The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-30 00:00:00

al (1 ,------__ - -- M A KE T AND COZetaill/i CIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. airedhe cotton market at Liverpool on Saturday with some excitement, and prices of all kinds reextrem and Americans, about 5!,d. per lb., are Very scarce ' byteestilaitioil; The sales were estimated at 12,000 g_ 515900 of which were for export and 2,500 on at giA. including 40 Pernam and Maranhani 53,,4, 400 Bahia at 6d. to 61 , (1.; 300 Egyptian t Sea Bcl. • • 2,500 Surat at 3d. to 4d. ; and 10 :BEtwhYah(te;aaitroe: ea slauds'at 1 0d. to ls. Gd. per lb. The Rail rlauaprket closed heavily, and prices were ~._. Letters from 2813 isrinz Friday. glia ra state that the iron ( lar!.jue continues in a very unsatisfactory sti.te, an I lu res are dail y the United States there i expected. For °l' 8 sca reelY any inquiry, but for home use 11.e._rs for plates and sheets are more numerous. 3,(l7,,,reduction in the manufacture is estimated at 1 -., ton s per week, and few of the works are em- Th e v Z ed nlore than half time. . railway meeting, announced are the follow 11g Antwe C°llll3anY. Date. Place. be,,,„,.r1) alad Rate:Mara ••• May 3, 13ri,F2Rels- .. _ . 'eat I n d. Great lan Peninsula ...... April 30, 3, New Broad-3 • G ."`rara .................... ... May 3, 12, Old Jewry ena t m 1,01-;d- •, estern ............. ... May Ly ou " and North-Western May 4, Euston Station. 3, Paddington.. k a .. e , and Geneva .... ...... April 30, Paris. 11_4 nester, Sheff. and Line. May 25, Marchester. Isi ort 'it rt and Carlisle .... May 18. Maryport. St. ern of France.... . April 30, Paris. 44(0.&ndrews and Quebec, Vir3Bl ) t, .. .. .. . . Ju ne 7, Parliament-street. ~:rollf c i f ,: nci ra o • n ici ce au . 4 • . • ... c . ... ............ April 30, Paris. hlei rala te • .7 est p ima r 8 ................. May 12, Albion Tavern. FDitto e .................. May 17, 01, Moorgate-street. a r the ye ................ May 22, Bruges. i d 4.1 04 R ear 1855 the directors of the Paris an tio 4 . 8 -411 Way Company offer the following valua ..... li t , Francs. VorZe receipts for 1855 . .... 38,355,000 g e xPense s , a t 35 . p*,;',-,"1:1i:. ............. 13,418,000 24,937,000 44 L, 61 058 Nit"l4tiee from 1854 .. 340,000 4410iment of .......... 6;c., say Fr. 25,338,058 h YThe 1... 13, 11 -. to the State and Treasury 2,035,817 /i s : to the hondhold rs . ...... 4,000,000 ; tt at t E 9 the shareholdeers for in ° Per cent. ..... . ............ 5,962,500 11,998,317 his Willtlalice for dividend 13,339,741 Cite to the shareholde r s as dividend— Alignt 50 fr ancs per s h are. Add 22i „ interest. Tot., 2;pbable income 72A francs (for tqtuuok shares tr4 ft e °(4ll d be' re k t h a t the Universal Exhibition ill 4104 probabl lBss) per share on lii h asa th e epen l i rmr 2d receipts ; but ,iibt!epaaii_ t , y i.ase the nor i the Auxerre and Besancon lines v 1 3- f.. - t n . !le foregoing company's!stimatetheitdhiorenettoarssaupnirtegr uy ce,;:' li 'e • tion these contingencies, w „ The'`l,. increase in their calctdations. Bale .' e ' 7 York advices brought by the steamer l 11, the that, during the week ending 4t I,l9le3(eCeaS imports over exports was ts ttli a , -1-98 dollars It ears that the expor , th e Jesr lii , t_ • valued p (!iol_a ' u April 12 app mpared with those to Ill'ate ad,,,te iii 1 1854, c h o ave been smaller by 03410471. Br eadstuffs, with the l ex T c h e e pt l i s o s n t tt,skly i.et,„..e_uo.t been shipped so l s ar o g w e ti„erreliewed"_`:. O! the City banksh .' s a. , e : ' . 4 . c ution and contrac tion. was lit er , '4 ,every valifeJr satisfactordyepaferatratuerne,t.asThi from there shows . symptoms b e n g a considere,_ „ . . 41 hfr a ll i la could not be depended upon until finan s remittances ."'euriti:r4 assume a more settled aspect. Fancy miTht .`a bact heaorne decidedly flat tes lutelli -es I" genee from California ac- Na ber,e doing well the most favourable Trade Tr - i states that the /teitoer3,e'cptigo reiceived from — all districts. Fx - ` 44 elit ', out expected to improve—the 414 Prod ,Ppe4rAd uced by the bank ....e% 4. v ailti 44 t8 fro rn -v-. that a military co.n -k, 1 0 14 had ienna state suspensions having en Austria, th g alid been concluded betwe • . -. ,e \ r ‘, , Itnd p raa the a t ezit e ,,, , ce, and that firmly cemented ' 4 4 eperl,: rowers had been more de ',guys. Oe 41 1 ,4 the efforts of M. Drouyn en. was looked Mance with_ 11111 therupieant its announcement t hardly likely it k mo be of a iintna Gazette, but it Amba-. unless Austria is I°4 At ' ea cl3r to tak:ltsh Passr s t , (/ clero a a rn i l r? to cause the t Russian ‘lt auo a , ve . e field rumours tN i !t laat w.rY,..clisquieting pol it i cal . sing in Oen eit,tily, 1 " s'eat A. revolutionary rising would laud at were kt,:qi, w;,!aded by Mazzini who 94 rel!i ba.trt:: 4141 Sardinia is widening, and M ko'e'ti Was "Med to be intended. T h e bre_a_cl . i g witb(b., pltor din t. conapellecl to quit Turin, his.exe & ''Dert t -11113 ' "he illte l w il as he refused Piedmont 00 who visi t q t t l ' alit General of the uatantiooploe -° Proceed through Naples to to give a Acc,,,ra: • Uutilbobitng t ° a lett er von Barth ti ' freltl Dr. c r P received by Baro nw Dr. i ll Dec ' e le einineat tr etgel, the latter s l a l early ~,,. . !Aber atreller, alive and we VNlgritia). last, abo K ka Ut 120 learrues west of u II °w ing to the n 0 1) ° 1 1 th e pr e ws fro of the attempt titkeu,, Lie of the , 11l Paris the Ret,4o:s ,::)f til e ill 'Mperor Napoleon, a nd at vtin CP OI , With t, sUccesses of the operations sn _ t r i N L ? rallied, a,,,ue general belief that the .lug__°. th e rao telio;'`.,t, the renewed doubts about A e . 6 , h all tiad bei na i toruuds have been very deresu d4(l , °t bee 4 at 4111 per Cent., although bu siness ksn at such bee active. The market sin ks , i , §e , 4 a ti me. c?'llse no purchasers come forwardwhen t he barn,a:2-,01,1501s were done at 882)lmost The 7,4 lately tbnBl'as Made, but dropped a slibaeutunieal 6 1 , ticl have been since 88 sellers and Aillitlci4e4tly p.7,reallsed par and i premium, i 4 ~ It39lcee,_ Z to i re discount. The 30 years' gillill!1 at Zia stead at 16 3- 16ths. Bank Stock The 48. t o 78. The premium upon Excheque r all the mark e t ba and kteo__ ,Pric ea „ ,S. sUddenly become buoyant, other p o : 1.11 140;ole.Ing,her. Consols 981 i, and Nt rall ecurtl°' in 4 4 0 s. Tura !Ales are affected by the decline eittg'chenlg 0i.K3.184.11 tonds have fallen i to i per_ 1114)1i:ithe bill no 73 k, but now 73 Fi• The pas °R 1 4 t , .L 44 , 1, ~.. ‘? auk, the sale of clergy a ent bo v ,%° Cerau- 6pain occasioned. no improvem ent th t Corti eates which. opened at 5 and are for litl`q: ke.2 provisio4 seems to be made 1.1:'1a44,141ea1l Bonds are heavy at 20k. 2. pet 40 Cents. have been at 88f, or li wors e. at Tile per Cents. are 93, with the exchange attitk, !0110,,,,in of foreign t,443':-,ore..g,are the nominal prices Mexi- Der qUi t o 2- . ' 1 : 1 . a Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6i ; Three 41 , ehts.. ~;kt ) Peruvian., 68 to 70; ditto di to 43 ' '! to 49 • Portuguese Four per Cents., Deq`i4l4. oar::ll,ssian 'Fie per Cents., 1 90 '; ll N414'44 per Cents., 88 to • Three lilt Zltii Deferred, 17 i to 18a; ditto . r .' 6 to 3oi - • Th e 4 sliiv e 3, ; ditto Certificates, RN% tl'ettle;,l 4,t° 4--. in pro s i t e4 ‘ of the account which is is to ti i 0, 1, aoci g,ilig off satisfactorily. Bus i ness owing ate 4 fall i the quotations are depressed Canadian c , I%llT' 1)nt4t1,4t°,...ek8. The Indian and Qteek-hg 44.4-ie _French are flat. Joint a (1 Il aak t cs • neglected, the ) 4 th .. are quite . values, little e tei. Ilerally a 'mod r us p evio " 4tt -'eella " 1" k* as attract very e ilti oti aeous underta in, 44 144 1111413 Tills DAY N.T ONE O'CL'). K. l lllilitt k''4 114°4144 ONcial L i 't• ) Rnliness done Lo;N; ~'ilt. ii . .. .... 210 ',llt `'"'leed ********* *** ****************** 87S 6i it.,11 3 i)e; 1:1801.8 441:Ito, i i tlz a l **** .. • • ******* 88i 1 # Zlll)ilitietl/411't.„Anntlitieat e . ************* 87i B rb O N. "10:yeart3,4zDire sth J;:n.: iseo ..• 07) ~ ..' EzPire 10th Oct., 1.859 _ 'eti tto 4 .4. e . e0 . ~..:1•.. ........................... 16 3-1 n tke ht • ..... .:` 4 % 1 0th May ........... ... 84 4 d kti her i iiit; .. i .......................... i P Par ' ei,sall ' ....... 44. b'tNit .... ...•................ ........ ...... 7 4 " non& .; .. ~.:•• .. .................... 5 8 14 4 , 1 to - LEIN6 .3i . per Cent. ...... keZ t Ot (4 1859: .. fit I cL • IMlttlll .. ONE O'CLOCK. Neal 14, i Per elit.. N FUNDS AT 4 11 il'roiltdhe Acconiii: . :..-................ -- ..... 2 0,1 141,1%11 Cr,,,,''.,,ii per Cent: ............. .... .. . ... 88* Ditto hon'l,64te„o Cert. of Coup. .. .no . t . fun. 53 i p 0 -" f r -, u Per e t ON ; I ' t M ao Ae Hunt, on ..................... 73i 3 '1114411:14 , ....... .;,, 1 ;i .. London. -) li per 0,4 e -45 - n ... 93?. ex 25f. 15c. ...... ..14;ILP-P AST 1' IV U. Z c illtiol s itto , ii......Ac co unt.................. 88$ i f, riAb ''Y ... ............... 881 i ' 4 / 1 . °,_/‘ It o •••••,.............. % tki i l'qo ,evragettlLD AND THE VACANCY FOR THE 'lle ;eVorted „"41. quarters in the City on Saturday erit elireNtil t hat in the event of a vacancy occurring in 4 4 , et i ts tattoo of the city of London, by reason of INOnteeett?•arilbers having recently contracted with 11,1,0 r, .r4or l oan it ~,,--- p brible that the Lord Th e flr 4 aeei I‘, ' - as - ro ' ld becom e a can ,. i ) ,„ cr th e a,,,,8 loon, Bart., wou itf stinom i_4(rages of the electors. • • . tak e e Pilt,ll i.""11 Ist Paris, in aid of the British Ci.p,- bst ts Pla ee a'a"se been fixed for the 15th May. It will Ntl i „Ne o f usual at the Jardin d'Hiver, under the I,; 11, fl ox o t ri?rnber of ladies of rank. On account 'wed to ,Avniitors attracted by the Exhibitio n it is ei,et k, , D'r've a fete o f e.it d Pos eop i unusual splendou r.n In 1854 Nr. ekto‘. AL CDUROR OF SCOTLAND.—In two h:)to t h av "a Were advanced to the priesthood, an, b 5 b ee 4 e been ordained deacons Six new churches ,01Zpt 1:1t 70c?°eerated, and five new missions opened. lo t reh t , Pktieripens ha.ve been confirmed. The number f itt l e :. 891 4„chapels now is 150 ; of clergy, 157 ; ? v l. ' ' 4 ere were only 121 churches and chapels SUARE MARKETS, (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. !Closing Prices Saturday. Bn.lnegß done this day. RAILWAY/• 50 16i 1(4 St. Lll .00 , =ll .00 IScottishMidland... 0 :3, tropshire Union . 1 South Devon South ;:stern.. 1 South Wales . 5 Yrksh. & Ely. Din 5 Do Stockton Darliu stx,-Azten . r,rr Do. 110 shares a I i all 171 s. Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Doe!. , and 11.0.1 way NW, olNeath Waterf Waterfor ,l &L:meri , 1 West Coenwal. West End of Londeb ;Ina Crystal Palace INVest London &Croydon, lberdeen.. .... Arcbg. Nottng Bost. and Eastn. Junct... 9eJ'ast t 4 I{allymeua. Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valky 13irkenlid. Lanesh. Chesiiire Do. Chessh. dr Birk., £5O and £25 Cous. Do., Myth &Tynorigina £25 (issd. at .V. 5 Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Carmarthen and Car ' digan Chester & )ork and Bandon Cork, Vack, 6.; Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction !)111 , 1 in &BelfastJunc Dundee Perth clzAb, Coen Junction Do. Now East Arii!•liqu Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock ....... ..... • • 0C De., B. Stock E 4. Do., New A 0 East Lancashire G Edinburgh & Glasgow 11 Edinb. and Peebles D Edin.Prth &Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde Jane 1 Furness 1 Do. Extension ) Glasgow &S. Wester]) ) Great Northern ) Do., A. Stock ) Do., B. Stock ) Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) Great Western I Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish SouthLEastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lencash. andYorksh Do., Wst. Riding Um Liv.Crsby.&Southpt Loudon & Blackwal Load. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Sh., M&8... C Do. Eighths ) London andS. Westn Do., £5O Do., .£4O Lndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. & Linda Do. Shares, No. 1 Do., Man. & Lin. lin. Midland .. Do. Birmng. & Derby Kidld. G. West. (Ire, ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties 17n North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwicl , Do. do. Extension Dodo. G.N.E. Parch Do. Leeds ........ Do. York North London Do. New £lO N .StS.Wstru. ,liamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western....... N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central 19 --20 4i - 4i 81 - 8i 141 -- 131 15 -- 16 9 -- 8 d 88 - 90 58i - 594, 12 - i 3 7 - 9 4 - 3 5i - 6 14 - 15 1.1 - 11;, 30 - 32 20 - 22 71i 72 51 2d par 18 20 67 - 69 88,i - 894 72 - 74 - 1 23 - 125 92 - 114 63;, 58 - 60 65 - 70 5- 7 p 5 - 7 75k -75 i 97 97* 97i 1 d 80 81 10 9 9 8 d 23 - 23 7 - 8 681 _ CBi 40 - 42 11 - 9 li - 2 ii - i'6 271 70 71 74 7 44 4 12A 13 473 484 48 50 d par 4d 1 5i 6 64 1 d rar 25 - 27 93 - 100 63 - 65 44 - 46 l2i - 13- 59 • 60, 27 - 28 5 - 3 3 - 1 36 - 38 ... "" •• 1( 17:', - i - 8 . . . . gi 7di FOREIGN. Antwer ! e..:ltott. , rduxu East'. June 'Beziers to GritiSSCSSae Bombay - , Baroda, anal C.:utral Central of Italy Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New . East Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. Ey',ension Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of Cana.l , :A is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 ' Do. Comp. 6 n. c., do. Gt. Central of Franc— Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. 1 Do. New 5 per cent Do. Extensions 1 1 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad; Shares Do. lids., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p. c prof Lyons and Geneva „ Lyons es Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New • Namur (Sr Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D 0.201. Slis.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 224/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jau. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. (fm y. B. & Ams. Shs. ) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen-- ParisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse _ Do. 54, p. cent. Pref. Scindo Southern of Franca St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do b per c. Pref Western of France West.. of Switzerland I,Viesbaden Zealand 7 - 2 t l - 211 = 1d 34 341 6 7 231 —24 i 2 21,P 9i - 8i 15 - 16 48 -5 0 A 83 -- 90 -- 2 I. iP par -- iP 12) 2g -- 2i 17/ -18 i 96 -- 98 97 -- 9 9 100 -- 102 95 • 97 1 191 - 201 99 - 100 •ope .. ... ... . clis 21 2ip ••• —•-• par Ap lip 4 6 15 24 54. 34 = 3'4 12 3 / 4 -- 13 7_RAI 23 -23 R 44 46 39 41 • • 1 ,11 ) 21j 22 par - - 1p 2 lid 7i 8 1k - 10 ... - pm 3 4 d 6P i'il Z iiii JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Austraiasla ............ British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 11 British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 15 Colonial 0 Commercial of Lond .8 English Scottish and Australian Chart Lond. Chart. Bk. of Austral ;a 5 Ditto New London ar • _;ounty London Joint Stock Lond. WeFtminstei National Provincia 11 of England Do. Now National of Ireland Now South Wales 1 Oriental Bank of Corporation h.ovineial of Ireland Do. New Royal Austrain.l3kg & Gold Imp Co.; south Australia , Union of 'Do. New 1 3.41104 of Lowlva kin 79 -- 81 ... ''' ... 1• • • •••••• • • d •••• i•d i id 16. -17 i 20 21 id iP ••• ... 33 - 35 39 - 40 e; -- 6 . 8 7 i 8a •1 E „, 812 s 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 10 5 20 20 17 20 20 20 20 20 100 THE SUN, LONDON, NI:ONDAY EYENING, APRIL 30, 1855 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shr. eala. RAILWATI; Leasing Closing Prices Bust , ess Cotnpans Saturday. this day. 50 all Bedford and London 4 1 1; Bletehley ••• N. West, St. Buckghamsh. &N.W• 5 97 St. 100 Clydesdale <le. Caledon„. 16 98 25 24 Col. Stour• Vy. E. Un. Sud. and Hal. E. C St. 1.00 E. Lineolngr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrtbn. 133 135 St. all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct ••• ••• St. 10) Do. New Do ••• ••• 25 all Glstr.dz Dn. Fr Gt. Westi 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NM 105 107 107 25 all Do. Shares. Do.. ••• ••• 12:3 all Do. .1 Shares. Do — 12 all Lon.&Greenw S. Easter , 121 —l3 20 all Do. Preference 10 all Lon., Til., &S. Peto & Co. 11 111 St. I !"0 Lowestoft ur. 4 per cent.' Norfolk — St. 100 Do. 6 per et. Do 51 all Manch. Batn. L.&N.W and Matlock & Midld. 23 —2l 21 50 all Mithllesbro' & Staton & Redear. Parlingt. ••. ••• St. 'lO Midld.Bradfd Midland 92 94 6'; 54 Newmarket Bury Exten . En. Coun. par 4p 50 all Northern and Easternsp.e. E. Count. 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do ••• .•• 50 all Do. Fizedsp4 Do ••• ••• 25 all Prost. & Wyre &LnBtYli 12A all Do. Stirs. A Do — St. 1.00 Roystn.& Hit. Gt North, 130 133 25 18 Slief.Roth and Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorks] 10 all Shrews.&Her T.Brassey 7i 8i 7i 12 9:i S. Staffordsh. M.MCleal 2i 2t' 7 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt 25 all Do , Do 32 33 St. 100 Wilts&Bomrst GtWestn. 881 89 MINES. 1 all Agna Fria ....... 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold ••• 10s. all Anglo Californian ... * 1 20 6 Australian 1 1 all Australian Cordillera ... ••• 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd.Dnehy of) s — g 50 all Blienarvon Iron and Coal .. _ 5 7 61 20 13.5 British Iron 5 6 35 25 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Culaba 2 24 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 31 —33 1 Carson's Cre.ak — 1 Clarendon Cons. Min, Co. of Jamaica 4 id 40 all Cobre Copper 53 55 5 1 Colonial Gold - St. all Copper Min. of Eng 3O 40 25 all Do. Prof. 7l p. cent 1(1 in ... 16 Copiapo. 2l. '24 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg Oo 11 11 2 1 Fortuna 4 13 20 all General.. 14:4 164 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. g 44 all Great Polgooth ••• ••• 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 7 71 5 1 Lusitaniau iP 1 all Mariquita, 1 all New Granada — 1 i all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co — 1 all Nouveau .Ironde 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 143 153 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock 4 - 50 all Rhyraney Iron 2O '22 15 all Do. New . 30 12i Santiago de Cuba • 51 61 1 all South Australian 1 I 10 7,1 Tin Croft .. 28 all United Mexican 7l 7i 1 all Waller — 1 all West Mariposa - 1 12s. Wortliing Mining of Australia 1 i.l Yuba PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 ivoerdeen lO2 104 St. 10 Do. N 0.2, 7p. c... 89 —9l 25 all BlythandTynelOpei c. pref. (issd. at 50/) •.. St. 100 Brie. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 92 91 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares St. 100 Caledonian £lO 96 97 15 all Chester & Holyheae Guar. 5i per cont.. 9i all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 — 24 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ... •• 6i all Cork & Bandonsip.i. 64 all Dun • Prth .& Aber.J si 6 10 2 E. Anglian Cis. ASh St. 100 Do. do. C's. B6p. c. St. 100 Do. do. Cs. C 7p. c. (51 all Eastern Counties Ex tension,s p. c. No. lls pm 6! al Do. No. 2 - p pm 10 all Do. New 6r. C. St. 12i 13/ 20 all East Un., G. 6p. c. 5 all Do. 51., 10 ner cent. ••• 10 all Do. 101. Dcfanitr.Sl , . St. all Do. do. 4 per cent... St. 100 ;:ast Laneash. 6 p.ets 5 all W. York. J. sths St. all sld.Prtli.&Dun.4p.c. 58 62 20 all Furness — St. like nas. &S. W. 0.5 p.c — St. 100 Great Northn. sp. c ll4 116 1151 St. 100 5 p. c. Redeem , at 10 p. c. prom... 107 109 108. St. 100 :4). 41 p. e lOO 162 123 53 Do. 5 P.C. Scrip, Red it sp. c. pm... 10 all Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Frei St. 100 It. S. &W. (Ireland) ... ••• 20 9 Do. 4 per c. Pr:l'. St ••• 50 6 Gt. Wcstn. (Barks & slants Ex. sp. c) 6 6. St. 100 Do. con. red. 43 p.c 96 98 4 St. 100 Do. con. red. p. c. 88 10 96 St. 100 Do. irred. 4p.c. 90 —92 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh lO —ll 10 all Do.ChesterB p.c.P.S l7l 17, 10 all Do. do. sp.c. do lO 101 St. 190 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk 72 —74 26'4j all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh l9l —19 i 3 13 1'1 all Do. do. do .. 20 all Do. do. do ...... 141 — 14 i 16 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O 1 St. 100 Do. 6p. C. Stock ' 134 -- 136 St. 100 Lon.k,Brig,h. G. 5 p.c• ..• ••• St. 100 Do. Prof., sp. c. St. ... ••• St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. ••• •••• St. 1.00 Do. do. 5 per cent ..• ••• St. 100 Lon.&,N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct ••• 50 5 Lon.& S.W.Con. 3 ds 2 i 3 P 121 all 'Jowly. &Coler. Sh. ••• 123 all Londy. & Ennis. Sh. 10 all \lan., Shef., & Lin. New, £lO l2. —12 i 6 Do. £6 — 61 ) 12A all N,larypt.&Carl.4p 12A all Do. 4i per cent ••• ••• 1231 104 Do St. 1100 Vlid.Consol.6 St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cant.... IS4 136 1.351 St. 100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. 94 96 16i 111 Do. Pref. 4A per cei , 1 l dim 5 at Do. 51. Pr f. 4p. c.. 4 4i St. 100 Ditto Leie,ster and Hitehen Pr..f. 5t.... ••• 1.9 10 Norfolk Debenture .. St. 100 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stool: 85 87 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Est lO3 105 St. 100 51 per ct. pref — St. 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c — St. 100 North British St. 100 NI. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P OO 92 17 5 Do. do. do —3 i 20 13 t Do Leeds6p.c;No 1 ••• 12i 9 Do. do. Quarters 48 25 10 Do. York H.& S. Per. id 20 all North Staffordshire.. St. 100 Oxford,Worcester,& Wolyerh.Xls, 6 p.c. 101 103 1001 1 8A all Scot. Cent. , New Fret 25 all South Devon l3 —l5 10 11 De. fixed,4i per cent id par 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 221 23 St. 100 Do. 4i per cant 96 98 20 all S. Wales Gus. 4p. c — 20 all Do. do. 4} p. 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 15 —l7 25 all Stock. & Dar., sp. c. • . . 25 15 Do. do. do. 1.1 112 i all Stock. & Hart]. g. p. c. till July 1, '56 5 1 4 Waterfd.& Kilk.6pc 2i —21 d MISCELLANEOUS. 25 ; 17i Australian Agricult. 28 30 10 all Aus;,raln. Royal Mail 10 7 Berlin Water Works 3 2;id 50 40 Brit. American Land 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co 100 32? Canada • 110 115 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct. Jan. and July 108 1081 1081 5 all Crystal Palace 3a 34 34 5 4 Do. Preference * 4 all Crystal Pal.of France 1 Duston Iron Ore 20 86 Eastern Steam 25 22 Electric Telegraph l4} 156 15 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 all General Screw Steam 20 10 Irish I;3ctroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Nayig. 10 all Moditeran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 6i 7 6i 10 21 Do. New 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land._ 14 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Stearn Navigat. Co. .„ 1 all N. B. Australasian a 20 12i Nrth.ofEuropeStzam 5 all Peel Er. Ld. & Minrl. 2.; 2i 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 60 62 50 10 Do. New 2 all Portland Iron C 0..,,, 1 1 00 60 Royal Mail Steam 68 70d 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1 14 Ditto New. — 25 all South Austral.Lanlt 36 -- 37 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip — I 1 a ll 1),,. Retristere. 20 5 Trusty 100 20 V 413 Di9M 4 O /And' &211 MABKBT NEWS--(THIS DAY.) hour. ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM MITTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The committee reassembled this morning at the usual After several of the members had arrived, Mr. Layard entered the room in a hurried and apparently excited manner, and, on taking his seat, said :—Mr. Chairman, Sir Charles Trevelyan ,has very ostentatiously made an accusation against me. Lord Seymour rose to order, and suggested that the room should be cleared before the hon. member pro ceeded with his statement. Mr. Layard replied that he wished the gentlemen of the press to hear what he had to say, whereupon. The Chairman said that Sir Charles Trevelyan should be sent for, and a messenger was despatched accordingly. Captain Milne ;was then recalled, and his examina tion was resumed by Lord Seymour, Ho stated that all the ,vessels taken up by the Go vernment had to be ilitted up properly for the convey ance of horses and stores of various descriptions ; but other shipowners were obliged to be employed in this service in consequence of the Government con tractor being quite overwhelmed with work, and the necessity for completing the outfit of these vessels being pressing and immediate. Consider ing the large amount-3 millions—of money ex pended during the past year in the transport service by taking up vessels, it would have been more economi cal to have purchased the vessels, so chartered, out right. Lord Seymour—Why then was not that course adopted ? Captain Milne—ln the first place, we should have had no means at our command of manning them or appoiat ing officers to them ; because we found the greatest difficulty in manning our Baltic and Black Sea fleets• There was another objection : we should have been' un able to bring these vessels into our own dockyards. The question was considered by the Admiralty, and was con sidered very undesirable. The witness was then examined relative to the official regulations which were enforced in the' transport service, and gave evidence in detail at some length, but it was not of a generally interesting character. By the Chairman—There had been no desire on the part of the Admiralty to increase the expense of the transport service. If there had been any want in the army it had not arisen from the want of a sufficient number of transports. By Lord Seymour—ln the month of August last Admiral Boxer wrote to the Admiralty complaining that he had not an adequate staff, and that he could not obtain labour. A steamer was despatched for the purpose of being attached to his service. [LEFT SITTING.] LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDoN, April 30.—Wind and weather this day at noon, N. ; fresh breeze, and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, April 29.— Wind, N.E. Sailed—Ashbur ton for New York. SOUTHAMPTON, April 29.—Wind N.E. by E. Arrived —Pearl, from Newcastle for Carthagena, leaky. Sailed— Madanaska, for Sydney, N.S.W. ; H.M.Str. Hecate, for Africa; William APGowan, for Jamaica. QUEENSTOWN, April 28.—Wind Variable. Arrived— Mona. from Mauritius; Eleanor, Rio Grande ; Agnes, New York ; Zebra, Kingston, and sailed for Constanti nople. Sailed—Hurkaru, for the Cape of Good Hope. WATERFORD.—SaiIed —Lavinia, for Quebec. _ _ LONDONDERRY, April 28.—The Arbutus (s.s.) from Bristol, got on shore yesterday at high water, during a fog, about a mile below the town ; cargo discharged to be got off. FALMOUTH, April 29.—Wind, N.E. to E., fresh. Ar rived—Daphne, from Bahia for Stockholm, short of pro visions ; Familie, Jacmel. ELSINORE, April 26.----The schooner Duke of Buccleuch of Aberdeen, from Grangemouth to Stettin, has been towed in leaky, and must discharge to repair. H.INI.Str. Magicienne, and H.M.St. gun-boats Snap, Lark, and Snapper, have arrived, and H.M.St. gun-boat Cuckoo for the Baltic. COPENHAGEN, April 25.—The schooner Sophia, of Feh morn, from Stralsund for England, has put in leaky, and will discharge and repair; she had been on the middle grounds. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 9.50 a.m. Wind, N. ; tide, 3i hours' flood ; cloudy. Arrived, April 29.—Slater Rebow, from St. Michael's ; Kragers. Maria, Konigsberg; Elizabeths, Constantinople; Thealtriel, Guernsey ; Crescent, Guernsey. Sailed—Fair Kathleen, for Constlutiuople ; Amaranth, Stettin. DEAL, Monday, 9.18 a.m. Wind, ; fresh. Passed—Surprise, from London, for Swansea Citizen, screw steamer, London, Bordeaux ; St. James, London, Kurrachee ; Reliance, Shields, Constantinople. Put back—Golden Fleece, for Bremen. GENERAL POST•OIIFICE, APRIL. —On the Ist of May minor money-order offices will be opened at Aherdovey, Merionethshire ; Marden, Kent ; Winslow, Cheshire ; Dunning, Perthshire;. and Leslie, Fifeshire. On the let of May the major money-order office at Currie (county Edinburgh) will be reduced to a minor office. The Marchioness of Tweeddale, after a brief sojourn in town, has left for Yester House, Hadding,tonshire. Her ladyship, while in town, received letters from the seat of war, which announced the wound of her son, Lord John Hay, not to be serious, and that there was every prospect of the gallant young nobleman soon resuming his duties. _ _ _ Ina pamphlet published at Berlin, and pretending to official origin, it is said that after the battle of the Alma, and the march of Prince Menschikoff to Bakshi-Serj, the whole garrison of Sebastopol consisted of just four battalions and the body of seamen ; at that time 'also none of the present outworks existed, with the exception of the wall of the town. KNIGHTHOOD OF THE SHERIFFS.—It is understood that at , tlie next levee her Majesty the Queen will confer thendtelys (l Alderman . :the sheriffs ff s Sheriff io r L M o u n g d g o e n r i andds: e a Middlesex, in commemoration of the visit of the Em peror and Empress of the French to the City of Londo n knighthood Charles C ros ol on Thursday, the 19th of April. EXECUTION OT BURANNALLI.—The execution of But rannalli for the murder of Mr. Lambert took place this morning in the Old Bailey, the memorial signed by several eminent professional men, urging the Govern ment not to carry out the sentence upon the ground of insanity, having failed to produce its intended effect. Notwithstanding the extreme coldness of the morning, vast numbers of people were assembled to witness the revolting spectacle: - • - - DREADFUL SUFFERINGS ON THE IoE.—The following interesting particulars of a voyage from Cape Tomentine to Prince Edward's Island, is given by one of the suf ferers (Mr. 'Joseph Were), who is well known to many of our readers, and who resided several years at Bed minster, carrying on the business of a tanner. The letter was addressed to a gentleman at Boston, and sent to a friend of Mr. Were in this .city, who kindly favoured 113 with the particulars :—" I suppose long ere this you have heard of our catastrophe. I will give you the precise particulars, which I will do to the uttermost in my power. Owing to a letter received from my lawyer, of Prince Edward's Island, I thought it advisable to start immediately, consequently your letter did not reach Bangor until after my departure. My route was from New Brunswick, a place called Cape Tomentine, across the ice to Cape Traverse. After waiting several days for fair weather, Saturday morning hailed us with every prospect of a pleasant day. There were two other pas sengers besides myself, young men from Prince Edward's Island, who had been to Boston receiving medical in struction, (me named Johnston, the other named Hazard; besides them four boatmen, making our complement. After partaking of a hasty breakfast, we sallied forth on our journey. For several hours the weather was propitious, then it changed to a heavy snowstorm, which drenched us to the skin ; we still made our way on, fully expect ing to reach the island the same evening. When we came within a mile and a half of our destination, the snow was so densely thick we could not make our way through it ; the night coming on we thought it advisable to en camp on a sheet of ice, having no covering whatever to shelter us from the weather. The next morning we found we had drifted at least five miles off from the island. We immediately mustered all bands, using every exertion imaginable to reach the land. There was a mile and a-half of water to cross before we came to the island, and the - waves were running so high the boat men said it would be impossible to cross ; we then put back again, until we came to a sheet of ice, in despair. It was very cold, and in order to keep ourselves warm, we took our clothes from our trunks, and nailed them before the mouth of the boat. By break of day we held a consultation on the best course to steer ; my ad vice was to make for the nearest land on the Nova Scotia side ; we toiled on the whole day, and towards evening came in sight of the land, when we again en camped on a sheet of ice. Next morning we found our selves in a deplorable state of hunger and deprivation, not having partaken of any nourishment since we left. The men declared they would not go any fur ther without some nutriment. Then was depicted the passisn of man—selfishness alone prevailed, and man became a brute. Fortunately, I had a little spaniel dog, which they seized upon with the greatest avidity, and after draining every drop of its blood, they ate the flesh raw, the young doctor partaking with them that renewed their srength ; and we again set forwardk for the land. About 11 o'clock, Dr. Hazard was taken delirious, and I saw his time was come to leave af ter world. then threw my greatcoat over him a nd an hour's moaning he passed into etern ity not sleep death-struggle. I told them it woul d and after constant d ' w o i t t o hout a out again, or we should all be dead, toil and exertion we reached the lanndiatiboonn,tbseiixogoie,alodelyk the next morning,i n a state of frost-bitten. I sank down in h h of aid, which they in a deplorab l et co n dition, boat We were stupor, while the men went in fortunately found in the co urse I ssituations, the neighbours fortunate in getting search hours. exerting every influencingeoytosoerifeliweavee poaurrtideinsltarrelsys,foarntdunpartoe-, mote our comforti riland,a family, who treated me as a being in M r : child of fingers and toes the doctor can not of their o wn. lam the worst frost-bitten of any yet estimate. of them, and my loss were obliged to leave our trunks on the ice, with everyt hing remaining in them, to fad . I wo ° our paplage." ! —Briltoi itror.. CORN EXCHANGE. The whole of the country markets held on Saturday were in a most excited state for wheat, and prices advanced from 3s to Gs per qr. Barley sold steadily, at full price% The oat trade was active, on higher terms. Beans and peas wore quite is dearer, and flour improved in value 2s to 3s per sack. Our latest advices from New York state that both wheat and flour were commanding very full prices. In the Con tinental markets scarcely any change has of late taken place in the quotations. The arrivals of English grain up to our market, coast wise, were very moderate. From abroad we received 4,614 qrs of wheat, 745 barley, 21,469 oats, 90 peas, 282 tares, 4,637 linseed, 8 5 rapeseed, 56 mustard seed, 53 sundry seeds, and 526 sacks of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of wheat from Essex and Kent, coastwise, were very moderate, and those by land carriage were small. The show of samples was far from extensive, and the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was much excited, at au improve ment in the prices obtained on Monday last of ss. per quarter, and the supply changed hands at that amount of improvement. Foreign wheat, the show of which was very moderate, met a very brisk sale, and ordinary qualities were 55., very fine parcels, Gs to is per quarter dearer than on this day se'nnight. At that advance largo parcels changed hands. Floating cargoes of wheat sold at ds. to ss. per qr. more money. Other grain wa s d earer . Barley, the supply of which was moderate, sold st ea dily at an improvement in value) of 8s per quarter. There was a slight increase in the inquiry for malt, but no advance took place in prices. _ _ The oat trade was brisk at I.s. per quarter above last Monday's currency. Beans moved off readily at a rise of 2s. per quarter. We had a good demand for peas. White qualities were 35., grey and maple, 2s. per quarter dearer. The flour trade was brisk. The top price of town made was 70s. per 2801bs. Country marks were 2s. to 3s. per sack ; foreign, 2s. to 3s. per barrel dearer. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Rent, Red •• • • new 634 to 73s Ditto p . i i t • o • te new 833 87 s • old a Ditto.. • • .... old 84s 89s Soriolk and Lin coln, Red, old 68s 81a Ditto new •• •• •• 683 80s 1 Rye—Old • • • • • • •• •• —sl 'Malt —Chevalier • . • • 70s to 71s 'Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed 25s 308 Potato ...... .... 28 a 31. Youghal and Cork Black..- •• • • 25s 29s Cork, White ... •• 26s 30s Scotch, Feed. • • 27s 30s Beans—Tick .••• • • • 40s 43s New •• •• •• •• •• •• 42s 44s Barley—Grinding ..... 29s 318 Malting 323 33s ... 34s 35s Malt—SuffolkandNor -625 67s Brown .•• •• .......... 58s 60s Pigeons ...... .... 42s 4553 Peas—Grey .......... 35s 38s Maple. •• •• .• •• •• 38s 40s Wiiitc.— .• •• •• •• 39s 45s Boilers •••••• •• •• 43s 46s Flour—Town-mado... 65s 70s Suffolk .......... 523 568 Stocktn & Norfolk 51s 55s Kingston and Ware 68s 703 SMITHFIELD. During last week the arrivals of foreign stock into Lon don were again moderate, the time of year considered—the total supply amounting to 1,243 head. In the correspond ing week in 1854 we received 11,104; in 1853, 3,550; in 1852, 1,914 ; in 1851, 1,647 ; in 1850, 1,360; in 1849, 1,211 in 1818, 1,090 ; and in 1847, 1,211 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Hjertin,g l7O Harlingen Ro aerdam 123 ... Hamburgh 6O ... Kampen ...... Antwerp ,,, Amsterdam Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 15 ... - ... 153 ... - ... 14 ... - 212 ... - 6 ... 708 168 ... ... 367 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1854 539 244 ... 319 ... 2 1853 902 2,124 474 42 1852 320 992 ... 535 ... 5 1851 442 772 346 ... 73 1850 3SS 607 ..• —30 S The show of foreign stock to-day was rather on the in crease, yet its quality was inferior. From our own grazing districts, as well as from Scot land, the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were sea. sonably good, but we observed a slight falling off in their general condition, compared with Monday last. For all breeds the demand was somewhat inactive. In prices , however, we have no actual change to notice. The highest figure for the best Scots was 54 per 81bs. The arrivals of beasts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, amount to 3,303 Scots and homebreds ; from other parts of England, 40 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 500 horned and polled Scots. Tho supply of most kinds of sheep was seasonably good and in excellent condition. The mutton trade was brisk' at prices fully equal to those of this day so'nnight. The best old Downs, in the wool, realised quite ss, and a few very inferior half-brcds and Downs, out of the wool, pro duced 4s Sd per Sibs. Lambs—the supply of which was rather extensive— moved if slowly, yet no decline took place in the quota tions. The highest figure was 7s per 8113 s. The ♦eal trade was active, and prime small calves realised 5s 2d per 81bp., being an advance of 2d per 81bs. Pigs sold heavily, on former terms. Per Bibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. s. s d, Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 O,PrimoSouthdown 4 8 5 0 Second quality....; S 4 4 Largo crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime largo oxen 4 6 4 S i Primo small d 0... 4 8 5 2 Prime Scots, &c. 410 5 G Large hogs 3 0 4 0 inferior Sheep ...3 G 3 BSmall porkers 4 2 4 4 Second quality ...3 10 4 U Suckling calves-23 U 20 0 Prime crse.-wlled. 4 2 4 4 (2tutttei• old pigs 21 0 27 Lamb ss 4d to 7s CIL TOTAL lIIIPPLY. I FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. ••• • • • •..... •• •. 4.112 1 Beasts ..•• •• •• •• • 593 sheep ....... •• .. 24,2 RI i Sheep .. ••••••• • • • • • • • calves: /53 Ca1ve Pig5.........• .......... 132 ~ • ... ••..•••• •• • • .i.. ••• • . • • • Pigs .. 3.55 A. statement and compaesou of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Morday, May 1, 1854, and this day, Monday, April 3i), 1855. . . Per Sibs, to sink the °tilt's. May 1, 1854.1Apri130,1855 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts .„ ,„ 3 2to 3 4 3 4to 3 6 Second quality ditto 3 6 3 8,3 8 4 4 Primo large oxen 310 4 24 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c 4 4 4 6,4 10 5 0 Coa 7SO and inferior sheep 3 8 3 10,3 6 3 8 Second quality ditto ... ~, 4 0 4 6.3 10 4 0 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 S 4 104 2 4 4 Prime Southdown ditto 5 0 5 24 8 5 0 Lambs 5 6 7 Op 4 7 0 Large coarse calves ... 4 6 5 2 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto 5 4 5 814 8 5 2 Large hogs ... 3 0 4 2 1 3 0 4 0 Neat small p0rker5.........4 4 4 8 4 2 4 4 Beasts... ... 4,668 4,112 Sheep 25,020 24,260 Calves... „., 216 153 Pigs ... 295 355 SUPPLIES ON SALE, May 2, 1853.—Beasts, 4,303 ; sheep and lamb?, 24,300 ; calves, 228; pigs, 310. May 3, 1852.—Beasts, 3,974; sheep and lambs, 23,910 calve , , 226 ; pigs, 350. NEWGATE AINM LEADENHALL. Onr markets are but moderately supplied with each kind of meat slaughtered in the provinces. The supplies of town-killed aro tolerably good. Generally speaking, the demand is steady, and prices are fairly supported. Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. a. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 2 . 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., middling ..... 3 8 310 40 4 4 Do., prime large .3 10 4 0 Do. , p rimp De , do. small .... 4 2 4 4) V ea l 3 8 4 10 5a 2d to 6a 6d Fork, large —..—• 34 3 8 Pork, small 310 4 4 Lamb BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of potatoes are but moderate, and the sup plies on offer to day are by no means extensive. Th e de mand is in a sluggish state, as follows :—York Regents, 105 s to 130 s; ditto plants, 133 s to 140 s ; Scotch do., m e to 1103 ; Sent and Essex do., 100 s to 110 s ; d o . reds, 80s to 95s ; blues , 80s to 90s; Lincolns, 85s to 05 s per ton: mostlu hops ish s O t n at o e f f e o r n isvery moderate, yet the former terms. Last we BOROUGE HOP. The wereasluggish 12 bales from Rotterd am and 17 from Ha y rt i : i s ofii(ni an d E as t Kent pocket s , 14 / to 20/. ; Weald inkd es t ir u mag p nbp. 0 1p dui s i of Kent ditto, 13/ lOs to 15115 s ; Sussex, 10110 s to 121 12s; and yearlings, 01 Os to 0/ per cwt. WOOL. demande but s. } f , o o r re l i o g w n 528 from Port owing to the near approach of the improvement watotoe. lii,tiotnf,uol on p i nee t sh former, but fine parcels There is a slight are very inactive. Last week' publica commandnd qualities salsa, aleo colonial sv fEnglishrvery littleo wools, ls s imports into Elizabeth, and 17 from Odessa. The following are the current rates of English wool London were 218 bales from the Cape : Down tegs, is Od to is 1d ; Down owes, lid to is Od ; half-bred hogs, lizd to is o,id ; half-bred wethers, lld to ls; Kent fleeces, is Od to is 1d; Leicester fleeces (mixed), 10 ',d to is ; combing skins, 10c1 to is Od; flannel wool, lld to 1s ld ; blanket wool, 6cl to lid per lb. SEEDS. Most agricultural seeds are in good request, and quite as dear as last week. In other articles a moderate business is doing. Turnip, White, per bush. 229 to 25s Sw — ode •. •• •• —s —s Mustard., 8r0wn...... 123 14s Carraway...... •• •• 36s 38s Coriander— •• •• •• 208 24s lierapseed, per quarter 4SS '6s Linseed, Eng. Sowing•• Gss 70s Crushing • • •• 66s Os Baltic • • • • .. •• •• — a —s Odessa • • • • • 60s Gls Linreed Cake, pr. ton— English —.121 Os 12 lOs Foreign, per ton 1 110 s 12/ :is Rape Cakes, pr ton 6/, 5,6/ lOs Rapeseed, New,pr Ist 33 'los 35, Os White, new 8s 104 Tares,Winter, new.... lls 125 Old •. • • • • • • •• •• 93 lOs Canary, per quarter . 463 52. s Rye grass•• .. •... 24s 305 ,Clover, Red Eit; .(cwt.) 523 655, White •• • 653 7.5 Foreign Ited•• • • 48s GO5 f,se 70 s Trefoil, new.. •....... 253 325 TALLOW. - - Our market has been less active, and prices have a down ward tendency. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at Ms 3d to 51s 6d per cw t. T own T a l low, is 54s Odper cwt., net cash. 1851 . 1852. 1853. Stack this day Price of Y. C Delivery last week .. Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week.. Ditto from Junel.... Price of Town ...... 31479 38 s 64 to 39s Jd 693 87,750 610 96,711 394 6a 42,996' 95.108 38s Od 47s 6d to i te —s Od —a Od 9 30 2 25G ( 98 .730 98,081 1,083 1,408 105,192 8,256 ; 384 04 494 34 31,700 543 3d to 543 6d 1,820 78,227 - 968 73,927 66a 64 39 i 81 11 P 1855. 1854. 34,102 G4s —s 0(1 784 89,741 1,082 100,618 44. 9d LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN .RAIL.WAY- On Saturday n special general meeting of the proprie tors of the London- and South-Western Railway was held at the Waterloo-bridge Station, for the purpose of considering and determining upon the course to be pur sued by the co m p an y w i t h re f erence t o th e bill now before P ar li ament f or amend i ng the company ' s acts, an d with regard to the pledge that was given on behalf of the company, before the Devon and Dorset Railway Committee, in the session of 1853. There was a nume rous attendance. Mr. W. J. CHAPLIN, M.P., the chairman, said the occasion of this meeting was a difference between Par liament and the company about that pledge, which bad never been fulfilled. He knew there were differences of opinion among the proprietors as to the authority on which that pledge was given, and as to whether the Committee of the House of Commons were justified in accepting it ; but it was no a• too late to discuss those questions, and all they had to do was to find the best mode of extricating themselves from the dilemma. When he, ou the Bth February last, introduced the bill now pending on behalf of the company, a marked hos tility was shown by some members of the House of Com mons. He defended the conduct of the company as well as he could, but with very little effect. A wish was indi cated that he should take the opinion of the proprietors as to what could be done; and on the 15th Feb. the com pany had a meeting, but there was very little inclination then to advance in fulfilment of this pledge. On the Bth March the debate on the second reading of the bill was resumed; and he (the Chairman), not having anything to propose on behalf of the company, yet ventured to vindi cate its cause. He told the House of Commons that among the shareholders ageneral feeling of regret existed at this pledge having been given, which they were un able to fulfil. When the pledge was given the company's stock stood at 90, in May, 1853 ; but in Nov., 1853, it had sunk to 74 ; and it would be exceedingly difficult, therefore, to raise money upon it ; the directors could not, therefore, lay before the company any plan of raising the capital of 750,000/. which would have been required to perform the stipulated work. Notwithstanding this, the directors would have been willing to subscribe the deed, and become personally responsible to Parliament, and would have trusted to Providence for the means of raising the money at some future period: but the majority of the shareholders was against them. The directors had done all they could, to perform the pledge, but it was impos sible; and as there were 4,000 shareholders, with 64,000 votes, the fate of any proposition made by them to the company must be uncertain. After describing the fluc tuations of the company's stock, he (the chairman) told the House of Commons that the shareholders, having taken the matter into their own hands, had altered their opinion as to the policy of any extension line ; and he then implored, as it were upon his knees, pardon for their having broken the pledge. He submitted also that the district to be traversed by that line was much altered in its character ; for, as to the portion between Dor chester and Exeter, there was already a bill before the house for a line to Bridport ; and an act had been ob tained for the tributary branch between Exeter and Ex mouth. The central line, which he (Mr. Chaplin) had been most desirous to carry out, had been occupied, from Salisbury to Yeovil, by another company, but the South-Western Company had entered into an amicable arrangement to support it, with which view their Basing- - stoke and Andover line bad been carried on, for thirty miles, to Salisbury. The South-Western Company had thus endeavoured to do justice to the Government and the putilic. Such were the representations he (the chairman) made to the House of Commons. But when the bill went into committee on the 24th April, find ing in 'it no proposal to redeem the pledge, the com mittee cleared the room, and quickly came to a resolu tion which showed the animus that prevailed : "That, in the absence of any satisfactory proposal being made Upon this point, the committee will, in the event of the preamble of the bill being proved, insert a clause binding the South-Western Company to carry out fully the terms of that pledge, on pain of the company's dividends being stopped ; and that, if the bill should be abandoned, they will bring the subject before the House. of Commons, to be dealt with as the circumstances may require." The directors were also pretty well informed of the inten tions of the other House of Parliament, which would support the same view. Next Thursday was named for the next meeting of the committee, and they were open to receive proposals from this company for a modification of the pledge it had given. Now he (the chairman) thought, knowing the sentiments of the committee, it was becoming that the company should make some ar rangement. There had been a great deal of moneyspent on the west of England, and it would be inconsistent for the company now, when it was almost forced to go on with it, and when every difficulty would be removed and all the expenses of getting a bill would be reduced, to refuse completing this work, by which the honour and charac ter of the company might be saved. In 1852 lie brought a measure before the House of Commons to complete the line from Salisbury to the west of England, when 8 of the 13 directors were in favour of the measure, which they considered to be sound and salutary. He thought so still, but the shareholders having thought otherwise the measure was defeated, and he (Mr. Chaplin) there upon retired from the chair. Afterwards the Hon. Mr. Scott, who succeeded him in the chair, seeing the coun try about to be occupied by another company, proposed an alternative scheme along the coast ; but that was also defeated, and Mr. Scott, with the same feeling as had actuated himself, retired, and he (Mr. Chaplin) resumed the chair. He felt strongly, however, that the wishes of the shareholders were against any poliCy of exten sion ; and he, with his colleague?, bed carefully ab stained from it ever since. But the company woo new in such a position that the question Inuit be encoun t« red. The committee had kindly left a door open to the company, and• would not inflict upon it a precise compliance with the pledge, involving a very heavy ex pense. The course which the directors now recom mended was, "that -Ere bill now pending be not, in its present stage withdrawn, but that the cJinpany should obtain from the committee the option of redeeming the engagement by bringing in a bill for authorising the construction, in as long a period as Parliament uould sanction, of a railway in extension of the narrow gauge line, from Yeovil or front Dorchester, at the option of the company, to Exeter ; and either on their own ac count solely, or in conjunction with any other company or party." The directors asked for power to meet the committee, and make the best arrangement they could. They would be careful to avoid any unnecessary outlay, and hoped to obtain, in consideration of the unfortunate circumstances of the times, an enlarged time. The war would not, he trusted, last for ever ; and it might be advantageous to the company if times improved to have undertaken this matter with such facilities for its execu tion. The directors meant to avoid, if they could, any issue of preference shares ; they would ask for power to treat with other parties to make a part or the whole of this line ; and their friend, Mr. TJztelli, had thrown out an idea of some loan from the Government, which was the more reasonable in such a case, where the work was really forced u p on th e company. He (the chairman) talked seriously about it with Mr. Disraeli, when Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and although he could not flatter himself that the company would get it now, the times being more difficult, yet they might at least ask for it. The finances of the company were in a regular and advantageous state ; they bad kept within compasi, and not run riot in borrowing, like other rail ways. He did not see, therefore, why the standi ng or d ers should not be relaxed in their case, and the company en abled to borrow the mon e y u p on debenture, as it might be required. At this moment they were offered money at 4 per cent., and bad refused it at 4i only yesterday. If, therefore, money could be gradually obtained at a cheap rate, he hoped the difficulty might be got over, without Icalling on the shareholders to make any sacrifices, and in a manner satisfactory to all. It was the duty of the di rectors, however painful, honestly to declare their feeling upon this subject, in which they were, with one excep tion (Mr. Serjt. Gaselee),lquite unanimous. They proposed what was, in their opinion, the right thing to do: But if the shareholders should determine to do nothing, upon them, and not upon the directors, must the responsi bility lie. Mr. TITS, after referring to the con t es t s b e t ween t hi s company and the Great Western Company for the west ern country, warned the shareholders not to be persuaded to adopt the line from Dorchester to Exeter Lit would he a much better thing to take the line from Yeovil to Exeter. He should be infinitely better pleased if they could take neither ; but there was a contract solemnly made, which the company could not repudiate. They had put their hand to the bill, and must not, let it be dis honoured •, fot what principle, except that of keeping faith with our engagements, made England so great amongst the nations of the world ? It might be suggested to evade the present difficulty by withdrawing the bill now before the House of • Commons ; but would that restore their lost character ? And they would have to go to Parliament again, he believed soon, to sanction one of the largest and most advantageous alliances that could be conceived. (Cries of no, no.) He declared it,," Yes, yea ;" the gentleman who clamoured knew nothing about it ; he asked them would not an alliance between the South-Western Company, the South Eastern, and the t Brighton Railway Company, with a common interest and common objects, common rates and a co ? mmon t _ a ter minus, be an object worth thinking about . and h t perhaps very soon. go to was hat , they would I h f a s v o e , to w g ha o t to wa r s a t r ia li o am u e s n e t o f f or, and perhaps very soon. If so, what was the use of with ? lle believed Parliament the a b g i a l i l n ii,o and w , when woula t b h e e y r n w et o haveuwlidth the same to de mand for the fulfilment of their pledge o oily applied, the expenditure of 750,0001., if r with the honest a d• t 'et owners and others, and in the is q who required railway accommodationtriely well. The di without any plundering exactions madePP aid t o h f e land sh ose rectois should not have their make the best bargain they to the committee and might be made to from this diffi culty pay eX hands eu and unavailing to raise a ~t shhew hen Government and the proposedutions aofretsholoutninonni,- cou ld, i a fo u r d it extricate w a. 9 i fools r cry of " no surrender c “ o T u h ri a ti t i t h ir e e r resolutions the directors will subject the company b I N% i ; t e v r i e ng aga c t o n n e s t id th er e e n d l. umsta,nces of the company, and h av i w ., to no greater obligations than they find to be absolutely confidencernittee and tl c ia i ' r t e necessary, this meeting delegates to the directors full power to act in this matter on the camP4n Y ' s b ehalf as • they may consider necessary and expedient." The CHAIRMAN expressed his approbation of the reso lutmiorn: manAdNaocracEesp, . te4i p t.. , s econded the r eso l ut i on, and ad vised the company not to imitate the ridiculous perti nacity of Mr. Pick w i c k , who, after having solemnly , protested that he would never pay one farthing of the • damages in the suit against him, s, the courtshim, is , found hi mse lf o bli ge d to wink at their layhnent 1 law being to o s t rong for by of . given for value received, t helaim. .committee pledge had been h) tohrowoo na t mi th tt e eed r n ioa l t Bs w 3 e b o em tei f persuaded thereby i ~~~•~~- ;•:',P it PER . .., scheme ; and it was no less than fraudulent and dish° ...,, nest for the company to turn rpund and repudiate it, e .g now. He h a d bl us h e d to hear the language that Mr. Labouchere applied to this compay ; and every honest man would feel the same. He believed that, with the i ..:4,' ) co-operation of P ar li ament, they had an opportunity now of car r yi ng out t hi s plan so as tolidound to the .. pecuniary advantage, as well as to the honour itria cretlit ' of this company. Mr. GASKELL moved as an amendment—" That the bill be not in its present stage withdrawn ; but that the directors be instructed to inform the committee that the present shareholders are not willing to extend their line from Dorchester to Exeter, under existing circum stances ; and that the directors be requested to call a general meeting as soon as the committee have disposed of the bill, for the purpose of taking the matter into further consideration." He denied that the pledge was one belonging to the company. He (Mr. Gaskell) was unable, from family reasons, to be present himself at the meeting in May, 1853, when Mr. Scott was au thorised to give it; and although, at th e su b sequent meet ing in August, be did give his vote for the introduction of a bill to carry it out, he did so not because he considered himself bound by any pledge, but because be thoughtnow t e h ir e c w m o u r s k ta w ne o e u s reldwbeefoarlttehreed. He didcompany's interest,nothe. but lieve the committee would commit the gross injustice of coercing the company as bad been threatened. Mr. WOOD likewise contended that the chairman (Mr. F. Scott) never had any right to give such a pledge; and urged that the threat of stopping the company's divi dends might be safely despised. He proposed another amendment (there being no seconder for Mr. Gaskell's amendment), and it was this :—" That any bill making provisio n for the construction by the company of a rail ! way to Exeter would be detrimental to the company's interest, especially in time of war; and that the bill which has been, without consulting the shareholders, promoted this session by the directors, shall be with drawn." Mr. PUNCHER seconded the amendment, declaring hf t e h orl a ieud t ewr t r. i h s Kt e ht or tildh. H ouse eospwEr ihyvolfaitit Commons : hi: 7 ex frymo. property y o were f t h i s company. om behaving p a ny . most dis gracefully, and that the committee bad no right to inter of this scrape. The feelingledaagartnome. get t y a th dv e is e e o d m t p h an e sybaronet s take itf t t h h e e i co mpany tbwiulopl ;mrseeaecnnoedtfmCstioeemunEnldons ; and he believed veryt h the cos withdrawn, tn;omnig that i e n e twh Parliament a u ß r l I d o yi a u ()salon. com pa n yh committee had abe k qupe e us n t. u wa s l d er e now was i t n ion a m of o p st ub d l i i s c tr m es o s r in a g lit p now an unparalleled course, b e on the form er oc casion, they had placed such great confidenc e in this company, and shown them such extraordinary favour, in consenting to throw out the Great Western bill upon the faith of the pledge which this company then gave, to provide railway accommodation for the district. Mr. Serjeant GABBLE= expressed his indignation at the unconstitutional conduct of the committee of the House of Commons, as if the members of that house never broke their own political pledges. If the share holders of this company were repudiators, there were members of that house, and of the other house —peers, judges, and bishops of the land—amongst them. If the House of Commons wished to deal fairly with the case, they might have referred it to a select committee, to examine witnesses, and hear counsel upon the circum stances in which the pledge was given. He did not admit that the body of proprietors were pledged ; let them be firm, and the House of Commons would not persist against them. Mr. tIRCHAM, the solicitor, denied the assertion o f the learned serjeant, that he (the solicitor) had used his vote or influence to obtain the resolution in May, 1853, instructing the chairman to give this pledge ; be did vote afterwards, AI August, for authorising the bill to fulfil it ; and he should have been ashamed to repudiate that pledge. HERAPATH would not, as an honest man, go against the pledge, although he resented the tyranny of the committee. Mr. SNELL read seven heads of justiAcation, which, in his judgment, warranted the company in refusing to construct this line ; and did not see the absolute neces sity for proceeding with the present bill, which was to consolidate the preference shares. Mr. F. Scow, M.P., briefly narrated the history of this affair. The committee of the House of Commons, in July, 1853, showed the company extreme and unusual favour, and trusted to its honourable intentions. They went farther, and asked him (the chairman) whether he was prepared to agree to certain conditions to bind the company, one of which was that of a double . line. He replied that, in the capacity of chairman, he could not agree to it ; but that he fully believed the shareholders would authorise it, because they bad, by a majority of six to one, with only eight dissentient votes, instructed him to use what measures he thought proper to carry out the object then in view. In August the resolution of the company was absolutely unanimous, without ore dissentient voice, or word, or whisper ; and how could any gentleman say now that it was not binding upon him ? Some gentleman talked of appealing to public opinion. Thank God, public opinion was still in this • country allied with public morality. (Cheers.) When persons tried to evade their engagements, if one ran away, be was said to be " sharp ; ' if be remained at home, and denied his promise, he was called " sharper ;" let not such an epithet be applied to this company. (Cheers.) In the critical position they were placed in, the best course v}as to adopt Mr. Tite's resolution. Mr. HELPS declaimed against the unjust interference of the committee, and said the resolution in May was a Nee, and that passed in August was without proper notice:. Mr. W. C. ROWE, on the other hand, contended that the company were bound, in law and honour, to fulfil their pledge, a!though he was a shareholder in the Bris tol and Exeter Railway - , which would suffer by the pro posed line. After some further' discussion, the amendment of Mr. Wood was put to the vote, when the chairnitin counted 36 hands in favour of it, and 57 against it. The original resolution of Mr. Tite waq then put amid some con fusion, and there were 65 in its favour, 30 against it. A poll was demanded, and, after some remonstrance, was agreed to by the chairman ; it was to close at six o'clock on Saturday afternoon, and the result was t o b e declared on this day (Monday). There could be no doubt, however, of Mr. Tite's resolution being carried by a very large majority. At the adjourned 'meeting held this day the scruti neers gave in the following report : For Mr. Tite's For. Mr. Wood's • Motion. Amendment. 70 2,340 £705,082 . £112,634 Majority for Mr. Tite's motion. No. of Voters.. No. of votes Capital.. No. of voters Nu. of votes. Capital 1,666 £592,448 TILE ATTACK ON MR. LAYARD. (From the' Morning Advertiser of this day.) Never did the country witness so striking a display of the oligarchical and " family" spirit, in the House of Commons. The speech of Mr. Layard at Liverpool, was the occasion of this extraordinary explosion. The hon. gentleman, in that bold and brilliant speech, entered into some details illustrative of the injurious effects to the public service, as well as to individuals, of that pre posterous system of routine, in conjunction with the pre valence of "family" influence in the various departments of the State, which the entire nation, as with one voice, condemns in the strongest terms. Not content with im pugning the accuracy of some of Mr. Layard's statements —which may, as all public men are liable to be misinformed, have been incorrect in some of the details, though substan tially in accordance with fact—the "family" influence, and those who abet, because they profitby, routine, com bined to make a furious onslaught on the bon. gentleman. The howl which his assailants got up was joined in by all the lesser fry of the "family" interest, who, though un able to open their mouths in the shape of two or three consecutive sentences, could acquit themselves to admi ration in the form of groans, growls, and other zoologi cal utterances. Never did the country witness so de cided a determination to hunt down a public man, and never was there so signal a failure in the attempt. Mr- Layard is not a man to be so easily crashed. He still survives, and what is more, he will survive. The coun try is determined that be shall not be sa crificed toa haughty oligarchy. It will throw its shield around h im —it will prevent his being even harmed. and routine had much to do in rendering the " family" . That mo. which b er m e cr.anLabyearndobaddoubgtivethnatanthbeounrotoice tw.ofosteoftoioron interests so very infuriated on t t he o o .o cc li a g sx hi cal system. tion lays the axe at th e root o f b They see in it a sentence of deat h• passe d upon them. selves. Mr. Layard, arrogance, and misrule, and to oligarchical cupidity, of Downing-street, and those of by proposing pas s put an end to throw open the doors w i i l t y hi,cl i n t t h e e re capacity, without r e fe rence a chord in the national bosom to nexions—has struc k which all the h i c hibrancheslwill bi i:,eafmepro o re to f oroo t hnope prompt and contemplates an b dto l ei cordial s aiprn e dnl r ai i lati , i lfeceserw, or ahsr t pr o afegota m n ai : iel r y i mdt preciselyaToonnrhuodeoeft demands. Everywhere the announcement been hailed with acclamation. c ou ntry the hon, d i m re e s f m :w b e :b belonging n r i g e o i n n g ).,! thea his hi m ch ot t i b ow e n re hag w . c a e except the privilege reforms ls ss s only as a patriot, and a man of ability ,wt,hFhoiascemh and spirit, but as precisely the man for the e been brought. mergency i n t o w hi c h we have To him, more than to any look. In hi s integrit other public man, the people ye' kIB patrioti sm , hi s i n d epen d ence, his talent s , hi s moral rage, they re p ose th e mos t im plicit confidence. S uchcu men as he are unfortunat e ly too rare t o a d m i t of sacrificed to that powerful oligarchi ca l interest bein g whichhe so boldly confronts, and which he now so gallantly challenges to conflict in the arena of - th e H ouse of Commons. The oligarchy will, do übtleui, make a desperate struggle. They will fight with deadly determination ; but they will do battle in vain. Mr. Layard has right and justice on his side ; and these are of themselves a tower of strength. But he has more : he has the country. The nation will be with him to a man ; and it certainly will be passing strange if' the hon. gentleman and the country not only do not prove more than a match for the "fa mily" fac tion, but do not put an extinguisher upon i t. lt is high time this were done, and Mr. Laya rd , people, is just the man to do it. backed by the DEPART= OF THE AMERICAN MAILS. ---The British and North American Royal Mail steam -ship Asia, Capt. E. G. Lott, sailed from the Mersey on Saturday after noon, for Boston and Halifax, with the usual weekly mails for the United States and British North American provinces, 162 passengers, and a fvll cargo of valuable merchandise on freight, aP° so(' uth re. oh' G all 4 10 20 20 20 20 33 10 10 20 20 20 20 50 50 101) 100 20 50 20 25 123} 75 1 97i 7 25 4 17 i