The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-06 00:00:00

\T ' l 4l 0 1. , al A , KET AND • (10 A1Afra ERCI AL IAT ELLIGENCE. This being Good Friday is observed as a holiday Cit busi ness are C l ose die the and the places of public resort and The ste amer has arrived with the remainder of the are Overl an d and Australian mails, but the dates necessarily the same as those received via Mar seilles, rat For colonial produce generally there has been b s her an impro ve d i nqu i ry t hi s wee k . S ugar h as ewetn firmer, and coffee has advanced Gd. to is. per I ° l ' good colony plantation, Ceylon native re ehMain., I ng gull. In rum there have been fair pur- C B4 es) and in rice less has been done. Saltpetre a 3 declined 3d. per cwt. Spices are held for pre -41:118 terms. T ea at t h e pu bli c sa l es h as gone 4 2 4 ' 4 . Cotton h as b een i n reques t a t full rates a slight advance. Tallow has been well sup ported generally. 4:he position of th e l ea th er t ra de is thus re p rarkk.ecl upon in the ci rc ular of Messrs. Hooper and in sen tb: o .4 very f air amount of business has been done . der a ll ll°l a the month of March, and in spite of cons - e arrivals of fresh g oods, we do not know any one "ti ele th t c oal , a has not been selling to a . larger extenttha i n e qui te h e replaced by fresh stock. This before Easter Pre Beo : l , l 'unusual circumstance ; and considering the n o t 0 , lack of home demand, and the dullness existing aff eet 4 tY in the leather trade but in all others that are th e ti d. hY high rates of food, it becomes evident that gre at : l , 4l 4 l4on our markets occasioned by the war is far t ° re '' l4 in generally credited. 'We leave our . friends ve ry r o ""elr own conclusions as to the probability of a Of ipri"aiderable rise in leather when the genial weather g et ' „ i ' adakes labour abundant, when the corn mar a r Y totterino• shall have fallen some 15s. or 20s. W g e tlatter ' and money is obtainable at 3 or 4 per cent. bat 47asider these circumstances as not only probable, ti great n .3s'st inevitable, and knowing to a certainty. many tnenthal°l!tintion tanning operations duringmaaneydarioe aeaffic le st, w e think if a good home trade should slimmer it will be found that we have not e de ko Z„ leather ( so l e l ea th er es p ec i a lly) t o meet the the greater part of the impression of last the nix tithe 4 n the red uc tion from 5 to 41- per cent. in the-144k minimum rate of discount became known, a k euan ge Lot being made as early as usual. For b°lllent Consols were more buoyant, being 921 ap ipa lit t hey speedily reacted, sellers having waited tlae — i rell tlY for the opportunity, and closed uncle; Th is . - ,,,, °we st prices of the morning, viz., at 931 8 . lse-n`uaY principally be on account of the small in k ee w hich the change is expected to exercise, io ei t n g t hat money has for some time been so f e t a h sy e littl e h ard -street. Another explanation o t io Interest that seemed to lag. felt at the reduc s%istthe Probability of the way being paved for Wa r e d an, and until the Budget is brought for the funds no doubt will be unsteady. Le -411(1 th ate trade, however, will benefit by the change, lqa e rate is still sufficiently high to repress un fit c' r B°l ne speculation. Should the weather be ezZ, -° , l. the crops as the season advances, we may 1) 11 - C c ", even with war, to have money still cheaper, Ivo old few thought the reduction made yesterday to t il h 4} , l ave taken place until next Thursday ; and he high rate of exchange from New York, and v a 4. r g,„ e amount of bullion received from Mexico, baj,,j " u e inumediate adoption of the measure be pro yes attributed. There was an improvement also ch at erd aY afternoon in the rates for Bills of Ex -Rge upon some of the principal Continental A ft le 7 Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25 40 to 42? 2 , V''erdana at 11 192 to 19:1, Hamburg at 13 7± to -, v ; 11 Tri es t e at 12 35 to 12 40. e b ss rs• Bell, Son, and Co. report that there . ties,-, an active demand for Ameri can Se un "4 a genera l improvement in prices : A .- es ti ßedeemable. Per Cent. ei 3 , 4 B3 "lvatlia 5 eer Cent. Stock ... 80 82 Vi rm . 69l vani a 5 p er Cent. B on ds 1877... S 4 85 per &erC P t 'Bonds) —lBB3 8q 87i --nia 6 p a nt . . Bonds 1886... 876 8 8 1 i • RAILROAD BONDS. kieko.lB Central 7 per Cent. 1875... 68 70 I.4lll4lagan C entral 8 per Cent. ..,I• o ,, i tt 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster •retilP •'°"8) .... 1859... 94 95 sYlvatia gag Erie .' ... 7 .... per Cent. 3 p. d Mort- Cent 1880... 89 90 T v , ..• t e l-0? k and E• .................. ... 1883... 84 85 ...... ... he : 6 Committe e o f Mexican B on dh o ld ers h ave th:'„ v ed advices from Mr. Whit e h ea d , d a t e d M ex i co , "lt,llnlt. The packet brings 90,000 dols. from p er a Cruz a n d 12 , 257 d o l s. from Tamp i co, to C o l . l a '! i(3 ) for th e di v i dend fund ; and Messrs. Torre, 4 0. 11 b i g ht) and C o ., o f M aza tl an, h a d on th e 31 s t for -liar Y 'shipped 44,000 dols., per H.M.S. Virago, Cla ry Same to r4 e 1 tt. ast week's ra il wa y re ceipts ascertained up 'ls date are in round figures as under :- 4 "eat 1855. 1854. Wester n i'itZttli-Western t • 4'W rightextern Mills, 10,521 1 2 1 4 ,2 0 • 5 3 5 6 24,897 ..... .............. 13,754 14,288 • . 10,114 10,088 .................... ....sn°aBhi Ahern 18.054 17,022 NOrt~, re and Yorkshire , tiLern, 4/ . 4 _ -.4 1 1-GY EVANS AND THE WEST MINSTER ELECTORS. Wea—tl:prelirninary meetingof the electors Of the city of l 'elled: nli ters held at 4, Beaufort-buildings, Stiand, con k% for the purpose of considering the propriety of th in g General Sir de Lacy Evans, K.C.8., t i 4; e ap e pt id City with some appropriate testimon!al 11 gui 'h " v at on ' the pat of his constituents of his dis froja-t.ed services in the Crimea, the following letter 111 1.: N y ir a ti s r e e l:ry Evans, ~addressed to Thomas Prout, }: l4 3' 1 Bryanstone-square, April 2, 1835. 4. - a wish Sir —lfind that a newspaper paragraph alludes ti4in,-" of presentinz with some costly or valuable tertl.,°f,approvar on nie th w e l 'paa of the city of West -11"itleri -14 ' I am told that a meeting, with a view of `'N . ,„ - Ile the subject, is proposed to be held. bailiter"' services remember that on returning from m . y last *as luj. in Spain the good opinion of Westinin4er 15ablielnatakeably recorded in my favour; that a most kind terieral'icreonstration emanating from the same sou t rc o _, Plac e oj concurred in even by political opponents, ok %140 %, t 4 ), -Y recent return from the recollecting Crimea— _ 74 ' 4 reit' . ha ve, in fact, been receiving for a long course of Reat amer,ted proofs of the confidence and esteem of h t . is Zi"'at tl37' tliet inguished constituency, I cannot but t ink ecenalyeartedalieaa.tion of the intention alluded to must be ob . - , ztrernely superfluous , and that it would ill e "'e - acquiesce in occasioning my friends the `` Yo„ any such proceeding. (:,1517hortliTa,?',illi t herefore greatly oblige me by taking some rdrie ßß 'l, of assuring' them that if they will have the - ob a jj e q a - Ce 4 ,l lll t. j reqtrst, to rolinquish it, for the reasons I sp,Aattoti, hey will add very much to my .a fe e eli . n f gs po o s f . de"ipinorewtted that by doing so I appreci t , l'ed b al l') 1 Y and gratefully the high favour they have 2 " t t °w me. I re l e a n ;f n uat You will . agree with me in this opinion, ' n'y dear , sir, yours ever most truly, " DE LACY EVANS. 'WI° l'ilc"naB ?rout, Es q." ference reu P °o it Was unanimously g resolved, that in de ,zlDreses:o the wishcs of General Sir De Lacy Ire gret (i d ill t he above letter "This meeting, w E ith u mu , ch iptettio-lienne it inexpedient to proceed further wall their 'R.k EATIIER IN TILE BALTIC. 5e,i0.1c3421,! March- 29 .—Sea:rds there is no ice n to oo b n e , 2d e W lad on the 28th; S. E.• a.m., 4 deg. 1 de!;Warrutb. 2 9th, wind N. E,; lighZ'' w ar mth- 29th, 31—weather very fine a.m., 3 deg. %ol e d ; ; noon, p i a ‘ r-i ., and calm ; 17 feet water on the bar. ice in the ' , L e, March 31 . — Weather mild, but the i 'n i ii ,Itaft Btiii strong , Last night a portion of the . ice r Ihreof..i.uloreaii gaff commened drifting to sea ; but the . ri a v b e e , appearances, is not likely to become navigable 1 the b ar. o the latter part of April ; 141 feet water o % b e Ir.".TZIO, April 2.—The ice above Neufabr has left ri v latula. Below Neufahr as far as Fairwater the et tz :88 istaill covered with ice, as well as up the river . - Th the e port of. Fairweather is open, but there is fr OLtERGSRUNDE, March 29.—The Persante is free harbour,°lllle but at sea, even close to the entrance of the ir there is a great deal of drift ice. otrit uti it 100 k NDE, March 30.—The stream . is open, but 6,, bat about in all directions, and to the westward t i 'AL little open water. Wind N. at1"3.1,) April 1 . —This port is still closed by ice—only t the mouth of the Schwentih e is there any open water obe seen. Even from Bellevue nothing but ice is per ceptible as far as the eye can reach. 'a , ELairtoßE, March 30.—The Sound is covered with Urift ice to about cable lengths from the S. entrance to this barbouoril two is INTIB ° II % March 31.—1 n the B e lt t h ere is but little e• The harbour is closed near Slipshavn. .—.......____ Tic Notic e BALLOT.—Mr. 11. Berkeley M.P. has given that he will bring forward his annual motion for the ballot soon after Easter. Constituencies, therefore, should lose no tim e in tti up petitions in favour of the motion, and in si g n e their influence to persuade liberal members, W ho il areg hostile or neutral on the gum. t .. i . to vote in its favour. A. great effect will be pro nuced if the full nuinber of the Parliamentary suprorters o ,f , the ballot — 2OO at leapt —can be induced to divide on the OtiCaßioll. , sent y re ttant- Iruni- eSdaY 3s for b also )s for ft. C. )73 7 0 )35 --"" 387 50 [IIS in' ?rince cause wence ~ w ill inder a not ~ It gq s:--.4 of yeg id last ters." in the ma sses •uption e rein' eiglit unde l. arrive the 2d, ; duties Y , O f ia nu rill 111 `moorl° le C O/: !„ ' vour ;hat, in ades o f ;sen3b.lB li, P re : 3pozz/61 v 01 ld b 9 ' lB at whi t li 44 pe r Of f he '-- he, 0,10 reil e 111 01 ' c hieh b to , ;se nge co vera iot ;be j enti lft • e e • 0 0; I a 03 4 0 , of 040 sseno, i dt ;al 0- te d e Pr i13. 3 0 is clu i r to aPP j g erf Tye e. of 10e6a° bo th rn, d t be an I d. fullf ! e t L. desu e o kno ll ' di 36 ' 1" ,fie roprv,of de All ri‘e b t ee 4 • Turl' e A it2o:oo tert t e re ill /h o g 111 0* 'artrfleore e ll .00 0 pre' Apg ~ hat : e d ). ilon" SHARE MARKETS. (YESTER DAY.) RAILWAYS. IPaid RAILWITN. iiosing Prices yesterday. Bnsiness dons s yesterday. 3t. 1.00 2i I 8 i 0 all L3i all a I !,9: :7i I all !2 1u 5 all St. 100 it. 100 .0 61s. 0 I all : 9 Aberdeen. iiottng.l3os , and Eastn. Juliet. B fast & Ballymem Binning. Wolverh. itour Valley . B rkenhd. Lanesh. Junct.... Do. Chesil. di Birk. £5O and £25 Con , Do., ..... Blyth & Tyn 9 origins £25 (issd. at £4: Bristol and Exeter.. Caledonian Carmarthen and Cal digan Chester di Kolyhea , l Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, &Pas, Cornwall Junction rieff DublineißelfastJune Dundee Perthdabe , .teen Junction Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock ...... - Do., B. Stock Do., New A..... whist Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles. Edin. Pat, & Dundef A`ortb 8c Clyde Jun Furness )o. Extension.. Glasgow &S. Wester!' treat Northern Do., A. Stock...., Do., B. Stock 'it. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds L.Ancash.andYorkslt Do., Wst. Riding Un ruiv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Wackwal Loud. Br: ght & S. Cst Lond. and N. Westn Do. Fifths Do.lo/. C Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndlclrryd; Coleraine Lndndrq. & Ennisk. Ntanch.She.k, Linch Do. I Shares, No. 1)0., Man. & Lin. Un nicUand )0. Birmng. &Derb3 ffidld. G. West. (Ire ) Do. Half Shares Veweastle & Carlisle Nvrpt.Aberg. &Hrfl Newry & Enniskillen ;Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. Norfolk .corthn.Coanties Un North British,„, *North Devon, No. 1 No. 2 )0., A. Deferred 1)0., B Guaranteed NT. Eastern—Berwie k )‘). do. Extension i) ~do. 4 N. E. Porch Do. Le, , ds h.)o. York North London , Do. New Lie) N. &S. Wstru. , Hamp-1 stead, and City Jo.. N ort] Staffordshire.. North Western.,,.... N. & S. Westrn. Jun, . Nuneaton, Hinkle. and Leicester Oxford, Worcester,Pi Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central ..... Scottish Midland Snropshire Union =oath Devon So Al: Eastern "South Wales Yrksh. & Riv.Dnr, o Ataines, Wok &Wo .- Stockton Darli , itclkton & Hartlep Taff Vale T)o. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Doe'', and Railway Vale of Neath...,. Waterfl. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerl West Cornwall West End of Londoi, and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn &Croydoill 556 1 E 81 Si 8 9 - 73i 60 6 5 i 5 st 2: 7Gi I 9 98i 8 i 99 1 a 6 831 3 I 11 21 24i I Si S 1 6 9 iii IS I 8 28i 72 11 2 I Si I S . 48/ 9 t 13 I 2; zs 1 a 20i - 21 41 - 4i 81— sal 13i -- 15i -16 i 74 -- 6id 88 - 90 61} - 62 12i - 13,, 6 - 8 3i - 2i 51 - 6i lii -15 i Ili - 11$ 31 - 33 21 - 23 72 74 57 2d par 191 68 - 70 88 - 89 72 - 74 23 - 125 91 - 93 65 - 65 59 - 61 65 - 70 5 - 7 5 - 7 76 - 764 83 97 99 993 100 ijd id 3 d 1 82 84 9 83 8 7e' 24 - 24,i 8 - 8i 69.1 -69 i 41 - 43 11 - 9 3. - 2 48 - 50 33 71 72 4 —3! ;3,1 43:1 99 49 50 d par - 44' 4a 64 Ci Ld—{ar 28 - 30 98 - 100 62 - 64 45 - 47 2 13 GO 61 - 2fq 4 - 2 2 - 1 36 - 38 i6i 17 4 - 5 22 - 24 5 - 6 .. . - i FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graisseseac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India.gerip Central of Italy Demerara .. Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 P. c Do. Ey;ensiou Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanadraAis. Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till 'ESA Do. Comp. G p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franc , Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent.... Do. New 5 per cent. Po. Extensions. .• Great Luxembourg' Constituted Shares Do. Obligations.....; Gt. Western of Canad 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 & Pistoj a 5 p.c prof Lyons and Geneva ... Lyons & Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. Now Namur & Liege (witl interest) ... Do. (ex interest)..... Northern of France. D 0.20/. Sli s.late Char ' leroi and Erquclines guar. 3$ p. c. & red. at 22M. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... Do. 201. 3 ,p. c Ws. (fray.B.&Ams.Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre! Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... l'arisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse 1)n. 54 p. cent. Pref. SciudJ .. . . Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5l per c. Pref Western of France Wert. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-STOC: Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 11 British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond 20 18 English Scottish and Australian Chart 611 Loncl. Chart. Bk. of Australia 5 Ditto New oLondon and County London Joint Stock 50 a' 25 20 20 I a] 20 \ 50 2( 50 11 100 20 Lond. & WeEtminster 100 35 National Provincial of England Do. New 20 11 National of Ireland ' New South Wales 11 Oriental Bank 'of Corporation Provincial of Ireland .11 Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co J.l South Australia ill Union a Australia 2 Do. New LO Union of Loodoo t,. 50 122 . 81 - 85 1 - 2/ - 2i par i p 2 - 35j 71 - 2i - 2ir - 9 - 8 91 - 49 • 51(1 89 - 91 - 21; - iP IPP 2i - 21 2 - 21 17t 17 96 - 98 96 98 100 102 94 96 19 - 20 98 - 100 di , 21 3iP ••• par iP 14 1 6. P '4 6 —2! 6.1 iiii :: iia 12 -- 13 .. - - R - 9 22g - 22i1P 48 50 40 42 pm 22 22i par 1p 2 lid -- --- pm 3A - 4 5i iii = 19 K BANKS. 80 -- 82 Id cd 3 .-- 2id 20 21 d IP 33 = 35 39 - 41. 37 - 39 65 - 67 7i -8! •M Y ••• all R, 100 ',Li 1001 ;t. 1100 10 all it. WO ;0 all ;0 all it. [OO ;t. 1.00 it 1 00 ;t. ;t. 100 63 143 ,6i 4 5), ;t. I iool 0 426 Kl 34 15 all 15 all it. too ;5 all :28 lb, it. LOO h. 100 .25 22!, 10 911 2f 213 3t.1[60 ;t. 0/0' A; all L 6 all 5 20 I 5 I 13 ti.l 00 1.0 all LO , I ► T 1 all [0 all ; 00 !O I 8 S't. 50 all 20 1 20 20 12 25 a 1 it. lo l) LO 9 K. 100 15 21 O all !O all 18 .0 5 ;0 all ,141. a. 10 all 5 3 !O 10 .7i I all ;o I 10 :o 10 0 all :5 15 5 all 5 1 all 5 1 5 2 4 l all ;CQ-1 all a 50 St 50 :1;) I all all 14 all !O 10 O 12 !0,163 .0 al tO all n all ii all ;0 all I all 8 all ID all 0 6 all ) ..0 all THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1855. LINES T.RASED i T FIXED RENTALS. a RAthwLT, Leasing Compans losing Privet yestenlay. t3sts,Less yester is Y. i#3 I all !• LOO it. too 5 24 .2i . all !O all .0 all gt. !.)0 gt. WO 56 all W. , all $ all 12 all ;It. 100 15 18i LO all i 2 i 0 all 15 al] ft. 100 t 11)0 t. 100 5 all It. 1100 t. 100 .5 I all 63 all 64 all 6i 1 all G all LO all ;0 all 5 all 0 all t. all It. 100 5 all '. itoo It. 'lOO It. 100 t. 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Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth and Goof e g. 5 P.C. Shrews. &Her S. Staflordsh. Wear Vali eygr 6 per cent Do E. Count Do Do.. L. &N.W. &Ln&Yk Gt North) Laneash Yorksh. T. Brassey NI. Meleal Stockt. & Darlingt Do iio :- iii 7i 8 i 24 -- 2 d 32 -32 i 89 - 911 Wil ts&t.;omrst GltW4 T SHARES. 102 - 105 90 -92 oi -- 4 95 - 97 2 4d 5/ - 6 - 11 12/ - 131 60 - 62 -- ...xa 114 -- 116 107 - 109 100 - 102 A - ip 6 - 63 96 - 98 87 - 8 89 - 91 10 - 10. 17 - 17. 10 10. 72 - 73 19 -19 i 9} - 14 - 146 133 135 •• ..... O. 2i - 3 p 12i -12 i i -- iP 24 - 136 - 4 - 44 85 - 87 103 - 105 160 : 102 90 —92 3i ai .. ...... •.. i id 321 89 90 105 - 107 5 par - 234 iii = ii. 1 .... 2p OFFICIAL DESPATCHES MOM FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. (From a suppTealent to Tuesda?'s Gazelle.) WAR-DEPARTMENT, APRIL 6. Lord Panmure has this day received a, despatch and its enclosures, of which the following are topics, addressed to his Lordship by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B.:— Before Sebastopol, March 24, 1855. My Lord,—On the morning of the 22d the French troops in the advanced parallel moved forward, and drove the enemy out of the rifle pits in their immediate front, but nothing of any importance occurred during the day. Early in the night, however, a serious attack was made upon the works of our Allies b front of the Vic toria redoubt, opposite the Malakoff tower. The night was very dark, and the wind so high, that the firing which took place, and which was very heavy, o,uldscarcely he heard in the British camp; it is therefore difficult to speak with certainty of what occurred from any thing that could be heard or observed at the moment. It appears, however, that the Russians, after attack ing the head of the sap which the French are carrying on towards the Mamelon, fell with two heavy masses on their new parallel, to the rear of which they succeeded in penetrating and momentarily possessing themselves of, after a gallant resistance on the part of our Allies. Having broken through, they passed along the pa rallel and in rear of it, until they came in contact with the troops stationed in our advanced parallel extending into the ravine, from the right of our advance, where it connects with the French trench. The enemy was here met by detachments of the 77th and 97th Regiments, forming part of the guard of the trenches, who, although thus taken suddenly both in flank and rear, behaved with the utmost gallantry and coolness. vv The detachments of the 97th, which was on the ex treme right, and which consequently first came in con tact with the enemy, repulsed the attack at the point of the bayonet. They were led by Captain Vicars, who unfortunately lost his life on the occasion ; and I am assured that nothing could be more distinguished than the gallantry and good example which he set to the detachment under his command. The conduct of the detachment of the 77th was equally distinguished ; and the firmness and prompti tude with which the attack, in this part of our works, was met, were in the highest degree creditable to that regiment. The troops were under the direction of Major Gordon, of the Royal Engineers, who was wounded on the occa sion so severely, as for some time, I fear, to deprive the army of the benefit of his valuable services. The attention of the troops in our advanced works having been by these transactions drawn to the right, the enemy took occasion to move upon, and succeeded in penetrating into the left front of our right attack, near the battery where two 10-inch mortars have re cently been placed. They advanced along the works until they were met by a detachment of the 7th and 34th regiments, which bad been at work in the neigh bourhood, under the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel Tylden, of the Royal Engineers, who promptly made them stand to their arms, and led them with the greatest determination and steadiness against the enemy, who were speedily ejected from the works and fairly pitched over the parapet, with but little or no firing on our part. Lieutenant-Colonel Tylden speaks in the highest terms of the conduct of the troops on this occasion, and par ticularly of that of Lieutenant Marsh, Acting-Adjutant of the 33d Regiment, whose services and activity throughout the night were very useful to him. Captain the Hon. Cavendish Browne, of the 7th, and Lieut. Jordan, of the 34th Regiment, were unfortunately killed in this attack, after displaying the most distin guished gallantry, and Lieut. M'Henry of the former regiment was wounded, but I hope not very severely. Lieut.-Col. Kelly, of the 34th Regiment, who commanded in the trenches, is, I regret to have to wid, missing. The French, in retiring from their advanced parallel upon their supports, speedily rallied, and fell upon the enemy. whom they repulsed with great loss, and followed so far up to wards the Mamelon, that they were enabled to level and destroy nearly all the " ambuscades " or " rifle concealments" erected along their front. ffear, h ,wever, that this cess has not been ac complished without con,iderable loss on their part, al though that of the enemy is much greater. Yesterday the whole of the ground between the posts of the two armies was covered with their dead, amount ing to several hundreds, besides tho'e which they had undoubtedly carried off before daylight. In the meanwhile the enemy in great numbers found their way into the advanced batteries on our extreme left, which are not yet armed, and momentarily get posi session of them. The working parties were, however, speedily collected and reformed by Captain Chapman, of the 20th Regi ment, Acting-Engineer, and they at once drove the enemy out of the trenches with the utmost gallantry. Captain Montague, of the Royal Engineers, who was superintending the works, unfortunately fell into the hands of the enemy. I enclose the return of casualties to the 22d, inclusive. The wind is excessively high, but the weather is in other respects fine.—l have, &c., The Lord Panmure, &c., &c. RAGLAN. Enclosure 1. NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED FROM THE 19TH TO THE 22D MARCH, 1855, INCLUSIVE. KILLED. MARCH 22. 7th Regiment of Foot. Captain Hon. C. Browne. 34th Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant W. W. Jordon. 97th Regiment of Foot. Captain H. S. J. Vicars. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 2. RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 19TH TO 22D OF MARCH, INCLUSIVE. 7th Regiment of Foot-1 officer, 1 serjeant, 1 rank and file, killed ; 1 officer, 8 rank and file wounded. 20th Foot-2 rank and file, killed ; 9 rank and file wounded. 3lth Foot-1 officer, killed; 6 rank and file wounded ; 1 officer, missing. 38th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 41st Foot-1 rank and file, killed. 44th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 47th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 57th Foot-2 rank and file, killed ; 2 rank and file, wounded. 77th Foot-3 rank and file. killed ; 5 rank and. file, wounded ; 3 rank and file, missing. 88th Foot-1 serjeant, wounded. 90th Foot-3 rank and file, wounded. 97th Foot-1 officer, 3 rank and file, killed ; 7 rank and file, wounded. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade-1 rank and file, wounded. Royal Engineers-1 officer, wounded; 1 officer, missing. Total-8 officers, 1 serjeant, 13 rank and file, killed; 2 officers, 1 serjeant, 43 rank and file,, wounded; 2 officers, 3 rank and file, missing. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTTCOURT, Adj utant-Gene cal. Enclosure 3. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON - COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED FROM 19TH TO 22D MARCH, 1855, INCLUSIVE. KILLED. MARcii 19. 7th Regiment of Foot. Serjeant William Bell Private Michael Cunningham MARCH 20.. 41st Regiment of Foot. Private Bernard Reynolds MARCH 22. 20th Regiment of Foot. Private John Grannell. Private John Mearns 47th Regiment of Foot. Private Michael Drennan 57th Regiment of Foot. Private John Jones Private Felix Smith 77th Regiment of Foot. Private Richard Prior Private Thomas Braziel Private Charles Charleton 97th Regiment of Foot. Lance,Corporal James Steevens Private George Alexander Private John Gillon J. A. I 3 UCKNALL ESINCOURT, Adj utant-General. Enclosure 4. NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS WIIO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED FROM THE 19Tr1. TO THE 22D MARCH, INCLUSIVE. WOUNDED. MARCH 22. 7th Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant J. McHenry, severely Royal Engineers. Brevet -Major J. W. Gordon, severely.. J. B. BUCKNALL ERCCOURT, Adj utant-Gene.ra 1. Enclosure 5. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMNISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES MISSING= FROM 19TH TO 22D MARCH, 1855, INCLUSIVE. MISSING. MARCH 22. 77th Regiment of Foot. Private Richard O'Sullivan Private John Collins Private John Lynn J. B. BUCKNALL ESVCOURT, Ad j utant-Ge)ae)cal. Enclosure 6. SUPPLEMENTARY NOMINAL RETUIt/T OF NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM THE 10TH TO :?2D MARCH, 1855, INCLUSIVE. WOUNDED. MARCH 22. 21st Regiment of Foot. Private Thomas Bryan, severely Private Michael Finn, severely Private Roger Hickey, severely Private John Horner, severely V. B. BUCKNALL .ESTCOTIRT, Adjutant-Gm le .ral. Enclosure 7•. NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICER'S MISSING FROM 19TH TO 22D MARCH, 1855, IIICiLUSIVE. MISSING. MARCH 22. 34th Regiment of Foot. Breret•Lieutenant-Colonel R. I), )011y Royal Engineers. Captain H. Montague J. B. BUCK NALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 8. SUPPLEMENTARY NO VEINAL RETURN OF NON• COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES MISSING FROM 19TH TO 22D MARCH, 1855, INCLUSIVE. MISSING. MARCH 22. 20th Regiment of Foot. Private John Murphy. 34th Regiment of Foot. Private John Bonham Private Martin Heeley Private William Henry Robinson Private William Willis 57th Regiment of Foot. Sergeant William R. Lecke Private Edward Bales 97th Regiment of Foot. Private H. Weaner J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Ad j titan t -Gen eral. Enclosure 9. SUPPLEMENTARY NOMINAL RETURN OF NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED, FROM 19TH TO 22D MARCH, 1855, IN CLUSIVE. KILLED. MARCH 22. 21st Regiment of Foot. Private Patrick Kelly 33d Regiment of Foot. Private John Keefe. Private James Blair. Private Edmund Kirby. J. B. BUCKNLLL ESTCGURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 10. SUPPLEMENTARY RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 19TH TO 22n MARCH, 1855, INCLU SIVE. 20th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file, missing. 21st Foot-1 rank and file, killed ; 4 rank and file, wounded, 33d Foot-3 rank and filo, killed. 34th Foot-4 rank and file, missing. 57th Foot —1 serjeant, 1 rank and file, missing. 97th Foot-1 rank and file, missing. Total-4—rAnk and file, killed ; 4 rank and file, wounded; 1 serjeant, 7 rank and file, missing. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 11. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM THE 19Tii TO 22D MARCH, 1855, INCLUSIVE. WOUNDED. MARCH 19. 7th Regiment of Foot. Private William Garling, severely. 38th Regiment of Foot. Private Charles Tyler, slightly MARCH 20. 44th Regiment of Foot. Private Joseph Baker, slightly MARCH 22. 7th Regiment of Foot. Corporal Mathew Hudson, severely Private John Daniels, severely Private Martin Kavanagh, severely Private Edward Proctor, severely Private John Kerr, severely Private John Hutchison, severely Private John Fowler, slightly 20th Regiment of Foot. Corporal Harry Fisher, dangerously Corporal Thady Halpin, slightly Private Peter Rowe, slightly Private Michael Byrne, dangerously Private James Russell, severely Private Patrick Golding, slightly Private Patrick Keating, slightly Private William Whitney, slightly Private James Lewis, slightly 34th Regiment of Foot. Corporal James MuCrickly, severely Private Monk Con nail, severely Pi ivate William Hutton, severely Private Thomas Heydon, severely Private James Lynch, severely Private Joseph Ward, severely 57th Regiment of Foot. - Private John Foley, severely Private James Peacock, severely 77th Regiment of Foot. Private Patrick Boeghan, severely. Private William Hackett, severely. Private Thomas Donohue, severely. Private Robert M'Lusky, severely. Private William Dunn, severely. 88th Regiment of Foot. Serjeant James Melville, slightly. 90th Regiment of Foot. Corporal Wm. Carruthers, severely Private John Nicholson, slightly Private Daniel Buckley, slightly 97th Regiment of Foot. Corporal John WElagh, slightly Private Patrick Butler, severely Private Thomas Farrell, slightly Private John Hamilton, slightly Private John Heron, severely Private John Glynn, slightly Private Benjamin Kyberd, severely 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade. Private Patrick McGuire, severely J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOTJRT, Adjutant-General. TRE NIAGARA SUSPENSION BRIDGE. A correspondent of the New York Daily Times gives the following description of this bridge, over which the first train passed on the 18th March : The great work of the age is completed. A suspension railroad bridge across the Niagara river is no longer a question of doubt, but a matter of-fact. What had been pronounced by some of the most eminent engineers in the world both impossible and impracticable has now proved possible and highly practicable. It is no longer a.chimera, but a reality, whose future promises benefits of inestimable value. The success of the work, though some days since deemed certain by the passage of loco- motives from the Canada to the American shore, was not fully established until the 18th inst., when its powers were put to a test, demonstrating beyond dis pute, and in a manner calculated to remove all doubt from the most sceptical mind, its capability of support ing any weight which it will ever be required to bear. PREFEREN I A berdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c.... Blyth and Tyne I. 0 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandons ip.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 Do. 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Scrip„ • 1 all Do. Registers 20 5 Tri , st & Loan Co. of Upper Canada i . 100 ,28) Van Dionand Law 13 13) 13 61ii xd t 12i 13 90 12. Ei 101 1001 95i 5 - Thicondeetion between the New York Central Rai' road and that of the Great Western, in Canada, was not completed until late on the 17th inst., but at halt-past ten o'clock on the morning of th e 18th the first train started from the British side, and crossing the bridge at moderate speed, ran on the track of the New York Central Railroad. Consisting of a locomotive, tender, and 22 heavily laden freight cars, it covered the entire bridge. The weight of the train was about 350 tons, but neither this nor the furious snow squall by which its passage was inaugurated caused the slightest per ceptible vibration in the structure. Scientific observation detected, however, a depression of about nine inches, which was less then had been anticipated. Crossing the Niagara river at a height of 245 feet from its surface, commanding on one side a full view of that mighty waterfall, the wonder of the world, and on the other a partial one of the renowned whirlpool, whose fearful eddies defy the approach of the boldest navigator and the most fearless adventurer, the Suspension•bridge presents one of the most imposing sights the eye ever rested on. Viewed from a distance, its elevation and great length, as it stretches over the river in an unbroken span of 822 feet, give to it a fragile appearance ; but a near approach reveals its enormous strength. It is supported by four wire cables, which are carried over four stone towers ; the ends of these cables being strongly anchored and firmly secured in a solid bank of masonry, into which they are sunk from 25 to 30 feet. The height of the two towers on the Canada side is 78 feet, while that of those on the American side is 88 feet. The diameter of each of the four great cables is 10 inches, and they each contain 3,640 wires ; in the four there are, consequently, 14,560 wires. The weight of the su perstructure is 750 tons ; that of the supporting strength of the cable is 7,000 tons, while their ultimate strength is 12,400 tons. From each of these cables there hang, in nearly a vertical direction, and at a distance of about four feet apart, smaller wire cables of about one and a• half inches in diameter. By these the superstructure is suspended ; and one of the most interesting features in this portion of the work is, that it forms a double bridge ; for directly under, and sixteen feet below the platform on which' the track of the railroad is laid, is another platform forming a bridge for foot passengers and. for vehicles of all descriptions. This is connected with the upper platform or railroad bridge, by a trusswork of wood and iron of extraordinary strength. A few feet at each end of the lower or carriage bridge rest on stone abutments. It is braced in every possible man ner, and so completely stayed by heavy lateral cables attached to the under sides, secured in the cliffs and in the rocks at their base, near the edge and on each side of the river, that the most furious winter gales do not cause the slightest perceptible vibration. The railroad bridge is crossed by a single track, on both sides of which is sufficient space for foot passengers to-pass. is laid with four parallel rails, so arranged as to form an equal number of gauges, which is a novel and valuable arrangement, as it is thus made available to locomotives and cars of roads having gauges of various widths. For the above particulars we are indebted to Mr. John A. Roebling, the engineer by whom the work was projected, and under whose supervision it has been con structed. He is a Prussian by birth, but has resided many years in America. In the conception and execu tion of this great undertaking, and in the production of what had been pronounced by eminent scientific contem poraries an impossibility, he has greatly distinguished himself, and has erected an enduring monument of fame, on which millions will yet gaze with wonder and de 'ight. Of its kind and as a work of art it is unequalled. It is the only railway suspension bridge in the world . now completed. It is, moreover, a d ou bl e suspens ion bridge. The celebrated bridge at Friburg, in Switzerland, is beautiful ; but is a carriage bridge only. Stephenson's famous B r it ann i a railway bridge is a stupendous work, but that, too, is a single one, and built on piers, between which the greatest span is but 460 feet. ELECTION OF RECORDER OF SEAFORD.-..-At a Court of Assembly of the Corporation, held at the Town-ball, Seaford, Sussex, on the sth inst., Mr. Henry Simmons, Mayor, in the chair, William Wakeford Attree, Esq., barri.iter-at-law, was unanimously elected recorder of the ancient town and cinque port in the room of the late Mr. Sergeant D'Oyly, deceased. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday, a court, Fpeci al 1 y convened, was held for the de-patc:i of public business. Thera was an unusually large attendance of members. VISIT OF THE EMPEROR OF THE FRESH. The LORD MAYOR said he had summoned a special court in consequence of a requisition, signed by the whole of the members of the Court of Aldermen, as well as by a great number of commoners. Mr. \VOODTHORPE then read the following requi sition : " To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor. " We, the undersigned members of the Court of Com mon Council, respectfully request that your lordship will be pleased to call an early court to consider the presenta tion of an address of congratulation to his Majesiy the Emperor of the French upon the auspicious visit of him self and the Empress to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, and as to whether any other mark of respect should be paid to those august personages." Then follow the signatures of 25 aldermen and 117 commoners. Mr. J. WOOD rose and said—My Lord Mayor, I do not remember any occasion upon which a requisition has been more numerously signed by the Court than the one which has just been read by the clerk at the table, and it must be most highly gratifying to those gentlemen who have signed it to know that not only every member of the Court of Aldermen, but that men of all shades of opinion in this court have likewise done so. It is not necessary for me to go into any lengthened statement of the reasons why I think this Court should be induced to pay respect to the Emperor of the French, and also to his illustrious consort. I will not say one word with regard to any opinion I entertain politically. We are now side by side with the French nation, with the elected monarch of that great people, in, I hope, a firm, and faithful, and a sincere alliance— an alliance that I trust, in God's providence, will never be disturbed. That is the point to which I would ask members to direct their attention—that is the main prin ciple that has induced me and other gentlemen whom I have consulted, and who have consulted me, upon the subject, to say that it became this corporation to pay a mark of respect to this illustrious man upon.that visit which I believe is one of cordiality to our motiar6ll, and one of cordiality on the part of our most gracious Sove reign towards him and his consort. My Lord Mayor, I could desire, in looking at this question, that we were sot only at peace and amity with the mperor of the French, but also with the whole world, and I hope and trust that the day is not distant when that state so de . voutly to be wished for will be happily realised. We have had a most serious interruption to that peace which has existed now for more than forty years. it is import ant to us as a country—it is important to us as a great i commercial city—it s important to every man an inha bitant of this city to cultivate and cement the good feel ing which now subsists between one of the most power ful countries on the face of the globe and ourselves. (Hear.) My Lord Mayor, lam informed that the visit of that powerful monarch to these shores will be of short duration, but I trust that this Court will unani- mously agree, short as that visit may be, that all becom ing respect on our part shall be shown to him and his illustrious consort. We have seen enough in the conduct of that great man to justify us in admiring his talent and ability, and I may bay (and I desire to speak with the most unbounded respect for him) that he has deceived the expectations of many, many men ; he has proved himself to be in every sense of the word a great man. It would not have been possible for him to have conducted himself as he has done.— to have gained the respect of his own people as well as of surrounding nations—unless there was talent in him —born in him, I may say, and gro wing with his growth. I have individually - a feeling, and I believe it to be the unanimous feeling of the ma- jority of the people of France and of this country, that the Emperor Napoleon is as sincerely desirous of culti vating the peace of the world as we are. I approach this question with the firm conviction that he thus desires to continue in a firm and friendly alliance with this coun- try--that he desires, in common with us and our allies promoting the common cause of justice, the peace of the world, but I am also satisfied that the Emperor of the French, with the people and monarchy of this country, would - not desire to purchase peace at any sacrifice of national honour. (Hear, hear.) Ido certainly deplore the war, but I say, Prosecute the war to an honour able termination ; and if the people of this country have already submitted to sacrifices of time and money, they will, I am assured, contentedly make further sacri fices for the prosecution of a just war, and for the attain ment of an honourable peace. I need give no other instance of this, I am sure—if instance were wanting —than the manner in which the people of this country voluntarily came forward in aid of subscriptions to the Patriotic Fund, already amounting to more than a mil lion sterling, in addition to the taxation with which they have been burdened. Thanking the Court for the very great patience with which they have listened to these few observations, I beg to_move—" That this Court do Present a suitable address of congratulation to his Ma jesty the Emperor of thq French, upon the auspicious visit of himself and the Empress to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen ; and that this Court do also consider whether any other mark of respect should be paid to those august persolages upon the occasion." (Cheers.) Alderman WIRE—My Lord Mayor, I will not attempt to disturb the unanimity of the Court by saying a single word more than that I do most cordially and heartily second the motion. (Cheers.) The RECORDER having put the question,:- Mr. PARKER said—My Lord Mayor, concurring in every word that has fallen from my friend Mr. Wood, I rise for the purpose of suggesting to the mover and se conder of the motion whether it does not contain some little inaccuracy. It is proposed to present an address of congratulation to his Majesty the Emperor of the French. I would submit that it would stand much better if it were thus—an address of congratulation to their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of the French upon their auspicious visit to her most gracious Majesty the Queen. My Lord .layor in considering the merits of that great man of whom my friend Mr. Wood has spoken, I think there is one most important fact that ought not to be lost sight of at the present time, and that is, that throughout the entire dominions of the Emperor of France freedom of religious worship is per mitted, not only amongst foreigners, but by his own sub jects. It is remarkable that this freedom of religious worship has been more conspicuous since the happy event of his Majesty's marriage, and it may not be too much to infer, if not to conclude, that even the great and mighty mind of the Emperor of France is not alto gether insensible to the influence of a lady who I believe stands paramount as one who is tolerant in every sense of the word. But, my Lord Mayor, I tllik the Em press of France has other claims of interest with the people of this country, independently of the circum stance that I believe her Majesty has Scottish blood in her own veins. (Hear, hear.) It may not be known to the Court that she is also the sister of the Duchess of Alba, the Duke of Alba himself being the Duke of Ber wick, and who boasts of being descended from our own Stuarts. He signs his name "James Stuart El Duque de Alba y Berwick." It may be said with truth that no lady or princess in Europe or the world was better fitted to become the Empress of so great and mighty a mo narch as the Emperor of the French. Seeing the desire of the Court to proceed immediately to, I trust, a unani mous vote upon this most interesting subject, I beg to express my entire concurrence in the motion, and hope that its mover and seconder will consider the suggestion I have thrown out for their adoption. The RECORDER then put the motion, which was car ried unanimously amidst loud cheering. Alderman WIRE moved " That a committee be ap pointed to prepare an address forthwith for the approval of this Court." Mr. GRESHAM seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. A committee, consisting of the aldermen present and a commoner from each ward, was immediately formed, and they retired and proceeded to prepare an address. After an absence of nearly an hour, they returned into court, when, with closed doors, the address which they bad trained was, after some discussion, unanimously carried amidst enthusiastic cheering. LOSS OF THE STEAM-SHIP NATAL. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday, April s.—We regret to have to announce the loss of the General Screw Steam shipping Company's steamer Natal, intelligence of which event has reached Southampton to-day by the steam-ship Euxine, last from Gibraltar. The Natal was one of the small vessels belonging to the fleet of the General Screw Company, being only of 650 tons burden and 120-hohe power. For the past two years she had been employed in runnicg between the Cape of Good Hope and the colony of Natal, from which station she returned (in consequence of the aban donment of the service) on the 6th of February last. After a thorough refit, the Natal was chartered to the French Government for the conveyance of troops and military stores, and sailed from Southamp ton on the 15th of March for Marseilles, to load at that port for the Crimea. It was while prosecuting this voyage, under the command of Captain Boxer, that the disaster occurred. But very meagre accounts have been received by this opportunity. It appears, however, that on the night of the 29th ult., at 9'30 p.m., she went ashore at Conil, on the coast of Spain. Upon the news reaching the British Consul at Cadiz, that functionary immediately started for the wreck to render the neces sary assistance. According to the latest accounts, there was reason to hope that the greater part of the stores would be saved, but it was expected the vessel would become a total wreck. All hands were saved with the exception of one person, John Stewart, fireman, who was drowned. The full details of the catastrophe will be received by the steamer Iberia, expected at Southamp ton in a few days from the Peninsular ports. CRYSTAL PALACE.—SHILLING DAY.—April s.—Ad missions on payment, 1,911 ; ditto by season tickets, 495.—T0ta1, 2,406. EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND.—Yesterday the Lord Advocate's bill on education in Scotland was issued. It contains 48 olaTses, and the p re amble recites that the present system is inadequate for the people. The bill was explained by the Lord Advocate on its introduction. It bears the names of the Lord Advocate, Lord Pal merston, and Sir George Grey. RAISING OP A SHIP AT GRAVESEND.—The Prussian barque Samuel, of Dantzic, which was sunk in five fathoms' water off Coal-house Point on the morning of the Bth of Mardb, after coming in collision with the Westmoreland, has been successfully raised within the Ipresent week by Mr. Bell, of Whitstable, the well-known diver, and she now lies a short distance below Graves end, previous to being taken into the West India docks. THE PUBLIC HEA LT IT AND NUISANCES BEHOVAL BILLS—GOVERN2IIENTAL CEN TRa USA TION. Yesterday a numerous and influentially-attended pub lic meeting of supporters of the Anti-Central Legislation Union of nianu*acturers, traders, and others for the de fence of property and enterprise, was held at the London Tavern, to consider the provisions of the Public Health and Nuisances Removal Bills, now before Parliament. Mr. HILLS (Deptford), in opening the proceedings, said the meeting bad been called to explain what had been done by the committee since the first meeting held nit would be granted, he thought, °Oatthtehesuyblijaec' and i t notbeen idle in their opposition to the bills. He had himself been two or three times before the committee of the Rouse of Commons, but the bills had been improved very little, if at all, by the amend ments introduced. In fact, he thought they were in some respects worse than before. For instance, in one clause it had originally been provided that any injurious and offensive manufacture should not be carried on, and the word " and " had been altered to the word " or," so that nothing which was considered either injurious or offensive could now be carried on. The clauses were still the same with regard to the interference of the police with any place from which offensive effluvia proceeded. There was still no appeal from petty sessions to a jury, while obvious and common nuisances were not separated from what might be a great manufacture ; and if manu facturers generally knew the effect which the bills would have upon them, he thought they would be energetic in They opposition could see h from w oneat had e been n ofd done the country thentr tosmthoekeetAhecrt: w beenintroduced which was for wou thed only suppressionrefer t o to nuisances,but s cl clause had which manufacturers had been put to enormous expense, and then, when they had prepared their defence, the pro secution had been often abandoned. He was once in a court where a dozen manufacturers were brought up, all of whom were fined, on which occasion the magistrate said that if anything could be invented by which smoke could be consumed it must be adopted, whether it would spoil the manufacture or not. That he thought was not the meaning of the bill, but such was its application. The operation of the new bills would be similar, and this interference was going on so fast that some strong asso ciation ought to be got up to oppose them. First they had the Smoke Bill, then the Nuisances Bill, then the Public Health Bill, and now there was the Local Management Bill for the Metropolis, which put all the others into operation. It was impossible to legis late for all nuisanc es , mere l y as nuisances, without great injustice. It was provided that any animal that was a nuisance could not be kept, so that a poor man's pig might be sold under the bill. That perhaps was hardly meant, but it was a power included in the bill, and it showed the loose manner in which the clauses had been prepared. The association ought to be of a permanent character, so as to meet these bills as they were brought , forward, and to comprehend within it manufactures and others from all parts of the country. (Hear.) . Mr. HOWARD read a report of the proceedings of the committee since the public meeting held on the 6th March, which stated, among other things, that while 85 cr petitions had been presented against the Public Health Bill, only one had been presented in its favour. The committee had communicated with the Home Secretary, Sir G. Grey, upon the subject of the bills, and intended further to bring the subject immediately under the at tention of Lord Palmerston himself. Mr. TOULMIN SMITH then moved a series of resolu- tions in accordance with the objects of the meeting. He was glad to see that the interest of the subject upon which they had met continued to interest manufacturers, for he had seldom known a second meeting, held so soon after the first, to be so well attended as that. He was not there, however, as a manufacturer himself, but as one of the " others" who were invited to attend ; and if manufacturers simply opposed the bills because they would affect themselves, they would, he thought, find little sympathy on the part of the public. But he contended that the bills affected all other classes as well as manufacturers. In fact, there was no one in England whom they did not affect, and the best policy of the manufacturers would be to let the whole community see the way in which they would be affected. It was upon that ground he took his stand in opposition to the bills. Manufacturer were rich and could speak fir themselves, but the bills affected as well the poor who could not speak for themselves. He admitted that it was right to do that which was essential for the public health, but one of his objections was that th e:=e attempts at legislation which were not practical, stood in the way of steps that were practi cal. They were proposed only for the profit of those who enjoyed salaries and places at the public expense. (Hoar.) His rights were interfered with that his neigh bour might wash his hands twice a day instead of once, and if he were told that the liberties of the country were to be sacrified that the hands of the poor man might be kept a little cleaner, he said let them hold on to liberty and let them do as their fathers had done in the other respect. (Hear.) The Board of Health had from the first displayed a spirit hostile to the interest of property and private enterprise, and yet it had lately come to his knowledge how very little was known of its operations by those with whom it interfered. By what the %Board of Health had done they might judge of what it would do. It had attacked private enterprise from first to last. The water companies had been attacked without waiting to see whether they would fulfil the duties imposed upon them by their acts of Parliament. The gas companies had been attacked, and the board on their reports had oven asserted that it was impossible for any one but themselves to bury the people of England properly. They actually propose to do so, and that trading compa nies, as they called them, should not be allowed to bury the people of England any longer. The Ipswich Ceme tery Bill had passed its second reading, when they inter fered to prevent its final passage ; and in the same man ner they had interfered to prevent companies from giving a better supply of water in different localities. They had also interfered with drainage, but had failed ral sand bn in everything which they had undertaken. They also ateuenslsde to interfere with insurance com panies, e , ewd a h s teure th en e t y gheen s y a d i e d rpr in oerri o ona n sed e na of ntdo put th i e m ir m r n e r p at o lih r et t ym s : insurance weaken proper f oret h oug h t, an d i ncrease the num b er of fie ne ; d under Government control. Their object in the m various a. bills was to ask further powers of a sum ture, and so long as they were allowed to go toal7arlia ment year after year they would do so. Their bills were so long that it was impossible for them to be understood, for with 200 or 250 clauses, members of Parliament were too much occupied to read them, while the people of the country could not understand them. He held in his hand numerous letters from different parts of the coun try, all complaining of the want of information upon the subject. He had also that day received two letters from Birmingham, which some would think was a place of some importance in a manufacturing point of view, and entitled to some attention, both of which were utterly opposed ,to the bills. The interference with property and enterprise was made, upon the plea of benevolence, to promote the moral and physical condition of the poor, an attempt which the various bills had never yet accom plished. But the question was, what was to be done with reference to the present bills ? And this brought him again to the point that the movement against the measures might be based upon the ground of their ge neral effect upon the public at large. He knew that harm had been done by individuals saying they would be satisfied with the alteration of certain clauses, but out of the SGO clauses proposed by Sir B. Hall it was selfish only to oppose one or two which affected their own interests as manufacturers. He was certain that the question did concern the public, and manufacturers ought to oppose it upon general grounds. There had recently been a decided attempt by Government to su persede trial by jury, by the system of summary convic tion, by which the poor man had been made to suffer, while the rich man looked on with indifference. The principle, however, was now extending still further, and the manufacturers found that by not interfering to pro tect the poor they had made a rod for their own backs, and he trusted the bills would pass entire, unless the manufacturers would oppose them altogether as they were now introduced, and not let a narrow clique, who only sought for place and profit, force on changes at tacking the fundamental pi inciples of Magna CLarta . Mr. C. FRANCIS seconded the motion. Mr. J. LLOYD, representing some of the most important companies in England, in supporting the motion, se verely criticised the conduct of Sir B. Hall in stopping; witnesses before the committee when about to give evi dence calculated to expose the " monstrosities" of the bills, as well as the general refusal of the committee to bear counsel in opposition. It seemed to be sin nowa days to be connected with a public company, but to what but the public companies were they indebted for th gas, water, and other comforts. Ho hop ed would be thrown out , the bills Mr. DICKEY supported the motion, alto ether Mr. g r opposed to centralisation, although he thoug property, so far ng as particularlyit wa v lnll representedconcerned, wasiable i a t r o l p a i r n o e t n e et . t itself, be r ov tl e 'e t t h .e e w ir a w s manufacturers would be compelled works from the country if the bills became law, asserting that Mr. S. HOWARD pointed out the t tn e g u e l Berniondsey was already suffering coasiderably from the competition of foreign leather. A spoken in s u pp or t, an d M r . T. SMITH in explanation, the motion w as unan i mo u s ly agreed to, and a subsc ri p tion entered i nt o for the p ur p oses of the Anti-Cox l Legislation Union, and the opposition to lr. ELTh having the o bro The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. The discount houses did not give notice yesterday afternoon of any reduction in their rate of allowance for money at call, but it is expected to be lowered forthwith from 4 per cent. to per cent. DIORAMA or TUE RUSSIAN \VAR.—The Marionette Theatre opened last evening with a moving diorama, illustrating the principal erects of the gigantic contest on the shores of the Black Sea. Commencing with a view of Varna, whence the allied forces sailed on the Crimean invasion in last September, the spectator is successively introdifced to the embarkation of the Anglo-French army, its landing at Old Fort, near Eupatoria, the bombardment of Sebastopol by the fleet, the heroic cavalry charge of Balaklava, and the deadly struggle of Inkerman ; together with representations of the interior of the hospitals at Scutari, and of the hurri cane in which the ill-fated Prince and so many transports were wrecked on the iron-bound coast of the Crimea. The pictures aro 30 in number, witnif ably executed, and vividly delineating events which have been already familiar to the minds of all. The interest of the enter tainment is greatly enhanced by the clearness and graphic power of Mr. Knight's descriptive lecture, seve ral portions of which v•ere warmly applauded by the numerous a uditory, among whom we noticed several of the gallant Guards. Some appropriate songs are intro duced by Mrs. Limpus with very pleasing effect. The Diorama of the Russian War is well worth a visit for the blended instruction and entertainment it affords o the engrossing subject of the present day. .--.. ,••• I I 17i i 42i 3 661 7