The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-12 00:00:00

---- D4l. rer. ut on I ] Etat '" &NI) CO MMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. on. 'n i l ig g'" irket iced I,P r 2 ,429 ;k5 01 • Ehii 1 13 , gy ' 0 13 1(1 1111 uwo,, oror :s he la : 1 0 14 01 ' p u 4 Oti° 0 01001 ie ove ous °9 ;l I reft leu • wit ln - $ 1 6/1;, it in 014 to " 4 . 4 4 ' ,eO, ft, 'OP )I‘, bit I it 1, 4,°' ,P 1 9 4 , 1 4 of 1 1 4 „ 10 0 •::,5 D " ' ri occro 011 o tif ' 1° I<b ' , o ra t e e; iot ) 5, t0 13 , r o f e j 0 oi 3 3fro 00! ,:;dO-, lic f r; 0t h fr fl o; dF ItS 0 0 0 , A f, lo 9 P o rs Yo 0 1 ' $' Bs ll 1)J: , clis b • t ° l l pki „ K m jy ) 70000, $ of' of Jo Vor o lo , eb" l'' 415 4 l o 1' 6 4 ' y to 11 1 1( 1. 1 ,i 0 10 4 iD 6 (0 0 ,r 0:4 0 1 1 tre,, Ovi ftl l° 1 1 1 '2 g/' !AO'', , 1 r 2 95 I 49i /,, 1 id ' l to 1 , od - 3 54 rot 5 , 4 , E ,37 o i , 0 ,5 noiN E tar MA RKET CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. tThe cotton market at Liverpool on Saturday was et) but steady. The sales amounted to 7,000 01 „, e s (of which 1,500 were taken on speculation) in 3pLing 250 Egyptian at 6d. to 7d. ; 700 Surat, at 1„`"° ; and 30 Sea Islands at Is. 41d. to ". sd. per lb. RAilway Shares closed heavily. T. ll O railway meetings announced are the fol okug Company. Date. Place. Great Western of Canada Mar. 13, Canada West. 4 1 " and Mediterranean Mar. 20, Paris. I.e theater, Shoff. and Line. Apr. 4, Manchester. ptropolitan rtli British gr()PBhire 'Union Mar. 16, Shrewsbury. TOurna -.stern Jurbise, and Lan ded to Ilaiselt kijibi and Palienharn 40 141:1d Gt.Western Ireland Mar. 23, Dublin. .er e r,TI a nd al Havre M ar. 31 , P ar i s. k Meuse Mar. 23, Jardinot. to-oottish Central N t tiill Midland Junction Mar. 20, Perth. (. (+donjon Mar. 27, Glasow. 41.,ester and Holyhead M ar . 27, Easto g n-square. Mar., 29, London Tavern. (4 1 , 40 111 '6 and Glasgow M ar . 21, Gl a s gow . Thesumo and B ez i ers comparative prosperity of the working bpt measured net alone by the Excise r e t urns , withilliewise by the Savings Ba n ks dep os it s an d Plaj a wals. From an official statement just corn -4107) it w ou ld appear t h at d uring the last few tl 4 ll ,, ti la the quantity of stock sold out has increased, • Parted with i n J anuary b e i ng to t h e l argest timQUat ; but at the commencement of the year Zg , a, is 44 . an exceptional case. The total sales in tin e 41 X months, from September to February inclu °A were 1,593,5441., of which 1,319,3191. were W4'2 11 , 801 8. In September last, 180,0001. stock ; October, 218,0691. ;in November, tt5, 3 ) „ 1851 . and in December, 274,4811. The "zits sold weekly since are thus stated :- January 6, 1855 )1 13 , 11 , et 20, „ f , 2 7, eernary 3, I )) 10, ~ PI 1 7, ft - 45,915 Th 1, 24 , ff A ka e accounts from New York by the steamer tik t re port a conti nuance o f ease i n th e money y. kt il iet) and, there being a pl e th ora o f s p ec i e i n th e tt2 of the city bankers, this was likely to in :, The effect of this upon the " fancy stocks" to t . : 41 an their en h ancemen t , an d specu l at i on h a d tlirierably revived. Trade, too, had become and foreign dry goods were in request at .1 41 4 1 :, 9 1 ,ces. Flour, for export, was i n mo d era t e Th e "„, and wheat ruled at firm prices. 4 4 1 ,, Lima accounts are to the 2oth January. 1 46 441 Castilla, the new President of Peru, was NI With great energy, and was taking the best 11ik h 1 ,7 16 mean s t o li g ht en th e b ur d ens o f th e 4 4 4 ;" 1 ,Y• With this object, he had struck off the b zt : list n o less than 200 officers, including 23 ka b i ta la and upwards of 100 colonels and lieute 4414eQunels. The bare mention of such a large lht ro e r is sufficient to prove the corruption and " 4 0 exercised. Slavery was to be abolished, Onlpensation is promised d ur i ng a p er i o d ex hag over 5 years. A. list of placemen had been e d,eontaining the names of thelatePresident's 1 41 11 _ • 4 angers-on, together with th e amoun t s p a id mi)hEchemique, the total being upwards of 15 R4°II dollars. A large proportion of this money /01%. a i rded to members of his ow n f am ily on fri kto C laims, and this increased the dissatisfaction del the people, until General Castilla took the nth,• B . o out twelve months since, and although SIP • l tnen money, or the materiel of war, he t h m aded 'a large force, and succeeded against `nAry - Lclue, backed by power, influence, and pecu ,l4 lia,„Tans. The system of corruption is described ," 1 4, at been without a parallel. Echemique ',"%k,"aw York at the date of the accounts re _-day. plCliz l i m ,Aladrid it is stated that the Government ''llak,: e 'tinced a bill to authorise the Minister of tet; to emit a loan of 500 millions of reals at 8 tti c interest against the stock deposited in the v °ll e4 l There was some idea of opposition in the A ce , Noti 4 - :,. ll nts from Holland state that the inunda h,",,ere subsiding. ;41 1 -c 'nglish Stock Market has been heavy again 41 4 -saril ing the determination of the Emperor of Sia ri nch proceed to the Crimea being now '01,1;""nd certain. Consols have been 92 to k r , 'rangier, and 92i to 93 for account, but they kiti nt 7 _Weaker, realising only 92i The pre -4% exchequer Bills has been 6s. to 95., and 1 51 St Indio. Bonds 14s. Exchequer Bonds are e is easy, but the transfer books "being iaed for so many stocks, caused business to rule h iql, and th e b elief that a new loan, or borrowing l s ome form, is corning, has a tenden c y t o c h ec k ulation for the rise. o .6 Stocks are very quiet. Mexican Bonds and at 2%. Turkish Bonds are supported at -11 .,,`' 9 4, and Spanish 3 per Cents. are firm at Itit; u ,..outch 2 1 per Cents, are 624 I. These con.- ~11171 following entire dealing up to this . hour. t ., l ° ll owing are the nominal prices of foreign ' t S, - iL"'"Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; 6;1 to 20i ; Pe ruv i an , 70 t o 72 ; ditt o Th ree' 010F 4 t 1 . 50 to 52; Portuguese Four p er C en t s ., ' Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; 144iinur- an d- a -H a lf per C ents., 89 to 9 1 ; Zee N• ew Deferred, 18} to 18i ; ditto Thre e Re ]; 45 • ? 361 to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 4 to 5; 1 4 - 1 , 4 81Ve, 4 to 4i. '4nglish railway shares there is very little 4 0 133 doing and the jobbers complain much in ill!kr:seaPect, prices generally are lower. Foreign ` 4 Yl 4 ,„ a ra mostly nominal and sellers do not offer d k ;ge,,-aniount of shares. Fria Mine have been a shade lower, Pont t% - ,, are in request at full rates, and the Austra mpanies about the same. The Joint Stock tliet meanies have been mostly supported, but are tt. 4 43 Well as the Land Companies. Royal Mail 6 li a.ve been firm. • FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES. (From the Official Litt. Lhr Business don. N t. not Consols Annuities Lbittintlities Expire sth Jan., 18E0 - 3 ° Years,' %ad Expire sth Jan.,1860 4i At o £l000 44,14),ttnder £lOOO l4 tteount, April 92/ 3 21 / Amer io k o P o i Bills, 24d. mall ti. N t h , 6 Nllt3 Di tto ' . la ..ends 1858, 34 per Cent. 99 l'P r 1859, „ ' , ti —l -CE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. It 4 N e Z f 3, Per Cent. k t,i a.4 .. ?1.• the Account 041i 4 , 1 , 13 0nda, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St lO ll 10Di k r tti 4 . Bond, 4i per Cent B9 • lan ' Ltli th „Bonds, 5 per Cent. 864 6 ,Dis h 'ouch% 3 per Cent 36 ittq 'o , Onds, 6 per cent r the Account 79. 81 91 nith tbzividends on the above payable in London change, V I per Cent. 12 Guil 62 THREE O'CLOCK. ° °nßole 92i Ditto, April Account ...... ... ••• 9 2 4 4 SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) 04h 74, N. -1) ,1 7 . March 12.—Wind and weather this day at ,:tly s - ';,W.; fresh breeze, and cloudy weather. -- " 11 March 11.—Arrived—Ellen, from Monte ~QF°i ' AL t am, Savannah. I'li, March 11. —Wind , N. N. W. Ava, from Sunderland, for Rangoon, leaky ; ' - " 4 vannah ,• lnkerman, Shields, for Constantinople, 'iAhed -4 ~4 Part of cargo thrown overboard, and one man toll l ,,"erboard. - " 4o l.Frii March S.S.E. Arrived — ° I An ' I .Alta (Aland, from London, for the Crimea. 1 0 1 / 4 1t a 4 " 0 .INC, March 11.—The Catania, froom .t T . ro li e e n . ' Which went on shore on the 4th ins t., t s l., l lt D „e* March 11.—The Harriet Will, from Shields re is aground on the Quarries; she makes water, (4t.01-Ist discharge. 13 f 1(11 AVEN. Arrived—Royal William, from Cape I t ,"'ll l3 ' ° l . Liv erpoo l . 411 , ildarch 11.—The Aurora, of and for Aberdeen, ifipderland, is on shore three miles east of this place, to become a wreck ; crew saved. 25 St, 20 St 25 St. St. 20 20 10 10 At. to 3t. 10 5 20 20 A t 9, 1 P 11 14 1‘1 , 1 :,, t1-- . Ilenry Moore, from Demerara; Rock Ligbt t.),kitt t „J ll ,a, New Orleans; Fanny M'Honry, Philadelphia, ,. " 1 4.1 -"xj.qa3's • John Bright and Manhattan, Now York w .. ' ll Cay ' , Boston ; Coronet, New Orleans. vV• 1 ", INT t• QUEENSTOWN, March 10. i r rit • b 4tt oe---Elizabetli alker, from Pernambuco ; Esker ''"63 savannah,W (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LITEEPOOL, Monday Morning... (111 S UBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRArn.) A 1 ?q, - w- GRAVEMEND, Monday, 10.16 A.M. li to rl ve. , , . ; tido, throe-hours; ebb ; E rn e o . n _ ; d • Dro qa, q Iltertl-541:yre.h_ 11—Nyverher . d, , e T s na . lc J. P gon, St. M h VVi m DEAL, Monday, 9.34 a.m t. 4 , 11 ,e1i ';‘ ) Nr 'N.W. ; light rain. :0,..4011°-t!`"--Nugget, from Calcutta, for Londou ; Cygnot, Asoi.C°r,,l)ernorara from Admiral, Melbourne, for London. L ' e • 'llanghai, London, for the Cape of Good ittli , 0 ,1 t zPreaa, for Malta. t tt; eor % 33-4,1, GIVEN BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.— e%i' 'cir ti ,' „ ° , l-40 wther, E,ci of Colworth, near Cinches. 's 1/4ri37 li eutenant in " the 69th Regiment, has re q,? 14. 40 4C°1 4 (1 Medal of the first class iu recorape;so of JEUMWAIre. (Aberdeen. Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct... Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk , £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20...-...... , I Blyth & Tyn 3 origins £25 (issd. at £45, Bristol and Exeter... Calodonian. Carmarthen and Car digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin &BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Abel (Icon Junction Do. Now East Anglian....,.. Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Stock I , B Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth &Dundee worth & Clyde Junt Furness . . Do. Extension Glasgow &S. Western ;mat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk ........ Irish South-Easter , Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths Da. Wst. Riding Un Liv:Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Load. Bright & S.Cst. L ou d, and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B_ Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., £5O • Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Aanch.Shef & Linclu Do. j Shaze No. l 1)0., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland 'o, Birmng. &Derb3 Ifidld. G. West. OM ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle. Newmkt.BuryExten. Nwpt.Aberg. & Had ' Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., A A Deferred... Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick I Do. do. Extension Dodo. G.N.E. Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New £lO N. &S. Wstrn ,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester )xford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth , ','eottisli Central. 'Scottish Midland shrewsby. di IYerefd 'Shropshire Union , - south Devon South Eastern -outh Wales Yrksh. dti Riv. Dui I)0 -ttaines, Wok. Sz.Wo' itoekton Darli ,, etc Atoll & Hartlep ra,ff Vale . 100. £lO shares. :10. Pref., No. 1. Manus Haven Doel, and R ilway Vale of Neath ...... Waterf I. & Kilkenny Naterford&Limeri , West Cornwall Vest End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn Si Croydon' SHARE MARKETS. (MI6 DAY.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices tills dv. 20i -21 i 41 - 45- B.} - 8 13 -12 k 16 - 17 7A - 61(1 90 - 92 631 - 63; 12 - 13 ... - ... 3 - 2 53 - 6 it - 15 ill - 1.1 29 31 20 - 22 72 -- 73 58 2d par 20 21 70 - 72 89 - 90 71. - 72 126 -- 128 91 -92 64 -64 i 58 - 60 72 - 74 6 - 7 5 7 761 77 ••• '"•• •••C• 8 98 - 100 99/ 100 icl id Id 1 851 86 8 71 7i —6/ . 24 - iii 7 / 1 - iii 58A - 6 lo 42 ..e 11 9 11 24 48 - 50 3i 3A 29 ... 30 7 9 11 5 7 72i - 73 7 4 121 1 —12 i 49 —5O 49 —LO 1 d par id 4/ —4/ 5i 6 1 d tar 29 - 30 99 --101 64 - 66 40 - 48 - 134 60 61 28k - 29 -4 --- 2 2 - 1 :,7 -- 39 ••• ''''' 4 - 6i 16 34 4 22 - 4 5i - 63 6 . - 7 7A - S 1/ - 1g 4 - St I -IP - P 21 - 1 33 - 331 5 - 2- 2 p 1E - 1. 9 - 8 9i - 8i 47 493 87 89 a— 2 i n iP Par hP 2i 3 2/ 3 17i -- 18 96 - 98 95 •- 97 100 - 102, 92 94 2 d par 97 -- 100 dis 1 -- 2 p 1 lip 61 - 7} 341 - 341 12 -- 12. }rgj l 21i - 21ipl 47 49 39 41 pm 2 . 14 - 22, ld par 2 7i Si ••• ".". ••• ... -...". pm 4 d 0 7p 3i - is iii BANKS. 81 -- 83 • • • d— i d• • • l 2 3 / 4 - 23 20 3 / 4 -21 A i i iP 1 34 - 36 39 - 40 ..• ..• 38 - 40 64 - 66 7 - 9 nit ;74 m FOREIGN. Antworp&Rottordam' Belgian Eastn. June.' Beziers to Graissessae Bombay,Baroda,ancl Central India.Serip Central of Italy I Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Ey:melon Do. 4i p. c. Bde., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of Ca-ada,A is Do. St. Lav-renee & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Dcben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Cana& Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto, Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca 4 Pistoj a 5 p.c prof Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Moditerran Madras Do. Now Maria Antonia Do. do. Now Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D 0.20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 34 p. c. & red. at 2211. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 185 Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bdp. (fnly. . B. & Anis. Sim.). SorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ..... Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ParisCaen (SE Cherbrg Rouen and Havre , Royal Danish Royal Swedish iambre and Meuse._ Do. 5A p. cent. Pref. iouthern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) Weet Flanders Do 5 per c. Prof Western of France 'Nest. of Switserland, Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-STOI Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chins Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New London al County London Joint Stock Lond. & WeAminster National Provincial of England Do. New 'National of Ireland. New South Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co I Sonth Australia 1 Union of Anstralial 'Do. New .. . Viiou of Vgdou on Madness dons this day. 11i i 64i f i 7 6 i i i 98f 9 100 99i I 4 3 ii 861 5i 69 n 29i i 73 21 13 12 491 9 13 f 13} 601 f 28f ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1855 LINES LEASED +T FIXED RENTALS. Shr• Paid. RAILWAY,' L ea sing Closing Prices Business • Co pans , this Cap this day. 50 all Bedford and London R. Bletchley N. West. ••• St. 100 Buckghamsh. L&N.W. 15 97 St. 100 ClydesdaleJe Caledon... 17 99 25 24 Col. Stour Vy. E. Un. & Sud. and Hal. E. C St. 1.00 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 134 136 St. all Glas. Barr. & -Caldonian. Neils. Direol St. all Do. New. Do •• ••• 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fl Gt. Westa •.. 100 all Flrtlpl. Dk. d Yk. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NM 104 106 105 25 all Do. Shares. Do 12. all Do. d Shares. Do — 12i all Lon.&Grcenm S. Easter , 121 134 20 all Do.Prefcrene( Do 23 —24 10 all Lon., Til., & S Pcto &Co lOl 114 11 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk., St. 1.00 Do. 6 per et. 5i all Nianch. Bxtn. L.& N.W and Matlock & Midld. 2a —2l 50 all lliddlosbro' A Stckton Redcar . Darling' LOC all Vlidld.Bradfd Niidland 9O 92 50 all Northern an Easternsp.c. B. Count. 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do •• ••• 5' all Do. Fixeds p. Do ••• 25 all ['rest. & Wyr , L. &N.W &Ln&Yk 12i all Do. Shares. Do — St. 1.00 Roystn.AT, Hit, Gt North , 131 133 25 1.83 Shef.Roth a hancashA Gooleg.s p.c. Yorksh. 12 96 S. Staffordsh. A.MOlean 2} 2 d 50 all Wear Valleygi •itockt. 6 per cent... Darlingt 25 all Do i)o 3l 32 St. 100 Wilts&gomrst GtWestn 9O ;P.; 92 90 91 PREFERENCE SHARES. -.-.................................------.-....------.... St. tvo ~ i)eriteeu . - 1C , 2 St. 100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. c....• 90 - 92 25 30 BlythandTyne 10 per ... c. pref. (issd. s.t 500 .. - .. St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 92 - 91 2v 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... .. - ... St. 100 Caledonian £lO 97 ••-•• 99 15 all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cent ... - ... 9g all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ... - .., 2 i i all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ... - ... 64 all Cork tkßandons4p.e ... - ... 64 all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction - 6 Q all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No. 1 / - 1 , pm 63 all Do. No. 2 . I - 11• pa 10 all Do. New 6p. c. St. 12/ - 134 20 , all Eastern Union, Gar per cent 5 all Do. 51. 10 per cent ... - ... 10 all Do. 101. Del;entr.Sh- ... - ... St. , all Do. do. 4 per cent ... - ... St. 100 East Laneash. 6p. eta ... - - 5 all East and West York shire June. Fifths ... - ... ' St. all EdinbPrth.&Dunde. 4 per cont. St. 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent ... - ...x,l St. 100 Great Northn. sp. c ll6 - 118 1174 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c, prem... 110 - 112 111 i 101 St. 100 Do. 44 p. c lO2 - 104 102 i 23 all Do. sp. c. Scrip, Red at sp. c. pm._ - ip 2t 10 all Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref ... - ... 64 all Gt. Southn.dtWestm. (Ireland) Eighths) ... - ... 20 ' 8 Do. 4 per c. Prof. St ... - ... 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Berko & Hants Ex. sp. c) 6 - 6A St. 100 Do. con. md. 44 p.c 96 - 98 974 St. 4100 Do. con. red. 4p. c B7 - 83 St. 100 Do. irred. 4p.c. - 90 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh lO - 104 10 ' all Do.ChesterBp.e.P.S 164 - 17 10 all Do. do. sp.c. do lO - 104 St. 100 Do. Birm, Gua. Stk 7O - 72 26?, all Do, Ches. Gua. Sh., 181 - 194 134 all Do. do. do 9a —9B 20 all Do. do. do l4 - 144 16 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O i - ad St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock - 135 St. 100 London and Brighten Guaranteed sp. c - ... St. 100 Do. Prof., 5 13. c. St ... - ... St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. e ... - ... St. 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. 4 Nuneaton sp. et ... - ... 50 5 Loudon &S. Wester Con. Thirds 24 - 3 y 124 all Londonderry& Color 4 Shares ••• - ••• 124. all Londy.& Ennis.4Sh. ... - ... 10 all Wan., Shof., & Lin. , New, £lO 124 - 12 6 44 Do. ,Z 6 i - iP 124 all Warypt.& Carl. 4 p c ... --- ... 12A all Do. 44 per cent .. - ... 12. 101 Do Of - ••• St. 100 Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St. ... - ... St. 100 Do. Consol e Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 133 - 135 1331 163 113 Do. Pref. 44 per eel). '/ - 14 d die 10 10 Norfolk Debenture 4 -44 St. 100 Do. Prof. 4p. c. Stoc 55 -87 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext lO3 - 105 St. 100 Do. 54 per ct. pref. .. ... - ... St. 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c. ... - ... St. :00 North British - 103 101 St. 100 N. E. P.erw, 4 p.c. P. 89 -91 91 17 5 Do do do 3 - 31 20 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.e t.No 1 ... - ••• 124 9 Do. do. Quarters 45 .. - ... 25 10 Do. York h& ; P , r. 1 - id 20 all North Staffordshire.. ... - ... St. 100 Oxford, Worcester, wolverh.£ls, 6 n.e. 100 - 108 8 i all Scot. Cent. , New Prof ... - ... 25 all South Devon l3 -14 10 1' Os. fixed, 44 per cent id - par 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 23 - 24 20 all S Wales Gua. 4p. C. ... - ... 20 all Do. do. 44 p. c -. ... 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guarl 14 -17 25 all Stockton and Dar lington, 5 per cent. ... - • ... 25 i 11 Do. do. do. par -- 1p 124 all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856, ... - ••• MINES. 1 I all Agua Fria .... ... .. . j ... 4 11 i 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold ... ... ... 108. all Anglo Californian 20 6 Australian 1 —l 2 flh 1 all Australian Cordillera ... - ... 1 all Australian Freehold. ... ... 1 all Avo Maria . — 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) A 4 50 all Blunarvon Iron and Coal . 20 13.5 British Iron 4j 51 35 25j Brazilianlmp.(issued at 1:5 pm 2 2 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuialyi 1 14 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3l 1 '4 1 Carsons's Creak 4 4 1 a Clarendon Cons. Min, Co. of Jamaica 4 —id 40 all Cobro Copper 47 49 47i 5 1 Colonial Gold 1 i 4 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 43 48 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 11 par 24 34 ... 16 Copiapo l7 19 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg Co. 14 2 2 4 Fortuna id par 20 all General l4j —16 j 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßcg. 4 4 j 4 all Great Polgooth. — ••• 1 all Liberty , - •.• 3 all Linares 5 1 Lusitanian id Ad 1 all Mariquita .. . ..... 1 all New Granada 4 I 4 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co ... ... 1 all Nouveau Monde 4 4 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead MM. & Smelt. 15 16 154 I / 5 1 Port Philip 4 4 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymnoy Iron l7 • 19 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 11i Santiago do Cuba 44 5 1 all South A ustralian par ip 10 7j Tin Croft ...........„ . 1 2 28,i all United Mexican 3l 4 31 4 1 all Waller i 1 1 all West Mariposa A 1 12s. Wortlting Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba -, ••• MISCELLANEOUS. 25 17,1 Australian Agricult. 30 31 20 ... Australsu.PciSc.Mail ... ... 10 all Auezaln. Royal Mail ... ... 10 , 54 Berlin Water Works 3 —21 d 50 4.0 1. Brit. American Land 60 6o 5 Brit. & Coln. Smcltg. and Reduction Co ... ... 100 32j Canada 119 121 12/. 204 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct. Jan. and July 1074 - 1684 1084 5 all Crystal Palace 3 31 3 1 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... ... 1 4 Duston Iron Ore • ..• 20 5 Eastern Steam — 25 22 ElectrieTelegraph(A) 15 16 154 4 1 all Electric Te)eg of Ir. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... ... 20 all General Screw Steam ... ... 20 10 Irish Bootroot Sugar ... ... 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. .., _ ... 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ... _ ... 10 9 Meximn&S.Americn. 64 64 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel „. ... 10 5 Netherlands Land 4 ii 2 1 N. S. W. Coal dr Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. .„ ... 1 all N. B. Australasian... i 1 20 124 Nrth.ofEuropoSteani, ... ... S all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 24 3 24 50 all Penbasular& Oriental 58 60 50 all Do. Do. •.• ...p 2 all Portland Iron Co ll 2 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l4 1 1 4 Ditto New. — 25 all South Austral.Lar 354 31 36 1 all Submar. Telegraph 4 1 1 all Do. Registered i ii 20 5 Trna di Loan Co. of ' Upper Canada ... •,-. ... 00 28i Yau paw* _ll 1.4444 0_ rff.l iPi i 34 13,i MITTEE--(THIS DAY.) The committee of inquiry resumed their labours this morning at the usual hour. Increasing interest seems to be manifested in the proceedings as they progress, and the space allotted to the public was crowded almost to suffocation. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was the first witness called. He was examined by the chairman, aid stated—l joined the expedition at Scutari on the 10th of May. The men were particularly healthy at that time, but the Commissariat operations were not so satisfactory as we could have wished. I commanded the first division. We embarked for Varna on the 13th of June, and the whole forces went by steamer, except the artillery, which went in sailing vessels. We landed and took up our camp ground. I cannot say the troops were actually in want of provisions, but the supply was by no means regular. I had an opportunity of inspect ing the country, and I should imagine there was difficulty in procuring fuel. I got general directions to take up camp ground for the first divisio❑ as near as possible to where the light division were ; and I did so accordingly. We were on high ground, but we were further from the water than the light division. We took up such ground as we thought most advantageous. As regards the supply of forage, we had sufficient barley, but not of hay. We had no draught animals besides oxen attached to the division. The first. case of sickness, I think, was about the 17th July. It was then very warm. We had only been there 17 days then. The Chairman—What disease was it ? His Royal Highness—The cholera. Chairman—Had you any medical Dien attached to the division ? His Royal Highness—We bad one surgeon and two assistant-surgeons to each regiment, but many of them fell ill ; some after our arrival. Chairman—Was there a good supply of medicines t His Royal Highness—The medical men had medicines. As soon as the disease broke ent I took measures, with the concurrence of Lord Raglan,to remove our encamp. ment. Chairman—When did you leave Yarna ter the Crimea His Royal Highness—We left on the 29th August. I consider the division was then in a sickly state. I lost a great many men. I tried to make up the brigade of Guards, and I found I had lost 170 men. This was in Bulgaria. These men died of cho!era and fever ; but I cannot tell how many died amongst the Highlanders. Chairman—To what do you attribute this mortality ? His Royal Highness—To the nature •f the climate. The greater mortality amongst the Guards I account for by the fact that they were more accustomed to porter then the regiments of the line, and they wore unable to obtain any supply of it there. Only a few horses were lost in Bulgaria. Chairman—When did you land in the Crimea! His Royal Highness—On the 17th September. From that time until the 14th of the following month the men were without tents. My impression is that all the men wh• were wounded were got into the field hospital the same night. We had at that time 16 or 11 surgeons with the division, but these were scarcely sufficient. My belief is that every regiment ought to have at least four medical men attached to it. The men did not land with their knapsacks, but with their great coats and blankets only, in compliance with a general order. The Chairman—Were you at Balaklava when the di vision arrived I His Royal Highness —1 marched there w ith it, an d we took possession of the town. Th e h ouses were not in readin ess f or an antici seictci o u n p o e d u , t s a i t t h w e a t s o n w e n c e t s o sa b r e y to take u p a m ili tary po• pated attack. I do net know anything of the appro priation of the houses. The Chairman—Did you see a large house with Lord Raglan's name upon it 1 His Royal Highness—l believe Lord Raglan occupied a house when he first went into the town ; but I do not think it was used afterwards. It was offered to sae for my accommodation when I became ill. Two days after the arrival of the troops the men were employed in the erection of batteries and the formation of trenches—and they were so fully occupied that I do not think it was possible to spare any of them for the purpose of road making. The cholera broke out afresh at Balaklava. The town was in a filthy condition. The final *encamp ment of my division was about six miles from the town, to which there was a very good road. As to the com missariat, I had nothing to complain of,—the brigade of Guards never went short of their rations, and if anything was required the commissariat invariably obeyed my instructions with promptitude and regularity. Ido not think, however, that the commissariat as at present constituted is at all well adapted. Considerable in convenience arose from the system of receipts. My commissaries did everything in their power, and so far the supply of everything was regular whet it could be obtained ; and I generally made it a rule to have at least three days' provisions beforehand when it was possible ; but when irregularity did occur, I attributed it to the fault of the chief com missariat department. Chairman—Whose duty was it to form depots at Balaklava? His Royal Highness —The Commissary-General I presume, but there were no stores at Balaklava. When I left the Crimea, the bad weather had not set in, and there was but little difficulty about the roads ; but there was often a defect in the supply of provisions to the camp generally. I think the men were quite hardly worked without having to fetch supplies, which ought to have been sent to them. Chairraan—When were any baggage arrivals brought to Balaklaya. His Royal Highness--I think the first arrived about the Middle of October. Some of the horses were in a sad condition from over work in conveying supplies and want of forage. In fact I was obliged to shoot 17 horses one morning, from the sad state to which they were reduced. I have no idea how it wai that forage could not be supplied. I was very well satisfied with m y general staff, in which I was very fortunate in having excellent and clever officers. The appointments were made by the Commander-in -Chief. I think it my duty to say that I don't think any general officer was ever better served than I have been in this respect. My senior aide-de-camp, Colonel 211 `Donnell, was particularly men tioned in Lord Raglan's despatches, and I think he is qualified for a far higher position than he has hitherto held. The army transport and supplies, be believed, were entirely under the control of the Commissariat De partment, whose duty it was to minister to the physical wants of the army. By Mr. Layard—l believe some reports froze medical gentlemen had been obtained relative to the climate of Bulgaria ; but I did net hear of it until after sickness broke •ut amongst the troops. No particular instruc tions of a precautionary nature were issued to my divi siou ; but I took pains myself, as well as I could, with this view, and I frequently had the tents struck in order to purify them. As to the supply of porter, it was stated that the commissariat could not supply the whole of the army with porter ; and, though I thought it ne cessary that the Guards should have it as before, at the same time I deemed it inadvisahle tiaat an exception in this respect should be made in favor of any p ar ti cu l arcorpe. The u bread was ;complained certainly I ofasbeingbad, lout th oug h itdiddid not thi n k th ere w thing,the matter with it. It w as o f a darker o not a n bread in England. I think th e F rench plan c osar n ythan agree of baking their own bread preferable to our system. I never heard any complaint ahout the tents. There was certainly a deficiency of hospital tents at the time the greatest sickness prevailed. I think the ambulances were too large and cumbrous. After the battle of the Alma cholera broke out amongst the 4th Division very encamped in a d amp place ! did not h ear t h at suck was e t d i de c rae e snn' of th e i r arrangements. I severely. Mr. Layard — Are y ou aware tha t that was in conse hinwautaahslloynresocenes through the F renc h li nes , f eir s o st ah r ro p y oa that t the tulle n c i c a s *o. Royalt I h think beinghi n t e v s e s r — y I desirable daesoni that theydbs h au o yt u lal should anlbol night. e o e w vs allowed yhc t aaa o vlc etoni ridden fi voi am not acquainted with the coast of Asia Minor beyond what I have remarked on the maps. I am not aware of any supplies of food having been sent thither to the Crimea. A portion of siege train was some time at Varna before we left, but I have no idea when it arrived. Mr. Layard—Supposing the army bad been ordered to Silistria or the Danube, how would the siege train have been moved ? His Royal Highness---I believe by native bullocks or oxen. We could net have moved the army without the siege train—we might have moved some of the di visions. Up to the time I left Tama, no animals for the conveyance of the siege train had arrived. Mr. Layard—Your Royal Highness, I believe, was on board the Retribution during the storm ? His Royal Highness — l was. With regard to the anchorage, I heard various opinions expressed as to its being very unsafe. I Lord Seymour—Does your Royal Highness agree with Sir De Lacy Evans when he says that he considers the commissariat department ought to be removed from under civil management altogether, and that it ought to bg under wilitary gurerilateLideUee. His Royal Highness—l quite agree with that. I also think it would be s very good thing if the land trans port service were removed from the authority of the commissariat. By Lord Seymour—Much inconvenience arose from the knapsacks being left behind in the Crimea ; but I think there were good grounds for leaving them behind. The men were sickly ; and in a quick operation, the knapsack, the coat, and the blan ket, with the accoutrements were very heavy indeed. I believe some of the men of my division have never since recovered their knapsacks. I think every regiment of 850 men should have a surgeon and three assistant surgeons. This of course applies to times of war. I attribute the sickness amongst the men partly to over work, and partly to cholera. I think if more rice and vegetables, arid less salt meat had been supplied to the troops sickness would not have prevailed to such an ex tent. I do not think the men in our troops were so apt at cooking their food as the French. I have no reason to find fault with the tents. I have heard, since I left the Crimea, that there has been great deficiency in the medical supplies, but I cannot say we were badly supplied up to the time I left. The pioneers' tools were very bad indeed ; the bill hooks were dis creditable, and that was one of the chief reasons why we could net obtain fuel. We could not cut it. I have no acourato means of judging of the weight carried by the French soldiers compared to our own ; but my own belief is that they carried quite as much as ours. By Sir J. Paltington— I must repeat that I was very fortunate in my division in my commissariat officers. The Guards whilst I was with them never were on half rations or short of feed. I presume if we could have oh tallied additional labour that we could have cut and laid up a supply- of fuel for the winter ; but the men were so hardly worked that we could not call upon them to in crease their labour in getting I think an army in the field ought to get as much fuel out of the field as they can—hut it ought to be supplied to them after wards. Rice is very plentiful in Turkey, and was most useful when so much salt meat was supplied, and he believed that the only reason it was not issued to the army was that it was not a usual ingredient in military rations. I consider every division ought to keep at least three days' supply of provisions ready in hand, as I attempted to do—but I do not recollect that I was able to accomplish it during the time I was before Sebastopol. This was, however, entirely a divisional arrangement. By Mr. J. Ball—l am aware of complaints having been made relative to the green coffee served to the army —and I, for one, regret that it was ever issued ; for I am of opinion that cocoa was far preferable. But the men objected to it. Layard—Does Mr. L your Royal Highness consider that the improvements introduced in the army have kept pace with the progress of modern invention His Royal Highness—l am of opinion that many modern inventions might have been advantageously in troduced into the army. I think, for instance, that it would be very advisable to have mackintosh coverings for hospital tents. Ido not think there has been much change in the army since the Peninsular war; but the education of the men is far supe r i or now to what it was then, and they have greatly improved even during my short military experience. By Colonel Lindsay—l cannot say there was any reason of complelint respecting the shoes when I was in the Crimea. I was informed that the numerical strength of the army after the battle of Inkerman was 13,500 ; but I am net prepared to say whether such was actually the case. I am of opinion that it was over work alone which killed our troops ; because the High landers, who were not worked so hard, suffered least. I can give the committee no opinion relative to the effective state of the French army at that time. Colonel Wilson, of the Grenadier Guards, said—He left Southampton on the 27th February, with his regi ment, of which he was captain at that time, and arrived at Scutari on the 29th April, where he remained until the 18th of June. The health of the men there was ex cellent. At Varna, whither they proceeded, they en camped about a mile from the town. They afterwards proceeded to Aladin. There sickness broke out—ditor rhcea and cholera. [LEFT SITTING.] " T.HE REBUKE." (Front the Examiner.) It will be remembered that Mr. Sidney Herbert treated the destruction of the transports ,off Balaklava in the storm of the 14th of November as an even against which no human prudence could have guarded, and he styled it a rebuke of Providence. Mr. Stephen Owen, the only surviving officer of the transport-ship Resolute, who has been examined by the Committee of Inquiry, does not support Mr. Herbert's view of the disaster. According to his evidence the whole mischief was referable to the obstinate mismanagement of Captain Christie. The Resolute, laden with arms and ammunition, ar rived off Balaklava about the beginning of October, and remained in the harbour till the 27th, when she was or dered out. During this period of more than three weeks she had not discharged her cargo, excepting a few boxes of Minie balls, and she went out of the port as she had come into it, with 500 tons of ammunition on hoard, about which, says Owen, no inquiry had been made. With such management can we wonder that the trans port service costs so much money ? The Resolute having gone out 3,000 miles to carry munitions of war to Balaklava, and having laid three weeks and more in the port with her cargo on board, carries it out again to sea, and brings up outside in the roadstead. Captain Lewis, the commander, represei.ts to Captain Christie, who has the control of the trans. ports, the extreme danger of the ship's position in the event of bad weather, and entreats permission either to re-enter the harbour or to make sail and lie to under topsails in the offing. Captain Christie Will not consent to either step for safety, though it appears that Admiral Lyons had condemned the anchorage as dangerous, and given his opinion that no ship should lie there with a rising gale. The event verified Captain Lewis's antici pation. In the first gale from the south the Resolute, was driven from her moorings and lost. There were alto gether sixteen vessels anchored outside, and eleven were totally wrecked. Five hundred lives were thus lost, 2S only having been saved, and most wonderfully saved. The plea has been that the harbour was full, that there was no room for the Resolute, or that, if there were room, it was not safe for a vessel loaded with am munition to lie there ; but assuming for a moment that this was the case, why was the permission refused to Captain Lewis to provide for the safety of his ship by lying to in the offing ? Why did Captain Christie insist on pinning her to a dangerous anchorage But was the harbour full ? Mr. Owen states that it is 400 yards long, and will hold fifty ships if properly moored, that on the 14th November there were only 25 in it, and that there was room to spare for all the sixteen lying in the exposed anchorage outside. Mr. 0 wen closes his evidence with the most emphatic and positive opinion that there would have been no danger in the storm if the ships had been allowed by Captain Christie to put to sea and obtain an offing. This unfortunate Resolute had been kept more than three weeks in the port with her cargo on board, about as much cared for as if it had been stored in Woolwich arsenal. She was then nearly another three weeks anchored in the roadstead, waiting certain destruction by the first •n-shore gale, in company with sixteen other ♦essels, ten of which bad the same fate. And this is called a disaster beyond human control, and no one is said to be to blame. If Mr. Owen!' evi dence is to be believed, the disaster is directly referable to Saptain Christie's control, and to his refusal to per mit the officers and men to provide for their safety as they desired. A terrible reflection it must be for this officer that 500 men have perished through his fore- warned obstinacy. And that is not all, for how much more privation and suffering has been referred to the loss of the stores in the storm—stores, some of which had been in the harbour, lying for weeks in the harbour, and taken out to perish. And this has been treated as an inevitable calamity, and presumptuously assigned to the will of Providence. Why, if 18 vessels had been ordered to anchor for weeks in any open roadstead on our coast in the early winter, and refused permission to put to sea upon signs of bad weather on a lee shore, the destruction of the greater number of them would have been a matter of certainty, the sure consequence of such perverse rash ness. On land and water Crimean management is •f the same stamp. There was no road from the port to the camp is the helpless plea for one score of calamities, though obviously the first business should have been to make the road. But where nature has provided for us a way, the sea, mark how it is turned to account in this little history of the Resolute, which carried in her cargo, was ordered to carry it out again, forbidden to provide for her safety, and lost with nearly all her hands, and with all her valuable freight. The A thew - runt says that specimens of art, both from the Vernon Gallery and the new Reuses of Parliament, will be sent to the Paris Exhibition, The Athenteunt states that Mr. Henry Reeve has been appointed editor of the Edinburgh Review, in the room of Sir G. C. Lewis, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Madame Grisi and Signor Mario have returned front America. The Edinburgh people have already raised 1,1001. of I the 1,5001. required for the colossal bronze statue of Pro fessor Wilson, which is to be shortly erected. The Rev. H. Hayman, 8.D., assistant master at the Charterhouse, and assistant preacher at the Temple Church, has been appointed head master of Queen Eliza beth's Scheols for the parishes of St. Olave and St. John, Southwark. Mr. Smith, a chemist, of Auchterarder, is said to have discovered a means of transferring the impression of natural objects to glass with minute accuracy. Rear-Admiral the Viscount de Chabannes has arrived in London from Paris, commissioned by the French Government to arrange with the Admiralty a service of transports. M. de Chabannes commanded the Charle magne on the 17th of October at Sebastopol. She led the van of the French squadron of attack, and the gal lant viscount was promoted to his present rank for his conduct on that occasion. METERDEER AND DRURY-LANE.-I\l. Brandus, the music publisher of Paris, has, on the part of Meyerbeer, commenced a legal process against the manager of Drury lane Theatre, for his unauthorised performance of L'Etoile dit Nord ; and Mr. Smith, on his own part, fortified by the opinions of counsel "learned in the law," has deter mined to continue his representations, and run the risk of the decision. TEE ALMA.—This now screw steamer, 2,200 tons burden and 460-horse power, nearly completed, has been chartered for two years by the Government. She is to take out troops to the Crimea, and after that she is to run as an hospital and store ship between Balaklava and Constantinople and Scutari. The crew and officers of the Alma have received orders to join her at Liverpool to-morrow. LITERATURE. The Newcomes. No. XVIII. By W. M. Thackeray. It would be scarcely grateful, perhaps, to com plain that the story of " The Newcomes" is hardly advanced by a single incident of any importance in the present instalment. For what is here lacking in reference to the attractions of the work as a ro mantic narrative is more than compensated by the peculiar charms of the style in which the tale is told throughout. In several particulars we have rarely recognised those charms to greater advan tage. It were difficult, indeed, to select any hap pier specimens of our author than might be culled on the instant from these chapters of " The New comes"—the latest effusions of his ever-lively ima gination. Mr. Thackeray is here in turns, and that, moreover, with an abounding ease (a mastery sometimes evidenced even by the merest freak of some casual expression), cau s ti c an d gen i a l , w i se or witty, satirical. as well as humorous. In his allu sions to the funeral of Lady liew--" called away to the giddy notes of a Mayfair fiddle"—" dropping from the bony clutch of her old fingers," not roses, but " a wreath that came from a Parisian band box"—how lovingly and tenderly he talks of death, even while he stands with his reader by the " vel vet-palled box spangled with fantastic heraldry," containing that " aged slough and envelope of a soul," the corpse of the departed Countess ! How exquisitely, for example, he talks of little children who are lost to their parents in the bloom of their infancy and laid in the grave so prematurely—as " heaven's foundlings!" How awfully, he writes of the holy words of the burial service—exclaiming " What magnificent words ! What a burning faith, what a glorious triumph ! What a heroic life, death, hope they record !"—" I have fancied, for my part, that they fell and smote like the sods on the Coffin." But, presto ! with the next sentence we have returned once more to the world of com monplace—according to option we are following the Earl of Kew, who has bounded into a cab and is off to the railroad, or are in company with the Marquis T of Fari n t os h, who has ordered " that thing to be taken from his hat, and, with a cigar in his mouth, is rolling back to town in his brougham. As yet his marriage is not broken if —and we are fain still to regard Ethel as th e [ affianced bride of Princekin. Her discomfited suitor and cousin, Clive, with his incomparable sire, noblest and gentlest among the sons of war, have hurried away in the hope of distracting their more bitter thoughts by a hasty, almost silent, nearly sullen, and thoroughly English tour on the Continent. Newcome pere sad and irate, New come fits despondent and melancholy. After a while they settle down for an interval at Brussels, where scheming Mrs. Mackenzie, pretty little Rosy, excellent James Binnie, and with them one Goby and another Hoby (both captains), are pleasantly domesticated. At the instance of Colonel Newcome this agreeable family circle is further increased by the arrival on a visit from England of our old young friend Arthur Pendenni s , hi s c h arm i ng w i fe Laura, theirinfant progeny, and its inevitable attendant. Before the close of this excursion to the Belgian capital we detect as clearly as ever did that most amiable of young women, Mistress Laura, the de signs made upon the unsophisticated but wounded heart of Clive by Mrs. Mac and her girlish little simple, designing daughter. Everybody about him, consciously or unconsciously, appears, somehow or other, to be in this conspiracy against the young painter's bachelorhood. It remains yet to be seen how far the said conspiracy is likely to prove suc cessful. We are charmed, on taking leave of the dear old Colonel and his beloved Clive, to hear the editor of the "Pall-mall Gazette" break forth into the following eulogium upon the latter. Mrs. Pen dennis has merely taken occasion to remark that "He (Clive) is certainly taller, and handsomer, and richer, and cleverer than Captain Hoby"—where upon Arthur bursts out almost in tones of indigna tion with—" I should think so, indeed. Why, my dear, Clive is as fine a fellow as one can see on a summer's day. It does one good to look at him. What a pair of frank bright blue eyes he has, or used to have, till this mishap overclouded them ! What a pleasant laugh he has 1 What a well-built, agile figure it is—what pluck, and spirit, and honour there is about my young chap," et cetera, et cetera. Were we not right the other day in say ing that Arthur had marvellously improved under the gentle and genial influence of Laura Pendennis? Following still in the track of this same loveable couple, attended ever by the infant and the bonne, we are carried in the next chapter from Brussels back to England, through Newcome, to Rosebury, the country quarters of the ever-delightful Monsieur de Florae, Prince de Montcontour I 0 the wonder ful pleasantry, the quiet fun and sarcasm, the saccharine acidity and honeyed bitterness of the blended humour and wit stored up in this one chapter by Mr. Thackeray ! What graphic sketches of the more prominent members of the Newcome population—" the reverend Dr. Bulders the vicar, Mr. "Vidler the apothecary, Mr. Puff the baker, Tom Potts the jolly reporter of the Newcome Independent,' and Batters, Esq., the proprietor of that journal !" 'What glimpses into the sorrow stricken and overshadowed home of Lady Clara— more and more darkly overshadowed on the advent to the Benbow room of the "Newcome Arms " kept by honest Boniface Taplow—of Mr. Harris, civil engineer, otherwise my Lord Viscount High gate ! What exhilarating peeps into the domestic economy of the Potters at the Parsonage, with Torn Potter squeezing the Prince's hand tenderly at parting, and calling him His Highness, .though "dashed" but the other day by the apparition of a billiard-table at Rosebury, when labouring under the notion that his highness was originally a billiard marker—with Mrs. and the Miss Potters cheaping mackerel at the garden gate with Rowkins the cos termonger, beating the "pore man" down to " fippens" in spite of his wife and family—with Lizzy and Liddy stuffing that horrid flannel waist coat of papa's into the chiffonier when, in the dread of drawing-room visitors, they hurry on their new dresses and flurry out music book and altar cloth ! Above all, what new insights we get into the nature of that exquisite and inimitable Do Florac—hap piest among the happier creations of Mr. Thackeray, foremost among the more agreeable portraits pen cilled off to the life by the facile hand of that delight ful genius ! Everywhere M. de Florae comes before us deliciously—whether going to cover with his " steppere," or driving his" drague" among the hur rahing street boys of Newcome, or shrieking "Ali!" to the discords of the village organ-loft—whether commenting upon Tom Potter and the like " My word of honour there are some of them here, if I were to say to them wax my boots, they would take them and wax them!"—or whether at another moment, on the arrival of Arthur and his wife, the Prince cries out to his maitre d'hotel, " Frederic, remember Monsieur is master here ! Run before his orders. Prostrate thyself to him. See that every- thing be done for Monsieur Pendeunis—forMadame sa charmanto lady—for her angelic infant and the bonne. Nono of thy garrison tricks with that young person, Frederic ! vieux scelerat. Garde toi de la, Frederic, si non je t'envoio a Botany Bay ; je to traduit devant le Lord Mairo !" Grate ful in the pleasant remembrance of those two won derful creations, Do Florae and Colonel Newcome, we close the March instalment of the new story by Mr. Thackeray wondering still whether Lady Clara will escape from that intrigue with Lord High gate, whether Clive will escape from the de signs of Mrs. Mac and Rosy, whether Ethel will escape from that terrible match with the high and mighty Princekin, Marquis of Farintosh. The Martins of Cro' Martin. No. IV. By Charles Lover. As the two elaborately humorous etchings by Phiz will, of themselves, sufficiently indicate to any one opening the present number of " The Martins of Cro' Martin," the new chapters of Mr. Lever's latest serial are replete with all his cus tomary, ever welcome, and thoroughly Irish fun, frolic, and animation. We hardly know which is the more amusing, as we should certainly find it difficult to decide which is the more entirely cha racteristic. The Clearing Out of the little Hibernian watering-place at the close of the season, when every one was in such complete deshabille, that it h a d there been a cork leg or a glass eye in the company, it would not have shrunk from the gaze of that open-hearted com munity," the testimony of which is afforded visibly enough by many a Welsh wig, flannel dressing-gown, an worsted nightcap, to say nothing of Miss Busk's auburn ringlets, stowed away in a small casket of mahogany ? Or (a scene quite as ludicrous and, if possible, still more Milesian) the floundering of the great family coach of the Martins upon the unfinished ' new cut' to the Castle, when wheels are dead-locked, springs broken, and leaders nearly maddenedyounr b N Y e : t : of a e g - w n t el . A is j iti tent i Celtic o n ed but peasantry b lunder in g ? interposition the hero of the form er , an d Mary Martin brawny in the heroine of the latter catastrophe. The enthusiasm of the last mentioned in regard to her native land is happily expressed by herself thus, when talking to Lher Dorothea—'' supercilious aunt, the Lady for one, am proud of my country —not of its political station, ' for it is dependent — not of its wealth, for it is poor—but of its genial courtesy, its free-hearted hospitality, its manly patience under many a crushing calamity, and, not least of all, its gallantry on every field where England has won honour." In contrast to Mary Martin, with all her ardour and all her ignorance, it seems there are now to be brought upon the scene through the splenetic jealousy and petty 1 spitefulness of the Lady Dorothea, the un i tufted soli-pomoraion and varied AGGOLCipIi§L. meats of Catty Henderson. Catty is hence forth to be Mary's governess and compantion— so that Joe Nelligan has the agreeable prospect before him of choosing between the two girls, while becoming familiarised simultaneously with an old and new acquaintance. Nothing fur ther is said in the present number about his fashionable college mate recently domesticated among the family grocery at Oughterard. But much is said, and that very pleasantly too, about old Catty Broon in her snuggery up at Cro'Martin) Castle. A glimpse, moreover, is vouchsafed to the reader through old Catty's maundering garrulity when chatting confidentially ever a midnight tea with her young mistress, of the mystery upon which we presume the whole machinery of the plot of the story hinges. What the actual nature of that mystery is, is left as yet entirely to our ima gination. It is hinted at, however, plainly enough to pique curiosity, w hil e i mpart i ng a zest that might otherwise be wanting to the captious hauteur of Lady Dorothea, and still more to Mr. Martin's lasting, though languid, equanimity. 471? CILIRLES NA PIER. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Tintes Sir,—l have no reason to be dissatisfied with your remarks on the services of the Baltis fleet ; you have done them justice, and I am surd officers and men will be pleased. As to myself, you observe, " If we understand the case rightly, Sir Charles Napier's objection turned much more on the lateness of the season and the uncertainty of the weather than on any engineering difficulties." As I feel certain you wish to act fairly and justly, I will furnish you with the means of understanding the ease rightly. I seed you a chart of Sweaborg and . Helsingfo ra an d a plan of their fortifications, showing the adjac en t islands and sunken rocks. Show them to any naval officer, young or old (and you must know many), and ask him if it is possible in win- ter to place buoys and beacons on those rocks and. shoals ; to conduct a fleet alongside the batteries of Sweaborg, having neither gun-boats nor mortar•boats to cover the approach of the vessels and boats ; to place the buoys on the sunken rocks, all of which are within range of the enemy's batteries. It will require several days for this operation, and they will he under fire night and day. The Russians themselves could not navigate these seas without beacons, and they are all removed. During the time the process of buoying is going on the fleet must lie at anchor among the outer rocks. Imagine to yourself, sir, a southwest gale coming on (and in the winter without warning), and judge what would become of your fleet and gun and mortar boats. A great number of the former would be driven on the rocks, and the latter would either be swamped or obliged to take refuge in the enemy's harbour. You must not compare such an operation to the pro. secution of ordinary commercial enterprises. I served with Sir Sydney Smith en his attempt on Boulogne in November, 1805. He did not weigh diffi culties and forestall contingencies, and he lost all his boats, and very nearly lost his ships. . . . _ _ Nelson had not those difficulties to contend with either at the Nile or Copenhagen. At the former his enemy was at anchor in an open roadstead in August. At Copenhagen, in the month of April, he had a saf, har bour to lie in to make his arrangements, no gales of wind could affect either his ships or beats, he could choose his day—as the wise men at the Admiralty told me to do in the month of October—but I will engage not one of them would have found the day had they been in my place, Lord Exmouth attacked Algiers in the middle of sum mer ; there were neither rocks nor shoals there. He did not capture it, and I doubt whether he would have tried it again. At Acre the weather was fine and no difficulties, and, had the Egyptians held out, notwit standing the explosion, its capture was doubtful, a with a Russian garrison impossible. Sir James Saumarez, with a very superior force, was beat off at Algesiras, and lost a ship ; and Admiral Dundas bad no reason to be satisfied with his attack at Sebastopol. Wit]. You tell me why Lord Nelson and Lord Coiling wood did not attack Toulon or Cadiz ? Neither of them was so strong as Sweaborg or Cronstadt. Why did not Lord Howe, Lord Bridport, tnd Lord St. Vincent attack Brest, l'Orient, Rochefort, &c. Because they knew they would have been defeated. Why did - the French admiral and myself refuse to attack Sweaborg ? Because we had not means, and because the narrow entrance was blocked up. Had i been opened (even without gun-boats) the allied flagg would have been flying on the inner road of Sweabor a You say, Sir, " Supposing the enterprise to be other wise favourable, the mere lateness of the season does not appear a sufficient objection." A. ship attack on a strong fortress is at all times difficult ; add to that the intricacy of the navigation and bad weather, and it becomes impossible. You say, Sir, I have no case to bring before the Howse of Commons. My complaint was, that the Admiralty had perverted, intentionally perverted, my reports and changed their whole meaning, and used language to drive me to do what was perfectly impossible, persevering in their perversion notwithstanding all my explanations. These letters I could not produce without injury the service, but they might have been examined by m secret committee, who could have reported whether Sir James Graham or Sir Charles Napier had told the truth. I'll answer for it, Sir James Graham would not like to have his hands untied, and I tell him the day will come when they will be untied, and he and his Board will be covered with con!usion. I produced no papers, sir, nor did Mr. Melina utter one word that could injure the public service. The list of vessels going to the Baltic, published the other day, will do more ha,rm than all that was said in the debate. ---. Sir - James Graham stated in the house that when I was called upon to specify the ships that were not in a, state of discipline I did not do so. This is a subterfuge. I wrote the following answer to the question : " I bee tn observe that when I stated that some of the ships of the line were perfectly unfit to go into action, I alluded to those which had lately arrived from England and had not fired a shot ; and ships in that state I con sidered, and still consider, are unfit to fight, and I beg to remind their lordships that the fleet was newly manned and had only been two-months from England, and though every exertion had been made to render them efficient by the officers in command, two months is not enough to or ganise a fleet. With regard to the detailed report of the state and condition of the ships not having accompanied my letter, I beg to observe that I did not conceive the re ports of inspection sufficiently satisfactory to lay before their lordships. I waited till I could send a proper report." That requires no comment. Again, alluding to Swea borg, he said : " If Sir Charles had adhered to his assertion made early in May, and repeated in July, that Sweaborg was unas sailable either by sea or land, not one Word of doubt with respect to the prudence exercised by him would have fallen from my lips." Now, sir, in plain English this is downright deception./ Upon the 30th of May, before I had seen Sweaborg, I sent the Admiralty plans of that fortress, with the ac companying letter : _ _ " I beg to send you, for the information of their lordships, the plans of Sweaborg and Ilelsingfors, which appiar to me unassailable by sea or land." And on the 20th of June and 18th of July I sent my own report and Admiral Cbads's, and they differ very little from the report of the 25th of September. How then can Sir James with truth say that I stated in May, and repeated in July, that Sweaborg was um sellable by sea and laud ? In May I had not seen it, and only sent the plane. In June and July I sent him detailed plans of attack, which he appears either to have lost or forgotten, and he tries to shelter his neglect under what I wrote on the 24th of July, alluding to the troops coming out, as follows :—" An attack on Sweaborg is entirely out of the question. The rendezvous must not be Baro Sound, as Bomarsund is the most likely place to be at tacked." Had there keen 30,000 men instead of 10,000 1 we should have gone to Sweaborg. Sir James goes on to say :- - "It appeared to nie and my colleagues, even upon th showing of Sir Charles Napier, that it was possible, if hi* forces were united, to mak e th e a tt ac k b y naval' means alone." I never showed any thing of the sort. What I showeet in June and July I showed in September, neither more nor less ; and this man, who considered himself fit to manage the Queen's fleet, told the House of Commons that he and h is colleagues thought it was possible to attack Sweaborg bj naval means alone, when, a f e w weeks before, he thought it required 200 gun-boat s and. 50,000 men. He stopped the French squadron and Plumridge's ships at Kiel on the 2d of October, when he heard of the capture of Sebastepol, and on the Oth of October, when he heard it was a miserable deception, he countermanded the order. Why did he do so 1 Ho bad not received my letter disapproving of his senseless scheme. It is true he told me not to attempt it if it was desperate, but that Was to cover himself in the event of disaster. His complaint against me is, that I treated the Board with disrespect. How comes it that neither he nor Ad. miral Berkeley, in weekly communication with me, told me so i Pretty friends they must have been of mine UP let me go on insulting the Board at the very time they were praising me. I admit that once, an d once only, I did write harshly, but I apologised to Admiral Berkeley for so doing. After the 4th of October, when I was Insulted, t did write strong letters, but they were neither insubor. na they were not a bit stronger thais a i man te ought to write when he felt his honour flag up n oconsideration t o under Sir James Graham A d of fr spirit turbulent oti attacked. on iny earth would have induc e d me to d o it. No officer of honour and character is safe in his band?. I leave him n ow before the public, accused by me of keeping wilfully perverting my letters and goading me to risk her Majesty's fleet. I bare been refused redress by the Admiralty and the Prime Minister, and I must trust to the generosity of the people of England till peace enables me to fully state my case. I remain, sir, your obedient servant, CIAULEFA NAPI3R. 18, Albenearle.street, March 11. FiILIRE.—Tho suspension has been announced of the mercantile firm of Anthony Nichol and Son, in conse quence of speculations in tallow and other Russian pre. duce, no house wad ail old and respectable one. Ell all all 100 100 100 100 1 . 3 all all oe 9 . r() 21 all 141 s. all 10 2s. 20i 100 20 16{ 10' ill all 40 20 20 20 20 20 6 20 20 50 50 100 100 ,EM 11l