The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-07 00:00:00

.1.1 L. , - Tic F T AI.P ~~•~. ~:.Y~ ~ . ~~ ~u~i 1,..i There were terd a no markets held at Liverpool yes y _ Th e to Bank of England, as is shown by its return a t ho 31 s t ult., had its business circumscribed tl gai , ll while its spec i e was increased, an indication va i" its dis count charge was above the marke t lra ue of 131°11 °Y. The heavy disbursements for the credit x p en diture keep d o the amount to the large °wn f the Gove rnmen t , no t w ith s t an di ng t h e altsge receipts for taxes, and thus the public depo w il; ere smalle r a l rea d y b efore the dividend and i e e ` al PaYments. The alterations compared with A Preyioll S week are as follows : 'tive circulation V9,488,310 ki,,onlncr ease 430,540 ........... Rest Incre ase ............ 11 ° cr ease 4.036 " In benosits 5,384,834 (1 ger D beeposits 4 ., cre ase • 154,633 10,932,629 seve 4.13 Dec rease 213,911 ay and other Bills ol_ Inereas e Terrunent Securiti es N o a lte ra tio n . "iierSecurities - 14,091,941 I)e crease 187.120 Notes Th e nlinceeTePa !Z ed 9 Week ,021,920 107,190 v / Ports of th e p rec i ous me t a l s , during the qsji,: licli ng last Th urs d ay i nc l u d e d 259,935 ounces t. teat, 4. and 500 ounces of gold, all to the con F tlnkw,Powerless has been the influence of the kire,, °4 , ll gland reduction in its discount charge, tibt,'" r u B the valtie of public securities is percep 148taeu to-day, and although legitimate trade to it Cuefit by the cheapening of money, since the ta tik all-street houses, which before were under the b ells state, are now still competing with it by doing With . i b ' e ss than 4i, the funds are sufficiently high, t eve Z l3 war* in full career and a deficient 0 17e 1 . 11, to check any immediate rise. More . - Is atit 2 tile speculators are 'decidedly antici.- ' ,here- a new loan, and if such be not taken, 1 / 1 11„., w ' ll be a n amount o f secur iti es so ld w hi c h Purp o rti ts effect upon prices, answer the same Price a s :; , 11 1 adverting yesterday to the closing Th ursday, a ft er th e B an k determination tsaal . o p, wll, and which was later in the day than the e s hould h ave g i ven th em as 92i which ` t g C elt, howev er , wou ld ex plai n . This morn- Yeee im ; B ° l B have b een aga i n 92i f or t rans f er an d 48) ho: 4 d are now down to f 921 There %loo m : v er) very little doing. Our mercantile t /a q ' t Y is sorely puzzled just now what conclu- Zols ° . n 43r111 , for, between a possible acceptance of I , r i Peace unworthy the sacrifices made by 4reaße:fv:ie England, and the unsatisfactory pro '4lo war, they scarcely know what to desire 414` expect, If the right application of our resources °Pillioj•eneured there would be a unanimous hest : 11 f avour of rigorously prosecuting the ~. -114 general confidence in the result. Bank b eeu firm at. 210 to 212 ex dividend. ul ' to Stock has been at 229. Exchequer Bills are per'.B. Premium. 4 er el g tl Stocks are very d u ll. M ex i can , h ow .. 141111 1 1 ert the i mprovemen t to 21i. Peruvian I:1 pe r ee i tch la ts• have realised 71, but are now 70k. 411 11 0 4 Per cent s. b r i ng 92/, ex. dividend. Turk- Thll4 are rather heavy at 79i. to 80. It/e k e s f°l43w ing are the nominal prices of foreign eat; 2('*-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 64 to 7 ; 'VI_ x ee hre Ito 203 Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto Three 117, t : II 4A -4.) " to 50; Portuguese Four per Cents., to 1 ,- ;,.; _Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101; 541 410... 4r and -a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91; No e New Deferred, 18± to 184 ; ditto Three lye 364 to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 51 to 51; 1 he ,41 to 4. 1 / 4 1 wa g Y Share M ar k e t h as b e en exceedingly 'k it aucl w ith _prices flat for both the home vi ll 4it te e in if lin es, tho ug h the East India are firm. caltdu- e xican Mine are lower. Australian " r at Land shares continue heavy. 11 131 gt li'DS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (Prom the Official List. 4 k k kt - ock Bwineg. done Nei(let.. 6 ** • ..... • i .. ......... ............... 212 10 x d e,„'• Reduced'. ntntaes 9ll i 90 1* x d 111'' Consols Annuiti es klp; 4 1 'e ti r . Cent. Annuities . 92$ t I4P e l- lities, E x ,• 9113 a i a d Expire sth Jan., 1860 .. 3i x d 0 4 4 ek .... v 44, 48.414.6 • ... k 4E 4 14) 4 4 4, 4 er £1000 ....... 14 c!'ecgtApril 924 B 4 . g oc jeer Lille, lid. k eli Itlet, ....................... h ti t+ , 4 :I he O P FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. c rq,„:' l'o r ' A ,' Cent „ ea. ~,,1 .." A, _ • Nrj,'l4lllo3l)nde:Tount 2l p e pi er Cent. 7l 73k tit'' h ti (ls ' 3 , t. , tid ,..r Cent 36A ' for t', 6 per cent — h ~, h e A ntq l Uivid e A ccount BO 791 1 tll,,Ze ha 4, on the above payable in London b , ^4 ilge 21 lit e t 1 ), ,,• 0 4 1 1 Plr Cent. 12 Guil 62 cr th e Account 92 . . - 1%40 4 1 8 THREE O'CLOCK. 40. . 2 ; ;;;;;t: 000000000000000000 9921 440kr,, -....... 44 ....____ t 0 ---8 SH IppiNG-(THIS RAY.) )0. I\l".',Acril 7.----a—Wind and weat a h r er we th t i h s er lay t.t th 111411) ‘"tterate breeze and fine. ele , BOUT -°l=lTii, Aprii6.___.ailed—Dromo, for a Cape Coast It .8 14. 41IPT° led— l'r, April 6.—Sai Co w ., Fado 't.Fi, Fro ta2,11i,1 6Arrived—lJnionT,aYfr(eam.),Rfoirot:aenWeire:: tr:4,ttotti"Gr Ilamburgb. Fort h A e ritype'rp, tril 6.—WindioniNc;•; tallep elitilea • sr liavainlah' • in a • Lady Alice Jarrow k, 1 : 4 1), ' ea Nymph, Crl e P ollllan,r ii°,3 Aallpdrilieft for W W . o d olwi N ch . . ( 1 : Arrived—Jason, irul London. e(steaman, l a Na l l li ayti ; .—wind, , Matanza A s r ; ri ß ve renda, from fro_tlixtl,4°l. LucyAL°ll4oceaky g, 4 Qhlia - -Aril 6. wi . ri d, N.E. Arrived—Agnes, v k 11 4, ,'' 1 , 1 , 11 44: April 6 S.E. Sailed—Helen, for Ha buq, VergUl n bed ' Ner ti ZcGtzg' ' Ceylon ; Johanna, ark tS.--.3l edia.in, from (Ita ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) \VI A 4 N. p r. Fie, r'lved.....k•, LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Luther, Old England, o _ the r ',v ),tl een,l llo ' FO Pale, Martin %tilave, fre:tell'ef the Sear, K L ea u r t sarge, and Crest f tes,rs.hTlae 111-‘aeccv Orleans. i Williams, La gs. for CaStin. ; 1%1411, Itive.t,ge• Stebt ti ll n -la •Arendina, Konigsberg; ; Tiber, Trieste. (13Y ittu Ilir: 414/TE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) a.m. 04, N,liir . , • GRAVESEND, S e a , b D ; weather, fine._ a. ELEGRAPR.) lestiarived, A ~ tide, three-quarters Fr ew 7 Pril 0.--Duke of Northumberland, from . V 'ekll9.llll-:;t4.144::°„1.4,(fr0rn Prederickstadt ; Hebe, Belize; Allrelt, April es,ll,l,!vestborn. Phil 7,,,4011 victoria, for New 4 nd (a.), for Ostend. \iri til York. tl'as ' IL N•W • DEt y alent°4 Ti ro • , Moderate, and h S az ata , for London, . t a . nary °teas Kitchell4 and Archer,. , , from Bird, relay, 9.28 a.m. de„elkies,: c,,_ rell,fr Mauritius , Early ,i. a, ,r(oraltar (screw steamer), Malta—all for Loa- Newfound km Char ssereias f Madeira; Sirene, for t, bi l es ,;. er . . 41,,,itt,5,....a„ -eati, for Cardiff &c. , b ',el il-,v," 414 a London. St. Michael's, 41 the D oke, illa g e girl, Cassiterides, John Scott, Leguan, Outward bound. Tliz7..n'-!'--'''----.—.__________.___.___ --`'C'OIIIOTIVE IN NIAGARA. The .. at tilyilit.lll°l4lr4etillivscl4bject of conversation in thewest ,ketrneo,, °°'netive I"deage o ver d the name to rs rens w as ~ ep...on, an the gorge o f o t f b e t he Niagara rt °i_, e, as n 0,.., u ver in proud. erremembrance than when that testified almost man's tZst xesiTnol3o,n the fabric The bridge settled just 4lr tli b 41f-zeh Wheatintil:eolld art. L otive was at the centre, for t h e v i e 4 O e ?Ile a who contr e o e lle m d the starting bar pauaed the ^ 3 tht e t .' kid -river. Thus arriving at the line where h ere waed the colony meet, the flags of the two ginthe ,eeverfe ' 1 of those who there did homage to the blendedrc,.. 'Hite .a-1'9.ki1t3% The bridge is built so that it rises ac. than ":11as 1 4 , a - ;.`? centre. The deflection was no . greater i r b ee thel.,l,ated. There are two tracks—indee ( , 111 1 _ e , N ,,u fet ~',.l'l"l'e_; the it % of the New York Centrdl. h x (ir "` thee Great Western, and by a fifth rail l a the N al e s w o N tt a , "d Erie (continued by the Canandalguear-erowaer)s six patte_ Ilspott freight or humanity over. by 4,,"Rere or persons on this boldest of allTlohmotives and p i g seas of justice seldom wrought out in bold enter th, h.: all w e as well tbe man who furnished Thereei4" " soot he who produced the skill necessawrays, 4 at ( I' s a oMen in the fact that the crossing tio °lle from the Ca (1 side over to ours, and the ri e of st TIR a . l'eeelleet• - George will feel justified at first made 'egel ar 'cm% that, as an English steamer . grouping the two loee_ Fernmunication across the sea, it . was an over tiis ,41(?iire that has first made this thrilling transit wave English 4 ar ee ll f ' Nat away beneath, so far that the heavy _ " 1 ' iihrip ell!,ws its swelling. rushed the Niagara, and th . e . 1)48' 4hriek of triumph that the London sent forth as . it 0011*1,aver the chasm was heard beyond the cataract it 4.Yelv Pork Cornmercfa inpirer. B. - K ET S. i."Y E VT .UAIL W e 3 YS. kliosing Prices llnsinevs lona this day. yesterday. RAtLvi AYS. London 4 N. WeA. L.&N.W.' CaWon.. E. Un. 8 Git.Nrthl). Oaldonian Gt. Wes 191. Now . & Busy. Y. &N Do., Do.. S. Easter Do Peto & Co. Norfolk Do L . N. W Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland En. Co-an E. Count, Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yl Do (fit North) Lancash Yorksh. T. Brassey 11. MCleai itockt. & Darlingt no GtWestn tberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. 0 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares 95 - 97 I-,7 - 99 135 - 117 2E - 27 [O5 - 107 12a -- 13 23 -- 24 10i -- 111 2i - 2i 91 - par i p 57 59 130 - 133 74 84 24 2 d R 2 - 33 89 - 91 R&ILWAYA. 25 St. 20 St 25 it 29 20 20 10 10 Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost and &stn. Junct fast & Ballymeim Binning. Wolverh sour Valley B rkenhd. Lancsh Cheahlre Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk. £5O and i 125 Con Do., & Tyn a origin* £26 (issd. at £45 Bristol aud Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen and Car' digan Chester di Holyhead Cork and Bandon.. Cork, Black, /a Pas- Cornwall irieff Junction Dnblin&BelfastJune Dundee Perthdaly” teeu Junction Do. New 20i - 21 4i - 4i 81 - Si 13i - 124 -16 i -63 d 88 - DO, 61i - 64 12 - 6 - 8 3i - 2i 5 - .00 £ll 00 East Anglian Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A Stock ....... • DH., B Stock Do., New A. East Lancashire 14 15 lla 11$ 31 - 33 21 - 23 72 74 57 2d par 19i 2v 1100 100 100 100 g dinbnrgb dc Glasgolk Edinb. and PeebleB. &Dunder Forth & Clyde Jun,. Furness. ► l o. Extension Glasgow&S. Wester t treat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Sth . &West.(lre , Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk Irish Sonth-Easton. rzineaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds.. I.4aeash. andYorksh. Da., Vst.RidingUn Liv.Crsby.&Sonthpt London & Blackwal Land. Bright & S.Cst Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths D0.101.5h.,1 1, 1&8.. C Eighths Gonrion and& Westu Do., £5O Do. £4O Ludndrry& Col eraint Lnclndrry. & Ennisk . Aanch.She r. & Lincir Do. Shares, No. I 00., Man. & Lin. Dn. St. 10 St. 25 +o. Birmng. & Derb: Vlidld.G. West. (Irl4 )o. Half Shares tU NT4wcastl e & Carlisle. 21i Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 8 Newry &Enniskillen 411 Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor lorfoik 17t all all 100 21 gorthn.Connties Un. North North Devon, No. Do., No. 2 - )0., A A Deferred . Do., B Guarantef d N. Eastern—Borwiet Do. do. Extension Do.do, O.N.E. Porch Do, Leeds Do. York North London Do. Now £lO .&S.Wstrn.,Harni- steal, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western.„ N. & S. Westrn.Junc Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portamonth icottieh Central Scottish Midland Shropshire Union South Devon Soath Eastern South-Wales ' 4. Yrksh. dt Ri v. Pm no Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton Darlir. tits.:.kten di liartlepl Ml' vale. .. 68 - 70 88 - 89 72 - 74 23 - 125 91 -P3 65 -- 654 59 - 61 Do. £lO shares.. Do. Pref., No. 1. ) all 141 a, Thames Haven Deck and Rn,ilway Vale of Neath 61i i a d Waterf I. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeri , West Cornwall West End of London l and Crystal Palace.. West London. 65 = 70 5 - 5 7 76 -76 i IWirabledn & Croydot BRI 73 1231 92 651 5 1 97 9J 99i 100 ld id d 1 82 84 9 8 7 si 8 691 i 24 - 24 8 - 8i 69i - 70 41 - 43 11 - 9 - 2 48 - 50 3$ 3,1 28j • ..„ 29. 711 - 72 - 4 - 36 I 2 - 131 48 - 49 d par d ar 28 - 30 24i 31 69i i i 98 -=lOO 63 - 65 45 - 47 2i - )3 604 61 27A -28 i 5 - - 8 2 - 1 - 38 14 13 ••• ''''' 16a 17 4 5 22 - 5 6 i' - 7 6C 1 FOREIGN. 10 all Antwerp&Rotterdam - 84 5 34 Belgian Eastn. June. 1 1 4 20 10 Beziers to Graissessae - 2i 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda,and Central India,Serip par p pm Central of Italy . ••• 174 all Demerara 20 10 Dutch Rhenish 2 1A d 20 all Eastern of France 20 10 Do. New 7 74 20 all East Indian, g. sp. c 24 3 p 221 20 10 Do. EY:ensioL 1 1 11 100 all Do. 44 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible — 100 all Do. do. do., '59, do - . • 25 15 Gd. Tk of CanadaA is 9 8 25 E.ll Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. 100 all Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 ' 49 51 , 1 100 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 89 91 20 10 Gt. Central of Franc , 21 21 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. l p 5 1 Do. New 5 per cent. par - iP 5 2 Po. Extensions. .. 4 IP 20 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares 2i 2 4 all Do. Obligations . . . 2 20?,. all Gt.Westorn of Caaad Shares l7t 173 17} 100 all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 96 98 100 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 100 all Do. do., '73, p. '6O. 100 -- 102 100 all Do. do., '73, without option 94 204 all Hamilton & Toronto 194 20 20 1.00 all Do. 6 per cent. 20 14 Lake Coast. & Bask L all Lucca & Pistoj a' sp. e di pref. — 20 10 Lyons and Geneva 2i 3/p 20 12 Lyons & gediterran. 20 16, `Madras par ip 20 10 Do. Nov; li lft:• 3,3 h 31i Maria Antonia 10 di De. do. Now 20 all Namur & Liege (wit , interest) 6 64 6 a 20 all Do. (ex interest) — tg all Northern of France. 34,1 354 20 all D 0.201. Shs.late Char. leroi and Erquelinos giro. 31 p. c. & red. • at '224/. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan, 1854 124 13 20 all Do. 201. , 3 p. c Bde. (fmy.B. & Ams.Shs. . 10 all NorwegianTrunkPret S 9 21' 16 Paris and Lyons 221 2 2 11 , 40 all Ditto Bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans 4B 50 4.11 Paris and Rotten... 40 42 20 10 ParisCaen & Cherb rg. I . pm 20 all Ronen and Havre 22/ 224 20 all Loyal Danish par 1p 5 3 Royal Swedish —14 d Lo all Sambre and Meuse B4 —B4 t o a ll Do. 5A p. cent. Pref. ... 20 2s. Seindo 2a , 4 Southern of France.. pm 20 16 St. Andrew's awl Quebec (A) , all West Flanders 34 10 all Do 5 4 per C. d 20 16 Western of France — 64 P 20 1.; Wee,. of Switzerlano 6 all WlJsliaden — 20 all Zealand JOINT-STOCE BANKS. 40 all Australasia BO -- 82 80i 40 all British Colonial Bank . and Loan Company` ..• ••• 50 all British N. American • ..• 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 1d d 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China ... •• • 100 25 Colonial . ••• 100 20 Commercial of Loud — 20 18 English Scottish and Australian Chart 3 —• lid 15 20 all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia , 2O 21 20$ 20 5 Ditto New d ip 50 20 London and County — .. • 50 10 London Joint Stock — 10(1 20 Loud. & Westminster ... 43 2i 31 100 35 National Provincial of England 4 • —• ••• 20 10 Do. New . -- • • 50 22.', National of Ireland — 20 all - New South Wales 33 35 34 25 all Oriental Bank "of Corporation 39 41 33i 10 0 25 Provincial of Ireland tO all Do. New 5 1 Royal Australnißkg • & Gold Imp 25 all South Australia 37 --39 25 all Union of Australia 65 67 67 • 2' Do. N ew 7i 8/ 50 10 Uni on of London Bedford and Blotchley ... Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gla,s. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. L?n.kGreenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til.,&S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middiosbro' Redcar. . Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury Exten Northern and Eastern 5p e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixedsp e Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs: A Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth an Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews. &Her. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent._ Do , Wilts&Comrs.t loging Prict, ,hura PREFERENCE SHARES. 1102 - 103 1 90 - 92 92 - 6i 95 -97 x 2 - 4 5i - 6 -- 1 121 -- 13! 60 - 62 r T 1114 - 116 107 - 109 100 - 102 - 6 6 4 96 98 87 8 89 —4l 10 llxn 17 —17 i 10 101 72 73 19 —19 i 14 134 -- 136 ... ..' e. 2i- 3 12i -- 12i1 i -- il) :34 136 4 4 3 / 4 id 87 103 105 ICO - 1021 91 -93 3/ - 3t •• --- ••• i id 105 - 107 13 - 15 id par 22i 23.} 15 - 17 ••• - ••• 1 - 2P MINES. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENTNG, APRIL 7 1856 IQaledonian £lO.. 9a 23 64 64 5 10 St. St. 5 St. St. St. 8 10 121 12. 12. St. St. 20 20 20 25 ‘ibestor & Holyh. ad Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork 6ißandonsip.c DundeoPerth &Aber-i deen Junction all all all all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 , Do. New 6 F . C. St. Eastern Union, Gar per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. eta East and West York shire June. Fifths Minh Prth. &Dundeel 4 per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem 100 Do. 4i p. c 2i Do, 5 p.c. Scrip, Red .it 5 p. c. pm_ all Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pref 100 Gt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 9 Do. 4 per c. Pref, St 6 Gt. Westn, (Berke St Hants Ex. 5 p. c) LOO Do. con, red. 4 i p.c 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c 100 Do. irred. 4p.c. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do. Cnester Bp. c.P. S all Do. do. 5 p. c. do L 10 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk all Do. Ches. Gni, Sh all Do. do. do all Do. do. do Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... London and Brighten Guaranteed 5 p. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon.&N. W., Coy. (Sr Nuneaton 5 p. ct London & S. Westeri Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares Lowly. &Ennis.i Wan., Shef., & Lin. Nrev;, £lO Do. a Warypt.&Carl.4p c !)u. 4i per cent Do 114} 15 10?. 100 100 107 8 1001 72 Aid. ConsoL6 p.e.St . De. Consul. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent... Do. Pref. 42 per cen Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. C. Stoc Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. 5i per et. pref... Do. Way. Val. 5 P.C. North British NT. E. Pony, 4 p.c. P . Do. do. do 134 I Do Leeds 6 p.c De. do. Quarters 4F I Do. York & North Staffordshire oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.4ls, 6 p .0 Scot. Cent. ,New Frei South Devon Ds. fixed, 44 per cent 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. S Wales Gua. 4p. c. Do. do. 4i p. c.... S. Torksh.4p.c.Guar Stockton and Dar- lington, 5 per cent Do. do. do. Aockton and Hartle pool,a guar. 5 p. C. ti l. Ist July, 1856 .1 all kgua Fria 1 all lAnglo Anstrin. Gold , 10s. all Anglo Californian ~, 20 6 Australian l4 1i 1 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Ave Maria — -- 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of -- 50 all Bhenarvon Iron and Coal . 5 7 20 13. E British Iron 4l 51 35 25* Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pin.) 30 all Do. Comes & Cuiab 2 21 24 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —32 1 1 Carson's Cveek ..... 1 a Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica 4 40 all Cobre Coppor 5O 52 51 50 2, 5 1 Colonial Gold St. all Copper Min. of Eng 4O 45 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent par —2 ,, ... 16 Copiapo ...... 20 22 5 all English and` Austin . Copper Smeltg 04 , 1* 2 2 1 Fortuna * $1) 1 1 20 all General • l4* 161 1 all Gt. NuggetVeinlteg — 44 all Great Polgooth — 1 all Liberty •• • 7 3 all Linares 5 1 Lusitanian 4 $1) 14 a I 1 all Mariquita. 1 all New Granada . — 1 all New Linares Minim and Smelting Co • • 1 all Nouveau Monde A 20 all Pontgibaud Lead Min. & Smelt. 15 16 5 1 Port Philip — I 1 all Quartz Rock . ••• 50 all Rhymney Iron 2O 22 21 15 all Do. New 5 61 33 12 s' Santiago de Cuba — 1 all South Australian — 3 i 10 7* Tin Croft .. ......... - 2 23i all United Mexican . 6 7 63 17 6i I dl Waller 1 all West Mariposa A 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia I all Yuba ••• MISCELLANEOUS. 2 2 0 5 171 A A u u s s t tr ra si l s ia n. n p A ci t . ie m ul ai t. l !! 30 281 10 all Ans:;raln. Royal Ma il 10 7 Berlin Water Works 2i —2,4 d 50 40 Brit. American Land 55 6 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co. 109 324 Canada ll9 121 St.. 100: Canada Gov. 6p. et Jan. and July 1081 1094 109 5 all Crystal Palace ' 3l — 3 l 3 i 1 4 all Crystal Pal, of France 1 4 Duston Iron Ore •• • ' 20 84 Eastern Steam . 25 22 Electric Telegraph l4l 151 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 all General Screw Steam „. 16 15,1 20 10' Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. • 10 all Mediteran. Elcc. Tel: . ..: 10 9 Mexican&S.Amoricn. 64 7 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ..„ 10 5 Netherlands Land 4 11 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co .„ 1 all N. B. Australasian 4 1 20 12* Nrth. of EuropeSt 3aro all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 2 3 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 57 59 573 5'J 10 Do. New ...p 2 a ll Portland Iron Co l3 100 60 !loyal Mail Steam 1 all Sent. Austral. Invest. 14- 1 1, Ditto New 25 all South Austral . 1 .ant 37 I a ll Submar. Tel. Scrip — 1 1 a ll Do. Revigtered 20 5 Tryst & Loan Co. of Upper Canada 100 \.281 Van Diemand 5 Lane • 1 100 ..• ••• 13 ; 13i yeser y ay' C .T y^v'4 .I SUN OFFICE, Six 0' Clock. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, April 3.—The Hamburger Nachriehten mentions that the recent arrival of the steamer H imburg, Captain King, at Heligoland from Lon don, with an officer of engineers and three sappers and miners, bringing with them timber for the erection of 400 huts, was a great surprise to the Governor of that important British dependency. He had received no intimation from the authorities at home of their intended arrival, and had conse quently made no preparation for their reception. As however there were neith er carpenters nor smiths of the party no great loss of time accrued from the necessity of the Governor's writing home for instructions. The 'artisans who are to erect the huts, though they did not arrive with the material on which they are to work, are nevertheless an nounced to be on the road, with the furniture and fitting up which the huts are to contain when finished. This is very like a small edition of Bala klava mismanagement. A number of women are now occupied in carrying the timber up from the landing-place to the heights, which constitute the only habitable part of Heligoland. The normal resources of this island in cattle are notorious, one cow and no horse ; and as all provisions must be derived from Hamburg it seems the more unpar donable on the part of the authorities to send so large an increase to the population as four men, without previous notice to her Britannic Majesty's Governor. TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople, of the 26th ult., in the Courrier de Marseille of the 6th inst., says— " Our city assumes every day an extraordinary ap pearance. The works of the camp of the army of reserve are progressing rapidly. The streets are filled with military uniforms, officers, intendants, interpreters, and soldiers, moving backward and forward with incredible activity. Everything we see affords us convincing proof of the powerful organisation of the French army. Troops have already arrived for the camp of Malasq. I can give you to-day the composition of the army of reserve, which, as I mentioned in a former letter, will probably operate with the Piedmontese division in Bessarabia. The camp will consist of three divisions of infantry (one of which will be the Imperial Guard), of a division of Cavalry, and of a numerous Artillery—viz., "Imperial Guard.-4 battalions of Grenadiers, 2,400 men ; 4 battalions of Voltigeurs, 2,400 men, and 1 of Foot Chasseurs, 600 men. "First Division.-Ist brigade, 14th battalion of Foot Chasseurs, 800 men ; 42d and 57th Regiments, 3,600 men ; 2d brigade. 62d and 73d Regiments, 3,600 men. "Second Division-Ist brigade, 7th battalion of Foot Chasseurs, 800 men ; 9th and 32d Regiments, 3,600 men. "Cavalry.—Guides of the Guard, 600 men ; 2 regi ments of Cuirassiers, now at Adrianople, 800 men. "Artillery.-2 batteries of the Guard, 500 men ;3d battery of the 10th Regiment, 2'49 men ; 2d battery of the Bth Regiment, 249 men ; 3d battery of the 12th Regiment, 249 men ; 14th battery of the 13th Regi ment, 249 men. Engineers—One company and a-half of the Guard and cne ditto of the Line. " We expect shortly two regiments of Chasseurs d'Afrique, but those troops are not to remain at Con stantinople, our generals requiring them in the Crimea, where they have only a small cavalry force to oppose the numerous Russian cavalry. The English army will soon be in a most efficient state. It has received large reinforcements, and then perfectly cured daily leave our hospitals for the -Crimea. Yesterday 300 embarked in the Medway for Balaklava." M.414 ) .K.ET NEWS—(2 I I.II2 1)4 Ys COVENT GARDEN. We had a moderato demand for fruit and vegetables, at last week's quotations. The ■applies were comparatively small. FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 7s to lOs per lb; apricots, Os to Os per doz. ; hot-house grapes, 6s Od to 10s Od per lb ; foreign ditto, 10,1 to is 8d ; melons, Os Od to Os each p&aches, Os Od to Os; nectarines, Os Od to Os per dozen; apples, 5s Od to 12s Od per bushel ; pears, 7s Od to 10s Od per half sieve • Orleans plums and green gages Os to Os Od per punnet ; ditto, Os to Os Od, and common plums, 3s 0 to Os Od per half sieve; cherries, Od;) ); per pound ; lemons, 9,1 to is 6d per doz.; oranges, 4s to lOs per 100; fil berts, 93s per 100 lbs ; cobnuts, 180 s to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to Od per 100; figs, is Od to 2s ed per lb, VEGETABLEb.—Savoy cabbages, 9d to is 6cl per dozen; red ditto, 2s to 3s Od per dozen ' • French beans, 3s 'O,l to 4s Od per 100; brocoli, is 2d to 3s Od per bundle; potatoes, 85s to 130 s per ton k vegetable marrow, 0d each ; peas, Os Od to Os Od per bush.; broad beans, 9,1 to is per half sieve ; turnips, 2cl •to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 5d to 6d per bunch ; cucumbers, is 3d to 2s M each ; garlic, 6d to Os 8d per pcund ; spinach, 28 Od to 3s Od per sieve ; onions, 3s Od to 4s Od per bush. ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. • leeks, '3d to 4d per bunch • shallots, 4d to 6d ; horse-radish, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley, 3d to 'Od per bunch ; celery, Os 10d to Is 6d per bunch ; endive, is 6d. to 3s per score ; beet, is 3d to 2s per doz.; parsnips, Os 6,1 to is 1d per dozen; small salad, 3d to 0(1 per punnet ; mushrooms, is 6,1 to-2s 64 per pottle ; artichokes, 4s to 6s per doz. ; cabbage lettats, is 6d to 2s per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve ; radishes 9d to 'ls per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s Od to 4s 0,1 per half sieve ; chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussels sprouts, ls Od to is 9,1 per half sieve • capsicums , ls to 2s per 100. ; rhubarb, 8 , 1 to is 4d per bundle ; sea kail, Os 9d to is 6d per punnet ; asparagus, 5s to 9s per 100. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s 0,1; Gees e , 6s 0 ( 1- to re Od each; Ducks, is 9cl to 2s Ott ; tame Rabbits, Os Od to Os Od; wild do , is to is 6d. each; Pigeons, 8s to 10s per doz. ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Chickens, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Capons, 39 Gd to 4s 641; Hares 2s 0,1 to 3s Gd ; Grouse, 2s Od td 2s 3d each ; Partridges, is Od to 2s 01 ; Pheasants, 3s 6d to 3s 9d; Leveret"; 2s Od to 2s 6d ; Roasting Pigs, 4s Od to 7s Od ; Guinea Fowls, 2s 9d to 3s 6d each. Ostend fresh butter, lls 6d to 12s 6d, and English lls 64 to kss Od per dozen lbs. English Eggs, Os Od. to 10s Od; French ditto, 6s oa to 7s Od per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 4d; mlitton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; pork, 33 4d -to 4s Id per 81be. WHITECHAPEL. • Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 33 4cl to 4s 4d ; lamb, 5s Od to 5s 8d ; veal, 3s 61 to 4s Gd ; pork, 36 Od to 4a 4d per Blbs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6d to 25s ; Brills, 2s Od to 10s each; Salmon, is Gd to 2s 6d per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s 6d to 15s each ; Soles, 3d to 2s Gd per pair; Eels, 841 to is 03 per lb; Lobsters, Gd to 2s 6d ; Crabs, Gd to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 8s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 20s ; Natives, 50s to Os per bsh; Mackerel, Os per 100 ; Smelts, is 01 to 2s 6d per doz.; Skate, 6d. to 01 per lb; Shrimps, is 6d. to 2s Gd per gallon; Bloaters, is Od to Is Gd per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 5s Od. to Os per 100. ; Scotch do., Gd; Sprats, Ss Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, 3s 01 to 12s each ; Haddocks, 4s to 12s per d o z. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, Gd per lb ; Prawns, 2s 6d to 3s; Mullets, is to is sa ; 4d to is each ; Halibut, Gd per Ib; Flounders, is to is 6d per dozen. BREAD.- The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are f rom 9id to 10d ; of household ditto, 8d to 9d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 34 d to 31d ; 641 b to 721 1 ), 3id to aid ; 721 b to 801 b, 3i4.1 to 44.1 ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to Od ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d• to 4id ; 961 b to 1041 b, Oil to Od ; 104 1121 b .0d to Od ; upwards, Od to Od ; Horse hides, 5s 641 to Os 0,1; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ditto, full, 6s Od to - 03 041; polled sheep, 78 Od to 7's 6d. ; Dents, 5s 9d to 68 941 ; Half-breds, 5s 9d to 6s 9,1; Downs, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Shearlings, lld to 18 Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITEIFTELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 16s to 5/ Os Od ; clover ditto, 3/ N to 5! 151; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 93 per load. Trade steady, at full prices. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 2/ 18s to Si Os ; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 5/ 153 ; and straw. 1/ 53 to 1./ 10s per load. A. fair average supply and a steady demand. WBITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4? 18s; clover ditto, 3/ 3s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 94 per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, yet prices were well sup ported. P R OFESSOR WILSON'S MONUMENT.---We are glad to understand that the subscription fcr Professor Wil son's monwnent is going on very favourably, nearly . 1001. having been added during the last month. The sum still requisite to complete the work is about 2501. --=Edinburgh Courant. GREAT WESTERN OF CANAD A RAILWAY.—At a ge neral meeting of shareholders n this company ' hell Canada on the 13th u't., a dividend of three per cent. on the stock for the half - year ending January 31 was declared. The dividend would have been at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, had it not been for the appropria tion of 9,125/. to the sinking fund for redeeming the loan from Government. The meeting agreed to postpone the payment of the dividend, but the English directors had previously advised an immediate payment of a cash dividend, wa.rrazits for which will be issued as soon as advices have been received from the other side. The traffic for the week ending March 16 was 7,4301. A NEW ROYAL RESIDENCE.—I 1 is now ascertained beyond all doubt that Doubles, near Dcrking, Surrey, ,1 is to be the abode of royalty. In 1850, the vroperty was purchased by Sir W. Cubbitt, and was at first sup posed to have been bought by that gentleman for the pur pose of building some elegant streets and squares; but it Wil liam was i were oon to Xumeeuxreecdutaebaro raodyal thethat com m f i u ss n i c o t n i r a s n o d f SthiratWhiils tenure in the domain was limisted to the necessary time for him to prepare the way for a noble scion of Queen Victoria. That such is the case, the vastness of the works and the magnitude of the expenditure place be yond doubt. A large, lofty, and noble mansion has been erected after the design of the royal marine resi dence at Osborne, on a spot at the back of the old man sion, commanding a view of grand and beautiful scenery. On the lawn there is now growing a choice ornamental tree, planted by his Royal Highness _Prince Albert, which probably was intended to grow up side by side with England's future monarch, as a lasting memento of paternal remembrance and affection. GOOD FRIDAY.-.EXCURSION TRAINS A ) TILE ST EA lf BOATS. Yesterday (Good Friday) morning, at an early hour, the various metropolitan railway stations were thronged with respectably-dressed persons of both sexes, who availed themselves of th e ex t reme fi neness o f the wen, they for a trip out of London. Excursion trains ran at the usual intervals from the South-Western Railway Terminus, Waterloo-road, at reduced f ares , t o Ports mouth, alisbury, Winchester, and Southampton, re turning in the evening to town well freighted with pas sengers. Trains also proceeded to Richmond, Wind3or, Hounslow, Chertsey, Guildford, Godalroing, Andover, Gosport, and other favourite places of summer resort. Cheap trains likewise left the Paddington statien of the Great Western Railway for Bath, Bristol, Cliftsn, &c. On the Brighton line the traffic was very considerable during the day, and the trains were well filled with gaily dressed persons who had availed themselves of the reduction in the charge of conveyance to the various parts of the line. The Eastern Counties Railway had a full share of patronage, but the principal portion of the passengers alighted at the North Woolwich station to view the shipping in the lower part of the pool and the surrounding public buildings on the Essex and Kentish shores. The Blackwall and Tilbury Fort line, from Fenchurch-street, City, was thronged from eight o'clock in the morning until late last evening by crowds of per sons, who were chiefly destined for an inspection of the levh,thian steam-ship now erecting in the extensive pre mises of Messrs. Scott Russell and Co., Blackwall. This extraordinary vessel, which is the largest in the world, is approaching towards completion, and was greatly admired for its gigantic and noble appearance. The floating batteries in the shipbuilding-yard of Messrs. Green and Sono, Millwall, Poplar, also attracted thou sands of spectators during the day. The various steam boats running between London-bridge, Greenwich, Woolwich, Charlton, Greenhithe, and Gravesend were thronged ; and the smaller craft plying above bridge to Battersea, Chelsea, Wandsworth, Putney, Kew, and Richmond, came in for a full share of patronage on the occasion. TRIAL OF FRENCH CONSPIRATORS. The Tribunal of Correctional Police of Angers, in March, 1854, tried 21 persons on the charge of having been concerned in a secret political society ; and about the same epoch other persons were pro secuted before the tribunals of Paris and Tours for having got up secret societies in connection with it. For some time after the trial at Angers, it was noticed in that city ihat the principal members of the society, all of whom were noted Socialists, were tolerably quiet. But when the war broke out, the police learned that they had commenced a new conspiracy, and were looking out for recruits. After a while they began to hold frequent meetings for the admission of new members and other matters. On the 31st Jan. of the present year the conspirators held a meeting in the railway tunnel near Nantes, and on the 21st Feb. they held another meeting near the cemetery. The police intended to arrest them on the latter occasion, but they arrived too late. They afterwards learned that a meeting was to be held on the 4th March, in a public-house kept by a man named Baudrier, for the admission of a new member, one Hannam, an Englishman. They went to the house and arrested 19 persons. After an investigation, 10 of these men, all work men, were ordered for trial. The trial has just taken place before the Tribunal of Correctional Police of Angers. It was proved that the object of the society was to overthrow the Government, and to establish a democratic . and social re public ; that they openly preached the pillage of the rich, and that they had taken oaths to employ all means in their power, and even assassination, to obtain their ends. It was also proved that they had constantly denounced the army as a band of slaves and Decembrists, and had expressed wishes for the success of the Russians in the war. The tri bunal acquitted one of the accused named Rousseau, a mere lad, and condemned another, named Fouere, by default, to two years' imprisonment and 500 fr. fine. Of the remaining eight the tribunal sen tenced one named Fredin, to eighteen months' im prisonment and 100 fr. fine ; another named Beau- Jon, to fifteen months' imprisonment and 100 fr. , fine ; two, Cerisier and Bottier, to six months' imprisonment; two, Godorea and Granger, to three months' ; and the other two, Morin and Baudrier, to one month's imprisonment. A BOLD EXPLOIT. The Journal de Bauge (Maine-et-Loire) states the following act of courage performed by one of the sharp-shooters of the Crimea, and related by himself in a letter to his mother :—" I must explain to you that at about 100 or 120 yards from our trenches the Russianshad placed a sto,ke at which they levelled their guns, in eider that the shot by falling there should ricochet on our works. By this means two of our guns had been dismounted, and tenor a dozen of our artillerymen killed.% It was necessary at all hazards to remove this mark, andfor that pur pose a man was to be found who would resolve to sa crifice his life, for he would have to pass under a well supported fire from twenty pieces of cannon. There was, however, some little chance in the man's favour, as there were some large blocks of stone lying here and there which might shelter him from the fire of the artillery ; but on the other hand he might fall into an ambuscade of a Russian - advanced post and be made prisoner, or might be killed by an advanced sentinel. My lieutenant had been for twenty minutes talking with a chef d'escadon, who had asked whether among his riflemen he did not know a man who would undertake the mission which I have just mentioned to you. The Lieutenant told him he would undertake to find him a man, for I must tell you that for the last four months I have made one of the francs tireurs who have been so much talked of in France. The lieutenant then came, and proposed the enterprise to me ; and 5 minutes sufficed for me to reflect on what I had to do. I thought of you my excellent mother, and of my little sister Mariette, for I did not feel at all sure of ever seeing you again. I then jumped over the trench, and went towards the town ; and my heart, I can assure you, was beating strongly. lat last reached the spot ; laid hold of the stake, and shook it ; and with much difficulty I pulled it out of the ground. The moment the point of it disappeared from the horizon a tremendous detonation was heard, and a regular shower of balls and grape shot fell around me. I ran off with the rapidity of a hare with my trophy on my shoulder, and I fell into the arms of my lieutenant, who received me with the greatest enthusiasm. A report was immediately made to the General-in- Chief, and I was mentioned in the order of the day of my battalion and of all the army for my sang froid and my courage. I cannot d escr ib e to you what I felt wh en I und myself proclaimed for the decoration. I was wild with joy, and if God is kind enough to preserve me in the terrible assault, I hope to show you my decoration, as I once more sit by your warm fireside. Tout a vous et pour toujours, your son, " VICTOR L'ICAVLT." AMBRICAN MUSKETS FOR FOREIGN USE. There is great activity at present among some of our American gun manufacturers, induced in part by the war in Europe. The Windsor (Vt.) Jour nal says that the Robbins and Lawrence Company, of Windsor, have just contracted for the manufac ture of muskets to the amount of some four or five hundred thousand dollar?. The contract is made for a/company in London, and the arm to be manu factured is the Minie rifle, with some.modifications. The fulfilment of the contract will require an addi tional force of two or three hundred men. The Boston Chroniee has the following :—Aside from the extensive contract from the English Go vernment for gnn machinery, now nearlycompleted, at the Massachusetts Aims Company's works at Chicopee Falls, we learn that another of our enter prising gun manufactories has lately received a con tract from the same source, for about 20,000 rifled muskets. The muskets are to be rifled with three grooves, and to carry a hollow conical ball—which makes them, in fact, a modification of the French Millie gun. A similar musket, 1)r perhaps the old pattern altered, will be introduced into our service. Let the war affect other interests as it may, our New England gunmakers will reap con siderable advantage from it, as the English Govern ment has not the facilities at their command for the manufacture of the new arms as fast as they are wanted, and therefore they seek our assistance. Our Government have recently purchased the Maynard primer, and have determined to put it upon the mus kets in use in the army. The primer has been made waterproof, so that it can be exposed to all weathers,, and yet preserve its explosive qualities. A mus ket, with the primer attached, is as much superior to the percussion gun as that is to the old fire lock. The Maynard locks are now being manu factured by the Massachusetts Arms Company, and applied to the first quality of English fowling-pieces, thus rendering these guns as complete instruments as the sportsman could desire. In a few years, probably, we shall see all the fi re arms in the country, both for military and for sporting uses, made with the new lock. It usurps the place of the percussioned lock as naturally and effectually as that did the place of the flint and steel. THE SYDNEY DRAPERY TRADE. —The class of drapery goods now required for our consumption is of a much better description than has been iinported of late years. The pecuniary position of the labouring classes has been so much bettered within the last two years that their domestic habits have undergone a very material change, and articles that would have been eagerly sought for or endured from necessity are now rejected. This fact is most observable in every article connected with the drapery trade , more particularly in th ose f or female con sumption.— Sy ditty Mercantile Journal, DESPATCH FROM GEN. CANROBERT. THE BATTLE OF MARCH 23. (Fro;n the Monsieur of yesterdaY• The Maplia I Minister of War has received this day, from the General Commanding-in -Chief in the Crimea, the following despatch, dated March 23 :- - Monsieur le Marechal,---We have had, this night, an action very obstinately disputed, and most glorious for our troops, on our right attack in front of the Malakhoff Tower. About eleven at night the enemy attempted : a general sortie, which he does not appear to have supported with less than fifteen battalions, which, according to the Russian prisoners, were of the full number of 1,000 men each. These troops, divided into two columns, advanced en masse and with Savage yells to the attack of the work commanding the way which we had formed in front of our pae enemy, teach the ambuscades previously occupied b th and which it is our intention to connect strongly together, so as to form them into a place crarmes. Thrice repulsed, and thrice led back by the encouragements of their officers, the Russians were at last compelled to aban don the design of occupying this point, which was defended by companies of the 3d Zouaves, under the orders of Major Banon. The struggle was obstinate, and cost us dear, but caused the enemy even severer losses, and hi proportion to the masses they presented. Colonel Janin, of the Ist Zouaves, directed the efforts on this point, and fought per sonally with rare energy. He - was covered with blood from two wounds in the head, but which are fortunately not severe. The efforts of the enemy, who only succeeded in overthrowing the empty gabian-works which we had on this point, proving fruitless here, were next directed upon the left of our parallel, towards the Karabelnaia Ravine, where he was warmly received with musketry fire, and was unable to penetrate. He then suddenly threw himself on the right of the English parallel, succeeded in crossing the works, and formed himself in the rear of our left, which for an instant was subjected to a murderous rear fire. General Autemarre, commanding the trenches, made the necessary arrangements with his accustomed vigour and coolness. The 4th battalion of chasseurs a pied, coming up to the support, were threwn into the ravine, and bravely rushed upon the enemy, who being thus exposed in turn, sustained considerable losses, and were driven back, not to return again. Farther to the left, the English, who had as yet only been able to get up a force very inferior to that of the assailants, assaulted the enemy with their accustomed bravery, and after a very smart conflict, forced him to re treat. Still farther to the left, the English had been at tacked by a sortie, which seemed to be a diversion, and which they repelled in a very short time. On the whole, this operation of the besieged differed completely from all those which he had hitherto attempted against unr works. In order to effect it, and in spite of the already large amount of the garrison, he had brought from without two regiments (eight battalions of fresh reposees troops), the regiments of Dnieper and Ongletch. It was, in fact, a sort of genera assault against our ways, and the combination appeared conceived in the best man ner for obtaining a considerable result. Accordingly the im portance of this failure on the part cf the besieged must be measured by the greatness of the ob j ect he had in view. The prisoners we have taken say that their losses have been enormous, and indeed we estimate that this irregular action, like all night actions, where the fire has been main tained for several hours, must have cost he enemy, look ing at the masses he employed, at least 1,000 to 1,200 men killed and wounded. The ground in front of our parallels is strewn with dead, and General Osten-Sacken has just requested a suspension of hostilities, which has been granted, and fixed for to-morrow, to permit of the last duties being paid them. Our own losses, respecting which Genciral Bosquet has only been able as yet to send me approximative returns, are very severe, andcannot amount to less than 300 or 320 killed and wounded. We have particularly to regret the death of Major Dumas, of the Engineers, a superior officer of great Merit and promise, and who fell gloriously. He was slain by bayonet wounds, having been previously wounded in front of the works of attack. You knew and esteemed him, M. le Marechal ; your sorrow will equal ours. The same also of Major Banos, of the 3d Zouaves, who is missing, and is supposed to have been killed. I will forward you the detailed statement of our losses at a subsequent period. I have nothing to add to what I informed you of in my previous despatches respecting the sanatory condition of the troops. It is excellent. I am informed that many families, under the influence of anxieties, otherwise too legitimate, are astonished that no exchange of prisoners has yet been made in the Crimea, and have addressed to you complaints and pressing de mands. At least I gather so much from a great number of private letters which have been received here. On this head I can only reply, that in concord with Lord Raglan I wrote on this subject to the Commander-in-Chietof the Russian army so far back as January last. Prince Mona chikoff replied shortly after that ho was about to refer the matter to his Government, and that its decision would subsequently be made known to us. There the matter rests, and I do not consider it would become us to break a silence which appears to be intentionally preserved. Accept, M. le Marechal, the tribute of my respectful devotion. CANROBERT, General Commanding-in-Chief. P.S.—Subjoined you will find two orders of the day re lative to our preceding actions. GENERAL ORDER. The troops of the second corps, and of the division Brunet, charged, under the direction of the General of Division Bosquet, the new attacks on the right, and vigor ously opened the trench beide the Malakhoff tower. _ . _ _ —• During the night of the 14th of March, the troops under the command of General Besson, in the trenches, behaved very valiantly. Two companies of the elite of the 100th regiment of the line, carrie3, with much resolution, the ambuscades of the enemy. Captain ChamriAn.P. , i.,,m r stny of Grenadiers displayed the greatest energy in defending, against a numerous body of assailants, the post which they occupied. Menaced in its position, at the dawn of day, by considerable masses of infantry, it was sustained by three companies of the regiment of Algerine Tirailleurs, who, at the command of the Chef de Battalion Gibon, dashed upon the enemy in the most brilliant style, and routed them. The Russian commander was grievously wounded; and the officer who was second in command was killed. On the 15th and 16th of March, the troops, directed by General Trailly, commanding in the trenches, operated with not less vigour, before the parallels, to carry and de stroy the Russian positions. The 2d battalion of the 3d regiment of Zouaves, under the immediate direction of Colonel Brancion, of the 50th Regiment of the Line, threw themselves upon the enemy with their habitual spirit, and we witnessed, in this very interestirg military episode, actions highly honourable, to the individuals who performed them. This series of works, executed under fire of the enemy, and in tho midst of combats in which, according to the reports which come from the enemy himself, the besieged have always suffered considerable losses, reflects the high est honour upon the energy of the troops, who are but be ginners in the laborious and difficult operations of a siege. The corps of engineers directed on the right by Colonel Frossard, was distinguished by its usual steadiness, and the incessant activity of the Staff Brigadier Besson, who was charged with the laborious duty of superintendence of the trenches. On the extreme left of'our attack, the besieged, during the night of the 15th of March, made a vigorous sortie on the point defended by a company of Voltiguers of the 2d Regiment of the Foreign Legion, Captain Bertrand, and by the 7th company of the 10th Battalion of the Chasseurs a pied, commanded by Sub-Lieutenant Bedes. Warned by their videttes, these two companies awaited, with the greatest calmness, the approach of the enemy, till he ar rived only within a few metres of the parapet of the trench, and., then fired at him point blank, and afterwards attackel him with the bayonet, without committing the error of pursuing him too far. In spite of the promptitude and care with which the wounded were carried off, the enemy left 29 in our hands, anti an equal number on the ground which he had crossed in his precipitate retreat. He lost in this operation at least a third of the effective force engaged. This brief and brilliant action reflects honour upon the troops who accomplished it.• They displayed a calmness which belongs to veterans in the siege; and I have to con gratulate the Cherde Bataillon L'Heriller, of the 2d Regi ment of the Foreign Legion, whose firm and skilful ar rangements were completely successful. [Here follows a nominal list of the officers rewarded with the cross of the Legion of Honour tor their services in the field on this occasion.] GENERAL ORDER: The works executed by the Ist corps to complete the ad vanced parallel of our left attack, under difficult and peri lous circumstances, called for the calmness and steadiness of the troops employed in them. The corps of engineers have given fresh proofs of the vigour and perseverance which have distinguished them since the commencement of the siege, and which have pro cured for them the praise and ksteem of the entire army. Captain Monhat, under the immediate direction of Lieut.- Colonel Joudon, was particularly conspicuous; and I have rewarded his lengthened services by conferring upon him, in the name of the Emparor, the Cross of an officer of the Legion of Honour. CANROBERT, General Commanding-in-Chief. Head-quarters before Sebastopol, March 20, 1855. TIIE BALT.O FLEET. -.CP-- APRIL s.—The Baltic fleet, the most powerful and im posing that over left the shores of even naval England, sailed from Spithead yesterday in profound silence, con trasting strongly with the sailing of the fleet last spring, when all was gay and promising, and anxious thousands crowded the waters of the Solent from all parts of the kingdom to give their last adieux and breathe their good wishes for success. Yesterday was lowering and gloomy ; only two gay yachts (one of which, unfortunately, came to grief) braved the uncomfortable weather, and fog shut out from the shores the magnificent spectacle of 13 line-of-bat tle ships leaving their anchorage under canvass. There was no good Queen there to wish "success," nor were the waters spotted over with boat-loads of well-wishers, but every man in the fleet left with a glowing hope of returning in the autumn deserving of being welcomed with joy and mclamation, and forming another contrast to last year. The fleet got under way at two o'clock, and proceeded, without any particular order, about six miles to sea, when it fell a dead calm, and signal was made to get up stea ori f r B.P. four o'clock the fog had cleared away, and the sun snhe without a cloud in the blue sky to screen his brig eastward The ships shortened all sail and proceeded to the in two long lines. The starboard divis ion was formed by the Duke of Wellington (bearing the flag o f Admiral Du n . _ do.s, Commander-in-Chief) leading , and followed in rota tion by the Royal George , the Caesar, the Colos b u s , th e Blenheim, and the Edinburgh. The port division was led by the Exmouth with the flag of Admiral Seymour (second in command), and followed by the Nilo, the James Watt, the . Majestic, the Hogue, and the Ajax. The six pad dle steamers, the Dragon, the Bull dog, the Vulture , the B asilisk, the Magieien ne , an d th e Gorgon kept station on either side of the lines. In this order the fleet proceeded up Channel with the moon (nearly the fall) shining brightly and a gentle breeze, just enough to call a ripply on the wat er , w h en, about oppos i te B r i g hton, at 10 o'clock, a large merchant ship, running under all sail with the wind a little on her starboard quarter, ran foul of the Duke of Wellington, doing some away her foreyard, port swinging e lo r f r t Yg the port and p ar t o f th e main chains, s b e o r o i m ous tdhaem whole ea quareergallery, and hammock-nettings, breaking the stock of the best bower anchor, and driving the sheet-anchor from its berth into the gangway. The shock to the mer chantman must have been fearful, as she went nearly stem on. Her foremast went by the board like a stick, and she drifted astern a total - wreck, carrying her gear with her. It is believed she was a very large ship. A steamer was sent to assist her almost immediately, but returned . after ' some hours, unable to find her, and groat fears are enter- . n~ ~~ ~& ) - ?', -, ... ( - 1 1 • - ; 2:-: - - - -•_ • . tained that she has foundered. The accident, as frix - rilasil be learned, seems to have happened through no "look-out" being kept in the merchantman, and the man who was steering her did no see his danger until he was close to the Duke, whose helm was hard to port, steering south, to get out of his way. The vessels would have passed each other, had he not, in his hurry and consternation, put his helm hard a-starboard and run, of course, right into the fore chains of the Duke. .No blame is to be attached to the officer of the watch, who seems to have done all that was proper to avert the accident, which will detain the ship at slehaeestrinOesoarflor2rdepayaisrs, and . she will mos t lik ely have to go to On the forenoon of the sth her Majesty's:shipTrafalgar, 120, Captain Greville, was observed at anchor off the Swallow Bank. Having exchanged salutes with the flag shiP of Rear-Admiral Dundas, she got under way, and was taken in tow by the paddle-steamer Magicienne. The Trafalgar has been 84 days on her homeward voyage, and on arrival at Sheerness will be paid off.— nni,e4. DEATE OF OU.R.REB BELL. "Currer Bell "is dead ! The early death of the large family of whom she was the sole survivor prepa re d all who knew the circumstances to expect the loss of this gifted creature at any time : but not the less deep will be the grief of society that her genius will yield us nothin g more. We have three works from her which will hold their place in the literature of our century; and, but for her frail health, there might have been three times three for she was under forty—and her genius was not of a* exhaustible kind. If it bad been exhaustible, it would have been exhausted some time since. She had every inducement that could have availed with one less high minded ü b p y o n v e a r l y l she eg h d t i d e x ; e r a t and u minded t o p u bli sh two or three novels a year. Fame s:hebumtighhert steady en o r o i n ch v ed io. tion was that the publication of a book is a solemn act of conscien ce —i n t h e case of a novel as much as any othe - fear e ofhurtin g kind of b oo k. S he was not fond of speaking of herself and nei t .ae nature; consci ence; b ut she now and then uttered to her very fw friends thingswhichh'erse map, aatluasre! ;btehtionlgclenwohwi,ohwoitulagohutt to be told in her honour. Among these sayings was one which explains the long interval between her works. She said that she thought every serious delineation of life ought to be the product of personal experience and obser vation ; experience naturally occurring, and observation of a normal, and not of a forced or special kind. "I have not accumulated, since I published ' Shirley,'" she said, "what makes it needful for me to speak again; and, till I do, may God give me grace to - be dumb 1" She bad a conscientiousness which could not be relaxed by praise or even sympathy—dear as sympathy was to her sensitive nature. She had no vanity whi c h pra i se could aggravate' or censure mortify. She calmly read all adverse reviews of her books, for the sake of instruc tion ; and when she could not recognise the aptness of criticism, she was more puzzled than hurt or angry. The common flatteries which wait upon literary success she quizzed with a charming grace ; and any occasional severity, such as literary women are favoured with at the beginning of their course, she accepted with a humility which was full of dignity and charm. From her feeble constitution of body, her sufferings by the death of her whole family, and the secluded and monotonous life she led, she became morbidly sensitive in some respects ; but in her high vocation, she had, in addition to the deep intuitions of a gifted woman, the strength of a man, the patience of a hero, and the conscientious. ness of a saint. In the points in which women are usually most weak—in regard to opinion, to appre ciation, to applause— her moral strength fell not a whit behind the intellectual force manifested in her works. Though passion occupies too prominent a place in her pictures of life, though women have to complain that she represents love as the whole agd sole concern of their lives, and though governesses especially have reason to remonstrate, and do remonstrate, that their share of human conflict is laid open somewhat rudely and in considerately and very sweepingly to social observation, it is a tree social blessing that we have had a female writer who has discountenanced sentimentalism and feeble egotism with such practical force as is apparent in the works of Currer Bell. Her heroines love too readily, too vehemently, and sometimes after a fashion which their female readers may resent ; but they do their duty through everything, and are healthy in action, how. ever morbid in passion. How admirable this strength is—how wonderful this force of integrity—can hardly be understood by any bu t the few who know the. story of this remarkable woman s life. The account of the school in " Jane Eyre" is only too true. The " Helen" of that tale is—not precis e ly the eldest sister, who died there—but more like her than any other person. She is that sister, " with a difference." Another sister died at home soon after leaving the school, and in consequence of its hardships ; and " Currer Bell" (Charlotte BrontI) was never free while there (for a year and a half) from the gnawing sensation or consequent feebleness of downright hunger ; and she never grew an inch from that time. She was the smallest of women ; and it was that school which stunted her growth. As she tells us in "Jane Eyre," the visitation of an epidemic caused a total change and radical reform in the establishment, which was even removed ti another site. But the re form came too late to reverse the destiny of the doomed family of the Brontls. These wonderful girls were the daughters of a clergy man who, now very aged and infirm, survives his wife and all him many ohiltli cu. The I, etrno Bronti: (an abbre viation of Bronterre) •is Irish, and very ancient. The mother died many years ago, and several of her children. When the reading world began to have an interest in their existence, there were three sisters and a brother living with their father at Haworth, near Keighley, in Yorkshire. The girls had been out as governesses--- Charlotte, at Brussels, as is no secret to the readers of " Villette." They rejoiced to meet again at home —Charlotte, Emily, and Anh (" Currer" "Ellis" sistersand A ,, c c to n n. rre ") In he e, revealsr som obituary ethf n n otice g o f their o her processtw o a t em n r d irdi hs ti t e h e o i 7 r otn ohexperiencedomestic r o e f xfpr failure e a a n n oa d f sioinffeeewesasauthorship, iHow h the indulgence afforded them by their studious father, may be seen by the fearful representations of masculine nature and character found in the novels and tales of Emily and Ann. They considered it their duty, they told us, to present life as they knew it ; and they gave us " Wuthering Heights," and "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall." Such an experience as this indicates is really per plexirg to English people in general ; and all that we have t 3 do with it is to bear it in mind when disposed to pass criticism on -the coarseness which, to a certain degree, pervades the works of all the sisters, and the repulsiveness which makes the tales by Emily and Ann really horrible to people who have not iron nerves. "Jane Eyre" was naturally and universally supposed to be Charlotte herself; but she always denied it, calmly, cheerfully, and with the obvious sincerity which cha racterised all she said. She declared that there was no more ground for-the assertion than this. She ones told I her sisters that they ware wrong —even morally wrong —in making their. heroines beautiful, as a matter of course. They replied that it was impossible to make a heroine interesting on other terms. Her answer wa., " I will prove to you that you are wrong. I will show you a heroine as small and as plain as myself who shall be as . interesting as any of yours." " Hence, `Jane Eyre,' " said she, in telling the anecdote: "but she is not myself, any fuhher than that." As the work went on the interest deepened to the writer. When she came to " Thornfield" she could not stop. Being shot t-sighted to excess, she wrote in little square paper books, (held close to her eyes, and (the first copy) in pencil. On she went, writing incessantly for three weeks ; by which time she had carried her heroine as ay from Thornfield, and was herself in a lever, which compelled her to pause. The - rest was written with less vehemence, and with more anxious care. The world adds, with less vigour and interest. She could gratify her singular reserve in regard to the publication of this remarkable book. We all remember how long it was before we could learn who wrote it, and any par ticulars of the writer, when the name was revealed. She was living among the wild Yorkshire bills, with a father who was too much absorbed in his studies to notice her occupations, in a place where newspapers were never seen (or where she never Amy any), and in a house where the servant:, knew nothing about books, manuscript, proofs, or the post. When she told her secret to her father, she carried her book in one hand, and an adverse review in the other, to save his simple and unworldly mind from rash expectations of a fame and fortune which she was determined should never be the aims of her life. That we have had only two novels since shows how deeply grounded was this resolve. affecting in "Shirley" was conceived and wrought out in the midst of fearful domestic griefs. Her ,c o a n r ly up h , ro w t: s a o young man of once splendid promise which v ! .-a? early blighted, and both her remaining sisters, died in one y th e e ar a . spe T c h t e o r f e t u i ;a e s fir s a o i m ll e i t t h tl i e ng ere i a n t e u x r E:re , ss l ib l i who had done such , dre „ (neat as a quaker's), with wonderful things, and who was a,bio t s mooth brown, her fine eyes bright an eye and so composed a countenance, under such a weight of sorrow, and such a prospect of solitude. Anal her sensible face indicating In her deep mourning if not of silence, she seemed a her beautiful hair, perfect household i ma ge — irresistibly recalling Words• a bl h az a i b n i g t o w l it s h elf il ! worth's description of that domestic treasure. And she was thie• She was as able at the "needle as the The household knew the excellence of her peil. beforec oo kery they heard of that of her books. I n so utter a seclusion as she lived in in those dreary wilds, where she was not strong enough to roam over the hills ; in that retreat where her stu ceoauntrinfl; dious father rarely broke the silence and 'there was no one else to do it ; in that forlorn house, planted or th e very clay o f t h e c h urc h yar d , w h ere the graves of her sisters were before her window ; in such a living sepulchre her mind could not but prey upon itself ; and how it did suffer, we see in the more painful portions of her last novel—" Villette." She said, with a change in her steady countenance, that she should feel very lonely when her aged father died. But she formed new ties after that. She married ; and it is the old father who survives to mourn her. He knows, to bis comfort, that it. is not for long. Others now mourn her, in a domestic sense ; and, as for the public, there can be no doubt that a pang will be felt in the midst of the strongest interests of the day, through the length and breadth of the land, and in the very heart of Germany (where her works are sin gularly appreciated), France, and America, that the " Currer Bell," Who so lately stole as a shadow into the field of contemporary literature has already be come a shadow again—vanishing from our view, and henceforth haunting only the memory of the multi tude whose expectation was fixed upon her.—Morning paper. SAMBRE AND MEIIBE RAlLWAY.—Tyaffic for week ending March,3l, 1855, 1,1191. Bg. 7d. Corresponding week, 1854, 6181. 12s. 9d. Miles open, 1855, 68 ; 1854, 36. I St. 20 St. 15