The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-07 00:00:00

TO LET (in consequence o! the death of t he Iv , lee proprietor), an Old established COM MERCIAL „ r b . . situate in the moot central part of the tow n of Leeds, and t Present doing a good I usiness, which may he c•risiderat , ly in- C re "ed by a person of energy an i perseverance. The house is within jery Convenient distance of the several railway statio ns, and peg , !its excellent sleeping accommodation. For furthe: pa r ti cu l a rs aptly to Mr. John Thackra h, solicitor, t ri ggate, Leeds. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that all Article , found in the Car ;le: on the Prem•ses of the Company, up to December 31. d. 1653, this S°Ll) by roblic Auction, if not claimed wit hin one month of .at e. By order. • CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary . Pad dingtoa, April 4th, 1856. - - LON DON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1856. N o , 19,9131 PUBLICATIONS. AMERICA. application will soon be made to Congress for the admission of the territory into the Union as a so vereign State. The ship Cornelius Grinnell, 60 days from Lon don, had arrived at New York. The ship Harvest, 90 days from Liverpool, had arrived at the Capes of Vir g inia. The brig Peerless, 70 days from Cardiff, bound for New York, put into Halifax on the 18th ult., short of provisions. She reported having spoken the brig Erie on the 17th, 20 miles south of Sam borough, 60 days from St. Domingo, bound for Boston, also short of provisions. Th'e Erie had lost all her crew, with the exception of three men. A quantity of snow had fallen at New York and neighbourhood. B LER ITXPLOSION IN PORTS.VOUTH DOCKYARD, AND LOSS OF LIFE. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN To.m and MIDLAND RAILWAYS.—CROX fON PARK RACES, Tict. °llllo W and WEDNESDAY, the Sth and Sth ArrDAY , rIETS issued at the Euston Station, f r Mk Rola, on the Bth and st„ will he available to return on tither of those days. The j l5 , ' , An. Train from London will arrive at Melton at 10 a.m. o, b „ - 7,!•' 5 P.m. Train from London arriv , s at Me lton at 3.27 p.m. th - 7 4 'us will leave Melton for Croxton Park on the arrival of return4'"e Trains from L o ndon, and a ill leave the Croxton Park on Arces,„.& in time for a Train from Melton at 7 the Ex 4ain at Rugby, arriving at the Euston Station at 10.45 p.m. By order. ton Station, April, 185 x.. .Now ready, in 2 vols., 218., bound, JOURNAL OF ADVENTURES' with the BRITISH ARMY, from the Commencement of the War to the Fall of Sebas- We have throe arrivals to notice from the United States, the Edinburgh screw-steamer, which left New York on the 22d ult., and arrived in the Clyde on Friday night, after a passage of 13 days 7 hours, during which she had to sail 350 miles southerly out of her usual course to avoid masses of ice ; the Hermann, which left also on the 22d ult. ; and the Royal mail steam-ship Arabia, which left New York on the 25th ult. The Hermann has brought 52 passengers and a freight of $50,000 in specie for London, and the usual cargo. The Arabia has brought $125,000 on freight. The Persia, hence, arrived at New York on the 20th, and the Quaker City, hence , on t he 21st ult. All hopes in reference to the safety of the Pacific had gradually disappeared, and the return of the Arctic without having seen any vestige of the ill fated vessel materially assisted this conclusion. In the Senate Mr. Clayton had concluded his speech on Central American affairs. He stated : " On the authority of Vanderbilt, the President of the Transit Company, that there never was any act on the part of that company which in any manner encouraged Walker's invasion of Nicaragua. He referred to Walker's seizure of the company's property, amounting to nearly $1,000,000, and read letters from Mr. Vanderbilt to Se cretary Marcy, in which the former asks for the interpo sition of the United States' Government for redress. The seizure was made on the ground that the company was indebted to Nicaragua. He (Mr. Vanderbilt) denied such indebtedness, and refused to submit to the award of arbitrators—as the charges were utterly false. With re gard to the settlement of our differences with England three propositions had been made. Arbitration could not be countenanced because the passage of the Isthmus was necessary for us, and not for Great Britain, and because with an impartial umpire our case would he clear. Abro gation of the treaty would give a chance to Great Britain to get posae.sions where she could annoy us, and, as to giving notice to Great Britain to vacate the premises, it was not proper to do so at present. He proposed to con tinue the negotiation with the Lope of bringing Great Britain to reason by argument. Meanwhile, we should arm in our defence, protect our coast, build fortifications ai,d increase our navy ; not, however, to make our coun try rival Great Britain. We bhould take time to do this. It was our right to do so, war or no war. This was the worst time we could engage in a war with Great Britain. She was armed COp a-pie, capable of throwing 40,000 troops fr in the Crimea on our coast and with the greate•t naval equipment ever known in the history of the world, while we are almost, defenceless. If Great Britain should see we were resolved to (odor,' our rights by pursuing the doc trine la d down by Washingi , on—‘ iu time of peace pre pare for war '—shouid see we were buil ing up our tor tifications and naval power, the people of Eagland would compel their Government to yield its positions. Since the publication of the correspondence between Lord Clarendon and Mr. Buchanan, public opinion in Eng land had been rapidly tending towards an aeknowledg ment of the justice of our construction of the treaty. He ( qr. Clayton) had received on this point such informa tion as left no doubt of the fact that our appeal must be from the British Ministry to the British people, who wished to engage in no unjust war with us. At any rate, be the consequences what they may, if we were driven to the altereative —disgraceful submission or war—we must fight. He could not, however, believe there was any real dasiger of war. If sena ors and representatives stood firm aed presented an undivided front—if we all agreed on our rights, and manifested a determination to enforce them, they would be respected. The British people would turn any Ministry out rather than fight with such a nation as ours." In the House of Representatives the debates on the Kansas election case had been brought to a close, after a discussion of ten days' duration, by the adoption of Mr. Duun's motion, to appoint a committee of three to proceed to Kansas and in vestigate all the facts, charges, and statements con nected with the return of the rival candidates. The Naval Appropriation Bill and the bill autho rising the construction of 10 slo o p s of war were re ported. A bill providing for the reduction of the tariff on imports had been introduced by Mr. James, of Rhode Island. This bill the Washington correspondent of the Boston Daily Advertiser states will be thrown out of the Senate. The Washington carrespondent of the New York Herald reports that Judge Lecompte, of Kansas, had caused the indictment of the members of the Free State Legislature which assembled at Topeka on the 4th ult., several of them had been arrested, and others had left the territory. A bill has been reported in the New York Sen ate to incorporate the Transatlantic Telegraph Company, with a capital of 11,000,000 dols. , It is stated to be the purpose of the company to esta blish telegraph communication between the conti nents of Europe and America, with liberty to con struct any other line or lines between the points where the main trunk across the • Atlantic shall touch North America, or any other point in the United States that may bo determined on by the company. The works upon the Adriatic, the new steamer for the Collins line, were rapidlyC advancing to wards completion. It was expected she would be ready for launching on the sth inst. In the Maritime Court at New York, in a suit brought against the British Consul to recover 500 1101 s. alleged to be clue to the plaintiffs for the ser vices rendered and moneys expended under a con tract to procure men for enlistment in the British army, the Consul, through his counsel, pleaded the privileges of his official position, and the Judge, sustaining the objection, dismissed the case. A fearful catastrophe had occurred to the ship John Rutledge b 7 running it t , an icel , ergerliile on her passage from Liverpool to New Yolk. This Jan. r v iii cit e i, o,..snse lat.,sl l )v 1 i ii4 e ott i si f ihi t l e3lL,liiii,:s. afterwards, 19th she (reeo4dlneosgfno,estrrielGsrNo.e:dve however, enYtisrei,olled: the o k ,if)lefl o lLilBic t i i :oil tniblsivael,:::licet:l cleared day, h,eoy F e b . , tf:i she en c oo lo u ca i k i i t id e s r h e (ei d alii.n i a ti as i ga i e c d eber which stove a hole in her completeto suchwrec wreck, a her t 6 bow o, , an a extentnd evidently sinking. Nothing remained but for those on board to abandon the wreck as best they could. Five boats were lowered, four of which took loads and l e ft. In the fifth boat, which was the one found by the Germania, the mate of the John Rutledge, Mr. Atkinson, and several others were just en tering, when it broke adrift with the 13 already in it, leaving the mate and those with him to go clown with the wreck. Those in the boat now pulled it through the water and ice as well as they were able ; but soon their compass was broken, and awnd the snowing and cloudy weather which fol lowed they knew not which way they went. Days passed on, and one by one -of the 13 in the boat sank in death, from the combined effects of cold a nd starvation, and were thrown overboard, until on the 28th of February Mr. Nye, with the four latest dead —among whom was Mrs. Atkinson, the wife of the mate—was picked up by the Germania, from Havre from New York. Late accounts from Florida state that an attack bad been made by the Indians on the settlers on the Alafia, about 30 miles east of Tampa. Four men, one woman, and three children were killed and scalped, their houses burnt, and all the outrages an d barbarities, that savages could invent com mitted. Several persons had been injured on the Troy and Greenbush Railway by the breaking of a for ward wheel of the engine, by which it and a lug gage-car were thrown off the track. From Havannah we have advices to the 12th of March. The absence o f the Ca p tain-General had be e n e l n a: d d in a g n o ta f g a caeorgo f by the slave dealer s t o a ff ec t of negroes at Sierr a M orena the lk A Dominican f riar named Iluelves died on the taken previous week. 9th at Guanabacoa at the age of 117. The Archbishop of Cuba had entirely recovered from the effects of the wound recently inflicted upon him by the hand of a cowardly assassin. The President of the Spanish Bank of Havannah had published a call, requiring 25 per cent. of the amount of shares subscribed to be paid in within 15 clays of the date of such order. The business of the week showed a tendency downward iu the prices of staple sue.ar, and before it closed it was expected that the reduction would amount to nearly 1 dol. per quintal. The American steamer Ericsson has been char tered for the Collins line to replace the P ac ifi c , and was to leave New York for Liverpool on the 29th ult. Further Havannah dates had been received to the 16th ult. There is no political or commercial news. The English fleet still remained in port; and there was nothing said of the reported descent upon Nicaragua. The Potomac and Cyane were at Havannah. . News from Texas to the 13th ult. states that Indian depredations continued. Great fears are entertained at New Orleans of an overflow of the Mississippi river. Intelligence from Porto Cabello to the 9th ult. state that trade was active, the supply of coffee large, and the country very quiet. Coffee com manded high prices. The Legislature had autho rised the President to negotiate with New Granada . and Ecuador for the re-establishment of Colombia. A letter from the Mormon, settlement :saps that PORTSMOUTH, April s.—An:explosion of a steam-engine boiler in this dockyard occurred this afternoon, by which four'lives were sacrificed and about a dozen persons most seriously wounded. The catastrophe occurred in the engine -house, at the rear of the new smith's shop, the engine in which was used to work the great steam hammer in that shop. The accident occurred - at about five minutes to five o'clock this afternoon, when the men were about to leave for the day. The explosion was instantaneous, and carried the roof of the building some 50 feet up in the air. The shock was a double one, similar to the report of heavy ordnance, and was heard at some distance from the dockyard. Admiral Martin, the superintendent of the dockyard, was passing by the build ing slips at the moment of the explosion, with Mr. Woou's the c'erk of the works. The admiral went directly to the spot, sending at the moment a workman, named Mansbridge, to the surgery, to ensure the prompt attend ance of the medical officers of the yard. Tire necessity for their assistance was proved to be too great, for on Admiral Martin having set a number of men to work to extricate the injured from the debris of the building, three men were taken out quite dead, and six others dreadfully wounded, one of whom has since died, while five or six others are more or less seriously injure I. The deceased were taken to the dead-house, whilst the wounded were conveyed to the infirmary, and thence to Hasler Hospital, receiving every possible attention at each establishment. The names sire ady obtained of the sufferers, who were all employed in the patent condenser making establish ment, are— Wm. Pearman, Robt. Wright, John Wil liams, Rich', Parrot (the preceding are those dead), Wm. Field, John Field, Wm. Rodgers, Gen. Morley, James Sharp, James Lee, Robt. Sims, H. Daish, W. Stacey, and Geo. Jnegins. Tne wounds these poor fellows re ceived were of the most frightful description. The boiler that has produced this calamity was what is known to engineers as a circular boiler with semicir cular ends, and no flues. It was high pressure, about 22 feet long, 41e feet diameter, and was working at a pressure of 601bs. The metal was half an inch in thick ness, and the boiler, one of the strongest ever made, was constructed at the steam factory in this dockyard about three years since. To show the extraordinary violence of the explosion, we may mention that the greater portion of the boiler was hurled from its position against the corner of the condenser factory, in a slanting direction, a distance of 100 feet, arid rebounded from where it struck to a further similar distance to ards the building slips. The boiler was also rent in two, the second and smaller part of it being thrown a distance of some 200 feet. The corner of the condenser factory is seriously, injured, and persons were warned against remaining near it. Such was the injury, that the taule of water in case of fire, ou the top of the factory, lied to be emptied, as the weight of the water was deemed too great for the shattered building to bear. The lofty chimney of the engine -house, which was be fore damaged, is now split from bottom to top, and fears are entertained that it will fall. It can harlly do so without tumbling upon the steam factory, the new smithery, or some other of the buildings by which it is closely surrounded, thus causing further ruin and de struction. Eve rything i 3 however being done by Admi ral Martin, Mr. Woods, and other officers, to avert at y further miscliaece. As to the cause of the calamity, from the appearance of Use boiler, it would seem that it had, before bursting, become reel-hot. The man in charge, we hear, is no'. seriously injured ; lie appears to have seen the impend• ins accident, and rushed out of tee engine room be ore it occurred. topol. By GEORGE CAVENDISH TAYLOR, late 95th Regiment. " The evidence these volumes contain is exceedingly valuable. The real state of things is here exhibited in true colours."— John Bull. llurst and BlAckett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. L ell6 ON and NORTH-WESTERN, MID coLN.sI,cA xn and MANCHESTER, SIIEFF iELD, , and MA- Wlth' t ," lll H RAILWAYS.—IMPROYED COM MI, NICATI - trite -e MIDL&ND DISTRICTS and opening of the new through tri gh b "een London (Elision Station) and Huddersfield, HalifAx, A ~ , , ,?t , "A, &C., vi.t Sheffield, on and after the Ist of April. Xotti ',.,, W FAsT TRAIN First and Second Chas= to (Leamington), inci .1411 , Leeds, York, ' Bradford, :Ind to Huhersfield, Halifax, train n I Th e . l' h !'lise (via Sheffield), will leave Euston at Nottingham a m. ', ln. _ _ ow- leveeing London for Derby and at 4.0 T h ;Ti i i2e despatched at 3.45 p m. evr•ittingham. Oeeter..—e' p.m. Fast Train, from London, will be continued to Lei trmr d fast train Derby, and Sheffield. . . first and second class, N. ill leave York, i Leeds, e) indicj.,: and Halifax, Brighthouse and Huddersfield (via S I.ltl Id . at. midland 11 6 I nghttin, reaching London at 5.45 pm. uP•train from York at 7.15 a.m.; and Leeds at S 40 % 111 ,arrive in London at 4.0 p.m., instead of 4.30. abs leaving London for the Midland District p tn 49P - Midland trains arriving in London at 4.0 p.m. and 10.20 p or ",,n he discontinued. itAti o l ull particulars see handbills, which may be had at any of the 4, on and after the 30th inst. ............: Manager's Office, gen er ,, , By order, MARK IRIS H . Euston Station, March, 1856. J II E LONDON and EASTERN BANKING C ORPORATlON.—Established Ist January, 1834. Head Office-27, Cannon-street, City. . JOHN I lYde-park Branch-136, Westbourne - terrace. joA n p osi C ADWALADER E RSK I NE, Chairman. _,.,tRNIC MORRIS, Esq., F R S., Deputy-Ch . airman. mini ur w 'if or DRAWING ACCOUNTS are opened . in the nsua 14 Mb-it, `n aiVrored parties, two per cent. interest being allowed on Month'y balance. krrord,C Af2COVNTS.—The field for employment of Money to co, the Branches of this Bank in India Fri abl. a the Corporation if lot,Z l dePosits for lengthened fixed periods v e r y favourable rates tnrer or -fj. Deposits are received for the stated periods of h o a n l e f , ve years certain at five per cent. per annum, paid . f or these dep s it s receipts are given, tr4nsferable wit t he „Fr of the Directors. tent, i nt 4C COUNT,4.—For sums deposited at ten days call five per r ote of er "t is allowed, this rate rising And falling with the discount the Bank of England. JOHN EDWARD STEPHENS, Mareger. f r i lE TIMES ASSURANCE COMPANIES, Lire A, 32, Ludgate-hil!, London. ties, .stira nce, Fire Assurance, Annuity, and Endowment re &sued by these Companies. • - 11. B. SHERIDAN, Managing Director. t i p L r TEA - GLASS INSCRA.NCE. Riotous of Windows —The TIMES AS: , URANCE CONl "tsare(i 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Every description of plate- lass at thls office. by t i i nl ,F e 'l pany one by the riotous proceedings of mobs can be covered , ~om °ri m , Proposals sent by post. SECURITY to EMPLOYERS.—To Secretaries /ra,:pf.Publte Institutions, Clerks St=ition Masters, Railway Clerks, tad„' lll . Colle lors, and others.—The ' TIMES COMPANY, 3/, re.lllposll, affords n a rantee to persons requiring the same , ht , g ua ble rates. N , 01 WWII UNION LIFE INSURANCE ...- SOCIETY. r , • a r.stnENT.—Lieut.-Gen. Sir R. J: II kRVEY, C.B. SECRETARY —sir S A MU 1.: I. BIGNOL1), M.P. • This s n i ~..P id ' c 'ctY in 47 years has issued 29,344 life Policies ~Zonal 41 Claims upwards of 4,431,0141., and assigned 1,931,342/. In ,';'‘ ll , , ses. '-.• ,Iti p ac cUMulations now amount to nearly 2,200,000/. Vl o ,,,_ r eMiums are lower than those of most companies, and all the Fp s are divided among the assured. , lielp. R ," c 'sPectuses apply to Surrey-street, IN orwich, and 6, Crescent, .....___2!dge-street, Blackfriars, London. LAu.voirEs AT MESSRS. MARE'S, BLACK WALL. G UARDIAN FI ASSURANCE RE AND LIF E COMPANY, Oa Saturday five vessels were launched at one tide from the extensive yard of Messrs. Mare and Co., of Black wall. The vessels were the Genova, built for the Genoese Transatlantic Company ; the Havre, constructed for the Southern Railway Company ; and throe mortar boat,, forming a portion of a contract of twenty built for Government. Many hundreds of spectators were present. The three iron mortar boats were first launched, and almost immediately afterwards the Havre, an iron paddle steamer. The greatest amount of interest was, however, centred in the launch of the ' Genova. This splendid iron screw-steamer is the third of a fleet built for a company established at Genoa, for the purpose of carrying on a dirnt steam cam. munication between North and South America and Sardinia. This company has recently been formed under the most favourable auspices. The whole of • Its capital has been subscribed in Sardinia. Victor Emmanuel, the King of Sardinia, has, from the first, taken i warm interest in the proceedings of the c impany, and is one of the largest shareholders in it. A sister ve. , .sel to the Genova, the Torino, is now on the stocks for the same company, and will be cprupleted within a No. 11, Lombard• -street, London. :TORS. FRANCIS HART DYKE. lIENRY HULSE BF,REN' John Dixon, Egq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. l , Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Brt. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. John Harvey, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Esq., Chairman. S, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. 'titeyrart Marjoribanks, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. Henry Vigue, Esq. AUDIToas. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. 1 John Henry Smiths, Esq. 4 . W. Roberts, Egg. Loris Lloyd, jun., Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. /01 Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. DEP ARTMENT.—tinder he rovisons of an Act or Pr this Company now offers t to fh p i tnre insisters Four-flfths a of Mt Profits, with Quinqu enn i a l Di v i s i on , or a L ow Rate of Premium e t Participation of Profits. an ~,.,next division of Profits will be declared in June, one when • "I!lPating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year th iu na , , 1a59, will be allowed to share in the Profits. /eve r ,i II " divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total Chr istmas, Bonuses added t o the Policies have exceeded 913.000 . At .. • 4.2';lrisamas, 13.54, the Assurances in force amounted to upwards that 2 ,,`,; the Income from the Lite Branch in 1854 was more na t ,. "'" (1 °' ) /. ; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the 41? Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001. and Nv l ON RISKY.—The Extra Premiums required for. the East te tni,_est Indies, the rtritish Colonies, and the northernparts of h Lq,l, States of Am er i ca , h ave b e en materially reduced. • A,LID LIVES.---Persons who are not in such sound health as re a ,n . able them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, ' n aNe their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. VidC.AS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their a alum pro attaiii;uch Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have Asmdcp.!_achcase a value not under 507. • rezi .j2 , l ,( l l ENTS OF POLICIES.—Written I:l9tlces of, received Ilt l im,-,`` • thad, 'AL FEES pald by the Company, and no charge will be P( 'licY Stamps. day mus t it hereby given, that Fire Policies which expire at Lady gex, he renewed within fifteen days at this offi , e, or with Air. 1, St. Ja.rnes's.street, corner of Pall-mall ; or with the Ysi& agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they bucom, Musel by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. month from the present time. The Genova is of 2,000 t , ns burden, and 300-horse power, and is undoubtedly one of the finest models of naval - architecture eflee, both with respect to her finish and mould. She has been constructed upon lines laid down by Mr. Ash. A numerous company, consisting principally of merchants of the city of London connected with the Italian trade, was admitted by tickets to the platform at the bow of the vessel, where the usual pro cess cf "christening" was to take place. When the signal was given, Miss Waler, of Broadstairs, with chisel and mallet in hand, proceeded to cut the tiny cord which held the nicely ba'anced weights, and while cries of " She moves" rose from all sides, Miss Ford broke the baptismal bottle of wine on the bows of the receding vessel, and gave to it the name of the Genova. The vast bull of the steamer glided easily down the slides, and entered the water without accident or hind rance. The dimensions of the Genova are—length, 263 feet ; breadth of beam, 33 feet ; depth of hold, 26 ft. 6 in. The engines of 300 horse power are to be supplied by Mauds'ay, and the cost of the vessel, exclusive of her engines, will be 43,0001. The Havre, iron paddle-steamer, for the South-Western Railway, in'ended to run between Southampton and Havre, is 600 tons burden ; her length is 185 feet ; breadth of beam, 23ft. 10in. ; depth of hold, 15ft. SM. ; engines, 225-horse power, in course of construction by Messrs. Seaward. Miss Johnson had the honour of naming the Havre. The unwieldy-looking mortar-boats received no atten tions of a similar kind from the fair hands of any god mothers. They are 60 feet in length, 20 in breadth, and, with their complement of mortar, ammunition, and crew, will, it is estimated, draw only 2 ft. 9 in. of water. At the conclusio❑ of the launches a numerous com pany accepted the invitation of Messrs. Draper and Pietroni, the agents of the Genoese company, to a (16- jeuncr, provided by Messrs. Lovegrove. Among the toasts proposed were the " Queen and Royal Family," "The King of Sardinia," "The Genova," "The Misses Johnson and Ford," "The Ladies," &c. Since the bankruptcy of Mew-. Mare and Co., the business bas been carried on under the direction of Mr. Lee, the official assignee, and the superintendence of Messrs. Westwood and Bailhe, who have been for many years connected with the firm. Fifteen vessels yet re main to be completed, in Messrs. Mare's yard, under the inspection of the official assignee. They consist of the Torino ; two modern despatch vessels, Reward and Fox hound, of 700 tons ; two wooden gun boats, the Wolf and the Savage, of 400 tons burden ; and ten more iron mortars. Some idea of the extent of the business done by the late firm may be formed from the statement that the vessels built by them, during the past 12 mouths, made an aggregate tonnage of 28,100 tons. The num ber of men at present employed in the works is 3,500, and the amount paid in weekly wages considerably over 5,0001. It appears doubtful whether Messrs. Mare and Co. will again carry on their business on these premises, and it is rumoured that a joint-stock company now forming in Paris are in negotiation for the purchase of the entire work, EgTABLISHED 1837. ir' IT ANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMP ANT. Era 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. PONvered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Pict., cap. 9. DIAECTOILS. Wilt - i - ' ne ral ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, CnAtartAn. 4„o4,arri Bardgett, Esq., 149, Fenchurch-street. • p . ~r g e Revington. Esq., ICeckinger Mills. Bermondsey. . Cockerill, Esq., Shad well and Twickenhsm m e i 7ge ohen. Esq., Shacklewell. is Coventry, Esq., White llart-court, Lombard-street. Eras Drewett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. 'l`. l 4 Blnus Robert Foiter, Esq., 1, Princes-street, Bank. Esq , 7. Tokenh-use-yard. SrA S niae, Esq., Doctors' Commons. COUNCIL.-11. liclienden Ker, Esq., g, Old-sq iarc, gfitrcrroLincoln's Inn. INE'Lecd and Stenning, 16, London-street, .11 N .. Fenchurch.street. 4 - `".—Messrs. Dimsdale, Drewett, Fowlers and Barnard, her, , 50, Cornhill. halfrtnZ Rates of Premium for securing Loans m Debts. r endums, only, required during first seven years. rrevi a .l' iire d Payable at Sixty or at death if occurring previously — ° ll , (luring minority, for Orphans. E RIT•NNIA 3.iIITL'AL LIFE ASSOCIATION. P ro . E mpowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Peent. m 4 divi rer nki _ annually. Tito ded computed for every three months' difference of ag e . th, -credit policies—the unpaid half premiums liquidated out of ..................a(PIOP-lISTAILY.) -------- (MUTUAL.) ---_______ ------. , . 1131 f 1 Whole I r7,. ` M tuinlpremi Half Quar -Ire First for Re _ Ago. Arnual Yearly telly Seven , premium Pre- I Pre ...,...1 v._ i rs. , of Life. mainder , mium. 1 mium. • ` - --- 20 4 8 . d. £ s. d.tYoars. Months X s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. , 1 1 ' 0 1 r ; 9 2 361 30 I 0 ,2 7 3 1 42,0 12 3 60'J 2 2184312 7 6 1 4 4 0 12 4 % a 2 6 4 6 01 6 1 2 710 1 46 0 12 5 - --........._ 6 81 6 13 4 9 1 9 8 2 1 4 8 0 12 6 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. A.D. MG. 11 ° YAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Est ablished by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. • OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCII OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. SiGeorge Pearkes Barclay, Esq., Sub-Governor.Mr. John William Lubbock, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. my / 1,i ,., t, nbridge, Esq. Charles John Mannin g , Es q . Joh, T - ' S. P. Calvert, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. Alex G ar rett Cattley, Esq. Henry N elson, Es q . tdwder Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. )v-iiiiarcl Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. Ale 4111 D avidson,Es q. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. 4 1 , 4 11d, r n , er , 4 , Druce. Esq. Abraham George Roberts, Esq. tober't 4 , L e Wrn. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. wai l . .anadeus Heath, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. ,Il t ,„: 411 Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. 4:4,3 Stewart Hod son Esq. William Wallace , E s q . "Cot II u ' 0 and, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. I.,T a+ , MEDICAL REFEEEE —Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Itl",..—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre- FlR, all iug due at Lady-day will expire on the 9th April. rcirati n - , and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor /a ,'-'," 0 * advantageous terms. ln pr 051 Life Department, assurances are granted with participation rr h °u t- 4 , or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. Ilat t ru llowing table shows the large BONUSES declared up to the Yea r ,, te enlber, 1855, on British Participating Policies of fourteen ...„....:tanding, for the sum of 1,0001. each. ENGLISH AND FRENCH FIRE INSUR ANCE OFFICES. The following note, which appearea in the Times, relates to the question of competition between the English and French fire insurance offices : " Sir,—As the agent iii this country d uintly with M. Bangereau) of La France Fire Insurance Company, per mit me to correct an inaccuracy in the statement which appeared in your article on Thursday last respecting the terms upon which that company effects insurances upon property from loss or damage by fire. " I find it there stated,—‘ While English offices charge 4s. 63. per cent. (namely, is. 6 1. premium and 3s. duty), policies may be effected at the office of La France at 2s. 6d. per cent., the French office, even upon these terms, getting ls. per cent, more than the English for its risk, and the assurers at the same time saving 2s. " Now the truth is, sir, that the office of La France grants policies upon property at the rate of 2s. per cent. ; and therefore the assurer effects a saving of not less than 2s. 6d. per cent. by insuring in that office. Ileac, the secret of the success which the company has already achieved. " I do not presume to bandy law with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but I agree with you that ally at tempt to prevent the operation of foreign .insurance companies by force will be ineffectual. Nothu g can be more plainly illogical than to attemp t to impress a po licy effected in an office in France with the character of a transaction subject to the English Stam .2k.tsable . As well make a cheque drawn upon a Paris bank it to the penny stamp. " If the Chancellor of the Exchequer sees fit to libe rate the English insurance com panies from the . burdens imposed upon them, and pu t them on a footing with foreign I should offi n ces , he ot fae willr competition only be for doing t h L e a m justice. France. us t . ENen then There is room for all ; and a well -managed company is sure to succeed. " At present the English offices are like racers over weighted in the race. Let me advise the Chancellor of the Exchequer to try his hand at a little handicapping, instead of cofroion, for tha one he can do, but the other he cannot.—l atn, sir, your obedient servant, " W. MULE BELLINGHLIL " La France, Fire•office, 35, Bridge-Area, Blackfriare." e-9:(------f-//--40- 7.,.'. ..., ~.....„............___ #.4- 0 atrvie , /11't 14 d: - -- # '9 _........... ~- „.,... , :,..„. kr ~........... __ ____ ___________ !o - - '- .1 114k. - ... . /..---, - 1 -----'- i ',. k :,,,,..,./\ A .= , ',- - ,::: it THE PACIFIC STEAM- SHI ' ... 1 1 - 7-• - - ;VS' t dg .„..,..., •-ir•--il -' , . .::: iv „,,,, ...A., .., 4, ....., 44. , ,,,.,„......,..... _ . . ___......._ N. .11. 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A .,.'- '-,-----,, a r: 4 -40, , z ;° , --- _ - _! .. r, : ,•vr- x i ' ily ,\ ,v3 - •3 'ia , , ~, etZ 6 .. ~ .4 .417477 / r" 1 41 21,' __. ---------/ 1 4 r- - '4'/^ ~ , , lik , ir , 0 ,,,.......:„<w e„,,,14 lt ' ' ROIT• ',.. 'N r. l , \ " r ""••••.---* ing some letters to the city, kept off and proceeded to --I.:_L-- ... A.o' C,45 - ' 'l. '" ' 1:'; ' . sea again. VISIMINIMMIMMI=II .••••••••••--- She has been cruising between Sable Island, which was thoroughly examined for recent wrecks, and the latitude of 37, along the edge of the Gulf, and has not seen any vestige of the Pacific or any other wreck. The Arctic has been under canvass moat of the time, her propeller being almost useless in the very heavy weather which she has experienced. Captain H. intends to cruise until after the usual time of the line or equi noctial gale. She has been short of water, and on an allowance of it for some days, but has since made a suffi ciency by steam and-other ways. All well on board. The Arctic was also spoke by Captain Hazzard, of the steam-tug Leviathan, 25 miles L.S.K. of the High- lands. This was about eleven o'clock a.m. Captain Hartstein reported that all were sell on board. The Arctic would not have put into port were it not for the purpose of putting Van Rensselaer Hall, the boatswain on shore, as his health was delicate and ha feared a serious illness would ensue were he to remain on boarl. Mr. Hail, it is understood, brought a de spatch to the Government and Mr. E. K. Collins re -meeting the result of his search for the Pacific, and also his opini in respecting the probability of her being afloat. Ceptain Hartst,in purposes to remain at sea until the Ist of April, as he has c nil for 12 days' voyage and plenty of provisions on board. Thl Arctic will sail in the Gu f Stream until she returns to this port. (Front the New York Courier and Inquire,. of March 22.) Our belief in the safety of the musing steam-ship Pacific has become extin b. Fifty-nine dais have now elapsed since she left the Mersey, and nn tidings have yet been received. Two steamers despatched specially Na make search have returned, reporting their errand a fruit. less one. Intelligence from the Western Islands has been received down Co the 18th of Feb., but it makes no men tion of the object of out solicitude. With reluctance and pain, we are at last compelled to admit to our mind the conviction that the Pacific is now drifting in the cavern ous depths of the ocean, a shattered, shapeless wreck. Four weeks ago we wrote hopefully, giving reasons for the hope that was in us ; and we now feel it incumbent to assign the causes which have blanched the ruddy fea tures of Hope into the paleness of Despair. The winter has been one of extraordinary severity; - both on sea and land. Tempests have desolated the ocean in latitudes most frequented by European traders, while the frigidity of the temperature has at the same time impaired the ability of the mariner so to manage his barque as to defy the storm ; but winds and waves had before exhausted their power upon the good ship Pacific, and by her panting engines dashed scornfully from her lofty and massive sides the foaming seas. It was not by these that she perished. In the month of January a vast portion of the Atlantic Ocean, always open to navigation at that season of the year, was taken possession of by an icy continent, with its mountains and plains. We believe that against this icy barrier, in fancied security, the Pacific dashed with impetuous speed, and that destruction was the result. We cannot resist the conclusion that the cabin wreck seen by the Edinburgh was all that will ever be seen of the inis , ing steam-ship. The Pacifi.3 sailed from Liver pool on the 234 of January, before any ice had been re ported, and with the winds that then prevailed she would have reached in due course lat. 47 deg. lon. 46 deg. on about the 2Sth of January, and would then most cer tainly have encountered the ice. The Persia sailed three days after the Pacific, and running probably a degree COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The demand for money was not active, but rates were firm. The disbursement of $1,000,000 by the Sub- Treasury.on account of the Mexican indemnity was ex pected to increase the specie fund of the Bank at least one million, while the actual increase compared with last week was only $324,000, although loans had not been further extended. Fancy stocks dropped, but western securities were firm, with an upward tendency. State stocks had been sold to the amount of $31,000 at last price. The transactions in railroad bonds had been ex tremely limited. Foreign exchange was steady, there being a better supply of second class bills offering, but with a good demand, rates were unchanged—on Lon don, 1091 to 1054 ; Paris, 5 20 to 5 174. The feeling in the cotton-market was quiet. The de mand for flour was good, and prices were firm—commcn t good br trids of State flour at $6 ; Western mixed, $6 561 c. to $6 871 c. ; Southern, $7 50e, to $B. There was nothing doing in wheat. Sales of pork -were moderate, at $l5 81ie. for mess and $l5 for foreign prime. Bacon was comparatively scarce, and prices were well sup ported. Lard and tallow were declining. Scotch pig iron was held firmly at $36 to $37 at six months. Naval stores were quiet. There was no change of importance in freight. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH, VIA HALIFAX. NEW ORLEANS, March 26, Evening. Sales of cotton to-day 13,000 bales. Sales in three days 49,000. Market firm at i cent. advance ; middling quoted at 91- cents to 9i cents. NEW YORK, March 27, Evening. Later European ne vs nas been published per steamer Emeu, arrived at Boston. Our cotton-market con t.inuem firm, with an active export demand. Sales during the past three days (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs• day), 13,000 hales. Flour and corn are quoted a trifle l owe r. Wheat firm and upwards. 1,250,000 dollars in gold have been received here . .,ince Tuesday. AUSTRALIA. We have been favoured with a copy of the Mci bourne Herald of the 26th January, being nearly one month's later intelligence than that brought by the Lightning. The present arrival is that of the Fiery Cross, which sailed from Port Philip heads on the 27th January, and arrived off Point de Galle on the 29th February, the quickest passage on record. The Fiery Cross sailed from Liverpool on the 9th October, three days after the Schomberg, and tar ' rived off Port Philip heads on the 29th December, three days after the Schomberg was lost, thus estab lishing her character as ono of the fastest ships afloat. We extract the following from the Melbourne Herald of Saturday, Jan. 26 : COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. MELBounNE, Jan. 25.—We have no alteration to note in the gold market. Th, entries for shipment at the Custombou.e to-day consisted of 1,140 oz. 6 dwts. for Sydney, 24 oz. for Liverpool, 0 oz. for ➢lauritiuv, and 2 oz. for Valparaio. Adelaide flour is coming to hand freely, and, with our own incoming harvest, must soon realise the price to 26/., which was the rate anticipated for the end of Ja nuary by well-informed dea'ers. The Customs Bill of Entry for the week ended on Sa turday last shows imports to the value of 404,3731. and exports to the amount 325,4281. The quantity of gold dust exported was 67,4770 z., of which the banks shipped 48,388 oz. The imports include 20.000 sovereigns drawn from New South \Vales by the Oriental Rink, and 3951. imported by the Union Bank from England. The ina ports of breadstufls and other food (exclusive of groceries) were of the value of 57,483/., and of cattle provender, 15,3491. Among the exports is the novel item of " De bentures, 10,0001."—a curious addition to our local pro duce for exportation ! The official return of the immigration and emigration of this colony for the month of December gives the fo' lowing results : ARRIVALS. At Melbourne. G';,elong. Other p rte. From New South Wales 736 2 1 „ South and West Aus tral;a „ Van Diemen's Land 329 16 30 „ New Zealand, &o 8 „ United Kingdom „ Foreign ports 159 6 16 - 4 Totals 3041 24 57 Of the above, 1,771 were adult males, 238 male chil dren under 14, and 34 male infants ; the adult f(mal s number 871, female children 186, and female infants 22. DEPARTURES. Flom 31 6 e1 7 1, 8 3ourne . Geelong. Other ports. For New South wales „ South and West Aus tralia Van Diemen's Land 342 2 5 „ New Zealand, &c. „ United Kingdom 325 „ Foreign ports Totals IE9B 5 5 Of the above, 1,500 were adult males, 87 male chil drm under 14, an l 10 male infants ; the adult females uumh(r 252, female children 56, and female infants 3. A3le4. Females. Total arrivals Do. departures Balance in favour of the colony 416 768 GOVERNMENT ESCORTS. The escorts from Mount Alexander and Ballarat ar rived at the gold.-dfice yesterday at the appointed hour, and brought the following rturns, viz. : Quantity. Number of Name of gold-field. Gold. Casb. Last receipt. Ozs. dusts. £ Castlemaine 13,191 0 32,961 0 16,579 Sandhurst Ballarat Avoca Creewick Creek 2,721 0 1, 424 Amherst ..... Marlborough Bathurst ---- ---- Total DOWNING STREET GLEANINGL—The sentence of death passed upon Hans Hansen, who was convicted at the last Cornwall Assizes of the murder of one of his comrades, belt aging to a German battalion quartered at Plymouth, has been c3trimuted to transportation for life. The offence was committed when both the prisoner and the deceased, who had previously been cn friendly terms, were in a state of drunkenness, and there is good reason to believe that there was an absence of that premeditation on the part of the prisoner which is neces-ary to constitute the crime of murder. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex have sent in their report to the Secretary of State, in reference to the un happy circumstances attending the execution of the mur derer Bousfield, at the Old Bailey, on Monday last. The sheriffs report that Calcraft, the executioner, was un nerved by a threatening letter which he had received from a party of "roughs," threatening his life on the scaffold, and that the unhaßy circumstances of the exe cution were aggravated by the physieal prostration of the wretched victim when brought up for execution. The Earl of Caithness has been appointed Lord-in-Waiting, in the room of Lord Listowel, deceased. Mr. G. M. Dowdeswell, of the Oxford Circuit, has been appointed Recorier of Newbury, in the place of Mr. H. S. Selfe, who has reigned, on being appointed One Of the metro p ilitan magistrates of police. Mr. J. T. Kinnersly, of the Common Law bar, is appointed police magistrate for Birminq.ham. Major Hermann, now her Majesty's Con sul of Tripoli, is appointed C o nsul-General to that State. The Queen has appointed the Rev. H. S. Horne t i the parish of Llamanan, in the presbytery of Linlithgow ; the Rev. C. Maclean to the parish of Ullapool, in the presbytery of Lochcarron ; and the Re►. David Landall to the united parishes of Auchtergaven and Logiehride. The Queen has presented the Rev. Etnilius Bayley, rec tor of Woburn, to the vicarage of St. Geo , ge's, Blooms bury, on the recommendation of the 'Lord Chancellor. Sir Wm. A'Beckett is appointed judge of the Vice-Ad miralty Court of the colony of Victoria. Mr. J. D. Pin nook is appointed registrar of the Vice-Admiralty Court of the colony of Victoria. Mr. Eaton Edevaine, Mr. H. R. Barrow, and Mr. F. S. Tanner, are appointed third class clerks at the Admiralty, Somerset-house. Mr. J. D. Miller is appointed third-class clerk i❑ Deptford dockyard ; Mr. W. J. Taylor, third-class clerk in Chat ham dockyard ; and Mr. E. A. Lang, third-class clerk in Sheerness dockyard. Mr. R. M. Jones is appointed to be Admiralty storekeeper and agent victualler at Trincomalee.— Observer. THE AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVER POOL, Saturday.—The royal mail ship James Bainas, M‘Donnell, commander, sails to-morrow forenoon for Melbourne, with the Australian mails, 477 passengers, and a full cargo of valuable merchandise on freight. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Africa, Captain Neil Shannon, sailed from the Mersey at 11 a.m., for New York, with the usual mails for the United States and British North American proyinces, 89 paeeengere, and a full cargo on freight. 'lll:ther south struck the ice on the 31st of January in lat. 46 deg. lon. 46 deg. That encounter was not without peril. The steam ship Edinburgh reported that "on the 7th February, in lat. 46.37, don. 45.43, at four p.m., passed two oak doors, the knobs of which appeared to be white ; also two windows with Venetian blinds and a work box ; and at the same time saw seve ral pieces of wrecked stuff." Bearing in mind that the Pacific would have steered for a point cf latitude and longitude not more than 30 or 40 miles distant (lean the place in which this wr' ck was seem, and that she pro bably reached that desired point 10 days prior to the 7th of February, that she then certainly and unexpect edly encountered masses of ice, and it leaves scarcely a doubt that the Pacific was lost on or about the 28th of January, between the parallels of 46 and 47 of lati tude, and 45 and 46 of longitude. The fate of the chip may not, necessarily, have become the fate of her pas sengers and crew. We have not the heart to dissipate the hope which still lingers in many a stricken breast. With life-boats more than sufficient to accommodate every soul on board there are chances that some, or many, or all may have been rescued by a passing vessel. Whether living or dead we cast no word of repreaoh against Captain Asa Eldredge, the commander of the Pacific. If, in a spirit of emulation, he exposed his sh'p and his life to hazard, he only did as they have done who in his professi _in are everywhere regarded as patterns a f prude nce and ability. Captain Judkine, of the Persia, escaped narrowly. Captain Lines, of the Arago, struck heavily on ice. Captain Stone, of the Arabia, was ex posed to imminent peril from contact with ice, while Captain Comstock, of the Baltic, and Captain West, of the Atlantic, were in positions which caused them the bravest apprehensions. The money value of the Pacific and her cargo was about two millions of dollar', and the leas will fall heavily on the underwriters. It would seem to be proper that they should now assume control over the routes whip h steamers may take between the months of January and August. The owners of the Pacific have decided to keep their steamers below 42 deg. of latitude until they reach 46 deg. of longitude. The log of the Persia, on her last voyage out, shows that her coreman ter fel owed a southern, and con.equently safe route. But it is not unreasonable that the underwriters should establish tx rule which none may be at lit,eaty to violate. The time which may be saved by pursuing the northern and hazardous route does not exceed frern four to eight hours. This trifling difference is not only effected at a positive and tremendous risk of life and property, but in almost every case this winter steamers taking that route have lost frem a day and a half to three days' hindrance from ice—a loss on one voyage for each sh p equal to the en• 3 tire loss of time on her voyages for a year by a more ' southerly route. THE BIRMINGHAM CHAMBER OF COM MERCE ..4ND THE L.VUUME-TAX. The following petition Lai been agreed to by the Chamber of Commerce at Birmingba-n, and forwaried for presentation to the House of Commons The humble Petition of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce for Birmingham and the Midland district, Sheweth,---That while your petitioners have no objection to allege to the principle of direct, taxation, if equitably assessed, yet that the present system of assessing all de scriptions of income at the same rate per cent, is very un just iu principle, especially injurious in its operation to the industrious classes, and thus prejudicial to the commercial progress of the nation. Thet although your petitioners fully admit the necessity of efficient regulations for the protection of the public revenue, they believe that the arbitrary and irresponsible inquisitorial powers as at present exercised by the COM mihsioners of Property and Income Tax are unnecessary and ineffective for the protection of the revenue, while they are most oppressive in their operation to those en gnl,-;€3,1 in commerce, and at the same time offer powerful inducement to fraud. That although it niay be admitted to ho impracticable to define with strict accuracy the just assessment of each individual case, 3 our petitioners submit that no practical difficulty would be found in classifying all taxable incomes under a few general heads at different rates of duty, by which (with the aid of some simple and authenticated tables) the duties on property and income may be assessed in a manner sufficiently accurate for all fiscal purposes, an a equitable tth e i n s a m i t se time operation productiveto a l all classeso of a l larger e the revenue c o m m flan n tan' at present. Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray your honour he evils complained with a view to remedyi n g t i y l o Y u s r t e e l l rl o y f c l e e ti v s y i -- a i n b g l e d h o (tu i : se on to n o p take rop e t r h t e y present om oppress e in into v e of, and especially That income derived from th e p rofits of trade, fro m the practice of professions, or from salaries or Wa ges , be as sessed at a lower rate pe r coot. than that derived from re alised property. That terminable and life annuities be assessed in suck proportion only to income derived from realised property, as the value of such annuity (estimated according to some w ell-authenticated table) bears to the value of a permanent annuity of like amount. That on appeal (in cases relating to income derived from professions or from the profits of trade) a statement, sup ported by the solemn declaration of the taxpayer, that no other than certain legally defined and specified deductions from gross profits have been made in his return, yet that his profits do not exceed the sum so returned by him. should be final ; and that much more stringent measures than at present be adopted to enforce the strictest privacy as to all returns when made to the Government officers. And your petitioners, &e. (Signed) SAMPSON S. LLOYD, Vice-President. Birmingham, April 2, 1856. The Kate Carnie (Rodger), 549 tons burden, arrived on Saturday morning from Shanghai in 90 dayr, sup posed to be the shortest passage ou record. The Brilliant has arrived from Port Phillip with 15,4215 ounces of gold, valued at 61,6041. The Vimiera, from Sydney, and the Alecto, from Morton-bay, are also re ported, but are not stated to have brought any gold. MESSEIB. STEM, WALKER, AND Co.'s SIISPINSIOII. Messrs. Syers, Walker, and Co., East India and general merchants, whose suspension was announced on Friday, have issued the following circular. It appears that their uncovered liabilities are likely to prove larger t d b e a p n rec w i a a s . at first supposed. They are state d to owe 260,0 0 0 /. , while the unsold produce they hole'., and which cos t more thanton _ 22 0, A.llla 0 00 1 1., iw can o sh. chartb realisede l e r o, only Lombard-str ee t, April 5. —From the disappointment that we experienced by the non-receipt of expected remittances by the last India mail, added to the almost unprecedented depreciation on the large amount of produce which we have still unsold, we have felt it our duty to suspend our payment ; aid, in order that tbo position of our affairs may be ascer tained as speedily as possible, we have placed the same in the bands of Mr. Coleman, the accountant, with a request that he will use his best exertions to place the results of his inq uir ies before you as early as pssible. In the meantime v. e respectfully solicit your forbearance, and beg to assure you that whatever property may Writ to hand will be held specially to the purposes fur which it is advised, and also that the funds belonging to the estate will be protected in like manner for your gen e ra ipterests.--We are yours faithfully, SUDO, Wat,g, and Cv." EASTERN HOSPITALS and ENGLISH NURSES: The Narrative of Twelve Months' Experience in the Hospitals of Koulali and Scut)ri. By a LADY VOLUNTEER. In 2 vols., 21e., is ready this day, and those who desire early e)pies should give their orders immediately to their Booksellers. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. LAURENCE OLIPHANT'S NEW WORK. This day is Published, in post 8 vo.. price lOs. Gd. cloth, with Map and Illustrations, from drawings taken on the spot by Omar Dacha's artist, THE TRANSCAUCASIAN CAMPAIGN of the TURKISH Alt nY under OMAR PACIII. A Personal arrative. 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'THE Commissioners for Executin g the Office of 1 Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain nd Ireland, 1)0 lIEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the 15th instant, at one o'clock, they will be ready to treat with .uch Persons as may he willing to Contract for supplying, for 12 months certain, and further until the expiration of 3 months' warninc, the respective Royal Marine Barra , k , and Infirmaries at Woolwich, Portsmouth, and Piymouth. and II tr acks at Forton, with LAMP OIL, COTTON, and To+ l '• The conallons of the revisal contract miy he seen at the sail office. No tender will he received atter one ocleock d for mon the dAy add of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on tl:e plitv provid for the rurposa, and which may be obtained ea application at the aid office. Every tender must he addressed to the Secret lry of the Admiralty, find bear in the left-hand corner the workls, " Tender for Lamp Oil Ciaton, ald Tow," and :oust also be delivered at Somerset -place. TOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARA TED CAPSULES, approved of by the erench College of Physicians, successfully administered in the I'aris and London Ilospitals, and ncknowledgQd by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. (see Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli cation.—Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 28. 9d. To be had of the inventor, GABRIEL JOZEACT, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. r"-RIESEMAR.—OiI the 29th of May, 1 855 , a n 1. injunction was granted by the Righ Court of Chancery, and on the 11th of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph Franklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou sand pounds, from imitatin4 this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecolc de Marinade de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, a remeey for Relaxation, Spermatorrhma, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are effi cacious In youth, manhood, and old age ; and t • those persons who are prevented entering the married state from the results of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, In the short space of three days, completely and entirely a adicates all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and Cubebs have so tong been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health ,! a vast portion of the population. TRI ESEMAR, No. 3, Is the great Cont Mental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in critable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, Nes. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, ,nd of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table ,Ithout their use being suspected TIZIE!-E MAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3 are sold in tin cases, price Its., or tour cases in one for 335., which saves [ls.; and in 51. cases, whereby here is a saving of 11. 125.; mvideu s yarate doses, as adminis tered by Valpeau, Lalle•nand, Roux, eze. To be had Wholesale and Re•.all in London of Johnston, 68, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Ox ord. street ; R. 11. Ingham, druggist, 46, It arket-street, Manchester ; 11. Bradbury, bookseller, Deanvate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; Winnall, bookseller, ,Iligh-street, Birmingham. ` ang er Colvin, - Esq7 L Ed wa rd Howley Palmer, Esq. 4144 /.,laxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pe ll y , Bart. CROSS E D CHECKS.—Great g ratification was expressed t Liss a — "avtdson, Esq. Alexander P. Prevos t, Es q . a few days back at the fact of Mr. Pellatt's bill in rela 3,uder Deuce. Esq. Abraham George Roberts, Esq. tion to crossed checks baying passed its second reading. i L 0 14 14 , 1° Wm , Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. TM, "Madeus Heath, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. It is now asserted that the Government intend to propose ; r unt, t i ll Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. an amendment which will render it totally useless. They , .as e , stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace. Esq. profess, it is said, to recognise the principle ; but think I sot Holland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. that it cannot be carried further than to require that a l' tt MEDICAL ItarEam—Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. crossed check, whether bearing the name of an individual , ItliaL e e•—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre- Pri tz t4l liox due at Lady-day will expire on the 9th April. banker or simply the words "and company," should be Nrati o „ancl LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor- passed through some banker. No bill was needed to , , L i t ,' 0 * advantageous terms. attain this, the judges having already distinctly ens ia. p—' o Life Department , assurances are granted with participation Th' e n . t3 . or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. nounced, although at some sacrifice of logic, that whi'e 31 8 t biollowillE table shows the large BONUSES declared up to the a special crossing cannot be recognised, a general one, Yeah. ,:ember, 1855, on British Participating Policies of fourteen such as "and company," may be considered a valid ...z........712!iing, for the sum of 1,0001. each. direction. The evil complained of is, that there is no safety short of a special crossing, because, owing to the Aga Farther Per Cent. Per Cent. facilities afforded by joint-stock banks, every one can wh Addition Addition Total per annum on the Assti—:r made in now have a banking account by paying a trifling fee, in Addition on the sum Premium ". lB4B. .....,........._ 1855. Assured , paid. and a person inclined to misapp ro p ri ate checks, the pro - _ _____ perty of his employers or others, has nothing to do but 30 X £ ' X to scratch out the name of his employers' banker and to 35 102 112 214 1.53 59'3 40 106 115 221 1.58 541 pay them into his own. That the time of th e Legislature 45 113 121 234 1'67 50'5 should be wasted by their being called upon to pass a s o 121 128 249 118 46.2 measure merely to perpetuate the existing state of the 65 135 140 275 1'96 43 0 60 149 154 303 2-16 391 case seems almost incredible. If the Chaicellor of the 166 174 349 243 371 Exchequer should seek to justify it by contending that --______ , any check made special should be subjected to the stamp Eq u i v . law, it must be borne in mind that when it was proposed by th Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable Th ,7 B l ,l , l Persons who preferred that-form of Bonus. to put a penny stamp en all checks he thought that it us tura division of Profit will take place every Five years. was not desirable to offer any impediments to banking Thsum not exceeding 15,0001. may be insured on one life , facilities. As three-fourths, or perhaps seven - eighths, of is_Cjopa affords to the Assured liaibubietriesal of a p r a t r i t c n ip ers at h lo i n p. in PrufitS—With exemption from the the checks drawn are believed to pass through bankers, the blow inflicted upon banking conveniences by refusing . ~ A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Soda "ll—vsltk the guarantee of a large Inv, sted Capital Stock. to legalise special crossings would be far greater than ~Theaosa tage, „f wa p rac ti ce —with the security of ah , , any that could result from the resort to a universe' nearly whois sesources h ave been tested by the experience of penny stamp, while it would be without compensation "earV a Century and a-half in the shape of an increase to the revenue.—Tiutes OUY -- Roux. Eicaaraz, LONDON. • elide. , • - ' Mali A. =cowl, Actur7 and likontirr! - 00 Vg. 100" w ria , 1100$ 1 ., row, 0 3 ' 11. Fero, itzr e f . ...:J 111 414 ' , 11% 0° 20 40 60 Qi DITLEC' [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D- TRADE OF Si 'FORDSBIRE. BIRMINGHAM, Saturday Evening. The important event which was telegraphed to England on Sunday last, and which has since been celebrated throughout Europe, has not been without 'its effect in this district. As may be supposed, all those who have lieen engaged in menu facturing for the late war must feel the effects of a ces sation of hostilities, and already some of the works which were kept partially going, owing to the previous uncertainty attending; the negotiations, have been stopped until arrangements can be made fur directing the ma chinery, &c., to ot'ner purposes than those for which they have been recently employed—with the exception, however, of the stoppage at these works, there is cer tainly already observable a tendency to that general in creased activity which we were led to hope for from the declaration of peace. A much more cheerful tone per -stades all classes, arid I have little doubt of being able ere long to repert 44 revival of many of those branches of industry which have been depressed during the war. Orders have been given out already for some of those foreign markets, which have been closed, and I dare say before many weeks elapse we shall find some of the large works which have been engaged in casting cannon, shot, a. 4 - 1 shell to blow down Sebastopol, will be employed in &airing atd manufacturing articles of a far different de script'on for the Czar and his subjects. refire the war we certainly made a great deal of valuable machinery for Russia, and there were some lucrative orders in con , of execution when they were suspended by hostilities. In the copper and hemp trades of Russia this district s c msiderably interested, and a change of prices in these articles of general utility may speedily be anticipated. The iron masters, as I apprised you in my last letter, resolved, on the 27th, to, uphold the quotations of last quarter ; and, as you may suppose, the recent important event has not caused them to alter their decision. On the contrary, they are more sanguine than before, and additional orders for the home market are reported. It has been stated this evening that the demand for iron during the week has been increased, and that there will be no difficulty whatever in maintaining the prices at the forthcoming meeting. Indeed, there cannot be any doubt upon that point, even if the Eastern question had main tained the state quo, as it would have been impossible to reduce the price of made iron, and uphold the price of pigs and wages at their present standard. The iron trade of South Staffordshire may, therefore, on the whole, be reported in a sound state, and likely to furni-h ample employmeatt hroughout the summer to the numerous hands depending on it. Before the war our manufac turers were in the habit of sending out a great quantity of plates to Prussia and Rue-is ; and, if lam correctly informed, the merchants formerly engaged in trade with St. Petersburg, are already in the market inst.tuting in quiries relative to prices, &c. A few weeks, and we shall find a decided change for the better, but no permanent improvement can take place until the Bank screw is loosened. It is folly to ex pect we can carry on trade with such rates of discount as we now pay, and the sooner the gentlemen in Thread needle-street look to it the better. It we are to pre psre 'or the foreign markets, and enter upon a fair cempeti- tion with the French and German makers, it is not wit such miserable limited accommodation as our bankers now give, and at such ruinous rates of intere , t, chat it can be d ine ; mere money on easier terms we must have, if the machinery of this immense hive is to be kept in motion. In the general hardware trade there is also an improve ment reported, and prices rather advancing. The April lists sent in from the manufacturers to the merchants do not show any giving way, nor can there be any material reduction made so long as the raw !criteria' maintains its present price. By some it is thought that the irnpor tatio❑ of Russian copper will lead to an alteration in the price of that article, and it is not without reason that this opinion is formed. When we ceased importing it, two years ago, our own mine-owners and others directed their best energies to make op for the deficiency, and ninny new mines were set to work at vast expense, and with improved machinery. A large supply was the result, and it is not UPremonable to suppose that importation to any considerable extent, with such increased means of sup ply at home, will soon lead to large stocks, and reduced prices. If such be the result, most welcome will the change be to the manufacturers who have long suffered from the monopoly of the smelters. To the small makers, the enormous high price of copper has been ruinous, and deprived many of the means of continuing their shops. The same applies but with too much truth to the article of tin. It also stands in need of a reduction before hny ease can be afforded to the immense number of poor people depending on the trade. The jewellery trade is still dull, and holds out no encouragemennt to the hands employed in it elsewhere to come to Mrmingliate. Superior chasers nre not numerous, but of ordinary bands there are sufficient in the town to execute the orders. At the works of the large coach and waggon builders there is increased activity for executing foreign ar:d home orders, and owing to the return of peace, strong hopes are held out to the men in these branches, that they may not unreasonably look forward to con siderable animation in their trade during the urnrner. - M07'22 tig A Acre SC2'. COURT OF ALDERMEN. On Saturday a special Court was held for the purpose of swearing in Mr. Prendergast, Q C., who was elected judge of the Sheriffs' Court, by the Court of Common Council, on Thursday last. As soon as the minutes of the la.t court had been read and confirmed, Alderman SIDNEY rose and said—My Lord Mayor, seing thzt we are summoned for the purpose of swearing in the nowly-elected judge of the Sheriffs' Court, and I.r no other business, I wish to ask your lordship whether the court is not master of its own proceedings ? This is the first court that has been called since a bid has been introduced into Parliament by the Secretary for the Home Department for the reform of the Corporation of London. The LORD MAYOR (interrupting Alderman Sidney)— No doubt the court are masters of their own proceed ings, and they can act upon their own rules. If they determine to proceed to other buiness of course I cannot help it ; but at the same time, in sending out a very short notice, as it was imperatively necessary that the judge of the Sheriffs' Court f hould be sworn in to-day, I thought it convenient to suggest that no other business than that should be taken. I therefore suggested that some member should move that no other business be taken. Alderman SIDNEY—I trust your lordship, in common courte y and kindness to me, will allow w e t propose a motion tbat a certain bill should be referred to a corn- mittce. The LORD MAYOR —Mr. Prendergast will be at once sworn. Immediately on the cmnpletion of this ceremony all the members rose for the purpose of breaking up th© Court, and the Lord Mayor was about to vacate the chair, when Alderman SIDNEY said—l perceive an intimation tha your lordship is requested to leave the chair, and I, therefore, wish to ask whether your lordship will set the example, which is quite foreign to your usual liberality of character, whether you will deny a member of the Court the privilege accorded to him by his position ? I wish to make a motion. I wish it to be distinctly un derstood that Ido nut ask any favour whatever. I de• mand a right. (Hear.) The Loan MAYOR (with some warmth)--I am on my legs now. When lamon my legs upon a point of order, and a gentleman will not sit down, then I think I ought to leave the chair. I called this Court for a special purpose. Alderman SIDNEY--Then I hope it will go forth to the world that we are a divided Court. The LORD MAYOR—I called this Court in consequence of its being necessary that the Judge of the Sheriffs' Court should be sworn in to-day. I called this Court at a late hour yesterday afternoon for that, and for no other purpose. Is it the opinion of the Court that any other business should be proceeded with ! (Cries of "N o. ") Alderman SIDNEY—If that is the way in which the business of this Court is to be conducted, the sooner it is done away with the better. The Court then broke up. A summons has been issued to th• members of the Common Council for a meeting of a committee of the whole Court, which includes the aldermen, for to-day, and it is understood that a vigorous effort will be made to exclude the public from all knowledge of their pro ceedings while measures are concerted for the purpose of opposing the bill introduced into PArliament for the reform of the Corporation. PALM—RuDgeuireirylgirEom allast.r week a vast number parts of the country t o ins p ect the house of William Palmer. We are informe d on credible authorit y tha t the late re sidence of Palm er is about to be o p ened as an inn, with tiz visitedr. r . S U ICIDES IN PARlS. — Several sui c id es ( says G a li gnan i) p l er h ave taken place within the last two vast s UouS of A persons on R s G One was that of a young man of twenty-two, a clerk in t c l u ie ry s - ign of the "St r y chnine Arms. "—Bi rm i ng h, ant Mu a shop in the Palais Royal, who, having become some what dissipated of late in his habits, received notice on Monday from his employer to seek another situation. Yesterday morning he was found dead in his room, hay ing terminated his existence with the fumes of lighted charcoal. Another case of suicide, by weans of char coal, was that of a hirer-out of carriages, residing in the Rue Bayard, who, after making great sacrifices for his son, an ill-conducted young man, and finding that an additional sum of money was required from him to pay fresh debts of his, paid the amount, and then committed suicide. An etitrly woman, afflicted with an incurable disease, threw herself, on Monday morning, from the cindow of her room on the third floor in the Rue des St. Peres, and was killed on the spot. She left behind her a paper containing these words :—" I a enture to hope that God will pardon me, for I have suffered so greatly and prayed so fervently." Lastly, two cases occurred of suicide by hanging on Monday, one being that of a mason named Gondin, of Auteuil, aged 32, whose mind family annoyances had affected ; * nd the other, of a marchand de yin of La Villette , nam ed Sou ler, who terminated his existence because a young wo man, to whom he was paying his addresses, had con ' seated to marry another. 4"%1%_ ,, k ~if:ti" pEPYS' DIARY.-NEW CHEAP STANDARD EDITIONS of this popular Work, with all the recent Notes and Emendations, are now ready at all the Booksellers. The small octavo, in 4 vols., uniform with E%elyn's Diary, price 6s. each, bound, and the LIBRARY EDITION, in 4 vols. tinny octavo, uniform with Murray's Classics, price 7s. 6d. each, bound. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, succ,ssors to Henry Colburn. I ,r . • 4 f, .0 • )1 i 50 0 rso, ,r: (, .r • .(t t It Rot h. bot 2 5 e ..e Ido e° 0 iy i3 . ir, C o o 3tocl‘' 10 011 921' °' 9s: stoc., r~~~~~ 11. ili. coin o'. ; ,„, ff troo; `,:910 . 31. rehire► I