The Sun. — London, England, 1858-03-31 00:00:00

MONEY IVIA 2, K T AND COMMERCIAL MTELLIGENC CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closA flatly, and prices of most descriptions were fully id. per lb. lower. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, 3,000 of which were taken by the exporters. In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon the rates on Antwerp, Amsterdam, and Frankfort were higher, but on Hamburg and Trieste they were rather lower. The Silver Market is quiet, and bars are quoted ss. 10. per oz. standard. About 45,000/. in that metal waq announced to-day from Boulogne lay the steamer Rhine. The applications for discount accommodation in the open market and also at the Bank continue on a limited scale. Owing, however, to the Fel-lit-a liens for the bills which arrive at maturity on Saturday—the 4th being Sunday—there is rather more inquiry in some quarters, and to-mor row increased activity will no doubt be experi enced. The aggregate amount of pap r which now become due is not supposed ro be very larg,, but the liquidation of the engagements will pt ob ,bly cause a temporary influence upon the value of nroriey. At present, however, no important change has taken place, the current terms being about the same as for some weeks past. Although trale is certainly less depressed then it was, the increased trans actions have not yet been sufficient to absorb any considerable portion of the present supply of available means, and the competition which natu rally prevails amongst moneyed firms to participate in the limited business now in progress, prevents much variation in the rates. The subject of a re duction in the minimum to 2i per cent. has been discussed, but it is not generally suppo.ed that a further concession will be made. The directors appear to have resolved not to do so; otherwise the measure would scarcely have been delayed, when the position of the establishment, a fortnight ago, would have rendered the measure practicable. It is generally understood that Saturday will be made a holiday in the City. Thanks are due to the Lord Mayor for his endeavenrs to secure this concession, which will have the effect of giving a large-number of the commercial public a rece's of three days. It merely involves the suspension of business for half a day. Saturday having for some time past been a half holiday, and as trade is ex ceedingly dull, the movement cannot be attended with much inconvenience to principals. Dealings have taken place in the New Indian Loan Debentures at 981 991. This is the first time any quotations have been given. The Market for Engli-h Securities is quiet, and about 1 per cent. lower. Very few dealings have taken place, either in speculation or for invest ment, and the other markets present an equally dull appearance. Rumours of a deficiency in the Reserve, and of the consequent probability of a loan, have been current, and have no doubt assisted to increase the heavy tone of the market. Consols have been 96 for money, and the same for the Bth prox. ; the 111;i37 price is 97 to 97i ; Ex chequer Bills 355. prem.; and thi , Bonds 10; 104 The transactions in the Foreign Stock Market are limited, and prices tend downwards. Turiii , l 6 per CentS. are 100 k 101 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1041 ; Spanish 3 p9r Cents., 43/ 441 ; Ru , s'an 5 per Cents., 1091 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 1001 ; Peru vian 41 per Cents. 83i ; and Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45i f. The following are the nominal pries of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 54 6/ ; can, 191 20i ; Peruvian 4 per Cents., 83 84 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents, 109 111. ; ditto 4i per Cents., 99 101 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44 44i ; ditto New Defer! ed, 26k f. A very limited business has been reported in the Railway Share Market to-day, and in mo9t in stances a decline of about to per cent, has taken place. South Western and North Stafford have receded ss. ; Caledonian, Eastern Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, and South Eastern, 10s.; and North British and Nori h- Eastern (Berwick), 1/. The Foreign and Colo nial lines are very quiet, and exhibitlitle variation from previous quotations. Grand Trunk of Ca- Rada have declined 1/. ; and East Indian 15s. Mining Shares ars quiet, at about former values. For Joint Stock Bulk ShAres there "WAS a moderate inquiry. London and Westminster im proved ss. ; and London Chartered of AustraliA, 10s. In the Miscellaneous Share Market there is no change of importance to report. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE ("01.(),;, (Pram the Official List:) PusinePP done 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities o6i 7 6i i ledia Bonds, £lOOO ...... ... . Oa sole for Account ~ Exchequer Mlle, 2,10. • March. Juno. 21000 . — I 35 MO 35 smell Exchequer Bonds, 1558, N per Cent.... Ditto, 1559 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent — Ditto Account ,. 83 i Portuguese Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1853 - ,i A Busman Bonds, 1522, t St., 5 per tent... 109,i, Ditto, 44 por Cent. .. Baanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. Turkish Bonds, 6 pgr cent... 441 - 3 i - - Ditto Account 10itto Guaranteed, i per Cent. Ditto Account lOll Dividends on the above payable in London. TWt ),‘ K. 97 -4 Consols, money Console account (May) . THE POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY OF L.I.NCASHIRE. KELLY AND CO. Messrs. Kelly and Co., ill • enterpriiing com pilers of the London Three' ory, are proceeding vvih their series of country dire .iories in their usnial admirable style. Among the advantages of civili sation, which are beconang too mmon to be appreciated in their full value, are these excellent works of reference, which will soon enable an in habitant of one end of the kingdom to discover the residence of his correspondent at the other, in a manner that would have appeared magical a few years since. Twelve of these comity directories have already been published, in cluding nearly thirty counties and several of the chief towns of England. The present is devoted entirely to the county of Lancashir,, cf which it gives a full and tho ough a..;ci.unt. The towns, the townships, the villages, the prit , cipal seats of the nobili.y and gentry, the commen ial prospectuses, are all describe(' at full length. The court and trades' directories are given aitli the usual exactitude. The intr., ductory treatises on the county and its chief departments are full of interest. The statistics of the population, number of houses, state of trade, &c., t eing of great importance. The increase of popu lation, and other signs of progress in the different localities, are carefully noted. A directory of the counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland is in the press, and another of Northumberland and Durham is now compiling. Sulicrib,rs may there fore anticipate a speedy completion of the series, which will classify and register all the householders of this populous country, aid afford an unanswer able testimony to the enterprise and perseverance of Messrs. Kelly and Co. THE DEPUTY-CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.—We are given to under.,and that on the appointment ~ f Si r F re d er i c k C urr i e, Bart., to succeed to the chairmanship of the—Ea-t India Company, at the expiration of the usual term of office of Mr. Ross Don nelly Mangles, M.P.,011 the 14th cf nex', month, Capt. Eastwick will be nornioated to the deputy-chairmanship. This officer entered the Bomb ay army as a cadet in 1827, the same y ea r with Sir Henry Rawlinson. After getting Several staff appointment: 4 , and evincing proficiency in the Orient a l l anguage s, h- was tr ans f erred t , the cal department, and made first tvsi- ,, ant to Colonel Pi.t tinger, then Resident in Scinde. He accompanied Si, John Keane's army as political officer, and was intrusted with the negotiation cf the treaty of 1838 with the Ameers of Lower Scinde. On the advance'cf the British force into Affghanistan be Wa3 left in charge of the poli tical agency of UPP. r Scinde and the dia'ricts below the Bolan Pass by Sir Wm. Ifactiaghten. Subesquently he acted for a short , Inle as Resident in &inde on the de parture of Colonel Pottinger, Returning to Englahe on sick certificate, be way " 1 "et. ,1 l‘v Sir El Pottitw , to accompail him to China in 1841 'but his health ► permitting him to accept the situation, be xas succeeded in it by Colonel Malcolm. Captain E astw i ck was e l ec t e d to a seat in the direction in 1847.—homeward Ma it, THE SUN LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCir 31. SH g - This DaY). EtAlLw&y,„ 'AILWAy, yester!av, nsiness dot e this day. U Ain Nottn Eastn. Jane.., Belfast & .:I.ll;san 716 T-nrmng. Wolverl, Stour Vali '7 • P;rkerditi. Lancs ez, Cheshire Jnnc ..... Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at .£45) :. Bristol & Exeter...... Caledonian ( Cork Ilolyhea ' Cork and Bandon. Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall D A ' Do. B . DublindirlelfastJum , Dun. P. &Aber.Jtme. East &nglian ........ Eastern Counties..... EasternUnion,A.stk. Do., do. h . „ . 1110 Now A Eat Kent . East Lancashire ... East Suffolk Do. Edinhurcli&firlaczow Erlinb.Prth.&Thinle. Porth and Clydediutc. Furness ..... . 5i - 69 - 71 9 - 10 25 - 26 89 -- 91 87 - 87 36 - 38 1 ~ - ... Si 173 -- 59 • 46 31 14 - 16 87 - 62 - 63 28 281 Glasvow & S. Western Great N. of Scot! and Great Northera 87 8) 93 - 10 102 , - 8i • 90 - 126 - 128 08 -- 100 - 544 56 5s- no., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Wit. §th. gz. West. (Ire ). Ore,,tWestern. . Do. Str. V. R gua. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Oarlisle. Do. Thi t• ......... Do. Now Thirds 83 -- 85 10 12 p 10 12 p 83 83.' 1 d i 1/ - 1 d Law:ash. 6c Yorkshir• rm. do. F £l6 ..., Do. Do., £9 Do., Wst. Riding MI Do. South port.... . do 1311 - 2elzwnl , Do. New, i=s. 51. 10s. Loud. Bright. & S.Csr, London & N. Wester Do. Eighths London & S. Western Ludndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. Sr Enuisk. Mauch. Sh of. &Linen. Metropolitan I Midland . *6 = 6 105 - 107 lq 941 - - 94 91 - • • • iG : 37 951 - 951 CO - 63 Do. Birming. & Dori , Midland fl. West. (Ir. 'Do. Shares New Castle & Carl isle. Newpt..A berg.4lllrfd Newry drArmagh 126 - 1361 ewry, Warrenpoin. Ex Rostrovor V9rtoik.. Northn. Counties Uri North British North Deion, Rail m. Dock Stock... 59 - 61 511 - 52 ... ....-. .. Do., A Stock ...... Do., B Stock Eastern Berwick 'Do do. G.N.E.Purch. I Do. Leeds 0i —91 i 2 1 d 47 48 72 - 74 92 - 94 Do. York North London 'N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City North Staffordshire, North Western....... 4 - 4$ 8 - 9 8 -• 9 IN. 6E S. Westrn. Jun,' oxford Worcester Wolverhampton. . _ _ 30 - 32 Peebles_ Portsmotth Rhymuey 7 3d , cottish Central Smt. N.E.Ahrtfr.s!,_ 08 - 110 2 7i - 8 0 45 - 47 -- 2 35 - 36 69q -- 70 624 - 83 13 - 15 y i 7 - 5 9 - 11 35 - Do. Scot. Mid. Stock ] Sfiropsiiire Uni<<L . Siting,bourne &Sheet I.4outh Dev0n....... South Eastern.. South Wales.. Is. Yorksh. Riv.r Du. Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1855 Stockton St FHartlopi Taff Vale 'Do. Pref., No. Thames Flay. _). &R. Vale of Neath......... 99 - 102 iWaterftl. & Kilkenny Watertor.l&Liinerick West Cot ••• "' ; West End of London and Crystal. Palace.. Do A Do. B 3 - Gi - West Loudon.... Do. First Class Do, Second Class.. eRITISH POSSESSIONS. A ti4n. and St. Law. 6iutlltia.y, Baroila, and Cell.lud,guar. 5 p. c. Do. i - 313 Do. Additional A Buffalo & Lake Hur. Buff., l3rnt. & God ch. 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug". ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., IJuno, '74 4 - iP 9 - 10 }BO - 85 75 - 80 72 - 77 Calcutta and S. Last. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares I Demerara li la Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares 109 -110 i - 2 p - Do. E. do. D 0.46 p.c.Bnds.,'s9 i Geelong St Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. ,Gd. Trunk. of Canada' 4! - 20{ 47 - 49 81; -82 i 21 - 22 - 1p 191 19i1 - IP.I Do. 6 p. c. Debeu I Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 per c ' Do. New. guar. 5 p.c (it. Westn. of Cana, la Do. New Do. Bds., payable '571 i)o. do., 76, p. Do. do., '73, do. I Do. do., '73, without! 1106 - 111 1106 - 111 option Madras, guar. 4 P.C Do. do., 5 per c. 100 101 19+ —19 i I 20i d pnr i Hi' , - Do. 4i p. c. Exton. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do, ... Oude (Limited) cinde, guar. 5 per e Do - , , i . - 1 . p FOREIGN. !..nl.Arrp&Rotterdari Ardennes • 5 1 - 61 Bahia ekt Fra - telgiao East. Junet. Be ziers to Graissessa.c Carmeauxdx Toulous e ••• -••• ••• 1 - II Coal Mines and Ry. Flute') Rhenish 32 - 34 27i • - 28; Eastern of France:: Euphrates Valley Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lonthar , lo-Venetian Lucca & Pi st.s p. c. Lyons and Geneva Aaria Antonia Do. New •ii = e*i 4 - 5~ 27 - 28 Namur & Liege Do, do. I; p. c. Pref ' ,, ortherti of France, Do. New - 2(h. -- 21 381. -38 - - 84 - 94 334 -33 i 31 - 32 51 - 56 NorwegianTrnk.Pref Paris and Lyons Ditto New Paris and Orleans . „ Recife & San Frail., Pernam,.., g. 7 p. Riga and D , inaburg Rum! , and Frxsziilti, Royal 1 /anish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Sambre and Meuse_ ')o. 5 per cent. pref. Southern of France West Flanders $ id 16 -18 8 - 8i - 9 211- 2 45 - 9 - 9i 26 - 27 Do. 5 per c. Prd . W.& N. W. of Frauce Aresteru of Austria WJ • 1. of Switzerland oitestaden )0.8 p. cent. prof. Zealand ........ p ., .. ... JOINT-STOOK BANKS. 100 'y'J Agra & United Serv 40 all lustralasia, B4 86 25 all Bank of Egypt , 211 —21 i 00 50 Bank of Lonl lou 47 49 140 all Bri. Col. Bk •& Ln. Co r 50 all British N. American ,„ 20 10 C.iik.of Ind.Au.&ol , 31 2i 00 50 city 53 60 59 100 25 201 all Commercialof Canada, „, ••• 00 20 3ounnercial of Lond.! „, 20 all llg.Scot • &Aus•Cnt.l 17i 18/ 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk•of 184 181 IPi 50 20 London and County „ 284 50 10 don Joint Stock. 00 20 Loid.andWestininst. 451 00 35 National Pro. of Eng. „„ 20 10 Do. New 50 25 National Bank 20 all New South Wales 43 45 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 37 39 331 20 all Ottoma n B an k 00 25 Provincial of Ireland 61 63 10 all Do. New 25 all South Australia . ••• 25 121 Do. New ••• .• 25 all Umon of Australia 46 48 464 a ... 10 Do. New 26 27 50 10 Union of London.,,, 23 25 00 50 Unity Mutual 00 60 Westrol3k ofAl LA:)11.t) eIXEI) RAILWAYS. Leasing 'Companies Closing Prices rata. tac 'Buckghamsh . Clydesdale Je CoLStour E. L,n. g. 6 p. E. Uu. H. Sh, Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares Lon. & Greenw. Do. Preference Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Mauch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd, Newmarket BuryE.G.spe. NAtEst.s p.c. De. 6 per et Do. Fixed sp.c Prest. & Wyre I Do. A Shrs. A I Roystn. & Hit. Shrews.& Her Statlordsh.. WearVal.g6pc Do iar,t +A Argo na r t ealaclon • „ E.U.&E.O Ot.Northn E. Count. Caldonian. D 0..., Gt. Westn, & N.M Do S. Eastern Do Poto &Co Do Ln. &N. W. dr Midld. Midland..., E. Count Do Do ... L&N.Mr„ Do Gt. Northn T. Brassey M. MCloan Stk.diDar Do Gt. WWl]. 98 - 100 1100 102 13 - 15 139 - 141 4 - li.iii do 12.3 -13 i 24 - 25 93 - 95 2$ - 2$ 94 - 96 i • iP 57 - 59 1 13,5 - 138 8 - 8i 10 - 103 32 - 33 83 - 90 Blyth and Tyne 10 p. l c.pref. (iss d. at 501.) Brie. & Ex. 4 p. e. v3t. Do. 4 per c. Shares—, Caledn. £lO 41 p. C. Ches. & Ho. 51 P.C. D0._d0,5 per cent._ I Cork & Bandon 5 b.c, Dun.Perth.&Aber.J, E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 0 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do, do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p.cts E.&W. York. J. sth! Edin.& Gl. 5 p. c. Sh, Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great North% 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. Do. 4i per cent 'Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N. ofScot.lat Pre Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&II.Ex.Spc Do. con. red. 4i P.C. Do. con, red. 4 p. c. Do, irred. 4 per tent. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c.P.S Do, do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh ,Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 ID o. ,P., 5 p. c. St. N 0.2 Do, New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 r . ct... Lou. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares Londy.& Color. Sh. Londy. &Ennis. Sh. M., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 34 per cont. Marypt. k Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4? per cent Do. 6. Consol. 6p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Mr. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. d&-11. Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. Norfk. Dob. 4 p. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do. Wv. V. sp. ~1547 North British - 165 120 - 122 65 - 68 -- 139 -- 101 -- 92 Do. 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p. c.Prf Do. do. do - 107 95 - 97 1 4 - I Do. Leeds 6 pa. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York IL &S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox,, Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c. Ist guar. Do. 4. c. 2d guar Do. do. Debeutr. St' Scot. Cent. New Pret Sc.N.E.Aher.g.6p.c I Do, do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. d 0.3 p.c. pf. St South Devon IDo. fixed 44 pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh Do. New 4j pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4i p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do. Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc 118 - 120 124 - 126 73 - 75 10 - lui 241 - 24 100 - 102 100 - 102 ••• ••• 100 103 27 - 28 PREFERENCE SHARES. 94 - £6 6 loil 6 - 64 108 - 112 105 - 110 112 - 117 110 - 115 147 - 132 72 -= 74 .17 - 119 110 - 112 102 - 101 62 -- 64 10i -- 11 5i - F 4 92 - 94 87 -8) 87 - 89 99 - 101 - 164 16 - 17 10 -10 i 72 - 74 19 - 20 9i - 10 14 - 15 138 - 140 10 -- 11k1 -- ad 22i --22 i 118 -- 120 106 -- 108 99 -- 101 BRITISH Alfred Cons. (Philk.) British Iron I Condurow (Cambrn.) Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) East Basset (Mogan] Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.; 'Grt.W. Vor (Helstn. Lady Bertha N. Frances (Mogan) N. W. Basset (Mogan, North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co. S. Caradon (St. Cleer' S. Cara Brea (Ulogn. Frances(lllogn.,, Pain. S. & L. Min. Co, Tin Croft Un.Mines (Gwennap) V. of Towoy (Camar.) \V. Basset (thogan).. W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Mogan). Buller (Itdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstck) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant Wh. Ma. Ann ( Menht. Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) FOREIGN lAustralian Bon Accord Cop. ) Brazilianlmp.(icsued at .C 5 pm) Do. Cocaes tit Cuiada Do. St. John Dcl Roy Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Co bro Copper Copiapo Duu Mountain Cop per Mining Co. Fortuna General Linares ILusitanian .11a.riquita ...... New Granada Novean Mondo Pont. SR. LdM. di Smlt Port Philip Santiago do Cuba United Mexican MINES. 11 - .12 80 90 460 480 83 95 141 15 5 51 2 la 13 — l ii , 4 5 , 171— 181 li - is 375 - 390 - 230 - 250 - 15 35 - 4 11 - 21 - 25 110 - 120 210 - 220 , 280 - 300 - 74 11 - 12 43 - 45 23 - 25 ktIN A - I P li - 2 12 13 40 - 42 13 - 15 - id 18 19 --- 91 311 * - - --6 -- ••i 5i ••• - •.. 21 - 2i 3i - 4A MISCELLANEOUS. 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) 19. Australian Agricult. all 'Australu. Royal Mail all Berlin Water Works 2 Do. New iss. at 51. d 40 !Brit. American Laud 324 Canada 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&Julyl all 1, . Pref. Copper Min. of Eng. all I Do cent. all 7§ p. Crystal; Palace all 113 j. Preference all !Crystal Pal. of France all Eastern Steam 100 iElectricTelegraph all ;Electric Tel. of Irel all I En. daust.Cop.SinCo I.os. Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. all ,Eur.&..4.m.Stru.(lim..) 4,11 Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) 14 'Gen. Steam Navi g at. 5 London Discount all Loud. Gan. Omnibus 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. all Do. Extension Teleg. all Mexican &S. Americu 5 Nat. Discount Co._ 6 ;Netherlands Land._ all i Do. Do. all Do.B p.c.niss.at ld. 3 'Do. Do. 80 iNow B. &N. S. Land 00 Gov.s p.c.D. all N. B. Australasian all Nrth.ofEuropeSteani all Oriental Gas 10s. Do New Shares all Peelllr. Ld. do Minrl all Peninsular & Oriental 10 Do. Now . all ,Rhyn3ney Iron 60 Illoyal Mail Steam._ all 18cOt. Austral. Invest.l 100 iS.Aus, Gov. 6 all 'South Austral. Laud' all Submarine Tel. Scrip all Do. Registered 5 Tru s. Ln. Co. Up. Can 28A , Van Dienaou'o Land 25 -2 26 14 - 3i - 35 40 140 150 113 114 25 30 26 28 14— 4d 41 - 5} 103 - 105 ••• 1 - 11 .--' ••• 1 ••• --- ••• 4 - 41 3 i - 3i ••• - •• 8 - 9• 1 — j 2 3 2 3 2 1 d 17 20 96} 970 2 3 id 1j- 21 78 —BO 6i lip 21 23 61 63 1# 106 108 - - ••• --- ••• 10 -- 11 100 100 all 100 all ,100 Business this day COURT 01" ALDERME.N. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of business. WARD OF LIME-STREET. The LORD MAYOR--I am very sorry to say that since our last meeting I have received information, from the Deputy of the Ward of Lime-street, of the decease of Mr. Alderman Farebrother. I have this day issued my precent for the election of an alderman for the vacant ward to-morrow (this day) week. THE NEWLY-ELECTED ALDERMAN FOR THE WARD OF CHEAP. Mr. Sheriff Allen, who was lately elected alder man of this ward, attended for the purpose of being sworn into office. Mr. WHITE, jun., in introducing that gentleman, said—My Lord Mayor,—l beg to present to you Mr. Sheriff Allen, who has been considered by the electors of the ward of Cheap as a fit and proper person to represent them in this Court. You have known Mr. Sheriff Allen much longer than I have. As far as the ward is concerned, we believe that we have selected a gentleman whose property, know ledge, talent, and gentlemanly bearing qualify him efficiently to perform the duties of the office to which he has been elected. (Cheers.) Mr. Sheriff ALLEN then made the customary de clarations, and was sworn into office. At the conclusion of this ceremony, Mr. Alder man and Sheriff Allen, after receiving the con gratulations of the Lord Mayor and the other members of the Court, took his seat. THE TRIAL OF SIMON BERNARD. The DEPUTY TOWN CLERK read the following letter, which had been addressed to the Town Clerk : "Hyde Park-gate, Kensington-gore, March 25, 1858. " Sir,—The Lord Chancellor is about to direct the issue of a special Commission of Oyer and Terminer for the trial of Simon Bernard at the Central Criminal Court. In addition to any of the judges the Lord Chancellor may appoint to try the case, he thinks it right that the names of the Lord Mayor, all the Aldermen, the Recorder, the Common Sergeant, and the City Pleader, should be inserted in this commission as well as the judges. Will you be so good as to send me a list of the officials in their ordinary precedence for their insertion in the Commission of Oyer and Terminer. —I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, " . 11. A. Merewether, Eq." "N. J. SENIOR. The reply of the Towu Clerk, giving the list of officials, as rt quested, was also read. Alderman COPELAND—This is a very pleasing and a very proper compliment to the authorities of this city. THE LATE ALDERMAN FAREBROTHER. It was moved by Sir P. LAURIE, seconded by Alderman WILSON, and carried unanimouslp— " That this Court cannot allow the melancholy occasion of the decease of their much-respected brother, Charles Farebrothsr, late Alderman of the Ward of Lime-street, to pass without placing upon record the expression of their feelings of high esti mation of his personal character, and his conduct as a magistrate and member of this court for the lengthened period of 32 years." The Court then adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 9 to 2 agst Clydesdale (taken) 9 to 2 agst The Peer (taken) Bto 1 egg Mentmore (taken) 12 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst B.,tany (taken) 20 to 1 agst Melissa (taken) 20 to 1 ag,t The Peer (taken) GREAT NORTHERN. 11 to 1 agst Turret (taken) 12 to 1 apt Warlock (taken) 12 to 1 agst Vedette (taken) Nothing done on any other event. THIRSK RACES.—TUESDAY. Trial Stakes. Ous mile. Captain Wedderburn (Peacock) 1 Phyllis , (Grimmer) 2 Waterloo (Bullock) 3 The following alio ran :—Cytherus, Riga, and Mon tague. Won by a head. Tnirsk Handicap. One mile and three-quarters. Strathnaver King of Scotland (Little) 2 Greencastle (Mortimer) 3 The following also ran :—Evelyo, Caliph, Medallion, Mauchline, Silica, Letitia, and Minnie. Won by a head. Same between second and third. Falcon Stakes. Once round and a distance. Crinoline Valiant (Grimmer) 2 Mange The following also ran : —Milksop and filly by Bird catcher. Won by a lend]. Mowbray Stakes. T.Y.C. Flying Cloud (Mr. G. S. Thompson) 1 Raspberry (Challoner) 2 Paul Jones ....................................... (Charlton) 3 The following al so ran : —Si r W a lt er Scott, Marsail laise, Basilisk, and Amazon. Won by a length. The Sowerby Plate. T.Y.C. Church Langton ........................... (Little) 1 The following also ran :—Gammoner, The Martlet, Empty Bounce, Lucy, Fanny Free, Peggy Taft, LO3titia, Captain Wedderburn, and Early Bird. Garnmoner came in first by a head, but the stewards awarded the race to Church Langton, on account of Gammoner pressing him on to the rails. AQUATICS. A very exciting sculler's race came off on 6londay last from Battersea-bridge to Putney-bridge, between H. Burton, of the Prin ce Alb ert R ow ing Club, and J. Dyer, of the Temple 'Unity Club, for 51. a side. On the men taking their plac es , we perce i v ed Dyer had won the choice of stations, having taken the Surrey shore. A. referee having been appointed, a capital start was efVeted, Dyer taking the lead, which he maintained till opposite the Old Swan, when Burton gradually stole upon him, and at Price' e Candle Works drew himself clear. It was then very evident that the race was all his own ; and Dyer, after vainly endeavouring to re cover his lost distance, gave in at the Feathers, leaving Burton to row in an easy winner. The match was rowed in Mr. Ralph's old-fashioned wager-boats. LLOYD'S SKIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, March 3L—Wi n d this day at noon, S.W. ; moderate breezo and cloudy, with slight rain. COWE s, March 30. Wind S.W.—Arrived—Golden Horn, from Callao ; Julia Lawrence, ditto ; Seaman, Rio Janeiro. DUNDEE, March 27, —Wind W.N. W.—Sailed George Kidd, for Adelaide, PLYMOUTH, March 30-- Wind S.S.E. —Arrived—Specu lation, from Sierra Leone, OFF PLYMOUTH, March 30.—Arrived—Curnatie, from Mauritius. SWANSEA, March 3 0.—Wind S. W.—Arrived—Wm. Marstand, from Caldeira. OFF SCILLY, March 2 0.—Irene, from Colombo ; Sur-- man Christina, New York ; Pronto, from Havannah for Ghent. OFF TEM/MOUTH March 30.—Arrived—Drono, from Algoa Bay. OFF KINGSTON, March 30.—Arrived—Ipswich Lass, from St. Michael's. QUEENSTOWN, March 28.—Protomelia, from Callao Disraeli, ditto; Prabiala, Honduras. NEWPORT, March 30.—Wind S.W.— Sailed—Forest Queen, for Rio Janeiro. _ SCILLY, March 29.—Arrived— Suffolk, from Mauri tius; Bosphorus from Liverpool for Buenos Ayres; Leonero, from St. Michiel's for Bristol. SUNDERLAND, March 30. Wind W.S. W.—Sailed — Marquis of Bute, for New York. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Meriting- Willa S.W., showery. Arrived —Aurora, steamer, from Dublin ; Carolinida, La Poule, and Le Coq, Cherbourg; Danube, Newport; Ant, Dyme. Sailed—Atalanta, steamer, for Jersey ; L'Etoile, for Carentan; Aurora, steamer, London; Carolinida, Cher bourg. _ LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind W.S.W. Arrived, March 30—Alexander, and Sardinia, from Mobile ; Byzantium, New Orleans ; Pelican (ca.), Rotter dam ; Greyhound, Newfoundland. Arrived, March . 3l —Emily Gardiner, from Savannah; Margrietha, Tarragona ; Adeli za, Gi rgen ti ; C lio, St. Michael's; Caroline, Nantes; Noo Conception, Spain; Geffrard, .Rangoon. Off—Victoria, from Mobile; Constitution, Now York; Balbec (s.s.), and rague (e a.). (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind W., tide low water, cloudy. Arrived, March 30.—Wilsons, from Algoa Bay ; Serpent, St. Michel's Lionne, and Amity, Gravelines ; Elizabeth, Demerara ; Hands of Providence, Dunkirk ; Donna Fran cisco, Wydah ; Gleaner, St. Michael's ; Volante, Denis. Arrived, March 31—Mary Ann, and Melcolru, from Antwerp ; Adriatic, Chincha Island ; Batavia, steamer, Rotterdam ; Panther, steamer, Boulogne. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.W., moderate. Anchored—Daniel Wheler, for Quebec ; Englishman, Madras; Vrieme, Odessa; Emily, Cape Coast Castle—all from London. Passed—Pomona, Colombo, and Eliza Moor, all from Cal lao, for London ; Oriont, Adelaide ; Strathmore, Shanghai; Wm. Wallace, Honduras; Genuine, Rangoon; Fort William, and Zodiao ' Mauritius; One, Two, Africa; Cashanger, Boston ; Arbona, barque, Westward ; Maria Hay, Cal cutta ; Douglas, barque, and Prince Alfred, ship, Manilla ; Marion, and Maciutyre, Macob ; Ryherzog Ferdinand Max, Bombay ; Fonteadella, and Sir W. F. Williams, Shanghai ; Christinia, New York; Masapiello, Cape of Clood Hope—all for London. RAILWAY INTEr LIG NCE. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND GREAT NORTHERN. The following is the reply ti the direcT - ors of the Lon don and North-Wrstern Company to the minutes of the deputation of the joint cotnpahies to settle the prevail ing disputes : _ _ "Euston -station, March 27. ' "The directors of the London and North-Western Company have carefully considered the minute of the deputations from the mediating companies, dated 22d and 23d instant. The further recommendations con tained in that minute are admittedly made in conse quence of the refusal of the Great. Northern and SLef field companies to continue to act upon the arrangement concluded on the 11th inst., when, in deference to the wishes of the deputations, and in order to facilitate as far as possible the settlement advocated by them, the Lon don and North-Western Board made concessions be yond what the Sheffield Company had any right to claim or expect at their hands. "The only question upen which there is any substan tial difference between the parties is, whether the Lon don and North-Western Company, in consideration of a three months' agreement for equal rates and fares— which agreement could not be legally enforced even for that short period—ought to give up permanently their legal right, under the agreement of July, 1854, between them and the Sheffield Company, of which agreement that company have for several bears had the benefit, and which they had lately thought fit to put an end to, without either giving the stipulated notice or accepting the stipulated reference to arbitra• tion. This condition is now sought to be imposed on the London and North-Western Company by the Shef field and Great Northern directors. " With a full knowledge of the fact that this board wholly declined to agree to such a condition, which bad been proposed through the deputation by the other party, and expressly refused by the London and North- Western directors on the 11th inst., the deputation came to the decision recorded in their minute of that day that there was no valid reason for continuing the present injurious rates. " The London and North-Western directors might have reasonably objected to any re-opening of the deci sion so arrived at, but a new suggestion having been offered by the deputations with respect to the litigation forced upon this company by the Sheffield Company's proceedings in connection with the South Junction line, and with the Warrington and Stockport agreement, and with the Chester station, this board, arxious to meet the views of the deputations to the fullest possible ex tent consistently with their duty, offered in the minute, under date the 22d inst., to leave to the absolute deci sion of Mr. Leeman the questions involved in these liti gations, which offer, however, was not accepted by the Sheffield Company. " This board have therefore read with some surprise the subsequent minute of the deputations now under reply, and in which it is intimated that the Sheffield and Great Northern companies now again, and as a condi tion of accepting the decision of the deputations, claim that this board shall wave permanently their rightful position in the legal and Parliamentary proceedings forced upon them with relation to the repudiated agreement of 1854; those companies reserving to them selves, at the same time, the right, unlimited and un restricted in any degree, to carry on their attacks upon this company by means of their suit in Chancery and their fire bills now before Parliament. This board must again wholly object to such a condition. "Confessedly injurious as are all these measures and proceedings o❑ the e part of the Sheffield Company, not only to the London and North-Western Company, but to many others also, it cannot be pretended that they are calculated or designed to result in permanent advan tage to the public. " Tuis is made abundantly clear by the following ex tract from a published letter addressed by M r. Chapman, deputy-chairman of the Sheffield Company, to Mr. Denison, chairman of of the Great Northern Company, so recently as the 11th of February, 1856, at which time the Sheffield Company was acting under the agree• ment of July, 1854, with this company. A copy of the letter in question was handed to the deputations on the 11th iE st. "'You (Mr. Denison) will recollect that for many years your company (the Great Northern) has coveted the Sheffield and Manchester traffic. You induced Parliament, on grounds of competition, to give you run ning power over our line from Retford to Sheffield, made out of the money of our shareholders, and oar property was seriously damaged thereby, and fatal acci dents also resulted. After you obtained those powers of competition you agreed to divide the traffic (which you were thereby enabled to compete for) with the London and North-Western and Midland. You stopped competition, raised fares and rates, and ceased to care, for the time being, whether that traffic passed over our railway (and tbereby to some slight extent compen sated us) or otherwise. " The Great Northern Railway Act was obtained as for a line from London to York, and no part of your case for that line, either alleged or suppose .1 was that of Manchester traffic. Parliament never purposed, i❑ giving that line, specially to make a second line to Man chester. "'Suppose you had the power to run to Manchester to-morrow, what would be your course 3 After a cam paign of competition you would charge the same fares as the London and North• Western, taking the public, of necessity, in a somewhat longer time ; you would at length be ready to dispose of your share of the traffic thus acquired under any division which would leave you in a better pecuniary position than Loofore. You would act, as regards Manchester, precisely as you did as re garded Sheffield, and our shareholders and the public would be the victim?. " 4 JOHN CHAPMAN. " ' To Mr. E, Denison, M.P., Doncaster.' "Simultaneously with the prosecution of the hostile measures before referred to, the Sheffield Company have, for the obvious purpose of extorting terms, commenced and continue to carry on a competition at rates so re duced as to entirely destroy all profit, both to this com pany and to themselves, and which have the effect also of diverting from its natural course the traffic of neigh bouring companies. For example, the Sheffield and Great Northern companies carry passengers from Man chester to London and back, via Sheffield, a distance exceeding 400 miles for ss. ; whereas between points upon their own lines they charge the same sum for carrying a third-class passenger 60 miles. "The London and North-Western Company are pre pared to abide by and act upon the arrangement come to on the 11th of March, and to make the further con cessions offered in their minute of the 22d inst., so far as now applicable. The question of the alleged right of the Warrington and Stockport Company to use the joint station at Chester, under their Act of 1853, which point alone is raised in the pending suit is now before the courts, by whom it will be speedily and conclusively dis posed of. With reference to the South Junction accounts, the London and North-Western directors con cur entirely with the deputations in the opinion that these accounts oug-ht not to be disturbed, except upon very strong grounds ;' but entertaining that opinion, they will feel it their duty to bring these accounts under the review of the Court of Chancery, should the Sheffield directors refuse to refer them to Mr. Leeman or other impartial arbitrator, with power to make such investiga tion and correction of them as he may find just and necessary. The London and North-Western directors are ready to refer this matter, as well as all other ques tions in difference, relating to the accounts, tolls, and rates connected with the South Junction line and Warrington and Stockport agreement to Mr. Leeman, without complicating such reference by any unnecessary limitations, and to abide by his decision,' as recom mended by the deputations. "The London and North-Weqern Board, as the trus tees of so large a property, have too deep an interest to be insensible of the evils attending the reckless compe tition set on foot, and now carried on by the Sheffield and Great Northern companies, or of the still greater evils which may result from its continuance and exten sion. Deprecating the existing state of things, they are prepared as heretofore, at once and unconditionaly to restore the rates and fares at all points vi here the com panies are in competition to the position in which they stood prior to the contest, or to such other scale as the deputation shall consider reasonable ; but if the Sheffield and Great Northern companies persist in their refusal to give up, even temporarily, the existing ruit - ous rates and fares, unless this board will agree to aban don their duty to their proprietors by now pledging themselves that under no circumstances will they seek to enforce the legal rights of this company, the respon sibility of that course of proceeding and its consequences will not rest upon the directors of this company, who must in tbat event leave the question to be dealt with by the Legislature, feelittg that by such a course they will best consult not only the interests of their proprietors, but also the permanent interests of the public. "The London and North-Western Board cannot close this communication without again expressing their thanks to the members of the deputations for the time and trouble bestowed by them in endeavouring to bring about a termination of the existing reckless competition, so injurious to all parties." LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN, AND GREAT NORTHERN & MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE COMPETITION. In reference to the reply of the London and North Western Railway Company to .the recommendation of deputations from the Midland, Lancashire and York shire, North-Eastern, and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway companies, respecting the competition for the London and Manchester traffic, the joint committee of the Great Northern and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire companies submit the following statement : " Easton Hotel, March 30. "The Great Northern and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Joint Committee can only express their regret that the London and North-Western Company have thought proper to decline to adopt the recommen dation of the mediating companies—the Midland, the Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Eastern, and East Lancashire companies. The deputations from those companies had before them all the fee's on both sides, and their recommendation embodied the conclusions they came to, as impartial arbiters, as to the course which ought to be taken by the London and North- Western on the one hand, and the Great Northern and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire •n the other. This decision the Great Northern and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire agreed to adopt, and if it had also been adopted by the London and North-Western Company there would have been an end of the com petition in rates which the London and North-Wee t ern affect to deplore in designating it a reckless competi tion. It injurious consequences do result from the con tinuance of competitive rates, the London and North- Western have now only themselves to blame for it, Impartial arbiters Lave interposed—they Lave heard 1100 100 100 all lit. :100 50 3i St. 100 St. 100 St. p lOO St.. 100 100 25 St. 10'.) St . 1.00 St. 1.00 10 131.1 20 20 10 10 ZO 10 St. 5 ZO 10 20 100 18 9 L 8 al 13 all 20 all 10 IOQ ;100 20i 20i 100 100 100 100 7 16 1 i 58 44 29 - 6 86 3 7 102 x d 11271 7 I '8 87/ 8 7a 5t 9313 3 i i i 4 94 li 2 364 Si 94 i 5 66 52 1. 901 1 90 46a 73 li 2 la 2j 7879 100 IDo 109} 33 22a i 1138 13 I_B5S have •Itfot ,- hieh the coqtpctit : l,,u shonl.4-be and tie I.f,ndon anti North-‘ , Y , istern have decheed to accept their award. " G. H. PA('ICE, Grk.-q Northern Vice-ChairTan. "GEORGE GA VIBI,E, I‘Cinebezter, arvi ay. THE i‘:EW OPERA-Hi)USE, COVENT-GARDEN. The now Opera-house, now in the act of being built, is to be opened next May with a graud opera! " I heard a trowel tick against a brick, " I looked me up, and straight a parapet " Uprose at least six inches o'er the planks," says Coleridge's address ' • but what would the poet have said or sung could he have marked the rapidity with which the new theatre has sprung into exist ence ? It is scarcely more than a few weeks since the labourers were at work clearing away the ruins of the old building, and now the new one is fast approaching completion. This is the third time that the finest theatre in England has been built upon the same spot—once, as its gaunt, dingy houses testify even to the present day, the very centre of London wealth and fashion. The first was builtand opened in 1732 by Harlequin Rich, of Beggars' Opera fame, who had given up his little theatre in Lincolu's-inn-fielda when his company lost its chief attraction, Lavinia Fenton —the original Polly Peachum—who quitted the stage to become Duchess of Bolton. Though miserably inferior to the late edifice, the building was long regarded as the first of its kind in Europe, and, beyond a doubt, the best in Eugland. It, however, shared the fate which, sooner or later, overtakes all theatres, and was burnt to the ground in 1808, Ilandel's fine organ, and the still finer stock of wine of the Beef-steak Club, being de stroyed with it. The foundation stone of the next theatre, which was built for the liembles, was laid by the then Prince of Wales in 1808, and opened in 1809 at the advanced prices, which brought about the celebrated " 0. P. riots. All our readers are aware of the extent and lit.auty of that edifice, and of its total destruction by fire so recently, and under such peculiar circumstances. nil full ex - - tent of the loss which the operatic world sustained by that calamity will probably never be fully known, for even to the present time each day brings to light fresh proofs of the almost irreparable nature of the injury —an injury so complete that not a single article was saved from the finest ward robe and armoury, the finest musical and dramatic library, that ever belonged to any operatic estab lishment in the world. Every one knows how little hope was at first entertained that another great theatre would be built for the same manager, and the same purpose, and until the last few months no outward sign was given that such an idea was in contemplation. Since that time, how ever, Mr. Barry, the architect, has been busy. Messrs. Lucas, the contractors, have been engaged, and almost simultaneously with the removal of the ruins of the old house the walls of the new began to rise, and have continued mounting upwards with all the rapidity of colonial enterprise, till now, almost within six months from its commencement, the actuarstructure is finished, and being roofed ir. The theatre is announced to open on the 15th of May next, with one of the grandest of those great operas the production of which hasspread the lame of the Covent-garden management wherever music is known and culti va t e d. A mere visitor to the new building, however, finds his credulity severely taxed by this announcement ; for, though, possibly, it may take place on the appointed day, yet bust ing to the evidence of his senses, he would be rather inclißed to disbelieve the oaths of all the architects ever sworn that the house can beready even within the year. Opened, however, OR the 15th of May it is announced to be, and opened, too, complete, at least as regards that part of the house with which the audience is concerned. Much, however, will, at any rate, remain to be done, especially behind the scenes ; and the manager can say, in the words of Johnson's imitators iu Rejected Addresses, "Of that part behind the curtain which has not yet been destined to glow beneath the brush of the varnisher, or vibrate to the hammer of the carpen ter, little is thought by the public, and little need be said by the committee. Truth, however, is no t to be sacrificed for the accommodation of either, and he who should pronounce that the edifice has received its final embellishment would be dissemi nating falsehood without incurring favour, and risking the disgrace of detection without participat ing the advantages of success." Outside the building there is such a wilderness of ropes and scaffolding that it is rather difficult to see what is done or what remains to do ; while within the walls, where all is in truth rapidly ap proaching completion, it appears to the inexperienced eye as if nothing had been effected. It is a curious place inside ; a mere gigantic shell of raw brick walls, which, apparently without support, tower a hundred feet above you, where the roof, between the tremendous iron girders, is only being put on, and where a scaffolding, swinging in mid air, like a huge spider's web, is hung to the girders with ropes, and allows the work men at that dizzy height already to prepare the ceiling. The place is full of carts and barrows— loads of bricks coming in, loads of rubbish going out ; the clang of iron is incessant and the air thick with dust, for in every place where men can get a footing the work is going ou inside and out. That curious arched frame of wood hanging in the cen'ra of the great space by ropes, and looking for all the world like a colossal gibbet, is the skeleton of the proscenium, 52 feet broad by 42 high—the all-im portant space through which the scenic glories of Grieve and Telbin are to be displayed, the area which is the world of fame to future prime donne. The spot where all the carters are at work shovel ling out great loads of gravel is the site of Fop's alley, and those curious iron frames which, bestrid by dusty labourers and echoing like thunder under the blows of hammers, are rising up the great. semi circle of walls facing the stage, are the tiers of boxes which, six weeks hence, will be occupied by the proudest of England's wealth and beauty, and only echo back the strains of Bosio or Grisi. Thus there is little in the present aspect of the interior to denote precisely the uses to which everything is to be put hereafter ; so we learn with surprise that the ground from which all these things are seen is some 10 feet below the floor of the pit ; that the great holes in the stage walls are the scene docks into which canvass cottages and marble halls are alike stowed away when not in use ; that the brickwork semicircle above the boxes is the amphitheatre, the one above that the gallery ; and that the iron gir ders above the stage are to support the floor of the painting-room, and serve as places on which to suspend impetuous waterfalls or practicable bridges, or hung aloft to which the slender cory phee may "pose" her limbs with all the grace required for the finale to the ballet. The brick arches round underneath the pit are to carry the floor and to be used as store rooms. The wooden frameworks at the four corners of the house mark the place where the dome shaped ceiling springs, and the wide opening in the iron work near the stage on the right, the site of the Royal box. But these and a hundred other pur poses besides are but dimly shadowed forth, and the whole scene of the interior only recalls the lines in which the brothers Smith make Scott describe the rebuilding of the great rival house, Drury-lane : " Didst mark how toiled the busy train, Ropes rose and sank and rose again, And nimble workmen trod, To realise bold Wyatt's plan ltush'd many a howling Irishman. Loud clatter'd many a porter can, And many a ragamuffin clan With trowel and with hod." The Opera-house, as it now stands, is externally one huge structure nearly 100 feet high by 122 feet broad, and no less than 240 feet long, about one fifth larger than the late theatre, and about the same size as the celebrated La Scala of Milan, hitherto the largest in the world. The four outer walls of the building, of course, have to carry every thing, and, in order to make them of the requisite strength and lightnesi, they are constructed on the cellular principle, which is now in different ways getting so much into vogue in works of great strength. Each of the four walls is apparently about 24 feet thick, though it is in reality com posed of two walls, the outer of three feet and the inner two feet, with transverse walls also two feet thick at intervals of 20 feet apart, and running up between them from top to bottom. These, with wrought-iron tie rods holding both inner and outer walls together , give immense strength and light ness to the whole. The roof proper, if we may so call it, as distinct from the rich ceiling which is seen by the audience, is a beautiful specimen of constructive skill, being at once fire-proof, roomy, light, and of the most enormous strength. It i s composed of nine great lattice girders of wrought iron, each of which is 90 feet long by 18 inches broad, and 9 fact a inches deep. These, each of them between st e w i p g el h es i nc n e g ad t l a B tti t i ie o n n bt s so , rt a vt n ao td equal ,owfl2o e t f o eoe a nt d at e hp a ea d mr t s 2 t r r ae ai t n ds a flofo r o i 3 d roe g od e and furrow roof of glass a_nd o ir_o s n r . ooms hu 9o between each pair of girde rs are spacious feet long by 20 wid e , an d a b out 14 high, whicThar s e to be used as carpenters' workshops, storeroom, &c. It is no slight credit to Mr. Barry that he was able uc t i o l hgeigththw easieispwointhdoeruotuascegidirednetr,satnod it thies equally summit to M r. L ucas that his walls withstood without a symptom of weakness so trying a strain. To these girders will be hung the ornamental dome shaped ceiling, which in white and gold will be cox ke :.11 , i n;-111._lings of th e m o s t elaboie . whole dolor;, a leautful te..ture in lirkki r: ateh.t tu, , appal entiy rests on fous atetres—tbre fornvng ti.e front and side galleie?, rind on over the eroscenium. The latter has : •-k ‘n cow , yin te.l wit! ~pe.lat reference to its acou tic ?rop ti , s, and will be croe3ed with a !Jet wo.. . a • :yo , ) a wei Le ground, correspond g with the style of the ceiling. As we have said, both "house" and stage of the new theatre are one rifth larger than the old, the latter giving an un broken square of 90 fet-t, and upward s of 50 feet high. The shape of the old house was a perfect horseshoe, with the proseseium columns projecting inwards, so that those in the side boxes could scarcely see the stage at all. The present building approaches more to the form of the old Greek theatre—a perfect semicircle with the sides pro longed, and only sloping in sufficiently to give a graceful outline, without at all intercepting the vfew even from the end bone'. Those who like the loft and somewhat imposing appearance which many tiers of boxes always impart to the house will be sorry to hear that in the new one there are only to be three—the pit, grand, and upper tier. Every one, however, will be glad to learn that the increased space thus left at the disposal of the manager has been employed in giving to the public an amount of accommodatiolt they never had before. There are 36'boxes on each tier, each of which is wider and t'eeper than in the old house, and each of which is built no less than nine feet six inches high. Above the third tier, at the beck feting the stage, is the amphitheatre, much larger in size and infinitely more commodious with regard to seats than in the old house. On a level with this, at each side of the house, is a row of 10 or 12 upper side boxes, and above these are the two side galleries, with the large gallery at the back of all over the amphitheatre. A spacious corridor, eight feet wide, lofty and richly deoorated, will run behind each tier of boxes, communicating with all parts of the theatre from end to end. Strong wrought iron girders built into the walls form the boxes, supported on cast-iron columns at intervals of 10 feet apart, and resting one on an other from the top of the top tier down to the floor of the pit. The pit will hold no greater number of spectators than the old house used to do. There are to be 11 rows of pit stalls, each stall of which is to be, in fact, a comfortabla arm-chair two feet two inches wide, and with three feet three inches inter val between each row, so that all may pass to and from their places with the most perfect freedom and ease. There will be ten rows of pit seats, with the same width for each seat and the same interval between each row as was the case with the stalls in the old house. The slope of the pit will be 1 in 18, and the stage will be raised 4 feet 6 inches above the level of the front pit stalls. Seen from the stage, then, the house will rreaent one gran d amphitheatre, about 80 feet high, 65 feet broad, 75 feet deep. The effect of this when brilliantly lighted, when all the tiers of lofty boxes are hung with rose-coloured silk, and the architectural fea tures of the house enriched with the most massive decorations in white and gold, will be grand and rich far beyond all that has hitherto been seen in this country. The Queen's box will be on the right hand side of the house, and will have a private entrance and stair case from Hart-street, and a beautifully decorated ante-room attached to it. the Duke of Bedford has similar accommodation, but of course, on a more limited scale. The places of entrance and exit for the public are unusually lofty and numerous, and in all the public staircases, those fertile sources of accident, well holes and balustrades, are com pletely avoided, by carrying solid walls in their stead. 'the grand entrance is to be in Bow-street, where of course, there is a " colonnade, where tender beauty waiting for her teach protrudes her gloveless hand and feels the shower." This en trance forms a kind of basement story to the grand portico which rises over ; it, and from which the entrance porch is separated by a roof. Five large double doors admit from the porch to the entrance hall, which is 60 feet long by 27 broad, and pro portionately lofty. This is on a level with the pit tier. A staircase 12 feet wide conducts to the crush-room, which is on a level with the grand tier, and willibe beyond a doubt the noblest apart ment of its kind yet built. It will be 80 feet long by about 30 wide, and 30 high. Five immense windows open from this room on to the portico built over the carriage porch, and which in 'summer will be available as a promenade, in addition to the crush-room. The Corinthian portico itself will be ono of the finest yet built for any modern theatre. Its extreme width will be 82 feet by 84 high. All its columns will be of solid stone, 37 feet high by 3 feet 8 inches in diameter. Our readers will be better able to judge of these magnificent dimensions by comparing them with those of the well-known portico of St. Martie's Church, which is only 65 feet wide by 60 feet high, and the columns 33 feet high by 3 feet 6 inches diameter at at the base. Flaxman's exquisite sculptures were fortunately saved almost uninjured from the. ruins of the old theatre, and these have been incorporated by Mr. Barry into the details of the new portico. The figures of Tragedy and Comedy will be placed in niches on either side, whilst the ba s - re l ie f s represent i ng ancient and modern dramatic art will be over the crush-room windows. Now-a-days the Opera season scarcely lasts morn than 15 weeks—by no means a sufficient time to defray the rental and other heavy expenses of such an immense establishment as that of Covent-garden is to be. During the "unseasonable " part of the year, therefore, we believe it is not Mr. Gye's in tention to leave his theatre a prey to dust and cob webs, and, though there will be no more bal mas ques, yet dramatic entertainments at least during the winter months will be at once more restored to Covent-garden. The idea is a good one, and the manner in which Mr. Gye intends to carry it out is still better. This is one of the chief reasons for having each tier of boxes of the great height we have mentioned-9 ft. Gin. The pit tier of boxes is constructed so aF, out of the season, to remove entirely, and allow the pit to be extended back to the actual walls, where the height of the grand tier will let the audience see all that passes on the stage without stooping to avoid the ceiling above or knocking their heads against it, as in our eld:fa shioned theatres. The hangings of the grand tier, also, and the divisions between its boxes are made i s i o o t a i s o e to a c o n d a t be hlosththeme wholer t e i e m r o v o e n d th a e t 0 2 c 4 cas h io o n m o -s; winter dramatic performances can be converted at once into a spacious dress circle. Partly in con nexion with the Opera-house is hereafter to be built a grand floral arcade, 80 feet wide by 60 feet high and 240 feet long, running along the entire length of the building, from Bow-street to Covent-garden. This building will be of glass and iron, light and elegant in form, appearance, and decoration, for the purpose which it will be used—a floral appendage to Covent.garden-market, and where only flowers will be sold. On the great nights' of the operatic sea son this will be lighted up, and remain open as a promenade for the audience, two or three entrances being provided which will admit at once from the theatre to the arcade. However, this beautiful idea will not, we think, be carried out entirely this year. It is quite enough if the new Opera opens at the ap pointed time, and enables Mr. Gye to resume his good y es w s ish w e h s ich he which m w r e e a a :n a r y: e d s r u e i e r a s: r v w c e a u s r i , e a a e t n r tdewnwidtiht him. iaamilll.LthheTeimes. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. Notwithstanding that the supply of English wheat on sale here to-day was very limited, the demand for a ll ki n d s ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in the quotations. Thera was a large quantity of foreign wheat on s h ow. Even the finest parcels met a dull inquiry, and prices Were with difficulty supported. Barley was in short supply and good request, at very full prices, but malt moved off slowly, at barely late rates. Oats changed hands freely, and good sound corn was 6d per quarter dearer. Both beans and peas sold readily, at extreme rates. The flour trade was heavy, and th e t op price of tbe. best town-made qualities was 40s per 2801bs. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. 1,330 120 2 , 990 English , Irish Oats. 1,550 1,030 Flour. 1,380 Foreign..... 3,580 400 skit, brio transacted here on Friday There will be no business next. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is well supplied with all ki►ids of hops, in which very little business is doing, at barely stationary prices. WHITECHAPEL. The trade continues heavy, as follows : Beef, from 2s 8(1 to 3s 8d ; mutton, 2e 10d to 4s id ; lamb, 5s Od to Gs Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 41 BLI ; pork, 3s Od to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. PRICE OF GOLD. —The Clllot about 2 per mule discount, and exchange on atitohe s h gold shirt t rates with t h e in London is 25 . 072 at. Paris is per glis h 1 I m . sterling. l i p n r g i c . e of o 11 3 co mparing 10.iod. th p e e s r e 1 ounce for standard gold it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. By a n a d a r r i k c , e s an fr d or he H.haomrebnexrgatatinegeproiaceLoofndgoonldisils34.32lo ppeerr 1/. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is therefore about 5-10 tbs per cent. dearer in London courset6odays' of sight is about 108 exchange at New tYorkhaein Hambur g. o n London per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par for bills Tile a between the two countries, shows that the exchange is slightly against England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves no profit On the importation of gold from the United Status. St. St. St. 50 1.7 i all 100 2s(1(1 25 50 25 12i 12 20 26 13i 20 St. 12 I 12k 12 St.; 1241 25 20 St. St. St. ; St. 10 1.0.6, 20 25 25 St. 12i 127. 20 1 30 17s 17i5 1 6/15 10 1256 1/ ts 50 50 50 100 1, 2171 !7i 78 9 ~ r •• K -- -