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with which the crime was co mmitted, is a triangular Ale, sharpened at the e.nd mill along the edges. On the other Land, the man's eing a turner might ac count for the iron-filings. This Bocchi, though a bad character, and not unknown_ to the police, does not, however, it is believed, belong to any political sect. The common opinion at Parma is that the crime is qttributable to private rancour. The last finan bial measures adopted by the Duke may also account for it. _ The satisfaction at Baron Ward's dismissal 4 1 3€1 exile from Parma is universal. A letter from Milan, sayfs—" Field-Marshal Ra detzki, on hearing of the sail event at Parma, pro posed to the Duchess Regent to place a battalion or even a regiment at her disposal, if she feared that the murder of her husband was the effect of a Mazzinian conspiracy. The Regent thanked the illustrious Marshal, but refused his offer, saying that ht the present time There was no reason to at tribute to a revolutionary cause the melancholy event which had placed her family in mourning." The Court of Tuscany has gone into mourning fur 24 days, in consequence of the 'death of the Duke of Parma. SPAIN. • Our accounts from Madrid are of'the I.st inst. The Infantas, sisters of the King, had arrived at Seville. • M. Morier, lately appointed Commissioner for the settlement of the boundary question between France and Spain, in the room of the late M. Lop ez d e C or dove, had left Madrid for Bayonne. The Spanish Government was anxious that the question should he speedily solved. The Government had given orders that the elec tric telegraph between Madrid and Irun should be open e d with the least possible delay. r The island of Cuba was perfectly tranquil on the Bth ult. The Clamor Public() was seized on the Ist. The Three per Cents. were done at 30 25 ; the New Three per Ceuta. at 16 15 ; the Debt of the First Class at 7 50 ; and that of the Second at 4. AMERICA. (PT MAGNETIC TELEGRA P 17.) ARRIVAL OF THE OTTAWA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The Ottawa steam-ship from Portland, arrived in the Mersey this afternoon, with New York dates to the 24th ult. The United States mail steam-s4hip Pacific, from Bence on Bth ult. arrived at New York on the 23d. The United States steamer had arrived at New Orleans from California, with advices up to the Ist karcb, and bringing to the amount of one million dolla rs in gold dust. The money-market favour -413.1e, but general news quite unimportant. New York Money market was easy. Cotton rather lower. The flour market firmer, with good supply. Exchange on London, 108 to 108 k. THE MEDITERRANEAN. ••• (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday morn ing.—The Peninsular and, Oriental Company's steam-ship Engine has Just arrived here with dates from Alexandria of 3 iarch 22, Malta► 26, Gibraltar April 1. She brings no news of importance. The British transport ships, Her Majesty, No. 3, and City of Carlisle, .No. 4, arrived at Gibraltar ' °ll the 29th'ult., in ten days from Woolwich, bound to Malta. EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ILF.CrhIC TELEGRAPH.) FLAT RACE. Lioness Three ran. LITERATURE. 'The Domestic Library. By Aird and Hutton. It is gratifying to observe in The Domestic -E4Jrary another addition to the list of cheap and ht valuable serial publications. An iLstalmer.t 8 bef ore us a t thi s moment, promising well for Te success of the enterprise upon which Messrs. 'l'd and Hutton have adventured. A better lecimen of this enterprise, both as regards its "aloe and its cheapnesS, could not have been desired by its well-wishers—meaning by its well *lshers the reading public in general—than the little volume of nearly 200 pages, entitled, " Th? M odern Housewife's Receipt Book : a Guide to all matters connected with Household Economy." Mrs. Pullan is the authoress, or rather, as we hould call her, the compiler. Her different receipts, under their respective heads, to Fish, A 6 read, Cheese, Vegetables, Sauces, Made Dishes, ; 11 Ps; Biscuits, Cakes, Puddings, Confectionery, rrerves, and all sorts of receipts for the House f„(l7---have h a d th e - a d van t age o f being care- M 1 11 ,"3 7 tested by J o h n S o y er , p ro f e ssed cook, of anchest er . B es i des wh i ch, we are i n f orme d upon o‘ni, title-page that the medical and other portions the work have been scrupulously revised by J. abl azter Langley, Surgeon. Altogether the book is I„3 l flarly usefu4 and, by suggestion, also singu 'llY aPPetising. 'ambert's Map of Europe. Dobbs, Kidd, and CO. London ; M. an d M. W. L a mb e rt, New ,st'le-on-Tvne ; and all booksellers. 1854. 1 , 1 4 - 3 of the ph an t om ki ngs i n t h e w it c h- m i rror , it 0f 4 , 37 new be said of the maps relating to the seat 118 hope, for the sake of the publishers, S et h a double m•o Another, and another succeeds !" Their name is almost Legion. p er e i °lle before us , a ft er a ll, i s one o f th e best— lkatlaPe for the very reason that it is one of the th e Published. It com pri se s o n its ample surface th . n wilole o f t h ose port i ons o f E urope b or d er i ng on the eft and the Euxine, embracing, of course, he ai ' e ,'lt of European war on the Danube, and the as ded A-‘4atie war on the Caucasus. It may be that Lambert's Map of Europe is issued at lueil "41,."gt nominal price, considering the value and tY of its information. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT, (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) 4 "l l3 h us THE BELGIAN GIRL'S CASE. a s Harrison, aged 30, described in the calendar d oc i c b agent, and Alex ceder Desaux, were placed in the de"le charg e d w i th having conspired to procure the me at of Ali ce L eroy. ao A d i l . „. l)4r rY was fur the prosecution, and Mr. Metcalfe Ballantine were fcr the defendants. be " LI % ATetealf, for Desaux, demanded his' client should tried b y so h , a * mixed jury of half foreigners, and after —e slight +liscussion it was allowed, and he was ordered "_e atand down, and the case of Harrison, alias Fiestel, waa P neeeded with. qTlic prisoner is a dull-looking, sallow complexioned d t , e Zan, about 5 feet 7 inches, and was respectably ed in a brown paletot. Court was not particularly crowded. it not being 44;13' generally known when the trial would come.cni, elieriff °ne b eing admitted without an order from the 1 , 1 , 11 '. Parry stated the - case for the jury. The ttldscner stood indicted 'for a misdemeanour, in femmeeuring to procure the prostitution of a young of rN , and the indictinent , was framed under the Bishop as Oxford's Act. There was a second charge for an v'ault, and false imprisonment. The first indictment to n : 4 , under the 12th and 13th of Vic., cap. 76, which ro; f e it a misdemeanour to conspire to obtain the defile sei its " 411 a girl under 21 years of age. The learned coun- A Ten went through the evidence detailing the charge. coi'"ce..Lerny was then called, and entered into arti )..);4+n as to her arrival In London, and her treatment at arbcih.terrace, Vauxhall-bridge-road, all of which are ready familiar to the public. znerit!other witness was . then examined who p rove d that to m th nre 4nd w omen were continually in the habit of c oin i ng c hoe for i mmor al purposes . it u Martin interfered, and said that it appeared to t hat the prisoner must be liable to conviction for dr, "l3ln g disorderly house, and as there !night be s ome doubt whether any of the other counts equhl be supported tiZ thought it would be better at once to put an end to the f i lß tinn• inqui ry. eicounsel concurring, fo r The earned judge sentenced Harrison to be imprisoned sa, ,,!wn Years, and Deaux having pleaded guilty to the ost ;.:!! couat, Was ordered to enter into recogn isances to j o r "P for j u d gment when called for. The learned _gse r emarked •it would be as well if he left England. au said such was his intention. „, \-iittAT NORTHERN” RAMP /Al.—Notwithstanding the ti?'l.siderable increase of traffic on this line, it is said the „?Iclend for the ensuing half year , owing to the renewal '''' debentures at much higher rates ' of interest, will not red.zeeecl the rate of 34 per cent. per annum. OTTINGHAM TRADE. —We have little alteration to 1.,"t under existing circumstances either in lace or .0,4 . i„, crY husiness-; although in the former more buoyancy. rAmyceainly experienced, chiefly from the fact of the tirieans purchasing— hut without any speculative wenh,tiiiitBiiecit ev(lielPcy, awl exclusively and cautiously for the sup zlae wants. The beet news we have are the fav,:mralle reports from Australia, t o 41/ ccinpletely exempt hosiery from the glut supposed a are::ltt,a colonial market. This cannot bnt impart ii it i . " wqlxitllus to cur tr3..le...riVottingetartaltir (kw. THE TREATY IVITII TURKBY. SHARE MARKETS. --- The following is in substance the treaty just concluded between the Sovereigns of England, France, and Turkey : Whereas her Majesty the Queen of the United King. dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the Emperor of the French, have been invited by his Highness the Sultan to assist in repelling the attack which has been made by his M,jesty the Emperor of all the Hussies upon the territory of the Sublime Ottoman Porte—an attack, where by the integrity of the Otto man Empire and the independence of the throne lef the Sultan are menaced, and whereas their Majestes are per fectly convinced that the existence of the Ottoman Em pire in its present territorial circumscription is essential r the balance of power between the states of Europe, and whereas they have accordingly agreed to grant to the Sul tan the assistance he has required to this end ; it has seemed fitting to their Royal and Imperial Majesties afore said, as likewise to his Highness the Sultan, to conclude a treaty, in order to certify their views in accordance with the foregoing, and to define the way and manner in which their Royal and Imperial Majesties aforesaid will afford a sistance to his Highness. For this purpose their Royal and Imperial Majesties aforesaid, and his Highness the Sultan, have name i as their plenipotentinries (here follow the names of the English and French ambassadors and that of the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs), who, having mutually exchaoged their credentials that were found to be in due form, have agreed to the following articles : Art.. 1. Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain anti Ireland, and his Majesty the Emperor of the French. having already at the request of his High ness the Sultan, given orders t• , Wrong divisions of their naval forces to repair to Constantinople to protect the terri tory and the flag of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, as circum stances should require, their said Majesties engage, by this present treaty, to co-operate to a still wider extent with his Highness the Sultan the defence of the Ottoman territory in Europe and Asia against the Russian attack, by supply ing such a number of their land forces as may seem neces sary for attain ng this object. Their Royal and Imperial Majesties will despatch forthwith these land troops to such point or points of the Ottoman territory that shall appear eligible, and his Highness the Sultan engages that the British and French land troops which shall be sent in suehwise for the defence of the Ottoman territory shall meet with the same friendly reception, and be treated with the same consideration, as the British and French naval forces that have been sojourning for some time past in the Turkish waters. IPsld.!, (THIS D'AY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. - Bnaineis dons this day. 100 21 - 23 - 7i 14 —l2 dis 15 17 8— 7 d 87 - 89 52 - 13 - 15 8 • 10 52 i} i xd il - 43 7 - 8 - 15i 16 11i iii IT li 59 - 61 54 - 56 20 - 22 21 2 62 8 874 7i 78 .20 - 122 - 92 r 2 7341 87 6 76 7 6i 120 92 1 72 3 21 Art. 2. The high contracting parties collectively engage to communicate mutually to each other, without loss of time, every and any proposition that may be received by them, directly or indirectly, on the part of the Emperor of Russia, respecting the cessation of hostilities, whether a truce or peace, and his Highness the Sultan engages moreover to conclude no armistice, and to enter into no negotiations for peace, as ikewise to entertain no prelimi naries of peace with the Emperor of Russia, without the knowledge and consent of the remaining high contracting parties. Art. 3. So soon as the object of the present treaty shall have been attained by the conclusion of a treaty of peace, her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the Emperor of the French, shall forthwith adopt measures for the prompt withdrawal of their forces by land and sea, ouch as shall have been employed for attaining the object of the present treaty, and all the fortresses or positions on the Ottoman territory that shall have been provisionally occupied by the tore , s of England and France shall be restored to the au thorities of the Sublime Octom•in Porte within * * * days, to be reckoned from the exchanges of the ratifications of the treaty by which the present war shall hate been ended. 5 - 90 10 - 12 t 10 - 12 p 6) - 604 81 -- 60 59i 60k 10i 111 12i 8 n 96i 955 1.14 761 --- 7i - 8 9.54 - 96, 954 • 954 11(1- 1U d - 4 (1 11 - ;.5 - 77 131 - 121. 12 - 11.‘ i; 20 191 8 100 100 4'4 174 Art. 4. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the rati fi,ntions shall be exchanged, as soon as this can be effected, within the spice of * * * weeks, reckoned from the (lay of signing. In virtue whereof, &o. MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) 100 34 103 54 - 58 32 - 34 7 d 5 6 - 8 43 - 46 3$ 34 30 ... 31 45i 31. 30; CORN EXCHANGE. Notwithstanding that our market to-day was very moderately supplied with all kinds of English wheat, the demand for that grain, owing to the comparatively thin attendance of 'buyers, and the large quantity of foreign wheat on offer, was in a very inactive state, and to have effected large sales, luwer rates must have been sub mitted to. 50 - 54 par Ap Li 18 Foreign wheat, the imports of which have exceeded 20,000 quarters, sold slowly, at barely Monday's currency. There was very little inquiry for floating cargoes, the value of which was barely supp rted. The show of English barley was good— of foreign limited. Sales progressed slowly, at Monday's prices. There Was a moderate sale for Malt: on former terms. 17t all 10 1 The oat trade was less active, but we have no change to notice iu prices. Beans, peas, and flour sold slowly, at Monday's currency. E Wish .. fr .... Foreign .. Wheat. 9SO 7 - 6i(11 - 7.4 27 - 29 21 2t. 100 100 100 80 82 50 -- 52 48 - 52 20,7 1 0 ♦RRIVAL9 TlllB WM.. Barley. ii alt. 4,120 5,7'0 Oath L i 0 8,510 3,590 Flour. 1,360 160 sk 15,300 br 48 - 52 sj - 22 QE.NERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN F.,r the week ended April 7, 18 , 4 male up from the Returns of ti'e Inipeafirs in the different Cities and Towus in Ingiand and W Der imperial Quarter. WHEAT. B4SI.EY . OATS. I EYE. BEANS. PEAS. 75, 0.1 37e ti 2134 01 534 Id I 44i 3l 45s 7d 13 15 61 74 10 —; 1, 4 3ild 13 15 574 584 32 33 4 2d 4 5 52 1 5t 2sl 16 100 8 100 27 - 30 17 all all 14 .. - ... 2i - 31 18 19 4 - 5 21 23 4h - •• - ... 6 -- 7 C 44 65. 9 8.,d 44.1 45A -46 i :E SHARES. = .96 381 per cent. 58 4 i i :: 65 4i 5 95 a d 6 - 3 - 4 - 44 P - 12 - Pm pm 121 23 - 21 3 —3l xd .3(l tOB -110 103 - 105 9! - 9i 74 8 xd s 4— 93' 95 87 89 88 90 Id par 125 130 ••• ...... IN •• • - ... xil - 24 /H si-- 6i s 4— 9 iit par ••. 125 120 ••• xtl ••• xcl ••• s(li ••• x(11 ••• 93 -- 95 . ]j - yi 8i i 9i -- 10 11 --13 id --# PI 22 -- 23 984 a d plzt a a THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 7, 1854. 9 3 8 28. ikutwerp&Rotterdani Eastn. June Beziers to Graissossac Bombay, Baroda, and Central I n dia,Serip central of Italy & Erquelin • Demerara )ijou and Besancon ►utch Rlieuisli ;last ludiau Do, Extension Indian Peuinsul, ht. Junet. of Franc, 3rd. Trunk of Canada, Do. Debentures Do. do Gt. Central of Frane‘ - lt.WesternofCanath, Shares 100 100 20 204 sir all 10 all 15. al 1 5 all Do. Bands (Ist is.)'s7 Hamilton & Toronto 00. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Bask Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c pref - 34-v Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. P ref. Do. (Canal) 20 20 20 33A 10 Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons dr Mediterran Aadra.s Aalia Antonia Do. do. New . Aelbourno Dk. & Ry. NTamur &Liege (witl interest) Do. (ea interest) Northern of France Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bds (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ..... 20 10 20 40 Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... 20 20 20 104 Paris and Strasbourp ParisCaen & Cherbrg. .I.lebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre__ Royal Danish Swedish Sambre and Meuse... Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Souther] , of France.. it. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West I,lmuders —44 d Ad Ai) 20 10 20 20 - P 44 - - 1 1 . - - •. - ••• 10 5 d 4 d 21 a 22?, - 1 - 6 - ••• dig 44 2t) 3A 14 3 1 4 1 - 4_— 3d 1k id - 281 - 29 - 8i - 41 -43 31 - 33 271 • 274 Pul Id par , d - 7 7A 1 •• • - p 3 - Do 5A per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand - 2.} p' - ... .- ... Zi - 40 21i 2a 16i 5 34- 3 4 i 24 29 8i 9 8k 21,i i 271 8 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all \ ustralasia 40 all i3ritish Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. A uierical 25 5 Jhartd. Bank of Asia d 20 •,.! !hrtd. Buk. of 'mint, Australia, & Chin,. 1. ld 100 25 :oloiiial 100 20 oininercial of Loud 20 12 Scottish an - Australian 5 4 d 20 15 mud. Chart. Bk. o Australia 3 2d 15 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 & Westminster 100 35 National Provincia] of England • • 20 10 Do. New 50 i 2 , latioital of Ireland. 20 all Sew South Wales — 25 all niental Bank 01 Corporation 45 47 46 25 5 , )o. Now •• • 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 loyal Australn. Bkg & Gold Imp Co 25 all louth Australia 36 38 25 all Jnion of Australia.. 62 64 2 00. New 6 7 50 10 Union of London • MISCELLANEOUS • 5 all , Lubin Coal and 25 17. tustralian Agricult. 37) 38 3 71 20 14 kustralsn.Pcilic.Ma.i. 144 14 15 10 8 .ustrain. Royal Mai • ... 2 10 4 Berlin Water Works 50 40 kit. American Land 5 1 kit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co :.. 100 32i ,Janada 75 80 5 5 - :rystal Palace • 611 61 5 4 Do. New......... ..... . ••• 4 2 •:•rystal Pal. of France ... 20 3 eastern Steam •• ••• 25 20 ElectritTelegraph(A) 16 18 25 all Do. (B) 1 1 &lectrie Teleg. of Ir 15 14 len. Steam Navigat — 20 18 ;eneral Screw Steam 20 7. Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 . Nlagdalena 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. Australasihn — 1 1 Do. New — 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Miurl. 1 d4l 50 all Peninsular & Orieutal 534] 50 35 Do. Do. 35 2 all Portland Iron Co ip 100 60 loyal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest 1/ 2i 25 25 South Austral.Lanu 34 1 all lobular. Telegraph _ 1. 1 all Do. Registered — 1 100 28_, Van Diemen's Laud '.l —ll.xiL 10 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, April 7.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W. ; light breeze, and hazy. PORTSMOUTH, April 6.—Wind, W. Arrived—Selfs taendigheden, Pernambuco; Medway (s), Southampton, and sailed with troops. POOLE, April 6.—Wind, W. Sailed—Delia, Quebec ; Corregio. do. FALMOUTH, April 6.—Wind variable. Arrived—lduna, Afalta ; Rapid, do., for Dunkirk. Sailed—Feronia, Quebec. KINGSTOWN, April 6.—Arrived—Princess, St. John, N. B. CORK, April s.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Mensageiro, Vianna. Sailed—Santa. Maria, Vienna. SHIELDS, April 6.—Wind, W. Arrived—Victoria, Terranova; Wilberforce, Carthagena. PLYMOUTH, April 6.—Wind, N. Arrifed—Despatch, Figueira. WEXFORD, April s. —Wind, W. Quebec ; Joven Clandio, Cadiz. QUEENSTOWN, April s. —Wind, S. by W. Arrived— Scott, Mauritius; Hannah Thornton, Baltimore; Ludwig and Elise, Odessa. Sailed—Arethnea, En) Janeiro. Off Port—Arrived—Earl of Harewood, Callao, and proceeded for Inverness ; Helen Lindsay, Callao, and proceeded for Antwerp. STROMNESS, April 3.—Wind, W. Arrived—Auckland, Sunderland, for Quebec; Freeland, Newcastle, for Cuba, with loss of boats, stauncheons, sails, arc. HULL, April 6.—Wind, W. Arrived—Minister Thor becke (s), Zenolle ; Swanland (s), Rotterdam ; Norfolk (s), do. Sailed—Thomas, Montreal ; Fergus, Quebec ; Queen Victoria, do. ; Josephine, Gothenburg. HARWIciI, April 6.—Wind, W.S. W. Sailed --Vesta, Hamburg ; Hebe, Altona ; Liebe, do. ; Genius, Buxte hude ; Gloria Deo, do. PORTHCAWL, April s.—The Thabella, of Alnwick, from Cardiff to Liverpool, went on- shore on the Skirwether sands this morning, but ame off on the flood and went down in deep water ; crew saved. ABERDEEN, April s.—The Margaret and Jane, off and from Peterhead, which went ashore on the rocks, March 30, has been got off and put in here. ELSINORF, April 3.-11.M.5. Conflict arrived here in the morning of lst April, and proceeded. The windbound ships from the Baltic sailed in the morning of Ist April. The arrivals from the North Sea have gone on: Wind, •W.S.W., moderate. STETTIN, April 3.—The English Fleet was fallen in with near Rugen Island, by the Geiser (s), and here yesterday from Copenhagen. STRALSUND, April I.—The guns of the English Fleet were heard yesterday at the Pilot Station, Barhceft. CROOKHAVEN, April 4.—A long-boat 17 feet in length, and 66 feet beam, painted black, with a white streak out side, and black bottom, and lead-colour on top inside, marked inside of stern, " John Rodgers," " Fidd" or " Todd," has been picked up, off Mizenhead, by the Kate Dawson pilot boat. AMSTERDAM, April 5. —A . name-board, with Emma painted in large white letters upon' t, has been fou n d in the North Sea. STOCKHOLM, March 4.—The navigation is now open. CHERBOURG, April 4.—The French ships Mazeppa a n d Mercure, both from Honduras to London, arrived in this roadstead Ist April, and came into harbour yesterday to repair damages. It will perhaps be necessary to discharge their cargoes. ROTTERDAM, April s.—The Ivanhoe (s. a.), from Leith, which was ashore near Game yesterday, but was subse quently got off and into port, and discharged her cargo with but trifling damage. A barque, apparently British, and of about 600 tons, with painted ports, waterlogged and abandoned, with two houses with conical roofs, one fore the other aft, bulwarks carried away and boats gone, was passed 20th March, in lat. 50 N., long. 57 W., by the Woodcock, arrived in the river. The American Lass sailed from St. John's, Newfound land, for Oporto, Jan. 19, and has not since been heard of. Sailed—Brothers, (By ELSCTRIC TELEGRAM.) LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10.30'a.ra. Wind, ; fresh breeze, and fine. Arrived—Ottawa (s), Portland; Norval, Paraiba. THE DISTURBANCE'S ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP CUMBERLAND. From our accurate acquaintance with the circum stances connected with the disturbances on board the Cumberland, 70, Captain Seymour, it would be pro productive of the greatest possible mischief to the best interests of the naval service of this great country, if the extraordinary and incorrect account that appeared yes terday morning in the columns of a contemporary were allowed to pass uncontradicted. We, therefore, append the following statement from our Portsmouth corres pondent : PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. —The ‘Tinies, under the heading of their naval news, states that Sir Thomas John Cochrane endeavoured to address the crew, &c., but was met with murmurs of "Leave, leave, leave," & c., and could not continue his address. We beg to give this state ment a flat contradiction. We were on board before the ship let go her anchor, and did not leave her until the pro ceedings had concluded and the above officer had departed. Sir Thomas Cochrane did not address, nor did he attempt to address, the ship's company at any time. One of the Lords of the Admiralty, Rear-Admiral Berkeley, did ad dress the crew , every word of which address appeared in this day's Herald,i and we repeat that that address was re• ceived with the utmost respect and attention. What fol lowed we will give with the same accuracy as we did the address of the gallant admiral. Everything went right until the crew were piped to dinner, but during this period the villauous crimps obtained admission into the ship through the lower deck ports, and by their agency deleterious liquors and poison were a d m i n i s t ere d to the men in copious draughts and doses, the effects of which were such that when at one they were piped to their duty a spirit of insubordination manifested itself in a most un mistakeable manner. Shots were rolled abbut the deck, the mess things broken, and the crew refused todo their duty. The Marines were got instantly under arms, and prompt and successful measures were resorted to to quell the muti nous conduct of the drunken and misguided crew. Three of the ringleaders were brought from the Cumberland and placed on board the Victory. Nothing of this sort would have occurred but for the introduction of the land sharks —crimps and bumboat people. They, to suit their own designs of plundering poor Jack, instilled the poison into his mind that it had been ordered that the crew were to have a fortnight's leave. They told them that they were no men if they did not insist upon their " rights," quot• ing Penelope, Desperate, &c. Of course those wretches would have had every farthing out of the poor fellows' pay during the fortnight; but when they found them selves balked of their prey, after Admiral Berkeley's address, they set to work and created that evil which was likely to cause most serious mischief. We are pleased to state, however, that the men have come to their senses and are heartily ashamed of their disgrace ful conduct. They have - returned to their duty, and the ringleaders have been sent to their own ship this morning to be dealt with according to their deserts. The ship will be paid advance on Friday morning, and sail on Saturday for the Baltic. She has taken on board a twelve irionth's stores. We only trust that an order will be issued never more to permit the crimps to go alongside, and that whatever is sent on board shall pass through the hands of the officer in command. The Cumberlands are a good and well-disciplined crew ; they love and respect their officers, and but for the designing and disappointed vagabonds that tempted the men to forget for the moment their discipline and their duty, this unfortunate and totally unexpected occurrence never would have happened, nor will such ever happen again; if the sailors' pest' is kept out of the ship." We niay remark that, we believe, we have the credit of being the friend of the seamen. We have advocated their just claims to good treatment, fair consideration, and adequate pay. We believe that there is no class of men in the world who make greater sacrifices for their .rountry, and who are more willing and anxious to keep faith with the Crown -•. but we must warn them against evil counsels and influences that have led to such outrages of discipline as have occurred on board the Cumberland. A bargain is a bargain all the world over. Seamen well know what is expected of them when they enter the Royal navy ; they are not trapped or kidnapped into the service, they take their ratings with their eyes open to the duties required of them, and they are aware that on an emergency they are bound to sacrifice every other consideration in the world to their duty to the country. They understand this arrangement, and if they are disappointed in their natural expectations of leave or discharge, why they must take it out of the Russians who have caused their detention. Their officers are in the same boat with them, endure the same privations, the same detention, the same absence from their friends and connections ; and the seamen know well what is their duty on such occasions. Such outrages, therefore, are a disgrace 'to their intelligence, and tend to alienate from them those friends to their class who have been working hard for their advancement and improvement in every station and in every position which a man-of-war's man occupies. We trust that we shall not have to reproach the seamen of the fleet with any more unseemly outbreaks that re flect anything but credit on the class. We are quite sure that it is only for the moment that they are led away by false representations, and become the tools of designing, scoundrels, and that they will return to their duty as they return to their senses ; but when they consider that this temporary disruption of discipline produces more disastrous consequences than the fire of an enemy, we trust that the steady men of the ships' companies will carefully watch any growing disposition to be led into mischief by evil promptings, or by the maddening influence of intoxicating draughts of Portsmouth " blue ruin," and will take prompt mea. • sures to prevent their shipmates from falling into griev ous error. In the case of the Cumberland, cause and effect are clearly traceable. There was no time for concert, pre paration, or co-operation. It was a stupid, senseless, outbreak—a drunken effervescence, the consequences of which we know are as astounding to the men them selves as to their officers and the public. The men of the Cumberland knew that they could not, like the men of the Thetis, Penelope, and other ships that were not ready for active service, be allowed a fortnight's leave ; and we will stake our reputation, knowing the esprit of this fine ship's company,' that i lit had so hap pened that the Cumberland was not in a fit condition to proceed to sea, there is not a man Jack of the lot who would not have voluuteered for any ship that was ready, arid only wanted a crew to start for the Baltic within 24 hours. We are satisfied that they are not a.whit behind the Neptune's crew in ardsur and devotion to the ser vice on which they are proceeding ; and the country may depend upon it that if they get an opportunity, the fire of the Cumberland, or the dai•h of her boarding par ties, will deservedly obliterate all recollection of this "silly rumpus" at Spithead.—Morning Herald. TUREISH REFORM.-RELIGIOUS RAPACITY. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9 a.m. Wind, W., tide two hours ebb, light, and fine. Arrived—Venice, Charente ; Margaret, Dunkirk ; John George, Bombay ; Paquita, Bivdesella; Balbina, Porto Rico ; Prosperitas, Drobak; John Ball (s), Hamburg. Saile—Maria Hay, Geelong. DEAL, Friday, 9.14 a.m. Wind, N.N.W., very light. _ Passed—Charles Ferdinand, from Callao for London ; Lord Stanley, from Shields for Garrucha ; Triton, from Loudon, for Oporto; Herder, from London for- Sydney; Hendrik Margaretta Kort, from London for St. Croix ; Dionysia, from London for Swansea; Prince Edwarti, from London for Cuba. Anchored—Morayshire, from London for Malta. Sailed—,:\Tew Express, Cambola, Briton's Pride, CaZa. OtieDs .u. 5 l'ziacro plegt, thefoi 044ti0. - When we stated yesterday that the changes now in troduced in the Ottoman empire by the influence of the Powers witich have allied themselves for its defence amount to a revolution in its social condition, we did not foresee the very striking confirmation of this re mark which reached us a few hours later by the tele graph. We are informed by a communication from Constantinople, dated the 27th of March, that the pos sessions of the mosques are to be declared the pro perty of the State, and that the refusal of the Sheik ul-Islam to consent to this measure was the cause of his deposition. If this statement be correct, it is beyond all comparison the most important re solution taken by the Turkish Government since the destruction of the Janissaries, for it is a measure from which Sultan Mahtnoud himself recoiled, though he had often contemplated it as one of the most essential conditions of the regeneration of the empire. In fact, a measure so contrary to the prejudices of the - Mussul mans and the interests of the Ulemas could hardly have been attempted with any chance of safety to the Sultan or his Ministers unless he had the support of a consi derable force in the immediate neighbourhood of the capital ; and even now we shall not be surprised to learn that a coup d'etat of this description has been fol lowed by agitation and excitement among the Mussul man population. The mosques and religious foundations of the Ottoman empire form important spiritual corporations, exercising an independent, legal, and theocratical power in the State. The Ulemas, or masters of the law and the Koran, are the sole possessors of the vast wealth be longing to these foundations, and at the same time, as the expounders of the faith and fundamental laws of Islam, they enjoy an authority to which the highest powers in the State have been compelled to bow. The insecurity of property under an arbitrary Government and many other causes have induced Turkish land owners from generation to generation to assign over the fee simple of their estates to the mosques, reserving oniy the usufruct to themselves and their direct male descendants. Land thus held by the mosques or religions corporations became vacoof, or, as it is termed in India, wukf,' and is held for ever in inortmain. Such lands have hitherto been exempt from taxation and personal con fiscation, and this tenure has so increased and extended by the mere influence of duration and security in an empire where all other property is fluctuating and insecure, that fully three-quarters of the soil of the Turkish dominions are said to be held in this manner. To dispossess these powerful corporations of landed property which they have held for centuries by the two fold bond of legal usage and religious veneration—to resume the direct authority of the Sultan over so large a portion of the lands of the empire, one-third of which was allotted to the mosques by Mahomet the Conqueror— and to defy the whole power which the Ulemas and re ligious orders may be able to put fdrth in defence of their vested rights, is certainly one of the boldest mea sures ever taken in a great emergency. _ _ But we entertain no doubt that this resumption of lands is an indispensable preliminary to the real reform and progress of the country. Sooner or later in its history, every Christian State haq undergone it, and the vast possessions which the superstition or the rapa city of former ages placed in the hands of the church have been restored to the common uses of society. The social revolution which is being effected in Tur key by the emancipation of the Christians, and the establishment of a principle of equality between all races and religions of the empire, led by an ine vitable consequence to the abolition of the exclusive supremacy which the Mussulmans have hitherto exercised over the largest portion of the soil, except in the Archipelago and in the provinces from which they are excluded by treaty. And, although changes of this !law° are never accomplished without the dangers and sufferings inse parable from revolutions, the future strength and inde pendence of Turkey depend On the introduction of a system totally distinct from that which has reduced so magnificent an empire to the verge of dissolution,....., Times. FLINTSRIRE. —We have to record the demise of Edward Lloyd, first Baron Mostyn, who expi re d on Monday last, at Pengwern, county of Flint, a g ed 85. He is succeeded by his son, Edward Mostyn Lloyd ' Mostyn, M.P. for Flint. This g e ntleman may be re membered as having been the purchaser of the stud belonging to Lord George Bentincic, upon that noble man retiring from the turf in 1847. A vacancy is created in the representation of Flint by Mr. Mortyn'3 -els fatioh to the pzet4e. •• • llRlrk_ql PROVIDENT LIFE AND FIRE .L.S.SURANCE COMPANY. Yesterday the annual general meeting of the directors and policy holders in this society was held at the com pany's offices, 4, Chatham-place, Blackfriars. Among the gentlemen present we observed E. Ward Jackson, Esq., the Rev. John Wood, John Britten, Esq., James C. Brown, Esq., William Burchett, Esq., Richard Field, Esq., W. Fitch, Esq., Joseph Gimson, Esq., Capt. Thomas Malkin, Edward Martin, Esq., John B. Muscharnp, Esq., Capt. W. Robertson, Josiah Stokes, Esq., H. Brinsley Sheridan, Esq., A. Webber, Esq., Thomas Wilson, Esq., W. G. Grady, Esq., M.D., W. Harding, Esq., Henry Empson, Esq., and a great many other highly influential gentlemen. The chair was filled' by Capt. Thomas Malkin. The advertisement announcing the meeting having been read, Mr. Sheridan, the manager of the society, then read the following report : " The directors have great pleasure in meeting the shareholders and policy-holders of the company at the close of a year resulting in so much pros - Perity, and in being en abled to lay before them a balance sheet so favourable to their interests. The directors feel that they need hardly remind the shareholders of their last meeting, or the many difficulties which surrounded and beset the company at that time, and which have subsequently serionslyretarded their progress —they are gratified . at being now in a posi tion to state, that by continued and unceasing exertion, extreme caution, and care, and the very efficient assistance rendered by the newly elected directors and officers, they have succeeded in placin g the British Provident upon the list of first-class stable offices of the day. In the Life De partment, during the past year, 643 proposals have been made to the company, covering risks to the extent of 147,1351. Os. 93. ; of these 438 have been accepted, and the company's policies issued for them effecting assurances m. for 79,0681. Bs. 10d, up - which the yearly ° income is 2,7481. 94. ld. ; la the directors deemed it advisable to decline, and 98 are now under consideration. The compa rison with the company's last report, therefore stands thus :—Last meeting of the shareholders —Proposals com pleted, 37 • amount, 11,1601 6s. 103. ; p o li c i es issued, 27 ; amount, 7:536/. 12s. 10d. ; premiums received, 15 8/. Os. r t e . . income, 2511. 14s. sd. Present meeting of the share holders—Proposals completed, 643; amount, 14 7,8351. O s . 93. ; policies issued, 438 ; amount, 79,0681. Bs. 103. ; premiums received, 1,748/, 125.103. ; income, 2,7481.9 x, i d.; being an increase of 411 in the number of policies issued, 71,531/. 16s, in the sum assured, 1,5901. 12s. ss. in the premium received, and 2,496/. 14s. Bd. in the incom e . With reference to the Fire Department, the directors have to report, that considering it was not prudent for a young office to entail noon itself the heavy responsibility attend ing fire risks, they have made arrangements with a safe and highly respectable office for the re-insurance of that portion of their business, and that, therefore, the company stands under no liability in this branch, whilst, on the contrary, the profit derivable therefrom, is 51. per cent. upon the premiums, and 2 per cent, upon the duty. The directors have also to congratulate the shareholders and themselves upon their not having sustained a single loss in the life department, and only two small ones in the fire, amounting to the sum of 641. ss. 4.1., which were, however, reinsured, and, consequentiy, no charge upon the f un d s o f the company. It will b e seen , b y the bal inca sheet, that the directors have made great efforts, since the last meet ing, to diminish the risk which is attendant upon each in dividual shareholder in young companie4, by increasing the propri• - •tary body—the large sum of 47,2701. of the capital of the company, after reacting cancelled and for feited s.lares, now being subscribed for, and by gentlemen of known position and wealth, which they look upon with much gratification, inasmuch as it is a means of giving confidence to the country in the safety and stability of the institution. The directors have to report that, within. the past year, they have succeeded in appointing nearly 300 active and influential agents in the principal towns and cities of the United Kingdom; and, as they consider this the principal source of the company's business, they would urge upon the shareholders the exercise of their influence, on this behalf, with their provincial relatives and friends. Pursuant to the terms of the deed of settlement, the three fol lowing directors retire this year ; but, being eligible, present themselves for re-election, viz., William Fitch, Esq., Josiah Stokes, Esq., and dwar Martin, Esq. And, in reporting this, the directors feel that they have only to draw the attention of the shareholders to the book of direc tors' attendance now before them to ensure their re-elec tion, as it is the best proof that can be afforded of the un remitting zeal of those gentlemen in their behalf ; but, at the same time, it is the directors duty to report that, under the provisions of, the deed, it is competent for the share holders to elect, in lieu of any one or snore retiring directors or auditors, any gentleman duly qualified, and who has given due notice in accordance with the provisions of such deed. The retiring auditors who present themselves for re-election are Alex. Webber, and Thos.Wilson, Esqs.. The directors feel that they cannot close their report in a more satisfac tory manner than by advising the shareholders they are in a position to give notice that dividend warrants upon the paid-up capital, after the rate of Si. per cent. per annum, will be issued for the past year on and after the Ist of May ensuing. The CHAIRMAN, on rising, said that in the month of May, 1852, they held their first meeting. They were then in a state of great anxiety and doubt. They were among the shoals and shallows, but they bad heard the report, and that in itself was the best proof of the success and position attained by the society. The direc tors owed much to the gentlemen that had been added to the direction. They were all men of wealth, and it would be a source of confidence to the smaller share holders, because it would be self-evident to them that the affairs of the society would be well looked after, espe cially as the great shareholders would look after their own. To Mr. John Sheridan, their talented manager, they owed a deep debt, and he felt assured the longer he was with them the more would they appreciate his great abilities. He would not trespass further on the time of the meeting, but move that the report and balance sheet be received and adopted. (Cheers.) • - • Mr. WEBBEti had very great pleasure in seconding the proposition of their worthy chairman. It would be useless to detain them with any lengthened remarks on life assurance, yet he would remark, ea passant, that their scope was illimitable. It was a source of great gratification to him to perceive by the report that not one life policy had fallen in, as also the statement of figures contained in the balance sheet. To show the necessity of a proper extension of life assurance, he would mention that toe late Justice Talfourd had effected a policy or assurance on his life only within the last year for 5,0001. He need not adduce another fact to make the people generally estimate properly its value. Very few new offices, and rarely any of the old ones, could present such a report as that they had had the pleasure of hearing read that day by their manager—it augured greatly for their future success. With such a manager and such a direction as they possessed, they were sure to prosper. Of this he' was sure that no money could be better laid out than that to effect an assurance, and sure he also was that such an outlay would never bring repentance. (Loud cheers.) He had very great pleasure in seconding the motion of the chairman. The CHATRBIAN then put the resolution, that the re port and balance sheet be received and adopted, and de clared the motion carried unanimously. Mr. OBRE said it had fallen to him to move the re election of the retiring directors. He performed his duty with great satisfaction, and as ground for that satisfaction he need only refer to the report just read. Mr. EursoN begged leave to second to motion of Mr. Obre. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution to the meet ing,and declared it carried nem, dis. — Mr. JACKSON then rose to move the re-election of the auditors and in doing so, entered at length into the benefits of life assurance, the success,that had attended the transactions of the society, compared to ~thers, and also to the gratifying fact, that they had not had a single elairn for the past year. He thought the auditors were deserving of their highest thanks, for the manner in .which they had gone over the multifarious accounts of the society. (Loud cheers ) Mr. BARNETT said it was a source of pleasure to him to second the resolution that had been moved by the previous speaker. He thought they were exceedingly fortunate to possess so talented a manager as Mr. Sheridan. He as young, but he was sound-headed and stout-hearted. (Loud cheers.) The speaker then made a very pleasing allusion to the name of the society, and resumed his seat. The CHAIRMAN having put the motion from the chair, declare it carried, as in the preceding case, unanimously. Mr. WILSON, on behalf of his brother auditors, re turned thanks. He had intended that one of his col leagues should have spoken to the resolution, but so great was the pleasure he felt that he could not resist rising to return them thanks for the honour conferred. Mr. J. GIMSON then moved that Mr. J. Britten, jun., be added to the list of auditors. (Cheers.) Mr. MuscaAmP begged leave to second the nomination. The CHAIRMAN put the resolution to the meeting, and declared it carried. Mr. J. BRITTEN briefly returned thanks. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN said- he had very greatld move gratifi cation in complying with the request that be would compli ment a vote of thanks to the directors. The highest t . deserved. ph ment he could pay them he was sur e richly Mr. T. WILSON seconded the proposition. The resolution was then put by the CHAIRMAN, an d having been carried amidAstnlotubde partcheerso, Mr. BRITTEN rose, amsf his honourable colleagues, begged sincerely o c r. e to thank the assembly for the honour they. had r l o on h e directors: It was their constant andanon cn fed rry greatest endeavour, at all times, , to further the interests of their flourishing and prosper ous society._ (Cheers.) Mr. FITCH said the motion he had to submit to the meeting, wa s one he was sure wou ld b e cordially received, it was that the best thanks of this meeting be given to John Sheridan, Esq., their manager, and the other offi cers. (Cheers.) Their funds were in the highest state o f prosperity, and everything was highly satisfactory. The resolution was seconded by Mr. STOKES, and on being put to the meeting, it was passed amidst the loudest applause. Mr. SHERIDAN said he felt deeply the honour that had been conferred on himself and his colleagues. It was their highest ambition that their society should stand forth among the most successful and flourishing life as surance offices. (Cheers.) He could assure them that no exertion on his part should be wanting to attain that result. He begged once more to thank them for the honour they had conferred. (cheers.) Mr. STOKES moved a vote of thanks to the medical officers, Messrs. Grady and Harding, for the care taken by them in the selection of lives for their policies. The gratifying fact, that no claim had arisen during the past year fully proved that they exercised the greatest care in the selection of parties to effect assurances. _ _ Mr. MARTIN seconded the vote of thanks to the medi cal officers. thanks of the meeting to the auditors, and also that 1 0 guineas be presented to each of them. (Cheers.) Mr. BURCHETT had much pleasure in seconding the proposition of Mr. Brown. The resolution was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. The CIIAIRMAIT, having put it to the meeting, declared it carried. Mr. GRADT returned thanks for the honour done to the medical officers. 31 - r. H. B. SHERIDAN said he bad a resolution to pro pose, and a 3 it had rather a novel addition he would read it ; it was " That the best thanks of this meeting be given to the chairman, and that he be chairman for the year ensuing."• Mr. ROB - ERTS said they must not forget their agents, he therefore begged a vote of thanks to them. The t49tion haviog been seconded by Mr. SE - Iv , was put fropi, the, and carded unanimocely. 114 _pm. Q. - allowed a molutios coiaroxig t'ao The motiiin having been seconded, Mr. SHERIDAN put it to the meeting, and declared it carried enthusiastically. The CHAIRMAN then briefly, but effectively, returned thanks, and the proceedings terminated. • TEE EARL 01 7 ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, K.T., GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA. Few families - in tlislpeera.ge of this country can claim a more illustrious descent than *that of the name which immediately recalls all the historical associations con nected with Bannockburn and brave Douglas, " Wallace wight and Bruce the bold." The distinguished nobleman who has governed Canada with such ability and success for the last seven or eight years, is lineally descended from the Royal Bruces who confer such lustre on the chivalric era of Scottish history ; nor is his family with out honourable mention in a later period of his country's annals. We find that Edward Bruce, of Blairhall, was one of the commissioners appointed to witness the nup tials of the unfortunate Mary Stuart with the Dauphin of France, afterwards Francis 1., in 1558 ; and that his second son, Edward, of Kinloss, was accredited by James VI. to the court of Queen Elizabeth, to congra tulate her Majesty upon the timely frustration of the designs of the rash and misguided Earl of Essex against' her royal person and authority. On his return from this mission, he was created Baron Bruce, of Kinloss, in the county of Elgin, as the reward of his services in further ing the views of JaMes upon the English crown ; and. when those. services brought forth their fruit, he was nominated of the Privy Council, and appointed Master of the Rolls for life. Thomas, the third baron, was created Earl of Elgin in 1683 ; and in 1747 the earldom devolved to the Earl of Kincardine, descended from the third son of the • above-mentioned Edward Bruce, of Blairhall. The two titles, thus united, descended to his second son, who was the fathe r o f th e p resen t ear l , an d the nobleman so' well known by his connection with the Elgin marbles. This a ccomp li s h e d no bl eman filled several important extra ordinary in diplomatic appoint men t s , an d, w hil e am b assador extra- Turkey, formed the design of collecting and transporting to England the invaluable remains of Gre cian art (chiefly consisting of decorations from the Par thenon) now in the British Musem, and known as the Elgin marblee._ It was his original intention to have merely taken casts of these ; but, observing how rapid was their demolition by the Mussulman soldiery, who repaired their rude-built houses and fortresses with frag ments' beyond all price as beyond all praise, while the English travelling spoliators brought home fingers and toes as relics of their acquisitive barbarism, miscalled taste, his lordship applied to the Porte for permission to possess them, This was with considerab'e difficulty ob tained ; for though the Ottoman Government disdained the sculptured treasures themselves, they had all the oriental's suspicion of the motives of strangers who wished to transport them to such a distance as England, and at an expense necessarily so immense. At last about 80 cases were removed, and arrived in this coun try in 1812, where they met with a reception contrasting most strangely with the regard they have since attained in the estimation of every one. A prodigious outcry was raised about the imputed profanity and Vandalism of their removal by those who did not reflect that it was the oniy means of preserving them. Byron, then in the noon of his popularity, lent the support of his satiric genius to those who regarded Lord Elgin as a modern Alaric ; and in the " English Bards," the second Canto of " Childe Harold," and more especially in " The Curse of Minerva," lavished every epithet of vituperation on the despoiler of the monuments of Greek genius, the present premier, the Earl of Aberdeen, coming in for a large share of. the noble bard's censoriousness, which, of course, was echoed and exaggerated by hundreds who had not a particle of the poet's philo-Attic indignation to justify the clamour, and still less of his ability to render its manifestation en durable to gods, men, or the columns of a newspaper. From this, and other causes of a like kind, and .. at tempts, somewhat too successful, ma d e t o un d er - ra t e them by certain pseudo-savans who laid down the law on such matters at the time, the Elgin marbles were comparatively neglected by all but a discerning few, who, from the first moment, appreciated what must be their ultimate influence on the taste of a nation fortu nate enough to possess them. It was not until 1816, t se' s a committee having been appointed to consider their merits, and pronouncing favou ea bly, P ar li amen t voted 35,000/. for their plirchase, which large sum, neverthe less, left Lord Elgin a loser to a considerable amount, after all the mortification their neglect had caused him. He lived long enough, however (1841), to witness the full and enthusiastic recognition of the value of the boon he had conferred upon his country and upon civilisation in general ; for it is impossible to exaggerate the effect the immortal acquisitions that bear his name have had. upon the intellect of the age. The memory of the con tentions connected with the marbles has been lately re called by the appearance of the " Autobiography of Hayden, whose highest boast to his last hour, was that he was' among the first, as he ever continued among the most zealous, panegyrists of those unparalleled produc tions, maintaining that the noble lord who brought them here was infinitely the greatest benefactor that art had ever known in England since the Restoration. The present earl was born in Park-lane in 1811, and educated at Christchurch College, Oxford, where he at tained the first class in classics in 1832, and subsequently became a fellow of Merton College. In 1841 he mar ried Elizabeth Mary. only child of L. C. Bruce, Esq., of Roseisle, Stirlingshire ; and in the course of the same year was elected to represent Southampton in Parlia ment.- He very soon gave evidence of a degree of ability which won for him the confidence of the then existing cabinet. In November of the same year his father died, upon which he succeeded to the family honours ; and in March, 1842, he was appointed to the governorship of Jamaica, which he held for four years, conducting the affairs of the island during a period of unusual difficulty with equal satisfaction to the planters and to the Go vernment at home. In August, 1846, he resigned the government of Jamaica, and in the following month was appointed Governor-General of Canada, with a salary of 7,0001. per annum. The manner iu which he set himself to administer the affairs of the colony speedily acquired for him the esteem and confidence of all classes of Canadians. Since then Canada has rapidly recovered from the effects of party antagonism, and steadily progressed towards the high degree of pros perity which she at present enjoys. The zeal and ability which Lord Eilgin .has displayed in promoting every measure calculated to benefit the people cannot be too highly commended, while his moderation and impar tiality have won for him the respect and admiration of all parties, whether in the colony, the mother country, or the neighbouring republic of the United States. In the company assembled on Thursday night, an un- _ precedented aggregate of diverse colonial opinion, or at least what once was such, found in Lord Elgin a com mon focus of unison. Every gradation of sentiment on such subjects was fully represented, f rom the practice of high-handed executive, symbolised in Sir F. B. Head, to the theory of responsibility to the commonalty, em bodied in the patriarchal father of the House of Com mons; the member for Montrose. Probably in this juste ezi/ice principle ne ver blending of extremes the received so remarkable a tribute, and, it is needless to add, that it has seldom been so deserved. The two parties into which: the colony, like the mother country at the same period, was divided, rendered Lord Elgin's commencement Canada a positio n o f muc h d i ff i culty ; but heacld in addressed himself with so much firmness, pru dence, and consistency to the redress of real grievances and the resolute discountenance of unreal ones, that confidence Superv ene d upon mutual d i strust and provocation. The coloni s t s o f a ll c l asses , lik e th e asembia speedily at Thursdays ed Tlursday's dinner, recognising in the man a k no wledge of what was right and a determination to parsec it, invested him with a moral support which en abled him to effect a large amount of good considering the condition of the province preceding, and for some while after his accession to office. Not that his rule was unaccompanied by any disturbing, or even alarming incidents. On the contrary, there were many such, calculated in the highest degree to test the promptitude and sagacity of a statesman ; and Lord Elgin's fertility of resource was found equal to every emergency. For instance, it has occurred to few viceroys to be publicly assaulted in their capital by' the party expressing extreme loyalty,. their Parliament expelled by a mob, and the Senate House set on fire. Such, however it will be recollected, was the case at Montreal about this time ,five years. Happily, not only is the recurrence of such scenes an impossibility at the present day ' - but the feelings in which the s e excesses arose, and which were resented with corresponding acrimony on the other side, have passed away ; and making moderate allowance for the diversity of opinion that must always exist where there is freedonl of discussion and a free press to give it unrestricted publicity, there cannot be. a more united, as there is certainly not a more loyal, community than that which owns allegiance to Queen Victoria in her provinces of Canada, and of North. America generally. The degree in which this result ig attributable to the Earl of Elgin it would not be eag b t: exaggerate ; but significant proof of its extent will found in the circumstance,' that though the noble lord had already been governor-general longer than any la one te of his predecessors, with a single exception ( Lord Dalhousie, father of the Governor-General of India), the Canadians srejeice in his return far more than in be nomi the appointment of any individual whocould in a colony ; and in a peculiar degree as affecting the_ rsted. Novelty, charming everywhere, is especially so perconnel- of the administrative machine ; for it implies, if not exactly variety of system, at least change of face, and fer ia:al t t i h e e s c h s iecquu suche n t p c ie n a g n e t ° c u e r a e s T o o n is s i . a 1 , T f e h s ee a, Canadians are r a l ds ;pabruttiatlhteoy'tlaierse q uite willing to f orego such e stimulants as any pe o pl e i n th e plea sure for the sake of retaining their present governor as long as he can make it agreeable to remain amongst them, which, for their sake at least, it is to be hoped, he will long continue to do, though doubtless he is destined, in the course of events, for still higher duties. The General Commanding-in• Chief, Visnonnt Har dingo, gave a sumptuous banquet last evening, in Great Stanhope-street, to General Lord Raglan, Commander. in-Chief of the expeditionary army to the East. The Idarquia and Marchioness of Londonderry, who have arrived in town from Irel.ltd, and have been stay. ing Geor , e'o 77 0te1, take t:, , E6e,5213n cf their az4;1;) 0 4ethcapiazo, geOr maata ~~ --~m...~ THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE, ----- 1 • BARIA T. I 1 OATS RYE BEANS. I PEAS. 73s Id ass 3d 278 2d sqa 6,1 453 4d 47s 7d DUTIES oN FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I I BARLEY. OATS. RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. lls Od Is Od Is Od Is Od is Od lls Od QUAVTITIES oF (IItaIN SOLI) LAST WE'e K Wheat, 36,11►; Rar ey, 39,891; mats, 16 225; liye, 36 ; Beans, 4,41; Peas. 715 quarters. SMITHFIELD. Although the supply of beasts in to-day's market was very moderate, the demand for all breeds ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in the quotations. We were fairly sup plied with sheep, which moved off steadily, at full prices. There wag an improved inquiry for lambs, at an advance iu the currencies of 2d per Sibs. Calves were in short supply, and fair request, at extreme rates. In pigs very little was doing. Milch cows were dull, at from 14/. to 101. each, in cluding their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.l s. d. s. d. Interior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2iPrimeSoutlidown 410 5 0 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6 Large crse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime large oxen 3 8 31U Prime small d 0... 5 2 5 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 0 4 2 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 iuiall porkers 4 4 4 8 iecoud quality ...3 10 4 4 iuekliugealves ..22 0 28 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 t , 4us.rter old pigs 21 0 27 0 Lambs ss 4d to 7s bd. FOREIGN SUPPLY. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .................. 1,060 Beasts ••..• - • • . .. .. .... . 101 ie p ................... 3,100 C dyes . ..... 94 Sheep .................... 3 0 Cllves .•• • •• •........• 57 NEWGATE AND Each kind of meat sold slo quotations : _ _ ) LEADENHALL. ,wly to-day, at the following Per 81Vi by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 10 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., prim,: large ,3 8 3 10 Do., do. small 3lO 4 0 Pork, large 3 4 4 2 Lamb s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 4 Veal 4 0 5 4 Pork, small 4 4 4 8 Ss 2d to 6s 81 BOROUGH HOP. Selected hops are in good request, and last week's prices are well supported. All other kinds are a slow sale. The imports were 10 bales from Ostend, 60 ditto from H.on,burgb, and 7 from Rotterdam. The quotations are— Mid and East Kent pockets, 6/. lOs to 12/. Os ; Weald of Kent ditto, Gt. Os to 71. Os; Sussex ditto, 5/. 12s to 6/. lOs per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for most descriptions has been dull, and there has been a limited quantity offered pub licly Prices have in some cases been lower. West India has been very inactive. Barba.loes . declined, mid selling at 344 to 394 for tine grocery. Mauritius has beet taken rather freely at - 6d per cwt decline, good and fine 'dry strong yellow re a lising 34 s 61 t o 36s 6:1, low to mid 33s to t4s, good and fine brown 31s to 3 . s 6 , 1, low dark 'and mid brown 27s 64 to 29s 64, and crystalised mid yellow to low white 36s 64 to 39s 6d. Madras brown and low yellow brought 28s to 29s 6,1, and good 325, being lower. Manilla was taken in at 29s lid to 30s 6.1, fur ord and good un clayed white Havaunah, duty paid, went at 39s 64 to 40s, anti washed at 374 to 39s 64 per cwt. Ditto in bond was taken in at 26s to 28s for sound, but washed found buyers at 25s to 26s 6d, being cheaper. Refined has been deal ; grocery lumps, low to fine 4.5 s 6.1 to 493 per cwt. COFFEE. —There has been rather an increased inquiry, and higher values have been current, but the business still is very limited. Native Ceylon rose 64 to is per cwt., good and selling at 45s 3d'to 45s 6d rer cwt. Plantation has been taken in at 60s, and East India fine ord at 58s per cwt. Prices came higher from Amsterdam. Jamaica good and fine is quoted 65s to 84s, and ord and triage 40s to 475. Mocha, mid to fine, 60s to 85s, and ord 48s to 595. Java, 464 to 525. Brazil good and fine ord, 44s to 50s, and Costa R:es, 50s to 525. - • Rios —There has been a limited demand at former rates. Carolina was taken in at 21s 64 for American cleaned, Coringa Madras at 14s 64 for sound, but pinkey sold at 13s 3.1 to 13s 4t - 1 for good. SPICEEP—Mace declined 1.1 to 24 per lb , Singapore sell ing at 2s 3d to 2s 6 I for mid dark flaky to mid dark pale. Nutmegs are ld to 3d per lb. lower, and black pepper has declined id to ici,•and white id to ld. Cassia Lignea has been heavy. TEL.—There is rather more firmness; common congou 114 per ib. RIM —There is no particular alteration. SALTPETRE.—Very little has been done, but quotations have rallied since Tuesday, when they were lower. Ben gal to ai rive sal at 47s to 47s 6.1, and 9 per cent. refrac tion on the spot brought 4fis to 47s per cwt. TiLLow.—P.Y.C. is dull at fltzs per cwt. on the spot. GEE .2i I r Ensx.—A good demand for all kinds. Oranges scarce ; some parcels St. Michael anti Lisbon, sold by Keel ing and Hunt, at public sale, went at an advance of 2s. to 3a. per package. Tha last cargo of Seville sours has been Apo portion n n of t a t k h e e n b y Smyrna nuts c confectioners r a s t at L a Liverpool are and ng sent to London for sale. Barcelona nuts are Is to 2s per bag lower. Brazil scarce. Messina without alte ration. MARINE INSURANCE COMPANIES.—The marine insur ance companies connected with the salvage case of the Condor, from which 88,0001. of gold was rescued off Pernambuco last June, have published a report of the ' trial in which they lately succeeded in setting aside the claim of Mr. Cowper, the English consul At that port, for services performed and apparently acknowledged at the tints by all the parties interested. This document, however, throws no new light on the case, and merely shows that Mr. Cowper was forced to abandon his posi tion under a threat that advantage would otherwise be taken of a legal technicality That such a result, is not likely to have the effect of stimulating efforts to save property under similar ,circunistat.ces on a future occasion will, it is to be presumed, be admitted evetrby the in surance companies themselves, and for the general in. tereste of eimgerce the affair is therefore to be regarded Nv4l-reilvt, RAILwATs. 'flx:rdeen lwnbg Nottug. Bost and Eastu. Junct ilelfast & Ballymena Wolverh. Stour Valley . ..... Birkenlid. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., . Blyth &Tyne origina' £25 (issd. at £4 5 / 1 Bristol and Exeter.. .I Ca1ed0nian.......... Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJune Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction . Do. New East Anglian Do., (XlB E & H)... Eastern Counties Eastern Union, .A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A. East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgovk Eclinb. and Peebles... Ediu. Prth & Duude, 'orth & Clyde June. 3latgow &S. Weston, Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock. Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. ; Great Western [rish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Laneash.audYorksli Do., Fifths 1 1 D 3., Wst. Riding Uri !Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt London & Blaekwall Gond. Tilb. & Stliend. Loud. Bright &S.Cst. Loud. and N. Westu. Do. Fifths Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., £5O .£4O Liniudrry&Coleraint mdudrry. & Euuisk . vlauch.Shef.& Linelo Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Biruing. & Derby 41(11d. G. West. (I rv.) Do. Half Shares. Newcastle & Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warreupoint and Rostrevor Norfolk . North u.Countieb Uu North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 )0.: A Deferred Do., 4 B Guarantee( l North London IDo. New .£lO i N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp. stead, and City Jn., North Staffordshire , North Western N. & S. Westin. June, Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Ox(ord, Worcester, Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bi i tag Do. L. & N. Wester], Guara.nte ad St Goc Shrewsby. dz B eiefd Shrewsby. & Chestei (N. W. Miu ; Do. Halves, Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern south Wales .3. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do.. ••0 ••• Staines, Wok. &W ok Stockton & Darling. Stockton & Hartlepl Gaff Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 llama Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath iVaterfd. & ICilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of Loudon and Crystal Palace.. West Loudon. \Vimbledn & Croydon] York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N.E. Purehas, York & N. Midland PREFERENC lberdeen )o. No. 2, p. c. llyth and Tyue 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) & Ex. 4 p. c. St. )o. 4 p. c. Shares .:aledoalan £lO .Iliester & Holyheivi Guar. 5) per cent Durk &Bansions4p.c Dundee Perth &Aber-, ‘leeu Junction '.lastAngliau (£3los; 6 per cent !)o. (£5) 7 per cent )o. (£7 17s) 7 p. c :astern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 'o. No. 2 . )o. New 6 p. c. St. !.lastern Union, Seri' Guar. 6 per cent... Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sli 4:ast Lan cash. 6 p.ets. iiiast and West York shire June. Pref hdiub Prth.&Dundet 5A per cent. .llkisgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent. . :neat Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. , at 10 p. c. preui. . Do. 4i p. e. Scrip.: ) "It.N. of Scot. Ist Pref Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths)... 1 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. Westn. (Belts & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. cov. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c: irred. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. X2O l Do. 6p. c. Stock I Leeds N. 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters, 1848'...1 Loudon and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St.' 'Do. Convertible, 5 p.l c., 1852 all all I 00 all 100 100 100 6 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Lou. &N. W., Coy. Nuneaton London & S. Western, Con. Thirds • - Londonderry& Coler, Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh. Shef., & in, Shares, No. 1. , 00. New, £lO 4 Do. £6 100 100 100 100 ifarypt.Sz Carl.4p.e )o. 41 per cent.,,,,, , did. Consol.6 p.c.St. Cousol. Bristol & I.lirm. 6 per cent 00. Pref. 44 per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Prof. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Eat 1)0.54 per ct . pref. Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire. Word, Worcester, & Wolverh.Xls,6 p.c. Do.. .. . Scot. Cent. , New Pref shrews. & Birm.N.G. ihrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W.Aliu), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon ... . oe. fixed, 44 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44pm cent. 4. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent. Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. e. till Ist July, 1856 Vaterfd &Kilk .6p.c. f ork, Newcastlo,and Portvick,4 p.c. Pref. YorktN. Mid ioudif and kun,l„ll • It 15 - 20 .•• d I 2 1 ' 85 90 -- le id / / z . ' 2 - -11 \ k 1w he a-, La! ve at 10 )st ;es na ea on 50 16i 16t St. 194 812x1 2611 131, 20 20 St. 10 St. 25 St. 20 St. lb 5 10 St. 5 St. St. 20 St. Lo