The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-26 00:00:00

,' , • -;-•-.........-___. ned in tale,, l , ~ .. . • ~.....---- de De" :e . ii ..,-- ~ -., , ' 3 U,, ''] ..1: 4 _,4 I ;SI .A It KE T sll ARE MARK.ETS. .. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. iinsbess . le Ernaluct• , . CI 1.1. I D A Y.) Shr- eatd. Rantwar4 ;hat 31. IL . ..ti - r , lace bii ' in. C0j17.24±::T. OTA L INT I.ILLIVP.ACI , T. c L om easiag pans. I° S dua aturd P ar. '. this day. P, ai in RAILWAYS. ............ _ ......._____ -...--- --.........-.....-........ , a cer , - a _______ -- - 5 O 5O all Bg e f t o e r b d ie n y ud ... London L - - N. West. .., - .• CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. • ( t PS -.hr. ,'ate. IttiLwav, Miming Prices Sualneis done 3eigilli n • T he cotton market at Liverpool on Saturday s.,turdly. this day. St. 100 Snekghanv , ll. t r...&N.W. 5- 97 in 1 qcald* t h e rn "sed very steadily, mid prices were unchanged.' Glydosdah- ' i ':al ' )"••• ' . 7 - 99 25 24 C•Eal•Stour - Vv.' 3. Un. It • P e ir T e h o u n a iv 1,, -1- :!le . . sales were estimated at 10,000 bales (1,000 of i . , . i 0 . 04 A i.erdeen ..........„., 20,i • 214 Bud. and Ha E. C..... ... - ... t1.1.1-Abs NotVg. 13°3,1 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr • 'Lich were for export, and a similar number, on ''' ana l Battu. Juliet.. 4,i - 4 6 per cent. gt•Nrthn. 134 - 136 l'Peculation), comprising 1,500 Pernam . and Ma- iio all Be: feast Az.Balymena - - •.. St. all . Glas. Barr. & ,Caldonia.n. r aliham, at sid. to 7d. ; 200 Egyptian, at ad. to . tsi Au Binning. woiverh. ,- . Neils. Direcii ... - -. 2 81 - Bi. •It,o7ir Valley - -- ... • ille 81 . • 700 - , G ee, 012 , Surat, at 3d. to 32d. ; and 160 Sea .i - i ;.9. Bire , :tlid. Lancsb. A 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Gt. Wes:3 ... -„. General 1 Islands, at 91d. to 2s. per lb. The share market - Chesl,l::: Juno. ..... 134 - 124 100 all 'lrtlpl. Dk & Yk. New inian t r oog e clNed firm . 214 all Do. (.lioili. ei Birk. Railway..... & - I",erw. ... - .., generally. zrio and £25 Cm, ;6 - 17 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &N M 1.04 - 106 aced in_ to , The following are the railway "calls " due in 22 1.9 Do., Z 20.. -64 d ' 25 all Do. .4 Shares. Do. - ••• to 53 .>' , aPril :___. 25 30 Blyth &Tyaiorigina 124 all Do. I Shares. Do .• - - dto har k , ~, - £25 (issd. at .E.lii . - - 12/ all Lon.&Greenv S. Easton 12i -13 i .. 0 ....,4 . v., Vio , , . tor n an Date due. Call. Amount. a b al,'„, he 4-.111,-.lgian Eastern Junction....l2.-X0 10 0... X 21,250 i.tt WO T-Iristoi Lull Exeter 88 - 90 894 20 all Do•Preferen,c Do 23 -24 ine il. 1 ..,' be ~;!, ,t st Indian Exten. (2/. paid) 10... 4 0 0... tank an St . 100 t'''' , 4oclr ' ' - 634 - Cll (61 10 . 21s. 6 . 'l3n 10' all Lon., Til., & S Peto &Co. 10i - 114 arrearthen and Cal. St. 1.00 Lowestoft gr. leave fo r t , Gt. Indian 5 per cent. • dims ' ••• -- ••• . 4 per cent. Norfolk._ ... - ~.. , r into ee!, io n r . Scrip - 124 12 ' St. to Do. 6 'ler et. ••• ---- ••• len t and u 'Western, Red. 5 per cont , . 50 all Cork and Bandon.. 6- • 8 54 l Y.ortch'. Bath L.& N. W. * •erel., 101. - ..• - ..• and Matlock. & Midld. 4- 2i 110 ~,,... ns & Mediterranean Ito 15... 2 0 0... 180,000 20 16 Cornw- 1 1 ) ••• -- ... 50 all ifiddlosbro' & Stckton & • . • Jyestern of Switzerland 2... 2 0 0... 32.500 10 14 Orloff Junction •-• - Redcar Darlingt. ..., - ... ~, Wimbledon and Croydon 10... 110 0.., 6,825 50 45 Dublin&Bolfast•Tune. 3 4 - ` , l 10C all Midld.Bradfd Ilidland.. 90 -92 Lilicg '' b. 1 t 25 all Druadeo Perth StAly,, •50 all Northern an lating to Lsr. does Junction 54 •- 64 Easternsp.c Z. Coun.. 57 - 59 fi ; ' *7 , £ 705 , 5 7 5 25 all Do. New•••••• ••••- ••• - ••• 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do -.--. . o,l,idts ° . 3 S .he proportion called by foreign corn- St. WO east An'-lian fretted, ' S ail parries is 233,7501., but the holdings •i() 411 F. zstorn Counties.... --A 11' , ' - 11 8 11 1 •25 all Prest. & Wyr . L. &N. ll '. lay b y of English proprietors are not known. St 100 Casten Union, . &Ln&Y:-. ... - ... ' Total called in 1855 £5,537,898 Ste.: , .k • . 2B -- 30 124 all Do. &Shares. Do . - ... qt 14X. Do B Stock 2O - 22 St. 1.(X) Roystn.&Hit. GtNortlr. 13g - 133 )f Arr3g 011 , The railways meetings announced are the follow- 25' Do., 1N : ow - A.._ , ... . ... 25 I.Bi Shef.Rothit- , ; Lanca.sh& • 1 117 • ......... St. WO East Lancashire 72 - 74 Gooleg.s p.c. Yorksh. .. - . •ii'° . St. 106 Minburgb & Glav,p, 57 -59 12 94 3. Statlordsb. Nl.llClear ii -- 2 e dipwa` the ealed • Com P an Y . Date. Place. 10 all Pdinb. and Peebles 2d - par 50 all '.VearValleygi itockt. & at . e, onion Mar. 27, Glasgow. • , • • 7th f t he 0 4 ester and Holyhead ' M. 27, Easton-square. I Sl ' l ' M FAIn * PIL/ ' & r)null '` 2 ' ) - 21 6 per cent... Darlingt ... - ... ono O 1 ,, .rs 17rk and Bandon Mar. 28, London Tavern. 10 1 Perth & Clyde Jim, . ... - ••• 25 all Do Do. . : 32 - 321 ...au.- , . -'es ..„A - p,.,,„,„„ A ....:1 0 w.....:. 50 all .:4'urness ... - ~ St. 100 Wilts&gomrst ltWestn. 89 •-• 91 dipiora , ~t ) 7th " t tt ono of 30 plei" ti t wi th 'At the e yo a nd . s Jose. tha t he e Soverei,4 re nch Oi French e rt l e Company. Date. Place. donian Mar. 27, Glasgow. „ell ester and Holyhead ' Mar. 27, Euston-square. o:7k and B an d on M ar . 28, L on d on T avern . 3 :ePae and Fecamp • April 2, Paris. , t Anglian Mar. 29, London Tavern. ,"}l 4 and Clyde raissessac and Boziers ' , easter and Preston Z ° Nlanderry and Enniskillen Mar. 31, Coleman-st-bdings. t a iehester, Sheff. and Line. Apr. 4, Manchester. b e tranolit n Mar. 28, Great George-street kw b o is and Orleans Mar. 30, Paris. i, r tentouth ellen and Havre Mar. 31, Paris. ;: 1 -4 : l :d y r , ews and Quebec Mar. 29, Parliament-street 11)4 tit Wales Mineral Mar. 28, Craven Hotl, Strnd Jurbise, and Lau- Viers to Hasselt est Hartlepool , Mar. 30, West Hartlepool. The letters from Birminghararespecting the iron tr ade are again of an unfavourable character, the de o , . and for home use being very restricted.' A *°cal Writer gives the following account :- b"The efforts of the ironmtsters to extricate themselves () their present critical position are still continuing, i h , i t, are by no means universally considere d as of the most I ,T'oiOnsi character. - The almost hawking about of iron at ' 4 ' per -- ton, and disturbing a trade bithelto - in. , . e `condition .bf 'high prosperity i • by - attempting to, i l "'rea 'IA' one swoop a reduction -of the col- i 1,4 1 ,1'' wagea ef pne: shilling per day, or . 26 per 'Cent., A I ' 3l lhas alreadrbeen followed by riotous aseemblages of Serious. character, partake more of , the convulsive move -14 i er de of desperation than the adoption of a well-arr ange d l a n of retreat. The absurdity of offering iron at su c h .0 1 ,,..,. , , • . °l,otatabie figures ls fully evident front the fact, that o° of, the larger houses who, greatly to their credit, l ib e adhered to their declared quotations of pace, are still r i t y i ,far the bast supplied with orders ; and it is very gene the"d that so large a reduction as one.tifth of th Wages of colliers, amounting to fis. or 7s. a-week upon k t 7 avera ge of each man's earnings, if actually nuavoid e, would have been far more easily enforced at twice of the raen.' ri at owe and with much less irritation to the feelings "' bran Saturday three Russian vessels, prizes, were up the river. liccounts from St. Petersburg state that the th it'ister of Finance had given notice that Sardinian k i l D B , not ,laden with munitions of war, would be , t OWed to enter there for six weeks, dating from ,'. ers ge 27th inst. ; b u t this pri v il ege must be ' t,;ll:lidered nominal with the blockade insti itti'V. Sardinian subjects may reside in- Russia til ", carry on their avocations as usual, with til‘ molestation. These measures, partaking as I'Y do of a liberal character, in name at \t, although merely corresponding to what been the practice of England and Frame; had , 1J ' ll much satisfaction at the bourse of St. t ersburg. t o ,he Allied fleets blockading Odessa are stated a e 'lave been compelled to leave from stress of OP t her. The amount of the . Russian force at l ar "sa had been greatly reduced, owing to the Ite ge drafts sent to the Crimea, but fresh troops : ble comi ng f rom th e o th er prov i nces . Th e G ran d rEa i e Constantine has been made Minister otof Vias well as High Admiral, and was expected vsit Cronstadt, Sweaborg, and Helsingfors. b.A..lthough the blockade of the mouths of the ,I_ 44 ube has ben caused by thq.Allies, it is, stated 'eat the Russians are not exp6cted to' allow any fiery ship s to pass their batteries, consequently I, ly littl e grain can be got away. . • _ _Accounts from H o ll and state that the navigation. or the Zuder Sea was still impeded by ice. Tue2area., York account.; state a, large doing in cauey business was theather fluctuating,eecurities but the quotations were Bank returns showedloney continued- easy, and an important increase in. I . l sioese. From California there -.were- steady ar-- O t rals of th e prec i ous metals, which would admit of' t rge shipments t o Europe without trenching upon t 2 amount held by t h e b anks to any injurious. . 4 .tent. In freights the business was limited: v .The ad vices from California 'notice the discovery .• 1 : 80 /se new mines, whi c h were a tt rac ti ng i mmense . Iv i tubers of diggers, and they were being worked w i th much eagerness. The condition of the miners seennot s u ffi c i ent l y i mprove d , th e ra i ns not h av i ng of such long d ura ti on a s t o h a ve occasioned , ti Of great a c ti v it y i n t h e mar k e t s a t S an F ran cisco,. 4 t a better tone prevailed. it T he Engli s h St oc k M a rket has been flatter, the 1: 4 from Paris of an impending renewal of the c o l) bardment at Sebastopol having the effect, in li Juncti with the belief that the Conferences . t . 4„ on it o r n ot • end in peace, of restricting business. .07ein -93.14 bare been. 92 a to 93 for transfer, and 92g to.. i kig for account, being at the lowest rates since ta: ; i 'less commenced. Exchequer Bills have re f - W i led at 63. to 95., and India Bonds at 10s: to 1. Premium. Exchequer Bonds are 991. 4 , 11 ; the Foreign Market there is scarcely any b e Zness doing. The Spanish Certificates have iti)ig 5 1. Turkish Bonds have been dull at 80 to lf" Venezuela Deferred Stock is at 11, and Li A zilian Old at 1021. Dutch 4 per Cents. have - 'ea 04i Th '' i l t, i-se following are the nominal prices of foreign ta h e4 ,,S :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5.t0 6 ; Mexi , ti, - ;),„40g to 20-4 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto Three. ,1 2 %`-;ents., 50 to 52 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., tli t :' ° 41 • taussian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; Fo ' ur-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; Spanishh New Deferred, 18 to 18 1 ,- • ditto Three par Cents., . 2 r••• 1 tlit i ,_`feots., 36 1 1 to 37i ; ditto Certificates, 44 to 0 4 .; q ,"'; Passive, 4 to .4. p o Luo &Ando Railway Company has received t e omission from the Hon. East India Company to tOZ l vo payments in advance upon its shares, the ttli o tanteed interest of 5 per cent. to be at once th, 'wed thereon. So many of the large and in- Ceatial. proprietors of the Scinde Company are t o tli rous of paying in advance, that the works may co ß .P r ° B ecuted with great energy, without the ne aw - "tY of frequent and rapid calls upon those who o T here prefer paying 'up gradually. 'flare has been a very inactive market for the m 7 dish Railways, and the quotations have not M a terially changed. Great Northern A stock has 11,, e ; 11 rather in dornand, and Great Western, lis c , 4 4 ll tou, and the other lines are at about the pre te'lla rates. The Foreign lines have been in less kbest, b u t su pport their value. There have been * Z! r bargains in the Canadian and Scinde Rail- - i ii r the Foreign and Colonial Mining Market is T h 2 and United and Mexican are not so buoyant. Joint-stock .Bank ep s ke at a out t e sh pre 1211s rates. The Australian Agriculturalshares i tt i v e advanced, and British American Land also h. - 4 1 . request. The Crystal Palace are rather ' Igher )o. Extension (.11.1,9g0w &S. Wester: “rest. Northern 70 - 72 87i - 71 -- 73 - 125 9t 1 3 3 Csj 88i 72i 3 2i Do., A. Stook. Do., B. Stoei. Stb. &IVest.(lre.' Groat Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk ' kith South-East t 311!, Lancaster & Ca lkii Do., Thirds 5) - 61 70 - 73 6 - 7 6 7 - 6 761 i ti terP ll/ ; „avig '"'ptial t v a° , l ( co _ ire frOlo , w er P 3 it bec° o ,ose- inhabl t be 'Do. Now Thirds.... 'Lancash. AndYorks7 Do.,••fifths 1)). j Wst. Riding Ur , Liv.ersby.&Southi,i London & Blackwai Lend. Brig!it Loud. and N. Wc,itn !)th Fifths f )0.1 CI. L‘o. Eighths • 8i 97 99 99, 100 1 83 84 8A 8 7 ci London anas. 17)0. £5 l . 1)o., .E.; (,11:33.1d.ryydr, Coltrai f.nrintirry: $t Do. „ )0., 41,11.1. /r, 1J) tl. tin Alidland ' '). i;irrang. Derb: ositil tei 113 5 P very pF Siv oiDg tri ( I f t iest forti 241 -'25 8 -.•• 8a 6 - 70 41 - 43 sco oPe I de witt&: Cariialt ••• , ;own.act.Bnt7 Exton Nwpt.Aberg. & Llrf '4e-vvrs, & Enniski4el qtr,vry Warreapoin• ,).;1 d 1i05tr0v0r....... - sta ted 1 : copfer°' 4orfolk o r t1:11. Conn ties Un 'forth British..... north Devon, No. I Jo., No. 2 )0., A Deferred Do., A B Guam:ilea Eastern—Berwiel )o. do. Extension ')o,do. Do. Leeds Do. York 'forth Lon ion 48 - 50 33 3A 29 ~. 30 7 9 li 1 4 5 7 72. 73 7 6i , 4i -3; 121 -- 13 49 50 49 - 50 d --par Do. New ZIO 'l.&S.Wstrn.,Tiara , • triationd City in Staabrdshiro 'forth Western , 4 R 4 3 51 d ar & S. Westrn. Jun V'uneuton, flinckk: Ind Leicester..,... }xford, Worcester..': Wolverhampton -'(..rterttouth /9 - 31 03ntral O - 103 64 - 66 Scottish Midland , -zhrewsliy. Herd , : ihropsiiire Union ~ -;ontli Devon 45 - 47 24 13 61 63 28 - 29 4 - 2 2 - 1 ;oath Eastern iouth Wales ~ Yrksh. & R v. E al Wok. itzWr. , , tnektou ton St Hartlepi Vale iio. £lO shares. Prei., No. I _ Cliartics - 710,071 art 4 , .. Vilc Neath Waterti. & Kilkom Waterford&Limeri 4. West Corn wan. West End of London :Ind Crystal Palace. West London. Whalen Szeropici tp,,, - '-,41.811 FUNDS THIS 'DIY' AT ONE 0'03,001 1 Prom the 011icial li , , . . , a t „,. moness dont , t o -' Cent Consols Annylitie9 93 23 /%',! annuities, Expire sth Jan., 186 ti tk a . i tto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan.,1860 4 -4 4 Ikaih. £1(b0 . ... . . .. lO t ,,, itt °. under £lOOO . l3 rot ''''ulFi :or Account, April - 931 2i %tehequer Bills, 241. 4000 ehequ er B on a 1858 t 3i per Cent. — Pbitto , T , 1859, ~ b, ''''t OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. i, 'Azi , . •=1,,, : l an Bonds, 5 per Cent lo2k 1'.4, , b-Commitoe Cert. of Coup. not fun sk p c b.: 411 Bonds, ti per cent — , l'ex i i : t ;' ° for the Account.. ... soh i 80 o.,Zuela Bonds, 3i per Cent. . ..... ......... 14 0 Deferred, 1 per Cent ll. b Dividends on tlle above payable in London. h 4te b t - X.lcenadago, 24 per Cent. 12 Unil. • t 0 4 p ,- 3r Cent. Certificates ~.. lIALP-PA ST TWO. C xr,..,...,1, Ditto, April A ,- .eosatt, ......... - M R r t %hi s • , lIARLES MATHEWS.—T .e managerial career of ti N .„,,gootlein an has at let gth ~ otne to an end. The ttti7lol closed its doors suddenly a few nights ago, and ti,j, t 'vertisement ha.; since appeared in one or two of kbwrirnaiß, in which Mr. Mathews declares his in h4elV to further encounter the responsibilities of man t'a:6 ent. the assigns the illness of Mrs. Mathew, the of the times, and the want of capital. as the 1. fallere, ;:, 1„, Ol e auXIOUi to avoid icy 1 1 ic.t. Ilavereiglity which he has held, through good and r eport, for ocom. seven add a hall years, 'C`IE SITN, LONDON, MONDAY 'EtV - ENING, MARCH 26 1855,1 4BKET NEWS-(1 7 1 US DA CORN EXCRANC The various country markets hel i on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat, yet the demand for all kinds ruled inactive, at about Asti siaary prices. Barley and malt were dull in sale ; but all ( ►trier kinds of grain, including flour, commanded very littleattention. Most of the continental markets ha ve been inactive for all grain, yet very little change has taken place in the quotations. Our latest advices from gew York state that both wheat and flour were firm, at ve. full prices. The arrivals of English grain up - to our market last week were moderate. From abroad w e received 2,835 qrs. of wheat, 476 oats, 420 rye, 60 beans, 2 33 peas, 225 tares, 9 rapeseed, 101 sundry seeds, and 400 ru aka of flour. The arrivals of English wheat up to our market today were very moderate, but in a fair aver ge condition. Al though the show of samples of both r ról and white was li mited, the demand for all descriptions , 'ruled very inactive at prices barely equal to those of Hier uiay last. In some instances, low and damp parcels ruled, the turn in favour of buyers, and a clearance was with d difficulty effected. With foreign wheat we were but n urderately supplied. The amount of business doing in all , descriptions was li mited ; nevertheless, importers were 1 irm, and last week's currency was well supported. Very few floating cargoes of grain were on sale, yet the demand for them was heavy. Wo were fairly supplied with Enclish barley ; but the show of foreign was limited. Most kinds were in fair re quest. In the quotations we have no change to notice. Malt, the show of which was tolerably good, sold heavily; yet we have no alteration to report in the value of any kind. The supplies of oats were moderately good, but the bulk of them were granaried qualities. The oat trade was firm, and the quotations were well supported. The sale for beans was steady, at last week's currency. rn yeas only a moderate business was transacted, a' late 'sites. Tho flour trade was far from active, yet prices were supported, CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex it Kent, Rod •••• new 621t0 72a Ditto •• ........ old 64s 743 Ditto, White new 78s Bas old 793 84s 'Sorfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 64s 763 Ditto new •• • ts 75s itye—Old •••• •• —s —s Xew •• 42s 443 Barle7—Grinding... 28s 303 323 33s Chevaller•• •• • •• 33s 34s )(fait—Suffolk 62s 67s 8r0W17.• • • -• • • • • • • 588 60s JUrigstonandWare 68s 70s Malt—Chevalier .... 703 to 71s Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed 25s 29 , Potato • . 28s 30s • Youghal aadCork ?hack....... 24s 29s ARMY BEFORE SER.4STOPOL COM- Cork, White ... • . 26; 30-; geotill,Feed.•••• TiS 3703 tiaras—Tick....••••• 36 393 Plgeous ...... 3g 41s Peas—grey.... •• .••• 33s 3 s Maple.— ...• ...• 36s 33s White... •••••••• 3is MITTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The committee re-assembled this morning at the usual hour. Bolters ••.•• • • •• 42s 45s Flour—Tow:'-mado. •• 60s 65s Suffolk • . 48s sts Stock tti & Norfolk 48s 52s SMITHFIELD. There has been a moderate arrival of foreign stock into London since Monday last, the total supply having amounted to 1,330 head. In the corresponding week in 1854 we received 1,675; in 1853, 2,037; in 1852, 1,125; in 1851, 2,011; in 1850, 1,382; in 1849, 972; and in 1818, 1,494 head. • Dr. Andrew Smith was recalled. In reply to Lord Seymour he stated that, when the two departments of Minister for War and Secretary at War took place he received no instructions to corresprnd with the Minister for War alone. By his letter of the 11th May he re commended the establishment of hospital ships in the Black Sea and the Archipelago. Did not then contem plate any . at Scutari. When the expedition was sent to the East he recommended the establishment of general hospitals at Scutari, but these would have followed as a matter of course. Lord Seymour—The regulations of these hospitals were established by Dr. Hall ? Dr. Smith—They were. There were regulations for the purveyor, but he did not know whether the purveyor acted upon them. He recommended Mr. Ward as the first purveyor ; but when Mr. Ward was found in efficient he suggested to the War-office the appointment •of Mr. Wreford, and it was afterwards made. Lord Seymour—Mr. Wreford was 64 years of age ; do you mean to say he was the youngest man you had ? Dr. Smith—Yes, as a purveyor, he was. (Laughter.) Examination continued—Lord Ragla n and Lord de Roe both wrote to him, remonstrating, against the re moval of Mr. Ward. They objected to Mr. Ward being removed, although a medical board had decided upon the desirability of his removal. The Chairman asked for the production of these letters, but Dr. Smith declined. The Chairman—They are public letters, to a public man, on a public question, and I do not understand their being withheld from the committee. Mr. Layard observed that it appeared that Lord Raglan had, in writing the letter referred - to, acted in direct opposition to the decision of the committee by a n dbethought th expressing a wishfor Mr.m Wittred ' o s u r g e h t t ei t it o i7 e putinhisin p offic o e s. ; session of the whole of the circumstances of the matt e r . e committee After some further conversation the' point was post poned for consideration. Examination resumed—Of his own knowledge he thought be could state there was an ample supply of medical comforts at Scutari in the months of November and December; and lee could also state when they were despatched, in what vessels, and when they arrived. The purveyor wai the proper person to receive them; and Le (Dr. Smith) r eceived reports from Mr. Wreford on the subject. If the receipt of those goods were ac knowledged as they had been, there could be no blame to the transport department. He (Dr. Smith) had charge of the medical comforts from October. `Lord Seymour—Then if the committee has been in. formed that there was a short or inefficient supply of medical comforts at Boutari during the months of No vember and December, how do you account for it? Dr. Smith—l cannot account for it. Examination resunted—A person in his office pur chased the medical comforts, and if the supply was found to be of bad quality the purchaser would be to a certain extent in fault—but, of course, he would only form a judgment by samples shown to him. He could give the names of the parties by whom these articles were supplied. The bedding, and things of that kind, as he had previously stated, were supplied by the Ord nance authorities on his requisition as to what was re quired. He sent a requisition, in the first instance, for a supply for 5,000 men. This was in the spring of last year. He kept constantly adding to these from time to time up to November. After the first occasion he sent. a person to the transports to see the goods properly stowed —because he (Dr. Smith) hal taken this respon sibilityon himself. Hesuggested having 2 vessels between home and CAistantinople; which would have answered very well at the time, but he had afterwards eight ves sels set apart for his use. They were, however, not reserved continuously for his service. He made appli cation is October for some lime juice, and obtained some accordingly. He did not know when it was despatched, but he was in receipt of a letter from Varna, stating that it had arrived. He did not remember the date of that communication. He formed the opinion he had previously expressed before the committee relative to the efficient condition of the hospitals upon communi cations he bad received from the chief apothecary, and the dispenser at Scutari, both of whom informed him that there was sufficient linen fcr the requirements of the hospitals, as well as medical comforts. Chairman—Then if we have been informed that the soldiers had no sheets upon their beds it must have been the fault of some person in the hospital ? Dr. Smith replied that it was impossible for him to state. Is was the purveyor's duty,.without doubt, to supply these articles in the hospital. It was also his business to see to the cleanliness of the hospital, and to complete what was necessary in case of a deficiency or absence of constant supplies. Had that officer abided by his instructions there would have been no difficulty in keeping the hospitals in perfect order in every respect. Lord Seymour—Having appointed that all clothing should be sent, as you before stated, to Scutari, to whom were they consigned Dr. Smith—They were consigned to the Chief Com missary; and he received a communication that the vessels by which they were despatched had arrived. The Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Sidney Herbert con sulted him as to the propriety of sending out nurses to the hospitals, and a good deal of conversation took place on the subject, and nurses were in consequence sent out. Lord Seymour—You meant the other day—at least I understood you so—that you considered the hospitals were in such a state of cleanliness that it required the critical eye of a woman to detect any dirt in them ? Dr. Smith—l said so, but figuratively, of course. (Laughter.) Examination resumed —The reports which he received from the medical men did not state whether the purveyor was doing his duty or otherwise. That officer had the general superintendence of the management of the hos pital; but, as far as he recollected, the letters he referred to said nothing at all about the purveyor, nor about the want of washing in the hospitals. The reports said nothing either respecting the inefficient state of the cook ing department or the food supplied to the patients. He was consequently led to suppose that the whole conduct of the ho-pital was satisfactory. Lord Sayniour.—Do you think the hospital at Varna was in a better or worse condition than those at Scu: tnri? • Dr. Smith said he had received no report on the sub ject, and, accordingly, he had no means of forming an opinion with regard to it. He had no reason to sup pose there was a defective medical staff at Scutari, as the medical officers nevtr made a Complaintsto him that they were short-handed. Lord Seymour. —You have told us Miss Nightingale was to go out as superintendent of the nurses ; can you also inform us with what anthority she was invested Dr. Smith.-- With no particular authority ; nor was her position defined beyond that implied by the fact that she was superintendent of the nurses. The duties of the nurses we.re defined by letters of instruction, and Miss Nightingale was to see that they did their duty— at least he believed Each was the case. A few Medical men offered their services in connection with the ScUtari hospital, but he did not accept their offers. He did not think (subject to correction) that any of them offered their assistance gratuitously. He had endeavoured constantly to induce young assistants to go out, andhad offered them 40/, for their outfit, 10s. a-day, and 3s. more for a servant. He obtained 150 or 200, and their con duct had been good. Mr. Drummond—Did not Dr. Hugh M`Pherson, of ;he East India Company, offer his services gratuitously? Dr. Smith said he did not recollect such a circum• stance. Sir J. Pakington---I have received a letter this morn ing from the Crimea, stating that on the Bth of this month there was no quinine at Balaklava, though it was wanted by a regimental surgeon for use in cases of low fever which had broken out. ilave you received any official information of the fact ?. Dr. Smith replied that he had not, nor had he any reason to doubt the correctness of the Pict stated by Sir J. Pakington. He could not, however, account for the want of that medicine, as enormous quantities bad been sent out at different tunes, and, moreover, there was always a substitute for it amongst the medical stores. Mr. Roebuck—Has any report been received from the commissioners who were sent out to Scutari to inquire into the state of the hospital ? Dr. Smith—None. Mr. Layard here read some extracts from a letter re ceived from eminent medical men in London, from a regimental surgeon in the Crimea, and which was dated the Ist Of January, in which it was stated that there was a want of medicines and melical comforts, and that men were dying in numbers of dysentery without the sur geons being able to relieve them. The hon. gentleman inquired if that state of things agreed with the official report= Dr. Smith had received. ]Jr, Smith replied that it did not, and ho believed such a condition of things did not exist. In justice to his own reputation and the British public, ho was bound to say ,„me portions o f )Tr. o, , ly. , rne's evidence were net correct. [LErt FORE: Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian East'. June. Bee ers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central I ndia.Serip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon anti PeQancon f)uteli Rhenish Eastern of France Do, New East Indian DO. EY (- ,ension Do. 4i P. c. Ms., pay '57, convertible . Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Thor road•A,A is I Do. St. L. :v ronce A'Antio t o. Do. Cert. (:)' Deben. con. into Stk. till 'ei Do. Comp. e., do, Gt. Central a? Franc , : Gt. Indian Peninsul;, Do. New 5 per cent Great Lu.vembouri,-. ' Constituted Shares Do. Obligations I.GtWosternof Canad Slays Do. fiti.s., payable's7,' with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 . Do. do., '76, p. '63 Dn. do., '73, without opt,on IL;atilton & Toronto Do. ti por crnt. Lake Covet. & Bash , l w rer_a & Pistoj a 51 prof Lyons and Geneva.. Lyons & Moditerran. '4adras Do. New Niari Antonia DO: do. 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Nt.'W - South Wales... ,Oriental Bank of emanation .b. 25 n - ovinofal of Ireland all 7'6. New 1 : opal Australn.EkgH & :4 )1 , 1 Imp Co i Do. New 10 -1 112gou of London „, PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 Aberdeen llOl IG3 103 st. !00 Do. N 0.2, 7p. 90 - 92 25 30 13lyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501) - • • St. 100 3ris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 92 •- 91 , • 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares - St. WO • :,alcdonian £lO 97 - gg 15 all - Theater & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cont.,. - 93 -all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ... - ti all Do. do, Pref. No. 2 - 64 all riork ißandons4p.e - 64 all DundeoPerth &Aber ben Junction - 6 6i all Fastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No. I 1 - 1 pm 64 all Do. No. 2 . - r Pin 10 all Do. New 6 c. St. 121 - 134 20 all Eastern Union, Gar per cent . 5 all Do. 51., 10 per - ' 10 all D0../0.-De . Scutt - •411 - Do. do. :4 per cent - , • St: 10 East Laticasb f - 5 all last and West Yor1:- shire Jane. Fifths ... • , St; all EdinbPrth.&Dunch , • 4 per cent. St. 1,11.: t. l ias t row&S.Westeru Guar. 5 per cent ... .4 , ' ' • St. 100 Great Northn. sp. c ll5 - , 111 115 • " - .'• St. 1)0 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p.. c. prem. 107 - 109 • St. 100 Do. 44 p. c 1100 - 10041 24 all Do. sp. c. Scrip, Red • at sp. c. - 2 1 1• 10 all Gt.N.of Scot. letPrei - • 61 100 (it. Sonthn.&,Vestm. (Ireland) Z. 3 - • 20 8 Do. 4per c. Pr(N'. St - 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Barks & Hants Ex. sp. c) 6 - 64 - St. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p.c 96 98 St. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c B7 B' , 100 Do. irred. 4p.c. 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh lO - 104 10 all Do.OnesterB p. c.P.S l6l - 171 10 all Do. do. sp.c. do lO 104 St. /i 0 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk 7l -73 all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh lBl - 191 13 all Do. do. do . 9A - 20 all Do. do. do l4 - 144 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 4 - 3 , St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock 133 • 135 At. 100 London and Brighten Guaranteed 5 p. St. 1100 Do. Pref., sp. a. St. ... St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. - 135 St. I$Y) Lon.&N. W., Cov. da Nuneaton 5 p. ct - 50 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds 24 - 3 124 all Londonderry& Coler Shares • - ••• 1.241 all Londy. & Ennie.4 - 10 all. Uan., Shef., & Lin., . New, £lO 124 - 13 12i 6 44 Do. ,Z 6 iP 124 all Aarypt.&Carl.4p - 121 all Do. 44 per cent •.. ••• 12 104 De St. 100 vlid.Consol.6 p,c.St - St,, 100 Do. Consol. Thistolk Birm. 6 per cent 133 - 135 135 16 114 Do. Pref. 44 per cent 14 - die to 10 vorfolk Debenture St. 100 Do•Pref.'4 p. c. Stook 85 - 87 St. too Do. sp. o. Ext 103 105 . St. 100 14, sAperet.pref., ...• - St. 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c - St. ;00 North British 'lOl 103 St. 100 v. E. Peru', 4p.c. P 9O - 82 17 5 Do. do. do 3 - 20 13 Do. Leods6p.c - 124 9 Do. do. Quarters 481 - 25 10 Do. York ft.& Per. - id 20 all North Staffordshire 1 - St. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & 1 Wolverh.Xls, 6 0.c.1 106 - 108 8i all Scot. Cent.,NewPref - 25 all South Devon l3 -14 132 • 10 1 14 Da. fixed, 44 per cent id - pat 1..0.0, all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 22 - 234 20 all S Wales Gua.4 p. c. - 20 all Do. do. 44 p. c - 20 all S.Yorksb.lp.c.Guarl; 14 -17 25_, all Stockton and Dar lington, 5 per cent. - • ... 25 15 Do. do. do. 6 -- 124 all -Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 1). 0. till Ist July, .• . • MINES. 1 I all Agua Fria . 1 ••• 1 all Anglo Austria. Gold IN. all Anglo Californian 20 6 Austrelian 1 -- 1 A 1 all Australian Cordillera - 1 all Australian Freehold. all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) * zF 50 all Rhonarvon Iron and Coal 20 13.5 13ritish Iron 4) 35 25} Brazilianlmp.(issued at i!5 pm 2i 3 30 all Do. Cocaes Zs; Culab% 2 2'; 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 GO 1 Carsons's CreA * 1 4 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica 4 10 all Cobra Copper 49 51 49 5 1 ;Clonal Gold — St. all Copper Min. of Eng 43 25 all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent d par 16 Coonpgiliasph .. o 20 22 5 Copper Smeltg Oo la 2 • 2 / Fortuna d par 20 all Jeneral lf 1 all qt.NuggetVeiußeg a 4 `all Great Polgooth . — ••• 1• all Liberty .. - 3 all Linares 7i 8 5 1 Lusitanian id 1 all tiariquita 1 all New Granada 1 all New Linares Mining • and Smelting Co ... 1 all Nouveau Monde 4 20 all Poutgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 15 16 5 1 Port Philip — 1 1 all Quartz Rock — •so all lthymney Iron l9 —2l 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 11/ Santiago de Cuba — 6 6 1 all South Australian a 1 10 7i Lin Croft ............. • - • 2 28' s all Gaited Mexican 5 —5/ 5i I 1 all Waller — 1 all West 'Mariposa — 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba ••• ••• MISCELLANEOUS. 25 17? , , Australian Agricult. 304 311 31 20 ... Austratsn.Pcific.Mail 10 all Aus':,raln. Royal Mail 3,1 10 7 Berlin Water Works 21 24 1 50 40 Brit. American Land 58 58 6 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co. ... 100 324 Canada ll9 121 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. et Jan. and July ICB 1084 5 all Crystal Palace 3l 34 3 1 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 1 Duston Tron Ore 20 5 Eastern Steam — 25 22 ElectricTelegraph(A) 15 16 1 all Electric Toleg. of Ir. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 all General Screw Steam- ..„ 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugai 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. , _ 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien 64 6i 64 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ..„ 15 5 Netherlands Land 6 14 2 I.N.S. W. Coal di Inter Steam Navigat. Co .„ 1 all N. B. Australasian._ 1 20 124 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ' all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minri. 2/ 3 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 57 69 574 50 all Do. Do. p 2 all Portland Trqn Co • 2 100 60 Iloyal Mail Steam 67 69 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 1 4 Ditto New... A 25 all South Atistral•Lan6 36 1 all Sal , niar. T-31:,graph all ;., • - • '0 o Upper Canada....... . 100\ 2 84 Y Diomancks kant 13 —13 i INTORTS INTO LONDON LAST WENN. Proni Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Oporto Oste:id Rotterdam.— 03 '... 137 227 ... Calais . . - Harlingen Antwerp ... ... ... 94 ... - T0ta1.... 848 ... 137 ... 315 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 18.54 326 1,123 224 7 1853 493 1,222 ... ... 311 ... 11 1852 2Bl 967 ... ... 277 ... 1851 3BO 1,396 ... 200 66 1850 492 700 ... 135 ... 1949 363 492 ... 87 ... 5 There was a further slight increase in the supply of foreign stock on offer in to-day's market. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were moderate as to number, and their general quality was very pickle. Aa the weather was favourable for slaughtering, and as . the attendance of butchers was tolerably good, the beef trade ruled steady, and most breeds changed hands at an advance in the quotations of Monday last of 2d per 81bs. The best Scots realised 5s per 81bs. From Norfolk:, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 2,500 Scots and shorthorns; from other parts of England, 500 of 'various kinds; and from Scotland, 360 horned and polled Scots. The numbers of sheep were moderate for the time of year, and nearly all breeds reached us in good saleable con dition. The mutton trade was firm, and last week's cur rency was well supported. The best old Downs, in the wool, realised 5s 2d ; out of the wool, 4s 8:1 per Slbs. We had a fair show of lambs. The trade was steady, at full prices, viz.; 5s to 5s Bd. for Dersets, and 5s 10d to 6s for Downs. Calves—tbe supply of which was very moderate—moved off steadily, at from 4s to 5s per Sibs., being au improve ment on Friday's rates of 2d por 811. m. In pigs only a limited business was doing on former terms. The arrivals of stock from Ireland last week, by sea, were confined to 18 beasts. Per Blbs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.! s.. d. s d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Prime Southdown 5 0 5 2 Second quality.... 3 3 4 41Large crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 1 Primc small d 0... 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, 4c. 410 5 01Large hogs 3 0 4 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 8 310 Small porkers 4 2 4 4 Second quality ...4 0 4 41Sukling calves..2:l 0 29 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 10Quarter old pigs 20 0 25 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ..•• •• •• • . •..• 3,841 y 8ea5t5....... • • ••.. • 716 Sheep .•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ••22,790 Sheep •• • ...... 60 Calves .• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 12 s , •••• • . • • 97 Pies •• •• •• •• •• •• "•• •• 200 ,Pigs. A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, March27o4ss, and this day, Mondays March 26, 1855. Per Sibs, to sink the offals. Mar. 27, 1854.ar.26,1855. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d 3 2to 3 4 ,3 4to 3 6 3 6 3 813 8 4 4 3.10 4 2,4 6 4 8 4 4 4 6410 5 0 3 8 3 103 8 310 4 0 4 6 4 0 4 4 4 8 4 10'1 6 410 5 0 5 2,5 5 2 0 0 0 00 0 , 0 4 6 5 24 0 4 6 5 4 5 8 1 4 8 5 0 3 0 4 213 0 4 0 4 4 4 8 , 4 2 4 4 Coarse and inferior beasts • Second quality Aitto '• • Prime large oxen .: •• Prime Scots, dm .„ ••• Coarse and inferior sheep S eco nd'quality ditto - • —••• Prime coarse woolled ditto ••• Prime Southdown ditto Lambs ~. '• Large coarse calves '•• Prime small ditto •'• ••• Large hogs • ••• ••• Neat small porkers ••• ••• •• • Beasts,. 4,116 Sheep ▪ 21,440 Calves 106 Pigs ... 310 SuPpmEs ozi SALE ' March 28, ▪ 1853. —Beas t s, 4 , 188 ; s h eep, 17,760 ; calves, 181; pi gs, 230. March 29, 1852.—Beasts, 4,479; sheep, 23,750; calves, 143 ; pigs, 335. 3,841 22,790 122 200 NEWGATE ANDLEADENHALL. The supplies of both town anti country killed meat on sale in these markets ar e t o l era b ly good. M u tt on is in steady request, at full prices ; otherwise the demand is in a sluggish state, and pri ces s h ow a tendency to give way. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. S. d. Beet, interior 3 2 3 . 4 Do., middling . 3 6 3 8 Do., prime large .3 1) 4 0 De , do. small 4 2 4 4 Fork, large .3 0 3 8 Mutton, Inferior Do., middling , Do., prime Veal s. d. s. d. 34 3 6 ..3 8 3 10 ..4 0 4 6 .3 6 4 6 ~3 10 4 4 Pork, small ...... . BOROIJGEI itOP. For most kinds of hops —the supply of which is very moderate—the demand is steady, but we have no advance to notice in the quotations. Lest creek's imposts of foreign hops were 10 balsa from Rotterdam, and 203 from Ant werp. Mid and East Kent pocketP, 14/ lls to 201; Woald of uugs, 71 7s to 121. per cwt. • Sumer, 141 to 15/. ; and year- Kent ditto, 14e Os to 15! Os ; BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. For the time of year the supplies of been on Bale h er e, coastwise and by railway, have been large, and the demand is in a sluggish state, as follow s • York Regents, 1103 to 120 s; Kent and Essex do., 100; to 1108; Scotch ' do., 90s to 100 3 • do. reds,, 80 3 to 95 s • middlings, 70s to 80 ; blues, 75s to 85s; Lincolns, 1008 to 1108 per ton. WOOL. tuoneir heerayyis,raatthbearreelyn a into London were The supply of most kinds of wool Bombay, 60 from s th th e ti i o n n e a re ry as p e, ri a c n e d s. the L as de t m w a e n e d v i s s i e m x p ti o -e 4 87 bales from Boulogne, 152 from Buenos Ayres, 620 from i g in vi el oo w l o n" ol, is Od to The following are the current rates of English wool : Down tega, is 00 to is 1d ; Down ewes, is to is 00 ; G A I re LI: Bay, bBO 0 d f 2 r° ,B 2l oo B f l r d o n m eYlolo Melbourne . fmnl half-bred ewes, lld to 11. d ; half-bred 'Lew; is Od to is 04d ; eeces, 91d ; to lo l u ti h ; . ° l3a V is id; blanket wool, Id to 113 d; Leicester fleeces, 10i.d to llid per lb. t K o e i n o t o fi d e ; ec c es om , l b s in O s d stkoilnse,OLd SEEDS. sts l a o d w Y er to Purchase, but mos demanddeand for cl over see d at W f u quotations.c o nt i n ue to t other seeds command extre me rates . There is only a limit ed inquiry for cakes. C h a a n v a e r a y Turnip, White, per bush. 225 to 25s Swede .. .• —S Bustard, Brown.. •• •• 12s 14s l White, new...... so 103 r iros,Wlntor, new.... Ils 12: Old .. .. • • •• 9 e 101 Canary, per quarter ~ 443 54s Rye grass • • ••• • • • 22 e 3 " Clover, Red Eng . (cwt.) 523 65s White ........ 70s fOs Foreign Red .. . • 48 1 603 White • ... 613 76s Trefoil, new...• ...... 253 30 Carraway.... •• • 44s 46e Coriander ...• 163 1F s Elempseed, per quarter 54s 56s Linseed, Eng.iowing.. 68 9 7es Crushing ........ G6s 67s Baltic . -3 —s . Odessa .......... 644 68s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English .• 121 Os 13 0$ Foreign, per ton 11/ Os 121 103 Rape Cakes, pr ton 615$ 61 31 Rflpeseed, lievr,prlst 33 'I3E 35 08 TALLOW. Only a moderate business is doing in our market, yet the demand may be considered steady. To-day P.Y.C., on the spot, is selling at 43s per cwt. for present delivery. Town tallow, 46s per owt net cash. Rough fat, 2s 6.0. per 8 lbs. 1852. 1551. 1853. 18M. 36,303'43,104 33.580 403 Od to 35s Gd 44s 63 to 401 6d to —s oC --4 0,1 1,614 1,339 1,772 82,784 93,526 86,613 457 93,517 100,796• 413 64 885 04 460 94 r 1855. Stock this day .....• Price of Y. C Delivery last week . Ditto from June 1.... 35.803 35,451 685 6d 43s Od —s Od to —5 Od 1,013 1,42 i 83,954 68,317 1.'••-.ti 1.3;0 96,442 67,739. 671 9: 483 6d ta,;l Ditto from Juliet... rriiie of Town e• St' 1' P .; f • L wilr; Li.dg, ttia v3l Lcific of t he ell' 9 DOLI °I1 r bictlia rs [or, °f 1 11 vet b ce , ll ,i,l of aal ion t"" , 11 1 1 0 the s ' 0 so freethe . lea(11 laba. lll3 ' to ivy ierica u P t 60 stile t e) o ,v• ' d o° l 4 , 1 1 of t ile d l' ir o ilic er ' n derg -11 1 3t' ; dc Pre, rea ds f , an — d ' SIP eral, e s d• the i b ot l y e 5 ja w a ll ,is lain 1 0 ' vio do c il lr oco io is t . Don JO but le fro e , i tes* Ab t o L° ' f „to pol 0 it er• 0 f 1 , is 10 v for to tiog 00 1 1 rice s ' o f t r S. A il ILI9 1 0 °I tl oldin t a Zvi va il ka .0 , A illig 0 1 1,1 ;q v() , rah' rya 60 0 ' il l' 11 Lein fir 0 "fil bil l e el it O P 0 00 x, do jo, )11, '.ef9 ~'ait~l 36 - 38 4} - 41 .6 IGA 3i - 22- .4 - C 2; . -- 6 - 7 lIGN. 1 _ 2 - 2. par i p 2 - 334 -- 33 5• 6 4 ;, 2:t -21 p - li 9 - 8 9i 41 - 50! 88 90 le. iP iP 2 - 2i - 3 17i - 184 96.. - 98 95 - 97 100 • 102 92 94 19 19A 96 -- 100 - 2p par ui 34g 12/ -12 i 4A - 9 4 21.13 - 21ip\ 47 49 39 41. pi]) 21b —22 i ld par 2i 8 —B4 ••• ••• ... pm ••• 5i - 6ir fel 7 iiii BANKS. 82 -- 84 ••• --. ••• a ld--.id 3 —21 A d 41: 33 - 35 39 - 41 S 7 t.: 7i 09 = tit 25 4. St. St. 50 tw.; 2,16 afl all 18 3 .1i 141 s. all 10 28. 10 5 20 20 20i 100 20 7 6 1 i 98i 7i 8i 991 i Si 25 10 1.0.6, 8 1 i i i 62 i LAW I NTELLIGEAVE.-(TIIL3 DAY). COURT OF CHANCERY. (B,fore the Lord Justices of Appeal.) HASTIE V. ILISTIE, ALP. This care came before their lordships to-day, upon an a/ Teal from the judgment of the present Master of the oils, ordering the defendant, Mr. Archibald Hastie, .Itl ..P., to pay into Court the sum of 24,230/., which it vn As alleged the defendant had received, and was due frr )m him to the estate of his brother James. It appeared OA it three of the brothers of the defendant, John, Robert, d James, carried on most, extensive transactions in C lcutta as coach makers and indigo and silk merchants, a 3 in the course of those transactions remitted large 2 v mails to the defendant in this country. Robert lied in 1834, John in 1840, and James in 1848, and upon his death a suit was instituted in the Supreme Court of Calcutta for the purpose of administering and taking the accounts of the estate. The defendant in the present suits was the personal representative and e.rzecutor of all the brothers, and in that character the fronds in question came into his hands. The defendant, Archibald Hastie, submitted by his answer that he rn s entitled to retain the amount in his hands until klgment had been pronounced, with respect to the a 2ounts in the Supreme Court at Calcutta, and further a a ,erted that the sum of 24,2301. which the Master of ti ) Rolls had entered to be paid into court, would not et. b) 7er the amount due to him upon the taking of the ac -00.4 int of the estates of his brothers. the Lord Justice Knight Bruce inquired whether it NS , uld not be satisfactory ti all parties to - t•ske a decree at. once for an account, as the matter must come to that at - last. Mr. Roupell, with whom was Mr. Clarke, objected to , the adoption of that course, on the ground that, as the plaintiffs were infants, it was unwise and dangerous to a llow the defendant to retain in his hands so large a su•J Che Lord Justice Knight Bruce.—ls there any alle gi IA ion that the circumstances of the defendant are likely to. endanger the funds in his hands? • Roundell Palruer.—O dear, no; he is a membe r of Parliament, and a gentleman of large fortune and u ni mpeachable integrity. lfter some further arguments, '1 'he Court ordered the proceedings under the judo:. met tof the ►laster of the Rolls to be stayed, end the case to stand in the paper for Thursday next, to enable the] )arties to agree as to the decree to be pronounced for takil lg the accounts. TIZE FIRE AT THE FRENCH HOSPITAL. CONSTANTINOPLE, I`,lAnda 12. I seems as if it were the lot of one writing from this pla tie to . chronicle nothing but calamities. Last night the lam g,3 French hospital above the Grand Champs des Morts w: me totally destroyed by fire. About midnight the light wlai eh is the note of a conflagration was hung out on G al, ata Tower, and the rush of Turkish idlers and French utvi dry through the dark street below indicated the di retet ion of the calamity, which soon became more appa reit' by the bursting flames illuminating the heri za a . On reaching the spot, which is at a distance of two mi „.es from the centre of the town, we found the whole of ..one wing in flames, which rapidly spread until they el aveloped the entire face of the building. The hospital, u 'hich was formerly a Turkish medical school, is a fine 2 nd spacious edifice, which extends it s l ong , l ow , stone ;rent along the roa d, and fortunately stands alone, with the nearest houses at a distance of more than 100 yards. gt was a moving sight to see the unhappy patients driven from their beds in the dead of a damp and ' chfily alight, some of them scarcely able to walk, of;h ers perfectly exhaustld, and carried in the arms of! their comrades, or of the Turkish soldiers, all in s. mnty attire, wrapped in their blankets, hastening to s eek for shelter in the neighbouring' barracks or in pri x ate houses. Whole trains of them might be seen through the deep mud, slipping into holes in th /5 wretched read, or sitting down on stones, to await sc ! .. .aie one who might help them onward. Happily, the h aspital was by no means crowded, or 'some loss of life m last have taken place. As it was, all the sick w e r e sa holy transported to a dj o i n i ng b u ildings, and no noel dm cat worth mentioning appears to have happened. The wi iad was strong ; to day, indeed, it blows a gale. T ke sparks were blown to a considerable distance, and tb Le chief use of the little Turkish engines was to play minet the wooden houses on the other side of the road, w ich were thus saved from destruction. The skill with ich the French troops acted was wonderful. From the dou er end of the stone building our allies had built a lon g series of sheds for the reception of convalescents ani tof wounded durinc, the ensuing summer. It was fee: red that these would extend the flames .to another Tu. ”kish barrack which stands near, and the French, with a party of Turks under their directions, set to work to dr mg the whole structure down. They mounted on the to p with strong hooks, kept for the purpose all over Cotostantinople, and in an incredibly short time a bun a1-t 3 d yards of shed were level with the ground. The smoke in the meantime increased so much as great l y to intiarfere with th e operations. It was blown right into th e faces of the men at work, and gave a notion of the tr =hie which a burning village must be to:an attacking p aro , in war. H.owever ' all laboured on , an d their lr at efforts wer e directed to saving the lower end of: the building which contained the lecture-rooms, and was filled w ith b oo k s and philosophical instri ; m eats. But the flames gaining ground, it (was d etermined at least to save the con tents of these rooms ; and in a short time barometers, electri ca l ma chi.nes, maps, and portfoli os were being handed out from all the windows, and piled up in a confused mass in the mud and filth. The Turks behaved very well. Nothing appeared to be carried off, and very little to be da m.sged. The value of the property saved is, of course, small, compared with the cost of the buildings which have fallen a prey to the flames. But the chief loss is the accommodation which the hospital afforded to so large a number of the French sick. The city is now so crowded that room is not to be bad for military or do ml,stic purposes. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(TIIIS DAY.) LONDON, March 26.—Wind and weather this day at noon, N.E. ; light breeza, and fine clear weather. There was a very hard frost last night and this morning. PLYMOUTH, March 25.--Arrived Sarnara,ng, from Dart mouth, for Melbourne. Sailed—H.M.S. Harrier, for Portsmouth ; do. Colossus, for do. ; the Prussian frigate Thetis, eastward. Yowl' smoUTII, March 25.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived— Blenheim, from London, for Now South Wales, and sailed for Portsmoath. Sailed—Si r R. P ee l, f or New York. FALMOUTH, March 2 N.E. Arrived—The Corse, - French war-steamer, on a ernia ; Bunda, Savannah, for London, leaky ; Zonave, Matanzas, for Hamburg. Oil Port—Conway, from Callao and Liverpool. GRIMSBY, March 25.--Wind, N. 8.. A.rrived—An,e lima, from Newcastle, for Rouen, leaky ; Isabella, Shields, for Villaricos, leaky. WHITBY, March 25.—The Undine (schooner), of Boston, from Newcastle, for Havre, has come in with three feet of water in har ILFRACOMBE, March 25.—Arrived---Albion, from Bris tol, for Dunkirk, leaky. SWANSEA, March 23.—Wind, N.E. Sailed- Aimee, for Cunifueqos ; Allegro, Cape de Verds. HULL, March 25.—Wind, N.E. Sailed—Montrose, for Buenos Ayres. WARRENFOINT, March 25 . — Sailed—Brothers, for St. John's, N.E. _ _ _ PAD . STOW, March 24.—The Elizabeth (schooner), of Ply mouth, from Porthcawl to Naples, has put in here leaky. MALDON, March 25.—A brig, apparently of Sunderland build, is reported to be on shore and a wreck on Whittaker Spit ; crew saved by another brig. A brig is also reported on shore on the East Barrows. A great quantity of wreckage, apparently the internal fittings of a largo vessel, ceiling painted light blue, drifting about. LEITH, March 24.—Arrived Minerva, from Callao ; Cheshire, do. Sailed—Providence, for Charleston. CLYDE, March N.—Sailed—Geelong (s.), for Melbourne ; Eliza Greene, Newfoundland; Corra Lynn, New York; Albion, Montreal. BELFAST, March 24.—The Madonna (barque), of this port, laid up, took fire on the 22d inst., and was burnt to the water's edge. CORK, March 24.—Arrived—Violante, from 3fazagan.— Cork Passage—Arrived.—Azof, from Philadelphia. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind, N.W. Arrived—Monteagle, from Bombay; Bello, Paraiba. QUEENSTOWN, March 22. Wind, N.E. Arrived—Catherine Hodge, from Bordeaux. Sailed—Altone, for Antwerp. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.7 a.m. Wind, N.E. ; tide, three hours' ebb ; fine. Arrived—Albion (s.), from Boulogne ; Ravensbourne (s.), Antwerp; Ranger (s.), Bremen ; Heligoland (s.), Hamburg. . - DEAL, Monday, 9.20 a.m. Wind, N.E. ; moderate, and squally. Passed last night—Talbot, from London, for Newf oun d . land. Sailed—Warrior, for tho river. In tow—The Cowper, for the river. GENOA, March 21.—The submarine telegraph between Sardinia and the Continent has been completed. De spatches have been exchanged between La Spezzia and Cagliari. Letters received within the last few days from Alex andria announce the arrival of a regiment of English cavalry at Cairo, en route from India to the Crimea. Said Pacha took advantage of the opportunity to giro a splendid entertainment to the officers, at which he per sonally presided, and paid a host of compliments to England and the English. Till the arrival of the neces saryn transp or t s at Alexandria the reg i ment was t o remain in bar rac k s at Kassona, Rear Cairo, where the Viceroy had made every prov ision for comfort during the in terval. TABREEZ, Feb. 18.—The Shah is not yet decided whether he will form a camp of 30,000 men at Sultanieb or not. Public opinion and surmise say he will, but the Russian Ambassador at the court of Teheran is against the plan, and may probably thwart it. The Hon. Mr. Mu: ray has arrived at Kermanshah, where he was re ceived with great honours by the milmandar pent by the King to escort him to the capital, LITERATURE. , MR. WARREN'S CHEAP EDITION. Works of Samuel Warren, D.C.L., F.R.S. Vole. If., 111., IV. Blackwood and Sons. The earliest announcement of this elegant and popular reissue of the writings of Mr. Warren, we well remember to have been hailed by ourselves, not many months ago, in the columns of this news paper, with no small degree of satisfaction. .A. little later, and the completion of the first volume enabled us to congratulate at once author, pub lishers, and subscribers upon the justification of the hopes, each in their separate capacity might have originally entertained at the time when the prospectus of the reprint made its welcome appear mice in advertisement. That initial instalment of the cheap republication of his writings comprised the whole of those remarkable effusions which first attested the originality of the genius Which has since then won for the learned Recorder of Hull ' his elevated and extended reputation in literature. It embraced within the limits of a single volume the entire series of those powerful and affecting narratives, known long since so widely and fami liarly as the "Passages from the Diary of a late Physician." A production which, already, time seems to have ripened into a classic —and one which experience tells us may be reverted to with nearly the same certainty of former emotions being thereby revived, as when the Student of Art revisits some old gallery adorned with familiar masterpieces, pictures he knows perhaps by heart, and yet the beauties of which he is well aware he may repents° repeatedly only with accessions of pleasure—here some weird landscape of Salvator, here again some visage grim and sombre in the darkening shadows clouded over the canvass by the brush of Rem brandt. It is thus, literally, with the pathetic incidents recounted by Mr. Warren in that first outpouring of his imagination. There is scarcely anything of extravagance in the comparison we have here selected, as illustrative of the effect pro duced upon - the mind and heart of the appreciative even by its reiterated contemplation. Every one cannot but perforce testify the truth of this who happens to bear in recollection merely the more prominent figures and the more conspicuous linea ments depicted in those inimitable sketches-- sketches produced with a few rapid hut sufficient touches -from the luminous pencil guided by the master hand of the young romancist. That exqui site love -story in miniature, for example, relating the life and death of the victim of " Consumption. That ghastly and appalling memento of the "Man about Town." That most touching and bewitching delineation of the lady smitten with " Cancer. And, among the more tragic limnings, the oddest and drollest little gleams of fun, the most bizarre and fantastic celebrations of ridicu lousness—the wight with the " Turned Head," or thb unfortunate with the Toothache, swelling gum and cheek to the size of au apple-dumpling. Alto gether, it was tree, the book had become, by the aid of edition after edition, familiar to thousands of our reading population, long before the present reissue was announced as about to make its ap pearance. Its original impressions had, years be fore, grown respectably yellowed with age awl dogs-eared with hard usage at circulating libraries elsewhere than at Brighton or Cheltenham. Occa sionally a second-hand copy of the work might be picked up by a lucky chance among the dirty trea sures and gilt-edged rubbish o f a casua l b oo k sta ll . But a really good and cheap reissue still re mained to the mass of book- worms what the puff-advertisers call a desideratum. Besides, almost every other writer of any note whatever was having his effusions supplied at the most mo derate cost imaginable to the throng of buyers called forth by series after series of popular and. purcha,seable publications. For a shilling or two a railway traveller could drop into his side pocket, together with his damp copy of the Times, a story by Dickens or an essay by Macaulay. He could wile away the tedium of a long journey at the tail of a steam-engine not merely by poring over the " latest news " in The Sun, or by laughing over the "newest jokes" in Punch, but by delivering him self up a willing prey to the magic toils woven about him by Bulwer Lytton and other masters of the imaginative. It was but reasonable, there fore, it was but what was right, and sooner or later, inevitable, that the " Works .of Samuel Warren " should b 3 placed within reach of the public in like manner—works which had al ready by their own intrinsic merits acquired cele brity for their author, not merely at home, but far and wide over the European Continent. Thanks to the recognition by the publishers of the advisa bility of this reissue of the writings of Mr. War ren, those writings have now been supplied to the book trade cheaply, portably, and abundantly. As many as four volumes have by this time ap peared—to attest the worth of the series as a collec tive republication. Volume One we have already noticed—the volume comprising the whole of the " Diary of a Late Physician." Volumes Two and Three followed soon afterwards—containing a carefully revised reprint of " Ten Thousand. a Year," one of the most celebrated novels of the age, 4ud among all his works Mr. Warren's un doubted masterpiece. How vividly we recall to mind the period of its original, and then strictly anonymous, appearance. dow well we remember the eagerness with which we all looked out, month after month, for the new chapters of it in Black wood's Magazine. . How we wondered as to the secret of the authorship. How the reading of the story agitated our hearts and imaginations. What profound elaotions were excited by the astonishing fluctuations of fortune related, by that unseen, unknown wizard of the purely fictitious. What varying sentiments were roused within us as the tale proceeded. How Completely we realised the individuality, the positive, substantial existence, of the different person ages introduced. How we sympathised with Charles Aubrey, and mused, as we followed his footsteps in that • "strange eventful history," over the solemnity and grandeur of that noblest spectacle of the gods —a good man - struggling with misfor tune. How we admitted into the sanctuary of our more idealised affections his sister, the, beautiful Kate—the - Una in that forest of difficulties. How we loved the very name of their dear old Yatton— the end and object of all that frightful and harrow ing litigation. The Novel had - long superseded the Drama, and that novel of " Ten Thou sand a Year," wondrously fulfilled in its turn the ofiiee of the drama as defined by Shakspere. It was a mirror he up to this nineteenth century —a mirror reflecting all its motley and contrast ing peculiarities, its meanness and its magnificence, its symmetry and its distortion, its privations and its luxuries, good and bad, rich and poor; the sordid, the magnanimous, the patrician, the parasite, the despicable, the pathetic, the ridiculous. - Scarcely a grade of society but in it had its appropriate typo or representative. Scarcely a portion of our social institutions but was in it, either directly or indirectly, illustrated. And illustrated, too, so amusingly, so readily, so satirically, .so attrac tively. With what abounding ease the writer at pleasure speared some "flying lolly" with the piercing point of his pen-of-aareasm, - or, reversing his grey goose feather, tickled one at will into peals of genial and wholesome lau g ht er . , How humorously, for instance, he made that wretched Tittlebat Titmouse. run the gatintlet of absurdity, from the beginning to the end—from, the days when ho out-gented gentism, with tb a • almost equally abominable Huckaback, - to tl le time of his horrid familiarity with - .the hi gh and mighty, the Right Hon. the Earl .of Dr ed dlington ! Can any of us ever : forget the wretch - 6 -- blight bottl dyeinge -green his H hair Have eve, e, ea a re ny rill o i f i us, °f' forgotte n his astonishing old Tag Rag by driving to th e fami liar shop, in that emblazoned cab with the hi g h. stepping horse, and those lavender kid glo yes dain tily handling the reins over the lacquered apron t And then—Oily Gammon ! That Arbaces or every day-life. A creation as complete, and vivid, and immortal as Pococuraute. What genius in the conception of that one character alone t What consummate art in every line and tint of its magi cal and life-like delineation ! Rernemberingall this, and much more, Y regard to , 4 Ten 'Thousand a- Year," we have r eason to fel i c i ta t e th e w or ld a t large nowadays, at our steam- boat wharves and railway termini, that any one can henceforth, if he list, provide himself before staring . on a journ ey w i t h some S uch literary masterpiece for just two or three.of the smaller coins in circu lation. The compactness of the popular reissue h(ifall the recognised a collected Warren's writings may illustrated by te last perhapst h have already ma d e th e ir appearance. It comprises, in one - thin oc tavo, oe l ' u e r e tvolumes form)a s of Mbr; of it which b e sides the exquisite and compreh ens i ve dis course upon the "Moral , and Intell ec t ua l neve ' lopment of the Present Ago' —a literary nii crocosin, in which ag e rose mass of - knotiledge is really wonderfully epitomised and bound logether by a chain of solemn and elevating reflections— together with a revised edition of the " Apologue of the Crystal Palace," accompanied by A . "Preli minary Exposition"—the whole of that enthralling romance "Now and Then," founded upon a tale of Circumstanti a l Evidence, the story penned. with such surprisin g swiftness between lateen the 20th. of November and early on the 9th of .December, 1847, a narrative in which the virtues of old Adau Ayliffe are so movingly, wisely, and ekquently celebrated. Volumes like those here particularised must, we doubt not, be cordially welcome to the present, as we are fully satisfied they will long continue to be prized by many a subsequot, ge- . nerAtivn. •