The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-13 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with a heavy feeling, without change in prices. The sales were 7,000. bales, 1,000 for export and on speculation, comprising 400 Pernam and Maran ham, bid. to 6id. ; 500 Egyptian, 61d. to 81. ; 6 00 Surat, 4ad. to sd. ; and 50 Sea Islands, is. to 1 - 3 . Bd. per lb. The Railway Share Market opened with a quiet aspect, and subsequently improved. Letters from Paris state that it is current in the financial world there, that the Council of the Bank of France will probably lower their rate of discount at next meeting. This would benefit . the trading etunmunity, who at present are restricted in their opeta,tions for want of monetary accommodation en reasonable terms. On the Bourse there has been a considePable advance in the quotations of public securities this week, which has more than covered the fall of last week. Capitalists aro beginning to invest in the French Funds, expecting a favourable result from the Conferences. The Money Market ill a little easier in consequence of supplies from England. Accounts by telegraph from the Vienna Bourse Mention that the fluctuations in the Stock and Money Markets had made an upward movement. Thelexchange on London was down to 10-6, on Paris 1201, and money was quoted at 4 prem. Shares of the Austrian Credit Mobilier, which had fallen to 330, had advanced to 345, and the 4i per Cents. bad improved to 74. On the other hand, the 5 Per Cont. Metallics were loss than previous quo tations, and Austrian Railways 2 florins. PrPm Lisbon intelligence to the 29th ult. has , c °rae,to hand, which mentions that Senor Fontes nad presented his report upon the transactions con nected with the London Portuguese Bondholders to . the Chamber of Depaties, with a view to render t he contract binding ; but the discussion on the question was postponed until after the vote upon the bill regulating the export and import of grain, which at present requires the urgent attention of the Government. _ _ . The half-yearly meeting of the Bank of England Ivas held to-day, when a statement was read show itlg the net profit for the half-year ending 29th February last to be 705,325. Bs, '7d., making the ananunt of rest 3,728,3791. 16s. After providing for a dividend of 5 per cent. for the half-year, the l ' e at would be 3,000,7291. 16s. The dividend was agreed to unanimously. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this date, are in round figures as under : Great 'Western l ' i orth-Western S outh -Western Midland S outh-Eattern C aledonian. Great Northern L ancashire and Yorkshire ilristol and Exeter 1 4 anchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 4 . l orth Stafford Eqpt 'Lancakhire 44 ,,, 9 tid0n General Omnibus Company ` Y aterford and Limerick A berdeen and Scottish Midland -„, 4,,linburgh and Glasgow . Great Western of Canada 1856. £23,439 54,021 12,828 11,092 28,434 14,950 10,519 21,753 20,578 5,739 8,245 6,642 5,977 5,741 1,139 3,177 5,104 8,715 18b5. 50 £21,762 10 0,641 11,335 it 9,667 5 0 26,848 A. 13,153 9,858 St. 19.502 18,376 5,282 it . 7,902 25 4, 330 2,5 5,614 50 - St. 888 2,608 4,399 6,068 The market for Public Securities is exceedingly firth} and the transactions have been limited. Prices still tend upwards, and the reported admission of Prussia to the Conferences has had a geed effect. eons o l s are a bout per cent. higher than at the el ° Bo ,•yesOrday, being 92 k to 92f for money, and ; 2 k for account. The New Scrip h as risen to tiremium.. Exchequer Bills are par to 2s. pre ; and the Scrip is 2s. premium. India Bonds ar e 88 . discount. The New Three p er Cents. b are been specially transferred at 93. , There is an active market also for Foreign Seen lities, but the quotations are buoyant. Turkish 6 I) er 'Cents. have risen fully 1 per cent., being 97± t O 9:7i, and the Small Bonds are 97j. The 4 per Cent. 'Guaranteed are as high as 100 i for money, and 1001 for account. Russian 5 per Cents. have risen to 102&, and the 44 par Cents. are 92 to 92k. Spanish Deferred are 241, and the Passive 7 3 / 4 . tlutell 2 3 / 4 per Cents. have been 63k, Belgian 41 per . Cents. 95, and Danish 3 per Cents. 831 , Th, following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks-r —Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7i ; e ztlf Bonds, 20 ; Peruvian, 79 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 56 8 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents. , 48 50 ; Ituasian 5 per Cents., 101 3 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 1 : 2 4 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 43 ; ditto De-. 'erred, 1- • ditto Certificates, 4 1 5 1; ditto )41 -38 kre, 7 A. This is ticket day in the Railway market, and the transactions have reference principally to the a rrangement of the account. The rates for " carry lng over" are in some cav,es heavy. As the dealings are for a farther rise prices rule higher. The Fo teigo and Colonial lines are at fuller values. London and County Bank Shares are at a slight , advance, and Peninsular and. Oriental Steam are dearer. I IItITIsII FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES ( From at OPial . • a Resines* done. 'NT Pent. C onso l e Annzitiew . 92/ / ti ' 6 " 3 per Cont. Annuities Shut 93 . Cdis..llonds, ~.£lOOO ........................... 8 d lcs,is ? or A c count .. ............ . ~„ Ditto Scrip 4 xchogiter Scrip Ritcliegner hills, 24d. elooo ' ... t'sBl Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Buenos A Ares Bonds, 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account "Anish-Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 B3/ 5 - ttinnitor Bonds ...Ditto New Consolidated l4l II Ixic hr , 3 Der (lent Peruvian Boni, 4i per Cent Rthisian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1622, £ St lO2l 3 ~ Ditto 44 per Cent nardinian 'Bowie, 5 per Cont. ... 9 0 3 /4 1 Spanish iinods, - 3 per Cent Ditt o New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Aceouit ,_ Ditto Passive rn , •tri n h l',onds, ti pqr cent 9;l / / i Ditto Account Ditto Small - - 97 i Ditto 4 per Cent lOOl / i Ditto 'Account invidende on the above beyeble in Lonion. t`igian, 2, per Cent., ex. 25 franes , i:itto ti.per Cent.. ex. 2 5 trances ' 95 thatch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guil 63i . THREE O'CLOCK. Console, money 9 2/ 1 Ditto A ccount, April 10 THE VREDIOT IN THE CASE OP JOHN SADLSIR. — It is reported that, under a charter of Richard the Second, the lord of the manor of Hampstead is entitled to all the Property of felons which ordinarily becomes forfeited to the Crown. ALLEGED FORGERY OP A DIPLOMA OF THE COLLEGE °P S'ORGEONS.—On Monday last. at the petty sessions, Dudley, Henry Frederick Hodson, of Cradley-heath, who has been for some time practising as a surgeon, ap- Peered on a eummoas charging him with baying unlaw fully inserted his name in a certain diploma issued by and untie; the common seal of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, with intent to defraud. Mr. E. Moore, of ilalesowen, M.11.C.5. Eng., and Licentiate of the Apo thecaries' Company, said that in the early part of October he went to the defendant's house and carefully exa ruined a ,diploma shown to him. He observed that the name Henry Frederick Hodgson bad been written upon erasures in two places. The diploma bore date the 9th of July, 1855, and its number (a large one he thought) l 'a 9 25,921. He told the defendant his impression was 1 .1 that the diploma was the late Mr. Higgs, and that the b cane and date had been altered. Edmund Balfour, 11 Secretary to the Royal College of Surgeons of England, which situation he had occupied for more than 40 years, Produced the minute-book of the Court of Examiners of the- College from 1845, and also a record of the diplomas iNsued from that period up to the present time. On the 17 9 th of July. 1850, there was a record of a diploma being 5 , Rranted to 'metier Higgs, of Brierley-hill, Staffordshire. 10 The number of that diploma was 2,592. He bad searched 10 the records of the college, and did not find that a diploma 10 had b een issued to Henry Frederick Hodson. The high- 2 est number of a diploma issued up to the 7th of March, 2 ,1 8 56, was 6,032 ; there was not one so high as 25 , 921. " he names of the examiners which appeared on the copy of the diploma in question did not correspond with the ~ names o f those present on the day on which it purported to have been issued, the 9th of July, 1855. The magic trates having deliberated a short time, Mr. Cartwright 1 said it was their painful duty to commit the defendant i 2 for trial at the next Stafford assizes. Bail was accepted 2 er the defendant's appearance, himself in 2001. and two 1 suretiefi in 1001. each.—Wolverkityptorn Cliforiklc. og for took try of than capi- I; sent Great lay as !red to ier the under ander.' bather would Sala to an ile the Nought Irs, the g sent at one mane& made r best• was ad- , Minis- Cailway Drny is' ishGo ). The amanca ntinua er kilo- rEs OF leaning remit of s did not in, but it iequently 'omit, the pis in the luty, and r, paying .ohibition )f Zo'trip ping large Belgian frontier. casion to not, how awing onr or Zoll. r pow 4 er g ,ntitie• of supplied ctories at awl with ►ee of the and ',he D Confide sr Mallet, PAOLO nent, with' room, in gsinst the urchase of the Na. er. Even by Paolo laim to be ire surface there is . ippled up, o ineompe , that very o detect it. loration of rely an in. absence of not forget line of the le meridian he Roman. a certain power of lig, and a we look for oly drawn, ported ; its ddle plane on the fore will recog• iceived and kurch of St. Ices in Ve ansecration as the last 1, it never Amid sow a Well-pre any master The price, esellre, even It is well arket ♦alue ,ster whom, met with, subordinate es. To be• idental ex iced" Paolo a culpable it, STONE. , took a be snows com- RE. g elephants ces at this hear that r. Mr. W. former pro- her benefit aessfal lyric n," will be of this sea. Saturday. It Woman " ek, and re ay to COM. acceasful as gin OF 03 illiam ith a mous the police- No. 6, Blue terk en well Corrie, tences from as a police )litan Loca ater-cloiletr. SHARE MARKETS. RAILWAYS. 'Paid .1 nAtLWATS. (THIS DAY.) Cletus Prices I Bastnesa done Vila day this day 10 , , oi-,:,...,. ~ .., , „,... 1 Imbg. Wo'ctug. BOtii.. :end F.ast , k. Jnnet.. all , 31faet At Ballymena. sll :Inning. Waive rh Stour Valley 4; 13ir1( eand. LanesL e , Cheshiro Junet all l'4). Ch.osh. & Birk. .£5O and £25 Conk: E) Do., £2O all Sly Ma & Tyne origins £25 (lied. at £4F. 100 - krietol and Exeter 100 !alodonian file. Arm. and Csrdigas , all leder & Holyhoad all • ,nrk and Bandon.. all lork, Black, & Pas , 18 ornwall all Do. A 8 • Do. B P. Crier Junction 4 Dubtin&BelfastJunc all Dun. P. & AK, r. Joe 100 1 Ast Anglian nil .' • rn Counties 100 , last. Union, A. RI ltl' •1.., B. Stout 8.: •to., New A. 10 ast Kent ,100 East Lancashire 100 dinburgh & Glasgo w all Ediub. and Peebles.. 100 !..idin.Prth &Duarte. 9 orth & Clyde Jun;. 1 all , . rnm . all . o. Extension 100 t lasgovr &S. West,, all . neat N. of Scotlud. 100 heat Northern . 00 1 1 0., A. Stock 1 00 ' 0., B. Stock 1 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire ) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Yal. Rail Gan. Stk (Ic all Irish South-Esatern. all tancaster 4 Carlisle 1411 e., Thirds, -- $ o. Nev Thirds 100 Lsnesah.andYorksh. 4 Da. Wet.. Riding I.ln. all Liy:Crsby .BzSouthpt all London 4 Blackwal 100 Loud. Bright 4 S.Cat. 100 Lend. and N. Westu. 16 o. Fifths 5 Do.lol. Ma. ,BI&B.., C 2 Do. Eighths ~.- ..... . 1 London and S. Westn. all Do., £5O all Do., £4G all Lndnelrry& Colerain all Ludndrrv.& Ennisk . 10') Hanch.fitief.k Line'n Us. Do., Man. & Lin. Ur 1 etropolitan 100 'Aland 100 )o. Birmng. & Dorl.) all '. idld. G. West. (Ira. all . )o. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle , all Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf'l 8 Newry &Enniskillei, all Newry Warreupoint, and Rostrevor 1 , /0 Norfolk 3i 7iorthn.Counties Un 100 North Britisl , .....,, Nth Devon Rail. & 100 Dock Stook 100 Do., A Stock... all ' l O., 1 ithek. all Do., 118 Oriarauval , 100 i ..F.astorn—BervriC 21{ Do. do. Extension ~ 15 D(.110.G.N.8.? uroh 4:1 De. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London 3, l o N.A,S.Wstrn.,Hanr. - stead, and City Jn., !..7i North Staffordshire.. al, North Western ...„, .. all N. &S. West rn. Juno i_ Nunoaton, Hinckle7, and Leicester. 1)0 Ox, Wore., & Wolv 8 'ortamouth 100 t.tottish Central. ; , 10'+ Scottish Midland ... 100 Shropshire Union all South Devon 1 ) ' South Eastern 100 South Wales to S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dui no IS Staines, Wok. ik,Woli a:i Stockton k Darli . 1.6 . 3 Stozkten 4 llnrtlep , 1)1 TAP' Vale . .. Ir 4 i Do. Pref., No. 1..„ ' - <2 'l"lnmea Hay. D.& R. ... UlTerstone & Lance all Vale of Neath sal Waterf(l. & Nilkenn'r all WaterfordezLimerie'i% all !West Cornwall. .. all West "End of Londor. and Crystal Palace . all Do. A .. .. 3 Do. B , all West London. all IlVitnl7ledn Ar Croyd or 'Nntwer pet:R.ott..M. , to 40 Do. sp. c . s. con ' in Sh. at par till '64 10 Ardennes Belgian Eo.gtn. June 4 Beziers to Graissopsa [i Bombay , Baroda ,an all Do. all Demors.ra 11 I bitch 11.1 , enish all Eastern of France 13 Do. New all Said Indian, g. 5 p.c 15 Dc. all De. 4 all Do. do. do.. 16 Geo ong Kilbourne guar. 5 per c ii. . s.ll Do., Lou. allot., 41.0. 226 iGd Tk. of Caoad a it , Do. ..................... 6) Do. Cert. of Doboo. con. into Stk. all De. Comp. 6p. c. 610 14 Gt. Coutral of Fran , all Gt. Indian Pominm - 1 1, 14 Groat Luxsrabour Constituted Share, all Do. 11 Do. ro-is. forftd. all Gt.Wosternof Craw's hares 54 Do. New ..... ail Do. lid,., payable's7, with option till '55.. all Do. do., '62. p. '56... all Do. do., '76, p. all Dr.. do., '73, without' option an Hamilton Pi Teront- 1 all Do. 6 per cent. 17 Lake Const. all Lierre and Tnrohoat .11 Lucoa k ?Ist. 5 p...p 16 Lyone and Genova 1.4 !Lyons Madras, via:. 4 t p.s, D. New ,••., 5 p. e Po. 4i p. o. Rxton Maria Antonio Do. do. New Namur At Lie** (41t1 Interest) Do. (es interest) Northern of France D 0.20/. Shs. Do. 301. 3 p. c Bcte N P ( a o f r ta r t ie . a F L Tr kr y n o i l : S . Pre : B . l: Ditto Boucle Paris and Orleans... . Rorie and Frascati.. Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. Obligations .... Sambre and Manse.,. Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Scindc, guar. 6 p. c Do: Southern of Fianoe St. kndrew's and Quebec fA) West Flanders Do 51 per c. Prof._ W. & N. W. of Franc. 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Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of & Chins City Colonial COMMOreial of bond. Enr.Scot.k Amt. Cht. Lond. Chan. Bk. of Australia Ditto New tendon and County. nd. Bnk g. Corp. radon Stock. sndon and Paris Lond. k westminste National Pro.of Eng Do. New National of Ireland., New South Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Lo. New R Aus B AtOo Im Co Royal British South Australia Union of Australia Do. Now uicq vt Wide il de 96 62 - 61 ••• --- ... ld par li is 62 -- 64 .... - 16 - 17 16 - 1T 4 - 3i Par 2p lid .. .... ... • VO .m.. . • 37 - 39 41 - 43 ~. , ~. .. """ ..- 38 -- 40 - 73 7i 8! 111 ' l7! " .00 2.1 20 26 • OS ' R(; all !() 10 ?,0 5 3u all Lit .11 20 41 !O nli Ifi all ?,0 R.ll olalll 5l all 4 all O 5 ;0 all :0 all r l l .0 an 10 all 6 all !() all 0 41 .00 50 [0 n.ll ;5 i 5 10 20 ;0 all 10 1 all '•0 20 .00 50 ILIE SON DO'c, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 1 t.i tA) ;:.. . -. .. 11 ) :4 , all lh, 1; 00 5 all 't. tiff) ;t. 100 l` all 10 all all iO l &11 1, all .2'all St .10 .! 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Iwo It. 100 It. 100 zo all zo an M all 25 15 IV ; all 65 - 70 118 107 - 109 101 -- 103 9i - 10 6 6 1 93 95 ps 84 66 98 10$ 91 - 101 15i - 17 10 - 111 TO -73 19 - 20 94 - 10 14} - 14/ 1 - 33 - 135 ... """ 6. , • ••• ..... ... •O. ''.'" lOW •.. i' Z I. 1.2 - 134 94 - 96 1 - 4 - . • 5141 .. ..... ... 100 - 102 O -t 3 3 5 -- •••••• I - jib -- 174i 22/ 2R : 99 Pa Pi .. ..."" ... thin I;k‘ i :ip 2i 2 ii THE MISSI;Viit STEAMER PACIFIC. The Nees York Herald, of the 27th of Feb. save : "The steamer Alabama, vrhich was sent out by E. K. Co4ins, on the 9th inst., in search of the Pacific, returned o port on Sunday morning, having been absent 2 weeks. Sliti brings no tidings of the lost vessel. The Alabama proceeded as far as Cape Race, where she met with large fields of ice, which prevented her further progress. She took a zigzag course, following the usual track of the Collins steamers sailed round Sable Island, from thence to Cape Race, and, returning, pot into Hali fax, from which port she sailed en Thursday morn ing last. She spoke thirty vessels during the cruise, from none of which could she gather any news ielatiie to the Pacific. Before reaching Cape Race, the Alabama ran for about eight hours through a field of ice, which is described as pre senting a very beautiful and singular appearance. The ice was broken up in small and mostly circular pieces, from one to two feet in diacneter, and being encircled by a ring of snow, they presented the appearance of myriads of plates spread out for a grand banquet in honour of Neptune. Oa reaching Cape Race, however, the ice gradually grew more compact, until it became almost impassable. It is thought by some that the Pacific, in attempting to force her way through one of these fields of ice, may have broke down, and still remains fast in the ice. If this be the case, the government ship Arctic which is now in search of her, and which was built for an ice-boat, will probably be able to search her out, Alabama could make but little headway where the ice was compact, and she tore a large portion of the copper from her bottom in the slight attempts she did make." DULWIOH COLLEGE. Meeting This Day. A meeting of the members of the theatrical profession, eonVenecl by B. Webster, E4q., was held this morning at the Theatre Royal Alelphi, to take into considera tion the necossity of immediately presenting a memorial to the Charity Cotnmissioners, praying that, in the re •i,,ion of the funds of the above munificent endowment, the claims of the members of the dramatic profession may be considered, as contained in Mr. Web ster's recent letter to the Times, namely :—" That ens actor and actress as in-door pensioners ; one actor and actress as out-door pensioners ; four children of actors and actresses be placed upon the foundation of the upper sellool ; and four children of actors and actresses upon the foundation of the lower school ;" Mr. C. Dickens in the chair. There was a large assemblage present. Among those on the stage were Sir J. Paxton, M.P., Mr. Webster, Mr. R Bell, Mr. Vining, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Home, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Gir,vood, Mr. A. Smith, Mr. Bartley, Mr. T. P. Cooke, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Keeley, Mr. M. Lemon, Mr. Evans (Bradbury and Evan.), Dr. J. Wakley, Mr. E. T. Se - 14h, Mr. R. Roxhy, Mr. J. Deane, Mr. CuHanford, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. W. Bennett, &c. The Cl/LH:MAN, in commencing :the business of the meeting, said the ideas associated with the Dulwich Col lege were probably of the most vague description, that of a picture gallery, 'surrounded with a beautiful garden, and peopled with musty old men dressed in black, of the name of Alleyn, with a snug thing or two of which they would like to be partakers. It became thorn, in coaling here, to look closely into the foundation of Dulwich C lege, and see if ithad any connection with the stage. Alleyn lived in the times of a man who had done the estate good service, ono WM. Shakeepere. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman recounted his family connections, his mother, brother, and other members of kis family being actors. He at one time had the Rose and Fortune Theatres, be sides having a large share in the Blackfriar's Theatre, supposed to have been purchased for Shakespere. He was also one of the appointed masters of the King's Games. Having amassed a large for tune Alleyn retired in 166 ti, and settled at Dulwich, where he founded this college. Titers was a diabolical anecdote connected with him, which he would relate ; that on one occas'en Alleyn played the Devi), and, to his surprise, ho alterw trtis found a real one in the house, which so terrified him that, in expiation of his sins, he founded God's Gift, or Dulwich College. (Laughter.) After discussing 4e I lea of the absurdity of this, or that Alleyn ever played tie iTtevil. He said he was convinced it was not probable ; for in the list of his wardrobe no such suit as would become a devil was enumerated, but there was one of an " angel's." (Laughter.) In found ins this college Alleyn had earned particular parishes as the recipients of his bounty, and it was remarkable that at that time most of the theatres were situated in those parishes, around which the reformers resided. He alluded to many circumstances showing Alleyn's charitable die pesitinn and the assistance he had given to distressed performers, to show that there eould be no doubt he intended actors to be benefitted by him. In reperusing last night the detailsof Alleyn's life, hefelt uncomfortable at his restricting the benefits to single men, but it was that they should be comforted in their own age and not from any dislike to the fair sex, for he found that Alleyn had a wife wheel he used to call by the endearing name of " Mouse," and when that grizzley cat, our common foe, despatched her, he provided himself with another " mouse" with all convenient speed. (Laughter.) After some remarks in laudation of Mr. Webster's efforts in furtherance of the object he had in view, and his readi ness t, sveist those in distress, he called on that gentle man to widrese the meeting. Mr .WensnEn, who was received with great applause, said it had always been his wish /to obtain some of the benefits of this college for the members of the pro• fession. He bad found great difficulties attende I it, hut he bad lived in hap. awl truste.l be should not die in despair of obtaining his object. Lord Brougham hail, however, stirred up the country relative to charity com missions, and he (Mr. Webster) had taken advantage of it. He reminds(' them that Canning was the son of an actress and Sheridan tvae connected with the profession, and he had no doubt that, with the releantages of edu cation, many of the descendants of the profession might still hold a high position in the State. Since the ap pearance of his letter in the public prints he had received a letter from Mr. Thomas Hare, secretary to the coin missieners, stating that he should be happy to bring the subject under the notice of the commissioners, and asked what he had to propose to them. He replied to Mr. Hare, asking for one-fourth of certain fends being put aside for the profession, to which that gentleman replied that he thought it a modest claim, and he hardly saw how it amid be refused. (Hear.) The hon. gen .. denten haring acknowledged the assietence he had re ceived iu this movement from the press, said he had waited on the Chief Cotnnaissicner, and took with him memorials front the itheatree of London and the pro vinces, signed by flower is of - 1,700. He then found rou tine inte fired, and the commissioners club' not embody it in their report, but recommended it for its modesty and justice. Failing then he had no ether course than to memorialise the Home Settee a - y, sad afterhimP. r 'es rnent. It was then decided that this meeting shook' he called, and Mr. Dickens aareed to take the chair. (Hear.) Tocir estate numbers 1,145 acres, which, according to Mr. Barry's estimate, was worth 1,0001. per acre, or 1,145.0001. The Crystal Palace had taken a 1 , :s• of 75 acres at 3,0001. per annum. The estate eai reckoned to be worth 50,000/. a year, hut it did not now pro..iu mu 8,0001. per annum. Surely if this was properly managed there was enough for all, and a little to spare for t hat he asked. To the disgrace of the managers of the college, in 1343 the tombstone of Edward Alleyn was found in the skittle alley of the Halfnmon, Dulwich, and the gentleman who made the discovery bad cared on them to remove it, but, accord ing to the repor's, dated 1844, it find not been done. It was from being childless that Alleyn founded this college, o r " God's Get." Mr Kenny moved the first reeo.ntion. " That this meeting has before it the following Proposi tion made by Mr. B. Webster to the Commissioners of Charities ;--"fliat one Actor and Actress, as in-door pen sioners ; the t one Actor and Actress as out-door pensioners; that four children of Actors and Actresses be placed upon the foundation of the Upper School ; that four children of Actors and Actresses upon the foundation of the Lower School ; and that the selection of the most deserving claitu ants be made by the comelittee of the Drury Lane, Covent Garden General Theatrical Fitted, and General Dramatic, Equestiieu, end Musical Sick Fund Association, as mest likely to be acquainted with the merits of the applicants.' And that this meeting' is of opinion that such proposition involves a just, reasonable, sod moderate recog,nitioa of the claims of poor players to participate in the great ex tension of Dulwich Cullego proposed by the said Commis wieners." Everything that could be said on the qnestion had been said, and therefore lie would content hini,elf by merely proposing the resolution. (Cheers.) Mr. BUCICSTON3 seconded the resolution amidst much applause from the amusing character of his address. "He bad dined with the fellows, &e, of Dulwich College, and A jolly set of fellows they were," and all he wished was that pmr actors miglat hereafter becomes partakers of that jolly fare. (Laughter.) He thought Mr. Webster bad been very modest in his demand, and he (Mr. Buckstone) was happy to find that modesty was still a characteristic of the actors. Mr. KINTIM spoke of the gross mismanagement of the college by the misappropriation of funds. Mr. FAMIRII objected to the resolution, which was like "robbing Peter to pay Paul," to which he would never consent, being one who owed everything to Ed ward Alleys. (Disapprobation.) The hon. gentleman Caine prepared with a bundle of documents to prove his statement, but on being very properly reminded by the chairman that he must confine his remarks to the reso lution, he retired after reading his amendment. Mr. Priteror, from the body of the house, seconded the emenduaout, which, however, was rejected, and the original resolution was carried. Mr. HARLEY proposed the next resolution in all sin cerity and seriuusneas—(laughter)—which was as fol- loves : "2.—That a 'memorial be presented to the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Home Department, praying that Mr. NVebtter's proposition, already appended by the Commissioners of Charity to their Report, with their re commendation i❑ its favour, be embodied as part of any Act of Parliament that may be prepared for carrying into effect the recommendations of the Conunienioners of Charities in reference to Dulwich College.' Mr. PHELPS seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. Mr. It. BELL moved the next resolution, which was the adoption of a memorial in accordance with the terms of the first resolution. lie truly eulogised the conduct of Mr. Webster for the interest he had taken in this sub ject, and remarked Oleic were many coincidences pre sented in the lives of Edward Alleyn and Benjamin Webster. This subject could not have fallen into better hands than that of Mr. Webster to ensure suc cess. No portion of Mr. Webster's career would reflect greater honour on him hereafter than the part he had taken in that day's proceedings. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman then proposed tkat the memorial be pre sented to the Secretary of State by Mr. Webster, Mr. C. Kean, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Buckstone, and Mr. Wigan. Mr. ALBERT SMITH seconded the resolution, in a humorous speech, bearing his testimony to the zeal which Mr. Webster had shown in obtaining the objsct they all had at heart. i fair. T. P. Cooas moved the following resolution.:— " The appointment of a committe' to communicate with members of Parliament known to be interested in the drama or dramatis literature, entreating them to support the object of this meeting, when the introduction of any act of Parliament on the subject of Dulwich College shall afford them an opportunity." Sir J. PAXTON seconded the resolution, and in the course of his address said he felt great interest in this movement, and much pleasure in having been the humble in.trument of increasing the income of this col. lege from 501. per annum to 8,0001. per annum by the erection of the Sydenham Crystal Palace. The resolution wai carried unanimously. Mr. CRESWICE moved the following resolution, - - - "That tko thanks of this Meeting are cordially tendered to the conductors of the public journals for their generous advocacy of the claims of the actor to participate in some of the advantages derivable from Dulwich College." Mr. WIGAN seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. Thanks were then voted to the cbairman, and the meeting separated, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, March 13.—Wind this day at noon, E. ; strong breeze and fine clear weather. PORTSMOUTH, March 12.—Wind E.N.E.—A.rrived— Hurkarn, from Ceylon; Chanticleer (s. tpt.). Malta. FALMOUTH, March 12.—Wind E.. fresh gales.—Arii ved —Harmonic), from Akyab and Calcutta, for Antwerp ; Anne Georgiane, Callao, with bow port badly stove, from contact with a brig, supposed foreign, this morning, about 132 miles south of the harbour. The latter vessel almost innuediately foundered ; Zoebloom, Buenos Ayres ; Idas, Antigun; Jesus Maria Joseph, Havana, for Antwerp. Sailed—Alice, for Cardiff and Porto Rico. CARDIFF, March 12.—Wind E.—Sailed—Bonita, for Shanghai ; Compeer, St. Thomas ; Come-on, Porto Bic°. LOWESTOFT, March 12.—Wind E. by N.—Arrived — Despatch, from London, for Sunderland, leaky. SWANSEA, March 12.—Wind E.—Sailed—Underlay, for Cubs. Ptrmotria, March 12.—Wind E., strong.—Arrived— Theodore Douro, from Calcutta, for Antwerp ; Emilie, Port-au-Prince, for Hamburg. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived.—Atalanta and Express, steamers, from Havre ; Ballona and Adelaide, Newport ; Mary Sharp, Swansea ; Despatch, steamer, Jersey ; Chester and Effort. Sunder land; Azoff, screw transport, Marseilles; Caroliuda, Cherbourg. Sailed.—Vestal, Harriett, and Mary Pope, for New port ; South-Western and Wonder, steamers, Jersey ; Duke of Cornwall, steamer, London ; La Paulo, Cher bourg ; Reform, Weymouth. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.E. Sailed.—Salwenn, for Rio Janeiro; Dumfriesshire, Sin gapore ; Cygnet, Rotterdam ; Myrtle, liastrap ; Helios, and Tolemache, Calcutta ; Crystal Palace, Hamburg ; Dsivi Wyc, Bremen ; Sylas Blanchard, Trieste; Perse verance, Rouen ; Allies, Halifax ; Flandro, Antwerp ; Elizabeth, La Syria, and Exhibiticn, Rotterdam ; Mary and Adeline, Savannah; Excel, Marseilles. QUEinisrowN, March 11. 'Wind E. Arrived.—Conquest, Dragon', Flirt, from Syria ; Suf folk, Mauritius ; Northumbria, Caloatta ; Mao Ferglie, Alexandria; Moulin, Demerara. (ST SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELIGRAPH.) GRAVESENDATiIiaraday, 9.54 a.m. Wind E.; tide three hours' ebb ; very boisterous and fine. Arrived, Marzh I2—Betsey, from Dunkirk. March 13—Elizabeth fill, from Filbaka ; Busy Bee, Terceira; Antic, Emden; Imperatrice, Balaklava. Sailed—St. Michael, for Adelaide ; Guadalette, Cadiz. DEAL, Thursday, 9.15 a.m. Wind E. by N., blowing !strong. Remain at Anchor—Adniiral, for Montrese ; Robert, Loudon. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCIIANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE riticns OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended March 13, 1855, male up from the Returns e f the lampoetors in the llfferent Cities and Towns In England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WFIEVr. SARUM. S 0 CU. I EYE. 1 MIAMI. r'Ea.`. 694 111 I 35 , 241 14 4;i 6fl 401 101 408 33 TILE SIX WEEKS' A v ERAGR. WIITIAT. BAILTT. I OAT 6. aIE. lin Arts. PTAs. 7ls 7.1 36s 8,1 1 244 21 1 493 Od 424 44 414 Od QITA'iI'ITIES OF GR tl`s7 SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 102,891 ; Flariey, 81,745 ; Oats, 24,603 ; Rye,l39 ; Deals, 6,242; rens, 1.293 Quarters. ML AT MARKETS. NEVTGATE L D LEADENTIAIL—The tracle riled steady, at full prices. Beef, from 3s 01 to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 0.1 to ls 2 ; Veal, 3R lUd to 53 01; Pork, 3s 01 to 4» Sd per 81hs, by the carcase. SownitaL, Hareh —The supply of stock in to-cla)'s market W moderato, and the general demand ruled steady, as follows ;—Beef, from 3s 211 to 4s iid ; 3s 2,1 to 4s 10 I ; Veal, 440 1 to 5s 0d ; Pork, 3e 4d to 4s 8.1 per 811)s, to sink the offal. Ronrono, March 12.—We had a good general demand, at an improvement in value of 2d per Blbs. Beef, from :is 2.1 to 4s ; Mutton :IR 4d. to 5s 01 ; Veal, 4s 01 to 5s 21 ; l'crk. 3s 4,1 to 4s 3tl per Sibs. Quarter-old Store Figs, as to 27s each. NAT AS AIt !•:ET3. Sirrnyrntr,n.—Motmluvr bay, 41 Os to 51 1.5 a elover do., 41 Ss to 451 104 ; and straw, 1154 to 11 105 per load. A moderate ripply, and a sluggish demand, CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 41 03 to 51 Vis; clover do., 41 Ss to 6 103 ; and straw, 1/ Si to 11 104 per load. Both hal' end straw were tolerably firm. WIIITECILIPHL.—MewIow hay, 4103 to N ; clover do., 41 4.1 to 5116 s ; and straw, 11 5s to 11 103 per load. Trade steady. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTER"( RATLIVAT.—TrnMe re turn for tho week ending March S. 1836 £ 14,95') 17 8 Corravonding week last year 13,153 7 1 Increase in 1856 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST ItAILIYAY.— Traffic return for the week ending March 8, 1856 £11,092 12 10 Corresponding week last year 9,667 3 11 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 1"0,117 3 9 Total of the half-year to this dat0,1855 GREAT NORTHERN RAILITAY.—Tra f fie return for the week ending March 2, 1856 £21,753 10 10 Corresponding week last year LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY."—Traffic re turn for the week cuffing March 9, 1356 00,573 14 10 Corresponding week last year 18,376 1 11 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending March "9, 1856 £4,503 17 4 Corresponding week last year 4,163 17 5 Increase in in 1856 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN 11,11LwAT.—TraMe re tnrn for the week ending March 8,1856 £5,833 4 3 Oorresponding week last year 5,210 5 5 Tacrease in 1856 CORK AND - BANDON RAILITA.Y.—Traffic return for week cnviing March 8, 1856 £!B7 5 3 Corresponding week last year 257 0 3 LONDON GENERAL 01INIBUS COMFANY.—Traffic re turns for the week trading March 8, 1856 —(AvArago num ber of onanibussa working daily, 323) £5,741 1 11 LOST STEAM-STIIPS,—Since 1553 12 steam-ships lost at sea have cost 1,250 human lives and 57.250,000 of pre• perty. The Independence sunk with 120 lives in the Pacific, and the Tennessee and the St. Louis followed, total wrecks. The Humboldt and the San Francisco were wrecked in the Atlantic in the same year. The Franklin, City of Philadelphia, and Yankee Blade fall in the catalogue of 1854. The City of Glasgow, with 480 lives, and the Arctic, with hundreds mere precious lives. were the crowning catastrophes of that year. In 1855 we have the sinking of the North Carolina and the stranding of the Golden Age, which last, however, was saved and repaired.—Hunt's Yew York Merchani•t Maga- zinc. EMBIIZZLBIIHNT AND SITICIDB BY A SAYINGS-BANE ACTUARY.—Much excitement has been occasioned in Crickhowell, Glamor-gene Lire, by the following melan choly affair. A few days ago the directors of the Crick howell Savings-Bank discovered that their actuary, Mr. Edward Burfield, ironmonger and hardwareman in that town, bad appropriated various deposits to his own use, and to cover his abstractions had made a number of fraudulent entries in the books. A warrant was issued for his apprehendiou, and placed in the hands of Inspec tor Gregory, who, upon going to the shop, and telling Mr. Burfield kis business, was told by the latter that he would follow him directly to the magistrates' office. He then went up-stairs as though to fetch his hat and coat, but immediately afterwards the report of fire arms was heard. Running up stairs the inspector found Bur field in a dying state, he having shot himself in the hea d with a pistol. He died in about an hour. The unhappy man had been always greatly respected, and the whole affair has excited the utmost surprise and pain. The amount of his defalcations has not yet transpired. PROFITABLI INVESTMENT.—The traffic returns of the London General Omnibus Company are affording the public some insight into the profits of the omni bus trade. They show the receipts from 315 working omnibuses to be 5,8221. 17s. in one week, or at the rate of 18/. 9s. Bd. for each omnibus. Now, as the ex pense of working any one vehicle, with its conductor, its driver, its tea horses, and their provender, its " duties," or mileage tax paid to Government, its " wear and tsar," or insurance to reproduce itself and its horses in case of accident or wearing out, amounts only to 151. weekly, by the largest estimate yet riven, it becomes plain that the difference between 151. and 181. 9s. Bd. is the profit earnings of each omnibus on the road, or 1751. per annum per omnibus, being on the 315 omnibuses a grand total cf 55,125/. ; or in another form, taking the expense of an omnibus at 1001,, the value of its " times" at 1001., and its horses at 251. each, or 2501. for the ten, this would leave a profit of 1751. per annum accruing upon an outlay of 4501., or at the rate of 391. 191. and a fraction per cent—a profitable in- Thitn2ent certainly. 1 (ieVI, 11 15 l'a 53 sli 2 1 421 2 i 391 40 PREFELtEN . Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. 0... Do. Debentures' Myth antiTym...is pc c. prof. (iced. at 50/ 13ris. & Ex. 4 p. e. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares • Caledonian £lO Cher. &Ho. On. 5i la Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork cfsßandons4p.c Dun.Prth .es Aber.J. 14. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. IT 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. [ Eas.Co.EN,.spc No. 'Do. No. 2. Do. New 6 p. et. St Fast. Tin., G. 6 p. o 'Do. 51., 10 Der cent Do. lill. Debontr.S'. 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Gobi 10s - all Anglo Californian ••• 20 64 kustra Ilan 1 1 all kustraliauCormlillern ,.• 1 all kve Maria 1 all Wen (Gd•Duclay of , ••• 50 all Blionar. Iron & Coa ( ••• 20 !14 British Iron 3 6 31 35 20 Irazilis.ulmp.(isstio'' at in pm.) - 2 11 30 all Do. Conies & Citiali 2 20 15 Do. St. Johr Del Re, 23 27 1 I Clarendon Cons. Mm Co. of Jamaica....„ p ip 4.) all Jahr° Copper ...... 66 60 6 1 ' o l o nial Gold St. all 4 ,,,opper Min. of Rag 35 38 35 all 'it). Prof. 76 p. sew 26 27 1C .•opiapo. 2O 52 t i 14 Port.nno. — 20 all 4enk..al l4 —l6 1 all It. NuggAVein 41 all (ireat Palvnotls 24 5 all (t Wheal Vor Vaite:l 1 • 6d 1 all Liberty . - 3 all Linares 7 73 5 ; 14 Lucitanian I 1 all `kariquita, -• • 6 1 all New Granada — 1 all Nouveau 10 ail Pontgi. Si 1 &14.111 n. 12 14 5 1 Port Philip - 1 all •marts Rock — 0 50 all it'iymney Tree lO 15 all Da. New - 8 d 30 13 , ,laiitiarro de Cuba. 21 3 I 6e. Sort. Coat. Min. Co. 34 —3/ • 1 all iouth Australian -- 1 all Do. 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Oalxibus 3 4 :4 20 10 Magdalena St. Narl.! .• 10 109 all \l‘iemdxiitcearankn lt A i m ec t . ,r T i:x l l. . $ 54 0 16 1 all Nat. Pat. St eam Fuel „. 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 1 14 10 all Do. De. ...... 2 2 100 1 5 1 8 1 0 2 1 D lf E. claetralasixr,... 20 15 Nrth.olEuropeStsam ..• 1 all Oriental Gf-s .......... 14 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" Pin all Peel Rr. Ld. & 24 50 all Peninsular & Oriental -- •.• 50 10 Do. New 2 all Portland Iron Co ... ..• 100 60 Royal Mail Steam --• 78 1 45 u 1 all Soot. Austral. Invest. 14 11 la 1 4 Ditto New 25 all 4outb Auatral•Land il5 36 Bebmar. Tel. Scrip - 1 20 all Do. Registered - 1 15 5 'Prost& L.Co:ll.Can 100 284; Vas Diemen'. t..mi 1 4 a 151 15 - 7,o2olBP,aan&July 8 5 6. REVOLTING MURDER. A case of murder of the most sordid and revolting de scription has just occurred in the little hamlet of Obsdale, near Alness, parish of Roskeen, Ross.shire. The ♦ictim writ' a humble industrious old woman, named Margaret Munro, unmarried, and 60 years of age. She subsisted by working in the fields and other chance labour, and from her frugal habits 'was commonly believed to be possessed c•f some money—perhaps 101. or 121. She lived in a miserable small bothy; but within about 30 yards on each side were two cottages, one of them being occupied by a married sister. On Saturday last the deceased waa out working at Dalmore, and on her re turn in the evening she went to the Village of Alness, to make some small purchase of tea and other provisions. Next day it was observed that no smoke had issued from her chimney. ller sister entered the bothy and found the deceased in hod, apparently dead, and the bedclothes saturated with blood. Alarm was given, and the police constable and Dr. Ross repaired to the spot. The first impression was that the old woman had com mitted suicide, but further investigation showed the improbability of this conjecture, and a regular exami nation into all the circumstances WAR made next day. It would appear that the old won au had gone to bed and apparently fallen asleep, lying on her loft with her face to the wall. The murderer had found no diffi culty in oVainin,g entrance, for the only fastening to time door was a block cf wood rolled up against it. This had been pushed aside. In the cottage was a short coarse knife, the only one possessed by the deceased, and with this a wound had been inflicted on the front of the throat completely dividing the windpipe, but without severing the jugular vein, or carotid artery. There had appa rently been no struggle, the blood having flowed out immediately in front of the wound. There were marks on both arms of the indentation of nails, and the medi cal gentlemen were of opinion that it was impossible the deceased could herself have inflicted the injury. The knife lay about two yards distant, and was covered with blood. At the bottom of the bed was found part of the blade of a knife also stained with blood, but it was ob vious that this could not have been the instrument, and that it had only been placed there to keep up an idea of suicide. On searching the dark cottage a few shillings and pence were found on a shelf, with the pro vision■ which the poor woman had purchased the pre vious night. In a trunk, with some articles of wearing apparel, was a gown, and within the cuff of one of the sleeves was found 31. 158. What other money the de ceased possessed, or whether she had any more, is not known, but this deposit in the trunk had escaped the murderer. It is said that some years ago the old woman had been robbed of about 31., on which she went to consult "the spaewife'," and, intelligence of this getting abroad, the superstitious thief contrived to restore the money to its former hiding-place ! The case being clearly established as one of murder, the local authori ties have been indefatigable in their efforts to trace out the perpetrators of the foul crime, but up to last night no clue had been discovered.—lnz..crness Courier. The Admiralty decidedly opposes the project of esta blishing a ferry and floating bridge between Stokes Bay and the Isle of Wight. The University of Dublin has conferred the degree of Doctor of Medicine, honoria causes, upon Dr. Andrew Smith. LAIINCH.—Mr. John Laird on Tuesday launched another wooden gun-boat, the Redbreast, from his Birkenhead yard, and two iron mortar-boats from his building-yard at Liverpool. GREENOCK, March 10.—On Saturday Messrs. Scott and Sons launched very successfully another of the mortar-boats which that firm is building for the Go vernment. She is 900 tons burden, and her magazines will contain 1,000 shells, with the requisite store of powder, &c. DEATH OF THE HON. F. CAVENDISII.—The Mayo papers report the death of the Hon. F. Cavendish on Monday evening. He was son of the Right Hon. Sir Henry Cavendish nod Sarah Baroness of Waterpark. He was in the 79th year of his age. FAGGING.—Two young gentlemen, named Skipworth and Hernell, were indicted at the Maidstone assizes for censpiring and assault. It appeared that the defendants had subjected the eon of a gentleman named Skipworib, to a system of fagging at Dr. \Vheldon's school, at Ton bridge. A. verdict of guilty of a common assault was arrenaed. ANNIVERSARIES AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL—His Grace the Arebbishop of Canterbury has appointed Wednesday, May 21st, for celebrating the 202 d anni versary festival of the Sons of the Clergy. The anni versary meeting of the charity schools will be held en Thuredav, June srh, when the sermon will be preashed by the Bishop of Lincoln. M. EIfILE DE GIRARDIN.—WO real in the Paris cor respondence of the Indepenclance Belle have hitherte avoided mentioning in an explicit manner the enrrent report of the marriage of M. Emile de Girardir. To-day I believe lam able to state, without fear of cor.- traotct'on, that the rcdacteur-en chef of La Prose espouses a young and beautiful English lady, :Mlle. Sl* )peril.„ Tan Cern OF GOOD ilorr.—Papers from the Cape of Good Hope down to the 18th Janesry have come to hand, but they do not contain the slightest political in telligence of importance. In commercial affeirs there was no change. In etchanee, Landon Treasury bills were at 2 per cent. prem. Holland (ship bills), 30 days' sight, 191 per guild. Madras and Calcutta, le. 111 per Corn pany's rupee. A. STEADIER ON SHORE.—CADIZ, MAIICH. I.—The Emperor (a.), Capt +in Jones, of and from Liverpool, for Constantinople, with a cargo of spirits, paint, &c., in endeavouring to make for this harbour on the nieht of the 23th of Februare, in a disabled state—her ma chinery haring given way—got upon the rocks in the Caleta, to the north of the lighthouse. Her stern has since sunk in deep water, and the fore part of the vessel lies on a sharp reef of rocks ; part of her cargo and some stores have been saved, and endeavours are being made to save the remainder. She is full of water, and will speedily go to pieces should the wind freshen. The following anecdote is related of Count Orloff and his muscular strength. At a grand dinner which he gave. hearing a lady admire a magnificent bouquet placed in one of the ornaments on the centre of the table, he took it out to present it to her ; but finding the ends of the flowers wet from the water placed below, he imagined on the instant a porte-bouquet of a new description. He took up one of the silver-gi't plates, and rolling It up like a sheet of paper, he placed the bouquet within it, and in that, position sent the flowers to the lady. NEW VACCINATION BILL.--A. bill to consoli late and amend the acts relating to Vaccination hats jest been laid on the table of the Howe of Cat - rim - me. It emanates from Mr. Cowper, M.P., and Mr. Bouverie, M.P. It repeals, after this year, the exieting vaccination acts of the 3d and 4th and 4th and sth years of the reign of her Majesty, and will come into operation itself on the Ist of January, 1857, being applicable t ,England alone. RAILWAY BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.—BahLridgo Junc tion Railway --The select committee on this bill has passed the preamble. Eset of Fife Railway—The preamble of this company's bill has been declared proved. Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway--The estimate for the construction of this line, from Castle Douglas, by Delbeettie, to the Glasgow and South-Western at Duni: fries, is 120,0001. Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway—Toe Parliamentary estimate for making this new line from Nairn, to communicate with the Great North of Scotland at Keith, is 325,0001. DIS)IISSAL OF AN ARMY SURGEON. —Acting Assist.- Surgeon Henry Bedwell, one of the surgeons against whom a verdict of manslaugheer was recently returned by a jury for alleged negligence in causinz the death of Private William Stinson, 33th Regiment, to whom a quantity of opium was given in mistake for a cathartic mixture at the Garrison hospital, has received an inti mation from Dr. Andrew Smith. the medical director general of the army, that. her Majesty no longer requires his services. This proceeding has been loudly con demned, as it is, in fact, a prejudging of the charge against Mr. Bedwell before he has ,been tried by a jury for the crime of manslaughter, with which he and Asais taut-Surgeon Turner stand charged. The trial will take place at Maidstone in the course of this week.—South- Eastern, Gazette. THE WAS AND THE INC3ME TAX.-- A grmi deal of misapprehension exists as to the operation of the Income Tax Acts and the settlement of the war. By the act of last session (18th Vict., c. 19) the duties granted were to continue in force (luring the war and until the 6th of April which shall first happen after the expiration of one year from the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace, and no longer, provided that if the period limited by the last act for the continuance of the said duties shall ex pire before the 6th of April, 1860 ; then on, and from, and after the expiration of the said period, the several rates and duties gr.snted by the act 16th and 17th Vict., c. shall revive and be payable during so much of the respentire term limited by the last-mentioned act as shall be then unexpired. Should the ratifications be completed before the 6th of April next they will affect the additional duties payable under the Income Tax Acta. Rnscu OP IN ABANDONED VRIISIL.—LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—A. telegraphic despatch received this day from Waterford, states that the schooner Effort, from Charente to Glass, which was run into last week by the Berbice, from this port for Antigua, off Bardsey, and afterwards abandoned by captain and crew, was picked up on the 1 0 th inst. , at 6 p.m., off Tuskar, by the steam-tug Rattler, returning to Liverpool after towing the Champion of the Seas, Royal read ship for Melbourne, which took her in tow and placed her in safety epon the mud at Ballyhack, near Waterford, with cargo all on hoard. It will be remembered that the crew of the Effort were picked up and landed here by the screw steamer Rita, from Santander, and that the steam-tug Iron King was immediately afterwards despatched iu search of the Effort, and returned to port on Sunday last, after a fruitless search. SINGULAR FIRE IT HAMM HOUSE.—The extensive family mansion, termed Harley House, situate in the New-road, Marylebone, was rented by a foreign gentle man, named Francis Lugiane De Murrietta, who having died, his body has bee* lying in state at the mansion, in the mortuary chamber. This part of the premises was richly fitted up, a canopy was erected, and the chamber lined with black ; a bier was placed in the same, whilst sundry large looking -glasses were also added to the de corations, and large wax caudles were placed in the room to give due effect to the mournful scene. The de ceased having laid in state from Thursday, it was ap pointed that the funeral should take place on Tuesday. After the funeral procession had started. a cry was raised that the state room was on fire. The fire was extinguished, but not until considerable damage was done, which is thus officially reported :—"Harley House, New road, Marylebone.—The contents of mortuary chamber, consisting of black cloth drapery round the canopy and bier, and window-curtains destroyed, and looking-glasses broken, and front room, ground-floor, damned by Ore and heat.'! AY LEA :9 Ug. MONTHLY RHPOR,T. The members of the National Sunday League held their monthly general meeting on Friday, March 7, at Lancaster House, Adelphi—Mr. W. Duthie, presiding. The following report of Vie committee was adopted : Your committee in dealing with the import:let events of the past month, are restricted by the limits of thetr report to state results rather than to d..vell upon details. With regard to the finances of which the quarterly stetemeot is herewith laid before you, it is necessary here to anuouece the su'ascripdons of R. Cox, 1/. ; Danville, Req., 1/.; G. Paunoey, E,q , ,11.; Sir W. Domville, Bart., a seenad subscription of 2/. 25.; J. Bab, F , q , M.P., 11.; H. Haghten, E , o , of Bold Lancashire, 251.; Sir J. Shelley, Bart., M.P., 31. 35., and of J. Graham Doraville, Esq., 11. Is. The proceedinge of the month may he briefly arranged under the three following heads :—Publio nieetinge oone vened by the League and ethers in favour of les objects; meetings held in opposition, and defeated in their pur. pose by the action of the League ; and the Parlia- mentary debate and division upon Sir Joseph \Valais ley's motion for the opening of public institutions on Sunday afternoons. Of meetings convened in the me , tropolie there wore four ; viz , at Bermondsey, the Cowper-street Institution, Caldwell'e Assembly• rooms, Dean-street, Soho, and at the Piulpettestreet Institt• tion, Cominercialeroad East. In the province, among many others may be mentioned those of Newcastle, Lei cester, and Newport. The whole of these meetings were successfully carnal out, with the exception of that announeed to take platy at the Cowper-street institution, where temporsre "noon venielice was occasioned by the parties who had let the school-room refusing to fulfil their contract. Of meelp• ings called in opposition the most , important was that held in the Hartland-read school-rooms, Kentivii-town, at which the Earl of Shaftesbury should have presided. Declining, however, to meet the opposition which evi dently awaited him, his lordship vacated the chair at et early period of the evening, and the whole intention of his supporters was completely reversed. Less impel.. tant, but no less signal, successes were obtained at Caelsea, Bermondsey, Islington, Farringdon-hall, City, Hackney, and in the borough ; while in the provinces, at Dover, Huddersfield, and Durham, the meetings of the opponents to the movement have been, although by a spontaneous and .unorganised action, vigorously met and defeated. Sir Joshua Walmsley's motion came formally before the House of Commons on Thursday, February 21, sad after an admirable debate, was rejected by a raok)rity of 376 against 4S ; while, accoriing to the official report, there had been presented up to the period of the debate 4,286 petition!, containing 531,065 signatures against., and 106 petitions, with 18,545 signatures in favour of the resolution. In the earnestness and talent which distinguished the Parliamentary debate, the committee perceive the strongly awakening h t rest which the Sunday question begins now to excite in the public mind ; and in the severe defeat which the motion sustained, they are bound to acknowledge the fruits of that powerful orga nisation employed against them, and now fully developed, of the clerical bodies in this country. They are able, from such data, to estimate the influence of these communities upon the supposed representatives of the country, and to feel how much energy will be needed to collect and arrarge their own more numerous-. but scattered forces. Having on this occaaion never . anticipated victory they are not discouraged by a re pulse. They are not dismayed by the array of petitions against them, of which they are well•intormed of the source and the indiscriminate character of the signatures for they have evidence before them that many of theta were largely signed by children ; by influential persons in behalf of and in the names of their whole household ; and by others who affixed repeated signatures as indi viduals and as members of church and chapel cengre gations ; nor do they regard their own efforts in that direction as so insignificant as they may appear, consi dering the very small area in which they have ope rated. While on that subject they may refer to the re port of the committee on public petitions, in which it ie stated that the regulate n concerning duplicate or unauthorised signatures do not appear to them in the case of several petititels against the opening of the Bri tish Museum, &c., to have been complied with. In a word, the con mitts), meet their fellow-members after a defeat, greater in numbers, richer in resouroel, and stronger in resolution. Kindred associations are springing up over the country, and already assume Acfi nite proportions at Liverpool, Birmingham, Bradford, an d Glasgow ; and in the full consciousness of much patient labour before them, and the necessity of un wearying exertion, the committee rely upon the co-opera tion of their fellow-members for help in perfecting that extension and organisation of the National Sunday League, which is 110 W their chief and final aim. WILLIAM DUTHIZ, Chairman of the Central Corai..ittee. TEN LATE LOYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVBAT-GARDEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln the narratives of the destruction of this theatre, seine inaccuracies, calculated to mislead the public, and to do little credit to my work of the late Revel Opera house, having now had a press-wide circulation, make it incum bent on me to beg of you, in common justice, to insert a few facts by way of correction. The statement that the building was " remodelled" by me, " and converted into an opera house," does not fairly describe my part in it, which, as rest acts the sudienoe part within the main walls, and from the foundation to the roof, to say nothing of the extensive alterations and numerous additions and improvements in entrances, new staircases, saloons, hall, offices, Ice., it seems ought to be con sidered quite a new structure. I obtained possession of the promisee on Dec. 1, 1846. In the emirs° of the first five weeks the whole of the interior of the audience part, from the roof to the foundation of the vaults, was taken downy and the proscenium wall cut from top to bottom tee widen it, and a new foundation laid; and this, net for the audience merely, but under the western side of the stage, and two new fire-proof staircases. The new foundations were laid about 20 feet under the level of Bow-street, on. Yorkshire stone landings (and not upon tit:Jibe-, as in the ceso of the old main wall), on which three rows of walls and vaults in two tiers were built under . the pit corridor box and corridor of the pit tiers, to make this part fire-proof. On the two nearest the main walls rested the five tiers of eastdtou colninue supporting the six tiers of boxes, and the two main tire-proof staircases built for the safety of the audience, ascending from the Bow-street level up to the highest tier of boxes, with two fire mains, Scc ,in each tier, as a precaution azeinst fire. Beside* which, to the box chosen by her Majesty and the BOyal family, private and state apartments were built fire-proof, with staircase entrance and a portico for alighting nader cover, to say nothing of the saloons, grand staircese,:pit and box-office, and entrance in Bow-street, the whole built in the most workman-like retuner, as certified at the time by the metropolitan official refei ee. The audience pirt, which was thus placed on new foundations, increased from three tiers to six, rebuilt, painted, decorated, fitted witi every attention to the public comfort. was opened as the Royal Italian Opera House, on the Gth April, 1117, in which the whole press concurred. May I not, therefore, fairly ask, 4f works of such magnitude, se elaborate in d- tail, and which were carried on night and day by relays of three sets of men, under my incessant personal superin tendence, and executed in so short a time, can be accu rately described as " rernedolled" or " converted," or too expensive for the cost really incurred and herewith men, tioned The published statements as to the cost of my works have been very erroneous, varying as they do from 46,0001. to 75,0007. The whole of the cost of the works of building, peintiog, ke., was under 23,00)1. ; besides this sum 4,0001. were ex pended for fixtures, chandelier (which I had converted from the old one at the trifling expense of 3507.), gas-fit tings, looking-glacece, carpeting, and furnishing most gor geously her Majesty's apartments, boxes, saloons, artistes' rooms, &c. As to the most prattle expenditure, justly commented on by the press, it was incurred by the direc tors in mounting the many operas and ballets produced in that season with an extraordinary expense, in which I book no cart at all. The insinuation that " bond timber" seems to have been introduced, or left in the walls at the last al teretions to agreater extent than was "supposed," demands a flat contradiction ; as I not only did not insert es single inch of bond timber, but extracted the whole tiers of bond timber which had originally been insetted in the - mein walls. So strongly did Ifeel on this point that I considered it to be a duty to give the profession the benefit of my ex perience on the (larger of using this material. I addressed. a paper to the Institution of Civil Engineers, with a drawing of the mein wall as constructed, and specimen of the bond timber, which was read at ono of the meetings in May, last, 1847, of which I beg to extract a few lines. I stated that the bond timber had failed, and that in takinie down the old vaults, at 13 feet from the founda tion, I found a tier of Memel bond timber 12 feet by 6 had been introduced in the main walls, all round which, exter nally, appeared merely to have shrunk, but on examina tion proved to be not only useless, but perfectly decayed ; of this there were five tiers up to the level of the ceiling, the whole of which, amounting to above 2000 ft., I directed to be removed in small lengths, as the week programed, anti filled up with brick and Roman cement to cenaolidate the wall. I found also that the timber lintels above the doors were rotten, and I had recourse to York stone lintels ; fiat arches with relieving arches above theta were necessary, which was a work of great extra labour and expense. I may add, to strengthen the work, and as a preesution enlist fire, as far as practicable, I introduced in its construction above 2,000 cwt. of cast and wrought iron. I have to apologise for intruding with these dry details; however trivial they may seem to the general reader, they are of great importance to a professional man who did his duty, and who, in this his first appeal to the press, confi dently trusts to obtain justice at your hands.—l aa, sirs /cc., B. ALBANO, C.E. 22, King William-street, March 11. On© of the little Aztecs lately exhibited at Paris, Theodore, aged 14 , has just died at Berlin from au at tack of fever. SUICIDE OF A LICE MANUFACTUMEIL—Yesterdy AA inquest was held at Manchester, before E. Herford, Esq., coroner, on the body of a young gentleman named W. A. Webster, of the firm of Messrs. Taylor and Web ster, silk lace Manufacturers, aged 21 years, who had committed suicide on the previous day by taking pruesin acid. It appeared that the deceased had before medi . tated suicide, having once taken a dose of opium, which was inoperative, and afterwards having procured prussic acid, which, in consequence of a knowledge of his inten tion having been suspected by his friends, threw away. On Tuesday, however, he took a person with hitn from the mill to a druggist's shop, and procured more prussic' acid, on the assurance from himself and his companion that the poison was wanted to destroy a dog. He took the poison soon afterwards, and though a surgeon arrived before death his - life could not be saved. It was stated by his relatives at the in quest that he had suffered severe iejnries of the head when young, and had been subject to temporary fits of insanity. The jury accordingly returned a verdict to the effect that be destroyed himself i n a fit of ten3po.. • rary TUB NATIO s the new navy borg, 88 60 i 923 1201 25 41 28i 83"74