The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-15 00:00:00

at 1 are or. C°II.IIfERCLAL INT ELLIOEKCE. Cy n• I Cos. ' ago 10 . 4 11 P r ad. 0f._, 1 ". sT. - 0 sir I 9 ling e ft, ort 00' re% RK . mA CITY, TW O o'CLOCK market at Liverpool yesterday was Oet) bales alte ra ti on . Th e sa l es amoun t e d t o 'A( I es (of which 1,000 were for export, and V B Peculation) including 300 Pernam and Ilt t0 1 41 ) at bid. to 61d . ; 500 E gypt i an, a t / i r id); 800 S ura t, a t 3d. t o 4gd. ; an d 80 itt el 44(18 at Is. to 2s. 6d. per lb. Railway , 110 0 active, and improved to per cent. p. p l3 : l ‘.get with which we are to be presented , 6 144, te r is much spoken of, and the f o ll ow i ng ' 41)1 1:1 the Bankers Circular deserve atten- Zcisider that the customary plan of leaving the -, 4 . 'euient to be made by the Chancellor of the without any regard to time or its provisions, S,Zpreceded by a periodical report, detailing ali 1 Movements o f th e G overnmen t d ur i ng th e *44 64 ; which should be publicly printed, bearing ure Of the Finance Minister. In the same, or a (:tureent might be given the financial changes O N , Preserve th e p u bli c cre dit, or t o mee t th e de klit a State in the ensuing year. The advantages • 1 14 such a cou r s e w ou ld b e ver y grea t t o th e ‘ipt es ulmunity ' who, under the present system, to 14 a st a t e of suspense as to what new schemes tok4 r s,Posed, or what changes are to be made. If 12 „: 5 e . compelled, at any time, to meet an extra . he its resources, it would be far better that it 4 14t otA i r c ,!swn at once than concealed under the material routine. kighi t lu this respect, sets us an example that With advantage imitate, by the perio a report on the state of her finances, 0;5:11.3,1°1,33f of the budget periodically laid before , 113 eat. Whereas we are kept in a state of I liie," ll4 Suspense for months, not knowing what e l may be introduced through the financial 4110 new Chancellor of the Exchequer, who, is, roa Y be completely ignorant of the 'duties 41 :Zu e P o ( ra na him. If the plan we propose were nencement of every session, there oil e thing tangible for the country to deal with, th 'St mysterious custom, which at present 10141 0. 5 financial p os iti on o f th e G overnmen t f rom h e .„ There m a y be p e riods wh e n Ministers th._."uowed a cer t a i n d egree o f di scre ti on i n 1 0; 1 7e of their power ; but the financei i l 9 lik e this ought to be placed before 1 4 48 early as possible in the year, in a Lk,t,„Z r uPrehensive form. Here would be at "s o als for a debate, which would give 1 1 , a 44 opportunity of preparicg for the as every point of importance, instead of hay . a speech of five hours duration, from the Ilrith Apo p res id es over t hi s d epar t ment , utipre itil i 4, repl :Puseible y. to examine our system of finance big to th e conc l us i on th a t th e Mi n i s t er w h o 104 ° Perations is encumbered with duties that it e t a no connection with his office. These re 4Ppi.lied to no particular individual; . but to a ,offuss gradually been introduced into t . he etsiment of this country, and . by which kin genius are sacrificed to political intrigue." 1 , 11 ! 8 : 11 Funds have been extremely quiet, t ilvi i : 4 raler tone, under the impression that Russia, as a matter of policy, are really I N, 8 openin g o f the conferences at Vienna L lit h ,_ ll °W a field for expectation, and we may i ".ny ‘otN, !ague reports. The news that the 4 04 4 topol was in flames has attracted some N D C onsols have bee* 93 to 93i for trans.- to gL Stock account, being now 934 4. ck has been firm at 227. Exchequer t, l 1 1 6.. '0 quoted Gs. to 95., and India Bonds F' premium. p , ,1 1 44 4 .. Steck Market is rather livelier, in Au t/ f the settlement of the half-monthly k rican Bonds have been steady at 20i, 11 8617 et O. Sardinian Stock has been 41 ) 4 th' e uel o„, g firm. Spanish Threes have been Referred 18i, which are barely pre alt' )ugh the financial plans of M. preliminarily adopted by the majority. Turkish Bonds have . French Scrip has been at 51 'utch 2} per Cents. have , been 'e the nominal prices of foreign Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi 'eruvian, '7O to 71 ; ditto Three •1 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; 'erred, 18i to 18g ; ditto Three 37 ; ditto Certificates, 4i to 5 ; 4i. railway receipts ascertained up 'mind figures as under 1855. 1854. £21,762 £19,832 53,641 48,177 11,335 14,680 25 St, 20 St , 9,667 11,461 24.510 25,172 13,153 13,614 9,858 9,727 19,502 18,030 kid Yorkshire Nt et 18.376 18,33 E! 27,145 27,076 'l , t4 i l ‘ /i?4 3r Share Market has been rather ' 1 4 ( 1. Is being the day for delivering shares 11 (4 ° 11 9 the account. The movement in p uniform, but generally it is of no mag kia°4l‘eign shares have been more animated. Fr Itotterdam are in more request. The e t i c) z leb, and English hues are mostly at o rates a . re quiet, and also the Banks. 'B4 44 tous have been dull. 114138 THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. Yet, ( Pram the °films/ li.t. ' 4 tN» Realness , I „,', ll . t ' o ls Annuities 93 iiii 01 0 ,, ,Anuities t e k ,'''zPire sth Jan., 1800 .., h,,,,'‘ ' 6 , Expire sth Jan.,1860... 4 'll . ' • . 227 ~1416:,.., ............................ 11 ‘ i,. t ter " 'l4 tlooo ll 14 e. 4 O‘R 11lt, April 9 31 i i 2id. ~„ ............... -, ........... 69 ................................ 6 9 o••• .............................. 6 9 P+s llo4l l ' FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. t z ,lier e +4 s lt per Cent lOll t let l'e 201 ,la want ~ . .,,t0,„,. 4 6 per Cent. • , k n 8, 3 per Cent Con. 1811 . A 4 0, , ~,,, 44 er due Coupons 39, 'Y t 4 /1 14 ; 5 Por Cent.. ...... .... . t tl l t' Per Cent B6. ) Acco unt it,, • 1 4 , count 37 ' V , t lle ' er red, 3 per Cent .... 184 \ @, (4 „ 4 li t tecount .. ‘ t 41. , ;1 5. .rirtll. L. of Coup. nob fum •M i p B s l lt e N t k ecoli c n e t nt l ' i lk, ti , eB on ths. above payable in LonOnii. kk p ' *Per Cent. — 1 t5 ... ;; 54 G p 'it C' 4 4 per Cent. 12 Guil 62 % e ttt• Curtifieates .... i l kle . THREE O'CLOCK. 1,,,•: ................................... 934- 1 t) 4 P r il Ace ,,,, nt 4%, 8 v '' ; 1 :1, ) ~l iIPPING—(THIS DAY.) F ,' :S k kr att c h 15.—Wind and weather this day at el liti, 'easterly breeze, and cloudy weather. ~,N,.1 / 1 0, March 14.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Her H t , iqt, f ro a jeatic, from Sheerness ; Bull-dog, Dragon, ciikthr., 3 , l4 Devonport. Sailed—Victor Emanuel ,‘ 'B, it !..'eanzier), for Marseilles. . fr o Zarch 14.—Wind, S. Arrived—Wilhel ' i a . 't Manilla ; Cuba, Paraiba ; Sarah, Buenos Y qi i ktch i ! t s l iti, tl'a 1 4 . —Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Ross, 1, Eli . 4;'' 13 . Sailed—Emily, for Barbadoes. +,',' ' 4 , f -t en 14.—Wind, W. Arrived—Johanne, 4 514 ° r St. Thomas; Keepsake, Workington, t hol , 'larch 13.—Arrived----Amy, from Africa, ' ‘''ith damage. (I't ti kLECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. , F 4 littiek is Aardt from Calcutta ; Bluo Jay, St. ro h 13 4 , i-- Lee St. Michael's. I. o\ ; 4 -ell Ba fr r Savannah ; Lalla Rookh, from )411 ,1 1 ' a . n for New Orleans ; Puffin, Africa ; QUEENSTOWN, March 13. h er, eat 11_, tainrom Car ena : tt V n, for the Cr s imea. ktl l , l , INE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) t . ,I GR I AVE I E I IEND ; Thursday, oi. u,a t l i o te .l r, 10.12 ITi e t4;11't411;(':1' 11-s°2— g ' .z.lbe u t t h, from Guernsey ; q; A L t -141)ton Ne ' w. York • Sea Quoin), ; eaPo ' Coast Castle • Diamond, St. Do- Vti-"IPs • ' E l of . on, Savannah , Earl Auckland 4 4 ~ Itb erfo tee (a.), for Antwerp. DEAL, Thursday, 9.52 a.m. ",,eal l i i ,_ l , 4t and fine. NA TI, f rom Callao, for Leith ; Ann f T , r ho_m ou p : L o ° don ; Alb a t ross , Calcutta, L f rom'4,' N err York, for London ; HorMajesty s ,as river, westward. men, for Surinam; and (tenet, far 50 20 St. St. 4i 2e St. tO 20 10 10 74. 40 ~)ut• 20 5() LO 20 50 20 25 P 07 111 kth, wiP° r6 : by Pe been risiero-‘ 10 lar ge , lesrs• • L ap . 114 to tb:' 7keh,,(184. eo • Di bo o g are °i ° G ren ada ce igsti a* ; p , u 0 to 5] a pd Bey'kr kt -and-a-1 uasiall ,006 boycott ew Defe is. 1 /.1 . k k ! 3 6i to .der;. k. l . ve, 4to °le w , re. • - 04 are in , • gh 1 ,1 30 0/ r( ;0, ! no . Pter 4 0110.4 wee terti ....... at 0... co a .. „, ..... . .. o b - ool ° dir ..... ' p 30 000 ......... jafle ern ........ It. ..... SHARE MARKE I'S. (Titld DAY.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this Lay . Butner, dour this day. RAILWAY.. Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perthdabv, deen Junction Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties eastern Union, Stock Us., B. Stock Do., New A : , ,ast Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgor, Edbab. and Peebles. Edin.Prtta & Dun& e ' "ortb & Clyde Jun Furness all all 100 100 100 f)o. Extension Glasgow&S. Western Great Northern 'Do., A. Stock.., Do., B. Stock_ Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. Great Western 1)o. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk !Irish South-Easter, i,aneaster & Carlis'• Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYork s Do., Fifths %.' Mat. Riding Um ftiv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blaekwal '.ond. Bright & S.Cst uond. and N. West], 00. Fifths )0.10/.Sh.,M&B [►o. Eighths ondoliandS. West. Do., £5.1 Do.; £4O Lndmirry& Col erai n . Ludndrry. & Ennisk 4aneli.Blief & Lincl• Do. i She No. .1 ,„., Mau. & Lin. Un. Midland Birmng. & Derby Midld. G. West. ) Half Shares Nisweastle & Carlisle gewnikt.Bury Eaten. Nwpt.Aberg. & Newry & Enniskiiler Niewry Warreupoini and hostrevor... lorfolk Yorthn.Connties Un 'forth British.., North Devon, No. )0., No. 2 , 0., A Deferred . Do., B Guarant,cd N. Eastern—Berwie ►o. do. Extension , Do. Leeds Do. York north London Do. New £lO.. `l.&S.Wstrn.,llamp• stead, and City Jn.. north Stafrordshir,. north Western . ...... 1. & S. Westrn. Jun( inneaton, Hinckley and Leicester....... . ►xford, Woreestord. - Wolverhampton ... 'ortsmouth :sottish Central Scottish Midland sitrowsby. di Hera , 4tiropshire Union .. 4ontli Devon ;oath Eastern 4outh Wales 4. Yrksh. & Riv. Du] 4ainos, Wok. &Wo -. i. itockton Dar. Itc•skten di Hartlei). Cafr Valo )o. £lO F.haros )o. Pref., No. 1 i'llaines 'lava) Doe . and Railway Vale .... Vaterf 1. & Kilkeno • izaterford&Limer, West C0rnwa11...... , Vat End of Londe] and Crystal Palace. . _ :Vest Loudon. Winibledn&CroydoL Aberdeen , Ambg. Nottng. 80. and Eastn. Junct. Belfast & Ballymena Birming. Wolverh z Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cow Do., £20.. . Rlyth & Tyn a origina £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Carmarthen and Car digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pas= Cornwall 20j 21 4i - - 13 - 12! 16 - 17 - 39 - 64 - 64:3 ii 7 fa 31 - 21 51 - 14 - 15 114 - 28 - 20 - 22 72 73 56 58 2d par 20 21 ... - .70 - 72 87i - 70 - T 2 23 -- 21 91 93 65 65i 59 - 61 70 - 73 Si - Si :511i • 5A p 64: , .. - ... 7e 84 9 7 ga —lO - id , 1 - 844 - 854 8 64 74 , 74 o• .... ... 24 24, 7i - 89& - 70 40 - 42 o• .• ... .. - 24 48 -' BO Sf 3 29 ... 80 9 5 7 72i 73 7 61 44 124 121 491 —50 i 49 - 50 d par 4 4 __ 4 6i 1 d j ar 29 - 11 101 - 103 64 - 66 45 - 47 121 13 604 61 28 - 29 4 - 2 2 - - 38 4 - - 4i 6 166 3i - 46 22- 4 56 - - 7 FOREIGN. A ntworpeeltotterdam Belgian East'. Junk Roziers to Graissekcsa Bombay , Baroda, Cuutral of Italy Domerara Dijon and Ro,ancon. hutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. Ne w East Indian Do, Ey',ension Do. 4. p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of Canad_iA is Do. St. Lawrence Si Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franc: Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent Great Luxembour4 Constituted Shan* , Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Shares Do. Ms., 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 Conet. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons di Mediterran Madras ,Do. Now Waria Antonia Do. do. Now . Namur dt Liege (witl Interest) Do. (ox intoroot) Northern of France D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3R p. c. & red. at 22i1. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds.' (fmy. B. & Ams.Shs. NorwegianTrunkPrel Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ' I Paris and Orloans.. „ Paris and Rotten... I ;'•trisCaen Chcrbriz. - onen and Havre ! - .oyal Danish Royal Swedish -;atrabre and Mouse Do. 5i p. cent. Pref southern of France At. Andrew's and Quebec (A) \Vest Flanders 'Do 5 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland iViesbadon Zealand OINT-S 1 ustrdi.ems British Colonial Bank and Loan Company Brithai N. A mori Chart', Bank of Asia' Chrtd. lick. of India,' Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lona Eng,lish Scottish and Australian Lona. Chart. Bk. oi Austral;.^ Ditto New. London aLI County.: London Joint Stock... & WeFtniinstA l National of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales 1 Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New I Royal Australn.l3kg. & (iold Imp Co .Month Australia Ilion of Australia o. New Union of London , : 8 - SI I - 11 3i - 3 par i p ••• Ti 2 - lA 3 5 31 2/ - 2p - i -- " 9i 8i 47 491 87 89 11 2 iP par ip 3 2i 3 17 18 96 98 95 97 101 103 92 94 19 - 98 -- 100 - - 21;) d —1 liPp - 71 ---- 12} 12i gi 21i - 22 pi 47 49 39 41 - pw 21i 22. Id - par 2 8 ••• - ••• ... -pm 3i - 4 ai 76 18 - IE~ BANKS 82 - 84 id d 2O `2li d it) U -- 39 - 41 38 -- 40 64 - 66 7 -- 9 Gli i i 881 71 8 x d 1241 10 754 i i xd 971 84 8 100 i 85 41 5 691 i i 5 29i i } k pm 164 49 84 88i 12 51 102 1* 40i 1 1 THE SITN, LONDON, TifilnenAT Evnittri LINES 4.SED •T prxiD RENTALS. ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- Nhr Paid. Itmywjai, Leasing Aosins Prices dimness • Compans. this day this day. •••••••••••••••.. ••••• ..111.11.1...••••••••• 50 all Bedford and London & Blotchley N. West. ... St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N. 5 97 St. 100 ClydesdaleJc. Caledon... 1 -7 99 25 24 Col. Stour Vy. E. Un. & , Sud. and Hal. E. 0.-- St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 134 136 St. all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct St. all Do. New Do 25 all °intr.& Dn.Fr Gt. Wesa 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. New. Railway__ & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &NM 104 106 25 all Do. Shares. Do. 121. all Do. d Shares. Do — 12i all Lon.&Greenw S. Easter] 12f 134 13 20 all Do.Preferenc• Do 23 —24 10 all Lon., Til., &S Pato & Co. 10 114 11 10i St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — St. tito Do. 6 per et. 51 all Wanch. Bxtn L.&N.W and Matlocl & Midld. 2 - 50 all Widdlesbro' & Stckton Redear Darlingt . ...— O( all Widld.Bradfd Midland.. 90 92 50 all Northern an Easternsp.e E. Count. 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do •• ••• si.` all Do. Fixedsp •Do •• ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyr. L. &N. W Sain&Yk 121 all Do. 1 Sharps. Do — St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. GtNortht 130 133 ?5 18$ S'hef.P.oth an, Lancash& Gool eg. 5 p.c. • Yorksh. 12 94 S. Staflordsh. )I.MClean 24 —2 d 'A) all Wear Valleygi Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt 15 all Do Do 3l 32 32 it 4.. 100 wiltsArgomrst ' - 'ltWestn 9O . 92 MITTEE -- (THIS DAY.) The inquiry was resume' this morning at the usual hour. The public were as usual numerous ; but a great and much needed improvement has been made in their ad mission ; the doors being thrown open some time pre viously to the hour. Much inconvenience has been thereby remedied, and the fearful crush into the room at the last moment avoided. The -confusion occasioned by the former practice of not throwing open the doors until the proceedings were about to commence rendered it very difficult for the members of the press to catch what was said for several minutes. The Earl of Lucan was the first witness called, and was examined by the Chairman. He stated that he commanded the cavalry division, and arrived at Scutari in May last. There was great facility for landing horses at Kululee, so that no prepar.ttion in particular for their disembarkation was needed. The horses were supplied with plenty of forage, except hay, whilst there. The Commissary was frequently changed. The Commissaries were very inexperienced, and two of them were young gentlemen from the Treasury. The Chairman—When did you start from Varna ! Lord Lucan—The cavalry were only partially em barked at Kululee—those which were not were kept on board, and the others were re-embarked. He arrived at Varna in June. A t Varna there was always great diffi culty in getting their forage supply. They were en camped about two miles from the town. He thought his men had frtsh meat the whole time. The men suffered from cholera to a fearful ex tent. On the 22d of July they changed their position, and moved three miles further up the country, where the cholera became very virulent indeed. To all appearance it ought to have been the healthiest spot in the country. The 4th Dragoons lost ten per cent. of their men. The Chairman—When did you embark for the Crimea? Lord Lucan—The embarkation of the Light Brigade commenced on the 31st for the:Crimea. About the 18th he had written to Lord Raglan, asking him to send home for reinforcements, as he had lost at that time nearly 150 men. In reply, Lord Raglan informed him that he would apply for the men, but not for the horses. The troops disembarked at Old Fort on the 16th September. The weather had changed very much about this time, and a heavy surf was break ing on the shore, and it became a question whether the cavalry could land there admirably—and he received orders to proceed to Eupatoria to land. In an hour after this determination was come to, the we...ther calmed and the disembarkation was commenced. There were, however, several casualties in consequence of the boats being very unfitted for the operation. Chairman—When you arrived at Balaklava where did you take up your first encampment ? Lord Litcan—We took np our position in front of the town. Chairman—What was the strength of your division then Lord Lucan—About 1,100 horses. During the passage fearful sickness broke out amongst the men, and he could nut state the number of dismounted horses on his arrival. Under his immediate command 4 regi ments ; and at the battle of the Alma he had something under 600 sabres and lances. Lost no men in that engage ment. Though there wereplenty of forage stores he could never get a supply of more than was necessary for one day —so that they lived from hand to mouth. There was not. sufficient barley on shore, and he did not recollect one occasion when any hay was served until very late in October. He had frequently to send his own dragoons to the ships to fetch barley—because the Commissary did not send it up. The horses deteriorated in condi tion from the time they:left Constantinople until within a month of his leaving. He had great difficulty in keep ing the horses in condition at all during the heat of summer and the cold of winter, but he was quite srtisfied they suffered from want of forage. He was highly dis satisfied with his commissaries, wholwere totally incom petent to their duties. He had a letter in 'his possession addressed to the Quartermaster -General, a letter dated the 29th of September, complaining of the commissary department. That officer was the proper person to complain to, and he presumed he could lay the matter before the Commissary-General and urge him to a better performance of his duty. His lordship here read the letter referred to, in which he very strongly complained of the short supply of food and foi age to his division, and stated that he had re monstrated in vain with the Commissary-General Filder. Mr. Ellice—Had your lordship occasion to repeat those complaints I Lord Lucan—Constantly. His letter-book was full of .hem. Chairman—Was the evil remedied I Lord Lucan—Oh dear no ! He did not recollect whether he received any reply to that letter; if he did it was in his lettn-book. Indeed he scarcely ever got a reply to any of his communications. By Sir John Pakington—During all the winter months he never received any forage in advance from the ships. At the desire of the chairman the noble lord here read another letter addressed to the Quartermaster -General referring to the pressing want of rations, and especially forage. Chairman—What was the tenour of the replies you re ceived. Did they admit the justice of your complaints 7 Lord Lucan—Undoubtedly. They could not deny that ; but the inconvenience was never altered. Examination continued by the Chairman—He had had to comph,in of the supply of provisions to his own division, it was true—but as far as the army generally was concerned, no army, he believed, was ever, on the whole, better fed. That remark, however, applied to Bulgaria. The supply was not so regular in the Crimea. They had fresh meat up to the sth of November, but subsequently to that date it was nearly always salt. In the Crimea his men suffered very much in their feet for the want of boots and shoes, and their clothing got thin and scanty ; but in the middle of Dec. fresh clothing began to be served out. Amongst other articles was a jacket which was very warm and comfort able. On the ISth October he requested Lord Raglan" permission to send some of his non-commissioned officers for certain articles which the men required ; but they did not get any, in consequence of Captain Christie being unable to find them a passage until after the storm. They then proceeded and fulfilled their mis sion, but then they found that Admiral Boxer co uld not send them back, and co nsequen tly they did n ot return for a month. This occasio ne d the men much unnecessary suffering and hardship. The Chairman— Did you complain respecting this ? Lord Lucan replied that he did not, for he thought there would be no use in it. By Mr. Layard—lle had inspected the French cavalry. They had depots of forage until lately, when they bad at the end of Janua r y . Y Were short of forage to go to Kamiesh B a y for it. The Mr. Layard—Did you hear what was the reason of that Lord Lucan—They complained that it arose from the fact that the English Commissary-General did not fulil his engagement in repaying them the forage they had lent to us. When he first went to Balaklava there were stacks of hay there, which were made use of. Mr. Layard—Were nose bags, clothing, an d similar conveniences supplied to the cavalry for the use of the horses I Lord Lucan replied that in these respects the difficul ties he had to encounter were continual, as nothing of the kind could be got. A vast quantity of forage was wasted from the fact of there being no nose bags, and the horses, of course, materially suffered from the want of clothing and exposure. He did not think the cavalry ought to be dependent upon their own exertions for for age when beyond three miles of the stores. Whoa en camped on the heights from the 14th day of Novem ber, the heavy brigade drew - the whole of their forage. The horses su ffered much from that kind of work, and especially from bein g kept waitin g at at one employed at first Bala klava, in consequence of the men bein g unable to fi n d forage. The town was th ree miles and a half from their position.rnete f T hi h ngup ammunition division wereand only forage—but time every available horse wa s called into req u i s iti on t o am horses irii tion nary provisions to the front of the camp. Mr. Layard—Can you 011 the committee what was the effective strength of your division in 111011 and horses about the beginning of October. Lord Lucan—The heavy brigade had on the Bth Oc tober, 884 horses fit for duty, and 23 sick or lame. The Light Brigade Lad about 1,000 horses ; but that brigade was very sickly. Mr. Layard—Can you inform the committee what effecti7e force you had on the let January ! Lord Lucan—l had 1,153 horses, including both bri gades. He lost 1,100 horses between those periods. A number were killed in the action at Balaklava, and others he considered were sacrificed to overwork and short forage. He represented to Lord Raglan the pro priety of obtaining baggage mules from Asia Minor. In reply to Mr. Layard, his lordship said he bad ad dressed a letter to the Adjutant-General on the subject, and, at the request of the same gentleman, he proceeded to road it. In this communication the noble lora. cow- Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. o. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO 'ester & Holyhead Guar. 54 per cent.. Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Cork dr Bandons ip.c Dundee Perth &Aber• deen Junction Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 r. C. St. Eastern Union, Gar per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Dcbentr.Sh• Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p.cts East and West York shire June. Fifths Edinb Prth. &Dundut 4 per cent. Glasgow & S.Wceturn Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... Do. p. c Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Rod at 5 p. c. pm... Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prel Gt. Southn. dtWestm. (Ireland) Eighths)... Do. 4 per c. Pra. St Gt. Westn. (Becks Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... Do. con. red. 4 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh... Do. Cuester 8 p. c.P.S. Do. do. 5 p. c. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. Do. Ches. Gna, Sh.. Do, do. d 0.,. ll IDo. do. do 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O l 0 Do. 6 p. c. Stock 0 London and Brighte , l l Guaranteed 5 p. c 0 Do. Pref., sp. c, St. 0 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Lon.&N. W., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 p. et 5 London Sr S. Western Con. Thirds 1 Londonderry& Coler Shares I Londy. & Ennis. Sh I Nan., Shef., & Lin.„ New, £lO Do. a ITarypt .& Carl. 4 p c Do. V per cent 2 Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. 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Telegraph 1 1 all Do. 11, , •3istorp ,1 i )1 2 0 5 Tr , st & Loan Co. 4,1 t Upper Canada ..... - ... • 100 .28% Van Diemand a Lauo 13 —13 h - 100 \.2% 1341 dL 11 • .1 - li if N MARCH 1L US plained of the great loss of cavalry horses by being sub jected to commissariat transport duty ; and suggested that baggage-ponies might be obtained in Asia Minor at 51. per head, as a more economical as well as proper and more efficient arrangement. He concluded by ex pressing a hope that his division would be relieved from this onerous and destructive duty. Mr. Layard—Was any reply returned to that letter ? Lord Lucan—No ; none whatever. Before he left Varna the whole of the depot had been broken up, and there was not a baggage-horse to be found ; but where they were rent to ho had not the slightest idea. If any arrived in the Crimea they soon died or were stolen. He could not say whether the baggage horses and mules which did come from time to time were marked with the commissariat mark or not. Mr. Layard—Under whose supervision wa3 this por. tion of the transport train Lord Lucan—He believed they were under the di rection of a Mr. Smith, oue of the commissaries. [LEFT SITTING.) BANK OF ENG LAN 1).-( THIS DAY.) .4.--- -_ This day the half-yearly court, according to the 12th bye-law of the corporation, was held for the purpose of considering of a divider:a. The chair was taken by JOHN GELLIBRAND HUBBARD, Esq. The accounts stated that the net profits of the half-year ending the 28th of February last were 600,2221. 12s. 9d., making the amount of the rest on that day, 3,600,2541. 4e. 10d., and, that, after providing a dividend of 4 per cent., the rest would be 3,013,1341. 4s. 10d. The Court of Direction, therefore, proposed, " That a dividend of 4 per cent. be made of interest and profit for the half-year, free of income tax." This proposition having been put to the meeting, was carried unaaimously. The meeting was then informed that the dividend warrants would be delivered and paid on Saturday, the 7th of April. The other routine business having been transacted, the Court adjourned. THE LATE FIRE AND LOSS OF FOUR LIVES IN MARYLEBONE.-(THIS This morning, at ten o'clock, Mr. Wakley resumed the adjourned inquiry in the Marylebone Workhouse, touching the deaths of the four unfortunate persons who perished in the conflagration which took place on Wed nesday night, the 7th inst., under circumstances already detailed in The Sun. The jury, acting under a recom mendation from the Coroner, returned a verdict to the effect, that there was no evidence to prove how the fire originated ; at the same time adding, that there was great blame attachable to some person or persons for not giving the alarm to the unfortunate residents of the pre mises when the fire was first discovered. General de Marquenal has been appointed to the command of the Ist brigade of the Ist division of the army of reserve at eonstantineple. ACTS or PARLIAMENT.—The present session com• menced on the 12th December, and the number of public acts passed in the period is six. The screw steam-ship Indian, Captain M‘Ma,ster, sailed from the Mersey yesterday from Balaklava, with cavalry and ordnance stores. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND COMPANY.—At a meeting of this company, held yesterday, Mr. J. Chattley presiding, the report and accounts were unanimously adopted. Mrs. Morris, who, it will be recollected, was charged with an extraordinary act of forgery in Herts, was to have been tried at the assizes for that county, but the prosecutor did not appear, and his recognisance were entreated. MAILS FOR THE BRAZILS.—The steam-ship Consti tution, Captain Cobb (late of the Swordfish), will leave Liverpool for the west coast of South America on Satur day morning, at 10 o'clock. She will call at Rio Janeiro, for which port she takes a mail. Letters posted in Lon don on Friday evening, and Liverpool ou Saturday up to 8 a.m. will be in time. Notwithstanding the statement in the Moniteur, some doubts still are expressed as to the opening of the Ex. hibition. From a very good source we learn that the opening will positively take place on the Ist of May. A despatch from Behobia states that the bridge over the Bidassoa, between France and Spain, had been car ried off by the inundation of the river. Letters from the French bead-quarters, dated 27th February, state that the Russians were throwing up formidable works of defence at various points, and that they had sunk two more ships at ate entrance to the port of Sebastopol. They feared an assault, and were making every preparation to meet it. It was said that they were establishing a battery of heavy mortars at Kasnara, from which they hoped to throw shells into Balaklava. The Electoral Committee of the Society for Liberating .Religio❑ from State Patronage awl Control has at length been organised, and Smnuel Morley, Esq., has consented to be its chairman. The work of the commitce will be to prepare the way for a !arg,e accession to the senatorial strength of the society at the next general election.--Nonconformist. THE COLOSSEUM, REGENT'S PARK.—Yesterday this place of amusement was offered for sale under the ham mer by Messrs. Winstauley, at the mart, by order of the Court of Chancery, to reimburse the mortgage thereon. The building is held under the Crown for 09 year at a ground rent of 2031. per aminm. The auctioneer stated that the property, including the erection of the building, had cost the different. owners about 200,000/ , but the •nly offer wa,3 20,0001., which being below the reserved price the property was declared bought in. THE MARYLEBONE EXTRAMURAL 'CEMETERY. On Tuesday the ceremony of consecrating the Extramural Cemetery for the parish of Marylebone, situate at Finch ley, was performed by the Bishop of London, in the presence of the Hon. and Rev. J. T. Pelham, the rector, and a number of the clergy, members of the public boards, and influential ratepayers. The St. Marylebone Extramural Cemetery is situate at the East-end, in the parish of Finchley, and is in extent about 26 acres. LLOYD'S PATRIOTIO FUND.—The committee of the fund established in 1802, and known as Lloyd's Patri otic Fund, have notified that, in consequence of the sub scriptions under the Royal Patriotic Fund being limited to the relief of widows and orphans of those dying in active service during the present war, they have resolved to apply the means remaining in their hands to other classes of sufferers. They wilt therefore give gratuities to soldiers, seamen, and marines disabled from wounds, and discharged the service in consequenc, and also to such relatives (not widows or orphans) as depended for support on those killed in action. The total held by the committee is valued at about 88,0001., subject to the payment of some annuities amounting to 1,6001. per annum. They have also certain rights of nomination to the Royal Naval Asylum and Schools. According to a notice in last night's Gazette, relating to the system for granting pastoral leases in Australia, established by the order in Council of the 9th of March, 1847, the Governor of the colony of Victoria is hence forth to have the power of fixing at his discretion the money rent to be paid for such leases in that colony, or for the renewal of them. This measure is, of course, to have no effect on contracts already in existence. THE MYSTERT.—By our advices from the Cape we learn that the little lugger Mystery, of 16 tons, had made the passage from Penzance to Simon's Bay in 60 days, and had proceeded thence to Table Bay, where she took in stores and a mail, and had departed for Mel bourne. When leaving Simon's Bay she beat out without making a tack, and all the vessels in the bay dipped their ensigns in honour of the adventurous little barque. She sailed for Melbourne on the 24th of January. THE MONEY MARKET.- -It is remarked that the signs beginning to be observable of greater confidence in the money market are not likely to be counteracted by such revelations as are obtained. in connection with the various commercial failures now announced from time to time in the provinces and elsewhere. Although during the last six months uneasiness has been con stantly occasioned by isolated suspensions, which were feared as the precursors of more exten , ive mischief, it is ertisfactory to find not only that nothing has thus far warranted a belief in any really unsound state of the commerce of the country, but that out of such disasters as have occurred it is scarcely possible to pick more than two or three which can be attributed to any causes that could affect the legitimate trader. Last week a couple of cases were announced in Birmingham, where, after the system of accommodation bills had been car ried to its utmost stretch, the parties stopped respec tively for 60,0001. and 90,0001., the assets in one instance being estimated at Os. Bd., and in the other at 2s. in the pound. In London the same thing has been noticeable, and among recent stoppages has been one of a firm for 100,0001., who are shown only a few months back to have entered into enormous speculations without a shilling of capital at their command. In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday there was also a case in which liabilities on Liverpool accommodation bills were shown for 40,5001., while the direct debts were 2,200/., and the estimated assets 1,2001. The difficulties at Liverpool a few month■ back were almost all of the same character, althougk on a more distinguished scale. Looking therefore at the fact that none of these things are to be attributed to a pressure which 0.111 be supposed to have arisen either from the war or any other recent cause, since in each case the accommodation paper system was of old stand ing, aid those who have once begun that practice are doomed sooner or later, there i> nu reason to suppose that the field of fair etterprise has sustained any irreme diable datnage, but rather that there is ground for con gratulation at events having cut short the progress of those who with every day's continuance in business would merely have increased the amount for which they were filially to The _New Zufich Gazette states that the com mission formed by the committee of the people to examine as to whether a charge of high treason ought not to be brought against the principal authors of the disturbances in th e canton of Ticino has just denounced to the Council of State the names of MM. Stoppani, of Ponte Trossa, Polari, of Moriote, Airoldi, of Lugano, Franzoui, of Locaruo, and Advocate Cat -1 tango, of Fordo. '~:. ~, ~= ~. , r , 63 tri and serving the devil:' now s a rs 6 button-hole," and now agaiii%(p. 264) giving Nature and Human Nature. 2 vol s . B y th e us the "plural of moose." Turning over the author of " Sam Slick, the Clockmaker." H urs t , second volume, have we not equal cause for and Blackett. " stripping ivory" over the Yankee yarns of the The introduction to the present work is ! Slickvillenothing ocemaker . Whether by deputy or not, 01 9 less than the account of a conversation between he is (p. 169) "holding up the mirror," or (p. 206) Judge Hallib ur t on , the Squire of Halifax hand hi s "belaying the bundle of sticks," whether he is (p. old friend S am Slick, the clockmaker of Connecti- 259 ) making lunar observations, that is to say, cut. As Sam himself calls it, "a dish of chat." co mmenting on " the honeymoon," or serving up, As any less genuine Yankee might say, a regular duly spiced to the palate of his readers (p. 290), a comfoozle, one in which the principal interlocutor wonderful " dish of clams," or, finally, whether the pays out his yarny talk in sections or instalments— said reader peers with him (p. 322) into the " De though, when he comes to only the second of these, " Cucumber Lak e ." D ou b t l ess *pu t t o ti c kl e our vil's Hole," o r p a ddl es w i th hi m ( p . 347) across the he cries out encouragingly to the Squire, " Now, zest for these -descriptions, more p ro vokingly than don't go off at a half-cock, nerv ous lik e : I am no t like the black preacher that had forty-eleven divi- could well be done otherwise, Sam Slick threatens sinus !" At the outset of the fir s t o f th ese t wo us with the half declaration that th e p resen t i s pro volumes, at the beginning of the first chapter (en- bably his last appearance. We don't believe it ; titled "A. Surprise"), " Thinks I to myself," or, shall we say more candidly, we won't believe thinks the Squire, "that can be no one else than it. The assurance is too unpalatable to be sisal- Sam Slick, the clockmaker." Neither is the lowed without a wry face. Besides, we have. heard merry-eyed eaves-dropper mistaken, for no sooner the same tale so often from others, and have in has the stranger outside inquired of the servant many an instance rejoiced to see it falsified by the whether his master is in—declining to give his own future triumphantly. Did not Sit Edward threaten name on the plea that it is such an everlastin' bag us in like manner when he recounted, with that gor one (adding "I don't think you could carry it in geous and many-tinted crayon of his, the history of all to wunst, and I don't want it broke in two,") the "Last o f th e Barons," telling us that it wee, than he is overheard calling out, iu unmistakeable lingo, to the "help," "Come, don't stand in all likelih oo d, th e l ast of his romances A.nd starin' has he not, th an k s t o hi s gen i us, his i n d ustry, an d there in the track—you might get run over. Don't veritably, let us add, t oo , hi s compre h ens i ve bene you hear the engine coming ? Shunt off now ! ,7 valence—has he not s i nce th en g i ven to the wor ld and the lik e . H a ppily, there is no mistake at all his wend "Lucretia," his e pi c "H aro ld , " hi s ex about it. W e d on 't nee d t o " a sk about and. find quisite Caxtons," and that novel of novels, " My Novel," rarest and noblest among hi s many an d out" w h e th er i t be the Mr. Slick in proprict per varied masterpieces. Not that we would qu it s rosin --the ve r it a bl e Si mon P ure s t an d s b e f ore us, actually, bodily, substantially, grasping us , the p redi ct a f u t ure l ike this to Sam S l ick the Clock . reader, fairly by th e hand —or, what is much the maker. No—but that in the threat held forth in. same, our host the author —one really and truly a terrorem by Sam, we are fain to recognise only the host iu himself—wise, witty, genial, quaint, de- sheet and the scoo p ed turni p of a mer:Make-Believe lightful, inexhaustible, incorrigible Air. Justice Goblin of Disfavour. Besides, Sam himself, at tie Halliburton. The preliminary pages of this new. production of very moment of starting, lets out his project of making the tour of the States some of these days the eccentric genius of the Clockmaker, entreat us with his friend the Squire—to what end we should rather earnestly not to confuse in our own minds, like to know if not for the production of another blending the two into a sort of Siamese-id en tit y , outpouring of the italics of Slickville, the down east —Sam Slick and Judge Halliburton. Just as befo re talk of Connecticut, and the unmistakeable brag of now the public has been told not to associate Byron Yankeedoodledum ? So be it. The sooner the too intimately with his Laras, and Conrads, and hypotheti ca l wor k i s se t a b ou t in real earnest, the Childe Harold, orto identify Bulwer now with Pel- better for Sam Slick's readers—more especially now ham, and now again with Ernest Maltravers. Well that th e i r appet i tes have been so effectually whetted —we try, obediently and complacently enough in anew by the z e st, fl avour, and p i quancy i mparte d the present instance—but we can't for the life of us by t warmth of our author's humour to dissociate a quality which has come long since to this latest, and no t l east, succulent fruit of his be, like the old French revolution—one and genius—"Natur', and H uman Natur'." indivisible. We inevitably and instantly re cognise Beverley in Captain Absolute, what ever Mrs. Malaprop may say to the contrary, nevertheless, notwithstandin g . Howbeit, we waive the matter for once, though under protest, and, in compliance with our author's entreaty, accept the book composedly as not his own but another's, as a work edited by him, not written under his own hand, or at his own dictation. We endeavour, therefore, as much as possible, to forget the judi cial Squire Halliburton, and to remember only his queer, old, fantastic intimate Sam Slick, the clock maker, of Slickville, down in Connecticut. Several years have gone by since he first ap peared before us—with those grotesque creases about his mouth and that odd twinkle in his eye. How he has made us laugh since then—as Lord Foppington might say, " Stap my vitals, con sumedly !" As he himself would express it— How he has set us and the crowd off " a tee bee ing ! " What with his " Sayings and Doings," his " Wise Saws and Modern Instances," his "Rule and Misrule," his "Traits of American Humour," his " Byeways, Backwoods, and Prairies," and, above all, his earliest and richest drolleries in the original account of himself, and his opinions as the genuine Slickville clockmaker—we might fain imagine the rogue had left not another shake of a laugh iu our diaphragm. That it is not so, how ever, we have here before us ample proof in vo lumes not ono jot less truly than the liveliest of their predecessors, both hearty and humorous. As such we proclaim them to be without a mo ment's hesitation. Yet, the popular applause of Sans Slick must by no means be accepted as par taking of the decorous "Hear, hear," of the House of Commons—rather, let us say, of the sounds that welcomed the sallies of Yorick at the royal table of Denmark—not occasional cheers and plaudits, but prolonged, prevailing, and sometimes boisterous guffaws, and uproarious cachinations. Sam's tutelary deity, we take it, can be no other than Momus. His heraldric device (we say it in compliment, not derision) might be best expressed by a grin through a horse-collar. His aptest motto that gay Miltonian couplet "Sport that wrinkled care derides, And laughter holding both his sides ! " Not less than any one of his best-going pendu lums, Sam Slick is—a Wag. He appears before us now, not a doit diminished in his store of fun, in his wealth of blithe wisdom, in his superabundant possession of all the worthier resources of merriment. He opens his well-stocked scrip-of-frolic as of old, and with an open hand scatters jokes like largess over the heads of the multitude. And, reading his jottings-down, let us acknowledge it at once, has about it all the exhila ration of a scramble. Look at the Yankee-jester as he comes before us anew—bent on handing the latest pages of his diary to his Nova Scotian ac quaintance Squire, or Justice Halliburton. Sam, we are informed by the latter, has " worn well," his step being "as elastic and springy as ever." Nay, we readily enough recognise all this ourselves. We observe that " the lines in his face are some what deeper"—the supplementary crowsfeet im parting, moreover, a merrier sparkle, if possible, than ever to his glance—and that " a few straggling grey hairs" are the only other traces left by Time, the scanty siftings of the frosts of the earlier autumn of life sprinkled seasonably in preparation for the severer winter of age. Mr. Slick's manner may have improved somewhat by his intercourse with the great world—yet we are rejoiced to remark that his conversation has lost none of its more de lightful peculiarities of phraseology. 'We don't feel in the least astonished when the Squire tolls us confidentially that his old friend enlivened the dinner chat with anecdotes that were often too much for the gravity of the servant, " who once or twice left the room to avoid explosive outbreaks of laughter." Sam, as a practical joker, is evidently incurable. Witness his preposterous story about the bushwackers of Causeau, and their eight hun dred hackmetacks ! The Clockmaker has evidently clinched more firmly than ever some of his more home-driven prejudices. He insists on the Squire retaining all the scores in his Diary—the faithful concession to which demand is evidenced by the plentiful scattering of italicised passages in the letterpress. " No—no," quoth Sam, when he is arguing the point with his editor, "put them Italics in—they show there is truth at the bottom—l like it, for it's what I call sense on the short-cards." And accordingly the Italics are retained, in spite of their looking, as Mr. Slick himself acknowledges that they do look—" consaited." The consequence of which is, we detect in these two volumes alone— let us say it—scores of scores ! Even Sam can't with any decency quarrel with the pun by reason of its transparency, remembering as we do his port little jest about Baron Lionel Rothschild—" Droll boy Rothey, for though he comes from the land of Ham he don't eat pork," Let it not be overlooked by the way that the editorial Nova Scotian is coaxed into compliance with Sam Slick's wishes about italicising and the like by a little flattery, or as we should say in the more familiar vernacular —just the merest spice of flummery. " Ali, Slick," says the Squire cunningly, " how skilled you are in soft sawder !" " Dod drot that word soft sawder," cries Sam, " I wish I had never invented it." However he contrives to palaver the Squire into obedience, palaver him he does effec tually both in reference to his pet italics and in regard to' his favourite outbursts of aforesaid the genuine Brag of Yankeedoodledum !_ Anent i t which subject, that is to say in hc) fore d matter of brag, thus sait h the Clockmakersa " There are two kinds of boastin', Squire, active and passive. The former belongs exclusively to my coun t r ymen, and the latter to the British. A Yan kee openly asserts and loudly proclaims his supe riority. John Bull feels and looks it. He don't give u tterance to this conviction. He takes it for granted all the world knows and admits it, and he is so thoroughly persuaded of it himself, that, to use his own favourite phrase, he don't care a fig if folks don't admit it. His vanity, therefore, has a sublimity in it. He thinks, as the Italians say, that when Nature formed him she broke the mould.' There never was, never can, never will be another like him. His boastin', therefore, is passive. He shows it, and acts it ; but he don't proclaim it. He condescends and is gracious, pa tronises and talks down to you. Lit my boastin' alone, therefore, Squire, if you please." And we have it cansequently, and that moreover in abund ance. Brag—scores—downeast talk—satire—wit— humour—ridiculousness : Sam Slick is still Sa:n Slick to the last, down to the very end of the chap ter—and as such, not in spite of all this, but because of all this, by reason of his prejudices as well as by reason of his fun, lie retains full command of our applause, of our laughter, and of our admiration. Opening the first volume of "Nature and Human Nature," or as we wonder the work was not more correctly designated both on the title-page and through advertisement, " Natur' and Human Natur'"—watch the rogue (p. 61) " unlocking a woman's heart ;" see him (p. 89) depicting a crit ter with a thousand virtues and one vice ;" hear " hint (p. 122) describing to us that " new way to learn Gaelic ;" or at another moment (p. 201) be coming the celebrant of " fiddling, and dancing LITERATURE. Association for Promoting Improvement in the Dwellings and Domestic Condition of Agricul _ tural Labourers in Scotland. The directors of this newly-formed association have issued their first annual - report, from which we gather that the association is in a good working condition, having a fair balance in hand, and being supported by a number of the most influential Scottish landowners, as well as by many indivi duals distinguished for philanthropy. The objects of the association are such as cannot fail to commend it to the good wishes of the pub lic ; and the statement made in the regulations, " that, in order to be really useful, the association must be practical, not speculative ; cautious, not obtrusive," tends to inspire confidence in the ma nagement, and well-founded hope of these most important objects being duly promoted. The first step taken, viz., the establishment of a central office in Edinburgh, where plans and specifications, me dals and specimens of fittings for cottages, are to be deposited for inspection, and where applications may be made by members desiring information or advice in regard to either the erection or the im provement of the dwellings for their labourers, appears to us a 'very judicious one, and, coupled with the engagement of an active secretary and an intelligent architect, speaks well for the business talents of the directors. The want of more than one sleeping apartment in cottages—that crying evil—is met, we are happy to perceive, by a funda mental rule of the association. A few practical hints on cottage-building, with engraved plates, and a genert.l,specification—by W. Jowler, the so ciety's architect—are appended to the report, to both of which we invite the attention of all in terested in the moral and social elevation of the Scottish agricultural labourer. The Bulgarian, the Turk, and the German. By A. A. Paton. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. _ A readable little book of travelling adventure, intended as a sequel to " Servia, the Youngest Member of the European Family," by the same author. Mr. Paton regards Austria and Turkey as the two local counterpoises to Russian ambition, and considers it to be " as clear as daylight" that all other substitutes such as the re-establishment of Poland by Polish emigration, a Byzantine Empire, dm, are bubble schemes—nay, more pro-Russian, because anti-Turkish and anti-Austrian. It N further his opinion that Hungary has nothing good to hope from Kossuth, and that Lord Aberdeen was as thoroughly British a minister as ever sat in our Cabinet. It is impossible to deny Mr. Paton the possession of dramatic power, and a capacity for lively chit-chat. The Unspeakable. Clarke and Beeton. An attempt to pronounce on " The Unspeakable" can baldly fail to suggest at the first blush the no tion either of compliance with a rigorous exaction, or the performance of a Samaritan-like act of charity. Neither of these notions, however, is warranted, in the present instance, by facts— " The Unspeakable" presenting no difficulty to the reviewer. It is a clever narrative—just short of art autobiography, we are told—of the life and adven tures of a stammerer, and how the hero acquired into through habit of stammering, what scrapes he got through it; who and what he applied to to be freed from it, and to whom he was indebted for a cure, we do not feel called upon, in common fairness, to state. Suffice it to say, the story is romantic, many of the incidents are very amusing, and a few almost tragic, while the inevitable inference to be deducted is as consolatory to stammerers as the experience of " The Unspeakable" in search of a cure is valuable and instructive. Railway Collisions Prevented. By Alfred Ogan. G. J. Pope. This pamphlet contains an account of the rise and progress of steam power and of railways . ; of the causes of accidents upon railways ; and of the plan of magnetic railway signals, the invention of Mr. Tyers, by means of which it is found by expe rience collisions may effectually be prevented. It is dedicated to Captain R. H. Barlow, the general manager of the South-Eastern Railway, to whose penetration and practical knowledge the applica tion of the ordinary electric telegraph to record the transit of a train is due, and who has always shown a laudable anxiety to protect the lives and persons of passengers, and the property of the company. Journal of the Sfotiefica/ Society of London. John William Parker. The March part of this journal conveys, like ita predecessors, a large amount of valuable informa tion on subjects of considerable importance. The Journal of Agriculture. William Blackwood and Sons. _ _ This periodical fully maintains its high character as an agricultural journal. Not the least interest ing and valuable portion of its contents are " The Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland." The Military Forces and Institutions of Great Britain and Ireland. By Byerly Thomson, Esq. Smith, Elder, and Co. A work interesting to the non-professional, as well as the professional, reader, and especially so at the present time. It presents a comprehensive and succinct account "of all matters relating to the military and civil constitution, administration, and government of the military services of Great Bri tain ; and, also, of the laws relating to the army, the marines, the militia, and the various corps of volunteers." My Life ; 0,, the Autobiograkpy of a Vill age Curate. By Eiza R. Rowe. Henry Vizetelly. An interesting record, in an autobiographical form, of the life of a zealous and learned village parson, under whose roof the author pleasantly and profitably paesed a portion of her early years. Macphail's Edinburgh Ecclesiastical Journal and Literary Review, Edinburgh : Miles Macphail. An average specimen of the class of serials to which it belongs. Among - its contents is a political article, characterised by shrewd good sense, on the "Inq u i r y regar di ng th e C o nduct of the War." Thejlistorieat Pocket Annual for 1855. By Dr. Bengeo. Triliner and Co. The value of a compilation o f this sort will be readily appreciated who take an interest in general politics, or, in other o a ther words, the sequcn c y of natural events throughout the world. The mos t noticeable occurrenc es of a public nature during the last year are set down, besides which there are aab stracts of imp , aut Stat e papers, an account o f the war, and an obituary of notable persons, the whole forming a desirable vatic nue tm. O'Byrne's Naval Annuce, for 1855. Stephenson, and Spence. A salt water book comprehensive, and every thing in itto the purpose. Apart fromite almanac and official lists, which give to it the character of a Diurnal Naval Directo, we have a chronology, in which are r ecor d e d tie actions of the last war; and an impo r t an t f eature of. the .• gazetted nava l de-ipatches of the past year in .to which are e added " memoir of our A dmirals and Captains, and a narrative of "The gallant exploits of the 1 British navy d ur ing the past year. Piper, al] 141 s. 16i 10 31. A 311 I an All all 10 lli I 3 2i 21 92 3 381 8 17 154 21