The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-22 00:00:00

- With that perfect command of the subject, which characterises his treatment of every topic he deals with, Lord Lyndhurst last night reviewed the policy of Prussia in reference to the great con tinental crisis which we are rapidly approach ing, and pointed out the weakness and danger of admitting to the Vienna Conference a repre sentative of a state whose Government is radi cally opposed to the policy and purposes of the Western powers. Prussia can have no business at the Vienna Conference except to embarrass the negotiations, or, if the opportunity offered, to be tray those interests we are concerned to protect to - the death. The adhesion of Prussia to the West ern alliance would be a more treacherous gain even than that of Austria, for the Emperor is bound by no ties of consanguinity to the House of Roliaanoif, nor has the Russian influence ever been so com pletely dominant in Vienna as at Berlin. The ia)- lation, therefore, of Prussia is, under existing cir cumstances, every way desirable—it is the result .of her own timid and insincere councils. The real intentions of the Government of Frederick William have been slowly and painfully developed, but they are no longer a mystery now. The Government has been labouring all along in the interest of the Czar, and has used its influence to bring over the majority of the states in the Germanic Confedera tion. If it has not succeeded, the fault is nct with the Cabinet of Berlin. Let that Cabinet take a lesson from the events of 1833 and 1806. " His tory is the philosophy that teacheth by ex- ! ample." The confusion which attended a faith less and presumptuous policy once may over take such a policy again. The conference is not likely to be mere successful, in our judgment, than the last assemby of " repre sentatives" at the same place ; but at all events they are saved the trouble of answering the objec tions of a power in the interest of Russia, and tilt) danger of reckoning upon a dispaxsionate udgment when they would, in fact, be conferring with an ad lerent of the enemy. For all these reasons, we are persuaded the absence of Prussia from the Conference, and the open declaration of her Govern ment for the Czar, will save endless complications, and narrow the issue to be tried before all Europe; but let the councillors and Court of Berlin know that for all these things there is a fierce popular power iu Prussia that will bring them and the Royal vassal to a dread account. (From the Daily News of yesterday.) Lord Lyndhurst is a great artist in his way. It _is the old punctilious way of deliberative discus sion ; classical in its appar en t s i m pli c ity an d di rec t -rness of ostensible purpose ; in clearness reaching -almost to perfection ; but sometimes cold, and oft en • narrow in the scope o its eloquent logic. According to the termsof the notice given by the ex-Chancellor in the House of Lords, nothing more was intended by him than to direct attention to the past and present position of Prussia with reference to the `Eastern question. Everybody knows, however, that - ,these are the conventional terms in which Par- Iliamentary warning is clothed, whenever the spirit . of admonition moves some independent member of ; either house to give the Ministers of the Crown the • benefit of his thoughts, in the shape of a public lec ture. Conventionalities apart, it may perhaps be said with truth that it is the attention of the public out of doors rather than that of the faltering and finessing politicians who assemble to listen on the 'occasion, that the Legislative Tribune seeks to direct and fasten upon the subject he has in hand. No man understands the tribunitian arts better than Lord Lyndhurst, In the course of his long and varied career there are few of the great springs of national emotion which he has not touched with power, and with effect. Sectarian feelings, preju dices of race, personal antipathies, party passions— there are none of the deep impulses that govern political men that he has not by turns appealed to; sometimes in the tone of lofty yet persuasive depre cation; sometimes in order that he might fan them all o 15 Ramie. But it is cu r i ous t o o b serve h ow , upon ec , 4o „ are, the texture a n d h ue o f hi s s i ngu l ar style simpl i city t6 , l 3 t :re. It is singular for its seeming for its real auhtieye of the auperficial 7 --singular subtlety to theudgment of the dis cerning. -Every speech of Lord Lyndhurst's that we, can recall" mteigontsebe described as a mere 11 arra tive _of facts, a * ails, a careful enunciation consecutive statement of d - particulars seldom e recondite, and for the most part undisputed - and isputable. Yet uereal lies the teste r-power of the man, which may be defined akhcianingthe craft ;of concatenation. Every item in the count is pladed in the position where its val ue ie 'enhanced extrinsically by that which Preceded it an , that which is to follow it. In dramatisin g the fa:, lie has to deal with, Lord Lyndhurst seldom a ll ow , himself that which is the advocate's as well as the poet's licence with reference to time and place. t • Vith a great eye to the political picturesque, ho can at will foreshorten the chronology . of circum stances and the intervening space that lies between 'altered sentiments and motives ; and in the ample chiar'oscuro of omission keep out of view all that could tend to qualify or impair the impression he 'desires to produce. • The speech delivered last night in the House of 'Lords by this wonderful old man—for assuredly ho 'is without arival or an equal in thopower of address ing a great assembly at the aye of eighty years— will be naturally read with no little interest abroad 1 as well as at home. Age has not furrowed with a wrinkle that gifted mind. For upwards of an hour, without a pause, a hesitation, or an inaccuracy of phrase, Lord Lyndhurst held enchain e d th e atten tion of the Peers while ho recited the diplomatic history of Prussia during the last year and a, half. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (Prom the Morning Herald of yesterday. ) Lord Lyndhurst's lucid and masterly statement last night on the policy of Prussia, and her position with reference to the negotiations going forward at Vienna, goes a long way towards setting both in an intelligible light, and towards disembarrassing the whole question of the perplexities in which it has been the study of the Cabinets of Berlin and St. Petersburg to involve it. There can be no doubt that the position of Frederick William, ever since the Western alliance has been consummated, and those powers committed to a war with Russia, has been, to a man of his irresolute temper, one of the most painful, we might almost say intoler able, that can well be conceived. His sympathies, and those of his Court, are, and ever will be, Rus sian, while those of the decided majority of his people are against the grinding despotism, of which they are sufficiently near to witness the effects, and so far as they understand it, they go with a policy which aims at the repression of an overgrown power, whose influence .on the councils of their Sovereign they have long regarded with deep aversion and ill-concealed impatience. Tile King of Prussia does not possess the strength of will to overbear the public opinion of his people. The memory of '4B is ever present with him. He dare not pronounce for the Czar ; and the moral influence exercised by the late Emperor of Russia —the influence that the resolute ever possess over the "infirm of purpose," held him aloof from the overtures so frequently made to the Court of Berlin to pronounce in favour of the Western policy. Hence the apparent shuffling and vacillation of Prussia in the events of the last two years, which has placed her at a disadvantage she cannot redeem, and has ended in her isolation at this remarkable and eventful juncture. The position of Prussia at the peace of 1815 was sufficiently strong to have insured her against the condition of vassalage to which her Government has been reduced by the oppressive influence of Russia. Prussia has been rising in importance and in power ever since Frederick had left the impress of his great genius upon the military organisation and her internal polity. He found her little advanced from that congeries of unsettled communities, called Prussia, which the close of the 30 years' war had brought together in a corner of Europe. He left her a flourishing and powerful kingdom; but he resigned his sceptre to irresolute, if not to faithless, hands. The armies of the French Republic and of the empire had overrun Europe. A league was formed to arrest the progress of Napoleon in the third year of the present century. Prussia was invited to join it on terms alike safe and honour able ; but, instead of giving in her adhesion with promptitude and decision, she adopted that unsa tisfactory and evasive policy which ended then, as it has now, in her being abandoned by the confe derated powers. She had then the temerity to declare war against Franco, and to advance to the conflict single-handed ; but the battle of Jena taught her a lesson to be remembered, and opened the gates of her capital to the French army. The consequences of her weakness and presumption were yet too fresh to be forgotten when, in 1814, she was once more and for the last time invited to join the league which overthrew Napoleon, and procured a lasting peace, and for her services Prussia was rewarded with Saxony as an apanage, together with a share of the ancient kingdom of Poland. We cannot help thinking that Prussia got better out of the last European struggle than she had a right to expect ; and it is but truth to say she has devoted the interval of a long peace to the improve ment of her internal condition, and to extending and perfecting her military power. It is said she can bring 300,000 fighting men into the field, and she does not want commanders of high reputation in their profession. Such is the condition of a power that is content to be the vassal of the Czar of Muscovy, and by v course of policy every way unworthy of an independent state has been ejected from the community of the great powers now re presented at Vienna. MEI - THE SUN, LONDON, TB URSDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1855 It ivas like a piece of Sallust, something of imagi native colouring being perhaps wanting:s The pre cise object was not very distinctly avowed, unless we take the expression towards the close as some indication of the immediate purpose, in which the inveterate veteran expressed his earnest hope that under no circumstances shall we place any confi dence in the Prussian Government. But it is im possible not to see that the tendency, and we fear we must add the manifest intention, of this elabo rate invective, is to widen the alienation already unhappily subsisting between this country and the chief state of Northern Germany. The incidental profession of a desire to discriminate between the country and the court, the people and the King of Prussia, is not sufficient to blunt the edge of the polished sarcasms in which the noble and learned orator thought fit to indulge at the historical expense of Prussia. Far be it from us to palliate or justify the political sins of our neigh bour in past times ; but are we ourselves na tionally so free from all that we should wantonly challenge invidious reproaches and recriminations ? To what good purpose can it tend to rake together on the floor of Parliament the records of every mis deed committed by a neighbour with whom we have, after all, so many points of congenial sentiment and interest as Prussia? It is plain enough, we think, from the draft address agreed to by a com mittee of the Second Chamber at Berlin, within the last few days, that the representatives of the nation are not insensible to the European duties we ask them to perform. But, if we would stimulate their generous impulses, and strengtken their liberal in tentions, we must not forget that they are Prussians, or trifle with their national susceptibility and pride. To what purpose other than that of unmixed mis chief is it that a man who has filled for thirty years the great position of Lord Lyndhurst in this country should amuse the British Senate with sardonic cavils at Frederick the Second's title to be called the Great ? Napoleon has often, and justly, been reproached. for despoiling the hero's tomb of the sword with which he won so many victories, of which every Prussian is proud. We own we think it a paltrier theft to try to make away with the epithet with which national history has invested the name of that celebrated man. Still emptier, idler, and, we must say in all honesty, more unjus tifiable, is the reckless stroke upon the death-bell of Poland. We are as ready as most men to grapple with that subject whenever we have reason to be lieve that any party or any statesman in this coun try is prepared to enter upon it resolutely, honestly, and practically. But we look with feelings we had rather not be forced to express upon the use of Poland's victim name, for the mere rhetorical pur pose of the hour, by men who have never in their lives devoted a serious thought to the rescue or re demption of the Polish people. Lord Lyndhurst has more than once been a Minister of the Crown : did he ever while in that capacity do, or try to do, auy act for the resuscitation of Poland ? Beside the years he spent in the House of Commons, he has for eight-and -twenty years occupied a distin guished place in the House of Lords : did lie ever originate any substantive proceeding on behalf of that injured land during all that time ? For our part we shudder as we look back and think how the sufferings and the hopes of the Poles have been traded on and trifled with by poli ticians amongst us of every degree. In our view it is a very solemn thing to excite ex pectations in the unfortunate which there is no reasonable certainty of seeing realised ' • and a very cruel and cowardly thing to resort to the too ready discontent of an oppressed community when wo happen to be at war with their oppressor, unless we are prepared to stand by those whom we stimu late to arm along with us. Above all, we are com pelled to ask what is the meaning, where is the sincerity, of observations like those we have re ferred to, while the whole course of our present foreign policy confessedly turns upon an Austrian alliance ? As if to mark the hollowness of aristo cratic professions of sympathy for what are called " oppressed nationalities," it so happened that at the very time Lord Lyndhurst was speaking in the House of Peers, Lord Palmerston, in the House of Commons, was formally repudiating certain ex pressions attributed to Sir R. Peel on the occasion of his re-election the other day for Tamworth. A question on the subject having been put by Lord Wni. Graham, the Prime Minister thought fit to state that the Austrian Government had the best reasons for knowing that the Cabinet of England were far from desiring or countenancing any projects for the disturbance of the Austrian empire, whether in Hun gary or elsewhere ; and that the only light in which they could ever contemplate the revival of questions regarding Poland would be that in which the Ger man Powers might possibly some day be led Fpon taneously to originate them. 14 other words, Italy, Hungary, and Poland ha ve no thi ng what ever to expect from our lordly rulers that have been or that are. MONEY FOR THE WAR. (From the Derbyshire Courier.) What the country wants, and what Mr. Glad stone never gave, is a clear and distinct intimation of what Government intends to do •to raise the large sums already required, and possibly the still larger sums which may be necessary for the war. Lord Aberdeen's ministry made the fatal mistake of adopting half measures in everything connected with the war. Government was too slow and too late in all its proceedings. They were slow to go to war at all, when it was evident that we could not otherwise secure honourable terms from Russia. Then when we did go to war all active hostilities seemed to hang fire. It was plain that Lord Aberdeen and his colleagues expected to " patch up" a peace with the Czar. Now, the con sequences of this paltry, wretched policy ex tended to the financial measures of the late Admi nistration. Mr. Gladstone, hoping that the ex penses of the war would be trifling, made no ade quate provision for the enormous expenditure we have already incurred. In fact, he did not even make any settled plan for procuring the requisite funds. It is purely ridiculous to suppose that the industry of the country can raise the whole amount of the war expenditure by increased annual taxa tion. Yet this appears to have been Mr. Glad stone's first idea. And then came his half measure of a loan in reality under the name of Exchequer bonds. Just one of those distinctions without a difference, for which Mr. Gladstone is so famous, and on which his reputation as a statesman has been wrecked. Under existing circumstances, the country ought to be obliged to Lord Monteagle for bringing this subject before the notice of Parliament. Let us know what financial measures are intended. "If," said his lordship on Tuesday, "Government thought it best to raise the money required by annual taxa tion, let.them act on that principle, and propose measures to Parliament for that purpose. If, on the contrary, they thought it best to resort to a loan, they ought to go boldly and openly into the market, and make the best bargain they could." Mr. Gladstone did neither the one nor the other. His system has been neither bold nor open ; a sys tem of subterfuge and expedient ; a system of living from hand to mouth, drawing accommoda tion bills, and renewing them as they became due. This, as every private merchant and trader knows, is the most expensive and ruinous system which can possibly be adopted. " With respect to the Exchequer bonds," said Lord Derby,. ". no. debt, it was said, would be created; but just as well might a young gentleman, spending double his income, and raising money by bills, and taking them up as they fell due by other bills, put himself forward as a man of prudence and frugality. The late Chan cellor of the Exchequer did nothing more nor less —he issued bills at a certain number of years' date, and when the time arrived for paying or renewing' them, in either case they constituted a practi cal addition to the debt of the country." So far from the expenses being defrayed out of the taxes imposed, " It turned out," said Lord Grey in the same debate, " that what between Exche quer-bills which were to have been paid off, but which were removed, and the Exchequer-bonds which were issued, and which, as it had been said, were neither more nor less than bills at four years' date, while the Government were professing to in -cur no debt at all, they were placing upon the country the burden of a debt the exact amount of which he could not state, but which he believed ah (slibreent much worse would reach, if it did not exceed , 7,000,0001." We have always believed and stated that the financial mismanagement of the late Administra tion was on a par with the rest of their weak and incapable policy. , . We warn the new Chancellor of the Exchequer that if ho treads in the steps of his predecessor, the dissatisfaction of the country will be general, and his tenure of office will be short. The esti matedtrno:prioegrxi. ttiPeilei servic em f a o ta r r statede nocv iy , navy, a a y s y t , I n d e under : ordnance, and Actual chaurges‘, 17 ' 851?5 -a L 17,621,312 Estimate 27,153,931 ow fram e d for 1855-6 37,427,000 Now two things are certain : first, that this enormous amount ca nno c t ou b s e id r:ised by he increase that let it be raised how state a x o a f t trade.i o n s e c e i c a o l l n y d y ring . the depressed it may, whether by terminable annuities---which it we think the b a e s tt e e v r e p ry la t n b -r ng er e b ls y e n ise w d ith this unfortunate war, too late. in clone a tone' s iy,• connection e h o e t r i o a Ymau- We shall have tora o i f so m m r. ol G ie l y ad o s terms, in consequence aerement. And we hope the country will have an opportunity of ascertaining how many hundred 1 thousand pounds e t t h s e p y hi l y ia si v o e al ia crochots.p fi ai o d an fo o rthe late Chan cellor's subtile, metaphysical "The directors are in receipt of advices from the re sident director at Melbourne to the sth of January, con taining the following Mining.—On this subject I have as yet nothing very definite to communicate. I have addressed a letter to the chief commissioner regarding it, he being just now absent from town on the Gold-fields Com mission. After a very careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that the best plan to be adopted is, to take possession of a part of the Wool shed Creek (in the Ovens district) and work it in the best way we can, according to the imperfect me thod adopted by the diggers in that district, which alto gether differs from the system at the Western Gold Fields. Owing to the absence of running streams at the latter, I have instructed Mr. Thompson to take possession of as large a portion of the creek as he can, and to commence at once, unless he should differ in opinion from me and can suggest some more feasible plan of operations. There is no doubt that it is rich both in gold and tin. The main deposit of tin ore yet discovered is upon the Woolshed Creek. " Gold Purchase.—This business I have closed, Rs it is impossible to compete with the banks, and, with the exchange on London going down, it is hazardous to make purchases at the gold fields. "Assay-office.—The business of this office is improv ing. Last month we melted 15,000 ounces for the pub lic and a very large quantity for the banks. The public are beginning now to see that it is to their advantage to ship assayed gold instead of dust, and I am in hopes of baying the gold of another of the banks to melt. My only fear is that the Government may be induced to start their assay-office again. " Accounts—These are not quite ready, but shall be forwarded by the overland mail on the 23d inst. " COLONIAL GOLD. " The directors have advices from New South Wales to the 20th of December as follows : " Louisa Creek— There is no alteration in the produce of the quartz, the lode having continued poor in the back of the five-fathom level south. Preparations were being made to commence other slopes at the north end of this inclines; and, as the quartz in this portion of the lode is considered good, better returns are looked forward to. The alluvial washing had been more productive. They still continued to work the alluvium at the back of the ridge ; but, as it had latterly not given much encourage. meet, trials were about being made on another part of the claims. The supply of water still contioues good at Louisa Creek, although, with the exception of the com pany's dam, most other holes are dry. 'Tee season was dryer than for several years. "Tamboroora—All the departments were in a state of forwardness, and on the a rival from Sydney ofsome pieces of the machinery fur the stamps, which were expected in about a week, everything- would be in readiness for starting early in January ; but the effmt of the drought had so diminished the usual supplies of water that there was scarcely sufficient for ordinary purposes, and unless there should be a fall of rain the commencement must be de layed. On the Royal ♦ein an incline tramroad from the creek on the course of the vein was being made, which would be of cons;derable advantage in working ; towards the creek the vei, is found to be much larger and more regular, the gold contained in it appears to be coarser than that on the top of the hill. A splendid bunch of rich gold quartz has been cut between the original work ings and the creek, and some men have been placed to sink on it, in order that an idea of its extent may be arrived at. The vein altogether looked exceedingly well, being much more regular towards the creek, and in the end of the inclined plane some good specimens of gold had been found. The quantity of quartz at the surface was estimated at above 400 tons. " Burrandong.—A dam has been built across the Macquarrie, and it would net be long before an efficient trial of the bar would be made. The dryness of the season was in this locality of much advantage. A small quantity of gold only had been obtained from the first operations of washing, but better ground had been reached, and the returns were improving. The quan tities obtained would be stated in the gold account to be made up at the end of the month. "Advices have also arrived from Mr. Comer, up to the oth of January. He had received the communication sent him in October fast that the board would probably determine to break up the establishment and discon tinue operations in the colony of Victoria. Mr. Coiner had given the necessary directions for the discontinuance of all operations which involved labour, and, having dis charged the men not under contract, ho was waiting the receipt of further instructions from England before tak ing steps fn- closing the company's affairs." "NORTH BRITISH AUSTRALASIAN. "The directors have advices from Sydney to the 30th December, and Kavau to the 16th November. Mr. Mackay advises a large consignment of wool (108 bales), and adds that the quantity of that article wilt be much greater this year than heretofore, but that the continued droughts wou!d, unless a change took place, materially affect the tallow season, the immediate Fr sspects of which were discouraging. Mr. Beeger transmits Capt. Bray's report for October on the workings at the mine. At the east end of the level the lode had become wider, and of a more promising appearance, with spots of ore, and Mr. Beeger expected they should meet with ore there, as there was a large mass of nsuudic with ore above it in the upper levels. Ninnis's shaft had net been sunk more than three fathoms, on account of water, and the small engine would be set u 1 work the next week, and the sinking resumed. The lode in the shaft bad assumed an improved appearance, and the old miners expected to find a bunch of ore. A party were employed to rise a winzo to break the ore which was left standing when the old workings were sus. pended." The Emigration Commissioners have advertised for vessels to carry emigrants to Sydney and Ade laide, each to be ready for passengers between the 3d and the 11th of May, as shall hereafter be de termined. " The dividends on the Peruvian Three per Cents. have been announced for payment. The annexed information relative to the progress of English mining adventure is condensed from the Mining Journal : " The mining market has been particularly flat fir Most descriptions, and quotations have exhibited a tendency to decline. The Cwmystwith Company have declared a dividend of 51. per share. At West Wheal Damsel meeting the accounts showed, after the payment of a dividend of 21. per share, a la lance in hand of 8391. At West Wheal Basset meet ing the accounts showed a balarice in favour of the mine of 4,4761. A dividend of 10s. per share was de clared. At Prignant Consols meeting the accounts showed a balance in favour of the mine of 4751. At Wheal Creber meeting the accounts showed a balance in frvour of the mine of 2451. At Mendhip-hills' meeting some disclosures were made w ith regar d to t h e conduct I of the late manager, who, it is alleged, had appropriated to his own purpose the whole of the cash (2,0001.) in his hands, and, in addition, three bill s o f exc h ange, each of which was drawn for 5001. At Wheal Whitleigh meet : ing the accounts showed a balance against adventurers of 6971. ; a call of 2s. 6d. per share was made. At Tin croft meeting the appointment of the new directors mai unanimously confirmed. At Craigwen the accounts showed a balance credit, of 791. At Keswick meeting the accounts showed a balance in favour of the mine of 47/.!; a call of 2s. per share was made. At Devon and Cornwall United meeting the accounts showed a balance against the mine of 2461. ; a call of Ss per share was marl& At Wheal Brewer meeting the accounts showed a balance against the mine of 69 1. ; a call of 1/. per share was made. At North Roskear meeting the accounts showed a balance in favour of the mine of 1451, At Trethollan meeting TEE AUSTRALIAN LAND AND MINING COUPANIES. Subjoined are the statements of the advices brought by the Argo to the various Australian land and mining companies : " PEEL RIVER. "The directors have received advices from their gene. ral superintendent up to the 26th of December. The land, which had been leased to the 'Cordillera Company, and upon which 1,4570 z. of gold had been raised during ten months, was delivered over to the Peel River Com pany's general superintendent on the 19th of December last. The sheep-shearing having been finished, the wool was in course of shipment. The clip from 52,000 sheep was contained in 306 bales--gross weight of wool, 992 cwt. " ENGLISH ♦ND AUSTRALIAN COPPER. " The directors have received by the Argo advices from their manager at Adelaide up to the 2d of January, with the following information : " Smelting Works.-89& tons of copper have been de livered to the Burra Burra Company in December, being the quantity doe to them for ores delivered to the end of October, 1854. Four furnaces were still at work, but the want of smelters was very much felt, as they were not to be procured in the colony. A new feature in these works is that the Sydney coal has been found tl answer every purpose of smelting the ore, and although a larger quantity was used than of English coal this is attributed to its not being so clean ; but this it was thought could be easily remedied, and would be a matter of much im portance, as the Sydney coal could be placed at Port Wakefield at much less expense than coal shipped from England. "Mules.—These were working well in harness, and, with the additional supply expected by the Malacca, it was anticipated that they would, during the carting sea son, convey 2,700 tons of ore to the port, and return with a like quantity of coal, and thus enable the manager to dis pose of 5, 400 toes of oreyearly. With 1000 mules, however, the manager is persuaded the works might b e carr i e d on during the whole year, or very nearly so. After mature consideration he is of opinion that, with 1,000 mules, Sydney coal, and labour cheap, as it assuredly will soon be, the affairs of this company may again ere long be placed on a satisfactory footing. The 15 furnaces, at a very modest calculation, will smelt 15,000 t ons of in the year. "The Burra mine is about to be worked in the deep levels ; the monster engine will commence in a few days forking the water, and it is expected that in a month or two, perhaps, the mine will be again delivering rich ores. According t.) Mr. Williams, there must be more ore in the mine than can Le brought to grass in the next five years. There are now 320 men at work, and the num ber is daily increasing, for labour is becoming rapidly more plentiful. Here is another cause of congratula tion, the certainty I may say, of abundance of ore to work upon. " Report.—As it is impossible to take stock and con tinue smelting operations, and it would lee an act of madness to put the furnaces out, I shall send a provi sional report, until it is in my power to place before you a more regular statement. The present is the most busy period of the year; there are no objections of this kind or any other to the month of June. " PORT PHILIP AND COLONIAL GOLD. the accourts showed a balance against adventurers of 2411. ; a call of 31. per share MIS made. At West Ter theliau meeting the accounts showed a balance against adventurers o(1511. ; a call of 21. per share was made. At East Boscean meeting the accounts showed a balance against adventurers of 3501. ; a call of 11. per share was made. At the Nant-ar-Nelle meeting the accounts showed a balance of 351. against the adventurers. The mine was increased to 2,560 shares, and a call of 2s. per • share was made." With regard to foreign mining there is nothing worthy of extract. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH WALES ClRCUlT.—SuraersEa, MARCH 20. W illiam Hopkins, described as a haulier, aged 21, was indicted for feloniously killing and slaying one David Meredith. The prisoner bore the marks of extensive and recent injuries by fire, his head and hands being en veloped with bandages. Mr. Grove, Q.C., and Mr. D. T. Evans conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Giffard defended the prisoner. This case was remarkable as an endeavour, under the imperfect state of the law as it now exists, to protect the lives of colliers and others working in coal-pit , , by punishment of negligence, and with the purpose of in ducing greater care and caution amongst the workmen than they exercise at present. It appeared by the evi dence that the prisoner was a haulier, in the employ of Messrs. Wayne, the proprietor.; of the Cwin bath Col liery, near Aberdare, and the deceased was a miner working in that colliery. On former occasions explo sions of fire-damp had occurred in the same pit, and it clearly appeared that the ventilation was in a very un tatisfactory and insufficient state. On the morning of the Bth of February last, the fireman, on going through the under-ground workings, found that a considerable quantity of fire-damp had accumulated at a spot called " Hopkins's heading," and he set up a mandril, which was a well-recognised sign denoting danger, to notify to the men who would in due course have to work there that day that they must be cautious. Pre vious to his descending- the pit in the morning, the fire man and a cutter severally warned the prisoner that - , as he would have to work in the dangerous quarter, he must use a Davy lamp, and be careful not to take off the case or head of the lamp. A lamp was given to him, and he made one journey for trains to the spot, in Hopkins's heading, where the colliers were at work, without accident. Oa his second journey for trains, just as he reached the furthest stall in the dangerous heading, the gas took fire, and an explosion followed, which killed one Thomas Morgan (a boy who accompanied the pri soner to open and shut the doors used for ventilation), and the deceased David Meredith, and severely burnt several miners. as well as the prisoner himself. One of the witnesses swore to having seen the fire flash from the direction of the prisoner's lamp, and another proved an admission by the prisoner that he fired it ; whilst a policeman gave a statement made by the prisoner, that " if he were to die that minute he could not say whether the gas fired from his own lamp or from that of Thomas Morgan, who accompanied him, and who was killed by the explosion. The prisoner's lamp-top was found, after the explosion, in his jacket-pocket, without the lamp, from which an inference was offered that the pri soner's lamp wan unprotected by the wire sheath, which insures safety, at the time of the accident. He stated that he dropped the lamp in making his way to the buttera of the shaft. The lamps of all the other persons working at or near the spot were found to be secured in proper condition. Evidence was given that the deceased was seen with his clothes on fire, and that he died from the injuries he received in the explosion. The jury, without the summing of the judge, returned a verdict of not guilty, accompanying it with severe cen sure upon the proprietors of the colliery for their cul pable negligence in not providing sufficient ventilation, but permitting men to work from day to day in a highly dangerous, and explosive, and unhealthy atmo sphere of fire-damp. His lordship fully concurred both in the finding of the jury and the censures passed upon the owners of the colliery, and expressed an opinion that it should not be left entirely to the poor workmen to take care of them selves, but that legislative provisions should be made to corep.el colliery owners to provide ample security for the valuabie lives engaged in their service. His lordship added that he entirely approved of the institution of this indictment ; it would have a good effect on the workmen, though it had not succeeded ; it would inform them that when, in the performance of their lawful duty, they committed an act of criminal negligence whereby death ensued, they would become liable to punishment on con viction of the offence. The prisoner was then indicted on the coror.er's ir quisition for the manslaughter of Thomas Morgan, at the same time and place. Mr. D. T. Evans, with whom was Mr. N. Ward, on the advice of the learned judge, and with the concur rence of the prosecutor, said that after the result of the former trial, he would offer no evidence for the prosecu tion. A verdict of Not Guilty was therefore taken, and the prisoner Wa4 discharged. WESTERN CIRCUIT.-EXETEB, MARCH 20. William Hooper was indicted fur not providing proper food and lodging for Lis apprentice, limas Madge, and for ill-using him, so that his life was in danger, or that he had been permanently injured. Mr. Coleridge and Mr. Lopes conducted tho prosecu tion, and Mr. Carter defended the prisoner. The prosecutors were the corporation of the poor of Exeter, under the 14th and 15th Victoria, cap. 11, sec. 1. From the evidence it appeared that Madge was ap prenticed to the prisoner as a shoemaker. He went there on trial for six weeks, and during that time there was no complaint of the treatment, and then Madge was bound apprentice. He sometimes had fried potatoes and bacon for breakfast ; ho sometimes had bread, not milk-and water ; he had nothing to drink but water. In the first month ho had meat for dinner; they had tea between 6 and 7, and sometimes bread and butter, as much as he could eat. Ho hal no suppn.. He was treated as one of the funily. A change was made, and then he had Scotch oatmeal at all his meals. He had his meals in the workshop, where there was no fire, but his master and the children had their meals in the kitchen. Ho had no bread, and slept with the children in the workshop. He was not allowed to come down stairs except to light the fire ; he was kept at work till twelve at night ; he was locked in the workshop ; ho bad not been to church since Christmas ; he slept at the foot of the children's bed ; there was not a tub, or basin, or any utensil in the room. He relieved na t ure on the floo r , and then his master heat him with a strap. Upon one occasion L• dirtied the bed, and then his master threw a bucket of water over him ; the snow was on the ground, and he was naked. It was between 6 and 7in the morning. He remained naked half an hour, and his mater after wards flogged him with a strap, pulled his nose, and took a piece of skin off. About 11 o'clock his master gave him another strapping. lie beat him twice that day -12 or 13 cuts. He used to go round and receive money fir his master, and spent three-half-pence at different "times to buy cakes with. He did so because he was starving. His master found this out, and gave him a good thrashing for it with a strap. For two or three days he had not any food but what the neighbours gave Lim. He was never allowed to go to the fire. Ile bad a broken chilblain. A Mrs. Brominell washed Lis feet, and that was the only time they were washed. Had 'never hal but one pair of stockings. His shirt and per son were dirty. The master threw the water over him to' clean him, and then he brought him a clean shirt. In his cross-examination the boy said there was a privy, to which he might have gone. His master had given him copies to write and verses to learn from the Bible. His master had complained to Mrs. Trump of his dirty habits. Had said that his tnas':er and mistress had been hind to him, and that he had enough to eat. Hal gone to church twice a day while ho was on trial. Was allowed to go to the privy by day, and sometimes by night. All this coming to the ears of the corporation a surgeon was called in. • Mr. Warren, the surgeon, stated that he was the sur geon of the workhouse ; first saw the boy on the 13th of February. He was very thin, appeared much reduced from some cause or other ; his feet were in a very dirty state. There were three or four stripes on his back, which had been recently inflicted ; the skin was broken; they appeared to have been made with a strap. There was no disease. Lie attributed the emaciated state of his body to the want of food. Or•lered him some warm bread and milk, and alttr Nerds gave him better diet. He was now considerably improved ; be had gained much in weight. Gave him arrowroot and full dint. A leg of mutton and potatoes would not at first have been proper diet. His feet had not been washed for months. Did not see any chilblains on his feet. There was no injury permanently to affect his health. For the prisoner several witnesses were called, who stated that they bad frequently been at his house, and had seen Madge having his meals with the family, and they never saw anything like ill-treatment. The jury found the prisoner guilty of neglecting to provide Thomas Madge with necessary food and cloth ing, and he was sentenced to four months' imprisonment with hard labour. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—DERBY, MARCH 20. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.) Bliza Beastall, aged 34, it domestic servant, was in dicted for the wilful murder of her infant male child at Barton-Blount, in this county. Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Mr. W. H. Adams. It appeared that the prisoner, who was living as co o k in the serv i ce o f a f am il y a t Barton-Blount, was deli vered of - a child on the night of the 25th of October last, and that the body of that child was afterwards f: and concealed in a hamper in the collar. It was wrapped in an apron, the string of which was fastened round the child's throat. Two surgeons examined the body, and they entertained no doubt that the child had been born alive, and that its death had been occasioned by suffocation, after its vital powers had been consider ably weakened by loss of blood. They thought it pro bable, however, that the mother might have supposed it , to be dead at the time when sho wrapped it in the apron I and put it in the hamper. The learned judge, in summing up, adverted to this part of the evidence, and told the jury that if they should be of opinion that the prisoner caused the death of the child by what she did in attempting to conceal the birth, she would be guilty of manslaughter, although she might have supposed that the child was dead. The jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter, and she was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour. She was sobbing hysterically during the greater part of the trial, and two or times went off into fits, which completely interrupted the proceedings. Mr. Baron Alderson disposed of the remaining causes in the course of the day, and after Wards proceeded to try r risoners. Mr. Commissioner Balguy also assisted the judges by ;tying prisoners in the grand jury -room. MANCHESTER, March 20.—The barometer has again risen in the Liverpool cotton market. Good usable Americans below " fair" are quoted fully d, to id. per lb. higher than on Friday last. It remains to be seen whether or not this excitement is to he as short-lived as the last : we meet with many prudent people who be lieve that it will run a similar course. This time, it is occasioned, not so much by European politics, as by the deficient supplies which have reached the American ports. These show a falling off of 208,000 bales in com parison with the corresponding period of last year, aid not less than 185,000 as compared with 1852.53. It is certainly to be borne in mind that receipts were kept back by the low state of the tributaries of the great rivers. When they rise supplies will come down ; but Messrs. Schroeder and Co. remark—" Thus far we have no prospect of a rise," and they add, " from the main river almost all the cotton has been received ;" while Mr. William Muir gives it as his opinion that " so large a deficiency at this period of the season can scarcely be made up, especially as several of our largest eiass steamers have met with disasters by being snagged in consequence of the low state of the river ; the whole crup, therefore, is not likely to reach the market this season." From these facts, some correspondents con , elude that the supply will not exceed, perhaps nut reach, 3,000,000 bales. Others, however, look for such an increase, with the swelling of the streams, as will give at least 3,200,000. It is generally expected here that both extremes will prove wrong. In Messrs. Schroeder's tables it is shown that the stocks in the United States are altogether 379,846 bales less than at the same time last year ; and if there is ground to expect, as appears to be the case, that the entire crop may not reach the ports, there would seem to be much reason in the opinion of those who do not think we can have lower prices for the present, if our con sumption continue, as no doabt it will, undiminished. We give here the current views of practical men on 'Change. The predominant conviction is, however, that the upward tendency in price should be followed with great caution by tee consumers of cotton. To a large extent spinners have gone along with the movement in Liverpool ; demanding an advance of ad. per lb, and for some articles even id. To such demands there has been .a fair response on the part of buyers, especially for Germany and Italy. In 20's and 30's water twist in the bundle, 24's warps, some kinds of cops, and also some counts and descriptions of reeled mule., the market is certainly y 1. per lb. dearer to-day than it was last Fri day. For seine few articles id. has been paid. There are buyers, however, with orders in their hands, who will not execute themon such terms, because in their opinon the rise cannot be maintained. The state of the goods department is a drag upon that of yarns. Goods do not improve. Last v. - eek they were scarcely steady in price, and although manufacturers show increased firmness to day, and for somethings are asking a little more, they find no encouragement among buyers, who continue eery much indisposed to operate. The India letters will come to band to-night, but nothing good is expected iu them. The Brazilian mail will also be received, ad vising, it is anticipated, some further improvement in cotton fabiics. HALIFAX, March 17.—Our Piece Hall has been but slenderly attended to-day, and scarcely any goods have changed hands. Wools and yarns are much the same as reported in our last. ROCHDALE, March 19.—There has been little or no change to-day from that of the previous Monday, either in pieces or wool. The merchants are buying certain sorts, of which they may be in immediate want, and the manufacturers purchase the raw material very sparingly at former prices. HUDDERSFIELD, March 20.—The market to-day has been flat, though there has been a goodly number of buyers, whose attention has been mainly confined to inquiries. The tone of improvement observable for the last two weeks has been somewhat interfered with by the publication this morning of a circular by Messrs. o:dfield, Allan, and Co., of Huddersfield, a firm who have been engaged pretty exten4vely in the Australian trade, who state that in consequence of the non-arrival of remittances from Australia, and from pressure in °liar quarters, they are obliged to suspend payment., and to convene a meeting of their creditors for Saturday ni•xt. Their liabilities are reported at 40,0001. This failure has undoubtedly had a deprassiug influence upon the market, and the transactions have been by no means numerous. Several large concerns are, however, busily enraged with army or_let's, and the workpeople are much better employed than they were a few weeks ago. INDIAN REGIMENTS FOE THE CLIMEA (From, the Madras Overland Athenceum.) The English in India have promptly availed themselves of the only means by which they can give more than the barren sympathy of words to their countrymen and allies in Europe ; but they have yet to perform the most ac ceptable service that may be renderad to the cause of na tions. Men are wanted even more than money • arms that can strike, more tha n h ear t s th a t w ill throb for free dom. Ten thousand good swords are worth more than millions of sterling coin, even in the way of help, and there are no reasons why treble that number should not be sent forward. Thanks to the heroism of the past, and perhaps we are justified in adding—thanks to the enlightened counsels which guide the destinies of India at present—there is not the least danger of rebellion in the East. The peace of the country can be thoroughly preserved by the Native army, and, whilst we can spare above a dozen European regiments for the next cam paign, there is not the slightest doubt that in Sikh in fantry, Indian artillery, and Mussulman irregular horse, the four presidencies can contribute at least twenty thousand men and a hundred guns, worthy to fight by the side of the renowned warriors of the Crimea. There are no better gunners in the world, whether for skill or bravery, than the company's artillerymen, Europeanand native ; there i s no id olatry more fond or sincere than that which has - taught the Hindoos to look on their cannon as household deities, and abide by them in life and death. The memory of Sobraon and Chillianwallah is too recent that we should do more than merely advert to the strength which may be evoked from the iron bat talions of the Punjaub. It needs but an offer on the part of the Government, and crowds of the disbanded soldiers of Runjeet Singh would flock to our standard, willing to share, in any part of the universe, a harvest of perils and glories, with the men whom they are proud to acknowledge as their only masters in the art of war. Amongst the Mahomedans of India five thousand men might, be found, who, as light cavalry, fighting after their own native fashion, would be of incalculable service. Professing the same faith, and almost identical in feeling and ,habitil with the Turks, they would ex cite the emulation of ,the latter, and cement still stronger the ties of a m ity which now bind them to the English. And at the close of the war the native troops of all ranks would return home, shorn of half their prejudices, imbued with a deeper respect for the might of Europe, and feeling a real senti men of loyalty to the Queen, who had employed and trusted them as freely 33 her native-horn subjects. Henceforth there would be an end to the bugbear of Russian invasion ; and in fighting for Turkey it would be found that *e had done much towards securing the future peace of India. We could spare from Madras one regiment of cavalry, the 12th Lancers ; three regiments of infantry, the 25th, 43d, and 74th Highlanders ; t NO regiments of Europeans in the Company's service, the Ist and 2d Light Infan try, and two battalions of artillery. The whole of the above, forming a force of 800 sabres 4,000 bayonets, and 45 gulls, and comprising the whole of the Queen's troops serving in this presidency, might be withdrawn without the slightest danger to the public peace. Then there are the' stli and 85th at the Mauritius, the 15th and 37tli at Ceylon, every man of whom could be re- , . LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Divident. Amount Name of Company• per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. 4 a. d Bank of Scotland .. •• 71. per cent. 100 0 0 . LOU 0 0 18010 s British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 20210 s Caledonian Bank ...• . 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 3e, 17s City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 u 0 101 12s Clydesdale Bank .... 53 i. p cent. '2O 0 0 10 0 0 11' 198 erminereial Bank .. 71. per cent. 5.'0 0 0 100 0 0 20310 s Eastern Bank.... .• .. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 1011 i's Edinb & Glasgow .... 3341. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 U. Ila Exchange Bnk of Scot.. National Bank .... sx, per cent. 100 0 0 03 0 0 16510 s North of Scotland Bank bi.per cent 20 0 0 210 0 4/. las Aoyal Bank of s coil, .. 51, pet cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1251 0 Union Bank of Scot.... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 891 59 Westep Bank 71, per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - 51 Os Alliance Fire and Life.. 8% /.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 191 Os British Guarantee .... 41. per cent. 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 11. as Caledonian Fire Incur, 101. per cont. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251. Os City of Glasgow Lite • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. Ils Colonial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 1 5'. 5s Edinburgh Life Incur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 261 10s Eng. & Scot. Lars Life 51.ptr cent. 60 0 0 3 5 0 41. 7s Life Assoc. of Scsl.4nd 6/.per cont. 10 0 0 110 0 st. Os National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11, 17s North British Insnr... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 341 Os Scottish Union Insrnc. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 103 Standard Life ...... •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 i2 O l Cs United D. Ammo. 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 I - POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLDOROUGH-STREET.-0o Saturday a well dressed young woman, evidently recently from the coun try, entered the court, and, in a state of great agita tion, begged the;assistance of the magistrate, Mr. Hard wick, under these circumstances : She said she had just been deserted and left destitute by a foreigner, to whom she was married, bat who had, as she had discovered, another wife living in Germany. This desertion was the more cruel, because he had car ried off her whole stock of clothes, except those she stood upright in, and articles of jewelle r y, t oge th er o f the value of 801. She was thus literally without a shilling to bet a meal with, or shelter for th e n i g ht. Mr. Hardwick asked her if she knew where he had gone to ? The applicant said she did not, but she hoped, with the assistance of a constable, to be able to trace him. The particulars of her case were these :—She had a good business at Liverpool. She became acquainted with a German 11111-ic . a.), who told her he was a single man, and induced her to marry him. She kept her husband in idleness for many months, and she was induced at last to part with her business, and to come to London with him, he having an engagement at one of the public tutions. La t week she was infor•ned by one of her hudand's countrymen that her husband was a married man, and had one if not more wives in Germany. As soon as she saw her husband she asked him if the infor mation she had reccved was correct. Her husband did not deny it, and after a night spent in re prow:hes, he went away in the morning, carrying with him the whole of her property. What redress had she for these injuries? Mr. Hardwick feared she had no substantial redress as the law stood. If legally married, the ho <band might carry off her property, and leavo her destitute—the only remedy being an application through the parish authori ties to him for subsistence, which seldom extended be yond the miserable pittance of a few shillings weekly. If the man was not her husband, by reason of a previous marriage, then she could not charge him with robbery until she had established the offence of bigamy—an im possibility in her case, as she had no funds to defray the large expenses of bringing witnesses from Germany. The applicant then left the court apparently wild with distress. On Monday a German, named Sablotney, applied for a warrant against a female who had threatened to stab him. Mr, Bingham granted the warrant, which subsequently turned out to be directed against the young woinan who had applied on Saturday to Jr. Hardwick, and who had contrived to fir.d out where her husband had gone to. Mr. Bingham, being informed of some of the features of the case, told the summoning officer Robarts not to execute the warrant, but to have all the parties before him the next day. On Tuesday Bobarts informed Mr. Bingham that an Arrangement had been come to between the parties. Mr. Bingham was glad of that, and directed the war rant to be discharged. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) Dividend i Amount Name of Company. per I of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X a. d. £ s. d. 1 British •••••••• •• •• .• - - - I - Ditto Provincial.... 7'. 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 Brighton ••••.. •• - .. 5/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 - City of London .... • • 41. Os. 100 0 0 150 0 0 - :ontinental (3d Cap.)... 4/. Os. 80 0 0 43 10 0 -- Equitable ••• ...... •• 21. 16s. 50 0 0 all 2934 Great Central ....... 71 per cent. 10 0 0 all - Imperial .. • • ........ 101. & bonus. 50 0 0 all 99 Independent ... - .... 51.' 40 0 0 , 1 -.- London. • ............ - 50 0 0 fl/ ••• Do., Parl. Preference 61. percent. 25 0 0 „ ' 25 P.,cenix • ..., 41. per cent. 60 0 0 50 0 0 28 Ratcliff ..... ....... 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 , 70 United General ...... 1/. 51. 50 0 0 all 19 1 / 4 Westminster Chartered 5!. per cent. 50 0 0 90 39% Ditto, New .... •... , 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ s. d. East London - Grand Junction - Kent.... • • - 78 Lambeth ....... - 100 0 0 - - New River Company 2l. 103. - - 55 Southwark &Vauxhall Si. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 89 1 / 4 West Middlesex 51.105. pr et. 61 0 0 - 90 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. ! Price. Annum. Share. ------ £ a. d. £ s. d. Commercial .. ~ ...... 41. pr cent. ' Stock. Stock. - East and West India.. 61. pr cent. Stock. - 118 1 / 4 East Country.. 2oe. per sh. - - - London .... • ... 'W. pr cent. Stock. - 101% Ditto Bonds ...... - - - St. Katharine - - - 7 -outhampton Victoria BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Pail. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ a. d. Hungerford .......... - - - 12 Southwark .......... - 100 0 0 - - Ditto New of 7% p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 -.- Waterloo ..... _ _ .... - 100 0 0 - 3 3 % Ditto Old Ann. of 81 1/. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 - 30 Ditto Nw ditto of U. 11. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 - 273¢ Vauxhall - .... ...... 16s. 70 10 3 - 23 JOINT-Sroax. BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. , i :hare. £ a. d. £ s. d. Australasia........... Gl. per cent. 40 0 0 all 83 British North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 lf - Commercial of London. it. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 3014 Colonial ...... 31. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - lonian ........ ...............Si. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Lond . Char. Bk. of Ans. - 20 0 0 all 0 21 1 / 4 London and County .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Lomin ond WestminAr 64 per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 40% London Joint• Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New......... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all - National of Ireland.... 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provincial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New .... -.. 5/. per cont. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Oriental Bank Corpora. 121. p. ct.&bs. 25 0 0 all 39 1 / 4 South Australia • • .... i tit, p. ct.& be. 25 0 0 PI. 39% Union of Australia.... ;401. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 65 Ditto .. ... ..... 40/. per cent. - 2 10 0 - Union of London ..... St. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 ' 2E% Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 all - placed by Indian sepoys. In Bombay there are the 10th Hussars, the Bth and 86th Regiments, which could ho easily spared. Bengal has two reginieuts of cava'ry, 14 full regiments of infantry, besides the Ist battalion of the 60th Rifles, and nine battalions of foot artillery, out of which an expeditionary force of 1,500 sabres, 6,000 infantry, and 55 guns, might be formed with the greatest ease; the whole making a total of more than 20,000 European soldiers, able to compete with the flower of the British army in Turkey. We have eight regiments of Madras Light Cavalry, not a man of whom has a' chance of seeing service in the field, except out of the Presidency. At least 5-6ths of them are Mussulmans, and it may be readily concluded that they would willingly obey an order to embark for the seat of war. Out of the eighteen regiments of Irre gular Cavalry in Bengal, a large number might be de clared available ; and if we could only have a man like Major Fytche placed in the military command of Pegue, and insure his prolonged existence, we could hold that province with the aid at least of a single European regi ment, add a couple of Sepoy baValions-. But there are men enough to be gleaned from the ,four presidencies, and we are inclined to think that the highest authorities intend toilet them go for wArd. The Delhi Gazette speaks of rumoured movements of several Queen's regiments to wards the coast, and it will square well with the policy of Lord Dalhousie to denude India of European troops. He is anxious that the world at home should believe that the country is tranquil from love of British rule, and may be safely trasted to the defence of the native army. We sincerely hope tbat the event may flatter his self love, and give aid to our gallant count r ym en . How much might be done in furbishing acisistance to the medical department from India is a subject which we must reserve for a future occasion, and with regard to which we invite suggestions from our readers. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, 'ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. G.IS•LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. CANALS tvi 7: de Names of .4) Dividend Price Names of c.) Divi per nd ~. Companies. g , per Companies. V , Annum. Price. l ac 'Annum. iii • X 1 X A shtn &Oldll 98 71. p. ct. ifacclesfleld. 100 27. 102. 51 . 34 Barnsley.... 1601 Seath ...... 100 161. 150 Brkiik&Abrg 150 4/. GO Oxford .. •• • • 100 13'. 110 Birmingham 40 41. 91 Peak Forest. 78 5i Os. 86 Coventry.... 100 251. 209 Regent's.... 88 iB.. 15 Derby . • ... 100 61. 84 Itochdale.... 85 11.10 s. 60 Ellsmre&Chs 69 231 p. ct. Somrset Coal 140, Grandjunctn 100'41 pr.ct. 50 Do. Lk Fct.,t 12; Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. 13 Stifrd &Wore 1 40 281. 425 "rand Surrey 100 21. 102. 48 Sbrewsbury.. 1 251 Grand Union 100 1/. Cs 12k 3tourbridge., 1 45 127. 285 Kennt & Avn 39 6s. Od. ?overand 1 21. 28 Lancaster ..1100 - Wye Rail.j 26 Leeds &Livrp 10C 251. Warwick & Leicester.... lOC 51. 59 B irming. SWO 2/. 20 Leic.str &Nth 88 41. 2854 Warwick &'1 Loughborogh 142 701. 575 Napton..s 100 3/ . 10 Monmouthsh 100 Worcstr &I 78 31. 25 Mntginerysh 10t , Binning. Mei tnMwbry 100 Wilts & Brks —10 s. Od. • INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of . Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. 4 a. d. Albion •• .. 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 150 0 0 - Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s. 60.11. 100 0 0 11 0 0 - Ditto Marine .... 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 0 1 0 Q 21 Atlas .. Argus Life . ..... .... • 41. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - British Commercial .. 7s. 60. 50 • 0 0 5 0 0 7 Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life 6pr et. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - County ........ - Crown .............. 17s. Od 50 0 0 5 0 0 17% Eagle . ss. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% Equity and Law...... o _ l 4 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% European Life ...... ... IL 20 0 0 cii - General ............ -6/. e 5 0 0 „ 5% Globe 6l. per cent. Stock. 123 Guardian ............ 51. per cent. l^oo 0 45 0 0 51% Imperial Fire... .. .... 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 - Imperial Life Indemnity Marine - - 1f.33 k 31. 100 0 0 20 0 0 65% Law Fire ............ 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 I 210 0 4% Law Life... .. _ _ .... - 100 0 0, 10 0 0 56 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 i 2 0 0 5% London London ship.. - Marine . . 18s.per share 100 0 0 18 0 0 - Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4;i a per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3% Minerva • • .......... sp. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 2 0 0 5 74 Monarch ...... ...... 5 0 0 1 0 0 - National Loan Fund.. 51. pee cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 210 0 - Pelican - - - 46 Phoenix - - - - Professional Life...... 5 . per cent. 5 0 010 0 % Provident Life........ 11. ss. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 39 Rock Life .. .... _.. _ I 58. 53 0 010 0 7% Royal Exchange ...... 61. p ct. & bs. Stock. all - Sun Fire ... 6/. 10s. - ft -- Ditto Life ... 1/ 103. 57% United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct & bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 - Universal Life ... ..... 2/. ss. per sh. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Victoria Life ........ 51. per cent. - 412 6 5% - - - MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 4 a. d. X a. d. Assam Tea ..,....... V. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - inctien Mart........ 24 per cent. 50 0 0 - - Australian Agriculturl 11. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 3, +, l ,i Australian Trust .... 6/. per cent. - 25 0 0 -- Australian Royal Mail Si. 10 0 0 all - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. ICs. 10 0 0 all - British American Land 15s. - 40 0 0 - Canada ............. 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 120% Do. 5 per centilonds Si. per cent. - - - Ditto, 6 per cent. .. 61. per cent. - - 108 City Navigation Bonds - - - - Electric Telegraph .. 7 per cent. 25 0 0 22 0 0 154 Ditto .. •• .• ...... - - - - Equitable Reversionry 51pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Ditto New . .... .. - .50 0 0 17 10 0 - Gen. Revers. B:lnvest. sp.c. & bs, 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p. ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 - Hudson's 8ay...... •• - ' Stock. - - Hungerford .......... 21. ss, 100 0 0 100 0 0 - London Institution ... - - - - London Reversionary 4% per cent. 15 0 0 all - Russell Institution.... - - 12 10 0 - Price's Patent Cand. Co 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 I 0 0 - Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. Pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Royal Mail steam •• •• U. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 South Australian... •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 all - Trust and Loan Comp. Upper Canada .... - - - - .rrr..r~.~.r THE LATE DANIEr, GRANT, BiSQ'' OF MAJVCIIESTEiI. death briegy l The thi u s n g , e a nt f l e e w ina d r a r, ys fo a r go m ' o w re e connected with the otton manufacture a the Mall' Brother, ter district, in the firm; of William Grant and richee• spinners and calico print: re. The p( rtraitureel ryble Brothers," in "Nic:. lol as NieklehYr" •11-,' el by Mr. Dickens from the lives of „. - qb ni oit Grant, both of whom were exi:lnsivelY knot"' j°4 , - 1 - o . I than kindly dispositiei:s and munificent charities. Mr w;:: ; roe cvneradresd %.aebsset, Grant was likewise known as a patron of the finc.utet his collections of paintings at the house !n• IVla sie t s Of and at Springside arc extensive, and farm a gallejl art of no trifling value. it OOP' John Grant, of Nuttall (says the -I" - ',jell Examiner) is the only survivor of Grant Brothers) t he has long ranked amo ng pt the merchant princes „,th land. The characteristics of the family were the stol ff pf their fraternal affection thi-ir benevolence and Ilbed rosity, d their success in business, whi ch fur them with the means of exercising a eeerningiY 1 ° 1)4 ,0 11 hospitality and munificence. Their father `Pas not farmer in Morayshire. A great flood carried ans1:10, only his cattle and his corn, but the very soil of his bilin i leaving stones and gra ve l i n its stead. Th e , , i ! spirit of Grant would no t s toop to ask assist' f - , 1 the wealthier m em b ers o f h is c lan, and he eng ag •doe self to conduct a d rove o f ca ttl e t o the south. " to petting* as he wae honest, he lent some of his ruonelieso men who cheated him out of it, and not haviegtbe:pea of conveying himself back to the Highian ti b e , a e o c-'' th e some humble employment at Bury. At OA '7 pl e asY success of the Peels and Ark wrights had induce', ,00 rich men to give high premiums to printers and ° P; ir ell take their sons as apprentices, and that droll of were found to be of little or no use to their ernP'"' who William Grant, then about fourteen years of Arl o of had accompanied his father, had attracted the i r t e l an d a printer at Bury, who took him as an apPe el ,l o ll bi t ; his conduct confirmed the good impression 111 - , bee master had formed of him, and other calico priote r o big their eyes upon him as one that would_rwiebe ti , way. When his apprenticeship was out, the rn - * -- rinv • be P o o to concentrate their works, and offered 1 works at Ramsbottom "I have no money to be li ed with," said the young man. "We will trust Yti.goie you will pay us by instalments," said they s was made, and in a few years William was in of the tit'e deeds of his purchase. Previously re and this thriving son had sent or old Mrs- 6 ,reh - fr l44 daughter, and the three sons Daniel, Job , , The three suns were taken into artnershipivit'n:iitf.„ and their cc urse was one of u n i n t e rrupted Pre„kwibet be A friend of William's once caked him "S °l/ ' attributed their amazing success. The rvily rb a3 ,l ll you see that we were four brothers who nei l Q w o4° - word of disagreement with each other, and vi e ` f : heartily together for the common good. I ,_ he f ,' r took care never to have a bad stock, for eP e- A ef t e rio thing hun in the market we pushed it oil, an" r oe l praduce something better ; a nd thee, I°tO ne;pake muney. When we bad enow of risks at eea fair average risk, we gave over marine ° l , l saved 80,0001. in that way, for we had W. -c o tal „ f t..° losses. And then, - sir, Providence blessei n s ,'„ ' " ,j„ more we gave away, sir, the more God vnt c ecs e ra might have included in the causes of their strict integrity which gave all who toug*lit " t ° l l . 4° ,4 the firm assurance that they would be hona l l ) ;t0 3 „ ( 1 with. It was well said of them that they b 3" • O r ' the rank of merchant princes without hay ing 113 ~e the charge of a single shabby transacts , n. he re The death of 'William was understood tn i • - yel&f, very strongly felt by Daniel, who was eery lit' te ;)s h a 3 and with the infirmities of age growine ll - eles s- e d After that time his appearance in public Len"'l„ontin,a,i less frequent but there is no dout that b, e ,. - I ter! s ;i l 4l to exercise the benevolence which was cn" -. 0 a of the family • and it may truly be said that hi tbe Mancheriter has lost a man of highhonour , tressed a munificent benefactor. COUNTRY IIf.A.RRETS. „g '2 o '„ c li EDINBURGH MEAL MARIKET- 31 , A , S ;:st - e 11 ;2 4 70 .` There were in the market to-day, 12 saclo 'l2O . weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus 0 at 0/. Os Od, and 0 at 0/. Cs. 101 i EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW Did boas i 6 MARCH 20. ve riP There was a large supply of straw of all L' o , : - " a 0 0 0 the market. The prices to-day were as foil ° o f 1. 5.63. Oat straw, from 8s Od to lOs Od per kemP le Ola t ! o. troy ; wheat do., Es Od to lOs Od ; barley ac!,,” I V °D Hay from lid to 13d ; new ditto, Od to uu re :ARKET_abscii 19'ortl, First. I Second. „ 6 , Gi 38s 6d 37 8 Oa " o p Oi 27s 3d ---4 Oa '- ( ~ U —0 0(1 '-'" BOa —s od — 3 0 co — s Od —8 Ott DALKEITII MEAL M. Oatmeal, per sack 9f 2801bs imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto Pot-barley, per ditto DUBLIN, e toll Thera was a slow market at our Corn-exchol-erl'id m at 17. for all descriptions of home-grown grain, but In fo jo " demand for foreign wheat and Indian corn. /' 0 alter our quotations of Tuesday for any article. an dp e i ; White wheat, 408 0.1 to 425 6d ; red ditto, 30 ' ,0 barley, 158 Od to 19s 3(1 ; oats, 138 Od to 15s 00:1;.. De. ii 27s Od to 28s 6(1 per brl ; oatmeal, 153 (1(1 to 17s 0;', l'' flour, 23s 6a to 273 Od per cwt ; Imakiu corn, 435 O' c per 4801bs. (N 3ignifiee that the mails are sent from the Oen er PO) by the night—and M by the morning—itelmatcb.) SEABORNE MAILS. Ifr e p Froa wi at d t e ,, ,,,i fort h" r., Dispatch, .../r..;s _____---- plc , LiverPo °l 1 ll ° ' ) lsrC I.lverPoo l South troptoli lr9 . 26 Southarriptoojil 11 11- 0 Y , I Dover •• ' ,erli,, •• Plymou th D o ver .... 0 '; SoothamP, .-, .., soottoluP t° 11) 0 ;0 16 Dover •••'',,,; 3 1 •" uatharePit: 010 s,,ttonv;lll o Veri. lls P° SoutlialePOP 40 soutliMP -t- . rep o • . Souttle ,oo°l.t IY A Dover " ' io . LI IO O , iolth3olP 1 Dover • • • ' '1 .4 00 1 ' 1 6 i; Dover "'1 1 . , P' -r 16 Soutitiaw ° rc ii • tes ilfi 8,;11 1 Z u nP- .. oil 1 Lon don ..;014 . 1 ~ Sou tlitue? Ipfor Dover .0•1 0 . 1 11 AP slouilisinP utli Miro of D o ver • • . 0" yots Do ver • • •,* .. "fl i eb I Iloulie4(` ; o ',. 0 , Sontliater.tooi Al v SO './ t bivni ) ~ rV Llverpoo • .13 P re Dover .•....' 11 ) 14th of tho month to /P C ' 12nd of the month. }Souther'' , . 0 'bthl6th2sthotmon. Dover *** i to ' u _ t ee' 2d & 17thof month SoutharriP , t ,u IBy private ship .. VariouS P.'..1 tittilsth2s thormon. Dover .• •,,„, . 4 0 ithl7th27thottuon. S o u thae l ll: o l .4a .. I m & 27th of mon. tiouthairiP r te le By private ship... Various P ° .• • , ( 5 thtstll2sthofmon, Dover • . ' _„ o p 5 thlhth 25thofmon. Dover •• • ', 4 ;; ) ) , 12d8c lith ottnonth,soutlisOP Day wiivi ma tea, COUNTRIES. in Genpral Post- Wee, Loudon.° .. America(bylirit.pack)N Every Friday ... Americv. k by United Sts. packet) ........N , America (by U. Stews packet) ..........N Australia (via South ampton) ..........M Ditto (via Marseilles) N - • Ditto (via Cape of Goed Hope) .. .... .. .. ..N •,• Africa ( West Coast) ..N 1301 of the month.. Alexandria........ _ Is 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. Alexa ndr i a„ .. .. .. ..31,4t1) & 20th of mon. Bahamas ... .. .. .. .. i t ; 117th of the month) Belgium ............N[UoilY • • •• ......... Brazil .......„ .. „...m ,9th pf the month.. Buenos Ayres .. .. .. .. m '9th of the month.. Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verds ......N 9th of the month Ceylon (see India) Cey10n..............N Channel Isles ........N Non ”Wed•AFIII. Chill...—. .. .. .. .. ...m td & I 7 al* of month China ... . 'Once a month.... I Constantinople .... „. I, 8,13,18,23,&28 of in Constantinople ~ ..., .. 1 4 LII a. , 20th of moti. Cont. of Europe M & 's I vricc daily ...... . Egypt (see India) France ** .. M Fe N , Twice dai1y...... Gibraltar .. .... .... M 14, 7,17, 20, 27 of in. I Greece (see India) Greytown .. .. .. .... 7,1 I 2ral & 17th of mutt. liamburgh .. .... ....N i Tuesday & Friday l Havannah .......„ .. m 2nd of the merit!. i Holland ............M Da11y........ ~.. Llondurav .......... mll7th of the month. , India (viaSouthampt.)M I ith & 20th of men. India (via Marseilles)M,9th& 25 th of month I lonian Isles (see India)l7, 17, & 21 of mon Ireland ........M & N Twice daily ...... I Lisbon . .........m 7,9, 17, & 27 of in. i Madeira ........ ~ .. m 9th of the month I Madeira ............N 23d of month .... I Malta (see India) Malta ..............N 8,18, &28 of m0n.,l Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of tho month meek° ............M 2nd of the month. I Naples ‘.............N 'bthlM.ll2.sthotmon. l New Granacla ......M 2d & 17thof month I I New Zea1and.......... By private ship .. 1 Papal States . ....... N 8 thlsth2h thormon. I Peninsula .... .. .. .. M Ith 17 th27thonnon. i I Fern .. • ......... ..m .1,1 & 27th of mon. 8 Port Natal ..........N By private ship... N Sicily .. .... .. .. .. Nsth 15 th2sthofmon, I Tuscany .... .... ....N ithlhtb2sthofmen. I Venezuela ..... ....NI 2d& 17th ofmonth il S Tan Diemen's Land: (lee Australia) .. West Indies ........M 2d& 17th 01month 8 IpfC l6 , Or Wil l 'l, When any of these dates fall o•i a Sunday, the e • spatched on the following day, with the exception %ow Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will he " preceding day. 12d& 17th of monthlikul ot of ADDITIONAL rt. °II 11 4 SHERIFF FOR GLASGOW.— f ic g o e l e G ;te r e li; the large increase of b us i ness b eor Sir Archibald Alison b as selectedAei our Mr. to be a new Sheriff-Substitute.—G/asgow BIRTHS. tiO • OF A SON. On the 19th'inst., at 37, Gl oces t er -road, re~eDf9 P° the wife of Thos. Jones Barker, Esq. CV ° OF A DA.CTGHTER. -Res' On the 14th inst., at Esher, the wife of the Clarke. o tet MARRIED. je ger . te r . On the 20th inst., at Trinity-church, Cl° 11 ", On 03 r' Islington, Mr. Edward Dani e l, o f Rotter da bter o turer, to Miss Sarah Jane Watson only die" George Watson, of Sunderland, Durham i s lisg. 0 11 On the 20th inst., at St. Peter's Chore of Moll/ Andrew, eldest son of Josephus Ferris, GO" New-park, to Rachel, only daughter f Esq., of Tyndale-place, Islington. _ --- 0 DIED. 17 1 . 1 ' t tso o ' it On the 19th inst., at Butlees-green , - . ~;„I‘cr j Montagu, Lord Erskine, aged 79. L i o nel .; -c or On the 19th inst., at St.`John's-wood , ~ Ow' Eliot, Esq., late of the Audit-office, Somerset" 40 11, 63. gips Ar On the 21st inst., at No. 25, D u ncan-ter ll gi'sri lis /0 Griffith Davies, F.A.S., late Actuary to the " - at Sa c " nuance Company and Reversionary ll' ter- Je ll' aged 66. t CO el i t On the 19th inst., at 13, Great Canidon-strceo,f 33 9 . , s of town, Henry Brayley Wedlako, Esq. uPw 3rd ' lici t°. a partner in the fi rm o f Cl owes a nd li 5 r e dlake, ° vo it' the Temple, aged 63. ~ of '03 3 On' the 19th inst., Th o mas P. Dickinson, li;olast land-place, Islington, and of the firm of Ben.l• Co., Anstinfziars, London, aged 59. -.- --- ' . 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