The Sun. — London, England, 1854-05-20 00:00:00

r birb llOaten SUN OFFIcE, ,` , i f AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. The Royal mail steam-ship Arabia, which was to leave Boston on the 10th inst., and Halifax on the 12th, arrived this day at 12 15 p.m., off the Bell Buoy. It is expected that she will arrive in the Mersey this evening, and that her mails will be despatched for first delivery in London on Monday Morning. GREECE. ATHENS, May 7.—The Greek insurrection still Continues, in spite of divers alternations of fortune. At Peta the corps which was besieging Arta has been attacked by the Turks and forced to aban don its pc sition. On the 24th of April the Greeks had -descended into the plain, and bad bad several engagements with the Turks, in all of which they had been victorious. Their little body of cavalry had even surrounded a body of Albanian% whom they might have entirely destroyed, when the Albanians began to make the sign of; he cross, and to swear that they were Christians, ilid that they belonged to the Greek camp, by which stratagem, or rather perjury, they saved their lives. The following night was ex tremely dark, and the rain fell in torrents, so that the insurgents, taking it for granted that after a long day's skirmishing, and with such bad weather, they might take a night's rest in perfect security, went to sleep without setting the usual watch. But their negligence was fatal to them, as the Turks fell upon them in the night and completely dis persed them, but without any great loss. At the first attack of Arta the Turks had been forced to evacuate .barracks which they occupied on the Greek frontier. The major commanding the royal troops put a garrison into it in order that this important post might not be left unoccupied. But, after the defeat of the insurgents, the Turks re deman.iled their barracks, which the Greek au thority imme;liately restored to them, making a protocol of the transaction. The Greeks were not more fortunate at Domoco, in Thessaly. They were besieging the town nar rowly, and already occupied several houses, ,when four thousand regular Turkish troops marched against them from Volos, with cavalry and artillery. But the Greeks had taken their ground so badly that the enemy was not only allowed to approach nut even to penetrate between their entrenchments, so as to isolate them. The nearest corps, that of vangteli Contoganui, fought during the whole day with extraordinary courage ; they stood Bevels.' charges of the regulars without flinching, and their 1.(3 was so destructive that the Turkish officers Were seen to strike their men with the flat of their sabres to force them to advance. This unequal struggle lasted till three in the morning, when the Greeks, seeing that the rest of their army, from which they were completely cut off, could not come to their rescue, were obliged to decamp in the dark, and the siege of Domoco was raised. But these reverses have been compensated by s everal advantages. The whole of Magnesia, of of Thes sa ly, i s i n arms, and one corps has occupied Position on M o unt Ossa, not far from the River .eneus. On the other side of the river, the inha bitants of Olympus, exasperated by the acts of cruelty which they have been subjected to lately, and by the destruction and pillage of their monas ‘erY, have risen in the neighbourhood of the town of Elaison. General Hatzi Petro, who was marching against T 3 ricala was attacked by Zeneil Pacha, but having the reinforced by those who had fled from Domoco, lon Turkish corps was destroyed, and the Pacha himself killed: In another affair not less fatal to the Turks, and , 1▪ 1 1• which the Greeks got possession of a great num - ' ter of guns with bayonets, Ismail Bey Frassari ,W i as killed—the military chief of all Roumelia, and lbw terror of the country from his tyranny. The whole of Macedonia is on fire. General Isami Cara tasao, at the head of 3,000 men—to whom the in nabitarits of all the villages 'where he passed have joined themselves, and still more strengthened by the synipathy of the monks of Mount Athos, who made so desperate a resistance in the first Greek revolution, and who have now furnished a thou- Rand men and a sum of 10,000 piastres, was march ing on Thessalonica, where the Turks were in the utmost' consternation. He had already beaten several detachments in the Chalcidic promontory. But the position of the Greeks in that part of the Country is extremely dangerous, as they are com pletely isolated, and all succour sent them by their obuntrymen is intercepted by the French and Eng lish cruisers. In Athens the Ministry have closed the Chain- Dors, from purely economical motives—as many of the deputies natives of the insurgent provinces, and others, out of sympathy for the cause, having gone to the war—the number was no longer com plete, and the Chambers had for some tune paid Without sitting. This measure is not of the smallest political importance, since the Chambers had, by a unanimous vote, approved of the policy of the Cabinet on the great question of the day. The. Hellenic subjects dismissed from Turkey continue to arrive in great numbers in all parts of the country, having lost all they possessed. Mme. Tzavellas and family have been obliged to leave Athens, iu order to avoid the indignation of the people, who, on the news of the disaster at Peta, caused by the negligence of the commander, General Tzavellas, accused him of having betrayed the national cause, and threatened to set fire to his house, which was prevented by the police. DREADFUL MURDER IN DEVONSHIRE. —A dreadful and Mysterious murder has just been discovered near Tor- Illigton, North Devon. E iris on Wednesday mottling, the 17th inst., a farm labourer living in the village of Taddiport, was proceeding to his work, and when about a mile from Torrington, near the residelice of Sir Trevor • Wheler, be heard a IoW moaning noise, and, on look !ilg rou n d, he saw the body of a young woman lying la a ditch, s'aockingly mutilated. He lifted her up, and found that the poor creature still breathed, but her head was one mass of cuts and bruises , and the "Min was p r otruding through the top of t he skull. That a foul murder had been attempted there was very little doubt, the cupidity of the perpetrator of the crime being apparent from the fact that the poor girl's pockets had been rifled of a few shillings, and a basket 4 . 11 d a bundle which she carried bad been stolen. On Inquiries being instituted, it appeared that the victim of this cruel outrage was a young woman named Richards, employed as a glover is the neighbouring parish of Long tree. She had been to Torrington to take in her work and receive her wages, and on Tuesday afternoon she left Taddiport on her way home about 4 o'clock. The place where she was found is an open shallow ditch, about five minutes' walk from the village. The attack must evidently have been made in the road from the quantity of blood and hair upon the road and the adjacent bank ; and it is probable that, after becoming insensible, she was drag:zed to the side of the highway and thrown into the ditch. The young woman was removed to the nearest house, where medical aid was procured, but she expired with _ out being able to give any particulars of her assassin. The supposed murderer, a man who was seen following the young woman through Taddiport, is a stranger to the neighbourhood. The police traced his footmarks to th e aqueduct on the road to Bideford, where all further clue was lost. On Thursday afternoon the police suc ceededin apprehending the mansupposed semurderer,en following nd the h e has since been identified as the deceased out of Taddiport on Tuesday afternoon. He th en wore a large pair of whiskers , - but when taken into custody they seemed to have been recently shaved off. The accused bas been removed to the lockup at Torrington to a wait the result of the coro ner's inquest. B EQUE ST TO THE BRIT ISH MUSEUM —The will o f th e late Colonel Joliffe was proved on the 17th i ns t. I t contains, in addition to several private legacies from his personal property, some valuable bequests to public in stitutions. The beautiful chimney-piece in the dining room a t Ammerdown Park, Sotnersetahire, confessedly the most perfect of its kind in England, is bequeathed after th e decease of his two nearest surviving relations, to the British Museum. The su. ject of the chef d'oeuvre is a graceful bust of the youthful Bacchus, crowned with the fruit and foliage of the vine. • The compartments on either side are elegant representations of the Cornucopia, and the pilasters present in alto relievo an image of the Thyrsus. The whole is an unrivalled specimen of the Most chaste and finished sculpture , THE AFRICAN EXPLORING EXPEDITION.—LIVERFOOL. May 18.—The African exploring steamer Pleiad, built by Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead, took her departure Yesterday afternoon for Dublin, whence she will pro ceed direct to Fernando Po. The Pielad will be under the command of Captain Walker, and the object of the expedition is to explore the rivers Niger and Tchadda. Three medical gentlemen form part of the expedition, which, it is believed, will be of great advantage to the scientific world. The whole of the preliminary arrange In-nts have been entrusted to Mr. M`Gregor Laird, well known as an African traveller. THE BEARSKIN ON THE BOSPHORUS. —Last Sunday two of the Grenadier Guards, in their bearskin caps, came over • from Scutari, and were followed about by a crowd of people, who were all very anxious to find out who or what they might be. They passed for generals at the very least ; and I have a strong impresion that the bulk of the population put them down as Prince Napoleon and the Duke of Cambridge, taking a walk b _tire dinner. The bearskin cap has more astonished t e Turks than , the whole army that is encamped at ;Scutari. '"ishallah I what a hat ! What can it be l C*o they take iv:dr—Letter from, Conot ointinople. 1 pet inl itireds which ere of I COIII. which it was nearly of the le fol thori- !asure delay 3th of same m the ports. wn to ceount would these I, and lar in to the Int the !d the vessels e Rus a] only s made lemen, ninds ject. I lred. to ad, or recom re Mi went ion in owing to the which e large bles in tiers of :entra of the option 6gaiust 11 gua of my con . it as a given st and I have place of ray order, iat my mea y Eta idioess ,triotia ,urea. It is g the ras or. Winet is re- Wi th sia. of rs for try to rig in :reaty and ys :—» zana, cagy. e ad- zana, pedi louse- )n of s de- that te to 15th you'd ously a Le f the same ached ?mita nging I and re in• men Some ), and ut to o had a and f any 1 SU_N, 14 ONDONSATURDAY EVENING, MAY 20,_1854. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY,) RAILWA ,rastna this 121.2.. Bitt rKu ttAILWAYs. t I Tedford xn gletchley.. 00 tuckgluunsh all - 11ydesdale , b , Liueolu 41 per cent. all llas. Barr. Neils. Direct all )o. New..... l Astr.& Dn. F 1 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway ..... all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. I Shares. all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. LOO Do. 6 per ct. all \tanch. Bstn. and Matlock all Aiddlesbro' & Redcar. all Aidld.Bradfd all Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct. all Do. Fixeds pc, all Prest. & Wyrc Wort Li. &N. W • KAILWAYS. c;lxtkinot encer thin day, Nunne. , done I St, :5k this dAy. 93 - 95 94 - 96 laldoniata .00 berleen Nottng. Bost - • and Eastu. all Belfast & Ballymena all Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley ...... 28 i3irkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Juuct all Do. Chests. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. I.Bi Do., £20..... ...... 23 - Do h. Vrestn Vk. New. Berw. Ir.&NDid Loi -103 50 - 52 25 -26 12 - 13 22i 23A 100......... Eastern' ......... 30 Rlyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45; JX) Bristol and Exeter... [OO Caledonian i gorfolk... Stekton & Darlingt.' Midland.. 2i - 2i all 'Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon... ... 88 -9() all (Cork, Black, dt Pass. 12 Cornwall 6 Crieff Junction 45 llublindißelfastJunc E. Count. Do Do L. &N.W lanStYk Do ltNorthn Do Laneash& Yorksh. A.MClean Titockt. & Dar4l2o, Do. LltWestn 54 - 56 all !Dundee Perth&Aber deem Junction..,., all !Do. New xd xd all ;East Anglian.... all I Do (£lB E H).. 12 Do. Shares. [99 Roystn.St Hit. [OO Do.Shepth.St 18i Met Roth .a , Gooleg.sp.e. 9? '4. Staffordsh. all Wear Valleygi 6 per cent...: al] Eastern Counties.. all 1 Eastern Union, A Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 8 Do. , New 2 ` 2~1 .00 East Lancashire ,00 Edinburgh & Glasgowl Edinb. and Peebles 1 all I Do 03 lirilts&Somrst 28 . 90 - 92 .U 0 [Win. PAL, & Dundee 1 'orth & Clyde June. .00 Hasgow &S. Weston, .00 Great Northern Stk. LOO Do., A. Stock 1.00 Do., B. Stock. lOU Sth. & W e st. are. , 100 Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksli eIiEFERENCE SHARES. lOU 1 berdee u . LJO Do. No. 2, p. c. 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 WO Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. e Do. 4 p. c. Shares ._ We Jalcdouian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent I 64 Cork &Bandon s ip..c. i all Dundee Perth &Aber- bi = ii 184 Do., Fifths D 3., Wtilt. Riding Uu all Leeds Northeru all Liv.Crsby.SlSoutlipt all Loudon & Blaekwa , 8 Loud. Tilb. BtSthend. [OO Loud. Brigld B.Cst. LOO Loud. and N. Westu. (ken Junction all t4:astAuglian (X3loB' 6 per cent all .)o. (X 5) 7 per cent 2 4 )o. (X 7 17s) 7p. c all .4;astern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Jo. No. 2 all 00. New 6 p. c. St all .astern Union, Seri), Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Jo. 101. Debentr.Sh. 100 r.;ast Lan cash. 6p. cts, all ast and West York. 31 E ,2 I Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.5h.,M8t13 121 - 12 21 Do. Eighths 00 London au IS. Westn 424 Do., .£5 , 1 Do., £4O all L i udrry&Coleraini , a ll Ludllrry.& Euuisk 100 vlaucli.Shef.& Liucli 44 Do., Mau. & Lin. Cu. 100 Aidland 100 )0. Birumg. & Dsrb) t 7 ltidld.G, West.(lrs., 17' do. Half Shares...... all ieweastle & 100 Newmarket tif. Do., Bury Extension,. 17: ,Iwpt.Aberg. & V. Newry & Enniskillen all . Newry Warrenpoiut and Rostrevor. 100 Norfolk Northu.Counties Cu. 1.00 North British ......... 6 North Devon, No. 1. all Do., No. 2 all )0., A A Deferred 8 1)o., B Guarantee4 l all North London 5 Do. New £lO i s N.&S. Wstru.,Hamp stead, and City Ju 17A North Staffordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westru. June., 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley: and Leicester •• 100 Oxford, Worcester,& 23 - 24 shire June. Pref all gdiub Prth.&Dundet 5A per cent. LOO . ilasgow &S.Westeril Guar. 5 per cent. . 100 treat Northn. sp. c. 100 lio. sp. c. Redeem. , at 10 p. c. prem. . 1.0 .)0. 43 p. c. Scrip 6 lt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre all it. South u. & W estni (Ireland) Eighths) 5 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh 6 it. Wean. (Berks & limits Ex. 5 p. c) 100 Do. cov. red. 4A p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. LOO D,.,„ irred. 4p. c 6 Lan. & York. F. £2ll' 100 ba. 6p. c. Stock ... 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No. 1 9 Do. Quarters, 1848 .. 1100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c ... 109 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all ' Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c, 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Coler, a Shares all Londy. & Ennis. ASh all Aan. Shef., & Lin , i Shares, No. 1. all Do. Now, £3O 4A Do. £6 all Attlypt.&Carl.4 p.c. all Do. iii per cent HP• Do 109 - Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St up Do. Consol. Bristol & .iirm. 6 per cent i 5 Do. Pref. 4A per cent 6 Norfolk Debenture .. 10U Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock 100 Do. sp. c. Ext 199 Do. 5A per ct . pref._ 100 Do. Way. Val. sp. c 100 North British all north Staffordshire . 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £l5, 6 p.c. ~ - • 3 -3/ i .: 114 105 - 107 91 - 10 76, -- • . 94 - 88 ld .28 ~. "- ~. -- ... - •, Wolverhampton 2/ 2s Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central 100 Scottish Midland • 100 Shrewsbury &Bi R Rug, 100 Do. L. &N. Wester' Guaranteed 10 Shrewsby. & 116%61 all Shrewsby. & Ck..estel (N. W. Min ; all Do. Halves,: t all Do. Oswestry Shropshire Umon Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per cent all South Devon 100 South Eastern all south Wales 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 2/ 2s Staines, Wok & Wok all Stockton & Darling itoekton (St Hartlepi. 101) raft. Vale 8 Do. £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 21 'lames Haven DoeU and Railway 17 Vale of Neath... all Watcrfd. & Kilkeuu a ll Waterford&Limerick 16 Wcst Cornwall. I West End of Loudon and Crystal Palace all West Loudon 51s. Winabledn & Croydoi, 100 York Newetl.&lierw! 20 Do. Extensions Do. G.N. E. Piirchase , 100 York & N Midland 15 Do all scot. Cent. , New Pref all Shrews. & Birm. N.G. all ihrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W. Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon • O. fixed, 44 per cent all 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 U. 6d. 100 Do. 4A pm cent. all S. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar a ll Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent 5 Do. do. do all Stockton and Hartle- pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1851 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.e. 100 York, Neweastle t an , l Verwick,4 p.c. Pref. FORE Antrierp&Rotterdais telgian Eastu. Jun,. lesion to Graissossa, tlOlllbay, Baroda, an Central I udia,Serii :eutral of Italy !harleroi 6t Erqueliu )emerara )ijon and Besancon )uteli Rhenish . 5 Do 0 York&N, Midland U. , last Indian Do Extension t. Indian Peninsula Juuet. of Franc, rd. Trunk of Camel Debentures )o. do It. Central of Franc , :t.WesternofCauail. Shares 1) 0 . Bawls (Ist is.)'s7 laruiltou & Toroutu I)o. 6 per cent. Lake Coust. & Basle Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. pref Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Prof Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons and Geneva , Lyons & Mediterran, vladras Maria Antonia Do. do. New Nielbourne Dk. & Ry Niamur & Liege (witt interest) Do. (ex interest) northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (finy.B.&A.ms.Shs , NorwegianTrunkPre: Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbouri , ParisCaen & Cherbrg luebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre__ faiyal Danish Royal Swedish iambre and Meuse , Do. 5 p. cent. Pref. outlielr of France.. St. Andrew's • and Quebec (A) West r lauders per c. Pref Western of France._ West. of Switzerlami Wiesbaden ....... Zealand 100171 T OF _BANKRUPTCY.---(THIS PA y.) AMERICA. --~---- . .(Bcifore Mr. C'ommissinner Goulburn.) i SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. I TEE NEW ISLINGTON CATTLE SIARCET.-4N RE J. S. CLARKE. 1 the United States Mail Stearn-ship Union, Cap- , tin Adams, arrived otl Cowes this morning, awl This bankrupt, who was a private gentleman, residing at Richmond Vitas, Wandsworth, and having been one of the after l9.litling the English mails and paxi,:en gers) directors of the propo. , e4 T.LY, c attle mtrket, at Islington, was proceeded On her voyag e to Havre. made bankrupt as a hay-dealer. The bankrupt had also been a The Union left New York ou the 6th inst. She provisional co • • Bit+ brings 90 passengers, and spec eva $1,500,000, and Birkenhead Railway, and the Shrewsbury and Leicester the principal portion of which is for the continent. committee luau m the Wolverhampton, Chester, Railway Company, dtc , and was held liable. The balance- The Africa arrived out on the sth. The screw Hues on account of the companY, sheet shoWs debtor ' to *private creditor, 972'. 13s. 7d.: liabi steamer Cleopatra arrived at Portland, Maine, on the sth inst. This steamer brings no news of im- 38,885/. ; surplus balance, portance beyond the ordinary record of commercial 1849, 2430/. assets, 1001.; losses on shares, dm., 1,8171. 10s. The bankrupt applied for an adjournment, as the accounts affairs. • had not been tiled iu due time. a few been received at New York. The weather in sine die, as there e arn the case Dates from Savannah to the 29 th April had His Honour at first said tha t he should adj mere speculation. The Cuba was favourable for sugar making. Sugar w a s nothing for the cre ditors, and it was a Letters from Port au Prince state that the Em- in years. bankr upt Nov., 1849, and ha d lost 18,0001. said he had paid 2101. f or his shares, and was dull at low prices. had 2,500/, in peror Soulouque was making preparations for inis of culation but vading the Republic of Dominica. Operations certainly in this case there was some grounds to d?al with the . Nis Honour said this showed the evi spe . , were to commence about the Ist of May. case somewhat differently from ordinary speculation, and he would grant an adjournment in the usual course. The news taken out by the Africa had no effect Bankrupt said the creditors had been offered 7s. 6d. in the on the markets for broadstuffs. Owing to the light pound, money down, but they refused, and drove the com stock and good home demand prices continued pany to bankruptcy. to rule above the limits of foreign orders, even IMPORTA NT QUESTION AS TO CERTIFICATE FEE S. at the advance brought by the Africa. Lower and Mr. J. R. Chidley, Gresham-street, medium grades of Western and State flour werea p lied e Meeting to hisH for the o u r for th e e return fas Bi n o e f e t s h the s fees bankrupts for advertising were in the first instance sold at 12i cents advance. Corn also improved choicerequired to deposit' the amount. about two cents and Indian corn one cent per After a short discu- , siou his Honour said that it appeared bushel. Cotton dull, and inclined to droop. to him that bankrupts ought not to be called upon to pay, Ships for Liverpool found it difficult to engag e for thedmbeeting a,awctas a n b o d t was called t h e is re in ea sta ni nc u e e , b b a tt was onemeeting freights except at very low prices. No flour was under c t the the y i tion, and the expenses offering, while only about 10,00 0 bushels o f corn ought to be paid out of-the estate. dire estate as . that for the examination , were engaged on private -terms, supposed to The application was granted. be at a fraction under 6d. There was a good demand for wood freights from the Canadian pro vinces to English ports. The metal market quiet. Lead rather firmer. New York stock and money markets unchanged. Exchange on London, 109 to 1091 ; Paris, sf. 10c. to sf. 12ic. The New York Crystal Palace was re-opened on the sth inst. The inauguration ceremony was a very successful one. BIABABT NEWS-(TllIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN`. The supplies here to-day were extensive, and a steady business was transacted as follows : FBUIT.—Pine apples, English, 6s Od to lOs Oct each ; ditto colonial, is Od to is 3d each ; hot-house grapes 6s to 125; foreign ditto, is 6,1 to 3s Oct per lb ; apples, 6s to 103 per bush. ; pears, 3s to 6s Oil per doz. ; goose berries, 2s 6d to 45 per half sieve ; apricots, green, 6(1 to 14 per puttle ; s trawberries, 6,1 to Is 6d per small basket ; lemons, 9d to 2s ; oranges 5s al to 12s per 100 ; almonds, 2s to 3s per lb.; Barcelona nuts, 24s per bush.; cob-nuts. 110 s to 120 s per 100 lbs ; chesnuts, 2s to per peck ; filberts, 85s to 100 s per 100 lbs ; walnuts 8(1 to Is 6d per 100. VEGETABLES. —Cabbages, 9d to is 6d ; Brussels sprouts is Od to 2s lid per half sieve ; brocoli, 9,1 to is 6(1 per bund.; greens 4s 01 to 6s Oct per doz. bunches ; French beans, 180,1 to 2s 0,1 per 100 • potatoes, 140 s to 180 s per ton ; ne w ditto, 4,1 to is 0(1 per lb.; v.spara;us. 2s to 7s 0.1 per 100; sea-kail, 9d to per punnet; garlic, 8,1 to is per lb.; young turnips, Os 9d to is ; young carrots, is to is 6,1 per bunch ; cucumbers, Os 3,1 to is Od each ; celery, 6d is Is 6d per bundle ; spinach, 2s Od to 4s Od per sieve; spring onions, 3d to 6(1 per bunch ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks, I d to 2,1 per bunch • shallots, 5d to 8(1 horse-raddish, Od to 4s 0 , , per bundle ; parsley is Od to 2s Od per half sieve ; rhubarb, Os 3 I to Os 8.1 per bundle ; endive, 2s to 3s 3d per scare ; beet, is to is 6d per dozen bunches; parsnips, ls - to 2s I d per dozen ' • small' salad, 2d to 3d per punnet • ' mushrooms, 9.1 to is 3d ler pottle ; artichokes, 3 s to 5s Od per doz. • cabbage lettuees 6.1 to 8d per score ; sorrel, 6,1 to is 0.1 per half sieve ; radishes Gd to is per dozen hands ;,shelled green peas, 3s 6d to 5s per quart. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkey poults, 58 to 7s ; Goslings, 5s 6,1 to 7s each ; Duck lings, 2s to 4s; tame Rabbits, is to is lid ; wild do , 8(1 to Is 2d ; Guinea Fowls, 3s to s 3d ; Pigeons, 7d to 9d each; Surrey Fowls, 6s Od to us Od ; ditto Chickens, 5s 0 to 68 6d; barn-door Fowls, 3s Od to 4s tid per couple Capons, 3s to 4s 0.1 ; Chickens, 2s Oct to 2s 9d per couple ; leverets, 3s Od to 4s 0,1 each. English Eggs, 7s fid t,, 8s Gd; French ditto, 58 0.1 to 7s Od per 120 : Ostend fresh butter, 9s to Ils ; English, lOs to 15s per dozen. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s Od to lls ' • Brills, is to 7s Od each ; Salmon is ld to is 8d per lb; Cod Fish, 2s to 6s Od each ; Soles, 4d to is 6d per pair ; Eels, 8d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; Crabs, 6(1 to 2s 6d • Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz.: ' Doreys, 28 to 70 • Mullets, fal to 2s 6d. each ; Common Oysters, 9s Od to 16s Od; Natives, 40s Oct to 48s Od per bsh; Mackerel, 32s to 40s per 100; Smelt s, 3 s 0,1 to 5s gallon, Skate, Skate, 6(3. to Oct per lb; Shrimps, to 2s 6d per Bloaters, is 6d to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 8s 0,1 to Os Oct per 100 ; Haddocks, es to 12s per doz. ; Plaice, 4,1 to is Od each ; Carp, 2s Od per brace ; Tench, 2s Oct to Os Od per brace ; Garnets, 4d to is Od each ; Halibut, 6d per lb. • Salt Fish, 2(1 to 5d nor lb. ; Prawns, 2s 6d to 4s Oct per lb. ; Flounders, 9,1 s to r k 6(1 per doze bu n ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb.; Pike 6(1 p er lb. ; p, 35 0,1 per shel. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are iron 10d to 11d; of household ditto, 8(1 to 94d per 41b loaf. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 33 4d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 5s 6 , 1 to 68 4 c l ; veal, 4s 0,1 to s2d ; pork, 3s 6d 4s 8d per 81bs. 50 50 20 20 MINING INTELLIGENCE. St. 10 WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 5s 2d to 6s 2d; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; Pork, 3s 41 to 4s 6(1 per Bibs. by the carcase. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to 3d; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to Od; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 30 ;• 801 b to 881 b, 30 to 3i,1 ; t3Blb to 961 b, 3id to 4d ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 1041 1 , to 1121 b 0(1 to 0,. Horse hides, as lld to Os 0,1; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s Od; ditto, full, 5s ad to Os 0(1; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od; Keats, 7s 0,1 to 8s 0,1; Half-breds, Os Od to Os 0,1 ; Downs, 5s Od to 6s 3d ; Lambs, 2s Od to 3s Od; Shearlings, is Gd to is 7d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, 21 15s to 51 5s ; clover iitto, 3/ 15s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 21 2s per load. A fair average supply, and a moderate demand. CUM!AERLANII.—Meadow hay, 2/ 158 to 5/ 5s ; clover litto, 3/ 15s to 6/ cp • and straw, 18s to 214 s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. WRITECHAPEL.—Metutow hay, 2/ 12s to 5/ Os; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ 6s ; s t ra w. 1/ 16s to 2' 2s per Both hay and straw moved off slowly, yet prices were well supported. i 22,631/. The following vessels, with gold on board, are known to be on their way from Australia to this country : From Sailed. Ozs. Australian (s. ) Aberfoyle Kangaroo South Sea The value of this 115,626 oza. (at 41. per oz.) is 462,504/. The Royal Shepherdess is also bringing over five boxes of gold from Adelaide. Fbr Val ( From the Mining Journal of this day.) St. 1 The Share Market has exhibited a firmer and an improved St. I appearance th.s week—one or two discoveries' an I improve- St. 1 meats in mines, such as those reported at Cathedral, St. Day St. I United, Wheal Messer, West Alfred Consols, and Tremayne, St. 1 having,brought several buyers into the field. 12 Following in the wake of mines recently relinquished, we 50 have this week to announce the abandonment of Carbone, East Seton and Maud ; and West Wheal Treasury seems likely Hi to follow the examples of Wheals Chiverton, Speedwell, Nep- St. tune, Trebarvan, Lemon, and numerous others—all of which, Di we regret to say, wind up with considerable loss. The share- 14 holders being tired out, after having paid most unwarrantable 50 premiums for the shares, iu the full assurance of dividends, 20 they find at the eleventh hour that the prospects do lot war- 11 3 / 4 rant the payment of further calla. However, "'Tie an ill 10 . ..ind that blows nobody good," as these sudden stoppings St. will canes machinery and labour to be snore easily obtained St. by the mines more worthy of attention in the various districts. 20 The general aspect of the Gold Mining Share Market has 10 been characterised by great flatness, and scarcely any of these 12, stocks, even the most accredited, are now much inquired St. after, while those in disrepute are not saleable at nominal 50 prices. Although it is the prevailing opinion that it is only 40 a question of time how soon several of the associations will 25 become defunct, yet no perzieptible rally can take place until 25 results come to hand from those companies in whom, at pre- St. sent, the public have still some confidence. The British gt2 B Australian Gold Mining Company has been expunged from the St. Official List of the Stock Exchange. Anglo-Californians, St. which last week slightly rallied, have again receded; and the 50 only shares that appear to maintain any degree of firmness 25 are Aqua Frias and Colonial Gold. The accounts from Cali- ( 00 foriaia state that gold mining is progressing there, and nume- St. rous statements aro daily arriving, showing that at present 6i th re is no deficiency of gold 'iu • that state. By the 25 Marco Polo, accounts to a recent period have arrived from 50 Australia, and it will be - seen that the excitement there is 20 still continuing. At Bancligo diggings there are, according to the local journals, not less than three places of amusement st open, as well as ball-rooms, the price of admission to 5€ which is one guinea for a gentleman and lady's ticket ; Si doctors can be consulted in their tent ; and the if price of the gold is 3/. 15s. per oz. A large stone of quartz, impregnated with gold, and weighing 271b5., the property of Captain Bell, the superintendent of the Anglo-Australian Company, had been raised there, and deposited in the bank. The vein from which it was taken was very large, and great results were anticipated as soon as the company's machinery ' could be brought into active operation. Mr. Selwyn, the mineral surveyor, has handed in to the Assembly at Mel bourne his report on the mineralogical and auriferous de posits of Victoria, giving an elaborate account of the palmo zoic country and auriferous drift. Honourable mention is likewise made of Mr. Evan Hopkins's researches by the colonial journals. It has been announced that large quantities of gold had been discovea Pine copperhalt is said to exist there in great abundance. The arrivals of bul lion this week have been—the Magdalena, from the West Indies, 330,000/. ;. the Marco Polo, with gold dust to the value cf 100,0u01; the Highbury, 16,469 ozs., of the value of 65,880/. The Australian steamer, with 78,000 ozs. of gold; and the South Sea, with 5,500 ozs., have sailed for their desti nation, and are daily expected. The Colombo has taken out to the East and the Mediterranean specie to the value of 20 20 10 10 STATE OF .TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, May 19.—The only relief to the dulness of our market experienced in the present week has arisen from the overland advices, received by way of Trieste. In China the trade was not worse than it bad been reported in the previous accounts, while at Calcutta the arrival of comparatively few imports was operating somewhat favourably upon business. It is the merchants connected with the latter market, princi pally, who have operated during the last few days, moderately in the lighter descriptions of cloth, and to a very limited extent in yarns. A slight increase of firmness in the prices of these articles is the co sequence just so much as appears to check their previous declining tendency. With the exception of this department, the market at large is rather duller than it was last week ; and, in general, buyers are able to get what they want for the nu ply of their more pressing wants on fully as low terms as they could have done last week. The diffe rence, however, is very small. Buyers are not to be tempted to large transactions by the consideration of cheapness; as, therefore, it would be of little or no use, in the way of selling, to run down their own prices, this is not done by spinners and manufacturers. The downward inclination is very gradual and slow. The resumption of work in all the mills contributes to that course in the market which we have just pointed out. And buyers see nothing, in any quarter, to induce a departure from that caution which so many important considerations impose upon them. An extensive maker of domestics in forms us that he is working only four days a week all such looms as cannot be vmp•oyed upon orders in hand ; and we find that, without combination, many manufacturers are producing less, for they ca. make nothing that will pay. NOTTINGHAM, May 18.—The two staple trades of this t.,wn and neighbourhood, viz. hosiery and lace, continue flat; a few manufacturers in each business have received their usual ordurs from the Uuited States, but the purchases for that country up to this time are smaller than usual, owing mainly to the value of money there, inasmuch as they can make more of it by discount than they can by profit on this country's produce. This state of affairs will not last long as a matter of course, but,during the transition we shall suffer. The home trade is also much depressed, and very little busi ness is being done at this time with either foreign or colonial markets. The price of yarn is nominally the same as it has been for some time past, but them is an advantage in favour of large purchasers. 20 20 50 20 THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of this day.) LEEDS. May 19.—We have no change of any importance to report in the state of the woollen trade. The markets have been of about au average character this week. On Saturday there was considerable animation in the cloth halls ; a good number of merchants were in the market, and showed a little activity, but not much inclination to buy, and when the cloth that was sold was brought out of the market, the transac tions were foimd to have been within a moderate compass. There w ■ also considerable activity in Tuesday's market, and more disposition to purchase, and on the whole the quantity of cloth that changed owners was larger than on the previous market day. HUDDERSFIELD, May 16.—1 t is seldom that we have a good market on a day included in those of the fair, even in better times. The little improvement we noticed last week has fallen off this, whether from the reason stated or not. Very few buyers were in attendance, and we bad what is called a flat market, both iu the Cloth-hall and warehouses. Prices, however, have undergone little alteration. BRADFORD.—WooI —The difficulties or the trade are such as to disconcert buyers of combing wool, and the sales are unus ually limited. Yarns—Not the slightest improvement. The tendenpy is to a still further curtailment of production. Pieces—There has been another suspension of payment during die week, arising not from bad debts, but unremunerative prices, and with the present prospect the number of such calamities must inevitably increase. STEAD( GUN-BOATS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN. SIR, --I have noticed your extract from the Morning Herald and your remarks about gun-boats, also all your able articles on that head, as well as the letters of Mr. Russell and Captain Claxton which appeared in the Times and in your own paper, one and all carrying that' sort of conviction with them that naval men here call conclusive _so conclusive, that were it not for a sort of under-cur rent one would feei at a loss to account for anything so palpably absurd as the Herald's remarks. The under current has long been noticed by those interested in the performance of screw steamers here, and was most patent during the paper war about the passages of the Victoria and Argo to Australia. The remark you have extracted i s a strand front the same rope. Mr. Mare has a con tract for some of the new wood gun-vessels, the defi ciency in which for the purposes of warfare in shoal wate rs the Herald h as made more clearly apparent— has corroborated, in fact, all the statements, ex cathedra, one may say, that have before been made. They are to be screw steamers, and of great speed ; and those facts alone prove they are to draw a good deal of water, for nece ssary fur very high speed that the i s t cr i e s w p( s ) h si o t u ivly should be deep in itself and deep in the water too, and so ve-sels with them will not be able to go into shoal water, and that is the whole question. Paddles are not so good for war purposes as screws, for the reasons given. I admit it. But screws and light draught can't go together, but paddles can, and that, no doubt, is Mr. Russell's reason for recommending them, even while his yard is full of screw vessels for all other sea-going purposes. e T e ru y s e t s i 1 0 1 gf the y u a w u i t i l h t r i s e e s v , earrei and in i n thee a y e o n u d r ending sthu e t c o e e o d p e i n n getting a proper flotilla for the protection or assistance 25 of our gallant army on the Danube, --I remain your obe- 1 dient servant, IiAUTICUS. I 1 Southampton, May 18. 109 LLOYD'S SIIIPPING-(THIS DAY.) - LONDON, May 20. Wind this day at Noon, W. ; light breeze, and fine clear weather The Olympia (barque), Pernambuco to England, was fallen in with on fire, May 1, in lat. 34 N. , 43 W , anti crew taken off by the Kan garoo, arrived ff Lyine Regis. .PORTSMOUTH, May 19.—Wind, N.E. .to S. Sailed — Rhine, for New York ; H.M.'s steamer Brisk, Eastward ; do. Miranda, Eastward. FALMOUTH, May 19.—Wind, variable. Arrived—Sol dan. from New Orleans. MALDON, May 19.—Wind, N.E., blowing. The Prince of Wales (s), of Lowestoft, from Gothenburgh to London, went on shore this morning on the Blacktail Spit, and re mains with rudder gone. OFF THE EDDYSTONE , May I g. — Union (s), from New York, for Cowes and Havre. GRIMSBY, May 19.—The Amelia and the Johanna, prizes to H.M.'s steamer Bulldog, have arrived in the Roads to-day. SKIBBEREEN, May 18.—A waterlogged vessel is reported to have been seen 100 miles to the westward. The Dolphin and another cutter have proceeded from Crookhaven to render assistance. LONDONDERRY, May 18.—Arrived—Eduact, from Phi ladelphia. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, W.S.W. ; gentle breeze, and Arrived—Alfred and British Lion, from New Orleans ; Chariot of Fame, Boston ; Folga, Baltimore ; Jabez Snow, Philadelphia ; and Eva, Antwerp. Sailed—Queen of the West, for New York ; Muscongua, Charleston; and Sarah, Quebec. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.25 a.m. Wind, N.W.; tide three hours' ebb; weather very fine. Arrived —Mediterranee, from Belize ; Agnes Blakie, Callao ; Essea, Thisted ; Emgheden, Neustadt ; Raania, Nykiobing ; Belgium (s.), Ostend ; Tiger, Hauiburgh. Sailed—Veno Berthoven, for Memel ; Loniza Kilham, Boston, via Cardiff; Gothenborg (s.), Gothenborg. DEAL, Saturday, 9.30 a.m. Wind, S.q.W., light, and fine. Passed—Clarendon, from Honduras ; Pearl, Para ; Vir ginia, Odessa ; Artagnar, Dragomeister ; Ituna, Macy Ann, Lion, and Albymns, Callao for London ; Marseilles for Lynn ; Reserve, London for Jamaica ; Syd ney (s.s.), London for Malta. Her Majesty's ship Brisk, from westward, anchored last _ _ night. - - The French frigate Vengeance arrived and anchored , Sailed• The Anglo-Saxon, for Yarmouth. THE PRINCES GHOLAM MAHOMED AND FEROZE SHAH Their Highnesses Prince Gholam Mahomed and Prince Feroze Shah are still sojourning at the Oriental Hotel, Vere-street, where they daily receive visits from the highest members of the aristocracy. We understand that, so satisfied are their highnesses with the magra• cent saloons of this establishment, and the facilities af forded them for carrying out their native customs and observances, that they have made arrangements for re• maining there for the next nine months. The desire of the proprietors to forward their wishes in every respect, and to consult their feelings, has been warmly acknew ledged, and has caused the Oriental to possess quite a= much the feature of an Eastern caravanserai as of an English hotel of the first class. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH THE EAST.— The French and English military authorities in the East have established a service of couriers from Belgrade to Adrianople. It is supposed that the distance will be performed in four days. Afterwards, by telegraph from Semlin, despatches will arrive at Paris in less than seven hours, in passing by the following stations :—Semlin, Peterwardein,•Lovrin, Szegedin.Czt•sleil, Pesth, Vienna, Li n ts,, Munich, and Paris. In addition, a service of j. 4 to be established between Adri ano pl e an d th e couriers army of the East. It is calculated that by means of all these meaQures news will be received from the centre of operations in six days. CHARTERED BANK CF INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA. —The solicitors of the committee of shareholders of this bank, appointed to resist the attempt of the directors to enrc foe i a n call op for opposition ositi t o le purpose n i tot the wisher of crry a olt ilg out o t u he under taking stitue u r)ts: have notified that, by an arrangement made last even ing, the appeal for an injuncitsiotno sttoraend str o ai v n er th t e o d th ir e ec 2 t s o t r h s I ; from forfeiting shares, Ste. , &inst., without prejudice to any of the interests involved. 23i 21 PI MIN ES all A. , -4ua Fria all \ uglo Austen. Gold all \ oglo 'aliforuian 2 lustralasiau 6 \ ustralian all ustraliau Cordiller. all \ ustraliau Freehold all lye Maria all Judea (Gd. Duchy (1) all tilaenarvon Ir. & Coat all Jritish. Austria. Gold •iritislx Iron . 24?, :fraziliau I mp.(iisued at £5 piu - - all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek . Clare ud o n Con. Min Co. of Jamaica.— all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 15 Oopiapo all C,opper Min. of Eug all Do. Pref. 74 P. cent . all English and Audi.lu Copper Sineltg. Co all '.leneral all Ireat Nugget Veiu., all Do. Registered all Great Polgooth all Liberty all Linares all LoudokCaliforn.Gol Quartz Crush. Cu all Aariquita 9 'llexican&S.Amerien all New Granada... all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co all Nouveau Moucte all Pontgibaudlye+ --- - Lead Min. 4: Smelt 1 Port Philip .... all ,quartz Rock all thymiley Iron . 15 Do. New 10!. Santiago do Cuba. all ''outh Australian 7 No Croft .. all 'Tufted Mexican all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa 12s. •Vorthing Mining of Australia all Yuba JOINT-S' all knstralasia all I British Colonial Bauk and Loan Company all:tritisb N. Americas , , 5 Ohartd. Bank of Asia •> add. Milk. of India, Australia, & China 25 .lolonial 20 ;ontmercial of Loud 1.2 '.tiglish Scottish an, Australian 20 I.oud. Chart. Bk. 01 Australia A) .cluilon and County 10 ~ouilou Joint Stock.. 1,0 ,ond. & Westinitistw 35 Sational Provincia of England 10 Do. New 22. 74ational of Ireland all Now South Wales all niental Bank of 50 50 LOO LOO 10 0 10 C0rp0rati0n.......... 5 1)o. New ........... .... 25 erovincial of Irelaw , all Do. Now .............. l .loyal Australn.likg Sz :.4old Imp C 0... Al 4outh Australia ..... all Jnion of Australia.. 2 i)o. New .............. 10 Union ..f Lniulon . SPECIE —The shipments of specie by the Peninswar an(' Oriental steamer Colombo amount to 122,6001.. of w/tLich 18,3001. is gold for Malta, Alexandria, and Sin g,spore, and 104,30 a silver for Fenian& tiingapQrv, ,long-koug, and Canton. if - 4i 8 - 9 13 -12 dial - 17 7d - 92 - 55 ..... ••• - 43 7 - 8 - 16 12, - 60 - 55 - 24 58 62 86i 87 72 73 19 - 121 88 - 90 7 3 1 731 t 56 —8/ 10 12 ts 10 12 p 60 604 8-- rt 12 - 124 - 8i - p 100 - 10 Ai 97 10 - 1 l id- it i 7 -78 d 12 -n%, lo ioi - id;6l •••• . 58; ;32 - 34 d --- 4 21 2i -- 8 47 3$ 3 1 joi 31 :)0 D 4 § a iP •.• Old 7 4 , 28 - 29 S 5 87 52 • 54 51 - 53 51 --- 53 3 - 26 13 -- 15 64 -- 74 10 -1 : 4 -- ad 13 15 60j 61 34 3 5 4 2d 4 5 30 - 32 ..~ -- ... 3 - 34 17 18 4 - 5 20 22 ... - .. 51 - 6 C 5 66 9 84d 4id .16A -- '47i Q - 4 --- d —a P . -- ••• 31 - I - i - li - 2 - 31 —3 - I:I an 1 3d 4 P (I 13 - 2 %, - k - .6 7 d d 18. —19 i 2.1)1 par 1p 7 —9 P .. ... id par ... .-... ••, 6 - 71 ii : iii 8 9 xn 16 43 - 45 35 -37 29' 30. f - pm ... • 3 —2" d d "g 84 -- PM 4 d 5 3 44 MISCELLANEQUS Dubin Coal and Iron' ‘ustralian Agricult. ustral sn Pc ill 0. Mai \ustraln. Royal Mail terlin Water Works 'irit. American Land trit. & Coln. Sineltg. and Reduction Co 'rystal Palac 3 'rystal Pal. of Franca ‘.,itsteri, Steam I , ,leetrit Tolograph(A 00. (B) Electric Teleg. of Ir ;en. Steam Navigat. .teueral Screw Stean Irish Beet:oot Suga' Magdalena 'Ct. Navig. iat. Pat. Steam Fue; ictl,erlands Land— S. W. foal ea Inter. Steam Navigat. Cu all 1. B. Austraiasian I Jo. New 1 10 rti i. of EuropeStean all Peel Itr. lA. & Minrl. all Peninsular& Oriental 35 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co Ntail Steam all ieot. Austral. Invest ". • it at th A ustral .Lan , all iubmar. Telegraph. all Do. Registered 284 Van Diemen Laud . • • . 4 :i 46 .6 . 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St. St. 20 St. 10 25 10 ..01 3is 3O ad 1) yesterday;. ulon is: 92 - 30 11 - I i - 1 4- ip 1 d 1 10 1 i = i 4i - 4i 2 - 3 29 -31 (1 4 . 2 - 10 - 12 50 - 60 2 - 40 li -2/ 1 -: .1 1 - 14 10 -- 11 5i - A 64 15} -- 16!! - 4 29 -- 31 8 -10 3 - 4 i - 4 2 - 4 21 3i i id i i d .# - BANKS. 78 - 80 1 -- li - 5 - TIVERT AL EXCISE DUTIES BILL. li_ 0a -"" 46 48 40 43 71 - 73 7 - 8 "Non meus hie sermo, sed Qum prteeepit °puling." The LORD CHANCELLOR said that their l ships should bear in mind t ha t in legislating on ord this The eubjeot they bad a most diffioult duty to perform. _ ....- ' PA 1 L T A Nig-NT. : public had at, various ernes corripttuneal , Na..t of eati-ii: le, at•olt 11 , 1 the part of rail . ‘ iir regulating their treffia se as to meet thi '". ii.ol.l — L OF tal:D ‘; --- "O 7 f: I AT ERD A.Y. ) • o p T ia L o i e l? b p y St , b o l , l , e;F op er w o y t:s s t l i i 7 e e i , o t s r t a i i i t a te lf a . r a r n ivb R PORTED LOSS OF THE TR; E'3,. traii.e, by an indier company's line, had Tee Ein of MALM ESIAT RV ' , aid, he wished to aek place, awl the,.. it eften happened that tin the noble duke (Newel-tie) a rrh:stioil ref:i l l I I: l e to a ,, i i - e ( i ime eeiegere w 4 ire kept waiting for some •t •Ilich lied ca u s e greet anxiety, 'when . 1 ae , it , , . , part A , :01 ,, tLier train to carryin: 2 ,- th ew on. Eve, , 1 he . re " . this difficulty, So it was said that some per ens were prevaikd f.r some title without contradiction. alloWed - undue advantages, with regard to the carriage port t.. which he allude I was th at tier Nlajesty s steam in frigate the Tiger had been lost on the coas t of the Black o f goo d s certain lines of rail wa y s , an d th is ought to Sea, and that the crew ha d become prisoners to the be dealt with. He was free to confess that when this Ruesians. He wished to know whether the noble duke , subject wan first suggested to him, he th o ught that a had any reason to believe that that re p ort was t rue, an d board of eontroul would have been the most effectual whether lie had received any a ccount of the allege d i means of meeting the difficulty, but on further conside transaction ? He also wished to know whether an ac- ration that comae appeared impracticable. The scheme count he had reae,..l in the Moniteur were correct, emir ing followed out by this measure was the only other mod , to which it appeared that the French a dmiral reported of dealing with the question. It consisted, in effeet, to his Government Chat, a certain number of Russian I of two clauses, the remaining sections being purely sub prisoners having been taken from aboard merchantmen sidiary. The first clause declared that railway coin pe at Odessa, it was proposeit to the Russian commander of , nies should afford due facilit i es with respect to traffic. that place to exc h ange those p r i so ners for English a n d To this it was asked what were "due facilities." It was French persons detained at Odessa, but that no answer objected that the bill only affirmed moral obligations. was returned by the Russian commander, and the result Now it might be very difficult, without any case put, was that the English admiral th eught fit to give up the to say what were due facilities ; but on a question com prisoners and set them free. Noeva as in the course of ing before a court, it would not, he thought, be so in the war it could not be expected t i 'eat the allied forces possible as his noble friend (Lord Campbell) reason . should always be successful and mot suffer some little misfortunes, such as losing by to say what were not so. Other branches of the law r accident some on this foundation, and had worked well. Innkeeper ships or men, the latter becoming. prisoners to were bound to possess due facilities for the reception of the Russians, it was evident that, if the English corn- uests • common carriers to provide due facilities far menders did not retain a certain number o'f men, at all fhe ' carr i ia t 4 of goods. Titis had not been found too events, as prisoners of war, they would l ia . - ire none to exchange against English prisoners. He cone indefinite g a stiite of things for these branches crf the 'glided that the report to which he referred must be inco;reect, and law ; why should it not work equally well with respecSto he was sure their lordships would not misundersta. railways 1 With regard to the mode of bringing the nd him ect before a court by m e by supposing that he threw any blame on any re corn - ' bill subjat first stood, upon affidavit, as tlaik mendatiou which the Government might have given to tion of the statut e an action its o ffi cers to carry on the war in the most hum. , " , shoulda be tried. The mit was proposed that upon an infra& ile manner possible. At the same time, it was clear that, te` i way companies, however, that this would be which he referred might be pushing the princip:es of putting all parties to an ,uh sugg est ed •eseary expense ; for the Christianity and civilisation too far, and be eventually were willing to forego a trial, and leave the q uestion to the means, indeed, of prolonging the contest. . the judges only. The noble and l earned lord (Campbell) had certainly p ut a somewhat forced construction upon The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that, with regard to the , opposed loss of the Tiger, it was not hi his power the fourth clause when he said it would enable the corn moo law courts to g et rid of the act altog ether. The en tirely to relieve thei r lordshi p s from anxiet y , but at clam merely ee propo sed to enact that the courts of law th e same time he wa s unable to confirm the report re might, as they though tfit, make any orders and regula ferred to in any way ; and, so farasany opinion could lions which would assist in carrying the act int o exemt at present be fo rmed, he was in c lin e d to hope that the tion before such courts—that was to say, before thos e reper h ea r.) The only inforina- t was not true. (H efe i courts oS law themselves. (Hear.) It the noble lord tion received b y the Government, or anybody else, so thought t hat the clause was ill-expressed, it was easy to • f i r as he was able to ascertain on the sui t ? .e 1 ct, b was remedy thLet defect in committee. through a teleg ra p hic messa g e received ye h • eri o a m y y The Earl of DERBY said he rose for the purpose of a mercantile house in the cit, coeveying One rumour calling the attention of the Government to a point of rs.n.iee tfigreatreferred e, i bi tedinvepetpi believed, fileatbiii, by e n e oicll Noatv, courts claim l i ri c te h sv ,r, haoifi was lov railway ,anyiol law,act dot t no o lh u pe c ae h i oieides set n ti t p h the b y i l a l ; ~ ohne which appeared in the new spaper t s. amung altars, for his hoping tha the re ort w o i t) ; not correct, was that the steamer reported i t l o e l) be a4 l t o h s e t and f admitted, rom all was represented to be a screw-steamer, w re . responsibility for injury done to exem p tion passengers or t o g f o goods, Tiger was a paddlewheel steamer. This inaccuracy was calculated to create a hope that the story of of the loss n otwithstanding proved negligence on th e of the Tiger might turn out to be something like the pre company, through simply placing at the back par of the viously rumoured loss of the Amphion. (Hear.) At ticket a declaration that they would not hold themselves the same time the Government was not able to give a liable for any damages. (Hear, hear.) A case was tried positive denial to the report. With regard to the second riot long ago in which a number of cattle got out of the question put by the noble earl, respecting the prisoaers train. It was proved that the truck in which they were taken by our fleet, he had not seen the statement in the was of extremely faulty construction, and that tuere was Moniteur to which the noble earl referred ; but if the great negligence in the manner of securing them ; but noble earl had quoted it correctly, the Moniteur had ter- the defence set up was that the person who brought tainly not given, on the present occasion, that accurate the cattle to the train received a ticket, on the back report which it was in the habit of giving in reference to of which it was stated that the company would all matters connected with the conduct of the war. It n ot hold themselves liable , and it was decide d that, was true that the British s hi p s had taken some 40 or 50 notwithstanding the inadequacy of the arrange prisoners, consisting of per-on i not connected with ships ments, there was no remedy. It had been said that of war, and Admiral Dundas, knowing that there were the remedy wculd be fur the party to refuse to sign or English sailors of tile same carts, belotiging to merchant accept the ticket , a nd, in case the company should ne yes:els in the harbour of Ode ssa, detained prisoners by ~, „lest to a ff ord the requisite accommodation to bring the Russians, wrote t o General Oeten- Sackers to pro an action against it for refusing to fulfil the duties of pose an exchange of prisoner:. General Osten-Sacken, common carriers. This was no practical remedy. In so far from inalciog no reply, returned very courteously the first place, there was ail the expense and trouble to an answer by letters upon the same day to Admiral Dun- which individuals were put in proceeding against a des, stating that he had no instructions in reference to wealthy company, and this, too, without the certainty the exchange of prisoners. but that lie wend unmediated) of success, because the responsibility of r ailwa y com apply for instructions to General Paekewit sch . He (the an ies as common carriers was by no me ans a settled Duke of Newcastle) had no reason to supp ose that Ad- P eiiiit of law ; and in the next p lace, even if the party miral Dundas had given up prisoners without exchang e ; i rec overed a certain amount of damages, that would be and with reference to prisoners who might hereafter be no satisfaction to him for his cattle ur goods having been taken, instructions how to dispose of them had been sent to Admit - el Dundas. prevented from arriving at a p articular place by a par ticular time. In the case which he bad mentioned the The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said, that however (etude were fat cattle which were required to be at nervous they might be at home with respect to events Smithfield on Monday. It must not be forgotten that occurring from day to day in the course of what might oarties hail no choice in this matter. Railway corn 6be a long war, he trusted that they would not carry patties were the great mouopoltsere of the carrying trade i their nervousness into that house. (Hear, hear.) In il thought `of the country. To say that a p erson mi g ht object to regard to the question which the noble earl had sign the ticket it necessary to put respecting the loss of a single ship, , when if he did so the company m i g ht he would observe that they roust expect in the couree of relnse to carry his cattle or goods, was really to refuse un the war some accidents to occur ; but if all that had any practical remedy. He must say he could not been stated respecting the steamer in question were true derstand on what principle it was that railway coca (and c ,trtainly everything they knew of Russian docu- panics, having suck entire control over the traffic of the ments eaas riot calculated to impress them with the con- country, were to exempt themselves from the responsie documents conveyed the hility which ought to attach to them a s common carriers viction atll at once that those documents b truth), he was, nevertheless , satisfied that the wholey putting at the back of a ticket a declaration that they would not hold themselves liable on account of any in truth was met known ; and if it were correct that two other steatnei's came up and fired their guns, it was his jury. The bill before their lordships purpol ted to define impression thOt those two steamers were engaged in the duties and responsibilities of railway companies ; bringing off the steamer aground. (Hear.) and he thought the point to which he had directed their lordships' attention ought not to be forgotten in dealing The Earl of 11.tAL.NIESBURY said that this was the second dine the noble lord hail lectured him in that with its p rovisions ' house for the coursie he had felt it incuinlient on him- Lord LYNDHURST said by the common law of this self to take in discharge of his duty. It the lesson country a common carrier was bound to accept any goode that were offered to him ; and if, in consequence of his which the noble lord had read him had proceeded negligence, the owner of the gouda suffered, he was from any member of' their lordshi p 's house, distil bound to make reparation. p ' guished both by his igment and modesty, he should be- Earl GREY said the case referred to by t h e noble not have made one ob servation in re p l y to it, cause the example would have added wei g ht to the earl (the Earl of Derby) occurred in the c ount y of Northumberland, and such was the effect of t he lan g ua g e advice given ;but when he considered that the noble used on the back of the ticket , tha t it the servants of the earl had. not only ma de the p resent war, but all other wars, the continual subject of his eloquent company had wilfully cut the throats of the cattle, the haranguee that the noble earl took upon himself company would have claimed to be exempt. (Hear, hear.) If he were not misinformed, an effort had been not only the duties of an illustrious general, but also of a great admiral that he never lost an opportunity made to carry easing ion beyond the case of cattle or for advising the noble duke opposite, who was principally goods. A must useful measure was passed some years responsible for the conduct of the present war, as to what ago at the inetaece of his noble and learned friend b e . should be d,7ne— when lie considered, moreover, that the hind him (Lord Campbell) by which railway companies noble earl toed not confined his comments to events p a st were made liable for injury to passengers in their lives by, respecting* which the Government consequently or limas. One railway company had actually issued might have no objection t o g ive ex p lanations, but, on tickets with a notice on the back of t hem, to the effect the contrary, h a d inure than once, by his comments and that parties were not to have the remedy provided by questions, extracted from the reluctant Ministers replies act of Parliament. He believed the courts of law thought dangerous to the public service—lie really thought that that a little too strong. the noble earl was not the man, notwithstanding his Lord CAMPBELL—Waste-paper. high reputation for a bility and his great experience in Earl GREY continued—He admitted that the liabili. war—(a laugh)—to v enture to give a l e sson t o another ties of railway companies should be limited. They peer who merely asked i-Lir information in order to assuage should not be liable, for example, for damage done to a the anxiety of the public .and of the relatives of those per- race-horse worth 2,000 guineas or for valuable jewels, sons who happened to be on board of the vessel reported unless notice were given, and such property was insured. to be lost, particularly as the noble duke opposite might Lord LYNDHURST said common carriers were re have had in his possession in teitieence calculated to (lie- sponsible for jewels, if they had notice and were paid pel the alarm which had been i.ereated. (Hear, hear.) accordingly. He thought he should not be a ccused by their lordshi ) : The LORD CHANCELLOR said under the bill the generally . of any indiscretion or bail aaste in having asked Attorney-General could prosecute by the direction of the the noble duke opposite a queetiou oii so interesting a Board of Trade. suct. Earl GREY - said lie greatly regretted that their lord- The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH Fah . 1, that if he hail ships did not tike the course which he suggested at the given a lesson to the noble earl it was a \ 'cry short one ; commencement of the session. It seemed to bite that and, notwithstanding the . leseon h e had recs. 'iced from the they ought to have inquired what facilities railway cotn noble earl, of much greater length, he shoilid contmue sallies should afford. H tying made up their ti l led on to do, what he had always done in that house, aspecialle that subject, they should have trained clauses carrying since the commelicement of the present session- - - namely oat their views ; and they ehould have made it a general endeavour in every way, according to hie judgtate tit, to standing order of the house that no additional powers strengthen our position in carrying on the war. should be granted to any comp my unless those clauses RAILWAY AND CANAL TRAFFIC REGCLA-- were introduced in the bill by which those powers were TION BILL. sought. Nothing could be more rea.sonab e than that Lord STANLEY of A LDERLEY reminded the bottle as guardians of the public interest they should impose such a condition. that this measure was funded on a comprehensive report'. Lord LYNDHURST wished to know whether his which had been made by a committee of the House of noble friend apposite (Lord Stanley of Alderley) would Commons. The recommendations of the committee were I ~ ,,,,sent to introduce a clause in committee putting the in the first place limited to the carrying on of the busi leebilities of railway compotes, as regarded cattle, on a ness of railway legislation before t h e House of Commons, her l with those of common carriers, and to the adoption of some means of preventing rail - Li , rd STANLEY-of AL DE RLE I T said , with regard to way schemes being abandoned. This latter ob j ect had the b u been effected by requiring th e de p osit of a sum of mone y g es tion with which the nob le earl (Grey) concluded, he did-'npot think the other house of Parliament would to be forfeited in the event of the non-completion of the works. Time next proposal of the committee was that lionaprove 0 4 that mede of giving the go by to its legisla upon which the bill before the house had been framed. noble by , I r n l e o . standing el i be o . : o r s il i e u r o „ e d ,( do ena reflection, that The It was in effect that means should be taken to compel 7t:st of ln a ine railway and canal companies to a ff ord proper facilities time t e hi e n a g was riot practicable. As regarded postal tom - inunications, LI w is hed to state tha t a committee of the for traffic. Parliament had reported that it was other house of Lord CAMPBELL was quite ready to approve of the with that subject in a separate bill. sage dient to deal object of this bill, which was an excellent one, hut of ls to the questioo of the nome lord (Lyndhurst) he the machinery for carrying that object into effect he , railway companies and common aye no reason why could by no means speak so satisfecturily. Indeed the carriers ' should not h© put on the same footing. He bill fell very far short of what might be expected when noped there would be rio opposition to Cie second the end in view was considered—(hear, hear)—but even reading of the bill. laruwever little it might effect in in endeavouring to carry out its own object,•it was most the o pinion of s me, it laid down the great prin ineffective. (Hear, hear.) It really sought to turn the C 1 ,le that there were duties and obligations rest judges of the courts into railway directors. He and his ing on railways which must be discharged ; while the brother judges were most willing to perform the duties machinery which the Gove,-ument proposed had the con cast upon them by the law of the land, but the duties currence of the railway companies. now sought to be cast upon them had nothing whatever Lord LYNDHURST said the noble lord had not to r:o with the law. There was nothing laid down h e n s t a ted distinctly what course ;le int ended to pursue in the bill for the judges to enforce. The whole of th committee with regard to the at uendments which he had, law for the courts to apply to railways was come suggested. prised in the second section. What did this that don Lord STANLEY of A.LDEILEY said he saw no don say 3 It really enacted no more than t t l his ; r objection objection to it himself, but he wiser consult others. railway companies ought to act hull ey— (I Ille Marquis of CLAN RICAR LIE said though he bound ' hear, and a laugh)—ind the sections othehrerthey did so or considered the bill quite inadequate, yet he was so the common law judges to say whet no common law, no hungry for legislation that he should gladly accept it, not. But there was no statue l aw, to decide. A perusal 01 If their lordships meant to grapple with the question, previous decision to help them they must begin at the begiiming would convince their lord- and amend the whole the second section of the act tio a, The clause enacted mode of proceeding with regard to railway bills. (Hear, ships that he was not exacgera a hear.) acrd canal cotnpany shall that "Every ra ilwa y co mp any a . facilities tr i gh recving an or d f Lord CAMPBELL said he would not say a word afford all reasonable h ' duty alr ea dy 7 " Was not t eir . . against the second reading, if • time were given to consult warding traffic. be no "unreasonable preference or his brother judges before tie bill was committed. Again, there was to t ality ." clearly t h ere ought to be A none now. gam, The bill was then read a sceond time. parh were these duties, undene as they were, to be h o w d 1 By mot ion upon a ffi davit. Affidavits would e nforce be ma de tht fares were improperladjusted, that trains did not go o ft n en ough, or that time times of running them were inconvt nient, and it was then expected that a court of law would be able to judge of these 'netters, It was, indeed, suggested that competent engineers might r eport - to the court, but that only heightened the coefu eion. Reports could lie made on one side, counter-re ports on the other, and thus the court would be driven to decide on matters of fact. 'rids was entirely against the principle. Theretofore matters of law, and ot law only, were to be decided by the judges. The only clause m the bill which gave him any relief at all was the 4th. By that it appeared that the judges might might make such regulations " touching the practice and otherwise in carrying the act into execution before such courts as they mtght think fit." If this clause meant what it said—(hear) —it was perfectly possible for the judges at Westenteister to get ri i of the act, and shift the burden of n ppl ying it to any court —that of Quarter Sessions, or of Pied Poudre, it they chose. This seemed such an extraordinary provision that he feared he had misunder stood tare clause. In conclusion, he repeated that he had always been, and hoped he should ever remain, willing to perlorni those duties which belonged to his office as a judge, but HOUSE OF COMMON S-(1 ESTERDAY.) On clause'2, Mr. WALPOLE said that the clause enacted that the tax should commence on the Bth May and continue un the sth of July in a - :y year neat after the ratification of peace. If, therefore , pe a c e should be concluded early ed in the autumn this which was a war ta x would be continu for a year after peace was concluded. Mr. WILSON said it had b een custo ma ry in rising after assing duties fur war purposes, to st ate a specificand period cease .co being concluded, at which they s hould ; ope th July Was c hosen, because it was a c onvenient time that for arranging, the balances. Another r eason the war was, in order and the tax should be contin ued longer than lf, re f er ence wade to the acco unts of 1816, it war had just would be found that the expenditure of that year, when the ceased, was larger than in any year during its continuance. Mr. WALPOLE said, if the object tax for aye ,r after the war was ended, in order to defray the current expenses of the year, and the peace occurred just before July, you could nut affect that object. The .I words ought to be "one month after the conclusion of Pele.. 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