The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-29 00:00:00

~: 11 °N E.' Y AIA RKET A N D Ci at VER C T T FLLTG'ENCE. d e CITY, TWO O'CLO CK. i tzte n land for cott on a t Liverpool yesterday 4 ° ' ns i' ve and the sales amounted to fully 1 )4 es (of which 6,000 were for export, and : 11 s pecu:ation), at the extreme rates of " Il t. The Railway Share Market was dull, ..Ptites tend e d d ownwar d s. 4'l Ilanti ty of guano imported into the United Ill was, in the years below, cited as follows : 1852. 1853. 1854. i l l ' Tons. Tons. Tons. 10Its ...... 129 , 830 ... 123,163 ... 235,111 L tti °41 3 , ... 86,293 ... 106,312 ... 221,747 CPolints from Australia, as advised per t e l e - Pear' l to report better markets, but the id• hero who know the large quantities of " Store are satisfied that shipments hence 1 5 a Y for some time. t llr i . t g a amount of specie, $1,600,000, brought c liada from New York, and the rise in the ii i ,., t ° 110, show how favourable the corn .l44'iance is just now for Europe. The Cali q°4l production was increasing. th. s r ge amount of bullion that has for some 1 i 11 arriving here, and the great addition t 4 , l , °°ll sequence to the total held by the Bank 117 1(1 3 has occasioned decided ease in the ik - hA kt ket, and led to very current rumours action in the Bank minimum rate of k ti 'would this day take place. Apart from • I I 6 f th e p resen t f u lly su pply o f th e p re - Z t als, there are certainly many favour its that will account for this view. The )c e lellang e in China are more to the advan- C e reliants here, and the shipments of silver, I ° advance take place, .:rill. be 'curtailed. 4 °berat e beneficially, inlientreiras Ifiblarge 164: t he metal e b t y al la w w h e ic s l t i ab w l i e sh p e e d ri l o ie d r i e c . al T ly h r e e r c e e i i s v a e N: e t° o 4 : u h it r i a li t s i America i e r ek a Ae o d w lg is balance o ter l c , d a a nl , n io m a tl b lw o: i w e „ it in al i ir ta s i k i ll aein t. useful s h d ia :: li o l 'C' 1 ; a 1 61 1 t a t s nb ilve li6l ,g i li n llu t t : t l according e ici i : l -. e 'glte, and from time to tithe, receive heavy Iti i kB. 3 k o. for whatever may be the lasses upon i kt 'andis e sent from the United Kingdom, llt 0 f one-thi r d of the prime cost, w ith ou t 1 a for the freight and charges, would bring i 4i... ki llions st e rling. From New York th e t ' l Ports are large, and with an advance in kilil lir , upon bills they must for the :celitinue. The very dullness of trade t a nther caus e why money accumul a t es , ae i t is easily understodd why the Bank 1% eXPeeted to lower, the Honourable East tOPat.ly being itself a lender at 3 per cent. I tiP r iods and upon Government security, al 'ill 18 obliged, in terms of its agreement, to al )pl'e,eat. upon the deposits of the rail way coin .l l al it has sanctioned. Having thus far , W il 6 1 0 J 4 reduction might be made, we can men t4hk"litrary causes in operation. Firstly, there Vt4tainty attending the war; secondly, the , li, a , ; 'eoey in the revenuewhich will necessitate kil t g : It is supposed that, under the new kk e ti t, Savings Bank Stock is being sold, to Ib ilt d by inscriptions in a new book of the itothis comes to the same thing, since float en is is thereby absorbed. The Sardinian k (i t takes also a million from our Trea -41 t he Bank of England might, perhaps, \ )' delay c h ea p en i ng money 'until the issue 1 / 1 11 ess it considers that it ought, by lower tiiits, to assist the Chancellor of the Ex- hl; .A. little further delay, we think, would ',4 1 ' 4 1)1, 3 . la glieh Stock Market has been heavy in ( t l t i ) e ° Of business, and while sales for mon e y 111 4 4 imminent the moment a rally occurs, °t be expected to be otherwise. The ! i %it !Still has the credit of furnishing thi s (4 , 44 indefinite anxiety prevails ab ou t th e tr th e Vienna Conferences, and the e,xpecta 12113eace are not sanguine. C onso l s h a ve t t 0 93 for transfer, and 92i to 93 for 1 t tid x.cheq uer Bill s have b e en 6s. t o Oildia Bond s 10s. to 13s. p rem i um . to ';elt is at 226, an d B an k S toc k f or account tilill 16. 7 1 gli Securities have been very qu i e t. Spanish s have been 37, and Portuguese Small Bonds ttexican Stock is quoted 201, Grenada 161, i t trios Ayres 581. Russian 5 per Cents. are f ) . ' lll d Dutch 21 p er C ents. a t 621 t o 63. 4:ollovring are the nominal prices of foreign ,0-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; 201 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72; ditto Three )4, 3 5 0 to 52 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., LI • Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; 11°41'-an.d-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; , / f4. l ‘ieNir Deferred, 18/ to 18i ; ditt o Th ree 36 i to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 5 to si; fl oe, 41 t o 44. t Week's railway receipts ascertained up day are in, round figures as under 1855. 1854. £50,607 £49,857 21,977 21,669 11,342 11,118 10,833 10,212 Ilp e ttern %%ter n " 1 1 0 °liter ..., tsr 24,721 24,797 13,008 13 , 407 kZ1 0 ,, t 11 ,- 11 . 10634 10527 lii;‘Lier . ri ..... 19,696 17,152 ' t,, t e a nd Yorkshire It Er , 4 listo 27,681 26,893 ite kti 'elnent of the half-monthly account is i 1 , 'a in the Railway Share Market, and the i, k r , i , 'tt lt , i 4 . ,'roin 1-16 to 1 for carrying over, while itt Instances there is a slight backwardation. / P ,1 , 4 °11 the whole are more elastic, South- Itti )„ North-Western, Giledonian, and Lan , '4, 1 , (1 Yorkshire, having boon in most de- A v iL_Le foreign lines are very quiet, at about 4li teti q , ! rates. d e 0 -51 eXican Mine Shares are firm, and San. Itt üba in request. Australian Agricultural l ' l ol,,, :i. tather higher, and Crystal Palace have ''.p,, The Banks are much th 6 same. 98 RUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES, (Prom the °tidal _ 41,4 At k • 80 nu Anass dons _ottgos Annuitie Cent l Annuities s 226 5t1 411 , 8 ._ 4:10(30 10 13 k"k for Account •2141 16 141 'Account Alyril o2i 3 A 3 VerLea ........................ . . ..... 6 9 , ti llit t itti; : ........ .. .. .. , ........... ~. . ...... ( 9 ' Bonds 18 . 58, 3a por Cen t.: Ol ti 1859, ~ e t OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. it 11 8 Bonds, 6 per Cent 5 31 11, 1 44:( 1 .8, 1i per Cent p, : , 44 Per Cent . XI finds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 I,' -1 . all over due Coupons ...... ..... 39A 4 it t 5 11 1 1 1 4 ,(18, 1822, 5 per Cent. 4.," Si 9lll 1.1„"a, 3 per Cent 37 , /4 11 I I ? Deferred, 3 per Cent IBR 'lds, 6 per cent BO4 f ItZideads on the above payable in Lop for 4 h auße, 24 per Cent. 12 Gull-- 621 3 Per Cent. Certifieaten ... THREE O'CLOCR. Z1 44°18 92i 3 tto April Acocrint d-RKET NE 'V6-41'11113 'DAY. r f. 4 4 , MEAT. MARKETS. •aivo, km", . AND i f JEADENHAL t L.— ,4 The trade ruled . steady, 1 6,: ai, 3 e s e4, l L)oilis3Bsd2;dpoodc: 3s id Od to Mutton,4s 3 p 4 e r 4/ Sibs, 1 11 :4 41e41. : Be. ,i, h , w I. March 28.—T0-clay's market was moderately Ot ek lth each kind of stuck, which sold steadily, at 1k tai , Beef, from 3s 6,1 to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s t,'he'' ), ad to 4s Bd.; Pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per 81bs, to 0; 41 "0 " : 1 al'. V, 0, March 28.—The trade ruled firm, as follows • . Nils orl, r'° 3s 6d to 5s Cd ; Mutton, 3s 8,1 to 5s 2d ; 1 lit, (3 _ 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 2d per Sibs. Quar , r e Pigs, 20s to 25s each. 1 tititt! 21 41 HAY MARKETS. 'Val 0 LLD.--Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 41 175 s Od ; clover t tver l to 5/ 131 ; and straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ 9s per load. Y. ) N 4 a?:O supply and a sluggish trade. Nil a , 0 A !ND. Meadow hay, 2: 18. to 4/ 17s ; clovo! qr rat to 5 1 14s ; and straw, 1/ 4; to 1 10, per 0t e t dun. y. at °41 , --L m owhay, 2/ 15s to V 159; elovor DI 0 ea(- Yt oo ,to 51 ; and straw, 1/ 33 to 1/ 8s p er load. and trade dull. !i k TA I ZN m TION OF MARYLFBONP. —Last evening a p. the 1 4wral,electors t , fVrqrvL I),r , pt L '1 .,1 - 1 g uc tsvC,LILY 6.nit,netz wire Sir J ohn Zaethope occupied the chair, SD ARE MA_RKETS. (thIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. at3LTrkr , . }rlcn A hrib.z. Nottrg. Bob, mint as & Ballymena RampVirolvcrh. Amu. Vail. y ' rk, - ,und. ballefiL 4 De. {Thoth. & Birk. 450 and 5 Do., P 20...—, ...... . Tyn origins '.£25 (issd. .£4l' rhistol and Exeter.. Carmarthen and Ca, digan -;llaster rk and wi,J« &Pas G./Inv - 1" Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth &Abe Junction Do. New liltst Anglian torn Cour.ties..„ : 7 : - ,,stern Union, Stock Do., B Stock \°, New 1 ktucashlro yt 4 1astro - , anfi Peebles tlin. I, » !) mul • -orth tcz, Ciyde Jun Furness Extension nasg - o w &S. West;,: refit Northern .... Do., A. Stock Do., B. stock It. SO. kWeit.are ;treat- Stour Val. Ra Gua. Stk .. rlsh 173outh-Eastor' ,Lneastes & Carlis to., Thirds ,- )o. Nov Thirds._ '..ncash..andYork, , 'o., riftll4 . \V t. Ri(l i nit 17, iv. Crolv. &Soutlir ondon gt Black wa: (Ptd. 17,r]ght ond. and N. We,t, Fifths o. EWiths on , lo ?r..(13. West. )0., X 5 ►o., Avin,Arry&Ccleraim CL • .Si '.11! Do. Sh e , No. ei; Liu. U n 4idlt,nd .0. Pitraing. &Dub; JiU West. (Ere , o. !."I,llf Sllares evirinkt.)3uryExtei, arwpt.Aliorg.&llrf , every & Enniski/lp, - Nrowry Warrenpain Roatrevor o r folk , rorthn.Corautics Ur, 'orth Dev 11, No. I .0,, No. '2 0., :k A Deferre.l B Gnßr.(nt , d ,Eastern—Eerwie_ 4 0. do. Extension , ).,„ ( 10, I;.N.E.Pnrcl. Le-ds Do. York Torn London Do. New £lO .&S. , ,Vstrn.,llaini , stead, and City till. Yorth Staffordshire. forth Western__ At S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, and Leicester..,.,... ),ford, Worecster,& frColv eririlupton ..7-'ortsniouth ;cottisli Central „ Scottish Mid land !;tirowsby. & Ilerofd o,ropslkire Union 4outh Devon loath, Eastern ;oath Wales Yrksb.. & ILiv. Dui itaines, Wok. &Wol. Stockton Darlh :kthrt & Path' V . . ...... 00, £lO ihareg Th. Prof., No. 1 Ph,cits Havon Doti and Railway V,le Neath ...... Waterf 1. & Eiilhcnni -Vaterford&Limen , West C0rnwa11......, Vest End of Loud(); ~ nd Crystal Palace West London Wiral)lean & Croy ion tliosins Prices thie day. 20i - 21 4i - 4i 81 -- Si 13i -- .6 - 17 74 88 - 90 63i - 644 12i - 136- 6 - 8 3i - 2i 5i - 6i 11 - 15 i 1 - 29 - 2J - 22 72 74 :71 2d par 20 2 .. - f 8 - 70 85 - 89 72 - 74 23 - 5 91 - ( 3 5.1 65 59 - 61 70 - 73 6 - 7 6 7 • 6 63 7 84 97 99 994 —100 i fl d 1 a! 8J 8 8 7i 6i X4l -24 i - Si COI - 70.1 41 - 43 14- 2 48 - 50 28 ... 7 9 11 •- 5 7 71 72 6:1 124 ;3 48a 49a 49 50 d par 4 , 1 - 6 4 d—jar 29 - 30 100 - 102 64 - 15 45 - 47 12i - 13 62 63 28 - 9 4 - 2 2 - 1 36 - 38 ••• .es '''' v - ' 161 16 5; 1 4 - 5 22 - 5i - 6i •.• - .. 6 --- 7 FOR r IGN. liolgian EaAn. I nazi ors to Graiasessae Bombay, Baroda, and Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Be,ancon, )ntct , sh Eastern of France no. New East Indian Do.. E:-tension Do. 4 13. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Po. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanivlAA is Do. St. Lawrence A Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. C3orral of Fran: • Gt. louinn Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent Great Lnlrorabonr. Constitnted Share: Do. Obligations li:West,k7rn o f Anvi D. payable '57, with option till '55 Do. do., p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without optiou Toronto 11)0. 6 pur crut. f.ake Const. & Basle ' ' tiuc(4l. 61 Pi stoj a 5 p.c. pr0f.......... Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Moditerrab. ; Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. Now Namur di Liege (writ' interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D 0.201. Shs.late Char• ieroi and Erquelinos guar. 34 p. c. & red , ' at 224/. dur. 88 yrs.• from 1 Jan, :854 Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bch (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs ) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orloans ?axis and Rouen._ eCaen Si Chcrbrg. oiler: and (Tavre oval DaniF.lt Royal Swat? i3l, 4ambre and btense Do. 54 p. cent. Pref lonthern of France A. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Pref Western of France Wert. of Switzerland ~WlJsbaden Zealand JOINT-STOI A tistratasia 83 •- 85 British Colonial Bank and Loan Corapan) British N. Americar. Chart& Bank of Asir Chrtd. fink. of India, I'd— ca Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Loud English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Ek. of Australia Ditto New London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Provincial of England Do. New N.la,tio:,:tl of irelaLCi: . Now South Wales...; Oriental Bank of Corporation. rovincial of Irelaml Do. New 3 - 20 21 d 33 - 35 39 - 41 Royal Australn.kg. Sr Ci(l , l Imp •.. :1!) t, r.' .. q o, Union of London „, 8% - Si 1 - 2 - 21 par 1 p 2 - 341 --34 i S. - 6ii, 2 -1 2p, 1 9 - a 9a 8 49 51d 83 91 2 1 - I - it) 24 3 171 - 18 9G -- 98 96 - 08 100 102 93 -19 i 98 100 2 2ip ... par ip 11 ltp G} - Q :3 . 4 i : iii 121 - 12 - 4 -- 9 22 - 221)1 ii - 49 40 - 42 m 22 2 pia 8i 84 ... - pm •• 3i • 4 181 - 181 a BANKS. Bagineco tone this day. 8 3 i ?,1 pm THE SUN, LONDON, THITRSDA EVENING, MARCH 29, 1855; LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ARMY BEFORE SEBJ tSTOPOL COM MITTEE - (THI, DAY.) CIVIL AND MILITARY CLAIJIS OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSIO Leasing Closing Ptices Rush sea Shr ?aid. RALLwAYs. Compans. this day. this day. —.• 50 all Bedford and Loudon 1;. Riede - 1)1.3y !•.T. Wesl. •• . St. 100 Buckgliamsli. L.&N.W. 5 97 St. 1.00 Clydesdale •Te ;al e,lon_. 7 99 25 24 Col. Stour Vy. E. Liu. & cud. and Hal. E. C St. 100 E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. lt.Nrthu. 134 136 St. all illas. Barr. & - :aldonlan Neils. Dime - , ••• ••• St. all Do. New. Do 25 all Glstr.& Du.Fl it. Wes: , ..• 100 a ll firtipl. Dk. t'k. New Railway.... & terw. 50 all Hull & Selby ir.&NM 1.04 106 25 all Do. Shares. Do ••• 12i all •Do. d Shares. Do — 12il all Lon.&Grcena , S. Haste: , I2i 134 20 all Do.Preferonet Do 23 —24 10 all Lon., Til., &S Pcto &Co. 101 114 St. 1.00 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. lorfolk_ St. WO Do. 6 per et. ••• ..• 5i all ganch. Than L.& N.W and Matlocl k 3Tidld. 2i —2i 50 all Viddlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar. Darliugt. ••• 100 all Xidld•Bradfd Midland 9O la 91 50 all Northern an. Easternsp.c. E. Count. 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do ••• all Do. Fixed.s p • Do ..• ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyr. L. &N.W. &Lia&Yl , 1.2 i all Do. Shares. Do St. WO Callortir l3O 133 25 184 Shcf.B.oth an , Lancasbt Goole g. 5 p.c York sh. •• • 12 9 i 1. Staflordsh. ‘l.MClear 2i -- 2 e 74 I 50 all WearValieygi 3tockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt 25 all Do 32 32 St. 103 ffilts&Eonirst ltWestn. 89 91 90 The Committee re-assembled his morning at the moat hour. The first 'witness called was J )r. Forrest, who was examined by the chairman. His evidence did not disclose a el y facts which have not been elicited over and ever ag. Li nin connection with the Scutari hospitals and the Ct irre . It was to the effect that he had been Staff Surgeon to tr.;re Zd Division in the Crimea, but relinquished that dt Lell on account of health, and was then appointed d iuty inspector of the hospitals at Scutari, where he su: ),s.l ceded Dr. Menzies, by a general order. He was onl y there for ten days. He accompanied the troops to t he Crimea. After the battle of the Alma the medical iti was were quite suffi cient. The hospital tents were, ht )w ever, very defective; and accordingly the patients within: tl tem were exposed to the weather. Ile made a represent tti'on to this effect to head quarters, but he ascertained t ha t no others could be obtained. He was only at St nit ari about 10 days. The barrack hospital was much over • crowded, but he did not feel any offensive smells in 'se walls, There were plenty of medicines and met"' ies tl comforts at that time, with the exception, however, of opium. He did not notice any dirt on the floors. :There were two Kitchens in the barrack hospital, one c )f which was occu pied by Mrs. Bracebridge and Miss ghtingale, and the other was fitted up for the use of Mr. Wreford the purveyor. There was an operating-r of containing proper tables. In reply to Mr Layard, Dr. Forrest laid. that there was a supply of medicine in the camp, with the excep tion of opium, which was a most twee: eary article for such a climate. He could never, hal snr, Ter, obtain a sufficient quantity of quinine. He had a whest of medi cines and surgical appliances with him, wl d.ch he thought quite sufficient for all purposes. There were sufficient appliances for conducting operations after the battle of Inkerman. The hospital tents were never arach crowded except in wet weather, when the smell wi thin them was very offensive. He saw the dead house of the general hospital at Scutari. It was at the end .of one of the corridors, and a very bad smell proof Jeded from it. He accordingly had it removed. While the troops were at Varna the Third Division were enc ~aped near the Commissariat stores, and got plenty 3f porter, bitter beer, and tea. The tea was sold to tl s) men at is. 4d. per lb. ; the quslity was excellent. 71nere was a want of lime juice at Constantinople. He tiniderstood that a large quantity had been sent out, but. - to his knowledge. it never arrived. The purveyor he .es Iways found very anxious to do everything in his power • to second him in his efforts. PREFERENCE SHAR ES. ICO herdeon llO2 105 1103 4 4. 00 Do. N 0.2, 7p. C 9O —92 25 30 'llyth and Tyne lOper ••• c. pref. (issd. et 500 St. 100 iris. St Ex. 4p. c. St. 92 91 20 5 D o . 4p. c. Shares...... — St. 100 Jaledonian £lO 97 99 • 15 an 'Theater Holyhead • - . . • . Guar. 54 per cont „, 93 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 — - all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ... • , • ' all - .•Jork &Bandonsip.e 2 4d all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all ~, ,astern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l 1 pm 6. 01 Do. Nu. ° — i I pm 10 all Do. New 6 r . e. St. 12i —. 134 20 all Zastern Union, Gar per cent 5 all Do. 51., 10 ner cent 10 all Do. I , U. Del;entr.Sll- St. all Do. do. 4 per cent — St. 109 '!last, Laneasli. 6 p•ets — 5 all East and West York shire June. Fifths ... St. all ,r_P.diubPrtli./kllund , 1 per cent. St. 1.(..0 ‘4l. n sgow&S.Wester Guar. 5 per cent... St. 100 Great Nortbn. sp. c 114 116 1141 St.. PG Do. sp. c. Redeem. , at 10 p. c. prom... 107 109 St. 100 D 0.4 p. 21 all Do 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. at sp. c. pm... 10 all Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pre; 64 100 It. Soutl in. &Westin. (Ireland) Eightl 19 ..• .• • 20 8 Do. 4 per c. Pr :f. ..• 50 6 (It. Wostu. (perks t; Hants Ex. sp. c) 6 6A St. 1.00 Do.con.red. 41 p.c. 96 98 St. WO Do. con. red. 4p. c. 87 8 'it. 100 Do. irre i. 4p.c. 8 all Do. Firm. Pref. Sh lO —10 i 10 all Do. Onester Sp. c.P.. 161 174 10 all Do. do. sp.c. do lO 101 St. 140 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk 71 —73 72 1 1.0 all Do. Chem. Gua. Sh.. 181 l 3 all Do. do. do • 9 $ — 9 i 20 all .Do, do. do. ..... •••••• 14 141 16 6 Lan. &York. P. £2i St. [I 0 Do. 6p. c. Stock ... 133 135 St. 100 London and Bright'' , Guaranteed 5 p. c St. 1100 Do. Prof., sp. e. St. ... St. !100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. St. 'lOO Lon.&N. W., Coy. .t Nuneaton 5 p. et... 50 5 London &S. Wester Con. Thirds 2l 3 124 all Londonderry& Co:ei Shares 124 all Londy. & Ennis. Sh. 10 all Wan., Shef., & New, £lO l2l 13 6 41 Do. £6 1 1p 4U 124 all Warypt.&Carl.4p ••• 12i all Do. 4i per cent 12, 101 Do •• ••• St. 100 Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St. St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol Birm. 6 per cent.... 133 135 161 11.-X Do. Prof. 41 per cen 11 id 11 din 111 10 Norfolk Debenture . 4 —4l St. [lOO Do.Prcf. 4p. c. Stoe , 55 —B7 St. NO Do. 5 p.c. Ext lO3 105 St. 100 Do. 5 per ct. pref... St. 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c. St. 100 North British lol 103 St. 100 V. E. Derw, 4 p.c. P. 90 —92 17 5 Do. do do 34 —3/ • 20 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.c 121 9 Do. do. Quarters 4F 25 10 Do.Yorkll.& 4. Prr. id 20 all North Staffordshire,. St. 100 Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh.£ls, 6 n.c 106 108 8i all Scot: Cent. , Now Pr& 1 0 all South Devon l3 —l4 0 14 Do, fixed, per cent id par 1.0.0 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 22i 234 20 all S. Wales Gua. 4p. c. 20 all Do. do. 44 p. c.... •.. 20 all S.Yorksb,4p.c.Guar - 15 —l7 25 all Stockton and Dar lington, 5 per cent ... • •••• 25 15 Do. do. do. 6 lip 121 all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 „. By Mr. Ball—He could confirm ail rat had, been stated by Dr. Menzies, that the time requim ad for the filling up of furors and•making out returns in terfered materially with the hospital inspector in falfillin g his duties. By the Chairman—The division t - which he was at tached had not sufficient stores Col ring ten days after their arrival before Sebastopol on t he , 23th of September. Ho made application at BAlaklav a for medical stores, but there were none there. By Mr. Layard—He never fon ad vny conflict of au thority between himself and the c ommandant. For all military purposes the cornmandai It had the direction of the hospital buildings, but he cot tld not tell what were that officer's instructions. It was: his duty to remove any nuisances from the buildings. He had, never any difficulty' with the purveyor, from -whom he readily ob tained everything he required. The duties -of hospital inspector at Scutari were so numerous that; one man could not discharge them efficiently. By Lord Seymour—He did not see the limes com missioner at Scutari, and did not know wl tether or not he was there at the same time with him. lie, however, saw Miss Nightinglale, and found that she had done a great amount of good. The system of ord,:r lies in the hospitals was most inefficient. In his opinion trained soldiers ought to be employed in that duty. He also thought that in an hospital of each magnitude the duties of filling up forms and regulations should 1..).a entrusted to some other officer than the inspector, as they took up too much valuable time, and rendered his. duties ex tremely heavy. Captain Bamford, of the 6:34 Regiment, who was wounded by a shell at Inkerman, was, next called, and examined by General Peel. He stated that he had read the evidence which had been given with respect to the withholding of the knap sacks, and he believed that it was incorrect. Some of the knapsacks arrived on the 12th November, and were issued directly afterwards. Holes were meavated for the tents, but he never heard that an order- was issued that no knapsacks should be issued until these holes were dry. Mr. Flower, who had given tl iat evidence, was sick nearly the whole time, • and was coefined to his tent. The knapsacks were supposed to be waterproof— he could not say whether they were so .or not. By Lord Seymour—When he was wounded he was taken down to Balaklava by an ambulance waggon, which was a very unpleasant mode of travelling. He much preferred the French mode of conlreying their sick on mules. It was much easier and, safer for the men. On the transports he saw the men. lying about upon the decks. He was conveyed on betwd the Trent, which had about 150 men on board. It was the worst ship he was ever in. There was no convenience or pro vision of any kind. It was positively dreadful. He did not know what sort of bedding there was on board for the sick. On arriving at Scutari he was carried to the hospital on a stretcher. Some of the sic.k were landed that day, and others remained on board. He was taken to the barrack hospital. His allowance per day was a pound of raw meat, with some bread and, tea, but there were no means of cooking. He was attended by Dr. Forbes, who was very assiduous in the performance of his duties. There was no supply of linen. He never saw the deputy-inspector in the hospital. At all events he never came to the ward in which he was placed. He supposed that the military commandant was responsible for the deficiencies which existed in the hospital. c d ed no a t s i b ia el d ie b v ee e n tb s a ta t te t d h . e 6 H 3d e presumed it was at Balaklava. h ß a tß d gyi r ill o e t inr h t. e h a alj r a d aYb o ae f redia t — h s e oUr r ee e d g dtl i i ment since January, but he By General Peel—As fast as the knapsacks came up they were delivered out, but he did not know whether the whole regiment had them up to this time. MINES. 1 all kgna Fria . . ... 1 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 10s. all Anglo Californian 1 ,20 6 Australian 1 2 13 1 all tustralian Colxllera - 1 all A.ustraliAn. Freehold. 1 all Ave Maria —-- 1 all Thiaen (Gd• Duchy of) 1 -50 all Elleenarvon Iron and Coal 20 13.5 British Iron 4) 53 35 253 Brazilianlmp. (issued at .C 5 pm 23 3 30 all Do. Cocacs & Cuiab 2 23 21 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3l 1 02.rsons's Cre , :k — 1 0 Clarenchn Cons: Min Co. of Jamaica 1 40 all Cobra Copper 49 51 5 1 Colonial Gold St. all Copper Min. of Eng 4O 45 25 all Do. Pref. 7. p. cont par 2 ... 16 Copiapo . 'CO 22 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg 4rlo 1 2 2 Fortuna par ip 20 all General I4A —16 A 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg 1 4 all Great Polgooth. 1 all Liberty a • ••• 3 all Linares.. 7i 8 5 1 Lusitanian par 4p 1 all iariquita 1 all Now Granada 1. all Now Linares Mining and Smelting Co „. 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgibaad Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 15 16 5 1 Port Philip a 1 all Quartz Rock ••• •••• 50 all Rhymney Iron l9 21 15 all Do. Now 5 6 30 11i Santiago do Cuba 6l 61 61 3 1 all South Australian , 1 1 10 73 Tin Croft... - 2 28i all United Mexican 6 61; 6/ 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa 1 12a. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba IttISCELLA.NEOI3B. 25 173 Australian Agricult. 30 81 801 20 ... Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 all Au4raln. Royal Mail 10 7 Berlin Water Works n - 2}d 50 40 Brit. American Laud 55 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co. ... 100 323 Canada 118 121 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct. Jan. and July 1( 8 1083 5 all Crystal Palace 3l 31 31 4 all Crystal Pal.of Franc( .„ 1 1 Dolton Iron Ore 20 5 Eastern Steam .— 25 22 ElectricTelegraph(k 15 16 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. „, ,„ 20 all General Screw Steam „ ,„ 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ..„ 10 all Meditcran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien. 61 61 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 1 11 2 1 N. S. W. Coal &Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. .„ 1 all N. B. Australasian... 1 20 12' Nrth.ofEuropeStean , • :,11 - Peel Rr. Ld. & Thnrl. 23 3 all Peninsular & Oriental 57 50 all Do. Do. ... ...p 2 all Portland. Iron Co ll 2 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 13 11 1 1 Ditto New.. — 25 all South Austa . al.Land 36 07 1 all Snbrap.r. Toler, 21' _ 1 100 \ Upper Canada I " . 28 1 1 Van Diemand a leant M By Lord Seymour—Up to the time of his departure fresh moat was brought from Ba'aklava. The eat pork was good, but the salt beef was horrible. Ile very seldom saw potatoes or vegeta.sles served out. The coffee was at first roasted, but it soon was given them in a raw state. By the Chairman.—When on board the Trent he did not perceive that any offensive smells proceeded from the hold. The next witness called was Captain Mure, of the Andes, Government transport. He stated that the ves sel was taken up by the Government last year. He left England in April with troops for the East. The examination of Captain Mure was proceeding when our report was despatched, LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 29.—Wind and weathe r this day z t noon, N.E. ; light breeze, and fine weather. The Baro meter indicates "Sat Fair" weather. The letters received to-day from Hamburg and Memel report a break up of the winter. PORTSMOUTH, March 28.—Wind, Sailed— Hart, for Balaklava. PLYMOUTH, March 28.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Sea Park, from Adelaide, S.A. ; Henrietta Breuss, Havannah. FALMOUTH, March 28.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Culdee, from Foo-Chow-Foe; Albert, Monte Video. Off Port , — Grampus, Matanzas. RAMSGATE, March 28.—Wind, N.E. Arrived— Rhine, from the Downs, with damage to bulwarks and hull, sus tained whilst discharging a cargo of coals alongside her Majesty's ships in the Downs. DARTMOUTH, March 28.—Wind, N. Arrived—Talbot, from London, for Newfoundland. SOUTHAMPTON, March 28.—Wind, S.S.E. Sailed— Washington (s.), for New York. (FEU ELECTRIC TELEGRAM.) LIvERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Geo. Evans, from Savannah ; W. Rathbone, Antwerp ; Canada (s.), Boston. QUEENSTOWN, March 27. Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Albert, from Moulmein ; Switzerland, from Manilla. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGBAPi3.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.17 a.m. Wind, E.N.E. ; tide, 4 , , hours' ebb ; weather, fine. Arrived—Concordia (s.), from Rotterdam ; Wilberforce (s.), Antwerp •' Baron Osy (s.), do. ; Triton (a.), Calais; Fyencord (s.), Rotterdam ;__Sir R. Peel, Dunkirk ; Leonne, Gravelines ; Leon, do. ; Nancy Dawson, St. Michael's ; Providence, do. Sailed—Pearl, for Halifax. DEAL, Thursday, 9.30 am . Wind, E.N.E. ; fresh, and cloudy. Passed—Germania, 207 transport, from London, for Balaklava ; Ajar, London, for Trinidad ; Oetavia, London, for Ad e l a id o ; Dolphin, Hull, for Jersey ; Suffolk Brig, westward, for London ; Cairngornm, Calcutt, for London. Sailed—Nimroud and Warhawk, for Loudon. LIVERPOOL, March 28. —The steamship Canada, with the mails, &c,, from Boston, of the 14th inst , is now looked for by the mercantile community. Her prolonged passage is supposed to be caused by the ice off the Ame r'eln coast. 7.'ETZ L. 71,; t rcrerrie tkrivi , (l from uewsvaper stamps, at one peuuy duty, was 464,0094 is. 7d, no number issued w 111d62,179. I 100,28 i - 1311 SCOTTISH CENTRAL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday at Perth ; Mr. J. C. Dundas in the chair. The report, an abstract of which appeared in The Sun, was held as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said there was'great need or additional accommodation for repairing the plant. They were now in the course of remedying that deficiency, and they hoped that con siderable advantage would arise to the company from the extension of the locomotive workshops which would be shortly completed. He had always been a great stickler for closing the capital account at as early a period as possible ; but in a ,case where the additional traffic on the line required additional stock to work it he thought nothing could be more legitimately placed to capital than the cost of that stock. There was no part of their capital that would be so remune rative as that expended on additional stock. He then explained that before the disruption between the Cale donian and the Edinburgh and Glasgow companies the traffic of the Scottish Central was entirely at their command ; they bad then no means of sending it by the east coast lines, which formed the shorter route to the south ; but that since the disruption had happened they had entered into amicable arrangements with the Edinburgh and Glasgow and east coast lines, from which he believed they would derive considerable advantage in having uninterrupted access to Edinburgh and Glas gow. He had no doubt that the arrangements they had made would conduce to the prosperity of the companY• They had at present every reason to be satisfied with the result of their arrangements, and to congratulate themselves on the general success of their undert aking. After some discussion as to the propriety the capital account at an early period, w as statedo fc l s thatn since 1852, and that, if the like additional the goods and mineral traffic bad increase d progressive e 0 per increase cent. the a They wouldou outlay y c must should go on in future years , be placed to the debit of capital. _ _ no thing to capital account which ought to be placed to re venue. Resolutions adopting the report, and declaring the dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the half-year, were passed, and the meeting separated. SOUTH WALES MINERAL,e onapanyas w held The - half-yearly The-h a lf-yearly meeting of this yes terday at the Crown Hotel, Strand ; M r . T. J. Badger in the chair. The report stated that the proposed arrangements for leasing the line to the arlyncorrwg Coal Company re mained in abeyance. The CuAirtmAx stated that the bill now before Par liament did not specify au terms for leasing the line, but was merely permissive for enabling the companies, if they thought proper, to enter into the arrangement. When tL , ..1 1,.jil came befuro them, in compliance with the Wharricliffe standing order, the terms whuld be L stated, Owing to the state of the money market, it NM not expedient to proceed with the works. The work s of the tunnel were let, but not commenced. Mr. PALEY hoped that it was not intended to tamper with the terms for leasing the line which were stated in the prospectus, as he bad been induced to subscribe his money on the faith of their being carried out. The CHAIRMAN said that at the first meeting after the passing of the act the' shareholders had decided that it was not expedient to accept those terms, on the ground that it would be more advantageous to work the line themselves. Mr. PALEY believed that one-half of the shareholders were landowners, and one-third contractors ; he thought, therefore, there was not much chance for independent shareholders obtaining anything like justice. The pro spectus stated that the line would be leased to the coal company at 5 per cent. for two years, 5i per cent. for 14 years, and 6 per cent. for a further period. The CHAIRMAN bad no doubt that the Glyncorrwg Coal Company would lease the line on these terms ; but the shareholders in Wales thought they would obtain more by not leasing it. After some further observations, the report was adopted, and the meeting separated. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —The Government of Lord Palmerston must fall unless sustained by "the pressure from without," but the national sympathy can only be won and held, in times of great emergency, by bold acts, founded on sound principles. The intentions of the Palmerston Cabinet are good, but its enemies are numerous and powerful. It has yet to show that it has the energy to shako off the caooeth,eB of routine. In all departments there is much eradication, lopping, and transplanting to ho done, and great will be the resistance that will be offered to the projected reformation. Persons unacquainted with the action of Government have no conception of the thousand influences that are constantly exerted to seduce a Minister from his duty. Parliamentary solicitations disturb his exercise of patron age, and the vis in,ertice of an over-grown, ill•governed, and idle official staff, neutralise his most strenuous efforts by a passive resistance. Lord Panmure's task in reconstructing the War De partment, though he will be assisted by the report of the "Crimean Committee," will be gigantic, and may prove abortive, unless he is aided by the press and the public. I have ventured to suggest t his lordship a scheme for the reform of one branch of his department, the Army Medical Staff, which he is well inclined to adopt, but there are so many prejudices to be overcome in high quarters, and so many private interests and feelings that must be wounded, that unless the medical profession bestir itself, so as to obtain a general expression of pub lic sympathy with their claims, his lordship will be able to obtain for them but a scant measure of justice.— I am sir, your obedient servant, D. O. E. March 28, 1855. London, 27th February, 1855. My Lord,—The letter addressed by your lordship to the managers of Medical Hospitals and Dispensaries challenges every loyal medical man to offer to her Majesty's Government, at the present juncture, every aid in his power. It will also, I hope, plead as an apology flr my intrusion on your attention. The having had i.he honour of serving the Crown in a military medical capacity, and having for several years been the medical resident of one of the London Hos pitals, have initiated me into the systems of manage ment adopted both in civil and military practice. I am, consequently, familiar with the working of the Army Medical Department, as well as with the feelings and opinions of the medical profession in general. Fearing that your lordship's appeal to the civil prac titioners of medicine may not be attended witk the expected success, I beg leave to address to you a few observations on the subject. The inefficiency of the Army Medial Staff, lately manifested in so many painful failures, may be traced to several long existing causes. At the root of the evil will be found a feeling of alienation from the Government, running through the entire medic _l body. This sentiment has been kindled by the neglect, false economy, and even persecution of former authorities. The Crown and Parliament have conferred no adequate rewards and distinctions on medi cal men of merit. The few places of emolument for merly be , towe 1 on professional veterans have been sup pressed, or curtailed. Many acts of oppression have emanated from the original Poor-Law Commissioners, under the sanction of the great officers of State, and even at the present moment the grievances of the naval surgeons are disdainfully neglected. A disregard of the feelings and interasts of the medi cal man has been displayed in all branches of the public service. Stingy recompence and blindness to merit have always characterised the conduct of the British Government to its medical servants, and have repelled from the service of the State men of talent and enter pri-e, who are naturally attracted by the higher prizes and the greater personal consideration which private practice insures. _ _ fa the army, particularly, not only have the medical officers been treated with supercilious indifference., but the original appointments to the service, and all subse quent promotions, have been distorted by motives of nepotism and borough interest. Men of superior talents, fimling themselves by chance in the ranks of the army surgeons, have speedily discovered that their position afforded no field for the exercise of their abilities, and have abandoned it for scenes more fertile in reward. The medical profession are acutely sensible that a fair share of public honours and rewards has not been ac corded to them. They see their social position so infe rior to that of their brethren in all other civilised coun tries, and so lowared through the positive discOurage rnent of the Government, that members of the territorial and privileged families, and the more ambitious spirits of each generation, are consequently deterred from en tering their ranks. It is not to be wondered at, there fore, that a persuasion is spreading amongst them that their interests, at least, could not be damaged by any organic changes in the institutions of the country. My Lord, we are 20,000 educated men, distributed all over the Queen's dominions, having great influence with the lower and middle classes, and understanding the virtue of union amongst ourselves. Emergencies sometimes occur in the history of society when the sup port of such a weil•disciplined and so intelligent a body might be of vital importance to a statesman, perhaps to a Government. In your Lordship's present arduous task the good-will of the medical profession is indispensable t) your suc cess. The aid of the best men can only be won by the adoption of largo and liberal views of the justice of their Your lordship's former career in office leads us to ex pect originality and boldness in your plans of reform. You will not be fettered by precedents ; you will not be contented with collecting a " posse" of inferior practi tioners, and thus tampering with the lives of your in valuable soldiery ; and you will not scruple, by a few vigorous measures, to call to your aid the resources of the whole medical body. In the reconstruction of the Army Medical Depart ment, your lordship will find a safe basis in a few simple principles. The healing art is one—civil and military medicine and surgery are based on the same physiological principles ; and every well-trained medical man is as fit for one function as the other. Amon, civil practitioners there exists an abundance of talent and skill available for the service of the State. We have not only the actual officers of the public cha rities, arid others in full practice, but a class of expec tants, numerous, capable, and ready to step into the shoes of their seniors. Besides these, there are many respectable men, endowed with property, masters of their art, and though they may not have the tact and suppleness necessary to first-rate success in private prac tice, possessing virtues that fit them f)r public duties. A peculiar preparation for the medical duties of the army, and the expensive expedient of the half-pay list, are perfectly superfluous ; whilst the cordial aid of an overflowing profession may be earned by a few just and reasonable concvsions. The first stage in the proc6ss of reform is to improve the relation between the Government and the medical profession. When the Crown seeks counsel from its subjects in important matters, it seems an obvious piece of justice that the real advisers should have the credit of being the ostensible advisers of the con , equent mea sures. Is a bare recompence to a numerous class who confer immense benefit on society, I respectfully suggest that your lordship should recommend to her Majesty twelve of the most eminent physicians and surgeons of the Ulaited Kingdom to be sworn of the Privy Council. They would form a committee, to be consulted in all sanitary questions relating to a state of peace, as well as to a st de of war. Such a body would possess the confidence of the pro fession and of the nation, and would escape the suspicion which surrounds the appointments proceeding from the favour or private opinion of a Minister. Upheld by such counsellors, and by the hearty good will of the whole medical faculty, the Government would find little difficulty in constructing an eminently effective medical staff for the army. In the medical; as well as in the other military depart ments, the procuration of the "personnel" and the pro vision of the "materiel" form two distinct provinces of duty. There is already extant a numerous medical staff, pro bably including many clever men, but graduated accord ing to any influence rather than that of desert. The right men are not in the right places. But if well orga nised, the present numbers would not be sufficient for the wants of the army. It is, therefore, necessary to re cruit largely from the civil ranks, not only by engaging youths fresh from the schools, but men of mature skill and experience. To discard the existing machinery, to dismiss the superannuated habitue's of routine, and to consider the whole departments as so many units to be recombined, is an indispensable preliminary to a better organisation. The first step for your lordship to take is the selection of an intelligent medical man as your departmental sec retary, through whom you could accurately supervise the action of the whole machine. The present heads of the department should be re placed by a younger Army Medical Board, consisting of the departmental secretary, and of military physicians and surgeons of wide experience at home and abroad. This council, under the close superintendence and occa sional presidence of your lordship—the chief, responsible to the Crown and Parliament—could exercise important functions ; admit candidates, regulate promotion, distri bute duties, receive reports, and publish periodical sum maries, exhibiting to the Government and the people the sanitary condition of the army. The proposed incorporation of mature medical men into the military service could be satisfactorily effected under the advice and influence of the Medical Commit tee of the Privy Council. Such a measure, though un avoidable at present, should be considered as exceptional, and its recurrence ought to be rendered unnecessary by the new arrangements. As inducements to men of ability to enter and remain in the public service a higher rate of pay should be estab lished through every grade, and liberal pensions bestowed after long service. A number of superior staff appoint ments should be created as rewards for great excellence. If a new - order of merit be, as is reported, founded by her Majesty, an adequate section should be devoted to the medical profession. In filling up the vacancies which occur in the lowest rank, the example of the Hon. East India Company is be worthy of imitation ; and the appoi n tments should . ar 'n , ,:r‘c:l on CI:- viflzOrP, in " eo ncours' o r co,nptt ti' )u1 ex am inations. 'The application of t his teat might be of the th ree kings • ems. The examinations would thus become popu lar, a nd above f,uspicion ; the first step on the ladder of pe motion would be made the recompence of early digit e nee, and attract to the Queen's service the choicest of tb -aisin; race of etudents. 1 at army medical department would act more pliably and a< ,curately if it were, like the commissariat, com plet pl; J . isolated from the purely military structure of the arm y. Surgeons should not, as at present, be rigidly affil :ea ' to regiments, but distributed amongst the differ ent • di.. visions and sections of the military force, as it ?nig', it appear most expedient to the heads of the medi cal ( le] ?artments. . T extensive changes which I have thus faintly out lined would, if carried out, soothe the wounded feelings of ti JA 3 medical profession, attract to the Government of her M - aj es ty the counsels of the best professional intel lects maintain a copious influx of gifted candidates into the litary medical ranks, and place in the hands of your :lordship a machine at once powerful %nd tractable, thro 'll which the benevolent purposes of the Govern ment ; would be effectually promoted in the most distant and minute ramifications of this branch of the public eery' ice. H r vino- ' collected and disciplined an e ff ec ti ve corps o f med 'rat officers, the most important and difficult half of your _lordship's task would be accomplished. The "per son? fg" of the medical staff being provided, the pre para ton of the " materiel," the supply of instruments, medi eine, comfort . , transport and shelter, would he a coma yaratively easy achievement. The duty of procur ing t l'ese supplies would be best accom plished by a branch of th a, commissariat. A due proportion of medical corn misst it ies acting under the orders of the chief of their depa rtmentg, whose sufficient guarantee in all transac tions should be the command of the general, would con stitute a force better adapted to satisfy the requisitions of th .0 medical officer?, and the wants of the si c k and wour. tied, than the old and cumbrous machinery of the apoti it tcarist and the purveyor's departmen'. Persons suite d to the performance of such duties are to be met with .it abundance in the establishments of wholesale drug giE ts , manufacturing chemists, and even amongst med te.4l men. I . fe el confident that, if your lordship will condescend to bu., igulded by the considerations I have suggested, you will obtain abundance of aid, conciliate the esteem of the medical profession, calm the anxiety of the nation, and„ chat your lordship has most at heart, secure to the Brit ash soldier in every situation the most prompt and pal 'tact professional assistance. S ho uld you deem these suggestions worthy of atten tion, and desire any explanation of the principles and detai is connected with them, I should be proud to have the nvportunity of an interview, and afford any help in my 11a wer to crown with success this important part of your lo'rdship's Herculean enterprise.—l have the honour to be„ ;your loidsiaip's obedient servant, D. 0. EDWARDS. War Department, March 10, 1855. am directed by Lord Panmure to acknowledge the raleipt of your communication, dated the 27th Febr nary, and to thank you for the many valuable sug gesti and contained in it, to which his lordship will give full consideration.-1 am, sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) E. C. MUNDY. D. (. Edwards, Esq., F.R.C.S. RAIL WA Y INTELLIGENCE. NORTH BRITISH. The adjourned meeting of this company to receive the report of the scrutineers, appointed at the meeting of the 20te, as to the motionof the chairman for the adop tion •of the report, which was carried by a large majority of the votes of shareholders present, took place at Edin burgh on Tuesday. Mr. Hodgson presided. It was intimated that the. two pairs of scrutineers had differed on various technical objections taken to the proxies, and had found it necessary to make separate re ports. The report of Messrs. Douglas and Allan stated that the proxies lodged amounted in all to 1,522, of which 543 were used in support of the chairman's motion, and 979 against the motion. Of the latter, 54 had no votes at all, 70 were altered in date, or the names of the granters changed, and several not found on the registry at all ; 310 did not give the year of the meeting for which the proxy was granted, nor state the date properly. A large number of proxies authenticated for use in 1852 appeared with the .figure. 2 altered to 5. The scrutineers wire confident that a large number of the proxies, as well as the votes, were in support of the chair Man's motion. The report of Messrs. Chaytor and Bateman stated that on both sides a great number of technical objections had been made. On the whole, they did not think that more than 12 of the proxies were really bad, arising from wrong names or insufficient identity. Their deci sion was, that there had voted for the motion—present, 1,109 ; proxies, 7,428 ; making 8,537 votes ; and for the amendment—to disapprove the report and grant the is. dividend—present, 265 ; proxies, 8,819 ; making 9,084 voter; leaving a balance in favour of the amend ment of 547 votes. The CHAIRMAN decided that his motion was carried by a considerable majority of the votes Of the share holders. If he was wrong, it was for the law courts to correct him. Mr. SKINNER protested against the chairman's de cision. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. on the guaranteed stock was then agreed to. The meeting then proceeded to the election of direc tors in the room of Messrs. Kinloch, Chaytor, and Brook. Mr. Kinloch was re-elected unanimously, and for the two remaining seats six candidates were named, and votes taken. Messrs. Jewett, of Leeds, and Bow man, of Newcastle, were ultimately declared elected. IC wag then agreed that the next half-yearly meeting be held in London. The meeting then separated. CALEDONIAN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held in Glasgow on Tuesday ; - Mr. W. Johnstone in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CELAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, explained that although the revenue had shown an in crease of 27,8211., the working expenses, interest on loanF, and dividends on preference shares bad shown an increase of 27,5001., so that there was no increase for dividend on the ordinary stock. During the last half year they could have carried more goods and more mine rals, and thus have increased the revenue to a consider able extent, bad they had more plant and engine power. He then adverted to the competition existing between them and the - Edinburgh and Glasgow Com pany, and stated that the latter company bad done everything in their power to take traffic from the Caledonian at all points at reduced rates. In conclusion, he stated that committees had been appointed by the Southern and Northern Companies, as well as by the Edinburgh and Glasgow and Caledonian Companies, to endeavour to adjust the questio❑ of traffic, and he hoped they would be successful. An amendment against the running of Sunday trains was then proposed, on which the vote being taken, the .amendment was lost, by a majority of 25 to 15. Mr. GrLow, after a lengthened address, moved that the matters of dispute between the Edinburgh and Glas gow and Caledonian hallways be referred to arbi tration. Mr. BUCALLuIki said, on examining the weekly re turns of the Caledonian line, he found that had the agreement between the two lines been still in existence, so great was the increase on the Caledonian that they would have required to pny over about GOO/. weekly to the Edinburgh and Glasgow ; and, as an amend ment to Mr. Gilow's motion, he proposed a vote of thanks to the directors for the spirited manner in which they had acted in the matter, and that they still be em powered to make an amicable arrangement between the two companies. This amendment was carried by a large majority. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceed ings. - _ , COUNT BUOL'S _cucv.LAß. The following is the text of the circular despatch of the 28th Feb., from Count de Boot t' the Austrian diplomatic agents in Germany, of which mention has been made in the Messenger of March 10 : " I had the honour of announcing to your Excellency in my circular despatch of the 16th, that the Imperial• Envoy who presides over the Germanic Diet has been charged, by order of his Majesty our august master, to communicate to the Germanic Diet, in order that points 1 and 2 of its resolution of the Bth may be carried into • execution, a return of the state of the Imperial army on a war footing, placed under the command of Gen. Baron de Hess, in order thereby to give a proof that the warlike preparations of Austria have been. carried far beyond the exigencies of the aforesaid resolu tion. The Imperial Cabinet, in • doing this, is induced to make mention of the circumstance that the Prus sian Plenipotentiary made, in the Federal Military Com mission, a proposition to the effect that the Diet should de cide that the preparation of the contingents should take place within the limits of the territory of the Germanic Confedera tion. This proposition found no echo amongst the Federal authorities, and on that account was not inserted in the Fe deral resolution. We took note of it ; and we remark that in this affair, the Germanic confederation was no longer placed exclusively on the ground of the Federal treaties, but also on that of the alliance of the 20th of April, 24th of July, and of the resolutions of the 9th of December, 1854 that, conse quently, the confederation was under the obligation, not only of protecting 'its own territory, but also of insisting on the Four Points as the bases of peace, and of opposing any attack on the Austrian monarchy and on our troops in the Danubian Principalities ; but that the said motion of the Prussian ple nipotentiary entirely disregarded the relation between the Federal resolution of the Bth and the preceding resolutions, which relation is decisive as regards the attitude of the Confederation. Ou its part, the Imperial Government considered it a duty, in accordance with its own posi tion, and with the duty of all Germany, to supply the Diet with a return of the total of its forces on a war footing, whether within or without the Federal terri tory, as also in the Danubian Principalities. But Baron do Prokesch informs us that when, in the sitting o f th e Di e t o f the 22d, h e p resen t e d the return of the Austrian army of operation, with a declar .tion, of which a copy is annexed hereto—the envoy of Prussia formally denied that the reso lution of the Bth of this month was based on the resolutions of the 24th July and of the 9th December. M. de Bismarck wished to consider the case of a common defence against an attack on the Austrian monarchy or the Danubian Principa lities as completely set aside, and the resolution of the Bth Feb. as repesing on a new basis—namely, on that of the neces sity of opposing to European complications, which becOme more and more menacing, the fact of placing on a war footing, which can be utilised on all sides. He reserved to his Govern ment the right of inserting in the protocol a declaration to that effect. Another sign of this tendency to a declaration made by M. deßismarck to the Imperial Envoy presiding at the Diet, to the effect that Prussia, with respect to the queition of the garrison of R as t a dt , will propose that Rastadt, Lan dau, Mentz, and Luxembourg should receive complete garrisons on a war footing, inasmuch as that measure necessarily fol lows from the placing on a war footing of the Federal con• tingents to be employed on all sides. We seek in vain to understand in what manner the Prussian Government—sup posing its representative at Frankfort to have correctly ex pressed its intentions—can place in accord its attitude in the Diet with the object of its missions to Paris and London, from which we hoped for the union of the German powers in the same point of view. Even if Prussia, to our great regret, did not think that she could take the same engagements as Austria with respect to France and England, we cannot ex plain to ourselves how the Cabinet of Berlin, to conclude a treaty with the powers, could offer them less than a neutral attitude, and not on e o f menace. The Court of Prussia will no doubt consider itself called on to give the necessary ex planations on this goint, in case she really demands that the Germanic Confederation shall assume the attitude of au armed neutrality against . both aides. We feel but little called on for the moment to continue this examination, but in our so licitude for the safety of Germany we strongly feel the duty of expressing frankly and in time to our confede rates the conviction that the Germanic Confederation would have to encounter the most serious compli cations, if it were to give to its warlike preparations even the simple appearance of any other signification than that of an energetic preparation for the eventual accomplishment of the obligations which arise from the resolutions of the 24th July, and of the 9th December, 1854. We stated in our despatch of the 16th why we thought we might pass over in silence the motives, which appeared to us insufficient, on which the committees founded the propositions adopted on the Bth of February. The engagements which the Confederation has already entered into, those which determine our action as a great power, the nature of the task which we and all those who regard our policy as truly German have • yet to accom plish—all these circumstances call on us to speak so loudly as to render superfluous any express declaration as to the object of the military measures of the Confederation. But the state of things would become very different if, now that Germany is preparing to arm, and that a decision might shortly be come to on the question whether the powers will succeed in restoring peace to Europe, the Germanic Confede ration should seek to follow in its resolutions and future measures, that tendency to a n ex p ec t an t neu t r ality, exemp; from precise engagements, to which the motives above-mentioned have already made too many con cessions. We should then consider it the first of our duties towards Germany to protest loudly and energetically against such manifestations and measures, and to reject be forehand all responsibility for the consequences which might result from them. We cannot, in particular, consider the demand that our Federal Contingent should remain on the German territory otherwise than as an indirect renunciation of engagements made by the Confederation in the common interest of Germany, and we must point out in the most posi- tive manner, as an uncalled-for provocation, the proposition for putting on a war footing the fortresses situated on the side of France. The Imperial Envoy, presiding over the Diet, has been charged by us to enforce in our name and without reserve, in the deliberations of the committees, the above considerations. We confidently h o p e th a t h e w ill meet with the same convictions in the representatives of our confederates, and that the Germanic Confederation, by displaying, in con cert with us, its forces for the possible case of the non. success of the negotiations, will not furnish to any of its members and to any of the European Cabinets subjects of doubt as to the signification of its military prepare. tion. Have the kindness to point out to the Government of -, in confidentially communicating this despatch, the great importance we attach to see the point of view we have above stated frankly approved of, and the envoys to the Diet fur nished with instructions corresponding thereto. " Accelt, "Bum." Thu follow:n; memorandum is annexed to the de spatch Regard being had to points 1 and 2 of the federal resolu tion of the Sth inst., par. 49, the Imperial Envoy, presiding over the Germanic Diet, has received orders from his Gcv.2rn ruent to lay before that high assembly the list, prepared by Field-Marshal Baron de Hess, of the Austrian troops which have been placed on a complete war footing, in order to de fend the territory placed under the protection of a common defence by the federal resolutions of the 2ltla July and of tho 9th December last year. VIENNA, MARCH 5, _1855. " When we made known to your Excellency by the despatch of the 2Sth Feb. that the proposition which Austria had made to the Germanic Diet on the 22d to put into execution the federal resolution of the Sth of the sonic month had "Met with objections on the part of the Envoy of Prussia at the Diet, we had reason to doubt that these objections, made in the first place verbally by the Prussian Envoy, who reserved to himself the power of afterwards presenting a written de claration, would be brought under the deliberation of the ermanic Diet. The President of the Diet, however, has sent us the declaration, of which we send you a copy, and. which M. de Bismarck had inserted in the protocol of the above-mentioned. sitting. Baron de Prokeach afterwards made a reply to the declaration, of which we also send you a copy. We aro thus in a state now to apply the views which we have already set forth in our despatch of the 28th Feb., to the official declaration of Prussia which we have now before us, and in conformity with that, we have not only approved. in the most formal manner of the reply which the President of the Diet found himself called on to make, but we have also charged the Count de Rechberg to declare openly in the com mittees of the Diet that the Imperial Government would find itself compelled to make a formal protest either against its form or its principle, in case the list given by him of the con tingent of the Austrian army should meet in the Diet with any objections in the sense of the Prussian declaration ; or in case any other practical consequence should arise out of the said declaration. The Government of ---- to whom your Excellency will be pleased to communicate the present despatch, as a complement to that of the 28th, will we hope res Ca P l:i e n t e to t regard the ma their uner fully appreciate the weight of the motives which compel us to hold firmly to our point of viewvri,sitiahn iu which we regret to see the Pz.o _ BUM." opinions as as compatible with te, with the. Federal solution ,, of the Bth LETTER OF DBOUYN DE L'.IIUYS TO VELY PAGLIA. The following letter from M. Drouyn de l'huys was sent to Vely Pacha, lately the Turkish ambassador at Paris, when the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour , was bestowed on him by the Emperor ~ Paris, 10th February. province and o f yoofuTrunrkom: Turkey. ~ "Monsieur tosie murle, of 'Ambassadeur,—l rece i ve d with great regret cllcl the news which y our E xcellency mo the honour to com municate nation to the govern y m o e u n r t i o .e f ea a i n fro ImmpePriaaris l I hastened to lay your communication before the Emperor, and it led to the expression of sentiments of the most affec tionate kindness towards you. The Emperor appreciates the high qualities of devotedness to your duty and of good faith, of which you have never ceased to give proofs during the course of your mission to his court. The dig nity of your august sovereign, the glory of his throne, the respect for the integrity of treaties have never had a more worthy and more zealous interpreter, and the intimate relations which your distinguished character has permitted the French Government to keep up with you will leave in all minds indelible reminiscences, rendered still more dear by the regrets which : you have done me the honour to express. I am happy to inform you, on my part, that my fullest esteem and affection aro acquired to you ; and all those who have had the honour of knowing you will bear similar testimony. The Emperor, in order to give to the Ottoman Porte,•his worthy ally, a striking pledge of his Imperial affection, and to connect you at the same time by an additional bond to that France of which you speak with so much warmth; him I just conferred on you the Grand Cordon of his Imperial Orier of the Legion of Honour. 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