The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-03 00:00:00

OfMO ° a 3. arra vxf iv oe o f bi ti l ti b' t • ire _ d os a reu cl f ne tiel tIY L en e v e .th 0 ned ° J. ' l c i Aos e, a bove o ics t 19° )10 ( ly tba plo t are tee°,3r- et r bich l i ier ja o th st as t,,re, P ;bel e .' 1 0 ed ` l ret ie' fi ll 4 a j tee tij 0 1 ' 611 01 1 r l,trit e vio"' r c ,.ar 0 :1 1, ilft : 01 „ opft t , 0 ~Qes.% RKEI &VT 7•.! COAtt3TERai I r""T Y.LT‘' l'i` . .. - tie la , -----<-' 6ITY, Two o'CLocx. 1 d , cotton market at Liverpool yesterday closed a taril .l BlY ' but very firmly, and prices of American t a ," Surat maintain the il. per lb. advance. The ' a les were estimated at 12,200 bales, 10,000 of tehi c h . • 04. . IC4II , We Amer' (3 000 - of which were. taken . 'Pculation and 2 000 for export), comprising 30A to C 4",einatn and Ma'ranham. at 6d. to 6f 41. ; 700 gYPtiau at 6d. to 9d. ; 1,000 Surat at 3.1 d. to ld. Per l. ; and 250 Sea Islands. The Railway ilha nt h„.. Market was dull, closing at slightly lower : - "than on Ml n d a Y. p er The six weeks' average price of wheat is 695. 2d. quar ter, and the last week's sales were 92,190 %he rs. LeThe W ar steamers Cruiser and Falcon have been )at in to the Channel t o re li eve the h omewar d W i ll " Cel liderin g t h e long prevalence of easterly verti" the Admiralty cannot be said to have been iP r ompt in this matter. I,,,,ee'eunts from Spain 417:ttlithaet Minister,' p. 7 ezpected to be for 5 or 6 million of reals. The state that the new lean I,_aal'ec Minister, M Mad(); had declared in de eta of its eouGtp.oonves.rnment had never refused pay- N ay t 4. ee ing of the Vaulhall Bridge Com rata ' n 's day, a dividend for the half-year, at the „of 12s. per , bare, was declared. conj:B4e contraction of our foreign trade, and the ao equent falling off in the demand for money $ atil l ile °Petting for its employment, has led the of disco Nland again to reduce its minimum rate 4,, -°°ll ut 4 Per cent., the charge now being only i ll ": cent. The bankers are full of cash, and yet 1 4 4 i8 a cautions feeling that them very ltd..r alic a e lar cu as to the securities upon makes which they t4ttilliolle Stock lklarket opens at an advance, the quo: Aece„ B „, hav ing been 88.1 to 89 for Transfer and Li g h -‘, and being now rather buyers at the the rate of these rates, owing to the reduction in th e ' ate cf discount at the Bank of England, and tei ve a , r ge amount of specie, 839,898 dollars, -re h e , ' l l the steamer Atrato. The businesS done, ill wejer }lag been small. The fall of 2 per cent. np eti ° , f unds at Vienna yesterday, consequent Was prtne rumour that the Russian Ambassador her, LeNring.to leave that capital, has no influence l rvio'4"eceattso anything tending to produce a flee a f4vcii,, I , ° ' w ar by Austria would be considered id ea '4ele, except by those who still cheris i . 4 3cl:h t an arty and a pacific solution. sank •h, t 48 been firm at 2111. Exchequer Bills are 0 4 4 8 ., and India Bonds 12.. premium. Itet c . : il l has risen to i and i premium, and the p c ; s 4 : lll itY is 16 3-16ths. e, Q 4 Seen • • quiet. Alexi -a L a „ g rates have been very eeiNi i e been dealt in at 201. ile rlivi or the dividends is stated at T s h 9 e , ( a m n o io d u ( n )ll t ,i r r e s : Poo r -all 110114 have been at 68. Portuguese triller Per Cents. bring 412. Turkish Bonds are e bee r' -' at 73.1 -4.. Dutch Four per Cents. hair Th (l° , t , e d 90 i to 91. Ite cks . eimw llig are the nominal prices of foreign_ ,xi : eati, 207-(4renada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 4; Three m Per 0 , - 2 t° 20i Peruvian, 67 to 69; ditto , 1 to li d t .'' 47 to 49 ; Port uguese Four per 100; . di t° F o u r Lussian Five per Cents., 98 to; %iktbi,,,an(i-a-Elalf per Cents., 87 to ou Per Q, e ew Deferred, 17i Paasi,ditto , --.''' I\l- to 184; tot The l a st ", 3 i. to 4. 4itt° tltil.' 36i • Certificates, t T ° ll4r i e ; tained up hi week's railway recelpts ascer ,• , s clat „ , nder : qP e - -e in round figures as u 1854. ; e ml . v. 185 5 . nri Q £20,. , - iitl°llll.iBtern• ...................... X 26,1- 53.074 t oe c . ate ra ... ...................... 12.52456 11, , , 8 „ s 4 Z , tham ••••• ........................... _5.068 24,91 ill'* I, t .' ... . ' ........ .16,055 it_n ................ 15,41 rliao" '"•-• 10,994 10,694 042 titt' t 11.0111.1'e ........................ 20.473. 18 ' ..-- I:4l‘;th'iar,e,4l-(lt'l':.. ( ;rit . s . t . ti ... e ............ 1 3 9 0 :5 1 5 8 9 1 • 2 1 8 8 :0 1 16 (i lloil ` 1.4 -• . 14 d, t th w v aY - hareS • have .... very little dealt in, ' o llR e i e : ar e all rather firmer, owing to the riiseiin iat ''' Nortlo Po._ . 4 ' and A .toil Western t a h r e e r i s tp i nabout, proportion.Ca et Theo h k `?ign ii teii ''' nd and o aiivauLgiet,iten ilairztiniearlytransactions ahar,, a r e, 4M V43.,itn the alll, Luxembourg, e m dearer, o urg, Namur, " l'e him, '''''ll. of France. The Seinde •- , nit e a 1 ,, - er• Data Bi "kcxieatt 0 , of , tholl ! -,4 ~ hie arcs have suddenly risen . to S to } r° P 4 . Tl i Irlee 7- 4 to I, ; EolithTi e te -a D v°llr4l3e le. ee°u tits from e tl w ie e l& s ''` ltl icm aod intoesreaarled statedsation are at rates , the the miscolane,Ths Shares )44 e !h not in much demand. it:,tr:tn„eue,(.4.4:::k..it:teien.s.nri;).:e..;...k.u.. n . ll . 7 ; ii . i . t . i .: ) . ; ............. ... .................... "le". 1184 I tlsTh I * 9i . ".° ' 4 4 e o Scial Liu.) dour Business 871 1 Len z eer c!,,, t. t 8 AnnHitieti znnnties ........ bit t Yea: rrP stll Jan., 1 . Fe ' p 34 1 -10 bitt' ; 1 , 0 Yea r ,: T,:zP.ire 10th Oct. 1559 3 11-16 libt, °OO y eax , -ocnire nth .Tan. 1 860 •44 Ilitt il "( 6 1 41,4,, 1 1'ire sth April, 1883 16 3-16 C ci, nna , O)714,1 er Li ~.....-... . b,„, 8 'or Ace 'A /.... .......... - 17 1 , 1 n .. °4ll t, 10th May ti,!,,,,_..ititi.; ........ ~: ... ... al. : i 4 Pi n r;0100 ......... kleh . ........ 4 , 7 ....... ..•••.. 4" 11 "' 11- (iWiR ... - ...... ' ..... -- 3° D itt o ,fi, 34 per Cent. 99 1 4,19 kktirilliq OP D , 114 4,111," -OR RION FUNDS T iil s DAY. e i e a ge \y ;;• eer (lent : 4 txiLl le rCt.( ta Ts, g Per r ent 3 4 i er tiviati A 4 ,,. „ tm t ` . l) las gtSabanina Bonds) 14 i °l i ) t ? l zne, cll, (l : , , , 44 p e i. . 6,. A . ,,- t - . ............ 68 erl i t t i t ? 4 P er ''' 5 Per Cent., Con, 1811. D itto '" 11 t h Cent. , t o , t .' ''' P.r cent .. bite 1,,-,ite Aeeoont , ...: .: . ::..: .:.. : .... :: 7 - 3$ i bi l t i :zei),,,,Z '''' the I;bo Ve . oll , fthle . in•Lo*.e', 4 per ce. I,zz. C Per ertPifieenat 12 Gni1..... &•4901 tes ..... F (OCI,OCR. THRE : 8819 88ti 9 en?) nnla Ditt o .. ... ... . biltY Ace"" .to /Ys 4L o SZ IPPING—(THIS DAY.) x, l 'oit il i.: ° :E ray , 3 • — W ---- " s ' — jnd and weather this day t noon, 1,,...itht breeze, and fine clear weather.. F . to E.N.E. Arrived -1. k i .' 4 4 ,ltp. rn Lb, from London, for the Crimea. Npoo 'L i ir pmo 'u ti e i lt ril lY en. 2.—Wind, E. Sailed—La Plata 0 / , E.N.E. Arrived—Fleet t o fr c't . .kti lf( ; "rn Calcutta. Arrived—Fleet- Cl/Qt UTEL — John Martin, from Bahia, and sailed 41 ) 4, , k a rt , . tt, ay 2 Fr oill kl4, 3t Wind, N.B. Sailed—Prince Regent, for (It4NMaY 2.—Wi n d, E. Arrived—Appleton, ,r:' e v'i "e ' h ß t t : MI T I —Wind, N. Sailed—Brnthers, for iiF ' Elizabeth Ann, Cuba ; Laura, Demerara, ti„ trt ilyb .** ti' A *1 Th ie in the Neva was in ‘ l , 1 " 20th' is I ' l 4l Arilawl the stream now free of ice. Of pillxiel3.—The Sarah burnt in 11 - r. " 41 3 r eh 30; a few hogsheads and puncheons etr APril 13.—The Rhoderick Dhn, from q~ 'will -r1 " )() (.1. which put in here on the 7th ult. in % T Will b_ ',.reDair an reload, but about 200 tons of' her boNti;lorvearded by another vessel. ech 7.--The . --The Waterloo, hence for Liver lk,,eti s 511,, st randed on the 25th'ult. to the eastward, 144 atki , 01 re ; about half of the maha hss been °4 er g o together with the wreck og and ny remaining (PE R ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) u LIVERPOOL, Thura&lay Morning. ,4;rlel q •phil 4ale Ze t ; _ Mobile. ; _rl.)plest, for S an F ranc i sco ; lowa, N ew 4ftutiria, Corfu; Marseilleg. Q'JEENSTOWN, May 1. NCI At,t4' t•NT.R. il qtar.,-"leethoven., from Hondnras ; Julianne, Morn , Jas St a rs a I Devonian, from Alexandria ; Grand St. ..L. Sebastian. tilk "I" W am te in the Stock-Exchancre yestertlaY• b:tetaaha s erip reePeniPtad frrthe loan of 16,000,00‘)/. will t tle t lf I' fit,' delivery at the office of the Coief Cashier of 11 , ft lik t.f R ~.1 -.) Ttt ni„, n, an o on F r ida y ut , thif v , ~..' • e' ; .. k.: l rry STATUE TO SIR ROBERT PEEL.—Yester" vi 4t were ssied for the removal of the obelisk at re Ak gate strcet, St. Roil%-cluirehv„rd, innctino7te,r)f. Pat"rn l cted for ;Z".rewwate street, that spot 11 , ving been h s e e e s It 4 %x i . ) ; ' t t'le of th e bite Sir nonert Peel, by Be n • kTn.„.e"e'l t° he up in 14 days. Nit.. t`INIONIAL FROM THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.— il l' ' Wzky the ..n erinten.lent of the South-E astern the li, 4'aY titatio't tD P I . nst received, th rough ret eh A ._, t a over, hay 1 ma94ve wild t y our , _ 'N'ut)assador Cunt Walewski, a. teij)44/.zt,ilPeres.oted by his Imperial M...j.sty the F rtnch, in ,gracious acknowledgment of the _ k:;,,t,'" ahown hr Mr. Way on the oco tsic:not his t!4; t Y ' l, O the P4,„p„,, „ as i n through i Dover i. '-pun t heir ‘4 ,1 %v t '' vi t her ‘lajesty the Q . lte"' am ~ a l so stir, o f the eParture fr this fir the opp , s 1 ,e fa e ha..,, , im, p o r t, ] a n d hears ii i'l l i h ,! 31 . Tile box i• richly embost" : a wreath, itati k e . 1, 1 the lette r 4 ' N,'' surrounded with .. Vlini '4.4ll:inted with the imperial diadem of Fiance, 41 bein g UPon blue the 1544tne1. g beautifully wrought in go ld I tH A}Hl (THIS AIL RAILwAim , 5 d Moron; Pim this 4' 19 20 44 - 4i .•• '"'". 84 - 8i -- 13:j .5 I; 9- 8 . 87 -8) 59;, 2 - 1:1 7 -- 9 4 •- :3 5 - 6 It - 15 - 30 - 20 -- i 2 71 ' 73 54 66 2d par 18 20 67 .- 69 88i- - 891; 72 - ;4I 23 - `►2 63i - 64 58 65 - - 70 5. 7 7 5 - 7 754 7; 7 . 4 97 - 99 971 —97 i id 4 . i 794 - PO4 1.)4 93 93 - 84 f , 24 - 934 - 8 681 ' - 10 - 42 ••• ". • *C. 4.. 11 - 9 - 2 47 - 49 274 ~. 284 70 71 7 - 44 4 _ 47 48i 48 50 d par - j - 26 - 100 -- as 36 -- 38 - 14 17i 3a 7 8 5i 74 21 -- 2i 1 —4s 111 - 34 -3 5 6 - 24t 2 -2; - 15 - 48 50 gEt 90 2 par 4P 4!) - 2$ 24 27 i . 18i 96 - 98 97 -- 99 100 102 95 97 191 20) 99 - 100 - - 21. par Ap 4 2 p 6 - 24 54 - 6 ;i4 :33 124 - 13 23 23ipi 45 - 47 39, 41 - tap Al 22 d = 14 , i 71 — 8 •.• 4 d 5 6 e• "'"" .• = is BANWS. 79 - 81 thi3 day. I 89 73 124 63i 133 i A'athg..Nottng. l3o and Eastn. Junot ' ,, 'fast Az , ailyThe Wolverh itour Valley bancev.. :!hesitire Janet • Mesh. & Bid; £5O 'sod 4125 Do., At Tyn 3 origin £25 (issd. at £4 5i law and Kzet e er.; 'aiedonian - .11tumarthen and Ca digan • twister Si Holyb. *..,rk and Bandok. 'ork, Black, d; Pa, Oornwall rieff Junction niblin&BelfastJum Dundee Perth StAl.:!- iecn Junction . 1)o. New ... ..... 'last Anglian wiast,ern bounties.. .]astern Onion, A Stock B Stock_ Do., New ".ast Lancashire idinburg.b&Glasgov Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth & flundet arth & Clyde June Furness 1)o. Extension Glasgow &S. Wester, treat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lrc :. Great Western 1)o. Stour Val. Rai , Gua. Stk 12 all 50 all 16! 7 Irish South-Easter: : -11,aneastek & Car Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds LAncash.andltorksl D 3. Wst. Riding 1.7 r Liv.Crsby.&Southpl London & Blackw.:l Lond. Bright & Lond. and N. Westa; Do. Fifths 3 20 all all St. 100 St.. 1.00 .0 I k 9A I+ oe 00. Eighths 1013 , 1011 and S. West )& ~ £&, £4O ,11,1)1(Irrydteelere , in .ntit drry. Ennieci Manch.Sliet. Do. Shares, No. I io,, Man. & Lin. Un. Midland ... 1 1 0. Birtung. & Derb idld. G. West. (Ire, ) in. Flan' Shares e wemstle Carii , 4e Nwpt.Aberg. & flrf • Newry SE Enniskillen Ne V 717 W aITEI ti tit mid Rostrevor...... Mt ROO INorfolk ........ 25 all 25 al). St. 100 25 all St. 100 St. (60 50 al l L 5 22 'llO It 21i "?.() I %I) 50 - 100 16 all 16 all 8 •11 8 all 'ortlin.Connties ' , 4orth British north Devou t No. No. 2 to., A Deferred A R Guaratit l. Eakterti—Rerwht .Do. do. Eixtension „ t , (I.N.E. Pure: Do. Le , Ito. York North Loudou 15 I 20 13 50 I i.ll St. I'6o 10 all Do. New Zln . .Its.Wstru.,lllam: stead, and (ity North Sta.trordship... western..... 0 I all \T. &S. West n. fineaton, Flinek le ,. and Leicester Oxford, Woroester,4 , Wolverhampton .... 'ortsmouth Soottisli Central Scottish Midland 4. I NI 8 A. A zh. 11' • St. 100 A.) a -4oriwshire Wimp -;ontl, Devon Eltstern.. . ... ▪ utit • Yrk.sh. Riv. Du 50 l all a) t I i 2 . - itzt nes, Wok. kWo -- :N'toektou Sz Darli :ktou tit Hartle'. Taff vale . Do. i;10 shares r - q. I ') 10 I 9 Irh'. Pref., No. iTtoones Haven Doc 35 I 21 20 all 20 all 50 •U and Roilway . Vale :• Neath.„ . Waterf & Ktlkenn, Waterfnr.l&Limeri• Y. West C0ruvra,11....... West Fnii of Loudon ta ,i crystal Palam.. 'West Loudon. Wimblet lu & .0 I 5 20 ,11 , 1 171 s. 10 I 4 1 5 I 4 Aistweeptßott •rdam Belgian Eastn. Jinn_ %osiers to Grais.senna ,- 13(nnbay.ilarosla, • I Central India,Serir Central of Italy Demerara. ........... !IlAtel Rhenish Eastern of France Dc. New ............... 'East In( g. 5 p.c. n c E.v .enwiou Do. P. c. Ms., pay. '57, convertible...... Po. do. do., '59, do. • lik of C kna,i. , A is. Do. S't. Lawrence & Atlantic d . ....... Do. C,ert. of Deben.. con. into Stk. till •(1,1 Do. Cerup. 6 p. c., do. at. Central of Fan It. tau Plnin-oe guar 5 per cent... In Vow F. 1 .4 r cent Po. Extensions. teat Lixernhonr , Constituted Share,' Do. Obligations .. .. 1 (3t. Western of Canad Shares Do. Rds., payable's7, with option till '55. Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without 0pti0n....: Hamilton & Toront , l 1)o. 6 per cent. Lake Collet. 8/. Rasp Locea & Pistoia 5 p.c • pref. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Idediterrar, Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (wit,' interest)._ Do. (ex interest)... Nort7ltern of Frinee. Do .2 0 /. Slts.late Char oroi and gryueliue- gun.. 3$ p. C. & rod at nit. dur. 88 yrs from 1 Jan. 1854._ Do. .201. 3 p. e Em s Only. B.& Ama. Shs. NorvregianTrunkPr& Paris and Lyons. Ditto Bonds ...... Paris and Orleans , Paris aild NrisOaen & Olierbrg. Rouen and Havre , royal Danish Royal Swoil ....... Sambre and Menes.. Do. p. cent. Pref.' &Ed; *outbern of Franca. St. Andrew's sn Quebec (A). ...... West Flanders Do 64 per c. Prof Western of France_ Wept. of Switzerlava WlJsbaden Zealan). N'( )11 KION. ) I 28. in all 20 - 10 20 all 20 10 20 all 20 .10 15 25 I sa 00 all 20 10 r; all 7 1 5 2 4 an mA all Do all DO a 1•. Do 8.11 1)41 an 4, I,SiI rl 114 I D 164 13 ,1 4,A [0 I al 20 $l.l 9 111 A Al a,l) JOINT-S 1 Austral , :sia British Colonial Bank, and Loan Compan! British N. Arnsricau Marta, Bank of As Chrtd. Buk• of ludi • A us tralia, Chit, Colonial ............. Oonunercial of Lou. rn.;lislk Scottie!, al, kuntreap Chart. I.oiul. (Than. ustralia ........ itto New Loudou and tioruit). - London Joint Stock Loud. & Weetmitistoi National Provincis of England DO. N ew National of Ireland New South Wales. Oriental Bank of • 11"mtion. trelp,i• ........... 1.“ya.1 iolit ( tut , (In _ 'mitli Australia ..... . Union Jf AAustralia... no. New .............. Anion of Loudon °I ,1 I. o.f all st I tut [0 iC I Ar St. 100 20 St, 100 .0 all ICJ ;0 16 all 24) 10 20 al 20 all 5 3 20 vAI It) 20 14 '4 , 0 16 s~' S t r ~ D A Y.) id - lid iG 17§ 20 '1 d iP 33 -- 35 38 - •40 ~-~ ... - 69 - Bi. 754 i, 7 i I 98 t. 74 7 a 15 79/ i 80 41 40i ' A 2i 1s wr gr T.T I _ LM Npt OW; 1-1 i‘.' , I 1 t'".IIXE 1) it EN TALS. B kx.,, Bedford snd Bletcbley Buckemnsi" Clydesdale .1, , . Col. Stour's. Sud. and Hal. E. Lincoln 6 per cant, Mac Barr.- Neils. Direct DO. New Olstr.dt Dn . rtlpl. Dk Railway Hull & Stay $ Sham. Do. i Share, Lon.&Greenv. Do. Preferen Lowontoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ci Manch. Bstn. and Matioel.- Xiddlevbro' Redcar. Midid. Br&1f Newmarket Bury Exton Northern ow. ,c=3ttg losing priee this day. - 97 !"8 133 ••• •••••• • • ,•• ••. ;66 =lf 3 Easternsp. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixcds p , West. & WYP- f , 4 3 11 - .•• • .~ '~ .. 724 -- zi 92 Do. %hrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth Gooleg. 5 P.C. Shrews. &Her S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent._ Ho WiltsSalloniret ip par 57 -- 59 130 133 .tt' ass this day. 74 - --• 33 88 : - 83 imndon NT. NV..- i L.StN.W. Un. F E. C... . 11 ,Nrt,i • 'laldonia,, Do Wos Ne' it Mery Y. & N Eamte Pet,o & C. I.rfolk Do .... V• & Mid 4tekton , )arling Aidlan4. En. Conn, F. Cont. L. &N.W. StLn&Yli Do IGtNora. , Lamas], Yorka. T. Brassey Anekt. S Darling 1. r'c. at Westp MINES. Agua Fria . Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australian Australian Cordillera Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of Blsenarvon Iron and Coal _ British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issuer' at E 5 pin.) Do. Cocaes & Culabi Do. St. John De!.lto3 - Carson's ere* Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Enft Do. Pref. 7i p. cent . Copiapo English and Austin . Copper Srneltg Fortuna ... General Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. Great P01g00th......, Liberty Linares... Lusitanian Mang uita New Granada New Linarev Minin. and Smelting C 0... Nouveau , Pontgiband Lead Win. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Reek ithraney Iron Do: New Santiago (le Cuba.. South A ust:alian. Tin Croft.. . United Mexican Waller West Mariposa. Worthing Mining of Australia "n PREFE}EN A berdeeu Do. N0..2, 7 p. c Blyth and Tyne 1 0 pir c. pref. (teed. at 50i Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... laledonian £lO :'pester Holyhea. Guar. 54 per cent_ Jo. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2. C mit &itandonsio.r. ' Pit .& Al cr..l, A lia C 1 . ASh D - , 0. Cs.B6 p. c. c) ,, . do. Cis. C 7 p. c , 'Jasteru Coalitie.E , ension,s p. e. No Do. No. 2 ')o. New 6 r . C. gut Un., G. 6 p. c 5i., 10 per cent ')-. 7)eb - entr.Sl . ! - )o. do. 4 per cent... *!,.gt Luicash. 6 p. ~t W. Vont.. J. sth* Pll &Dar • • • 1 . • • 'Fa nem Northn. 5 p. 4), 5 p. c. RAY - lee?, , zt 101 p. p. prorn. Do 5 P:c. Scrip, Red. 5 p. c. ptu - it_ N. 0 r pr,• h. & W. (Irla Do. 4 per c. Pr/. West. (llerks Hants Na. 5 p. Do. con. red. 44 p., , , Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p.c. 'Do. Biro'. Pref. Sh Do. Onester R p. c. P. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Bina, Gua. St' Do. Cites. Gus. Sli .1 Do. do. ..... Do. do. d 0......••• • & York. F. £2 6p. 0. Stock , Lon.&lripb. 0.5P.1. • Ct ,1 to, Pref., 5 p. c. 'o, New Gusr.6 p. c. Do. d 5 per c 1..0u.&14. W., Coy. tSt Nuneaton 5 p. et Leu.& S. w. cop. 3 & SI,. iiontly.&Ennio.; Aim., Shef., & Lin Sew, £lO Do. .£6 '4arypt.Bt Carl. 4 p c 4i per cent Consol.6 p.c.q -)o. Canso'. Bristol A ti per cent . Do. 4 p. c. Pref. St l'rei. pcz ue Do. 5/. P , f 4 p. c.. Ditto Leic ster Hite en Pr f St. N.,rtolk Debenture Do. Prof. 4 p. c. Sto , . Do. 5 p.c. Eat...... 1)e. 54 per ct.pref.... Do. Way. Val. 5 p. e. North British V. E. Perw, 4 p.c P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.e Yo. I De. do. Quarters 4, n o .v.rk North Staffordshisi , .. Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh.4)s, fi p. Scot. Cent. ,New Pre South Devon Dm. fixed,4A percent S. Eastern (Reading, Ann.) of ,£1 Os. 6d. Do. 4A per cont._ S. Wales Gila. 4 p. c. Do. Ito. 4A p. c.,.. Yorics)•,. 4p.e.Guar. Stock & Dar., 5 p c. Do. do. do Stock. & Haiti. g. p. c. tin July 1, 1, 74 , 1 Watelfd. & Kilk.6 pc, I - i 1 1 - i h 5 7 5 - 6 2 24 21 3 31 33 -Ii 55 57 30 40 ld -- 1 2 24 11 par ip BA 7 - 73 - I - - 1 - g I4i - 154 - 4 20 - 22 5 - 6 - 64 I 2 - 3 74 7i E SHARES . .02 - 104 , 89 - 91 iil - ii ie 1 ii 2 4 - 1 I - 131 .58 - 62 11 .4 - 316 t - 109 100 - 1(,2 i - ip ~. - ... '''. • • 6 - 61 96 - 98 88 - t.O 90 - 10 - 11 171 -17 i 10 - 10.) 72 - 74 19i - 20 :9i - 10 14i - 15 1 - t 34 - - 136 ,• • ...."' •°' • •• . .•• - 3 r ... I2i - 12! i - ir - 136 94 - 1 - 4 -- 4i - 87 03 - 105 98 - ICO 90 - 3} - 3i —d 100 -- 102 13 14 id P" 22 § - 23 9 0„. - 96 i• -l7 I; 7: 2h) 2i - 20 MISC ELLANROIJO. Australian Agricult. usxaln. Royal Man Berlin Water Works Brit. American TAnd & Coln. SmeltF. and Rednetion Co Canada. Canada Gov. 6 p. ct. Jan. and July Crystal KISCO Do. PrJfirenc , • Crystal Pal. of Franc , Dnston Iron Ore Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph,„„ Electric Toleg. of Ir. 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The facts of the case may he thus shortly stated :—Tn December last, the Vice-Chancellor Wood granted an injunction restraining the Eastern Union Railway Com panyfrom,rnaking a dividend among the ordinary share holders_until the claims - of - the. plalutiff and the other 43- per cent. preference shareholders should bd ciischarge fl. in the month of March tact, the defendant appenie against that decision, and - that appeal motion Navin, been ordered to stand over until the case was ripe fi r bearing'—the cause' and appeal motion now came on - for hearing. , - - Me. Rolt and 112r. :. 11awkins, who Appeared for -the plain! iff, were b6ard yeAerday,;:ind - Th=. Solicitor-General, with' whom was Mr. Selwyn and Mr. Webb, nthlres4ea the court to-day. (Before Vic?-Chancellor Wood.) HOLYOAKE V. BATES. This case came befure his honour upon motion for an injunction to restrain the defendant from selling needles and wrappers, with the name slid similar to those used by the plaintiff. Bath parties were needle .manufactu rers, carrying on business at Redditch, Worcestershire, and the real defendant, Mrs. Gardner, who, previous to her marriage, Was a Miss Hoiyoake, supposing that she had a right to use her maiden name of 1301yoake, had sold the needles under that name, and with . similar labels to these used by her father. The Court refused to grant the injunction, but gave the plaintiff liberty to bring such action as he might be advised. ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- MiTTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The committee reassembled this morning at the usual hour. Sir Thomas Hastings was recaried, and his examination was resu ed by Lord Seymour. He in the first instance stated that he was not pre pared to say whether the requisitions sent to the Ord nance in June last for a supply of warm clothing, to be sent out to the East, were made verbally or in writing. Communications of that description from the War-office were frequently made ierbally. When the Duke of Newcastle was in office, all orders were covered by a general sanction. In reply to Mr. Layard, the witness stated that he did not know whether there was any record of the in structions in his office, but there certainly u as the record of the execution of these orders. By General Peel—When he did receive a written order for the warm clothing, he acted upon it without delay, as he was fully alive to its importance. By the Chairman—When a requisition of that soft was sent to you, do you think it ought to depend upon your memory when you are asked about its execution ? The witness replied that the record of it if sent would not be in his office but in the office of the Secretary at War. Tne Chairman—l suppse, therefore, if we sent these For it we can have it ? Witnesg—Undoubtedly. Examination continued—When this requi-ition ar• rived he (witness) Via.{ in the country, but he was sent for, as the authoritiee at home said they were, gating into a state of perplexity relative to . the warm clothing. There was a diffieu'ty'abcut enforcing a contract—but he informed the Board that it had been entered as a minute of the Board, and that it ought not to be gnashed or refcinded. He did not inquire into the cause of this because it might have given rise to an unpleasant feeling. Lord Seymour—We are not inquiring into questions of unpleasant feeling. We wish to get at the mariner in which business was transacted at the Board of Ord- . _ nance. Did you inquire why the contract was to be quashed ? Witness—No. The Chairman—Why did you not? Witness—All I thought of was to carry out the con tract, and to insure a sp•edy and proper supply. Lord Seymour—l wish to ascertain whether or tut the contractor had received orders to r-tv the supply believi lie hal. Lord Seymour—Did be tell you so Witness—No, he did not idorrn me himself ; but I iiiftt red that he had hal orders to stop the supply from what Mr. S;aeey, the storekeeper, told me. He told me that the contract was stepped. Lord Seymour—Did he tell you on what grounds. Witness—He did not, Lord Seymour—By whose order then was the coLtratt stopped ? Witness—l ca ,, ni•t tell. The Cha.;rmao— D I you not, then, see what tak. plat., or have you t 'Ti petal merely upon ht a-say ? Generally I tin not see wrat occurs under the Board. The contract might have been st .pited by Mr. 'Monsen, or by the united order of the Board. General Peel here suggested that there were surely niinotes kept of the , praceedingi of the Board, to which the witn e ss might have hal access. ' The Chairman—D r I un lerstand . that you were not allowed to see the minutes ? Witness—Oh, no ! When any of.us leave town the minutes of the hoard are not forwarded - to us. The Chairman- But when you came back you might have seen them ? • Witness—Certainly, but I did not. I was satisfied with what Mr. Stacey told me: I had no official ilifer maten of the fact. Mr. Layard—But minutes are usually kept of all orders, are they not 1 Witness—Minutes until lately were kept regularly of all proceedings of the board ; hut I will not undertake to say there 1A a minute relative to the matter now be- fore the committee. It being the duty of the clerk of the Ordnance to communicate with the Secretary for War,. and he was in the habit of bringing verbal orders from the Waroffice, which were at once acted upon—a coure which was never used antecedent to that time. These orders were binding on the Ordnance although sent by word of mouth. I was there, and am still of opinion that public business of that kind should always be re, coiled in writi ; and although the verbal order of the Secretary.for War W4B binding on the board at the same time, I thought it was important and essential that a written order ought always to be given, with a view to its being properly recorded, and in case any question' should arise, that the original order should be there to verify the' execution of its directions by the board. In reply to. General Peel, the witness stated that, ' un der.a Secretary at War 'no order of that sort could h a ve been taken except through his positive directions. He did not think the abolition of that office was any improvement. By Lord Seymour--It was probable that the whole proceedings convected with the contract being irregular, no minute was kept. It resembled correspondence rather than an official act'. Some further conversation ensued res' , ecting the de tails of m anagement at the Ordnance-office, and .the quantities of warm clothii;g ordered last summer, after which, The Chairman said—l Ifavo heard it stated that at the hospital at Scutari socks of a r•ize for children were issued to the men. Would. that he possible, accord ilig to your mode of conducting; bu.iness ? Witness—lf we had proceeded as we do in ordinary times, that would have been impossible ; but in this case there was great hurry and confusion. The Chairman —llo you thduk it possible that it occurred ? Witness—lt is possible, but Ido not think it is probable. The Chairman—Did you never hear of such an occur- rence ? Witness—l heard that the socks were not iS a full s ize. (Laughtf r.) Layard—Did you ever hear also that the shoes issued to the men were not of t he Bill size ? Witness—l think that is very possible. Examination contioued—Oti the 7th August he al:i mage for a large quantity nut reply immediately, as rp'ltyi(d)ru t ley had tcnt.age i p otf l, i e ws d an t r i l t tc l h i l e :the l ti d 2s t gnt;i:lltt,yob Ivey at their dieting:ll. They had t,o. t nonage at disposal until the 16th October. The Cl:airman—And you remained quiet all that time I Witness—l made n 1 less than nine applications. [LEFT Sir !ING.] OXFORD, May 2.—By the di tath of Sir Henry Bishop, Doc. Mus , the Professorship ni.Music in the University, founded by Dr. Heather, his b e tome vatit. Sir Henry was appoint e d in 1848 , tvi on Vie death of Dr. Crotch. The appointment is vested in t he proctors. The price of wheat in Ertglamd during the first quar ter of - the present year has beefy) more than 50 per cent higher hail it was in th• qua ter of 1853 that ended i.n the 31st March, but 9•=. 7d. pe, quarter lower than it Wag in the beginning of 1854. n B is 25 per cent. dearer s than it wa s in 1853, and 7 pe r cent. dearer than w as in 1854. Mutton has b een cb gaper than it was in 160° - • and so have been potatoes. CHESTER, RACES. (THIS DA Y.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEOBAPII.) - • DEE CUP. Orson Helmet 1 Seven ran. WELTER CIIP. 2- Tbree ran. - qeorgium Sidus.. Dil6ith LATEST BETTING. DEE STAKES. . sto 4on Corcehus 4 to .1_ agst Lord Alfred sto 1 agst Claret •-• DERBY. 9 to 12 apt St. Hubert (taken) 6to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) 8 to .1 ag-A Rifleman (taken) 9.t0 1 agst De Clare (taken) 14 to 1 agst Cruiser (taken) 15 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (taken) 16 to 1 agst Dirk Hattera;ek (taken) 16 to 1 agst Kingstown (taken) ' 25 to 1 air,st Flatterer (taken) 40 to 1 agst Rylstnne (taken) 50 to 1 agst Benham (taken) 66 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (taken) MEETING OF THE BRITISH RESIDENTS IN PARIS. A numerous ineeting t of the British residents in Paris and its. neighbourhood was held yesterday at the English Embassy for the purpose of voting an address of congratulation to the Emperor and Empress on the escape of the former from the hand of the assassin Pianori. Lord. Denbigh presided. The proceedings opened about three o'clock, when the Chairman rose and spoke as follows : " Gentlemen,---My own heart - tells me that it would be an insult to any assembly of Eng lishmen to suppose it possible that any per suasion could be requisite to elicit am unani mous expression of the utmost abhorrence of a dastardly attempt to assassinate even the humblest individual in this or any other country. Can it therefore be necesssary for me, at such a meeting as this, and on such amoccasion as the present, to endeavour to excite .feelings which, judging from my own, I am sure must burn in evcry.breast— feelings in the first place of deepest' gratitude to wards a • beneficent Providence and the Almighty Disposer 'of all things, for having so mercifully pre served a life of priceless value—feelings of deepest, indignation at the atrocious-act which has perilled it, and feelings of congratulation towards the whole of civilised Europe, but more espe- cially towards this great country and our own, at the preservation of a - life the value of which no estimate can measure and no language adequately express. Need I remind those now enjoying the hospitality of this magnificent city, so embellished by the taste and munificence of the Emperor, and who are dwelling in security in this happy and prosperous country, how lately it has been raised, by the Emperor's energy and wisdom, from a state Of almost hopeless anarchy, misery, and danger, to its present high pitch cif prosperity and 'less? Need I remind Englislimpn, who have so lately witnessed the nu pgralleleil en husiasm evinced by all parties and all classes in England towards their Imperial Majesties, what the Emperor has effected in extinguishing, I ®trust for ever— that hereditary enmity between France and Eng land, hitherto supposed to be inextinguishable ?, How he has converted a heretofore mere couven- tional alliance bet Ween the two countries into a hearty brotherhood—an affectionate union I?ence forta to be deemed indissoluble, as being cemented by the best blood of England and France, shed by our brave armies, fighting side by side in the cause of justice, freedom, and civilisation ? Need I enlarge on the fatal blow which would have been struck at that sacred banner had the assassin succeeded in his distardly attempt ? But we may join the Em peror in his recent noble reply to the French Se nate, and assure him that we, in unison with his own chivalrous feeling, fear no assassin while en gaged as he is, heart and soul, in accomplishing the t4lorious missio❑ committed to him by Divine Pro- vidence. He has nobly fulfilled the one part in restoring the great country to her present exalted station of world-wide glory and power, as well as of internal peace and plospe- _ . rity, awl can any one doubt that lie will, through God's help, fulfil the other put, and that so righteous a cause as that of establishing an hon ourable and permanent peace throughout Europe must and will continually . triumph ? After con gratulating ourselves that this attrocious at tempt did not happen, as might have been the case, in . England, we may likewise con gratulate our Frotich brethren that it was no Fronchnian who raised his cowardly hand against so precious a life. Dear, however, as that life is to England and France, and precious as it is to the whole of the civilized world, we must not forget that there im one illustrious person age to whom, above all others, it is immeasurably dear—even still more precious—and, however, feeble any language of ours may be to convey to the Empress any adequate expression of our deer sympat by and sincere congratulation, we may hope that her Imperial Majesty will graciously accept au assurance of these coming from the heart,as I am sure that ours will do. There is one other topic of con aratulatiou as respects ourselves, to which I will briefly refer, and that is, that out of the many millions whose feelings doubtless respond tp ours on this occasion, we En';lish residents in Paris are alone graciously, permitted to enjoy the highly gra tifying privilege 'of expressing to their Imperial Majesties those setitinietit s of veneration, sym pathy, and congratulation which will be embodied in the address now about to be moved for your adoption, and which, I trust, will receive your unanimous approval." The Earl of Donoughinore said that, after the very able address which had just been delivered by the noble chairman, it was unnecessary for him to expatiate on the object for which the meeting had been called. He was perfectly convinced that there was not an English heart here, or in any part of Europe, that did not feel the deepest indignation at the base and dastardly attempt that had been made on the Emperor. Napoleon's life, and which, had it succeeded, would have ruined the cause for which the French and English troops are fighting so gloriously side by side. (Loud cheers.) It had indeed been whispered about previously to the departure of the Emperor for England that from the number of discontented refugees collected in England from every country, the visit was not a safg one, and some cowardly attempt on his life might be apprehended, and disgrace thereby be thrown on England. He thanked Almighty God that such fears 'had proved unfounded, and that the Emperor had returned in safety from the Eng lish soil. It Was also a source of great satisfaction that the late base attempt at assassination had not been made by a Frenchman—(hear, hea r )— an d the brave allies of the English were not stained with the reprobation attached to such an act. (Cheers.) He would not dwell longerou the subject, but express what he felt certain was the unanimous feeliiig'of the meeting, his heartfelt gratitude to Providence forhaving stretched his shield before the Emperor, and preserved a life of such infinite value, not only to France, but to all Europ e . (Ch eers .) I now most heartily move that the able address drawn up by Sir Henry Ellis he adopted. (Hear.) Lord Mayo having seconded the motion, the ad dress was read and iiitanitnously adopted by a show of hands.' It was afterwards signed by all the per sons present. The following are the names of the deputation to wait on the Emperor with the address, on the proposition of Lord Gray, seconded by Sir H. Bulwer :—Earl of I:).nbigli, chairman ; Earl of Mayo, seconder of address • Earl of Donoughmore, Mover of Address ; Lord h.enry Lennox, M.P. ; Viscount Feilding ; Lord Gray of Gray ; Count Testa Ferrata ; Hon. Major Feildiug, Coldstream Guards ; Honourable . George Barrington ; HOD. Spencer Cowper ; Hon., Sir Fleetwood Pellew, Rear-Admiral ; Sir John Harrington, Bart.; Right Ron. Sir Henry :Lytton Bulwer, ;, Right Hon. Sir Henry Ellis, G.C.B. ; Lieut.-General Fox ; Sir Joseph 011itre, M.D. ; Mr. Lawrence Peel ; Mr. Evan Baillie, of Dochfour ; Rev. Dr. Hale ; Rev. Robert Lovett. The West India mail steamer Atrato has brought 180,006/. in specie. ADDRESS TO THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.—At Court of Aldermen, hell yesterday, Alderman Sidney proposed a resolution indicative of the pr.tound sorrow with which the Court had board of the recent attempt to assassinate the Emperor ' of the French, and tendering, to his Majesty and the Epress an ex p r ession of grati tude to Providence for havii g frustrated the diabolical design, and preserved France and Etnope fr x p om r es anarchy. of the dis- Mr. Sidney, in m akin g the propo,ition, r ope d his a dmitation of the h eroic a:al manly bearing tin.7uished monarch in the hour of danger. Mr. Alder mau who seconded the proposal, Paid he Ag reed with Aldermen Sidney in his admiration of the conduct nf the Emper,,r when the late atrocious attempt was nut ie upon his The rroposal was unanimously agre ed to and it was determined that the resolution , should be presented t the French Arnb , ssador by the L o rd Mayor and the mov er and Beconder, as a deputa• tion from the Court of Aldermen. SLEGB OF SEBASTOPOL. PROGRESS OF THE BOMBARDMENT. ( Prom the Special Correspondent of tlce Morning Herald.): - ENGLISH CAMP, iTza , -*L -I Th • • SEBASTOPOL:AP= 14. In my letter of this morning I mentioned the sortie on the French last night ; but only. as *slight affair. The truth has now transpired, and it turns out to have been a more serious attack than I was at first led to believe. The enemy came down from the Flagstaff Battery in Ante but fofttfiStely: bur "alliea were 'equally well pre. pared. - -There was a long and .desperate _struggle. Twice the Russians succeeded in entering the parallel in advance of the battery, and twice were they repulsed ; 'the second time with such "loss as to compel an immediate retreat. The• - :French made no attempt at pursuit, as the enemy were within a stone's throw of tlie.ir own batteries. They _ were thus able to retire - in compaislive order, carrying most •of their dead l and wourided with them. Only I 5 bodies—one,that of al officer--were left behind. • The French suffered total kss of .between 50 and GO killed and wonnded. General Bizot (the French General of Engineers), I regret to say, wan amour; the latter. The gallant officer who has conducted the siege operations of our allies since the commencement, without ever receiving any injury, was in the advance parallel, superintending the progress of a sap towards the Flagstaff, when the sortie took place. At the first symptoms of the enemy's ap proach he brought up his troops, and made such disposi. tions as ultimately contributed to the failinle of the attack: When the fight was almost entirely over he was struck in the chest' by a chance bullet, which • inflicted a most dan gerous, if not a mortal, wound. His loss at this crisis is most deeply regretted by our allies; among whom he was universally regarded as the ablest and most active of their engineering generals. Shortly after-the sortie took place, Captain Mitchell- R.A., was killed by a round shot in the trenches. He i: deeply regretted by the officers of his corps as a gallant soldier and a most amiable and accomplished young gentle- man. Last night the garriz•on at Balaklava was edified by the sight of an immense number of the enemy's watch-fires along the Woronzow , road. Though they were spread in all di rections they were nothing but mere shams, after all, as the most minute scrutiny with powerful telescopes failed to detect any signs of a single soldier being around them.' At about two in the morning their.out-picket, to the num ber of about 30, descended from.their post on Caurobert's Hill, and advancing into the plain fired a volley in the direction of our Highland ont-picket. It of course aid no mischief, as the enemy took good care not to come within a mile or so. It was evidently done for bravado, or to harass us. If for the latter purpose it was in its way suc cessful, as Sir Colin Campbell insisted on turning out the troops under arms. A few minutes sufficed to convince the gallant general that nothing serious was intended, and the Highlanders again returned to their quarters. • PRIL 15. The bombardment was continued heavily throughout the night from all the mortars. Our supply of shell had ,been very low indeed, but the indefatigablellr. Beattie and his railway remove all our difficulties, and as the bombs have been wanted so they have been supplied. Your readers will have tome idea of the nature of our bombardment, when I tell them that up to this evening the English trenches alone have fired away between 16,000 and 17,000 32 and 63-pounder shot and shell, 7,80 ) 13 inch shell, and 4,500 10-inch shell, making in all about 2,200 tons of shot and .100 tons of powder already expended. The English trenches mount 154 guns and mortars, the French 238 ditto ditto, so that between English and French th , -re has been used during this Week's bombardment abaut 6,000 tons of shot and shell, and some 1,50) or 1,600 tons of powder. Yet, for all we can say to the contrary, we are just as likely as not to have another week of the same work. During the middle of last night, when the Russians were more than sufficiently compied by our own and the French guns and mortars, the Gladiator and Valorous, which were steaming guard off Se bastopol, ran in towards the sea forts and fired three broadsides of shot and shell. The chewy seemed quite unprepared for the attack, and it was some two or three minutes before a gun was given in reply- After that time an irregular scattered volley was opened at random, and as the night was intensely dark, and the position of the steam-frigates quite a matter of conjecture, out of about 10') shots only one 'struck the Valorous. It merely glanced by her paddle box, ripping np a couple of planks, and did no further mischief. For the rest of do night it was easy to see by the lights in the sea forts that the garrison were on the qui viva. They appeared to re main there at their guns all night, but this vigilance was quite thrown away, as none of our vessels again came within rate, and were, doubtless, well enough pleased with the effects of their shot in seeing that the garrison were kept on "the alert and harassed. To-day the ,firing has been hot on our side, and sometimes hot on the part of the enemy, though, on the whole, they have not given one gun to our two. The Flagstaff Battery is " nodding to its doom." A I fsansiderable portion of its 'second tier of guns is quite silenced. The flanking batteries of the second tier, with the upper tier, alcne remain in their former vig,our. To do mere justice to the enemy, they seem determined to fight it to the last gun. The terrible havoc which the French mortars and long guns have produced is n..w manifest to ail. The whole battery is now like a mere pile of earth, into which the sh9t and shell never cease to pour. Yet the Russians to the 'last persevere. During the night, in spite of our bombs, they work at repairing the embra sures, and during the day fight their guns until they are dismounted one after another. Since the commencement of the bombardment the French have been quietly driving a sap so as to mine the Flagstaff, and thus settle the qizestion of its existence at one blow. The enemy appears to have entertaine:: no suspicion of the design, so the French have worked away numoleste I. By this morning the three mines had been completed, and charged—one of 10001 b. of powder under the centre of the parapet, and one of 600:b. Ln,ler each of the two ba4tions. The hour which—it was privately known—had been fixed fur the springing was four o'clock this afternoon, and ac cordingly at about that hour a large number of officers were on the heights over our batteries to witness the de str ucton of this great bulwark of Sebastopol. Lord Raglan and the principal French and English officers were looking on, with perhaps hope, perhaps anxiety, for the lofty mound which had made such a gallant defence, and which was then to be levelled with the dust. Four o'clock came, and people grew anxious ; five o'clock, and they desponded ; six o'clock, and they entirely disbelieved, and even the most sanguine stragglers walked away. The fact is, that both at four and at six the French made two attempts to spring the mine, but, owing to acci dents to the fuse, both failed. Fortunately these efforts did not attract the attention of the enemy ; indeed, while they were making them the fire of our allies was so incessant as to leave the Russians no time for attention to anything else. It is expected even now that the mine will be sprung in the course of an hour or so. To-day our advanced 14-gun battery has suffered extremely from the fire of a new small battery which the Russians have thrown up near the Garden works. Some of our guns have been dismounted, and many of our men killed. It will be repaired in the course of to-night, in such a manner as to obviate another attack to-morrow. Should it not do so, the serviceable guns will be removed to another position, and the work abandoned. This even ing, between four and five o'clock, an immense convoy of about 600 waggons entered Sebastopol from the north side. It is presumed to be a convoy of powder, of which it is confidently believed that the enemy are at last short. As well as could be judged, not 20 men attended the convoy on its arrival, so it would seem much more probable that. the Russians are at last - short of troops. However, thugs are speculations which we can only solve when we gain possession of the place. This evening, also, one of our large convoys came in— viz., the Himalaya, from Suez, with part of the 10th Hus sars from India. For the first time since he has been out here the Himalaya entered the harbour of Balak lava, which gho almost fills. She mint be towed out stern forernobt, as the harbour is not sufficiently wide, to admit of her swinging round. I am sorry to say we lost another officer in the trenches hst night, Lieut. H. B. Preston, of the Bitb, having been killed by a round shot in the advanced work. He was struck in the cheat, 'and died almost instantly. APRIL 16. Last night was rather an exciting one in consequence of the French at about 9 o'clock making another attempt to spring their mine. This was'partially successfti, that is to say a 6001 b. cbarge under one of the bastions was fired, bu t the other two did not take. The one sprung was under tie right hand angle of the battery, and seems and is saidto have been very badly plats id. Most of the charge escaped by the sap or entranceto the mine, without doing much damage to the work. Alarmed at the explosion the battery opened a heavy fire, which continued for nearly 3 quarters of an hour, And was returned by the French twice as hotly. The enemy, therefore, ceased their cannonade, evidently under the belief that the wine which had failed was the only con- one laid. Our rnottsrs, with those throw of the SFrench, with their then tinued throughout the n i g ht l usual destruetiy - : effects. The Fussier' mortars replied at intervals, but they were few and far between. Some o f again went in and thi ew shells light, ahia)allt fired that our vessels of war, it-is said, into the sea forts ; but as yet I have not heard of an i y y , o of the names of any, likely to be so engaged. inen tU . snring their The Cossack Battery, under the Ihkerma A n t o ften ; but this, up till four this rno iv rui ere ng,w . as completely ththe success_ tw o un usualhour the es t i u . r r e e n i e n h the made night a l a li b o t m attemptbard i T a h n is d t t i h m e e a t l h i e e y d campwere ere alike startled remainingfu l, a ndSe l l n ia il et e :po . by the tremendous concussion and exploded with fearful violence. y roars as both charges wards there was a dead silence, or a moment or two after smoke and eorth hung like while the huge cloud o works, and then, as the nat ure pall over the Flagstaff earth the enemy, and as if they f eared of the explosion broke upon about to take place, a general assault was all Never since the co thei r batteries opened out at once Witnessed such a caninmenck ment of the siege have . we nee, mom 4... _ . ca nnonade as broke from the Russian 11 their . batteries the guns were discharged altueskttorolleys null the tewa restated stini.t - m404 . laWa a circle of fire. The . tremendous natttre of the cannonade elicited a pro. portienate reply from us, and the alarm grew so general. Ab_at_the troops were turned out under arms, and remained so. fur some considerable time, until the fire slackened. Early this morning I was on the heights, anxious to as• certain the precise fate'of the Flagstaff, but, much to my diaappoititthent, I found itkiwas still firing occasionally, though only about ten per cent, of its volleys a week ago. In the centre of the work is a gap of about 80 feet long, before which - lies a scattered heap of stones and dirt. This is the spot under which the centre charge of I,ooolb. of powder was placed, and this is where - the greatest amount of damage has been done. At this place the embrasures for . 12 guns - have been conipletely blown away, with half the earth from the upper tier of guns." Of the charges under the right and left bastions, that under . the right failed, but - under the left a considerable degree of mischief appears to have been effected. The- embrasures there are ren t a nd - ; damaged, and of course their tuns must have been over turned, and, their ways injnr, d. The enemy, it is said, have made attempti to repair it since the mine was sprung this morning.; but it would be mucheaSier now to throw . up anew work than repair the old. • While I was surveying it the French had about 50 or 60 onns from their different batteries pouring their iron hail rul into its remains. From the upper parts of the work ' some five or six guns were still manned, and attempting in vain to reply effectively. One of these was silenced while I was looking on. Two days more of such work as the last and the Flagstaff Battery will cease to exist among the defences of Sebastopol. Every hour it grows weaker, its defenders more exposed, and its guns fewer in number. Durin g the night the mortars continue the work the long guns began, so that it-is utterly impossible to attempt re pairs with anything like hopes of success. If all the other Russian batteries were in the same state now as the Flag staff, the allies would be in Sebastopol before to-morrow. The B arrac k Battery still shows a good front, though it is sufferi ng much, and i s ev id ently fast en route after t h e Flagstaff. Th e Redan is reported as silenced and untenable, and most cer t a i nly during to-day it has been silent enough, barely firing a dozen guns. Its front seems much cut, in u c ri au es ra t o o , bo th oesn b o a o t o t s e t r a ie e s ra ro bi nn y a d u t gro he e M nte al d akb ein o oe ff fact is mo re lik e a ridge' of rubbish th an a row o f em b ra - T su o re w s e . r h T a v h e e , i o n f j was opened. Th e centre of the semi our advanced batt ery circular earthwork is almost cut in two, but the flanking batteries are yet serviceable, and return some of our guns, though not to any extent. It can hardly be said that this work is fit for storming, as no amount of breaching will ever fill up the deep ditches in its front, and as these have to be crossed somehow, it would hardly be safe to storm while they have a gun left to serve. A shot from a flanking.battery near this tower entered our advanced work, and blew up one of our small maga. zines. I have not yet ascertained the casualties caused by this accident, but am informed that they wore sligjlt, and no injury was done to the work. The guns in it fired away a , usual two minutes after the explosion. The Aftlanelon, in spite of the incessant efforts which the enemy have made to repair it, is almost useless. It ap. pears to mount only one gun, and (luring the whole of this clay it has only fired that one three times. This would appear to bear ont the suspicion that the Russians are short of ammunition, as if this gun could be fired once it could have been fired ICO times to-day, but for some reason or other the enemy appear either not to work their ord nance, or not to have the means of doing so. Beyond the Mamelon the Russian works at the head of the harbour and.the French works atlnkerman keep up a smart fire, in which the French most certainly gain no ad vantage; on the contrary, I am informed their batteries are much hurt, and, if the contest lasts much longer, will be almost silenced. Foi t Constantine and the forts north of the harbour for the first time took part in the contest to-day, firing clear across the harbour and town into our own and the French lines. Their shot appeared to be of an immense weight, and their guns of considerable range, as no undue elevaticn apparently WW I . given. About 100 rounds Were fired from this side of the harbdur. Our officers take it as a gentle hint that even after storming the south side will be un tenable while the north remains in their hands. Part of the 10th Hussars landed and joined the cavalry camp near Kadekoi. Both men and horses seem in fine condition. The latter are the small, high-spirited Aidatie stallions, which among our other horses are likely to give a deal of trouble. Fever still prevails to a considerable extent among the troops round Balaklava, especially the Highlanders. The 79th have been burying three men per day for the last month, and now only muster 350 effective men. Arsu,l7. The bombardment was rather slack last night, in con sequence of the want of shell. In place of them an im mense number of rockets were thrown. The fire was re sumed this morning, and continues with unabated vigour. The fire of the enemy is even less than last night. The assault is now pretty sure to take place in a few days. M. SOS ER AT SCUTARL TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN, .Barrack Hospital, Scutari, April 14. Sir,—l beg to inform you that I had the honour of opening my large kitchen on Easter Monday, in the 13 trrack hospital of Scut iri, under the itionwliate pa trons,4e of Ilriza.ber.G-enoral Lord Wm. l'aulet, and a nunier,,us staff of military officers, besides a select com pany of ladies and gendemen, lOrming a jury for the purpo+e of testing the condiments preparei, composing , my new diet for the patients. Among the number of my visitors were e,:l. the eminent medical officials from the different hospitals now established on the banks of ' the Bosphorus, bf which there are no less than six. I must say that the success which I met with has fir exceeded my highest . anticipations, though, prior I to my departure from England, felt assured that I should be enabled to effect some good in the shape of ameliorating the diet which, as I have described in my works upon ciokery, is of the most paramount importance, though, I regret to say, is but too often disregarded and in many caves totally ne glected. The plan of my course of action to ensure suc cess may probably interest some of your readers. On my atrival here, I fir6t visited, in company with Miss Nightingale and the Medical Superintendent of this Hospital, all the Eyre-rooms, took-houses, small kit chens, and provision departmits, to glean an idea of the rules, regulations, an allowances ma d e by th e authorities. Having beepoinitiated upon these points, at trifling expense I at dice organised to my own fancy one of the Turkish kity/ifkis belonging to th e barracks' and which I consider ont4 of the finest in the world, instead of there being no 4pttr4pr;ate Kitchell, as was represented to me by several of-tte Government employee prior to my embarkationiaor the East, I found ample room and space adapted foi culinary purposes, even upon the most elaborate and extensive scale. I then prepared my bill of fare, according to the provisions allowed, which at all times are of an inferior quality, and carefully made my experiments by mans of weights and mea sort:Jß, .and produced samples of the different prepara tions forming the new diet ; and finally, submitted the. same, together with specimens of the original diet ad ministered, for public inspection on Monday last, as stated above. The result of a comparison of the two systems, by tasting each article, caused kis lordship to write and present me with a testimonial signed by all the medical authorities, a copy of which I herewith enclose you. I cannot conclude without returning my sincere thanks to the authorities and officials here, who have each and all rendered me the utmost assistance in my undertaking, and most especially have I to ex press my gratitude to Miss Nightingale who, from her ex traordinary intelligence, and the good oiganisation in her kitchen, procured me every material for making a beginivng, and thus saved me at least one week's sheer loss of time, as my new model kitchen did not arrive till Saturday last. , I have commenced the supply of several an wards to the mti-faction of my new guests, and purpose in a few days introducing the system at atth General Hospitalprocured after which I u ti li o d s e p r it t a h l e ; e t a h r e e n n e el Ladyin t he Stratford, three institutions wt,fhoerd , kindly __ y K u I lale e , e ladyship has likewise me an interview with my .Lo esta blishments. I would add that herarrack hospitals, being paid me several visits at . the h b had the honour of visiting with ould be fully adopted at all rd Stratford, and competeat out the system, which ia left behind me to carry 1 e ill, as soon as poe persons economical. at once simple and , va H o spital, and from there pro anxious that my new diet s , sible, start for Bahlki sl arn now only waiting for my new the above mentioned estao h need to the camp. which is capable of cooking for 200 three hours. soldiers every t co nsideration, I have the honour to With the highest your roost obedient servant, A. s o f ER. be, dear sir, model camp stove, ifs meltsla,dyship those (Copy.) S c utari Barracks Hospital Kitchen, A pr i l 9, 1855. I n t leave the kitchen without expressing to M. cannot fully i approve of the good things be sbaa ro:a)td:ee hospitalo the ; u: n u d a l leo a provisions not issued, av b f e o l i r ev tl e ie d ference could have been produced by only arrangement and a really simple act of cooking, and a proper organi sation of proportions. (Signed) W. PALLET, Brigadier-General Commanding Troop'. ST. MARY'S HOSPELVA, 7 an nual festival of Earl (f iostitUritllnev.ste-agrdhaYeldat theevening the London :raven'. Th e Cardigan was announced to act as cl:a.rmatt, but in consequei ce of his itdisposition tin , chair w ai tn k tn by Viscount Ehringt on, N. P. • who was , slit) orte p dby about 170 gentlemen, principally if not a s tl,rether from the locality in which the hospital is situated. IMPERIAL PRESENT TO THE MAYOR OF WINDSOR. — On Tue•day a special messenger froiu the French Embassy in London arrived at the residence of ,the Mayor of Windsor (Mr. John Clode), with a small package and the following letter from his Exce llency the Frenc Am hatsador :—" Loodrep, le c,( - ) Avril, 1854.. Monsieur le Maire,—Je suis chargé paqEmpereur, mon august. ‘zouveraiii, de vow fore parvenir l'4urin ci-joint, eon• tenant une tabaqtre au cliiffre de sa Majest6 Imperials, en souvenir du kejour de leurs Majesteri.b. Windsor, et c.,mme nu t6in iignage de gratitude pour tous lee soini que vou , a vez lien voulu prendre en cette occasion,. E4Jevez, Monsieur le Maire, l'assurance de ma cot wider , atm] distinguee,—i'Arnbassadeur d e . France, WALTarrtilla. —Monsieur le Maire de Windsor." - . AYti 34i 5 24 1 6 53 20i, I 681 8 30 20 1 1 40 5 25 St. 20 50 50 12 10 6 126 12 12' St. St. St. 16 5 St. 1.0.6 20 20 25 25 12 a 5 ; 10 10 50 5 174 All 7 10 1141 10R1 101 2i f 21 0114 691