The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-22 00:00:00

~ ~........----- CREJO Li. 14 a he Presse d'Orr e Russian I s on t . ` , ig ly well 00, uld have f (tribes on. the pc ca ries had woof French non 1 0 " omed to F ar, I° , ISaSterS Sad Web. l 3bastopeip ••• on t he Itussiarg„,,, the Ist iliPv; ;tie and al Or Cent uts, L", A= KE T AND )01 -e -Re Li LE 1. 1. .71%-/- , LI a151\ 7 • ,th e cOtt°l l CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. un ktlvent 000 market a t Li verpoo l , yesterday, , no Parti cu l ar c h ange. The sales we. e k a 6,000 b a l es, i ncluding 210 P ernam ir, ranha to in at sd. t o 71d., 150 Bahia at 50. k ; 4 , d.) and 300 Surat at 314:1. to 30. per lb. 7aY Sha res Were generally firm, but very re a re 1,000 d ock labourers now suffering '`let e as th e - Per cent bivki Aecomit ........................ 7 7- 5 i en the above payable in London. D le HALF -PAST Trro. n 1 \;* ................................. Acconiat ...... 914 dig _ .kgT NEWS—(THIS DAY.) 'ttB,,,, MEAT MARKETS. oa efI', I4 4DENHALL.—The trade ruled dull, ull iie y e e f t , , (OA "1,44 0% . took place in the q 14: 1-"it,tMntton 3s 2d to 4s 2d Veal, i 3s lOd ' 44 Z`2 31 ,1 1 %1 4 1, 1i 4 k.„ to 4;5d per gibs, by the carcase.... tip ;,1344":444.,`%---The supply of fat stock on offer -''''lto"a4ta..-','S'et the general demand was in a .otl . 1 , 4 s 84- - • , ft i l general d tendency. Beef, 1. 3 ro 1,.. ' „ 4 , 4 4 a down war i,°lln, 1..13:41/I.7"ct), 3s 4d to 4s 8 , 1; Veal, 4s Od 1.7 17. 4--- t s . e ,.' 2 1.,: g .° 48 6 ( 1 per Ribs, to sink the offals. ,"eal p, fr o ,,. '-',or market is dull, on the follow- Nttari! " 2(1 C°B4d t 4s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to ' t old Z 4 1 o Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per "'''''')4Pio•°ad ; 20sto 24s each. 4 eg trz , A .--.____ , k od ' a/ t, t t b. , -. 4 ,:r MARKETS. ' t ate; ° 61 0 e . a ' C 'W hay, 31 Os to 41 17e Od ; clover 1 41, -II PPly 8 ; a nd straw, 11 5s to 1/ 103 per load. (61 31 6 3 ,1 1 Nn ...,..tnd a steady trade. ''' 5i iam'eaclow h y 3/ Os to 51 Os ; clover 'll lB' 44 c1 straw, , 1/ 6s to 1/ 12s per load. t ?AN L I )4t l ih t ° 6! ....- 0, 4 teadow hay, 21 81s to 51 Os; clover - " ° clerat . : a nd straw, 1/ 5s to 11 10s per load. tt , and trade firm. Opt, B ---- --- 11 / 4 N o, 841 -P -PING—(THIS DA7.) viti l i l e b . ~ .11(0.t. L'‘' -"-Wind and weather this_ t da s y o a w t kti..fiti3;i3bilt t Z e ez m e, aild fine clear weaftrhoesrt.l. during in the Nr4l3- '''°'in " .11alum degree of the Thermome kg 1 4 lp o , . has been 20 degs.— k qave ea to the north and east, showing the I), 9, f alleti \l4l, td th . (legs. The 12 ice on the river is k , 4 IA k littt $ b e fairwa is much clearer. 5 .4fz. ,° 14 andon to Ceylon, passed the 1 0 I, 4 Tk 1, 0-1 June last, and has not since been k kt k 4ll ,4 k k ' t : o 4 ot , et 21 . —The Richard Reynolds, from an h, tt: ' 48 te mporarily stopped her leaks, d li NA' , 1'613 ' 21.- -- Wind, E. Sailed—John B an k s , k 3 N t h , The J Duff, which was placed tkNl' .4 1 1.1, --4 .°l'd vir ter " I; the 19th, after being on k4,411-°.t.ed into thiseharbour. ,INti, 45 ff 4'4. 21 • —The Adam of Montrose, which N I?, ' et c', on the 17th instant, has become a `ktk t , l b. 2 1 `kt,. ''"Sailed —Sarah and Elizabeth, for k' AZ p, N.C4c‘liii-"•,19.---.Wind, W. Sailed—Enterprise, Ittl.kh_44.azanthon, Resolution, Undaunted, 6.„,, ,„yri tt 1448----all for Greenland. 6to‘,,44epu---Wind E. Arrived—lsabella Blyth, S °o th e Ni of crew ' si k having bore up from the p,, jehttAth e t from Bristol e to Plymouth, went on pcth:Nitit. and came off with damage. . The ,ittittl4otl,el:l for the better, and if it ,i o t n i t l a is nues 4 Sk ii t Z i H t4 Plit,, l' ,l bound l fleet Brougham, soon gham r , e w ae hich went I.ir4ihkike(ilt,°,lll-joadse l ea d s y fioa r ted off, and brought ti , l ' 1.- "•‘; the ca ' rgo, except 50 tons of railway II lttt 1 0 S ; 4 ot il. 2.---The Lalan (English barque), from 1t011t, 4 eny lost on the coast, windward of the ". ete: 1 , 4 4 4 and in sight of the lighthouse, Dec. ''' one rnan, got on shore on pieces of I A 141 14 4 , , 4 , 4'01! AND EITITISH TELEGRAPH.) ,W. PRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.15 a.m. ik .41 Na, 3 t id e, last h ours ' e bb ; weather, light dtii ; , i . il k t i z.,: m : 14 ;14, DEAL, Thursday, 9.40 a.m. Nll'ikrtleittZs; ra,iPY'D'slactiehmaz7. e from the westward, • \ J ""lo4°-`"n an d a Pa e r r is D (s e Crew steamer), from '4tSicWsil -33 ....._ , St ll AD. for Cardiff; Cockerills, Bor \,lt . ja g° he Cuba. t!lit.ki, h -----------,_ ~t , , , 131:11,z kirs ---.--------- rtY , t nnit hf ., -- , In the House of Commons, to ,11;r, tt r d lett t „ - ,rlu is to ask the. First Lord of the Qt titc2iita.c.,,' Go meet attributes any C61441tk'2 -unndas for ve n r o n t attacking Odessa a )it i lk y qtl 3 , ;I " t litl) si t 41v::1! the Linares Mining Company, held 4 4 ti l 4 re - a greed 0 41) et t • 4 Of s / to raise 25,0001. additional A Y, h I tt m • each. Nkt 4 slq ye the Waller (Virginia) Gold Mining i iA N'ls ° ,,, i Pr :,,terdaY, the report was adopted, the ''' t Nelnittit''ese being considered satisfactory. tt '4o , Ihi n , 11 q capital Is not yet, subscribed, 6.300 ktitv:4le, I:3laPPrypriat•A. A 'oalance of 1,500/. 1 7 ),Q,llet 4 i 1 , a kre ed t ,herq is the prospect of immediate 'ltil'‘. 7, ih st ' a PPIy them to the development INTOV:410 e ad of attempting any further issue ‘. 1 %. 11 t, lir A V'lt e it 'k '''bert -Th'lt I‘IISUA NAGEMENT.—The Ma or , 1 sil 'to h •Qerni,„„ • '4 V " (1 hei,i't° "C'n, Esq., has convened a pu . l'' 1' 1 1 4, lt h tt r " on Fri day,the 23d instant, in ‘ilih ,:,t,til,,equiEsitior. num • islv siLmeol by the N;1 44 , ,, 4 ~ 'L', ~,,t )...i,i rlf ; n 1... )1:: :,,,,.: . y,, , 7, . th the ear m:1044 n fies of the disasters of the Bri- s a d va nce 1 t(9.k;ilPiete' destitution cock labourers now sufferir . ution, whose daily subsistence las 2,000 nie.°' wi ,eiti it 4 gaili e d as directE d si', o ‘ ykk, , In the London and Fit. Katharir laces basti, )11 0 ki h , 2, "uere business requiring their assistance at the 18r 43' d 31 , 1Thul lY li 8 an old scar e t ' t i f 'ii k ebt Weather.il pended owing to t i de continued ii till impa t ie,i tlit , At t a di?n Subscriptions have commence quarters e ll ' ' 4 ., • &horn quer i d 1 of pson and Capt. Trapp, and alread ie ituss i a , I i , , ,r, u pwards of 3001. has been collected to this *r move, ard , , geett of ,heir move; ...., a ;i,, , , e, ei:41 7,„ the St. Katharine and London Docti attack se r 'r in 11°11 ted 1001. each. This sum of 5001. i t2d and - Il i Co the or i Ilse Perl's° ef distributer it onn by the dock officers so hortues mate, oil ,„, , I of :',. knowledge of the recipients is retiredl.o die reach'i' d it:Bllbge,,i tile Proper application of the money they & ater. and no 4 't, to P ion list is lying at No. 20. Billiter s would ha/ e . 8 el l ,, • w hich we beg . to invite the attention o va" i i 11, il table business . kin i 4 e i and humane. SO n 3 e° ea 1 p h t I)4 Pre ss i ,„ o fficer 0 ' , f,,, eat „ en which has prevailed for some 1 ' 141 )1 the Position . e of Lord 4 . Palmerston was un 'thin th e y f ' a to 1 that lywl iir e ti e ea, at he was hampered by his col. ed_frota -I nitl -.4 been , e isos ~ i, t the fully confirmed, and the satlifac , were r'r jan ts , 'N I the, resignation joinntan t 0 # 01,sh, fir); of the leading Peelitet a exaelle iz . oo ,. i i i tt 'qg, ti , e ti. Consols were rather flat at the fde ba t.° bt 1 4 41 I u • do s° i rkt e l k uncertainty attending any min- :en, an k fro b ge being bola' i., at 90 , generally prejudicial t Tripier ~, l for d _i i, the prices have rallied to e d , j k 1 been ‘44)ut Lorse. r _ kor , c , k l. 90 3 • The quotations for Transfer h , t he h f e ort e r ; inde e . ar I, m ate6 3. t o 1) and since 91 to k. Exchequer d and ° °J . ° of i kl ti lci 1 9 s. premium. e ber , il are t h e aril .40 5 11 ) e g, i_ k izerb. , turn just issued gives the amount of -', ils a 1 • theme l, e seg v .er 4 1thi es 2 ut domed for 1855 at 17,774 100/ 2e alrew 4 pa i !if ‘ ,, tili er ,u , bgto.c.joi have , ~ ave to be deducted for Ex- rds th e l'a fo t.,, t, !oe • 46 ° 11 (18 • Ise p ush 0 0 , , el gil ~ received in exchange. re r I P i ''' e clitit . vies. , efes. les are merely nominal. Spanish -lista. sass'.'„ A 'red are , The , t bo,' 1 1 , 17k, Turkish 75/, and Peru- err, d 0 , e g et , food 1, re gn.,, II,: . ilowi- waot 0 1 0 ieb ,, , e3. ‘ 1 ., 0,1. ug are the nominal prices of foreign ataki.o* 1 14 1: 2() ' etla da Deferred B ~ beo ,,es! sot. 1. e ats ' to 2 07 ; Bond, 5 to 6 ; Alexi- l end o f tl:e vp leto/ 1%44.) 49g Peruvian, 69 to 71; ditto Three eo , e sc. , Op to 51 . , P ortuguese Four per Cents., lies are .y , lies ‘• ior 1' p , etuasi a supp Ir a. T i, , _ol ir . a Five per' Cents., 98 to 100 • fis late h'„,,„ 19t.fl \ Nth l i . arid-a-Half C ' ,osz i buts i,, e eo 1 () t , ee r 1 - .) _ t Fir Cents., 87 to 89 ; P e ~%., ~G , "erred, 174 to 18 ; ditto Three klava. r e-,' 'O l L t' • u A l to 36 Lbly itegrier ! N 4 al, 4 , e _ A 1; ditto Certificates, 4i to 5 • 3 , oats of fr - , e 144 k at v 'e to 4i. ek' s • „ote,,od tik, e railway receipts ascertained up ilarlY ''' 01 1 ' are i ll , Ws ot t „ •••'ound figures as under : it. • B lak l3°3 ' o 'lo lie B te a d on „I • e re 1855. 1854. r , earr i e . _ 0 0 (00 • , to _ at e , -• .................... £18,350 £18 , 218 v ef 2 50 0 ,:,f , , , i, , 4 ..,...'...• • . 42,612 48 ,604 ient s .` a , l /1 1 : 00 ! 1•F•••• ~ .... ' 7,236 9,794 Spa s o f tv coo , , t eeiv t o , n ... 23,185 24,689 t uber ho p ' it li o g ... ••• • - These" o''' , i . 4 11 ". .... ii to 0 . i i. 1 , 1 1 ,, e 0r ,.. , ut in uc t ba , . ~. 41,1 r t 4,1,11.,;,: • 16,649 19 411 3 a ttend ' 0,;, Ohl' tern rorkshire or_4, 4 ....... service of J '' it; 'r 4 .j , 4are el)05? Nag, ''l'ally 8 have been without Much change, 1 ,u se th ere . apa,toriebo , xi . to. _ is some flatness. Foreign slies, w bl Pi ( Vaol h "Ital. Rassis,e!t',4l th l• g, lia t k ),, ally 3 and Land Shares there is opportho' )/ bu siness 1 1 #' -41110„ doing. Crystal Palace are fo r It tti i d ' • fissures M Y . 1 h . -' U/11 ......5..---- --.. - Da 'most i I - ', ~, 0 4 THIS DAY AT ONE O'OLO: 'l , of 0 b e r'q,,, kt., . (4, Ow Oticzal List. 1 . :bad I' et L l * a kt, t7. 1 4e,„, Bu.inendone t ‘z ) eta 'ie,"'" ika . e,, , ti „ ... l e A unitise 9l 901 li , 14 d "tt NtZ 4, 4 ' 10 .41es 9 oi )3 li from t o ~, , a ks zo l ,VAi ties 91/1 if i O/1 ~u • ttrTt k is!T s tll .Tan. rci o e oi os s i ' % DJ ,. • an., 1860 -16 ave o ve i t a fonder k i l "10th Oct., 1859 4k lade th e i ; la seco 0"'" .... 2 the tos cil° , ' Zjra l ler t, 41 :1t i. ......... • The., , ~,vu o :,1, ! ti.,; :: anon. t i;, 4,.% , .... ' 2 ia 'larch 9Ol, ilk . ; cu. 0 1 kt la ........ . . .no 6 , p .......... es given'ult ............ :' to 4 - ........ ... .. •••• -....- Bth, jo, _ a rtisi.. .................. g f the 1 o r b t) ? p t , ••., , i ,/, . '-otq x , v-il io '" • f r om P-3 A t' ~ ; ' 0 4,, •. .. '''' FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCE. big cr i rv ea ° o r 14 or th -, 14 i,,„; ........ . i li e 13 0 u sl ) t\iL,S , l e ' kee ° l l4 `' ° ' l t.: ... -......... 1-el•i re ,iches . w e ,,,1 ; 3 per Cent ...... 7l o t L oa siogif" 31 / ‘ i? :4, e ;erred 3 rat • j os teralth` th ' u Per --r cent 17:1 1c , f t k e , ke cent . s erything, 1 , rtot e , l , B e°Mit iy for the st : ss d ,511,10 _ 4 the ab 75i ° ve Payable in London. ;ht still, it isofte.) ,1 .8 ° HALF-PAST 7' rro. i for by the P o i u tt, s l , ;••• ................ . ................. 91 i As it is d al be// 'larch Acconnt ..... 914 i urt o 0 tt t't gld oo° 'O O ow n° 0 . , 4,h,,_ s are , 1 I kET NEWS—(THIS DAY.) es for tbo ~ ,:, boy \t ______•,...____ d for We , - /151 we, ;ondition• i , A 5, 41 4 y l ' qi,l, ll ll EAT MARKETS. 0 , 00 1 re . 4 4 q 1/ tii I 'UDE Th t d led dll yet at s ht ~% l e , t, 4,1,,,, e ,. NHALL.— era ern n , d salg I ''l 3 , ' '1 1 -14 lkt •t o ,k place in the quotations. Beef, r a n ,jO, l ,clay N 1 , 1,44,1, 4' l „,tttton, 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Veal, 3s 10d , rol osP of se' I .',.,Niih,m•Ait"Al. il• to 4s sdper 81bs, b y the ca r case. was t he or 1 4 . 4 lit %te to m 0 acme t to ,to oho I „2i to .he supply of fat stock on offer an ocor the lt ud . 4a 8, 4 1 ' . 1 1.%; ? l ot the general demand was in a Wha t be f t t kliz ) ° 'it, 3' kni,kla downward tendency. Beef, c. o tol I 'N A . ' Peh ' 4, lt `°tl 3s 4d to 4s 8d ,4s Od ranch °4 to kt i ° . i •v li ' 2 l ° 4B • kka tt. I/ , e al eef f .--.0 6d. per Sibs, to sink the offars. air' ,4 . dull , onthefollow-Qti a , 48; ' Ol / 1 l 'ir market is at the ' O l l , rter At o " 8 4d to 4 Pork • c lO f °hi 8., 48 1 ~ s , Mutton, 3s 4a to They 10 re p ye,. Od , Pork, 3s 9d to 4s 4d per ur ea - pigs, 20s to 24s each. rzu al tif f Ihrtg !WWII' 0 1 1 ' l 4 al tr ltt )4 . e At' l e ° f , e' 5 121 •1 1 " - kir s c d — ,a even „, e 1 .4 1 ~,,t, to 6 , e ad ARKETS. had / 0 " - i; V O f 4 t '43 411 ' °B ' °lt haY 3/ Os t 4/ 17s Od ; clover ou of 11 be o lf i r t4 t , 4 1 , 1)1 ' 1 7 4"d strw 1/5 o trade.r to 1/ 108 per load. si erinii i* Oe ° t o ) A ° AN 4 t 4) b i )S t l k e l ,a stead onc e '. 0. ° Vir - 5 " "Sa •"°'w h...± T , 310 to 51 OZ ; clover clu th°' r b e at e li ' 44 t 1 Straw, y ' s waik ecs ,ii .6 41, i , , ,, 1/ 6s to 1/ 12s per load. dif b 1 ) ' to "'"--3,T sent t tit 6! 0 ea t ', l o f theo,in,i 1 11 0( 1 A. , w hay, 2/ 81s to 5i Os; clover t .eff, i iild er a h e, .._Otl straw, 1/ ss to 1/ 10s per load. " J ig trade firm. the 9th r o , t tO ---,___, .0 0, 1 7 te vho e° -- lego ' 0 a le 49th ioe ,fr ~ : rk t zuppi. _ -1 1 1G--(THIS D.A Y.) re.P tok \ i 1;,, p , two A psi 0 VI qt eo ---------• real ~ tn,,,s ?" 4 41 1 :1,i eri .t. I. 2. - tr , a 1, ore --- - 'rid and rile s ' e' V p ar e w at e te t r her this it el i a s y at U °" f ill ir A &th is Alt t he e z; and fine de log ° f tto:p rki ) , ' 33 or n i n n' i axiniu m degree of frost during n & w les °st 0 1 ik ‘ 4 11 41 P0e, g 448 been 20 de —tli Tb ° gs. e ei:mome- Tbe o )1 0, 111) 4,_ faller (1 o the 0 if si \ , , Et ! north and east, showing the inct ° ' t ei 0 p ti r ttte 4 r the f, 42 deg's. The ice on the river co ' ll ti ~rAt b kt i ;i i , l tilo '!, f r ftY is much clearer. is who le s , il d ;I, ath, e i t a London to Ceylon, passed the All t i bl o i l i „ r el a 11 ,11, 0 4 •1• June last, and has no , t since been p o lieu 1' r, , .t .' NW Feb. - '' l , ,ip• e it , k 1 .,.,0ti, ,* -.....Th IciP e c on'or,, o l 1 ,10,te. iarte te _ e Richard Reynolds, from wporarily stopped her leaks, and. Lrtel er o t :Oref ' , 'lk;' l 4,; (l Feb . 0 1 t sel f # 'll NI te' 2 l.—w• , i, t 1 k„ ! p , Ind, E. Sailed—John Banks, its! t bf jet t bs ,N N , i 4 'O. 2 1 tbf' ' b ego rt i , I , i 14,t. te 4it lif 'sale Jas. Duff, which ave le't V't,k ' l to °l 'd water , ' 0 0 tij , t.t . p h ez ., w et , , , r ? on the 19th, after being on ,ci 0 00,01 l it , 4 4, F o b , ,ate this harbour. portw,i , ,,,r, ) ,N t i t, her e ` l . — The Adan, of Montrose, which t ° Onf' ;l l'hla 'al ) 'On the hat re 'OO l h h.h d„ 2 , 17th instant, has become a rodeo t a 0 0 'it,'"l.`hk„ ""Sailed— „ t o . 0 ~, - ` o t , Ii p Sarah and Elizabeth, for . API, ~ eiv t e , , ,t 4. ,t te ,, ~,11 . , Jr 0 0,,,, 4 ',f01/ ‘ t e t t t i l t 4 ./ I Z,, P1( 1 1 9.-- Wind W. Sailed —Enterprise, —Enterprise, act 1 ltl i 1. , ,, k t. it , tlltiti; zaktho ' e l ' etv ll e k b 'il l l t ith' mall f n, Resolution, Undaunted, 60 1 gt. G O v oe ts ___„ iv ., or Greenland. of t lie tis 4l •,' o, ti l , 4 th , /i'l•t f Wind, E. Arrived—lsabella BI th i t h e la 4 . ; crew sick, having bore up from 3' ' . G er° `'iL.f 4. 4 ta, t h ii,sf c 'ra Bristol to Pirmnntl_ wafiftl,‘: SHARE MARKETS. (Thiis DAY.) AILWA YS. RAILVAIB. !minK Prises ye Aerd y. Busine , dent this day. P41d.1 1O) S Aberdeen . &inbg. Nottng. Bost and Basta. Junct... Belfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Laucsir dr Cheshire Juliet Do. Chetah. & £5O and 1:25 Cons. Do., X 20... Rlyth & Tyn) origina £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Carmarthen and Car digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Corgwall Crieff Junction Dublin &Belfast:June Dundee Perth dab, dean Junction Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A Stock De., B Stock Do., New 24. East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. PAL dz Dundee Forth & Clyde June , Furness Do. Extension Glasgow&S. Wes , Great Northern Do., A. Stock—. Do., B. Stock.... Gt.Stb.&West.(lre Great Western Do. Stour Val, Rai Gua. Stk Irish South-Fasten, f..inesster & Carlisir Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds_ Lamasll.,ndYorks' Do., , Fifths Do. Wst. Riding Uo Liv:Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Lond. Bright & S.Cs t Loud. ancl N. West). Do. 14.1ifths Do./ 0/.Sh., iff& B Do. Eighths Lordon andS. Westb Do., £5O Do., £4O budndrrydz Coleraint Ludndrry.& Enniza. 4.(anch.Shef.& Line) Do. Shares, No. I Do., Man. & bin, tin Aidland )o. Riming. &Derby Midi& G. West. Om ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newnikt.BuryExten Nwpt.Aberf, , . & add 'ewry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor 00 I Norfolk Noraut.Connides Un, North British North Devon, No. 1 00., No. 2 A Dererred Do., A B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Parch. Do. Leads Do. Yorl- North Loudon. IDo. New 210, ti.&S.Wstrn.,Hanap stew?, and City Jn.. ;North Staffordshire.. worth Western.—... N. & S. Westrn. June. Nnreaton, Hinckley and. Leicester........ 10xforcl., Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth 3cottiali Central ~ 'ScottishMidland ihrewsby. di Herefd 4hropshire Union south Devon South Eastern south Walea -1. Yrksh. di Riv. Dun Ataines, Wok. &Wok Stockton it Darliu AtA,:kten di Ilartlepl Cap' Vale Do. L'lo shares. 00. Pref., No. 1. Phames Haven Dock and Railway Vale o; Neatb., Waterfil. & 'Vaterford&Limeri‘ West Cornwall West End of Londor and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn &Croydon 191 M: • 4i- 4i- 8i - 9 13 - 124 16 - 17 74 - 64(1 93 - P 5 614 - 621 •.• - ••• 12i - 130 3 - 2 6 - 13$ - 14:, 114 - 11 29 • 31 20 - .22 72 74 55 57 2d par 191 - 2O 70 - 72 88. - 8 70 - 72 26 - 90 - 92 65 - 65. 60 - 62 72 - 77 7 - 7 • 9 7 4i, • '74i 5i -- 5 74 96 98 99i 1001 act is id 1 85} —86 i 8 7 ' 7i C 4 23 23 1 7.4 - 84 69 j 69} 41 - 43 par p 11 9 50 - 52 28 ... 29 8 10 14 6i 736 - 746 4i Obi 121 —12 i 506 -- 616 60 62 par T 4$ 44 5 d I, 29 - 31 - 101 - 66 45 - 47 126 13i 58 59 28.1 -29 i - 40 •• .... 3 -- 16 17 32 4i 23- 25 5i -6, 6 - 7 FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central In dia.Serip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Pesancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. Ne East Indian IN). Extension Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible 11.4. 00, do., '59, do tld. Tk of CanadAA Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. )o. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till 1 63, Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. It. Central 0r France Ct. Indian Peninsula Do. Nev 5 per cent. Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations C4t.Westjrn of Canad Sviares Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without optlon I liiiroilLon & Toronto' Do. 6 per cent. Lake Conat. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. pre Lyons and Geneva r4ons & Mediterran, Vfadras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D 0.201. Shs.lato Char !eroi and Erqnelines guar. 33 p. c. & red. at 22y. dur. 88 yrs. from IJan. 1854._ Do. CO'. 3 p. c Ede (fmy. B. & Ants. Shs. ) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... ParisCo ea tit Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre..,, Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5} per L. Prof Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-S' Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Ohara. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bak. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Char. Bk. cd Australia Ditto New. London and County.. London Joint Stock.. Lond. k Westminster National Provincial Eughind IDo. New 'National of Ireland New So ath Oriental Bank of ' Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold "imp C 0..., ;;rlith a:un Do. Now .. 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IL is the modern Prynne, who defies all reprint comment 3 or review. In this age of levelling legislation on social interest he was always "en his legs." He spoke oftener, and freqUently made longer speeches' than any other member of the Commons since England enjoyed a House of Commons. In the Court of Directors and in Parliament he stood for many years almost alone contending for the freedom of trade against the East India monopoly. Re proposed sweeping and repeated plans of relorin of the army, navy, and ordnance, and of almost every civil department, of the Established Churches and eccle siastical courts, of the civil and criminal laws, of the system of public accounts, of general taxation, duties, and customs. He early advocated the abolition of mili tary flogging, naval impressment, and imprisonment for debt. He carried, almost single-handed, the repeal of the old cembinatioe laws, the prohibition of the export of machinery, and the act preventing workmen from going abroad. He led forlorn hopes against colonial abuses, against town and country municipal self-elect government; election expenses, the licensing systems, the duties on paper, print, "on tea, tobacco, and snuff." He assaulted and carried by storm Orange lodges and close vestries, to say nothingof his aid of Catholic Eman cipation, the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, and the Reform Act of 1832. He was the unrelenting persecutor of sinecurists, drones, and old men pretend ing to do the work of the young in the State. Out of doors ho was a member of every Liberal and Radical club and association. He occupied for years the throne at the old Crown and Anchor Tavern, in Palace-yard, and in Covent-garden ineetincrs. Mr. Hume worked not for b Whigs or Tories. He laboured for his country—for the world at large. He never put his fa.th in Sovereigns or in Governments. If he ever attached himself to any school it was that of political economy. In fact, he was indebted to James Mill, David Ricardo, and Francis Place for such initia tion in many of his principal legislative labours, and he early adopted their instruction. Mr. Hume never denied his obligations ; his own individual merits were ample enough for any vanity. Mr. Hume had his faults and occasional errors as a public man, but we are now in disposed to detract from his incomparable service to his country. We' view him as a whole. His pardonable weaknesses and occasional want of judgment, his very foibles, formed the man, and constituted his character and singleness of purpose. Mr. flume was twice Lord Rector of the University of Aberdeen. His present successor and old friend, Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Sykes, in his Aberdeen inaugural address last year, paid the following just tribute to Mr. flume, acid with the extract of which we cannot more appropriately close our obituary : "But we need not go to eastern antiquity for an exam ple, when you have hada Lord Rector from th e E as t, w h o held himself up to your predecessors as an example—and happily a still living example - of the sure and ncessary rewards of perseverance, when the path chosen has been a right one, and tenaciously held to, even under contumely, ridicule, calumny, malice, and all uncharitableness—when principle has been the guide, and the good of the common wealth the object. A man of the people and from the people, a countryman of your own, he has, by his own energies and singleness of purpose, caused his bitterest oppon,ents to adopt and to give effect to political, financial, and economic reforms, as from themselves, which in their ori g inal proposition, were looked upon as almost aided wit' treason against State. By his ceaseless labours for the public good for more than 4'2 years in the House of Commons he has won the respect of the representatives of Great Britain, and an admission from Sir Robert Peel — one of England's greatest Ministers, lately lost to his cenn try—that he was one of the most useful members who had ever sat in Parliament. That person, who recommended his motto of ' Perseverance' from this chair, is Mr. Joseph Hume." ' losing Prices 1-Justness •thr Paid, Itanmairs. c L o e m a i s ., i a n n -s s. yesterday. this day. 50 all Redford end London 1 1 Bletchley ... N. Wert.,.. .. St. 100 Ruckghamsh. L. &N. 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Do — •.• St. .00 lloystn.& Hit. GtNorth, 133 136 25 liq 3hef. Roth ant Lancash & Gooleg.s p.c. Yorksh. ~„ ... 12 9i 8. Statlordsh. Vl.MClear. 2i 2 d 50 all WearValleygi ituckt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt ... ... 25 all Do. Oo 31i 321 31i St. 100 Wiltskromrsti ltWestn. 91. , 93 The living political reformers of Great Britain have lost their oldest leader —Joseph Hume is numbered with the dead. Mr. Hume had been visibly declining in health for a year past. During the last fc's weeks a disease of the heart gradually reduced his strength, and gave warning that his end was drawing near. He ex pired at six o'clock on Tuesday night at his seat, Burn ley-hall, Norfolk. Mr. Hume was a native of Montrose, and born in Ja nuary, 1777. His father was the master of a coasting vessel trading from that town. Mrs. Hume was early left a widow with a large family, of whom Joseph was a younger sons The mother, ill-provided, established a retail crockery-shop in that burgh, and by her industry and management reared and'edacated her children. 'Her memory was ever honoured by her family—all indebted to her sound sense, moral courage, and parental ex ample. To this maternal care and influence Mr. Hume used to ascribe his own success and good fortune in life. Mr. Hume's elementary education was obtained in the local schools of hi; native town. Reading, writing; "accounts," and a smattering of Scotch Latinity con stituted the sum total of his "schooling." About the age of 13 he was placed apprentice to a surgeon-apothe cary of Montrose, and he remained with his roaster about three years, chiefly occupied in compounding pre scriptions. It has been generally reported that he-gra duated in Aberdeen, but he entered the medical classes of Edinburgh in 1793 —continuing in that university till 1796, when he was admitted a Member of the College of Surgeons of the modern Athens. On reference to the re cords of the College of Surgeons of London, in Lincoln's inn -fields, we find that he passed as surgeon of an India man on the 2d-of February, 1797, at a meeting of the Court of Examiners of that corporation. There is no regis ter of his Scotch or other certificates, but it is believed that he had previously " walked the hospitals"• of this metropolis. We have heard that, with the interest of the late Mr. David Scott, M.P. for Forfar, he entered as assistant-surgeon the marine service of the East India Company, and in that and the following year made a voyage out and home, being absent from England about eighteen months. At the India-house we first trace him in the Company's Board's records as elected a full assistant-surgeon, nominated by the then chairman, Mr. J. Bosanquet, being reported Nov. 12, 1799, for the ship Houghton and Presidency of Bengal. His patrons, the Scotts, of Dunninald, Forfarshire, were politically connected with Montrose, where the Humes are said to have supported their interest. Mr. David Scott was in the East India Direction from 1788 to 1802, and other Members of his family in high civil offices in Bengal. But, whoever aided the young Scotch surgeon in these his first steps in life, Joseph Hume, by his own talents and perseverance, was the meritorious architect of his own subsequent fortunes and celebrity. India only gave scope to his native power and energy of mind. We have heard that in his second voyage out, in one of the " ancient Arks" of the company, crammed with passengers of all classes, conditions, aud pro fessions, he volunteered, on the accidental death of the purser, to supply the duties of that deceased functionary during the remainder of the voyage—that his assiduity and good temper in that vocation gained him many friendships ; and that on the arrival of the vessel in Calcutta the captain, officers, and passengees gave him a publie testimonial in acknowledgment of his gratui tous services. Thus, the young surgeon landed with a ready-made reputation. His keen instinct led him im mediately to observe that few of the company's servants acquired the native languages. He lost no time, there fore, in setting to work and mastering that difficult ac complishment. Labour was to him a pastime, especially if any rupees could be gained by it. Mr. Hume, more over, early studied the religions of the East and the su perstitions of that vast and mixed Asiatic population, whose succession of creeds, moulded into so many sects, is so essential a knowledge for the rule of India. . The authcrities early recognised in young Hume a valuable and laborious servant. In 1802-3, on the eve of Lord Lake's Mahratta war, much consterna tion at the seat of Government occurred. On a disco very that the gunpowder in store was useless from damp, Mr. Flume's knowledge of chemistry fortunately came in aid of bad administration. He undertook the restora tion of this all-important munition of war, and he suc ceeded. Attached in his medical capacity to a regiment in the expedition, he was almost immediately selected by Major-General Powell as i the interpreter to the Com-. mander-in-chief. But, our space will not permit us to follow this industrious man throughout his Indian career. Sufficient it is to mention, that he not only continued his medical duties, but filled successively important posts in the offices of paymaster and postmaster of the forces, in the prize agencies ' and the Commi ssar i at. So recently as the late Select Committee of the House of Commons on the Military, Ordnance, and Conarels,ariat expenditure (of which he was an active and valuable mem ber) he astonished his colleagues by the intelligenc e and acuteness of his examination of witnesses. On some ex pressionorg e tI w of asc surprisence co inmis int he csetlrni;G a it t e e b e e , r he tt observed, a n "You fof 12,000 men in India r Not only did he gain high re putation by these multifarims civil employments, but he realised large emoluments. Peace concluded, within five years Mr. Hume returned to the Presidency, and with a sufficient private forttne to justify his retirement from his profession, and, mush sooner than falls to the lot of most men in the service of the East India Com pany, he resigned his civil employments. and arrived in England, the possessor of an honestly-earned fortune of 30,0001. or 40,0001. The best proof of Mr. Hitue's worthy possession of affluence was his use of pecuniary competency. On his arrival in Europe he continued his active pursuit of men tal improvement and practical knowledge. In 1809 he made a tour of the United Kingdom, visiting all the principal ports and, manufacturing towns of England, Scotland, and Ireland ; and, as " fact-hunting" was his pleasure, he devoted the greater portion of the years 1810 and 1811 to totrs on the Continent, extending his travels to Spin, Portugal, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, the lonian Ishs, Sicily, Malta, Sar dinia, &c. The two ultimate object 3 of Joseph Hume thus inde pendent in circumstanc es , and is the prime of life, were in olimeveeptohLathathdibsepeenrinedsehcoisndarythe acquisition of seats in the East India Direction and of i t bs . u tmWtihneadtbhe during poli tical convictions and earlier associations had been those hs struggle in India .for ways and means of pecuniary hdependence. Certain it is that !the future Radical firs; entered the House of interest r ‘a e : s Tl Commons as a Tory. The borough of Weymouth and Melcombe-Regis was the cradle of our aspiring legisla tor. The patron of the borougt and one of its members (Sir John Lowther Johnstone) 'laving died, Mr. Herne succeeded to the vacant seat ha January, 1812, the last session of the Parliament. 4- Scotch solicitor, trus tee of the deceased baronet, introduced" Mr. Hume to the constituency for a valuable consideration. Mr. Hume had bargained for a second return. The new member took his seat on the Trea sury bench, supporting the Perceval Administra tion. His Ministerial votes were never abandoned for Liberal minorities. On the dissolution of. Parliament the following autumn the patrons of the seat refused him re-election. We have rease n to believe that the ex-member's reforming and progressive tendencies having broken out in occasiocal visits to his constitu ents (which Hume thought it his duty to make, but which the trustees deemed works of supererogation), and at Which he advocated schools and other social be nefits, the Duke cf Cumberland and his co-trustees— the patrons—determined to provide a substitute. Mr. Hume, we believe, on an arbitration, obtained some re turn-money for breach of the contract. It is by no means unlikely that experience of the. "borough sys tem" opened the eyes of the Indian Reformer to the defects in the representation. During his six years' exclusion from the House of Commons, till elected for Aberdeen in 1818, Mr. Hume was not idle. He was an active member of the Central Committee of the Lancasterian School system. At this period, forieiing g a friendship with the late Francis Plane, of Westminster, he be came deeply interested in the promotion of the moral , and intellectual interests of the working classes, and in the improvement of their physical condition, and he also published a pamphlet advo cating the establishment of savings banks and on the principles of their subsequent foundation. Mr. Hume's natural ambition for a seat in the East India Direction found him now at liberty also for the untiring pursuit of this second object of personal honour and interest. Although invariably unsuccessfal, it incensed his con stant exposure of Indian abusesin each periodical meet ing of the proprietary. His canvass for the Direction also, by one of the fortunate accidents of life, was des tined to have great influence on his further prosperity and happiness. On one occasion Mr. Aurae had ob tained access to a proprietor enjoying four votes—a gen tleman of great influence, bat of peculiar aversion to canvassers for the Direction—the late Mr. Burn ley, of Guilford-street. Nevertheless, Mr. Hume effected his visit, and his forcible r epresentation of Indian abuses, and of the efficacy of his curative prescription!, if elected a director , and of th e con sequent advantages to stockholders, est a bli shed him in the good graces of the old gentleman, daughter. and, the what was of more value , i n t hose of A Although he failed to force the Indi a -h ouse he wen and wedde' the lady—the present ami a bl e and . excellent Mrs. Hume. , We resume Mr. Hume s public and Parliamentary career. He continued un seated till his return to the Parliament . which met on the 14th of January, 181 9. We then find him representing the "Aberdeen District of Burghs," compreh en dinehis native town of Montrose nye cum Brechin, I rberne, and Aberbroth oc k . The whole electors of these self elect burghs, me m b ers of close corporations, did not then exceed 100 persons. Th e neighbouring Peers and Lairds w e a re e I4loe d half-do zen patron!. Mr. Hume, byaided the Panmure and by the Liberal party of the North lt of r Scotland, in a the borougnmongers and desperate struggle beatsuc ceeded in obtaining the r eturn. This was th e stepping stone to his permanent and independent position in the House of Commons. In 1830 Mr. Hume relinquished the Scotch burghs, being returned with the late Mr. 'Lyng, unopp ose d, for Middlesex. He continued to sit for the metro politan county till the dissolution of 1837, w h en i n July Colonel Wood defeated him by a small m a j or it y . Mr. O'Connell in the sarn month returned iB4l him for Kilkenny. In the new Parliament of Mr. Hume was again defeated at Leeds. In 842, on the retire ment of Mr. Chalmers from Montrose, Mr. Hume re turned to his own political love, and he has d ie d i n th e service of his fellow-townsmen. How are we to characterise or even note the Hercu lean labours of this prodigy in representative govern ment ? It is impossible, within the limits of volumes, r :., his personal and party contests in the House of Com mons, much leas his various a gitations " out of doom'', MR. R. LOWE, M.P , AND HIS COS- STITUENTS. Mr. It. Lowe addressed his constituents at Kidder minster on Tuesday afternoon. It was the first time the music-hall in the newly-erected public rooms had been used for any purpose, end the large and handsome apartment was filled by an assemblage of all classes, the galleries being occupied by ladies. Among the company were Lord Ward, Mr. F. Knight, M.P., the Mayor, &-c. Mr. Lowm said—lt is the usual practice when a member of Parliament accepts Office under Government that ho shall be sent back to hie constituents to ascer tain with what views they regard the chance in his posi tion. I was not subjected to that ordeal, because of the peculiarity of the office which I held ; but I think that a member upon resigning office may very properly ha cx pected to give an account of how he has discharged its duties ; I, therefore, having not resigned, but declined • to accept the office under the present Government which I held under their predecessors, am come to-tell you what I have done since we last met, and simply to explain how matters stand with me. Only six weeks after I had the honour to take a seat in Parliament as I your member the Government of Lord Derby was broken up, and a new Government, combining almost all the emieent men who hail given their services in the cause of free trade, was formed. In that Government I, though so young a member of Parliament, hal the ho- nour to be offered a situation, and I felt myself ex tremely honoured by that offer, because that was no or dinary Government—it was is coalition, which comprised the distinguished men of all parties, and in which men who formerly held high office were content to hold sub ordinate ones. I had at that time not been long in England, and had rAny things to learn, and I thought that a little official experience, and in the service of a public office, would ecable me more effectually to do my duty as a member of Parliament, and if subsequently I should be called to fill a higher office I should fill it with greater efficiency to the public service and greater credit to myself. Thereferie, heartily approving the principles on which that Government started, and having lent my humble aid to winning the battle which placed them in power, I had no-difficulty in accepting the office which I have held now for two years, end I hav e no reason a t all to repent th e experiment which I made. During that time the India Board was presided over by a ger.- tleman of great administrative ability, who I am happy to state continues to preside over it ; and I believe that the administration of Sir Charles Noce', in which I humbly took a share, not only originated more useful reforms and swept away more abuses than any previous administrations, but at o laid the foundation for a reform of the greatest consequence both to India and to this country. We ha 1 not only the very large and difficult question to grapple with of whether to renew the India Charter Act, bet to consider the question how far the public interest could be reconcled with the exclusive powers of the East India Company. I cannot say that the bill on that sulject came up to my wishes and desires ; but still it is a great advance towards that which is most desirable for India, that its Governineat should be reeeon sible to Parliament, and not be placed in the hands of a company, to whom it should be farmed out on leases for 20 years. But I will not weary you with the details of Indian administration. One change, however, was in troduced with my most cordial assent, about which I will take the liberty of saying a few words. The East. India Company possesses certain appointments called writerehips, which, in fact, comprise all the higheroffice-, judicial and executive, in that country. These have hitherto been given merely by favour and patronage, but the India Bill of 1853 established a principle welch I trust will be fruitful in further legislation, and by which these offices will be no longer given by favour or patror.- age, but be thrown open to the whole of her Majesty's subjects, so that every man, however poor and devoid of interest, but able to vanquish by the force of his abilities, may secure an appointment, the lowest salary being 4001. a year, till in the higher classes the salaries are 5,0001., and one class as much as 10,0001. I look back on this reform with the greatest pride and satisfaction, not only because of the great and noble advantages it will confer on the people of this country by throwing open situations, forty of which will be open to public competition every year, but because it is the inaugura tion of a system destined to bear frdit in after years. I believe that the people of England will soon require that all appointments, not only in the civil service in India, but all public appointments requiring ability and knowledge in their discharge, shall be thrown open to full, free, and fair competition. I cannot but re gard this as a step in the right direction, going to the root of evils which I shall have to touch upon in other parts of my address, and one destined to become more and more popular in this country. Perhaps you will ask me the reason why I ceased to hold office. It was act from any dissatisfaction with the Government just formed, which 1 am most anxious to support, and which ' I believe upon the whole to be the best that could be found under existing circumstances, but I thought that I had held office long enough for the purpose for which I took it—that was to gain an insight into official life, and fit myeeif for any higher office hereafter. Moreover, I did not see that anything more of importance remained to be done, and was not disposed any longer to surren der my privilege of free speech as an independent mem ber. And I trust that, as constituencies are often very indulgent to members when they show great willingness ' to accept office, you will not be less indulgent to me, when, of my own motion, in order to return to my po sition as an independent member of the House of Com mons, I lay that office down. (Cheers.) I must also take the liberty of explaining to you another matter, which I dare say some of you, who are not familiar with the terms on which offices are held under Government, may look upon with some dislike and distrust. I can not expect that all the votes I have given, or abstained from giving while in office, have been satisfactory to you; and, indeed, I honestly confess that all of them have not been satisfactory to myself. The terms on which Govern ment is formed—when formed of honourable-men—are that every man who joins it agrees with the gen, ral line of action which the Government pursues, and is prepared to sacrifice his individual prejudices to general duty. It is his duty—not a matter of tenacity of office, but hisi duty—not rashly, or for slight cause, or even for serious cause, to separate himself from Government, because • every member of that Government joined it in expec tation I, of receiving the support of all the others. I would not hare joined the last Government if I had not had every confidence in its members, and especially had there not been connected with it a nobleman whom the Dissenters of England and those who consider them selves to be under civil disabilities look to as the ex ponent of their views and feelings. The nobleman who fought the battle of the repeal of the Test and Corpora tion Acts was supposed to impersonate, as much as any man could do, the feelings expressed by the phrase ' civil and religious liberty.' Of course, I mean Lord John Russell. (Applause.) I supposed, therefore, I was safe from being asked to vote or abstain from voting on questions affecting the interests of Dissenters, such as the questions of church rates, and admission to the Universities, but to my regret I found that such questions were not dealt with in the spirit I could have wished. During the session of 1853 I was called on on one occa sion to vote against the admission of Dissenters to the Universities—those seats of ]earning which I have the strongest conviction present in my mind should be open to al!, and on another occasion to resist a bill for the abolition of church rates, brought in by Sir W. Clay, which I thought a wise, right, and beneficial mea sure. (Hear, beer.) The course wLich I took-, after mature consideration, was this—l did not think it consistent with my duty to my constituents and with my personal honour to vote in the manner Government wished, nor did I think it my duty, as a member of the Government, to vote against them ; I thought it was not right on matters not of vital policy to pick a quarrel with them for the sake of parading my independence. The course I took therefore, whether right or wrong— though I am prepared to defend it as right, and I hope you will so consider it—was to abstain from voting on those questions. If there is any gentleman dissatisfied with my condUct in this respect, I think he ought to have taken objection to my taking office at all. When once I had taken office I had to reconcile my own pri vate feelings with the wishes and feelings of Government, and, in order to do great things, every one pretending to be a statesman must be prepared to sacrifice the former class of considerations to the latter. " And now," continued Mr. Lowe, " I suppose you will expect me to say a little on a topic which engrosses all attention—the great ard momentous war in which we are engaged against Russia. I have no difficulty in stating my opinions on this subject with the utmost frankness. I think the time is come when every man should speak out clearly, without envy, hatred, or passion, what he thinks on the matter. I consider the state of affairs to be extremely grave and critical, such as may well raise the apprehensions of the most resolute man and excite the fears of the most prudent. It is no time for me to shelter myself under petty delicacies or official reticence. lam prepared to tell you what I think, and what I hope you will think also, whatever effect it may have on any. political party or on my own political prospects. I, for one, cordially approve of the war with Russia. (Cheers.) She had been represented to weak Power, and I fear we have found her a strong one. But, whether weak or strong, I think the war just, wise, and expedient. If she be a weak Power, to itisinbtoreleark able that she should set up pretensions in order faith, violate treaties, attack her weaker neighbours, and disturb by her wanton and inordinate ambition the peace of Europe. If this is intolerable in a weak Power, hoIN; much more dangerous and necessary to be prevented must it be in a stronger Power —one not only able to conceive vast schemes of aggrandi sement, b ut to carry them out by aid of innumerable legions, the resources of inexhaustible arsenals, and all the machinery which bar barian knows how to put in motion in its conflict with civilisation ? I hold that we are wise in meeting this danger in time—it would not be wise to wait till Russia had acquired as her own the Turkish empire, till she bad spread her arms around the Black Sea, and obtained the command of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus, by which that sea is entered. It would not be wise to wait till, having enclosed Austria in this iron net, she dismem bered her province by province as she took Bessarabia from Turkey, and, eating like a canker into the heart of Germany, established herself on its great arterial river, the Danube. We see how difficult it is to rouse and unite Europe in arms, how difficult it 18 to stimulate Prussia, , the very country most likely to be absorbed, to union and action because her peril is so extreme that she has almost lost the hope of existence, and therefore, when Lord Aberdeen's Cabinet" determined on war with Russia, I think they came to a wise and magnanimous determina tion, and it was 'Ole duty of the country to second them. That Government had shown unexampled ability, and had conducted with great success the Administration of this country in pacific times. The session of 1853 was one of the most laborious, useful, and brilliant in Parlia mentary a mentary annals. The great inea ores of reform whichtof were effected and carried cut remain ne a inontanen . Parliamentary industry and a strong tribute t o the mer i t 1 . succsuccess Pl of representati*c , government. The name success t berdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. :31yth and Tyne 1 Oper c. pref. (teed. at 50/) Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St,. J 9 - 101 90 - 92 92 - 94 93 - 98 5i - i - 1 1 i- i 1 12 1 - 13 60 - 65 116 - 117 109 - 111 101 - 103 - ip 97 —8) 90 —10 i 164 - I 0 72 191 93 —14 i Rd - 135 • • • *ll, 2i- 3 pl 12 - 12 - iP 123 135 14 id 67 - 89 104 - 106 '!01. - 163 90 - 92 3 - • • • • • 1 .-2, d 112 - 114 12 - 14 - 23 - 24 15 - 18 par -•• 1p PREFERENCE SHARES. 00. 4 p. c. Sliaros ed on ian £lO "ester & Holylioaki Guar. 5i per cent._ Do. do. Prof. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 1 all all all all Cork & aandous Dundee Perth dtether ,teen Junction astern Counties tensor, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 r. c. Eastern Union, Gar per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. 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A letter from Hamburg of the date of the 14th inst., after noticing the intended erection of wooden barracks at Heligoland for the use of the German recruits to the English foreign legion, states that, being within sight of the coast of Schleswig-Holstein, that island is the spot most easy of access for such of the soldiery of the lately disbanded army as may choose to adopt the English ser vice ; and that the Fnglish Ministry were justified in selecting the island as a rendezvous for all the Northern States of Germany, from whence a large number of volunteers are likely to be obtained. From Switzerland we learn that Colonel Bontems has been unsuccessful as a candidate for the representa tion of the Canton Vaud in the National Council. It was rumoured that this defeat might render him less sensitive about the consent or refusal of the Federal Council to his acceptance of- the offers made him for raising a body of troops to serve under the English flag. The conditions proposed to the colonel were ex ceedingly advantageous —no less than 2,0001. per annum, and full powers in the choice of his officers and the organ isation of the legion. It is said, moreover, that active efforts have been made in the Grisons to influence the superior officers of that canton to enter the British ser vice, in which many families of that province, particu larly the De Salle, have in former times acquired con siderable distinction. The French Government, notwithstanding the Federal enactments against foreign enlistment, has been very successful in certain of the cantons in enrolling volun teers for Colonel Ochsenbein's brigade, which may be accounted for by the business connection and daily com munication that takes place between the conterminous districts of each country. The ill-success of the British agents for the same object is to be accounted for by the tone of the Parliamentary debates on the Foreign En listment Bill, and the want of proper pecuniary guaran tees against the chances of losses of life er limb. Letters from Berne, of the 14th inst., state that the Federal Council has come to a decision on the resigna tions sent in by officers of all ranks. Those of Colonels Gmur and Ritter have been accepted, but they have nothing to do with either ForeimLegion ; as have those of Colonels Ochsenbein a n d Meyer d'Olten, who have engaged in the French service ; and also that of Colonel Folz, who is likewise named for a command in the French Legion, though it is doubtful whether he will be allowed to retain his federal rank. The list of resigna tions comprises, besides, two lieutenant-celoners, five majors, &c., &c. Recruiting goes on actively on the frontiers. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF THE BANKS OF THE THAMES.-THE PARIS EXHIBITION. A plan was some time since submitted for an elegant as well as useful alteration of the present unsightly ap pearance of the north bank of the , Thames, and at the same time relieving the stream from the greater portion of that mass of feculent matter wiih which it is daily polluted. It is described as "a design for improving the property on the banks of the Thames between Lon don and Blackfriars Bridges, with a view to a line of communication from thence to the Houses of Parlia ment, thereby obtaining a healthy and agreeable pro menade and carriage-way, relieving the overcrowded thoroughfares of the City, creating a valuable frontage for shops and public btkildings, giving additional con*e nience to the wharfinters and warehousemen, and re taining all the present communications with Thames street ; also to receive all the present sewers into one large sewer forming the foundation of the lo over ter race." The plan not being adopted, the two beautiful views, painted by T. Allow, Esq., the architect, by which the projected improvement is illustrated, are about to be transmitted to the Paris Exhibition. From the style of architecture the Parisians will perceive that it is not impracticable to embellish the margin of our noble river with a palatial grandeur approaching that of any of the famous Continental cities. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CROXTON PARK RACES—MAncH 29 AND 30. The GRANBY HANDICAP. Granby Course, about a mile and a half. Forfeits to be declared on or before Tues day, March 6. If the highest weight accepting is un der 12st, it will be raised, and the other weights in proportion, at the option of the stewards, to any weight not exceeding 12st., which will be declared seven days after the acceptances. Age st lb Defiance 5 12 9 Red Lion Age et lb Little ..... 5 10 12 Determination ... 4 10 12 Eulogist 5 12 1 Lerry wheut Ethelbert St. Andrew Jonathan Martin 4 11 6 Kiteflyer Dr. O'Toole 4 11 6 Poodle Waverley New Brighton Seflueer 4 10 10 Rodo-meli .410 8 Singapore Potter Black Swan lanthe Ethelwolf - 6 11 3 Coriander,byHet man Platoff, out of the Lamb .... 4 10 4 Speed the Plough 5 11 3 Hercules Cock Pheasant Toro 4 11 2 Waterfall Ceres a 10 4 Tollbar alo 3 Minerva (h b) ... 5.10 0 Testy 4 11 2 Miss Briggs Hazlenut 5 11 2 Gelding byKnight Garnelad 4ll 1 of the Whistle, Caliph 4ll 1 out of Polly (2 b) a 910 Voucher 5 11 0 Bolton Prime Minister... a 10 13 Filly by lago, out The Spinner WEIGHTS for the GOLD CLIP. Two miles. Forfeits to be declared on or before Tuesday, March S. If the highest weight accepting be under 12st, it will , be raised, and the other weights in proportion, at the option of the stewards to any weight not exce edin g 12st, which will be declared seven days after the acceptances. , Age et lb Defiance 5 12 9 Eulogist Lerrywheut St. Andrew Jonathan Martin 4'll 4 Ethelwolf Hazlenut Caliph Te'ty . . Came lad 4 10 11 Hercules 4 10 11 Age st lb Poodle Waverley New Brighton Little Tom 5 10 6 Determination Coriander, by Het man Platoff, out of the Lamb Springy Jack, late the (Inll ...... a 9 7 EXTENSIVE FIRE AT PIMLICO.—The extensive pre raises of Mr. S. Hunt, builder, St. George's-row, Pim lico, were burnt to the ground on Tuesday night, and the workmen's tools destroyed. The fire was nut sub dued till the premises of• Mr. Leyburn, Charlwood-street, were considerably damaged by fire ; cause unknown. Insurances fall on the London and County Fire-offtcoo. 64 5 97 1008 99i 100 5 10 `st. St. 5 all all all 100 all 69 SiT St. 24 10 6. 121 13 121 6 12 12 121 St. St. all all 101. 4 . )0 100 100 100 00 100 8i 25 10 all all all all MINES. 1 I all ,tgua Fria ...... 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold , 10s.I 9.11 Anglo Californian ; 3 / 4 - 20 6 Australian —ll 1 all Australian Cordillera - 1 all Australian Freehold. 1 all Ave Maria —-- 1 all Baclen (Gd. Duchy of) 50 all 31xnarvon Iron and Coal 20 13.5 British Iroi 4 6 35 25 t i Bra.zilianlmp.(issued e_;:, 25 pm — 21 30 all Do. Comes & Caiaba 1 14 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey f'S —3O 1 . Cusons's - 1 ; Clarcndon Cons. Min. Co. of Jamaica — id 40 all Cobre Copper 46 4S 5 1 Colonial Gold $ St. all Copper Min. of Eng 4. 50 25 all Do. Pre. 7 p. cent par 2 p ... 16 Copiapo.... ........ 17 19 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg r3o. 1 -1$ 2 Fortuna Ad 20 all Genera.' 1 all A.NuggetVeinßeg a • 4 all Great Polgooth . ••• 1 all Liberty - 3 all Linares . • 5 1 Lusitanian sd Sd 1 all liariquita 1 all New Granada — 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co — 1 all Nouveau Monde 4 20 all Pontgibaud Silver I Lead Min. & Smelt. 14 15 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymr ey Iron 2O 22 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 11 Santiago do Cuba...- 3i 4 1 all South Australian. 10 7,1 Tin Cr0ft...... 1 2 28: all United Mexican 2 1 all Waller t fi 1 all West Mariposa , 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba MISCELLANEOUS. 25 176 Australian Agrierilt. 20 31 20 Australse.Pcific.Mail 10 all Aus:;raln. Royal Mail 10 5.1 Berlin Water Works 3 2id ... 50 40 Brit. American Lane 60 65 5 1 Brit. 4: Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction C o .. iOO 321 Canada llB 120 4t. 1.00 Canada Coy. 6p. et Jan. and July 1071 107 5 all Crystal Palace — 3 21 ex n exd 4 all Crystal Pal.V France 1 4 Duston Tron Ore 20 5 Eastern Steam ▪ .• 25 22 lElectricTelegraph(A) 16 17 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 Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien. 6 6i 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 1 4 2 1 N. S. W. Coal &Inter Steam NaNigat. Co .„ 1 all N. B. Australasian — 20 12i NAIL of EuropeSteare all Peel Br. Ld. & 21 50 all Peninsular& Oriental x (.1 50 all Do. Do. ••• ...p 2 all Portland Iron Co 1 21 100 60 Royal Mail Steam - 62 63i 3 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest li 15 1 1 Ditto New - to 25 all South Austral. Land 25 —36 1 all !il) , y - )a r, ; :1 *z:o 3 .1,,a,1 6u. of Upper Canada — 100 281 Van Diemand Land, 122 131 ad 31 ad 983 8 an i pm pin 13i _ _ not attend them in war. That Government is now past —it is a matter of history ; but, while we speak of its shortcomings and failures, these Successes ought at least t) be remembered." Having eulogised Me. Gla,dstone's budget and the system of finance that gentleman erected, Mr. Lowe roceeded :—I am of opi n i on (an opininn which I know is not so popular as it was a few months ago) that the expedition to the Crimea was well planned argil sent forth with men and appliances adequate to the execution of its object. This may seem a startling asser tion in view of what has since occurred, but I believe it is susceptible of proof. The first great point of the expedi tion was the landing—that was effected with precision and SUCC3S9 ; its second was the opposing of the Rustian army, who were driven from their intrenched position with admirable daring and success. But here, lam sorry to say, the panegyric must stop. But I say the expedition was not ill-conceived nor ill-provided, if the object was at once to attack and defeat the RusSians. Because generals are sluggish and neglect to avail them selves of great opportunities, those who planned the ex pedition ought not to be blamed. When Sir Arthur Wellesley had won the battle of Virniera, Sir Harry Butrard ordered a retreat; on which Sir Arthur said, Why retreat ? Advance, and in three days we are in Lisbon." So, had we advanced, in 24 hours we should have been in Sebastopol. (Cheers.) On the 21st or 22d of September we ought to have been within the walls of Sebastopol. There was nothing, to prevent the fleet sailing down keeping open the port while the army was engaged. There was nothing to prevent two large divisions of the English army, who had never drawn trigger, and the cavalry, who bad not drawn a sabre, and a great part of the artillery, who had taken no part in the engagement, faint marching all night and arriv ing in the course of next day before Sebastopol ; and they would have taken it, for there was no force there then sufficient to resist them. From that period our course has been downward ; there has been nothing but blunder, mismanagement, and incapacity, which none of us can speak of with patience, or think Of without perpetually recurring irritation. The department whose duty it was to minister to the wants of the army has utterly broken down. The General has not shown the activity and zeal we have a right to expect. (A Voice— " He's too old.") Well, perhaps c'. I wish to say nothing harsh of that gallant soldier, who lost an arm at Waterloo, and has since given his best energies usefully to the public strvice ; and perhaps it is hardly to be expected, that, if we take a man from his desk, at which he has been sitting for 35 years, and at the age of 64 or 65 require him to enter on the stirring duties of leader of an army in a severe and active campaign, he should be altogether as efficient as we should desire. Yet when we remem ber what Sir Arthur Wellesley effected with hardly a commissariat, without a waggon-train, with scarcely a tingle thing necessary for an army, badly supplied by the Ministry at home, badly supplie I even with money, which he often supplied himself with by commercial transactions into which he entered, so fertile was his genius —I say when we compare what he did with what lies been done by our commander in the Crimea with an unlimited supply of money and unlimited power to displace any who aught be incompetent —when we think of the thousands of his men who have succumbed to s'c'encss, starvation, and death, we cannot but be struck, I thinn, by the painful and humiliating contrast. -N ow , the question comes—What is the rem e dy for this state of things ? That it should continue would be intolerable and unendurable—inconsistent with our power, dignity, honour, nay, perhaps, with the very existence of this ration. We possess more of what is desired by man kind than other countries, and we must keep what we have with a strong hand, or a stronger man will come and take it away. The cankerworm which has caused the failure of this campaign, and which pervades every department of the civil and mili tary service, is the vice of public patronage. (Loud cheers.) Merit is not promoted ; the only thing con sidered is personal connexion and favour. It is, in deed, humiliating that we who supply an engineer for almost every railway that is made and for almost every steamer that is afloat,—who furnish the brains and the talent by which the affairs of other countries are organised—that we should fall so far below others in this very respect when our own public affairs are con cerned, and be so infinitely surpassed by what we have been in the habit of scornfully calling the barbarous power of Russia in the art of war, in the art of keeping an army alive. But Russia has the- great advantage in war of having only one head, whose interest and that of the public, so far as the success of his armies is con cer,led, are entirely at one. He recalls any general who displeases him without the slightest hesitation, and if he does anything wrong punishes him with the utmost severity, without mercy and without remorse. But our statesmen stand in a different position. They are not identified with the public interest. In filling up offices the Emperor of Russia looks only for servants who will best execute his wishes, and the public of this country look for that too ; but the statesmen in whose hands the gift of these offices is look rather to their own profits or that of their friends, or their Parliamentary influence, than to the interests of the people. It is no use in talk ing of any kind of reform till you get this altered. Ha man conducting a manufactory, instead of choosing for his confidential servants persons of industry and know ledge of the business, were to fill all his place's of re sponsibility with sons and nephews of his friends, with out any reference to their qualifications, he would soon be bankrupt—his affairs would inevitably go to rack and ruin ; and so will it be with us as a nation, unless we demand that no office shall be given unless to those who prove their fitness by passing a previous and sufficient examination. Mr. Lowe proceeded to say that he approved neither the remedy proposed by Go vernment nor by Parliament ; that of Government was to appoint commissioners to take charge of every depart ment of the army, leaving those in command just where they were. To continue in office a man acknowledged to be unfit, and to send another to take charge of him was repugnant to common sense. 'lt was as if, when they had a horse that would not draw a cart, they put on a leader to draw him and the cart too. (Laughter.) Ho was sorry to say that he could not approve of Mr. Roebuck's committee either, though he had done him (Mr. Lowe) the honour to set down , his name for one of the committee. He thought it could not make proper inquiry without baring before it the officers and others engaged in the C rimea . I t would not be just to enter into an inquiry touching their conduct without hearing what they had to say ; and it would not be of any use merely to find out that there was something which was wrong at home, without being able to trace it further. Another objection was, that it would interfere with and hamper the War Department at a time when of all others it could least afford to be bothered. Mr. Lowe drew a frightful picture of the work now to be done at the office of the Secretary of War, and said he was assured that the department was at this moment in a condition of the most hopeless and inextricable confusion. It was impossible that Lord Panmure could do all that was necessary to be done, but at least he might be let alone, and not be worried by a committee. Moreover, a committee of this kind was most objectionable, because it really trans ferred the duties of the Executive to the House of Com mons, always a most dangerous thine. ' ; and lastly, such an inquiry as was pr o p ose d would certainly involve statements respecting the French army which the Em peror of the French was desirous should not be known, and would probably weaken our alliance with that country. As he rejscted, therefore, both the remedy proposed by Government and by Parliament. lie should,. of course, be asked what his own would be. He thought. that when an officer did not do his duty the proper way was to recall Lim, and replace Lim by a man who would, and this was really the only remedy the case admitted of, for we had no tiele for elaborate plans of improve ment ; we must act decidedly. But there was a reason svhich he believed operated with the Government to pre vent the recall of Lord Raglan, and no doubt it was an important ono. It was that ho had acted throughout most harmoniously with our gallant Allies, and had never by any intemperate sally or unnecessary oppo sition interrupted the excellent terms on which they had acted with us during this campaign. His (Mr. Lowe's) second remedy would be an entire recon stitution of our military system, so that merit should be the road to promotion instead of favour and seniority. ,At present an officer did little more than buy an annuity when be entered the army, his pay being only interest on the money he invested in the purchase of his commission, and he gave hia ser vices to his country gratuitously. At his death the Government appropriated his commission; instead of its being a benefit to his widow and children, it was a. premium upon cowardice. At present it was almost im possible that a man should rise from the ranks, whatever might be his merit, bravery, or good conduct, being the very opposite of the system pursued by Napoleon, who said that every man ought to have the materials for a marshal's baton in his knapsach. A similar reform must be carried through all our civil departments. It was not reason enough why a man should be put at the head of the medical department that he had had the yellow fever half-a-dozen times, had been in the West Indies, and served in the Peninsula with usefulness, and was now a grey-beaded man, who ought not to be disturbed in his old age. He would have, public men prevented from making appointments except the candidate's abi lity anti knowledge had been previously tested by a sufficient exam i na tion. This would strike at the r oot of the evils under which we are now suffering. But this was a question for the constituencies. They must be content that their members should cease to distribute Parliamentary patronage among them with both hands. Members must cease to sell themselves to Government for the sake of this patronage, and Ministers must give up this system also ; because, until merit was the only avenue to the public offices, we were fighting with a leaden sword against a man who used a steel one. If we had a spark of true greatness and patriotism left we should immediately make this change, seeing that time position, honour, and perhaps, the existence of the country depended upon it. Finally, it is DIT wish, as I believe it is my duty, to support to the :ut most the present Government. This is no power party qu t es he than, and I am prepared to say the same sh o u ld present Government be dissolved and pass ed otherali the h Powers ands . of We are Europe — who a isamoment eh very slight influence it n our contact into allies, enemies, or in a position which may convert into the one or the other. It is of th e l as t hibit an appearance of s y importance to our success ta o b r i h li o t no a u n r d th c a o t n w st e an s c h y ou i l n d t e h z e . influence of the name eyes of Europe. Ne e ith o e f r Lisoirtdearsaylmtoeorsvteorn or the imp or t ance th a t ea o t v im er at d e ip t l he os at the head of the Ad ministration, iaanttil attached re c ah i r tei c do l ents:o his shb being name tgn o n ep t s n a e cae n d t , pledge of our determina tion to resist Russia to the utmost, and his fall would be regarded as a triumph of the principles of the peace party, whom foreigners believe to have a power they do not possess in this country. We must learn to put off party differences till the return of peace, and to pre. s(nt a firm and united front to the powerful enemy with ' whom We are engaged. (The hon. gentleman, who had been loudly applauded throughout, sat down amid loud cheers.) an 3i 10 2s. all all 11 all 16} 10 3.1.3 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 714 1