The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-12 00:00:00

U R E. Tortant Secret. BY iurst and Blackett. , agreeably narrated, a great portion is of al tenour of the style ) descriptions o f the ', and evidently with siastic energy of one that is kindred to 11 0 s taste. The hero, tractor, and one wile position. The ladies .ve. Mabel does not ; thus, although the she does not claim s° no heroine Madeline unsatisfying in bet Id beautiful a ellarae' s. Yet it is probable be a real and likely should approach but perfection. She came h, not looking to the ;, and in her worshiP pay homage t o the sacrifice. She was inr ping greatly beset and own peace of mind by ation. After her union she is lost to us for ) is but one goal for must pass from the ;iternents to the rest tless nature like hers -all one like Herbert worried and harassed .1 strife. Her death t beneath the skies of s she had supposed. ;eiving husband put r, and then the for to die. During her Madeline had suf' enjoyed with excess• ch is not often happgt as and fancies when that such a nature thing state like thin inner reflects its oval Earth has a bloonit on the heavens that erness is brightened they pass us make , and the very winds y on our path.' , future course, and did not cultivate world around her and suffering could have ter a short struggle, In trouble, and ever' is would have been 3cipitate retreat into T. There are enough, in the world t o fall lofty natures adding Mine, however, the est of her life became a better. She had ;h, fiery and consunr of her heart incor were preserved froni, rr stedfast spirit and pry that hangs over of deep import, and out. The other per are calculated to add e descriptions of the he heroine enters for y over the narrative. ' cannot fail to please Lance, and interested is great variety 0 1 before us, and 00 marvels to fascinate (right and sparkling the lovely scenery/ ;ombine to create for ; a merit. -. John. Longman, Longmans. adventures and dig' t in the New World, and from fragment& A work that mai the hands of both )e an acceptable pre' V.ALITY. CITE SUN. ously maintains the :it there is much row. heaven will not ever endent nation. The he intelligent, there 11 remain under the I why ? Plainly for iften and so forcibly its sway over (what t, MIGHTY England work, Miss Porter' o particularly to its B book of time, bout a crime !" vhen, in defiance of of Vienna, guaran• igland, Russia was 'Oland, without au t her. The two fol. le were very appro• :hame to thee, Gaul, Warsaw should fall r ly, )LD SOLDIER. AND THE ESSION. , whose earnest ad and Education we draw the attention ieties, has been de eight lectures, than iton contemporary, ,luable, and a more m delivered in the ,ich the Sussex Ex- Lnt course, listened by brilliant and after -lecture speech lings with a well profession. He cumstance which had t his audience would f the community had not attending these The faculty could not ledge from him, they in physiological facts hese gentlemen want tion of the labouring irally led them hers ng the miserable, un rer-stricken poor ; nor informed of the large , ventable death under are better acquainted 'hen the audience con that after a hard day's moned, at any time of e sick and dying, his h him that the medical Ts a very tolerable ex rf their even- TA the case ? In three hers of the profession flees a member of the to -night ho felt proud ion on his right hand iought that he might iss had been delivered io medical faculty of deuce. Why had these come forward—utter t were, on the truths With liberal minds he misery on Which rear)—they had come al man, to expound of which they (the snefit to the human ally aware than these renemlly understood f medical attendance to consult the physi id, and corsequently n in the incomes of found—whether in in places where ho s a stranger—these A and support the s better than curs." t right to omit this . He would rather Dse members of the rot but say was the before his visit to n—perfect strangers oductious to them, til they came volun ideavours to benefit would detain the -cry sincere thanks they had been so whole of these dis. nidly.sxpressecl ap- at Nice, on sa• ell, second non of BIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very quietly, without any decline in prices. The sales were estimated at 5,000 hales, comprising 4,000 American (500 taken for export) ; 200 Egyp tian, 61-d. to 71,d. ; 600 Surat, 4gd. to sd. ; and 50 Sea Islands, ls. to 2s. 7d. per lb. There was a steady feeling in the Railway Share Market, and prices were much the same as on Monday. Accounts from Vienna state that the fluctuations in Stocks on the Bourse, and the foreign rates of exchanges, have created an unusual amount of speculation amongst all classes of the community, which, it is feared, will result in failures and•mone tary embarrassments, even though the peace confe rences have a favourable issue. On the other hand should the result be for war, and Austria expected to take part, the financial crisis which would fol low would approach that which occurred after the revolution of 1818. The exchange on London, Which had fallen to 10.3 at the close of last week, rose to 10.8 on Monday, and on Paris from 1198 to UK, showing that the influx of foreign money was checked, and that capitalists were becoming alarmed at the extent of the speculation being carried on. Shares of the New Bank of Credit which had risen to 365 in the previous week, were quoted at 330 ; and the Austrian Railways fell 3 florins to 266. By telegraph from Madrid it is stated that the first issue of 70,000 shares by the Credit Mobilier Company had all been taken up ; and that Senor Salamanca had ceded the Railway of Almauza to the Grand Central RAilway Company of France. Senor Santa Cruz, the Minister of Fi nance, has presented a new measure for the regu• lotion of the customs tariff. From Constantinople it is announced that the Minister of Finance is engaged in remedying the evils which have resulted from the recent commer cial and financial difficulties. The prohibition of the export of grain and other cereals is maintained in the Euxine and the Sea of Marmora, up to the Dardanelles. The demand for money in Lombard-street and at the Bank of England is exceedingly active, and rather fuller rates have in several cases to be paid for accommodation. Besides the amount required at the Stock Exchange for the Consols settle ment provision has also to be made for the instalments due to-morrow on the New Loan and Funding of Exchequer Bills. On the former 25 per cent. has to be paid, and on the latter 20 per cent. The arrangement of the account has passed off satisfactory, but owing to the scarcity of money the " contango" is still heavy. Much confidence is felt in the favourable issue of the Conferences at Paris, and an advance of to ,1 per cent. has oc curred in the quotations. For money Consols have improved ‘ to 92 4, and for account to 92i;' ; The Scrip is i 4 premium, being a slight enhance ment. The New Three per Cents. have been Specially transferred at 92-1, and the Reduced An nuities at 91. i. Exchequer Bills are firmer, viz., 1 8. discount to is. premium. The Bonds are 98i 1. The Foreign Market is very dull, and the prices are genetally heavy. Turkish 6 per Cents. are I per cent. lower, viz., 96 to 961, and the 4 per Cent. Guaranteed aro marked 100. Spanish Bonds have risen to 432, and the New Deferred to 24Y. Russian Small Bonds have been dealt •in at 921. Peruvian Active Bonds have receded to 791 to 79 a . Mexican Stock is 20 to 201. Equador New Conso lidated are 14k, Brazilian 5 per Cents. 1001, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 95. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 617 ; Mexi can Bonds, 20k ; Peruvian, 79 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 56 58 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 47 49 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 101 103 ; ditto , V ! per Cents., 9 2 94 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 43 ; ditto De ferred, 24 ; ditto Certificates, 41 51 ; ditto Passive, 7 4. Railway Shares are mostly depressed, notwith standing the favourable movement in the Funds. In some cases, the reaction is fully 10:3. per share. Caledonian, however, are an exception, being firmer. Foreign and Colonial lines are weaker. In Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous Shares there is no change requiring special notice. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. (Frog. the Official List.) Bwen•-• done. $ per Cent. Redzeed Annuities.... . Shut 91i a ~..I`, : r ',eut. Uousols Aloftiatier , - e2l 5 , w ,s per Cent. Annuities Ilia Beads, £1000 33. 7 3 d e° l s ,, .. for kecontit , Ditto Scrip •xcheriner Scrip • 13 p Elencquer %ills, 26d. 2.10110. -C.svo -qua,. ldlp -" Ditto Bonds, 1853, 36 per Cont. Ks i Ditto, 1859 P RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONI 4 I O'CLOt K. k razilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ZgAnalor Bonds ~ Ditto New Consolidated .. 1.11 Kexican 3 per Cent Peruvian Bonds 4 per Cent Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, i! St - x a Ditto Snail 11 1:tni,i; Bonds, 3 per Cent . 436 Ditto I"ew Deferred, 3 por Cent. Turki%lt Londs, 6 per cent — Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. . Dividends on the above nayv - Oo in London. D utch Exchange, 26 per Cent., 12 Guil — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates • TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money .. .... . Ditto Account - i It is stated that a negotiation has been opened with t he General Screw Steam Company by the purchasers of their eight large ships for four smaller ones to complete the contemplated fleet—namely, the Harbinc , ,er, 848 to ns ; the Cape of Good Hope, 583 tons; the Bosphorus, 445 tune ; and the Propontis, 483 tons. Owing to the lengthened prevalence of easterly winds, a great number of vessels from India, China, and Aus tralia are supposed to be detained in the Channel. It is therefore thought that the Admiralty should send out a steamer either from Plymouth or Falmouth to their relief. BANKRUPTCY OF STRAHAN, PAUL, AND BATES. —At the Court of Bankruptcy yesterday Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Sates passed their last examination. Tie proceedings were then adjourned, no date being fixed for the hearing of certificates ; but it was intimated that if Mr. Bates should obtain a pardon from the Crown he can apply to the Court in the ordinary manner. THE ROBBERY AND ALLEGED ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN WALWORTIL—Lucy Constable, the young woman why has been in custody for sometime on a charge of maiming herself by wounding her throat and left hand, Was again placed at the bar of the Lambeth Police•court Yesterday before Mr. Elliott for further examination. She was'again remanded. EXPECTED ARRIVAL OF THE NEW AMERICAN MINIS. TER.—Liverpool, March 11. The newly-appointed American Minister to the British Court, Mr. Dallas, is expected to arrive in Liverpool by the United States mail steam- ihip Atlantic, due t o - mo rrow from New York. NI Hawthorn, the American Con sul at this port, this day secured a suite' Sf apartments for the use of the Am bassador, at the Adelphi Hotel. THE MoNsTER GUN.—The boring of this huge gun, which is being constructed at the Mersey Steel and Iron C ompany's forge. Liverpool, is all but completed, and the piece itself will be entirely finished in about a month. It will then be subjected to the hydraulic test, and after wards tried with a charge of powder and ball on the sea shore at Waterloo, about five miles from Liverpool. N ,. I\ TEW YoßK.—The commercial advices f rom New ork this week describe no material alteration, but, n otwithstanding an increase of ease in the money-mar- Bat; most descriptions of securities bad exper ienced a l ight decline. Erie Railway was quoted 58 1 ; Panam a ; 04 Reading, 924 ; and Illinois Central Bonds, 874. f?`"i-,r to the late severe weather, all departm e n ts of L lsiness were very backward. It bad now, however , "come fine, although the coast and river navigation was still obstructed by ice. The present steamer, hav ing sailed from Boston, has brought no specie, but it Was tho ug ht that at least 100,0001. would be sent by t he Atlantic, which may bo expected on Thursday, and that a lik e am ount would follow by the Asia. The failure had been announced of Messrs. W. and S. Rich• 4 rdmn, h em p d e alers and rope manufacturers, and heir liabilities were understood to be rather heavy. Col one l H orat i o Shi r l e y, C. 8., of th e 88th Regiment, Will, it is'said, succeed the late Colonel Clarke in the e°4l mand of the South Wales district. During the last few months of the siege of Sebastopol Colonel Shirley e_enitnat.ded the second brigade of the Light Division, and was the General in command at the successful attack on the Quarries on the 7th of June. /lOW TO AVOID SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.—At a meeting 12f the Scottish Curative Mesmeric Association, held on 7 Wednesday n i g h t i n Edi n b urg h —Professor Macdonald 0 , St. Andrews i n the chair—Mr. A. J. Ellis announced •'•! the a u di ence t h at if t h ey w i s h e d to avoid sleepless !lights, they should lie with their heads to the north, not aI 2 Y ACOOULIt to lie with their heads to the went 1 SiIARE MARKETS. (THIS ➢4Y.) RA ILW Closing Prices Bostnese done yesterday 1 1 this day. RAILWAYS. A 100 100 61. 411 ,knabg. No ttng. Bost %rid Eaqn. 13:dfast & nallyincua Binning. Wolverh Y. Stour Valley Birk , 3 .13ld. Lancst. Cheshire Jima (nosh. & Birk. LEO and .225 (1 - ins Do., ,C2O &Tynaorigina (ise,d. at .£4; -Bristol and E71.Ct0r... Caledonian. „Aim. and Ca , digar ,'lliestor & .11olyhoazi. Cork and Bandon.. fork, Back, & Pas airnwall Do. A Do. B [ riel Junction Drib'in &Belfastdunc. Dun. P. it Abor. Joe. East Al.:glian • gastorn Comities Rad. onion, A SU. B. St , :)vt ...„. Do., Now East Kent P]ast, Limeasliiro ...„ Minim rgl dr. (Rasp Edinb. and Peebles R;din.Prtil Dund, TForth & Clyde Jun Furness Do. Extension Olasgow West groat N. of Scotlnd.l 'fireat Nei:thank Do., A. Do., B. Stock__ (}t. Sth. Groat Westoru „. Do. Stour Yal Ray' Gua. Stk /rich South-E/tEkorn. Lancaster & Carlig)t De Tkirds 312 s 10 rm. Now Thirds,.,,,. Lancash,andYorksi Do., Wet. Riding Tin Liv.ersby.SE.Southpt London & Bla , :kwal 1 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. West., 'Do. Fifths 1100 3i 1100 20 20 10 10 1 103 100 tll all 'OO 214 15 100 100 31 le 100 8 LOO 130 100 Do.101.1.11i.,M&B , .0 Do. Eighths - London andS. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £46 LndnArryez Col erain Lnandrr-. & Ir.nnisk Mancli.Shef.& Linch Do., Man. & Liu. Un Metropolitan idland To. Birmng. & Dori); idld. G. West. (Ire., . o. Half Sharon . rgweastle Carlielc 'Nwpt.Aberg, ti.llrfd Newry &Hunt9killm Newry Warrenpoin , and Rostrevor.,..... too Norfolk Northn.Counties Fan North British__ Nth Devon Atti l . & Dock Stook. Do., A 5t0ck........ B stook Do., 3 B Guarantee. N. Eastorn—Borwie Do. do. Extension po.do.C.N.B.7turch 'Do. Leeds Do. York North London N 'Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City Jo.. North Staffordohire.. Worth Western W. & 5. West rn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, on& Leicoster.. Jx, Wore., h Woiv. Portp,raonth '!cottinh Ce itra.l .„ 6 5 20 10 all 3 nll all ISeottishAtidlancl 7~lTti UB}l. ll'o Ux i '.;outli Devon c3outh Eastern ',611 ti 1 WaICH Yricsai. Riv. 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Jinn 3i -2/ 11 26 14 &niers to Graisyssa. 1 1 p lf; 41 Bombay, Baroda, an Centrallndia,Scri: b T. IS all Do. Li all Demerara '%O 11 Dutch Rhenish ..... l 111 tt. all Eastern of France - 10 13 Do. New ll —l3 , 30 all east Indian, g. sp. 21 —22 t 5 Do. Trol,,enql(Yrt., 21 —21 i 103 all D 0. 4 1, p.c.80d5.,'57 :00 .0 Do. rlo. do.. '59, 20 16 Gee ong, Melbou7ae guar. 5 per e at. . a'l Do., Lon. allot., do. 2i 224 1 Gd. Tk of Canadal te —ll d 111 25 'Do. ICO 91 Do. Cert. of Doben con. into Stk. till '6: 7O 72 100 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do 81 81 20 14 Gt. C,tutralof Fran 51 20 all (It. Indian Peuinsto - 20,4 —2l 26 14 Great Luxemboer Constituted Share , 61 54 4 all Do. . 31 3 1 20 11 Do. re-is. foiftd. Sh. ••• 20'6 all Gt.WestornofCanada Shares _ 20: 5A Do. New 3 -- 311 , 100 'll Do. Ills. ' payable's7, with option till '55 99 ICO i.OO all Do. do., "12, p. 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Pref. 30 5 Sci , alj, guar. sp. c 1 1a 20 all Do • • • N: all Southern of France pat 20 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec f, A) . . .•• S r.O West Flanders 34 4 31 le all jDo 5A ner c. Pref, 18 iw. &N.W. of Pram, 34 35 20 all West. of Switaerlaad 6 all Wiesbaden • 20 all Zealand •JOINT-STOCK BANKS. IV 11 Auatralagia - 98 97 100 50 Bank of London - 61 40 all itri. Col. Bk.kLn. C ,.. - 50 al! liritish N. American 25 5 Chaatd. Bank of Asia ld .-- par 20 4 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chin 4 1d - par 100 50 City 62 -- 64 100 25 Colonial ... ••• 100 20 Commercial of Lond ... _ . 20 all Eng.Foot.tans.Cht l6 -- 17 20 all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia IG - 17 20 5 Ditto Now 4 - 3d 50 20 London and County ... - ... 3 3 i 100 50 ,Lnd.&B.Bnlq.Corp par - 2p 50 10 jJondon Joint Stock ... - 100 10 "Londox and Paris 1 -- i d 100 20 Bond. & Westminster ... - ... 44 100 35 National Pro.of Eng .... - ... 20 10 Do. Now ...... 4c)r a, •• • 50 22 1 2 . National of Irelaud ... - •• • 20 all New South Wales 37 - 39 25 all iental Bank of Corporation 4l - 43 100 25 PrGvincial of Ireland ... - ... 10 all Do. New ••• - ••• 5 1. R Aus B &Go Im Co ... - ... 100 50 Royal British ... - ... 50 25 all South Australia 3B - 40 25 all Union of Australia-. 71 - 73 714 2 .. 7i -:q 8i 50 1 2 0 t o co pi 1 71 8 9 w.««. f Want Al m ~... 4 , s - T H rt' N 4)N 1)0N., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH ]2, 1 ...V~~ / ^ . A ,`, t ^ 1i• WARWICK RACES.—(This Day.) DESTRUCTION OF COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. C osins, ycst , rd 4, ritatu,:ss this Jay. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) OFFICIAL INQUIRY. The following appeared in our late edition last Cl 4 - 9G 94 - LATEST BETTING.-1 STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 30 agst Forest Queen 4to 1 agst any other 7to 4 agst Forest Queen and Odikam coupled Oditiam is expected hortly. night : This afternoon, at three o'clock, Mr. Bcdfor3, the coroner for 'Westminster, and a jury, assembled at the Piazza Hotel, Covent-garden, to inquire into the cir cumstances attending the total destruction of Covent garden Theatre, by fire, on the morning of Wednesday last. 11. - 13 4f ... 4/ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Amongst those present we observed—Superintendent Braidwood, of the Fire Brigade ; Mr. White, of the County Fire Office ; Superintendent Durkin and Inipec tor Dodd ; C. J. Carttar, the Coroner for West Kent ; most of the officers of the establishment, Mr. Anderson, the Wizard, and nearly every one connected with the management of the Theatre. The preliminaries having been gono through, The C_Toner said he did not think it was necessary the jury should be troubled with viewing the premises. The present inquiry was rather unusual, it was not touching the death of any person ; but it was to ascer tain the cause of the late destruction, by fire, of Covent. garden Theatre. The churchwarden's of the parish were extremely anxious to have an inquiry in the late con. flagration, and from the opportunities that had been offered to him, he had determined to make a thorough and searching investigation. The public were entitled to have an inquiry openly and in a public room, espe cially as the most intense interest existed in the minds of every person in the land, from the highest down to the very lowest. The first witness called was 40- ••• • 1C.3 - 105 HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. The following bill , : were read a second time :—Aber deen, Peterhead, and Fraserburgh Railway, and Dee side and Alford Valley Railway. - 105 - 110 ABERDEEN AND SCOTTISH MIDLAND JUNCTION, &c., BILL. _ _ On the motion of Mr. TtiOMf'SON, the order for the second reading of the Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Junction and Dundee and Arbroath Railway Companies Bill was discharged, that the bill might be withdrawn. -- 91 - 92 p - T. 55 - 57 132 - 131 71 7i 3f 21c1 James Castles, fireman to Covent-garden Theatre. He was employed by Mr. Robertson, as agent to the proprietors. His duty was to attend to the general safety of the theatre. There were four firemen engaged in the duty, each having an equal share of duty over the whole of the prerhises. He was in the theatre a few minutes after one on Monday until after the fire took place. The time that he supposed the fire occurred was between 4 and 5 o'clock on Wednesday .morning, as near as he could tell. He never left the theatre during the whole time. Between 4 and 5, on the morning of the fire, he was passing up to the flies where the ma chinery war, and returned to the stage, where it was desirable that the fireman should be, in consequence of the number of smokers, and then entered into a cen versation with Mr. Bryanstone and Mr. Palmer, the foremen of the gas department, and asked him what " battens" or border lights he would have left alight, imagining that the people would go to work to remove the fitting. He had jest spoke one word when he clasped his hands, and said "Oh, my God, the theatre is on fire." At that time he saw a glimmering light through the floor of the carpenters' shop. At this time no fire had fallen. He then met Butler, another fireman, and told him the house was on fire, and they both rushed up t the carpenters' shop. When they got to the door a gust of black smoke struck them which issued from the shop. A plea of the theatre was here put in. Examination continued—The smoke) rushed out of the door, which was open ; it was so dense that Butler called to him to go on his hands and knees to endeavour to get at the fire cock in the shop, and he supposed that they got about midway, but he then got so giddy he was obliged to return, but not before seeing that the fire was on the left side of the shop. As soon as he got to.the door he fall, but got up and ran to the fire cocks at the end of the floor which was on fire. The fire mains were charged for that place, but he was unable to find it. He remained there until he heard some one call him. He went to the flies and cut two or three ropes from the windlasses, thinking they would stop the fire. He there saw Mr. Lawrence and other firemen on the stage at work at the fire-cocks. The engines were playing wLea he left the building. There was a rule for the firemen : it was to the effect that ono of the men was to go round the buiPing every hour. Three men were on duty at night, and one during the day. It was the duty of each to make the rounds as ordered. Ha had passed from the front of the theatre to the stage fre quently that day, and he had not smelt anything like fire or gas in the carpenters' shop. He had frequently smelt gas, but not more than might be expected from wear and tear. The fire broke out by the side of the carpenters' workshop. He did not think it could be burning elsewhere. The " flies" were connected with the carpenters' shop by a staircase. When he first went to the "flies" he was about twenty feet from the car peeters' shop. lie thought the theatre was set on fire. The smoke Ras not like wood smoke, and the time that the fire broke out, when they were all engaged getting the people out, favoured the supposition. It was merely his impression that the fire had been wilfully made. There were seine gas fittings in the carpenters' shop, but they had not been used since Christmas. The gas was turned cff from the pipes in question ire the car penters' shop. Any person could turn the cock with a key. If the gas escaped from these pipes it would have gone up the shaft of the chandelier, which was sus pended from the roof through the carpenters' shop. The chandelier could not be taken into the shop, as it was a fixture. The shaft was an open one, and like a large funnel. The draught, for the escape of gas, was very great. The chandelier was suspended by iron gi-ders, which rested horizontally on the timber supports, which were made fast to the floor of the shop, which was the roof of the theatre. The supports could be seen by any person in the carpenters' shop. The distance from the chandelier to the floor of the carpenters' shop was between 14 and 15 feet, and about 10 or 11 from tte gas when alight. He never knew the heat from the chandelier to warm the floor of the carpenters' shop. There were floes in the walls of the buildings, which formed the boundaries of the car penters' shop, and on the night in question there were several of the flues in use. There were about seventy clues in the house, and daring the whole of the time be had been on the establishment, and that extended over some years. he never knew more than two or three to take fire. The smoke he Lad mentioned in the former part of his evidence smelt like fumes of charcoal, not like burning wood. By Mr. Clerk—There was no charcoal used in tl e car penters' shop, and nail the fire bra ke out he never smelt anything burning. The reason he and his fellow servants were on the stage was to prevent accidents arising from the visitors smoking. The carpenters' shop he felt so certain was quite secure that he did not think it requisite to visit it every hour. It was the duty of the firemen to visit every part of the theatre every hour. During the performance their duty was to look after the safety of the theatre generally. There wire tell-tales which would inform the proprietors whether they did their duty or not, but it was not expected ti at they (tlle firemen) should pull them every hour until the perfor mances were over. By a Juror—He was in the lobbies of the boxes dur ing the night of the bal-masque. He was within 20 or 30 feet of the place where the fire broke out, but he smelt nothing. He was perfectly ember during the whole of the night. By Mr. Soloinon—There hat not been any one at work in the carpenters' shop to his knowledge during that day. _ _ 32 - 81 - 86 A plan was here shown to the witness, and he marked ,he place where he first saw the fire break out. By Mr. Lawrence—He tad never seen the iron of ,111 chandelier heated. Butler, another fireman of the theatre, eta' ed he went on duty on the night previous to the fire, at nine o'clock, and remained so till the fire WAS discovered. He was on the stage when the alarm was given. He saw nothing of the fire until he enteral the carpenters' shop with Castles. The smoke was so dense it was impossible to get at the fire cocks under the cistern. He had not been higher than the top flies on Tuesday night, and at twelve o'clock there was no fire that he could discover. At tLree o'clock on the morning of the fire he met Mr. Sloman's brother on the first fly and from him he learned the hour of the mornii g. After Mr. Sloman left him he (witness) proceeded up stairs and found everything in the top flies was perfectly safe, and nothing like fire was perceptible. On re turning down stairs lie entered the flies at the promp side, and crossed to the 0. P. side, and then he returned to the ball-room to prevent the gentlemen from smoking, and remained there until the alarm. Castles came to him, and said there was something " wrong up-stairs," and they immediately ran up-stairs to the carpenters' shop. There was a heap of wood in the shop floor on fire, as much as would half fill a cart. The fire had spread considerably, and the floor in one part had fallen through. The flooring of the shop was very thick and strong. Tnere was no. thin.. on fire below the carpenters' shop when the alarm was first given. He did not think the fire was occasioned by the gas, as if such had been the case the flooring would have been on fire underneath, instead of the top, as was the case when the fire was first disco vered. There was a consiiierable quantity of loose stuff lying about the carpenters' shop. Any person could enter the shop, as it was open. The gas was first fitted in the carpenters' shop to bring out the pantomime, but it had been shut off since, and no gas had been used in the shop since Christmas. On Tuesday morning he was up is the shop with a lantern, but it was enclosed with glass, and was termed a safety lamp. By the Foreman—lf there had been fire smoldering In the carpenters' shop he thought be must have smelt it. When he entered the shop he did not smell any• thing extraordinary about the smoke; it was just like the ordinary smoke. James Bryanstone, sen., fireman, stated he was in the theatre the whole of the night of the fire, and never left it for a moment. Shortly before 5 o'clock he saw fire fall from the roof of the theatre. He immediately ran to the carpenters' shop to turn the water on, but the smoke was so great that it was impossible to get to it. He got into the shop about a yard, but he could not proceed any further. He could see a heap of wood, as much as would fill half a cart. He was not in the ro,m when Castles gave his evidence. He could not form any idea how the fire occurred. By a Juror- The wood he saw on fire was about 16 feet from the door. The bits of wood were thrown where they were in clearing the carpenters' shop. Dar ing the performance the firemen go over the house to examine it. After the performance was over, it was their duty to go over the house every hour. He did not think the fire was occasioned by the heat from the chandelier ; far when M. Jullien had the theatre there were 12 additional ones hung around the large one, and no accident occurred. The burners of the chande lier had not been enlarged. The heap of burning wood was about 30 feet from the opening of the chandelier. John Drake Palmer, gas-fitter—He was employed by the proprietors as general manager of thegas-fittings of the theatre. The last time he did anything to the fittings was to erect those that had keatt spoken about in the carpenters' shop. He fitted some piping from the painting raom to the six benches in that shop. A valve at the back of the stage must be turned on before gas can be supplied to the painting room or carpenters' shop, and when it is iequired assistants or some of his men turn it on. The large cocks are never turned on by any but the gasmen. He had not had the chan delier down since the m'ddle of the last season, and then it was only to dust it. Tf•ere are about 800 burners in it, but they were not all fishtail burners, and they were all in thorough repair. The witness here explained the mode in which the chandelier was fixed. The gas fur the chandelier was regulated by a dial-plate in the prompt box. If the gas was turned full on some of the burners would not go higher than an inch and a half. The heat from it would warm the ceiling, but it would be impossible for the ceil ing to take fire from it. The chandelier was first lit at about a quarter to 12 on Monday morning, and was never turned off till the fire took place. It had been turned down, but not put out. The burners were lit with a long bamboo rod, with three feet of wile at the end. The men satu rated the cotton ball at the end of the wire with spirts of wine. They place the ball in the spirit bottle which they carry with them. The ball was always brought back after it had been used at the chandelier. At a quarter to five he was speaking to Mr. Anderson with his back to the greee-room, and as he was giving orders which battens were to be left burning he saw the fire through the cracks of the shop. Mr. Anderson exclaimed, " Hush," and then he looked up and said " Good God, the 'house is on fire, get out for your lives." He (witness) then ran to the gas regulators and very gently turned the whole of the gas off. It was totally impossible for the lights or gas from the chandelier to have caused ',he fire. The draught was too great to allow any gas to remain. He could not form any opinion as to the origin of the fire. By a Juror—He had known the chandelier to have been alight for a whole fortnight during the decoration of the house. Mr. Henry Sloman, the machinist and carpenter of the establishment, was last on the premises about half past 11 on Tuesday night. He had not been in the carpenters' shop since Friday last, when ho went to see if it had been properly cleared up. Tile centre of the floor was quite clear. There was a large quantity of wood and properties at the sides, but not heaped about the shop. It did not occur to him that anything but the escape of gas caused the fire. The escape of gas was very great, so great indeed that he had frequently called the attention of the authorities, the gasmen and firemen, to the circumstance, and he had frequently said that if the escape of gas was not seen to the theatre would be burnt down. Since the gas had been supplied by the London Gas Company the pressure had been three times as much as it used to be. He was certain there was not sufficient wood to fill half a cart lying about the carpenters' shop. By a Juror--He thought the gas must have exploded, and therefore caused the fire. There had not been a light in the carpenters' shop since Christmas. At this point the inquiry was adjourned until Satur day next at three o'clock. M 9.RKET NEWS.—(This Day.) RaiLwAxi, Redford /IPA :31st Aley Buckghamsh. Clydandal sf Col. Stour Vy. Snd. and Hal. E. Lin. 2.6 pc E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Noilm. Direct Do. New, Glstr.4 Dn..ler Dk. / 1 2 Rail way Hull & Selby Do. Sharer. Do. Sharer. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preferen ae Til., b.; S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. per et. Bxtn. and Ilatloek Nliddlok,bro' q. Redcar. bliclicLßradf 1 Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Fist.s p.O. Do. 6 per et. ' Do. Fiac(ls Prezt. y: De,. Shrs. .A Roystn.& Hit. Sh ef.Roth G0010g.5 p.e. Shrows. Miler S. Stafiordsh. Wear Valloygr 6 per cent... Do. Wiltg&rornrnt Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c De. Debentures . BlythandTyn , lepe , C. prof. (issd.,tsN Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. Si Do. 4 p. c. Shares £10...... C i 3tr. & Ho. Get. 5i pc Do. do. 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Hartl. g. p. e. till July 1,'51 Watertd. & Xilk. 6 p o PREFERENCE BHAUF,si 112 116 112 -- 116 82 86 92 --- 1/4 96 98 lbi -16 i 51 - 6h 93 - 100 70 - 80 - g 12 - 123, .. -~ .., 6i - 70 116 - 117 1107 - ]O9 101 -- 103 it - 10 6 - 61 - 94 82 - St 84 - 86 N • 10IP 91 -19 i 164 - 17 10 - 10§ 70 - 72 19 - 20 - 10 14t - 14 i - 33 - 135 es a• •N ••• ".... MI •.• '"" ... I - i It 2 - 134 94 - 96 ' 1 - 4 - }..- - ." 99 - 101 90 - :;2 5 - ia i = is ii l : iii 22i - 2Si S 6 - 98 Ai - 9i 1 - 3p • •• •• 2i Sid Cocui.an !London P. N. rt. &N. W. L. Un. E.O Pt. tirt t, E. Count. Caldouima. c.a. \Tett/ strk. New. Berm. V. ItN 7.17 Do L IDO S. Motor' 'eto & Co rorfolk, L. At N. IV .9tektor. ' Nfidland En. Conn, Count. Do [(lt North Lancash Yorkah. T. Brassoy M. 7 .!.(C1eal Stockt. Darlingt Do ItWoo tn THE ROYAL NAVY. Sir F. BARING presented a petition from the guar- dians of the poor of Portsea, complaining that workhouse boys were refused admission to the Royal navy whilst they were admitted into the army. The hon. baronet stated that after the recess he should call the attention of the house to the suljeet. THE POLICE BILL. In answer to a question from Sir Zi-t7-EBAniNG, Sir G. GREY said he would give the house and the country every opportunity of considering this measure as amended, and therefore it was that he proposed the committal of the bill, pro forma, on Friday. COAMISSIONERS OF SUPPLY (SCOTLA.ND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. REFORMATORY SCHOOLS (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. MAGUIRE, on the part of the Irish Roman Catholics in Scotland, numbering about 250,000, who, be said, were not represented in th►►t house by Scotch or English members, objected to this bill on the ground that no provision was made in it for providing religious instruction for Roman Catholic children by the priests of that Church. The hon. gentleman complained of the manner in which vagrant Roman Catholic children were treated in houses of refuge in Scotland, with a view to compel them to adopt the Presbyterian religion, and which he said would be carried out to a much larger extent in reformatory schools if established in that country. He condemned the abominable proselytising system carried on there, and which was a curse to any land. The Government gave free tolerance to idolatry and paganism in India, and why should not the same freedom of religion be practised .in reformatory schools? He wanted the Government to alopt the principle, that in all the reformatory schools throughout the king dom certain hours should he set apart for the religious instruction of Roman Catholic children by their own priests. Roman Catholics had a right to the same pri vileges that were granted to the more favoured denomi nations of the kingdom. The priests of that church were as anxious for the maintenance of goof order and peace in the country as the ministers of any religious persuasion, and in order to inculcate those principles on the children belonging to that church it was necessary they should have free access to them. In committee he should be prepared with an amendment to carry out his views. Mr. BOWYER concurred in the reasonable demands of the hon. member for Dungarvon, and expressel him self opposed to a mixed system of education. Religious instruction could only be effectually carried out by the children of different religious persuasions being in structed in separate classes, and that applied especially to Roman Catholics. Mr. DRUMMOND regretted the speech of the hon. member for Dungarvon had not been delivered in the Papal States, Prussia, or France, rather than in that house. It was all very well for the hon. gentleman to condemn proselytism, but he (Mr. Drummond) believed there wa - . , not a place in which a Roman Catholic priest could poke his nose that he did not do so for the love of making mischief. He did not consider there was so much harm in Roman Catholic children being taught by Presbyterian roiniAtirs to hate the religion of their fathers as the hon. member appeared to think. It was a notorious fact that the members of the Roman Ca tholic Church were the most ignorant of any, and he con de►n►:ed the mode of teaching adopted by them as objec tionable. He bad no faith in reformatory schools. Sir G. GREY, after alluding to the powers of the Lill, said there was a provision in the bill to remove a c: ild confined in an institution to another where be might receive religious instruction according to the de nomination to which he belonged, and which he thought answered the purpose the hon. member had in view, and he hoped therefore he would not move the amendments referred to by him in committee. (LEFT SITTING.) APPOINTMENTS TO ROYAL ARTILLEhY AND ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY. The following are the eucar•stut candidates (1) for ap pointments to provisional commissions in the Royal Artillery, and (2) for admission to the Practical Cate of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, at the exarni rati,)n held at Burlington House en 21st January and following days : 1. PROVI3IONAL C0317.115510N3. 1. Robert E. Kane, Trinity College, Dublin. 2. Arch. St. Bell, Christ's College, Calibridge. 3. Francis S. Stoney, Trinity College, Dubin. 4. John W. Brassington, Civil Eogiaeer. 5. George S. F. Budd, Caine College, Cambridge. 6. John Haughton, Trinity College, Dublin. 7. Henry R. leverg, Magdalene College, Cambridge. 8. Robert Lloyd, Trinity College, Dublin. 9. James Colquhnun, Edinburgh University. 10. Thomas Clarke, Trinity Colle,e, Dublin. 11. William Branclier, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. 12. Donald R. Cameron, University College, London. 13. William 11. Noble, Trinity College, Dublin. 14. George O'Connor, Trinity College, Dublin. 15. Richard N, Young, University College, Oxford. 16. Francis H. Dodson, Christ Church, Oxford. 17. Joseph 11. Edgar, Wadhain College, Oxford. 2. PRACTICAL CLASS. 1. Henry D. Crozier, Trinity College, Dublin. 2. George L. Engstrom, privately. 3. Michael Sexton, Queen's College, Cork. 4. Alan May, Bristol Grammar School. 5. Conway R. Reeves, Trinity College, Dublin. 6. George R. Home, privately. 7. Henry S. Palmer, privately. 8. William Scott, College St. Barbe, Paris. 9. Robert Barton, Trinity College, Dublin. 10. John M. Mantvell, Trinity College, Dublin, 11. Hugh Ellaby, King Edward's School, Bath. 12. Valentine G. Clayton, Marlborough College. 13. Henry C. S,ddon, Tunbridge School, 14. Robert 0. Jones, Cowbriclge Grammar. FRANCE AND SPAIN. An article has very recently appeared in the Madrid paper the Espana which no doubt is intended to produce consi derable effect at home and abroad. With the cunning habi tual to the patrons of that j ,, urnal, it insinuates, rather than asserts, that some formidable designs are entertained by France with reference to Spain, as soon as peace shall be con cluded, and that symptoms of such an intention have been already manifested here, It relates, or invents a story that verbal communications had been addressed by Count Walew ski to M. Olozaga, the Spanish Ambassador, that Count Buol, the Austrian Plenipotentiary, was present, and that the Marquis do Turgot, French Minister at Madrid, repeated to General Zabala, Spanish Minister of Fofeign Affairs, the terms of that communication. The communication was, it appears, to the effect that the state of Spain had long occupied the Emperor's thoughts ; that it was not • o much overt acts of disorder and insurrection as the active Propagandism of anarchical principles that occasioned apprehension, and that it was doubtful whether the Spanish Government, however well intentioned, were strong enough to make head against the events that might occur. To this, or similar language, M. Olozaga is described by the Espana as making the best defence he could, and declaring that his Government was no more wanting in power than in goodwill to put down anarchy. The Espana adds that M. Olozaga communicated by extraordinary estafette this intel ligence, which, no doubt, grievously alarmed him; that the French Ambassador in Madrid communicated, on the part of Count Walewski, the same to General Zabala, who asked for a copy of the despatch, but which M. de Turgot refused ; and that the whole subject—namely, the verbal remonstrances of Count Walewski and the repetition of them subsequently by M. do Turgot to General Zabala, was discussed by the Council of Ministers, who decided on making a reply to the French Government, with the view of showing how erroneous were their notions respecting Spain and Spanish a ff a i rs. Without taking upon myself the part of defender of the French Government, and without on this occasion speaking on French authority, I am enabled to assure you that the facts mentioned by the Espana, with the evident object of exciting alarm in Spain and increasing the difficulties of the Government, are devoid of truth,--times Paris Correspon dent. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The respected treasurer of this theatre, Mr. Wilde, has announced his benefit for to-morrow evening. The entertainments consist of the Evil Genius, A Lover by Proxy, and Grimshaw, Bag shaw, and Bradshaw—a series of attractive pieces, in which the entire force of the hoUse will appear. LYCEUM THEATRE.—An entertainment of a very mul tifarious kind was given at this theltre last night, for the benefit of Mr. Ilingston, the treasurer of Mr. Ancirr son during the connection of that gentleman with the late Covent-garden Theatre. The bill was comprised of divers odds and ends—tragedy, farce, ballet, Grecian statues, concert singing, and speech making, being interweaved in one long list. The attendance at the outset of the evening was considerable, and, during the time we were in tl e house, the performances appeared to give unlimited sati,faction. One of Mr. Hirgston's titles to fame is the invention of " the Green bonnet," which Mr. Charles Mathews turns to so much comic account in the " Great Gun Trick." Those who are interested in the literature of the dead walls of the me tropolis may be pleased to learn that to Mr. Hingston are they indebted for the ingenious puffs, preliminary, collateral, and allusive, which they have from time to time read apropos to Mr. Anderson and his doings as a wizard and a manager. The limited amount of bar silver brought by the last West India steamer has been sold at 60 sJ. per (mace, showing no alteration. The dollars by ;he same vessel have been taken for shipment to China at 6011, which is an adyanco of Id. CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was on sale in to•day's market. The demand for all kinds was not to say brisk, yet Monday's advance in the quotations was well supported. Foreign wheat, the supply of which was but moderate, moved off freely at very full prices. Floating cargoes realised fully late currencies. The barley trade was firm, and the finest malting parcels were held for more money. Malt ruled dull, at late rates. The oat trade was in active, but beaus and peas were very firm. We had a good demand for flour, and fine country marks were the turn clearer. ARRIVALS THIS WEBS. Wheat. 1 Barley. Malt. Oats. 1 Flom. 660 490 290 420 _ brls 2,410 1 ___ a, English .. Irish •• • • Foreign } 1 2,310 1 110110 Or, Ft HOP. Tim demand for all kinds of hops is very inactive, at last week's currency. WII ITECIIAPEL Boa, from 3s 01 to 43 21; mutton, 3i to 4s 4d ; veal, 4s (Id to 5s Od; pork, 3s 4d to 4s Sd per Sibs. Trado steady. COLONIAL. TEA.--The market has been quiet. Common sound colwou is in demand at to 9,1, with very few sellers; but other sorts are :sparingly dealt in, at barely previous rates. SUGAR.—The market having been abundantly supplied Loth with colonial and foreign, importers have been anxious to realise. The trade for home consumption has been de pressed, end the demand is of quite a limited character. For West India descriptions pr . ices have receded Gd per cwt on last week's rates. Foreign has also declined Gd to Is per cwt: there are Jorge sales advertised for the present week. In the maned market there is less demand for home consumption ' • but prices kayo been firmly bup ported, and crushed still in demand for exportation. COFFEE.-1 fair demand has existed for clean Native Ceylon at 51s to 52s per cwt., unclean 49s G I to 50s Gd, but there are but few parcels offering. Plantation has also realised full rates. Jamaica and Mocha aro both scarce and much wanted. COCOA. —Much dullness has been exhibited in this arti cle, and prices have given way. Trinidad red brought 45s to 5 , s, grey 41s 6,1 to 45s p.n. cwt. RICE. —The market has been very inactive, the snpp y far exceeding the demand. The deliveries still continue heavy. TALLOW. —The market is quiet, and only a few public sales are announced. Fine P.Y.C. on the spot is 578 to 578 Gd ; April, 528 9.1 to 534 ; last three months, Ns 3d to 51s 6 , 1. Australian beef, good quality, 48s 6 , 1 to 493 ; mutton, 52s Gd to 53s ; South American, ais to 553 ; and home-melted 51s ed per cat. LLOYD'S Siii2PlNG.—(This Day.) LONDON, March 12.—Wind this day at noon, E. ; strong breeze and fine. PORT3MOUTH, March 11.—Wind E.—Off the port— London, from New Yo , k. FALMOUTH, March I.l.•—Wind E.. strone.—Arrived— Tham-s, from Dcmerara. Sailed —Arnasis, for New York. LOWESTOFT, March 11. —Wind E. by N.—Arriyeil— Pera Lancelot, from Dunkirk, for Sunderland, with fore mast sprung, and other damage, having been run into whilst at anchor by the Quebec Packet, of Shields. TEIGNMODTH, March 11.—The Sarah, of London, from Leith to Corfu, drove from her anchors, and scent on shore near Cue entrance of the harbour, where she beat heavily on the rocks ; her masts have gone over her side ; crew saved. 11.~urMouTa, Much E.—Arrived.—Tam bier, from Trinidad he Cuba. PENZANCE%—Heroes of Alma, from Whampoa ; Helen Douglas, Calcutia. CARDIFF, March E.S.E.—Sailed—C race Lengstag, for Para; New York. • SWAN:3EI, Merck 11.—Wind S.F —SaiLd—Floreuce Nightingale, for Coquimbo. SCILLY, March 10.—W ind E., fresh.—Arrived—Mar ehioness of Brcadalbanc, from Berhice ; Almade, New Orleans, for Havre. Off the port—Four Brothers, from Batavi•l, for Rotterdam ; at. Louis, Calcutta ; Scaudia, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburg. CORE, March 10. —Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—Juliana, for Barbailoe3. ABERDFEN, March 10. —Wind W. to N.—Arrived — Martin Luther, from Call•to. (PEE EI,ECTRIO TFLIVIRAYTI.) LIVERPOOL, Weduesday Morning% Wind S.E. Arrived—Thessalia, (s.), from Constantinople. Sailed--Sultan, fur New Orleans. DUBLIN, March 11. Wind W S.tiled—Jeuny Lind, for Darl,3, loos. QUEENSTOWN, March 10. Wind E. Arrived—Albina, from &wine ; atssiope, Mauritius. Sailod—Witidsor Castle, for Suez. ( 3Y SUBMARINE , AN"J liamsrr TEIEGRAPTI.) IGRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.12 a.m. Wind E , and strong ; ti.ie four hours' ebb ; fine. Arrived, March I.2—Altna, from Stromstad. Sailed -Crichton, for Constantinople; Eliza Hart, Laun ceston ; Sear Prose, Stettin ; Flora, Amsterdam. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.37 a.m. Wind E.N.E., fresh. Passed—Busy Bee, schooner, from St. Michael's, for London ; Susannah, from Hamburg, for Valparaiso ; Nep tnnus, from Havre, for Skier ; Noras Jernen, from New castle, for Lisbon; Newton, from Sunderland, for Valps raiso. The Screamer, for London, sailed in tow. Anchored—Robert, barque, from Ragusa, for London. A lad named James Mosely, belonging to the schooner Compass, of Ipswich, landed hero last evening from the ship Bacchante, of Liverpool (from Sunderland for Cal cutta), having got ou board of her while collitlion about 18 miles N.E. of the Humber. The f ate of the schooner unknown. THR WRECK or THE, JOSEPHINII WILLIS. T DOVER, March 10.—The divers' vessels engaged in raisins sal vage from the sunken wreck of the ship Josephine Willis, which were compelled to put in here last week for shelter, in consequence of the boisterous easterly gal es , have again put out, to renew the operations of the divers. Upwards of 170 sovereigns, belonging to one of the cabin passengers, were got out of the cabin in the early part of the week ; also a sextant and many valuable articles. A proposition has been made to the owners of the Josephine Wills to raise her by means of chains, LYONS.—We scarcely know to what source t o a'tri bute the extraordinary exertions made by the snanufa:! - turers of this place, as well as of Paris, to produce so great . an extent of novelty as i s o b serva bl e i n ever y d e • scription of materials intended for the spring fashions. A praiseworthy emulation between the two cities—the expectation of a brilliant season in London, by reason of the entre of the Princess Royal—a certain event in Paris, and the prospects of a permanent and prosperous peace and its in augura ti on , h ave each and all been as signed as the reasons. But one thing is certain, an eccentricity, if not an extravagance, of style will mark the costume of 1856. Amongst the dresses is one to be termed a rayure tromps iced, and is to appear simul taneously in London and Paris, while others are equally marvels of exresgerated magnificence. The agents for the London houses of the Messrs. Jay have been very ., large purchasers, having secured the cri,hte do i s ci.cmc of the best ateliers. The mode pursued by this firm, o f making early and enormous investments upon the sirt, and of purchasing the inar,ufactured black and grey asks i by weiyht for their mourning departments, s a grod deal commented upon here as giving them the first po sition in our Lyons and Paris markets , and that dis tinction in London, which have contributed so much to their fame and success. 25 I St.! St. St. lOU all 100 1100 Lno 100 100 100 1.42, ,100 4.00 1100 1.00 1100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all =5ll 11 all 100 'lO3 100 all all all MINES. 1 , ell /k i p. Vria - 1 all knglo Ant , trin. Glolsl - 10s - all Ail glo Californian ... k - 20 6h kllstralisai all >,nstralier Cordillera - 1 all tve Maria 1 1 all &Oen (Cy4.l achy of A - 50 all Blsonar. Iron & Coa! 20 14 British Iron 3 - 5 35 26 Braziliaulmp.(insue at 25 pm.) - 2 30 all Do, Cocaee Cula' , 2 - 20 15 Do. St. John Delfts> 23 - 25 1 Clarendon Cons. Mill Co. of Jamica p ip 4) t, 7,obrc Copper 66 - 69 I 5 1 ,2olonial Gold - St. all '`.pper Min. of Ilea - 33 25 all . ;,)o. PIM. 7. p. san - 27 ... IC ,epiapo - 22 .'ortuaa - id 20 aii on: Eal l4 -16 1 , Gt.ling.getVeinlt.t. - 411 all 1 3reat l'elgooth .... 11 -2i 5 all t Wheal Ver ruited 1 • Yd 1. I all liberty 3 S all Linares 6l - 74 71 • 5 11 Lnoitanisn — 1 all 1 I all Now Granada 4 ; 1. all 'Nouveau :Monde._ all l 0 all Poutgi.Sil.&l4.Min. 12 - 14 5 1 Port Philip A 1 all Quartz Rock I - 50 all Rliymney Iron l9 - 21 15; all Do. New 6 - 8 x d 30 13 Sntiavo de Cuba__ 21 -3) ... Gs. sort. Cons. Min. Co. 3 - 34 1 all Month Aas tralian - a 1 all Do. Scrip... - 1 I Do. 10 per cent Prof ... - 41 Tam. S. & L.lMin. Co. 24 - 3 10 9 fin Croft 4 - 41 284 all rTnited Mexican 34 - 4 1 all •Valler A - 1 all 'vest Mariposa i 1 12s Vorthing Mining of Australia - 1 all t - nb... UIm:ELL:I-N SU Uh. ;'f, 19 , I.ustrallan Agee-ALI 2a - 26 Anshaln. Royal Mail' - . lk• all Berlin Water Works 6, 3 / 4 - 79 0 i.lrit. American Land 47 - 50 •N 12, ilauada 1143 - 148 145 '; 6 cl.Go.6p.e..Jank;ulylloB --- 109 1081 St. 100 Do. 6p. s. Fob k Aug 103 - 110 St. 100 De. 6p. e. Mar k Sept 109 - 111 5 all lrystai Palace 2a - 24 5 all Do. Preference.. 4 All Crystal Pal.of France 1 A Ruston Trou Ore „, 20 13 Eastern Steam , •• 5 all Eu.&Aus Cep Sra Co • 1 14 25 all Electric Telegraph... 191 - 20: 1 all Electric Toleg. of Ir. 5 all Gen. Iroa Se Collier 15 14 Gon. Steam Navigat. 18 all General Screw Steam x d 20 10 Irish Beetroot Swar - 7 ... all Lend. Gen. Oraibus 31 r 4 31 2u 10 Magdalena St. Navi, , 10 all Uediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 - 10 10 9 Xexican&S.Americu. 5i - 6 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 1 - 1 10 all Do. Do. - 5 2 Do. 8 p P iss at 1 d 4 - Fl 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 18 - 22 1 all N. P. Australasian.- 20 15 Nrth. of EuropoSteam - •• • 1 all Oriental Gas l4 - 14 1 2s. Do. " Now Shares" - Pm t; all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 24 - 24 50 all Peninsular& Oriental - 50 10 Do. New 2 all Portland Iron Co ..• 100 60 /loyal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 14 - 14 11 1 Ditto New - 1p 25 afl South Austral.:Land 35 - 116 354 Submar. Tel. Scrip 4 10 all Dn. Registered - 1 1 5 Trust& L. Co.U.Cau r. 100 284 Van Dlanien's Line) 144 - 154 ••• Ito Y.4ao l 6PlCAll&July I 103 i Pin PM 94 3 100 j HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THh WEEK. ( Front the Report of the Registrar•Gencral.) The total number of deaths registered in London, which had been 1,029 in the previous week, rose to 1,082 in the week that ended last Saturday. The rate of mortality now prevailing is considerably less than has been generally experienced in the begin ning of March, for the rate (taking the average) which prevailed at this period in the last ten years would have produced in the present increased population 1,252 deaths. The difference is 170 in favour of last week. The present return includes the deaths of 570 males and 512 Linales. To the zymotic or epi demic class of diseases 205 deaths are referred, being a greater number than is found in any of the other classes into which the causes of death are divided. The tubercular class, including phthisi , , has 192 deaths assigned to it ; the class of pul monary diseases, principally bronchitis, pneutronia, and asthma, 191 ; diseases of the nervous sys!em, 125 ; diseases of the digestive organs, 56 ; of the heart and other organs of circulation, 52. Of par ticular diseases phthisis was the most fatal, and numbered 129 deaths. Hooping-cough, whidli was fatal in 53 cases, appears to be the most prevalent of the epidemics ; scarlatina caused 24 deaths, typhus 52. Of 10 deaths returned by the Registrar of St. IVlary, Paddington, four were from scarla tina, two from measles, and one from hooping cough, leaving only three not caused by diseases of the epidemic character. Four deaths are retuned from the sub-district of Christchurch, Marylebone, all by epidemics—viz., 2 by measles, 1 by scarla tina, Iby fever. There were 2 deaths from influ enza, and catarrhal affections have been common lately, though not often attendod with the fatal results which alone place them in the registers. 15 deaths occurred from small-pox ;3 of these in the Smallpox Hospital. 7 infants died in conse quence of malformation of soma part of the body. 15 women died of fever or other disease incidental to child-bearing. 'A man, aged 65 years, died ou the Bth of February in the workhouse Mile-end New-town from want. A death from cholera is reported ; it occurred after an illness of a very short duration. The par ticulars are as follow :—At 11, Half-moon-stre e t, Bishopsgate, on the ith of M arc h, a j ourneyman blacksmith, aged 48 years, " cholera (10 hours)." The house (adds the registrar) is drained and ven tilated, and there is no apparent circumstance to account for the disease. Two women died in the week at the age of 91 years. - Last week the births of 994 boys and 931 girls, —in all 1,925 children,—were registered in Lon don. In the ten corresponding weeks of the 3 ears 1846 55, the average number was 1,589. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the read ings of the barometer were high ; the Mean of every day was above 30 inches, and the mean of the week was 30.265 inches. The highest reading occurred at the beginning of th e we ek, a n d was 3049 inches. The mean temperature of the week was 38.3 deg., which is 1.6 below the average of the same week in 38 years (as determined by Mr. Glashier). The mean temperature was below the average on every day after Monday ' • and on Saturday the e x t en t o f depression was 4.6 deg. The highest temperature occurred on Sunday and Saturday, and was 46 deg. ; the lowest occurred also on Saturday, and was 26 deg., or 6 deg. below freezing point. On the same day the lowest reading of a thermometer on the grass was 17 deg. The mean dew-point temperature was 34.3 deg. ; and the difference be twet-ii this and the mean temperature of the air was 4 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 43.5 deg., and higher by 5 - deg. than the mean temperature of the air. The wind blew generally from the north-east. A little rain fell on two days, but too small in amount to be measured by the gauge. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATIIS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 8 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 52 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respira ti on lOl Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, itc. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Nlalformations 7 Premature Birth and Debility 3l Atrophy 33 Old Age Sudden lB Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 43 Causes not specified • 2 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corro- Deatl s Enumerated. spending week in thd Its. 1. of 13 , 5. W, , e g • West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts. 485,522 South Districts Totals Males 570 Females. 512 BIRTHS IN TILE WEEK. Males Females.. 934 931 Total . 1,925 Despatch from General Sir W. Codrington. ( Front the London Gazette of last evening.) WAR DEPARTMENT, MARCH 10. Lard Panmure has this day received a despatch and its enclosure, of which the following ars copier; ed(lressed to his lordship by General Sir Willarn Codrington, K..C.8. Sebastopol, Feb, 20. My Lord,—l hare the honour to inform your lordship that :t large portion of the infantry of the English army ,arvled n the 24th instant, on the ridge of the plateau • • ' overlooking the plain of Balaklava, whero the ground had become sufficiently dry fir the purpose. The troops were formed, by division, in a line of con tiviout columns of battalions at quarter distar‘ce, ex tending for nearly a mile, and marched past at half distance. They were subsequently formed on a slope to the rear of the original line, in ITIPOFOR of columns by divisions, and »gain marched past in quarter distance. The day wai fine, but cola, and the general appear ance, cleanlinesF, and steadiness of the troops afforded all the utmost satisfaction, f,r the men looked in the finest health and vigour. Marshal Peli-eier, General Durand,, and a large num ber of officers of the French and Sardinian armies were observers of the fine bearing and efficiency of the tro , ps. I enclose the weekly report of Sir John Hall, Inspec tor-General of Hospitals, in which your lordship wilt see recorded the excellent state of health of the army gene rally.—l have, &c., W. J. CODRINGTON, General Commanding. Ti a tocd Pan mure, &c. Enclosure. Ifeael-QumiN.E, Camp, Crimea, Feb. 25, 1356. Sir,—l have the honour to enclose the weekly st Ike of sick to the 3d instant, and it affords me grea t. satisfaction to be a ble to replrtthe armynotenlyhaas enjoyed for continuance of the excellent h ealth some time past, be, death from disease has oc curred during the w3i lieve one or two deaths from accidents took pla. e m hospital ; but fer an army of this strength, r n rer; ice in the field, to have lost no man by di.ease in a whole week is a remarkable circumstance ; and when it is taken into consideration that only 14 men have died in three weeks, little need be said about the character of the diseases that have been prevalent in camp ; and as the ratio of rick to well is only 41 per cent., the sanitary condition of the array anay fairly, I think, be pronounced satisfactory. Some of the divisions of the army have enjoyed un usually good health of late ; for instance, the Highland Division at Damara has had only one death for five weeks, out of a strength of 4,360 men. In the Third Division in ramp no man has died for 28 days, out of a strength of f,450 ; and in the ght Division no death has occurred for a fortnight, out of a strength of 6,460. This favourable state of things does not, a Insorry is to say, apply to the Land Transp ort, in which there still a considerable amount of sickness amongst the young lads who have been sent out of late. I have, &0., J. HALL, Inspector-General of Hospitals. General Sir W. J. Codrington, 1C.C.8., Commander of the Forces. ?urea o GOLD. —The quotation of gold at Paris is about 6 per mills premium (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Alint price of 3/. 175. 100. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.32 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.40, it follows that gold is about 0.31 per cent, dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4261 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3l 17s. 10Ad. per cz. :or standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.5 a ; and, the exchange at Ham; burg on London at short tieing 13.8, it follows that gold is 1.10 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23 40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.33 per cent. against England ; but, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves no profit on the trans mission of gold either way between the two countries,