The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-05 00:00:00

f In de ped then,- song corn very great 11 on every !d of late h have so ussia, and tervention been re a victory ,ucceeded the Do regarded was not ce paid a 'en living• lately re al Paris. rs, which )f Police. discovery prrespon ce again arrested ;wined at f we are r has de .e sailing w for all r, all the . he trans s.,l rievously by of tile 3 reached menaced ith a sus- No satis ) of these •ather in at at all F ill-will. pathy ent he is him of )ut breaks )ens that would be becomes present. General of being 1 crossed e matter, that the that any cited on I should remon- Lted, and pened at 85c., for Half per a at 64f. ; Rouen, rorthern, r Shares, ; Lyons :stern of ; Great red con tempt is iug over to be a Czar, if elude it, rom iutgling ugly his empire. veen the fered to .ssa. has the ea- 3rnment ecoutre ere sent in order der has who th that en paid n•eigner •lin. It ully ap- ie 25th solemn Church d a Te he mar- in the le soul The v Lyon, Canino , bear d age) Bourse r Cent s light per c hange further d . Eng- lam; i~ Liz kl :I. • 7 •` 7 , .i ~--4. , .i. i...... 0 1 )14 ;, C TWO o'CLOCK. .The sales of cotton at Liverpool s esterday were estimated at froal 5,000 to 0;000 bales. The mar ket closed heavily, with price?. of American -{l. per lower. The sales comprised 2,) Pernain and Maranham, at WA.; 20 Bahia, at 6,f d., 150 Egyp tian at 6d. to 7d., 700 Surat at 3d. tc 3,1.0tnd the remainder American. Railway shares were eat, The wool trade at Liverpool recently, has been much depressed. Very little business has been. done in Colonial Produce this week, and prices have mostly tended qewnwaads. Sugar has been arin, '11.0.,vev,2r, and also Coffee, ,for which thu deal:Lai however,, has been limited. Rice has declined. Saltpetre has been heavy, and Cotton qUiet. Tea has been steady, and Tallow firmer. Hemp has re eded, and`Jute Is down 11. ICs. to 9/. per ton. At the Indigo auc tions, 1,100 chests will be offered on the 9th inst. For the public wool sales, 36,768 bales are de , Oared. ..,.." 1 : 14 e mercantile community a re much indebted to Nu% Digby Seymour for the prompt manner in Which he has taken up the question of the "fraudu lent transfer of bills of exchange." We understand the gentleman referred to in the following remarks a morning contemporary (which we assume to be ,.. on good authority) is in c ommunication with air. r. Seymour, to get a clause inserted in the bill b e purposes bringing into the House on Tuesday neat to meet future cases of this sort of aristocratic swindling; but we apprehend the law as it stands sufficient to bring the parties in this case to Ashes "The remarks of Mr. Baron Alderson on the subject bill-stealing have given great satisfaction in the lOcaeyed circles. It is to be desired that this eminent itlelge should have an opportunity of deciding whether or not the following case does pot come under the ? 2 .eration of acts passed for t he p rotection of the pub lic 4 against conspiracy :-- A merchant, well known in Lua' City, ' of very respectable m eans—means enabling mre to conduct his business without resorting to his bill -book—purchased a property thr ou g h the solicitors of 8, bank in a town in the county of Gloucester. The I)l4 ehase money was 5,0001 . The vendor could not „. ' l4 'llish his title without some advance ; the merchant eontiented to give his 1)1115 for 2.0001. and 3,0001., the former to be discounted if required ,• the latter they °ndertook to hold, .and to furnish the title within a given time ; but, contrary to this arrangement, they Paid both bills into the hank for which they acted. I;rofessionally, and they failed to furnish the title. At Lee maturity of the bills, the bank applied to the Iperchant for payment ; he paid tae 2,0001. bill, but re fused to pay the one for 3,0001. until the sale was com pleted —this being in accordance with the character 4:4 the agreement ° . The country bank employed the 10 licitors of a joint-stock bank in the City, who Elle eded in getting the merchant to give a judgment ; 1 1 1 1 : 1 holders, namely, the bank in Glouce s te rshire, in meantime to proceed against their solicitors proper tar the amount. Twelve months have passed , n o ti t le 14 , t been given to the property, 'he bank has n ot sued ree defaulting solicitors, and the judgment held in r rorem over the head of the confiding c a p italist. The „ i orst feature of this transaction is yet to be recorded, and which shows but too painfully the moral standard °f firms said to be professionally respectable. The vendors and solicitors proper to the bank in Glouces lershire wrote, on the 2d of May, 1853, two letters, one t d a the p ersecu t e d -merchant, stating that they could not t, anything . towards relieving him from th e p osition nat their unfortunate act had placed him and them , Z i1 ?,.0 2 -inbut trusted that he would _be able to get the unit- 1- --adding'that their connection with it was ended-- to forego proceedings ; the other letter was written to the solicitors acting in the case in London, request in g them to give the merchant no quarter, and to take all Teens in their power to procure payment of the bill and me law costs without delay. Both these letters by ac cident came into the hands of the merchant's solicit or . Is not this a proper case for the con.ideration of Mr. Zaron Alderson when sitting for the adjudication of criminal cases of the kind ? We submit'that it is so." The monthly return of the National Bank of Belgium gives the active_ciictilatibn at 86,084,760 francs, and the amount of the precious metals at 49,791,653 francs. The discounts were t 7,043,590 francs. As compared with the previous month, this shoivs an increase of 5,812,000 francs in the bullion, and of 2,434,000 francs in the circulation. Accounts from Odessa state that passengers thence saw near that port : on the 19th ult., an engagement between an English ship of war and a Russian corvette, which appeared to' be, at the time they passed, in a sinking condition. St. Petersburg letters mention that the Consuls of England, where British subjects, had received orders to leave Russia, but that those of France Were allowed to remain, except at Odessa, Tiflis, and Warsaw.. Several of the American merchants in the city have expressed a strong feeling of indignation at the fact of a United States' clipper, the Grapeshot, b aring, as a privateer, captured a French mer chantman off the Lands End. It appears that the Grapeshot left New York ostensibly with bard ware for St. Thomas's, but was suppesed by many to be o n a piratical expedition against Cuba. She had arms on board, and would have proceeded to Fin land, but came out in her new character off ° lir coast. The party Who fitted her out is, We believe, a stage contractor at New York, e njoying a higher reputation for 'cuteness than honour, and it is fervently hoped that, if captured the crew of the Grapeshot will be made an example of. It is surmised, however, that both officers and men may be Russians, in w hich case they may probably be regarded as Merely pursuing the legitimate- occupations of a state of war. s . The Assam Company , at their meeting this day, "are declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. Per annum. There being no official information , a.s to the pro.. g re se of the s ubscriptions for Exchequer Bonds, we c an only deal with the surmises hazarded that the a PPlications are less numerous than could be "ished. Every one speaks well of the security , and if the mar k e t had become habituated thereto, and it had been ascertained that there would be facilities far dealing in it, the bankers and capitalists would more ready to participate at the very favourable term s offered, viz., 41. Os. 10d. per cent. Public Securities are heavy, the additional Army and Navy Estimates of nearly six millions sterling • , • confirmi n g the impression that, as the war goes there will be a still heavier drain upon our Monetary resources. Still an expenditure of ten, or even twenty, 'millions per annum should not be of much account to . a country with such an annual revenue as ours, although a new loan may be un iwoidable...- Consols have been as low as 87i having been done also at 87t for transfer. They are now about 871 for account. To . take up Exchequer Bonds, Consols would probably have to be sold. Bank Stock is rather firmer at 202 to 205. Exchequer. Bills have been at 2s. discount to 2s. premium, and India Bonds at 15s. discount. Foreign Stocks are very quiet. There have been a few bargains in Russian Five per Cents. at 93 to 931, and in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at sq. • .Spanish Three per Cents. have been at 80k. Bra zilian Old Stock is' worth 96. Mexican Bonds have been at 231 to -R. The Railway Share Market is fiat, at a decline • -of about Ito per cent. Joint Stock Bank Shares are firm. Mines are dull. Crystal Palace are-flatter. - • C.74listi . •• • Foreio . BRITISH FUNDS TIIIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES, ( From the Official List. itumnesit done. tank Stock ....... ....... • ' . 3, Per Cent. 'Reduced Annuities B6h I tPer Cent Consols Annuities . Z. e "' 3 / per Cent. Annuities... .... . Long 2 per Cent. Annuities ........ .. 1860 'filg Annuities, Exp're sth Jan., Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 ...... 41 „India Bonds, £lOOO ............/ ..... ' ....... 15 d " Ditto, under 1000 ........................... 15 7 ( - 1 00: n8 0 40 . 0T 'Account 11th May ..........••"'874 iitia f :chequer Bills, 2d. £lO 0 2 p 2 d---. • 3 p2dlp Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. M .‘• 231 e• lean 3 per Cent. Peruvian 3 per Cent. 4 usriau Bends, 1822, 5 per Cent. XSt 93i 3 Ditto 4 per Cent SOi Spanish Bonds :3 per Cent - 36 # Spanish. New Deferred, 3 per Nut. 174 71 A T?l7 2.1717 - 1 7 1 TTN 7 :I Y.l CORN EXCHANGE. Th' fr?sh arrivals of English wheat to-day were small, coastwise and laud carriage. Although the show of sam pl2s was litnisol, the demand for all kinds was heavy in the, extreme, and to have effected sales Is to 2s per quarter less money than on Monday must have been accepted by the factors. We were very extensively supplied with foreign wheat, which moved off heavily, and the currencies had a down ward tendency. Floating cargoes were much neglected; but we have no actual decline to notice in prices. i The show of barley was extensive.. The demand for it 1 , was heavy, at is per quarter less money. I Malt ruled dull, at barely last week's currency. Oats and beans were tolerably firm, at full prices. Peas and flour were very dull. American parcels were lower to purchase. AItRIVALS TINS ?Mt g. heal : i Barley. 1 5. alt. 1 Oats I Flour. W 1,670 • 610 i , ,620 1 281 1 763 91 1 -- '2 ' ,513 1 . 611,'180 1 11,970 1 1 5,960 ' s.39askg 25,9 Obrl , lberdeen ........ A.mbg Nottug. Bost. , and Easti . al Belfast & Ballymeua. ►ll Birutiug Wolverh.' Stour Valley ...... 8 Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire ...... 11 Do. Chesil. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cous. .Si Do., ;lyth &Tyne original (issd. at £45, )0 -Pistol aod F..xeter., )0 ;alodouian. ....... ',hester & tlolyhead. 111 Cork ,a nd Bitudon... AB Cork, Black, & Pass 12 . . _ . '..vrinvall A irieff Juuction f 5 iubliii&ilelfastJuve ,li Dutidee Perth4Aber - I .ietm Juuquou LII Du. New Lll p:ast Anglian—....l Lll 1)o., (XlB E & H).. ill , ',:tisteru Couuties ill I , :asteru Union, A Stook Do., B. Stock 8 Do., New A ' ' h! 'last Lancashire .00 ,7 1dinburgh & Glasgow 5. Ediub. and Peebles... MO Ediu. Pali &Dundee & Clyde June. LOO ,;lasgow &S. Weston ,1 [OO Great Northern Stk LOO Do., A. Stock LOO Do., B. Stock. 1.00 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) 1.00 Great West%rn 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle IM Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 00 Laucash.andYorksh 18 Do., Fifths Dl., Wet. Riding Uu all Leeds Northern ' all ,Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwai $ - Loud. Tilb. &Stliend. [OO Loud. Bright &S.Cst. LOG Loud. and N. Westu. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.5h.,M&8... ( 2 Do. Eighths 100 London audS. Westu. 42.', Do., £5O :34 Do., £4O all 'Lnudrry&Coleraiue all Ludndrry. & Euuisk . 100 Mauch.Slief.& Lindh)! 44 Do., Mau. & Lin. Uu 100 lidlatid 100 .o. Birrung. &Derby 4Th Midld. G. West.(lre.) 17: 1 , Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle, 100 NeWnsarket Do., Bury Extension 17 Nwpt.Aberg. & Ilrfd, 7` Newry & Ewriskillet all Newry Warreupoiu and Rostrevor... 100 Norfolk , •.• • 3. Northu.Counties 100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. all Do., A Deferred 8 Do., B Guaranteed all North London 5.1 Do. New £lO Li is N.&S.Wstru.,Hamp stead, and City Jn 174 North Staffordshire all - North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley,' and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 21 2s Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central .... 100 ScottishMidlaud 100 ihrewebtu7 &Biimg, 100 Do. L. &N. Westem Guaranteed SA cbk , 10 • Shrowsby. & Herrefd all Shrowsby. & Chaste] (N. W. Min ....... all Do. Halves) all Do. Oswestry 6.4 Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per cum all South Devon. 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 3. Yrksh. & Riv. Dual 5 Do 21 2s Staines, Wok &Wok all Stockton & Darling 16f Stockton & Hartlepl , 1.00 Taff Vale 8 De. £lO shakes WO Do. Pref., No. 1 21 liames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath a ll Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 16 West Cornwall 1 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West Loudon.... r 51s. Wimbledn & Croydon. 100 York Newetl.&Berw 20 Do. Exte,usious Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York& N. Midland... FOREI I 9 A utwerp&Rotterdan , 3 3elgian Eastn. Juuc. 8 BezierstoGraissessac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip ... Central of Italy - all Uharleroi& lErquelin all Demerara ... 14 Dijon and 'Besancon S Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all . It. Indian - Peninsula lo ';d. Junet. of Franc, 10 Jrd. Trunk of Canad• 3 I Do. Debentures all Do. do 10 Gt. Central of Vraucc all ,It.Westernof Canada Shares _ .._- ...ond..__ ... -... Do. Bs (Ist is.)'s7 15:, Hamilton &, Torouto all Do. 6 per cent. 5 Lake Coast. & Basle all 1 Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. pref.,' 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. l'ref 3 Do. (Canal) 5 DO. 6p. ct. pref 8 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Mediterran 10 Madras 334, Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 Melbourno Dk, &Ry all Namur & Liege (wits interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France. Do. 2W. 3 p. c Bds all (fmy.B.& Ams.Sha; all NorwegianTrunkrro 10 Paris and Lyons..... all Ditto Bonds .....••• all Paris and Orleans.,„ all Paris and Rouen-- all Paris and Strasbourg 10 ParisCaen&Cherbrg 10. i Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre 12 Royal Danish 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse-, 6 Do. 54 p. cent. Prof 6 Southern of Prance. 8 St. Andrew's and' Qnebee (A) all , Westaloders all Do 5. per c. Prof.,. 10 Western of France 7 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand MISCELLANEOUS all Aubin Coal and Iron 17:Australian Agricult. 11 - I.ustralsn.Pcific.Mail 8 Instraln.. Royal Mail 4 3erlin Water Works. 40 3rit. American ,Land 1 3rit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. 321 '.-;'anado, r 2'.rystal Palace ' 4 Do. New. ........ ... 2 Jrystal Pal.of France 3 gastern Steam 20 EleetritTelegraPh(A) all Do. (8):........ '. 1 electric Toleg. of Ir 14 ";en. Steam Navigat 18 6'rencral Screw, Steam 7 Irish Beet:oot Sugar 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all :CatkPat. Steam Fuel 3 Netherlands Land._ 1 N. S. W. Coal & Imter, StelUa Naviga.t. Co. all : 4 1. B. Australasian , iDo. New .......... • .1 1 0 !NT rth.ofEuropeStearal all Peel Rr. La. & Minrl. all Peninsular & Oriental 35 Db. - - Do. all Portland Iron Co ••••• 60 i Royal Mail fiteam ... all Scot.. Austral. Invest. 25 South. Austral. Land all Submar. Telegraph ., all - Do. Registered. ...... . L A Yi. a--i MANI 414 37 38 ...... ••• ••• • 75 -- 80 61 - 6t •• ''. ••• .. ....." ... 16 pe• ... 1 """ •• 1 •• d l 1 10 1 1 MINES all Agua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold all +anglo Californian 2 Australasian . . 6 I.ustralian all \ustralian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all I.ve Maria all iladen (Gd. Duchy of) all Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal all :sritish Austrlu. Gold 13.5 :3ritish Iron 24i Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pna all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek 6 Clarendon Con. Min: Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 15 Copiapo all Copper MM. of Eug. all Do. Pref. 7h p. cent all English and Austrin Copper Smeltg. Co all Genoral all Great Nugget Vein.. all Do. Registered all Great Poigooth all Liberty all Linares all Lond.&Californ.Gold • Quartz Crush. Co all Mariquita 9 Aexican&S.Americn all New Granada all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co all Nouveau Monde all Pontgibaud Silber Lead Min. & Smelt 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymuey Iron 15 Do. Now 10i Santiago de Cuba all :.-outh Australian 7 I'M Croft all United Mexican all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa 12s. Worthing Mining o' Australia...—. all Yuba ' . • ' JOINT-S! 40 all British 40 all Australasia Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 20 2 Cluid. link. of India, • Australia, 14 China 100 25 'JolonialA 100 20 Commercial of Lend 20 12 English Scottish and Australian 20 15 Loud. chart. Bk. o Australia ....,.... ..... 50 20 Gondon and County.. 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Loud. & 'Westminster 100 35 National Proiincial of Eng1and........ 20 10 Do. New ... . 50 222 , , National of Ireland 20 all New South Wales 25 'all Oriental .Bank, of Corporation..., 25 5 Do. Now 1 1 40 25 Provincial of Ireland' 10 all Do. New ......... , 5 1 Royal Australu.Bkg Sr sold Imp Co 25 all 4 ,outh Australia 25 all' Union of Australia ... 2 Do. Now . .... A .4.0. •• . 50 10 Union of London.— .•• - 7: • - iP a ati 1 --- 1-" , * "i• .:.-~;'' 22 11: 25 31 St. It, 50 50 al 20 A 1 20 50 25 al SMITHFIELD. Although the supply of beasts in to-clay's market was very moderate, the demand for all breeds ruled dull, at barely Monday's prices. The extreme quotation for the 25 a, best Scots was -Is Oa per 81bs. We were fairly supplied 25 al with sheen, which m ov e d off slowly, at hardly stationary al figures There was a dull inquiry for lambs, at a decline 20 LC in the currencies of 41 pier B'bs. The top figure was 6s Btl • St. per 813 For calves we ha'! x lull market, at a reduction of 2d per Sibs In pigs very little was doing. Mulch cows w re! heavy, at from 11/. to 191. cludiug their suiall calf. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. (1: Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4, Second quality.... 3 6 3 8 , Prime large oxen 316 4 2 P r i m e Scots, dtc. 4 4 4 6 Inferior Sheep ...3 8 310 Second quality ...4 0 4 61 Prime crse.-villed.4 8 4 101 Lambs s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 5 0 5 2 Large crse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime small d 0... 5 2 5 6 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Small porkers 4 4 4 8 Suckliugealves ..22 0 29 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 , 5s 2d to 6s Bd. FOREIGN SUPPLY. TOTAL 81:111.LT. Beasts .. • • • ........ 1,04 Sheep ..• •••• • • • .. 8, 344 002 Calves Pigs ..•• • ....... ••• • • ... 330 Beasts ..•••• . ..•• •••• • 264 Sheep ..•• •• •• •• •• •••••• 200 Calves.••• • •••• •• •••••••• 280 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies being extensive, the general demand ruled heavy, as follows : Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d., - s. d. 6. d. Beef, inferior ...... 3 0 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 J 6 Do., middling..... 3 6'3 8 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime large .3 83 10 Do., prime 44 4 6 Do., do. small .... 3 10 4 0 Veal 3 10 5 2 Pork, large ........3 4 4 2, Pork, small .... . 4 4 4 8 Lamb ss Od to 6s 4d. • BOROUGH HOP. 25 A steady business is doing in most kinds of hops, at St. prices fully equal to those paid last week. The quo- 8128 t al ons are—Mid aud East Kent pockets, 105 s to 1605 ;St . Weald of Kent, 100 s to 1303 ; Sussex, 1051 to 14s St. 50 per cwt. lAA COLONIAL. St. SUGAR.—West India has been in steady . demand, but 6; the small quantity offered has checked business 6d s . Barb37a- 25 41 does sold at 38s to 39 s f or fine yellow, and at 3 to s 50 6d for low to good. Demerara crystalised realised 37s 6d 20 to 39s 6d for mid to good yellow. East India has been firm at full rates, Mauritius selling at 369 6,1 to 38s for fine St. to superior yellow—at 32s Gd to 33s 6d for good: to fine 50 brown—at 33s 6,1 to 378 6d for low to good bright yellow St —at 33s to 36s for low to good--at 27s 6d to 3is for brown 1( —and at 32s to 33s 6d for grey. Bengal brought '3os to Us for low soft yellow, and 33s to 35s 6i for ord to mid like Mauritius. Madras was held at . full value ; low native yellow was sold at 29s Gd to 30s, good at 31s 6d, and E washed at 28s 6d, but native brown was taken in at 29s to 29s 9d per cwt. Yellow Havannah afloat, No. 12, sold at 22s 9d to 235. Pernambuco was taken in at 325, and Manilla at 34s for mid ; refined has been quiet. COME. —The market has been dull. Native Ceylon has been sold at 44s to 45s for g ood ord. mother sorts no public sales have taken place. Jamaica, good mid to fine, is about 61s to sss, ord and triage 40s to 455, Madras 48s to 645, and Mocha, fihe, 72s to 785. Batavia yellow is at 51s to 559. Brazil, fine ord and colory, is at 49s to 575, and ord at 43s to 15s. Costa Riea, mid to fine, is worth 56s to 78s per cwt. BNB.- Very littlehas been done. Bengal has been taken in at 138 for mid dingy whte. Sriczs.—Black pepper ii about id cheaper . Zanziliar cloves are lower, mid dark selling at 50 to sgd. Mace brought 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Cassia Vera has been tak realising en in. TEA.--Tlke public bales aregoing o ff well, greens an advance. A good proportion tuts been sold. COTTON.—This article is extremely quiet. COCHINEAL. —Lower prices are accepted. SALTPETRE. —Publicly, 6i to 4lbs re fractions has been taken in at 43s to 45s per cwt. TALLOW. —There has been more firmness in this article, and with some increase in business. The price of P.Y.C. 50 on the spot is 61s 3,1 to 645 6d per cwt. St. HEMP, &c.—There has,been a decline in hemp, and jute 50 is down 30s per ton. 20 GREEN FRUIT. The deman d has fallen off. The high 20 price of the necessaries of life, combined with the depressed . 10 character of trade in the manufacturing districts, is telling 25 upon articles of luxury. A cargo of oranges and St. Michael's, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, went St. at a reduction of 2 s to 35 p er box. Nuts nio.y be quoted 10 is to 3s per package lower for all kinds. St. 25 20 20 10 10 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) 12 0 20 _ _ 50 LONDON, May 5 —Wind this day at Noon, W. ; light yo breeze, and cloudy. ••• R A MSGATE, May 4.—Wina, S. to S.S.W. Arrived — Bona Fide, from Amst erdam. 20 SHEERNESS, Mayl.—Arrived--Brestow (French line - of - 0 battle ship), for the Baltic, with damage received in the St. Downs. '25 P OR TSMOUTH. May 4. — Wind , W. to S.W. Arrived— 25 Union, from Trinidad de Cuba ; H.M.S. Miranda, Sheer ness. St, DOSS. Sailed—Jeanna Catherina, for Geelong ; British Queen, Miramichi ; Pomona, Messina ; H.M.S. Simoom, Mediterranean • S u lt a na, do. COWES, May 4.—Wind, S.W. Arrived --Empire Queen, from Savannah an d Matanzas, with a small p ortion of 10 ca rgo thrown overboard. 5 S O UTHAMPTON, May 4. — Arriv e d —Ca p e of Good Hope 20 20 (s), from Malta. PLYMOUTH, May 4.—The Harkaway (transport), from Woolwich, for Gallipoli. arrived in the Sound this after- ••• noon in a leaky state , having struck upon a wreck off Bury 20 Head, on the 30th April (supposed to be that,of the be vessel 17 w hich was run down about a month ago), and will t .—Winto dock this morning.—Sailed —AV )Ison Kennedy, for 20 20 Gallipoli, with troop s. 20 F AL MOUTH, May 4ind, fresh. Arrived —Cuba, from A qu idilla ; Folkescken,y9rto Rico ; Ocean Qu een, Alex- 5 andzia ; Thomas Snook, London. for Cape Coast Castle ; 20 Betty, Port au Prince; Letitia, Sicily.—The North Bri- 25 tain, which put in here yesterday dismasted, reports hay- 100 ins seen a full-rigged ship, during the gale of 17th April, 100 in lat. 48 N., long . 33 W., a little to windward, but could 20 not see her after the s q uall was over, and fears she has 20 foundered. L O WESTOFT, May 4 . — Win d, S.W. Arrived—lylland 20. (a), from Nykiubing. BRISTOL, May 4. Wind , S.W. Arrived—Annie Wal- 100 20 ker, from Rio Grande ; Helen, Jamaica. S CARB OROUGH, May 4 — The Ben g t (Danish schooner), 5 from Gothenberg to Honfleur, was fallen in with off the Texel April 2 8 th , wat erlo gg ed, after being its contact with 20 a brig, and was assiste d into this p ort to-day. —Christopher 5 10 SHIELDS, May 3. — Win d, S.W. Arrived Girgenti. Saile Columbo, "from Catania. ; Johanna, d— 5 Medora, for Demerara • Elizabeth, Quebec. 10 20 S WA NSEA, May 4.—Wind, S.W. Arrived — S unbeam, from Cuba 20 QUEENSTOWN, May 3.--Wind, S.W. Arrived. —Augusta 20 and Bertha, from Calla o ; Alb i on, Buenos Ayres ; Mary 33! Anna, New Orleans ; N orman, Liverpool, for New Or- 10 leans, with loss of sails, etc. ; James L. Bogart , Liver- 20 pool, for New York , dismasted ; Athol, Liverpool, for 20 Quebec, leaky, and with loss of bo ws p rit ; Belle, Liver- 20 pool, for Newfoundland, leaky, and with loss o from Auck- 16 f, mainmast. O F F KINGSBRIDGE, May 3.—Commodore, land, New _Zealand. , THISTED, April 29.—1 n the night of thei27th of April, 20 a ship was stranded a nd sank off Trull= Strand. On the, 10 morning of the 28 th , the re-were four men observed on the 20 masts, three were sub se q uentl y washed off, and the at- 40 t em pts by the life-boat to save the only one left were un- 10 availing. From the leaf of a lo g -book washed on shore, 20 20 and marked " Railway King" , the vessel is supposed to be 20 the Briton. She is c oal laden. loaded with cop- 104 ELSINORE, May I . — A Russian brig, 20 per, mater's name Verin, was lately taken a prize by the British, and passed the Sound for England yesterday 20a evening. H©r Majesty's steamer Rosamoud arrived here ~,, yesterday from the north, and proceeded. The arrivals zu from the Baltic are going on, and only a few vessels from' :;;, the North Sea, cleared yesterday afternoon, are detained LO 20 in the Roads wind-bound. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.53 a.m. Wind W. ;, tide three quarters ebb ; fine. Arrived—Thames, steamer, from Hamburg; Arnaenius, from Danzic. Sailed—Eagle, steamer , f or Boulo g ne ; Neptune, for Havre ; Esperance, for Adelaide. DEAL, Friday, 10.47 a.m. 10 20 10 20 25 20 10 10 50 Wind N.W., very fine. Passed—Vero, frcm Jamaica for London • Caroline, from Jamaica for London; A g i n court, from Calcutta for London; Palmyra, from Barbadoes for London; Countess of Lan caster, from London for Leghorn. - Anchored—No. 61 Transport, from London for Malta ; French ship of war Trident, for the Baltic. Sailed—The Gezusters, Blake, Baltimore, Anna, Kenil worth, James N. • Cowper, Lord Metcalfe, and Jamaica ; French war-ship Andromaque, for the Baltic.' 5 PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SIIIIIVRECR.—Yee. terday a general meeting of the committee of this in stitution was held at the offices of the society, in John street, Adclphi, Mr. T. Baring, M.P. presiding.. A. re ward of 6/. 6s. was voted to the crew of the lifeboat of the institution stationed at Filey, on the coast of York. shire, in consideration of their laudable services in the said boat to the crew of the sloop Comet, of Whitby, which, was wrecked, near that place, on the 28th ult. ; also, a reward of 6/. to four men, for their praiseworthy - - boat in rescuing consisting of nine persons, of the brig Ann 1 i • and persevering exertions in a small ' of Shields, which went to pieces on the . 1 near Aldborough, , on the. coast of .20 ~,,CABINET COUNCIL.—A. Cabinet Council was held on the crew, Whiting Sand, s, a n d , " ednesday a ft erno on at. the Foreign office, D o • g Suffolk, on the. 23d ult., the poor fellows narrowly 5 street. The ministers present were the Earl . of Aber • . escaping with their lives on the occasion. Other,iewards 50 deen, had recently been placed . liy. 5O n, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, were also voted. Lifeboats • _ the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the D u k e o f . Argyll,- the institution at Dungeness and Dundrura ; throe. - 2 Iris h sent' to different parts of I°° Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, th e D u k e • others were nearly ready to 7e. 0,.,f, N ewcast l e, t h e Ch an cellor of the Exchequer, Sir the coast, which, with their carriages involve a large ‘4aarres -- wu u d-- th e - Eight son.- SidneXlierbert Sir outlay, and we regretted to observe that the income .of • 1 n2jara Molesworth, 41.r.ci fir - Toast ungilm. 'th e i the_ society .wassay ita149.04 1, 0. 0_ 111 ".Alt e !a44e,...' of • 1 -- - - --.r. ! FrO 041104%0400 100 15 20 20 20 fliviciends on the above payable in tendon. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12' Gnil — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ..,„„;_ THREE O'CLOCK. fra 87j Consols Ditto May Account THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, 3IAY 4, SIIARE IVIARKETS. (THIS DAY.) Shr. Leasing Compan.s. 'lmam Plias this day. Business this day. BRITISH R ULWAYS. Id.f R&ILWATE Closing Prices this day. BLIBiIIESS done St. this day. 50 ---............. St Paid.l RAILWAYS. all :Tedford 100 Iltickgliamsh. ; Ilydesdale Je. 1.00 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. all - gas.' Barr. & Neils. Direct all Do. New all 31str.&Dn.Fr all Eirtlpl. Dk. & Railway all [lull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. d Shares. all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. WO Do. 6 per et: k all Aancli. Bxtu, and Matloel. all .Nlicldlesbro'&' itedear all Aidld.Bradfd all N'orthern anti Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per ct. all Do. Fixeds p all Prest. & \\Tyr,: 12 Do. shares. .00 lloystn.ikilit. LOO Do.Shepth.St 1S 3hef.Roth.a ,, n Goole g.S p. e. 94 j i.Staffordsh. all ArearValleygi 6 per cent... all I Do 100 I WiltakSomrst London R. N. West. L.&N.W. ICaledou„. ,Caldonian. W'este Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NMd Do (Do 3. Eastern' INTorfolk. L. &N. NY. &ulidlil.. itekton Dari gt. Count. D 0... Jo k N. W &Ln&Yk Oo • GtNorthu Do ' Lancash & Yorksh. LMCleai itockt. & Darlingt. ....... ` u tW es t n , 92 _ 4i 94 - 9q ~ •••• ••• ..• - ••• LO2 - 104 51 - 52 25 26, 12 -13 22j- 234 - 2i 89 - 90 54 56 -- xd xd ••• 7 - • ""' • 3 2d 28 - 29 90 - 92 PREFERENCE SHARES. - 1.00 k 1) enleen . Wt) Do. No. 2, p. c. 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501) 100 Bris. & Ez. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... 100 • Caledonian £lO all hester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent 64 Cork&Baudon s 4p.e i all DundeePertla &Aber- Been Junction all EastAngliaa (X3loi, 6 per cent all Do. (.£5) 7 . per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. c all astern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 'all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh• 100 East Lauca.sh. 6p. de, 5 10 St. 5 all lEast and West York _ shire June. Pref..., all EdinbPrth.&Dundee 56 per cent. 100 Glasgow k, S.Weatern Guar. 5 per cent 1.00 ' Ireat Northn. sp. c 15 1 0 D iD a o ti tO:p . . c c . .. Re pr d e e m em . , o 6 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist P;el all It. Southu. &Westm (lielaud) Eighths).. 5 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh 6 ult. Westu. (Berke & Rants Ex. 5 p. c)... 100 Do. co - r. red. 4i p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c.... 6 Lau. b; Yak. F. £2O 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock .. . 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. Zgo.l •9 Do. Quarters, 1848 100 London and Brighton {Guaranteed 5 p. c • 00 o. Pref., sp.c. St all o. Convertible, 5p ' 0., 1852 . 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c • 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. di, Nuneaton ' I 5 London At S. Western Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Color A Shares 15 8i 8 10 all L - ondy. & Ennis. i Sh. all Ilan., Shef., & in., i Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO 4i Do. £6.. all Aarypt..& Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 4i per cent 1N Do WO ,Aid.Consol.6 p.c.St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & girm. 6 per cent... . 5 Do. Pref. 4A per cent 6 Norfolk Debenture .. 100 Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock 1 1 ° 0 D°o Do. o p . E i P. e c rt.p . c Ext r e f . ... 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c, 100 North British all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester,l. Wolverh.Xls,6 p.c. 15 Do all scot. Cent. ,New Pre all Shrews. & all ihrewsby. & Chestei (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon • D. fixed, 4i per ceu all 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. , qpci cent. all .4. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. a ll :Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent 5 Do. do. do all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.Op.c. 100 York, Neweastle b and' Berwick,4 p.c. Pref. 5 Do 10 Vork&N.Midlandll m.n.l S. Putch ... .--- ... 94 - 96 ••11 "". ••• 6 - 2/ -- 4 r • 1 f - P - 12 - 124 23 -- 24 3 -3k 112 - 113 1104 9 i - - 106 91 7i ad 94 96 87 -- 89 88 90 pa 128 132 ... 4.'" ... 460 '""" ••-• ••• 2#-2 6 pa ••• o• ...'. ... .. .... ••• •• ..... ••• 129 131 14c1 94 - 96 ..„ 8 - 8. 15i -- 164 94 - 7 . 10 11 13 is i 224 -- 23 98 -- 100 15 -- 20 A - - A .; 87 - 92 - 31 11 la la 3 .. 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From the above return it- wilFbe seen that the " fielders" had a hard - time of it ; the favourites were in every instance successful, and indeed so easily were the winners - selezted that many bets of 15 and 12 to 1 about naming them for the five races came.off in favour of the takers. • • Kith TOIL 411 SM. THE DERBY.- The: death, Of Mr. Thellusson, the alleged nominator of King Tom for the Derby, has caued no little sensation. The herse Would of .cours6 be disqualified by the . death of his nominator, and- all bets about I,rim would be' void. An opinion, hOwever, obtains in, well-informed quarters that King Tom was nominated by the son 'of the deceased gentle man. The mooted 'question Will doubtless . be brought before the Jockey Club. Some of Lord Eieter's horses were put,up by public auction to-day, but the. reserved price was so high that not one of them found, a purchaser. Noncx.—The Subscription Room will 'be opened on Saturday next for the town settlement of the Newmarket accounts, and to enable members to compare bets on the Chester Cup, SALE DE BLOOD STOCK. The following homes were sold, at Newmarket on Wednesday las, by Messrs. Tattersall :—Rty mare, 6 yrs "old, by Theory, a capital hack, 20 guineas ; brown colt, 2 yrs old,' by Jericho, 12 guineas ; Si r TJ ar b o ttle, chesnut 'gelding, 4 yrs rd, by Verulam, 16 guineas ; Tamerlane, bay colt, 4 yrs old, by The Emperor, 16 guineas. . The Property. of a Nobleman—Sandilli, bay colt, 3 yrs old by The Emperor, without any engagement, 23 guineas. • , Horses in Training, the Property of a Gentleman— Dagobert, 4 yrs old, by lon, 50 guineas ; The Brigadier, 3 yrs old, by Corranna, 50 guineas. . The Remainder, of the Stud of a Gentleman declining the Turf--Joan of Arc, chesnut filly, 3 yrs old; by The Hero, out of Joe Miller's dam, 30. guineas ; Hinialaya, bay filly, 3 yis. old, by Bay Middleton, out of Moodkee, 34 guineas ; Lady Jane, chesnut filly, 3 yrs old, by The Hero, out of Fanny, 86 guineas ; Commander-in-Chief, bay colt, 2 yrs old, by The Hero, out of Joe Miller's dam 21 guineas ;. Encore, brown filly , 2 yrs .olds' by The hero, 8 guineas. The Property of a Nobleman —Marquis of Sevigne, bay colt, 3 yrs old, by Weatherbit, out of Sevigne, en gaged in the Newmarket Stales (50 sous each, h - ft), in the Epsom Derby, and Ascot Derby. The last six were sold without any engagement, but should the purchaser of any lot wish to Ftart for any en gagement, he is to pay half the stake to the staiteholder, and if he wins, one quarter of the stake to the vendor at this sale. ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Mr. Lister's Switch, Bst 41b (Kendall)' 1 Mr. J. Armstrong's Handsome Buck, Bst 71b ...(Sly) 2 Mr. A. J. Le Cras'a Jenny Wren, Bst 41b (E. Sharp) 3 Mr.,Dawson's The Brigadier, Bst 71b (Wells) 4 Betting-6 to 4on Switch, 2to 1 agst Brigadier, 4 to 1 agst Handsome "Buck, 4to 1 agst Jenny Wren. Switch made the running, with Jenny Wren and Hand some Buck lying well up. A fine race with the three ended in favour of Switch by a neck. Half a length between the second and third. The winner was claimed by Kr. Armstrong. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES of 25 sovs each, and only 5 ft, if declared, &c., fur three-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C. 6-subs, 3of whom paid 5 sovs ft. Captain D. Lane's Epheseus, 6 yrs, 9st 71b (Bartholomew) 1 Mr. Combe's Testy, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (S. Steggles) 2 The following paid ;—Farmer's Boy, 5 yrs, 7st llb ; Sabra, 5 yrs, 7st 21b ; and Nicotine, 4 yrs, Est 131 b. Betting-7 to 4on Ephesus. Ephesus made all the running. Half-Way in the cords the young one made a good effort to reach him, but was beaten cleverly by three-quarters of a length. MORNING BETTING. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. sto 2on Virago (take 3to 1.) sto 1 agst Meteora (taken). CHESTER CU'. • 12 to 1 agst Newminster (to 1001.) 12 to 1 agst Aldford. 12 to 1 agst Dr. O'Toole (taken). 14 to 1 agst Peggy. 20 to 1 agst Domino. 20 to 1 agst Star of Surrey. 25. to 1 agst Catspaw. . • 25 to 1 agst Llanforda. . 1000 to 30 aget Joe Miller. 40 to 1 agst Cobnnt. " ma to 20 agst Epaminondas. 2000 to 40 agst Acrobat. DERBY. 100 to 6 aget Neville (taken). 20 to -1 agst Andover (taken). - . 25 to 1 agst Hermit (taken). 12 to 1 agst Hermit and Canute coupled (tsk. Neville.was in so much demand that from 30 to 1, laid overnight, he advanced to the odds - quoted above. Numerous investments were made at intervening pricer; the outlay in the aggregate must have exceeded 2,000/. Hermit was also in so much force that he rapidly rose :rom 40 to 25 to 1 (taken). t • OAKS. 4to 1 agst Meteora (taken). AFTERNOON BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Newminster (to 751.) 12 to 1 agst Dr. O'Toole. 12 to 1 agst Aldford. 100 to 6 art Peggy(offered). , 20 to I agst Domino (to some money.) DERBY. The result of the race for the One Thousand Thousand had a depressing effect on Dervish . 8 to 1 was laid to upwards of 2,0001. ; 1,000 to 60 and 1,000 to 20 taken three. or four times-about Neville. 500 to 50 betted against all the runners for the Two Thousand. 9to 2 agst Autocrat (to 1501.) 6to 1 agst King Torn (offered.) , Bto 1 agst Dervish (taken). 100 to 6 agst Neville (20 to 1 taken freely.) 25 to 1 agst Canute (taken). 25 to 1 agst Hermit (taken freely.) 30 to 1 s.gst Hospodar. • . . . . . -45 to 1 agst Trapper. . . ~ . . . 1000 to 10 agst Apr-ito n ius (taken). 1000 to 10 agst Chatnpagne (talSen.) 1,000 to 10 each aget Scythian, Prince Arthur, and Apollonius in one bet—laid three times. semewhat compensated for the 1000 to 5 agst Punchbox (3,000.t0 9 also laid). A sunshiny genial day scanty 'supply of sport. _ The interest which once at tached to the One Th ousand was destroyed by the cer taeniendtya I l e _ Virago's, o tw 's o rtu acnciniessai _ the "flyer, _ indeed, fright s from the field, and they be long to one stable. 3to 1 was currently betted on her, but at the last minute so strong a feeling was evinced for Meteora, and the desire to '.. take odds" became so y 0,4 expresse d, that 5 to 2. only was laid. Virago %OE* prod t 4 .14 I P 4 . 11.0412,41:-.0 4a4 40t We eiti. .._ . . - - ° *On with evident Oise, and thia .perforrnalips afforded a 31 xa The following are the instructions given by the Admiralty to Captain Sir Edward Belcher, relative to the method in which the Arctic search should be conducted : Sir,—My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have directed her Majesty's ships Phoenix and Talbpt, under the orders of Captain Inglefleld, to proceed with provisions and stores to Beechey Island, for the purpose of replenishing the ships and depots under your orders ; and lam commanded by their lordships to acquaint you, that on the return of the Phoenix. from Beeches , Island last year, they had the satis faction of hearing of the safe arrival of her. Ma,esty's ship Investigator, under the command of Captain M'Clure, at Banks Land, having completed the discovery of the North West Passage, though unhappily without discoveringtraces of Sir john Franklin ; and that part of the crew had been enabled to reach Captain Rellett's station at Melville Island. By despatches which they received from Behring's Straits, they have information that, in August 1851, Cap tain Collinson, in her Majesty's ship Enterprise passed the entrance of the Colville river; and their lordships trust, by the reports he may have obtained from the natives of Prince Albert's Land, as well as from the records deposited by Captain M'Clure on his passage along that shore, that he may also have been enabled - to reach some harbour on Banks Land, from whence he has made known his position either to Captain M'Clure or Captain Kellett. Their lordshipi have desired me to direct your special attention to the measures they now require to be adopted for at once withdrawing, if possible, the whole of the force now employed in the search of Sir John Franklin froin the Polar - Seas. For effecting this object, they refrain from issuing any positive instructions how you are to act, or What steps you are to take, as they are aware you must be entirely guided by the position of the ships, and those vary ing circumstances which in that region must influence your operations ; but their lordships' views may be stated gene rally as follows :-- 1. If the crews d the Enterprize and Investigator are at Banks Land, they must,abandon their ships ..; and every endeavour should be made to get them to Beechey Island, that they may return to England. If this has already been effected, and Captain Kellett, with his ships, has re turned from Melville Island, you are immediately to pro ceed to England with the whole of the ships and their crews, abandoning all further search for the missing expe dition, unless any circumstances (on consultation with the senior officers of her Majesty's ships) should induce you to believe that your remaining out another year would tend to clear up the fate of our missing countrymen. But if Captain Kellet has been unable to move from his position at Melville Island, it may he necessary to give orders to him to abandon the Resolute and Intrepid, and secure his retreat.to Beechey Island • but as this cannot be accom plished this year, you need not detain any officers or men who may have already reached Beechey Island, but send them to England forthwith. 2. Should no tidings have beenheard of Capt. Collinson, in her Majesty's ship Enterprize, it becomes absolutely necessary to provide for his safety, For this purpose, the Melville Island Depot must be replenished with provisions and stores ; and it will he necessary for a ship and steam tender to remain there, also the North Star or Talbot, with a tender at Beechey Island, and at those stations every thing which can add to the health and comfort of the crews should be deposited ; and having done this, it does not ap pear to their lordships to be necessary that any of the other ships should remain another year in the Polar Sea, unless, as before stated, you consider further search to be prudent and necessary. These are the views of their lordships ; their great object being to rocal, with the least possible delay, the whole of the sips or crews named in the margin,* if it can he done. If not possible to do so, they lepve it to your judgment and discretion to send home such of them as may not be required, and to adopt those measures which you consider most neces sary to ensure the safety of Capt. Collinson and his crew, and their speedy return to England. This their lordships are aware, must depend on the information you have re ceived from Melville Island, the position of the respective ships under your orders, the state of the depots, &c. All their lordships can do is to confide in your judgment; and they authorise you to take such steps, and give suchorders, and to make such exchanges of officers and men, as you deem necessary for carrying their wishes into effect. ' They trust, however, Captain Collinson is safe;'and if se, it will be a source of much satisfaction to them if, during the approaching auttiran, the whole of your ships and crews shall arrive in England. On the return of any of the ships to England from Beechy Island it is desirable that the coast to the south ward of Ponds Bay, namely, from the river Clyde towards Cape Walsingham, should be examined ; and you are, therefore, to , endeavour, in your instruction to, the ships proceeding to England, to meet this contingency. In the event of your health rendering it necessary for you to return to England, and the necessity of a part of the squadron remaining out another winter; you are to make known to the officer Whom you may appoint to' succeed you in command all your views and arrangements, respect ing further proceedings. ' Althotigh this country is now at war with Russia, you are clearly to understand that you are not to commit any hostile act whatever, the ships under your command hav ing,been fitted out for the sole purpose of aiding those en gage :l in scientific discoveries, and it being the established practice of all civilised nations to consider vessels so em ployed as exempt from the operations of war.—l am, &c., (Signed) R. OSBORNE. * Assistance, Pioneer, Resolute, Intrepid, Enterprize, Investigator, North Star, Phoenix, Talbot. THE GIIZIT BRIFAIN. —We have hardly anything new to communicate to-day in reference to the Great Britain, save that the removal of the cargo, in order to lighten her, is proceeding vigorously, without intermis sion. We believe that some of the passengers have availed themselves of the liberal offer of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., and have returned to their former homes to see their friends, but we have not heard of any in stance where a wish has been expressed to leave the ship, as all seem inclined to wait until she is again ready to start. We have only again to say, that every care has been taken of the passengers of all classes.—Liver• pool. Dail y Times. ALLIMED ILLXGALBUBLLL OV A CHILD.—The body of a child, aged six- or seven weeks, has been discovered and exhumed by order of Mr. Wakley, the coroner, from the place where itbad been interred, in the garden of the house, No. 14, Harrington-square, in the occ#- pation of Dr. Griffith Jones, under the following cir cumstances :—On Saturday evening, a yonng n m_an r , named Thomas Hogg, formerly in the servicned r f e D rn. Griffith Jones, called at the coroner's seated that about seven or eight weeks back, office b a r. Reefles who lives with Dr. Griffith Jones, brought hom d e . a band box wrapped_ uP in brown paper , and gave irections that no 'one should touch tha h t e Some time after a s r avi . Dr. Reeve s 'Revd. g , On going into a btiCkg s Dr. Reeves toldto 11- him up. the body of• a c qo a nd dig a hole in the r ight-hand corner of the garden and when he had dug the hole, D i r. 'Reeves came with th e body of the c hild wrapped up n a cloth and threw it into the hole , and told m him the(ogg) to fill it up directly. O n hearing this state vent coroner directed Davis, the summoning.officer, to go to the house of Dr. Griffith Jones and dig up the garden and seek for the body. D av is, accompanied by a labourer with a spade, waited on Dr. Griffith Jones on Sunday, and, having stated his mission, Dr. Griffith Jones stated that he knew nothing about the matter, and called Dr. Reeves, who admitted the fact, and showed him the spot where the child was buried.- The body was found about two feet below the surface; much decomposed. foun d Reeves stated that he had attended a. lady jailer confinement, whose name he did . not know, either No. 6 ,or 7, Welingtoa-square, Chelsea, and that the child was about seven weeks old. Having died,ihe lady gave it to him, as he was making some experiments-on the spine. Yesterday Davie made in quiries both at 6 and 7; Wellingtonesquare, Chelsea, and toundboth houses inhabitedby highly respectable families, who'deelared that no such circumstance, bad ever taken On application to. Mr.- Lang, the registrar of-the district, he declared. that neither birth- nor death ,had either- been registered from the place mentioned, The &ironer has ordered .an inquest, for which purpose the body has been removed to St. Pancras Workhouse, — Observer. [A. paragraph appeared in the Morning Ohro niele -of Tuesday last, referring to the above exhumation, in .which we much regret it was stated that the child had been - under the Care of a medical gentleman, iu -whose-garden the body had been buried. It will be seen :from the account we have just. extracted from the 01)- • server, that Dr. Griffith Jones knew nothing whatever, of the circumstances connected with the death or:lvJe; of the infant.]—/Iforning C7troniete.—The .abovebann -been in type since Tuesday, but left over from a . lieut. The Qxiiirkal loaragmb. 'was copied Monikitg 0/11,04amrtg4D. arit. Seven ran. 14A.TEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 asst Dr. O'Toole. 14 to 1 at - 4:At Aldford. 16 to 1 aget Newminster. 20 to 1 agst Peggy. 25 to 1 ag , t Tom (taken freely). 25 to 1 apt Acrobat. 25 to 1 apt Sandhurst. 30 to 1 21g - at Joe Miller. 30 to 1 agst Lianforda. 30 to 1 agst Catspaw. 66 to 1 a,gat Llncasbire Lass. 6 to . 4 on Newminster agst Acrobat. DERBY. 9to 2 agst Autocrat. 8 to 1 agst' Dervish . 100 to 1 agst Marley Hill (taken). ,SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. BETTING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 9 to 4 on Virago. CHESTER OUP. The success of Epaminondas in the race to-day for the 50 cove. sweepstakes, AS., brought him into con siderable favour for ,the Chester Cup. After 1,000 to 15 had been laid two or three times, 50 to 1 was taken freely. ' Nabob and Marc Antony, after some weeks' absence, were again " under notice"— the former with home slight hopes still entertained of him, but the latter de graded from his once high estate to the hopeless condi tion indicated by the " copious odds" which were eagerly laid against him. The quotations at the close were as follow :- 12 to 1 agst Newminster (taken). 12 to 1 agst Aldford (14 to 1 also laid). 12 to 1 aget Dr. O'Toole 14 to 1 agst Peggy (offered). 18 to 1 agst Baalbec (taken). 20 to 1 aget Star of Surrey (offered). 25 to 1 agst Domino. 25 to 1 agst Tom. 30 to 1 agst Catspaw. 30 to 1 agst Joe Miller (taken and offered), 30 to 1 Nabob (to 501.) 40 to 1 agst Cobnut (taken). 50 to 1 agst Epaminondas (taken freely). 1000 to 10 aget Marc Anthony (1000 to salso laid sto 4 on Aldford agst Dr. O'Toole (taken) _ .* DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Autocrat (taken ; 5 to 1 also laid to 1751). sto 1 agst King Tom (offered). sto 1 agst Dervish (to 1001). - 25 to 1 agst Canute. 30 to 1 agst Neville(backedferalarge sum). 1000 to 30 agst Hospodar (taken). 40 to 1 agst Alembic (taken). 40 to 1 agst Hermit (taken). 50 to 1 agst The Trapper (1000 to 15 also laid). 225 tol9o agst Autocrat and King Tom (taken). OAKS. S to 1. agst Meteora (taken) 6 to 1 agst Omoo (offered) 8 to 1 agst Sortie (taken) THURSDAY. The QUEEN'S PLATE of 100 Guineas, for foupyear olds 9st 81b ; five, lost 71b ; six and aged, 10 st 121 b R.C. Mr. T. Parr's Rataplan, 4 yrs (Flatman) 1 Mr. Daley's Lamartine,,6 yrs ' (Daley) 2 Mr. Mare's Nutpeckei, 4 yrs - (Rogers) 3 Betting-4 to lon Rataplan. Won by a length and a half ; a head between second and third. In the last mile the winner hung a good deal to the right. Renewal of the SWZBPSTAKES of 100 SOPS each, h ft for three-year-olds, Bst 71b ; the winner of the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, 51b extra. D.M. 7 subs. Mr. Osbaldeston's Champagne, Bst 71b (Marlow) 1 Mr. Howard's Scythian, Bst 71b Betting-5 to 4 and 6t04 on Champagne. Champagne at an interval of about two lengths followed Scythian to the cords, where he began to draw up. In the last five or six strides, Scythian was collared, and after a very fine persevering effort on both sides, Champagne won by a head. The winner swerved a little at the finish. The 1,000 GUINEAS STAKES, a subscription of 100 soya each, h ft, for three-yr-old fillies, Sat 71b; the owner of the Second to receive back his stake. D.M. 44 subs. Mr. Howard's Virago, Bst 71b " (Wells) 1 Lord Derby's Meteors, Bst 71b (Templemaii) 2 Mr. A. Nichol's Honeysuckle, Bst 71b (Flatman) 3 Betting-3 to 1 and 5t02 on Virago, 7to 2 aget Meteors, and 10 to 1 agst Honeysuckle. Sortie was struck out to-day at 1.6 p.m. Honeysuckle and the favourite made the running to gether for the first quarter of- a mile ; the latter then took a decided lead, with Honeysuckle at her quarters on the whip hand, and Meteors, pulling hard, lying about a length off on the left. At the cords Meteors took second place, and made a most resolute effort to achieve success, but the favourite's chance was never once in the slightest doubt. She won with extraordinary cleverness by a length, the second beating the third by two lengths. Value of the stakes 2,1501. SWEEPSTAKES of 10 soya each, for three-yr-olds ; colts Bst 71b, and fillies 'Bst 41b. First half of Ab.M. The winner to be sold for 80 soya, if demanded, &c. 4 subs. AL -PAR,LIAMENT! IMPERI HOUSE OF COMMONS—{YESTERDAY.) - RAILWAY LEGLSLATION. On the motion that the Speaker leave thechair • Mr. EVELYN DENISON said he did not object to the principle of the bill, but complained that the .legislation with respect to railways had been contradictory and highly injurious to that interest. The questions of amalgams. tion,Tunnieg clauses, gauges, and many other important ' matters, he observed, require immediate settlement. The corapanies•had come before the committee with the greatest candour and fairness, and although Government had taken a certain degree of control over the companies, it had not given them in.retarn any improved legislation. , Mr. HUME complained that the present bill saerifioed the interest of private individuals, to large public bodies. He desired that an authorised body-L-the Board of Trade, fdr• instances—amenable to the house. and • the ' country, should have complete power over the operatious of railways. Mr. F. EGERTON preferred the original to the amended • bill, inasmuch as by the forther the Board of Trade could act upon the complaints of the public, but by the latter only 'upon those of the law courts or the railway companies themselves. He announced his intention of moving at amendment to rectify this and other defects in the measure as it stood at present. Mr. MANGLES, after an elaborate review of the policy hitherto deliberately pursued by. the house in legislating for• railways, trusted that the companies would not be handed over to the tender mercies of the Board of Trade, bat that their reasonable representation would be listened to. He maintained that the public had no reason to com plain of the principle of iompetition originally laid down, _from which they had derived great benefits: On the con• trary, the legislature alone, andnot the railway companies, was responsible for the waste and expenditure incurred under the operation of that principle. 'Me. WILKINSON. considered the bill could not fail to - promote the interests a the public as Wellas those of the railway companies.' • - Mr. HENLEY ' denounced the bill as a pitfall for , the public—full of general phrases, all very , well in them selves, but of no practical good to the country. After a few words from Mr. E. SCIILLY, - Mr. JAMES M`GREGOR said the hon. member for Lambeth had stated that railway proprietors in England had received less protection for their property than in any railway action providing other country in E uro p e . The hon. member might have gone f a rther, ; i e a rther, and said that. railway proprietors in England had n suffered grievous -lows-a that it was a most depressed and in hie judgment, that' depression was caused by th e tahaaotfwPharenlievamerenft In alwr4y 18 4 4 an a n ac l t O w pe as r paa ce a l e it d . dividend, the Government should have power to purchase it. That gave the impression that railways were safe in- A' e sanctioned e a a ns m ed e 'lts. co u ld by yni:t The principle of competition followed, also be appreciated i r d bdythe thoseru i w n h t n ha kn t t e h w a t w h li a n d t was going on. The estimates made for the construction of railways were often insufficient, so that lines which were estimated to cost li millions were frequently found to cost from three to four millions sterling ; and besides that there was a constant outlay of capital icing on, all for. the public advantage. The railway interest, therefore. appeared be fore the house in forma pauperis, and the question ought to be, what could be done to remedy their present dis tress? But his right hon. friend proposed to legislate elements I m for the' railway i nterest as .if it it we d r i e d, o gr ne e, co t a n - t o i n w f h o o o le m , po ins si te ti ad on a and w o n f difficulty. t a i n ing as The right hon. gentle man took away from them the advantages of competition, and he gave them nothing in return. Hachought the ex penditure of 300 millions sterling in g public under takings, which had contributed the utmost possible benefit to the public interest, ought not to remain in its present state of perilous uncertainty. The value of railway pro perty at present depended upon accident, for if money should fall to 2 or .3 per cent. the railway property of the country would in all, probability be doubled, and the exist ing interests would be ruined. Last year the committee which sat upon this question had recommended working arrangements between the different companies, which he had no doubt would have led to amalgamation, and by • giving railways one united interest would have paved the way for this legislation on general principles. That system was adopted in the former hill, but it did not 'appear in the present. He .hoped, however, the right honourable gentleman would give his attention to the devisingof some plan for putting. an 'end to the conflicts that were now going on, for till •that was done' this bill would be a one• eidedmeasure, doing everything for thepublic, but nothing for the railway interest. Mr. BENTINCK asked the right honourable gentleman whether the present bill was to-be all the legislation for the Present year,.or whether he meant to bring in a measure to prevent accidents in railtvay traffic. Mr. CARDWELL said such a bill would be introduced almost immediately. Mr.- ATHERTON was of opinion that the bill violated no constitutional principle and wrought no injury to pro perty, while it conferred great benefits upon the public. His objections to the former measure were obviated by transferring to the' judges the- powers which .it proposed to entrust to the Board of Trade. Mr. WHITESIDE thought that the proposals of the Board of Trade entitled them to the gratitude of the house. In fact, he (lid not see how the judges were to pro ceed ;, and as the bill had been praised for giving cheap and flummery remedies, he was induced to ask what those re medies might be. Mi. CARDWELL said after the debate they had just heard, they. would all -adinit that whoever attempted to settle the claims of the public against the railway com panies, and at the same time to respect the just interests of those who had invested a large capital in works of great public utility, and who were certainly deriving no great amount of remuneration—whoever attempted to do that, after the complicated and not very consistent legislation of the last 20 years, would undertake a very difficult task. ' The question Was, had the fovernment addressed themselves to the undertaking with an. anxious desire to resolve the diffi eulty ; and in reply he would appeal to the report and evidence which were laid upon the table last year. The hon. mem ber for Melton (Mr. E. Denison) was surprised that some matters had not found their place in the present bill. His '(Mr. Caudwell's) answer was that the present billonly pro posed to deal with a part of the case. Others parts of it had already been dealt with by standing orders and by changes in their mode of proceeding in that house. The right hon. gentleman (Mr. Henley) complained that he did not deal with einalgamation. He had been willing to under take the labour arid respqnsibility of dealing with that sub ject, and clauses were put in the bill as it originally stood for the purpose. But it was found 'that the object could not be accomplished by statute. Suppose they had settled by statute the terms upon which amalgamations should be made in future, the very first private bill which dissented from it would repeal the act, and leave things as they were Still, the question bad been dealt with by resolution namely, by the resolution in which they had fully disposed of the question as far as it was possible for a general com mittee upon general evidence to dispose of it. Then, again, it was said that the bill did not touch running powers. The reason why he did not meddle with that subject, too, aas becausr the first private bill that varied those powers would repeal any statute they might pass on the subject. But they had by resolution endeavoured to express the de termination of the house ; and further than that they could not go. Then it was said that he had provided no improved legislation for the future. His belief, however, was that the intercommunication of the members and especially of the chairmen of railway, committees; would have the effect of greatly improving their legislation. and of preserving that unity and consistency which could not be maintained, sp long as the legislation was committed' to single committees, having no communication with each - Other. (Hear,• hear), These were the recommendations which the Government had made upon these subjects. He did not mean to claim any particular amount of ingenuity, or any other virtue— He would only say that they had endeavoured to deal with the matter according to the best of their ability ; and he would only state his opinion that it was impossible to embody in a statute the subjects which the hon. gentleman was sepprised not to find in theme bill. He (Mr. Cardwell) had met wi t h the same encouragent which he believed had been dealt out to all his predecessors —that was to say, objections to his plan - had come from all quarters of the heavens, and the most opposite effects had been attributed to his proposed legislation. Some hon. gentlemen said that it was a bill entirely for the public ; and some, that it was a bill wholly for the companies. Perhaps the shortest answer would be to state what the bill really was. The first clause in its e n fi w m i t th ion res o p f ect th t e n two things. First, it in cluded, in language w present st i a li t c e h d h id e d b u el t i i e n v s e n d f t ra o i l b w e Ily a e c a o e tn a p n a d n i e a s cc t u o ra t t h e e , p a ubl d i services performed upon their own ties. Mr Henley had " rendered it • a nullity. The. complained that the frequ ent qualification of the clause by the word "reasona ble reason why that word was so often repeated was this. The object of that portion of the bill was to apply the old law relating to common carriers upon the common roads to the altered state of things upon—railways ; and the word " ressono,ble" was the legal definition of these duties. ..(Hear, hear.) The second part of the clause not merely placed a statutory obligation upon the-several companies to adjust their traffic with a due regard to the convenience of the public upon their separate railways ; but it also im posed upon them an obligation in making their regulations reciprocally and mutually to consult one another, in order that persons might pass from one line to another with the utmost possible facility. (Cheers.) Then came the ques tion, what ought to be the nature of the tribunal to enforce these 'obligations?. • There were two distinct opinions upon. this isoiet. , There were some high authori ties who thought that the matter ought to be referred to a responsible body of the executive government, which should operate as a kind of board of control, ,and which should regulate these matters on behalf of the companies. On.the other hand there were others . who thought that as mOor questions of finance would arise it world •be unconstitu• tional to hand: over matters of 'private capital to the add. trary determination of a government department. (Hear. hear.). They might say that this was an objection that ought not to prevail, but at all . events it was One that ought to be duly weighed and considered. That was Weighed and considered by, the committee of last year, ,as . a short extract from their report would show. They said--•• . " The control that is to be applied, when actu ally applied, must be arbitrary in its nature, and tree from all teohni. , l fetters ; and since the exercise of it will,al ways affect the pecuniary interests of the company, your committee feel that its exercise must be carefully guarded. i . s . • . The constitution of the executive govern -1 ment is unfavourable to the determination of such ques tions; and your committee recommend that the fact of wrong having been done by the company should filet be substantiated before a public tribunal, and that the aid_ of the executive department sh ould be afforded to that tri bunal in 'forming its decisions." In the bill as origirliT proposed, and as it now stood there was no attenaßetot, 4 h the . lan there was a proposal in exact conformity in counter to this recommendation of the coreritt but guage of that recommendation„ —that w anies should i l enactment, it bad been declared that the comp it had. afford facilities, and when by legal investigation then 'boon established that they had failed to do so, the eats hen, by statutory , On behalf of the eat bunal in determining the matter. . te c ith ob l j t ec he ; t cutive government should afford it assistanc a e to th th gr e tri aathise°nßoaanaloof e T r r il ad ha e a railway companies, Ala B eckett .hiin at rw.riet t adia ff e e s c s t th a e co r -o ea p t er p a ubl lg i u tre u y : e h at rid ed e att xPt i e n se ter eg vti°l,wei Covertnnent inearrying in o e g -which it had in view -of securing all reasonable facilities and interc,oramiinication ; e but they preferred that the all. p li ca tion should be a very ummary one to a court of law, which should have full power to refer it to any compe tent person ; and promised that they would assist in after& l a g the most stringent remedies to enforce the right on the part of the public. He should have acted most unreason• a bly had he not considered the full effect of such a pro. postO. _ He did so, and came to the conchasion that the public object in view would be as - effectually attained by the bill in the mode in which they were willing to accept it as in-any other form of language. Reference had been ma de to voluntary arbitration. So far as that was con cerned, no enactment was required, beconte it carried with it-lie-power; • ale )3oard- of.. Trade was in.tha dailyl44t - ligtit 01 9 . o4lWilag 4 t ea tb,e raj= comsaiell ncb ent, 23 1 4a A z -