The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-23 00:00:00

Is , zio E A I.T) ET 17 ri‘ ' C ° -1121EVOI AT, TATTELLIGE,YCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. el c , Tll . , e Cotton M arket at Liverpool, yesterday, e't w ith a buoyant appearance, and prices of al were icriPtiens were Id. per lb. d eara r. The sal es we estimated at 15 , 000 bales (1,000 of which e 04 11.8 tak en for export, an d 7 , 000 on speculatien), to P d tii ng 7 1,000 Pernamand Maranbam at 52d. 4 1 .. s 4t '; l,OOO E gypt i an, at 61 d . to 9d . ; 5 , 000 ° 1: 1 4t aid. to 4:ld. ; and 100 Scia Islands at tlosej- 4. L° 38 . per lb. The Railway Share Market Th i ; °( : r 3r firmly, at f u ll rates. Aith - ,,, 8e1 P Sussex has arrived from Melbourne oz. Id The of bo • ke el. 41(1 of Judah, from Sydney, brings 4,289 ao c °4lMercial advices from the Continent are ter n beg to-day, an d th ere is no change re. fillth tile gold lat e ly rece i ve d f rom America has Th e the Bank of England. tgebeiall fore exchanges were yesterday afternoon 14 • Y 411 : 1 , as regards bills upon all the prin t' lar The of th e Continent. ket en , Re arrival s o f b u lli on d ur i ng the past and Wee ks, and the certainty of further imports, S o f h , lll° et partie s to regard a continued cheapen oven-L°lleY as a matter of certainty, and there 1141eIle 1 8°41 e talk of th e B an k o f E ng l an d to-mor- t e i l l g its mi n i mum ra t e o f di sco unt from 4 t`tio4 per c ent. With ou t asser ti ng th a t th e alter that i - 1 ." It be made so early, we may fairly assume l Aaof: cannot be much longer delayed, the , h 4 e4e kh :" of notes and specie in the Bank coffers i t he r jg quite disproportionate to its business.. 4 44 ' ll . e tion in the interest on Exchequer Bills is : k rabl e e 41 f avour of money being more easily pro theLi% P°/ 1 other securities. The instalment I 4oth ; J oan ha v i ng b een pa id yes t er d ay, th er e lk % lg M ore to b e p rov id e d un til the 19th of 4 , 4 ") 0 0 disc oun t b e i ng a ll owe d, it i s unlikely /n 1 e rle will pay i n a d vance , unless they de that get the s t oc k . I t h as b een i n f erre d 84 40 0 " : 1 1 , Or der to emp l oy some o f it s sur pl us '011001;" Ba nk of E ng l an d h as ma d e i nves t men t s i n / ' } li th 44 O mnium, and looking to the means f el t e G overnment may possess t o avo id bor- Ner h °ll deficiency bills, now the instalments -"` fr oln. the loan, such a course may become 1 0 , -Petrato t..." 1 11) " .e . As to the " call" due upon the 1 7ti t it " i nenth, it will be again returned within a 411tir by the payment of the July dividends. am ilt :Y a lleY in the money market in time of 4 rVegt - i 'tnraediately after a loan, with a backward b 'Mothe ll • Prospect, and more borrowing by France 14 Of St ates, is st rong testimony to the sound- Thepr financial position. b ilk! ) "As this morning support the improvement t/I tit g I °°el lrred at the close of business yesterday, a _ 4lll lol; ° , B . everal good purchases that were made. ft . ti. " y e been 901 to 911 for transfer, The c , l ' e i r c ent. above those values for July. le i e lt ll- er. _'as been at 2i to 2i premium, , and the L ' e elt i 8 ;111nable Annuity at 10 to 9-16 ; Bank t t i.. "out 2 09 1 , Exchequer Bills of June are TP il l. The N ew 3 per C en t s . have been r ktiji ei gn market is quiet, and Turkish Bonds (12 2 t' rather flat at 77 a to 78. Mexican are firm ttltit°llL Dutch 2- per Cents. bring 64. n t b , -441 . fc5 ' 0 41/vi ng are the nominal prices of foriergi -44' ..--"Tenada Deferred . Bonds, 7to ; ex . . 221 te 22: -at i , ; Peruvian, 68 to 70 ; ditto Three 1, 1 . 2 , 7 to 49 ; Portuguese Fou r per Cents., 98 to 100 ; p o ' Russian Five per Cents., C4lO l v4r-and-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90 ; 47tt ..1-",,ew Deferred 185 to 18 ; Ditto 3 per ito . i," l i to 371; Ditto Certificates, 4 to 4 1 ; it,tl4lglOive) ai to 41. „aY Shares there is a very fair business l a g %- ' 4 at full prices for the principal under- Clai l 4 . eB Pecially Aberdeen, Great Western, and as T r ,'%e French shares are somewhat heavy. 15 1414 Canada are higher. S Z l l: l l 44 ‘ ' 411 4, 4 \itt 4 steady, the London Chartered I 4 ,r4TP NI ZIia new shares are higher,. and of th e l, ti clPati, 4 lat Debentures have improved. laav e; - , 4 rnst 4,4-4,et their meeting, the Directors Th„ - ' 44 leclt h -;" - Qoan Company of Upper Canada .cr ace°ll oc e ' rr ePert, which is most encouraging. c e ,. f°llo wi lu , re for the six months to Marehl. 14,:e4ti1l be are extracts from the document Canada I lhieh 414 44 (1 °11 1e rved that the investments in 1 ! 1 .1 8 4 Ppe ar d ?orn 411 943/ 6s. 6d.—the amount to tiri tg l 7 e d : 1 the last statement, of accounts —to 114 4 tVe t he ttilboautgthi tn t e he ab . a o l v u e e t o h f e ln av o e n r e a y ge h . a b s er b r e o ewn, . - mi Nl Qtiott thate("PanY It • therefore, with great b, tt ._ • _ is, im.Y• of p er "e ectors are enabled to maintain the : I°4 B/ 'the eent. on the p dd-up capital of the cm -4114124 a t P Pr ''.fits of the last half year amount to NI °r e Se wh ich. added to the sum brought . for- , of 46 PAtereher last, leaves a balance at credit of NN A ' t his p '' 4B /. 4s. ihed• ectors recommend that, g r ed oti -I t l i T, a dividend of 8 ". per cent. per annum be 4 04, 4 h 1 / 2 41 ,eo n e , I P,aid-up ca ital per cent, per annum be .aid.o Capital stock of the coman 2;`, 4 t1 7 , °1 Pr 0 1 . 43 ' amount p t) the excess ov . er G percent. t ‘ !„'e Put to Reserve Fund, in accordance ti 4 b k i e ear r i e4 barter of Incorporation ; and that t 411 4 redetnption of ~ 8 ro e areefultin to 151/. 19s. Id., V. ill be ea,r preliminary expenses. 4 ,82ip fitt,crecht of the next half_ year's account. The !INC. 14, ',,with the above addtion will amount t . o 14 , 4 44 il • The oireetors have only to repeat the''. trcerltceo,t,fidence in the security or the company's THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES, a Dot t„, 114)64t.11444( -Pr "' the •Oticia/ List. ) P.u4neq , I t Z t. ac ed . 9O 8 9 q z Der 11'(ds Annuit* **** poi 90 i 1 1'3 90 l t t , „ k. • ies I,OE O nnuities vitt t " ) 9 y, Lxrire sth Jail. 18en 3 15-16 s ? r, r t e. ears Expire sth . 188 i 16 9-16 3 o, A April, 19 18 44 4 t 1 11 . . '"°ant,3 titi;M a 904 Ui 90 & 90 . ti D tle; 'gig; ..... ................. ;I 4 Pin s ,2i ...... I June. Marctthraliel 4 7 ................ l5 10 1 4%4 • ... ... 10 15 1858;'ii ........ . lOO4 b -- of ILite,ema F OREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. 'it . 182- kt 4, Nil e'er e e „ per Cent N i „ 41 41%, b l'er ........... 22 g t i e:i Per Cent.. ..... tßi%). l "eo ? t, Per rcnt hI % °er red, 3 per Cent. lB3 t R -e Cert. of Coup. not fun 4B 4 th e PQr cent N I "'count. dend. bit t ,7 o% . - the ;eve payable in London. 1N.,„ -. 2A ee' lat : o l3 ez t e in e ea ut t . es l2 .. o...7il 6 l x 3 qt.'ll,lB ......................... CE. A• 1149-3' Account 4 'tl Ai 4 b4 l , 1ik: 401 , 4 .11 • '" AN EMIGRANT SHIP.— A. letter from alt t i? tilt ie - 4 :` One of the Black Ball line of packets, N tlt cll, l.4 o ' I,4rain Liverpool. to Svney, with 290 1 . -card, was driven into Dundrum Bay on th e ac ene of confusion ensued after the vessel ber.nigra.nts, who were mostly of the opera htyetltrettiihe?ig at the time in bed, and two of them 11,71 y, a ti d aL elY kille 1, but the remainder were landed Ltttine located in Dundrum and the vicinity. 7.3 4 7 tieeriall.ed from Liverpool on Wednesday, and Zgh DA e. la tee same lace in which the Great trileottt:t4,744l:;vl..;. t o h n e s s h a o n r d e ., ip p lB46, and at low water N g 04% ef,4"L,Artp?IIR WORKS.—The great under 101y t the 4, ructio n of the northern breakwater co 1 1 / 4 „ 1 11: 4 , Th e new harbour at Holyhead, is proceeding t 44 12 1 r ::: t efer ,ge erecti on h as b een extended into the ,tow,hPielolo feet f rom S oldier ' s Point at low 4 1 mas onry work to face an d com pl e te ) 1 ) 2i:At, 1 14 aeon be commenced. 185514e11.---ONH SHILLING DAY.—Tuesday, 4 14 1 , 4 tieke'sj,4 d missions on p aymen t , 3 , 394 ; Z l tt l Ztil te of ', 4 48 : total visitors, 3,842. ditto, h e ha y , Devonshire will, as usual, we believe, td ," !itd a l a "n at Remptown, his grace having, we i~Avariably suffered from the ." _hay_ 4t elt ab sent from the sea side at that period ot -1"otIt at ()? qoLip ttc h irih A ia . r (a.eco•rdiThe quotation of gold at Paris is ktti)li , let ng to the lait tariff), which, at the it t oi 4 gi vezt -e of 31. 17s. 10: 1 ,1. per ounce for stand AO ~Cl l L I an exchange of 25117 ; and, the exchange 4 11 1, h cetit 0 11 .iinn at short being 25 20, it follows that gliper 4 ( 1, 60 2 Per cent. dearer in London than in k +l B.l it ier, es from Hamburg the price of gold is Jr 0 0 f id• t w whi ch, at the English Mint price of ‘4 , 4 4 13. 4 i r nonce for standard gold, gives au ex '1,14%110 Rho 4 . 5 4 ncly the ex c h ange a t H am b urg o n 1, 0 1 4 of 'lea% B e ning 13 . 6, it follows that gold is 0 64 . London than in Hamburg.. The j e y i a New York on London for bills at 4t .,. I t f. o. rigl, to 'li per cent., and, the par of exchange r t . 4 Ho we and America being 109 23-40 pe eh„ ay our hat the exchange is nominally 0 . 67 per Nap' l. 4es of try ;g l and making allowance rptt o f tr_ port , bud,..akter leaves P and difference of interest, the " 4 the `Jilited tat a s s mall profit o n th e i mpor t a tion of es. " PR MARNK TS (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. n.tiL 'IT A Tl. br.P.vict t. DX) all 'il ,d) I 19 :5 i all A. 100 ;t. 100 .0 61s. IO I all 20 all 20 16 10 1} 50 45 25 all it. 100 20 all it. 100 2 all f 4 7 all it 100 R. 100 [6 I 5t 12i 2. 100 12!.' [0 34 l 5 .1,5 all too l 5 all :2s 4A ;t. 100 ;t. Itoo 25 22' 1!)0 Closing Prices this day. 22 - 28 Aberdeen. Ambg. Nottng. Bow and E& An. Junot.. `,:et, CU lsallymena. Birming. Wolvorb. Stour Valley ...... 43 - 41 8 - 8i 14 - 131 L;mcsl). e. 4 Chesl. - ire June. Do. Chesh. rlr Eirk., V;0 and Do., £20... &Tyn 3origina £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Carmarthen and Car digan Chester dr Holyhead Cork and Bandon Corl:, Black, & Pass Cornwall C"rieff Junction Dul n fastJuue Dundee Perth dcAl):!r Been Junction Do. New ...... east Anglian Eastern Counties ~ Eastern Union, A - 15, 1 , 9 - 8u 85 - 87 621 - 63 13i - 144 . 1 2 7 - 9 . . •• - 5 - 4 5 i - 611 11 - 15 - Stock .7. Do., B Stook Do., New A 'se` Lancashire Ffli ui nargb & G 1 asgov Mint , . and Peebles. , Eain.Prth &T . /uncle north & Clyde Jun , . Furness Do. Extension...... .. Gllasgow &, S. Wester re.at Northern Do., A. Stock )0., B. Stock Sth. &West.(lre Treat Western. Do. Stour Val. Ra! Ghia. Stk f rish South-Easter "ancaster & Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds__ Laneash. an dYork s Wst. Riding the Liv.Crshy.&Southpi I, o ndon & Black wai fiond. Bright & S.Cst Loud. and N. WeLdr. Do. Fifths F.)0.1.0/.Sh.,M&B„ C Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndudrrydz Col eraink raidndrry. & Ennisk. yr. anch.Sh ef. Li nclr Do. Shares, No. )0., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland )o.l3irmng. & Derby G. West. (Ire, ) )o. Half Shares & Carlisle Nwpt. A.berg. & He Newry & Enniskitlei; Newry Warrenpoito and Rostrovor Norfolk Northn.Counties North British North Devon, No. I Do., No. 2 A Deferral Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastorn—Beres ici )o. do. Extension G.N.E. Porch Do. Leads Do. York North London Do. New £l.O Wstrn. , liamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western., N. & S. Westrn. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester,lk Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 31 - 33 21 - 23 74 75 ; 5 57 2d par 19 20 68 -70 - 91 - 16 - 78 ,14 - 1:6 96 -i8 i,€i • 61i 58 - 62 70 - 75 6 - 8 6 - 8 783 - 79 8 OU 101 LOO 1004 id A .... d 83i 844 9 8 8 7('i 25 - 25 7i-- 8 . , It 1100 ;t. 1 1 )0 . .6 all .6 all 8 ill 8 all 5 2CI :5 13 4) 1,11 it. LO all .0 3 I, !O l'4 !O all .0 all .0 1 - 713 41 - 43 10 - 8 li - 2 E Busfnevs .!one this day. 22i 2 86 7 63 lli i soi 2 76 7 12 91 67 1 781 i 1001 11 1001 1004 100 15 301 it. la° it. tOO 0 a I O !Cs 12 15 a 1 16) '_oo LO 9 4. WO Z 5 21• Do Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darlin_ Stc !kt on & H.ar tlepi Taff Vale Do. £lB jiarep, O all !O all i;) all !I) 18 LO 5 83i 4 31 4 Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath • Waterfl. &• Kilkenny Water for , 1 &Ulmer ‘ 1 West Cornw&l. West End of London, and Crystal Palace West London. Wimbledn & Croydon tO all .0 1719. 73 744 1 61 61 131 5 c 48 50 par 4 shti 61 Ci I. d far 28 - 30 .01 - 103 67 - 69 45 - 47 124 - 13 601 60; 28 - 29 5 - 3 3 - 1 .7 - 39 71i 1 i 501 50 30 291 74 13i j 13, ••• " 3 61 - ifq - 44 22 - 24 7 - 8 47i GOi 281 i 20 d FOREIGN. 10 all Antwerpeetott - irdam 7a n 71 a 5 4 Belgian Eaetn. June. 21 •-• 2k 1 20 10 13eziers to Graissessac 4 3 , 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India • Scrip ...r pm Control of Italy 1.7 k all Demerara 20 10 Dutch Rhenish ll ld 9 20 all Eastern of France 20 10 Do. New 8 9 p 20 all East Indian, g. sp. c 24k —25 20 10 Do. E.7;ensiou 100 all Do. 4zp, c. Bds., pay, '57, convertible ..• 100 all Po. do. do., '59, do ..,. 25 15 Gd. Tk of CanadaA is 6 5 1 ! 93 i* 25 11 Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do.. 19 19 18 100 all Do. Cert. of Debon., con. into Stk. till '63 53 55 • 100 all Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do 93 95 94 20 10 Gt. Ceutralof Franc , 2i 21 12 k 5 all Ot. Indian Peniusul , guar. 5 per cent. ip 53 5 1 Du. ;vow 5 per cent s - - ?I) 5 2 Do. Extensions....... 20 12 Great Luxembour ,, Constituted Shares 2k -- 2a 2i 1 4 all Do. Obligations....... 2* 3i 3 20k all Gt. Western of Canad Shares 2l 214 21i 1 100 all Do. Wis., payable's7, with option till '55 lOO 101 100 all Do. do., 'O2, p. '6l '.55 . 110709 109 108 1.01 all Do. do., 75, p. . -- 110 100 all Do. do., '73, without option lOl 103 20,! all Hamilton & Toronto '214 22 100 all Do. 6 per cent. 20 14 Lake Coned,. & Bask 5 all Lucca dt Pistoj a 5 p.c di pref — 20 1.0 Lyons and Geneva 20 14 Lyons & Moditerran 20 16; Madras lp 20 10 Do. New 2 21p 33j, ilk Maria Antonia 10 411 Do. do. New 2 3 20 all Namur & Liege (witl interest) 6 6i 20 all Do. (ex interest) 16 all Northern of Fra nce 351 —35 i 20 all D o .20/. Slis.lato Char leroi and k4lrpteliue. guar. 3i# p. c. & red at 22-',i. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1851.... 1.3 13! 20 all Do. 20/. 3p. c (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) 10 all NorwegianTrunkPre' 7i Ra 71 20 16 Paris and Lyons 26k —26 a 42i 1 40 all Ditto Bonds . • ,„ • •, 20 all Paris and Orleans 47 49 20 all Paris and Roam... 41. 43 20 10 iParisCaen &Cherbrg 20 all Rouoe and Havre 22 • 23 20 all Royal Danish d ip 20 5 3 Royal Swedish 2 1&(1 20 all Sambre and Mouse... 8 —Bl It) all Do. 51 p. cent. Pref 20 2s Sei6d I 20 i 4 Southern of France _ pm 20 1.6 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) . •• ••• 8i all West Flanders 3l 4 le a ll Do 54 per c. Pref d 2 0 to Western of France — 7 p ) 20 VI West. of Switzerland 6 all WiJsbaden 20 all Zealand JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 11 lastral:Lsia ............ 11 British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 11 British N. Arnericaf: 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China '5 Colonial. 0 Commercial of Loud. .8 English Scottish and Australian Chart... 11 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 5 Ditto New London and County London Joint Stock Lond. & WeFtminater National Provincial of Bug Find Do. New • National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New ----- • • Royal A ustra Bkg. & Gold na,) Co South Austr LIIA Union MP 1)o. New Via'oll Qf L )1.4194"„ 81 - 83 id — par ...d 17 -- 13 20 21 gd I P • on -- •• • 32 1 - 34 40 - 42 71 - 73 8 - 9 •N '4.7: IN THE SUN ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING; MAY 23, 1855, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shr. raid RAILWAY.. 1,:(211) ; losin 4 rric..ek noes Companr this d a y. this day. 50 all Belford and Lyndon Ketchley N. W,:st St. 100 Buckghamsll. L.&N.W. 7 99 St. 100 Clydesdal Je. Cal iv] on 9 101 100 25 24 Col. Stour Vy. E. Un. g Sud. and Hal. E. C... St. 1.00 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrtht, 134 136 St. all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian Neils. Direct St. 10) Do. New...... De 25 all Distr.& Dn. •I'r Gt. Wes 100 all lirtlpl. Dk & Vk. New Railway & Berw •• • 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NM 107 109 10 7 i 25 all Do. Shares. Do., ...... . ••• 12.4 all Do. 1 Shares. Do . • --- ••• 121 1 all Lon.& Greenly S. Easter , 12i —l3 20 all Do• Preference Do 23 —24 1.0 all Lon., Til., &S. Pcto &Co. 11 11 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Norfolk ... St. tOO Do. 6 per ct. Do N all Manch. Bath. L&N.W and Matlock & Midld 2i —2i 50 all Middloshro' & Stckton Redcar. Darlingt. ..• St. 110 Midld.Bradfd Midland 93 95 61 51 Newmarket Bury Exton.. En. Coun. par 1p pm 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do 50 all Do. Fixeds p s Do 25 all Prest. & Wyre L..St N.W StLillak 124 all Do. Shrs. A no St: MO Roystm&Hit. GtNOrthr 130 133 25 1 S Shef.Roth an'i Laneash Dont eg.sp. c. Yorksh. „. 10 all Shrews.&Her .P.Brassey 74 84 12 S. Siaffordsh. M.MCleat. 3 241 6i 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & • 6 per cent... Darlingt 25 all Do ,)O m2 33 St. 100 Wilts&gomrst GtWestn 90 92 PREFERENCE SHARES. 1100 'lO6 all Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c Blyth and Ty no 10 pe) eip. prof. f. (iB 4l m e. t 5 1 1 Et rs & Ex. . Do. 4 p. c. Shares , jaledonian £lO '"tester & Holyheao Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandons i p. c . Dun. Prth .& A I , t- r..i • Z. Anglian CIF . A Sh, , Do. do. C's. B 6 p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... Fast Lancash. 6 p. cts. E. &W. York. J. sths , ?.d. Prth.&Dun.4p.e. Furne , s has. & S. W. G. 5 p. c. Great Northn. 5 p. c. i)o. 5 p. c. Redeem , at 10 p. c. prom (). 4. 1 , p. c Do. 5 P.C. Scrip, Red. -.t sp. c. prn... ~ ft.N. of Scot. let Pr,. It. S. & W. (Ireland, Do. 4 per c. Prn. St Gt. Westn. (Burks S.. ilants Ex. 5 p. 0) , Do. con. red. 4? p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p.c... Do. Birm. Pref. Sh... Do. Cnester 8 p. c.P.S. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gna. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. Do. do. do Do. do. do. ....• Lan. &York. F. £2t Do. 6 p. c. St.,ck Lon. & Brigh. G. 5 p.c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. New Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct Lon. & S. W. Con. 3& Londy. & Color. i Sh. Londy. & Ennis. 6 Si,. \Tan., Shef., & Lin New, £lO ' Do. £6 Niarypt . & Carl. 4 p c DU. 43 . per cent Do %lid. Consol.6 p.c.Ft. ./o. Consul. Bristol:. Pirm. 6 per cent. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. 'o. Pref. 4 i lAA. cc. , Do. 51. Pr. 1. 4 p. c.. Ditto Leic, ster and Hitcleu.Pr...f. 5t....... 100 - 102 83 - 90 el = 93 g ioo ••• .'"" ... 3 - 4 51 - 64 ••• - ••• 1 p - P 13 -13 i 58 - 62 all all Dr) 100 100 116 - 118 il9 - 111 101 - 103 10 St. 20 50 all 100 9 6 100 100 100 100 100 5 all all all 4i all all 10i 1.00 1.00 St. 16 5 St. 'Norfolk Debenture Do. Prof. 4 p. a. Stoel Do. 5 p. e. Eat Dc. 51 per et. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British V. E. Rena, 4 p.c P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c De. do. Quarters I )0, York IT, & Per. North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, A , Violverh Xl5, Cp .c scot. Cent. , New Pre , South Devon Do. fixed, 44: percent S. Eastern (Beadini: Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent, S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4i p. 3. Yorksh.4p.e.Guar. Stock & Dar. , sp. c. Do. do. do :Auk. & tiarti. g. p. e. till July 1, '5.1 W. lei fd. p c, - 6 -- eft 97 -- 99 88 -- CO 92 -- 94 10 -- 11 17 -- 17; 10 10i 73 -- 75 19} -- 20 9i -- 10 14i -- 15 1 -- [36 -- 138 ... 8i 25 10 L. 0.6 ..• 2i - 3 r 13 —13 k: a ap n - 139 911 - 93 - 4/ - 45 - 87 04 - 106 1 4 99 -- 161 91 -- 93 3i -- 31 I ...• I id 110} 102} 131 a 4i 107 109 is —l4§ id pen 87 221 - 23 98 - 100 15 -17 ii -- 2ip *i 7 lid 100 991 91. MIN F.S. 1 all Agua Fria ..... ..... .. / ... 1 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold . . ... ... 1.00. all Anglo Californian •— # 20 6 Australian 1 —1/ 1 all Australian Cordillera ... ... 1 all Ave Maria .., -- 1 all Baden (Gd• Duchy of 1 # 50 all Blanaarvon Iron and Coal . 20 13.5 British Iron 4 6 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issue l at E 5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cooaes & Cuiab 2) 3 21 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 31 —33 1 / o...rson's CITA i 1 a Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica I —FI 40 all Cobre Copper 55 57 57 5 1 Colonial Gold i i 13 St. all Copper Min. of Eng 30 40 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent. 2d par ... 16 Copiapo. 5 all English and Austin. Copper Stneltg C. , 1A —ll 2 1 Fortuna 4,1 —iP 20 all General l5 —l7 16. 1 all Gt.NugletVeinßog• $ $ 4i all Great Polgooth 4 11 1 all Liberty.. - - f 3 all Linares 5 1 Lusitanian — p 1 all Mktriquita — -- l i 1 all New Granada 1 all New Linares Minin, and Smelting Co ... . 1 all Nouveau Monde i a 20 all Pontgibatul Silvei Lead Min. & Smelt. 141 151 15 5 1 Port Philip I 1 all Quartz Rock i 1 50 all Ellyraney Iron l9 21 15 all Do. New 5 6 3) 121 Santiago de Cul 4... . 51 6 1 all , louth A ust:allan a 1 10 7A Tin Croft .. . . 2 —• 3 * 28 ali United Mexican 6 61 61 1 1 all Waller i 1 i 1 all West Mariposa ii 1 I. 12s. 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Ld. & Minrl. 21 3 21 50 all ' Peninsular & Oriental GO 62 60 10 Do. New ll.l 12 111 2 all Portland Iron Co ll lh 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest ig— 1 i 11 1 I Ditto New i— 1 li 25 all South Austral .Lanai 381 391 1 all Submar. To). Scrip._ i 1 1 a ll Do. Regitored 20 5 Tr nst& L. Co.U. Can. ... ..., ... 100 28i Van Diouwu'a Lawi 131 -T 13f 131 74 " Cr Ilar tt i On lkf4o SUN OFFICE, Severn o'Clock. .EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE DERBY. 1 WILD DAYRELL . KINGSTOWN .......... LORD OF THE ISLES 3 Twelve .ran. CAREW STAKES. King of Trumps. Lamb's Wool Torn Burke Eulogist Master Slender Two ran. Four ran. THE EPSOM CUP. Rataplan Nabob Acrobat Four ran. LATEST BETTING. OAKS. to 1 agst Nettle 6to 1 agAt Blooming Heather Oto 1 agst Capucine 7to 1 agst Clotilde Gay is scratched. DERBY. sto 4 agst Wild Dayrell 2to 1 agst Lord of the Isles 10 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick 20 to 1 agst Kingstown 20 to 1 agst Rylstone 20 to 1 agst Cave Adullum Paros scratched. GREAT EXHIBITION PLATE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-1.30. DERBY. to 4 agst Lord of the Isles (taker)) 2 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell 6to 1 agst Kingstown (offered) GENERAL CA.NROBERT AND LORD RAGLAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN; SlR,—General Canrobert, as we are aware, with a noble self-sacrifice for kis country's good, has resigned his command in the Crimea to General Pelissier, an officer under his command. Taking into consideration the delicate co urtesy and good breeding for which our French neighbours are so distingnMied, think you not that it maybe a hint to Lord Raglan to resign his command also, seeing that his lordship has made so little progress in Übe successful prosecution of this great war, and for which he appears to be unequal to the occasion. With two great countries like France andl. England, desirous of prosecuting this just war with unparalleled vigour, is there no master mind, no genius, :no man of sufficier.t energy, decision, and judgment, and; up to the mark tclead us on to victory? If not, then indeed may we mourn for retrograde France ! degenerate England The times want not a mere narrator of eveni`s, as Lord Raglan appears to be, but an energetic, feirtile, judi cious, ;Ltd unconquerable spirit, who meets wi th difficul ties, but with a determination to die or overci ma° them. Such a man would soon put a very different aspect on affairs.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, 12, Steward-street, Spitalfields, May 21, 1855. E D. P. WEIGHING FOR THE FATOTIIIT.B. Ever prompt to utilise the leading incidents IA the day, Ptinch has for his principal illustration this 1 veek a re presentation of Lord Palmerston in the attire of a jockey being weighed for the politica .1 Derby. ~his lordship weighs dreadfully li ht -and hie smirk o self-satisfaction; while to t e sc a le - o f -tibe ralient,l'rogress, and Solidity, is admirably I )on trast ed with the disappointed looks of Mr. Punc% :and John Bull, the latter of whom exclaims—" Poor tdd Pam Too light I'm afraid Mr. Punch," cbml eeTlorTonkhwies:E GOVERNOR SUNHAT TRADING BILL.—A meeting was held last night •1n the British School-rooms, Cowper-street, City road, to consider the bill introduced into the Commons by Lords Grosvenor and Ebrington, who were present. The chair was taken by Mr. Broad, of La• labeth. A resolution, declaring the bill "arbitrary, i eppressive, unjust, and tyrannical," was put and carried, as was a second, that a petition against the bid be prese:nted ; and after several speeches, the meeting separated. ORPHAN WORKING SCHOOL. Yesterday a public examination of the children educated at this ---Yesterday, nstitution took place at its establishment on Haverstocke: hill. The chair was occupied by Mr. Apsley Pellatt, L.P. The examination was conducted by Mr. Fitch, and Mr. Baxter, of the British and Foreign School Sod. ety. Mr. E. Ball, M.P., subsequently addressed the. children, and rewards were presented to the old scholar s in testi mony of their continued good conduct in the , situations which they now occupy. Rovan NAVAL SCHOOL, NEW-CROSS. Til e annual general meeting of this corporation took place yesterday at Willis's Rooms, Admiral Bowles, C. 8., prelim ling, sup ported by Earl Manvers, Admirals Earl Wa Idegrave, Lord Byron, Sir Charles Ogle, Sir Geo. Las ebert, Sir ad verted to the satisfactory condition of the schoc .1, as well D. DThuenelcahea,Armleaynnell, havingand b a ri l e i fl u y mber of li . o o t h . er Pell, gentlemen. j .IN' . with regard to its finances as to its education al advan tages, the report of the council was read by Mm '• Eames, the secretary, which stated that, since the la et annual meeting, the school has continued its career • with in creased prosperity and success. The Hon, Lady Phillips's second concert to ok place on Monday evening. Among the company ' were the Neapolitan Minister and Princess Carini, du , Danish Minister and Countess d'Oehohne, the Belgian Minister, the Bavarian Minister, Count Trautmansdoe- ff, Count and Countess Reventlow Criminil, the Bache: t 3 of Wel lington and Lady Emily Hay, the Duke of t: %leveland and Lady Augusta Paulett, Marchioness 'of Ailes bury, &e• COUNTESS OF ENNISKILLEN.—The remain t; of this lady were removed last evening from the town residence of the Earl of Enniskillen, 'in Eaton-place, Pimlico, to Le conveyed to Fleetwood, after which by steamer to Belfast, and from thence to Armagh, to be interred in the family vault there. DUBLIN, May 22. —The, Lord-Lieutenant let °t Dublin yesterday by special train, on the Great Southern and Western Railway, fur Cork, for the purpose of presiding at the opening of the Now Cork Athenmum this day. The directors of the Crystal Palace have cans ed to be prepared two volumes, bound in imperial morocco, con taining a series of photographic views of the pr ogress of the Crystal Palace, from the raising of the first column ou the 9th of August, 1852, to its opening on the 10th of June, 1850. Tie views were taken by Mr.. P. Dela motte, head drawing master to King's College. This splendid work is intended to be presented to the Em peror of the French, as a memorial of his visit to the Palace. Mrs. Richards, wife of a merchant in Winter-terrace Union-road, Borough, was delivered on Thursday of three female children. The mother and little ones are progressing favourably. Twenty persons were more or less injured by an acci dent on the Stour Valley Branch Railway, near Dudley, on Monday evening. There was some mismanagement at the points. Lady Feversham gave a ball last evening, at the family residence, in Belgrave-square. The reunion. was honoured with the presence of a distinguished circle of guests, mongst whom were Prince Gholatn Mahomed, son of Tippoo Sultan and Prince Feroze Shah, grandson of Two° Sultan, both of whom were attired in magni ficent Eastern costumes. The sixth ordinary meeting of the Institute of Actu aries was held on Monday evening, a t the institute in St. Jarnes'sesquare—Charles Jelbcoe, Esq., v . p , i n ce d rT. e irpnooeo a wt r mohrn i ni s s. the chair. A paper was read, "On the Valuation ' of Government Securities," by Edwin James Farren, Esq., B confusionaTl a hkel aAvagonNsfe' V.P. Mr. J. Carmichael, le m i i ann a dgg r ans i einaoorevafregoreartist, severalhe will s for the Baltic on Saturday next, to take sketches for p the Illustrated News. ow th; British Monday 1 i ow l ffie a r i c l ee c , h morning.te injuredhs t e e fi r o T oTb o ry,i v,: ea n fin - rl l deo i a : l ttb l hyue h t ec a tee d hii month to re- ' proba bly not exceed 100/. Minister s te E r x a c t el t l h e e nc H y a S g i u r e, Ra m l , l h. th o A is be n r o cr w orn e b n y c , ongst the country, leavestow o n y ea ß rl A y LA in Kri th A e vA en ._ su A in rn g the Rus sian Governor prisoners brought ofß aiak i atm, who e in the was Simla taken o w n e e e r k w sume his diplomatic duties. a s t the Be first 1 acai kp isteet:i capture d ot hmbeyi‘gft Malta l e vt • e a r t n o or ß lost aiak I his a.va , wife was wasallrnuendn English areas. In the daughter, and has never heard of them since down by her Majesty's ship Medina, about the sth of May off the latter port. The preamble of the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Dock and Railway Bill was declared proved last evening. THE ELECTRIC CLOCK AT THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY TERMINUS, LON DON-BRIDUE. On the Ist of November, 1852, the system of sending time signals hour by hour from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich to various telegraph stations came into successful operation. Certain hour signals were re quired by the South-Eastern Railway Company, and the remainder were passed on to the Electric Telegraph Company for distribution along their system. The interchanges of connexions for thee purposes were ac complished by a commutator carried by the great clock at the London terminus. The next step in the system wa? to show time to shipping in the Downs by the drop of a ball at Deal, caused by a telegraph signal sent from the Greenwich clock at 1 p.m. For the success ful carrying out of this it was deemed prudent to erect a clock in London for the especial purpose of carrying the commutator. Mr. C. V. Walker, the telegraph engineer to the South-Eastern Company, had found by experiment that the pendulum at Green wich would keep one' of Shepherd's electric clocks going on the lecture-table of the London Institution, and he proposed to the Astronomer Royal that the commutator should be carried at London by one of these clocks. On the 3d of March last one clock was erected over the North Kent platform, facing pas sengers as they arrive in London ; and since that date it has faithfully shown Greenwich time, which is sent to it, second by second, from the Royal Observatory. The clock ie the property of the Government, and is under the charge of Mr. Airey on the part of the Admiralty, and of Mr. Walker on the part of the South-Eastern Company, under whose joint care the clock, with the adjuncts essential for the purposes in question, was con structed. In the common state of things the commutator commutator is out of gear, and the hour signal wire is continuous from Greenwich to the Electric Tele graph Company's system ; but on the approach of any of the hours when the signal is required on the South- Ea , tern lines, the ball-drop signal, fnr instance, the commutator will have arrived at such a position that at about one minute before the hour the Green wich and the Deal wires will have been lifted from their normal positions, and held together until nearly a minute 4 the shall have passed ; when the ball at Deal is nearly down the mast—viz., in about 15 seconds, it returns a signal to Greenwich in proof that it has dropped. The drop is produced with the utmost regularity, a failure being extremely rare. Commutators are carried by local electric clocks at Ashford and Deal, and the adjustments there and elsewhere are such, that the connections are made without extraneous aid, and it is out of the power of the instrument clerks, through inadvertence, themselves to send a signal and cause a false drop. Within the London clock are galva nometers which show the hourly signals that come from Greenwich on distinct wires, and afford a means of observ ing that the clock is showing true time; by another pro cess the time shown by the clock is read off at 8 a.m. daily at Tunbridge, and its accuracy tested. this clock promises to be the basis of operations as the system becomes developed of distributing time to the great pub lic buildings of the metropolis. The South-Eastern Com pany have cordially co-operated with the Astronomer Royal in this great work, and have made very liberal concessions to him both in respect to the Admiralty wires and those of which he requires the temporary use. HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar• General. ) In the week that ended last Saturday the deaths of 1,143 persons, namely 620 males and 523 females, were registered in London. Though the figures show a small reduction on those of the two previous weeks, they still imply rather a high rate of mortality. In the 10 corre sponding weeks of the years 1845 54 the average number of deaths was 989, which, if raised in proportion to in crease of population, becomes 1,083. The deaths re turned last week are 55 in excess of the number obtained by calculation. The mortality from zymotic or epidemic diseases in the aggregate is about the usual amount. Of 220 cases referred to this class, 161 occurred under 10 years of age. Small-pox exhibits a sudden increase ; the deaths from it, which were 15 and 28 in the two previous weeks, rose last week to 45. Of these, 18 were registered in the north districts, and 14 in the east districts. The Small-pox Hospital is situated in the former divisions and in that institution 11 deaths occurred in six days. The disease appears to prevail in Shoreditch more than in any other part of London. On the south side of the river it was fatal in 3 cases in sub-district of St. John, Horselydown. 41 deaths were caused by scarlatina, and four of these occurred in Woolwich. Diseases of the organs of respiration have become less fatal ; having numbered 219 and 225 in the two previous weeks, they fell last week to 185. There died from consumption 159 persons, of whom 27 were loss than 20 years old, 77 were between the ages of 20 and 40 years, 44 were 40-60, and 11 were above that age and under 80. Three lives were destroyed by intemperance. Last week the birth of 820 boys and 836 girls—in all 1,656 children—were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1845.54 the average number was 1,453. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height ( f the barometer in the week was 29.659 in. The mean temperature was 46.0 deg., which is 6.5 deg. be low the average of the Fame week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day except Saturday, and on Sunday and Tuesday it was 10 deg. below the average. The amount of rain in the week was 0.44 in., most of which fell on Sunday. The wind was generally in the north. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 19. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 47 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration lB5 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bores, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 3 Premature Birth and Debility 3O Atrophy 29 Old Age Sudden l5 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 3B Causes not specified 220 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 1,143 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. aponding we,ek in the 1851. of 1854. eek. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 1, . •••.. - _ - - .- ... East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals 2,362,236 1,188 Males Females.. 1,143 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. Total ~ STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, May 22.—We have had a good deal of business in yarn, but a very flat market for cloths. Mann facturzrs are in much the same position as on Tuesday last. They find that speculation in cotton increases rather than diminishes, that prices rise, that as long as they go on working full time, yarn as well as cotton gets dearer, and that every week they are relatively in a worse position. The sales of cotton yesterday at Liverpool were 30,000 bales, of which 20,000 were to specu lators, at Id. per lb. advance,' and up to noon this day the sales have been 10,000 bales. The buyers of yarn for export have been obliged to com pete here with those fcr the home trade, and sellers have consequently been enabled to get up pr i ces to something like the advance in cotton. The aggregate business has been large, and the imp rovement has been d. to id. per lb. the sales include 16's to 20's water twistfor Chien, and mule yarn up to 50's and 60's forlndia. Buyers for Germany and the Mediterranean have also been active purchasers. i On the oth er h and, manufac turers find the market impracticabl e at an advance pro portionate with the rise in cotton and yarn. In some cases they have been able to sell at the prices they would have taken last week. Practically they find themselves, taking into account the fact that cotton is now id. to 11d. per lb. dearer, in a worse position than at the end of February—though that was one of depression - -by 3 / 4 d. to id. on every pound of cloth they produce. The busi ness in cloth to-day is generally reported to have been Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report of the cloth market : "The extraordinary state of the Liverpool market con tinues to have a very prejudicial effect here. Manufac turers, whose business generally has been for some time unremunerative, are of course obliged to demand an ad vance corresponding in kerne degree to that obtained on cotton and yarns ; but this has only the effect of keeping buyers out of the market, soil is only in very few in stances that even the slightest advance on last week's rates can be realised, and the business of the day is consequently altogether inconsiderable in amount. It remains to be seen which can longest hold out ; but we fear, if manufac turers continue to produce at the present rate , the y will get the worst of it. " Messrs. George Fraser, Son , an d Co. sa y :—" The continued advance in the cotton-market has rendered the state of ours extremely difficult. Spinners and manufacturers decline in many cases to give quotations at all where they are out of stock, and in nearly all cases will not 'sell except at a decided rise. On the other hand, there is an increasing indisposition on the part of buyers to follow the movement. The extent of trans actions is consequently limited, and the state of matters very unsatisfactory to all." LEEDS, MAY 22. —There is no change to note in the woollen cloth trade since Saturday. The public markets have to-day been steady both as to price and demand, but the quantity of cloth sold was scarcely so much as on this day week. 17i 2iA ' 5 5 281 i 44i 4 ..1,656 SPIRIT OF TUE PUBLIC JOURNALS. MR. DISRAELI'S MOTION. (From the Times of this day. ) In the name of common sense, what are we all waiting for ? Everybody is waiting for everybody. At a time when nobody is trusted, 'and to do nothing is the worst policy of all, we are all wait ing one for another. Lord Palmerston and Mr. Milner Gibson are waiting for the re-opening of the Vienna Conferences. That wonderful entity, of which nothing but place can be predicated, is waiting for something like grace in Russia or dig nity in Austria, or something decisive from Sebas topol. At that place they have been waiting for half a year, each side for the other to come on. To return home, Lord Grey has been waiting for Mr. Milner Gibson, and generally the Lcrds for the Commons. Mr. Layard will now let his motion on administrative reform wait for Mr. Disraeli, and so we are in the end reduced to the last-mentioned gentleman as the only one who at this moment is waiting for nobody, but is pledged to a motion on Thursday next. Lest some evil influence should arise to put him, too, in the same mesmeric trance as the rest, we will just remark that this attitude of expectancy is very well in some situations ; it is graceful in statuary ; it is proper for sentinels at their posts ; it becomes infantry expecting a charge of cavalry, and it is a painful necessity in the case of a traveller at a station when the train is overdue ; but in political affairs it is simply stagna tion or stupor ; it is " to rot in cold' obstruction.;" it is to offer any inducement to the scheming and ambitious to play off their activity against our inac tion ; it is to run "a waiting race," as our witty contemporary lately expressed it, by waiting without motion. Every man and every State may say "I bide my time," but then it must be an active and vigorous biding—not a passive one. The chief way i in which great warriors and great statesmen have compassed their ends has been by surprise. They have come down upon the rest of the world before it expected them. Had the neighbouring poten tate waited long enough, he might have been the victim, instead of ,the author, of a coup d'etat ; but, as it happened, - his opponents chose a waiting po licy. At length, however, we are promised a con clusion of the present waiting. Mr. Disraeli an nounces that he will wait no longer, and he has accordingly given notice of the following resolution for next Thursday : " That this house cannot adjourn for the recess with out expressing its dissatisfaction with the ambiguous language and uncertain conduct of her Majesty's Go vernment, in reference to the great question of peace or war ; and that, nnder these circumstances, this house feels it a duty to declare that it will continue to give every support to her Majesty in the prosecution of the war, until her Majesty shall, in conjunction with her allies, obtain for this country a safe and honourable peace." We can understand almost any excuses for wait ing, but that now offered to Parliament is not of a. nature to allay the .general impatience. What are we to expect from Vienna that we did not expect before, and in which we have not been disap pointed ? Of these Coriferences nothing remains but the name of Vienna. On the departure of the Western Plenipotentiaries the genius loci stood alone in all its vacillation. We consulted the oracle, and if it did not altogether Philippise it did its best to leave us in a state of uncertainty. But, besides the place, and besides those barren prefer- 'N ences which Austria always shows for abstraCt truth and justice what loophple did the confer ences leave for that re-opening we are askyd to wait for I Has Russia shown the smallest, in clination to abandon her preponderance in the Black Sea under any conditions whatever ? Has she encouraged us to believe that this point is still open ? Doubtless she holds it always open to herself to make what proposition she thinks fit ; and we, it appears, hold the same. It is a power which Russia.uot only has, but claims, and makes her own use of. Who will venture to suggest the next proposition that she will offer through the friendly interposition of Austria ? But the shadowy Conference that is supposed to be still hovering over the place of its deliberations is not the only argument of patience offered to us. There is the wisdom, the firmness, the tact, the self respect, and all the diplomatic virtues of Lord John Russell and his colleagues. Not only is the Conference open, but in the contingency—the only contingency—of an absurd and insulting propo sition there is not the least chance of its being ac cepted by the British Government. So not only is it possible that no offer may be made, but it is also certain that it will be rejected. The Con ference will no sooner open than it will be shut, and both the opening and the shutting are reasons why we should do nothing. This style of reason ing is very suitable to a Conference that has no lon g er any existence except as an historical fact ; but even that fact we are not permitted to receive in its original simplicity, for we are told to con sider not only what we know about it, but also what we do not know, inasmuch as the published record does not tell us all, and cannot possibly do full justice to Lord John Russell's firmness, wis dom, and other virtues. We must have better assurances than the possible propositions of Russia and the unrecorded achieve ments of our Plenipotentiary that England is not to be compromised in a hollow and disg raceful peace. Far better declare the Vienna Conerence ended, and have done with it for the present, than keep the nation under a fearful suspicion that its honour is in peril and the guardianship thereof in incompetent hands. Hitherto the only overtures that have proceeded from Russia have been illu sory, frivolous, and even insulting ; nor have we the least reason to expect more from her while our army of 200,000 men are kept out of Se bastopol. (Font the Morning Chronicle of this day.) Such an insult to the public, as was implied by the proceedings with respect to Mr. Milner Gib son's motion, could not be expected to pass without Tomment and resistance, even in an Assembly .so olitically enfeebled as the present House of Com mots. Mr. Disraeli rightly assumed that he merely anticipated the feeling of the house, when he re ferred to the extraordi nar y even t s o f the previous ' evening. Nor was it in the Lower House alone that astonishment was expressed. The tone of Lord Lyndhurst, when he put his question to Earl Grey as to whether that noble lord intended to persist with his promised motion on Friday, was not to be mistaken. The veteran gladiator of the Tory party took no pains to disguise the sarcastic spirit in which lie exposed the new pretences of the Government with regard to the exhumed Vienna negotiations. The House of Commons received the remon strances of the Leader of the Opposition with un wonted sympathy. Thus does " the whirligig of Time bring round his revenges." The collapse of Lord Palmerston's exaggerated reputation opens a prospect of popularity and power to the Party which refused to serve under him as a chief, and which he was above joining as au ally. With his felicitous choice of phrase, Mr. Disraeli described the language of the Government as equivocal on Monday night, and their demeanour as discourag ing. He might have used stronger terms, and yet not have exceeded the truth ; and he can scarcely be suspected of the courteous hypocrisy com mon to Parliamentary protestations, when be de clared that he shrunk from the responsibility of allowing the further excision of the working time of Parliament demanded by Lord Palmerston, un less some means were taken to "reanimate the National Heart." Yes, in this expression the Tory chid has, with graceful truthfulness, d es cribed the state of public feeling. Die people of England are in an unwonted condition of mind—a some thing between despondency and disgust—at the manner in which the interests and the dignity of the nation are being trifled with by this Adminis tration. At no period of our recent history has the " heart" of the nation presented such a phase of feeling; because at no time has there been, period of menaced disaster, such an utter want during a of co nfidence in the ruling powers. (From the Morning Herald of this day.) Last night Mr. Disraeli gave notice that to-mor row he will move the following resolution : "That this house cannot adjourn without expressing its.dissatibfaction with the ambiguous language and un certain conduct of her Majesty's G o vernment in refer ence to the great question of peace, or war ; and that, under these circumstances, this house feels it a duty to declare, that it will continue to give every support to her Majesty in the prosecution of the war, until her Ma jesty shall, in conjunction with her allies, obtain for this country a safe and honourable peace." This resolution affirms boldly the imperative ne cessity of prosecuting the war with the concentrated energy of the country, as the only means of securing a peace without a national compromise —and it as distinctly asserts that further trifling on the part of the Government with that momentous question, on sfeorwthhobea tolerated. which rest the hopes and the fears of this country, cannot, must not be permitted, and that no further evasion Majesty b y e t n h c o e dvise her The absolute necessity for this determined has long been evident, but of late . course itself on the house in a manner not it has forced The insolent ruse played off on M to be resisted. manifest pursuance of an arrangementonday night, in Government and the leaders between the the audacious attempt of the Peace p t ar y— ' to mien England, and to sup p tess discussion silence the Commons of ques tion in which England' 8 greatness; power, and political existen ce are bound up—the supercilious indifference to the opinions iscussion on that of the people's repre sentatives —all these are indications of a disposition on the part of her Majesty's Ministers to hold their course with high-handed disregard to the authority of Parliament, and to press despotically.on freedom of debate. That disposition the Commons are, We trust, in no mood to endure, any more than they are to rest satisfied with that " ambiguous lan guage" and "uncertain eon d uct" which have already cost us so dear, and threaten to make shipwreck of the fortunes and to ruin the reputation of England. The forbearance of the opposition has obviously reached that point at which, if persisted in, it degenerates into weakness. Wh en b y . a course of vigorous policy this war might have, been averted during the ill-omened session of 1853, the House of Commons kept silence, the Opposition were content to refrain from demanding information as to the current of negotiations, in the too generous belief that those negotiations might eventuate in a pacific, yet honourable, solution of the Eastern difficulty. PEACE OR WAR. : • (Front the Times of this day.) The most desponding peacemonger will. not assert that our condition has as yet become so miserable and so hopeless that we have not still in our own hands, under terms more or less igno minious, the,alternative of Peace or Wall. Nothing has happened so materially to alter the state of things which existed a month ago at Vienna that we need despair of finding pardon and reconcilia tion from the Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, if we approach him in a becoming spirit, , a nd bow before his throne with due and decorous umility. The conditions may, indeed, be a little grievous, the treatment not altogether what we have been used to, but we do really believe that if we are co n t ent to abandon Turkey to her fate b y surrendering those very sa f a e„uards to which Rus sia has ad m i t t ed her to be entitled —if we would leave the Euxth a e ' troops from before se ß ba u s s to sia p n ol la l k e e a , vi w ng ith b d e r h a i w nd o us ur . the railway and. electric tele ' graph, as agreeab l e souvenirs of our p resence androfi profitable trophi es of more durable and morethan' arches and monumental obelisks, - - the Czar , though justly incensed at our con t t • ptriumphal ou r defeat imacy, will' not turn a deaf ear to our penitence. We h a ve, th en , a choice between maxi wail war, and it is als o tolera bly evi dent that the exercise of that c h o ke i s of th t momentous importance. Neith er the advocatm°s es of peace nor the advocates of war can deny this, and on the present occasion we appeal to both of them. If we continue to carry on war when we ought to make peace we are responsible for the blood that we needlessly shed, forthesocial affections on which we trample, for the domestic ties which we tear asunder, for the happiness which we mar, and the miseries we. create. If, on the other hand, we make peace when duty and honour urge us alike to the continuance of war, we are basely betraying the intvrests of a noble cause, unworthily deserting faithful and valiant allies, giving fresh strength to the overbearing oppressor, weakening the hands of all who struggle for right, justice, and freedom, and inviting that injury to ourselves which we shall have failed to avert from those whom we undertook to protect. But this option of peace or war, so unspeakably important, so entirely left to its decision, the na tion does not exercise for itself nor even delegate to its Parliament ; the option resides in the Cabinet of the day. It is in their power, without the vote of the House of Commons, without recourse to any 'authority but their own, to conclude for and on behalf of this country any peace they please, and to pledge the national good faith to whatever condi tions they may approve. We will not stop to in quire whether this enormous power be necessary or not, and whetherinipeachment and the penalties it implies are a sufficient remedy for its abuse. This power our Ministers undoubtedly possess, and may be at this very moment called upon to em ploy-. What security have we that they will em- , ploy it in a manner suitable to the honour of the nation, and agreeable to the wishes and interests of the people t The answer which would naturally be given.to this question is obvious enough. Peace and war are matters of such transcendant import ance, the results that flow from them of such per manent and pervading interest, that, in time of war, all other questions, compared with . them, sink into absolute insignifiance. On these questions, at least, the men who take office together must be agreed ; they ought to form the dividing line of party, and to supersede all merely local or personal differences, however important in quiet times such differences may seem to be. Men who differ on peace and war can have no community of feeling on that which most highly concerns the welfare of the State. It must be therefore that the Cabinet to which we intrust the management of this ques tion has given security to the public for their opi nions on these points, and is in perfect unison with the nation and the House,of Commons. No one can deny that this is a reasonaVe answer and yet how widely does it vary from the fact ! In the very bosom of the Government Peace and War are at this very moment an open question. It is understood that the zeinority,-434;.Inpriae41-of men considerable from their position and their ta lents, is in favour of war, while the remainder, less individually distinguished, but more numerous, decidedly incline to peace. In other words, Peace or War is in the present Cabinet an open question. It ranks with the Ballot, the abolition of Church Rates, and at few other matters of secondary im portance, on which the members of the same Go vernment and of the same Cabinet may agree to differ without exposing the public interests to any injury so great a, would be occasioned by their political separation. We have stated the case as impartially as we can, and we now put it with all possible earnestness and seriousness to our readers, whatever their opinions on these momentous questions, whether they think such a state of things ought to continue—whether they think that in the midst of the war in which we are engaged, by theside of the allies with whom we are ranged, in prospect of the discontent within and the danger from without, Peace Sand War ought any longer to remain an open question in the Cabinet ? Can any one suggest a question more fit to regulate the relative positions of parties to the right or left of the Speaker's chair ? What are Re form Bills, or Education Bills, questions of com merce or police, of toleration or persecution—what are all the ordinary topics of domestic legisla tion compared with this single question—ls your voice for Peace or- War? As soon as there comes to be a difference of opinion on the subject it seems necessarily to follow that on that difference o f op i n i on there must be a distribution of parties, unless the parties of the English House of Commons are to be 'like those of the ancient Byzantine amphitheatre, dis tinguished by their colours instead of their opinions. But, if this question of peace or war must neces sarily occasion, as soon as it has arisen, a redistri bution of parties, it must also, for the very same reason, render the position of a Cabinet in which it is allowed to be an open question.untenable and absurd. Let the House of Commons clearly and distinctly pronounce its opinion 'on the subject, and when it has done so let that portion of the Ministry whose views are not in harmony with those of the house retire and make way for men who represent the feeling both of the house and of the nation. We have sacrificed many things that we might have a homogeneous Cabinet, and the re sult is, that in the present Ministry, with far less talent than the last, we have secured no gre ater harmony of opinion. We shall rejoice at anyt. tug which puts an end to so alarming a state of tngse, and regard the vote of Thursday next asa we torn creditable and is fast becoming da n g erous. escape from a situation which has lon„o. been IRISH AND SCOTCH B4NKS• The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch banks for the four weeks ending the 14th of April last, when wided together, give the fullowir , i g as Vie averae weekly circulation of these banks during the past month, viz. : Average circulation of the Irish banks... Average circulation of the Scotch banks £6,402,453 3,742,940 A • v c irculation during past mouth ...t10 , 20 5,:i98 en c the above with the fi xe d issues cf the gil ba 3g n as given in the B un ki ng 4 bactvac, the f o llowing appears to be the awe of the ci rcu l at i ou : The Irish batiks are above their fixed issue...... £ 107,9C4 The Scotch banks are above their fi xe d issue.., 655,731 e v :rrnPe ri s , ri g Total above the fixed i55ue..,,...... X 763,695 The amounts of g o ld an d silver held at. the_ bead offices of the several banks during the iniSt month have been as follows : Gold and silver held by the Irish banks Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks 1,607,183 Total of gold and silver held c e n n tr l d a i h t n i e o g n a t b h i nevEle4nstgthratonelA,epnrtisi.complete the returnaVf PG th W e ' eTr. s . Scotland, and Ireland for - the month These returns 'show an increase of 944,807/. in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of 681,0611. in the circulation of the United Kingdom, when compared with the month ending the 17th of March, 1854 ; and, as compared with the month ending the 15th of April, 1854, the above returns show a decrease of 2,264,4901. in the c irculation of notes in England, and a decrease of 2,534,601/. in the circulation of the - United Kingdom. with t o h n ieeltdbpebr previous monthv t i h o u e aB month ti o hn f g E ; ta n hn g ed . land The in average both departmentsst comparedo ek of bullion w ll during 14th of April was 15,057,161 k, being an increase of 1,542,8557., as an inorease of 874,543/. when compared with the same period last year. The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the of 10154,t99. as compared with April was 3, i 6 t 0 b 7, the 9 251 being a ea previous return, a n d an i ncrease o f 86,5807 w when compared with the corresponding period last year rlO l e re4l -1 ittl, if e e '; ;01, 1 , 1* aeoo, le i t o t• 1 ' )01* yti t. 5° 00* 83 21