The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-11 00:00:00

1 `)een made safe—that the expectant legatee of HER MA,TESTY'S T E y IS : 7 TH R E It is respectfully annottncrnotlai4ietmheerntsMA: es E i : . l h T . l a l v E e I tb e "sick man's" assets had nothing to fear from beelinßeflEe-cOtePdENboetahrilyni:'VMeraaya.nd Ballet, and the be exertions used . f E ; ' re T e a t t interest tII( 3 ,1* interposition. And vet, in place of indig o make the arrangements worthy of the occasion. The prospectus wilt shortly be issued. nal ttly repudiating the insult, they merely ex . bit cited the " valuable financial derawastration," tb at denuded the Exchequer of its balances, and di sprived the nation, for some time at least, of the me:, , ,ns of waging a vigorous and energetic war. B o ar different would have been the state of affAirs, if the 8,000,000 1 . squand'ared on the GL ®ASTONS abortion, had remained in the Trea sury and been, made available in the earliest stages of the complication, when the arrog,t,rice of MENS CHIBCIFE sufficiently displayed the intentions of Russia., and before the crossing of the Pruth and the invasion of Turkey offered a calm belli that should at once have been accepted. From the first to the last " mistake"—to use the mildest terms—from the truckling to Austria to the apathetic indifference as to the state of Kars—the connivance at the sanguinary massacre of Sinope to the unaccountable sparing of Odessa—the neglect of providing the gun boats and mortar-vessels, the, absolute necessity whereof was pointed out, not only by ourselves, in common with other journalists, but also, as it now appears, by the late Sir CH: VALES HOTHAM and many distinguished naval officers, to the dis reputable truce, so hastily and recklossly patched up, everything has been done for the interests of Russia and Germany rather than of Great Britain. If our so-called Statesmen were in actual receipt of Muscovite gold, as so many of the petty German States notoriou3ly are, they could not have acted more efficiently in her be- half. We believe that they have had a very diffi cult card to play—that there was a, paramount, although unconstitutional, influence in operation that controlled their deliberations, and forced measures on their adoption which some of their number would have resisted, if practicable. But they should have relinquished the responsibility when they found themselveS unable to pursue the course which honour and duty alike demanded, and not have lent the sanction of their names to what they must have known was not for the benefit of Iii&ATUE ROYAL, DRUKY-LA}E, Lessee, Mr. R. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. 1 o vnlade with TETE ENCHANTED GARDEN. TIIKATRB ROYAL, 114.Y1fARRET. lJnoter the Management of Mr. Bncketone, THIS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by EL GA.MBUitvO; or, The Me'dean Goldseeker. which PEREA NENA and the Spanish Dancers will appear. After which, THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK. To conclude with ONLY A 11 kLF PENNY. ' .ItOTY. ?K11 4 .7P.9.4'S TIPIATRE, 0/CfrOlcD-STEOcIEr. Under the Management cd Kr. Comm Kitty, wit? vENING, • A WONDERFUL wpAuw. • To be bllnwerl by rAusr AND 31 RGUERITE, To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. riiKATRi‘ 40fAL .I_O?l4PKi. Prop - toter and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. Directress, M Kaisme Cat TFRS EVENING. FRIDAY, April 11, 1856, - MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WEt.L. A fter which, The successful new Drama of LIRE AND UNLIKE. Messrs. B. Webster, Wright, P. Bedford. C. Selby, Garden; Madame Celeste, 4fis4 Wyndham. • To conclude with JACK AND THE BEAN -- ilariequiti and Mother Goose at 'lonic Again. Jack'and Tiarlewn ..... Mother Goose and Columbine • • • • •: 741 " '4Y.adharn. ROYAL Of..Y‘IPIU TEIEITRE. Lessee and. Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. TRIS EVENING STILL ,VTATERS RUN DEEP. After which will be pralneed a New and denblY-moral, though excessively old, Melodraitivtie Fairy Extraraganza, entitled TELE DISCREET PRINCESS; or, the Three Glass Distaff's. which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper. Miss Marston, and Miss Msskell will appear. their country. That influence still exists. We may have to endure far more than anything that has yet oc curred. But, unfortunately, Parliament has not as yet shaken off its apathy—is not awakened to the formidable position in which Great Britain is placed. Oh ! for one of the patriots of the olden time, who suffered nothing to divert his attention from the national welfare,! Oh ! for another HAMPDEN Or a SYDNEY, who would never lose sight of the rights and privileges of the People and of their chosen representatives. Had we a few such men in the House of Commons we could no longer be sold or sacrificed to dynastic considerations. A proper use would have been made of the golden opportunity that has new for ever pas=ed away. We should, at all events, have profited by past experience, and guarded for the future against evils which are every day becoming more palpable, and which must, ero long, force themselves on public attention. We may, before many months have elapsed, again "drift " into a war. Care should be taken that it be not so grossly mismanaged as that with Russia, and that, the spirit of "Germanism" should no longer be in the ascendant. 1 From tke tenour of all the most reliable commu nications from Paris, it seems pretty certai n th a t Sardinia has succeeded in drawing the attention of the Pelee Congress to the condition of Italy. The details of conversations and proceedings may be many of them apocryphal, but it is hardly pro bable that the main fact is so. It would appear that the Sardinian Plenipotentiaries have spoken almost without reserve respecting the portions of Italy not under Austrian rule, and the hollow ness of the pretended amnesty for the Lombard patriots of 1848, who have taken refuge in Pied , mont, is complained of in direct terms ; but the censures directed against the universal misgovern-. went of Italy fall most heavily upon Austria, since Naples, the Roman States, Parma, Modena, and Tuscany are what they are beeanse of the support of the barbarous oppressor of Lombardy and Venice. If our sentimental admirers of Popery wish to see the object of their admiration in full bloom they have but to turn their glance to Italy itself, and if they have one drop of British blood in their veins they will be cured of all hanker ings for the blessings of Catholicism. In Italy they will see their PONTIFF and his satellites in all the glory of Ecclesiocracy. One corner only of the Peninsula—Piedmont—has become a kind of Gibraltar for the rights of lay men in this entire territory of the corruptest church despotism. Not mere completely have all the petty princes of India been for the last half century the mere puppets of the Eng lish Crown than are all the Governments of Italy —the malignant Austrian one included—have been the servile tools of the POPE and the Jesuits. We need not disgust our readers with descriptions of the superstition and immorality of the lower orders, and the alject superstition and cruelties of the King of NAPLES and the Duke of TUSCANY. All that is matter of notoriety. What presses on the statesmen of the day is that all the educated and middle classes are in a state of mental revolt againfst the direct government of the Church, and against its indirect government, through the stupid despots who execute its decrees, and who are rewarded by it with personal licence and political aid in this world, and salvation in the next too. Theltalians . . are not yet sunk to the level of Prussians. They are not prepared to sacrifice their aspirations fox liberty to the gains of a neutral commerce be tween an arch-despot and the vindicators of na tional rights. They still aspire to be free Italians, and slaves neither to Austria nor to thePOP.S and his minions. They do not as a people reject the Catholic faith, but they reject the secular govern ment of ecclesiastics, of cardinals, priests, and monks. At present the whole land groans under Church rule. Austrian occupation and Papal domination grind the people between them, and both work in a Perfect Concordat to the same purpose. True, Russia has been unable to hold all her own. True, her fleets have skulked behind her fortifi cations from the fleets of the Allies. True, one of them had to be burnt or sunk to escape capture. True, her armies have been beaten in every foughten field. True, one-half of Sebastopol is in possession of the Allies, together with the vast store of ammunition and instruments of war it contained. True some half million of her sol diers have been destroyed, and millions of her treasure have been expended. But what of that ? How otherwise did the conclusion of peace find her ? With a fleet still in her possession, and the means of building other fleets. With half of Sebastopol intact, and all the necessary muni ments of defence. With hordes of serfs to recruit her armies and her fleets. With Sweaborg but in partial ruin. With Cronstadt and St. Peters. burg unassailed. With Odessa, as a mercantile port, uninjured. With Kars and thebravest portion cf the army of Anatolia in her custody. With the bravery of her armies admitted. With the fact patent to the world, that she had resisted with a success almost miraculous the onslaught of two of the greatest, and two of the lesser Powers of Europe ! Why, when peace is made, have recourse to falsehood, when the miserable folly of the Allies had let her off so unscathed by war, that the truth, or a portion of it, would have served her purpose ? The EMPEROR but too well knew what would have been the issue of another campaign —that defeat, dire and irretrievable, had been sown for Russia, and victory signal and irresistible for the Allies ; and that the har vest would have been thoroughly woo, had not his friends in the Allied camp been all powerful, and overridden the wishes and sacrificed the inte rests of the people. Had he no gratitude, that he should insist in his Manifesto that Russia comes out of the war, comparatively speaking, victorious, by the might of her own right arm, when all that was needed was to point to what the Allies had palpably left unaccomplished, and Russia has secured, to wit, in addition to the restoration of what has been taken from her, an in terval—which she may prolong at her own dis cretion, wherein to pursue uninterruptedly her intrigues, recruit her strength, cultivate and husband her resources, and, by the laying down of a network of railways, render them more than ever available for her felonious purposes. What miserable bosh then this lying prate, of labourers hastening (if they did it was in chains) from the plough to arm in defence of Russia--of repulses of the foe that never took place—of successes due only to the folly of the Allies, and of the (Russian) object of the War being attained ! Not only to be permitted to escape utter prostration, but also to come off with the semblance of a successful de fence against such odds was surely triumph enough. THE WEATIIBf.—SuN OFFICE, APRIL 11. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. ol—highest since noon ye3torday. 48 -towest this morning and during the night. 59 thin (lay at coon. BAROMETER, 21'77—a rise of nearly half an inch since yesterday. WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine, mild, but cloudy, sun shiOy weather. Some rain in the morning and forenoon. ikt - 4) t), It is in the name of oppressed Italy that Pied. , rac ilt llow speaks. Austria would have kicked, but found that 111. CAVOUR had unexpectedly the good will at.least of the EMPEROR. The latter had previ ously rec eived %Sardinian memorandum, of which Italian grievances Were the subject. The COUNT pressed his p o i n t ; in answer to the objections of Austria to th e r i g h t of Sardinia to speak for Italy he retorted that he did so by as good a right as that which Austria assumed of speaking for y Ger many. Austria defend e d foreign. Occupation by the fact of the Allies occupyi ng t h e - BANK NOTES.—A Treasury O tt minute, dated the 18th oman ter- ult orders the payment to the public of the net profits titory ; the Count replied that the latter w as f or of the additional issue of bank notes. under the order in the defence of Turkey against the designs of Council of the 7th of December, 1855. The additional Is o su B e oT a s s i 475,00 M, and the net profit thereon amounts Russia t Russia ; and added yet more boldly th a t so l ong as ' it lasted it was to enable the SULTAN to carry out 1 has r m e i e s e s i i v o e n d er a o n f Nzw ENTRANCE TO THE REGENT'S-PARlC.—Dr. h Go c ur h l . ey reforms, while the Italian occupation, on th e con . , Coin official 8 c a o n n d i mun Publici e ti on from t Works, informing e trary, was for the protection of the Government him el that the ne w en t rance t o th e R egen t' s -p ar k from g:t r t h e e e t , 113 Pt o o r f tl iv a i n a d yi town, will be opened to the which refused to introduce any reforms. The r e . I public on suit appears to be that the Conference is discuss. , stir O v i . l l. ?"dav, died, we deeply regret to say, the eldest and . Tait: D o e v at e l h o ld ca o r f lis t l l ele Very Rev. h Archt d ba n l i d ne C m am on p t b h e s ll being the fifth sister cut off by scarlet fever within five ing, among other topics, the rights of Italy, , age , eight years an . . , . Villiers) wilftlatptely,'tac°l the evils of foreign occupation. weeks. It would appear that even LOUIS NAPOLEON is , The consecratio n of the Bishop Elect of Carlisle (Dr. on Sunday morning next, at her tired of the Government which he restored In Majesty's C t - RoYa , Whitehall, at eleven o'clock. R ome . Of the three objects obtained by his ocak l pie . Arcilbjgbop o f ic c , r k w i lt a l y , te 910, . - - pation of the city—the suppression of Republican liberty, the restoration of the Pops, a measure popular with his own clergy, and the balancing the Austrian occupation of Ancona—it is not easy to say which had the greatest weight in his mind. All three were political cards in his favour, and our Court and aristocracy hating republicanism at least as much as he, were not indisposed to see republican order subverted even at the cost of reinstating the Pope, the Cardinals, and the Inquisition, in full power over the bodies and souls of the unhappy Romans. The result has been what France is, we believe, thoroughly ashamed of. France is Catholic, but it is not priest-governed--indeed there the priests, like our bishops, are rather the employes of the Government than the Government the tool of the priests. The Government Exchequer has taken security for their subordination there, and ac cordingly they diligently plant trees of liberty one year, and shout " Viva l'Etnpereur" the nexf. It is difficult to predict the result. The least possible we may be sure in favour of liberty. It is, not easy to say whether the Emperor of the FRENCH will prefer raising Piedmont to be an Italian counterpoise to Austria, or keeping a constitutional monarchy in relative inferiority. He does not like Austria omnipotent in Italy, nor we conceive will he like a powerful and well-regulated constitutional State for a neighbour on the south. Between England, and Sardinia growing in im portance, it will become increasingly difficult to silence all political ability in France but his own. As to our Government and Aristocracy, we can hardly suppose that either Whigs or Tories do not look on the constitutional course of Sardinia with pleasure. Its spirit has conformed so closely to our own. Its Sove reigns and Ministers have so honourably and steadily, and under several tests, proved their capacity for harmonising the conflicting elements of party into effective action that English States men of all parties must be cordial well-wishers to an increase of the power and influence of the Sar dinian monarchy. Hoping the least, we can yet expect but little ; two things only are certain, that the sacrifices of this small State in the War deserve that she should be supported against the coward Austria ; but that Austria, Russia, and the Coburgs, we fear also Louis NAroLEoN, can scarcely be very friendly to the just claims of the only free Italian State. LATEST NEWS. Of all sorts of lying, saving and excepting malicious, we take wanton or supererogatory lying to be the least excusable, inasmuch as it is not merely immoral, but foolish also and suicidal. Yet this is precisely the sort of fabrication which characterises the Manifesto of the Emperor ALEX ANDER. The truth would have served his turn infinitely better had he stuck to it ; but it seems the old Greek leaven was too appropriate for the wounded vanity. of the Russ to fail of applica tion, and the result is he has lowered himself in European estimation, and diminished whatever confidence his subjects reposed in him. It were hard to believe that filial piety has so far blinded his understanding as to . cause him to have faith in the lying assur ances of the deceased Nlcnotes, that he bad no selfish intention in invading the Principalities, and from humane motives was repugnant to war, and anxious to avoid all occasion for it ; but it would be sheer folly to give him credit for a like bAndness as to the results of the hostilities waged by Russia with the Allies. these are too palpable for misapprehension on his part, and too patent. for concealment from his subjects—And we will add, on the whole, of too gratifying a nature to call for so much perversion, even from the most unscrupulous. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The following was the situation of the Bank on Thursday, April 10 : CR. Fr. c. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks Billedue yesterday to be paid to•day 564,036 18 Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 77,664,136 10 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 36,017,800 Do. in the branch banks Do. 'to the State by treaty of June 30, 1843 Advanoes on Treasury bills 40,000,000 Rentes of the reserve fund Rentes of disposable funds .. Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks Expenses of administration 1,131,890 70 Premiums on the purchase of matierea 1,883,245 64 Sundries 988,247 2 1,016,023,099 35 THE SUi', LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING APRIL APRIL 11, 1856. Albion has lost her prestige. Tile West has shown to us what we were to expect from it. Let us profit by the lesson we have received ; for, in the end, Russia, by her armies, her population, aid her geographical position, is the most vigorous of all empires. Only her productive forces are not sufficiently developed, and from that cause she is poorer than other countries.' " AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 6th, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says The Emperor of Austria has this day ratified the treaty of peace." Another letter from Vienna, in the Hamburg News, says :—" A considerable sum will be put aside again this year for the continuation of the fortifications of Cracow. It is intended to make of this place a second Comorn. The -works are to be completed in three years." The Ost Deutsche Post of Vienna publishes an article in which it allows that the occupation of the Principalities by the troops of Austria has ceased to have any legitimate object, but contends that Austria cannot withdraw them until Ruesia has fulfilled all her engagements and had her new frontiers marked out, or the Principalities have been re-organised and their repose secured ; in a word, until peace shall have been not only signed, but executed. The Ost Deutsche Post founds its arguments upon a distinction which it establishes Eetween a treaty of April 10, 1854, signed b e t ween Turkey and the - Western Powers, and the conven tion specially signed with Austria, the latter espe cially providing that the period of the evacuation of the Principalities is to be determined by a fresh convention between Arlstria and the Porte. The opening of the conference of prelates at Vienna took place on the 6th. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin of the 7th, in the Cologne. Gazette, says :—" His Majesty has ordered that the prayers hitherto said in the churches for peace shall be changed into thanksgivings, which are to be continued until after the ratification of the treaty." A letter from Berlin states that the Court-mar tial which had been appointed to take cognisance of the affair of M. de Rochow and his secono, M. de Murtwitz, for the duel in which M. d e Hinck eldy was killed, has heard the defence, and will very shortl) deliver its judgment. SPAIN. MADRID, April 9.—The Gazette states that the question of military substitutes was the pretext of the late disturbances at Valencia. Order has now been completely re-established. The towns of the provinces had been placed under martial Taw. The Cortes had approved the financial plans of the Pro gressistas. The law of Desamortization was about to be carried into operation in the Basque Pro vinces. No fear existed for the disturbance of order. CRIMINAL COURT.--(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Stephen Stout, 26, agent, was indicted for uttering a furged acceptance for 25 guineas, with intent to defraild. It appeared that the prisoner had been agent to Messrs. Judkins, the inventor of the sewing machine, and bad been sent by them to Plymouth, where he bad sold one of the machines for 25 guineas to a gentleman named Cross, and was paid in money. He however paid his etn ployers with the bill in question, alleging that be had received it from Mr. Cross, whose name he had forge I to it. He was found guilty and transported for 14 years. This, with some other unimportant cases, closed the business of the session. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —;This Day. BOW MEET. DEFRMIDING A TOLL COLLECTOR.—A man named Dennis, a buddei's labourer, was placed at the bar his morning, on remand, charged with attempting to defraud the toll collector at Waterloo-bridge. It appeared that the prisoner adopted the following plan of carrying out his object. One evening in the pre ceding week he, accompanied by four other persons in similar employment as himself, arrived at the wicket of Waterloo-bridge, when the prisoner threw down half-a crown to pay for the paQsae.;e of five persons. Toe toll collector took up the coin and placed the cl ange on the taller of the wicket which the prisoner took 'tp. After looking at it some tima he said there was a sixpence short, and demanded his fall change. Die toll collector feelii g nearly sari-fled that he had at first given the full amount hesitated to comply with the demands of the prisoner, but eventually he gave the man another six pence, and the whole party went on. On the following day the same " dodge" was tried again, but feeling posi tive that it was the same person that he gave the six pence to the day before he called a r oliceman and gave the prisoner into custody. me magic rate, attar caot.oning the prisoner, saIQ the solicitors to the bridge company thought that the punish ment he had already undergone (a week's imprisonment) was sufficient ; but if he came there again under the same circuinstanc-oi he would not get off so lightly. PrCKING POCKETS IN THE PARK.—A boy about 12 yeArs of age was placed at the bar, charged with picking pockets in St. James's park. Policy-constable 126 A statedihe saw the - prisoner put his hand into the gentleman's pocket ; in fact, he caught the hand of the boy in the pocket, and called the gen tlemao's attention to the fact. The gentleman was not in attendance. The magistrate told the boy for six weeks he should have a little harder work than picking pockets to per form; in addition to which he should have "short commons." He wa4 committed to prison for six weeks, with hard labour. IIAY3TARKET THEA Tliß. A farce called " The Postman's Knock" was produced at this theatre last night with complete success. The farce is one of the O'Keefe school, and consists alter. timely of singing and dialogue. A young lady, to avoid a hateful match, resolves to e!ope with a military officer, and her maid designs to run off with the postman ; but, as officers and poeimen both wear red coats, the maid is associated with the man of war and the lady with the " man of letters"—till the double mistake is discovered, and consequently rectified. Thanks to the neatness with which Mr. W. Farren sang the lay of the " km-ck," and the quaint manner in which the soubrette was played by Miss Lavine, and a waiter by Mr. Clarke, the trifle went off merrily, and was given out for repe, tition every evening. The Span:sh dancers retain all their pristine power of attraction. Indeed it seams as though the brilliant achievements of Senora Perea Nena, far from creating a merely ten- porary furore, are recognised as c instituting one of the perinaa en t recreat i ons of the metropolis. ROYAL VDIT TO TILE ADELPHI. This evening her Majesty and suite intend honouring this theatre with a visit. Her Majesty has commanded the new drama—" Like and Unlike"—to be performed ; and we have' no doubt but the splendid acting of Ma dame Celeste and Mr. Webster, which excited such a sensation on the occasion of the first representation of the drama last Wednesday evening, will receive the highest reward possible—the approbation of her Ma,, jesty. This is the first Royal visit since her Majesty's directions that a box might be permanently retained for her at this theatre have been complied with. THE BILLETTING SiTSTEZ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In this -evening's impression of The Sun there is a letter from J. M. on the Subject of Billetting. As be seems to imagine that soldiers and militiamen are bil letted upon private families throughout the kingdom, perhaps you will allow me to inform him that such is the case only in Scotland. Your obedient servant, Z. Y. X, April 10, 1856. H.R,H. the Prince of Wales and the Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Gibbs and Dr. Becker, visited the Crimean Exhibition, 121, Pall mall, yesterday. Yesterday morning the marriage of the Hon. C. Stewart Hardinge, M.P., eldest son of Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge, with the lovely and accomplished Lady Lavinia Bingham, daughter of the Earl of Lucan, was solemnised at St. George's, Hanover-square, in the presence of a numerous circle of the nobility and friends of both noble families. After the ceremony a dejeuner was given at the Earl oflucan's, Hanover-square. The happy couple left town for South. park, near Penhurst, Kent, Lord Hardinge'e Seat, to pass the honeymoon. The Minister of War at Turin has given orders for the formation of a camp of,observation at La Spezzia, where the troops returning from the Crimea are to be concen trated before returning totheir respective regiments. THE FORGERY CASE IN DIIBLIN.—Mr. Knighting, late clerk in the transfer•offica of the Great Southern and Western Railway, has been fully committed for trial. The Boomerang, from Mobile for Liverpool, was aban doned on the 27th of March. Five seamen lost, the re mainder, including Capt.Crowe, his wife, and 17 seamen, saved by the R. H. Cooper, arrived at Falmouth. 'A letter in the last number of the Gazette de Hopitaux says, " Death consumes its ravages in the ranks of the military surgeons in the East. Drs. Rarupont, Felix, Peyrupet, Gu err y, an d C a ron have just died, victims Of typhus fever." The emigrants to Paraguay having been sadly re glected and ill-used on their arrival at that city, the Frecoh Government will not grant any further pass ports until better regulations shall be adoptei. • The grand dinner to be given by the - Emperor to the Plenipotentiaries will take place on the 12th inst. It has been decided that the procas-verbaux of the Congress hall be published. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creawick. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, entitled HOW WE LIVE IN THE WO3LD OF LONDON. Followed by TUE POSTMAN'3 KNOCK. To conclude wlt't TITFFLEFIAUSE.N; or, The Lawyer's Legend. ATELA.ND rilK.trito trader the direction of Mr. Pa• ne THIS EVE qTNG, MY WIFE'S COUSIN. After which, TIIE LOS f DIAMONDS. Followel by A Ballet Divertissement. After which, COOD QUEEN B 83. To conclude with NO! NO!! NO!! ! ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE. FRIDAY, Apr,l 1 lih, for the BENEFIT of Mr CH kRT.FS MATHEWi, last night ef his Engagement, and of his perfbrm ng in three pieces. This Evening will he performed, TIIE,GBEAT GUN TRICK. The Wizard of the S.S.W., Mr. Chas Mathews To be follow e 1 by, PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles 31 , tthews. Aftcr which, COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Plumper, Mr. Charles Mathevrs. Tu coneude with KA.TrIERIN AND PETRUCHIO. Boxes,-2s. ; pit, la.; gallery, 50. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. AIATT.F:rS ROTtf. k'Nfr‘liTiliCATß,l2 , Lessee and Nro.rmlTr. 'fir. Wm. Cooke THIS EVENING, That iTifrile and mparageletl flencnntre - Eque4trlenne, a GENU INE: ENGLISH STF:EPLECHASE! Also, the Oriental spectacle, rIIE ARAB 0? VIE DESERT AND ins ral rtIFUL srKFID. After rr'lich, tho IVONDEfti OF TIE AREN:i, by 6101'4 or first-rate talent. ' • - r . . To conewle with a Drama or Peril.Exelement. Laughter, Mis hap., Cro.sin4s, Jostlinxs, anti AJlventuces. with Terrine Leaps from the state to the bite, in FICCIL \ ND'3 ILUIVEFIT - HOVE an t NATIONAL SCEEPLEtiIIiSE. Boa-office open - from Eleven till Your. Stage Manager, Mr. V. West. ICenostrlan Dircttor. it. W Cooke, Inn., E . 31311 STNNLEY'S " StVEN AGES OF WOMAN." Tha Ifanaler respeetfalty announces the THREE L tST MORN ING PERFORMANCES of t its m,st popular anl amusing Enter tainment, Satnrclav, the 12th, Wednesday, the 16th, and Saturday, the 19th, at half-past two. Evening performances as ajn LI, on Nfondays, Taesdays, Thursdays, and: le-ldays, at 8 Vclock. Admission-110k Seats, ls.; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Stalls, 3s. SAINT MAI?. nrs HALL, Long-acre. HIGH WATER. AT LON'DON BRIDGE., This DAY—Morn. 53 min. aft. s—Evening 17 rain. aft. G TA-Montt° N—Morn. 46 min. aft. G —Evening 17 min. aft. 7 LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 11. 1856. Although peace with Russia has been officially recognised, there are many important questions s+ill under discussion that may lead to serious difficulties before a final arrangement can he ar rived at. It is notorious that very considerable differences exist as to the new constitution for the Dinubien Principalities.• The abolition of the Russian protectorate, and, indeed, of all the treaties entered into between the Governments of the CZAR and of the SITLTAN, leaves many points to be disposed of, the satisfactory settlement whereof cannot be very easily effected. Austria is evidently dissatisfied at not being able to cirry her insidious designs into practical opera tion. She wishes, if possible, to continue for, an indefinite period the occupation whiell'wee so reckie sa l-- and improvidently sanctioned ; and al tlio tigh --the Western Powers cannet, for very shame .allow the untenable pretext, she has yetan ,opportunity • of sowing the elements of disturbance, of eh there can be but little doubt thatishe Will' av ' A he r self, and which will be far more formidable in coneequence of the secret support whi c h she obtains f • rem parties exer cising very powerful, .albeit unconstitutional, • n fluence in the affairs of Great Britain. The Italian difficulty has also been raised, and. it u s d ue to our' truly faithful ally, 'the King 0., ',Lo:alga, that-the.intricate problem should - reoeiv • e sat's factory , solution. Virtually there is a dengr eaa now-sitting at Paris for the • disposal• of every- question of European interest, and it is of vital importance that the views and opinions of the British Parliament and , the British people should be known before the nation is committed by con ditions and stipulations alike opposed to its wishes and interests, that may lead to a war, in comparison to n hied that with Russia would be regard e d A S a natter of the most trivial impor tance..,.., We have unhegitatinglydeclared that thehonour and welfare of the. -United Kingdom have been scandalously sacrificed since the commencement of the Eastern difficulty ; and, save so far as the treat ment of the wrongdoers i. 3 concerned, it siguifies little whether the evil has been occasioned by the incapacity or treachery of the parties concerned. We need not refer to the palpable errors of the ABERDEEN Government that led to the War. They had, through their Ambassador, Sir H. SEYMOUR, ample information to satisfy any men of ordinary ietelleat and understanding as to the nature and extent of the designs of the late AUTOCRAT. There wa3 a bribe tendered for their acceptan ce, and an un equivocal-intimation that Aultria, and, Prifilia hsd DR. Capital 91,250,000 Reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Reserve iminobiliere Notes to bearer, in circulation 530,380,900 - Do. of branch banks 88,730,800 Do. to order (Post bills) 5,702,466 02 Bills payable at sight 4,540,151 Account-current of Treasury Creditor 85,834.248 18 Various accounts-current 97,678,952 91 Do. branch banks 27,912,920 -- Dividends to be paid 832,047 25 Discount, interest, and expemes Charge for safe keeping of securities 27,780 40 Re-discounts of the last half year Overdue bills , 28,866 24 Sundries 1,570,285 43 961,468,823 46 A Council of Ministers sat yesterday at the Tuileries, under the tore,qlency of the Emperor. The oniteur contains an Imperial decree which abrogates the decrees of the 24th July, 16th April, and Bth December, 1854, interdicting the exporta tion and transit of articles of war. Ttie Gazette de Lyon, speaks of an interview which has taken place between the Count de Chambord and the Countess de Neuilly, and at which were present the Duke de Nemours and the Princess Clementine. The Countess de Neuilly having seve ral times expresMed a desire to visit the Count de Chambord, but being prevented by the state of her health, the count anticipated the intention of his august aunt, and visited her at Nervi on the Gth inst. " Scarcely," says the Semaphore of Marseilles, " was the news khowu or thu iciovval of tho blockade of the Russian ports, when our commercial Wien hastened to resume their old relations with Odessa. Two vessels are - now in this port load ing for the Black Sea, and anotherfor the Baltic." BOURSE, April 10.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. a. End of Month. 41 per Cents.... 92 50 --f. —e. 3 per Cents 73 40 73 90 New Loan 73 75 Bank Shares 5,975' :-- 'Roman Credit Mobilier 1,712 50 Austrian Belgian Fives 97i— Spanish Threes 45 eiedmontese (5) RAILWAYS—TOR CASE. fr. c. n.. e Orleans .. (xd)1,352 60 We5tern......... (xd) 897 50 q °Ahern Lions 1,365 -- New Ditto B7O — 3lediterranean 1,670 Grand Central Lyons Geneva BOO Testa Cette TURKEY. " One of our correspondents," says the Paris Unicers, " has transmitted to us an important document, being an annex to the Hatti-Scheriff of the 18th February. This document, which has not yet been made public, is intended to give satisfac tion to the representations of the French and Eng lish ambassadors on the most delicate point con nected with the reforms granted to the Christians; —namely, that relative to Ottoman subjects who might abandon Islamism fur any other creed, a question on which L'ird Stratford de Redclith had particularly insisted. The following is the trans lat'onof the note delivered to theambassadors of the Allied Powers in the early part of February last:— " The communications which your excellency has at differeat periods, and again very recently, made to the Subli ue Porte, verbally and in writing, on the subject of religious questions, have been the object of the deepest examination on our part. His Majesty the Suitan highly and fully appreciates the signal services which the friendship of his august ally the Queen of Great Britain, and that of his other ailies in general, have at all times, and more particulary under recent circum ste:nces, rendered to his Government, and the Ottoman people will retain a feeling of eternal gratitude br them. The Sublime Porte - cannot but be animated with a real desire to .do justice, as far as possible, ' to all the demands which may be made by them ; and as, on the other hand, i t k n ows what is the spirit of modern times, I hasten; by order of the Sultan, to inform your Excellency of the resolution which has been come to on the subject. The Sublime Porte renews and confirms the assurances which it gave at a certain period (in 1843, at the time of the execution of the Christian ovaghiin) to the Governments of France and England relative to..the question of renegades. The Sublime Porte, moreover, declares that the decision come to at that period shall be henceforth applied to all renegades in general. In making known this satisfac torV determination to yeitie - excenency in the most ex press manner, I flatter myself with the hope that your august court will see in it a new and striking proof that the Sublime Port e i s d es i rous of not throwing any gra tuitons difficulti es i n t h e wa y of any demand the realisa. Lion of which appears to it to be practicable, and' tbat on this ground the present' notification will be received with real satisfaction by your august court.—Accept, A letter from Constantinople, of the 31st, says : --" A terrible crime has recently been committed . at Varna. A young Greek girl, 14 years of age, was forcibly taken away from her family, and as sassinated after having been shamefully abused. The general of division Salih-Pasha has been ar rested, and is charged with the crime. He, how ever, denies any participation in the matter, and hitherto no proof has been discovered to commit him. His prinCipal servant, who has disappeared, is suspected. He gave orders, it appears, in the name of his master, to the chief of the cav,ass (pri vate police attached to high personages in Turkey), to destroy the young girl. Salih-Pacha declares that he never gave any such order. The Porte has determined to sift the matter to the bottom, and to punish the guilty parties." RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg says :—" The Emperor and the Grand Dukes Constantine, Nicholas, and Michael returned suddenly to the capital after an absence of ten days, although their in ten tion . has been to pass a month in visiting the different corps d'armee and the principal towns of Finland. His Majesty returned to St. Petersburg after receiving a telegraphic despatch at Abo. The persons attached to the suite of the Emperor agree in stating that the inhabitants of Finland had never ceased to testify to their Sovereign their fidelity and devotion, and that Alexander 11., in return, had promised to the nobility of the country that he would seriously occupy himself with the con dition of the population. The article in the ..tbege du Nord agaiwit Euglaucl tenthates thus ; Da. Capital Reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Reserve iinmobiliere 4,000,000 Notes to bearer, in circulation ..... - Do. of branch banks 83,4'26,050 Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight Acc ,, unt-current of Treasury Creditor 99,825,760 91 Various accounts-current Do. branch banks 25,918,588 Dividends to be paid Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of segurities 35,331 80. Re-discounts of the last liat6year Overdue bills .. 40,287 72 Sundries . , ' 4,455,218 39 1,016,023,099 35 PREVIOUS MONTH'S RETURN. CR. Fr. c. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks 122,613,756 Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 723,127 60 Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 79,077,630 10 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 34,661,700 Do. in the branch banks , 11,175,700 Do. to the State 14 trsaty of June 30, 1848 60,000,000 Advances on Treasury bills Rentes of the reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Rentes of disposable funds 52,322,542 93 Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks 5,085,064 Expenses of administration 815,371 13 Premiums on the purchase of matieres 1,310,148 44 Sundries 1,257,745 93 961,468,823 46 THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY. (This Day.) The Board resumed iti sitting this morning at Chelsea Hospital at half-past 11 o'clock. Lord Lucan then handed in a paper sugge-iting a series of returns the Board should be furnished with re lative to the number of horses landed alive in the Crimea, and also the number alive on the Ist Oct. and the Ist o the five succeeding months. Colonel Tulloch said the return should also show what had become of them. 716 horses had disappeared in one month, of which only 19 had died in camp. The gallant officer was proceeding with a statement relative to th e horses, when The Judge-Advocate-General said the better course would be for'Colonel Tulloch t ) move for the production of certain returns, and the board would consider it. Col. Tutloch said his object in snaking a statement was to correct'an erroneous impression that might get abroad. Uitimately the Court decided the returns should be applied for. The Judge-Advocate-General then announced that all the witnesses in Col. Tulloch's behalf, except the one under examination, should leave the Court, a pro ceeding net adopted with regard to Lord Lucan and his witnesses. Cll. Douglas, of the 11th Hassqrs,'was then called by Col. Tulloch--Re stated that his horses were in a very bad condition indeed', after their return in Decem ber from the.vieinity of Inkerman, requiring shelter at that time frpM2their being in such a reduced state. They were entirely exposed to the frost and the severe. wea ther whilst.. standing at their'plequets. Temporary she!. ter, 4lthougbibere might have been no means of cover. ing it in, would have been of advantage to the horses. That might have been done by digging trenches, the earth forming a breast-work of great protection from' the weather. The French managed this much "better than we did. His men arrived at Kadikoi on 2d. De cember from Inkerman, but he *as unable to say when the duties . of collecting ' stores commerieed. It would have been of advantage if men could have been get from the shipping to have assisted the cavalry in providing shelter. In December the available number of men under his command was 108, and every man was set to work to make the best provision he could for him self and horse, when it was known where they were to winter. That was known about the middle of December, but he could not recollect if it was on the 16th. From the 3d to the middle of December the officers and men dug trenetieS; and did all they could to make their horses comfortable ; but the ground was not bad at that time. Thera was nothing done for the troop horses. There was a limited supply of trenching tools, sot nearly sufficient for the wants of the regiment. He could not say whether there was sufficient trenching tools for a half or a third, or what proportion of the • regiment. Col. Tulloch asked the Commissioners to read to the witness a portion of his evidence giVen before the Com missioners in the Crimea, and signed by him. Lord Lucan objected to this as the events spoken to occurred in December. Whereas the inquiry before the Crimean Commissioners did not take p'ace until April. Col. Tulloch said it was a mistake. The witness was examOned on the 25th of March, and not in April. Ultimately a portion of the witness's evidence was read relative to the trenching tools, in reply to svich the witness said it was true there was a litni'.ed supply 'of tools, and that some were left behind, but that was when on the march, and on the heights before Joker. man, and no reissue was made until after then. As far as he recollected only a few sets of tools were issued. The want of intrenching tools did not retard the progress of providing shelter for the horses on the heights, be- cause the masons, carpenters, and such men wire at headquarters assisting in erecting depot stabling there He did not think the men so engaged exceeded the nurni ber of men of that description usually found in a regi ment, viz., half-a-dozen. The other men of the- regi ment, about 100, were mostly ,engaged in . duties that prevented their providing shelter ;- the days w(ra ,very shed, and the weather so bad that sometimes the men could not work. Before the Crimean Cornmissierneta he stated that the hutting commenced on the Ist Of Feb., which he believed was correct, and by it he meant that on that day they commenced putting - on the wood covering of the excavations that had previ msly been male. It was so long since he could scarcely recollect exactly when they commenced excavations. The ground was not available for the horses till the wooden coverings were ready and put on. He thought they commenced preparine ground about the beginning of Jan. It took from the let Jan. to Ist Feb. to prepare the groun,l. There werenot more than 30 men available during that time for this work. Teuporary shelter might have been erected in a few days by his own men with canvas, &c., if he hat had it ; but he made no suggestion of that kind ; shelter like that pro -video by the artillery of canvas, &c., if properly selected and erected, would have lasted throughout the winter. The gr.iund was selected by an engineer officer after con.' suiting with witness. us would r nyher not give an an swer to a question put to him in the words of the Com missioners' report that their was any " want of promp titude or ingenuity displayed" with reference to the sheltering of the horses, or give any opinion on that sub ject. Colonel Tolloch,-Why do you object to answer the • question ? ; Colonel Douglas—l should be giving an-opinion as to the conduct of my superior officers. I do not knoW what reasons might have influenced them. I only speak of what I saw myself. I cannot give you an answer to the question. Colonel Tulloch said he wished to call attention to the short supply of barley to the horses at Inkerman, and asked the Board whether he should enter on it now or wait until Lord Cardigan was called. Lord Lucan said he understood that this was an in quiry into those parts of the report to which be ob jected. He confined his oljections to two paragraphs in the rep irt, and to which he called the attention cf the board at the commencement of the proceedings. Cot. Tulloch said that as Lord Lucan did not consider that_ part_of the rep-rt objectionable, he (Col. Tulloch) bad no wish to enter on it. He had no further questions to pat to the witriess. The Judge-Advocate General asked Lord Lucan if he wished to examine the witness ? Lord Lucan said he should refrain from doing Bother; but ask to recall him at a sub equent period. • The Judge-Advocate-General said Col. Douglas the Board wishes me to put this que:tion to you. Did Lord . Lucan frequently visit the camp of your regiment, and . did he appear to be anxious for the comfort of the men and horses ? Cul. Douglas—l can answer that question if I am allowed to express an opinion on my superiors. Lord Lucan said he had net the slightest objection to the witness answering the question. The Jndge-Advocate—Will you answer this questien, whic'i is a matter of fact ? Did Lord Lucan frequently, visit the camp of your regiment ? Col. Douglas—Yes, he did. The Judge-Advocate—Are you prepared to state vet at passed at those visits ? Col. Douglas—Lord Lucan used to look round and see what was going on. AL I can say is, that he fre.: queutly visited the camp. • t After an unimportant'question from Col. Tulloch the witness withdrew. • Cul. Doherty, of sth Dragoons, examined by Lord Lucan on a previous day was examined by p o lonel Tulloch The horses after .their return from, In kerman were in a bad- state and requ'red shelter in consequence., The witness was examined as to. the mode of giving temporary shelter to horses by digging pits and throwing up earthworks around them, but he was unable to state how.long it would take one man to so shelter_ two horses: He accounted . for that not being done, from the 3d Dec., when they arrived at Kadekoi, to the 13th, from his men being engaged in camp piquet and other duties. There was an insufficiency of trenching tools, but he could not recollect the date. When they had; marched down the country to Ba'alaava (26th Sept.) they Wad - no trenching tools.- On the 3d Dec. he had not a sufficient quantity of trenching tools. [We will girls the oonoinvios in our last Edition.] MAILS FOR NORWAY.—GENERAL POST-OFFICE. 7th Aprik—The steam-packet communication het ween Den mark and Norway having been re-eetabli-hed, the mails from the United Kingdom for Norway will be conveyed direct by sea from Denmark to Norway, instead of via Sweden, until further notice. The rate of postage to be taken on 'letters addressed to Norway will be is. 4d. the half-ounce, and so on, according to the scale in ope ration in the United Kingdom for charging inland let ters. This rate comprises both the British and foreign postage on the letters to- the place of their destination;; and it may be either paid in advance, or the letters may be forwarded unpaid, at the option of the sender, ex ceps, however, as regards registered letters, the postage upon whtels well as the registration fee, must be paid in advance. THE RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE.—Natwith standing the late announcement of peace we understand that soyeral.very hasty engagements have lately taken place in the ilayrnarkel - , General iialfe, however, it is generally expected, w ill resume the comman d o f her Majesty's forces (operatic), when, through the zeal and experience of this distinguished officer, we have nod , ut.t that harmony, so long a stranger to her Majesty's Theatre, will at length be permanently established. ASSEMBLY Rooms, HORNS, KENNINGTON.—SeveraI eminent artistes sung at a concert given last night at the above- liame d rooms, when a very choice selection of music was; admirably performed, and several novelties were introduced; comp wed by professors and amateurs, which were very successful, particularly Balfe's " There is a name," sung by Miss Dolby, Leslie's "Shall I be remembered," and St. Leger's "Gipsy coquette," in. terpreted by Madame Weiss. THE CORPORATION REFORM BILL.--Yesterday, at a meeting of the masters and wardens of the livery compa nies-of the city of London, held at the Mansion-house, Sir Peter titurlipresiding, resolutions in opposition to the Corporation; Reform Bill were unanimously agreed to. It was further resolved that the livery companies should use their' influbnce with members of Parliament to induce theca to oppose the second reading of the bill. EIIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoox. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a strong speculative feeling prevailed, and there were many transactions reported in cargoes to arrive. The market closed with an upward tendency, and prices of Americans were fully id. per lb. above the rates of last week. The sales were estimated at 22,000 bales, comprising 12,000 Americans (1,000 on speculation); 4,000 Pernam and Maran 7 ham, 64d. to lid. (3,000 on speculation); 2,000 Bahia, 60. to 61d. (1,500 on speculation) ; 2,000 Egyptian, 60. to 91 (1,000 on speculation) ; 2,000 Surats, 4id. to 41d. (1,000 for export) ; and 100 Sea Islands, Is. to ls. 441 per lb. The Railway Share Market wan steady, without any particular alteration. The Colonial Produce Markets this week have been very quiet, attd the tendency in prices for some of the leading staples have been in the direc tion (4 •ta decline. Sugar has been particularly heavy, and the amount offered by publio auction has been limited.. The inferior kinds of Plantation" Ceylon coffee has been rather cheaper, but the mid dling and good coloury sorts have realised full prices. Grenada cocoehas receded ls. to 2s. per cwt. Rice has been steady, at full rates for the superior descriptions, and tea dull. For spices there has been very little inquiry. Nutmegs are rather lower. Saltpetre has ruled firm, but quiet. In tallow there has been more business transacted, at slightly,improved rates. The creditors of Messrs. Saunders and liar risen, seed,crushers, dtc., assembled yesterday for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of the estate. An offer of 10s. in the pound was made, which most of "those present seemed disposed to accept, but the meeting adjourned without coming to any determination upon ihe subject. After the official hours 'of business yesterday. there was a decline iu the English Stock Market of nearly per cent., owing to unfa vourable rumours with regard to the Bank of England Return, which will appear in the' Gazette of this evening, and the market to-day has shOwn no signs of recovery. This is "pay `, day," and the differences have been liquidated. without difficulty, although money has commanded high rates.. Consols, for money, have been 921 to 931, and for account 93E1, but they are now about 93i -a for the latter. The New 3 per Cents. 92i to 93, and the. Reduced 91-k to 92k. Bank Stock 4 per cent. higher, viz., 214. The March Exchequer Bills were 4s. premium, and those dated June 3s. to is. discount. The Bonds are 98i -a. India Bonds are 3s. discount. Foreign Securities are heavy, and the market presents a dull aspect. Turkish 6 per Cents. have receded to 1. per cent., being 99/ and 98f. • Sar-' diuian Bonds are 951, and Spanish Deferred 24g. Mexican Stock is per cent. lower, viz., 22/ I. Peruvian 3 per Cents. have been 55, and Portu guese 4 per Cents. 49. Dutch 4 per Cents. are 931 to 94k. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that the market for American Securities remains inactive, and prices are without alteration. Redeemable. Per Cent. CTnited States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...105 United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...105 STATE SECURITIES. Alabama 5 per Cent ' ... 80 Alabama 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 85 California 7 per Cent. Bonds 1870... 80 12, Kentucky 6 per 'Cent. Bonds 1868-1872... 90 Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... ... 88 90 Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). ...100 Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. Bonds Mississippi .6 per Cent. Union Bk. Bonds ... 16 18 ' Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bcruli 1877... 80 82 Tennesse 6 per Cent. Bonds ... ST 89 Virginia 5 per Cent:: (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 84 86 Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds .1886... 86 87 LOANS OF CITIES Boston 5 per Cent. BJrds (Divers) ... 90 92 Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 83 85 Yaw Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... 76 77 RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not Convertible ~ 1875... 781 79i fllinois Central 7 per Cent. `Freeland Bonds Michigan Central Bp. Cent. 1860... 92 91 New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 23 91 New York Central 6 per Cent., not Con verti blo 1883... 80 82 . Yew York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mert- gage 1867... 98 100 Slew Toxic and Erie 7-per Cent. 3d Mort- gage N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Cenvertible..lB62... 79 81 N. York and Erie 7 per .Cent. Sinking Fund Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster ling Bonds), not convertible 1859... 92i 93i Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1864... N 94xd eennsylvania Central 6 p. Cent., lstMort 1880... 89 90 The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 71 8 ; Mexi can, 22 ; Peruvian, 78 80 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50; Russian 5 per Cents., 1012 6 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 94 96 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 45& 6; ditto Deferred, 24i 5 ; ditto Certificates, 5i 6 ; ditto Passive, 71 I. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1896. 1855. North-Western Great Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern 16,151 17,162 Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire - and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 6,223 5,751 Chester and Holyhead East Lancashire 5,415 4,940 51anehester, Bheffield, and Lincoln 8,738 8,944 North Stafford Edinburgh and Gla.gow Great Western of Canada 12,623 8,571 The returns for the present year contrast rather unfavourably with those for the corresponding period of 1855, when, however, the Easter holidays were observed, and which will account for the dif ference. BRITISH IrUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0' CLOCK. ( Prom the Oficial Liet.) Ink Stock B .. Buenas: done. 214 • 3 per Cent. Red - e.ced 'Annuities... . .. 921 11 3 per Cent Consols Annuities . 93 21 3k New 3 per Cent. Annuities ..... 931 21 Long Annuities, expire sth Jan.. 1860....„ 31 1 InaH Bonds, .t.atiliu .......... Ditto, under £1000... 3 d Qo isols for Account (May 8) 9 31 i Exchequer Bills, 21d. March. June. Rlooq ..f. „ .. oo . 00000 - . 4 p 1 3 d £560 , Small , Ditto Bends, lf:58, 3i per Cent — Ditto, 1859 t'IIICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOI K. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per, Cent.' 94 si,vical. 3 per cent ' Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds 4i per Cent .oo — Ditto 3 per Cent 5 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per C en t., C on. 1841 —5 Ditto 4 per Cent 49 &rdinian Bon , !s ' 5 per Cont. Ditto Account ip nil.) Bonds, 8 per Cent — nitto Fe* Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Turk ibti i , euds, t; par cent Venezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent 2Bl Divvienas 0, ci.,. above . arable in London. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent., 12 Gull_ DittlTl per Cent. Certificates 941 31 IRCiNMONGIIES' QUARTERLY MEETING—BIRMINGHAM, Thursday.—The third meeting of the ironmasters of this district for the current quarter was held in the townhall here this afternoon. There was again a very large at tendance of the trade, and the turn which bu s i ness t oo k at the meeting at Wolverhampton yesterday was to the full extent confirmed by the proceedings to-day. A prospectus has been issued of an Italian Junction Railway Company with a capital of 1,000,0001. in 10/. shares, two-thirds to be subscribed in Switzerland and France and one-third in England. The object is to con nect the French system of railways with the Piedmontese and Italian by a line of 70 miles from the Lake of Ge neva to Briegg, ultimately to be carried by the pass of the Simplon to the town of Arona, in Piedmont. The Swiss Government have granted a concession in perpe tuity, taking payment in shares for all the land and wood required. DISAPPEARANCE OF A TOWN CLERK.—The inhabit. ants of Kidderminster have during the last two or three days found a fruitful theme for gossip in the sudden dia appearance of the town clerk, who left here on Friday last, and has not made his appearance, since. W understand- that communications have been received from him, vacating the offices he held in the borough. Besides the °Mee of town clerk he was clerk to tbe magistrates and also to the turnpike trustees, iniaddi- Lion to smaller situations. Several of the late town clerk's professional brethren are, we believe, auffgmby his sudden depar:tnre.-7WorMtretire Chronicli. , 84. Bt. 25 25 et. Bt. 12i 60 13 i al I 0 10 12i et 812 - e St: tO 25 leo '5 SO et. 80 aa et. t. 10 30 20 10 10 6 5 20 10 20 a 20 18 40 20 10 20 100 100 100 20 4'o 10u 100 100 61a. all all all all 100 all 100 100 84 10 100 100 all 100 all 141 8 100 11(1 100 100 100 to all 14 4i all 14 ail 14