The Sun. — London, England, 1858-04-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AN[ 0 M IVIEI-ICIAL INTELLI(I.ENO CITY, Two o'CLocK. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, and prices of all descriptions tended downwards. The sales amounted to 8,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken on specu lation, and 500 by the exporters. In the Railway Share Market only a limited business was trans acted, but quotations slightly improved. A large proportion of the gold lately received from Australia has been taken to the Continent, but the movement is not expected to continue at least on a large scale, for the Bank of France is not in want of supplies, and little silver is now required for the East. Specie is accumu lating in Paris as well as here, and at New York also the banks now possess larger metallic resources than has ever before been known. This is the natural result of commercial depression, and some time must elapse before there can be such a revival as will bring into profitable use the im mense aggregation of capital now lying idle in all the great centres of trade. Still, how ever, it Row seems pretty clear that a re action in business has begun. At first it is necessarily very slow, but should it prove continuous--aud there seems nothing finan cially or politically to prevent it—the change will soon be manifest throughout the country. Already operations in the manufacturing districts, in Min cing-lane, and other departments are larger, and what is of paramount importance, the working classes are getting more employment. During the last six months they have suffered great privations, although mitigated by the cheapness of provisions. It is sincerely hoped, that the improvement having commenced it will now.make steady prt gress, but under the most favourable circumstances a return of general prosperity can scarcely be expected this year. After a brief discussion the Bank of England directors have separated after their usual weekly meeting without altering the rate of discount. This was expected, notwithstanding the extremely low terms current out of doors, and which show a difference of to per cent. compared with the minimum in Threadneedle-street. The Annual General Meiling of the East Indian Railway Company was held this day, at which a favourable report was presented, stating that the engineers had been enabled to resume their ope rationg, which had been suspended since December last. The revenue accounts for the half-year had not been received, but it was known that the num ber of passengers that bad travelled in the half year was 522,360. This showed a decrease in the tragic of 26,187 passengers as compared with the preceding half-year, but gave an increase over the Corresponding half-year of 57,239 passengers. The tonnage of goods was 70,355, giving an increase of 6,605 over the preceding half-year. The traffic receipts for the opened part were 68,9731. 18s. Bd., showing an increase of 5,5141. 14s. sd. over the preceding half-year, which, with the for mer receipts, made the revenue; of the past year 134,434/. 2s. 4d. Some deviation in the line was agreed to in consequence of the rebellion. After a short discussion the report was agreed to. The accounts showed that the amount expended had been 7,028,0131. 12s. 10d., leaving a balance in favour of the company of 633,8011. 7s. 2d. After a short discussion the report was adopted. Increased buoyancy and activity have been ex hibited in the English Stock Market to-day. Numerous purchases have been made for invest ment and on speculation, and at one time the advance was per cent. A trifling reactionary tendency has since been observed, the rise having tempted a few sales in realisation of profit. Consols for transfer and the 6th proximo have been 97 g and 97g ; they are now 97i g, and for June 97i The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced Annuities are about 961 g. India Loan has im proved to 1008, and the Scrip is markei 100 k Bank Stock bas been dealt in at 2211 222, and India do. 223. Exchequer Bills are 395. prem., awl India Bonds 18s. to 21s. prem. Foreign securities are quiet, and prices steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 98/ 99, and the 4 per Cents. 1041; Spanish 3 per Cents. are 44i ; Sardi nian 5 per Cents , 91 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 20i ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 821 83 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents., 99k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 6 ; Mexi can 3 per Cents., 20 1 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 82 83 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 57 58 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45/ 46i ; Russian 5 per Cents., 110 112 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 101 102 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44 441 ; ditto New Deferred, 26i 27 ; ditto Passive, 7 . The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 18b8. Great Western £28,068 North-Western South-Western Brighton 13,609 Midland South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 22,181 1857. £28,439 60,853 14,080 14,478 31,500 17,656 22.421 22,815 Chester ;nd Holyhead Bristol and Exeter East Lancashire Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincoln North-Eastern North Stafford Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver south Devon West Hartlepool Edinburgh and Glasgow - • Glasgow and Sou h-Western Scottish North-Eastern Grand Trunk of Canada ‘roat 'Western of Canada Northern of France The arrangements for the settlement of the half monthly account are now in progress in the Rail way Share Market, and mcst of the dealings have been in connection with that event. Prices have been exceedingly buoyant, and most of the leading lines have advanced about 1 per cent. Caledo nian, Eastern Counties, Great Western, Lanca shire and Yorkshire, Midland, North Eastern (Berwick), and Oxford and Wolverhampton, improved about 11. Edinburgh and Glasgow South Western, and South Eastern, 1/. ss. and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 11. 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been very quiet. Lombardo 'Venetian improved 55., and Sambre and Meuse ss. Grand Trunk of Canada 10e., and East Indian ss. Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares have been very quiet, and exhibit little variation of importance. Canada Land have declined 1/. Electric Teleraph improved 11., and Van Dieman Land 53. BRITISH FONDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'ol OCK. (From the O f ficial List;) Bank Stuck ........ . .... 22IA 2 3 ~er Cant. Reduced Annuities 9 EI 3 per Cant. Consols Annuities ............ 9 6 New 3 per Cent. Anuuttin- . ........... . 964 Long Annuities (Exp. sth Jan., 1 860) 1 11-16 Ditto 3i , Years, expire sth April, ItiBs 18i I udia Stock India Loan Debentures lOO3 Ditto Scrip . ..... ..... 18 21 I )(lift Bonds, £lOOO r )itto, under £100)00e 23 Consols for Account Esohequer Bills, 20. March. June. 39 p £lOOO PR. fCES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 3 per Cent 2O Peinvian Bonds, 4i per Ceut B3 21 Sardinian Bonds, 0 per Cent. tiimnish Boucle, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account . Turkish Bonds, 6 . p . ::; cent. .. 99 8-1 di tto Guaranteed ,4 per Cent. D itch Eacttange, 2;per Con., 12 Guilders -- Do. 4 p,r Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. Consol s , monoy ~ AMERICAN MAIL DESPATCHES.—The screw steams'. City of Baltimore, sailed from the Meriey yester•lay for New York with 60 cabin passengers, 260 steerage, and L B „ hl E 's The Cunard steamer Persia sails on t b ox - s 4 uaY next, for New York The Liverpool letter . "4"lcl.fl°l etaoot 8 a.m., w ith l ate f ees at 9, and that on t h e ze at 10. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1858. SALISBURY RACES.—(This Day.) BALLOT MEETING AT IFI.NDS!).R. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] A crowded and enthusiastic meeting in favour of the ballot was held at the Tc,wn-hail, Windsor, on Tuesday evening. The platform was occupied by the leading reformers of the borough. Mr. Alder man Bedborough presided. A deputation from the Ballot Society attended, consisting of Mr. White burst (vice-chairman), Mr. James Campbell, Mr. Stavely, and Mr. Elt —Mr. Stavely gave his official experience of the working of the ballot at the Geelong election, where he acted as ecru tineer,—Mr. Whitehurst advocated the ballot as the only means of restoring the supremacy of the people in the House of Commons in accordance with the true theory of the Constitution. Speaking of the absence from the present cabinet of any re presentative of the commercial, the manufacturing, or the working classes, Mr. Whitehurst said some people aright say Mr. Disraeli was a man of the people, but Mr. Disraeli was a man not of the people, but of " the peculiar people." He wore the livery of the governing classes, and was no re presentative of the people. (Cheers and laughter.) —Mr. James Campbell referred to the well working of the ballot in America, Sardinia, and Belgium. —C. W. Grenfell, Esq., M.P. for Windsor, who was received with great cheeriest, proposed the following resolution :—" That as it is now under stood that a reform in the representative system will engage tie attention of Parliament at an early period, this meeting desires to record its conviction that no extension of the suffrage will be satisfac tory unless accompanied by the vote by ballot." —Mr. Clode seconded the resolution, and dwelt on the utter inefficiency of any reform bill whit should not include the ballot. The resolution was put and amidst tremendous applause declared to be carried. —Mr. Minton, iu an excellent speech made from the conservative point of view, proposed the adop tion of a petition to Parliament in favour of the ballot. This resolution was seconded and supported by a working man in an able speech. The petition was adopted without one dissentient. In propos ing a vote of thanks to the deputation, the propo ser dwelt on the striking instance of the successful working of the ballot against overwhelming influ ence, afforded by the return of M. Jules Favre for Paris. The usual ♦ote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. ENTRY FOR THE QUEEN'S PLATE.—(Run to-morrow.) —Schiedam, Martha, Sobeiski, Gunboat, Borderer, Odd Trick, Avenger, Wilton, Flying Engliihinan, Factolns, Blink Bonny, Kelpie, Gemnta di Vergy, and Supple Jack. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) HOUSE OF LORDS.-APPEAL. MARKET NEWI3.—(I ins Day,) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended April 29, 1858, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT 1 BARLEY' I OATS I RYE BEARS I PEAS 44s 9d 36s 5d 24s 9d 33s 3d 39s 9d 413 6d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT I EARLEY I OATS I RYE I BEANS PEAS 44s 4d 36s 8d 23s lid 31s 2d , 38s 7d 41s 40 ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK, Wheat, 96,815; barley, 28,484 ; oats, 8,703; rye, 58; beans, 6,02 ; peas, 332 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To-day's market was but moderately supplied with all breeds of beasts, and the demand for them ruled very in active, at Monday's quotations. There was rather a large show of sheep, and the sale for them was heavy, but with out change in value. Lambs were in fair supply and steady request, at full prices, viz., 6s to 7s pet 81bs. From the Isle of Wight 400 head came fresh to hand. We had a brisk sale for calves, the show of which was limited, at an advance of 6d per Sibs. In pigs and much cows very little was doing. Per 81bs to sink the offals. a. d. s. d.I 1. 4. s. 0. Enterior Beasts.... 2 10 to 3 0 PrimeSouthdown 4 6 410 Second quality.... 3 2 3 4 Largo crse. calves 4 4 410 Prime large oxen 3 6 3 B,Prime small do 5 0 5 6 Prime Scots, dtc. 310 4 O i Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 4 Small porkers 4 2 4 4 second quality ...3 6 3 B'Snckling calves-18 0 22 0 Prime erso.-wlled.3 10 4 4; Quarter old pigs.l7 0 22 0 FOREIGN SUPPLY. FUTURE POLICY TOWARDS THP, INDIAN REBELS. Yesterday morning WAS issued a return to an order of the House of Lords, requiring a copy of a letter from the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company to the, Go vernor-General of India in Council, dated t e 24th March, 1858, relative to the policy to be putsuei towards the natives of provinces lately in a state of hostility. The letter is as follows : " The Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company to the Govern6r- General of India in Council, March 14, 1858. " The telegram from Calcutta, dated the 23d ult., which arrived this morning, conveys intelli gence of the concentration of the force under the Commander-in-Chief, and of that under Jung Ba badoor, upon Lucknow ; and we trust we may in dulge the expectation that ere this that city has been evacuated by the rebels, and that no consider able corps remains united against us in the field. " 2. If this happy result should have been at tained it will be very satisfactory to us to learn that you have deemed yourself sufficiently strong to be enabled to act towards the people with thegenero• sity as well as the justice which are congenial to the British character. " 3. Crimes have been committed against us which it would be a crime to forgive, and some large exceptions there must be, of the persons guilty of such crimes, prom any act of amnesty which could be granted ; but it must be as impos sible as it would be abhorrent from our feelinc's to inflict the extreme penalty which the law might strictly award upon all who have swerved from their allegiance. " 4. To us it appears that, whenever open resist ance shall have ceased, it would be prudent, in awarding punishment, rather to follow the practice which prevails after the conquest of a country which has defended i'self to the last by desperate war, than that which may parhaps be lawfully adop ed after the suppression of mutiny and rebellion—such acts always being exempted from forgivene-s or mi tigation of punishment as have exceeded the licence of legitimate hostilities. "5. While we may be unable to forget the in sanity which during the last 10 months has per- vaded the army and a large portion of the people, we should at the same time remember the previous fidelity of a hundred years, and so conduct our selves.towards those who have erred as, to remove their delusions and their fears , and re-establish; if we can, that confidence which was so long the foundation of our power. " 6. It would be desirable that in every case the disarming of a district, either by the seizure of arms or by their surrender, should precede the ap plication to it of any amnesty ; but there may be circumstances which would render expedient a dif ferent course of proceeding. 'Upon these excep tional cases you and the officers acting under your orders must d ecide. " 7. The disarming of a district having been effected, with exceptions under your licence in fa vour of native gentlemen whose feelings of honour would be affected by being deprived of the privi lege of wearing arms, and of any other persons in whom you , may confide, we think the possession of arms should be punished in every case by a severe penalty ; but unless the possession of arms should be combined with other acts, leading to the conclu sion that they retained them forthe perpetration of crimes Viat penalty st odd not be death. Of 03ur,e the possession of arms by Englishmen mutt always r, main lawful. " 8; Death has of 1 itebcentoo common a punish ment. It loses whatever terror it might otherwise have when so' indiscriminately applied ; but, in fact, in India there is commonly no fear of death, although there ever must be a fear of pain. "9. In every amnestied district the ordinary ad ministration of the law should, as soon as possible, be restored. "10. In carrying these views into execution you may meet with obstructions from those who, mad dened by the scenes they have witnessed, may de sire to substitute their own policy for that of ihe Government ; but persevere firmly in doing what you may think right, make those who would coun t ract you feel that you are resolved to rule, and that you will be served by none that will not obey. "11. Acting in this spirit you may rely upon our unqualified support. A:ft E; --- This Day). RAILWAYS. TtAILWAY , ) l Arebir. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Juno.... Belfast & BallYmen' Birmng. Wolverh. t Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & 'Cheshire Janet . ..... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) I Bristol & Exeter Ca1ed0nian.......... :Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall De. A Do. B , D üblin &Belfast June I Dun. P. &Aber. June. East Anglian I Eastern Counties..... Eastern Uni on, A. stk. I Do. ' do. B. Do. New A East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk ...... I Do. Pklinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. Prth . &Durd A. l Forth and Clyde June. Furness ... Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire) Great Western. Do. Str. V.A. gua. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. I ID°• Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £1.6 Do. Do., £9 Do., Wst. Riding Un Do. Southport. London & Blackwell Do. New, ifs. 5/. 10s. Loud. Bright. & S. Cs t. London &N. Wester Do. Eighths London & S.Weatern Lndndrry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Eunisk. Aanch.Shef.&Lincln. Metropolitan Midland . . . Do. Birming. & Derb. Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares ......... Newcastle & Carl isle Newpt.A berg.&Hrfd Newry & Armagh Newry, Warrenpoint & Restrevor Norco lk Northn. Counties Un 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 London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S. Westrn. Juno Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Peebles Portsmouth Rhyraney Scottish Central Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 100 Do. Scot. Mid. Stock 100 Shropshire Uuiou 8 Sitingbourne & Sheer. 100 South Devon 100 South Ea5tern...... ... South Wales IS. Yorksh. River Dim Do.. Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18K5 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale.... Do. Pref., No. Thames Hay. D. t 2,. Vale of Neath Watorfd. & Kilkenny WaterforddzLimerick ,West Coinwall Weet End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B ,West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class BRITISH Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. Do. Do. Additional A Buffalo & Lake Hur Buff., Brut. dt Godch 6 p. c.bds., 1 Aug. ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do. E. do. , Do. 4 p. c. Buds. ,'59 Geelong dr 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. Weatn. of Canada Do. New Do. Ws. payable '571 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option gadras, guar. 4i p.c. Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Exten. l Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do. Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c Do - C losing Prmei, yesterday 5i - 6 7i - 8i 69 - 71 9 - 10 26 - 27 88 - 90 851 -85 i 35 - 37 4'3, -- -6 8 - Si, 161 - 174., 61 - 62 45 - 47 30 - 32 14 - 16 87 - 89 62 63 27f - 28, 90 92 9i 10 L 0 2 1,1 —103 a 87 89 126 128 100 102 57i 56 53 1 84 -- 86 10 -- 12 p 10 -- 12 90i -- 1 -- d 1 -- a 's = 105 - 106 94 - 941 2 U - it - 95 31 - 38 •• - • 941 -94 66 68 12 - 13 61 63 d 521524 921 - 931‘ 2 - 1 0 47 - 48 75 - 76 93 - 95 4 —4? a 74 8 9 30i -- 31 7 - 441 108 - 110 2C - 27.1 78- 80 45 - 47 2i - 36 - 37 72 - 72 83 -83 i 13 - 15 7 - 8 - 10 35 - 36 1 100 - 103 ii - ii 6 - 61 IsSESSIONS. ••• --- ••• i - iP ..• ••• - iP 183 - 88 78 - 81 76 - 79 •• '''' ••• 1 • ••••• li lioi -111 a, 2C -- 21 48 -- 50 81 -- 83 214 -21 i i -- iP 191 -1 9 i 14 lid 106 - lii 106 -in 105 - 108 ' 19i -19 i 20. 21 id 11 - il' i BP i - lip FOREIGN. atva-rp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bahia & Frau eine.. tSelgian East. Junct. Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierro and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Fist.sp.c.p Lyons and Geneva laria Antrula Do. New Namur & Liege Do. do. 6,p, e. Pref N orthern of France Do. New NorwegianTruk. Prel Paris and Lyons Ditto New Paris and Orleans Recife di San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 P. c Riga and Danaburg Rome and Frascati—. Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Sambre and Meuse - )o. 5i per cent. prpf Southern of France West Flanders Do. si, per c. Prat W.&N.W. of France Western of Austria 1 West, of Switzerland vV .es t aden Do. 8 p. cent. pref. Zealand JOINT-STOI Agra & United Serv knatralasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bit Col. Bk. & Ln. Co British N. American C.Bk. of Ind. Au. &Ch City Colonial Commercialof Canada Commercial of Lond. Eng. Scot. &Ana. C it. 1 Lon. Ch. Bk.of A .Iq. I London and County] London Joint Stock. L ond.andWestminat, National Pro, of Eng. Do. New National Bank New South Wale s Oriental Bank Corp. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South P astralia Do. New Union of Australia.:: Do. Now Union of London._ Unity Mutual, Werstraßk of Loud 6 - 61 I I li la 31 3. 4d 4 27i —28 i 8 - 81 ...d 44 - 4ip ii :- 26 21 - 22 37if - 38, ••• - ••• 84 - 91 32 - 32, 1154 = 6 i id 15 - 17 i - 811 - 8 8i - 9 21 - 21, 5 - 54 9 - 94 24 - 25 ""' • • BANKS. 80 - 82 21i -21 i 46 - 48 ... ''''. .. 31 - 2i 57 - 59 17i -- 184 191 -- 194 ... -- ... ... -. 43 -- 45 38 -- 39 17i -- 18 61 -- 63 45 ia 30 31 23 24 ..• ••• 19 17d Business dime this day LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid! RAILWAYS. Leasing ,Companies. 1011 100 all 100 all 1100 IBuckghamsh Clydesdale Jc Col.Stour V. . g. 6 E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. NG'W Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. I Shares Lon. (St Greenw Do.Preferencc Lon. Til., Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N.& Est.s p.c. De. 6 per ct Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. Boys in. & Hi ,Shrews.& Her. S. Staftordsh., earVal.g6pe Do Wilts &Somrst Ln.&N.W.' Caledor, ... Gt. Northn E. Count.' Caldonian. Gt. Westn. N.M Do Do S. Eastern Do IPeto & Co I Do Ln. &N. W & Midld E. Count Do Do Do L. & . W Do Gt. Northn T. Bragsey M. MClean Stk.dxDar Do Gt.Westn • Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) Bris.& Ex. 4 p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn. £lO p. c. Ches. & Ho. 51 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork&Bandonsip.c. Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cis. B 6 p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co. Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 P. c. Do. 51., 0 per cent. l Do. 104 Daentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent...l East Lane ash. 6 p.cts. E.&W. York. J. sth , Edin. & GI. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c....... Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prext.... Do. 4a per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. e. preen. G t.N . of Seot.lst Pr( Gt. S dr W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per e. Pref. St. Gt. W. (B. &H. Ex.spc Do. con. red. 44 P.C. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. IDo. irred. 4 per sent. DO. 5 p. c. red. prof. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. Do. Birm. Gum. Stk. Do. Chesh. Gna. Sh. Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D0.,P.,5p.e.5t.N0.2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., N 0.4 Lon. & N. W., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 r . ct Lon. dr S.W. 7 per ct. late 3d Shares ... Londy.& Color.l Sh. Londy. &Ennis. Sh. M., S.,&L. 6p. ant. I Do. do. do. £6 ... .. Do. do. 3j per cent. Marypt. &Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do. Nfld. Consol. 6 is. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 41 p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &H. Pref. St. New.,Aber., &c., pr. 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c.pxn. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. Norf lc. Deb. 4 p.c . Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5? p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. t.,1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p. c. Pr f Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pa. No. l 'Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York H. di S. Per North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. IDo. 6 p. c. 2d guar_ IDo. do. Debeotr. St. (Scot. Cent. New Pref. Sc.N. E. Aber. g.6p. c. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. do.3i p.e. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 4i pr cent S. Eastern (Reading 100 100 100 100 1.00 all all Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. o. 46 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh Do. New 46 pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 46 p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. C ,Do. do. do. 1 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc Closing Prices yesterJav 93 - 100 .100 102 13 - 15 136 - 139 4 - 41 la IT lie, ••• 12i -- lii 24 - 25 94 - 96 24 - 2i 95 - 97 57 - 59 1 :37 -- 140 8 - 9 10 - 10 ••• 32 - 33 89 - 91 PREFERENCE SHARES. 94 - 36 1.00 - 102 'i -- 1108 -• 112 ,105 - 110 112 - 117 110 - 115 1 130 - 135 72 - ii di --: lio 11.13 - 112 'lO2 - 101 62 -- 64 101 -- Ili - 4 92 - 94 87 - 8 - 89 100 - 101 9 i 3 / 4 - 10 16 - 17 9i - 72 - 74 181 - 19,1 9 -- 9:1 13 2 -14 t 138 - 140 - 165 118 - 122 i - I 0 - 68 - 139 - 101 - 94 .... .... 10i -11 h - 108 loo?,.. 96 93 11 d -17 '224 - 2 P 3 115 - 120 105 - 107 - 100 120 - 122 125 - 127 74 - 76 10 - .114 24 -- 24 101 -- 193 101 -- 103 101 1 - : 103 27} - 2F 46 - 51 1211 all 12 all 20 all St. 100 10 10 Si, all St. 100 5J 50 all 50 all 50 all 25 all 12i all St. 100 10 all 12 all 50 all 25 all St. 100 BRITISH MINES. 2112 Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 101 110 ••• 20 14 British Iron ... 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 80 90 10 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 450 470 •• 30 East Basset (Illogan) V:5 105 • 17s Great South Tolgus l3 14 •••• 1715 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk ) 5 51 ••• 7 3 / 4 Grt.W. Vor (llelstn ) 1 1 --2 . 17s Lady Bertha **. 8 N. Frances (Illogan) . 6 7 ** ... N.W.Basset (Illogan) 10 --41 1 •••▪ • 6115 North Wheal Crofty 4 5 ... 1 3 / 4 Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 173/4 181 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) ... ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 1t --1 . • ••• 24 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 330 400 2 S. Carn Brea (Illogn.) 4 ••• 4 i :• 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn.) 2'o 220 5 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 3 / 4 —. 1 i 10 9 Tin Croft 3 3 /4 4 ... 40 Un.Minea (Givennap) ... ..• ... 1256 V. o: Towey (Carnal - . ) 1 3 / 4 1 3 / 4 ... 14 W. Basset (Illogan) 23 24 ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.)3o) -- 110 ... 5 3 / 4 Wh. Basset (Illogan). 210 220 ... 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 280 - 3uo ... 51 Wh. Edward(Calstck) 51 51 ... 1176 Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 9 10 .... 8 I Wh. Ma. Anu (Menht. ) 43 --. 45 4A Wh. Trelawuey (Lis.) 24 .... 26 FOREIGN 1111NEt J : ________.__ 'LO ' 7 3 / 4 Australian 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (li.) 1 --A P 35 27 Brazilianhap.(issued at .C 5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiad t ... ... 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 13 1.4 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica...-. ... ...d 40 all Cobro Copper 4O 42 ••• 16 Copiapo 1. all Dun Mountain Cop- per Mining Co. 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares - 10 5 1 Lusitanian ..... 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada it -. i 1 all Novoau Monde 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.& Srult 6 7 5 1 Port Philip • ••• 30 16i Santiago do Cuba .I 2 24 all United Mexican...... I 3$ —3. t MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) i ... —. ... 25 19 ;Australian Agricult. 28 30 10 all lAustraln. Royal Mail 1/ 11 10 all Berlin Water Works. 3 3 / 4 441 D Ca o.G ad o an .cpc. jansaiily 135 10 2 ;Do. New iss. at Si. d ... •.• 50 40 (Brit. American Land ... I s oo t. 130024 140 138 ••• 115 116 1151 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 25 30 25 all ;Do. Pref. 7. p. cent. 25 27 5 all Crystal Palace ll n 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... .. 20 all Eastern Steam 3 3 /4 4 3 / 4 St. 100 Electric:Telegraph 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel ... _ .. 5 all lEn.dlAust.Cop.SmCo Li li li 10 lOs. Ear. & Ind.Jctu. Tel. ...- ...... .. 9 all Eur.&Am.Stm.(lim,) 34:__ gi • • 20 till Gen. Ir.Se.Col.(lim.) ... ..... .. 15 1.4 Gen. Steam Navigat. . _ . : 20 5 Loudon Discount 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibuk, 31 __ 3 , 1 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... _ ..: 10 1 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 7 8 10 all Do. Extension Teleg. ... _ ... 10 all Mexican) S.Americn ... _ .. 25 5 Nat. Discount Co i a • J 4$ 10 6 ,Netherlands Laud —l4 1 10 all Do., Do. li 2 3 / 4 5 all IDo.B p.c.Pf.iss.at ld 2 2t 5 3 Do. Do. 100 80 , New B. &N. S. Land 16 20 St. 100 N.S.W.I Gov.s p.c.D. 99 100 101 1 2 .1 0 1 all Oriental Gas t ß h .. o A fE ns u tzi pe las s ia team n... ..._— i i 1 3 / 4 *d iP 5 all Peollir. La. & Minrl. li 2), l ala Os lll . D NN o r. New Shares 50 all Peninsular di Orientai 78 8 5 79 50 10 Do. NOW . 50 all Rhymney Iron 21 23 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 6O • 62 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1i la St. 100 S.Aus,Gov.6p.c.bds. 108 110 109 25 all South Austral. Land 35 33 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip i 1 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus.Ln.Co. Up. Can . . ...- ... 1.00 28i, Van Diennefa Land l4l -.T. 153 15 Moines , this day. THE MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF IRELAND COMPANY v. JOHNSON AND ANOTHER. The further hearing of this case was resumed this morning at half-past ten o'clock. Sir Hugh C. Cairns, Soliciior-General, was heard in reply. At the conclusion of the arguments of counsel their lordships delivered judgment. The Lord Chancellor said that this was a claim by the respondent against the company for 3,728/. 10s. ultra accounts incurred under contract, under seal already paid by the comploy. The late Lord Chancellor of Ire land either supposed that this claim arose out of an erroneous construction of the contract, or upon a new agreement entered into between the parties separate and distinct from the contract under the seal of the company, but his lordship (the Lord Chan cellor) considered that there was no evidence whatever produced by the respondent to show that any new agree ment was entered into between him and the company, by which he was entitled to make this claim. His lord ship did not see that any new agreement was entered into by the parties, nor by any parson duly authorised by them, and his lordship did not see that it arose under the contract as a 5 per cent. depreciation fund. His lordship cited the case of Kirk v. Philips, p. 646, and concluded by recommending to their lordships to reverse the decretal order of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Lord Wensleydale concurred. The decretal or ler of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland was reversed, and tLe appeal allowed. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCE. (Sittings in Banco before Lord Campbell, Justices Wightman, Erie, and Crompton.) WHITFIELD V. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.- JUDGMENT. This was an action for an alleged malicious libel pub lished by the defendant, through the means of the elec tric telegraph. The message compl►ined of stated that the Lewis bank had stopped, and their notes were not to be taken. The case came before the Court on de murrer, the point being that express malice should be shown as co4ntradistinguiehed from legal malice. The Court held that the action as brought against a cor porate aggregate could be maintained, but they gave judgment fur the defendant on the counts imputing negligence to the defendant in working the telegraph. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in BALCO.—Before Justices Crowder, Willer, and Byles.) BENJAMIN V. AVDREWS.-FALSE IMPRISONMENT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages from the defendant for false imprisonment. The action was tried recently at Guildhall, before Mr. Jus tice Williams, when a verdict was returned for the plain tiff, damages 201. Mr. Sergeant Parry moved for a non-suit. The plaintiff is a tanker of crockery, and the defend ant keeps a shop at Woolwich for the sale of similar wares. Ou Saturday, the 16th of January last, the de fendant gave the plaintiff into custody, and bad him locked up for hawking without a licence. a. hawker has a right to sell articles in open market without a licence, and the real question at issue was whether Saturday is a market day at Woolwich. The freehold of the market and tolls belong to Sir F. Wilson, and the original charter was granted by James 1., empowering reasonable tolls to be taken, and appointing Fridsy market day. Within the last 20 years tolls bad been taken in raised wasmarketi nthe whether h every day e except Sunday, and the point other days were legally market days. The Court, in consequence of the importance of the ease, took time to consider their judgment. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittings in Banco—(Br,fore Loral Chief Baron Pollock, Barons Bramwell, Martin, and Channel.) CROUCH V. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an applicatio❑ for a rule nisi, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why he should not be non suited, and a verdict entered for the defendants. This action was to recover the value of certain goods sent to them as common carriers. The defendants pleaded the goods were not the plaintiff's property. The jury, how ever, found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 121. 184. 4d.—Rule granted. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Behre Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE THE LONDON AND EASTERN BANKING CORPORATION -DISPUTED ADJUDICATION-JUDGMENT. His Honour this morning gave judgment in this case, which was argued a few days since. His Honour said this was an application to supersede the petition in bankruptcy is this case. I do not find that there is any distinction between this and the case of the Royal British Bank, except that in that case the dissolution of the company was by the act of the company itself, and in this case the dissolution was by the Court of Chancery. In both cases the dissolution appears to me to be equally conclusive as to future acts, but.not to inter fere with what the company bad already done. If a person when in trade contracts debts, lie continues a tradesman until those debts are discharged. It is argued that all the property is vested in, the official manager. If so, he cannot suffer any injury from the bank ruptcy, and the whole cost most fall upon the petitioning creditor. Ic. resider the case of the British Bank ade eisive authority for refusing the application. The adju • dication was accordingly confirmed, but it was intimated that the matter would be re-argued before the Lords Justices on appeal on Saturday next. IN BE HYMAN. This bankrupt was described as of Mincing-lane, mer chant, and now came up and passed on accounts pre pared by Messrs. Hart Brothers. The debts unsecured were about 2,5001. ; secured, 3,4001. The good debts were put down at upwards of 1,0001., and the property estimated at 5,0001., but he is liable on account of the Central Vineyard Company to the extent of 2 7,0001., and against which he holds a mortgage on the West Ham Distillery premise 3 to the extent of 1 0,0001., besides other securities. IN RE ANGEL. This bankrupt was described al of Compton street. Brunswick-square, and came up to pass his last exami nation. The accounts by Messrs. Hart Brothers show debtor to creditors about 1,3001., and the assets will clover the amount in the event of a disputed debt of 1,1001. being realised. The bankrupt passetl. = _ POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day MARLBORO UGLI-STREET. LEAD ROBBERY BY A W ouRnA.N.- -John Brown, a labourer, was charged with stealing 1 cwt. of lean, the p r operty of Mr Henry Newton, d ecorative artist, of 15, Brewer-street, Soho. p o li ce - cons table Brown said, about 5 o ' c l oc k th i n atget over th e h oar di ng o f a mor ning I saw the prisoer h o use under repair t he Cor ner of Compton-street, an d thinking all wa s not tight I went b ac k, an d l oo ki ng down the area in the cellar, " ov th© prisoner with a I ma tt o ck in his hand. waited till the sergeant came up when he went down and I remained outside. The prisoner then jumped over th e hoarding and tried to escape, but 1 took him into custody. Sergeant Yeater, 46, said, from what I was told by the last witness I got over the hoarding at the house mentioned by the last witness, Brown, and jest as I got to the cellar doer the prisoner cam e out and dropped the mattock. I asked him what he was doing when be said he was merely covering up the cement, which he icommenced doing. I t o ld the last wi ness no t t o l e t m escape, and sea rched the Place. I f oun d a l ea d se cistern partly cut up and doubl e d ready for removal, and the marks on which exactly corresponded with the mat tock. The prisoner ;aid he knew nothing about the lead. decorative ar • Henry Newton, dec I.it of Brewer street, said— Tile lead belonged to me, being the landlord of the premises, It weighs 1 cwt., and was taken from the top if a closet. I have seen the prisoner about the premises, he being employed by the builder. The prisoner who said be had merely gone to cover up the cement from the rain, was committed for trial, and the witnesses bound over to prosecute. AN AMERICAN MINISTER ON HIS DEFENCE.—An attack was made on the American Secretary of the Interior in the hall of the department qn the forenoon of the Bth. Peter Bensancon, a Frerchman, of New Orleans, who was dismissed from the Pen•ion-offica some months back, and refused are -appointment by the Secretary of the In teriOr, in revenge sought that official at the Land-office on the morning in question, and as th e secretary came out of the private office presented a pistol at him. Mr. Thompson instantly struck the pistol from his hand, caught Bensancon by the arm, threw him down, and jumped on him, breaking his arm, and then picked up the pistol and went to his office. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. Our readers will recollect that a few weeks since we mentioned that the plan of the new paying-out machine to be used in the next attempt to submerge this gigantic cable was in course of construction at the works of Messrs. Easton and Amos, and likely to )Lie brought to a successful completion. We are glad to say that it has now been perfectly finished, and during the last day or two has been in full ope ration, and fitted with a short length of the coil to illustrate practically its mode of working, the facilities which it affords for paying-out the rope, , and the simple but efficient manner in: which the jerk on the wire, caused by the sudden rise of the vessel to a heavy sea, is almost entirely obviated. During the short time that it has been at work in the yard of Messrs. Easton and Amos it has been daily inspected by the chief - engineers and me chanists in the kingdc m, wboce criticisms and sug gestions for improvement were freely invited by the board of directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany; but, up to the present time, no suggestion affecting either the principle or working of the machine has been made, and it is generally con sidered that, as far as the rather limited experience on the subject of laying down deep sea cables ex tends the whole apparatus may at present be re garded as perfect. Ordinarily in matters of this kind it is useless attempting to convey to the general jreader by mere verbal description an accurate impression of the principle of a machine by describing in technicalities its many and complex fittings. In this instance, however, the main feature, and upon which all else in a paying out machine entirely depends—the " brake"—is pretty generally known, and the other portions of the apparatus are of so simple a character as scarcely to need more than mentioning. The whole of the important part of the machine, then, may be said to consist of Appold's self-regulating brake, which is so adjusted and so cmstructed as always to exert a certain amount of resistance (which can be regulated) by the revolution of the wheels to which it is applied. More thin this fixed amount of resistance, whatever it may be, it cannot pro duce, no matter whether the machine is hot or dry, or covered with sand, and neither can it be worked at less than this amount, no matter to what extent all the friction surfaces of the wooden brake itself may be oiled. This well-known broke was first ex hibited in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the new labour machine constructed for prisons, in order to insure a certain amount of work from each convict. For this hard-labour purpose the brakzt is still extensively employed. It is made of bars of wood laid lengthways across the edge of the wheel, over which it laps down firmly, and on to which it is held with massive weights fixed to the eLds of levers. It is the number and size of these weights which regulate precisely the degree of r. sistance to the revolutions of the wheel, and which, of ceurse, enable those in charge of the machine to fix the pressure of Urn brake a►t what they please, and when once so fixed nothing can alter it. In the present paying-out machine this brake is attached over two drums connected with the two main grooved wheels round which the actual cable Asses in running out. These latter are simply broad, solid iron wheels, each cut with four very 'deep grooves, in which the cable rests, to prevent it fly ing up or " overriding." It passes over these two main wheels, not iu a double figure of eight, as in the old ponderous machine of four wheels, but simply round over one, on to awl round the Other, and E.O on four times, till it is finally paid down into the water. Thus, then, the wire will be wound up from the hold of the vessel, pass four times over the double main wheels, which, as we have said, are each connected with the brake or friction drums, past the register which indicates its rare of paying out and strain upon the cable, and then at once into the deep. The strain at which the cable brakes is 62cwt., and to guard against any chance of mishap not more than half this strain will ever be put upon it. The brakes, as a rule, will be fixed to give a strain of about 16cwt., wad the force re quired to keep the machine going, or about Bcwt. more, is the utmost that will be allowed to sever upon the wire. Thus the force required . t d o e nt or the cable can never be exerted even mishap, no matter who may be in g rind roll. bcybarac ef the machine nor how the vessel may pitc h used on the The brake of the paying-out m achete ,,,, a ble, by a occasion of the last attempt was r movement of the hand, of exaitingf tbtleiewmbetetslt, parood digious resistance to the turning of w ith so little this formidable invention was care that not until the injury beauty, however, of is was irreparable was the danger seen. The chief the new machine that, while nothing cam add t o the fixed strain o f the brakes, anyone , no matter moment ease them an much as he who, can i " a until, in fact, there • thinks necessary, and s i s t an ce at all, b e y o nd the Bcwt. strain Ott the wire, w hich, as we have said, is required to keep the machine turning. So sim p le is the operation, too, by which this important relief can be effected that a child could even remove the whole resistance of the brake and put it on again as often as 20 or 30 times in the course of a single minute. For this purpose, at a few feet from the paying -out ma chine, the cable passes over a wheel which registers precisely the strain in pounds at which the coil is running out. Facing this register is a stt ering wheel, precisely similar to that of an ordinary yes• sel, and connected in the same way with compound levers, which act upon the brake. Thus the officer in charge of the apparatus stands by this wheel, and, watching the register of strain 'or pitch of the vessel, opens the brakes by the slightest movement of his hand, and lets the cable run freely as the stern rises. The same officer, however, cannot by • any possible method increase the actual strain on tae cable, which must remain always according to the friction at which the brake is first adjusted by the engineer. During the last two or three days that this machine has ben at work the value and simplicity of the whole appratua have been made out so manifest that it is evi dent, as far as the paying-out machine is concerned, all that mechanical skill can effect in aid of the great undertaking bas been accomplished. Too much praise cannot be given to Mi. ApPold.for the manner in which he has thus overcome-tile difficul ties he had to contend against. Both tha Niagara tahnedie paying-out the Agamemnon on machines,w i will e ach which,e fitted fee n with r ee one of connected with a n d turned by steam ; can be used for the purpose of un d er - running or drawing back the cable in case of any Bitch rend er i ng suc h a, rather dangerous operati on n ecessary. As we intimated some ti me since;a preliminary expedition—if we may so term it —wilt start froth this country about the middle of next mo n th, w h en both the Agamemnon and Niagara w ill steam away into deep water, and then try a variety o f expert ments connected with submerging the cable, w i th a view of ascertaining practically the value of thi s new apparatus, and also how far seine kw g ees ti ona which have been made wi;h regard to buoying•it at intervals can be carried out. During this brief ex perimental cruise every known test which eau be attempted to prove the efficiency of the paying -out, m.chines, and those for under-running, 40., will be resorted tl, and the result of the ,experience thus obtained. applied to improving , any little de fects which may exist iu the apparatus. before the final starting of the expedition in June next. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Orders were yesterday received at Chatham Gar rison, directing the volunteers from the three bat talions of Infantry for . the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment to be forwarded, with their familial, to Cheater, where the whole--of the non commissioned officers and men who have volunteered for that curls will be formed, previously to their embarka tion for Canada. As soon as the, volunteers from the several 'districts have arrived-Kt, Chester they will embark at Liverpool for their ' * destination. Each man who has volunteered from a British regi ment will, on the completion of his term of ser vice, be granted two acres of land by the-Govern ment of Canada. His R_Tal Highness the Commander-in-Chief has given directions for a certain number of officers selected from each of the regiments serving at home, to proceed to Chatham, where they are to be at tached to the .I;:dian depot battalions, for the pur pose of undergoing a course of instruction at that garrison in all the branches of their profession. The Goliath, 80, having been lengthened for a screw steamer, and completed her repairs at Chat ham dockyard, will be put out of do; c this day. She is intended for the steam reserve. _ The G fowler, steam gunboat, has been towed from Chatham to Portsmouth by the Adder steam vessel, to be placed on the steam reserve at that port. The Rochester, freight-ship, Heather, master, has commenced ahippiug war stores at Chatham for D.!vonport dockyard. By intelligence from her Majesty's ship Cumber land, 70, Capt. Dickson, flag (,f Vice-Admiral Wallis, Commander-in-Chief of the South-East Coast of America station, dated the 7th ult., we learn all were well on board at that date, although the yellow fever was committing sad ravages in other ships on the e'ation. The Admiral had not then heard of the appointment of Rear-Admiral Sir S. Lush ington, K.C. 8., to succeed and relieve him, but would do to by the mail expected at Monte Vid.o, where Admiral Wallis then was, about the 20th of that month. The promotions consequent on the de ,th of Commander Haggard had been conferred by Admiral Wallis on most de serving and meritorious officers :—Lieutenant B. S. Pickard (1843), first of the Cumberland, to be commander, and appointed to the Virago steam sloop ; and Mr. B. W. Bax, mate of the Cumber land, to be lieutenant, vice Pickard. Admiral Wallis is not expected to arrive in England, before Use middle of May or the beginning of June. Her Majesty's steamers Banshee and Vivid were yesterday ordered alongtdde the coaling barge off Woolwich dockyard to prepare for sea, so as to be ready to sail at the shot - test possib'e notice for Ostend, in the service of the Princess Hohenzollern, about to visit her Majesty at Osborne. In conse queues of the Vivid having flooded and exhibited other awkward seagoing propensities on her last special voyage from o.tend, the Banshee had cn this occasion been ordered to embark the Princess, and the 'Vivid to follow with the baggage and suite. The Hannibal, 91, screw, Captain the Hon. George Fowler Hastings, will pick up the guard ship's moorings off Gosport as soon as the Arrogant leaves for Southampton. The Orion, 90, screw, in the steam reserve at Dtvonport, will proceed to the Eddystone on Wed nesday next, for a trial t. ip to test her machinery. This vessel is rigged, and supposed to be ready for sea in 48 hours' notice, being in the first-class steam reserve. The Procris and Shamrock, steam gunboats, bay ing bad defects made good, were taken out of No. 1 dock, at Devonport, on Tuesday, and the Charon and Jackdaw taken in the same tide. The Renown, 91, screw, at Devonport, was practising at target filing on Tuesday, when some excellent practice was performed; the flag being several times shot away. The Rinaldo, 17, screw corvette, had her first futtock timbers placed yesterday morning in No. 6 dock at Portsmouth, and derricks are rigged along side to put this ship in frame within a tew months. The vessel will be built by convicts, under the superintendence of a foreman of shipwrights and a f:•w leading hands. Her timbers, as before de scribe I, are already bolted together in masses, and only require to be slung into their place and , dowelled. The Victory, flag ship, Captain George Henry Seymour, C. 8., will have completz7d rattling down to-morrow. She will haul out of the fitting basic alongside her berthing hulk, Bellerophon, in Ports mouth Harbour, and on Monday, the 3(1 of May, she will be placed at her old moorings, off the Hard Portsea. MALTA, APRIL 20. The squadt on under the command of Admiral Lord Lyons took its departure from Malta harbour on Wednesday morning last. The steam corvette Swallow, under sail, was the first of the ships to leave the port. At about half-past 9, that noble ship the Royal Albeit set all plain sail, including royals, and as she cast off from her mcorings re ceived a parting salute from the Dutch frigate Ad miral Wassailer, which the gallant Admiral Lord Lyons returned from the flag ship-ou passing Fort St. Angelo. The screw liners Princess Royal, Cen turion, and Conqueror followed iu her wake, u nder all sail, the wind b e i ng li g ht f ro m the southward. The squadron was shortly af‘er joined by the Me dina, which in the evening parted company, and steamed to the eastward, to follow up her hydregra phicoperationsintheGrecianArchipelago. Thesteam tug Hearty was in attendance on he squadron, to ren6er any assistance that' night be necessary, in case of the ships getting any fla* of wind under the battlements at the entrance of the harbour, and she returned to her moorings -in the afternoon. The steamers Coquette and harpyleft port with the admiral, and returned in the coarse ofday with despatches. Afterwards the Coquette followed the admiral, the Harpy remaining i n harbour to take letters to the squadron on the arrival of the next mail. The - Upper A nd Lower Batraccas, and the walls of the fortifications affording a view of the Great Harbour, wore lined with people of all classes, who had a - s embled some time previous to witness the departure of the squadron—a sight which always attracts large numbers of spectators. During n i g ht the ships must have got an offing , othing was seen of them on the the a s n f o llowing morning.* In the conflicting reports Its to their destination, we are inclined to believe a cruise for a few weeks extending as far as Tunis and Bona to the westwat d and Corfu to the eastward, is the most probable, which will keep them within telegraphic communication, in case the rumoured junction with the French and Russian squadrons in the Adriatic to interfere in the Montenegrin question, should require their attendance. Among the rumours afloat is one that by a telegram from the Admiralty, received on the evening previous to their departure, Lord Lyons has orders to look in at Naples, which, however, may have been given prior to the knowled_,e of the fact that Park, the English engin eer o f the Cagliari, had been sot at liberty, and had b- en put ft . tori causa, through the e Fo ne r r eg g i et n ic Affs air, remonstrances L _ of the new Minister of by the presence, o r rd in M t a h l e m p e r sb og u r r e y s , s a o b f th lys e upported du trial, of Mr. Lyons, son of Lo g rd Lyons, and aided, by the activity and ability displayed from beginning to end in this matter by Mr. Lewis Barbary our acting consul at Naples. The following appointments were made paler! day at the Admiralty : Captain G. Goldsmith, C. 8., to the Wellesley, recommissioned ; Lieut. D. Reid and Lieut. S. J. Brickwell, to the Wellesley. * A day or two after the departure of Lord-Lyons, the squadron was seen to the westward of Gozo. We under at and that despatches left for Lord Lyons on Saturday by a French steamer to KNOW% St, 100 60 3k St. 100 St. 100 St. ' 100 St. 100 St, 100 25 163 St. 100 St 100 St. 100 10 31.1 20 17i 20 all 10 all St. 100 St. 10 St. St. all all all all all 20i 100 100 93i i 4 1111 11 30 29i 30/ 13± 20 St. D 0... 95A GA Lamb, 69 Od to 78 Oa. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts l,OOO Sheep and lambs Calves l2O Pigs 3lO Beasts 4O Sheep and lambs Calves BO Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NAVIGATE AND LEADANEIALL.—Fair average supplies of meat were on offer in to-day's market, and the demand gener.lly ruled inactive, as follows ; - Beef, from 2s 10d to 38 8d; Mutton, 3s 01 to 4s 2d ' • Lamb, 5s 4d to 68 4(1; Veal, 48 Od to 53 Od ; Pork, 3s 01 to 4s 2d per -fibs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 23.—The supplies of fat stock on offer to-day were seasonably good, and, compared with last week, there was a slight improvement in the demand, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Ohl to 4s 2(1; Mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 101; Lamb, Gs 01 to Gs 8d ; Veal, 44 4d to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 4d to 43 Od per 81hs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April 28.—We had a fair demand for stock to-day, and prices generally wore well supported :-- Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Lamb, Gs Od to is Od ; Veal, 4s 41 to 5s 2d ; Pcrk, 3s 4d to 4s 2d per 81ba ; Store Pigs, -- s to —a ' • Milch Cows, —/ —a to—/ —a ; Lean Cows, —1 to --/ ; Suckling Calves, Hs to 21s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 4s; clover. 3/ 103 to 51 Os; and straw, 1/ Se to 1/ lie per load. Supply good, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ Ws to 4' Ss; clover, 3/ lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw. 1/ 6s to 1/ lie per load Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. - - -•- - WHITECHA.PEL.—Itesdow hay, 21 lOs to 4! 4s; clover, 3/. lOs to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 lls ptr load. Trade dull. LLOYD'S SET.IPPINO.—This Day.) LONDON, April 29. —Wind at noon, N.W.; moderate breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, April 28.—Wind S.S.W. —Arrived— Gahler, from Bassein, and sailed for Bremen. SOUTHAMPTON, April 23.—Wind S. W.—Sailed—Shee Rajah Rajaswaree, for Kurrachee. OFF DARTMOUTH, April 28.--Arrived—Queen of Sheba, from Tobago. CORK, April 27. Wind N.E.--Sailod—Liffay, for Bar badoes. QUEENSTOWN, April 27.—Wind S.—Arrived—Fray, from New York. SHIELDS, April 2i.—Wind S.E.—Sailod—Portland, for New York. ril 28.—Wind S. —Sailed — Lady S UND ERLAND, Ap Jocelyn, for Shanghai. FALMOUTH, April 2S.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed -William IV., for Gibraltar. CARDIFF, April 28.—Wind E.--Sailed—Elizabeth Ann, for Hong Kong. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON. Thursday Morning. Wind W. ; heavy showers during the night. Arrived.—Mechanic's Own, from Newport ; Courier, (s.), Jersey ; Surprising, Lyme ; Carolinida, Cherbourg ; Clam, and Belle, Sunderland ; Junior, Lyme; Havre, (A.), i I a,vre ; Plymouth, and Ripple, Swanage. sziled—Argyll, (s.), for Carentan ; Martin Luther, Lyme; Purveyor, Swanage; Despatch, (s.), Jersey; Wonder, (s.), Havre ; Busy, London ; Carolinida, Cher bourg; Clara, Newport. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind W.N.W. Arrived, April 28—Gambia, Royal Mail screw st3amer, from Africa ; Golden Light, and J. Gilchrist, from New Orleans ; Rhone, s.-s., Alexandria ; Ter, e.-5., Corunna ; Balbec, s.-s., Havre. Sailed, April2B -Otto, for liambro ; Bonland, Leghorn ; Ann Davies, Newfoundland. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning Wind S. ; tide first hones flood cloudy. Arrived, April 28--Higinia, and St. Aun, from Ha vannah ; Sabrian, Frederickstadt; Emma Louise, Dantzic; Kietland, Woroum ; Lionne, anti Furet, Gravelines ; Leeds, Ditzum ; Aros, Alexandria; Frendschaft, Ditztun; Marie, Aalborg. - Arrived, April 29—Viscount Canning, from Guernsey; Baron Osy, Antwerp ; Ranger, Rotterdam. • Sailed, April 29 —Cordelia, for Halifax; Alfred, Chris tina; Rhine (s), Boulogne; Volante, Canaries; Western Star, Barbadoes. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind variable. Passed, in tow—Agrolite, from Freemantle for London. It is mentioned in some of the Continental papers that the negotiations recently opened between the Turkish Government and the house of eminent Hebrew capita lists for a loan of 5,000,0001. could not be satisfactorily arranged. Au offer, it is alleged, was made for a 5 per cent. security at 90, with 3 per cent. commission ; but the Porte, it is stated, refused to entertain the terms. Any tendency to speculative animation in this country would, there is reason to expect, lead to proposals for a fresh operat'on of magnitude. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—BookR, &c., for the East Indiee,Australia, Ceylon, Mauritius, and Hong Kong— . packets of books and printed papers of every kind, posted in conformity with the regulations of the Colonial Book Poet, and addressed to India, Ceylon, Mauritius Kong Kong, Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia, South. Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, may be forwarded to those colo nies in the closed mails despatched by way of Marseilles. The postage of book packets for any of the above named Colonies, sent by the route of Nlaneilles, including the French transit rate, will be--- Not exceeding 40z., 6d. ; above 4 ,z., and not exceeding Boz., ls. ; above Boz., and not exceeding ilb., 2s. ; above llb., and not exceeding 111 b., 3t. ; above 141 b., and not exceeding 21b., 4a. ; and so on, adding ls. for each additional half-pound or fraction of half a pound. The postage upon book packets for warded via Southampton will continue to be—Not ex ceeding 40z., 4d. ; above 40z., and not exceeding 8 oz., Bd. ; above Boz , and not e xceeding 11b., ls. 4d. ; above 11b., and not exceeding 1;10., 2s. ; Ai-Jove Wb., and not exceeding 21bs., 24. 8L ; and so on, Wiling Bd. for each additional ha;f-pound or fraction of half a pound. Tnis postage must in bath , .ca;hees. be prepaid by means of postage stamps, d an indication of the choice of route on . e a value of the stamps affixed to a packet will l t a f il of en th a e s sender. No alteratiuopnownilnl postage chargeable e t w a s k p e a p p e l r a s c in forwardedthe rates to the h o e f ral .olonies enumerated. —By command of the Poet several HILL, Secretary. Ijll Sir ;her Acev, 1 for ie • d be then will born con- Ad will ;are. that Mr. eive uct re a ora )le's the Inc• tted Ma aro- MP. de, na ch- Ice ith wo gn ill all all all 100 1100 2s6d 20 1 204 204 100 100 100 100 all all all all 50 100 100 20 50 20 171 61 i 88 126 101 57.1 4 95i i 27 i 83} 351 i St:l St. St. 25 10 1.0.6; St. St. 20