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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1854. LIT ERA TURE. Def vtts, Civil and Military, of the Indian Govern 'ient. By Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James rapier. Edited by Lieutenant-General Sir W. P. P. Napier, K.C.B. Westerton. Al mutes on the _Resignation of the late General Sir Charles Napier of the Command of the Army in 2ndia. By F.M. the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Dalhousie, and General Sir Charles Napier, &c. Murray and Blackwood. - Wellington and Napier. Comments by Lieutenant 'General Sir W. Napier, K.C.8., and Captain Rathbarne. A Supplement to "Indian Misgo vernrnent," by Lieutenant General Sir Charles Jam es Napier, G.C.B. Westerton. A melancholy episode in the annals of our empire in Hindostan will be found recorded in these three remarkable publications. It will be perceived from them how monstrous has been the ingratitude of the Company towards one of the most illustrious of those great Captains to whose prowess, whose ge nius, and whose sagacity its councils are more pe culiarly indebtedfo;the glories of a vast territorial ag grandisement. It will be perceived from these deplor able pages—pages deplorable for their revelations of habitual mendacity and of systematic turpitude —that that most heinous ingratitude has extended beyond Vie tomb in which the heroic victim of slander plight be expected at last to repose in tran quillity. The holiest dictates of humanity have, lit this manner, been flagrantly violated. The sanctity of the grave has been either forgotten or contemned. Revilings the most unseemly have been heard in the midst of the awful stillness of the Death-place. The ordinary principles of honour, the commonest sentiments of generosity, the cus mary impulses of truth, remorse, and magnanimity have been despised and discarded. After his de rasrture from amongst us, when his brav e heart ceased to beat, when the last sigh has passed. from his lips, when his eyes are closed for ever, and his voice is silenced, and his hand nerveless and crumbling into dust—Sir Charles Napier is dragged, as it were, from his coffin, and arraigned at the bar of history—there to have his character elaborately calumniated, his acts per versely distorted, and the whole of his glorious career blurred and clouded over by the most odious and the most despicable misrepresentations. There is something in all this so peculiarly de testable, that we cannot but lift up our voice, 'without further delay, and in no measured terms, against the, accusers of the Conqueror of Scinde— eager for one, at least, among the organs of public opinion, to give utterance, wever inadequately, to the general indignation. During his life-time Sir Charles Napier needed no one to fight his battles, to confront his antago nists, to refute their slanders, to repel their accu sations. After his death those duties have devolved upon a brother eminently qualified to undertake the office of vindicating that bright and lofty, but darkly outraged reputation. Even when many years shall have elapsed—when the very names of his assailants shall have perished from the national recollection—when "The knight's bones are dust, And his good sword is rust"— these notable chapters exonerating Sir Charles Napier from the blame endeavoured to be cast upon him by the most ungenerous and implacable of his foes, will survive to attest the purity of his fame, while evidencing, at the same moment, the logic, the eloquence, and the affection of his champion after death—the historian of Scinde and of the vic tories won by British valour in the Peninsula. The vindication of Sir Charles Napier from the calumnies of his antagonists had been marvellously facilitated, it must be remembered, by the comple tion, shortly before his demise, of his posthumous work on " Indian Misgovernment." In that mas terly production the assailed ex-Commander-in- Chief of our army in Hindostan had himself consi dered the mistatements made by his enemies, and had refuted them categorically. He had therein himself analysed most minutely the whole oftheir carefully elaborated scheme of mirepresentation. The manu script pages thus completed only, so to speak, at the instant when the pen fell from the grasp of the Conqueror and Administrator, had the ad vantage, however, of being revised by the annalist of his Scindian Conquest and his Scindian Admin istration. The narrative, moreover, was rendered complete by the addition of a supplementary chap ter by its editor—the volume being introduced with this touching and effective DEDICATION. " The Author of this work is dead. The care of putting it through the press is mine. And to The People of England it is dedicated: Because it exhibits faction frustrating A great man's efforts to serve the public: And shows How furely the Directors of the E.I. Company Are proceeding in The destruction of the great Empire Unwisely committed to their Misgovernment. W. F. P. NAPIER, Lieutenant-General." Scarcely, however, had this remarkable publica tion made its appearance, when a disgraceful and ungenerous pamphlet was issued from the press by order of the Directors of the East India Company, in the name and on the authority of their collective Government. It is the second production specified at the head. of this criticism—a pamphlet entitled " Minutes on the Resignation of the late General Sir Charles Napier of Command of the Army in India" a pamphlet giving to the world after the death of both parties— a censure written upon Sir Charles Napier by the Duke of Wellington. Remember (as Sir William Napier tells us) that this doubly posthumous censure is literally nothing more nor less than " a memoran dum founded upon previous falsehood." It has already been answered by the brochure mentioned the third upon our list, crushingly and conclusively answered by that chapter, briefly, but significantly, entitled " Comments," but which its distinguished writer has subsequently and. yet more significantly designated " A Supplement" to Sir Charles Na pier's work on Indian Misgovernment. Wherefore in these three productions, in this memorable volume and in these two noteworthy pamphlets published since as additionally illustrative of its argument, the whole story is minutely given to the public in all its details—the narrative of the great wrongs perpetrated towards an illustrious man, wrongs originating in unaccountable prejudice, and in an altogether unp'aralleled ingratitude. The history of this deplorable episode in the annals of our empire in Hindostan, is thus recounted from a period long anterior to Sir Charles Napier's arri val at Calcutta to take command of the armies in India, to a time long subsequent to the date of his resignation: It shows that all the misunderstand ings which occurred between those two occur rences, the misunderstandings which immediately followed Sir Charles Napier's arrival, and which ultimately necessitated his resignation, originated, as he himself has observed (p. 10), in the " silly phantom" of his ambition, which to the last haunted the mind of the Governor-General Lord Dalhousie. That such a spectral dread really existed in Lord Dalhousie's imagination was indicated at Simla dur ing the very first interview that took place be tween the Governor-General and the new Com mander-in-Chief, in regard to which interview the latter himself has here stated (ibid) that " in ten mi nutes he (Lord Dalhousie) told me in substance, n ay the words were, that in letters from England he had been warned against my endeavouring to encroach upon his power, and had answered, he would take damned good care I should not" — language, one might venture to say, worthier of a tosspot than of a viceroy. It is scarcely necessary to remind our readers of the peculiar circumstances under which Sir Charles Napier had been nomi nated to the command-in -chief of the British forces in Hindostan. It will be remembered that he was summoned from domestic repose to that position of supreme responsibility, not by political intrigue, or by ministerial caprice, or by the aid of Court favour, but by national acclamation. The occa sion was one of great anxiety. According to the latest accounts from the seat of war there had been a series of lamentable reverses. Everybody in England looked for aid then, at that moment of extreme emergency, to the genius, and the prowess, and the sagacity, and the patriotism of one man, and that man, Sir Charles Napier — a warrior who had so recently shown his capacity in Generalship by the almost miraculous completeness and rapidity of his conquest of Scinde —a statesman who had still more recently, and if possible still more remarkably, demonstrated his skill as an administrator, through th e marvels effected by his most efficient and tranquillising Govern ment. Everybody, we say, looked, as it were, in stinctively to him under the emergency. We our selves were the first to assert, in the column of this journal, in the leading columns of The Sun, the imperative necessity of nominating Sir Charles Napier, and no other than Sir Charles Napier, to the supreme command of the British armies in Hi m i os t a n. We did this before his name had been mentioned in connection with that command by any other of the newspapers. This requisition of the conqueror of Scinde spread at once, however, with the swiftness of an electric enthusiasm through the whole of our contemporaries. It was the demand of the time--the cry of a great necessity. All were unanimous. Saith Sir Charles Napier himself (p. 7)—" When the Duke of Wellington first told me of it [meaning, of his appointment], I objected that my many enemies in India would mar its usefulness. He laughed at that, pressed the matter home, and concluded thus : yo„ don't go, I must." Nay, the Duke, already when requested to write down three names among those general oftioora he would moat room:awl as the - - new commander-in-chief in Hindostan, had—the story has long since become a popular one—simply written as those three : " Sir Charles Napier, Sir Charles Napier, Sir Charles Napier." Well—we all know the rest—Sir Charles Napier went. He went in spite of the an:mosity with which he was regarded by the Company's Government. He went not, as they had intended, with a de graded command, not shorn of his honours, but, as he would alone consent to go, namely, as one of the Supreme Council, like all his predecessors. He expected war on his ar rival. Instead of that he found peace. His energies were consequently directed, not to the conduct of a perilous campaign, but to the reorga nisation of the forces entrusted his management. In these efforts he found himself—as he had antici pated—everywhere thwarted by the petty spite and the miserable calumnies of his many antago nists—of those who were his bitter and implacable foes, because lie had never lent himself to connive at the meanness, the injustice, and the rapacity of the " Old Indian" system of misgovernment. So far the evil was, we repeat, only precisely as lie had himself expected. But it went further than lie could at one period have reasonably conjectured— it went further, inasmuch as events showed that this swarm of miserable little covert antagonists found in the weakness, or the perversity, or the ignorance of the Governor-siteueral, Lord Dalhousie, the willing agent for the grati fication of their spiteful malevolence. Lord Dalhousie, we have seen, had courteously told Sir Charles Napier, as early as the occasion of their first interview at Simla, that " lie would take damned good care" that lie (Sir Charles) should never encroach upon his power as Governor-Gene ral of Hindostan. A delicate intimation, which he adopted every means to verify. In short—we ask the reader's pardon, but the phrase is not our own, it is that of the representative of her Britannic Majesty Lord Dalhousie took such "damned good care" to prevent the possibility of this dreaded encroachment, that he insulted Sir Charles Napier so very grossly, wantonly, and unjustifiably as to necessitate the course pursued by that heroic veteran, when he tendered his resignation as Commander-in-Chief of our armies in Hindostan. How ? The tale of this great wrong is soon told. A mutinous spirit manifested itself in 1849 through out no less than thirty Sepoy battalions, battalions which were either then marchin g towards, or were actually in, the Punjaub. The Governor-General (Lord Dalhousie) was at sea in quest of health— leaving the Commander-in-Chief (Sir Charles Napier) the highest in authority and in responsi bility in Hindostan. Now everybody at all ac quainted with the growth and character of our power over our Indian possessions is familiar with the fact, that the greatest of all evils to be dreaded to that power is the spread of a feeling of insubordi nation. A mutinous spirit among our Sepoy troops, wherever manifest, must, consequently, be met with vigour and promptitude. It was so manifested in 1849 in as many as thirty battalions. The Governor-General was, as we have remarked, away—he was actually at sea—and the Comman der-in-Chief was left alone, and was responsible, consequently, by his position for the preservation of the general tranquillity. Precisely at this criti cal juncture, a Government order (an order, by the way, merely locally applicable) threatened to be brought accidentally into operation—where ? Why, at one of the very places where the mutiny had come most plainly to light—namely, at Wuzzeera bad. It was an order peculiarly distasteful to the Sepoys, inasmuch as it tended to the diminu tion of their allowances. What happens there upon ? Brigadier Hearsey, dreading lest the operation of this inopportune order might prove disastrous under the circumstances, by fomenting the ill-will rife among the discontented battalions, addresses an anxious communication to his superior officer, Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, telling him plainly of his fears as to the conse quences. Sir Walter Gilbert coincides with the views of the matter taken by Brigadier Hearsey— coinciding in those views, the former transmits the letter to Colonel Grant, ale Adjutant-General, and the latter officer, agreeing with Sir Walter Gilbert and Brigadier Hearsey, submits the whole question of the difficulty to the judgment and decision of Sir Charles Napier, as Commander-in-Chief. Re member that the peril of the time was one of great magnitude ! Remember that the Governor-Gene ral was, at the period, far away on the Indian Ocean ! Remember that the responsibility of the crisis rested wholly and exclusively upon Sir Charles Napier, in his capacity as Commander in-Chief ! Remember that the danger of allowing , the order to come into operation at that pre cise moment was recognised and asserted by three distinguished and experienced officers in the Company's service—by Brigadier Hearsay, by Sir Walter Gilbert, and by Colonel Grant, the Adjutant-General ! Remember, moreover [with this posthumous censure from the hands of his Grace, now at our elbow, as recently published by order of the Directors], especially and peculiarly remember, that Sir Charles Napier found at the time the following remarkable passage among the instructions of the Duke of Wellington :—" On a station so distant, and of such magnitude and po litical importance, you must necessarily act in a great measure from your own discretion." Sir Charles Napier did act upon his discretion. Is it asked in what manner ? By suspend ing the perilous order which must otherwise have been brought into operation at a crisis of a really extraordinary character. The Com mander-in-Chief, at the same time, forthwith, namely, on the 20th of January, 1850, the date of the order of suspension, forwarded a report of the whole proceedings to the Supreme Government. Thereupon, when the mutiny had been effectually suppressed by this wise measure of precaution, Sir Charles Napier was insultingly reprimanded by Lord Dalhousie—the insult (mark this !) of the reprimand being directed by him (p. 170) against " a man of nearly twice his age, with ten times his experience and service." It is monstrous to assert, as was asserted by the Governor-General, that the Commander-in-Chief had, in the act alluded to, " cancelled a Govern ment regulation and 'introduced another." He had done nothing of the sort—he had merely suspended an order calculated to prove most dan gerous if permitted to come at that precise period into operation—he had simply suspended that dan gerous order until such time as he could contrive to communicate with the Supreme Government. That it was calculated to be perilous, if not at least delayed, was not only the opinion of Sir C. Napier himself, but also, as before remarked, of three distinguished officers in the service of the com pany—in the opinion (p. 66) of " the Brigadier com manding the station, of the General commanding the province, and of the Adjutant-General of the Com pany's army." Let it be borne in mind, moreover, that as recently as the 18th of that same month of January, Lord Dalhousie had written these words to the Commander-in-Chief (p. 185)—" Whenever anything may occur which requires or would be benefitted by the support of Government, that support will be unreservedly given." Such a thing did occur two days later, and that support was not only unreservedly refused, but Sir Charles Napier was even insultingly reprimanded. The Governor- General forgot his fine promise at Kotree, and acted only in the spirit of his impertinent threat at Simla—his courteous threat on the occasion of their first interview, that he would take " damned good care" that his authority should not be encroached upon by the new Commander-in-Chief. The truth is, that Sir Charles Napier was repri manded, as he himself says (p. 174), " because Lord Dalhousie was personally jealous ! —ln tent to find fault, he petulantly, and with bad faith, seized what he thought a good opportunity, and made a mistake for his own character." Was there not bad faith ? Answer this—that hollow promise of the 18th of January ! To argue, as the calumniators of the dead hero have attempted, that the danger of the crisis was in any way exagge rated is simply preposterous, when we bear in mind t that s had(pl67) d l6 a 7 before e t ) na e ll o y r et e ee le o n i r re r d d r n o s u f e s c u e s s s p i e n n n s a i suspension, n it a m w u ni Pindee, at Delhi, at Wuzzeerabad, and at Govind ghur. As to th e G overnor -G enera l' s paltry attempt to depreciate Sir Charles Napier by representing his journey to Peshawur as a flight from danger—the Conqueror of Scinde has condescended to repel the insinuation thus scornfully and triumphantly (p. 168) : " Peshawur was the a nd his (Lord Dalhousiel') esreal point of danger, sneer, redolent of ignorance and bad feeling, coming from a man who had gone to sea at the moment of greatest peril, should have been suppressed." If, however, the Governor-General has failed to sup press his atrabilious sarcasm, the Commander-in- Chief did not fail to suppress promptly and effec tually that mutinous spirit which was known to have infected thirty Sepoy battalions, and which, if it had not thus been dissipated or crushed out, must have threatened (p. 165) to involve an army of 400,000 men in the most disastrous insubordination. This was effected by three ener getic acts, indicative to the whole body of actual or would-be mutineers of Vie determination of the then supreme head of the Executive, the Comman der-in-Chief. Those three acts—the suspen sion of the order consolidating the Sepoys' allowances—the disbandment of the 66th Regi ' went for their attempt to seize the fortress of Go , ) vindghur—and the filling up of their vacant place in the line by making the Nusseree Goorka batta . lion the 66th or Goorka regiment. Happily Sir L Charles was throughout impressed with the truth that " mutinies aro not to be bound with red tape" (p. 153), that wholesome truth which he has since in so many words thus axiomatically enun ciattd4 It it a melancholy sunuaary of hopes Engßah .. Irish •• •• Foreign .. awakened in England to be dissipated in Hindostan. —that acknowledgment (p.151)—" Expecting war, I felt strong enough to override opposition when danger pressed. I found peace and a mean, malig nant jealousy, against which, when backed by power, honourable service is of no avail." The veteran Captain adding briefly, but confidently, " Lo ! the proof." Yea, proof, indeed, (literally) with a vengeance. Proof damnatory of these heartless and implacable assailants of the late Commander-in- Chief of the British forces in Hindostan. Writing, as he did, the record of his wrongs, on the eve of his lamented demise, Sir Charles Napier, never theless, infused into his narrative all the energy of youth, all the fervour of truth, all the ardour of enthusiasm. His style never displayed more ad mirable or more soldierlike sententiousness than it has done, here, throughout this noble contribution to our Asiatic annals, in which the redemption of the fortress of Goviudghur is thus strikingly cele brated : " Lieutenant-Colonel Bradford, an excellent officer of the Bengal Army, returning to the old provinces with the Ist Native Cava•ry, had accidentally encamped outside, and was ou the parade of the 66th, when their shout of mutiny arose. Seeing the danger, he hasti y rejoined his men, and led them dismounted towards the gate ; whereupon the guard, hearing the tramp of his approaching troops, ran with great tumult to close the portals, saying the cavalry shorld not enter. Their European officer remonstrated, was disregarded, and im properly abandoned his post to make a report. At that mo ment Captain M'llonald, a man of a different character, arrived, and rushed, sword in hand, upon the mutineers. They shrank from the sweep of his weapon, and he, grasping the almost closed gate, drew it back just as Bradford came up with his men. Thus was the place saved." - - Or in which occurs this picturesque and startling description of the heroic death of an Aifreedee : " Some Affreedees had gathered on a sugar-loaf rock, terminating a spur from the precipitous hills on our flank. Being close to the road, it barred progress , and the colum n . halted. On the summit a warrior stood, like Fuzeli's pic ture of Satan, with legs wide apart and arms high in the , air : waving a sword and shaking a shield, he shouted and defied us ! A young artillery officer—Maister, or Delano —laid his gun with a shell, and the flying death, whizzing through th air, burst at the moment it struck the brave Affreedee ! His head, his legs, his arms, flew like radii from a centre in the air, and a shout of exultation burst from the troops. The amusements of the battle-field are grim. Condemn not that shout. Life was played for in the rough game, and they who won naturally rejoiced. It is, however, a painful remembrance." Brilliant as this work is as a chapter of military history, it is yet more brilliant as a posthumous vindication. It is a volume worthy of having been penned by the Conqueror of Scinde, and not unworthy of having been edited by the annalist of the Peninsula. It reminds one of the trophies piled up over the honoured grave of a beloved and glo rious warrior—the dinted breastplate, the un sheathed sword, the spotless but broken plume, the banner riddled with bullets and blackened with gunpowder, and, above all, the proud and un sullied escutcheon. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Fresh up to-day, the arrivals of English wheat, coast wise and by land carriage, were on a very moderate scale. The show of samples was small, and the attendance of buyers by no means numerous. On the whole, a steady business was transacted in wheat of home produce, at prices fully equal to those obtained on Monday. The imports of foreign wheat have amounted to nearly 13,000 quarters. All descriptions moved off steadily, and in some instances the quotations were the turn in favour of s ellers. Floating cargoes were quite as dear as on Monday. We were seasonably well supplied with barley, for which article the demand ruled steady, at full quotations There was rather more inquiry for malt, at the late decline. About an average business was doing in oats, at full currencies. Beans, peas, and flour realised former terms. The im ports of flour are large. Wheat. 1,860 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. Malt. 4,13 U 6,160 Oats. Flour. 650 1,870 6,670 — 6,460 4,460 sks 20,750 brl 12,7 i; 1 7,-60 SMITHFIELD. The supply of beasts here to-day being considerably on the increase compared with Friday last, the demand for that description of stock was in a sluggish state, and Mon day's prices were barely supported. Sheep, the number of which was seasonably good, moved off slowly at Monday's decline. The top figure was 5s per 8 lbs. Very few English calves were on sale ; but the supply of foreign was good. On the whole, the veal trade ruled dull ; but we have no change to notice in prices. In pigs very little was doing. 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Ld. & Miurl. all Peninsular & Oriental 30 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co 6() Royal Mail Steam a ll Scot. Austral. Inv est 25 South AustraLLand a ll Submar. Telegraph all 1)0. Registered. 28t Van Diemen's Land 41 - 42 73 . I 75 6 7 75 80 1f 11 —l ap 671 71 1 74 31 t i -=lid ... _ ... 3 2 d par — P i 1 . •• •• id PI 6 I s#i i - iP 3S - 3,1 par ip ' id — x, 13 14 The Hanoverian Minister, Count Kielmansegge, enter tained her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke of Cambridge, and a select party at dinner on Wednesday evening, in Grosvenor-square. .‘".1110.4..• IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CILINCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. COUNTY COURTS. Lord BROUGHAM brought in a bill for the purpose of extending the operation of what is called the " optional clauses" in the County Courts Act, in order to extend the jurisdiction of these courts over all actions, irrespec tive of the amount in dispute, or the nature of the question involved. The bill was read a first time. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. The Earl of DERBY desired to call the attention of their lordships and of the Government in particular to a short statement that he wished to make. He had no intention of doing this until to-day, and he did so in consequence of a conversation that had occurred last night in another place with reference to the university with which he had the honour of being connected. The question that he was about to put might influence the convocation to be held to-morrow ; he hoped, therefore, the noble lord would excuse the shortness of the notice he was obliged to give, inasmuch as, if he were not to put his question this day, it would be impossible that any effect could be produced either by his (Earl Derby's) question or his lordship's answer. He had perceived that a declaration had been made by her Majesty's Go vernment, that it was not their intention to advise her Majesty to assent to the petition that was to be sub mitted to convocation with reference to the proposed alterations in the governing body of the university. Their lordships were aware that the only mode by which the Carolian statutes could be altered was by the special license of the Crown. To effect this a petition must be presented to the Crown, and, in the first place, this petition must have received the assent of the uni versity at large ; by the university at large he meant convocation, which included all the members of the university, whether they were resident or non-resident, above the rank of a master of arts. Convocation conse quently included all ranks, classes, and denominations, and therefore an expression of opinion coming from it must be taken, if anything could be taken, as an ex pression of the voice and opinion of the university. Shortly after the report of her Majesty's Commissioners had appeared—he would not say anything on the mode in which these commissioners had been appointed, or offer any opinion as to the ex parte evidence that had been submitted to them—but, shortly after the appear ance of the commissioners' report, her Majesty's Go vernment announced that they did not intend to pro ceed immediately upon it, as they were desirous to know in the first instance, the course the university was pre pared to take, and shouldl therefore postpone any attempt at legislation until they received the opinion of the uni versity. The University of Oxford did not lose any time in taking into consideration the very important questions raised by the commissioners' report, for during the course of last year they considered the whole of these questions ser:atira, and examined upon them viva voce, but chiefly by written statements of questions and answers, some of the most distinguished members of the university. The opinion of the hebdomadal board on several points, together with the whole of the evidence, was printed on the sth of December, just at the end of term, and before the commencement of the vacation. He hoped that some of their lordships had seen this evidence, which was contained in a thick Bvo. volume, in which he thought the whole question had been entered into in a most impar tial manner. This book was printed, as he had said, on the sth December, and on the 13th or 14th he (Earl Derby) re ceived a circular from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which it was stated that her Majesty's Government were desirous of ascertaining what measure the university contemplated as necessary for its altera tion and improvement, and the particular alterations that might be desired by the several colleges in which they would require the interposition of Parliament. He immediately acknowledged the receipt of this letter from the Home Secretary, giving the noble lord his (Earl Derby's) individual opinion, and expressing the hope that the measure introduced by the Government would be of such a character as to give great latitude to the free action of the university. The letter he had referred to stated that the Government were anxious to receive the information they required at this time, and hoped to give the greatest consideration to the demands that might be made by February. He received this letter either on the 13th or 14th of December, just at the close of term, and lost no time in transmitting it for the consideration of the hebdomadal board. On the 19th December he was officially communicated with, and forwarded, without delay, a letter from the hebdomadal board to the Secre tary of State for the Home Department, in which they promised, at the earliest opportunity, to take the required subjects into consideration. In January he (Earl Derby) received, either from the Vice-Chancellor or the colleges themselves, the various plans and modifications tliey were desirous of obtaining the assistance and co-opera tion of Parliament to introduce. The whole of these communications were transmitted for the information of the Secretary for the Home Department and her Majes ty's Government.. As soon as was possible, the hebdo madal board met to consider that which was the ba sis of everything else—what alterations in the constitu tion of the university they should recommend to convo cation for the purpose of being sanctioned by her Ma jesty's advisers. Had this matter been postponed their lordships would perceive that would have come to be last considered which ought to have been first. The decision of the hebomadal board was arrived at on Sa turday, the 11th of this month, and her Majesty's Go vernment had expressed the hope that they would in February be able to take the matter into consideration. He thought that their lordships would he of opinion that the hebdomadal board could not earlier have come to a decision than they did on questions involving such important changes, without giving to it an appearance of undue precipitancy. The Government having an nounced their measure for Monday, the 20th, he (the Earl of Derby) thought it was of the greatest importance that before this measure was submitted fur considera tion the university should have an opportunity of ex pressing a free and unbiassed opinion on what altera tions they might deem advisable. Before the subject could be brought before the convocation it was neces sary that the hebdomadal board should promulge the petition they recommended, so that the members of con vocation might become acquainted with it ; and from the Friday, after the decision of the hebdomadal board had been arrived at, to the Monday, was the shortest notice that could be given. On the Monday, before he had received a copy of the petition, he (the Earl of Derby) was called upon by a most eminent professor of the uni versity with whom he had had no personal acquaintance for 40 years. He had already called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with whom he was on terms of inti macy, and he stated to him that the object of his visit was to obtain a short postponement of the Govern ment measure, until the decision of convocation on the petition that was to be submitted to it fi om the hebdo madal board could be obtained. The Chancellor of the Exchequer consented to this reasonable request, and gave an intimation that the university should not be placed in any worse position than it then stood, in con sequence of their having, in giving notice, lost time in communicating with Government. Tnis gentleman had no poser to make any stipulations with regard to pre vious communications ; and he (the Earl of Derby), being desirous that no concealment should be attributed to the university, took it upon himself to make the pro position, that, if the university petition was placed in his hands forthwith, that petition should by him, as Chancellor, be communicated to her Majesty's Govern ment, not as being the petition of the university, but as that of the hebdomadal board. He (the Earl of Derby) had asked for a week's postponement, in order that two or three days might elapse previous to giving notice to convocation, which was summoned at a week's notice, that expires toonorrow. On Monday evening, at nine o'clock, the Vice-Chancellor called on him and brought with him the petition, and he (the Earl of Derby) communicated with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on Tuesday morning. On the following Thursday, after he had retired from their lordships' house, he received a long letter from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, informing him he had taken into consideration the proposed petition, and ex pressing regret that they were compelled to dissent from the scheme set down, and that her Majesty could not be advised to assent to it. He felt compelled to notice—as he had been careful in communicating with the Secre tary for the Home Department to abstain from asking any opinion either of approval or disapproval on the petition of the hebdomadal board—that this letter con tained objections on the part of the Crown, not stated in detail, but objecting to the plan generally. Upon the following morninr , he forwarded to Oxford that commu nication from the Government, and he also wrote a short answer to the noble lord the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Last Friday that amendments e m i li i was taken into consideration, and so b m ut e a ti m m e e nd was then the form of a petition were made pressing, and it was necessary notice for that peti otice for its tion upon Friday, and to , give considera tion next Friday. Consequently, the hebdomadal board received the intimation of the dissent of her Ma jesty's Government from their proposition, with ou t any statement of their own views, upon the Friday morning on which it was necessary to promulgate their petition. It was, therefore, impossible to withd raw the notice which had been given, and the p e ti t i on h ad to be promulgated -in its then form. But the very ob ject which he had had in view in asking for delay was, that convocation might be enabled to pass their opinion upon the merits of the plan upon their own independent sense of what was best for the interests of the university, and unbiassed by the assent or dissent of the Govern ment. That object was now frustrated. At all events, if the Government thought fit, in the first instance, to intimate their dissent to what was proposed, and their intention to proceed with another measure, giving the convocation rig power to frame a scheme of its own, he did not think it was too much to expect that they should have intimated what it was which they wished the uni versity to ask, and for which, if they did ask it, they would obtain the assent of the Government. At any rate, such a course would have preserved to the univer sity, at least, the appearance of independence of ac tion. (Hear, hear.) Convocation was now to decide to-morrow upon the petition which had been agreed to unanimously by the hebdomadal board, and they were to go to the consideration of that question, to which they must say " aye" or " no," not with a know ledge of what the Government desired, but with the knowledge that, whatever they agreed to, would not re ceive the assent of the Government. He contended that that was not the fair way of putting the question before the university, or of obtaining the independent judgment of the university upon it. He did not suppose that such had been the object of the Government; but certainly no course could have been taken which would have been more effective for rendering it impossible for the uni versity to agree upon a petition for any scheme of re form, and thus for enabling the Government to say that, as the university could not agree, it had been necessary for the Government themselves to prepare a measure. Had it not been for the announcement which had been made by the Government, he should have been quite con tent to have left the question in the state in which it stood. The hebdomadal board had made known what they were about to propose ; the convocation would have been asked whether they assented to it; the petition would have been decided upon by the independent voice of convoca tion, and it then would have rested with the Crown to have decided whether it would assent to the petition or not. At all events, we should have had the independent opinion of the university, and Parliament and the Go vernment would have been free to act upon that opinion. But the course which had now been taken rendered it necessary that he should put a question to the noble earl at the bead of the GoVefnmenf. The university, he believed, had not been slow in their desire to meet the wishes of the Government, and they had afforded to the Government every information which it was possible for them to give, both with regard to the university and the colleges. That information with regard to the colleges the Government bad been in possession of for nearly a month ; and they had also been informed that the main object of the university was to obtain a permissive power to alter the three Carotian statutes. As the Government had thought tit to dissent from the pro posal which was about to be made to convocation, and by anticipation to condemn the scheme, he was entitled to ask if the Government would undertake, be fore giving publicity to their own scheme for any all era tion of the statutes of the university, to make 811 official communication to the university, so that the univer sity mi g ht, i n an o ffi c i a l a nd recognised manner, take such proposal into consideration, in order to see how far it would, in their opinion, conduce to the benefit of the university ; or would they leave it to the university to learn, for the first time, from the reports of what took place in Parliament, what the scheme of the Govern ment was for the reguLtion of the future government of the unive rs ity, an d f or e ff ect i ng a c h ange i n a ll thein stitutions, habits, and mode of government of that body ? Was the noble earl pi epared to state that, having disap proved of the measure which had been submitted to them in the first instance, the Government would communi cate to the university, p: . eviously to bringing it before Parliament, the measure which, in their opinion, should be introduced to effect these great changes ? The Earl of ABERDEEN was understood to reply that the Government would not pledge themselves offi cially to submit to the hebdom a d a l b oar d t h e p l an w hi c h they might think it desirable to propose for effecting an alteration in the constitution of the university, before submitting it to Parliament : At all events, he believed that it was not the present intention of the Government to do so. THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. • The Earl of CARDIGAN was anxious to put a ques tion to her Majesty's Government on a subject of great importance, at least to the profession to which he be longed. He could assure the Government that he did not put it with any hostile feeling towards them with regard to the present posture of affairs in relation to peace or war • for he thought they had acted with the greatest prudence and wisdom in carrying on negotia tions till they came to the inevitable decision of pro ceeding with the greatest energy. (Hear, hear.) He had, however, seen with great surprise and regret a statement that her Majesty's Government did not intend to take advantage of the inventions and discoveries which art and science had lately brought to bear in this country, and were not going to send out every branch of the expedition to the seat of war by the aid of steam navigation. He had been informed that the horses were to be sent out in sailing vessels. Their lordships were aware that during the Peninsular war it was often a month before horses reached their destination ; and as the seat of the war, which was apparently about to take place, was about three times the distance of Spain, there was reason to fear that the voyage would, under unfavourable circumstances, occupy three months. He knew it was said that it was impossible to find a sufficient number of steam-vessels to convey so many horses, but he thought this objection was not well founded. He had not the slightest doubt that a sufficient number of steam-vessels could be found ; and he was confident that neither the House of Commons nor the country would grudge the expense. He wished to ask the Government whether they did not intend to take advantage of the steam navigation of this country to send every branch of the proposed expedition to the seat of war in steam-vessels, instead of incurring the risk of danger and delay, which was incidental to sailing ships. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said the question which the noble earl had put was a vary important one, and he could assure him that the subject to which it had reference was one which had occupied the attention of the Government. He quite agreed with the noble earl that the country would not grudge any additional ex pense which might he involved iu the transport of horses in steam-vessels. It was not from the expense, but from the flourishing condition of the steam navigation of the country, that the difficulty arose ; and though he could not assert that it was absolutely imposible to obtain the requisite number of steam-vessels, yet he believed it would bo impracticable without entirely deranging the postal arrangements of the country, which her Majesty's Government desired not to interfere with, unless a great emergency should arise. (Hear, hear.) When it was first determined to send an expedition to the Mediter ranean, among those with whoir. lie put himself in con tact there were persons who assured bins that he would find it absolutely impossible to transport so large a force as 12,000 men in steam-vessels, unless the ar rangements of the different companies were entirely deranged. That representation had not proved cor rect. It was due to the companies that he should state that the difficulty, such as it was, had been overcome by the patriotic readiness which they had all manifested to assist the Government. (Cheers.) He knew that by the arrangements which had been made they had already been put to serious inconvenience, and he be lieved the payment which they were to receive would by no means indemnify them. Inquiries had been made as to the practicability of obtaining a sufficient number of transports for the horses already ordered, namely, 1,500, without taking into account the additional num ber which in all probability would have to go out before long ; and he was assured that it was totally imprac ticable. When the noble earl recollected that, besides the immense amount of space that was required by horses, a large proportion of the vessel was taken up by steam machinery, and that, besides the horses, it was necessary to carry a large amount of provender, and a large quantity of water, which was very bulky, he must see that the number of steam-vessels required would be very large indeed. He was afraid, therefore, that the suggestions of the noble earl could not be carried out ; but he thought the difficulty would be ob viated to a considerable extent if a certain number of of steam-vessels were provided to take sailing vessels in tow in the event of the winds being adverse. (Hear, hear.) The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said the difficulty of sending horses in steam-vessels was very great. He be lieved every horse would require ten tons, and if that were the fact 1,500 horses would of course require 15,000 tons. As regarded postal arrangements, he must say that however important they might be, the efficiency of the army was still more so. If there was not a suffi cient number of cavalry, the expeditionary force must be chained to the shore—it would bs quite incapable of actin g in the interior. In considering this question, it must he recollected that steam vessels could make two or three trips while sailing vessels made one, and that a steam tonnage of 5,000 would serve the purpose, as well as 15,000 tons in sailing vessels. He feared it was not sufficiently considered that the task undertaken by her Majesty's Government and the government of France was one of enormous and unparalleled magnitude, and one which it was scarcely possible for any exertions on the part of the Government to effect. It was quite im possible that the French Government should design to send less than 6,000 cavalry, besides which there must be 3,000 artillerymen and 1,000 officers of the staff. There would be required 100,000 tons to send to Constanti nople the horses necessary for these forces ; and they were to go to a country where it would be impossible to obtain means of transport or to replace the horses when they should be worn out or die. For his own part, he should not rest satisfied with having been told that he could not get the requisite steam tonnage ; he should himself try to get it, because he believed the efficiency of the force in a great degree depended upon it. Lord DE ROS believed that, if sailing vessels were properly ventilated, horses might be con ve y e d i n t h em w ith ou t sustaining any injury. THE TENANT-RIGHT BILLS. Lord BROUGHAM would suggest to the noble duke opposite that it was impossible to proceed with the im portant bills respecting the law of landlord and tenant, which were on the paper that evening, as they had not yet been even delivered. He would recommend their postponement for the present. The Earl of WICKLOW said the bills were before Parliament ten months during the last session, and the reason why they did not pass was, that they came up from the other house at so late a period. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE deprecated haste in the progress of such measures, and joined in the re commendation of postponement. The Duke of NEWCASTLE was ready to accede to any demand for reasonable delay, but as they were now approaching the end of the first month of the session, it was desirable that, if the bills were to be referred to a committee up stairs, the second reading should not be delayed unnecessarily. It was the almost unanimous desire of their lordships in August last that the bills should be re-introduced as early as possible in the present session, and they now came before the house ipsiaimis verbis. Perhaps the best course would be to postpone them till next week. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE and the Earl of MALUES BURY concurred in this arrangement. Lord CAMPBELL thought it most desirable that these bills should be carefully considered. He would intreat their lordships on both sides of the house most deliberately to consider where the line was to be draw& between legislation and contract. Let all be done that was practicable to improve the law of landlord and ten ant, and there were no doubt several particulars in which it might be greatly improved, but when they went beyond that., and tried legislation upon that which ought to be governed entirely by agreement between landlord and tenant, he believed they would do mischief, and instead of benefiting tenants, very much deteriorate their condition. WEST INDIA ISLANDS. The Earl of DESART wished to put a question to the noble duke (the Duke of Newcastle) of which he had given him notice. Their lordships were probably aware a iatar b b a a i do i e t s a , to that rc ap that the smaller W est India Islands had b een garrisoned p by detachments from Jam the witharmal vi thane dawa t c pech ndTuen TOTAL SUPPLY. Beast.; .. • • • ..... 1,170 Sheep 3,200 Calves ••.. • • •• •• .. 230 Pigs •• •• •••••• •• •• •• 300 NE NVGATE AND Each kind of meat was in quotations : Per Sibs by _ _ _ s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Beef, inferior 3 0 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 8 Do., middling :3 6 3 8 Do., middling 310 4 2 Do., prime large .3 10 4 0 ; Do., prime 4 4 4 S Do., do. small ....4 2 4 4 1 Veal 310 5 0 Pork, large 3 4 4 2; Pork, small 4 4 5 0 the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in our market is very limited. The large supplies of foreign hops pressing for sale operate against the value of home-grown qualities. This week's imports are 104 bales from Antwerp, and 403 from Ostand. Mid and East Kent pockets, 9/. Os to 141. Os ; Weald of Kent ditto, 6/. Os to 8/. 8s ; Sussex ditto, 6/. Os to 71. 15s ; and foreign, 5/. Os to 71. Os per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. 24.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and cloudy weather.—The Cleopatra has ar rived at Liverpool, from Australia, with 20,0000 z. of gold. SHEERNESS, Feb. 23.—The Hendrika Jantina, London to Amsterdam, has been towed in here, waterlogged and abandoned. DOVER, Feb. 23.—Wind, N. Arrived—Bertha, from Licata, for Aberdeen, with damage to bulwarks, and leaky. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 23.—Wind, N.N.W. to N. Sailed— H.M.S. Juno, for Australia ; H.M.S. Medusa, Cowes. FALMOUTH, Feb. 23.—Wind, N., strong. Arrived— Hortensia, from Pernambuco; Due de Brabant, Havannah; Triton, Galatz ; Blyth, do. ; Arrow (of Lynn), Bahia. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 23.-Wind, N. Arrived—Undaunted, from Smyrna. OFF THE LIZARD, Feb. 22.—Virginia, from Manzanilla. BRISTOL, Feb. 23.—Wind, NW. Arrived—African, from Africa ; Alchymist, Quebec ; Maxwell, Kertch. LOWESTOFT, Feb. 23.—Arrived—Brothers, from Whit stable, for northward, with loss of jibboom ; Teazer, Lon don, for Newcastle, with loss of canvas ; Jean Baptiste, Caen, for Hartlepool, with loss of two anchors and part of chain ; Eagle (of Sunderland), with loss of anchor and chain. MUMBLES, Feb. 23.—Arrived—Esther Francis, Caldera. HULL, Feb. 23.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Alarm, Ter ceira ; Bonita, do. ; Palmyra, Patras ; Concordia, Rukio bing. Sailed—Aurora, Fredericia ; St. George, Green land. DARTMOUTH, Feb. 23 --Wind, N.N.W. Sailed—Laura, Geneva. Off Port—Emil, Rio Janeiro. Conic, Feb. 22.—Wind, N. W. Arrived—Minerva, Mazagan ; Voader do Mendego, St. Michael's ; Mary Young, Taganrog. SHIELDS, Feb. 23.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Catha rine Owen, from Valparaiso; Renovation, St. Johns. Sailed—Choice, for Havannah. BRIDGEWATER, Feb. 23.—The Trotter, of Gloucester, drove ashore at the mouth of the river, and is covered each tide. Part of her cargo (coals) is washed out of her. GRIMSBY, Feb. 23.—The Defiance, of Sunderland, from Folkestone to Seaham, and the Lewiston (brig), of Hartle pool, were in collision this morning about 8 miles N. E. of Hamburg Head, when the Defiance sunk ; her crew landed here to-clay by the Lewiston. The Jupiter (s.), which arrived in the Roads last night, drove from her an chors during a hurricane on Clee Ness, but came off on the next flood without apparent damage. ANTWERP, Feb. 23.—The Leon, from St. Übes, was stranded inside the West Pier 11th Feb., and was got off about the 13th ; has been condemned, and will be sold. HAMBURG, Feb. 21.—The Clio, arrived here from Mes sina, has landed the crew of the Emilie (Norwegian schr.), Martens, from Grangemouth to Antwerp, whom she saved near Flemish Bank. AALESUND, Feb. 3.—Among the vessels which went ashore in the night of the 31st Jan., was the Aurora, of and for Frederickshald, from London, in ballast ; she has ost her rudder and received other damage, and will have to be run aground to prevent her sinking. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—J. L. Bogart, from Bombay ; S. Jago, Val paraiso ; Spartan, Africa ; Sarah, Bonny ; Liffey, Deme rara ; Manilla, Matanzas ' • Finland, Virginia ; Consul, New Orleans; and Cleopatra (s.s.), from Australia. The Cleopatra sailed from Melbourne on the 14th of October. She has brought 20,000 ounces of gold. The Lady Franklin, for New York, has put back, with loss of bowsprit, cutwater, &c. Off Point Lynas—Lancashire, from Calcutta. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND,. Friday, 10.10 a.m. Wind, W.S.W. ; tide, last hour's flood • fine. Arrived, 23d.—Cable from Antwerp. 24th.—Industry, from Antwerp ; Hope, Antwerp ; La Ponl, Cherbourg ; York Town, New York ; Irlam, Havannah ; Martha, Antwerp ; West, Batavia ; Zephyr, Jersey. Sailed— Iron Gem, for Malta ' • Premier, Demerara ; Admiral d e R uy t er, P or t Philip ; Forster, renada ; Ann Jane, Barbadoes. DEAL, Friday, 9 a.m. Wind, W. ; very fine. Passed—Bride, from Madras. for London; Maria and Garcia, Spanish brig, wostward, for London ; Norma, New York, for London ; Eleanor, Nassau, for London; Irlarn, Havannah, for Lodon ; Jupiter Gunill, Cherbourg, for London ; Torrent, Shanghai, for London ; Claro, Cal lao, for Aberdeen. 5 10 St. 5 Sailed—Glenbervie, James Turcan, Harriet, Erving, Barbara, Cashmere, and Cherokee, with the whole of the homeward bound. Anchored—Marquis of Chandos, from London, for Pen. Zadico. 16 St. 20 12, FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .• ....... •• 440 Sheeo ..•• • • ...... •....... 703 193 Pigs •• ...• •• • • LEADENHALL. :air request, at the following 94 3i 4i 83 16 4 2 _ 5 1301 30 2O 99 100 20 83 n 3k 67j i i 96 7- 64 1041 5 41 2k 81i 2k 61 31 i 4i 3461 5 I 16 20 . 20 20 20 20 25 100 100 20 20; FOREIGN. 7 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastu . June. 8 Beziers to Graissessae 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central In dia,Serip ... Central of Italy all Charleroi & Erqueliu all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Gd. Junct. of France 7} Grd. Trunk of Canada 30 Do. Debentures all Do. do 8 I Gt. Central of France all Gt. Western of Canada Shares ... Do. Bands (Ist is.)'s7 15! Elamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 1 5 Lake Const. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. Pref 3 Do. (Canal) 5 Do. 6p. et. pref 8 Lyons and Geneva .., 12 Lyons & Mediterran 10 Iladras 33 Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 :Vielbourne Dk. &Ry all liamur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds• all (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) all No rwegianTrunkPref 10 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg 10i Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre 9 Royal Danish 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse 6 Do. 5A p. cent. Pref 6 Southern of Fiance ', 6 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do. per c. Pref 10 Western of France 5 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand a __ ~ -d~ w.i _ yi ~_' t^ _ l RAILWAYS. Aberdeen XR - lbg Nottng. Bost andlastn. ;fund Belfast & Ballymena. Birmiug. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Laucsh. Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20. .... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJune Dundee Perth&Aber deen Jumtiou Do. New ..... . East Aligl ian IDo., (Xl - 8 E d: II). lEasiern Counties.. Eastern Union, A Stock . Do., B. iiock ' Do., New A. East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. & Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New , Thirds Laleash.andYorksh Do., Fifths D a., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. &Sthend. Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Loud, and N. Westn, Do. Fifths Do.lo/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lnndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Linclu Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. &Derby Midld. G. West.(lrs.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newmarket Do., Bury Extension Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk . Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North. London Do. New £lO N. &S.Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westin. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bi i mg Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed Stook Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; Do. Halves,l s Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do • • Staines, Wok &Wok Stockton & Darling. Stockton & Hartlopl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn & Croydon York Newetl. & Dem. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland PREFEREN , .therdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO .00 5 .00 all all all 1.00 all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Banclons4p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAngliaa (X3los) 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. a 7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension,s p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent .:. DO:S/. , io per cent. Do. 10(. Debentr.Sh- East Lancash. 6 p. cts. East and West York shire June. Pref... Ediub Prth. &Dundee 5., per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c I Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4..; p. c. Scrip Gt.N.of Scot. Ist Pref Gt, Southu.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. Gt. Westn. (Borks Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. cov. red. 4 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 p. C. Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No.l Do. Quarters, 1848... London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. I Do. Convertible, 5 p. -.2 all all 106 1.00 c., 1852 ........... Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton ......... Loudon & S. Western Con. Third 5.......... Londonderry& Coler. Lour .............. y. & Ennis. Sh • Wan., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. ... Do. New, £lO ....... Do. £6 ................. Warypt .8; Carl. 4 p.c.' Do. 4A per cent....... 1001 100 100 100 100 D 0... ................. Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debenture .. Do. Prof. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Eat....... Do. N per ct.pref.... Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c. North British ......... North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.£ls, 6 p.c. Do.. .................... Scot. Cent. , Nevr Pref Shrews. &Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent........ South Dev0n.......... Do. fixed, 43 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Aun.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4Aper cent....... S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent. Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 P. C. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Newoastle,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref. Do York&N. Midland and S. Fuel. A•lr viT 4 82 70 I 31 ~. 1 la by lle ich I ms of pon with ssian olden From Rust. 6eked :cess, .oyed ire in 3nge. en at e on o to there chyl, we a from they Is on fen. 0,000 3,000 5,000 1,000 have were :ause Bey, itate, f my meg. their call ts of L de eave Em tiler St. ,nna, uice him and 00111 ung the the Dmo 1 in rted 3ply e of aup the the