The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-02 00:00:00

...•,-*''.. 4 fallen no reyeren lc One °r cart 4etebts , lian" e Pe en ; n o tw a Ce s ri ne— rll ,, 81 ° d ti l° ,nlr:, , i n n whi t ch e : un der , h , 0 11 01 J " 'Y' 3 that Pr it t ar re— o to la said 146 ; Ininbr illustrations four engravings of as man , ila , diti ngs by W. R.A. are deserving ii ,17_0?,billeadation. Mrs. Collins,' lerrifield continues, lief .laTillabl, article "On Design as applied to Ladies ti: rk ' ' and brings forward some elegant illustra ns. Considerable space is taken up, and g al l report of the late trial for libel against L I properly. th e ' acentapanied by editorial remarks. As usua re is a large number of notices., MISCELLANEOUS. eouraait:3 Edinburgh Magazine opens with the en• ot ging assertion "We do uut. despair. N to deplorable witl r the istanding the resultless campaign ; alan g r t nnexPect 1 • mistakes or mismanagement,. , th e 1 et difficulties of the siege of the liarnea auntie s of our high-hearte,d troops—the Pa.re bt. ararY con demnations, the resignations, th til e -up,-up, and rebreak-up, " In mi.- ~ Ninisters—we do uot despan. 1 sn anen n , and . re-make ccl°- il] °of this we idea, the writerdpoi. tac k; to lay (b)w ri hi s phu v i for the li the e za inn s of territory to be exacted from , ' elu s i on an d, his ally. He arrives at a coy is no n that few will dispute, that Prussia tiai l l , o nger worthy of a place among the Presid q.i rt - , ch otvers. Tile remainder of the articles a zinc le flY on lit • , ,' London Mag"- cent . erary to pics. -----,Sharp, s wint its usual varietyand sketches of tales Two Prett agreeable and entertaining character. the 3:,"graviugs of the " Pao k and Palace," rind i Boalev d of Brussels " are prefixed. ‘rfarr 0 ar s , aoth _ y overdale's Courtship," popular by the pod the Re ' vetutrhof " Frank Fairleigh," has teache .a "Oriti .. nurnber,--lie—' :gy 8 instructor cohta ti ins ,lo, in his T a ni on Dr. Arnold," by George Gil 11 , t ei ,,, F laracteristic Style. An "Essay on Cum] ' 1 8 one of. the chief features in this nu Wh ic h b. number. th e , hl w e are include Sorry to sees does not __ Ar et ,li ea,sing dotnestic story of "Sister Anne." of twi tif ll ,. 3 -London Journal gives a description . 0 . 1i,"7-inu recent patents, among which is one of c Nlinie's for improvements in proi-ctiles () of gra nt rl nk The usual Scientific notices and list t ~ p 14 42 are given. - Le Foliet has _ four elega h n , b est of and continues to maintain its place .as . t -o dry o- its nlass.---The Biographical Magazine is . a eXcellent book , this month five in reatin --- It gives Ber riam ,g.niemoirs, among them Edgar Poe,. t. n i. ab -‘1 aln 8 ) .I, B Y and William Penn.—The At ma . neeri o °ll. .. l 3r record of Civil and Mechanical Engi nppbr,g2. Ship Building, Steam Navigation, the %lit ~ .tion It of Chemistry to the Industrial Arts. anni touch useful and scientific information. ...._ --................--,___________..... 4.1113-IBITION OF PICTURES. T hree 7-----40----- ' beskists:t-t. fa a r li t i d n __ or t i Ta la l t p es ic t tures by the ted Y celebrated . _ Le ggat 4 t re n° ' being privatelpyroedxh" b- t Hall, i c b t l ions, if not his l'i iread and Co., Privately at the Great itlitiacistcu-r,,,tlnci.egeelel-istLeet. The subjects are the "The,, " The Great Day of His ev er , 1:11 P lainq of Reaves." thy 1:1e acquainted. with the previous works Wrath, When this is stated of ariteat roaster will anticipate a sublime triumphl) fr o ) Der will the he dis pointed. Where but P. th e Atud'o of my 4' -P thin-. s, - , grand and ter r ib le 1 —arum could auy . ersa tiat eas "The Great Day of Hisleratli" have coll e e( 1 , or What imagination save his could have I'lai tia " r ed and pictured the unearth ly beauty 0f" The • L he tan of ir ileav eu ?' Ia the one picture we have '''R, bei -est ation of a power relentless and aPPa' s th e L tore which the mountains are as chaffana a . keiZavens as a parchment scroll. In the other for hot-mlell as% the eye of a' poet may gaze on tatt'e4.with delight. Of the three, the least ourto llts 4% 48 13 " The Last Juigment," hich, with a most tisri t ' i 8 disfigured by puerilities of the etatitil description. All three pictures, we aye art . I are about to be engraved iu the first sty t ii l d e e or ...........„,....—_—.! ........,..... DE BT OF SIR IIEV RY BIS Hui' 11Pctireed4 et to staj-----.--e that this . distingui , sibile,cile.7.lllpP:xe)! iint,;titetlt:tl;:liee,,:.ZyclaY night, after a l'ey'r..- had e°ecasioned by a surgical operation to m w a ti l i e ch ati b u e 6ett'en, uktresslnt\ighjc7. t n e d d i . t i tery a° was placed • fter a long career . Not unl3 on W in e 13,:liticliaitetliy.1,1,; Treat iVoislheeeable aetivity in placed, came of Enii.lo'hi• art. cost him hi , : respected nit 'if% b,,t',7er,i4 v , from the inal,e), f bile a th-l'i dell Maintenance depett'Adie':‘,l-ahlitsnoisitnmen:dirieetlye Iri,arla. eaYinPathy and assistance r on 'ertak" by Mr.ti 1 1. .i4t e h e11, Thet concerts so generou.lyn w i i h a . view h 'tve b l , ° . 13 'rid street, were devised the straits in which not e Wag .",. In ennle measure from the but th e y were . le „ eiie „" hY infirmity and poverty, ti Under these lkiirlitfull'4"ve REI could have been w°4,lle,,,a's made to the 15ablin elrenmstances a difect appeal - l et a ' s ' i,°,11 be half of one t . whom it has bean it _r_ rn non , 1 th e g. an hour of rational amusement, reasonably be. indebtei , ilt ged i hitcher groends which might keh4,,, .4 favoUr of a composer to whom _._ (r a. ti„" elu,ieal reput of the country, in "6 ,, ,,, r, o aP•eet' 01V„4t17 much. That Sir x.ner'ci• the , P, i in his D -ci days, t rile . 4.,,,..et.0 whirjrn,sperous have done, teas vime,:ll,4 ca,„ wau_%e ought f . o . . failed to e but 1o . 1e e ,,, 1 , of , Tdoo ' nut : a fun tner instance(f tuh:3hia7Pp'ile; s ome care s to tti:owhili seldom, wood it which, at vien hirll".l or (,4 14 tho,e considerations ffet its social 00 tbisl,i)g• Let bi,,, r ' l lltist so seriou -1 Y a bly scanned the oroiti"°_,llll, and I-',,,t.berefore, I be c.iarlaino. for what a ccoin ni • e ",_ to do, b:', 01 011 be remembe-red L erinitt-d to the joLli'cu* The , tlol ' the much he % r 4 t p as long Rl to ' °I get 4. .."'e of Bishop wil l ' a4 . ‘ Engli',l' son ). Ivi . to o h . lo _ , . use in an ., - , the " %, 311 k1 8 h__ iuqy finds are • 80seeptibeiet ads refreshed and so"t" by th at ' eof th e 'Y tit . ' his harp ; f tans, %ei ean f:eil to r nifluences of music in its , purest d benefactor ? withlahr.o.n tua), have!Ra A him as a friend a. in c „thin, n 4,,1 theelit! 4.enta.4vthieir responsibilitieshave and . aho is there, their dai t rii , n , 044c1„,_hgirairrrit: ,s'il..T.r, ele:r;tßis'haopla'up‘(o,rnldt,heuai'lltmliireatAlot.rhe v•ili'lnit_lted it? til;"..,lttt e.ion . Lie hw news of his deft . het'ltlet,O ti e Ranates which t e 1780, con, e . . 1 4 (li(iYd ad re_e.:! born in thet yearaao.o of 75 when pr q ,,,, ; p ew __n ri d ‘ the ra- i iai n l .l a l n laborously, h s n o . bi,riitirtivelv, a.,4"e have la,,oure Win n e 'Art n -..0 henourably his ineinor el'er b, ," ti . u 1 "I'Y R o wley Bishop, and e................._d in veneration and re-pest. In a graceful and • A tikl--p. A ... L' _ __ Ts 411 - , op sr. DROUY V ,_ DE Vhi u IN PA RIS. b h , . ke p l i ;ve x s eri.. 1 , li inliz o ; ti w d :y r . 1 1 - a---M . therefore, Drnu Y' ' d concludel ' H uYs atrhraivtedif Idlteell'lit:' tic_ i ll , :I, a the, areti:€B, a re not inffi 11 ad formally "'Pe" make. 'in 'Y in - C u 'ti fact, Sh id Y .•• be dispose, ltoma he ()mit -kier proposit. on : Ryu'sl% be r'c'ived byTth'' t•etiil):'',Y. sithassadori°sasif tlt he- 1 3 e ( i a w a ers at Vienna. -- 0 1 ', they en°llll4Zi:irs°tveertiobt.())wlehneli3Ov they ti re d tel that his conferences .taken e at Vie , ica w ; e uld te t t . t e i ern t g h u ny ine friends when i 11444 i t h 8 Poof th t. the " uld termina ram 1 -au wo is . ttaether°-iitina• This Government Natiqfied Aberwi , e with Ait 0 ‘tordslie ,alise of than,s:Ai:faction is "slilvotharin not a s „Nit 01n,t,4117 Con'irenee of the 26th, held . 1 .. raid 'to strila)e, yet to acts. With refe tr re 3 n a e c t a e t h li t i l e a r r en t lr i e t i z e :l Noll l at, th - „'' le Rtrsian Pl enipotentiaries, it is a- ropo_ bearc4." rePresentatives of the Allies had no new P with l but Si ' l contented themselves as tias been Henske,epropositio irns p of y ßussia. They conslis , 'e.a ...elIntld11) Itlrea.ly stated, in deClaring that the B,a,,c.Karo:a • 1,:0"‘q..e k e lii in the state in which it was hetfo_r the Ot e tonian fleets 41y sell„l4,,ain which . the Russians sioleetiolt o , [ , ve the right t , t The only comeP thov R on of _4'loll_l3i:rat force cfei that either. she would recognisethe navigate, and without airy Lireattlßlit orT)urllt 'Hake was d the assistance herselfo talth llowe_s ey to dertian_ , . ~jogliced. c,r Whenever she eh ,uld of c( co is u i r d s t e r at iv , • sli Nil 1 ., ' 3ll ch a proposition was „ .tt ett _ .Three of the very tilt "Y the Powers ;it offered not ' the . i. 4. h, 4eourity against the renewals t war ; it tii:),4,ld aeleoh.___ have . OCCasion_edra_th:6 _Pfreßeun,sia i n the right of Vilthe, ,il,;irell ntl,ilet Preponderance ; flc ' e u and, asforthe Powers ei lted iCe '4O? herself in danger, Itlienta3Phtu e all for t h a e g :S r S e istaince of the Western iway she has ' alway, treaty, and 4 4 did Itithout the necessity of a s excl.- , Ilelulikoal°zhen the insolent dict.atioanpeoctlaPrifutcheet on: — rer jsz; ',",,u0 dOubt of the ulterior designs c such a pro ' v°sitio 'eucqatt. It is almost incredible how e ° th e ec uld do made,otleierwi,ethan consider it as a . . ti4tie n e°llld h ay been or that thenent _,tite kehPart offussia to 'be again put in possession b e demand ss p o o t a en a t'ertht -,4ltaieS she has lost by the war. .1. may epting t ,e" Whether Bussia was ever serious in theoo;it;o•Positions aa a basis for negotiations ording s tih ieet : li r Ru ch a demand. It ia new evide w nt h7 t cc h h a .w t t e h re e ~,..4 Ci r )1 It ussia veaa only to gain time and act acc fallen. Aets„eutnNtances, and Sebastopol has not yet can bt er;'• n44 be no longer any illusion, and if Prussia 414 st cued her confidence in the intentions of Russia -o9r be (1.........e5tr0yed for ever.—Times. ~... loo 'r 1411 tAiPPR O FRENCH AND THE METRO- Rivt'e-41'11 PotieErt. " At T n ii on 'E g the other splendid presents METRO those 1.3' IN.apoleott 111. dun log bia stay in England were t ier t e '''' the Polk: force Sir Richard Mayne, we.un- IV 411,44(1, receivedea valuable . box with diamonds, Capt. tli; tc.'M', Cl2lhe Cross of the Leginn of Honour, and I l at. ri uf the force 500/. thht ,‘"M LUciEN BoNAPARTR.---We regret to learn 11(4;0 Saturday last his Highness Prince Louis L . ncien ia NiParte met with a serious ae,cident at the residence stf.h„e;elbettrne-cfrove West, He was ascending some b1i,,0 his iihrabry t 11 . a book, when, accidentally hi g, he fell arid I° )ro re k a e c .his leg. We are clad to hear a 801,744444 is going on well. The acciih rit has been Ilniver"„"f unea,ints to the Prince's friends, as h e 1 . . , 1.1,08aY I,..eloved and r .spected. , Art m.n,44l.ers attending the Alu.seum of Ornamental t-. lAttrlhorough-hons=., durin g the month of A pr i l,. ti, we rli 1 .11 fllws • I `' 6oo persons on the public Ps, ;old ' s'h'it ted ' ' -,- *--- 417 ' n the students' may ; _. , tree ; p, rso 9on al, h, ':_:(1. admitted as students on the 'payment of 6d. sch-c.f,' sides the registered students of the classe s and t: I p aT Year ill, PALACR - -The sewon ticket , for the pr, -sent ti4l.l4tare reduced 0f,t,.0e, guinie, aud, in arlditi,ui to the tear', l'rivilege entry - at all times with .the public, 44 .4 tlcket holders $e at have the exclusive right of thetUssion -2d of Juno, tali" „ at the .gr.ind flOwer show kid ~h:_lle fountains of the nine uppe ° r ° lia and lower sins will pl a y , ttria.t444L at the firet disp'ay o f the cascades. '' early 4 July • lthich la Oaktittid t. 44 take kag4- ' . . ~„. ~...,_ ~.... • ~., ). 4 CHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) CHESTER CUP, SCYTHIAN 1 SKELTER. C.)mfort Fourteen ran. LATEST BETTING. CUESTEIt CUP. 6to 1 agst Noisy (taken) 6to 1 agst Scythian (taken) • 10 to - 1 agst Neville (taken) 10 to 1 agst Early Brd (taken) 12 to 1 agst Garnekcep,r (taken) 14 to 1 agst Joe Aliiler (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mottimi•r (taken) 20 to 1 agst Arthur Weile-ley (taken) 25 to I agst Ireland's Eye (taken). 25 to 1 agst Escape (taken) 66 to 1 a.z-t seducer (taken) 66 to 1 agst Bnixey (taken) DERBY. ' 6to 1 avt St. Hubert 6to 1 agst Lord of the Isles 10 to 1 agst Grm:7ulus Muriens 33 to 1 agst Itylstooe OAKS. 15 to 1 apt Morgao is Faye (taken) , 17!.. Al A it Ii ET AND friktlif FROTA 1, TNT r?LL MEN CE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The cotton market at Liverpool yesterday clo , ed steady, anti prices of American and Surat are id. per lb. dearer. The sales were 'estimated at 8,000 bales (1,000 of which were for export, and 3,000 on veculation), comprishiLf 500 Pernam and Maran ham at 6d. to 61d. ; 200 Egyptian at 6d. to Bd. ; 1,000 2urat at 30. to 44d. ; and 60 Sea Islands at is. 'to ls. Id. per lb. Accounts from Madrid state that a new loan was probable, awl that in the meantime the Bank of San Fernando had agreed to issue notes, redeem able as ear ly as possible by the Government. There was yesterday afternoon a downward ten dency in the quotations for bills of exchange upon the leading cities of the Continent. Paris, - 90 days was taken at 25 421 to 47i, Amsterdam at 12 01 to 12 01, Hamburgit at 13 7; to 8, and Trieste 12 41 to 48. The Great Central Railway Company intends raising extra capital to the amount of a million sterling, in bonds bf 280 francs each, to be re deemed at sflo francs by annual drawings in 99 years from January, 1860, each bond to bear in tere4t at the rate of about st. 7s. per annum. The English,Stock Market has been steady, with a very limited business doing. Consols have been marked 88# to for transfer, and 881 to A for account, though at present 881 Bank Stock has been firm at 210 to 2111. Exchequer Bills are 4s. to 75., and India Bonds ss. to 12s. prem. The " Omnium" is at par to 1 premium, and the Annuity is at 16 3-16. Foreign Secirrities rule exceedingly quiet, and the variation in prices is not of importance gene rally. Turkish Bonds are 721 to 73 1 , and Russian 4i per Cents. 874. Spanish 3 per Cents. are 36 to 361, the New Deferred 18, and the Certificates have been weaker, viz., 34 to 4i. Dutch 4 per Cents. are marked 9uf to 9Oi. The South Ameri can Stocks are nominal. The following are the nominal prices of foreign --backs ;--Grenada Deferred Bonds, Qto 6i ; Mexi an, 20i to 20i ; Peruvian, 68 to 70; ditto Three er Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 1. to 43 ; ttussian Five per Cents., 98 to 100; iitto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90; Spanish New Deferred, 17i to 1.8 h; ditto Three per Cents., 351 to 361; ditto Certificates, 4 to 4k ; iitto Passive, 3i to 4k. There is very little alteration in the quotations cf the English Railway Shares, but some of the heay . y lines are rather heavy. The business doing, however, continues limited. The Indian and Canadian undertakings are still in favour, though some flatness is observable. Mines are dull, the Joint-Stock Banks firm, and Crystal Palace maintained previous values. 138ITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON L+ Cr( From the Officßii RlVinPca done dank Stock .......... ..... . , Cent,. tienneed Bnoninas...... P er Cent. Consols Aunttitiek • K g 4 ter Cent. Annuities ' —F..-- ••• "•• 87 fi ~, Nuouities, Expire sth Jan., ; mt-0 si Ertt4. 30 Years, Eipire 10th Oet., 1R59 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 188; 16 3-16 Inn. tiondb, k.; liii,(l . . - Ditto, under L.lOOO l' 5 C ~,qfbi F . .'or Account, 10th May ......... ..... 881 R omuium 6 xin i.quei Blilb o 24d. 11000 , 2500 4 7 , 4mall . 4 Tixchequer Bonds 1858, 3i lier °cut. 99/ Ditto 1559, - Pll,lCla, OF FOI I E I GN FUNDS Al ON 1, k YCLOCK Russian Bonds, 4 per Cent B7. , ipmt.s,. fir.).l4ih,`.4 'Rr ('cut Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 1: Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun, 4 34 4/ l'orkislt Bonds, Ii per cent — Ditto for the Account... 73/ 2i Ditto Small in,.lenois on Mc above oayable in London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Gni1...., Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .„~. SiHALP-PA 'l' TWO. Consols BB a Ditto, May Account LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(TIIIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. rhe Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlarge ?tient, Building, and Repairing of Churches and Chapels v. Coles. The Lord Chancellor, 'without calling upon the re pondent's counsel to. addr-ss the Court, affirmed the ecision, anti tlistnigsed thii appeal with costs. (Before the Lord Justices of Appeal.) DIRECT BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY V. SPOTTISWOODE AND AMSINCIL—JUDGMENT. The Lori Justice Turner gave the judgment of their 'lordships to-day—in this case, which came before their iordships, upon appeal from the Master, who reported tat Spottiswoode and Major Amsiuck were liable, the former to repay to the allottees their deposit 4, and the latter to bear the expenses that had been incurred in the employment of engioeers, in 1845, for constructing a railway from Birmingham to Oxford, and from thence to Reading and Brighton. After going at con , iilerable length with the case, Lord Justice Turner stated his clear opinion to be that both Mr. SpotiisvroOrle and Major Ainsinck were liable to bear the expen,es eqoaliy with the other parties, and that the ' l 'a ttr had come to a right conclusion. The Lord Justice Knight Bruce concurred in this opinion, and the Court ordered both the appeal motions to be dismissed, but without costs. ROLL'S COURT. DEAN V. THWAITE.—JUDGMENT.—The Master of the Rolls gave judgment to day on ibis case in which the hill was filed for the purpose of compelling the defendant to account ler the produce of certnn °was which be had wrongfully worked from under hand belonging to the plaintiff. His Honour being clearly of opinion that coals had been improperly taken by the defendant from under the land of the plaintiff, ordered the account to be taken and directed the defendant to pay the costs to the plaintiff up to the bearing. M R ItICBT NB ., T lin. OA Y. CORP. b.—J. Li GE. Scarcely any English wheat was on sale in to-day's mar ket. Owing to the want of supply, the business doing was limited, and the trade was not so active as on Monday. However, hollers were very firm, and most of them re fused to sell except on higher terms. Most of thelate imports of foreign wheat have been with, drawn from sale. There was a gf.o 1 inquiry for all kinds. and fine parceta were held above Monday's rates. Barley was in short supply and moderate request on former terms. In the value of malt no"change took place. Oats, beans. peas, and flour, were steady, and quite as dear as on Monday. Oats. j Flour. 80 750 3, , 60 12,770 ) 480 scks Wheat 1,020 ARRIVALS THIS WEER. 1 , 650 50 0 1,120 Barley. Malt. BOROUGH I HOP. Our market is steady, and last week's prices are well supported. •:nglish :rich •• • • Foreta •• 6,160 WHITECHAPEL. Each kind of meat sold steadily, at full quotations : —lieef, 3s 2d to 4s 4ci ; mutton, is 41 to IT 41. ; lamb, 4s 64 to 5s 8,1; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 84 ; pork, 3s 44 to 4s 44 per Blbs. by the el,ntase. PRICE OF GOLD,—The quota i ti c o t iffntaerfgl which, oldatPart the Paris is about a t par ( accor di n g to the ia Engli s h Mi n t pr i ce o f 3/. 17s. 100 ti p. and, ronntchee exchangefu a tand. and g• I ld 25.17 , , gives an exchange of at Paris on London at short being 25 20, it follows that gold is r a')out 0.12 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advice, from Hamburg the price of gold is ptr mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31 . 1 7s. 100. per ounce for Stan,:ard gold, gives an .ex change of 13 . 14 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at tilior L being 13'6, it follows that gold is 0 41 per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The , tirse of exchange at New York on London for bills at •;0 days' eight is no per cent., and, the par of excha n g e ietween Engl an d and America being 109 23-40 per !em i t., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.67 per cent. in favour of Evg: a „d • ; and, after making allowbnce fs , r elthr..,es trahvort and ci i ff e r enc e o f interest, the present rate leave- a Profit ou the importation of gold 4 0 -9ili Ulu triiited Status it 20 20 10 10 •3t. 10 6 20 20 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 2. 1855. I E oTH IS lA.REETS. DAY.) LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT I Sbr. ?elio, Rummy. Leasing Ciosins Prices V i i i s s inz Compass. yesterlay. •••••••-•-• -- 50 , all Bedford and London & Bletchley N. West. ••• ••• St. 100 Buekghamsh. L.&N.W. 15 - 97 St. (00 Clydesdale. Tc. Caledon f.,6 - 98 25 24 Col. Stour Vy. E. Un. & Sud. and Hal. E. C • - ••• St. 1.00 E. Lincolngr. 6 per cent 9t.Nrthn. 133 - 13 5 St. all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct St. 101 Do. New . Do 25 all Glstr.dt Dn. Fr (t. Westl - • 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. - 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NM 105 •-107 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do., .. - ••• 124 all Do. d Shares. Do - ••• 12'i all Lon.&Greenw S. East on lqi -13 20 all Do.Preferen,.e Do 23 -24 10 all Lon.,Til•,&S. Peto&Co. 11 - 11.4 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk - ••• Si. t.sio Do. 6 per et. Do 5t all Manch. Bxtn. t4.&N. W , and Matlock & Midld 24 -2/ 50 all Middles43ro' & •Itekton S Redear. Darlingt - ••• St. 0 Nidld.F.radfd Aidland. 92 - 94 6} 5i Newmarket Bury Exten . En. Coun. ip - Par 50 all Northern ant Easternsp.e. Pl. Count. 57 - 59 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do 5‘,.‘ all Do. Fixedsp • Do 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. & N.W. &Ln&YI , - 124 all Do. Shrs. A Do St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. GtNorth7 130 - 133 25 tB= Shef. Roth nog r,ancash& Gooleg. sp. c. York sh. 10 all Shrews.&Her T.Brassey Tk- - 12 .4- S. Statlordsh . Melea; 21 -• 2 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt ..• 25 all Do. . ........ Do 32 - , St. 100 Wilts&Oomrst • GtWestn. 884 - 8 91 1 MINES. I.air Aguu .. A 1 all Anglo Austrln. 631 d 108. all Anglo Californian •- 20 6 Australian 1 - 14 1 all AuStralian Cordillera - 1 all Ave Maria --- 1 all ,Baden (Gcl.Dnehyof; • - 50 all Blamarvon Iron and Coal - 7 20 13.5 British Iron 5 - 6 35 254 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) - 24 30 all Do. Comes & Cnialy 2 - 2* 24 i 20 15 Do. St. John De: Rey 31 -33 1 4 Carson's Creqk I - 1 Clarendon Cons. Min, Co. of Jamaica I - id 40 all Cobro Copper 53 - Si 55 4 5 1 Colonial Gold - St. all Copp er Min. of Eng 3O - 40 25 all Do. P ro f. 7 p. cent, ld ... 16 Copiapo . 24 -- 24 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg 0 14 -14 2 1 Fortuna par -ip 20 all General 144 - 164 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg 4.i all Great Polgooth • • ••• 1 all Liberty• 3 all Linares. - 7a 5 1 Lusitanian - ip 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada 1 ' all New Linares Mining and Smelting C 0.... . - • 1 all Nouveau Monde 4 - 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Miu. & Smelt. 144 - 154 5 I Port Philip - 1 all Quartz Rock - 50 all Rhyreney Iron ; 20 - 22 15 all Do. New 5 - 6 30 124 Santiago de Cuba 54 -6. f 1 all South Aust:alian...., 4 - 1 10 74 Tin Croft ... ........ 1 2a 28F all United Mexican 7i - 7i 7i 1 all Waller g - 1 all West Mariposa - 1 12s. Worthing Mining ,of Australia 1 all - ROUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. The following bills were read a third time and passed :—lnverury and Old Meldrum Railway ; Surbi ton Improvement. The following bills were ordered to be considered and read a third time :—Cornwall Railway ; Executor and Trustee Society ; Folkestone Improvement ; Glas gow Water ; Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvements ; Plymouth Great Western Docks ; Saint George's Har bour ; Ulster Railway. RAIL' RAILWAYS. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. C. BRUCE, a new writ was ordered for Renfrew in the place of Col. More, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. PREFERENCE SHAH ES, St. IWO Iberdeen 'lO2 104 St. 10 P Do. N 0.2, 7p. c... 89 -91 25 all tilythandTynelOpe , c. pref. (issd.atso/ ... - .. St. 100 iris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 92 - 91 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... - - St. 100 Jaledonian £lO 96 -97 98 15 all '`heater & Holyheae Guar. 54 per cent.. ... - ... 94 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ... - ... 84 24 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 .. - . 6/ all 11ork &Bandonslp.( 2 - 4 6 all Dun.Prth ok Alwr..l. 54 - 6 1) 2 'A. Anglian Cls. ASh ... - ... St. 100 Do. do. Cs.B6 p. c. ... - ... St. 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c. ... - ... 64 all Eastern Counties~ Es teusion,s p. 4. No.: - 1 1 Pm 6i al Do. No. 2 - i 1 pm 10 all Do. New 6 r .c. & 124 131 20 all Past Un., G. 6p. c ... - ... 5 all Do. 51., 10 ner cent. ... - ... 10 all Do. 10/. Delientr.Sl.. ... - ... St. all Do. do. 4 per cent.. ... ... St. 10 ,, 41i st Lancash.6 p. , t• ... 5 all ~ &W. York. J. sths ... ... St. a r •••(1. Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 58 62 '2O all Fu,ne , s .. - ... St. 1 , . oas. St S. W. G. 5 p c. . . -.. • St. 100 Great Northn. 5p , 11 4 . - 116 St. 100 ' )o. sp. c. Redeem , at 10 p. c. pram... 107 - 109 10R1 St. 100 On. 44 p. c lOO - 1(2 1011 121 51 Do. sp. c. Scrip, Red. -A sp. c. pm... .. * - 80 53 i 10 all Gt. N. of f-cot. lat Pre. ... - •• • St. 100 qt. S. &W. (Ireland) ... - - 20 9 Do. 4 per C. Pr , t. St ... - •• • 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. sp. 0... 6 - 64. St. 100 Do. con. red. 41 p.c. 96 - 98 96 7 St. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 88 - 10 St. 100 Do. irred. 4p.c. ... 90 - 92 8 all Do. firm. Pref. Sh... 10 -11 10 all Do. Onester Bp. c.P.S ; 171 -17 174 10 all Do. do. sp. c. d 0... 10 - 10. St. 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. 72 -74 2 , ; all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. 194 -20 . 13 all Do. do. do..' 94 - 9 i 2 all Do. do. do ....... ... . 141 - 15 1 16 6 Lan. &York. F. £2 O ^-- 1 St. [OO Do. 6p. c. Stock ... 134 - - 13 i 6 St. 100 Lon. & RAO. 0.5 p.c. ... - ••• St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. ... -7 ••• St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. ... ~.. St. 100 Do. do. 5 par cont... ... - ,•• Si,. WU Lou.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton sp. et... ... - **- 50 nLon. &S. W. Con.3d6 24 - 31' 12) all r,.oudy. &Color. 1 Sh. ... - ••• 12. , all Londy. & Ennis.4Bl.. ... -- ••• 10 all %fan., Shef., & Lin. New, £lO l2l -- 12 4 6 4: 1 4 Do. .£6 , * - 0 12 all Vfarypt.& Carl.4p c ... -- ••• 12:3 all Du. 41 per cent 12? 104 . Do .. - ••• St. 10(1 Nfld. Consol.6 p.c St ... -- ••• St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol • firm. 6 per cent.. I: 1 4 - 136 St. 100 Do. 41 p. c. Pref. Si 94 - 96 16. 11? ; 1) 0 . Pref. 4i ptr c;• 1- i i 11 die 5 all Do. 51. Pr-f. 4p. c .. 4 - 41 St. 100 Ditto Leicrster and Hitcl , e:s Pr f 5t.... ..• - ••• 10 10 Norfolk Debenture ... - ••• St. 100 Do. Pref. 4p. C. sl oe , s 5 - 87 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext ....... 103 - 105 St. 100 Do. 51 per ct . pref.._ ... - ... St. 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c. .. - St. 00 North British 9B - 100 St. 100 V. E. Perw, 4 p.c P. 90 - 92 17 5 Do. do. do 3l - 34 20 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c ~ No.l ... - ... 120 9 Do. do. Quarters 4S . -- 25 10 Do. York H.& •=•... Pm% 4 - id 20 all North Staffordshire.. ... - ... St. 100 Oxford, Worcester, F. Wolverh. Zl5, 6 p.c 101 - 103 1004 8 3 / 4 all Scot. Cent. , New Prel 25 all South Devon l3 -15 10 11 De. fixed, 44 Per cent 4d - p al 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading A n n.) of £1 OR. 6d. 22. - 23 St. 1060 Do. 44 per cant - 98 224 20 all S Wales Gun. 4p. c ... - ... 20 all Do. do. 44 P. c•••• ... —. . 2520 allali s, S t 0 . Y c o k r. k 8 . sz h D .4 ar p .. c , . 5 4 37 e r . —.l 7. 25 15 Do. d o. do I.§ -. 2i p 124 all Stock. & Hartl. g. F p. c. till July 1, 'sfl ... 2iti 5 1 4 Waal fd.& Kilk. 6 pc ____2/ -- giscELL A NEOUB. 10 7 Berlin Wat er Works 3 f 50 40 Brit. American Lan 28 30 5 1 Brit. & Coln. S m eltg. A Au us s r a l in. ian g oy gr ai m i a;i and Reduction Co. 100 32i Canada 11 0 115 St. LOO Canada Gor. 6p. et Jan. and July 108 —108 A 8 5 all Crystal Pa1ace..,.,,, 3i 3i 5 4 Do. Prefetelle(s gp 4i 4 all Crystal Pal.of Franc( 1 Duston Tron Ore 20 8 j Eastern Steam 25 22 Electric Telegraph 14 —15 i 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 20 all General Screw Steam 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Meditcran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 6i 7 Fri 10 2i Do. New •• • 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fue . • • 10 5 Netherlands La n d •• •• • 2 1 N.S. W. Coal &Inter Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all N. B. Australasia. 20 124 Nrth.cnuropeSt aan, __ 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & /Curl. 2i 2 3 21 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 60 62 53 10 Do. New .............. .„. 11 2 all Portland Iron C 0...,, 100• _6O l'toyal Mail - Steam 6 . 70 ~1.1 Sent. Mistral. Inve s t. 1 Ditto New .......... 25 all South Austral. I .intui 35 3 V I all. Submar. Tel. Scrip... 1 • 1. all Do. Revi sterel ........ au. •20 5 T ru st& L. C 0.17.0 YOI POPO 4141 / 4 43 41:t i , 94 - - - 40... Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng Bost. and EaAn. & Rally - meta. Birming. Wolverh. r. Stour Valley . Sirkenitd. Lanosh. Chest tire Jana . Do. Chesh. dr Birk.; £5O and £25 Conn. ..... tilytU & Tr: orgins, £25 (issd. at £4 Exetcr.. '.7l,ledortiari marthen and Ca, .; , ,ester li liolyhead ;ork and BAndon , Black, 41t Pas icif Junction NinStßelfast.Tunc. Dundee PerthdtAb , teen Junction , Do. New..._.......... aFt Anglian ,astern Counties.... -lastern Union, A Stock ••••••.***— B Stock Do., New A. '.;asi, Lancashire tellinbargh & Glaseer Edinb. and Peebles' Prth & Dundee th & Clyde Jun. , rurness ‘o. Extension illasgow et S. Westo, • ;mat Northern__ Do., A. Stook Jo., B. Stock Sth. Sz,West.are ;treat Western rW. Stour Val. Rai' Gua. Stk Trish South-asterr LAncaster & Carlitee Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Le.neash. and York Uo., Wst. Riding Um Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Black wal r,ond. Bright & S.Cst. Loud. and N. West 'tio. Fifths D0.101.5h.,M&8,..0 Do. Eighths London and& Westn Do., fbii Do £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndudrry. & Ennisk , Maneh.gilpf.Rt Lin& Do. I Shares, No. 1 ►o., Mau. & Liu. Un Midland 1)o. Birmog. &Derb. Midld. G. West.(lre Do. Half Shares ‘ll Newcastle & Carlisle 21 Nwpt„Aberg.&Hrfil 8 Newry &Enniskiller all Newry WatTenpoinl and Rostrevor , 100 Norfolk Northn.Counties Un, North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 A Deferred... Do., B Guaranteed Eastern—Berwiel4 Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Pure Do. Le-ds Do. York North London Do. New £lO.. N.&S. Wstrn.,Haml, stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire. Yorth Western..... N. &S. Westrn. Jun, Nuneaton, Fliackle3 - and Leicester....... . )xford, Worcestor,k. Volverhampton :)urtsmouth eottisit Central 'Scottish Midland, ;itropeliire Union lona Devon South Eastern South Wales 4. YrkEh. di Riv. nnl Ataines, Wok. kWok Stockton sk Dar lir I !4tclkton & Hartlei); Taff Vale 1)o. £lO rlaros. [ 1)0. prof., No. 1. Thames Haven Doe and It tilway W:le of Neath Waterf I. & Kilkenny tVaterforl &Limon West Cornwall West End of Lembo , and Crystal Palace West London. all Il7ls. ,!Witubledn & Croydon - AYS. Moiling Price' yesterday, 19 41 -4;, .•• "-..' ~ 8k - 6i 14, - 133 15 - •6 9 - S 8 - 90 581 - 2 - 13 7 - 9 •• ..• - • 4 - 3 G' - 6 It - 15 11 - 11 30 - 32 20 - 22 71i —72 i 51 56 2d par 18 20 , 67 - 69 88 - 89 72 - 74 23 125 92 - !" , 4 62/ -63 j 58 - 60, 65 - 70 5 - 7 0 5 7 75 75i 7i 97 —93 97 97 d 1 81 10 • 9d 9 Bdl 22-- 23 7 - 8 68 - ''B 10 - 42 11 - 9 li - 2 i'i .1 43 27 28,1, 70 71 7 7i' 4. 4 12 )3 47 2 48i 48 50, d id 5i 44 6 (.4 1 d ai. 21 - 2G 93 - 100 - 44 46 12i 13 59 60 27 - 28 5 - 3 3 - 1 ... -. .. - ••• Ifi 34 - f 1 i 3.. 5 -6 FOREIGN. A ntworp& liott.-rdarn Belgian East.n. June. .Tiozi ors to Grai &WM.. llornbay, , Barod , atu! Central I tic ri Central of Italy Demerara I 'TAO ltl , pnisli • Eastern of France Do. NOW East Intliar, g. 5 p.c Do. EY . :Cli - Sioll Do. 4. p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Po; 'do. do., '59, do.. Gd l . Tk of thaw to is Do. St. Lawrence Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Dollen., con. into Stk. till 'V. Po. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franc Gt. Indian Peninsull guar. 5 per cent Do. New 5 per cent Po. Extensions neat Laxembour Constituted Shares 'Do. Obligations. Gt.WesternofCanad Shares Do. Nis., payable'S7, with optio►► till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 . Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Do. do., '73, without. option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 por crnt. Lake Const. & Bash Lucca ea Pistols. 5 p.c pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons (It Diediterran vf adras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (wits interest) Do. (ex interest)... Northern of France. D0.20i. SI is.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3$ p. c. Sr red. at 22y. dur. 88 yrs. _ _ from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bde (fmy. B. dt Am s. S' hs. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons__ Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... s ParisCaen dz Cherbrg Rouen and Havre , Royal Danish Royal Swodish Sambre and Kmiec,. Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Scirida .. Southern If France.. St.' Andrew's awl Quebec (A), West Flanders ...., Do 5) per c. Pref Western of France Wee.. of §witzerlan, WL.isbaden 0000000 •••• Zealand JOINT-STO A . British Colonial Bank and Loan Compan) British N. Americat Chartd. Bank of Asir Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chine Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian' Chart Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New London and County.. London Joint Stook.. Loud. & Wedminstci National Provincia! of England Do. New National of Ireland Now South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporu tion. Provincial of 'rebate Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co South Australia Union of Australia — Do. New ...... " .... Yii l94 9 40 11 4 0 4 the 71 - - 3.} - 24 .n 1/tl' 341 - 341 - 7 2:li - 241 28 - 2ip 9i- 8i 15 - 16 48 — 5O. 90 1 2 an par - - tP - 2 2/ - 13 - 96 - 98 97 -- 99 100 - 102 95 97 191 20t 99 - 100 2/ 2ip par Ap 1 2 p 4 6 2 . 6 3 . 4 i2 3 / 4 -- 13 7i - 23 - 2341 44 46 39 41 • pm 21i 22 par 1p 2 lid 7i 8 1 4 li? ••• Pin 3i - 4 5 - 6-1 s } - is BANKS, 79 -- 81 i'd = Ca fi fid 16i 17i 20 - 21 ka - ip ... - ... 33 - 35 39 - 40 ... -- ... 66 68 7b ve• Rnef+^esa .innt thl3 day. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Sir J. Trollope, from Lin caln, praying for the closing of all public-house! on the Sabbath ; by Mr. Hadfield, from Independent ministers in Lancashire, against grants for any religious denomi nations ; also, a petition in favour of education on the voluntary principle ; by Lord H. Vane, two petitions from Darlington, for the abolition of church rates; by Mr. Walpole,• from the Scotch Presbyterian Church, London-wall, against the Marriage Bill. EDUCATION (No. 2) BILL. - - On the order of the day tor the second reading of this bill, Sir J. PAKINGTON rose and said he lad not in tended to offer ary observations on this stage of the bill, but he believed the object of the bill was very mile!, misunderAood, and he therefore hoped he might ask the . . . favourable attention of the house to a measure which i might be thought presumptuous in him to bring in, but which he had at all events introduced with singleness of purpose. His great object was to provide extended and religious education to the population of this country on the most complete system of toleration with regard to the great principle of liberty of conscience. , The machinery of the bill would be conducted by grants of public money, to be expended by local boards duly responsible to this house. He had to make one earnest appeal to the house to give their vote for the bill on those great prin• ciples without respect to matters of detail, which could be only fitly discussed at a subsequent stage of the bill. All the existing schools in this kingdom were connected either with the Church of England or the great denomi national bodies of the country. The population bad during the last half-century increased wonderfully ' • but it was undeniable that the Church had failed to keep pace with their religious instruction, and if the dissenting denominations bad not stepped in that population would be in a far worse state of igno rance than unfortunately they now were. (Hear.) He did not 'think it necessary now to detain the house further than to move that the bill be read a second time. Mr. HENLEY rose to move an amendment that the bill be read a second time this day six months. It was because he felt most deeply that if the house were to affirm this bill, the result would be not only that it would not extend education at all, but most of all that it would not extend religious education. (Hear, hear.) He believed the question they had now to decide was whether they should foster the great principle of volun tary education in this couritry—(bear)—or by an experi- merit of this sort throw back indefinitely the progress already made by that system. The bill would, moreover, be attended with an enormously increased amount of taxation. (Hear, hear.) He thought there was one evil at the root of this question, which was not sufficiently kept in view. He did not think that was education which merely taught a person to read and write, to do some sums in arithmetic, to tell the reign ing sovereigns of the world, or the geographical position of various countries. What he regarded as education was a system that would reach the heart ; that would teach a person to know and do his duty to God and man, and thereby be enabled to go through life as a .good Christian, and a good citizen. (Hear, hear.) He be lieved that, comparing the people of this country, in re spect to education and morality, with any other people in the world, short as had been our means, they would be found at least equal if not superior to most other na ions. He believed there never was a time when they could look with greater satisfaction to the state of our institu tions than the present. He did not deny that there was much ignorance and crime that he could wish to see re moved ; but he believed that, do what we would, there would be always some crime and some ignorance, and he also believed that this bill would not be effectual in removing either crime or ignorance. The first point in which he differed from his right hon. friend was as to the number of children attending schools. By the census it appeared that there were 2,140,000 children attending day schools, and about 2,400,000 attending Sunday schools. r. Horace Mann said there ought to be 3,000,000 of children attending school ? The real ques tion was, why were not those children attending school ? Me believed it was not for want of schools. (Flear.) Mr. Mann had omitted one important element in his calculations, and that was owing to the great distance at which many of them lived from school. (LEFT SPEAKING.) ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- MITTEE.-(2 1 .111S DAY.) The committee re•assembled this morning at the usual hour. Mr. Grant, late Comptroller of the Victualling and Transport Departments, was the first witness called, and wag examined by Lord Seymour. Re stated that he had held the latter of the above-men- tioned offices until the formation of the transport board, having retained it up to that time since the year 1851. He had been in the service of the Admiralty for 40 years. He then proceeded to point out the mode in which tenders were received and examined by the vic tualling department. When the tenders were opened in the board-room, the samples sent in were in spected, and the best were selected without any consideration as to the lowness of the terms proposed, the quality of the goods being taken as the criterion of preference. After the samples had been selected they were sealed up by. the proper officers and were afterwards compared with the bulk. It was not the duty of any particular person to examine the salt provisions. The mode was to examine one or two casks, and if found to be sweet the whole cargo was retained ; but if it was discovered on inspdetion of one or two casks that the contents were in the slightest de gree tainted, the whole was condemned and rejected. Of all the supplies forwarded by the victualling depart ment to the army in the Crimea, he had never received a single complaint. If a complaint had been made to any person in authority at home, he must have heArd of _ . it. This remark applied to the provisions. Tne first supply of port wine sent out, however, was complained of.._The quantity consisted of 100 dozens. Mr. LaYard—ban you state to the committee what quantities of provisions you sent out to the Crimea ? The witness replied that he could, and proceeded to read an account of the various items of the provisions supplied to the army since the 26th April, 1854. The principal of them were :—Salt beef 4,000,000 lbs., salt pork 5,000,000 lbs., roasted coffee 216.000 lbs., raw coffee 2,139 lbs., sugar 1,250,000 lbs., rice 7,000 lbp., port wine 2,400 dozens, brandy 971 gallons, sago 6,732 lbs., oatmeal 1,434 lbs., Scotch barley 16,479 lbs., preserved beef 470 tons, dried vegetables 1,650,000 lbs., lemon juice 46,943 lbs. By Lord Seymour—The port wine he referred to as having been complained of was landed, he believed, at , Varna. The medical officers found fault with it, and it was returned home. He at once sent down to the Cap tain Superintendent at Deptford, who reported to him in reply that the wine was good. That officer had the sole control and authority in purchasing wine, and he stated in the report in question that the hun dred dozens complained of was "sound and fruity," and he could not account for the cause of its condemnation. No wine was purchased until a sample of it had been submitted to Dr. Andrew Smith. The amount paid for the wine was not less than 255. without the " drawback." As much as 40s, per dozen had been paid for it, but then it should be remem bered that the wine was good and old. Before the ship ment of any supplies proper care was taken to ascertain that the quantity agreed with the sample and contract. The master of the vessel required a receipt for the goods and a certificate that they had been put on board, both of which documents were transmitted to the Admiralty, and afterwards to him (witness). Since the war it had been found requisite to appoint a store-receiver at Ply mouth and Deptford, and those officers were responsible for all the expenditure relative to the contracts for pro visions. He constantly kept the Minister fur War in-, formed what contracts bad been entered into, and w hat ships were employed to carry them to the East. [LEFT SITTING.] LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 2.—Wind and weather this day at noon, N. B . ; s t ro ng breeze, and fine clear weather. FALMOUTH, May I.—Wind, R.S.E. Arrived—Holstein, from Rio Janeiro. OFF DARTMOUTH.—NeIson, from Bremen, for New York ; Hermann, do. d o . ; N eptune, do., for Galveston 'Urania, Hamburg, for St. C ro i x; Mathilda, Altona, for Monte Video. SUNDERLAND, April 30.—Wind, E.N.E. Mare, for Quebec. Sailed— NEWPORT, Mayl. Wind, N.E. Arrived—Mersey, from Bristol, fur Ceylon ; Annandale, do., for Rio Janeiro; Constitution, Bremen, for St. Thomas. SHOREHAM, May I.—The Restless, from Rouen to Lon don, arrived here yesterday, leaky, with two feet of water in her hold ; she will be repaired. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.2 a.m. Wind, N.E. ; tide, two hours' flood ; weather fresh, and fine. _ _ Arrived, May I—George Robinson, from Ghent ; John E. Thayer, Boston ; Railway, Sines ; Hercules, Memel ; Victoria, Singapore. Arrived, May 2—lno, from Guernsey; Gustave, Bor deaux. Sailed—Royal George, for Constantinople. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.54 a.m. Wind, N.E. ; strong. Passed Dungeness, May I—Vimiera, from Sydney, for London. Passed—lndiana (s.s.), from Southampton, for Wool wich ; H.M.S. Porcupine, from westward, for eastward ; Quiver, London, for St. P.Michael's ; Carlton, ship, 1,549 first pendant, from the river, or we was observed on shore stward. At daylight thi s morning a f orqu o n the Goodwin Sand. assistance has been sent off. It is expected that the City of London Militia will proceed to Woolwich early in the ensuing week. The r egiment is still far below its number, although within ,the past fortnight a large number of recruits liave been ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM.- MITTEE. The committee re-assembled yesterday morning at the usual hour. General Sir John Burgoyne was the first witness called, and was examined by the chairman. Ile stated that he had the management of the whole engineering operations before Sebastopol. He arrived there with the army. When the army arrived he had to plan the approaches to the town and to direct the for mation of the trenches. They could not get one half of `fie work done which was necessary, in consequence of the weakness of the army. Before the siege operations began the communication with Balaklava was verygood. That continued up to November, when the bad weather set in, and the road became a mud-hole. It was their opinion that Sebastopol would yield to the attack of the Allies in a very short time after the commencement of the siege. It would have required a very large force t , ) have constructed the road, and the men employed ought to have been to some extent acquainted with the nature of the work. A sufficient number of men could not have been spared from the army—they were all so heavily engaged in the trenches. In fact the force was scarcely sufficient to man the trenches with any degree of efficiency. It was his opinion that it was.at that time more advantageous to the army that the men should be employed in the trenches rather than in making the roads. The discomfort which followed did not arise en tirely from the bad road ; it arose equally as much from tile mortality amongst the baggage animals. They died ~f f fr mt ant of care and proper attention. Chairmae —lied you any complaints of the want of t col, sent out ? Sir J. flur_;oyne—No complaint was made to me on the .uhjk-ct. I never heard of it until I saw it mentioned 'll the papers. I afterwards, however, made inquiri es , old the Sappers told me that the tools they bad might ot vainly have been of a better description. I also found that some of the tools were of the old Peninsular pat tern. Examination continued—ln his opinion the labour of the men was not impaired by defective or improperly made tools. He could not understand how the tools could have been complained of to the extent they had been. There was certainly some little ground of ohjec• Lion to part of flea in the respect he had mentioned, but not to the whole of them. By Mr. Lavard—He did not recollect that the tools sent out in 1828 to Portugal were condemned and sent back. To his knowledge no complaints were made of the too' by the men. _ _ By General Peel—The siege operations extended over a space of 3 miles. The covering party consisted of 2,000 men, but the working parties varied in strength according to circumstances. The covering party was afterwards reduced in consequence of the weakness of the army. When the army landed, so far as he knew, it was in ignorance of the amount of the Russian force in the Crimea. It was manifest that they must, at all events. receive large accessions ; and it was therethre advisable that the siege operations should be commenced as soon as possible. By Mr. Layard—He did not make any representation to head-quarters for a larger supply of men to carry on the trench operations. He was constantly applying for men ; but the Adjutant-General informed him that they could not be afforded, in consequence of the weakness of the army. He had the command of the corps of Engineers. llla position in the Crimea was different to thai he had held in the Pe'hinsula in conducting siege operations. The siege operations were, however, en tirely under his control, and he considered himself the responsible person for everything connected with them. The army arrived at Ba l aklava on the 27th September, but no ground was broken until the 10th October. The troops were in the interval employed in conveying up materials and tents to the camp. At that time there were no means at the command of the army to make a road. By Lord Seymour—lt was not believed on the Bth November that the troops would have to winter in the Crimea ; at all events it was not so to his knowledge. By the Chairman—When the bad weather commenced he did not think of making good the road, principally because be had not sufficient labour at his command. By Lord Seymour—One important provision which ought to have been made for wintering there was the construction of a good and available road. No consul tation was held at head-quarters relative to preparations for wintering. If a number of " navvies " had then been sent out to make the road, they would have been of in finite use ; but unfortunately the idea was not thought of. In his opinion a good road would have been far more adapted for its purpose than the railway. Lord Raglan had power to depute officers to inquire into the best means of providing for the care of the baggage animals by placing them under cover, and to direct them to report to him (witness), but it was not done. By General Peel—The responsibility of constructing a road devolved upon the Quartermaster-General, but he rived all the aq.istance he could from the Engineers. Sir J. Burgoyne examined by Mr. Layard—He made 1111 represetitatiou or remonstrance to the Quartermaster- General relative to the road. He did not think the Turkish trot ps could have been advantageously employed in making the road. They were tried once, but they taile I o lug to their soon becoming sickly and unable to work. By Sir John Pakington—He thought it would not have been possible to have obtained hired labour for the purpose from the surrounding countries. It wa , , as he had before said, quite impossible that men could be spared from the army, even to perform so important a duty as that of making the road. By Colonel Lindsay—After the failure of the first fire he advised with Lord Raglan as to the next step to be taken ; and he (witness) recommended that the batteries should be strengthened, and more ammunition should be brought up. The increased strength of the batteries was to be employed as soon as the fresh guns coull be got into their positions. This was one reason why he did not at that time think that it would be necessary to winter in the Crimea. Had it not been for the bad weather and the state of the road, the batteries could have been opened sooner than they were. It soldiers Mad been employed in making ,the road, they must have been taken from other pressing duties of the siege ope rations. By Lord Seymour--• The whole of the military insti tutions connected with the troops in the field were in efli,•ient. Lord Seymour—What do you mean by military institutions ? Sir J. Burgoyne—For instance the engineers were de ficient, they required more sappers and more officers. lie thought some alterations in the organisation of the different departments of the army would be desirable. • At this stage of the proceedings the room was cleared on the sufject of a question put to the witness by Colo nel Lindsay, relative to the communication of the Com niamier-in-Chief with the officers of the army ; and the doors were c!oscd for about 20 minutes. On the re-admission of the public, Lord Seymour called the attention of General Bur goyne to the evidence given by General Bentinck, the Duke of Cambridge, CaptAin Shakspear, and Captain Wrottesley, as to the defective tools supplied to the army, particularly the bill-hooks ; and inquired whether this had come under the knowledge of the witness. General Burgoyne replied that none of the cases re ferred to had come under his personal knowledge. He did not say that the tools alluded to were not bad ; they might have been, but he never saw them. The tools were supplied by the Ordnance ; and it rested entirely with the storekeeper to whom they were consigned whether they should be retained, when sent in, or re jected. Some of the tools supplied to the Crimean army came from Malta. By Sir J. Pakington—After the raising of the siege of Silistria he was not consulted relative to the attack upon Sebastopol. At that time he thought the strength of the Allied Forces was scarcely adequate to such an ope ration, whatever might be the resources of Russia. Sir John Burgoyne afterwards went on to state, in reply to the chairman, that he approved of the principle on which the staff appointments were made. The ge neral staff was appointed at home ; but the personal .-tall of tie Commander-in-Chief was selected by the Commander-iii-Chief himself, and was composed of officers whose merits or services entitled them to that position. The staff of the Quartermaster-General and the Adjutant-General were also appointed by the Com mander-in-Chief, and he approved of that principle en tirely. By Mr. Layard—He proceeded to Gallipoli before the troops arrived ; and preparations were made for their reception. It was usual to apportion one horse to every two men in the land transport department ; but this regulation was not carried out in the Crimea. Ammu nition, shot, and shells were brought up to the camp by means of artillery horses. It was not advisable to de pend on that mode of transport. By Lord Seymour—He went to Gallipoli to examine the site for the encampment of the troops. He was with the army throughout the whole of the winter. The troops suffered very badly from overwork. He did not think the troops suffered so much from want of food as from want of fuel. He heard no complaints of a want of clothing, though he saw numbers of the men very in sufficiently clothed. This concluded the 'examination of General Burgoyne; and there being no other witness in attendance, the committee adjourned (about half-past two o'cloc k ) until to-day. The sth, or Elthorne Regiment of Middlesex Militia, quartered at Uxbridge, will not p roceed on gapi.sot duty until after having had field instruction at Alder- shott camp. SINKING OF A FERRY- BOA T AND Loss OF SEVEN LIVES.—BRISTOL, Tuesday.—Yesterday aof.tternoonThae, painful accident occur red near this y and n tle c ain of Aust ferry cross es the river Severn froml i th . e h Aust• forms a link i road to Beechley, direct communication between Bristol and South Wales. At present it is worked by a steam-packet and her t _ c s r o e w i t o i f s several ferryboats. Yesterday there was t a , large cattle market at Chepstow, near the Monmouthshire slue of the fcriy, and about 3 o'clock the Despatch, wAhtictihielie:t an old boat was often used to carry p c i a ,e tt 3 le, (3.t le l ft the 1 , 10 1 n g Seven of the 1111 uth.=hire shore with a lot of live stock, four hands, and eight or ten pas , enz er , those ly lost acre Mr. ow e se n , du a ck h , Pier she struck against one of the reported), and sank almost immediate Jones,passen passengers cattle were dealer, drowned. I .A ; Among g p butcher and d G e l ; o d u e c r es a t t erp a i s r t e , , 3r, at n id ear M ß r. riE t i !-1 The names of the m u been r to this Tll time only one body e a r n ii c l mainder are unknown, and_ up ( s c t o eu t g y g e i t ed ide w n i t t i h fied h ) im h recovered. One of the sur vivors saved hiraQelt by seizing hold of a cow, which with the, sc ene of this shall ow water. In connexion e melancholy 10 88 some ears accident may be recollected the ravvshay, 'Yule years ago, of one of the Messrs. drowned wh 0,,.. in crossing from hi, iron works, was ' W" 65 / 1 9/ 11 944 F Persol4 and the crew of the 'Oclit• 4 • - al) [OO 41) 00 all 4 10 all all 14 all r." ., 8,-3 63 21 75 b 97i 974 6j 80 79i 6 ~ 27} 701 70 12,i 59i 24 31 4 12d 20,1 i 4i 43# THE BOMBARDMENT OP SEBASTOPOL. I The following important and interesting informa tion is contained in a letter just received from a captain in the Royal Engineers, in a letter which is dated the 9th of April. It may be stated that the officer in question is one of the three superior Engineer officers upon whom i will devolve to take a leading part in the assault upon Sebastopol. Ho says :—.. "On the extreme right of the Russians, and conse quently opposed to our extreme left, is a bastion, called by the French th e B astion Du Mitt, and by us the Flag staff Bastion, owing to its having, when we first came, a flagstaff in the salient. This bastion is one large battery, or rather succession of batteries, and the French left attack is principally directed against it. Next come what are called the Garden Batteries, which are a succession of batteries in three tiers, and very powerful batteries they are, well supplied with 13-inch mortars, of which our left attack reaps the entire benefit. It was one of the shells from these batteries that wounded Arruit yesterday. We oppose these batteries with the right pertion of the French left attack and the left por tion of the English left attack. Next comes the creek that runs up to wards us, iu which the Russians put ships that can fire on our camp. Then comes the Barrack Battery, a most powerful assemblage of cannon, against which the principal force of the English left attack is directed. We have the battery all to ourselves, as we get the entire benefit of its fire. Next comes the Redan, con sisting of two faces, one of which is directed against our left attack and the other against our right (I mean the English right). You must know that the English left attack and the English right attack join each other and form the centre of the entire attack, the French left at -1 tack b e i ng on tt.e left of ue, and their attack on the right of o urs, i ncluding Inkerman and all that part. Well, to proceed. Next to the Redan comes the Malakhoff Tower, which is the key of . the whole position, and the spot where the assault will be made. It is considerably to the rear of all the other batteries, so that if we obtain possession of it we should see all their other defences in the rear. In front of this tower, and about half-way b etween it and the advanced w orks of the . w F h re ie n h c h is rig n h o t w a c t a ta u c s k i commands most of the Ruisibeeilestftawirr - 0. f ar works e t dai about o M au tk a tn n F el 1 l o t -wh which eilrl , t l g is suc t and enfilades many of our advanced trenches. It was always ag o the considered Russians waela Li P ni in a t b . ou A t half-way the tower and the Mameloon. Mfaial m ed elon B Tt ee self, tie French tried to drive them a o d u v t a o n f c e t d h i o s , n and French, have retained it, and that an.d t , h e in ß l u p s i s t i e an o s f all the efforts of the constructed on it a battery of 13 larg g tg My principal duty here is to bee g uns. There There are four captains to take command of the trenc hes. k each of whom remains 24 hours down there so th w a o t r m s, turn comes one day in four. We have a subaltern unde r y us, who only stays 12 hours, so that I remain through two reliefs of subalterns. The working parties are re lieved every eight hours. "Now, as our advanced works are within 700 yards of the main batteries of the place, and they keep up a constant fire on our working parties, you can ima gine how harassing this work sometimes is. N o man, be he ever so brave, can stand under fire for so long a time, inactive so far as fighting is concerned, without finding it a great wear and tear to his nerves. The first hour is the worst, as after that one gets more used to it. The Russians treat us to a pleasing variety in the way of projectiles. First comes the round shot of all size, which rushes past you with a shriek something like a railway whistle badly blown. Next comes the grape, which flies slower and round, like a covey of strong birds, flying very swiftly. Then comes a gunshell, which approaches like a round shot, but has the pleasing trick of bursting when it reaches you ; so that you have to run a doable risk--first of the shot itself, and then of the pieces. Next comes the mortar-shell, which, though it is really the worst of all the large projectiles, I somehow dread the least ; it remains in the air for nearly half a minute, and in the night you can see it quite plainly, owing to its bearing the fuse. It glances along very gracefully, rising to a great height, and making a gentle whistle every now and then like a peewit or plover, which be comes louder and louder till it drops. Although you can see it all the way, it is a most difficult thing to tell where it will fall ; and none but the oldest hands (men of whom it is said that they have got so inured to fire that a cannon ball would hop off the pit of their stomachs) can really make a good guess as to where they will drop. What makes it worse than a gun shell is that the former flying so low retains its impetus, so that if it is once past you before it bursts all the pieces will continue to fly for ward and you are safe. Whereas as the mortar shell is pitched as high as it will go into the air, and then drops, the pieces have no other impetus than what the bursting charge gives them to fly in every direction for a radius of upwards of 200 yards, and sometimes consider ably more. But my greatest horror of all, and the dead liest foe we have, is the Russian rifle bullet. It is not so perfect as ours, hut, as Mercutio says, 'lt will do well enough.' I will give you a sketch of it the size of life. (Here is given an admirable pen-and-ink sketch of the bullet, which is, like the English, conical.) This little gentleman gives you no warning, but flies about all day long, and ranges 1,200 yards. At a quarter of that distance it will go through two men. "You ask me my opinion about the siege. In the first place, I feel great diffidence iu speaking about it, having had no previous practical knowl,dge of the subject. Then, again, our infestation concerning the resources of the enemy inside the town is so uncertain and so contra dictory, that one has no guide to go upon. No one who has seen the awful strength of the defences, stretching as they do completely round this side, with tiers of batteries and intrenchinent3 one behind the other, and frequent salient points flanking the entire line, and bringing a tremendons cross-fire upon every point, but must feel that an assault now will be attended with far greater carnage than it would have been six months since. And yet that assault must be made, and, in my bumble opi nion, within the next ten days. God grant that it may be successful, for on it will depend the safety of the en tire army. I know that the assaulting columns are told off, and the engineer officer who has to lead them, but it is kept secret. There are at the present moment in the left attack only three engineers between whom it will lie, for it will he a captain, and one of our captains was wounded three or four days ago. The chances are there fore two t i one against it being me ; but if it is I shall, I hope. do my duty, and if I survive I shall have certain promotion. Anyhow, we shall all get a clasp for the business, and it is one that must be done sooner or later. " I am very glad that our present harrassing work is drawing to a clo- e. Sr lice we have brought our approaches so much nearer the enemy our engineering casualties have greatly iecteaeed, and within a fortnight, out of a strength of 32 engineers, only 23 of whom did trench duty, and were under fire, we have had two killed, two wounded, and one taken prisoner. The weakest point in the Russian line is Most undoubtedly the Malakboff Tower, and this they have lately strengthened by esta blishing forts and constructing a most formidable bat tery on the Mamelon-hill, so called from its round and knoll-like appearance. I fancy this will be the point of the main assault, though linakeno doubt we shall assault. in many other places. We shall then push on and try to enter the tower works with the retreating Russians. Once within the tower, we shall seize all the rest of their lines in reserve, and the south side of the town must be ours. Then comes the problem ; for the north side is a still more powerful fortress than the south, and, unless the fleet can help us, we shall be completely under their fire, and unable to retain possession of the place. Time, however, the disposer of all events; will show, and in the meanwhile we had better set our houses in order, and prepare to do our duty, as all Englishmen should. " I must add a line, before closing my letter, to inform you that the whole of the batteries of the allied armies opened fire this morning. Most unfortunately, all last night and to-day it has been blowing a fearful storm from the south-west, accompanied .by torrents of rain, and the trenches, the batteries, the roads, and the camp are alike one vast swamp. You can have no conception of the quantity of rain that has fallen during the last 24 hours, and, as it is showing no sign whatever of abate ment, there is no guessing what will be the end of it. I am sorry to say I shall be on duty in the trenches for 24 hours from 5 p.m. this evening, so that I shall have to pass the night exposed to the full fury of it, in addition to the pleasing excitement of a treme ndous cannonade. We can get but very meagre in forma tion as to how we are progressing , is the a and work of considerable danger for any one to leave batteries while the fire is so heavy ; b the fog. ecause i it s too of wWhieehha areve , Russian magazine in the favourable. We blew up one great however,for u h s a tdo severalsee anything ing from the rts, cam p. al the Sedan and I return safe and sound from the Malakhoff Tower. I I will give you an account Garden Batteries this afternoon, and . , they say, have I suppose by that time we have done, for of what we 0 1 1 P . n l i e o d r r o t the night, enemy's fire in s t m h h a a e t t e r r e ia n l e ly he c s r have made some visible progress, if we are ever to do silo. :et s_ h i ogerndeedr Horsebi y Council,t Guards,he d j tt a t u an th t- o G ri e s n in e g . respecting tthhee"Ellisestinn:e;onnrttmooiftfyrreweccirrtuuhiitttashbetween the ages of 24 and 35 year, the years, and for any further eralC o w ni u m l b s. e nd a i i rai Th h e as fo b ll e o e w n in i g ssu c e i d r c f u r l o a m r, Chief,years fworitthhtehleimcointeedurtreermnceofo,ftwthoe s e it to be notified that all recruits so enlistingeueeretary of War, directs term not exceeding one the same bounty as at present nlogw.ted.ll. a ] roger. pe-iod." granted to men enlisting for J An ingption of the Wes was , Tiat el, . M on d a t Rent Li g ht I n f an t ry Militi a Monday, at Maidstone, by Colonel Pipon, Assista• ' di u t ant . General of Militi a , ev id en tly with a view of i..ice;tainin if gthe men were properly equipped for removal to the camp at Aldershott. At the conclu sion of theinspection the gallant colonel x e pressed his • satisfaction at the state in which ho found the corps. The Royal Sussex Artillery Militia, which has been quartered since the Bth of March at Fort Monckton, Gosport, returned on Wednesday last from Portsmouth to the Sussex district, and is now distributed as follows : —Head-quarters, with two companies, at Eastmore ; two companies at Fort Langley and the adjoining mar tello towers ; and the remaining company at Little. hampton. . It is intended to distribute, as far as - may be praotica, ble, the regiments of militia h on th and Welshe home service ins the following manner — viz. , En g lis regimnts in Scotland, Ireland, and the Channel Islands ; Irish regiments in England, Wales, Scotland, and the Chan. nel Islands ; and Scotch regiments in England, Wales, Ireland, and the Channel. Islands. The .severa,l regiments will be relieved periodically, in order to perfect the men in garrison duties of every description. Ten regiments of Irish militia will be concentrated at A Idershottehostb -Olitll• 0=494 of 4.4 Qua? •