The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-23 00:00:00

(11 E y MA ItKET C 0 ' 1 . 11., -97WIAL LYTELLIGENCE. Th e CITY, Two o 3 lC es L t o e c r ir da . y, e i n. , , Cotton Market at Liverpool, C e ser cl . 1 kith a buoyant appearance, and prices of all Ac re 11T ions were Id. per lb. dearar. The sales wer "Itimatecl at 15,000 bales (1,000 of which co : 1 'lka for expo r t, and 7,000 on specul l a t tij d ) : to fr 1) .1 11 g 1,000 Pernam and Maranli 9 a d ra , 5,000 Sp rat l4. ' ; 1,000 Egyptian, at 61d. to 18, 0 a t 3 id. to 4 -id. ; and 100 Sea Isla . tlds at t i . to 3, Share Market asel 1 _ per lb. The Railway The cry firmly, at full rates. with.) id : hip Su ssex has arrived from M e lb ourne Th. u° l ' OOO oz. of gold. ta kes. °I 1 Nla of Judah, from Sydney, brings 4,289 Th e 0 llati 4t °lninercial advices from the 'Continent are Port ed ! . esting to-day, and there is no change re fill 1t a the - I n ( niey markets abroad. " tece i be geld lately received from America has Ti, tit ° the Bank of England. gete e l i f 'rein exc:ianees were yesterday afternoon ._ ti ki ll • Y fir m, as regards- bills upon all the Flu ~,. eil ies of the Continent. .uilel , p r eente. -rge arrivals of bullion during the past and 4118 (4 ' , 'wee ks, and the certainty of further imports, n_ tl'tl of ; ac4 t parties to regard a contittued chea t pe ere 4 ev e , - ie tleY as a matter of certainty, andt mhor kw t - e - ii ce lne talk of the Bank of England to-mor red fromo- 4 4 1 ,, 51 llei ng its minimum rate of diseoun , Nail; : 1. °out. Without asserting that the alter ttl4t it ' II be made so early, we may fairly assume "leta e , can not be m uc h longer delayed, the a.llm i „ I° l notes an d spec i e i n t h e B an k coffers p ea 'g quite disp ropor ti ona t e t o its business. Na uetie ll in the i n t eres t on E xc hequer Bills is_ ep tat i ill fa vour of m one y b e i ng more easily pro b klit l i l u P OI I other se cur iti es . The instalment Nib 0 l oan having been paid yesterday, there l un e 11 g more to 10 provided until the 192 . h . 0f t at a',4l . , i) no cEscount beingallowed, it is unlikely ire tl °D e will p ay i n advance, un l ess t h ey de nt, get the stock. It has been inferred e o N 't ? , orde r to employ some of its surplus ` . ' e l llki - e aillc of En , ;lan d has made investments 'n 1 a nd Gra ' and looking to the means e l tl -.mum, 4111 e,, 1° Government ma possess to avoid bor ikreq on deficiency bills, y on the instalments rel iqa,,, fr ` i na the loan, such a course may become f l(111 1, 4 L thl '• As to the "call" due upon . the .o, t .e. ~ atotith it wil be again returned within a }i hi ht , , 441 la, r l the payment of the July . dividends. f hta ' DYancy in the money market in time of a inneediately after a loan, with a backwar e c e l 411 (1 041 1 ' 1 Prospect, and more borrowing by France 0 , e r States, is strong testimony to the soun liTlllie 4 l,' Zdflosntlilseiniaol rpiolisiiigtion. °C 'Cur/. support the improvement 14 g t, ed at the closp of business yestercly, h ') se Clal t i "rad good purchases that were made. lnd orhkmltt haveh bee n 9in to 913 for transfer, . ‘.' t tlii l4 l'errent. above those values for July. The It , ,_ ha s been at 21 to 2i premium, , t Otk i :1111inable Annuity at 161 to - Bank ,I, a ; nd the 1 , 1 / 4 tt, about 20 9 2 1 -. Exchequer Bills of June are t ) 11 • Pm. The New 3 per Cents. have been N.. ,N,2k2titicae,tilgitlermarket is quiet, and Turkish Bonds flat at 77 ,1 to 78. Mexican are firm 40Tli :g• Dutch 2 1 - 8 per Cents. bring 61. 0 11 - ihrti:e,4B,t :ttotly2i2nig,;are the nominal prices of foreign 'll, 221 Ctrenada Deferred Bonds, 7 to 712 ; Mexi e Peruvian, 68 to 70 ; dit e t r o c T en h t r e e ., d , ta 47 to 49 ;' Portuguese Four p Nlttil. pr}ur,ussian Five per I'l ; 1) d -a-Half per Cents., Ceiats. 9 8 8 8 " t o o 19030 : 't i ,tte k , ll ,lew Deferred, 1-8 i to . 3 per ,__ 181 ; Ditto to 4i ; itt(l A '' to 37i ; Ditto Certificates, 4 i 1 , 4 1 1 , a ' . 1 18siv e) n 7 t 4 1 • °, 4n. 111,R., Shares °ii° -6. is a very fair business to 4 4 _, -.7 there 4‘ i 11i ; ,,, , t 'l at full prices for the principal under- G (li alat tecially Aberdeen, GrreesaetniyVelevshtaetrnh,eaavnyd„ k i t ' l , ( lik, i , The French sharesa )' i ' ll Ilt i llll k of Canada higher. are the oof tl i e s are stead London Chartered steady, are higher, and 7.4(4 (I.°-,,liestralia 01. 4 4 itat iejp _ria . ment new Debentures have improved. ) I , , :r;, ll : l t 4 tio u o f their meeting, the Directors t la,„"lkai t a, til a ni Loan Company of Upper Canada it Itial te ,,'la:, report, which is most encouraging. , e"owia-le f or the six mouths to March 31. Cit a , K Z i ' ve in 111 he 13 ' ), tc' e xtracts from the document . 44 b 4 ic 4 h i R a i e p r p e e e a s r e e d i 1; 41 4 1 that ll 94 t 3 h 1 e . investments d d. th 6d.—the in amount Canada , 5 1, 11 rio; ! ; 1 ' 18 . 7d in , the last statementaccoun ts- to of been, Nh . ; "'le vilke atthoughthe value of money bas borrow 'P e!)f th e °of that time, above.the average . h r rlivieetlea th:,°4lPatlY• It is, therefore, w great 8 1 :1 11 .1 e ::3 }1 1 : hu nl e ' p t e h e e n d t i . r o e c rt t o ti z are pd d .up enabledespti to maintain of with e in e e t m he . amount' to Z l / 4 M fr o ' 4B . 3ci:T . ,,a . fits of the last half year ..... t eas n S ept "11101. added to the sum bro u ti m g:l4 di f t o o ri .1 -at 0 - ' c.f. io e-ernber last, leaves balance at c e . "'ela rm . ttliast'44Bl- 4s. hedireet a orß recommend tha Zat -.4 en ti r ) °, a dividend of 8 per cent. per annum be . 17itpat,4111t.Ittly,q:41i.st Pr, capital . stock ,es o s f o t v h e e r company , 6 per cent. or the I ll ni o a ta La t unt ta the ex - b e ea,o3;oi chaprutertoonfeserve Fund in accordance that ; and SI Y 4 lie e ' r 'ed to Incorporationre demptionofpreliminary expenses. AlNI: li e ~,.' areenntinc, to 1511. 19s id., will be c i ar- , fi lnd d t Of the next half- ear's account. lhe ;NV 148 : 31"h the above addition, will amount to kte l j t lei ee , ( l- The rireetors have only to reeat company'sthe 'lta;',"defiee in the security or the 1 44, 4 rt letri\l/3 THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. I Z f',N . , (P1?)74 the Ogcial Li A. 1 , T iti „."' - nerliu., . ntrinP"^". 1 . (1 ; 4 I , e " et, ll j,lT Ann,,'.. . - 90 4,, 0 7 ~k , , r . e,,,,. .. Aluinitie s . 90414 9 C i i l h 8 INit:'''llti'l,anralltiea . . oi 3z il at, X 3 O ye..xpire sth .Tan., 180 . 3 11.16 O t ' 4 4 'll, ,4 8, 4 1,; . x•Pire sth April, 1885 16 9-16 , 04 i ‘erk e .‘4.1 ...... , 19 18 i1a,,,;, 4 .. e° ' l nt, 3 0th Alai 90.1 at%'iiiii; ..... . ........ ... , ........... 24 if i , Pyl une. NO ... . 2s. March 1 904 li 001 5i........................ 1, Z... . ................................... r liii n ' t i,-; ,•:,,„-' . ... ................. . N I : AIQ t r .," - "°° 4 6, 36 per Cent. lOO4 VII tondo '-4• POREiGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Il iki ltt 'l ,12 3 )Ntitk4,Per e llt ~ per Cent 1 - 01 i SkiStr ( ent,...." .- **"" ..... .... v. " 22 a i a,s i ki il ,,.iletZs.,' 5 Pe; ....... ........... .... ........ .. • 87 4 ti , , 1 , ,, ,1.,, i i -,.Ptr cent ... • It i `ik ,b 'ki e t r t ll ". . 3 per Cent. lB3 Al t ' O ll4 B rt 'e of Coup. not fun 44 h 1 ' tl i '," Pgr cent 'N I tit° aid:'eeennt.. 775 8 7a 7 titt4'ltatebaZd'exi the above ......... in London. _ Der e 24 2 Guil 64 31 ?.111 ' Ce rtificates ...... \i:r'it1tt.R01441,......53.4...ee. ... u .. T . 1t ... :. .......7 .1 ff 9°ol'Ct °CA' 901 i 1" 4, 414 ,i '11 1 !I'IT ; -0- A ---------- i, -P ,---- 8 letter from. k v c ,'-31 • , - - , M1C411..NT HIP.— igtrtliktetti:4Cf:olllo a e L o i f v t e h r e po ßlack Ball line of packets, t o Sydney, with 290 z., r. a , ea b i, 44, 1 1. A oard, was driven into Dundrum Bay on ''' 11 1 ,-' t he e e ?" of confusion ensued after the vessel era ki A 1 , 14 4 ) b I:nigratits, who were mostly of the op_ ern t tftt lit ertt in el ,t l l4 at the time in bed, and two of them ° l' .3 ' , aria -3 " 1 3' kille 1 but the remainder were . landed . Vtlio 0 1 ' the vicinity. ,tttiqb .?cated in Dundrum and an d 1 4'i t iti i lle hr j a iled from Liverpool on Wednesday. a. qigt; Iva, (1 3 : in the same place in which the Great t /ip al lti t i t .'en on shore in 1846, and at low water 11tittae4o Y on the sand." , e :t . t l l: th e e IianBOUR Vi r OßKS.—The great unde,rT k t Plql, 4 rt (If t7l4Btruction of the northern breakwater 0 , 4 1i t f..' 'th e ,new harbour at Holyhead. is proceedingt. e .' tl: t t IN% ofl'uge erection has been extended into h tl brark. Theo feet from Soldier's Point at low ),1111 4 , 1 7`at e , w i ll masensoon b ry work to face and complete commenced. /3'lisL2,4llBsllttikot. ONE . C S o li m alNG DAY.—Tuesday, Ill'ullti 1...--A-droissions On payment, 3,394 ; ditto, t'S ° D eke 448 • a ti t eke v ' • total visitors, 3,842. ipi LI ha y Rt bevonshire will, as usual, we believe, th:t., ,, ► hl•cl i al e_ason at icemptown, his grace having, we Yt 4 ,7 1 4 4 ,;_lnq invariably suffered from te . ' y_ ISA . -usent from the sea side at that period of , I t% , `.o tl- at ` Qo 4. Paris is alli k h ~,t)ar (o tn---The quotation of gold A. l et , k t ile li llrs e r ur dia to the last tariff), which, a t n he . RN 4 1.1 1 Riv e ," le e of 3/. 17s. 1011. per ounce for f• a d Illi,' (a l 1,. an exchange of 25.17 ; and, the exchange t isles a V i den at short ' being 25 20, it follows that e 1 ) 11 3 , 4 , 1 _ 1 . 2 per cent, dearer in London than in s tt;l),.et ~l.rei.ices from Hamburg the price' of gold 0. tp k „ ll i{t 1„?11. ~,I,.w h ieli, at the Enc . ;lish Mint price I . et, dos 13:I' hick, for standard gold, gives an ex ," e t ,' 4t Rho 8 ; and, tke exchange at Hamburg on ''(ilitrillit. def. being 13'6, it follows that gold is 0'64 L tt tit iV e xrZ e u r in Lnndon than in Hamburg. The Ne 4 '"'h•• • fie at New York on London for bills at tit 4 1,?, 1 ya 110} Per cent and, the par of exchange :tit lot te11,, 4 „, 4n d and America being 109 23-40-per tt..0.1444:.4v0,;;R0pi:t the exchange is nominally 0.67 per 01 - ° l lt '' e l of 4 e gland ; and, after making allowance l tr ra te 1 'ratlvolt and difference of interest, the '4ll tlieeave4 a sinal profit on the importation of -114 40 States. SHARE MARKETS (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. 1 RAILWAYS. Cloßing Prices this day. 22 - 23 43 - 4i 81 - Ei 14 - 331 154 9 - 8 Li 85 - 87 62 - 633 - 14 7 - 9-i 5 - 4 5i - 63 - 15 31 - 23 21 - 23 75, '5 571 2d par 19 20 68 - 70 91. - 76 - 78 .'4 - I'6 - f 8 66i • 67i 58 - •62 70 - 75 6 - 8 6 - 8 78 - 9 - Ou - 10 8 1 .00 - 1004 - - *(L 83i - 64! 9 8 8 - 7 25 - 251, --F.3,1 7i - 711 41 - 43 10 - 8 - 2 iO : E ... 3O 74, 131 )3i 494 5 1 1 48 50 d par 4 501 6 (1 1 d 28 - 30 10t - 103 67 - 69 45 - 47 124 13 601 601 2S - 29 5 - 3 3 - 1 37 - 39 193 201 31 - 22 - 24 7 - 8 ~ ."' •. 7$ 4 - 3 - 1 ... '-' ••• ••• it ld 35 —3 5 i 8— 9 P 244 2 5 3i 3iP -,• ••• 181 - 191 53 - 55 93 - 95 2i - 2i f- 41 3 - 4? 2k - 2R 2k - 3ii 21 - 21 100 - 101 107 , - 109 109 -- 110 101. 103 214 - 22. LO9 - 111 Ikifune,st 4r.ne , this day. dir 4 -- 4ip -• 4 l 2 • 2 i ? 5 7 2 -- 3 6 - 6} iii = ini 13 - 13, .••74 —, •• 26g 2ei 47 49 41. 43 22- 23 d ip 2 Yid 8 -- 21 2ip 34 - 4 4 .. .6i - 7 p ii :: iii BANKS. 81 - 83 1.. '''''. •. • i d par ...d 17 -- 18 20 21 id —6P 32 -- 34 40 - 42 71 - 73 8 - 9 m be be ei ' I P of Ai 3 0 1 01 li t t'C' 0 4010 al. 1 0 05 ° 4 0P 41°' 0' S. io°"1300. 1 0. f ile& r°oo7, ; 0 10° toore, 401 0 / : 1 0 rtj ''• v g o° ° r ,l O l 1,9 r oo' f 1 06°' al ) b 10 19 41 r to l e o.l' ~ s ir . I Lao .2i I 8 Ndi 1 I frk e~ 17i I all 2 I lco all R. 100 R. 1.00 10 61s. 50 all 50 all 20 all 20 16 25 all 25 all St. 100 20 :1) Rt. 100 Purness 12 all 50 all (6 14 , f, 1f; . : 7 B. 1100 3 20 a 1 114 411 St 1 .00 St. 0) 20 16 10 5 12) 2• St 100 50 I 2- 5 all b all a. 100 ;5 all 21. 4 ;t. 100 t. 100 !I5 I VI 2 iV 8 tO all ;:is !O !O all .0 all 1) 1 k. 1 ,oo • all . 0 ,0 all 5) all zcl 18 10 5 0 I all .0 171 s. D I all 5 1 4 L7il R ,l l !O I 10 o I lo 6110 0 all IS 15 :5 all :0 1.0 5 I all 1 5 2 4 all wi all i all 10 all lo all yj all ;0j all )0 all :0 14 5 all 9 10 9 14 16 10 t3i 31i LO tO 'all 6 all all 8 all Le all ►p 16 6 1 all m 1 all 20 50 50 10(1 100 20 501 20 4 . 25 5 20 10 20 10 22 all all all all 10 ..... A.nabg. Nottng. Doss , and Eastn. Junct.., Panymen% Wolverh. Stour ...... Lancsb. & Cheshire Janet Do. Chcsh. & Birk 4:50 and V. 145 CMS Da., £20.... ...... it . tytla &Tyn:orir„,ins £25 (issd. at £45. 3ristol and Exeter Caledonia'n Cat roarthen and Car Boater IT.oiyilea.cl. Cork caul Banaon., Cork, Black, 14 P2SS Cornwall Crieff Junction Dundee PorthtiAb,n deen Junctien 7710, Kew...... East Anglian Eastern Counties , astern iJnion, A Stock B. Stock Do., New ik 'L-LEt. Lancashire Edinbu.rgh& Gimpy Edinb. and Peebles., %q din. Pith & Dunde: Orth & Clyde Jan,. 00. Extension........ Glasgow & S. Westen Treat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stook Sth. &West.(lre. Treat Western )o. Stour Val. Rai Cua. Stk. South-Easters ,ancastor & Carl Do., Thirds Po. New Thirds LAD cash. and V )• Wet. Ruling Liv.Craby.&.Sonthpl London & Blackwa! Land. Bright & Zion& and N. Westi , Do. Fifths CRON. Sla., ( Do. Eighths London andS. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O f Auln.lrry & Col eraiir `.,ncludrry. \ alich.Slief. k Lind: Do. Shues, No. 1 , 0., Man. & Lin. Un Midland io. I.irmng. & Derto 'Mid. G. West.. (Ire, ) 'Jo. Half Shares ‘Tewoastle k Carl Nwpt.Abcrg. &Hail Newry 1; Guuiskiilai Newry WaiTenpoini and Rostrevor Norfolk ‘Torthn.Coun ties Un. North Britigh North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed Y. Eastern—Berwici Do. do. Extension Do.do. C.N.E. Pure!: Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New XlO Y. &S. Virstrn. stead, and City Jn.. North *taffordshire.., North Western Y. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester,Sl Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central.,... SeottishMidland Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales 3. Yrksh. dt Riv. Dun Do Staines, Wok . g Wok Stockton & Darlim. Stc 3kton do Hartl4 Taff Vale Do. £lO snares....... Do. Pref., No. 1..... Thames Haven Docl, and Railway Vale of Neath Watert,l. Waterfor I&Limericl West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace West London. Wimbledn&Croydon Antwerp& Kott trdarn Belgian Bastn. June. Beziers to Oral ssessa , .! Bombay, Baroda, an l Central Inclia.Scrip Central of Italy Demerara •.• Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. Eylkmsion..... ' Do. 4 a p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible...... Tio. no. do., '59, do.. Gd. Tk of Cartad..A is. Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franc) , I Gt. Indian Poninmla guar. 5 per cent Do. New 5 per cent. Po. ESteIISiOII3 Great linxemboury Constituted Share , Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Shares ... .. . Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 . Do. do., '76, p. '63.. Do. do., '73, withou option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Coast. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref Lyons aid Genova Lyons & Idediterran. .iadras Do. New Maria Antonia . Do. do. New • Namur di Liege (wits interest) Do. (ea interest) Northern of France D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3a p. c. & red. at 221/. der. 88 yrs. from IJan. 1851 Do. TM. 3 p. c Bds (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPre! ' Paris and Lyons.—, Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen ParisCaan & Cherbrg. Rouen andllavre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Mouse... !►o. 5v p. cent. Prof. Scin, ..... , ..... Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 64 per c. Pref Western of France Wept. of Switzerland Wiasbaden Zealand JOINT-STO Australasia ........... ; British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chart& Bank of Asia ,Chrtd. BA. of India, Australia, & Chins Colonial Commercial of Loud English Scottish cud Australian Chart Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australis Ditto New London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Weetminster National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation. - Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co._ South Austr I.lia Union of Australia, Do. New ... UWOA of Loudon FOREIGN. LINES LE LSED =%T FIXED RENTALS. BLILWATS. Lensing CompanF London. N. Wait. L.&N. E. Un. 1 t. at. ICrtiln. Caldonian Do fat. Wes:l Yk. No NV & Deny. Y. & N Do D 0.., S. Baste n 1) Peto & Co Norfolk.. Do N. W & tlidld. I Stekton Darlingt. 'En. Conn. E. Count. D 0......... Do.. ....... L. & N. W. SzLniak Do Gt North, LancitsliS York sh. T. Brasser 111.MCleal '‘itockt. A Darling ) 0 ..... (losing Pricer. this day. l artWestn 'tool/leis thig day. 86 7 63 lli a 9O 2 76 7 125 i 9; 67}61 78J a 1(10/ 11 100 i 1002 100 15j 831 4 31, 4 71i I i 501 50 30 292 lq 13i 47a 60$ 28$ i 20 If ' 13k 1 19 18i 2i i 3 21; i 7i 41 i 83 21 171 21} 5A5 2SI 4 , 4 t 4 Iktiford rtD Buckgliamsli. Clydedale.To. Col. Stein' Vy. Slid. and Hal. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cant. Gins. Barr. 8: Nab. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.&Dn.Fr Firtlpl. Dk. Railway Hull & Selby Do. Share g. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til.,&S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bata. and Matlock Middloiuro' & Redear Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury Exton.. Northern and Easternsp.o. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystniz Sher. Rotli .anc , Goelers% 5, _•P•c• Shrews. &Her S. StaCfordsb . Wear Vali eygr 6 per coat Do Wiltseloairst 7 - 9 - 101 134 - 136 ••• --- - 107 - 169 - ••• 12 . 4 - 13 23 -24 11 - 114 zi - 21 ••• 93 - par iP 57 - 59 iio := iii Ti - Si 3 - 21 - 90 - 92 51 4 1 all Agua Fria 1 1 all Anglo Austria. Gold •„ 1(b. all Anglo Californian 20 6 Australian — 1 1 1 all Australian Cordillera - • • 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd.. Duchy of, • a 50 all Blamarvon Iron and Coal 20 13.5 British • Iron 4 6 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issued at E 5 pm.) 3 2 30 all Do. Cocacs & Cuiab c 21 3 21 20 l 5 Do. St. John Del Re 3 31 —33 1 Carson's Creak 1 0 Clarendon Cons. Min . Co. of Jamaica, 40 all Cobre Copper 55 57 57 • 5 1 ,Colonial Gold — 1 1 1 St. all Copper Min. of Bag. 2 30 40 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent. ... 16 Copkapo 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg no 11 —ll 2 1 Fortuna Ad -- in 20 all General. 1 all Gt.Nugg etVein.Reg. •4f all Groat Polgooth . — 1 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 6i 71 5 1 Lusitanian — iP 1 all Mariquita. — 1 all Now Granada .- 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co — 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 14 1 - 151 15 5 1 Port Philip — 1 all Quartz Rock — 50 all Rhyraney Iron l9 21 15 all Do. NOW 5 6 30 12 Santiago de Cuba...,. 51. 6 1 all South Anstralian..... 1 10 71 TO Croft . - 3 28q all United Mexican 6 61 6f / 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa — 1. 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia — ..• 1 all Yuba •. •.. MISCELLANEOUS. 25 •17 Australian Agricult. 31 33 311 10 all Aushatin. Royal Mail 10 7 Berlin Water Works 31 3 d 50 40 Brit. American Land 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. • and Reduction Co. • 100 321 Canada ll5 120 St. 1.00 Canada , Gov. 6p. ct Jan. and July • 111 111:1 111 5 all Crystal Palace 3i 31 3,1 1 5 4 Do. Preference 1 p 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 1 1 Duston. Iron Ore 20 81 Eastern Steam — 25 22 Electric Telegraph l7 18 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 all General Screw St eam ... ... 14i 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. •• • 10 9 Mexicau&S.Americn. 6} 10 2/. Do. New 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 1 1 6 2 1 N. S. W. Coal do Inter. Steam Navigat: Co. • 1 all N. B, Australasian... .- 1 50 S N a d u Peel a L r d sz . & or ti n n t r a l i 2 6 1 20 15 Nrth.dEuropeSt . -- 62 321 50 10 Do. New lli 1,2 11i 2 all Portland Iron Co 1 —1/ 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 74 I all Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 -- 1 Ifi 1 / Ditto NeW I 1 25 all South Austral .1 And 381 91 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip 4 1 1 all Do. Registered — .20 5 Trust& L.Co.U.Can. I o 281 Diemen's LeaA 1 . n WI! 61 131 iat flataplan Nabob Acrobat %tr 14 t - 4tirc Ali 1 4 01 9 SUN OFFICE, Sev3o b o'Clock. EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAP,M) THE DERBY. WILD DAYRELL KINGSTOWN LORD OF THE ISLFS ... 1 ... 3 Twelve ran. CAREW STAKES. King of Trumps Lamb's Wool , 1 Two ran. GREAT EXHIBITION PLA' Torn Burke Eulogist Master Slender Four ran. 1 2 ~ U THE EPSOM CUP. Four ran. LATEST BETTING. OAKS. to 1 agst Nettle 6to 1 agst Blooming Heather, 6to 1 agst Capucin3 7to 1 agst Clotilde Gay is scratched. DERBY. sto 4 agst Wild Dayrell 2 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles 10 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick 20 to 1 agst Kingstown 20 to 1 agst Ryistone 20 to • 1 agst Cave Adullum Paros scratched. 1 2 ;3 BETTING AT MANCHESTER-130. DERBY. Gto 4 agst Lcrd of the Isles (take . 3)o 2 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell 6to 1 agst Kingstown (offered) GENERAL CANROBERT AND .LORD RAGLAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - _ SIR, —General - C anr obert, as we are awe re, with a noble self-sacrifice for hia country's good, hi is resigned his command in the Crimea to General P elissier, an officer under his command. Taking into consideration the delicate courtesy and good breeding for which our French neighbours are so distir.guished, think you not that it may be a hint to Lord Raglan to resign his command also, seeing that his lordship has made so little progress in tile successful prosecution of this great war, and fur whic 4 he appears to be unequal to the occasion. With two great countries like France an d England, desirous of prosecuting this just war with unparalleled vigour, is there no master mind, no genius, no man of sufficient energy, decision, and judgment, and up to the mark to lead us on to victory? If not, then indeed may we mourn for retrograde France ! degenerate England I The times want not a mere narrator of events, as Lord Raglan appears to be, but an energetic, fertile, judi cious, and unconquerable spirit, who meets with difficul ties, but with a determination to die or overcome them. Such a man would soon put a very different aspect on affairs.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, 12, Steward-street, Spitalfields, B. D. P. May 21, 1855. WEIGHING FOR THE FATOUI?ITB. Ever prompt to utilise the leading incidents of the day, Punch Las for his principal illustration this week a re presentation of Lord Palmerston in the attire of a jockey being weighed for the political Derby. His lordship weighs dreadfully light, and his smirk o self-satisfaction, while failing to turn the scale of Libe ralism, Progress, and Solidity, is admirably contrasted with the disappointed looks of Mr. Puna and John Bull, the latter of . whom exclaims—" Poor old Pam Too light I'm afraid Mr. Funds." SUNDAY TRADING BILL.—A. meeting was held last night in the British School-rooms, Cowper-street, City road, to consider the bill introduced into the Commons by Lords Grosvenor and Ebrington, who were present. The chair was taken by Mr. Broad, of Lambeth. A resolution, declaring the bill " arbitrary, oppr essive, unjust, and tyrannical," was put and carried, as was a second, that a petition against the bill be presented ; ttnd after several speeches, the meeting separated. ORPHAN WORKING SCHOOL. —Yesterday a public examination of the children educated at this institution took place Et its establishment on Haverstock-bill. The chair was occupied by Mr. Apsley Pellatt, M.P. The examination • was conducted by Mr. Fitch and Mr. Baxter, of the British and Foreign School Society. Mr. E. Ball, M.P., subsequently addressed the children, and rewards were presented to the old scholars in testi mony of their continued good conduct in the situations which they now occupy., ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL, NEW-CROSS. —The annual general meeting of this corporation took place yesterday at Willis's Rooms, Admiral Bowles, C. 8., presiding, sup ported by. Earl Manvers, Admirals Earl Waldegrave, Lord Byron, Sir Charles Ogle, Sir Geo. Lambert, Sir H. 0. Pell, J. W. D. Dundas, Meynell, and a number of other gentlemen. The chairman having briefly ad verted to the satisfactory condition of-the school, as well with regard to its finances as to its educational athran tagee, the report of the council was read by Mr. Barnes, the secretary, which stated that, since the last annual crea sed prosperity and success. meeting, the school has continued its ca reer with in- The Hon. Lady Phillips's second concert took place on Monday evening. Among the company were the Neapolitan Minister and Princess Carini, the Danish Minister and Countess d'Oxholme, the Belgian Minister, the Bavarian Minister, Count Trautmansdorff, Count and Countess Reventlow Criminil, the Duchess of Wel lington and Lady Emily Hay, the Duke of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Paulett, Marchioness of Ailes bury, &c. COUNTESS OF ENNISKILLEN.—The remains of this lady were removed last evening from the town residence of the Bari of Enniskillen, in Eaton-place, Pimlico, to be conveyed to Fleetwood, after which by steamer to Belfast, and from thence to Armagh, to be interred in the family vault tbere. DUBLIN, May 22. —The Lord-Lieutenant left Dublin yesterday by special train, on the Great Southern and Western Railway, for Cork, for the purpose of presiding at the opening of the Now Cork Athenaeum this day. The directors of the Crystal Palace have caused to be prepared two volumes, bound in imperial morocco, con taining a series of photographic views of the progress of the Crystal Palace, from the raising of the first column on the 9th of August, 1852, to its opening on the 10th of June, 1850. Tee views were taken by Mr. P. Dela- Locate, head drawing master to King's College. This splendid work is intended to be presented to the Em peror of the French, as a memorial of his visit to he Palace. Mrs. Richards, wife of a merchant in Winter-terrace, Union-road, Borough, was deliv e r ed on Thursday of three female children. The mother and little ones are progressing favourably. Twenty persons were more or less injured by an acci dent on the Stour Valley Branch Railway, near Dudley, on Monday evening. There was some mismanagement at the points. Lady Feversham gave a ball last evening, at the family residence, in Belgrave-square. The reunion, was honoured with the presence of a distinguished circle of guests, mongst whom were Prince Gholam Mahomed, son of Tippoo Satan and Prince Feroze Sh a h, gran d son of Tippoo Sultan, both of whom were attired in magni ficent Eastern costumes. The sixth ordinary meeting of the Institute of paper was read, "On the Valuation of -spare—Charles Jellicoe, Esq., V.P in &An aries was held on M onda y evenin g , a t the institute in S th t e . Government Securities, by Edwin Jam es F arrell, Esq V.P. c J h a a i i n r e . s's A •I Mr. J. Carmichael, the eminent marine artist, departs for the Baltic on Saturday next, to take sketches for the Illustrated News. The Manchester Town-ball had a narrow escape on Monday morning. The lofty ceiling over the Town clerk's office, the floor, and the ceilings of several rooms below, were injured by fire, but the damage will proba bly not exceed 100/. His Excellency Sir Ralph Abercromby, the British Minister at the Hague, who is now en conge in this country, leaves town early in the ensuing month to re sume his diplomatic duties. THE GOVERNOR OF BALAKLAVA.—Amongst the Rus sian prisoners brought home in the Simla last week was the Governor of Balaklava, who was taken prisoner when Balaklava was first seized by the English army. In the confusion of the capture the governor lost his wife and daughter, and has never heard of them since. The Agnes Blaikie, from Malta to Balaklava, was run down by her Majesty's ship Medina, about the sth of Mny off the latter port. The preamble of the Carlisle and S . Moth Pay Dock and Railway Bill was declared proYedas t • evening. THE ELECTRIC CLOCK AT THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY T.gliarlNUS, LO.N BON-B,RID(7'Z On the Ist of November, 1852, the system of sen di ng time sig na l s h our, b y h our from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich to various telegraph stations came into successful operation. Certain .hour signals were re quired by the South-Eastern Railway Company, and the remainder were passed on to the Electric Telegraph Company for distribution along their system. The interchanges of connexions far these purposes were ac complished by a commutator carried by the great clock at the London terminus. The next step in the system was to show time to shipping in the Downs by the drop of a ball at Deal, caused by a telegraph signal sent from the Greenwich clock at 1 p.m. For the success ful carrying out of this it was deemed prudent to erect a clock in London for the especial purpose of carrying the commutator. Mr. C. V. Walker, the telegraph engineer to the South-Eastern Company, bad found by experiment that the pendulum at Green wich would keep one of Shepherd's electric clocks going on the lecture-table of the London Institution, and he proposed to the Astronomer Royal that the commutator should be carried at London by one of these clocks. On the 3d of March last one clock was erected over the North Kent platform, facing pas sengers as they arrive in London ; and since that date it has faithfully shown Greenwich time, which is sent to ' second by second, from the Royal Ob serva t or y. Th e clock is the property of the Government, and is under the charge of Mr. Airey on the part of the-Admiralty, and of Mr. Walker on the part of the South• Eastern Company, under whose joint care the clock, with the adjuncts essential for the purposes in question, was con structed. In the common state of things the vommutator commutator is out of gear, and the hour signal wire is continuous from Greenwich to the Electric Tele graph Company's system ; but on the approach of any of the hours when the signal is required on the South- Eastern lines, the ball-drop signal, fir instance, the commutator will have arrived at such a position that at about one minute before the hour the Green wich and the Deal wires will have been lifted from their normal positions, arid held together until nearly a minute after the signal shall have passed ; when the ball at Deal is nearly down the raast—viz., in about 15 seconds, it returns a signal to Greenwich in proof that it has dropped. The drop is produced with the utmost regularity, a failure being extremely rare. Commutators are carrieei by local electric clocks at Ashford and Deal, and the adjustments there and elsewhere are such, that the connections are made without extraneous aid, and it is out of the power of the instrument clerks, through inadvertence, themselves to send a signal and cause a false drop. Within the London clock are galva nomwers which show the hourly signalA that come from Greenwich on distinct wires, and afford a means of observ ing that the clock is showing true time; by another pro cess the time shown by the clock is read off at 8 a.m. daily at Tunbridge, and its accuracy tested. this clock promises to be the basis of operations as the system becomes developed of distributing time to the great pub lic buildings of the metropolis. The South-Eastern Com pany have cordially co-operated with the Astronomer Royal in this great work, and have made very liberal concessions to him both ill respect to the Admiralty wires anti those of which he requires the temporary use. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE TEES. (From the Report of the Registrar• General. ) In the week that ended last Saturday the deaths of 1,143 persons, namely 620 males and 523 females, were regi-tered in London. Though the figures show a small reduction on those of the two previous weeks, they still imply rather a high rate of mortality. In the 10 corre sponding weeks of the years 1845.54 the average number of deaths was 989, which, if raised in proportion to in crease of population, becomes 1,088. The deaths re turned last week are 55 in excess of the number obtained by calculation. The mortality from zymotie or epidemic diseases in the aggregate is about the usual amount. Of 220 cases referred to this class, 161 occurred under 10 years of age. Small-pox exhibits a sudden increase ; the deaths from it, which were 15 and 28 in the two previous weeks, rose last week to 45. Of these, 18 were registered in the north districts, and 14 in the east districts. The Small-pox Hospital is situated in the former divisions and in that institution 11 deaths occurred in six days. 'The disease appears to prevail in Shoreditch more than 'in any other part of London. On the south side of the river it was fatal in 3 cases in sub-district of St. John, Horselydown. 41 deaths were caused by scarlatina, and four of these occurred in Woolwich. Diseases of the organs of respiration have become less fatal ; having numbered 219 and 225 in the two previous weeks, they felt last week to 185. There died from consumption 159 persons, of whom 27 were less than 20 years old, 77 were between the ages of 20 and 40 years, 44 were 40-60, and 11 were above that age and under 80. Three lives were destroyed by intemperance. Last week the birth of 820 boys and 836 girls—in all 1,656 children—were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average number was 1,453. . . At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.659 in. The mean temperature was 46.0 deg., which is 6.5 deg. be low the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day except Saturday, and on Sunday and Tuesday it was 10 deg. lelow the average. The amount of rain in the week was 0.44 in., most of which fell on Sunday. The wind was generally in the north. 2F 1 all St. Itoo 107; PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 1100 Aberdeen lOO 102 101 St. 100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. a— B3 —9O 25 all Slyth and Tyne 10 pe, c. pref. (issd. at 50/, ... .., St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 91 93 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares St. 100 laledonian £lO 9B 100 98 15 al: 'baster & Hol7hea(' Guar. 54 per cent.. ... ~. 93, all Da. (10. Prof. No. 2 ... ... 1 24 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 •.. 64 all Cork tai an donsip. , , 3 4 64 all Dun.Prth .d& Al er,J. 5i til 10 2 ?1. AK lian CI,. ASh ... •.. St. 100 Do. do. Cs.B6 p. c. ... ••• St. 100 De. do. Cls. 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Sh lO — ll 10 all Do.CnesterSp.e.P S. 17 174 10 all Do. do. sp. c. d 0... 10 106 St• 100 Do. Birm. Gna. Stk 73 —75 2641 all Do. Ches. Gua. Sil l 194 20 134' all Do. do. do 9i 10 20 all Do. do. do ' 146 —l5 16 6 Lan. &York. F. £2(' 1 1 St. 100 Do. 6p. c. St.:•elt - 138 St. 100 Lon. &I3righ. 0.5 p.c St. 100 Do. Pref., sp.c. St ... ... St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c ... ... St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent ... ../ St. 1.00 Lon.&N. W., Coy. ea Nuneaton sp. et ... ... 50 5 Lon. & S.W. Con. 3 cit 24 3 i 121 all Londy. &Order. iSh ... -- ... 1.26 sil Londy. & Ennis. 6 Sh ... ... 10 all %fan., Shef., & Lin New, £lO 133 —. 131 133 I 6 46 Do. .6 . 4 -- IP 4 i 126 all lfarypt.&Carl.4p c ... ... 126 all De. 44 per cent • .. ... 121 106 De St. 1.00 Ali d. Consol.6 p.e St. ... ... St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol 139 St. 100 D il o i . rm 46 . p 6. per c. p e r e o n f . t . , t . .. 1 9 1 ___— % 16 114 )o. 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C ... ... 20 all Do. do. 41 p. c.... ... ... ... 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Onar. 15 —l7 25 all Stock. & Dar. ,5p c. ... • ... 25 15 Do. do. do 14 —24 p 12 • all Stock. & Harti. g. t p. c. till July 1, '56 ... „.. 5 I 4 Wutet fd. & Kilk .6 p e 24 —24 d MINF3. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 19. .Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 47 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration .. lB 5l Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseoes of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bores, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 3 Premature Birth and Debility 3O Atrophy 29 Old Age Sudden l5 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 3B Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES . Population Maths in cone- Enumerated. aponding week 1,143 Deaths in the 1851. of 1854. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males Females 1,188 1,143 620 523 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males...., Females. 820 836 Total . 1,656 STATE OF TRADE MANCHESTER, May 22.—We have had a good deal of business in yarn, but a very flat market for cloths. Manu facturers are in much the same position as on Tuesday last. They find that speculation in cotton increases rather than diminishes, that prices rise, that as long as they go on working full time, yarn as well as cotton gets dearer, and that every week they are relatively in a worse position. The sales of cotton yesterday at Liverpool were 30,000 bales, of which 20,000 were to specu lators, at id. per lb. advance, and up to noon this day the sales have been 10,000 bales. The buyers of yarn for export have been obliged to com pete here with those fer the home trade, and sellers have consequently been enabled to get up prices to something like the advance in cotton. The aggregate business has been large, and the improvement has been l i d. to id. per lb. The sales include 10's to 20 water twist for China, and muleyarn up to 50's and 60's forlndia. Buyers for Germany and the Mediterranean have also been active purchasers. On the other band, manufac turers find the market impracticable at an advance pro portionate with the rise in cotton and yarn: In some cases they have been able to sell at the prices they would have taken last week. Practically they find themselves, taking into account the fact that cotton is now id. to lid. per lb. dearer, in a worse position than at the end of February—though that was one of depression —by to id. on every pound of cloth they produce. The busi ness in cloth to-day is generally reported to have been small. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report of the cloth market : "The extraordinary state of the Liverpool market con- tinues to have a very prejudicial effect here. Manufac- ' turers, whsise business genera ll y h as b een f or some time unremunerative, are of course obliged to demand an ad vance corresponding in some degree to that obtained on cotton and yarns ; but thi s has only the effect of keeping buyers out of the market, as it is only in very few in stances that even the slightest advance on last week's rates can be realised, and the business of the day is consequently altogether inconsiderable in amount. It remains to be been which can longest hold out ; but we fear, if manufac turers continue to produce at the present rate, they will get the worst of it." Messrs. George Fraser, Son, and Co. say :—"The continued advance in the cotton-market has rendered the state of ours extremely difficult. Spinners and manufacturers decline in many cases to give quotations at all where they are out of stock, and in nearly all cases will not sell except at a decided rise. On the other hand, there is an increasing indisposition on the part of buyers to follow the movement. The extent of trans actions is consequently limited, and the state of matters very unsatisfactory to all. LEEDS, MAT . 22. —There is no change to note in the woollen cloth trade since Saturday. The public markets have to-day been steady both as to price and demand, but the quantity of cloth sold was scarcely so much as , on Ws day week. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. MR. DISRAELI'S MOTION. ( From the Times of this da,y:) In the name of common sense, what are we all waiting for ? Everybody is waiting for everybody. At a time when nobody is trusted, and• to do nothing is the worst policy of all, we are all wait ing one for another. Lord Palmerston and Mr. Milner Gibson are waiting for the re-opening of the Vienna C on f erence s. That wonderful entity, ' of which nothing but place can be predicated, is waiting fhr something like grace in Russia or dig nity in Austria, or something decisive from Sebas topol. At that place they - have been waiting for half a year, each side for the other to come on. To return home, Lord Grey has been waiting for Mr. Milner Gibson, and generally the Lcrds for the Commons. M r . Layard will now let his motion on administrative reform wait for Mr. Disraeli, and so we are in the end rediiced to the last-mentioned gentleman as the only ono who at this moment is waiting for nobody, but is pledged t o a mot i on on Thursday next. Lest some evil influence should arise to put him, too, in the same mesmeric trance as the rest, we will just remark that this attitude of expectancy is very well in some situations ; it is graceful in statuary ; it is proper for sentinels at their posts ; it becomes infantry expecting a charge of cavalry, and it is a painful necessity in the case of a, traveller at a station when the train is overdue ; but in political affairs it is simply stagna tion or . stupor ; it is " to rotin cold obstruction ;" it is to offer any inducement to the schemin g an d ambitious to play off their activity against our inac tion ; it is to run." a waiting race," as our witty con temporary lately expressed it, by waiting without motion. Every man and every State may say "I bide my time," but then it must be au active and' ,vigorous biding—not a passive one. The chief way in which great warriors and great statesmen have compassed their ends has been by surprise. They have come down upon the rest of the world before it expected then. Had the neighbouring poten tate waited long enough, he might have been the victim, instead of the author, of a coup d'etat ; but, as it happened, his opponents chose a waiting po licy. At length, however, we are promised a con clusion of the present waiting. Mr. Disraeli an nounces that he will wait no longer, and he has accordingly given notice of the following resolution for next Thursday : " That this house cannot adjourn for the recess with out expressing its dissatisfaction with the ambiguous language and uncertain conduct of her Majesty's Go vernment, in reference to the great question of peace or war ; and that, nnder these circumstances, this house, feels it a duty to declare that it will continue to give every support to her Majesty in the prosecution of the war, until her Majesty snail, in conjunction with her allies, obtain for this country a safe and honourable peace." We can understand almost any excuscs for wait ing, but that now offered to Parliament is not of a nature to allay the general impatience. What are we to expect from Vienna that we did not expect before, and in which we Lave not been disap pointed ? Of those Conferences nothing remains but the name of Vienna. On the departure of the Western Plenipotentiaries the geriitts loci stood alone in all its vacillation. We consulted the oracle, and if it did not altogether Philippise it did its-best to leave us in a State of uncertainty. But, besides the place, and besides those barren prefer ences which Austria always shows for abstract truth and justice, what loophlle did the confer ences leave for that re-opening we are asked to wait for? Has Russia shown the smallest in clination to abandon her preponderance in the Black Sea under any conditions whatever ? Has she encouraged us to believe that this point is still open ? Doubtless she holds it always open to herself to make what proposition she thinks fit ; and we, it appears, hold the same. It is a power which Russia not only has, but claims, and makes her own use of. Who will venture to suggest the next proposition that she will offer through the friendly interposition of Austria? But the shadowy Conference that is supposed to be still hovering over the place of its deliberations is not the only argument of patience offered to us. There is the wisdom, the firmness, the tact, the self respect, and all the diplomatic virtues of Lord John Russell and his colleagues. Not only is the Conference open, but in the contingency—the only contingency—of an absurd and insulting propo sition there is not the least chance of its being ac cepted by the British Government. So not only is it possible that no offer may be made, but it is also certain that it will be rejected. The Con ferencb will no sooner open tbau it will be shut, and both the opening and the shutting are reasons why we should do nothing. This style of reason ing is very suitable to a Conference that has no longer any existence except as an historical fact ; but even that fact we are not permitted to receive iu its original simplicity, for we are told to con sider not only what we know about it, but also what we do not know, inasmuch as the published record does not tell us all, and cannot possibly do full justice to Lord John Russell's firmness,Vis dorm, and other virtues., We must have better assurances than the possible propositions of Russia and the unrecorded achieve ments of our Plenipotentiary that England is not to be compromised in a hollow and disgraceful pence. Far better declare the Vienna Conerence ended, and have dono with it for the present, than keep the nation under a fearful suspicion that its honour is in peril and the guardianship thereof in incompetent hands. Hitherto the only overtures that have proceeded from Russia have been illu sory, frivolous, and even insulting ; nor have we the least reason to expect more from her while our army of 200,000 men are kept out of Se bastopol. (Fora the Morninl Chronicle of this day.) Such an insult to the public, as was implied by the proceedings with respect to Mr. Milner Gib son's motion, could not be expected to pass without comment and resistance, even in an Assembly so politically enfeebled as the present House of Com mots. Mr. Disraeli rightly assumed that he merely anticipated the feeling of the house, when he re ferred to the extraordinary events of the previous evening. Nor was it in the Lower House alone that astonishment was expressed. The tone of Lord Lyndhurst, when he put his question to Earl Grey as to whether that noble lord intended to persist with his promised motion on Friday, was not to' be mistaken. The veteran gladiator of th e Tory party took no pains to disguise the sarcastic spirit in which he exposed the new pretences of the Government with regard to the exhumed Vienna negotiations. The House of Conmions received the remon strances of the Leader of the Opposition with un wonted sympathy. Thus does " the whirligig of Time bring round his revenges." The collapse of Lord Palmerston's exaggerated reputation opens a prospect of popularity and power to the Party which refused to serve under him as a chief, and which he was above joining as an ally. With his felicitous choice of phrase, )Ir. Disraeli described the language of the Government as equivocal on Monday night, and their demeanour as discourag ing. He might have used stronger terms, and yet not have exceeded the truth ; and he can scarcely be suspected of the courteous hypocrisy com mon to Parliamentary protestations, when he de glared that he shrunk from the responsibility of allowing the further excision of the working time of Parliament demanded by Lord Palmerston, un less some means were taken to "reanimate the National Heart." Yes, in this expression the Tory chief has, with graceful truthfulness, described the state of public fe e li ng . Th e peop l e of England are in au unwonted condition of mind—a seine thing between d es p on d enc y an d di sgus t— a t the manner in which the interests and the dignity of the nation are being trifled with by this Adminis tration. At no period of our recent history has the " heart" of the nation presented such a phase of feeling ; because at no time has there been, during a period of menaced disaster, such an utter want of confidence in the ruling powers. (From the Morning Herald of this day.) Last night Mr. Disraeli gave notice that to-mor row be will move the following resolution : -- - _ "That this house cannot adjourn without expressing its dissatisfaction with the ambiguous language and un certain conduct of her Majesty's Government in refer ence to the great question of peace or war ; and that, under these circumstances, this house feels it a duty to declare, that it will continue to give every support to her Majesty in the prosecution of the war, un til her Ma jesty shall, in conjunction with her allies, obtain for this country a safe and honourable peace." This resolution affirms boldly the imperative ne cessity of prosecuting the war with the c oncentrated energy of the country, as the only means of securing a peace without a national compromise—and it as distinctly asserts that further trifling on the part of the Government with that momentous question, on which rest the hopes and the fears of this country, cannot, must not be permitted, and that no further evasion of the real issue by those who advise her Majesty in this crisis shall henceforth be tolerated. The absolute necessity for this , determined course has long been evident, but of late it has forced itself on the house in a manner not to be resisted. The insolent ruse played off on Monday night, Peacec manifest pursuance of an arrangement betweenthine Government and the leaders of the party— the audacious attempt to silence the ques tion in which England's greatness, power, and England, and to suppress discussi on °llllll°lll3 of ind political iflere n existence are opinions boundoT on that sucip.ercil.io.us seutatives—all these are indications P---the people's repre of a ispegtiou on the part of her Majesty's Ministers to hold their course with high-handed disregard to the authority of Parliament, and to press despotically on freedom of debate. That disposition the Commons are, we trust, in no mood to endure, any more than they are to rest satisfied with that "ambiguous lan guage" and "uncertain con d uct" which have already cost us so dear, and threaten to make shipwreck of the fortunes and to ruin the reputation of England. • The forbearance of th e o pp os iti on h as obviously reached that point at which, if persisted in, it degenerates into weakness. , When by a course of vigorous policy this war might have been averted during the ill-omened session of 1853, the House of Commons kept silence, the Opposition were content to refrain from demanding information as to the c urrent of negotiations, in the too generous belief that those negotiations might eventuate in a pacific, yet honourable, solution of the Eastern difficulty. PEACE OR WAR. • (From the Times of this clay.) The most desponding peacemonger will not assert that our condition has, as yet become so miserable and so hopeless that we have not still in our own hands, under terms more or less igno minious,•the alternative of Peace or War. Nothing has happened so materially to alter the state of things which existed a month ago at Vienna that we need despair of finding pardon and reconcilia tion from the Emperor and Autccrat of all the Russias, if we approach him in a becoming spirit, and bow before his throne with due and decorous humility. -The conditions may, indeed., be a little grievous, the treatment not alto g ether Mal we have been -used to, but we do really believe that if we are content to abandon Turkey to her fate by leave l ssivarr_leandering those very safeguard; to which Rus sthaednEiitt,te.d her to be entitled,—if we would souvenirs of ourop.eresSeent. the railway ant be i f ne a Russian lake, withdraw our troops from - tce a e u p d o t , electric telegraph, as agreeable more durabl e and profitable than triumphal ro le p a h v ie in s g of l o ;e u h r in d cl efe ll a s t arch es find rn on um e a r:t e l e justly incensed at o___ a obelisks,—the Czar, though deaf ear to our p,ni u te r u c c o e ntAltuaey, not tutu a V° have, tiler, a choice between peace and w ar , anti l i t t is al so t o l era bly evi dent that the exer c i se of t momentous importance.hoice i s o f th e m o st Neith er the advocates of peace nor the advocates of y r , .r, can deny this, and bn the present occasion we appeal to both of them. If we continue to carry On war when we ought to make peace we are responsibl e for the blood that we needlessly shed, forthesocial affections " which we trample, for the domestic ti es w hi ch . eve tear asunder, for the happiness which w e mar, a n d miseries we create. If, on the other the hand, we make peace when duty and honour urge us alike to the continuance of war, we are basely b e t ray i ng the int:Tests of a noble cause, unworthily dese r tin g g faithful and valiant allies, giving fresh strength to the overbearing oppressor, weakening the handi of all who struggle for right, justice, and freedom, and inviting that injury to ourselves which we shall have failed to avert from those whom we undertook to protect. ut this option of peace or war, so unspeakably important, so entirely left to its decision, the na tion does not exercise for itself nor even delegate to its Parliament ; the option resides in., the Cabinet of the day. It is in their power, without the vote of the House of Commons, without recourse to any authority but their own, to conclude for and on behalf of this country any peace they please, and to pledge the national good faith to whatever condi tions they may approve. We will not stop to in quire whether this enormous power be necessary or not, and whetherimpeachment and the penalties it implies are a sufficient remedy for its abuse. This power our Ministers undoubtedly possess, and. may be at this very moment called upon to em ploy. What security have we that they will em ploy it in a manner suitable to the honour of the nation, ana agreeable to the wishes and interests of the people g The answer which would naturally be given to this question is obvious enough. Peace and war are matters of such transcendant import ance, the results that flow from them of such per manent and pervading interest, that, in time of war, all other questions, compared with them, sink into absolute insignifiance. On these questions, at least, the men who take office together must be agreed; they ought to form the dividing line of party, and to supersede all merely local or personal differences, however important in quiet times such differences may seem to be. Men who differ on peace and war can have no community of feeling on that which most highly concerns the welfare of the State. It must be therefore that the Cabinet to which we intrust the management of this ques tion has given security to the public for their opi nions on these points, and is in perfect unison with the nation and the House of Commons. No one can deny that this is a reasonable answer, and yet how widely does it vary from the fact 1 In the very bosom of the Government Peace and War are at this very moment an open question. It is understood that the minority, coniprisedof men considerable from their position and their ta lents, is in favour of war, while the remainder, less individually distinguished, but more numerous, decidedly incline to peace. In other words, Peace or War is in the present Cabinet an open question. It ranks with the Ballot, the abolition of Church Rates, and a few other matters of secondary im portance, on which the members of the same Go vernment and of the same Cabinet may agree to differ without exposing the public interests to any injury so great as would be occasioned by their political separation. We have stated the case as impartially as we can, and we now put it with all possible earnestness and seriousness to our readers, whatever their opinions on these momentous questions, whether they think such a state of things ought to continue—whether they think that in the midst of the war in which we are engaged, by theside of the allies with whom we are ranged, in prospect of the discontent within and the danger from without, Peace and War ought any longer to remain an open question in the Cabinet ? Can any one suggest a question more fit to regulate the relative positions of parties to the right or left of the Speaker's chair ? What are Re form Bills, or Education Bills, questions of com merce or police, of toleration or persecution—what are all the ordinary topics of domestic legisla tion compared with this single question—ls your voice for Peace or War? As soon as there comes to be a difference of opinion on the subject it seems necessarily to follow that on that difference of opinion there must be a r- - - distribution of parties, unless the parti e s o f the English House of Commons are to be like those of the ancient Byzantine amphitheatre, dis tinguished by their colours instead of their opinions. But, if this question of peace or war must neces sarily occasion, as soon as it has arisen, a redistri bution of parties, it must also, for the very same. reason, render the position of a Cabinet in which it is allowed to be an open question untenable and absurd. Let the House of Commons clearly and distinctly pronounce its opinion on the subject, and when it has done so- let that portipn of the Ministry whose views are not in harmony with Ithose of the house retire and make way for men who represent the feeling both of the house and of the nation. We have sacrificed many things that we might have a homogeneous Cabinet, and the re sult is, that in the present Ministry, with far less talent than the last, we have secured no greater harmony of opinion. We shall rejoice at anything which puts an end to so alarming a state of things, and regard the vote of Thursday next as a welcome escape from a situation which has long been dis creditable and is fast, becoming dangerous. IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS. The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch banks for the four weeks ending the 14th of April last, when added together, give the following as the average weekly circulation of these banks during the past month, viz. :.-- Average circulation of the Iriph banks ..........•• 26,462,458 Average circulation of t he Scotch banks 3,742,A0 Average circulation during past month ...£10,205,48 On comparing the above with the fixed issues of t h e several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, th e following appears to be the state of the circulation :-- The Irish banks are above their fixed issue Th e Scotch ban ks are above their fixed issue 165°75:97631 Total above the fixed issue X763,695 The amounts of gold and silver held at the head offices of the several hanks during the past month have been as follows : - Gold and silver held by the Irish banks .........£2,000,742 Gold and silver held by the Scotch bank 5......... 1,607,183 Total of gold and silver held £3,007,925 The above statements complete the returns of the cir culation in England, Scotland, and Ireland for the month ending the 14th o f A pr il . These returns show an increase of 944,807/. in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of 681,061/. i n th e circulation of the United Kingdom, when compared with the month ending the 17th of March, 1854 ; and, as compared with the month ending the 15th o f A pr i l, 1854, the above returns showtes in decrease of 2,264,4901. in the circulation of of the United Kingdom. by the Bank of Eng. England, and a decrease of 2,534,601/ , in the c i rculation i The average stock of bullion hel d month ending the 14th of April was 15,057,1611., being the previous month ; and a s compared with Eng land in both departments during.,theah increase of 1,542,8551., au increase of 874,5431. period last year. . held by the Sco a nd tch a Irish b an k s The stock of spec i e ending the 14th of April was w h en compared with the earns during the month 3,607,9251., being decrease of 105,959/. as com p are d : e t ur n, and an incre ase o f 86 , 580 E w h en compared w with the previous re t ur n, t ho corresponding pe r iod l as t year 22 2