The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-18 00:00:00

e been cz• relative to domains. ei finished 11 to ()miff :lath, one of as lodged a against the , 10 A.M. as arrived, of March, zdfic. .mpton, a' It, and the was passed Ts of war• ►bers stated rence to vessels were :;rican coar►' ) the editor ,hat he W Unlit a pro rican quo' ,hat such s ian. the 1161'ald in the Cabi' ich appeared 2, proposing to suppres s roposed els° England and , and to put ed American d in the case otracted aee • I tc received ult. report a favour of , and on the Cruz that If ;y would he the city not d. fire on it, eriODS were as done to igate Pene uchored be °thing fur• tho war nit the Da' the Castle five shots nt and four a the mean' i. the castle, killing and Lail-past five Y• to the 290 7as well tte' ars had a4j ate that the iscussions of belligerent, is no proba - , ❑d America. wing easier. uer cent. for tock market to 91 per thout quot- i per barrel) ket. r, with less :ARCH 11. pacific just .e for wardea 4,500 mou 'rorn persons ear the very bigh state Of to Sir Johu tention, not o their corn soldiers, but 'selves, and The depar exhilarating , hurrahing, u to a fight. sent to the .k. among tho Tian Legion, loci. Peace nong ofllcer 3 person,tl in vg humour,. do not have 3d to erect r of the bre- Eastern ex be raised by rvices. The led to with zuishes the [alta. The [ea, and will feet long by tons. Mr. nerly was to • the brigade :heir passing 6lld to collect be found of Lem interred Drt Admiral, confined to st efficiently nergetic Sir so eminently now, in the ie fleet, and Ecient state. ,100 of the flaying their She brought s having oh- I'S to procure .ssel. They from Italy. itted, for a tit and mac xport duty. ed, we shall cattle from vas said had is, is still in mgcr in the lie charge of Firebrand, th. a invalided, lieutenant 5 two -mean id one in the ► put back, can d'Acre, one grade ; aore flatter ler spoke is ed to be the Tean d'Acre en route at vith her the Constauti- yard, passed w steamers h all sort of !, from the should they of work for and if only lust realise from Liver- ling. ) birth of a )oleos 111., iceivecl with eople. King Polenzo, French re dons." the Asiatic the restitu ssians. The ill evacuate will be re lanteuffel of the fire ~~~ 1%. 111 N t3l AI AND • COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed 'without animation, in the absence of advices from the United State?. The sales were at the full prices of last week, and comprised 7,000 to 8,000 bales : 330 Bahia, 6d. to 6d. ; 350 Egyptian, G.A. to Bd. ; 500 Surat, 4,id. to 4id. ; and 200 Sea Islands, 100. to is. 7d. per lb. The Railway Share Market Was quiet, and transactions were at lower rates. Commercial accounts from France state that there has not been any sensible alteration in trade generally during the last week. On all sides there is a suspension of business beyond the demands for actual consumption until the proclamation of peace. Meanwhile, in Paris there are many important orders in hand on Russian account, and large pur chases have been made at Lyons, having the same d estination. It appears that the coronation of the Emperor Alexander 11. is to take place in Juno next, and those Russian nobles who have no doubt ae to the re-establishment of peace have begun already t° prepare for the occasion by ordering expensive 'licks of French manufacture. The Russian fancy w arehouses g Irin having been completely exhausted the war, they are now replenishing their stocks. Still, trade is dull, and the manufacturers are not fully employed. One cause, and an impor tant one, which affects this, is the difficulty of ob taining capital to assist commercial operations. T his will be understood, when it is stated that e sPitalists are little disposed to invest their money St 6 per cont.—which is the current rate of in terest—when they can employ their funds for 15 d s3a or a month on the Bourse, at the rate of 12, 20 , and even 30 per cent. By the last steamers fr om the United States some heavy orders have arrived for Parisian and provincial manufactures. Money is said to be abundant at New York, and the last shipments of wares from France, and. e ther European ports, met with a good mar ket. ThroughoUt the country there has been 1, 4 general rise in prices of tissues of all L . 441 ( 18 , and purchasers, fearing that there ntay be a f urther rise as the spring advances, have given t heir orders for the usual novelties of the season ea rlier than was anticipated. The manufacturers el . Lyons and St. Stephen's, especially, have made 4 further advance in their prices of articles for consumption in the Indies and America. At l t Quen and Alsace the trade and manufactures of g eneral merchandise are quieter than in other ranches, and speculation has given place to the r:luirements for legitimate business only. There was an adjourned meeting this day of the Gartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, °en the resolution for applying for a supplement arY charter, red ucing the capital not below 400,0001., vfa es confirmed unanimously. The inquiry f o r discount accommodation in Lom bard-street and at the Bank of England has abated, a " on the Stock Exchange advances can be pro cured on much less onerous terms than have recently bee n paid. Until the 29th inst. when further in litainients have to be provided on the new loan 444 funding, the money market will no doubt be i c t °lll Paratively easy, and should the several vessels, With to be on the way from Australia, arrive ith the supplies of the precious metals expected, increased confidence will b© felt. There is a less acti ve demand for shipment to the Continent. It l nientioneci as a rather singular circumstance, e wever, that notwithstanding the Bank of France 81314 chaeing gold in London gold coin is arriving her e from the French capital. ip ::-,,, he English Funds are again very, heavy and an att empt has been made to produce a downward i ll i le l'ement by some influential dealers. Prices, l e lvever, have not materially declined; being only 4 sPer cent. lower than at the official close of busi tess Yesterday. Consols for money have been 911, 0 c :, 2 , and since 92,1. For the account they were 17, 4 and the present values are about 921 to 4 "'Scrip is 21 premium. Ex - chequer Bills are ls. India lle y'unt to 2s. premium, and the Bonds are 98g. Bonds have receded to 10s. discount. there is less firmness in the market for Foreign ec urities. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 98, and the l Per Cents. are 100 a. In Sardinian Bonds there have been several dealings at an improves nierlt of to per cent., the prices ranging from 92 to 927,-. Spanish Deterred Bonds have been 25 (' 25 1, and the Committees' Certificates 61 ke Rus sian t 5 per Cents. are 1031 to 104. Mexican c)n ds 20f, and Peruvian 4 per Cents. 79. b utch 21 per Cents. brought 631, and the 4 per e, s'ent e , 9 0. tt The following are the nominal prices of Foreign :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 71 ; Mexi can,i- I 20; Peruvian, 79 81 ; ditto 3 per : ilts .) 56 8 Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; • ; ' ll .ln 5 per Conte., 102 4 ; ditto , A per Cents., 4 1 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 441 Cek diqo rr scl, 25 4 ; ditto Certificates, 6 i ; ditto Passive,. 4z. l e ?he English Reilway Shares lrave slightly given and the transactions have been limited. The Ar~de)er!ign lines are also weaker, and Belgian have I ned in consequence of parties realising their 4,1 Z't, r t s- The Canadian lines are dull. 14 1-i ning, Banking, and other shares are quiet at t it previous prices. _ ti-, — “SEI FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (Prom the Ovieioa Lint.) a susflu.‘ done. tifi ' ! ( lent. Consols Annaities 93 1f 21 2 a ~.,. . _ o ,„ T _ ; sonag, licoo ..................10 d ^•+, ?or ,Nceoullt. E Ditto Scrip 2:1 P Zehequer Bills 20. £lOOO 1 T. p 1 d 2 p .t5BO •••••••••• ••• •••• Ipld 2 p bygrasli 1 p 1 d 2 p „ s ltto R em , s, N. ISSS, 31 per Cent. 9Ba -ito, 1 859 PitICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. 11 4 eii i ! 44 Now Active, 11 per Ceut. 1 ) `;•Ti 3 per Cent. Peru.' Acconit 2oi 1). 1411 Bonds 41 per Cent ti luo l 'to Account T N - 7 41 1 Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, 1.-.; St lO4 4 ...., i t k lm. to 44 per Cent "an Pnol, 5 per Cent. DittoSri Ae ' coun . rii!ii bo.d s 3 per Cent Di tto Account L 'tto F Deferred, 3 leer Cent. Dit to evi , Ditto Account lik ijit t o Passive Tt ll ' Bll Committee Cert. of Coup. n'.)t fun 6/ 1 6 ki D tt. 4 ' ), Bonds, 6 per cent — O Account 93 1 7i 3 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent........, — Account bu •'" . raChati :iyidendo s on 21 per the abov e Cent ~ pay 12 Gull 631 in Londo ' l, g, 'At i per Cent. Certificates e THREE O'CLOCK. Console, money - bitto Account, April 10 Iti ti C).CI TIIAMPTON AND ITS REPREMLNTA.TIVES IN PARLIA th e 3 - The following resolution will be submitted to s this corpor Town Council to-morrow, iz " hank of c orporation are due, and ar e hereby ai ti ", to B. M. Willcox, Esq., for his consistent oppo emPa to the Government Police Bill. That this corpo de take the earliest opportunity of expressing their regret and strong disapprobation of the conduct of tot lexande Cockburn in supporting the obnoxious th a -811 re, such support being given in open defiance of i o u nanimous o pinion of his constituents, as expressed krAuhlic meeting, and at this council board." Both Willcox and Sir Alexander Cockburn are repre letives of Southampton. tel o tiic iple.—On Sunday a man named Griffiths, a pan his-,.°,13 at various theatres, committed suicide by cutting , ! ero a , t. Deceased had for some time resided in Va be t h ille 'Place Webber-street, Blackfriars-road. He bad tri t o 7,,lttich depressed in mind by the failure of the thea- R a ; lB eason at Preston, at which town he bad an en ae:tlaent, and though on bis return to London ho got hii p ' e ll a gageneent at a serial weekly salary his mind still lott h . re d much affected. On Sunday morning his wife itp ja bed with a child about three years ()id, and ll'arC her absence deceased nearly severed his head from fe l m ." ° dY with a razor. Pecuniary difficulties, and the to p u l f ali c ) eing his situat . ion, appear to have induced him T ri end to his existence. fort SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL.—Tbi; institution, OreC r eception of poor women and children, situate in ai th ar d - street, Portman-equare, held yesterday the eat,, - I ,"„ a nnual general meeting, in the hoard-room of the % L . l 7'h trl en t ; th e Rev. H. Albrd, 8.D., minister of there Chapel, in the chair. The report showed that and `:,"Pital continued to extend its beneficial influence, t o „:', l4 e favourable esteem it which it was held by those ti, a " t uoni its doors were open was attested by the fact ev a i l d a li ring the past year nearly 1000 patients had themselves of the benefits of medical advice, relpoere, midwifery, attendance, Laby linen, Sze. The tchic t ha ving been unanimously adopted, and the re to business transacted, a vote of thanks was passed e " V • chairman and the proceedings concluded. ~L Shr. ~IIQ 3 3 ,too 5 5 20 10 20 16 CO 11 E fel A iiJ 1: (T.IIIS DAY.) _~~~. RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Price: this day 2,7 - .. 81 -- 8i 15i- i4 14 - 5 wl - 7; 601. ej: fi 7 )1 ... .....' ••• 7 1 - 8 14 - 15 9!• - 9;1 33 -- 35 23 - 25 73 - 75 58 - 60 25 - 26 ••• "."- • 84 - 86 6?; - 7 92 - 93 78 - SO '2O -- 122 104 - 106 621 63 70 - 73 6 - 7 5; ( 83i - £1 7i 7. 100 I.o' 1001 1130 i id par. d. r pa: . J 93 94 ... ....' A V .•. Fl 4 - 7L - 72 42 - 44 •.. ...... •*' 11 - 13 50 - 52 3i 3;(1 301 31:2 76i - 77:3 -5:• 4 - 15i - 55 5G 68 -. 90 - . - 10 Z 27 - 29 1 04 - 106 75 - 77 45 - 47 )3; 68 - 69 68 - 70 4 - 2 1 , 12; - I 24 --- 36 1 ••• •• •• ....".. 19 - 20 3i 7a !Paid.] 7+Tottng. Bout. Eastn. 13 ? .ifagt & I 'menu lirrnlrig. We Ive rh e Stour Valley Lancsh. cU Cheshire Junct...... }o. & Birk £5O and £25 Cone Myth .g.z. Tyne origins. V. 7 :5 (iasd. at .£41.; Bristol and Exeter.— .7.aladonian Cann. and Cardigan Cheater Oz. Holyhead. Cork and Bandon._ cork, Black, & Pas' Cornwall Do. A Do. B Crie T Debin&BelfastJunc. Dun. P. dr Aber. Joe. East Avglian Eastern Counties.. ' Tll i01:1, De., B. Steen Do., New A East Kent ~ asst Lancashire Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth i Durd., ir, r o & Clyde Jan ;. Furness. no. Extension.. Glasgo w &S. Wcst , Great N. of Scotlnd. ;Great Northern _ Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. Jr, Wost.(lro, Great Western Do, Stour Val. Rsi Gus,. Stk. . fri.sh South-Ena'i.ertt. 7,:•,..neaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds DO. Now Thirds r.sneasli.and:York3ii )0., Viet.idingUn Lie.Crsby..&Soutlipt London Ff. r.rackwall Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Land. and N. Westr, Vifthe D 0.1.0 Z. Oh., M&B_C Do. Eighths London and.B. West: , Do., £5ll. Do., £4O. Ludndrrya, Colerain , r.ndudrr7. Manch.Shef.& Linob Do., Man. & Lin Un Midland ;'o. Birmng. &Dub ; Midid. G. West. (Ire. Do. l.lalf Shares . tir,wcarttle & Carlisle. Nwpt.Aborg. &flrf.l 'ewry &Enniskille N'ewry :Warrenpoin' and Rostrevor qorfolk ' , Tor tlin.Conntios Un ".north British Nrh Devon Rail. & Dock Stock )0., A Stock B Stock Do., B Guarantee , ' N. Eastern—Bor Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. ?uroh Leeds Do. York North London .. N.StS.Wstrn.,llamT stead, and City Jn.. ort I i Staffordshire.. South Western &S. West rn any Nuneaton, Hinckley sne' Leicester O.T, Wore., Wolv. i'Grt.p.raouth jsr ottlsh Co Aral !Seottialt Midland Alm) psh ire MA ~ n , ;() , atlt Devon South Eastern South Wake .7. Dn , I rto ( Stockton Darli ton f!r lifrxtlap l'a7 Vale Pref., No. Thqr,F.N.3 ifiay. P.& P. Ulverstono fa 1.40.1106 kNIC o N34lth IWctorfil. Kilkenn IV.)st ...... I+lnfl of Londoi and. Crystal I Do. A Do. B .. !West Lon dao Whnhlednl4,Croyth/I YOURIGN. j,”Lwerpc^v , Do. 5 p.c. 01,1zs. eon. 111 Sli. at par Ardennes ini1(•• P.,,zioni to (Ir:I I E7II.I , SM Baroaa, an fllntral i i i a,t3c , ri Do. rArr, )nte:'• sh 7ralLern. g. 5 p..; KytPnß;or.,., D 0.4?, p.c.Bnds. ;57 iN! ) . 41(1. Gee ong tr., Melbowne guar. 5 per c nt.. Do., Lon. allot., do. Th of CAnada.A. Ic Do. 'O. Cert of Deben,. con. into Stk. till'6 , ' Do. Comp. 6p. c., ,to Gt. Central of Fran . Tndirn Peninsulc. f,lroat Luxerabonri. o.)nstitntotl Share. Do. . Do. re-is. forftd, Sh. fit Westttrn of Canai'a Sharoa Do. New Do. 8118., payabio's7, with option till '55. 1)o. do., '62. p. '56.. Do. do., '76, p. '60... Dr,. do., '73, without option Ramilton Toront Do. 4 per cent. Lako Contd. & Baal , Liorre and Turnhout Lucca' Pist. sp. e.p Lyons and Geneva [ Lyons d Moditerran. AldraF, guar. 4 p.c Do New no., 5 p. c Po. 4 p. e. Exten Maria Antonia Do. do. Now ,NTlnaur Liege (wit' interost) Do, (cx intlr.st) gortitern of France. Do. 207. 3 p. e (fmy.B.6-. Anis. Sits. NrorwegitnTrunki ßre Paris and Lyons nitto Bonds ....... Paris and Orleans__ Rorao and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish ...... Do. Obligations Sambre and Mouse no. Fi y p. cont. Pref. Scind ,, , guar. 5 p. c D 0... 'louthern of France.. St. Audrevi's and Quebec (A).,. Wee. Flanders D o 5A per e. Pref... & N. W. of Franc. West. of Switzerlaid Wiesbadea ...... Zealand 1 S Dar 2 p 3 4 t sA 1 121 1 RSI - 11 - 9,1 - 211 - 21} 15 '6 73 - 75 G 3 5) - 6 21 - - 3# - 30 25 - 21 - 2if - 100 117 - 122 118 - 123 lfi~- 109 241 - Y 4: 115 - 120 - io ion 19 - 201 - 14 P 8 10 24 -3; 7 - 7i 6} - tiA 39 - 39 111 12, 8 - 10 49 - 49 - 51 i'.4 -- 20 i-o i : ii - ... - pm 4 - 9 i 54 ~ -- 35; i i 9 SOINT-STOCK BANKS. A.nstrala7.in Bank of London i?ri. Col. Bk.& Ln. C. 3ritivh N. American Chartd. Bank (af Asia phi td. 13r.k. of India, Anstreda, & China 96 - E 4 - 66 - P (1 1 63 -- 65 Colon' al Commercial of Loud grig.Scot. kas. Cht Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New 14 , ndon and County Lnd. E. Bukg. Corp • ndon Joint Stock oadon and Paris & Westminster' National Pro.of Eng Do. Now ........... -•• • National of Ireland New South Wales iental Bank of Corporation rmvincial of Ireland, 1.,0. Now Aus 3i & Im Cc royal British ;with Australia - • Union of Australia,.. 71 7 3 Do. New Union of London m ." I 6 -- 1f 16i lai 3 3 / 4 3d !par 2p -- lid 2 ••• ."... 11•• ... ...." ... 37 - 39 43 - 45 .. - ... see ."'" .." Eugir ess done this day. 26 7 4A I 60 591 601 13i 14 14. 3 , 14 9ii 733 43 2 79 190 IC:3 4 63i 21 3/ 831 i i 101 i 100 1c I 93i i 3 71 1 i i 43i 31 i 771 6i 7 154 551 5 i 11,} a 13h 6S 100 100 1 00 130 'l.OO 100 I'oo S2s. 1 1,00 10'J on Q 1 100 is 18 1; P,ll all 14 a il .92~ 9:i ?, - 11 14 all 14 all Ili all 131 13 121 16 6/ 7 61 J t 4 .1 251 7i 7 i i 39} 101 11 101 0 61 1 7 i 441 4 f Tti.E. St:P.4 TUESDA V EVENING, MALICH 18 1856. &cat) .~►J~~• LAW INTELLIGEN*O2.—(.his Day.) LENTLN ENTERTAINMENT 6. Comparo. r'C thistly :irinneE this usy. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Comraiesioner Hoiroyd.) PIL C.. 7. MAIM DRURY -LANE THEATRE.—Mr. Emery's new comic entertainment produced for the first time last night, is divided into three parts, which are severally denominated " A Tale of a Train, Life in Portraiture, and Balaklava Bay." In the first piece there are seven characters, and a kind of plot is developed. The best thing in the first part was an American song, which was encored. t‘ Life in Portraiture " a kind of dress poses plastives, in which several well-known historical pictures are realised—Cromwell looking at the dead body of Charles the l'irst, Napoleon crossing the Alps, &U. These seemed to be the most popular part of the entertainment, and were very good. Napoleon at Fontainbleau was quickly recognised, and much applauded, as was Lord Nelson in his cabin before the battle of Trafalgar. Mr. Emery's talent of dressing, or, as it is technically called, " making up," is very excellent, and is no doubt greatly aided by the artistic talent he is known to possess. The last piece, "Balaklava Bay," introduces several varieties of soldiers and sailors at the late seat of war, and also involves a kind of story of a Russian spy and an English *officer. In the present dearth of theatrical entertainments there can be no doubt Mr. Emery will be able to carry out his monstrous effort, and fill Drury-lane Theatre, and people its vast stage, without the aid of a single soul but him self on it, by his innumerable and varied imperso nations—a feat worth seeing on its own account, if it otid not embody a good deal in itself amusing. ADELPIII THEATRE.—Picco, the wonderful Sar. diniau tibicinist, has taken this theatre for a series of concerts during Holy Week. The first, last night, was extremely well attended by a fashionable au dience, who received the blind minstrel's perform. ances with unbounded enthusiasm. The pieces ho played were two, the " Ah ! non giunge" of Bellini and the " Carnaval de Venise. The latter we have already noticed ; and the former in every way justified the terms in which we have spoken of Picco's musical genius. Mdlle. Cellini sang several pieces with much taste and quiet expression ; and the other vocal performers, amongst whom were Herr de Becker, Signor Albicini, and Miss M. Keeley, acquitted themselves iu a very satisfactory manner. lItiPII C' N. Viu•t. E. 11711.0(1.fp... Un. 8! E. C ... lE. Count. ICaldoniku. 94 - 96 94 - 8 This was a meeting fur adjourned examination. Mr. Lawrence said that, as the amount in the aggrc gate embraced several millions of money, and the profit and lobs account could be only made out by analysing the voluminous books of the concern, which Would occupy two months, lie asked for an adjournment till that time, when the dividend would be declared at the same time. The last examination was adjourned accordingly. 11 - 13 4 ... 4i Do Gt. West]: Ylc. Now. Itervr. Y. & N Do Do S. Easter: DD Pao &Co 103 - 105 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MANSION-HOUSE. 2 1 : 2 4 1071 - 11:4 BRUTAL ASSAULT.—James Lynch, jobber in Leaden hall-market, wag charged with a brutal assault on Jere miah Lynch, porter in that market. It appeared from the evidence of the complainant that the prisoner yester day purchased some fowls for 135., but charged the per son for whom they were bought 143. for them. This morning the prisoner and complainant met in the mar ket, when the prisoner used abominable language to the complainant, iu consequence of his having given the in 4ormation above stated, and struck him a blow on the face with a couple of fowls he bad in hi■ hand. After that; he caught the complainant round the neck and struck him two severe blows on the right eye, which completely c'esed it. Two salesmen of the market, who witnessed the assault, gave the complainant an excellent character. He appeared to be suffering much pain from the effects of the Wows. Do L.& N. W. Stcicton Darlingt; 2i - 2i 91 -- 92 En. Cain E. Con at. D 0...... P in 55 b 7 L. &N.W :)0 132 = lii C4t North ti [etncasb. York eh. Brassey M.lSlCiean itockt. Darliagt f)o - 7i --• Mr. Alderman Carter, who sat for the Lord Mayor, said l e corridered the prisoner a desperate character, a"d fired Flu 51., or two months' imprisonment. He ordered half-a-crown to be given to the complainant from the r for-box. 32 - E 4 - 86 ;tWertn. &NCB SFIAR g 7 3. 111 - L 7 112 - 116 82 86 t)2 - V 4 97 - 99 -ltil MR. C. H. ADAMS'S ORRERY.—Last evening Mr. C. H. Adams commenced his annual Lectures on Astronomy at the Princess's Theatre, Oxford street, and which are to be continued every even ing during the week, with the exception of Friday. Mr. Adam has now been lecturing on this inte resting subject for upwards of a quarter of a cen tury, and his success as an expounder of it was evinced by the respectable auditory which attended his display last evening. 5i - 6 (.15 - 10) 75 - 80 tw - 123 THE POLYTECHNIC fNSTITITTION.—This excellent institution has made several important additions to its programme in preparation for the Easter holidays, and it now presents one of the most varied, interesting, and instructive entertainments in the metropolis. Yesterday, although the free list was entirely suspended, the edifice was thronged in every part. There were the usual dissolving views and dioramic effects. Mr. Pepper introduced a new lecture, explanatory of the elemental facts of astronomy, illustrated by a magnificent dissolving orrery and diagrams. The portion given last night was divided into three parts, and the intervals were occupied by selections from Havdn's oratorio of the " Creation," and a band and chorus of 50 performers. The principal vocalists were Aliss Julia Bleaden, Mr. Henry Buckland, and Mr. Charles Talmin. The institution was crowded to excess, and the audience appeared highly delighted with the entertainment. 63 - 70 F 1.16 - 178 107 - ]O9 101 --- 103 vi - 10 fi f)A 93 - 95 80 - 85 - 87 98 • 100 ROYAL PANOPTICON.—A. selection of sacred music was performed last night at this institution, the instrumental portion being confined to the great organ, under the management of Mr. E. T. Chipp. The vocal portions were rendered by Mrs. H. Drayton, Miss Ransford, Mr. H. Drayton, and Mr. G. Perren. The selections from the popular oratorios " Eli," " Elijah," and " Jephtha, ' were judicious, and their delightful harmony well ac corded with the events of the season commemorated by the Church. The concert will be repeated on Wednesday. 9 10! 16: 17 1.0 —10 n 72 74 - 19 20 9.; 141 I 33 135 .•• ...". ••• ..• •••• •• • .."'. WI AMATEUR MUSICAL SOCIETY.—The third concert of the season took place last night at the Hanover square Rooms, which were filled with an overflow ing audience. The instrumental selection com prised Mozart's symphony in G minor, Beethoven's first pianoforte concerto in C major, and overtures by Balt . ° and Herold. The concert altogether afforded good proof of the rapid progress which amateur musical art is _making in this country. Mr. H. Leslie conducted with his usual care and ability. MR. HULLAH'S CONCERT.—TEIO performance of Handers " Messiah," at St. Martin's-hall, last night, not only surpassed Mr. Hullah's former per formances of that work, but approached as nearly as possible to perfection. The loading vocalists were Miss Dolby, Mrs. Sims Reeves, Miss Banks, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Weiss. The chorus consisted of Mr. Hullah's first singing school, which, under his training, has now become a body scarcely to be excelled in this country. In the overflowing and appreciating audience of last night, Mr. fitillah has the best testimony to the value of his former labours to diffuse a taste for high class music among the people at large. MR. CASE'S CONCERT AT EXETER-HALL.'--•LaSt evening Mr. George Case, the celebrated performer on the concertina, gave his annual monster concert at this hall, which was crowded in every part by a fashionable company. E ISE 1) Etthw sak.4 itedford and Bletc'eloy Enekghanish. Col. Stour Vy. Sod. and E. Lin. g. no. E. En. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Direct Do. New....,. Glatr. Dr.. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway SrHull Selby Do. Shares. Do. I Shares. Lon.& Cream.; D. Pre fe ren e Lon., Tit., & S, Lowestoft gr. 4 per coat. Do. 6 per et. Manch. 13xtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Rcdcar. Mi.4ld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.drEst.sp.e. Do. 6 per ct. Do. 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Registered — 1 1 5 Trnstlis L.Co.U.Can 100 2.Sg Va' D'emon's [.sad' 14/ 151 141 ,„ V.QO,6I),CAU&JuIy4 ~• 1 101 . _ - THE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, March 17.—The Royal Mail Com pany's steam-ship Magdalena, Captain Abbott, sailed this afternoon with the mails for the West Indies and Pacific ; 54 passengers, among whom arc—Commander Gordon ; R.N., Staff•Surgeun Dr. Stone, Staff Assistant. Surgeon Kennedy, and Assistant Surgeon O'Brien ; Revs. Webber and Burridge ; and Mr. Whiteford, eugi r_ee• of the New Granada Mining Company ; specie va lue 16,0001., jewellery 4,0001., and a full general cargo. Tre Tyne, Captain Valler, with the homeward por tion of tue West India and Pacific mails, is hourly ex- The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steam ship Sultan, Captain Cook, with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar alas left this after noon. There lire on hoard 15 passengers, and on freight specie ;or Lisbon, 32,1871. ; Cadiz, 10,1081. ; total, 42.2951., and the usual cargo. The Tagus, Captain Weeks, with the next homeward Peninsular mails, is expected about the 24th. Tee Ava, Captain Field, will convey the outward lodia and Mediterranean mails, on the 24th inst. The Alma, Captain R. W. Evans, with the homeward portion of the India and Mediterranean mails, is looked :or about the 24th inst. The United States' mail steam-ship Washington, Cap tain Cavenely, will sail from Southampton on the 26th inst., for New York, with the German, French, and English mails. The Arago, Captain Lines, from New York to Ha vre, w;t`i the French and English mails, and dates to the 8t .h inst., is expected to arrive off Cowes en route about Friday next. LIVERPOOL, March 17.—The United States' mail steam-ship Atlantic will sail hence for New York on Wednesday. Letters will be received at the Post-office up to 7.Z0 a.m., with late fee up to 8.30 a.m., and at the landing-stage at 9.30 a.m. _ LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, March 18.—Wind this do: at noon, N.E. ; lig'i:; 'oreeze. PLYMOUTH, March 17.—Wird from Havana, :^o • H9. - r ,- .tirg. S, Odin, for Portsmouth. Off tl2o poi' —Wellesley, from Calcutta. 18.—Arrived—George Avery, from Ceylon ; Gambia (s. s.), Sien , Leon , . SClLL'March la.—Wind S.S.E., strong.—Arrived— American shin Swallow, supposed from China. LIVERPOOL, March 17.—The fore-deck, apparently of a vesse' between tiC3 o.• 700 tons, and about two months in the water. was passed on the 27th ult., 30 miles east of Palermo. by the Calpe (s.s.), arrived here. OFF TUSK 4R, Alm , 6.—Moulin, from Demerara. POOLE, . 2IH ch 17. The Lchooner Messenger, of Aloe fre n Ha for this poi t, went on shore last night on the Hook Saud. A ste,mer went to her assist ance i,his mot ning, hot the master and pilot refused to Etc.: cent her aid, arid, as the gale is increasing, it is feared she will go to p:CCC 3 in the night.. CARCiIF, March 17.—Sailed—Eiiza, for St. Thomas ; Ceciiie, Poi Lo Rico ; Amity, Havana. PENZANCE, March 18.—The Samuel Hendricue, from Rotterdam, for Batavia, was brought in here on the Pith inst. with pumps choked and five feet water in her hold, having struck heavily on the Pampas Sand, near Helvoel slows ; it is expected she must discharge. TRIESTE, March 16.—The Henry Warburton, from Newport, sank in the harbour of Alexandria on the 10th lost., in six fathoms water, having struck upon rocks corn ing in. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SounwArrox, Toes day Morning. Arrived—Dispatch (s), from Jersey ; Atalanta (s), from Havre. Sailed—Bessie, for Sunderland ; Alliance (A), Havre ; Wonder and South-Western (ss) Jersey; Le Coq and La Poule, Cherbourg. LIVERPOOL, Tnesday Morning. Wind E. Art iveo—Alps (es), from Portsmouth. Olf —J. C. Boynton, from New Orleans. nOLYLTEAD, March 17. Wind Arrived—Virgin Mario, from Barcelona ; Ellen Davis, Bordeaux ; Eliz Lbeth, Santander. (tr SUBMAIIINE A/ a) Ti IT'S Ti TnavißApTi.) GRATE3END, Taeaday. 9.16 a.m. \Viol S.E., cloudy ; tide four hours' flood. Sailud. —John Knox, for tho Cape of Gool Hope ; Lizzie Gowan, Smyrna ; Nortlifieet, Hongkong ; Blanche Moore, Calcutta. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind E. ; light. Passed, March I.7th.—D?ngul, for Geelong; Kuniganto, Constantinople ; Roanoke. Rio Janeiro—all from London. Passed, March Litia.—ltoyal Shepherdess, from London, for Hobart Town ; llawstone, Syduey, London. 111..A..RKET NEW.i.—(This Day.) If AY MARKET'S. S3LITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 41 58 to 51 15s ; clover do. 41 10,s to Cl ; and straw, 11 53 to 11 103 per load. Trade rather dull. CIINBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ 4s to 5/ 14s; clover do., 41 Ss to 6i 10es ; and straw, I / 53 to I / 10s per load. A modorato supply, and a sluggish demand, WEITECHLPEL.—Meadow hsy, 414 s to 51 15s; clover do.. 41 lOs to 6/ 15a ; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 9s per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market is remarkably quiet ' • small parcels only of very common c , :ingen :re taken freely at full rates. SUGAR.—A fair business has been doing both in colonial and foreign at firmer rates. There are largo public sales aunoun , !ed. The average prises rates about 3s to 5e per cwt above 'he rates paid at this time last year. The refined market has been rather active, and large parcels of both lump and crushed have changed hands at full quota• tiers. COFFEE —There is a firm market for this article. Na tive Ceylon is iu demand' at 51s to 53s per cwt.. Planta tion Ceylon has been much enquired for owing to the short snpply, and full prices have been realised, fine ord to mil 59s to 64s per cwt. RlM—The market is without animation, and previous rates a re barely maintained. itum.—The demand has not improved. Demerara brought 2s 3d and Mauritius is 101 per Callon. TALLOW.—The depresbion in the market has increased, and the priced quoted are quite nominal P. Y. C. spot 51s. May to June 50s, October to December 49s per cwt. In all probability Lord Clarendon will be alale to leave Paris in ab - .ut 14 days from the present time. Nam., :March 12.—Orders have been received from the Admiralty to land the baggage of Sir E. Lyons, which remained on board the Caradoc since the arrival litre of the gallant Admiral from Constantinople. It ep- . pears be is not to return to the Black Sea. The latest despatches from St. Petersburg state that the belief in peace was universal. The Russian army in the Crimea was still suffering dreedfutly. A medical corainsesion bee been appointed to remedy pressing evils. The Russian newspapers no longer abuse England. FILIGHTFUL SIIICIDE.—On Sunday morning a most determined act of suicide was committed at Kammerer's Swiss Stores, 37, Cranbourn•street, and 14, St. Martin's court. Shortly after 12 o'clock the bead cook on the establishment, named Francois, got on to the stone coping of the parapet of the house in St. Martin's-court, and, with a loud shout, precipitated himself on to' the stone flags beneath. In his descent one of his legs struck a Mrs. Bartlett, who was passing, and knocked her down. He pitched on his head, and completely crushed his skull. He was removed to Charing-cross Hospital. The suicide is supposed to have been occasioned by pecu niary embarrassment, brought about by extensive losses through betting en horse racing. THE EMBEZZLEMENT AT THE LICHFIELD BAZIK,—Wm. Lawton, who for forty years was clerk at Messrs. Pal mer and Greene's bank, Lichfield, was charged at the Quarter Sessions, on the 12th inst., with feloniously stealing 7,3501. belonging to his employer, Mr. Richard Greene, the bankrupt. There were two indictments. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Motteram was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Hodgson defene.ed the prisoner. Mrs. Hyde, now Mrs. Bartlett, the female whom. the prisoner bad admitted having advanced nearly 7,0001. of the money, had been summoned, and was cAlied in open court in the usual way, but did not appear. The trial occupied about four hours, the facts being those already published ; and the jury, after being abeen t a few minutes, returned with a verdict of guilty. The ( lefendant, who is 73 years of age, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude.—Staifordelliee Advertiser. LITE RAT URE. What is Fre-Rapitaelism ? By Jolln BAllantyno, A.R.S.A. William Blackw oud aid Son. Without expressing an opinion as to the nature of the reply given to the above interesting inquiry, the pamphlet before us may to recommended io the reader as conveying a good deal of useful artis tic information—more dian e►er desirable in this age of exhibitions and cheap pictorial iflustrations. The author, while agreeing generally with the opi nions of Mr. Ruskin on the subject, takes excl - tion to soave of them and endeavours to allow their basel2ssnesc A Proposal for Educational Suffrage. Effingham Wilson. Those who wish to learn what may be said in favour of an Educational Suffrage may consult these pages with advantage. The author has evi dently paid much attention to the subject, and deals with it in a thoughtful spirit, and with con siderable energy. Education, he contends, should be the qualification, and the only qualification for obtaiming a vote, and the existence of the proper amount of education should be ascertained by the test of an examination. TilE FIRS AT COVENT-GARDEN TBEATRE. TO THE EDITOR Or THE SUN. Siz,—The statements of Mr. Surman and Mr. Marcus Sharpe, in your report of the meeting of renters and proprietors of Covent garden Theatre, at Mr. George Robins's room, on Saterday last, being false in point of fact, a2d injurious to ins in their tendency, may I beg that in the sline journal vs hich bag given them to the world my positive den al of their truth may also be pub lished ? Mr. Marcus Sharpe is reported to have said that " if we had been told that it was proposed to let the theatre tl Mr. Anderson, knowing, that two theatres in the 4-c -cupation of that gentleman had previously been burned to the ground, we should certainly have objected to let him occupy the building." Mr. Surman is stated to have said, "This was the third theatre burned down while in his possession. Of the two first, one was in America, the other in Gla,gow." Tress assertions are partially untrue. I have performed in almost every theatre in Great Erd,:tin, in most of those of the Continent, and on nearly every stage in America. One only, and that one my own, was burned down whilst i❑ my occupation, and even then it was not during any performance of mine. No America❑ theatre in which I appeared was destroyed during my occupancy, or while I was in that country. The first theatre I performed in in America was the Astor Opera Howe, Now York ; then in the St. Charles, New Orleans ; thence I removed to the theatre, Mobile. My next was Bates's Theatre, St. Louis ; then one of the same name at Louisville. I afterwards occupied the National Theatre, Cincinn'►tti ; the Broadway, New York ; the Holiday-street, Balti more ; and the National Theatre, Washington ; all of which theatres are still in existence. The one theatre, and the only one, burnt whilst in my possession was the City Theatre, in Glasgow. It was built by myself, at a c )st of 15,000/. ; it was burnt down one night, after the performance of the opera of "Der Freischutz," I had effected its insurance far 6,500/., the whole of which was paid, as far as it would extend, in satisfying tho heavy liabilities I had incurred in the erection of the theatre. By the destruction of this theatre I lost all I bad in the world, and Fubsequently recommenced my career as a professor of magic. Such was the unfortunate result to me of the burning of the one theatre, consumed whilst I was its proprietor. Statements sick as those made by Mr. Surman end Mr. Sharpe are liable to do me a large amount of injery. They are unjust and untrue. It is no light matter even to hint at an individualbeing guilty of arson ; and these hints are so broadly And dis tinctly thrown out by the gentlemen whose names I have specified, that I shall not fail to take due notice of them, and of those by whom they are disseminated, as justice to myself requires I should do ; and the disseminators themselves may very naturally expect I most unquestion ably shall do, at a proper time and in a proper place, I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN HENRY ANDERS ON. 84, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, March 17. " RiDali MassET."—On Saturday last, the steam ship Andes, from Balaklava to Spithead, put into Ply mouth, having encounter e d s t rong head-winds from Gib raltar, and being deficient of coals. Amongst her pas• sengers was Lieut. Massey, of the 19th, better known as " Eedan Massey." This gallant young officer on land ing at q the Cu in oin-house was loudly cheered. He ap peared geod health, but walked on crutches, the left thigh and leg bring evidently useless. Although 18 years of age, he does not look so much by a year or two. The youn g h ero rece i ve d t h e grea t es t attention and kind ness from Genets'. Eden, who invited him to take up his quarter,' during his stay at Government-house, but this iavitation from motives of delicacy was declined. He is at present staying at the Royal Hotel, Devonport, accompanied by DI. W. Clegg, of the Medical Staff, whose contributions front the seat of war to the Illes treed London News, hare so frequently attracted pul l!c attention. Lieut. Massey embarks on Monday for his family residence, Dublin. THE MILITAI.Y BOARD OF INQUIRY. The Board of General Offie!re appointed by a Royal warrant to inquire into statements affecting certain offi cere conteincd in the report and evidence laid before the Goceroment by Sir J. Al:Neil and Col. Tul:och, will, ae has been already a.nneunc, d, commence its proceedings in the course of the current week, although we believe the exect day for opening the i iqury has not yet been fix 4 d. The authorities, consc!ous of the importauce of the rut jects to b- inquired into, stud anticipating a large at tendance on fee part of the public, have made very ex tensive preperatione for the accommodation of a nume r ill audience. The upper or western end of the dieing hall of Cam lsea Hospital, the cbaniber in which the body of the late Duke i f Wellingtm lay in state) in 1852, and in which the Beard is to carry on its investig,atione, has been railed off for t`ie use of the members of the Court of Ingeiry and the 'a itneeces. The remainder of the hall is occupied by rows of seats tieing tier above tier, to Le appropriated to the use of the pub lic, affording ample convenience for as many persons as may be expected to attend the inquiry. The extent of accommodation thus afforded v.lll, it is to ke hoped, prevent those fearful rushes, which took place last year at the door of the Sebastopol Committee-room, or the more melancholy accidents which occurred when last the hall of Cheltea Hospital was a centre of pubhc attrac tion. When the preparations are complete the hall will resemble an ordinary lecture-room, and the only outward symbol of the military character of the place will he the tattered trophies of many bl roily lights waving over the heads of those deputed to inquire into the causes which led t the almost entire destruction of a British army by the alleged neglect of its own officers. As before men tioned, the exact day of commencintr the inquiry is net known, and an equal degree of uncertainty exists as to the mode of procedure t ) be adopel by the board when it does inset, cansiderahle doubt being entertained whe;: ther any evidence will be taken for some days after the first formal sitting shall hare been held. UNIVERSITY IXTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MARCH 17. The Hertford (Latin) Scholarship has been awarded by the Examiners to Mr. Reginal Broughton, Scholar of Balliol College. They have also mentioned the name of Mr. Francis A. C. Hooper, Scholar of Trinity College, with the honourable addition of proxime, access it. The vacant Scholarships at University College have been awarded to Mr. C. M'Dowall, Commoner of the College; Mr. Anthony S. Agler, from Marlborough School ; and Mr. leery Rhoade., from Rugby School. There were 21 candidates. The Senior Proctor has given notice that he will re ceive the names of candidates for the second public ex amination in Easter Term, either from themselves or their tutors, at Queen's College, on Thursday, April 3, from 2 o'clock till 4 ; Friday, April 4, from 1 o'clock till 3 ; Saturday, April 5, from 1 o'clock till 4. N.B. Candidates are reminded that the lists of all the four schools must be issued simultaneously on Monday, April 7, and that no additional names can be received after Saturday, April 5. They are requested to apply to the senior tutor of their college or ball for printed forms for the lists of subjects for examination. A great number of autograph letters of Napoleon the First to his mother and to his great uncle, Archdeacon Lucian, is said to have been found in Corsica. They were written in 1785, at the time when young Bonaparte had left Brienne and entered the Ecole Militaire at Paris, and are all signed " Napoleone di Bonaparte." MR. TURNER'S PICTURES.—The controversy between the next of kin of the late Mr. Turner and the trustees of the National Gallery respecting the pictures bequeathed by that eminent artist, has at length been adjusted, and a compromise of the contested claims has received the sanction of the Court of Chancery. All pictures, draw ing, and sketches, either wholly or partially painted, sketched, or drawn by Mr. Terrier (and whether finished or unfinished) are to bo deemed the property of the true- 1 tees of the National Gallery for the benefit of the public; Sir C. Eastlake and Mr. Knight being the persons to make the selection of such pictures as, in their opinion, have been touched by the master. The tru: t :es of .thl National Gallery are to he declared well entitled to the picture " Dido Building Carthage," and the picture fcr• merly in the Tabley collection, 1194 V in their possession. All other the drawings, sketches, and pictur, s, and all other the personal estate of the testator (excepting stock in the funds), are to be given ever to the r ext of The trustees of the Royal Academy, waving all rights under the will, are to be declared entitled to 20,000/. clear, free from legacy duty. DEATH OF MR. THO WAS ATT WO I'D. Severe illness of long continuance had so com pletely withdrawn this gentleman from society that his removal from existence will necessarily attract but comparatively little notice. Had Mr. Attwood died in 1832 his death would have been regarded by thousands as a national misfortune, by all as an important event. In 185 G the place he once occupied in public atten tion has been filled up by others ; as a political character he had long ceased to exist, and it is only by the many friends who esteemed and respected his many estimable and amiable qualities in private life that his loss will be felt and deplored. It is not our intention to recall the remembrance of the services which Mr. Attwood rendered, and which he attempted to render, to his fellow countrymen. There is, however, one striking peculiarity of his public life to which we will briefly advert. Mr. Attwood was sincerely, warmly, enthusias tically devoted to the welfare of his country. He was not without ambition. What public man is ? But his ambition was, perhaps, as slightly tinged by any selfish or interested desire of personal ag grandisement as can be found aiming the political characters of any age or country. His first thoughts were always for his country ; his first inquiry was " What will be best for Eng land r He was one of the first persons in the country who clearly perceived the evils of a return to cash payments at the end of the war. His earliest pro ductions on this subject bear the date of 1815 and 1816. He never wavered in his opinion on this question ; and to the last clay of his life retained the convictions of his early manhood. His letters of a Scotch Banker (a signature which was appended at their first appearance iu 1828, in the Globe news paper, without the writer's knowledge) established his reputation as an able and powerful advocate of representative paper money. It was because he be lieved his monetary principles to be such as would best promote the prosperity and happiness of the people of England that he so earnestly enforced them throughout his life. Mr. !Attwood regarded Parliamentary Reform only as a means to an end ' • and he had such faith in his principles that could he have seen any pros• poet of reforming the financial and monetary sys tem he would, probably, never have formed the Political Union. "By the course I have pursued," lie said, in the speech which he made on returning thanks for the presentation of the freedom of the City of London, " I may have given offence i• abler men, because I had recourse to measures which trenched on the verge of law ; but I did not resort to such meaAires until I saw that the ex tremity of the country required extreme, remedies. It has been the study of my life to show attach ment to the law, to the Crown, to the Lords and Commons, and the institutions of this great country." It was the denial of Currency Reform which made Mr. Attwood a Parliamentary Reformer; and he espoused the cause of reform in Parliament, as he did that of a reformation of the monetary sys tem, because he sincerely believed that the best interests of millions of Eng,dislinaen were involved. Few men hale had the opportunity of testing the sincerity of their professions of disinterested patriot ism in the manner in which Mr. Attwood had, after the passing of the Reform Bill. Lord Grey sent for Mr. Attwood, and oKpressed, in his own name and that of his colleagues, his sense of the important services which Mr. Attwood had rendered by his excellent management of the enormous power of the Political 'Unions. "We feel deeply iadcb(ed to you," said Lord Grey, " and shall be happy to do anything in our power to mark our sense of the obligation." "My lord," was Mr. Attwood's answer, " I supported your Administration on public grounds alone. I never expected to receive any reward, and I must beg to decline any." And none he ever received, either for himself, or for his family or friends. In the House of Commons Mr. Attwood had strong and decided opinions on the subject which all men agreed to disregard at tho time, and on which all men have since come round to his opi nion—we mean as to the aggressive policy of Russia. He was as strong upon this as he was on the currency; and it was from a painful conviction of the disinclination of a reformed Parliament to entertain the importance of these questions that he retired from the house. Mr. Attwood will hereafter be better known i 1 a sincere, public-spirited, and disinterested politi cian ; and as having had talent and sagacity to foresee, and integrity and boldness to advocate, principles which were in advance of his time,— Derbyshire Courier. all 7 . 0.; 103 Bt. Ett. St. 25 1 ....... LOU all 100 106 100 100 1100 1100 ,104 00 all } 1.00 100 tOO 00 Pm Pm 102 1 r ~3 SUPPRESSION OF THE AUSTRALIAN POSTAL ST EA M SER VICE. The following memorial has been addressed by the Gmeral Association of the Australian Colonies to the Lords of the Treasury, urging the impolicy of the delays proposed in their recently-p u bli s h e d m i nute on steam communication : " TO THU RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF mut MAJESTY'S TREASURY. " The memorial adopted at a meeting of the General Ass , ciation for the Austrtlian Colonies, held in the City of London, on the 4th day of March, 1856 ; C. Wentworth, Esq., late Member •f the Le2islatura of New South Wales, for the City of Sydney, in' the ehai , , " Humbly showeth,— " That your memorialists approach your Right Ho nourable Board with the painful conviction that the great Imperial question of steam communication with Aus tralia has met with unmerited neglect on the part of her Majesty's Government. ' Tout; in the year 1552, after many years of previous hesitation and delay, a postal steam service was at length organised on alternate months, via the Cape of Good Hope and the Isthmus of Suez. 4 ' That the hi-monthly service, via the Cape of Good Hope, was a mere experiment, undertaken contrary to the publicly recorded opinion of the Right Honourable the present First Lord of the Admiralty ; that such ser vice was tried under two different companies and con tractors, and in each case was characterised by failure and disappointment to the public. "That the hi-monthly service via Suez was, during its continuance, carried out in a more regular and re liable manner, hat that the route was so devious, and the stoppages so numerous, that the passage to Mel. bourne occupied 64 days ; the speed maintained, if roes cured by direct distan7e, not exceeding six and a half knots per hour, whereas the usual speed on other con tract lines is ten knots or nautical miles per hour. " That such last-named service, in the month of Nov., 1854, was without notice wholly suppressed, nosninally on account of the requirements of the war, bet your memorialists are prepared to substantiate that tbe exigencies of the public service in no way rendered this musars Reeeseary. _ _ "That since the above period our Australian colonies have been wholly deprived of all postal steam commu nication, and the result has been that the transit of letters bats been effected with extreme uncertainty and irregularity, the outward mails having been delivered, upon an average, at Melbourne in 894 days, and the homeward mail.. from the same place, in London upon an average of 934 days. "That your memorialists now collect, with extreme regret, from your lordships' published minute. that in lieu of immediately re-establishing a service whioh ought never to have been discontinued, you propose first to make a reference to the colonies, in order to ascertain the exact amount of subsidy each colony is willing to contribute to the cost of a postal steam line. " That your memorialiAs beg respectfully to repre. sent to your lordships that such reference must, under any circumstances, be attended with a delay which can not be estimated at less than 18 months, even though the various colonies concerned ehou!d then agree amongst themselves as to the amount of their respective contributions. "Teat your memorialists in consequence feel it to be their duty to impress on your Right Honourable Board that the colonies expect that their steam poval service will he re-established by the Imperial Government with• out any further urnece , sary delay; and great di , appoint ment will ariee if there their just hopes are not realised. "That your memorialists would urge on your lord ships that it the contract steam service between Liver pool and New York were casually interrupted the exe cutive would not allow a week to elapse without nrrang. ing for its immediate resumption ; but in the case of Australia your lordships have already permitted its mail service to continue in abeyance for 17 months, and are now about to protract its final re-establishment for a further indenuite period, notwithstanding that its trade with Eng!and is proved by Parliamentary returns to be scarcely lees important than that with America ; and. the regular and speedy transmission of its monthly sup ply of gold, averaging a million sterling, would be of incalculable importance to this country. "That at no period of our colonial history has the Im• perial Government required, from any colony, pecuniary contributions for postal purposes ; end that, in the present instance, to make the voluntary and munificent offers for contribution of the Australian colonies a spe cial ground for indefinitely postponing the re-establish znent of their postal service, originally suppresed with out sufficient cause, does not appear to your memo rielists consonant with principles of equity or sound policy. "'That if your lordships desire such contributions they will be best secured by a Treasury minute, gradu ating the ecale cf postages for each colony, according as yoer lordships may find that the moneys voted by their re.•pective legislaturf s are adequate or otherwise ; hut to refer the question in the manner proposed by your lord ships' minute will probably be to throw au apple of dis cord amongst the colonies, without obtaining therefrom any practical res Wt. I' That your memorialists observe, with great concern, that your lordships select no definite route for the con veyance of the maile, but trust secure by A system of pecuniary penalties their regular delivery within the con tract time. " That your memorialists entreat your lordships to remember that the very recent history of the Cape line amply evidences that really heavy penalties are never enforced, while light^r penalties, such AS are provided for in he pre,,ent notioa for tenderF, have been paid with a smile by the clntractor ; and, therefore, that a mere system of penalties affircls no practical guarantee of any kind to the public far the due performance of a mail service. " That your memorialists subruif., with all respect, that the right way to insure the rapid and due trans. mission of the mails 14 not to rely altogether on penal ties, hot rather to select the shortest route ; and, as is usually done in othsr branches of toe cor.tract packrt service, to insist on the employment by the contractors of first-cla - s vessels, ,with adequate strain power and well tested speed. " That yaur memorialists have satisfied themselves that the shortest route is via Suez and Diego Garcia ; such being, according to official computation, 3,019 miles shorter than the ras•aga by the Cape of Good Hope ; and 2,335 miles shorter than that Via Panama, the latter traversing 7G degrees of longitude m.ire than the eastern route. "That your memorialists are also convinced it is for nautical as well as oilier reas'onS - , highly desirable that the postal steamer , , without tuuchina at Ceylon, as heretofore, should proceed from Suez to Melbourne, stopping for coaling purposes only at the island of Diego G , rcia, a dependency of the Crown, situate in the midst of the Indian Oscan, half-way between ArahiA and Aus trali,, and possessed of a moat excellent and capacious Barbour. "That the r-ute via Diego Garcia being the ihortest of all routes 2,338 miles, it is evident that, at the re quired rate of ten miles an hour, the mails admit of being forwarded by it neatly ten days sooner than they can b e conve y e d by an y other line ; and if the rate of speed were accelerated to 11 or 12 miles per hour, as is quite practicable, the period of transmision would he reduced in proportion. • " That your memorialists would also observe that, viewing the geographical position of Diego Garcia, a ehrrt branch might with facility be organised from this island, which would bring the Mauritius and the Cape of Good Elope into cloi , e communication with Australia, and at the same tune realise for the two colonies first named a speedy awl cheap - rteam connection with the mother country, of which great advantage they now continue wholly deprive(7.. . . . . . . "That if your lordships entertain any doubts as to the superiorly of the route to Melbourne, •ia Suez and Diego Garcia, your memorialists trust your lordships will refer this question for the consideration of the Hp dro, , ,rapher Rya', in o►der that thus their confident opinion may be corroborated by official testimony. "That your memorialists are ready to prove that by adopting this route, send insisting, at the same time, on an average speed of 10 knots an hour from Suez to Mel bourne; the ►nails may easily be delivered in Melbourne within 44 days from the date of their leaving London. " That by the same route telegraphic intelligence from Australia might be received within 42 days. " That a trunk line to Melbourne, as being the most central terminus for the Australian colonies in general, is all that is atjpresent absolutely necessary ; and that it should be left to the several governments of Australia and New Zealand to direct the organisation of the re• quisite branch lines. " In conclusion, your memorialists submit that the wealth, intelligence, and great commercial importance of Australia fully entitle litr to the best and speediest postal service which it is possible to organise ; and they would add that the just expectations of her population will be satisfied with no less ; they contend that the close union by steam of Australia with the mother coun try will be attended with great results, and they believe that a measure so Imperial in its object merits at the bands of the British Government at least the same de• gree of support which, in the case of other and less im portant steam lines, has already so materially assisted the development of our commerce and the extension of our civilisation. " Trusting that this their appeal will meet from your Right honourable Board that consideration which they feel it deserves, your memorialists earnestly pray— "l. That your lordships will, without further reference to the colonies, withdraw the notice for tenders now advertised, and invite tenders for the immediate •sta blishment of a regular and reliable monthly postal steam communication with Australia. "2. That in order to obtain the delivery of letters in Melbourne within 44 days from their leaving Lon don, you will select the eh•rtest route—viz., that via Suez and Diego Garcia. "3. That to secure a uniform speed of 10 knots an hour in all weathers, you will not rely altogether on a system of penalties, but rather stipulate that the steam vessels employed by the contractors be first class ships of 2,200 tons burden at the least, and be capable of performing, when tested for speed in the usisal manner, not less than 12 knots or nautical miles per hour. "And your memorialists will ever pray, &c. " Signed by order of the meeting. " W. C. WICNTWORTH, Chairman." TEE LATE COLONEL GORDON, OF PARK.—The officer and men of the Inverness-shire regiment have raised a subscription for the purpose of ereering a tablet to the memory of their much-respected commander, Col. Gor don. A sum of 401. has been already subscribed. The tablet is being preTared by Mr. Ness, Edinburgh. The act; is most creditable to the regiment, while it shows the high esteem in which the deceased officer was held by all wader his command.—Bcoujetire Jeurnal. 20 26 20 tf 20 z 0 100 100 100 20 20 :d1 3 all 8i i 211 f 84 5 1.61 I 34 65 4/ 4311 i 40 I 72k 8 I I 1