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

II 0 ; l-------------' iE T ''• Y Til . Ait I AND a°M3fEnat.d.E IIsVi.YELLIGENCE. CI 'Ty, Two o'CLocK. cio!lede vcv?ltti,ton market at Liverpool. on Saturday areeXtr. 4 eenie excitement, and prices of all kinds lb., are ler, , '4le) and Americans, about 50. tal es ,ciarAe,3_. The sales we re estimated p d e a r_ t _l_2 ,, 00_0_ Bpec4,ro oof which were fi yr export and 2,500 4441,29, including 40 1 'ernam and Net pu B ahia at 6d. to ; tial.°1:(1; 2,500 to at. 3d. to 4d. ; 300 Egyp d 150 an Rail tian at I,4l3ittlads at 1 0d. to ls. 0d• per lb. .The were Market closed he avily, and prices a 'Lbacle j o e titters ,heat iger. • _up 2s..since Fri day. tr. 44 4..troni Barminghai ri state that the iron faiin'reese tittles in a very un s atisfactory state, , and the are daily expected. For the United States re Is scarcely any inqui ry, but for home use , t e t ( ie er r s e _ f or numerous. plates and sheets are more _ 3no,,,ouction in the manufi I,4cture is estimated at pi 0 7 : 1 1 a per Week, and few of the works are cr .o.re than half time. itg:, 411431. meetings ant Aounced are the follow- Alitwe Company. l rate. Place. beh, and Rotterdam •• , Ma 3 • 3, Brussels. P l e rara Ire.. hi. ......... .......... ... Mai r 3, 12, Old Jewry.e i h g a t m. (IN Inn Peninsula A• pi il 30, 3, New BroaL -.- itenom ,esters . .: .. . ... ...... M• ar 3, Paddington. ka,V l‘Tor.th-We .... ... r4, Euston Station. I,toelle:it: %neva ...... ..... Apt il 30, Paris. 4 0 —r ' shefr. and Line . 319., , r 25 Manchester. North 2 , 4 4 hod Carlisle . ....... M• a '. 3r 18. , Ma rip. lit Aev_owf Fratee ............ A.pi ....d 30, Paris. 00144, a a nd Qu e b ec, , D.... ee ... April 30, Paris. ''24therti 2...... ............ Jul le 7, Parliament-street. , t4 u 4 i findl and Cryg.w tee .................... Mr iy 12, Albion Tavern. street. Fbi:taolviers .................. M ; ty 17, 61, Moorgate-str t. o r th ................. M. ry 22, Bruges. 1104,,(5 Year 1855 the dir, a ctors of the Paris and tie la : --4illaY Company offisx the following valua tyo4 4448 for 1855 Pro Francs. exAeneas, at 35 . Pei . cent. 13,418,003 34,355,000 , Ad(l k 24, 937,000 P "alance 61,058 kat % e rota 1854 .......... . 340, 000 4'1403 -meat of balane !ii , &c . , Ba Y P Ay , 25,338,058 Fr. Cite to the State , 2,035,817 Da !,,, the bondholuerTare: Lsnry . , 4 00,1,000 ttrelst4iLE!!?,3 shareholders i ,. ;; • in , - vet nt. . Th . Net t -.l t Itin bat for (i . . ..... 13.339,741 Wil l giv e tothleysitnet ielders ' . a; ... ........ About 50 fran , e s per share. T Add 22 interest. ° tal p P ... 1 2'4 (Nbl e • .....___. on "•Mhlll 14cotile 72i fran. 9 (for 1855) per shar e tt4iltlllo4l(r"' iiN:0:44111(1.,t.11001::::11ina.liced that tl le Universql Exh . t . i n o e n s 10 410 ti ~eteriening of the Ai ix ore and Besancon.li wpi , log the crease the c, )mpany's prefer 4 3' et i ie ro e ti foregoing esti, hate the directors assuming 'kill ip il j)11 these continc ( rn ties, without receipts , but Bat t le Is. cr ease in their calcu' lations." , t t i e et 4 e t: York advices bro -ugh by 4 t 1 ite eze,mat, during the, week dingeng , April t11i.,1918,ef imports ov( it exports was N alued exports th e Year uollars. It app ears that the to m l atti e D a t,° April 12, co) ripared with those to ti. n "i334 d It i ‘e In 18 51, ha are been smaller by .n /fq - t t i t4 ) hav°'S• treadstUffs , with the exceptio of „`I f e t li e not been shipp E IEI so largely. The last ik elle vte E l tli ' 3 _ l ale City br u iks shows symptomso._ k odes ill CalltlOTl and cont faction, there bein o ‘lp , , 46 .ev s eq. department . This was considered ,r_ 0r,,,, e-,,actory feature, as remittances ,T__„?!.: tietilkNifri a ° , 1114 not b luer depen sled upon until ±itaun"ey illties lba r ee a e 8( rttled aspect. Fancy es e it,teh. bees decide, fly flat. c(),°N oter„4lßeuee from Cal. ifornia states that . the ',tit doing We most favourable ac from Trade titel.q3, dull received from all districts. ac dip ; hr„,, expected to ~. ttle4,l but improv.e—nsthhaevinixlg- P % r 'Auleeti 1 h 4, r ed. ,by the h al 'd i suspensio i1,;14, Aced vi e I R4, 4ad 1, nna stat e that a Austria, Ille k. 1 14, 4 ,,,,, ~.len conclude d between with ti"e4teball:, ranee, and th at the alliance military co.n %ttleeYet by the had been more firmly cementedliuys. tit jp o , 4 ._ me efforts of M . Drouyn / ' l lll. t he pilt official anno runement de was likely it km "° q atennet Gazette, but it is hardly Arobas e.4 to t atlir e + Russian . is looked Aittt det eaad ._ Le cause tI le s Austria W il lt h to t Qi a PaSSpOr LI ;) unless t6_ ziAs ake the field were q k it 4; 4 , l'erY tliaqui t • -litical rumours . _ en_ vittzkti, ‘ w eek. , e mg / ic , a ry w ri o s u m ld g l i a n n C d at 11, t Y) head ed ,4. revolu t: ! :in ) e it i Waa state,b ,3T Manzi •al whoA The breach h eteili,‘,l to be it ti; ended. . M. 144t0 Nqr h 's and ardio• i s widening, and b ikt tpo t s b e ille...;eh,ct_irpelled. l 7 . , quit Turin, his.exea -,k -. t e f .-maravvn ' c he refused to give t 0 1 Who 1:1E) Illteudant as .4: cieral of the Piedmont vooa f ettev.r re e.. zived 4,,kiktiii• Iv :Led a t i Naples to -le e , le (1 Preece 6. through Nr,.°, tlie ß t ' t ; von . h, ti,„' r ?tu Dr k 1) - "tliaeut ' ° el., the latter saw eeeraber last, tra.velle • we ll early Iga). 40 14 111 alive and by Baron Dr. Kuka uwi n Pot gto th e ile _ 2e14 leagues west of N rilo th e lif e of ~ws front kUN of ' and the ka4t 1 the ill Pe ror Napoleon, ~, he t ill . Parrs of the attempt Itili beel)°,, with tilt 811eCeS1 les of the operations . at td r alsed , ad e gellier Lit belief that t h e siege . 1 1 % th 1:, 11 " 4 8 f '4 -e, tgl' i: the re Wed doubts about 1. 4,11b,„_ 1 , 8,, aw, a r been depressed, ' t i'lt 4 0t ,7iog it o 1 ..,'il z,i_,. e . very _ h business ettl " e el:lM all Pe . t ‘2€ Int., ,although 4 al; rtiaini. , active. The market sinks, 1 tile el l.a. ti,?; uecause no h forward Aus 4, 1 ,trat bar con sols P arc asers come I,llb3eclik,,,4rgaiu was l' Tore done at 88i - , . e o n ., 74,9 to 88 1 a 8 ma de, but dropped almost sellers ' ll bter," 4ll uii 1 1 , ),and h ave been since 88i d when 411 lueutl • reatised :par and i premium, and ' 411 4 k ' Is I + 4 i h y een t ~1 " 0 is d'tk,count. The 30 yea rs , It illti ll i fi g :t eOB.-ealty at 1 . L 6 3-16ths. Bank Stock Th 'k to PT, me pr, Lb upon Exchequex ki l the te4rizet 1-: and 14%0 Prices areas suddeialy becom e buoyant, p:, pr o AO Consols 88i -1, ,and ~0 , , reigii Oortion. A other 4)4" la, iiieeUrities are a:ffected by the decline in 11 41 ' b eing ik,Ml. 13ends have fallen 4 to i per liAef th e b l o t to 73 , blat now. 731 g. The Pas; 14 tl: 'Yids 1.1 -° author ise the sale of clergy an n u, bow e it spain occasioned no improvement the,..31. veates 1• ~ 'watch. opened at 5 and for 1141‘4,..• ke."l,- Provision seems to be made rs. I° 4 -441 li call 13 are heavy at 2uk. 24- i l § 4 1 Per Cents. ha .8 been at 88k, or 14 worse 40, 4 Per e T 4 ents. are 03, with the exchange at k to e k e follevrinr, foreign fir' 20 :Q.re are the nominal prices of ~,exi_ Det ) ei to 24Na Deferr ed. Bonds, 6to6i ; u Three 41 then% 47 ° g• ; Peruvian, 68 to 70; ditto Cents., tit ) 43 . . tO 49 ;p o -t ese Four p e r _. k e Pr,' Itllssiae. p• 1 ' ugli 9B to 10 ° , vaiii4l, -14.atia lye per Cents., to 90 ; ttr 4 N'e,,. 5".,:a.-lialf per Cents., 88 iittc?etts ' -oeferr El 17i 18k; ditto Thr , _ee . 1:, '? 3C IA e ' to 4i to oy I`6 1:4 411, e a t °, -4; ditto Certificates, tr e(4 e ettl et ' e , s t,to k. pro /try '''day • e ''' . of the account which is in.te 414161, 4blde going th e off satisfactorily. 4 re tiLfall i t ,' 7. quota Lions are depressed Canadian %k . -4 ' bat - 13('061cS• The Indian and 'nit,. th e /.., , Business is lad%lt i t ehare rench are flat. , the Joint tb..l/1141 are quite neglectea,.nus values, t i 'al' laikßenerally support Previ "tentleeous undertakings attract very ..... 5,962,500 11,995,317 tb .get r . " . " 1 41 RIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (Pr S at. Official List.) Bu.iness done OA $ lat. o o dee, 4 *•;•• .... 2lO fare sole ey e 871 61 I).ttltiiat. Ahhtiitiee "Illnuti eu t i sk 30 ti e . ; Eire sth 8 7i B Ti yq, ) 111 , NA Jan. 1 8 (50 tt:or ,„..... re 10th 'Oct., 1859 „4"-eoti4i Ath ' 1 . MaY ............ 88i $ & _w ae r ni a .. . 43 - Pd tro t ..... ................ bil j ........ • 1.85 .. 3 i .... per Uer ....... kft ttl 1859 - :nt. Pelt !i ° op . b ' ~ ~ 99$ i Oltail:4 - iti,: f ,- Der eo`eic °REIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. /T 41,„ .2r th, 4, • — ti,i tioed, Aeeetint .... • . 20i lit i tt4 ,ltoe c i.'i Per Cent BBi t:ittoltte, Il e e tle , • : 3 l ; e l)e r fir Cent.. B4 'Pk • Nei •••• befe r „,;eut ... 44!ali c i :%.,... 'l, 3 per Cent lB t iro, ~nike yit4. • "14, t e l end % r'k- 1 rt. of Coup, not fun 5 3/ 4 p c 0 ` t ?l• th, l'per cent 1? r , 4 ",;tiaall 7.''anet.. ....... .... h Il il l: e l, nd,;;;s: . r . ................... 4i ,ipethrectiebnoze payable in London. ex 25f. 15c. 13 1 1 / 1 1 •......... ..:- THREE O'CLOCK. bitt:.B ....... . -,,,,. .............................. n il b 4'l4Y Account .. ............... 88i fi ..ip t , 1 4 . •4401 i it _.*"•••"""--•••...._--. * '''lti C'TtiCUILD 41%4 to 4 eve ral AND THE VACANCY FOR THE . t reported 4 , L. quarters in the City on Saturday it tie e Pre eee 11 ,t i ofhe event of a vacancy occurring in q 5 of i t tation th • k v ere, 4 ttle m b e city of London, by reason .of a;+%y e cent f to having recently contracted with qi, t. :, i,t. Franr a loan, it was probable that the Lord .. li t f( iLl' th e 4,_,e,', Moon, Hart., would become a can tioit .E/1,30 uurages of the electors. Der 4 eaeo °.41-, CRuaen OF SCOTLAND.—In 1854 h tl °44 -4 % were ad,„ h a be ett a °e be ,i out 70„eonaeerated ned deacoir.Six . _ b een ordarced to the priesthood, and two new churches elle r ,-, p er , , and five slew missions opened. kel l ,, ei eh e „ a 1 ons have been confirmed. The number 4111 I. so t , 4 el'aPet3 now is 150 ; of clergy, 157 ; of 01. Th"e Were only 127 churches and chapels 01, oi bi t he [log ; olr, ot the th: bow' is heti Pl ir - I MI ) V Sl,l E MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. 141'..1,'E'AT9. ALordeen ........ ...... Ambg. Nottag. Bost and Eastn. Junet... Bei fast & Ballymena. Birming 7 Wolverh. Stour Va11ey......•. Birkenud. Lanus & Cheshire Juliet Do. Chub. & Birk., £5O and i;25 Cons. Do., £2O Blyth & Tyne origina' £25 (issd. at £45, Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen and Car digan Chester ,ea Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, &Pass Cornwall 'Crieff Junction • DnblindißelfastJuue Dundee Perth tzAbei deco Junction Do. New ...... East Anglian. Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock ........ .... De., B. Stock Do., Now A East Lancashire Edinburgh 4; Glasgov Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth &Dundee Forth & Clyde June., Furness Do. Extension Glas.g,ow&,S. Wester Great Northern Do., A. 5t0ck....,... Do., B. Stock. Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great. Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lnneaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lincash. andYorksh Da., Wst. Ri diug Tin. Liv. Crsby. &Southpt London & Blackwal Lond.Brigl it & S.Cst Loud. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., SF.O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Varich.Shc`. Do. # Shares, No. 3 Do., Mali. & ITn !Midland Do. Birmu!. D erb,e 4Lidld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt. Aberg. & tfrfd Newry &F,uniskille.L Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties Un North British.... North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Dodo. G.N.E. Pure' Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New £lO N.&S.Wstre. stead, and City Jo North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.... Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland . Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Due Do Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton Darlin,. ! Ste ;lkton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO share ,, Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterforcl&Limericl West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace !West London .Wimbletln & Croydon Closing Prices this day. 19 .--; 20 43 - 43 81 -8; 141 - 131 88 - 90 58. - 59 12 - 13 7 - 9 4 - 3 5i - 6 11 - 15 11 - 11 30 - 32 20 - 22 71i 72, 54 56 2d par 18 67 - 69 83 -8) 72 - 74 [23 - 125 92 94 62i -- 63; 58 - 60 -- 70 5 - 7j 5 - 7 75 --7 ' l 97 —9 3 97 97 - - d 1 SO 81 10 9 9 8 d 22 t 3 / 4 - 23 7 - 8 63 -68 i 40 - 42 11 - 9 li - 2 ili : 49 271 ~. 28 70 71 7i 7i , ! 46 4 12A 13 47i 484 48 50 d par 5k di 6 64 1 d t ar 24 - 26 9 - § - 100 63 - 65 44 - 46 12i - 13 59 - 60 27 - 28 5 - 3 3 - 1 36 - 38 3.7 4 7 - 8 5 = si• FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessae Bombay, Baroda, and Central India. Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dutch enish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c , Do. EY ;en:ion Do. 4 p. C. This., pay '57, convert ble Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanadaA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic d 0....... Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till'63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Frane; Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent.... Do. New 5 per cent. Do. E x tensions....... G rea t Luxembourg' Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Cana& Shares . . Do. 13ds., 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 & Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 224/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde. (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs ) NorwegianTrunkPrei Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen...-. ParisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Mouse Do. 5.i p. cent. Pref Mock . ........... Southern of France. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 51 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland ..sbaden Zealand JOINT-S' A 11511 313 sia ............ British Colonial Ban and Loan Company ,11 British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial ................ 20 Commercial of Loud. 18 English Scottish and Australian Chart.... .11 Lona. Chart. Bk. of Australia 5 Ditto New . O London anu County .0 London Joint Stock tO Lond. & WeEttainste 5 National Provincia of England' .0 Do. New National of Ireland dl New South Wales al Oriental Bank of Corporation. 15 Provincial of Ireland al Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co Xll South Australia Al Union )AuetrV lip.,, 2 Do. New tg Union of London 6,n 74 - 7 - 2 31 - 2U -41)1 .1 : iid 34f 341 ii 7 f ' 23 20 1 --- 24/ 2t 3 - 1 9 si 15 - 16 48 -- 501 8g - 90 - 2 iP PAS - - - AP 1 - 2 2B - 24 18 - 18' 96 - 98 97 - 99 100 - 102 95 - 97 191 - 20 99 -- 100 ... din 2i 2iP par -- 2 p 4 6 2i 54 6 34 = 34 12i -- 13 -- Si 23 -231 R 39 41 - . 22 p o x 1p lid 8 - lip •.. - 3 3 / 4 4 d E . 6 p ... .-. fel -7: iiii !K BANKS• 79 - 81 . -- ••• id—id 6 ed 16 -17 A 20 - 21 to-gyp 33 - 35 39 - 40 6G 68 7i -8! ... ^ tet Business done this day. 25 St. 20 St. St. 10 St. 10 5 20 20 Oil all .ii I all O 10 O 14 O 16 !.0 10 ;.3i 31i 10 311 !O all p all all !,0 all l 0 all tO all .',O all 20 all 20 all 5 3 20 all It) all 0 14 I`,/ 16 s all 0 all !CI 1 6 h) 16 6 all ?1::1 all 50 al 25 20 20 i a] 20 50 50 1 100 2i 100 3 20 I IA 20 I al 25 I a] 100 1 E 10 I al 251 al 25 al LINE S LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. i Shr. Pr.id liAnwsis: Compares!mn C lotshi is Lri y oes t ß hi u s sil c , i i a e y ss . 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley N. Wert. •„„ ••• St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W. ! 5 97 St. 100 Clydesdale Jc. Caledon 98 25 24 Col. Stour Vy. E. Un. & Sud. and Hal. E. C .1 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt. - lirthn. l 133 135 St. .all Glas. Barr. & Callonian. Neils. Direct ••• ••• St. 10) Do. New...... Do 25 all Glstr.dx Dn.Fr Weser •,. •.• 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New Railway . & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NM. 105 107 107 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 121 all Do. Shares. Do ••• 124 all Lott& Greenw S. Easter) 12 4 —— 13 20 all Do. Preference Do 23 24 10 all Lon., Til., &S. Peto &Co ll 111 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. :Norfolk — St. WO Do. 6 per ct. Do — ••• 5 all Manch. Bxtn. L.& N. W and Matlock & Midld. 24 —2i 21 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton Redcar. Darliugt. St. 'PO ?:liclkl.Bradid. -midland 92 94 6 54 Newmarket Bury Exton... En. Coun. 1p par 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do ••• ••• 51' all Do. Fixeds p Do 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. & N.W SeLn&Yli 124 all Do. ?; Shrs. A Do — St: !00 Royan.&llit. GtNortin 130 133 25 18 Shef.Roth.and Laucas h& Goole g.sp. c. Yolk h & ••• 10 all Shrews.&ller, T. Brassey 7A 81 7i ;2 9.4., S. Staffordsh. Nl.MCleaa —21 J 50 all Wear Valleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt ••• 25 all Do Do 32 33 31 St. 100 Wilts&gomrst GtWestn BBl 891 MINES. 1 all Agua. Fria ............. 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold ••• 10s. all Anglo Californian ... 20 6 Australian 1 11 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Ave Maria •. • —•1 all Badeu (Gd. Duchy of) 1 50 all Blmaarvon Iron and 5 7 Coal _ 20 13.5 British Iron 5 6 35 251 Brazilianlmp.(iss-ned at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Coeaes & Cuiaba 2 21 20 15 Do. St. John Del:Rey 31 —33 1 I. Carson's Creek I 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica.. 1 40 all Cobre Copper 53 55 5 1 Colonial Gold — 13 St. all Copper MM. of Eng 3O 40 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent id 10 16 4 Copiapo 5 all English and Austin Cdpper Sineltg Co, 11 2 1 Fortuna par —ip 20 all General.. 144 161 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg 44 all Great Polgooth 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 7 71 5 1 Lusitanian iP 1 all Mariquita § 1 all New Granada all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co , ••• 1 all Nouveau Monde a 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 141 151 5 Port Philip I 1 all Quartz Rock s I 50 all Rhyuiney Iron 2O 22 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 12i Santiago de Cuba.... 5i 64 1 all South A.ustzalian... . 1 10 71 Tin Croft ll -- 24 74 all United Mexican 74 7i 1 all Waller 4 1 all West Mariposa — 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba. PREFERENCE SHARES. Ibordeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c 102 - 101 89 -91 lythandTyno c. pref. (is,sd. at 50/ . & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares .laledonian £lO St. 20 St. 15 92 - 91 ()heater & Holyhead Guar. 51 per cent... 00. do. Pref. No. 2.. Do. do. Prof. No. 2.. Cork &Banclons 9G - 97 Dun.Prth .4 Aber. J. Anglian Cis. A Sh. Do. do. Cs. B 6 p. c. DO. do. Cis. C 7 p. e. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 2 - 4 5i - 6 Do. New 6 r . e. St. east Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 ner cent. Do. 101. Def)entr.Sl). Do. do. 4 per cent glast Laneash. 6 p. ets E.,ScW. York. J. sths Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness -- 1 1 , 124 -- 131 all all 1(10 100 100 Glas. & S. W. G. 5 p. c. Great Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom Do. 4i 13. c Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. pm... Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pref Gt. S. &W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Prof. St Gt. Wostn. (Barks & Rants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4i P.C Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Prof. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Bin:a. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh Do. do. d 0... Do. do. do ...... ••• •• • Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 P. c. Stock Lon. &Brigh. G. 5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... Lon. & S. W. Con. 3 rl- Loudy. & Cofer. Sr. Londy. & Ennis. Sit. 'Wan., Shef., & Lin. Now, £lO Do. XS Nlarypt .&Carl.4 p c Du. 41 per cent Ei -7- a .. * • •• •.. ~(. Ili - 116 10 St. 20 50 1 all 100 9 6 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 12 12 10 6' 12i 12 12 St. St. 5 all 11l all all all 10? 'lOO ,100 100 11-h all 100 107 - 109 100 • - 102 * - IP 6 -- 6A 96 -- 98 88 -- VO 90 -- 92 10 -- 11 17i -- 17 10 - 1041 72 -- 74 193 -- 20 9$ -- 9 k 144 -- 1 5 1 - L 134 -- 136 ... --. .. 1.0.61 20 20 20 25 25 ... --- •• 2i - • 3 P Do Consol .6 p.c.St IDo. Consol. Bristol & Birna. 6 per cent l Do. 41 p. c. Pref. St. Do. Pref. 41 per eel Do. 5/. Prtf. 4 p. c Ditto Leicesteip Hitcben Pref. St , Norfolk Debenture,. Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stool_ Do. 5 p.c. Est I Do. 51 per ct. D o.Way. Val. 5 p. c. North British N. E. Beres, 4 p.c. P Do. do. d 0... ....... Do Leeds 6 p.c 0.1 Do. do. Quarters 45 Do. York R, & S. Pur. North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.£ls, 6 p.c. Scot. Cent. ,New Frei South Devon De. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of ';1 Os. 6d. Do. 41 p cant S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 41 p. c S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar. , 5 p. c. Do. do. do. Stock. & Tiara. g. p. c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd. & Kilk.6 pc 12i i - it L 34 136 94 96 1 id 4 4 85 - 87 .03 - 105 98 - 100 90 - 92 3i - 3i 1154 1081 ••• •. 121 a 1.35 i i ::: is 101 - 103 i dis i. - —l5 id pea 221 - 23 96 - 98 ... -- ii =ii 10 -- 2ip 1001 1 1004 ... ---' 2i -24 d MABKET NEWS-(THIS DAL) 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 6s per qr. Barley sold steadily, at full prices. The oat trade was active, on higher terms. Beans and peas were 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 596 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 an 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 7s per quarter dearer than on this day se'nnight. At that advance largo parcels changed hands. Floating cargoes of wheat sold at 4s. to ss. per qr. more money. Other grain was dearer. Barley', the supply of which was moderate, sold steadily 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 ls. 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 & Kent, Malt—Chevalier •• •• 70s to 71s Red .. new 68s to 783 Oats Yorkshire and Ditt0............ old —s --s Lincolnsh.,Feed 25s 30s Ditto, White new 83s 87s Potato. •• •• 288 31s Ditt0........ old 84s 89s Youghal and Cork liortbik and Lin- Black...'" •• 253 29$ coin, Red, old 68s 81a Cork, White. 26s 30s Ditto new •• •• •• 68s 80$ Scotch, Feed. •• • • 27s 30s Rye—Old •• •• •• •• •• •• —s —s Beans—Tick ....• •• 40s 43s 'Yew •• •• •• •• •• •• 428 4.4 s Pigeons ...... •• 423 46s Barley—Grinding .•• •• 29s 31a Peas—Grey. ~. 35s 38s Malting .•••• •• •• 32s 33s , Maple 38s 40s Chevalier•• •• ••• 34s 35s White.-- .• •• •• 395 45s M alt—Saffolk and Nor- Boilers 433 46s folk •• •• •••••• •• 623 67s Flonr—Town-made..• 65s 70s Brown ••• •• •• •• •• •• •• 58s cOs Suffolk 82s 56s Kingston And Ware 68s 70s Stooktn &Norfolk 51s 55s 63i 2i 3 75 it} 80 79i 24 i 12R ? 11 I 181 18 39 i 8i MISCELLANEOUS. 25 17i Australian Agricult. 28 30 10 all Aus:,Taln. Royal Mail 10 7 Berlin Water Works 31 —24 d 50 40 Brit. American Land 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co 100 321 Canada 110 115 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. and July 108 1081 1081 5 all Crystal Palace. 3i 5 4 Do. Preference ll lO 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 # Duston Tron Ore • 20 81 Eastern Steam — 25 22 Electric Telegraph l4i 151 15 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Con. Stoats Navigat — 20 all General Screw Steam ... 15 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. .•• ••• 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 61 7 6- 10 21 Do, New — ••• 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land — 11 1 2 1 N. S. W. Coal Inter. • Steam Navigat. Co. , 1 all N. B. Australasian - 20 12i Nrth.ofEuropoSt3am f) all Peel Rr. Miurl. 24 2$ 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 60 62 50 10 Do. New 2 all Portland Iron Co ig - li p 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 6 701 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 11 1 i Ditto NOW 25 all South Austral•Larui 35 37 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip — 1 1 all t te.zi,tPre , l 20 5 Trust& L.Co.U.Can 100 28i V 11 ,4 Diellien t il Land , .... 13 1.1 i P 4 11 30 291 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 1,104; in 1853, 3,550; in 1852, 1,944 ; in 1851, 1,647 ; in 1850, 1,360; in 1849, 1,211 in 1848, 1,090 ; and in 1847, 1,211 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEBB. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Hjcrting l7O Harlingen Rotterdam— 123 Hamburgh 6O Kampen Antwerp ~, Amsterdam 2 Calves. Pigs - ... - 15 ... - 153 ... - T0ta1.... 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 3BB 607 ... ... 308 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 a ll breeds the demand was somewhat inactive. In prices , however, we have no actual change to notice. The highest figure for the best Scots was 5s per 81bs. The arrivals of beasts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, amount to 3,3 C) Scots and homebreds ; from other parts of England, 40 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 500 horned and polled Scots. The 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 se'nnight. The best old Downs, in the wool, realised quite ss, and a few very inferior half-breds and Downs, out of the wool, pro duced 4s 8d per Blbs. Lambs—the supply of which was rather extensive— moved cff slowly, yet no decline took place in the quota tions. The highest figure was 7s per 8113 s. The veal trade was active, and primesmall calves realised 5s 2d per 81bs., being an advance of 2d per Sibs. Pigs sold heavily, on former terms. Per Sibs to sink they offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Second quality.... 3 8 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8, Prime Scots, &c. 410 5 01 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Second quality ...3 10 4 t), Prime crse.-wlled. 4 2 4 4 Lamb TOTAL SUPPLE. s. d. s d. ; I PrimeSouthdown 4 8 5 0 / Large crse. calves 4 0 4 6 ;Trims small d 0... 4 8 5 2 , Large hogs 3 0 4 0 I ,Stnall porkers 4 2 4 4 Suckling calves.. 23 0 29 0 ;Quartet old pigs 21 0 27 0 . 5s 4d to 7s Od. FOREIGN suPPLY. Beasts ............. ..... 4.112 Beasts.... •• •• •••••.. • 593 24,260 Sheep ..•• •••••• ...............•.• 151 Ca1ve5,.................•• 132 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, May 1, 1854, and this day, Monday, April 30, 1855. _ _ Per Sibs, to sink the offals. Apri130,1855 s. d. s. d 3 4to 3 6 38 4 4 '4 6 4 8 1 4 10 5 0 36 3 8 ,3 10 4 0 42 4 4 '4 8 5 0 15 4 7 0 40 4 6 48 5 2 30 4 0 42 4 4 4,112 24,260 May 1, 1854. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 2to 3 4 Second quality ditto ... 3 6 3 8 Primo large oxen ... 310 4 2 Prime Scots, &c 4 4 4 6 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 8 310 Second quality ditto ... 4 0 4 6 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 8 410 Prime Southdown ditto ... 5 0 5 2 Lambs ... ..• 5 6 7 0 Large coarse calves ... ... 4 6 5 2 Primo small ditto 5 4 5 8 Large hogs ... 3 0 4 2 Neat small porkers ... ... 4 4 4 8 Boasts... ... 4,668 Sheep 25,020 Calves... 216 Supra Es ON SALE, May 2, 1853.—Beasts, 4,3 C lambs, 24,300 ; calves, 228; pigs, 310. May 3, 1852.—Beasts, 3,974; sheep and lambs, 23,940 ; calves, 226 ; pigs, 350. 355 13 ; sheep and NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Oar markets are but moderately supplied with each kind of meat slaughtered in the provinces. The supplies of town-killed are tolerably good. Generally speaking, the demand is steady, and prices are fairly supported. Per Sibs by tae carcase. _ _ a. d. s. d. s. d. s. Beef, inferior 3 2 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., middling 3 8 310 Do., prime large .3 10 4 0 Do., prime 4 0 4 4 De' , do. small ....4 2 4 4 1 Veal 3 8 4 10 Pork, large ...... ,3 4 3 8 Pork, small 3 10 4 4 Lamb sa 2d to 6s 6d. , BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of potatoes are but moderate, and the sup plies on offer to day are by no means extensive. The de mand is in a sluggish state, as follows :—York Regents, 105 s to 13 0 s; d itto p lants, 135 s to 140 s ; Scotch do., 100 ; to 110 s ; Kent and Essex do., 100 s to 1108; do. reds, 80s to 955; blues, 80s to 90s; Lir,colns, 85s to 95s per ton. BOROUGH SOP. the The he demandssupply i s in l y ofa sluggish m o h op state, s on offer 'an former risverymoderate, yet terms. Last week's imports were 12 bales from Xotterdam and 17 from Hamburgb. Mid and East Kent pockets, 14i to 20i. ; W ea ld n a n f K d e y n e t a r d i l i t n t o g 3 , , 1 ( f o l s O t s o t o o l l p s e l r l c s w s t; &use', 10110 s to 121 12 s ; . WOOL. the e ist c alv)zek' s imports into 526 from Port There is a slight improvement in the demand for low qualities of English wool, at full prices ; but fine parcels command very little atte nt i on, on former terms. Foreign and colonial wools, ow ing to the near approach of the Elizabeth, and 17 from Odessa. p L u o b u l d ic on sa w le e s r , The followirig are the current rates of English wool : Down tege, is Od to is ld ; Down ewes, lld to is Od ; were r 2 e lB very ba inactive. les f om half-bred hogs, 11Ad to is Oid ; half-bred wethers, 11d to is Kent fleeces, is Od to is ld ; Leicester fleeces (mixed), 101 d to is ; combing skins , 10 d t o is o.id ; flannel wool, lld ' to is ld ; blanket wool, 6LI to lld per lb. q m u o e d at erate busines s and quite as SEEDS. is doing. deMarosats agriculturallast s l e n e d o s t h a r e a r i a n r t g i o c ! e d s a re Turnip. White, per bush. 22s to 25s Swede .. • • ...... —s —s Mustard, Brown • • .. 123 14s White, new •• • • 8s 108 Tares, Winter, new.... 11 s 12s Old.. •• • • • • .... 93 103 Canary, per quarter •• 46a 52s Rye grass •: •• • 24s 30s Cloyer,RedEng. (cwt.) 52s 653, White •• •• .... • • 653 755, Foreign Red...—. 48s 603 , White—. 553 v s , Trefoil, new.. •• ...... 253 3231 Carraway....... • • • . 36s 38s Coriander •••• ...... • • 20s 24s Rempseed, per quarter 48s 56s Linseed, Eng.:iowing.. 68s 70s Crashing .... •• •• 663 67s Baltic ...... •• •• —s —s Odessa ...... •• • • 60s 61 s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English .. ...121 Os 12 lOs Foreign,per ton 1 110 s 121 53 Rape Cakes, pr ton 615 s 6 1 lOs Rapeseed, New,prist 3 3 / 1 0s 351 Os ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- MiTTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The committee re-assembled this morning at the usui hour. 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 bon. 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, He stated that all the vessels taken up by the Go vernment had to be fitted up properly for the con% ey :nee of horses and stores of various descriptions ; but other shipowners were obliged to he employed in this service in consequence of the Government con tractor being quite overwhelmed with work, and the necessity fer 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 appoint 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. LLEFT SITTING.] LLOW. active, and prices have a down .Y.C. on the spot is selling at Town Tallow, is 54s Od per 1852. 1853. 42,996 38s Od te—s OC 930 98,730 1,083 1103,192 aB3 oa 1854. 25,108 i 34,102 47s 6d to 64,3 0d To _ s Od 2,256 784 98,081 89,741 1 ,408 1,082 8,256 100,618 49 8 34 64 9d 31,700 54s 3d to 54s 6d 1,820 78,227 968 73,927 560 6d Our market has been less ward tendency. To-day P. 548 3d to 54s 6d per cwt. cwt., net cash. 1651 . Stock this day Price of Y. C Delivery last week .. Ditto from June 1.... Arrivals last week.. Ditto from Juuel Price of Town ...... 3t.479 38 s 6.1 to 393 ad 693 87,750 610 96,711 39# 6,1 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 M‘Gowan, 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, Jacrael. 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.M.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 mern, 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, 3 hours' flood ; cloudy. Arrived, April 29.—Slater Rebow, from St. Michael's ; Kragera Maria, Konigsberg; Elizabeths, Constantinople; Thealtriel, Guernsey • Crescent, Guernsey. Sailed—Fair Kathleen, for Constantinople ; Amaranth, Stettin. DEAL, Monday, 9,18 a.m. Wind, E.N.E. ; 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-OFFICE, APRIL.—On the Ist of May minor money-order offices will be opened at Aberdovey, Merionethshire ; Marden, Kent ; Winslow, Cheshire ; Dunning, Perthshire; and Leslie, Fifeshire. On the Ist 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, Haddingtonshire. 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 ever y 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 Menscbikoff to Bakshi-Serai, 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 the next levee her Majesty the Queen will confer the knighthood on Alderman and Sheriff Muggeridge and Charles Crosley, Esq., the sheriffs for London and Middlesex, in commemoration of the visit of the Em peror and Empress of the French to the City of London on Thursday, the 19th of April. EXECUTION OT BURANNALLI.—The execution of Bu 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 inentnot to carry out the sentence upon the gr oun d o f insanity, having failed t o p ro d uce i ts i nten d e d e ff ect. Notwithstanding the extreme coldness of the morning, vast numbers of people were assembled to witness the revolting spectacle: DREADFUL SUFFERINGS ON THE ICE.—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 us with the particulars :—" I suppose long ere this you have heard of our catastrophe. I will give you the precise particular s , which I will do to th e u tt ermost i n my power. wing 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 'slant who had been to Boston receiving medical in struction, oae 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 aud 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 hands, 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 passion 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 forward for the land. About 11 o'clock, Dr. Hazard was taken delirious, and I saw his time was come to leave this world. I then threw my greatcoat over him, and after an hour's m oan i ng h e passed i nto etern ity without death-strug g l e . I to ld t h em i t wou ld no t do to a sleep out again, o r we s h ou ld a ll b e d ea d, and after c toil and ex er ti on we reac h e d the land about six o 'clock state of the next morning, in a deplorable c ondition i , n b a eing frost-bitten. I sank down in the boat oai badly We were stupor, while the men went in search two h f fortunately found in the course situations, the neighbours which they f fortunate in getting good si relieve our distress, and prto ourds. exerting every influence to o f f was particularly fortuna e, mote our comfort. 1 7 8 family, who treated me as a being in Mr. Macfarlan am s I the worst frost-bitten of any child of their own of them, and my loss of fingers and toes th e d o c tor can not yet estimat e. We were obliged to leave our trunks w'th ever ything remaining in them, to faci. on the •" 3 ' Mirror. woe purpoolige!-- 1 iONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. I Or a Saturday a special general meeting of the proprie / tore of the London and South-Western Railway was at the 'Waterloo-bridge Station, for the purpose of c , on.•sidering and determining upon the course to be pur r Reed by th e company withreference to the bill now 1 aefor e P ar li ament for amending the company's acts, and with regard to the pledge that was given on behalf of t the company, before the Devon and Dorset Railway ( :lommittee, in the session of 1853. There was a nume rous attendance. Mr. W. J. CHAPLIN, M.P., the chairman, eaid the o ecasion of this meeting was a difference between Par ii ament and the company about that pledge, which bad n ever been fulfilled. He knew there were differences opinion among the proprietors as to the authority on w .Bich that pledge was given, and to whether the Corn mittee of th e H ouse of Commons; a ' were s justified in .accei sting it, ; b u t i t was no ,v too late to discuss those cities twos, a n d all th e y had t o d o was to find the best mode: of extricating themselve s from the dilemma. Wlae II he, on the Bth February last, introduced the bill no w pending cn behalf of the company, a marked hos tin ty was shown by some members of the House of Core an ins. He defended the conduct of the company as well as he could, but with very little effect. A wish was indi ca,t ed that he should take the opinion of the proprietor= as what could be done; and on the 15th Feb. the coin pan.), bad 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 750,0001. which would have been required to perform the stipulated work. Notwithstanding this, the directors would have been willing to sobscribe 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 bands, 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 had been carried on, for thirty miles, to Salisbury. The South-Western Company had thus endeavoured to do justice to the Government and the public. 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 fur 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 money spent on the west of England, and it would be inconsistent for the company now, w hen it wasalinost forced to go on with it, and when every difficulty would be removed and all the expenses of getting a bill would he reduced, to refuse completing this work, by which the honour and charac ter of the company might be saved. In 1852 be 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 (:\ Ir. 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 colleagues, liEd carefully ab stained from it ever since. But the company was now in such a position that the question must be encoun tered. The committee had kindly left a door open to the company, and would not inflict up on it a precise compliance with the pledge, involving a very heavy ex pense. The course which the directors now recom mended was, "that the bill now pending be not, in its present stage withdrawn, but that the company 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 would sanction, of a railway in extension of the narrow gauge line, from Yeovil or from 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 arrangethent 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. Uzielli, 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 upon the 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 had kept within compass, and not run riot in borrowing, like other rail ways. He did not see, therefore, why the standing orders should not be relaxed in their case, and the company en abled to borrow the money upon debenture, as it might be required. At this moment they were offered money at 4 per cent., and had 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 calling 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 respons bility lie. Mr. TITE, after referring to the contests between this 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 ; it would be 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 ; for 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, 4 i Yes, yes ;" 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 Brighton Railway Company, with a common interest and common objects, common rates and a common ter minus, be an object worth thinking about ? and that was what they would have to go to Parliament far, and perhaps very soon. If so, what was the use of w} to drawing the bill Dalt when they would have to go i Parliament again, and would be met with , the e s ame I same de mand for the fulfilment of their pledge . the expenditure of 750,0001.,. and others, and with the . De 1 , a ppled, honest aid of those n the district, without any plundering exactions if made pro by r the land owners who required railway accommodation rectors should not have their hands tied, go be made to pay extreme_ly . could, and ex culty ; for it was tricate the foolish and unavailing an from , this diffi to raise a " when Government and the go to the committee and make the best bargain they ilw d e,ll. but Th sh e do l dlid cry of " no surrender lie proposed a resolution, country were against them. "That having considered the f the resolutions company, of and th e com mittee having confidence that the irecto o rs will subject the company they find to be absolutely and to no greater . necessary, this meeting delegates to the directors 'full to act in this matter on the company's behalf aS power obligations circumstancesd than they may consider necessary and expedient." , The CHAIRMAN e x p np r o e . , ts secondeds to od imitate his th tehe resolution, lution, and accepted it. ridiculous visMedr.therAscoGmLEpiejanyi. perti nacity of Mr. Pickwick, who, after protested that he would neverpay having solemnly damages in the suit against him, one farthing of :the to wink at their payinent by found himself obliged law being too strong for his friends, the court of given for value received, th him. The pledge hal been . pyroutled thereby to e committee in 1853 being throw out the Great Wealeru oftle reso. scheme ; and it was no Jess than fraudulent and dish° nest for the company to turn round and rep •Idiate it now. He had blushed to hear the language Oat Mr. Labouchere applied to this company ; and every honest man would feel the same. He believed that, with the co-operation of Parliament o they had an opportunity now of carrying out this plan so as to redound to the pecuniary advantage, as well as to the honour and credit of this company. Mr. GASHELL moved as fan 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 the subsequent meet ing in August, he 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 he thought the work would be for the company's interest, but now circumstances were altered. He did not be lieve, the committee would commit the gross injustice of coercing the company as had been threatened. Mr. WOOD likewise contended that the chairman (Mr. F. Scott) never had any right to give such a pledge ; an d urged th a t th e th rea t o f s topping the company's divi dends might be safely despised. Ho proposed another amendment (there being no secovder for Mr. Gaskell's amendment), and it was this :—" :That any bill making provision 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 that the House of Commons were behaving most dis fit o t d h the privatewh at t,he property o.u,led o t f o this get company. he dis gracefully, and that the committee had no right to inter- K of this scrape. The feeling h le ol M de r r .i s En. SErmint M.P very strong in the House of Coaamgrnameinssotnltyscom p an y out yhs.heivavraeadeg the committee would recomme n d , the ad ; av:cdeo advised e t p h a b e n e withdrawn, that parliament ommend, if the bill were now should take it up as a ques tion of public morality ; and c ompany would be pot in a most distr ess i ng position. The comm ittee had taken e now an unparallel e d course, because , ep the former oc casion, they had pl ace d such greatconfidence company, and shown th em such extr aord favour, our, in this in consenting to throw out th e Great Western bill upon the faith of the pledge which this company then to provide railway accommod a ti on for the district. gave, Mr. Serjeant GASELEER 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. BIBCHAM, the solicitor, denied the assertion of 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 ; he did vote afterwards, in 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 justification, 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. SCOTT, 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 shareholde rs would authorise it, because they bad, by a majority of six to one, with only eight dissentient votes, instructed him to use what measures be thought proper to carry out the object then in view. In August the resolution of the company was absolutely unanimous, without One 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 t o evade their engagements, if one ran away, he 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 was to adopt Mr. Tite's resolution. Mr. HELPS declaimed against the unjust interference of the committee, and said the resolution in May was a farce, and that passed in August was without proper notice. Mr. W. C. Rowr, on the other hand, contended that the company were bound, in law and honour, to fulfil their pledge, although 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 chairman counted 36 hands in favour of it, and 57 against it. The original resolution of Mr. Tite was 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 to be 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. No. of voters 7O Nu. of votes 2,340 . Capital £705,082 Majority for Mr. Tite's motion. No. of Voters. No. of votes 1,666 £592,448 THE ATTACK ON MR. LAYARD. ( Front th,e 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 th e s t ronges t t erms . 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 hon. 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 crushed. He still survives, and what is more, he will survive. The coun try is determined that he shall not be sacrificed to a haughty oligarchy. It will throw its shield around him —it will prevent his being even harmed. which There m canr. Layardbe no h doubt a d gi v ee that a a the 0 notic e ur or, t w_ o d f oro mi t t fio i n o r o n e had much to do in rendering the " family' interests so very infuriated on t h heeoco casion riiise an a Th rdoyn a : t dt . ,.t mo tion lays the axe at the root of t he li g r i e l d sar,nu u d l p e o , t n h a a n t e h d e em t e o f . They see in it a sentence of d wpublic service, to merit and of the . oligarchical cupidity, 0 all the other branchesreference to rank in life or family eon capacity, Without selves.th row op:1111**th; Layar d, doors of proposing to put an end to which there will 1?4 , a otion nexion contemplates precisely a promptrlD g a o D ui e 's g. a ndp passed t requires and, wareh t ' acclamation. belonging ands a is more, those which the country de. Everywhere ' the stirnusckma chegrdeanind eethewredniaaeltlirooelinnaplanboses.ommt announcement elfo which it deman gi p ' : s p i rit, t', but Y into which we have the onlyhis cl as s in e as o : t i alu o ieg n phxha h chittse a s .rimrpi:otna b : e ht e e n tplih_raeiivlhei privileged . withdm ability b i r reformss con nexions—has s which tegrity, his " old a man of m ember e ttohaeneymoetrhgee:cpyublic man, the people moral courage, they rTecoisheilmy,thmeo p t n h at for hlboii talen ts, ekn . brought. ro confidence. a h r i e s independence, unfortunately ~ Family" interest , too \rare to admit of being sacrificede p t o o s e t h theat mostpowerful plicit ey r oligarchical interest which he so b o ld ly confronts, and w so gallantly challenges arena of th e to conflict in the House of a d Commons. Th e o li garc hy w ill, doubtl ess, make with esperate struggle. They will fight deadly determination ; but they will do battle in n va i • M r. Layard has right and justice on his aide; and thes e 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 "family" fac tion, but do not put an extinguisher upon it. It is high time this were done, and Mr. Layard, backed by the people, is just the man to do it. 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