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

PV C , )' COMB' n the V ienna stria with re. ore c)rr pctlY whicl b . y ked y. c osta riate theatre, one, on go ace or() me eP 'a t be uni k to . • s ore re lop n TS 0 y 3 ctlf the v u : aga inst , 31. b 1 bete W ith I p. the G vcered, ba i flue° zo trati°lb ne 'ce o licy of pe:er, t Well nu u" il. rby our , a fewf 0 whe men by but tat :0 1 ' e ' pro- Rus sian • orals 3 ni, war , or aPtlent / ;: e ve, d c a en t, so f opi 3 !earlY ct that Bil.s; rainst tt:, Gover n t or fore ° ' ea t 'airs ot'a great g fah 3 uiealal fivaos epee tb° tba i t he on lo st, t obtain ; Deg nbtgi n , to di u W ell AS y e , Ab e • r O, ji g i? ,Mani otio' 0 3ani id b a it e sbna t if judg ni done td h sve nder r e t Pose rs and . 0 .0 d efen" o f the )0 111. t be , s f t t 13 1 0 ttoe u " to , s t oes 1;04 the G ritie cil of A, than ) ; 00 0 ; °°° ; ou t 0 , to reli ef) , ',ree k 4 „ ton t ee porr: inci 0 00 ; der gov, —i, to .A. 5501 No i' reoe dent. t i t° 9 , 1 0 to g h ,,,to O'F ran ks I toe h 3 e o n t h e s3s o " te )t pro 1 6 the g . 14 SOO . att ics' yod ' b to 611Ve_ ., yOti 6° . aun'f;tiefjiii r jtnr ie° ; 00, 4 1 0 Cro atiN ' 3.ji %501P CO r a ' end er ' indeP, Ttia .render" . .201 spev wow t 41 iar,.. 11 1 ', 4 1)"0,, b ;be l ~ rl • J'.lf 0/ 'il v••• U ea tA ! D clac f O c , tb ° tb bocl' o A S ►rri ed P C° ; , ro per • s 1,8 10 0 e,"o, t o b° 0 I A' 0 8 °° biCh . 0 01 4 0 t o iej O, '313 e s • 0 3 , 0 4 0 _ o w p le w •j o I " to e, f The veriliall i f i l l .10, v il o o " tor igA ,tcb c u o o d el) t• 01 o 'l th ° Leo be• j°' 0, 31.0 v 6' 3 , : ° A „st i t b l , s eo ° ej ti rs°:o ol ' ,ta re oHOdotst - e s f s Li the MO\F :t " SET COALVIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. Th a Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday ed with more excitement than even for some rat Past, and A mer i can were id. to id. and Su s and B raz il id . per lb. d earer th an last we e k. The sales were est i mate d a t 30,000 b a l es (1,000 of Which were taken for export, and 12,000 on : Pecul ation), comprising 1,500 Pernam and Ma ;111-1atu at 64d. t o Bd., 200 Bahia at 7d., 1,500 s g , 7 Ptiari at sd. to 9d., 7,000 Surats at 4id. to and 50 Sea Islands at Is. to Is. 6d. per lb. Th e Railway Sh are M ar k e t c los e d with a firmer appea rance. h Th e examination of Messrs. Davidson and Gor- Rtbat Guildhall, came on again this morning, is s been rather abruptly adjourned, owing, it sll PPosed, to the attendance of the presiding 4 g is trates being required elsewhere. No evidence is , ai a ' taken upon the question of the warrants, but : 3 , 1)1 Y Upon the amount of credit obtained by the . ` Zr ' from October 1853 to May 1854 ; and i r : E dwin James, on behalf of Mr. Chapman, of 2e —sr s- Gurney and Co's., requested that that c - n la hs tle inao might be allowed to explain any cir an-Vtances mentioned during the examination, that appeared to need such explanation. h a T he letters by the Overland Mail from India ei 't il e b een delivered this morning, and commer - . io i ! t hey are not favourable. At Bombay a little io i rer reraent was observable on the I st inst., both l oo ls demand for imports and the state of the tl i t u t e Y market, the latter being easier. In Cal oot;s' up to the 21st ultimo, the demand for British e veb .°4 Piece-goods continued extremely languid, ho i; at the reduced prices accepted by the t o ; 4 1 7; the large recent arrivals having added ti g h, e Previously overstocked market, although the 'U e ss of the money market was undoubtedly io n e , a llse of th e i n di s p os iti on t o purchase. In the tev l i s otrY for exports, there were no symptoms of 14;741. The pri ce s o f Government Securities e rather in favour of buyers. r4ll Canton th e d a t es are April 13. Political airs' according to a mercantile letter now before t4 r .vro re in much the same position, but slowly ai o ,, e ;was Some benefit resulting from the expul -11,4, of the rebels, although the revolutionary spirit Dr e 1 . 4 , 4 ,1. from extinguished, and much discontent "e d- The transit of produce from the in was Still diffic u lt, but the new crop of tea, t o e r g usually came f orwar d i n J une , was expected io a 4 ri ve in ti me , an d an i mproveme nt in the to r Port business was th en pro b a bl e . The market t pl had been dull, owing to the want of sup tx,ii Of Europ ean goo d s th e sales were steady. koo th au g e on London, first-class paper at six om was 4s. 9id. to 4s. 10d. After his return sad tl 4l n, Sir John B o wring would visit Japan, to th 'e Briti s h fl eet was t h en expec t e d t o proceed two h e Russi an sett l ement of P etropau l s ki, l ea ving feu-of-w arh o n ly a t C an t on . ttli o i. e r eport of th e l on i an B an k to-day was on the tlth' sat isfactory, with the exception of the blight th e e currant crop, which had materially affected YE.arPrufils of the bank. The statement for the kl w as as foll ows : 4 ett a l'hee, Ist January 1854 Profit s , ts for past year . £7,638 4 7 8,241 6 8 --- Ded uct Together £15,8 7911 3 cellt• Per a Iv ° h alf-yearly dividends at 5 per nnum Leaving to t 28,379 11 3 Twe e credi t of profit and loss on Ist JanuarY last. 1 1, 71: s ort was adopted. d' - -ua.iik l o tln , of England has not altered the rate of Th e ~,,"• blei lt '"nglish Funds opened well, but the settle t") e n of the account, and the desire of some parties litti, l-86 and realise their profits, has occasioned a . 4 r e action. Consols have been 922 to i, and 11 4 'Z ee 92 1 to i for transfer. The p rices for Jul y 3 11:;; ee ll 93i I, and are now 92 / i . The New C ents. 9 l have been 92 to 92k, and the Reduced 20 0 . Bank Stock has been 210, and since Vie ;; , A The Omnium is at 41 premium, and the 1 64, k o tl lluity at 16 13-16ths. Exchequer Bills are 1 4 ti , 154 . premium. rain ,Ica 1 , 1, 14, foreign iti market Turkish Bond; are still T h '' k)t °ll gli subject to some fluctuation. They rt re is and and 831, and since 821 and 81k. 2 n ii „ --li geal h ," 11) 1', more known about the reported a' a i vu ,ooo:" for the issue of the remaining 6 8- t o i , Spanish Three per Cents. have been ga pe b e : an d the Deferred 18i. Sardinian Bonds "ta cks f ,,, i1 ) 88- 1. Buenos Ayres are 57 to 59. "'ael t , — owin,g are the nominal prices of foreign e at), 2 . "`Grenada Deferred Bonds, 62 to 71; Mexi ,k' 0: 110 22i ; Peruvian, 68 to 70 ; ditto Three k 3 -tit s. 47 to 49 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., Satoto - ' 4 .,,; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; l a 44- New per Cents., 89 to 91 ; elt4. ',..ew Deferred, 18i to 18:1 ; Ditto 3 per No Vii to 38 ; Ditto Certificates, 4i to 41 ; assive, 31 to 41.- to h e 1 thh, ,i s t Week's railway receipts, ascertained up ' 4 Y) are in round figures as follows :- 4 r'4 tW 1855. 1854. () este 1 411 - i ll t "Wester n llth t , 5'./,743 55,188 r*?,i lto : eBter n 16,491 13,763 , 0 , 11 4 , 1 , 1 4' •-• Ilith . .................. 26 308 25,121 -La2 *************************** 17,246 16,033 ()I. alas. t ern......... ct tt Van i l ai3 e ,,"i i :;)rth ern ° ltli.t, r e and Yorkshire 20,180 19,335 I t' "tern kv lere .... 33,479 31,017 lk i h i s a qniter market to-day for English qa c ap ilbares and the quotations are higher. Re ti ta o a l ? t eraN 11. les to the Foreign and Canadian 3r ) but the Great Western of Canada are `lll!itkitilestare nominally without alteration, and the ! `alle ock Banks re ratr lower in some in- • Vitt.et. Q eneral Scre a w Steam s h a res are somewhat 44 Itiatt FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. 11 %41. (Pram the Ogcial Li't. ' 4 - 4t. }trolling , done a Z : u 4?,;••• .. lt, vp P,e4l....edneed Annuities- tc), 3 p er ( 9c'nsels Annuities jpin t , i .,4 o nt. Aaanuitios . 921 4 2 ..4 , 1 "to 39 1 ,,`",.", Expire. sth Jau., 1801 ‘ 1 ),- k .4,6' ears, Expire sth April, 1885 16 13-16 Np..)l, ,„-. 4:100 ......- t il l t lloi - ... 'count, IGth July ' 93t 2i 321 PP o V i e"r ......... . i - ! - ci ‘ali ' ....... ' 1 l6 19 Ebitt ' •............... .. •••" , th 44, ....................... 19 8 IT:per Bonvrtd. itt o ,18 1858, 34 per Cont. — [l 4 ,l'it tnt , 1859, ~ h e 'qis A --'-' °P FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. , •Yre P •- '46 ki ..." fo r + B l , - )°,uds, 6 per Cent 57 9 to For 3 --e Accou n t 6O kd, l t 4, A c t) " Cent. 4 1) k - s e ‘!lala Z i llt, June 15......... — 22i bi n!, g op, ',t , s, 5 per Cent. BS4 j .11 i , 40 ,_ f or t i t s. 3 Per Cent 41 tl:" ° Ne 6 Account bite -1° Defe 34 i 8 t,, Ilona ; L . 'red, 3 per Cent. lB3 "'" for then _l3 c e o r cent B3 3 2 Li vir ,___ wit ".au on the above payable in London. e THREE O'CLOCK. al„8018 ..................................... 92$ $ "1,0 Account, 10th Jul', 92i i 4 1 izt.,-..ET NE 14 7 8-(THIS DA P. 4 t t L , wr, A , MEAT MARKETS. ,: b 41 1. 4 11 — e -ot AND LEADENTI..kLL.—There was only a mode: 'll 4 l ' : 'l'3(ilto2Gs.l6o,ll; ) ' , er 4 . ''S (lolnz in each kind of meat to-ilay. as follows i I s , ' 53 01 n 'to ' ' ,Ficu,P,,,et 81135,3 s 4d to 4 Od • iNfutton, 3s o‘l to 4 6 l by the carcase. 10dto 4s Sd ; Pork, 74.1 te 11 A.1.1, m av 30 T he s u pply of stock ii . i to-day's k ll3- IN:" I;At moderate, yet the demand was in a slug -141 -!)1 3% 9, 4 ,n(1 Prices had a downward tendo_ncy. b B_ s ee_f_. $lO 61 -,,.' le 4s 61. 'Vlutton 3s Id to 4s 1( d Lain ~ r? 44 . - I' , tr;‘ B ; ii _ea!, 4s ' d(i to 4s '8,1; Pork, 33 4(1 to 4s 4d per 1 1 1 ; e1. 3 8 . 11 to 6; . r i ,0 4p 04 " .1 1 the ofrals. kind 1 44 '''''3 :---...:b ' - 1 \ 1 :3 , 31 .—Each iof stocks 3 ol e d 4( s i lo to w s ly e , o a d s 41 13 5 i'eef, frot h 35 2,1 to 4s Gil; Mutton, 10 , 1; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 8,1 ; Pork, 3s 4d to S ' Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 25s each. • HAY IIL9.IIKETS. 9: 44 ' 3/'sr".'ll.—Meadow hay, 31 03 to 51 10, Od ; cloves (: cci t° G 64 ;' and straw, 11 3s to 11 7s per load. lit, ll, t e 4 r t suPply and a steady demand. 3 /%: 4 . 151 D. Meadow c hay, 3/ Os to 5/ 103 ; clover ti : t 'i ii e r i ,p ol er 4 0 ' 64 • and straw, 5s to 1/ 103 per load. firm.' i.tll, il -QAl ' ; ' ,l, .—Nleado w hay, 3/ Oa to 5' 103; el_o - Tclover t '` ) 6 , • - 40 11a. ' and straw w ' ere n in str mOderate l request, at opr our l quo a 1/ ,44. te r 7oPp A • 14 Y " C orniu, at-ORNHILL FOR IMPROYEMENTS.—Yes au early hour the whole line of car -1)40t,.:'418 wad stopped for rermir4 by order Of % .9. tet ely r "Yor. The important th,,rouo:hfare will er)h uret elpaved with hard wood from the corner u-street, to the Mansion-house. 25 St. 20 31281 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 10 5 20 18 5 5 5 20 STI A RE KET S ~TIitS 0 V.) P.A.! WAYS. kIt,W4T4 Chains this day• 24. z 6 Aborri ...... Ambg. Nottng. - 1309; and Eastn. Janet._ Belfast & Ballymena. Binning: Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk 4 £5O and £25 Cony. Do., £20... fl lyth & Tyn 3 origins £25 (issd. at £4ti Bristol and Ficetel Caledonian 4/ 5 84 - Si 13i - 13 1 15i 1 6;. 86 7i 63 - 90 64 - 654 ICarmarthen and Ca digan :lhoster & Holyht:a k. Cork and Bandon_ Cork, Black, & Pas, Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth i aeon Junction Do. New... . East Anglian Eastern Counties '::astern Union, A Stock Ds., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Odin. Pr th & Dunde, North & Clyde Jane Furness Do. Extension Glasgow & S. Weston ftreat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. Great Western Do. Stour Val Rai Gua. Stk Irish South-Easter. Lancaster & Carlis Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds LAneash.andYorksl , Do., Wet. Riding Un Liv.ersby.&Southpt Loudon & Blackwal Load. Bright & S.Cst Loud. and N. West?,. Do. Fifths Do.lol. Sh. , C Do. Eighths London and S. Westu Do., £5O Do., £4O Ludndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Enniak. Aanch.Shef. k Una; , Do. 4 Shares, No. I o • Man. &, Lin. Un 'Aidland Do. Birmng. &Derby Aidld. G. West. (Ire. ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Nwpt.Aborg. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoin' and Rostrevor...... Norfolk .... ......... Northn.Counties Un North British .......• North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 0)o., A A Deferred , Do., B Guarantcee N. Eastern—Berwici , Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Parch Do. Leeds Do. York North London 15 - 15 8 - 10 5i -• 6i 15 - 16 12-• 12i - 40 23 - 25 77 79 53 60 2d par 19 21. 70 72 92a 03 78 80 25 f 1.7 98 100 68 69 58 - 62 75 80 8 - 10 8 10 81i • 82 - 10 - 103, 103 1031 P par -4 p' 84} - /•Zi, 8 • 7 6i - 26 27 8 - 9 74i - :5 44 - 46 •I. .... 9 - 7 li - 2 5i - 53 31 ,“ 32 75 76 64 6 3i 3i 14 14. 52 53 48 50 d par Ad 4i 4?,d i 64 7 1 d ar Do. New £lO V.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western....... N. & S. Westrn. Jinx Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 1 i'ortsmouth Scottish Central,,.,. 28 - 30 Scottish Midland Shropshire Union South Devon So ath Eastern South Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Dun [Ol - 103 68 - 70 46 - 48 13 14 63 -63 i 28. - 294 4 - 2 3 - 1 Do Staines, Wok &Wok Stockton it DarlL St°*ton & Ht rtlepl Taff Vale .. Do. £lO shares 38. "". ••• Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Do 4 and Rail WAN , , Ulverstone & Lanes. Vale of Neath... Watern & Kilkenns Waterford&Lixaerl,i West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London. Wimbledn & Croydon Antwerpattott , rclam Belgian Eastu. Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central f ndia, Scrip Demerara D •• Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c, Do. Evl,ension Do. 42 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do. , '59, do Gd. Tv_ of CanarlaA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Debon., con. into Stk. till '6:3 Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fran:. Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. Do. NOW 5 per cent Po. Extensions.... Do. do Great Lusembour; Constituted Shares Do. Obligations... Gt.WesternofCanad Shares . Do. &Is., payable'S7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without, option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca dr Pistoj a 5 p.c. prof Lyons and Genova Lyons & Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. Now Namur Cr Liege (witl . interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D 0.201. Shs.late Char- leroi and ErquelineFl guar. 3i p. c. & red.l at ?211, dur. yrsil from 1 Jan. 1854 1 1 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bap I Only. B. &Ams. Shs. Nor wegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen... ParisCa.en & Cherhrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedis Sambre and Meuef,... Do. 51 p. cent. Pref. Scit,d3 ........ ..... Southern of France_ St. Andrew's and Quebec (R)...... ... West Flanders Do 5A per c. Prat_ Western of France Wes`. of Switzerland Wl.lshadeu ..... Zealand 2. -- 4i 24 - 8 71 8i 2i - 4 - 3 2 - 2,14, - Id 36 36. 6i 10 2 .) 24 —25 t 3t 3ipi G 5/c 18 19 55 57 , ( 1 94 96 31 3bl, iP * • i - iP 5i - 51 2 - 3 3i l - 214 - 211 101 - 103 10 7 109 110 - 112 102 104 - 23 110 -- 112 - 4i - 2i 3 5 7 2 -- 3 6 - 6i 36 - 3.6,i 13 13i 27 - 2nP! 47 49 42 44 pro 23 24 21 22 2 ii.l 83 - 81 2i - 3 p pm = 4 ,1 - is - is FOREIGN. BANKS. 82 - 84 .. ... id — par ....1 - 3p 18 19 -- 22 par P ... -- •• .. - " ... - „ 33 - 30 37 - 39 72 -- 74 8 9 JOINT•STOI lustraiasia 'British Colonial Bank and Loan Company ;ritis:h N. Amoricat! ..:_lhartd. Bank of Asia: Ilnk. of India, Australia, & Chinr, City .. r, Scottish an. A Commercial . l ia n its i l a l Loud. Chart. Bk. A.ustrali Ditto New London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Weetminstei National Provineid of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales.... Oriental Bank of Corporation..... nvvineial of Irelaw' Do. New .............. . itoyal Australn.Bkg & Gold I mp C 0.... A usti alb% •fnion of Auftrali:,_ ')o. New ......... Union of Loudon „.. this day 26 4 20 22 - all 1.00 All .00 i 7 all all 1 all 171 s. 1 2 all l 2 all all 14 all 89 651 4/ 15 i 15 i 126 i f 93i 3 69 i si ?I 821 li 2 lf 104 2 4 1034 2i 31 27 6i 75 41 1 5 32 li 76 5i 13i 54 li 2t 12 i 691 9 131 613j1 , . "'" 2i a i pm 56i 131 i i 51 2' 4 , i 3,t 21. A 21 i 34 3 4 THE SUN, LONDO THURSDAY EVENING. MAY Bl, 1855 RAILWAY/. Bedford and Bletchley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Col, Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. g. 6 pc Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr.dt Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hall & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon., Til,, & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. . Midld.Bratifil Newmarket Bury Eaten... N.& Est.s p. c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p 4' Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth and Gooleg.s P.C. Shrews. &Her S. Staffordsb. Wear Vali eygr 6 per cent... I D Do Wilts&r-omrst Do.. S. Easteri Do Peto & Co. Norfolk Do L.Sz N. Iv & Midltl. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland-1 En. Conn. E. Count. Do. Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northr Laneash & Yorksh. T. Brassey MClean Stockt. & iingt lartWestn, PREFER Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c 'Blyth and Tyne lope] c. pref. (issd.atso/, Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Hol7hea 4 Guar. 54 per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Prof. No. 2 Cork &Bandonsip.e ,Duu.Prth .& A lier.J 74.1. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. C , s. B 6 p. c Do. do. Cis. C 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex-i tension, 5 P.C. No. I Do. Now No. 2. Do. r... St. East Un., G. 6 p. o. Do. W. 10 ner cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. E.&W. York. J. sths Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furne•+s atlas. & S. W. G. 5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p. c. !)o. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. .. Do. p. c Do, 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. .t 5 p. c. pm Gt. N. of Scot. lst Prm qt. S. &W. (Ireland) Do. 4por c. PrQt. Wostn. (Barks k Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... Do. con. red. 4. p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm Pref. Sh... Do. Onester 8 p. c.P.S. Do. do. 5 p. c. do., Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Lon.&Brigh. G. 5 p.c. Do. Prof., 5 p. c. St. Do, New Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per c Lon. &N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. et.. Lon. & S. W. Con.3cb- Gondy. &Color. Sh. Londy. & Ennis. Kan., Shot., & New, £lO Do. £6 garypt .&Carl.4 p Do. 4i per cent Do 0 Aid. Consol.6 p.c.q' 10 Do. Consol. Bristol Birm. 6 per cent. .00 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St 11 Do. Pref. 4 per een all Do. 51. Pr. f. 4 p. c.. 100 Ditto Leie , ster anc Hitelien Pref. St. all INorfolk Deteature • 00 Do. Prof. 4p. c. X) Do. 5 p. c. Eat )0 Do. 5i per et. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. )0 North British JO I N. E. Perw, 4 p.c. P 5 Do. do. do all 100 100 100 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 100 100 'lOO 9AI all 3 Do Leeds 6 p.c :No. 1 9 Do. do. Quarters 4, 10 Do. York & r. ill North Staffordshire, 10 Oxford, Worcester. Wol verh. 15. R p 7 Do R. Pre% 101. Sh. ll Soot. Cent. ,New 11 South Devon L 4 Do, fixed, 44 per cent 11 13. Eastern (Reading . Ann ) of £1 Os. Rd. Do. 4 per cant S. Wales Gua.4 p. c. ill Do. do. 4i p. c.... Jl S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. ill Stock. & Dar., 5 p c. 4.5 Do. do. do all Stock. & Hartl. g. f. r. c. till July 1, 'sg 4 Waterfd.& Kilk.6pc, Lts.stal, Compaii, Lontifiri N. Wes L. &N. W C.Alp , l 01 1 E. Un. 1 Gt. Nrtnn. Caldonian. Do Gt. Vv era Yk. New & Berw . Y. & NM Do. 24 - 21 CE SHARES. 101 - 105 1 92 -94 6 94 ii - 100 ... 3i - 5i - - 1 - 1 r 13 -13 i 58 - 62 - 118 10 - 111 .O 1 - 103 e ip 6 6a 97 9 90 ci2 92 94 10 11 17 174 ma 10a 74 —76 19. 20 10 141 15 I 137 - 139 2i - 3 ► 13i - 14 3 - i P In - 139 96 - i 8 41 - 4i 99 - 101 92 - 94 31 - 3i i -17 is 107 - 100 131 - id - pa, 22, - 93 : } 98 100 16 = 18 2 - 3p 2 ; _ 23,, 1371 1 . , i losing erica this day• 97 - 99 100 - 102 134 Lib LOT -109 lii - 1 3 23 - 24 11 i - 111 94 - 96 * - IP 57 - 69 '3O -- 135 8 9 3 26a 32 - 33 91 -- 93 99 ak 8 14i i ess this day. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 31.—Wind and weather this day at noon, N. 2. fresh breeze, and squally, with 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. Sailed—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. MAURITIUS, March 27.—The barque Eleanor, from Port Adelaide to Port-Louis, which put in here, 7th Fob., totally dismasted, has been abandoned and sold. CAiCIITTA, 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 hero 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 ehoro on the Chinna Bucker on her outward pas sage. the is loading for England, and is, therefore, sup posed not to have suffered to any extent. HELSINGBORG, May 21.—The Biothers, of Kirkwall, from Liverpool to Pillau, was stranded at Hogunas, last night ; part of cargo discharged. CoinNNA, May24.—The Isontine 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 Lode Kende, for Svendborg ; Ark, Rot terdam ; Emerald, Gibraltar; Jane Parker, Oastine ; Volant, Trieste ; Harmonic), Galatz ; Exchange, Frederica; Hermonder, Drontheim ; Orient, New York. Q lIEEN STOWN, 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; raini n g . Arrived--30th.—Aurora; Hedvig, from Sarpsborg ; Juno, Lisbon. Sailed -31st.—Egmont, for Auckland; Granite City, Sydney. 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 power. The Archbishop of Milan and Bishop of Como had previously protested against the bill. THE SUNDAY TRADING BlLL.—Last 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. VISITATION OF THE ARCHDEACON OF MIDDLESEX.— Yesterday morning Archdeacon Sinclair held a visitation of the London clergy at St. Paul's church, Covent garden. There was a very large attendance. Prayers were read by the Rev. Henry Hutton, the rector, but the usual sermon was dispensed with. st. I io 20 I I 1241 25 l.l 20 al st. la I al 101 1, 1.0. f al St. 1101 20 al 20 a] 25 I al 23i I. 3 MINES. • 1 all Agin% Fria . 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold _ 10s. all Anglo Californian - 20 6 Australian 1 - 11 1 all Australian Cordillera - 1 all Ave Maria •• - - 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of 50 all Blienarvon Iron and Coal - 8 20 14 British Iron 4 - 6 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issue , at £5 pm.) - 3 2 1 1 io all Do. Cocaes & Cuiab 2.. - 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del ReN 31 -33 1 A Carson's Creek 1 ; Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica - 40 all Cobro Copper 56 - 58 57i 5 1 Colonial Gold St. all Copper Min. of En.- 30 - 40 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. ce;t 2d - Tar .. 16 Copiapo . - 24 5 all English and Austiu Copper Smeltg n 16 -2i 2 2 1 Fortuna par -ip 20 all General.. l5 -17 1 all Gt.Nugg etVoinßeg. - all Great Polgooth - 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 7 - i 71 ... 2 Da. B 2 - 5 1 Lusitanian - iP 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada - I all New Linares Minim,: and Smelting Co _ 1 all Nouveau Monde.... i d g 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead. MM. & Smelt 15 - 16 16 5 I Port Philip - I 1 all Quartz Rock - 50 all Ithymney Iron l9 - 21 20 15 all Do. New 5 - 6 6 30 12/ Santiago de Cuba.., 6. - 61 6i 1 all South Australian.. 1 - 1 10 71 Tin Croft ....... -• • - 28 all United Mexican 5/ 61 6 1 al Waller 1 all West Mariposa..,,, , 3 / 4 - 1 12s. Worthing Mining oi . Australia - 1 all Yuba.. .• ••• MISCELL Ego 25 174 Australian AgTic.alt. 33 - 35 ;354i31 41 10 all Ans*:,raln. Royal Mail . - 10 7 Berlin Water Works 31 - 24 t4l 50 40 Brit. American Land 57 - 60 58 5 1 Brit. do Coln. Smelt„. and Reduction Co. _ 100 32i Canada 118 - 122 121 20 1 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. et Jan. and July ll3 113 i 1131 5 all Crystal Palace.. 3i - 3 3i I 5 4 Do. Pr.ferenco dP 4 all Crystal Pal. of France „. 1 Duston Tron Ore _ 20 SA Eastern Steam 25 23 Electric Telegraph l7 - 19 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. - 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. - 201 20 all General Screw Steam - 1 41 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar _ 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ••• 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien. 6+ - 6i 10 2k Do. New 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel _ „„. 10 5 Netherlands Laud la - 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all N. B. kustralasian - 1 20 15 Nrth. of EuropeSt aani - ••• 1 all Oriental Gas 1 - 1 # all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl 3 -3/ 3i 50 all Peninsul ar & O r i enta l - •• • .5U 10 Do. Now 2i - 3ip all Portland iron Co lfi -14 iOO 60 Royal Mail Steam 73 -75 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1/ - 2 21+ 1 / Ditto New 2i:i• all South Austral:Land Ist --• 3 9 1 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip 4 1 all -• 20 5 Tr st SI L. Co.U. Can. , 10. 28i Van DieMelfl3 Land _ 131 AP e : . 4 i 4t. • q. 7g:lN SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. T AT TERSALL' S. (THIS EVENING.) ASCOT CIIP. 3to 1 agst Rataplan (taken) 3to 1 agst Fandango (taken) ASCOT STAKES, 6to 1 agst Elospodar (7 to 1 taken) Bto 1 agst Vandal (taken) 8 to 1 agst Mortimer (offered) 10 to 1 agst Bluebeard (taken) DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Dramatist 25 to 1 agst Pohnoodie (taken) 25 to 1 agst Boardingschool Miss colt (taken) MANCHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CORPORATION STAKES. Ellennire ............................... ......... Walked over TWO-TR-OLD STAKES. Rowena filly .. Van Dunck ... Seven .ran. TRADESMEN'S CUP. Saucebox St. Andrew Six ran. Neville did not run. 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 hid previously been backed at evens for 400, or 5001. Vandal bas gone to Ascot. MEETING OP THE 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-bridge 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 Hendeison, deceased ; Mr. Chaplin in the chair. 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 but little to say to them. After alluding to his presiding over a di vided proprietary which was not satisfactory to en sure Emcees., and to some of the proprietors publishing letters which tended to depreciate the value of the property, otherwise than improve it, remarked that so far from the dividends of the company being " confiscated," they had only got so far as to their being " suspended" only in the event of certain things not being done iv 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 bill, 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 1856. 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 o❑ them by the House of Commons, after two meetings of the proprietary authori , ing thedirectors to do that which was for the benefit of the company. (No, no.) Ho hoped the company would sanction this proceeding, which A asto be justified as a commercial speculation , but taking it on higher grounds, as a point of honour they were bound to carry it on. The public jocularly said that the directors must get purged of their pledge, because, until that be done, they'were unfit to continue in their position. There was but one way it could be done. All must admit that the pledge was duly authorised and given—(" No, no," and " Yes, ye , .")—and accepted by the directors, and for which the company had had a quid pro quo ; and, lastly, the directors had declined to attend to that promise. That pro mise had again, however, been renewed by the House of Commons, and he acquitted the sharehold ers or any one connected with the company of being in strumental in having the clauses inserted in the bill, which, however, would be the only means of extricating themselves from their difficulty. He called on them to go boldly forward in this undertaking, which would be beneficial to the shareholders, and moved the adoption of the report. Count EYRE seconded the motion. Mr. HELPS, after relating what occurred in reference to this pledge, contended that it was only obtained for a single line, and not for a double line, as stated by Mr. Scott, and that the pledge given was a totally different one to that authorised by the proprietors, involving a cost of 1,100,0001. instead of 700,0001., and had no bind ing force whatever on them. M. Scott before the Com mittee of the House of Commons stated that the proxies sent in against this pledge amounted to 252, and the number who voted against it in the room from eight to ten, representing 600,0001. of the com pany's stock, by no means an insignificant amount, and whose opinion he (Mr. Helps) considered worthy of re spect. The Legislature had released them from this pledge in having granted to a broad gauge company a bill to construct a line from Maiden-Newton to Brid port, which would interfere with this contemplated ex tension ; and he contended if it were carried out it would result in a losing speculation, which the Legislature bad no right to force on them. He moved "That the meeting called in accordance with the standing orders of the House of Lords, does not approve of the bill submitted to the proprietors." Mr. DICKENSON seconded the amendment. He had always been against Western extension, and at the former meetings he opposed it as strenuously as possible; and one of his undertakings was to defeat this project, for he cared nothing about the pledge, having been no party to it. He deprecated a committee of the House of Commons having power to compel that company to embark in what must be a losing speculation. With regard to the petitions that had been presented in favour of the extension, he fuund that Exeter contained but 32,000 inhabitants, and already had a railway with which it ought to be satisfied, and that the other towns on the line did not number much more than 20,000 inhabitants. There was nothing in the district to justify such an outlay, and he saw no reason why they should make a railroad for the conve_ nience of landed proprietors. If thiy consented to the construction of a single line, they would be called on to make it a double one, and so far from the traffic be low Exeter coming on it, they should recollect the South Devon Railway was a broad gauge line. Mr. ADDISON said he was ono who consented to the pledge. There had been a total omission to the throwing out of the Devon and Dcrset Bill, which at the time it was before Parliament was considered would be detri mental to the companyt,haonsed whothatacsgomuieetshceindginshitoualtdtbhee done to get rid of it. It was in conseq uence o f t h at t h e were bound and in equity now t o carry it out. time ege Mr. PUNCHARD said there could be no doubt this pledge was given from the impres s i on t h at the Devon and Dorset bill, if carried, would ultimately conduce to their disadvantage, and it would be to their benefit it should be thrown out, but Mr. S co tt b roke the pledge by applying for a double line instead of a single one. He was inclined to think this clause was introduced by the ear-wigging of disappointed members of Parliament, who, having tendered their resignation as directors, much to their chagrin found them accepted. Sir JOHN WALSH, M.P., said a prima facie case had been made out that this undertaking would not be a re munerative one, and that they ought not to be forced to acquiesce in a project against which there were grave reasons as respected the interests of the shareholders. It was not a question of Parliament or the authority of the House of Commons ; but the course the shareholders should take with regard to this bill that had not been sanctioned by the House of Commons, and whether, in point of honour, the shareholders by that pledge were precluded from exercising their free judgment on this occasion ? U n der the. circumstan ces , he thought i t would be better, not only for the li ne , b ut railway pro perty generally, that this bill should be withdrawn. Mr. Wzzaz considered that if the pledge was not car ' ried out the commercial world would look upon it as an act of repudiation. Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE (director) denied, that he or those who were against the extension of the line were repudiators. He had repeatedly suggested to the direc tors the withdrawal of the bill, but the solicitor always opposed it by saying it could not be done, and the direc tors had acted on that opinion. He believed, if they extended the line to Exeter they were sur rounded by men who would carry it on to Plymouth, and then to the Scilly Islands, and beyond that if it were possible. (Hear, and laughter.) He suggested that, if the bill could not be withdrawn, to fight the question in the House of Lords, under the Wharncliffe order, and at the expense of the company. Mr. BIRCEIAM (the solicitor) denied he had ever said the bill could not be withdrawn, but that it could only be done with the leave of the house. Mr. HurcFuNGs, M.P. (director), addressed the meet ing, defending the conduct of the director and the soli citor, and added that Mr. Serjeant Gazelee consented to withdraw his opposition to the bill if nothing was said in it offensive to their breaking their pledges. Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE said the last speaker was un der a mistake in saying he bad withdrawn his opposition to the bill. Mr. COOKE addressed the meeting in support of the motion, and said the resolutions adopted at Mr. Dicken son's meeting had been sent to the House of Commons for distribution, accompanied with Mr. Pratt Barlow's card, a director of the Great Western Railway Company. Mr. DICKENSON said he was not influenced in doing that by Great Western influence. He did it on his own responsibility and expense, and Mr. Barlow was his son- in-!aw. Mr. •LACEY (a director) confirmed Mr. Hutchings' statement of Mr. Sergeant Gazelee's intention to with- draw his opposition to the bill, and that the sooner the line was constructed the better. The CHAIRMAN said it appeared they all agreed in the clauses of the bill without the extension clause. (Yes.) If the amendment were carried, that part of the bill which they approved and would be of advantage to them would be lost, and he suggested a modification of the amendment. Mr. HELPS declined altering any part of it. The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment, which was lost, and a poll demanded. The original resolution was then put, the show of hands being in its favour, on which a poll was also de mauded. The CHAIRMAN announced the poll would continue open till Tuesday, at 12 o'clock, and the result be de- dared on Wednesday, at two o'clock. Charles Castleman, Esq., of St. Ives, Ringwood, Hants, was elected a director in the room of the late Lieutenant-Colonel G. Henderson, the other candidates having resigned. A poll was demanded and granted. The usual vote of thanks was given to the Chairman and the meeting separated. SUICIDE OF "JOHNNY" BROOME. Shortly before four o'clock, this afternoon, this cele brated sporting character committed suicide by cutting his throat, at the Wrekin Tavern, Broad-court, Bow street. It is supposed that he was labouring under an attack of delirium tremens when he committed the rash act. 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 last 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 entire 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. Yesterday morning, while about 30 men were engaged striking the centres from the completed arches, removing the scaffolding, &c., almost w thout any warning, about 12 or 14 of the arches give way and fell to the bottom of the reservoir with a loud crash, burying beneathithem the men who were below at work ; some 20 labourers, who were levelling the earth outside on the top of the reservoir, also falling with 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 labourerA 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 Riley, Charles Underwood, John Wilkins, and Benjamin Reeves. The three first were married, and have left large families. Many of the men had most marvellous escapes, and the superintending foreman in particular. He hal taken a friend down to inspect the works when suddenly he heard a loud crack. He 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 brick work caught their legs, and threw and held them down, where they remained until they were dug out. Curiously enough, they scarcely sustained any injury. i 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. 1 otti pm RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. f grounds, he would respettfulry appeal, both Individually --e---- ; and collectively, directly and indirectly to them, to con- EAST KENT.—EXTENSION FROM CANTER - tribute, as far a s th e y conven i en tly could, a portion o f i BURY TO DOVER: the capit a l necessary fur this great work. (Cheers.) It was rather the nurnbertran the amount of their sub scriptions that would give encouragement to those dis- A numerous and influential meeting of the inhabitants, 1 tent parties who were not unwilling to embark. Isrgely in of Dover, convened upon a requisition to the mayor,' the undertaking. He believed that the gentlemen 3iSO - held yesterday, at the Maison Dieu, for the purpose rioted together at the East Kent board could not afford I to compromise their characters and position in the &runty of hearing the explanation 'of a deputation from the i be y ing . parties to au uodertaldres Which would lar board of directors of the East Kent Railway Compeey, ma.el reduce itself to a de s sePic e eeBle alfortione therefore, as to the merits. of the proposed extension of theilrvldinae i t ": , from Canterbury to Dover, so as to give another . . direct through communication • betweeri London - nett the meeting iiiiilsiricl - that wlilst the directors were Dover, via- tlie North Kent line: - The:'maYer, Mr- very Careful in making proinisee there exertions would W ' 11 PaYn, presided, and amongst those present were far exceed their pledges. (Cheersi.) With respect to the Lord Sond es and Mr. e aeleie, m.p., 'the chairman and deputy chai rman of the company ; Mr. Tootel probable ret urn o f the outlay on the eorietructi on o f th e , Mr. works, it was impossible for any person who looked ,it the enreings of the North Kent line from London to T. R. Crompton, Mr. C. M. Lushiugton, M.P., Colonel- Raines, Sir John Teiden, Mr. w a it e r, Mr.-_Cobb, • Strood not to come to the conclusion that the exten s i on Mr- Lake, directors of the company; m r . C. Fresbfield, from Strood to Dover must' yield the sbareheid srs 10 the company's solicitor ; m r . c u bi t s an d Mr. Turner, per cent. per annum. Sir" - Charles Pox hal placed it a t the engineers •; Me. Holroyo, the secretary ; Sir Brook 8 per dent. .; lint Sir ChsEes 'bad•not taken into c.elsi. Bridges, Bart., Mr. Ric e , aisle , Admire! D'Aeth, and a hat the direeters might. by judiciotreapplica large number o f t h e resident gentry of the district,. deration t tion of th portion of th e c a p i tal by About 400 per s o ns were present. a !sar- nteetock, se The CHAIRMAN, i n opening the business of the day, eels hareholde d s rs. : (Loud increa cheerthse . ) divide n d s t o the Oligi . . said that the meeting, widen he was glad t., see so nu- Mr. E. R. RICE, M.P., 'roved the firet eesolution to merously attended, was, he was sure they would all nel- the follOWirig effect :—`• That in the opinien of this meet mit, one of the utmost importanc e to the town and port ing the Just interests of the town and:p e rt of Dover and of Dover, (Hear, and cheers.) They bad on three or the adjacent country urgently demand the extension of four occasions been called together for the purpoee of the East Kent Railway from the city of Canterbury to promoting to them the all-important object of a confirm- that town, ous and direct line from Dover to London, and he trusted branches will not only supp'y the means of communica inasmuch as Seel line of railway with its this would be the last time, and that the present project tion of which the inhabitants have been deprived, but would, as be believed it would, be successful. (Hear) will restore to its natural direct - course the conti- The details of the measure would be laid before them by nental and commercial traffic which has been so long those who had the chief directio n o f it—viz., the dirac- diverted into the circuitous and indirect line of the South tors of the East Kent Railway Company ; and he had Eastern Railway Company by Reigate, Ashford, and not the slighte.st doubt th a t th e ce ll they were about Folkestone." He had always said that the construction to make on the inhabitants of Dover fur assistance to of a railway from Canterbury to Dover was only a sues carry out a work, not only of great public, but na- Lion of time. The project had his hearty support, and he tioual interest, would be responded to with all the thought thet the present meeting, the largest he had seen energy and cordiality that it was possible to afford, on the subje c (Cheers.) Amongst several gentlemen of influence which the infabitants of Dover took in promoting direct whose presence they bad hoped to have he might railway k was a proof of the increasing interest cornmunicati onwith e London ' - (Cheers.) mention that Sir E. Dering, Sir N. Knatchbull, Mr. Mr. S. Frzezers abl d the . resolution, which Deedes, and Mr. Oxenden were unavoidably prevented was carried unanirnoyuslyee s pporte attending, and had written letters expressing their re- Sir J. TYLDEN moved the next reirolutiois, viz. : yat their inability to take part in the proceedings. (` That the proposed extension line will offer a secure and Lord SONDES, the chairman of the East Kent Rail- direct rail way communication, connecting the Admiralty way Company, said that he and his brother directors harbour of Dover and the principal fort h garrisons, and a I i d , theeefore, entitled to public support as a had great pleasure in attending on the present occasion, arsenals in the county of Kent with each other, and with in order to afford any information that might be required other hkue_e_sstablishments in the kingdom and the metro in reference to the proposed measure. The bill had , been introduced into Parliament this Session by the national un ertaking. That the c ommissioners of rat e tion, f . L d-, on the motion of the late Duke of East Kent Company after great and careful considers- ways, u to o _ whom ur the subject was specially referred by the tion, and he was happy to say with every prospect of Wel success. The difficulties that presented themselves lington, in the year 1847, held such au ect to be were many, but th e ear li est poss ibl e pass i ng of the bill o f ' the greatest importance,' and they object a c j cor di ngly through Pa r li amen t was cons i dered so exceedingly recommended that ano th er li ne of railway Should be important that application had been made for a suspen- constructed, ' without being dependent on the pr e . eion of the standing orders, in order that the-act might sent exposed portion of railway between Folkestone 'be obtained this session ; and the case was so stron g , i n and Dover, which to the late noble' lord warden and a national point of view, that the request was compli e d other scientific men ever presented a cogent rea,son with. He had received a letter from Sir Charles Fox, for advocating a direct inland railway." lie, inust, h e who was obliged to attend a meeting in the north of said, congratulate the meeting on the fair prospect which England ; and as that letter very ably set forth the real they now had of a restoration of those advant ages __ merits of the line, and the circumstances u n d er w hi c h direct communication with London—which they had until the bill had been introduced, he had great pleasure in a recent p wind enjoyed since the time of the Romans. calling upon the s ecre t ary o f t h e company to read it. He gave that p rospect hi s cordial Support. Admiral D'Azra seconded the resoluti on , w hi ch was Mr. HOLROYD, th e secretary, t h en read the letter, also carried unanimously which was as follows : Sir B. BRYEG.&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 varisbly frustrated by the South-Eastern Railway Com pany, although that c , mpany havegiven solemn pledges to Parliament for the construction of a similar line, view with satisfaction and confidence the present ap plication to Parliament 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 Dove r. The Rev. S. ROBINS seconded thevesoltition, which was also carried unanimously. Mr. T. B. Bess moved—" That considering the auspices under which the bill for the proposed ex t ens i on 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 sea- Rion, it cordially supported by the inhabitants of this town and district. That this meeting, therefore, pledges itself to aff or d t o the un d ertak i eg 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 important a measure." The motion having been seconded,: was carried nem. " Spring-gardens, May 29, 1855. "My dear Lord,—l regret exceedingly that circum stances of a peculiar nature (which I have explained to Mr. Holroyd) place it out of my power to be present at the meeting to be 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 see Lord Hardinge on the subject of the bill now before Parliament for obtaining the release of th e 50,5501. A t that interview hi s lordshp, 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 the 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 peculiaecircumstances 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. Cl arles Freshfield, who thereupon pre pared the letter which your lordship, as chairman of the East Kent Railway Company, wrote to Lord Palmerston, offerin g to bring in th e bill prov i ded the Government would consent to give a gnaraetee upon the capital re quired for constructing this extension, upon which, in a national point of view, so much 'value had been placid 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 undertaking, and 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 ell its stages, it is to be found in the fact that Mr. Mac &co egor's motion, strenuously supported by the South- Eastern Railway Company, for postponing the third read ing of a bill of less moment connected with the East Kent Railway, was, on the 22d in s t., re j ec t e d i n th e H ouse of Commons by 99 rotes against 2L " 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 giant any terms to the holders of the shares in the new capital of 500,0001. 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 one, commanding the great continental traffic. "I now proceed to show that this will be one of the most profitable railway properties in England. " The railway from Strocei 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 careful 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 3,100/. 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 annual profit of 82,6681., or about 7 per cent. 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 cent. " 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 St , uth-Eastern system generally affords no fair criterion of the receipts on 46 miles of railway, in extension of the North Kent, which is known to be the most productive of the whole South- Eastern mileage. I have taken the average gross receipts per mile upon the whole South-Eastern system at 3,10 a, which includes the unremunerative branches ; whereas the half-year's report of the South-Eastern Company shows a return on the North Kent line at the rate of 5,8131. per mile per annum, 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. Mr. J. KNIkKER proposed, and Mr. V. ASTLEY se conded, a resolution for the appointment of a committee for the purpose of giving effect to the last resolution by co-operating with the ' directors Of the East tent Rail way CoMpany, and rendermethem every posisible assist ance they may require from the town of Dover and its vicinity, With power to add to their ntimber„ 4c. Lord SONDES then tnovel, 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 haviper returned thanks, the meeting broke up. The letter of Sir Charles Fox, given above, was exceed ingly well received, and several portions loudly cheered. It was thought that Sir:Charles, with his characteristic, caution, had understated the prospective dividends of the company, and that the calculations, upon the esti mated.cost, show a net balance of more than 10 per cent.—calculation s based upon the cvell-ascertained re sults of the working of the :North Kent. line—viz., an increase of baffle irom 3,748/. per mile per annum for the first half-year afkr the opening of the railway to 5,813/. per mile per annum for the past half-year. "I have the honour to be, "Your lordship's very faithful sarvant, "The Right H on . the L or d Sondes," &c. CHARLES Fox Mr. &MUIR, M.P., the deputy chairman of the com pany, then proceeded to address the meeting. He said he had much pleasure in addressing to so important a public meeting the views he had long entertained on the subject to consider which they had been called to gether. In doing 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 propo s ed railway ; for he must say it was somewhat embarrassing that, while called upon to explain the merits of a great commercial project, be 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. o f th e 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 Dover itself. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The support which the pro posed line had received from Government had been very fully pointed out in Sir Charles Fox's letter, and superadded to that were the distinctly-expreped convic tions of the official guardians of our naval and military forces that the completion of the line from Canterbury to Dover would be of the greatest possible national ser vice ; and 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 sentdg h g , r w e greatly to session. In saying this lie must frankly state that but that the p ti e s s el com p letion i advantages as 0 f uitnodfwerothuaelddninasottirt only o ic n ts al t b h e r a n o d e u fit, it would at the same time enhance the value and importance of their railway communication between Strood and Canterbury. Be begged the meeting to understand that the arrangements for the extension of the line from Canterbury to Dover did not depend on the inhabitants of Dover suboscorielboinpl: very largely to the Parliamentary cont rac t . It woul d he unreasonable to depend at this moment hy 0 0 0 on tl the da have d i v o stance . t re - kindness of the district for any large porti on o f the 500, quired to carry out the works ; b u t the y kindness to consider that those parties who such under taking possessed facilities and means forpromoting attached great importanc e to the moral support which persons of influence in a di str i ct through which it was proposed to carry a railway g ave to it ; and it was on this broad ground that he appealed to the meeting to I afford their support to tshecprojected line ; and if they, upon'exarnination Were a isfied that the project would not only be one ofgreat local advantage, but one entitled to their sympathy and support on public and national KERTCH AND YENIKALE. ( Prom Galignani' s Messenger.) What is called the Sea of Az'off is in reality no thing more than a vast pond or gulf, noted for its shal lowness, and united to the Black Sts 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 chief 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 antiquities, medals, sculpture, Eke., found in the neighbourhood. There are several construc tions of enormous size near it, which are known by the name of the Roues of the Cyclops. Yenikale is a small town, but important on account of its citadel,whichcom 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 hous€s are handsome. It contains a population of about 10,000 souls. It was a place of only slight importance when it was ceded by the Porte to Russia in 1774, but it soon after partly recovered its original splendour, to the detriment of Theodosia, the ancient Kaffa. All the commerce carried on at Theodosia was removed by the Russian Government to Kedah, where all vessels booed to the Sea of Azoff were compelled to undergo a quaran tine of ft - Air days. The larger vessels had their cargoes brought to them in lighters from Taganrog or from Roe tof, but those of lighter draught of water creased the bar and loaded at Taganrog. On their return they were obliged to t rans f er h a l f their carg oes at Yenikale int o lighters, and to res hi p i t at S ertc h, afte'r havi ng passed t over the shall ows . N o t w ith s t an di ng these difficult ies, the commerce and merc in 8 eofKelrtsehl not and fewer ofthe flea of 10 A , z o o o ff rap idly increased,vessels entered the Sea of Azoff. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. -- . i Sir,--At the present moment, when everything a o b w o n th t e o the 1 connected• with Kertch becomes interesting, many of your readers may be gratified by having their attention directed to a feW antiquities specimens.andvTerhael ancientsbrought a from a n t t i li c e a p w ru u i ruins according or t d h i e n g e i t t y o ' S k t r e capi tal of the district 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 1 cases witb theof miscellaneous ar Egyptian eho i o g i pottery, cat m ost important item consists of a portion of moulding of Grecian character ; and, singular)a wooden of all the corresponding fragments I hak had enough, ,nit;eB of seeing, it is the one of all others e 0 pp ortn. sa tis'factorily exhibits the old practice, which most painting classical ornaments of a n of g li ding and The leaves which form the ornamentarchitectnral nature. en tirely covered with thick gold leaf, are still= almost s vermillion ground, the tint of and are relieved upon and obscured by dirt, is . which, where 'not covered laid on more than as brilliant as if it bad not a month au( ) b ees The largest specimen in wood, of an 1 d nsists of the leg of a chair,' also e.ega n t It . is remarkably well esign, and spiritedly carved. similar remains of a preserved, considering that most appeared from the face of woodwork have long ago dis ace of the earth, leaving our notions of classical furniture to be mainly based upon represen tations in paintings In addi t i on to the b and bas-reliefs. have appertained to the li v i ng, there are saeveorvaT which relics which have been taken f rom the resting-places of the dead. A golden fibula, a neck string of glass beads, a wooden comb, and Portions of a garment, which have been but partially carbonised w en the body of the occupant of the tomb Itwas burnt u n 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 soil which British valour has now so aus piciously secured. Who can tell whether, after the lapse of as many centuries as have passed away since the cohorts of victorious Rome laid their strong hand upon Panticapa3um, some enthusiastic antiquary may not gather up fro m the g r a v e of some hastily - bu r ie d English soldier analogous evidences of i i.;)r prise and daring I VC. IGBT WYATT. 3 54 Guudford-street, Russell-square, May I • 100 100 100 20 20 50 20 25 10 'Lb 20 all 10 '22 all all 28 44; i 73 i 28. i 1 0 St. 20 50 12!, 121 . 10 6 124 1.2 A 121 St. St. St. 16$ 5 St. so. f i all all all all