The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-14 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Levee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS ]FVENINO, DELICATE GROUND. Yoßowel by TRYING H. ON. 1 o 'ivlade with HEY BIDDLE DIDDLE or, harlequin King Nonsense an the Seven Ages of Man. TEE kTRE ROYAL, IY3fARKET. Miler the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVF.NDTC4. THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. After which, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by A Bala Divertissement. To conclude with ONLY A HALFPENNY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE, OXFORD-STREZT. Under the Management of Mr. Cuaat.ga Kafir. Tan EvENING, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. To conclude with frARLEQUIN AND THE. MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Paradise and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown. Mr. Reline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams. TKEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Cole Ste. THIS EVENDIG, BETSY BAKER. To be followed by SAT BLESSED BABY. To conclude with JACK AYD TflE .V. - STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother Cooie at Horne Agaha. n which Messrg. J. Mind, P. 'Redford, Madame Celeste, Was w fn 4ham, and Miss E. Ardea will apaetr. ROYAL OLYNTPIC TREATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. TATS EVENING, STTLL WATEES 11:J:I DEEP. After 'which will be pr01i ,, ,e4 a New MO doubly-moral, though a gcecsively old, itelodranietie Fairy Fixtravaganzt, entitled rum DISC R.% r PIC Sr I ; o', the Thre3 ni stet's. In whleli Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Mks Marstoa, an I Miss Haskell will appear. ROYAL SUVIEY THEATRE. Lessees, Mews. Shephera ani Cresnriek. TIIrS EVENING lA O PER LANG I'o ; or, A Duel to the Death. Followel by 1111 Q 1 lir.% R3B. To conclude withL PARIS IN 1792. toiTLEY'I NOYAG A.MPIIITLI &Ante. • " Lows and Pdana , :cr, Mr. Wrn. Cooks. THI3 EVENING, (The Last Week before Easter), TUE A.IIAR OF TUE DESERT _kNI) HIS FATTIIFUL STEED. The horse. whose wonderful performance has been the universal topic of conversation. tralnet h i Sfr RriUlan) Cooke. After xvhleh, the EQUESTRIAN SCENES In the CIRCLE. Also, the tniramilous ant ileredin!e ascent of the Elephant from the ring to the stage. Tf Clnclude with A lic,rertlfir Farce, called MR. AND MR , . WHITE. Box-of/ice open from Woven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Zquastrian - Director, Kr. W. Cooke, jun. EMMA. STANLEY'S SEVEN AGES OF WOAIA.N. PrMouueed by the unsnimott3 voice of the press, and by increasing patronage, to be the greatest artistical triumph of the day. Evenings at 8, and on Saturdays at three precisely. Stalls Chairs, 3s. ; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Back Seats, Is. BAIN P MAR IN'S HALL, Long-acre. FMNIA SUNNI - A:1"s 11 , :NEF1 Tifrz (Fran 1) EVENING, tho 14th instant, Miss Emma Stanley's Sonefit. on %STITT:D.A. - V. the %sth, a Day Performance (the last of her first t:7 illtant cesson). The Second S , aqon or the (mil ion able and popular Lyric r ntertal. , - ment, CH nye, v AGIE,A ok , , 4 will commence on 1()N. DIY, the 24th instant, at A iIST ART' N'A lIALL, Long-acre. Ng .perrorrnance darinz Passing week, Mks E. Stanley being engaged far foar nig!ds at Sailer's Wells Theatre. HIGH WA.TER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRIO DAY—Morn, 7 min. aft. 7—Evening 36 inln. aft. 7 144 f oilnow—Morn. 15 min. aft. S —Evening 4 min. aft. 9 THE WE:iTHEtt--SZIN OFFICE, 11fAnon 14. - THERIMETEiI. IN TUX SHAD& 43—highest sineo noon yesterds,y. 9 -lowest morning and &sing the night. .42 -thin day at, noon. BAROMETER, 3019. WIND E. try E.S.E.—Fresh and squally, with plenty of send a d sunshiny, bitter weather. 17,r_. .. §AI u IVY • • LONDON, FRIDAY, MAO 14, 1856. Sir CHAS. NAPIER. has at last had his innings, And, we regret to say, has not profited greatly thereby. He has undoubtedly cast considerable dirt of "My Lords," and more particularly on Sir JAMES GRAHAM ; but he has not escaped without some of the fragments falling on, and adhering to, himself. He had even considerable difficulty in finding a seconder, and it was only the generosity of a distinguished officer, who " would not see a brother admiral adrift without t asting out a tow rope," that brought the matter legitimately before the House, and elicited the replies of the present and the late First Lord. None of the parties emerge creditably from the encounter. They seem to have been playing at cross purposes, al initio —each desirous!of evading responsibility, and making the other side responsible for any short-comings or failure. A little more energy and decision would have been eminently beneficial to the nation. But the personal had manifestly a much greater interest for the per formers than the national side of the question, and between the First Lord and the Admiral the community fell to the ground. With different instructions Sir CHARLES might have added fresh laurels to those which he had formerly obtained. With another Admiral the Board might have escaped the animadversions to which it has been justly exposed. We fear that the popular - verdict will be something analogous to that of Mencurio, and that " a plague of both your houses" will be the general exclamation. That Sir C. NAPIER might have done more un der his actual powers is unquestionable ; but, un fortunately, he was from the very commencement of the attack discontented with the means placed at his disposal, and having started as a prophet of Evil, he was resolved not to cast discredit on his own prescience. He was too sharp in detect ing the red-tapisb "dodge," Had he, like NEL SON, placed his blind eye to the telescope, it would have been better for the national interests, and Ms own reputation. But, instead of turning the means at his disposal to the best advantage, he seemed chiefly intent on placing the Admiralty in the wrong ; and it is but simple justice to state that they rendered important assistance in the attempt. It is difficult to say which party has been most disfigured in the transaction ! The panto mimic encounters between sweeps and bakers, where the alternate marks of soot and flour give a magpie appearance to .the performers; seems 'the only suitable comparison to the result. Sir CHARLES materially damaged Sir JAMES, who in return administered many hard hits to his. assailant, while Sir CHARLES WOOD met the usual fate of mediators and emerged from the melee more seriously injured than either of the belligerents. Like PICKWICK betwen the valorous POTT and , SLUR he received the heaviest punishment, but it was self inflicted, and proceeded neither from the. carpet-bag, or the fire-shovel. The Hon. and Gallant Member for Southwark did' much for the Board, but with singular want f discretion, their advocates refused to avail themselves of the'circumstance. Had there been no reply, they would have come out of it with flying colours. But they were not so easily satis fied. Like 831110 counsel who- are not contented with the failure of an accusation against their clients, they patched up the case for the prosecu tion and ensured a conviction. If Sir. CHARLES Nezza had so grossly misbehaved himself as the Civil Lords attempted to prove, they committed a very serious offence in concurring in his nomination. They were bound to select the best man for the arduous and important duty, and in place of so doing, they yielded to popular clamour—(that is their own version of the case)—in choosing a person perfectly unsuit able. Sir CHARLES NAPIER has sustained great injury ; but we fear that he has by no means helped his own reputation as a naval commander by the course be has thought proper to adopt. He has injured Sir JAMES GRAHAM and Admiral BERKELEY, but not served himself by his motion. earnest and successful promoters of this long desired aet of justice, was the great writer who closed his first tale of humour by leaving its amiable hero (tights, gaiters, spectacles, and all complete) sauntering about the green lanes, and strolling into the pleasant picture gallery at Dul wich—let uc not forget another debt of gratitude (Lae to the glorious humorist, who is at once the delight and the ameliorator of his generation. If the English farmer cannot, like OPHELIA, " turn all things into favour and to prettiness," he would seem to possess the secret of turning ruin into prosperity—a useful art as times go. Bow often he has been finally and irretrievably ruined within the range of our recollection we will not undertake to say at a moment's warning; but we are quite sure not seldomer than his pros perity has been placed on a better basis than before. The fact is he has suffered a good deal from hypochondriacism. Brought up in the unhealthy atmosphere of Protection, the very notion of ex posure to the rubs of this work-day world has operated as a shock to his nerves, and conjured up a host of apprehensions for which there was no real foundation. If his malady has not led his morbid fancy to the conclusion that ho was dterally made of glass, it certainly has repeatedly led him to believe he was in danger of becoming a broken man from the effect of changes really calculated to do him good. To what terrible ap prehensions did not the threatened repeal of the Corn Laws give rise in his perturbed mind ? apprehensions, it must be confessed, incessantly stimulated by his " natural protectors." It would sfford considerable amusement to posterity if his notions of the corn-growing capacity of the tillers of the soil on the Danube and in America, pre vious to the repeal of the Corn Laws, were accu rately recorded. Never, it would be seen, had the world witnessed such a Titanic race of agri ollturists, soil so fertile, and produce as plentiful. His little gleanings were doomed to be swept aside like chaff before the corn storm they would infallibly pour into the markets of this much misguided country. Competition with the foreigner was a thing impossible ; or, if possible for a moment, must eventuate in utter ruin. No prospect loomed before him but that of extinction as a member of a class, or—expatriation. There was still that chance left him. To some more favoured country it was still open to him to transfer his little capital, and his overborne energies, leaving an ungrateful country to deplore ! his loss. So, in a minor degree, was it with the introduction of au improved mode of culture. Deep draining and shallow draining, economic tl hedging and ditching, wore sufficiently bewilder ing ; but guano and chemical appliances were 4gencies fraught with mischief, if not with de- Atruction. Poor timid creature, to his diseased imagination the assurance of the poet went for nothing—a breath could make or unmake him, while it was impossible he could be replaced. The Corn Laws, notwithstanding, were repealed, and the resources of chemistry were brought to bear on the culture of the soil, and how little were his apprehensions justified by the result ! Once exposed to the bracing air of competition, his fine manly constitution had fair play, and with the renovation of his energies came the sharpen ing of his invigorated understanding. Ruined ! Not a bit of it ! In those stalwart arms, and that keen eye of his for the main chance, there was an everlasting bulwark against ruin. lie set to with a will, took kindly before long to artificial composts, reaped as be had sown, and with healthier spirits and fuller barns and folds became a vastly better man than he ever was before. Besides being, to our mind, incomparably and beyond all manner of doubt, the greatest humorist England has ever produced CHARLES DICKENS has proved himself to be, again and again, during the last twenty years, one of the most distinguished, practi cal, brave-hearted, out-spoken, and, let us add to all this, one of the most eminently succes ful of our Great Social Reformers. Our accuracy in this assertion is attested in shining characters upon ono after another of his remarkable, and, happily by this time, somewhat numerous serial narratives. He has overturned, we don't know how many monster-abuses—bringing them down unerringly with the shafts of his matchless ridi cule. He has tumbled them over as effectually as ever was tumbled over in the days •of the fairies, the famous Humpty Dumpty of the nursery-song. Regarded in the light of these very notable triumphs of his as a social reformer, • the mere enumeration of his fictions may be con , sideeed as, in some way, tantamount to a catalogue of victories over the Dragons and Chimaeras of Every-Day Life—Social Errors, Social Evils, Social Abuses, Social Cruelties, Social Prejudices, and so forth. Without eve' writing expressly and pre pense, " for a purpose "—he has, nevertheless, always so contrived simultaneously " to point a moral and adorn a tale," that with each one of his extraordinary works of imagination some noble object, some generous aim, some beneficent intention may at once on the instant be declared to be inextricably associated. It is thus from the " Pickwick Papers," in which he took occasion, in 1836, to insist upon the cruelty of protracted imprisonment for debt, as illustrated by his powerful delineation of the interior of the Fleet Prison, down to his current serial of " Little Dorrit," in which, in this present year of grace 1856, he is enforcing, if possible yet raort earnestly, the same humane argument by his por traiture of time inner life of the now almost forgottet Marshalsea. Everybody remembers too, perfectly Tell, how effectually he destroyed the vii ianous Yorkshire Schools at one blow by his me. mcrable account in "Nicholas Nickleby " of tilt rascally SQUEERS, and of that horrid and squalid dee of cruelty theacaderny of Do-the-boys-Hall. Neil hem is, it forgotten how exquisitely, with what a master hand, with what an adroit scalpel, he laid bare the abominations of the Poor-Lsw System in hit homely, but eminently tragic and poetic, rornanct of " Oliver Twist." Have we not still a vivid recollection, moreover, of the scornful and blight ing satire upon sectarian bigotry involved in his historical tale of "Berneby Rudge"—as well as of the Cumulative sarcasms upon the vice of gambling, making up the dark background of the wondrously beautiful picture of the " Old Curio sity Shop ?" Beside: this—were there not more than merely casual hints thrown out, through. "Martin Chuzziewit," of the sore need felt, foi years upon years, for Hospital Improvement : long before the gentle hand of FLORENCE NIGIITINGALI had smoothed the soldier's pillow at Scutari, or pointed nearer home to the gradual dawn of man) a benign innovation ? SAIREY GASP and be; " frequend pardner" BETSY PRIG, seem to us ti hiccup a reply—rather audibly—in the affirma. give ! And "David Copperfield"—wasnot that the deadliest arrow ever driven home to the heart's core of the evil system of the Ecclesiastical Courts, the Ghoul-like functionaries of which had been battening almost time out of mind upon generation after generation of victims in the snug recesses of Doctor's Commons, and within the congenial precincts of St. Paul's Churchyard ? And " Dambey and Sou"—was not thati among other things, the vehicle for a scornful laugh al mercenary marriages? And "Bleak House"—it too, in its turn, was it not the last and deadliest blow administered to the legal Moloch of Greal Britain—the Court of Chancery ? From first to last it has been the game with CHARLES DICKENS. The most delightful of our great English Humor ists—be is, at the same time, one of the most illustrious and triumphant of our great Social Reformers. The latter, by the force of his great heart—the former, by that of his great genius, Recently his overwhelming ridicule has been dis tributed with a certain degree of impartiality— with the same unsparing energy, and the sans( Unstinted prodigality—to three now (thanks te him) tolerably notorious abuses, those visible, strangely enough, in three of our well-known public charities : abuses, that is to- say, conse quent upon their monstrous mismanagement. The " Literary Fund " for one—for another, the " Charter House "—the third in this singular group being GOD'S Gift, or " Dulwich College." Speaking of the preposterous mismanagement of the Literary Fund on Wednesday, Mr. DICKENS drolly avowed that he felt in its regard for all the world as though he were a RIP VAN WINKLE who had gone to sleep the wrong way, and had suddenly 'woke up in the midst of all the boggle, darkness, and confusion of three or four hundred years ago ! Comment ing upon the odious misappropriation of the funds of the Charter House, in the course of a series of pungent articles in " Household Words," he has prepared the way, we do believe, for the ultimate amelioration of the pains and sorrows of those poor Cistercian Brothers in whose behalf the death of one Colonel Thomas NEWCOME has for ever and ever enlisted our dearest sympathies. Recount ing', only yesterday the history of the very exe crable mal-administration of the affairs of Dulwich College, Mr. DICKENS, in a speech of admirable ability, pronounced in manly terms the noblest and most touching panegyric upon the memory of EDWARD ALLEYNE, the munificent founder of "God's Gift," otherwise known as Dul wich College. And, in so doing, illustrated anew the social rights, the reasonable claims, and for that matter be it added, even the moral dignity of the theatrical profession generally. This latter incident occurring, lot us remark, upon the occasion of a most interesting meeting convened in the Adelphl, by that ALLEYNE of our own day, at once as manager, as actor, and as gentleman, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, whose day-dream it has been now for more than a quar ter of a century that "GOD'S Gift" should becomea "Godsend" to those who were obviously in tended to bo benefitted by the noble-hearted founder of the charity—in other words, that the enormous funds of Dulwich College should no longer be n• a one sense most shamefully, and in another most shame lessly, misappropriated. That day-dream we have every confidence is just now upon the very eve of being most happily realised : and when our hope in its regard shall have actually been fulfilled i Ties Lady Elizebesli Mope Vere and Mr?. Tovrngend ilson have let it not then be f orgo tt en t h at amoarrived in Dover, and ecc u py a p ar t men t s the most ' a t th e Lord Wardea HOWL A farther trial now awaits him. He is as good as booked to furnish agricultural statistics for the service of the State. Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY has brought in a bill to compel him to send in an annual return of the number of acres ho holds, and how much of them is devoted to wheat, bar ley, oats, and other descriptions of produce, and this the STANLEY whilome of Protection, to wit, Lord DERBY, declares to be just and necessary. Will our agricultural friend recognise in the act another impending ruin ? We would fain hope he is by this time too wise for that. As Lord DERBY remarked, " the farmer is not called on to disclose any of his private affairs ;" 'all he is asked to reveal is what his landlord's steward could easily ascertain if he chose. The farmer need have no fear, therefore, of his rent being raised in consequence. It would be a diffi cult matter, impossible indeed, to get at the sum total of his profits through such. returns. In other respects it will be both to his profit and credit to make no bones about the matter. He wilt have to furnish such returns under penalty, ovhether he likes the notion of it or not, and they fill do him good, and not harm. A wealthy farmer may, to be sure, once on a time make a lucky hit under the present want of Aystem, but against that hit must be set the misses of a hun dred of his less fortunate brethren. The new system once in operation, farming will soon be placed on a healthy basis, and will cease to be dis turbed by rash speculation. Let him think the subject over and ask himself whether, with the example of Scotland and Ireland before hiM, where the farmer makes similar returns of his own accord for the general benefit, it would be come him to confess himself—as he would by op position—inferior in manliness, patriotism, and resource to either. If he does so, and we feel some degree of confidence he will, the result can not be doubtful. Ho will offer no opposition to the principle of the measure, but content himself with directing his attention to the best means to prevent his prosperity- being endangered by the efforts of plying curiosity. It is for him to discover whether any improvement can be made in the form of the return, and any better or less offensive agency employed in the collection ; and, if ho succeeds iu doing either, to suggest the result to his " natural leaders." LETTER FOR THE BALTIC. Letters for the British Fleet in the Baltic, will, for the present, be forwarded daily, via 0 ;tend and Kiel. Mails will also be made up on the departure of ships of war or vessels in the service of her Majesty. The letters of commissioned, non-commissioned, or warrant officers, as well as those of soldiers and seamen, forwar,led via Ostend and Kiel, will be liable to a com bined British and foreign rate of postage of -3 I. when not exceeding a ( - fluter-of-an-ounce, GI, when exceeding a quarter and not exceeding half-an-ounce ; and so on, increasing threepence for every:quarter-of-an• The Caine rate of threepence per quarter-of-an-ounce will be chargeable upon letters of commissioned or war rant officers, conveyed by Queen's ships or transports, but the letters of soldiers and seamen may be sent by those vessels at the reduced rate of one penny, when not exceeding half-an-ounce in weight. In ail cases, the postage must be paid in advance, or tlo ;otters will net be forwarded. Newspaper.r cannot be sect by the route of Kiel, be cause the arraegements of the Da nish Post-office do not allow of the foreign postage, to which those newspapers would be liable, being collected in the United Kingdom. They would, therefore, be detained at Kiel until that postage was paid. By ♦essels of war, however, or transports, newspapers till be forwarded to the Baltic fleet at a charge of ono penny each, which must be prepaid. THE SUN S LONDON, FRIDAY EVENINC*y MARC.H. 14 Isis°. LATEST NEWS. THE CONFERENCES AT PARIS. PARIS, FRIDAY MORNING, 8 A.M. The Moniteur announces that Prussia, who signed the treaty of the 13th of July, 1841, has been invited to send Plenipotentiaries to Paris. BERLIN, MARCH 13. Baron Manteuffel will leave Berlin to-morrow to join in the Conferences. M. de Hatzfeld, Piussian Minister at Paris, will_be the second Plenipotentiary. The invitation addressed to Prussia by the Congress is more particularly grounded on the motive that the Conference of Paris is about to commence the discussion of the treaty of th• Dardanelles of 1841. The King and Royal Princes and most of the Ministers, together with some generals, attended the funeral of the late President of Police this morning. All the civil authorities of the town and great multitudes followed him to the grave. Herr von Raumer shot himself yesterday. Count C tnitz shot himself to-day. Count Orloff has made known at St. Petersburg that a definitive understanding has been come to on the fifth point, and that, thanks to the in structions brought by M. Solicewaloff, peace is assured. Some special deliberations, which are to take place between Russia and. Turkey, have been reserved. Preparations are being made at Moscow for the coronation of the Emperor, which will take place after the conclusion of peace. A despatch from Constantinople, via Semlin, e s tates that Halil Paella, brother-in-law of the Sultan, is dead. FRANCE PARIS, THURSDA.T EVENING. A CJuncil of Ministers tisernbled yesterday at the Tuileries, under the presidency of the Em peror. Tt © Emperor yesterday received a letter by which th© Grand Duke of Oldenbourg notifies to Majesty the marriage of his cousin, the Prin cess d'Oldenbourg, to th e ,Gra n d D u k e Nicholas of Russia. Tie following is the last, bulletin issued relative to Prince Jerome : 13th, 9 a.m.—The situation of the Prince is nearly the same as it was yesterday evening ; the disease is following its ordinary course. BOURSE, March /o.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. dr. e. 44 per Cents 3 per Cents 72 65 New Loan 73 40 Bank Shares 3,450 Credit Mobility 1,582 50 &nstrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5)...... 9) 7 i Home Debt End of Month. -e. 73 25 ItAILWA YS-TOB. CASE fr. C. fr. 1 (Mavis Northern Lyons.. ..„... 1,25 i 75 New Ditt0.. Mediterranean .1,570 Grand Central 630 Lyons Genova - 787 50 Teste Cette RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 4th, in the Constitutionnel, says :—" The Inva'idc Busse an nounces that Katmin, the Commandant of the Co horts of Vladimir, is removed from his functions, and placed at the i'dispoird of General. Paniutine, the Commander-in-Chief of the central army. This announcement signifies that the militia are now incorporated in that army. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Meeting This Day. The usual weakly meeting of the board was hold thy• afternoon at the CJuncil Chamber, Guildhall; Mr. J Timaites in the cbair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read over and confirmed. B ITES AND WA4i7l-FIOUSIS. A. deputation from the committee for promoting the est Lblishrnent of public baths and wash.housee, consist ing of the Rev. Sir H. R. Dunkin field, Bart., chairree.e, Mr. W. Hawes, deputy chairman, and Mr. J. Buller, secretary, prasente l a memorial to the beard on the establishmest of baths and wah-houses. The memorial amongst other things stated that during 1853 and 1854 there were upwards of 1,200,000 baths supplied at the different establishments already existing in the metro polis, and that 2,000,000 cf persons had used them fi r washing. It suggested that this board should apply to Parliament for permissive powers with reference to the establishment of these places in the metropolis, the ex penses to be borne by a general rate on the metropolis . 1 The existing establishments should be at liberty to elec:. whether they should continue under their present ma nagement, or come under that of this board. The Rev. Sir H. R. DUNICINFIELD, Bart., in address ing the board said that it was a❑ admitted truth that baths and wash-houses were as great a blessing to the poorer classes as hospitals or other charitable institu tions. It was a modern invention, but partook of that philanthropic progress which marked the present age. The committee considered that when it was recollected that the advantages of baths and wash-houses were more of a general character than local, the Board would see the necessity and propriety of taking this question into consideration, and acf..eiing to the prayer of the memo- It was feared that without baths and wash-houses were established in the manner proposed by the memo rialists, the poor would soon he deprived of the blessing they derived from them. Unfortunately they only at present paid their working expenses, leaving nothing. f)r the liquidation of the original outlay for their con sti u Aion. In reply to questions from the Chairman, The RoT. Sir H. R. DIINKINFELD, Bart., paid that an estimat3 of the expense had been made, and it was con sidered that a farthing in the pound on the rental would be found sufficient for their erection and support. The committee thought that one establishment centrally situated and easy of access would be sufficient for a number of parishes. After some further remarks, the memorial was re ceived, and the deputation withdrew. RECEPTION OF DEPUTATIONS. A d.putation was in waiting from Brompt4n, to me morialise the Beard relative t) the formation of a new road connecting Brompton-road with Kensington-road ; but, as the deputation had not conformed with the bye laws, in giving notice of their intention to present the memorial, it wat decided by the Board that it could not be received. NEW MEMBER. The CHAIRMAN announced to the Board that Mr. J. Leslie had been elected a member for St. George's, Hanover-Egnare, in the room of Mr. Hunt, resigned, having received an appointment under the President of the B and of NV, rim The Board was occupied a considerable time in con a'dering a report from the Committee on Bye-Laws, and also reports on the state of the collections on distric rates, and, the issuing of warrants against default. ra : from the Committee on Claims for Compensation, I orn the Committee of Works and Improvements, from Mr. Bazd‘ette, and another report in reference to the office of District Surveyor of Lewisham, neither of which pre sented any feature of general interest calling for a de tailed report of the various discussions thereon. veral other matters relative to the works connected with the Board were disposed of, and the meeting separated. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, March H.—Wind this day at noon, E. ; strong gale and fine clear we a th er . PolasmouTa, March 13.—Wind Paul Hubert, from St. Domingo, for Dunkirk. Sailed— H. 4.Str. Dragon, for the westward. PLYMOUTH, March 15.—Wind E. by N.—Arrived— Heroes of Alma, from Whampoa ; Ellen Douglas, Cal cutta. FALMOUTH, March 13.--Wind E.. strong gales.—Arri Tod —Hastings and St. Louis, from Calcutta ; Samuel Bod flington, Callao, for Cromarty. (PllB IiILECTRIO TVLIMRAPFI.I SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived.—Express and Atalanta ' steamers, from liwro ; John Watson, Two Sisters, and Miriam. SuuderlAnd. Sailed.---Sylph, steamer, for Dublin ; Express, steamer, ; Ann, Newport. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) _.„.__. RAILWAYS. RAILYfAr3. Closing Prices yesterday !Paid l:~k, ~~ "krni-.g. Nott»g.l3, - ,p - ,;. an ,ii Eaatn. Jun.a... B .q. Fast ii., - , Bady raena. Binning. Wolverh . 2.7. Stour Vall±y dirke.ihr.i. Lankisl.....i, Cheshire Junct ..... . Do. Cheib. 4 Birk. 1 £5O and £25 (1,:n3 Do., £2O Myth it: Tyn s origina 2,5 (lead. at £15,. 3ristol and Exeter... laledonian „lam. and Ca , dig an .heater 4 Holyhead. ~ a rk and Bandon... ',Ariz, Black, & Prop.. ~ riaxvall Do. A Do. B Crier Junction Dubln4Belfast..Junc. Dnn. P. 4 Ab, . Jne. East Anglian Mastern Connti , ,a.. ..at. Union, £ Eiti .4., B. 5tf,,,..r...,.... 0., New A....... ast Kent Fast Lancashire ,di til•u 7gh 4 Olosgo i , Edinb. ar.l Peebles. .din. Prth &D up de , orth ,tic Clyde Jen :. rgurness Do. Extenxion.. ...... plarow& 6 . . w,st, 'Great N. of Scotlnd. [Great Northern ..... Spo., A. stock 1)o., B. Stock Gt. 6th. &West. fire Great Western Do. Stour Y. Ra ' Qua. Stk Irish South-Eas,:erts . Lincaster & CarHsi( Do., Thirds .l 'Do. New Thirds L,moash.an.lYorksb Dn., Wet. Ricling Mk Liv.Crs . o,y.k.Southid London & Black vra'!, Lon& Bright & S.Ct t .1 I,end. and N. W'estr, Do. Fifths Do.lol. 2h, ,14.& S, ( ; i Do. Elghth3 London andS. WeetP Do., £5O ... Do., £4M.. Lndwirryik Colcrain Lndmirr^.& Itnul.sl . Alanch.Sne - f.k Linc'n • Do., Man. & Liu, Up. ( it .id iaud Metropolitan c). Birmng. &Derb idld.O, West.(lre - )o. !Jail Shares :gyre:lA . le & Carlisb rNwpt.Aborg. &Fled Newry & Enniskills , Newry Warrenpoin and Rostrevor Norfolk i , lorthn.Coar.ties Ut North Britisb _.. Nth "Devon Rai. & Dook Stock i , 0., A Stock .. , )0., B Stock , ..... F D o., B th.karlt.m- , e• ...I. Mastern— Bur wic o do. Exteusi ir Do,(10. O.N.E. :enrol. De. Leeds Do. York North Lon,l on ..,.. ItN. &S. Wstru.,Ffami stead, and Oity ,i' !it‘rth St:Vim...dab it ',. North Western . . & S. West in, Jun, Nuneaton, 11.inckle . , anti Loicestor Ox, Wore., h WoIN - - . otCah Cm Aral ~. Scottishlndiand,,, Shropshire tit i tu ~ South Devon South Eastern South Wales -3. Yrksh. ei RI,. DIV 1)0.. taine,,, Wok. &Wo , Stockton Darli Ste -Alton & H.r.rtlep" Taff Vale Do. Prof., No. I__ 'l7imnea Hay. D.& 11. Mveretone & Lanes Vale of Neath... Waterfd. iWaterford&Linier:C. Ytirost Cornwall. West End of Londo, and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B i West London imbledn & Croydet Intwerpez'arstt rd., IL Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. can. in Sh. at par till '6l Ardennes Belgian Eastn. June Deziers to Oral esersza Bombay, Baroda, an Central India. Serb Do. Demerara Dutch Rhcnihh Eastern of France Do. New 11 —l3 21i 22 21a._ 2 East Indian, g. 5 p. c D. Eytolusion Do. do. do.. '59, d^. Geo'ong guar. 5 per c at.. Do., Lon. allot., do. Gd. TL of Canadark ie iDo. ilk -10 H 181 i4A Do. Cer, of Doben. con. into Stk. till Do. Comp, 6 p. c., do Gt. Ceiltral of Fran • Gt. Indian Nubian' Great Luxembour, Constituted Sharer Do. Obligations_ Do, re-is. forftd. Oh. Gt.Wcsterno f Cana(' a Sharps Do. New Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., T 2, p. '53 Do. do., '76, p. '6O D:,. do., '73, witho' option 70 72 80 - 82 5i - 611 20} -20 A 5 4 - 6A 3i - 3ii 251 - 76 Si - 3 11 99 - 1.00 116 - 120 116 - 121 Hamilton & Toront Do. 3 per cent. Lake Cone.. et Baal, Liorro and Turnhout ILuees rist.sp e p ILyons and Genova 'Lyons oir ModitArra”. Madras, guar. 4 i p.e De. Now ( 0., 5 p. e ro. 4i p. s. Exten Maria Antonia Do. do. Now 11T —fro 24i !":4• 115 120 fo 19 20 d Fa' 8 . 10 24 34 6 51 Li 39} —39 i 11i -7 12i Namur & Liege (qit , interest) . Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D0.20/.Shs Do. 20!. 3 p. a Eds (fmy. B. & Am s. FAN. NorwegianTrankPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Rona and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish 'Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse... Do. 54 p. cent. Prof. SainclP, guar. 5 p. D 0... 8 - 10 491 - 504 tOi -- 516 i:6 - ii ... '". . 9i - 10 .1 1 - ii, ionthern of Franco.. St. Androw's fur' ... pID Quebec. (A) „. West Flanders Do fiA Tun' C. Prof., %V. & N. W. of Franc West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden . 31 - 4 ." - ... 31 - 35 nal‘Ed 79 - 13 JOINT-STOOK. BA.NKEL 40 21 111 kostralamia 196 - :. 8 100 50 Bank of London 62 61 21 40 all Tiri. Col. bk.& Un. C ... ... 1 60 al' 3ritiih N. Amor!eat ... ... 25 5 Chartd. Baak a Asir ld par O. 20 4 Chrt , l. Bnk. of India, Austral', & China 14 --i d . D. 100 50 City - • 64 z( 100 25 Coln al 100 20 Conatnoreial of Loud ... a 20 all I ?.' . ng.F.cot.V..us.Cht. 16 17 16 151 10 u% 20 all Lond. Ch Bk. o l Australia .. .... -- .• •.. 16 17 20 5 Ditto Now 4 --...... 31 11 , ! 50 20 I,cudon and County. ... -, ... 34 34 l 5 104 50 Lna.&E.Bnkg.Corp. par 2p 50' 10 oadon Joint fi•-ook. lo 100 10 . Lonflon and Paris 2 - - 1M 1 100 20 Gond. & Wegliilaota, ... ~ 20 100 35 National Pro.of Eng ... ... 1 20 10 1)o. Nov . ..... ..... 1 50 22f National of Irolsaid.. ... ... ;. 20 all Now Bouttt Wales._ 37 39 50 25 all Oriental Bank of SC; Corporation 4l -- 43 424 2 1.00 25 rrGviacial of Roland ... ... 1.00 10 all Do. New - 1 5 1 R. ArF vl .t:Mo In 2 C , . . 100 50 Royal British ... _ ... 25 25 mil .4!) , ,t1 , ..-" , tr , tlia - 40 , 0 23 al3 Union of Australia 7 . 1 73 . . 7 . - - . 7 I .- 24 Do. New 1 . - 84 10( 09 n Uaian of London ;.' s on ... sa. 25 26 4 - 41 ... ."" . • 81 -- 15 - 14 8 -14 i :5i 9 - 87 - 89 89i - 613 i • .-' 13 ••• 3 - 2 7i - 8i 13 - 14 - 10 Z 3 - 35 23 - 25 72 - 74 56 - 58 25i - 264 85 - 87 6i - 7 93 - 94 73 - SO 120 - 1*.),2 103 -- 105 62i 634 ES 60 72 - 75 6 - 7 74 85 - 853 ... -. 101 190 i leCi 6d par, id pad k 93 94 5i - 26 4 - i`i 70,1 - 71 11 - 43 • so •"' 11 - 13 - 53 3i 3 F • 3iih - 74i -77 i 51 , 4 - 3i - 6 54 I's ES - 90 6i m 61 9 - 10 24 - 25 C 4 1.C6 74 - 76 46 48 2i 68 - 6/1 - 70 -- 72 4 - ;1 4 35 18 19 3a 4a 6 i - 74 7i Fa id 1 p 3i-- 4 i 3 4 - 1 - 1 4 1 I - i r. J3tednees done this day. Wind E le(l.—Nownham, for Vera Cruz; Transit, Halifax. DUBLIN, March 13. Wind S.E. Arrived.—Jane and Mary, from Terceira ; Freedom, Alexandria; Marianne Walsh, Santander; Alchemist, Alexandria. In - the Insolvent Court, on Wednesday, an application wag mado on the part of the H6nourab:e Henry Stanley (4rot!..cr of t: e Earl t,f D.,:rhy) for fur her time to fi!e his urVer . a Ve,ting ord(r oht,:ine,l by a money lender, named Joseph Joel. His Honour granted the ieoolvent six weeks' furtbeT time, 100 [OO all 100 100 1 00 1..)J 100 100 1.11 42s 1 10;► 10 1)0 3 6 211 lOC 100 al. all 20 5 20 18 10 all 14 t: 25 lao 224 $4:l 90 All 14 all 14 ?.0 iR 20 to an all all all :IGN. 25 all P ; 100 PREFERENCE SHARES. St.l 100!tberdoen I 112 - 116 !116 'it. 1 100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. a. I 112 - 116 St. 100 Do. Debentures B2 b 6 .i 5 all Myth andTy n:, .t Dire a. pref. (Ned. v t 501 ... - ... St. 100 Grim. dr. Ex. 4p. a. St. 92 - 94 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares .. ... - St. 100 Caledonian £lO 96 - 98 15 all Ober, fit, rte. au. 51 p( .1.51 - 161 9 B all Do. do. Prof. No. 2 ... - ... 4 4 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ... - ... 1 1 all Cork & Bandonslp.c ... - 1 +I all Dutt:Prth .6.Aber.J. 5; - 61 10 2 Z. Anglian Cle. ASh ... - , St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. c. 95 - 100 St, 100 Do. do Cl.s C7p. c. 70 - 80 61: all gar. e,o.Ex, spc No. 1 A i pm 6 - all Do. No. 2. A - A Pm 10 al; Do. New 6p.c. St 12 - 121 20 all east Un. G. 6p. c ... - ... 5 all Do. 51. , 10 per cent .., - ... 10 all Do. 101. Debentr.Sl ... - ... t3t. all Do. do. 4 per cent.. ... - ... St. 101 , East Lanewsh.6 n•cts ... - - c all 5 .. ...hw. York. J. sth. ... - .. 10 1 Mill. & Cl. 5 p.c. sh ... - .:. , ,t. 100 41 Prth.&Dun.4p.c 63 - 70 20 all Furness .• -- ..• St. 100 :11as. &S. W. 0.5 p.c ... it. 100 Great Northn. sp. c 116 - 418 St. 100 Do. sp. a. Redeem . .o• - •.;A 10 p. e. prom , ' 107 - 109 A. iOO Do. 4.,p. c lOl -- 103 12/ 7i Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. ~t sp. c. pm... . f 4 . a all ( It. N. of Scot. Ist Pre 01 - 10 ' St. 1109 qt. S. ftW. (inland ... - 40 11 Do. 4 per c. Pr,f, A ... - .. 50 Ii -h. W.( B. -, z tf. Ex 3 pc 6 - ,T ?l it. 100 Do. con. roil. 1A p.c, 93 - 95 St. 100 09. con. red. 4p. c. i'3 - :, 5 z 4,. 100 Do. irred. 4p. e. 84 - • 86 St. 100 Do. sp. e. red. prof 93 • 100 10 ' all Do. do. sle. ... - ••• 3 a 0 Do. Bins. Prof. Sh - /0 ; 0 all Do. Chester Bp, c. P.G.16 i - 17 10 all De. do. sp.c. do lO - 101 St' EK Do. Birm. Gua. Stli 70 - 73 ?ti t all Do. Ches. Gina. 3h l9 - 20 134 all Do. do, de 1 (.4* .-10 10 al Do, do. do l4l -14 i 1.6 i - : Lan. & York. F. EP , 1. it. 101. De. 6p. c. Strick . 3'3 135 134 St. 100 Lon. &Brigh. 0.5 iv ... - 3t. 1 10, Do. Pref., sp. e. s'. .. - •. St. 1100 Do. Now Guar.6 p. c. ... - ... 514 . 100 Do. do. 5 per cent . ... - .. Si. 100 Lon. &N. W., cloy. it Nuneaton 5 p. at ... - .. St •00 Lon.& S.W. 7 per ct ... - ...: 2 : 411 Londy. & C01e)... 1 SI: ... - .., +2% ail (Andy. & Ennis.lS ... - ... St. 10 N.1.,5.,&, L.,New,lo/ ... - ... o 4' Do. .86 ........ ...... g - fi 1 L 2 all Nfarypt.& Carl.4p 0 ... -- .., 121 all Do. 41 per cent.„.. ... - .. L 2: 10 Do ... - 3t. 1 00 Kid. Consol.6 p.c '• . . - st. 100 Do. Coo• Br. WI.. 6p( 152 - 124 St. WO ;Do. 41 p. a. Pref. :-,. 91 - 06 16 , all Ilk). Pref. 41 per cost" 1 - / • d I 5 all ;Do. Si. Pref. 4p. c. 4 - ..i : . St. 100 IDitto L. & N.7"ref. E..; ~., - ~ 10 II a t New., Aber., &c., pr. t ... - . i sp. e reel. 5 p 6. pm. f " 10 all .Norfolk Debeatire ... - .. St. 100 iDo.Pref. 4p.a. St olz ~... - ... St. 100 Do. sp. e. Ext. ... - ... St. 100 Do. 51 per et. prof... ... - .. I it. 100 Do.T.Vay. Val. sp. c St. 100 North British lOO - 11.2 St. 100 NT. E. Berw, 4 p.c F 90 - :,•2 17 7 Do, do. de 5 - 51 20 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c :No. / ... - .. 121 9 Do. do. Quarters ... •.. - ... 25 10 00. York 11. &S. Par 1 - id 'n all worth Staffordshire. ... - - St. 100 1x,W0. , tW.15/ 6p , ... - ... 8) 10 91 Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. ... - ... 8' all 4cot. Cont. , New Pre ... - .. 25 all iouth Devon l3l - 141 10 11 Do. fixed, 41 per con , ... -- ... L. 0.6, all 3. Eastern (Readia , Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 22/ - 2:li St. 1.00 Do. 4i per tent. 97 - 99 St. 100 De. Fixed 41 p c oh. 91 - 9 1 St; 100 S. Wales Gna. 4p, a. ... - ... 20 all Do. de. 41 p. a__ ... - ... 20 all S. Yorkuh.4p.c.Guar. ... -..- 25 a ll gtnek.Sa Dar. ,sp. e. ... -- 25 15 Po: de. do. 1 - Sp 121 all ;C- oek & Hartl. g. 5 1 ~ 6. till July 1, 'si ... - ... 5 0 41 ,v , Off zl.ll,lKilk.6pc 21 -21 d 101 100; 1 154 51 11 931 3 24i 5i 4i 38i 21 i 211 I 2. MINES. 1 all Agi a F2ia .... - ••• 1 I all A. 4. o A iatrin. Gold( ... - ... 10s . all Anglo Californias - ... 20 6i Australian i it 1 all A.ustralian Cordillera ... - .. 1 all 4vo Maria .. - ... 1 I all Baden (Gd.Daelly of ... - ... 50 ' all Bltenar. Iron & Coa ... - ... 20 14 British Iron 3 - 5 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issue o at .£5 pm.) - 2 30 all Do. Coeaes 147 Cuiat , , 2 - ti 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 23 - 25 1 i Clarendon Cons. Min. Co. of Jamaica p - 1p 4) all ,obre Copper 66 - 69 68 5 1 ''olonial Gold - ... St. all ? opper Min. of Eng 35 - 33 . 25 all o. Pref. 7. p. cont. 26 - 27 26} ... lf. lopiapo. 2O - f 42 2j li ..'ortuna ... 1 - i d 20 j all ..enczal l4 - 16 1 all 'lt. Nugget Veiußcg. 4 - - 4} all Great Polgooth .... . 11- 2i 5 all t Wheal Vor United 1 • id I all Liberty ... - ... 3 j all Linares 7 - 7i 5 11 Lusitauian i - i 1' 1 all Mariquita . i - 4 1 all Now Granada ...... ... i - 1 all Nouveau Monde 4 - ISO all Poutgi.Sil.& Le. Min l2 - 14 5 1 Port Philip ....... - 1 1 all :marts Rock 4 - 50 i all Rhymney Iron l9 - 21 15 all Do. New 6 - 8 x d 30 13 3 - intiago de Cuba.. - 31 6s. Sort. Cone. Min. Co 3l - 34 . 1. all .oath Australian i - i 1 all Do. Scrip... i - § 1 f D.). 10 per sent Prof ... - ... 41 Tam . S. &L. Min. Co. 24 - 3 10 9 fin Croft... 4 - 44 284 all Unitad Mexican 3 - 4 1 all Valler i - i 1 all ,Vest Mariposa i- t I 12s. Vor thing Mining of audralio ... - .... 1 all Vnba •.. - ... MitSUELLANEOUt. 25 19 Australian Agrie'..lt. 25 - 26 l e I sil Australis. Royal Mail ... - ... 10 all Berlin Water Works 6 3 / 4 - 74 1.0 40 Brit. American T. 47 - 50 0:; :z.2 . Canada.. - '143 - 148 ll6 4 , It. '((1 C. Co.tip.e..Tar& 7aly :14 13 - 109 I St. 100 Do. 6 p.e. Feb & Aug 103 - 110 ' st. 100 Do. 6p. c. Mar & Sept lin - iI 1 5 oil Crystal Palace 2i - 28 2i 5 all Do. Preforonct. rei - 5 4 ' 5 i 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... - ... 1 4 Duston Iron Ore ... - ... 20 13 il;astorn Steam ... -.- 5 all En. dukus Cep Sm Co 1 1h 25 all Eloctric Telegraph 1 19i -20 t? 1 all Electric Teleq. of Jr I ..„ I f 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier' ... ... 15 14 Gem. Steers Na.vigat. ... - ... 18 all General Screw Steam ... - ... z d :0 10 Irish Beatroot ST.rme - . 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus' 31 -- 4 31 ill 10 Wagdalena St. Navi, . - .., '0 all Ilediteran. hies. Tel 8 - 10 .0 9 v.exie.an&S,Americn. 5i - 6 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel . - ... O 5 N 1 etLerhindri Land.... 1 - 1i O all Co. Do. - 3 5 2 Do. SpeP iss at 1 d i - 1,1 i 0 80 New B. & N.S. Land 18 - 22 1 all 5.15., anstralaslan, 4 - 4 O 15 vrth. of FuropeSt.3.m .. - ... 1 all Oriental Gas l4 - 1 a 1 2s. Do. " New Shares " ... - ... pm all Peel Br. Ld.& ~ T inrl. 24 - 2 a 0 all Peninstdar& Orion tal ... - ~. , s; 10 Do. Now ... - ...p 2 all Portland Iron Co ... - ... D 60 !loyal Mail Steam - ... 794 I ill Scot. Lustral. Invest li - 11 I 1 Ditto l'iw - .4) all South Austral.l,- 1 35 - 36 .1' 4olna - 7.. Tel. '` , c - t` ' . , 4 - 1 ),i ! R,. . = -,..- _ 1 i 1 5 crust& L. Co. U. Can. ... - )0 28i Pao Dierawf. 1...na l 14i ",-; 15 ... V.GQ,6p.c.Jau&July( ,„ .... ,„ 6i 6 1j 8 an 8 ll 1 , 0 1 100 Af FIX Eteuvo.tri. Bedford and Blot ehloy 'Buckle - mush. Clydoadalc Col. Steur Vy. Sod. and Hal. - V, i.in.;.? A pc E. Ern. H. Sh. Gas. Barr. NeiLt. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.ck On. Pr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Rail way Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. d Shares. Lon.&Greeny? Do. Preferen-.0 Lon.,Til.,&S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bstn and Matlock Middlesbro' & Rodcar Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury E. G.spe, N.& Est.s p.e. Do. 6 ner ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & y Do. Qrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth_an , Gooleg.sp.e. Shrews.&lier S. Staflordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&f::ornrst Compan London ti N. WaCt.. J. N. W. J. Un. i. Cotrat. hs,ldoniati.. Woo Yk. New & Sr. &NM Is. Easton 'eto & (Jo rorfolk LStoSt N. NV. tz k ton tz, Darlingt. • dland..l h. Conn, Count 1 0••• ••••• N.W 1)o I.Gt Northnl Lancash Yurksh. T. Brassey Rf.DiClear 3tockt. Darlingt, Do ItWeatu. C *Ma. ' yeltcrday 94 - 96 94 - 11 - 13 4j ... 4i 1103 - ICS It - iSi 234 - 244 107 i - I.IA 26 - 91 - 92 1 3 - ir 55 - L 7 ••• ''.... •,. 132 - 131 7/ - 74 32 - 84 - 86 ,N ALARKET AND 0.: . 7 : , TERCITAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLous. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with a dull appearance, but without change in prices. The sales were from 6,000 to 7,000 bales, 1,000 for export, comprising 300 Pernam and Ma ianham, 61d. to 63d. ; 300 Egyptian, 6d. to 704 600 Surat, 42-4. to 4d. ; and 30 Sea Islands, ls. to ls. Bd. per lb. Business in the Railway Share Market was dull, and quotations were lower. There has been a limited inquiry this week for most kinds of Colonial produce, and the quotations for several articles have declined. Sugar receded 6d. per cwt. on Tuesday, but it has since ruled firmer. Coffee has been rather cheaper, and the demand has been limited. Tea has been dull, and common congou is 9d. par lb. Rice has been in improved request, and at fuller prices. altpetre has attracted more attention, and cochineal has been at full rates. Spices have ruled heavy. la tallow a very limited business has been done. The intelligence from New York, by the steamer Atlantic, states that the business season had conr menced, and preparations for an active demand for all kinds of merchandise were being made. Specu- lative securities had been rather fluctuating, but at the latest date an upward movement prevailed. By the Atlantic Steam packet from New York, intelligence from Sydney via Panama has come to hand 19 days later than previous dates by the or dinary. This proves the necessity of establishing without further delay a regular steam-packet ser vice between this country and over the Australian Colonies. The dates from Sydney are to the 15th Dec. Confidence was returning in commercial and financial - circles, and the number of insolvencies had decreased to a few petty traders. The glut of merchandise in the market was being cleared off, • and the neighbouring colony was among the largest purchasers. The.attention of the colonists having been given to the necessity of growing 0 sufficiency of grain for home consumption, there was a prospect of an unusually good harvest. This with the large arrivals of foreign breadstuffs b a d caused flour and grain to decline considerably in price. On all sides a more legitimate business was doing, and the colonists now saw that it was ink"' dicious to bolster up the trade of the colony, w hich had caused the imports during three years to *3% . ceed the exports. The former being 2,908,1221. and the latter 2,354,5301., against the following amounts in 1854 :—lmports 5,981,063/., experts 4,040,126/, and in 1853 respectively, 6,342,3971., .and 4,523,3461. The Funds have not undergone any material change, but the quotations have been rather flat. After the recent activity and buoyancy, however, a lull might have been expected ; but with favour' able advices from Paps the upward movement would continu3. The limited business doing in consequence of the arrangement of- the railwai account is sufficient to produce a flatter tone. Csimsols for money have been 92 to 92k, and sine° 92 to 923. For the account they opened at 920 to 922, and are now about 92i 0. The Scrip is 21 premium. Exchequer Bills are Is. discount to ls• premium, and the Bonds are 981. In Foreign Securities there have been several transactions at full values. Turkish 6 per Cent°• have risen to 97i to 98 for money, and to 98k to 98i for account. Thu Guaranteed are 100 f to 1001, and for the 31st inst. 1000-, 2. Spanish Securities are buoyant, the Threes being 44k, and the Po' fcrred 25. Russian 42 per Cents. are 922. Bra• zilian 5 per Cents. 101, and Chiliau 6 per Cents• 103. Mexican Bonds have been 203 to 20, rnvia,n 44 per Cents. 791 to 792, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 951. The following are the nominal prices of Foreige Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 62 7 ; MeXi' can Bonds, 20-1.- g; Peruvian, 79 81 ; ditto 3 pet Cents., 56 8 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50; Russian 5 per Cents., 101 3 ; ditto 44 por Cents., 92 4 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 441 4 ; ditto De• ferred, 24:1 5 ; ditto Certificates, 41 5 ; ditto Passive, 74 f. Railway Shares have further improved, but the dealings have been very limited. Great Northern are particularly buoyant. The Foreign and Colo' nial are dull, but also firmer. Banking Shares are well supported. Canada Land have risen 1/. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK• f Fro wn the Oficial List. , ' l "n. done. ppr Cprf. Consols Amenities 921 2 Cru.nla ?or A ccount 92 Ditto Scrip Exchequer Scrip P Exchequer 2.4 d, 21009 •• .............. VSOO Small Ditto Bonds, k5B, :36 per Cent.. 9Bl PRICE OF FOREIN FUNDS AT ONE o'ol4oXl'l Brazilian Bends. 5 per Cent. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO3 &T 3 per Cent ... . Ditto AccoAt 2Ol $ Peruvian Bonds per Cent Ditto Account Russian Ponds, 5 per Cent., 1822, 2 St — Ditto 44 per Cent p. Tl, ! 3 i , 1 , 15. 3 per Cent Ditto Account . ow Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account , onds, ti pf:r cent 9 / 84: Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dittu Account rnvldend3 on the above parthie In London. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent., 12 Gui] — • Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. 924 I . .... 921 ConsolF, rnon , :y Ditto Account ABTISTS' GRIVERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. The forty-first anniversary festival of this admirable institution for the relief of decayed artists, their widowe and orphans, as may Le seen in our advertising columnar will be celebrated in Freemasons' Hall, to-morrow the 15th inst. Need wo i mpress on the minds of such lovers of art among our readers as possess the power to further the objects of the institution the propriety of being lo attendance, and otherwise contributing, to the hest of their ability, towards its supplrt ? During the past year no fewer than 68 cases of distress have been relieved, at an expenditure of 1,0111. ; and if it be taken into con sideration what refined pleasures all persons of taste owe to the ministers of art, we see no reason why the benefits of the institution should not he extended during the present year. The profession of an artist is pent!' liarly precarious, and needs, as it deserves, as much en' c iuragernert as can well Le afforded. Lord Stanley, ALP., will take the chair on the occasion. BIRTHS. OP A SOY. On the 13th inst.., at 2, Gloster•place, Hyde-park-gar dens, the wife of Thine Spooner, Esq. On the 11th inst., at Higher Ardwick, near Manchester, the wife of tho Hon. Thomas Montzgu Carrington Wilde. air A DAUGHTER. On the 11th inst., at Foulmire Rectory, near Royston, the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Saville. On the 12th iust., at 5, Compton•road, Canonbury, the wife of Mr. George Henry Cole. MARRIED. On the 12th inst., at Camberwell Church,-Joseph, the eldest son of the late Joseph Dawson, Esq., of Dulwich hill House, Surrey, to Ellen, daughter of the late Thomsa B. Burbidge, Esq., of Champion-hill, Surrey . On the 12th inst., at St. Paurc Episcopal Church, Edin burgh, Eneas Wil lam Macintosh, Esq., of Raigmore, to Grace Ellen Augusta, youngest daughter of the late Sit Neil Menzies, of that Ilk, Bart. DIED. On the 13th inst., of bronchitis, after a few days' ill ness, in his CIAII year, Mr. Robert Cruik.shank, artist, brother of George Ciuikshank. On the 13th inst., at 16, the Grove, Hackney, Thurstan Dale, Esq., aged 64. On the th inst., at 13, Bloomfield-terrace, Harrow road, James Beatty, Esq., Engineer-in-Chief of the Cri mean Railways, aged 36. O's the lath inst., at GleThow Mount, near Leeds, John Wilkin , on, Esq., one of the Justices of the Peace for the borough of Leeds, aged 57. On the 11th inst , at Isle of Wight, Mr. John Edmonds, late of Upper Eburpstreet, Pimlico, aged 42. On the 10th inst., at Margate, Mr. John Bartlett, of that place, aged 67. On the oth inst., at Brighton, Jenkin Jones, Esq., M.D., R.N., aged 86. On the 16th ult., on the voyage from China, Capt. Robt. Freeman, of tile ship Heroes of Alma. ; - v' Print , ..o eTtii fyc- tr()Cfr.:( .3.t•. 77: - a Z., , t47, 112, Strsne, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Eidoy s March 14, 185 G. Lai , (Si this dt y THE C INDI That a Pro] lila given noti Quarterly Gei at their Hons Viz.. "That the their own hoe ing a governh the present of T EE BAN] COURT held next, the 181 Purpe.e of to the queetion i Dividend, vii That a Di' the half-year account of th Pour. GRE, EAS' and BRISTO 2 ;d, at 7.45 a P•in., and Ba and ss. Noli Paddington. TO THE sn THE DISC of Settlement Limited Liat offices on an or Eleven an 1 6 least pon ikess forthwi At the tin given up, an shares you h certificates Temporar: AI/ miter. MESSIAH hall, on T kme. Jean: Itntll th• mn and lqr.Wen COO perform Stalls Ccuo chorly of th Qaller, o oinek, preci order of app' Vaniently se with the Tic koysi Libra S T M NIES tli dlrectioi Ileeres, Mi Tlektts, is., A RG) NO a Piston, 26i Lanrent's On MON: on which e PA.TRICK MR. 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