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

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT- ; GARDEN. —M' dame GRISI. The Directors of the Royal Italian Opera feel the greatest gratifi cation in having It in their power to announce that that most distin guished artiste, Mine. Giulia Grisi, will again app ar, for a short per iod, on the stage of the Lyric Drama. The Directors fin.iing that circumstances had arisen to prevent Mme. Grisi retiring to her residence at Florence, as contemplated a the termination f her late engagement in the United States of America, af.d, moreover, that she wouli most probably reside in England the greater portion of the present 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 em their season arrangements. The Directors were, how ever, unable to prexail 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 and so honourably filled. The Directors not having succeeded its these negotiations, again applied to Mme. Grist to postpone for a short period her final retirement from the stage. Under these circumstances, Mme. Grist, with her accustomed kindness, con sented to lend the Directors her invaluable assistance, and they are now, therefore, enabled to announce th at she will sing, during an engagement of tan nights, the principal characters of her well-known repertoire. TO-MORROW, Saturday, May 26, will be performed ( for the 2d time this season) Donizetti's opera LA FAVORITA. Leonora ...................... Ss me . Grisi. Inez .......................... Mdlle. Bellini. Baldassare ............ • . Signor Lablache. o ...... .................. Signor Soldi. Don Gasr ar Alfonso XL .................... Signor Grazlard (His 2d appearance in that character in England); and Fen-undo .................... Signor Mario (Ilis Fourth appearance this season). Conductor Commence a t Eight. —Boxes, Stalls, and Pit Tickets to be hid at the Box-office of the theatre, and of the principal musicsellers and librarians. BcyAL orERA, DRURY-I ANTE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed NORM' A, in which Madame Arga, MU° Mag ner, Signor Armandi, Mr Hamilton Braham, Eke., wiil appear. To conclude with a Grand Ballet DtTertissemant. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Will be performed GUY MANNERING. Characters by Messrs. W. Farren, Tedder, Rogers, and Compton ; Miss Lavine, Mrs Can ine White, and 31Ifs Cushman. After which, AGED FORTY. To conclude with the new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAYMARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KLAN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's /Lstorical 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 ADELPELL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the comedy of P.IIJL PRY. Principal cha teeters by Messrs. C. Sehy and Wright ; Miss M. Keeley, Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS. To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVEND.M. Will be performed STILL WATERS nerN 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 DWARF AsD THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. ender the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENLNG, Will be performed THE LITTLE DEMON. After which, SALLY SMART. To conclude with KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS HREE. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING. THE FIELD AGAINST TIIE FAVOURITE! Ifter which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE. ro conclude with the Ballet of KATE KEARNEY. 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 giganth portable platform; followed by a new and brilliant series of Scenic Acts in the Arena, invented and directed by Mr. William Cooke. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tate Di. —Mornin:. 36 mm.after 8 I Evening 14min. art. 9 To- Aorthow--Morning 47 min.after 9 Ey/ ning 15 min. a ft. 1.0 1:112 WEATHER.—Sus Orrin, May. 25. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 70 —Vghest since noon yestertay. n —lowest this morning and during the night. 70—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'92—rising again. - WIND, Variable and light, from S. to S.S.E. and S.S.W., pith fine warm weather. HALF•PAST Two. —Wind, S.E. Blowing rather fresh, with cloudy weather. k 3. G-`, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 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 prcved, beyond the possibility of doubt or misconception, that has followed ex necessitate. It could nut 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 "No" to put "an end to the diplomatic shuffling and Ministerial trifling," or to give everything 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 the 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 b . tion nog . t rought forward as an original trio bad not beles. palpable and obvious meaning to defeat a resolution which would produce the results so ardently desired by the country, to c arry Off ‘.av doubtful votes, which might turn the scale in which, in conseciu t enc eurthe°f' of e an English policy, but would be recorded in the same list with those off the i\ lem ad la v er o s et i t b e r s Manchester, the Peelites, and otherthe ...y eni p o e u a. The s ee for a disgraceful and tempera— " dodge" is doubtless very in, ouli what our transatla ntic brethr en term c, tarniatti n l i s smart ;" but it c annot succee d , nor sh Honourable Gentlemen be suffered to indolo. e in the " ostrich fancy" that because they elokie their own eyes to the consequences, their eon _ I Vatitnents will likewise be hoodwinked or deceived. V:2 - :,‘„ 4. _' I S:_evor did. Mr. DISRAELI produce sounder or 4: 1_ -_.:.;'„t - 2 .. :`,..9*.- :Q:c° l3 ! . Iqsive arguments than last night. Never ig, * elequence more inspiring—his ni• • 4 , ' " , \ g—bis diction ~ ,i:,_..citti -1 .1„, t. He shook off, for the time being, ...,,,\-_ 'z \;?;;-.' w l ' I'. me " •ls . of party, the oligarchical influences is : A ','.. \: 1ti 4,4 4 fettered and restrained, a nd was I '-'-' the m an "n of the p eo pl e ," boldly and i dignantly denouncing the t ruc kli ng an d contempti- ble policy so long pursued, and which has led to so m any injurious consequences —so lavish an expenditure of blood and treasure. So far as the nation was concerned there was no necessity for apologising for 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 " vulgar imputations" which might 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 of its functions " by the assembly of which lie 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. Tho ex-Plenipoten tiary—the man who took so prominent a part in stimulating the warlike ardour of the people —who, after using as " prave 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—vi., 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 the utility 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. The Order in Council, it is to be observed, goes out of the way to declare that the Exarakiing Board "shall not make any alteration in the no mination or appointment of candidates by those who are or may be charged witli 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 iliMilCif, "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 specially qualified examiners, whose general inde pendence, probity, and impartiality is 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 are 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-examine candidates for appointments to dispensaries. In France competitive examinations (or the con cours) alone aro depended upon. An article on the Army Medical Arrangements in the last num ber of the MGedico-Chirurgical Review, gives the prevalent professional impression on the necessity of introducing the contours in the medical insti tutions of this country ; and to this, after the cer tain failure of the worthlessness of the 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? I❑ 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 com• mon-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 sonic 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." from the Home-office, To these appeals, wh f i i c .o h: n a r t e h e s o ß u o n a d r e d d o i f n T ar a i d u e s , and from all the older offices, the present ar inggne m o n the cofd t u ll ne is a s s a satisfactory r t a y s s s u i F la a l n l c n e ot ti l i ) a e t dis tiirbed. Th e answer t o th em b y M r . J OHN M ILL will now b e f or t h e cons id era ti on o f the Acllninis- tra.tive Ref orm A ssoc i at i ons. I "In the preceding observa'aions," Mr. Mill says, " I t have assumed, as requiring no proof, that the object proposed is in itself desirable ; that it would be a public benefit if the public service, or all that part of it the duties of which are of an intellectual character, were composed of the most intelligent and instructed persons who could be attracted to it. If there be any who maintain a contrary doctrine and say that the world is not made only for persons Of ability, and that medio crity also ought to have a share in it, I answer, cer- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EyENING, MAY 25 isbs tainly, but not in managing the ;Jain of th e state. !of a measure by which 150,0001. a year, or Me ilocrity should betake itself to those things in which m ore few besides itself will be imperilled by its deficiencies,— 'of voluntary taxation have been sacrificed. to menhanical labour, or the mechanical superintendence The Bill, however, is to pass, and we would not of labour, occupations as necessary as any others, and have drawn atteutidu to the second reading but which no person of sense considers disparaging. There for the higher tone of Ministers in the Upper will be, assuredly, ample space for the mediocrities, in House. Much must be allovred 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 House 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 as 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 a 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 qualis 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 of 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 cf 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 thg 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 whiola might be expected. A disinclination to injure the prospects of a young man on the threshed 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 partment, his competency to perform the lowest quality of duty in the office to which he has been nominated will, iu most cases, secure him against rejection. . . I will 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 examination. During the early period of my 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 pre'sed upon his 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 halbeen 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 had 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 the 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, interminable letters, pert clerks, obstinate officials, and independent 4 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, 1 and order and regularity enforced." On Mr. HBYWOOD'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 o. 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 another 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 22c1. Official information has, / reached the British Consul at Elsinore that the Russian Government had given orders to sink 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 " booked" 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 expressan en tire concurrelice 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 (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Colombia; from Akyab; Astrea and Revere, Callao ; Triumphant, Palermo ; Ynez de Castro, Lisbon ; Mintor, Santander. Wind, S. QUEENSTOWN, May 23. Arrived—Plymouth, from Mobile ; J. Hughes, Maza gan ; Marchioness of Breada.lane, Santa Cruz. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 11.17 a.m. Wind, S.E. ; tide, one hours' ebb ; weather, fine. Arrived, May 28—Blenheim, from Calcutta. Arrived, May 25—Port Jackson, from Shanghai ; Ca lypso, Jamaica ; Princess Royal, Vancouver's Island. DEAL, Friday, 10.9 a.m. Wind, calm. Passed —Palestine, from New York; Trebizond, from' Alexandria ; City of Manchester, Callao ; Daphne, Bom bay—all for London. Sailed—Duke of Northumberland, for Cuba. Yesterday evening, the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress entertained at dinner, in the Egyptian-hall, the alderman, deputies, and members of the common council of the wards of Aldgate, Cornhill. Dowgate, and Farringdon-Within, with their wives. Covers were laid for upwards of 100. A special meeting of the Colonial Bank was hold yes terday, the shareholders authorize the directors to apply to Government for a supplementary charter. EXECUTION FOR MURDER —Alexander Stewart, who was convicted of murder at the Spring Circuit recently held at Glasgow, was executed on Wednesday. The amount of gold arrived yesterday from Australia is 35,045 ounces, valued at 136,1801., the respective quantities being 32,600 by the Orwell from Melbourne, 1,936 by the Waterloo, and 509 by the Woolooinooloo, both from Sydney. The Fortuna, from Melbourne, is also reported, but her gold, if any, remains to be ascer tained. The value of the specie by the Euxine, from, Bombay, is 8,1621. A further examination in the case of Messrs. David son and Gordon took place yesterday at Guildhall, in the presence of a numerous attendance of persons con nected with mercantile interests, and another adjourn• ment was necessary to complete the whole of the evt deuce. FRANCE. PARTS, 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 structions to propose to the Diet to give orders for the Federal contingents to hold themselves in readiness to march." _ _ " BERLIN, 23d, 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 Rod 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 in 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 King. 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. 43 per Cents 93 30 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 69 61 10 Credit Mobilier BO2 50 Roman Credit Foncier 530 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese B5 Homo Debt RAILWA Y S-IFOR CASH. fr. c. fr. Orleans 1177 50 Lyons 1155 Western 672 50 Rouen Cate 643 75 Strasburg Mediterranean 1091 50 Havre 5BO Northern 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 Chomoutoff 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 made upon it by the Allies on the 28tH of February (12th of March). `• Aide-de-Camp General Chomoutoff 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 BANDS" OF THE ENGLISH GOTEBNMENT. Some time ago Professor Wheatstone invented an import ►nt instrument, or means, by as 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. Fey 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 I 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 he 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 ali 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 ph tics no novelty had occurred. The Gibraltar news has been anticipated by the arrival of the mail steam-ship Euxine. THE CAPE or GOOD HOPE.—PLYMOUTH, Thursday.— The barque Foss Smit, Captain Swart, which left Ade laide on the Ist of February, 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 SHONV.—We yesterday attended the private view of Mr. Groom's annual show of . tulips, at his grounds, Clapham-rise, and we may say, in famine, that we do not remember for several years seeing his sVendid 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 horo'odge of the clock tower, at the new Houses of Par lament, will, when erected, afford its keepers two hours' work a week in winding it up ! CRYSTAL PALACE ; THURSDAY.—• ONE' SHILLING DAY. —Admissions on payment, 4,768 ; ditto by .ea.on tickets, 513 ; total visitors, 5,281. Return of admis sions for six days ending May 19, 1 855.—Number ad mitted, including season ticket-holders, 27,298. Amount received for admissions, 1,200/. 3s. Mr. E. L. Morgan, of the Rose and Crown, Wands worth, has a hen in his possession, of the Shanghai breed, whose eggs weigh from 5/ to 7 ounces. RETURN VISIT TO THE PREFECT OF THE SEINE. Yesterday Alderman Humplicry, Alderman Salomon., Sir H. Muggeridge, Sir C. D. Crosley (the sheriffs), Deputy Dakin, Mr. Boyd, 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. , • , • -eh: 4, - tt , , P I 'A -e ... *•• ' 'N-4',V• 4.,"77.,-, ',. t, 4 ,, 4tep 4 1 -274 , (S ,N - 'iq 141 P . : ,; ) 4 4 4r : z I, 4 pl, ‘A4 z ,. ~..,) 'lel .."*f. i L , v • , ' ,t, iiitY; 7 ';',P' Z , .'t •*tte 1,,f-41,14 ''' , o ° k *4 EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,) THE OAKS. MARCHIONESS .. BLOOMING HEATHER .. C A.PUCINE Eleven ran—Nettle fell MEMBERS' PLATE. Ra,dul piing Chisel Five ran. LATEST BETTING. OAKS. 6to 4 agst Nettle 4to 1 agst Capucine 4to 1 agst Biooming Heather 6 to 1 agA etc - tilde Bto 1 agst Chalice 1 I 31 2 I 27i •• • 3 22 25 . 1 ' St. . 2 10 MONE V' VIA RKET AND CO If MERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, closed with a firm and steady appearance. Prices were steadily maintained at the advance obtained on Wednesday of Ad. to /d. 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 feat'ire. Business this week in Colonial Produce has been 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, Son, 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...10 6 ti 107 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. (Sterl. 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 CenL. Bonds 1893... 80 Do. do. do. 1874... 73 Do. do. do. 1884... 72 .1875... G 7 GS . ... 90 RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Bonds Michigan Central 8 per Cent. Bonds Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster ling Bonds) 1859... 95 Pennsylvania Central 6 p. Cent. Mortgage Bonds lB3O SBl 89 ... 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 8 G 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 907 3 to 91± for transfer and account. The New 3 per Cents. bring 90R to I, and theßeduced 894 to 90i. Bank Stock is firm at 2092. The Omnium has touched 3 premium. Exchepier Bills are up to 12s. and 15s. premium, and the new Terminable Annuities to 16g. 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 771 I-, Mexican have dropped to 22i and 211. Russian Fives are 99 to The following are the nominal prices of foreign. stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6/ to 71; Mexi can, 22 to 22/ ; 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, 18.' 1 to 181 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 37 to 37A- H ; Ditto Certificates, 4 to 4 Ditto Passive, *t‹ . to 4. Railway shares are firm for the English lines, and the Bombay and Baroda and the Scinde are higher. The Foreign Mines are in moderate request. The Joint Stock Banks are rather tending up wards ; and in the Miscellaneous Shares more is doing. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLO ( .E. (Pram, tli6 Ofikial List. Bu , iness done Rank Stock 3 per Cmt. Reduced Annuities 894 90i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities - Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1800 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1585 16 11-16 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under 21000 lB Consols Zor Account, 30th May 9 L 904 1i 1 Cranium - 3 pm Exchequer Bills, 20. 21000 2500 , &nal ) Ditto Advertised 4 7 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONt O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 99 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 541 klexican 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cont., Con. 1811 Ditto, 1848, 3 per Cent Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 99i 9 Russian Bonds, 4. per Ceut — Ditto Small turkish Bonds, 6 per cent -- Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates ..... 93 HALF•PAST TWO. Consols 914 Ditto, May Account LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 25.—Wind and weather this day at noon, S.,- light airs, and cloudy, with warm weather. PORTSMOUTH, May 24.—Wind; S.S.W. Arrived — Empress Eugenia, from Ceylon. Sailed—H.M.S. Corn ' wallis Pembroke, Haftings, Hawk, and Retribution ; City of Norwich (s. transport), for Grimsby. SOUTHAMPTON, May 21.—Arrived—Iberia (s.), from Gibraltar. PLYMOUTH, May 24.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived— Vivandiere, from Monte Video. FALMOUTH, May 24.—Wind, S. Arrived—Elizabeth, from Akyab; Phoenix, Porto Ries ; Toss Smet, Adelaide, S.A.; Alma and Algoa, Akyab, and sailed for Hamburg. COWES, May 24.—Wind, S. Arrived—Cybele, from Canton, for Rotterdam ; Atalanta, Bahia. SHARE MARKETS (THISD.kY.) kt.A.iLWAYS. :EL F.ILWAYN. Closing Prices yestertNy. titil,ites4 done this day. ~OU 1 ,',:oeruecti 8. Ambg. Nottng. Bo 3t. and Eastn. Junct... all Belfast & Ballymena. all IBirming. Wol;erh. & Stour ...... 29l Birkenhcl. Lanceh. & Cheshire Jnnet all [)o. Cheap. & .E5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., X 20..... all Myth &Tyne origina' £25 (issd. at £45) LOO Bristol and Exeter... 100 Caledonian. 61s. Carmarthen and Car digan all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass 16 Cornwall Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. all Dundee Pertlidabci deen Junction all Do. New ...... .00 East Anglian all I Eastern Counties... .00 I E LBLCTZt - Union, A 100 De., B. Stock 8 Do., New A ...... LOO East Lancashire - 0 0 Edinburgla& Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles... [OO .Edin.Pril &Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. all Furness . all Do. Extension _ _ _ 10 0 Glasgow &S. Western 1 00 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 1)0 Gt. Sth. SzWest.(lre ) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Ra Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 141 Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh D o . , W st. Riding lin all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal 100 bond. Bright &S.Cst 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 16 Do. Fifths Do.IOI.Sh.,M&B_C 2!, Do. Eighths 100 London andS. 'Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. k Lineh, Do. Shares, No. Do t , Man. $ ;Lin. Un. Midland Do. Birmn g. & Derby Midld .0, West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoinl and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwid Do. do. Extension Dodo. 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. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shropshire Union South Devon So ath Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. da Riv. Dun Do Staines, Wok &Wok 'Stockton & Darlin”. Stockton & llartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Doc]: and Railway triverstone & Lancs Vale of Ncath Waterfcl. & Kilkenn3 Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and. Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn & Ciroydo3, 22 - 23 43 - al 8i 1 4 - 131 14A 15.,1 9 8 d 85 - 87 621 - 631 13? - 14, 7 - 9 34 2!,5, - 142 - 15 - 31. - 23 21 - 23 74 —75 a :35 - 57 2d par 19 20 68 - 70 91 - 02 76 - 78 124 - 96 - 66i •- 67 53 - 62 70 - 73 6L, - 6i - 78 - 74 8 100 101 99i —100 i Ad Kd 82 83 9• 8 A A 7d 25 8i 71 -71 i 41 - 43 10 - 8 - 2 49 = Ei 29 ... 30 731 7 , 4 6t 61 , . 4 3 , 34 131 —13 i 49i 50 48 50 d par id 44- 40 61 Ci 1 d tar 28 - 30 .6i - 103 67 - 69 46 - 48 124 - 13 60; - 60 28 - 29 5 - 3 3 - 1 37 - 39 20 2 22 - 24 7 - 8 FOREIGN. Antworp&Rottz,rdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and, Central Inclia„Scrip Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. Now East Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. EY . .;ension Do. 4. p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanarlaA is. Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. e., do. Gt. Central of Franc, Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. Do. New 5 per cent Do. Extensions Do. do Great Luxembourg Constituted Share:, Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Cana,d Shares . Do. Bds. payable's7,l 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 tit Pistoj a 5 p.c prof Lyons and Geneva Lyons di Meditcrran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New . Namur dt Liege (wit! interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3g p. c. & red. at 223 . /. dur. 38 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. dt Ams. Shs. ) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen..... ParisCaen dt Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre 1 1 Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 5? p. cent. Pref Scindo Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Pref Western of France WeFt. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-STO' ,Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China City Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Chart Loud. Chart. Bk. o! Australia Ditto New London and County London Joint Stock Lond. & WcAminstel National Pro vincia of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation. Provincial of Ireland Do. New loyal Austrain. Bkg & Gold Imp Co.._ •lontia Australia Union M Australia Do. New Ulm) of Ludo) L 7$ - 74 2t - 4 - 3 ••• - •• •I 14- id, 34 —35 8 9 p 24i 25 3ip 6} 5 181 191 ,53 55 93 95 2g 2a:, is` - - 5i 2,1 - 2R 24. - 3-4- 21 -21 i 100 -- 101 107 -- 109 ILO -- 112 101 103 - 22, 109 - 111 atf, 4i 5p - 1p ; 2 - 2 , 1 1 p 5 7 2 - 3 6 - 6i *6a = 351 131 - 13 7i - 8i 26 -26 p 47 . 49 41. 43 PIP 22 - 23 d iP 2 8 2.} -2 P 3 = 4 d ii ; :. igi BANKS. 82 - 84 ••• ••• i d par ... - . d 17 -• 18 21 214 par a p 32 - 34 40 - 42 .•• ••• 71 - 73 8 - 9 ••• 0 1 426 .0 34 ;5 all 15 all ;t. 100 i 5 all t2s 82s ;t. 100 ;t. 100 00 all 15 all 10- all !E 233 i 0 8 ,t 0 all it. 100_ L 6 all 16 all 8 all 8 all R. 100 25 20 25 13 0 all It. 100 i 0 all LO all LO 3? le :0 17. ) 0 all LO all 10 1 >t. 1100 it. WO it. 100 it. 100 K) 1)0 i 0 all !Ii) 15 ?,0 5 14 l 5 all 165 It. 100 LO 9 h. 100 a 5 21i :0 all ;0 all !O all XI 5 !O all .0 171 s. LO all 5 4 n 10 ?,0 2s. .7:3 all !O 10 10 all 15 15 15 all )0 all ;0 10 51 all 5 1 5 2 5 all 4 all !Oi all lil a )0' all !,0 14 5 all ;0 I 14 !O 110 . !3i131i LO 1.11 ;0 all n all .6 al l !O , all ',O I all all !O 16 60 all 0 all 0 all 5 3 all all ; 0 I 16 gi all LC' all !O 16 !O ' 16 6 all !O all 30 20 1 1 10 5 St. 25 78i 9a 100 i A 100 i 100 822 25i 5 i 71} i i 501 a $ i Pm 8; 2i P 21, 5h . • " 1 8 I,► Agua _Fria ......•••, " Awrlo Austrlu.. Gol( ~~~•1u Californian • • Austra Tian ............ Australian Co rd Ave Maria ............. Baden (Gd. Duchy of Blmnarvon Iron ant, Coal ............ British Iron .....••• :! Brazilianlmp.(i ssuec at £5 pm.) ......... Do. Cocaes SD Cuiab, Do. St. John Dellte3 Carson's Cre e k ....... Clarendon Cons. Mm Co. of Jamaica...... Cobro Copper ........ Colonial G01d......... Copper MM. of Eng Do. Pref. 7l p. cent. Copiapo.... , ......• E ng lish and Austin Copper Smeltg 0' Fortuna ............... Genera 1.............. . Gt. Nugg ttVeinltcg. Great Polgooth ...... Liberty ............. Linares ............... G- 6 4 - 1.3 2i 3 2 .-33 31 la --- 8 57 55 3 p ar 21 23 in 4d. 4 1 - 21 - p ; DD. B ............... Lusitanian ............ Mariquita .... ... New Granada ........ . New Linates and Smelting C 0...• Nouveau Monde ..... . Pontgiband. Silvei L e ad Min. Smelt. Port Philip ............ Quartz Rock .......... Rhyraney 1r0n........ Do. Now .............. Santiago de Cuba... South Austzalian...• Tin Croft ....... United. Mexican ..... Waller ................. West Mariposa....... Worthing Mining 0 Australia ............ • Yuba ................... 14 19 216 5 6 •-•"' 1 i ...... • . 4.1 ~ '' Australian Agricult. Ausl;raln. Royal Mai. Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg, and Reduction Co. Canada ................ Canada Gov. 6 p. et Jan. and Ju1y....... Crystal Palace ......• ,Do. Preference....... Crystal Pal. of France Duston Iron Ore ...•• Eastern Steam .......• Electric Telegraph... Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Maxi can&S. Americn. Do. New .............. Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land.... N. S. W. Coal &Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. N. B. Australasian... Nrth. of EuropeSt.:are Oriental Gas .......... Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular& Oriental Do. New ............. Portland Iron C 0.... Iloyal Mail Steam .•• Scot. Austral. Invest. Ditto New... .........• South Austral .Land Submar. Tel. Scrip... Do. Re,-i ctered ....... Trist4 L. Co. TJ. Cau. Van Diemen's Land 33 • " .•• 3 a 54 52 - - ii'i - 12° 1121 33 31 ••• ..... .'' ..• - 1 , 17 -- ___ ~. ..• ~.... "'' .e• .•••• ... ...- *" ... ...... 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The whethe wor.llooo to et the to heard to-da from were un bligo , , to tl ti ii" from inttehiefeirniteearference of tD,! ii eft ija hP i Dover with gasp and in 0070-4 ft°ol success they were strege°oool:o6j, in consequence of the rig"—oiotliOroo carrying plaintiffs he case had been sPeci3lll (VI boi and to corporation settle which stand over for sent suit. M r . j yp but upon its being cane a ~,o s he ; he must theref e o a re fbr ante to his clients, the Or leo vhewr,awshtihceh prigebetsiptableotv4et.e.) otio corporation the subject m Y w at h te o r f h 3 wA s r 64 111 i affidavitswere statedtoanswer fore prevented forshoulddiscussion,affidavits by the plaintiff°. wh the COURT taxa d t s i case by.. should no::: The Court y ttorne promise s e defendant Til 2 43 OF EX Ley, AO' Oti 000 011011, 01 mr. worifATTORNEY-GENOAD " tO yn,b o 0. gGe r 000 t oesf tiine r p aetaas p d i :v e te rsdoe.: vend reir forec i a le I bit ; t B.:_h;epr pisepj Ito eelio 1 ::; o: it t a:, consent. r r 030 ; matter of CcAortmnot Attorney-General - u Ge t n b e e r l a d l t a h n a rd t e fttthihseeeyd defends a 1 a t l e n : t e might be more properlf 8 , co tiO e accordingly (Sittings in nCOIIRT before d VIII ------- -6,oC'coolp, ,2 1 7 3. 1.rd 5Cu---Ptile: ~.:pati,fl i , A° Mr. Justice Banco, r-Jus tice' Coleridge, jr.gr. IP) Justice Crompton.) CO' .0 etAllgAli, ob i tj ,o l t 0 QUEEN V. WHITEHAVEN JUNCTION —, , 0.1,-,oor-, tO twall.lr. Ashley showed cause agattiPix a vcooooo, should not the defendants, to show Ousel o f th e t e, ° ll oll issue h his s ot issue, calling on the shell t he JO 0 0" 00 writs to assess compensation l 000ttoo Ad spect of • certain houses being• injured 131. il° iodoe, of the railway. __.. i o ,orp{ 1 from 1,11 h• The railway W " o od d O, 0 1 , 1847, itel,a,ven to garypet nittio , r when the injuries now,. n,tah: aPPLii existd. On 16th jab, 1850, t he ei Ir, made his ' • ectork 9, , , complaint to the dir , ec i ie 'The : r . 0 1 noticead was taken ; and it was repeit,' ~ ot ot p i, tors was mai° for 250/. Jar: Ole sot' 00,/ o oe complaint, of the company then entered Pio , 'a 10 6 0,. _ r_, ,, and decided on taking n° de ao 0 t on In 1854 another application Was 01:rraot 1 0 ir i nt notice given under a — j ia of f oo,/ damages, to which the directore._ora cn e j cr t ill and the next proceedings theY,„°,. lea ki th application for the mandamus. .."'-,,,,ere .000 or contended the present proceeding° t i vo _ A c tl bee ll 0 proper time far talon them, an d tha- 13P' r have been first g „l ogo 0 0 j brought to show a' o bjec 0' tained• ,„, 1 130 . 0 a ./ Mr. an Hill, Q.C., for the applicant, _n:ferrecif 'Ol piti, ultimatelyaction being tried, or the glbol° ',ol °op arranged that the whole oL' a old r to allow an action to be brought, 11° it Sj i the VA it event of that t• ac ion. sc he GREEN V. DRYOI' This A v.to, Mr. Mills applied for a new tris • ~o d viT or 01 , tried at the late Guildhall sitting, 'titioni,,llV by the next of kin to recover coniretl9o iO the B r sustained by the plaintiff to hie has od ! e l, air 1 omachine, whereby he lost all bis fing e F ' t a ides c. 9. 0 0 0 f the application wag that the Terdlo of/l Obtot the defendant, was against the weight pia Of ° to o% Lord Campbell, who tried the easeLt b eeil o il' have b b ' verd lu •0 0 een etter pleased had the ..,. it „ wave but he was not prepared to say it verdict. It was a question entirell In The application was refused. BIRT I. e 11440141 or A SON 00400 tor On the 23d inst., at 63, Guildford-str of ol o t) the wife of John Fish Pownall, Esil• v dge , l ie f tii ° On the 19th inst., il bledown ~,to o at sr I k v sto_ soil, .- bur bury, the wife of Lieut.-Col. T. Regt. Bombay N.I. AO' ode Of Y oi On the 24th inst., 0 :t A T, IlTilligbgirrafrte: the tile fil Smith, Esq. 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