The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-13 00:00:00

Mill•l''''' - - The ,vered ;scrip :s bad of the tgnifi' re net marl space the licit it bjec t, tri - Wet" visit. • ds to , tine& ce of %teen MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL IVTELLIGEN 'E. CITY, TWO o'cLoca The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were eat ertteil at 8,000 bales, of which 1,500 American we t e tak en for export and on speculation. The prices for all kiwis were fully supported, and solid Ame ri iecian at Sid. to 6,1. were a p o i n t aga i ns t the buyer. T gales comprised 6,000 American ; 1,000 Pernam and Matanhatn, at 6gd. to 71,1. ; 200 Egyptian, at to 71d. ; 500 Surat, at 2id. to 4.1. ; and 220 S;;a, Island, at Bd. to is. 4d. per lb. Railway Shares were steady. The produce markets close this evening for the Easter holidays, and business throughout the Week has been conducted on a very protracted i scale. Even Russi an s t a ples have declined, clean nemp being barely at 701., while Jute yesterday afternoon fe]l 11. to 11. 10s. per ton. The demand for tallow was a little brisker on Tuesday, but the improvement then gained has been lost again. There is a large account in this article to be ar ranged in a few days, and preliminary thereto we must expect a disinclination to enter into fresh t ransactions. The advices by the Overland Mail, by way of Marseilles, have been delivered ; the Southampton portion of the mail coming through France like wise, probably in consequence of the vessels of the Oriental Steam Navigation Company having been taken up by Government so suddenly as tempo rarily to interfere with the accustomed regularity of the service. The commercial markets at Bom bay and Calcutta were rather dull for imports, and money, especially at the former place, was dearer, the banks having raised by 1 per cent, their rates of discount. From Ceylon we have the interesting, and, as the result may yet show, the important fact re corded, that the discoveries of gold have been Ina de• An official report has been sent home upon this subject to the Colonial-office, and, al though drawn up hurriedly, it is reliable as far as it go P e s, and cal cu l a t e d t o awa k en earnest attent i on. appears that Mr. M'Cartney, the head of the Police Service, and Mr. Poma, the Assistant Go :etilraellt agent, had visited the locality, and wit 'eased at the diggings the washing of two pans of ea rth that contained very many minute particles of ? 1(1 . The repor t i s d ate d Y attegodde, March 11. Th e plac e is 40 miles from Colombo, near Girooele, athe road f rom Negombo to Kornegalle. A good rriage road runs all the way from Celoini,o to the gene of action. There is no precise information as to b" quantity of gold which th e ear th conta i ns, t ut , i t is assumed that it cannot b a i ns i gn id oaut , ee nig that th e sa il ors who made the discovery, a nd are old C a lif orn i an and Australian diggers eon tinned at work. ." a „ 4 discussing th e B an k A c t o f 1844 , i n t h eory in practice the Banker's Circular shows by 'aures the great vicissitudes of th e y ear 1847, an d s V ery pertinently why the arbitrary amount of eleven milli onssterling owing by the Government the Ba n k should form the chief portion of the ... R ecurity f or i ts issues. According to tin statistics 6 'e n, the amount of gold in the issue department in 1 847 , varied from 7s. Id. t o ll s . 91 . i n the 1./. 14 Proportion to the notes in circulation. Fur 19 leeks there was a gradual decrease in the amountof ! c dtlin. the Iss ue D epartment to the extent of nearly I '° Millions sterling. After the most stringent 't,easnres by the Bank, th ere was an i ncrease during ee next six w ee k s , an d th en t h e drain recognised ten t on, w ith t h e exception of two weeks, to the 23d October, when the decrease was 42 per cent. The n came th e memora bl e G overnment letter, , "jell restored confidence, though it destroyed the 40tion of the infallibility of the Act of 1844. Ae -I,cling to the general belief, the B an k must, i n 4 8 ho urs from that date, have decli ne d a ll f urt h er 'iscounts, although it had at the time nearly seven b lillions sterling in its coffers. The Note Circulation of the private banks of , 11 gleind du r i ng th e wee k t o th e 25 t h ultimo., was `),,, ,8 06,983/. against 3,770,688/. in the pr e s en t wee k. This ie. about 800,0001. below the authorised issu. e T he circulati on o f th e J o i nt Stock Banks of gland in the week to the 25th ultimo, was v:13,318/. agai ns t 3 , 093 , 1891 . i n the present . ee • This is about 188,0001. un d er th e autho `laed issue. & 41 ' t the half-yearly meeting of the Royal Mail 1 . 4 7 1 -pack e t C ompany, th i s day, a dividend at the e or 2/.per share was decla re d. Th ere was a 41%41tal • 1719_ on on th e w h o l e y ear o f 1853 , amount i ng 79 1/. 14s. 7d. Th e b a l ance of profit and loss 44 4 , 4 , ' l l,llB/. 2 s. 6d., leaving 29,6301. for dividend, k,4 reserve of 41,4331. 3 s . 61. Th e repor t was Lopt e d. i The English Stock Market has been less excited 114:110 absence of any important news. Consols 8 72 ° 'leen up to 88 and 881, and are now 87i to -Bank Stock is at 215 to 216. East Indian p r t) e ct h 3 at 221. Exchequer-bills are at ls. to 4s. p re ln iz i . lll ; and India Bonds at 4s. discount to 2s. t o 4 11111)1 . The New 3/ per Cents, have been 874' Th e •voreign Stock Market is extremely inani- Pe,„l,and prices are for the most part nominal. 43 — "an Thr ee per C ents. are stea d y, b u t d u ll at 05,salld Sardinian firmer at 79. Russian Five per bilttB. are heavy a t 92, being per cent. lower, Fr eil tl ;e Three p er C en t s . h ave no t b een dealt in. th at en Three per Cents. are 90 50, with the , ex -41/,,,,,2 at 24 90. D u t c h , M ex i can , and South T he securiti es genera lly are neglected. tothis last week's railway receipts ascertained up day are in round figures as under Gre a t N,1()11thil-Weste,rno £23,153 £ 20,481 53,090 46 076 kit ,:\Veßtern -04 ........ lioutik4d ........... 23,633 23,513 G re e r,"-Easterri.. .. .............. 16,047 13. 7 37 stnd Edit'. and Glasgow 15,004 12,775 rther n 17,127 14,425 '.OLa 'lZtshire and Yorkshire ,:ciantl North Midl an d , Ne wea,stle li erwiek and Leeds Northern 26,985 24,157 dr lt oo t l way Shares are dull, and the quotations are Gr e Vng• Cal e d on i an h ave rece d e d a b out 55., 44(144 Northern 10s., North-Western ss. to 108., 4 4 the oth ers i n the same proportion. French , r e are en ti re l y without movement. Great Ver.rl of Canada are fi rm . tio titling Shares attract scarcely the least atten- Ilio Agua Fria, are ss. better. „. nof Australia Bank Shares are 10s. higher. t 0 . 413. the Laud C ompanies' no transactions have k en place. Ilk TISH FUNDS TRIS DA.Y.—CLOSING PRICES. t ( From the otoi c i c a Li „ . P.ilninex% done kit ROCk .... .......... .... ............. 215 16i z 12er Cent. Reduced ............. ............ B7 h6l ti l ',l l. .Sent, Consols Annuities B7i 8h 7 1,,, i 7 4i Per Cent. Annuittes BB 7i /„ 1 . , 1 Steck 224 ' 411 f% Bowls .. 'ifoiio C O under 21000 2 4 d eels for Account 18th April B7i i 8 T ti Bills 2d. tiler ' . p 4 p ..... 1 4 --uau ............................. keP t ICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. er 1 ,, , 31 ,!Lt . 0 for p Cent. the Account 24 Rt:ran 3 per C ent. 1104.,i'illatuRoBnocialscis18622,e 5 - )ar t f...,ent. XSt 9 279 r t ree, Dividends on the (h ove pay . sble In Lon d o n. '413. Routes, 4i per Cent. Consol s THREE O'CLOCK. 87i 8 131tto April Account B7 8 altiftv,.. v the Bth instant, 4 ,,,,, ' a laiip AT BERLlN.—Madame Goldsehmidt It 471'3' Lind) gave her third concert on of 6:1:)1e Grand Re4outen Saloon at Berlin. Up war ds with 40en,p,leereRcoinase.were present. The concert went off likoi*LAmit TtraSATID'I3 ExHIBITION.—An admirable $ b ile b a 4 of Lieutenant General Sir Archibald Macleane, 11 4 - '''' bag just been added to the numerous heroes tet: l'epresented. This gallar►t soldier is the only officer hi - alive who served with the Duke of Wellington . in th e earliegt campaigns in India. He was engaged during Re,,,:hole of the campaigns in the south of Spain, s an d Indies at also at the Cape of Good Hope and the . V!t n s . 110110, 8 % At Matahorda►, near Cadiz, lie greatly dist e xidt e(t himself, a lt ping at bay 8,000 . of the enemy_ ien! Itia tilhal S for two months, with about 15U A ROL Ip.t. IZ-.6 AT THE LAW OFFICES. —This day (Thurs. o t o h . e iudgeß' chambers, and the o ffi ces of the several T R I ll'. w►ll be closed until Wednesday next. 131 pi! —4 T Op PRAYER AND HUMILIATION. —The day th e .I't4! instant, will, HUMILIATION.— the 2 - P t er . and humiliation, fixed for Wednesday week, it is understood, be observed by 1.4: "'DO of the courts and. office@ connected with the rbtrb lZbition. SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. THE BALTIC FLEET. (BY LL/ CTRIC TELEGRAPH.) COPENHAGEN, APRIL, 12. The Dauntless has returned from a cruise up the Gulf of Finland. She saw eighteen Russian ships of the line in Sveaborg Harbour. The linperieuse has chased a Russian corvette bac!: to Sveaborg. The English fleet has suddenly left Kioge Bay, and steered eastwards. Three more ships of war have arrived. LATEST FROM TURKEY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 3. The Christophe Colombo arrived at Gallipoli on the 31st, with Generals Caurobert, Bosquet, and Alartinprey on board, together with the staff and 800 rifles. The Mistral has brought 27 officers and 40 horses. Au English vessel is in sight, with the 93d on board. M. Metaxa left this place to-day. Greek sub jects have received 15 days' notice to quit Turkey ; meanwhile they are placed under Belgian protection. Omer Paella was at Schumla on the 30th. The combined fleets were off Varna. The steamers had been despatched to the mouths of the Danube. From Encharest, of the Bth ult., the news is not important. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) CHESTER CIIP. 10 to 1 agst Baalbec (offered). 12 to 1 agst Star of Surrey (offered). 20 to 1 agst Duchess of Loraiue colt (taken). DERY. 25 to 1 agst Andover (taken). 33 to 1 agst New Warrior (taken). 35 'o 1 agst Bessus (taken). 40 to 1 agst Knight of St. George (taken). Business very snack. NEWTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELGRAPLI.) SCURRY STAKES. Dead Heat with Hyacinth aild Wild Deer. GO L BORNE STEEPLECHASE. Kaffir Nancy Martinson Four ran. LOADSTONE HANDICAP. Donskoy Eight ran. NEW MAP OF THE SEAT OF WAR. BY JAMES WYLD. Perhaps one of the very best maps of the " Seat of War" yet published, is the coloured map just issued from Mr. Wyld's establishment. It em braces the whole of the more interesting portions of the invaded Principalities. The central point is that bend in the River Danube at.Galatsch, where the four great provinces of Wallachia, Mol davia, Bulgaria, and Bessarabia converge towards each other. Besides these portions of Russia and Turkey, we have westwards on the map a part of the Black Sea, and eastwards a cor ner of the Austrian territory of Transylvania. As a guide to the scenes of recent conflict between Muscovite and Mussulnian, the map before us is altogether really inestimable. It is deserving of our highest eu.logium in regard to its accuracy, and its boldness, as well as in reference to its singularly timely publication. PLAN OF CRONSTADT. BY JAIMS WYLD. An exquisitely minute and exact sketch is here given of Cronstadt and its fortifications. The dif ferent batteries are marked out and brilliantly coloured. The range of their guns is carefully indi cated. The relative situation of the fortified island of Cronstadt and of the adjacent ca pital of St. Petersburg is revealed in one _ , orner by a supplementary outline (of minia ture dimensions. The whole has been deline- ated from Russian surveys, and here repeated by the skilled hand of her Majesty's Geographer. An extraordinary number of soundings, measured in fathoms, are given, and besides CroustatP itself, the eye observes scattered around it such important points at Risbank, and Cronslott, and Peter lst's Fort, and Forts Constantine aura Alexander. Besides all which, the internal ar rangement of Cronstadt is pencilled with admirablt minuteness. TOWN AND HAUBOUH OF SEBASTOPOL. BY JAMES WYLD. Another plan, a companion sketch to the pre ceding one of Cronstidt, scarcely less iuterestiu, in character, and almost as meritorious in execu tion—reveals the batteries and approaches to th( town and harbour cf Sebastopol. It extends from the Inkermane East Light to Cape Khersouese. About midway in the drawing is taintlyindicated the site of the ruins of ancient Chersonesus. Along tin coast the soundings are marked in fathoms, and the range of the guns is distinctly intimated by a line extending outward= from each fortification. DRURY-LANE TIiEATRE-PANCY FAIT. The fancy fair set on foot through the liberality of the enterprising lessee, Mr. Smith, for the purpose of as siting in the accumulation f a fund fur the wives and children of the soldiers now embarked on one of the most extraordinary campaigns the world ever saw, com menced ye,terlay at Drury•lane Theatre. The pit had been boarded over, and together with the stage formed a spacious promenade, which, however, was so crowded as to be almost impassable during the day. The band of the second Life Guards, in addition to the excellent band of the theatre, played a succession of popular pieces. A goodly array of lady patronesses filled the stalls, and they obtained, by their enchanting system of selling, ten times the value of the articles supplied by the fair fingers of the lady-artistes. The zeal displayed in the cause of charity wag great, and it was impossible to resist the elegant coercion of the fair aristocratic shopkeepers. The Lady Mayoress exerted herself in a way that must, produce great benefit to the fund. The following ladies nobly and kindly exert d themselves : —The Right Hon. the Lady Mayoress, the Misses Lennox, Miss Wallace, Miss Beverley, Miss Attfield, Mrs. Collimore, Miss Evaus, Miss Fyler, Miss Wharton, Mrs. Wilson, Miss Wes.therfield, the Misses Bennett, Mrs. Hughes, Miss King, Miss Goodlake, and others whose names we could not ascertain. The receipts yesterday were ol the most satisfactory description. The Fancy Fair will be continued this day, and we earnestly recommend those who wish to add to the fund, to visit this theatre, and they will be rewarded for their benevolence by a very agreeable promenade to animating mus c, and they will see a tasteful bazaar, attended by elegant and beau tiful women, doing that for charity which no other mo tive could induce them. The promenade concerts are continued in the evening amidst the fittings of the Fancy Fair, and Mr. Galer introduces the death of Nelson, hr• whish he is encored deservedly ; and Miss Lowe sing exquisitely " Care Conapagni, from the Somnambulist The vo Cooke, ealdep t.,tment is under the leadership of Mr D tggan Lthe band by Hayward, the eh d as e si f st t e h d e by Mr. Grat tan This e Life Guards.e ieader of vening the National Anthem of France, the Marseillaise' will be su n g by Mr. Drayton. two nat in honoi ons.ur of thehappyalliance existing between the ASTLErs AMP FITTIIEATRA Great exertions are being ma 1 at this theatre prior to the mopening for .the summer season on Easter E ister is not itself, 'll 1 8 ea a r t n tb t i l s ia er t i h ° e (l' whole p ea ei• l f e or e n f iance w w l i ' ... Monday. Juveniles and others who feel that, without i tt y il belas entirelyti: a b n e o v t i ; o i r t n a dented magnitude. The entertainments com mence with a gran d nautical and e q u estrian spectacle. effect ctacle. entitled a Tale of the Spanish. War, introducing , never before attempted," one among th ese being an '. expansive view of the o cean, with a wreck in the Bayi ()I Biscay. There will be an entire chan g e in the scene; of the circle, in which the pr inci p al members of the Cooke family will attempt some new and very extraordinary, equestrian feats. We must not omit to mention that among the other novelties, is a farce, by Mr. W. T Simpson, called Dalrymple versus Tubbs, which will bi supp irted by ail the comic talent of the establishment. Altogether, Mr W. Ciioke bids fair to outdo all his for mer efforts to please aed esWeieh the pleasure-4eekerb dazing the present Baster hnhdnis, THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1854. THE WILL OF PLTEI? THE GREAT. SHARE MARKETS. ~---- Different versions of the will of Peter the Great, containing an outline of the policy to be pursued by his successors, with a view to the whole of Europe being subjugated by Russia, have already appeared in this journal, but at the present mo ment when the Emperor Nicholas is carrying out to the letter the instructions of his subtle and fore sighted ancestor, it may be well to re-publish the important document. We subjoin from a contem porary a translation which has been made of it from a work entitled " Geschichie Peters des Gros ser," recently published at Leipsic by Van Eduard Pelz. In this work, the will is said to have been I transmitted by the aievalier d'Eou, French Am bassador at the Court, of St. Peteisburg, to the French King in the year 1757, and to have been made public shortly afterwards. Various opinions (says our contemporary) have been expressed as to its authenticity and genuine ness, which, at this period of time, it is difficult to clear up. Independently, however, of its authen ticity, there is much intrinsic interest in the docu ment, as embodying principles of action which have been notoriously followed by Russia during the last 100 years, with suet' modifications as time and cir cumstances and the variations of European equili brium have rendered necessary. The 13th rule is especially worthy of attention at the present moment. (THIS DAY.) Shr Paid. RAILWAY . Leasing t.liosina Prices Rosin ess Compans. thi s d ay, this day. - 50 all ledford and London & Bletehley N. West St. 100 Buckghamsh L.&N.W. 50 all '..lydesdale Je Jaledou... St. 100 E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. Jt.Nrthn. 125 135 131 281 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldoniati. Neils. Direct ••• •.. 25 all Do. New Do ••• 25 all ..;Istr.& Dn.Fr Gt. West) 28 30 100 all ilrtlpl. Dk. & irk. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. & NMd 102 104 25 all Do. a Shares. Do 5l —52 124, all Do. Shares. Dro 25 —25 135 all Lou.&Greenw Easter', 12.1 20 all Do•Preferenec Do 22 —24 20 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — 20 i.OO Do. 6 per et. ••• 1.4 all 3ilanch. Bata. L.&N.W. & cal A cr l ou d . ng i d t . .2 . 50 all sf a i n d d M dlesb a i t •o lo ' c & k Redcar laf all Nidld.Bradfd Ilidlaud.. 89 91 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 54 56 50 'tt. Do. 6 per ct. D 0......... - 50 all Do. Fixeds pc Do ..• 25 all Prost. &Wyre &N.W• &Ln&Yk xd 42 12 12 Do. Shares. Do xd St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. GtNorthn St. 100 Do.Shopth.St D 0... 25 18# SheLltoth_and Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. 12 9.4 S. Staffordsh. H.MCleau 3 20 50 all Wear Valleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. 25 all Do 27 29 St. 100 Wilts&Somrst htWestn. 90 -- 92 BRITISH RAILWAYS. • MINES 1 all Agua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 10s. all Anglo Californian ip 10 2 Australasian 1 d 20 6 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera h g 1 all Australian Freohold e - 4 1 all Ave Maria — 4 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 50 all Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal - 11 1 all isritish Austrin. Gold h $ d 20 13.5 3ritisli Iron 35 246 Brazilianlmp.(issued at .1',5 pin 3l 41 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 13 2 14 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3l 1 1 Carson's Creek 1 6 Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica.-- 40 all Jobre Copper 39 41 5 1 Jolouial Gold lf, ... 15 Jopiapo St. 111 'opper Min. of Eng 5O —6O 25 all Do. Pref. 73 p. cent 2 4 5 all :Liglish and Austrin Copper Srueltg. Co lt 24 20 all General 2 all .treat Nugget Vein a 1 2 all Jo. Registered 3 all ;seat Polgooth . 1h $ 1 all Liberty - 3 all Linares 1 all Leud.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. 1 all .4ariquita 10 9 vlexieau&S.Americn 5l 6A 1 all New Granada a g 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co 1 all Nouveau - 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt 15 17 5 1 Port Philip 4 — 1 all '4uartz Rock 50 all ithymney Iron 15 15 Do. New 8 —lO 30 10ii Santiago do Cuba 1 all .. outh Australian 10 7 Pin Croft 2 4 ?,8i all United Mexican 3 36 1 all Waller I d 1 all West Granada 1 all \Vest Mariposa 1 12s. •Vorthing Mining of 1 all Yuba FOREIGN. 10 9 Antwerp&Rotterdam 4 —3ad xn , xin 5 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 1 20 8 Beziers toGraissessae 5 4d 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Centrallndia,Scrip id s p pm .•• Central of Italy — 20 al Charleroi& Erquelin — 17a all Demerara 20 14 Dijon andßesancon ••• p 20 8 Dutch Rhenish - 20 all East Indian ll p 20 2 Do. Extension 1 - 1 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 p 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 25 10 Grd. Trunk of Canada ..d 100 30 Do. Debentures lO 5 d 100 all Do. do — 20 10 Gt. Central of France 41 —3l d 20i all Gt.WesternofCanada Shares 22 23 22i 1 Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 20i 15t Hamilton & Toronto A in) 100 all Do. 6 per cent. 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle 5 all Lucca ex Pistoja 5 p.c pref — diy xin 20 15 Luxembourg 4 - 5.1 1 10 10 Do. (Railway) 2- 34 3i 5 2 Do. Pref i " 5 3 Do. (Canal) — 10 5 Do. 6p. ct.pref........- 20 8 Lyons and Geneva 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran 20 10 %iadras ll 33a 331 Niaria Antonia 10 all Do. do. New 20 2 Atelbourne Dk. &Ry 20 all Namur & Liege (wit); interest) 64 74 20 all Do. (ex interest) 16 all Northern of France 2B 29,E 294 9 Do. 20/.3 p. c Bds 20 all (fmy. B. d; Ams.Shs.) 10 all NorwegianTrunkPr 7a BAxn x i n 20 10 Paris and Lyons ll —11.1 p 40 all Ditto Bonds 10 all Paris and Orleans.... 41. 43xd x d 20 all Paris and R0uen...... 32 —34 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 28i . -28 g 284 20 10 ParisCaen & Clierbrg. —pm 101 10i . - i tuebee & Richmond 20 all Bonen and Havre..... . . . 20 12 Royal Danish— pail 5 2 Royal Swedish — 20 all - Sambre and Meuse 7 . . 6 Do. 54 p. cent. Pref — 20 6- Southern of France —pm 20 8 St. Andrew's anti Quebec (A) 8i all \Vest if landers 3 4 10 all Do 5 per c. Prof ... 20 10 Western of Prance_ 1a —2apxd 10 7 Nest. of Switzerland d 20 2 \Viesbaden. ••• 20 15 Zealand JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all A.nstralasia 72 74 75 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia • 3 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 1 lid 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lend 20 12 English Scottish and • Australian 4.. 3s d 20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 3 z 22(1 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock ▪.• . 100 20 Loud. & Westminst er .7. 31 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New — . . 50 222, National of Ireland — 20 all New South Wales — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 43 45 25 5 Do. New 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 Royal Anstraln.Bkg. & gold Imp Co ... 25 all South Australia 36 3▪ 8 25 all Union of Australia 64 66 64! ... 2i Do. New 6 7 50 10 Union of London ... 2U MISCELLANEOIJS 5 all Dubin Coal and Iron' 25 171 A.ustralian Agricult. 37 366 20 14 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 A.ustraln. Royal Mail 10 4 Berlin Water Works „. •• • 50 40 Brit. American Laud 5 1 Brit. dr Coln. Smeltg. • and Reduction Co.. 100 322, Canada 75 O 5 5 Crystal Palace 6' 5 4 Do. New.. • ••••••••••••• ••• ••• 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 3 Eastern Steam .. . . ••• 25 20 ElectritTelegraph(A) 16 18 17 • 25 all Do. (B) 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — •• • 15 14 len. Steam Navigat ..• ••• 20 18 :',,eneral Screw Steam •• • 20 7i trish Beetroot Sugar ••• 20 10 Nlagdalena St. Navig. ••• 1 .141 Nat. Pat. Stettia Fuel . ••• 10 3 "letLerlauds 3 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. — ••• 1 all N. B. Australasian—. C0...4 - 1 4 Do. New ••• ••• 20 10' NalLefEuropeSteam •• • 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 1 d 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 35 Do. Do. ••- ••• 37 2 all Portland Iron Co — 100 60 E'3yal Mail Steam 1 ell Scot. Austral. Invest 2 . 5 25 'South Austral. Land 34 1 all Submar. Telegraph 1 all Do. Registered — 1 100 286 Van Diemen's L.lnd 9 —ll SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.--Traffic return for the week ending April 9, 1854 , £3,146 2 Oi Corresponding wok last year " THE WILL OF PETER THE GREAT. In the name of the holy and indivisible Trinity, we, Peter, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russian, &c., to all our successors on the Throne and in the Govern ment of the Russian nation; "Forasmuco as the great God, who is the Author and Giver of our life and crown, hath constantly illumined us with His light, and upheld us with his support," &c. Here Peter, sets out in detail that, according to his view, which he takes to be also that of Provi dence, he,regards the Russian nation as destined hereafter to exercise supreme dominion over Europe. He bases his• (pinion on the fact that the European nations have for the most part fallen into a condition of decrepitude not far removed from collapse, whence he considers that they may easily be subjugated by anew and youthful race, Ls soon as the latter shall have atiaiued its ful. vigour. The Russian monarch looks upon the coming in flux of the northerns into the east and west as a periodical movement, which forms part of the scheme of Providence, which, in like manner, by the invasions of the barbarians, effected the regene ration of the Roman world. He compares these migrations 'of the Polar nations to the inundations of the Nile, which at certain seasons fertilises the arid soil of Egypt. He adds that Russia, which ae found a brook, and should leave a river, must, under his successors, grow to a mighty sea, destined fertilise worn-out Europe, and that its waves would advance over all obstacles if his successors ,vere, only capable of guiding the stream. On this Account he leaves behind him fi.,r their use the fol owing rules, which he recommends to their atten ton and constant study, even as Moses consigned . .,is tables of the law to the Jewish people : "RULES. "1. The Russian n-ttuni wast be constantly on a war footing to keep the soldiers w:,rlike and in good condi- Lion. No rest niti,t rillowel except fur the in:rpose if relieving tine ' , tate finances, recruiting the army, or the favourable favourable moment for attack. By these weans peace is made subservient to war, and war to ~eace, in the int,rest of the aggrandisement and increas ing pr..sperity of Russia,. "2. Every possible means must be used to invite front the most cultivated European States commanders to war and philosophers in peace, to enable the Russian :action to pal ticipate in the advantages of other countries .without losing► any of its own. •` 3. No opportuitty must be lost of taking part in •n the affairs ant disputes of Europe, especially iu those ,f Germany, which, from its vicinity, is of the most I.rect interest to us. " 4. Poland mu,t he divided by keeping up constant jealousies and confusions there. The authorities must e gained over with money, and the Assemblies cor i upted so as to influence the ejection of the Kings. We etust get up a party of our own there, send Russian troops into the country, and let them sojourn there so tong that they may ultimately find some pretext for there for ever. Should the neighbouring States make difficulties, we must appease them for the moment by allowing them a share of the territory until we can safely r:::suiue what we have thus given away. "5. We must take away as much territory as possible from Sweden, and contrive that they shall attack us first, so as to give us a pretext for their subjugation. With this object in view we must keep Sweden in op position to Denmark, and Denmark to Sweden, and ,edulously foster their mutual jealousies. '•G. The consorts of the Russian princes must always be chosen from among the German princesses, in order to multiply our family alliances with the Germans, and 4o unite our interests with theirs ; and thus, by con solidating our influence in Germany, to cause it to attach itself spontaneously to our policy. "1. We must be careful to keep up our commercial .t;liance with England, for she is the Power which has most need of our products for her navy, and at the same tune may be of the greatest service to us in the develop ment of our own. We must export wood and other articles in exchange for her gold, and establish pertna oent connexions between her merchants and seamen and our own. "8. We must keep steadily extending our frontiers— northward along the Baltic, and southward along the shores of the Black Sea. " 9. We must progress as much as possible in the :irection of Constantinople .and India. • He who can )nee get possession of these places is the real ruler of i,he world. With this view we must provoke constant tuarrels at one time with Turkey and at another with Persia. We must establish wharves and ducks in the uxitie, and by degrees make ourselves masters of the ea as well as of the Baltic, which is a doubly important -lement in the success of our plan. We must hasten rim downfall of Persia, push on into the Persian Gulf ; :1 - possible re-establish the ancient commercial inter course with the Levant through Syria, and force our say into the Indies, which are the storehouses of the world. Once there we can dispense with English gold. "10. Moreover, we must take pains to estalAsh and iaii;tain' an intimate union with Austria, apparently i,iuntenancing her schemes for future aggrandisement ►n :4erioaiiy, and all the while secretly rousing the jealousy it the m►nor States against hi-r. In th►s way we must ring it to pass that one or t , .re other party tr'rr.ll seek iid from Russia ;. and thus we shall .exercise a sort of irotectorate over the country which will pave the way for future supremacy. " 11. We must make the House of Austria interested .11 the expulsion of the Turks from Europe, and we must aeutralise its jealousy at the capture of Constantinople Aber by pre.iecupyim_• it with a war with the old Euro pean States, or by allowing it a share of the spoil, which we can afterwards resume at our leisure. "12. We must collect round. our house, as rou n d a mitre, all the 'detached sections of Greeks which are -tattered abroad in anngary,. Turkey, and South Po-. and, We must make them look to us fir support, and then, by tstablisl,ing beforehand a sort of ecclesiastical •uore'macy, we shall pave the way fur universal sove reigi.ty. •' 13. When Sweden is ours, Persia vanquished, Po land subjugated, Turkey conquered—when our armies are united, and the Euxine and the Baltic are in the possession of our ships, then we must make separate and secret overtures,, first to the Court of Versailles, and then to that of Vienna, to share with them the domi nion of the world. If either of them accepts our propo sitions, which is certain to happen if their ambition and self-interest are properly worked upon, we must make use of this one to annihilate the .other; this done, we have only to destroy the remaining one by finding a pretext for a quarrel, the issue of which cannot be doubtful, as Russia will then be already in the absolute possession of the East and of the best part of Europe. " 14. Should the improbable case happen of both re jecting the propositions of Russia—then our policy will be to set one against the other, and make them tear each other to pieces. Russia must then watch for and seize the favourable moment, and pour her already as sembled hosts into Germany, while two immense fleets, laden with Asiatic hordes and convoyed by the armed squadrons of the Euxine and the Baltic, set sail simul taneously from the Sea of Azoff and the harbour of Archangel. Sweeping along the Mediterranean and the ..atlantic, they will overrun France on the one side, while Germany is overpowered on the other. When these countries are fully conquered the rest of Europe must fall easily and without a struggle under our yoke. Thus Europe can and must he subjugated." THE INDIAN MAIL.—MALTA, April 7.—The Himalaya, with the India mail, has just arrived. She lands her oassengera and mails to convey troops, and, as the Indus has broken down, and the Vectis has gone to ‘larseilles, the French steamer Bosphore has been en ;aged to take on the mail. Nothing can equal the dis- Appointment felt at such an accident. 152 passengers ire on board, many seriously ill, and anxious to get on, sod are obliged to land without any prospect of proceed ing for the present. The hotels are so full that no ac ommodation is procurable for half the number re quiring it. MAIL PACKETS.—By a return presented t o P ar li ament, if the longest and shortest v oy a ges froni Southampton to Ushant, made by tie Cont ract packets on the routes 7eartshell)B4eBnitTllags2Mieldietetusnivaen,eaint' and Brazils, f or t h e app,ars that by the Peninsular packets, 'the longest voyage was 84 hours, ..nil the shortest 214 hours. Mean voyage, 31 ; average voyage, 20 hours. By the Me.literraziean pack e t s t oe ingest voyage was 36 hours, shortest 21 hours ; rnea „ voyage 20, and average voyage 24 hours. By the. Brazil ,rickets imean tlehen voyageiliiige:.t voyage s%'ai43 hours, s h ortest 21 lours.average voyag e 25 h ours. OUR SHIFTING IN 1353. —During the year there were AIM and registered in the United Kingdom 635 sailing vessels of timber, of the collective burden of 146,380 T.uns, and 10 of iron, of 8,576 tons ; the numher of steamers built was 36 f timber, with a tonnage amount .lig to 3,305, and 117 of iron, with a tonnage of 44,910; 32 colonial-built vessels (20 of them from New Bruns wick) were. registered. here, and 102 foreign ; the ton nage of the former was 26;443, of the latter 30,073. 19 of our sailing vessels and 15 of o - :r steamers, with a Linked tonnage of 5,221, were broken up in the course of the year, and 569 'of our sailing vessels, and 12 of our steamers together of 120,714 tons, were wrecked. 20 20 50 20 St. 20 St. 15 St. 10 St. 25 St. 20 12 SL Paid.' t. 100 .!‘.berdeen.. ) SL . % ! A.nahg Nottng. Bost. and East'''. Janet._ ) all Belfast & P.allymena. ia' all airining. Wolverh. & Steur Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh Cheshire Junet '3 all Do. Chest'. & Birk £5O and 1;25 Cons. IS4 Do., ..... 30 Myth & Tyne ori gin' £25 (issd. at £45 . 100 Bristol an.. Exeter . 100 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead, all Cork and Bandon_ all Cork, Black, & Pass, 12 Cornwall Cried' Junction 45 Dubliu&BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth&Aber• deen Junstion all Do. New .... all East Anglian all Do., (418 E & H)..., all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock ......... 100 Do., B. Stock 83 Do., New A 100 East Lancashire 100 Elinburgb & Glasgow s_, Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin. PA!' & Dundee! 1 Forth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow& S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle, 11i Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds., ! 100 Laneash.audYorksh Do., Fifths 11 D). , Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crshy.&Soutlipt all London & BlackwaL 8!:' Lund. TilL. & Sthewl 100 I.ond.l3right &S. Cst 100 Lond. an N. Westu 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.5h.,M&8,..t 2 Do. Ei , yhtlis. , 100 London andS. Westn 12..; Do., £5O :14 110. , £4O all Lmlndrry&Cole,raita all 'aidn.lrry. & Euuisk LOO danell.Slr:f.& Litwin 44 'Jo., Man. & Liu. Un. o , d , lidland .00 'O. Burning. & Derb' West.(lrv., 17: Jo, Half Shares all Newcastle & 00 Newmarket 5: Do., Bury Extension .iwpt. A berg. & Hrfd. '.ewry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenp&m, and Rostrovor. .00 Norfolk . Northn.Couuties Un. 1/0 North British 6 North Devon, No. 1. Do, No. 2 all Do., A Deferred 8 Do., B Cuarautce6 J all North Loudon 5l(Do. New £lO Id 1s N.&S. Wstru.,Hamp stead, and City Jo 17A North Stadbrdshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 2/ 2e Portsmouth WO Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland 100 :Shrewsbury &Biimg 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guarante ad St cbk 10 Shrewsby. & Berefd. all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ;„ all Do. Halveso. all Do. Oswestry 6!, Shropshire Lrmou Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per cent all liouth Devon 100 .youth Eastern all South Wales . 15 3. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 2/ 2s Staines, Wok &Wok all Stockton & Darling. 16 Stockton & Hartlepl 100 fall Vale 8 Do. £lO shares 100 Do. Pref., No. 21 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick 16 West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace all (Vest Loudon 51s. Wimbledn & Croydon 100 fork Nowetl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions Do. G.N.G. Purchas e 100 York &N. Midland._ if 2i. Closing Prices this day. 21 - 4i - 7,. - 83. 14 —l2 dis 15 Ii 8 -- 7 d 89 - J. 524 - 5Li 13 - 15 • 10 - 43 41 7 - lE' -i: iii --- iii 59 — ei 56 58 21 -- 23 58 62 86 i 86 74 76 L2O - 12 ! , 89 - 91 72 721 85 - 96 10 - 12 10 - 12 1, 60 - 60,1 7g(II .1~ - 12 7 4 . 84 par -•••• p ' l 4 UBO :Y54 .... (J 5 1 4 (1 1 A AI cd Tti i 7 14 13 i 64 20. bB. j . 33 345- iu 7 - 6 - 8 44 - 47 30 ... 31 ... "'..... ... 30 54 par b 6i - 30 84 - .53 - - -3d - 584 - 33. - 2(1 - 30 18 19 4 - 5 21 23 44 - 6 - 64-1 65 91 • 80 - 4i4il 45 -- 45; i PREFERENCE SHARES, LOU U,enleou lili Do. No. 2, p. c. :30 ilyth and Tyue 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/ ) 100 :iris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 ,)0. 4 p. c. Shares :aledouiau 1:10 all Jheeter & Holyheao Guar. & per cent 64 lurk &Bau(lous4 p.c )uudee Perth &Aber- teen Junction all :ilastAuglian (£3los) (i per cent all Jo. (£5) 7 per cent 2 )o. (£7 17s) 7p. e ' all &astern Counties Ex-! all Itensiou,1 tensiou, sp. c. No. 1 00. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. C. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent... all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debeutr.Sh 100 last Lan cash. 6p. cts. all East and West York shire June. Prof... all EdinbPrth.&Dundee 5. per cent. t7Risgow&S.Western ' Guar. 5 per cent... 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom... 10 Do. 4i p. c. Scrip 6 Gt.N. of Scot. let Pref all Gt. Southu. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) 5 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh 6 Gt. lirestn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. 100 Do. cov. red. 4i p.c. 100 Do. con, red. 4p. c. 100 Dr,. irred. 4p. c 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6p. c. Stock 13 Leeds N. 6p. c ; No:1 9 Do. Quarters, 1848 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all •Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c 100 Lon. &N. W., Cov. (St Nuneaton 5 ILondon & S. Western Con. Thirds all I Londoncleny& Color. Shares all Londy. & Ennis. Sb all' Niau., Shof., & Lin , Shares, No. 1. .0 all Do. New, £lO 6 .4 Do. .£6 all Ylarypt. Carl. 4 p.c all 00. 4i per cent 10? I Do., Consol.6 p.c.St. 100 Do. Cousol. Bristol & Mirm 6 per cent.... 5 IDo. Pref. 44 per gent 6 Norfolk Debenture . 100 Do. Prof. 4 p. c. Stock 100 Do. 5 p. c. Eat 100 Do. 56 per ct.pref 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c 100 North British Al North Staffordshire 10 Oxford, Worcester, ,SL W01verh.1,15,6 p.c. .5 Do 611 scot. Cent. , New Prei ihrews. & Birm. N.G, ill Threwsby. & Chests] (Nor. W. MI0;5 p.e, .0 Do, 5 per Odut 11l 'South Devon fixed, 44 puma al 6. Eastern (Roadinr. Auu.) of 41 Os. 61. )0 Do. 4, pel oeut. 611 i.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar ill itocktou and Dar• lington, 4 per cent, 5 Do. do, do, 611 itocktonaud"Hartle• p9511_, guar. 5 p. c. hill Ist July, 1851 3. Waterftl.ttKilk.6p.c. )0 Vork, Newcastle au(' Berwiek,4 p.c. Pref. 5 Do Vork&N. Midlandil. and 5. Purch .. -- ... 95 - 97 6 - 6 4- 44 P 4- 4 P - r 12 -124, 23 - 24 3 -3/ X( ... .xd 110 —ll2 105 - 107 9i -4.- 91 74 8 xd 7 94' 96 87 89 83 90 Id pal 123 132 xii ii - 2i r) J ai , 130 - xri - x(I x(1 - x(I xd 128 - li 96 xd j 15i -16 A 9i —lO li 13 id i p 22 - 23 97 - 99 15 -20 2 - 1,1 85 90 .7n id 20 al St. 10 15 t 8 a S al 10 al 10 I 1 25 a] L 0 CI al St. ED 20 al 25 al 1261 al 5 1 . St. to; 17 I 25 11 Business done this day. 524 3 15i i 12 i 86 i 5f 75 121:1 i 72i i 6O i U 54 76i 6 19i 581 8 per cent. 130 1 99 8 Pm x d SIDORTING 11VTELUGENCE. HARROW SECOND SPRING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. HARROW SELLING STAKES, flat race of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added ; three years old and upwards ; allowances for mares and geldings ; optional selling weight allow. ances, &c. About one mile. Mr. Reeves's Lioness, by Old England, 3 yrs, (201.) sst 111 b (Cresswell) 1 Mr. Wood's Guile, 6 yrs (201.), Bst 21b ...(R. Archer) 2 Mr. Hadland's Prevarication, 3 yrs (201.), sst 11Ib carried Set 131 b (J. Watson) 3 Betting—Even on Prevarication-5 to 4 agsttioness. Won in a canter, by a dozen lengths. Prevarication, who was lying second, ran out at the lower turn, and finished about three lengths in the rear of Guile. The INNKEEPERS' PLATE of 3 sovs each, with 20 added 11st each. Steeplechase Course. 2 miles. Mr. Mill's Janus (Green) 1 Mr. Turner's Willie .(T widdy) 2 Mr. Toilet's Welcome (Looney) 3 Mr. Co mpton ' s Gipsey Lad (Ablett) 4 Bettin g - 6 to 4 on Janus, 3 to 1 agst Quiffle. Won by a length and a half ; two lengths between second and third. Gipsey Lad refused at the brook on going out, and finished a bad fourth. Grand Open Steeplechase for a GOLD CIIP, value 100 guineas, by subscription of 10 sovs each. 12st each. Winners extra. Gentlemen riders, Professionals 71b extra. About 3 miles. 8 s u b s. Mr. Goldby's Ploughboy, 13st 31b (inc. 171 b extra) (Twidd 1 Mr. Toilet's Despised, 12st 71b (inc. 71b extra (Loosey) y) 2 Mr. Symond's Dean, 13st 31b (inc. 171 b extra (Green) 4 Mr. Sait's Annie Laurie, 125 t..... (Mr. Frederick) 0 Mr. Elmore's Huntsman, 12st 71b (inclu . ding 71b extra) .......................................... (W Archer) 0 Mr. Welfit weighed for Robin Ho o d, b ut he did not go to the post. Betting.-5 to 4 agst Dean, 6to 4 agst Ploughboy, Bto 1 agst Annie Laurie. Won by two len g th s, about three lengths between second and third. Annie Laurie fell at the brook in landing, the first round, and slipped her saddle. Huntsman caught his foot in a grip in the last field before coming to the course at the finish, fell, and rolled upon his jockey, who sustained a fracture of the shoulder bone. SCURRY STASES of 5 sovs each, with 20 added. Three years-old and upwards ; allowances for mares and gelding. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Hadland's Prevarication, by John o'Gaunt, 3yrs, 6st 71b Mr. Thompson's Sophistry, 5 yrs, 9st 21b (G. Stevens) 2 Mr. Lester's Criterion, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (W. Abdale) 3 Mr. Mills's Firebrand, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Kendal) 4 BAting,.-3 to 1 on Prevarication, who won easily by four lengths. SELLING HURDLE RACE, YESTERDAY.-5 to 4 agsi Sweetheart was omitted from the betting on this race. NEWTON RACES.-WEDNESDAY. TRIAL HANDICAP. Casio Thnotheus The following also ran :—Siring, Theodiae,. Pastrj cook, Tempest, and Andromache. HANDICAP PLATE OF 50 Sovs. Citnicina . Thalia f The following also ran :---llyacintli, Lady-in- Waiting ; Game Tommy, Wild Deer, f by Pantasa, and slattern. TYRO STAKES. Yewtick • Cimicina, with Wells up, in trying to obtain. the lead, fell, and Wells was much hurt, though we believe not seriously. SELLING STAKES. Julian 1 MARKET NEIVB-(TIIIS DAY.) PENERAL AVE7IAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Aprl; 13,1854, made up from the Ret urns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England. And Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I sirs. I BEANS. PEAS. 731 5d 363 21 26s i 4ss 9d 44s 31 43s ld THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. j RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. 775 31 3;s lid 27s 21 50s 4d 45s 11 46s 9d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WIIE6T. BALLET. I OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 15 Od 1 ohl Is Od is 01 is 01 is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WV:IX. Wheat, 36,628; Barley, 33,679; Oats, 13,697; Rye, 1! 8 ; Beans, 3,611; Peas, 721 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 5/ Os ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 6/ Os; and straw, 11 16s to 21 4s per load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. CIIMBEELAND.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 5/ 5s ; clover ditto, 3115 a to 610 s; and straw, 1117 s to 21 ln per ]oad. Supply tolerably good, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2112 s to . 1- A Os; clover ditto, 31 15s to 6/ Gs ; and straw, 1116,3 to 21 28 per load. Trade steady. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The genoral demand was rather dull at this market to-day, as follows : Beof, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 4cl to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 5s 6d to Gs 8d ; VeaJ, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per Sibs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, APRIL 12.—The supply of stock here to-day was rather extensive. Lambs sold readily on higher terms. Otherwise the demand was sluggish, at the following quo tations :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Mui;ton ' 35 4d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 5s 8d to 6s 8d ; V ea l, 3 s 10d to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the °dials. ROMFORD, APRIL 12.—T0-day's market leas well sup plied, and a fair business was doing, at the following prices :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 58 Od ; Lamb, 5s 6d to 7s Od ; Veal, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s Gd to 4s Gd per 811 m. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 28s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DIY.) LONDON, April i 3.. 1 1 ind this day at N'oon, E.N.E. ; moderate breeze, and fine clear weather. There was a heavy fall of rain during the night. FALMOUTH, April 12.—Wind, E.; fresh breezes. Ar• rived—Jacob, from Saldanha Bay. PLYMO tun, April 12.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Row allan, from Batavia. SUNDERLAND, April 12.—Wind, S.E. lTailed—nero, Dorothy, Planet, and Percy, for Quebec. SHIELDS, April 12.—Wind, E. Sailed—Lucy, for Now York; Bowes, Quebec; Lilburn, do. ; flower, do. ; Plenty, do. HULL, April 12.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed—Bravo, for Quebec. KINSALE, April 11.—Arrived—Tagus, from Rio do la Hache. QUEENSTOWN, April U.—Arrived—Taman( lra, and Star of the South, from Liverpool, to embark troops for Malta. Sailed—Harriet Augusta, for New York. AMOY, Feb. 6.—The Orlcana, Valparaiso ito Shanghai, ♦va.9 wrecked on the island of Botel Tobago, off Formosa, at the end of Dec. last ; crew saved. RANGOON, Feb. 22.—The Oliver Cromwell, Madras to this port, is on shore on the Liffey Sands, ha s discharged all her cargo, but is not expected off until the spring tides, is not likely to be much damaged. BATAVIA, Feb. 24.—The Jenny Lind, from Sydney, N.S.W., sprang a leak and ran on shore in .or near Two fold Day, about the 24th of December. HONG KONG, Feb. 25.—The John N. Gossler, hence to San Francisco, has put back leaky, and has ilischarged to repair. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.5 a.m. Wind, E. ; tide, one hour flood ; weather, fine. Arrived, 12th—Aurora, from St. Michael's. Arrived, 13th—Tamanack, from Antwerp ; Concordia (s), from Rotterdam ; Baron Osy (s), Antwerp ; E4rl of Auckland (s), Rotterdam ; Columbine (s), . ; Triton (2), Sailed—William Jolliffo (s), for Calais; Rw►cer, Sydney; Segunda Dolores, Monte Video ; Anna, Ge,elong ; Lady Elgin, Sydney DEAL, Thursday, 9.23 a.m. Wind, S.E. by E. ; moderate. Passed—Susan, from Shields ' for Cadiz ;. Cargey, from Shields, for St. Thomas • Rosevean, St. .Michael's, for London ; Jane, from Emden, for orders. Sailed—Affghan, 10, Parthian, Alesandrin a. OPENING OF THE TILBURY FORT .R.4ILWAY. This line of railway, in connection with the Blackwall and Eastern Counties line, and the stew m ferries at Gravesend was opened on Tuesday by the directors and a large party of friends proceeding in a special train along its whole length, from the new termini in P fitn , church-street. The line branches off the Blackwall at Stepney, and is carried on to the Eastern Counties at the Bow station, where it takes the main hne nearly as far as Ilford. It then shapes off to the southward, to the east of Pnrfleet, and, passing through Grays, directs its course to West Tilbur y and Tilb ury For t , where the North Gravesend station is erecttxl, to the westward of the Fort, opposite the Town Pier, Small Gravesend, which has been leased to the company. st eamersand from w i con veythe the passengers across the , river to trains. The line was this day opened for public traffic. FOREIGN RATES 01+' EXCHANGE.—The closing quota tions from the Paris Bourse last evening showed no re covery from the prevailing dulness. At Vienna yester day there was little alteration, but the tendency was in an unfavourable .direction, the exchange on London having advanced to 13 19. At Amsterdam the improve ment of the previous day was lost, a reaction having oc curred of 1 per cent. The Berlin advices show a sudden decline of between 2 and 3 per cent. in Russian Stock. From S. Petersburg the rate of exchange indicates that there has been no mitigation of the distrust in the finan cial resources of the Czar, the Government paper being still at a discount of about 12 per cent. THE POLTIMORE MINING COMPANY.--The Poltimore Mining Company have notified that two of Derdan's double crushing machines will be erected and in opera tion at their mines in the course of a fortnight. As there are also ,some of these machines in operation in North Wales it may be hoped that results ,will soon be obtained of a sufficiently general ard authentic descrip tion to warrant a decided opinion not only on their merits, but also as to the existence of gold in Eng land in a remunerative form. Thus far, nothing has publicly transpired to throw discredit on the claims of the invention, but it is known that many experienced persons still refuse to believe in its capa bility, :and, from the circumstance of its dealing with such a matter as the production of gold, the temptations it affords to adventurers of all kinds to bring it into repu tation for the purpose of deluding the public into the purchase of worthless mining shares is so strong that no evidence short of long-continued demonstration should be relied upon respecting it, GOLD IN CEYLON. In our last ordinary issue we announced the all-but certainty of gold in Ceylon ; and have now the pleasure to state that doubt is entirely removed by the arrival of the joint report (then expected) of Mr. McCartney, the superintendent of police, and Mr. T. Power, assistant- Government agent. which says, that they witnessed the diggings and washing of "two pons of earth" which contained " very many minute particles of gold." Their report is dated Yattegodde, 11th March (yes terday), and is unavoidably hurried in order to reach Colombo in time to be forwarded by Government to the Secretary of State by the out-going Overland Mail. We may add that the Modliar (native headman) of the district sent in yesterday to the Government agent of Colombo a specimen of the gold which be also saw dug by the sailors, and that Mr. Layard will leave for the spot this evening. The locality is about 40 miles from Colombo —near Girooele, on the road from Negombo to Kornegalle. A good carriage road runs all the way from Colombo to the scene of action. We have as yet no precise information as to the pro portionate quantity of gold which the earth contains ; but it cannot be insignificant seeing that the sailors who made the discovery, and are old Californian and Austra lian diggers, continue at the work. Our next report we hope will be the result of personal inspection.—From the Colombo Observer, March 12. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. An accident occurred on Monday evening on the Manchester and Huddersfield branch of the London and North-Western Railway, through a train running off the rails, by which the driver was killed, and the stoker and one of the passengers were severely in jured. The train, which was not a fast one, left Leeds at 4 p.m. for Manchester and London, and kept its time as far as Mossley, which it left about ten'minutes be fore G o'clock. About five minutes later, when within about 30 yards of the bridge which carries the line across the Stalybridge and Greenfield turnpike-road, the forewheels of the engine appear to have gone off the line. The line curves to the right in a radius of about half a mile, and the outside wooden key at the engin e extrem t o it of one of th e ra ils i s su pp ose d t o h ave b een out, and allowed th e fl ange o f th e l e ft f orew h ee l o f the the next rparlss the rail outwards, so th a t th e en d o f project e d an d th e w h ee l wou ld at once mount the rail. The end of the rail is split, showing the exact spot at which this was done. The wonder is that the train did not go off the line immediately, out side the curve, over a d escent of about 20 feet into the turnpike road. The driving wheels and trailing wheels, however, probably delayed the catastrophe which ensued, and traces only of the front wheels are left on the iron chairs supportin g the rails (of which many were broken) for -150 yards, when the train, having left an embankment and entered a cutting, ran into a bank on the lefthand side, on the outside of the curve, near the Hevrod footbridge over the line. The shock of the engine striking the bank had the effect of turning the loonnotive round, and throwing it across the up line of rails, while the tender was forced from it by the sudden jerk, and thrown on one side across the down rails. John Wainwright, the driver, and Thomas Helton), the stoker, were afterwards discovered under the tender, and were both seriously hurt. Wainwright had some of his ribs broken and forced into the lungs, so that he survived only until about nine o'clock the same night. He leaves a wife and two children. T. Hellam, the stoker, was found to have one of his legs cut entirely off by the wheels of the engine passing over him, and he had sustained a compound fracture of the other. There were not many passengers in the train, and though two second-class carriages were much broken and knocked to pieces, only one of their occupants suffered injury. This was Mr. Abram Scheops, a German commercial traveller and jeweller, of 37, Stanley-street, Manchester, who sustained a fracture of one leg and a dislocation of one of the hip joints. The two injured men were carried to a public-house near the spot for a time, and after wards removed to the Manchester Infirmary. It was not expected that Hellam would survive many hours yesterday afternoon. The guard's van was much broken, and Neal, the guard, who was in it, - was a good deal bruised. Probably he owed his life to the van being thrown on its side, the bottom being torn out the moment before. He managed, however, to run back to Mossley station, where he was in time to stop a luggage train from following. A second guard, James Pickles, was in one of the second class carriages, and, escaping with a bruise on one cheek, ran off to Stalybridgo to Stop any down trains coming from London or Manchester. Mr. George Cooper, chief supe r i n t en d en t o f thi s secttion of the line, was telegraphed to at Stockport, and was in . a short time on the spot with an engine and workmen. Mr. Ellis, superintendent of permanent way, and Mr. Carter, of Huddersfield, with Dr. Harri son, and other medical men, were forwarded as early as possible, and after every attention had been paid to the injuries of the passengers the former directed his atten tion to restoring the line to working order. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the thanks of the Court were voted unanimously to Mr. Russell Ellice (chairman) and Major James Oliphant (deputy-chairman) for their great appli cation and attention to the affairs of the East India Company during the past year. THE LATE LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR RICHARD ARMSTRONG.—This distinguished officer died on the 3d of March, on board the ship Barham, during his voyage homeward from Madras. Sir Richard Armstrong was only sou of Lieutenant-Colonel Armstrong, of Lincoln, and born in 1782. He entered the army as ensign in 1796, serving during the whole of the Peninsular cam paign, and then entered the Portuguese service, and re mained for six years in Portugal, which nation he greatly esteemed, and where be is still remembered with affection by many friends. Sir Richard served as Bri dier during the first Burmese war, as Major-General on the Staff in Canada, and finally was appointed Com mander-in-Chief of the army at Maciras a which com mand he resigned from impaired health. Sir Richard received medals and clasps for his services during the Peninsular war, besides badges of distinction from the Portuguese Government. He was a Knight Commander of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Portuguese Order of toe Tower and Sword, and Knight Commander of St. Bente D'Aviz. Sir Richard Armstrong was Colonel of her Majesty's 32d Regiment. LOCAL CHARGES AND TOWN DUES AT LIVERPOOL.— Yesterday an inquiry was opened at St. George's Hall. Liverpool, respecting the charges upon shipping and other duties levied at that town. The investigation was Under the superintendence of Captain Drinkwater and Mr. Blaekburne, barrister, Government Commissioners, and was attended by the representatives of various com mercial companies and corporations. The question of town dues was first brought forward. Mr. Heron, town clerk of Manchester, gave a good deal of evidence open the subject. He stated that until a recent period the town dues were only levied upon about 100 articles, but now they were charged upon 600 articles imported into Liverpool, and that the corporation were continually adding to the number of articles chargeable with the duty. The witness deprecated the town dues generally, and said that their first effect was to put 120,0001. a-year into the coffers of the Liverpool Corporation at the ex- 5 pense of the manufacturing and commercial interests of the north of England. Mr. James Aspinall Turner, chairman of the Manchester Commercial Association, and other gentlemen, addressed the Commissioners, and denounced the Liverpool town dues as unjust, unrea sonable, unconstitutional, and injurious to commerce. The inquiry is likely to be a protracted one. THE NORTHERN COAL TRADE.—NEWCASTLE-ON -TYNE, —There was much ac ti v i ty l ast week in the steals d is trict of the Tyne, i n consequence o f or d ers from Government Wednesday.-There coald a ' 4 e Y r ment to supply the squadrons in the East and Baltic with coal. A large order was also sent down by the French Government to send coals out to the East. Freights rose from 451. a keel to 731. a keel to Constanti nople. Since then, in consequence of the ample supply that has gone, the Governments have not sent any more orders, but it is supposed have left the supply in the hands of merchants to send out coal in the ordinary course of business. The present rates to the East are —6Bl. a keel to Constantinople, 651. a keel to Gallipoli, and 601. a keel to Milo. A considerable number of coal laden vessels left the Tyne yesterday for the Baltic and the Mediterranean, to deliver aboard the fleets. We have now a considerable fleet of screw colliers engaged in the London coal trade, probably 14 or 15 sail, all ves'- sels of considerable tonnage. More vessels are also building for the two companies engaged in the trade ; and we believe the experiment has been pretty success ful, so that in a few years we may expect the London coal-trade will be much modified, and the consumer in the metropolis less dependent upon sailing-vessels and the winds for his supply of this valuable mineral. DISCOVERY OF STOLEN PROPERTY.—The police have recently discovered a large quantity of stolen property on the premises of a " general dealer," in Bell-lane, Spitalfields. The discovery arose from the circumstance of a bale of Berlin wool having been offered by a man named Chadwick to the very warehouseman from whose premises it had been stolen. On the premises in Bell lane almost all the proceeds of a recent burglary at the premises of Messrs. Hargraves, in Gresham-street, were found, and also jewellery to the value of 1,0001., part of the 3,0001. worth of which Mr. Alexander,. toef_Haattttohne garden, was robbed. Two men were . co . nv a i d l c Court for for February session of the Central Craton re ceiver of the stolen goods has been apprehended. o in r assimilating the being concerned in the latter robbery. The all ege LORD BROUGHAM'S BANKRUPTCY BILL—The . prelimi narythe bankruptcy laws of discussion on Lord c ß ea r t o i t a ig n i d la t m o 's th b o il s l e f country progress will has now been completed, and the measu re is to be examined in comm ittee, where be regarded with greitt interest by the commercial classes of both sections of the kingd om. Litt le doubt seems euterthl . nct rasa-di n e the prospect,of ,its b e i ng a d opted, • o the expediency , taf a precise incorporation and the only point upon which unanimity has to be ar nclu ding the full p ori e f' n eL a il l t a 'bt u e t i . s i P , o ar r tis i v t t y josi o ° f n i ' h ( e 'f c t o b : e n tt E i inctthe Lew,l and the system of chyi:iified certificates. these matters the opinions of the ;Scottish pu blic are invited, the oh:lea Of ail parties being to make the bill coLforam.ble to their wishes. Mean while, it may be remarked that, whatever inodifications shall be ultimately deemed necessary, nothing, as far' as sound theory is concerned, can justify the introduction or perpetuation of any essential differences in the pm. tice Of Scotland and England. Supposing any parts of the existing English system can be shown to be so ob jectionable as to render it undesirable that they should be introduced into Scotland, the only inference would be, not that Scotland should have a separate system, but that the degree of perfection which is thought attain able in her case should by the necessary reforms be forth. with achieved also on this side. sag, )ii a mac sub- re ,ed le -13- ne 9