The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-10 00:00:00

THE W*- ST INDIA MAIL. The Royal Mail *wain-ship Avon, Captain R. S. Norton, arriv,d at. Southampton last night, bringing the mail, fim, M. xico and the West Indic:, At Tampico and Vera Cruz there had been some severe gales. The weather at Bermuda was very bad, a gale having corn menced on the 17th, and continued to the 23d. The Avon left on the following day (after the arrival of the outward-bound packet, the Thames), and made the run from Bermuda in sixteen days. Her latest dates are— Tampico, Feb. 25; Honduras, Feb. 26; Carthagena, • Feb. 27; Chagres, Feb. 27; Vera Cruz, March 2; De merara, March 5; Trinidad, March 7; La Guayra, March 7; Havannah, March 10; Jamaica, March 11; Bsrbadoes, March 13; Grenada, March 14; St. Thomas, March 17; and Bermuda, March 24. She brings home fifty-five passengers, besides a very valuable cargo, consisting of 2,014,085 dollars (49,481 of which are from Vera Cruz, on account of the Mexican dividends), 1,000 dollars in gold dust, 10,0001. worth of pearls, 2811 b. 3oz. of platina, 1461. 15s. in British coin, 38 serails of indigo, and 91 ditto of cochineal, besides other minor packages. The following ships of war were lying at Vera Cruz:— Her Majesty's sloop Rose; the United States squadron, under the command of Commodore Connor, consisting 01 the Falmouth, 22 guns; Jobn Adams, 22 guns; St. Mary, 22 guns; and Porpoise brig, 16 guns; also the French corvette La Perouse, 18 guns; the Spanish brig Patinta, 18 guns; the Mexican squadron Montezuma and Guade loupe steamers, of 7 guns each; two brigs of 16 guns; and five schooners of 5 guns. At Havannah, the Spanish ship, Sovereigna, 74 guns ; and French brig Griffon, 10 guns ; at Nassau, bar Ma jesty's ship Thunder, surveying vessel ; and at Ber muda, her Majesty's ship Endymion. Her Majesty's ship's Vindictive, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir F. Austin, and Eurydice, arrived at St. Thomas's on the 2I st of February from Martinique, and sailed the same afternoon for Jamaica. The Vin. dictive was expected at Havannah on the 19th ult., ot. her way to Bermuda. Her Majesty's frigate America was at Mazatlan, west coast of Mexico, on the 10th February. She was t, sail, however, in two days for Valparaiso and England with upwards of 2,000,000 dollars on board. Her Ma jesty's brig Frolic was also at Mazatlan, and the Talbot at Saint Bias. The American squadron, consisting of two frigates three sloops, and two store-ships, under the col:emeriti of Commodore boat, was also at Mazatlan ; and several other American vessels of war were daily expected. The Avon exchanged colours, on the 4th of April. with the Wellereden, homeward bound ; on the Bth with the Caroline, of Poole, outward bound ; and on tht same day with the Duncan, also outward bound. The Company's steamer Medway bad left Havanna) for Vera Cruz, the Tweed had goue to the Windwar. Islands, the Forth was at Carthagena, the Severn a, Jamaica, the Thames at Bermuda, and the City of Glas gow and Reindeer at Grenada. MEXICO. Mexico, when the Avon left, was quiet but uneasy. and it was generally expected that the Federalists would shortly assume the reins of Government. The Mexican Government still refused to recognise Mr. Slidell, the American Minister, who continued to reside at Julapa Several more American ships of war were expected at Vera Cruz, and it was surmised that on their arrival the coast would be declared in a state of blockade. There was a report current in Mexico that 3,000 of the United States troops had marched to the Rio Grande. The Americans who were cruising off Matemoras had forcibly taken off two Mexican pilots, and forced them to navi gate their ships. The Mexican steamer Guadeloupe had landed 300 troops at Tampico from Vera Cruz. She had likewise on board several guns for the batteries, but as the weather was tempestuous she was unable to get over the bar, and was consequently obliged to return t• Vera Cruz without landing the guns. Santa Anna was still at Havannah. JAMAICA. The accounts of the crops are most favourable. A memorial of the planters, merchants, and inhabi tants of the island to the English Government, praying for a reduction of the duty payable in England on the importation of West India spirits, has been sent home by th© Avon. - The inhabitants were anticipating the formation of the promised railways. The traffic on the Kingston Railway continued to improTe. From the thirteenth report of the Planters' Bank it appears the directors have declared a dividend of 5 per cent., and added nearly 2,0001. to the reserved fund. which now amounts to 11,283/. 19s. 10d. On the sth ult. the shock of an earthquake had been felt in the southern part of the island. It had not, how ever, caused any damage. Lieut. B. Young, R.N., of the Persian, had been sen tenced by Court-martial to be dismis,ed his ship, and put at the bottom of the list of lieutenants, for drunken. ness. The Court-martial was held on board the Imsum. The arrival of the Canopus was hourly expected, when the Avon left. EXCHANGES ON LONDON.—Planters' Bank, 30 days. 1.4 per cent. pm. ; 60 days, 1 per cent. pm. ; 90 days, p-r cent. pm. Jamaica Bank, 30 dais, 1 per cent. pm. ; 60 days, 1 per cent. pm. ; 90 days. per cent. pm. Colonial Bank, 30 days, 14 per cent. pm. ; 60 days, 1 per cent. pm. ; 90 days. cent. pm. DISSOLUTION OF RAILWAY COMPANIES. The railway public is indebted to Mr. Labouchere, for extracting from Sir Robert Peel an intimation of the course by which he proposes to place them in possession of the general outline of the plan proposed by the Go vernment for enabling a majority of scripholders to ob tain a dissoluti of the Companies by petition. The more that this matter is canvassed, the stronger the opinion becomes that the Government scheme is totally inadequate to meet the crisis, and that it will be diffi cult, if not in many instances impossible, to carry ii out in practice. Not that there is much weight given to the difficulties that have been started against the right of scripholders to sign the petitions, because the sale of eailway scrip previous to complete registration has been legalised by a solemn decision of the Courts of Law. The allottees wh o have sold their scrips have di vested thems e l ves of the ir interest i n th e com p an i es , b ut ° to they hare not been d from th e ir res p ons ibility. The partie s entitled sign the petitions ar e th e immediate holders f purpose poss ess i on of the th! scrips, and f or th a t scripis held t o b e a sufficient warrant. It is necessary , ho wever, to dra w a li ne between signing petitions 'to dissolve, c an d vot i ng at any To obtain meetings thata diss moluay be called to co on m sid er such a purpose. tion of any an patz . it required by the Government pl an seems to be majorityto t oi n a value of scripholders malt exhibit their signatures petition to Parliament, praying the Hous e The number of signatures is of no importance. int erferenles . they represent a majority in value , the petition will nots be sufficient to stay the progress of the Bill. Should scripholders imagine that they could increase their influ ence by giving 100 shares to as many porters, they w ill find themselves mistaken. The 100 porters would still represent nothing more than their single author. If he was the holder of 100 shares, they would be so and nothing more. Their signatures would be worth just that amount of value, and nothing would be gained by such a device. It would be requisite, nevertheless, to guard against splitting of scrips in the event of meet ings being sanctioned. In that event there would appear to be difficulties to be encountered at tending the working of the Ministerial scheme that are almost insuperable. But we have already said that the plan itself is now looked upon as totally insufficient, and that the prevailing opinion is to adopt the converse of it as the proper rem, dy. We cannot say that the reference by the Prt mien to the Railway Department of the Board of Trade is calculated to in spire confidence for the efficiency of the measure. There has been something ominous and disastrous in the past proceedings of that unfortunate tribunal, with respect to railways. Everybody looked upon it as defunct, and its resuscitation at the present moment looks as if Sir Robert Peel merely used it ior the nonce, to get rid, for a time, of one of his pressing diffi2teties. The heavier descrip tions of shares have fully maintained to-day the aligkt improvement we noticed yesterday. There is no new feature in English Scrips. The principal attraction in Foreign Shame has been the meeting of i he shareholders in the Dutch Rhenish line, which is understood to have ie p passed off satisfactorily. I n d e p en d en tly of a detail of spects and mer i ts o f t h e li ne, w hi c h were pre aentedr' in a copious report by the directors to the meet ing, the leading results are that the shares are ordered in to b! registered, a call of 71. p er share is to be an nounced, a n d e di vidend is allude d to of 2s. 6d. per share, to be paid in the c , Jurso of a few months.—Chronicle, City article. THE LATE FATAL OCCURRENCE AT THE MILE END•oATE.—YswerIay an inquest, which was twice ad journed, was resumed and concluded at the London Hospital, before Mr. Baker, on the body of James Eestmead Bradley, aged twenty, the 8011 of the collector of tolls at the Mile-end gate, who died in the above institution on Sanday morning from injuries received the day previous by the wheels of a cart passing over his body. After a long discussion relating to the tickets and the mode of collecting toile on the road, the jury, among whom a great difference of opi n i on pre - Tailed, were lucked up. After four hours' deliberation, twelve of the fourteen jurymen returned a verdict that the de ceived came by Isis death by the wheels of a loaded cart passing over his body, but by what means he was forced under the said cart there was no satisfactory evidence before them. Two of the jury were for a verdict of manslaughter against Ruff. SUDDEN DEATH IN THE STREET. - Last evening Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Two Chairmen. Dart mouth-street, Westminster, on the body of John M'lnnes, aged tity two. The deceased was a discharged soldier, and obtained a precarious livelihood by hawking prints at public houses. On Wednesday evening he left home, apparently quite well, and about twelve o'clock he was found by a police-constable of the B division, on the steps of a door in Great George-street, Westminster, in a senseless state. He was conveyed immediately on a stretcher to the Westminster Hospital, where Mr. Sibley, the house-surgeon, pronounced life to be quite extinct, and it was further discoYered that Is died from long-stauding disease of the heart. Verdil— Natural (lath. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDbOR, THURSDAY. —The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the plea,ure g.otinds this morning. Her Ma jesty and her Royal Consort visited the aviary, and after wards returned to the Castle in a pony carriage. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken their usual exercise to. day in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back in the forenoon, attended by Colonel H. Seymour. Prince Albert drove her Majesty out in a pony phaeton this afternoon, attended by the Equerries in Waiting, Colonels Grey and H. Seymour on horseback. The Marchioness of Douro, the Hon. Misses Murray and Napier followed in a pony landau and four. There was no addition to the royal dinner circle this evening. ller Ro . ) al Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday, at Marlborough House. His Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, attended by Captain Taylor and the Baron de Reitzenstein, went to Kew, yesterday, in an open carriage and four, and visited their Royal Hignesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Her Majesty's royal charities to the aged and poor at this season of the year, were distributed on Monday and Tuesday last, to upwards of 950 persons, five shillings each. The royal gate alms were also paid to 168 persons, each person reci iving thirteen shillings, being at the rate of sixpence p, r week consolidated into one pay ment. This ancient charity was in by-gone days paid at the gate of the Palace, at Whitehall, hence its appella tion, which has been retained. Yesterday being the anniversary of the Maundy, the royal bounty was distributed in the interior of White hall chapel with the customary ceremonials. The Yeoman of the Guard attended in their Corona tion uniform under the command of an U. her. The Clergy of the Chapel Royal were also in attend Ince; also the Gentlemen in Waitieg, accompanied by he boys, under the charge of the Rev. Mr. Elmore, who las succeeded to the care of them, vice William Hawes, Esq., lately deceased. The usual anthems were given between the distribu tion of each class of alms with much pathos and effect. "Hide not thou thy f ace." " Call to remembrance." " 0 Lord, grant the Queen a long life." " Who is this who cometh from Edom?" There were in attendance the Rev. Dr. Sleath, the ;fey. Dr. Wesley, the Rev. Dr. Dakins, the Rev. Clarke lfaden, and other clergymen ; Messrs. Hobbs, Sale, liorncastle, and other gentlemen of the choir. The Sub-Almoner, the Rev. Dr. Jeff, Canon of Christ `hurch, and Principal of King's-college, officiated for he first time since his appointment, and the whole ar angements were conducted by Joseph Hanby, Esq., nr secretary and Yeoman of the Almonry, under the .mmediate direction of the Lord Archbishop of York, he Lord High Almoner. The Bishop of London held a Confirmation yesterday, n the Chapel Royal St. James's, of the juvenile nobi- Betweun forty and fifty of the young Nobility and Gentry were confirmed. Tt e French Ambassador transacted business at the Foreign-office, yesterday. The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Termini had heir first meeting yesterday, at the office of the Woods .nd Forests. There were present Viscount Canning, he Fart of Dalhousie, the Lord Mayor, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, and Sir F. Smith. The Chairman of the Customs and the Deputy Chair man had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex •hequer yesterday. The Right Hon. T. Franklyn Lewis had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. The Solicitor-General had an interview with the Earl ,f Dalhousie yesterday. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. The Duke of Buccleuch left town yesterday for his .eat, Boughton House, Northamptonshire. The Duke of Wellington has left town for his seat at Strathfieldsaye. Sir Robert Peel left town yesterday for his seat, Dray ton Manor, Staffordshire. The Earl of Ellenborough left town yesterday for his seat, Southam House, Cheltenham. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI TUTION. Dr. Ryan, this week, has been delivering a course of lectures on the " Ancient Elements." On Thursday the subject was Water: not the stale every-day repetition of the oxygen and hydrogen experiments, but a sound and philosophical disquisition— First, " On the con ditions and physical uses of water;" secondly, " On its chemical characteristics;" and thirdly, " On its sources, impurities, and methods of purification." The Doctor was extremely happy in his illustrations of the influence of water in its three states or conditions, in equalising and changing the temperature of our common atmos phere. Thus, he explained the liberation of heat during the condensation and freezing of water, pro ducing the well-known increase of heat during a fall of snow, and the habitability of the Arctic regions during winter, only close to the open sea, where the freezing of leagues of water allow the conversion of latent into sensible heat. The doctor also dwelt very pointedly upon the influence of the waters of the ocean in modi eying the extremes of heat and cold ; thus the winds blowing from the poles, in passing over the surface of the , ea, receive a certain amount of heat, the cooled water then falls, and warmer portions rise to the surface, again to give increments of warmth to the cold air. Nor is this all ; the cold, deep currents, flow to the equator, while the upper strata of water take a direction to the poles, thus establishing an equalising agency. Our limits will not permit us to follow Dr. Ryan through his lecture, whieh, we may state, in conclusion, was distin guished by his usual perspicuity and simple elegance of style. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. LET BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From t%e Official List, PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 9. JOINT-STOCK BANNS. Dividend per Annum. Cl. per cent. 51. per cent. Si. per cent. Si. per cent. 61. per cent. Gl. per cent. Si. per cent. V. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 6/. per cent. Si. per cent. Amount of Share. Paid. £ s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 X m. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 1000 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Price Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 • 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 b 0 0 Stock. 100 0 DUTCH MAIL THE ILtouE, APRIL 7.—The Second Chamber of , he States General, in its evening sitting on the 6th of April, adopted, by a majority of 40 to 15, the project of law for prolonging the road from Buis le Duca to Culenborg. The Journal d' Commerce d' Anvers makes the follow. ing reflections on the memorial presented to the Bel gium Government by the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures of Liege. This memorial,which is signed by two merchants, is an important and well considered work. It points out the basis on which Belgium and Holland ought to act. We do not assent to them all, but we acknowledge that nothing has been written on the subject more substantial, and more calculated to enlighten the Government. The number of passengers conveyed by the Rhenish railway in the month of March, from the several sta tions in Holland, was 26,328. The receipt was 30,814 f. for passengers, and 8,253 f. for goods. TILE HAGUE, APRIL 7. —On Saturday last there was a meeting at Rotterdam, of the members of the Royal Netherlands' Yacht Club, at which his Royal Highness Prince Henry of the Netherlands presided. At this sit ting the prizes and rewards were determined, which will be given to the various description of vessels, in the matches which will take place at Rotterdam, on the 10th of June, and at Amsterdam, on the 10th of September. The Prince of Orange and Prince Alexander were pre sent at this sitting. His Royal Highness gave a grand dinner to a considerable number of members of the Yacht Club, on which occasion many loyal toasts were given.—Dutch Papers, April 8. BRUSSELS, APRIL 7.—The official part of the Moni teur Beige of this date publishes the convention between his Majesty the King of the Belgians and his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, for regulating the right of their respective subjects, with respect to the inheritance of property by the subjects of either power in the domi nions of either power. The exchange of the ratifications took place at Berlin on the 21st of March, 1846. The Archbishop of San Marzano, who has been ap sehnoarotlfy i la pointed A postolic Nuncio at Brussels, is expected very sn Ricci,telin w i o s l e t i oh t: M. This prelate was at Turin at the for Austria, received ;present holds that s ao office , di e o w e i e l will o s f e l t e out ave from his d after having ajest y, and having had an interview with his successor.—B russe l s Papers, April 7. 111.31BURGII BORSENHALLE, Arm 7. Bills. Money. 113 kustrlan 5 per Cents •. • • Bank Shares -••••• • • • • • ..... • • 1600 Anglo - Russian Loan .. - .. lita•tru—b•• •••• •••••••I°7 % D Russian l tt ls t s s per erieCii Cont .. Ditto, In Certificate' Ditto, Mops and Co. 1 1° 02 1 6 ;, -- -- - - d 4th series 9G New 4 per Cent., hope a . n • d • • C • • • • •• •• •• 94 Ditto Stleglitz .. . ... s• •"• •• _ Spanish New 5 per Cent.. . • •"•••• •• ___ • •• 17 Ditto 3 per Cent .....•• •• •• Angio-Portugueae Loan, 2% per Cent -- ' 4 Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. .• •••.•••• • • •• • • _ Polish New 4 per Cent. Joan, 1844 sl Certificate...... . • Ce rt ificate, • Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent • • National Bank Shares .• .. •••••• • • • • .• _ AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Varirla., Aram 2. 5 per Cent. sletalllques•. •• • • • • • .. .. •• • •• —— .. 111 18.16 4 per Cent. ditto• ••••••• • • • ". —.. 101 3 per Cent. ditto•• .. • • • • • • • • " • • • Loan, 1834 • • • • • • • • •• • • .• .• Ditto, 1839 .• •• •• • • • • • • •• • • Bank Shares • . • • • • • Estorhazy's Loan ........ . • ..• ........ —Allgemeine Zeitung. April 5. ........ 154 ........ 122►4 ........ 1b79 EXTRAORDINARY EXCAVATION IN THE CITY.—In the course of a few days an excavation, ordered by the Commis sioners of Sewers at Guildhall, will be completed in the City, that was commenced about four months ago, and 'which ex tends from Whitefriara Dock to Fleet-street, opposite Craven court The whole length was tunnelled under the houses, which was an operation of considerable difficulty, and it was expected that the whole would not have been executed without some serious accident, but fortunately none has oc curred. The sewer is constructed at a depth of about twenty three feet from the surface. During the excavation the workmen discovered a vault, which was found to be about eighty feet long, reaching almost front Fleet-street to the Thames, nine feet wide, and seven feet deep; it was built of the most durable material, and the pavement of it was formed of Roman bricks of a beautiful red colour. On Tues day last two human skulls, with the thigh bones and part of a human chest, were discovered. :201)1.—When this article was " protected" by a duty its sale was unimportant. A first-rate grocer in a town like Leicester, for instance, would think two cwt. a large order to give a traveller at one time. Now, however, that the article is entirely exempted from duty, the same grocer or ders ten tons' weight instead of two cwt. When it was pro posed to take the duty off, the manufacturers of the article, like the landed interest with corn, petitioned against its re moval, and predicted their own ruin in consequence. So great, however, has been the demand for the article, that it is exported to nearly every part of Europe and to Ame rica, as well as to our colonies.—Leicester Chronicle. COAL AT PEEL, ISLE OF MAN.—The search for this indispensable article of fuel has this week proved successful. We have seen a good specimen of coal already procured in that neighbourhood ; and there is, therefore, every prospect of success, and conseq Maw Sun. uently profit to the speculators.— Name of Company. Australasia • • • • • • • • • • Itritsh A orth American Commercial of London Colonial.. •• • • Londn and Westminstr London Joint-Stock ... Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland • . Ditto, New..• ...... National of Ireland .. Nat. I'rovncial of Eng. Ditto, New... .. .. .. Union of Australia.... Union of L0nd0n..... INSUZZLNCE C Name of Company. Albion . Chance Brit. and For. Ditto Marine. • Atlas ..... • . ..... [trills!' Commercial Clericl,lll ed. & Gen. Life County t ;town Eagle • • .. Economia Life. • • • • .• Eng. & Scot. Law • • • • • • European Life Freemasons' .... • • Globe Guardian ............ Imperial Fire . ....... Imperial Life Indemnity Marine .• • • Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire London Ship ..• • .... Marine .. M ed. Invlld & Gen. Life National Lean Fund.. National Life ........ Palladium Life Pheenix Protector Life.. Provident Life.. Rock Life • • .• .• IZoyal Exchange ..... Sun Fire. Ditto Life . Universal Life Name of Company. Commercial .... East and West India East Country Landon ............ St Katharine Southampton • • Dividend per Anuum. £ s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 £ a. d. 50 0 0 n 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 S 0 0 6% 15% 15% 10% 3 2% 9% 2/. 28. 205 11. 4s. Paid. i Price, LYNN AND ELY RAILWAY. Price 4% 180 210 115 104% A special general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern. at which the drafts of the following bills were approved of. Mr. Lacy, of Kenyon House, Manchester, was in the chair. A Bill to empower the Lynn and Ely Railway Com pany to construct a railway from the borough of Wis bech to Spalding, in the parts of Holland in the county of Lincoln, with a branch to Holbeach, _ _ A Bill to empower the Lynn and Ely Railway Com pany to construct a railway from the borough of Wis. bech to March, in the parish of Doddington; all in the Isle of Ely, and county of Cambridge. The meeting was of a formal nature, called in pur suance of a standing order of the House of Lords, and did not occupy much time. ELY AND HUNTINGDON RAILWAY. Immediately afterwards a meeting of the proprietors in this Company took place, at which the draft of a Bill to empower the Company to construct a railway from Brampton, in the county of Huntingdon, to the town of Bedford, was approved of. Like the previous meeting it was purely of a formal character. DUTCH-RHENISH RAILWAY. A general meeting of the shareholders in the Com pany for this line was held yesterday, at one o'clock, at the London Tavern. W. J. Chaplin, Esq., Chairman of the South-Western Railway, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by stating that circumstances had occasioned the presence of several of the directors in Paris, and had put him into the posi tion of chairman. This could hardly be considered as an English meeting, because the head director being in Holland, they could not therefore come to any de finite decision, but as the meeting had been called in de ference to the wishes of their proprietors, their sentiments might now be gathered, and be stated by the delegation at the meeting of the directors in Holland. He lamented that the meeting had not been deferred till the close of the financial year ; but still, although only ten months had elapsed, he thought the directors would be able to give some satisfactory intimation of the worth of the property at the end of the year. He would now call upon Mr. Janson to read the report of the directors in Holland. The report stated that the King of the Nether lands and the Secretary for the Home Department had not hesitated to connect themselves with the line; that by the Concession of 16th May, 1845, the posses sion and working of all the railways granted to the Com pany, and to be constructed, are fully secured till the n l anpe sumss e accountt t o ha th t ehe Government tvhoe either r e bi r nne n tefe m ndn e idev n exi t dn , pe e ento x odd c s e end p r,t resumenow nf without end of the year 1898 : after that, they are not to re lapse yno r refunding fettuponnydyi lines,mn ge deduction t allre p ayments . e tf th gi h v te e hG a o t og l v e re as arnn t tm e ;e n na e tn y dh e a ir in 's dmo n foam o ri t el ice pr f evieus to the . expiration of will be extended fo ra a new pe riod this notice, the grant administration of ; w h twenty-five ilst no g greater tax moreove r, guaranteed d to . the Com pany agem e t n h t e a g n r d ea ti t n e a s n t e f i r a e l L sdrain upon ae6npdneulaldlelyn. ce th l a n n itsmali tax can be imposed m p a e n r ifes l ;e o d oOi. on three fourths per thousand, or the capital. The difficulties which . them selves in the commencement have been already in ar overcome. The . regulat i ons for the administration were F approved of, with . very few alterations, in the meetings of the general direction . on the 18th and 19th July last, at which meetings his Excellency the Count Schim melpennick accepted t he p residenc y of that direction. The chief engineer was Mr. N. J. Van der Lee, who had previously been employed as engineer by the Government. The transfer of the existing railway was not effected till the :.st of September last. Since then the company have had the entire management of the line ; and that the service had not only been conducted with great regu larity, but that not a single accident has happened on this line. Meanwhile, so far from the sum stated as the probable cost of the transfer having been exceeded, the company has actually realised a saving in that item of about 300,000 florins, equal to 25,0001. On another point the financial position of the company was also im proved. It was stipulated that a sum of 500,000 florins, equal to 41,6661., should be deposited as a security fund, without any interest being allowed for it by Govern ment. This capital has been relieved, on depositing, in lieu thereof, bonds which will bear interest—so that an annual profit of upwards of 20,000 florins, equal to 1,666/., has thereby been secured to the company. The materiel of the railway remains in the best state ; the condition of the whole property of the Company and of the line, in its entire extent, leaves nothing to be desired, and it has obtained the approbation of all who have closely inspected it. In order to afford greater accommodation to the trains, they had laid down a double rail on some points of the line, and this alteration has already answered the designed end. They had also felt the necessity of improving the meets ! of conveyance by water to the chief station in Amster _ dam; and, for the attainment of this object, to establish additional warehouses, as well as to erect wharfs for landing and shipping merchandise. By means of these comprehensive improvements, the merchants of Amster dam will be able to have goods conveyed by the accus tomed water carri age , w i t h out t h e e xpense of carta ge , andimmediately placed on the waggons of the railway, • and to receive th em i n t h e same manner from th e station. It is also in contemplation of the authorities to . form a conv e ni en t w h ar f a t Arnheim, which will establish the most ready connexion between the chief city of the kingdom and the Rhine, for goods destined to places beyond Prussia. Among the branches the construction of which has been undertaken by the Company, that to the Eutrepot dock at Amsterdam occupies the first place, regarded in a mercantile point of view ; because it not only in sures to the Company the conveyance of goods from the warehouses of private individuals, but also those which are warehoused in that large commercial depot. Two routes presented themselves—the one longer,. over an objection a bl e tract o f groun d, an d interfering with much private property ; the other, over better ground, and belonging exclusively to the corporation of Amster dam. The former route was originally projected and sanctioned by Government ; the latter was, after due examination, selected. Th e a d van t a ges connected with this new route we re as great as t h ey were o bvious ; and, in the construction, it was calculated a saving of 400,000 florius (_33,333/.) would be effected ; the keeping of it in repair, in consequence of the superiority of the ground, would be much less expensive ; and tedious and costly law-suits with private individuals, for the expropriation of their properties, would thus be avoided for the future, as regards the keeping of it in repair, as would have been observed from the foregoing statement. With respect to the conveyance of passengers, the report announced, that the results a l rea d y obta i ne d were o f the most satisfactory nature. Notwithstanding the unfinished state of the railway, and although the mea sures adopted and projected can develop their full effects only at a future period, still they were able, in this first year of the openi ng o f t h e li ne to Arn h e i m , t o ca lculate with certainty on a return of more than 600,000f1. (50,0001.), which will thus, for that first year, yield an interest of nearly four per cent. on the expended capital, after deducting all expenses. Agreeably to the act of concession, the jun c ti on o f t h e D utc h-Rh en i s h R a il wa y with the Prussian was to be a matter of diplomatic arrangement between the two Governments, and that had just been brought to a successful conclusion. Meanwhile, the financial interests of the Company have not less occupied attention : and here, also, they had reason to be satisfied. In conformity with Art. 24 of the statute-, the meeting of the general direction, on our proposal, authorised us to redeem a portion of the loan o bonds loann 9, d s O h ( a ) sO, haveOt e o e o c e t l o mr ( ee 7 d i s en o e t , meooeOd/ possession, ) 0 , n and reasonableef t nearly h a the terms, e m t h r a d e3a, o .e f h d Tt the h a e t effect of this redemption ha s o f course b een a consider able saving of interest ; but as the time is approaching in which the works confided to their care will have to be commenced, they also intend to sub m it t o th a t mee ti ng the propriety of making a third call. They have laid it down as a principle, when speaking of the future, to keep within the bounds of probability ; and they, there five, trust, that the anticipations which they have in dulged will be surpassed by realities. If their expressed wish in this respect had not prevailed, they would have preferred delaying their report till the close of the finan cial year, because they flatter themselves that they should then have been able to communicate the adjustment of still open questions, whereas they now often have to speak of pending negotiations. They proposed, however, on a fitting opportunity, to give another report, which will be satisfactory to the shareholders at large. The SECRETARY afterwards read the report from the English directors and the observations of Mr. Locke, the English engineer, the former confirming the Dutch report, and the latter showing the probability of good traffic, and that the earthworks to Arnheim had been completed fur a double line, although only a single line had been laid down. The country was flat, and the cost per mile will be far below that of English railways. The gauge was to be the same as the German lines, with which it was intended to communicate. These several documents were received with much applause. The CHAIRMAN said that as confidence in our foreign line ought to be supported, he would say a few words, al though not otherwise after such lengthy report s . H e h a d last autumn been invited to visit Holland, and he found the population so great that there was a certainty of success. There was Amsterdam with 250,000, Rotter dam with 100,000, Utrecht 60,000, and Arnheim with 24,000, ell upon the line ; and he only wondered that the wealthy and numerous inhabitants of these places did not make the line for themselves. But a little reflection soon showed him the cause, and the more so when he recollected three or four years since, when they were desirous of getting the concession of the Rouen line, it required 2,300 subscribers in France to take as many as 200 shareholders in this company had taken amongst them. He then went over a plan of the line showing its course and connexion with the German railways. In 1845, the traffic on the Amsterdam line had reached 6,625,000 persons and upwards, and as the proposed line was seven miles nearer, it was natural to presume that this would be increased. There was a consideration as to whether the transfer of the traffic should be at Arnheim, on the frontier, or at Esundrick. This matter was, however, now satisfactorily settled. The line to the latter place would be all finished in the course of one year, and the remainder of the line, which was now being formed to Minden, a distance of 42 miles, would be completed early in 1847, and then the Dutch-Rhenish line would be in communication with one already formed, and which was made all the way to Berlin. By a comparison drawn up by Mr. Moss be tween their probable traffic on this line—by the books it appeared on the Birmingham line, between the Ist July and December 31, 1839, the first year of its opening, the number of passengers were on the whole 94 miles, which were at that time opened, 301,557, or on an aver , 3,208 c e p e a r s s s e en w g a e s rs 23 p 3 7 so m l i , le. On the Grand Junc tion line,. during six months, the average on the 96 m ag i e les of of r o passengers per mil e . O n the Paris Rouen n average 3 oueulinedu 2 ; 4 lng 2 six months of the first year of its opening, the numbers carried were 348,976, or on an average 4,150 passengers or r n a t n he a B ve 4 r m ag i e le e s f o 4,s7 fi B tscourse while on the Arnheim line passengers, or the number carri e d during the six months was 281,814, and the Hag ue , t h e num b er ca rried was, in the l m in o e re he t t h w a e n en double that of the Grand Junction . A msterdam six months after i ts open i ng, 626,316 on the 37 miles of its ; whilecourse drie , or aeng last as nseaverag yea averse s,e of 16,927 passengers per r the average of the number carried by the South-Western Com pany had been 11,412 passengers per mile, thus showing that the passenger traffic to be anticipated was in every way satisfactory. Then as to the proba bility of remunerati on , h e wou ld state that the prices the Company were entitled to charge were lid. per mile for the first class, lid. for the second class, and id. for the third class, against 1 3-sd. for the first class on the Rouen line, which was, perhaps, the best correlative that could be adduced, 1 1-sd. for the second class, and id. for the third class. This Rouen line was paying ten per cent, dividend. On the Western line the ave rage charge for the three classes was lid., so that there was little doubt of success. Then as to the cost of the line, the original estimate was for the whole 103 miles, which would be the whole length, including the branches, 1,824,6001.; but, in consequence of the nego tiations of the direction in Holland, the sum was 1,731,6001., making a cost of something more than 17,000/. a mile. On the Arnheim line the cost, including land, was 15,5071. per mile, while, in England, the cost was 20,000/. to 30,0001., and in one instance, he believed, as much as 50,000/. a mile, so that the cost was far in favour of the Dutch line. Then again, as to the cost of working, he found that on the Arnheim line the whole number of miles traversed was, during the last six months, 120,568, at an expense of 3s.ld. per mile; while on the South-Western line the miles tra versed were somewhat above 400,000 miles, at an expense of 3s. 6d. a mile. On the South-Western line the Company e with the paid 12,8291. ss. for mileage to Government, and 12,576/. forpoor-ratesand Government,tax hets, eCompany while,accorwetetrnr to pe g to agr 7 re ys. 6d. a mile, so that the expense was 7501. as against 12,999/. ss. In Holland there was no poor-rates to pay at all. The coke cost about 275. a ton, while in the south of England the price was 265. And as a proof of his belief of the goodness of the line he held 4,035 shares, which he in tended to keep. The Chairman was cheered throughout the whole of his address which seemed to give the meeting the utmost satisfaction. In reply to a Shareholder, Mr.. CHareerre said the double line of rails was laid down part of the way to Arnheim, and that throughout the whole length the wor k s were constructed for a double line and all that was wanted to complete of the rails. It would be seen avenues of traffic . were opened, be very largely increased, for it f ra ro p T et t e h d e . convey ance h h ee that line amount h e w n ast of the fe it several wouldlaying bad been found i m possib rm l e e er t .t o our k sA e sa e u p ttt t hi h te e wn p ae a sx s s ta e gm n r g ee e ee rtdsi meeting, : o n , a t the water, r e , fagnededgsreaastsb?eeneee.fiet_tvhvoeuLlideeewn ensue e to pub lishOnth nd to postpone the financial statement till the same oppor tunity. Thanks were unanimously and enthusiastically voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. tehenesmugegeeesftiothneo.dti WIGAN ELECTION CWIMITTEE. decided that the Several witnesses, principally publicans, were examined and cross-examined yesterday, but Aothing was elicited by which a direct agency could be p roved. Ho T n h . elected a burgess to serve in the present Parliament for the borough of e ja C m o e m s m L i i t n t d e s e ay th h en ad u b n e a e n n im d ou ti el v Wigan. . The Committee then adjourned. The resolution will be reported to the House at its meeting after the Easter recess. House IB46.—The following is the Listof Gover nors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing, viz.:— John William i R. Robinson, FOR t eaGDt°lll:,;lils,c%RqS:ll. 0 : J 1 11D i: 11 :O p n V u ,G o vernor . iy rtl . : : : oy . v e r n 0 r . Henn James Prescott, Esq Bart. Arthur Edward Campbell, Esq. John aorsley Palmer, Esq. t. William Cotton, Esq. Bonamy Dawes, Esq. Chas. Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. Christopher Pearce, Esq. Thomson liankev, jun. , E. Weguelin . , J 1 1 0 , hi William i G a n e i l I Little,ibr i d Esq.lb bar d , Esq. ' Dsj i aa r mv ;Q :s in i :o r a r : R t v er t a a i i : s etk l ° , teh il i, E li ' ja se s l ui qi n : (1 . James Malcolmson, Esq. Tholes Chas. smith, Esq. reputy-Goverhor will he Humphrey St• John Mildmay, Win. Thompson, Esq., Ald. Thom as Esq. Thou , jun., E s q . James Morris, Esq. held at the Bank on Tuesday, the lith of April, and for SheffieldDi- G soTrhgea election leNe Wardsteiao rectors on Wednesday, the 15th of April, from ten o'clock in the &mom till tour o'cleckila the t izoola . eN' for Governor and L o r g m q ' a n , E.q• Fr E a n % wason, Esp. IMP.A.NIES. Amount of Share. Paid. 3/. 10e 6 per cent. 6/. per cent, 13s. 6d. pr sh. 7s. per share 51. per cent. 103. 6s. f 5 per et., j& 30s.bs. 51. per cent. 5% per cent. Si. per cent. 61. per cent. Si. per cent. 6/. and bonus 12e. 11. eh. & be. 11. is. 10s. 103. Si. per cent. 4%1. per ct. 51. per cent. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 3/. p. ct. & bs. 5/. per cent. 1/. ss. 4s. Si. per cent. 61. 105. 1/. 6s. 105(1. pr cnt DOCKS. Dividend Amount per •f Annum. share. X s. d. 3/. per cent. Stock. 61. pr cent. Stock. 1/. per sh. 100 0 0 51. pr cent. , Stock. ' 5 per cent. Stock. 41. per cent. 50 0 0 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per if Paid. Price Annum. Share. X 5. a. 9. d 1 Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 165 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 151 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 224 Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 161 National Bank 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 143( Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 92 Western Bank 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 73 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 7% Clydesdale Bank.. 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 13% Eastern Bank 5/. per cent. - 10 0 I 11 Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 4 34 Edinb.&Glasgew Bank 61. per cert. - 5 0 0 6% City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 13 Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 245. Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of Scetlnd • • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9% North British Insur 5341. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28 Caledonian Fire Insur lOl. per cent. 100 ID 0 10 0 0 24 Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 1934 Edin.&Glasg.Rallway I /.10s. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72 Ditto, 3 Shares 75. 6d. p. 5. 12 10 0 All paid. 1734 Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 211 0 0 163! Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 7034 Glasgw Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 19 Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 403 Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39 Standard LifeAssurnee. 51 per cent. 150 0 0 210 0 9 WATER-WORKS Dividend Amount , Name of Company. ; per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s, d. East London..• ..... • • Sl. 100 0 0 - 215 Grand Junction ••• • • • 3/. 105. 41 13 4 - 90 Kent ........ •. • • - 65 .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 57 West Middlesex .. • • 51. 55. pr cnt. 63 12 9 - 130 CANALS. 4 Price. companies. ~, .1 Dividend Names of 40 Dividend o Companies. 4 per Names of per Price. Annum. co Annum. X Ashtn& Oldh 97 51 . 55. pe l 72 Monmouthsh 100 SI. 160 Ashby-d-la-Z 113 1 41. 70 Mntgomrysh 100 bd. 96 Barnsley.... 160' 121. j 190 Macclesfield. 100 - 311 Basingstoke.. 100 - - Neath ...... 100 171. 34 0 lirknkkAbrgllsol 51. 85 Nottingham . 150 121. - Cromford ....1100 141: 150 Peak Forest .78 31. 6$ Dudley 1100. 41. - Regent's .. 33 11. Is. 25 Derby ilOO, 6/. 73 Rochdale 85 4/. 77 Ellsmre&Chs 133, 4/. 65 Shropshire 125 81. Erewash 1100: 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 Forth & Clycl , 100 4/. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6/. p. c. 11 GrandJunctn , loo, 71. 95 Stf7rd St Wore 140 281. 300 Grand Union '100: I/. 105. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230 Glamorgnsh .;1721 13%1. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 220 Glstr&Brkly i 00 - Strtfrdon Av 79 11. 105. - Grantham • .1150, 121. 100 Severn and Huddersfield. 57'; , - - Wye Rail. 26 11. is. 32 Kennt Ss Avu 39 7s. 6d. - Trnt & 50 30/. Lancaster 47 11. 105. - sey, sh. - Leeds& Livrp 1001 341. 520 Thams &Med 19 - Leicester ..• • ;140; 10/. 105 Worcetr & Leicstr&Nthi 8.1 4/. 60 Binning. 78 21. 44 Loughborogh ,142 701. $5O Wilts k Brks 67 11. 11 2 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 I e 0 0 1250 0 0 2 0 0 All paid. 3 0 0 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 4 13 1 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 i 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 6 15 • X s. d. 50 0 0 N &VAL INTELLIGENCE. THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON FOR 1845. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 9.—By a return, moved for in the House of Commons by C ommo d ore Si r C. Napier, of the weights, draught of water, &c., of the experi mental squadron, on the second and :hird cruise, similar to the return' of the first cruise ; the greatest inclina tion of each ship when carrying sail, and the greatest number of degrees each ship rolled, and the number of spars sprung and carried away during the cruises ; their defects on returning into port, and the expense of making the defects goods," we are put in possession of some very important facts relating to the above par ticulars. With regard to the expense of making good the de fects of each ship, the return gives the following as the amount : The St. Vincent, 120, incurred for defects made good at Devonport, on the 20th of September, 1845, 1251. 12s. 2d. For defects made good at the same port, on the 10th of October following, 4s. Other defects, of a numerous and expensive character, are also reported in the return as defects at Portsmouth, 13th of No vember, 1845, but which are not yet taken in hand, consequently no amount is furnished. Total amount reported, 125/. 165 5 2d. The Trafalgar, 120, new ship, her first commission, cost, for defects, at Devonport, on the 20th of Septem ber, 1845, 1041. 7s. 4d.; for defects made good at th e same p T o o rt ta o l n , 2 t 4 h B e l. l 6 o s t . h 2 o d f . October following, 143/. 18 s . The Queen, 110, for defects, at Devonport, on the 20th of September, 1845, 801. 14s. 9d.; ditto, on the 31st of October following, 67/. 15s. Bd. Total, 1481. 10s. sd. The Albion, 90, for defects repaired at Devonport on the 20th of September, 1845, 2511. 19s. 5d.; ditto, Ilth of October following, 20/. I Is.; ditto, 3d of December following, 513/. 2s. Bd. Total, 785/. 13s. Id. The Rodney, 92, for defects repaired at Devonport, 20th December, 1845, 2361. 19s. I Id.; ditto, 10th of Oc tober following, 281. ss. Bd. Long list of defects re ported on the 3d of December, but which were not made good at Devonport, consequently no amount is affixed. Defocts on the 10th of December, 1845, made good at Portsmouth, 947/. 18s. 2d. Total, 1,213/. 3s. 9d. The Vanguard, 80, defects at Devonport, 20th Sep tember, 1845, 4111. 19s. 10(1.; ditto, at Portsmouth, 13th of October following, 2,0061. 15s. 7d.; ditto, at Devon port, 3d of December following, 4831. is. 3d. Total, 2,9021. 2s. Bd. The Superb, 80, defects at Devonport, 20th of Sept., 1845, 54/. 19s. 7d. ; ditto, at Portsmouth, on the Ist of October following, 1,253/. 19s. 7d. ; ditto, at Devon port, on the 10th of the same month, 701.145. I Id. Long list of defects reported at Devonport on tha 3d of December, , not made good there. Defects at Ports mouth, on the 10th of the same month, 1,1011. 9s. 3d. Total, 2,4811. 3s. 4d. . . The Canopus, 84, defects at Devonport, 20th Sep tember, 1845, 1271. ls. 6d. ; ditto, at same port, 10th October following. 301. 7s. 11d. ; ditto, at the same port, 3d December following, 936/. 10s. 4d. Total, 1,0931. t9s. 9d. . _ The Daring, 12, for defects at Devonport; on the 20th of September, 1845, 18s. 6d. ; ditto, at the same port on the 3d of December following, long list not made good at that port ; ditto, on the 10th of December, at Portsmouth, 4021. 16s. I Id. Total, 4031. 15s. sd. The Rattler, screw steam-sloop, for defects made good at Portsmouth, on the 24th of September, 1845, 2271. ss. ; ditto, at Devonport, 10th of October follow ing, 441. 2s. 2d. ; ditto, at Portsmouth, 3d of November following, 1,6001. 15s. Total, 1,6721. 2s. 2d. Each list of defects is signed by the captain and car penter of each ship, and the cost of repairing them signed by the Master-Attendant, Master-Shipwright, and Storekeeper of the respective duck-yards at which they were made good ; comment, therefore, is unne cessary. The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, Commander-in-Chief of the squadron, was built on the lines furnished by the late Sir W. Rule ; the Trafalgar, 120, Captain W. F. Martin, was built by Mr. O. Laing, Master-Shipwright of Woolwich Dockyard, at that yard, in 1841 ; the Queen, 110, Captain Sir B. Walker, was built on the plan furnished by Sir W. Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, at Portsmouth Dockyard, in 1839 ; the Rodney, 92, Captain E. Collier, was built on the plans furnished by the late Sir R. Seppings, Surveyor of the Navy, at Pembroke Dockyard, in 1833; the Albion, 90, Captain N. Lockyer, was built on the plans of Sir W. Symonds, at Devonport Dockyard, in 1842; the Vanguard, 80, Captain G. W. Willes, and the Superb, 80, Captain A. L. Corry, were also built by Sir W. Symonds (the for mer at Pembroke Dockyard in 1836, and the latter at the same yard in 1842) ; the Canopus, 84, Captain F. Moresby, is of French construction, and was captured at the battle of the Nile ; the Rattler, screw propelled sloop, was built by the Surveyor of the Navy, at Sheer ness, in 1643 ; and the Daring, 12, Commander Schom berg, was built by Mr. White, of Cowes, in 1844. The Rochester and Falmouth dockyard lighters ar rived yesterday with stores from the Eastern yards. The Nautilus, 10, Lieut.-Commander J. J. M`Donell, arrived from her cruizing ground off the Sussex coast this morning to obtain supplies. The Blenheim transport, Lieut. E. Ward, agent, sailed this morning for Deptford. The Ferret, 8, Commander George Sprigg, arrived this morning from Sheerness, and sailed this evening for Plymouth. The Emerald tender sailed to-day for Plymouth with supernumeraries. . The St. Vincent, 120, Captain R. Grant, Knight, the flag- ship of Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Bart., was removed to day from the basin, and brought alongside the jetty to make room for the Oriental mail-steamer, which came from Southampton yesterday, to be docked, and was taken in on her removal. The Childers, 12, Commander J. C. Pittman, was re moved from the basin this morning, and taken alongside her hulk the Topaz. The Experimental steam-squadron at Spithead exer cised their crews in gunnery (target practice) this af ternoon. We regret to announce the death of Captain Charles Burrough Strong, R.N. (1819), which took place yester day, under very melancholy and distressing circum stances, the gallant deceased having ruptured a blood vessel. Captain Strong was Midshipman of the Irresis tible, in Bridport's action, and of the Colossus, off Cape St. Vincent. Served in her boats at two bombardments of Cadiz, and in several actions with Cadiz flotilla in 1797. Acting Lieutenant of the Genereux, at the sur render of Malta, and of Genoa, and capture of the French frigate Diane, in 1800. Was Lieutenant of the Pearl at the defence of Porto Ferrajo, and capture of the French frigate Carriere in 1801, and in command of her boats at the capture of a convoy in the Piombino Chan nel, and on other occasions. Was Lieutenant of the Immortaliti and Clyde, during the frequent actions with the French flotillas and batteries, and wounded. In 1807 he commanded the boats cutting out a vessel under the pier -head at Fecamp ; was senior Lieutenant of the Clyde at Flushing; constantly in action with the gun boats; was commander of the Bustard co-operating with the Spanish patriots in 1811-12, when he was wounded; and covered the landing and retreat of General Dunkin at Denia. His commissions bear date—Lieutenant, Feb. 25, 1801; Commander, March 14, 1811; Captain, Aug. 12, 1819. Captain Strong received pecuniary reward for his brilliant services from the Patriotic I 4 und, and has been residing at Southsea for some years. A better officer, or one more deeply respected, the country never boasted. THE TERRIBLE STEAM-FRIGATE. We were persuaded that it needed only a view of Mr. Lang's Terrible side by side with the Surveyor's steam frigate Retribution, also of 800-horse power, to convince the most prejudiced that, beyond all comparison, the Terrible is the man-of-war steamer. This has been ad mitted by those who have thought and written differently; and we are sure it will also be admitted, whenever the trial takes place, that the Terrible is the stiffest, has the best stowage, will meet a head-sea better, and in the essential qualities of a fighting ship is far superior to her competitor. We will say nothing about speed, for the Retribution has the same horse power, although of 200 tons less burden. In the trip round to Ports s'neetb, the performances of the Terrible were most satisfactory, and the experiments which were tried dis proved many statements which have been advanced with much confidence. She left Greenhithe on Sunday even ing, and anchored at the Swin Light. She weighed the next day, and from the Downs, against a head sea and wind W.S.W., she steamed to Spithead in little more than 14 hours. In this work she used only two of her boilers— those next the engines—only one-half her power, the en gines making nine and often nine-and-a-half revolutions —against a gal• of wind which kept a great number of vessels in the Downs. Thus has the advantage been shown of her four separate boilers, saving half the quan tity of coals. She can steam with one, two, three, and when requiring extraordinary speed, with the whole four; so that even 400 tons of coals would last her twenty days, if she had not an opportunity of using her sails, which, however, she could spread with very great ad vantage on her three masts, before the wind, using no coals. We believe Sir Charles Napier asserted in the House of Commons that " the Terrible was the best steamer we have, but she could not fire a stern gun ;" and the Galrant Commodore has never acknowledged his error. On Monday morning the experiment of firing the guns was made. Every one was tried, the bow and stern suns on the main deck in a line with the keel charged with 161bs. of powder and ahotted, the bow and stern at an elevation of l 4 degrees. On this occa sion the concussion produced not a scratch or a shake anywhere, not even a pane of glass in the cabins, or in any part of the vessel was cracked. We have no doubt that the forthcoming trials will prove the Terrible to be, what we have always asserted, not a perfect ship, in every respect, but the most perfect and the finest steam man-of-war is the British, or any other royal navy, and that the architect who designed this ship is well qualified to improve on her lines in another. SHEERNESS, WEDNESDAY.—In consideration of the services of his brother, the gallant Lieutenant Walter Y. Beale o of her Majesty's 10th Foot, who was killed at the battle of Sobraon, Mr. Robert B. Beale, the gunnery mate of the Trafalgar, 120, the flag-ship at this port, has been promoted by the Admiralty to the rank of Lieu tenant. His commission arrived on Sunday, and was received with the most, gratifying welcome by all on board the Trafalgar. Mr. Beale passed for a Lieutenant in 1843. He served as a midshipman on board the Princess Charlotte, the flag-ship of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, during all the operations on the coast of 5) ria, including the capture of St. Jean D'Acre. The Horatio, 44, progresses favourably with her con version to a steam guard-ship. She has been found in excellent condition, her timbers and plankings being per fectly sound ; her topsides, which had been stripped for the formation of new and fewer ports, are re•planked, end her decks are now being opened for the reception of her engines and boilers. The Tribune, tender to the Blazer steam surveying vessel, having completed her refit, has returned to her station at Harwick. The Tribune, a new 26-gun frigate of the Vestal class, • is ordered to be laid down here. She is to be of precisely the same dimensions as the Alarm, recently launched at this dockyard, and as the Diamond, now building here, whose dimensions have been previously given. The Brilliant, 22, Captain B. B. Watson. C. 8., is taking her guns on board, and will haul out of the basin next week. She still wants from fifty to sixty hands to complete her complement. Some fifteen or sixteen, whom Captain Watson had clothed from head to foot, had the base ingratitude to cut and run the other day while on shore on a few days' leave. The following is the armament of the Brilliant, viz.:—On the main deck, six 68-pounders and ten long 32-pounders ; on the spar deck, four 32-pounder carronades and two 56-pounders, 88 cwt. each (on pivots), one of which is fitted on the forecastle, the other abaft the mizen mast. Orders have been received here for the Warspite, 50, Captctin Provo P. Wallis, arrived at Plymouth from the Mediterranean, to be paid off into ordinary at Chatham, where she will be surveyed, and, if found fit, will be re fitted for commission. The Worcester, Chichester, and Conquestaddr, 50-gun frigates, continue their fittings for commission. The Cornwall is ready, but it is thought will not be commissioned at present. In harbour— Trafalgar, 120, flag-ship ; Ocean, 80, Raven, and Wildfire and African steam-vessels. THE ROYAL ARTILLERY. WOOLWICH, Arm. 9.—The non-commissioned offi cers and men appointed to form the 10th battalion of Royal Artillery, assembled at two o'clock, P.m., to-day on the ground, mounting parade in heavy marching order, in the presence of Major-General Sir H. D. Ross, K.C.B , Deputy Adjutant-General of Artillery; Colonel Turner, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Bastard, Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon, Lieutenant-Colonel Blach ley, and Lieutenant-Colonel Strangways, the latter having the command of the battalion. Brigade-Major Cuppage and the captains appointed to each of the eight companies, Captain Grant, Ist company ; Captain Mit chell, 2d company ; Captain Beresford, 3d company ; Second Captain Dickson, in the absence of Cap tain Crawford, 4th company ; Captain St. George, sth company ; Captain Nedhain, 6th company ; Cap tain Fraser, 7th company ; and Captain Warde, Bth company, were present, to inspect the kit of the men, which was done on the barrack field, and they were then marched to the quarters assigned to them, and will commence messing together for the first time to-day. At ten minutes before nine o'clock, A.M., 1 sergeant, 2 corporals, and 70 privates of the Royal Marines, left Roff's Wharf, for Blackwell, under the command of Lieutenant M‘iiillop, for a pas sage to Gravesend, en route to Chatham, to make room in the barracks at Woolwich for the men of the 10th battalion. ENROLLED PENSIONEWL—Two companies have been formed from the pensioners of the Royal Navy and Marines, to be added to the two companies of the Wool wich division, under Captain Forbes, and they are to be called out on the 11th of next month for drill, previous to the assembling of the whole of the pensioners in the London district, for review in Hyde-park in the latter part of May next. ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. The annual meeting of this Company was held yester day, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate- street. Andrew Colville, Esq., was called to the chair, the President of the Company having died recently. There was a more than usually large attend ance o f p ropr i etors upon t h e occasion. The SECRETARY then read the report of the directors for the past year, which congratulated the proprietors that for the past year their expectations, notwithstand ing it was a year of great depression, had not only been realised, but considerably surpassed. That the accounts of the Company for the past year, as compared with the year 1844, exhibited the gratifying fact of considerable augmentation ; for instance, each item under the head for freight and passage money, outward, homeward, and international, showed an increase, which, in the aggre gate, amounted, upon freight, to cover 5,3581., and upon passage money to over 16,4491.—making a total upon these two items of over 21,8001. The report concluded by an expression of satisfaction of the good conduct of the officers of the Company, and by declaring a divi dend of 3 per cent. per share, or at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital for the half-year up to last December. The statement of the account of the Company's re ceipts and disbursements for the past year was then handed about, by which it appeared that the total dis bursements amounted to 274,5881. ss. 5d., which left a surplus of 111,8801. 15s. 11d. Mr. STEWART congratulated the meeting upon the prosperous state of their affairs, and said he considered that the thanks of the Company were due to the directors for the admirable manner in which they had conducted their affairs, particularly when he reminded the meeting that now they had a very large sum to their credit, while, in the year 1842, they were considerably in debt to the shipping account. He hoped they would ere long have the gratification to have a dividend of 7 per cent. declared, instead of s. —(Hear.) He thought that he, in common with all the other shareholders, was called upon to express his warmest approval of the manner in which their affairs had been administered by the di rectors.—(Hear, hear.) The report was then unanimously adopted, the vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors passed by accla mation, Captain Sheppard elected as chairman, in the room of Mr. Irving, deceased ; the auditors re-elected, and the meeting separated. STATIONS of the BRITISH ARMY ON THE FIRST OF APRIL. (From the United Service Journal.) Where two places are mentioned, the last-named is that at which the dep6t of the regiment is stationed. 41st, Mullingar 42d, Malta, Isle of Wight- Reserve batt., Malta 43d, Halifax, Dover 44th, Dublin 45th, Cape of Good Hope, Isle of Wight 46th, Canada, Newry 47th, Dublin 48th, Jamaica, Kilkenny 49th, Athlone 50th, Bengal, Chatham 51st, Van Dieman's Land, Chatham 52d, Quebec, Brecon 53d, Bengal, Chatham 54th, Gibraltar, Fermoy 55th, Devonport 56th, Bury, Lancashire 57th, Madras, Chatham 58th, N. S. Wales, Chatham 59th, Dublin 60th (Ist batt.), Bombay, Chatham Ditto (2d batt.), Canada, Paisley 61st, Bengal, Chatham 62d, Bengal, Chatham 63d, Madras, Chatham 64th, Dublin 65th, Chatham 66th, Gibraltar, Clare Castle 67th, Limerick 68th, Chester 69th, Leeds 70th, Dublin 71st, Antigua, Isle of Wight -Reserve batt., Canada 72d, Gibraltar, Nenagh 73d, M. Video, Spike Island 74th, Portsmouth 75th, Birr 76th, Manchester 77th, Jamaica, Templemore 78th, Bombay, Chatham 79th, Gibraltar, Belturbet 80th, Bengal, Chatham 81st, Canada, Jersey 82d, Canada, Kinsale 83d, Limerick 84th, Madras, Chatham 85th, St. Vincent, Cork 86th, Bombay, Chatham 87th, Aberdeen 88th, Malta, Boyle 89th, Canada, Hull 90th, Ceylon, Weedon 91st, Cape of Good Hope, Isle of Wight-Reserve batt., Cape of Good Hope 92d, Edinburgh 98d, Canada, Newbridge 94th, Aden, Chatham 95th, Ceylon, Tralee 96th, N. S. Wales, Chatham 97th, Corfu, Isle of Wight- Reserve batt., Corfu 98th, Bengal, Chatham 99th, N. S. Wales, Chatham Rifle Brigade (let bat), Corfu, Dover Do. (2d batt.), Halifax, N.S., Isle of Wight-Reserve ball., Halifax, N.S. COLONIAL CORPS. Ist West India Regiment, Jamaica 2d Do., Nassau 3d •Do., Demerara, Sierra Leone, ice. Ceylon Rifle Reg., Ceylon Royal Canadian Rifle Regi ment, Canada Cape Mounted Riflemen, Cape of Good Hope Royal Newfoundland Vet. Comps., Newfoundland Royal Malta Fencibles, Malta St. Helena Regiment, St. Helena. CAVALRY. Ist Life Guards, Hyde-park 2d, Windsor Royal Horse Guards, Re gen is-park Ist Dragoon Guards, Exeter 2d, Dublin 3d, Ballincollig 4th, Edinburgh sth, Nottingham 6th, Manchester 7th, Cape of Good Hope, Maidstone Ist Dragoons, Dundalk 2d, Dublin 3d Light Dragoons, Bengal, Maidstone 4th, Hounslow 6th, Birmingham 7th Hussars, Ipswich Bth Hussars, Longford 9th Lancers, Bengal, Maid•• stone 10th Hussars, York 11th Hussars, Newbridge. 12th Lancers, Coventry 13th Light Dragoons, Cahir 14th do. Bombay, Maidstone 15th Hussars, Madras, Maid stone 16th Lancers, Bengal, Maid stone 17th Lancers, Nottingham INFANTRY. Grenadier Guards (Ist batt.), St. George's Barracks Do. (2d batt.) Wellington Barracks Do. (3d batt.), Windsor Coldstream Guards (Ist batt.), St. John's-wood Do. (2d batt.), Winchester Scotch Fusilier Guards (Ist batt.), Portman-street Bar. Do. (2d batt.), the Tower Ist Foot (Ist batt.), Barba does, Dublin Do. (2d batt.), Glasgow 2d, Chichester 3d, Gosport 4th, Madras, Chatham sth, Enniskillen 6th, Athlone 7th, St. Vincent, Naas Bth, Portsmouth 9th, Bengal, Chatham 10th, Bengal, Chatham 11th, N. S. Wales, Chatham 12th, Mauritius, Isle of Wight 13th, Walmer 14th, Canada, Plymouth 15th, Ceylon, Waterford 16th, Gibralt ar, Buttevant 17th, Bombay, Chatham 18th, Bengal, Chatham 19th, West Indies, Carlow 20th, Bermuda, Isle of Wight -Reserve batt., Bermuda 21st, Madras, Chatham 22d, Bombay, Chatham 23d, Canada, Isle of Wight- Reserve batt., Canada 24th, Cork 25th, Madras, Chatham 26th, Belfast 27th, Cape of Good Hope, Guernsey 28th, Bombay, Chatham 29th, Bengal, Chatham 30th, Castlebar 31st, Bengal, Chatham 32d, Fermoy 33d, N. Brunswick, Clonmel 34th, lonian Islands, Cashel 35th, Mauritius, Charles Fort 36th, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 37th, Newport, South Wales 38th, Jamaica, Londonderry 39th, Bengal, Chatham 40th, Canterbury ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sett,--Allow me, through the medium of your exten sively circulated paper, to protest against the imposition —for I can call it nothing else—of demanding money from parties wishing to see over St. Paul'i Cathedral, and which ought to be open free to the public. only let the party once enter within the door of that sacred temple, when he is at once addressed by a gentleman — no doubt brought up in Brasenose College—who de mands 2d. ; well, that is paid ; then there is 6d. or is. to see the chapel : after looking about him for some time, the party naturally enough wishes to who soar a little higher ; he meets with another gentle man. surrounding Es. 6d. more : he walks up l deman t o the gallery the dome, and wishes to ente r within the ball beneath 6d. isa n again demanded; must the cross ; but hereagainthesies. have their pound of flesh, and after this he must pay 2d• to see the clock. Now, Mr. Editor, ought snob things SG to Le 1 : I humbly Th e i nsertion of the ab o ve would obli g e, Sir , yoOrs su b m it they should not. obediently, A STRANGER. „,4 ' RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS LIVERPOOL, Anus, 9. STOCK EXCHANGE —The Share market still continues dull, but greater confidence is manifested by holders of scrip in good com panies, in consequence of the facilities expected to be given by the Government for the winding up of doubtful schemes. The sales are —Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction, 1% dis.— Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, % p —Bit ruing ham and Gloucester, Halves (7% dis.), 3l—Boston, Siamtbrd, and Birmingham, dis.—Buckinghamshire, 1 dia.—Caledonian 3 dis. —Chester and Birkenhead, 47—Derby and Crewe, 1 p.—Dundee and Perth, dis.—Grand Junction, 212—Great Eastern and Western. 1% dis.—Great Western, Quarters, 11 p.—Great North and South Wales and Worcester, lie. dis.—Goole and Doncaster, dis.—lltul dersfleld and Manchester, % dis.—Huddersileld and Sheffield, 3% p. —Leeds and Thirsk, 5 dim.— Liverpool and Bury, 6% p.—Liverpts and:Leeds Direct, 4 dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 11s. Gd. p. —London and Birmingham, Quarters, 25 1 ,4—London and Brigh ton, 62—London and South-Western, 76—Manchester, Bolton, and. Bury Extensions, to p.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (It), 7 p.— Manchester and Leeds Extensions, p.—Midland Stock, 144—Northumberland and Lancaster, 245. dis.—North Staffordshire. 2 p.—North Union (A), 206—North Western, 2s. 6d. dis.—Prest.n and Wyre, Halve* (h), Gs. 6d. p.—Sheffield and Lincoln, 2s. Gd. cLs.— Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. I, 4 p.—Ditto Qttarters. No. 3,2 s. 6d. dis.—.Shrewsbury, Oswostry, and Chester, 3% dis.— South Eastern, 34N--Ditto, New Halves, 10s. die. cx d.— West Riding Union, Gs. 3d. p.—Cork and Killarney, 1% dis.—Dublin and Cashel, 10s. p.—Newry and Warrenpoint, 4 p.—Dutch Rhenish, % P. _ isielic HESTER, Aram 9. Srecn Excerastor.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, % P. — Blackburn, Choriey, and Liverpool, 1 9-16 dis.— Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, It dis.—Chester and Manches ter Direct, 275. dis.—Clitheroe Junction, 1% dis.—Cornwall and Devon Central,' 1 gis. —Derby and Crewe, 1 1 ,4 p.—Eastern Counties, York Extenson, p.—East Lincolnshire, 9s. 6clAlls. Erewash P. — nectwood, Preston, an d West Riding Junction, 3 „', Os - Goole, Doncaster, Sheflleld, &c., I Is. Gd. dis.—Grand Junction, '212. —Grand Union, 17s. c. dia.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, % dis.—lluddersfleld and Sheffield Junction, 3bi p. -- Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 19s. 3d. dis.—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 2 p.—Leeds and York, 1 dis. c,—LiVerpool and Bury, p.—Liverpool, Ormakirk, and Preston, 14s. p.—Liverpool, War wick, Manchester, and Stockport, 19s. dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 265. p.—London and Manchester (Rem.), % dis.—London, oxford, Chel tenham, &c., dis.— London and York, 1 dis. C.—Manchester, Eux ton, Matlock, and Midland, par—Manchester and Birmingh 75k—Ditto, Quarters (a), 7tq p.—Ditto, ditto (B), c. ditto (C), 6% p.—Manchester and Bury Atmospheric, i 1 dis.—. Ma nchester and Leeds, Quarters, 8 p.—Ditto, Fifths, B', 7 i p. —Ditto. Extension, 1% p. —Manchester and Southampton, 14 dis.—Nor thumberland and Lancashire, 2155. dis.—North Staffordshire, 2 p.— Preston and Wyre, 34.—Preston and Wyre Extension, tbs. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, W 3 dis.—SheMeld and Manches ter, Quarters (No. 3), 3-16 p.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 218. 9d. dis.—South Eastern and Dover, 35s.—Ditto, Halves, No. 4. 10s. dis.—Welsh Midland, I% dis. —West Riding Union, 1 5-16 p.— Jamaica, 2614 p. LEEDS, APRIL 9. Yo S r T k °c Elt E u x is c io n n A , N l G O E s . . - 6d T . h p e . —slat arc—Easter P.— Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extensions, 17s. 6d.dis.—liud • E x a s o t r th e r n 31 Counties, jdi and 1 2 : 17 e l2 s l I t o t dersfleld and Manchester, 17s. 6d.. dis.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 334.p.—Leeds and Bradford, 25 p. —Leeds and Dewsbury, 3 p.— Ditto, New Branches, bs. p.— Leeds and Thirsk, 5 4 dis. —New castle and Berwick, 7% p.—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 75. 6d. P.—Oxtord, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 44 dis. C.-- London and York, 245. dis.—lloston, Newark, and Shaikh!, 253. dia.—Direct Northern, 265. dis.—Liverpool, Ormakirk, and Preston, 135. p.—West Riding Union, 3/. 95.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Roston, 275. Gd. dis.—Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 15s. (IN.— Buckinghamshire (late Itug,hy), 18s. dis.—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North-Eastern, 255. dis . — Manchester , Buxton, Matlock, and Mid land, 2s. 6d. p. — Manchester and Southampton, I Is. dis.—Northam berland and Lancashire Junction, 225. dis.—North Staffordshire 2 p. —North Western, 35. dis.—Welsh Midlands, gig. aucl, Carlisle, 31s. dis. RULL, APRIL 9, STecx EXCIIANGE.—The intentions of Government, as expressed by Sir R. Peel and Earl Dalhousie, have given au Impet us t o i nqu i ry for scrip, to which the markets latterly have been unaccustomed. Buyers, however, generally seem indisposed to give the prices de manded by scriphelders, which, in many instances, are equal to the full of what may reasonably be expected to be the balance of the deposits returned, should the company be compelled to dissolve. The sales are—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 3—:north British, Carlisle, 315.--Chelmsford and Bury, 88.—East Coast, 21s.—Glas gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 20s.—Grand Union, His.—Great North and South Wales, Bs. 6d.—Bull and Barnsley Junction, 235. 9,1, — Liverpool and Leeds, 23i—London and Manchester (Rem.), 1 1 ,i North Staffordshire, 41. 2s.—West Riding Union, 31. 83.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 18s. SHEFFIELD, APRIL 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Grimsby and Sheffield, 5 Ditto, Railway and Dock,' 2 —Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Freston, 21. 16s. 6d.—North Western, I!. YORK, APRIL 9. STOCK EICRINGE.—The sales are—Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn), Bs. 6d. —Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 11. 19s. 6d.—Newcastle and Berwick, 16% —North British, Carlisle Extension, 11. 12s.—Welsh Midland, 1 h —York and North Midland Extension, 31 —Ditto, New (East and West Riding), 8. HUDDERSFIELD, APRIL 9. STOCK ExcnexcE.—The sales are—Midland, Blimingham, and 'Derby, 29—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 3 dia.—Hudders field and Manchester Railway and Canal, 29—Ditto ditto, 15s. dis. —Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 3 p.—Leeds and Bradford, 44 —Leods, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 3 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 5% dia.—Newcastle and Berwick, 7% p.—Grand Union, 12s. 6d.—lltid dersfirld, Halifax, and liradtbrd Union, 3—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 1 —Leeds and Liverpool Direct, 2% —Matiches ter, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby, 20s.—North Western, 38. dis. —Shrewsbury and Hereford, 21s.—Welsh Midlands, 28s.—York and Carlisle, 31s. dia.—London and York, 1 y6 —Glasgow and Dumfries, % —West Riding Union, 9s. R1ST01:, .APML 9. STOCK EXCIIANGS.— The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, 8 •1; —Birmingham and Gloucester, 124%.—Caledonian, New, 29% —South Devon, 31%—Taft Vale, New, 1U U. EDINBIJROII, Arair. 7. STOCK EICIIANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 21. 2s. 6d..—Aber deen, Banff, and Elgin, 1/. IN.—Airdrie and Bathgate, V. 6s.— Arbroath and Forfar, 271.—Ditto, Half Shares, 151. 10s.—Armagh and Portrush,los.—Ayr and Galloway, it. 9s.—Ayrshire and Ittid,,e of Weir ' It. 10a.—Banffshire, 16s. 6d.—Bellast and County l/own 21. —British and Irish Union, 1/. 15s. 6d.—Caledonian, ex new, 61. Ditto, New, U. M.—Caledonian Extension, it. 6s.—Caledonian and Dumbarton, 1/. 103.-Caledonian and Northern Direct, 11. 15s.- Carn wath and West Linton, 11. Is. CA.-Chelmsford and Bury, 155.- Clydesdale Junction, 121.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 11.75. 641.- Deeside Railway,4/.-Direct Northern, 11. Ss. 6d.-Dublin and Ennis killen, 31. 10s.-Dundee and Arbroath, 391.-Ditto, New, 211.-IA:11- dee and Forfar Junction, 11. 165.-Dundea and Perth, 101.-Ditto, Kinross Extension, 21.-Eastern Counties Extension, 11.-East Indiatt Railway, 75.-East of Fife, 1/. 55.-East Lothian Central and Tine Valley Junction, 11.85.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 721.-Ditto, Half Shares, 131.- Ditto, Quarters, 171. 10s. -Ditto, ditto, New, 151. -Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton. lass.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 11. 3s. W.-Edinburgh. Leith, and Granton, 161. 10s.-Dltte, Preference, 191.-Edinburgh and Northern, it. Bs-Ditto, Newport, 75. 6d.-Ditto, Lochgelly, 9s. Gd. -Edinburgh and Peebles, I/. Is.-Edinburgh and Perth, 2/. 7s. 6d.- Edinburgh, Portobello, and Musselburgh, 11. 10s.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 11. 135.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 70/. 195.-Ditto, New Stock, 241.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 171. 10s.-Glasgow Belfast Union, 1/. U.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, I/. -Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 1/. 145.-Glasgow and (I arnkirk, 401. 101.-Glasgow Gene ral Terminus, 91. ss.- Glasgow and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, New Stock, 101.-Ditto, Preference, 1/. 155.-Glasgow Harbour Gland Junction, 11. 10s.- Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 11. I ss.- Glasgow. Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 11. 55.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and Les inahagow, 11. 155.-Granton Junction, 195.-Great County Down. IL 10s.-Great North of Scotland, 11. 125.--. Great North and South Wales, Ss. 10d.-Inverness and Elgin, 175.-Lanark and Lothians„ 11. 155.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, 11. Bs.-London and Houns low, 11.-London and Manchester (Rastrick), 21. 155.-London and Manchester (Rem.), 1/. 28. 6d.-London and York, 1/. Halt Shares, 21.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 1/. Bs.-Morziy shire, 21.-Newcastle and Berwick, 16/. 10s.-Newry .and London derry, 11. 75.-North British, 24/. 10s.-Ditto Halves, 81.-. Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 11. 125.--Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 155.-2( orth Wales Mineral, 13'.-Ditto, New, 31. 55.-Perth ani Crieff Direct, 11. 12s. Gd. -Perth and Inverness, 1/. 45.-Scottish Central, 131.-Ditto, New, 5/.- Scottish Central and Caledonian Junc tion, IL 6s -Scottish Grand Junction, 11.-Scottish Midland, 61. -Scottish Southern, IL 13s. 6d.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s. ewsbury, Oswestry, 1111.1 Chester, IL 17s. 6d.-Soulli 3l!dland, IL 155.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 1/. 2s. Gd.-Stirling and 31 d;and, 21. 45.-Strathern Junction, it. 2s. 6d.-Surrey Grand Junction, 55.-Tean and Dove Talley, 155.-Wishaw and Coltuess, 471.75. 6d. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY.—The quarterly ge neral meeting was held yesterday afternoon at the rooms of the institution in King William-street, when tl:e chair was taken by Mr. John Labouchere. A petition to the House of Commons, in opposition to the Charitable Trusts Bill, was read and agreed to, as the principles were considered both needless and vexatious. So stringent were the regulations, that it was stated, should the Bill pass, one of the metropo litan hospitals would be closed. The report stated that there had been received during the past quarter on board the Dreadnought, as patients, 17 from her Majesty's ships, 55iii from British and foreign vessels, and remaining on board on the Ist of January, 178. There were on board 162 ski:, 1 convalescent, and 3 tit for duty; whilst the number of out patients, from Jan. 1 to March 31, was 313. The balance of cash in hand was 466/. 15s. Bd., and the funds were in a very prosperous condition. It was also announced that the num ber of patients who had received the benefits of the institu tion since its establishment was 57, 767, THE QUARTERLY RECEIPTS AT THE LIVERPOCL CusTost-musE.—We have again at this pert a decreasing quarterly revenue, arising principally from the reductions iu raw materials and articles of consumption in this district. The gross revenue of the corresponding quarter of last year, viz., the three months ending the 6th of April, 1845, amounted to 928,973/. To the 4th of April this year, up to which date the return is made up, the receipts are oi,ly 793,424 L, thus showing a deficit of 135,549L—Lieerpo,1 Standard. INSANITY IN CANADA.—From the census returne of the United States, it appears that the number of the insane and idiotic in Canada is greater in proportion to the popula tion than in the United States. The population of United Canada is 1,199,604; the number of insane and idiotic is 2,376, or Ito bO4. The total population of the United States is 17,069,453, and the number of the insane and idiotic is 17,457, or Ito 977. The following shows the number of the insane in Upper and Lower Canada, in proportion to their oa m fn a ds le ols62 i: f i sc o sen itfcseia, lunatics,a . s n a_s ( t i 2t2 4 oh females — total male idiotP, and 178 relative population :—Lower Canada, s w nis i au t onB h md.b a e4l:7 p pBo o pt p ef u iryt i nci a iloc t a i ini o ie: n Li o at f : e g tb r ) e fe ater than the insane; while insane in ex piexplained n b id y far b t e b x e c c e l e i r t e l, e t 161v59i63:m4aa9imale has population a 4t cBs io m tobavt e lipe / cr7 e p; s elC - 9 . females — total i o aas t ldn a tiaa l sidvi 3 asai 1 9 titt 9 thhbe ; reme e 2 peinl 4 etut l edrein 4 Bhte ii r origin of the population. The inhabitants of Lower Canadaare nearly all of French origin —those of Upp er C ana d a British. DIMINUTION aretIim 0 FFI INCREASE CE. just OF issSlueLdAbitymosrd(ePrtroEfLtllice —According House of Commons, it appears that in the year 1845 there was an increase in the various public offices or departments of 2,267 persons employed. Of these, 2,035 were engaged in the Post-office department of the United Kingdom, and 102 in the Customs. In variuus offices or departments, however, in the same year, there was a diminution in the number cf individuals engaged of 463 ;:of these, 396 were in the, Ex cise, and 49 at Chelsea Hospital. The total increase in sala ries, emoluments, retired allowances, and expenses during the year, was 129,8791., and the total diminution of expen- - diture resulting from the reductions in others of the public offices amounted to 67,754 L, leaving a balauce of about 62,1251. increase of expenditure during the year 1845. THE WEATHER.—DEPLORABLE OCCOARENCE.—From Sunday until Monday the weather was exceedingly inclement —cold and stormy, with incessant rain. Sunday was one of the harshest days we remember for a long time. Ac half-past two o'clock on that day, whilst the sea was rolling mountains high, two young gentlemen, John and Zechariah Dawson Williams, sons of our much respected - fellow-citizen, Mr. Williams, of Clifton-ternee, Monkstown, and Stafford-street, in this city, were walking along the shore a little beyond Bullock Harbour, admiring the neap; l ticent appearance of the sea, when a huge wave slashed and carried off the younger of those gentlemen, M r . Zecheriali Dawson IVilliams, who, we deeply regret to say; The elder brother saved himself 'by c. watery grave. tending, The to the rock upon which he had been s _ Let n in his 23d year, has not -1 the deceased, who was reatl ii• , discovered. The country all rou nd Dublin vo g Eang o,r• and much injury has be en deie. y , .. It is rumoured that the 1 ,) rincts s lt ,, yel and one 1 the Royal Princes will shortly arrive at t lel t IYIIIOII, anti remain here during her It!ajesty ,o con fi n ement. Fires are constantly in order that__ tit ,v• t principal rooms, s tpar ments keptin the the reception of the,RovllTFattlily at Gm may be prepared for. Bri hien Gazette. - shortest possible notice,— 9 A letter recently receivt d from Home givcs the fol , mvi ag - tatem eut :—" For the last few days a most extraor dinary r umour was afloat. As it is in the interes f 141 bytis of the greatest influence to hush the matter up rid be dif ficult to get at the truth. On re-opening the metre Argen this, the body of a young wo man i n a domino, and stubbed in various tiarts, was found in one of the boxes on the last row ; the body was in a state of putrefaction. She was, no doubt, assassinated at the last festival of the Carnival, since which tinie the theatre has been closed. The PsrPs. tration of this crime is attribute/4 to jealousy. The name of the victim has.not transpired." The Austrian Censorship has placed the whole stock of a Leipzic bookseller; under seqUestration, and forbidden the Viennese booksellers to purchase any part of Ale seine. The cause cf this citreme mzasure is a pamphlet issued frbra the shop of the "aboi - e publisher; and circulated clandestinely. in Hungary, containing, as it' alleged, seditious languagc.--_ Augsburg Gazette TILE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, IE46 .