The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-31 00:00:00

M 0 N E A KE T C9IIZIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The C 'ton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed w i _ more excitement than even for some St, past, an d A mer i can were id. to id. a n d S u - 1.2 i 1.4 t 8 and Brazil id. per lb. dearer than last week. 50 The sales were estimated at 30,000 bales (1,000 13i Of which were taken for export, and 12,000 on s peculation), compr i s i ng 1,500 P ernam an d M a- 31 ranliarn at 61d. to Bd., 200 Bahia at 7d., 1,500 27 gYptio.ii at Od. to 9d., 7,000 Surats at 41d. to 22 !id., and 50 Sea Islands at is. to is. 6d. per lb. 25 -1 : 11 0 Railway Share Market closed with a firmer St. a ppearance. • St. a The examination of M essrs . D av id son an d G or - 10 "o) at C ii;ldhall, came on again this morning, 50 but has been rather abruptly adjourned, owing, it ,50 18 supposed, to the attendance of the presiding 20 illagistratp.s being required elsewhere. No evidence 10 ' 4 4 taken upon the question of the warrants, but Ao ,Bin3Ply upon the amount of c r e dit obtained by the u atlcrupt s from October 1853 to May 1854 ; and 25 SO 1 1r. Edwin James, on behalf of Mr. Chapman, of 20 gentle alan m 4 essrs. Gurney and Co's., requested that that St. ght be allowed to explain any cir- St. etunstance; mentioned during the examination, 25 and that appeared to need such explanation. St. The letters by the Overland Mail from Endia 10 're been delivered this morning, and commer- St. ihs e 'llY they are no t f avoura bl e . At B om bay a littl e 1g 741) rovement was observable on the Ist inst., both 20 111 the demand for imports and the state of the It.. 111°13 °Y market, the latter being easier. In Cal- . A. etitta, u p to the 21st ultimo, the demand for British St. cotto n piece -goods continued extremely languid, ; It t : 11 °1 ' 41 at the reduced prices accepted by the st., to °lcl ers, the large recent arrivals having added 12 ti I t he previously overstocked market, although the ,i 0 oti g4t tless of the money market was undoubtedly t tp L I ° c ause of the indisposition to purchase. In the S t ! to ci r ° . ll. Y for exports, there were no symptoms of ~3 , ral, 'ye— The prices of Government Securities 3 ° 'td rathe r in favour of buyers. F 11i St. aft r c're Canton the dates are April 13. Political , B , o t. 118 448 ) according to a mercantile letter now before 10 there were in muc h th e same po s ition, b u t s l ow l y 12i B i o et e Was some b ene fit resu l t i ng f rom th e expul- 5, 1, 48 '; 4 of th e re b e l s, a l t h ough the revolut i onary spirit to ep re far from extinguished, and much discontent 25 r r Palled, The transit of produce from the in- st. .. Ithi °l6 was still difficult, but the new crop of tea, 4 2 1 , t o : 1111 sually came forward in June, was expected st. ' i t4 , rt 've in time, and an improvement in the St.. port business was then probable. The market 2 °t s l & Lea had been dull, owing to the want of sup- 11 kel : Of European goods the sales were steady. g b , 4 ,,,Liati g e on London, first-class paper at six 20 fro til :' , was 4s. 9d. to 4s. 10d. After his return . St. and„")jarn, Sir John Bowring would visit Japan, 50 t, til "te British fleet was then expected to proceed 16.81. tw o 0 Russian settlement of Petropaulski, leaving i. 6 1 1 1 1 1 /le n - of-war only at Canton. 8 wh ol e report of the lonian Bank to-day was on the st ; . tf tl e s atisfactory, with the exception of the blight 25. th e currant crop, which had materially affected 25 Y ea p r ofits of th e b an k. Th e s t a t emen t f or th e a r N I 'W as as follows : 50 kt li t et, Ist January, 1854 P l ontA for p as t year 8,241 6 8 10 Re dact Together £15,87911 3 ~IIt • p e r annum" half-yearly dividends A 5 per 20 20 10 10 7,500 0 0 , . t O the Of C redit L £8,379 11 3 The , red i f, profit and loss on Ist January last: 1,44:1 Sauk Was ad o pt e d. ( liac o , a uk of England has Not altered the rate of gnt. Th n t ke nt liglish Funds opened well, but the settle ° o theof account, and the desire of some parties little and realise their profits, has occasioned a e . , . 1 4 46 action. Consols have been 922 to i, and 4 4v e -e e 92, 6 1 t o ii .- for transfer. The prices for July 4 person 93i 4-, and are now 92i 1 7 3 -. The New ~ e ‘ l ll C o ents. have been 92 to 92 i, and the Reduced 2 ,98 i 1. B-ink Stock has been 210, and since N I , A The Omnium is at 41 premium, and the 1 6n, t . ' l l ' l l',:'Y at 16 13-16 tbs. Exchequer Bills are v ln . tlc, r.), . premium. I Ntlz turuinm market Turkish Bon& are still 1a.,, , Mti,_ • . k , t,"ligh subject to some fluctuation. They a he r e i % .r ra c oth , 4) and 83 1 and since 82/ and 811. 2 ,o ,,gett elit i 'lg more known about the reported a st v u)o9o 4 - for the issue of the remaining 6 4. t o 4- . Bpaiiiih Three per Cents. have been The p e g ,,' an the 18g. Sardinian Bonds p,_" L he f ,,',.; 88 1. Buenos Ayres are 57 to 59. oek t . '')Wing are the nominal prices of foreign '' 11 ), 2 2 . : Qrenada Deferred Bonds, 62- to 74; Mexi -40, t 'i 22a ; Peruvian, 68 to 70; ditto Three to 1 , 1 ,.. t1 ) 47 to 49 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., ",, i tto " ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; ''Pan: o lir-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; e tg I\l(3 w Deferred, 18i to 18/ ; Ditto 3 per D itt o ' .4 i to 38; Ditto 'Certificates, 4i to 41; ti Tli el a "iYe s 3i to 41. . thi n ~a st week's railway receipts, ascertained up c; ' l3 ' , are in round figures as follows : C e 'a t'C'4 , 1855. 1854. 4 11.I\-- B 'ern Vtil we , steeil k i lp tcri Later n gotilabd.••• go -al t4- E •••*" 26 308 25,121 av • Lait 1i;1a...n., ............................. 11,780 11,776 o7, ct acrn 19,866 - 17,027 r h.t l , re and Yorkshire • 20,180 19,335 .%t er a 1' 'ere 33,479 31,017 i1;1 18 a • oit ay , gutter market to-day for English , 4 , e '341 sh ares, and the quotations are higher. Oer a l i e applies t o th e F ore i g n and Canadian '4 l. 73 but the Great Western of Canada are ; k Iles at _ in4o t Stare" nominally without alteration, and the ti iqi li ees. o ock Banks are rather lower in some in- Vier "neral Screw Steam sharesare somewhat 44 1 T„, uNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'ol, Mom, the °tidal Litt. e, ikt ktiw Tltrinnßs dons -,- k ilt ''• ii..,. •••• -- - 210 Si %'llt- . "c 13 (1 Annuities......... ~ b , 1 -- ,r ...tt t :9l:3 Ann . Rities ...... t h ,itt ,, iiiti,', •,-. 4 lintuties .....i 92s i 2 t i-ii k tr, ao y e1 •,..1-zDire sth Jan., 1860 N I , l a - . i i:' , ExPire sth April, 1885 16 13-16 74 111,,:t0r,4,, - DCO .... 22 19 4 k bil -, ,ount lo th 93,t 2i c•l ii • ..... , July i.. 0 7.,,,„ , ~:: ......... : -I ,L - . "-us. 2id. 1, .0,1! '• .......... 'c•kot,, ';•;.. .......... - ...... -. l6 19 • ~, 19 11ertk..!. vertised h. 44 -14,, 16 310,, -,,..,•, At -'( 18 58, 3i. per Cent. — ne 't M 9 . lOOl m toi A ( 4? pop, ' 14 4 1 ,?- 1.6 S 11 51 ;''IGN FUNDS AT ONES O'CLO k titto, L0w,1 111.18, 5 per 6 C p e e u r t Cell' o c4 % t e e f . ° ;ti Le ' 1 Per Cent . Div,. th e r" i 'lei i 71 Account - 384 i b itt; , ~,,,A „,. 18 f 'o . iia a ; 6 ',._,,,- L cent 83 , 11 3 iv,. Account . . .. g2i 31 2 'il 1. : -(4 1 ,A, on the above payable in L0T10074 C, ~ HA LP- PAST TWO, 1 ) :•- ,, ,: iI ... • itt.., . Account, ............................... $ , loth July 14 ; )1 ' 151 'P _ -------._____ 92 kgt.wthui.ilitr' COR.VHILL FOR IMPROTEMENTS.—YeS the 4 3 , i tl :at an early hour the whole line of car tar,rri I\&i.)rnhill was stopped for repairs by order ~,qta : "l e tw,y I ; e 43 ;°r• The important thoroughfare will h, , Vo•hu re , I 'Wed with hard wood from the corner tt,4,..1,4,,,i011,1-stret, to the Mansion-house. 1 4t. th e gal; , 1 , 07. ° THE ARCHDEACON OF MIDDLESEX, — (I % tir,l,3 flin g -Archdeacon Sinclair held a visitation ti e r• .These Clergy at St. Paul's church, Covent .ll,,:4l 1 ~t w as a very large attendance. Prayers •Ugh'4l s' 'n 'Ula Rev. Henry Hutton, the rector, but h i ; Lo ri. ; ' , l it on Was dispensed with. 4 tr ep t bf t i,„ R• WILLIAM BlLLETT.—Yesterday at the t,t(o:l4e()_f the illiam , t q e ' a li b r ;` - ' vestry of St. Pancras, Mr. Churchwarden t lo 4t h of inie ecl, to the great regret of all present, Billett, Esq,rate churchwarden, t vh o, 4 t, e mon active members of the vestry, di -454W/k'°%Ei)4 1 - I)° er, and the burial board. • • ft, -Te •OsPraop of t , A tli N is c 0 _ lICTION OF THE MAINE-LTQUOR N t ' t t4 atl ,ee fw, th e night the United King• 4 1 , 1 4 t), "',I i n _„",.° total and immediate suppression N t 3' fir ii,L i 411 I ntoxicating liquors throughout this tli,Ni t l viikh i ''' Public meeting in Exeter-hall, the t q, , 11 'I. c,.. , t , 4 2 3 Well filled, in aid of their movement. lip -`), and tif* if r "elYan occupied the chair, and with ti 1 1 0., 3. krriegton Alderman (1 rt c,f 1 1 . R . w , Harrison (of W . ak . e- S,'leei, th e , • Carden, addressed the meeting in Ihert rr ,''ti, 0 . „PS l acipies of the association. A resolu tio'' C ever taat the traffic‘in intoxicating liquors, Nits, ", t , ,, a ges, is inimical to the true interests of 14 0 Ly _ 4. 4•1 0 ,._ . destructive of the order and welfare of 1,,,v tl ~ i-1,,, ' h t therefore to be prohibited," was car kil''ll.l-:',, ilr, I, o 4 i ° ritY, in erence preference to an amendment Il iti a t: : ' 6 3 , pro ld.tir declaring the attempt to enforce ' tell eibitory enactments to be unwise, and With sacred individual liberties. STIA RE MARKETS (THIS DAY, RAILWAYS. hr. I 'W(I4 RAILWAYS. . 100 Abmdeen........ i .. 8., Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junet all Belfast & Ballymena. j all Birmiug. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ...... 293 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet all Do. Chetah. di Birk.., £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., £20... ..... .... all Rlyth & Tyn3origina £25 (issd. at £45 ) 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian. 61s. Carmarthen and Car digan all Chester di Holyhead all Cork and Bandon , all Cork, Black, di Pass 16 Cornwall 1i Crieff Junction 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. all DundeePerth&Aber ,deen Junction all Do. Now LOO • East Anglian 5 11 Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock 10( Do., B, Stock 8:' Do., New A........ - 00 WAst Lancashire LOG Edinbargh& Glasgov all Edinb. and Peebles LOO Edin. Prth & Dunde, I worth & Clyde Jan all Furness . all Do. Extension LOC Glasgow &S. Westeri 100 ;mat Northern..., 'DO Do., A. Stock 00 Do., B, Stock .XI '4t. Sth. &West.(lre .00 =rent Western 00 Do. Stour Val Ra , Gua. Stk all Irish South-Easter , all '....ncaster & Carl's , 1.4$ Do., Thirds .... 7 Do.'New Thirds , XI '.4neash. anclYork - FL, i ) a., Wst. Riding TT! all A v.Crsby. &Soutlipt all ondon & Blaekwa Al , .ond. Bright &S.Cs: 00 iond and N. Westr l 6 4). Fifths ....... 5: 10.101. Sh. , M&B C 2 Do. Eighths 10( ( ..iondonandS. West. 12 Do., £5O. 134 Do., £4O all' Lndndrry& Col erain , all L n dndrry. & Ennisk. 100 iiiiiich.Sher.& Linclr• all Do. 4 Shares, No. I 42s.Ou.,Man. & Lin. Un. 100 Midland 1.00 Do. Birmng. &Derbr all 5111d1d. G. West. (Im) all Do. Half Shares 111 Newcastle Sr Carlisle 234 Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 5 Newry & Enniskiller all Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk 3i Northn.Counties Un DO North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., i A Deferred all Do., i B Guaranteed 100 N. Eastern---Berwicl 20 Do. do. Extension .. 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Parch all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London all Do. New £lO is NAS.Wstrn.,Hamp• stead, and City Jn., 1.74 North Staffordshire.. all North Western .„ .... all N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester........ ;DO Oxford, Worcester, A Wolverhampton 8 Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central ._ Scottish Midland.... 1.00 Shropshire Union a:1 South Devon 110 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yrksh. dt Riv. Dur 5 Do 14 Staines, Wok &Wok a 1 Stockton k 16? ; Stclkton‘ nr.rtlepl 100 Taff Yale ........ ....... 9 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref. No. 1.... 2l Thames Haven Docl and Railway ...... Ulverstone & 'Lancs. all Vale Neath... all Watertl. & Kilkenn: all WaterfordSzLimeri I all West C0rnwa11....... 5 West End of Londo and Crystal Palace. all West London. • 171s.,Wirobledn SrCroydoi FOREIGN. Antwarp4 ftott 3rdaan Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessa , , Bombay, Baroda, and CentralCentrallndia,Scrip Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c, Do. Ey!;ension Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Lid. Tk of CanadaA is Do. St. Lawrence Si Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. Cen',ral of Fran: Gt. indhu Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. Do. New 5 per cent Do. Extensions.... Do. d 0... Great Luxemboun Constituted Shane 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 & Toyonto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Bask Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c . prof Lyons and Genova Lyons do Mediterran l'adras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. ,do. New Namur do Liege (wit} interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D 0.20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelinee guar. 314 p. c. & red. at 22/. dur. 58 yrs. frond Jan. 1854 Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bde (fray.B. & AMB. Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre c Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ParisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 54 p. cent. Pref, Seind(;:. .......... „.... Southern of France_ St., Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Pref Western of France._ WeFt. of Switzerland WiJshaden Zealand ... ,rOINT-STOC: Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. Americar , Ohartd. Bank of Asir °led. Buk. of India, A astralia, & China City ...... . Colon:al Commercial of Lond Snglish Scottish and Australian Chart... Lond. Chc.rt. Bk. of Australis Ditto New London aud County London Joint Stock Loud. & Weetminstez National Provincial of England • Do. Now National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation. Provincial of Ireland Do. Now 'Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imo Co •louth Austrada Union of Australia.. D o , New Uniou of London ~. Closing Prici yesterday. 25 - 27 41 - 5 8 - ,& 13i -- 13 15i - 84 •-• 87 -- 89 65 - 65. 15, 8- .•• ..... . ~. -- : o•• ..... . , .. ...' . 5i - 1512 - - 35 - 40 23 - 25 77 5 8 GO 2d pa/ 19 20 70 94 . - 63: 78 80 125 V 27 98 100 69 -- e 94 74 7 7 82 27 27 8 - 9 74i - 42 • •• . . , . erg. 9 - 7 1i - 4 - 53 ,„ 32 this day. 10 5 20 18 5 5 5 20 1 2 all 12 all all 14 all all 100 /00 10() 20 10 25 20 all 20 50 20 25 10 22 all all 31 . el - - 14 52i 50 par id Ad 6 1 Id 4d ar 28 - 101 103 68 •- 70 46 -- 48 13 14 63 - 64 -• 4.- 2 3 - 1 33 - ,•• ."'' . ,•• -' e• - 22 - 2 44 24 - 8 P . ' ... - 8 2 - 2i 4 - 3 if -- 2 4d 364 - 37 10 11- 24/ -25 i 3i 301 6 - 5i 18 - 19 55 57 94 - 96 4 - 4 P p 5i - 5i - 34 - 3k - 31 21f -21 i 101. - 103 10 7 - 109 11(' -• 112 102 104 22 - 23 110 - 112 , diA 5 —6; -.l4p' 2i 3 5 . 7 p .2 - 3 6 - 6i lei = - 13 -- R 27/ - 270 48 • - 50 42 . 44 _. p m 241 20 -21 A 2 - lid 8 -8i 2i pin -- 4 8 - 18 - BAN - K:5 82 84 #d par .J - 3p ••• 18 19 21 22k par P ""-- • _ . . 33 - 35 38 - 90 72 - 8 9 OM -- .., 73 I 20 Lca.l RAILWAY/. all Bedford and Bletchley .. 100 Buckghamsh. 100 Clydesdalac, 21 Col. Stour Vy, Sud. and 100 E. Lin.g.6pe [O3 Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct 10) Do. New all Glstr.4 Dn. Fr all firtlpl. Dk. & Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. :r Shares. all Lon.& Greenw all Do. Preference all Lon., Til., &S. 1 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. LOO Do. 6 per ct. all Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock all Middlesbro' & Redcar. . ICO Midld.Bradfd 54 Newmarket Bury Eaten... all N.& Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 per ct. all Do. Fixeds p s all Prest. & Wyre all Do. h Shrs. A 00 Royetn.Bz Hit. lBi Shef. Roth and • Goole g. 5 p.c. all Shrews.&Her. 9 S. Staffordsh. all Wear Valleygr 6 per emit_ lall I Do - EV Wilts&Gomrst PREFERENCE SHARES. - 105 - 1-3 - 100 3i - 5f • . 1 - 1 13 - 13 58 - 32 [a -- - 111 - 103 ~ - P 100 Aberdeen 109 Do. N 0.2, 7 p. o all Blyth and Tyne lOper c. pref. (issd. at 50/) 100 Bris. & Ex• 4 P.c• 81 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares , 100 Caledonian £lO all '_'?ester & Hol7hea , Guar. 5i per cent all Do. do. Prof. No. 2. all Do. do. Pref. No. 2. all Cork &Bandons2p.c ail. Dun.Prth .di Al , er.J. 2 E. Anglian Cis. ASh 100 Do. do. CJs. B6p. c. 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 r . c. St all East Un., G. 6p. c all Do. 51., 10 per cent all Do. l. Debentr.Sl . all Do. do. 4 per cent.. 101 , east Laneash. 6p. at all E. &W. York. J. sths 100 Ed. Prth.&Dan.4p.c all Furne.s lit) (lias. &S. W. G. 5 p c 100 Great Northn. 5p c. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. 100 Do. 4i p. c 52 Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. at SP. c. pm... .. all Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pre 'lOO Gt. S. &W. (Ireland 9 Do. 4per c. Pref. St 6 Gt. Westn. (Barks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... 1100 Do. con. red. 4i p.c. 1100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. iiTed. 4p.c. ... all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh... all Do. Chester Bp. c.P.S. all Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0... 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk all Do. Ches. Gun. Sh.. all Do. do. do all Do. do. do ... . ... —• • 6 Lan. &York. F. £2( 100 Do. 6p. o. Stock , 100 Lon.&Brigh. G. 5 p.c. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 100 Do. do. 5 per cant 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. di Nuneaton 5 p. ct 5 Lon. &S. W. Con. 3ds all Londy. & Coler. iSh all Londy. & Ennis. 4 Si all Nan., Shef., & Lin NeW, £lO 4i Do. a all :Viarypt.StCarl.4 p all Do. 4 per cent 10i Do .00 Nfld. Consol.6 p.o.St DO Do. Consol. Bristol Birm. 6 per cent... LOO Do. 4i p. c. Pref. Si 11, Do. Pref. 4 1 por all Do. 5/. Pr, f. 4 p. c, 100 Ditto Leic. ster an, Hitchers Pref. St.., all 'Norfolk Deteature 100 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Stogy! 100 Do. 5 p. c. Est 100 Do. 51 per ct. pref. , 100 po. Way. Val. 5 p. c 00 North British 100 N. E.llerw, 4 p.c P 5 Do. do. do 13 Do Leeds 6 p.e 9 Da. do. Quarters 4' 10 Do.Yorkll. & ~ r. all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh. £l5, 6 p 7 Do R. Pro• 101. Sh. all Scot. Cent. , New Pre , all South Devon Do. fixed, 4,i per cent all S. Eastern (Readily Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. [OO Do. 4i per cent all S Wales Gua. 4p. e all Do: do. 4i p. c.... all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all Stock. & Dar., 5 p c. • 15 Do. do. do all Stock. & Harti. g. r . e. till July 1, '56 4 Waterfd. & Kilk. 6p c all Agna Fria .... all Anglo Austrin. Gold 1.11 Anglo Californian 6 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd.Dachy of) all BlEenarvon Iron and Coal 14 British Iron 26 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) all Do. Cocaes k Cuiab -15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Credc t Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper ,1 Colonial Gold all Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent 16 Copiapo all English and Austin Copper Smeltg 11‘ 1 Fortuna all General all Gt.Nugi. etVeinßeg all Great Polgooth . all Liberty all Linares.. 2 Dl. B 1 Lusitanian all Mariquita ........ all New Granada all New Linares Minin and Smelting Co all Nouveau Monde all Pontgibaud _ _ Lead Min. & Smelt. 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhyronoy Iron all Do. New 12i Santiago de Cuba all South Australian 74 Tin Croft all United Mexican all Waller all West Mariposa 128.1 Worthing Mining of all lAustralia Yuba AIISCELLA. 171 Australian Agrimdt. all Aus';raln. Royal nail 7 Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co. 32i Canada LOO Canada Gov. 6p. et Jan. and July all Crystal Palace 4 Do. Preference all Crystal Pal. of France Dnston Tron Ore 8i Eastern Stem 23 Electric Telegraph all Electric Teleg. of Ir 14 Gen. Steam Navigat all General Screw Steam 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 9 Mosican&S.Americn, 2i Do. New all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 5 Netherlands Land.... 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. all N. B. Australasian... 15 Nrth.olEuropeStaam all Oriental Gas all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl all Peninsular& Oriental 10 Do. New all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest 1 Ditto New all South Austral. Land all Submar. Tel. Scrip a ll Do• Registered..... 5 Teist Az L. 00.11. Ca.n 26! Van Diemen's Lan() 64 41 I 20 I 10 I 691 82i St. 25 824 13 I " 2i 102 2 l Oll 103 A 2 St. St. 75 44 i to St. 20 50 50 12J, .1.2 10 die I 17 I 20 Pm 21 9i I 25 12, 124 25 20 St. P 1 1 Leasing Company London Si N. We:. t . L. &N. W. Caled.on.. E. Un. 8 E. C Gt.Nrthn. Caldonian. Gt. Wes ;a Yk. New & Berw. Y. & N M Do S. Easter] Do 'Pao & Co. Norfolk Do G.& N. W & Midld. Stckton & Dariingt. Midland lEn. Coun. E. Count. 'Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt North' , Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassoy M. MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do rOtWestn. - 11 -17 i 10; - 75 20 - 10 19 - 14 9 137 • •• ...... - 1?i - 13 0 - iP -- 139 96 - 98 - 1 1 4t - 4i ,o• "'" •.. 99 - 101 91 - 93 34 3/ •• •. 4(1 i)ar 107 - 109 -14 i id - pal 221 - 231 98 -100 , - 18 2ip lid .4 - I i - i i - 11 * - i 6 - 8 4 - 6 2} 3 21 3 31 —33 id 56 58 30 - 40 2d par 22 24 14 2 par ip 15 17 2 2 15 - 16 A 19 - 21 5 - 6 6i - 7 --- 1 5 . 4 -- 6. E 0 Üb. 34 - 35 57 - 60 3 118 - 122 113 113 a 30 3 t iP 17 - 19 61 - it = - 1 900 ••• 14 1 1 3 - 3i 2 —3p 73 75: 111 a 2 361 394 is~ . T i~ MINES. TILE RIGHT MEN IN TILE RIGIIT MEETING OP Tff LONDON AND SOUTH. WESTERN RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the proprietors of this railway was hell this afternoon at the company's offices in the Waterloo-bridg e station, for the 'consideration of a bill now pending in Parliament for authorising the erection of works by the company for regulating their capital and for other purposes ; and also for the election of a director, in the room of Lieutenant-Colonel George Henderson, deceased ; Mr. Chaplin in the chair. a The report of the directors published in The Sun of Saturday having been read by the secretary, and the heads of the bill and clauses by the solicitor, The CHAIRMAN said that having on two recent occa sions met them and entered into the detAils and history of these proceedings, and they had'having a, copy of the bill and the report, which gave them every information up to the present time, he had hut little to say to them. After alluding to his presiding over a di vided proprietary which was not satisfactory to en sure success, and to some of the proprietors publishing letters which tended to depreciate the value of the property, otherwise than improve it,i remarked that so far from the dividends of the company being " confiscated," they bad only got Ao far as to their being " suspended" only in the event of certain things not being done in accordance with a pledge given with the consent of certain of the proprietors. He thought they were all agreed. on the prin ciple of the bi 11, except the clauses which affected the pledge, as being satisfactory and useful, especially the alteration of voting on the preference shares stock, the consolidation of it, and asking for fur ther time to complete the Salisbury and Basingstoke Railway, in order to prevent the risk of stopping the dividend in 1866. He regretted the recommendation of the Directors, with reference to the exten sion of the line to Exeter, had not met with the approbation of the proprietors, which was the only satisfactory mode of closing the business thrust on them by the House of Commons, after two meetings of the proprietary authorising thedirectors to do that which was for the benefit of the company. (No, no.) He hoped the company would sanction this proceeding, which NI, as to bejustified as a commercial speculation, but taking it on higher grounds, as a point of honour they were bound to carry it on. (LEFT SPEAKING.) - , LAW INTELLIGENCE (THIS DAY). COURT OF CHANCERY. Nothing of the least interest came before any of the Equity Courts ..this morning. The Lords Justices of Appeal were occupied the greater part of the day with the further arguments in the case of Ware v. Watson, the only question in which related to the construction of an obscurely worded will. The Master of the Rolls took motions and causes, none of which possessed any point of interest except to the parties concerned. Vice- Chancellor Kindersley was occupied the whole morning with a case relative to the construction of a will of great intricacy, and the Vice-Chancellors Stuart and Wood reserved the hearing of arguments in two part-heard cases. M.4IKET RI WB-(TI118 DA)%) MEAT KA RR P, TS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—There was only a mode rate business doing in each kind of meat to-day, as follows: —Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s 8d ; lamb, 5s Od. to 6s 6d ; Veal, 3s lodto 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4a 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, May 30.—The supply of stock in to-day's market was but moderate, yet the demand was in a slug ,- gish state, and prices had a downward tendency. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d; Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 6d ; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, May 30.—Each kind of stock sold slowly, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s Od Lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 10d ; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs. Quarterold St ore Pi gs , 21 s t o 258 each. (From the Times of this day.) The attention of the public has hitherto been directed almost exclusively to " the right man ;" we wish this morning to offer some observations on " the right place." Let us suppose our Administrative Reformers to have caught their man, and to have ascertained, by whatever means, that he is the right person for the public service. Let us suppose our offices to be organised on a system which shall give due promotion to merit, and that, in fact, as far as rules and persons are concerned, we have entered on the desired millennium of official reform. What is the place, or rather what are the places, in which this well-trained army of superior officials is to encamp and go through its evolutions ? Of course, what is true of the effectiveness of an army is true also of the effectiveness of a Government—that it will in crease in proportion to the facility of communication which each of its members has with the other. In war this communication is necessarily limited by the diffi culty of feeding so many men concentrated on a single point, and one might really suppose, in taking a glance at our public offices, that some commissariat considera tion had led us to scatter them as wide and to isolate them as completely from each other as possible. In the far east we have the India-house, at a distance of some four miles from the India Board, to the great benefit of the cab proprietors and the incalcelable loss of time and efficiency in the Government of India. In the South Sea-house dwells the Exchequer Loan Commission, an Oriental colony of the Treasury, separated from its pa rent state by three miles of crowded streets. The Court of Chancery seems finally to have fled from Westmin ster-hall, and taken up its dwelling in Lincoln's-inn, half way between the Courts of Law at Westminster and the Courts of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, which still drag on their charmed life in the purlieus of St. Paul's. Advancing farther west we find a colony , of no inconsiderable magnitude established at So merset-house, the office of the Duchy of Lancas ter near Waterloo-bridge, and the greater part of New-street, Spring-gardens, occupied, to the exclusion of the fashionable world, by the ever-increasing exi gencies of the public service, while Abingdon street and Park-street are tenanted by commissions and offices of the most miscellaneous descriptions. Thus the places where business is carried on are scattered, not over an area, but over a long straggling line of upwards of four miles in length, and separated from each other by the most crowded and difficult thoroughfares of the metro polis. It is really impossible to exaggerate the econo,y,y of labour, the increase of effective supervision, the raving of time, and the means of effecting necessary reforms and amalgamations, which would be realised to the coun try if all these scattered offices could be gathered into a few commodious and contiguous buildings. For this, however, the practical English nation hailwaited long, and may probably have to wait much longer, although it is susceptible of demonstration that money spent in such a work would not only facilitate business and greatly ornament the metropolis, but would also show a great saving as compared with the rents the public is compelled to pay for inferior accommodation. This being our firm conviction, we view with consider able satisfaction a proposal brought before Parliament by the Chief Commissioner of Works for the complete demolition of the buildings which disgrace Downing street, and the erection in their stead of offices better calculated for the transaction. of public business, and built around a single quadrangular enclosure. The nuis ance has existed so long that we should think the period has nearly arrived when, according to our national wont, its existence may begin to be admitted. in 1839 a com mittee of the House of Commons reported from evidence, and from their own personal inspection, that the build ings occupied by the Foreign and Colonial Departments were inadequate to the then extent of public business, in parts unsafe, and in such a state of dilapidation as to render it inexpedient to spend any large sum on their substantial repair. Matters have not mended since that time, business has increased, and buildings have deterio rated ; and it is stated in a recent report from the Board of Works that these offices are unfit for office purposes, from the smallness of the rooms and the difference of levels in the floors ; that the walls, having been cut through to form communisations, are weakened ; an d that there are co ns id era bl e " settlements," the effect of which has only been counteracted by the use of iron ties, suspension rods, and shoring. They further state that the principal apartments of the Foreign -office are unsafe, and have to be supported by shores whenever used for large parties ; that a subsidence has taken place in the foundation of that part of the building where Cabinet Councils are held, and other circumstances equally ominous with regard to the residence of the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exche quer. Certainly, if our system be rotten, we have found an exceedingly suitable residence for it, and, as they are both worn out together, we think their reconstruction should be simultaneous. There is now before Parliament a bill the object of which is fully and effectually to re medy this crying evil. It is proposed to perchase for Government the houses in Fludyer-street and one side of Crown-street, and upon the area obtained by these purchases, by the vacant piece of land now in possession ; of Governme n t, by th e s i tes o f the houses in Downing street, and of the garden to the west of the Treasury, to erect a q _a,drangular building containing in its centre a court 250 feet long by 150 feet wide, to be approached from Whitehall by the present entrance of Downing street. The right of this quadrangle„ as 'you enter, after passing the present buildings of the Privy Council and the Board of Trade, 'would be occupied by the residences of the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, thrown back from their present position and covering the space now occupied by the Treasury gardens. The north-western portion of the qua• drangle would be occupied by the War-office; the centre rooms appropriated to Ministerial receptions ; the south-west by the Foreign-office, with the State Paper-office in the rear ; the south by the Colonial-office; and the south-east corner, facing the Privy Council, by a building not yet appropriated to any public service, but for which there will be undoubtedly numerous claimants. The plan seems to be a good one, and made in a spirit of comprehensive simplicity. The situation of the Foreign and Colonial offices is such that they may be completed before the present dens in which those departments at present burrow have been pulled down, and thus the ex pense and loss of more than one removal may be spared. The total cost of the undertaking, including 25,0001. for fittings, and 54,0001. for the purchase of properties re quired, will be 585,0001. It is proposed to commence with the new Foreign-office, as supplying a want most urgently felt, and being, besides, to be built on land a considerable portion of which is vacant. For this pur pose 90,0001. will be required. Of equal importance will be the constructing as soon as possible a building suited to the occupation of the Minister of War, and for con ducting under the same roof those different departments at last consolidated under a single head. That consoli dation will never have really and efficiently taken place till it shall be in the power of the Minister of War to converse without a minute's delay with any member of any of the different depaitments confided to his care and supervision. We never shall believe that he is really head of the Ordnance so long as his office is inPembroke house and that of the Ordnance in Pall-mall. We trust, therefore, that the obstructive spirit which has so long prevented the most obvious and necessary public im provements may, in this instance at least, yield to the pressure of the emergency, and that our renovated pub lic service may be lodged in a residence fit for its recep tion. We hope also that the projected structure, of which we have not seen the elevation, will be as littl e like a cathedral and a s muc h lik e a comfortable dwelling house as possible, with windows that admit the light, and passages leading with reasonable directness to their ultimate goal.—Times. LOSS OF LIFE AT THE SOUTH LAM- BETH WATERWORKS. Yesterday morning, shortly before 8 o'clock, an ap palling accident took place at the reservoirs of the South Lambeth Waterworks, adjoining the old House of Cor rection on Brixton-hill. The reservoirs, four in number, occupy an area of nearly four acres, and are some 22 feet in depth, 700 feet long, and 200 feet broad, the water being supplied by pipes of large dimensions from Thames Ditton. A recent Act of Parliament having compelled water companies to cover in their reservoirs in and round the metropolis, the South Lambeth Company contracted with Messrs. Lock and Nesham, builders, of Theobald's row, to arch over their reservoirs at Brixton. Within the la , t few days one of the reservoirs had been covered or vaulted in by a series of bricked arches, each being about 30 feet wide, stretching across the ent;re width of the reservoir, and 20 feet in height—the surface or crown of the arches being covered with a layer of clay two feet thick. . esterday morning, while about 30 men were engaged striking the, centres from the completed arches, removing the scaffolding, &c., almost without any warning, about 12 or 14 of the arches gave way and fell to the bottom of the reservoir with a loud crash, burying beneathithern the men who were below at work ; some 20 labourers, who were levelling the earth outside on the top of the reservoir, also fallin g w i t h the mass. The shock occa sioned by the fall alarmed the whole neighbourhood ; and, as may be supposed, the most prompt measures were taken for the purpose of extricating the sufferers. Although nearly 200 labourers were engaged in the task, it was not until close to 11 o'clock that the whole of the parties were got out. Four of them, unhappily, had ceased to live, being crushed to death ; seven others were found to be sadly injured, and were at once sent to Guy's Hospital. The names of those who were killed were George Piley, Charles Underwood, John Wilkins, and Benjamin left large Th e th ree fi rst were marr i e d, an d have large families. Many of the men had most marvellous_ escapes, and the superintending foreman in particular. Ile hai taken a friend down to inspect the works when suddenly he heard a loud crack. lie called to his friend, " For God's sake, come this way," pointing to a recess or inlet leading into the right reservoir. They succeeded in springing into the inlet at the moment the mass came down, but so hair-breadth was their escape that some of the brickwork caught their legs, and threw and hold them down, where they remained until they were dug out. Curiously enough, they scarcely sustained any injury. The accident is attributed to the instability of the work, and the centres being removed before the brick work had time to consolidate. The amount of damages is estimated at several thousand pounds. Between 200 and 300 men have been generally engaged on the works, but fortunately a' large number were keeping holiday when the accident happened. ".Spring-gard ens , M ay 2 9, 1855. "My dear Lord,—l regret exceedingly that circum stances of a peculiar nature (which I have explainel to Mr. Holroyd) place it out of my power to be present at the meeting to bo held at Dover to-morrow, for the purpose of supporting the application to Parliament for an act for extending the East Kent Railway from Canterbury to Dover. "I regret it the more - because I should have a personal satisfaction in explaining to the meeting the precise cir cumstances to which the bill for the Dover Extension owes its origin. "Your lordship will remember that I had occasion to sea Lord Hardline on the subject of the •bill now before Parliament for obtaining the release of the 50,5501. At that interview his lordship, after explaining his readiness to support the object of the measure by every means in his power, added, But why do you not go to Dover ?' My reply was, that if th e Government desired it, I had no doubt that the East Kent Railway Company would be ready to make an application to Parliament for the re quisite powers, provided the Government would afford the support necessary to enable them to overcome the diffi culties which, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, they must naturally expect to encounter. "Having received his lordship's assurance of the most cordial co-operation, I communicated the result of my in terview to Mr. Charles Freshfield, who thereupon pre pared the letter which your lordship, as chairman of the East Kent Railway Company, wrote to Lord Palmerston, offering to bring in the bill provided the Government would consent to give a guarantee upon the capital re quired for constructing this extension, upon which, in a national point of view, so much value had been placed by all the military and naval authorities. " The proposal, as your lordship knows, was favourably entertained by the highest officers of the Government ; but, ultimately, considerations of policy, which are quite intelligible, intervened to prevent their support being given in a pecuniary form. " The interest, however, already felt and expressed in the undeitakingosnd the appreciation of the great impor tance attributed by those most competent to judge of the earliest possible completion of a safe inland line to Dover, have increased with the progress of the bill ; and if proof were wanting to justify your lordship in giving to the meeting a strong assurance of the intention of the Govern ment to give to this measure their full and entire support in all its stages, it is to be found in the fact that Mr. Mac gregor's motion, strenuously supported by the South- Eastern Railway Company, for postponing tho third read ing of a bill of less moment connected with the East Kent Railway, was, on the 22d inst., rejected in the House of Commons by 90 votes against 21. " With regard to the capital, there can, in myopinion, be no further difficulty, inasmuch as the East Kent Railway Company can well, and with perfect safety, afford to grant any terms to the holders of the shares in the new capital of 500,000/. that may be found necessary to induce capitalists to embark in that which will add such vast additional pecuniary value to the original stock. "The line between Strood and Canterbury will un doubtedly yield a good return upon the money expended on its construction. How much greater, therefore, must the income necessarily be. when, by extension to Dover Harbour, a purely local line will be converted into a through ono, commanding the great continental traffic. "I now proceed to show that this wilt be one of the most profitable railway properties in England. " The railway from Strood to Dover will be the prolon gation of the present North Kent Railway, which is by far the most productive portion of the South-Eastern Com pany's property; and from carefal estimates it is shown that the receipts of this extension will greatly exceed the general average of the 289 miles of railway now belonging to the South -Eastern Railway Company. " Now, the total sum received by the South-Eastern Railway Company for the year 1851 is given in the official reports at 898,3011., being rather more than 3,1001. per mile per annum on the whole 289 miles ; and the working expenses for the same period at 375,9541., or rather less than 42 per cent. " Now, if we take this average receipt only of 3,1001. a mile on 46 miles (the distance between Strood and Dover), we arrive at a total of 142,600/. ; and if from this 'we de duct 42 per cent, for expenses, we still have a net annul profit of 82,6681:, or about 7 per cont. on the whole share capital of 1,200,0001., or, taking one-third of it to be raised in debenture, bearing 5 per cent. interest, about 8 per cant. " In giving the above statement, I am fully aware that I have taken too low an estimate of the company's re ceipts; because the average receipts of the Sf uth-Eastern system generally affords no fair criterion of the r, ceipts on 46 miles of railway, in extension of the North Kent, which is known to be the most productive of the whole Soutlr- Eastern mileage. I have taken the average gross receipts per mile upon the whole South-Eastern system at 3,10 u/ , which includes the unramunerative branches ; where is the half-year's report of the South-Eastern Company shows a return on the North Kent line at the rate of 5,813/. per mile per an num , notwithstanding the competition with the river steam-boats and Tilbury Railway at Gravesend. "I therefore think your lordship can have no hesitation in assuring the meeting that the enterprise is one in which capitalists may, with good profit and perfect safety, em bark their money. "I have the honour to be, "Your lordship's very faithful servant, (Signed) on " "The Right H on. the Lord Sdes " See Mr. SADLE IR , M . P ., the deputy el; C HARLES Fox chairman of the coin. pany, then proceeded to address the meeting. He said he had muc h p l easure in addressingimportant a public meeting th e v i ews he had to so long entertained on the subject to consider which they had been called to gether. In d o i ng so there was a difficulty of somewhat ' a peculiar character which met him at the outset—not from any doubt as to the merits or importance of an undertaking which had' for its object the perfecting of direct railway communication between Canterbury and Dover, but a difficulty altogether apart from the con struction of the proposed railway ; for he must say it was somewhat embarrassing that, while called upon to explain the merits of a great commercial project, he could not recognise any objector in the field, nor did he clearly know what objections he had to remove. He was begin ning to think that the gentlemen discharging the im portant office of carrying out the preliminaries of the meeting had fallen into a slight mistake, and that they should have managed to coax into the meeting some in genious sceptic, fruitful in reasons, to prove that a direct communication between Dover and Canterbury would , be very prejudicial to the port and town of Dov. r itself. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Th e su pp or t w hi c h t h e pro posed line had received from Government la I been very fully pointed out in Sir Charles Fox's letter, anti superadded to that were the distinctly-expressed convic tions of the official guardians of our naval and military forces that the completion of the line freni C.lnterbury to Dover would be of the greatest possible naional ser vice Land it was from a_consideration of these facts that the East Kent Company bad been stimulated to use their best exertions to promote the bill during the pre sent session. In saying this he must frankly state that r w e a h t i 1 0 3; to t y thr a O l u d eh g t t h h ee lcompletion n ta e g f esi tofwothuelddinstorticotsnl passed, as well as under a national benefit, but thet it would at the same time enhance the value and importance of their railway communicati on between Strood and Canterbury. He b egged the meeting to understand that the arrangem ents for the extension of the line from Canterbury to Dover did not depend on the inhabitants of Dover subscribing very largely to the Parliamentary contract. It would be unreasonable to depend at thi s moment on the p of the district for any large po r ti on o f the 500,00 0e/e h) p quired to carry out the weeks ; they would have t r l e )e . 1 kiudnes-s t) . consider that those parties who at a distance possessed facilities and means for Promoting such under taking attached great importance to the ' moral support which persons of influence in a district throug(h wbich it was proposed to carry a railway gave to it ; and it %al on thiS iroad ground that he appealed to the meeting to ! afford their support to the ropfected line ; and if they, upon examination, were satiP.slied that the project would nut only be one of great local advantage, butone entitled 1 to their sympathy and support on public and national HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ Oa to 5/ 10s Od ; clove] ditto, 31 5s to 61 6s ; and straw, it 3s to 1/ 7s per lout A moderate supply and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 5/ 103 ; clove, ditto, 3/ Os to 61 68 ; and straw, 1/ 58 to 1/ 10s per load. Trade tolerably firm. WIIITEMIAPAL.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 51 103; clover ditto, 3/ 3s to 6/ 10s; and straw, 1/ 4s to I/ per lona. Both hay and straw were in moderate request, at our quo tations. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 31.—Wind and weather this day at noon, N. • fresh breeze, and squa lly, w ith much rain. SOUTHAMPTON, May 30.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Nor man (s.s.) and Sydney (s.s.), from Portsmouth. SWANSEA, May 30.—Wind N.E. Sailed. Esther Francis, for Cuba. GRIMSBY, May 30.—The brig Mary Ann, of Seaham, went on shore this morning at Donna Nook. A Swedish schooner is on shore near here. PLYMOUTH, May 30.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Briton's Pride, from Antigua. Sailcd--Eliza, for Sydney, N.S.W. FALMOUTH, May 30.—Wind, N.E., strong breezes. Off the port.—Concordia, from Santa Cruz for Copenhagen ; Island Queen, from Akyab for Antwerp; Progress, from Havana. MAuRmUs, March 27.—The barque Eleanor, from Port Adelaide to Port-Louis, which put in here, 7th Feb., totally dismasted, has been abandoned and sold. CALCUTTA, April 21.—The Rambler, hence for Boston, U.S., has put back leaky and with cargo shifted, having been ashore in the river. AKYAB, Aprill 11.—The Dutch schooner Arend, struck on a rock, 26th March, bumped heavily for an hour, came off, and arrived here with loss of part of false keel and some copper torn off ; she has since repaired. RANGOON, April s.—The Elizabeth and Johanna, from Hartlepool, which arrived here on the 6th March, had been on shore on the Chinna Bucker on her outward pas sage. - 2he is loading for England, and is, therefore, sup posed not to have suffered to any extent. HELSINGBORG, May 21.—The Mothers, of Kirkwall, from Liverpool to Pillau, was stranded at Hogunas, last night; part of cargo discharged. CORUNNA, May 24.—The Leontine Emma, from Liver pool, arrived here on the 20th inst., with deck load thrown overboard, having been on her beam ends in a gale at the entrance of the Bristol Channel. SINGAPORE, April s.—The French ship•of-war Constan tine grounded on the north bank of the Yang-tse-Kiang, previous to 15th March, but was assisted off by the For mosa (s.); damage not reported. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind, N.E. Arrived—Willy, from Stettin ; Caroline, Neustadt ; Taurus, Alexandria; Shamrock, Havre ; Pelican, Rot terdam. Sailed—Svende Lods Kende, for Svendborg ; Ark, Rot terdam ; Emerald, Gibraltar ; Jane Parker, Castine ; Volant, Trieste ; Harmonie, Galatz ; Exchange, Frederica; Hermonder, Drontherm ; Orient, New York. QUEENSTOWN, May 28. Wind, S.E. Arrived—Union, from Port Rico ; Grape, Seville. Sailed—Hope, for Quebec. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday 9.50 a.m. Wind, N.E. ; tide, one and a half hour's flood; raining. Arrived —3oth. —Aurora ; Hedvig, from Sarpeborg; Juno Lisbon. Sailed-31st.—Egmont, for Aucklaud ; Granite City, Sydney. _ DEAL, Thursday. 9.15 a.m. Wind—N.E. ; a moderate gale, With very heavy rain. Anchored in Dover Roads—John Bright, from Colombo, for London. The Grand Council of Ticino, in its sitting of the 22d, passed a bill concentrating all authority over ecclesiasti cal matters to the hands of the State, without any inter vention on the part of the ecclesiastical pow€r. The Archbishop of Milan and Bishop of Como had previously protested against the bill. THE SUNDAY TRADING BILL.--Laat night a public meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Clement Danes was held in the Vestry-hall, Pickett -street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the bill now before Parliament for the suppression of Sunday trad ing, and resolutions in favour of the bill were agreed to. DUBLIN, May 30.—Colonel Hart, of the depot bat talion at Templernore, attended a few days since at Maryborough, for the purpose of receiving volunteers for• the line from the Queens County Rifles. Upwards of 80 volunteers joined with the utmost alacrity, and he might have obtained more it he had been autiiorised to receive them. NEW Gus CARRIAGE.—Letters from Munich of the 24th give an account of the experiments lately made at Munich, in the presence of the King and the whole of his staff, on a new gun carriage, invented by Duke William of Wurtemberg, which' were considered per fectly satisfactory. Although the carriage is constructed entirely of forged iron, it weighs two cwt. less than the common 6-pounder gun carriage, and therefore requires less manual labour to detach it from the tumbril, and can be placed i n position with great er celerity. But the chief fe a t ure o f th e i nven tion is, th at the gun is placed lower rIY thani beneath th e ax l e , by which mean s th e chances of up setting the gun from the inequaliti es of the field are n reduces, asthe placed much the ge ce ne ntr arri o of gravityageehtpr iseent used in the artillery. The last experiments are to be made in the presence of Prince Luitpold, the head of the Bavarian artillery, on his return from Italy in a few days, and the invention will then be introduced generally, Closing Pricos ester Jay. 7 - 99 100 - 102 fil —7 L'i.e. elm • . [O7 - 109 I§i - 13 23 - 24 lli - 11,i 2i - 2i SG gP 57 --• 59 lo '—`• ••• ,• ...... • • • . .."'. ••• ik -1 - 133 - 9 - 2i I 32 - 33 91 - 93 In.ress this day. MANCHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) LATEST BETING. Close of Rooms, 1.0 TRADESMEN'S CUP. 12 to 10 agst Neville (taken freely 4to 1 agst Saucebox (taken) 8 to 1 bar two. Neville had previously been backed at evens for 400, or 5001. Vandal hag gone to Ascot. BAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. EAST KENT.—EXTENSION FROM CANTER. BURY TO DOVER. A numerous and influential meeting of the inhabitant 3 of Dover, convened upon a requisition to the mayor, Was held yesterday, at the Maison Dieu, for the purpose of hearing the explanation of a deputation from the board of directors of the East Kent Railway Company, as to the merits of the propose4l extension of their line from Canterbury to Dover, so as to giv'e another and a direct through communication between London and Dover, v 1 the North Kent line. The mayor, Mr. W. _ll. Pays, presided, and amongst those present were Lord Sondes and Mr. Sadleir, M.P., the chairman and deputy chairman of the company; Mr. Tootal, Mr. T. R. Crompton, Mr. C. M. Lushington, M.P., Colonel Raines, Sir, John Tylden, Mr. Walter, Mr. Cobb, Mr. Lake, directors of the company ; Mr. C. Fresbfield, the company's solicitor ; Mr. Cubitt and Mr. Turner, the engineers ; Mr. Efolroyd, the secretary ; Sir Brook Bridges, Bart., Mr. Ri ce , M .P., Admiral D'Aeth, and a large number of the resident gentry of the district. About 400 persons were present. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the day, said that the meeting, which he was glad to see so nu merously attended, was, he was sure they would all ad mit, one of the utmost importance to the town and port of Dover. '(Hear, and cheers.) They had on three or i four occasions been called together for the purpos e of promoting to them the all-important object of a continu ous and direct line from Dover to London, and he trusted this would be the last time, and that the present project je I would, a s h e b e li eved it would, be successful. (Hear. I) The detail s o f th e measure would be laid before them by those who had the chief direction of it—viz , the direc t tors of the East Kent Railway Company; and he had I not the slightest doubt that the call they were about to make on the inhabitants of Dover for assistance to carry out a work, not only of great public, but na tional energy and cordiality that it was possible to afford. (Cheers.) Amongst several gentlemen of influence whose presence they had hoped to have he might mention that Sir E. Dering, Sir N. Knatchbull, Mr. Deedes, and Mr. Oxenden were unavoidably prevented attending, and had written letters expressing their re gret at their inability to take part in the proceedings. Lord SONDES, the chairman of the East Kent Rail way Company, said that he and his brother directors had great pleasure in attending on the present occasion, in order to afford any information that might be required in reference to the proposed measure. The bill had been introduced into Parliament this Session by the East Kent Company after great and careful considera tion, and he was happy to say with every prospect of success. The difficulties that presented themselves were many, but the earliest possible passing of the bill through Parliament was considered so exceedingly important that application had been made for a suspen sion of the standing orders, in order that the act night be obtained this session ; and the case wqs so strong, in a national point of view, that the request was complied with. He had received a letter from Sir Charles Fox, who was obliged to attend a meeting in the north of England ; and as that letter very ably set forth the real merits of the line, and the circumstances under which the bill had been introduced, he had great pleasure in calling upon the secretary of the company to read . it. Mr. HOLROYD, the secretary, then read the letter, which was as follows : grounds, he would respectfully appeal, both individually and eollectivel, directly and indirectly to them, to con tribute, as far as they conveniently could, a portion of the capitral necessary for this great work. (Cheers.) It was rather the number than .the amount of their sub scriptions that would give encouragement to those dis tant partics who were not unwilling to embark largelyin the undertaking. He be!ieved that the gentlemen asso ciated together at the East Kent board could not afford to compromise their characters and position 5n the county by being parties to an undertaking which would ulti mately reduce itself to a despicable abortion ; therefore, the meeting might depend that whilst the directors were very careful in making prornisrs there exertions would far exceed their pledges. (Cheers.) With respect to the probable return of the outlay on the construction of the works, it was impossible for any person who looked at the earnings of the North Kent line from London to Strood not to come to the conclusion that ihe extension from Strood to Dover must yield the shareholders 10 per cent, per asnutn. Sir Charles Fox bad placed it at 8 per cent. ; but Sir Charles had not taken into consi deration that the directors might, by judicious applica tion of the powers of raising a portion of the capital by a guaranteed stock, increase the di v id en d s to the origi nal shareholders. (Loud cheers.) Mr. E. R. RICE, M.P., maved the first reso l ution, to the following effect :—`• That in the opini on o f this meet ing the just interests of the town and po r t of Dover and the adjacent country urge n tly d eman d th e extension of the East Kent R a ilway f r om the c ity o f C anter b ury to that town, inasmuch a s such line of rail way w i th its branches will no t on ly su pply th e means o f communica tion, of whi c h th e i n h a bi tan t s h ave b een d epr i ved, but will restore to its natural and direct course the conti nental and commercial traffic which has been so long diverted into the circuitous and indirect line of the South- Eastern Railway CoMpa,ny by Reigate, Ashford, and Folkestone." He had always said that the construction of on a railway f rom Canterbury to Dover was only a ques. tlfo ti of time. Th e pro j ect had his hearty support, and he ugh t that the present meeting, the largest he had seen on the subject, was a proof of the increasing interest which the inh abitants of D over t oo k i n promoting direct railway co mmunication with London. (Cheers.) Mr. S. F rNN - rs ably was carried unanimously. supported the resolution, which Sir J. TYLDEN moved th e next resolution, viz.:— "That th e Proposed extension line will offer a secure and direct railway communication, connecting garrisons, and arsenals in th e county of Kent withru fo e re n , ts en in ti t t h le e d other, and d ira wi l t t h y harbour of D over and the principal forts k t i o ng p d u o b m lic ao su el p t p h o e r m t eatsroa po o t h i j e , r , l a i k n e j e i s s t , a t b h l e i s r h e national undertaking. That the commissioners of rail ways, to whom the subject was specially referred by the House of Lords, on th e motion of the late Duke ofYel lington, in the year 1847, held such an object to be of ' the greatest importance,' and they accordingly recommended that another li ne o f railway should t)-e constructed, ' without being dependent on the pre sent exposed portion of railway between Folkestone and Dover,' which to the late noble lord warden and other scientific men ever presented a cog en t reason for advocati ng a direct inland railway." He must, h e said, congratulate tt meeting on the fair prospect which they now had of a reonration of those advantages_ direct communication with London —which they had until a recent p 'Hod enjoyed since the time of the Romans. He gave that prospect his cordial support.. Admiral D'AETET seconded the resolution, which was also carried unanimously. Sir B. BIM G:s moved the next resolution :—" That this meeting, remembering that the numerous efforts which have been made by landowners and others, sup ported by the inhabitants of this town, for securing the completion of a direct line of railway between the metro polis and Dover, through 'Canterbury, have been in variably frustrated by the South-Eastern Railway Com pany, although that c unpany have given solemn pledges to Parliament for the construction of a .similar line, view with Satisfaction and confidence the present ap plication to Parliamerit by the East Kent Railway Com pany for the extension of their line to Dover." He said he supported the resolution with the greatest pleasure, because he was satisfied that the requirements of the district and the interests of the country demanded the construction of a•direct line of railway communication between London and Dover. The Rev. S. ROBINS seconded the resolution, which was also carried unanimously. Mr. T. B. BASS moved —" That . considering the auspices under which the bill for the proposed extension has been now introduced into Parliament, there is in the opinion of this meeting every prospect of the sanction of the Legislature being given to it during the present ses sion, if cordially supported by the inhabitants of this town and district. That this meeting, therefore, pledges itself to afford to the undertalcing'all the sup port in its power, expressing an earnest hope that it may be completed with all possible expedition, and rendering its thanks to the East Kent Company for promoting so desirable and import cut a measure." The motion having been seconded, was carried nent. con. Mr. J. KNOCKER proposed, and Mr. D.' ASTLEY se conded, a resolution for the appointment of a committee fur the purpose of giving effect to the last resolution by co-operating with the directors of the Easi Kent Rail way C nipany, and rendering them every possible assist ance they may require from the town of Dover and its vicinity, with power to add to their number, &c. Lord SbNDES then move 3, and Mr. J. SADLEIR, M.P., seconded, the thanks of the meeting to the mayor for convening the common hall, and for presiding over its deliberations. The resolution was carried by acclamation, and, the Mayor having returned thanks, the meeting broke up. The letter of Sir Charles Fox, given above, was exceed ingly well received, and reversl portions loudly cheered. It was thought that Sir; Charles, with his characteristic caution, had understated the prospfctive dividends of the company, and that the calculation s , upon the esti mated cost, show a net balance of more than 10 per cent.—calculations based upon the well-ascertained re sults of the working of the North Kent line—viz., an increase of traffic from 3,7481. per mile per annum for the first half-year after the opening of the railway to .5,813/. per mile per annum for the past half-year. KERTCH AND YENIKALE. (From Galignani's Messenger.) What is called the Sea of Azoff is in reality no thing more than a vast pond or golf, noted for its shal lowness, and united to the Black &a, by the Strait of Yenikale. The Sea of Azoff is inaccessible to what would be properly called vessels of . war ; it is defended on the south by Kertch and Yenikale, and on the north by Taganrog and Azoff. It will be now no longer traversed, as it has hitherto been, by a multitude of small vessels, conveying troops and provisions for Sebastopol, for it is without doubt part of the plan of the allied commanders to send in a number of their own vessels and maintain the command Of;the whole sea. Kertch is a small town, the chi:f place of the peninsula of that name. It is re. markable for its commanding position on the Strait of Yenikale. Its roadstead is fine, and it is celebrated for its fine museum of antiquitieQ, medals, sculpture, &e., found in the neighbourhood. There are several construc tions of enormous size near it, which are known by the name of the Hou=es of the Cyclops. Yenikale is a small town, but important on account of its citadel, which com mands the Strait, and which has always been highly con sidered by the Russians as a fortress. The distance from Yenikale to Kertch is about nine miles, across a verdant plain. Kertch is completely built of stone, and the houses are handsome. It contains a population of about 10,000 souls. It was a place of only sight importance when it was ceded by the Porte to Russia in 1774, but it soon after partly recovered its original splendour, to th 3 detriment of Theodosia, the ancient Kaffa. All the commerce carried on at Theodosia was removed by the Russiati Government to Kertch, where all vessels boand to the Sea of Azoff were compelled to undergo a quaran tine of four days. The larger vessels had their cargoes brought to them in lighter 3 from Taganrog or from Roe tof, but those of lighter draualit of water crossed the bar and loaded at Taganrog. On their return th k ey e T n er o e obliged to transfer half their cargoes at Yenikale 1 t o li v g e h r te t r h s, e the commerce of Kertch and of the Sea of Azoff Tassels increased, and in 1851 not fewer than 1, 000 and sha shallows. w re s s . hip N i o t t a vo t itt e t r a t n e d b in a g fter these hav difficulties, -arap passed__ y entered the Sea of Azoff. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—At the present moment, when everything connedted with Kertch becomes interesting, many of your readers may be gratified by having their attention directed to a few antiquities portion of a wooden brought from the ruins of theiccaiityk specimens,n own t o the ancients as Panticapmum. according to Strabo the capi tal of the di,trict of the European Bosphorus, and now the site of the modern Kertch. These curious relics are exhibited in the British Museum in the same room of all others which most o i a n r s a i s e t t s e r of a a n d , singularly with the Assyrian t,nd Egyptian pottery, and several cases of miscellaneous archoolog The most theccio on e of all the Correspondinr , fragments I have ha d enough ' opp er t e . n m i t o ; moulding s e t s i ofm satisfactorily exhibits the old practice painting classical ornaments o f an of gilding and. The leaves which form th e ornamarchitect nra l nature. e en tirely covered with thi c k g,,ld leaf, upon nt are stilt a l most a vermillion grou n d, the that of and a re re li eved and obscured by di r t , is which, w h ere no covered o covered laid on more th an a as brilliant as if i t had not been month ar -, o The largest specim en con is - . in wood, o f an c,ant d -ts of th e l eg o f a cha i r, also e'il design, and spiritedly carved. It is rem ar k a bl y w similar remains of preserved, considering that most appeared from th fancient woodwork have long ago dis appeared classical furniture ace of the earth, leaving our notions tations in paint' ure to be mainly bw3ed upon represen tations addition paintings and bas-reliefs. to the , the living, there above, which have appertained to 1 t _,_ _ n uto are several relics which have been k fibula, from the resting-places of the dead. A golden a neck string of glass heads, a wooden comb, and portions of a garment, which have been but partially carbonised when the body of the occupant of the tomb was burnt upon its funereal pyre, are so many records of the nationality and habits of those who may have fought and bled to win from the successors of the Mile sians the very sail which British valour has now 60 aus piciously secured. Who can tell -whether, after the lapse of as many con fillies as have passed away since the cohorts of victorious Rome kid their st rong hand upon Panticap some enthusiastic antiquary may not gather up f rom the grave of some hastily buried English soldier analogous evidences of enterprise and daring ? M. D/GBY Wy.m. 54, Guildford-street, Ruuell-square, bitty 30. ~ A ~ 'Aa fi3l' e pt ; ola• 1 0 : 0 1- tq !if r ya ti° citl too co ° .113 78 9 9 82: 1031 27 6i 7G 13 52i 2 12i i 13} 61 3 131 i 2 3k 21} 21 I St 3... i 26 12 1 1 30 20 1 1 to 5 St. 25 10 10 50 5 20 20 20 10 THE SUN, LONDON s THURSDAY EVEN - 94 99 al 14/ k 231 i i li /3 2i i 35 41 1131 3 i d 2O 142 k 2 11 Ni G, MAY 3l 1855