The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-02 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND 001VIMERCLNIA INTELLIGENCE. CITY. Two oier,onK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily at an advance of id. per lb. on American d escriptions. The sales were 10,000 bales ; 1,000 fo r export and 3,000 on speculation ; comprising 8,00 0 American, 300 Egyptian at 60. to 841., a nd 1,000 Surat at 441. to 4/(1. The Railway Share Market closed with a firm aspect. The Liverpool wool trade for the past month is t hus reviewed by Messrs. A. Gartside and Co.:— "During the past month all kinds of wool have b een in demand for immediate consumption; and as ' imports have been limited, prices show a nu they a dvance of id. to ld. per lb. Stocks of home ; grown are very light, and of foreign the market is barer than it has been for years past ; indeed of 14 '1 leading descriptions there is scarcely a bale left, The demand for export to the continent has been increasing for some time past, and the drain ~ 1 11 5 011 our own market, as well as the places of pro uuction abroad, has assumed great importance ; l out th e a d vanc i ng quo t a ti ons n ow current i n Eng land may be expected to divert supplies towards e re, where they are much required. Advices from Sydney via Panama, dated Jan. .13 state that the wool market was rather dull, and a f altOf id. to Id. per lb. had taken place. From Melbourne the accounts state that the estimates for 1856 had been published. The ex penditure for nearly all the departments bad been c°4Biderably reduced, as compared with the sums To ted in the previous year. The death of Sir Charles Hotham had interfered Wi th business. The market for breadstuffs con umsettled. ..Proni the usual monthly list, compiled by Mr. 1 i lier, of the Jerusalem Coffee House, we extract t he followi ng p ar ticulars of the vessels now on the , s r°th for A us tralia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New I lth Wales, Ste. : Veagels. Tons. Launceston Hobart T own 3 . ... 1,583 Melbourne, Sluth Wales 'elbourne Geelong, and Portland Bay delai.'a " N ew 1 ""ew Zealand 4 ...... 1,975 C ommercial intelligence from Batavia by tele ebh) via Trieste, has been received to the 10th b :raay. The coffee plantations are reported to to a favourable condition, and their produce purcha se d at advantageous pr i ces t o t h e grower. 0 e a " qualities at the rate of 32f. per percul, and sorts at 30f. The ruling prices at the close of the market, for delivery, " 1 ; 18 3lfrs . I n sugar , t ra d e i s b r i s k ; 250,000 t, e ule sold for 16 f. ; and 200,000 piculs ;:! s f. Rice is in demand, and good qualities f 4 "e advanc e d prices. Sales of 3,000 coyangs r° 4ht 200 to 205 f. for prime, and 170 to 195 f. i °l. i nferior sorts. Indigo was also in request at an the tupon fine qualities, which realised at me rat e o f 3f.75 c. per kilo. Ac counts from Havre state that notwithstand• t i ;i l the conclusion of peace, and the general rise in ;Iv' Materials for manufacturers, the cotton market it a h 'exceedingly dull on M )nday. HAders of °e Ice were e x p ec ti n g an advance of 1 franc per 50 k i ' , °8 ,2 but thero .. was not much disposition on the p a rt of p urchasers to g i ve i t. H owever a sa l e o f Geor gia of middling quality brought 50c. advance On Previous quotations. The foreign wool trade continues buoyant, and the re has been a slight improvement on Russian r..eciace—at 65 to 74 thalers for inferior sorts, and ° 6) 102 thaler s f o r good qu a lities. At Marseilles th ere has been au average advance of about 15 per e ht• this year on the ruling prices of last year. h reduetior, i n th e m i n i mum ra t e o f di sco u n t hating b een ma d e b y t h e B an k o f F rance , it i s v er Y generally anticip a t e d th a t the directors of the Ban k, of Engl au d— a t th e i r "p ar l our " mee ti ng to morrow-- will remove the restrictions on long sated paper i mpose d i n O c t o b er l as t. Thi s mea ;tire, it is contended, can be adopted w i thout the not difficulty, an d w ill mater i a ll y t en d t o pro d uce Oasier feeling in the general Money Market. There is a very inactive market for Public Secu tles) but no alteration in the quotations has oc curred.a Until a ft er th e a dj us t men t o f the current 2eaunt the market will probably remain in a dull d irectio n and the t en d enc y i n p r i ces is lather in the f ire etien of an a d vanc e than otherwise. Consols or 93 131 ° 11 eY have been 921 to 931, and for account 'i• Exchequer Bonds are 981 , and India °ads under 1,000/., 10s. to Os. discount. Th e Foreign Market is buoyant, a material hrovernent having, in some instances, taken plac e. Turki s h 6 p e r C en t s . h ave b een .2 per b 4l . higher, vi z ., 1021 I, and the 4 per Cents. v e remained at 102 to 102.1. Spanish 3 per Qetl ts , hav e b een s t ea d y at 45V to 46, and the ditto, h r li eferr e d at 25 to 251. There have been dealings Mexican 3 per Cents.. at 201 to 21i, in Russian Per. Cents. at 941, in Dutch 2i per Cents. at IT, and in the ditto 4 per Cents. at 93/. The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have s e , ce i-ved v ices from Mr. Whitehead, dated Mexico, Congress was installed on the 18th Feb. last, and confirmed the nomination of General Co 111.4ifort as " President Substitute." His Excel vezlcY Ale Minister of Finance, writes that a Go ias''. / intent force of 10,000 is besieging Puebla, which 4 ... expected soon to surren d er . Th e pac k et b r i ngs T ° '° o o doll s . f rom V era C ruz , 12 , 400 d o ll ars f rom % ail ) Pico, and 13,584 dollars from Mazatlan, for e P•vidend fund. following are the nominal prices of Foreign a vue lth —Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 71 ; Mexi e6'n' 21 1 ; Peruvian, 78 80 ; Portuguese 4 per A . elt te 48 50 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 101 6 ; ditto n 4 i per Cents., 93 95 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 6 16 ; ditto D e f err ed, 25 ; ditt o C er tifi ca t es , 5i 1. ditto' 7/ I. /0 4 English Railway Shares a further material 'mance has occurred. In several cases the im p t rthTcrtement is 10s. per share, but in Edinburgh, o e , and Dundee, Brighton, Midland, and one tWo others, it is even more. The Foreign and Colonial lines are less active, and rather flat. In Banking Shares there is generally a firmer market, but the London and County were 10s. Iver. 'ITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. ( Prom the Oficial List. iv , 1311. , n.. done. t • ? Cent . Consols Annnities 9l 2i-- 31 "1 1 ,* 'Ron da ' 4o , undo £lOOO 0r £lOOO.. insole for Account E4 chequer Bills, 21d. March. June. £lOOO £5O — I % bittoall Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent. . 94 a 'Ditto, 1859 lt - P inio h i t r azi - li 'l an OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONK o'CLO( E. Bends, 5 per Cent. 99 x d ( tnenl 3 per ent A unto Account .. 2oi li les ian Ronde, 5 per Cent., 1822, 2, St — D itto 4i per Ce..tt -14 " is) Bow's 3 per Cent . Di tto Account 4sa 6 Ditto yew Deferred, 3 per Cent. t. bl tto Account kith Kende 6 per cent Ditto Acenun:; 102 a 1 31 II bitto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent . — Ditto Account 1024 2 DD ~ A.i. A - tolo apnea , 5 '• ~. !. ( 4 r. ~l ' 0 1 Exchange, 21 pr Cent., 12 Gud 63k nto 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money . 923 ' , 31 bitto Account Ditto'Scrip CONVICT THOROGOOD —On Sunday the Gnvernnr t Cl f r .re County Gaol, Springfield, received an official in j;"‘tien from the Home Office that her Majesty had ~,, . gr ac i ou d y pleased to " ex t en d h er roya l mercy " 1 3 ° . a atnes Thorogood, convicted at our late ass;zea of , : in t accessory to the murder of Hales, the earnekeeper, °n conditi on th at h e he transported beond the s ea s fort he term o f hi s na t ura l life."—Chelmsford Cltron'cle. „.tile four colossal allegorical statues intended for the 1 7, 4 14 d1e roof of the new Museum at Berlin, and tepre -1).4.144 Art, Peace, Fortune, and Prussia, have just , 4 .1",, cast in zinc at d;ffrent Berlin foundries. They iv," be covered with a sandstnne coloured paint, and Zen be erected at once. The relievn for the frontispiece, 4 011e4 by Prof. will soon he finiThed. s The specie broutt by La Plata yesterday was 85'°°01., including 80,0001. in gold. Th e a mount of ! d by the Baltic is Wi 160,0001., a con.-iderable portion of Wilb3l 2 ll remain country. ' - eld on inster; of the stated ircum- enters. rn the 3ilway cen tly conk . - which rice in section dy for or ' the terests made muies. since tances y have oepect spared rd the of im- Lrrant. dnions caking )ne•i4 unt to en re- nce of on.the other oarket k rains with were t with power r, and cum elders t was in t they n the ) open .Afield. • •est of idered ft the june them tubing audi- pro- II con• ;cordial • their a waS iment, In the armed give avoca- Jf the nxiou4 k and em to 1 leeplf a held 1 , identr ose of ; tal to DW ifl ve,un• d pro [)f this Paris; action any to , he ar d the struc ng by pecial most prisft. Is), of fiork ; lily in wont west, heat.: rail• and 'teed Pro' ni to ding I the lare tbio in at t.he SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday RAIL WAYS. nabg Vottr.g. BOP ZaAn. Jima .Ifast & firming. Wolverb Stour Va11ey..... ;irk eihd. LanesL , .Iheshire o. Chesh. & Birk EN and £25 Con. i)o., £20...... yth & Tyne originr £25 (issd. at 1 Bristol and Exeter.. laledomau. ........ •":issm. and Cardigan !heater & Holyhea Fork and Bander. York, Black, & Pas Ynrnwnll Do. A Do. B oriel Junction.... Jublin&BelfastJunc. Gun. P. & Ath.r. Jnc. East Au glian Eastern Counties Inion, A. St! De., B. Stock..... Do., New East Kent `east Lancashire ... urgh & Glasgo Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth &Duad 'orth & Clyde Jan Furness no. Extension Glasgow &5. W, , st Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern 'Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Sth. & West. aro . Great Western Go. Stour Val. Ba'l Gun. Stk. . (rich South-Easterr, t,:tneaster & Do., Third 5.... ..... Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYork- • 03. Nat. aidingiT , &South London & Mack w:CI • •ond. Bright & .ond. and N. West • Lki. Fifths ....... .... i DO.lOl. Lih..M& S. . no. Eigilths . . London and S.. Vir (*VA, DO., £5 , 1. • l)o. £4O .ndndrry& eral • laidadrr7. & Asneb.She!. & Lin,l M. fie bin. T_F Wetropolitan W.idlaad • v. Birmng. &Der Cl. West. m ')o. Half Shares..., i - owenstie k narlißl Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrt awry & Cowry Warrenpoi Itostrevor. Yorfolk . ....... ;orthn.Counties TT, North British Nth t Pf-v..t , Rai`. & Dock Stock , A Stock ' , B Stock Do., ti I.4narvite , N.Eastern-13erwi 00. do. Extensioo I): 11.N.E. ?ore,. De. Leeds Do. York North London N.&S.Wstrn., Ram• stew!, and City Jn., dorth Statrordshir. I forth Western /.& S. West rn. June quneaton, Et inckle3 .n 4 Leicester... Wore.. At Wolv. Scottish Coltral,,, Scottish Mid 4nropshiro Uri ninth Dovon ;oath Eastern south Wales Vrksh. Riv. 1 )0 4 , a:ne,W4 k &Wol Stockton & Darli Ikten & Ilartlep l'afT Vale ha. Pref., No. 1..... ^'-rnee Hay. f . ).& R. Ulverstone Sc Lance Vale °I Neath......... Waterfd. & Kamm, i Waterford& Limor ct IWest Cornwall. 'West End of Lonll. and Crystal Palace.. Do. A Do. B West London... Wimbletin Croydonl *.,twer - k , dx rd , ir Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. coo iu Sh. at par ;;ill 'fi-; Ardennes Kto tn. Jun , ,ziers to Gra es. lombay ,Tinroda, fsr, 'lstitrsi ind Do. hnoerars , )iit,ch Rhenish Eastern of France .. 10. New T.n.lian, g. 5 p )r, D 0.41 p.e.Ends., l s7 : . (Lo. it Gee oug Melbow ne guar. 5 per c nt.. Do., Lon. allot., do. Tk aA ►o. Cert, of f ) o beh. ?on. into Stk. till' • )o. Cramp. B p. e., do CeLtral of Fran Gt. Tnolian Poninan• Great Luxembonr Cionstitnted 'hare Do. Obligation- Do. re-is. orftd. Sh. at.Wostorn or( . 3krit ,4 a :4)-ar• , F Do. New ID, gds., payable with option till '55., Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '60.. DC,. do., '73, without' option fialuilton Sc Toront Do. 6 par amt. Lake Const. k Bast ' Liorre and Turnhout I Lucca Pist. 5 p c.p I Lyons and Gonova Lyons dr MAKArm Wadrae, gua 4 ~).c Oa New 0,, sp. c Po. 44 p. c. Eaten Shrift Antonia Do. do. Now ..... Nra.mur & Liege ( wit) interest) — Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D 0.201. Sbs. Do. 201. 3 p. a Bdp (fmy.ll.6t A nis.Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Ronde Paris and Orleans Rome and Frascati.. Royal Danish RoyalSwedis'a Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse .. Pb. 5i p. cent Pref. l Scinde, guar. 5 p. c Do.. - Southern of Fmnoe 3t. Andrew's and Quebec (A),,. West Flanders S A nor C. 'Prat W. &N. W. n ' , vane* West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ... Zealand 4i 4i 8 9 18 - 19 14 17 12i -- 131 89 - 91 61 - 61 15 -- 16 • *ID »., 7i 8 17 18 101 101 l 35 40 25 30 76 78 60 - 62 28 30 85 - 90 6i - 7 944 - 95. 80 81 23 • 125 .04 106 614 70 - 75 54 - FOP 6 0 83 71 7f 103 104 1024 —102 i Far - 4p, ia parJ 4 I 95 -- 96 ... 29f - 29; I - . - 75 43 - 45 • CV '..' 12 -, 14 51. - - 53 3i •- 36 37 79 • 80 5. 5 • 3i - 3 '% .. 16} 57 ?8 88 - 90 5 - 5i 5i - 6 10 - 10 23 - 29 102 - le4 73 75 46 48 13 .4 73i 74! 68 70 4 - 2 id 4 5 36 19i -- 201 34 44 64 - 7i 9 - 9} prtr 2 p 4 21 of I, i -- li • o• • • 2 - 21p 1 39i 39* 12 - 14 224 - 23 214 - -•• .". .., --- 8 7 d 17 48 7I 76 84 86 51 6i 21# - 21 6.1 3j - 30 24i 251 oa 2if 99 - 100 117 122 118 .123 11 , 7 109 23A —24 d 115 120 j ••• so. 11 -- pIT, 191 - 201 - - P 9 11 3 - 4 8 8A 6i - 74 89 - 90 I'4 R - 10 501 51 - 53 19 - 20 14: -1?),, = • .1.0 • • • ••• pm - - 5 34~ -- 35 v 6 -i?) Business done this day. 2ii 8 4i 61i i x d 29i 30 88a i 9 164 1011 i 16 291 30 2t 75 i 80 791 11i 161 16 576 i 28 I I 74k 4 k Shy. 5 5 20 10 ;Oilk"l'--t4 I ..t ;tk ISAXILt. 30 all ikustralnals... 25 5 'Bank of Egypt 10( 50 Bank of London to 41i firi. tik.Sr „ 'tritiab N. timeliest. „.. 5 cliartd. Bank of 20 4 clirtd. Buk. of Indiz„ knstralia, & Chin:. 101. 50 City - 66 1 0(. ilolen al 100 20 Commercial of Load • t 1 iteg.;-zoot.&kna.Cht 161 ISi 2t; all Load. Chart. Bk. kustralis . l6l 171 171 26 5 Ditto New 3* 214 50 20 and County . ... 32 30i 10(.' 50 Lnd.&E.Bnktr.Corp. par 2p ;:0 IC. lAindob Joht.B. oak 100 10 Loudon and Paris 3 - 2 20 i.muct. , NeFt•uiuste 100 3f National Pro. if Bug 20 10 90. New . 50 22 Nationa' of Ireland 20 all New South Wales.... 38 40 V all oriental Bank of rlArnor att 421 431 43 20 5 Ottoman Bank l. lip 61 11 5- Royal British ... . . ••• 25 %. 40i 2.A -1 !moon of Anstr Ili ", 0 72 71. 7a 8a 1') rTninn f Lon 100 30 Westeraßk of_Lon. 21 114 280. 21 r 1: 2 8 i 9. THE SUN S LONDON, WEDNESDAY 'EVENING-, APRIL 2, 1856. RAUL • AV ComparY , London N. We3t. L.&N.W. (1.310d0n.„ E. Un. (4t./.4 rtr n. E. Count. Csldonlitn Do V; esti, Yk. New & Berw. Y. &N Do.. Do S. Easter. Do Peto & Co Norfolk Do N. W & Midid. nekton & Darlingt. En. Coun. E. Count. Do .. L. & N W. Do t. latNorthn Lancash Yorksh. r T. 13rassey M. MClean r Stockt. bt . Dar lingt , •)o . . .... I(ltWeetn. C ogin yesterday 94 - 96 94 - 1.8 11 - 13 ii -... ii ••• '"" ... ".. ... 104 - 1(6 lii -- 13. 110 - 115 ... .. 2i - 2i 92 : 93 id 55 b 7 134 - 136 n - 7i 3k - 201 31i -52 i ENCE SHAREm. Aberdeen no, N 0.2, 7 p. 0.., Do. Debentures 115 120 1 1 .5 120 82 86 itlyth and Tyn, 1 ope c. prof. (issd. at 501 Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. S. Do. 4 p. c. shares $75 lelalotionian ,ClO 96 --- 98 15! -16 i (lhes. & gn. 5i 1 ,, Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork az Bandonsip.c Duu.Prth 4 A her. ;I',. Anglian Cls. A Si, Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. Kss. Co.Ex, 5 pc No 10. No. 2 !)o. New 6 p. c. St ii;Ast Un. G. 6 p. e Do. Si., 10 Der cons Do. 161. Deli.ntr.Si:. Do. do. 4 per cent . Lanca , h. 6 p. etM ‘,„ i t w. Vorlz. J. 5t1 ,, Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh. Prtii.&Dun.4p.c 1 51 - 6 11 . 5 • 110 -- 92 I 42 1 - ... -- 63 70 Furness &5.W.G.5 p.c. ;rest Northn. 5 p. c fts Do. 5 p. o. Redeem at 10 p. c. preen . )0, p. Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red At 5 p. c. 107 - 109 102 - 104 - 10 It.N. of Scot. Ist Pre 'lt. S. it W. (Ireland Do. !per C. Pr'f 4t. til. Fxspo 'lO con. red. IA p.c. )9. con. rod. 4 p. c 1 )6. irred. 4p. C. Do. 5 p. c. red. prof Do. 010. do. ' De. Birm. Pref. )o. Chester R p.c.P.g Do. do. 5 p. c. do. Do. Binh, Gua. Stk 6 - 64 94 - 96 - 9g 87 - 89 93 • 100 9A - 10 1.6 - 17} 10 --- 10§ 73 -74 19 - 20} !ik - 10,1- 14i - 15} 1 - ;34 136 Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. De. do. do Do. do. do t,an. &York. F. £2 )o. 6 p. c. St.ck &Brigh. G. 5 p., )o. Pref., 5 p. e. S'. )o. New Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent r,on.&N. '". Coy. uneat, - p. ct ',ctn.& S. W. 7 per ct r,ondy. & Coley. Sh - ,ondy.& Ennis.. S 4.,9.,& L. Now,le/ )43. £6 ... - ... p 11 - II crypt .Sz Carl. 4 p )c. 4. per cent Consol.6 p.c.S* non. Br. _.B pc Do. 4i p. c. Pre!. Do. Pref. 4 per ce Do. 51. Pr , f. 4 p. c. Ditto L. & H. Pref. t New., Aber., die., pr. 5 p. c. rect. 5 P c. Pm. Norfolk De teature Do. Pref. 5 p. c. St et Do. 5 p. e. Eat __ Tla. Si per et. pref... Do. Way. Val. 5 p ,North British - 95 - 97 1 - } .. - . or ....' ••• •• ••. IN. M. Rorw, 4 p.o. ,Do, do. do Do Leeds fi !ix .No. i n d n o rk .9 i naz e, t . ors, y i North Stafrordghi.r. 0x,W0, , ,1N Ir./ 1p IDo R. Pref. 101. Sh. Soot. Cont. , Now Pr i limit I , 1 )evon tixed.4i perm., 3. astern (Roadi I Inn.) of £1 1)8, f;a Do. 4 1 , per cent ~.. 'Do. Fixed 4i p c sh. Wales Gust. 4 p, c. Do. ao. 4i p. c .Yorlcsl).4p.c.Ounr. Atock.&Dar., 5 p c. ;Do. do. do Stock. & H artl, g._l4 101 -103 91 - i 3 5 - 5i _ ...- „ 1 --- 0 , pl. ....... 41 • ►5 221 9 54 9$ - 100 91 • 10 2p p. e. ti 1 July 1, 's*'; 1W 4terul. & Kilk. 6 pc - MINES. 1 ali .i...0.:a ~ cis, ...... . ... ..• 1 all l tnglo Austria. Gold .. ... 10s •11 kilglo Californian 4 i 0 7 knetrr li an / lA 1 all yustralian Cordillera ~. .. 1 all tre Maria .. ••• 1 all Haden (G4.Duchy of ... ... 50 all 131amar. Iron & Coo. ... ... 20 14 13ritish Iron 3 5 35 26 Irazilianimp.(issuer? at t 5 pm.) .... . 2; 24 10 all 10. Conaes & Cuiab i 24 - 3 20 15 Do. St. Johr Delßey - 24 26 ' 1 i rllarendon C.ns. MM Co. of Jamaica A - in 4) 1 all ''!obre Copper 66 69 5 1 lolonial Gold — ... St. all i'lopper Min. of Eup 3 1 40 25 all - 10. Prof. 7A p. cen 26 27 if Oopiapo . 2O 22 2 1 :^ortuna i id 20 all :ienc:al. 1 all - It. NntzgetV , Anß g i i 4? ail 'irent Polfronth ~ „ 14 _ 5 all Gt Wheal Vor Unite(' 1 id t all Liberty ... • ... 3 i. all Linares 74 7i 5 li Gusitaniar ... i i l a u Mariquit.... ..... ..... A 1 all New Granada.. I all 'Conveau Monde._ . k ii 7 1 •,,0 A r Pontgi.g. l -/ - Le. Min 10 12 4 1 Port Philip h i 1 all luartz Rock 3 1 0 5 ' O a ., sl:si, Sort. tt .i N ac e g . o w n n d s e . i 50 ' all illtymney Tron l9 21 5 - 7 : a cl Ail Min. Co 24 3 St - .%1 1 1 a ll -0,,t1. 1 aStrdiall. i . .. i 1 ! all Do. Scrip i' - 0 1 1 / Do. 10 per cent Pref ... ... ... I 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 2i 3 :0 9 Gin Croft ... ..... ... • 3 1 - - 41 28A all United Mexican 34 4 31 1 all Waller it 1 all Arent Mariposa 1 128 northing Mining of Australia 1 sit Vu/r...., ..... k MIIiELLAa..NEOUS. 2 i 9.Australian Agricult. 26 27 ,11 Nut Grain. Royal Mail lv all Rerun Water Works 64 71 4 AO :t American Land 142 ane.cla :f • t %Go. gr.r. & ;lily •' 9 1 1 0 1091 St. 100 no. 6 p.c. Feb it Aug .107 109 St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Mar & Sept 106 ►O3 s,) -ysta , Palace. 2i 3 3i 3 5 all Do. Preference si 5i 51 ;I!rystal Pal.of France 1 A Onston Tron Ore — ;;” 20 Eastern 5 all En.dtAus Cop Sm Co Y 4 St. 100 Electric Telegraph — I all llectrie Teleg. Jr "lb ••• 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier ... 15 14 ;en. Steam Navigat. 27 13 an , ensral Screw RtPari ... -- 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 34 3 3 3 1 t• 1.0 Magdalena tot. Navt, 10 all qediteran. Elec. Tel. • 8 10 10 9 NTexicau&S America. 54 6 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuoi 1.0 5 Netherlands Land l4 1 4 10 all Do. Do. 5 2 Do.BpePissatld id -- i 100 80 Now B. & N.S. Land 18 22 1 all N. P. Australasian — 20 15 Nrth.ofEuropeStaam 13 1 all Oriental Gas l4 1 4 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" 4 -- RP pm all Pee) Rr. Ld.& MinrL 24 21 24 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 10 Do. New — 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l4 1 4 14 1 4 • ato New. i r• 25 - all with Austral. Land '64 -- 374 37 inbmai. Tel. Scrip 1 1 20 all ReeiNtlrect 1 1 5 'rust& Leo,,TT. nan. 100 Toond 15 154 15 V.oo.6ll4.lanZgaly .diem this lay. DONCASTER RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LATEST BETTING. DONCASTER HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Bracken sto 1 agst Squire Watt (taken) 7 to 1 agst Greencastle No others backed. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 6 agst Sir R. Trenehard and Barrel (coupled) METROPOLITAN. 100 to 40 agst Cannobie (taken) 10 to 1 agst Middleton (taken) 10 to 1 agst Earl (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 2to 1 agst Fly-by Nigbt (taken) 9to 1 agst Bird-in-Hand (taken) CHESTER CUP. 18 to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey (taken) 25 to 1 agst Hospitality (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Diego (taker) 50 to 1 agst St. Domingo (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Hungerford (taken) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Fly-by-Night (taken) 22 to 1 agA Porto Rico (taken) 33 to 1 agst Cannobie (taken) 33 to 1 agst Bird-in-Hand (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. PETITIONS. Numerous petitions w(re pre.ented in favour and against the Medical ProfesAion Bill ; and also a large number for and against the Factories Bill. CLERKS IN THE CUSTOM-HOUSE. Mr.MITCHELL moved for certain returns respecting the payments made to clerks in the Custom-house for extra attendance, and other particulars.—Agreed to. THE MALT AND HOP TRADE, &cs. Sir J. DUKE moved for returns relative to the culti vation of hops in,Eng;and, and the exports and imports of that article. Accounts of the total number of quar ters of malt made in the years ending the 10th of October, 1854, acd the 10th of October, 1855, distinguishing the quantity ma le in each year in each country, and the quan tities used by brewers, by victuallers, and by retail brewers. Aec'unt of the number of plrsons in each of the several collections of the United Kingdom licensed as " brewers," " victuallers," "to sell beer to be drunk on the premises," and "to sell beer not to be drunk on the premises ;" stating the number of each class who brew their own beer, and the quantity of malt consumed by them, particularising each class in each collection, from the 10th Oct., 1854,,t0 the lOth Oct., 1855. Ac count of all sums paid into the Stamp-office in Great Britain and Ireland on insurance from fire, for the quarters ending severally the 25th of March, the 24th of June, the 29th of September, and the 25th of December, 1854 ; distinguishing tke amount of allowance made to each office for collecting the same in the country, London, Edinburgh, and Dublin respectively, with the date of each payment ; and on sums insured by each office on farming stock for the same period.—Agreed to. MEDICAL PROFESSION BILL. On the motion for zoing into committee on this bill, Lord R. GROSVENOR, before the house went into committee on this bill, said that whilst he believed there was necessity for some legislation on this question he objected to the bill now before the house, and he called attention to the notices on the paper amounting to nearly 100, all affecting the principle of the bill—(hear, heat)—and asked the hon. member (Mr. Headlam) to postpone the bill going into committee to enable mem bers to consider the effect of the amendment proposed. There were many alterations suggested in this bill which it would be inexpedient to consider in committee, and it would be better not to take up the time of the house by discussing it then, but rather postpone it, and give the hon. gentleman (Ur. Headlam) an opportunity of remodelling the bill, and getting rid of the objec tions raisei to it. Mr. BARROW concurred in the opinion of the noble lord. He agreed with the necessity of such a measure, but objected to them then proceeding with it. He saw that by the bill the medical ppifesßi.in were to be governed by a repre•entative body, and the first amend merit on the paper affected that principle, and pro posed the governing body should be the nominees of the Government. Mr. HEADLAM objected to the poqtponement of the bill, because no good would be effected by it. The great difficulty was with reference to the constitution of the proposed governing council. There were three bodies who claimed that right. First, the Government to the whole nomination ; secorfti, the corporate bodies; and, third, the great mass of the medical profession, by an elected and representative body. If they post poned the bill for ten years nothing would be gained by it, for even then the above objection must be met and decided. Many of the amendments were mere technical ones, and out of the 70 or 80 an.eudms,ts there were net rn,.re than 19 or 20 of any importance. Mr. WALTER considered the amendments were too important to be considered in committee, but should be got rid of first. He instw , ced one amendment, which iieposed a fine of 51. on every person practising medicine unless duly registered under this bill. Mr. MITCLIELL opposed the bill. The provisions of this bil , by repealing the Apothecaries' Act, would enable cherni-ts and druggists to act as such. Sir G. GREY said it would be better to get rid of the auggesion thrown out by the noble lord before dis cussing the details of the bill. He regretted the notices of amendments had been given so late as yesterday, and he exonerated the Government from any charge of de lay, with reference to their amendment, from the Pre sident of the Board of Health not being informed by the councils of the medical profession at an earlier period. Mr. WALPOLE said the bill was read a second time on an erroneous impression that the provisions of the bill were appr ved of by the medical profession, but from what had since occurred it appeared the profession was div!ded in opinion on it. He agreed with the Govern ment in the amendment they had given notice of, that the council should be nominated by the Crown, and thought that the whole of the amendments proposed were so important that the bill should be postponed, and the subject be referred - to a select committee, and he moved the postponement of the committee until Wednes day next. Mr. DRUMMOND supported the amendment. Lord EBRINGTON also supported the amendment, to give the country an opportunity of considering the alterations proposed to be made in the bill. Time would be gained by the investigation proposed, and benefit would accrue thereby both to the profession and the public. Mr. CRA.UTURD supported the proceeding with the bill. It was introduced with the ranction of the majority of the medical profession, who, however, it appeared had now changed their minds, and ha I called on the Government to propose an amendment that would do away with the representative system in connection with the constitution (.f the council. He trusted the bonze would not endanger the progress of the bill by consenting to the amendment for postpone ment. Mr. HENLEY urged the postponement of the fur ther consideration of this bill for the reasons that had been assigned by previous speakers. Mr. HEADLAM said that this bill was introduced last session, and from the returns made during the re• cess from the profession to the HOme office, after a con sideration of its clauses, he had asc rtained that the majority of the profession were in favour of the bill. These returns be quoted on the second reading of this bill this session ; but it appeared that since then many of the profession bad altered their views respecting it, and bud induced the Government to propose the amend ment of which they had given notice. He looked upon the postponement of the inea-ure as virtually its defeat, and he declined acceding to it without first dividing the house. After some further discussion, Sir G. GREY explained the reasons which had in duci-d the C.dleges of Surgeons in England and Edin burgh, and many of the graduates to change their opinions with regar.l to this bill. On well reconsider ing the que-tion these bodies, whilst approving of the general principles of the bill, totally objected t ilthe con stitution of the council as provided in the bill, viz , that of election by the medical profession, and wished its nomi nation should be by the Government. He again urged on the hon. gentleman (Mr. Headlain) to postpone the bill for a week. Mr. DUNCO MBE asked if the bill could be committed pro forma, and then go to a select committee. He called the attention of the house to the fAct that the mover of the bill had three pages of amendments on the paper of the house. He (Mr. Duncornbe) wished to get rid of this bill. Much bad b een I said about the profession, eiemists, &c , being in favour of this bill. lie had a large constituency com bining doctors and quacks, at least the hon. member opposite (Mr. Brady) would call them quacks because they were not properly registered practitioners. He (Mr. Duncombe) claimed the right for the public to be consulted on this question, a.,d left to physic themselves as they thought proper, and if they liked homceopathy let them enjoy it. Sir J. PAKINGTON thought the bill should not be got rid of by a side wind hut on its merits. If it were postponed in all probability it could not be again brought for some time unless the Government took it under their fostering care. The hon. mover deserved the thanks of the country for taking up such an import• ant question, and he was entitled to the thanks of the house and the country for it. The house then divided when the numbers were For the postponement of the committee 116 Against it Bl Majority —3s _ Mr. ITEA.DLA.M called upon the Government to state the course they would now pursue in reference to this bill. From the interview he had at an early period with the Home Secretary with regard to this bill, he relied on the Government support, but instead of that the Government had thrown him over by de feating this bill. (Hear.) Sir G. GREY denied that anything bad been done or said by him to mislead the mover of this measure as to the course Government intended to take on this ques tion. The bill bad, however, as he had expected, re ceived the most decided opposition of the profession at this stage of its proceedings. He declined to take charge of the bill on the pert of the Government, but he would give the hon. mover all the aQsistance he could. It was not the intention of the Government to bring in a bill this session with reference to this qurs'ion. Mr. WALPOLE said that, in moving the postpone ment. of the committee, he had no wish to get rid of the bill. KLEPT SPEAKING.) MEDICAL REFOR3I. Yesterday, a succession of deputations of gentlemen of the radical profession, representing both the profes sion at large and several of the licensing corporate bodies, waited on Sir George Grey and the President of the Board of Health, at the Home-office, in reference to the bill at present before Parliament on the sulject of medical reform, and which is better known as Mr. Headlam'e Bill. The first deputation—that of the medical graduates —was introduced by Mr. Grogan ; M.P. Dr. O'Connor explained that the members of the profession, while they desired to see those portions of the hill which would secure a uniform 'qualification throughout the three kingdoms, and also a registration of those possessed of that qualification, they were opposed to the mode in which it was proposed to form a central representative body, as it was their opinion that the clamourous mouns tebank would, in the spirit of electioneering, be likely to obtain a seat there before the man of real merit. They also, in detail, objected to the amount of the registrati , n fee (101.) as excessive, and complained that the 21st clause would exclude from practice all medical era suet( s who were not licentiates or fellows of the Colleue of Physicians. They would propose an imperial council ~ f 12 members, nine to be appointed by Government, and one by the suffrages of the licensing bodies in each of the three kingdoms ; that of the nine appointed by G - vernment three shoul I be laymen, and the other six medical men, equally selected from England, Ireland ; alio Scotland. This imperial council should coif Tee the education of candi lates for the profession in medic ne, surgery, and pharmacy ; while local subordinate ccun ciis should superintend their examination in those studies. Dr. Leet, of the Apothecaries' Company in Ireland, on behalf of the licentiates of that body, com plained that their existence was ignored by the bill. The next deputation, that from the College of Sur geons, Edinburgh, was introduced by Mr. Black, M.P , when Professor Syme, as spokesman, stated that they were alt , gether opposed to the bill. They had the same objections to the Central Council as the last deputation, and complained that the bill, if paved into law, would deprive the graduates of their college of the right of practising, which had as yet never been called in question. They also reprobated the division of members of the profession into surgeons and physi cians, as in reality no such distinction exi-t-d. They were all general practitioners. Mr. Black, M.P., also introduced the deputation from the College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Dr. M. Begbie, the president of the col lege, stated in the main they approved of the bill, but wished to see the portion of it relating to the council altered. They thought that it should consist of not !store than 12 members, five from England, three from Ireland, and three fram Scotland, with the President of the Board of Health at its head. They wished also to see a separate registration kept in each portion of the United Kingdom. They were favourable to the proposi tion of a second examination, on the principle that as the first was conducted by those who were themselves the teachers, it was open to objection. Each deputation approved of the proposal that registration should ea title the person registered to practise all over the em pire ; and on retiring expressed their acknowledgments of the attention with which they had been listened to. SINGULAR DETECTION OP ROBBERY ON TIIE MIDLAND RAILWAY. The number of robberies which are known to take place on the various railways of the country induce us to give publicity to the following narrative, as proving e hat may be done in their detection by well directed energy and perseverance. Persons unacquainted with the difficulty of obtaining evidence necessary for prose cution can have no idea of the difficulty of sustaining a railway indictment. The number of miles to be traveled --the variety of persons through whose hands the stolen property may have passed, and all of whom way be required as witnesses, render such a proceeding alike expensive and tedious. It would appear that in ttse ,eaile part of February last a railway servant named Wi,lia n Godwin, ac ing in the capacity of porter for the Midland Railway at Glocester, was detected in the commiseion of an offence which led to the searching of his house, and in which were discovered a quantity of artiees sueprcted to have been stolen from the com pany. There were no few, r than nine new carving kirives arid forks, a quantity of ironmongery, artd other descriptions of tuiscell tueous property. Among these were found a very handsome suear-basin, or, as the trade call it, a sugar buy. This Fart et sr article wey a certained to be the manufacture of Messrs. Copeland and Garrett, and of this pat'ern and nurnber, strange as it may appear, only f rur were made or sent out. The one in question was sold to a firm in Worcester, the second to a gentleman in Cheltenham, the third to a China depot in Bath, and the fourt,h to Messrs. Child and Co.; of Edinburgh. The lady to whom it was sold by the firm in Worcester removed in the early part of 1853 to Bath, takiug with her her caina, plate, &c. On the return of the family in June, 1854, she gave directions that the china, together with °tisk r things, should be returned via Gloucester to her ti-use in Worcestershire. At Gloucester the package conseiniog the sugar-box and the rest of the service of which it ferrnecra part sustained such damage as rendered its detention necessary for repairs. Here it was tact the robbery was committed, Godwin being one of the por ters engaged in the transshipment of that particular package. Although the sugar box was missed by the servant who unpacked the china, he concluded it bad been broken in use, and consequently no inquiry wa., made after it, so that its owner was not aware of her loss until the box was showu her by the compaey's p lice superintendent. The difficulties which interposed at every step of this protracted investigation can scarcely be conceived ; but they were overcome by the etsrll, tact, and tiny., mried perseverance of Mr. Farmer, the super intendent of the detective police employed on the Mid land line. A great many miles had to be travelled, parties who had left their previous occepatioes had to be scugbt out, books I ,, ng consigned to dust and for getfulness to be dragged to light, and the whole facts of the case, in all their ramifications, to bo elicited and woven into a chain of consecutive evidence. All this was accomplisher; by Mr. Farmer most satisfactorily. The trial of Godwin took place at the Glocester sessions on Friday last, when the whole of the four sugar-boxes sere produced in court, together with •23 witnesses from various parts of the country, including pereor a from E iinburgh, London, Newcastle, Bath, Cheltenham, Worcester, Stoke-upon-Trent, &c. ; and after an inquiry which lasted for several hours the prisoner was fou d guilty and sentenced to 12 mouths' imprisonment with hard labour. At the conclusion of the cause the chair re a s result t re fr m o a n r s k t e h d e u p l r ) :s oa e n t t h e l nt g o o s o e d eu twiohnic, which must a o s b t se n r e v c e e d es t a h r a il t y , heavy as was the expense, and enormous as had been the troub'e bestowed upon the getting up of the case, it would show that for the future the Midland Railway Company would not suffer themselves to be robbei with impuni , y. It is to be hoped that the spirited mannrr in which the investigation has been conducted, asid the almost insurmountable eifficulties of the case surmounted, will lead other railway establishments to follow the ex ample of the Midland Company. If such should be the case we shall have to record fe wer instances of raii v ay robberies than we have had to do fir a long teries of years. It was stated in court that Mr. S iperint,ndent Farmer had travelled 1,900 miles in prosecution of his inquiries. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) 1,011130 N, April 2. —Wind this (1 ,, y at noon, E. light breeze and tine clear weather. The Britiih brig Noupariel. of Dartmouth, front Lond, to Balaklava, with a cargo of paten Etna f u•.l, was to tally destroyed by fire, 90 miles off Cape Mutapan ; crew picked up by the Jessie Miller, arrived at the Piizens. PLYMOUTH, April I. 0 , ind S.E —Arrived—Generrl Adolph, from Tampico, for Havre; flooghly, London, for Adelaide ; Ruckers, Trinidad. PORTSMOUTH, Apia 1. —Wiwi S. to S.E.—Arrived H. M.S.'s Hastings, Russell, and Edinburgh, all from tl• westward. FALMOUTH, April I.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Wans fell, from Calingapatarn ; Concordia, Culdora ; Ar, Iqui que, both for Harnbufg ; Saga, Havana ; Colonel Cutte, New Orleans. Off the port —Unicorn, from New Orleans, and sailed for Liverpool. SCILLY, March 31.—Wind S.—Arrived—Mary Joanna, from Swansea, for Malta, leaky; Carib, Fooehoof,o; Cambridge and Constiution. Callao ; Granville, Baia; Eliza. Hunter, New Orleans, for Falmouth ; Bat•tvia, for AMsterdate ; Celle, Buenos Ayres, for Ant werp Off the pert—Gezina, from Galveston. MILFORD, April I.—Wind S.—Sailed—Sarah Fleming, for Quebec. CROOKHAVEN, March 30.—Wind E.S.E.—Atrived— Biot, from Curmo_L. SUNDERLAND, March 31.—Wind for Vilparaiso. (PEE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTIIA3IPTON, Wedm Y lay Morning. Arrived- 7 Atalanta (s), from Havre; La Poule, Cher bourg ; Flying Fish, Cardiff. S ided—Clara and Manney, for Sunderland ; Ondino (s), Dublin ; South-Western (s), Jersey ; Union, Peterhead. SUBMARINN Alfll BRITISH TETAGRAPB.. I GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10 &ID. Wind S.E., tide last hour's ebb; fine. Arrived, April I.—Apostle John, from Amsterdam. Arrived, April 2.—Batavier, steamer, from Rotterdam • Holland, steamer, Ostend ; Lord J• Russell, steamer, Dunkirk. Sailed.—Rival, for Algoa Bay ; City of Rotterdam, steamer, Dunkirk; Avon, Quebec; Julia, Leghorn. D.EAL, Wednesday, 9.45 a.ni. Wind S., light wind. Passed—Sotnnauth, from Bombay, for London ; (sup posed) Woodcock, New York, Loudon ; Visitor, London, Mogador ; Charlotte Ann, London, Palermo ; her Majesty,* ship Antelope, Portsmouth for river. Anchored—Vanguard, from London for Dfautitius. Sailed—Buchanan, for Madras. TIIE TIPPERARY BANK.— DUBLIN, Tuesday Evenir g. Messrs. Morrogh and Kennedy were examined before Master Murphy this afternoon. The Master ordered that the deeds and documents in the hands of those gen tlemen should be handed to the official manager, subject to their lien. HAVANNAII, March IL--The West India steamer Dee, which left yesterday evening for St. Thomas, brought from Mexico in all about 1,400,000 dols., 90,000 dole. of which were fur Havannah, and only a small portion sold at 1 per cent premium (about 40,000 dole.); the remainder had to go in. Bt. at St. 2 96 5 100 all 100 100 tot 10' (10' • 110 'lOO 10i 100 100 1(1.) all [OO 1 1111 } 21 i i 1;i 13 ;39i 1 1 0 t; 100 100 all 23f x d PREFE Pm 56 i 97 x d 16 Pm PM 108 7J 103 95 d 1021 92i Spirit of the Public Journals. REFORM OF THE CORPORATION OF LONDON. (From the Ti .rtes of this Clary.) The long-expected measure for the reform of the Corporation of London presents itself at last in the mildest possible form. It was not without reason the civic Conservatives 20 years ago de manded a special consideration, for they have cer tainly obtained for the Corporation of London a gentler treatment than fell to the lot of its pro f compeers. These were so e n ti re l y new l y ! constituted that identity was lost in the change, and a new body of men stepped in and assumed the property and functions of the old. Not a corpora tion but changed its members, its officers, the, boundaries of its jurisdiction, its duties, and every thing that can make a municipal body. Sir Geo. Grey proposes to leave the boundaries of the city of London unchanged, and the mode of admission also the same as now. With the government of the body ho interferes somewhat more. Of the three courts, the Court of Aldermen, the Court of Common Council, and the Common Hall, made up for both, he gives power to the Court of Common Council, and takes it away from the Court of Aldermen. That this leaning will be popular with the more popular body, and contribute to the suc cess of the measure, is likely enough, though one cannot help d e si r i ng th a t a b , dy to be intrusted wi , ll larger powers should be better prepared and qualified for them. It is proposed to take from the A'dermen their right of nominating the candi da es for the Mayoralty from their own body ; to leave their magisterial powers, but to create some new police-courts, presided over by stipendiary magistrates, as in the rest of the metropolis. Sir G. Grey does not propose to merge the city police in the metropolitan, notwithstanding the recommen dation of the commissioners, and the strong ;rounds of economy, as well as unity of act i on , that have been urged for this change. IL is a matter of ne• cessity that certain customs and privileges should be abolished. The right of opening a shep is no longer to be reserved to freemen, and the rights of porterage, met age, and street tolls are to cease. It will be remembered that the commissioners, whose report was made previous to the creation of the new Metropolitan Board of Works, with its taxing powers, proposed to hand over the coal duties, as long as they lasted, to that body, hen it should be formed. Sir George Grey now proposes to let the penny and the eightpenny duties expire, and to retain the fourpenny duty in the p resen t hands— only, however, for the liquidation of existing charges upon it. The ancient conservancy of the Thames ho proposes to transfer to a Government board. Such a measure can only be regarded in the light of a compromise, and as such its present success, its working, and its duration must depend upon circumstances. If the reformers are content with it, and if the Conservatives, nowhere so numerous and so influential as in the City of Lon don, are ready to compound for the measure, it will certainly remove some inconveniences and absurdities. The main absurdity, for such we must call it, is, however, untouched. It is absurd that in the heart of this metropolis there should be an imaginary boundary, existing only in maps and the minds of officials and ratepayers, and without one particle of . public utility in its favour, upon one side of which a man is a citizen and on the other nothing at all, without one iota of self-government. That distinction, it seems, is to be continued. The man on one side of a party wall may have a voice in the election of an Alder man or a Mayor, and may himself aspire to those offices with a fair chance, if he has only the per sonal qualities and a determination to address him self to the object ; he may attain to important magisterial functions, to the management of a large body of police, to the control of an immense oxpendi,ure ; and to the chance of numerous emoluments and honours, which the genius of our ancestors certainly intended for the widest possible competition, not for - a small section of London. It is true that the man who is so fortunate as to dwell inside the imaginary line has to pay for it in the shape of some high rates, and possibly, too, in a little misgovernment ; for of the enormous wealth belonging to institutions in the city of Louden not much is diffused among that modest •nd independent class that will not ask for a share. Yet there is no denying—for it constitutes the very case against a substantial reform of the Corporation—t hat the man who d wells just inside a certain line to be found in the 'naps of the metropolis, though by no means in the metropolis itself, is decidedly better off in some considerable respects than his outlying but very near neighbour. This is still to be the case, though no sufficient rea son has been assigned fur it ; nor has it yet been shown why the municipal rights so industriously re tained fur a portion of the metropolis should not be equally desirable for the rest. No doubt, the dignity and importance of the municipal offices would be vastly enhanced if the municipality were the whole of the maropolis, instead of a twentieth part of It ; or, at all events, if it comprised all that we commonly call London. Whoever, then, wishes the Corporation of London to be something worthy of the name must desire to have its boundaries extended. At the same time we are bound to admit that in so serious an affair, and in dealing with such various and intractable elements, it may be better to proceed by the tentative or experimental method. Die Metropolitan Board of 'Works, as at present constituted, is only au experiment, for it remains to be seen how far a popular assembly composed of the nominees of a number of local democracies will conduct with wisdom, unanimity, and discretion even that lesser part of social government, the ma terial works of the metropolis. It cannot be said that these representatives, though they may be considered by position the very elite of the metro polis, and must be supposed to have won their place by force of character and social qualities, have as yet worked together even so well as our represen tatives in Parliament. They seem disposed gene rally to circumscribe their jurisdiction within the narrowest possible limits, instead of extending it to the utmost limits of their charter. The general conviction farmed on the minds of enlightened observers by the constant jealousies and mutual obstructions of the newly•created metropolitan ptzliament is decidedly adverse to the credit of British citizens for local self-government on a considerable scale. That a few 101. householders and as many freemen should be able to manage their wretched little affairs at least without scandal, if not wi la much profit, is thought likely enough ; but the example of the new Board of Works is now daily cited to show the middle class Englishman wants the pressure of the class below and the guidance of that above in his admi nistration of public affairs. Time alone will show whether this board will get over those difficulties of deliberation and co-operation which were noticed even in the British House of Commons fresh from the Reform Act. But, for the present, it is natural to suppose that Sir George Grey does not think the Board of Works so succes ful an iestance of self government as to encourage him to a strong and a large measure of municipal reform for the city of London. When the new Board of Works has done its present work well, it will then be time to give it more to do. PROPERTY OF MA.RMED WOMEN. (Prom the Times of this day.) In an age which is usually supposed to have been wanting iu chivalrous, devotion to the position, and in a nation which did not pay extraordinary homage to the peculiar virtues of the female sex, the genius of a great poet schemed the fiction of a Female Parliament. el course, the outline once sketched was not difficult to fill up. Judges mind ful o f their fees rather than the justice of the cause they were to try—partieaus forgetting the honour of their country iu their spite to a virtuous politi cian or a distinguished commander --demagogues blustering on their own untried prowess, and threatening, if they had the opportunity, " to do such things," s h are d t h e ap pl a use of the audience with the picture of husbands forgetting the is the alluring s oc i e ty claims of wif e an d h o me which tempted Socrates not less than Alcibiades, or in the celebration of those religious rites w:lich probably made the same impression on - the simple minds of Athenian housewives that we may sup pose is produced on the innocent meditations of modern married ladies when their husbands leave t'nem to talk politics at "the club." But one element was wanting, if not two, that a modern imitator of Aristophanes might supply in a sketch of a Female Legislature. Wifelheating, if e recollect aright, is alluded to in the drama of the Attic artist ; but probably it either was not so strongly developed a practice, or, if so, was not so strongly condemned, as in our day, for not much stress is laid on it. The Athenian tinker or cob bler may have knocked his wife down with a ten syllabled epithet, instead of having recourse to the wore material fashion of the monosyllabic London costermonger. However th:s may have been, civi lisation has introduced a new grievance for femi nine indignation and masculine remedy ; and this grievance is embodied in a petition addressed to " the Hon. the House of Commons in Parliament assembled," bearing the signatures of sundry amiable, sensitive, and strong-minded women, married and unmarried, of the United Kingdom, and intrusted to the care of Sir Erskine Perry._ We are at some loss how to express this griev ance, for itt begins with the admission of a state of things which we hardly ventured to hope existed. We have been accustomed to hear and record cogaplai4to Qii all aides that women, have no Tph, fession, no employment, no means of earninp livelihood, except the various grades of dome tic service, the calling of governesses, or millinery in some form. It appears from the "petition" to which we allude that, so far from this being the ease, "a o lern civilisation is indefinitely extending the sphere of occupation for women," and that thia extended sphere is amplifying their sources of ir.- c }me. Thus, at starting, it appears that, while women in the lower classes of society are earning wages as seamstresses, charwomen, cigar-moulders, and in other vocations far too numerous to detail, women in the higher classes are competing with men in the field and profits of literature. This ad mission is a pleasant hearing for the "friends of women," and doubtless will have its due weight when the specific grievance of which the petitioners complain, and which we now come to, is con sidered. It amounts, in short, to this :—By the law of the laud wives have no special property in their own earnings, which are more the property of their husbands than of themselves, subject to their ap propriation, and liable to their debts. This hard ship and injusti ce , as the fair petitioners d eem i t, they call on the Hon. the Cimmons of England to rep lir by a more just and liberal legislation. To a petition signed as this is, and dictated by the feelings which animate its subscribers, we would willingly pay the utmost deference, and, if possible, give the utmost support. But we confess that we don't clearly see our way to the end pro. posed by any legislative measure. Indeed, such remedy as might be devised the petitioners have cut away from under their own feet. They wish to create a separate proprietorship in favour of married women, and in the same breath denounce the " cumbrous machinery of trusteeship," which was intended to effect, and generally does effect, so far as any plan can, the very result which they wish to attain. We confess we hardly see how they will improve upon the existing system so far as regards the objects which it contemplates, or how they will obtain its benefits for other objects which it does not contemplate, save by imitating its provisions. The fact is, disguise it how you will, or select whatever number of exceptional cases a diligent scrutiny will supply, the existing state of things is the result not of human legislation, but of nature's laws. The relations of the sexes may be externally adorned with all the trappings. of artificial manners and luxurious civilisation, still, air fend they are essentially the same in all ages of the world. Womankind in the mass are, and must be, for all material advantages, for protection and personal security, dependent upun men, whether the latter be styled " lords and masters," or " tyrants and despots ;" and in no relation is this dependence on one side, and protection on the other, more marked, more real, or more natural than in that of marriage. The whole character of this union would be lost, most of its purposes defeated, if any law interfered to change this mutual relation, and to substitute an express re cognition of theoretical independence and equality in favour of the wife. As it is, the law, while it confers superior authori'y on the man, attacheS to him duties and responsibilities which insure the tranquillity and comfort of the wife. And it is curious to observe that the connection of the hus b privileges and responsibilities is so strikingly doss 111 , t these peti ieners, even when they would enlarge the freedom of the wife's action, are forced to admit the propriety of limiting the husband's liability at the same time. This, in fact, illus trates the whole question. Marriage is a compact of mu uality. The powers of the husband over the wife's means are great, because his liabilities for his wife's maintenance and credit are also great. He is in the eye of the law the proprietor of her income, the receiver of her rents, the controller of her fortune, because he is accountable for the pay rat nt of be: inlliuer, her servants, her coach-hire, to say nothing of her children's. keep and education. " DJ away with this jus proprietalis," say the pe titiosers ; and in a spirit of fairness they add, "do away with the unlimited liability also." This is the ultimate solution of the question. What these lass s would see become a fruit of statute law is nothing el,e then the cohabitation of male and fe nab, each with separate fortunes, separate ex pensrs, s •psrate bills, separate liabilities—the bus ban 1 going to gaol while his wife is riding in her carriage —the wife hurried off by bailiffs while the huAeind is eating venison and drinking champagne Such is the theory they proro3e. But is there the 7110,t distant prospect of its ever taking a prac tical shape, were its enactment provided by the mrist sttingent of cceies ? From such an apprehen sien we are saved by a placid regard of what have ver been and ever will be the conditions of humanity. There is no uprising against the ideas of family, home, and marriage among the majority even of the most persecuted women. We are saved, too, by an experience of that which has been done in England and elsewhere to evade the harsh injustice of the laws, not of man, but of na ture. If the system of trusteeship, devised to mitigate the evils complained of, is clumsy, it is clumsy only so far as it cannot do impossibilities. If women have lands or moneys left for their own use—if these are placed in the hands of trustees— if the trustees duly receive the profits thereof—if they acknowledge the receipt—if they then hand over the proceeds to the wife so protected, and get their discharge from her, they have done all that any law can compel any honest man to do. But if, after receiving the rents from the land or the dividends from the Consols, the wife bands them over to her husband, or assigns her life-interest in either to him or his creditors, what law eat pre vent this ? What law can constrain the tribute of a woman's love, or forbid the offering of a wife's devotion ? Or, again ' if, as by some foreign codes, the wife is recognised as a sole and separate pro prietress of the rents or the Rentes,—if the letter of the law gives her the absolute disposal of them,—or if, again, the law makes her the first mortgagee on her husband's estate or his earnings, what can, what does, prevent her from signing away her right and her interest to secure his credit, his honour, his interests ? The truth is, all laws and all schemes are clumsy when arrayed against the instincts of conjugal affection or the sympathies of conjugal confidence. When they are not so it is only because brutality on the one side, or selfishness on the other, has proceeded to that exceptional extent which cannot be reasoned on as a basis of general legislation. That there are men of low and selfish tastes-- drunkards, gamblers, debauchee's—married to in tellectual and gifted women is probable enough. It is not improbable that such men may pilfer the earnings of their wives. But how many cases of this kind do occur ? How many women, brought up in refinement, elegance, and with literary tastes, would unite themselves to drunkards and debau chees ? And is it necessary for the protect ion of the few isolated cases that do occur to enact laws which experience proves would generally be futile for good, but which would invoke the certainty of sowing jealousy and discord wherever they were put in force ? BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. The official returns of the trade and navigation of Om United Kingdom for the month ending Feb. 29 have been issued. The comparison of imports for the month is as under : 1854. Live animals Cocoa lbs. 217,6'23 Coffee lbs. 1,886,633 Wheat qrs• 19 t 111 1855. 4,517 610 (95,641 73,221 Barley qrs. Oats ... qrs. 12,370 A 2 231 5,00: 3,379 Indian corn qrs. 133,806 Flour cwt. 224,607 Cochineal ..................... cwt. 552 ... Indigo cwt. HA .. ... 311 Flax cwt. 49,260 Currants cwt. 1,771 Cotton, raw cwt. 783,044 Guano tons 22,793 ...... 9,694 Hemp cwt. 37,291 Mahogany tons 1,053 Oil, palm cwt. 54,955 Opium lbs. 4,668 Provisions cwt. 8,535,024 Quicksilver lbs. 103,812 Rice • cwt. 200, 8 52 Saltpetre cwt. 22,031 Silk, raw Cassia Lignea lbs. 144,933 Cloves lbs. 232,233 9;414 704,957 20,262 81,905 Popper lbs. 617,768 Rum proof gallons 535,252 Brandy proof gallons 48,613 Geneva proof gallons 9,482 Unrefined sugars cwt. 428,704 Tallow awls 32,051 Tea lbs. 10,395.024 Tobacco lbs. 1,179,543 ...... 861,024 ___ Wino gallons. 231;482 - - Sheep's and lambs' wool lbs. 3,024:853 204,425 853,726 The declared value of some of the principal exports, compared with that for the same articles during the °or. responding month of last year, was as follows : 1854. Beer and Ale ...... 117,000 1855. Coals and cubit I€B, 717 ...... 94,824 95,366 Cotton manufactures 2,065,463 Cotton ism 658,696 Earthenware 86,014 ••• ••• 57 , 436 .... Haberdashery and millinery... 252,411 Hardwares and cutlery linen manufactures Linen yarn Machinery and millwork Silk manufactures Silk Thrown _33,040 Woollen manufactures Woollen yarn 168;782 174,173 259,614 33,625 133,606 6 3,906 10,191 41G:359 37,155 The totaldeclared ♦aiue of all the enumerated exports in the month was 7,725,7471., which, coMpared with the corresponding period of 1855, shows as increase of 1,031381 A leans, nuui• tonna Abl Pe, 4ptee anvil) it sit mot the DOI ). hat a f the. any. SYlre oiled • rry, the IVO• the ian 1.0 20 10 if) 20 10 XOO 100 100 1)0 100 100 all 3 all li) All ,4 FOR :GN. 171 10i i 95i 8O 65 i 52 3 36 5i 85j f 251 I 201 a 16a 10# 141 i 4i 11 all all 10.0 10A 84 3