The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-26 00:00:00

ROYAL OPERA, DRURY:LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. T IIIS EVENIN G, WM be performed IL BA. , ,BIERE DI SrVIGLI.I•. Rosina, Madame Gassier ; Berta, Mdlie. Martini ; Almavtva, Signor Bet. tini ; Bartolo, signor Fortini; Figaro, Signor Gassier. To conclude with a Grand Ballet Divertissement. THE i'1"?3: ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the maca;ement of Mr. Buekstone. Tais EVENLY% Win be perform Howe PRETTY PIECE OF CarolineCracters by Messrs. and Buckstone ; Mrs. White, and Misses Ellen Chaplin and Reynolds. To which will be added BEE TA ; or, The Gnome of Bartzberg. To conclude with the new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAYMARKET SPRI2,G MEETING, 1855. ROYAL PRINCE3S'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Ca.taLms Kraig. THIS EVENING, Will be performed AWAY WITH 3IELANCHOLY. To ccnclude with KING HENRY THE EIGATET. Queen Ka. tharine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Sean. 111E,a1B1: ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, air. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the comedy of PRY. Principal cha racters by Messrs. C. Sel,y and Wright ; Miss M. Keeley, Ars. L. Murray, and 31Ls Woolo.r. To be followed `y SCIIOOI. FOR TIGERS. To conclude with 31Y PILEC lOUS BETSY. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITaEATICE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Ceoka. TEAS EVENING. rgE FIELD AGAU.sTST THE FAVOURITE! 3tter which, the SCII7.i'ES in the CIRCLE. ro conclude with the Ballet of KATE KEARNEY. Mr. William Cooke announces for Whit 3fonday a Grand and 2,fagnificent Chivalric Spectacle of intense interest, to be produced on a scale of unparalleled grandeur and effect, combining both stage and r ing, united by the gigantic; portable platform; followed by a new and brilliant series of Scenic Acts in the Arena, invented and directed by Mr. William Cooke. Box-oflace open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. A c ting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIM:4K Tara DAT —Vornirg 47 win.after 9 1 Evoning 15 min. aft.lo To vt from Moral 45 ni-Lattex 10 1 Eveniug 11 min. a!t.ll THE WEATan.—Sus Ornos, May. 26. TTCP.MOMItTZA, IN THZ BIWA. 73 —kighest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 77—this day, at noon—the highest yet. LiAIIOMETIEB., 29'95. WIND, E. to E.S.E.—Blowing rather fresh, but very warm weather. t .L) ;_ ('/ - 1; 1 Allll ~~ ~_ LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1855. Never was there a majority composed of more heterogeneous and conflicting materials than that by which Mr. DISRAELI'S motion was rejected' last night, or rather this morning. It exhibited every shade and variety of political opinion, from the ultra-Liberal to the ultra-Tory, from 'the advo cate of peace at any price and on any conditions to the most strenuous supporter of the War. " The lion, indeed, lay down by the lamb," for did not Mr. L AYARD walk into the same lobby with Mr. BRIGHT, and Mr. LowE record his vote with that of Mr. M. GinsoN? The Marquis of GRA NBY, as the representative of the collective " Dukery," cast his weight into the Ministerial scale along with Mr. GLADSTONE and the Peelites, and Mr. COHDLN and the Manchester School. It was not that the Most Noble Marquis found himself by any means at home in the strange company with which, perhaps for the first time, he found him self associated. It was not that he loved the Peelites, Whigs, or Radicals, but he was willing to endure the pain of co-operation in order to serve Russia and the great cause of oligarchical rule. It is almost needless to state the result of such a combination. The extraordinary coali tion succeeded in defeating the resolution by a large majority. Three hundred and nineteen Noble Lords and Right Honourable and Honour able Gentlemen agreed together for the purpose of rejecting the proposed resolution, which vas supported by two hundred and nineteen members. But there was no principle of cohesion to cement and bind together the parties to the ill-assorted union, whose tones and ,language were as diverse as those of the plundered nationalities which con stitute the monster power, whose further aggres sions England and France have deemed it essential to resist. But although the original proposition has been disposed of, the various amendments arising therefrom still remain for discussion. There is the amendment of Sir FRANCIS BARING, " the shabby amendment*" which Mr. DISRAELI justly said had ben " cribbed from his thoughts and clothed in his stolen language !" There is that of Sir W. HEATHCOTE pointing towards peace, and also that of Mr. LowE indicating a de termination to terminate the abortive negotia tions, and to carry on the War with vigour and energy, and in which, so far as relates to the ori ginal resolution, there is " a distinction without a difference." When along with these the sub stantial motion of the Right Thnourable Member for Manchester is taken into con sideration, we may safely affirm that there is a tolerably fair amount of work already provided for Honourable Gentlemen when they return after their Whitsun holidays—work in which the tem porary truce patched up between the different parties that voted with the Government will be completely dissolved, and an internecine war will be carried on between. the strangely-assorted auxiliaries. r But the debate has already been productive of the most beneficial results. It has elicited dis tinct and positive declarations from Ministers, and exhibited the Peelites in their true colours. We can now understand how it was the nation was suffered to " drift" into the War, and why that War was "starved." We have obtained a clue to the strange financial policy that led to the draining of the Exchequer, and the ex haustion of the Government balances, in that "valuable financial demonstration "—the pay ment of more than eight millions sterling of the outstanding debt, and the obstinate refusal to negotiate a loan for the purpose of carrying on the contest in which we so tardily engaged— all these matters are now placed in a very clear point of view, and the people can appreciate the advantages arising from the fortunate overthrow of the ABERDEEN Cabinet, and the secession of the Peelite clique from office. The value of the Ministerial declarations may 13 e duly estimated from the manner in which "the unsuccessful Plenipotentiary" after the divi sion, endeavoured to shuffle out of what he had said while the fate of the Government remained undecided. The official reserve of Lord PAL3IER STON has also been dissipated. Had the Premier before spoken as distinctly and intelligibly—had he thus clearly indicated the Ministerial policy at an earlier stage of the proceedings, the " dark suspicions " to which Mr. DISRAELI so felicitously alluded in his opening speech mightnothave arisen. But, unfortunately, there was not only the refusal to a fford any information asto the future intentions English Government, but there were ominous the ominous hints to , the effect that the means re peace were not exhausted --that the Russian pr o o f "elements" from which a position contained satisfactory understanding might eventually h e arrived at. The speeches of Lord PALMERSTON and Lora JOHN RUSSELL have now clearly shown the i nu tili ty o f furt h er negotiations , or of any longer " w a iti ng " f or A us t r i a . They have shown the hopelessness of inducing that Power to act u honest and straightforward pant, have adduced THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA p EVENING, MAY 26, 1855. LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS. DESPATCH FROM GENERAL PELISSIER. PARIS, SATURDAY. A despatch to the following effect has been received from General Pelissier : " SEBASTO POL, MAY 24. " A very lively combat, directed against our important position, has lasted all night. We ob tained a complete success. The enemy's loss was enormous, and ours sensible." The _Patric has the following : We are assured that a great advantage has been gained by the French army before Sebastopol. A private despatch announces that on the night between the 22d and 23d of May the French car ried by assault the intrenched. Russian camp near the Quarantine Bastion, which was defended by the whole garrison of Sebastopol. The same despatch states that the expedition against Kertch had again sailed. PARIS, SATURDAY, 7.30 A.M. The Moniteur publishes two despatches from General Pelissier, dated the 23d and 24th inst. In the first the General thus expresses himself : " The enemy had formed between the Central Bastion and the sea a large place d'armes, where they proposed assembling considerable forces to make important sorties against us. " In the night between the 22d and 23d we at tacked those works, which were defended by nearly the whole of the garrison. The combat was fierce, and lasted during nearly the whole of the night. We carried and occupied half of the works. I hope to be able to announce to you to ' morrow that the remainder will have been carried on the following night." In the other despatch Gen. Pelissier says : " We last night very happily carried the re mainder of the works we had attacked on the pre vious evening. The enemy, whose losses were enormous the night before, did not make so stout a resistance. Our losses, though considerable, were much less. " The Allied armies to-day cordially celebrated ;ogether the birthday of her Majesty." BERLIN, FRIDAY, MAY 25. A despatch from St Petersburg, dated this day, Friday, May 25, announces that the following despatch had been received there from Prince Gortschakoff, dated Sebastopol, the 19th : The enemy's fire is weak. Our losses are moderate. Both sides are occupied in repairing the old and erecting new batteries. The Invalide Russe announces that the Empe ror had just inspected the arsenals, fortifications, troops, batteries, and fleets at 6ronstadt. VIENNA, SATURDAY, 9 A.m. The projected Conference will not be held to day. The expected despatches have not arrived from Paris and London. SEBASTOPOL, MAY 24, AFTERNOON. Miss Nightingale has been very ill, but is now out of danger. THE BALTIC FLEET. BERLIN, MAY 25. The Vulture, with mails, arrived last night a Dantee. There were some large Russian men-of-war Eying at Sweaborg. They were dismantled. The Riga channel was blocked up by sunken rocks. The bulk of the English fleet was at Nargen. The crews were healthy. No new cases of small-pox had occurred on board the Duke of Wellington and Arrogant. BERLIN, SATURDAY, MAY 26. Advices from Nargen, of the 22d, state that the English fleet has not commenced hostilities. No French vessel bad joined yet. Some steamers had penetrated into the bay of Cronstadt without meeting any ice. V ttb p . • . . . SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. BELGIUM. The Central Section of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, charged to examine the credit of 9,400,000 fr. demanded by the War Department, for the completion of the defence of Antwerp and the banks of the Scheldt, has just terminated its deliberation. [t results from the discussion that there are two systems in question—one consists in enlarging the fortifications, and the other defend ing the present ones, by an entrenched camp. In presence of serious differences of opinion which could not be solved without a fresh exa mination of the question, the Central Section has agreed to postpone the expense of 5,440,000 fr. for the defence of Antwerp ; but the surplus of tne credit, applicable to the banks of the Scheldt and to the materiel of the artillery, was agreed to with out opposition. The report will be presented in a day or two. A letter from Kalisch, of the 16th, in the Aus trian Gazette, states that a part of the Bth division of the infantry of the corps of General Rend, had left its po-ition near Perekop, and joined the troops which defend Sebastopol. AUSTRIA AND TITh WESTERN POWERS, The Augsburg Gazette publishes the following as the text of a note addressed by M. de Walews►d, the new French Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the French Euvoys abroad. It is dated 9th May : " Sir I hasten to prevent by explicit declarations any erroneous interpretation of a series of facts, so as to enable you to contradict any wrong bearing given to them. " You are aware that Count Buol when, after a de claration of the Russian Plenipotentiaries which we might have regarded as sufficient to authorise us to re gird the conferences as broken off, adjourned the re assembling of the conferences ; he nevertheless expressed the desire to endeavour to find in a new combination a means for realising the third point. The Vienna Cabi net did not hesitate to declare its firm intention to maintain the alliance of the 2d of December when it submitted to France and England propositions which they examined with the greatest desire to find them satisfactory. " Unhappily their good intentions failed, as it was impossible of making an arrangement, founded on such a combination, agree with what their dignity demanded, and the legitimate right which they had made it their mission to assert in the general nit4rests of Europe. It , appeared, in fact, to the Cabinets of Paris and London, that the interpretation of that point which is the most important of all, and in reality the sanction of the others, as proposed by Austria, responded neither to their ex pectations nor to the sacrifices they had made. " If the Cabinet of St. Petersburg had accepted the ultirivstuw, proposed by the Court of Vienna peace would have been re-established on weak foundations, the in efficiency of which would have led in the future to dan gers which it was the hope of the Allies from thete ginning of the crisis, and after the great efforts made by the Allied Powers, to see banished for ever. "Such are the motives which have induced us not to ' adopt the plan proposed by the Austrian Government. These motives are so evident, they are so fully justified by the position of the Western Powers, that we do not doubt the Court of Vienna will appreciate them in their true meaning. "The alliance of the 2d December is not, therefore, brought in question. It is, on the contrary, the earnest desire of the Government of the Emperor, and of the Government of her Britannic Majesty, to strengthen and develope it, and no doubts can exist at Vienna on the subject. It is important, sir, that you should express yourself clearly in this sense, and explain that, if the situation has undergone a modification, it arises solely from the fact that the Russian Plenipotentiaries, after having accepted the third point in principle, afterwards . refused to admit its practical consequences. WALEWSKI." MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL TNT AILLIGEKCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, closed with a firm appearance, and without much - variation in prices. The sales of the week amounted to 153,080 bales. The Railway Share Market was steady, and closed with an upward tendency in prices. The arrivals of Colonial produce during the month are stated by Messrs. H. W. Jewesbury and Co. to have been very large, notwithstanding which the business transactions have been consi derable since the date of our last, and former prices for most articles have been fully maintained. The deliveries from the warehouses, both for home con sumption and export, continue very satisfactory. We have to notice a reduction in the stocks of many leading articles, which, until lately, have been in excess of last year. Sugar and rice are both dearer. Dyes and dyeing materials re main without alteration, except for Indigo, which is dearer. Cochineal has continued in fair demand, but previous rates have been barely sup ported. From the continental produce market the accounts continue satisfactory. From the cotton manufacturing districts the reports state that the demand had slightly fallen off, and lower prices had been accepted, but from the woollen districts we learn that the transactions have been large, and higher rates have ruled. In referring to the debate upon Mr. Disraeli's motion, Messrs. Smith and Charles express their conviction that neither the mover, who should have excellent means of information, nor Lord John Russell, mho, from his mission to Vienna, ought to be still more competent to form an opi nion, have any strong expectations of peace. At the public sales of wool just concluded there were 43,208 bales of Colonial, and 3,418 of East India, and 5,838 of Foreign offered. The Austra lian realised ld. to lid., and for Moreton Bay 2d. to 3d. per lb. advance. Cape went 2d. to 3d. higher for scoured parcels, and Ad. to ld. for greasy. All that we have stated for some time past re specting the position of the Bank of England has been verified by the most recent balance sheets of that establishment. The account for the week to the 19th inst. gives the amount of the bullion and the note reserve together so large that one might fancy we were in a state of protound peace, and although, unfortunately, the dullness of trade partly contributes to the accumulation, it is en couraging to find such large imports of gold from abroad. Compared with the previous week, the changes are as follows : Active circulation Decrease Bullion Increase • Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Increase Seven-Day and other Bills Decrease Government Securities Decrease Other Securities Decrease. Notes unemployed £19,621,940 297,395 16,647,716 602,515 3,170,300 4,515 3,358,272 624,364 12,230,771 25,564 991,720 36,420 10,823,132 193,242 12,455,155 88,645 10,280,610 Increase 863,435 Yesterday afternoon there was a little flatness in the rates for bills of exchange upon Antwerp, Frankfort, and Trieste. Paris was firm, and Ham burgh and Amsterdam were a shade higher. All the gold per Sussex, from Australia, has been melted and sent into the Bank of England. The amount of the precious metals shipped direct from London during the week en ling Thursday last was 5,920 ounces of silver and 140 of gold, all to the Continent. The . ship Elizabeth from Port Philip brings 12,502 ounces of gold. The extremely favourable Bank Return, and the satisfactory news from the Crimea, have reudered the stock market very firm, and given a fresh im petus to business. Consols have been 9i is and since 91i for transfer and account. The New 3 per Cents. have been 91 to f, and the Reduced 901 to 4. The Omnium is up to 31 and 3/ pre mium, and the Terminable Annuity is firm at 16/ to 11-16ths. In Foreign Stocks scarcely any business is doing. Turkish Bonds have been 77i to 78i. Mexican Bonds are quiet at 22. Spanish Threes bring 37k. Dutch 2i per Cents. are 63g. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6/ to 7k; Mexi can, 22i to ; Peruvian, 68 to 70 ; ditto Three per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 42 to 44 ; Russian Five - per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18i to 184 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 37i to 371; Ditto Certificates, 4 to 41 ; Ditto Passive, 31, to 41,. Railway Shares are at higher rates for the prin cipal lines, but business is not very active. The lines are in demand, at very full rates. Sambre and Meuse are better. The Banks are quiet. Crystal Palace are firm. Mines are dull. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. I Front the Offictal Li v,. fin.inee4 Anne 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... • 9Oh 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities L.una Annuities. Expire sth Jan., 18N) -- Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 164 11-16 fl C ffisois ;or Account, 30th May Omnium Exchequer Bilis, 2id. Snail Ditto Advertised 5 8 pm PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Aexieem 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account... 22 Bonds, 3 per Cent 37i Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. n - A fun 4B p c Curkish Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account 7B e 7g Dividends on the above payable to London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Anil TWO O'CLOCK. Consols 912 Ditto, May Account SURREY T HEATRE. Miss Romer commences the operatic season at this theatre on Monday next,' with a new opera by Herr Mayer Lutz. It is entitled Faust and Marguerite, and the principal parts will be sustained by Mr. H. Drayton, Mr. G. Perren, Mr. G. Yarnold, Mr. Bowler, and Mrs. H. Drayton. The services of Flexmore and Marlatne Auriol have been secured for the ballet, and Miss Featherstone for the fairy extravaganza. The arrange ments altogether for the campaign are highly attractive. the most cogent reasons for curtailing the over grown proportions of Russia, and exacting the " material guarantees" for her good faith, re specting which the Colonial Secretary was once so solicitous. These bold denunciations of Russia would have been eminently satisfactory but for the unfortu nate difference between the " sayings " and " doings" of the Cabinet. How can Lord JOHN RUSSELL reconcile his quondam assertion respect ing the imperative necessity for "material gua rantees," and of " reducing Russia's power to proportions innocuous to Europe's liberties," with his later speeches at Vienna, to the effect that " the best and only admissible conditions of peace would be those which, being most in harmony with the honour of Russia, would, at the same time, be sufficient for the security of Europe, and for preventing a return of complications such as that the settlement of whi:th was then in question?" How can Lord PALMERSTON reconcile his repeated protests against any interference with the Royal prerogative in relation to the War with his decla ration this morning, that, in whatever hands the Government is placed, the will of the country must and shall be obeyed. How can the truckling to " Germanism," so painfully apparent in all the past proceedings of our rulers, be rendered con sistent with the degraded picture of the German States, and of their complete subservience to Russia, so graphically drawn by the ex- Plenipotentiary ? It is utterly impossible to do so. Before, then, we can place unlimited reliance in the pledges extorted from Ministers, we must see unequivocal indications of a total alteration in their policy, and that they are as bold when speaking to the representatives of other nations as in the Imperial Palace at Westminster. Let the electors in every constituency throughout the length and breadth of the land profit by the vacation, and impress their own wishes on those whom they have sent to represent them, so as to place these important matters beyond the possi bility of future doubt. The necessity of reform in the navy has long been felt and urged by individuals acquainted with the service. It is now becoming a question of the day - , one to which Administrative Re formers must apply their energies. The curse of patronage and routine is on the navy, and will . _ remain there until removed from without. A management must be bad when clumsiness is the least fault of it, as is the case with the manage ment of the navy. The machinery is clumsy, and clumsily worked, but there is jobbery and ineffi ciency also. The exposures which have taken i place at the dockyards may be followed by others I equally discreditable elsewhere. Officers are pro- 1 moted for no merit of their own, but by in fluence, without regard to the interest of the service, and this to the exclusion of others really deserving. Thus a veteran Lieutenant, fit to command any vessel, may find himself under the orders of an Honourable, who learned the little he knew under him ; or, an able Com mander may find himself consigned to inaction in order that an aristocratic tyro may indulge his whims at his country's expense. In the building of vessels of war governmental incompetency is notorious. It is something of a triumph for the Admiralty when a vessel will float and not turn bottom up, but it is really a great one when no costly alterations are required. The waste of two millions in the transport service is fresh in everybody's recollection, and we are bold to say the more the naval government is overhauled, the more striking will the necessity for Reform appear. The sooner this is done the better, and we trust the motion of which Captail , SCOBELL has given notice, viz., for a Select Com mittee to inquire into the government of the navy, will meet with general support. The infinite impor tance of the navy to the safety and welfare of the country renders its proper management a subject of vital interest, from the consideration of which honourable members should not be deterred by any consideration whatever. The announcement made last night in the House of Commons by Mr. WILSON, in reply to Mr. HANKEY'S inquiry whether any arrangements would be made for the purpose of facilitating the obtaining of passports to Paris during the Exhi bition, will be received with considerable satisfac tion by the more enterprising of the working classes throughout the country. The question, it appears, had been brought under the notice of the Foreign-office, and the result is that passports will be issued to English work-people for one month without expense—the French Government on its part offering every reasonable facility for landing and travelling in France to persons thus furnished. VISIT OF THE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT TO PARIS. Gratifying as the boon undoubtedly is in a pe cuniary point of view, it is not less so in the removal of difficulties and embarrassments which it insures. We are emphatically an insular peo ple, unacquainted, generally speaking, with the particulars of continental travel, and our working men are likely enough to take offence at some of them ; and this being far from desirable, it is quite as well the chances of escapades or an noyance on their part will be so greatly reduced. Our geographical position has its advantages, and these unquestionably of the highest order ; but it has also disadvantages, which a freer communication with the rest of the world, not at home merely, but also abroad, is required to remove. Preju dice is somewhat too rampant among us. We think a little too well of ourselves, and not well enough, of other nations, and have been especially guilty of this fault with respect to France ; for a fault it is, and a graver one than many are prepared to admit, for we have lost much by it. Diplomatically we have lost, and commercially also. If we can teach the French many things likely to be of service to them, they can recipro cate the boon. If in some respects our operatives are superior to the French, as in certain depart ments of mechanical skill, in other departments, and in taste or design, the French surpass them. Each have, in short, much to learn of the other to their profit. These things being taken into consideration, and the wisdom of cul tivating the friendly feeling now happily existing between the two countries still further, the bene ficial nature of the boon to which we have referred will be obvious to all, and we trust our work people will largely avail themselves of it. They will have no reason to be ashamed of the figure cut by their countrymen in the Exhibition, and they will see much there they have not seen before. It is currently reported that the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert will arrive in Paris on the 16th or 17th of August, as the guests of the Emperor and Empress of the French, and to visit the French Exhi bition. CABINET COUNCIL-(THIS DAY). -_____.....--- office, Downi ng street, at half-past one o'clock. Among A. Cabi net Council was held to-day, at the Foreign the members of the Cabinet present were--Viscount Palmer.ton, the Lord Chancellor, Lord J. Russell, the Duke o f Argyle the E ar l o f H arrowby, Earl Granville, C 6 Lord Panmure,'Sir G eorge G rey, Sir Charles Wood, the Cance Council Chancellor of the Excheq uer , an d Sir W. Moiesworth. The were W in delib eration for mo re th an two hours. On bre a ki ng town for their countryuP, several of the members left seats during the recess. FRANCE. PARIS, Friday Evening.—A grand dinner of 50 covers was given yesterday at the British Em bassy, in honour of the Queen's birthday. An Imperial decree promotes Colonel Barolet de Puligny, of the infantry of the marine, to the rank of General of Brigade. _ . . The Moniteur publishes a decree confirming two promotions to the rank of officer, and 23 nomina tions to that of Knight in the Legion of Honour, and the grant of 46 military medals made by the General-in-Chief of the army of the East, among officers and sailors of the navy and of the marines, serving with that army. An Imperial decree, in the Bulletin des Lois, opens a supplementary credit of 1,300,000 f. to the Minister of Finance, 500,000 f. of which is for the administrative expenses of the Legislative Body and for indemnities to deputies. A Paris letter, in the Independance of Brussels, says :—" General Canrobert has not accepted the command of General Pelissier's corps, which the Minister of War had stated in his letter to be as signed to him by the Emperor. The general has only resumed the command of his old division, at the head of which he fought so bravely at Alma. The command of General Pelissier's corps has been given to General de Salles." The Russian vessels the Orion and the Alexan der 1., which were captured last year, are now, by order of the Minister of Marine, being fitted out at Toulon for active service. They are to receive each a French crew on board, and to form part of the French navy. BOURSE, MAY 25.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. per Cents 93 75 94f. —c. 3Or Cents 69 3 6J 40 Credit Mobilier Bl2 50 Roman Credit Foncier 525 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese B3 Home Debt RAILWAYS-?OR CASH. fr. c. fr. Orleans Western 685 Rouen Cette Mediterranean llO3 Havre 5BO Northern ...... ...... 898 75 Cherburg THE BALTIC. KIEL, MAY 22. The steam-corvette Pylades, 21, Capt. D'Eyn court, with the screw gunboats Starling and Thistle in tow, having coaled and watered, left this port yesterday morning to join the fleet off Revel. In the evening the French squadron, under Rear- Admiral Penaud, got up steam and quitted the harbour in a majestic style. The weather was calm and the sea smooth, and the concourse of spectators to witness the departure was enormous. HELSINGFORS, May s.—Yesterday, after five months of severe winter, the ice broke up suddenly and our harbour, greatly to the delight of the in habitants, became navigable. In the distance the white streaks of ice towards Sweaborg are becoming gradually darker and darker every day, but at the entrance of the harbour much drifting ice is still collected and piled up in masses where the waves have cast them on the rocks and shoals. For the first time since its foundation Helsingfors presents the appearance of an empty harbour. Not even the black streak of a single steamer's smoke is now discernible on the horizon. The Governor-General seems fully to expect a bombardment by the French and English fleets, and precautionary measures have been taken in consequence. Orders have already been issued to the owners ard tenants of houses, most of which are constructed of wood, to prepare and keep in readiness large water tanks on the roofs of the houses should the town be set on fire. SPAIN. The following telegraphic despatch has been re ceived in Paris. It is dated Madrid, 24th inst.:— " The Gazette publishes _a Royal decree placing A.rragon, Burgos, and Navarre in a state of siege. "The Government has to-day demanded extra ordinary powers from the Cortes, to be enable to exile suspected persons and to suppress the journals hostile to the Queen." The Corriere Mercantile of the 22d states that the members of the Piedmontese Senate who voted in favour of the Convents Suppression Bill have received anonymous letters, threatening them with condign punishment in the next world, and, if possible, in this. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. The new grand Whitsuntide spectacle to be produced at this theatre will be one of the most magnificent things yet attempted by the enterprising lessee. It is entitled Enidand and France in the Days of Chivalry; or, the Brothers in Arms, and is from the practised pen of J. H. Stocqueller, Esq. It abounds with scenery and effects, and we have no doubt but that the representa tion of the tournament in the field of the Cloth of Gold will create quite a furor. Even in the incomplete state in which we have seen it it is one of the best things we hav e witnessed. THE WINNER OF THE DERBY. SINGULAR FACT. ( From the Monmouthshire Merlin.) A Monmouthshire gentleman, who has, we hear, never tirade a wager upon a racing event in his life, dreamed, about a fortnight since, that he had seen, in the Evening Sun paper, Wild Dayrell running in to win at the head of a ruck. his fact he told to Aeveral of his friends, most of whom took the odds on Wild Dayrell, and are now exulting in having realised hand some sums. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 26.—Wind and weather this day at noon, E.S.E. ; pleasant breeze, and fine, clear, sultry weather. GRAVESEND, May 26.—Wind, E. Arrived—Orwell, from Port Philip ; Sam Bruno, Cuba; Rover's Bride, Alexandria; Seine, Boulogne; Belgium, Ostend; Frecle rika Christina, Rostock. DEAL, May 26.—Wind, calm. Arrived—Asia, from Calcutta ; Bousled, Bahia ; Sovereign, Demerara. Ar rived from the river and sailed—Electric, for Grenada. SHEERNESS, May 25.—Wind, S. Arrived—Ceres, from Sierra Leone. FALMOUTH, May 25.—Wind, S. Arrived—E. E., from Bahia. PORTSMOUTH, May 25.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Baltic (s.s. transport, No. 161), from Balaklava ; Cormorant (s.s. transport, No. 103), Woolwich, for Balaklava. Off Port —Sir G. Seymour, from the Mauritius. DARTMOUTH, May 25.—Wind, W. Arrived—Baretto, from Cochin. NEWPORT, May 2 S.E. Arrived—Mary, from London, for St. Thomas ; Melbourne, Honduras, and Cherbourg, for Jamaica. CARDIFF, May 25 —The Egbarn, of London, grounded on the Flats on the 9th inst., and sustained damage ; was subsequently taken to Penarth Beach, where the damages were increased ; e_e lies on her beam ends, and appears much strained. OFF PORTLAND, May 25.—Margaretha Simonetta, from Java. OFF DUNGENESS, May 26.—John Byron, from Callao ; Louisa, Rio Grande; Symbronia, Cubs; Dumbarton, Halifax. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland has conferred the ho. nour of knighthood on J. Tobir, Esq., the President 0 he new Athenaeum at Cork. RUSSIAN Cl 'ULAR. BERLIN, MAY 23.—The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs has, under date of 10th instant, issued the following circular to the representatives of Russia : "The Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just received the following official announcement :—ln the forenoon of the 16th (28th) April, an English officer, with a flag of trucefrom the frigate l'lmnerieu Capt. Watson, notified in Port Baltic-1, that the Russian ports in the Bay of Finland were declared to be blockaded from that day ; 2, that the foreign, i.e., the neutral vessels which were at that time in Port Baltic might leave the harbour, but only in ballast, or with cargoes of other than Rus sian property ; 3. That to this end a term of seven days was allowed them, but under the express condition that they should take in no further cargo subsequent to the date of the declaration of the blockade. When asked whether ships that might leave the harbour on the strength of this assurance would he allowed to pro secute their course unimpeded without danger of being stopped by any cruiz-irs they might meet at sea, the English officer declared that he could not take upon himself to give that assurance, since it was Rissible that the Admiral in command of the English fleet might sub sequently issue other orders. The Imperial Mi-sions and Consulates abroad are requested to bring these facts to the knowledge of the Governments to which they are accredited, leaving it to them to make them known to all engaged in commercial pursuits. We call to their rememberance at the same time, that the notification published March 28 of the last year in the name of her Britannic Majesty, contained, the following declaration : ---` fler Majesty will waive herright to confiscate enemy's goods on board neutral ships, except in the case of con traband of war.' From the announcement male at Port Baltic it appears, however, that England now re nounces the principle she adopted but a year ago of the flag covering the cargo, and it will be expedient to draw the attention of neutrals engaged in commerce to this circumstance. _ "The Director of the Mini , try of Foreign Affairs, Minister adlatus SENJAVIN." LAW INTELLIGENCE (THIS DAY). COURT OF CHANCERY. The Lord Chancellor, after having disposed of the case of a ward, in his private room, this morning, sat in the Old Hall, Lincoln's-inn. ABSENCE OF COUNSEL. Upon several of the cases that were on his lordship's paper being called on, counsel were not present, upon which his lordship remarked rather severely, arid tht eat ened to strike the cases out of the paper. Ultimately counsel appeared, and the cases on the paper were pro ceeded with, but nothing of the least interest came be fore the Court previous to its rising shortly before one o'clock ; his lordship, it was said, having to attend a Cabinet CouLeil. (Before Vice-Chancellor Stuart.) M'INTOSH V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This case, which was specially appointed to be further considered on Monday next, was postponed to Wednes day, in consequence of his Honour not sitting on Mon day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief-Justice Campbell, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Erle, and Mr. Justice Crompton.) QUEEN V. FULLER. This was an appeal against the rating of certain pre mises, situate at Chichester, in Sussex, used partly as a militia store and partly as the official residence of the Adjutant of the regiment. The case turned on the con struction of the 2d section of the recent Militia Act ; The appellant contending the whole of the premises was exempt from rating, and the respondents only such part as contained the stores. The premises in question were rather extensive, comprising, besides a dwelling house, a coach-house, and stabling for five horses, which latter were used by a veterinary surgeon, and not by the ad jutant, and it was the stabling as well as the dwelling house the respondent contended should be rated. The Court, after hearing arguments from the learned counsel on both sides, said that part of the rate relative to the dwelling-house occupied by the adjutant and his family, and in which the stores were deposited, must be quashed. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. The Lord Chief BarOn, and Barons Alderson, Platt, and Martin were on the Bench today, but up to the time our report was despatched, nothing of the slightest general interest transpired. GREAT GLOBE, LEICESTER SQUARE.—The many thou sands who have visited Mr. Wylde's admirable model of Sebastopol will be glad to learn that the spirited pro prietor will open, on Monday next, a new room, in which will be placed a model of Crsnstadt and the sur rounding shores of the Gulf of Finland, and also a large model of the Baltic Sea and the surrounding countries, together with a variety of arms and trophies taken from the Russians, illustrated by lectures upon the seat of war. A great treat is in store for them. TOPOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE GROUND BEFORE SEBASTOPOL.—The committee or the Royal Artillery Institution have published the second part of these sketches, by Major Biddulph, that officer having pre sented them to the institution. The part contains, ex clusive of lithographed views of the Mamelon, the Malakhoff Tower, and the Redan, with the connecting works, accompanied by an explanatory description ap plicable to both parts. A trial is aboUt to tike place in the Court of Com mon Pleas, at the sittings after the present term, in London, wherein the concocters of certain of the gold companies are likely to undergo a public exposure, and it is believed that one or two of them will probably cut rather a sorry figure ; and it is hoped, for the furtherance of the ends of justice, all sufferers by recent mining speculations will make it. their business to attend. The prize for the best essay " On Steam and Animal Power" EaS been . awarded by the Bath and Vest of England Agricultural Society to Mr. William Morshead, who is not yet 19 years of age, S Li ARE MARKETS ;THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. IiAIfLWATIII Closing Prices this day. 22 - 23 LOO I ,kberdeen 8 Ambg. Nottng BoBi - - and Basta. Jnnet.. all Belfast & Ballymena al) Birming, Wolverh. 41 - 4i '9l,ltour Valley 3irkenhd. Lancsh 4l 81 - 8 i 14 - 13 1 T:heshire Junet..... ar Do. Chesh. dz Birk.. £5O and £25 Coll' 1 4 Do., £2O all +ttytlk &Tynsorigma £25 (issd. at £45 100 Bristol and Exeter.. 100 laledonian. 61s. Carmarthen and Cal 15 16 9 8 d 85 - 87 63 - - 63 digan all ,Iliester & Holyhead all 'fork and. Bandon all Cork, Black, &Paz 1 -6 Jornwall , rieff Junction__ 45 ),iblin&Belfast.Tune all Dundee Perthlab • li/ : Ii?, 7 - 9 - 51 - 4leen Junction....... all Do. Now [OO mast Anglian all Eastern Counti2s 100 Eastern Union, A 11 - 15: 1 . 11 11i 31 -- ::`. 3 21 - 23 10 0 De., B. Stock 8 i Do., New A. 1. 0 0 Sae, Lancashire lOG Edinburgh & Glasgov. all Edinh. and Peebles. LOO Edin.PraL & made , 1 :-Porth & Clyde Jun.. all Furness all Do. Extension 1 0 0 Glasgow &S. West,r3 100 Great Northern 1 -00 Do., A. Stock 'OO Do., B. Stock 1)0 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. ' 1 -00 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk. all Irish South-EasterL all Lancaster & Carlisle 14 i Do., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds 100 Laucash.aud York <-0 )) 1 ., WEL RidingUu all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Black wa 100 ,ond• Bright& S.Cr , 100 Lond. and N. West. 16 Do. Fifths 5i D0.101.5h.,M&8 , . C 2.1 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. West a:. Do., £5O 34' Do., £4O s.ll Ludndrry&Colerain, all Ludndrry.& Ennisk 100 Ma,nch.Slief. k Limb all Do. Shares, No. I R2s. i )0., Mau. & Lin. fin. LW Midland 100 )o. Birmng. &Derb all IVlidld. G. West. (I re, ) all Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlish, 23 Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrf $ Newry & Enniskille all Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk .... 3 Northn.CountiesUn 100 North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred all Do., B Guaranteed 100 N. Eastern—Berwie 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Parch all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 4.11 North London . all Do. New £lO 3 is N.&S. Wstrn.,Hami stead, and City Jn.. 171 North Staffordshire.. all North Western....... all N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester,A , Wolverhampton 8 Portsmouth 00 Scottish Central / Scottish Midland 100 Shropshire Union a 1 South Devon ./ Soatl. Eastern al South Wales 1 Yrksh. & Riv. Dm 5 Do Li Staines, Wok &Wok a l Stockton k Darlib 15s. Stklkton & Hartlepi 100 Taff Vale 9 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 21i Thames Haven Dock and 13.8ilwa, ••• ••• 75t 76 56 58 2d -- Par 19 20 aSO ......". 68 - 7 0 - 0 21 78 - 7 9 7 96 --`8 67 67 58 - 62 71 - 75 6 6 - 8 79 y ;9i 79t i i i B'i - 9 8 - 25 -' 25?, 7i 71 - 41 - 43 25 6 ... .. W - 8 - 2 ••• 50 - 52 Ulverstone & Lanes. all Vale u. all Waterf & Kilkenn; all Waterford&Limen , l all West Cornwall 5 West End of Londoi any Crystal Palace ►(1 all 'West linulon 171s.,Wimbledn &Croydo” 7; 8 7i [OO 101 ! 1011 i I.OJI —100 i id par 5i 83i. 83i Bd. 7 di BUII I / 1 615 dons this day. 2 ... 3J 74 75 6/ 4 131 13 491 50,1 48 50 d par 4 1d — jar 28 - 30 ... -- 101 -- 103 67 -- 69 46 - 48 ;24 3 604 -61 i 28 - 29 5 -- 3 3 -- 1 37 - 39 20 2 3h - 4. 22 - 2 7 - 8 ••• ''.'. .•. ...... •• FOR EIGN. L 0 5 20 20 all Aut wovp.ußott rdam 4 Belgian Eastn. June, 10 Bezi ors to Gra•ssess, Is. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India. cri) , 1.7 all Demerara 20 10 lintel 20 all Eastern of France I 30 10 Do. Now 20 all East Indian, g. sp. c. 20 10 Do. Ey';ensio.‘ 100 all Do. 42 p. c. Eds., pay '57, convertible [OO all Pb. do. do., '59, do 25 15 Gd. Tk of Cana(l.4.A is 25 Do. St. Lawrence Ai Atlantic do. CO Do. Cert. of Deben 1 con. into Stk. till '6? all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do 10 Gt. Central of Fran-• all Gt. Indian *Peninsula guar. 5 per cent 1 Do. gew 5 per cent 2 Po. Extensions... all Do. do 12 I Great Luxembonr , Constituted Share all Do. Obligations all I Gt. Western of Canad Shares all Do. 1315., payable's7, with option till '55„ all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, withotp option all Hamilton & Toront•. all Do. 6 per cent. 14 Lake Const. & Basl• all i Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. pref 10 Lyons and Geneva. 14 Lyons & Mediterrai , 16? Nlafiras 10 Do. New 31. Maria Antonia . 4.1 Do. do. New all Namur & Liege (wit interest) all Do. (ex interest)..... all Northern of France. all D 0.20/. Slis.late Char leroi and Erquelith , guar. 3 p. c. & red at 221/. dur. 68 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde (fmy. B. & ems. Shs. all NorwegianTrunkPre 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and RouQn... 13 ParisCacu & Cherbrg. a:1 Rouen and Havre.....', all Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meus6.,, a ll Do. 51 p. cent. Pref.' 2s Seindi 6 Southern of France.. 16 St. Andrew's and, Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 5i per c. Prof 16 Western of France_ Wept.. of Switzerland all Wisxbaden all Zealand JOINT-STO all A nstralasi% all British Colonial Bank and Loan Compan' all British N. Amoricai , 5 Cliartd. Bank of Asi: , 4 Chrtd. Bnk. of Inclia, l Australia, & Chin: , 10 City , 2bColonial 20 Commercial of Lond all English Scottish and Australian Chart... all Lona. Chan. Bk. of A.ustraba 5 Ditto New 20 London and County 10 Loudon Joint Stock 20 Loudon Weetminste; 35 National Provincia' of England 10 Do. New 22 National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New ' 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co. all Routh Australia all Union of Australia 2i Do. New 10 N s,. on of Loudon .rti 74 - i 2 - '24 4 - 3 - - 341 -35 8 - 9 214 -25 f 3.t -31 r• G# - s t i 18 f i - 19 51 56 94 - 96 2 2 - 22; a -- ip A - - OP - - 51 24. - - 23 21- 21 -21 i 101 - 103 107 - 109 110 - 112 101. 103 - 222, 110 - 112 •• "'"' • 4i - 5 . 1p 2 ' - 2A 5 7 2 = 3 6 6i 3 . 61 - 3.51 134 -- 13 76 - 26 - 266; 47 49 41. 43 PT)) 22 23 d iP 2 8 —Bi 2/ - pm 4 d 7 7ir) 18 : fii BANKS. 82 -- 84 "d—Par ...d 17 18 21 22 par i p loo^ .... ~ . 32 = 34 40 - 42 • to ..... foe 71 - 73 8 - 9 ... G 01 14 8 I 2i 231 71i 2i 2 51 50 25 St. 20 St 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 5 5 20 35 17 10 11 10 7 51 I. 0 32i It. too 5 all 5 4 4 all 1 . ) ,0 8i I 5 23 1 all 0 I all ;$3 to LO all 10 9 LO 2 1 all LO 5 2 1 1 41 ;0 • 5 1 41 an w 2 1 all 1 all tO 5 A ustralian A gri nlt Aus:,ratu. Loyal NlaV i Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. Canada ................. C ana da Gov. 6 p. ct. Jan. and Ju1y........ Crystal Pa1ace........ Do. Preference ... ...... Crystal Pal. of France Boston Iron 0re..... Eastern 5team........ 'relegrap l '... l Electric Teleg. of Ir. =en. Stoats Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Saga. Magdalena St. Navin Aediteran. Elec. Tel ilexiean&S.Ameria `‘o. Now ............ Nat. Pat. Steam Fue oturiands Land... • 4.5. W. Coal &Into . Steam Na'igat. C kustralasia -, JAIL of EuropeSt Oriental Gas. ...... . . Rr. 141. Peninsular& Orients- Do. New............ l'ortland iron C 0.... '.oyal Mail Std;an) 4cot. A.ustral, Ines Ditto New............ -An-nth Angfrs.l.T.ap Submar. Tel. Scrip., 0 • .„ rr ISt •IT L. Co.II. Ca' Van Diemen's Lan, :ova• 32 33 3i 3 d 55 1 53 • .• •••Z 120 112 11 3/ 30 ,) • - •• ii -- " ..... ... :i - 6 7 _ •.. ... z= ••• 1 ....- 1 i •" 1 21 -- 62 60 i 14 12i 11 11 74 7J 2 381 1 9 ' f 111 .•• 131 TRADE' STATE OF iviritaiyn -- 0- 112a5u r h sco - ,aonn.ndm (F sp r i o n Yn ne t Eeß,Manchester Guardian of this ' — ' l4.) 130 f Y Al MANCHICST their _ our jagel.gi d s. etpdh.e.aeinwstaoeienkfia,nrgt,ihtnehdeecineildl ewtaaisttYhi—moagreTeureh:iebhntvanaCbvrniletgesYasbierielndsdnfitr.ool::::::ir-to. swme d elovrreeeso i dbils p . ound • and such quotations WO 00 0 is eviden t not likely to subside houses, hltgp:ehondosreeudqtgouhiioepderatthe; terms thmeyeetchobneldebenrecopliehje elowProite:hvi;boiatt however,e veryat go they on. A tbi 3 rise cal than they were to regar- open stillincreasing those limitingthem to comparatively 00931 tog or connected with India are scarcely ta , 0 00 thing. The most marked increase of busineool4ool home department, which showed itself verY d eci h is 0 351. Bakme:t r c ae k l shforuereni y,T.ohne Wh o e re d e n e m s d a a n y u . f. a a e n t d e re s r i doublers g r t i hat goods will follow in th3ne hoping lose ; but yams they must have d _ tos e. I li ,. ward ie. U.AO P' dot ) are purchasing several counts of OOS . kat 7 GLASGOW, March 25.—1 n our cotton to"' dr° i' l „s _ continues a f •aw inquiry for, all description 0, 'Tape not so much Prices excitement as in the beginning (I', remain firm at the advanced q..:otatiolo-,00 soi?e, w.at NOTTINGHAM, May 24.—The hosiery trarle,'„4 belt* a4la improved in some branches, yet it is far travesiobol; ceaurpethtehnoiniet:::;4o.o profitable to employer and emploYea 91104 fo lace The trade is not by any means in sato cept to ii i ; dition,recen there being few articles in deinand I I vO3) I' tly reported. The price d yarn is . ti i without any alteration.—Notringh,con ------'". LEEDS, May --_—__ WOOLLEN TBADA btheeenl----'fr----j ...i.:.da 1 4 twoiter so animated this week (Front the Leeds Mercury of Low -1" f olly' ',Ash* ,- . 0 % 2.s.—The woollen cloth 0 3611 w - ore oil as t hey ,41$0te7io three preceding week $• }PO v oe fl oe ba t and on Tuesday o there was a le-s buoyant t:iodr ~,g purchases e were e ' bulk)" 1 dor' — g n erally not o f so 1 0- 01 s of * di the aggregate business done in the c 0 , e d as 0 the current „geo. 0,5 week may correctly be rer—oerebotl,s re' fair average extent. The trade in the last „,eeb ras o without pert. The Ydemmaatedrial change since Or ket 0 0 clo se. for the home O r to A quieter tone dra ws as the spring s eason ~, fl 3 The sh'n • ',ping houses continue flat• „ntoose".: oors HUDDERSFIELD, May 22. --Another :0s felv , 0 , mai ket occurred on Tuesday last, vibicPt oes 0 iteeo especially eetd in the warehouses : s° from o e bdr ee; to be assigned. such have from time :orijeco offered, Pe though probably little better On the re I l l essr s, in the present case a rumour floated tI? A f r oca 1 1 , 5 ; 13 " holdingOldfied back in anticipation of lay i14,11:10d O r c g the and Allen's large stock of goo. ado n g ea ment, the saleof wee k . which has been g° l- to dyr es Ices ..notiou oer ROCHDALE, May 21.—The market v•-h- wool 0000 with • .7 a little or no variation in prio 3. 14°,4 130 be is little firmer ; wool of middi: (1001.; 3. oa e y_ R e A carce, and better prices are aske d .'° fleature ,rcer tie]:today. DFORD. May 24.—w001-140 net t tisg s ; 'aday. Down togs and wetheo a re firaole oeic with theil increased demand • 'Vail:O.-4d liy CO . higlieprice . of wool renders it nev e r ioetse is or ceded r with present although they will be 1. , e Tber.„j fia t % present prospects • Piees6be Octopi dently more animation, especiallY it! t a. WO' American houses . Stocks a re low, and - t o re' expected. ,terati4 /go' HALIFAX, May in v o al or , o st pert of this Map's 10.—w e have e g,, eatP In the ,c, wool trade price, 'keep ex„edinglY ly b a t sodo e until the resent 'restricted sale of_ota CW expanded; the time for this is get hand. Private letters, viti -------"------- S , dney, from 11 ,, e o li s iv n ig r i i-a d t les: eZtetahlaeneda,rttohrituhtelkdeanten ,;tfheF:vbernuil ( I : l 2 t , b g e l cy 3(. l l3o l f o .i cOr rl og P s ttl oo: a an it d hoU ' Atthat seemsh4Ylhchto settlement to brick a less serious extent tha n a t ~ L of Pr d the shockvion4 occurred at 9 p.m. on the 23d, !lever/ s: S o l warning,. and more or less injerealeoitig,4oo,, wood suffered ouse chimney b liding in the town, `rel y The ' G ov ' ga 01 ,, , oriel b "4 0, 0 ~ staoding in the whole riace•ooltbeuilelitleoi nient-h A y u ili t ,i r i a ,, l i i: ir , e th : the most, while the liebte: c b the lO6 , being the most subt`t' 100" olst-, . ottg n: 1 I ' ' a AO ~ oPif 0 8 0 , and destruction *°"' for - 110 of property were grt. 1.10 u .,, , was lost. The shocks continued at inter vale the 00, days, o but none were so severe as the firs t . Try l o re tv ,_stit:,he Hutt, near Wellington, muclocribe ro of erl tam ed, the bridge being de-troyed, 3,Voilinl>tio°ololo redimpa-sable. The inhabitants et, ag e, ' , 3 0 j t already taking measures to repair the elbe 0 1! . ,, , 1 speak ,. in high praise of the conduct oft", otreevoret° net ping to cl , ar away the rubbish Iron) t' c i o it Pot•rei.'s is presumed that no attempt will be Id on!, 00 If houses otherwise than of Wood, a n ' loco' tb. as these he 0 010 di . alone appeared to sustain t oo ve 0 O ho earthquake . of is stated to have been quitei°s,4fte ° o f t" 1848, although • it has not create' ;pill a alarm and disturbance in the gen eral v. ° colony. . ll° Dee ° ,„,iOOE° h,e rep MINI TNG _NTELLIGENCE--Mining I"--„blie `..- o bb particularly active this week, and tbe 13"„iotive) pi P 4 large buyers, both of dividend and Wee' e pi c ' dli ...0 The demand for the hi t is dividees.oo, to 1 , 0 r il l, dimini-hed, although it is almost inesioes b it o e • „ . (1 them, i, and, in consequence, larv.er neePurlvitli;vlo4" tade in North Basset, West 13asset, e ii' e i At Hingston Down meeting! the ,itjail,,, ford, declared &c. was 4s. per share, rather le s', t d e s os P. M rSe I/ 00 petted. The Gold Mining Share ,-3,tordo/.0000, i neglected, and the only business done Ye" btl9l terA m i nes) A fes Nouveau Monde, at 4 . In Foreign --oecte. # ,b• been dull, and the only transactions e'.' fit o f ' o f were, Im • ' perm, Brazilian, 3to 2i. ben ° 0 •0 / • The Hereford Musical Festival for tbebe i° . 0 0 1 , d le Widows and Orhans of the Clergy 0111 be bel e , Hereford, and Wrocester, ° I oa Cathedraland Gloucester, t 2 1 . , of, Shire Hall, on A-ug tis OA 6 lowing days. _, 01 di ~,,010:4 , or I d THE VACANCY —There IN THE REPEESEO. 0039'40010A se is every probability of a close v ia °tile, r o • se at resigned by Mr. Phinn, Q.O, uPSoth e i r ho f o i e on cond Secretary t ) the AdodraltY. C., i d of , the qui vice, and Mr. Whateley,. the ti itecefA defeated at the general election, was to ei jor c i. Conservative can,lidate as soon as I‘'frissued t il io F i t?' ante of the office was known. He bt‘g o ofv - j 0 - 0 0 in which he makes no further declaratin , :ve O A t ho ples than that he is ~ sincere Conerco' be r" a ,, _.,,,, 0. ose porter of real and salutary reforms, r frie° 00 held some private meet ngs with b lg t a o 1°0.00:0 Liberals also have held ineeting,„"coiling ba, nouncement has yet been made. oir d•er, ed. 0 teat 000 Bart., • is expected to be the Liberal 0 00 03 00 name of Sir Charles Nap ier has also be BI R 7 HS , d° rl.A. or so t soar) ' 0 On the 23d inst ,at 20, Arundel-stree , c if Mostyn Mostyn Owen. . - ' tb ° fi On , the 24th inst., at H appton Vicarag, Rev. Edward Johnstone. til e 00 0 ? or A vAcraorgo• est 000 d On the 20th inst., at the Grange, 1: ' of PP Hon. Mrs. John Gifford. ton, the• 0 elf On the 24th • inst., at 13rotoP foonin • J. Noyes, E- 2,'.th Caule" ,q., late of the , 4014 - g tit r t 0 MARRI—D• h, 10104cl:000 On the 25th inst., at Trinity Chure „eors„. ~o, Seeds Esq., of Belfast, to Margaresi.v.l.fi%, Op 0i the la, Poytz Stewart, Escl- , 111 1),". o n e ;Intl ° te r ° On the 24th inst., at St. Leonard iiierki, c o asogboon Esq., son of Colonel Stobart, of t °younger, Ode ham, to Elizabeth Rachel Maurice, ....,oar ox the late Rev. Thomas Richards, v' Sussex. Olt George 4DO n: the hil S ee 4 ,0 A DI P' i 3 103°P,ed "; egretti'llif vsq., o , - e d op ri l i o. , Smith, inst., James Iry , Liverpool, much respected and grool, yiectiol (Ist; ,iiiFs,ts.q,.atn2;od Docsvirstr:rev‘v't p,d. tio; Stephen ethneß2rlotwhni,nßsts.q, .a,taNglrey7l4.oll_se,_erovto OS 11 4., ?Jo: :gifiliii: On the 21st inst., 'lllr. 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