The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-21 00:00:00

s~ fer a boot ring them o reason a,ppetito dent thy ins would descent as a Italian rally con here since nt as any Brous tem- It is to be reeks and ame into from the the boom leg in two IA Fourth ,n and the Ter g 1 eatly ,neh army , al though certaina, the above •ed that iu exaggera- Dumber of nmissar:at ther nunl ender can oned. ARCH 8. the a firth on Thurs- a time of The open attention', less active id waiting iwbile the Is and dis k. I told .e are nu- enterprise renter the ily her 13- -st step in 'y which is resource!, ing a ua- uncils and he leading moned by )pinion on e creation ht become duals, like n the Go ouses who le profits, e borne by ink was to all such 'ailure. )ger is to and not a ifford the tal to have ago to the :ey which th of Halil thick took this. Ho lices, espe- Tord4, per s for mak im 18 mil ; and yet any other ie may see 'enu9 from valuol at s made by Ambassa or of Roa ge of pecti nteeedents .is light oil He was iurdistan t pursued 3ry, which e to drive ,ho Porte. which he as well 10 highest or his mis when his ig him ap vhich put cabled him er. year that )vernmen t f the most Examples when men es; abuses ,cant spot ussa, until o recalled before. A. fiance even in prison, iisery on a ie of Omer to escape. nes. For w there ar© quences of ilanthropy, imes when , n the gates ran a fair their own follow the tself felt in gest. The on. What admirals, rbody does ons of the ached need ; of sailors is state of bales and go three of le Custom ry it off in They were, I. pursued. scape they ,ely bought ad, leaving on board. , but when 'es took up n into the nen. The the noise, ,rmed with vhat they 1 by some kill them, nem. The t had hap ms at that id ordered em if they ,he paddle d another ;bird the and a boat got rid of ;her noise, next day en he was s informed lied. The )mpanions eon board Ln English ►rate j uris is afraid ision with place here d through aave been e Crimean 'ived here Lumla are lame time. feather at • bas been ave been, boat put , for tho by a yes )f Kalafat r-in-Chief y will ac: ided whe mder of a ail Pasha who Morally as well as physically brave, and who does flu!, shrink from responsibility. Although he has not en it'Yed a military education, he is an intelligent 1 , 41, 11 , cap a bl e o f f orm i ng hi s own id e as. IF General is attached to him, he will have a profes- Bl °nal and exp er i ence d so ldier at his side, capable of making suggestions. The great thing is, that the army of Anatolia will have a head, the want of Which was its chief fault. Omer Pasha is still at Trebizonde. lie is ex- Noted here ; and probably Ismail Pasha will not go before he arrives, as they don't pull together. The French h ave b e en going on a little better in their hospitals for the last two days. M. Eaudens, the Inspector-General of all the juospitals, h as l e f t f or the Crimea. Ile carried with -:;rn a lett e r f rom Mi ss Ni g htingale to Marshal r !lissier, in which she offers, as a private gift, port Pie lime-juice, beef tea, and bedding for the Tench hospitals in the Crimea. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EvENING. The Illonitcur publishes the following : the The E m p eror h as had a r e port drawn up of the Lumber of, and circumstances connected with, political exiles in Algeria or in foreign countries. " After the events of June, 1848, 11,000 persons er e sentenced under the Republic to transporta v" to Algeria ; by the clemency of the President th at number w a s reduced to 306. In December, 1848, 11,201 persons were trans tlrted or banished. The pardons granted by the ''' l uperor h ave re d uce d th a t num b er t o 1,058. 1 h. , " 0u the occasion of the birth of the Prince C o u P e tial, his Majesty has decided that permis , ion return to France shall be granted to ail those ho will make a declaration to submit loyally to the government the nation has selected, and who ill w • Al give ri their word of honour to respect the laws. r od at the inauguration of the empire this " I ntis appeal was made ; the Emperor has or opti!red it to be repeated. The only expatriated men the be those who obstinately refuse to recognise Z i national will and the monarchy it has founded." b , 4:h e iiloniteur continues to publish satisfactory I mperial, o f the health of the Empress, of the Prince and of Prince Jerome. tb 4(l dresses of congratulation continue to reach 'lipe.ror on the birth of the Prince-Imperial. Toll e Court of Cassation of Paris has sent in the owi ng tie development owes to your Majesty internal order, it:. development of all the national resources, the rank i n 'eh she has resumed in the world, the success of a "f 4 and necessary war, and the hope of a durable and (444(111 Peace. Providence, which does nothing in an Pnplet e manner, has willed that a son, brought up A°r„, uer Your direction, instructed by your example, and e b - .ed by his august mother to all the delights of shall one day continue the work of goverume,nt 1 , 1 " (4 civilisation which you pursue in the midst of the th °B t evident marks of Divine protection, and of the gra d t u de of rh o peop l e. I t h as w ill e d t o consecra t e th e g l or y p. th e c.randeur of the present by the security of the In birth of the Prince•lmperial is everywhere ti e blessing. Under these eTave and patrio ea„e'renoistances, Sire, the members of your Court of Cessation unite with the most profound sympathy in the h r ' Yes and thanksgivings whick are offered up on all bo ( l 3 fl i ts €' of the empire. They respectfully unite in the 4 104 ,_ " emotions of your heart, and in th jo e yof the happy er who has just gratified the wishes of France. They Y at the foot of the throne the homage of their warmest pg r atulations and of their faithful devotedness." fr:: Civ il Tribunal of Avignon expresses itself as foli o Ate r si r re- France, scarcely recovered from so many of t l l ll `t and involu n tarily disturbed by the remembrance ° Past, only enjoyed with a feeling of vague uneasi itin:,the Precious benefits of your reign ; she dared not e g l 4 `.'"re into the future. You yourself, Sire, after having h iit 'n s trengthened the principles of authority, of mo ti-0 '9, and of religion, which alone can secure the dura g,t' of empires; after having re•established order in the all t nh tent, calm in the public mind, arid confidence in li hot ." transactions of the country; after having brought victory to our standard, re:achieved the high influ• t e , e id e which belongs to us in the councils of Europe, arid fo r n er ed possible by good faith and energy an unhoped- Yo t r a " , you, Sire, felt the want of a direct heir to Ne t glorious name, to continue your wise and coura- N e , traditions, and perpetuate the truly providential in which you are engaged. Your wishes and ours w i e ust been ranted, ire, and heceforth e shal Ata3; j have to invoke the S blessings of n Heaven on you l r te', B tY, on the Empress, and on the cradle of the child Th„ w "° ,l l the destinies of a great people now repose. la t ," 'nembers of the Civil Tribunal of Avignon hasten to , t, J at the feet of your Majesty the tribute of their sin 4re co ngratulation and the homage of their profound The ect and inviolable devotedness." fcll o Municipal Council of Marseilles has voted the Prot Sire Providence manifests once more the glorious of j e tion with which it surrounds France. In presence ti e h e great event which has just been accomplished all e i. ° ,entry thrills with joy, and salutes with enthusiasm aje r th of the Prince Imperial as a now pledge of force st ability. Marseilles, which occupies so important oft ilt ee in the empire ' hastens to be one of the first to ho -I. to your Majesty and to your augus , t , consort the T age of its felicitations and devotedness. foll ow i sg is from the Municipal Council of %le tt Pr o i , i , r e,—The town of Toulon, which was the first to tre,,i` r n you Emperor, was aroused to - day, to i ts 4 1 , -4 delight, by the salvos of artillery announc te,, the birth of an heir to your Majesty. The 0 0 of Toulon, Sire, by the organ of its Municipal otCil wishes to be the first to congratulate you ""hi happy event, which secures to France the ljPetuity of your dynasty and of your glorious policy. ti4 fr 'r s up the most ardent prayers for the preserva vicl,„:4 Your Majesty, of the precions scion whom Pro- Y oh . '" has just given you, and of his august mother. loC r rrnty rely, sire, on the love which the people of Yo gi , 0 (1 town of Toulon will always bear you and Ad d '• fr o ,, 4 ) B ges to similar effect have also been received Nancy, Chaumont, Laon, Beauvais, Rothe], 1 .- 7 ' .lll °ftt (Oise), Lo Mans, Lolls-le-Si:Ammer, re ux ' and Nevers. ot a IT.tsu, March 20.—The following were the last i o „, Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 32 1 t Cents c+3 90 —f. —c. 1, 1 •7 r Cent s 72 20 72 35 11:w,Loa n 72 80 Shares 3,475 Roman 134 4 . 4 Xtobili er 1,572 5) A.ustrian 1 • 741 Five 5......., Spanish Threes -°,lniontesc (5)...... 93 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-108 CASH. ?P ab a 1,290 Western 897 t 0 I orth ern 897 50 Strasburg ~"4.10 24ed• — °6- -••. ....... ...... 1,2 A/ New Ditto 825 I, y lterr a , ean - - Grand Central 630 es " ' ere tt e 49 va 795 Testa .................. 760 Austrian Com. AUSTRIA. letter from Vienna of the 16th, in the Alili 'll Gazette, says :—" The reduction of the army h• ° O 4 - imenced, and is to receive as much eaten -4541 tx as circumstances will permit. The military dill has been regulated in a manner which De cause all extraordinary allowances to disap- Na a r. It appears decided that the officers will be ~e(.l on half -pay if they desire it." Gortschakoff left Vionna on the morning 'Lie 15th for St. Petersburg. EGYPT. 4 letter from Alexandria of the 4th, in the to"stitutionne4 says •—`jhave to announce qu; len two things a lt og ether new, and one 4 1 ;,‘" as extraordinary as the other in Oriental The first is an application of the 1)11 , 1 ar suffrage in the administration of ff , "ee in E g y p t ; an d th e second, a subscription , ` the Suez Canal hailed with confidence by the Turks themselves. The Viceroy, who endeavours ti 4 o "erY means in his power to introduce civilisa ty, a into his States, is desirous of reforming the tii: 1 1°111 of the administration of justice, and, if pos eur'', of rendering it more independent and more igatetied. The first obstacle he met with in this ei, ll ,s l ,ahle design was the position of the cadis or 1 1 1 :, Judge s of the country. They are appointed p ur i 'r Porte, and it is at Constantinople that they hnrcuase their posts. Mohammed Said has reim vßed to them the original cost of their places, and as o, ° • b tained the right of direct appointment. Not sp —l ng, however, to take on himself all the re heiesibility he intends confiding the selection to f eR People, who will be invited, when occasion of eeQt° give a secret vote, and the person who re- T . the largest number will be the magistrate. to a greatest difficulty in this new system will be m ake the people comprehend the importance of se r iL l g,ht which is thus accorded them. In the sub ren for the canal of the isthmus of Suez, the l iu s -11 " apportioned to the city of Alexandria was Billions of francs, and it was all subscribed f ti ( „ Iv ° days. The Viceroy has subscribed in addi of4L, for 30 millions, and also one million for the h s -er s) and ono for the sub-officers and soldiers of 0 3 .j ar rhY—an idea as politic as it is generous. At 4„ r° the eagerness was quite as great, or even I,9 a on te r n • The sum attributed to that city is ''"° o E, which was immediately subscribed r su b s:4l g 50 persons. At Alexandria the number of e ot se ribers is not less than 250, and includes per %tos„°flall nations. For Europeans to act so is not but for Turks and Egyptians it is an be ou l r u - of event. lt is a proof a new era is cora el'g in the country." Th- - states that Corri ere M ercan til e o f G enoa , of the 17th, that th e en li stments f or th e Anglo-Italian r - 7 4 have b een sus p en d e d in consequence of ers fr'Tha London. The second regiment sta hellen d at Suss. is shortly to proceed to Genoa, ee to 4e shipped to Malta. .. THE PEACE CONGRESS. (From Second Edition of the Morning Poet, this day, ) PARIS, Thursday, 6 r.m.—The last meeting of the Cuigress, I have reason to believe, was not concluded without satisfactory results. Probably those questions which relate to the Black Sea were discussed, and received the sanction of the Prussian Plenipotentiaries. The articles of the treaty can now be elaborated. Supposing the Plenipotentiaries find no objection to the wording of this document, which is not very probable, the treaty of peace will be signed within a week from the present mo ment. As soon as the ratification has taken place, some of the Plenipotentiaries now in Paris will leave this city. To execute the details of the treaty will certainly occupy some time. Commissions have to be appointed for regulating frontier ques tions, and their reports cannot be collected it may be for weeks to come. Certainly Lord Clarendon, Aali Paella, and M. Cavour cannot be expected to remain in Paris for so long a period, when their presence is necessary to their respective Govern ments. Lord Clarendon, as I have before in. formed you, will probably be in London before the 31st of this month. I presume, therefore, that the resident Ambassadors will attend to the exe cution of such details as are involved iu the prac tical execution of the treaty. When the articles of the said treaty have been signed, the representa tives of the allies will probably receive extraordi nary powers from their home Governments to execute the contracts entered into. What has taken place at the Congress will perhaps never be known, but I have learned enough to assure you that Lord Clarendon has manfully fulfilled his mis sion, and thoroughly represented the views of Load Palmerston's Cabinet. The Imperial Minister for Foreign Affairs has personally waited on the Emperor after each meeting of the Congress, which is a safe guarantee that the wisdom and loyalty of Napoleon 111. have ever presided at the Council Board. Englishmen will require nothing more ; and France will be satisfied. A group of grumblers will be found no doubt on both sides of the Channel, for political opposition feedson such dishes as whet the appetite of a discontent in which it desires the rest of the world to participate. I sincerely believe that the good sense of the majority will consider the treaty, now in course of formation, as highly hon ourable. The integrity of Turkey has been secured, and a vast new field of commerce is opened to com mercial Europe, and in which Russia will herself participate. Whether or not the Governments of France anti England will seize upon the present occasion to endeavour to ameliorate the condition of certain countries now suffering from political de gradation, I know not. Count Orloff, I understand, has declared that his master,the Emperor Alexander, is willing to grant large privileges to Russian Po land. The Emperor of the French desiies ar dently to see the Roman States more prosperous and contented. But the difficulty of reconcil ing the people to the Crown without the risk of " concessions" wandering into abuses is so great, that, like most political, and royal, and imperial hopes and promises, they may never be practically applied. Nevertheless, if we may believe assertions, there really seems to be a desire amongst the Plenipotentiaries to give Europe the material for, permanent repose. To do so, however, effectually would involve radical changes, of which stupid despotic Governments afford us no past examples, excepting under the influence of revolution. There is a dawn of hope on the world's political horizon, which may light the eye of the political watcher, but will scarcely deceive his reason. S EIIP-L AUNCHING EXTRAORDIN ARY. There was a novel and interesting spectacle on the river yesterday, when two wooden despatch vessels, named the Vigilant and the Alacrity, each of 670 tons burden, and three iron mortar-vessels, for her Majesty's Government, were launched from the extensive ship building yard of Messrs. C. J. Mare and Co., of Blackwell, whose business is now being carried on by the as-dgnecs. Theses launches were complete and per fect, especially the despatch ships. They glided from the stocks on which they were constructed roost grace fully, and the scene was most exciting. The fifth launch took place within 15 minutes of the first, and loud cheers burst forth from the assembled multitudes as each ship reached the bosom of Father Thames. The expedi tion displayed in forwarding these vessels is quite marvellous, and reflects the highest credit on the assignees of C. J. Mare and Co., who, notwith standing pecuniary difficulties, have carried on the busi ness of the yard in a most enterprising and successful manner. Much credit is also due to Messrs. Westwood and Baillie, the general managers of the estate under the assignees, more particularly in the rapid construction of the iron mortar-boats. Seven out of the 20, ordered by the Admiralty, have been launched from Messrs. Mare's yard. lt'ix more will be launched on the sth of April from the same yard, together with a large iron screw steamer, the Genova, 1,900 tons burthen, for the Genoese Trans-Atlantic Company ; at the same time an iron paddle-steamer for the South-Western Railway to ply between South ampton and Havre. Tte Genova is now so far advanced as to give promise to he a perfect specimen of naval ar chitecture, her lines and proportions having been laid by Mr. Ash, a relative and pupil of the late Thomas Wa terman, F=l., and when launched will add to the num ber of superb and beautiful vessels for which the estab lishment has been proverbial. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles I Receipts. )pened, NAME OF RAILWAY. 1456. 1456. 1855. ---.I- - I X A BRITISH. 115 ,tbonleen .........• •• • • .....• . , 3,420 2,850 ~,, 761 .. A 1 Belfast and Ballymena .....• •• •••• •• • 901 17 1 Belfast and County Down •••••• • •• •• - - 33 ' 13irkenhelr'.,, Lancashire, and Cheshire - 26% Bolton, '. - slackburn,and West York •• • • - - 117 Bristol •and Exeter • • .... •• •••• .. •• . 5,518 5,3 6 8 2 91 14 Caledonian.... ......... ....... . 94 1 i, Chester and Holyhead.•• ••••.. .. - .• 4.831 4,334 6 % Cork, Blaekrock, and Passage ••• • • • 173 124 . 20 Cork and Bandon .. ••.••••••• • • • • •• '4.49 221 56 Dublin and Belfast function •• •• •• 63 Dublin aud Drogheda ••.."••• • • •• •• 1,349 1,248 7 3 . i Dublin and Kingstown • ..... •• •• •• •• 551 557 16% Dundee and Arbroath •••••••• • • •• •• 529 406 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 945 $3l 36 Dundalk and Ennlskillen.• .• •• •••• •• 393 255 67 % East Anglian.... .. -••••••••• • • • • • •• . 1,048 936 93 East Lancashire... .... •• •• 417 Eastern Counties and Norfolk ...... 7 20,752 20,581 Eastern Union .. • . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3 142 Edinburgh and Glascow .•• •••• - - . . 5,141 4,535 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.• .• •• 5,313 4,895 6 Exeter and Credi ton.. • • .. • • •• •• • • • • - - 22 Furness Railway •• • ••..•••• • • • • •• -- - 183% Glasgow, and South-Western •••• • • .• 5,683 5,177 2?•3 Great Northern - 20,684 ' 19,683 203% Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 6,259 0,006 365 Groat Western .................... 24,028 21,501 25M Irish South Eastern ................ 220 178 90 Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • •• •• - - 286% Lancashire and Yorkshire •••• .• .... 20,655 18,247 - Leeds Northern .. • • .. • • • • • • • • •• •• •• - - 16k Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport • . - - 553 X London and North Western .•• ••- .. 52,321 51,299 5 3 ( ' London and 81ackVa11.............. 1,180 1,243 183% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 10,290 9.710 267 London and South Western..." ".. 13,416 , 11,692 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen •••• •• " 642 463 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - - 173% Manchester, SheffieleLand Lincolnshire 8,699 8,371 93i Manchester and South Junction •• •• •. 679 287 28 Maryport and Carlisle .........„... 498% Midland ••• • • • • - 9 27,198 - 1263 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 3,069 2,786 37 Monklands • • •• • • • • •• " •• •• " •• •• • • 783 Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• •... ~.... _ _ 149 North British •• .• •• •• "••••-•• •• .. 4.693 , 4.423 233 North Staiiordshire •• •••••••• •• •• • • 6,613 6,037 47 North-Western •• •• •• •••••••••• • • .• - - -- 87% Scottish Central ••••••••••• • • • •• •• • • 32 Scottish Midland ••••••••• • • . • • .• • • - - 29 34 Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• •• •• - - 48 Shrewsbury and Chester •• .• •• •• •• •• - - 626 711 30 Shropshire Union .• •• •• • • •"• '• •• •• 2,250 2 ,025 57% South Dev0n.......................';1 ,360 12,584 289 South Eastern.• •• •• •• • •• • • •• ' '' •°•• •• . 162% South Wales .. •• .• ................ - 97 South York., Doncaster, and G oole •• 1,815 1,631 . 36 Ulster., ............... •,...•• •• .. 3,783 3. 5 3 3 39 Taff Vale - - 77 Waterford and Limerick •• •••••• •• •• 1 " 0 5g 2 8 37 273( West Cornwall .... •••*" '• " • •• • • 332 33 2 12 Whitehaven Junction .•• • • • • • • •• • • •' 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & - York and North Midland & Leeds.. - FOREIGN. $9 Dutch Rhenish .. ...... ..... .... _ - - Lyons and Mediterranean •......... - Montereau and Troyes ..........•• .. -- .- Namur and Liege .. •• .......... •• •• _ .... - Northern of France • • •• .• •. - .. .. .. - - - Orleans and Central .............- .... - - Paris and Lyons ...............• - - - Paris and Rouen. .................1 - - Paris and Strashurgh •• -........., .. _ -- - Rouen and Havre ...... . -•-• - Western of France •••••• TSa MAILS.—SOUTFIAMPTON, March 20.—The Mania- Aular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Ava, Captain Field, sailed this afternoon for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria, with the India and China mails, 60 pas sengers, amongst whom were Col. Moore, Lieut.-Col. Grey, Major G. Hill, Major and Mrs. Lye, Captains Metcalf, Paton, and Jennison, Revs. Little and his wife, W. Ellis, and Mr. Pratt, 413,296/. 15s. 7d. in specie, of which 410,5501. 13s. 7d. is for India and China, the remainder for Alexandria and a full general cargo. The next homeward mail from India and the Mediter ranean is expected to arrive at this port about the 24th inst. by the screw steamer Alma. The Tagus, with the next mails from the Peninsular ports, is looked for about the same date. The Waletta, which has for some time past been at this port under repair, will leave on the 27th inst. with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, and wilt proceed to Malta to re sume her station between that island and Marseilles. The screw steam-ship Alhainbra, engaged on that line pro tent., will thus be relieved, and will sail for South ampton, calling for the homeward Peninsular mails cm route. COMPENSATION FOR A HUSBAND'S DBATH.—At the assizes held at Cambridge yesterday an action was brought on behalf of the widow and children of a farmer, named Hutchinson, to recover compensation for his death, alleged to have been caused while travelling on the Eastern Counties Railway, by the negligence of the company. The jury, after some deliberation, gave a verdict in faiour of the plaintiff, awarding 2001. com pensation to the widow, and 4001, to the children. MONEY MARKET SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BAILwAlta. Coropan. C natn ' Ix,. yesterday es yelter Ay. Arm COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. EAILW 'AYS. London &' N. We-t. Calodun... C. lin. & Closing Prices ycsierclay Business done pster.lay. 94 - 96 94 - CITY, Two o'CLocK. n - 13 This being Good Friday, is observed as a strict holiday in the City, all the principal places of business being closed.. In the Colonial Produce Markets this week there has been more activity. Sugar has been in demand for home use and exportation, and an ad vance of Gd. to ls. per cwt. has occurred. Coffee has been dull, and holders have not pressed sales. Rice has been dull,. but saltpetre has risen Gd. to is. per cwt. For spices there has been very little inquiry. The following information on the tallow trade is taken from Messrs. Smith and Charles' circular : Gt.Nrti n. E. Count. 1 41 ... 4i I Do Gt. Wostr Vk. New. Berw. lr.,!zN Do.. Do 103 ICo Qt. Fastest Peto & Co. 125 - 13 233 -24 i 1.071 - 112 INorfolk I Do __ " A great change has taken place in our market since we addressed you on the 17th inst. The Liverpool March Tallow Monopoly Association, to whose operations we drew your (t.teutton on the 22d ult., has fallen to pieces in consequence of the desertion of one of the members of the confederation. To save himself he, it now• appears, has been for some time quietly disposing of his share in the adventure to the " Bears," and he would probably have succeeded in getting rid of the whole of his tallow but for the certainty that began to be felt last week as to the pacific termination of the Paris Conference, and the suspicion which, at the same time, began to prevail that there must be some treachery in the Liverpool camp. " The monopoly which has just expired is the third that has been attempted within our market within the memory of several of our merchants—and all with the like result. In the two former instances talents of a high order and unlimited resources were associated ; in the latter the smallness of the stock appears to have furnished the temp tation, and almost to have justified confidence entertained in the result. But genius, capital, and conditions, how ever favourable, avail but little iu opposition to the ordi nary laws cf commerce—a truth which finds a striking exemplification in the cases we have cited, and which might be further illustrated by a reference to the past history of the tobacco, sugar, and other trades. Enough, we trust, has been advanced to induce our friends to stand aloof from similar adventures, which cannot fail to be pernicious to the community and perilous to themselves. " In the midst of a panic such as that we now experience, it may not be an easy matter to take a clear view of the future prospects of our market. We prefer, therefore, to quote from a circular issued by ourselves last November, when the restoration of peace was as yet distant and un certain, but in which we take that contingency, among many others, into our calculation :—` With an average supply of tallow, and apart altogether from any expecta tion that the soap tax would be remitted, the price of tal low had advanced in the spring of 1853 to 455. Assuming 43e. to be its nominal value previously to the abrogation of the soap duty, it may fairly be assumed that the price would subsequently have ranged ss. per cwt. higher, had the ordinary operations of the trade not been interfered witb by the war.' It will be ob served that wo say with an average supply,' &c. Now, our stock of let of Aril next will be about 21,000 casks, against 34,000 in 1855, 35,000 in 1854, 32,000 in 1851, 43,000 in 1852, and 36,000 iu 1851 ; in all these periods, with the exception of last year, the stock at the uutports has been greater than at present. The average supply at St. Petersburg may be taken at 115,000, but this year it cannot be expected to reach 10 ),12K 0. The production of the South of Russia will all be required for Austria, which is becoming annually a larger consumer of tallow, whilst, as respects South America and Australia, the exportation will be decidedly short. Of substitutes, palm and cocoa nut oil are the principal; the former will probably be about en average supply ; the latter ono thousand tons less, so that the average supply of grease on which our calcu lation of last November was based, will not prevail this sea son, and consequently a higher price than 48s. may reason ably be expected. Aud we may add that the stock of soap and candles in this country and on the Continent is unpre cedentedly short, and that should the restoration of peace be attended (as it is confidently believed that it will) with general prosperity iu trade, a very large demand for tal• low will be the result. The preceding remarks will have prepared you to hear of the decline which we now have to record : Spot 47s 6d, March 47s 6cl to 475, April 475, Oct. and Dec. 47s 6d. Tallow Elaine 45s ; tallow oil Is; town tallow 44s 3d net cast). Wo quote palm oil 375; lin seed oil 344 ; cocoa nut oil—Cochin, 3Ss lid ; Ceylon, 37s ed. The public sales consisted of 391 eke., of which 181 eke. were sold. Australian sheep and beef, none. Arrival, 1,722 ; delivery, 498. L.& N. W. Midld. nekton & T.)arlingt. 2i - 2i 91 - 93 En. Conn. E. Count. Do. L. & N. W Do Gt Northn Lanensh& Yorksh. T. 13rassey MClean Stockt. Darlingt Do r - i n 55 - 57 132 ----- ifi - 32 - 83 84 - 86 Lr 811 AB, Km. 114 - 117 112 --• 116 82 86 y 2 ~- 84 67 -- 99 151 - 161 ••• ..... H• ifri = c 9g - 103 79 - 83 12 -12 i i -- 16 118 lin7 109 lot 103 i n i yi -- 10 - 6A 93 - 95 85 - 57 35 - 87 98 - 100 9t 10f 164 -- 17 10 -- 10§ 72 -.74 19 -- 20 9i -- 10 141 -14 i 1 33 - 135 .0 .... SO* ••• '"' ...• ••• '''. ... ... 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Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds o. Now Thirds Lancash.andYorksh On., Wet. aiding Un Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackw&l Lond. Bright & S.Cst. .Lond. and N. Westn Do. Fifths D0.101.81.,M&8...0 I Do. Eighths,. London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O. Ludndrry& Col erain Ltiudrrr. & Enni:sl: Itanch.Slief. k Lincl Do., Alan. &Lin. Ur, Metropolitan Midland Do. Birmng. & Dorb:. Midld, 0. West. (Iro. Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle ' Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry &Enniskille , Newry Warrenpoin and Rostrovor Norfolk Nortlin.Counties tin North British Nth Devon Rail. & Deck Stock Do., A Stock... Do., B Stock ..... Do., i B Guarantee N. Eastern—Berwic' Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. 'rural) Do. Leeds Do. York North London N.&S.Wtstru.,Heml - stow', and City Jn.. Nqrth Staffordshire.. !forth Western N. & S. Westrn.Junc Nuneaton, Hinckley.] I and Leicester.. rOx, Wore.. k Woly, Portsmouth IS( °Web Central IScottishMidlan4 Shropshiro Uri )11 .. South Devon South Eastcna South Walee i. VAAL 4; "UV. But Do Slainc%Wck &Wol= StoActon &k Dart' -it&,?,ktou 4; Rartlep ITaff Vale Do. Prof., No. 1..... 'l l ;.arnes ITay. D.& R. Ulverstone dL Lau Vale of Ncath Watorfd. & Kilkenn • Wnterford&Limer;e% West Cornwall West End of Londol and Crystal Palace Do. A ......... . Do. 8..... 'West London IWimbledn &Croydor 26} 27 4} - 4i 81 - 81 154 - 14} 14 - 15 iii - 90 601 - EN in - iii ••• ""'" ••• 7i - 8‘ 14 - 15 33 9A - 9i -- 35 23 - 25 73 • - 75 58 - 60 25 - 26 4 - 86 6i - 7 93 - 94 78 - 80 120 - 122 104 --- 106 61 . 68 • 60 G 8 ?2 5a 6a 5 6 83i •- 84 7f 73 100 -- 101 1001.— 100 i id d partpar 93 94 ,!, ••• ''.'. ••• -26 A - 711 - 71 42 - 44 11 - 13 49 - B 1 3; 30i 321 764 - 774 6} - 4 - 34 - :6 55 56 88 - 90 6 - $i io loi 26 - 28 - 106 75 - 45 77 4 7 13 '3i 68 - 69 68 - 70 4 - - F 4 - 36 19 - 20 ;36 -- 46 Gj , - - 7i FOREIGN. kntwerp6rt-tott rd Do. 5 p.c. Ohlgs. con. iu .at par till '64 Ardennes '3olgian Engtn. Junk 3etiers to Oraiss.nsea itombay i Ilaroda, an Central India,Scri, Do. Demerara Dutch Rhenish rAstern of France Do. New Cast Tndian, g. 5 p.c gxtenginn D0.41p.c.8nd5.,'57 no. do. do., dr. Gee'ong ft Melhou-ne 1 guar. 5 per c nt. . Do., Lon. allot., do.' iGd. Tk of CanadaA Do. Do. Cert. of lichen. con. into Stk. till'6:' Do Comp. 6p. c., do Gt. Central of Franc Gt. Indian Peninsul , Groat Lu =labour Constituted Sharef Do. Obligations... . Do. re-is. forftd. Sli. t.WiAstern o f Cana(' a Sharas . Do. New Do. Bds., payablc's7, with option till '55. Do. do., '62, p. '56.. Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Dr". do., '73, withoui l option Hamilton & Torout" Do. 6 per cent. Lake Coust. & Baal , Morro and Turnhout Lucca & Pist. 5 p. c.p Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran sladrar, gm-. 4 1 p.c De. New o. , sp. c Do. 4i p. c. Exten Maria Antonia .... Do. do. New tis.mnr k Liegr wits Interest) Do. (ex %Tor thern of France. D0.20/.Shs. _ - - Do. 20t. 3 p. c Bch , (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons . Ditto Bonds ....... Paris and Orleans Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swed ish Do. Obligations.... Sambre and Meuse.. no. 5i p. cont. Pref Scinde, guar. 5 p. c D 0... Southern of Franey St. Andrew's andl Quebec (A)... West Flanders Do 5A rer c. Pref W. &N. W. of Francs West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ... Zealand Si - 8B par 2 31 4 r 3 2 11 1.1 1 - 1 38 3 / 4 - 39 11 - 131 22 - i2A 211 - 21 10 9 d 15 , s 73 75 83 5i 6 I 211 —21 a 6a 31 33 25 - 25. 2 - 231 99 - 100 117 - 122 118 - 123 107 - 109 ?4+ - 24 115 - 120 11 --- 72" 191 201 1 11 par.- I p 8 10 24 Si 6i - 7 51 - :49A - 40 11 12 . 4 - 10 49i - r4:l 52 ii = iii 10f 11 - ... - pm *I = ;I 34~j : 38i 16 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia _ Bank of London I tiri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C. 11 British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Brk. of India, Anstraas, & China (City Coion;al !CI Commercial of Lond Lll Sng.Seot.& ail Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 5 Ditto New 0 London said Connty Lnd.StE. Bnkg. Corp 0 London Mut Stock 0 Loudon and Paris Lond. tit Westmiustel .5 National Pro.of Eng .0 Do. Now _ _ _ iiltiatioual of 'Maud. a Now South Via a lOrient‘l Bank of Corporatlon _ , 5 Provincial of Ireland Li hio. New 1 it Atm B leGo Im 0 Royal 8riti5h...... ... 11 iorttb 11 gitiolt of A.r.strzlls... 2{ Do. 75ew Union cf Landon 6 96 148 65 - 67 • • .... "• pr hp 1} - j d 64 —• 66 &so i 6 -- lei 16i 16i 3i --3 d pat 2p .. -.- 2i - lid - •M " - ' .* ... .'' .• 37 = 39 43 - 44 .. "" ••• oil. .". 6. 71 - 73 •• . ,1 Si :,;;;;" 111, 41 I PO 60 4 i COLONIAL MARKETS. TEA.—•A moderate enquiry has been experienced for common congou at 8/d. The general opinion of the trade being that should peace be effected the tea market will be the first to benefit by it. SUGAR.—Thero has been an increased demand for this article, and an advance of about 6d to qd per cwt. has been well maintained throughout for both colonial anti foreign buyers, for both home and foreign consumption being in the market, and a him quantity offering than usual. Bahia brought 36e to 3-'s Gd. Muscovado Manilla 36s 61 ; good and fine yellow 41s Gd to 44e. Madras, good grainy grocery, 41s to 43s 61. Mauritius, low to bright yellow, .-e95 61 to 43s Gd; low and mid dark greys 38s 61 to 40s, and grainy 39e to 42s 6d. Bengal, small grainy yellow; 41e to Vs. Pernambuco, low to good heavy damp brown, 35s Gil to 40s ; damp white 41s 6d to 42s 6d; brown, 23e 6.1 to 23s 9d per cwt. Porto Rico good fine grocery, 41s 6d to 44s per ewt. The refined market has also advanced about Gd per cwt. Brown lumps, s to 508 6,1 per cwt. COI - TER.—A better inquiry has prevailed, and rather higher rates have been realised. Plantation Ceylon has been mach wanted at 603 to 63s for fair quality. Native Ceylon realised 52s to Us per cwt. Mocha has also been inquired for at slightly advanced rates, viz., 74s to )Os per cwt. COCOA.—This article has met with little attention, late prices being barely supported. Trinidad grey 40e to 435, and low mid to good red 43s 61 to 48s 6d per owt. Ame rican Carolina brought 24s to 28e per cwt. RICE.—The market has ruled steady, Madras, "good pinky, sold for 103. 6.1 per cwt, being a full price. SPlCES.—Pimento has brought full prices—ord to mid steady 4 to 4a, good mid 4A to 41, good ord coarse grey 4iti to 4 per lb. Pepper—Singapore valued 54, Penang white 74d to 8d per lb for middling. Zampa pod mid to fine bright red 32s to 39s per cwt. Nutmegs—Penang small brown,s 5(1 to 2s 6d per lb. Penang closes is to is id per lb. COCHINEAL.—This article has been fully supported, and former rates have in most cases been obtained. Teneriffe silvers 3s 10d. to 3s lid, black 4s to 4s 4d, Honduras silvers 3s 9a to 3s Lid, Me ican fair to fine silver 3s 8d to 3s Od per lb. SALTPETRE.—There has been an active demand, and rather high rates have been obtained for this article. Bengal 121 b refraction, 31s ; 141, 33s 6d to 345. Bombay, 34e to 35s per cwt. TALLOW.—The market is depressed in consequence of the failure of a large Liverpool speculator. P.Y.C. 47s Gd to 48s, last 3 months 47e per cwt. GREEN Faun'.—The demand continues good, the ap proaching Easter holidays giving an impetus to the trade. Three cargoes St. Michael oranges, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at a reduction upon the price of last weak. Spanish nuts are selling freely. Barcelona dull. The advance in Brazil has checked consumption. Lemons without alteration. Seven priests, three of whom are Lazarists, and a number of Sisters of Charity, have arrived at Marseilles, cn their way to Constantinople, where the typhus fever is raging. Oae of the priests has a wooden leg ;he wears the cross of the Legion of Honour, and was for merly a missionary in India. CONFIRMATION AT ST. JAMES'S, PICCADILLY.—Yeater day afternoon the Bishop of Oxford, acting for the Bishop of Lenloll (who is unable at present to resume the active duties of his episcopate), held a confirniatio•a at St.James's Church,Piccadilly. The body of the spacious church NY 39 filled with youthful candidates of both sexes, amongst whom were a large number of the children of the nobility. The usual pra3ers of the Church, and those specially ap pointed for the occasion having been read by the Rev. J. E. Kempe, M.A., the rector,. the bishop ascended the pulpit, and delivered an earnest address to the candidates, explaining at some length the origin and nature of the holy rite into which they were about to enter. His lordship then returned to the commu nion table, and admitted the young persons who were presented to him by the imposition of hands. The Bishop of St. David's will hold a confirmation, for the Bishop of London, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, on the 2Sth April ; and it is expected that that which is an nounced for St. Giles's and St. George's, Bloomsbury, on the 29th April, will he held by the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Henry Montague Villiers, who, prior to that time, will have been consecrated Bishop of Carlisle. THE PROGRESS OF IRON SHIPBOILDING.—NEWCASTLE . ON-TYNE, March 20.—About a month ago we gave a list of iron ships and steamers building and fitting out on the banks of the Tyne, with the trades that they were intended for. The following is in addition to what was then published, and shows in a remarkable manner how almost all the maritime States in the world are gradu ally absorbing iron steam-vessels into their trades. Messrs. C. Mitchell and Co., of Walker, recently launched and are putting machinery into, a screw collier, the Eupatoria, for the General Screw Collier Company, the Paris, a large screw vessel, to run with passengers and goods between Hamburg and Havre ; a screw collier, of 600 tons, for the Screw Collier Company ; and are also building two screw colliers for the Hamburg Gas Company, two small craft for the Baltic, and a large passenger steamer for the North of Europe Company. Messrs. Mitchell have also launched a beautiful iron i G s a e l o s r a g e b B u n e g r, o a f s L i s o t n e r d on. vessel ll t r a the Paris, to be called the Hamburg, and to be engaged M. in the Hamburg and Havre trade ; also two smaller ves sels for Denmark, and an iron paddle-wheel steamer for an Italian company, to be engaged in the passenger trade. Messrs. Leslie, of Hebburn, have also an iron steam-ship of 1,000 tons in an advanced stage ; and Messrs. Palmer, of Jarrow, have two merchant steamers in hand, and have a large number of work men engaged night and day upon - an immense float ing battery, which they are building for the Govern ment. This firm is also fitting out a large screw steamer, the Dutchman, of Waterford, intended for the cattle trade. Mr. Marshall, of South Shields, is fit ting out an iron paddle steamer, the Protector, intended to run with goods and passengers at Rio Grande; the Victoria Dock steamer for towing out of the Victoria Docks, London, and the property of Sir S. M. Peto ; the Ajax, a Thames tug; and the Nicuwe Sluis, intended for the Rotterdam tra le ; Mr. Marshall is also buildin g a large steam-vessel of ,400 tons for a Greek house, a sailing-vessel for a Tyne owner, and two tugs. Messrs. T. and W. Smith, of North Shields, have launched a screw steamer for the Mediterranean trade, ansl are building a large paddle steam ship to run between Dun dalk and Liverpool. Messrs, Richardson, Brothers, of :Nliddleton, are building an auxiliary screw iron vessel 'for Ali. W. S. Lindsay, M,P., which is intended for the East India trade. Ir. IPaid to' , 1.23 -4) ',II 31 :741 all 2 19 Z all st. 100 ;t. 100 0 61 M. ; ) all ; ) all 12 all i 0 all 1.6 i 14;, 16 8 14 RD It. 100 it 100 .0 I 51, 2A It 100 iO all EO , all 25 all 25 all St. 100 I! 2r i2s, 10 1 St. 100 St. 1.00 all et. 1100 i 0 3i It. 100 t. 100 t. 100 a all 8 all it. Lon ?,5 21i 15 l 5 It. 100 ;t. 100 .0 31 Ip, ZO 20 al: 10 all to I it. 1. 1) 8 3t. 100 31. 10 , ? 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No. 2 Cork et Bandons3p.e Dun.Prth .6.1 Aber. J. Z. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cis. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cis. C 7 p. c. [has. Co. Ea, spc No. Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 ner cent. Do. 101. Deinntr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... Fast Lanca.h.6 p. cts g. hW, Vorlc. J. sthF Edin. k Gl. 5 p.c. sh. M. Prth.AtDun.4p.e Furness Tas. &5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p. c Do, 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prom Do. 4.. p. c Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. Gt.N. of Scot. let Pre Gt. S. &W. (Ireland Do. 4per c. Pr,f. S at.W.(B. ctlf. Exipo Do. coy. red. 4. p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. e. red. prof Do. do. do. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P,S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. MITI. Gna. Stk Do. Ches, Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do Lau. & York. F. f 2 Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. &Brigh. 0.5 p. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent . Lon.&N. W., Cow. Nuneaton 5 p. et .03 Lon.& S. W. 7 per et all Gondy. At Color. Sh. ill Lowly. & Ennis.. Sh 10 ki.,S.,St L.,N0w,117/ 4 Do. £6 11 Warypt Carl. 4 p o all Do. 4i per cont 10. Do 10C Consol.6 100 Do, con.iir.vr.ep( to() too Itoo 'too too 83 A i pm Pm 12i I 106 1021 2 73 4 li } BP Do. 4i p. c. Pref. s all Do. Prof. 4 per cc , all Do. st. Pref. 4 p. C. 100 Ditto L. &IT.Pret S' all New., Alm., &c., pr. N 5 P o; f e o . lk re n d nb s e p a tni p •r a lOO Do. Prof. 51p. o. St ehm . 100 Do. 5 p. c. Ext 100 Da. 54 per ct. pref 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c 100 North British 'lOO N. E. Berw, 4 p.c P 7 Do. do. do 13 ;Do Leeds 6 p.c..N0. 1 9 ,Do. do. Quarters ... 10 Do. York H. &s. Per all North Stafrordshiro. 100 1 0x, Wo. v W. 15/ ipi 9,i ,Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. All Scot. Cent. ,New Pr all South 'Devon li !Do. fixed, 44 per con all ,S. Eastern (Readin,. i Ann.) of ..-f,l Oa. 6d 100 'Do. 41 per cent. 100 Do. Fixed 4i p c ah. 100 S. Wales Gua. 4p, c. all ,Do. do. 44 p. c__ all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Gnar. a ll i stock. & Ds.r., 5 p. c. 15 Do. do. do. all leitock. & !fare. g. F i p. c. till July 1, '56 4i •Vi'atertd. tic Kilk.6pc 102 90i Ii • MINES. 1 all 4gua Fria - ! 1 all lnglo A ustrln. Gold - ••9 1014 , 11 Angle Californian - •• • 20 7 lustralian 1 1 1 an tustralian Cordillera - .• 1 all lye Maris •• - ••• 1 all fladen (Grd.l)uchy of; - • • 50 all Blionar. T ron & Coa - 20 14 British Iron 3 - 5 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issned pm.) - 2f 2 30 i all Do. Cocaes k Citiab , 2.4 - 3 21 1 20 15 Do. St. Johr. Del Re} 24 - 26 261 5f 1 j 1 ,TAITIIdOI3 Conk Min Co. of Jan - mica p - ip 4) all Cobre Copper 66 - 69 5 1 Colonial Gold - St. all CopT•or Min. of Bug 35 - 38 25 , all Do. Prof. 71 p. oent 26 - 27 . le Copiapo - 22 2 11 Fortuna 1 - Id 20 all enc,...1 l4 -16 1 all Gt.NuggetVcinßi g I - g 41 all Great Polrooth - 1 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 • /d 1 all Liberty - 3 all Linares. 7 • - 7i 5 11 Lusitanian 11 I - r 1 ' all Mariquits. A - 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau /4 , r1d0 7.0 all Pontgi•Sil.& Lo. Min ll - 13 5 1 Port Philip - 1 all Quartz Rock - 50 all Rhyrnney Iron l9 - 21 15 all Do. New 5 - 7 d 30 13y -3antiftoo de Cuba. 3-31 3 I ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 3 - 31 3 } 4 1 all S'onth Australian - 1 all Do. Scrip. 1 Do. 10 per cent Pref - ... 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 21 - 2 10 9 rin Croft ...... ....... . 31 -- 41 281 all United Mexican - 4 all tVallor 1 all West Mariposa -- 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia - 1 sal Yuba •• - MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Agricult. 251 261' 25} U' all Australis. Royal Mail - 41 10 all Berlin Water Works 61 - 711 50 40 Brit. American Land - •.. 100 324 .Canada 143 - ]4B 145 31 St. C.Go.6p.e..Tan&jaly 108 - 109 1081 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug 107 - 109 St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Mar & Sept 106 -10 i 6 ail Crystal Palace 2/ -2/ 2/ 5 all Do. Preference - 51 51 4 Ad Crystal PaL of France ... 1 4 Duston Tron Ore - 20 13 Eastern Steam •• •••••• •• 5 all Em&Aus Cop Sm Co 1 • 11 25 all Electric Telegraph 2O •-• 21 211 1 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. ... • - 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. - 18 all General Screw Steam - , 161 1 1 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sr.gar -• 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 3/ 1 - 7 --„, 4 31 20 10 Magdalena St. Nava,- 10 all liediteran. Elec. Tel. .8 - 10 10 9 Mexicau&S.Americn. 51 - 6 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel - 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 1 - 11 10 all Do. Do. - 3 5 2 Do. 8p c P iss at 1 d - id 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 18 - 22 1 all N. P. Australasian._ 20 15 lirth.olEuropeStaars - 1 all Oriental Gas l4 - 11 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" ..• p m b all Peel Rr. lA. & Mlnrl. 2/ - 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ••• - 661 50 10 Do. New 2 all Portland Iron Co WO 60 Royal Mail Steam ••• 80 791 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 - 11 1 / Ditto New — AP 25 all South Austral. Land 35 - 36 al: Subrear. Tel. Scrip 1 - 1 0 all Do. Rogibtered - 1 1-• 5 Trust & Co:Mean 100 2r?; Vs. Diampti'a tam' 141 - 15 i „, ~„ V,Go,6p.e.Jan&Jul7l „, 1051 CON.-I.OGBAS V. DALE. The following cane was heard before Mr. Justice Creswell yesterday, at Stediord : Mr. Keating, in opening the case, stated that the plain tiff was erig,inally engaged in theatrical pursuits, being the manager of tbeaeres in the midland counties, and an actor of some note. He married a Miss Donovan at Lee Is, in 1843. a young lady also an netress, and by her he had a large family of children. In 1854 the plaintiff fixed his residence at Hanley, in the Potteries, becoming the lessee of the theatre there. He a's took the Sara cen's Head, and brought his wife nud family there, Mre. Rogers attending to the hotel, and he attend ing to the theatre. At Hanley they became ac quainted with the defendant, Mr. Dale, a surgeon in considerable practice at Hanley. Mrs. Rogers was a woman of attractive person, and at this time 37 years of age. The defendant frequented the hotel, and was soon seen by other persons to pay particular atten tion to Mrs. Rogers. In August, 1855, the plaintiff s suspicions were aroused. Mr. Delo was watched, and the facts too clear!y proved that he had possessed himself of the affections and person of the plaintiff's wife. The learned counsel then gave an outline of the evidence, which was as follows : Hugh Roberts, printer, proved the marriage of the plaintiff with his wife at Leeds in 1843. The witness also stated he was acquainted with them, and they ap peared to live happily. Cross-examined—l have not been in the habit of visiting him. He came to me on business to print play bills. I first knew him when lie was in lodgings. Re-examined—They apprared to live quite as man and wife should do. Ann Manley--I was in the plaintiff's service as parlour maid in 1854. He was the landlord of the Saracen's Head, at Hanley. The defendant came as a customer to the house. He began to come in the spring of last year. He came more frequently afterwards. I have been at the defendant's house. He lived about thirty yards from the plaintiff's. I have taken letters from Mrs. Rogers to the defendant. When he came to the plaintiff's house he would come sometimes into the private parlour, and sometimes into the kitchen. , Ordinary customers did not go there. I recollect on one occasion the defendant and the plaintiff and some gentlemen in the private par lour. They had supper about twelve. The other ser vants were gone to bed. They were drinking brandy and water. Mrs. Roger's put more brandy in her husband's glass than in the others. I afterwards saw the defendant and Mrs. Rogers in the smoking bar. Ho bad his arm round her. He kissed her, and threw her to the corner of the smoke bar. No other per sons were there. After that the defendant's visits became more frequent. He would lie on the sofa and go into the kitchen. Mrs. Rogers made him soup. Ths plaintiff kept a cook. Mrs. Rogers did not cook .or other persons. Sometimes the defendant was tipsy. Mrs. Rogers used to tell him to go to No. 14 bed-room. Sometimes she west with him, sometimes afterwards. I have teen her go in and shut the door. Sometimes Mrs. Rogers went out in the evening. When she had a white dress she put a dark dress over it to disguise it. She went towards the defendant's house. She would stay out until 11 or 12. The defendant has frequently slept at the Saracen's Head. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers did not sleep together on those occasions. I have seen her let the defendant out of the house between 7 and 8 in the morn ing. She has shown me a latch-key and told me to whom it belonged. I have seen her in his bedroom un dressed. She has been there all night. On one occa sion when he slept in No. 14 I took him up mutton chops and mushrooms and brandy and water, after 12 at night. Mrs. Rogers went to bed that night before the house was closed. Mr. Rovers was not at home. She told me to take the keys toNc. 14. Her own bed room was No. 4. I took them to No. 14. The door was looked. I heard her get out of bed. She opened the door. She was in her chemise, and held the door. It was about half-past 1. I saw iu the morning that two persons had slept there. The defendant had slept in No. 7 the night before. Mrs. Rogers left the house all night on one occasion when the plaintiff was out. She r went towards the defendant's house. In August last year defendant and Mrs. Rogers were in the kitchen. He had his band round her waist. They were standing up. Mr. Rogers came in. Ho was like a madman, he was so excited. Cross-examined— I was servant at the Wheatsheaf be fore. I never heard Mr. and Mrs. Rogers quarrel, or heard him use abusive language to her. There has been a ball in the plaintiff's house since Mrs. Rogers left. I never knew Mr. Rogers sleeping in a diferent room to his wife before defendant came to the house. I was never taken upstairs the worse for drink. Once I was called Mr. Rogers' fancy woman. I never walked out with Geo. Jones, boots at the Saracen's Head, proved that Mrs. Rogers, the day after the explosion, gave him a gold watch and chain, with a message to the defendant, and told him that Mrs. Rogers sent it back as she thought it better to return it. He took them, and said be was sorry for the poor children, and sent a letter back. Jane Porter, servant to Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, said— They had several children ; the youngest is about five years old. I was present when the plaintiff came in and knocked the defendant down, and said if he had mot a lame thumb he would knock him through the wall. The defendant said he was going away ; Mrs. Rogers said if he went the must go t9o. She left the house altogether on the Tuesday following. Cross examined.—She Gid not attend t 3 the house altem wards. Mr. Herrington Mills, an actor, proved the marriage of the plaintiff and his wife. He ove her away. Mr. Pigott addressed the jury for the defendant, com menting on the' absence of all evidence as to the terms on which the plaintiff and the defendant lived. lie then opened the evidence, subsequently adduced, to show usage on the part of the plaintiff to his wife. A number of witnesses were then called, who deposed to the misconduct of the plaintiff and his ail-usage of his wife, striking her, and using foul language repeatedly, she on some °Cr: s being obliged to keep with her servants to avoid' his violence. According to several witnesses, male and female, the plaintiff was a person of great profligacy. It is scarcely necessary to say that the details are unfit for publication. Mr. Pigott having summed up the evidence, Mr. Keating repled. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 50/. THE INGENUITY OF A WIFE. A few days ago a woman, with two children, returned to her native piece in Cat marthenshire, under very pe culiar circumstances, after a voyage to Australia. It appears that the unfortunate creature possessed a little property in that county, and lived very comfortably in the absence of her husband, who was in Au-oralia. But some time aicce he sent for her and the children to come out to him, which she (lid after disposing of her little property to enable her to do en. On her arrival in that distant country she met her husband, who was appar ently very glad to see her. After depriving her of the little she possessed, he left her at a public-house, inform ing her that he would return in a short tune. The poor woman waited till a late hour, when she inquired whe ther she could be accommodated with a bed for herself and children. She was informed that she could not, but that they would procure one for her. Strange to relate, she happened to obtain a lodging at her husband's house, who bad been remarried in that country. Sotne time after going to bed she was awake by the noise of a man evi dently the worse for liquor, entering the house, when she overheard him state, "I have seen my Welsh wife and the children, and I have taken ell the money from her, so it is all right now. Eh ! Here tbey are, put them in the drawer with the others, and let us go to bed." It was not till then that the poor woman began to surmise that her husband was re-married, and that he no doubt intended, when convenient, to deprive her and the children of life. She immediately resolved upon a " bold step," and holding a watchful ear to their move ments she beard them entering a room next to her's. Rising immediately from bed as soon as the door closed, she went noiselessly and saw what was going on inside, viz , the putting of the money into a certain drawer. Retiring, and remaining awake for a couple of hours, until she knew by their loud breathing that they were fast in the arms of "Morpheus," she cautiously entered the room and opened the drawer where her little money bad been deposited, and decamped with the whole to her own bed-room. In the morning she managed to leave unawares to him, and got on board the ship she came out in, the master of which protected her and brought her back to this country. TILE ARMISTICE IN THE CRIMEA. GENERAL AFTER ORDERS. Head-quarters, Sebastopol, March 2. Pending discussions for the establishment of an armis tice by land with the Russian forces until 31st March, there will be no firing on the part of the English army upon the enemy. Officers, and all other persons connected with this army, are positive] f ordered to make no attempt to pass any of the outposts of the allied armies.—By order. (Signed) C. A. WINDHAM, Chief of the Staff. Head-quarters, Sebastopol, March 3. The line of the aqueduct, running along the left bank of the Tchernaya river, has been fixed as the line of de marcation, beyond which it is positively ordered that no officer or soldier of the English army shall pass, except upon special duty. The Commander of the Forces trusts to the military feeling of officers, and of all ranks, to respect the line of neutrality thus established, and calls upon them to mo derate a very natural curiosity, and to obey with alac rity the orders of the sentries posted by the French and Sardinian armies. General officers will be pleased to send mounted offi cers, if necessary, to enforce the strict execution of this order by their authority and example.—By order. (Signed) C. A. WINDHAM, Chief of the Staff. THE ASSYRIAN EXCAVATIONS.—Tbe public are to be congratulated upon the safe arrival of about 100 tons of sculpture from the Assyrian excavations, which are con sidered the finest specimens of that art hitherto found, having been brought home by Mesers. S. Lynch and Co. in the Christiana Carval. There has been much anxiety about these interesting relics in consequence of the loss I sustained by the French nation of a much larger quan tity, which was sunk near Ghorra h on the Euphrates by the Arabs last year. The same vessel also brings home two living lions from Southern Babylon, procured by Mr. S. Lynch when there, which, we are informed, will be presented by Alderman Finnis to the Zoological Gar dens, Regent's Park. These are the more interesting as being the first specimens of that animal brought to Bngland from the valley of the Euphrates. 136 5f i pm LITE RATURE Cu.:co and Lima. By Clements R. Markham, Chaprniin and A highly interesting work, abounding in curious information, amusing anecdote, and picturesque description. Under the first heading (Cuzco) we have a pleasing narrative of a jqurney to the an cient capital of Peru, with an account of the his tory, literature, and antiquities of the Incas. Under the second, the record of a visit to. Lima (the modern capital of modern Peru) and the pro vinces, with a sketch of the Viceregal Govern ment, a history of the Republic, and a review of the literature and society of Pegu—the whole illustrated by beautifully-executed lithographs and a useful map. The author, already known to a portion of the reading world by a work entitled " Franklin's Footsteps," has cer tainly made a step in advance —the graphic manner in which ho has delineated the character, govern ment, and lineage of the Incas, and th e p resen t physical, social, and political aspect of Peru, being well calculated to introduce him to a wider circle of readers. In his account of the state of literature in Peru we are told that " the unsettled state of the country has to a great extent prevented the finishing touch being given to the education of the people of Peru by European travel, and their in formation is principally derived from translations of English and French works. At Arequipa," be goes on to say, "I saw a young lady reading a translation of " Uncle Tom" (El tio Torn) with the deepest interest. Since the Independence Mr. Ackermann has shown great enterprise in the pub lication of a series of illustrated works full of gene ral information, for the Use of the South American Republics." The Franklin Expedition, from First to Last. By Dr. King, M.D. John Churchill. Dr. King, whose suggestions and intelligent conjectures, in connection with the fate of the missing expedition, have entitled him to much praise, has, it would appear, volunteered his ser vices to command an expedition by land down the Great Fish River to Montreal Island in search of traces of the above expedition, and had his offer rejected by the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty, who do not deem such an expedition advisable. In the work before us, reviewing all the conjectures and proceedings in relation to the Franklin Expe dition, the adventurous doctor pretty clearly makes out a title to the confidence of the public, and main• tains that, "in all human probability, the histury of the Franklin Expedition still lies buried in. my Cache (a hiding-place constructed by Dr. King in his visit to Montreal Island in 1834, subsequently 'visited and opened by Simpson in 1839, and, known to Franklin) beneath the rocky shore of Montreal Island, and that it is within the bounds of possibi lity that this record may be recovered, and that the discoveries of the ill-fated expedition may yet be published for the advancement of science, and the narrative of their probably unexampled suffer ings be made known to the world." The reader will probably remember that some slight traces of the lost expedition have been &mind on the banks of the Great Fish River and on Montreal Island, and will doubtless 'concur with us in thinking it a great pity that Dr. King was not permitted to lead an expedition to the spot in 1847 or 1848, what ever may be thooght of the rejection of his pro posal in January last. Had permission been granted to him in either of these years there is valid reason to believe the lives of a portion of the members of the expedition might have been saved. A TV uk at BrUge of Allan,. By Charles Roger, LL.D., F.S.A. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black. A fifth and improved edition of this very inte resting descriptive work—which comprises an account of the Spa and a series of six excursions to the picturesque and romantic scenery within a radius of twenty miles round it. In this central district are to be found Stirling, the Windsor c f Old Scotland, Dunblane, the seat of an episcopal see, Doune Castle, once a royal residence, the battlefields of Stirling, Milton, Falkirk, Bannock burn, and Sheriffmuir, the Roman Camp of Ardoch, Drummond Castle and its gardens, the Trossachs and the neighbouring lakes, and the Cascades, and Rumbling-bridge of the Devon, buildings and localities suggestive of memorable and deeply in teresting events, and scenery of the moat pictu resque and magnificent descriptions. Intending tourists cannot do better than purchase this work, and resign themselves to the direction of so intel ligent and communicative a guide as Dr. Roger, who, to a fine appreciation of natural beauty, adds a thorough knowledge of the history and peculiari ties of the localities he describes. The work is illus trated with numerous well-executed engravings. THE ORIGIN OF WHEAT. (Prom the Utica Examiner ) Wheat may be deemed the food of western civilisation as rice is of the semi-civilised nations of the east ;—no doubt the annual consumption of rice over the whole whole globe is much greater than that of wheat ; yet, considering the superiority of the people it nourishes, its higher nutritive properties, and its present and future commercial value, wheat standa facile princeps among the cereals. It can he successfully cultivated under a cr-ater variety of soil and climate than any other grain. It flourishes under the cold of Northern Russia, under the fogs of England, and even the burning heat of the tropics. It is an article of regular exportation from Archangel ; and African travellers inform us that it is extensively raised f r the subsistence of the nobility in the kingdom of Burson, near the western shores of Lake Tt:had, some S deg. to 10 deg. north of the Equator. Of its origin, nothing is certainly known. It has been cultivated since the earliest records of authentic history ' • in all probability at a far earlier period it w a s d eve l o p e d by cultivation out of some wild cereal grass. Recent in vestigasions and experiments show almost conclusively that it may be thus originated anywhere. Tne experi ments in question were made upon the .iE.iilops ovata, a grass which grows wild in Sicily ; a brief account of them we extract from Chambers' Journal. This grass produces a small sect', sad when tips it is frequently gathered in bundles by the passaittry, and the heads scorched in flame, which _consumes the husk and beard, and leaves the see is slightly roasted. In this state they are eaten with relish by those who can get nothing better. There are three or four species of it graving all around the Mediterranean. In the year 1838, M. Fabre, an enlightened agriculturist of Agde, in the South of France, considering these grasses to belong to the cerclia, began a series cf careful experi ments on the ..Egilops ovata, with a view to ascertain what effect would te produced upon it by cultivation. A. plot of ground, sheltered by high walls, and sulk ciently distant from fields of other gramine, was prepared, and in this he sowed a few seeds in IVB. The plants grew from 20 to 24 inches high, and ripened by the mid dle of July, in the followins. Near, and though with but few fertile spikelets, the yield was is the proportion of five to one. Here was already a marked difference—in its wild state, the sEzilopa seldom grows higher than from six to nine inches, with curved stalks, bearing a small, flat, rudimentary ear, containing one or two grams. The stalks are extremely brittle, and whew fully ripe the ears turn black and fall off, like the leaves from a tree. In these latter respects, M. Fabre's crop of 1839 retained its original habit, for the ears were deciduous, and the stalk broke off easily, but there was a marked difference in height, and in amount of produce. The seeds were again sown, and in 1840 the spikelets were more numerous ; scarcely an ear without two seeds, and these more floury than before, approaching the character of wheat. In 1841, the resemblance to wheat was still more ob servable ; the ears, which were less flat, had from two to three grains, and the beard had almost disappeared. The next year the plants stood still, being slightly at tacked by rust ; the number of grains, however, was not diminished. But, in 1843, the delay was made up ; the stalks grew three feet high, and stronger, than in any previous season ; the ears could not be easily broken off ; the grains were plumper ; one of the pl an t s yi e ld e d 380 to one, and another 450 to one. In 1844, iveri - iii was full, and the grains not so densely coated as before. In 1845, the transformation into wheat was complete ; all the plants were true representatives of cultivated wheat. Since 1845, M. Fabre has sown the seed ob tained with so much care, in an open field, am ong vine yards, and by the roadside, with a return from six to eightfold. The stems are straight and strong, the ears are round and beardless, th e grains very floury, and in no single i ns t ance h as there' been any return to the form of the original "Egilops ovata. be l , H re e l r i e ed th o e n tLi w n e se h v a e v n: , repeatedly said that ourcu pe i r y . effected by artificial yaeacrstLigfethese statements are to regarded as one of the most extra ordinarylt'ated wheat once grew wild means,whpihcheninomayenbae r o e f - cultivation. Botanists have in Sicily, Babylonia, and and here we have the Persia, havegiven of the show hi s t o ry of these experiments by what a gradual exp l ana tion. The brief account weg progress a wild and co m p arativel y useless grass was con verted into our most valuable cereal. The first scientific agriculturists have come to the conclusion that the cul tivated wheats are only racos of the Zplops, and assum ing the facts in the above instance to be correctly given, itwould seem that the question of the origin of wheat may now be considered settled. Its production in this manner gives us reason to suppose that it never was in digenous to any particular country—a supposition which its existence in so many different varieties, and the con tradictory accounts of its origin, only serve to confirm. ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND.—Yesterday, the annual general meeting of this corporation was held at the Free masons' Tavern—Mr. Henry Twining in the chair. A report was presented, showing that the balance in band on the Ist of January, 1855, was 1381. BP. 9d., received during the year (including a seventeenth donation of 100 guineas from her Majesty), 1,1361. 11a. ; total 1,2741. 19N. 93. The sum paid to fifty-two widows had been 813/. 18s. ; to twenty-six orphans, 123/. 15s. ; total, 9371.13+. ; expenses of management, 187/. 17s. Sd. ; balance in hand, December 31, 149/. 9p. id. The report having been adopted and the officers re-elected, the meeting adjourned. 13 6i 7 39i ■ I