The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMNIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very quietly, with a steady appearance, prices of all kinds being well supported. The sales were 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 were on speculation. There was . a slight decline in the Railway Share Market. The Bank of England return, completed for the Week ending March 1, is of rather an unfavourable character. The other securities skew a large in crews; and there is a large diminution in the private deposits. These changes were principally produced by the abstraction of the amounts neces sary for the completion of the second instalment of 10 per cent. on the English Loan, and for the liquidation of the commercial paper which fell duo on the 4th inst. The Government securities were reduced nearly half-a-million. Owin g to the favourable alteration in the Foreign Exchange, and the decrease in the demand for the precious metals which naturally followed, the Stock of bullion again shows an augmentation, and th e next official statement is expected to show a Still greater increase, as some of the supply brought by the James Baines, the Parana, and the Persia, has been sent into the Bank of England. Active Circulation Increase Bullion Increase Rest Increase Public Deposits Decrease Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills Increase Government Securities £18,935,225 393.705 10,599.650 24,258 3,779.752 309,706 4,083,033 58.518 13,918,279 844.085 747.129 34,035 11,451,006 Decrease Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed 495.000 19,490,762 305,585 5,493,005 Decrease 13,642 Accounts from Havre represent the cotton mar ket as being quiet, with an increase of sales over arrivals. On the 6th inst., 520 bales were added to the stock on hand, and 2,000 bales changed bands at 86 francs per 50 kilogrammes for inferior middling,' and 87 francs for good middling. Trade other descriptions of raw produce was not very brisk, but prices were well maintained. The German and French Bourses continue to 'fluctuate, but the rumours afloat as to the progress of the Conferences are no longer relied upon. At Vienna the Austrian Funds and other securities have partly recovered the fall at the beginning of the week. The Five per Cent. Metallics are firm at 84i, and the New Loan has advanced 2 florins to 1121. New Bank Shares are 1,090, and the Austrian Credit Mobilier 364. Money is again becoming plentiful, and the premium on the pre cious metals has fallen to 2/, being .a further re duction of I per cent. Exchange on London is down to 10.4, and on Paris to 119. At Berlin the 4 Per Cents. are firm at 97i, and the Stock at 11 4 f. On the Paris Bourse the French Funds 'lave fluctuated between 30c. and 50c. during the last three days, and yesterday left off at the lower (Notations. The promoters of the Acadian Iron Company have given notice that no applications for shares Will be received after Monday next. Mr. Monsoll kentioned in the House of Commons last evening that this company had offered to supply the Go l'erntnent with iron which would stand a pressure sf 36,000 lbs. for the manufacture of guns. The iron of Nova Scotia is considered by many parties linperior to that of Sweden. The English Stock Market is rather firmer to day, but the transactions have been limited. A °light improvement has been caused by the favour able advices from Paris concerning the progress of the negotiations. Consols for money and the 11th lbst opened at 914 A, but 'have since improved to 91 i 4 7 while the price for April is about 92 1. The Near Scrip is la prem. The New Three per Cents. are shut, but the nominal quotations were 921 to 92 1. Exchequer Bills are is. discount to ls. premium. Foreign Securities have ruled firm. Turkish 6 Der Cents. are 96k to g, and the 4 per Cents. 100. Russian 5 per Cents. are 4 per cent. lower, being 1 02 ; and the 4 per Cents. are 92. Sardinian hare been at 91, Spanish 3 per Cents. at 44, and Br; - Zllian Small Bonds 1021. Dutch 4 per Cents. ale The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stocks:—Mexican, 20i ; Peruvian, 79 SO ; ditto 3 per Cents., 56 57 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 47 49 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 101 3 ; ditto 41 per cents., 92 94 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 422-3 h ; ditto Deferred, 23i ; ditto Certificates, 41- 5 ; ditto rassive, 6 i• There has been a firm market fin railway shares, and in some lines a fair amount of business has been done. Eastern Counties have risen ; East Lan eathire, ; Great Northern, 103. ; Lanelshire and Yorkshire, 55., and South-Western, 53. The Colo -1114 lines were firtner. Lank of Egypt Shares rose 55., but the City Ned heavy. Canada Land shares advanced 41. to 51. BLUME! FUNDS THIS DAY AN (NI • CLOCK. (Fro:. the Official tiu. - _ _ _ , 1. ,, , done. tp l l'or Cent Consols Annuitie ., 9l 2 $ ' , i9* 3 per Cent. Annuities 'Atha Bonds, .ClOOO . . . emunls ~,- Account Ditto Scrip Exchequer Bills, 241 £lOOO ....., .• lpld • Brasil . Ditto Advertised Ditto Bonds, Dia, 3:1 per Cent 94i Ditto, 1359 ... . 98.1 PRICE OF FOREICIIN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO N. 131 Vitian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto Small tnssian Bonds, 5 per Cont., 1422, £ St lO2 .1 d • Ditto 44 per Cent tudinian Bowls, 5 per Cont. %Knish Bowls, 3 per Cent Turld,,li iloncls, fi per cent Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cont. lOO Dividends ort the above onvahl. in London. blitOi Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Cortikates TWO O'CLOCK. ems°la Ditto Account, April 10 ... THE GREAT SEWER AT WHITEHALL —For several Weeks past a vast number of workmen have been en• Ned in the construction of a great sewer from the Or namental Water in St. James's-park, and thence through the parade and centre of the Horse-guards, across White hall, along Whitehall-place, &c. The whole of the works ar e now nearly completed, and the greater portion of the surface of the ground made good._ The arches have been constructed of solid brickwork, and the iron tubing is of immense strength. The covered gateway which connects the Commander-in-Chief's with the War-office acd forms the carriage way, has, in consequence of the carrying out of the works, been for some time closed. Yesterday it w as thrown open, having been re-laid with asphslte from the Seyssell Company's Works, Stangate. Not• Withstanding the large number of men employed, the depth of the excavations, and the speed which was ren dered necessary to prevent obstruction to the traffic, it brie been brought to a close without a single accident. DEATH OF MR. THOMAS ATTWOOD.—The death of this resp ec ted gentleman took place at Great Malvern, Wor cestershire, at an early hour on Thursday morning. Mr. Attwood first became known as a public character by his vigorous opposition to the orders in Council of 1812. Subsequently he took a leading part with the late Sir John Sinclair against Mr. Peel's Currency Bill of 1819, And for years after was constant, in season and out of season, in his endeavours to accomplish the repeal of that measure. His most notable act was, however, the establishment of the Birmiaghana Political Union, at th e latter part of the year 1828, and for his prudent ennduct in the management of that body, which was !supposed to have considerably influenced the pass ing of the Reform Bill, he was presented with the freedom of the city of London. He repre -11 'rated Birmingham during the first seven years of she ref6rmed Parliament, but in consequence of family afflic tion and the disappointment of political 'opes, he re tired from public life, and was succeeded in Parliament by hie friend and associate in the Union, Mr. Muntz. For many years prior to his death Mr. Attwood was the victim of a severe and distressing attack of paralysis, but, in the midst of his sufferings and general prostra tion of mind and body, he was distinguished, as in the early period of his life, by the amiability and generosity of his social disposition. Ie Birmingham his decease bill be regretted by all parties ; and more especially by l uu„ those wh o h a d th e ho no ur of h's private intimacy. Mr. 1. `, 1 Attwood was a partner in the house of Messrs. Spooner Do sud Attwoode, and his elder brother, Matthias, for some 25 Years represented the borough of Whitehaven in Parlia 25 - meat. By many of our readers the deceased will be re membered as the " King Tom" of Cobbei Begifter. 50 der, pier noW nble Poch' ins ; SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. 11,0 r. i lrlhs. ho Ang. Bc,s. imclEnAn. het & zraing. Wolverb AourV . tirkeki(l. 13heshi.re Junct Birk. £5O and E 25 Do., £2O tlyth &Tynsorigion .£25 (ised. at Lir , liristol and Exeter... and Cardigan Theater ti Tiolyheao work and Bandon fork, Black, &Pas. C;ornwall Do. A Do. B "rioT Junction.... Dub in&Belfastjnne. Dun. P. & Ab-... Jnc. 'Emit Avglien 'eastern Conntios Past. "Tnion, t at; B. Stout... New A.... East Kent 'Ast Lancashire ... gdinturirla & Glasg „ P.ltlinb. and Peel)lea Edin. Prth & Dux 'worth & Ciyde Jun .1 Furness Do. Extension Glasgow & 5. W.st Great N. of Scotlnd. (Great Northern... ,Do., A. Stock I Do., B. Stock IGt.Sth. &West.are Great Western Do. Stour Val Rai' Gua Stk Irish South-Eas:ort , Lancaster & Carlislr De., Thirds Do. Now Thirds...... Lancash.and"Vorkst. 171. Wst. Riding tin Liv:Crsby.&Sonthpt London & Blackwall Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Loud. and N. Weal , Do. Fifths Do.101.13h.,Itl&B i Do. Eighths _ London andS. West-. Do., £5O Dc.., £4O Lndndrry& Col erain Ludndrrr. & Ennisl Manch.Shef.& Linel Do., Man. & Lin. Ut• Metropolitan iMidland o.fiirning.&Dert. liidld. G. West. (Ire o. Half Shares,... Newcastle & Carlist Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf Newry & Enniskill Newry Warrenpoin and llostrevor.—. Norfolk ... . N'orthn.Counties TIT. North Britisl , ... Nth Devon Rai% & Dock Stook , u., A Stock , r., B Stock Do., Gnaraiit , ,,, N. asistern—Berwi , iDo. do. Extomion Do.do.G.N.E. Leeds ;Do. York North Lon3ou N. &S. Wstrn. Thin stead. and CUT . Ju. !North StafFord;bir . North Western . &S. Westrn.Jun , 'lntim - to 13 bt, Wore., k Wolv ~rthr.aonth ottlsh Ce Aral Scottish Midland , !11,131311ire lli I II 4ontlt Devon 4ontl, Eafitern . rltel3 - 1 .At Riv. &WO !Stockton tr Darli ; i'nfr Va,:e Pref. ► No. 1... r 'ones Hay. 11.$'x. Ulverstone & Lanes , Vale of ?Teeth 'weterfa. k Kilkenn. Waterfor I &Li m (.; 'West Cornwall. West End of Londe)! and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. D .Went London Wimbledn&Croydor I armor pa rt. Mt, ro • TL , Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sli. nt par till'64 Ardennes ....... ....... • ielgian Eastn. Jtatt, Ilaziers to Grai Pfl-naa itombay, Baroda, an _ . f!wntrellndi&.Sri Do. Demerara hatch Ithenieh Zastern of France Do. New ! East Indian, E. 5 p... R. 7 teilion th;010.. ft• Gee ong Melboiuie guar. 5 per c nt. . i Do., Lon. allot., do. i Gd.Tkof CanadaA Do. Do. Cert. of Doben. con. into Stk. till'6 Do Comp. 6p. c., do Gt ConAtral of Fran Gt. Indian Peninsul Great Luxembour Constituted Sharc Do. Obligations... Do. re-is. ferftd. Gt. Wostornof Oatmea, Do. New 03. /Ms., payable's7. with option till '55.. Do. do., '62,, p. '56.. , Do. do., p. '60... 'Dr , . do., '73, without optinn qamitton & Toront , Do. 8 por cent._ Lake Oonst. & Bash' Liorre and Turnhout Lucca & fist. 5 p. c.p Lyons and Genova . Lyons & Trteditwevo • I.4draF•, gnat.. 4 • p.c De. New oc, 5 P. c. De. 4i p. c. Exten AlatOrlitt Do. do. New ........ Vamur & Liege (fit' Interest) ............. i)o. (ex intarmt)... NTorthern of France. Q 0.201. She. Do. 2W. 3 p. a Bdr (fmy. B. & Ame. Sks. NorwezianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds . Pio.ris and Orleans. . Rome and Frascati Royal Danish i ßoyalSwedish I Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse... Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. Scinde, guar. 5 p. c Do.. Southern of Francs St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) . Weit Flanders Do 5A ner c. Prof_ W. (St N. W. of France West. of. Switzerland Wiesbaden ... Zealand ClOslnc Prices yestec lay 26 27 31 4 8 8i 15 - 14 - 5 9 - 87 - 89 571 - 58.! 13. ... - 3 2 7h - SA 12A 13' 94 9 32 34 22 - 24 71 73 56 - 58 91 254 -26 i 85 - 87 6i - 92 93 78 80 120 122 103 105 60 61} £5 60 i 73 - 76 6i 74 R- 7 • 83.1 _ 831 7k 7/1 99 100 99j 100 d - par id par 92i —• 93 ••• . . - - 251 I - id 69t 70 41 43 •o• .... 1 . 1 13 51 53 34 31d agi . 76 - 77 - 6 4} - 3i Isi - 52 153 86 90 94 - 104 24 28 10644 74 76 16 43 l2i t3i 66 67 71 73 4 2i id '4 36 18 -• 19 3i - 4i 6j - 7i 8 ld 1 15 31 - 41 p 3i - 24 1 11 I 1 - 1 1 , 38 - 4 8 i 12 - 21/ - 221 21 - 214 Imo • • • 12 - 124 ;3t 67 6 9 77 - 79 6 201 - 21 Si - 5? 34 - 3i 25} •26 3 - 3ir. 91 le9 113 122 117 122 10T 109 24 - 25 115 - 120 1 14 Di I . 7 4 d 2 3 5# - Si :49 - 33 111 12 •.. 7i - 8 ! 49; - 50 : .52 19 -- 2f) .. - 911 - 91 - • Olt • • • ... - pm .•• . 3b 4•.. ii - 35 iii = i 441 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 .11 Anstrahaia. 100 50 Bank of London 40 311 Rri. Col. lik.&Ln. C „, 50 British N. American 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia ld par 20 4 Chrtd. llck. of India, Australia, & China 14 - par 100 50 City - ,65 62i 100 25 Colonial •• 100 20 Commercial of Loud ,„ . 20 all Ilue...Scot.&A.us.Cht l6 —l7 20 i all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australis l6 17 20 5 Ditto New 4 --- 17 50 20 L,-'don and County. .., • ••• 100 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkg.Corp. par 2p 50 10 London Joint Stock. .. 29 100 10 'London and Paris li - I d 100 ' 20 Loud. & Wostminste 3 100 1 35 National Pro.of Eng 20 110 Do. New 50 22 , National of Irelaud.. ••• 20 all New South Wales__ 37 - 3 9 25 all Crientol Bank of C0rp0rati0n.......... 41 43 42 100 i 25 rrcinneial of Ireland 10 all bo. New 1 R Aug R & Sao im 100 50 Royal British 25 c) iouth Australia 3B - 40 391 9 25 all Union of Australia._ 71 • 73 72 Do. Nov: 7} $i 50 10 union t f London • • 7r HO Bustneoe done this day 9/ 10 9i 10 231 721 21 *., Igo . , ItX' 21t :3. 5 5 20 10 all 3 ail all 20 5 tO 18 10 44 14 4i 25 too too 2 2:"; 26 , 01 22 9) t 4 14 9.0 16 20 e,O to til THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, M ARCH_ 8, 1856. NES , .b. E 1) A I FIXED c f;r t Ld. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Despatch from General Sir W. Codringtor &tawAre. L,131R. Compun't C 041T1* "lee. yeAcr !ay. ? Einsinklis this day. MEETING THIS DAY. The adjourned 'meeting of the shareholders in this company was held this afternoon at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate•street, to receive the result of the poll rela tive to the election of directors. Less interest appeared to be manifested its the day's procoedings than might have been expected from the stormy character of the previous meetings of this company. The room was not more than a quarter full at the commencement of the business. ( Front the London Gazette of last evening.) WAR DEPARTMENT, MARCH 5, 1856. Lord Panmure has received a despatch, of which the following is a cony, addressed to his lordship by Gene ral Sir William CArington, Sebai , topol, February 20, 1856. My Lord—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your telegraphic message from the Judge-Advocate-General in England, in reference to the man of this army under sentence of death for murder. There are no palliating circumstances to interfere with the just punishment due to such a crime, committed on a helpless wounded man in hospital. Painful though the duty may be, with a sense of the responsibility at taching to human life, but with the conviction that the decision is just and necessary, I have ordered the execu tion of this man on Saturday morning next, the 23d inst., in conformity with the sentence of the court. I have, &c., (Signed) W. J. CODRINGTON, General Commanding. The Lord Panmure, &c. Mr. Waddington, on taking the chair, was warmly applauded. The CHAIRMAN commenced the business of the meet ing by reading the scratineers' report, which is as follows : London, March 8, 1356. To the Chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. Sir,—ln the discharge of the anxious and important task of scrutineers, which we have been called upon to perform, wo have thought it to be our duty to inquire into and make a careful comparison of every vote given at this election, and into the amount of stock registered in the company's books. The unusually large number of proxies and personal votes polled at this election would have made our duties more than ordinarily laborious had we not had the able &eel tance of your secretary and clerks of the company, whose zealous and continuous aid, cheerfully rendered, facilitated our inquiries and shortened the time, which otherwise would have been lengthened. Without wishing to travel beyond the scope of our duty, we would recommend that the poll be printed. and sent by the company to each share holder. We beg to append the result of the poll, as follows : February 23, 185 G. P.S.—This prisoner, Private G. Day, No. 3,577, 77th Regiment, was executed this morning at 7 a.m., on the Pignet Howe Hill, in the presence of detachments of 1,000 nit(' from each division of the army, His body was buried on the spot. (Signed) W. J. coDRINGrON, General Commanding. BOSTON ELECTION. CLOSE OF TEE POLL. One. Two. Three. Four. Ingrain (Liberal) 453 500 514 521 .dams (Conservative) 261 273 289 296 Majority 225 For Mr. Goodson, 168 personal voters, representing 346,0001. stock, and 4,758 votes-proxies ; 1,270 votcrs, representing 1,824,9001., cnd 31,303 votes ; total, 1,438 voters, representing 2,170 ; 9001. stock, and 36,061 votes. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) COVENT GARDEN. FOB MIS. WADDINGTON. Stock. 317,520 1,836,300 To-day's market was well supplied, and the trade gene r illy ruled steady, at last week's currency. FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 6. to 10s per lb; colonial do., Os to Os each ; hot-house grapes, 6. 04 to 10s Od per lb ; foreign ditto, Od to Os ; melons , 2s Odto 3. 6d each; peaches, 2s Oil to 6s • ' nectarines 1s Gd to 4s per dozen ; apples, 2s 01 to 3. Oil per half sieve ; pears, is Od to 3. per dozen ; plums, Os to Os per sieve ; green gages, Os per punnet; apricots, is Gd to 5.04 por doz.; common plums, Os 01 to Os Od per sieve ; cherries, Od to 011 per pound ; lemons, 84 to is Od per doz ; oranges, 3s to 9. per 100 ; fil berts, 9. to Os per doz. lbs ; cobnuts, 12s to 15. ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, 01 to Od per 100; figs, Os 9d to 1. Gd per doz ; strawberries, Od to 04 per pottle ; goose berries, Os 04 to Os Od per half sieve ; currants, Os Od to Os 04 per half sieve ; raspb3rries, Od to 04 per pottle. VEGETABLEts.—Greene, is 641 to 3s 04 per doz. bunches; cabbages, l s to 2s 04 per dozen ; Savoy ditto, le ld to 2. 04 per do. ; brocoli, Is 64 to 2. per bundle ; potatoes, 60s to 1003 per ton ; vegetable marrow, Od to Os per doz. ; peas, Os to Os 04 per bushel ; French beans, 2s Od to 3. 04 per 100 ; turnips, 24 to 44 per bunch ; carrots, 5d to 6d per bunch ; cucumbers, 2.3 Gd to 41 01 each ; garlic, Od to Os 84 per peuu4 ; spinach, 3. Od to 4s 04 per sieve ; old onions, 2s 64 to 4s per bushel ; new ditto, Os to Os pee doz. bunches; leeks, 2d to 3d per bunch ; shallots, 84 to 104 ; horse-raddish, 2. Od to 4s per bundle ; parsley, 44 to Gd per bunch ; celery, Os 91 to is 6d per bunch ; endive, is Gd to 4s Od per score ; beet, is Od to 2s per doz. ' • parsnips, Os Gd to is Od per dozen ; small salad, 2d to 34 per punnet ; mushrooms, ls 01 to 1s 64 per pottle; artichokes, is 3d to Is6d per half sieve; cabbagelet tuces, is to is 64 per score ; sorrel, Gd to is per half sieve , radishes. Os to Os 01 per dozen hands • tomatoes, 33 to 48 per half sieve ; chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussels sprouts, 2s Od. to 3s 04 per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2. Per 100 ; walnuts pickling, 61 to is per NO ; cauliflowers, Is to 2. Od per doz. ; rhubarb, 64 to 1. 04 per bundle ; asparagus, 4s to 103 perloo ; sea kail, 1s to 2s 64 per punnet. NEWGATE D LE AD E N HALL. Votes. 4,424 31,430 Personal Voters 162 Proxies Total 1,435 2,155,820 33,854 FOB 1111. PACK E. Personal Voters 155 323,520 4,468 Proxies 1,270 1,834,320 31,379 Total 1,425 2,157,840 35,847 FOR MR. HELPS. Personal Voters 350 543,140 9,803 Proxies 1,488 1,191,260 24,163 Total 1,833 1,737,400 33,966 FOR MR. ORR. Personal Voters 346 538,940 9,699 Proxies ],43G 1,191,660 24,113 Total 1,832 1,729,700 33,812 FOR MR. WALTERS. Personal Voters Proxies 1,487 1,193,860 24,147 Total 1,823 1,724,100 33,723 FOR MR. MORRISON. Personal Voters Proxies l9 37,180 537 Total 93,400 1,710 The CHAIRMAN then declared Messrs. Goodson, Packe, and Waddington to be ally elected. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Box asked if any of the unregistered shareholders had voted? Mr. T. ATKINSON, one of the scrutineers, said that not one of the unregistered shareholders bad voted, nor any person not entitled under the terms of the special act. A resolution was then submitted to the meeting, that the list of shareholders should be annually printed and sold to the proprietors for ls., on which a discussion en sued, and the resolution was ultimately negatived. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to a queation from Mr. Love, said that the payment of the dividends, in conse quence of the agitation that had occurred, could not take place before the 31st of March. Mr. LOVE expressed his dissent to such an answer, and said he was convinced there were other circumstances which prevented it than that stated by the Chairman. Turkeys, 4s 61 to Ss 6,1; Geese, 5s Od to 6s 61 each ; Ducks, 2s 6d to :Is Od ; wild do., Os Od to Os to Od ; rab bits, is to it Gd each ; Pigeons, 7.1 to 10d. each ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os 0.1 ; middling, 2s to 3s Od ; Chiekenn, 11 9d to 2s 3d ; Capone, 3s Gd to 4s ; Hares, 3s 01 to 4s 01 ; Grouse, Os Od to us to Od each ; Pheasants, Os 01 to Os 0.1 ; Partridges, Os 03 to Os to 04 ; Guinea Fowls, 3s Pd to 3s 6d ; Roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each. Ostend fresh butter, ile Gd to 12s Gd, and English Its 841 to 15s per dozen lbs. English eggs, Os Od to 10e 0d ; French do., 6s 03 to 7s 03 per 120. The CITAIR3IAN said that Ije considered he ought not to be prsssed to state the reason why the payment of the ( ividend bad been delayed. (Dissent.) Mr. LOVE said be considered it advisable to put the question, believing a dividend had been declared which had not been earned and which they had not the money to pay. (Hear.) He was ready to prove the truth of hie statement. The CHAIRMAN said he had no desire to withhold in formation from the meeting. From what Mr. Love had said it was necessary for the credit of the company that he (chairman) should give him an answer to his question, but which he thought would have been better far all if it had not been put to him. The election of directors had an effect on the money market, and he had been refused money by a firm in the City until the result of this meet ing was known. This company had a surplus revenue and could meet their engagements, and when tkat was knows, and that the engineer had reported the perma nent way was safe, notwithstanding what had been stated to the contrary, he thought the company's affairs would assume a different complexion. Although statements had been made of the bad state of the permanent way, the traffic for the first nine weeks of this year bad been 1,0001. a week more than that of the corresponding period of last year. (Cheers.) He complained of Mr. Love's conduct in impugning the correctness of the statements in the report, especially as it had been re ferred back fir the auditors to a; sin go over the accounts. Taey had done so, and confirmed their pre vious audit. Mr. NORMS thought it world be better for the credit of the company if the real tracts of their position were put forward. Such reservation as the chairman practised was highly el jectionable. lie contended tha account did not show they were in a position to legitimately pay the divi•lend recommended. Mr. BRUCE said that at the meeting in August last he opposed the then dividend, h., , causo he saw there were works and claims to be met which he knew could not be done if they paid the dividend, and in order to pay that dividend claims were put over for liquidation till the past half-year. He referred to the engineer's report that 150,000/. was required to put the permanent way ire au efficient state, and he (Mr. Bruce) had always contended that the permanent way should be properly kept in order, for on that greatly depended their work ing expenses, and the amounts they had to pay for compensation in cases of accidents. They had not the means of payin; this dividend, and he asked the meet ing net to sanction the payment of this dividend until the auditors had presented their revised statement of the accounts. Mr. LovE then proceeded to show that his state ment with regard to the state of the cotipany vim c)rrect, and entered into details to prove it, and said that he con,idered their diridend a fiction. He asked the chairman the amount of money required to meet the liabilitieA of the company unprovided for. The CHAIRMAN said that he was not bound to an swer the question,,the discussion being irregular ; but if it was the wish of the meeting he wou!d rniwer the question. Mr. LOVE repeated his question. The CHAIRMAN said there were no loans to be pro vided for except what were stated in the accounts. (Cheers.) He had been asked how they were to pay a dividend with so small an amount at their bankers ; and ke answered that question by reading the large sums due to the company from the Peat-ofEce and others, amount ing to upwards of 165,0001. It had been said the divi dend could not be paid ; but he stated the dividend would be paid. (Loud cheers.) Up to December they had 54,000/. at their banker.) and they had 80,0001. there now. Sir S. BIGNOLD, M.P., thought no good could come of this discussion. The meeting was An adjourned meet ing, to receive the declaration of the poll, and not to open up the question of the report. Ile moved that the meeting do now dissolve. The CHAIRMAN said there were many difficulties for them to overcome, and h• thought by using a little dis cussion at these meetings] they might easily be over come. The meeting now became very noisy, and it was with difficulty many of the speakers could be heard. Mr. Noanee moved, as an Amendment, that the audi tors be called upon to examine the accounts of the half year for August, 1855, and February, 185 t, and that they have access to the books of the company to pro duce a detailed account of the company's stock and stores. Mr. Lova seconded the amendment. The original motion for dissolving the meeting was carried. The meeting then separated. Mr. Saunders, of the Western Circuit, and Recorder of Devonport, has been appointed to the recordership of Ply►nouth, in the place of Sir William Carpenter Rowe, now Chief Justice of Ceylon. INCENDIARY FIRE.—On Wednesday morning a fire broke out at the Canklow flour mills, near Rotherham, belonging to Messrs. Moorhouse and Hague. The whole of the large roof fell in with a tremendous crash, and the fire raged with uncontrollable fury until the whole place, with the exception of the walls, was consumed. A very large quantity of grain in sacks and a good deal of flour were destroyed. Four pair of stones are comparatively uninjured. There is reason to fear that the fire was the work of an incendiary. This is the second flour-mill in this district which has been burnt down after sunset Within the last few weeks. THE FALL OF .BARS (From. the Times of this clay.) Among-the men of self-reliance who have strug gled alone amid adverse circumstances General Williams must hold a high place. His aggressive warfare against 'Turkish corruption is as brilliant as his subsequent defence of Kars against forces three times as :numerous as his town. As the reality of his position during the last three mouths of 1855 is disclosed, we wonder that any man should. have so persevered in befriending an un grateful ally and upholding a hopeless cause. We feel how natural it was to suppose that, if left un aided and unanswered, lie would, in a fie of anger or despair, deiert the charge which he had received from the Government of his country. We can appreciate the probability that if he remained he would only mix -uphis name 'with incapable gene rals and a broken army, and if be returned at all; only return to obscurity or to censure. When Col. Williams received the rank of Brigadier, and was deputed to advise the Turkish Commander-in-Chief in Asia, it was thougliC proper that he should re ceive Turkish military rank. He was to be appointed a Pasha, and to have the position of a general iu the .Ottoman army. Now, let it not be sup posed that such a distinction was totally new, that it shocked any prejudice, or that any long time or any great exercise of power vas necessary to obtain it. For years Turkey has had Pashas and Boys from every . quarter of Europe. For years Stamboul has swarmed with refugees and renegades with high rank in the Sultan's army. At the commencement of this war there was a crowd of British aspirants for such honours. A gentleman with a week's moustache, and looking about the last man in the world to regeneeate the Mussulman, would suddenly appear in the streets of Pera. He would wear the brilliant uniform of the Peckham Fencibles, or some such semi-warlike corps. His cap would be- that which adorns the body-guard of his Highness the Nawaub of Thiee gaper°, his rank of Colonel he would have earn e d' in the service of one of the late Governments of Nicaragua. Such a here found no difficulty iu approaching the Seraskier, armed with the strongest diplomatic recommendations, and a few hours were sufficient to convert him into an Ottoman General with a highly Oriental name. But no such speed was thought necessary in the case of the Queen's Commissioner, labouring in an endangered province for the good of a wasted army, and daily insulted by the vilest of mankind. On the 15th of Novem ber, after General Williams had been two months in Asia, Lord Stratford writes that lie has applied to Reschid Pasha that the rank of "Ferik" should be conferred on the Commissioner ; but there the matter rested. For two months longer, although General Williams was writing almost daily to com plain of the treatment he received, anclbis want of authority, no notice was taken at the British Em bassy. The Firman,whichcould have been obtained in half an hour by the English dragoman, was never asked for. It was no t un til General Williams, driven to desperation, had laid the Ambassador's neglect before the Foreign office, that Lord Strat ford condescended to write to him, and in a com munication not a little insolent and - bitter to in form him that his appointment as "Ferik" had been made. This despatch, —the first addressed by * the Ambassador to the Commissioner—bears date December 30. Well' might Lord Clarendon point out in indignant language to the Ambassador that, though a despatch from' the Embassy of November 15 announced that the appointment had been asked for, yet no steps had 'been taken to obtain it, and that, " knowing the necessity that General Wil liams should have rank in the Turkish army, in order to secure to him the respect and obedience required, his diploma of Ferik has not yet been sent to him, nor does he appear to have been in formed that the rank was conferred upon him." " General Williams, " says the Foreign Secretary, " was surrounded by traitors and robbers; and stood in need of all the encouragement that her Majesty's could afford him." Lord Stratford's maid defence is that lie had, whiledeclining to notice the Commissioner, done all that was necessary with the. Turkish Govern ment. Iu justice to the Ambassador's diplomatic talent, we must say that he does not fail to keep up appearances ; but we think there will lee few* deceived by such obvious precautions. That in despatches to the Foreign-office General Williams should be spoken of once or twice as a " zealous" and " meritorious!' person is no more than might be expected. Lord Stratford was n o t v er y likely to make himself appear beforehand the opponent of the man whose failure might be more effectually compassed by quiet neglect. So also the Ambas sador now calls in his dragoman to prove that cer tain propositions have„been submitted to the Porte. He puts 13 questionsi;which M. Pisani duly answers in a satisfactory manner, and questions and answers are then transmitted to London. 'What Lord Clarendon thinks of this notable defence may bo learnt from the despatch 'we have already quoted. He says, " Your Excellency's despatch has re ceived the careful consideration of ber_Majesty's Goeernment, and 1 have to inform you that it ap pears by M. Pisani'; replies to your Excellency's queries that, with the exception of some ball car tridges, little or nothing seems to have been sent to the relief of the army_ at Kars." The supplies which the Ambassador had declared he had asked for it was acknowledged were never sent, and the medical stores were proved to have beep worthless, Lord Clarendon then, having glanced over the other assertions of Ambassador about letters of reprimand and approval having been addressed to various Turks, says with vehemence,—" But this is all that has been done for the relief of the army, notwithstanding the repeated and urgent. remon strances of.her Majesty's Government." He then concludes with a sentence in which. these words ,occur :—" Her Majesty's Government cannot but regret the silence observed by your Excellency to wards Gen. Williams, and they can well understand thediscouragement and mortification he must have felt at receiving no-acknowledgment of his 54 de spatches, accompanied by private letters, for he looked to your Excellency as his natural protector." Such is Lord Clarendon 's judgment on all the de fence which Lord Stratford had to offer then—on all -he has to offer now. The reprobation of the Foreign-office will, we think, be acquiesced in by every man who reads the documents now published, and, when we consider that Lord Clarendon wrote long before Kars was invested or General Williams a man of note, it will be plain how deeply blame able the offence MustThave appeared. The mise rable pleas of the Ambassador about h'i's intention to answer all General Williams's • despatches at once, and about the unpunctuality of the Trebi zondeSteamer, Lord Clarendon does not condescend to notice. General Williams hating dared to appeal to the Home Government, Lord Stratford could no longer conceal his resentment. Even the common-place epithets of approbation usual in official documents wholly cease. The Ambassador, alter a silence of. mouths, addresses the Commissioner. He sends the fir man which appoints him Ferik. This letter is in the driest official tone, without ono word of apology or regret,—without any mention of the reasons for delaying to reply which he had urged to Lord Clarendon. It ends with a sneer. General Williams had been ill-received by the Turks and grossly insulted by a certain Shukri Pacha, He had also complained of another, Kerim Pacha, but the latter had subsequently become more civil, and given assistance to the Commissioner, who had written to indicate the change. Lord Clarendon had instructed,ifte Ambassador to demand the re call of Shukri Pasha. The Ambassador obeyed, and thus announces the fact to General Williams : ..._.,‘ I have demanded the recall of Shukri Pasha, at the risk of your seeing reason to change your mind concernieg him, as in the instance of Kerim Pasha." One or two meagre messages are de spatched from the Embassy to the Commissioner within the next two months, and then follows in order of time a most remarkable document. It will be remembered that Lord Stratford had denied ' any coolness 11 - This support of the Commissioner. It was, he asserted, quite by accident that he had not written to him, it was an accident that he bad not accredited him, it was an accident th at he had not obtained his appointment of "Ferik." But now, two months later, we see fully the animus of his lordship displayed. On the 19th of February Lord Stratford writes to the Foreign-office. Under the form of asking for information, he brings the a gainst General Williams. Be it gravest charges observed that the General had been more than five months with the army, and had, as f ar as we can learn, on ly received three communi ca ti on s from Lord Stratford during the whole time ; they are all short, contain not a word of advice, not a word of warning, not a word to indicate approval or the contrary; Yet the Ambassador, without the' slightest intimation to a man who, to use General Williams's own words, had " served him for so many years," thinks fit to send to the Foreign. office the heaiiest, and we believe the most un founded, charges against him. He wishes to be . informed, he says, hat General Williams's powers are. "It is not enough for one to know in general terms that Brigadier-General Williams is a military officer instructed to act as her Majesty's Commis sioner with the army at Kars." General Williams had endeavoured to make reforms, and Lord Strat ford would like to know by what authority he does these things. Then follows a roll of accusations. The Com missioner asserts a right of being obeyed, of sug gesting the punishment or removal of officers, 11.0 correction of abuses, the introduction of improve ments, the direction of operations. If this be his position, Lord Strafford does not see in what he ,London & N. West . L. &N. W. E. Un. E. C (.31t.Nrtr.n E. Count Caldouishu Gt. NI cot!. VI. Now. & Bor w. Y. &N M Do Do . ZasterT Do Pete & Co [Norfolk Az N. W. Midld. Stekton St Darlingt. Midland-1 En. Conn. . Count Do Do L. k N.W Do Cat Northui Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey 111.31C1eae Stockt. barlingt Do I (4tWeetn. 94 - 96 94 - U - 13 4 1 ... 4i .6. 103 •- 105 13 - 23; - 24 1071 - 112 24 - 91 - P in 55 ON ...... ••• 12= 134 7} - 71 32 - :43 83 - 85 NE WPORT. Beef from 3s 01 to 4s 2 , 21 ; mutton, 38 2il to 4s 21 ; Teal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; pork, Ss 4a to 4. 8d per Sibs. WfiITECHAPEL. BPef, from 3s Od to 43 Od ; mutton, 33 to 4s 2d ; veal, 33 &I to 43 8d ; pork, 33 2:1 to 4s 8d per Blbs. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6d to 208 ; Brills, 2s to lOs each; Salmon, 2s Od to 3s 6d per lb ; Cod Fish, 21 0(1 to 10s each; Soles, 6(1 to 2s 31 per pair; Eels, 8,1 to is per lb; Lobsters, Os 61 to 3s 6d ; Crabs, lid to 3s Od - ' Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 12s to 25s ; Natives, 411 s to —a per bsh ; Mackerel, 50s to GOs per 100 ; Smelts, Is 0,1 to 2e Gd per doz.; Skate, Gd to Od per lb; Shrimps, is lid to 2s Gd per gallon: Bloaters lOs Od to Os Otl per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, Os 01 to Os per 100; Scotch do., 61; Sprats, 85 01 to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, 11 01 to 7s each ; Haddocks, 4s to 15s per doz. ; Pike 6,1; Sturgeon, Gd per lb ; Prawns, 3; Od ts, 4s; Mullets, 61 to 28 Gd each ; Plaice, Gd to is each ; Halibut, 61 per lb ; Flounders, lo 3d to 11 Gd per duz. ; Trout, is per lb. BREAD. The prices of whoaten bread in the metropolis are from 3tl to Sid; of honsehold ditto, 7id to 84d por 4 lb leaf. RIDES AND SKIN. Market hides, 591 b to 641 b, 3-id to Od ; 641 b to 721 b, 31d to 4d ; 721 h to 801 b, 4 to 41d ; 801 b to 8,06, to 4A,1 • 881 b to 9Slb, 4 to ; 961 b to 1041 b, 46,1 to 4id ; 10411, to 1121 b —d to —d ; upwards, —d to —d ; Horse hides, 6* Od to Os Od ; calf skins, light, 2* 0 i to 3s Od ; ditto, full, 64 01 to 6* 6d ; ; Polled Sheep, 7,3 6,1 to 10s 0d ; Keats, 6* lid to 84 3,1 ; Half-brads, 6361 to Ss 3d ; Downs, 5s 3d to 64 6,1; Lambs, Os Od to Os oa ; Shearlings, 18 Od to is 2d. HAY MARKETS. SMITLIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 41 Is to 51 158; clover do., 41 108 to 61 158; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 9s per load. A fair avernges supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 41 5s to 51 158; clover do., 41 $s to 61 128 ; and straw, 11 ns to It loi per load. Both hay and straw moved off elowiy, at late rates. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow 11,y, 4/ 4s to Si 158 ; clover do., 41 58 to 61 15s ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 98 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) i.ormovt, Mich B.—Wiud thus day at noon, W. ; dull weather. PORTSNIOUTII, March 7.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived— Simla (s. tpt.), from Constantinople ; Dee, Wool. with. `•.•:OUTIIAMFTON, March 7.—Arrived—Ann Powell, from Loudon, for Valparaiso. Sailed—Argo, for the Back Sea ; Tagus, Gibraltar, Sc. FALMOUTH, March 7. —Wind F. —Arri ved—Fontahellr, from laur,t,i US ; Fortuna, Oporto, with loss of bowsprit, cutwatar, head, &c., from contact with a large outward bound steamer, off the Lizard, during the night. CORK, Male] G.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Azoff, from St. John's, N.B. PLYMOUTH, March 7. —Wind E. by N.—Arrived—Union, from Jacuiel, for Hamburg. Sailed—H.M..S. Hawk, for the West Indies. CARDIFF, March 7.—Wind Gefion, Porto Rico ; Southern°, St. Mark's ; Curt, Havana ; taquia, Cape do Verds. WINTERTON, March 7.—The brig Ocean, of and for London, from Shields, struck on the Hasbarough s an d this morning and was abandoned on her broadside, with S. feet of Water in boa hold. The master and four mon landed hore, the remainder of the crew supposed to have landed at Yarmouth. (Mom.—See Yarmouth paragrapb.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 25. A. heavy gale from the Westward was experienced here last week, and many losses and casualties are reported among the shipping. The Red Rose, with coal, is likely to become a wreck. The ship Lucinda Sears, of Now York, is reported to be on shore and also likely to become a wreck. Many ships have been in collision, losing bowsprits, spars, &c., and others dragged their anchors half way up the Bosphorus. (PIM ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived.—Ann Powell, from London; ljespaich (s.), Jersey ; Express (e.), Havre. Sailed.—South-Western and Wonder, (s.), for Jersey; Atalanta., (s.), Havre ; Le Coq, and Georges, Cherbourg. LINEIgOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.W. _ _ Arrived.—Sehattion, from New Orleans. Sailed.—Jarerniah Thompson, for Boston ; Caroline, Marseilles ; Hermann, Frederica, .111:zeppa, and Charente, for Melbourne ; Trader, Antwerp ; Ealinton (s.s.), Varna; Georg© and Ann, Buenos Ayres. BY SUBMARINE ANI) BRITISH TELEIRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.10 a.m. Wind W. ; cloudy; tide, first hour's flood. Sailed.—Bowditch, for Boston. DEAL, Saturday, 9.43 a.m. Wind N.W., Passed, AI arch 7. —John Pearse, for Genoa ; Marley Hill (tpt. 169), Balaklaya ; Coerte Cornelius, Constanti• nople ; Sandford, New Zealand; Coruubia, Hobart Town —all for London. CRYSTAL PALADE, March 7.—ONE SHILLING DAY. —Admissions on payment, 628 ; ditto by season tickets, 199.—Total, 827. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—The Pauinsu• lar and Oriental Company's steam-shin Tagus, Captain Weeks, left this day, with the usual Peninsular mails, a general cargo ; specie for Lisbon, 9.6,570/. ; for Cadiz, 4,700 f. ; and 21 passengers, amongst whom were Capt. Brett, Dore, aid Freeling, for Gibraltar. MEDICAL STAFF OF TAE TURKISH CONTINGENT.—i public dinner was given at Kertch on the 14th ult. by the Medical Staff of the Turkish Contingent to the In spector-General, Dr. Macpherson. It took place in a room lent for the occasion by Captain Fitzclarence, of the 10th Hussars. The chair was occupied by Dr. Vaughan, and about 80 guests were present. After the usual toasts to the Queen and Royal family, the healths of the Emperor of the French, the Sultan, and General Vivian were successively proposed and duly honoured. The toast of the evening—" The Health of Dr. Mac pherson"—was then given, and received very enthusias tically. That gentleman acknowledgel the compliment in appropriate terms, and referring to the cordiality which had prevailed between the army and the Turkish people, said that the connection would do much t o brin g about a social regeneration of that people. Dr. Simpson, of the 31st, in acknowledging the toast of "Our Brother Officers of the Army and Navy," said he longed for the opportunity when her Majesty's troops and the Turkish Contingent would take the field together, as he was sure they would distinguish themselves against the common enemy. "The Health of the Deputy-Inspec tor-General," " The Surgeons of the French army," and other toasts connected w)th the occasion concluded the entertainment, WiltAf_;omrst PREFERENCE SHARES. St. i 100 A berdeen I 112 116 qt. 100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. c... I ... -- ••• St. 100 Do. Debentures ... B2 86 x 5 all EtlythandTyne tepee c. pref. (iced. A t SCI ... -• • • St. 100 &is. & Ex. 4p.c. St A 2 -94 20 [ 5 Do. 4p. c. 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"New Shares" pm all Peel Rr. Ld. & 21 - 21 50 all Peninsular& Oriental -64 i 50 10 Do. New 2 all Portland Iron Co - .„ 100 60 Royal Mail Steam , 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 - 11 1 1 Ditto New 25 all South Austral. Land 35 - 36 I a 1 Submar. Tel. Scrip - 1. 20 all Do. Registered. - 1 15 5 i'rust& L. Co.U.Can. . 100 28a Grab Diemen'. Laud 141 14 VlGOlOP•OojantanlY 111 is I 92 s 7'o 6 154 52 lla 11 11i 11 f Iti ~- ..,. differs from a Commander-in• Chief. " The Porte, most certainly does not put this construction on the authority with which he is invested, nor have so read my instructions." "I venture to ask whether the tone which he has assumed, the ab ruptness cf his charges, the violence of his threats, the dictatorial spirit which, according to his own account, has generally characterised his proceed ings,",,aro, authorised by the spirit of his in structions from home. He cannot, he says, ". conceal from the Turks" that General Williams . is.ignorant of the native languages and of the manner of conducting operations in the field. 'ln fact, the Ambassador proclaims the Queen's Com missioner to be incapable, vain, quarrelsome, and tyrannical. What, then, becomes of the one or two favourable epithets he had previously applied to him.? When the General was new to his post, when he was beitib insulted with iuipunity by the " traitors and robbers" whom Lard Clarendon speaks of, when he seemed likely to submit meekly to the contempt of so great a personage as an Am bassador, and to sink without a struggle into ob scurity, Lard Stratford could cheaply say a word or two that might remain on record about the Com missioner's " excellent intentions ;" but when, after nearly six months' toil, be was winning the position 'which afterwards gave him the power of accom plishing a noble feat of arms, then the Ambassador feels it necessary to appear in his true colours, and to endeavour to obtain by open accusation what he had failed to accomplish by more secret means In fact, by the despatch of February his whole pre vious Conduct is explained. General Williams was the same man who was appointed six months ear lier'; and all his lordship's objections, if well founded, should have been stated half a year be fore. The indictment now sent home proves but one thing-.—that all the Ambassador's former de clarations as to the good faith of the assistance he rendered, all his excuses for his neglect of the Com missioner, are equally baseless. From the whole course of his conduct we easily learn that he was as hostile in September as he was in February. Naval and Military Intelligence. A court-martial is ordered to assemble on Monday at Portsmouth, to try Commander F. Warren and Mr. Herbert, the master of her Majesty's late steam-sloop Polyphemus, for the loss of that vessel in the Baltic last month. Mr. J. Iloskina;` solicitor, of Gosport, is en gaged to assist Commander Warren. The Dee steam-vessel, Mister Commander Pullen, ar rived at Portsmouth yesterday morning from the east ward with boilers and machinery for the ships fitting out. The Resistance troop-ship, Master Commander Hall, was taken int') the fitting-basin at Portsmouth yesterday for repaiFs and to be docked. The Comet steam-tug , left port yesterday, to convey two gun-boats from Pembroke: There were no movements in the fleet Yesterday. -The steam-transpert Simla, one of the 'Peninsular and Oriental Company's fleet, Captain T. H. Russell, arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon, at 4 a'olook from the East. She left Malta on the 29th ult., and has brought Lieut. J. F. Wilkinson, of the Turkish Centingent ' • Lieut. Heydock, of the 90th Regiment ; Mr. Castle, from Scutari ; Lieut. Maude, of the 15th Hussars ; Major Stoddart, of the Turkish Contingent ; Captain Barrow, of the 3d Dragoon Guards ; Lieut. Hartopp, of the Royal Eforiie Guards Blue ; Major Bar narrL of the Turkish Contingent ; Surgeon Crowley, of the Osmanli Cavalry ; 111 military invalids (81 from Scutari, and 30 from Renkiei) ; 10 Government carpen ters, Messrs. Boyle, Bloxam, midshipmeu R.N. ; Mrs, Worry and dauzirter ; 5 second class passengers, 7 deck. passengers, 29 naval invalids, and 10 couvale so-nts—totat passengers, 190. Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., joined her Majesty's ship Victory yesterday, and succeeded Captain . G. T. Gordon as flag captain to Vic-Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, G.C.H., &e. The hired steam transport Earl of Durham, No. 230, Captain Reed, with huts for the army and with stores from the Royal William Victualling-yard, left Plymouth on Thursday for Constantinople and Balaklava. The barque Shanghai, Captain P. Logan, 61 days from the Caps of Good Hope, laden with wool, landed a small nail at Plymouth on Thursday. The General Screw Company's steam-ship Hydaapes, Captain Hyde, trasport No. 87, will sail from South ampton this day; with four officers, 129 men, and 200 horses of the D troop of the Royal Horse Artillery. This vessel*Conveys five serjeants of the 88th Regiment ; .Mr. Legard, of the Land Transport Corps ; Captain Parriugton, 19th Regiment; and Major Helebut, 19th Regiment ; besides others, including tour clerks of the Commissariat Department. The Argo sailed yesterday morning with troops and horses for the Crimea. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Great Western, frau sport No. 6, is under orders to restive horses and troops for conve , ance to the Baltic on the 12th inst. Her Majesty's stea,iner Reds *Ailed from Liverpool for Portsmouth yesterday, accompanied by the Brave and Beacon, two of the new iron gun-boats,. recently built by Mr. Laird. The gun-boats bad steam up, and sailed with the Hecla. Her Majesty's' steamer Geyser still remains at anchor in the Mersey, but she will escort several other boats to Portsmouth in a few days. The Sarah Saloom screw-steamer sailed on Thursday from Liverpool direct for the Crimea with detachments of troops and officers, including Captain H. Mercer, Captain Grylles, Lieutenant Still, Lieutenant De Vitt nes, Assistant-Surgeon Bradshaw, and a veterinary surgeon, all of the ROyal Artillery. The brig Sappho, 12, from Chao ha a, arrived at Ply mputh on Wednesday, bound to the West Coast of Africa. Her Majesty's steamer Firefly, Captain peter, Failed from Woolwich on Thursday morning for the Baltic. Tke Marley Hill, hired-transpor. hai loft Woolwich. wilt a largo cargo of general victualling stores Lir Malta aid Const.antincph.. Second Lieute . nan t Pascoe, Woolwich division of Royal Marines, bag been proni ,, ted as First Lieutenant, vide Nasln, appointed to the Land Transport Corps. The launch of the despatch gun-boat Surprise took place on Tbersday morning at Messrs. Wigram's build ing-yard, Blackwall, whence she will be conveyed to the East India Dock to be rigged and fitted for service. The Surprise will carry seven guns of the following descrip tion Twig '6B.pounders, four 32's, and oao 32 pivot gun. Her registered tonr,age is 850 tons. The Royal Artillery at Ipswich, under the command of Captain W. A. Middiet , n, consisting of one captain, one second captain, three lieutenants, one assistant.sur goon, eight serjeant, five corporals, seven bombardiers, one farrier, seven Shoeing-smiths, three collar-makers, four wheelers, 185 gunners and drivers, two trumpeters, and 239 horses, have been put under orders for active cervice as a gun ammunition reserve.' _ _ The Cormorant gun•vassel has been Commissioned by Commander Bowden, and is ordered to be fitted for sea at Chatham. The Wanderer, screw despatch vessel, Commander J. P. Luce, now fitting at Chatham, is or.lered to pro ceed to Sheerness, wher.ce she will sail next week. The Mars, 80, screw steamer, is ordered to be fitted for sea with all possible despstcb, and she will be ready to sail in the course of a few weeks. In ccnsequence of a representation made to her Ma j.sty and his Royal Higheese Prince Albert by Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps ti.at the contemplated addition of a ewiminieg bath to the other advantages of the Royal Navel School at New•crose, in which so large a num ber v.f the eons of naval ofliccre Red others ere edu cated for the united serviees, would be productive of great benefit to the pupils, several of whom have fallen in the service of their country during the pre sent war, Cul. Phipps has forwarded to Mr. Eames, the secretary, a donation of 201. from the Queen, and 201. from the Prince Consort. As a proof of the in terest felt by the Queen in all that cencerns the wel fare of the navy and army, we may add that her Majesty and the Prince of \Vales have, in virtue of former munificent contributions, each a gratuitous nominee in • this school, the foundation stone of which was laid by Prince Albert in 1843: Some spacious buil:Hogs are. tieing added to the war department of the Arsenal, Woolwich, the walls of which are being raised with alacrity. An establieh ment for filling and making composition for cartridges is in course of erection, under a contract with Messrs. Cubitt and Co. Four hundred labourers and mechanics have been incessantly employed since the building was commenced three weeks ago, and have pushed the works forward. with the utmost activity to complete the undertaking in fire weeks. A. contract has just been signed by Mr. George Smith, of Pimlico, with her Majesty's Government for erecting an extensive rocket factory, with engine and boiler houses, &c., in the marshes adjacent to the Arsenal, • after. a joint design drawn by Mr. David Murray, the newly-ap pointed Goverament builder, and Lieutenant-Colonel. Denison, R.E. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty Captain the Hon. J. W. S. Spencer, to the Firebrand, vice Captain Inglefield, appointed to the Sidon ; Lieu tenant B. P. Gresham (Additional), to the Waterloo ; H. P. Campbell, Midshipman to the Bulldog • James Peake, M as t er ' s A ss i s t an t t o th e C oqu ett e ; Edward H. Cotterill, Acting Clerk to the Colossus; J. C. Higginson,. Assietaat Clrrk to the CmQar. The following officers bays been appointed to the command of gun-boats : Lieutenant C. J. Rowley, to the Magnet; Lieutenant W. Arthur, to the Manly; Lieutenant W. F. John4on, to the Mastiff; Lieutenant F. Harvey, to the Mistletoe; • Lieutenant W. F. Bridged, to the Brazen ; Lieutenant E. Hardinge, to the Brave ; Lieutenant W. E. Wilson, to the Hardy ; Lieutenant N. Salmon, to the Ant ; and Lieutenant W. Howorth, to the Angler. Tart COMMON SER4EANT.--Sir Walter Riddle, of Lin. coin's inn, recorder of Maidstone and Teaterden, is also a candidate for the vacant appointment of Common Sergeant, in addition to Mr. Prendergast. SOLID Swiss PARQUETEZIE.—The solid Swiss par qneterie, which is gradually becoming known in Eng land, promises to supply a want. It is made solid throughout, and every portion of the ornamental tvoods forming the patterns is grooved and tongued together and jointed with marine glue. It can thus be fixed im mediately upon the joists when applied for flooring, ren dering underflooring unnecessary. This parqueterie has also the advantage of being much lower in price than the ordinary veneered work which has hitherto been it' use. Being manufactured by machinery and in large quantities, a great reduction in its cost has been ob tained, and it can be supplied in London at prices com mencing from Is. per foot super. It is now being laid at the house L oaf the Turkish Ambassador, among othe places. It seems only right that we should make it kporin to our readers,—The Buildcr. tate§ ar on 2 the r an• d io Lord Donv th• ipOn ited. mna ma bat ►nd 6/. ich 10 hill ler FOB,: :GN• 92j 3 120 61 i 7k 99i 9 100 131 6 61 I 73 201 51i 3} 31 8 i i 53 1 A