The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-24 00:00:00

Just published, Svo., price 6d., TliE CANONS CALLED APOSTOLICAL. wto an Introduction by the Rev. ROBERT C. JENKINS, M.A., Of Trinity College, Cambridge, Rector and Vicar of Lyminge. Hatchards, 187, Piccadilly. Just published, Svo, price 3d., MAIARIAGE with a DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER : a Glance at the Argament from Antiquity. `By the Rev. ROBERT C. JENKINS, M.A , Of Trinity College, Cambridge, Rector and Vicar of Lyminge. Hatchards, 187, Piccadil'y. MR. SERGEANT MANNING OX THE MARRIAGE QUESTION. last published, price 2s. 6d., second edition, dedicated by permission to Lord Lyndhurst, OBSERVATIONS on the DEBATE in the House of Lords, on the 25th February, 1851, upon the motion of the Earl of St. Germans for the second reading of a Bill to make Lawful Marriages within certain of the Prohibited Degrees of Affi nity ; and on the Debate in the House of Commons on the Marriages Bill during the session of 1855 ; with Observations •n the Report of Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Law of Divorce. By JAnas MANNING, her Majesty's Ancient Sergeant-at-Law and Recorder of Oxford. London : W. G. Bening and Co., 43, Fleet-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- It. is respectfully announced that her MAJESTY'S THEATRE will ItE-OPEN early in May. Engagements of great interest have been erected both in Opera and Ballet, and the best exertions used to make the arrangements worthy of the occasion. The prospectus will immediately appear. HEATUE ROYAL, DRURY-LAB IC Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. ENGLISH OPERA. THIS EVENING will be produced IL TROVA.TORE, or the Gipsy's Vengeance. Lucy Escett, Miss Fanny Haddart, Mr. Augustus Braham, Mr. Henri Drayton, Mr. Durand. To c , nclade with TIIE DAIGHTER OF THE REGIMENT, An engagement having been formed with Mr. and Mrs. FLORENCE, from the United States, these celebrated artistes will have the honour Of making their first appearance in England on Monday, April 28th, in one of their most popular national Comediettas. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Mader the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. After which, EL GAMBIT3INO; or, The Mexican doldseeker. In which PEREA NENA. and the Spanish Dancers will appear. Followed by GRIMM:LAN, BA.CISHAW, AND BRADSHAW. To conclude with TOE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, The oonzetly of EVERY ONE HAS HIS FAULT. To be followed by THE VICTOR VANQUISHED. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN 11OUR. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, LIKE AND UNLIKE. Meurg. B. Webster, Wright, P. Bedford, C Selby, Garden; Maclaine Celeste, Miss Wyndham. After which, URGENP PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, entitled HOW WE LIVE IN THE WO&LD OF LONDON. Followed by SARAH'S YOUNG MAN. To conclude with THE POSTMIN'S KNOCK. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manner. Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Lord Byron's MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE. After which, the skilful and varied SCENES in the CIRCLE, with other Entertainments. To conclude with ENGLAND'S HARVEST HOME and GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. Box-oftice open frmn Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. E%IMA STANLEY'S "SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN." Evening performances as asual, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 8 o'clock. Alraission.—Back Seats, Is.; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Stalls, 3s. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. lIIGfI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAY—Morn. 3 min. aft. 4—Evening 20 min. aft. 4 A-MORROW—Morn. 38 min. aft. 4—Evening 56 min. aft. 4 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, Arum 24. THERNOIIETER, IN TEX SHADS. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 45 —lowest this morning and duricg the night. 55 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 93. WIND, E. to E.S.E.—Light, with cloudy weather and partial sunshine. ; - / LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1856. THE PRECIOUS TREATY 1 We yesterday were enabled to present to our subscribers and the public, not only the text of cc The Precious Treaty"—the German Peace, that has been forced on our aceeptanca—but a brief abstract of its contents, sufficient to show that which has been accomplished, but the far more important matters that have been left undone. The former bear a very trifling ratio to the latter —as insignificant, indeed, as that displayed in the memorable comparison between FALSTAFF'S sack and bread. Parliament may have the opportu nity of expressing its opinion on the interesting document which will probably, this evening, be explained to both Houses. But official tardiness has been in the present instance, as in every other on record, forestalled by the activity of "the Fourth Estate," and the anxiously-looked for intelligence has already been wafted on the wings of the press throughout the length and breadth {of the land, while those who should be the first, will really be the last to receive the information. It has already been declared by the First Lord of the Treasury that the objects of the War have •been fully accomplished—that the integrity and independence of the Ottoman Empire have been completely secured. If so, the four missing artioles must be of a very comprehensive charac ter, for we can certainly not discover, after the the closest investigation, anything to warrant such an anticipation. It is true that the Black Sea has been neturalised—on, paper ; but where is the security for the performance of this obliga tion ? Russia is merely bound over in its own recognisances to keep the peace. It gives no efficient nor available guarantees. A very power ful transport service may be organised under the 14th Article; and a steam flotilla prepared, under the name of " light vessels necessary for the service of the Russian coast," quite sufficient to conve y an invading army to the.vicinitv of Constantinople ani the Bospho rus at a short notice. No military-maritime arsenal is to be constructed or preserved on the coast. But it cannot be forgotten that, while the Russian strongholds were exclusively for the purposes of aggression, the Turkish forts were \, merely for defence, and the dealing with all kinds of arsenals and fortifications in the same manner may lead to as untoward and inequitable results as the quasi equal taxation of all kinds of incofhes. Besides, Russia was the aggressor, and it is rather hard that, in consequence of its unwarrantable and indefensible policy, Turkey should be deprived of the means of resistance by which it could secure safety for its capital, until its distant Allies were ready to send troops to its assistance. This is the common•sense view of the subject, accord ing to the bona fide and straightforward interpre tation of the Articles. But how do we know what construction may be put forward by Russia, and whether she may not be prepared to act on the hint thrown out by her American sympathisers, and to •t adopt a line of policy in which she has already proved her self to be a skilful proficient. We have heard of the importance of preserving the honour of Russia intact ; because, forsooth she may hereafter be the Ally of England ar rayed under the same banners in the cause of Equity and of Order What is there in her an tecedents to lead to the supposition that she would perform a part so chivalrous and magna nimous ? No, her efforts have ever been directed towards the crushing of public opinion, the sub jugation of all who took up arms in the cause of liberty and of civilisation. Her especial hatred is bestowed on the free institutions of this coun try—England is her bete noir—she feels, and with abundant cause, that but for England she might have carried out her long-cherished designs, that her standard might already have been floating at Stamboul ; and, in pursuance of the policy in dicated by the crafty PETER, she will direct all efforts against the Power by whom she has been successfully resisted, and which may hereafter still more effectually: thwart her inequitable de signs. She is far more likely in any future com plication—and the elements of disturbance are rife—to be opposed to, than co-operating with, Great Britain. Her undiminished resources, when developed by British capital, will all be directed against us. She is animated by no morbid sentimentality, would find no reasons to spare a fallen or falling foe ; and, should " the hour of anxiety" arrive, it will probably be mate rially aggravated by the undiminished power of Russia, the whole of which will be thrown into the scale of the adversary, " whom it is impos sible to predict, and invidious to conjecture." It would be well for Great Britain should Russia be missing when the emergency arrives, and the " self-preservation" of the United Kingdom is involved in the result. his paramour, break up that home, sell its con tents by auction, turn his wife to the door, rob her of her children, and claim her future earnings as his own, and yet we wonder that we have so many wife-beaters—wonder that education does not make rapid strides among our poor—wonder at the low moral tone obtaining among them. No doubt we shall be met with the assertion that the husband needs protection not unfrequently against the wife; but that is no reason why the wife should be utterly at the mercy of the husband. Weakness provokes oppression, and if we would put a period to the brutalities inflicted on women by their hus bands we must at the outset place the sexes more on an equality, so that the weaker shall be in a position to command more respect. The cowardly ruffian who lifts his arm against his domestic slave would hesitate to strike a freewoman, his equal in the sight of law. Our marriage laws need re vision, and revised they must be if we would have education progress as it ought to ,do among us. Women are the great educators—more than schoolmasters or parsons ! Even with regard to the punishment of their brutal husbands they have hit the mark where lob-sided Legislators have failed, and have indicated how women may best be protected. PEACE.-A VISION. The gurtsi Peace is one to be deplored, not re joiced at. The tokens of mourning with which the publication of the wretched abortion was sig nalised in our columns will be found far more ap propriate than the "illuminations" with which the people are invited to recognise the un toward termination of the contest. A glorious opportunity was afforded to England and to Europe. It has been entirely disregarded. We have not, even after all our sacrifices, after the destruction of seventy-five thousand of the best and bravest of our brethren, or the expenditure of seventy-five millions of money, obtained either honour or security. We have been made the " laughing-stock" of the petty German States, who can truly declare that we have exhibited the physical force of lions combined with the intellect of donkeys. And the knowledge that any aggres sor may at any time escape with impunity from the consequences of his misdeeds will provoke further outrages, and render further sacrifices inevitable. What have we done for Italy, for Poland, for Hungary—for the oppressed nationalities in any part of the world ? It is said that the terrible con dition of the former has been ventilated at the Congress ; but only to be ignored in deference to Austria, and the prevailing influence that renders England but the handmaid of Germany. While of th• latter we may paraphrase the lines of MOORE, and exclaim— "Oh, breathe not their name, let them rest in the shade, Where cold and unhonoured their relics are laid," We have practically shunned " the stricken deer," and if the name of Italy has been mentioned, it is solely owing to the prowess of Sardinia-- that lent weight to representations that would be valueless if that make-weight, or as LOCKE terms it, that " sanction," were wanting. The time, however, has passed away. The " light cloud has vanished from the face of the moon." We can only-30 far as other nations are concerned—lament the past, but we ma also ascertain the causes that led to the infelicitous result ; and, if the representatives of the really independent constituencies be only true to them selves, take care that the actors in the fatal transaction shall not escape with impunity from the consequences o their misdeeds. We confess to being in some sort taken captive by " the WIGFIELD." There is an energy and a purpose about that redoubtable ohampion of Bri tish wifehood decidedly fascinating. Right or wrong, she is thoroughly in earnest in the expo sition of what she conceives to be the rights and wrongs of her class, and in her indignant protest against the law-makers. Few big-wigs talk more to the purpose for their clients ; hardly any with so much sincerity and determination. The man ner in which the good lady wigged the irreverent reporters, "Como, young man, attend to your paper," for instance, and the startling rebuffs with which she electrified the placidly suggestive red tapist, Mr. EMERY—who, having the conduct of the proceedings, had the assurance to put her right—may not have been in the happiest taste, and possibly suggest aji abundance of vitality for which the Mr. WIGFIELDS of society are not sufficiently grateful ; but there can be no doubt she made out a strong case for her clients, the details of which, no less certainly, were of a nature well calculated to develope an exciteable idiosyn cracy. The wrongs on which she dwelt were "at her heart," and possibly it were in better taste to grieve over the cause of her public appearance than to complain of any little aberrations she may have made from conventional propriety. An im perfectly-educated woman, conscious of a stern necessity for speech, sensitively alive to the jus tice of her cause, and possibly directly or indi rectly a victim to the grievous tyranny and injus tice she would have abolished, is, after all, not to bs judged by the same rosthetical canon applied to a stolid " ten-pounder" or a lady of education and genius. We say the grievous tyranny and injustice she would have abolished, for grievous tyranny and injustice there is. We should as soon find, as some have done, in the grotesque grimaces and contortions of the negro writhing under the yoke of his in human taskmaster an argument for slavery, as in any little femininities at the Leicester meeting a motive for disguising what we conceive to be the troth. " Women's rights," women such as we have heard of in America, we hold sufficiently cheap ; but Mrs. WIGFIELD is not of that sort. She but speaks in homelier language, and with less cultivated feeling, what has gone to the heart of many a strong man unused to the melting mood from another of her sex. There may be individuals who can see no injustice in the legal slavery of one-half o f th e marr i e d popu l a ti on, being blinded, possibly, by the fact that nature, which gave woman persuasion, gave her a talisman generally potent against the tyranny of lay. We shall not attempt just now to convince these ; we will merely put the question—ls it either politic or right that the existing laws in relation to married women should continue as they are At the present moment we have, as a people, earned an unenviable notoriety for the prevalence of wife beating among us. We are all ashamed of it—. our blood boils to hear of the frightful outrages: committed by miscreant husbands on their wives. Deny it who may, the slavish condition of the sex in its married rela tions is, more or less, at the bottom of it all. We suffer the wife who by her industry has made her family a home to be utterly at the mercy of her husband, who, if a sot or idle profligate, may, to indulge his appetite, or gratify the caprice of THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 24. 1856. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justices Jervis, Cresswell, Crowder, and Willes.) HAWKER V. SEALE, BAET. -ORME. CON. Mr. Slade, Q.C., and Mr. Kerslake appeared in sup port of a rule for a new trial in this case, which was an action of crini. con. brought by the plaintiff, a solicitor of Plymouth, against the defendant, a baronet, residing at Dartmouth, and an officer in the South Devon Militia, for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife, from whom he separated shortly after their marriage. The Attorney-General was heard on Monday against the rule. The defendant to-day rested his application for new trial on the ground of surprise, and that be was now in a position to show that Perin du Marche, on whose evidence the adultery was proved, was a person not worthy of belief. The learned judges were unanimous in opinion that no new trial ought to be had, and discharged the rule. Rule discharged accordingly. THE COTTON AND WOOLLEN TRADES. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) The opinions we expressed on Monday, in respect to the cotton trade of Manchester, have been confirmed by the upward tendency in the Liverpool market of the sales of cotton there, and also by advanced prices in cot ton yarn in the Manchester market. In Liverpool on Monday and Tuesday the advance reached id. per lb., and at that rise the sales were large. The advancing prices in the cotton market are, nevertheless, looked upon by a large number of buyers with some distrust, as not justified by any sound reason, and therefore con siderable caution is exercised. The said material is, however, becoming dearer and dearer, and spin ners and manufacturers generally, who have large engagements on band, maintain a firm position. Calico printers, home-dealers, and some foreign houses are buying freely various kinds of goods, at slightly ad vanced prices. It is stated that 47,000 bales of cotton have changed hands since Friday last, at an advanced price. The present crop cannot at present be correctly determined upon, so that any calculation as to its amount would be merely speculation, and perhaps fallacious. The receipts up to the present time are, however, ascer tained to be 2,907,000 bales. The Yorkshire wool market is giving to the manufac turers some uneasiness, as upward prices of the raw ma terial are anticipated. Stocks of manufactured goods are nearly exhausted, and the demand continues with little if any abatement. Confidence in the manufacturing districts is being rapidly restored by the indications offered on the part of Russia to deveiope its own vast productive resources, and to cultivate with energy and skill the beneficent arts of peace. This feeling is materially strengthened by the growing belief that the peace will be permanent. Such opinion is grounded also on the reports that the continental Powers are desirous of showing how warmly they approve of a pacific policy, and that they are all about to place their military forces on a peace footing. Looking at these facts, and to the advantages which this country is now likely to derive from a closer rela tionship with Turkey, 'a very general impression prevails that an enlarged trade may reasonably be anticipated. ,SCOTT RUSSELL'S GREAT EASTERN STEAMER. The new number of the Quarterly Review has an article entitled the "Triton and the Minnows," de voted to a wholesale laudation of this leviathan, whose dimensions are illustrated by some curious examples. It is said that ten water-tight bulk-heads, 60 feet apart, divide the ship transversely ; whilst two longi tudinally iron wails, 33 feet apart, traverse 350 feet of her leLgth. If we could take Mivart's Hotel, and drop it into one of these ; take Farrance's, and drop it into the second ; take Morley's at Charing cross, and fit it into a third ; and adjust the Great Western Hotel, at Paddington, and the Great Northern, at King's-cross, into compartments four and five, we should get some faint idea of the accommodation to be afforded. Each compartment will be a distinct hotel, with its splendid saloons, upper and lower, of 60 feet in length, its bedrooms, its kitchen, and its bar. The " big-ship" is destined, be it rerstmbered, to carry 800 first-class, 2,000 second-class, and 1,200 third class passengers, making a total of 4,000 guests, inde pendent of the crew. The total length of the vessel will be 692 feet. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very firmly, at an advance of /d. per lb. The sales were 15,000 bales, (2,000 for export and 5,500 on speculation,) comprising 12,000 American, 170 Pernam and Maranham, 6id. to 7d.; 500 Bahia, 6FI. ; 400 Egyptian, 7d. to 91d. ; 2,5G0 Surat, 44d. to sd. ; and 250 Sea Islands, ls. to 2s. 2d. per lb. There was little change to notice in the aspect of the Railway Share Market. Advices from Marseilles report favourably upon the wool and cotton markets during the past week. Wool maintains its price with great firmness, and the sales by public auction during the week were attended by a larger assemblage than usual of country buyers ; while the competition created a lively market with an advance in prices. The sales comprised 210 bales of Buenos Ayres fine washed wools at 3f. 10c. to 4f. 45c. per kilo., and 40 bales of metis at 2f. sc. to 3f. 60c., 23 ditto commoia from If. 65c. to if. 70c. per kilo., 32 in grease from 78f. to 81f. 50c. per 50 kilos., and 55, mixed ditto from 51f. to 65f. In private sales 20 bales of fine Persian washed changed hands at 122 f. 50c. ; and 19 Patras, in grease, at 57f. 50c. per 50 kilos. The cotton market was active, with an upward movement in prices, and a larger supply than usual of American qualities. The sales included 2,200 bales 'of different sorts, which were disposed of at 79f. 25c. to 90f. per 50 kilos. for delivery, being a little higher than the ruling prices at Havre. In other sorts the busi ness done included 50 bales Jemel at 110 f., and 172 bales St. Domingo at 72f. At the sale by auction one party realised for 202 bales of Carolina 69f. 50c. to 84f. In the grain market there was a better business doing ; and telegraphic advices to day mention that wheat is rising in price at the Marseilles market. The advices from New York, by the Atlantic, received this morning, state that the Money Mar ket there was without any material alteration ; but the various banking establishments were limiting their discount operations. The canals and lakes would most likely be navigable at an early period, and large supplies of produce would then arrive from the interior. As large supplies of breadstuffs were expected the markets for these staples had become depressed. Speculative securities were rather active, but the quotations tended down wards. The Funds continue at almost nominal quota tions, and although the particulars of the Treaty of Peace have had no prejudicial influence upon the market, there is nevertheless a disposition to suspend speculative operations for the present. The unfavourable effect which the publication of the terms might have created has, how ever, in some degree, been counteracted by the comparative easiness of the money market, notwithstanding the payment of the final instal ments on the Loan and funding of Exchequer Bills. Consols have remained at 93 to 93i for money, and at 933 for account, all the morning. The New Three per Cents, are 92) 2 - and the Reduced Annuities 91i to 92. The March Exchequer Bills are Is. to 3s. premium, and the June ditto 3s. discount to par. In the foreign market very little business has been done and the quotations rule flat in conse quence. Most of the South American securities are neglected, but Brazilian 5 per Cents. (Roths childs) have been marked 100, and the Equador New Consolidated 15k. Sardinian Bonds are firmer, viz., 958, but Spanish 3 per Cents. are heavy at 444. Turkish 6 per Cents. are weaker at 98 to 93i, and the Ditto 4 per Cents. at 1014. Dutch 4 per Cents. have risen to 94. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighten Midland South-Eastern 1856. ... £24,705 53,932 14,610 12,052 29,468 16,256 1855. £27,300 Caledonian . 56,189 11,190 15,351 Great Northern . 22,500 14,343 27,940 18,042 10,914 20,215 Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 21,363 5,942 Cheiter and Holyhead London General Omnibus Comp Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln North Stafford 19,356 6,205 14. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver.... Edinburgh and Glasgow Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Glasgow and South•Westeru Northern of France Great Western of Canada 5,136 8,582 9,004 7,006 5,027 8,799 6,184 3,287 5,242 3,457 5,740 34,888 13,344 8,006 4,753 3,123 5,170 34,790 10,129 The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 71 ; Mexican, 22i ; Peruvian, 77 79 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 56 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 94 6 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 45 ; ditto Deferred, 24 ; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto Passive, 71. There is scarcely any alteration to notice in the condition of the English. Share Market, but a few of the leading lines command rather fuller quota tions. The Foreign Shares are very dull, but steady. For Mining, Banking, and. other shares there is very little inquiry. 100 100 61s. all all BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. Froli the Offzial List.) BIN I nas• done. 3 per Cont. Redzcad Annuitiap 9li 2 3 per Cent Consols Annuities-. 93 k ti - 371 3 per Cent. Annuities 5 per Cent. Annuities. Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 3 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7 116 k C ~. sots tor Account Exchequer Bills, 41. March. June. £IOOO £5OO greall Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cont.. 9Bi $ Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 5 per Cent. (Rothschild's) Equador Bonds Ditto New Consolidated. . 51axican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Sirdinian Bonis, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Spaniel Bowls, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account 44i Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Account 931 Wad Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above .sayable In London. . Dutch Exchange, 2i per. Cent., 12 Gail... Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, money 93 Ditto Account (May 8) 93k i CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, APRIL 23. —Admissions on payment, 3,570 ; ditto by season tickets, 719 ; total visitors, 4,289. WIFE BEATING.—The Mayor of Oxford, at the City C.mrt, on Friday, sentenced one of his own servants named William Whiting, to six months' imprisonment, and ordered him, at the expiration of that period, to find sureties for his good behaviour, for kicking and beating his wife in a most disgraceful manner. THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.—The third report of th Exhibition Commissioners of 1851 to Sir Geo. Grey was issued yesterday to the public. This document princi pally refers to the exertions which have been made to develope schools and museums of practical science, and to the constitution of the present department of science and art. The report also touches on various incidental topics. FIRE AT STRATFORD.—Between the hours of one and at Harrow-bridge, Stratford, by the outbreak of a fire two o'clock on Tuesday considerable sensation was created on the extensive premises of Mr. J. Hodson's colour works. The fire was discovered raging in the drying rooms. Mounted police started for the engines be longing to Watling-street, Jeffrey. square, and White cross-street, which speedily arrived, and with a good supply of water the fire was extinguished, but not until the drying-rooms were burnt out. Cause is un• known. Contents not insured ; building insured. A letter from Rome, in the Debats, says :--" Cardinal Patrizzi will proceed from Rome to Paris for the bap tism of the Prince Imperial. His imminence will be ac companied by two archbishops. The Pope wil send a handsome dress for the baptism in a splendid box, which is now being manufactured for the occasion. He also sends a fine reliquary, and will add to the golden rose intended for the Empress, and which is generally sent alone, a magnificent gold cup enriched with precious stones," 26 10 5 5 20 10 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIM. Sut,—Horace says, " Indignatio facit versus." The Peace has irritated ma at least into the attempt. You consider the Peace a swindle : I share your opinion. Should the accompanying lines suit your paper they are at your service. A CONSTANT READER. Edinburgh, 22d April. " I dreamt"—against a worn and shrinking foe Fall-armed I stood, in vigour of my strength, With realy hand upraised to strike—when lo I Before me came a vision fair, with length Of snowy robes around her, in whose hand An olive branch, and from whose month command Went forth, "To strive no more, for she was Peace." In truth, a Goddess fair to look upon, Bright as the spring when wintry tempests cease, And freshest flowers the mantling of her throne. And yet I did mistrust her, for her eyes Looked not on mine, and ever and anon Behind her garment faces seemed to rise That mock'd at me ;—but many friends around, With many words, gave counsel, and proclaimed " 'Tis Peace ! most honourable Peace!" And so, I know not how, nor sword nor shield I found, Nor more my trusty armour clasp'd me round, But, scatter'd wide, lay rusting on the ground; And I, defenceless, sorrowed not nor wept— For war is grievous even with success-- But near me as that gracious Goddess crept I laid me down upon her lily lap—and slept : Not long—for as from Afric's desert Bands; A blasting vapour o'er my eyelids swept ; And as I ope'd them, like to burning brands Tho eyes of that false phantom glared on me, And all her form, grown horrible as hell, Instinct with flame, devoured me where I lay. In vain I strove, and would have fled away. She would not yield, nor would release her prey, But like a bold adultress held me fast, And on her front I road her new name- Wlw. And now, as herds which shun the stricken deer, My friends fell from me, or with gibe and jeer Scoffed at my prayer ;—whilst, hastening from afar, That once worn foe, refresh'd, and for the past Revengeful, now with many a ruthless stroke So urged his base success, that aid was none To help my wretchedness. Undone ! undone In grief and shame, my life-blood ebbing fast, " War ! War !" I heard the mighty shout arise ; War ! War ! it shook through all the echoing skies ; War ! War ! Oh God ! to perish thus at last ! And from that sleep unblest, with long, last scream, I, struggling, woke—and lo ! it was no dream. J. W. P. A SONG FOR THE TIMES. Humpty, dumpty, Finality John, Aberdeen and Palmerston, Aaal the German shadow behind the Throne, Have sold poor Britons, every one. Every one, every one, Have sold us Britons every one. The wars are o'er, and peace is come, Signed and sealed by Clarendon; Poor John Bull has nothing to say, But open his purse and the piper pay. The piper pay, the piper pay, But open his purse and the piper pay. We're all to have a holiday, An Illumination, too, they say-- Rockets and crackers, and what not— For the patch'd up-truce that we've got. We have got, we have got, Nor the patch'd up peace that we have got. Illuminate—to please the Queen For giving honours to Aberdeen And the German paupers about the throne, Who suck the marrow from our bone. From our bone, from our bone, Whe suck the marrow from our bone. Illuminate—to please the Whigs, Who on John Bull do run suck rigs; A. dozen families, at most, Rob and rule Old England's Roast. England's Roast, England's Roast. Rob and rule Old England's Roast. Illuminate—for each M.P. ' Who crouch and cringe to Germany— • Fasten each ono in a cucking-stool, And souse thorn into a slimy pool. A slimy pool, a slimy pool, And souse them into a slimy pooL Illuminate—for Lord Look-on—[Lucan] Ilia brother chips, proud Cardigan And the Royal Duke the valiant three That ran away from the Crimea. From the Crimea, from the Climax, That ran away from the Crimea. Illuminate—for poor John Bull The German paupers do so gull ; They've caught him now, just like a rat, In a Loop°ld.-Coburg-Gorman trap. German trap, German trap, In a Leopold-Coburg-German trap. Illuminate—for Cliquot's son, Who the Princess Royal's hand has won— With a handsome dowry, t)o, I hear, Of seventy thousand pounds a-year. Pounds a-year, pounds a year, Of seventy thousand pounds a-year. Illuminate—for those at Kars, Who fell by famine in the wars— Starv'd to death by an arrogant fool, Who had become a Russian tool. A Russian tool, a Russian tool, Who had become a Russian tool. Illuminate—for Han° Udi ; Where defenceless sailors shad their blood In a treacherous massacre, Done by the bloodhounds of the Czar. - Of the Czar, of the Czar, Done by the bloodhounds of the Ca:tr. Illuminate—for It-a-ly Poland sold, and Hungary— That the Cossacks of the Don Another war may carry on. Carry on, carry on, Another war may carry on. Illuminate--indeed I won't ; My brother slaves, I pray you don't Light so much as a farthing dip, Or make a blaze with a resin chip. Resin chip, resin chip, Or make a blaze with a tary chip. Darken your windows, and go to bed — Think on brave soldiers that are dead— , Betray'd and sold by Aberdeen— Starv'd and mnrder'd by routine. By routine, by routine, Murder'd by red tape and routine. Liverpool, April 23. DOWB. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—l beg you will accept the heartfelt thanks of my friends and myself for two English-hearted e Leaders in The Sun of this morning. My friends and self are indignant beyond expression at the degradation pat upon this country by that most disgraceful Treaty. Barnsley, April 23. G. W. A. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. Sin,—Permit me to express the pleasure I experienced upon seeing your impression of yesterday clad in the garb of mourning for the ill•advised and impolitic Peace that has just been announced to the world, while so many are prematurely, it is to be feared, rejoicing at an event which should be rather cause for grief, shame, and mortification. _ It is certainly a pity, a misfortune, that after having lavished over the war so much blood and treasure this should be the finale —that when we are only just preparing to put forth our real strength, when we are fitting out immense and overwhelming armaments for another campaign, when we are in a position to profit by our past bitter experience, the opportunity should be lost—that the 'objects for which the war was undertaken should so evale our grasp. Surely the English people cannot be really glad to see the contest closed upon such terms, to think of the dis honour and degradation that have fallen upon the name of their country. If they do, as do you, mourn to see it so betrayed and demeaned, they cannot respond to the call of the Primate when he names a day to be set apart for thanksgiving that the war is at an end. We are indeed fallen upon cad and stormy days—a time of grief for our island home ; and might well ex claim— " Mourn, Britain, mourn ! thine old renown is fled, Thy mighty sons are number'd with the dead 1,, I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A. MOURNER. Tabernacle•walk, Finsbury-square, April 24. The Directors of the Provident Clerks' Benevolent Fund have much pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of 20/. from a lady in Bristol, under the name of " Bone• vela," as a donation to the fund. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--{This Day.) LONDON, April 24.—Wind this day at noon, N. ; slight breeze and cloudy. PLYMOUTH, April 23.—Wind S.—Arrived—Gambia (s.), from London, for the coast of Africa; Bermondsey, London, for Sydney, N.S.W. FALMOUTH, April 23.—Wind variable.—Arrived—Hea therbell, from Mauritius. SUNDERLAND, April 23.—Sailed—Royal Saxon, for St Helena. TEIGNMOUTH, April 23.—Wind variable.—Sailed— Haberdine, for St. John's, Newfoundland. JERSEY, April 22.—Wind E.—Arrived—St, Peter, from Rio Grande. Sailed—Lady Maxwell, for Gaspe. DOUGLAS, LM., April 23.—Wind S.—Sailed—llir mony, for Quebec. WATERFORD, April 22. —Wind S. to N.N.E.—Sailed— Glide, for Miramichi. HULL, April 23.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Standerings, for Montreal. BEAUItARIS, April 13—The steam tugs Great Linguist and Victory, of Liverpool, ran on the rocks in the Swilly passage, but came off and proceeded, towing the Culloden, lately stranded in Caernarvon Bay. WELLS, April 23.—The schooner Happy Return, from Grangemouth to Dunkirk, which was ashore full of water on the 15th lust., has been got off and will be examined. (nu ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Alliance, from Cardiff ; Georga, Plymouth. LIVERPOOL, 'Thursday Mcrning. Wind S.S.W. Arrived—Margaret, steamer, from Havre. Sail d —America, for New York; Meroo, Calcutta ; Sam Dunning, New York. KINGSTOWN, April 23. Wind S.E. Arrived—Nelson, from Santander. WATHRPORD, April 22. Wind N. E. Sailed—Glide, for Miramichi. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.21 a.m. Wind E. • tide low water ; cloudy. Sailed, 21th—Geneva, for Toulon. DEAL, Thursday, 9.43 a.m. Wind E.S.E., moderate. Passed on the 2 1 d—Velocity and Maria SOMOEI, for Sydney—both from London. Passed on the 24th—Rob Roy, for Sydney ; Bosphorus, for Genoa—both from London. Anchored—Planter, from Tobago, for London. The Blackwall (supposed) in tow early this morning, from Melbourne, for London. Tile brig reported on the Goodwin Sands has come off and proceeded northward. " The Augsburg Gazette is quite in error," says the Emancipation of Brussels, "when it announces that the Count de Flandre is to represent Belgium at Moscow on the occasion of the coronation of the Emperor Alexander." SCUTARI HOSPITALS.—A copy of all official reports of the hospitals at Scutari, Kululee, Abydos, and Smyrna, since February, 1855, has been presented to the Houses of Parliament from the War Department. These reports are now quite out of date. They were ordered to be painted on the Ist of August last. MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT.—On Friday next Lord St. Germans' bill, headed " Marriage Law Amend ment," is to be discussed in the House of Lords. It is proposed to repeal the statutory prohibition of marriage with a deceased wife's sister or niece; and further, it is proposed to enact that such marriages before the passing of this (intended) act, are not to be void or voidable. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOOIETY.—At the evening meeting, on Monday the 28th of April, at half-past 3 o'clock, the following papers will be read :-1. Rea sons for doubting the existence of an Arctic current along the east coast of Greenland, by Capt. C. Irminger, of the Royal Danish Navy ; 2. Note on the Bonin Islands, by Capt. M. Quin, R.N., F.R.G.S. ; 3. Re ports on the connexion between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, via the Atrato River, by .Messrs. Kelley, Ken- Serrell, and Stone. DIVORCE AND MATREWONIAL CAUSES.—The Lord Chancellor's bill to transfer the jurisdiction in matrimo nial causes and to establish a court of divorce has been printed. It is waiting the second reading in the House of Lords. The measure is to be called " The Divorce Act," and the day of its operation to be inserted in com mittee. The jurisdiction now vested in ecclesiastical courts is t• determine, and all matters to be transferred to the Court of Divorce. The judges of the new court are to be the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, and the judge of the Court o f P ro b ate and Administration. The Lord Chief Justice m a y d epute any one of the judges of the superior courts to act for him in case he is unable from his other avocations to at tend. The Court of divorce is to act on the principles of the ecclesiastical courts. Desertion of a wife for three years without reasonable excuse is to entitle her to ali mony. A husband or wife tray present a petition to dis solve marriage on the ground of adultery, and the Court is to pronounce a decree dissolving the marriage, and the parties may marry again. An appeal is given to the House of Lords within three months if Parliament be sitting, and if not, then within 14 days after the next meeting. The House of Lords may remit a case to the Court of Divorce, and order particular witnesses to be examined. The judges and officers of the ecclesiastical courts affected by this measure are to receive compensa tion. The Court, before proceeding to hear the evidence on a petition, is to appoint some competent shorthand writer, who is to be sworn faithfully to take the evidence. " Every such shorthand writer shall be paid out of the Suitors' Fee Fund of the Court of Chancery such a sum Of money by way of remuneration for his services as the said Court of Divorce by any general or special order may from time to time direct." The German Journal of Frankfort contains a letter from Vienna, which says :—" A new reduc tion in the army is to take place. The 4 battalions and the grenadiers will be reduced to 60 men per company, by leaves of absence which will be granted. The half only of the Austrian troops will remain in the Principalities until th© commis sion charged with the organisation of those pro vinces shall have completed its labours. The other half has orders to return." S E MARKETS. (1:111S DAY.) RAILWAYS. nAILWAY9. El t'Asirt Noit4. end Junct... 136.1fr,zt Lairmin" Wolve.rh titour Valley e 2lid. Lanegh. CheslTO.re Junct...... & Birk. .E5O and '.25 C-nr, Do., £20... itlyth &Tyne crigina £25 ow. a £4 Bristol and Exeter.. Caledonian. Carm. and Cardigan: Chester fs Holyhea , t. Cork and Bandon.. Cork, Black, di Pas , Cornw4ll Do. A Do. B CrieT Junction.... Dublin&Belfa.stJunc. Dun. P. & Ah i. Jnc. East Augllan Eastern Counties East. TTnion., A Sti De., B. Mot Do., New A East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh di Glasgo - , Edinh. and Peebles Edin. Prth & Dom& Forth & Clyde Jun 3. Furness Do. Extension..,... .. Glasgow & S. WestA , Great N. of Scotlnd. Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., D. Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.; Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail' Qua. Stk.. Irish South-Eastern. l Laneaater & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Laneash.andirorksh Do., Ws t. Riding Un Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Loud, and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.101.311.,18&B...0 I Do. Eighths,. London andS. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O. Ludndrry4Colerain , Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Maneb.Shef.k Linelr Do., Man. & Lin. Un Metropolitan Midland Do. Birmng. & Derb - Midld. G. West. (Ire. Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt. Aberg. & fir t 1 Newry & Enniskilloi Newry Warrenpoin, and hostrovor Norfolk Northn.Conntios Un North British Nth Devon Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock... Do., B Stock Do., B Guarantee N. Eastern—Bor Do. do. Extonsion Do.do. G.N.E. ?uroh Do. Leeds Do. York North London N.&S.N.Vstra.,Ham , - stand, and City in.. North Staffordshir ,, .. North Western...... N. & S. West rn. June . Nuneaton, Hinckle) , and Lelester Ox., Wore.. & Wolv Portsniouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shropshire Ur i)n South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dui Do Staines Wok &Woli Stockton & Dar Stockton & Firztlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 , Thames Hay. D.& B, Ulverstone dr Lanes Vale of Neath %tett'. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeeci West Cornwall. West End of Londor, and Crystal Palace.. Do. A ............... I Do. 13 . . West London tWiniblodn &Croydon Closing Prices this day 26 27 3i • 48 8i 9 17i - 181 - 15i - 111 12i -- 134 $8 1)0 591 - coi 1 . 64 16 ••• -.' ... 16i -- 17 10 10k 31 -- 38 24 -- 26 76 - 78 60 - 62 ii 2 23 88 - 92 7 - 8 94 - 95 78 - 80 [24 - 126 102 - 104 61i 62. 58 , 60 70 - 15 1 6 --7 pl 5i - 64 88 88i 7i 7i I 102 -. 101 1901— 1001 it d id 91 95 ••• •'''' elm 18 29 - 74 - 74; 43 - 45 .« e 14 - 15 54 - 56 32 - St.l 342 78 -79 5i - 54, 34 - 15 ? . 1 - )6 56 77 87 - 91 6(1 5i - 04 - 105 27:3 •- 283 104 - 106 75 77 46 .8 15 16 72 73 72 74 4 2 lz id 136- - - 37 ... - . , 19i -- 2 . 01 4i - 5 6 1 ii 6 - 8 - 24: 5 - sip Business done this day. 25/ 61 FOREIGN. 10 all Antwerp&Rottordam 81 - 84 81 # 1 40 40 Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 par - 2 P 20 10 Ardennes 6l - 6/i , 5 all Belgian Eastn. Juno 2/ - 2 20 14 [lnters to Graissessa 3j - 4 p 18 4. Bombay, Baroda, an Contrallndia,,Scri 1i - 2 j 64 18 all Do. - 174 all Demerara 20 11' Dutch Rhenish l3 -1$ p 124 # 20 all Eastern of France - 414 411 20 19 Do. Now 20 all East Indian, g. sp„ e 23i - 24 20 15 Do. Eytension.. 231 - 2 1 / 234 wa all D0.44p.c.End5.,'57 - 1(X all Do. do. do., '59, d'• 20 16 Gee ong Melbourne guar. 5 per c nt.. - ••• 20 al Do., Lon. allot., do. ... -••• 25 224 Gd. Tk of Canada.A. ip 7 - 71 ,1 25 , 01 Do. - 17/ 100 9) Do. Cert. of Deben con. into Stk. till'6 75 77 100 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do 86 t i - 874 21) 14 Gt. Central of Franec 9 - 9. 23 1 20 all Gt. Indian Pcninsul , 224 -23 26 14 Great Lnxembonr , Constituted Share , 64 .•.• 7H 74 7 4 all Da-Obligations... 3$ -- 20 11 Dare-is. torftd. Sh. 204 all Gt•Westernof Canada Shares - 264 264 d 204 54 Do. New 33 - 8i 9 1.0() all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 99 - 100 100 all Do. do., '62, p. '56. 125 - 130 100 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O 125 - 130 leo all De, do., '73, without option lOB 109 20j all Hamilton & Toronto 261 26/d 100 all Do. 6 por cent. - 130 lo 17 Lake Const. Basl , - 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ...d 5 all Lucca Az Pist. sp. c.p - pro 30 16 Lyons and Geneva - , 22 20 14 Lyons eit MAcliterrnr, 10 all Madras, guar. 44p.c 19 - 201 20 10 Do. New . 0., sp. c 1 - 21 , 20 10 Do. 4/ p • a Eaten 1 - 6 p 31. all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. do. Now 20 ail Namur is Liege (witl interest) 7 •-• •?.0 all Do. (ex interest) 54 - 6i 16 all Northern of France. 42 - 42 20 all D0.20/.Shs 124 12/' Do. 204 3 p. c Bds (fmy.B.dt Ams. Shs. -.. 12 10 all NorwegianTrunkPre' 8 - 9 20 all Paris and Lyons 561 - 564 563 40 all Ditto Bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans.... 54 - 56 10 5 Rome and Frascati.. ... ... 20 all Royal Danish 194 - 204 5 all Royal Swedish • - ••• 4 all Do. Obligations ••• 20 all Sambre and Meuse._ 12/ -13 i 134 121 131 10 all Do. 54 p. cent. Prof. 9 - 10 20 5 &lade, guar. sp. c, 24 - 3 71 20 all D 0... 20 all Southern of France pm 20 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) 8i all West Flanders 44 - 5 41 10 all Do 5A per c• - 20 18 137. dr N. W. of France 35/ - 364 ' 20 all West. of Switzerland 6 all Wiesbaden 20 all Zealand • • - ••• JOINT-STOCK BANJO. 40 .11 Australama 92 94 25 5 Bank of Egypt - - 1 6f 100 50 Bank of London 40 all Bri. Col. 1 - Ik.&Ln. C 50 all British N. American 25 5 Ohartd."Bank of Asia j —1 p 20 4 Chrtd. link. of India, Australia Az China ...4 100 50 City 1.00 25 Colonial ..• 100 20 Commercial of Loud — 20 all Eng.Seot.&A.us.Cht l5l 16 4 20 all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australis. l6i 1 74 20 5 Ditto New .. 3 2 d 50 20 London and Conn'y7, •• • 8 3i 4 10(' 50 Lnct.&E.Bnkg.Coi p.lpar 2P 50 10 London Joint Stock.. s2l 2 100 10 London and Paris.... 4 3 d 100 20 Loud. & Westminster 100 35 National Pro.of Eng 20 10 Do. New 50 223 N a ti on al of Ireland 20 all New South Wales 4l 43 42i 25 all Oriental Bank 3f cfrwporatinu 42 43 01 20 5 Ottoman Bank - lip 6 i i Ex) 50 Royal British ••• 25 all k,stralia. 25 a ll 13nion of AustrAlia 7O 72 7) Do. New 7i 84 50 10 ITnion of ... 271 10' 3 Wostona Bk of Loud 63,E i 3 2 HOW 16 11 94A 6 41 74i a i 1 a ,Sll.zwAxt, Bedford and Blotchloy Clydesdale .1. . Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Liu. g.l; pc E. Tin. H. Sig. Glas. Neils. Direct Do, . New...... Olstr.& Dn. Fr Dk. Railway Hull & Do. Share,. Do. f Shares. Lou. & Greenw Do.Prcferen - Je Lon.,Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. I per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Batt , . and flia.tlo , ,k Middlesbro' & Redcar. Midld.Brad!? Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.sp.e. Do. 6 nor et. Do. Fizeds p c Prest. & yr Do. R Stirs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth an' Goole g. 5 p. c. Shrews. &II er S. Statlord3h. Wear Valley gr 6 per cent Do Wiltskromrst r.ondon N. West. L.S&N.W. Caledon... E. Un. Nrti F. Count. Caldonittn. Igo. 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C7p. c. ... - ... 100 6 all Fas.Co.Ex,spcNo. I 0 B p pm 6 all Do. No. 2 , t- I p pm 10 all Do. New 6p.e. St 124 - 121 12; 20 all Nast un., G. 6p . c . ... - ... 5 all Do. 51., 10 por cent .., - ... 10 all Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh. ... - ... St. all Do. do. 4 per cent... ... - ... St . 100 Flast Lancash. 6 p.ets ... - - 5 all F. kW. York. J. sthEl ... - ..„ 10 1 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh. ... - ... St. 100 Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 69 - 71 20 all Furness •• - ••• St. 100 Glas. &S.W.G. 5 p. c ... - ... St. 100 Great Northn. sp. c 116 - 11.8 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. ,- 106 - 108 108 it. 100 Do. 44 p. c lOl - 103 12 74 Do. 5 P.C. Scrip, Red. at sp. c. pm._ . i g • 74 i 0 all Gt.N. of Scot. let Pre 94 - 104 St. 100 Gt. S. &W. (Ireland) ... - ~. 20 11 Do. 4 per c. Prof. S ... .-• ... 50 6 Gt. W.(B.ix.H. Fxspc 6 - 61 St. 100 Do. con. red. 43 p.c. 95 - 97 97 St. 100 De. con. led. 4p. 0 89 - 91. , t. 1 , 10 Do. irred, 4p. c.... 90 - 92 894 St. 100 Do. 5 p. c. r ed. pref 98 . 100 100 10 all Do. do. do. . . - . 8 ail Do. Birm. Pref. .94 - 10 ' 0 all Do. Chester Bp. c. P. 9 164 - 174 10 all Do. do. sp.c. do lO - 10§ St 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk 73 - 75 26. all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. 194 -20 f 133 all Do. do. do 94 - 10 20 al Do. do. do 144 - 154 16 6 Lan. &York. F. £2' 4 - i'd 3. 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock .. 136 138 St. 100 Lon. &Brie). G.sp.c . ... - .... St, 100 Do. Pref., sp.e. Si . - - SP 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c 135 - 140 St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent ... - ... St. 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. e Nuneaton 5 p. ct ... - ... St 100 on. &S.W. 7 per ct ... - ...I 124 all cudy. & Color. 3Sh ... - ... 12. , , so Londy. & Ennis. . SI ... - ... St. 10 4.,5.,& L.,New,lo/ ... - . 6 4d Do. £ 6 i - 123 Pll Ilarypt.& Carl. 4 p o ... - ... 124 all %). 44 per cent...... ... - ... 123 103 no • ••• St. 100 ''.id. Consol.6 p.c ,9t - St. 100 no. Con. Br. WI.. 6p f 11 5 - 137 1364 St. WO Do. 43 p. c. Pref. S 95 - 97 161 all iDo. Pref. 43 per ce- $7 - 89 4 5 all 'Do. 5/. Pri.f. 4p. c. ... - ... St. 100 iDitto L. &H. Prof. S ..,. - ... 10 all 1 . ;New., Aber., ctc., pr. t ' - f sp. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. f"• ••• 10 all !Norfolk Debenture ~.. --. ... St. 100 ,Do. Prof. 5 p.c. St- ell ..,. - ... St. 100 Do. 5 p.c. Est ..• - ••• St. 100 ID o. 53 per ct . pref.... ... - ... Ot. 100 IDo.Way. Val. 5 p.c. - .. St. 100 ' Northßritish lO3 -105 St. 100 N. E. Perw, 4 p.c. P 93 -95 17 7 Do. do. do 5l - 54 20 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c :No.l ... - ... 124 9 De. do. Quarters ... .. - .., 25 10 Do.Yorkll.& S. Pur 1 -.- id 9 20 all North Staffordshire. ... - St. 10(1 Ox,Wo • kW.IS/ 6pe 99 - 101 10 , 93 Do R. Prof. 10/. Sh. ... - ... 84 ' all Scot. Cent., New Pr: ••• - ••• 25 all South Devon 154 7 ::•.... 15f pm 10 14 Do. fixed,43 per cent ... - ... 1.0.6 all S. 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Fortuna # 20 all Gcnc.al l4 16 1 all Gt • NuggetVeinßeg 41' all Great Poluooth .... 1 14 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 id 1 all Liberty s . 4 3 all Linares 7l 8 xd 5 11 Lusitanian 1 1 all Ifariquita $ 1 all Now Granada -- all 'Nouveau Monde .0 all Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min ll} 124 5 1 Port Philip all , quartz Rock 4 S 30 all Rhymney Iron 2l `23 15 all Da. New 6 —• 8 30 13, 4antiarTo (le Ciba. 3 34 31 ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co 24 3 1 all ' , oath anstration.. 1 fill Do. Scrip 0 1 3 Do. 10 per cent Pref 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 21 2 23 1 4 10 9 fin Croft . ... . 4 4§ 284 all United Mexican 3l 41 4 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia — I all Yuba • -- MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Agricult. 31. 33 at le all Australn. Royal Mail 10 all Berlin Water Works 6 7 50 40 Brit. American Lan , ! 100 32 Canada l4O 145 141 St. U'o C.Go.6p.c..TanSanly 111 111 111 St. 100 Do. 6p. e. Feb & Aug 108 110 109 St. 100 Do. 6p. c. 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