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'with which the crime was committed, is a triangular file, sharpened at the end and along the edges. On the other hand, the man's being a turner might ac count for the iron-filings. This Bocchi, though a bad character, and not unknown to the police, does not, however, it is believed, belong to any political sect. The common opinion at Parma is that the crime is attributable to private rancour. The last finan cial measures adopted by the Duke may also account for it. The satisfaction at Baron Ward's dismissal and exile from Parma is universal. A letter from Milan, says—" Field-Marshal IN detzki, on hearing of the sad event at Parma, pro posed to the Duchess Regent to place a battalion or even a regiment at her disposal, if she feared that the murder of her husband was the effect of a Mazzinian conspiracy. The Regent thanked the illustrious Marshal, but refused his offer, saying that at the present time there was no reason to at tribute to a revolutionary cause the melancholy event which had placed her family in mourning." The Court of Tuscany has gone into mourning for 24 days, in consequence of the death of the Duke of Parma. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of theist inst The Lifantas, sisters of the King, had arrived a . _ M7IV - lorier, lately appointed Commissioner for the settlement of the boundary question between France and Spain ' in the room of th e l a t e M . Lopez de Cordovo, had left Madrid for Bayonne. The Spanish Government was anxious that the question should be speedily solved. The Government had Given orders that the elec tric telegraph between Madrid and Irun should be opened with the least possible delay. r The island of Cuba was perfectly tranquil on the Bth ult. • The Clamor Public() was seized on the Ist. The Three per Cents. were done at 30 25 ; the New Three per Cents. at 16 15 ; the Debt of the First Class at 7 50 ; and that of the Second at 4. AMERICA. (RY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) ARRIVAL OF THE OTTAWA. (FROII OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The Ottawa steam-ship from Portland, arrived in the Mersey this afternoon, with New York dates to the 24th ult. The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, from hence on Bth ult. arrived at New York on the 23d. The United States steamer had arrived at New Orleans from California, with advices up to the Ist March,and bringing to the amount of one million dollars in gold dust. The money-market favour able, but general news quite unimportant. New York Money market was easy. Cotton rather lower. The flour market firmer, with good supply. Exchange on London, 108 to 1081. THE MEDITERRANEAN. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday morning.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Euxine has Just arrived here with dates from Alexandria of March 22, Malta 26, Gibraltar April 1. She brings no news of importance. The British transport ships, Her Majesty, No. 3 , and City of Carlisle, No. 4, arrived at Gibraltar On the 29th ult., in ten days from Woolwich, bound to Malta. EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FLAT RACE. Liones s Three ran. LITERAT URE. The Domestic Library. By Aird and Hutton. It is gratifying to observe in The Domestic -Library another addition to the list of cheap and Yet valuable serial publications. An instalment lies before us at this moment, promising well for the success of the enterprise upon which Messrs. Aird and Hutton have adventured. A better specimen of this enterprise, both as regards its value and its cheapness, could not have been desired by its well-wishers—meaning by its well wishers the reading public in general—than the little volume of nearly 200 pages, entitled, " Th kodern Housewife's Receipt Book : a Guide to all tnatters connected with Household Economy." Mrs. Pullan is the authoress, or rather, as we el'lould call her, the compiler. Her different receipts, —relati ng, , un d er t h e i r respect i ve heads, to Fish, ' bi read, Cheese, Vegetables, Sauces, Made Dishes, go ups, 1 -IPs, Biscuits, Cakes, Puddings, Confectionery, , serves, and all sorts of receipts for the House d—have had the advantage of being care -alb' tested by John Soyer, professed coo k, o f lv,-I l anche s t er. B es id es w hi c h , we are i nformed upon otitle-page th a t th e me di ca l an d o th er por ti ons _ h ut the wor k have been scrupulously revised by J. Vaßarter Langley, Surgeon. Altogether the book is bgularly useful, rl and, by suggestion, also singu -3T appetising. ' 2 ,mbert's M ap of Europe. Dobb%, Kidd, and ".5_ London ; M. and M. W. Lambert, New castle -on-Ty ne ; and all booksellers. 1854. , 43 of the phantom kings in the witch-mirror, it of - now be said of the maps relating to the seat I ,, — i , % ;ax---let us hope, for the sake of the publishers, Tipsucceeds a double meaning—" Another, and another Tip succeeds !" Their name is almost Legion. e , e ,, ( ie before us, after all, is one of the best— il'aPs for the very reason that it is one of the the Published. It comprises on its ample surface ti l e w hole of those portions of Europe bordering on th e Baltic and the Euxine, embracing, of course, 71 , :,seat of E uro p ean war on th e D anu b e , an d th e "°f Asiatic war on the Caucasus. It may be wadedati that; Lambert's Map of Europe is issued at a . l ,tast nominal price, considering the value and. of' its information. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT, (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) 4 THE BELGIAN GIRL'S CASE. 4 ` 4°l l ) A agedus Har r i son , 3O, described in the calendar (14 4 , 1t , 11 agent, and Alexander Desaux, were placed in the charg e d w i t h hav i ng conspired to procure the eulenlent of Alice Leroy. M r • Parry was for the prosecution, and Mr. Metcalfe — au' r. Ballantine were fcr the defendants. b M r. Met ca l f, for Desaux, demanded his' client should e tried ° by a mi xe d j ur y o f h a lf f ore i gners , an d a ft er to by ~is cussi o n i t wan a ll owe d , an d h e was or d ered p, Sta ed dow n , and the case of Harr i son, al i as Fiestel, as proceeded with. 1111 p risoner is a dull-looking, sallow complexioned (4;, a 'ed l), abo u t 5 f eet 7 i nc h es, an d was respecta bl y in a brown paletot. ve t he Court was not particularly crowded, it not being gen erally known wh en th e t r i a l wou ld come th eri l fr ,, i - one being admitted without an order from the Ari ßo r n . I l erry stat e d th e case f or t h e j ury. The Quaer stood indicted for a misdemeanour, in f r , ea,vouring to procure the prostitution of a young e f .l i je, and the indictment was framed under the Bishop ( a ) s"xford's Act. here was a second charge for an 1:•ault and false imprisonment. The first indictment 1114" under the 12th and 13th of Vic., cap 76, which inept it a misdemeanour to conspire to obtain the defile ael ° f girl under 21 years of age. The learned coun ea",u,ec went through the evidence detailing the charge. t,-„,Lice Leroy was then called, and entered into parti -41;:,e as to her arrival in London, and her treatment at eigh-terrace, Vauxhall-bridge-road, all of which are AadY familiar to the public. den A d witness was then examined who proved that to the i d women were cont i nua ll y i n th e h a bit o f coming l h ouse for i mmora l purposes. lai ti ar en Martin i nter f ere d , an d sa id th a t it appeared to l tee that the p r i soner must be lia b le to conviction for o 6 P i ng a diso r d er l y house, and as there might b e some 6: litl,:t whether any of the other counts could be supported h . ought it would be better at once to put an end to the ng Th e inquiry, torrcounsel concurring, yv l earned j u d ge sentenced Harrison to be imprisoned sam e ° Y e ars, and D esaux having pleaded guilty to the n orne c°ll ot, was or d ered to enter into recognisances to ju dge judgment w h en called for. The learned ,es r emarked it would be as well if he left England. au said such was his intention. GR. - -- e, -.EAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . — Notwithstanding the ,(.)tlsiderable increase of traffic on this line, it is said the °I "uvidend for the ensuing half year, owing to the renewal debentures at much higher rates of interest, will not 'Aeeed the rate of 31 per cent. per annum. I'rOTTINGHA2I TRADE. —We have little alteration to r e h 11,,,0rt under existing circumstances either in lace or i,°"erY business ; although in the former more buoyancy .rler.tainly experienced, chiefly from the fact of the A ericans uch in.' but without any speculative t,lide_ p r as -..- pi, n eY, and exclusively and cautiously for the sup ,.l '3f immediate wants. The best news we have are ) '''"lnised in the favourable reports from Australia, tytli,,h p to ,t} -"ml)lete.y exempt hosiery from the glut supposetl a eet this. colonial market. This cannot but impart ai gn ' gre4 . t this: to our tratle.l.Nottinghantil t i re Quar- THE TREATY WITII TURKEY. The following is in substance the treaty just concluded between the Sovereigns of England, France, and Turkey : Whereas her Majesty the Queen of the United King. dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the Emperor of the French, have been invited by his Highness the Sultan to assist in repelling the attack which has been made by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias upon the territory of the Sublime Ottoman Porte—an attack, whereby the integrity of the Otto man Empire and the independence of the throne of the Sultan are menaced, and whereas their Majesties are per fectly convinced that the existence of the Ottoman Em pire in its present territorial circumscription is essential fer the balance of power between the states of Europe, and whereas they have accordingly agreed to grant to the Sul tan the assistance he has required to this end ; it has seemed fitting to their IL and Imperial Majesties afore ' said, as likewise to his Highness the Sultan, to conclude a treaty, in order to certify their views in accordance with the foregoing, and to define the way and manner in which their Royal and Imperial Majesties aforesaid will afford a sistance to his Highness. For this purpose their Royal and Imperial Majesties aforesaid, and his Highness the Sultan, have name i as their plenipotentiaries (here follow the names of the English and French ambassadors and that of the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs), who, having mutually exchanged their crede n ti a l s th a t were f oun d t o be in due form, have agreed to tile following articles : Art. 1. Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Mjesty the Emperor of the French, having already at the request of his High ness the Sultan, given orders ti strong divisions of their naval forces to repair to ConstantinoiS; to protect the terri tory and the flag of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, as circum stances should require, their said Majesties engage, by this present treaty, to co-operate to a still wider extent with his Highness the Sultan i 0 the defence of the Ottoman territory in Europe and Asia against the Russian attack, by supply ing such a number of their land forces as may seem neces sary for attain'ng this object. Their Royal and Imperial Majesties will despatch forthwith these land troops to such point or points of the Ottoman territory that shall appear eligible, and his Highness the Sultan engages 'that the British and French land troops which shall be sent in suchwise for the defence of the Ottoman territory shall meet with the same frient!ly reception, and be treated with the same consideration, as the British and French naval forces that have been sojourning for some time past in the Turkish waters. Art. 2. The high contracting parties collectively engage to communicate mutually to each other, without loss of time, every and any proposition that may be received by them, directly or indirectly, on the part of the Emperor of Russia, respecting the cessation of hostilities, whether a truce or peace, and his Highness the Sultan engages moreover to conclude no armistice, and to enter into no negotiations for peace, as ikewise to entertain no prelimi naries of peace with the Emperor of Russia, without the knowledge and consent of the remaining high contracting parties. _ Art. 3. So soon as the object of the present treaty shall have been attained by the conclusion of a treaty of peace, her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great [tritain and Ireland, and his Majesty the Emperor of the French, shall forthwith adopt measures for the prompt withdrawal of their forces by laud and sea, such as shall have been employed for attaining the object of the present treaty, and all the fortresses or positions on the Ottoman territory that shall have been provisionally occupied by the orets of England and France shall be restored to the au thorities of the Sublime Ottoman Porte within * * * days, to be reckoned from the exchanges of the ratifications of the treaty by which the present war shall have been ended. Art. 4. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the rati fi,,ations shall be exchanged, as soon as this can be effected, within the spAce of * * * weeks, reckoned from the day of signing. In virtue whereof, &c. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Notwithstanding that our market today was very moderately supplied with all kinds of English wheat, the demand for that grain, owing to the comparatively thin attendance of buyers, and the large quantity of foreign wheat on offer, was in a very inactive state, and to have effected large sales, lower rates must have been sub mitted to. Foreign wheat, the imports of which have exceeded 20,000 quarters, sold slowly, at barely Monday's currency. There was very little inquiry for floating cargoes, the value of which was barely supp rted. The show of English barley was good— of foreign limited. Sales progressed slowly, at Monday's prices. There was a moderate sale for malt, on former terms. The oat trade was less active, but we have no change to notice in prices. Beans, Peas, and flour sold slowly, at Monday's currency ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Barley. Malt. 4,120 5,7'0 Wheat. 950 E mlish .. Oats. Flour. 1,1 0 1,369 8,510 160 sk 3,590 15,300 br Foreign 20,7 1 0 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN it the week ended April 7, 1864, made up trom the Returns of tre In.ipecturs in the different Cities and Towns in England and walee, Der imperial Quarter. WHEAT. B RLE Y. I OATS. I EYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 75s Ou 37s 81 26s 01 53s Id 44s 31 45s 7d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. ills !d r B 3 A s L EL. I 27s 2d 5' 1‘ ): E 6,1 1 4 B L A N .L . I 4%n d DUTIES UN FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I BYE. I BEANS. Is Od is Od Is Od is Od Is Od PEAS. Is Od , - QIIATTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 36,111; Bar ey, 39,891; oats, 16 226 ; Rye, 56 ; Bens, 4,01, Peas, 715 quarters. SMITHFIELD. Although the supply of beasts in to-day's market was very moderate, the demand for all breeds ruled heavy, at 111onday's decline in the quotations. We were fairly sup plied with sheep, which moved off steadily, at full prices. There was an improved inquiry for lambs, at an advance in the currencies of 2d per 81bs. Calves were in short Supply, and fair request, at extreme rates. In pigs very little was doing. Mulch cows were dull, at from 141: to 19/, each, in cluding their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offais. s. d. s. d. Interior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 310 crime Scots, dm. 4 0 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 iecoud quality ...3 10 4 4 Prime crse.-wiled.4 6 4 8 s. d. s. d. l'"rimeSouthdown 410 5 0 Large crse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime small d 0... 5 2 5 6 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 small porkers 4 4 4 8 Sucklingealves ..22 0 28 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 5s 4d to 7s Od. Lambs.... TOTAL SUPPLY. ['Wash ..... • .... Atieep ...... Olives 94 Pigs .. .. NEWGATE AND Each kind of meat so]d slo' quotations Per Blbs by s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 10 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., prime large 3 8 3 10 Do., do. small 3lO 4 0 pork, large 3 4 4 2 FOREIGN StTPPLY. Beasts • • Calves,••• • ............. 67 LEADENHALL. rly to-day, at the following the carcase. s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 ,4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 4 Veal 4 0 5 4 Pork, small 4 4 4 8 Lamb ss 2CI to 6s 81 BOROUGH HOP, Selected hops are in good request, and last week's prices are well supported. All other kinds are a slow sale. The imports' were 10 bales from Ostend, 60 ditto from H imburgh, and 7 from Rotterdam. The quotations are:— Aid and East Kent pockets, 6/. 10s to 121. Os; Weald of Kent ditto, 6/. Os to 71, OS ; Sussex ditto, 51. 12s to 61. 10s per cwt, COLO NIAL. SUGAR.—The market for most descriptions has been dull, and there has been a limited quantity offered pub licly Prices have in some cases been lower. West India has been very inactive. Barbadoes declined, mid selling at 34s to 39s for fine grocery. Mauritius has been taken rather freely at 6d per cwt decline, good and fine dry strong yellow realising 34s 6 to 36s 6d, low to mid 338 to 48, good and fine brown 31s to 3's 6 I, low dark and mid brown 27s 6d to 29s 6d, and crystalised mid yellow to low white 36s 6d to 3bs 6,1. Madras brown and low yellow brought 28s to 29s 6,1, and good 325, being lower. Manilla, was taken in at 29s 6d to 30s 6d, for ord and good un clayed white Havannah, duty paid, went at 39s 6d to 40s, and washed at 378 to 39s 6d per cwt. Ditto in bond was taken in at 26s to 28s for sound, but washed found buyers at 258 to 26s 6d, being cheaper. Refined has been doll; grocery lumps, low to fine 6(1 to 49s per cwt. UOFFEE.—Tbere has been rather an increased inquiry, and higher values have been current, but the business still is very limited. Native Ceylon rose 6d to is per cwt., good and selling at 458 3d to 45s 6d I , er cwt. Plantation has been taken in at 60s, and East India fine ord at 58s per cwt. Prices came higher from Amsterdam. Jamaica good and fine is quoted 658 to 84s, and ord and tr;age 40s to 475. Mocha, mid to fine, 608 to 85s, and ord 48s to 595. Java, 46s to 525. Brazil good and fine ord, 44s to 50s, and Costa R c.i, 50s to 528. RICE —There has been a limited demand at former rates. Carolina was taken in at 21s 6d for American cleaned, Coringa Madras at 14s 6d for sound, but pinkey sold at 13s 3d to 13s 4id for good. SPICES•—Mace declined ld to 2d per lb , Singapore sell ing at 28 3d to 2s 6d for mid dark flaky to mid dark pale. Nutmegs are ld to 3d per lb. lower, and black pepper has declined id to 4d, and white 1d to ld. Cassia Lignea has been heavy. TEA.—There is rather more firmness; common congou lld per lb. Rum. —There is no particular alteration. SALTPETRE.—Very little has been done, but quotations have rallied since Tuesday, when they were lower. Ben gal to arrive sold at 47s to 47s 6d, and 9 per cent, refrac tion on the spot brought 468 to 47s per cwt. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is dull at 68s per cwt. on the spot. GREEN FRUIT.—A good demand for all kinds. Oranges scarce ; some parcels St. Michael and Lisbon, sold by Keel ing and Hunt, at public sale, went at an advance of 2s. to 3s. per package. The last cargo of Seville sours has been received and been taken by the confectioners at a high figure. A portion of the Smyrna nuts arrived at Liverpool are being sent to London for sale. Barcelona nuts are 16 to 2s per bag lower. Brazil scarce. Messina without alte ration. MARINE INSURANCE COMPANIES.—The marine insur ance companies connected with the salvage case of the Condor, from which 88,000/. of gold was rescued off Pernambuco last June, have published a report of the trial in which they lately succeeded in setting aside the claim of Mr. Cowper, the English consul at that port, for services performed and apparently acknowledged at the time by all thc) parties interested. This document, however, throws no new light on the case, and merely shows that Mr. Cowper was forced to abandon his posi tion under a threat that advantage would otherwise be taken of a le ga l t ec h n icality, That such a result i s no t likely to ha ve th e e ff ec t o f stimulating efforts t o save property u n d er simitir eircumstarces on a, future oc cas i on win, it to be pr, au ni v d, 1 ;: = ' - ven by the i n • surance companies themselves, and for the general in terests of eoranaeree the affair is therefore to be regarded with regret. THE SUN*, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1854. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. Business done this day. Shr.lP: 31 I 2 22 25 3 50 al 20 al 20 1: 50 I 1 25 I a] 25 a] 20 a] St. a] St. I F Id .1 RAILWAYS. Xberdeen AJ.nl)g Nottng. Bost and Easta. 11 Belfast & Ballymena. ll Birmiug, Woiverh. & Stour - Valley ....: 8 13irkenll. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet 11 Do. Chesil. & Birk., £5O and 225 Cons. .84 Do., £20. .. 0 3lyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) 10 Bristol aui Exeter Caledonian 11 Chester & Holyhead. 11 Cork and Bandon... 31 Cork, Black, & Pass. .2 Cornwall A Crieff Junction :5 Dublin&BelfastJune II Dundee Perth&Aber deco Junction 11 Do. Neiv 11 East Anglian 11 Do., (XlB E & H). • dl Eastern Counties 11 Eastern Union, A Stock .00 Do., B. Stock Do., New A. O E• ast Lancashire O Edinburgh & Glasgow 5!. Edinb. and Peebles O s E• din.Prth &Dundee' 1 r'orth & Clyde June. 0 Glasgow &S. Western O Great Northern Stk. 0 Do., A. Stock 0 Do., B. Stock K) Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western.; .2 Irish South-Eastern ,11 Lancaster & Carlisle 1 Do., Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds__ Lancash.audYorksh Do., Fifths 1. D a., Wst. Riding Un al Leeds Northern .11 Liv.Crsby.&Southpt 11 Loudon & 8: Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. /0 Loud. Bright & S.Cst. 10 Loud. and N. \Vesta) • 2 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.5h.,M&8.„( 2!, Do. Eighths 0 LondoUaud S. Westu, Do., £SU 4 Do., 140 .11 Lmludrrydi Coleraine 11 LududiTy. & Ennisk. Nlanch.Shef.& Litwin 4 Do., Mau. & Liu. Un. _Vrictiand 00. Birmng. & Derby :7ld. G. West. (Ira.) .71 Do. Half Shares 611 Newcastle & )0 Newmarket 5,4„ Do., Bury Extension .74 Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd VA Newry & Enniskillen .11 Newry Warreupoint and Rostrevor.. Norfolk .... Northn.Counties Un K 1 North British 6 North Devon, No. 1 .1 Do., No. 2 11 !io., A A Deferred 8 Do., B Guaranteed 11 North London 5,i Do. New £lO is N.&S.Wstrn.,llamp stead, and City Ju North Staffordshire 11 North Western .0 N. &S. Westru. June, 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester. Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton 2e Portsmouth O Scottish Central O Scottish Midland Shrewsbury dz Bi it mg 0 Do. L. di N. Western Guarantead St (AA._ .0 Shrcwsby. da Baal 11 Shrewsby. dz Choste. (N. W. MM ;.. ..... 11 Do. Halves, l. s 11 Do. Gswestry 6q. Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent 11 South Devon 10 South Eastern .11 South Wales .5 S. Yrksh. 6t Riv. Dun 5 Do 2s Staines, Wok. &Wokl Lll Stockton & Darling. .6f i Stockton & Hartlepl. )0 Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shares 10 Do. Pref., No. 1 1 'Thames Haven Dock and Railway 7 Vale of Neath .11 Waterfd. & Kilkenny ,11 Waterford&Limerick .4 West Cornwall 3. !West End of London', and Crystal Palace. dl West London Ls. I Wimbledn & Croydon) )O York Newctl.&lierw. !O Do. Extensions 1 34 Do. G.N.E. Purchase )O - York &N. Midland... PREFERENI &berdeen Do. No. 2, p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ,Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Bandons4p.e Dundee Perth &Aber deco Junction EastAnglian (X 3106) 6 per ceut Do. (e 5) 7 per cent 'Do. (X 7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex- tension, 5 p. c. No. Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. C. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- East Latieash.6 p. cts. East and West York shire June. Pref EdinbPrth.&Dundne 5i per cent. Glasgow & S.Westeru Guar. 5 per cent.. 3reat Northu. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. , at 10 p. c. prom... Do. p. c. Scup Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prof Gt. Southn. &Westin. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sli Gt. Westn. (Berke & Rants Ex. 5 p. c).. Do. coy. red. 4i p.c. Do. con, red. 4 p. c irred. 4 p. c.... Lan. & York. P. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No.l Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. IDo. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Lon. &N. W., Coy. d; Nuneaton London & S. Western Con. Thirds. Londonderry& Coler. Shares . . _ Condy. & Ennis. Sh. Nian., Shef., & Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. £6.. Aarypt.& Carl. 4 P.C. Do. 41 per cent Do Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Pim. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Eat Do. 5 per ct . pref. Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolyerh.£ls, 6 p.c. Do Soot. Cont., New Pre Shrews. &Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. fixed, VI per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4Apel cent. S. Yorksh.4p. c. Guar Stockton and Dar- lington, 4 per cent. Do. do. do, Stockton and Hartle. pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd..&Kilk.6p.c. V,rk,Neweastlo,and l ,4 p.c. Prd., Do York&N. 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Bands (Ist is.)'s7 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Coust. & Basle Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c pref Do. (Railway).., Do. Pref. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. ct. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran, ,Aadras liaria Antonia Do. do, New INlelbourno Dk. & Ry. Namur & Liege (wit] interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (filly. B. & Ams. Shs. ) NorwegianTrunkPrel Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen._ Paris and Strasboui ParisCaen & Cherbfg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish - - - Sambre and Meuse... Do. 54 p. cent. Prof. Souther' , of France..i A. Andrew's and, Qurhee (A) West Flauders Xll Do 5); per c. 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Invest ll 112 24 25 25 South Austral. Land 34 36 1 all Submar. Telegraph 4 1 1 all Do. Registered — 1 100 28 Van Diemen's Land 9 lxin LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. LONDON, April 7.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W. ; light breeze, and hazy. PORTSMOUTH, April 6.—Wind, W. Arrived—Selfs taendigheden, Pernambuco ; Medway (s), Southampton, and saildd with troops. POOLE, April 6.—Wind, W. Sailed—Delia, Quebec; Corregio, do. FALMOUTH, April 6.—Wind variable. Arrived—lduna, Malta ; Rapid, do., for Dunkirk. Sailed—Feronia, Quebec. _ . _ KINGSTOWN, April G.—Arrived—Princess, St. John, N.B. CORK, April s. —Wind, S.W. A m ved.—Mensageiro, Vianna. Sailed—Santa Maria, Vianna. SHIELDS, April 6.—Wind, W. Arrived—Victoria, Terranova; Wilberforce, Cartliagena. PLYMOUTH, April 6.—Wind, N. Arrived—Despatch, Figneira. WEXFORD, April s. —Wind, W. Sailed—Brothers, Quebec ; Joven Claudio, Cadiz. QUEENSTOWN, April s. —Wind, S. by W. Arrived— Scott, Mauritius; Hannah Thornton, Baltimore; Ludwig and Elise, Odessa. Sailed—Arethusa, Rio Janeiro. Off Port—Arrived—Earl of Harewood, Callao, and proceeded for Inverness ; Helen Lindsay, Callao, and proceeded for Antwerp. STROMNESS, April 3.—Wind, W. Arrived—Auckland, Sunderland, for Quebec ; Freeland, N e wcastle, for Cuba, with loss of boats, stauncheons, sails, kc. HULL, April 6.—Wind, W. Arrived—Minister Thor becke (s), Zenolle ; Swanland (s), Rotterdam ; Norfolk (s), do. Sailed—Thomas, Montreal; Fergus, Quebec; Queen Victoria, do. ; Josephine, Gothenburg. HARwira, April 6.—Wind, W.S.W. Sailed —Vesta, Hamburg; Hebe, Aitona; Liebe, do. ; Genius, Buxte hude ; Gloria Deo, do. PORTHCAWL, April s.—The Isabella, of Alnwick, from Cardiff to Liverpool, went on shore on the Skirwether sands this morning, but came off on the flood and went down in deep water ; crew saved. ABERDEEN, April s.—The Margaret and Jane, off and from Peterhead, which went ashore on the rocks, March 30, has been got off and put in here. ELSINORF, April 3.-11.M.5. Conflict arrived here in the morning of Ist April, and proceeded. The windbound ships from the Baltic sailed in the morning of Ist April. The arrivals from the North Sea have gone on. Wind, W.S.W., moderate. STETTIN, April 3.—The English Fleet was fallen in with near Rugen Island, by the Geiser (a), and here yesterday from Copenhagen. STRALSUND, April I.—The guns of the English Fleet were heard yesterday at the Pilot Station, Barhceft. CROOKHAVEN, April 4.—A long-boat 17 feet in length, and 6A feet beam, painted black, with a white streak out side, and black bottom, and lead-colour on top i ns id e, marked inside of stern, " John Rodgers," " Fidd" or " Todd," has been picked up, off Mizenhead, by the Rate Dawson pilot boat. AMSTERDAM, April 5. A name-board, with Emma painted in large white letters upon it, has been found in the North Sea. STOCKHOLM, March 4.—The navigation is now open. CHERBOURG, April 4.—The French ships Mazeppa an d Mercure, both from Honduras to London, arrived in this roadstead Ist April, and came into harbour yesterday to repair damages. It will perhaps be necessary to discharge their cargoes. ROTTERDAM, April s.—The Ivanhoe (s. s.), from Leith, which was ashore near Goree yesterday, but was subse quently got off and into port, and discharged her cargo with but trifling damage. A barque, apparently British, and of about 600 tons, with painted ports, waterlogged and abandoned, with two houses with conical roofs, one fore the other aft, bulwarks carried away said boats gone, was passed 20th March, in lat. 50 N., long. 57 W., by the Woodcock, arrived in the river. _ _ --..,.. The American Lass sailed from St. John's, Newfound land, for Oporto, Jan. 19, and has not since been heard of. (EY ILECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10.30 a.m, Wind, W.N.W. ; fresh breeze, and fine. Arrived—Ottawa (s), Portland ; Norval, Paraiba. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9 a.m. Wind, IV., tide two hours ebb, light, and. fine. Arrived—Venice, Charente ; Margaret, Dunkirk ; John George, Bombay; Paquita, Rivdesella; Balbina, Porto Rico ; Prosperitas, Drobak ; John Bull (s), H am b urg. Sailed—Maria Hay, Geelong. DEAL, Friday, 9.14 a.m. Wind, N.N.W., very light. Passed—Charles Ferdinand, from Callao for London ; Lord Stanley, from Shields for Garrucha ; Triton, from London, for Oporto; Herder, from London for Sydney; Hendrik Margarotta Kort, from London for St. Croix ; Dionysia, from London for Swansea ; Prince Edward, f..l' Cuba. Anchored—Morayshire, from London for Malta. Sailed—New Express, Cambula, Briton's Pride, Cana• lain, and HZ'S, Prince liegout, for tilt) )3altic. THE DISTURBANCES ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP CUMBERLAND. From our accurate acquaintance with the circum stances connected with the disturbances on board the Cumberland, 70, Captain Seymour, it would be pro productive of the greatest possible mischief to the best interests of the naval service of this great country, if the extraordinary and incorrect account that appeared yes terday morning in the columns of a contemporary were allowed to pass uncontradicted. We, therefore, append the following statement from our Portsmouth corres pondent : PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Times, under the heading of their naval news, states that Sir Thomas John Cochrane endeavoured to address the crew, &c., but was met with murmurs of " Leave, leave, leave," &c., and could not continue his address. We beg to give this state ment a flat contradiction. We were on board before the ship let go her anchor, and did not leave her until the pro ceedinigs had concluded and the above officer had dep ar t e d . Sir Thomas Cochrane did not address, nor did he attempt to address, the ship's company at any time. One of the Lords of the Admiralty, Real-Admiral Berkeley, did ad dress the crew, every word of which address appeared in this day's He ra ld, an d we re p ea t th a t th a t address was re ceived with the utmost respect and attention. What fol lowed we will give with the same accuracy as we did the address of the gallant admiral. Everything went right until the crew were piped to dinner, but during this period the villanous crimps obtained admission into the ship through the lower d ec k por t s, an d b y t h e i r agency d e l e teriolis liquors and poison were administered to the men in copious draught s an d d oses, th e e ff ects of which were such that when at one they were piped to their duty a spirit of insubordination manifested itself in a most un mistakeable manner. Shots were rolled about the deck, the mess things broken, and the crew refused to do their duty. The Marines were got instantly under arms, and prompt and successful measures were resorted to to quell the muti nous conduct of the drunken and misguided crew. Three of the ringleaders were brought from the Cumberland and placed on board the Victory. Nothing of this sort would have occurred but for the introduction of the land sharks —crimps and bumboat people. They, to suit their own designs of plundering poor Jack, instilled the poison into his mind that it had been ordered that the crew were to have a fortnight's leave. They told them that they were no men if they did not insist upon their " rights," quot ing Penelope, Desperate, &c. Of course those wretches would have had every farthing out of the poor fellows' pay daring the fortnight; but when they found them selves balked of their prey, after Admiral Berkeley's address, they set to work and created that evil which was likely to cause most serious mischief. We are pleased to state, however, that the men have come to their senses and are heartily ashamed of their disgrace ful conduct. They have returned to their duty, and the ringleaders have been sent to their own ship this morning to be dealt with according to their deserts. The ship will be paid advance on Friday morning, and sail on Saturday for the Baltic. She has taken on board a twelve month's stores. We only trust that an order will be issued never more to permit the crimps to go alongside, and that whatever is sent on board shall pass through the hands of the officer in command. The Cumberlands aro a good and well-disciplined crew ; they love and respect their officers, and but for the designing and disappointed vagabonds that tempted the men to forget for the moment their discipline and their duty, this unfortunate and totally unexpected occurrence never would have happened, nor will such ever happen again, if the ' sailors' pest' is kept out of the ship." We may remark that, we believe, we have the credit of being the friend of the seamen. We have advocated their just claims to good treatment, fair consideration, and adequate pay. We believe that there is no class of men in the world who make greater sacrifices for their country, and who are more willing and anxious to keep faith with the Crown but we must warn them against evil counsels and influences that have led to such outrages of discipline as have occurred on board the Cumberland. A bargain is a bargain all the world over. Seamen well know what is expected of them when they enter the Royal navy ; they are not trapped or kidnapped into the service, they take their ratings with their eyes open to the duties required of them, and they are aware that on an emergency they are bound to sacrifice every other consideration in the world to their duty to the country. They understand this arrangement, and if they are disappointed in their natural expectations of leave or discharge, why they must take it out of the Russians who have caused their detention. Their officers -are in the same boat with them, endure the same privations, the same detention, the same absence from their friends and connections ; and the seamen know well what is their duty on such occasions. Such outrages, therefore, are a disgrace to their intelligence, and tend to alienate from them those friends to their class who have been working hard for their advancement and improvement in every station and in every position whicha man-of-war's man occupies. We trust that we shall not have to reproach the seamen of the fleet with any more unseemly outbreaks that re flect anything but credit on the class. We are quite sure that it is only for the moment that they are led away by false representations, and become the tools of designing scoundrels, and that they will return to their duty as they return to their senses ; but when they consider that this temporary disruption of discipline produces more disastrous consequences than the fire of an enemy, we trust that the steady men of the ships' companies will carefully watch any growing disposition to be led into mischief by evil promptings, or by the maddening influence of intoxicating draughts of Portsmouth "blue ruin," and will take prompt mea sures to prevent their shipmates from falling into griev ous error. In the case of the Cumberland, cause and effect are clearly traceable. There was no time for concert, pre paration, or co-operation. It was a stupid, senseless, outbreak---a drunken effervescence, the consequences of which we know are as astounding to the men them selves as to their officers and .the public. The men of the Cumberland knew that they could not, like the men of the Thetis, Penelope, and other ships that were not ready for active service, be allowed a fortnight's leave ; and we will stake our reputation, knowing the esprit of this fine ship's company, that i fit had so hap pened that the Cumberland was not in a fit condition to proceed to sea, there is not a man Jack of the lot ;Co would not have volunteered for any ship that was ready, and only wanted a crew to start for the Baltic within 24 hours. We are satisfied that they are not a whit behind the Neptune's crew in ardour and devotio n t o th e ser- vice on which they are proceeding ; and the country may depend upon it that if they get an opportunity, the fire of the Cumberland, or the dash of her boarding par ties, will deservedly obliterate all recollection of this "silly rumpus" at Spithead.—Morning herald. TURKISH REFOR , II.-RELIGIOUS RAPACITY. - When we stated yesterday that the changes now in troduced in the Ottoman empire by the influence of the Powers which have allied themselves for its defence amount to a revolution in its social condition, we did not foresee the very striking confirmation of this re mark which reached us a few hours later by the tele graph. We are informed by a communication from Constantinople, dated the 27th of March, that the pos sessions of the mosques are to be declared the pro perty of the State, and that the refusal of the Sheik ul-Islam to consent to this measure was the cause of his deposition. If this statement be correct, it is beyond all comparison the most important re solution taken by the Turkish Government since the destruction of the Janissaries, for it is a measure from which Sultan Mahmoud himself recoiled, though he had often contemplated it as one of the most essential conditions of the regeneration of the empire. In fact, a measure so contrary to the prejudices of the Mussul mans and the interests of the Ulemas could hardly have been attempted with any chance of safety to the Sultan or his Ministers unless he had the support of a consi derable force in the immediate neighbourhood of the capital ; and even now we shall not be surprised to learn that a coup d'etat of this description has been fol lowed by agitation and excitement among the Mussul man population. The mosques and religious foundations of the Ottoman empire form important spiritual corporations, exercising an independent, legal, and theocratical power in the State. The Ulemas, or masters of the law and the Koran, are the sole possessors of the vast wealth be longing to these foundations, and at the same time, as the expounders of the faith and fundamental laws of Islam, they enjoy an authority to which the highest powers in the State have been compelled to bow. The insecurity of property under an arbitrary Government and many other causes have induced Turkish land owners from generation to generation to assign over the fee simple of their estates to the mosques, reserving only the usufruct to themselves and their direct male descendants. Land thus held by the mosques or religious corporations became vacoof, or, as it is termed in India, wukf, and is held for ever in mortmain. Such lands have hitherto been exempt from taxation and personal con fiscation, and this tenure has so increased and extended by the mere influence of duration and security in an empire where all other property is fluctuating and insecure, that fully three-quarters of the soil of the Turkish dominions are said to be held in this manner. To dispossess these powerful corporations of landed property which they have held for centuries by the two fold bond of legal usage and religious veneration—to resume the direct authority of the Sultan over so large a portion of the lands of the empire, one-third of which was allotted to the mosques by Mahomet the Conqueror— and to defy the whole power which the Ulemas and re ligious orders may be able to put forth in defence of their vested rights, is certainly one of the boldest mea sures ever taken in a great emergency. But we entertain no doubt that this resumption of lands is an indispensable preliminary to the real reform and progress of the country. Sooner or later in its history, every Christian State has under ;one it, and the vast possessions which the superstition or the rapa city of former ages placed in the hands of the c hurch have been restored to the common uses of society. The social revolution which is being effected in Tur key by the emancipation of the Christians, and the establishment of a principle of equality between all races and religions of the empi r e, led by an i n evitable consequence to the abolition o f the exclusivesupremacy which the Mulsulinans have hitherto exercised over the largest portion of the soil, except in the Archipelago and in the provinces from which they ar e excluded by treaty. And, although changes of this nature are never accomplished without the dangers and sufferings inse parable from revolutions, the future strength and inde pendence of Turkey depend on the introduction of a system totally distinct from that which has reduced so magnificent an empire to the verge of distiolutlon. Times. FLINTSHIRE. —We have to record the demise of Edward Lloyd, first Baron Mostyn, who expired on Monday last, at Pengwern, county of Flint, aged 85. He is succeeded by his son, Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, M.P., for Flint. This gentleman may be re membered as having been the purchaser of the stud belonging to Lord George Bentinck, upon that noble man retiring front the turf in 1847. 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Yesterday the annual general meeting of the directors tad policy holders in this society was held at the com pany's offices, 4, Chatham-place, Blackfriars. Among the gentlemen present we observed E. Ward . Jackson, Esq., the Rev. John Wood, John Britten, Fag., James C. Brown, Esq., William Burchett, Esq., 1 licha,rd Field, Esq., W. Fitch, Esq., Joseph Gimson, Capt. Thomas Malkin, Edward Martin, Esq., J( ih n B. Muschamp, Esq., Capt. W. Robertson, Josiah Stol :es, Esq., H. Brinsley Sheridan, Esq., A. Webber, Esq. Thomas Wilson, Esq., W. G. Grady, Esq., M.D., VT. Harding, Esq., Henry Empson, Esq., and a great zn7An y other highly influential gentlemen. T he chair was filled by Capt. Thomas Malkin. The advertisement announcing the meeting having !eie read, Mr. Sheridan, the manager of the society, t! ten read the following report " The directors have great pleasure in meeting the sh arettolders and policy-holders of the company at the close of a year resulting in so much prosperity, and i n b e i ng en abded to lah air interests. y befo re th em a balance sheet so favourable to t The directors feel that the need hardl reiraii ad th e shareholders of their l as t meeting, or the many ulties which surrounded and beset the company at thee time, and which have subsequently seriously re t ar d e d their progress—th ey are gratified at being now in a posi tion: to state, that by continued and unceasing exertion, ex t el ,me caution, and care, and the very efficient assistance real erect by the newly elected directors and officers, they ha vs succeeded in placing the British Provident, upon the lis t of first-class stable office s of the day. In the Life De. ps rte nent, during the past year, 643 Proposals have been ed , 3to the company, year, risks do the extent of 14:7, 1351. Os. 9d. ; of these 438 have been acce ted, and th e ,onipany's poli c i es i ssue d for them effectinga P ss nieces Ifo r 79,068/. Bs. 10d, upon whirh the rl income is 2, 71 , Si. 9s. Id. ; lu7 the direct ors deemed yea it y advisabl e to de cli ne, and th 93 are now under considera P tion. Th e com a ri) onwith e company's last report, the re f ore stands th as :—Last meeting of the shareh o ld ers —Proposals corn pl eleed, 37 ; amount, 11,1601 6s. 10d. ; policies issued, 27; ar ionnt, 7,536/.1125. 10(1.; premiums recei ve d , 158/. O. 5d ; in come, 251/. 14s. sd. Present meeti ng o f the share . - h( eiders—Proposals completed, 643 ; amount, 147,835/. Os. 9( I. ; policies issued, 438 ; amount, 79,088/. Bs. 10d. pie minims received, 1,7481. 125.10 d. ; income, 2,748/. 9s. id .; ig an increase of 411 in the number of policies issued, 71,1 )31/. 16s. in the sum assured, 1,5901. 12s. ss. in the preielium received, and 2,496/. 14s. Bd. in the income. Pith reference to the Fire Department, the directors have ; tc ) report, that considerin g it was not prud e nt for a yo u n g o Bice to entail n oon itself the heavy responsibility attend ii ig fire risks, they have made arrangements with a safe a ad highly respectable office for the re-insurance of that p ortion of their business, and that, therefore, the company s arals under no liability in this branch, whilst, on the 101 xary, the profit derivable therefrom, is s'. per cent. u ree i the premiums, and per cent. upon the duty. T he directors have also to congratulate the shareholders al id themselves upon their not having sustained a single loss iu the life department, and only two small ones in the fire, amo mating to the sum of 61/. ss. 4d., which were, however, retie sured, and, co nsequen tl y, no charge upon the funds of the •company. It will be seen, by the balance sheet, that the • directors have made great efforts, since the last meet ing, to diminish the risk which is attendant upon each in divic lual shareholder in young companies, by increasing the proprietary body—the large sum of 47,270/. of the ca pii 'AI of the company, after deducting cancelled and for fe its 1 shares, dow being subscribed for, and by gentl emen of lo eown position an d wea lth , which they look upon with much i gratification, inasmuch as it is a means of giving co nfi , dence to the country in the safety and stability of the ititution. The directors have to report that, within the pa it year, they have succeeded in appointing nearly 300 act ;iv° and influential agents in the principal towns and cit ies of the United Kingdom; and, as they consider this the principal source of the company's business, they would ur; , e) upon the shareholders the exercise of their influence, on t his behalf, with their provincial relatives and friends. Purr suantto the terms of the deed of settlement, the three fol lowing directors retire this year ; but, being eligible, present then iselves for re-election, viz., William Fitch, Esq., .Tosis th Stok es , E sq ., an d Edward Martin, Esq. And, in repot ling this, the directors f ee l th at they have only to draw the attention of the shareholders to the book of direc tors' attendance now before them to ensure their re-elec tip m ' as it is th e b es t p roo f th a t can b e afforded of the un remitting zeal of th ose gen tl emen i n t h eir behalf ; but, at th e same time, it is the directors duty to report that, under the s provisions of the deed, it is competent for the share het Iders to elect, in lieu of any one or more retiring directors or: unditors, any gentleman d u ly qua lifi e d , and who has given due notice in accordance with the provisions of such deed. The :retiring auditors who present themselves for re-election are Alex. Webber, and Thos.Wilson, Esqs.. The directors feel that they cannot close their report in a more satisfac tory manner than by advising the shareholders they are in a position to give notice that dividend warrants upon the paid-up capital, after the rate of 5/. per cent. per annum, will be issued for the past year on and after the Ist of May ensuing. The CHAIRMAN, on rising, said that in the month o f May, 1852, they held their first meeting. They were then in a state of great anxiety and doubt. They were among the shoals and shallows, but they had heard the report, and that in itself was the best proof of the success and position attained by the society. The direc tors owed much to the gentlemen that had been added ' to the direction. They were all men of wealth, and it would be a source of confidence to the smaller share holders, because it would be self-evident to them that the affairs of the society would be well looked after, espe cially as the great shareholders would look after their own. To Mr. John Sheridan, their talented manager, they owed a deep debt, and he felt assured the longer he was with them the more would they appreciate his great abilities. He would not trespass further on the time of the meeting, but move that the report and balance sheet be received and adopted. (Cheers,) Mr. Wznsza had very great pleasure in seconding the proposition of their worthy chairman. It would be useless to detain them with any lengthened remarks on life assurance, yet lie would remark, en passant, that their scope was illimitable. It was a source of great gratification to him to perceive by the report that not one life policy had fallen in, as also the statement of figures contained in the balance sheet. To show the necessity of a proper extension of life assurance, he would mention that the late Justice Talfourd had effected a policy or assurance on his life only within the last year for 5,000/. He need not adduce another fact to make the people generally estimate properly its value. Very few new offices, and rarely any of the old ones, could present such a report as that they had had the pleasure of hearing read that day by their manager—it augured greatly for their future success. With such a manager and such a direction as they possessed, they were sure to Prosper. Of this he was sure that no money could be better laid out than that to effect an assurance, and sure he also was that such an outlay would never bring repentance., (Loud cheers.) He had very great pleasure in seconding the motion of the chairman. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, that the re port and balance sheet be received and, adopted, and de clared the motion carried unanimously. Mr. OBRE'said it had fallen to him to move the re election of the retiring directors, lie performed his duty with great satisfaction, and as ground for that satisfaction he need only refer to the report just read. Mr. EMPSON begged leave to second, to motion of Mr. Obre. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution to the meet ing, and declared it carried nem dig. Mr. JACKSON then rose to move the re-election of the auditors, and in doing so, entered at length into th e benefits of life assurance, the success that had attended the transactions of the society, compared to others, and also to the gratifying fact, that they had not had a single claim for the past year. lie th,)ught the auditors were deserving of their highest thanks, for the manner in which they had gone over the multifarious accounts of the society. (Loud cheers.) Mr. BARNETT said it was a source of pleasure to him to second the resolution that bad been moved by the previous speaker. He thought they were exceedingly fortunate to possess so talented a manager as Mr. Sheridan. He was young, but he was sound-headed and stout-hearted. (Loud cheers.) The speaker then made a very pleasing allusion to the name of the society, and resumed his seat. The CHAIRMAN having put the motion from the chair, declare it carried, as in the preceding case, unanimously. Mr. WILSON, on behalf of his brother auditors, re turned thanks. He had intended that one of his col leagues should have spoken to the resolution, but so great was the pleasure he felt that he could not resist rising to return them thanks for the honour conferred. Mr. J. GIMSON then moved that Mr. J. Britten, jun., be added to the list of auditors. (Cheers.) Mr. MIISCHAMP begged leave to second the nomination. The CHAIRMAN put the resolution to the meeting, and declared it carried. Mr. J. BRITTEN briefly returned thanks. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN said he had very great gratifi cation in complying with the request that he would move a vote of thanks to the directors. The highest eompli rnent he could pay them he was sure was richly deserved. Mr. T. WILSON seconded the proposition. The resolution was then pu t by the C HAI RBIAN, and having been carried amidst loud cheers, Mr. BRITTEN rose, and on the part of his honourable colleagues, begged sincerely to thank the assembly for the honour they had conferred on the directors. It was their constant aim and greatest endeavour, at all times, to further the interests of their flourishin g and prosper ous society, (Cheers.) Mr. FITCH said the motion he had to submit to the meeting, was one he was sure would be cordially received, it wa s that the Est thank s o f this meeting be given to John Sheridan,sq., their manager, and the other offi cers. (Cheers.) Their funds were in the highest state of prosperity, and everything was highly satisfactory. The resolution was seconded by Mr. STOKES, and on being put to the meeting, it was passed amidst the loudest applause. Mr. SHERIDAN said he felt deeply the honour that had been conferred on himself and his colleagues. It was their highest ambition that their society should stand forth among the most successful and flourishing life as surance offices. (Cheers.) He could assure them that no exertion on his part should be wanting to attain that result. He begged once more to thank them for the honour they had conferred. (Cheers.) Mr. STOKES moved a vote of thanks to the medical officers, Messrs. Grady and Harding, for the care taken by them in the selection of lives for their policies. The gratifying fact, that no claim had arisen during the past year fully proved that they exercised the greatest care in the selection of parties to effect assurances. Mr. MARTIN seconded the vote of thanks to the medi cal officers. The CHAIRMAN, having put it to the meeting, declared carried. Mr. GRADY returned thanks for the honour done to the medical officers. Mr. ROBERTS said they must not forget their agents, he therefore begged a vote of thanks to them. The motion having been seconded by Mr. SEIVEB, was put from the chair and carried unanimously. Mr, i3llo7fli tilt% /119Yed a reefolution coave:iPi, the ..~..•••••• thanks of the meeting to the audi tors, and also that 10 guineas be presented to each cf them. (Cheers.) Mr. BURCRETT had much pleasure in seconding the r roposition of Mr. Brown. The resolution was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN said he iad a resolution to pro pose, and as it had rather a novel addition he would read it : it was " That the best thanks of this meeting be given to the chairman, and that he be chairman for the /P year ensuing. The motion having been seconded, Mr. SHERIDAN put it to the meeting, and declared it carried enthusiastically. The CHAIRMAN then briefly, but effectively, returned thanks, and the proceedings terminated. TETE EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, K.T., GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA. Few families in the peerage of this country can c l a i m a more illu s t r i ous descent than that of the name which immediately recalls all the historical associations con nected with Bannockburn and brave Douglas, " Wallace wight and Bruce the bold." The distinguished nobleman who has governed Canada with such ability and success for the met seven or eight years, is lineally descended from the Royal Bruces who confer such lustre on the chivalric era of Scottish history ; nor is his family with out honourable mention in a later period of his country's annals. We find that Edward Bruce, of Blairhall, was one of the commissioners appointed to witness the nup tials of the unfortunate Mary Stuart with the Dauphin of France, afterwards Francis 1., in 1558 ; and that his second son, Edward, of Kinloss, was accredited by James VI. to the court of Queen Elizabeth, to congra tulate her Majesty upon the tirpely frustration of the designs of the rash and misguided Earl of Essex against her royal person and authority. On his return from this mission, he was created Baron Bruce, of Kinloss, in the county of Elgin, as the reward of his services in further ing the views of James upon the English crown ; and when those services brought forth their fruit, he was nominated of the Privy Council, and appointed Master of the Rolls for life. Thomas, the third baron, was created Earl of Elgin in 1683 ; and in 1747 the earldom devolved to the Earl of Kincardine, descended from the third son of the above-mentioned rdward Bruce, of Blairhall. The two titles, thus united, descended to his second son, who was the tether of the present earl, and the nobleman so well known by his connection with the Elgin marbles. This accomplished nobleman filled several important diplomatic appointments, and, while ambassador extra ordinary in Turkey, formed the design of collecting and transporting to England the invaluable remains of Gre cian art (chiefly consisting of decorations from the Par. thenon) now in the Brirish Musem, and known as the Elgin marbles. It was his original intention to have merely taken casts of these ; but, observing how rapid was their demolition by the Mussulman soldiery, who repaired their rude-built houses and fortresses with frag ments beyond all price as beyond all praise, while the English travelling spoliators brought home fingers and toes as relics of their acquisitive barbarism, miscalled taste, his lordship applied to the Porte for permission to possess them. This was with considerable difficulty ob tained ; for though the Ottoman Government disdained the sculptured treasures themselves, they had all the oriental's suspicion of the motives of strangers who wished to transport them to such a distance as England, and at an expense necessarily so immense. At last about 80 cases were removed, and arrived in this coun try in 1812, where they met with a reception contrasting most strangely with the regard they have since attained in the estimation of every one. A prodigious outcry was raised about the imputed profanity and Vandalism of their removal by those who did not reflect that it was the only means of preserving them. Byron, then in the noon of his popularity, lent the support of his satiric genius to those who regarded Lord Elgin as a modern Alaric ; and in the " English Bards," the second Canto of " Childs Harold,' and more especially in " The Curse of Minerva," lavished every epithet of vituperation on the despoiler of the monuments of Greek genius, the present premier, the Earl of Aberdeen, coming in for a large share of the noble bard's censoriousness, which, of course, was echoed and exaggerated by hundreds who had not a particle of the poet's philo-Attic indignation to justify the clamour, and still less of his ability to render its manifestation en. durable to gods, men, or the columns of a newspaper. From this, and other causes of a like kind, and at tempts, somewhat too successful, ma d e t o un d er - rate them y certain pseudo-savans who laid down the law on such matters at the time, the Elgin marbles were comparatively neglected by all but a discerning few, who, from the first moment, appreciated what must be their ultimate influence on the taste of a nation fortu nate enough to possess them. It was not until 1816, that, a committee having been appointed to consider their merits, and pronouncing favourably, Parliament voted 35,000/. for their purchase, which large sum, neverthe less, left Lord Elgin a loser to a considerable amount, after all the mortification their neglect had caused him. He lived long enough, however (1841), to witness the full and enthusiastic recognition of the value of the boon he had conferred upon his country and upon civilisation in general ; for it is impossible to exaggerate the effect the immortal acquisitions that bear his name have had upon the intellect of the age. The memory of the con tentions connected with the marbles has been lately re called by the appearance of the " Autobiography of Hayden," whose highest boast to his last hour, was that he was among the first, as he ever continued among the most zealous, panegyrists of those unparalleled produc tions, maintaining that the noble lord who brought them here was infinitely the greatest benefactor that ar t h a d ever known in England since the Restoration. The present earl was born in Park-lane in 1811, and educated at Christchurch College, Oxford, where he at tained the first class in classics in 1832, and subsequently became a fellow of Merton College. In 1841 he mar ried Elizabeth Mary, only child of L. C. Bruce, Esq., of Roseisle, Stirlingshire ; and in the course of the same year was elected to represent Southampton in Parlia ment. He very soon gave evidence of a degree of ability which won for him the confidence of the then existing cabinet. In November of the same year his father died, upon which he succeeded to the family honours ; and in March, 1842, he was appointed to the governorship of Jamaica, which he held for four years, conducting the affairs of the island during a period of unusual difficulty with equal satisfaction to the planters and to the Go vernment at home. In August, 1846, he resigned the government of Jamaica, and in the following month was appointed Governor-General of Canada, with a salary of 7,0001. per annum. The manner in which he set himself to administer the affairs of the • colony speedily acquired for him the esteem and confidence of all classes of Canadians. Since then Canada has rapidly recovered from the effects of party antagonism, and steadily progressed towards the high degree of pros perity which she at present enjoys. The zeal and ability which Lord Elgin has displayed in promoting every measure calculated to benefit the people cannot be too highly commended, while his moderation and impar tiality have won for him the respect and admiration of all parties, whether in the colony, the mother country, or the neighbouring republic of the United States. In the company assembled on Thursday night, en un precedented aggregate of diverse colonial opinion, or at least what once was such, found in Lord Elgin a com mon focus of unison. Every gradation of sentiment on such subjects was fully represented, from the practice of high-handed executive, symbolised in Sir F. B. Head, to the theory of responsibility to the commonalty, em bodied in the patriarchal father of the House of Cdm mons the member for Montrose. Probably in thi s blending of extremes the juste milieu principle never received so remarkable a tribute, and, it is needless to add, that it has seldom been so deserved. The two parties into which the colony, like the mother country at the same period. was divided, rend ere d L or d Elgin ' s commencement in Canada a position of much difficulty ; but he addressed himself with so much firmness, pru dence, and consistency to the redress of real grievances and the resolute discountenance of unreal ones, that confidence speedily supervened upon mutual distrust and provocation. The colonists of all classes, like the assemblage at Thursday's dinner, recognising in the man a knowledge of what was right and a determination to Ipursue it, invested him with a moral support which en -1 Wed him to effect a large amount of good considering the condition of the province preceding, and for some while after his accession to office. Not that his rule was unaccompanied by any disturbing, or even alarming incidents. On the contrary, there were many such, calculated in the highest degree to test the promptitude and sagacity of a statesman ; and Lord Elgin's fertility of resource was found equal to every emergency. For instance, it has occurred to few viceroys to be publicly assaulted in their capital by the party expressing extreme loyalty, their Parliament expelled by a mob, and the Senate House set on fire. Such, however it will be recollect e d, was t h e case at M ontreal about this time five years. Happily, not only is the recurrence of such scenes an impossibility at the present day • but the feelings in whi c h th ese excesses arose, and which were resented with corresponding acrimony on the other side, have passed away ; and making moderate allowance for the diversity of opinion that must always exist where there is freedom of discussion and a free press to give it unrestricted publicity, there cannot be , a more united, as there is certainly not a more loyal, community than that which owns allegiance to Queen ; Victoria in her provinces of Canada, and of North America generally. The degree in which this result is attributable to the Earl of Elgin it would not be easy to exaggerate ; but signifi can t p roo f o f i ts ex t en t will be found in the circumstance, th a t th oug h the noble lord u bad already been governor-general longer thanany late one of his predec e ss ors , w ith a s i ng l e ex ception (the 1 of India), * Lord Dalhousie, f a the r o f th e G over nor-Gene the Canadians rejoice i n his return far more be ia than in the appointment who he , is sll couldesp eeyso nomi nated. Novelty, o f any individual charming herm ing er everywhere , in a colony ; and in a peculiar degree as affectin g th e personnel of the administrative machinefor it i mp li es, if not exactly variety of system, at least , change of f ace, and the consequent piquant ceremonial, fetes, and for malities, which suoh change occasions. The Canadians are as partial to these stimulants as any people in the world ; but they are quite willing to forego such plea sure for the sake of retaining their present governor as long as he can make it agreeable to remain amongst them, which, for their sake at least, it is to be hoped, he will long continue to do, though doubtless ho is destined, in the course of events, for still higher duties. The General Comm anding-in• Chief, Viscount Har dinge, gave a sumptuous banquet last evening, in Great Stanhope-street, to General Lord Raglan, Commander. in-Chief of the expeditionary army to the East. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, who have arrived in town from Ireland, and have been stay ing at the St. George's Hotel, take pormasloll of their mansion, ChethAm-plpace, uort month. 'i 3 111 a 6t a' St.ll 20 St. It St. lii 10 11/ st. lu all all all 8i 12 (lis 15i lli i 21 2 52 1 51 20 25 100 100 20 20 20 20 101 10 5 20 20 10 20 20 20