The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-23 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Lessee, Mr. J. IL Anderson. THIS EVENING TEE BOHEMIAN GIRL. To be followed by WHAT DO YOU WANT? To conclude with L'ECO3SAIS FRETILLANT. TEIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LAN& Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, THE GREAT GUN TRIM After which, LITTLE TODDLEKINS. To cirlade with SET DIDDLE DIDDLE; or A be sof Man Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Unier the Management of Mr. Buckstone. Tlll3 EVENING. THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM. Followed by LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRAStiIIOPPER'S FEAST ; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Sprint. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. cra w th e management of Mr. CRAzus ML THIS EVENING, • THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. After which, BARLEQVIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. mee t - l ain, Mr. CormtrA ; Clown, Mr. Haline ; Pantaloon, Mr. panto ; and Colamhine, Miss Caroline Adams. YREATEE ROYAL ADELPIII. P:opriotor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. BETSY BAKER. To te followed by THAT BLESSED BABY. To conclude with JACK AND THE BEAN STALK or, llarlequin and Mother - Gooqe at Home Again. In which Meier. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madam Celeste, 3fiss Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will apear. ROYAL OLYIrPIe THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. AlfreA Wigan. THIS Evuisurm. STAY AT HOME. After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral. though eleetsively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DIFICUEET PRENCERS; o - , the Three Glass Distaffs. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Masked will appear. ROYAL. SUIREV THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING JASPER LANGTON; or, A Dael to the Death. To conclude with A PRINCE OF rzArtr,s; or. Hark pin and Jane Shore. ASTLF.T'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Ceoki. THIS EVENING, eizth time, a Grand Oriental Equestrian Spectacle, called THE ARAB OF THE DESERT AND HIS FAITHFUL STEED. The principal character by Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. After which the SCENES in the CIRCLE and the performance of the Stupendous Elephants, one of which ascends uncontrolled upon a narrow inclined plane from the centre of the ring to an elevation 12 feet eove the stage. To conclude with HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. 4/1:.. w. Cooke, jun. E3fsfA STA.WLEY'S SEEN - AGES OF WOMA.N, Every Evening at 8, and on Saturdays at 3. Pronounced by the unanimous voice of the press, and by nightly increasing audiences, to be the Greatest Artistical Triumph of the day. Stalls, 39. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. ; Back Seats, ls. SAINT MARTIN'S HILL, Long-acre. HIGH WATE it AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tai DAY—Morn. 37 min. aft. 3—Evening 52 min. aft. 3 Tq-BEORROw—Morn. 6 min. aft. 4—Evening 21 min. aft. 4 THE WEATHER-Sum OFFICE, FEB. 23. TIIEB3IO2IETEB, ITT THE SHAD& 45-highest since noon yesterday.• 90 -lowest this morning and dur!_ng the night. 43 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30-14. WIND, N.W. to W. Light and variable. The tern psratnre has become milder since last evening. Weather fine and annshiny. TWO dcLocK. Wind, N.N.W.—Fine. • 1 . ) 15 4 , L')NDON, SA.TUIMAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1356. The New Loan has been concluded. The first tender of Messrs. ROTHSCHILD, the only one put in, was below the minimum, fixed by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer t 'c per cent., br 70,000/ . . on the entire amount of 8,000,0001. sterling. The bidding was to receive 1121. ss. Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities, with dividend from January last, which would be equivalent to 89k, whereas the Chancellor of the Exchequer refused to give more than 1111.25.2 d., or, as nearly as possible, 90 for each 1001. Consols, being at the rate of 3/. 6s. Bd. dividend per annum. By these terms the Right Honourable Gentleman firmly abided, and after a brief consultation with his friends, Baron LIONEL ROTHSCHILD, who re presented the firm, acceded to the Ministerial proposition, and the contract was finally con cluded at 1111. 2s. 2d., or 90 for every 1001. Consols. A saving of 70,000/. to the nation has thus been effected by the resolution of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer and his colleagues, Lord PALMERSTON and Mr. JAMES WILSON, for which ho and they are entitled to much credit, which we are the more willing to bestow inasmuch as it has not often fallen to our lot to praise the finan cial arrangements of Sir GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS. The entire proceeding, however, clearly indi cates the evils inseparable from the existing system. Messrs. kornscrtun had a complete monopoly. In consequence of requiring a single party to tender for the whole amount there was no attempt at competition. The country was practically left at the mercy of the leviathan firm. It is true, that in consequence of the unflinching resolution of the parties representing the Trea-1 miry, the loss of 70,000/. has been avoided—as the bargain was clearly a good one for the eon tractors, the profit on the transaction, according to the present price of Consols, being about 1/ per cent., or 1 00,0001. in all. But a precedent has been established for all similar proceedings, that will effectually prevent any benefit being derived by Government from the tender system, and showing that the mode adopted in France, of stating the price And allowing the public to sub scribe, without the intervention of a middl e man, may very judiciously be substituted for that hitherto in operation. It was notorious that there was but a singl e bidder, consequently the offer might be so low as . to insure Its being beneath the minimum without any danger of forfeiting the profits to be obtained. The option would then be afforded of taking the sum at the lowest possible rate. The result was to all intents and purposes the same as if the price had been publicly stated beforehand ; and it might just as well have been communicated to the country in the first instance, and permission. accorded to every small capitalist to cast his mite into the Treasury and to participate in the pro- We of the Loan. Another very serious evil was alluded to by Mr. LAPEL. It was ascertained that the secrets respecting the amount of the Loan and of the fund ing had leaked out, and that certain favoured Par ties were thus enabled to realise very considerable sums at the expense o f t h eir brethren. We do not for a moment suppose that th e i n f orma ti on was o bt a i ne d from any Minister ; but when we find that it bad been, as in almost every similar instance, acquired surreptitiously, there are additional rea. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 23, 1856 sons Irhy sal mystery should be especially eschewed, and everything conducted openly and above board. The minimum bidding that would be accepted was also spoken of. This might have been but a singularly good guess. But the fact, combined with those above alluded to, proves the propriety, if not the imperative necessity, of avoiding the possibility of similar complaints on any future occasion. From what subsequently fell from the Chan cellor of the Exchequer in the Committee of Ways and Means it is obvious that the present Loan will only provide for the deficiencies (with a small margin over) of the current financial quarter. The financial position of the country is, it appears, some 4,000,000/. worse than the former estimate of the Right Honourable Gentle man, and that is the sole object to be provided for by the present Loan. It is,: therefore, obvious that new arrangements must be entered into in April or May. It is to be regretted that they were not finally ciinpleted, as they might have been, yesterday, inasmuch as the applications to Messrs. ROTHSCHILD are known to have amounted to about 30,000,0001., a sum that would have been amply sufficient for all the financial require ments of the year, and placed the Exchequer in a very satisfactory state of preparation to meet the expenses of the War, should the Conferences at Paris prove abortive, or, should peace be restored, to pay off the debt to the Bank of England, and be in a condition to give the necessary notices for the abolition of its charter. The resolution of Lord LYNDHURST, against the validity of the life peerage conferred on Lord WENSLEYDALE, was last night carried by a ma jority of . 35, in a house of 149, or, including tellers, of 153 Peers. A previous resolution, moved by Lord GLENELG, that the opinions of the Judges should be taken on the question, "Is it in the power of the Crown to create, by patent, the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom for life, and what privileges does such a grant con fer ?" was negatived by a majority of 31, proxies being admitted to vote thereon. The decision of the Committee of Privileges, thus affirmed by a very decided majority, is to the effect that neither the letters patent purporting to create Sir JAMES PARKE a Baron of the United Kingdom for life, nor the said letters patent, with the usual writ of summons issued in pursuance thereof, can entitle the grantee therein named to sit and vote in Parliament ! The threatened collision between the Crown and the Lords has thus occurred, and it remains to be seen what will be the next move on either side. From what we have already stated re specting the House being the sole judge of its own privileges, and the fact that the Preroga tive asserted is, to say the least of it, of very doubtful legality, and has not been exercised —if at all—for four centuries, it is well that it should be so. As we have repeatedly declared, these are not the times for the exertion of a doubtful prerogative, or any extension of the power of the Executive. We want no German models—and, however desirable the object ;nay be, of a reform of the House of Peers, we would not accept it unless rendered in a constitutional manner, by the assent of the Three Estates of the realm. The question was pertinently aeked, "What security could they have, that these might not be in after days a SOVEREIGN, notregarding the affections and institutions of the country—as did her present gracious MAJ ESTY—a female SOVEREIGN, perhaps sitting on the throne under the direction and guidance, and burdened with the connexion of a foreign Prince (little imbued with the liberty, spirit, and practice of the British Constitution), who would aim a blow at the Constitution, and destroy the independence of the House of Peers?" It is impossible to get ever this obvious difficulty; for however judicious may be the present exercise of the prerogative in favour of Beron PARKE, there can be no guarantee that, if allowed, it may not hereafter be carried to such an extent as completely to destroy theindependence of the Upper House, and the constitutional balance of the Three Estates of the realm. But the reform of the hereditary branch of the Legislature by an act of the entire Parliament is a very different matter, and as Ministers have re cognised the necessity thereof by the attempt just made, it will be incumbent on them to introduce a bill for that purpose with all convenient speed, which would give stability and firmness to the House of Peers, and confer groat weight on their decisions. We have already shown that there are precedents for limiting the number of Peers in Par liament and rendering the seat elective, and also for the surrender of a portion of the Royal pre rogative so far as conferring the privilege of sit ting and voting. We even suggested the rough outline of a measure, which would, we be lieve, be highly popular in this coun try. Such a Bill would be the suitable adjunct of the decision of last night. One 4 remedy which, however, might haply prove worse than the disease having been rejected, it is essential that another should be prescribed with the least possible delay, and in a form strictly in accordance with the constitution. ' Our Republican offspring of the States beat us out and out in place-hunting. With our charac teristic bashfulness we do the thing a little mo destly. Not, as Mr. SAMUEL MORLEY and his brother Administrative Reformers will tell us, that our modesty has any virtue in it. Oar place hunters merely prefer the back to the front stairs, and think it will answer better to use interest when personal emolument is the object, as secretly as possible. Corruption here pays this tribute to national delicacy. Seeming •too eager for a re munerative public appointment will not do. It would be considered indecorous, and perhaps de feat its end. Our Yankee friends, however, know no such delicacy ; they hold it no disgrace to fight and clamour for any appointment worth a few hundred dollars a-year. Like politically cynic philosophers they act on the assumption that no dictate of nature needs to be obeyed in privacy. Nature everywhere in civilised countries prompts hundreds to get a salary little or big from the public exchequer ; and why should they be ashamed to indulge openly such a natural de sire. Vesture and even fig leaves are quite a superfluity ; they are as they were made, and why be ashamed ? They were born to love a nice snug berth, with Uncle SAM to pay for it, why blush • h y blush for the mental configuration, which as th e y will say we all have, however we may affect to conceal it. The American papers have j ust brought us over a striking littl e d ague rreotyp e of American pl ace hunting. Congress has at last chosen a Speaker ! Ifs organisation, therefore, is begun. The places connected with it have to be filled up, and forth with the battles and skirmishes begin. The quiet way in which our officers of the two Houses con tinue at their posts when once nominated is un known in America. No sooner was the Speaker elected, than an equally fierce, but necessarily shorter battle began for a Sergeant -at-Arms. The know nothings were evidently anciong the beaten, for the lucky victor bears a long German name ; perhaps, however, he was of the second generation. Any how, " the Black Republicans were sadly dis appointed." The offices of doorkeeper, post master, and 'Hinter were all vigorously contended far. The postmaster, we are informed, was " overslaughed." For the translation of this word we beg to refer our readers to the American- English Dictionary (WILEY and PurNam). Even the sacred profession does not evade the conflict ; their lay friends, howeVer, conduct it. " The contest for printer waxes hotter and hotter ; the excitement this evening is intense ;"—" the con test for printer and chaplain comes off to-morrow." Really we ought to have our "Fresh Man " there taking notes for us. It is a peculiarity of Ameri can administration that even the lowest officers, the parish constable and the village postmaster, are all changed if the " outs" of yesterday be come the " ins" of to-day ; and thus, on the very threshold of Congress itself we read that " IRA GOODNOW, lieutenant of police in New York, was appointed assistant doorkeeper." The choice of a policeman to the office appears from what follows to have been very prudent. We are told that "no sooner had Captain DARLING qualified as doorkeeper than he removed a messenger and appointed his successor ;" " this served as a signal to the crowd to rush upon hint with importunities, and the scene of excitement was heightened, on the adjournment of the house by the rioting of the office-seeking forces outside." " quite a number of decapitations took place to day." " The pressure for appointments is awful." " The area round the Hall of Representatives was crowded this afternoon with hundreds of office seekers, while others sought refuge in the Rotunda of the capital." Plainly, Mr. Assistant Door keeper will need all his police skill ; and his office, till the places are filled, will be no sinecure. On the election of Mr. BANKS, as Speaker, w e can but congratulate the Americans. It is the fir ,t achievement of. the returning spirit of the Northern States. Mr. BANKS is a Free Soiler, and we may hope that the arrogant assumptions of the Slave States, and the succumbing of the Free States, have at length come to an end. Nay, more, that soon the tide will turn, and slavery begin to decline to deserved obloquy, to be fol lowed by measures for its ultimate and early ex tinction. When once American statesmen give themselves earnestly to its discouragement and abolition, America will rapidly acquire her proper place in the civilised world. At present her natural place is beside Russia and its serfs. What a startling fact that is to which Dr. LETHEBY draws attention in his recent Report. It almost takes one's breath away to learn that in the very heart of this great metropolis, in the church-yard of St. Andrew's, Holborn, and within the last two years-and-a-half, the Metropolitan Burial Acta have been so flagrantly and unscru pulously evaded that nearly—how many can the reader, and more especially he who is aware of the limited extent and previously crowded state of that covered cauldron of corruption, believe ? five hundred ? a thousand ? fifteen hundred ? two thousand ? nay, we must' out with it—three thousand corpses have been there interred. Are we living in a Christian land, or has Christianity fled the country and left us to a bastard Judaism that preys on the living and gloats, ghoul-like, over the dead ? Has the reader recovered himself, for we have more to state, and that on the authority of Sir R. BnouN, the facts being derived from the returns moved for by Mr. BROTIIERTON. The metropolitan mortality for the year 1854, amounted to 73,697 bodies. How were they disposed of ? Thus-- 1,727 were interred at Nunhead Cemetery, 1,649 at Norwood, 1,568, at Highgate, and 1,154 at Tooting—making together 6,098. Is it said where are the rest, nearly 70,000 are unaccounted for ? Seek them, we reply, in the metropolitan grave-yards--where else could they go ? It would not answer to crowd them beneath the dome of St. Paul's, and there was serious risk in casting them like dogs into the Thames. Yes, to all the sources, the unnumberable sour ces of unhealthi ness incident to old and crowded cities, there have been found individuals who have not scrupled to add this frightful aggregation of mortality—this dread supply to the already amply stored arsenals of pestilence and destruction within the metropolis! It is nauseating, revolting to every, sen se an d faculty, but nevertheless a duty, to reflect what mighty vo lumes of poisonous gases these seething masses of corruption must give out. The responsibility of those who, with the power to close these modern plague-pits of the metropolis, have suffered so many of them to remain open—some, indeed, to he reopened, after being shut out of pure shame— is very great. Revolting, however, as the history of the metro politan graveyards is up to the present time, and certain as their final closure within a limited period may be, we are unable to contemplate the future with that satisfaction which might be anti cipated. A number of cemeteries at the outskirts command the metropolis, and already are sur rounded, or are rapidly being so, by what is, or promises to be, a dense population ; and of these cemeteries the greater part, we are told, have been selected from the worst land that could be used for the purpose—clayey soil, which, like that in the City churchyards, generates but to reject the pestilential odours of putridity; instead of gravelly soil, which promotes and rapidly absorbs decomposition. With what satisfaction can we look ou cemeteries like these as the only receptacles available for the multitudinous dead of the metropolis when the intramural graveyards are peremptorily closed ? Voracious as may be their maws, voracity has its limits, just as patience has its bounds ; and the neighbouring population wilt have them closed as homicidal nuisances, if sheer incapacity to take more does not preclude the necessity. What is wanted seems to us to be the formation of a cemetery capacious enough for metropolitan sepulture for many long years to come, and at such a distance and so situ ated and constituted as to render it impossible for any injury to the health of the population here or elsewhere to arise from it. Already 60,000 bodies are interred annually ; and, considering the in cessant growth of the metropolis, and multiplica tion of its inhabitants, an annual increase in the bills of mortality must be looked for. Shall we not be wise this once in time, and mo look after the disposition of our dead that they shall not quicken into pestilence and float back to poison lips, it may be, they have saluted with affection. Viscount and Viscountess Corobermere have arrived at Combermere Abbey, where they propose remaining till Easter. Viscount Falmouth hasarrived at the Clarendon from Mcrcworth Castle, near Maidstone. Lord Uterine, Sir Thomas and Lady Arabella Hes keth, and Lady Massey Stanley, are among the recent arrivals at Claridge's Hotel. Sir Alexander Spearman had, an interview with the Cb.ancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official re sici.ence in Downing-street. Madame Van de Weyer has cards out for an evening party on the Ist proximo. • • The steam-ship Brenda, 300-horse power, is announced to touch at Cork on her voyage to America in the first week of next month. The Brenda sails from London, and this will be the first of a series of trips undertaken .witta a vi ew o f esta bli s hi ng Cork a s a port o f ca ll. La the case tr i ed i n the Exchequer Court yester d ay for as br eac h of contract, in which the Union Steam Col her Company areoplat damages,intiffa,and the defendant an en gineer and b o il er maker , the jury gave a verdict for the PJAintiffe, with ioo THE ORDER Ol' TRZ BATH. (From the Court Newsman.) The Queen held an Investiture of the Most Honour able Order of the Bath, at three o'clock yesterday after noon, at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty, the Sovereign of the Order, was con ducted to a chair of State in the Throne-room, by the Lord Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice-Chamberla,ia, and the Comptroller of the House hold. H.R.H. Prince Albert, the Great Master of the Order of the Bath, accompanied the Queen, and stood by her side on the right, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge being on her Majesty's left. The Queen wore the mantle of crimsom satin, having the Star of the Order embroidered on the left breast. The Queen also wore the gold and enamelled Collar of the Order, and a magnificent circlet of diamonds. Prince Albert wore his mantle as Great Master, and also the Collar of the Bath. The Knights Grand Cross of the Order were called over by Bath King of Arms, in the Green Drawing-room, when the following answered : General Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., Lieutenant- General Sir George Pollock, Field Marshal Viscount Mardinge, Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., Lieutenant-General Sir H. G. Smith, General the Right Hon. Sir E. Blakeney, Lieut.-General Sir J. Fox Burgoyne, Tice-Admiral Sir J. W. D. Dundae ' General Sir J. Macdo ne ll, G enera l Si r H . D . R oss , an d General Sir J. Simpson. The Knights Grand Cross appeared in their crimson satin mantles and wearing their gold collars. The officers of the Order present were—Walter Aston Blount, Esq., Genealogist ; Algernon F. Greville, E-q., Bath King of Arms ' • and Albert William Woods, Esq., Gentleman U s h er . The officers appeared in their man tles, with their respective badges of office. The Knights Grand Cross, by the Queen's command, entered the Throne-room, attended by the Officers of the Order of the Bath, and the former having taken their usual stations near the Sovereign, Major-General Sir Richard England was introduced between General Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross and General Sir James Simpson, the two Junior Knights Grand Cross, preceded by Bath King of Arms and the Gentleman Usher of the Order, the former bearing on a crimson velvet cushion the En signs of a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath. Sir Richard knelt, before the Queen, and her Majesty, assisted by Prince Albert, placed over his right shoulder the Riband of a Knight Grand Cross, having the Badge appendant, and then invested him with the Star of a (Military) Knight Grand Cross. Sir Richard had the honour of kissing her Majesty's hand, and then retired. Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart., was intro duced with the like ceremony, and was invested by the Queen with the Riband, Badge, and Star of a (Military) Knight Grand Cross of the Bath. Lord Panmure, the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for War, was introduced with the like ceremony, and her Majesty, assisted by his Royal Highness, the Great Master, placed the Riband of a Knight Grand Cross, with the Badge appended, over his lordship's right shoulder, and afterwards invested his lordship with a Star of a (Civil) Knight Grand Cross of the Bath. The noble lord kissed hands, and withdrew. Rear -Admiral Stephen Lushington was introduced be tween Bath King of Arms and the Gentlemen Ushers of the Order, and knelt near the Sovereign, when the Queen was graciously pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon him, and afterwards placed round his neck the riband, with the badge appended, of a Knight Commander of the Bath. Her Majesty, assisted by Prince Albert, invested Sir Stephen with the Star of a (Military) Knight Commander of the Order. Sir Ste phen had the honour of kissing the Queen's hand, and withdrew. General James Wallace Sleigh, Lieut.-Gen. Richard Goddard Hare Clarges,• Vice-Admiral Henry Prescott, Lieut.-General William Rowan. Vice-Admiral Barring. ton Reynolds, Lieut.-General John IVl'Donald, Major- General James Frederick Love, Major• General James Yorke, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Richard Saunders Dun das, Major-General Lovell, Benjamin Lovell, and Maj o r General G eorge Augustus Wetherall, were severally in troduced between Bath King of Arms and the Gentle man Usher of the Order, and had the honour of knight hood conferred upon them by the Queen. Her Majesty, assisted by Prince Albert, also invested them severally with the riband, ba lge, and star of a (Military) Knight Commander of the Bath. Lieut.-Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson and Mr. Benjamin Hawes were introduced, with the like cere mony, received from the Queen the honour of knight hood, and were afterwards invested by her Majesty with the Ensigns of (Civil) Knights Commander of the Bath. Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, of the Royal Navy, was introduc,d between Bath King of Arms and the Gentleman Usher of the Order, and knelt near the Queen, when her Majesty, assisted by Prince Albert, placed the Riband and Badge of a Companion of the Bath on his left breast. Captain Keppel had the honour of kissing the Sovereign's hand, and withdrew. Captain George Ramsay, Colonel El ward Birch Rey na,rdson, Captain Henry Caldwell, R.N., Lieutenant- Colonel Henry Francis Sti ange, Major Henry Charles Cunliffs Owen, Major James Frankfort Manners Browne, Dr. David ,Dumbreck, Deputy Inspector-Ge neral of Hospitals ; Dr. John Forrest, Deputy Inqoec tor-Genetal of Hospitals ; Mr. James Mouat, Staff- Surgeon ; Mr. Alexander Stewart (Civil), the Judge of the Admiralty at Nova Scotia ; Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Koarsley Dawson (Civil), and Mr. John Hall Maxwell (Civil), were severally introduced with the like ceremony, when the Queen, 'lnsisted by his Royal High ness the Prince, invested them with the Ensigns of Companions of the Bath. The Knights Grand Cross were again called over in the presence of the Qaeen, and then withdrew from the Throne-room. Her Majesty's Guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentle men-at-arms was on duty in the Throne room, under the command of the Lieutenant. Lieutenant-Colonels Neville and Cook, the sub-officers, were on duty with the corps. The Court was attended by the Duchess of Welling ' ton (officiating for the Duchess of Sutherland ac Mistre,s of the Robes) ; the Countess of Desart, Lady in Waiting; the Master of the Horse ; the Groom of the Stole to the Prince ; the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard ; Earl Somers, Lord in Waiting ; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness ; Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting ; Major-General Wylde, Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highness ; the Groom of the Robes ; Lieutenant-Colonel Tophain, the Lieutenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Colonel the Right Hon. Cecil For es te r , Sil ver Sti c k in Waiting ; Colonel Wood, Field Officer in Waiting ; Major-General Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting; Captain Du Plat, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness • Mr. Joseph Skip Loyd, Clerk ofthe Cheque, and Adjutant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Colonel Fitzmam rice, Adjutant of the Yeomen of the Guard ; Messrs. Phipps and M•Pherson, Pages of Honour in Waiting ; and Major Clifton, Equerry in Waiting to the Duke of Cambridge. _ _ A ,party of the Yeomen of the Guard was on duty in the Grand Hall, under the command of Major Phibb3, the Exon in Waiting. A Guard of Honour of the Scots Fusilier Gulrds was stationed in front of the Palace, with the baad of the regiment. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Coun tess of Desae, the Hon. Mary Bulteel, Major-General Bouverie, and Captain Da Plat, honoured t'..e Haymar ket Theatre with their presence last evening. Prince Leopold visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Albert, attended by Mr. Gibbs and Dr. Barker, visited Fenton's Crimean Photographs, 53, Pall-mall, on Thursday morning, and took the greateit interest in the exhibition. Hor Majesty will hold a a Privy Council on Monday next, at Buckingham Palace. LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY. AWARD OF THE PREMIUM OF £lOO. The following are the terms of the award of the gentlemen to whom the extremely difficult task of selecting the best design fur an omnibus had been delegated by the Company : it TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY. " Gentl emen,—Acting in accordance with your re quest as adjudicators upon the designs for an omnibus sent in reply to your offered premium of 1001. for the best, we have had before us designs and motels sub mitted by 75 competitors. Several of these having been depositel after the date fixed in your advertisement, or on other grounds not coming within the terms of the competition, were at once put aside. The remainder we have carefully examined, with reference to the requirements set forth ,by you and to the police regulations ; and we have first to ex press our regret that, although many of the propositions display considerable ingenuity, and offer here and there improvements, we do not find any one design of supereminent merit, or calculated in its present shape to afford that increased amount of comfort and an commodation yourcom pany, with praiseworthy foresight, desires to give the public, and which moreover will, doubtless, be looked for at your hands; inasmuch, how ever, as we are required to select one of the designs as the best of those submitted, considered with regard to your stipulation and wants, we beg leave to point out the design No. 64, sent in by Mr. Miller, of Hammer smith. Inquiry of Mr. Miller, and the examination of a full- s i ze d omn ib us b u ilt b y hi m ( a f ter arr i v i ng at this determination), have shown us that if his intentions were more completely expressed in his drawing than is the case the design would be more worthy of the pre mium. We must report that we find no design that we can recommend for adoption intact, or which, to speak truly, is worth the premium offered ; hut there are points about some of them which, being combined, would aid in producing what you and the public desire_a light, commodious, and well-ventilated omnibus. (Signed) " GEORGE GODsVIN. " JOSEPH WRIGHT. " CHARLES MAXEY. " Feb. 20th, 1856." THE MURDER IN CIIISENLIALL-STREET. —LIVERPOOL, Feb. 22 . — Yesterday an inquest was held on the body of James Hause, who had been found dead in an entry leading out of Chisenball-street. The inquest did not terminate till past seven o'clock, at which time the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against two seamen, named Philip Wall and James Carr, on whom a part of the clothes and some of the property belonging to the deceased were found. LATEST NEWS. THE PERSIAN ARMY MARCHING ON HERAT. The Eussian Journal of the Caucasus states that the Persians are marching on Herat, and are concentrating at Aderbeidjam an army which has become necessary for their defence against the English. THE PEACE CONFERENCES. PARIS, SATURDAY. The Moniteur of this morning announces that the first sitting of the Congress will take place on Monday, the 25th instant, at the hotel of the Minister for Foreign Affair.;. BERLIN, FEB. 22. Yesterday the Frankfort Diet adopted the Five Points as a basis for peace, reserving itself on all details, and trusting that Austria and Prussia will continue to represent the interests of the Con fed eration. The Journal, de la Marine of St. Petersburg contains a special report of the hitherto unex plained disappearance of the Russian forces at the mouth of the Amour. The vessels are stationed in that river, and their materiel is at Fort Nicholas. The military envoy, Munster, will not roturn to St. Peters- burg. Th© naval school of Nicolaieff is to be trans- ferred to Cronstadt. An order is said to have been given to suspend the building of the Witias of 130 guns at Nicolaieff. COPENHAGEN, FEB. 20. The session of the general Diet of the king- dom will close to-morrow. The King has ac cepted the resignation tendered by the Ministers of the Duchies. MADRID, FEB. 21. There is no political news to-clay. The Burgos to Valladolid railroad has been adjudged to the Spanish Credit Mobilier Company. The public who were present at the offers applauded the re sult. Letters from St. Petersburg and Warsaw, pub lished in the German papers, give details of the extensive preparations made by Russia for a eon tinuan?e of the war, and state that on no point has the former energy of the military departments been abated. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday afternoon reviewed,seve ral corps of the Imperial Guard in the Avenue de Neuilly, where the division of engineers, the Ist and 2d regiments of grenadiers, the 24 regiment of voltigeurs, the regiments of horse and foot artil lery, and the squadron of the waggon-train were drawn up. Before the troops filed off, a number of the officers and soldiers who had beau wounded in the Crimea received from the hands of the Em peror the Cross of the Legion of Honour or the military medal. His Majesty was accompanied by the Minister of War and Marshal Magnan. It was reported to-day that M. Fon1(.1, Minister of State, bad sent in his resignation, after a long interview with the Emperor. Count Orloff, who arrived yesterday in Paris, was accompanied by two aides-de-camp and a se cretary. He was received at the Northern Rail way terminus by the Baron de Seebach, the Saxon minister, and by the attaches to the Russian mis sion now in Paris ; Baron de Brunow, who was at a conceit at the Tuileries, could not go to meet his colleague. Count Orloff, during his stay at Berlin, had a long interview of the King the day of his arrival, and immediately after visited the different princes of the royal family. lie, dined in the evening with his Majesty. On leaving Berlin to continue his journey to Paris, the Russian envoy was accompa nied as far as Cologne by Count Creptowich, the Russian Minister at. Brussels. Both the counts passed the night at Cologne. BounsE, Feb. 22.—The following were the closing quotations : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. per Cents q6 —f. —O. 3 per Cents 73 73 33 New Loan 73 5) Bank Shares 3,465 Boman Credit Mobilier 1,555 Austrian Belgian Fives 97 8 rtnigh Throoa 42 Piedmontose (5)... z . 89 Homo Debt .. 381 RAILWAYB-POB CAB 3. fr. C. fr. o Or?Lme ... 1,270 Western 865 Northern .. 985 Strasburg Lyons ...... 1,282 Now Ditto B3O Mediterranean 1,405 Grand Central 617 5) Lyons Geneva 760 Teak+ .. 735 Cotte 765 Austrian C0ra....... 895 DENMARK. A letter from Itzehoe, in Holstein, of the 17th, says :—" The Diet in its sitting of yesterday heard the report of the committee charged to examine the bill on the proceedings to be adopted before the superior Court of Appeal to the Duchy of Holstein in the affair of the impeachment of the Minister of that State. The committee recommends the adop tion of the bill, with an amendment stating that the president of the Diet shall have the right of choosing counsel to support the charge. The electoral district of Ratzebourg, the capital of the Duchy of Lauenburg, forming part of the Danish monarchy, has unanimously elected Count Reventlow a member of the Supreme Council of State, created by the new Unitarian constitution. M. de Reventlow Criminil Is the fourth member of the late cabinet now under trial who has been elected to the council. He, was minister for Hol stein-Lauenburg iu the la,te cabinet, and that is the oily reason why he has not been cited together with his colleagims before the High Court of Jus tice, the special Diet of Denmark having no autho rity over him. A. letter from Copenhagen states that the Ame rican vessel which had manced to escape the sur veillance of the English cruisers has returned to that port, after having *lande , i her cargo at Revel. SWEDE.ff. A letter from Stockholm states that the Prince Royal will proceed to Christiania at the end of April or the beginning of May, and assume the func tions of Viceroy of Norway, to which he has been lately appointed. Until the arrival of the Prince at Christiania, Count de Lowenskjolk will continue to act as Lieutenant-General of the kingdom. On the 11th the Councillors of State of Norway and Norwegians of distinction who we re gt Stockholm went to pay their respects to the nqw Viceroy. ITALY. TURIN, FEB. 19. The Minister of Public Works at Turin has just published the following statistics of the Piedmon tese Railways, extending over a dia Lance of 569 kilometres : PRODUCE DURING THE YEAR 18.55. - P. C. Kilometres. Line of Genoa Line of Cuneo Line of Novara 1,067,765 53 95 Line of Sum Line of Pieerola. .... 458,202 78, 38 Line of Vigevano 127.627 49 13 Lino of Bra Total 12,762,552 7: For the Government lines only th o following is a comparative view of their returnft for the past month with that of January, 1855 —___ ..__ Jan., 1858. Gen0a......... 613,1621. 77c. Susa ......... 42,5221.31 c. Pinerola ...... 31,782 f, 90 c . Vizevano ... 10,3791. 60c. Ji tn., 1855. 52C 1 ,4091. 14c. 3S ',908f. 260. 29 ,795 f. 82c. t g,140f. 17c. 697,846 f. 98c. 59 8,252 f. 39e. In the Duchy of Parma, the censorship on the press has been placed by Royal decree under direc tion of the general police. Two cel isors, with a stipend of 800 frs. a-year each, are •named : one a canon, for the religious part ; and I ,;he other, Pro feefsor MueDghi, for the moral AV d political, Iq the Superior Commission, of 5 members there is one theologist and one parish priest. .--1.-.-.., AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Feb. 18.—For some months past there has been a very lively correspondence between St. Petersburg and Rome, but no one seems to know what is going on between the heads of the rival churches. Is it not possible that the crafty Rus sians have made concessions to Rome 'in favour of the Roman Caiholic Poles, in order to gain over his Holiness, who has equal influence on the Emperor Francis Joseph and on the Emperor Napoleon ? the former is the dutiful son of the Church on principle, and the latter because he is likely to require the services of the Pope. It is considered probable that the Emperor of Austria will consent to be the godfather—by proxy —to the expected heir to the French throne. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette, of the 17th, denies that, as reported in some of the French papers, the dignity of Grandee of Spain has been conferred on General Bosquet. Tho other Madrid pipers of the same date contain no news of interest. THE MEDITERRANEAN. MARSEILLES, Feb. 20.--Every ship which ar rives from Constantinople brings a greater or lesser number of soldiers labouring under typhus fever, scurvy, or frostbite. The mail steam-packet Jourdain, which arrived on Saturday night, brought 127 passengers, of whom eight were seriously indisposed with typhus fever. The steam-packet Gange, bringing the Constan tinople mails of the 11th inst., arrived last evening. An officer who arrived by the Gange states that there are 25,000 of the French army of the East in hospital, viz., 15,000 in the Crimea, and 10,000 at Constantinople. The prevail ing diseases are typhus fever and scurvy. This statement is in some degree confirmed by a private letter received by a shipowner here from one of his captains employed in the transport service, in which he says that there are 4,000 French troops in hos pital at Eupatoria. The mortality among the horses in the Crimea is said to be very great. The Commander of a transport, at present in the Joli ette, says that of 150 hones he took from this to the Crimea, it was found necessary to shoot 100, glanders having broken out among them. HAMBURG, Fob. 19.—A shipment of rather a novel nature, destined for Russia, has just arrived here in an Italian :vessel from Leghorn, accoth panied by a Russian gentleman of the name of Welikanoff. It consists of 148 large cases of Car rara marble, forming the first part of the principal altar for the new cathedral of St. Isaac, at St. Petersburg. There wore also two cases containing a couple of magnificent silver vases, to servo as ornaments to the altar. THE NEW LOAN. (From the Times of this clay.) The proceedings at the Treasury yesterday will serve to enlighten the uninitiated portion of the public as to the way in which large sums can be won or lost on transactions apparently with so little margin as a Go vernment Loan. On the Loan and the funding toge ther the difference between the tender first made by the Messrs. Rothschild and the Government terms, which they were eventually forced to accept, was ;thou', 70,000/. It is a fair presumption thaf - , had their tender been ac cepted, they would have derived that much more profit, or that much less loss, by the operation, which, at this crisis, cannot but be a speculative one. At the last quo tations for Ccnsols the Government minimum price could not be considered low ; and the Messrs. Rothschild and their friends must either have had reasons of their own for thinking the state of affairs more in their favour, or must have reckoned on more pliant customers than they found in Lord Palmer s to n an d the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Should all go on well at Paris, and should Consols thereupon take an upward start, Government will have the credit of having made a good bargain —at least, if its hard ness be a proof of its goodness. In what we will hope is the very improbable contingency of a relapse into war, no doubt the capitalists will find they have been made an example of, and in that case the difference between a tender at 89 and a transaction at 90 will be a provek ing'aggravation of their loss. The public, however, will reasonably take the high rate of the Government mini mum as an element in the calculation. Where, indeed, are they to look for confidence if not in Ministers them selves, who can both know and do more than anybody else in the question of peace and war ?• These latter, therefore, have to a certain extent the power of borrow ing on their own terms. Possunt, quia posse videntur. But, while Government deserves credit for not giving way to the compact phalanx of capitalists before them, it has certainly provoked the censure implied in Mr. Cap3l's complaint. He requested that in all future com munications with the Stock Exchange it would state the amount of the loan at once. In the interval between the first general announcement and that of the par ticular amounts some people became possessed of the secret, and won large bets upon it. The answer was, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had only followed the precedent of previous loans. Tnis does not appear to us a sufficient reply. To be sufficient it ought also to explain how it is that a course f.und harmless before has led is the present instance to a scandalous result. There has been a great deal of leakage in Trea sury secrets lately, and it unfortunately comes at a time when there are also unusual efforts to put the public on a wrong scent beforehand. The operations of British finance have so much influence on exchanges and mar kets that for the sake of fairness there ought to be the most scrupulous veracity and the most absolute secrecy in all the persons concerned in their administration ; and we cannot say that either of these rules has been observed of late. In this case the anticipation that the loan would be for 5,000,0001. and the funding for 3,000,0001., especially when banked by heavy bets, could hardly be a mere guess, though the statement that the Government minimum would be 90 was likely enough and round enough to be nothing more. Now that the loan is settled we can only hope that, as Go vernment has made the beet bargain it could under ex isting circumstances, it will turn out that the contrac tors and purchasers have made a still better, as that will imply the establishment of a Eecure and honourable peace. (From tine Tinter' City Artzcle) At the opening of the Stock-Exchange yesterday , morning business was in suspense until information had been received of the price at which the new lean had been taken. As soon as it was known that Messrs. Rothschild bad accepted the contract at the Govern ment minimum of 90 (their tender having been at 891) transactions in Console for money were entered into at 914, being an advance of an eighth on the latest price of last evening. Subsequently the market became weak, and a fall occurred to 90/, from which there was only a nartial reaction, the closing official prices being 90 to 91 for money a n d 911- to for the account. Aft,r re gular hours some bargains were entered into at a further recovery of an eighth. The transactions in the scrip of the new loan were extensive, and the premium ranged between and li, the last quotation being 1 to 1. The scrip of the Exchequer funding is a quarter per cent. lower, and left off at to i f . With regard to the terms ob.:ained by the Government, there was in many quarters an im pression that they are too high, and that those offered by Messrs. Rothschild, and which were about 2 per cent. below the closing quotation of the previous evening, were of a fair character, according to the experience of former loans. By leaving so small a margin of profit, it was argued, the Government not only ran risk of having the contract rejected altogether, but of the scrip faling to a discount on the first day, since the Exche quer-bill portion of it has already been as low ass pre mium, although there has not been a single circumstance to exercise an adverse influence, It was probably a knowledge that the subscriptions sent into Messrs. Rothschild had bean extremely large, amounting, it is said, to 30,000,000 f., which induced the Chancellor of the Exchequer to fix a high price as his minimum ; but there can be no doubt that these subscriptions would have been much reduced if it bad been supposed that the terms would have been so close. Hence, in any future and larger operation, that eagerness on the part of the public which furnishes the best advantage to the Government in all such transactions may, according to some opinion% be considerably diminished. On the other hand, it is assumed that the conditions demanded are to be regarded as a favourable sign of the confidence of the Government in the results of the peace negotia tions, and that the present case is, therefore, an excep tional one. Bank Stock closed at 2131 to 215 ; Reduced, 91,/ to 1 ; New Three per Cents., 92 ; Long Annuities, 33 ; Annuiti es, 1855, 16:1 ; Inia Stock, 222 to 224 ; India-bends, 7s. to 3s. discount ; Exchequer-bonds, 974 to 98i ; and Exchequer-bills, 3s. discount to par. The demand for money, both at the Bank of England and out of doors, continues extremely heavy ; but the pres sure was mitigated yesterday afternoon by Messrs. Rothschild returning the large surplus deposits received by them during the past two days. THE EXECUTION OF COFRIGAN.—This unfortunate man is to be executed on Monday next. Preparations have already commenced. A letter from Bucharest mentions that General Coro nini, who had returnal some day., brought the news from Vienna that peace would infallibly be concluded. A petition was presented on Thursday in the Court of Chancery for the winding-up of the Tipperary Joint Stock Bank. MINING INTELLIGENCE.L-AlthOUgh the sum required for the new loan is not so large as was generally antici pated, the 5,000,0001. have to be paid up in two months, which is more than has been generally called for in so short a period for the first instalment of the larger loans, and for a time, at least, we may expect money scarce, and speculation inactive. The advance of nearly 21. per tcn on lead ores has given a little impetus to shares in lead mines, and Trelawny and East Rose have been more sought after, and have improved i❑ price. Copper is not quite so much in demand ; large quantities are coming in from Chili; and we understand that 300 tons of ore, yielding a produce of 30 per cent., have arrived at Swansea front the Cape of Good ilope.—Mining Journal of t4i , - GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. Meeting This Day. SETTLEMENT OF THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE RIVAL COMPANIES. The ordinary half•yearly meeting of the proprietors of this railway took place this morning, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ; Mr. Denison, M.P., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that before he went into the Par' titulars of the report he would inform them that the disputes existing between the rival companies had been brought to a termination. All the correspondence b„ 1 " 1 been published in th e re p or t f or th e i r i n f ormat i on . was yesterday asked if he would re-propose the proposal he made on the Bth Feb., that this company would submit to the re-arbitration of the dispute between them to gr. Gladstone, and ask him to revive his former award to their altered circumstance?. He (the chairman), lo w :, over, declined to give an answer u n til th e p ro posal be' been formally male to him, and on that application being made in writing, signed by the chairmen of the other lines, asking him to accept that which had been before rejected, he attached his name to the document as accepting it. This arrangement would last for lt years, and he hoped it would have th e e ff ec t o f increas• ing the dividends in future. In answer to a question from a shareholder, The CHAIRMAN said that the arrangement for the working.expenses was a question with which Mr. Glad; stone had nothing to do. No bases of arbitration b"" been agreed to. Mr. Gladstone was to have reference, to the five years' receipt s s i nce hi s ar bit ra ti on . Ile bad great confidence in Mr. Gladstone, and it was remark'" able the accuracy with which that gentleman bad est' mated the traffic for those five years. A SHAREHOLDER said the explanation was satisfse. ry. The mistake must have arisen in another quarter with reference to the working expenses. The CHAIRMAN said it was not a mistake. MVO' stances might have turned out different to what to g anticipated. The half-year's receipts were satisfacturfp and looking to the past and the future, he con' sidered this railway i n a sa f e an d so lid Poi' tion, and that it was in a firmer position new than it had ever been. The working charges appeared to be nearly 50 per cent., but on a comparison of that With any other on a proper scale would appear less than that. The actual working charges did not exceed 44 per cen t ' after deductions fur other companies. He was son: guine these expenses would be less in the next half year than in the past. He then referred to the report, which stated tbat the available balance admitted of a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum ; on the B stock 31 per cent. for the half-yea r, making 6 per cent. for the year 1855, and upon the stock 21 per cent. for the whole year 1855, The diree' tors recommended that a dividend be paid at these rates, leaving the small surplus of 1121. 4s. 11d, to 13 1 carried to the next account. The bal an ce appear!' small, but the object of the directors was to keep- the railway in an efficient manner out of the current re' ceipts of the half-year. It was from its permanent con struction and good management that members were in' duced to prefer to travel by this line to others, and en' less it was kept in the most efficient manner possible be should decline having anything to do with it. He moved the reception and adoption of the report. Mr. J. PACKE, deputy chairman, seconded the motion. Mr. MALINS said that in consequence of ithe amicable arrangement of the dispute between the respective on t° ' paniee, he should not press the resolutions of which be had given notice, and repeated the statement h a t made yesterday at the Great Northern meeting, that before the opposition commenced it would have been better to have called the' shareholders together O a ° have obtained their feelings on the question. . I ' B acquitted the company from originating this dispute, and concurred in the statements of the Chairman, as to the satisfactory condition of their receipts, and the state of the line ; and thus they bad less to fear from cone; titian than any railway in the kingdom. He assume d the position of a railway reformer not from factious feel" inns, but to promote the good of these undertaking s generally. The report, after some further discussion, was agree d to. Mr. C. NICHOLSON moved a resolution, "That the shareholders at this meeting assembled highly approved and applauded the conduct of the Chairman of this nova' pany in his manly defence of- the interests of the our pany pending the recent disputes between the Land ° 'and North Western, the Midland, and the Manchester and Sheffield directors, and beg thus specially to acknow" ledge their gratitude to him for thus, adding another to the many obligations he had rendered to the Gr ea t Northern Railway." Mr. BILLINGS seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN returned thanks for this expression Of their feeling, but he begged to say that he could bar e done nothing without the assistance of the directors. The dividend recommended by the board of directors was declared, and would be paid about the 10th or 15th of March. The CHATEMA.N said some delay was necessary to Pre" _vent mistake. On some occasions it had occurred that persons had received wrong dividends, but the par!iel in whose favour the mistakes bad been made had no t communicated those mistakes to the secretary. A discussion ensued on a resolution submitted by . the directors to the meeting, authorising them to appropriate annually out of the funds of the company sums not es needing 2301. in remunerating the schoolmaster and, niistrcss, and providing books, &c., for th e sc hools, ana, 2001. to a clergyman for conducting Divine Service, air . affording spiritual instruction to the company's servants at Don , aster. Mr. TACKETT moved an mendment that the sum for the provision of a clergyman, should be omitted from the resolution. The amendment having been seconded, The CHAIRMAN said he considered it was the duty of the company to provide religious instruction at Dol" caster for their 1,000 servants with their wives and chit' dren. He protested against the seconder of the amend . meet objecting to this grant, he being a preference share holder, and had to be paid his dividend in full before alto' sum could be taken from the receipts of the compaol• Mr. Coma suggested that preference shareholde rs should abstain from voting on this question. After some further discussion the original motion 1 16 agreed to. Some other business was disposed of, and the meeting separated after a vote of thanks to the chairman an a directors. MARKET liEWS.—(This Day.) COVENT GARDEN. There were full average supplies of fruit and vegetal/ on sale to-day, and the trad e genera ll y ru l e d s t ea d y, a t ful l prices. • FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, Gs to lOs per lb ; colonlol do., Os to Os each ; hot-house grapes, 6s al to 10s Od per lb' foreign ditto, al to Os ; melons, 2s 0(1 to 3s 6cl eacb;, peaches, 2s Od to Gs; nectarines, is Gd to 4s per dozen; apples, 2s Od to 3s 0(1 per half sieve ; pears, is Od „ 3s per dozen ; plums, Os to Os per sieve ; green gages, "' per punnet; apricots, is Gd to 5s Od per doz.; common plums, Os Od to Os 0(1 per sieve; cherries, Od to Od per _pound ; lemons, Gd to 1s 01 per doz ; oranges, 3s to Os per 100 • fit' berts, 9s to Os per doz. lbs; cobnuts, lOs to Os ; Almon' dot Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, 8(1 to 10d per 100 ; figs, Os 9 , 11 to is Gd per doz ; strawberries, Od to Od per pottle ; goose' berries, Os Od to Os al par half sieve; currants, Os Oil to Os 0(1 per half sieve ; raspberries, Od to 0d per pottle. VEGETABLE.—Greens, Is Gd to 3s al per doz. bunched; cabbages, I s to 2s al per dozen ; Savoy ditto. is Od to 2s Gd per do. ; brocoli, is 6(1 to 2s per bundle ; potatoes, 60 0 to 100 s per ton ; vegetable marrow, Od to Os per doz, • p o ne s Os to Os Oct per bushel; French b eans , 2s Oct to 3s Od per 100 ; turnips, 3d to 4;. per bunch ; carrots, 4(1 to 6d pet hunch ; cucumbers, 4 s Od to 6s Oct each ; garlic, 6d to Os 8(1 per pcuu , l ; spinach, 3s Od to 4a O 1 per sieve; old onions, 2s Gil to 4, per bushel • new ditto, Os to Os pet doz. bunches; leeks, 2d to 3d per bunch ; shallots , 8d to 10d ' • horse-radciish, 2s Od to 4s p er b un dl e ; p ar ole', 4 , 1 to Gd per bunch ; celery, Os 0d to is Gd pe t bunch ; endive, is Gd to 4s Od per score ; beet, is Od to 2 ,1 per doz. • parsnips, Os 6(1 to is Od per dozen - small salad, 2(110 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, is Od to is 6d per pottle; artichokes, Os to Os Od per half sieve; cabbage lettuces, is to is Gd per score ; sorrel, 6cl to is per half sieve radishes, is to is 3(1 per dozen hands ' • tomatoes, 3s to 4 6 per half sieve ; chillies, is to is Gd per 100; Brussels sprouts, 2s Oct to 3s Od per half sieve; capsicums, is to 2 0 per 100 ; walnuts pickling, 6(1 to Is per DO ; cauliflowers, 4s to Gs Od per doz. ; rhuburb, &I to is 3d per bundle ; asparagus, 4s to 103 per 100 ; sea kail, lie 6d to 3s per punnet NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 48 Od to 8s Od ; Geese, 5s 6d to 6a 6d each; Ducks, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; wild ditto, is 9d to 2s Od rabbits, is to is 6d each ; Pigeons, 8d to 101 each; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, 2s Od to 3s al • Chickens, is 9(1 to 2s 3(1 ; Capons, 35 Oct to 4s 6:1 ; Hares 2s 6d to 3s 6(1; Grouse, is 9d to 2s al each; Pheasants, 3s Oct to 3s Gd ; partridges, is 6d to is 9d each; Roasting Pigs, 4s Gd to Gs 6(1 each. Ostend fresh butter, as Gd to 12, Gd, and English ils Gd to 15s Od per dozer lbs. English Eggs, Os al to 10s 01; French ditto, Os 6.1 to Te 64 per 120. 'NEWPORT. Beef from 3s Oil to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; pork, _3s 2d to 4s 81 per Sibs. WiIITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; veal, 4s 01 to 5s 4d ; pork, 3s Od to 4s 8d per Sibs by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 380 d. to 20s ; Brills, 2s Od to 7s each; Salmon, 2s Gd to 3s Gd per lb ; Cod Fish, 3s Oct to 10s each ; Soles, 6d to 2s Gd per pair; Eels, 8d to is per lb; Lobsters, Os 6d to 2s 6d ; Crabs, 6d to 2s 0(1; Whitings, 4s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 128 to 208 ' • Natives, 48s to —s per bsh. ; Mackerel, 60 s t o O s per 100 ; Smelts, is Oct to 3s Od per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6(1 to 2s 6cl per gallon; Bloaters, is Oct to is 6d per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 6s Od to Os per 100 ; Scotch do., 6d; Sprats, 8s Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, is Od to 103 each ; Haddocks, 5s to 15s per doz. ; Pike 6(1 • Sturgeon, Gd per Ib ; Prawns, 3s Oct to 48; Mullets, Gd to is Od • Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut, Gd per ; Flounders, is 6a to Os per dozen. BREAD. The prices of - wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 10d; of household ditto, 7d to 9d per 4lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 611 b, 3id to Od ; 641 b to 721 b, 30 to 4d ; 721 b to 801 b, 4d to Od ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 4id ; 8311, to MU, 4id to ; 961 b to 1041 b, 01 to Od ; 104 11211) —d to ; upwards, —d to —d ; Horse hides, 61. Od to Os Od; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ditto, full, 7s Od to 03 Od. ; Polled Sheen, 7s Od to 9s Od ; Keats, 6s 01 to 7s Od ; Half-breds -- Od to 78 Od; D owns , 5s Od to 6s Od ; Lambs, Os Od t o ei2, iihearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. Stifirgrrxr.D.—Meado - ar hay, 4/ 48 to 61 64 ; clovez ditto. 4/ 15s to GI 15s ; and straw, It 4s Od to 1/ 99 Od per lovi. A lair average supply, and a slug gish demand. .CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ 56 to 61 84; clovel'ao., 4/ 15s to 6/ 156: and straw. 1/ 4s to 1/ 104 per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at late rates. WHITHCHAPAL. — Meadow hay, 41 Os to 61 6s; clover do., 4/ 106 to 61'155; and straw, 11 41 to 1l 9s per load. 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