The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-22 00:00:00

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LDAir• • red th he - o ' ll 500 h )P bai l° lofstill4 M a lt s M edi 3 lot. br , ho ell IV' 3 13/41 e r or° bo iid) rO. rs wex soot 3. 1 . 6 ; bar , th the g ° :l ri , i itte 1. and pP ea- I.° T .; 06 75. i. er O u / ) f eve'; by a ho unti re pf ta te . 3 to to $ . • 111:30 ,qu b io v©d th e Act of 5 0° ( re° b ip ° t bo o %or 0 0 0 91' i ce dor r y boo op° r.~ . r Con;- with 8,00 0 but ted a ;ution obers. ) to 7 ;urred .bar. lently ffi cell udson r mole .eights from owivg irgivitb Fives, ne sse(' ssf; rilff ONEY MARKET! MARKET AITD COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. • CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The advices received this morning from the ma nufacturing districts represent business as having been exceedingly dull during the past week. At Birmingham the iron foundries were far from being actively employed. In some instances inferior qualities of manufactured iron are said to have been sold at prices lower than last quarter-day's quota tions, but the best brands maintain their value. In the various trades of the district there is nothing new to report ; almost all branches are extremely dull, and some of them may be said to be completely at a standstill. The Woollen Ciotti trade at Leeds has been ex ceedingly quiet ; few buyers had reached the town, and in the Halls only small quantities had changed hands. There is no definite opinion as to what will be the character of the trade during the year, there being a complete absence of speculation en the part of both merchants and manufacturers. A hope has been expressed, however, that a fair de mand maybe experienced during the spring months. The general state of the worsted trade at Bradford was exceedingly dull. The difference between the prices offered by purchasers and those at which spinners are disposed to sell, lilnits transactions to a small amount, There had been a few purchases of piece -goods, but the orders given out for the continental markers and for the United Saes still continue very limited. At Halifax, no change can be reported in yarns or goods, and prices generally are unaltered. Rather more business has been doing in the lace trade at Nottingham Th© market is now firm both for yarns and silks which show a slight improvement in prices. The hosiery trade at I, ,, icester ,till continues extremely dull. There are ft-w export orders in the market, and but li'tle demand for home consumption has been experienced. Numbers of the operatives still continue out of work. Woo's, however, are rather firmer. At /vlanchester business has sligh.ly im proved. The demand for most descriptions of cloths had been very general, particularly for fine and heavy printing cloths. Many of the millowners being without stock, and were fully engaged upon orders. A large quantity of machi nery, however, still remains idle, and the recovery of trade from the late severe depression is of a very gradual nature. Acdounts from Liverpool report that the Cotton Market on Saturday manifested a very active ap pearance, and prices of all descriptions were extreme. The sales amounted to 12,000 bales, 3,000 of which were taken by the speculators. The Railway Share Market closed firmly. and a fair amount of business was tran*actel at full rateq. The official returns relating to trade and navi gation, for the month ending 31st January, 1858, havebeen published. From these it appears that the total declared value of the exports from the United Kingdom for the month was 7,221,6001., being a decrease of 1,836,505/. compared with those of the like month of 1857. The decrease is perceptible in coals and culm, cotton manufactures, earthern_ ware, fish, haberdashery and millinery, hardwares and cutlery, linen manufactures, linen yarn, metals, sillr manufactures, thrown silk, soap, British spirits, sheep and lambs' wool, and woollen and worsted manufactures and yarn. There was, however, a slight augmentation in beer and ale, cotton yarn, machinery, and stationery. The importations of the principal articles were smaller as regards live animals, flour, cochineal, logwood, flax, fruit, guano, hemp, mahogany, raw silk, spirits, tallow, timber, wine, and sleep and lambs' wool. The shipping accounts show a slight decrease in the amount of shipping employed, both for the entries inward and the clearances out- ward, in the home and foreign trade of the king- dom, compared with that of the same month in 1857. The Ministerial changes have naturally exercised a further impr, ssiou upon the market fur English securities, and to-day numereus sales have been effected, which have caused a good deal of excite ment. This is always the cwe at such periods, and until the new Cabinet is firmly established the market will no doubt remain in a very uncertain state. The decline at one time was as much as iths per cent., but there is a great deal of varia tion, and occasional symptoms of recovery were Visible. Consols have been 96k, and since, 96 to 968, but for money and account, the present quotations however are 9Gi an extensive pur- chase in speculative account having been made. The New Three per Cents. are marked 9Gg f t , the Reduced 96i 4. The March Exchequer Bills, 225. prem., arid the June ditto►, 223. prem. Bauk Stock is 225, and India ditto: 222. In the Foreign Stock Market there is considerable animation, but most of the quotations are lower. Turkish Bonds are most affected, the 6 per Cents. being 1001 1, and the 4 per Cents., 103 k 104 ; Sardinian are 911 92 ; Spanish, 43i 44 ; ditto, Deferred, 25126.¢ ; Dutch 4 per i Cents., 1004 101 ; and Portuguese, 45 46 '; Mexican Bonds are marked 20.1 ; Buenos Ayres, 821 awl 80 ; and the Deferred, 19 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. are 103, and Equador, 14. In the Railway Share Market, to-day, only a limited amount of business has been transacted, but most of the leading lines have fully sympa thised with the decline in the English Stock Mar ket. Noah-Western, South-Western, Midlands, and Soulh Walt's, have declined 1/. ' • North-Eastern (Barwick) Great Northtru, Edinburgh and Glas- gow, and . daledonian, 1/. lOs. ; and Great- Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s. to 15s. The Foreign Lines are almost neglected, but prices show a downward tendency. Ire the Colonial Markets Grand T run k of Canada have receded 1/. 10s. ; Gr re at-Western of Canada, 15s. ; and East In dian, 1/. Mines, Bank•, and Miscellaneous Shares have been very inactive, and but little variation can be quoted in,' the rates realised. BR ETISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES _THIS DAY. (From the Official Lislil Balk Stock 225 3 . , eat. Redncefi Annuitier. ~ 3 per Cent. Console! Annuities 96i $a6546i i i a New , per Cent. Annuities Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 13 tithe Stock 222 t•iin. Boucle, ./.;I.Ctit; ......... ..... .... OoLsols for Account .. . .......... 96i f a 6 Exe,.. l cer Mils, 24a March. J u n e . 7. 5 j28100e.... 13500 • 22 23 p Small PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Branign 5 per Cent. D:tto Account, Ditto 1852, 4 per Cent. Buenos .Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. BI2A Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent. . Orlilian Bonds, 6 per Cent. lO5 Equador New Consolidated l4 Grenada New Active, 24 per Cent. ~_Ditto Deferred 6 aleil etto : per Cent Ditto Account 2Ol 20 ruvian Bonds, 41- per Cent Ditto Account . .. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1641 -- Ditto 183, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account 4O 5A Russian bonds. 1822. , St . ", per Cont lll i Eitsidinian 80n,a,. Per Cent. " • per Cent.._ Ditto Accouni..' - er Cent. ". ... 92 1A 1 Ditto Account (February '26) D tte ik ew Def erred, 3 pet Cent. 43i A 4 3 Ditto Account..p;. — 2 5 6 / Tarkibia Bonds, 6 13 .. .. r .... .... A Ditto Account .... . . ...e..;;t.... Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cllt ... . Ditto Account ... ............. .. . 6 ........ . - —-8 104 12 Venezuela Bonds, 4i per Cent..... . Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent ............... 7:: — l3l Dividends on the ii bOVe payableta LoLoln2- i Lutela Exchange, 211 per Cont., 12 Guilders . Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates • ............ 101 1 00 A 100 1 tilteß O'C'/..001f. Console, money Console account (March 4) - MR. BATES AT LIBERTY.—At the time of the trial of Paul, and Co., Straban, we protested against th e con vietion ~1 pour B:,tey, b e ing entirely without evidence. .A.t the time, neither the public nor the awhoritLs• Would licten to anything but making an exarntio ; and, following the precept, rem, si possis recte, sed rem, the , j.nry resolved t o convict—with evidence, if it cou ld b e !:1 ; if not, w i t h out it. The Crown, it turns out, has d its roißgivings, for Mr. B a t es h as b ee n set at liberty. ---Dispatck. Tait SAL lION FISHERY IN SCOTLAND.—The net salmon fit ra g th e r "r—iSz• , t!ani has be; ,, n np he titike 1, tva unen caught by boo. Th , has been !,12ery has scarcely commenctid, but where it . tried it has }lien successful the open season wring let the fish well cbwii to the sea, CORN EXCHANGE. Day.) Most of the country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with most kinds of wheat; nevertha. less, the demand was much less active, at about previous rates. There was a good consumptive demand for barley, at full quotations. All other spring corn was in fair re quest. Nearly the whole of the continental markets have con tinued dull, not only for wheat, but likewise spring corn and flour. The trade in the United States rules heavy. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were limited. The imports from abroad were season ably good, viz., 11,906 qrs of wheat, 3,377 barley, 15,510 oats, 3,560 rye, 80 beans, 30 tares, 50 mustard, 92 sundry seeds, and 2,040 brls of flour. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, were on a very moderate scale, but, for the most part, in good saleable condition. Although factors generally were firm in their demands, there was no inclination shown on the part of the millers to add to their stocks. The demand, therefore, for all kinds was by no means active ; nevertheless, compared with Monday last, no quotable change took place in prices. We were well supplied with nearly all kinds of foreign wheat. Good and useful qualities were mostly disposed of at full juices, but other kinds met a dull inquiry at late rates. The show of barley was only moderate, and the trade ruled steady at full quotations. No actual change took place in the value of malt, but the demand ruled steady. Oats met a dull inquiry, and inferior samples were rather cheaper. The supply of English beans was considerably on the in• crease, and sales progressed slowly, at barely stationary prices. The quantity of foreign on offer was only moderato. For peas we had a slow inquiry, yet prices were well supported. The flour trade was very slow at last week's quotations. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wneat—Essex St: Kent, !Malt—Chevalier .... 66s to 68s Red .... new 40s to 48s Ditto •. • • .... old —s —s Oitto, White now 43s 52s Ditto old —s —s Norfolk and •Gin coin, Red, old —s —a Ditto new ••• • .• 403 48s aye —Old ............ —2 —s l Sew ...... •• •• •. 328 34s Barley—Grinding .•• • . 26s 30a Vfalting •• •. 34s 37a Chevalier— . . 373 40s Halt —Saffolk and No rfolk 58s 66si Brown •• 513 5631 Kingston an d vtrar a 58a 66s !Oats Yorkshire and Linealash., Feed 203 23s Potato Youghal and Cork Black. .• • . 193 243 Cork, While .•. •. 203 303 Scotch, Feed..... 20s 258 neans—Tick ...•. • • .. 33s 34 • Pigeons .. 37r 421 Peas—Grey . ••• • • • 39a 41s Maple . • •••• • • • • 41s 433 White..• ••• • .. 403 42 8 Boilers .......... 42s 44 8 Floor—Town-made... 40. s 43 3 Bndolk .• .. 33s 383 Stoottn &Norfolk 313 323 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 415 head. In the corresponding week in 1857 we received 1,208; in 1856, 612 ; in 1855, 239 ; and in 185!, 2,775 ; in 1853, 3,590 ; in 1852, 1,824 ; and in 1851, 1,991 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEDS. From Boasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam lO ... 105 ... ... 52 ... - Antwerp._ --- ... -- ... ... 108 ... -- flarlingen - ... Ostend - ... ... ... 31 ... _ T0ta1.... 188 ... 105 ... ... 202 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1857 526 481 ... 201 430 ... 70 112 L 655 163 ~„ 120 854 BB9 1,621 27;9 15 853 5Ol 2,824 250 15 852 851 447 1,438 206 3 There was a very middling show of foreign stock in to day's market, as to number, but its general quality was g'od. A full average time of year supply of home fad beasts was on sale hors this morning, both as to number and quality. Notwithstanding the fineness of the weather, the demand for all breeds—owing to the large receipts of dead moat up to Nowgate and Leadenhall, from Scotland and the provinces—was in a depressed state, at a decline in the quotations, compared with Monday last, of from 2d. to, in some instances, 4d. per S lbs. A few only supe rior sorts may have realised 4s. 61, but the general top figure for beef did not exceed 4s. 41 for 8 lbs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,460 Scots and shorthorns ; from other parts of England, 400 of various broods; from Scotian I, 540 Scots ; and from Ireland 240 oxen. There was a slight increase in the supply of sheep, com pared with Monday last. Amongst it were about 600 shorn qualities, which sold at Gd• to Bd. per 8 lbs. beneath similar breeds in the wool. The mutton trade was very dull. In the value of the best old Downs we have no change to report; but half-breeds, and all long-woolled sheep, were from 2(1. to, in some instances, 4d. per 8 lbs. lower than nu Monday last. The supply of Irish sheep was under 100 head. A. fow lambs were shown, but they went at irregular quotations. Calves were in moderate supply and sluggish request, at about last week's currency. In pigs, next to nothing was doing, at next to nominal quotations. Per 81bs to sink the attic s. 4. s. d. a. 4. a. a. Interior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 PrimeSouthdown 410 6 2 Becand quality.... 3 6 3 S'l.Arge crse.fcalves 4 0 4 6 Prima large oxsn 310 4 0 Prinae small do 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, &a. 4 2 4 4;Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 6Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Second quolity ...3 8 4 o!Suckling calves-19 0 26 0 o`rime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 6,Quarter old piga.l9 0 26 0 FOREIGN' SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves 72 Pigs TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 3,980 Sheep and lambs• 16,550 Calves lO7 Pigs 420 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Holiday, Feb. 23, 1857, and this day, Monday, Feb. 22, 1858. Per Slbe, to oink the offale. Feb. 23, 1857. Feb. 22,1858 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 3 2to 3 4,3 2to 3 4 3 6 3 10,3 6 3 8 4 0 4 6 310 4 0 4 8 4 10',4 2 4 4 4 4 4 8,3 2 3 6 410 5 03 8 4 0 5 2 5 4'4 2 4 6 5 8 5 10,4 10 5 2 Coarse and inferior beasts Second quality ditto Primo large oxen ... Prime Scots, die „. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality ditto ... Prime coarse woolled ditto Primo Southdown ditto ... Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small ditto Large hogs 4 2 5 4 5 6 510, 3 8 4 4; 4 6 ,4 8 5 0 32 4 0 !4 2 4 6 3,980 16,550 107 420 Neal, small porkers 4 6 5 2 Beasts... ... 3,607 Sheep and lambs Calves... 173 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 25, 1856.—Beasts, 3,567 ; sheep and lambs, 20,090; calves, 61; pigs, 250. Feb. 26, 1855.—Beasts, 2,901; sheep and lambs, 19,880; calves, 41 ; pigs, 340. NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Since Monday last rather large supplies of meat have come to hand from Scotland and various parts of England ; but, with meat killod in London, we continue to he very moderately supplied. The trade generally rules inactive, RS follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 10 3 2 Do., midtiling 3 4 3 6 ( Do. prime large 3 8 3 10 Do., do. small 4 0 4 4 Pork, large 3 2 3 10 s. d. d Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling ..... 3 8 4 2 Do., prime ,4 4 4 8 Veal.... ........... ,t 3 8 4 6 Pork, small 4 0 4 8 BOROUGH HOP There is a moderate anonTt of business doing in good and useful hops, but without leading to any change in the quotations. All other kinds of hops moved off slowly at barely late rates, owing to the pressure of foreign quali ties, the imports of uk:ch last week wore 169 bales from Hamburg. Now Mid and East Kent Pockets, 70s to 120 s ; Weald of Kent do., 56s to 70s; New Sussex do., 52s to 625; Year lings, 21s to 50s. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Only limited supplies of h ome - grown potatoes continue on sale here, and their gen'ral quality i s b y no means first rate. Liberal supplies have come to hand from the Conti nent since Monday last, viz., 32 tons from Ostend, 620 tons from Antwerp, 612 tons from Dunkirk, 2 tons from Rot terdam, 58 tons from Neuport, 844 tans from Rouen, 80 tons from St. Valory, and 35 tons from Calais. m os t kinds are in fair request, at full prices. York regents, 120 s to 1808 per ton ; Essex and K en t , 120 s to 11Us ; Scotch, 80s to 1303 ; ditto cups, 755 to 85s ; middlings, 50s to 635; Lincoln's, 120 s to 150 s; blues, —s to —s ; foreign, 65a to 100 s. WOOL. During the week the imports of wool into London have been only about 100 bales from the Continent. For good and fine English qualities the demand is steady, and prices are well supported, but other kinds are a dull inquiry. As the public sales will commence on Thursday next, there is literally no inquiry for either foreign or colonial qualities. BEI Cloverseed is in moderate d brings last week's currencies. all other descriptions sell slow cakes have been in steady req Ternip,Wnite,per bush. 15s to 16si Swede •• •• •—• • • 20s 233 dastard, Brown ••• • • • los iss lemand at late rates. Trefoil Canaryseed, mustard, and ly at our quotations. Linseed Luest a t extreme rates. Carraway ... 44s 465 C0riander............ 268 30s Ilempseed, per qaarter 40a 445 Linseed, Eng.,iowing.. 70s 72s Crushing •••• • • •• —5 Baltic .. • • • 48s bOs Odessa • • • • • • • • • . —s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— Foreign,per ton 101 O s 10 15s Rape Cakes, per ton 51 15s 51 Rapeseed, new, pr qr. 68s 70, --- White, new • • •... 16s 22; tares, Winter, new.. • • 5s Od 5s 9d Canary,per quarter •• 78s 88, Bye grass (new) •• •• •• 23s 30 3 Clover,ltedEng.(cwt.) 598 7 3 ,1 White •• •• •• 629 783 Foreign Red.. •• 579 698 White•••• Gib 783 rrefbil, new.. •• • 218 253 TALLOW. There is only a moderate business doing in our market, yet prices are a shade higher than on Monday . last. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is Rough fat is 28 10,1 per 811:14. quoted at 53s perswt. (854. 105. 1857. Stock this day 36,972 Price of Y. C t Pzilvory last wick .. I ,6.14 Oat° from June 1 7g,782 .irrivals last Week.. 671 Ditto f rom Junel.... 92,446 Price Of Towne ik• • • 1 631 60 35,518 55a 6d • — e, n. l 1 ,Sbo 62,791 216 62,308 564 66 24,316 58s 6du 85,142 2,394 62,916 535 6tl 1858. 11.350 20,825 66a 6d to 53a Od to L.: 0! ---, Nd 7r,2 89,204 85,149 1,880 920 83,574 92,862 '594 64 554 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1858. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGE.NCE. Orders were yesterday received at Chatham gar rison from the War Department directing Major- General W. H. Eden, iu command of the troops, to furnish the following officers and reinforcements to embark to-morrow at Southampton for the pur pose of joining the service companies of their re spective regiments in India, viz. :-31 non-commis sioned officers and men of the 18th Royal Irish ; 1 officer and 66 men of all ranks of the 51st Light In fantry ; 29 men of the 83d ; 1 captain and 2 sub alterns of the 86th (Royal County Down) Regi ment. Total, 4 officers and 126 men of all ranks, the whole of whom will embark to-morrow on board the Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s steamer Sultan for Alexandria, and proceed overland to Bombay. The following reinforcements will proceed from Chatham on Saturday next and embark at Graves end for Kurrachee :-76 non-commissioned officers and men of the 7th (Royal Fusilier;), 1 subaltern and 41 men of all ranks of the 27th (Enniskillens), 1 lieutenant and 28 men of the 52d (L. 1.), 1 subal tern and 23 rank and file of the 61st, 1 captain and 8 men of the 70th, 12 rank and file of the 87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers), 30 non-commissioned offi cers and men of the 94th, and 30 men of all ranks of the 98th ; total 4 officers and 248 men. The fol lowing troops have also received orders to be held in readiness to embark for India :-1 officer and 10 men of the Bth (the King's), Regiment, 11 men of the 10th Foot, 40 non-commissioned officers and men of the 19th, 13 men of the 20th, 78 men of all ranks of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 26 men of the 24th, 1 lieutenant and 27 men of the 29th, 2 subalterns and 26 men of the 32d, 13 men of the 35th (Royal Sussex), 1 officer of the 53d, 2 ensigns and 29 non-commissioned officers and men of the 64th, 1 officer and 16 men of the the 75th, 32 men of all ranks of the 82d, 1 officer and 20 privates of the 84th (York and Lancaster), and 10 men of the the 90th (Light Infantry). During the week ending Saturday upwards of 500 recruits and volunteers arrived at Chatham from the various recruiting districts in this country and Ireland, including a large number of volunteers from the various embodied militia regiments, for the purpose of joining the depot companies of In dian regiments attached to the three battalions of infantry at that garrison. Several movements have taken place in Colches ter camp during the last few days. On Friday the Ist bat. of 60th Rifles, 3d bat. of the 60th depot, and 2d and 3d battalions Rifle Brigade loftifor Win chester, with the exception of 50 men who are about to be despatched to India. The officers in oommand were Capt. Biggs, Capt. Batteisby, Capt. Rowles, and Lieut. Pardon. These troops are suc ceeded by the depots of the 19th Regiment Capt. Currie ; 43d, Capt, Holmes; 86th, Capt. Welman; and the Ist battalion 6th Foot. A further draught of 200 men is expected to be despatched to India, orders having been received to hold that number in readiness for embarkation. A great number of re cruits have joined the camp during the present month, and the huts ase consequently crowded. Detachments continuo to be forwarded to Land guard Fort, Harwich, for instruction in musketry. The se:ond battalion 9th Foot, which has been re cruiting at Great Yarmouth, left that town on Thursday evening for Bradford. The battalion has been under the command of Lieut.-Col. Elmhirst, and during its stay in Yarmouth 200 recruits have been obtained. The War Department having yielded to the re quest of Mr. Mallet, forwarded by the authorities of Woolwich Arsenal, to sanction another series of experiment•, the monster mortar ban ten air dismounted, in order to examine and repair the damages sustained by the late proof in Woolwich marsh. The third experiment may, therefore, be expected to take place during the ensuing month of March. At a recent mee . ing of the officers of the select committee it was decided to abandon any further attempt to recover the remainder of the shells used in the former experiments, it being COll. sidered that the outlay requ red for that purpose would far exceed their actual value. Meetings co mposecl,of the forme Wand workmen of the Royal arsenal were last week held in the Royal paper factory, with the view of calling the, attention of Lord Pantnure to the presumed injustice of a high rate of income tax ordered to be levied on the body through an increase of pay, obtained by over hours and night work, during the two years pending the Russian War. The Royal carriage department, under the supe rintendence of Colonel Tulloch, RA., is actively engaged in forwarding the immediate execution of the outstanding orders for coast defences, which have been unavoidably allowed to fall into arrear. The artificers in that department are therefore ordered to be employed over hours for that pur pose, so as to turn out in addition to the allotted number of gun-carriage, platforms, 1.7„)., one com plete battery per week. Capt. Bunce, R.M., left Woolwich garrison on Friday, in compliance with an Admiralty order, for Plymouth, to take command of a picked detach ment of Royal Marines for service on board the 51-gun screw steam frigate Euryalus, Capt. John Tarleton, commissioned for the initiation of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred in the naval service. The newly constructed steam corvette Challenger commenced receiving her machinery of 400-horse power on Saturday in Woolwich basin. Her Majesty's screw steam sloop Racer, and the gunboats Mistletoe and Julia, were on Saturday taken into the fitting-basin at Woolwich for the comple!ionof repairs. Admiral Sir G. P. Seymour, K. C. 8., Commander in-Chief at Portsmouth, changed his flag on board the Illustrious on Sa`urday from blue to white on promotion, when the usual salute was exchanged with the next in command, Vice-Admiral Martin, who at the same time changed his flag from red at the mizen to blue at the fere on promotion. Rear- Admiral of the White, the Hon. Sir Geo. Grey, will relieve the latter officer as superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard in a few days. The Avon steam vessel, Master-Commander Palmer, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday from Plymouth with seamen, &c., paid off from her Majesty's ship Encounter, and supernumeraries for the gunnery-ship Excellent, and volunteers for the Marlborough, 131, Captain Lord F. H. Kerr. The latter ship is being fitted out for the Mediterranean with all despatch, and has nearly 500 out of her complement of 1,100. She sent up topmasts for trial on Saturday. The Blenheim, 60, Capt. Frances Scott, C. 8., i s ready to receive ber crew from the Mmander sailing frigate. The Arrogant, 47, screw frigate is expected to be immediately commissioned at Portsmouth. She is quite ready and will be masted in a day or two. The left wing of the 2d battalion of the 2d Foot will move from Shorncliffe to Portsmouth this day to await embarkation for Malta to join the head quarters, which are on their way thither in her Majesty's steam-troopship Vulcan. The ship Helvellyn, Captain Lash, put in at the Motherbauk on Saturday from the Mauritius and St. Helena, bound to London. Owing to the pre valent strong easterly winds, she is 91 days from the Mauritius. She brought home staff schoolmas ter Webb, wife and child, Sergeant Campbell, R.E., Corporals 0. Bush, S. Gammen, and W. Thomp son, R.E., one wife and two children from the Mauritius. From St. Helena she brought Sergeant J. Harvey, Bombardiers W. Williamson, J.Wil son, J. Butter, J. Pallister, three wives and seven children. The agents to Lloyds (Messrs. Garratt, Gibson, and Song) at Portsmouth, waited on Col. Wright, the Assistant Quartermaster-general of the South-West district, on Saturday with a letter from Capt. Lash, representing that in the present state of the wind it might yet be some time before the ship reached Gravesend, and that it would much conduce to the comfort of all if they could be landed at Portsmouth, especially with regard to the situation of one of the soldier's wives. Colonel Wright immediately, and most kindly, gave an order to land the troops and women at once, and they were taken ashore in Lloyds' cutter. The Lord Raglan convict ship, Captain Hybert, from Deptford for Swan River with convicts, ar rived at Spithead yesterday morning to take in more. She will then go to Portland and Plymouth to fill up her allotment for her destination. The frigate Cambrian, 40, Capt. J. J. 34;Cleverty C. 8., sailed from Plymouth Sound on Wednesday for the China Seas, touching at Valparaiso. The screw steam despatch boat Lynx, 4, Lieut. - ommander H. Berkeley, having completed defects, ailed on Friday for the West Coast of Africa. The Coast-guard service ship Wellington, 72, Capt. John Moore, arrived at Plymouth on Friday night from Scotland. The now screw steamship Renown, 91 guns, Capt. A. Forbes, left Sheerness on S a t ur day. The Alacrity, 4 guns, screw steam gun vessel, Commander A. Wodohouse, was paid off at Sheer ness on Saturday. Her seamen and marines have been transferred to the Waterloo flagship, where they .are to remain as supernumeraries until the Russell steamship is ready to proceed to Plymouth. The new screw steam corvettes Racoon, 22 guns, Capt. J. A. Painter, at Sheerness, completed the adjustment of her compasses on Saturday, and left at 12.20 p.m. yesterday for Portsmouth, where she will receive her orders for her future destination, said to be the Mediterranean. The Royal George, 102 guns, screw steamship, Master-Commander Wm. Ellis, at Sheerness, pro ceeded on a trial trip of her machinery on Thurs day last. The entire working of her engines was in every respect satisfactory. Sh ere turned into har bour again the same day. The new screw steam vessel Snake, of 4 guns, on the following day, also made an experimental trip to try her machinery, which worked 4AtiofActorily, THE NEW MINISTRY. (Prom the Times.) Mr. Disraeli, in one of the best of his political novels, says that " Sunday is pre-eminently the clay of Canards." We do not claim for the follow ing list of the Ministry, which can, of course, only have been arranged in the course of yesterday, any other authority than that of plausibility, and in some few instances positive information : FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY,. Lord Derby. CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCIIEQUER, Mr. Gladstone. LORD CHANCELLOR Sir F. Thesiger. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TUE HOME } Mr. Walpole. DEPARTMENT FOR THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT........Mr. Disraeli. FOR THE COLONIES Sir J. Pakington. FOR WAR Lord Ellenborough. ADMIRALTY Lord Hardwick°. PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE Mr. Hen ey. PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL LOYd &Wiley. CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF I c , ~. , ~, , Sir isurwer .I.,ytton. LANCASTER LORD STEWARD LORD CHAMBERLAIN Lord Delawarr. MASTER OF THE HORSE Tho E rl of Chesterfield. FIRE? C•MMISSIONER or \Tows AND I Lord John Manners. PUBLIC WORKS ATTORNEY-GENERAL Sir F. Kelly. SOLICITOR-GENERAL Mr. Cairns. JUDGE-ADVOCATE•GENERAL. ........... Mr. S. Warren. LORD - LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND The Earl of Eglinton. CHIEF SECRETARY Lord Nam. LORD CHANCELLOR OF IRELAND Mr. Blackbnrne. UNDER-SECRETARIES. BOARD OF CONTROL Mr. Baillie. FOREIGN DEPARTMENT IlomE It is said—but we repeat our caution—that Lord Malmesbury will succe , d Lord Cowley as Ambas sador at Paris, and there is also another rumour, that Mr. Disraeli will replace Lord Stratford at Constantinople, and Lord Stratford presido at the Foreign-office. That Mr. Disraeli should leave the House of Commons for a distant diplomatic ap• pointrnont would seem altogether impossible, ex cept as the consequence of a vote in which Mr. M. Gibson asserted the honour of England against Lord Palmerston, whom he accused of truckling to foreign aggression. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Mr. Lumley's experiment of playing an opera prelude before the Grand Season Fugue has proved an eminently satisfactory success ; and he has thereby raised his popularity and position as an energetic and skilful caterer for the entertainment of the public. Thousands have had the opportunity of hearing refined and classical music—produced with all essential talent and scenic effect—at a rea sonable cost ; and few of those thousands probably could or would have thought of visiting Her Ma jesty's Theatre at the full prices. There are myriad families, possessing cultivated taste and intense love of harmony, whose small or p er h a p s li m i ted means preclude indulgence in such an expensive enjoyment as the Opera constitutes; but Mr. Lum ley has boldly and liberally placed the entrancing beauties of Rossini, Bellini, Verdi, and other esti mated composers, within the reach of many a wife and daughter, without causing "Paterfamilias" the slightest misgiving on his strict sense of pru dence. The various operas have been ably and carefully presented, and the singing of Piccolomini and Giuglini have enchanted crowded and appre ciating audiences. This week concludes the series of performances—" La Figlia del Reggimento," "La Zingara," and "11 Trovatore," chinning the respective nights. We can only express our hope that Mr. Lumley's speculation has been as profit able to himself as satisfactory to the public, and that the approaching season may produce similar results. THE ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. answer to your letter of Mr. Charles B7aham, in your irnpreseion of to-day, I beg to mike the following statements : Mr. Braham let me the St. James's Theatre with the understanding that I should give as many performances as I might find necessary. No res,r ration (except Good Friday) was made of any days or evenings during Lent. Since Christmas I have given pet formances every even ing, and morning performances every Wednesday and Saturday, and I have always paid Mr. Braham for my rent and gas a week in advance. I paid him on Monday as usual, and Mr. Braham, on giving a receipt .made no observation about the usual performances, which had already been duly announced in all the news papers for the ensuing Wednesday (Ash Wednesday). The first intimation I received of any objection to the performances taking place was between one and two o'clock in the day, just before the hour appointed for commencing, when Mr. Braham informed me that he bad received an order from the police to prohibit the theatre from opening. I afterwards learnt fretn my agent that he had received no order of the kind. Mr. Braham was then apprised by that gentleman that my entertainment did not come under the same category as dramatic performances, and that other theatres were opened to the public for entertainments, more or less sitnilar, every day or evening during Lelt, with the single exception of Good Friday. My agent stated, moreover, that as the public were waiting for admittance, the doors should positively be opened. Mr. Braham then refused to allow the gad to be lighted, thus rendering it impossible for me to proceed. Being a foreigner, I am unacquainted with the En. lish laws and calitorns ; but it appears only reasonable that if the St. James's Theatre license differs from that of any other establishment, due notice ought to have been given me of the fact. This not having been done by the proprietor, I was placed in a very equivocal position before the public, which has so generously patronised my entertainment. Many had come from consid e r a bl e distances, and would naturally, being ignorant of the circumstances, blame me for that over which, the above statement will have shown, I have no control whatever, —I am, sir, your obedient servant, WILJALEA FRIKELL, .St James's Theatre, Feb. 19. ANGLO•INDIAN TELEGRAPHIC MAIL. The following tender, signed Bonelli, has been made to the British Government on behalf of a proposed company, to be called " The Company of the Anglo-Indian Telegraphic Mail." " The undersigned, Inspector-General of the Sardi nian Telegraphs, being duly authorised by the Govern ment of his Majesty the Sing of Sardinia, has the honour to submit to you the offer to construct, at his c,)st and risk, a submarine telegraph from Malta to Alexandria in Egypt, in the period of 10 months from the date of this act of concession. This offer is made on the following conditions:— " 1. The telegraph shall be constructed in conformity with•the most approved systems, and shall be able to serve for the daily transmission f at least 250 single despatches of 20 words each. _ a 2. The despatches of the English Government shall have priority over all others. "3. The company will employ English telegraphic clerks at the stations of Malta and Alexandria, and her Britannic Majesty's Government shall have the right to delegate a superior inspector to overlook the working of the line. " 4. The tariff of a single despatch of 20 words is fixed at 16s. The tariff of despatches exceeding 20 words shall be an augmentation of 43. for every five words ; the fractions of series to be reckoned as whole ones. "5. If the average of work, calculated from month to month, gives for result the daily number of 60 single despatches of 20 words, the English Government is exempted from any sort of subsidy. " 6. If the above daily average is leas than 60 single despatches, the English Government shall make up the difference. "7. If, on the contrary, the average of daily work, calculated from month to month, gives a proportion of 100 single despatches, of 20 words, the tariff of the despatches of the English Government shall Le reduced to one-half. " 8. This treaty shall remain in force for 50 years, dating from the day on which the working of the line commences. " 9. From that day the telegraph shall be submitted to the control of the British Government, and an account shall be presented by the company to the Treasury at least once a year, the company at the same time supply ing every facility for verification. " 10. The English Government shall lend its assist ance, and shall grant a steamer of the Royal Navy to help to lay down the cable. "11. The undersigned undertakes to treat with the Turkish Government, in order to obtain its adhesion to the laying down of the cable at Alexandria, even on the condition of laying down, at his expense, a cable from Alexandria to Constantinople." Signor Bonelli is well known by his labours as a constructor of telegraphs ; among others, of that from Sardinia to Bona, in Africa. Miss Tyrrell, the only daughter of the admiral of that name, gave her heart., hand, and fortune, which con sisted of no less a sum than 100,0001., last week to her preceptor. Mr. Hughes, the fortunate possessor, has only just attained his majority, whilst the lady is his senior by ten years. THE MEETING IN HYDE-PARK.—The committee of the Freemasons' Hall meeting, who had been making arrangements for a great open-air demonstration in Hyde park yesterday, re!olved on abandoning that meeting, in c )ns , quence of the defeat of the Conspiracy Bill by the House of Commons on Friday night, and accordingly caused placards to be posted on Saturday, announcing the fact. Notwithstanding this an exceedidgly large number of persons were in the park in the afternoon, the day being one of the finest of the young year. THE PALMERSTON MINISTRY.—The defeat of the present Administration on the Chinese question (Mr. Cobden's amendment) occurred on the 34 of March, 1857. On that occasion the majority against them was 16, the numbers being 263 and 247. ThPae would form (with tellers nn , : tht Speak:it) a iIOUSO ‘.l 515 I:;filibei whereas on Friday last the numbers (including tellers) formed a house 453 members. The almost perfect identity of the majority will not escape notice. THE PIERRI CONSPIRACY. (Prom the Bermingham Journal.) In the beginning of the week a missive, written in English, was received by the respected Prefect of the Seine. The document, although unpretending in appearance, contained matters of the utmost im portance concerning the plot which resulted in the affair of the Rue Lepelletier of the 14th January. The Prefect, who, amongst his other qualifications, does not possess that of understanding English, had the document translated, somewhat to the follow ing effect : " T— H— Tavern, Birmingham, Feb. 13, 1858. " feel it our duty to inform you that Orsini, Pierri, and a Pole, were assembl e d t oge th er in a dark cellar under the premises of Mr. (the blank was filled up with the name of a well known printer in New-street) and that there they no doubt conspired together, as the Pole was heard to threaten to assa'sinate a person in power. " We have no hesitation in suggesting that Mr. should, as owner of the premises, be at once inter rogated, and the mysterious vault examined, as no doubt important disclosures will result. " We are, sir, your most obedient servants, "E. P. 1:1 and E. A--" The initials, E. P. IL and E. A., respectively represent the secretary of a celebrated professor, and a well-known low comedian. The information thus given was too important to he disregarded. Enclosed in a missive from the French government it was transmitted to the Home office, and from thence, with a speed almost un paralleled for red tapery, sent to the police authori ties at Scotland-yard. The shrewd detective Williamson, who captured Dr. Bernard in London, on Sunday, was at once put upon the track of this new ramification of the plot, and armed with hand cuffs and warrants from the Home office for the arrest not only of the printer named, but of the two gentlemen signing the letter, he betook himself to Birmingham, where he arrived on Wednesday. Some consternation was naturally caused by his presence, and the contemporaneous arrival, as it was said, of several members of the French police. It was feared that a raid was about to be made upon the democrats of Birmingham. However, Mr. Williamson, obtaining the assistance of Ser geant Manton, of the Birmingham detective force, set about instituting inquiries. First, the landlady of the tavern indicated was alarmed by a visit from these gentlemen, who were rather urgent in their interrogatories. They set about inquiring into the habits, antecedents, associates and political opin ions, not only of the per son chiefly implicated but of the informants. Satisfying themselves of these particulars, they traced the secretary to the shop of the very printer impeached. Thus they had hunted down two of the men "wanted." Then they pro ceeded to the theatre, and the comedian was taken from the stage where ho was rehearsing, and sud denly compelled to act a part in a drama of unre hearsed effects. The way people stared as they saw him taken off through the streets between two de tectives to the printer's shop to confront the arch conspirator, whom he had denounced, was anything but pleasant ; but as resistance was vain, the ter ror-stricken actor meekly accompanied his captors. The whole three being safely lodged in a private office, the interrogation of the printer began. "You are acquainted with Orsini and Pierri ? inquired the detective, prefacing the sentence by a remark that it was "a very serious piece of busi ness." t , yes. I met them onca. I will tell you all about it," nplied the printer, determined upon making a clean breast of it. " Well ; proceed." "It was about the 10th of June, I think (the printer went on) that Orsini lectured at the Music Hall, on Italian freedom. The gentleman who engaged Orsini brought him here, and as he was accompanied by Pierri, and a Pole or Hungarian, I was introduced to All of them. Wo had a glass of wine together, and some conversation passed." "Ah !" exclaimed the detective, "now it's coming. What was the conversation about ?" " Why, nothing in particular." " But is it not true that they were together in a vault ?" " Yes, perfectly true ;" and in reply to the cries tion whether he could not be permitted to inspect this new Guy Fawkes chamber, he was informed that he could. lie was led under ground, down narrow steep stairs, and through dark mysterious passages, and at length to a chamber dimly lit by gas. • "Why, it's a wine collar," exollimed the de tective. "Of course it is," replied the printer. "What on °nth did you think it was ? There is the very tub Orsini sat upon ; there stood Pierri ; and as they expressed a very decided opinion upon the really excellent qualities of my wine, why you rosy also judge for yourself." Mr. Williamson was decidedly at fault. No body ever could by any possibility look less like a conspirator than the portly printer ho saw before him ; no place in the world less likely to be chosen for the manufacture of grenades, or the cool discussion of the details of an elaborate plot. Still the information was definite enough ; and part of it was unquestionably true. Orsini and Pierri had been there, and had met together in a vault, although it turned out to be a wine cellar. The secretary and the comedian must be called upon to explain ; and with very lit le air ! cumlocution they were. " I have discovered that part of the information you gave," said M r . W i lliamson, addressing the letter writers, "is true ; only it turns out that the mysterious mee ti ngs were c onvivial not politi ca l, and that the subterranean vault was a wine collar. What about th e th rea t, as the letter exp resses it , made `to assassine e a P eron in power ? '" "Oh ! as t o th a t , " said the was "And did it re l ate to the Emperor 1" was the printer, "it the Pole that did th at. " breathless inquiry. "Not exactly ; it was only said in allusion to a tax-gatherer, who was dunning him for rates ; and he declared that if the fellow bothered him any more he would knock his blessed head off." There was no standing this gravely any longer ; and the result was a shriek of uncontrollable laughter. Of course Mr. Williamson, who did not at all relish being connected with a Wild goose) chas e , h unting after a hoax, demanded an explanation fro m th e l etter•wr it ers , b e f ore w h om the swamps o f ciergie ca me painfully near. These were readily Cayenne, guillotine , and the Con given. It appeared that on Saturday evening a very pleasant party met togsther, when, the conversa tion turning upon the late plot, the printer hap pened to mention his interview with Orsini and his companion. " Should you like a trip to Paris at her Majesty's expense 1" inquired the secreta r y. " .Nothing bett er, " was the reply; an d accordingly the letter above given was written. Nobody fan cied that it would be sent off • but as the pri n t er dared the s ecre t ary to do it, he addressed it t o th e Prefect of th e Seine, and dropped it in the post, never thinking that any notice would be taken of and expensive what was so t ransparent a j o k e. " A very silly joke," sa id the dete c ti ve grave l y. " Hoaxing two governments is no joke ;" and after obtaining the signatures of the respective parties to their several statements, for transmission to the Home Office, this valuable officer took his departure from Birmingham, and returned to London. Wo may add, however, that the worthy printer was during the whole of the day kept, if not in custody, at all events under strict surveil lance. The facts were telegraphed to London about mid-day ; but no reply as to the course Mr. Wil liamson was to pursue was received until Thurs day. In the meanwhile, wherever the printer went he was followed, and attended very faithfully dur ing all his journeyings to various parts of the town, by the persevering detective. It was only late in the evening, and upon entering his own house, that he was left alone. aside the minor moral to be drawn from this true story, the graver lesson it teaches is that ectto play lacquey to the too freely, and that on the o pretence at all, per fectlyplaced under restraint a sFai t ar t rea h nl lecehisntgover n mentl p r e t ence, instigation oEmperorcen tni ea Co rn f oel F ri Ptmay r trol e ene n P French police. police. This is a change in our insular notions of freedom which we dcn't relish, and if it is pressed much farther there will be a row and no mistake. As everything connected with the plot is of in terest at this moment, WS append a letter which was received by Mr. Taylor, of B roa d -street ( who made the grenades), 'from Mr. Allsop. The com plicity of this gentleman is placed beyond all doubt by this communication, which is as follows November 12, 1857. boredre remember e promising that th ese the r "Mr. Taylor,—Sir, I shall f eel greatly obliged by your sending me the circul ar b alls, ordered now ls month. You should perforated screws furnished in a very few days. It now b ecomes im portant be e will that they should be fu rn i s h e d forthwith, h a oe and I hope you will send them not later than Monday next, to Ginger's Hotel, and the money shall be returned forthwith.—l am, sir, your obe dient servant, " T. ALLSOP." Mr. Taylor, we believe, intends to forward an affidavit of the facts connected with Mr. Allsop's ordering of the shells, his receipt of them, and his payment of 8/. 4s. 6d., which was the cost of the ha if-dozen made, to the French government to-day. WELSII MINES OF THE ROYAL BRITISH BANN. It is btated that this notable property, which cost the bank 84,0001., bas been sold within these few days for 6,0001. NORTH OF BOR '4I 7 .IOATION CO. A general meeting of the shareholders was held on Friday at the London Tavern ; C. MORRISON, Rel., in the chair. The report, which had been previously circulated among the shareholders, was read. It occupied 15 pages of letterpress. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts, after some pre fatory remarks, observed that in the report they had given a sort of approximate estimate of what their property was worth, and the calculated ba lance was about 106,0001. Supposing the items set forth realised what was expected, it would re main to be divided upon the shares, but that was not to be taken as a test as to w hat the property really was worth. In the amount of 106,000/. they had added the amount of unpaid calls, bills, oash, and open accounts, amounting to 25,893/. ; and, making allowance f or b a d d e bt s, h e hoped there would be in round numbers 25,8001. Their liabili ties were taken at 52,9351. The board had tried to take every item at so low a cost that things could not eventually pr•ve worse than they stated. Then there was the ship and hulk sold in the be ginning of the year at 1,7501., and stores taken at 3,0001., which had been taken at a very low es timate. The board had taken the lowest estimate, and they hoped that by prudent negotiations they might realise more, and that they knew the worst. j But there were two large items which required some comment ; the first was the estimate of 105,0001. for their ships (the directors not pledging themselves to the accuracy of that valuation). It was impossible to say beforehand what they would get for their ships, or whether they would get bidders —it appeared, however, to the directors, that if p ar ti es wanted these ships they should pay more than they had estimated them at. If they forced a sale, to say what they would fetch must depend upon eircunistances. The next item of uncertainty was the sum of 23,500/. for the factory and plant, it being the original cost, with a depreciation of 5 par cant, per annum which had been written off. The factory at Lowestoft was valuable chiefly to any parties who might require such premises ; these were uncertain matters. Six months ago they had refused to give an estimate on that ground, and partly on motives of policy ; but the board felt they could not take that course again. The directors, under the circumstances of the case, had felt it would be better to give an imperfect esti mate, whereby they f oun d that an additional l oss had been incurred, and that things were worse than they had expected they would be. He was sorry to say they had lost little short of 4-sths of their ca pital. Their property had not gone in bad debts ; but though they lied lost no ships, their ships were comparatively of no value; and this result arose from various causes. Their loss was occasioned by trading. Bad debts, interest, payment of dividen out of ca pital, depreciation of stores, & - c., 141,5841; realised and estimated depreciation of ships, factory, &sc., 197,0181., together 338,602/. Then there was the difference of nearly 200,0001. between what the ships originally cost. Then as to sums realised for the ships which had been sold, there was a depreci ation from two causes—the state of the money mar ket and their very old-fashioned wooden paddle vessels, and all the ships had been injured by sub sequent improvements which had been made. With reference to what the boerel had done during the last six months, they had two objects in view, as suggested at the last meeting—let, to sell the ships; and2d, to wcrk the ships remainin;, to see whether this could be done, and save the company from the loss of the service of their ship. Having taken in review all the details of the leisitieu cf the com pany, the hen. gentleman eaid there were two courses open to the shareholders to adopt. The company might be put formally into liquidation by a resolu tion of a special meeting called for the purrose, and the appointment of liquidators. Or, she manage ment might be left in th e hands ()Lea° directors, with ios'ructions to we every exertion to effect sales of the property, but without destroying the company's legal existence. It would he for the shareholders to decide between these alternatives. He next alluded to the profit which they had made in the cattle trade during the time of the year it was in operation, and concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. JACKSON suggested that, instead of proceed ing at once to wind up the company, a new com pany might be formed, and let some of the ships be sold for moneys due. Mr. ABEL, chairman of the late committee of in vestigation, said that, after what they had heard he would ask the proprietors present whether the state ments he had formerly submitted to them respect ing the affairs and management of this unfortunate company were not fully justified and substantiated by the disclosures of that day ? It was, he said, just seventeen months since Sir M. Pete, after de claring a dividend of 8 per cent. out of the profits of the preceding half-year, assured them that, after the most careful examination of the accounts of the company, he was happy to inform them that they had a rues:: valuable property arising from the trade to the North of Europe, a trade which could not be taken ft oin them ; whereas the report of the late committee informed them that at that very moment these hal leen a loss of upwards of 4,0001. It was exactly 12 months since a deputation cf share holders waited upon Sir M. Pete, who assured them that the dividend of 8 per cent. had been well declarel—that all was right with the company, on the strength of and in reliance upon which declara tions the proprietors parted with their money, and paid up the further call of Si. per share ; that many more persons were by these means decoyed into the company, wherebyjthe circle of ruin was greatly extended. With these facts before him, he must express his hope that the attention of her Majes' y's Attorney-General might be called to what had been done ' • for whether he looked at the re p or t s from time to time issued to the shareholders, the false dividends which had been declared, and lastly, to the peculiar mode which had been adopted for concealing the truth until that day, when they had been permitted to learn that not one-third as was stated in the report of the committee, but four-fifths of their capitsl had been squandered, he must and did regard the whole proceedings as well deserving of punishment as the conduct of the directors of the Royal British Bank, then under investigation within a few yards of the spot upon which they were then assembled. A very - long discussion followed, involving much personal matter, but the original motion was ulti mately carried. The CHAIRMAN then proposed, on the part of the directors, a I . c - solution to the effect that the direc tors be required to realise the assets of this com pany as expeditiously as possible with a view of winding up. Mr. I.3AosuAw was of opinion that the concern might be turned to profit. Another long discussion arose, the CHAIRMAN insisting on the fact that by the 13th clang() of the 18th and 19th Vic., c. 133, they were bound to wind up when they bad lost three-fourths of their capital. Amidst conflicting opinions the result was, that the meeting was adjourned to that day four weeks on the motion of Mr. Mathis, in order that time might be given equally to the directors and shareholders to mature some decided plan of ope rations. RISE OF RENTS IN BOOTLIND.—TIIB farms on the estates of the Earl of Fife in Scotland, which had just run out of lease, have been leased again for 19 years, chiefly to the former tenants, at rents ranging from 200 to 300 per cent. above the former rates. A similar rise of rents has taken place in several other parts of Scot land. TER PAPER D UTY. —On Wednesday evening a meet ing of about 1,000 people took place at the Assembly room, Manchester, to advocate the repeal of the duty on paper. Mr. George Wilson presided. Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P., who had a most enthusiastic reception from the crowded audience, said the meeting had_ been e called by the Association for the Repeal of the T axes on Knowledge, and his object in joining . t h c e a l so ciety The bad been partly commercial and partly pol itical . imposedthe purpose purposes of revenue, really were imposed ethe taxes on knowledge, said to have been ner. for the duty on paper, to obtain the total repeal of of restricting the press. The object f _ necessity to wait society WAR and he denied that there was an y revenue. Sir Robert until there was a surplus 11 years, ending in 1852, had with a deficiency, an d n anal o f taxes with a gain of 5,000,000/. Peel commenced his ie rsision of our fiscal system to the revenue. removed 7,00-, -- b - r • . Watts had almost demonstrated paper duty there would b e i n a very s hort period no t that by repealing t he .oss w hatever , as , she increased us e of th e articles paying duty consequent upon the measur e wo uld soon compensate for th e lose, He con t e nded that commercially the paper d u t y was mis. ohievous , g i v ing an advantage t o f ore i gn manufacturers, w ho bad supplanted ses in India and our own colonies. Amer manufacturer in the neighbourhood had informed him that be formerly supplied Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, but that of late the French and the Belgians had entirely driven him oat of the market—a result, no doubt, attributable to the pernicious influence of our Excise system. On the motion of Dr. Watts, a petition to the House of Commons praying for the repeal of the security system and the paper duty was adopted, and the meeting se p arated. 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PICKING POCKETS IN HYDE PAEK.—Charle Williams a lad of 15 years of age was charged before Mr. Beadon, with picking pockets in Hyde Park yesterday afternoon. Police -constable C 30, said he was in plain clothes, and saw the prisonertrythe pocketsof several gentlemen near the Serpentine. He followed him through the crowd there assembled, and as soon as he could got assistance he took him into custody. On his way to the station prisoner th rew away a b undle of silk handkerchiefs, which en picking up he found to be six in number. Mr. Beadon sentenced him to three months and hard labour. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPR COMPANY. On Thursday the aniniTi:eileral meeting of the shareholders in the Atlantic Telegraph Company was held at the London Tavern, Mr. Samuel Gur. ney, M.P., deputy-chairman of the-board of direc tors, in the chair. Au abstract of the report has already been pub lished. The CHAIRMAN apologised for the absence of Mr. Wm. Brown, M.P., the chairman of the company, who was prevented from attending by the serious illness of his wife. He then moved the adoption of the report, and accompanied the motion with some remark upon the accounts which, he said, had been duly audited. Since the report was issued the ar rears in calls had been reduced from 1,0001. to 2001. The present arrears, therefore, were exceedingly small, considering that the capital amounted to 350,000/. With reference to laying down the cable across the Atlantic, be attributed the non-suc• cess of that operation to the want of time, which prevented the paying out machinery 'being tested before it was put into actual toe. The expe rience gained by the attempt of last year, however, had satisfied the engineer and directors of the ulti mate success of the undertaking, and if their hopes in that respect should be realised this year, the money already expended would not have been ill spent. After the fullest consideration it had been determined that the next attempt should be made with 2,900 miles of cable, and as the expense of manufacturing the additional cable would be con siderable, and as it was desirable that a good sum should be avail sble iu reserve, they proposed to authorise the issue of 75,0001., in shares of 201. each. Ho was happy to say that nearly 25,0001. 01 this sum had already been subscribed for by 97 shareholders. Instead of the original agreement with the projectors, which gave them a right to half of all the dividends over 10 per cent., enabled them to prohibit ithe issue of further' capital, and to interfere in an objectionable manner with the responsible managers of the company, a new ar rangement had been entered into between the di rectors and projectors, which it was deemed would be of considerable advantage to the company. Under it the projectors relinquished all their rights and privileges on receiving 3,750 shares of 201. each, fully paid up, which they undertook not to sell or dispose of in any way until the cable should be laidlend working. The board unanimously recorn mended the adoption of this arrangement. In concluz-ion, the chairman expressed his confidence in the success of the enterprise in hand, and his satisfaction that that confidence was shared in by the proprietors at large. They had indeed, he said, every Aire ulns to success. Sebsidised by two power ful govtrinnents, protected by grants, in the nature of patent rights, which secured to them all the eastern front of North America, as far south as any telegraphic cable could be prat ically submerged between Europe and America, and possessing as they did exclusive traffic arrangements with a vast telegraphic system in the United States and in 131i!ish North Arnercl, extending over 40,000 they would readily believe that their under taking, in addition to being one of the grandest naticlial and scientific efforts of the age, would, in all probability—and most justly and deservedly so —be also one of the most remunerative. (Cheers.) Mr. BUSHELL seconded the motion. He said the Atlantic telegraph once laid would connect every commercial city of Europe with every commercial city in the United States and in British America. Arrangements were in progress for laying the cable from Florida to Cubs, so as to connect both coun tries with the West India Islands, and fur extending the line from the Mississippi to San Francisco and California. After a few words from Mr. LLOYD, in the course of which he stron g ly eu f orce d the propriety of avail ing themselves of every practical suggestion that could be afforded them in order to prevent future failures, the resolution was carried unanimously. Several routine resolutions, relating to mattera of organisation, having been carried without opposi tion, it was determined, upon motions moved and seconded by Colonel Everest, Mr. Sandbach, Mr. Brooking, Mr. Pickering, Ur. Truman, and others, to issue 3,550 new shares of 20/. each, and to carry out the ne N arrangement with the projectors of the company which had ben described by the chairman. A vote of warm and hearty thanks was then passed to Mr. Cyrus Field, of New York, for the great services which he rendered to the com pany ; and the proceedings terminated with a similar compliment to the chairman and board of directors, for the zeal and assiduity with which they had laboured to carry out the objects of the under taking. MORTALITY IN BARRACKS. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times: Sir, —A very patriotic work you have undertaken, and much good will arise from your exposure of "the frightful barrack abomination." But it is in error that "you wonder military men, highly placed, and in the highest rank, have not exerted themselves to procure some small improvement in the barracks and diet, &c., of the private soldier." One military man at least did so, both In a low rank and a high rank ; he never ceased to do so. The late Sir Charles Napier strove long and earnestly to obtain improved barracks for the soldier; he did so in all parts of the world where he served. That he did so in the lonian Islands may be seen in his publications relative to those islands ; and in hit corr -spondence thence, as shown in " His Life and Opinions." That he did so when he commanded the northern district of England may b 3 seen also in the corres pondence given in the " Life ;" and those are but a scanty selection from his public letters on the sub ject addressed to the Secretary of State, the Com mander-in-Chief, and the Board of Ordnance. Continually and forcibly he urged the defects of the barracks, the cruelty and injustice to the soldiers, upon those functionarie3.. _ _ When in Scinde he again assailed the authorities with r:monstrances ; and himself planned and built the wing of a model barrack at Hyderabad, hoping thus to lead the Government to an extension of his improvements. In vain; Lord Dalhousie for bade the completion of his superb barracks, and the materials collected for building the other wing remained to rot on the ground. When he became Commander-in-Cbief in India he renewed his exertions to obtain good barracks, and again built model barracks and laid down the true principles on which tbey should be constructed e Military Board of India. sTo a p g p a e n d i b n y v L a i o n r e h o w u a s s i e I j a r ns t d t t h h wartcd and then _... ..._..... When he returned to England, and whilesuffering under a mortal disease, even on the verge of death, he once more attempted to remedy the evils, and in his posthumous work, called ' Indian Misgo vernment," sought to arouse public attention to th e horrible system which you are now, Sir, denounc ing with so much force and feeling. God 'speed "Indian Misgovernment." c y i o aT i t i ih r oan h t o h l o y ef wa workwas "then o! b i a li r s rack sacrificer soldiers' lives abo m ination" will be understood from a few passagesta k en from , en s t af o ety; to n a‘aifTYahlliealloious, diehonest econo 4 , I charge the Court of Dire f c in to Y r . e,the M an il d it lalrya"Bionaerads n ol eg C l a ig lc e u n t c t e a, of th t e he G s o o v ld ern ier m s B ombay , with shameful and with good war rant, because they disregar ded a high position and my representations whoa great experience gave a title to attention. "the Colaba barracka n d Kin g 's s have destroye d ,whole regime n t s . I wa lk e d th ro u g h th e men s sleeping rooms there—upon planks laid in hater, covering the floor. " At the Coiaba barracks the soldiers die like rotten sheep under the nose of the Council. _ " In the Bengal Presidency the barracks are extremely bad ; but more pernicious still is the number of men crammed into them ; losses by battle sink to nothing, compared with those inflicted by improperly constructed barracks and the jamming of soldiers—uo other word is sufficiently expressive. " mg experience and consultations with men of science, medical men, and engineer officers have taught mo that every barrack-room should in hot climates allow at least one thousand cubic feet of atmospheric air for each person sleeping in a room. This is the minimum ; with less, insufferable heat and a putrid atmosphere pre vail—death is the result. The soldiers rise at night feverish, or in profuse perspiration, to sleep out on the ground amid damp exhalations. To do so when heated by an over-crowded room is death. Some may ctoaPes or merely lose health, but to escape is the exception— the rule is death "This inhuman drain upon life, health, and theienblic treasury constantly goes on. "It kills more soldiers than the climate, more than hard drinking, and one-half of the last springs from the discomfort, the despair canted by bad barra?ks.: at least, di d his duty s a n T c h ti e fi s e e d p assa work,g e s and will,a at the hp t he o sa e a m , e z d you, time s convince ir, Li y youour by the W. NAPIER, stuffhFateerboiinnegloms.oillditiaerrys. man, i LieuteGenual,