The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-19 00:00:00

MONEY and Coll 2 vir, r: CIA L CITY, QUARTER TO 71i The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at 6,000 bales, including 1,000 for export and spe culation. The market wris steady, bat quiet. Railway Shares were in better demand, at improved price.. The effet of the exportation of bullion from Enzland to the United States has been but trivial and evanescent, for already the Bank returns ow an increase of spccie. This is for the week to the I sh 2.th inst. The circulation, however, again testifies to the Fcreasiug abundance of honey, attributable no doubt to the ch€ek Lady given to trade by the troubles abroad. This saute cause operates 'upon the securities discounted, &c. The results of a c‘lnparisoo between the statement before us and that for the previous week are as follow.:: Notes Issued •• • _ Decrease ... Rest Increase ... Public Deposits ... Increase Other Deposits Decrease .. ... Seven Day and other Bills 27,460,625 34,480 3,156,032 3,423 3,797,985 615,954 10,752,558 628,438 1,190,845 Increase Govern - Me - nil-3 - ecurities ... 48,004 14,085,069 151,000 10,013,116 98,191 _ Notes ... 8,505 066 Increase ... 223,605 Bullion „, 14,307,795 Increase ... •• • 30,049 Active Circulation ... 18,955,560 Decrease ... 2.2 258,085 The negotiation of bills of exchange on the principal cities of the Continent was effected yesterday afternoon upon the following terms :—Paris 25 55 to 60, Antwerp 25 6 71 to 721, Hamburgh 13 121 to 121. Frankfort 1211 to it, Amsterdam 12 11 to 2, and Trieste 11 48 to 12 3. 9 bills on Italy there was no inclination to deal. The following statements respecting trade in the ma litufacturing districts have been received to-day. First, from Manchester, we ate advised that — "It is a difficult thing to give the exact state of our cloth and yarn markets. Prices continue much dep ressed ; still the carriers say, and they are not bad judges in such , a "se that they have no reason to complain; and it may ue said in confirmation, that the quantity of goods moving to and fro along the streets is anything buying insignificant. The American houses are oteeis 2 ug largely, especially of good prints, and a largedemand business is doing for the Mediterranean, whilst the ef_ee.raand seems rather to have slackened for India and ; 41141 1. Prlcos, on the whole, seem to have undergone nttle ch ange t hi s wee k , b ut, if any, i t b as b een i n favour of the buyer. Yarns are indeed very dull sales, at least sll export numbers for the continent of Europe; perhaps " were unreasonable to expect anything different at the present moment." From Yorkshire the accounts are tolerably good, and subjoined is a report from Leicester:— ' " The home market is usually dull at this season of the year, but an average business is doing. A steady American shipping trade continues. Manufacturers are fulls , employed in working up their stock of yarns, and cotton goods on hand are considered light for this period. Worsted spinners are all working full time. Yarns are without alteration. The colonial wool sales now going on in London fetch quite as good prices as last February, contrary to the general expectation." Ori the whole, therefore, there is no reason to com plain of the state of affairs. _ The quarantine at Gibraltar has been reduced to three days, but remains the same at the other ports. The Mining Share market has been steady this week. The Funds are rather flztter this morning, owing to Nne unfavourable news from Paris. Consols are 911 ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 901 ; and the "Three per Cents., 891 to 90. Exchequer-bills are down to 45 , . and 445. prem. Foreign Stocks are generally dull and rather heavy. I)ithigh Three per Cent!. are 33 to i; Portuguese Four Per Cents., 281 ; and Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents., 491. Shares are fairly supported. Decrease ... Other S ecurities __ Decrease BRITISH FUNDS TIIJ DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 89 % 34 90 3 per Cent. Consols Anns - -• 91 9, 1 / 4 % New 3% per Cent. AIMS. ........ ...... ~. 90%3i % India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 7l 69 p Ditto under 1.000/ Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1% d. 20. March. June. 1,000/. 500/ 4B 44 p Small — 48 44 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent............. 75 Equador Bonds Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1840 Ditto for the Account Ditto Passive Bonds 354 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 33 Ditto Account . 3351 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 41A per Cent ...... B2 Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates EIsINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWATEI. PAID. nu Sualle. Aberdeen Caledonian Eastern Counties ..... Great Northern Great Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares .. . ... 23 Do. New 17/. - to Hull and Selby Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 London & Blackwell ... ..... . 12% 4% to -- Lend., Bright., &South Coast 50 London & North Western.....lo o 129 London and S. Western...-. 50... 34%35.- to 35 Ditto, New 501. Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 4%...•.. 1% - to Midland.. .. Ditto, 50/. Shares ..... ...... 25 Midland, [firm., and Derby...loo ... North British .. .. ... ..... .. 25 ...... 13%... -to Ditto Half Shares, ..... ..... 12% ..... 5 3 / 4 to Ditto Thirds ... ........».... 8 % ...... 3 3 / 4 North Staffordshire.- .. ...... 17%..•••• 123ia to Oxford, Worcester, and Wol- verhampton Reading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 15 .. .. 15%%% to Shropshire Union.... ... . 2 1 A to South Eastern ..... ... 33%..... 21 3 4%.. to Ditto, Scrip No. 4.... ...... 10 • . ... 6 ' l / 4 to York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 - to Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 ••• York and North Midland .. 5 0 31% 30 1 ,1 to 31 Ditto, Pr e f erence Ditto East and West Riding Extension ... .. ......25 ... .. 151 / to -- FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 2O .. ... 7Vg ex.c to Northern of France l3 ...... 10% 1 A ... to pans and Roue n .. Rouen and Havre Tours & Nantes ... ...... - 11 COURSE OF Amster:lam ......•••• 12 2 Ditto. at sight 12 0 Rotterdam • •• .. • • 12 2 25 75 liamburgh —MX. 13 12% Paris, 3 days'sight .... 25 35 Ditto, 3 months 25 60 Marseilles .........„ .. 25 61 . 25 60 Frankfort on Maine.... 121% Peter sbargh, 811. Rble.. 36% Berlin— • . • • • • Vienna, effec. ilo •• • • . 12 9 Trieste, ditto.. .. .. 12 9 Madrid • • •• • ... 49% Cadiz •• • • ............ 50 Barcelona ............ SeVille•• •• •• •• •• •• •••• EXCHANGE. Gibraltar— ....., ~ „... Leghorn ........ ••.• .• 31 0 Genoa •••••••• • • • • • • •• 26 30 Milan • • • • • • • • •• • • • • •• Venice— • • • • • • • . • • • • •• Naples —•••••• • • • • • • Palermo. perm • • • • • •• Messina • • • 00000 • • • • • • Lisbon— •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Oporte.• •• •• .. .„ •... •• itio Janeiro • • • • •• • • • • Buenos Ayres ........ New York. 21 days'sight Philadelphia .. .. •• .. .. 40ii 116% 120% 53% PILICZB OF BULLION, PEA OS Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 10% iilver in bars ...... •. 0 4 11% LLOYD'S SIIIPPING—(THIS DAY.) Lorrnorz, MAY 19.—Wind W.N.W., moderate breeze, and cloudy. 1 CORK, MAY 17.—Wind S.—Arrd. 16th, Countess of Minto, Allen, Mauritius; Eliza Jones, Callao, Lucy Wright, Hamilton, ditto; Peter Marsey, Marsey, New Orleans; Northumberland, James, ditto; Cato, Sprague, Canary Islands. 17th, Hebben, Weatherall, River Gambia; Thomas Wright Babage, New Orleans. Sld., Janet, Jamaica. The brig Trafalgar, of Maryport, bound westward, ras spoken by the Peter Massey, Massey, arrived here from Now Orleans, and reported having taken on board the crew , of a schooner, whom I she wished to transfer t o the e., erMassey, which hove to for some time, but the welther was so boisterous that they would not trust to the boats. YARMOUTH, MAY 18.—Wind S.W.—lt has been blowing a gale from W.S.W. since the 16th inst., but the wind is now more moderate at W.N.W. DEAL, MAY 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. East Anglian, Stevens, Mauritius; Celt, Wils on, Trinidad; Marl borough, Toyer, Jamaica; Reserve, Alexander, ditto; Cleopatra, M'Eachern, Demerara. Arrd. from t e ' l iver, Oriental Queen, Thomas, Auckland; Stately, Genders, Hobart Town; ArZen, Baker, Port Adelaide; Nautilus, Stockdale, Falkland Islands; Juliet, Watson, Hong -Kong; Queen, Hutton, Canton; Parnell Madras; Eleanor, Davidson, Mauritius; John Scringapatam, Gibson , ditto, and Halli day , Cape f . Good Hope; Kent, Terry, -,-,„ z, __ Algoa Bay; Valiant, Young, Porto Rico; -'''' , Danaille, Havannah; Vera, Bd, Jamaica; Active, Smith St. Croix; Louisa, Montrose, Charleston, for Bremen; 'Margaret Evans, Tinker, New York; Oscan, Butcher, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, M Confucius Scott M AY 18.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. 17th, January • ,phoeni S li langhae, dd. fr o m Woosung 26th maica; gcotsmana , ve c l Knight, A nt i gua; M erma id, J a - Now Orleans; The Dudl: Havana ; J o h n G arrow , C oc k, Wichart, ditt o 0 , Dady, ditto; William Vale, ; Carole; Dunbar, ditto; Larch, Reed, ditto; Commerce, Henry, ditto; Importer, Me Laren, Mobile; Malabar, Teuton, ditto; Sherbrooke, Kent, Sa vannah; James Calder ; 14ster, Charleston; Shak speare, Henderson, ditto' Siddons, Cobb, New York. 18 rey, Dunbar, Baltimore; B t , Socrates, Supple, Cal cutta; Huddersfield, Kirby, tiodnny, aid. 24th February; Richard, White, Paraiba Valparaiso; Lfry, BarlOth ult.; Paramatta, Bloomfield, Jenkias, New boadoes; Avon, Crow- Brown, Jane, Me ley, ditto; FlaviF, v c il ilt ditto; Kalama• Dowall, ditto; Prince of Wales, New, or o . ; Orbit, Lar z3o, Foulke, ditto; Charlotte, r, Mc Laren, kin, ditto; Alert, Loughlin, ditto; I ; ml!te Charlotte, Collins, Mobile; Free Trader, Black, ditto A palachicoh; 11: , brt Watt, Johnson, ditto Margaret, Rogers, Savannah; Jessie, Oliver, ditto • Ark Charleston. Sa 17th, William, Halifax; A' Johnston,Ei., Eliza beth, Iceland. 18th, John Spencer, Bombay, nn iz ,, w - York; Arethtisa, J3OStOn; City of 1.41 . 11c0ip, ,ILI Off Port, 18th, Petrel, A frica; S Indbleh; Sarah, V4l - I:ci.chon.ond, Canoi,us, Ruben Prcston.. YARNOUTII, ISLE OF WIG SIT, MAY 17. —Wind, W.S W. Arid. Dee steamer, Southampton, and proceeded 18th for the We.it Indies. PO:ITSIVOUTII, MAY 18.—Wind W. to N.W. fresh. And. Patriot, Menzig, South 5,:a.3 for Bremen; out 160 days, with 3,900 I:rids black, and 100 barrels Sperm oil. OFF R.,VER.—Eutropa, Cure, South Seas for 13remen, and sld for Sheerness. CowEs, MAY 18,—Wind S.W. Arril. Syria, Brown, Calcutta; Ncw Zmiand, Smith, Akyab; Bassi!, Msroiin; Arra, Petersen, Pernambuco; Salis bury, Young, Ilavannah. LERWICK, MAY 14.—A foreign brig is reported to be lost at Greenland, as a tuan buom has been picked up there. MARKET IN L WS.-(THIS DAY.) C017:-.71:77-Gainanzz. Our market was Isell supplied with both Fruit and Vegetables, which sold steadily, on the following terms : Fruit—Pineapples (Queen s), 5s to 7s; and hot house Grapes, 12s to 15' per lii; Lemons, 5s to 10s; and Oranges, 9s to 14s per 100; Chesnuts, 2s to 4s per peck; forced Strawberries. 6d to is od per uz. ; torezd Peaches, 45s per dozen. Vegetables—Horssradish, 3s 6d to ss; and Celery, 10d to is 3d per bundle; Asparagus, 35 to 7s Gd per 100; Spring Onions, 3d.,t0 6d per bunch; Old Potatoes, 90s to 225 s per ton ; Cape Brocoli, 13s to 15s per dozen bundles; Mushrooms, 9d to Is per pottle; Endive, 6d to 9d per score; Cabbage Let tuces, 18 6d 2s per half sieve; early York Cabbages, 7d to is; and Beet Root, is to is 3d per dozen; Turnips, 2s to 2s 6d ; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s ; and White Cos Lettuces, Is 6d 2s per score. Greens, 2s Gd to 4s per dozen bunches ; Parsley, is 6d to 2s 3d per half sieve ;" Sea Kail, is 3d to 2s per punnet; Cucumbers, 2i to 4s per brace; Rhubarb, 3s to 6s per dozen bundles; Brussels Sprouts, is to is 6d per half siece; Parsnips, 6d to 8d; Cornish White Brocoli, is to 45 per dozen; Turnip -Greens, 6d to 8d per bushel; Leeks, 8J to 10d per dozen bunches; New Potatoes, 9d to is per lb; and Shallots, 4d per lb.; French Beans, is 6d to 2s per 100; Radishes, 41 to ad per dozen hands; small Salad, 2s to 2s 6d per dozen punnets; Cos Lettuces, 10J to is 4d par score. Nh4VGATEI AND LE.E133EN33.111.1. POULTRY—Turkey Poulets, 4s to 5s 6d; Goslings, 5s to 8s; Fowls, 28 to 6s; Capons, 4s to 6s 6d; Chickens, 33 to 4s; Ducklings, 2s 9d to 4s; Pigeons 6d to 10d; and Rabbits, 10d to is 9d each; 03tend Fresh Butter, 10s 6(1 to 12s; and English, ditto, lOs to 13s per dozen lbs; Irish Eggs, 4s 9d to 5s 3d; French, ditto, 5s to tie; and English, ditto, 6s 9d to 7a 3d per 120. THE SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 19, Imo, NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d t7l4,7igtition, 2s 10d to 3s 10; Lamb, 55 to 63 ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 3s Gd to 4s 4d per Blbs. urn ETEC IMPEL. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3i 2d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 38 2d to 4s 2d per Stns. ZiZLLINGSGATM. Salmon, 10d to is per lb.; 'Turbots, 2s to 6s; Brills, Gd to 2s; Cod Fish, is to 3s; Whitings, 2d to 3d; Lobsters, is to 3s; and Crabs, is to 2s each; Salt Fish, ld to 2d; ditto Dried; 3d to 4 d per ib; Soles, 3d to is 3d per pair; Eels, 4s to 10d per lb; Mackerel, 4d to 8d each ; Flounders ' is to is 6d per dozen ; Sturgeon, 6d t 3 9d per lb; Haddocks, 3d to Gd each; Crimped Scate, 3d to 4d per lb; White Bait, is to 2s per quart. _ _ _ EUE-A.D. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 7d to 7id; of household ditto, sid to 60 per 41bs loaf. rumen MAIMET. Market hides, 56ib to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to ditto, 721 b to 801 b, lid to 2d; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 24ti to 24d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 24d to 3d; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 34d; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b to 4d; Calf Skins, each, 4s 611 to 53 ; Lambs Skins, Is 3d to 2s 3d ; Horse Hides, 7s 6d; Polled Sheep, 5s 6d to 6s 4d; Kent and Halt breds, 5s to 5s 6d; Downs 4s to ss; Shearlings, 6d to 7d. PALLY SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 4/ ; Clover ditto, 3/ to 51 03 ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 103 per load. A full average supply, and a sluggi.h demand. CUMBELtLANI. Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 41 Os ; Clover ditto, 31 to 4/ 16s ; and Straw, 11 7s to 1/ 11s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. HITECHAPRL.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 4/ 03 ; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 51 Os; and Straw, 116 s to 11 lOs per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices. NA VA L I.NTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Apollo troop-ship, Com mander James Rawstorne, came into the harbour this morning. The Echo steam-tug went out to bring her in, but the wind blowing fresh from W. by S., she got under canvass and sailed in, the Echo following in stead of heading her. The two companies of Royal Artillery and invalids she brought home from Corfu will land to-morrow morning, the former proceeding imme diately to Woolwich, and the Eyelids to Fort Moncton barracks. The following are the officers arrived in the Apolle:—Captains Doraville and Williams, Lieutenants Vansittart and Blakelty, and Assistant-Surgeon Rhys, of the Royal Artillery; Lieutenant Chichester and As sistant-Surgeon Smith, of . the 16th Foot; Dr. Russell, of the 36th; Ensign Tannings, of the 24th; and Dr. Burton. To-morrow being the day appointed for the public cele bration of her Majesty's birthday, the event will be ob served here with the usual ceremonies. In the evening the Commander-in-Chief and Admiral Superintendent will give banquets to their respective official coadjutors, as will the heads of the other Government departments. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, the Lieutenant-Governor, will give his official entertainment in honour of the same occasion on the 24th. Captain Lord A. Fitzclarence, G.C.H., was, we are happy to state, much better in health yesterday. Her Majesty and the Court will revisit Osborne on Tuesday, for a short visit. Admiral Sir John A. Ommonney, K.C.8., gave a most elegant entertainment at his mansion (Warblington House), near Havont, last night, to celebrate his promo tion to the rank of Admiral. Among the guests were Vice-Admiral DacreF, Captains 11. D. Chads, C. 8., H. Chads, J. Harrison, T. B. Sulivan, Lawrence, R.M., Savage, R.M.A. ; Colonel Gibsone, R.M.A., Colonel Wines, R M.; Major Casticu; Commanders Caispin, Ommanney, Fegen, &c. The Gladiator steam-frigate arrived this morning f.tom Woolwich. She is to proceed to Plymouth to be one of the reserved squadron at that port. She has brought stores for this dockyard, after discharging which she will sail to the westward. The schooner yacht Circassian, Msjor C. Phillips, arrived this morning from the Mediterranean. The Harlequin, 16, Commander Seymour, arrived at Plymouth yesterday from the Tagus. PLYMOUTH, MAY 17.—Her Majesty's sloop Harle quin, 12, Commander Frederick B.l'. Seymour, came in this morning; left Lisbon on the Ist instant, vt hen the only unan•of, war in the Tagus was the American frigate St. Lawrence, on the point of departure for Cowes. The Harlequin has experienced a very heavy passage; she was eleven days going to St. Michael's, and when off that island eas obliged to bear up twenty-four hours, with the wind from S.W. and W.S.W. The crew of the Harlequin are all healthy. She has been absent three years end four months, the chief part of her time in the Mediterranean, and with Sir Charles Nepier's Experimental Squadron. The Harlequin hears the charm ter of being an excellent sea boat. Port-Admiral Sir William Hall Gage inspected her Majesty's ship the Queen, in the Sound on Monday, when her crew exhibited great activity in preparing her for harbour. Her powder was taken out end guns scaled, all sails unbent, royal and topgallant-masts and yards sent down, and 11)ieg jibbooin taken iii. With six yards only across, she was, in the afternoon, towed, into Hamoeze by the Coeliance and Salamander steamers. Her pay • books were the same day sent to the Admiralty. She will be put into dock and her crew paid off on the 22d inst. The steam-vessel Lucifer, 3, Lieutenant-Commander Lloyd, sailed on Monday, with stores, fur the Cove of Cork. The packet brig Penguin, 6, Lieutenant- Commander Walter Leslie, arrived from Falmouth yesterday, and is gone up harbour to refit. The frigate Alarm, 26, Captain Granville G. Loch, was unmated yesterday, and will be paid off to-day. The Vanguard, 80, will be taken out of the North Dock en Mond :y, the 21st, to give place to the Queen. Forty additional shipwrights have just been entered on the establishment of the dockyard. On Monday twenty men, principally shipwrights and joiners, were super• annuated at Irons 2-I/. to 341. per annum. The merchant barque Martha Shallcross, Captain J. Croaker, from Buenos Ayres for London, was off Ply mouth ou the 161 r of May. She left Buenos Ayres en and the for Ist of o L f iy M erp ar nc eh , , in company with th e b r i g Hiebert, of Liverpool. The barque Whatr,poa, for London, was to sail on the 2d of March. At Buenos Ayres, leading fur London—the Chio, St. Croix ; Cro -3'ae d 1 , Douglass; Courier, Pinnell; and Elizabeth Gautt. For Liverp oo l—Th e Mary Jones,'th 1- Parnell; r t nei- ' and Nemesis, White. Eor the Chann e l—Th e Empress, Ripon. The Astarte and C reo l e , b ot h from Liverpool, wore discharging. The weather had been very strong for several days. Spoke, 22d of March, l a t. 17 40 S, long. 30 W., the ship China, of London from C o rk, foi. Bombay, out 42 days, all well ; 24th o f M arc h, l at. 13 b 44 S., lone. 30 22 W., the ship John Line, from Lon don for Madras, out 43 days, all well ; 3d of April, lat. 0 30 S., long 29 55 W., exchanged signals with the barque Cheepside, from Sydney, for Loudon. EMIGRATION. In the Sound--The Ship Panama, Captain Watt, to sail for Port Phillip on the 22d. ; ship Royal Alice, Captain Hump, fur Cape of Good Hope, first fair wind; barque William Bro mham, Captain Nance, ready and the ship John, Munn, Captain A. i fo ,e r ar Q su u n e , b f e o c ; for Port Adelaide, fort Phillip, in hillii consequencep,andb )-dne ofy blue Peter up, but cannot start to-day, ; t ab le ln e s if in th g e s ‘ t s r - e o a n t g h , er w r i t t i h tl r ie ai C n. hannel. the urin d boisterous s .lv s . CHATIlitt I.llltAtiYutl,sa.—ndrfahlee Cshleiio,bFlaats.rta?,rc2eis6,egtasurnes, Captain Massie, the being capta re ceived on board. A number of d. oa are o n; b d e n e r e n d - ItTrde d e n fo te r e . tehdi shsh iepbeexecne by the Admiralty. pdtistchtreg'se.ainaesejnnaownhe from The Castor, 36 guns , Captain Christopher liVnyvilolen, Commander Bunco, is progre ssin g with her r. getting up the foretopafast the other day, it ..IL) e injury slings,ry thereto, aiid came providentially the men. downon w t . h i t e h o d u e t e k i j e u a r u i n s i g n g a n s y oul The Aid naval lighter, SMallman, master, arrived yes terday with stores from Portsmouth. Mr. Alexander Kerley, master-attendant at this yard, received, this day, an order for his retirement from the service at l2s. 6d. per day, and Mr. Thomas Lean, master of the Royal Sovereign yacht at renibrolte, is spinintEd master-attendant in lieu of Mr. Ka:ley, who CA Lin Peter Richards, C. 13., the newly appointed superintendent of this yard, not arrive here until the middle of June next. Lady Bjurchier quits the cfn cial residence of the late Captain Superintendent next week. Her Ladyship proceeds to London to be IA WI her father, Admiral Sir Edward Codringtoa, G.C.8., To-morrow being the day for the celebration of her Majesty's birthday, the whole of the men in the yard are to have a day's holiday, and a royal salute will be fired from the saluting battery, of four guns, by a detachment of the Royal Artillery, out the ordinary guard ship will be dressed with the flags of all nation?. This evening the Royal Marine officers give a grand soirée. Upwards of 300 cards of invitation ha ve been sent to the heads of the several establishments at this garr icon, and to the principal families in the neighbour hood. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the 'Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, MAY 18. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) First Clause (Oath to be taken as a qualification for sit ting and voting in Parliament, instead of the Oaths of Alle giance, Supremacy, and Abjuration): -Amendment pro posed to the Oath, to leave out the words " and that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome, or any other Foreign Prince, Prelate, Person, State, or Potentate bath, or ought to have, any temporal or civil jurisdiction, authority, or power within this Realm ; and that I will defend, to the utmost of my power, the settlement of property within this Realm as established by the Laws :"—Question put, " That the words and that I do not believe that' stand part of the Oath." The Committee divided:— MINORITY—AYES, 62. Granby, Marquis of Mundy, William Greenail, Gilbert Napier, Joseph Gwyn, Howel Need, Joseph Hamilton, G. A. Newdegate, C. N. Heald, James O'Connell, John Heneago, G. H. W. Pakington, Sir J. Henley, J. W. Palmer, Robert Hildyard, T. B. T. Pennant, Colonel Hill, Lord E. Plowden, W. 11. Hope, Sir J. Portal, Melville Ilornby, John Repton, G. W. J. Hotham, Lord Scott, Francis Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Spooner, Richard Jones, Captain Stafford, Augustus Lacy, 11. C. Stanley, E. H. Lascelles, E. Wyse, R. H. R. H. Law, C. E. Waddington, IL S. Lindsay, Colonel Walpole, Spencer Lopes, Sir Ralph Lowther, Henry Mailings, J. R. Morgan, 0. Acland, Sir T. D. Adderley, C. 13. Arkwright, G. Baillie, H. J. Bankes, G. Bennet, Philip 13entinck, Lord IL Beresford, William Bland:on], Marquis Boldero, H. G. Bromley, Robert Brooks, Lord Bu'ler, Sir Y. Burrell, Sir C. Duckworth, Sir J. Duncombe, A. Egerton, Sir P. Fox, S. L. Fuller, A. E. Galway, Viscount Godson, Richard Gore, W. R. 0. TELLERS. Goring, Charles Idarris, Captain MAJORITY-NOES, 164. Goulburn, Henry Paget;:Lord A. Grace , u, D. Paget, Lord G. Graham, Sir J. Palmer, Roundel' Granger, T. C. Palmerston, Vis. Greene, Thomas Parker, John Grenfell, C. Pascoe Patten, J. W. Grey, Sir George Pechell, Captain Grosvenor; Lord R. Feel, Sir Robert Grosvenor, Earl Peel, Frederick Hallyburton, Lord Pigott, Francis Hastie, Alexander Pilkington,yames Hawes, Benj. Pinney, W. Hsyter, W. G. Power, Nicholas Headlam, T. E. Price, Sir R. Heneage, Edward Pryse, Pryse Henry, Alexander Rice, E. R. Herbert, H. A. Rich, Henry Herbert, Sidney Robartes, T. J. A. lieywsod, James Roche, T. B. Hodges, T. L. Roebuck, J. A. Hope, Alexander Ro:nilly, Sir John Howard, P. H. Russell, Lord John Hughes, W. 11. Russell, F. C. Ilurnphery, Ald. Salwey, Colonel Jervis, Sir John Sandars, J. Kershaw, James Scholefleld, William Kildare, Marquis of Scully, Francis King, P. J. Shafto, R. D. Labouchcre, Henry Shell, R. L. Langston, J. 11. Shelburne, Earl of Lascelles, W. S. Smith, R. V. Lemon, Sir Charles Smith, J. A. Lewis, Sir T. Somers, J. P. Lewis, Geerge:C. , Stanton, W. S. , Lincoln, Earl of Strickland, Sir G. Lushlng ton, C. Stuart, Lord J. M'Culla,gh, %V. T. Thesiger, Sir F. M`Gregor, John Thicknesse, Ralph Meagher, Thomas Thompson, Colonel Maitland, Thomas Thornely, T. Marshall, J.:G. 'I ownley, R. G. Martin, John Townshend, Captain Martin, C. W. Vane, Lord 11. Matheson, James Villiers, Charles Maule, Fox Walmsley, Sir J. _Milner, W. M. Wilcox, Brodie Milites, It. M. Willyams, H. Monsell, William Wilson, Matthew Morris, David Wood, W. P. Mostyn, E. Wortley, J. S. Mulgrave, Earl Wyld, James Norreys, Lord ' Wyvill, Marmaduke O'Connor, Feargus Ogle, S.C. Oswald, A. Osborne, Ralph Adair, It. A. Aglionby, 11. Alcock, Thomas Anderson, Arthur Armstrong, Sir A. Armstrong, it. B. Baring, Sir F. T. Barnard, E. G. Barrington, Viscount Barron, Sir 11. Bass, Thomas Bellew, R. M. Berkeley,lCaptain Berkeley, C. L. Birch, Sir T. Bouvarie, E. P. Bright, John Brotherton, Joseph Brown, W. Banbury, Edward Butler, P. S. Callaghan, D. Campbell, W. F. Carter, J. B. Cavendish, G. 11. Clay, James Clay, Sir W. Clements, Charles Cocks, T. *. Colebrooke, Sir T. Crowder, R. Dalrymple, Captain Davie, Sir Henry Dawson, T. V. Denison, J. E. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Divett, E. Drummond,•llenry Duncan, George Dundas, Admiral Dundas, Sir David Ellice, Edward Ellis, John Elliot, J. E. Evans; John Evans, William Fergus, John Foley, J. 11. Forster, Matthew Fortescue, J. W. Fox, Richard M. Fox, W. J. Freesia'', Colonel Gaskell J. M. Gibson, Thomas M. Gladstone, W. E. TELLERS. Tufnell, Henry 11111, Lord M. Clause 6 (Act not to extend to Roman Catholics nor to affect 10 Geo. IV., c. 7): —Question put, " That the Clause stand part of the Bill." The Committee divided MAJORITY—AYES, 103. • Goalburn, Henry Paget, Lord A. Graham, Sir James Parker, John Greenall, G. Peel, Frederick Greene, Thomas Perfect, Robert Grey, Sir G. y Plowden, W. 11. Grey, Ralph W. Pry se, Pryse Grogan, Edward Rice, E. It. Adair, R. Shafto Arbuthitott, Hugh Ashley, Lord Baldoek,"E. H. Baring, Sir F. Barnard, E. G. Bateson, T. Bellew; ft. M. " Grosvenor, Lord R. Rich, Henry Bentinck, Lord 11. Raiford, Sir. ii. - . Ronnlly, Sir John Beresford, William Harcourt, G. G. Rushout, Captain Berkeley, Captain Harris, Captain Russell, Lord J. Birch, fir Thomas Hawes, Benjamin Russell, E. ' Bremridge, Richard Hay, Lord John Russell, F: C. IL Brisco, M. Hayter, W. G. Seymour, Lord Brockman. E. D. Ileatheoat, John Sibthorp, Colonel Bromley, Robert Hill, Lord E. - Smith, J. A. Brotherton, J. Hobhouse, Sir John Spooner, It. Brown, H. Hobhouse, T. B. Stafford. Augustns Sunbury, E. 11. Hodges, T. L. 'Talfourd, , ergeant Campbell, W. F. Hodgson, W. N. Thompson, Alderman Clerk Sir G. Jervis, Sir John Tollemaehe, John Cockburn, A. J. Jones, Captain Townshend, Captain Cowper, W. F. Labouchere, Henry Walpole, S. H Craig, W. G. Lagoalies, W. S. Wellesley, Lord C. Crowder, R. B. Law, C. E. West, F. R. Dod, J. W., Lemon, Sir C. Willcox, Brodie Duckworth, Sir J. Lewis, G. C. Willyams, 11. Dundas, Admiral Lindsay, Colonel Williamson, Sir 11. Dundas, Sir D. Lowther, Colonel Wilson, James Ebrington, Viscount Lushington, C. Wood, Sir Charles Ellice, Edward M'Gregor, John Wyld, James Evans, William Maitland, Thomas Fergus, John Martin; C. W. Fox, Richard M. Maule, Fox Frewen, C. H. Mulgrave, Earl Glyn, G. C. Newdegate, N. TELLERS. MIL Lord Marco Turboll, IL. MINORITY-NOES, 54. Forster, Pechell, Captain Fortescue, J. W. Killington, James Fox, W. J. Raphael, Alexander Gibson, T. M. Reynolds, John Bastie, Alexander Salwey, Colonel Henry, Alexander Scholefield, W. Heyworth, L. Scully, Francis Howard, E. G. Smith, Vernon Kershaw, Jnmes Talbot, J. H. Kildare, Marquis Thompson, Colonel Meagher, Thomas Thornely, Thomas Matheson, Colonel Tollemache, F. J Melgund, Viscount Walmsley, Sir J. Mitchell, T. A. Wawn, J. T. Molise% William Wyvill, M. O'Connell, John O'Connor, Feargus MUM O'Flaherty, Anthony M'Cullagh ;N. T. Osborne, Ralph Wood, W. P. Aglionby, H. A. Anderson, Arthur Armstrong, Sir A. Armstrong, It. B. Bass, M. T. Bright, John Brown, W. Carter, J. B. Clay, James Clements, Charles Colebrooke, Sir T. Davie, Sir IL Dawson, T. V. Devereux, J. T. Duncan, George Ellis, John Evans, John E wart, William Fagan, W. SOUTH LONDON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The first flower show of this society took place on Thursday morning, at the Surrey Z-yological Gardens. The weather was fatal to a large attendance of visitors, but the show itself was of a very splendid description, and elicited great admiration from those who were pre sent. The following is a list of the prizes:— CLASS TIIE FIRST.—PRIVATE GROWElTS.—Miscella nec.us Plants, Messrs. Cole, Bruce, Young, Hemp, and Hook; Pelargoniums, Messrs. Parker, Foster, and Ro binson; Cape Heaths, Messrs. Cole, Bruce, and Hump; Azaleas, Messrs. Bruce and Cole; Tulips, Roses, Byhlo mens, and Bizarres, Messrs. Lane, Edwards, Wallan, Venal)les, New hall, Noke, and Hook; Heartsease, Messrs. Edwards, Lane, Scotcher, and Harris. CLASS THE SECOND.—NIIRSERYMEN.—MisceIIaneous Plants, Messrs. Pamplin and Son, and Pawley; Pelargo niums, Messrs. Beck and Gains; Cape Heaths, Messrs. F~irl airs, Pamplin and Son, and Pawley; Azaleas, Mt sirs. Ivory and Sun, Pamplin and Son, and Pawley; Tulips, Hoses, Byblomens, and Bizarres, Messrs. Law rence, Norman, Bushell, and Wilmer; Heartsease, Messrs. C. Turner, Bragg, and Thomson. OPEN TO Boni CLASSES.—Orchideous Plants, Messrs. Beck and Bruce; Specimen Plant (any genus), Messrs. Fairbairn and Co., Cole, Hart, Hemp, Beck, Pamplin, Gaines, Ivery, Paul and Son, Francis, Ambrose, Morely, and Wood. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., has, through our columns of to-day, given notice of his intention to move at the next meeting cer tain resolutions. The principal object is to perfect the system of accounts, to ascertain the original cost and present value of the rolling stock, and see the amount of traffic belonging to the main line and that to tle branches. JENNY LIND.-FLIGHT OF THE NIGHTINGALE.- After all the numerous and strange paragraphs which have found their way into provincial and London news papers, the public will, perhaps, learn with some sur prise that our most e•dmired songstress and Swedish Nightingale has left her residence at Brompton, and de parted for Paris, on her way to Stockholm. 11'o mar riage in England, we may venture to affirm, will take place till she has had the advantage of consulting with her family and friends. What may happen after that, who can tell? Perhaps the paragraphists who knew not only about tho special license, but the actual wed. ding at Bath. We shall no doubt have plenty of specu lations on the present state of affairs from authorites quite as well informed.—Literary Gazette. STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN Goo AND ROTTERDAM.-A steamer is about to run weekly be tween Goole and Rotterdam, and Rotterdam and Goole. She will leave Goule, on her first vo) age, to- morrow. This is an experiment, to ascertain the advantage or disadvantage of shipping goods from Goule, from the West Riding and Lancashire, by the Lancashire and Yorkshire line, in preference to the Bull and Serby, and the other lines in connexion with it.—Hull Advertiser. FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION.—On Monday morning a dreadful explosion of fire-damp occurred in a pit belong ing to James Foster, aq., at Shutt-end, Brierley-hill, by which two men were instantaneously killed, and ten or twelve others fearfully injured.—Ten Towns Messenger. NATURAL GAS.—In Franklin, county Kentucky, a vein of gas, highly it:flammable, was lately found by some men boring tor water. After penetrating many feet through a rock, the gas found its way in a large volume to the surface, and when ignited burned bril liantly. The discoverers introduced it into their own house, and think that the rocks will afford sufficient gas for a whole ©4. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM TDB monNtr:G PAPERS CF TIT'S DAY. , TIMES.—Mr. John O'Connell has put the coping stone to his previous reputation for judgment and dis cretion. It is with a mixture of indignation and a strong feeling of the luiicrous that we announce to the public that they must remain in ignoreece of what passed in the House of Commons last eight for the space of more than two hours owing to the intervention of such a per son. There is an old form of the House of Commons which provides that, if any Member take notice that strangers are present, they must instantly retire, re porters and cll. Of this form Mr. John O'Connell took advantage last night. The House of Commons vies actually " tiled in ' like a Freemasons' Lodge for a couple of hours, by the judicious interference of this bright ornament of the British Senate. What is to be done for it when children are trusted with knives, or fools with fire? Cut fingers and a coalsgre.tion are the natural results. The extreme power we have mentioned was allowed to remain unrcvoked, simply because there was a gene rel reliance on the good sense and discretion of the Members that it would never be called into operation unless the occasion should justify the step. Suppose Lord George Gordon to be busy preaching up a riot, the mob to have actually risen, the prisons to be opened, and the town in flames—suppose the fleet at the Nore to have mutinied, a captain or two to have been run up to the yard-arm, lied a suspicion abroad that the infection imagine, in such cases, that it might be policy might spread to Portsmouth and Plymouth—we can just to keep the actual certainty of what p asse d in either House o f Parliament from the kno w l e d ge o f th e public for a few hours. Nothing short of suc h an emerge ncy could justify the act of excluding th e re p or t ers frostthe House, and consequently depriving the public of the knowledge of its proceedings. Mr. John O'Connell is of a different opi nion. Unfortunately for the country (since he is a Mem ber of the House of Commons), and still more unfortu nately for him se lf, h e i s extremely conceited, and not very apt to calculate consequences. The leading journa ls and we ourselves most freely plead guilty to the charge , and will not en cum b er our space with two or t h re e columns per night o f t h e sense l ess declamation b e i s i n the habit of pouring f or th. H ence this immortal pendeavouringJohn O'Connell i s endeavouring to starve us into com aanrcee'n o f to sv b admittedil l n wewe will w to reportth s a o k w ry n. not. We will stand bet ween the e public and this ;afflic tion. So long as we can l ay our h an d s o n any marvel lous American anecdotes ; an accoun ts of wonderful Scotch salmon; any reports o f the at tdoiltus We orationseare proceedingS of turn pike meetings in Wales, or of Protection gatherings in Essex; while a sing l e fan atic raves on Kennington- common, or a single German professor perorates in the Assembly at Frankfort, we are sure of being able to lay before the public more entertaining and useful matter than will ever issue from the lips of Mr. John O'Con nell. It is for the country to decide whether it is content to remain in ignorance ef the , proceedings of its re presentatives, when such a person as Mr. John O'Con nell is the only obstacle that "stops the way." Mr. John O'Connell is an exaggeration and ca r,4i c , e a t u fi r e e d of h m t h e e v e n r a t i i n o nal extremes. de fec t s Hoef is h his y. l c f‘ o e, u re n xw t e r h y i a ' a m tth e hi n ee . ation. He has would sthr an g c e a r l u l " u s t p h e o n p p t i h n e g s l t i h g e h t e s u s t p p p l r o o y v s o ' e ' but one weapon, and that one a shillelab, which he handles on all occasions like a ten-tumbler man at Don nybrook Fair in the palmy days of that Irish festival. What could be his meaning in excluding strangers last night? We have a strong suspicion that he must him self have been on his legs for a considerable portion of the time. Nothing came to the cars of the reporters out side but a concert of groans and hisses. Is it very unna tural to infer that Mr. John O'Connell was prominently before the House ? We do not absolutely say he was speaking, for of course the proceedings were all snug and under the rose. For aught we know, he may have been dancing a jig on the floor of the House after the fashion of the Mulligan of Ballymulligan. The hisses heard out side might have been the expression of the value Hon. House performance. with the sons of the "Reari n g Be gg ar, H g een might n set upon n or the " Shan Van p h e a n ve M bj r e j n oll e a nte; the ° r C ai t n in in n g tli's Voeht." The tokens of feeling heard outside would not from their nature exclude such an hypothesis. He might have been enumerating the great pecuniary sacrifices the O'Connell family had made for the benefit of the poor Irish. We are left, in a word, to float upon a sea of conjf cture, and can only catch at one probability, which is, that Mr. John O'Connell was in some wa y be fore the House. The g roanin g and hissin g would seem the judgment of the public. Now, this sort of thing is to point out thus much —but we must leave the matter to all very well for once in a way, but a remedy shoul t be provided. Where there is a madman in a family, com mon discretion seems to indicate the propriety of keep ing razors out of his reach. Cases there are in which it might be advisable fo r the House to sit in secret con clave,should never be excluded unless by order of the majority of the House, or at the very least, but strangers not without the concurrent request of a considerable number of Members. The would retain for the House what egenseful for the public time r service, and at th e same protect us from the The notion of the House m Member. ad sallies of an indi vidual of Commons sitt in g with cloned doors to discuss the affairs of the nation and legislate for the p eo p le, is might on occasion p rove a privilege exclusion belonged to be dwelt on for a moment. This form of belonged to other ideas acid other times. The sooner it is abrogated the bet`er, now we know there is a man in the House of Commons capable of enforcing it without some strong public necessity. Mr. John O'Connell might happen to be taken with one of these insane freaks when some matter was under discussion upon which the public felt a very strong and a very legitimate curiosity. It is im possible to say what may not follow from trusting p ower in such improper hands. The adoption of the sugges tion we have offered above would very sufficiently guard the public from the recurrence of this nuisance. Mean while, we beg most distinctly and directly to contradict the assertion upon which Mr. John O'Connell based the announcement of his intention to exclude strangers from the gantry. There was no misreport in the Times of what occurred during the last discussion upon the Oaths Bill. The assertion is but the hallucination of a brain overheated with disappointment and vanity. As usual, all the important points and important arguments of the debate were given, and every speaker whose words carry weight with them out of doors, or who spoke to the pur pose, was reported at length. When even upon this system the Parliamentary debates run to the length which they actually do, the public may judge of what would happen if we daguerreotypest—if we may be permitted the expression —the very words which issued from the mouths of the Parliamentary speakers. Were we to adopt such a course, a double Times might be filled five, or at least four times a week during the sitting of Par liament with the endless circumvolutions of speech and oft-repeated phrases which Honourable Gentlemen are in the habit of indulging the House. Meanwhile, let it go abroad that such an individual as Mr. John O'Con nell, from private and personal pique, and because he finds the London journals, in place of reporting him at length, give only the substance of his orations, has grossly and wantonly a b use d a pr i v il eg e intrusted to Members for eminent public emergencies. If he would think prudently, sot discreetly, and speak briefly and to the point, he would be far more likely to attain his end than by pursuing his present course. We are not in a conspiracy to pus down either honesty or talent. CHRONICLE.—We have already disclaimed, with perfect sincerity, the wish to bear too hardly upon the frailties of Mr. Hudson. Those who reflect on his con duct with unmerciful severity should beware of that re action offceing which often conve its the bitterly-abused delinquent into the martyr. Some evidences of this sympathy were manifested on Thursday night, when a sort of explanatio n o f th e c h arges ag ainst him, voitin teered by Mr. Hud s on i n hi s p l ac e in Parliament, was received with tol eran t i n d u l gence by the House. The candour of some and th e con sciences of others must have told those who listened to the apologies of the great Railway Autocrat, that his conduct, if not morally defensible, was a t l ea st not devoid of " extenu ating circumstances." The vastness, the novelty, and the avowedly speculative character of the enterprise in which he had bean engaged ; the wide and undefined scope of the po wers thrust upon rather than solited by, the great favourite of fortune: the implied commission to him to use his own free judgment, untrammelled by scrutiny or control; and the virtual sanction of bis financial obliquities, by the acceptance of dividends which credulity itself could scarcely believe fairly earned;—these are the c onsiderations which, as between Mr. Hudson and hi s Eastern Counties conduct.consti itshat r. H ad Moreover, son di de o i f t t ai h nv e taoi a l s h s l e si i r te t o i s o we n nl f t e peof t crkuheei his a smay cheats, ay ought fairly not assumedto be e excluded u t d h e in a be the absence stftoesthtie of impartial proo c m o a n t t e ra o rc, h position at the board to put money that by the operations in the sheres—lf he is in the same boat with the rest of the proprietary, and has lest a large private stake in the reckless game t h at he played with his own property as well as theirs —it must - be owned that the case against him is relieved of what would otherwise have been its heaviest aggravation. With regard to another allegation under which he at tempts to shelter himself—viz., that other chairmen and directors have done the like, and that deceptive dividends have not been confined to the companies over which be has presided—the plea is not, indeed, of much moral weight, even although the fact be true; but naleat quan tum, Mr. Hudson may be allowed to take the benefit of it. The above are some of the grounds on which we think the late Chairman of the Eastern Counties Com pany may claim a qualification of some at least of those merciless censures which have been fulminated against him as regards this particular railway. The share holders who pressed him into the chair in 1845, and who asked no questions when he inaugurated his reign by trebling their dividend, are not entitled to cast a stone at him. If they wilfully shut their own eyes, they have no right to blame him because he has led them into the ditch. lIERA.LD.—We have never been among the servile idolaters of Mr. Hudson, nor yet among his furious as sailants. We have never doubted that in 1845 he was absurdly overvalued; nor have we failed to see, that, in 1849, he is just as absurdly depreciated. The simple truth is, that Mr. Hudson is an energetic, hard-headed Yorkshiremao, with, we believe, an average share of honesty and common sense, but scarcely able to bear up against the crowd of temptations which must have beset ' him in the year of railroad excitement. We have felt no obligation to interfere between him and the public, in the various discussions which'have been lately carried on. There could be no question, that in the excessive hurry of the railroad y ear, Mr. Hudson had been involved in various transactions which would scarcely bear a close investigation. But then, on the other hand, it was very clear, that many of the men who are now bait ing him with accusations, were just the very persons who, in 1845, were foremost in pressing upon him the most absolute and plenary power. We had no inclina tioa to interfere in this matter until we read the very unjust attack which appeared in yesterday's Times. The well-known system of that paper, is to go with the public and, if possible, to appear to take the lead. And accordingly, although quiet enough 'in former years, now that Mr. Hudson has been " found out," the Times rushes forward to prove with all possible zeal, that he is littlo better than a common swindler. It is scarcely pcssible to believe that the Times was not aware of the emptiness of its own accusations. Let us quote a pas sage or two:— - "Even on points of comparative insignificance there are unnecessary contradictions. He says in one place that he had no shares in the Eastern Counties Railway, and no interest in it whatever, before he took the office of chairman. He afterwards says that he has neither bought nor sold, that ho is a sufferer to a large amount, and that he holds the same stock that he d►d when he first joined the company. A discrepancy so great and so obvious can only be ascribed to a slovenly habit of memory or expression." This " discrepancy," which the Times calls" so great and so obvious,". is no discrepancy at all. Mr. Hudion says, and doubtless says truly, that he had no interest in the Eastern Counties Railway until the shareholders requested him, and he consented to assume the office of chairman. Ho also says that he holds now the same stock which he did when he first joined the company. Now, there is no discrepancy here. Mr. Hudson, we understand him to say, occupied with his Northern railways, did net interfere with the Eastern Counties Railway at all, until a great majority of the shareholders requested him. He acceded to their recpiest, and in order to do so, bought a number of their shares, which he now holds, and by which - he is a great loser. Such is his statement, as we understand it, and we find in it no discrepancy whatever. Again the Times says: — He justifies his sudden advance of the dividend from 3s. oa the half-3 ear before he took the direction to 9s. on the half-year during which he took it, by the fact, as he states it, that the gross income of the latter half year showed an improvement of near 60,0001. But at the time the dividend was fixed that improvement had nut yet been ascertained, inasmuch as the half-year was not ended." This is a second fallacy. For as the weekly re turns are published in all the newspapers, it is easy for any man, and still more easy for a director, to ascertain what rate of increase is going on, and what may probably be afforded as a dividend : and this even before the half year has closed. Mr. Hudson, therefore, might easily be able to say, " The increase for the half year is 60,0001.," even before the last week was ascertained. The Times in this, as in its other charges, goes clearly beyond the truth. On the whole, our opinion is that Mr. Hudson, ridiculously overrated four ears since, is quite as absurdly underrated and assailed now. More was expected from him than mortal man could perform, and he has failed in rerforming it. But the real truth is, that the nostrums of 1846 have failed, quite as disgracefully as the nostrums of 1845 ; and now the advocates of free trade, having no defence to offer on their own part, are very happy to be able to divert the public attention by attacking Mr. Hudson. POST.—We were not among thoso who grovelled before the prosperity and golden opinions which once surrounded Mr. Hudson, the Railway King ; neither shall we be among those who seek to trample upon him, w turned n commentse d against which,hiso Woe o fortuneto observeh as the out of individual jealousy or party sp i t e, have been made n have that been t h disgusted tide o f upon his speech in the House of Com m o ns on Thurs day evening. The impression made up on the House— not upon one party in it, but upon the House generally, regarding Mr. Hudson was most favourable. Not that Mr. Hudson has exonerated' himself from blame—not that it can be disputed that, under cover of his name, a certain aspect was given to the concerns of the Eastern Counties Company which the facts of the case did not warrant, but he showed that no peculiar delin quency attuched to him—that he had made no private profit of his connexion with the company, and what was done was the act of the dircctien, and not his individual act. That the conduct of Mr. Hudson has been regarded with a certain animus—with a bitterness of hostility arising from something else than merely the mismanagement of railway affairs, appears in this — other managers who have done as he has done in the Eastern Counties concern have not only not been pur rued with obloquy, but they have been thanked and ap plauded One of our contemporaries took notice the other day that a member of the investigating committee which so strongly blamed Mr. Hudson is vice-chairman of another company which has charged to capital the very same items which the Eastern Counties are so blamed for having charged to capital. And but the day before yesterday a meetin g was held of a company which an investigating committee accused of having, like the Eastern Counties company, placed heavy charges to the capital account which ought to have gone against the revenue account. Instead of censuring the chairman and hooting him from his seat, this company, more careful of their property, approved of what bad been done! This is the mercantile justice of London. One man shall be the mark of obloquy and another of applause, both of whose modes of con ducting business are the same! The Times, in its eager ness to find fault with Mr. Hudson, stumbles into downright stupidity. It states, regarding Mr. Hudson's speech, that— " He says, in one place, that he had no shares is the Eastern Counties Railway, and no interest in it what ever, before he took the office of chairman. He after wards says that he has neither bought nor sold, that he is a sufferer to a large amount, and that he holds the same stock he did when he first joined the company. A discrepancy so great and so obvious can only be ascribed to a slovenly habit of memory or expression?' There is no discrepancy at all. Th 3 slovenliness and inattention are on the part of the cotnicentator. It ap pears from Mr. Hudson's statement that he held no shares previously to his connexion with the company as chair man. Ile then bought stock, which it was necessary for him to do as a qualification—he paid for it a higher rate than the stock has ever been at since, and what be then bought he still holds. That is his statement, which he says the registers of the company will confirm, and he adduces this as proof that he has not trafficked in the stock of the company, and that from the trans actions of the company ho has made no private profit. So far as we know of these matters we think it im possible to deny that the Eastern Counties Railway and other railways have been managed with a combination of looseness and boldness which deserves grave censure, and which has produced great calamity to a very largo portion of the public that had confidence not only in the integrity but in the accuracy of management of those at the head of railway concerns. But the fault we:conceive to have been general, if not universal, and the singling out of Mr. Hudson as the one great victim to suffer odium for the faults of this most faulty system, is an instance of that sort of gross injustice which the public is some times led into by a general feeling of vexation and dis appointment. THE JOB AND POST-MASTERS, &c- PROVIDENT FUND. The sixth anniversary of this institution was celebrated last evening, at the London Tavern, when about 260 gentlemen sat down to a most excellent and sumptuous entertainment, provided by Messrs. Bathe and Breach, the renowned caterers at that establishment. Lord MARCH, M.P., in the absence of his Noble Father, the Duke of Richmond, who was prevented attending from indisposition, presided; and he was sup ported by the Hon. P. S. Pierpoint, the founder of the institution, Captain Somerset, the lion. Mr. Grimstene, Count Bathyany, Mr. Higgins, G. J. G. Murdoch, Esq.; Brice Pears(' Esq.; F. &on ; Esq. 'The " Health of the Queen," and the other loyal and patriotic toasts, were received with much applause. The CHAIRMAN proposed the toast of the evening— " Prosperity to the Fund," and expressed his un feigned satisfaction at having had the honour of presiding over such a numerous and influential assemblage. Ile regretted that the Duke of Richmond was not present to take the chair, who was prevented attending owing to a severe attack of rheu matism, which rendered him unable to leave his bed. They all knew that he was not in the habit of bolting or running away from his engagements —(Leughter)- e and he could assure them that nothing but severe indis position would have kept him away.—(hear, hear.) He had the interest of the society very much at heart, and would on any occasion, he was sure, do all in his power to promote its welfare.—ZLoud cheers.) He (Lord March) had great pleasure in observing that the funds were in a prosperous state ; the money invested was upwards of B,OOOL, and the number of members was increasing. The society was rapidly progressing in po pularity, and had only to be more known to be more ap preciated. He believed its object was intrinsically good, and that it would receive the support which it justly merited.—(Cheers.) The toast was drank with great applause. The Honourable Mr. PIERREPOINT proposed the health of the Chairman. lie was confident no one in the room had heard of the Duke of Richmond's illness without the most deep and sincere regret—(Hear, hear) —and if anything could tend to diminish that regret, it was the able and amiable way in which his son had tilled his place.—(Cheers.) It was drunk with three times three, and great ap plause. The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks, stating that he should on all occasions be ready to co-operate in pro moting the welfare of the society. One of the oldest friends he possessed was Mr. Tattersall, the treasurer, and he had the pleasure of being acquainted with one of the most magnificent and most liberal benefactors which any society could almost have at the head of it—he meant the Hon. Mr. Pierrepoint.—(Cheers.) Neither of those gentlemen he was satisfied would take such an active part in the society unless they were fully satisfied of its benevolence and its usefulness.—(Cheers.) "The Health of Mr. Pierrepoint, the Vice-President, and Patrons of the Institution;" " Mr. Tattersall, the Treasurer, and the other Directors and Officers," toge ther with " The Stewards," were then drunk with much enthusiasm, thanks being returned by each of the gen tlemen so honoured. The Hon. Mr. PIERREPOINT proposed the health of the young Earl of StrW : hmore, the chairman elect. He was of high rank anerunblemished character, and was of a sporting propensity, which was no small feature in his merits.—(Cheers.) He was but young on the turf, but most sincerely did be hope that it would be full half a century before he was placed under the turf. also The toast was drunk with much applause, as was also the health of the ladies. eve T n h in e g se a c m re o t u ar n y te a d nn to ou 4 n o c o ad l. from Mr. Vernon. and glees were sung Several excellent songs , ballads, , ncis Young, by Messrs. Hobbs, officiated dd and Prank Bo a. suh s t c w r i e p n t t i y o n s guineaso the master. , that including the Mr. Harker ably in his capacity of toast- CoLosssum.—The Duchess of Suth a e r r t l . a , n a d n , d D pa u r k ty e , an d Duchess of Argyll , Lad y Mar y Howard, Sir Thomas H o ward, Countess of Ca rlisle, Lord and Lsd y Blan tyre , D u ke and Duchess of Montrose and fami ly , Earl of yienrtelecrtanhedcp.yaroitcyr,smSi; o A u n T dr u e e w sd C ay or l h a e a t t: B MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the Lf2ndott .New Price Current,Mey 18.) SUGAR.—There was a steady business concluded in the West India Sugar market to-day, and former rates are supported. The purchases amounted to 300 hhds, &e., including a public sale of 125 hhds Barbadocs, which went at from 39s Gd to 41s Gd for middling to fine yellow. For the week the. total sales are 2,091 hhds, &e. Oa Tuesday a fair quantity of Colonial Sugar will be submitted to public sale. REFINED.—Tu-day former rates were well supported for Retin‘,d Sugar, and home dealers were desirous to do business. Bonded Crushed Sugar is little wanted, and can be obtained at previous prices. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the quantity of Mauri tius Sugar submitted to public conaretition was large, and amouated to 100 casks 12,989 bags: there was a brisk demand, and the whole sold at full rates, indeed the lower sorts were rather higher ; fine yellow went at 40, 6d to 425, low to good 37s 61 to 40s, good and fine brown 36s to 373 63, and middling to fine grey 375 6d to 405 per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the public sales of Ben gal Sugar consisted of 3,540 bags; white 13enares was chit fly taken in at from 39s Gd to 42s 60, being the full value; other sorts went at firm rates; strong yellow 40s to 435, fine 43s 6d to 455, Mauritius sort 37s to 403 6d. Of Madras 2,082 bags sold at 32s 6d to 34, for brown, and at 39s to 44s for strong yellow. 112 casks Ceylon fetched 37s to 37s 6d for ordinary and middling yellow, and good brown 31s 6d to 355. FOREIGN.—There has been less disposition evinced by exporters to do business in Foreign Sugar this week; the purchases made have been limited, and are confined to 3 cargoes afloat, 2 brown Pernams at 19s, 1 Psraiba at 22s 6d for white, and brown 19s; 2 of white Havan nab, 37s to 38s, small parcels of low to fino yellow at 20s to 235; these rates are, however, equal to those that prevailed on this day week. Only small purchases have been made by refiners working under bond, and home dealers show little desire to do business iu Foreign Sugar. MOLASSES.—The market for West India is still firm, and the demand is good at from 17s to 223 for low to fine. Bengal Treacle has been sold to a fair extent at 15s to 16s per cwt, and a less amount is on offer. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was less demand for Ceylon Coffee. The public sales of 139 casks 795 bags went at rather lower rates, and a part only sold; Native, good and real good ordinary went at 32s to 33, 6d, da maged 25s to 325; Plantation, low middling 43s to 455, good ordinary 36s 6d to 375, whilst superior was taken in at from 603 to 85s. Of Mocha 105 bales sold at 52, 6d to 55s for middling, 48s 6d for good ordinary, triage 325, and fine lung berry 76s to 78s per cwt. COCOA.—There has been a good demand by private treaty, and stiffer rates are paid for all sorts. Trinidad, low to fine red selling at 403 to 475, and grey 39s to 43s per cwt. The demand is not better for Foreign. At public sale 471 bags of Bahia were taken in at 28s 61 to 29s per cwt for good and fine quality. TEA.—On the part of holders of Black there is firm ness, and former rates are insisted upon for all sorts, but the purchases made have been limited this week, and a larger amount is on offer. Green is not offered at a reduction, but only a limited demand has been experienced; supplies are upon a more extended scale. Pekoe and Scented Teas are held for the former value, still only small purchases have been made, and there is a fair supply. The biddings have been lan guid at the public sales of 24,800 pkgs, and the small proportion only of 5,000 found purchasers of 18,000 pkgs passed. RICE.—To-day the quantity of East India Rice sub mitted to public sale was extensive, and amounted to 10,686 b.:gs 3,720 pockets. The demand was dull, and a part only sold at rather lower. rates; Bengal, fine white went at 105 61 to lls 6d, mid and good 8s 61 to 10s, damaged 5s 6d to Bs. At racan and Madras, Barley Grain Bs, and fine yellow Penang Bs. SAGO.—The demand is better, and former rates are well kept up; the amount en offer is also smaller. At auction 400 chests sold at 20s to 21s 61 for good to fie qaality. Sego Flour is still wanted, and the rates paid arc from 17s to 17a Gd. In the value of Arrowroot and Tapioca there is no variation. SPICES.—To-day a public sale of 356 bags of Sumatra Pepper went at 21,1 to 2id, and inferior 2ad per lb. 60 bags Cloves at 7id for Bourbon. i--,PIRITS.—Tnere is more firmness on the part of holders of East India Rum, and a good business has been concluded this week at Is 21-1 to Is 3d per gall proof'. Sales to a fair extsnt have been made in Leeward Island at Is 31d to is 41 proof, and hola:ers show firmness. There has been a good business concluded in Demerara at 25 to 2s 3d for 30 to 36 per cent over proof, and on the part of holders there is less desire shown to sell. Fine Jamaica is in good demand at from 3s 8d to 4s 2d for 34 to 38 per cent over proof. For other kinds the market is however dull. For Geneva sellers are willing to accept is 9d for ordinary, and 2s 31 to 3s for fine. There is no variation in the value of British made Spirit. To day Brandy was dealt in with greater free dom, and on the part of holders there is firmness. We quote Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1845, at 5s Sd to 5s 10d; 1846 ditto at 5s 4d to 5a 68; 1847 ditto at 4s 3d to 4s sd; 1848 at 3s 7d to 3s 9d ; inferior brands 2s 3d to 2s 6d, and Bordeaux at 2s to 2s 21 per gallon. INnico.—The result of the May sales of Indigo, which commenced on the Bth instant, finished on Tuesday. The quantity declared for sale was 8,911 chests, which con sisted of 6,602 Bengal, &e., 500 Oude, 478 Kurpah, 800 Madras, and 531 not printed. The annexed are the prices :—Bengal, fine purple 5s to 5s 3d, fine red violet 4s 9d to ss, fine violet 4s id to 4s 93, good and mid ditto 4s 31 to 4s 63, good red violet 4s 6d to 4s 93, mid ditto 4s 30. to 4s 93, good violet and copper 3s 9d to 4s 3d, mid and ord ditto 3s 4a to 3s 93, low ditto 2s 9d to 3s 3d, trash low dust and washings 2s to 2s 9d; Madras, on Bengal principle (Kurpah) good and fine 3s 9d to 4s sd, mid and good mid 3s 3d to 3s 9d, low and ord 2s 61 to 3s, very low 2s to 2s 9d, regular Madras good and fine 3. 31 to 4s 28, mid and good mid 2s 6d to 33, ord and low 2s 23 to 2s sd, very low Is lld to 2s ld. SALTPETRE.—This afternoon there was an increased supply of Rough at market. Three parcels were offered at public sale, amounting to 3,810 bags, the chief part found buyers, but at a reduction of 6d to Is per cwt for the better sorts; in the value of inferior, however, little variation took place. Prices ranged from 27s to 29s 6d fur 2i to 16 per cent of low to fine quality. OlLS.—There has been only a limited business con cluded in Cod Oil, and sellers are willing to accept 251 lOs to 261 per tun; the market is also well supplied. Seal has been dealt in with caution, and prices aro on the decline; pale is offered at 29/ lOs to 301, straw and tinged 271 lOs to 29/, yellow and brown 251 to 27L Southern has been dealt in with caution; ord to mid quality can be purchased at 261 to 28 and good to fine at 28l lOs to 301. There has been little pass ing in Sperm Oil, whilst prices are on the decline and rule at 76/ to 761 los for fine Colonial; there is also a fair supply, but the consumption continues to get better. Linseed Oil has fallen in value, but a good business has been concluded on the spot by home dealers, and exporters have been buyers to a fair extent at 25; to 26s per cwt. For forward delivery several sales have been made at 26s to 26s 6d. This afternoon, at public sale 16 tuns Sperm Oil sold at 731 lOs to 731 16s, and 54 tuns Southern at 291 to 291 lOs per tun. TALLOW.—On the spot Russian is not offered at lower rates, but on the part of soapmakers or chandlers little desire is evinced to make purchases. The value of P. Y. C. is 3Ss 6d to 38s 9 d per cwt. , but a decline is expected to take place shortly. Only a limited businest. has been concluded fur delivery in the last three months of the year, and a desire is shown to sell at 395. Prices ruling low for home melted occasions the demand to be gaud at 37s to 383 net cash, still there is not a larger supply-. Other sorts of tallow can be obtained at rather lower rates, arid larger parcels are on offer. Tallow is still much cheaper than at this time last year, but the stock does not get smalltr, and deliveries are falling off. Thert are sellers of rough fat at a reduction, still few buyers are to be met with, and a further reduction is looked far. This afternoon, at public sale 360 casks of New Smith Wales tallow went at from 34s to 37s 6d, and 700 pkgs of South American at 34s to 37s 93 per cwt. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32,f0r the Week ending on Saturday, the 12th day of May, 1549. 183 CE DEFAIITILENT. Notes i55ua........ 27,460,625 Government debt •• 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 13,137, 1 '56 Silver bullion • • • • • • 323,569 £27,4t30,625 X 27,460,62 b . MARSHALL, ChiefCaahier. Dated the 17th day of May, 1849. BANKING DEPARTKIN T. Proprietors'capttal.. 14,553,000 Rest . •• . • ....... 3,156,032 Public deposits (In cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 3,797,985 Other deposits ...... 10,752,558 Seven day and other .... 1,190,845 Government occur'. ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 14,085.069 Other securities •. . . 10,013,116 Notes .............. 8,505,065 Gold and silver coin.. 847,170 £33,450,420 .33,450,410 M. MARSIIALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 17th day of May, 18 - , MURDER of a POLiCE-CONSTABLE AT BRISTOL. Yesterday (Friday) afternoon Mr. Grindon, the coroner, held an inque3t os the body of John 1. 3 9 m, aged thirty-two, late a police-Constable in the Bristol police force. The evidence went to show that at about the middle of the night of the 3.1 inst., the deceased was on duty in Thomas street, when he observed two females of ques tionable character talking to two private soldiers of the 15th infantry, he desired them to disperse. The soldiers made an attack upon the constable, who was knocked to the ground, and whilst there was beaten with sticks until covered with blood by the two soldiers, who made their escape a short distance but were soon taken into custody. The prisoners were the next day taken before the magistrates, but were allowed to join their regiment upon their sergeant representing that they would be severely punished for their gross conduct by the military power. The unfortunate constable last. D. hleexpired a ß t tah a ren bo ar u d t eight , o'clock on Thursday night mace a post mortem examination of th e body of de ceased. There was no doubt that d eat h was caused by erysepalus produced by the wound in the h ea d. The CORONER having a d dressed the jury, a verdict of " Wilful murder" was returned against Andrew Davey and John 151'1'a:icy, the two privates alluded to. THE HULL STEAMERS AND THE BLOCKADE OF THE ELBE.--The Lion, Helen Macgregor, and Queen of Scotlar.d sailed hence last week, as announced in our last. Up to the moment of our going to press, no news had arrived of any of them, with the exception of the Queen of Scotland, which was warned off the Elbe by the Danish squadron, on the 13th instant, and was at anchor off Heligoland.—Hull Advertiser. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE. -AND OTHER COll PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. I'IIW.ISITED EVERY TUESDAY AND FAIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 18. .TOTNT-STOCIL ?TANKS. Name of Company. Dividend per Amcouat of Share. Ai m. Australasia Britsh North American Ceylon . • • • .. • • • • • • • • C xmnerclal of London C . ... Gloucestershire • • •• • • lonian • . • • • • Londu and Westminstr Ditto • • • • ..... .• London Joint-Stock . • • Provincialof Ireland . • Ditto, New. • • National of Ireland . • Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New. • • • • . • • South Australia • • • • .. Union of Australia • • • • Union cf London. •• • • Union of Madrid rri e. 57. per cent. 71. pz:r cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 15/per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 8 1 . per cent. 51. per cent. 6!. per cent. 5/. per cent. 5/ per cent. 61. per cent. 61, per cent. 61. per cent. Z s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 AO 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 INSURANCE ComrAmEs. . Dividend Amount Name of Company. I per of Paid. Prh. e. Annum. Share. -. A s. d. I Albion .........• •• • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 1874 Ditto Marine. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Atlas 136.6d.prah. 50 0 0 5 6 8 15% British Commercial - 79. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 5% Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 65 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Eagle .• - - ...... •• • • 6s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 5% Eag.Bc Scot. Law •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 - European Life ...... 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - Family Endowmet Soc. 41. & bs. 100 0 0 4 0 0 - Freemasons' .• ••• - • • C. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - )lobe - 121 Glardian .....• •• •• • • 51. 100 0 0 36 10 0 - Imperial Fire •••• - •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 220 Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0. 0 14% Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 - Law Fire •••••• • • • • •• - 100 0 0 210 0 2% Law Life............ 1/. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 44 Legal and General Liit - 50 0 0 2 0 0 41 101. Lor.dcn Fire -••- .. 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 London Ship ........ 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 - 100 0 0 I lb 0 0 8X %fed. Invlld &Gen. Life 4141. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2 34 National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - National Life. • - e tlladiam Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2101. Pelican .... • • . • • • .. • • - - - - Vtimnix •• • ......... • • 21. p. sh. & bs. - - 141 Pi otector Life.... - Provident Life •• •• •• Rock Life ...... .... 'Loyal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - - San Fire. - - 203 Ditto Life 11. 6s. 44 Universal Life........ 10% pr cnt. 100 0 0 9 0 0 - Victoria Lilo • Si. per cnt. - 4 0 0 4% ..-- BILIMIGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - -.. X. s. d. Z. s. d. Charing-cross •••• .. •• - - 25 0 0 - Southyrrk,NwSub.Av. - 632 12 8 - 154 Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 U - 4 Xaterloo •• •••• .• - - - 100 0 0 - 3g Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. ss. 4d. - 60 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 24 Vauxhall .... ... Av. 11. 17s. 70 10 3 - 18 DOCILE. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. \ Price. Annum. Share. -.....--.-. - -.. 4 s. d. X s. d. 0 Junnercial .. - 70 East and West India 6/. pr cent. Stock. - 132 East Country - - London 51. pr cant. Stock. - 111 Ditto 80nd5........ 41. per cent. - - - St:Katharine ........ 4 per cent. Stock. - 83 Ditto 80nd5........ 1541. pr cent. - - - Southampton •• -- . . 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - IxraTrat-urcatics. Dividend Amcunt Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---• X s. d. £ s. d. Bast London..•• ••• • • • 81. 100 0 0 - 172 Grand Junction •••• • . 21. 10s. 41 18 4 - 78 Kent........ -•••• •• 31. 103. 100 0 0 - - Lambeth .... •......• 5/. per cut. 100 0 0 - 99 New Myr Lndu Brdge , 21. 10s. - - 55 Vauxhall •••••• - - - 1 51. per cut. 100 0 0 - 100 West Middlesex . . . 61.05. pr cnt. - - 120 OAS-I.IGNT AND CORE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - -- -....... Z. s. d. Z. s. d. British .. •• ••..•• •• • . 17. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14 Ditto Provincial.... 11. 85. 20 0 0 19 0 0 18 Bristol .. -- • • .... •• 101. per cent. 20 0 0 - - Brighton ••--• • • • .. 51. per cent. 1 20 0 0 - 16 City of London .. •• • • 101. 1 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 ContinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share 50 0 0 39 5 0 25 Equitable.......• •• • • 455. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 32 Imperial ....... ••• •• 6/. per cent.' 50 0 0 50 0 0 66% Independent .......•• 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 61 London .. .. .......... - 50 0 0 80 0 0 1254 Ditto .... .. .. .... .. - 50 0 0 50 0 25 Phoenix . ............ 51. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 24 'Latent!" - . ........ 5/. ,100 0 0 90 0 0 75 United General ...• •• 041. pr cent.' 50 0 0 50 0 0 1214 Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 44 Ditto, New •• •• •• - 125. 50 0 0 10 0 0 914 C11.87A.1.5. Ntunes of .., !Dividend ; ; Price. Names of : ... per Companies. .0 a per 1 Companies. Y 3 \ . Di __ viend _d Plic Prior. "Lumina. m Annum .1 1 m -- --. £ X Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. - Macclesfield. 100 t 21. 10s. - Barnsley.. • • 160 121. 180 Neath .• •• • • 100 181. 340 larknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 185 Birmingham 35 1 41. 80 Peak Forest. 78 31. 185. - Coventry..• • 100 1 25/. 210 Regent's.... 33 ii, 52, 1133 s Derby • • -1100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 41. 54 Ensnire&Chsll33' 565. 41 Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 130 Erewash . ..1100 321. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 61. p. c. - GrandJunctnlloo 51. 80 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 310 GrandSurrey,loo, 21. 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Grand Union '100: 11. 10s. 24 Stourbrldge.. 145 201. 285 Grantham .. 1501 - - Severn andl 26 11.05• - ECenut & Avn 39, 7s. 6d. 5% Wye Rail.j Ikeda. Livrp 100, 301. 320 Warwick& 1 41. 50 Leicester ..• •1140 51. 63% Rirming. 3 1 00 . ..eicstr &Nth' 83 41. 45 Warwick& Loughborogh'l42 701. 650 Napton..l 100 31. 41 lionmouthshlloo, 81. - Worcstr &1 7 8 21. 41 Nintgainryshlloo - - Birming. j Nieltnliwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks - 11. 10 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Prior. Annum. Share. -- - _ --., £ a. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 193 'laledonlan Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% Clydesdale Bank ••-• • 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12% Jommercial Bank ...• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 152 Eastern Bank .... •• • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 9/. 7s "Idinbiz Glasgow Bank 6/. per cent. 50 0 50 0 5% Exchange Bnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 go Me of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13% North of Scotlandßank 41. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.175. North British Bank - - .... - loyal flank of Scotland M. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 116% Trcipti Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 80% Western Bank •••• • • • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 7336 therleen Fire and Life 7%1.pr cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 2% B. Accord. Lite aud Fire - 20 0 0 0 10 0 - dritish Guarantee Ins. 4'. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 105 Od ;aledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of Eng'ind Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 City of Glasgow Life.. GI. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 1141 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18% East of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 0 9s.Od. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 - Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - insur. Co. of Seetlnd• • SI. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 11. 65 Mercantile Life .. •• .. - 10 0 0 010 0 3s. 6d. ;National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 205.6 d North British Incur. •. 5% Lpr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 22% North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 175.6 d. Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 - 4cot. Mas. and Gen. Life - 1 0 0 015 0 - Scottish Union Insrnce. 6%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. II Standard Life •••• .. • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 5 0 9% United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 0 145.6 d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- -..... Z. a. d. , Z. 5. d. 1 Australian Agriculturl - 100 0 0 3O 0 0 17% A.nglo-Mexican Mint.. it. 4s. 10 0 0 110 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 ...... Canada ... • • ........ GI. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 31 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - 4 - 88 - City Navigation .... - - 90% Comp.Cppr Mars Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. &Invest. sp. c.& b 5,21100 0 0 100 0 0 90 Equitable Reversionry 51. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 Gen.SteamNavigatlon 11. Bs. 15 0 0 78 14 15 0 0 21)6 0 - London Institution ... - - 26 5 0 3 Russell Institution.... - - R ev ersionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 Penlnslr& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 1 10 5 0 0 00 0 9682 25 0 0 25 0 0 16 S ou th Australian .• •• . IL per s hare. um 00123 o 0 154 Royal m a il st ea m-. 61 18..4. p. c.. 100 0 01 60 0 0 52% Van Dieman's Land., SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY. The betting yesterday was so flat, and agreed so nearly with the prices quoted on Thursday, that a formal quotation is uncalled tor. The Flying Dutchman and Nunnykirk were steady at precisely the same odds as before, i. e. 2 to 1 and 4 to 1; 7 to 1 was laid once against Tadmor, but not more than 6 to 1 could be got at the close. Chatterer rose to 11 to 2, taken to a considerable amount, but finally offered. 20 to 1 was taken to 2001. about Vatican, 4,000 to 70 about The Old Fox, and 700 to 400 about Lord Eglinton's lot. The only mares backed for the Oaks were Clarissa and Woodlark, the former rather freely at 6 to 1, and the latter for a pony at 7 to 1. The Flying Dutchman and Elthiron were expected to reach Epsom last night. BETTING Al' MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. DERRY.-2 to 1 agst The Flying Dutchman (taken freely), 4 to 1 agst Nunnykirk (t), 6 to 1 apt Tadmor, 7to 1 agat Chatterer (take Bto 1), 15 to 1 agat Van guard, 18 to 1 agst Eltbiron, 20 to 1 agst the Knout, 25 to 1 agst Vatican, 30 to 1 agst Osterley, 35 to 1 agst Old Dan Tucker, 40 to 1 agst Montague, 50 to 1 agst The Old Fox (t), 1,000 to 10 agst Hotspur (t). OARS.-6 to 1 agst Glauca (t), 7to 1 agst Woodlark (t), 7 to 1 agst Sibter to Arkwright (t), 9 to 1 agst Clarissa, 10 to 1 agst Lady Jersey. MANCHESTER Cur.-5 to 2 agst Stabbing's lot, 7to 2 agst Inheritress (t), 7 to 2 apt Joe o'Sot (t), 7 to 1 sgst Shylock (t), 8 to 1 apt Malton (t), 8 to 1 apt Sylvan (t). LIVERPOOL CIIP.-6 to 1 apt Peep•o'day Boy (take 7 to 1), 8 to 1 agst Loupgarou (t), 10 to 1 agst Sylvan (t), 14 to 1 Kit Tophana (t). Paid. £ 4. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0