The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-17 00:00:00

111135 : 11 0 01 tt; "Pr or ErVr 0 , ?;: bi fr Der Wie„,rd° cost , teg ea' ftb° 01!' led i %i tiv hu t ' ,bo l° , :the ` . •,,e 6 ' b ho ,h) O t , l ieri P A I • J th tr e ,ro" is th i e i bi l c h # 0 0 00 to ,te o 0 0 1 dy ne a`' the 7010 ottinY ' ' l4 -k- ) A it; i t s ' Ait ilk r AND C° IiAtE.ROIAL INTELLIGENCE. C Y, Two O'CLOCK. Z i le Cotton Market IT at Liverpool yesterday tallrmly and pric es o f A mer i can were gene et' " _ l c i e • Per lb. hi gher than on Friday. The wh ich re estimated at 20,000 bales (3,000 of - latioh Were taken for export and 6,000 on specu at6i."?il Comprising 2,000 Pernam and Maranham, o to 7 . ; 700 Bahia, at bid. to 61d.; 6 ,1 0 Arptitta tO ' n t h to Bid. ; and 2,000 Surat, at atd s . tta(b, Per . lb. The Railway Share Market wa Thje'./tit.hout alteration in prices. in thgo aucti ons, and also the colonial wool 7 ' are g o ing Off with animation. sigaiB Hots from th e Baltic state that the Gulf of o , le _lr quite fre e f rom i ce. lakereeaao adviees notice the arrivals there of been 6 Priso ners from th e a lli e d armies. They Th e 11 well tr ea t ed. The port was blockaded the such an ab un d ance of money just now tie rt z h t; r a id n a lc yB f En g l an d return to be published fli G azette is fully ex p ec t e d to show d tain • er increase of b u lli on. Unless some new he p re fel t by th e contract of foreign loans, even taiN eae lit rate of discount could be scarcely main he 0% I)lete d 4 chequer accounts have been 15 414 14 afford particulars of the disposal of the Itt 1_137(31311e. On the 31st March last the Bank g,,.. e ' 44 (1 held__ -akeee of " Incora e • Credits The 3,227,409 1 4 ............. 368,483 14 5 £3,595,892 15 9 114 ,1 4 4 111 1t 1311 , 11t of Exchequer Bills issued to the 4 tang -A lattd in lieu of credits was 1,750,000/. of e ho , , kof Ireland had an Exchequer balance Q 93/ 1,,_ At th ' " -3 •ed. on the 31st March. ill' 4. e Meet . th gyp, 4 ai r - I ng of the Provincial Bank of Ireland Nat v vi dend at the rate of 8 per cent. for )4 i "eltt, together with a bonus of 1/. a share, Mg Z l _ 4 ted, di, v , i4 - , reh , la The nett profits for the year end- AC e d pr e fl - 4 7°, Was 81,698/. Gs. 91. The un -7t soi ect -g4 at that date were 162,216/. 15s. Bd. 4 . the kn le,servations the report was adopted. e ltre 4141 Stock Market has been quiet, but %It L tilel Y 00the k.n, . +4-) and th ere i s an a d vance o f i per , . t o ts h a absence of any important new_s I,_ (for Ve been 89i to i for transfer, and 89 1 ti e , A acc e „„ I•'4 - ' l '. The New 3 per Cents. have .. k eat gga 14 tank St 3to 1, and the Reduced at 881 to ic b toti c h 4 7 0 elt is dull at 208. The Omnium i1 71 6i e 4 to 1 premium. The New Annuity lie v . i . Z i m e ti 4 1 1 11 ; of Turk' is still ish Bonds .trans- The il io den-nireota,,,tta place at 881 and 88,- 1 . th,„tttiai,.— Will be adopted with respect to ' "Nt e t_ 4 °f fresh means is still unknown, but k jt 4 , c Leh, 11 ~kre ns. g co mparatively cheap ' 41 121,,,. 7. Sardinian Bonds have been 862. is one thing tl4Pet bat h eccornittee's Certificate is at 4. French li e e te at f ,',. have been at 67the ex tia ' 0 25, Dutch 4 Cents. are 92k, and Th ILli Per C! 63k, with per ti ttl e foli o r cents. 921. ‘4 4 : 4 ;...,0 r w e 1 t1 11 , g are the nominal prices of foreign )tio t o 2 ., w-la. Deferred Bonds q to . 7 ; Mexi it Cetit e . .,.. 4. ; P eruvian, 67 to 69 ; ditto Three ' 1 44 ( 7 0., i ' it li to 49 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., Bp,, Po or 4ss isl Five per Cents., 9 8 to 89 ; .;:11 ji• -and-a-Half per Cents., 87 . b i 'til., aftellC' Deferred, 18k to 18i ; to 100 ; tte l'O t ° 37; Ditto Certificates,' Ditto 4p i er ; -...iv e c, tolsllol4t )oito 4. NI daiNteek's railway receipts, ascertained up 1'1 44t 19 1855. 18 Cl' ' sre in round numbers as follows , qt r . l 1 . 4 04 'ern ****************** 13,427 5 12 4' 996 ~v 14741 421 12 321 Yliii . ".... " ................. ~ p . 4, Ni , e , .. . ............. 2• 5,877 4 f ei ka tll ..... .„.. ' 11,319 e ti,i .. ........... 11,391 .. 16 823 21 1 51 6, 3 1 483 4 2 2 1 )i s , ll l,l ) 'the r ' ................... 2• 0,118 18,069 11. 4 - P., B4 te te ett l i;; .k - f l'i r ' e ' 1• 9,101 19,047 It e • ill ••• oat e ~ni Nil • e t 1, 4411 tet et more animation in the Railway e .14 „eit a ;oti . t I . : s oda l. _ firmer tone is perceptible. 1. t kirn 111 (1Zur are Great Northern, Great - 'tat: I,ittet7„., North British, and South 1 14 ,7 it titigi 14 Iku;i,Ztern. of Canada Shares c a e re . ~11 - ' n at - 0 30 4 % a re /° a•a have slightly advan rule °W a krth ilt Pre • illac tive and the Banks i VlotN ' Crystal Pal ace 1114,- lir - ttlpr ov . . rates. xiSit Pllt,r,- --- --...„ ...............L_ e tt1eht " u 3 Tat kak ( P ob,-'8 DAY.-CLOSING IN, Bt eek r - () eim/ List. 'I - - e elitb_' . PRICES. ' Business done leer o ei , ..ecit l . .. : .......... 203 IT' 3 per Neel; itllnnitial; .............. 81 ' l te t o r %tt, A k hexim e ..... i I i r, tNu ,s_etitie, D-41.12nitie ' .. ............. 891 i II ltt s 40 „„ Yea,.. ) '/ Pire St: , ..... -.. ......... 88 g 4 '0 ''6 I .°. Rap. - "an.. 140 . 3f Osi t Zle kr A 44 11, ti.„!re an.. Oct., 1859 3 1146 tt a_ r4 .. -,ceotltx'he sth A pril, 1885 16i 7.16 A' 4 ll'4' .• .. MaY... .. 89* 1 r o h 4 ooo %if's . ; ii'ci:••••• ° her c,' ... ..., . tilP!ltti°ll43lBs'cii..... ,....., 5 8 1 4 .4484 f i . or rho -P g c , per Cent ...... 1001 `41 4 41 , u _k adt 6 eeetuq! (l X FUNDS Tif IS DAY. Ott o iritis,i Per Cent: ..................... Fi 1 6 . 4 4 7 I , it Zt e : ' ll b ete rj g e ilt ... ........ ."...:: ........... : 37 - b it iil: t o it i itt t , ce.4.Per Cent ........... 18i i 1.1 k 4l ttp f ° l ' ' 6 Per een r CellP. not fun. 4 1,,z4444.._,-....4eiteeotpat... ............ .. ......... .... iii 83 ia I . ' 4 .4ki‘ei .. •••••• —...- ...... 78 1 ~,,,,,,, ...... ............. ,41,b.sici.„„, I Per Cent. „,.........., 291 10 P, o `'lt 't% cm th 2 t o , fe l, A above payable in 'Ammon. LRI% 'Jet to'4 PereCent tt,,, c'osa ts tit... . ................ - ~ ~.., v i • zi _ e • .. • .................... • 2 • 67f 62Ae ex 2of. ne• l 0 14. e. iiis_l:9eent, ex. 25 fr ' O 4 i Zat S r p t e •l r 11, I t • n E t % 2 2s o f a r. il NI e! ' lctifi. eates .. .. 4 THREE O'CLOCE• 20 1 Iti Ilit i k : l4 iii: l • 3, . • •;. ............................ 89.} 1 ,"411, -41 ta - 'tec°1"••..............111t...:= 891 d 100 ok h lp 4 - A 100 i4,, pl : l Yitet il l b,,, 114 To THE RELIEF OF THE POOR.-- 100 1 44 h der tXI% t,,. 0 4 alr. Itendati, Mr. Robartes, and Mr.. 100 Nbett a f t `' R e! , to enact that after the 29th o . t . 4 A ther a i i I r nmee in England and Wales shall 2 01 .i.,,c1h,,, .r.„,,;:i of the poor, in like manner as coal - 100 ) 6, or moat o f th .la tu.tde that where any money shall, I N lee tl i t o S ' ,, 4 l, r O , lB , a ct, be held upon a lease, reserving . / qt ) e ~"t e f th' a ttY, toll, or due other than in kind, 4 :I t °ll, lQ4l l L e n'ioe which shall by this act become 2 ., 0 0 Ve oti°rtio"e et,titlei to deduct from the rent, roy- 0 l 'Vt l. e el ehaNYable under such lease, one mokty ~0 N i \ k " 4 ll} N eli til r l ed 130 13 him towards the said r ate no i i n i 3. V, Ni g 4v, ~, ..0 , before the day 11 P" which other- s l ig il ti M t o "'tied, and the lessor, or personn amw , 1 4, 4tt,,,, such rent royalty, or due, shall it ~,, ... 41 N 1p Part f 20 litti op t tk e , ~. PaV Merit thereo . 1% et k b,Nhi. l lt I OP HOLY TiHasDAY.-This morn- ! , +- 0 l ;,qtk / ..itii t tt%4ficers of the various metropolitan , de N 4. 1 .4 k e `i round the several parishes, in accord -41, 14 . _ 1 4. iit hlai _ u ii. t4 .1. #444.. T he e, atom, for the purpose of beating r t Pe 44 0 't chtir enarity-school boys accompanied 4.thikz,.ter,,4 ellwardene trustees, &c., to the out- ~0 'lti 44 ' '`d e Places ' boundary stones ecktt, be o f , , where the . t 4 B Nit elu t e 'Y marked. The children officers 2d lo te ttl Atr b he r af , e of the day, and the parochial othA, tti, Ci t 'N o er the performance ' 40 1 i ,“4, 1 Ila t i, tit R of their duties. letters 20 A Pti, 't by „ AMWAY OF CANADA.- The '7O N tl et ti t ,i - o tte t I:ize l ast steamer refer to the . prospects - "eat t itt litii !ii add i' t. brought before the provincial Par- 20 tk. 4 4 , 4 C k tit tonal grant of 900,000/. in aid of the 2 ° • 20 si nf . 4h ) . waY, which appears to have caused , 5 'le altheail t,,,, e , and to be likel to meet with opposi - 20 Ill c ithke o it 0 ,. (14 31 thqTtlie press was y strongly against it, id L ' l et; y et ' it ~,5 'oe P e ctor-General was to move in 20 7 1 ,, , tif tir NI ila: thought that the Government 20 Oti th e erg me r .be unfavourably influenced, 20 o.keiY , t i l i i e e 'ltie e ti e _w a two exceptns,w i( o 1 ;tit o e t t e h rn . p ah ; is . the l ot . ere. The plea put for- E Ie ,':l', 4t kne t tir4 he pan ePnonerilte t l ightness t o s f tr t e h s e , money- 1( the Z the ' llc ' t 4" gi v e n by B Mr. ay great the late Mi- `, thtt''tetif ids role woA( undertaken, ken, that no 2 i tylik,4l:l4 o.e.aracter woul w d as be nn made by the con- - kll o tl iik 4 e e fr4en disposed to shut out consideration of 111 %1 ' N a tid elee t Pe ace to war, Notice had been given - l t le o kl o lte kr h , to the effect that before further aid be 41 ,bil4ti,t4l,(lll;;lll4ll4l.iitet..,_,lllgittiquiry should be instituted by a 41 ti c, til a ' , ie A e,o, .all 1 . 0 the condition of the company ti t m i e IC' ti l „ t ial ,aey in respect to the 1,776,268/. of '', ttiotltt wiille..4rantee advanced up to January la.t. 2 , V lit ill N„ l ' s ,it ir 44 t he refused, the entire works on ti.'th ' .La," o 4 4'• e ' e r`ed, be stopped, and in any case I 10 t k n4,,,,, t eß o ,„'re n , e A° Victoria tubular bridge across ' 10 o ' l t t I;eit,; 4 to th 14 to be abandoned for the present. 2 t,llot,o,eu thi s general progress of the colony, the ~ Ineo'!Opeooti: necasion are satisfactory, although z Tik 1 4 'ln t ,,, ,ution of the Legislature is said to be o In r th , fr o • ' I A 0) 4 e p ro !II its representing all the various fac- t ,°lerilili to prey races led on by disappointed office- E '„tr o e th e e se e elud e 'eLlicie the hope of any useful action.. 10 i3,t t ee, ; Itottc.tieta for the past year had just been laid ix Itllstr,o44.4.ls'l4....lti,,i.ineg‘ltfhAilsae.inbly, and showed the gross to have been oit m ti 440 t tzsetle th;' ex o p a n n d c t e in hand, r042,9851. The I i t 4 : ll ,,te lt e t toritnver the l re n c r e e di was : r was 201,2651. ,Al/4,,„"11,01.:ter,,1'ut° had als P o been nbgroyuegaht forwarl, th . e ;''N' kt 50142'; ueing 1,065,5201, against an exPendl- II ,t 1:,) 24 „"171.000, fr on these estiinat-s the receipts are . ItW i4 et: U°C)l . S '' ' 1 etiStO 100 000/ from public s_ l lsl ll ' A t Nti. '',„'": l Batik im ms o ' st ' a n d 25.000/. from h o ed Cl'siti ''•ne co miniss P inne s r's a pp ointed for the et t h p e el , e_tt had sailed for Fr ' anc , , P aod would be ' 1,4Z,41 honorary commissieners and mera ,4l4ture.--Ti;4o. 20 20 10 10 10 5 20 20 Roo ro t-, boar roc' Leic , to for., . alo ne! 1 0' 6101 f 1 0.u‘ 310 far 1; 10141' .) II V 1 , 410 ;11P,o , 3,0" .Si' ol .Sii sl.) oP ;313i °11° . ditto. ;0 '' f°l 6°4 13 : 1 3: la bet fo r r or uo ; ilir S E (THIS DAY.) RAILW&YB• Closing enc.P this day. Business Rona this day. 19 - 2O 4f - 4i 8 - 8 14 - 13 i 4 - 9 - 8 86 - 88 62 -62 i 1:i - 14 7 - 9 5 - 4 5i - gi 14 - 15 114- 31 - 21 - 23 73 74 57 2d par 18 19 67 - 69 91 - 92 78 - 80 123 - 125 93 - - 66 58 - CO 67 - 72 5 - 5 7 78 78i 8 98 00 99i - 1 a) id Id - id 81i 824 9 8i 8 7 di 24i - 25 7.j ^ 8i 70i - 71 41 - 43 11 - 9 li - 2 = 60 284 ... 2i 72A —73 i 4f 13 —13 t 48 49 48 50 par - 5 6t ' 6i d [ar 26 - 28 45 - 47 12. 60, 61 275 - 285 5 - 3 3 - 1 36 - 38 ••• • 18 19 3,i - 4i iB. - ... 5i -6i Itmormrs. 100 ..... .tutbg. liottng. Bow , and Eastn. June!, all Belfast & Ballymenh. a ll Binning. Wolverh. Stour Valley ...... .!94 Birkenhd. Lanesh. 6 Cheshire Juliet...... all Do. `) Chesh. 61 Birk. £5 and £25 C,,w 19 Do., £20... ..... all Rlyth & Tyn 9 origin £25 (issd. at £4h 100 Bristol and Exeter.. 100 flaledonian. ....... 61s. Catmarthen and Car digan all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Paa -16 Cornwall 1.6 Crieff Junction 45 Drthlht&Belfa.st.June all Dundee Porth&Ati- leen Junction . all Do. New. ..••••• 100 East Ang.lian ..tl! Eastern Counties.... 100 Eastern Union, A 100 De., B, 5t0ck...... Do., New A -100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh dr Glasgo,A all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin. Prth de Punde( 1 Forth & Cly Jun,. all Furness all Do. Extension........ 100 Glasgow SI S. Westol 100 ;great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock )0 at. Sth. &West.(lre. ) 100 (heat Western [0( Do. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk. . all Irish South-Eastern all htncaster & Carlisle 14i Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds L A ncash.andYorks i ' Wst. Riding all Liv.C r sby.&Southpi all London & Blackwa' 100 r.ond. Bright &S.Cs , 100 'uond. and N. Westi 16 Do. Fifths 5i rro.lo/.,5h.,M&8.. C 2. Do. Eighths 100 London andS. West!, 42p Do., £so 34 Do. £4O all LudildrrytitColerain, all Ludndrry. & Ennisk (10 Nanch.Shef.k Lind!, all Do. Shares, No. I 1)o., Man. & Liu. Un 100 Midland 1(10 Do. Birmng. &Derby all Midld. G. W est. (I re ) 22i Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Cli 21 Nwpt.Aberg. & arrl 5 Newry & Enniskillen All Newry Warreupoint and itostrevor [4l Norfolk 3 Northn.Connties LOO North all North Devon, No. 1 all 1)o., No. 2 11 )0., A A Deferred .. all Do., 4 B Guarant. , ed' ilt) N. Eastern—Berwie 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Dodo. Pure!. all Do. Le'•ds .00 Do. York - Ll' North London . all Do. New £lO 1 1, Ni .SE,S.Wstrn.,Hs.np stead, and City Jn.. l 7. North Staftbrdshir ,, .. A ! North Western....... all N. Sic S. Westrn. Juno . 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley Ind Leicester et.o Oxford, Worcest.r,& - , Wolverhampton 8 Portsmouth CO Scottish Central ..„,. _3ll Scottish Mi dland .00 4hropshirc Union a I South Devon L ~sonth Eastern all South Wale 9 1:5 A. Vrirol. Riv. Dun F. Do 12 `t nines, Wok &Wok al Stockton k Darlin kton & Hartlepl 1')(1 Taff Vale 9 Do. £lO shares. WO Do. Pref., No. I 21i Thames Haven Dock and Railway all Vale of Neath all Watertl. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limeri 4 18 West Cornwall. 5 West End of London: and Crystal Palace all Iwest London. 171e..Wimbledn&Croydoel FOREIGN. all A n twerp&Rott , rdan t 4 Belgian Eastn. June. 10 Beziers to Graissessao 29. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India.Serip Central of Italy ...... all Demerara ........ 10 Dutch Rhenish . ...... all Eastern of France 10 Do. New ............. all East Indian, g. SP. c. 10 Do. EY ;ensiot... all Do. 4l p. c. Pas., pay '57, convertible...... all Do. do. do., '59, do.. 15 Gd. Tk of CanadaA is all Do. St. Lawrence dz. Atlantic d 0.......... Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of Fran' all Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. 1 Do. New 5 per cent 2 Do. Extensions.... 12 Great Luxembour., Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations ....... all Gt. Westerne rn of Cauad _ Shares ,„ ........... all Do. Bds., payable's7, with optioh till 55.. a ll Do. do., ' 62, p. 5'56... a ll Do. do., '76, p. '60.. all Dn. do., '73, without option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. B per cent. 14 Lake Const. & Basle ail Lucca dt Pistoja sp. e. pref ................ 10 Lyons and Geneva 14 Lyons & Moditerrau. 16 , Madras 10 Do. New Maria Antonia 111 Do. do. New all Namur & Liege (wit' ,nterest).... Do. fox interest) ...... all Northern of France. all DOM. Simi ate Char leroi and Erquolinos guar. 3R p. c. R, rod. at 22 i. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. W. 3 p. c Bds Only. B. & Ams. Shs. all Norweg ia nTrunkPrel 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and Rouen... 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. all Rouen and Havre..... all Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Motleie... a ll Do. 54 p. cent. Pref 28 Scindo , 14 Southern of France 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 5} per c. Pref 16 Western of France 16 West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Zealand 0 all I 10 all 4 I all 5 I 5 7$ 4 3 2a 2 i - i -VP 331 - 3 31 244 --25 P 2t - 3 P ..• 8 AI. 7 16 - 17 50 - 521 90 - 92 - 2 7 ; I - IP - 2 21 - 3 201 - 99 - 101 104 - 106 107 - 109 100 102 ?li - 22, .07 - 109 3 - 3iP - - - iP 2 P 5 7 , 2 - 3 6 - 6 = a 5 k 13 - 13 . ;13 / 4 8 i 25 - 251p1 - 413 39 4 1 pin 22 23 lid iP 8 —B4 2. pin 3i_ 4 d 5 6f ... -"'' 18 -18 i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia ............ British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Chart Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New L L o o n n d d o o n n a J n o d in C t o S u t n oct Lond. & Westminster National Provincial of England Do. New Nationi of Ireland , New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation. Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Anetraln. Bk g & Gold 'mp Co., South Anetraia Union of An4tralia Do. New Union Of Loadoo 80 -- 82 d Pa id 17 - 18 20 21 id par ... ".. ... •0 , b • ii = 34 39 - v - 41 •M 4"" 001 74 - 72 7 9 PO. -",3 . •••• 25 St. 20 St. 25 LO all 5 1 !Mall 1 , all THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1855 Shr. ..aid RAILWAYS. Leasing %Amine Pnee, Buttress Companb this day. this day. 50 all Bedford and London h Bletchley . N. Wos -1 „. St. 100 Buckghamsl;. L.&N.W. 7 99 100 Clydesdale Je. ;a1 9 101 2b 24 Col. Stour Vy. E. Un- Sud. and Hal. E. C ••• ••• St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. ,Glt.Nrthri. 134 136 St. all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. 1. Neils. Direct St. 103 Do. New Do • ••• 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Gt. Weser 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. ••• 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NM 106 108 25 all Do. Shares. Do — ••• 12 all Do. Shares. Do ••• 124 all Lon. Green S. Easter 12i —l3 20 all Do.Preferenee Do.. .... . . 23 —24 10 all Lon.,Til.,&S. Peto &Ca 11i —ll St. WO Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk.- St. tuO Do. 6 per ct. Do .- . - ••• 5!. all Manch. Batt'. LAN.ViT and Matlock & Midld. 2a —2i 60 all Itiddlosbro' & Staten& Redcar. Darlingt. St. l Midld.Bra dfd Midland.. 92 94 93i 6 / 54 Newmarket Bury Eaten.. En. Court. par pp 50 all Northern and Easternsp.e. E. Count. 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do ••• 50 all Do. Fixeds p Do • ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N.W &Ln&Yl3 12 4 all Do. Shrs. ADo ••• St. 00 Roystn.& Hit. GtNortlr 130 133 25 18i Shef.Roth and Lancash& Gool eg. 5 p.c. Yorksh. 10 all Shrews.Stller T. Brassey 74 84 7i 12 S. Stailordsh. 34.2,1C1ea , 2i • 50 All . Wear Valleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt 25 all Do ..... 31i —32 i St_ 100 Wilts&gomrst GtWestn. 89 - 90 ;15 all It. 100 PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c... Rlyth and Tyne 10 pet c. pref. (issd.atsol) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares flaledonian £lO 'Mester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent )o. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2., gorlt &Bandonsip. , nun Prth .dt A Ter..l. T, Anglian Clr. A Sh Do. do. C's. B 6 p. e. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. rlastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. Do. No. 2 . I to. New 6 r . c. St ilast Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 Der cent Do. 101. Deikentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent !ast Lancash.6 p. its &W. York. J. sths d. Prth.&Dun.4 p.c. Furness Gias. & S.W. G. 5 p c . Great Northn. 5 p c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... T 4:. 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red. 45p.c.pre... (R.N. of Scot. Ist Pre' ()t. S. &W. (Ireland Do. 4per C. P..f. St. Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c).. Do. con. red. 4i P.C. Do. con. red. 4 P. C . Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh.. Do. Cnester 8 p. Do. do. 5 p. c. do. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. Do. do. do . Do. do. do Lan. & York. F £2' I Do. 6 p. c. Stock .. Lon. & Brigh. G. 5 p. c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent.. lion.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et Lon .& S. W. Con. 3 (1 s Londy. & Color. Sh. Lon dy. & Ennis. . Mau., Slid., & Lin. New, £lO Do. £6 Mirypt & Carl. 4 p c .)o. 4 per cent Do %Ed. Consol.6 IDo. Consol. Bristol 11irm. 6 per cent Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. 'o. Pref. 4; pcs eel. Do. 5/. Prof. 4 p. c.. Ditto Leic .ster and Hitchen Prof. St... Norfolk Debenture . Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stoct Do. 5 p. c. Est Do. 51 per ct. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British v. E. Berw, 4 p.c P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c .2%70.1 Da. do. Quarters 4s Do.Vork & Pi , r. North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, ,k Wolverh.£ls, 6p Scot. Cent., New Pre South Devon Do. fixed, 4i per cm* S. Eastern (Readit. knn.) of £1 Os. 6d Do. 4A per cent S Wales Gna. 4p. c Do. do. 4 p. c.... S. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar., 5 p. c. Do. do. do Stock. & Hayti. g. 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Iwo 1100 [5 all' 91 all 2i all 64 all all 19 St. ,100 100 6i' al LO all io al l 5 all 10 all it. all '. 100 5 all t. all 0 all 3t. t. l lOO ; t.,100 St. 100 2 r - 0 all 100 'lOO 100 100 8 all 10 all 10 all it. 1 - 4, Nit! all 1341 all L 6 6 it. 100 it. 100 It. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 .2? ) all L 24 9.11 LO all 6 4i 12: 1 , all U.; all 10iz. t. \lOO 1.61k11 5 all it. 100 l 0 10 3t. 100 R.. 100 ;t. 100 M. 100 It. 00 ,t. iOO l 7 5 24 9 5 10 4,. Iwo LITERATURE. The Newcomes. No. X. By W. M. Thackeray. Such changes as there have been in the fortunes of the Newcomes—such fluctuations in the motley arabesque of Mr. Thackeray's new literary kaleidos cope ! Clive married to Rosy—Clara divorced from Sir Barnes and united to Lord Highgate — Miss Sherrick espoused bx the Rev. Charles Honey man. The Colonel happy, yet discontented —happy in his attendance upon his pretty little daughter in-law, and discontented with a h a lf sense that his sou is, somehow or other, the victim of dejection and disappointment. Ethel, in like manner, both improved and deteriorated—sorrowful with a name less grief, yet gladdened at the same time by the consciousness of living to more purpose than when carried away in the giddy whi r l o f Mayfair frivoli ties : caring for her adopted children, and between whiles carrying consolation to surrounding un fortunates. Besides these a variety of other scarcely less remarkable alterations. The B. B. C. in considerable peril--J. J. advancing stea dily on the way to artistic fame and fortune — F. B. " coming out" more gloriously than ever, as one of the more humorous and original among our author's many humorous and original characters. Added to which we may here record that poor old James Binnie has died off at Edinburgh—and that his very delightful sister, Mrs. Mackenzie the Old Campaigner, has at last revealed both to Clive and the Colonel the latent flaws, and blurs, and general demerits of her Veneered disposition and lacquered temperament. Another circumstance, moreover, is worthy of note in the present serial, now that it its completion. rapidly approaching the a pp o i n ted period of completion. Both the heroines of the story become wealthy—Ethel as the heiress of old Lady Kew, Rosey as the heiress of old Mr. Binnie. Miss Newcome has her 60,0001., and Mrs. Clive, besides moneys in bank, and B. B. C. shares, shares in the East India Stock—to such an extent, indeed, that her handsome young husband becomes in the esti- atiou of City men quite a personage of import ance. Insomuch that there aro projects set on foot for the nomination of the Old Colonel as a Director in Leadenhall-street, and a talk even of his beloved Clive aspiring to the dignity of a member of Par liament. How charmingly all thes e developments of his narrative are related by Mr. Thackeray it is needless to intimate. With the graces of his idio matic and ripened style the readers of the " New comes" have become long since delightfully fami liarised—blandishments of composition to the pos session of which neither " Vanity Fair," nor yet " Pendennis," can make any pretensions what soever. Let us acknowledge at once, however, that we are grievously disappointed with the course taken by our great novelist in the un ravelment of the tangled thread of this his ela borate and ingenious plot of " The Newcomes." We cannot become reconciled to the notion of Clive the debonnair being married to Rosey the contemptible—instead of to Ethel the magnificent. We have never yet forgiven Sir Edward Lytton for uniting Pisistratus Caxton to his cousin Blanche in stead of to his first love, the beautiful, tender, gentle Fanny Trevanion—ultimately spouse of that middle . - aged Marquis—once the gallant gay Lothario Sir Sedley Beaudesert. Nay, we don't yet half like the perverse defiance of all our hopes and wishes in regard to the most loveable of his heroes with which Mr. Dickens united David Copperfield to Agnes—only aftei having conducted him through all the incongruous discomforts and the crowning sad ness of his married life with poor, dear, little, silly, delightful Dora—redeemed though that strange epi sode in the incomparable story is by the exquisite pathos with which the genius of the great writer surrounds the memory of the child-wife's death bed. And so, in the like manner, we are more than half angry with Mr. Thackeray for coupling our brave, noble, gallant, handsome Clive with that pretty, empty-headed, empty-hearted, selfish, in tolerable Rosy—leaving both Olive and Ethel to pine in secret over the evil fate by which their des tinies have become, apparently, for ever separated. We are more curious, if possible, than ever as to what will be the end of this " strange, eventful history" of " The Newcomes." Mr. Thackeray has fairly bewildered us as to his ulterior object. We cannot for the life of us even dimly conjecture it. Is he going to resort to the old hackneyed resource of novel-writers upon such emergencies, namely, by killing off Rosy, so that he may unite Clive to Ethel Newsome, thus giving the hero, after all, his first and best beloved, in spite of all the impedi ments which, up to the very close of the narrative, may have seemed, to the unsuspecting reader, alto gether insurmountable! This were scarcely judi cious, we fancy, so soon after David Copperfield. And yet, to end the work before us otherwise, we cannot but imagine would be wonderfully distaste ful to its readers, leaving them with a painful sense of a disappointment never to be alleviated, that of the hero's and heroine's permanent separation, and interminable estrangement. Wherefor, all these things considered, again we say, our curiosity bringinggreat thangreater. the story everas of t o c4 MT The Thackeray'" Newcomerker ay',s, to a close—a close al read y probably written, and o d is n e e g e a r n b h o a f u o p t r s which we (and we doubt not many thou sands as well as ourselves) must continue now, for som e time, strangely solicitous. The Martins. Nos. V. and VI. By Charles Lever. Several new characters are introduced in the course of these two numbers of " The Martins of Cro' Martin." A capital specimen of a fine old Irish Barrister in the person of Counsellor Valen tine Repton, an aged gentleman, full of vivacity and anecdote. A horrid sample of a man who has fairly gone to the dogs, in the instance of a broken officer of the-9th Foot, Lieutenant Tho mas Magennis, a drunken, bra wling, fire-eating Pat lander. Besides these two more conspicuous per sonages—Joan, the herd's daughter, servant and wife of the last-mentioned, Captain Magennis, of Barnagheela—and Hosey Lynch, the barber, or rather Figaro, of the neighbouring borough of Oughterard. Towards the close of the number of " The Martins " for May, the interest of the story may be said to have really commenced. Massing bred has, by.that'time, become fairly installed as a guest at Cro' Martin Castle, after having nearly fought a duel with Counsellor Repton (a flash in the pan, caused by the prying Figaro Hosey Lynch), and (a yet more noteworthy incident), after having given the "cut direct" to honest, unoffend ing Joe Nelligan. The tandem-driving attorney, Maurice Scanlan, re-appears on the scene in the closing chapter of the instalment just published ; and a new interest is infused into the tale by the circumstance of the newly-appointed Viceroy being Lady Dorothea's relative, Lord Reckington, the Chief Secretary coming over with him being no other than Jack's father, Colonel Massiugbred. The e are glimpses, too, of possible embarrassments of a pecuniary knid on the Cro' Martin estate, to. gether with intimations of a proximate election, and further hints as to some mystery in the Cro' Martin inheritance, and new phases revealed in the cha racters both of Mary Martin and her companion, Kate Henderson. So that there are prospects of the plot thickening already, and good promise that out of materials such as those here enumerated, Mr. Lever will educe one of those animated and romantic fictions his hand knows so well, cm-mile cala2no, to conjure, up for the popular entertain ment. The Dwarf ; or, Mind and Matter. A novel. By E. Berwick. 3 vols. Newby. principally in the This is a very interes tin g stor y ; t h e plot is skil fully arranged, and a great deal of variety i s visible consistseiitsa.ndTehxeptlaolietsofGerald Nugent, the Dwarf, who certainly e vinced an exam p l e of mind triumphing over matter. The scene is l a id i n in adventures the events. Austria, in the time of Maria Theresa ; and Gerald Nugent shows himself a zealous champion in her cause at the time when she was menaced by power. ful enemies from without, and endangered by secret treason from within. By foresight, ability, and courage be contrived to fathom the secrets o f the conspirators , to circumvent their manoeuvres, and to deliver them up to well-merited fate. Th e character of Mari a Theresa is well drawn ; in the few scenes in which she appears she exhibits that striking decision and courage which so eminently distinguished her; and the passage which describes th ea tt e mpt to poison her is very e xciting and interest ing. The romance of fiction is joined to the realities of history ; and Milenka, the niece of the Black Baron of Erlsfurth, is well qualified to adorn a tale. 6'he was brought up in disguise by a strolling play er , and it was not until the conclusion of the troubles and trials hero narrated that she received her rights and became Countess of Reiterberg. Alto gether, the reminiscences of the Dwa r f f orm a pleasing sketch, and considerable ingenuity is shown iu the manifold manoeuvres and complicated plots and counterplots of the conspirators, and their adroit and agile foe. Those who are amuse d by delineations of a dramatic nature in chan ge an d variety will doubtless appreciate and applaud this work. ._.-- Lives of the Princesses of England. By Mrs. Everett Green. Vol. VI. Colburn. This is the sixth and concluding volume of these useful biographies. They form an admirable com panion to Miss Strickland's Lives of the Queens. Mrs. Green has successfully accomplished her labo rious undertaking, which we regret to see has been retarded by illness. In the present volume, the concluding chapter of the eventful life of Eli zabeth, the el test daughter of James the First and Queen of Bohemia, is given. The remaining me moirs are those of the daughters of Charles the First, two of whom died in infancy. The other three present very different aspects—Mary, the eldest, was married to Prince William of Orange, who died in his twenty-fifth year. After ten years of struggle and difficulty, she herself closed her career at the age of twenty-nine. Her sister, Eli zabeth, died at Carisbrook Castle, nearly broken hearted by grief for her father's death. The visi tors to the Royal Academy of this year will re member the picture of her death. Henrietta became the wife of Philip of Orleans, brother of Louis XIV., and, after shining as one of the brightest ornaments of that brilliant court, she died very suddenly, at the age of twenty-six, with strong suspicions of poison. Thus, though their destinies were so different—one being left a widow ruling over a turbulent court and nation —the other leading a gay and brilliant life amid the dissipations of Versailles—the third, early closing her career iu silence and solitude in the walls of a castle prison—the mournful destiny of their race seemed still to pursue them. With their lives the records of the English Princesses closes. Charles 11. had no children. The two daughters of James 11. were not only Princesses, but Queens of England, and, as such, are chronicled in Miss Strickland's pages. The brief life of their younger sister, Princess Louise, who was born in France after his abdication, is also related in the biography of Mary of Modena. Thus the writer has reached the limit she originally fixed—the period of the Hanoverian dynasty. She has acquitted herself very ably, and her series of lives show us some very interesting portions iu the lives of the chief countries of Europe. PRINCE ALBERT'S EXAMPLE. (From Punch.) A cankerworm was gnawing at the heart of England's Oak, And palsy threatened its great arms that braved the thun derstroke ; Its glorious crown was fading, and our foes began to hoot, " Behold the Oak is rotting and the axe is at its root !" Aristocratic vermin did offices infest, Not the Best men, but such men as lackeys call the Best, Men with the very richest kind of fluid in their veins, But men whose little heads enclosed exceedingly poor brains. We drew the sword for Freedom : the battle-flag unfurled Against barbarians marching to overrun the world ; The sword was bravely wielded, the flag was nobly borne, But by unready Rulers were our arms of glory shorn. Than rose a cry among us for a Government of worth, We said, "Away with empty Rank, and down with stupid Birth ; Incompetent Nobility shall us no longer rule, Born with a spoon of silver in its mouth ; born, sometimes, fool." These tidings heard Prince Albert at Windsor where he l, And walked upon the Slopes and lunched at half-past two each day, And with a grand piano made the grander pile to ring, So as beseemeth him whose son hereafter shall be King. "That cry," said he, "is just ; it is a shame and a dia. grace That any but a proper man should be in any place ; An end must to this wrong be put ; there is no doubt of that ; Some one the movement must begin—myself shall bell the cat." Field-Marshal the Prince Albert then did order and de- cree, That in Hyde Park a Grand Review straightway should holden be; And thither he betook himself in sight of all the land, His charger prancing under him ; his baton in his hand. Before the troops assembled, in all the people's view, On the altar of his country the good Prince that baton threw ; And thus he spoke, " 0 public and soldiers ! I resign The title with the token that ought not to be mine. " Lie there, thou idle symbol of victories not won, Reward of warlike services which I have never done ; And let that soldier win thee that shall have done the most In this our war with Muscovy of all the British host." Then all the people shouted, and said " Long live the Prince, What truthfulness, what rdanliness, what greatness to evince !" " Hooray for good Prince Albert !" was the universal roar: They cheered him thrice, and after that they gave him one cheer more. Then every Lord incapable, and every booby Duke, Accepted at their Prince's hands a lesson and rebuke ; They cast away their offices ; their places up they threw, And England's Oak revived again and England throve anew. THE SECONDARY STATES OF CONTI- NENTAL EUROPE. From the Journal des Debats of yesterday.) Whilst attention is generally and almost exclusively directed to the question of peace or war, which has so long occupied all the chanceries, and has been discussed with varied chances of success in the Conferences at Vienna, the policy proper to each of the States of Europe has been following its course ; and facts which are not without importance have been accomplished. The session of the Legislative Chambers was closed at Berlin on the 7th inst. ; this was the last of the Legis lature, and people were already intent on the general election to take place at an early period. The King, re tained by an indisposition, which happily wax of short duration, caused himself to be replaced by M. de Man teuffel, president of the cabinet, who gave the custo mary allocution on the oocasion. Through the co-ope ration of the legislature many useful reforms bad been effected in different branches of legislation ; the object of the first of which was judicial proceedings ; the second was the amelioration and multiplication of the ways of communication. The Charnbere, for example, had granted to the government the subsidies necessary for the con struction of a bridge at Cologne over the Rhine, which would again contribute to lessen the distance be tween Paris and Berlin. Other laws had developed the principle of commercial freedom. The budget of the State had been subjected to a careful control, and nevertheless it had not undergone any reduction ; this was because the financial administration of Prus sia is recommendable by its habits of order and eco nomy, and is applied to 'maintain the equilibrium be tween the revenue and expenditure. Towards the close of the session, the Government requested of the Cham bers the authorisation requisite for employing in 1855 what remained of the loan. of more than 100 millions of franca voted in 1854. This sum had been placed at the disposal of Government, so that it might be prepared for the expenses which war would demand, if war became necessary. The Government having avoided war, has been able to reserve in the treasury the largest portion of the sum borrowed ; but war is always possi ble, and this is why it is proper the ministry should be enabled in case of need to dispose of this resource. SALMON FISHERY IN WALES. —0 wing to the efforts which have been so strenuously made by the various societies to preserve and improve the different fisheries and salmon streams in the principality, this year the sport promises to be exceedingly good. It is now as serted that the breed of fish in the best rivers is increas- ing every year by thousands. The artificial mode of pro pagation has been introduced with marked success, and young fish will soon be sent afloat in large numbers. THE BRONTE FAMlLY.—Curious particulars respecting the Bronte family, of which " Currer Bell" was the lite rary chief, are given in the Belfast Mercury. " They were natives," says our authority, " of the county Down. The father of the authoress was Mr. Patrick Prunty, of the parish of Ahaderg, near Loughbrickland. His parents were of humble origin, but their large family were re markable for physical strength and personal beauty. The natural quickness and intelligence of Patrick Prunty at tracted the attention of the Rev. Mr. Tighe, rector of Drumgooland parish, who gave him a good education in England, and finally procured him a euracy in Wales. In his new sphere he was not unmindful of his family claims, for he settled 201. per annum on his mother. Prunty was the name which the family bore in their own neighbourhood of the county Down. The patron of Mr. Patrick Prunty, disliking the name, requested him to take that of Bronte, from the fanciful idea that the Greek word Bronte would appositely signify the singular quickness and intelligence of his intellect. After Mr. Bronte had assumed the duties of his clerical office, he married, and the issue of that marriage were the three gifted women who delighted the reading world under We titles of Currer, Acton, and Ellis Bell. Of this triad, Currer was the bright particular star,' and her fictitious title of Currer Bell was not less revered by her readers than was her real name of Charlotte Bronte by her aged relatives in the county Down, to whom she presented very lately the sum of 1201., with conies of her works." Sr. PAUL'S SCElOOL.—Yesterday the annual apposi tion of the scholars of St. Paul's School took place, in the presence of the Rev. Dr. Kyna , ..ton, the head master, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Bishop of St. David's, the Bishop of Winchester, the Chief Baron, some of the governors of the school, and a large assemblage of the friends of the students. The commemoration address in praise of Dean Colet, the founder of the school, was spoken by Mr. Blyth, the Captain, who obtained the Truro prize and medal, and also the Milton prize. The other prizes were thus awarded : a governor's prize and the Sleath prize to' Mr. Miller ; a governor's prize and a second Truro prize to Mr. Matthew. The following subjects were selected for delivery this year, and the roles thus dis tributed : Shakspeare, King John, act 3, ac. 3 ; act 4, se. 2—King John, Monkhouse ; Hubert, Lawrence ; Pembroke, Whalley ; Salisbury, Steel ; Falconbridge, F. Williams. Terentii Eunuchus, act 3, sc. I—Thraso, Little ; Gnatho, Griffin. Shakspeare, Love's Labour Lost, act 1, ac. 2 —Armado, Graham ; Page, Sweeting. Aristophanis Equites, 1151-1262—Cleon, Millyr; Sau sage Seller, Atwell ; Demos, Williams. Euripi dis Hip polytus, 905-1105 Hippolytus, Whall e y ; Thesus, Fliutoff. Molibre, Le Bourgeois Q ent ilh omm e. act 1, sec. 1, 2—M. jourdain, Matthew ; Le maitre de musique, Antwell ; Le maitre b. dansueriGWrahhaalmley; ;PLres mier laquais, Sweating ; second a 1 gas, musicienne, Monkhouse ; Le maiiey. tred'Tarhr students through Le maitre de philosophie, W th rou gh their several partswYitohsittihoenudsauyaloafability aaunrds correctne ss which mark the App h School, and testif y to the conscientious care alumni.s i carean and labour of the prof essors in the training of their scene from Molibre has always been a morceau choisi here. It is admirably adapted for a paradigm of a scho lastic histrion ism, and it lost nothing of its humour in the bands of the young gentlemen to whom it was con fid yesterday, as wa s e vident from the hilarit y of the de audience. The head-master at the conclusion ad dressed a few words to the students. 87 62 i i 11 I 91i 2 79 13i 9i 94 f 65/ i i 6 78 i i 7i 99 8 99 i 100 24i i 5 I i 70i i i I Si 414 21 294 si 91 Isi 2 73 a s s: 13 9 48 j I s; 12i i I 3'l I si 45 61 60i 51 4 20e t l 201 108 i 7i 1011 1001 22 108 2 P 21j I 111 104 1011 1 I 13} i I 1031 4 16i 16 ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM. The preliminary meeting in support of administrative reform was held at Norwich yesterday, the Mayor in the chair. It was distinguished for the high respectability of the electors of both parties who attended. Mr. LINDSAY was the first speaker. In the course of his address he said,—We have been engaged for 12 months in a great war with a powerful nation. We have suffered as all suffer who go to war. War is an evil, and included dangers and perils, and therefore we cannot expect that matters could proceed as they did during a period of peace. We must expect, for instance, to be heavily taxed to carry on the war, and the people of this country, con sidering the nature and power of the enemy with whom we have to cope, and the danger of allowing a further power to that enemy—l say the people of this land have not grudged the necessary supplies to carry on the con test as it ought to be carried on. But we feel that we ought to have some guarantee that the money voted is properly expended, because if 8,000,000/. well expended could go as far as 10,000,0001., we should be able to see that the difference of 2,000,000/. is saved, and not wasted. But what is really the state of matters ? Have we con ducted this war hitherto as men of business would con duct their own concerns, and upon any system. I find, wherever I go—l find everywhere—through the length and breadth of the land, the opinion prevails that there is no system. (Hear.) I saw one of the finest and the noblest armies leaving these shores for the seat of war, full of spirit, of valour, and of heart. I saw the noble army despatched—first to the neighbourhood of Constantinople, then to Varna, then to the sickly region of the Dobrud seha; I saw that whole army despatched across theßlack "ea to the shores of the Crimea, and there landing. I law that noble army, with all the indomitable courage and energy of the British soldier, mounting the heights of Alma, and by their bravery and courage drive the foe like a torrent before them. But I also noticed, w hil e thi s _ wai 8 going forward, and these noble soldiers were doing these great things, that at home nothing was being done to feed them, to clothe them, or to protect them from the weather. It struck me, as a man of business, that surely some plan of operations for the campaign must be laid down. I thought I saw that a plan had been adopted. I presumed that after the battle of the Alma Sebastopol lay open to our victorious arms, but it ap pears the system followed did not allow a manifes' ad vantage to be taken. The object appeared to be that the army should go to the eastward, and to the eastward they went, and then took up quarters on the south. But my astonishment was great when I observed that this course was taken without a supply of covering, almost without stores, and almost without food. (Hear.) Ships at length occupied the harbour of Balaklava, but the stores when disembarked lay on the shore without order, indeed, a perfect chaos appeared to prevail. Let us look at these things closer. Take the transport ser vice, for instance. Why, in the establishment founded by myself in Austinfriars, I do a larger extent of busi ness than the whole of that transport service of the Go vernment put together. My business is easily done, be e tuse done on a proper system, and with regularity. I have done my business this very day before I came here, for I spent one hour and a half in my counting, house in London before I left for Norwich. Should not the Go vernment conduct the business of the nation equally well as that of a private person? I say, then, we must make our solemn protest against the present mal-administra tion of the vital interests of this country. We must have, in fact, administrative reform. Now, it has been said that this movement is dangerous. Dangerous! Why, it was said that the movement in favour of Catholic emancipation was dangerous. The country would not have obtained that boon if the people had not stirred themselves. Ner, if the people themselves had not stirred, would the country have obtained reform of the representation. Would the country have ob tained untaxed food and free trade if the people had not taken these questions into their own hands— if, in fact, these deprecated movements of the people bad not taken place ? (Applause.) I ask, what is the reason of all the disgrace we have incurred ? I can soon tell you ; it is because the right man is not put in the right place. (Hear.) I wish you would hear from me what is meant by administrative reform. I have already said that it means the right men in the right places. It means also that we should recognise an aristocracy of merit, and that an end should be put to jobbing of all kinds. How are we to act ? By uniting with the association. I apprehend that shortly other associations of similar character will be founded in cities and boroughs, and similar resolutions will be passed to those we have passed in London, and shall, I hope, pass here to-night. We have been told that no Government can exist without patronage, and I can understand that such a Govern ment as the present, or the last, find, and have found it very difficult to live without patronage, and find suffi cient members to support them. But we think that the Government which cannot exist without patronage, and the right of giving away appointments, is not fit to govern, and ought not to exist at all. I feel this reform very necessary, and I do not speak to you as a political agitator, but as a public man anxious to effect a good especially required. I speak to you with seriousness, for we are in a very ticklish position. If we have a late harvest, food high, this war still going on, we shall feel great distresses, and perhaps the people will he discon tented—and then, if we continue to have a had Govern ment, why, God help us. (Hear, hear.) Then, indeed, a time may come when the country will require men of nerve and energy to guide it through the critical state of affairs that may exist. (Hear, hear.) Mr. SPRINGFIELD moved, — "That this meeting is deeply concerned at the mis management of the war, which has brought fearful suffer ing and losses upon the army, and discredit upon the na tional character, and is of opinion that the incompetency of the public establishments is mainly attributable to the system by which appointments , are to a large extent regulated, and which sacrifices efficiency to party and family influences, and this meeting, therefore, with out wishing to exclude the aristocratic classes from the position in the public services to which their talent and potriotism may` entitle them, assert that merit is the only principle by which appointment to public, offices should be attained. Mr. WARNER expressed a hearty concurrence in the object for which the meeting had been called, and said, had it been convened for party purposes or for putting the working classes down in order to get the middle classes into power, he would not have joined in giving it his support. He was happy to see the union of gen tlemen on both sides of politics, and hoped that the ex ample of that meeting would be followed in every place throughout the kingdom. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. W. T. WCULLIGH said we disclaim utterly that we are innovators—(hear)--we are prepared to resist in novation. We are here to restore the just balance of the constitution—(hear)--we are here to say that, as in former times, when the monarchy attempted to overstep its province, it was repelled and repulsed by the combined might of the nobility and the Commons of England, so when any class in this land is found to forget itself and its great duty to fatherland so much as to attempt to encroach upon us, the Commons, we are as ready as our forefathers were centuries ago to say, " Thus far thou shalt go, but no further ; here shall thy proud waves of en croachment be stayed." (Applause.) As you will all re member, Sir R. Peel came into power in 1841, at the head of what was called an irresistible majority, and formed what was boastfully declared to be the strongest Govern ment ever constituted. But who was one of the men whom Sir R. Peel found it necessary—coerced as he was by the oppressive power of the system in which he found himself entangled—to place in his Cabinet? No other than his Grace the present Duke of Buckingham. (Laughter.) Now, I will ask any friend of Sir R. Peel, any man who calls himself Conservative, of whatever degree, would be recommend a Conservative Prima Minister coming into office to-morrow to replace in the Cabinet his Grace the Dukelof Buckingham ? (Cries of "no, no.") I will not say that the appointment was made improperly or ought not to have been made. I will not inquire into any thing beyond the mere statement of the fact, and it is enough for me to show you that the same system has been carried out since by every successive Government. Lord J. Russell was called to power in 1846. His party were in a minority in the House of Commons, and in a minority in the House of Lords ; and here was a case in which you would say a man had need to strengthen his hands by summoning the best men he could around him. But, like Sir Robert Peel, Lord John Russell was en tangled so completely in the net of aristocratic influent.; that it was utterly impossible for him—supposing, for argument's sake, that ho had the will—to form a Cabinet based on merit alone. In his Cabinet was included the most noble the Marquis of Clanricarde, and I will ask any man if Lord J. Russell was restored to power, would you recommend that Lord Clanricarde should berestored to his former place in the Cabinet ? In considering the next Cabinet which was formed we must pass from Whigs to the Tories. Lord Derby was called to power, and I well remember the interest which was felt at the time as to the appointments he might make. Well, who did Lord Derby make First Lord of the Admiralty ? His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, and I ask any man who has read the disclosures before what is called the " Stafford Committee," would he recommend Lord Derby, if he ever gets back to power, to put the Duke of Northumberland again in the same office? (Laughter.) At the end of the same year Lord Aberdeen was called to power. Lord Aberdeen having "drifted" intoioffiedcr, —the phrase is not my own — and having " drftd with with the most country n on it e x his f g e b n a o c i back s into ha ri n war—havingg been oom t to compelled by the force of public opinion to create a new the office, os called the Ministry of War, bad to choose the n to competenthard a f n m t'allnge critical man it. times t Io beg ftil ft y . ou f r La p nc (Laughter, el and and I must appeal to your indulgence. n : o h ( Laughter.) lhtaids to keep the` ' he ar Ministry' Well, a t Lord wrar Aberdeen ,an d .h ed pas laced c a e n . yi fi nb l lo,f anybody a yo t all b e vleemn speakas, of whom I am as disincline he a n n d am n e a x n t is b d c a o u w s n e I think great injustic e is generally it dealt out a ainst a f h s a a rs n h o ly w — ar fi d r ly st, thfng strikethi n h k i m w to because I no twithstanding that I am at liberty, with the who is made - a Jonah of to save the rest g of the coruetwi But, no he least feeling of hostility, to name the Duke of Newcastle in the present argument, with the view of calling to your recollection the fact that after a few months he was obliged to abandon his office in despair • and Ido not suppose that even Lord Ab er d een—if in the inscrutable will of Heaven he should ever get back to power —would inflict so great anno place t h injuryim qualified a u r p .a o i n uNio h n e w i a s , friend po s iposition t n h e f oDrDuke which hf he nNewcastleertai certainly a w s a t s o and nothi ng here we have three dukes a ; n a d u o d n l e marquis,w h i t a h v o e u t d f n e n a e r : any d Po facal opini ons may to credit on the other side man in this room, whateveur be, whether he will s t an d f e t these four indi v id ua l se say that he believe s an would have been appointYeklOnt,ol:h,om i e sa f err if he bad not been a duke or a marquis ? (No, no.) If not, then my case is made out ; and when you have an Administration suc ceeding to all the faults, and uninstructed by an y of the examples held forth by the four Administrations whose history I have briefly narrated—when you have the pre sent Administration more exclusively composed than any which has existed since the revolution of 1688, while men of energy, the men of genius, while men of talent, are as much excluded from power as though they had the taint of negro blood in their veins, then I have a right to say to you, "This is intolerabl e; we can stand it no longer as free and self-respecting men, and as tax-piying citizens we cannot afford it." (Applause.) After several other speeches, it was agreed that a coma mittee should be formed to co-operate with the metropo litan association, and a petition to Parliament was adopted, praying for administrative reform. OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM FIELD- MARSHAL LORD _RAGLAN. (Prom a Supplement to Tuesday's Gazette.) WAR DEPARTMENT, MAT 16. Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch and its enclosure, of which the following are copies, addressed to his lordship by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. Before Sebastopol, May 1. My Lord,—l have little to report to your lordship _ to-day. The Russians continue actively engaged in covering their advanced works, and they have constructed a new battery on their left of the Mamelon ; troops are con stantly in motion on the north side, and there is every appearanc e of the establishment of a very large camp on the plateau above the Belbeck, extending towards Mackenzie's Farm. No movement has been perceived on the Tchernaya. I have the satisfaction to acquaint your lordship that the 3d Regim en t or Buffs has arrived at Balaklava, and r e that ac h t e h d e Alma ,Ka zutli havin g ßay ytehsetedrday draft o ; f s t h h e e h G a u s ar p d r e oc o ee n d b e o d ar t d o , Balaklava to-day. I inclose the lists of casualties to the 29th 'ult. I have, &c., RAGLAN. The Lord Panmure, &o. Return of Casualties from the te 23 d:.i d to ra9nt 2 hk 6 Fa th no,o o l f A pril, 1855 ' t fi . ll wounded. inclusive.— u F s o iv o e t . : - 1 4 r t a h n R k e a g n i d me fi n le t w of . F u nood 1 rank and file wounded. 14th Fo o t : 1 rank and fiZorfdelTenl, 3 rank and file wounded. 20th F oo t : 1 rank and file wounded. 30th Foot : 1 rank and file killed, 2 rank and file wounded. 33d Foot : 1 rank and file killed, 1 rank and file wounded. 34th Foot : 1 rank and file killed, 1 rank and file wounded. 38th Foot : 1 rank and file wounded. 41st Foot : 2 rank and file killed, 4 rank and file wounded. 47th Foot : 4 rank and file wounded. 49th Foot : 1 sergeant, 1 rank and file killed ; 2 rank and file wounded: 50th Foot : 2 rank and file killed. 55th Foot : 1 rank and file wounded. 57th Foot : 2 rank and file wounded. 62d Foot : 1 rank and file killed, 3 rank and file wounded. 77th Foot : 1 rank and file wounded. 88th Foot : 2 rank and file wounded. 90th Foot : 1 rank and file wounded. 97th Foot : 1 rank and file killed, 1 rank and file wounded. Royal Artillery : 2 rank and file killed, 2 rank and file wounded. Total : 1 sergeant, 14 rank and file, killed ' • 1 sergeant, 35 rank and fil e , woun d e d. Nominal Return of Non-Commissioned Officers and Pri vates Killed, from the 23d to 26th April, inclusive.-33d Regiment of Foot: Private William Ryan. 34th Foot : Private Richard Pinkard. 41st Foot : Privates John Co. nolly and John Kean. 30th Foot : Private Thomas Walsh. 50th Foot : Privates Thomas Dalton and John Flynn. 62d Foot : Private Patrick Donovan. 23d Foot : Private James Harvey. 49th Foot : Sergeant Henry Headen, Pri vate William White. 97th Foot : Private Michael Crough. 14th Foot : Private Matthew Briordy. Royal Artillery : Gunner Wm. Henderson, Acting Bombardier Jas. Gunn. Nominal Return of Non-Commissioned Officers and Pri vates Wounded from the 23d to 26th April inclusive.- 20th Foot : Private Sydney Johnson, slightly. 33d Foot : Private Owen Callaghan, severely. 34th Foot : Private Christopher Rostron, slightly. 41st Foot : Privates Jason Kennedy, dangerously, since dead ' • Michael Conway, se verely ; John Sullivan, severely ; John Thomas severely. 62d Foot : Privates David Amos, severely ; Patrick Mark, slightly ; George Simpson, severely. 77th Foot : Private James Powell, dangerously. 88th Foot : Lance Corporal Henry Hueston, severely ; Private Patrick Foley, severely. 7th Foot : Private Charles Firth, severely. 14th Foot : Privates William Lock, slightly; Thomas Woodhall, slightly ; Patrick M`Govern, severely. 47th Foot : Pri vates John Tully severely ; Patrick Griffin, severely ; Jas. Clancy, dangerously. Royal Artillery : Acting Bomber dier, Robert James, slightly ' - Gunner John Maya, se verely. 23d Foot : Private William Taylor, severely. 49th Foot: Corporal Thomas Willis, slightly ; Privet e Robert Thomson, dangerously, since dead. 57th Foot : Privates Samuel Hill, slightly ; John Bardon, slightly. 90th Foot : Private Peter Hepburn, severely. 97th Foot : Private Wm. Quant, severely. 4th Foot : Private George. Oaks, severely. 9th Foot : Sergeant James Moss, se verely; Private Patrick Power, slightly. 30th Foot : Corporal Alexander Cole, slightly ; Private Michael Mac guire, slightly. 38th Foot : Private John Pukett, severely. , sth Foot : Private John Taylor, dangerously. Return of casualties from the 27th to the 29th of April, inclusive.-2d Battalion Ist Regiment of Foot :1 rank and file wounded. 7th Foot : 1 rank and file killed. 14th Foot : 2 rank and file wounded. 19th Foot : 3 rank and file wounded. 23d Foot : 1 rank and file wounded. 34th Foot : 7 rank and file wounded. 38th Foot : 2 rank and file wounded. 41st Foot : S rank and file wounded. 48th Foot : 1 rank and filo ki led, 1 rank and file wounded. 49th Foot :1 rank and file killed, 1 rank and file wounded. 55th Foot : 1 rank and file wounded. 57th Foot : 1 rank and file wounded. 62d Foot : 1 rank and file wounded. (58th Foot : 1 rank and file wounded. 89th Foot : 2 rank ' and file wounded. 90th Foot : 2 rank and file wounded. 97th Foot : 1 rank and file wounded. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade: 1 rank and file wounded. Total —3 rank arsd^file • killed, 36 rank and file wounded. Nominal Return of Nola-Commissioned Officers and Pri- (votes killed from the 27th to 29th April, 1855, inolusive--:- ~ 7th Foot : Private T. Byrne. 48th Foot : Private Thos. , Richardson. 19th Foot : Private John Burke. Nominal Return of Non-Commissioned Officers and Pri vates wounded from the 27th to 29th April, 1855, inclu sive.-2d Battalion Ist Foot : Private P. Scully, slightly. 14th Foot : Private Wm. Harrison, mortally, sine° dead; Private Patrick Canty, slightly. 49th Foot : Private J. Delaney, slightly. 48th Foot : Private Robert Berwick, severely. 55th Foot : Lance-Corporal Edmund Burke, slightly. 90th Foot : Private Joseph Harper, severely; Private Wm. Miller, severely. 97th Foot : Private Michael Maloney, severely. 38th Foot : Private E. Manson, se verely; Private J. Miller, severely. 57th Foot : Private M. Stagpool, severely. 62d Foot : Private J. M`Laughlin, se verely. 68th Foot: Private J. Rogerson, do. 89th Foot: Cot , poral Wm. Love, dangerously ; Private T. Dixon, severely. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade ; Private T. Parkinson, danger ously. 19th Foot : Corporal Thomas Keating, slightly ; Privates Edward Tyler and Michael Tolan, severely. 23d Foot : Private Lock Haynes, severely. 34th Foot : Pri vates William Gorman and Joseph Mansfield, danger. ously ; James M`Gowan and George Atchison, severely; John Roach, Ralph llinecoe, and Thos. Lovejoy, slightly. 41st Foot : Privates Dennis Connell, Thomas Davis, and Denis Regan, severely ; Patrick Kearney, Johli M`R ' eady, Patrick O'Halloran, Patrick Tremble, and Jas. Kennedy, slightly. A Return of Casualties in the Royal Naval Brigade, be. fore Sebastopol, in the week ending April 27,1855.—8i11ed : Benjamin Taylor, A. 8., Queen. Wounded : Geo. Boyle, A. 8., Queen, slightly ; John Collins, Ord., London, slightly ; Robert Baker, Ord., Queen, dangerously ; Wm. Clarke, (2d), Ord., Queen, slightly. Contused : Lieut. A. A. Douglas, slightly ; Edward Smith, A. 8., Leander, slightly ; Jeremiah Mahoney, Ord., Rodney, slightly; John Gordon, Ord., Queen, slightly. Total : 1 killed, 4 wounded, 4 contused. RUMOURED RETIREMENT OF COUNT DE BUOL IND M. BACH. (From the Debate.) The rumour circulate' at Vienna that these two Mi nisters were on the point of retiring, and this intelli gence was transmitted to Paris by telegraphic despatches: it was an absurd rumour to which we attached no credit, because it was contradicted by information we had our selves received direct from Vienna. M. Bach and M. de Buol have not ceased to possess the confidence of the Emperor, their master. It is to them, to them alone, that must be attributed the conduct which Austria has held in the midst of the diffi culties with which she has been beset for three years. Internally, M. Bach and M. de Buol have already intro duced into the administrative departments and in the organisation of the empire important innovations ; ex ternally, they have traversed with an ability not to be _ questioned the phases so numerous and complicated the Eastern question. M. Bach is chargedBPenia"Yhe is not with the internal concerns of the empire, but who is without influence upon external policy; ;powerful enemies ; is but the second. M. de Bach has which his high position offends the Austrian aristocracy,:the hands of a in reality the first Minister of the Emperor; I M. I. de Baol is astonished to see so much auihorityii of 1848, and statesman unknown before the revolution )n M Bach ; it is remem de I\ o l l, et h t i e s r noi own has not forgotten the origi n h .. ch broke out at Vienna in bored that to the tumults Tbe aristocracy who owes nothing to his conoifiexn ~ o wed his elevation to the Mi wa,s obliged to retire, he ,M. de Bach com prehended From the nistry of Justice.. the month of IViarcb,,,a t was time to stand fast, and he struggled that i with a rare &milesagainsti22 when the revolutionists obtained pos• nd bwe f()1 r the w h violence l. party. So w . the month of October, ess i o n of Vienna d m .ve in . lB4B, 111, Bach was compelle resignation ; but, a S t e o li w g a l r tz e n b er just return, prinne which he fo • g restored hi m but, to his place in the Cabinet the insurrection. tined on 21st Nov,, after having triumphed over insurrection. The • ~ still further, for he did not delay confiding t o prince went the portfolio of the InteriorinJuly 1849 zen berg is the true author of the fortune* .de Schwart• whose resolute character and fertile of M. Bach, of just estimate. These qualities genius he made a prince, who himself was not were agreeable to the spirit of enterprise, pushed exempt from a certain It is related that in his last sonaetirnes to rashness berwas S h * Bach to the Emperor Fr recommendations of M. Majesty,' said the pr. Francis Joseph. ' Let not your M. Bach is the only prince, ' ever separate him from you; to restrain man in Austria who is in a position revolutionary He • e will protect parties, and overawe them. you against them, and finish by placing them at your , feet.' M. Bach has un dertaken to ref orm m the internal regime of the . in he succeed in it ? Will he find the jus e tiT e e r as . w ure of the degree of authority which it is necessary to concede to the new interests, without disgusting old inte rests, the without Crownt enfeebling the•ri g ht s and prerogatives. 0f , he d , Proble m w hi c h th e f u ture alone can solve.. •-•_________ ST. PETERSBURG. — Th e mercantile advices from sti Petersburg reach to the Bth inst., and state that the coat e being 12 tO the 10th e : T wo days previo usl y a couple of English cruißhoigreaets, the dates cha a r r g e of carriage for the ove rland traffic had nearly d ou bl e d o p A e ' r in t g on to to th ii e ov sc ri a o r . c i r t y ro o m f sers bad appeared before the harbour, and bad detained• six yea . eels, which were taking . in their cargoe s • having been o bliged to discharge the intoagain' after get over the bar, the depth of water m lighters to 7. or 8 feet. Whether these v being not more that nently seized was uncertain. vessels would be perms r 6 Ft, .%' 1 , At. ad 4 014; I,oo' oei' fa, o l 20 10 20 35 I lO I A 22?, 1 all i all 231 I 12i 4 0 1 i 51. 20 14i i 98i 9 92 21 i 21