The Sun. — London, England, 1852-02-23 00:00:00

FRANCE. The receipts of the Orleans and Bordeaux Railroad Company for the month of January last amount to 452,31.5 f., being an increase o f 164,436 f. as comp The aced with the corresponding month of the year 1851. receipts from the Ist of July last to th being an in crease of 1,032,641 f., as compared w ith the corre sponding period of the preceding year. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Feb. 19 : ASSETS. Cash in hand ••• •-• Ditto in branch banks ••• Bills past due t yet ••• due, • of •• • Bills discounted, but no which 13,915,29 91 . Oc. wer e received from the Branch Banks ..• ..• Bills in the branch banks ~• ••• Advances on coins and ingots... Ditto by the braneh banks ••• Ditto on French p ublic securities ••• Ditto by branch banks— Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... Ditto to the State on the Treaty of 30th J u ne, 1848 •• • •• • • • • Ad va nced to the City of Paris on the Previsional Loan of 20,000,000 f. ... Kentes of the reserve fund ••• ••• • Rentes, disposable funds Investments of the new branch • bank;iii the public funds ••• Hotel and furniture of • the Bank • Real property of the branch banks . Interest in National Discount Bank Ditto branch banks Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the Branch Banks ... Miscellaneous LIABILITIES. ... f. 466,279,023 17 . . 112,065,063 0 217,726 7 43,297,328 37 70,704,538 0 213,600 0 3,131,358 0 17,035,636 10 2,724,266 0 50,000,000 0 75,000,000 0 10,000,000 0 10,000,000 0 42,683,040 83 12,952,725 74 4,000,000 0 3,416,771 0 200,000 0 103,000 0 140,655 33 179,541 0 194,322 72 f. 924.538,595 33 Capital ... ••. •.. ••• ... f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of tho Branch Banks ... ••• 23,350,000 0 ••• ... ... ••• 10,000,000 Reserve fund ') Ditto of tho branch banks ••• ... 2,980,750 14 Resurve-immobiliere ... ••• ... 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circu lation ••• ... 440,674,000 0 Ditto of the branch ba nks ••• ... 125,360,400 0 Ditto to order (punt-billa) ••• ... 6,630,764 88 Account-current with Treasury creditor 91,768,250 62 Various accounts current ... ... 110,363,232 40 Ditto in branches ... ... ... 26,404,162 C Bills payable at sight ... ••• 9,099,000 0 Ditto at branches ••• • ••• 3,087,566 0 Dividends payable • • ••• 601,419 25 Lic : uidation of the Algiers Bank ... 4,850 0 Expenses anticipated ~. ••• ... 112,993 4 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 355,911 _ 9 Ditto of branch banks ... ••• ... 607,755 0 0 R e -discounts of the last six mout hs ••• 168,450 0 Ditto in branch banks .. •.. ... 240,432 Interest on prutcbted bills ••• .. 383,5)9 41 „ tiseciLt2eutLi ... ... ... ... 444 759 50 f. 924,538,595 33 Certified by the Governor of the B D ank. 'ARGOUT. It unpec.:a from thL preceding account that the cash in h an d has increased by 3,796,000 r, The commercial bills discounted have decreand by 1,671,000 f. The Sink noses in circulation have decreased by 6,123,000 f. The balancia to the credit of the Treasury has ineres:acd by 609,000 f. The sundry credits have decreased by 3,110,000 f. THE ARNIY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) STANDARD HEIGHT OF RECRITITS.—The standard height for recruits in the Royal Artillery has been lowered to 5 feet 64 inches. THE MILITIA.--We understand that it is intended by the Government to abandon the plan of forming Corps of Local Militia, and to place the regular Militia in an efficient state, by completing the establishment of each regiment by ballot. bTAFF OFFICERS OF PENSIONERS.—Tho increase in the number of Steil officers of pensioners will take place from the Ist of April; Plymouth will be increased from two to three officers, and Belfast will have an additional one. The Commissariat Depertment, under Deputy Com missary Dobree, will be broken up in Ireland next spring. W. Booth, Esq., Clerk of Survey of the Ord nsnce Department, Dublin Castle, will take charge of it. CAVALRY STABLES.--in improvement iu the venti lation of the Troop-stables of the Re) al Horse Artillery, in Ireland, has been ordered by the Ordnance De partment. CHANGE OF QUARTERS. —Tl'.3 following change of quarters in the Infantry 11 giments is about to take place in the course of a few deys:-931 (Scotland) to Weedon; 4th (Weedon) to Ashton; 21st (Newcastle) to Hull; 281 (Manchester) to Newcastle; 46th (Preston) to Manchester; 50th (Ashton) to Preston; 85th (Hull) to Pertsmouth. CONTINGENT ALLOWANCE.—One effect of the aug mentation of certain regiments of the line by ten men per company, will be to give the captains sixpence per diem extra contingent allowance. The otliccas of the sth, or South-West Regiment of Royal Jersey Militia, have recently paid Colonels Pipon and Marret the compliment of asking them to sit for their portraits. HONO-KONG ARTILLERY COMMAND. —Some consi derable excitement exists at Woolwich garrison as to the successor of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Torukyris Commandant of the Royal Artillery at Hong-Kong. Colonel Burnaby, who is first for that duty, has sent is his papers, for retirement on the full pay of his late rank. Lieutenant-Colonel Griffins, the next officer on the roster, seems uncertain in his movements; and Lieutenant-Colonel Lethbridge, if called upon to embark for that station, will also retire from the service. RESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNOR OF MALTA.--It 15 generally understood that the resignation of Lieutenant - General Ellice has been finally accepted, and that he leaves the command early in April. The Lieutenant- General has recently issued an order prohibiting all children, other than those belonging to the corps in garrison, from attending regimental schools. The reason to of this is Hot apparent; the only children who a p pea have enjoyed the advantage , now denied them, were the offspring of pensioners and widows. THE SURTEYING EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTH SEAS. — Captain H. M. Denham, F.R.S., who has commissioned the Herold, old frigate, at Chatham , and the Torch se steam-vessel, as a tender for surveying rvice in the South Seas, it is expected will be absent from England for five years. The rendezvous of the expedition will be Sydney, but the principal work will be the survey of the Fejee Islands. The officers have be en well selecte the Rat d, many of them having I , ?rved for many years in - tlesnake or Havannah, in those seas. The celebrated naturalist, Mr. Nl'Gillevray, who was in the Rattlesnake with the late Captain Stanley, goes out with Captain Denham. This expedition will be a most useful as well as a most interesting one. The Pluto, steam-vessel, will be com missioned in a few days to receive the Jackal, steam-tender, coast of Africa u , and will be employed, under comma nd of Com mer Wood, in surveying the Bights. We h ave stated that t h e Gladiator, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Adams, had been ordered from the coast of Africa t o the Cape of Good Hope. On her arriva l there, if her services are net urgently required, it is likely she will to England. Her Mej,s ty , a ship Superb, s SO Captain Purcell, is now ordered immediately home from' the Mediterranean to be paid off, her period of service having expired. MINING INTELLIGENCE• (From the Mining Journal.) The market this week has been steady, but not active —business in dividend mines preponderating, and, in 03 .0 instances, at increased prices, among which are 4 Consols, Condurrow, and Wheal Basset; while end Levant are at a considerably reduced - 'he speculative concerns are more in ence s I,ll,l.k.rie•e, in consequence of in el no;_waing improvement as ' I t there is a still fur- Is, to be effected seised, Teo the list of e_ service : Major-General Peter - Major-General Sir John Ise.. undermentioned Major-General Bainbrigge, C.b., - Major-Generall• T. E. Napier, C. 8., 100.. Major-General N. Thorn, c.a, 1001. a year, The In addition to their present allowance rzentioned general officers have been placed .- upon the pay of 25"a.tpefr generald officers receiving the unattached receive Mr. Hose- Major-Gener 'elm '— Major-Generaa_ Sir Richard England, K.C.B. Mr. Box mows_ Major-General Charles Middleton. strongly on the point, tiss, Major-General Alexander Mackintosh. ballot on the question. Joseph Patterson. The report was then carried amine. A special allowance of to the under-mentioned 1001. a year has been granted Mr. GRACE, M.P., then brought forware. brevet of colonel upon ,Etilu.tenant-colonels having the above alluded to of the remuneration to be aii, ait PaY, after thirty years' full the chairman, which was seconded by Mr. KNIGHT. pay service:— Colonel James Chatterton. The motion, having been seconded, was, after some of De-_ Colonel Lovell. discussion, carried amidst loud cheers. yeral times, Colonel Sir Michael Creagh• The CHAIRMAN said he could not find words adequate arras h"-- resulted • Colonel Pennefather, C.B. to express the gratification he felt. He had never for a quarrel resultçl in Colonel pennefather, C.B. to express the gratification he felt. He had never for a 'uglishman hadln h- - Colonel John Eden, C.B. moment anticipated this vote at their hands; but having early period of t the ors. the evening. 1- Monins Colonel Eaton • passed such a resolution, he thought it unworthy his vengeance, went into a butcher's shop,. name, unworthy his country, and unworthy their confi- of the evening, and on pretence of Colonel William Cox. requir.- donald dance, if he did not devote the entire of his time and meat that he had previously purchased, borrows,. Colonel George Mac • NT OF THE SERVICES Op T energies for their interests.—(Loud cheers.) He could from the butcher. Armed with this formidable weapoe, Ac KNOWLEDGMERE ROYALwalked assure them that when he found himself inoperative for about the streets for several hours in quest of the E CAPE OF Goon IIoPE.-- MARINE CoRPS AT THThe good, salary should not keep him one moment in his po- Irishman, whom he unfortunately discovered in the High- al'iid,,.. memorandum just • following is a copy of a circular issued sition.—(Loud cheers.) street of Dumfermline about eleven o'clock, when he ran up :au, the 0. divisions active to the commandants of th© resp 0. 1 the Lord Alfred Paget and Mr. Waddington were then to him and thrust the knife into his side. The Irishman, with the yes, Royal Marines:—who was a veryspeeches young man, immediately fell, assists.. Royal was carried engaged . the (Circular.) thanks. into a shop close at hand, where he expired in the course of turning in the tug to the es_ 1 Marine-office, Feb. 190852. twenty minutes. The murderer made his escape out of town of the revenue-cutter Active and a " Roya!dr. Reeves wasalso unanimously re-elected auditor Lords Commlssio without delay, but was apprehended in a wood, about four of the Active had taken the " Sir —I am commanded by the . ners of the company.fallowing whole papers and i,.... of the Admiralty to express the gratification their Lord- The cu milee from Dunfermline, in the course of the whole of the salvors assisted in towing the del,. Itis..or said he wished to name a subject and lodged "in gaol. into the harbour at ships feel in having received from Commodore Wyvill before theof breadNewhaven. The finding of two N.,- reference separated which had Goochto the HOOFING COUGH.—In Cornwall a sliceabandoned at once is a most unusual thing here ; the following most satisfactory report of the conduct of men emplomyeadataingle e but this .. t their works. at Stratford.. Mr. and butter, or cake, belonging to a married cotup whoseguff__ morning sortie boats belonging to Mr. John Andrews fell in w- 0 , the Royal Marines of the squadron,under his command. had brought under their notice the establishment of a Christian names are John and Joan, if eaten bye r ere with a Swedish • who have recently re-embarked from service with the mechanics' institution in with their under this disorder, efficacious remedy, the D d vessel, timber laden, and named, we hear, Majesty , connexion - army on the Cape frontier:— shops. They fouud.--Notes and A e ,• Mr Barry - could not vote any sum of mono for that though of course not always readily tic dead. body was found on board, and that is all the authen- °- . ' Lieutenants Harris and Reed, with the Royal Ma- purpose without laying it - yhe Q"eries* info • before the proprietors, and Valparaiso to information which has as yet reached US. THE LAW OF EYIDENt..... rifles of the squadron, have been attached to the 73d wished to recommend- AFFAIRS IN C —Letters from HILL that 500/. be voted towards theVOL amend the law of evidence in Sm._ Regiment, and in all the patrols and operations against establishment of that iastit • the 26th of December mention that on the Bth of that volunteers UNTEERS Fox THE ARMY AUGMENTATION' to the Katirs their gallantry, endurance of fatigue and dis- many men at their works at Stratfordutaon. They had a great month a battle took place on the plains Government9fLongomilla be- from regiments to be redaGed to those to be .1;i.: by the Lord Advocate, was issued on Wedn., , and ho. thought troops creased have readily offered their services. It is now un,e.i___ five sections. It provides that witnesses are nu. _ cipline have been the praise of the whole army, and I at the present time, when there tween the insurgents enlace Cruz the _3o lion existing amongst was so much dissatistac- which upwards of ,00 men stood that 20 sergeants, and above 800 rank and file, I °I" r eluded by reason oe c • rime, agency, partial counsel, r ale;riff* e • h .` feel it particularly my duty to represent such conduct to men and th • commanded by Bulnes, in The engagement resulted in depots peara ce wit out c their employers, that it a l5, 26, 30, 36, 42, 67, 69, 97, and 2d batta t dation, or precognition after citatiOn, he G -•-• their Lordships. was essential to keep up a good feelin amonst them. • - were put hors de combat. favourable to t co ernment. It is brigade will be permitted to volunteer to the Ist R Y „ but ybe examined as to credibil t A.- iy. A party to an ----- e And I have very great pleasure in requestin that Ho hoped they would give the g • kind of compromise inilee the opposing partiethrew 7 1 - s ,, 1 , 13, 16, 19, 21, 28, 33, 38, 46, .48, 5.0, sb. 4, 58, 64, 72, ''' action may be adduced as a witness, unless it is shown that make this markoftheir r. rig h' ' arrying it out. you will be pleased to ytheir firearms and fought with their knives. 19, 82, 85, 88, 93, 95, and Ist battalion rifle rig ~ ade in aid he has a subst • regiments to to h • London: Pr.- ming interest. A witness may be examined ~ nll2, Strae I approbation known in public orders, at the division under The meeting unanimously agreed to leave it to the away • -• of Normanby arrived at of the number of men required to complete these • • at the as having made a different statement. All laws and -' Ihe Marquis the StStrand, in the Preeasse your command. i discretion of the directors, and after a cordial vote of George's Hotel, on 5 Saturday, from the British Enahae in • I 850 rank and file each. These volunteers are to pin practice inconsistent with the provisions • • of thts Bill are to be I n I also transmit the copy of an order issued by J h kto the chairman the meeting se his tan s panted. the Rue Faubourg .. °- ' 4, a nc,r at Paris. ---sy ' end of this month—Shipping Gazette. repealed,. Middleeexi Dioncloy, Febru4... THE SUN, At Esgair Lee Mine meeting, on the 12th instant, it was found that all the calls due up to the 12th December last had been paid up, except those upon 100 shares. It was resolved that the said 100 shares be forthwith sold by auction. A call of ss. per share was made. At the South Wales Mining Company's meeting, on the 13th February, the late purser's account, showing a balance of 361. 13s. 2d. against the adventurers, was allowed and passed. At Wheal Sophia meeting, on the sth inat., it was resolved that the proceedings of the special general meeting, held on the 27th January, be confirmed, also the call of 105. per share. At New East Crowndale meeting, on the 10th inst., the accounts showed-Received Nov. call, 5061. 45.; spare materials, 4/. 125. 5d.5001. 16s. 5d.-Labour cost for Oct., Nov., and Dec., 671. 35.; carriage and masonry, 461. 19s. 10d.; smith and carpentry work, 521. Bs. 3d.; balance due to purser last account, 501. 35. 2d.; mer chant's bills, 1301. 185. 7d,; Mr. Mare, on account of the steam-engine, 621. 25.; agency and expenses for three months, 251. 10s. Bd.; leaves balance to next account, 861. Os. 11d.; calls in arrear to receive, 1081. 43.-mak ing 1941. 4s. 11d.; the liabilities being for engine, 457/. 185.; merchants' accounts, showing a deficiency of 379/. is. 7d. A call of 7s. 6d, per share was made. At Stray Park and Camborne Vean Mine bi-monthly meeting, the accounts showed-Balance last account, 679/. 18s. sd. ; labour cost, Nov., 1501. lls. 4d. ; Dec., 244/. 6s. 6d. ; merchants' bills, 1811. 2s. ; tribute and lord's dues, 2221. 9s. 8d.=1,4781. 7s. 11d. Copper ores sold, 3881. Os. 7d. ; tin ores, 601. ; profit on Wheal Francis, two months, 174/. 125. 6d., leaving balance to next account, 855/. 14s. 10d.-the loss for the two months being 1751. 16s. sd. Copper sold sth Feb., from Stray Park, 3081. 17s. sd. ; Wheal Francis, 5651. 15s. Id., to go to next account. At East Wheal Rashleigh general meeting, on Wed nesday, the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The cost-sheets for Nov. and Dec. produced, amounting to 641. 15a., were passed, subject to final ex amination by the auditors. The purser's account showed cash in hand 11. 55., and arrears of calls due 1464, when he was authorised to take any legal measures for the recovery thereof. A call of is. per share made. At North Basset Mine bimonthly meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts showed-Balance in hand last account, and copper ore sold, 3,0871. 14s. Bd.-Costs for November and December, 2,107/ 19s. 2d.; leaving a balance in hand to next account, 979/. 153. 6d. At the East Pool Mine bi-monthly meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts showed-Balance last account, 2481. 18s. 7d.; labour cost December and January, 994/. 2s. 10d.; merchants' bills, 2911. 13s. 4d.; dues, 35/. lOs. 111----1,570/. 53. Bd.-Copper ore sold, 8591. 15s. 11d.; tin ore, 2061. Ils. 9J.; water drainage, 1001.; re ceived sundries, 4/. 3s. 2d.; leaving a balance to next account of 399/. 14s. 101-the loss on the two months being 150/. 16s. 3d. The Kirkcudbrightshire Mine quarterly statement, preparatory to the meeting, has bean furnished, showing -Balance from the last account, 1911. 4s. 6d.; costs fur Nov., 443/. 3s. ld. ; Dec., 4061. Bs. 5d.; Jan., 402/. 183. 4d. =1,443/. 143. 4d. Lead ore sold, Nov., 3891. 14s. 6d.; Dec., 4461. 16s. 10. I.; Jan., 453/. lOs. Id.: leaving balance against the mine of 1531. 12s. 11d., exclusive of forty-five tons of lead due in March, value about 460/. and twenty-five tons in stock upon the mine, value 250/. Al the general meeting of adventurers in Wheal Benny, the new company was fairly started, and a call of 2s. 6.i. per share made to carry on the operations, and pay beck costs, amounting to 871. 9s. 7d., being the whole debt of the mine to the end of January, under Mr Murray's superintendence. At Wheal Pool (11elstone) meeting, at the Globe Hotel, St. Austell, on Tuesday, Capt. Medlin's report having been read, which gavo great satisfaction, the ac counts to the end of Dec., showing a balance of 2121. Os. Bd. against the mine were passed. Daring the week, shares have changed hands in Devon Consols,Alfred Console, Coin Bruno, Tremayne, Wheal Basset, Trelawny, Mary Ann, West Damsel, West Provi dence,West Caradon,West Ding Dong, Wheal Golden, St. Agnes Beacon, Duke of Cornwall, Gsrreg, Merllyn, South Tamar, Speedwell, Chiverton, Trebavab, Stray Park, Condurrow, Great Bryn, East Tolgus, Wheal Venton, West Wheal Rose , Galt - y - Maen , East Trescull, North Trelawny, East Wheal Rashlcigh, New East Crowndale, Tyn-y- Worglod (slate), Nant-y-Car, Mary Emma. Wheal Reeth, Carvannall, Mining Company of Ireland, and Wicklow. In Foreign Mines business has been done in the Cobre, United Mexican, Sr. John del Rey, and Worth ng. The South Australian and Californian schemes noticed elsewhere. DESTRUCTION OF LAGOS. Friday's Gazette contains, in addition to Commo dore Bruce's dispatch to the Admiralty and the list of killed and wounded published by us on Tuesday last, the reports of Captain Lyster, of the Penelope, and Captain Jones of the Sampson. The general character of the operations will have been fully comprehended from the accounts which have already appeared. There are, however, a few traits eminently characteristic of the British navy, which have not yet gained the publi city they deserve. Thus, in Captain Lyster's report of the proceedings of the Penelope, off Lagos, we read— " Having thus accomplished our object (spiked the enemy's guns), I ordered the party to re-embark, and had scarcely done so when Commander Hillyar informed me that No. 1 lite-boat was taken, and that the enemy were tracking her along the beach towards the guns that first opened on the Teaser. It was necessary to retake her, and we hurried down accordingly. As the crew of the captured boat, consisting of upwards of 60 men, had now to got into other boats, we became crowded, and some little delay occurred in consequence; all this time the enemy were coming from the bush in swarms, and poured a crushing destructive fire on us at pistol range. When we had shoved off, and while Commander Hillyar was arranging the boats, I observed something wrong with the Victoria, which was nearer to the shore. On pulling back to her I could only see Mr. Blight, boat swain, who said, ' kroomen let go the anchor with out orders.' I desired him to slip the cable. He re plied,' It is a chain cable clinched to the bottom, and we can't unshackle it;' as I jumped on board to look, Lieu tenant Corbett staggered up from the stern, saying, I have done it, and am alive!' Yes, he had cut the chain cable with a cold chisel, and in doing so received five different wounds, which, with a severe wound received on shore, rendered him almost helpless; his right arm was hanging by his aide, but with the left he assisted in getting the Victoria off to the Teaser. I have entered into particulars here , because I feel that such heroic de votion deserves to be recorded. The lines of defence says Captain Jones, were the most cunningly devised scheme for entrapping assailants into ambush that can be conceived." We have much pleasure in inserting the following notice from the Admiralty, which is appended to Com modore Bruce's description of the engagement:— " Admiralty, Feb. 20, 1852. " In consideration of the successful engagement above detailed, the follo w i ng p romo tions have taken place, dated this day:— " To be Captain—Commander Charles Farrel Hillyar. " To be Commander—Lieutenant Edward Marshall. To be Lieutenant—Mr. Hugh Hathorn, Mate. " To be Surgeon—Mr. Frederick Foster Morgan, As sistant-Surgeon. " To be Paymaster and Purser—Mr. Robert Henry Bullen, Clerk. "To be Midshipman—Mr. Bennet Finlay Byng Clarke, Master's Assistant. " To be Gunner of the First Class—Mr. James Cooke, gunner of the second class. "To be Boatswain of the First Class—Mr. James Blight, boatswain of the second class. To be Carpenter of the First Class—Mr. James Willcocks, carpenter of the second class. " In consideration also of special services, as detailed in the above dispatches, the Board of Admiralty have di rected that the following additional promotions shall take place, also dated this day:— "Lieutenant John Corbett to be Commander. " Mr. William T. Stivey, Carpenter of the Second Class, to be Carpenter of the First Class. " The Board have further directed that George Yule, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery, shall be made a non commissioned officer; and Charles Blofield, boatswain's mate, shall be advanced to be a warrant officer, on his passing the required examination. Excellency the Commander-in• Chief Sir Harry Smith, on the occasion of the re-embarkation of this detach meat, "I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient humble servant, " W. OWEN, D.A.G. (Copy.) "Head Quarters, King William's Town, Dec. 3, 1851. General Orders, No. 207. " In the commencement of the war Commodore Wy vill, with his characteristic zeal for the good of her Ma jesty's service, landed the Marines of her Majesty's ships Castor and Dee, under the command of Lieutenants Harris and Reed, for the purpose of joining the army. Circumstances now demanding their return to their ships, his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief has great satisfaction in conveying his marked approbation of the conduct of Lieutenants Harris and Reed, and of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers under their com mand. They were attached to the 73d Regiment, and accompanied that corps on very many arduous patrols, their gallantry in the field and their endurance of fatigue being ever conspicuous. (Signed) " A. J. CLOETE, "Deputy Quartermaster -General." EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY The thirty-first half-yearly general meeting was held at the London Tavern on Friday; Mr. D. Waddington, M.P., in the chair, " for the purpose of receiving a re port from the directors of the progress of the under taking, and of a certain proposed arrangement with the Great Northern Railway Company, and for the transac tion of other business." Mr. OWEN, the secretary, having read the advertise ment convening the meeting, and the seal of the com pany having been affixed to the registered list of pro prietors, the chairman called on the secretary to read the report. In accordance, with the generally expressed wish of the meeting, this form was dispensed with, as the report was already in the hands of the shareholders , and the document was taken as read. An abstract has already appeared in our columns. The CHAIRMAN then said—Gentlemen, in a ddressing you this day, for the purpose of exp lainin g those parts of the report with which I am desirous you should be most freely acquainted, I claim your unprejudiced and dispassionate attention, in order that we may discuss the questions upon which you may differ from the board of ' directors, although I hope you will not differ from the board,—calmly, and as sensible men of business, because by such a course you will best consult your own interests and promote the prosperity of the company.—(Cheers.) And first, I will call your attention to the balance exhibited of net revenue of 83,894/. 7s. 11d., with a balance of the previous half-year of 5,624/. Os. 4d., out of which we propose to pay a dividend of 4s. per share, leaving a balance of 21,275/. Os. 3d. to be carried forward to the credit of the revenue account for the succeeding half year.—(Cheers.) I am aware, from communications I have received from some of the proprietors, that with this balance in hand it is contended by many that we ought to pay a larger dividend.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") But, gentlemen, I think we have seen the error of paying the utmost amount of dividend which the funds of the company have been previously represented as able to afford; and the board, looking at the extraordi nary traffic during what is called the Exhibition half of last year—for it must be assumed that a large propor tion of our increased traffic during that period was de rived from that source—and that there would be no similar incentives in the ensuing year to travelling and traffic, it was thought the best course to declare only a dividend of 45., and to carry forward the la rae amount of reserve I have named. But al though, no doubt, we did derive in the ag gregate a large amount of traffic from the Exhibition, the directors do not think that the whole of our in creased receipts were fairly attributable to that alone, because it no doubt interfered greatly with the pleasure traffic from which so large an amount of the summer re ceipts of this company are derived, and many of the re• gular customers of the company who would have been compelled to travel ever the line availed themselves of cheap trips; but there is no denying the fact that the company did derive some benefit more than under ordi nary circumstances they could have expected to realise from the Exhibition. I hope and trust, therefore, the shareholders will approve otahe decision of the board as a wise and safe policy, for e ven supposing that we go on improving, as I trust we shall, and our receipts should show no diminution from the absence of the Great Ex hibition in the ensuing year, the money will still be there, and you may have an extraordinary dividend hereafter.—(Load cheers.) You will be glad to bear, in the meantime, that so far, our returns have exhibited a very satisfactory increase; for in the twelve weeks fol lowing the closing of the Exhibition we received an ad ditional traffic of 5,997/. 17e.—(Cheers)—and this, not withstanding the reduced rates to which that traffic was subjected, in consequence of the competition of the Great Northern Railway Company. Passing from our receipts to our expenditure, it is a source of great gratifica tion to your directors that they have the opportunity of stating, through the medium of the balance-sheet, that a large amount of reduction has taken place; and that our locomotive superintendent, Mr. Gooch, feels that this is not the minimum of your expenditure.—(Cheers). It is a source, also, of great satisfaction to the directors that in comparing the details of the expenditure account with past reports, we find that with one exception only (leav ing out of the question rates and taxes, over which, I am sorry to say, we have little or no control) that every branch of the service is carried on at a reduced cost. The only exception is in the goods department, and that arises from the fact that our incessant traffic required additional sacks to lend out to the public, and additional tarpaulings to protect that increased traffic from the weather. The expenses of these have been charged to the revenue account. After referring to the Eastern Counties and Great Northern policy in reference to the Newmarket and Chesterford and East Anglian lines, and the settlements of the questions in reference to them, he touched upon their arrangement with the Great Northern Company. By that arrangement (he said) we take upon ourselves a guarantee of the Great Northern for 16,600 1 . per annum, in respect to their line from Hitchen to Shepreth. I will state the operation of this agreement somewhat more fully than it is detailed in the report. We take upon ourselves a guarantee of 16,8001. per annum, for which there will be handed over to this company eighteen miles of railway from Hiteben to Shepreth, the eight miles beyond Shepreth to Cambridge b e ing our own line. The terms are, that the Eastern Counties shall not run less than three trains per day between Cambridge and Hitchen, the hours and speed to be fixed by o urse l ves . We book through to London ' if we think fit, and the Great Northern is to allow us, and we are to receive not only our own rates over own line from Cambridge to Shepreth, but the maximum tolls allowed by Act of Parliament for the distance between Shepreth and Hitchen, and 60 per cent. upon the other 62 miles; and so in booking from Royston we are to have our fares upon our own 12 miles, and 60 per cent. upon the 32 miles: over the Great Northern. In addititon to this we have obtained a bonus on all the, traffie passing Peterborough. Thus, taking any given point in this line to a given point on our line, the fare between which shall be 205., and the mile age upon each line represents 10s., wo are to have our own 10s. and 20 per cent. out of their 10s. With this bonus and the privilege of 60 per cent. on the London traffic, we anticipate that the 16,0001. drawn from one pocket will be put Into the other. But we shall obtain besides many contingent advantages. For instance, the Great Northern Company, being bound to give us our own rates, over all our own districts, or otherwise to pay a penalty of seven times the amount they receive, we cannot suffer in any way by competition from the Great Northern. In addition to that the Great Northern agree within a boundary mark, which includes Hunting don sad Peterborough, and charge equal rates to Lon don, there is a different boundary to be drawn close to their line, starting on the left from Holboach. After some further remarks he moved the adoption of the report. Mr. Rue seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. Mr. GEACII, M.P., moved that out of the 21,000/. to be carried over, they should give the chairman 1,500/. for his services for the past nine months, and that he should be paid at the rate of 2,0001. for the future.— (Loud cheers and cries of "No, no.") They must consider that if they could not manage their own affairs, they must delegate that power to the board of directors, and that being very large, it must be delegated to one.— (No, no.) They had a revenue of 800,0001., and their success depended upon the way that it was managed. They had got the right man to do it—they had his almost undivided exertions, therefore, he was amply entitled to the remuneration he had named.—(No, no.) Mr. NORRIS rose to a point of order; the proposition before them, at the present time, was the adoption of the report. Mr. QUILTER, in answer to a question from Mr. Box, said the amount of capital of the Norfolk Company re mained at 2,130,0001., on which they were entitled to receive interest and dividend. Mr. Howxs moved that the dividend be 58.—(Hear.) Mr. Box seconded the motion, and said he felt so strongly on the point, that he should be inclined to go to ballot on the question. The report was then carried amidst loud cheering. Mr. LEACH, M.P., then brought forward his motion above alluded to of the remuneration to be allowed to the chairman, which was seconded by Mr. KNIGHT. The motion, having been seconded, was, after some men employed naittduet discussion, carried amidst loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN said he could not find words adequate to express the gratification he felt. He had never for a moment anticipated this vote at their hands; but having passed such a resolution, ho thought it unworthy his name, unworthy his country, and unworthy their confi• dence, if he did not devote the entire of his time and energies for their interests.—(Loud cheers.) He could assure them that when he found himself inoperative for good, salary should not keep him one moment in his po sitiou.—(Loud cheers.) be L fo o r r e d th A e lf m re e d et P in ag g Paget and Mr. Waddington were then re-elected directors, and in appropriate speeches returned thanks. had aho pbs mechanics'r. Mr. e lTg e h v h t e ein s su w t as also unanimously re-elected auditor of the company . The CHAIRZAN said ho wished to name a en s t u wto b oo j trf e hk c ao- t purpose with y ou c t otd wished to recommeci under their o separated ot which connexion xtiho nob establishment reference tahb lis h theirn their works at Stratford. Mr. Gooch establishment of many men at their wor i k t s layingnot vote any sum of money for that that that 5001. be voted towards the b t efo s r t e ra t .t h fo e r p d r , op an ri d et h o o rs, th a o n u d g h h e t whe i n ns ta t h i a t e u r t e io w n as s T o h m e u y ch hadagreat up a go n o d d their em at the present time , . agreed tao p le l eo o ar y vd e 7 r sl, it that t it f the board their authority for feeling amonst them. dissatisfac tion existing amongst men Hwaosheospseendtitahleyto wouldkeep give separated. a vote o carrying it out. The meeting unanimously o the discretion of the directors, and after thanks to the chairman the meeting IMPROVEMENT IN THE ADMINISTRA TION OF THE POOR-LAW. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) BOLTON, FRIDAY.—On Thursday evening a public meeting of the inhabitants of Bolton, Lancashire, was held for the pu . rpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament in favour of such a change in the present administration as will do away with the system of keeping paupers in complete idleness or useless task work, and enable the guardians to avail themselves of the best means within their power to render the workhouses self supporting. by employing the distressed in works of a remunerative nature. The meeting took place in the Town Hall, the body of which was well filled by the middle a nd the platform being reserved for the magistrates, working clergy, classes, poor-law guardians, &o. The chair was taken by Robert Heywood, Esq., J.P., who briefly addressed the meeting, and introduced Mr. G. Stark, who appeared as the representative of the Poor law Association, to expound its principles. Mr. S t t a a r r k k , s a s f ° t e er ! I an ) : address of considerable length, in which he . vindicated the abstract right of every human being to labour for his own subsistence, demonstrated the failure of the Poor-law Amendment Act to carry . out the designs of its framers—showed that, notwithstanding the promise held out that the measure had been passed to mitigate the evils of pauperism and relieve property from the pressure of poor-rates, pau perism still , existed, and nearly 100 millions sterling had been wrung from the people for its support since the passing . of the measure—proceeded to refer to practical illustrations of the advantages of the reproductive system as presented its different unions, parti cularly in . Cork and other Irish unions. Although they were i n the habit of despising anything that ema nated from Ireland, asking, as it were, " Could any good come out of Nazareth?" still, he contended, the Irish people had the common sense to take the initiative in this matter, and the English people, in dealing with their poor, would follow the example of these few Irish unions if they had any regard for humanity and economy. Mr. Stark referred to various objections that had been raised by so-called political economists and mock philanthro pists against the principles of the Poor-law Association, and resumed his seat amidst considerable applause. Mr. EDMUND AsHWORTH, J.P., proposed the firs t resolution, to the following effect:— " That in the opinion of this meeting the subs titution of reptc , ductive employment of the destitute instead of compulsory idleness or useless and degrading task-work, is not . only calculated, under judicious management, .to ans!hoi ate their condition, by preparing them for a life of industry an d se lf- re liance, but that it is fraught with great advantage to the community by reducing the bur den of poor-rates, and diminishing the number of per sons exposed to the temptations of crime. Mr. J. WINDER, an influential and painstaking mem ber of the board of guardians, seconded the resolution, and in doing so made a statement of the number of able bodied persons (atiut a thousand), both inside and out side of the workhouse, who were supported by . the com munity, and not permitted to contribute by their labour to their own support. In very forcible terms Mr. Winder denounced the absurdity of the present system. He was convinced that the poor people were not only able, but most willing to support themselves. The resolution was supported by Mr. Parkinson, T.C., Mr. Richardson, several working men in the . body of the room, who made excellent sp eeches, and it was car ried unanimously. Mr. HICHARDSoN moved, and Mr. CULLEN, J.P., seconded, a petition to both Houses of Parliament in favour of the general enforcement of the reproductive employment of paupers. The petition was carried unanimously, and ordered to be entrusted to Sir Joshua Wahnsley in the House of Commons, and the Right Rev. the Bishop of Ripon in the House of Lords. A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chair mau, and another to Mr. Stark , t he meeting separated. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. —Appleby, Feb. 20. Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Cresdwell sr• rived here yesterday afternoon from Lancaster, and im• mediately proceeded to the court and opened the com . . mission. The good people of this primitive county town, alarmed by the rumours of removing the assizes to the more central and convenient sit e of Kendal, which were rife when the hereditary shr i evalt y of the county ceased, and tho judges were deprived of their accustomed retainlodgi t ngs he a ir t athnociceansttlper,ivairleeg. Newmeaking lodgings have b ee n vigorous attempts to provided for the judges, in addition to improving the court house, and a rumour of " a railroad to Appleby" is industriously propagated. It may not be without uti lity to bring suddenly back to our view the m anners an d habits and means of locomotion of our ancestors, and to compel all those having business at the county assize twice a year to leave the rail, with its business like punctuality and rapidity and comfort, and resort to ancient post-chaises, rickety phaetons, gigs, and deg-carts, impelled by horses _fresh from th e pl oug h, and driven by the rawest of drivers, not forgetting the ancient quiddam of Is. 6d. a mile, toll-gates and driver. To be sure when there is a much more important town in the county from which the chief part of the assize business comes, and to which there is already a railroad direct, in connexion with a trunk railway traversing the county north and south, one is apt to wonder at this, and to admire " that stability of institutions" which abhors all change. Nevertheless, this reversion to the habits of the last generation has its use, and we return from such a brief visit to the ancients to the modern rail and to the world as it now is, with a higher appre ciation of its progress, and of its adaptibility to the wants of civilised men. Their Lordships having this morning attended Divine service, proceeded to the Court house at twelve o'clock. The calendar contained the names of five prisoners, two c harged with burglary, t wo w ith larceny, and one w ith a criminal assault on a child. Mr. Justice Cresswell sat in the Crown Court, and disposed of the chargei in the calendar. Three of the , the charge of assault broke down, and p nsci tried,l the fourth his d y ui case,Lordship rd at two o clo c k. a charge of stealing some hip finishing the Crown busi nessprisonersocloth, r n CIVIL SlDE.—(Befor e M r . Baron A LDER SON.) The cause - l ist contained an entry o f two oauses , both mar ked for special juries, COATES V. HA.RRISON. This was an action on the case for slander. Mr. Bliss, Q.C., and Mr. Overend appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Murphy and Mr. James for the defendant. The plaintiff, it appears, was a draper at Kirby Lone dale, and had also another shop at Milnethorpe. The lived at hom e w i th h i s mot h er, w h o k eeps th e AdGeprfeereinindlaansttis a young m an , on l y j us t o f age , w ho in Dragon inn at Kirby Lonsdale, and who now acts as land steward to Alderman Thompson. The plaintiff heard a report that it was imputed to him that he was about to become insolvent, and he issued placards offering a reward of . 501. for the originator of the report. At a customer, and she gave np a Mr. a commercial traveller, as her authority, and Mr. G ree n, on being applied to, said, that being at the Green Dragon, kept by the defendant's mother, on the 18th of April last, the def e ndant ca me i n to the room where he last ho Green, tra ced it to was, and said to him, " gave you heard that one of our principal drapers - in Kirby Lonsdale will make an as signment before )10nday- nest?" Green asked, " Who it was?" and the defendant said, "It was Coates." This slander Mr. Green had mentioned to others and the news spread, and, as was alleged, brought the 3' in his trade. plain tiff's creditors up9 n . him, stopped his credit, and d id him tion that the plaintiff had failed some years ago for 1,8001.; that he then became a cattle dealer, and did not great lor ptehoeudnetafernydiannj.t7 it was elicited in cross-examina succeed; and that for several months preced in g . last April actions had been brought against him both in the superior and county courts to recover debts. I t a l so appeared that he ha d been overseer, and had been remiss in settling the accounts of his year of office. The Learned Counsel for the defendant attributed the origin of the report to these circumstances, and con tended that the defendant had only repeated without malice what he had heard commonly spoken of. His LORDSHIP having summed up, • found a verdict for the plamtiff—dama one farthing. The jury g for the plaintiff, and Mr. Berg GREY V. LEWTHWAIT E. In this case Mr. Bli ss , Q.C., and Mr. T em p le a pp eare d James for the defe n d ant . can t Murphy and Mr. The plaintiff, Miss Alice Gray, is an old maiden lady of upwards of 80 years of age, entitled to some property at Burton in Kend a l, an d th e defendant so built a shed near some of her h ouses th a t it narrowed and obstructed her right of w ay to them upwards of thr ee feet, so that a loaded cart c ou ld not now pass. Tho acti on was brought for this iufringement of the plaintiff's right of way, and to establish h er r i g ht. The cause occupied the Court till near seven o'clock. The jury found their verdict for the plaintiff. This terminated the business of the assise. Mti R DR arisinglN SCOTLAND. — A very determined murder, out of a quarrel, was committed on Satur day evening, in Dunfermline, one of the principal towns in the county of Fife. The parties implicated in the quarrel were an Englishman and an Irishman, both of whom were employed in the malleable iron works in the neighbourhood of Dunfermline. During the week they had quarrelled se veral times, and on Saturday last, which was pay-day, the quarrel resulted in a fight, in which, according to report, the Englishman had the worst of it. This fight took place at an early period of the evening. The Englishman, thirsting for vengeance, went into a butcher's shop at a subsequent period of the evening, and on pretence of requiring to cut some meat that he had previously purchased, borrowed a knife from the butcher. Armed with this formidable weapon, he walked about the streets for several hours in quest of the Irishman, whom he unfortunately discovered in the High street of Dunfermline about eleven o'clock, when he ran up to him and thrust the knife into his side. The Irishman, who was a very young man, immediately fell, and was carried into a shop clos e at h a nd, where he expired in the course of miles from Dunfermline, y, w tw it e h n o ty ut m d in el u a tes. The murderer made his escape out of town and lodged in gaol. l''A of bread butwas atappthreeheoonudresde ofin tahewofoodu,oawbizt dfoay, ROOFING LOUGH: In Cornwall a sa-- anc Christian i atiau butter,or names acake,re Johnbelon gingJoan,to a o r e s e r o remedy, under this disorder, is considered an fin --Notes and though of course not always readily dt It is Queries. the Bth of that the 26th of December mentiotne this h pins of Longomilla be month a battle took place (Truz and the Government troops tween the insurgents uncle! which upwards of 3,000 men commanded by Bulnes, la The engagement resulted in a if m eatenar r ied ily c ott:,:hpel esuffe rer AFFAIRS IN Cello:bat :Letter froomn Valparaiso to were put hors de the in e il'e the opposing part' les threw said that in the heat of kind of compromise Saturday,theßritish Embassy in Government.a r b al le an to by th a e rri , and ...taught with their knives. VE a the St. from George's Hotel, St• lioure, at Paris. awTayhtehei\,irifiarreaci Marquis na the Rue Faubourg --• fiavolNuro THE ARMY. The following general officers have been placed upon the list of officers receiving rewards for distinguished service:— Major-General Peter Brown 2001. a year. Major-General Sir John Rolt, K.C.8., 1001. a year, Major-General Bainbrigge, C. 8., 1001. a year, Ma i ,. jor-Gen era l T. E. N a pier, C. 8., 1001. a year, Auajor-Ge nera l N. Thorn, C. 8., 1001. a year, Major-G eneral S per d iem : ir In addition to their present allowance. Th e undermentioned general o ffi cers have been placed upon the list of en pay o f 25a. general ral officers receiving the unattached Richard En gland, K.C.B. Charles Middleton. Major- Josephlexander Mackintosh. Major - General Gera i Major-GeneralA special allowance of Patterson. to the under-mentionad 1001. a year has been granted . E r_u . tenant-colonels having the b re vet of colonel upon pay service:— o If pay, after thi r ty y ea rs full Colonel James Chatterton. Colonel Lovell. Colonel Sir Michael Creagh, Colonel Pennefather, C.B. Colonel John Eden, C.B. Colonel Eaton Monins. Colonel William Cox. Colonel George Macdonald. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE SERVICES op THE ROYAL MARINE CuRPS A T THE CAPE OP Goon liorx. It following is a copy of a circular memorandum just issued to the commandants of th© respective divisions of the Royal Marines:— (Circular.) Fob. 9, 1852. " Sir,—l am com manded by th e Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to express the g ratification their Lord ships feel i n h av i ng received from Commodore Wyvill Marine - office , " Royal the following mos t satisfactory report of the conduct of the Royal Marines of the squadron, under his command. who have recently re-embarked from service with the army on the Cape frontier:— " ' Lieutenants Harris and Reed, with the Royal Ma rines of the squadron, have been attached to the 73d Regiment, and in all the patrols and operations against the Kafirs their gallantry, endurance of fatigue and dis cipline have been the praise of the w hole army, and I feel it particularly my duty to represent such conduct to their Lordships. „ And I h ave very great pleasure in requesting that you will be pleased to make this mark of their Lordship's approbation known in public orders, at the division under your command. " I also transmit the copy of an order issued by his LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1852. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTIIER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the O f ficial List. tUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20. SOINT-AITOMIL B.A.lfill. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. be] Annum. Share. -- --...... lef £ s. d. £ 1. d. Gi Australasia •• •• •• •• •• 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - BritahNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 49 Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - ye Colonial.. •• • • ••••• •• 21. per cent. 100 0 0 21. 0 0 - fir Gloucestershire ••• • - 15/per cent. - - l o nian .............. 6 /.. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -- CO London and County •• 61. per cent. 60 0 0 20 0 0 - di , Loudn and Westmlnstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 29% Je London Joint-Stook. - 61. per cent. 60 0 0 10 0 0 - o f Provincialof Ireland• • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 43 r, Ditto, New.• •• • • ... 81 . per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - ,`-_:' National of Ireland .. 41 . per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Pi Nat. Provneial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 3$ 0 0 - ar Ditto, New. •••• • . • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - A. i n Oriental Bank Corpora. 7 1 . per ce nt . 25 0 0 25 0 0 _ BortthA.ustralla •• •• -6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24 Y , Union of Australia.. •• V. per cent. 25 0 0 23 0 g 35% i n Ditto •• • • ...• ...... V. per cent. - 210 0 - b , gaion of London. •• .• 71. per cent. 60 0 0 10 0 0 - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - m Union of Madrid .• •.• , - INSURASTGE GODIPATIfIES. h , • 7 Name of Comps'. Dividend Amount r end of Annum. Share. Paid. Price '' F ---..----- ---...-- A s. d. Z s. 41. -. 0 Albion ••••••• • •• - •• Si. 10e. 600 0 0 50 0 0 86 a Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s. fid.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 2134 f Ditto Marine. •••• • • 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 41% L Atlas .•••• .• •• ..... •• 135.6 d. 50 0 0 610 0 17% Angus Life •• •• .•• .. 4/.per cent. 100 I 0 16 0 0 - ' British Commercial .• 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 6% 0 Clericl,Med.&Gen•Life 6pr ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 263( 1 County •• •••••• • • • • •• 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - i 14s. 50 0 0 s 0 0 15 Eagle Egity and Law •• 4% per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 4% EUrOpeaa Life •• •• • 103. 20 0 0 All paid. 12 i General •••••• • • • • • . - 5 0 0 .. b% Globe ••.•••• • • - - •• 6/. per cent. Stock. 9, 134 Guardian ...• ••- - • • 51. per cent 100 0 0 414 0 0 55% Imperial Fire •• •••• • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 245 . ~ Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19% , f Indemnity Marine •• •• 11.04. & 6s. 100 0 0 20 0 0 49 Law Fire •••• • - - - 2s. & 2s.bs. 100 0 I 210 0 334 Law Life............- 100 0 0 10 0 6 46% 3 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 5% ▪ London Fire •• •• •• •• 10s. & be. 2 5 0 0 12 10 0 21 % L ''' London Ship ••• •- - 108. & bs. 25 0 0 12 1 0 0 21 % 1 d Xarine -•• • • • ...... 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 15% Med.lnvlid&Gen.Life 4341. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% Monarch ••••••• • .. • • - 5 0 0 1 6 0 19s. National Lean Fund•• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% ralladium Life ...... .. 51. per cent. 60 0 0 20 0 2k 1- ptuctox ..... .... 31. p. sh. & bs. - - 161 1, Profesiional Life •• - 51. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 171.6 d B- Provident Life •••• • • .• 11. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 frock Life.. •••••• • • • • ss. 6 0 0 010 0 7 36 i- goy - al Exchange .•• ... 61. p.ct. & bs. Stock. all 227 1- Sun ••••• •• 61 . ... 61. 10s. - „ 209 ir Ditte Life 11. Gs. - 48 United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct.Bc ht. 20 0 0 4(1 0 4 ?r Universal Life - - 10% ct.ixbs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - " Victoria Life • 51. per cut. - 412 6 536 at BRIDGES i ,•, Dividend Amount of Name of company. per of Paid. Price. r- A. s. d. A. s. 4. ?., Hungerford.• •••••• • • - - - 47 i n Southwrk ••..•• • • • • - 100 0 0 - - Ditto Nw of 734 p. c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 VO Waterloo •••••• • • • • • • - 100 0 0 - 3 Ditto Old Ann. ofBl. 9/. Bs. Od. - GO 0 0 2414 t o Ditto Nw ditto 471. 21.25. Od. - 40 0 0 22 o f Vauxhall.... .• • All. 21. 70 10 3 - 18 in WATSIR-WORKS ir- Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. • Annum. Share. -...-....--- 1 A o. d. A 3. d. East London. ..... •• •• ' 81. per out. 100 0 0 - 149 Grand Jar:talon •••• • • 1 4/. per cut. 50 0 0 - 67 Kent -••••••- •• .. •• 1 41. per cat. 100 0 0 - 80 sr- Lambeth .............Si. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 In - New River Company 2/. 10s. - - 60 en • Vauxhall'.. •. • • •••••• 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 West Middlesex •• . 61.05. pr cnt. - - 102 vn, DOORS. the :'re Dividend Amount ity NAM° of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. led _ _ - ;to £ s. d. £ s. d. ? , e n Commercial .• .• ...... 41. pr cont. Stock. - 90% East and West Ind' s-. 6%1. pr cent. Stock. - 14834 the , East Country ........ 20s. per sh. 100 0 0 - - )37 - ' London .•••• • .....• 51. pr cent. Stock. - 121 lti- Ditto 80nd5........ 41. p er cent. - - Ind St. Katharine .. •• .... 3% per cent. Stock. - 111% Ditto Bonds • • • • .... 4%1. pr cent. - - Ind Southampton ........ - i5O 0 0i 50 0 0 - C.111.N21.3.11. I Names of '. Divitend l Dividend Names of . Companies. , per Coripanies. A per Price ) .1 1 3 ' Annum. P r ice. ac Annum.an , —..—..---... —..--. I ................. .._ ............. .......... X X As htnk Oldh 98,71. p. et. 140 Macclesfield. 100 21.105. 50 Baraaley •• • • 160 Nos,* ••• • • • 100 1 161. Brknk&Ahrg 150 51. Bs Oxford...—. 100 1 13/. 135 Birmingham 40 41. Peak Forest. 78 W. mi. 70 Coventry.. • • 100 251. 200 Regent's •..• 33 11. 3s. 17 4 Derby ••. • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... g 5 21. 42 Ellsmre&Chs 69 2ii p. et. 88% Ssanrset Coal I s o, Grand.fanctn 100 81. pr. ct. 42 1 4 Do.LkFd Sit 121 IDo., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. 114 Stffrd &Wore 140 , 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100 21. Os. 3234 Shrewsbury.. 125 1 I;mnd Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Stoarbridgo.. 145 201. 290 Konnt& Ava 39 41. Oa. 5% Seven& andl 1., a. 94 Laneaater . 100 Wye/tall. i 251 "'" ". " LeedsBaLivrp 100 201. 405 Warwiekk / Leicester .. 100 51. 66 Birming. j 100 41. 40 LeicstrBaNth 83 41. 44% Warwickkl 100 3 1. 28 L oug hboregh 142 701. 5 1 0 Napton.. M on mouthsh 100 Worcatr & 1 1 Mntgorarysk 100 Birming. 781 31. 33 MeltnMwbry 100 Wilts k Irks —lls. 6d. 7 )( GA s..i.xawr AND CIONLB COMPANIES. ____----- Dividend Amount Name of Company.Annu per of Paid. Price* m. Share. .....______---- .......-..,_ -..._ --- ---,-• Z. s. d. Z. s. d. British •• • • ••• •••" •• 11 . 40 0 0 18 0 0 10 Ditto Provincial •• •• 11. 88. 20 0 0 20 0 0 1 0 51. Brighton •••••• •• " • • 20 0 0 - - City of London ••• • •• 61, 100 0 0 150 6 0 130 ContinentalConsolidat. Sol. 75 0 0 31 5 0 - Eqnitable -•••••• • •• •• 50e, ao 0 0 50 0 0 27% Swat Central:• ••• - • 51. 0 0 0 10 I 0 P 2 I m perial •• .• •• •• •• • • 31 . 50 0 0 50 0 0 69 Independent .••• • - •• 61, 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 London• ••••••• • • •• • • - SO 0 0 50 0 0 - 111. 2 5 0 0 710 0 - •Do., Pail. Pre ference Phcenix ~, , 41. per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 26 Ratcliff •••••.. • • • • • 4 l. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - United General .• •• • • 11. 50 0 0 ao 0 0 16 % RestatinsterCkartered 51. per vent, 50 0 0 - 4G% Ditto, New •••• - • • Si. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - z 1,31. or sooTrisa COMPII.2IIM3S' PRIG= Dividend Amount ' Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ________.......--- - -__ ...-.._.- _- 4 s. d. £ s. d Rank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10% Clydesdale Bank-- 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 121 Is Commercial Bank - - 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 177 Eastern Bank ....„ •• 61. per cent. 28 0 0 10 0 0 9% Edinb.kOlasgow Bank 31. per cent. 50 0 5 0 0 3% gzehangeßnk of Scot.. - 100 0 0 42 0 0 8% National Bank 6% percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15% Korth of Scotlandßank 5/.percent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Royalßank ofScetland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 132 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 86% Western Bank Alliance Piro and Life 91%1.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21% British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Incur, 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31. 16c Colonial Life Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 lb 0 0 21 Eng. Oc Soot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 1 3 % Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 6 31. 15s National Tire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1273.0 d North British Incur ... Cl. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 I 30 ScottishlTnionlnsrace. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 ,995.6 d 4tandard Life United Dep•Assnranee Sl•per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 20s Cd MISCELLANDOUS. Dividend Amount Rams of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --------- -- - Z. s. d. Z. s. d. ....... Assam Tea •• -•••• •• - 20 0 0 20 0 0 9% Li:Lotion Mart •••• • • •• 21. bs. 50 0 0 - 2634 &nstralian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 25 0 0 20 Australian Trust • • - 35 0 0 - Anglo-Mexican Mint ll. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 22 Ditto, Half Shares - - 210 0 - British American Land - - 38 10 0 - Canada ... •• -.. •• -61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 49 Do. 5 per cent Bonds - - - 101 - 106} {, DM*, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. per:cent. - "-93%, City Navigation Bonds 3} per cent. - Gen. Revers. & Invest. 5 p.e.kbs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 Eqnitable Re versieary 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 100 0 94 0 _- Ditto ]Tow .... •• • • - 50 0 0 7206 15 00 14 _O 0 25% Gen.Steamllavlgation 10 p. ct. Stock. Hudson's Bay ... ••• • • - 100 0 0 47 Hungerford •••••• •• • • 2/. bs. - - 78 15 0 6 % London Institution . • • - 25 0 0 25 0 6 - New Zealand Company - 24 0 0 12 10 0 Ditto. New .. ••. • • • - 26 5 ° pi - v. - 0 50 e ° -"'" ussell Institution • • • • - v. be 50 0 lO l _ PeaLnclr&Orient.Stm. 01• P• c•- • ... 0 100 0 0 cent. 100 v 0 0 0 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. Pr 00 0 0 6 23% p. share. 1 0 25 ° ° Royal Mail Steam •• •• 41. 25 0 South Australian leo 0 21 0 • . ...... VanDieman's Land '-_.........'.............. ANNNL .-...-BEIHTON, FEB. COLLISIONS IN THE whilesliaiet, belonging to Mr. W. "-after day-break, the crew of 22.—Yesterday morning, a fishing-boat, the Jani mac kerel-catching. about 15 discovered a vessel of about Tattersall, of o ri ff ril ti li e to c n , hoanin.hp i eerr , beam-ends, and apparently miles S. S.E. 160 tons burden, lyin g to be the Adele, laden with between She prove k. , o f wine and 100 pieces of brandy, and she papers and a considerable deserted. 300 and 400 thee regular ship's had on board „ v Sh e had evidently come into collisi on w ith another vessel, sum of mcin which had run into her with great v i o l ence am idships , end ripped up four or five planks. Mr. Tatter all of the boat, leaving ano th er o f his boats °with the owner the vessel, at once made for Shoreham-harbour, and engage d the assistance of the harbour steam tug. On re turning in the tug to the vessel, he found her in possession of the revenue-cutter Active and a trader. The commander of the Active had taken the papers and the cash ; and the whole of the salvors assisted in towing the derelict vessel into the harbour at Newhaven. The finding of two vessels abandoned at once is a most unusual thing here ; but this morning some boats belonging to Mr. John Andrews fell in with a Swedish vessel, timber laden, and named, we hear, the Dedalus, off Worthing. She had also been in collision. A dead body was found on board, and that is all the authen tic information which has as yet reached us. VOLUNTEERS FOR THE ARMY AUGMENTATION.: Volunteers from regiments to be reduaed to those to be . i - creased have readily offered their services. It is nor: e, ,?! . °l, stood that 20 sergeants, and above 800 rank and a ti i:)ll 'r'"" rifle depots 15, 26, 30, 36, 42, 67, 69, 97, and 2d brigade. will be permitted to volunteer to the lbsat_t:lt_oy,72,747,, 7, 11, 13, 16, 19, 21, 28, 33, 38, 46, 48, 50, 541 8 04 79, 82, 85, 88, 93, 95, and Ist battalion rifle of the number of men required to complete h 850 rank and file each. These volunteers are to Jolla at the 13 es e g r a e d g e ina ill ents ai t d o ' end of this month. -.Shipping Gazette. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DISCONTINUANCE OF ADMIRALTY LEVEES COU sequence o f th e b rea k- u p o f t h e R uss ell Ministry, Sir Francis Baring has discontinued his levees. THE NEW FIRST Lonn.—We believe there is not the least doubt that his Grace Rear-Admiral the Deka of Northumberland will succeed Sir F. Baring as the First Lord of the Admiralty. The other members of the new Board have not yet been decided upon, bte it is generally understood that Commodore Sir Thomas Her- bert, K.C.8., will be in the new patent. Rear-Admiral the Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., left the Admiralty, on Saturday, for Chichester. The Gallant Admiral returns to the Admiralty to day. The Pantaloon, 8, Commander Hyde Parker, arrived yesterday afternoon at Portsmouth, from St. Augus tine's Bay, Madagascar, which .he left on the 18th De cember. She was off the Cape on Christmas-day, but did not touch there; touched at St. Helena the 12th January, and Ascension, the 18th. There was no ship l of war at St. Helena. The Penelope steam-frigate, Commodore Bruce, arrived at Ascension the day the Pantaloon left. The Athol store-ship was also at that anchorage. The Pantaloon brings no news. For the last week she has had bad weather. She has been two years and eight months in commission, and, after being inspected to-morrow, will come into Portsmouth Har bour to pay off. Mr. Irvine, mate, and Mr. Dtueo, master's assistant, have come home in the Pantaloon. Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones, made her number, and anchored about five o'clock at Spitheed, yesterday afternoon. BRITISH SEAMEN SHIPPING TO AMERICA. AND CALI FORNIA.—We are sorry to understand that a number of our best seamen are proceeding to America, where it appears they are better paid, and some go on to Cali fornia to take their chance at the diggings. A gang lately paid off from the Southampton, paid their passage in one of the packet ships from London to New York, and were on board when the ship touched ut Ports mouth. Several of the seamen lately paid off from the Hecla, also paid their passage and embarked at Ports mouth to New York. DETONPORT DOCKYARD SAVINGS BANK.—At the recent annual meeting of the savings bank in this esta blishment the sum of 25/. waa voted to Mr. Scott, second- class clerk, the actuary, as a small token of the high estimation of the masters and managers of his zealous and efficient services for a period of 34 years. Mr. Scott, with great delicacy, declined to receive a present iu money, and the trustees and managers have since presented him with a handsome silver salver, bearing a suitable inscription—the product of the sum of money voted. Clerk in Charge—William Elliott has been appointed to the Herald surveying -vessel, fitting at Chatham. Clerk—Richard Mundey has been appointed to the Impregnable flag ship, Devonport. Diligence naval transport, Mitchell, master, sailed from Devonport on Saturday with stores for the squad ron at Cork. Camel lighter, arrived at Devon port on Friday, with stores from Deptford at.d Portsmouth. PLYIIoIITH, FEB. 21.—The crew of her Majesty's steam-ship Vesuvius bent sails yesterday. To morrow she will be removed from Hamoaze to Barnpool, when her compasses will be adjusted and her crew will be paid advance. The steam-frigate Vulture, having taken in coals, was placed on her moorings yesterday. There being no dock vacant here to receive the Are thusa, 50, Captain Symonds, she sailed on Thursday for Portsmouth. She had previously obtained a clean bill of health. The brig Pilot was paid off alongside tho jetty on Wednesday. A dock is preparing for the Sampson steam-frigate on her return from the coast of Africa. The Commodore-Superintendent has caused a minute to be published, cautioning all persons employed in the dockyard from furnishing information to newspapers. The whole of the clerks were cautioned in presence of the principals. On Wednesday a joiner named Hooper, carrying a plank on his shoulder in the dockyard, was driven by the wind against the south-west angle of the officers' department, and unfortunately had his skull fractured, and died the same evening. On Thursday a man named Medder, while working on a c aisson in the lieigtiam died S teato on ya E rd ri , d f ay ell in fr i o h m e s a o s u t t ahgeDevon Hospital., fractured his skull, an d Colonel Egerton, of the 77th Regiment, and his sur geon, Dr. Prendergast, inspected on Thursday the staff of the South Devon Mili tia. The Noble Colonel, the Earl of Morley, was present, with Captain Fisk, the adjutant, Dr. Butler, an d Ca p tain Ral ph , the quarter master. The directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company have at length entered into an arrangement with the Electric Telegraph Company for laying down the electric wires on their line. This will complete the communication from London to Exeter. It is to be hoped that a similar arrangement will be made on the South Devon line, the wires on which at present are scarcely adequate for its own requirements, and, from especially in stormy weather, area frequent management,uentsourceo of disappoint men t and vexation. SLIEEKNEss, FEB. 21.—Her Majesty's ship Waterloo, 120, flag of Vice-Admiral the H on . J osce lin e Per c y, w ill come out of the basin to-day and be moored off the north end of the dockyard. Her Majesty's ship Horatio, 24 (screw steam guard ship), has shipped and mounted her main-deck guns. Her ordnance stores arrived on Thursday from Chatham in the gun boy. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Cyclops has fitted her new bowsprit and jibboom. Her lower yards are crossed, topmasts fidded, and her topmast rigging is being set up. On examination it is found that the defects will occupy a longer period than was expected, and her being removed from the dry dock is deferred until the 3d of March. The very strong winds from the north-west which prevailed during Wednesday and the followiag day have caused some damage to the shipping on the coast. Early on Thursday morning the brig Polly, from Shields, for London, laden with coals, grounded on the Mouse Sand, and as the tide ebbed sank by the head considerably, and . lies in a very precarious situation. It is very doubtful - if she will get off again. The collier brig Rival, of Sunderland, bound for Lon don, came into port yesterday in a leaky state, having four feet of water in her bold. She struck twice on the Gunfleet during the gale which came on oa Thursday morning. Another brig (light), but whose name from the hazy state of the atmosphere could not be made out, was observed lying in South-west reach with her main -5 mast carried away. On Friday morning the Nore was completely covered with vessels, there being 200 under - I . sail. to% APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, FEB. 21.—Lieutenants—Sir James A Dunbar, of Boath (1842), to be flag lieutenant to Ad , miral Sir John Ackworth Ommanney, KGB., Com mander-in-Chief at Devonport; Hugh M. Elliott (1847) to study steam at the factory at Woolwich dockyard. Surgeon—Frederick M. Rayner (1851), to the He rald, 28, at Chatham, fitting for surveying service in the South Seas. Assistant -Surgeon—John D. Macdonald (1849), from rO the Royal Navy Hospital at Plymouth, to the Torch % 11 1. steam vessel at Woolwich, fitting as tender to the 'u Herald. I Clerk's Assistant—T. S. Chanter, to the Herald. It Surgeon—Robert Mc'Cormick (1827), to the North Star. 1%% THE HOLMFIRTH CATASTROPHE. HOLNFIRTII, FRIDAY NIGHT.—Ou the re-assembling i% i% of the jury. alter a brief adjournment, this afternoon, a i% most important witness was called, whose testimony ex -6cl plains ins few words the immediate cause of the accident. 6 ,, This was Mr. James Armytage, surveyor to the Hud % 1 dersfield Improvement Commission, who deposed to [ having made an examination of the waste pit and swallow, N by direction of the Government Commissioner, Captai n 51 od Moody. Mr. Armytage said that, in pursuance of his ) instructions, he first lowered the water in the i 6 ,,d reservoir sufficiently to enable him to exaniin: 'Pt the shuttle. On proceeding to do th o is i , h the found a very large stone in fronte passage of shuttle, which almost completely stopped n and, as it (es. smaller stones lying against the la o rg h e ere - the water into the waste pit. There werreotlithe,ree or four produced the were, supporting it. (Mr. Arm loc y k tag 1 100 pounds.) larger stone—an immense . b_ .ng 1% inches by twenty, and weighing the coroner, Mr. Armytage un3eesarryt iu g seventeen ;;4 On being questioned by whether th stone had been tentionally or not. It might s p a la id ee it was w ag a a s in im st p t c h s e sib ah le u t tdt e ie s a in y the waters been very low in the - have been so placed ha d b belief that it must have carried to the place where it was found by the been 1 - reservoir, but he inclined to t e . % force of the current. 1% After the production of some further evidence, chiefly 1 corroborative of the previous testimony, the inquiry ' was adjourned until Friday next, when it is understood ;5‘ Captain Mo od y will g ive his opinion, which will no dou bt have considerable weight in enabling the jury to come to a conclusion. VENTILATION OF THE NEIL' HOUSE OF COMMONS. The tone of Dr. Reid's remarks was moat unjustifiable. We are informe d tion he made,with(litiheg paint on the floor, which the o ex od ee au thority . that every requisi- Conomotmtisliseiorneemrsovoafl Works f complained of by him were would not sanction, was attended to; and that the drains .orSkhse from his ow n put in by his own men drawings. There have been many Dais tesekleinsgmshsdoswinn this matter, much misnage ment and bad f OH one side or the ot her, and i t i s quite time that further waste of money should be stopped. We are unable to recognise the difficulty said to exist in ventilating such a chamber, when money is no object, and provision for it cont em p lated ab initio. It will scarcely b© believed whe n we say, that 58,000/, have already been spent on t he ventilation of the new House co it s . ting vv , we are told, We must, at th e of Commons, ande engaged e d towork a stuff, 1,3001. a year, is g same time, take th e liberty of begging Members of the a House to be a little patient and reasonable, and to give new arrangements a fair trial. The inconsiderate way (if it be not a breach of privilege to say so), i n w hi c h they r ushed into an expenditure of thousands last ses sion for the alteration of an untried House, might lead som e to doubt g ravel y both their sagacity and - prudence. We ma y add here in parenthesis, that on the 11t h her es Majesty was pleased to confer the h honour of knighthood on Mr. Barry. —Builder. DIE LAW OF ETIDENCE IN SCOTLAND , —The Bill to amend the law of evidence in Scotland, brought forward by the Lord Advocate, was issued on Wednesday, containing five sections. It provides that witnesses are not to be ex cluded by reason of crime, agency, partial counsel, ap pearance without citation, or precognition after citation, but may be examined as to credibility. A party to an action may be adduced as a witness, unless it is shown that he has a substantial interest. A witness may be examined as to having made a different statement. All laws and practice inconsistent with the provisions of this Bill are to be repealed. Price. 903 [4R)4 THE COUNTRY MARKETS LIVERPOOIS, FEN. 2 1.—There is no active business passing to-day, but there are symptoms of a better demand from the interior. Prices fully maintained. MANCHESTER, FEB. 21 . —The trade throughout the week has continued to rule exceedingly inactive, few sales occurring in any articles. The arrivals from all sources at Liverpool and Runcorn are only to a moderate amount. Oar market this morning was of a lifeless character, and although holders still evinced much unwillingness to lower their pretensions, buyers of wheat had the turn of prices in their favour. Flour met a slow sale at the rates current on this day se'nnight. Oats were rather easier to buy, but oatmeal remained steady is value. NOTTING/lA3I, FEB. 21.—A slight tendency downwards is still manifested at most of our local markets , particularly with regard to wheat and barley. Yesterday at Derby small trade was passing in wheat at last week's rates for dr y par cels ; inferior was is lower. Barley also ruled about le per quarter lower. Other things as previously reported. heat, red, 44s to 46s per 36 stone ; ditto, white, s os to 521 ; bar ley, for malting, 311 s to 333 imperial measure ; ditto, for grinding, 27s to 29e per 30 stone ; oats, old, 22s to 26s per 2-1 stone; ditto, new, 21s to 23s ; beans, old, 36s to 39s per 36 stone ; ditto, new, 34s to 355; flour, 31s to 3 .s; superfie, 33s to 34s per 20 stone. At Bury the best wheat realised last week's rates. Barley was Is to 2s per quarter lower. At Woodbridge the trade for both wheat and barley wae heavy, at a decline of Is. On Thursday, at Stowmarket, the supply of wheat was short, and maintained late rates. Barley was 2s per quarter cheaper. At Bungay, on the same day, the quotations for both Whe at and barley were seduced is to 2s. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, FEB. 19.—At our market to-day the numbers were —oxen, 872; sheep, 1,481. Th,e market was well supplied with good cattle, and prices to the same as last week. Best ox beef, 435, current 40s to 00 inferior 32s to 38s ; a few turned out unsold. The suPP I I. 0f wethers was good. Top priee 54d, current sd, inferior 4d to 44d ; a few left unsold. DALKEITH, FEB. 19.—The relative weight per four bushel,' of the three prices of wheat were Mist 41b, 18st 01 b , and 16" 71b. Oats, 12st 91b, 12st 21b, and llst 21b. Barley, I6st 511* 15st 81b, and 15st 31b. Peas and beans, 19st 11 b , lis t 12314 end list bibs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferiors 553 Wheat ...... Z 2 7 0 £1 18 6 £ 1 l o 0 1561 Oats 376 Barley llO 6 16 3 1 5 , 89 Peas and Beans 1 13 6 1 9 6 1 6 " Average of wheat ABIADIZN. FEB. 20.—Grain—Oats 175 6,1 to 38s Cid. Od : 18s 401bs per bushel; foreign oats, 0050 d to 17s Od, 401bs per bush el; barley, 23s Od to 24s Od. 521bs per bushel ; bear, 2450 d to y rs Od, 521bs per bushel; wheat lOs to 425; oatmeal, 14s Ocl to 15s ou per boll ; flour, 32s to 33s Od per sack. Provisions -3 1 1 1 4d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto,_," to 6d ; pork, per stone, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; lamb, per lb, 4sl to o tr. ; tallow, per stone, o.s Od to 3s 3d ; potatoes, per ,P ec ol 4d to 6d ; rabbits, each, Od to Od; hares, ea cu ' -, to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb , sd to 10' eggs, per doz, 8d to lld ; cheese, per cwt, Os to Os Od • h e r s ' per pair, 3s 6d to 4s Od; chickens, ditto, 2 s Od to ad ; ducks , o e s l 25 Od to 2s 6cl; ducklings, ditto, 2s to 2s 6d; turkeys, Per,P air ss ' ' t to 95 Od; geese, ditto , 7s to 88 ; butter for exportation (P' —l o d cure), per cwt, 008 to 60s ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen!, to 64d ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 1 41 u s; 0. I'd to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork, la r 4l o. 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Meal—Oatmeal, Us Od to Is 6d; barley dust , 7d toleB`l3'd ' peasemeal, is 10d to 2s Od ; side, Od to 7 d • bererneal, ley to Is 4d; flour, Is 8d to 2s Od ; barley, per lb, 14d to: d ; b ar flour, Is 5d to Is 6d. farm ers DUBLIN, FEB. 20.—We had a small supply o f t„r wheat and of barley this day. There was rather a better feeling in wheat, which moved off at Tuesday's pric e,. as / - 3cl did malting barley, but in grinding barley a reduction n o ts• per barrel was submitted to. There was a fair supply of a ; Fresh feeding qualities maintained their previous curce°lol other deseriptions were very dull, and where sales were elae'sde. a reduction of about 3d per barrel was generally '° s ,„ Scarcely a transaction occurred in foreign wheat , w ith the er ception of Egyptian, which was sold at a reduction of is barrel. Very little doing in Indian corn, but w e d° change our last quotations. CORK, FEB. 20. re• We regret that we cannot report any appearance of the or newal of activit yor briskness in the trade. We have verl arrival from abroad to announce, nor do we expect anY cf o sta sequence for some days yet. The receipts of home grain, excepted, which are in fair quantity, are moderate, the 5,1 3 ,r v0 . for the week being :— Wheat, 472 brls at 19s 3d to 225 6cl P er barrel ; barley, 647 brls at Ils to 12s 10d per barrel ;,'"di, 5,073 brls at 95 6d to Ils per barrel, The value of eae°oo § scription of grain is fully maintained. Oats for seed Porl i e ig are 4d per brl dearer. With short stocks of prime O r lt wheat here, and the non-arrival of supplies from al pf holders ure very firm. We quote Polish Odessa, 24s 6 , rf brl, indeed 25s is the price now asked. Barley , which s _ o is• scarce, continues to bring extreme rates. We h ave nor tor actions of any importance to notice in oats, which se era inclined to give way in value. We do not, however, alt an d quotations of last week. The flour trade is ver y dm" we bakers purchase only in small qnantities. Prices ar',, ,t ,ised changed. In Indian corn the business now pas sin g is '-" r ose in the extreme, and the ar ticle exhibits th is we ek astill frieler, tendency to decline. In the early part of the week, h ot c some sales did take place. Barrels. care Ao 1;0 5 White wheat 22s 3d to 00s Od 001 Ocl— -21) 60 21 Red wheat ...21s Od to 21s 6d 00s Od—•2 O Ditto oos Od to 00s Od O Ditto .Otis 06 to 008 Od 23 Barley lO6 125 Od to 12s O Ditto oos 06 to 00s Odi- 29s Od-0. 16 O Ditto ...00s Od to OOs 06 0 Bere oos Od to 00s 06 Os tld 483 Oats 10s Od to 10s 4d ) 328 Ditto 4d to lOs 6d 00s Oct d° 79 Ditto ... los 6d to 105 31 Pigs 24s Od to 31e 9d 311 Od For e~ Quantity sold at the Highest Pricesi• „ o ats; 0 barrels white wheat; 16 red; 7 barley; 0 ;pore; 3 pigs Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold Dues vreok s s; Wheat, 564. Barley, 1,014. Oats, 5,186. Pig s ' PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURFAXV-n r• First quality .. Second quality Third quality 67s Third quality ......... 4,5 0 Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending Feb. 1 • Pigs, 842. Sheep, 275w5, 137• 01 , Cal; CONN.—Flour—First 12s 6d to . 14s O Co d ; e so9S seconds, 10s 6d to 12s Od; households 9s to 1016 d; th ird 6 sd ; w heat' Per cwt. Oatmeal 10s 6d tolls; Indian meal 75 Od to I ra 50 P er meal, lOs Od t o lO s 60 per cwt. Indian corn 7101 0(1 to., ors ton. Bran 8" s 6d to 90 s per ton. Hay—Farmers 195 to 00 6, iaring d 27s ; dealer s 36 s t o 38. Od; average 36s per ton. St: a w C 4 I6s 06 to 245 Od ; average 20s; dealers 30e Od 1 % to Oa; average 00s Od per ten. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6 ad te household loaf lid to Od per 41b. Fresh bust' sr'cor,le 10d per lb. Eggs-4s 4d to 4s 6d per h u ndred • colos , Newport 153 Od g ; Lydney 15s ; Landore 0- per e ‘o o ; Whisky , 25 o. p., 51 9d per 12s 6d per t on . T a ll ow 381 Od to 4 ° . imperial g all° 1° 44 i —Beef 4d to 646; mutton 5d to 60; ye ' tb I ' l° 6d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 53 13 0 , r, we. 818 s to 9/ Os per cwt. Bangor s lates 2/ 17s 6d to 5 i per ston e ; Bark, red 71 to 8/ lOs per ton. Fleece wool 141 w I 15: 0 loaf; red Hemp 2 91 to 34/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings g o % lio 11 0 1 4 ditto, 24s to 001 per barrel ; Newfoundland, 1° 3 1 " Vies- - ton. Timber—Memel, 701 per ton ; red pin e ' 100. _ i ; ditto, 21 1513 per ton; deals, 151 to 18/ : ; p inks Market 18a to 255; salted 20e to 265 Pe r . 1; r aid to Od per lb. Potatoes, white 7d Lt s . 6 ,1 to 9 . 7 10d to 12d. Guano—Peruvian, 11/ Os ; per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19a per barrel —,....T. iiiIILWAY SHARE IvIAR--161' BRISTOL, Elias. 21. Or *ant to-day, the Ministerial crisis having para lysed " buyers and sellers. STOCK EXCHANGE. - - The share m arket was o pite . - ut h LIVERPOOL, FEB. 21. q 11 33 STOCK EXCHANGE .—A limited amount of bu Line s- ,405. Chesterwithout and materia lßirk e n ii Birkenhead), a alteration d) ,16 :h is ....:...... sh oe, 'low The transactions were as to : — Birkenhead , itincacor ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshirrl ~.- -e — e ceo 714—Lancashi donian, Preference, 7% 4 Ditto, Greenock, guarantt ,ed , e ''" n ...- e o s n h e i r to o (- day, late b an ee d n Ch d re and y or k s hi re, udi t ' er s, London and North-Western, 1171 Ditto New ( 21 3 / 4 . 0 ' MANCHESTER, FEB. 21. 4. Midland, 56% St. Helen's (Railway and Canal), r reler• ani guaranteed 5 per cent. and div. Eastern Counties, , 144—South-Eig itera Dover, 20LA—York and North Midland, 20% S.rocx Excatateac,....Th .„,,,,, lioai tea ' and prices generally had e business to-day was v --, triter Ih6 ,ot actions were as follow a downward tendency. .1., Lancashire, Preference, :—Eastern Counties, 7 9 , , s- --• Lancashire an Quarters, min. 6 per cen.l,l..tojoir ham (C), Yorkshire ,s 65 L,, ---,Manchester ai gl.o .as tera and Dover, Quart ers, o:N 3. 1 43 p.—Midlands, 56%.---South i' BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 21. vari ous STocx •of the t- ExCHANGIS. Th e eneral meetings d t he a railway companies have almost exclusively engag, e eipg the tendon of parties • interested in railway property' "th„ cis iet, present week. Generally speaking the market ha; been with little fluctuation in prices. The following •were Notting', the closing • quotations this evening :—Amberg.ite, woiver ham, and Boston (sellers), 334 dis.—BirminghaO, , as hampton, and Stour Valley (sellers), 10%4 --Coy `'Neste Nuneaton (buyers), 2 1 h p.—London and North 504 , (buyers), 118, (sellers), 118 L A—Midland (buyers'), 271 (sellers), 57—Ditto (Birmingham and Derby) , O' l E%), sli (sellers), 28—North Staffordshire (buyers), 9, (a."': `4 , dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), ersi , • /...... (buY e k (sellers), 654,—Ditto (B), (buyers), 4,49 (sell(sellere:erg,' Ditto. Preference (sellers), 10 L / 4 —Sampshire Cnioh t ,4, (11 0 31A dis.— South Staffordshire (buyers), 1%, (seller:0;0;o. ___—...... BIRTHS. At Rome, on the 10th inst , the lad of Sir G. 13e4° 31. F r o O e d n n e r t t i h h c e e k the wife of the Rev. G. eobsrteo 1 1 1, 9 9o t tc h hki i .li n s s t t . . : at °l.:alp.Aolea-sOtreeyt, Chelsea, Mre• "'• 513 .. ir rd ire ' atwll.alundusrwraoyrt.h Rectory, 5t....0 On the 19th inst., at Upton-upon-Severn, Worc e6 ` teribire' OE A DAUGHTER. the the wife of M. M. Beale Coope, Esq. ia er , On the 19th inst., at Chester- r place, Hyde-Park- qt-- wife of J. Rigg, Esq. MARRIED. rd 0 0 At Market Drayton, on the 19th inst., Arthur. t ill oo l ti of Sir Richard Brooke, Bart., of Norton Priory, ja_ til f - A. • of Chester, to Susan, eldest daughter of the Jo" ticle°rg° Buchanan, of Hales , S taffordshire. ~ Gr On the 1 6 th inst , at St. George's, Hanover-squan roreto D er byshire, E,..q., of Lewisham, Kent , to Isabella 11151;,telr secon d daughter of Benjamin H. Thorold, Esq , of hall, Lincolnshire. v s trt•P On the 18th inst., an ts Lieutenir W. A. Hungate' R.N., aged 66.tbe 58f• On the 13th inst., at Lowestoft, Suffolk, aged 7 6 ;. 10 , John Clark, the last 40 years vicar of Du.xford St:,".o„--el‘ei, On the 18th inst.. at Lewisham, Honeyman Li - '7Ol. i youngest son of Captain M. T. Popplewell, R.N., aged ° On the 17th inst., the Rev. Anthony Marstieo, Gargrave, Yorkshire , a g ed 75. 1 00 On the 17th inst. , Hannah, wife of Mr. saratiel 13 sof bill' tonvil - o f Birmingham. la On the 17th i n st., at Rodney-street, Pe n-' f daughter of the l ate Rev. W. Sellon, aged 86- ebild ° On the 22d inst ., a g ed 18, William, the oelicister• Mr. William M annin, of 41, Tufton-street, Westou is of 1 , 00 4,..., : Print Londoned and Published by Mintliu, ~ o. l i o q No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun ."0,- - c ola - St ra nd, in the Precinct of the &vv. In bliddlesez• MondAy, February 23, 052. :~ went the r such tuff( cal, bras Nlci City, T Isi, 111.: OM( Prec ace( Cott 1%