The Sun. — London, England, 1859-04-26 00:00:00

.11 . 0.11 7 .EY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK, The public markets for foreign and colonial pro duce remains closed for the Easter holidays, but they will re-open to-morrow, the 27th inst. In the private markets a very limited business has been transacted during the last few days, and, with one or two exceptions, prices have not exhibited any variation. In tea no dealings of importance have been recorded, and quotations are unaltered. Sugar and coffee have fully supported previous rates, and rice has been dealt in to some extent at a slight ad vance in values. The demand for saltpetre has been active, and at one time a rise of about ls. to 2s. per cwt. was apparent, but this has since subsided. Tallow continues in active demand, and prices tend upwards. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 565. 9d. ; town delivery, 575. ; and last three month, 58s. per cwt. The public sales of foreign and colonial wool have been postponed to the sth May. In the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, business was very dull, and 6,000 bales were sold at barely previous rates. The Railway Share Market closed steadily, and prices were without alteration. Money continues in good demand, notwithstand ing the contraction of mercAntile enterprise conse quent upon political compliktions, and full rates are current. As the withdrawals of gold from the Bank are still conducted on an extensive scale, the probability of an early advance in the minimum rate of discount excites increased attention. A further withdrawal of £lO,OOO from the Bank of England took place yesterday. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Orissa, which leaves to-morrow, the 27th inst., for Bombay, will take out £288,070, viz., £278,070 in silver, and £lO,OOO in sovereigns, of which £142,000 is remitted by the Government. The directors of the Oriental Bank Corporation have issued their report in anticipation of their annual meeting, which is convened for Thursday, the 28th inst. The accounts are made up to the 31st of December, and the net profit, after defray ing current expenses and writing off all bad and doubtful debts, amounts to £155,187. A dividend of 5 per cent. for the first half-year has already been paid, and the directors propose to make a similar distribu tion for the subsequent half-year, together with a bonus of 2 per sent., making for the twelvemonths a division of 12 per tent. on the capital of the com pany. The present dividend and bonus of £1 15s. per share will be paid, free of income-tax, on and after the 2d proximo, after which there will remain an. available balance, to be carried to the next year's account, of £3,987. At the first general meeting of the shareholders of the Great Southern of India Railway Company, held to-day, Mr. Chapman in the chair, a report was read stating that the directors had reduced the capital to £500,000, as being ample to construct, and for providing rolling stock for the first section of the railway. The sum of £120,000 had been paid to the Indian-office in behalf of the company. The Chairman said the directors had resolved to execute the first 50 miles themselves, by which about £l,OOO per mile would be saved to the com pany. The report was adopted. The English Stock Market opened this morning with a steady appearance, and some satisfaction was produced by Lord Derby's speech, but symp toms of depression soon became visible, and a decline of Ito d per cent. bas since taken place. War is con sidered almost certain, and as the advices at any mo ment may report the commencement of hostilities, sales of stock are effected, which create depression. Consols have receded from 931 to 921 g, but they are now much firmer, viz., 93 to 931, with an improv ing tendency. The market is still very changeable. The New Threes have declined to 91i 921, also the Reduced Bank Stock to 223, and Long Annuities to 174. India Stock however is firmer at 220 to 221, but the Debentures have receded to 95, and Exchequer Bills are steady at 325. to 365. premium. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is very quiet, but prices in most instances show a continued fluctuation. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 76 to 77 ; ditto New, 66 to 67 ; Venezuelan 5 per Cents. have receded 21 per cent., viz., to 38 ; Chilian 6 per Cents., 3 per cent., to 99 ; Brazilian 41 per Cents., to 92 ; Mexican, to 181 4 ; Russian 4 per Cents., to 951 ; and Spanish 3 per Cents., to 39 and 41. Sardinian 5 per Cents. remain steady, at 70. A very limited amount of business has been reported in the Railway Share Market and prices show little variation of importance. Caledonians have declined about 108., and Great Western, Es. ; Great Northern have advanced £1 ; North Western, 10s., and North Eastern (Berwick) and South Eastern, s s. ; Eastern Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North British, Midland and North Staffords are at about yesterday's closing rates. In the Foreign Market the chief dealings have been in Lombardo-Venetian, which show a further improvement of 1 per cent., the old shares being at 6 and 61-,, and the new at 51 51. The Colonial lines are fiat. Grand Trunk of Canada have receded to 311, and Great Western of Canada are. 15, Great Indian Peninsula 97, and East Indian - $99, the Debentures are dealt in at 99. Joint-Stoek Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show a downward tendency. English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered have receded to 151 ; London and County to 211 ; Western Bank of London to 26 ; Australian Agricultural to 291, and Red Sea Telegraph to 9. Scottish Australian Investment are steady at 1121, and South Australian Land have improved to 361. HALF-PAST TWO. A decided improvement bas taken place in the English Stock Market, Consols being 931 for money and account. BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 1k 2f 3 per C en t. C onsols Annuities 93kl 3 k 2k 31 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860... • ----- Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885.. 171 India Stock 220 21 Ditto Debentures Ditto Loan S t • " 95 Consols for Account (May 5) 934 93i 3 1 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, March. June. Ditto £5OO . 2d. & lid.. 32 6 Ditto Small, ........ ........................... 33 36 2 6 -- FOREIGN FUN . D ....... SING PRICES. — Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 1858, 4f per dent:....."""*" • 99 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent Ditto Account ......................... Chilian, 6 per Cent. 99 Mexican 3 per Cent. ................... Ditto Account Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. .............. 1 81 t 19 k Ditto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 4± per Cent. Sardinian, 5 per Cent. 72 Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent 41 39 Ditto Account 76 7 Turkish 6 per Cent. 76 5 7 3± 61 Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Venezuelan 5 per Cent. 38 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 931 Consols for Account (May 5) THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.—The Panther, with the mails from Calcutta and China, arrived at Mar seilles at eight a.m. yesterday. The mails left for London Ceylon London at 10 a.m. Fift een h ours ' quarant i n e enforced. The left Malta for Southampton at midnight of the 21st. GALLANT CONDUCT OF AN M.P.—A day or two since the Hon. Captain Godfrey Charles Morgan _(Ten of Lord T re d egar ) , the gallant member for Breconshire, performed an ac t w hi c h , f or the pluck, cool judgment, and courageous self-devotion evinced, at the risk of his life, deserves to be chronicled among the deeds Of chivalrous daring which shed such lustre upon the soldiers of Britain. The hon. and gallant gentleman was walking along the streets of Hay to attend a meeting of the Here ford and Brecon Rail way, when the cry of " a horse run away." with a gig containing a lady and gentleman, rang through the crowded streets, it being mar k e t-d ay, an d th e animal was seen approaching at the top of its speed. Eve body except th e ga ll ant member tried to " save himself " but just as the animal was about to dash down a narrow which entry are wher com e the declivity is very cons i derable, the walls of posed of sharp rubble mason and to be thrown against which out a be a vehi c l e would almost in sta.ntaneons death, the gallant soldier, with a coolness and pluck which perfectly transfixed the crowd with wonder, leaped at the furious animal, seized the reins, and before anything serious could happen, brought it to a stand-still. The lady had already fainted, and was carried in a state of utter unconsciousness to the nearest inn, but the rescued and the crowd could hardly know how to express their ad miration of an act so generously heroic. We are happy to say the hon. gentleman was himself uninjured, 716 DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railway& 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction Belfast and Ballymena Wol., and Str. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Stock Stock Stock Do(A rcves. no div. . A until6p..per an Do. B c hasbeen pd.toß Dublin andßelf ast June Dun.,Perth,&Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. 13 Stock Do.NIV.A.(Ite.E.U3ds) East Kent Stock Stock Stock Stock ;tock 'East Lancashire East Suffolk Stock Stock Edinburg► and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth dr Clyde Junction Furness Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock S took Stock !Glasgow& South Westn. Great North of Scotland Great Northern 161 1 1 1613 4' Stock, Do. do. A Stock.... Do. do. B Stock ~.._ Steck Stock Stock 12i Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock • 25 'Stock I§tock Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do. Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. n shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan .... Midland Do. Birming. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland; Do. Shares Nelastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def.) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk i North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.nodiv until 6p. c.hasbeenp dB Do. B Stock North-Eastn.--Berwick Do. do. G.N. E. Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York 'North London . N. ezS.Westn.,Hamprtd and City Junction.... North Staffordshire.... North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles 20 Portsmouth Stock, Stock Stock stock Stock; Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock, Rhymney .... Scottish Central Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales iSouth Yorks. & Riv. Dun, I Do. do Staines, Wok., & *Wok Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & llartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 . _ ThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath !Waterford & Kilkenny 'Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall_ _ _ W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London . . Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class PRE ?MEN all all all all all Paid.l Closing i Justness Price. all 100 100 100 100 613 4 100 100 100 a 6 7 1 81 60 62 11 114 32 $5 89 91 761 774 5 4 Si 9 14 15 55 56 43 45 28 30 761 7 4 554 4 981 9 82 13 4 30 0 12 55 57 d 1 55 4 4 1 6 q 52 52 - ; 54 90t 107 8 21 f 90 1 1 11 90 891 £3 la, l7i all all 84 86 2} if d 43 15 72 74 102 105 37 eh 14 ; d 14} 7 8 30 32 98 1 1 1 Sit 52in4 107 109 Z 5 26 80 82 44 46 3i 24 d 43 45 82 60 BSiti d 43 71 2 12& I 0 1 i ei 31 31 6 1 7i Sharei Railways. Blythe and Tyne 1C per c. pref. (issued at 250) ' Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock DO. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc . Do. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun E.Angn. Class A 7& spc Do: do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l "Do. do N 0.2 IDo. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. East Lane. 6 per et E.& W. York. Jen. fifths Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent GI as. &S West. , 2- a. spc Great Northern, 5 p.. et Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 4/ p. c. do. do. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland)4 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. sp. ot. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do. do Do.do do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock L on. &Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., sp. c. No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p ct... Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon. & N. W. Cov. &Nun- eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bri s. &131r.6 Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,AberAc.pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c.n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. c. pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, nit. 5 per cent Nth. Dev. Rail. & Dsk.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 To. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g - Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 4i p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 3i per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 1015. Do. Fixed 4i per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1 0 6 ) Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed p.c. Ist is DO. New do., 2d issue 1 South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. l Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent.- 12 t 4 88 90 70 72 25 26 92 94 10 loi 98 100 81 83 131 133 [Ol 106 541 56} 54 55 83 86 11 12 p 11 12 p 891 i tO} d 1 d 60 63 [O7 108 oof oil 1 1 c 1 89 90 I 8 36} 87& 98 984 r 77 v./a Closing Price. 49 51 95 97 99 101 ' 1 98 101 110 115 107 110 112 114 110 112 128 130 81 83 70 72 110 112 114 116 110 112 103 104 63 64 11 114 94 96 85 E 7 86 88 100 102 9.1 101 16 17 9 11 72 7 4 18i 194 149 i 9f 14i [39 141 160 165 8 9 122 124 4 IP 68 70 [39 141 [OO 102 -93 p 95 p 91 91' 11 114 8 4 94 ',07 109 94 96 1 1 4d par 23 23i [l9 121 [l7 119 99 101 10 101 23 24 101 103 101 103 27i 284 32 33 49 51 120 1 117} 19 18 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid Leasing ' Co.'s. Bedford and Bktchle B uckinghamshire .. Y Clydesdale Y EB Colchester,os}ei Junction. i o e r hi V s h a l. E.Li ncolnshire,g.6p.e. rr. Do. Woodbridge G u l D a o r s ° t tie:r o t e l‘Dv.Forest Hull and Selby Do. Shares . Do. Shares .... : London&Greenwich Do. Preference ..... Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct Do. 6-per cent Manc.,Bitxtn. & Matk Midsb.& g'.6p.e Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk Newmarkt.,BuryEx Dll l: ogr .. utd l ah ' ron i a x :ll6 : lPeEeesadr p sctseenrniCcs..ect.cst:• Preston and Wyre. t J Do. 4 shares ......A. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep Shf.Roth.SiGol.g.sp.e., Sh rows b r y& Herefordl South Staffordshire 'Wear Valley, g. 6p. C. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn Ln & N.W Ln & N.W ICaledonin , E.IJAE C Gt.Nerth. E.Counts. 97 99 102 104 10 17j 135 140 44 4] Caledonin Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N:Md. Do. D 0... B. East Peto &Cco Do. Norfolk wA i Stk.& m Dar Midland . E.Counts. Do 1109 111 64 66 115 120 88. 92 if "i 1 96 98 * i P 56 58 Do. ..... L&NAV ) & L.Yk. J ,Do. 1 100 118 11 6 all all all all 100 all Gt. North. Lan.& Yk !T Brasses) , 31‘Clean . Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West L.&Brgtn 1135 140 10 10 90 92 8 9 DOCKS. Share Docks. Stock r Commercial Stock Do 4 pc,rCent.Pref .Min StocklEast and West India Paid ..,........ _........ Stock London lOO Stock t. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO -- Stock Victoria 40 .Do New , 18 , - Closing Buenos Price. Done. Closing Business Price. Done. 1021 Stock Stock Stock Stock StOck Stock Stock Stock' Stook. Stock, Stock Stock Stock 264 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock StoC'kl Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock! Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 81: Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 20 25 25 1 Stock SHARE 13.14 Stook, Business Done. t 1 - Ifft THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1859.' THIRD EDITION. Share' Railways. I p aid. Closing I Business Price. Done. • . SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence! all 80 84 80 Leased at 6 per cent. NEWMARKET RACES.—(THIS DAY.) Bora., Baroda& Cent. Ind 1.,i 4 1 d 18 gu. 5 per cent ... ' 2 '` . 18 Do all 161 171 [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 11 1 . . 18 Do. Do. 13 4 li } d • • 24 Buffalo and Lake Huro n all 5 6 BIENNIAL STAKES. 2 Do. New 100 f Buffalo,Brant&Godrich /10064 8 9 d Trumpeter • • • 80 85 Defender 2 t 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 77 82 Sixteen ran. 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 75 80 . 20 Clc SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. D.M. utta.&S.Eastrn.Lira. 1. 3. 0. 4 i 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim,) 2s. - - - Birdbolt .... . • l. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. 1 1 d Bastion 20 Central Oude (Limited) 28. 6d. - - 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 7A id iI) SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. 174 Demerara - - North Lincoln • 1 20 Eastern Beng a l. gu. s p.c 5 1 f d [8 100 1 .., ightfit ... . S lock East Indi an, gu. sp. c.. 100 98 1 0 0 98 100 0 9 4 9 4 2 20 Do. C Shares all - - 20 Do. E Shares Ext l5 f 1 p 111 MATCHES. 20 Do. Jubbulpore• 5 - - • . Lord Nelson beat Brother to Bird on-the-Wing. 100 D0.44p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - - 20 G eelong& M e l. gua. s p. c. a ll 18 19 Musjid beat Retriever filly. sto. r Geelong Corporation 6 1 100 - NEWMARKET HANDICAP. t per cent. Bonds Old Robert Stock Grand Trunk of C ana d a 100 31 33 321 li 1 • 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,p a y.'7B all 72 75 Fright 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pr0f..... 100 90 92 . . 20 Gt.lndiaPenin. gua .s p.e. all 97 99 97 9 Eleven ran. . 20 Do. 20 Do. do 4 New, gua.s per cent 4 1 4d31 3 -- • • Lord of Manor SALE STAKES. 20 f Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip } 2s. 2 13f ' : A dead heat b e t ween L a d y Blanche and Vigo for second ( guaranteed 5 per cent 24 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all Hi 151 15 place. 20 Do. New '7 6 ,with 1 all 102 105 - • DURHAM RACES : — (IRIS DAY.) 100 f Do. Bonds pay. t opt. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '69 all 102 104 • 100 Do. do. "/3 without opt all 102 104 102 • • 4 , 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do .. all 98 100 • (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 20 Madras, guar., 41 •p.c. ' all 16 17 16 1 4 . 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 1$ 191 181 4 . SCURRY HANDICAP.. •• 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension., • .15 16 171 17 . _ • Griffin ............. .• 1 20 Do. TMrd Ex. gua.s.p.c. 15 1 Icf Donati •20 Do. Fourth d o. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - - • • Syringe .. • '3 . . { Newßrunswick&Canda. .. 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 -•• -d ' ' .. §even ran. • • Class ACapitl.Share.. . NEW STAKES. • • Do. do. La n d d 0... .. • ' Professor Dick 1 "20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 10 - ---d • ' . Buttercup .. • • -.. Do. do. Land do. 2 _ _ - " f Northof India TramrOgici 2s. • • Interest ' 3 t Limited, Scrip • 20 Oude (Limited) tight ran. . . 20 Scinde ~., .3 15 1 d par 144 • HUNT CUP. 20 Do. 20 Do. New II 0 10 1 id 9 1 20 toe. Punjaub . 2 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. be„,'"' 10 1 i d . - NORTH-DURHAM HANDICAP. 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A' 18 - - . Gibside Fairy . .1 10 ITrinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 lel par . . • Lady Mary colt FOREIGN RAILWAYS. . . Griffin .. . ' Nine ran. - NAVAL APPOINTMENTS 1 f . •10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 5 41 • • - 20 Ardennes all p - 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c. 3 14 1d If . 5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 1 . l2o Beziers to Graissessac. all --- 5 Carmeaux Mine & Ra il all 11 21 • The following appoi n t ments were ma d e t hi s i •20 Dutch Rhenish • 6 Eastern of France 20 Euphrates Valley-2s. - -. . • • • •Lieutenants-G. Robin son , to the St. Vincent; J. A. F. ' 20 Great Central of France all - - • E 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she all 51 51 54 - 10 Italian Junction - - . . . Luttrell ivia)elates--John 5 ,1 t o o th im e Excellent. ll j e . n H t. anmer, to the Cressy; Hon. F. 1 '2O Lake Constance & • Pale all - - ' • Crofton, to the Hero. 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 11 11p 61 6 51 .64, „ Surgeon-Abernethy Irwi n ( a d d i tional), to the Eagle.• t .20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.e all - - , . Assistant-Surgeon-Alexander Collins (additional), to 1 20 Lyons and Geneva - - - - • • 331 Maria Antonia all - - the Nile. c •20 Do. do. New - - • ' • Assistant-Paymaster-Jas. C. Meagher, to the Cressy. ' 20 Namur and Liege all 74 8• l •20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 19 20 . . . . . li 16 Northern of France'.... all 32 34 • LONDON GAZETTE—( THIS EVENING) t 20 Do. New Shares - - p .-7.:_e________ 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 71 8 • • • • , d 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 - - - • FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 26. 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 30 ,31 30 .. . ' Whereas divers British subjects who have entered into 20 Paris and Orleans . / . 2 , f Recife& S. Fran. (Porn.) • • engagements for employMent abio a d as ra il way l a b ourers , 3 t gua. 7 pct. (Lim.Y miners, engineers, stokers, and fifiremen, on board steam- v . 20 Riga and Dunaburg• •. • . 9 4 " - 3 2 -- d 62- 4it :: vessels and in other capacities (su c h engagements i n gene - n 10 Rome and Frascati - - • • ral • containing no provision for the maintenance of such u 20 Royal panish all - - - • British subjects, or for furnishing them with the means of c • '5 Royal Swedish - - • returning to this country), have applied to her Majest3es 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. - - 20 Sambre and Meuse all 54 6 • • Consuls in foreign parts for relief as di s t resse d B r i t i s h su b - a 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 81 9 • • jests, and considerable expense has b een i ncurre d in reliev. ti 20 Southern of France - Bl West Flanders all 51 6 h try: the notice given on the 11th of July, 1856, is hereby 4i warning all persons w h o accept engagements for ti 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference . all 91 10 20 W. & N.W. of France all 18 19 repeated, 20 Western of Austria - - employment in foreign countries, as such railway labourers, 20 Western of Switzerland all - - ' • • miners, engineers, stoker's, and firemen, as aforesaid, or in n . 6 Wiesbaden - - • any other capacity, that they are not considered by he: Ma.. ai 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - - - jesty's Government to be entitled to relief as distressed cA 20 Zealand • all • • British subjects, or to be sent back to this country at the iii • public•expense ; and such' personi are hereby warned that BRITISH MINES. , i her Majesty's Consuls abroad have received orders not to 1 ' afford relief in such cases. . in Shire Paid. 1 C r lo r s im ing BuDsonineots: • • WHITEHALL, APRIL 26. *The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. William Leckie M'Farlan to the church and parish of Tongland, in the Presbytery and Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dugsld S. Williamson, late Minister thereof. Alfred Consols (Philitck) 2.11.10 6 7 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 460 470 " !East Bassett (Mogan). 30 210 220 ' Great South Tolgus l7B 131 144 G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) 11.18.8 2 3 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) •9/1. Lady Bertha - • lBs 6d f 1 North Frances (Illogan) 81 8 9 North Wheal Crony 7.9.4 8 9 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 8 9 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 14 13 14 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s * 1 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 21 240 250 Smyth C. Brea( Mogan). 2 24 3 S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 195 205 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 2 24 10 Tin Croft 9 44 44 - .7 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 8d 1 # • West Basset ( Illogan ) l4 224 234 23 - W. Caradon (Liskeard) 2Q 84 88 Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 195 205 , • • Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 125 135 Wheal Edward (Cale.) 54 2 24 • Wheal Kitty(U. Lelant) 1.7.2 91 101 Wh'l 51aryAnn (Me pale) 8 45 47 eirhl Trelawney (Lisk.) 41 i 32 34 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1. Bon AccordCopper,Lim lOs 4 d par 1 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp ) 27 1 11 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Litn 15 12 13 111 11 :5 Do.L and and MiningCo all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica f d 40 . Cobre Copper al 36 38 Copiapo .. 16 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co all 1 2 Fortuna 20 General all 23 25 3 Linares all 91 10 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 4 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 f 4 p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead • • Mining and Smelt all 31 4 5 • Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 1 1 28.2.8/ United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing Busines s Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.o.Ja. dr July 100 1134 1141 114 131 Do. 6 p.c.FbArAug. 100 112 114 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. k Sep. 100 112 114 N.B.Gov.op.c. Ja. &JOY 10C 110 111 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 106 100 101 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100. 110 111 1104 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 109 111 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jandauly 100 WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 26. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon-Major George Clerihew; M.D., to be Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice Alexander Sheriffe Macdonell, who retires upon half-pay. CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT.—The Commission of the Rev. Thomas Unsworth, as Chaplain. of the Fourth Class, has been antedated to 10th July , 1815 UNATTACHED.—Maier and Brevet-Colonel Edward Robert 'Wetherall, C. 8., half-pay 'Unattached, and Deputy Quartermaster-General in Dublin, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel John Alexander Ewart, C.B. 93rd Foot, to be Aide-de-Ca m p to th e Q ueen , w ith th e r ank of Colbnel in the Army. Lieutenant-Colonel William Parke, C. 8., 72d Foot, to be Aide-do-Camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel irfthe Atmy. • • . - TO BE COLONELS IN . THE ABMIt. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Blagden Hale, C. 8., 82d Foot' Lieutenant-Colonel H. Errington Longden, C. 8., 10th Foot. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY. Brevet-Major William Wigram. Barry, Royal Artillery. Major Alexander C. Robertson, Bth Foot. Brevet-Major Henry Peel Yates, Royal Artillery. Mlor William Henry Kirby, 94th Foot. Major Charles Richard Butler, 20th Foot. Brevet-Major the Hon. David M‘Dowall Fraser, Royal Artillery. ißrevet-Major John Edward Michell, Royal Artillery. Major E. Gilling Maynard, 88th Foot. Major the Honourable John Jocelyn Bourke, 88th Foot. Major James Mitchell Macdonald, Ceylon Rifle Regi ment. Brevet-Major Charles H: Smith, Royal Artillery. Major Charles Vernon Oxenden, Rifle Brigade. Major William Pattison Tinling, 90th Foot. Major Henry D'Oyly Torrens, 23d Foot. Major Thomas Bromhead Butt, 79th Foot. Major George Henry Tyler, 13th Foot. Brevet-Major John Hamilton Cox, 75th Foot. Brevet-Major Sir Henry Marshnan Havelock, Bart., 18th Foot. Major Edward Gascoigne Bulwer, 23d Foot. Brevet-Major William Alexander Middleton, C. 8., Royal Artillery. Major Thomas Lightfoot, 84th Foot. k Brevet-Major Fred er i c Arthur Willis, C. 8., 84th Foot. Brevet-Major Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 90th Foot. Brevet-Major Wilbraham Oates Lennox, Royal Engi neers. Major Coote Synge Hutchinson, 2d Dragoon Guards. Major Henry Radford Norman, 10th Foot. Major William Dascon Bushe, 7th Light Dragoons. TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY. Captain Andrew J. Macpherson, .24th Foot. Captain Richard Freer, 27th Foot. Captain Robert Mockler, 64th Foot. Captain Winter Goode, 64th Foot. Captain Browning Drew, 75th Foot. Captain Guy Rotton, Royal Artillery. Captain Honourable L. W. Mulles, Rifle Brigade. Second Captain Arthur Leahy, Royal Engineers. Captain John Bulkeley Thelwall, 24th Foot. Captain George Samuel Young, 80th Foot. Captain Frederick Van Straubenzeo, 13th Foot. Captain George Murray Miller, 79th Foot. Second Captain Chas. Frederick Young, Royal Artillery. Captain Robert Stacy Colls, 32d Foot. Captain Bevill Granville, 23d Foot. Second Captain Francis Edward Cox, Royal Engineers. Second Captain J. M'Candie Campbell, Royal Artillery. Captain Emilius C. Delme Radcliffe, 88th Foot. 7. Captain George H. Joh n H e i g ham, 23d Foot. Captain Thomas Casey Lyons, 20th Foot. Captain James Henry W ya tt, Military Train. Captain Conyngham Jones, 60th Foot. Second Captain Alured Clarke Johnson, Royal Artillery. Captain Thomas Heathcote Stisted, 7th Light Dragoons. Captain John Alexander Dalzell, 53d Foot. Captain John Terence N: O'Brien, 20th Foot. Captain Frederick Montagu Alison, 19th Foot. Captain W. D. Harris, 2d Bengal Fusiliers. Captain John C. Hay, 60th Bengal Native Infantry. Captain Edward Brown, let Bengal Fusiliers. Captain G. W. M. Hall, 26th Bengal Native Infantry. Captain H. F. M. Boisragdn, Ist Bengal Fusiliers. Captain David Kemp, sth Bengal European Infantry. Captain Henry Lane, sth Bengal Light Cavalry. Second Captain J. St. John Hovenden, Bengal En gineers. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share) Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Clos ing I ihlikle " Price. Done. • 100 Agra&UnitedServic , eßk 50 68 70 40 Australasia all 80 83 25 Bank of Egypt all 23 24 100. Bank of London 5O 45 47 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all - 50 British North American all - - 57 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 12 15 1 d 100 City 5O 63 65 634 100 Colonial 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all - - 100 Commercial of London 2O 17 19 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 155 155 155 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - 20 Lon.Char.Bk.oiAustral. all 215 22 215 50 London and County - - 50 London Joint Stock - - 315 f 100 London & Westminster 2O - - 100. Nat. Prov. of England 35 - - 20 o. new lO - - 50 ational Bank 25 - - 20 New South Wales - - 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all - 20 Ottoman Bank all 165 175 17 17 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New ' all - - 25 . South Australia - - 25 Do. 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In consequence of the services rendered by Major and Brevet-Colonel Edward Robert Wetherell, C. 8., Unat tached, as Chief of the Staff with the Force under Major- General Sir Hugh Rose, G.C.8., during the latter part of the operations of that column in Central India, in the year 1858, and subsequently in the command of a column in the late campaign in Oude, which attacked and captured the Fort of Rampoor, her Majesty' has been pleased to promote this officer to the substantive rank of Lieutenant-Colonel unattached. By order of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief, (Signed) G. A. WETHERALL, • Adjutant-General. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 21. ' Corps of Royal Marines—FirstiLieutenant J. F. Haw key to' be Adjutant; First Lieutenant Frederick George Pym to be Quartermaster; First Lieutenant Cuthbert Ward Burton to be Quartermaster I First Lieutenant Harrisson John Bull to be Quartermaster. COMMISSIONS BY LARDS-LIEUTENANT. Tolv'er Hamlets—John R. Riddell, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant. ' Royal East Kentßegiment of Mounted Rifles Yeomanry Cavalry?—The Earl of Mount Charles, Captain Ist Life Guards, to be Captain, vice .D'Aeth, resigned ; Lieut. Wyndham Knight to be Captain, vice Derin resigned; Cornet Denne to be Lieutenant, vice Hammond, resigned; Cornet' Sir Courtenay Honywood, Bart., to be Lieutenant, vice Knight, promoted ; Lieut. Sir Courtenay Honywood, Bart., to be Captain, vice Bell, resigned. 2d Somerset Regiment of Militia—Ensign John Hatton Brereton to be Lieutenant, vice . Ricketts, promoted ; Wm. V. Andrews, Gent., t o b e Ensign. , vice Marker, promoted ; John Grant Wilson, Fellow e the Royal College of Sur geons in England, to be Surgeon, vice Schroeder, appointed to the Army; Ensign William Pea.rd Jillard to be Lieute nant, vice Wilkinson, appointed to the Tower Hamlets Militia ; Henry Masters Sproule, Gent., to be Ensign. vice Fox, promoted ; R o b ert Townlyy Woodman, late Lieute nant 14th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Parkes, resigned. Vaginient of Stirlingshire Militia, Highland Borderers Light infantry—John Dunbar,. Esq., to be Ensign, 'desk . Williaxd James Junor , Esq., promoted, to be Lieutenant. Royal Wilts Militioe—ldieuti-Colonel Lord Methuen to bear the title of Lieutenant-Celonel Commandant from the 9th of January. BANKRUPTS. Herbert Birks, grocer, Sheffield, to surrender, May 7 ; and June 11, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Henry Hicks, glass-cutter, King David-lane, Shadwell sth May and June 3, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Kidd, commission merchant, Leith. Thomas King, watchmaker, Glasgow. James Bennet, grocer, Lanark. Nicholas Ward, railway contractor, Parkhouse, near Ayr James Paterson and Company, free storekeepers, Glas• gow Hance Walker and Sons, grain and provision merchants, Glasgow. Brown and Austin, nurserymen, Glasgow. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tins DAT. I Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam ll 16} 11 17 Antwerp Brussels - 2,5 12 } 20 20 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 25 25 30 Frankfort on Maine — 117} 118 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh —33 f Madrid 49f 49f 50 Cadiz Leghorn — 30 40 Genoa — 25 35 Naples Palermo — 121 Messina — 121; Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — 30 60 25 40 40 2 1 121 12 62 63 • • E.I. Co's bls. House Ms. 60d Calcutta, Co.'s rupee : 26 24! Bombay ditto Madras ditto — 26 at gait India Company a Bills diawn, from the 26th ult. to the 9th.iuet. • • Bengal £433 6 8 • • Madras • 0 0 0 Bombay £433 6 8 Foreign Gold in Bars (Atanditrd) per oz. £3 17 9 'Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard). THE WATERLOO BRIDGE MYSTERY EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION. . . The Waterloo Bridge mystery, which so long ago died a natural death, has been reinstated in Plaistow amid the greatest excitement; but, although the matter is in the hands of the police, it is not regarded with any degree of great interest by that body. Of two things there is not the slightest doubt—lst. That a woman has made a confession, and 2nd. That she points out a person, by whom, she alleges, she was employed. As nearly as can be gathered, the following are the miry reliable circutnstances :—For some years past an old Irish woman has sold fruit in and about Plaistow and the neighbourhood of the Barking road. Latterly she had a fruit stall on the Iron-bridge, crossing the Creek, and still more lately, in consequence of a hail with the toll-keeper ? she had one at the foot of the Barking -road Railway Station Bridge. This woman was known as " Oldßiddy," and it is by her and through her that the Waterloo Bridge Mystery has been revived. A day or two since she Ni-as taken seriously ill, and a person witA employed to nurse her at her house, in the Lower Marsh, Plaistow; OU Saturday she became very much worse and said . she' could not rest until she had made a confession: A priest was sent for and upon his arrival the nurse was desired to quit th . e*room. This she did ; bdt actuated by womanly curiosity applied her ear to the key-hole, and was there caught by the Holy Father. However, she heard sufficient to warrant her.in applying to the police, and two constables visited " Old Biddy." This woman says, that upon the night of the' "mysterious occurredco," she was employed by two men to carry the carpet-bag, which she describes minutely, and she herself launchod.it from Waterloo-bridge, and re ceived for doing so two sovereigns. She even mentions the names of these men, and says that one is since dead. As in ' the present stage of The affair it would be extremely injudicious to give them, base names are withheld, though known to our informant. . The strangest part of the affair is that the woman is a very ignorant and uneducated per son,. and it is deemed extremely singular that she should haVe hit upon this subject. The general opinion is that the matter should be strictly investigated, and that the person accused should be faced with , the accuser. One fact may be added, that this " Old Biddy" is not unlike the vague description given of the bridge visitor by the toll-keeper-- she having a mole (peculiar) on her face, and genera lly answering the description. She has been visited by two physicians. The police are engaged making inquiries this morning, and it is mooted that the Waterloo-bridge t.ll-kaeper will be taken to see " Old Biddy." POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DA Y. ) • • MARLE ORO U(4II,.STREE T. "DRAW IT MILD."—AN "frNDESIRADLE LODGER:— Paddy Mullings, a . dissipated Irish farrier, who, prior to the. case being called, kept bobbing his rough- looking head in and out of the door of the court, creating thereby some amusement, and who, on the complainant getting into the witness-box requested him to " draw it mild," was charged with being drunk and setting fire to the chimney of the house, 10, Great St. Andrew!s-street. Mr. Benjamin Booth, the accused's landlord, said his worship might remember that on the previous day he ap plied to him for a summons against the prisoner for an assault, and for threatening to set the house on fire. In the course of the afternoon, perceiving that a large quantity of smoke was proceeding from the prisoner's chimney and filling the street, he went to his room and there found him sitting in a drunken state with a large pile of wood across the grate—the wood blazing away, and the chimney on fire, and on the sweeps arriving, the prisoner refused to allow them to put the fire out. The prisoner, who even now seemed scarcely recover e d, said he was flying a red herring and the fat got on fire. (Laughter ) The landlord said all he wished was to get rid of him. The prisoner having undertaken to leave the house at once was discharged. THAMES. CHEATING A RECRUITING SERGEANT.—John Mountjoy was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with deserting her Majesty's service after he had twice received the enlist ment shilling. Edward Dillon, a recruiting sergeant, stated that he en listed the prisoner for the 50th Foot on the 31st of March, and ho ought to have passed Ihe doctor of the regiment within four days. On the 13th inst. he enlisted the pri soner again, and he had never joined the regiment. Mr. Yardley—Did you give him a shilling on each occa tion Dillon—l did, sir. Mr. Yardley—How came you to enlist him twice? The recruiting sergeant said ho could not tell. It was some mistake. The prisoner—l will tell you the reason, sir. We were both drunk, and he did not know me. I have only had 2s. of him. Mr. Yardley said he had never heard of so strange a proceeding as a recruiting sergeant enlisting one man twice in the course of three weeks. He committed the prisoner to the House of Correction, and directed Mr. Bowdler, the chief clerk, to furnish the War-office with a descriptive re turn of the prisoner. THIS DAYS MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITRFIELD.O-111eadOW hay, £2 158 to £4 108 ; clover, do., £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 4s to £lBs per load. Trade rather dull. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, £2 158 to £4 128; clover do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per lead. A Glow inquiry. WurrncnArEL.—Meadow hay, £2 103 to £4los ; clover do., £4 Os to £5 ss; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per load. A heady demand. COLONIAL. TEA.—Scarcely any business has been transacted in the private contract market, and prices remain firm, at 14d to 14d for common conFou. SUGAR.—The dealings have been extremely limited, at prices much the same as at the'close ofthe market on Thurs day last. COPFEE.—The demand foiplantation Ceylon has been moderately active, but the dealings have been confined almost exclusively to immediate wants at about former rates. Riez.—There has been an active demand, and in some instances rather higher rates have been realised. • SALTPETRE.—The demand for this article, noticed pre - viously to the close of the market on Thursday, has con tinued, and at one time an advance of 2s. to 38. per cwt. took place, but it has net been sustained. Prices, however, are very firm. TALLow.—The market has been very excited, and prices show an upward tendency. P.Y.C., on the spot, has ad vanced to 565. 6d. • June delivery, 5 7s- ; and last th ree months, 588. per cv;t. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, April 26.—Wind this day at noon, N.E.; light breeze, with dull weather. PORTSMOUTH, April 25.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Ar rived-7Sirius, from Amsterdam for Batavia, leaky. SOUTHAMPTON, April 25.—Wind S.E.—Arrived— Calcutta, steamer, from Calcutta. Sailed—Mersey, steamer, fer Brazils. (Er ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived, April 25.—HindoO, from Pernambuco ; Eliza Brindle y, from Dunkirk. Sailed.—Bellewood, for New York ; Annetta Smith, for Hammerfest ; Askur, for Halifax ; Jessie, for Gibraltar ; Mentor, for Dalhousie; Martlime, for Boston. Arrived, 26th.—R. C. Wenthorp, from Baltimore. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind W. ; tide, two and a half hours' ebb ; weather light and fine. . . Arrived, April 25.—Abeona, from Antwerp. Arrived, April 26.—Lionne, and Furet from Gravelises ; Perseverance ' from Medemblik ; Shaver, from Dunkirk; Xnvoy, from Rouen. 4EII I Tuesday Monitig' , . • • Wind • W. by N., light. Na turiyales EASTER AMUSEMENTS. ITALIAN OPERA, DRURY-LANE. So far as success may be predicted from the results of an inauguration night, we may feel certain that the Italian Opera at Drury-lane will be as satisfactory to the public as profitable to the manager, and that the non-occupancy of Her Majesty's Theatre will not be attended with such serious regret, as was anticipated. Bellini's popular opera of "La Sonnambula" was chosen for the advent, and a more charming work could not have been presented. The music is too well known to need any critical advertance, seeing that barrel-organs and butch er -b oys create un ceasing effect with it. The caste last evening, with Mdlle. Balfe and Signor Mongini as the principals, was as excellent as could be expected on an initiatory occasion. The fair prima donna exerted herself with great spirit, and gave the airs of her part with much sweet ness and delicacy of execution, especially the melodies, "Ah I non Giunge," and " Come mer me Sereno." Of Signor Mongini, the new tenor, it is scarcely fair to judge. He evidently possesses vast physical strength in the upper range of notes, and is an accomplished musician, but he laboured under a severe hoarseness, and experienced much of the nervous trepidation incident on a debut before a London audience. We shall pronounce more de cidedly when he is in full possession of his natural powers. Signer Badiali was among the best Count Rodolpho's we have heard, his acting being as efficient as his singing. The subordinate characters were well sustained, and the opera, altogether, gave promise of a competent series of lyrical performances. With M. Benedict as conductor, the management of the orchestral department may be imagined as tolerably perfect, considering the difficulties usually encountered with a totally strange company; but we advise the talented direc tor to enforce strictly the discipline he so well knows the value of. Showers of bouquets and rapturous applause marked the progress of the opera. The divertissnent, " Ariadne," is an admirable specimen of that class of entertainment ; the scenery and dresses are splendid, and the artistes of most attractive order. Mdlle. Amina Boschetti distinguished herself by some very ele gant and animated dancing. The elasticity and grace of her actions are peculiarly fascinating, and she will doubt less prove an immense attraction. The whole of the sup porters of the ballet are eminently qualified, forming a combination of "light fantastic toes" not easily surpassed in chorographic representation. The house is beautifully decorated and lighted, with a finish and taste marking all the appointments throughout, and a brilliant and numerous audience testified their approbation by vociferously calling for the enterprising manager. Signor Giuglini makes his appearance to-night in "La Favorita," and his admirers will unquestionably gather round him gladly and numerously. HAYMARKET. The success of Mr. Palgrave Simpson's comedy the " World and the Stage," so honourably achieved when it was produced some weeks ago on the occasion of Miss Amy Sedgwick's benefit, was thoroughly confirmed last night, when it was played for the second time in the presence of an audience crowded after legitimate Easter fashion. A hearty welcome, too, was given to the accomplished actress, whose temporary retirement caused the suspension of the piece. _ - However, the work especially provided for the recreation of the holiday-folks is a burlesque by Mr. Frank Talfourd (now one of the chiefs of extravaganza), entitled "Electra, in a New Electric Light." The old heroic story that em ployed the pens of the three Greek tragedians, of course, forms the basis of the plot, and the scene in which Orestes and Pylades make their first appearance on the soil of Mycena), is manifestly after Sophocles ; but, as matricide, however justifiable, is rather too serious a matter for comic treatment, Mr. Talfourd has wound up the tale with a cata strophe of his own. Clytemnestra has fallen in love with Pylades, .Xgisthus with Chrysothemis, niece (not daughter) of his terrible queen, and each swallows poison prepared by the other. No less a personage than Nemesis herself ap pears as the apologist of this bold alteration. An amatory episode in which Orestes and Chrysothemis are the inter esting pair, the former winning the latter in a wrestling match is another innovation on the simplicity of the old story. isfr. Talfourd shows himself as ready a punster as ever, and frequent and hearty are the lanhs excited by the verbal jokes. . As a - spectacle the new burlesque is likely to prove highly attractive. A classic bustle, with a grotesque ballet in the great square of Mycenes—a banquet after the antique fashion, with most splendid appointments, come in as mag nificent appendices to a series of Grecian views, and the last scene, a mechanical piece of splendour, on the well-known transformation" principle, is not only gorgeous in itself, but is sufficiently novel in its splendour to please even those whose eyes have not recovered from the dazzle caused by a long course of Christmas pantomimes. A shout of applause followed the fall of the curtain. ;THE NEW ADELPIII THEATRE, We are glad to see that the spirited manager of the New Adelphi has at last become impressed with the fact that it is possible to sup too full even of horrors, and that enough is as good as a feast. "Toujours perdrix! toujours perdrix I" is as displeasing to the playgoing public as it was of old to the French ecclesiastic ; and we offer Mr. Webster our thanks for having set before his guests a bill of faro in which the ordinary dish of ill-starred love, murder, and suicide, flanked with the customary entreinets of remorse and de spair in the shape of a heavy father and repentant mistress, are totally wanting. Mr. Webster, in his disregard of past routine and traditions, has found in the wit sarcasm, and graphic power of Le Sage a more ' than adequate re compense for his desertion of the " Newgate Calendar." The public appear to have met the experiment in the most satisfactory spirit, the house being crammed from top to bottom, many persons being disappointed in their endea vours to obtain a seat. Of course the "gods," who were last night in the seventh heaven, asserted their right of domination, and in spite of Epicurus, whose doctrines they most practically refuted, took the greatest interest in every matter, human and divine, brought before them. " Their thunderbolts," in the shape of catcalls, whistles, and orange peel, were " not lightly curled," to borrow a phrase from Mr. Tennyson, but were heard ever and anon resounding from the upper regions, nor was the approbation displayed by the "miserable mortals" be low less hearty because more subdued. Who does not know the glorious tale of " Le Diable Boiteux," at least under its English title of "The Devil on Two Sticks." how an im prisoned spirit set free from his bonds by a Spanish student shows his gratitude to his releaser by unroofing the houses of Madrid, and displaying the different sorrows, joys, in trigues, and passions which make the story of our lives from year to year, going on therein ? It was, then, with ne slight pleasure that we were last night duly re-introduced to our old friend with a new face, "a polite, refined, and Parisian demon" (Mr. Toole), who, in spite of his crutches, sings and dances in most infernal fashion, or what we must deem as such. Taking under his protection Don Cleophas Zambullo, a jealous lover (Mrs. Mellon), who in the words of the playbill "is a young Spanish swell, less given to rise with the lark than to sit up for one," he conveys him and us to the housetops of Madrid, a scene as skillfully painted as it is cleverly conceived, and favours us with certain "de moniac illusions," ending by casting Don Cleophas into a deep sleep. During this long sleep Don Cleophas is trou bled with a nightmare in the shape of the Dey of Algiers, who by some fatality has become the possesor of Leonora (Miss Mary Keeley), the lady-love of Don Cleophas. The various expedients of the lovers to free themselves from captivity, the danger of discovery, the cruelty of the Dey, and a very fine day too," succeed each other with rapidity, and prevent any flagging in the interest and action, although we would suggest that a little of the pantomime in this part of the play might be safely curtailed. Finally, by the agency of the friendly spirit, Don Cloophtis awakes, becomes convinced of the groundlessness of his jealousy, and overcomes the opposition of the "uncle of extreme heaviness" (Mr. Paul Bedford), by rescuing Leo nora from a " terrific conflagration," and receives the usual avuncular benediction in the usual stereotyped fashion. The play concludes with an illuminated representation of the Cremorne of Madrid, whither, in the ebullition of joy, the whole party had proceeded. It must not be supposed that we would imply a censure on those whose names we have not mentioned. Where all did so well it is almost invidious to make distinctions. Miss Kate Kelly, however, as Don Mendoza, rendered no slight assistance to her friend Don Cleophas—and the Fatima of Miss Arden and the Muley of Mr. C. J. Smith, were models of stage Orientalism. Nor must the very graceful dancing of the ladies of the Dey of Algiers' house hold be passed over in silence. If applause is the test of merit, last night's extravaganza ca me f or th w i th the true mark cisive, and we have no doubt the piece will attract full houses. PRINCESS'S. As might naturally be imagined the success of "Henry V." is far too great to allow any change in the bills for the celebration of the Easter holidays. None of Mr. Bean's marvellous " revivals" have proved nearly so attractive as this great historical work, and last night he had what is emphatically termed a " great house." OLYMPIC. Here the Paschal season is disregarded, the managers re lying on the steady attraction of their regular business. With Mr. Tom Taylor's new comedietta " Nine Points of the Law," with the " Porter's Knot," with the "Boots at the Swan," and with their own little compact com pany, including Mr. Robson and Mrs. Sterling, they make a good holiday figure without caring for the holydays. STRAND. The holyday entertainments at this theatre commenced last evening with the performance of a new comedietta by Mr. J. Maddison Morton, entitled, "Which of the Two ?" which was most favourably received by a numerous audience. The main feature of the piece is the innumerable laughable mistakes occasioned by the close resemblance be tween Alexis Bettman (Miss Maria Simpson) aid Paul Bettman (Miss Charlotte Saunders), twin brothers, and pages to the Russian Emperor. That resemblance also en ables one of the brothers to display for the other an heroic affection. The brusquerie of Baron Mullendorf, Governor of the Imperial pages (Mr. James Bland), and the bluster and stupidity of Major Krachwitz, Governor of t 4(? M u tart' Prison (Mr. H. J. Turner), provoked roars of la gh ter. The curtain fell amid hearty applause, l o o e u d d f c r a o ll m s for the author were repeated until it was a n the stage that he was not present. Then followed the_bur letta entitled the " Maid and the Mame, or he Fatal Spoon." The entertainments closed with a farce by Mr. A. C. Troughton, entitled " 'Vandyke Brown." THE SURRE wasf o u n p r d o e d d u o c n e d C f a o p r t t a h i n o - y Reade's popular novel A new drama of thel os first time at this the atre, Mr. Creswick performin g the _part of the Indian chief. As it is the name of the novel and f am " e o n c a rol e a ' , ? ' nd of the piece, it ma y be s u pp osed to be the principal character, will, perhaps, support the claims the of Yellow Jake or Vi rg i n i a to that name of a lthough an analysis of the story honour. For where would be the thrilling combats without the v ill a ny of the one or the interesting love scenes without the charms of the other ? It is clear that they could do very well without Oceola, but Oceola could not get on at all with out them. Yellow Jake is a quadroon woodman, who for pressing unacceptable addresses on Vir g i n i a ' s attendant, has received some 50 lashes, and he sets the whole drama going by evincing a deadly hatred to Virgi n i a an d all her, family. Yellow. Jake lures an alligator to devour the younelady in an arbour and Oceola has the goo d c h ance to s ave her. Ulm big catches to Mg lady ill 4 Ipuely plea at 0 lonely hour, and is about to " finish her"—a word which eXo presses in a Surrey sense the free use of a dagger, a rifle, • thin ve hg handy .—when d Such gallantry wins the heart of —when again Oceola is oppor-e t b un lud e g e eo no n u , g o h r anything handy_when again Oceola is OPPO? . . tune enough to Virginia, and excuses, perhaps, her bad taste in preferring the tawny chief to the more agreeable person of a rick planter, Arens Ringgold, who is also a competitor for that prize. But Ringgold is bad, cruel, and vindictive. He plots a great deal of mischief against his rival, and rather unfairly seeks to assassinate Virginia's brother, because out of love for Oceola's sister he favour s the rival candidate. With characters so antagonistic, and abundant opportimi. ties for informing each other of their mutual sentiments, there is a pretty frequent interchange of " coward" and " villain," " black heart" and" white liver," " dog" awl " slave." Indeed, the dialogue may be said to be exceed.. ingly spirited, and delighted the audience .proportionately. Nor was there any lack of stirring pantomime—men save‘ from being burnt alive in order to be shot or drowned, women rescued in the moment of extreme peril, hired ams, sassins overpowered and bound, and conflicts of great physi. cal power between civilised and uncivilised forces. - Virtual must in the end have been triumphant, for the curtain fell amid enthusiastic plaudits, and Surrey sympathy was never yet enlisted on the wrong side. The fact remains that the piece was a complete success. Mr. Creswicli played the part of Oceola in his usual effective manner. Ir. Henry Vandenhoff, a first appearance here, deserves*, word of praise for his careful rendering of Ringgold, al— though it puzzles one to guess why an American planter should dress like a Spanish dancer. Mr. Basil Potter, as Yellow Jake, seemed quite at home, and incited to do his best by the kind reception which his popularity obtained. A funny ebony coachman, by Mr. E. Marshall, and a mili— tary greenhorn, by Mr. Wright, gave a very satisfactory flavour of the comic element. And when we add that the music was very ably managed by Mr. Jolly we have said enough to insure many repetitions of the crowded benches which distinguished the first night of the new piece. Ib must not be supposed that " Oceola" was the entire carte. It certainly was the piece de resistance, but two ex— cellent dishes followed—a screaming farce and a comical, tragical, maelo-dramatical extravaganza. ASTLEY' S. A numerous audience gave warm welcome to " a ne w romantic spectacle" at this " hippodramatic temple" last evening. The piece, unlike the holyday productions by whit it has been immediately preceded, busies itself not with recent or passing events. The mutiny in Indiahas had its day, both beneath the scorching sun of that country and at Astley's. Canton has been bombarded both in real and mimic warfare. Commissioner Yeh and Nana Sahib have figured on the Surrey side of Westminster-bridge as wellas upon a wider field. Time and place have undergone s change. Mr. Cooke has betaken himself to the distant past. An early period of our history—the period of the Crusades —now furnishes the incidents which are made the foundation for the display of the resources of his establishment. He transports us back to the days when steel-clad warriors did battle in the presence and under the inspiring influence of beauty—to the days of tilts and tournaments. The new piece, in short, is the story of "Ivanhoe" realised in scenic) action. The plot is the same as that which Scott has so beau tifully woven. The same are the dramatis personce, the stalwart Coeur de Lion, the redoubted Knight Templar Sir Brian de Bois Guilbert, Ivanhoe, the Lady Rowena, Isaac' of York, and Rebecca the high-souled Jewish maiden. It would be perhaps no more than just to enumerate the h or s es also among the chief actors. They certainly constitute not the least attractive feature in the gay and ghttering proces sions with which the piece abounds. They, as is invariably the case at Astley's, curvetted with entire grace, obedient to the slightest motion of the rider's hand. Whether in the Lists at Ashby they would have borne themselves so successfully under the weight of mailed knights it is needless to conjecture. It is enough to say that they were equal to the occasion and demeaned themselves amid the sound of clarion and drum and the clash of swords with all the nonchalance of veteran war horses. The piece consists of three acts, and is rich in picturesque scenery ; though it presents few features that can be called novel. There is the same rushing about of well-trained steeds as usual ; the same hurrying to and fro of eager combatants, with all the advantage of less noisy tumult and more pleas ing effect. At the conclusion of the third act the principal performers were summoned before the curtain, and received such a reception as a holiday audience alone can give. Then followed the Scenes in the Circle, during the progress of which, owing in no inconsiderable extent to the exertions of the clown, mirth and jollity were the order of the day, or rather of the night. The performances concluded with—to use the phraseology of the bills—the "screaming farce" of " Bathing," which, if the laughtei which it excited in the audience is to be taken as a criterion, fully justified the use of the epithet by which it is -described. UNITED STATES CIRCUS. It ceases to JUL; surprise that this place of amusement, opened only for a short time, has gradually become an esta blished favourite when we find the care which is exhibited to minister to the desires of pleasure folks, and the general good management and good order which mark all portions of the entertainments. Yesterday, as might have been ex pected, Messrs. Howes and Cushing reaped a rich harvest, which will bear fruit we hope for the future, for the place was always full to overflowing, and all seemed to go grati fied away. The performance of the Californian troupe makes the visitors' hair stand on end, and leads to the suspicion that in early youth they must have undergone a culinary process known • as "boning," and so become perfectly inde pendent of the conditions with which a fear of fractures con trols the limbs of ordinary people. They are really; however, a very choice set of acrobats, and men who are cer t a i n t o f a ll on their feet, no matter with what somersault, fortune may favour them. The corde volanto trick, by Mr. Franklin, is as difficult to perform as it is almost painful to witness, and the visitor turns with pleasure to the bounds and gyrations of Miss Delevanti, who does on a tight rope what less gifted mortals would infallibly break their necks in attempting on an ordinary floor. The cannon ball tricks are curious evi dences of muscular power, and the motley brothers and acts of horsemanship give unbounded delight to the juveniles. The bull-fight is as successful as heretofore, though the " celebrated horse Tamany," who personates the " lord of lowing herds," at times spoils the effect of the illusion by ignoring the use of his mock horns and acting vigorously on the defensive with his heels. CANTERBURY HALL. This popular music hall WAS last eveningcrowded to excess. Hour after hour visitors, literally by hundreds, unwillingly left the doors to seek an evening's amusement elsewhere ; and many of those who, by early arrival, obtained admit tance, were compelled to be content with the spacious area of the music hall, the ante-hall, and the Fine-arts Gallery, which were crowded soon after the opening of the doors. An embarrass de riehesses awaited the audience, for, to the ordinary sources of amusement have been added a juvenile instrumentation which would reflect credit upon the best performances at many of the West-end concert-rooms. We allude particularly to the performances of the young Dele pierres, little musicians, most interesting in appearance, and whose performances were attractive in the extreme. They are three French children, the eldest of whom is but eight years of age, and the youngest a mere infant, who however keeps her violin firmly in her grasp, and maintains it under perfect control. They have performed in Paris and other places with marked success. They made their debut at Can terbury Hall last evening, when their reception was not only favourable, but enthusiastic. Without particularising their performances, it is enough to record that, considering their tender age, they handle the violin with consummate ability, and theirefforts, especially the closing performance of " God Save the Queen," were greeted with rapturous applause. They exhibit a remarkable display of precocious talent, which appeared to be fully appreciated by an over-crowded and excited audience, and, in conclusion, we have only . to congratulate the enterprising proprietor upon the acquisi tion of this novelty in addition to the well-known attractions thepublimeustoicavisenittertathe entertainment, themselvesj o u f d t g h e e f p or lace, and to i C, l f vte the Easter POLYGRAPHIC HALL. Last night the wizard Jacobs, who has returned from winning golden opinions in Australia, opened the Poly graphic Hall, in King William- s t ree t, Strand, " for a short season only," in what he ter ms hi s farewell enter tainment previous to retiring from his profession. The entertainment was divided into two parts, and consisted of a number of tricks, not a littl e ingenuity being displayed in the attractive phrases in which they are put forth in the programme. We have the invisible miller, the wizard's target, the Lillip u ti an h ornp i pe, the miraculous handker chief, the extraordinary cash-box, the magic bouquet, the magician's dejeuner, the grand transformation, and esca motage de Sprightly, which terminat e d th e fi rs t part. Be tween the first and second parts Mr. Jacobs improvised a song, which the audience evidently considered very enter taining, and which some were disposed to encore. The second part consisted of the enchanted seat, the old oak chest, the mysterious gold fish, and the incantation kettle, which terminated the performance. The principal novelty in the Wizard's entertainment is the introduction of a Mr. Sprightly, who is to Mr. Jacobs what the clown is to the circle in Astley's, and the Alhambra. The gentleman's name is not given, but he showed a good deal of sly come) humour,evening.well managed, especially an T d h hi e aclis were amuseand very e y auilience throughout the the last one in the first part, the escamotage de Sprightly, whichin deception was most complete. The hall was well attended. hte CREMORNE. GARDENS. Cremorne has opened—" wind and weather permitting" —for the season. Mr. Simpson, with his usual enterprise, has prepared and laid before the public, in the shape of an "Easter Offering," an excellent bill of fare. The weather was unfortunately unpropitious to the enterprise ; p but, re lying upon " the good time coming," and upon "hi s friends and tho üblic," he yesterday met the oga inf of the cam paign with a light and h o p e ful heart. e might imagine, from the very unfavourable state of the day, that almost all persons would be deterred from pursuing amusements ; but and the first the English heart loves its recreation, and appreciates its Creinorne c it On w en as dera th b a le t number of • ga rdens are varied, costly, seasons of amusement, and hence ga Gardens were favoured with a very patrons.au worth respect, been moat shot in the campaign has, in that of attractions thei.r the suc cessful. Among the were a ttractions_Brothers Ridley and Ethair, the Oln; former of t ill e d best eff or ts, v i : lo w e o x n e d re er i s :e r s e . markable for their gymnastic feats and t Band. The , and the celebrated " Cremona," or Family. .. Cremona Band con sists of onefarnil and is comprised of eight members, Miea G n h ea d, the eldest sis t er, being the leader. Their 19 to necessaryarsand their performanc ages vary from a on the vari ous instruments. to constitute a band, and under her talented leadership on the violen, promise to prove a most attractive feature of the season. The h ave They already plaeared and . won laurels at St. James's Fla.ll, and other c es of public entertainment. An original Italian ballet, entitled " The Magic Star," Was well executed, and warmly a pplauded. In the Royal Marionette Theatre, a comic, dramatic, and diplomatic measure, entitled " Our Reform Bill," for the season of 1859, produced with admirabl e effect. It is a novelty fr om the was prolific pen o f Hug o V a mp, and is a playfully ludicrous skit upon the late Reform Bill, in which Lord John Russell, with his "amendment," that mended nothi ng an d broke up everything; Lord Palmer ston and his foreign policy ; " Britannia," leaning on her spear ; and, "though last not least " of the dramatis per sante, the British Lion couchant at her feet, formed an in teresting group, " stars " in their way, and the leading actors in the piece. Their dramatic points are amazingly striking. The piece is an amusing and facetious bit of political comedy, abounding in smart hits on the late Re form Bill, but dressed in so courtly and kindly spirit tha it could hardly offend the most thin-skinned politician of either of the great parties in the State. The comments of Britannia, who presided in all the dignity of State, a nd the opportune growls of the British Lion, coming in in wen . punctuated style, and the occasional full stop, giving The phasis to her remarks, elicited much a pplause.. „.___ Marionettes—life-size figures, wooden images th.°Y..1117, are—played their parts admirably, and with ,F7 re -- waii f t satiricartouches. Added to these attracztieoc tor uted by seve- Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert, e on the Crystal 1 fresco ral popular favourites, and dancing a idering the unpro- Platform. The entertain W ent o ff admirably, and we, in pitious state of the weather, saB 7l thusapiritedly,o4amenced eonelusinn. hope that the e A .+ At s ; t the F rop..evor, ....r, Ti m eon ea favourable o_ may prove as hie enterprise deservo. all 1 100 100 100 100 100 all 110 103: 1081