do., A. Stock . 1, 100 Do., B. Stock ... St. 100 Sth.&wastarel• St. 100 Great Western. St. 100 Do. Str. V. R 'ens.. St 12 all Irish South-Raltern. 5C all Lancaster &Carlisle. 1.411 Do., Thl t , t ß . 161 15 Do. New Thirds St. 100 Lint:ash, & Yorkshir 1.6 6 do. 1 7. £l6 ••• 9 7 Do. Do., £9 3 D o ., Wst. Riding Un 10 all Do. Sonthpt,rt. I.li' oil London & Blackwell 113 '3 Do. New, is. 51.105. St. 100 ho nd. Bright. dr S. Ost, St. 100 London &N. Wester 24, 5 Do. Eighths St. 1(10' London & S. Western 0 1 sll lindndrry &Coleraine all foidndrry. & Enuisk. 4 t. 100 Manch.Shef. &Lincln, 10 I 14 Metropolitan ........ 100 Midland ....... it. 100 Do. Birming. & Dort , i 0 all 4idland O.West.ar. - all Do. Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle., all Newpt. A bere.&Hrfd 9 Newry dx Armagh all Newry, Warrenpoini & Restrevor N0rr01k_...... .... Northn.Counties tie North British North Devon, Rail. Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern Berwick Do do. G.N.E.Purch Do Leeds Do. York North L0nd0n....... N. & S.Wstn., Ramp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central ... Ser,t. N.E.Ahrdn. Sr Do. Scot. Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sitingbourne &Sheer. South Devon South Eastern South Wa1e5..... ...... S. Yorksh. River Dur D 0... ..... ....... Staines,Wok;,&Wok. Stockton & Darling.. Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1855 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 hemes Hay. D. &R Vale of Neatb. Watered. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Coinwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class... Do. Second Class 5 100 0 St. 100 St. 100 163 100 WO 31.1 1100 100 100 100 s:i. .- • IA ,_}.tF,:;t1...1-...i N.ALL W A 10 60 to St. At_ 5 20 10 20 IRITISH POSSESSIONS. IMO at. 'Atian. and St. Law. 1.8 9 ttombay, Baroda, and Cen. Ind, guar. 5 p.c. lB' all • Do. 18 all Do. Additional A - 1p 201 all rinifalo i Laae Gm% 9 10 LOO Butt , Brat.& Goich. 1 80 85 100 100 6 p.c.bds., 1 Ang.„'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 75 80 [OO 1 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74 74 78 77 20 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 20 12s8d Central Oude (Lim.) 20 2 Ceylon A shares ll 1$ 171 :,11 Demerara . 20 2s. Eastern Bengal - $ Zi 3 St. 100 East Indian 109 110 20 all Do. Li Shares ll 11 p 20 5 Do. E. do. • 18 —1/ 1.00 all Do•4i 20 all Geelong 4 Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. St. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada 47 49 100 all Do. 6p. c. Deben — 821 20 alt Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 pert 2l/ 21 20 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c 1 19 20 all Gt. Westn. of Canada 19 191 19 1 201 13 Do. New 100 all Do. Bds., payable '57 ... 100 all 00. do., '76, p. 106 111 100 all Do. do., '73, do. 106 111 100 all Do. do., '73, without option 1 100 101 20 all Madras, guar. 41 p.c l9l 19/ 20 all Do. do., 5 per c. 201 21 20 15 Do. 4i p. c. Exten. 1d par 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. g gp 2G 5 Do. 4th Ea,, do, 1p 20 ss. Oude (Limited) 20 15 Scinde, guar. 5 per c 1 1 p 20 all Do FOREIGN. 10 all iantwrp& Rotterdam 51 61 61 20 all Ardennes • ••• 20 3 Bahia & Fra chrco —3/ 5 all :selgian East. Junct. 1 3 1 20 all BezierstoGraissessac 6 all Carmeaux&Toulous& Coal Mines and Ry. 31 3i 20 15 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France 271 27i 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all Gt. Central of France ... 20 all Great Luiembourg 7 81 81 16 Italian Junction •• ••• 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ~ 20 all Lierre and Turnhout „. 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 41 5 . 12 5 all Lucca & 20 all Lyons and Geneva 33* all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. New ' 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do.. 6p. c. Pref 2Ol 21 16 all Northern of France 3B/ 381 k 20 8 Do. New 10 all 'orwegianTrnk.Pre• 8 20 all : ris anti Lyons 333 331 20 all Ditto New 40 all Paris and Orleans 54 56 'i' 9 Recife & San Frau , :Pernam.. g. 7p. c id - 2,0 11 Riga-and Danaburg all RomL and *Anal 2U all Royal Danish l6 • 18 5 all Royal Swedish 4 4 all Do. 7 per cent. GL all Sanibre and Meuse._ 8 Si 11 , )o. 5i per cent. pref. 81 9 Z. al , s'outhero of France 2 s 2'l 8., all West Flanders 48 41 40 al, Do. 51 per c. Prof 9 91 40 all W.&14.W. of Franc( 26 27 20 6 %Imam of Austria._ X) all L. of Switzerland 6 all n •esladen • 6 all , 0.8 p. cent. pref. 20 all Zealand JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 )0 Agra & United Serv. . - 10 all Australasia B4 86 2 all Bank of Egypt 00 50 , Bank of London 47 49 140 all Bri. Col. Bk.dt Ln. Co ... 50 all British N. American 20 10 C. Bk.of Ind. Au.&CI , - 2i 03 50 City 5B 60 59 ICO 25 Colonial 20 all CommercialofCanada C 0 20 Commercial of Lond. 20 all Eng.Scot.,&Ans.C,it. 171 18 18 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of A .4. 181 18/ , 181 SO 20 London an d C oun ty 28 50 10 London Joint Stock. 00 20 Lond.andWestminst, 0 0 35 National Pro. of Eng. 20 10 Do. Now 50 25 National Bank 20 all New South Wales ank orp. Ba 1 . 2 Z 050t2 5 : ; :a:1:15001 Provinci al Ori e ntal°ool3ootiiioomahicnneoovii.sß i i r r 4a :o l. 6: 3 7. 1 6 7 . 3 6 1 4. 7 . 3 8 9 .. 1 31 10 an Do. New.. 25 12i Do. NOW ..... 1 26 27 London 23 25 231 1 00 50 Unity Mutual ". • 1 00 60 Westrußk 0 1 " This Day). tisinesq done this day. g T c yester lay. - 6 7 - 69 /- 71 9 - 10 25 - 26 89 - 91 86 - 87 36 - 38 7 -8; 16i - 58 - 44 - 29 - 31 14 - 16 87 - 8 62 - 63 28 - 281 87 89 10 10 101 87 89 126 128 98 - 100 M 5 56 83 -- P 5 10 - 12 p' I'i - 12 87i 8-; 1 - 11 1 di 6 - 61 106 107 936 - 94 11 - 1 916 - 9 6 35 - 37 9 - 95} 66 - 66 ••• - 121 - 334 59 - 61 3 51 - 52 Nll - 91 2 - (1 46i -47 i 72 - 73 92 - 94 41 - 8 - 9 8 - 9 20 - 32 7 3 d 108 - 110 27i. 7 , 4 - 80 45 - 47 3 - 2 35 - 36 69i - 70 822 - 834 13 - 15 7 - 5 r• 9 - 11 35 - Z 6 99 -7- 1.Z;2 3 3A 6A 6e ' z r~ .. . THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 1,185 - LiNEs LEASM) A T FIXED RENTAL . LAW INTELLIGENCE.--kfhis Day.) NAVAL AND 2 4 .,_:LITARY INTELLIGENCE. Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasinu Closing Prices Basinesi n yesteriav this day St. 100 IBuckgharnsh. Ln.&N.W• 93 103 St. 100 ;Clydesdale Jc cialedon... 100 - 102 25 all ICol.Stour Vy E.U.dtE.O 13 15 St. 100 lE.Lin. g. 6 p. Gt.Nortnn 139 141 5 all E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 4 41 St. 100 Gins. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils.Diroct. St. 100 , Do. NQw Do 25 allGlstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt•Westn — 50 ; all !Hull dx Selby. Y. & N.M 1 .0; 110 25 I all ;Do. Shares. Do 12/: all ,'Do. Shares. Do • ••• 12 all ,'Do. S.Eastern l2/ 13/ 20 all Do. Preference Do 24 25 St. 100 Lon. Til., drS; Peto &Co 93 95 10 10 }Do. Bark. Sh. Do ••• 5i all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W and Matlock dt Midld 2l 21 St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland 94 96 95 64 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count l— ip 50 , all N.& Est.s p.c. Do 57 59 50 ' all Do. 6 per ct.. Do 50 ' all Do.Fixedsp.c Do 25 all Prest. 4.r. Wyre L. &IS . W ... 12i all Do. / Shrs. Do • ••• St. 100 Roystn.dtElit. Gt.Northn'l3s 138 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassei 8 —8/ 12 all S. Stailordsh.. H. MClean 10 10/ 50 all WearVal.g6pc Stk.diDar. 25 all Do Do ai 33 St. 100 WiltsdzSornrst Gt.Westn ! 88 90 I COURT OF BANKRUTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fans.) THE WEST HAM DISTILLERY COMPANY. The following change of quarters of the House hold Brtade of Guards will take place on the 15th of April : Grenadier Guards-Ist Battalion, from St. George's, Kensington Magazine, and Buckingh am Palace Barracks to the T ower o f London ; 2d BA talion, from Wellington Barracks to St. George'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. A. meeting was held today for settling the list 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, and was proceeding. Scots Fusilier Guards—lst Battalion, from Port man-street and St. John's-wood Barracks to Wel lington Barracks ; 2d Battalion, 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 m e n o f th e 10th Foot ; 40 men of the 19th Regiment ; 13 miEm of the 20th Regiment; 78 men of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers ; 26 men of the 24th Regiment ; Ensi g n J. Garforth, 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. Man surgh and 26 men of the 75th Regiment ; and En sign G-. B. Wolseley, with 20 men of the 84th Re giment. Tho following troops, from Canterbury, also embarked in the same vessel ;-30 men of tine 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 Lightlnfatitry. Detachments from the H.gh land depots stationed in Scotland also emb ,rked for India, con-isting of 26 men of the 42,1 R.it al Highlanders, from Perh ; 20 then of the 79 h Highlanders, from Stirling; and 11 men of the 93d Higblanlers, from Abeideert. A.sis - ant- Surgeon Slater, 61,4 Regiment, and a Staff As sistant Surgeon embarked iu medical charge of the tr.,ops. A detachment of 100 gunners of the alai Artillery lei% Siieerness yesterday by the Medway steam-packet at 9.15 a.m., for Gravesend, to em bark on hoard the transport Abeona. The men were from Majer Shaw's Company, 12th Battalion (nine in number) ; from Capt. W, olsey's Company, 511 Battali n (30 in number) ; from Capt. Ragg's Company, 2d Batral:on (44 in number) ; and Capt. s Company, 11th Battalion (17 in num ber). _ _ IN RE ELWIN. The bankrupt was a grocer at Dartford, and passed his examination on accounts prepared by Messrs. Hart, Brothers. The debts are about 5,3761. ; ditto, holding security, 1,3751.; creditors' good debts, 1161. ; doubtful, 1901. ; property held by creditors, 1,539/. ; deficiency, January, 1857, 3,8381. The bankrupt passed. The whole of the regiment of Royal Artillery was yesterday morning mustered by Mr. Pellaet, principal milt iry 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 mouth, has now devolved on the principal military -.torekeeper of the Arsenal, in consequence of the field-train having merged 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 HOTS 3 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 half 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 Fisgard, and late acting master attendant at Woolwich, having been appointed master attendant at the Royal Carence Victualling yard, Gosport, left Woolwich yesterday morning for his hew 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 first official visit of inspection to Chatham Dockyard on Tuesday afternoon. The mem bers of the Board who were present were Rear- Admi , al 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 n ay, and Lt.-Col. G. T. Greene, surveyor-general of works. Their lordships went over to the dockyard in the Admiralty steam barge. On landing they were received by Capt. G-Llsouitit, C. 8., the superintendent of the establishment ; Mr. C. Pope, mister attendant ; Mr. F. J. Lairs, master shipwright ; Mr. R. Laws, storekeeper ; Lt. J. Wise, dir..ct ,, r, of pelice, and the several heads of departments. Their Lordships then proceeded to make an inspection of the several large screw steamers which are building at Chatham, visi‘ing in succession the Hero, 91, the Charybdis, 21, the Irresistible, 80, the Hood, 90, and the Mersey, 40, the list of which they spent some time in examiri ing. This steamer, which is the longest in the navy, is rapidly approaching cempl,tion, and will be launched during the summer. The members of the board also went over the various factories and wo cic shops of the establishment, and afterwards pro ceeded to the extremity of the dockyard, where their lordships spent some tittle in the inspec ion of the site for the lags steam basin which is to be shortly commenced at Chatham, the excavations ' for which are to be duLl by the convicts attached to the pri-on at St.. Mary's. On 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 be shortly fit for the largest vessels in the navy. Af er leaving the dockyard their lordships inspected the Marine Barracks, where they examined the plans for their enlargement and improvement, which are to be immediately carried into effect, at au esti mated expense of 55,0001. The Pewbroke, 60, screw, Capt. E. P. Charle wood, has been taken into No. 3 dry dock at Sheer ness, for survey of screw propeller apparatus, feed pipes, valves, (tc., she being fitted for coastguard service. The Edinburgh, 60, screw steam-ship, Captain the Hon. J. S. J. Carnegie, has been put out of the fitting basin at Sheerness, and will be ready to join her station at Leith for Coastguard service in 10 dam__ The CAossug, 83 guns, screw steam-ship, re cently from Chatham yard, where she has under gone repairs, 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, C a ptain E. P. Ildsted, is completed in No. 3 dry dock at Sheerness. She will shortly be moored as guaid ship of the steam squadron of reserve at Sheerness. An Admiralty order has arrived at Shet rues to pay off the Childers, 12 guns, Commander Victor G. Ilickley, 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 launch to take place on the 15th of April. The paddle-wheel steam-vessel Merlin, 6, Com mander C. W. Buckley, 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 that the Sharpshooter, 8, sailed on Feb. 12 for the Bights Division to relieve tie Autelepe, 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. Powell, the Vesuvius, 6, Commander. Wire, the Alecto, and Childers. The Teazer, having been ashore in SJarcies river, was beached in Serra Leone for repairs. The Merlin left Sierra Leone on the morning of toe 16th Feb., and comueunica - ed on the 18th, in lat. 12.04 N., long. 17.7 W., wi h the Spitfire. Called at the Gambia on the 19th, and left the following morn ing for St. Vincent's. Arrived there on the 23d, and left on Vie 26th. Commuuicated with the Alert the same day. Arrived at Tenerife 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 Merlin has been nearly three years on the coast of Africa, She brings home seven invalids and three distressed British seamen. DEATH OF COMMAANDER BRAKE,—Commander Wm. Leuthall Brake died at Garland Cottage, Holt, Wilts, on the 27th ult. He entered the navy in the summer of 1796, as a volunteer on board the Royal William, Captain Francis Pickmore, flag ship of Sir 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 11th April, 1851. , , • WOOLWICH ARSENAL.—The recent auaitton g to this establisument, consisting of the new factohrelisy for the manufacture of heavy ordnance,. t t i r cartridges, &c., will, in accordance Iv the last a c i s i army estimates, be in full operation a "IV week s, - whe.i it may be expect: d that at least 1,500 addi tional hands will lx r required. . TEE MILFORD HAVEN SEMAPHORES. --The Admi ralty have again al ered their wind with regard to tlit se stations • and although totally us , lesa at night, and in thick weather, they are to be for a while cnntinued, not , vithstanding the premises at Thorn Nand and tlakin Point have actually been publicly advertised to be let. The whole, how ever, from its total ineffici9ncy, must, sooner or later, ba superseded by the - electric wire, sub marine or wherwise. THE COAST VOLUNTEERS. —The Violet, gun boat, has just arrived at Milford Haven, as tender to the Eagle, for the purpose of affording sea prac tice to the numerous coast volunteer s daily train ing at that port. PEMBROKE DEPOT BATTALION,—The staff of the 14 battalion, which left Pembroke for Colchester some weeks back, returned there last week en route to Buttevant, Ireland. This changing and counter changing cannot but prove expensive and injurious to the service. The barracks, 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 aeries of heavy artillery on cur ramparts: The guns are each to be 95-pounders, and are to be planed 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 garri-oned by some companies of ar tillery." The following appointinentl Were made yester day at the Admiralty : Commander J. Dayman to the Gorgon, comm's sioned ; F. A. P o uutn e y, c l er k, to th e Agamem non ; E. B. Cornish, assistant-clerk, to the Nda ; and A. Walker, assistant-clerk, to tile Agamemwm. MILITARY OBITUARY FOR MARCH. Generate.—John. Munro, East Intim Company's Service ; Aug. Andrews, C. 8., ditto. Lieatenatit-Generals.----John Willisms Alfred, Major-Gener.ds.—Cood Bisshopp, C. 8., Colonel 16th Foot ; Fred. Char:es G , ifliths. Colonel-J.—Henry Tucker, R tyal Engineers ; H. Cotton, C. 8., gist I.,dta company's Service; C. Graham, C. 8., retired full pay, ditto. Lientenant-Colouel-=.—William Wilmer, B'h Dragoons • Samuel G. Carter, retired f u ll p a y, 16 t h Foot ; Lord Alvanley; J. P. Dtrom ' late Orenadier Guards ; J. K. Macke nz i e , ' ate 4th Foot ; George Warren, late 23d F ,, ot ; Richard Hort, late 81st Foot ; J. D. B. Elphinstone, late 4th West India Regiment • Henry Swart, lat e R oya l Engi neers ; J. Lionel Stephenson, C. 8., East India Company's Service ; Sir William Lloyd, retired full pay, ditto. Majors.—Sir James Dunlop, Bart., Coldstream Guards ; Johu Smith, retired full pay, Royal Ar tillery ; Sir A. Mackenzie, Bart., retired full pay, Eist India Company's Service ; G. Simmons, late 7th Dragoon Guards ; Viscount Balgon'e, late Grena tier Guards ; A. C. Innes, late 3d Foot. Captains—Garththore Sterling Home, Bth Foot, on board the City of Manchester, on voyage from Calcutta to London ; Robert Bogle, 78th Foot, of wounds ; John Gordon, 82d Foot, of wounds ; Henry Lempriere, half-pay Royal Artillery ; Be verley Robinson, ditto ; Thomas Askew, half-pay Water's Regiment ; John Fleury, half-pay Port Service. Lieutenants.—SydneyVyse, 6th Dragoon Guard., killed in action; John C. Brown, 5111 Foot ; Fred. Browne SAndwitb, 10th Foot ; John Gordon, 93d Foot ; Edward Stanley, retired full pay, Royal Artillery Drivers ; William Kingsmill, retired full pay, 10th Vets-rinary Battalion. Ensigns—Wm. Spooner, 54th Foot ; Thos. Fred. Bowen, 59 , 11 killed in action ; Alexander M‘Donell, half-pay, Glengarry Fenciblos. Adjutant—John Pa ckett, half-pay, 2d Greek Light Infantry. Quartermaster—John Jones, late Szots Fusilier Guards. Asistant Commissary General—Donald Macleod, half-pay. InSpector General of Hospitals—Hugh Bone, M. D., half pay. Surgeon—E b ezer Rack, half-pay, 18.11 Dra goons. AssistantSurgeon—Robert Ferguson, 95th Foot, Deesa. EARL ST.ANHuPE'S ADDRESS. (From the Times.) The address of Lord Stanhope to the University of Aberdeen oeserves a nigh place in what has now become a numerous and important class of n lune ations. We have seldom read anything so likely to apply the needful stimulus to the often smoul dering fire and fitful ambition of Academic youth. A. Scotch precedent is ab nit the last that is likely to ob , ain weight at our English Universities, and one of theta has for its Ch.ncellor 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'a.e available, if he w( uld some day inform the scholars and reasuners, but very indifferent talkers, of his University how he came by his marvellous com mand of words and power of exposition. This is not meant to imply that the example is perfect, for, like one of the representatives of the sainejUniver sity, Lord Dolby is occasionally carried away in the torrent of his own words. When, however, we sea a man the chief of his party, able to rally it and bring it into power once and again under the most adverse circumstances, —then there is no sub ject on which he cannot deliver himself so as to rivet the attention of all hearers, disarm their hos tility, and for the time even overbear their convic tions, it is idle to criticise a faculty which every body must envy and desire. So, by what pro cess is Lord Derby an orator.? How did pat assist nature ? Can he impart the secret to that crowd of students,—the hope of England,—from whom our Parliament, our pulpits, our courts, our magistracy, our hustings and platforms, are 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 in favour of early, constant, various, and systematic trainin g , in the case of everybody called upon to spealrin public. The early statutes and usages of our Universities bear witness to the paramount importance of the faculty in the estimation of our forefathers. The old scholars of Oxford f‘ disputed" their way from terra 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 in which the Universities had a far stronger hold cn the nation than they now have. They were not be hind ours in solidity of scholarship, in depth of philosophy, and strength of conviction. The art of speaking did not dilute learning and weaken vi.lour 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 tha• went before it, it is a pl a in tact, which cannot be disputed, that neither at our Universiti: s, n-r 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 excetition 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 Lnt,” 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 read ; _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 be able to do many things seldom required. He may be deep in Greek and Roman antiquities, and able to ~,c r 7 wri te Greek and even scan any chorus ;he he may Greek and Latin verses in a dozen metres LpoBo a eau= e t r og n e and many be a good mathematician, and What, ho w _ tolerable essay. He may have never be called other accomplishments, which maY . except in the "fe'or some cor into practice once in a whole of all efasses:, production of writ ni te u n:::: Tre in ne respondence of unusutaldoternityo•ne way 0 ever, every man what is the all j e lkf b all etTeen man and an ages .ff other, what is the professions, first and foremost one and between 0 .man and another, is left brute, w ithout any assistance whatever from to chance, with out schools or ' Some men have naturally better organs o f articulation, some are in better _ .,jety a nd more among good talkers than others ; soma are more sociable • Some begin to talk a year or two before others and have that start upon them • ,some prefer society to study from mere idle ness • so Me are early seized with an ambitioq to be orators, Nature and circumstances interfere in many ways, and make one man a speaker, another e, mute, and others all shades between these ex- !I PREFERENCE SHARES. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 50/.) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. Do. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £lO 41; p. c. Ches. 61 Ho. 61 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent Cork &Randons,lp.c ,Dun. Perth. &A bor.J E. Anglian Ole. A Rh Dn. do. Ole. B Gp. c Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co. Ex,sp.c No. I Do. No 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. ?JO. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent._ East Lancash.6 p.cts. E.&W. York. J. sth. Edin.dx Gl. sp. c. Ed. Prth.& Dun.4p.c Furness, 5 p, c Glas. dr S. W.G.5 p.c Great Northu. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. Do. 4 per cent Do. 5 p.c., Rect. at 5 p. c. pre m. Gt.N . ofScot. Ist Prc Gt. S di W. (Ireland) Do. 4 pert. Pref. St.' Gt W.(B.&H.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i p. c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per tent. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Claester ip. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do. 1)o. Firm. Gua, Stk. Do, Chesh. Gua. Sh. ,Do, do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. I D o. , P., 5 p. c. St. No. 2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 LOTI. & N.W., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 r . et... Lon. & S.W. 7 per et. late 3d Shares ... Londy.& Color. Sh. Londy. &Ennis. Sh. M., S., &L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 3.1 per cont. Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4A per cent Do. do. Consol. 6p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 P.C. Do. , q p. c. Prof. St. Do. L. &•11. Pref. St. New., Aber. , &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pin. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. 'leek. Deb. 4 p. c . Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 52 p.c. pf , 1847 Do. Wv. V.sp. ~1847 North British . ...... Di,. 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p. c.Prf. Do. do. do 'Do. Leeds 6 pa. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York H. &S. Pur North Staffordshire Wor. & Wolir. 6 .p.c., Ist guar. Do 6 p. c. 2d guar 1 Do. do. Debeatr. St Scot. Cent. New Pret Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. do.*4 p.c. pf. St South Devon 94 - 99 - 101 6 -6, 10i - 112 105 - 110 112 - 117 110 - 115 L 7 - 132 ii - li 1118 -- 120 110 - 112 103 - 101 Do. fixed 4i pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading' Ann.) of .E 1 Os. 6d. 1 Do. CI per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh Do. New 41 pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4i p. c.... S.Yorksh.4l3.C.Guar. 62 - 64 10, 3 / 4 - 11 91 - 93 87 - 87 - 89 99 -101 9 - 10 16 - 17 10 - 101 72 - 74 19 - 20 9i - 10 14 - 15 [l3B - 140 160 - 165 120 - 122 65 - 68 Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do do. do. - 139 - 101 lof IWaterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. 1105 - IQ7 94 - 96 - - 22 i - 2 p 2 r! 118 - 120 106 - 103 .9 - 101 113 - 120 125 - i 27 73 - 75 10 - 24j - 244 100 - 192 100 - 102 100 - 103 27 - 28 BRITISH MINES. ' . 2/ 12 'Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 11 12 1 20 14 British Iron . . 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 80 90 10 1 Dev. Gt. Oasis. (Tay.) 460 480 ... 30 East Basset (I 1 ogan) 85 95 ... 17s Great South Tolgus 146 1 . 56 ._ 135 Grt. W. Alfrd..(Philk.) 5 56 ... 71 'Grt. W. Vor (Helstn., ••• 17s Lady Bertha ... 8 N. Frances (Illogan) 86 9 6 ... .N. W.B:i.sset (Illogan) 13 14 ... 6115 North Wheal Crotty 4 5 ... ii Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 176 186 ... 9 Porkeilis U. (Wend.) ... •• • ... Os. Sort. Cons. MM. Co. 1 f 16 ... 26 S. Caradon (St. Clear 375 390 ... 2S. Carn Brea (Illogn. 46 56 i . . 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn. 225 240 5 46 ram. S. &L. Ain. Co. 4 16 10 9 Tin Croft 36 4 ... 40 Un.Mines (Gwennap) ... ... ... 1256 V. of Towey (Camay. ) 11 13 ... 16 W. Basset (Illogan) 24 25 ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 110 120 ... 56 Wh. Basset (Illogan). 210 220 ... 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 280 - 300 280 ... 56 Wh, Edward(Calstck) 61 71' ... 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 11 12 .., 8 Wh, Ma. Ann (Menht.) 43 45 46 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 24 26 FOREIGN NUNES. 20 76 Australian 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (li. ) k —i p 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .E 5 pm) . 16 2 30 all Do. Cocaes dt Cuiada , 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy 126 136 1 6 Clarendon Con. Min. Co, of Jamaica...-. ... ...d 40 all Cobre Copper 4O 42 40 . . 16 Copiapo 1 all Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. .., g id 2 all Fortuna .. ........ 20 all General 3 all Linares - 9 4 9 k 5 14 Lusitaniau 1 all Mariquita all New Granada it i 1 all Novean Monde 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.;&Smlt - 56 di 5 • 1 Port Philip — ... 30 16f Santis:o de Cüba all United Mexican._ - 36 4A MISCELLANEOUS. 000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) ... ... 25 13 'Australian Agricult. 25 --27 26 i It) all Australn. Royal Mai: 11 - 16 10 all Berlin Water Works., 36 46 10 2 ,Do. New iss. at 51. d ... . . 50 40 Brit. American Land 35 40 100 326 Canada l4O 150 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 113 114 1131 St. all ,Copper MM, of Eng. 25 :30 25 all Do. Pref. 7 6 p. cent. 26 28 5 all Crystal Pala ce ll 16 11 1 5 all ,Crystal Preferen ce 4 all Crystal Pal, of France ... -- 20 all jEastern Steam 44 —•5l St. 'lOO Electric Telegraph . ' I all Electric Tel. of Ire[ ... ... 5 all En.diAust.Cop.SmCo 11 16 10 I.os. Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. ... _ , . 9 all Eur. &Ain. Stm.(lim,) 4 —4i 20 .01 Gon. Ir. Se. Col.(lim.) ... ... 15 L 4 Gen. Steam Navigat. ._ 20 5 ( London Discount 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 34 31 31 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. . _ ~.. 10 all Mediterau. Elec. Tel. 8 _ 9 10 all Do. Extension Teleg. ... ... 10 all ,Mexicau&S.Americn , .. 23 5 (Nat. Discount Co l6 -- i . .1 10 6 Netherlands Laud i —l4 1.0 all Do. Do. 5 all Do.B p.c.Pf.iss.at 1 d 2 3 5 3 Do. Do. 100 80 INew B. &N. S. Land 17 20 St. 100 'N.S.W. Gov.s p.c,D. 966 970 961 1 all N. B. Australasian... 1 i 20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 2 3 1 all Oriental Gas . ........ i f 16 1 10s. Do New Shares *(l AP 5 all Peel Er. Ld. di Mimi 2 d 21 50 all Peninsular di Oriental 78 —BO 50 10 Do. New 50 all ,Rhymney Iron 100 60 [Loyal Mail Steam._ 61 —63 1 all Scot. Autral.lnvest. 16 13 14 St. 100 S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.bds. 106 ...... 108 25 all South Austral. Land . _ i . i 351 i 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 True. Ln.Co. Up. Can 10 ( . , 28 1 2 Van Dietainea Land lO ..... 11 IN RE COLLINS. A meeting was held for the choice of assignees under this bankruptoy. The bankrupt was a jeweller in Clerk€nwell. The choice took place. The preliminary accounts by Mesire. liart,.Brothers, show—debtor to creditors, 1,2001. ; asses, 5001. CITY SEIERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) CHARGES OF ACCOUNTANTS IN BANKRIIFTOT.-PETTIS V. PIZZBT. The plaintiff in this action,is an accountant, and sought to recover the sum of 101. on an I 0 11, for preparing a balance-sheet, in order that the bankrupt might pass his last examinati.n before the Court of Bankruptcy. It appeared that the plaintiff had to perform the work for such sum ai the court might allow, but in the event .f there being no assets available out of the estate, the bankrupt should pay 101. The bankruptcy took place in September, and plaintiff alleged that there was not sufficient in the hands of the official assignee to pay the court charges and Col citor'e fees. Defendant complaiued that plaintiff had pressed him before time had been allowed to reali4e the assets. Plaintiff said he bad been assured by the official assignee treat no more would be realised. His Honour thought that the plaintiff was somewbst premature, but it was ultimately consented to that de fendant should pay at 108. per month—plaintiff relin quishing any claim on the estate. DYNE V. DANIELL& This was an action on a bill of exchange for 171. Mr. T. Beard defended on the ground that defendant, who was the indorser of the bill, had not received notice of dishonour, and that the bill had been passed to plain tiff with consideration. The bill had been paid to a person named Roe, who now said that he paid it to plaintiff on accmint of a debt, but he did not indorse it to Dyer. Dyer, the plaintiff, had also handed it to some one else, as he said, to present, but there was no evi dence of presentation, and the case was adjourned with costs to defendant. THE RICHMOND CONVEYANCE COMPANY V. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. This was an action to recover damages for injury done to one of the omnibuses of the Conveyance Com pany by a van belonging to the defendants. Mr. Beard was for the plaintiff and called witnesses in support of the case, buc they were contradicted by others. His Honour said it was next to impossible to decide in this case : first came a dead stand-still, and then a grand math, 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 I NTELLIGENCE, --(This Day.) MANSION- H OUSE. Joseph Smith was charged before Mr. Alderman Hale, with picking a genthman's pocket about eltven o'cl ck this morning in Fenchurcli-street, and stealing therefrom a coloured silk pocket handkerchief. Police constable No. 65, proved the theft, and Mr. Thomas Hewan, draper, Gracechurch-street, corro borated his evidence, and identified the handkerchief as his property. A previous conviction and sentence of two months was also proved as haviLg been passed against thl pri soner. Tne prisoner plea, led poverty and want of employ ment, and promised ref , irination. Mr. Alderman Bate sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. THAMES. THE ADVRETURES OF A SOLDIER AND SAILOR.—Henry Dawkins, a private in the Greuadier Guards, stationed in the Tower, and Jape Evans, an elderly woman, were brought before Mr. SAfe, charged with stealing a coat and a waistcoat, the property of a sailor, named William Walker, belonging to the brig Wilson. It appeared that the sailor fell in with the soldier yes terday, and they set off iu quest of adventures, and spent all (b-ir money in drink. Both men became intoxicated, and at la.t 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 prix ever, 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. 6d. [rhe clothes were pro duced and identified.] Mr. Selfe was of opinion that the soldier bad 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 Bluegate-fields. He sentenced the other prisoner to pay 203. fine and ss. value, and in default one month's imprisonment. He ordered the Sailor to pay ss. to the pawnbroker, and then his clothes would be delivered to him. THE SCOTCH IKON TRADE. The following is Mr. Thomas Thorburn's quar terly report :- The prospects of a rapid decline in the value of money combined with the sound and safe position of the iron trade, stimulated in January speculative enquiries, and extensive purchases were, made of mix-rd Nos. at from 5 34. 61. to 564. cash, and 565. 61. to 58s. three months Open. Thereafter the price continuing to rise till it touched 603. on the 31 current, has fluctuated between 5 95. and 555. 6d. for mixed Nog., and 633. and 608. for No. 1 Garteherrie. The average price in January was 649 . 7d., February 56.. 3d., March 575. 3d., against 73 g. 6 1., 731. 9.1. and 758.5 d. in these months respec tively, in 1857. Though the shipments* are greater, and the produc tion is considerably less when compared with the same period last year, the stocks in the aggregate have slightly increased, and are now 187,000 tons-of which 92,000 tons are in Warehouse-keepers' stores. The addition to the stock of only 27,000 tons daring the quarter is not so great as was expected, and is chiefly owing to the falling off in the local consumption, which has been affeoted by that stagnation so severely felt in several branches of business. It is, however, reviving concur rently with other departments of trade, and promises to be brisk, contracts to some extent having already been entered into for railways, water, and gas pipes. For all kinds of iron, a foreign as well as a home demand is evidently increasing. Looking at the improved aspect of the world, politically and commercially, with masses of capital Reeking employment, the stocks of iron generally low, and the prices 20s. per ton under those of the corresponding period of last year, and entering as we are upon the busiest r croon for - shipments, I cannot but. regard the prospects of the trade as very ettc,eragieg. The Mark-t is firm at the following quotations :- Bars, 71. 10s. to 8/. 54. ; rail, 71. to 71. s+. ; railway oast iron piper, 41. 17s. 61. to Gartsherrie, 60g.; No. 1 G.M.8., 555. Coast brands, 55 8 . to 57 5. gd. No. ; Ayrshire brands, 545. to stot. chairs, 58o:.. 41 No. 31, to 5 4 4 1 i. l O to s, ; 555, per ton f.o.b. here. East 555. 6d. for mixed numhere. * The shipments and local consumption amount Tons. during the last quarter to The production (126 furnaces in blast March 31), ditto Production in tho same period 1857 (131 fur naces in blast) The shipments and local consumption in the same period 1857 .. 193,000 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THIRSK RACES , —WEDNESDAY. Scurry Stakes. Milksop • ......... •.•••• 1 Saosquenet Redcap................................................. 3 Borough Handicap. Massacre.. ... . . . 1 Church Langton ............................................. 2 Ga.nmoner ................................................... —. 3 Nine ran. [ABVERTlSEletgNTJ.—Holloway's Pills positively the best remedy for the Cure of every internal complaint in cidental to the human frame. The virtues of this won deiful medicine have rendered them invaluable to persons of debilitated constitutions ; while to those suffering from derangement of the stomach and bowels, liver or kidneys, they are equally serviceable, and, from their ger tle yet pos i t ive effect, they can be used with the utmost safety. thousands of persons have testified that by their use alone they have been restored to health after other retnedtes have proved unsuccessful. —Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London ; by A. Stamps, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta. 100 9 100 100 100 59. 8 101 i i ad 881 1 i 8 i 3 105 i 9 4 34 3 4 3 4k 92 2 90i i 1 72/ 100 100 100 100 3, 20 12 25 20 25 10 L 0.6 1131 110 1021 ni i 100 1 tremes, but education in these days has nothing to do with the result. A schoolboy i5.,41 his' ime de clining, conjugating, parsing, construing, scanning —all grammatical and critical exercises—reciting first Latin doggerel About genitives and prteterites ; then, it must be admitted, Latirt and Greek speeches and poetry. The Universities merely complete this course of training. But the habit of mind imparted by all theists - 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 or three worth instead of one, contradict themselves, explain, re peat, and fall into every vice of utterance. The question, as Lord Stanhope very properly says, does not refer only to public speaking. The tongue is continually called into service, and is alwafs liable to failure for want of a proper training. The result is lamentable, 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 shill hear the prayers read by a machine, and the sermon read by a drone. The supplications are solemn without being serious ; the exhortation s have only that gravity that conduces to sleep. The one is a pious form, and the other an unpl easant necessity. It is o n f o toti ours,r present to purpose, enla rgeuponand certainly i s no w i s h defe c t s w hi ch are the staple of almost every conversation. in respectable houses between, he hours of one. and two on Sun day afternoon. Nor is this state of things confined to the Church. Hundreds of excellent gentlemen aspire to Parliament, and get in or not,—with the same ultimate ill success. The moment they try to speak, all their feelings, thoughts, facts, and purposes either crowd to the tongue or fly alto gether, ant leave it utterlye bankrupt. of words. Those who can speak do not:often - bring credit on the gift. Indeed, in this country, there is no thing which is so often the subject of a sneer as fluency of speech. It has tecome 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 th e ac t ua l 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 obtain 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 due. It must be so at the bar, and in the pulpit also. At the former there are men who hive been sneered at for their garrulity, their vulgarity, their tautology, and utter defiance of all the rules of rhetoric, ever since they opened their mouths, but when they obtain practice, wealth, and rank, they can aford to laugh at their brief less brethren. fn the pulpit the scholar and gen tleman from the University pines and incifilders in his curacy without evou the conviction of ministe rialsuccess, while an ignorant Ranter carries away half his flock, and the vulgar Dissenter, with every fault of manner and style, with solecisms innume rable and unpardonable outrages on social pro priety, is run after by thousands, would fill a Colosseum, and has everything a clergyman can wish for eiuept a Palace, a Peerage, and " - My Lord." The chief foundation of his power.is not merely his own eloquence, but the utter want of that quality in most of his competitors. He has-been preaching every day, to a small party or a large oae, ever since he was 10 years old. He has been among preachers. When another ended ho 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 Cambridge divine has got up 20 textbooks, can read the Scriptures in the original, has read the Fathers and the old English theolo gians, but never preached except by book, and has 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 long story all about nothing at all, or the tale he has read that morning in his nursery-book, is in training for an orator. He 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 ace good for anything, they ought to help here too. 13oys 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 languages into ,gooel English, as Lord S • anbope says was part of Pitt's training, to state cases and arguments, and it) 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 po3itively ridiculous. It stands to reason, and is certainly borne out by multitudes of in'tances, 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-t)eill over duty, or rather of nature over learned folly. While the good boys are 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, talking 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 man, while his dutiful and plodding con temporaries are settling into obscurity and insigni ficance. It ought not to be, but it is so, and will remain sa, as long as the art of speaking well is utterly neglected in all its stages and applications, and nothing is cared for but headwork and pen work, as applied to ancient languages and pure ma hematics. MARKET NEWS.—(l'ms 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 in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT BARLEY 1 OATS RTE BEANS , PEAS 45s 2d 37s 3d 23s 4d 29511 d 383 ld 41s 53 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WITEAT I BARLEY I OATS RYE I BEANS PEAS 45s 2d 36s 5d 23s Id 32s Sd 3Ss ld 41s 5,1 ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 108,900; barley, 56,799; oats, 14,45 S ; rye, 113; beaus, 6,113; peas, 1,0:8 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The great lamb market was held here, to-day; but the supply of lambs, compared with many corresponding sea sow, was rather limited. On the whole, the lamb trade ruled steady, but by no means brisk, at from 63 to rs per 811 v. 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 for sheep, at full prices. Calves sold briskly, at an improvement in value of 4d per 81bs. Ia pigs and mulch cows, very little was doing. Per Bibs to sink the offal/. s. d. s. d. t _ s. d. e. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 PrimeSouthdown 4 8 6 0 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6 LAra,te tree, calves 4 0 4 6 Prime large oxen 3 S 3 10'Prime small do 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.:2o -0 23 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 0 4 4jQuarter old pigs.lB -0 22 0 Lamb, 6e to 7a. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ................. . 30 Sheep and lambs Calves ......... . ..... 110 Pigs . .. . ...... . ... . ......... TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves 250 Pigs ll4 NEWGATE AND LEADBOHALL. Thera was a slight improvement in the trade generally, as follows : by Do., middling ..... 3 liiii.nctatrocnas,:n.ferior 2 10 3 8310 1 Veal... ..... ~.4 0 4 °• d. e. d. Beef, inferior 2 Per Bl 3 ba 4 Do Do., middling 3 9 ; 6 I Do., p r i me . 3 10 . 8 1 ' ........... :O . 8 4 10 D0.,D0. pdroi.mseralularge...:: ° 3 i Pork, large ........ 6 k 3 8 4 Lamb, 6s sat o C s ed. Bplwr iterz t March 31 .—For all ki n d s o f stoc k , th e oupy of whioh was only moderate, the demand ruled very i n active, at our quotations :---Beef, from 3s Od to 40 4d ; gotton, 3s 6d to 5s 0,1; Lamb, 58 8d to 68 6d; Veal, 4s Od to 4810 d ; York, 33 6d to 4s 4d per Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMPORD, March 31.—We bad a slow trade here to. day, and prices were barely supported :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 5s ; Pcrk, 4s Od to 4s 6d per Sibs ; Store Pigs, —s to --s ; Mulch Cows, —/ —s to—/ —s ; Lean Cows, —1 to —l; Suckling Calves, 10s to 23s each. BOROUGH HOP. The show of hops, to-day, is very extensive for the time of year. For all kinds, the demand is heavy, and prices show a tendency to give way. Foreign hops, in rather lame quantities, are pressed f or sa l e , a t l ow currenc i es . New Mid and East Kent Pockets, 70s to 112 s ; Weald of Kent do., 54s to 665; New Sussex do:, 52s to 60s; Year* lingo, 21s to 48s, HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 1N to 41 4s; clover, 31 103 to 51 Os; and straw, 11 5s to 11 10e per load. A good supply, and a dull trade. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 10s to 41 ss; clover, 31 10s to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ Gs to 11 lOa per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at late rates. WHITEOHLPEL—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 41 4s; clover, 31. 103 to 51 Os ; and straw, 16 54 to 11 104 per load. A slow trade, of of ) is Isor, Tate aria, .oyal the ►n of ;mat slot tion, lent, Lour, kayo, )oin- >aw- Dhn, %E.; —Sir abo, 7.- - Hos, sin a lgoa rick ong; Ilea ►ern of Ire fit, in, )01 ; 1001 87 i 30 f 35i 5 94 5