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........... JA. ydney Lpe de . Her Dec. Ei COW r mer- CODSe^ .., and The great ngers. Yould Great meta. action, , that Ad rould, The , pre ttinue 3reat Bra aieat. 3rdltY pstera very How- Rio larch 12. ht to count )00/., arels a the s, vire came Bra rio us onel ;Ont. 'ada 'ene- The 12th LI BE. Travels in Bolivia. By L. Hugh de Bonelli. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. A record of a sojourn in this comparatively un known district will present to the general reader the attraction of novelty. While more remote and more uncultivated lands have engaged the attention , of the traveller and the reader, the number is small of those who make a tour in this part of South America for pleasure. This arises probably from the absence of anything of great natural or historical interest, while the inhabitants do not occupy a suffi ciently important position to excite the curiosity or interest of foreigners like their neighbours of the North: Those who are not well acquainted with its peculiarities will find them agreeably de scribed in the present volumes, and may gain the results of the author's experience without under going any of his perils or fatigues in acquiring it. One feature of the country is its silver mines, which, owing to the want of capital and of proper methods of working them, have been in a great measure abandoned. They are all worked by manual labour. The men make incisions in the rock with crowbars, and when the aperture is large enough they explode it. The fumes of the powder, it is said, hang about the mine for hours. Owing to the want of venti lation the employment is a very fatal one—the average rate of life being thirty years ! During the author's stay at La Paz he found ,himself in the midst of the scenes which took place in the Revolution of March, 1849. General Belza and his battalions having been sud denly summoned away, the city was soon plunged into riot and confusion. Some partisans of the late President proclaimed him. The Chokes, who had suffered from his rule, opposed them, and skirmishes ensued, in which many harmless citizens .were accidentally killed. The authorities forwarded 'rgent entreaties for succour to General Belza. It being rumoured that he would immediately return, the Bollivian party decamped. But the result was oiot very satisfactory, for the Choloes, finding them selves masters of the town, commenced plunder. Had it not been for the exertions of the friars of the Recolites the destruction would have been complete. Matters were nut much improved by the return of General Belza, for he ordered the houses and stores of General Ballivian to be surrendered to the Choloes as a reward for their support of the Govern ment. This naturally increased their rapacity and dissipation. They broke into many houses, in cluding that inhabited by the author. He also encountered some disagreeable adventures on the road from the city of La Paz to that of Chuqui saca, the capital of Bolivia. Along the tracts of saltpetre in this neighbourhood, the country people inner venture without masks of p reen or neutral tinted glass, for, otherwise, the reflection from the ground, under the influence of a mid-day sun, seriously affects the eyes. Notwithstanding fre quent mishaps, and having often lost his way, the writer gives a vivid description of the scenery. He thinks it superior to the Alps, in the quality of grandeur, owing to the tropical clime. He nar rates the chief points of the cities and the charac teristics of the inhabitants ; and those who are de sirous of forming some acquaintance with the pecu liarities, natural, social, and political, of this portion of South America, will find much to afford them information and entertainment in these volumes. The Star Chamber. By W. Harrison Ainsworth 2 vols. -Routledge. The announcement of a new historical romance from the pen of Mr. Ainsworth must be peculiarly gratifying to all lovers of romance. The title and subject of this will not disappoint them, for it affords full scope for the author's powers in the delineation of midnight meetings, secret arrests, plots, and counterplots, forged confessions, poison, and murder. These and many other exciting in cidents are to be found in this tale, at the con clusion of which, however, virtue is happily tri umphant and vice satisfactorily defeated, accord ing to the most approved notions of poetical jus tice. The writer, as usual, displays great ability in sustaining the interest of the tale ; and to the readers who admire this description of romance, the perusal of " The Star Chamber" will give much Pleasure. Waiter Hurst ; or, Early Struggles at the Blr. By Herbert Greville Pelham. 2 vols. Rout ledge. This is a very interesting story of the struggles and trials of au energetic and talented youth, who by patience, perseverance, and courage won his Way to the highest judicial honours. From being a poor and houseless boy, wandering in the streets, be passed to a place of eminence among the learned of the land. The several scenes in which he had to enact a part during his momentous life are very ably described, and the family of the Sinclairs forms an agreeable episode in the narrative. There are many painful circumstances mentioned in the course of the accounts before us, but it is gratifying to see such men as Sneak and Double meet with retribu tion for their crimes. In the last portion of the story the hero makes his first speech in the House of Commons, and produces a groat effect by his splendid powers of oratory. A question was about to be decided which would involve the honour of many present if they acceled to it. As a few nights before they had been against what they now were Walter to sanction, in order to please the Minister, Walter Hurst rose and adjured the waverers by the memory of their noble names to refrain from the sacrifice of principle they were about to make for party. " And where are these, your ancestors, my lords and gentlemen," lie cried in a tone, at once loud, musical, and piercing, whieh startled every member on his seat. "They are gone, I know, to the world of spirits, and their mantles have dropped upon you. But think you that they no longer interest them selves with the affairs of this life ? From their seats of eternal glory they regard you at this moment, and await with anxious brows the results of this debate." The consequence of his forcible appeal to their honour and good faith, which no change of Politics or turn of fortune should affect, was a strict adherence to the course before laid down, and the eloquent advocate experienced a prouder satisfac tion than any worldly renown, riches, or place could have affordod, in the consciousness that his talents bad been instrumental in saving the character of those who held so high a place in his country. On the result of his words it rested whether future his torians should have to record a blot on the page of political and Parliamentary transactions. In the last chapter we are shown the inevitable conclusi.in of all earthly triumphs. The celebrated lawyer and accomplished orator is called away, and all that is left to be said of him is the ancient account, " He slept with his fathers." It is very likely many will be entertained by the perusal of this book. There is a great deal of thought evidenced throughout, and the general tenour of the style is attractive and interesting. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MARCH 16. The Queen and Prince and royal family walked in the grounds at Osborne yesterday. Captain the Hon. J. Denman had the honour of dining with her Majesty. The gig:en and Prince, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred. Princess Helena, and Princess Louisa, embarked on board the royal yacht Fairy this morning at :half-past ten, and proceeded to Spithead, to see the Neptune, 120 gun-ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Corry and Bulldog steam-sloop, got under weigh to join the Baltic fleet. The n.yal yacht accompanied the Neptune nearly to the Nab Light, and returned to Osborne at 20 minutes before 1 o'clock. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Lord James Murray, visited Froguiore yesterday. In the evening her Royal Hianne,s, at tended by Lady Fanny Howard and Lord James Mur ray, honoured the Princess's Theatre with her presence. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Sergeant Manning, 4 4-A.S., Mr. Sergeant Jones, Mr. Sergeant Clarke, and Mr. Pollock, had an interview with Viscount Palmer ston yesterday, at the Home-office. A deputation from the Glasgow Committee of the National Educational Association bad an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, on the subject of the Lord Advocate's Education Bill for Scotland. The deputa tion consisted of the Rev. Dr. Beattie, Rev. Dr. Taylor, Professor Eadie, Messrs. David Anderson, John Hen derson, and J. H. Young, and was accompanied by the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., and Mr. John M`Gre gor, M.P. The Rev. Andrew Murray, jun., of Bloomfontein, South Africa, and Dr. A. J. Fraser (late-73d Regiment), of Orange River Sovereignty, South Africa, had an in terview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday, at the Colonial office. A deputation on behalf of the London Reformatory for Adult Male Criminals, in Great Smith-street, West minster, consisting of the Earl of Shaftesbury, Mr. Carter Wood, Lieut. Coode, .R.N. ; Mr. George Dun das, M.P. ; Mr. F. Crossley, M.P. ; the Rev. Charles Hume, Captain Donates O'Brien, Mr. W. F. S. Shep herd, Mr. G. F. White, Rev. A. Jones, and Rev. R. Malone, with Mr. Nash, governor of the institution, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston. The Cathedral Commission met yesterday. p resent— the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, Sir John Patteson, the Rev. Dr. 'Wordsworth, the Hon. and Rev. H. Montagu Villiers, the Rev. Canon Selwyn, and Henry Kingscote, Esq. )seoretary.) A deputation from the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Railway Company had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Al derle.y yesterday at the Board of Trade. The deputa tion consisted of Colonel Rushout, M P., chairman ; Mr. Parson, deputy chairman ; Mr. Thorp and Major Tynedale (directors) and Mr. Burchell (solicitor.) Mr. Thornely, M.P., had an interview with Viscount 4- simentos roterday at th. )lowe-office. FUNERAL LONDONDERRY. IF TEE M. RQUIS OF On Wednesday —the day preceding the funeral of the most noble the Marquis of Londonderry—the chapel at Wynyard was open to the public from twelve to three o'clock ; during that time several thousands of persons of all grades were admitted to see the coffin, which lay in state in the chapel, Crowds of persons thronged the various roads. leading to the mansion, entering by the Smith Lodge by a long, picturesque drive, and through the park, passing through the shrubbery plaatation at a distance from the front of the mansion, arriving at the conservatory, through which admission was gained to the chapel by descending a winding staircase. At the entrance lodge, and at all the gates on the drive through the parks, were stationed servants in deep black with hatbands. Mutes were stationed at all the doors of en trance. Above the mansion the flag had been half lowered. and the windows darkened with black cloth on the side near the conservatory. Sadness and gloom brooded over the place ; the crowds of persons who thronged to pay the last tribute of respect to the de parted were mostly clad in mourning, and by their sor rowful demeanour seemed to feel the solemnity which the shades of the departed hero has spread over the place. On entering the chapel the scene was solemn and impressive. The many painted windows, partly ob scured with black cloth, shed a "dim religious light" upon the mournful pageant below : over the door was a hatch merit, containing the arms of the Londonderry and Vane families. On each side of the chapel were placed three massive gold candlesticks, each containing a wax taper. At the head of the bier was placed acushion and a clustered plume on a platform raised, and covered with black cloth. Oil the bier was placed a pall, partly thrown back, exhibiting the coffin. On the head of which was placed a crimson velvet and gold cushion, supporting a marquis's coronet ; at the foot were placed the helmet and plume of the marquis as colo nel of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, also his sword and sash—mute emblems of the brave soldier who lay sleeping beneath them, whose military prowess they had been instrumental in achieving. It was with this sword the noble and dashing soldier fought and captured a French officer who had ridden to the front of the British line in defiance. At the foot of the bier, and near the altar, the two executors of the deceased, Captain Wood and Vandeleur Stewart, Esq. At the funeral yesterday all the shops and places of business were closed. His lordship was much and de. servedly respected by the Inhabitants of the borough THE ROYAL PANOPTICON. The vast Mcorish buliding which occupies the eastern side of Leicester-square, and respecting the purport of which there has been so much speculation and inquiry, is on the eve of being opened to the public—its secrets divulged, and its peaceful mission explained. In plan and object the Panopticon is something akin to the Polytechnic Institution. It aspires to be a school for the instruction of the community in matters scientific and artistic, to gratify the eye by the grace and variety of its resources, and at the same time afford the more solid benefits deducible from practical investigation in all the branches of knowledge connected with the ordinary pursuits of life. Though. popular in aspect, the character of the instruction we believe will be of an elevated kind. The daily lectures will, of course, be suited to the tastes of miscellaneous assemblages ; hut others are contemplated in which the public upon the payment of small fees may pass through elaborate courses of study, under the direction of lecturers of the highest standing. But the little handbook published by the council describes more specifically the objects of the Panopticon, and the void which it is its mission to fill up. The writer of the introduction, in alluding to the institutions of a lite rary and scientific nature already in existence, observes, that "some are encompassed with a degree of exclusive ness which prevents the full development of their powers and capabilities ; others, professing to perpetuate and extend a taste for purely intellectual enjoyment, appear frequently to wax lukewarm, and no longer pos sessing novelty, or the yet keener stimulus of example from kindred establishments, become indifferent to the hopes and expectations which their origin encouraged." To meet the exigencies of such a state of 'things as this, the Royal Plnopticon of Science and Art has been in stituted. The Panopticon c , wes its origin to one individual, Mr. Edward Marinaduke Clarke, who, alive to the defi ciencies complained of above, not only conceived the idea of an entirely new institution, but succeeded in enlisting the co-operation of a number of influenti a l in dividuals similarly influenced in opinion, who, in con junction with himself, took the necessary measures to secure certain privileges under Royal charte r . Thi s h er Majesty was pleased to grant in February, 1850. The claims of Mr. Clarke to the honour of being the original projector and promoter of thi, association are expressly set forth in the cli irter to which her Majesty has placed her hand. This gentleman is no,v the managing director —an office to .vhich he is no le , s entitled on the score of past service during the gestation and initiat try progress of the iii-t,tution, than on the score of wide and general experience in such matters. "In the year 1826, and, at a very early period of his life, he was on the committee, and t sok an energetic part in the formation of the first mechanics' institution established In the metropolis of his native country—lreland. He occupied a prominent position at the science and art exhibition in the King's mews, now the site of the Royal Academy, in 1830. He was also lecturer at the Exhibition of Arts and Sciences at Edinburgh in 1839 and 1840 ; and lastly, he estab lished the London Electrical Society, the early meetings of which were held at his residence." These are officially advanced as his credentials to the respon sible office which he now holds. That lie has -well earned it cannot be denied, and we trust he will be rewarded in witnessing the fruition of the vast and costly experiment in which he is now so proud. nently engaged, and which promises to be productive of so much practical good to the community at large. The enterprise which has been the foundation of this undertaking is strikingly manifested in the edifice itself, furnishing, as it does, a very fine specimen of the Sara cent° style of architecture, derived chiefly from the Al hambra and other remains of the Moorish rule in Spain. Here is a very interesting novelty to begin with, for the building presents us with a perfect reflex of the style in question, planned upon an enormous scale, and carried out with a degree of elaboration which has evidently set cost at defiance. When the spectator passes from the dingy square through the elegant porch, and under the massive portcullis into the rotunda, his eye meets a structure that gratifies him at once by its elegant sta bility, its graceful grandeur, and . its dazzling em bellishment. The guide-book claims for the rotun da that it is "the most splendid room ever apl propriated to scientific and artistic purposes." There is certainky nothing like it in England. The chamber towers up, supported by elegant tapering columns, close up on a h un d re d f ee t, w h ere a beautiful circular skylight terminates the view ; and round the dome are sixteen star-shaped lights. The roof, the moslem imitation of the blue sky, is fretted with a thousand golden stars ; and downwards the arches, pillars, and walls are gilt and coloured with that rich ness and effect that are now only beginning to be made familiar to the English by the genius of Mr. Owen Jones, and also, we may now say, of Mr. Lewis and Mr. Fisher, who have superintended and designed the decorations of this building. Immediately beneath the central light in the dome is an enamelled fountain, with a centre jet that can throw up its water to the very sky light, a hundred feet. It is surrounded by eight minor jets, each playing forty feet, and forming a dome of water playing round the central jet. The tesselation of this fountain is most elaborate and beautiful, and in sum mer time it will impart a delicious coolness to the building. " There are three galleries, the one over the "other. Two traverse the circle of the building ; the third only occupies the western side. These galleries are occupied by stalls, after the fashion of the Great Exhibition, and in them numerous patentees present various processes in weaving, carving, lithography, d stilling, turning, shipbuilding, &c. Here almost every process that adds to our comforts, or supplies us with the infinitude of in ventions cultivated society demands, may be seen, in their latest and most efficient state. Leading off the grand central chamber are several other apartments devoted to the purposes of the in ititu tion ; such as a laboratory, and the apparatus rooms, and two handsome theatres ; the one decorated with paintings for lectures connected with art and literature, and the other fur s c ie n tifi c di scourses an d exemplifica tions The first oi , ject that attracts attention is the monster electrical machine, constructed by Mr. Clarke, the largest t ver made. Its plate is 10 feet in diameter, and weighs about eighteen hundred weight. The brass pear-shaped c o n d uc t or i s 6 f eet l ong, an d respectively at each extremity 4 feet and 2 feet in diameter. The Leyden battery is of correspoding size, being composed of 24 glasses, eac h p resent i ng 12 feet surface o f tin foil. The next grand object is the magnificent organ built by Hill and Co. It is 48 feet high, 36 feet wide and 28 deep. It has 4,004 pipes and 7 bellows, worked by a steam-engine, 1 crescendo pedal, 10 composition pedals, 7 couplers, and 60 stops. It far exceeds in tone and compass the great organs at York and Birmingham, and any in the metropolis. Photography has of course its representative, and you may either wend your way up the interminable stairs which lead to the domains of the artist, or avail your self of an ascendi ng carr i age w hi c h takes you by a coun terpoise process from the pavement of the rotunda, and deposits you quietly and gently in the regions above. The private view yesterday was attended by persons of repute of all classes ; and the entire number who en tered from 12 to 4 was upwards of 8,000. The expres sion generally uttered was one of great satisfaction. The band of the Oxford Blues played severalairs ; and the mighty organ pealed forth its tones with great sweetness as well as power ; and the building was pronounced to be well adapted for musical demonstrations. It may be truly said that the reality surpassed the expectation, and when got into perfect order, there can be no doubt it will become one of the . most popular, as it is one of the most interesting of exhibitions. Amongst the persons of distinction present we noticed the following : Lord John Russell, Lord Lyndhurst ; Earl of Mulgrave, and Earl Devon ; Viscount Camp den, Lord Cawdor, Sir George flayter, Lord Cot tenham, Earl of Bessborough, Earl Grey, Lord Dynevor, Lord Tenterden, Earl of Denbigh, Lord Newark, the Bishop of Lincoln, Duke of Argyll, Lord Seymour, Sir James Stephens, Lord Cranworth, Duke of Richmond, Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Palmerston, Sir -Ortiorson and Lady Tenuent, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lady Barnes, Lord Palmerston, Vi sco u n t Brackley, Lord Holland, &c., and alio a great number of distinguished literary and soientie.o BEVERLEY RACES. SHARE MARK.ETS. (THIS DAY.) (THIS DAY.) iraid.l (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ARRIVALS FOR THIS DAY'S RACES. STEEPLECHAsE.—MuItum-in-Parvo Stainforth, Black Knight, A. 8., Holderness, Tallyho, Kalafat, Pirate, Ste. and Ling Cropper. Run at two. ENTRIES. SELLING HURDLE RACE.—Tulip, 30/. ; A. Y, aged, St. 80/. ; Mixed-up, 30/. ; Friendless Boy, 5 yrs, 201 . ; Lu- 20 cifer, 6 yrs, 301. Run at three. Leasing Compans. Closing Prices this day. Business this day, BRITISH RAILWAYS. London & N. West. Caledon... IGt.Nrthn. Caldonian. STAND STAKES.—The Twin, 6 yrs ; Criterion, 4 yrs ; Miss Chance, 4 yrs ; Smuggler Bill, aged ; Exhibition, 3 'yrs ; Miss Fisher, 3 yrs ; Julius Caesar, 3 yrs ; Friend less Boy, 5 yrs. Run at four. Gt. Westn yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NMd Do Do 3. Beam Do MARE - ET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) 122 25 CORN EXCHANGE. Norfolk., The present week's arrival of English wheat up to our market, coastwise and by land carriage, has been very moderate. To-day the show of samples was larger than on this day se'nnight. Owing to the large imports from abroad, the demand f or a ll ki n d s o f wheat of home pro duce ruled heavy, and to effect sales lower prices must have been accepted. Foreign wheat, the show of which was large, moved off heavily, and most qualities were easier to purchase. Floating cargoes were very dull, and drooping: Barley met a dull inquiry, at barely Mcnday's currency. The malt trade was very dull, but no actual change took place in prices. Oats ruled heavy, at late rates. Beans, peas, and flour commanded very little attention. L.& N. W. & Miclld. Stektou & Darliugt. Ilidlaud.. E. Count D 0... L. & &Ln&Yk Do C;t Northo Do ARRIVAL* THIS WEEK. 'Wheat. i Barley. I Malt. I Oats. Flour. 2,320 3,710 1 2,380 3,080 910 -- 5,290 32,780 2,340 7,270 6,870 sks 12,170 brl Gancash& Yorksh. 11.11Cleao itockt. Darlingt. English .. Irish .. Foreign .. ~tWeatn, SMITHFIELD. The supply of beasts in to-day's market was seasonably good. All breeds were dull in sale, at barely Monday's prices. Amongst the foreign stock were 180 oxen from Spain. Sheep, the numbers of which were limited, moved off slowly. In the quotations we have no alteration to notice. Lambs sold at from 6s to 6s &I per 81bs. Calves and pigs met a slow inquiry, at former terms. Mulch cows were dull, at from 14/. to 191. each, including their :mall calf. Per Bibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6' Prime large oxen 3 8 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 2 4 4 Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 6 Second quality ...3 8 4 2 Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 6 s. d. s. (1. 1 Prime Southdown 4 8 410 ; Large crse. calves 4 6 5 2 IPrime small d 0... 5 4 5 8 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Small porkers 4 4 410 Sucklingcalves ..22 0 29 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts ...............• •• 1,075 Sheep ....... •• •......... 3,000 Calves ...... •• .. •... •• .. 130 THE SUN, LONIDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1854, FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts— ....... •••• • • .. • 314 Sheep .. —••—.. • • •....... 700 Calves,..... :4,0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Each kind of meat sold heavily at this day's market, on the following terms : Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. 1 Beef, inferior 2 10 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., prime large 3 8 3 10 , Do., do. small 3lO 4 0 Pork, large 3 4 4 . 2 J s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 2 10 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 4 Veal 4 0 5 4 Pork, small 4 4 4 10 BOROUGH HOP. On the whole a fair business is doing in our market, at last week's currency. The imports are 97 bales from Ostend, and 27 ditto from Hamburgh. The prices are— Mid and East Kent pockets, 61. 10s to 121. Os ; Weald of Kent ditto, 61. Os. to 71. Os ; Sussex ditto, 51. 12s to 61. lOs per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—In West India not much has been done, and prices have been barely supported. Barbadoes, of the new crop, sold at 33s 6d to 37s for low and mid, and at 37s 6d to 39s for good and fine. Jamaica good grocery brought 37s 6d, good brown 34s 355. Demerara good brown 33s to 345, crystalised good 37s 6d to 38s. East India— Mauritius has declined about 6d, good to very fine yellow selling at 36s to 38s 6d, low to mid at 29s to 30s 6d, low dark at 27s 61 to 28s, crystalised low to fine white at 41s 6d to 43s 6d, superior yellow and low white bold grain at 39s to 41s, and low mid yellow syrupy at 35s to 35s Gd per cwt. Ben gal went steadily at 38s 6d to 40s I'd for good mid to fine white; Cossipore was taken in at 41s 6d; Dhobah 40s 6d; fine Date at 36s to 36s 6d, and ord brown at 28s 6d ; Madras good brown to low yellow sold at 28s to 30s. Foreign— Yellow Havannah, privately, has been sold at 35s 6d, and a cargo of fine yellow for Trieste at 26s for No. 16, but pub licly good and fair flouettes were taken in at 40a to 42s for sound washed, and brought 34s to 38s 6d. Porto /tic° obtained full rates, viz., 40s 6d to 44s for fine and very fine white, and 39s to 403 for good. Bahia went rather cheaper, selling at 31s 6d to 34s for low to good. Refin, d has been dull, brown lumps being 445, and grocery 44s 6:1 to 50s. COFFEE. —Native Ceylon has been quiet. Good and very good ord brought 475. Plantation sold at 60s for mid bold mixed, at 56s for small, at 41s to 54s for triage, at 53s 6 I to 56,s for tine and fine'fine ord, at 57s to 61s'for low mitt t..) good mid bold coloury, and at 68s to 69s for pea berry. Jamaica good and tine ord pale realised 478 6d to 51s, and low mid coloury 565. Alexandria mocha was taken in at 65s per cwt. RICE.—A. decline of 6:1 to 9d per owt leas taken place. Bengal sold at 13s 6d to 14s for mid : good was taken in at 15s. Madras was taken at 13s 6d for mid pinky, but pri vately good pinky, short prompt, brought 12s 6d. SPlCES.—Pimento is cheaper ; ord to good ord grey sell ing at 6d to Bid, and mid to good was taken in at 6.fd to 62,d; mid Singapore have brought 2s 7d, and nutmegs 2s 9d to 2s 10k1 for mid, and 2s 4d for small. White pepper has receded jd ; Singapore mid has been sold at Mild to jd ; and ord dingy at 9,4 d to 91d. Black Malabar brought sid to 3id for half heavy and heavy; and Singapore good and mid at Sid to 5,1 d. Cloves are rather lower; mid dark to good hold bright at 6id to 6gd. COCOA.—This article has been dull. Trinidad ord to good and grey sold at 31s 6d to 335, and fine red Bahia at 26s 6d per cwt. . _ Rum. - —The maritet is firmer, Demerara being in de mand. COCHINEAL.—SmaII and mid dark Lima silvers realised 4s id to 4s 3d, manufactured bladis 4s 3d to 4s 4d, and Teneriffe silver 4s 2d. SALTPETRE. —Bengal, afloat, has been sold privately, but the rates are not known. TEA.—At auction 22,315 packages passed, of which 2,500 were sold, the remainder being principally with drawn, the importers being unwilling to submit to lower rates. COTTON.—This article is 'without alteration. TALLOW.—The market is heavy. P.Y.C. is 64s 3cl per cwt on the spot. GREEN FRUIT.--The demand continues good, and keeps pace with arrivals. Three cargoes oranges from St. Michael's sold by Keeling and Hunt, sustained the advance obtained last week. Seville sours are 10s per chest higher, the quantity imported behig inadequate to the demand. Lemons have improved in price. More inquiry for nuts, which is usually the case previous to the Easter holidays. LLOYD'S SIIIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) 71 LONDON, March 17.—Wind this day at Noon, N.N.W. ; light, breeze, and fine, clear, dry weather. The Mercury hUs risen. COWES, March 16.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Franklin (a), from Havre, and sailed for New York. OFF TEIE WIGHT, March 16.—Warrior, from Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, March 16.—Wind. W.N. W.. Arrived— H.M.S. Penelope, from Sierra Leone and Madeira; H.M.S. Cruizer, Gibraltar. Sailed—H.M.S. Neptune, for the Baltic ; H.M.S. Bulldog, do.—The Oriental, from London to Port Philip, which arrived here yesterday, leaky, must discharge part of cargo: FALiOIiTH, March 16.—Wind, W. Arrived—Jacoba Johanna, from Marseilles; Terpsichore, d o . ; E sther, Liverpool, for Gibralta, to stop a leak. TORBAY, March 16.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Ca therina Isabella, from Rotterdam, for Lisbon; Elizabeth, Trieste ; Mary, London, for Gambia. 'SUNDERLAND, March 16. —Wind, S.W. Arrived— Meander, from Honfleur. Lamorna, for Malta. HULL, March 16.—Wind, W. Arrived—Hercules, from Cuxhaven ; Murray, Alkmaar. Sailed—Duna, for Malta. BRIDLINGTON, March 16.—Wind, S. S. W. Arrived— Isabella, London, with stern split, loss of bowsprit, and other damage, having been in contact with a barque in the Thames. SALECOMBE, March IG.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived— Cynosure, Gulf of Arta. 'QUEENSTOWN, Marc]; 15.—Wind, S. ; blowing a gale. Arrived—lron Duke, from the Mauritius ; Flora, General Wiltshire, Fanny Mitcheson and Lord Metcalfe, all from Callao ; r'eru, Manzanilla ; Ada Mary, Bristol, for the coast of Africa. RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 13.—The Fanny, from Callao to the United States, put in here Feb. 9, leaky, has been surveyed and recommended to di.charge part of her cargo to discover and stop the same. PERNAMBUCO, Feb. 21. The Countess of Zetland, from London to the Cape of Good Hope, which put into Paraiba previous Feb. 16, leaky, is discharging her cargo, and at prAsent nothing is damaged. ST. VINCENT (Cape de Verd Island), March 2.—The Record, from Madeira to Demerara, with emigrants, has been totally lo s t on th e coas t of St. Antonio; crew and passengers saved. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10.15 a.m. Wind, W.N.W. • moderate, and fine. There is no intelligence of the mail steamer Ratio from New York, now two days overdue. Arrived—Union, from Jaffa. Off the Port—City of Manchester, steamer from Phila delphia ; Charles Brownell, Valparaiso ; Liv er p oo l an d Catherine, ships ; Walton, arque; and Oceau Breeze, brig. The Phoenix, for Catania, has put back through stress of weather; siled 12th. Sailed- - -Adrniral Boxer, for Melbourne; Henry Clay and Underwriter, New York. The screw steamer La Plata, for the Brazils, which put into Holyhead on Sunday with machinery damaged, sailed for her destination yesterday. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.50 a.m. Wind, Northerly ; tide, near low water • fine. Arrived—Auror a , from Seville • Wilberforce, Cartha gala ; Leon, Gravelines; Ebssaudra, St. Michael's; Mo selle, steamer, Hamburg. Sailed—Tiger, steamer, for Hamburg ; 'Brant, Launces ton; Alar, steamer, Dunkirk ; City of Paris, steamer, Boulogne. 15 84 8 - 10 10 25 10 ..06 DEAL, Friday Mo rn i ng , 9 a.m. 25 Wind, N., fresh and fine. 25 Passed—l s i s , for Sydney ; Re va , St . Ki tts ; G reat Br i - 12; Lain, Montre al ; Enchantress , Cardiff; Segundo, Eugenio, Cardiff; Thetis, New Zealand ; Albatross, Calcutta ; Jo seph Weir, Xsuritius—all from London. • 5 Anchored —Catherine .Pemberton, from London for St. Launceston. Saile&L=The Chowringhee, Childe Harold, Old Hickory, 17 Giffrard, Domitia, Sylph, and Amazon, with the whole of 25 he outward bound, I Paid.l RAILwAie. r l.OO Aberdees 86 kaibg. Nottng. Bost and Eastu. Janet all Belfast &Ballymena all Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Vslley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet all Do. Chest. & Birk £5O and £25 Cons 184 Do., £2O 30 Blyth & Tyne origina . £25 (issd. at £45; 100 Bristol and Exeter 1 00 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon... all Cork, Black, & Pass. 12 Cornwall.. Crieff Junction....... 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. all Dundee Perth &Aber• dean Junetion ..... . all Do. New all East Anglian.... .... all Do., (£lB E & all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 84 Do., New A.,... 100 East Lancashire .00 Edinburgh & Glasgow 54 Edinb. and Peebles .00 Edin. Prth. & Dundee 1 , orth & Clyde June. 100 „4lasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock. 100 Do., B. Stock LOU Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh, 176 Do., Fifths 11 D 0., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt all London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Loud. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn, 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do .10/. Sh. , M&8...0 24 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 424 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lndrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch. Shef.& Lincln 44 Do., Man. &Lin. Un 100 nidland LOO Do. Birmng. &Derby 474 ltidld. G. West, (Ira.) 174 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle 00 Newmarket 54 Do., Bury Extension 174 Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 74 Newry &Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor !00 Norfolk 34 Northn.Counties Un. .00 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1 114 Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred 8 Do., 4 B Guaranteed, all North London 54 Do. New £lO 11 is N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn 174 North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, &I Wolverhampton 212 s Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury &Bi mg 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed Si &bk 10 Shrowsby. & Herefd all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; all Do. Halves, . all Do. Oswestry 64 Shropshire Union . ... Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per cent all South Devon 00 South Eastern all South Wales 15 5. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do.. 312 e 3taines, Wek. &Wok all Stockton & Darling. 161 Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shares 100 Do. Pref., No. 1.- 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 14 West Cornwall I. West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London, 51s. Wimbledn & Croydon 100 York Newed. &Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 13a Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 - York &N. Midland.. 8128 j 64 25 50 20 20 20 10 10 20 20 50 20 100 &berdeen 100 Do. No. 2,7 p. c , 30 Blyth and Tyne 'Opel 5 10 St. 6 c. pref. (issd. at 501 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent 64 Cork dtßandonsip.c all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7p. c , all Eastern 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 IDo. 10/. Debentr.Sh -100 East Lancash. 6p. cts. all East and West York- shire June. Pref... all EdinbPrth.&Dundee 5. per cent. 100 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent. 100 Northn. 5 p. c. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. .., 10 Do. 4-t, p. c. Scrip 6 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pref all Gt, Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 4 Do. 4 per c. Prof. Sh 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do. coy. red. 4 p.c 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c 100 Do. irred. 4p. c 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No.l 9 Do. Quarters, 1848 [OO London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c [OO Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all tiDo. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 MO Do. New Guar.6 p. c [OO Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds all I GondOnderu& Coler. Shares all Loudy. & Ennis. Sit all Nfan., Shef., & Lin. Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO 441D0. £6 .. all Warypt.&Carl.4 p. c. all Do. 4i per cent 106 Do .00 Kid. Consol.6 p.c.St .00 Do. Consol, Bristol & firm. 6 per cent 5 Do. Pref. 4i per cent 6 Norfolk Debenture 100 Do, Pref. 4 p. c. Stock .00 Do. 5 P.C. Eat DO Do. 54 per et.pref .00 Do. AVay. Val. 5 P.C 00 North British all North Staffordshire.. .00 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. Xl5, 6 p.c 15 Do all Scot. Cent. , New Pref all Shrews. &Birm.N.G. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon 14 Do. fixed, 4i per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4Aper cent. all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all 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.6p.c. 1.00 York, Newcastle,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref 5 Do 10 YorY&N. Midland ii 4 gad O. Parch PREFERENCE SRA RFS. - ... - 100 6 - 4 i P i - 11 22i 1p 4.3ixd ad 3 i - 31 .14 .116xdi .04 - 9. --: 106xd 10xd 71 ---! Bixdj ad I 64 7 2 --- 98 "" --- 95 91 . 93 Id -- n 35 --• 137 • - xd n _ 2i x, iii 'l2j 6 9 t 10 P ar 4pxd 134 136 Li —id xd ••• ad ••• xd ••• ad •• • ad •• • ad 100 -- 102 9 -10 16 17 10 —10 i 11 —l3 is #P 235 - 24 100 - 102 17 - 19 2 i ct 90 93xd 34 4 xd, 1 Closing Prices this day. 21i - 22 4i - 4-1 81 - 9 12 —lO disl 16 18 Sid 89 - 91 54 - 54:1 15 - 16 9 • 11 42 - 44 7i - iii = i'h 12 = 12 36 - 40 24 - 26 63 - 62 56 -5& 23 --- 24 90i 91 79 ts] 124 —126 92 94 77 77, 90 93 12 13 u 11i 1241., 63 6;34 -- 7d Ili - 14 8 84 Par I> 99 100 , 100 - 10G4 d Par t 78 g 80 d 11 10 10 9 d 21. - 22 69,E - 69; 33 - 31 d par 5 4 4 44 2 2i 6 - 8 46 - 48 32i , 0 301 ... 334 i 8 10 j ii - 6i - 7. 52 - 55 ip - 7# - .. ...... . ,• "."''' • • . 31 - 33 88 90 54 - 56 58 - CO 55 60 3 2d , 15i - 111 7t 116 - 121 36 - 3itl 13 15 62 63 34 35 3 1d 5 29 - 31 --. ... - 28 15 15/ 4j - 5 24 - 26 5 - 6 --. ... 6 - 66 67 481 84 4 d 47 -- 48 MINES. li i d i ii _ I = i - a - - i - 7 - 4 5 32 34 24 -d, 41 -- 43 10 i -- ll i i 55 -- 65 3 -- 5p li - 21 4 - 1. - 11 - li 11 - 12 5 - 6.} 1 15 17 (1, 14 lip 29 31 8 —, 10 3 4 —4d 4i d d i -- i 93 - 6 . 6 48 - 50 36Xd 101 - 103 50 - 52 25 -26 13 -13 i 24 -251 2i - 2 - X d 95 97xd 56 58xd ... - - xd ... xdi .. ... xd .. - ... if :li xd ...! - x 1 28 - 30 94 - 96 -2i p I.d 11: i (1, Business dons this day. :22i 2 i 2 541 f i 614 1 57 4 6 4 , p 90} 1 80 1 77 j 9 °4 15 8a 981 93 9 100 a 8 11/ 79 / 59 i i i 46 7j 33 i 21 31i 1 la dis 66f 114 I 8f 47 A i A i pm - pm 9 / 1 10 135 1 dis ad 100 a d BALLWAYI4. Bedford and Bletchley.... Bnckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Bxtn.' and Matlock Ifiddlesbro' & Redear. all all all all Ilidld.Bradfd Northern and Easternsp. c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre Do. shares. Itoystnlt Hit. Do. Shepth. St Shef.Roth a •r, Gooleg.sp.c. 3. Stafordsh. Wear Valleygi 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrs , Ag►ua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold ,Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal dritish Anstrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issned at £5 pin Do. Cocaes dz Cniada Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 71 p. cent, English and Austen, Copper Smeltg. Co General 5 all 5 all 2 all 2 all 3 all 1 all 3 all 1 all Great Nugget Vein Do. Registered Great Polgooth Liberty Linares Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita _ . _ 1 all LO 9 1 all 1 all Mexic;an&S.Americn, New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting C 0.... Nouveau Monde 1 I all * all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. 6x Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock 5 1 1 all ►0 all 5 15 / .9- 19i Rhymuey Iron Do. New l - a:antiago de Cuba South -Australian ;81 all 1 all 1 all Tin Croft United Mexican Waller ''' West Granada West Mariposa Worthing _Mining of Australia 1 I all !Yuba 1 I 12a FOREIGN. 7 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessac 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central In dia,Scrip ... Central of Italy all Charleroi dr Erqueliu all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 3d. Junct. of France 10 Grd. Trunk of Canada 30 Do. Debentures all Do. do 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt.WesternofCanada Shares Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 15 Ramilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 5 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoja 5 P.C pref 15 Luxembourg 0 110 Do. (Railway) 2 I Do. 34 3 d I - - 3§d ad i p p 3i aid 2i 3 p - -4 p 4i 30 6 4d 2i 21 d 22 23 9 lip 10 —12 p die -.76 4} 1 --- 2 id ~a 7 - 7i iig --- iig 121 -121 p 43 -45 34 - 36 28i - - 24 ... -• pm ld par d 8 . 8i ••• -- ..• ~. - pm .i 3ip— i —4. d Pref. 3 Do. (Canal) 5 Do. 6p. et. pref 8 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Mediterran, 10 Madras 33 . ilNiaria Antonia all"tDo. do. New 2 I Aelbourne Dk. dr Ry. all 'Namur & Liege (will] interest) all Do. (ex interest) all (Northern of France. 20 10 20 40 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds. all (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPre 10 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and R0uen...... all Paris and Strasbourg 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg 10,i Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre 9 Royal Danish 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse 6 Do. 5i p. cent. Pref 6 Southerr. of France 6 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do s:i per c. Pref 10 Western of France 7 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand MISCELLANEOUS 5 all • übin Coal and Iron ... 25 176 Australian Agrienit 39 41 20 14 Australsn.Pcific.Mail ... 13 1 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail 10 4 Berlin Water Works .. 2} 50 386 Brit. American Land 75 77 75 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.) 100 326 Canada 75 80 77 5 5 Crystal Palace 6l 61= 64 # an 5 4 Do. New.... . ..... 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... 20 3 Eastern Steam.. _ . . . 25 20 Electrit Telegraph(A) 176 186 25 all Do. (B) — ••• 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 20 18 General Screw Steam ... 20 76 [rish Beetmot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel • 10 3 Netherlands Land 1 3 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co ... 1 all N. B. Australasian 1 11xcl 1 1 6 Do. New .•• 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 6 d 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ' 50 30 Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co 4 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1# p 26 25 25 South Austral. Land 36 1 all Submar. Telegraph _ 16 all Do. Registered. — 1 1 100 , 286 Van Diemen's Land 12 —l3 124 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all kustralasia 79 81 80 7 80 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American , 3 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 1 a" 6 _ old ‘ 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 16 ld 100 25 ,Tlolonial ... 171 18 100 20 Commercial of Lend 20 10 English Scottish and Australian 3 i 3d 6# 20 15 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia l4 ld 50 20 London and County 50 10 'oondon Joint Stock 24# i 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New 50 22.'• National of Ireland 20 all New South Wales 39 —4l 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 466 471 25 5 De. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg ••• & Gold Imp Co — 25 all South Australia 4O 42 40.1 25 all Onion of Australia.- 67 68 2; 00. New 7 7i 50 10 Union of Lond on —_ _ SCOTTISH CENTRAL Ro.iLsi week ending March 12, 1854.. Corroopeuding week last you.,, SAY.—Traffic return for tho £2,757 1 9i .2,1131 10 Si 50 25 14 13.4 20 20 Hall all .0 I 2 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all it) all 1 all X) 13.5 5 244 ~ I 20 „ 25 „ 100 100 20 20 ItAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors in this com pany was held yesterday, at the Bridge-house Hotel —Mr. James M`Gregor, M.P., the chairman of the board of direc tors, presiding. The anticipated contest for the vacant seats at the board inthiced a very large attendance of shareholders, and their feelings being consequently excited, the chairman and directors on entering were received with mingled hisses and cheers. The usual formalities having been observed, the report, which has already'been published in the Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN then said he should occupy the time of the proprietors on this occasion but very briefly. In re ference to the agitation whichhad lately prevailed amongst them, he did not think it necessary to do more than state that the company never was so largely represented as it was now in that room. (Cheers.) The amount of stock represented personally, or .by proxies, was 4,769,0001. out d of 7,300,0001., an d th erefore he thought they would all be d puuntc,e Mellord, whether he was prepared to hold that the decision of a majority of proprie tors so assembled must be final and conclusive. (Hear, hear.) His honourable colleagues, whose period of of fi ce had expired, had withdrawn from presenting themselves, d t a o s t a he d y iv w is i i s o h o c . +l there (too dm cheers.) rnso)t beHeanhyandecreessoeiitvverlegtotienrgs from Mr. Smale and Mr. Brown, in which they said CHAlRMANthproprietorsequestion a d m h d a u e d d s t that if i fi) beenr n r o . a itsnbc n at ogov(aluemmunt.tyapdihmssiconclusivelyeeteel myself. Campbell oftnaptlnee rdsrgtyaetioeqn: the :tauitx tteahlinovei qualified gentleman, e l air, had th e 'they ebeonwpe bowed o t : beneficially interested to the amount of 6001. in the stock d, their decision, and cheerfully concurred in the result so u obtained. (Oh, and cheers.) He had Ind the pleasure of j that am e a setd e t t as m eeting question i n e h oamh g nn a taaotE v M vaets i urere n r kLoa g o . noostf F eooßa s w o w_ib e t Forster, s htt t shee e i eent h nl r rhvt , i hbei Sir st ‘ b oaors v tpna u ,h2rBr t a hodi m erfrie. o i wfffp l e y iee J l l Mellort . a i ( o ) o f s The e t d h , e of the company which stood in his name. Having disposed then of all points of difference—of all pOints except those in which the views of the directors and proprietors were united—he thought he might fairly congratulate them .._ upon the present condition of the company with regard to traffic receipts and profits. (Murmurs of impatience.) He was quite aware there were subjects more prominent in their view at this moment than the details of statistics with which he had occasionally troubled them, but he could not help remarking that the position of the company never looked so promising as now. The receipts, which were 514,000/. in +8 0, had increased to 848,0001. in t 853, and the mileage receipts, which upon 199 m il es i n 1850 were 2,5911., had increased to 2,9241. on 290 miles in the last year. (Cheers.) He could only say that if Parliament confirmed their title to their own property, and gave them possession of it upon a sure and safe foundation, he should be as sanguine as ever in the expectation that they would soon reap the reward of their labours, especially under the management appointed by such an overwhelming amount of property at this meeting. (Loud cheers.) With these few remarks he should move that the report of the direc tors be received and adopted. Mr. RENSHAW (deputy chairman) seconded the motion. Mr. MELLOR observed that, as there was a question whether a trustee was qualified to sit as a director, it had been decided that rather than jeopardise the movement of the shareholders he should retire, and at the proper time he should propose another gentleman in his place. (Cheers.) Mr. G. SMITH wished to put a question to the candi dates. The CHAIRMAN—Is there any opposition to the report ? (No, no.) dr. HAMILTON—I advise the meeting to listen to no one who comes here with the price of his apostasy in his pocket. Mr. SMITH thought it his duty to ask a question of the candidates as to their future policy with regard to the Bromley extension. The CHAIRMAN must rule the hon. proprietor to be out of order. The directors did not propose agitating that ques tion on this occasion. The gentlemen now elected to the board were bound to scrutinise it to the utmost, and it would be, therefore, more desirable to submit it on a future day to the proprietors, _ (Hear, hear.) The motion was put and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN moved that a dividend at the rate of 12s. per 301. share, or at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, be declared and made payable on the 10th April. Mr. HAMILTON complained thatthe directors had reduced the 501. shares to 301. shares and this reduced his capital from 5,000/. to 3,000/. What would be thought of the Go vernment reducing the 3 per Cents. to the price at which they were issued ? It was a most unfair thing to the share holders, and gave a fallacious amount as the amount of divi dend. (Hear.) The CHAIRMAN stated that the original shares were issued at 501. each, but a considerable amount Was not paid up at all. Shares were subsequently issued at 251., then at 301 then at 331., and last of all at 30,7,., and th e whole were con solidated at 301., which was as nearly as possible the cash capital received by the company. (Hear.) Mr. HOYES said the London and North-Western and other companies sent out their dividends within a week of 1 their meetings. Why was it that the di v id en d h ere was not payable until the 10th April ? The CHAIRMAN said that if the directors had been in a position to be certain that a dividend of 12s. would be de clared, they could no doubt have had the warrants ready now. But there was some finance in the matter, as they would find from the succeeding resolutions. Certain things must be done. The proprietors had authorised certain new works, and no capital had been raised, and the money used must be replaced and provided by resolution of this meet ing, Mr. HOYES thought three weeks' delay too much. The CHAIRMAN hoped it would be the last time it would occur; and that one effect of a united board would be, that they might feel confident the dividend they proposed would be the dividend declared. A PROPRIETOR wished to know if he was to understand that the money for the dividend had been appropriated to another purpose? The CHAIRMAN said that was so, but it would be forth coming in April. The resolution was then agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then moved the election of Mr. Matthew Forster as a director, in the place of Mr. Ironsides. Mr. DILLON seconded the motion, which he had come there prepared to propose. Having been requested to speak, and, in some degree, to act, on the part of a large body of shareholders, it would have been his painful task, but for the peculiar position in which they had been placed by the statement made by the chairman, to have arraigned some of the past proceedings of the board, and to have asked for some explanations. It was, therefore, with the greatest pleasure that he bore his humble testimony to the very generous and very handsome manner in which the directors had acted; and admitted that the course which had been taken somewhat unmanned him, and was calcu lated to raise a suspicion whether he and others might not have been mistaken in the unfavourable opinions they had formed. He could vouch for the ability and integrity of Mr. Forster, and he hoped that the proceedings of to-day would be the beginning of a united board, whose energies would be devoted, and successfully devoted, to the promo tion of the interests of the company. Mr. MAXWELL, while he acknowledged the propriety of the conduct of the chairman and directors to-day, must say he should have thought it strange indeed if they had per severed upon the course in which they had set out. He had had some experience in railway management, and in the working of the proxy system as connected with public companies, and he must say that he had never yet seen a proxy that was ordered by a board of directors to be sent out with the name of the chairman in it. (Hear.) He had seen proxies in which blanks were left with an intimation to the shareholders that they might fill them up as they thought fit, but in the instance to which he was alluding the name of James Macgregor had a prominent place, and although an intimation was given at the bottom of the paper that it might be struck out, there were thousands of shareholders who would not take the trouble to alter it. The question for the decision of the meeting was one to which the railway world looked with considerable interest. It was whether the servants, and some of them the paid servants, of the company were to be its masters; and whether the proprietors were to be entirely denuded of their property. They had had a severe struggle, and they had been so far successful in teaching the directors and the railway world a useful lesson ; but they must not stop here, they must go a great deal further before the matter - would be done with. (Hear.) Mr, DFLAREN understood that Mr. Forster represented preference stock only, and, if so, he should submit that he had no interest whatever in common with the original shareholders, and was therefore not a proper person to have a seat at the board. (Hear, hear, oh, oh, and great confusion.) The CHAIRMAN said Mr.M`Laren had been misinformed. Mr. Forster was a duly qualified Proprietor, which ho would not be if he were a holder of preference stock only. Mr. M`LARRN called upon the secretary to produce the register, but the chairman decided the request was out of order ; and after a good deal of confusion the resolution for electing Mr. Forster was put and unanimously carried. Dr. BEATTIE proposed the election of Sir John Camp bell as a member of the board • and the nomi na ti on was seconded by Mr. BELL, and also carried unanimously. Mr. MELLoa, who had been the third candidate for the direction, but with respect to whose qualification a ques tion had arisen—the stock standing in his name being held by him as a trustee—withdrew his own name, and pro posed to the meeting to elect Mr. Seymour Teulon, to whose fitness f or th e o ffi ce, and opportunities of serving the interests of the company, he bore the strongest testimony. Mr. HOYES, without at all objecting to Mr. Teulon, thought it exceedingly important that the proprietors should have some timely notice as to who were to be pro posed for the office of auditor or director. The names of the other gentlemen had been before them for some time : but Mr. Teulon 'was proposed at the eleventh hour, and if this were drawn into a precedent, they might find them selves compelled, on some future occasion to adopt a can didate of whom they, knew little or nothing. A resolution had been passed some time ago, which had for its object to secure thit prOper notice should be given, and he wished to know whether the directors had done anything in pur suance of that resolution. The CHAIRMAN said the directors had introduced a clause into a bill which the company was passing through Parliament, with a view to give effect to the wishes of the shareholders. That clause had passed the committee, but the chairman of committees had struck it out, upon the ground that if such a provision were to be adopted at all, it could only be in some general measure applying to all compan i es . The directors had then taken the advice of an eminent counsel, as to the possibility of affecting the de sired object by a by-law, but had received an opinion to the effect that any measure of that kind would be wholly inoperative, and that it would still be in the power of any shareholder to prose a candidate at the last moment. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS, who spoke amid much confu sion, declared that he objected strongly to any gentleman being pitchforked on the company in a moment, to fill the important and responsible position of auditor or director. It was irregular, and likely to be injurious. Mr. HAMILTON twitted Mr. Alderman Solomons with his connection with the East Kent, Reading, Guilford, and Reigate lines, Whereupon the alderman protested against any imputation of motives, and asked that his arguments might be answered. These encounters caused some confusion in the meeting, but, the motion for electing Mr. Teulon was put and car ried, with only two or three dissentients. Mr. PARKER wished to call the attention of the meeting to the extraordinary expenditure which had been incurred in Parliamentary and legal proceedings. The chairman had first taken his seat at the board in 1844, and in 1845 had been promoted to the chair. From that period down to 1853 inclusive, a period of nine years, the. legal and Parliamentary expenses---exclusive of conveyancing, which had been invariably put into that mare magnum, that sea, that vortex into'which railway directors invari ably contrived to throw everything which would not bear the light, and which they called " the land account"—had been 479,7111. 7s. 11d. (Hear.) This gave an average of 55,3011. ss. 3d. per annum. He was an old share holder, and be bad euPPorted the olmixman 4,01 long as 32 f Mr. KEET seconded Mr. Parker's resolutions, and ex pressed his opinion that there had been lavish extravagance and a want of proper economy at the board. Their salaries alone were about 40,0001. a-year. He had invested 1,4001., the result of his exertions in business, in the shares of this company, and it was now reduced in value to about 5001. Mr. HovEs was sure these subjects would be dealt with by the directors, and suggested to Mr. Parker to withdraw his resolution. Mr. PARKER said, unless they came to a vote to-day with reference to the 2,0001. a-year to the chairman, it would go on for six months longer. He had no objection to withdraw the rest. Mr. M`LAREN, in justice to the chairman, called the attention of the meeting to the immense expenditure which had been caused by no fewer than forty-four oppo sition schemes that deeply affected their interests. .He believed no other man in that room could have fought their battles or protected their property as Mr. Macgregor had done. (Hear, hear, and oh, oh.) Mr. J. WILSON str ongly recommended the appointment of a chief manager, (not a director) at a salary of 5001. or 1,003 a-year. ' Mr. GREY said it would reflect disgrace on the proprie tors to make any attempt to rescind the resolution giving 2,0001. a-year to the Chairman. (No, no, and cheers). It. was perfectly clear that at no distant day Mr. Macgregor must oome to them for re-election, and that would be the time to make the proposition. Mr. Mud) proposed an alternative course of proceeding. Let the vote be taken for six months, leaving the questionopen. (C r i es o f " No, no, settle it' at once.") Ho Was quite confident the presence of so large a number of share holders would be made the means of illiberal conduct towards a gentleman whose services he appreciated, and whose talents he had long admired. (Uproar.) Mr. Smrrir had been long enough a shareholder to have been present when the gentlemen of the north came down like an avalanche to elect the chairman, and now they came with the same impetuosity, to decry him. (Hear, hear.) Some of the pretexts were very hollow. He had no sympathy with those who attempted by personal abuse to deprive the chairman of a position he had filled with immense talent and great rectitude. (Oh, oh, and cheers.) It was a most unfair course of proceeding, and he, for one, protested against it. (Cheers and uproar.) Mr. PARKER begged to withdraw the proposition. The CHAIRMAN thought he might have saved the time of the meeting if he had been allowed to say a few words. He could assure them in the most unqualified manner that the management would be carried on by the majority, and whatever arrangements were made would have his assist. ance. It was not his wish to remain in any office connected with the company, except so long as his sense of duty in duced him to believe he was promoting their interests. It was his wish to promote the interests of the company, and to support its management in the constitutional form by a majority. (Cheers.) Ho desired to clear himself from the charge of interested motives having governed his conduct. He joined the company in 1844, and for five years he re ceived no remuneration. (Cheers, and a voice, Then you ought.") In 1849, w ith out any knowledge on his part, the proprietors voluntarily voted to him and his colleagues what they had since received. Mr. HoYEs proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Byng, Cap tain Warren, and Mr. C. Child, which was received with cheers. . Mr. C. CHILD requested the gentleman to withdraw the motion, as they wanted no thanks. Mr. HOYES at once withdrew it. Mr. E. HERAP ATH suggested that the company should . divide its old and unguaranteed stock, like the Great Northern, into A and B shares. The CHAIRMAN said the hon. proprietor was out of order, and proceeded to propose the re-election of Mr. John Mor gan, the retiring auditor. Mr. GREY seconded the motion, and it was carried una nimously. Mr. A. BEATTIE moved that a third auditor be appointed, and tha t Mr. Wheth am b e e l ecte d . The CHAIRMAN observed that it was a peculiarity in their act that they had power to elect three auditors. Mr. GILPIN was strongly of opinion that three auditors would tend to the benefit of the company, and thought every one would be convinced at once, by reading that single paragraph in the report which said there had been a difference of opinion between the auditors and the direc tors as to which particular account certain sums ought to be charged. A third auditor would have added weight to the opinion of his colleagues, or, by differing, have raised the presumption that the directors were right. In answer to a Shareholder, The CHAIRMAN said the remuneration of each auditor was 1001. a year. Mr. STANDISH moved as an amendment that the number of auditors be limited to two. A show of hands was taken, and the amendment was lost by a very narrow majority. The original motion was put and carried, and Mr. Whe them declared them duly elected. The CHAIRMAN said the next resolution was a matter of account,, and, perhaps, of principle too. The eight steam ships purchased by the company were, pending the arrange ment, insured, but since the 4th of November they had not been insured. The directors proposed to set aside a sum out of the balance, as the commencement of a renewal fund, and looking at the short period that had elapsed, they considered 2,5001. would be sufficient. A PROPRIETOR asked if the fund was for repairs ? - The CHAIRMAN rep li e d th at repairs would be charged t to revenue account. The fund wag to p rov id e ag ainst loss. The rate of insurance was 5 per cent., and as their vessels .; Performed the voyages chiefly in daylight, the directors thought it better for the company to take the risk them selves. (Hear, hear.) ey of the t tha The resolution was carried unanimous l y- The CHAIRMAN sa id th e next resolution was one affectingthe finances of th e company —that in the even t o f th e special meeting authori s i ng th e directors to raise 25Cl issue of new s h ares under the Strood and Maidstone Act, they be also auth or i sed to raise S0,0 0Q1 • on mortgag e b g portionoft asked the line. Mr. KEEP any part of the 330,0001. was to be applied to th e new line to Brom l e y ? The CHAIRMAN, answer i ng in the negative, repeated his former statement, that, th e board being re const i tuted, it " was not proposed to discuss the question of th e B romley line to-day, b u t t o l eave it to some futur e occasion, when' 3 the new di rec t ors woul d h a ve an opportu n it y of maturely considering it. mo M n r ey . IC.E ? ET asked what they were going to do with thi s The CHAIRMAN thought the hon. proprietor was con verseut with the fact that the line from Strood to Maid stone was authorised last session. They had already in- o curred Parliamentary cipe. nses, and h a d b ought and paid for some of the land. This was the capital for makin4 that line. t Mr. HemirmoN said they Were about to guarantee 4i per cent. interest, and as this line would only yield 3 per th e y must inevitabl CHAIRMAN said the proprietors must not lose sight make a loss by it. (Cheers.) o c f enn t t h .e : fa to ct that they were bound by act of Parliament resolution ma it was rt o t hPeany adopted. no dividends at ill. eit A Thhe d er esultory and Bromley branch, in the course of which Mr. a Child c°llYersation ensued upon the Lewisham on the part of one body of directors, professed their willing• nessio bow to the opinion of the miyority, when the ques tion should be fairly submitted for judgment ; and the chairman expressed a hope that the whole matter would be adjusted to the satisfaction of all parties, and to the avoiding of any rupture with the B r i g ht on C ompany ; at the same ti me f rankly stating his opinion that they were not justified in trifling with the interests of the neighbour. hood, and he therefore hoped his colleagues would go into the question at the earliest possible moment. The business of the ordinary half-yearly meeting bein g concluded, Mr. Forster, Sir J. Campbell, and Mr. Teulon severally acknowledged the kindness of the proprietors in electing them to the board, and declared their intention zealously and faithfully to discharge the duties of diiectors. On the motion of Mr. DILLON, a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors was carried by acclamation. The meeting was then made special, and resolutions sub. mated authorising the issue of new shares, with a guaranteed interest of 4j per cent., to be first offered to the proprietors, for the construction of the line from Strood to M a id s t one. Mr. E. HERAPATH repeated his suggestion about the division of the stocks. The CHAIRMAN replied that it was no use to dis cuss an alteration which they had no power to make. The resolutions were then agree d to, and th e rue e ti zz separated, he had been able, but he recollected the time when their accounts were presented in a very different form—when the solicitors bills for general business, for Parliaments business, and for conveyancing iveri, all separately entered. (Hear.) Since the honOnrafile chairman had had the honour to fill his present position in the company, they had had no such statement. (Hear, hear.) At the time of Mr. Macgregor's election to the , chairmanship the capital was 4,284,9241., and the dividend ranged from 16e. to 17s. per s h are . Sufficient had been spent in the interval to ra i se t h e - capital ' to upward s of eleven millions, and their dividend had fallen as low as 75., and was now 12s. per shire. Thire never was &greater fallacy than the statement that theft' half-yearly earnings had been 4 per cent., for the account included 4,9801. re ceived from the steam-packet company up to July, 1, which was not an e arn i ng o f this company at a ll. (Re ar , rMan had hear.) The chai vent, in round nuinbers; during the nine years he had occupied the chair, about a million per annum of capital, and the professional gentlemen had had, for legal and parliamentary expenses, about 1,000 gai n eas per week. It would require at this rate about five years more to bring them to no dividend at all. (Hear.) They must keep down their kW expenses —give no presents either of money or plate— have no 7001. dinners at the Al bion—(hear)-7elect.their own directors as they had done to-Jay—and have no managing director at a salary of 2,0001. a-year. (Hear, hear.) If they wanted a manag ing director, let him be a servant of the company— let them pay their directors liberally, and, if they pleased, increase their number; but let them keep the control of their affairs in their own hands, and they would find their dividends increase, and the value of their, property improve (Hear.) He should move .that the half-yearly accounts should show under separate heads what legal expenses had been incurred ; that no 'account for law expenses of any kind should be paid until it had been taxed ; that the sum of 2,0001. a y ear , hith er t o pai d t o the chairman should cease—(hear, hear)—that the number of. directors should b e twelve—( no, no )— an d th a t , i ns t ea d of 3,2001., they should be paid 2,000/. a-year, to be divided among them in pro portion to their attendance. The CHAIRMAN said this was not the first occasion that Mr. Parker bad called attention to the solicitors' bills. (Hear.) In 1847 he had pressed upon him (the chairman) the propriety of the directors employing him as a solicitor. (Hear, hear, and great laughter.) He had reiterated that request from time to time, down to the year 1819. (Hear, hear.) tHe (the c h a i rman) had told him he h ad personally n olleao auhority. but promised to submit the matter to his and h cgues. The to board had considered his applicatio n , ad come the conclusion that it was not de sirable the legal b us i ness of the company should be divided. He must in justice say that the statements made by Mr. Parker were totally incorrect. (Hear) Of the solicitors who were in office at the time he became a director he de sired to speak with proper respect ; but it had appeared to him that the legal bills coming in amounted to something tremendous ; and without Mr. Parker's assistance, with the assistance only of his collea gues—(hear) —h e had carried a resolution at the board that those bills should be taxed, and the result was that as m uc h as 3 5,000 i. had been taxed off. (Oh, hear, and cheers). He would never give up Ms independence to solicitors or anybody else ; since the time to which he had alluded they had had auditors and a pub lic accountant, and he altogether demurred to any charge of extravagance. (Hear, and oh, oh.) Any gentleman who knew anything of Parliamentary contests must be aware that they were very expensive. (Hear.) He should suggest that, having to-day elected gentlemen in whom they placed confidence, they should wait . until these gen tlemen had had an opportunity of attending the meetings of the board and of making themselves acquainted with the positi on o f th e company before adopting such resolu tions as tho se w hi c h h ad just been proposed. He doubted whether taxing solicitors' bills while they remained on con fidential terms with the company was altogether a prudent course. ran 5- v e The • the °wit more )haw Loll: cents ndon mug, neW3 .ted ; ;atie- I had had • St. c ket lon, Iwo° wag ,use, Ling ,y Of 9j 10 231 lg * 41 &