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;q;~Lt~ , FOLICE INTELLIGENCE. - 14 . ON-HOUSE.—Moses Moses and Thomas _•. • c on i u sa`Cfradwick, the former carrying on the business „Ai Of ral dealer in Gravel-lan e an d B ow -l ane , ---• re thA n in e da, the latter that of a wareh o useman in a 11310 ersvell-street, City, were placed at the bar before Ald er man Moon, in custody of Inspector Mitchell and Xniglit, a City police officer, under the following circum stances. The, justice room was densely crowded with persons of the Jewish persuasion throughout the inves tigation. • - Mr. Ballantine appeared for Moses ; Chadwick was defended by Mr. Wontner. J. C, Knight, No. 437, said—On Sunday last, between eleven and twelve in the forenoon, from information I received, I went with Mr. Bateman, of No. 6, Carey-lane, to the warehouse of the prisoner Chadwick, No. 31, Monkwell-street, City, where we saw several parcels of wool, and three small pieces, weighing together 821bs. which Mr. Bateman identified as his- property, and which had been stolen from his warehouse in January last. Chadwick was not in at the time. Mr. Bateman left, and I remained there. When Chadwick came in I told him that I was a police officer, that Mr. Bateman had.been there with me and had identified the wool as part of a bale of wool which had been stolen from the warehouse in Carey-lane. Chadwick said that he had only had it in yesterday afternoon, and that he would seer he party of whom he had purchased it. I told him that I must take possession of it, and that he must go with me to Bow-lane station to see Inspector Mitchell. He replied, " Very well." We went and saw Inspector Mitchell, and in consequence of what took place there, I, Inspector Mitchell, and Chadwick, went to No. 30, Gravel-lane, Houndsditch, which is occupied by the pri soner Moses. We afterwards returned to Bow-lane sta tion-house, where I searched Chadwick, but did not find anything on him relating to the present charge. I pro duce the wool which I found in Chadwick's premises. Cross-examined by Mr. Wontner—Chadwick told me he would take me to the party from whom he got the wool. The wool I found in the open warehouse. . Inspector Mitchell —On Saturday last, the prisoner Chadwick was b rou ght to the Bow-lane station b y t h e l ast ' w it ness ; On my asking him how he came by the wool, he said that he had it of a man named . Moses, in Gravel-lane, Hounsditch, and that he would take me to him. Accordingly I, Mr. Bateman, Knight the officer, and Cbsdavick, went to Gravel-lane, where we met Moses. Chadwick said, "That's the party I had the wool of (pointing' to Moses), and then, addressing "Moses, said, “These gentlemen say that wool is stolen which I had of you." Moses said, "I know nothing of its being stolen." We then went into Moses's house. I told Moses, in the presence of Chadwick, that we were two officers, and that the wool which he had sent to Chadwick had been identified as part ofa bale that had been stolen from the premises' of Mr: Bateman, in January last, and I asked him if he could account for the possession. He said he had advanced Cl. upon the wool to a man named Henry . 1 • Jones, of Newnham-street, Goodman's-fields, a hawker of china and glass. I asked him if he knew the. number. He said he did not, having been there but once. I left a constable in charge of the house, while I Knight, Mr.. Bateman, Chadwick, and Moses went to Newnharn-street. When we got there Moses said that he did not know the house, and that I must have made a mistake i n say i ng t h a t h e had said he had been there once. I' told him that Under these circumstances I should take him into custody for receiving . stolen g oods. I then - took him to the station - house with °Chad wick, where they were both charged with receivingstolen goods. I found, on searching Moses, 131. odd. H e then said that, not understanding exactly the value of the wool he had shown it to Chadwick, and told him the amount he had advanced upon it, when the latter de sirpd, him to buy it as cheap as he could ; that he would sell it for him, and that they were to divide the profit ; and turning to Chadwick he said, " Is not that gip ' Mr. Chadwick ?" upon w hi c h Ch a d w i c k sa id , 4, Yes." 7 - triVr Cross-examined by Mr. Ballantine—Chadwick told me that MOses had told him that he was in the habit of advancing money on goods. Chadwick said that he had had previous transactions with Moses to the amount of some thousands, and that he had always found his transctions correct. His clerk afterwards showed me a ledger with Moses's account in it ; he likewise showed me all his invoices, and afforded me every facility. Chadwick said he had not made an entry of the wool ; that he was about to do so as Knight came in, and that it had only been left the night before. Mr. Wontner having submitted that there was no evi dence to warrant the detention of his client, Chadwick was immediately discharged, Moses being remanded on this charge with a view to the production of further evidence. Moses was then further charged with feloniously re ceiving a leather portmanteau containing a large quan tity of wearing apparel and private papers, the property of a surgeon of the name of Phillips. Inspector Mitchell said—On searching the warehouse belonging to the prisoner, in Bell-lane, Spitalfields, I found the portmanteau produced, containing• a great quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Mr. James Phillips, of 14, Euston-place, Euston-square. I found Mr. Phillips's card on the brass card-plate affixed to the portmanteau. The lock of the portmanteau had been forced. Mr. James Phillips—l am a surgeon and a student of the University of Edinburgh, where I now reside. In February last I resided in Euston-place, Euston-square. On the 12th of that month I left my house iu a cab to proceed, to St. Katharine's Wharf with sundry luggage, amongst other things the portmanteau produced ; the card in the brass plate of the portmanteau and the con tents are also mine ; but my diplomo of a surgeon of the College of Surgeons of London and some other papers have been abstracted. I saw my portmanteau placed on a cab, and did not miss it till I reached St. Katha rine's Docks. This being the whole of the evidence upon this charge, Alderman Moon, after the usual caution, asked the prisoner whether he wished to say anything in answer to the charge. The prisoner said he would leave the case in the hands of his counsel. He was then fully committed upon this charge, but will be brought up again in a week, when other charges. involving property of the value of many hundred pounds will be gone into. A waggon would hardly contain the property seized by the police at the prisoner's house, and already iden tified as the produce of recent burglaries and robberies, including in the former class three of leather, in Ber mondsey, three of plush, in the vicinity of Blackfriars, one of cloth, in Gresham-street ; in the latter class, one of jewellery, from a brougham in the Strand, and one of alpacas, in London-wall. A vast number of articles, consisting of pieces of scarlet, damask, black and crim son cloth, doeskin, silver mustard pots, gold rings, &c., have not been identified. Henry Remington Tickell was placed at the bar for final examination, on a charge of uttering a bill of ex change for the 2921. 3s. 4d., purporting to have been accepted by Messrs. Joules and Son, of Stone, Stafford shire, brewers, knowing that such acceptance was a for gery. Mr. Wontner appeared for the prisoner. The evidence g iven on the former examination h av i ng been read over, the prisoner, under the advice of his solicitor, after the usual caution from the magistrate, said he should reserve his defence until his trial. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial. THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION BILL. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. The discussion was taken on D. B. Clark's paper, " On Ruthven's Propeller." It was contended, that there was no novelty in the system of propulsion proposed by Messrs. Ruthven. Benjamin Franklin was among the first to notice it ; he related, that as a boy, whilst bathing in a pool, into which a wooden pump had been thrown, to swell the timber, he got astride upon it, and commenced pumping; to his astonishment he found that he was propelling himself across the water ; subsequently he investigated the circumstances, and admitted the inefficient applica tion of power. Sir Isambard Brunel attempted propul sion by means of a tube, in which there was a diaphragm, pushing the water before it, and acting upon a very light valve on the return stroke ; this was only an elongated paddle-wheel with an intermittent and inefficient action. Mr. Bidder tried the system also, - on • board a cana l boat, and although quite aware of the loss of power in cidental to it, he expected a compensation from the ad vantageous application of steam, as opposed to animal power. As to this particular case of Ruthven's and other simi lar propellers, it was argued, that the reasoning in the paper was as totally at variance with the actual results of the experiments, as with the received laws of hydraulics. To shew this, it sufficed to state, that according to the paper, the useful effect realised, was 64 per cent, of the power of the engine, stated at 40 H.P. (indicated), which would give 25 3 / 4 H.P. useful effect ; but it was stated, in the experiments, that the two nozzles were 10 inches diameter each = together 1 1-12 square foot area. The head of water was 8 6-10 feet= to a pressure of nearly 5401b5. per foot, or to a total pressure of about 580 lbs., which represented, also, the resistance of the vessel at 91 miles per hour, giving, therefore, a useful effect of 14i H.P., instead of 25 3 / 4 /LP., as stated in the paper. _ _ Total power expended, exclusive of the fric tion in the water-ways, and of the engine itself ' ,34 H.P. The absence of indicator diagrams was regretted, as tending to throw a doubt on the results ; but it was ad mitted that the boiler surface, and the actual consump tion of fuel, bore out the statements of the paper. It was contended, iir reply, that though engine power was consumed in getting the water up to the speed of the vessel, it did not necessarily follow that an equal amount of power was further required to expel the water. This single employment of power would be arrived at by properly forming the water passages, so as to avoid all concussions of the water, by rectangular bends, or by sudden enlargements, or alterations of form ; and the desired object was !stated to be so to proportion the dimensions of the engine and the propeller, that the effluent speed of the water in one direction would be equal to that of the vessel in the other. In this case it ' was stated 100 per cent. of the engine power, minus fractional resistance, would be usefully available. That, practically, there were situations in which such a propeller might be found very serviceable. For in stance, where paddle-wheels were objectionable, amidst ice, and in shallow water, where the screw was not available, and in many other situations, where any great projections from the sides of the hull were undesirable. As an example, it was stated that it would be very desirable, for the purposes of the Fire Brigade, to have the means of bringing up the large floating-engine.at all times of the tide and under all the circumstances of ice, of an encumbered stream, or of shallow water, at a speed of ten miles an hour, propelled by its own engines. Experiments had already been made upon one of the floating engines, which, although very imperfect, were sufficient to prove the adaptability of the the system to the wants of the Fire Brigade. In fine, it was contended that although there still re mained much to be done to demonstrate the practical efficiency of so great an innovation, the experiments were sufficiently successful to induce further investi gations, and which the author was requested to continue and to report to the institution. Portions of the evenings of the 14th and 28th of March were devoted to the discussion of Mr. Yates' paper, "On the Advantages of Uniformity in European Weights, Measures, and Coins." Reference was made to the practical working of the proposed change of the present currency, to the French decimal system, and the numerous inconveniences to which commerce would be subjected in the readjustment of all contracts, debts, exchanges, &c. The intricacy of settling accounts would be infinite, and no correspond ing advantage would result. The "franc" shown in the scheme was not in reality equivalent to the French coin of that denomination ; it was tenpence, and all the other coins would be equally fictitious. It was assumed that the first step towards fixing a decimal system must be, the adjustment of the propor tional value of the present coins, and eventually of a new issue; a corresponding arrangement of the weights and measures would soon follow. So many proportions of systems had been published, that it seemed as if every person who devoted attention to the subject, had tried to invent a new scheme, rather than to devis e th e me th o d of arriving at a decimal system with the greatest facility and the least derangement of the public convenience. The following technical points were then considered with regard to coins :-Ist. The standard of fineness ; 2d. The relation of coins to the denomination, or money of account, of the co un t ry w h ere i n they circulated ; and 3d. The metallic standard. First. The standard of fineness depended on the qnan tity of alloy introduced in the process of manufacture, or coining. If this were identical in ail countries, great trouble would be avoided, but it was argued that prac tically such an accordance was scarcely attainable, and, in fact, that a table of exchange values met the difficulty of the present discordance. Second. In order to show how difficult of attainment, would be an assimilation and interchange of British coins, with those of other countries, it was argued that in the United States of America, where the currency was practically based on a gold standard, the eagle, whose value of 10 dollars, = about 2/. is. English, and the half-eagle,=ll. Os. 6d., or very nearly the English sove reign, it would be necessary to raise one standard, or to lower the other, in order to do away with the appa rent difference of 2i per cent. now existing, and this would involve the recoining of the whole circulation of one, or the other country, at a•-certain and great ex pense, and at the imminent risk of complicating all ex isting pecuniary engagements. It was urged that the scheme of assimilating the present coins to the French franc, &c., was equally fallacious ; in fact, that the new franc would only be tenpence English, and not of the exact value of a French franc, which equalled 9i pence, and so on for the rest of the proposed series, thus show. ing a real difference of 4i per cent., which was too much to be sacrificed in mercantile, or monetary tran sactions. The dollar was argued to be equally fallacious as the unit, inasmuch as the various dollars of the several coun tries, and even of the same country, had different values, and not one of them possessed the precise value of fifty pence English, which had been assumed. The case of the British North American colonies was quoted, as an example of the confusion resulting from the use of similar denominations of account, without ,identity, of value. The result being, that in no two colo nies did the nominal pound represent the same value. Third.- That which opposed the most serious obstacles was the metallic standard ; there could be no real par of exchange between countries. without a previous agree menat as to adopting either a gold or a silver standard ; fluctuating. use the relative value of the two metals was con stantlyand in Australia, followed d b y discovery a n ebxo excessive e g a s o i gold in demand California for 1 silver, for the East, w m o o u na ld e d!ro o r.ry produce plaoing silver, as a standard in France, cu a rr c e h a a e n y g o e r !t e ll greatdis changes ; even at this h ap ad par tak en e t n ly p in lac e i theprogress was s he p r a e tiler': was . s t im hia ila c r au to nt t ry hat d w u h ri i n c g h th e 'set - century, ending in the final adoption Of a gold standard in 1816 ; and it appeared very probable that g old would become the st an d ar d i n France, as it was here. It was presumed that the advocates of the franc did not mean to, return to a silver, standard, as the greatest confusion in the monetary system must be the result. The pound sterling being now admitted to reptes en t the value of the quantity of gold contained'ih . a , sove. agippo-all*in lam ari, eopper win lqiug wre-sokeni, The following objections to the Medical Registration Bill of Mr. Brady were drawn up by the committee ap pointed by a meeting of the profession, held at the Free masons' Tavern on 3d of March, and were presented to Lord Palmerston by a deputation from that committee on March 21 It was an error to state, that the maximum of useful effect was when the velocity of the issuing water was equal to that of the vessel, or when the water dropped vertically from the nozzles ; it could be shown, that in that particular condition there was not any development of useful effect. The actual operation of the system of propulsion, was then- shown to be analogous to the assumed case of a closed vessel of any shape, filled with a fluid of given density, and under a given pressure ; it was evident, that so long as the vessel remained i n that normal state, ,no propuls ive force would be ex er t e d in any direction ; the whole being in eptglibrio ; b at on an aperture, being made in either of the sides of the vessel, it was obvious, that the area of th e open i ng, being relieved from pressure , the equilibrium would be disturbed, exactly by the extent of that aperture, into th e head, and there would be a cor re spondingforce exerted in the opposite direction. i -- To apply this to the case under consideration, a ves sel must be imagined, containing water under a pres sure = to 3 feet, which was the head due to the velocity of the vessel, in the experiment. By making an aperture of about 34 feet area, there would be an unbalanced pressure of about 680 lbs., equivalent to that of the for mer statement ; but the velocity of issue would be 14 feet per second, and the power used would be about 15 H. P. But if the aperture was assumed to be reduced to 1 1-12 square foot = the area of the two nozzles ; then it would require 8 6-10ths feet head to produce the same pressure. The 'velocity of issue would be 23 feet per second, and the power would be about 25 H.P. ; thus the power required was exactly in the ratio of the velocity of issue, or inversely as the square root of the head. - The loss was therefore 60 per cent, instead of 12 per cent., as stated in the paper. But the fundamental error in the paper was the omis sion of the loss of power arising from picking up the water in a state of rest, and communicating it to the velocity of the vessel. Supposing the water to be com posed of an infinite number of globules, possessing weight, and being in a state of rest, they must all be raised to the head due to the velocity of the vessel, and then to the additional head requisite for propulsion. In the present case the quantity of water issuing from the nozzles was 25 feet per second ; this required to be raised 3 feet, to be equivalent to the velocity of the ves sel—demanding, therefore, the exertion of 9 H.P. The results of the experiments would be more correctly stated thus : . Useful effect Power consumed in raising 'the water to the velocity of the vessel = 9 H.P. Power used in propelling the water through the nozzles I. Because it leaves all the existing acts of Parliament 'which refer to the medical profession nnrepealed, thus add ing to rather than diminishing the present confused state of legislatioh on the subject. 2. Because it gives no legal title to practise to those re gistered under its provisions, but leaves every medical practitioner exactly as he at present stands ; whereas, one of the chief objects of medical reformers has always been the retrospective registration, with an unquestionable title, of all who are.now•properly qualified to practice. 3. Because, .as a consequence of the two preceding errors it aims to perpetuate the existing anomalies in medical qualification, by recognising the conflicting claims of eleven out of twenty-one licensing bodies, and by denying to any one of them the power of licensing throughout the whole of the United Kingdom. As an instance, it may be men tioned that the right of the members of the Royal College of Surgeons of England to register under the bill is very doubtful ; and the right to register of graduates in surgery of the University of Dublin, and of the graduates in medi cines of the Universities of London, Durham, Edinburgh, Glasgow Aberdeen, St. And rew ' s , D u bli n , an d th e Q ueen ' s Thirvers‘ in Ireland, is not recognised. 4. Beeanee it affords no guarantee to the public or the profession, that th ose persons ho may be registered under its Provisions shall have been properly edecated, or even educated at all, for their duties and yet it proposes to in vest these Persona with exclusive privileges, and with the sole right to practise medicine. 5. Because it perpetuates the appellatiohof apothecary, pro whic fess h hion. as become un su i ted to designate any class of the 6. Because it ignores that Principle of reciprocity of m e between the different zortions of the United striven in, for which medical reformers have so long BeCillllo its effect would be to PerPetnate a d legalise the 'anomalous and irrational condition of t he 1 i w bY which the medical profession is at pres en t n conyeu a ien , ae a den, instead Lund injured. 8 . Because, even were it a perfect and e t * le for o f a most faulty and unsatisfactory registr a t a t t ,_ .,:_b . ill, it would form an unworthy termination to a long hi ke d:iced reform of more than twenty years' an knAer4 and `would oAr ry 'back the question to the point where it .wm Years ago. 'eft many yea thereform committee of the Provincial Au di. 9. Because A ssoc iation have, after three years of cal and Surgical labor i ous a nd persevering exertion, framed a. comprehen sive measur e ...l o f medical reform, the principles of which, 1 efficient registration, have received the includ ., i .t ng „e f :e i re a a nt majority of the profession. , eutrnd—er-t-hese'-cirt'ctimstane,es, and for the foregoing ree f partial legislation, like the' bill of M a°llll T: anjrmn.B Brady, is e ulue o nnecessaiy, and would even be injurious. As to standard measures of length ; the origin of the metre, was submitted to be more scientific and less rude, than that of the yard ; and the nautical mile, although very generally accepted in almost all countries, was based on the yard, which was merely an accepted, or arbitrary standard, and therefore should not be the basis of a system. As to weights and measures of capacity ; the French system appeared to be based on such a simple and con venient standard, that it seemed impossible not to admit its advantages, and it was contended that no valid argu ments had been opposed to it. All the weights and measures were, in practice, divided by the binary system or into halves, quarters, eighths, and sixteenths ; al though it had been stated that such a subdivision was incompatible with the decimal system. As Belgium had legally adopted the French system, and it had been generally received with favour, except in very remote villages, so it had spread to those of the German States most contiguous to France, and as its advantages became appreciated, so would its use be spread more widely. Convenience alone should not be studied for any system ; to be perfect, it must possess exactness, convenience, and uniformity ; and these at tributes were, it was contended, eminently exhibited in the French decimal system. It was related, that at.atout the period of the intro duction of the sovereign to supersede the guinea, when Mr. Babbage was considering the details of the machine for calculating tables by difference, he essayed every other system, but was obliged to return to decimals ; this turned the attention to the means of adapting the English coinage to a decimal scale ; his proposition was to accomplish the end gradually, by the introduction of a silver coin of the value of two shillings as the unit, — calling it a " Prince." Then, after a time, to di v id e the pou n d sterling into one thousand farthings ; other proportional new coins being gradually introduced, as the old ones were withdrawn. The question of the most convenient coins for commercial purposes, was entirely apart from establishing the decimal system. These views were repeatedly, but ineffectually impressed on the Government of the day, but the only publicity given to. Mr. Ba.bbage's views, was in the second edition of "The Econoiny of Manufactures" in 1832. The de lay in adopting some scheme of the kind, had permitted the issue of nearly eleven millions and a half of half crown pieces, and so far had interposed greater diffi culty in the substitution of decimal coins for those now in use. It was proposed, as a means of aiding in familiarizing , the public mind with decimal divisions, to have en graved on all thermometers, the Centigrade, as well as the Fahrenheit scale, so that in time the latter might be dropped and the former be adopted. It was contended, that for all practical purposes of commerce, and for professional and scientific calcu lations, it would be most convenient to take the sovereign as the integer, to divide it into shillings of the value of 10d. each, and the penny into five far things ; thus, in point of fact, the whole.of the existing coinage would be brought as nearly as was practically necessary, to a decimal system ; and the present coins would be used, until they were worn out, and they could be replaced by a new decimal currency. The objection of the Astronomer Royal to the adop tion of the mitre, as a standard of length, was con. tended to he valid; there was no acirantsge in ohta %- ta g sisucluilowsotronornical awl other obsarn. . . LAW WRITERS. —Last Loup LSONARDS AND THE evening a, very crowded meeting of l aw stationers and Wale interested in the matter was held in the theatre of the L ou d on M ec h an i cs ' I ns titution, for the purpose of adopting some active measures in order to obtain a epeedyjand effective redress of the grievances under which they labour, founded upon the operation of Lord St. Imonards' order of the 10th of November, 1852. Mr. J. Robert Taylor presided, and stated that a memorial from the law stationers had been presented to the present Lord Chancellor, complaining of the injustice of the order, but his lordship had declined to interfere in the matter. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting, and resolutions were adopted in accordance with the objet ior.which they had met; afte r w hi c h t hc, ccceed i ags.t i r , tainated. 1 .. i. representing certain fractional parts of the pound—all pecuniary engagements had reference to the pound, and silver was a legal tender, only up to forty shillings. It was argued that the money of account should correspond with the money upon which the existing contracts de pended, and, therefore, the pound sterling should be decimalised, rather than attempt a spurious adaptation of the coins of this country to the system of any other nation. Any coins could be used, provided their rela tive value to the integer was well understood, and that integer should not be less than the pound sterling. Wages were calculated in shillings by the artisan—he knew that twenty of these shillings equalled a pound, and the subdivision of the shilling was of little import ance to him, provided the value of the coin was low enough to represent the small articles suited to his means. This was the chief argument against the adop tion of the "poor man's useful, precious money," which had been strongly advocated. If the pound was adopted, the actual value of the present penny being stamped ors it, would enable it to circulate, without entailing any loss, and the new coins, as they were issued, would bear their correct relative value. It had been stated, that the proposal of the penny as the integer, had received the approval of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, but this was contradicted from authority ; no particular scheme had, as yet, received official sanction. It was admitted, that during the progress of the change to the decimal system, some in convenience must be experienced and be submitted to, but the embarrassment would not be excessive, nor of long duration. It was urged, that if the value of ten shillings was adopted as the integer, a simple scale of coins would be 10 mills = 1 penny. 10 pennies = 1 shilling. 10 shillings = 1 eagle. This, like most of the oth er schemes for adopting a now nomenclature, was disapproved. It was contended, that the present was an appro priate moment for the proposed change, as there was a somewhat similar movement in the U. S. America, — the Zollverein had held a monetary congress, and almost simultaneously there had been a meeting at Brussels re lative to the international adoption of Lieut. Maury's system of naval observations. The simultaneous change of coins, weights, and measures was therefore urged. On the other side, it was contended, that any rash at tempt to adapt the monetary system of this country, to that of any other, must be productive of the greatest confusion, and of the most disastrous effects in all mer cantile and financial transactions. After reviewing the history of English coins and weights from the period of the Norman Conquest, it was shown that the present gold standard tended to maintain the purity of the 'coin age ; that the franc was not and could not be ten pence of the current coin ; that the subordinate coins to the sovereign, being only tokens, none of them could be as sumed as an integer; that the time was fast approaching when, in France, the example of America must be fol lowed, and a gold standard must be adopted ; that the value of an English sovereign was so generally recog , nized that it passed current in almost all countries, espe cially on the Continent • this might be due, to a great extent, to the care in the manufacture at the Mint and the critical supervision at the Bank of England, where any sovereign having lost more than three quarters of a grain in weight was detained, as buing unfit for cir culation ; this perfection of examination was due, in a great measure, to the weighing and sorting ma c hi nes o f Mr. William Cotton, which had been described to the institution. The present system being so nearly deci mal, it would suffice to declare, by act of Parliament, that the pound should be divided into 1,000 farthings, and the change would soon work itself, practically, into all commercial transactions ; during the transition, the present coins would be stamped with a decimal value ; the actual loss would be only a small per centage on the value of present copper coins, and the new ones would, at no very distant period, displace them. The same process would take place with weights and measures, and in all cases, the adoption of a new nomen clattire.was specially objected to. The system proposed by General Sir C. W. Pasley in his work on the subject was described, and a statement was promised to be appended to Mr. Yates' paper, by which it was contended that it was demonstrable, that a simplification of the present English coins, &c., would be more advantageous than the adoption of any of the foreign systems, none of which were adapted to the com merce of this country. After reviewing the arguments of the previous speak. ers, it was contended that the opposition to the author's views was untenable, as the benefit to be anticipated from the introduction of a decimal system was admitted, and it was only urged against it that it would be imprac ticable to get all countries to agree. Now, if England and her colonies adopted the system, already accepted in France, and which had made great advances in other continental states, there would be so large a preponder ance in commercial transactions that other countries would soon follow. As to the anticipated debasement of the standard coin in any country, it was contended, that this would only occur in the event of war, and in violation of the inter natior.al treatiee, which it would he necessary to make, for establishing identity of values of coinage, and these exceptional cases should not preclude the adoption of a certain benefit. The only instance of such an occur rence, in time of peace, was that of a petty German principality, whose coinage being debased, ceased to be received in exchange, and thus the disease brought its own remedy. The case was mentioned of the Zollverein, now including many millions of the German population, and of the conventions-muntz, generally passing current throughout the States, where there was a great diversity of coins. The southern states issued their several coins according to an arrangement, which insured an int.,_ change between them ; in fact, at Frankfort, coins of all the states were issued indiscriminately by the bankers. How much simpler would it have been to have taken one decimal system for all. If that were done, in the case of England, francs and other pieces bearing the British stamp, would pass as currently everywhere as the French coins were received in Belgium. It was contended that the arguments used against the French system of weights, measures, and coins, had only demonstrated its beauty and fitness for nations in all stages of civilisation ; and this had been proved by the progress made in its establishment, not only in France, but in almost all countries, when accuracy of observation, for scientific purposes, was demanded. It was argued, that any low denomination of coins, such as centimes, might, in time, be substituted fo r th e cowries on the wester n coas t o f Africa, of which as much as 1,000 tons had been brought in one year to Liverpool, to be re-exported for again trading on the same coasts. The argument of the national feeling being opposed to fixing upon the frame for the unit, ,instead of the pound sterling, was urged to be unfounded, as the scale of coins showed, that the existing sovereign and most of the other coins were retained, for actual public service, when, if necessary, they could be stamped with their decimal value, and these would be used, as long as they lasted ; thus the new issue alone would be the radical change ; and then only when everybody had become ac customed to the system. It was contended, that in spite of the declination to change, manifested by some persons, there was a very general desire, in the mercantile community, to substi tute a decimal system, of some kind, for the present in convenient mode of calculating ; and assuming the French system to be that which had received,- not only the most careful consideration before adoption, but hav ing now had the advantage of nearly half a century of practice, it was fair to presume it to be preferable to most of the schemes placed by their inventors before the public ; and it was argued that the lower classes would have no difficulty in understanding and adoping so simple a system, as that now used in France. tions ; in fact, the present standard yard, as reoognised by law, appeared to be sufficient for all practical pur poses. His proposition as to the chain and link was not, however, agreed to. On the contrary, it was argued, that by dividing the present foot into 10 inches, instead of 12 inches, and the inch into 10 parts, a mato which was familiar to all draughtsmen and to many artizans, would be introduced which would be easily understood and would soon be adopted. The foot would be divided into 100 parts, instead of into 96 parts ; so that one-tenth might be substituted for one-eighth, with very slight disadvantage. In which case the link of the measuring chain, in stead of being represented by 7.92 inches, as at present, would be represented by 6.0 inches, which would be a very convenient proportion for calculation, and it would possess the additional convenience of enabling the super ficial inches in a link to be represented by the same figures as those of the superficial feet iu an acre : viz , 43.560 inches in one square link—and 43,560 square feet in one acre. As to weight. all that could be required, was for the legislature to decree, that it would recognise no conven tional values for the cwt. or the ton ; but that the cwt. should be represented by 100 lbs., and the ton by 2,000 lbs. ; the stone being then 10 lbs. The lb might, if necessary, be decimalised, aS it was at present by the bullion dealers, for the special requirements of that commerce ; but even without that, the chief facifities would be acquired, and practice would soon render the system fsmiliar and convenient. It was considered of great importance to retain the present denominations, especially for mental calculation, which was so much practised, from the smallest retail traffic, up to the most important branches of commerce, and financial transactions. SHARE MARKETS. 1 100 42 (YESTERDAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. 100 - 100 17~.17& 100 34 100- 212 100 100 RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. 21 - 23 Aberdeen . ........ trabg Nottng. Bost and Eastu. Junct... Belfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Laucsh & Cheshire Juuct ...... Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. De., £20..... ......... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45; Bristol and Exeter... Caledth2ian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and .13audou.. Cork, Black, & Pass Jornwall Crieff Junction Dubliu&BelfastJuue Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New...... East Anglian.... Do., (£lB E & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A 41 - 44 7i —8; 14 —l2 dig 15 - 17 8 7 89 - 91 52i - 5$ 13 - 15 8 • 1U ii = ii 7 - 8 ii . - i• iii : ii Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A .. East Lancashire Edinburgh &Glasgoe Edinb. and Peebles Edin. PAU &Dundee 'orth & Clyde .June. jillasgow & S. Weston, Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock. Gt. Sth. &West.are.) Great Western Irish South-Easteru Lancaster & Carlisle I Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths D a., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby.&Southpt Loud. 188.1 T sium l C l aNtie.hdn.S Central a t ecil s i London & Blackwall end. h Loud. Bright & S. Cat. Loud. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Sh., M& Do. Eighths London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Cnndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Linclu Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmug. & Derby Midld. G. West. Ors ) Do; Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle. Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd. Newry &Enniskillen Newry Warreupoint and Rostrevor. Norfolk Northn.Counties Un. North British North Devon, No. 1, B Guaranteed , North London 3NNNDNDsuoolot Nuneaton, daN:. Staffordshire Deferred In o C o r . s y l r u e N. 7tern Hinckley, & S. Westrn. June. and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, Wolverhampton )c e: :: 0 ) 1 . tS t t t L i i Shrewsbury & Biting. Guaranteed Situ Shrewsby. & Heiefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min Do. Halves,t Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do Staines, Wok &W ok Stockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl raff Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. Thames Maven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick %Vest Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London 59 61 66 bts 21 - ,ii 38 62 86i 861 74 76 L2O - 12.. 89 - 91 72 - 7211 tsG 90 10 —IL t, 10 -- 12 60 —60 A 8k -- 74 iL 11 124 ••• •• ri 8j par j p 97j —98 j 95j 95j Ijd 1 d jd 1 d 76 14 13 A 12 l ii 77 ioi 38 - 58A 33 - 35 id - id 7 - s(t 6 8 44 47 30 3b„ 30 ... 31 50 Par iB 6d 7 * 28 - 30 82 84 51 - 53 53 - 52 50 - 34 - 21. 13 -- 15 10 4 -- 4 -- 30 13 - 15 581 - 58 324 - 331 4 - 4 - 2/ 2s all 161 100 17 all all 16 ii. io 2 - 34 18 19 4 - 5 21 - 23 - 54 all 51a. 100 20 13§ 100 , Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland BUSthelli done yesterday. all 46 all all 10i 100 1.100 100 100 100 100 100 524 3 15i i 12 i 15 all all, all g 6 5 751 121 j a 72$} 6O 6 - 7 64i 65i sict 5 45 46 8 1 9't 954 i i i 76i i 19 58 1 i 8 per cent, 451 i 130 1 999 pa a d THE, SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APIUL 14, .1854. 12 13 20 2t 30 20 1 1 1 10 1 1 10 5 20 20 2:; 100 20 20h 20 20 20 33h 25 LOO 10 5 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (Prom the London Yew Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR. —To-day the raw sugar market presented a firm appearance. A fair demand prevailed for West India for home made purposes, and the rates obtained for grocery and refining sorts were fully equal to last week, at auction, 40 hhds Barbadoes sold at 33s 6d to 36s for low to mid yellow, good mid to good 36s 6d to 37s 6d; 25 hhds De merara cryst3lised brown 33s 6cl to 345, and low to mid yellow 35s 6d to 37s 6d per cwt. Total sales were 370, making 1,771 hhds, &c , for the week. REPISED.—To-day refined sugar was in active demand for home trade purposes; brown lumps realised 445, and low to fine grocery 44s 6d to 489 per cwt. The market closes with a firm aspect. MAURITIIIS.—To-day a good business was concluded in Mauritius sugar, a public sale of 4,838 bags went at foil prices, brown at 29s to 325, fine ditto 32s 6d to 335, low to good yellow 33s to 35s 6d, fine 36s to 37s ; grainy yellow 36s to 40s, and white ditto 41s to 42s per cwt. , EAST INDIA.—To-day there was no public sales of Bengal or Madras sugar, but several parcels were sold privately at fu:l rates; the latter sorts being most in demand. Of Singapore 215 bags went st 35s to 35s 6d for Benares kind. FOREIGN.—The quanti . .y received has been 4,000 tons more than last season. Deliveries for export are 2,500 smaller, but 4,600 larger for home consumption, and stock is 3,400 deficient. To-daydemand was not better for white Havannah, and of 1,910 boxes in public sale a part only sold, duty paid at 38s to 41s, and in bond 25s to 30s. per cwt. MOLASSES.—Demand is better, still there is not the least:improvement in prices, West India selling at 15s 6d tol7s-'6d ; Porto Rico and Cuba 16s Gd to 18s ' • Bengal and Mauritius 15s 6d to lis. Deliveries are equal to last year, and stock is yet deficient. COCOA.—To-day demand was larger for cocoa, and at auction 360 bags Trinidad went at firm prices, red at 34s 6d to 38s Gd, and grey 31s to 345. 500 bags Bahia chiefly taken in at 26s Gd to 275, but 40 bags Caracas sold at 90s for very fine. SlLK.—Purchases are still on a limited scale, and stocks being on the increase rates are declining. CHICORY. Prices have not advanced, although demand is active, and supply less plentiful. British root has been selling at 101. to 111., powder 161. to 201., and Foreign root 101. lOs to 11/, in bond. Accounts from the Continent are unfavourable. COFFEE.—To-day then was less demand for native Cey lon, and there were sellers of good ord at 45s 6d per cwt. Plantation still wanted, and several parcels were sold pri vately at very full rates. At auction 300 bags Brazil were taken in at 44s to 45s for broken. TEA.- The demand for congou continues to increase for home consumption, and several export orders have been concluded, prices have farther advanced, and lower quali ties most in request. The following is the general cul• iency :—Hyson, ord is 4d to is 7d, mid is 8.1 to is 10, god 2a to 2s 3d, finu 2s 4d to 2s 6d, superfine 2s :id to 38; young Hyson, Canton lid to is sd, Hyson kind is 7.1 to 2s 2.:, fine 2s 3d to 2s 01; Twankay is ld to is 3.1; Gunpowder Canton lld to is sd, Hyson kd is 7d to 3s 4.1. RICE.—To-day East India Rice was not offered at any further decline, but onerations were on a small scale for all purposes. Of Sago 493 bags in auction in part sold at rather lower rates ; small grey dingy to mid white 17s 6d to 195.. _ _ SPlCES.—Prices have ceased to decline for pepper, supply being less plentiful, and deman,i rather better. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—A further reduction having ben accepted for Demerara Rum, induced buyers to come forward more freely, and several transactions have taken place at 4s 9d to 5s for 30 to 42 per cent over-proof. Jamaica is cheaper, but now in good demand, fine and choice qualities 36 to 40 over at 5s 1)il to 6s 2J, and com mon to good 30 to 36 over 5s 5d to 5s 9d. COCHINEAL.—To-day cochineal was in good demand, but rather lower rates were taken. At auction 70 bags found buyers ; Teneriffee, silvers at 3s 8,1 to 3s lid, black 3s 10d to 4s, Honduras, silvers 3s 8d to 4s, and low black 3s 10d to 4s per lb. SALTPETRE.—To-day saltpetre was operated in with caution ; Calcutta on the spot at 42s 6(1 to 465, to arrive 45s to 45s 6d, and British refined 47s to 49s per cwt. TALLow.—The demand for Russian is still on the de crease for consumption, and speculators have been cautious in thcii oporatlons all the week. Prices again declined is 665 6 9 d d , p h e a r v c in w g t, be t e r n an a s c a c c e t p i t o e n d s o a n r t e h c small r s s c t u s t o . r , t sp . y ttf .c t .: and 66s 9d to 67s for delivery up to June. Home melted in more plentiful, and not being much wanted, sates have declined 64s to 64s Gil being accepted cash. On other sorts tallow there is a decline of is to 2s per cwt. and operations are limited; Australian mutton selling at 63s to 67sfor mid to fine, beef 62s to 645, French melted 63s to 655, and South American 6.1 s to 67s per cwt. At public sale 150 cases ve getable sold at 64s to 68s. Deliveries of tallow are on the decrease and are 3,800 casks under last year; stock is 5,000 larger, and prices higher by 20s per cwt. FRITIT.—A more active demand has been experienced for currants, and there is now a firm market; old at 54s to 955, and new 20s to 90s per cwt. For raisins there is a flat market, and rates on the decline; Valencia selling at 42s to 465; Smyrna, black 19s to 345, red 20s to 425., and Denia 28to 29s per cwt. HOPS.—There is a large demand, especially for colory sorts, and the market presents a firm aspect. Prices for Sussex rule at 6/ to 717 s ; mid and East Kent, 7/ 108 to 121; Weald, 61 5s to Si 108 ; yearlings, 51 6s to 71; and foreign hops, Si 15s to 81 per cwt. WlNE.—There continues to be a good demand for port, and rates are well supported, ruling for old 341 to 501,, and young 301 to 371 per pipe. In sherry less has been done ; at the same time the market is firm—superior at 661 to 811 per butt, first class at 501 to 601, second and third 301 to 451, other qualities 161 to 201. Cape wines in good demand ; while, first quality, 15/ to 161, and red 161 to 16110x.—Let ters from Oporto contain bad accounts regarding the vine disease. Throughout the Douro it is said to have mado its appearance in a serious form, and already the shoots that were effected last year have begun to furnish unques tionable evidence of its ravages. SERDS.—A further reduction of canary, and purchases are limited at 47s to 50s per quarter. In cloverseed less has been done; there is no change in rates of fine, but a small decline has taken place for inferior red yearling. OILS.—The amount of business done in linseed oil has been on o. and rates are lower, ruling at 40s to 40s 3d for present, and 41s to 42s for future delivery. There is now only a limited demand cocoa nut, Cochin at at 54s to 535, and Ceylon 51s to 52s per cwt. Palm has been operated in with caution, 45s to 48s having been accepted for mid to fine quality. In rape large transac tions have taken place —brown at 42s 6cl to 435, and re fined 44s 6d to 455. Olive is less wanted ; Gallipoli selling at 511 lOs to 621 lOs, and other sorts 581 to 611 per tun. Sperm continues to be greatly wanted, and there is another rise, 1401 to 1121 having been obtained for mid to fine quality. Seal attracts greater attention, pale realises 411 to 431, coloured 371 to 401, and dark 351 to 361 10s. In cod several transactions at 3./ lOs to 391 with a firm market. Of southern there is yet none in first hands. Tuc MILITIA.—The number of volunteers enrolled for the militialn England and Wales amounted to 66,280 on the Ist of January last, exeusive of the permanent staff. Tne number who attended training and exercise in 1853 (including the permanent staff), was 51,561. NorriNailAm TRADE.—There is, to q slight extent, some improvement perceptible in the hosiery branches of our trade, chiefly owing to purchases for the American and Australian markets, both of which present a com forting aspect of revival, and are the sources now chiefly to be looked to for encouragement. The home trade is dull; and German business totally disjointed by the war. The reiteration by the morning papers of the fact of Prussia having sided with the Czar is, however, by the best informed Germans, treated as resting on the vacil lating conduct of the King, who is nearly connected with the Imperial Crown, and whose influence it is anti cipated will be overruled by that of the constitutional party. There is very little lace business doing at all, except in some of the fancy branches over which the season, despite the March winds, seems decidedly to exert the beneficial influence of fashion.—Notts Guardian. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's PiLls.—An astounding cure by this miracu lous medicine after every other means had failed. See extract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. Sir—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, which all the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the Continent had not been able to effect—nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) Aid borough." These wonderful pills will cure any disorders of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's oint ment) at Prosessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, and by all medicine-venders through out the world. (A svaansamizaj—A most interesting recovery from a vast com plication of diseases, without the aid of medicine, is recorded in the following letter : " Bridgehouse, Frimley, 3d April, 1854. "Grateful for the benefit I have derived from - Du Barry's Reva. lenta Arabica Food, I feel it my duty to express to you my unfeigned thanks for the invariable kindness I have met with at your hands. My case is an extra)rdlnary one, and as it may benefit ot:.er suf ferers I think it but right to place its details at your disposal. I have suffered these 33 years continually from diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangements, deafness, singing in the ears. consti pation, debility, shortness of bcer.th and cough, and during that period taken so mach medicine that I can safely say I have laid out upwards of a thousand pounds at the chemist's and doctor's. I have actually worn out two medical men during my ailments wi:hout find • ing any improvement in my health. Indeed I was in utter despair and never expected to get over it, when I was font:into enough to become acquainted with your Revalenta Arabica, which, Heaven be praised, tancesm. ._ restored ia me to a state of health which t long since despaired M of attaining. y lungs, liver, stoma , •h , head , and ours are all right. my hearing perf e ct, and my recovery is a marvel to all my acquain respectfully, "James lioazoiS, Wo•Ail Merchant?' In canisters, suitahly pack , d for all climates, aml with full instruc tions-1 lb., 2s 9,1 ; 2 1,, 4i 62 ; 5 lb., 11., ;12 lb., 22s : super re lined, 5 lb., 22s ; 10 lb., 335. The 10 lb. and 12 lb. carriage tree, on receipt of Post-otlice order. Barry, Du Barry, and Co., 7 t, Regent. street, London; Fortnum, Mason, au 1 Co., purveyors to 12 , 3 r Majesty Piccadilly; also at 63, Oxford-Araot ; 60, GraceeLltircil-Street ; 7041FfSgSti glut 4 Cb 440434 ; a3O 494 4311 15 10 10 25 10 1.0.( 50 16i 16f St. 194 St. 50' 40 81 28 St. 6 25 50 20 20 20 10 10 261 13i 20 20 20 50 20 5 10 St. 5 St. St. St. 20 St. PREFERENCE SHARES, Aberdeen Do. No. 2, p. c. hlyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (Wad. at 50/) Eris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Bandous4p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent Do. (es) 7 per cent Do. (£7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No.. 2 10. Nevr_6 p. c. St. Eastern I.juicou, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- East Lancash. 6 p. cts. East and West York shire June. Pref Ediub Prth. &D undue , 54 per cent. 11.asgow&S.Westeru Guar. 5 per cent... :;:reat Nectlm. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Redegm. at 10 p. c. prem. . 1 )o. 44 p. e . Scrip.... t. N. of Scot. let Pro, .t. South n. Wegtm (Ireland) Eighths) Ei Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. Westu. (Berke Si. Hants Ex. 5 p. Do. cov. red. 4A p.e:, Do. con. red. 4 p. c irred. 4 p. c. Lan. & York. F. 1:20 Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. NO.l Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon.&N. W., Coy. Nuneaton London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Shares Londy. & Ennh3. Sh Ann., Shef., & Shares, No.l. Do. , New £lO . Do. £6... larypt.&Carl.4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent Do - - Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do : Consol. Bristol & %rm. 6 per cent.: Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Do. 5i per ct . pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.4ls, 6 p.c Do Scot. Cent. , New Pref Shrews. & Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent !South Devon, Do. fixed, 4 per cent S. Eastern (Readinte Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 per cent....... S. Yo rksh .4p. c . Guar. Stockton and Dar- lingtott, 4 per cent. Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till let July, 1856 'fflatora& 1k.6p.0. York, Newcastle,anil Berwick,4 p.c. Pref. Do Yorkl N. Afici fad S. i!urgb mem. ii - ..67 6 -6, '3 34 4 - 44 i- i P i- i p , 12 6 : liiP 23 - 24 ••• ''"" .... 3 —3/ ad' . . ...xd' 10 —ll2 105 - 107 - 9i 8 ... xd - - 7 94 96 87 -- 89 88 90 Id pal 128 132 ... -- E. ~. - ... :A 1 lf - 24 pl 51 6i 8 9 4 Pal 128 130 lr —l4d ... zd • zd id • xd • zd 93 96 . 3rd 81 8k 16 0 1 gi 1 13 id --- fP 22 22 97 —9 9 15 20 .. -- •.. 2 - 1i 85 90 3 i 3 4 le .1: LINES L I EASEJD AT FIXED RENTAL S . Leasing .7.ompatv, 'losing Prices yesterday. ItaiLwAYe. Bedford and Bletchley.... 3uckghamsh .7:lydesdale Jo. E. Lincoln gr. fi per cent. .31as. Barr. & Neils. Direct •)o. New ;lstr.& Dn. Fr irtipl. Dk. & Railway & Selby Do. s Shares. Do. Shares. !,oa.&Greena )o. Preferen, iiowestoft gr 4 per cent. )o. 6 per et. tallith. Bxtt. and Matioei itedcar thl.l3mild Niortheru Easternsp.e. )o. 6 per et. )o. Fixetls p • WYP Do. shares. loystii. St Hit. Jo.Sheptil.Sl .ilter.Roth Gooleg.sp.e -;. Stattorchsh. .Vear Vallepri 6 per cent )o Vilts&Somrs 1125 - 135 io 102 - 104 51 - 52 25 -- 26 124 --13 A 22 24 2,1 •f- 2ixd 89 - 91 54 - 56 - x(1 - iii S - 2,t( 27 - 29 9J 92 Condon & N. West. L.&N.W. 41a1dOnian.1 West, New. k Rem. &N &sten Jorfolk kN.W Aok tou tigl. Count ".. & N.W &,Ln&Vl ;t North 1 Ancash& Yorksh. , I. MClea Aockt. )arliugt ;tWesti. 131 281 MINES too. Fria \.nglo Austria. Gol - tnglo aliforuiau tustralasiau tustralian tustra.lian Cordillera ustraliau Freeho:d tve Maria laden (Gd. Duchy. r Blaenarvon Ir. & :sritish Austria. Iritish Iron Brazilian Imp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiado 1)o. St. John Del RA* Carson's Creek ...,. Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica... Cobra Copper Jolonial Gold Jopiapo topper Min. of Eug Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. English and Austrin. _ _ dopper Sipeltg. Co, Nugget Vein. Jo. Registered (11reat Pulgooth Liberty Linares Loud.&Californ.Gol Quartz Crush. Co Aar iquita 4exieau&S.Americu New Granada... New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde.— Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock aliymiley Iron . Do. New iantiago de Cuba li'luth Australian .. I'm Croft Juited Mexican Yallar West Grauada Vest M4riposa orttlitig Mining 01 Austraiia. ..... FOE ED .1 twe rita Ito tter , tat. Julgiau Easta. huh deziem to Graissessat. 3o tubay , Baroda, au Central I ndia,Serti - loam' of Italy ittarleroi dt Erqueliu. )(lateral% tijon and Besancon hitch Rhenish. , tast Indian Do Extension Inutau Peninsul: Juttet. of Pratte ;rd. Trunk of Cauad ~ o . Debentures . )o. do ;t. Central of Franc 4. Western of Caua,4i: , Shares ....... . Do. Bands (Ist is.)'s7 rlamiltou & Torout, )o. 6 per cent. Lake Coust. & Bash & Pistoja 5 p pref Luxembourg ;)o. (Railway) ,)o. Prof Do. (Canal) )o. 6 p. et. pref... Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Meditermu. ~ladras 4aria Antonia Do. do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (wits , interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 20/. 3 p. c (filly. B. & Ams. Shs.; NorwegiauTruukPrei Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ..... Paris and Orleans Paris and Roueu Paris and Strasbouri ParisCaen & Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Dauish Royal Swedish iambre and Meuse._ Do. 54 p. cent. Pref.' ioutherr of France it. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West k . lauders Do fiA per c. Western of France West. of Switzerlaud l Wiesba.de ti Zealand INT-STOC ‘.ustratasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company ;ritish N. A rneri ..:hartcl. Bank of Asia .'hrtal. Link. of India, Australia, & Chin, Notunoroial of Laud. .:oglisli Scottikeo I‘l. tustralian .outl. Chart. Bk. u] Australia %ondon and County.. .ondon Joint Stock.. ma. & Weatmiust national Provincia' of Eng'and ilo. New Niational of Ireland. New South Wales wieutal Bank of Corporation. New 'rovincial of Ireland i)o. New :Loyal Australn.Bkg t4old Imp Co 4outh Australia 'Won of Australia.. Do. New Union of Ad 1 ti 1 1 2 - 4 - 11 - 3 A - 6 - 8 4i 14 2 29 31 d 39 - 11 - 1.0 - 12 50 60 „2 - 4p li - 24 - * 10 - uxtt # -7- 6 - 15 - 17 lilp 29 31 8 10 3 4 a 4, 3 d I ' ...... i ••• I d ... ... i GN. In, 4 1 5 4d, As - P ~ -.. •.. - p 4A - 34: -1; 1 - - i t 10 - 5 44 - 3 1 ,i 22 - 23 - 8 - 10 dis•• 4i 2 1 } 3i 1, 1 t 4 4 . 3d ii =- id 6 1 - 71 iii = iii BAxn 11 nip 41 43xd 32 —3l 288 - - 281 pm Id par 7i 8 ... pin 3 - 4 la —2iplcd e : E'dl RANKS 72 - 74 , .. ...... .. 3 2d : 43 —Bb dl 3a 43 - 45 36 - 38 64 - 66 6 - 7 EOUS BrISCELLA. tubin Coal and Irol t ustral ia n Agricu It. Nustralsn. Pcific. Mai tustraln. Royal Mai serlin Water Works frit. American Land trit. & Coln. imeag and Reduction Co ;anada lrystal Palace Do. New...... .hystal Pah of France eastern Steam Electra Telegraph(A) Do. (B) electric Teleg. of Ir kn. Steams Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land._ N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. N. B. Australasian Do. New Nrth. ofEuropeStea.n Peel Rr. Lcl. & MinrL Peninsular& Oriental Do. Do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest. South Austral. Land Subrnar. Telegraph 1) 0. Registered. Van Diemen's Land 3? - 38 5 - 80 ••• ---- ••• 16 - 18 • - 1- - •3.. I -i" ." 1 - 4 - b 34 - - 11 6i i 37 i MATRICIDE,—A farmer named Abraham Rubinson, residing at Blaxton, about eight miles from Doncaster, has just beeq committed to York Castle for trial on a charge of manslaughter, be having, by a long series w acts of cruelty, %Lod or accelerated gas death of hi s Oa Ayr, - . ausiness eiterclay, 'Paid.' 9 3 8 2s. SHIPPINO 1 AVT ELLI CENCI?. SEIZURE OF FOREIGN VESSELS BY RUSSIA. The following is an extract of a lets er received at Lluyd'a, from their agent at Galatz, dated the 30th of March : " There is nothing precise known about the war opera tions on the other side of the Danube. All the vessels la Sulina, it appears, have been sequestrated by the Russian Government. The mouth there is barricaded by two strong chains, in consequence of the appearance outside of one English and one French steamer, that were sounding there; Judging, after Lord Clarendon's circular, I think that all vessels comi ng ou t o f the. D moue will be captured, " :declared as gooi prizts (I mean the cargoes), and if they escape into th e Bl ac k S ea, it i s qu i te certa i n t h a t they will be stopped at Constantinopie for the wants of that place. CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRIL 13. ENTERED INWAR:S.-1110 Aurora, from St. Ifichaero ; Tlra, Gravelines.; Concordia, Westran ; Riu t j' e ' Marl Worourn ; Mercury, Bremen ; Barica, ' Sparkes, Maulititis ; Tamarac, Emden ; ohne, drenads; Karen Marthea, Lauvig ; Rensina, Le,r ; Emperor, mein ; PartLi tn, Odessa ; Z nti na, Groningen. ENTERED OUTWARDs FOR LOADING.—The No. t for , Port Philip ; Apollene, Alice, Antwerp; can, Barbadoes ; Geelon . boArue ; Jane 14)Jekerill, Gallipoli ; 1 tldlla jia, LisboP; Melb,urne, Belize and H.nulurts ; Mercury. Mewl ) ; Sultana, ; Wellesl o y, U,,icetta ; Fauriliens .1:1 34 ' Copcnhageu ; Jthsica, Buiuhay. CLEARED OUTWARDS W.!Ta CARGO.—The f or Sydney ; Agricola, do. ; A..tie a nd J :tus j e , N a ples; Ire. cio4a, Mem, 1 ; Juhu Knox, U ,pc o f G oo d H ope ; Gladiatori Maui itius ; Unity. Alva Bay ; Mary Lyon, Ferrel an t . Codiz; Malviva, St. Cr o ix ; Harburgh ; M ( 4 'larch, Bombay ; Hend r ik Huds o n, N ew Y or k ; S tat Dodrecht, Dort ; Vesta, Oporto. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 13. re The Susan E. Ho.. e ll, aw l th e sc h ooner N ym ph, W e r in coll,sio n l as t n i g ht i n th e r i ver, w h en t h e l atter l e st he boat, and had her larboard quarter damaged. The Shamrock (a), from Havre, in coming up the , ran into the b arque Whit e Cl ou d, at anc h or i n the rive" and carried away the latter's bowsprit, and head • •••-•-•—'•"••• WISBY, March 27.—0 n th e 23 r d an d 24th of JJA4reht three Sweili , h steamers of war (the Gefle, Thor, __, a- n 4 Balder) arrived at Sil to h unu w i t h th e fi rst transp)T" hoops. On the 30th another transport of troops is V; pected from Carlskrona by the sane steamers of war. Russian ships of war have been seen in the neighbour of Go L tland. MOULMEIN, Feb. 16.—The Millman, from Troon $.l Aden, which arrived Jan. 16, has been hauled on theht"" to have her bottom examined, and is now loading at Ar i ; beret. Th.; Salisbury, hen ce f rom G reat Britain, whien put back previous to Nov . 18, w i t h d amage, after bo la °- shore, has been sold. SINGAPORE, March 4.—The Russian barque Ivan, f r 4 Hartlepool to Singapore, struck on a sunken rock, off tbt north-east coast of B a nk o , Raje S.S W., and I " now ashore at Tangong R ulja, with four feet of water hrr hold. Assistance has been rendered. The Vero 06th from Hong Kong to S a n Fr a n c i sco , p u t i n h ere the 211 . of February, very le a ky, h av i ng b eau on s h ore i n th e Chin" CONSTANTINOPLE, March 30.—The Nautilus, fro g Odessa. which was on shore near Ingerbor o un (Oa" a San Georgic)), 20th of March, is a complete wreck, aii Ba but little of the cargo has b ee n go t ou t i n an undanOg„a state ; the remainder is being fished o ut o f th e hold, s' sold immediately. Another English vesstd, name 11° ' known, with a cargo of grain, is on shore near the it; tilus ; lighters have been s e n t t o 114 r assistance, and ' as weather being moder a te, it is ex p ec t e d s h e ma y s oon afloat. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Voltan,)n, French ship, from Caraiff to Pel oT3ls Feb 10, I,t. 1 N., long. 93 E. The Queen Victoria, of Plymouth, from Savar lll44 April 3, lat. 49 N., lung. 22 W. late The Oldenburg, fr o m J ama i ca t o B remen , Ap r il 7, 1 • 49 N., long 24 W. CO UN 7BY M A RICE2'S. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 13. The market has met a good iletn a nd. Wh ea t has und e n t i gone an improvement of from 2d to 3d p er 7i.dbs-, flour 6d to 7d per barrel dearer. WAKEFIELD—APRIL 13. of The supplies of grain limited, an d th e attendance et buyers slender. A retail trade has been done to day cl prices of last Friday for fr es h qua l i ti es . B ar l ey i s /any ue dear as last week. Be ins st,ea 1, Oats, shelling, Walt are each hel i for enhanced rates. DERBY SHITEIFIELD—A.PRIL 11. i.l The fallowing we re th e quo t a ti ons :—Beef, 6 to Y w r outto.a, to 70 ; taint), 0(1 to at ; veal, 6,1 to I - t I lb. ; pigs, N9l to 10a per soore ; rough f i t, 6 s 5.1 to Os per 141 b.; hides, 21d to 3d per lb ; calf-skins, 3id t ° per lb EDINBURGH GRAIN.—APEtIL 12 Wheat on the top 9s Od, and the average 31 7d, d ° , l /911 ; Bailey on the top as b e f ore, an d t h e average is down. `"*"0 on the top Id d o wn, an d the avera.4e 11cl:down. Be 3ll ' 1 ' tip 2s, and the average is 7d, down. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 683 qrs sold 5'•33 'l.r' Barley llB3 qrs sold 619 iv Oats 973 qrs. sold 818 lr' Beaus 29 qrs sold 1691r' Top of Wheat 6l lb 87- ( 1,1 Barley. 58 it) 47F, 0(1 Oats , Beaus 6 ls i t, 51- 0" Average of wheat £3 18 5 4- tails Ditto of Barley Ditto vf Oats Ditto of Beaus . ..... ... ..... BOSTON —APRIL 12. At to-day's nnrket there were wally samples of whe s t Little business, owin g t o t h e enormous prices ilewandeo whi.th merchants and millers would not submit to. Oaf Is, and beans is to 2s per qr. dearer. Prices :--Wheat, rat, Gds Od to ;9s Ohl ; white 79s Od to 81s Od extra. 83a Od. Barley, 31 s 0,1 t. 34s Ott. 21,s to 31s. Beans, 41s Ott to 51s Oti. Peas, 42s Ott to 91 per qr. • • NEWARK —APRIL 12. od Prices :—Wheat, white, 84s Od t o 88 s Od ; re d, 0 ,;„ to 86s 0.1. Barley, malting ' 368 Od to 38 s Od ; glifl("4; 33s Od to 35 01. Oats, old, 33s Od to 36s Od ; new, , to 0.1 to 30s Od. Beans, 48s Od t o 62s 0,1. Peas, 50s 52s Od. Malt, 66s Od to 70s 0.1. Tares, 70s Od to 72 0 L" BRISTOL SUGAR—Amur, 13. The market continue s ver y quiet, air!, with the -er tion of new Barbadoes, which have been tak_li by go' o .. to a mo erate extent, we have not beand of any trano up tions this week. Refiners, although willing to keep their stocks at present prices, still, as these leave a W o o, loss on the import er , th e l atter prefer taking their Chao. of the market to se lli ng b e f ore ariival at present clu,°„ll. tions. Reliners' produce fr ee ly d ea lt i n , an d pr i c es " appoz ted, RAIL EVA Y SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 13. Oil STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been stead,' • lay, closing firally at the quotations. Caledonian, 2 ., ra i:` Lancashire an d Y or k s hi re. 6U • Lon :on and North - Li' tern, 9 . ,i; Manche s t er , Shetl4, and Lincoln, 19i; land, 513$ ; South-Eastarn and Dover, 174. MANCHESTER, APRIL 13. 'T AW STOCK EXCHANGE.— The m ar k e t h as b een . 0 steadier, with a moderate business. Ch es hi re ,• 12i dis ; Leeds ' 600 ; Sheffield. 194 ; Midl an d , 5i ; 'obt don and North Wester n , 96 ; E ast Lancashire, 1-; Or Western, 73 ; Diver, 174. LEEDS, APRIL 13. to rt STOCK EXCHINGR.—There i: no material change '`) port in the s t a t e o f t h e s h are maiket t hi s morning. "". ?he opeoin,g priceA were a shade lower than tho9e ofY: O 5 , terday worAng, but afterwards a s b g ht ra lly took pitt - . .Ind the clo s i ng ra t es mny b e quotel at yesterday ae 4 idlauds were dune at MI and .SS, and North WeO r at 7g. BIRMINC4IIAM, APRIL 13. STOCK EX IRANGE.—This market was tolerably firth toe lny. London and North Westerns were done at 94 an Midlands at 584, South Staffords at 24 ills. COURSE OF EXU II A NuE-YESTERD.S.Y. 11 ar . ....... Ditto, three months .. 11 1b 1 ,4 eghorn 3(1 FO .. '' otterclam ............ i 1 1 5 ) , i Ornoa ............., „ 25 6v Intwerp 25 16 Milan .......„ „ - trussels .............. 25 16 Venice ................ hantiurgh ............ 13 4% :Capies 4,14 3 14; pASi .• • . 5•• • _ Phlermo ............ 24 f• 7 r.sit is „......... Ditto, throe months •• 25 324, Lisbon starseilles..•• .. •• • • .... 25 32% • iporto „ .......„. „, Bourdeaux ............ Janeiro . ....• •'ranitiort-on Maine .... 1 ISN Itue~loe tyres... Berlin . .............. New York, fill days' 81. h' Vienna .. • • 13 65 PhDs lelptda ...... •• • • f• Criesle 14 5 It PRICES or actuori. Pin, o 9 Pelersburgh.. •• •• ...... 34 Foreiln Gold in Bars -to vladrid .• •• •........... 5 4,1 4 l'ortughl Gold Coin .. 'Of ""adlz • . • • •..• 5U% 5 Barcelona. Mexican I Milers .. • • „ 0 ' arcelona....., New 0 5 111 Seville .• •• 4ilv•:•r in bars BIRTHS. On the llth i ns t. at Thorpe SON next Norwi c h, the 14`19 Of Berkeley Macpherson, Esq. On the 10th i ns t., a t 24, Rutland-street, Edinburgb ,tbe wife of John. Young Myrtle, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. OF A DAUGHTER. t Cl-‘7ellnd i broug h. Jn the 9th inst., a.. -4 evelln, Lawn, Middles , on-Tees, the wife of C. A. Leatham, Esq. A / 0 On the 11th inst., at Dysart, Fifeshire, Mrs. . o °'' Elder, late of Adelaide, South Australia. MARRIED. - char ° On the 11th inst.., at St.. L u k e ' s Ch urc h , C or k, '4 ideiv'' yo nguest son of William Prittie H arr i s , E s q., Lak k e Ist! Blaekrock, to Josephine, youngest daught e r of be of Joseph Martindale, Esq., o f Ch es t er -l e -S tree t, colo Durham. DTED. tic s At Aylesbury, on th e 11th inst., aged 88 Mary , for of the late Willi am Ri c kf or d , formerly flora" - Aylesbury. , On the 11th inst., at Newington, Edinburgh, 14 ' 1 ,'" ) , 42 ( ' relict of th e late captain Donald Mackenzie, of Royal Highlanders. sv idocr On the at 24, Bedford-square, Caroline, g i sex/ of the late Rev, J. W. Alexander, of Rayne, aged 77. On the 11th inst., at Westerham, Kent, Robert gi dder' Esq., aged 57. 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