The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-25 00:00:00

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Will be performed STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Characters by Me?srs. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss Maskell and Mrs. Melfort. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called THE YELLOW DNS &BY AND THE KING OF IRE GOLD OLIVES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Will be pevformed THE LITTLE DEMON.. After which, SALLY SMART. To conclude with KING QUEER AND lIIS DAUGHTERS lIREE. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING. THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE liter which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE. ro conclude with the Ballet of KATE KEXRNEY. Mr. William Cooke announces for Whit Monday a Grand and Magnificent Chivalric Spectacle of intense interest, to be produced on a scale of unparalleled grandeur and effect, combining both stage and ring, united by the gigantic portable platform ; followed by a new and brilliant series of scenic Acts in the Arena, invented and directed by Mr. William Cooke. nox-otlice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting nana4cr. Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GAR DEN. —IT' dune GRIST. The Directors of the Royal Italian Opera feel th 3 greatest gra•ifl cation in having it in their power to announce that that iliust d.stin gnished artiste, Mute. Giulia Grist, will again app ar, for a short period, on the stage , of the Lyric Damn. The Director. , fin ling that circumstances had arisen to prevent Mme. Grisi retiring to her residence at Florence, as conternpl,ted a the :emu: t.ion f her late engagement in the Vnited States of America, aid, moreover, that she woull most probably reside in England the greater portion of the [ , resent year, naturally sought to - induce her once more - to join the corps of the Roy al Italian Opera, and were in the hope of being able to have announced their success in the pro spectus of their season arrangements. The Directors were, how ever, unable to prevail on Mme. Grisi to enter into the engagement , and immediately made propositions to another distinguished artiste to undertake the repertoire which Madame Grist, has so long Ind so honourably filled. The Directors not having succeeded is these negotiations, again applied to Mme. Grist to postpone for a short period her final retirement from the stage. Under these circumstances, Mme. Grisi, with her accustomed kindness, con sented to lend the Directors her invaluable assistance, and theya a r n e now, therefore, enabled to announce that she will sing , during engagement o f ten nights, the principal characters of her well-known re;.iertoire. TO-MORROW, Saturday, May 26, will be performed (for the 2d time this season) Donizetti's opera ' LA FAVOR I TA. Leonora Mdlle. Be!lint. Inez Baldassare ............... • - Signor Lablache. Don Gas caro Alfonso XI (His 2el appearance in that character in England]; and Fernando .................... Signor Mario (His k'ourth appearance this season). Conductor Commence at Eight.—Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be hid at the Box-office of the theatre, and of the principal mnsicsellers and ROYAL OPERA, DRURY-I A NE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will he performed NOItMA, M which Madame Arga, 'Nine 'Mag ner, rggncr Armandi, Mr Hamilton Braham, &e., will appear. To conclude witk,a,Grand Ballet Divertissement. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARIERT. Under the management of Mr. Blackstone. THIS EVENING. Will be performed GL'Y MANNERING. Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Tedder, Rogers, and Compton ; Miss Lavine, Mrs Can ine White, and Mils Cushman. After which, AGED FORTY. To conclade with the new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAYMARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cruaris Kr. Ax. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the original adaptation of Casimir_Delavigne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal haracter by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the popular Romance, in two acts, entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO ; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPM. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, WIII be performed the comedy of P XUL PRY. Principal cha. racters by Messrs. C. Sel , ly and Wright; Miss M. Keeley, ;ars. L. Murray, and Mi.s Woolgar. To be followed by THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS. To conclude'with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tags DAY —Morning 36 min.after 8 I Evening 14min art. 9 To- vfoomow—Morning 47 mtn.after 9 j Evening 15 min. art.lo THE WEATHER.—Sum Orrice, May. 25. TEINRMONZTER, IN THE SHADE. 70 —highest since noon yesterday. 52 —lowest this morning and during the night. 70 —this day. at noon. 6 BAROMETER, 29'92—rising again. - WIND, Variable and light, from S. to S.S.E. and S.E.W., with flue warm weather. HALF•PAST Two. —Wind, S.E. Blowing rather fresh, with cloudy weather. .. .1). TT , --i. ,- •',i N :6,-- L.4.,,,,,,,,y, t„,,JA, T ("fe lt ~---fr--.;='',,,V-,'-' ' , (r.,--,,,..:_,-.n.,--_---- r-,'_, -,-----___ LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 2.5, 1855. Whatever "ambiguity" there may be in the terms of the motion brought forward by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Bucks, there has been none in the language in which he has advocated its adoption, nor in the results which must follow from its adoption by the House of Commons. It is, as we yesterday stated, expressive at the same time of want of confidence in the Ministry and of censure for their evasive and truckling con duct. It then looks to the past and future, and raises the issue on which the representatives of the people must decide fairly and decisively. He asks the House, " to say in distinct lan guage that the time for negotiation has passed." He asks it to support his motion, because one of its main objects is " to put an end to the fatal union" (the nature and effect whereof he so graphically depicted) " between diplomacy and aggressive war." in this there is no " ambiguity." All is straightforward and above-board, and no independent or unprejudiced person —no man resolved to carry on the War vigorously and energetically until a just, an honourable, and probably a permanent " peace" be conquered from Russia—can possibly hesitate as to the course to be pursued. It is no mere party question. It may incidentally determine the fate of the ministry, but as the Right Hon. Gentleman preyed, beyond the possibility of doubt or misconception, that has followed ex necessitate. It could not be avoided unless the representative branch of the Legislature were contented wholly to abdicate the functions which it had so long suffered to remain in abeyance, and to convert into certainties " the dark suspicions" that have become so prevalent as to the conduct and intentions of her MAJESTY'S Government. Honourable Gentle men must now make up their minds one way or the other. There is no middle course. They can not evade the responsibility forced upon them. There is no alternative but to say " Aye" or cc N o , ' to put " an end to the diplomatic shuffling and Ministerial trifling," or to give everythinc , into the hands of Ministers, and enable them to perfect such arrangements as they think proper, founded on the Russian proposi tions, or the restoration of the status quo, what have justly been characterised as " miserable amendments " do not afford a loophole for escape. They are practically put forward in favour of th e Government, and arrayed in such vestments as to suit every taste—from that of the member of the Peace Society to the most unflinching asserter of the national honour. But it is not a time for hair splitting or quibbling on words. We might cordially concur in the amendment of the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Kidderminster if it had been brought forward as an original mo tiou.____! i had notbeen to defeat a resolution which would prod uce the results so ardently desired by the turn t country,he to el off doubtful votes, which might sea : n i favour of an E ng li s h p o li c y, but which, i n eo uzeue in the same list with ethereof; would be recorded thoseeelitesof the Members for Manchester, th e P c and the o th er a d voca t es for a disgraceful and t ccdodge" is doubtless veryll°inragr:r peace. Tire enious. I 6 i s what our transatlantic bietbr en tarreat'e smart;" n but it cannot succeed, nor s h o w d Honourable Gentlemen be suffered t o indt Ige ‘ in the "ostrich fancy" that b ecause t " , close their own ey es to the conse q ue nces, their CeT stituents will likewise be hoodwinked or deceived. \ Never did Mr. DISRAELI produce sounder or more conclusive arguments than last night. Never was his eloquence more inspiring—his diction more brilliant. He shock off, for the time being, the trammels by whi.is fettered party, the oligarch ical influences Wh he s fettered and restrained, and wits indeed th . man of the people," boldly and in difituntly de nouncing the truckling and co.atempti ble policy so long pursued, and which has le 1 to so many injurious c Insequences so lavish an expenditure of blood and treasure. So far as the nation was concerned there was no necessity for apologising fur bringing on the motion. His excuses should have been alto gether of a different description—for suffering himself to be at all influenced by a dread of the " vulgarimputations " which mi g ht be cast upon his motives. By unprejudiced and right minded citizens out of the House, and not en gaged in the strife of party, looking to men rather than measures, he will never be blamed for bringing on his motion, and thus boldly grappling with the difficulty, but he may be cen sured for so long postponing an obvious duty— for yielding even a tacit assent to " the abnegation ofits functions " by the assembly of which he is a leading member. His keen and searching exposure of the Minis terial policy, his unsparing dissection of the Vi ennese humbug, was perfectly conclusive. It could not be refuted. Even a plausible answer could not be put forward. The ex-Plenipoten tiary—the man who took so prominent a part in stimulating the warlike ardour of the people —who, after using as " prove ords " as :ancient Pistol, was still willing to swallow the Muscovite leek, who exhibited an uncalled for subservience to Russia in his admis sions, and adopted the practice of Ministers at St. Petersburg by using one description of lan guage for his own people, and another of very different tenour and effect for Europe, was scari fied by the vigorous assailant. The attack in duced Lord J. RUSSELL to speak, and made Minis, ters abandon the course which they seem dis posed to follow for themselves as well as for the nation—viz., to let their honour and safety rest in the hands of auxiliaries rather than defend them by their own personal exertions. Lord J. RUSSELL, being compelled to rise, made one re markable admission, which fully confirms what we have so long asserted, and which clearly proves the absurdity of further delay. The Noble Lord declared that he did " not expect that Austria is prepared, in the present state of the question, to take an immediate part in the War against Russia with us." Why, then, fur ther procrastinate ? All this time we have been "waiting for Austria "—have been cajoled by fond, but illusory, hopes that she would fulfil her promises and act an honest and straightforward part. These expectations are, however, frus trated. That point is established on the highest authority. What, then, are we now " waiting " for? What can be theutility of further negotiation? The admission should prove decisive, as to the motion, with every man who is not prepared to sacrifice his country for the sake of party—to destroy the prestige of the - United Kingdom, and seriously injure her vast interests for the sake of obtaining some of the crumbs of patronage that fall from the Ministerial table. Let these things be pondered well by every man who wishes to retain a character for independence before he absents himself from the division, or walks into the lobby in support of Ministers. Another important revelation has been made. Mr. GLADSTONE now stands forward as the avowed supporter of the Peace-at-any-price policy, and the rumours which have been circulated as to the alliance between the Peelites and the Peace Society are painfully confirmed. Let, then, every man be at his post this night, when the fate of the country for good or evil must be finally determined . The Administrative Reform Associations will be glad to observe that upon the case of the rejec tion at Woolwich of the scholars of tried merit from Trinity College, Dublin, and admitted the substitution of patronage appointments, Mr. JAMES HEYWOOD has given notice of a motion for an address recommending that the appointments there shall in future be adjudicated to merit as tested by public competitive examinations. The Order , in Council, and the appointment of Mr. EDWARD RoMILLY, the declared advocate of aristocratical selections, should also be brought under the notice of the House, although the case of the rejections at Woolwich will, by taking a division, serve the objects of the local associations in distinguishing the real friends of appointments or promotions for merit. IThe Order in Council, it is to be observed, goes out of the way to declare that the Examining Board "shall not make any alteration in the no mination, or appointment of candidates by those who are or may be charged with the duty of no. mination or appointment." That is to say, the patronage nominations are retained to Messrs. HAYTER and WILSON, and to all those political chiefs of the class who, according to the testimony of Mr. JAMES STEPHEN himself, "to gratify their " political, domestic, or private feelings, have brought the service into its present con dition of a clear majority of dangerously unfit appointments. But yet it may be said the candidates will now be submitted to an examination, directed by an in dependent board. This independency in the sense of impartiality we have shown to be impeachable. Assume them, however, to be impartial ; grant that the examiners are, what they will not be, under existing arrangements, qualified to examine' as to the chief specialities of the several depart ments. The best examinations, without competi tion, can only be what are called "pass examina tions," and it is proved upon the experience of li specially qualified examiners, whose general inde pendence, probity, and impartiality are undoubted, namely, in the examinations for medical degrees, that these pass examinations are grossly defective. So much is this so, that from whatsoever places diplomas have been obtained upon the ordinary examinations without competition and publicity, the army and navy medical authorities re-examine the candidates. These re-examinations—not in themselves competitive—are most exceptionably lax, yet the rejection of from one-third to one half of the candidates is by no means unfre quent. Notwithstanding the diplomas of M.D. obtained by " pass examinations," it is shown that medical men take care to re-exajuine candidates for appointments to dispensaries. In France competitive examinations (or the con cours) alone are depended upon. An article on the Army Medical Arrangements in the last num ber of the Medico-Chirurgical Review, gives the prevalent professional impression on the necessity of introducing the concours in the medical insti tutions of this country ; and to this, after the cer tain failure of the worthless plan now proposed, the civil services must come. •No doubt pass examinations will serve to prevent such scan dalous appointments as those described by Mr. CHADWICK and others—such as of people incapable of numbering or of writing, and utterly worth less. But Sir JAMES STEPHEN, who well knows the difference between pass examinations and competitive examinations, or examinations for honours at Cambridge, saw at once in Sir CHAS. TREVELYAN'S plan for competitive examination, that it would be destructive to the incumbency of those mediocrities in the public service for which he sets up his profligate plea. "But why, in the choice of clerks, are learning and ability, and whatever else they imply, to have this in• variable precedence? In the dull details of public office, there are many which the learned and able A will not accomplish a whit better than the ill-informed and cam neon-place B—nor perhaps so well. Surely, mediocrity and even dullness—the lot of the vast majority—have some claims, which are as well entitled to regard as are those of learning and ability. It is not without some reason that, in all other pursuits in life, patronage exercised in the spirit of nepotism is made the shelter of the weak and otherwise helpless." To these appeals, which are sounded in chorus from the Home-office, from the Board of Trade, and from all the older offices, the present ar rangement is a satisfactory assurance that the reign of dullness and mediocrity shall not be dis turbed. The answer to them by Mr. Joir..N "MILL Will now be for the consideration of the Adminis trative Reform Associations. I "In the preceding observations," Mr. Mill says, " I benefit if h p a ro v p e o a s s e s d u i rn s e i d,. as requiring . no ihat the object duties of the itself desirable ; that it would be a public composed of th e WhLiplublic service, or. all that part of it the who could be are of an intellectual character, were atnatost intelligent and instructed persons maintain a contra meted to it. If there be any who fop, doctrine , and say that the world is not made only crity also ought to l r a .flo't ability, and that media- Ye share in it, I answer, cer . . _ PRE SUN ) Iztl.lv4.l)oM, FRIDAY EVEN iNei l _MAY '2s► 185 b. tainly, but not . in managing the affairs of the state. ' of a measure by which 150,0001. a year, or Mediocrity should betake itself to those things in which few besides its: if will be imperitled by its deficiencies,— 'more, of voluntary taxation have been sacrificed. The Bill, however, is to pass, and w e would nut mechanical labour, or the mechattical siiperinteedeeee have drawn attenti .a to the second re ei int.; but t o n t' labour,l occupations as necessary as any others, and which no person of sense considers disparaging. There for the higher tune of Ministers in the Upper will be, assuredly, ample space for the mediocrities, in House. Much must he allowed for the venti employments which require only mediocrity, when all who are beyond mediocrity have found the employment lation measures undergo in their principles and in which their talents can be of most use." bearings before they reach the He aie of Lords ; In the preceding observations we have assumed still, with every allowance, the tone of that House that the arrangements which the appointment of of late years will, generally speaking, suffer Mr. EDWARD ROMILLY, a declared enemy to the nothing in comparison with that of the Commons. principle of competitive examinations, proves to And, in this instance, few will be disposed to be untrustworthy, are entirely truthful, and that deny that the views of Lord CANNING, expressed the majority of the candidates are to be sub• in his speech on the question, are more in har jected to a real, though an inferior and pass mony with the intelligence of the age than those examination. But let the following provision of of his colleagues in the Lower House. the order in council be considered—" And it is hereby ordered that, in case the chief of any de partment," meaning thereby any political chief, e.g., not the permanent chief as a Mr. ROWLAND HILL, but E. Lord CLANRICARDE, chief of the Post-office, or any one else for the time being, " considers it desirable to appoint to any situation for which there are no prescribed limits of age"— ' that is to say, for the greater part of the field of jobbing appointments—" a person of mature age, having acquired special qualifications in other pursuits, such person shall not, in virtue of this order, be required to obtain any certificate of competency from the said commissioners" (even of the minimum of qualifications for pass appoint ments of the lowest grade), "in order to obtaining such appointment ; but the chief of the depart ment shall cause the appointment of any person not previously examined to be formally recorded as having been made on account of special quali' fications." Who does not see that specialities of qualifica tions may be, and will be, made out for the most worthless and profligate appointments. Thus a record would be made out for Mr. LAWLEY, that he was of mature age, " that he had acquired a knowledge of human nature"—(in dealing on the turf with blacklegs and gamblers)—" that he had great experience in monetary transactions " (in trafficking with stock-jobbers whilst he was a private secretary of the Chancellor of the Exche quer), " and that he had, therefore, been chosen as a chief clerk in the financial department." Expe rience in the turf and in betting, though he had lost, were actually brazened out in the House of Commons, as .no bad qualification for a Colonial Governorship. This order in council affords an example of the extreme importance at this time of the appoint ment on general and local committees on Adminis trative Reform of conscientious men of business, unconnected as much as possible with the leading parties contending for mere patronage, who may scrutinise and report on such proceedings to the constituencies. By them it will be perceived that the order examined is not a fair statesman-like measure, but a rejection of the vital principle of those whom CARLYLE designates as the most im portant class of reformers, the " esoteric men," who are Administrative Reformers ; that it is in the guise of " a step in advance," a deliberate adoption of the precise course contended for by the " esoteric men," who are declared enemies of the first principles of Administrative Reform ; and that it is a low dodge and a screen to the worst parts of the present system of patronage. Men of business will see that the pass examinations proposed will be no better than the pass ex aminations already instituted, the nature and results of which are well described by Mr. AN DERSON, the principal clerk for the financial busi ness at the Treasury:— " The practice hitherto adopted has been to throw upon the executive officer at the head of each office the odium of rejecting the nominee of the Treasury, or of his immediate superior in office, and of justifying such rejection by the results of an examination, the extent of which is in a great measure left to his own discretion. The consequences of this practice are precisely those whisa might be expected. A disinclination to injure the prospects of a young man on the fihresho!d of his career, and the desire to avoid the chance of a collision with his patrons, generally secure to every candidate of doubtful acquirements the most indulgent consideration of his deficiencies ; and although he may be wanting in those qualifications which would give an assurance of his becoming in time,fit for the higher duties of the de parcrnen!, his competency to perform the lowest quality of duty in the office to which he has been nominated will, in most cases, secure him against rejection. . . I o ill mention a circumstance within my own experience which occurred in a large department of account, and which strikingly illustrates the consequences of a defi cient exatnination. During the early period of toy ser vice, the commissioner at the head of a large department was desirous of introducing improvements in the mode of keeping the accounts of his office—improvements as urgently pressed upon hie notice by the defective state of the accounts themselves, as by the increased demands of Parliament for information which his books could imperfectly supply. Having had some experience himself, before he was appointed to office, of the system by which commercial men reduce to order the large and varied operations of trade, he determined upon applying the principles of that sys tem to the public accounts of his department ; but although he had a large establishment of clerks almost wholly employed in the business of accounts to select from, he could not find . one who was sufficiently conver sant with the scientific principles of accounts to carry out his plans of improvement. If the system which he proposed to introduce had been one of modern invention, or only partially known, such a result might have been accounted for, but it was one which for a long period has` l been in almost universal practice in this and other countries for all accounts of any magnitude, and which must have been co-existent with commerce itself.. . . It must not be supposed that the mischief of admitting ill-qualified persons into departments of account is limited to the inconvenience of a defective plan of ac count. The security which the system itself ought to provide is supplied by creating departments of check, or by other complicated contrivances, which being further involved by legislation founded on them, render the pub lic accounts unintelligible to all but the few to whom they have become familiar by long prac tice. A stricter examination of persons ad. mitted to clerkships would, moreover, be produc tive of economy. Every person who has bad ex. perience in conducting a large office will admit that, if all were really efficient, not only would the business be better and more expeditiously done, but it would be probably executed by two-thirds of th.,, number of clerks at present employed." —Blue Book, pp. 235, 236. At the Gloucester meeting on Administrative Reform, one of the best which has yet been held, the Conservatives came forward cordially iu its support. Their journal observes : " Lord Derby showed clearly how restricted is the limit for the selection of the members of an Administra tion ; certain offices must be filled by members of the Lords, others again by those of the Commons, and these out of a section of both houses ; while the avocations of able men engaged in mercantile pursuits, and the indif ference of others to official drudgery, still narrow the space, and leave the Premier in a perplexity when he is looking out for men of ability and influence. " This is a specimen of the difficulties surrounding Administrative Reform ; but then, again, no one denies that a strong, able Ministry would apply itself to re organise, to consolidate, to put in working order every department of the State. Mr. Disraeli promised this should be done • he and his colleagues had investigated the subject, and were ready for the task. Red tape, routine, intermicable letters, pert clerks, obstinate officials, and independent ' heads,' were all to be re duced into the moderate compass and working efficiency of such vast establishments as Lindsay's, Peto's, and Scott Russell's, where all books are simple, every man up to and not above his work, all complicity avoided, and order and regularity enforced." On Mr. HEYWOOD'S motion, Mr. DISRAELI will have an opportunity of showing what he really intended. If it really were to bring up the management of the public business and revenue up to the efficiency and economy the great object of Administrative Reformers was intended, and that will be the best shown by the recognition of the best of the tried and approved means. LATEST NEWS. RENEWAL OF THE VIENNA CONFERENCES. VIENNA, FRIDAY MORNING. A Conference will be held to-morrow, without the Russian Plenipotentaries ; and aitother on Monday, at which those Plenipotentiaries will probably b 3 present. _ . BERLIN, MAY 24. The Gazette Prussienne says that the new con ditions proposed through the mediation of Austria are: A special treaty determining the number of ships, Russian and Turkish, that shall be per. mitted to navigate the Black Sea. France and England to have the right to main• tain two ships of war each in the Bosphorus. The Porte to communicate to the Allied Powers any treaty concluded with Russia. BERLIN, THURSDAY. Advices from St. Petersburg to the 19th state that all the fortified harbours in the Bay of Finland have been declared in a state of siege. Seven prizes taken by the English arrived at Elsinore on the 22d. Official information has reached the British Consul at Elsinore that the Russian Government had given orders to sinks all their men-of-war at Cronstadt, except eight sail of the line. The second reading of the Newspaper Stamp Bill last evening in the Lords will hardly excite more interest in the country than it did in that House. Besides the noble mover, the only Peer who spoke on the occasion was Lord MONTEAGLE, who opposed the measure, without, however, going to a division. The fact is, it was felt the bill was " hooked" to pass, its chief opponents having tacitly accepted it in its amended state rather than experience any longer the injurious uncertainty and suspense which the ill-advised procedure of the Chancellor of the Exchequer had so largely occasioned. It is hardly necessary for us to express an en tire concurrence in the views of Lord MONTEAGLE as to the impolicy of the measure in a financial point of view. It is sufficiently notorious that there was no urgent call for its adoption ; and this admitted, the heavy increase of taxation during the year disposes of the question of policy. Most of those who are paying an increased amount for their coffee and sugar, to say nothing of other taxation, will find it difficult to realise the wisdom FRANCE. PARIS, Thursday Evening.—The following pri vate telegraphic despatches have been received here to-day : " VIENNA, 23d.—The Austrian Correspondence con firms a report of the speedy resumption of the Confer ences, and mentions the 26th as the day when they will probably re-open. Prince Gortschakoff is suffering from fever. It is positively stated that the Government is about to send Count de Rechberg to Frankfort with in struotions to propose to the Diet to give orders for the Federal contingents to hold themselves in readiness to march." '• BERLIN, 2 9 d, Evening.—The Prussian Gazette announces that the last propositions of mediation sent by Austria to the Western Powers, state in substance that, by a separate treaty between Russia and Turkey, concluded independently of the ;:o-operation of the Western Powers, the two nations should stipulate for the number of vessels of war which each may keep up in the Black Sea. The treaty was moreover to mention that the Western Powers shall always be allowed to have two vessels of war m the Black Sea. The Porte is to be charged to make known this separate treaty to the Allied Powers as soon as it shall have been con cluded." "MADRID, 23d.—Yesterday evening, 70 men belong ing to a cavalry regiment at Saragossa revolted. They , went through the streets crying—' Long live the Kin. The General sent some troops and national guards in pursuit of them. It is a Carlist movement." BOURSE, MAY 24.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 93 30 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 69 69 10 Credit Mobilier BO2 50 Roman Credit Foncier 530 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese... B6 Home Debt RAILWAYS-I'OR CASH. fr. c. fr. Orleans Western 672 50 Rouen Cette Mediterranean 1097 50 Havre SSO Northern „. . 895 Cherburg RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 15th and 17th of May. The Invalide Russe publishes the following : "On the 20th of April (2d of May) Aide-de-Camp General Chornoutoff inspected the state of the fortifica tions and of the garrisons of Novorossiisk and of Anapa. He found them in good order, and the troops full of zeal and ready to receive the enemy. Novorossiisk has not suffered much damage from the attack male upon it by the Allies on the 28th of February (12th of March). `• Aide-de-Camp General Chornoutoff concludes his report by announcing that the enemy's fleet, consisting of 48 vessels of all sizes, showed itself on the 23d of April (sth of May) off Boughaze, advancing very slowly at about 8 werstes from the coast. The fleet disap peared between 1 and 2 p.m. " According to the last telegraphic despatch from Aide-de•Camp General Prince Gortschakoff the fleet has returned to Sebastopol with the troops it had on board.' "THE TORPID HANDS" OF THE ENGLISH GOTERXMENT. Some time ago Professor Wheatstone invented an import Int instrument, or means, by au electric wire attached to a gun and a target, of measuring with a de gree of accuracy never before attained the time occu pied in the flight of projectiles. Fer the improvement of ordnance practice it is acknowledged to be an inven tion of great value. Before the war broke out it was adopted in Russia, and used for experimental trials ; it was also adopted in Prussia, where the artillery practice is reputed to be the best in the world, and records are printed of the experimental results obtained by its use. It is now , we are informed, about to be adopted by the Board of Ordnance ! Two tons of clothing for the Grenadier Guards in the Crimea arrived yesterday at Southampton, to be sent out in the steam-transport Orinoco. The screw-ship Severn is finished, and will be the next vessel launched from her Majesty's Dockyard, Chatham. She carries fifty guns. The sum paid since the Ist of January for expense of transport from Marseilles alone to the East, and for purposes connected with the war, amounts to 17,000,000 f. The Fulminante, the third gun-boat, constructed by M. Normand, at Havre, was launched on the 20th inst. Shortly after the operation she was taken in tow by the Neptune and brought into the principal basin, where she is to be furnished with her engines. The fourth and last gun-boat, the Avalanche, is to be launched next week. THE PENINSULAR MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Night.—By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, Captain Christian, we have dates from Gibraltar, May 16 ; Cadiz, 17 ; Lisbon, 19 ; Oporto, 20 ; and Vigo, 21. The Iberia brings in all 74 passen gers, among whom are the Duke and Duchess de Ne mours and suite and the officers of the General Screw Company's wrecked ship Natal, •27 packages of specie, value about 11,0001. sterling, and a cargo consisting of dates, wines, potatoes, eggs, &c. In Portuguese poli tics no novelty bad occurred. The Gibraltar news has been anticipated by the arrival of the mail steam-ship Euxine. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—PLYMOUTH, Thursday.— The barque Foss Smit, Captain Swart, which left Ade laide on the Ist of FeLruary, with copper ore and wool, for London, has arrived in the Channel. She touched at the Cape, and left on the 4th of April. The Cape Par liament, which was in session, is said to be negotiating with the Home Government for the re-establishment of a steam postal service. The Kaffirs are quiet. The tram road is not yet commenced. More wool will be ex ported this year than was ever known. Tonnage is scarce. GROOM'S TULIP SHOW.—We yesterday attended the private view of Mr. Groom's annual show of tulips, at his grounds, Clapham-rise, and we may say, in limine, that we do not remember for several years seeing his splendid show of this empress of flowers in such excel lent condition. The main bed, which is 150 feet long,and covered by an ample awning the whole length, contains no fewer than 2,000 of the most beautiful and newest varieties of tulips, of the richest colours and finest shapes, forming a perfect treat to the eye of the amateur, and not less pleasing to those who are simply admirers of the well-contrasted hues and symmetrical outlines of a choice bed of favourite flowers. There was a very nu merous attendance of the nobility present. The horolodge of the clock tower, at the new Houses of Parliament, will, when erected, afford its keepers twJ hours' work a week in winding it up CRYSTAL PALACE, THURSDAY.-- ONE SHILLING DAY. —Admissions on payment, 4,768 ; ditto by season ticket., 513 ; total visitors, 5,281. Return of admis sions fur siK days ending May 19, 1855.—Num' , er mitt.2d, including season ticket-holders, 27,298. Amount received for admissions, 1,2004. 3s. Mr. E. L. Morgan, of the Rose and Crown, Wands• worth, has alien in his possession, of the Shanghai breed, whose eggs weigh from 51 to 7 ounces. RETURN VISIT TO THE PREFECT OF THE SEINE.— Yesterday Alderman Humphtry, Alderman Salomon, Sir H. Muggeridge ' Slr C. D. Cro s l ey ( t h e sheriff,,), Deput7 Dakin, M r . Hoyd, Mr. J. Wood, Mr. Harker, Mr. D. Nicoll, Mr. Anderton, Mr. Turnley, and Mr. Fuller, were elected by the Court of Common Council a deputation from the Corporation of the City of London to visit the Prefect of the Seine. Corin Novice.. Usurer.. • - " - X 1f , 44 OKV t 44, as 21` j • . Ot‘f," 41 , ,r , s ik, 4 EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE OAKS. MARCHIONESS 1 BLOOMING HEATHER C A.PUCINE 3 Eleven ran—Nettle fell. MEMBERS' PLATE. Radul phus Chisel Five ran. RAILWAY PLATE. Rosaline Radulphus Englemere Seven ran. FOAL STAKES. Escape Herald . Dr. Cooke Five ran. FOREIGN VISITORS' PLATE Professor Airey Torn Burke, Three ran. DERBY AND OAKS STAKES. Gossip . 1 1 St. 2 10 ~ 1 St. ~ 2 20 n St. 1 2 3 Nine ran. LATEST BETTING. OAKS. 6to 4 agst Nettle 4to 1 agst Capucine 4to 1 agst Blooming Heather 6to 1 agst Clotilde Bto 1 agst Chalice MONEY MARKET AND Co I/MEM/AL INT ELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, 25 closed with a firm and steady appearance. Prices were steadily maintained at the advance obtained ' on Wednesday of d. to id. per lb. The sales amounted to 15,000 bales ; none were taken for export, and 7,000 on speculation. The Railway Share Market was quiet, closing without feature. Business this week in Colonial Produce has been 11 dull, owing to the occurrence of the " Derby day," which was observed as a holiday. Early in the week sugar was in demand, and in several instances 6d. per cwt. dearer. The supply of coffee has been limited, and the quotations have tended upwards. Native good ord. has ruled at 475. 6d. per cwt. Rice has met with ready purchasers at enhanced rates. Spices generally have been steady. Cochi neal has declined Id. per lb., and rum has been supported. Tallow has ruled quiet. Messrs. D. Bell, Sun, and Co. report that during the week there has been more activity in the mar ket for American Securities : Redeemable. Per Cent. United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...1064 1074 United States 6 per Cent. Inscribed Stock . 1867-1868...106 107 New York State 5 p. Cent. Bonds 1858-1860... 90 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Inscribed Stock ... 78 79 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 84 85 Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1868...100 101 Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 92 93 Alabama 5 per Cent. iSterl. Bonds) 1858-9-66... 83 84 Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 86 87 Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 87 88 LOANS OF CITIES. Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1857-1865... 83 New Orleans 6 per Cent. Bonds 1893... 80 Do. do. do. 1874... 78 Do. do. do. 1884... 72 RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Bonds 1875... 67 68 Michigan Central 8 per Cent. Bonds Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster ling Bonds) 1859... 95 Pennsylvania Contra 16 p. Cent. Mortgage Bonds 1880... 88i 89i - New York and Erie 7 p. Cent., 2d Mort gage, Convertible 1859... 90 92 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage, Convertible 1883... 84 86 N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 79 81 N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund . 79 80 Public Securities have been very firm, and it is stated that Ministers calculate upon a majority of 100, or rather more than they reckoned yester day, owing to a defection of some 15 members from Opposition ranks. The abundance of money mainly supports prices. Consols have been 90 1 , to 911 for transfer and account. The New 3 per Cents. bring 90g- to ' 3 and the Reduced 89,- 7 to 90k. Bank Stock is firm at 209 k. The Omnium has touched 3 premium. Exchequer Bills are up to 12s. and 15s. premium, and the new Terminable Annuities to 16a and 11-16ths. The public sales of wool have concluded, and the prices obtained have been very satisfactory. Foreign. Stocks are not so buoyant as Consols. Turkish Bonds are 77A I, Mexican have dropped to 22- and 215. Russian Fives are 99 to /. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 62- to 71; Mexi can, 22 to 224 ; Peruvian, 67 to 69 ; ditto Three per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 42 to 44 ; =Russian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18k to 181 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 37 to 31 ; Ditto Certificates, 4 to 41 ; Ditto Passive, 3,1 to 41. Railway shares are firm for the English lines, and the Bombay and Baroda and the Scin.de are higher. The Foreign Mines are in moderate request. The Joint Stoelk Banks are rather tending up wards ; and in the Miscellaneous Shares more is doing. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (From the Otjicial List.) • Bn qiness done Bank Stock .. ... 2091 3 per Cant. Reduced. Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. An unities Long Annuities, Exp:re sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Ex piro sth April, 1885 16i 11-16 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO lB Consols ?or Account, 30th May 9l. 90,1 18 1 4 Omnium Exchequer Bills, 21d. 21000 ,........ ...... 15 12 £5OO l2 Small Ditto Advertised 4 7 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 991 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent &Uzi= 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811 . Ditto, IS4B, 3 per Cent Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 99t 9 Russian Bonds, 46 per Cent Ditto Small Fordinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. furkish Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account Ditto Small Dividends on the above payable i n London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gu11...... Ditto 4 per 0311 D. Certifleates 93 THREE O'CLOCK. 91i 911 Consols Ditto, May Account , LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 25.—Wind and weather this day at noon, S. ; light airs, and clOudy, with wan n weather. PORTSMOUTH, May 24.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived — Empress Eugenia, from Ceylon. riled—H.M.S. Corn wallis, Pembroke, 'lnnings, Hawl and Retribution ; City of Norwich (s. transport), for G rimsby. SOUTHAMPTON, May 21.—Arrive d—lberia (s.), from Gibraltar. PLYMOUTH, May 24.—Wind, 1 W.S.W. Arrived— Vivandiere, from Monte Video. FALMOUTH, May 24.—Wind, S. Arrived—Elizabeth, from Akyab; Phcenix, Porto Ries; Toss Smet, Adelaide, S.A. ; Alma and Algoa, Akyab, and Hailed for Hamburg. COWES, May 24.—Wind, S. Al 7 rivett — Cybele, from Canton, for Rotterdam ; Atalanta, ahia. (PER ELECTRIC TELEG RAPH.) LIVERPOO L, Friday Morning. Find, S.S.E. Arrived—Colombia; from Akyab; A9trea and Revere, Callao; Triumphant, Palermo; Yuez - de Castro, Lisbon; Min tor, Santander. Wind, S. QUEI :NST OWN , M ay 23. Arrived—Plymouth, from Mobile J. Hughes, Maza gan ; Marchioness of Breadalane, San ba Cruz. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH !TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 11.17 A.M. Wind, S.E. ; tide, one hours' ebb ; weather, fine. Arrived, May 28-ITenheim, from Calcutta. Arrived, May 25—Port Jackson. Shanghai ; Ca lypso, Jamaica ; Princess Royal, Vat icouver's DEAL,. Friday, 10.9 a.m. Wind, calm. Passed—Palestine, from New Yo.fic ; Trebizond, from Alexandria; City of Manchester, Callao; Daphne, Bom bay—all for London. Sailed—Duke of Northumberland, fc , r Cuba. .6 TA A .R, .E Al A R .K.E TS (T II I S D A' Y.) 53.A..:LW1 S:. :~%.tL~?AY: Chpitt,g Prices thi, day. 4one this day. LOO I uertiecti t3ml; g. Nottng. Bost. and Bastn. all Belfast & Ballymena. all airming, Wolrerh. Stour Valley 292 Birkenhcl. Lancsh. & Cheihire Junet all Do. Chesh. dr Birk., £5O and 225 Cons. 19 Do., £2O all myth SLTynt ongma £25 (AO. at £45, 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 Caledonian. 161 s. (Carmarthen and Car all Idigan Chester & Holyhead all I Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass 16 Cornwall 1 Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&A.bei deen Junction all Do. New . 00 East Anglian all Eastern Counties LOO Eastern Union, A Stock ......... ..... • 10C D., B. Stock 8 :') Do., New A LOO East Lancashire LOG Edinburgh& GlasgoNN all Edinb. and Peebles. 1.00 Edin.Prth &flunde , I Forth & Clyde June all ,Furness all IDo. Extension.—... 00 Glasgow &S. Westeri (X) Great Northern LOO Do., A. Stock 00 Do., B. Stock ... . L)0 Gt. Sth. &West.(fre.., LOO Great Western LOO Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 1 - 4 3 Do., Thirds 7 Do. Now Thirds 100 Lancash.and i ZorkF 4, Do., Wst. Riding MI all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal 100 Loud. Bright & S.Cst 100 Lond. and N. Westn 16 Do. Fifths 54 NOR 5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndnarry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. na Linclu Do. Shares, No. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. !Midland _ _ Do. Birmng. & D erla G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Connties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Pureh, Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New £lO N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Wostrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford, Worcestor, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central . Scottish Midland Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. de Riv. Dun Do Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Sto7kton & Hartlepl. Taff Vale . Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 171verstono & Lanes Vale of Neath Waterfil. & Kilkenny WaterforddiLimericA West Cornwall.. , West End of London and Crystal Palace West London. ,Wimbledn &Croydon 23 2i 22 - 23 4i - 4i ••••• H. 81 - 81 14 - 13 1 14, 1 5 1 9 8 d ... - 85 -87 63 - 63,4 14?, 7 - 9 - 5 - 6i 114 15 11 a 31 - 23 21 - 23 75 56 58 2d par 19 20 68 - 70 91 - JL 77 - 78 125 - 1' 7 96 -98 67 6Th 58 - 62 71 - 75 6 - 8 79 - 794 8 100 101 1001 100 id par tid B'i 83. 9 8 8 7d'' 25 - 251 7} - 8i 7ii -71 i 41 - 43 Dise .r.. ... 10 - 3 1?„; - 2 5 = 5 29 ... 30 74 75 61 4 34 131 131 49, 1 i sq. 48 50 d par id 4 4P,( 6 6i 1 d rar 28 - 30 101 -- 103 67 -- 6 9 46 -- 48 124 - 13, 60 1 -61 E 28 -- 29 5 -- 3 1 3 -- -1 37 - 39 20 2 31 - 22 - 21 7 - 8 FOREIGN. Antwerp&ltottcrdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessac Bombay,l3a.roda, and Central India,Scrip Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France . Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c. Do. Ey,`,ension Do. 4l p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of Cana.da,A is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. Do. New 5 per cent. Do. Extensions...... Do. d 0... Great Luxembourg ' Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p. c pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New . Namur do Liege (with, interest) - Do. (ex interest) Northern of,France. D 0.20 /. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquolines guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 2211. dur. 68 yrs. from 1 Jan, 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. She. ) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans , Paris and Rouen._ Par isCaen dr Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre Royal Danish _ _ RoialSwerligh:: Sambre and Sien;o..: Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. Scind3 Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders....... Do 5.i per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-Si Australasia. British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chart& Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China City . Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Chart Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New London and County Loudon Joint Stock Gond. & Westminstei National Provincial of England Do. New National of Irolantd Now South Wales .)riental Bank of Corporation erovincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp C 0.... 3onth Australia Union of Australia Do. Now CinioO of 1ard01),,,,i - 71 21 - 2i 4 -- 3 ... - ..x 1p - 34 - 2R - 3# - 35 - 9p 251 64 - 51 18 - 19 51 - 56 94 - 96 2e, 2a, - $P - 5i 24 - 2R 2i - 38 21 - 101 -- 103 107 -- 109 110 -- 112 101 • 103 21i 22 110 - 112 ... at. 4i - 5? i - 2 - 5 2 - 6 - 6. 35i -35 f f3i -- 13; 7; - lii 26 -26 p 47 - 49' 41 - 43 22 7 P r 3 d iP 2 - 14(1 8 -8i 24 _ 2 f l ; ••• - pm 31 4 d 7 7aPl 18 - Thi 8i 2i p BANKS. 82 - 84 i.•• ••• d --. par ...d 17 - 18 '2l 22 par 1 p s• • • 32 :_. 34 40 - 42 71 - 73 8 - 9 ••• !LT, .. 0 34 ;5 all all tt. 1100 5 all 2s S2s h. 100 !t. 100 i 0 all 15 all ‘ll 15 233 SO 8 . 0 ,0 all 3t. 100 0 31 M. 100 .6 all L 6 all 8 all 8 all 5 2O 5 13 i 0 all It. 100 i 0 all LO all LO 31 20 17; 20 all 10 all 10 1 st. I too 20 8 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 50 a'l St. 1)0 50 all 20 15 20 5 20 lA 25 al 161 St. 100 10 9 St. 100 LO all 20 all 50 all ?,0 all 10 5 .0 all LO 171 s. [0 all 5 4 .°,O 10 .?0 2s. 7'jl all ;0110 ;0 I all ;0 I 10 IO all :5 15 :5 all 0 I all 5 j all 5 1 5 2 5 all 4 all Vlq all 51 an 0I 10 ',O 14 !O 10 33i 31i LO all !O all . 0 .0 all ~6 all !O all Mall 0 I all ;Ci all O I all 1.0 1 all 8i all 10 all 20 16 20 16 6 all 2D all tO I all tO j all i 0 all 15 5 X) 4 N) 25 )0 20 0 all ?.0 1 all !O I 5 io 20 ;0 ,10 )0 20 )0 35 .t 0 10 $0 22 ?,'0 all all )0 25 LO all 5 1 15 1 all 15 1 all 63 i 151 na i a 67 i 78/ 9i 9 WO/ 1 1001 100 a 82 i i 25i 5 i 71} 501 4 30 74 13i 9h 13i 50 121 i a pm 553 4i 95i 21 102 1 108 1 1101 it f'ria ...• • knglo •Austrhx. itok, Californian ,• ustrt,lian ............ Australian Corilier, kve Maria ............ C•ia.leu (GLDne,hy o Blemarvon Iron arse Coal ........... . British Iron ..........• 13razilianImp.( issued at £5 pm.) ......... Do. Comes & Cuis , Do. St. John Del Re) Carson's Ci•eek ...... . Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica...... Cobre Copper ........ • Colonial Gold ......... C op p e r Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 71p. ce nt Copiapo ........... En lish and Aust in Copper Smeltg () Fortuna , General.. Gt.Nugg etVeinß,cg Great Polgooth Liberty .............. •• Linares 8................ Lusitanian Mariquita , ........ ..• .• New Granada New Linares Minin, an d Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silve. Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock .......•• Rhymney Iron .....•• Do. New ...... . Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican ..... Waller West Mariposa a. Worthing Mining 0 Australia ............ Yuba ... ... 32 • Australian Agricult. Aus;,raln. Royal Maill B e rlin Water 'Works Brit. American Land Brit. dr Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. 3i - 54 52 .. ... vo 115 Canada ................. Canada Gov. 6 p. ct. Jan. and July ....•••' Crystal Palace.. ...... Do. Preference ........ Crystal Pal. of France Duston Iron Ore .•••• Eastern Steam ........ of El ec t r ic Telegraph... El ec t r ic Toleg. Jr. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sngal Magdalena St. Navin' Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Mexican&S.Arder ien. Do. New .............. Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land...' N. S. W. Coal ei Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. N. B, Australasian..• Nrth. of EuropeSt 3 am Oriental Gas .........• Peel Rr. Ld. & gini;J• Peninsular & Oriental Do. New............ Portland Iron Co ....• Royal Mail Steam ••• Scot. Austral. Invest. Ditto New ...........•• South Austral. La nd Submar. Tel. Scrip... 1),,. Revister , d ...... Trust L. Co.U. Can, Van Diemen's Lam' 11 2 ! ,11 1 3 ..- ••• .•• ...• 19 17 ". ...... ... .• • ..... .e. ... ~, 11.. .•.. ...... ... ... 6i 6/ -- ..... ••• .•• I'' li ; - .- '` 3 2i 60 121 1 4 a 2 3 9 1.31 appeals Their lordships ---------------- 00 LA W 10 ' before theto.. INTELLIGENO.ffI_.( -------4---;, p AD , e i) to i/ pCsOhtreaßrTd luna:::0:11( Ariop:r..olo-do THE DOVER C( (Before the Lords Justices o treiltit r day, but no case of ' ael P ° oli n , :s ilor ii,. 1 0 S rao r aj! ngWOO4.) sioll oßuueArftsordeuLvrminiucgTe.tchceohaguiorai • tivin i d th er t be h il e t i ll iii 4 0( 00 tiffs. T eln he fro In this the for IF case the bill was filed bi -,-Dover, o rt Illyir conro RATION' or POT9OI et w tilll Companyposeuf against the corporation 01, the Cs it y „if plaintiffs fwereirnag obtaining the interference owopoo'plel vent th the town. of A 'a ° Dover with gas, so , . 1 eseate'otetft? object - with success they w re at P,,, t a pi l s f O, extended works, whichtheye bad I '_ ; °- ti li tS, : P - fiff l .r." carrying on in consequence of the Pf 3-0 pj,f ti iI , F 1 4 ); -Pt ° l ,' and of Dover, which rights._atiokt„-jor au to settle which was the prinor spr , specialll sent suit. The case had been ie f orrootbor heard Mr. to-day, but upon its being °,lO airholeh°4oj James, who appeared for "oliootiftlea ;Of time corporationto answer of Dover, stated that his d bo p ..0 the affidavits that he bot tblv, Apt plaintiffs ; he must therefore ael' t that stand..,r over for at least a week for jot ifff , oie l ii ill . Roit w h cl for the Pi tt of g e 1 1 50 11 the sub'e , o appeare s olie dei e .k ° f ci ante jct matter of the suit wa-, o st r ot-tifif to his clients, because as tbieg w ith ot they_ ere were prevented from proceedieg del' 0,011 w essentially necessary for tbe r botboo Dover with gas. t t il t o ler Aer . 4 s _ After a short discussion it was al l - jo a , - wo o hould stand over to Thutrsday ve%,t,,,„„ii se° a defendants da might have an opportue" affidavits filed by the plaintiffs. ------ % it , 4 t ol COURT OF EXCII;001$11°'. 0 ° O il ib ° t THE ATTORNEY-GENERAD T' ~ SO If i . Mr. Wordsw happlied for a ral"„111110 0 or ort why the taxation of the costs rer . fgoreoie. ; ' A s' a case should not be set aside. The in 00 0s''',0t ~," ili• ü b u y the Attorney-General to rec090,913;p01,1130-11 i' a defendant of 1,0001., a verdict e fe re, 0 0 Crownn o ter 00 _ by consent. ot I bet The Court held that they Could 0 toed 1 matter might he more o erlf 'se 00e' Attorney-General pr p , _e s c and the defenaem Rule accordingly refused. 4 VII' , ,tiev•coor op COURT OF QIJEB' jos tle poi (Sittings in Banco, Lorry.d Cb'e'. Pi et o ff , before Just eoe Mr. Justice Coleridge, g Oroooo3 Justice Crompton.) * .. OVl'VrAluie a t/ ( f/to QUEEN V. WHITEHAVEN JUNCTIOi, t I f ol d . Mr. Ashley showed cause 5g tt ,, 113 00 5 Vibg , 9 s against the defendants, to show e s ,; - e riff e'0104,000 oould not issue, calling the 8 " - . 0 t on as tioe 1 the et!tipti i• issue his • writs to assess coropen- AlO 8 c' spect of certain houses beinginjures' -0 4 ° Fop fli tjs of the Wei 1 cl ° 0 1 e l railway. The raivraY se e cl 1 from Whitehaven to 3farf Port? leitieeeti,All 1847, • w c` /111 se obre . when the injuries D° ~.. the e f a ~o, existed. On 16th July 18°"' tore, ISP' r e f made his ' il, diree• _A 113 ',Ol a / complaint to we .. neto- P,',o,iii, notice was taken ; and it Nre, ° ' A e 1 jo age ° t ' be PL.. c o if a demand was made for 250 t. `',,- j o te,„.' tie; 0 .01 0 tors of the company then e nter s % forw -- .oa - complaint, l and decided on taking I t 'ode, '' s 0 ore n 1854 another application TI IS parf f l Oc t 1 0 4 , 0 0 1 a queen notice given tinder e JP. o f o r 0 0 damages, t o which the ditectoceor4 _to 0 . cl. the next the thef,436 10190114 apPlication for the mandamus.. fr s v ie oe" contended the present proceeclilltiet st i h ol P v- 4 0 roer time for taking them, eo"Aatrige - :or/ havebeen first brought to shoW "" O°N i t ) tained. - t. bo a r e ds 0 toy' for the applic°°-' re tell, i ' o , s e! o t anactin being tried, or the whole oho olo ro is . ultimately arranged that the whole 0 the of to allow an action to be brought, A 'OA ti e l the event of that action. fie tt oe GREEN v. Ditl9/1. Titil•viti o , t Mr. Mills applied for a nevi tree sea for t itki tried at the late Guildhall sittiog 'oooo° otif c or d by the nextof kin cow cor°l3° a in ybei oV to re to . boo • 1319 0 04 h 4 sustained by the plaintiff to e rg, bit • Ong ' 0 CO' 0 0 machine, whereby be lost all bur per „ i dp 0 h i the application was, that the v_.,,ht of •; lit, 41 theofdefendant, was against the welceoe, Seleto Vir Lord Campbell, who tried the rc liot b ole 8 have been better pleased had the 'r e ~ 0 v it....v, way, but he was not prepared t . O ° co l t 0 jw , ve:l , l i ict. it was a~as u"ilentirelf ' pplication ......__ea Billf r ' s. AA .000°- lir or A SOIr trea t, ..- 00,0 On th 23d inst., at 63, Guil dford , l ti thew fe e of John Fish FONDS'', Pg. ag ow eL of On the 19th inst„ a t garb ledowe lo od bury, the wife & L i e ut.-Co l. T. Se° Regt. Bombay N.I. il l" On the 24th inst., at I, fligbgatlfi::oo t00.,0 ~ 01 A DAtIGIO— . 0 ' tio ir Smith, E sq . g ,77/ On the 2• th inst., at Victoria-roa , of T. B. Hoskyns Abraball, Esc!. ......_------ t $l , --- esi ti 0,4.8111°P. olerl3 ttihojel° On the 22d inst., at Clevedon, -A le t f fhof ChtirroloodOtli, eldest son of the Rev. Alex. 13e,e,se t'astig'sooie ~iOPOI, H o use, Wilts, to Eninis gall, e'tie9 iu thetiolle. Ji ,pi John Long, Es 7., of Baynton frolstutirOvtitilijii)te ~,./ On the 2:id inst., at :it. Jav1e,..1..' Jones ~i st tis' t C i l k :rl ia c, t ye Aou.n3gle.sti3sicoingoocfot,hEeslcia7:,,l;),,,, e ~,,tot. 100/ Gothic., Kentish -town, to 31311:,-, -vigo•P • DIE 1)4 04P ;#1" T ;nass 9 .j ^• t bir ilari ''4--6 010 ilii, of On o the 2ad ins ~ • . ,o•ed . Coo C ok's-court, icoln's-itr, c,li.britigo,:l D g, ..,, , On the , Bth inst•, at lorgiC, q.. sgMaorgliir pit Henry Wood; uff, Esq., ',lent. -1-"--",, 'nest r,-, _O, HioOlinn3tithhieeers22.3lb.siguilsat.,,g,genfaTriin;iverll.7:f Iwo , dr° 13° Y the yip ° , . dh architect. ••••• - ' 40 v 1* --- ' 0 ; I f vtp pf 0 , 0 ——- - -- --- - ------- -b Di oogf Ow LONDON : Printed and Pablisheallie ;400 0 0 di of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at '1,.,,1, Strand, in tile Precinct of the 'I:. lifirglesex, Frilay, Big 25, 155 A ~~„ all 15 40. 5 St. 25 20 20 20 10 ,f ..,... -f s 1 6 8 4 6 2i 31 3 3 4 X 6 7 551 2 r 40 30 2d "" / 2'3 21 i la p I 1 4 ip I-- s 142 -7 1 it -4 2 J 19 -- 6 5 --- 6 s b"' i - 5 a- li i ' 1 ,6 1N ' 11 } 2~ 4# ~ ". ~ ''. k!Nel b llll 4 ,bt b° l ,' (it h 11, : 1t, t tV .11 1 ! 1 11, Ic4 4 ,44 li all 1 all 9~ ~ 221 i 83 2i 21i 401 i gr 7 ‘\, pc t , )1p b 4l, o h N ti7 l tO re 1 ); ‘; 6 c e z 004,11, 14 ~~ ,~ r 4 R ( VYN t 4.