The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-28 00:00:00

ROFII MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpcol Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly for Americans between 51d. and 6-id., and flatly for 51. per lb. qualities. Prices were the same as last week. The sales were 7,000 bales 1,000 on speculation, comprising 130 Peril= and Maran lam, at 6kd. to 7d. ; 200 Egyptian, at NI to Bd.; 600 Surat, 40. to 40. ; and 50 Sea Islands, at ls. to ls. 7d. per lb. The Railway Share Market Was quiet, and without any feature of importance. The colonial produce markets re-opened after the Easter recess on Wednesday, and for one or two of the leading staples there has been a good inquiry. Sugar has been taken freely for home consump tion at 6d. per cwt. advance for West India de scriptions, while other sorts have realised full Prices. In coffee the dealings have been unim portant, but previous values have been current. Rice has been dull, but steady. The stock of this article on the 15th inst. was 20,553 against 4,759 tons at the corresponding date last year. Tea has remained quiet, and common Congon is 84d. per lb. cash. There has been a fair demand for rum. For Saltpetre there has been an active market, and spices have attracted very little attention. Tallow has undergone no change of importance, but very little business has taken place. Accounts from Pesth relative to the wool trade in Hungary show a falling otf in prices since the announcement of the peace negotiations, still the ruling quotations are satisfactory, and these have been firmly maintained in the presence of favourable advices from London, Berlin, and Breslau. Con,- Pared with the prices at the corresponding period last y e ar the reduction is from 411. to 511. per quintal (about Bs. to 10s. per 2201b5.) on winter wools, *rod on other sorts front -- Bfl. to 1211. per quintal. The greatest reduction has been made in qualities Which have been deteriorated by sand. In finer qualities there has not been much demand, and alipplies from Zigaga and Zackel are firm at pre vious rates. The stock on haled at Pesth is about 12 ,000 quintals, of which about one-half has been field for home consumption, and 300 quintals for export. The sanitary condition of the flocks throughout Hungary during the last winter is re- Ported to have been very satisfactory, and the mortality below the average. It is expected that the average weight of fleeces this season will be heavier than last year. _ . The condition of the wool trade at Paris con tinues favourable, and manufacturers are more active than they have been for some time past, Which creates a good demand for the raw material, and sustains former prices with firmness. Sales of good qualities from Brie have been effected at it 20c. to lf. 30c. per half kilogramme. In Ger many there has been a rise in prices of 8 per cent. The Funds are remarkably firm, but the trans ktions are limited, principally in consequence of the arrangement of the Consols, Scrip, and Ex- C hequer Bill scrip settlement. To provide for the PaYmerit of the " difference," and to meet the in stalments due to-morrow on these securities, money 021 the Stock Exchange is in active demand. Consols are, however, supported at 92a for money, and 921 -4 for account. The New scrip i s 21 prem. Exchequer Bills, June, are ls. discount to ls. premium, the Bonds are 98i, and the Scrip is 2i premium. India Bonds are 6s. discount. The quotations current in the Foreign Market Il te well maintained, but there is au absence of tivity. Spanish 3 per Cents. have risen to 45g ; the New Deferred are 24g ; and the Committee's ° ertificates, 5i.. The Turkish 6 per Cents. are s teady at 97i for money, and 98i for account. he 4 per Cents. have been 1001 4. Dutch 2i. per Cents. are 634 ; Peruvian 3 per Cents., 57 ; and I r‘gnador New Consolidated, 15. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign B toeks :—Grenada Deferred, 6 to 71; Mexican, 20 ; Peruvian, 78 80 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 74 i 451 ; ditto Deferred, 24a I. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that the market for American Securities remains without kY particular change. The demand for the State !locks continues, whilst for the railroad bonds there less inquiry, and they are more freely offered. Tee following are the quotations :- Redeemable. Per Cent. P baited States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...105 vi lited States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1866-105 TAT SECURITIES. 4 1 , 14 0, 1 ?&ros. 5 per Cent . ... 80 b,. l olarna 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... ... 85 i r !:lfornia 7 per Cent. Bonds 1870... SO j, ntucky 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868-1872... 93 likrYland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... ... 88 l i .,:stehusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). ...100 "" - t n sissippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. I londs imlassippi 6 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 16 ftil..neylvarkia 5 per Cent. Stock I lturylvania 5 per Cent. Boa i .877... 80 Vunesse 6 per Cent. Bonds ... 87 trellis 5- - r Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 84 Ne ; , per , `ritinia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 86 LOANS OF CITIES. t ) tton 5 per C en t. B on d s (Dive r s) ... 90 92 N ew 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-18 65 ... 83 85 Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... 75 77 RAILROAD BONDS. Il linois Central 7 per Cent. let Mortgage , sot Convertiblo '1875... 791 80Aex .. i nnis Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 186 0... 82 83 Nirallig an Central Bp. Cent. 1860... 94 96 I ci e w York 'Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864 ... 93 94 e r ,i , York Central 6 per Cent., not i 883... 1883... 80 82 Nee York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist-Mort -4grage 186 7... 98 100 eve York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage 1883... 84 85 l l' i • York "Erie d 7 Cent. Convertible 1862... 79 80 • York and Erie p 7 per Cent. Sinking I lititl 1875... 82 83 4 ,.uazna 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Star-1859 Bonds), not convertible 1859... 924 931 1, Ditto ditto ....... 1864... 9 4 . 951 o nnsylvan is Central 6p. Cent., Ist Mort 1880... 88 89 A further advance has taken place in the Rail *ftY Share Market. Chester and Holyhead have V . sen, ös , Great Northern, 10s., Great Western, 4 ' 8 ., Lancashrie and Yorkshire, 1/., Manchester, /3S heffield and Lincolnshire, IL, South Eastern, ~1 53. , and the rest in proportion. The foreign ' 4l aes are mostly rather firmer, Mining shares are quiet. London and C oun ty °auk are 1/, lower, and Canada Laud rule heavy. uarrisH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. (Prom the Official List.) % ~. numnes , done. N.''r Cont. Consols Annuities..... 92i a °W 2i per Cent. Annuities .. , . laths Bonds, £l000 % L „ AU*, under £lOOO ll d o ' l °lt ; or Account t nsol Scrip zehequer Scrip Eseuth i ner !:il.lls, 29d. March. £lO110 £5OO %nail Ditto Bonds, 1558, 3 3 / 4 per Cont.. 9Bj ?L t -tell OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO , IC Nuador Bonds ue Ditto New Consolidated l5 ' ruvisn Bonds 4 3 / 4 per Cent........ r , Ditto 3 per Cent 57 • 'lbtniu Roads. 3 per Cent 4sj ti Ditto Few Deferred, 3 per Cent. i t palaisb Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun si thitit.h Bonds, 6 per cent 971 / Ditto Account 9Bl Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent lOOl i Dividends on the above payable In London. ullteit Exchange, 2 3 / 4 per Cent., 12 Gnil 6 3 3 /4 TWO O'CLOC K. Consols Ditto Account June. ldlp 1d PRAEFUL ACCIDENT AT WOOLWICH DOCKYARD.—A 40, t fearful accident occurred in Woolwich Dockyard, ()I !Tuesday e vening, to a man named John Horrigan, a la bourer in the yard. The unfortunate man was engaged; Ov er hours, on the Veinvius, Commander E. G. Hore, '. '„ t h iok 'vessel is in basin receiving coals; it being the duty "i the prisoners to coal the vessels during the day, and htifter the regular working hours the labourers of the ."kYard are employed ; and at about 10 o'clock in the v 'l'enin g work was going on well, until this poor fellow as carrying his sack, and one of the hatchways being Pen he s t e pped right into the vacancy, and fell down t 4 .to the stoke-hole, with the sack of coals on the top of jrn• He was immediately picked up and conveyed, on ue dockyard stretcher, to the yal Marine Infirmary, °ther e he was received and the n tent of his injuries at "oded to, but which could not be ascertained as he is (12°Iropletely fractured and broken to pieces. The man, of 'purse, was insensible when taken to the hospital, and , 11 1 1 to one o'clock on W e dnesday he remained in perfect ll eonsciousness. So far as could be ascertained, his ti s' t i t leg and the greater portion of his ribs were broken ct Skull fractured. He jam a wife and six children. 20 20 10 10 5 5 90 10 812 r St. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAIL WAYS. Closlng Prices yesterday A.benloen. lOU 100 100 61R. all all all Ambg. Nottng. Boat. and Radii. Junet... & Ballymena tinning. Wolverh fi Stour Valley . lirk e thd. Lancet,. Cheshire, Junct io. Chesh. ( Birk. £5O and L'2s Cons )0., £20..... ....... tlyth &Tyne origina £25 (ised. at £45 -irietol and Exeter :aledonian. `,arm. and Cardigar lhester & Holyhead. fork and Bandon... fork, Back, & Past. 100 100 '.ornwall Do. A Do. B Criel Junction üblin&BelfaatJunc, (Inn. P. di Ah , .. Jne, East Anglian Eastern Counties ;43st. 7nion. A MI Do., B. Sto.t Do., New East Kent -last Lancashire lidinburgh Glasgo Edinb. and Peebles WAin. Prth Dna4l 'orth & Clyde Jan . Furness f)0. Extension........ Glasgow & S. West Great N. of Scotlnd. Great Northern Do., A. Stock 1)o., B. Stock h. Sth. &West.(lre scat Western...... .. Do. Stour Val. Rai Ona. Stk . [rich South-Eas ter°. [animater k Carlisle Do., Thirds. Do. New Thirds t.aneash.andYorksl 5 1 . Wet. Riding Tin v:Croby. &Southpt Loudon & Black wa!l ',out!. Bright & S.Cst fond. and N. West: Do. Fifths 00.101. Sh..M&B„ 0 Do. Eighttui London andS. West!) Do., £5O Do., £4O tadndrry&Colerair,t f,ndndrrr. & Ennisk lianch.Shef. & Linch 'Jo., Man. k Lin. Un Aetropolitan Midland Do. Birmng. & Derb: lildld. G. Wost. (Ire. t►o. Half Shares__ Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. & Newry & Newry Warronpoini 4nd Rostrevor Norfolk lortlin.Corinties Un North British Nth Devon Rail. Dock Stock 00., A Stock B Stock • Do., B Guarantee N. Eastern—Berwie Do. do. Extension . Do.do. D.N.E.'turoh Do. Leeds Do. York North London N.&S.Wetrn.,llam, • ' stead, and City Jn.. North Stafrordshir... lorth Western v. & S. Woe rn. June "Inneaton, Hinckloy, and Leicester........ la, Wore., ?cc Woly. -'61.11,1:-nortth IFloottish Central., Scottish Midlan d 4hropshire Ur %nth Devon :3outh Eastern iouth Walco 4. Yrksh. & Riv. DIV Do I +*ine.,W( k Stockton & Darn 3t,t.,:kton de Hartlep . raff . Vale Pref., No. 1. I " , nies Tlay. D.& R. Ulverstona dr Lanes I Vale •:n Neath Watorfd. & Kilkenn Waterford&Limer e. West Cornwall..... West End of Londrq and Crystal Palms. Do. (West London IWimbledn & Croydor 281 27 41 - 4a ••• w. 8& - 8 174 - 174 15 - 16 14 - 124 8i —so 601 - 61 13i -14 i - 8 15 - 16 9 .4 - 9 i 35 40 25 - 30 73 - 75 58 - 60 9} - 25 - 26 84 - 86 6:- :7 93 4 79 - 80 121 123 104 106 , 621 --63.41 68 60 68 12 -- 6a 5 6 841 85 ", •- • 76 100 101 - 100 loot Id par d par 93 94 '"'" ... _ ii : 27i i id 72 —72 i 42 44 ... - .. .4.•.. .... , 4. il - 13 49 - 51 34 3 1 (1 31i -32 i ••• ••• 76 -77 i 61 ot 4 34 15k —15 i 55 56 88 90 : 61. lA - 10~ 26 - 27 M 4 106 75 77 45 $7 13 4 69 3 / 4 70 3 / 4 68 - 69 4 - 2 id 19 - 20 36 46 6j 7j FORBION. knt.wertt&H.ott rd Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con, in atpar till '64 Ardenues ge.stn. Juno 3ozi ore to Graissossa• liorobay, Baroda, an rlnntrl India,AcTl! Do. t )emorara )13 tot: Rbenish Sastorn of France Do. Now IZaet Indian, g. 5 p.c no. gyten;iint.. D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 r‘ o. do. do.. '59, de.. Geo'ong Melboutne guar. 5 per c nt..• Do., Lou. allot., do. 10d. TL of Canad aA i Do. [)o. Cert. of Doben. eon. into Stk: till'6;? Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do . Gt. Ceutral of Fran, • Gt. Indian Peninsnls Great Luxemborm Constituted Shares Do, Obligations_ . Do. re-is. forftd. Sh. Gt. Western of Canada Rhares Do. New Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till 'ES.. Do. do., '62, p.'56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Dr.. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toront , Do. 6 por oent. Lake Const. & Basl , Liens and Turnhout Lucca c Pist. 5 p. c.p Lyons and Geneva Lyons t Moditorrau Nladras, guar. 4,. p.c Do. Now 0., sp. c Do. 4i p. c. Exten (aria Antonia ... Do. do. New Namur' Liege (gait►' interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France. 1)0.201.5h5. f)o. 201. 3 p. c 13d► (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds' ..... Paris and Orleans Rome and Frascati opal Danißli Royal Swedish Do. Obligations .... Sambre and Meuse .. no. 54 p. rent. Pref. Scindo, guar. 5 p. c Do southern of France— ISt„ tndrew's and Quebec (A.) ........ West Flanders....., Dn 5 A per c. Pref W. & N. W. of Trrn ne . West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand 8 i - par 2 p. 3 • 2t. 1 —li p I - I 1 38 —39 11 —13 n 22 —22 i 21i 2t • •• cs 8} - 16i - 74 - 76 84 86 5 3 / 4 - 6 21 - 211 6} - 61 3} -3/ 25 - 2t - 99 - 100 117 - 122 118 - 1.23 107 109 24 - 24 115 - 120 ••• ioi Tr = a 19/ - 201 1 - 11 8 k 10 P 26 - 36 7# - 56 -6 39 - 11/ 12* 8 - 10 49 -50 J - • tO - 52 19 - 20 12~ 13. ]g - 2 - pm 3/ 41 16, 16 2 jó I lAnstrA.l%Rit.., 96 -8 65 - 67 Bank of London .... Kr. Col. Kk.&Ln. 0, Hrttish N. American Ohartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Buk. of India, .„, Australia, & Chins City Colonial Commercial of Lon& Fug. Soot. &A.us. Cht. Lend. Chars. Bk. of Australia► Ditto Now Lendon and County. Ln &E. Bnkg. Corp. London Joint Stock. Loudon and Paris Load. & westmiustel National Pro.of Eng Do. New National of Irelaud New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation ••• ... Ipar 2p ••• .. m. No ~N ~~ M ~ 38 - 40 43 -- 44 Provincial of Ireland bo. New .. """ a.- Aus B &Go Im Cr Royal British south Australia Union of Australia Do. Now „ mei union of Loudon am. - 73 7i r.t . , g Si MI SI Ili, JOrNT-STOOK BARXe. pr i p U- i d 64 —• 66 16 -16 i 16} -- 16/ 31 -- 3id 3 -- 2 d Business done thte day. 10 all 14 4A sll 1 4 all i 4 All THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 18 1856. LINES LEASED tT MED RENTAL'S. Naval and Military Intelligence. 18.1Llia71. Compan C osims yepterday nstnel, this lay. The gun-boat flotilla and the First and Second, Lords of the Admiralty, on board the Black Eagle yacht, at tended by the Wanderer screw despatch vessel, Com mander Luce, arrived at Portland about 6 o'clock on Tuesday night, where they found the Fourth Division, under the command of Captain A. C. Key in the Sans pariel, 70. Any intention of roanceuvring in the gun-boat force was effectually frustrated by foul winds and rough seas, and the same continued to prevail the whole of Wednesday, no movements what ever having been attempted. About 1 o'clock p.m., their Lordships (having previously landed and inspected the breakwater) weighed in their yacht, and, accom pa-lied by the Wanderer, proceeded for Portsmouth, where they arrived about 7 o'clock the same evening, leaving the gun-boat squadrons to return to Spithead and the Motherhank when the weather moderated. Sir C. Wood and Rear-Admiral Sir A.T. F. F. Berkeley slept on board the Bla-dc. Eagle, in Portsmouth harbour, on Wed nesday night, and left by the 8 . 10 express train on the South Western Railway for London yesterday morning. Her Majesty has expressed her intention of inspecting the fleet at Spithead on or about the 16th of April, when such a force will be assembled as will exceed that re viewed by the Queen in 1353 by 150 sail or more, if all should assemble that are expected. The Centaur, 6, paddle-wheel frigate, Captain W. .T. Clifford, C. 8., having been refitted, went to Spithead yesterday and rejoined the fleet. The crew of the mortar ship Forth, 12, Captain Lord John Hay, at Plymouth, bent sails en Thursday. The crew of the St. George, 120, Captain Harry Eyres, will be paid wages to-day at Plymouth, and granted 14 days' leave of absence. The screw steam-ship James Watt, 91, Capt. George Elliot, took her podwer and site; on board in Hamoaze on Thursday, preparatory for leaving. She is, however, de tained in consequence of defects having been discovered in her boilers. Telegraphic orders were received at Devonport Dock yard, on Wednesday, to get ready for sea with all de spatch the steam gun-boats Ant, Pet, Angler, Decoy, Nettle, and Wrangler. The. engineers employed will work every night until 10 o'clock, From 8,000 to 10,000 quarters of wheat, in compliance with a public advertisement, were offered for sale, on Wednesday, to the authorities at the Royal William Victualling Yard, Plymouth. Of this quantity, 400 quarters only, from Messrs. Fox, Sons, and Co., at OSs., were accepted. The ITesuviui got up steam yesterday morning for the purpose of rendering assistance in being warped out of the outer basin at Woolwich. She is now moored in the river off the dockyard, so as to receive her ammunition from the Arsenal, preparatory to proceeding to Green. hithe to be swung. Tiie deBpatch gun-boat Intrepid, Commander Wood, is to leave Woolwich also to morrow for Greenhithe, thence to Portsmouth. The Roebuck, despatch gunboat, is ordered to be docked at Woolwich. The gunboat Grappler, built by Messrs. Fletcher, of Limehouse, is to be launched tomorrow. rho Spanker and the Tnrasher were yesterday morning taken out of No. 1 dock, and removed to basin, and the Traveller was at the same time hauled out cf the basin and docked at Woolwich. Lieutenant D. E. Orr has been appointed additional Lieutenant to the Victory, 104, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drum►ncnd, C.B. An order has been received from the War•oflice by , Lieut.-Colonel B. E. M. Gordon, commanding the 6 com pany depot of the 91st Regiment at Chatham barracks, for the whole of that depot to proceed to the camp at Aldershott on Friday next. This depot is upwards of 500 strong ; the head-quarters of the regiment are sta tioned in Greece. 300 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Royal Artillery, with their commanding officers, are to leave head-quarters, Woolwich, to-morr3w, for [pswich, to join Captain Middleton's (the 13th) company, for the purpose of forming ft battery. A number of me❑ have arrived at Woolwich from Tilbury Fort, having been dis. charged from the depot of the Turkish Contingent. Reports are current that the corps is to be speedily dis banded. Each man, on receiving his discharge, was granted his passage money and a bonus of U. Yesterday being what is termed "marching past day," about 5,000 men of the Royal Artillery were drawn up in front of the barracks on Woolwich-common and in spected by the colonels cmnrnanding, before whom they defiled in divisions and withdrew to quarters. Thc cleanliness and soldierlike bearing of the men and the superior deportment of the non commissioned officers were the theme of remark among the numerous persons present. London Si N. We %t.. L. &N. W. CaMon_ E. tin. Gt. Ninny). E. Count. Caldontan. Do Gt. %Tosco Yk. New. Berw. Y. & Nlit Do Do S. Easter , Do IPeto & Co. Do L.& N. W & Midid. Stckton &I Darlingt. En. Coun. P;. Count. .. Do L.kN.W Do t. GtNortho 4 iAncash& Yorksh. r, Brassey . N.MClean .r itockt. &, 'Duane.- u.W4 REN , 94 - 96 94 - y 8 11 - 13 4} ... 4/ •M • • ••• ... ... 103 - 105 12i -- 13 23, -21 i 107 i -- 112 2}-2/ 92 93 P in 55 57 133 - 135 31 - ad - 23 •• • "..4 ••• LE SRA It E?...> Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. 43. Do. Debentures itlythandTyn , i 0 pc) o. pref. (issd. st 501 Brie. & Ex. 4 P. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares c'aledonian £lO 'or. &Ho. Gu. 5i pc Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork dtßandonslp.c Dun. Prth .& Aber. J. Z. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. e. Do. do Cis. C 7 p. c. gas. Co. Ei spc No Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. a. Bt, Nast Un., G. 6 p. c Do. Si,, 10 ner cent Do. 101. Dclientr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent.. East Lancash. 6 p.cts vt. hW. Yolk. J. sth- Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh. Ed Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prom. . Do. 4i p.c Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. pm... Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre (It. S. & W. (Ireland Do. 4per c. Pr :f. S Git. W.( B. VI. Exspc Do. con. red. 4. p.c. D.). con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. red. prof Do. do. do. Do. Birm. Pref. '3ll Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S. De. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gus. Stk Do. Ches. Gus. Sh De. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. F. £2" Do. 6 p. c. Stock .. Lon. &Brigh. G. 5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. a. St. Do. New Gnar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent ion. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et.. Gm& S.W. 7 per ct Lowly. & Color. A Sh Londy.&Ennis.i Si, L.,New,lo/ Do. £6 115 -- 120 115 120 82 86 92 -- 94 97 - 99 16 - 17 ii : E. 1)) - 105 , t 5 - 90 - 12 -12 i 63 - 70 1116 - 118 106 - 108 1 101 -- 103 f. 9 1 10 6 - AA 94 - 96 S 6 - SR 87 - 89 98 • 100 91 - 10 164 - 17 10 - 10* 73 -74 191 -20 j 9i - 10 14} - 141 1 - !33 - 135 ... - ... p ' 2 if ci] Nfarypt .& Cs.rl.4p o all Do. 4. per cent 101 Do I( 0 gid.Con 9 o l . 6 P. o ' to° Do. Con. Br. Pir. 6pc 100 Do. 44 p. c. Pref. s all Do. Pref. 4i per eel. all Do. 51. Pref. 4 p. c. 100 Ditto L. &11. Pref. S all New., Aber., &c., pr. f 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm. Norfolk Dobenturo Do. Pref. 51p. a. St 1)o. 5 p.c. Eat De. 54 per ct. pref... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British N. E. Berw, 4 p.c P Do. do. do IDo Leeds 6 p.c !NM I Do. do. Quarters Do.York.ll.& S. Por North Staffordshire. Ox, W0,kW.1515p , Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent. ,New Pre South Devon ,Do. fixed, 44 por cent IS. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. !Do. .1a per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c sh S. Wales Gus. 4 p. c Do. do. 4 i P. 0 S. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar., s p• c. Do. do. do. Stock. & Hard. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, '56 Watertd. & Kilk. 6 pc 1 , 3 - 135 91 - 96 1 - •.• ••• ••• ••• 1101 - 103 99 -92 5 - 5j • • •• • 1 id • •• - ••• t 4 -14 t 22i - 234 98 - 100 04 -- 10 . . . .". es '1 I . ip 2/ 2id 1. all A.g us erift ....... •• • wa l. all ,A An n g g l i o o C A a u l s i t fo rl. r n nia G n o . l . d 20 7 Australian 1 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Ave Marin — •• • 1 all Baden (Gd• Duchy of 50 all Bltenar. Iron & Coa 20 14 British Iron 3 5 35 26 Brazilianlrnp.(istme: at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiab 21 2 20 15 Do. St. John Del Re! '24 26 1 g Clarendon Cons. MAD Co. of Jamaica — IP 49 1 all Cobre Copper ...... 66 69 67 3 / 4 8; 5 j 1 Colonial Gold — St. all Copper Min. of En/ 35 38 25 all Do. Prof. 7 3 / 4 p. cent. 26 21 ••• 1C Copiapo . - 20 22 2 1 3 / 4 f'ortuna — id 20 lall Gencial l4 16 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg I a 41 ail Great Polgooth .... 11 — 4 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 • id 1 1 all Liberty - ..• 3 all Linares 6/ 71 5 ( 11 Lusitanian - I. I'all Mariquita 1 all Now Granada — 1 all Nouveau 2&• •Ide k 20 all Pontgi.Sil. Ls.lklin ll 13 5 '1 Port Philip A - 1 all quartz Rock — i • 50 all ithymney Iron l9 21 15 all Do. New 5 7 z d 30 13 Santiago de Cuba.. 3/ —3/ 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 2/ 31 1 all South Australian. - 3 / 4 1 all Do. Scrip t . § 1 Do. 10 per cent Pref ••• 4 3 / 4 Tam. S. &L. Mill. Co. 21 21 2f 10 9 Pin Croft 3/ - 41 28 3 / 4 all United Mexican 3 3 / 4 4 1 all Waller all West Mariposa ..... • • I 12s. Worthing Mining of Australis 1 xlll Yuba MISUELLA N lb 19 Australian Agricult 2 5 3 /4 26 3 / 4 1 all Aus.traln. Royal Mail ... lu all Berlin Water Works 6 3 / 4 7 3 / 4 50 4:1 drit. American Land 00 32 Canada 138 -- 142 , 140 C.Go.bp.o. , Tank 7 alylloB 3 / 4 - 109 3 / 4 1 1091 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug 107 109 St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Mar & Sept 106 103 o •,.1 • rystal Palace.. 2i 3 24 3 5 all Do. Preference sf 51 4 411 eirystal Pal. of France ••• 1 Duston Iron Ore — 20 13 gastern Steam — • • 5 all En.ii:Aus Cop Sm Co 1 1 3 / 4 25 all Slectrie Telegraph 2l 22 1 all Cedric Teleg. of Ir 1185 5 alal4 l l l aG G ee e ne n e. . rs l a r tr o Iron S e Nw c Collier asvtie gaftmt ... ... 16j24i 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sug ar ..• ••,, 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 3/ 3/ 2u 10 Magdalena St. Nsvig 10 all Ntediteran. Elea. Tel. 8 10 1 0 9 Wexican&S.Amerien• 6 4 6 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 10 all Do. Do. 5 2 Do.SpaPissatld id 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 18 -- 22 1 all N. B. Australasian 20 15 Nrth.cfEuropeSteare ••• 1 all Oriental Gas l4 11 1 2s. Do. " New Shares " . "' p m all Peel Rr- Ld. & Minrl. 21 60 all Peninsular& Oriental ••• 50 10 Do. New 2 all Portland Iron Co , •.• 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 1 1 Ditto New p 25 all South AustralaAnd 351 361 Submar. Tel. Scrip — 1 20 all Do. Registered - 1 15 5 Trust& L.Co.U.Can 100 281 Va'. Diemen'. Lend 144 nit .„ V,Cio,6p.c.joataitiaq ov a METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS, (Meeting This Day.) The usual weekly meeting of this Board was held this afternoon, at the Council Chamber of the Guildhall— Mr. Thwaites in the chair. Mr. CARTMEL presented a memorial from the inhabi tants of Clapham relative to the state of Heathwal, sewer, which was received and laid en the table. BUILDING OVER FORE COURTS. The committee under the Pudding Act, in bringing up their report, recommended that applications that had been made for building over fore courts in White Conduit-street and Chapel-street, Pentonville, should not be granted. A lengthened discussion took place on the question of permitting shops to be erected on fore courts, in the course of which it was urged that the permission should be granted to the owners of houses in streets where the line of road had already been broken, but withheld in other instances. Much was said of the depreciation of the houses that had not built on the fore courts in neighbourhoods where others had done so, and also of the increase of value to the property and improvement to the neighhourhoodithese buildings had been in many districts. In the cases in question the erection of building:4 would leave the width of the streets only 39 feet 6 inches, which would be in direct opposition of the bye laws that no street should be less than 40 wide, and on that ground, and that the principle that no en croachments should be permitted on the streets of the metropolis, to meet which the 143 d sec. was introduced into the Metropolitan Board of Works Act, should be strictly carried out, the applications were negatived, and the recommendations of the committee were con firmed. Tao business transacted today wag of an ordi nar y character, having reference to the confirmation of bye laws, the reception of reports of no general interest, and the consideration of notices of motions relative to the proceedings of committees and the board generally. Mr. D. IFFANGER gave notice of the following motion : —" That, in order to ascertain how far it may be de sirable t i carry out that portion of sec. 141 of the Metropolitan Board of Works Act, ' where more than one street in the metropolis is called by the same name, to alter the name of any and all such streets except one,' a letter be addressed to all the vestries and districts, requesting them to furnish this board with an alpha betical list of all their streets, and that the consideration of this subject be referred to the committee appointed to confer with vestries and district boards." The business shortly after terminated. . MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. There has been a slight increase in the arrivals of Eng- lish wheat up to our market this week coastwise, but the show of samples here to-day was very moderato ; neverthe less, the demand for all kinds was in a sluggish state, at Monday's decline in the quotations. Over 23,0 1 ,.9 quarters of foreign cheat having come in that article was very dull, and, to have forced sales, lower rates must have been submitted to. Floating cargoes of grain were heavy. Fine barley sold at full prices, but inferior kinds were very dull. We had rather a slow salo for malt, yet the quotations were supported. Oats, beans, and peas changed hands slowly, at barely late rates. Flour was dull, and foreign qualities were easier to pur chase. ARRITALLS TlllB WEEK. Wheat. 1 Barley. SogUsk .. 2,440 ' 3,493 i Irish .• .. Foreign } i 23,310 950 1 Malt. 4 Oats, 6,570 I 1,010 t 2,620 4,110 / brls 13,050 I 1 111706 k METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of beasts in to day's market was limited, and all breeds moved off steadily at Monday's quotations. The quality of the stock was but middling. With sheep we were scantily supplied, and the mutton trade ruled brisk, at a further improvement in value of 5s 4d per 81bs. The best old Downs, in the wool, realised 5d per 811 rs. Lambs were in moderate supply, and heavy request, at 6d per 8 lbs less money. Calves sold slowly, and prices gave way 2d par Blbs. Pigs were very dull, but not cheaper. Milch cows were very heavy at from 131. to 191. each, including their small calf. Pe: Blbs to sink tho °Tale. s. d. e. d. I s. d. s d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 1 Prime5outhdown 5 0 5 4 Second. quality.... 3 8 4 O f Large crse. calves 4 4 5 2 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 , •me small d 0... 5 4 510 Pii Primo Scots, die. 4 8 4 101 Large hogs 3 6 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 8 4 OSmall porkers ... 4 4 4 IC Second quality ...4 4 4 6 i Suckling calves.. 22 0 29 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 8 4lu (Quarter old pigs.2l 0 VT C Lamb, 6s Od to 7s Od. TOTAL OVITLT. I POSEIGIN RIPPLY. Beasts .......... .... •• • • 915 1 Beasts .. ......... . . . 110 Sheep ..•....••••...• .... 4,200 Sheep . . ••••••• Calves NEWOATE AND LEADENFIALL. We had a moderate trade here to-day, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. a. d. a. d. I a. d. a. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling ..... 3 4 3 6 r Do., middling 3 6 4 0 De. prim large.. 3 8 4 0 Do., prime 3 2 4 6 De , do. 5ma11....4 2 4 4 j Veal 3 19 5 0 Pork, large _3 2 3 10 Pork, small 4 0 4 8 Lamb, 58 6d to Ca Gd. BOROUGH [LOP. Thero is a moderato demand for fine new hops at full prices, but all other kinds continue ♦ery dull in isle et barely late rates, The imports of foreign hops this week are 138 balee. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ N to 6/ 10s per cwt . ; Weald of Kouts, 310 s to 5/ Oa. ; IMO; 21 16s to 4110 s. COLONIAL. 'The public sales of foreign and colonial produce were closed during the early part of the week, iu consequence of the intervention of the Easter holidays. They were re sumed on Wednesday. TEA.—There has been a moderate business doing in this article, but to effect sales lower prices had to be submitted to. Common cougou maintains its price, viz., 8/d to 9d. SUGAR.—The markPt opened on Wednesday with a brisk appearance, and both home and foreign buyers pur chased largely, at an advance of about 64 to Is per cwt. on the prices current befors the holidays. Barbadees low to fine yellow realised 3 to 43s 6d ; Manilla brought 39s Od ; Ilavannah 44s 3d ; Madras brown 355, and grainy 43s per cwt ; Mauritius mid to good yellow 39s tid to 42s 6d, grainy 4us to 44s ; brown Pernams brought 37s to 38s ; Bengal soli at full prices, mid to good bri g ht y e ll ow 40 s t o 41s 6d per cwt. In the .Reiined Markets an active busi ness was done, at rather improved prices, brown lumps 50s 6d, low to fine grocery 51s to 51s, and crushed 33s per cwt. COFFEE.— There has been no public sales of this article, but privately good qualities have met a brisk demand, at full rates. Native Ceylon clean quality 50s to 53s per cwt. Mocha is in demand, and prices are on' the advance. RlCE.—There has been a brisk demand for cleaned rico for exportation, but for home consumption little business is doing. Cleaned Patna realited 15s to 188, and Bengal 9s 141 per cwt. . Rum.--A. larga business has been done in kw descrip tions of Esst India and foreign at 2s per ' , alien, good Demerara sold for 2s 4d, and common and fair 'cowards 22 to 2s Id per proof gallon. . SPICES.—The market for pepper is quiet, and prices have declined about , 1 „ Malabar raid greyish to good heavy brown 51d to 50, Alleppo 51d to sid per lb. Nutmegs— Singapore, slightly mouldy, brought 2s 61 per lb. There are large public sales advertised for next week. SALTPETRE.—The market has ruled firm, and a good. inquiry has existed, at full rates, but purchasers in many cases have refused to pay such high prices. COCHINEAL has been in pod demand, and prices have ruled somewhat higher. Teneriffo good dry mixed 3s 10 , 1 to 3s 11d, small silver 3118 d to 39 9d, Honduras "good and fine silver 3s 10d to 4s, blacks 4s 5d to 4s Bd, bright 5s to 5s 14, garbliegs is 7d, and Granada is 84 to is 9d.. TALLOW.—Tho market rules quiet. P.Y.C. on the spot Cis 3d to 47s 61, last 3 coo. 489 6d. GREEN FRUIT.—Tho market for Oranges is depressed, owing to large arrivals, and the principal part of the fruit landing out of condition. Three cargoes of St. Michael, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at a reduc tion of 4s. to ss. per box. Several cargoes of Seville Sours are to hand, the demand for which has fallen off, the season becoming advanced. Spanish Nets are steady at 445. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This t)ay.) LONDON, March 28.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; fresh breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, March 27.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived— Copiapo, from Peru, for Hamburg. Sailed—Victoria, (s._tpt.), for PlyTout.h.__ PLYMOUTH. - March 27.—Wind E., strong—Arrived— Rising sun, from Mobile, for Havre, with part of cargo thrown overboard. FALMOUTH, March 27.—Wind E., fresh gale.—Sailed— Mary, for St. John's, Newfoundland. KiiltUSH, March 26.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Edardo, from Monte Video. OFF DUCHY HEAD.—Protector, from New Orleans, for Elsinore; Fortunata, Islay, for Hamburg; Marianne, Cuba, for Bremen. _ _ _ CARDIFF, March 27.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—E. F. Willett, for Hong Kong ; Faith, Porto Rico ; Saxon King, Shanghai ; Mary Anna, New Orleans ; Beatrice, Callao ; Venice,New Orleans. HOLYHEAD,March 27.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Eliza Jenkins, from Buenos Ayres. HARTLEPOOL, March 2 7.—Wind N.—Arrived—Hiron delle, from Arbroath, for Shoreham, with loss of bowsprit, bows stove, &c., from collision with (supposed) the Amelia, for Shields. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Atalanta (s.), from Havre; South-Westera (8.), Jersey. Sailed—City of the Sultan, for Liverpool; Duke of Corn. wall (s.), Dublin. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind S. Arrived.—Tanjore, from Alexandria, Sailed—Pilot Fieb, for Aspinwall. HOLYHEAD, March 27. Wind E. Arrived.--/tapid, from Catania; Pandora, St. Mi. clutel's ; Harriet, Valencia. (ST SUBMARINE ANTI BRITISH TELEGRAPE3 GRAVESEND, Friday, 945 a.m. Wind E.N.E., cloudy ; tide four hours' ebb. ailed, 14 Larch for Mauritius. DEAL, Friday, 9.23 a.m. Wind N.E., fresh. Passed.—Chanticleer, from London, for Newfoundland. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF CANDLES.-1 further reduction has taken place throughout the metropolis in the price of candles ; dips are now selling at 6d. per lb., moulds at 7d., and composites of the description known as No. 4 at 7id. ' and superior descriptions at from 81d. to 10d. per lb. These are the prices at the shops where the business is done on the ready money system ; where the articles are sold on credit the prices are from a half peony to a penny per lb. higher. THE LAST SCOTCH _HANGMAN. Jelin Murdoch, who, until disabled by age and infir• mity about four years ago, had officiated for a length , ened period as the finisher of the law in Glasgow, and who was the last hangman who is ever likely to be in the ordinary pay of the corporation, has himself at length " shuffled off this mortal coil." For a period of about 20 years bis stalwart form and grim visage (par tially concealed by an old bigh-necked waterproof) were seen as the presiding genius at every scaffold which was erected throughout Scotland, and at not a few in the north of England. Murdoch, who was a baker, came to G'aegow from the north upwards of 20 years since, and was even then in advanced life. He was in poor circumstances, and contrived to get some humble em ployment about the corporation prperty. It hap pened that, about this time, Tim Young—the last func tionary who had a .format appointment and a regular salary, and who wore the executioner's official cos tume—was getting rather shaky, and, accordingly, Murdoch was retained as a sort of assistant, or stand-by. On Young's death he got a monopoly of the trade, such as it is ; but, as he had neither the official appointment nor the regular pay, he was remu nerated by the job. He took to the work quito genially, and, as he regarded his own functions as perfectly ne ce-sary to good government, he did not fail to toe on perfectly comfortable terms with himself. As his person becalie known in Glasgow, however, he found it con venient for his comfort to remove from the city, and took op his residence sometimes in Paisley, sometimes in Kilmarnock, sometimes in the adjacent villages—such as Motherwell—and he has even been recognized offi ciating as a pastrybeker's assistant at one of our fashion able Clyde watering-places. The tidings of a murder case at a Glasgow circuit always drew him forth. As soon as the judges sat down he reported his presence to the authorities, and then waited patiently, in the hope that the man would be barged. After sentence was pro nounced he felt all right. That the mind of the magi strates might be kept perfectly easy as to no accident taking place at the eleventh hour- -for in this case, ac cording to the old notion, the yeungest Bailiie must do the work—old Murdoch always lodged himself in prison a week or ten days before the event, where he had bed and hoard at the public expense, and thus he was certain to be forthcoming when needed on the morning of the execution. But, unfortunately for Murdoch, Glasgow alone did not afford employment enough to support a man of this trade when " paid by the piece," and accord ingly he laid himself out as a peripatetic finisher of the law in general ; and we suppose he referred to the ma eistrates of Glasgow for his character and qualifications. In this way it was his lot to string unfortunates up at Edinburgh, Inverness, Aberdeen, Ayr, Perth, Dundee, Stirling, and in varions towns in the north of England, such as Newcastle, Carlisle, &c. Taking a pleasure in his work, he held anything in the shape of a reprieve or commutation in mortal detestation, end used to say that the ridiculous weakness of the Government did him out of the best job he was ever likely to have—viz., the hanging of Frost, Williams, and ,Tones, for which em ployment he was the favoured candidate. We have said he took a p'easure in his revolting work. He officiated, for instance, upon the two murderers Doolan and Red• ding, who slaughtered a railway ganger while the E iin burgh and Glasgow line was being constructed, 16 years years ago, and who were executed in a field close to the scene of the crime. As Murdoch stood at the bottom of the scaffold imined'ately after the men had been thrown off, one of the authorities remarked that Doolan had riot been properly handled, as he struggled, and suffered much. "It's his ain fau't," said Murdoch, "aocht wad ser' him but he wad tak' a jump when the drap geed de e p ; but see, sir, boo kindly Redding's slippin'awa" (dying). The last occasion on which Murdoch officiated in Glas gow, or anywhere else, we presume, was at the execu tion, in 0:t. 1851, of a ma❑ named Hare for a murder committed in B'autyre. He was then 84 years of age, and was so lame with rheumatism that he had to hirple after the criminal to the gallows by the aid of a staff ; but, once there, the old fellow did his duty with nerves of steel. Although there have been, unhappily, other occasions of the same kind since, the magistrates of Glas gow could not trust Murdoch again, and accordingly they called in the help of Calcraft, who, we trust, will be found perfectly able to do all the work of this kind which is required over the United Kingdom. Murdoch, being thus laid aside, went to the charming village of Bothwell, where, happily, his " antecedents" were un known, excepting to one or two, who generously kept the secret ; and here he died on Saturday, the 15th inst. He was maintained for the last few years by a monthly dole from the Corporation of Glasgow, which was dis guised, to the public, under the head of " criminal ex penditure," and he will he the last official of the kind, we trust, who will permanently have a place on the Cham berlain's books. He was not a native, and had no claim on Glasgow excepting that which abject destitution gave him, and that he had been useful in performing neces sary, but very vile functions. Had Glasgow left him to starve, it would not have been an easy matter to fix the parish liable for the support of a wandering hangman approaching 00 years of age. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The 14th quar terly general meeting took place at Exeter-hall, on Thursday ; Viscount Ranelagh in the chair. The nob'e lord submitted a very satisfactory statement of the so ciety's affairs during the quarter, observing that the executive committee had deemed it expedient to exercise great caution at the present period, before they resumed active operations in the sale of the unallotted land, and in the acquisition of new properties. The total cash receipts to March 25, 1856, amounted to 224,006/. Bs. ld, The quarterly returns showed an increase of about 1,2001. on the previous quarter. The return of rights showed 5,233, of which 2,300 were unexercised. The total sale of land amounted to 135,3711. 12s. ; for the present quarter to 2,3211. 10s. 6d. The committee announced that the following estates would be allotted on the 3d of April : —Maldon, South Essex ; St. Catherine's Close, Lincoln ; Roundhill. Brighton, third portion ' • and Brockly-hill, Forest-hill, Kent, reserved lots ; to be fol lowed, at an early date, by the Woodbury-park estate , Tunbridge-wells. The Earl of Bective, M.P., has bee n elected a member of the executive. A drawing took place for 100 rights of choice, and 50 were added by seniority, all 10.) All 100 all all all 0 141 14 15/ 4 1 91 26 9t i 86 1211 [044 - 634 3 f p►n 161 85 1 5 i 1001 i 281 71 9$ 100 all 100 1100 1100 100 100 1100 100 all all 100 all ‘ l l 10 Iwo !too zoo 100 100 100 a li all I.i all 10(1 100 100 all all all 20 20 25 25 12i 6 1 ii 13} I i 32 i 14 Wiltslef4omrst PREFE 86i 90 Pm I pm 5 1341 91i / y ~f I SOCIETY OF ARTS. MARCH 26. I. K. BRUNEL, Esq., F.R.S , in the chair. Messrs. J. Q. Aubert, W. Cooper, J. S. Coutts, Faulkner, jun., W. H. Jackson, W. Marchanr, R. V. Luton, and J. Winter, jun., were elected tnewbers. The paper read was " Oo the Mantfacture of Soap," by Mr. W. Hawes. The author commenced by showing how this manufac ture had been checked ; how every attempt at its lie prorement had been thwarted ; bow the cist of the snap produced had been increased .;s and how, in fact, by the odious interference of - the- Excise, a chemical process had remained with scarcely an impromement fur the last 200 years. Before describin g the manufacture Mr. Hawes briefly noticed the little known of the history of snap making. Soft soap, he said, appeared to have been in general use from time immemorial. Of hard soap nothing was heard, from its introduc tion into this country, early in the 16th century, until 1622. lie then spoke of the incorporation of the governor, assistants, and fellows of the Society of Soap makers of Westminster, in 1632, and showed ho w a mono ' poly attempted to be created in their favour completely failed, the persecutions of many unfortunate soapnaakers notwithstanding, as the public would not buy their goods. This brought him to the year 1646, when the soapmakers petitioned the House of Commons to levy a tax on the raw material, instead of on the manufactured article ; but in lieu of this, i n 1650 , a d uty was p l ace d upon the former, whilst the latter was retained. He then detailed the seve ral rates of duty to which soap hail been subject up to 1816, when it was increased to 3d. per lb., or 281. per ton ; but in 1833, it having been proved to the Chancellor of the Exchequer that illicit trade was increasing, and the duty thereby decreasing, the duty was reduced to lsd. per lb., at which rate it remained until it was finally abolished in 1852. The soft soap of commerce, he said, was a simple mixture of oil, vegetable and animal, and a given quantity of tallow, with a ley of caustic potash. No more alkali was used than was required to form the soap, which being aided to the oil and tallow in a ley of light specific gravity, was gradually concen trated till the soap attained the required consistency, when it was taken from the copper and run into barrels for sale. This was the cheapest kind of soap, and where it could be advantageously used, as in washing wool or cloth, was the most economical. Its smell and its con sistency prevent its general use for household purposes. Hard soap he described as being made from any animal or vegetable fat or oil ; the white and mottled soaps of commerce being distinguished from yellow soap by the absence of resin ; in other respects, though the process of finishing differed, they were alike. The process was as follows :—A solution of nearly caustic soda was added to the fatty matter. These were boiled together just sufficiently to allow gradual combination of the alkali with the grease, when the excess of ley was separated from the imperfect soaps and was run err into reservoirs below ; another portion of alkali was then added, and boiling was continued till the soap was chemically perfect, though not finished com mercially ; and here began the processes by which the special character was given to the different descriptions of soap. Mottled soap was boiled into a curd on a strong alkaline ley. and a few hours after the boiling had ceased was taken direct from the copper to the frame or mould, where the clarifying process took place; when cold it was cut up into bars or cakes for sale. Yellow soap on the other hand was clarified in the copper, whilst white or curd soap, before being put into the frame to cool, re quired frequent crutching or stirring about, in an inter mediate vessel, to break and mix the curd, so that when cool it should he uniform and homogeneous, and no clari fying process was necessary, owing to the best materials only being used for this soap. Mr. Hawes next directed attention to the materials used in the manufacture ofsoap. Speaking first of tsllow, he alluded to the great change which has been caused by the importation of palm oil, by which, and by the gradually extending use of gas in pri vate dwelling-houees, we were in this particular now nearly independent of Russia. The other raw material wasalkali, soda for hard soap, and potash for soft soap ; and here again he drew attention to the effect of the repeal of an excise duty upon price and quality. After speak ing of the patent laws generally, which he considered were alike injurious to both patentees and the public, he proceeded to say that the only patent relating to the manufacture of soap which appeared likely to succeed practically was that for combining the materials by me chanical means without the aid of the fire, the object being to avoid the formation of glycerine. It was in this direction, either to prevent the - formation of glyce rine, and thus to increase the product of soap from a given quantity of tallow, or to save and apply to useful purposes what was now wasted, that he expected to see the first fruits of the relief of this important branch of industry from the trammels of the Excise. After the reading of the paper a discussion took place in which Messrs. Warren, De la Rue, F.R S., G. F. Wilson, F.R.S., Degald Campbell, F.C.S., Robert Low, the Earl of Caithness, and the chairman, with Mr. Hawes, joined. The author's theory of saponification was dissented from by several speakers, and also his views as to the inexpediency of patents ; but in this latter respect he was supported by the chairman, who holds that ioventors themselves, as a body, are not being benofitted to the extent to which they are injured by the deluove hopes engendered by the patent law. A vote of thanks to Mr. Hawes concluded the pro ceedings. STRANGE AFFAIR. A strange affair took Waco three days ago at Chagny (Saone•et-Loire). A man who arrived by railway front Paris entered a public-house near the station and ordered breakfaq. Just as he was served a female entered, and he displayed great trouble at her appearance ; hut he approached and asked her to take part in his meal. She returned no reply, but smiling disdainfully went away. She proceeded to a house at some distance and the roan followed her. Presently loud cries were heard from the house, and it turned out that the man had stabbed the woman four times with a knife and had then stabbed him self twice. Both were conveyed to the hospital, where every attention was shown them, and the following ex planation was then obtained from them :—They were man and wife, and lived at Paris, where the Pinner carried on the business of a hairdresser. A short time back he heard that a report was current that his wife was carry ing on an adulterous connection with her gmsia, a soldier in the gendarmerie of Paris; and four days hack, happening to find the man with his wife, ho asked him if there was any truth in the report. The soldier with great brutality told him that he was the favoured lover of his wife, and on this the husband kicked him out of doors. The next day the hairdresser on going home found that his wife had stripped it of everything of value and bad taken to flight. Whilst he was making in quiries after her he happened to meet the ger,d.srme, who told him in an insolent and scoffing way that ho had just accompanied his wife to the railway station. The husband, supposing that she would most likely go to Chagny, where her parents resided, went down by the next train and there fell in with his wife as related'. When he had followed her into the house, which was that of her parents, he offered her in presence of the latter a pardon for her past misconduct and entreated her to re turn to him, but she with every mark of contempt and hatred rejected his pardon and refused his proposal. On this he became dreadfully exasperated and stabbed her four times—twice in the leg, once in the left artu, and once in the groin ; the stabs he inflicted on himself were in the breast. The woman's wounds, though they occasioned a great loss of blood, are without. gravity ; those of the man, though dangerous, are not mortal. THE OLD COACHING DAYS. Formerly, in the old coaching days, the entrance into London was a sight that no country in the world could parallel, and one of which the first impression was well calculated to astound the fore'gner, who had been accus tomed in his own country to travel along roads that were about as loose in soil and as furrowed with ruts as ploughed fields, and in mails, too, that were a kind of cross between a fly waggon and an omnibus, and not nearly so rapid as hearses when returning from a funeral, and with the horses harnessed to the un sightly vehicle with tranes of rope, and a huge booted driver continually shouting and swearing at the team. The entre into the metropolis, on the can trary, was over a roadway that was positively as hard as steel and as level as water, and upon which the patter of the horses' hoofs rang with an almost metallic sound. Then the coachman was often an English gentleman, and even in some cases a person of rank, whilst the vehicle itself was a very model of lightness and elegance. The horses, too, were such thorough - bred animals as England alone could produce, and their entire leather trappings as brightly polished as a dandy's boots. In those days, even London people themselves were so de lighted with the eight of the mails and fast coaches leav ing the metropolis at night, that there was a large crowd invariably congregated around the Angel at Islington, the White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, and the Elephant and Castle across the water, at S every evening, to see the royal stages start into the country by their different routes. On the King's birth-day, too, the scene at those inns was assuredly as picturesque av it was entirely na tional. The exterior of the taverns was studded over with lights of many colours, arranged in tasty luminous lines, the sleek coated blood horses were all newly harnessed, and the bright brass ornaments on their trappings glittered again in the glare of the illumination. The coachman an d guard were in unsullied scarlet coats worn for the first time that day ; and there were gay rosettes of ribbon and bunches of flowers at each of the horses' heads as as in each of the coachmen's button-hole, w hil e the freshly-painted mails were packed so thickly in front of the tavern door that the teams were all of a heap there ; and the air kept continually resoundi ng w i t h the tinny twang of the post-horns of the newly•arriving and de parting vehicles.— World of London. STATE OF TRADE.--M AY CHESTER March 27. --There has been a moderate b us i ness d one 'i n c l o th for India, and with the orders i n b an d f or future d e livery of shirt lags, madapollams, and jaconet., and the demand spring ing up, manufacturers are able to command full prices. Buyers are, neve r th e l ess , ac ting with much caution, finding that foreign markets respond but slowly, it at all, to the demand for extra prices. According to the estimate of l‘lessrs. George Fraser, Son, and Co., yarns are now id. per lb., and India shirtings 9d. to 101 d. per piece dearer than in last October ; and it will readily he conceived that this is no trifling bar to the rapid extension of business in the markets of India, which have in the meantime received large supplies of cheaper goods than can now be obtained here. There is still some business in longcloths for Alexandria, and the home trade houses continue well supplied with orders from the country. In yarns there is only a moderate business, and no change in prices. ~l LITERATURE. Lifc's Cl ances. A Novel; 3 vols. Newby. This is a very complicated story, and is cer tainly ingeniously constructed And elaborately worked out, which renders it of interest in perusal ; but all the circumstances attending its chief points are painful. In some cases especially the position of the heroine is a most unfortunate one. The wily and unscrupulous Marinette was the cause of all the misery and misunderstanding which enveloped the careers of the unhappy Rita and her husband, the ill-fated Lord Delamain. She is aptly repre sented as heartless in regard to pity or feeling, but possessed of violent passions, which, when excited by neglect or successful rivalry against her, she turned with relentless fury on all, more desirous of confounding her false friend than her open enemy. The manner in which such an accomplished actress in the dark role of life's drama could cir cumvent an unsuspecting, generous young mau like Delamain is easily understood, and she pur sued her triumph in every way. It is a relief to turn from the wicked set among which Marinette figured to the calm dignity with which the heroine, Margarita, supported herselfin very trying circum stances. She had not the opportunity of retiring from the world, as she ardently desired ; and was compelled, to gain her living, to enter on its busiest and gayest scenes. But though in them, she was net of them ; and all testified to the high character of the gifted vocalist on the Italian stage when she made her debut. It was not till after many years of sorrow and suffering, to which actual afflictions in the ordinary course would have been as nothing, that the plots were discovered, and Lord and Lady Delamain enabled to seek what repose could be obtained for their much-tried spirits and perplexed and harassed minds. It is evident that much of their trouble arose from their imprudence, and Lord Delamain's from his former weakness ; but they are nevertheless to be pitied for the miseries entailed on them by a crafty spirit. Many other characters are met with, and the scene is changed from England to Italy. Altogether, a great deal of variety is displayed in the work, and the peculiar mystery hanging over it to the last, almost, will hold out an attraction to the admirers of the marvels of romance ; and whatever blame may be attached to Margarita for imprudence, her character is an in teresting and admirable one for a heroine. Syria and the Syrians. By Gregory M. Wortabet. 2 Vols. : - Nlaclden, EeadeiThall-street. The chief point which will induce the reader to regard these volumes with interest, is the fact that they are the production of a Syrian. Thu author is a native of Bayroot, and, after having passed several years in visiting Europe, Africa, America, and different parts of ASia, .returned to his own country for a short time. He • became impressed with the necessity of l a yi ng b e f ore t h e Br i tish public, whom he considers to be the most interested in Eastern affairs, a tint hful account of the posi tion of their fellow Christians in Palestine, and of the general management of the Turks and Mahom medans in religious matter% His object, he tells us, is not so much to entertain the reader 'as to arouse a deeper interest in P.-. yria, and to awake the sympathies of the English nation for a people whom he considers it to be their duty as Christians, no less than their interest as a nation, to elevate and instruct. It must not be imagined, however, that the work before us consists of nothing but social rind religious reflections. The writer has contrived t,o combine the expression of his views with au agreeable narrative of his travels and adventures, and enlivens the more didactic portions of his work with the descriptions of customs, habits, and national peculiarities usually met with in the pages of books of travels. ID the present instance we have a guarantee for the authenticity of his details of the domestic life of the Syrians in the fact that he is himself a native of that country, though his long travels and acquaintance with other countries has removed the prejudices of an inhabitant. With respect to the much-disputed Turkish ques tion, the writer considers the maintenance of Turkey a vital point to the interests of England, and he considers this object will be muh more easily attained by strengthening Turkey and ena bling her to support herself than by always fighting her battles and settling her difficulties. He also considers that the existence of the Turkish empire can only be secured .by enlisting the feelings of its Christian subjects in its behalf, and this can never be done until the civil - distinctions are re moved and the law which decrees the death of every Moslem convert abolished. The writer is, deeply imbued with religious feelings, and the greatest pleasure he derived from his visits to the scones described was in tracing the spots mentioned in the Sacred Writings. It was painful to him, as it must be to every Christian, to witness the desecra tion of the Holy Places. The church of St. John is now a mosque, and Antioch, the city whore the Christians first received that name, has not one place of C - fristiari worship. The members of that faith meet in a large cave a little out of the torn. The author describes the fanatacistri of some of the Moslems as very great, and asserts that it is only their fear of the English that keeps them in check. On hearing of the Russian aggression the Mahome dans of Syria resolved to rise en masse and exter minate the Christians, until they heard that England and France, two Christian powers, bad leagued themselves with Turkey. This terrible spirit of fanaticism is especially strong in Damascus, because it is considered a holy city and called " the gate of Mecca." The author apologises in his preface for any inaccuracies that may lie found in his work, by stating that they were printed very rapidly and consequently unrevised, and he en treats the indulgence of the reader for his educa tion and national style of .expression. This will no doubt be afforded, though we doubt if any dif ference could bo detected in the style or idiom of the work, which we commend to the notice of all desirous of becoming acquainted with Syrian life and manners, and the position of Christians under the Turkish rule, without sharing all his political opinions or coinciding in his conclusions. SWINDLING BY A COUNTESS. The Countess de Villenouvette, widow of a nobleman of that name, was three days ago tried by default by the Tribunal of Correctional Police of Lyons for swindling in that city. She was, it appears, born at Toulouse, her maiden name being Lacroix, and she married the Count de Villenouvette. By her anarria ,, c she had a son, to whom, she stated, the Count do Chambord was god father ; but the child died when three years of age. Although her husband w 35 kind and affec;ioeate, she conducted herself in the most scandalous manlier, arid this prAluced such au effect upon hint that after a few year he died broken hearted. She then went to live openly with a man named Saint Loup, and followed him to Africa ; and she afterwards took up with a soi disant Count Gelas. In October last, she went to Lyons and hired an apartment in a house in the Rue St. Martin, occupied by a man eatned Trichon. She had very little luggage, and but fere effects ; but a man who was believed to bo respectable gave out that he knew the lady well, for that he had at one time been servant to her parents, who, he said, were of high rank, and he declared that, though she had sustained great reverses of fortune, she still possessed 15,0001. of reute and an estate in the neighbourhood of Castelnandry. In cons( quenee of these representations, several tradiamen were induced to give the woman credit, and amongst teem was an upholsterer, who supplied her with some handsome furniture. It was even hinted to the landlord Tri chon, that she had cast a favourable eye on him, and was inclined to marry him ; but Trichon, without being dazzled by so great an honour, deemed it advis able to make inquiries about her at Castelnandry, and he then learned that she was not known there. The Countess, hearing what he had don e , secret l y removed from his house, on the 2d Due. last, all the furniture and goods which she had got on credit, and fled from the town with Count Gelas. Since then, all attempts to die cover her place of refuge have been fruitless. Under these circumstances, the Tribunal sentenced Ler to three years' imprisoment and 50 fr. fine. A young woman who had lived with the Countess as her maid was afterwards tried for having as-fisted her in carrying off the furniture antt other goods, and, being convicted, was sentenced to 2 months' imprisonment and 25 Ir. fine. The man whose false pretences had caused credit to be given to the Countess was tried as her accomplice in swindling, and he also being convicted was sente nced to 6 months' imprimon runt. GIGANTIC STEAM HAfifi'..R.—At the Grove iron works, where Mr. Condie carries on the manufacture of his excellent steam hammers, one bas just been finished of extraordinary dimensions. It is about to be sent to Holland, to be erected at the works of the Netherlands Flattery, at Amsterdam, and is five tons weight. It has a total height of 23 feet, with a clear working apace between the standards of 12 feet wide by 6 feet high, having a stroke of six feet. The weight of the whole machine is no leas than 30 tone. Notwithstanding the enormous mass of metal it contains, and though at first sight it seems rather to be some piece of monumental work than a tool to be used in the ma nufacture of machinery, it is beautifully proportioned in its several parts, and as manageable as a child's toy. All its levers and other gearing are very carefully finished, and polished to a high degree of brightness • and it works as smoothly and sweetly as the mechanism' of a chronometer. Large numbers of the hammers ma nufactured by Mr. Condie have found their way to Ger many, France, the Netherlands, Holland, and 'America ; yet the Government coatinue to use hammers in their smithworke and dockyards, insignificant in power, savage and erroneous in principle, and liable to continual acci dent and derangement, notwithstanding it has been over and over egain stated in all the publiciournals that such an excellent tool as that which Mr. Condie patented many years ago is available, and which is es cheap as the rudest hammers which thy Government oonttnuod to use. 20 5 20 26 2h too ?,0 IA 20 10 100 100 100 20 20 100 100 100 20 an all 100 100 1100 3i 100 100 214 all 100 100 31 114 16?; 110 1110 ,tll 3 all all 72 I 77 61 15 g 151 55i 9 81 72 li J VIP