The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LO N PON, FRIDA Janet Mongrel ... Tal ran. MANCHESTER RACES—(This Day.) (RY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPTI.) CHESTERFEELD HANDICAP. ';'avtl and Military Intethgence. The following circular has been addressed to the Gene ral officers commanding divisions and brigades, and to officers commanding infantry regiments : " Horse Guards, Sept. 19. "Sir,—His Royal Highness the General Command ing in Chief is desirous to receiv 3 your opinion of the bayonet exercise introduced a few years since into the army and carried on under the superintendence of the late Mr. Angelo, and to ascertain more particularly— " First, whether you consider that the system is cal culated to give confidence to the soldier in the use of the weapon ; and, Secondly, whether, as a gymnastic exercise, it tends to supple the limbs, strengthen the muscles, and set up the man. " You will be pleased to report whether any and what regiments under your command have been practised in the bayonet exercise, and whether it is still carried on as a part of drill. I have, &c., " G • A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." The Dauntless, 24, steam-vessel, Captain Rysler, left Portsmouth yesterday for the Mediterranean. The Perseverance, steam troop ship, Commander M'Donald, left Portsmouth yesterday afternoon for the West India station. Dr. J. R. Taylor, C. 8., Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, inspected a large detachment of Crimean and other invalids at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, yester day m oling, the whole of whom had been sent up from the invalid depot at St. Mary's for the purpose of en abling the medical authorities to ascertain their fitness f r fur;her service. The draught, which numbered 80 non-commissioned officers and men, consisted of 29 men belonging to the 44th Regiment, and 27 of the 47th Re giment, the remaining number belonging to various ca valry and infantry corps. There were also 20 men who had received wounds or injuries in the Crimea. The non-commissioned officers and men found to be unfit for further service were ordered to be taken before the com missioners from Chelsea Hospital at the Chelsea Board, which will be held at Chatham this day. Yesterday morning 44 non-commissioned officers and men belonging to the 31 Buffs, 7th Royal Fusiliers, 13th Light Infantry, 18th Royal Irish, 28] Welsh Fusilers, 33d (Duke of Wellington's), 38th, 41st Welsh, 49th, 68th Light Infantry, 72d highlanders, and 77th and 95th Regiments, left Chatham, having been previously inspected by Lieutenant and Adjutant J. Pope, for their respective homes, the whole of theirs having been granted their discharge by the Chelsea Board, owing to their unfitness for further service. Each man before leaving received his arrears of pay at the railway station. The African Mail Company's steam-ship Gambi, Com mander Holt, sailed from P'ymouth on Wednesday for Madeira and the %Vest Coast. The paddle-wheel steam-sloop Salamander, 6, Com mander T. Meeham,from Liverpool, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday, and sailed thence on Wednesday for Queens town, to convey Rear-Admiral Chads to Plymouth, to assst at the inquiry regarding Capt. Nias, R.N., and the officers of the Rqyal William Victualling yard. The brig Linnet, 8, Commander H. Need, is ordered to be fitted at Devonport as a tender to the Cambridge. The crew of the screw mortar-ship Seahorse, 12, Com mander Leopold G. Heath, are ordered to be paid off at Pqmouth on Saturday. Major-General Sir W. F. Williams, commandant of Woolwich garrison, attended by his ordinary staff, and accompanied by a numerous body of mounted artillery officers, trooped the guards at half-past 10 o'clock yes terday morning on parade, and subsequently went through an inspection of 400 disciplined recruits, who marched past in slow and quick time in a soldierlike manner. The brigades of Horse Artillery and the bat teries were brought out on Plumstead and Woolwich Oommon, and were exercised throughout the morning. After the dinner hour a body of gunners repaired to the mortar range, where they went through a course of practice with 8, 10, and 33 inch shed firing. Admiral Sir B. Walker, K.C.8., surveyor of the navy, yesterday visited Woolwich dockyard. He was accom panied in his tour of inspection through the building slips and round the docks and fisting-basins by Comm°. dore Shepherd, superintendent of the yard. The object of the admiral's visit did rot transpire, but it is understood to be connected with the disposal of the various vessels which at the present moment encumber the basins. The inner basin is completely blocked up, and contains 12 gunbcats, 9 mortar-vessels, her Majesty's troop-ship Resistance, unloading guns and anchors from Sebastop and floating battery Thunderbolt, and her Majesty's steam sloop Vixen; under repairs. A number of shipwrights were yesterday morning sent up to Rockwall from Woolwich dockyard to assist in carrying out the building of a number ofgunboats ordered by Government. Blocks are laid down for the com mencement of four of these vessels at the building yard of Messrs. Pitcher at Blackwall ; and two others, it is understood, are to be built at Messrs. Green's. They are to be six in number, and are to be similar in many re spects to the ordinary class of gunboats of the light squa dron, but are to be so constructed as to carry an addi tional burden of 100 tons. The body of Major-General B.Tylden, landed from the transport Imperial, at Woolwich, from Constantinople, has been conveyed to head quarters of the engineer corps at Chitharu. The Rev. Mr. Tylden, son of the deceased general, yesterday proceeded to Chatham to receive the body and mike preparations for its interment. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday the court met for the despatch of public business. A communication from the Board of Works was read, announcing the intention of the Government to employ an officer of the navy to make a survey of the Thames, and asking for the plan made under Mr. Telford's direc• tion in 1823. The request is to be complied with. A report of the General Purposes Committee on the metage of potatoes was presented by Deputy Halt, recommend. ing that the whole of the subject of metage should be taken into consideration. This was agreed to, and re ferred back to the committee to be put into execution, with a view to holding a meeting of the corn trade and others interested in the question, and negotiating with the meters about the abandonment of their claim to metage. There was a motion of Mr. Besley's, that the Court should proceed t> discuss the Corporation Reform Bill of last session, but the Lord Mayor held that as the bill had been withdrawn, the motion could not be entertained. It was then moved by Mr. WOOD, and seconded by Deputy PEWTRESS—" That it be referred to a committee to consider and report their opinion as to the alterations and provisions which should be made, and generally what should now be done for the better regulation of the CJrporation of London, and the management of its affairs ; stating what can be effected by the powers of that court, and what would appear to require parliamen tary aid." Several members F poke on this motion, expressing their opinion that they wtro bound to do what th-y could, by themselves, to remedy the existing defects i❑ the municipal constitution, and that it would be better for them to seek parliamentary aid for that purpose than to have a bill forced upon them perhaps by a hostile Government, Mr. F 3. L. TAYLOR suggestei that the words " to a committee now to be appointed," and " to'report thereon forthwith," should be added to the motion. Mr. WOOD having assented to this aleration, the motion was put and carried ; and a committee, consist ing of the Lord Mayor, the aldermen present, and a commoner from each ward, was at once appointed to carry the object of the motion into effect. Deputy LOTT moved, " That the bye-laws passed by this corporation, at the instance of the Markets Lit provement Committee, to prevent the driving of cattle through the streets of the metropolis on Sunday, and which were represented by the Secretary of State to the inhabitants of Llington, petitioning for a change of the market-day from Monday to Tuesday, as sufficient to prevent all nuisance arising therefrom, having been decided by a police magistrate to be invalid, and cattle of all descriptions being driven about the metropolis on the Lord's day with impunity, to the great annoyance of inhabitants, it is the duty of this court, in order to keep good faith with the public, to remedy this evil by ob taining :an efficient legislative enactinent for the sup pression of the nuisance, or by courteously complying with the prayer of the numerous petitions, tl change the ' market day to Tuesday." The motion, after a discussion, was negatived by an overwhelming majority, only three hands being held up in favour of it. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—We understand that the committee of shareholders appointed at the recent meeting of the company have called upon Mr. Fane, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Packe, to reti re f rom the board. PENRHYN dASTLII.—"A Constant Reader," writing on the subject of the inconvenience attending a visit to Penrbyn Castle, says :—I went—a stranger —to an hotel in Bangor to take car for a visit to the slate quarries and the castle, and was told by the lsost that tickets for the castle were only procurable through two stationers in the town. I called on the first, but the young man in the shop wished me to call again, as his master was away. I then callel on the second, and politely as k e d him to favour me with a ticket, which he sail he could not ; it was now near 1 o'clock, and the c - it'e is o nly open on Tuesdays from 2 to 5 ; we started for the quar ries, and then returned to Bangor to the first stationer to repeat my request. He went into his back parlour for about 10 minutes to see if he had any at liberty, during which time his young man was placing before me all kinds of books; and thinking, if I did not purchase I might be minus a ticket, I bought a popular work for 3s. 61., which I could buy in this town for about ha'f the money ; and this, with 2s. 6d. I pa id for seeing through the castle, makes it rather an expensive visit. The Austrian Gazette states that the paella com manding on the Danube has received orders to occupy with troops the seven or eight points at which the river is practicable, and to fortify the tetes-du-pont on both sides. The recent movement of Ottoman troops from Widdin to Kalafat, on the left bank of the Danube, was effected in pursuance of this order. Our authority adds, that the reso lution of the Porte has the full approval of the Austrian Government. .E V E S r E B It 26 18 5 6 Sporting Intelligence. TiITTERSALIIS-THIIRSDAY. About 20 subscribers mustered for the despatch o business, but the betting 'was marked by no change of importancr, For the Cesarevritch 200 to 13 was taken three or four times about Fulteek, and 500 to 20 and 250 to 10 were booked about Cotswold. The other iransactiona on this event were in small sums. F,r the Cambridgeshire, 20 to 1 was offered on the field. B ink Bonny was in steady demand fur the Derby, 1,000 to 80, 2,000 t ) 160, 600 to 50, and 1,200 to 100 were successively booked about her. The following list of prices comprises all the business transacted : EASTERN COUNTIES HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Poacher (taken) 10 to 1 " bar ono" offered. CESAUEWITCII STAKES. 200 t) 13 agst Fulbeek (taken) 20 to 1 agst Middleton (taken) 25 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken) 25 to 1 agst Cerva (taken) 200 to 8 agst Mary (taken) 40 to 1 agst Comedy (taken) 300 t ) 10 was laid against Pole Star for each of the two events—Cesarewitch and Cam'nidgeshire. - CAMBRIDGESHIRE ►ST` lES. 20 to 1 agst Pt!tnoodie (taken and offered) 20 to 1 azst Poacher (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Lance (take 25 to 1) DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (taken) 14 to 1 agst Tournament (offered) 1000 to 40 agst Sidney (taken) LEICESTER RACES.—THIIRSDAY. A Plate of 25 SJvs., adc'ed to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each for 2-yr olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. T.Y.C. Half a mile. (5 subs.) Mr. French's Profile, by Portrait, 2 yrs, (401) sst 41b (Pritchard) 1 Mr. Brown's Coal Black Rose, 3 yrs (401.) 6st 111 b (Fordham) 2 Mr. Hanks's Admiral of the White, 2 yra (501.) sst llb (Edwards) 3 Mr. Andrews' Chatteress, 3 yrs (401.) 7st . (Sapp) 4 Major Yates's Clara, 3 yrs (401.), 7st (J. Land) 5 Betting-5 to 4 agst Profile, sto 2 agst Coal Black Rose, 4to 1 agst Admiral of the White. Won by two lengths ; bad third. The winner was sold by auction for 115 guineas. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 50 added ; winners extra. Gentlemen riders ; professionals 61b extra. One mile and a quarter. (9 subs.) Mr. B. Land's Weathercock, by Weatherbit, 5 yrs, list 13,13 (including 61b extra) (B. Land, jun.) 1 Mr. Cartwright's Bright Phoebus, 5 yrs, list (Mr. Scobel,) 2 Mr. La Alert's Schamyl, 4 yrs, lOst 1016 (Mr. Blake) 3 The following also ran :—The Cropper, and Bobby B. Betting-6 to 4 agst Bright Phoebus„ sto 2 agst Schamyl, and 5 to 1 each agst the Cropper and Weather cock. A fine race in, won by a head ; a length and a half between the second and third. The Cropper was pulled up and walked in. B )bby B bolted soon after starting. The Scurry Handicap of 50 sovs, added to a sweeptakos of 10 sovs each, and only 3ft if declared, &c. Win. ners extra. Half a mile. 23 subs, 5 of whom declared. Mr. St. John's British Remedy, by The Cure, 3 yrs, fist 41b Mr. E. Parr's Leamington, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (including 71b extra) (Sopp) 2 Mr. Brown's Coal Black Rose, 3yrs sst 111b)Britton)) 3 The following also ran :--Pantomine, Hanover, Bessie, Prince's Mixture, Breeze, filly by Birdcatcher, out of Sacrifice. Betting-7 to 4 agst Breeze. 3to 1 agst Leamington, 0 to 1 agst British Remedy, 9 to 1 agat Hanovor , 20 to agst Bessie (off.) Won easily by a length ; bad third ; Pantomime was fourth. Breeze fell on rounding the turn into the straight ; her jockey was unhurt. Sopp wal fined 10/., and Prior and Withington were repri manded Joy the etewards for disobeying the starter's orders. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; 3.yr-olds, 7st 71b four, 9st ; five, gat 71b ; six and aged, gat 91b. Three miles. Mr. Vernon's Lance, by Launcelot, 3 yrs (carried 74t 81b) Mr. Jackson's Lady Tatton, 4 yrs (J. Osborne) 2 Mr. Sidney's Excitement, 4 yrs (J. Hall) 0 Betting-6 to son Lady Tatton. Won by a length. Excitement was only started to make running for Lady Tatt on. The Juvenile Selling Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 a 'ded, for 2-yr-olds. About three quarters of a mile. 4 subs. Mr. Sidney's Sister to Nancy, by Pompey, (401.), Est 101 b Mr. Evans's Storms:tit (401.), 6st 101 b (carried 7st) (J. Hall) 2 Mr. Andrew's Mary Agnes (401.), 0 t 10Ib (carried 7st) (Soppj 3 No betting. Won by a length and a half ; bad third. The winner was sold by auction for 67 guineas ; and Stormsail was claimed, under the Newmarket rule, by Mr. E. Parr. The Innkeepers' Plate of 25 BOYS, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Allowances and penalties. About ami e. 7 sub.. Mr. E. Parr's Stork, by Sir Isaac or Gabbler, 3 yrs, 7st llb (in. 51b extra) (Sopp) I Mr. T. Walker's Mary Copp, 3 yr., Gat 7lb (Snowden) 2 Major Yates's CaleJonian, 3yrs (in 51b extra) (J. Lund) 3 Mr. Good's Vulcan, 4 yrs (in. 31b extra), B,t 2lb (D. Hughes) 4 Betting—Even on Stork, 6 to 4 agst Mary Copp, 5 ;o 1 agst Vulcan. Won by a length and a half; bad ,bird. CHESTER AUTUMN MEETING.—Ocr. 7. The Innkeepers' Plate (Handicap). Half a mile. Weights declared at 6 p.m. on Tues lay, the 23d h.q. Age st lb Age at lb Bourgeois Pantomime Catherine Parr 67 4 rick 36 6 timer Paella 3 7 4 Assailant Mermaid Schaneyl L'Addio 4 6 13 The Martlet .... ..... 3 6 2 Tom Thumb 3 6 8 Little Cob . 2 412 The Wynn stay Handicap. Seven furlongs. (23 sub.l.) Weights declared at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, the 23d inst. Age slit Age st lb Coroner Theodora Hospitality Paninure Gaudy Mermaid ... Byrsa 3 7 2 ba by Touchstone— King of Scotland 3 7 2 Diphthong......... 2 5 4 Mary Copp ... Salmon La Victinse Underhand Dolly Luuelle Miss Harkaway ... 3 6 4 Fairystone 2 4 10 The Grand Stand Stakes (Handicap). 7 furlongs. (11 subs.) Weights d ec l are d a t 6 p.m. on Tuesday, the 23.1 inst. st lb st lb Martinet South-Western Daisy Orianda Kenerdy Evelyn 7 0 Silkinore The Chester Handicap Stakes. Mile and 7 furlongs (4l subs.) Weights declared at 6 p.m. oa Tuesday, the 231 inst. Ago st lb Age st lb Lady Litton 4 8 7 Aldford Early Bird 5 8 0 Alice Polestar Ellerinire Saraband Rict Flatterer Bonnie Scotland ... 3 7 2 Stvalcliffe Mary Prince of Orange Mary Copp 3 5 8 (inc 101 b ox) Gamekeeper Pantomime .... 66 10 King of Scotland Coroner Lundyfoot 3 6 10 Uzella ......... ........ 3 5 4 Siding 4 6 8 La Victimo Whalebone Imogene Claret 4 6 2 Alma 3 5 0 Rip Van Winkle ... 3 6 21The Martlet Catherine Parr 66 0I Tame Deer 34 10 TILE ROYAL BriTTISII BANK. Vioo•Chancellor Kindereley at at the Angel Hotel, Bury St. Edmunds, on Wednesday afternoon, to bear the petitions for the winding up of the above corporation. Four petitions ha I been presented. After a short dis cussion as to which petition should be first beard, the Vice-Chancellor decided in favour of that for which Mr. ' Cotterell appeared, being influenced by the date of the Lord Chancellor's fiat. Mr. C )tterell said heappeared for Mr. Adolphus Sher man, a holder of 10 shares, on which 501. each had been paid, sal read his petition p aging for a winding up, and f•r an inquiry v►hethe: any and what advances had been improperly male, what sums had been laid out by any or which of the directors, and whether for their own or for wUose b3ne6; if such advances bad been made, that the directors might be made personally responsible therefor. The Vice-Chancellor intimated that he could not mike other than an order for winding up, or, refuse it alto getl e-. Mr. Gitterdl read some of the affidavits on which his client rested his petition, one of which stated that the bank was hopelessly insolvent, that actions were being brought against it, and, as the bank could not meet any judgments under the Banking Act, the shareholders were i:nmediately responsible for claims the company could nat satisfy. A fter stating the circumstances under which his client be?ame a shareholder, he argued that there were strong reasons for a winding up, inasmuch as ac tions having been brought against the company, the shareholders were liable to actions, and there was no passible means of getting rid of the annoyance and ex pense of them unless his Honour made the order prayed for. Mr. Glasse, Q.C., appeared for Mr. Robert Mee, and after givirg the history of this unfortunate bank, though refraining from saying anything against the present di- rectors either harsh or unkind, stated that want of care and attention on their part had led to great losses, which considerably exceeded the amount of the unpaid capital of 150,0001. It was therefore impossible under the pro visions of the charter to wind up, as the power of the di rectors was limited to 300,0001., half of which was already received and gone. The loss exceeded 280,0001. Tile figures were large, but it was unnecessary to say how the loss had arisen. The affairs of the bank had been gone into by Mr. Coleman, the accountant, and it ap peared, by a statement be bad before him, that there WAR now in the hands of the directors a sum of nearly 49,0001. in cash—which he was very glad to find—And also securities, debtors, &c., amounting to 225,669/. The Vice Chancellor—So much I Mr. Glasse said how much the securities were really worth he was unable to define, but the liabilities were 540,000/. It was therefore important that immediate steps be taken by the Court of Chancery to appoint some . ons to take possession of the 49,000/ , and of the securi ties representing this 225,0001., and to provide for per forming those duties to the shareholders which the pre sent directors had abstained from performing. His client desired to have these assets in the hands of some one ap pointed by the court. Last Saturday a meeting was held unsler the 71st section of the charter, at which it was declared that the loss of the bank had exceeded the limits defined by the deed, and that there must be a dis solution, and a dissolution was declared. A. suggestion had been made that it might be possible to wind up under a committee of directors, or in some other mode ; but his Honour would see it was impossible to carry out such an idea, as the amount to be made good was so much beyond the sent limited by the deed, and the con sent of every shareholder would have to be obtained, and these could not be got. He represented parties to the full amount, he believed, of one moiety of the bank, and asked the court at once to make an order for dissolution and windin g up. Mr. Glasse supported the prayer of the petition by various affidavits. He adverted to several of the matters which had been disclosed at the meeting on Saturday, and said that it appeared that the deficiency far exceeded 150,0001. ; therefore, even if the directors had power of calling up and enforcing payment of the remainder of the capital, the sum would be insufficient ; and as a large proportion of shareholders were in humble circumstances, the amount deficient would have to be met by the sol• vent shareholders. Mr. Cotton appeared for General Acheson, who held 250 shares, and for other parties holding 100. The state ments made by the deputy -chairman and the solicitor; at the last meeting, he thought, afforded unanswerable ar• guments in favour of an order for an immediate dissolu tion and winding up. It appeared by the affidavits that a call of 501. per share had been already made, making 150,0001. to go into the hands of the directors, whom the shareholders at the meeting expressed an opieion that they could not trust. It was lilt that, as directors, they had neglected their duty in allowing 300,000/. to be lost, and the shareholders wished some person to be appointed to get this money in, and to keep it from the hands of the directors. It appeared that a private book had been kept by Mr. Cameron of advances to directors and other parties, these loans not being entered in the general ledger. By an order for immediate dissolution and winding up this and other books would be obtained. ,Mr. Cooper appeared for Mr. Jeremiah Harridge, and entered upon several reasons why that gentleman's pe tition should be acted upon in preference to those already brought before his Honour ; alleging that Mr. Cottereli's was too meagre, that the publication of Mr. Glasse's was nut sufficient according to the act, and that Mr. Cotton's was detective in various particulars, while in every point the petition he presented was ample in all particulars. After some discussion, in which Mr. Glasse con'ended that his client had fulfilled the requirements of the act, and after Mr. Stevens had spoken in favour of winding up, though his clients had not petitioned, Mr. Hetherington, for the corporation and directors, said of course he also represented those shareholders who ad not presented petitions. The company mast be wound up, but he would urge that the winding up might be made at a much lets expense under the charter. Ho contended that under Peel's Act the company could make calls, exceeding 150,0001., to any amount re quired ; they could bring actions for them. Tire direc tors could not object to a winding up order, but they believed that in the hands of Mr. Coleman, the accouut • ant, who had been employed at the wish of the share holders, the affairs might be more cheaply managed. He appeared especially for Mr. Stapleton, and three dire° tors who bad joined the bank last August, and who were not re3ponsible for the report of June ; indeed Mr. Stapleton was one who took his stand to exclude Alder manaßrown from the board, and to turn out Mr. Came• ron, the manager; who pretested against the dividend declared, and was in favour of a call of 251. per share ; therefore no parties were more entitled to confliencs than his clients. The Vice Cuancellor said that with regard to the gene ral expediency of a winding-up many present were quite aware how reluctant he was to make orders to that effect until he was perfectly satisfied as to their propriety. He had seen a great deal of mischief arising from the mode in which windings-up were conducted, but had no doubt that there ought to be a winding-up here. It was something that all who appeared as petitioners or share holders were desirous of this step. It appeared that 150,0001. raised by call had been swamped, and exclu sive of the Welsh works (estimated at 40,0001.) there was a deficiency of 210,0001. According to Mr. Glasse there was 49,0001. to be had almost instanter, besides the estates. Those estates ought to be realised with all expedition. The only reason suggested why the com pany should nut be wound up was, that being now in a state of hopeless insolvency, there might be a better, cheaper, and more expeditious mode resorted to. If he could find such a mode he should readily adopt it ; but he was satisfied, considering the prob able position and capability of a great number of the shareholders, that to leave the parties to wind up under the act to which Mr. lietheriogton bad referred wou ld p ro du ce litigation to a frightful a mount, and he apprehended there would be no end of actions to be brought by directors again: t contributors, and by contributors against the body first, and then against individuals. Although he owned his feeling was against the application of the Winding-up Act, except inhere it was really necessary, he had nu doubt that it ought to be adopted in this case. As to the petitions presented, he overruled the objection as t that supported by Mr. Glasse, as he thought the act was satisfied. As to Mr. Cotterell's, though it did not go into s ufficient detail, and bad it stood alone he should hove required a-great deal more, yet he thought it a sufficient petition to found an order upon. He had asked hionself why it was necessary for Mr. Harridge to peti den' but sufficient reasons had been given. He would ask Mr. Cotton why his was presented on the 13th, after three others were in I Mr. Cotton stated that the others represented a small amount of shares, and his c ient thought it incumbent to take care that no proper steps should be omitted to se cure a winding-up. The Vice Chancellor said much weight was to be given to the consideration that it was of the greatest import ance to all parties that something should be done in stanter, and he thought on that ground he should mak e an order on all four petitions. The question of making an order for dissolution as not prssQed, after a short discussion thereon. Ttie Vica•Chancellor intimated that he should allow the costs of the four petitioners, also of the party for whom Mr. Stevens appeared, and of the corporation, out of the estate. FLOWERS OF THE EAST.—In the Gazette of yesterday is republished a treaty made with the King of Siam in 1826. In the introductory portion of the document his Majesty is described as the powerful Lord, who is in possession of every good, and every dignity, the God Boodh, who dwells over every head in the city of the sacred and great kingdom of Si - a-yoo-tha-ya, incompre bensible to the heal and brain, the sacred beauty of the royal pa'ace, serene and infallible there. " EVER BUSY NOVELTY." —Well may the poet make this exclamation, more particularly with reference to fashion, of which the resources are infinite. Souse two or three years since the far famed Madame de Gald berg, of Park astonished the elite by introducing a bonnet whereof the material was leather. At that period it sounded like a fiction, but was not the less true; and in the construction the use of bronze and violet tints produced a very happy cffect• The same intelligent artiste has once more piqued the curiosity of the beau-monde, by placing before it a 'bonnet, of which cloth forms the foundation. It is trimmed with its own material, and sometimes intermixed with silk, and will certainly create furore in fashionable circles, for it is singular:y chaste and beautiful. Whether the use of cloth is a sign of the times, and an evidence of the , enormous advance in the price of silks and velvets, re mains to be seen. The fact need only be stated, and, in the meantime, the new and very charming novelty, the " cloth bonnet," is well worthy of inspection at Messrs. Jay and Co. ' s Mourning Warehouses, 247, Regent street, whose first autumnal general disphy of modes and novelties is now on view. It may be re marked that a decided improvement in the shapes of bonnets has taken place, and that they are now worn 4 onlewhO larger.-111011141210pEr. MONEY MARKET; SHARE LLAEKETB. `THIS DAY.) COMMERCIAL IITrELL IGENOB. RAILWAYS. Paid' ZATL WA TB. Closing Pees yesterday. CITY, Two o'OLoox The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed !firmly, at an advance of id. per lb. upon all de scriptions of Americans, but all 4)ther kinds were without change in value. The sal.es were estimated at 12,000 bales-1,500 for export, and 3,000 on speculation—comprising 130 Perna:m and Maran ham, at 6/d. to Bd. ; 150 Bahia at 6&d. ; 500 Egyptian, at 6.1 d. to Bd. ; 1,500 Surat, at 4id. to 5/d. ; and 150 Sea Islands, at 11d. to Is. 4d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was firm, - with steady prices, and closed at its best point. For Foreign and Colonial prodt - Ace this week there has been a steady inquiry, bi it the markets still present a quiet appearance. In sugar the transactions have been limited, but owing to the firmness of the holders previous prices have been realised. Coffee has been quoted at full rates ; cocoa has been inactive, and rice 'cm been in good demand at higher rates, white Bongo 1 being 3d. to 6d. dearer. There has been a good inquiry for rum, but sales have been limited. Saltpetre has been at rather firmer prices, and. spices have at tracted very little attention. In tallow a slight advance has taken place. 9 ‘,.mbg Not. - .g. no. Wein rh Stour Valley.... fann , st . Inoshire Junct... )0. Chest,. 4 Birk all )0., do. _ ___....... all Blackburn all iytk, & Tyne origin:. (iced. at £4 . (1 10 ristol en Exete , . • IC O 'lledonian. all !heater & Ifolyheac: 'ork and Bandon al' York, Black, es Pas 18 torn wall all Do. A 8 Do. B )üblindtßelfastJune , All )tin. P. 4 • 100 Fast Anglian 7 . 11 'astern Counties 1 00 •t et. n, ASt I '' , le., B. Stock . to., New A..... 15 ? - 3ast Kent 11 -k ast Lancashire 1 0C sklinburgh do (nano all Tdinb. and Peebles 6 ) ( Tdin.Prtt 4Dund, all Porth & Clyde Jan 103 Furness all )o. Extension....... all Great N. of Scotind 100 ?feat Northern 1 0( A. Stock 1 0( B. Stock I,Y- It. Bth. &West. (In , ; 10C Treat Western....... 100 )o. Stour Val. Ra' Qua. Stk .. all Ash South-Easteri. all "Ancaster & Charlie], 14 )0., Thirds 12 Do. New Thirds .ancash. andYork.l Wet. Riding Cu all Do. South' or t, all ..ondon & Blackwall WO ;rand. Bright &S. Cst 100 ,ond. and N. Weatu 16 )o. Fifths )c).101.811.,M&B...0 Do. Eighths 10( ~f)ndonandS. Wegtn, all LudndrryesColorabi all I,windrr7. & Ennisk 1.00 . 4auch.Siief.& Lincl , Man. & Lin. Un 1 vietropolitan 1 Do. J L. Ricardo's arrangement 00 didliaild 00 ha. Birmng.&Derl , all fidld. G. West. (Ire, all )o. Half Shares ‘ll iewcastle & Carlisi: all iwpt.Aberg. Si Jewry & Enniskille all 'Jewry, Warrenpoin Further accounts from Vienna Rtat , a that the scarcity of the precious metals is daily being more felt in commercial and financial ch'cles. The premium, which has risen to 5 anc' L 6 per cent. during the week, is expected shortly to advance to 10 and 12 per cent. The sham of the new Bauk of Crexlit have depreciated within. the last few days more than 20 per cent., and tb ey continue to de cline in the market. This st_unity of money i s now felt throughout all the Gorman Bourses to redrice the value of stocks, espe , 3ially those of new und‘ertakings. At Hamburg th e shares of the two banks recently founded there have declined from 15 per cent, premium to par. The advance in ihe Bank (if France rate of dis count from 5 to 6 per cent. which was made yes terday has given rise to - much discussion in the City, and the opinion is now confidently expressed that it will be immedia'.ely followed by a similar movement at the Bantz of England. This increase in the value of money on the Continent is now being severely felt in all departments of business. The Bank of Prussia, besides twice raising its terms within a fortnight, has found it necessary, in orOter to check the drain of the precious metal, to refuse to negotiate such bills as will have the effect of withdrawing silver from the country, a vast amount of paper circulation having already been substituted for metallic currency. ‘nd Rostrevor .00 forfolk 3r Torthn.Countios Tin .00 forth British .00 Tth Devon Rail. A On the Stock Exchange there is an active inquiry for mosey on account of the approaching settle ment in Railway Shares and Foreign Stocks. Dock Stock 1.00 )0., A Stock. ...... . 100 to. B Stock OC V.Eastern—Berwi , k )o. do. Extension 16 )f). do. O.N.E. ttrol, Do. Leeds (00 )o. York 100 forth London 3, • .&S.Wstrn.,llam • stead, and City Jo.. _ 'forth Staffordshir , . forth Western & S. Westrn. Jun. .x., Wore.. Wolv 14 ..rtgreouth 9 Rhymney . , 0 Central (0) Scot. N E.Abrdn St. o( Do. Scot. Mid. St nc. -r 'shim TTri 2 SitingbournekSheer. a atb Devou :Guth Eastern...... .00 outh Wales ....... The market for Public Securities has been very depressed this morning in consequence of the un favourable prospects of the money market both here and on the Continent. An advance in the rate of discount at Paris was not generally expected, and the English Funds have sympathised with the serious decline which that event occasioned on the Paris Bourse. The decline in prices here has been per cent., and the market still droops. Da the present sensitive state of the Money Market the least circumstance, whether. favourable or other wise, produces a decided effect upon the views of the speculators. Thus the confident feeling experi enced a few days ago, when some temporary abate ment was apparent in the inquiry for money, is now succeeded by depression. Consols opened at about 93R for money, and 931 for account. Since then they have been rather firmer,viz., 93i and 931 1, respectively. Exchequer Bills are 13s. to 16s. prem., and the Bonds are 99g. Yrk.sh. ik Riv. Diu all I sines, Wok. &Viii; toektOn Daring 14 Do., do., 1854 3 Do., do., 1855 . I t . toekten da Hartlep 'aff Vale _ `o. Pref., No. I._ '2 I tlamos Hat. D.s R all Tale of Neath al Vaterf4l. Kilkenn %l Vaterford&Limer, • all Vest Cornwall__ all - Jest End of Londol %nd. Crystal Palace. all Do. A all Do. B ..... . all Vest London all Do. Ph st Class all Do. Second Class •Vimbledn&Crorlo'.. Foreign Stocks have also been at reduced values. Turkish have declined about 2i per cent., the 6 per Cents. being 101 f to 101 k 4, while the 4 per Cents. have ruled at 1011. Spanish Threes are 421,, ditto Deferred 24k. Russian 411 per Cents. 96k . Grenada New Active 22. Equador New Consolidated 14i, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 974. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7 to 7i ; Mexican, 221 to 222 ; Peruvian, '79 to 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 57 to 59 ; Portugueso 3 per Cents., 44 to 45 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 to 109 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 96 to 98 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 42 431 ; ditto Deferred, 241 24 ; ditto Certificates, 5i 6 ; ditto Passive, 61s 7. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report the market for American Securities as inactive, at the follow ing prices : -.1.1 14 Over p&ll. , :)tt rd: t 10 rtl elm es all :olgian Jun( 14 "mien to Graissesst 9 utombay, Baroda, an Czo.lndia, g 5 p. c all D 0.... 8 Buff. & Lk. ITur. Ry Canacaux & Toulouse Redeemable. Per Cent. tTnited States 6 per Cents. 3867-1868...104i 1051 trnited States 6 per Cent. Bonds. 1868...1044 1051 STATE SECURITIES. Alabama 5 per Cent . 81 F 3 ICentocky 6 per Cent. Bonds 90 Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... ... 92 93 Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). ...101 103 Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. Bonds . .1841-1871... 40 42 Mississippi 6 per Cent. Union. Bk. Bonds ... 15 16 Pennsylvania 5 per Coat. Stock ... 74 76 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 78 80 Tennesse 6 per Cent. Bonds ... 86 88 * Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 82 84 Coal Mines and Ry. 1 0s.!Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do a'l )cmerara 12 t)ntch Rhenish . all Eastern of France „. 19 New 2s. Eastern Bengal all wa.o ndiau, g. sp. IA and B 5 Ex. C, pt. 5 p. c all IDo. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.4 j p. c.Bnds. all do. do., 'sg. S. Euphrates Valley Ue.'Eur. In.Jn.Tel.Rail 41 'Geelong Melbourne guar. 5 per c-nt... all 61d. Trunk of Canada , r)o. Cert. of Deben, LOANS OF CITIES. Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 83 RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. lat Mortgage, not Convertible 1875... POI RIJ a Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1375... 82 83 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds ' 1860... 91 93 Illinois Central (Sharer,), sls paid Michigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860... 94 95 Do. do. do. . 1869... 91. 02 New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 92 03 Now York Central 6 per Cent., not Convertible 1883... 80 82 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort con. into Stk. till's all - )o. Comp. 6p. e., do IS .4t. Central of Fran all qt. In. Pen. g. sp. c. 2 Do New, gu Ir. sp. c qreat Luxembourg all qt.WeaternofCanaer Di Do. New ‘ ll Do. Bde., payable 's' all Do. do., '76, p. " 00, do., '73 do. 2 ' ll Do. do., '73, withort • gage 1867... 98 100 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort- gage 1883... 86. 871 N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 83 85 N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund 1875... 831 841 Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster ling Bonds), not convertible 1859.— 911 931 Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1864... 93 95 Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent., Ist Mort 1880... 89 90 The Railway Share Market is naturally de pressed, in consequence of the fall in the Funds ; but the decline in most cases is not so extensive as might have been expected. The arangements connected with the settlement, this being " making-up" day, however, occupy most attention, and the fresh transactions are consequently contracted. The Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Midland, are about ss. lower, but several of the others are firm, and Brighton, South Western, and Caledonian are to better. The French, India, and Canada, are dull. option 4 'ltalian Junction...... all Lake Conat. & Bash Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca di Pist. sp. c.p 15 CyonE and Genova all Lyons iitt Veditorran a ll tfadraP, guar. 4 p.c all Do. New do., sp. c 10 Do. 41 P. c. Exten 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c all Waria Antonia „. all Do. do. New ... : ... ,11 sTaronr & Liege all Do. do , 6p. c. Prof all lorthern of France all 'CorwegianTrunkPre all 'earls and Lyons . all Paris and Orleans 5 Recife & San. Fran (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c 5 Rome and Frascati all loyal Danish ...... ail Royal Swedish ... slllambre and Meuse all )o. 5i p. cent. Pref. 5 ;chide, guar. sp. c all D 0... all ;outhern of France .8 3t. Androw's Queboc (A) „. Vest Flanders ill Do. 5A per c. Pref sll c . &N. W. of Franc. 6 Western of Austria... .1) West. of Switzerlane all Wiesbaden .. all Do. Bper eent.Pref., ,11 4saland The Ottoman Bank and the Bank of Egypt shares are rather higher. Mines and miscellaneous shares are very dull. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON F , o'cLorK . (From the O f ficial List: Rn,nr..- don e , per Cent. Consols Annuities a Lourz Annuities, expire stl , Jan. 1860... — P3I I Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 38 In tip,. Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO l3 Consols 'or Account E theqner 2id. k:1000 13 17 p Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent.. Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO , F . Equador New Consolidated l4i Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Ccut 43 Russiau Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cont — Ditto 4 per Cent. Sp Bowls, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ilonds, 6 per cent Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. oiv,, en L., on the Rhora avahlm t on d o , Dutch Exchange, 2, 1 , per Cen . J., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 97 TWO O'CLOCK. C,lnselp, money 933 A Ditto Account THEATRIOALS AT PENRITEL-Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Vezin have been playing here during the past week, and have on each evening of their performance attracted overflowing audienc s. The pieces represented ere "(Richelieu," "Money," " Hamlet," " M a cbeth," "The Lad s of Lyons," and "The Flowers of the Forest." The papers speak in glowing terms of the abilities of Mr, Vezin, whom they designate as an actor endowed by nature with talents of the highest order. 4i 4 8 8 17 --- 18 J 5 - 16 12 13 92 94 55} 55i 54 16, - - ..‘ 9k .- lot 15k 16i 33 8 35 23 - 25 7 - 5 80 82 52 53 33i - 34 c g 94 82 84 !24 127 14 116 64} 65 70 - 74 54 - 64 54 64 97 97 6i 7 105 106 1021 103 par p par - p * d 1051 1054 32 33 f .: is 784 - 78 50 - 51 li n : 15 48 - 50 3i - 3t - 39 79i - 8O 54 5 a 3i - 3 171 - 18 55 56 94 -• 96 5$ 5/1 6 • 7 10 • 11 27i 28, 110 47 - 49 4i 15 70i - 714 79 - 81 5 3 2 1 15 17 37 18i -19 i 5} 6 24 - 26 6i - 7i 6 8 2 - 4 5 - 64 . • .... .. o• ... ... 7 - 9 FOREIGN. 7 31 - 1Z 2. 1 - li id — ip 41 5 - 24 351 ... 36 12 13 22 - 221 - 21i - 221 1 108 20 1 30 aL A.ga% Fria ..... till Ingle Californian 7 %.ustrslian all Radon (Gd.D achy of all Bltenar. Iron & Con 14 !British Iron 2661,BrazilianIinp.(issned at £5 pm.) all I Do. Cocaes & Cuis.b: 15 .Do. St. John Del Re t I Clarendon Cons. Min i Co. of Jamaica all !Cobre Copper 1 A !Colonial Gold ill Copper Min. of Enr! all ! Do. Prof. 71 p. con. • Copiapo. 2 ail Fortuna ...... I 109 - 111 I Zi.! all Oenctal .. --- ... 12 - 124 12j t 81 - 83 5i - 6 21i - 21 1 - 41 - 4 73i i 4 14 - 2 99 - 101 110 115 110 - 115 1 All Gt.NnggetVPinlt : •g 4,1 all Girent Polenoth •N ...- N• 5 - 5 all Gt Wheal Vor Unite 1 all .Liberty 3 all Linares 5 1 Lusitanian 1 all I Marignita.. ...... 1 all 'New Granada.. 1 all Nouveau Monde 49 all Po ntgi . Sil. & Le. Min 5 1 iPort Philip all Quarts Rock all ,Rilyinney Iron all Do. New 14i Santiago de Cuba. 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co all (South Australian.. all !Do. Scrip... all ,Do. 10 per cent Pref Tam. S. & L. Min. Co. 9 Pin Croft AD United Mexican ~ all Waller all West Mariposa 12s Worthing Mining o' ' Australia - le lip 1 141 8 - 91 20. E - 3 8i - 39 9 - 10 511 - 52i1 52 - 54 P 6 -- iii I ni - 12, 91 - 9i 2,} - 23 ... ... .... pin 4/ 9i - 10 36§ - 37 7, 4 lid )( a 1 ' knetralasia Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London ill (tri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C 4 tritish N. Amoricat Iltartd. Bank of Asi -6 .11 - ntd. Bnk. of India. Australia, & Chin,r 50 City 2t.)olonial .............. 20 Commercial of Land Eag.Seot.& Ans.Cht. all Gond. Chart. Bk. o' Australia ........... 15 r)itto Now . 20 Lon ion and County. 50 Lnd &E. Bnkz. Corp lt. London Joiut Stock. 30 London and Paris 20 tiond. & Westminste 3g !rational Pro.ef Eng 10 Do. Naw 22 !rational Bank all 'row South `Vale:,,,, all Oriental Bk. Corp.. 10 Ottoman Bank erovincia: of holm(' all Ifto Now 1 II Ana B &Go Ira Cc i knstralla all firth-4 of einstrnlis. 2 O. New 10 !!nion of London 50 Western Bk of Lond. 104 106 2j - 61 - 63 1 • P 14 4 .1 61 - 66 16 16, 191 - 19 i 4d 1 .... 3p • ...d ... 46 - 48 39 - 40 36 38 66 68 7a sh ••• -- ••• 6 •-• i 4 Business done this day LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. !PAW. RAILWAYS. all BerUwe, aed Blotchley ... IGO Bucket amsh 0 Cilydesdal. . all Col. Stour Vy. 1(X) A. I.in. g. 6 pc all E. Un. 11. SI., 100 Gias. Barr. & Neils. Direct 100 Do. N0w...... all Glstr.4% Dn Fr all Hitlpl. Dk. & Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. d Shares. all Lon.&Groenw all Do. Preference 100 Lon.. Til., & 34 Do. Bark. Sh. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cont. too Do. 6 per et. all Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock . all Middleabro' & Redc.g 6 p... 100 Midld. rad. 5} Newmarket Bury E. C4.spe all N.& Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 per et. all Do. Fizeds p c all Prost. &R yr all Do. Shrs. A LOO Royatn.& lilt. 181 Shef.Roth an Gooleg.s p. c. all Shrews.&Her 1.0; S. Staffordsh. all Wear Vallcygr 6 per tent all Do 1100 IWilt9Sigorarst Do.. LOWIIR Compan London & N. West. L. &N. W. F. 1J &;.C . Gt. N rt,• a.' E. Count.' Caldoniava Ut. Wos;•n Yk. New. l Berw. D 0......... C.oxin ore* yesterd y. Do.. S. Ea.eterr Do Peto & Co Do Norfolk... Do. L..k N. W Stekton Darlingt. Midland.. 93 93 100 105 12 - 14 139 - 141 4 ... 4i 27 ~- 29 IF6 : 107 En. Coun. E. Count. D 0... L. &N.W Do (fit Northn Lancalth & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean Stock t. & Dart ingt Do 13 -13 j 23i -- 244 110 115 - - 95 iP 57 - 59 latWoetn. 135 - 140 8 84 3! 3 d 321 331 90 92 PREFERENCE SHARES. 25 all Myth and Tyne 10p, c. prof. (issd. at 50/ ... -- ... tit. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p.c. St ... - ... 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares . _ -. . St. 1'.)0 ‘ aledn. £lO 44 p.c. 99 - 101 15 all • lhes. & Ho. du. 5* p, 16 17 98 at/ Do. do. Pref. No. 2. ... - - 21 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 . - id an Cork dtßandonsap., it - 51 6 all Dun.Prth .41Aber.J 6 - 64 10 2 L. Anglian Cls. AR ... - • St. 100 Do. do. Cis. B6p. c 1.07 - 112 St. 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c 95 - 100 il all Ras. Co.Ev, spcNo # 8 11 pm il all Do. No. 2. 4 - 4 r Pm 10 i all Do. New 6r.0. 8' 2 -12 a 20 l all Bast Un., G. 6p. c ... - ••• 5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent ... 10 all Do. 10. Debentr.Sl ... - = St. all Do. do. 4 per cent. .. - - St. 100 Es.st Lancaqh. 6 p.ct , ... - •• • 5 all P.,. [oW. York. 3. sth ... - 10 4 Eclin. & dl. 5 p.c. sh ... - ••• it. [OO 2.1. Prth.&Dun.4p.c 77 - 79 St. 100 Furness x d it. 100 @las. &5.W.G.5 p.c ... -, St. 100 Great Northn. sp. c 115 - 117 116 St. 100 Do. sp. o. Redeem 4t. tor, 0 a 0 t . 1 4 0 4 p. p. C c. prem. 1 1 0 0 1 2 9 7 10411 104 .00 60 Do. sp. c., Red. at I 10 all Gt.N. of Scot. lsti'rt 104 -10 i St. 100 Gt. S. di W. (Ireland' .. 21 13 Do. 4 per a. Prof. S ... - . c 0 6 (3t.W.(l3.kff.Exspc 6 -6! St. 100 Do. con. red. li p.c. 95 - 97 St. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c 89 - 91 St, 100 Do. irred. 4p. c. 89 . 91 3t. 100 Do. sp. C. red. pref 99 • 101 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. SU_ 9t - 101 10 all Do.ChosterBp.c.P.S 161 - 171 10 all Do. do. sp. c. do.. 10 104 St 100 Do. Birm. dna. Stk 73 -75 1 i all Do. Ches. dna. 8h 2Ol - 20# t:' all all Do. do. do lOl - 104 1U all Do. do. do ... - . - 15 -- 15 a 16 6 Lan. &York. F . 120 4 - A ;t. 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock 138 140 ft. 100 Lon.&B.€l.spc No.l .. - . It. 100 Do. P., sp-_. St, N 0.2 .. - It 100 Do. New duar.6 n. ... - ... it. 100 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 ... - -. It. 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. 1 Nuneaton 5 p. et... ft 100 L ma.& S. W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... 158 - 162 24 all , randy. & Color. a Sh. .. - ..• 2i .01 Londy.& Ennis.4sh ..• - - 3t. 10, '1.,5.,& L. 6p. Cent ... - t • , i 44 Do. do. do. £6 - It. 100 Do. do. 31 per cent. 66 - 70 2 all Warypt.&Carl.4p o ... - 2. all `)o. 44 per cent 2 10; Do. do. , • - ••• t. 100 \lid. Consol.6 p.c.St . . - t. 100 Do. Con.Br.Bir. 6pc 126 - 188 138 t. 100 D#. 41 p. 0. Pref. , 99 - 101 994 t. 100 Ditto L. &H. Pref. St 29 - 01 0 sai New., Aber., dm., pr. t r sp. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. 1'" - 0 4 Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 1 - 14; 6 0 all Norfolk Debenture ... - t. [OO Do.Pret. sp.c.St ,' ~.. - ... t. 100 Do. 5 pc. Ext ,1846 ... - ... t. 100 'l4. 5 i per c. pf ,1847 ... - ••• t. 100 D0.Wv.V.6pe.,1847 r.. 100 North British lO3 -1(5 100 M. 141. Fe •w, !p.c. P 91 - 92 7 8! Do. do. do l4 - 1 i d / 13 Do Loeds 6 p.c -No.l ... - .. !a 9 De. do. Qr , .,1848 .. • - -• i 10 no.Y.rhll.&, A, eur 1 - ad 9 I all North Staffordshire. .. - 221 10r) nx, wo, ~ z.W., p , ... 102 - 106 100 !Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. ... ••! 4,1 13( ot. Cent. ,New Pref .. - . Pal . 100 ISe.N. E. Aber. g 6 pe i ll 8 - 120 1 all IDo. do, , 7 p.c. pf. st. 1117 - 119 . 1 100 'Do. do., 3a p.c.pf.st. 70 - 75 all South Devon l5 - 16 all Do. fixed,4 a per cent ... - ... 6 all 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. _. - ... 106 Do. 4a per cent lOO - 103 all Do. Fixed 44 pa sh lO - - 101 100 3 Wales Gua. 4p. c ... - ~. .100 D.% do. 44 p. c.... - ... all 3.Yorksh.4p.e.duar ... - all ltoek..gz, Dar., sp. c 27 - 23 15 Do. do. do 2 - 3 p 6 all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. a., till July 1, '56 ... - all Waterfd.& Kilk.6pc 14 - 14. MINES. . ••• .... ••• .j ••• ;.; i .... 14 i 2 **i 2$ 2i 3i - 18 - :0 P in 57 59 30 35 26 '2B 16 18 14 15 24 31d - id — r, 6 9 - 11 23 - 25 6 -- 8 if - 2f 2t - 2f 1 - .34 # 34 - 4 e '.. ..' ••• 1 i MISCELLANEOUS. l 9 Australian Agri=lt. all Austrain. Royal Mail all Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land 34 Canada WO C. Go.6p.c. Jan&Jaly 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug ,100 Do. 6p c. Mark Sept all Crystal Palace.. all Do. Preference all Crystal Pal. of France Duston Iron Ore Isi Eastern Steam.. 100 Electric Telegraph._ all Electric Toleg. of Ir. all Eu.&Aus Cop Sm Co all Gen. Iron Sc Cornet 14 itkuk. Stemix Navigat. all General Screw Steao: all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 10 Magdalena St. Navin all '4oditeran. Elec. Tel. all Moxican&S.Amoricn. 5 Nat. Discount Co 1 Do. New 5 Netherlands Land._ all Do. Do. 3 Do.BpePissatld 80 New B. &N. S. Land N.S.W. Gov.sp.c.D. 411 N. D. Australasian._ 174 Nrth.ofEuropeSteau , all Oriental Gas 2s. Do. "Now Shares" all Peel Rr. Rd. tz all Peninsular& Oriental 10 Do. New 60 Royal Mail Steam ill Scot. Lustral. Invest. all Ditto Now. all South Austral.:Lat d al: Submar. Tel. Scrip., all Do. Registered._ 5 trust& L. Co. U. ntr , Vsm Dlemen't LAW' VOWAVJanklItilY 25 - 26 5 3 - 6 1 / 1 1 - 114 ,121 113, 2 - 2i 5 - 54. oi 2 9.5 - ii = ii 13 - 13} 3/ - 4 8 - to 4 4i 6 - p 1 - 1. 3 4. P AD 23 25 2 1 24 2, 67 65 4 it 5p 71 73 1 1 - 1 13 $ iP ;5i 364 a 1 2 ! ;;,,- 14, ..ncties this day AQUATICS. LONDON UNITY ROWING CLUB. This filurishing tradesmen's olub closed their season yesterday with two pair-oared races fer silver cup, liberally presented by C. Morton, Esq., of the Canter bury Hall, Lawbetb. In order to give every El embor of the club a fair chance of success the members were divided into two &asses, with a separate and distinct race for each class. At half-past four o'clock the first class race was started, consisting of the following pairs : Blue--Jones and R. Ayckborne 1 White—T. Day and R. Mider 0 Red—G. Hirst and J. Arnor Black—R. Bain and O. Lockett The distance was from the new bridge at Battersea to W•=stminster-bridge. After several false starts they at length got away, white taking the lead, followed by black, and red thin!. After a few strokes a slight foul took place between black and red, during which blue got second, and, after a soTero struggle, succeeded in wresting the lead from white and maintained it to the fini , h, winning the race by about three boat lengths ; white second, red a go-)d third nail coming through Vauxhall-bridge, when they were swamped by a steamboat, which quite put their chance out. At a quarter past six o'clock the following six pairs of third and fourth class men came to their stations to start for the second class race:— Blue—lt. Jonei and It. Green \White—W. Mills, jun., and E. Tulke Green—C. Glenister and F. Miller Black—E. Whittaker and It Julian Yellow—W. Mills, sen , and F. Knight 0 Red—W. Woodi.ridge and J. Burrows The distance_ was the same as for the first race. Atter one false start the lot got away pretty well to. gather, blue taking the lead and maintaining it t the end, closely pressed by white, green being a good thi r d. The others tailed off considerably. Blue rowed in a boat which was protested against by all the others as having been barred from the race. It therefore remains for the club to decide whether tbey are the wingers or net. Mr. W. Sanderson, who officiated as umpire, gave general satisfaction. irked re are -day, ranee, no use ly in ought eks on • than ►atoll yes rates. in the same , ormer red. •olden at de doves, 3 ffuer I, but lb. oil prices •ought ppears s. 6d. enang 6•D3• issued lorgia, I with Ls just au be the ainted inside of the enter- d red, ►ter at ust be aintett 2 feet , s, and d red, 'ter at 9, and black, water from ering. anted G feet )&l at )ft on 'int ad in 12 shoal rland es at )f the 'gyp to )ecial 50 -61 .50 St. 55} 643 i p 7 I 6t. 20 934 i 6,/ 105/ 1021 j 104 i 5 T 73 i 50 f 80 79i f 29J 30 St. 25 10 20 25 25 1.24 10 181 TBE DOUBLE GOVERNMENT OF INLI4. (From the Times ) The astonishing anomaly of the double govern ment of India was never more strikingly exempli fied than in the discussion which took place on Wednesday in Leadenhall-street upon the subject of the annexation of Oude. Here is a measure which has been hanging over the Queen's represen tatives in India for we know not how many years, a dire necessity against which they have been en deavouring to struggle until further acquiescence would have been participation in the foulest cruelty and oppression — a policy which has been most anx iously and most frequently discussed here at home, and which at last was carried into effect, after re peated and earnest remonstrances to the persons whose interests were concerned, and vet Mr. Lewin sees fit to oppose himself to the policy of the em pire. Are- we living under the government of Queen Victoria or of Mr. Lewin ? It is bet er to know at once where one s allegiance is due. We cannot pretend, in the space to which thee' re marks must necessarily be confined, to enter into the old traditions of the East India Company. Time was, no doubt, when it was perfectly sight and politic to grant powers in a distant region to a commercial company, for then no serious effect was produced either by their success or their disasters on the general fortunes of the empire. The state of things which justified such an arrangement has long ceased to exist. It is necessary to consult Orme and Mill before the mind can at all admit the possibility of so anomalous a result as the abtual double government of India. A number of gentle men who really have no more right to be heard upon any question which affects the general wel fare of the empire than tl.e holders of Three per Cent. Consols meat together, and affect, by virtue of their investments, to control the policy of the British Cabinet. The process is simply this :—Any person who likes purchases a certain quantity of East India stock and is suddenly transformed into a legislator for the British empire in India. In numerous instances the qualification is a fictitious one, as in the case of members of the House of Commons. This, however, is of no importance, for there is no reason why every tenth man to be met with in Leadenhall-stree tbatween the hours of 4 and 5 on a Friday afternoon should not be an Indian legis lator just as well as the holders of a certain amount of East India stock. Why do we not entreat the shareholders of the Great Western to take upon themselves the government of our colonies Why not apply to the forlorn proprietors of the Teames Tunnel to occupy their leisure moments—and they must have plenty of leisure moments—with. Irish affairs? In bygone days the congress in Leadenhall street had a certain meaning and sig nificance. So had the meeting of the welsh bards in the good old times, ere L'ewellyn succumbed before the conquering arms of the first Edward. We should, however, be much astonished if we found the Imperial policy with regard to the Prin cipality seriously discussed in that harmless associa tion of antiquaries who may now and then meet together for the more legitimate purpose of investi gating the Triad, and talking a certain quantum of nonsense about the departed glories of their hills: The time has arrived when we must put an end to so abnormal an arrangement. British India is as completely a portion of the British empire and as entirely subject to the British Crown as Middlesex or Surrey. The Government of this country is per fectly competent to the discharge of its duties, and can govern any dependency of the empire without the intervention of a commercial senate. The absurd part of the arrangement is, that the Fast India Company's representatives in these Leadenhall-street meetings really have no sub stantial power—that is to say, that they have no power beyond that of talking nonsense. Every man in England who has paid any attention to public affairs is perfectly aware that Indian affairs are in reality conducted by the Board of Control. Another idea unfortunately prevails among the natives of British India. They are still under the influence of tradition. They remember the time when the power of "John Company" was something more than a name. They cannot conceive that men who talk so big and so much have not any substantial influence over the fortunes of their country. Hence it follows that every Indian Prince who fancies himself the victim of British policy looks to the talk idol in Leadenhall-street for re dress. If the mischief stopped here even it would be endurable. The fact, however, is that a tribe of European grievance mongers has sprung up in - British India, who tout about for victims, just in the same manner as the clerks of the least respect able Old Bailey lawyers tout about in Newgate street for clients. They boast of the crsinterested ness of the Company—of the justice of the Com pany—of the power of the Company ; they might as well talk to these deluded Hindoos of the might of Convocation. When these ingenious gentlemen have bagged a victim abounding in faith and ru p •es it is not a difficult matter to find a mouth piece in the august vestry for Indian affairs in Leadenhallestreet. The poor creature gets a speech. or two and abundant allowances of moonshine for his money. While the money Lists the elo quence and the moonshine are also forthcoming, but with failing supp:ies they also fail. Now, the sooner this delusion_is put an end to, the sooner the natives of India are saturated with the conviction that their appeal lies only to the British Crown and British Parliament, the better for them, and the more creditable will it be fur us. Can anything more monstrous be conceived than the adoption of the cause of the ex-Royal family of Oude by any public bodyin this country ? Mr. Lewin appears to have mainly rested his motionupon some pecuniary services rendered by the Government of Oude to the East India Company in moments of necessity. The security of the Company one should have thought was reasonably good. Had the British empire in India been ruined what would have be come of the King of Oude ? Mr. Lewin forgets to sum up the services on the other side. But for the assistance of the British Government and but for the effective aid of the British arms this worthless and cruel dynasty would long sines have ceased to oppress its uulortuuate subjects. In his anxiety for grievances it is only surprising that the philanthropic director did not revert to the old days of Warren Hastings and of the Treaty of Chunar. Something we remember to have read of an arrangement by which the Nawab of Oude was relieved of all his debts to the Company on condi tion of his seizing the property of the Begun's— his mother and grandmother—and delivering it over to the spoilers. The tale would have rounded a period far better than these miserable stories of loans, which, no doubt, as far as the lenders were concerned, proved excellent financial operations. This, however, is not the time nor the place to enter upon the history of the abominations which wore so long perpetrated under the protection of British rule. We can conceive no more hideous tyranny—no more awful curse to a subject race— t han the oppression of au emasculated and debauched E intern Prince carried out and maintained by the vigorous arms of British officers. Why should we be parties to the infliction of all this misery and de solation—of this complicated torture and starva tion upon a harmless race ? We might, it is true, have finally attained the results which have been actually attained by the withdrawal .of all British support from the native Government of Oude. The result of such a policy would inevitably have been the infliction of the most terrible sufferings upon thousands and tens of thousands of our fel low creatures. A twelvemonth after the with drawal of the British the kingdom of Oude would have been lying desolate, the R )yal family mas sacred or in flight, and the wretched natives dead by thousands in every variety of human agony. We had a right by treaty to interfere, and we exer cised that right most wisely and most justly. Mr. Lewin, on the other h an d , i s o f o pi n i on " th a t th e seizure of the territories of Oude is one of the worst examples of Indian spoliation, and an act of the barest ingratitude towards the family of a native Prince." The only idea with which such a resolu tion inspires us is that it is highly advisable to get rid of that department of East Indian Government in which it was propounded with all convenient despatch. It is no sufficient answer to say that Mr. Lewin's fellow directors defeated his motion at once. There is no reason in State policy why we should be any longer troubled, or our Indian fel low-subjects any longer deluded with, such a mock ery of government. 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