The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-23 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with a hardening tendency. Compared with the rates of Friday all kinds were quite as high, while Surats were 1-16 d. per lb. dearer. The sales were estimated at 12,000 bales, 7,000 of which were American (1,000 for export, and 1,000 on specula tion) ; 400 Egyptian, at 'old. to 74d. ; and 4,000 Surat, at 31d. to 411. per lb. The Railway Share Market continued very active ; a large business was transacted, and the closing operations were at the highest point of the market. The French Government have published a de cree, changing the mode of levying duties upon the article of wool. Formerly the tariff admitted foreign wools at an ad valorem duty, for the pur pose of sanctioning the right of pre-emption, so that the customs authorities could retain the wools imported at the price fixed by the importer, with an addition of 10 per cent. in case that the declared value should be designedly fixed at a lower rate, in order to pay a smaller duty than was just. This ad Valorem duty is now replaced by a rate which levies so much per pound on all wools, distinguish ing two qualities subject to different charges. This decree will do away with the right of pre-emption, Which has been always a source of difficulty between the customs and the importer. The Dutch Government have published their customs' receipts for the past year, showing that there is a steady increase in the principal items, and that the commerce of the Low Countries is in a satisfactory condition. The total receipts in 1855 was 59,233,073 florins, against 58,223,184 fls. in 1854. Is the items coming under the head of direct imports, the increase is about 200,000 fls., by sea and land, although in the former there is a small decrease. The produce of the Excise duties amounts to 1 ,300,000 fls , being 300,000 As. greater than the amount received in 1854. From the Postal ser vice there has also been an increase of some thou %%lids of florins compared with the returns of 1854 . Accounts from Marseilles state that upwards of 30 vessels have arrived there laden with grain from the Black Sea and Spain, which has caused a further decline in prices. The fall in wheat last W eek at this market was 2f. per hectolitre, and aow it is stated to be 3f. compared with the previ ous quotations to the receipt of the pacific news. any Greek speculators in grain who have pro fited,°s by the war, and whose vessels are mostly em- Ned in th e t ra d e to Marseilles, will be heavy era by the change which has taken place in the S t tate of affairs at that market. Sales in rye, c ar leY, oats, arc., are difficult, and purchasers are °Oking forward to a further fall. pamphlet relating to the Limited Liability Act of last session has just been published. The "thor, Mr. Edward Moss, strongly advocates the e xtension of the principle, and its application to t ctnpanies formed for the purpose of working in /Intim:lN d re . Increased buoyancy has prevailed in the market f or Public Securities, and the business transacted w as large. The advance, which amounts to fully Per cent., is attributable to the statement that the Emperor of Russia has given orders for the cessation of hostilities in the Crimea during the ne gotiations for peace. Consols for Money opened at IN to 90i, at which they have ruled firm. For t he 7th prox. the quotations have risen from 901 to 14°1 i• The New Three per Cents. have been 90 i 4_ 9 4, and the Reduced 90? Bank Stock is Per cent. higher, viz., 209. Exchequer Bills have remained at 4s. dis. to par. The Foreign Stocks are likewise buoyant. Turkish 6 per Cents. have risen- 1 per cent., namely, to 891 to 90. The New Scrip has also im proved, havin g b een dealt in at 0/ to 01 discount. butch 2/ per Cents. are 641, and the 4 per Cents. Peruvian Dollar Bonds aro marked 581. Russia n 41 per Cents. are per Cent. higher, Ilaeleiy, to 91t and 911. Sardinian 5 per Cents. are firm at 87. Mexican Stock is at 201, Equador 6 1) Grenada Deferred 7, and Brazilian 41 per Cents. 92k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign st ocks;—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61; Mexican, ! ) I ; Peruvian, 76 78 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 46 48 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 100 102 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 89 91 ; Spanish 3 Per Cents., 40 1 ; ditto Deferred, 221 23 ; ditto C ertificates, 4i 5 4 ; ditto Passive, 61 61. A decided improvement has taken place in most 0 . 1 the leading Railway Securities, and the market Is active. Great Northern have risen fully 21., Stock 10s. to 11., and the others in the sam Proportion. French and Belgian lines rule firmer 414 the Colonial are quiet at a slight enhancement. Cobr a C opper are 1/. l ower , but Santi ago d e e 4 ba are st e ady, London Chartered Bank of kuhtrali a are 10s. better. Peninsular and Oriental ar e flat. h aITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONIt 0 CLOCK. Prom the 05cial List. angines- done. )3 alik Stock ... 209 a E'er Vent. Redxcod Annuities... ;Der Cent Consols Annuities """" 3 per Cent. Annuities _,'" e vr 21 per Cent. Annuities 74 1. "`ung Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 3 946 i , Ditto 30 Years, expire s th April , 1885 ... 16 4 7-16 %Onloi s lor Account 9O.E 6 4 i Et cluiquer 13ills, 26d. £lOOO W 4 d par £5OO 4 d par %all 4 d par Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent 97i i PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK , trazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent. Icluador Bonds renada New Active, 11 per Cent. ... D itto Deferred n e xicau 3 per Cent. b Dit to Account 4'llBmm' Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, g St — . D itto 4 2 , per Cent :n ar dinian Bons, 5 per Cent. oPanish Beads, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto Yew Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account . , 22i i Turki s h Bonds 6 per cent — bias for the Account B9k 4 9k k * 90 Ditto Now Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Had Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Gnil 614 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 96 i P eruvian Dollar Bonds, 4 per Cent. .. - .7 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols (January). 9oi g LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) , LONDON, Jan. 23.—Wind this day at noon , S.W.; L iget breez e and fine. RAMSGATE, Jan. 22.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—Globe, for New Orleans. P ORTSMOUTH, Jan. 22.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—H.M.S. Spitfire, from Malta. Sailed—Maidstone, for Ma d ras and Calcutta ; •Orient (tpt.), Deptford ; H.M.S. Ariel , west- PLYMOUTH, Jan. 22.—Wind E.—Arrived—Louise, from St. Domingo, for Hamburg. Sailed— Phcebe Dun bar, Moreton Bay ; Regina, Sierra Leone. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived — Atalanta (s.), from Havre ; Robert Small, London. Sailed—Ondine(s.), for London ; Bate, Cardiff ; Severn (s.t.), Cork ; John and Charlotte, Guernsey ; Poultons and Clipper, Newport ; Caroline, Cowes ; South- Western (s.), Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.W. Sailed—Underwriter, for New York ; Jane, Nantes; Caledonia, Balaklava ; Thomas Jefferson, New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 21. Wind E. Sailed—New England, for Bordeaux ; Delhi, New Bed ford, U . S. ; Elwin and Louisa, Con s t ant i no 1e ; Ida, Bar hadoea ; Ell en , Havre. p BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.33 a.m. Wind S.W. ; tide, 1 hour's flood ; fin e . Arrived— Prince of Wales, from Gibraltar; Sir Bevois, Madras • De Verenging, Egmond ; Blakeney, packet, Caen; Bermondsey, Havre ; Princess Royal, Mes s i na ; Fortuna, Ppeln ; Egmond Auzul, Nien Diep. Sa iled.—Jalawar, for Port Philip. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.54 a.m. Wind W.S.W., moderate. tin o P ple assed, 22.—Bravo, from Sunderland, for Const an - Ca ; her Majesty' s ' gun-boats Bastard, Thistle, and rnation, from Sheerness, for westward ; Lord Raglan (4. t.) No. 245, transport, from Malta, for Deptford. Jahlert, from New York, for Bremen, passed Head on the 19th. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING JANUARY 23, 1856 LINE 6 ASED A NIS Kis KENTALt. THE ASSASSINATION OF MR. WAUGH. THE RESCUE OF THE DISCOVERY BARK _RESOLUTE FROM THE ICE. Coroner's Inquest.—(This Day.) This vessel, which was one of three ships sent out in 1851 in search of Sir John Franklin and party, and which was abandoned in 1853, by Sir Edward Belcher, in Wellington Channel, in about lat. 76, long. 94, has been recovered, after drifting 1,000 miles, and taken into New London, United States, by Captain Budding. ton, of the whaling bark George Henry, belonging to that port. It was on the 10th of September, in lat. 67 N., and while in a field of ice, that the captain disco vered a ship in the distance, bearing north east, about 20 miles from Cape Mercy. The head of the stranger appeared to be due east, and during the whole of that day and the one following the course of the ship did not vary more than a point or so from the east. Both ves sels gradually approached each other, during five days, in an extraordinary manner, caused, as Captain Bud dington supposes, from the vessel having been struck by a counter current from Davis's Straits. On the sixth day a party was sent from Davis's Straits. On the sixth day a party was sent from the George Henry to report upon the abandoned vessel, and, on their return, the captain, hearing that it was her Britannic Majesty's ship Resolute, and knowing the history of the Arctic expeditions, determined to endeavour to rescue her. Captain Buddington, with this intention, loft his own vessel and boarded the Resolute. He commenced immediately to search the vessel, in order to ascertain if she was seaworthy. On descending the hold it was found to be entirely full of water up to the floor of the first deck. The well was then sounded, and 7 feet of water were discovered to be in the ship. The pumps were then visited, and, being of a new construction, none but the captain was acquainted with the mode of working them. One of them, which was a force-pump very great power, was rigged, and the following morn ing was got in working order. A gang of men were then set to work, and for three days the pump was kept going. Fourteen hours out of the 24 were consumed in thus freeing the vessel, On the third day all the water was cleared from her bold, and the attention of the captain was turned towards extricating the prize from the dangerous position she was then placed in. The appearance of thing§ on board, as represented by Captain Buddington, when he had leisure to ex amine the vessel, was doleful in the extreme. Every thing ef a moveable nature seemed to be out of its place, and was in a damaged condition from the immersion in the water. The cabin was strewed with books, clothing, preserved meats, interspersed here and there with lumps of ice. There was one thing, however, which struck him as being very remarkable, and for which probably no satisfactory explanation can be given ; and this was the presence of ice for several feet in thick ness on the larboard side, while there was not a particle on the starboard. The only argument that can be pre sented to explain this curious freak of the elements is, that the Resolute, lying with her head to the eastward for probably more than a month, received the direct rays of the sun on the starboard quarter, and nowhere else, and thus a daily warmth was imparted to this side of the ship, while the other side, being without this heat, be came as solidified with ice as though the sun never shone on it. This supposition may be very plausible and satis factory to many, for, to the certain knowledge of Captain Buddington, the head of the Resolute never varied from the east for twenty days, notwithstanding she was constantly drifting in a south-west direction (the course of the pack.) There was scarcely anything on board the abandoned vessel that was not more or less destroyed. There was a great lack of fuel oa board, al though in the course of the search throughout the vessel a little coal was discovered in the hold, but the quantity was very small, and entirely inadequate to supply the vessel more than a week. Of provisions there was enough, perhaps, to last a crew of 75 men (the number originally carried by the Resolute) for nine months. The salt meats were the only articles that were at all in a state of preservation. Everything had gone to decay. Even the ship's sails, found between decks, were so rotten that the sailors could thrust their fingers through them like so much brown paper. An attempt was sub sequently made to rig a top-mast studding-sail out of some of the canvas found saturated with water ; but it blew out of the gearing, and was scattered to the winds like chaff. The lower hold was found to contain the library of one of the officers of the expedition, valued at over $l,OOO. The books were entirely valueless when discovered by Capt. Buddington, and subsequently thrown overboard as worthless rubbish. After great difficulties the captain succeeded in getting clear from the ice on the 16th of Oct., and commenced his homeward voyage. Upon this fresh difficulties arose. The ballast-tanks having burst in the hold rendered the Resolute very light and apt to roll heavily in the trough of the sea, and gale after gale was experienced. The open sea was gained, and on the 20th of October the homeward voy• ago commenced. After a succession of strong gales and head winds the New London Lighthouse was made on the 24th of December. During the voyage, when a little to the north of the Banks of Newfoundland, the Resolute came in contact with an iceberg about 50ft. in height, on the top of which there was a detached piece of ice of many tons' weight, and which the captain expected every moment would tumble down upon the vessel and sink the prize so gallantly obtained. So great was the danger that the boats were all in readiness to push off, should the overhanging glacer be precipitated upon them. However, after a great deal of careful work ing and hard labour, the dangerous obstacle was cleared. When the Resolute was first boarded, the ice around her was from 25 to 30 feet thick. Everything was stowed away in proper order for a desertion, spars hauled up to one side and bound, boats piled together (covering snow sleds), hatches closed, &e. In the cabin everything was silent and dark, but they broke in the hatchway door, and felt their way in the darkness to the table ; on it they found matches and candles, and the decanters of the officers with excellent liquor in them, glasses standing around, just as they had been left so many months before. A dry mould had gathered over everything. The iron water tanks in the hold had burst from extreme cold, and the water they had held had flowed over the bottom , of the bold. Between decks everything was covered with moisture. A sort of perspiration had risen from the water underneath and settled above. Many articles of apparel were found " wringing wet." The party made a fire in the cabin, and the mould soon began to drip do an upon them. Upon the reporters from the different jour nals boarding her upon her arrival all articles of a perish. able nature were found to be utterly ruined ; glue had dropped out of locker joints, and everthing was covered with rust and mould. The books in the library were for the greater part in a good state ef preservation, al though they were much damaged from the tallow and grease spilt about the cabin in the voyage home. The wines'„ocker, facing the library, on the opposite s de of the apartment, was filled with a goodly array of bottles, filled with port, sherry, brandy, and champagne. The ceilings were entirely covered with firearms, whaling gear, lances, surveying instruments, telescopes, rocket-guns, and sig nals. Indeed every portion of the entire cabin seemed to have been stowed away with valuables. There were two closets at each side of the library, running back as far as the dead lights, which were completely jammed with clothing, boots, stockings, and other articles of wearing apparel. Rolls of cordage and gutta percha piping—the latter article was evidently meant to cover a telegraph wire—also huddled together among the mass of rubbish that had been stowed in these closets. In the petty officers' room the British navy uniform was scattered about in all directions. Some of the coats and panta loons were in good condition, and apparently had suf fered but little from the damp. In the berths were hooks, suits of clothing, firearms, powder in canisters, flasks, pictures, tobacco-pipes, and matches. Besides the above articles, there was a variety of eatables and preserves, with which the whale men had made sad havoc. Many little dainties, such as chocolate, preserved fruits and jams, were found snugly stowed away in the nooks and corners of the berths. In the centre of the apartment the mess table once stood, but in the voyage home it fell to pieces and had to be thrown overboard by the crew. Here there were several theatrical costu mes, which would have been suitable for some of the best " stars" of the day. The. habiliments of Othello, Richard, and King Lear were carelessly lying among a pile of clothing which were, no doubt, intended for clowns and tumblers, for the spangles and variety of colours on the latter would lead one to infer that even Circus performance had been attempted on board the Resolute. Wigs and other articles necessary to a good representation of either farce or tragedy lay scat tered around the floor in a blue mouldy condition. To a close observer there was in the middies' room every thing that the lovers of sport or amusement could desire. Iu the steward's pantry all was nearly perfect, but in the seamen's room the cookery utensils were missing, having apparently been carried away by the exploring party as the most useful to them. All the other por tions of the ship were stored with valuable descriptions of property suited to the purposes on which the Resolute was employed. As a curious and interesting coinci dence, it is stated that, in the year 1852, Messrs. Perkins and Smith, shipowners, of New London, sent out a bark called the M'Clellan to Davis's Straits for the purpose of getting oil and bone. While fishing here the captain of the M'Clellan fell in with Sir Ed ward Belcher's squadron wintering in the ice. While in their company the M'Clellan was crushed in the ice, and it was thought prudent by the captain to abandon the ship, and sell her and the contents to the com mander of the British squadron. This was accordingly done, and the whaling-bark was stripped of every thing that was valuable on board, and the articles dis tributed on board the various vessels composing the fleet. The George Henry, Captain Buddington, was fitted out by Messrs. Perkins and Smith to fill the place of the lost barque M'Clellan, and in 1855 she proceeded to the very sea where the latter was abandoned to Sir Edward Belcher's party, and here, in the course of the voyage, one of the very squadron which assisted the M‘Clelland's commander in his difficulty was picked up, an abandoned ship, by the vessel fitted out in the place of the one taken possession of by the British three years previously. This is not all. On board the Resolute ore now pieces of sail of American manufacture, which had doubtless hung from the topgallant yard of the ill-fated . M'Clellan. It is very strange that, after such a !aPst°B! time, a remnant of Messrs. Perkins an d Smiths I 0 t vessel should be brought to their very doors from the depths of the Arctic regions in this manner. The adjourned inquest on the body of the unfortunate Mr. Waugh was resumed this morning at the board. room of St. Andrew's Workhouse, Gray's-inn-lane, be. fore Mr. WaklV, coroner, and a highly-respectable jury. The inquest was adjourned on the former day is order that John Broadfoot Westron, the murderer, might at tend and be identified by the various witnesses who saw the prisoner on the morning of the horrible and melan choly occurrence. A memorial was presented to the Secretary of State requesting him to direct that the prisoner should be brought before the coroner, who issued an order accordingly to the Governor of the House of Detention. This morning the prisoner was conveyed in a cab, in custody of Inspector Checkley and Sergeant Haynes of the E division, to the board-room ; but owing to his removal being earlier than was expected, but few per eons bad congregated to catch a glimpse of him. As the investigation proceeded the numbers increased coa siderably, and by the time the inquest was over the 1 neighbourhood of the workhouse was crowded by per sons eager to see him leave for final examination at the Clerkenwell Police-court. The prisoner whilst before the coroner appeared not to feel the awful position in which he had placed him self by the diabolical act he had committed. He stood with his arms folded, and leisurely surveyed the pro ceedings in a manner almost amounting to total indif ference. Mr. Humphreys attended on the part of the ex ecutors of the deceased gentleman, and Mr. Lewis for the pri soners. The various witnesses whose examination have already been given were in attendance to identify the prisoner, but before he was brought into court Mr. Wakley re- quested Mr. Whitfield, the principal witness, to retire. The prisoner was then brought into the room and allowed to stand amongst the crowd, when Mr. Whitfield was called in and asked to _pick out the man who he saw shoot the deceased. He immediately pointed out the prisoner as the man. Inspector Checkley deposed, in addition to what has already been published, that on searching the prisoner's lodgings be found, amongst other things, a box contain ing powder, percussion caps, from 12 to 15 bullets, and a bullet mould. The bullets fitted the pistol, which the Inspector had ascertained the prisoner purchased about 15 months ago, for a guinea, from Mr. Wilcocks, tobac conist, Railway-arch, Minories. [lt was a percussion Gap pistol, with a brass barrel, and rather elaborately embossed stock or handle.] The Coroner then directed the Inspector to remove the prisoner from the room, and have him conveyed to the police-station at once. _ _ Inspector Checkley said the examination had been fixed to take place at 2 o'clock. He would take care the pritioner was at the police•office in time. The Coroner—l should wish him to be taken there at once. I promised the prisoner should be at the police station by 12 o'clock, and I should like to keep ray word. There is time enough to do it, and therefore let it be done, that it might not be said any act of mine had interfered with the administration ofjestice. The prisoner was then removed. Mr. Lewis said it was to be regretted that the pri soner laboured ucder a delusion with reference to the decea'ed gentleman, and the friends of the prisoner were anxious that it should be known that so far from that gentleman behaving ill to him, he had treated him and them with the greatest kindness, and had always acted for their benefit. On another oceasion be (Mr. Lewis) should be able to prove that the prisoner was labouring under a delusion ; but it was useless for him to do so then, as that Court could not aot on such evidence. This delusion was, if he might so term it, an hereditary complaint in the family. The prisoner's father and uncle destroyed themselves whilst labouring under mental derangement, and his aunt died in a lunatic asylum. His conduct in bis lodgings had been such as would leave no doubt but that the prisoner ought not to have been permitted to be at large, and he had had to leave various lodgings from his conduct being, as the parties stated, that of a madman. On one occa sion he opened his wi❑dow and set the things in the room on fire, and when remonstrated with alleged he did it to destroy the devil. The Coroner, in summing up, made some remarks on the impropriety of allowing persons of the prisoner's description being at large. Re did not consider it was enough, when a man used violent threats to another, to merely bind him over to keep the peace for a few months. He considered that such men should be kept in custody as a guarantee against Abair committing snob..acts as that they bad the melancholy duty that day of inquiring into. He looked upon it as an act of cruelty to allow such per sons their freedom. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner. The prisoner was ultimately taken to the Clerkenwell police-station, where the prisoner was formally com mitted for trial for the wilful murder of Mr. Waugh. FUNERAL OF MR. WAUGH. The mortal remains of this unfortunate gentleman were this day consigned to their final resting-place. On its becoming known that the funeral of the de. ceased would take place this morning, the vicinity of the residence of the late Mr. Waugh was in a state of much excitement, and groups of persons were to be seen patiently waiting, at different parts of the road, the arrival of the melancholy precession. At eleven o'clock the funeral cortege, consisting of a hearse and five mourning coaches, left the residence of the deceased gentleman, in Ladbroke•square, Nutting hill, and proceeded at a slow pace towards the Highgate Cemetery, at which place it arrived shortly after one o'clock. With the exception of the family and relatives of the deceased gentleman, there were but few persons present at the interment of the body. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the supply of English wheat on *le here to-day was the refuse of Monday. The amount of business doing in most kinds was l i mited, at Monday's decline in the quo tations. The condition of the samples was very inferior. There was very little inquiry for foreign wheat, the value of which was almost nominal. In floating cargoes very little was doing. Barley and malt wary dull, but not cheaper. There was a moderate sale for oats at full prices. Beans, peas, and flour were exceedingly heavy. AHRPIALS THIS ITEM Ba 4 rl o ey. M. O. Fl 9 o 6 ti o r. 6,350 / 1690sks. I 410 buls. Wheat. 750 Lnglish .. Irish •• •._ Foreign 1 I 660 BOROUGH Hop. We continue to have a fair demand for all kinds of hops, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies were large, and the trade ruled heavy, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d • mutton, 2s 10k1 to 4s 2d ; veal, 3 s 8 d to ' 4B 10 d ; pork, 3s 4 d to 59 Od per Blbs by the carcase. Mr. J. Clernentson, who, having held the office of deputy serjeant-at-arms of the House of Commons for 50 years, was well known to the m embers of the to is. ls.ture, died on Sunday last , at his residence, Felcourt Lodge, Torquay. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.---The White Star Royal mail packet Sardinian, Captain Sheridan, belonging to Messrs. Pilkington and Wilson, of Liverpool, sailed from the Mersey yesterday at noon, for Melbourne, with the usual bi-monthly mails for the Australian colonies, above 100 passengers, and a full cargo of valuable merchandise on freight. The next mails will be conveyed from Liver pool to Australia by the Black Ball ship Joseph Tarratt, Captain Hamra, appointed to sail on the 7th proximo. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. HAILwAYS. ‘.berfieen Ambg. Notts g. Boat and Eastn. Junct... Belfast & Ballymen.. Birming. Wolverh , Stour Valley Birk (Lind. Lancet. di Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk £5O and £25 Cona Do., ......... Rlyth & Tyne origina £25 (in& at £45: Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Carm. and Cardigat , Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pase Cornwall Do. A Do. B Cried' Junction. ...... Du olin &B elfastJunc. Dun. P. & Aber. Jnc. Do. Ntw East Ai; glian Eastern Counties.. East. Union, A SO IDo., B. Stout iDo., New A ..... East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glaagoy lEdinb. and Peebles lEdin. Prth & Duarte Forth & Clyde Jan: Furness. ,D o . ,filaszow& S. West., ,Great N. of Scotlnd. ,Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock j Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Do. Stour VaL Rail Gua. Stk ........ Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds 'Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksL Do., Wet. Biding Tin LivCrsby.&South London & Blackval Lon& Bright &S.Cat. Lend, and N. Westn. Do. Fifths D0.101.3h..M&8 Do. Eighths . London andS. Westn. Do., Lsu. Do., £4O Lndndrrylt Col erai & Ennisk. "Manch.thief. k Limb~Do. I Do. Shares, No. I Do., Man. & Lin. Un Metropolitan Midland _ Birmng. & Derb: Midi& G. West. (Ire Do. Half Shares . Newcastle & Carlisle. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrti. Newry & Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor . Norfolk Northn.Connties ITn North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 A Deferred Do., B Guarantevi N. Eaatorn—Berwie. , Do. do. Extension ... Dodo. G.N.E. ?nroh Do. Leeds Do. York North London .. N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshir North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. Ox, Wore.. Wolv Portsmouth o.i;ish Central ScottishMidlancl... Shropshire Un'on South Devon South Eastern , south Wales . S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Staines,Wok,kWok tocktOn & Darli itoAton & Hrrtlepl ,Taff Va1e...... Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D.& R Lllyerstone & Lancs Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterfori&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. 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Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. C. Birth and Tyne 1 • pel 13. pref. (issd. 501) Brill. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 6i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 po. do. Pref. No. 2. 'Cork &Bandonsip.c Dun Prth Aber.J, I E. Anglian Cls. A.Sh, Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cis. C 7p. c. [Eastern Counties Ex• tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. o. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 ner cent. Do. 101. Dcbontr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancask. 6 p.cts &W. York. J. sths Prth.&Dnn.4p.c Furness Glas. & S. W. 0.5 p. c Groat Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.., Do. 4 p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red. at sp. c• pm.•• • • Gt.N. of Scot. I at Pre Gt. S. iW. (Ireland) 4 130. 4per a. Prof. S Gt. Wostn. (Berke it ganta Ex . 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4 P.C Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh , Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S. I De. do. 5 p. c. Do. Birm. Qua. Stk Do. Ches. Qua. Sh 'Do. do, do Do. do. do ...... Lan. &York. 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American Land 47 50 100 32i Canada l3l 136 St. 1.00 Canada Gov. 6 p. et Jan. and J 1.06 i —107 i lO7l 5 all Crystal Palace 2 21 5 5 Do. Preference 4fi 4i 41 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc 1 f Dnston Iron Ore 20 11 Eastern Steam •• •• 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co • 1 25 24 Electric Telegraph 2O 22 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier - 15 14 (len. Steam Navigat. 10 all General Screw Steam 141 151 20 10 Irish Beetroot Saga) ••• 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig ••• 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 10 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 5i 6 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuei . 10 5 Netherlands Land.... IS 10 all Do. Do. 5 1 Do. 8 pcPissatld id 2 1 N.S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 16 22 1 all N. B. Australasian — 20 15 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 1 all Oriental Gas i 11 11 1 2s. Do. " Now Shares " p all P e el Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 21 2f . 50 all Peninsular& Orienta 62 50 10 Do. New 2 all Portland Iron Co 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest 1 1 1 Ditto New I all South Austral.iand 35 3 1 al: Bubmar. Tel. Scrip B-20 20 all Do. Registered. I 15 5 Trust& L. Co.U.Can. 100 28 r Van Diemen's Land 110 17 , knaineas this day. THE SEARCH FOB SIR J. FRANKLIN. THE ADMIRALTY REWARD. (Front the Gazette of last Evening.) The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having, by a Proclamation of the 7th March, 1850, ofered -Ist. A reward of 20,0001. to any party or parties who, in the judgment of the Board of Admiralty, who should dis cover and effectually relieve the crews of her Majesty's ships Erebus and Terror ; and 2d. The sum of 10,0001. to any party or parties who, in the judgment of the Board of Admiralty, should discover and effectually relieve any of the crews of her Majesty's ships Erebus and Terror, or should convey such intelli gence as should lead to the relief of such crews, or any of them ; And 3d. The sum of 10,0001. to any party or parties who, in the judgment of the Board of Admiralty, should by virtue of his or their efforts, first succeed is ascertain ing their fate; date ereof they will proceed. , to adjudicate on such claim, and that all persons w ho by virtue of such Hereby give notice that Dr. Rae having claimed to be entitled to the reward of 10 , 0001 . under the terms of the third withi u paragraphthrethr e e o months h e r from o the procl amation, proclamation deem themselves entitled to the whole or any part of the reward in question, must prefer their claims within such time, after the expiration of which no claim will be entertained. THE LATE SAMUEL ROGEEE.—We hear that the Rogers' Diaries are not so nearly ready for the press as rumour bad it. Mr. Moxon—tke publisher, but not, it seems, executor, of the poet—has a volume of Table Talk i n the press, taken down by Mr. Dyce. This volume is nearly ready for the public. The diaries kept by Mr. Rogers himself, some of the choicest morsels, in which are reports of conversations with the Iron Duke, are at the disposal of the poet's relatives, the Messrs. Sharpe. Rogers, it is said, left no instructions as to the particu lar disposal of his papers. Samuel Phillips, we believe, had at one time a commission from the poet to write his life, but the young critic passed away, like so many other contemporaries, before the aged poet was gathered to his fathers. No successor to the task was ever named by Rogers,—.4thenceum. sll 40 all all all all 66 - 25 12t 12., 2O 12 i 95f 5 6 80i lf 1 1241 • 106 4i 55 1 4 80 1 i 1 97 i i 69 85 i i 95 454 30i 71 i 47i i 9,1 I 10 St. 20 50 St 12t .12. 10 €oi li 84 f 5 x in Ilf 12 361 84 25 10 20 20 20 25 5 3 i xin 26 k si 9 241 47i 7 2* lf 9} 17i 17 73 3 84 i 29 9 Wiltshf.;omrst PREFE 100 5 1100 all all 10' 100 100 100 1110000 100 100 100 100 ' all all all all all 79 8} 1131 90 i 5i L ITER AT UR E. Nonpareil House. By Henry Curling. 3 vols. Hall, Virtue, and Co. This is a very interesting narrative; it relates the adventures of Julian Mountjoy, a young cava lier, of the time of the great rebellion in England. Without taking a very prominent part in any im portant occurrences, the hero, nevertheless, was present at many of them, and the records of his own exploits of a private nature form an attractive por tion of the book. The plot is ingenious in con struction, and the descriptions are spirited. There are many characters presented to our notice, and some of them attract regard and interest. Lady Nonpareil was peculiarly unfortunate, driven about the country, her husband and only son engaged in war, she was left without any protec tion till Julian Mountjoy came over from abroad, when the earl commissioned him to be her escort to the north. During these travels the party, con sisting of Lady .Nonpareil, her daughter, and governess, encountered many dangers, from the effects of which they were preserved by the courage, prudence, and foresight of the young champion, who was a distant relative of the family. Leaving them for a short period, J ulian Mountjoy rendered signal service to the cause of the Royalists, by conveying some treasures to London, and then con verting them intogold. On his journey to the country estate of the earl he encountered the fugitive cava liers, among whom was the King. This passage is of great interest, bringing before the reader in a position of danger and uncertainty the monarch who shone pre-eminently in the hour of adversity. The devotion which inspired so many of his fol lowers is sketched with a truthful earnestness, and the hope which actuated them again and again to the contest of the royal ri g ht s agains t th e power ful assailants,is made apparent with forcible and striking descriptions. Whatever may be the political bias of those who peruse these annals, none who admire courage or constancy will withhold a tribute of admiration from the self devoted cavalier. Julian Mountjoy was a noble instance of knightly zeal. His opportunities were not many and his position was not elevated, but the King had not a more enthusiastic follower. 13y his unflinching bravery and dexterity he contrived to render some material benefits to those of his side in the struggle. Such was the distracted state of the country at the time that there was scarcely a household, however mighty or humble, that was not in turn too powerless to defend itself, and of too much consequence to be passed over. In such a position of affairs it was incalculable the advantage that even one valiant arm could afford to the oppressed. There was a secret foe to the family of the Nonpareils, who tracked out the va rious members with skill and ingenuity that seemed almost fabulous. To circumvent this cunning enemy Julian did not always find it possible, and after having driven him away from many of his ill-devised schemes and destroyed many of his pro jects, he was at last obliged to succumb in his turn. The wily Basil contrived to prejudice Lord Non pareil against his young relative, and after all his services in the cause of the family Julian was treated with coldness and even contempt. He withdrew from them in disgust, and joined some friends he had made for himself. Mohun, who was of great service to him, was a noble character, straightfor ward, and generous ; he had raised himself to eminence by his own exertions from a humble sphere, and he is well calculated to attract atten tion by his spirit and daring. Lady Blanche is pleasing ; and the endeavours of Julian to free herself and mother from the cunning devices that had been drawn round them by the wily set they had fallen into are very exciting and interesting. Diana is a fine disposition, and her enthusiasm for the royal cause, which she does much in secret to advance, gives a romance to her career. Squire Numbskull is au amusing sketch of country life at that period. On the whole, much may be found to excite interest and attract admiration in this story, as well from the epoch chosen for delinea tion, as for the skill that chronicles its details, and the spirit which animates its pages. IVeiv Zealand. By E. 13. Fitton. Stanford, Charing-cross. This little volume is designed for the use and information of intending emigrants. It is founded on a lecture on Now Z ea l an d w hi c h was ( - riven some time since. Many dtlays have retarded its publication, which is scarcely to be regretted, as the author has been enabled to add to his stock of information on the subject. He justly observes, that in a book professing to give the latest infor mation upon all topics which it discusses there can be little that is entirely original, and where much of the intelligence consists of extracts from colonial newspapers the style must necessarily be occa sionally formal. The latter remark is perhaps scarcely merited, as it is written iu a quiet, business like manner, and does not display any unusual dryness or formality in the style. It gives a description of the country and the general mode of life among New Zealand colonists, which the author, being a landowner and late resident in the colony, is well qualified to describe. The islands are three in number, but the southern one, which is smaller than the others, is also much more rugged and inclement, and is therefore seldom sought by emigrants. It is known by the name of Stewart's Island. In all, the three islands are estimated to contain 78,300,480 acres of land, and of these it is supposed that at least two-thirds are capable of cultivation, though, ow ing to the want of roads, bridges, kc., end the re fusal of the natives to alienate their territories, there are many obstacles to the occupation of the more remote districts. The natives, or " Maori," have been calculated at 100,000, nearly 80,000 living in the north island. They are a well formed and intelligent race. With regard to the climate, which has been so highly spoken of, the author considers it to be overrated. The disappointment, he says, which many experience in this respect, on arriving at the colony, has given rise to one of the most serious complaints made. On the whole he thinks that the weather, though never equal to our best summer days, is far more equable and agreeable than in England, and at no time so severe as our worst months. A separate chapter is devoted to each of the six chief settle ments, Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth, Otago, Canterbury, and Nelson. The three former are in the north, and the others in the middle island, the south, as we have previously mentioned, not having been colonised by English emigrants. It will be seen that from the author's personal knowledge of the colony, and from his various sources of information, he has furnished the in tending emigrant with a work likely to give him a clear idea of the locality, its advantages and drawbacks. Webster's Royal Red Book. Webster and Co. This work has been established for so long, and is so well known that it requires no recommenda tion. It has acquired a reputation in its peculiar style, and although as a directory it cannot, of course, bo compared with the " London Directory" as a reference for information respecting Crown offices or State appointments, &c., it will be found of great service. Its contents inform us that it comprises a Street Guide, an alphabetical list of the Nobility and Gentry, the Houses of Lords and Commons, Baronets, Crown and Law Officers, Ambassadors, Consuls, Bankers, Army and Navy Agents, Hotels, Clubs, &c. This list is sufficient to prove its utility to those unacquainted with its merits, while its former patrons will find it main tain its previous character. Who's Who in 1856. Bailey, Brothers, Cornhill. This is another very useful volume of reference. It has reached the eighth year of its existence, which is a testimony that it has succeeded in ob taining the public favour. It is indeed a most serviceable little volume. Its table of contents is to t long to be quoted, but it is sufficient to say that i gives every information respecting the Offices of State, the Royal Family and Household, the Peerage, the Public 'Works and Buildings, all the Law Offices and Judges, the Officers and Heads of Houses at the Universities, and the Governors of British Possessions in all parts of the world. Be sides this multifarious information, a list of the Bishops, and Deacons, the Members of the Academy of Arts, the Directors of the Bank, the Companions of the Order of th e e Bath, and several other similar useful pieces of in telligence aro giv e n. Th e ages o f man y of the notabilities are added, and in the list of the Members of Parliament the number of e lectors is appended to each name. The British Year Book for the Country. Edited by C. M'lntosh and T. Lindley Kemp, M.D. Longman. This work is int en d e d t o a pp ear annually, and " to be for the country house what annuals used to be for the drawing-room." Unlike them, how over,its object is not to amuse a leisure hour, but to be of service in the practical business of country houses and their dependencies. It is announced as an annual of. Agriculture, Horticulture, Flori culture, and Arboriculture. Those who are em ployed or interested in the pursuits which these hard words represent will therefore find it a useful companion. The names of its editors aro a valuable recommendation. Mr. M'lntosh, the author of the large and complete works on " The Farm," and on " The Garden," which were published some time since, being one, and Mr. Lindley Kemp, the author of " Agricultural Physiology," being the other. It is divided into four parts. The first gives us an almanac and its attendant pieces of information, a calendar of g arden and farm operations, and a table of the average weather in Great Britain during the year. The second consists of original papers on many theoretical and practical topics. The third part gives a notice of the works on the diffe rent branches of rural economy that have appeared in the past year. The fourth part, under the head of Miscellaneous, presents us with a variety of florists' lists, the French market prices, inventions, discoveries, &c., and all the events of importance that have taken place in connection with agricul tural and botanical pursuits in 1855. The reader will thus see that, though it does not aim at enter tainment, it is calculated for the general reader; for those engaged in rural pursuits it forms a useful vade MCCUM. The Assurance Magazine. C. and E. Layton. The Merchants' Magazine. Richardson, Corn hill. The Fleemasons' Magazine. H. G. War- ren. These serials are each devoted to a particular class, and their contents are therefore characteristic. The Assurance Magazine is also the journal of the Institute of Actuaries, and has several articles on topics of social importance. A paper on the phy siological law of mortality, by Professor Buchanan, presents some striking tables, from which it ap pears that the period at which human life is most secure is 13. An article on decimal coinage enters thoroughly into the subject, and decides in favour of its adoption. The, Merchants' Magazine has several papers of commercial subjects, and a great variety of prac tical information. Colonial princes, foreign ex changes, prices of grain, English and foreign funds, &c., together with the Bank returns, and the prices of railway shares are comprised in its con tents. Merchants and men of business will find this serial a useful referee. The Freemasons' Magazine, though addressed to the Brotherhood of Masons, contains some articles of general interest unconnected witk that extraor dinary fraternity. One of these is the iiescription of a yacht's cruise to Balaklava. As a general rule it must, however, be admitted that this serial is best adapted for the perusal of the craft. THE PROSPECTS OF PEACE. A private letter from Brussels contains the fol- lowing remarks on the great question of the day : " The bases of the treaty, such as they have been sent to Vienna, contain one word to which great importance is attached, and which I confess I do not understand —it is the neutralisation of the Black Sea, and which forms the first article. It is not the novelty of the expression which alarms me, but the real sense that✓ we ought to attach to it. What does neutrality mean time of peace ? It is evidently nonsense, or rather a contradiction. Can it be that there is an intention to. Te. peat the fault committed with regard to Belgium, when it was understood that Belgium should remain neutral in any wars which might take place between the different nations of Europe. That treaty was undoubtedly made against Louis Philippe, and took from his natural ally ; but it is equally known that this sort of neutrality is only respected when a Power does not find it to be its interest to violate it. If by neutralisation of the Black Sea is meant that no ship of war shall be allowed to enter the Dardanelles, it is precisely what existed before the war. If by it is meant the convention made between Russia and Turkey under the guarantee of the other Powers, which provides that neither of those States shall have ships of war ill the Black Sea, it cannot be termed a neutralisation. If, then, this word had a meaning, it would be necessary to believe that even in time of war Turkey could not make use of her marine, neither to annoy the coasts of Russia, nor succour her maritime provinces should they be in vaded by land armies—which would be absurd. If Russia wished to attack Germany, or taking advantage of the little energy put forth by the German States, wished to excite them against France, France would then not have the right to profit by her alliance with Turkey, and to transport her fleet and her troops to the Black Sea. It would be the same if British India were to be menaced by Russia. We are then justified in de manding that the word neutralisation shall be effaced ; for on concluding peace it is absurd and dangerous to anticipate cases of war. " The Western Powers have reserved to themselves the right, independently of the four articles, to require from Russia guarantees for the maintenance of peace. It is quite evident that these exigencies ought to be ex tremely moderate ; but it is equally evident that no one can pronounce that to be exorbitant that is indispensable for the security of Europe, that is to say, the re-establish ment of the treaties of 1815, and such as they existed in 1830. It was for the equilibrium of Europe that the pro vince taken by Russia from Prussia, her ancient ally, bad been constituted as an independent kingdom, on the soil of which a Russia❑ army should never place it foot. Now, what is the consequence of the present state of things ? It is this—that Russian armies to the amount of from 300,000 to 400,000 men can occupy Poland, that they can i❑ a few days march into Eastern Prussia, invade Silesia, Brandenburg, and enter Berlin ; that they can by a flank march invade the whole of Gallicia, and reack Vienna in eight days, and thus the masters of the whole of Germany, they can advance to the Rhine, and in less than one month invade France. " It is then for the common advantage of Europe to demand the execution of the treaties which have never been abrogated, and the re-establishment of those re mains, poor as they are, of Polish nationality. If Russia refuse, on the ground of the insurrection of 1830, she can be answered that all should not be punished for one fault, and that at all events that bag been sufficiently expiated." AMSTER DA AI _HILL WATER COMPANY. Yesterday the Board of Commissarieß held their pre liminary meeting at the London Tavern, Mr. L. Schuster in the chair, to receive a report from them on the state of the company's affairs. The report, which was read by Mr. ADAMS, the Secre tary, stated that since the last general meeting held in May last, 23 crossings of canals within the city of IA m sterdam had been completed, and 21,462 yards of pipes laid down. In the Downs 2,600 additional of canal had been commenced, .of which about 1,500 had been com pleted. Since that period 016 new contracts for the supply of water had been completed. The city of Am sterdam contained 27,500 houses, but as yet only about 1,600 had been connected with the mains. The proxi mate receipts for water supplied during the past year amounted to about 4,7501., and the expenditure charge able against revenue to about 2,5001., leaving a balance out of which it was anticipated the full dividend for the past six months upon the capital called upon the new shares could be paid. The report, at great length, re ferred to the charges that had been brought against the directors by Mr. Croker, the late engineer. First, that he hail been removed from his office by the influence of Mr. Barrow, the contractor, whose he had incur red. Secondly, that the cause of his dismissal was also to be attributed to his opposing the construction of a high level reservoir in the Downs, a scheme which he stated had been concocted for the purpose of using a portion of the pipes that had been sent over to Amster darn by the contractor, contrary to Mr. Croker's orders. Thirdly, that the Commissaries hadlallovred Mr. Barrow to carry out his contract in an improper manner ; and, fourthly, that at the last preliminary general meeting, the Commissaries nominated four directors contrary to the recommendations of that meeting. To these charges the Commissaries gave a denial, as well as to another that Mr. Croker was ordered back to Amsterdam pre vious to the last meeting, that he might be deprived of attending that meeting. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the reception and adoption of the report, adverted to the pr os p erous state of the pamphlet. as ked the in an a d t u L d t er h t a a d k i b n e g e , nr and a d a e t g a g r e a a i t n s length boardreferredbytomt h r. e C c h r a e r k g e e r s , I w t h e ic c h i e had iea been the p t u r o b t l h i shed of meeting not to press t he board then for an ex p l anation, thoseatid circulated s because the question of Mr. Croker's dismissal was now the subject of a judicial inquiry in this country and also in Holland. lie defended the conduct of the board of director/. a nd also the board of com m i ssar i es. Mr. lIORSFALL said he recollected meeting Mr. Creker on the morning of the London meeting, who informed him that the commissaries had told him (Mr. Croker) that it would be worse for hith if he remained and attended the meeting. The CHAIRMAN denied that he had done any thing to compel Mr. Croker to leave. That gentleman left Amsterdam at a critical time against the wish of the directors, and he (the Chairman) told him he had done wrong in leaving. At a subsequent meeting at Am sterdam, where he and Mr. Croker were present, the latter made no charges against him. Mr. CHOKER-1 most solemnly protested against your mode of proceeding. A very lengthened and animated discussion ensued, in the course of which various charges were made against the directors, the authenticity of which were denied by the Chairman Mr. MoIoN afterwards suggested that an investiga tion should be made by a committee into the truth or falsehood of the charges that had been brought against the directors by Mr. Croker. It was to the interest of the directors to clear themselves of the charges, and of equally great importance to Mr. Croker, whese profes s affected by it. Re moved a reso• l s o a n l r to ep t u h t a a t ti e o ff n w ect a . A SHAREHOLDER seco nded the re ol sution. The CHAIRMAN resisted the appointment of such a committee. It would be the means of discovering to Mr. Croker the points they relied on to defend the actions that gentleman had brought against them. The motion was rejected. Mr. Cnogun addressed the meeting in vindication of his conduct, and in support of the statements he had put forth affecting the management of the company and the manner he had been treated by the directors. He pro ceeded to refute the statements that day made to the mee ti n g, and referred to documents in corroboration of his assertions, but the meeting betrayed an indisposition to hear him, and after several interruptions that gentle man had to desist from addressing the shareholders. The CHAIRMAN then put the motion for the reception and adoption of the report, which was carried by a large majority. 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