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SIR EDWARD EUL NEN. LYTTON'S NEW WORK. 0 V • L. By PISISTRATIIS CAXTON ; OR, VARIETIES IN ENGLISH LIFE. 4 vols. post Bvo. 425. ATHENPEUX. " My Novel' is a work of art, as distinguished from a work of accident—a work of thought, and as Such engaging to the thinker a work of characters, to test whose reality we must engage in the fascinating occupation of analysis —a work full of shrewd sayings. and containing some sayings deep as well as shrewd—a work fall of inlividual views concerning the questions of the day—a work, finally, po , sessing scenes and combinations, lacking which a novel is no novel, bnt a treatise, an extravaganza, a poem, or a pamphlet, as may be." , - - - - William Blackwood and Sona, Edinburgh and London, EAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. Tha DIRECTORS hereby Give Notice, that it is intended (unless the charges shill have been previously paid) to sell, on the IRh April next, such WINES, RUM, and other SPIRITS, as from the length of deposit, or depreciated quality, are not considered to be worth the charges thereon. and that sundry parcels for which Warrants have been issued 'will be included in such sale. A List of all the Goods may be seen at this House. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, Billiter-square, March I, 1853. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, MARcir 4, win he performed the new and original Comedy, in live acts, called NOT SO BAD AS WE SEEM; er, Many Sides to a Charac ter. Supported by Messrs. B. Webster, Barry Sullivan, Keeley, Buckstone, Leigh Murray, Stuart, Howe, Miss Rosa Bennett, Miss A. Vining, Mrs. Leigh Murray. To conclude with, at second price, the Comedy of MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestals. THIS EVENING, MARCH 4, Will be performed A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Horrxeastie ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. After which, the popular new Fairy Extravaganza entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. Matthews, Suter, Horncastle, and Templeton ; Madanie Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson ' Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Wynd ham, Mies Eglinton, and Miss Rosins Wright will appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New B m.d-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, MAR= 4. By desire, the popular Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES; or, a Huivired Years Ago. Supported by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Honey, 0. Smith, and Parselle ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Fanny Maskeil, &c. After which, a selection from the Ballet of ES .tERALDA. To be followed by the Farce of a LUCKY FRIDAY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFWD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Mean. THIS EVENING, Mutat 4, Wilt be produced Shakspere'e Tragedy of MACBETH (as acted at Windsor Castle, by Royal command). Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Lean. To conclude with the new and original Grand Comte Christ mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Singing Tree. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Parrett. THIS EVENING, MARCH 4, Will be presented THE LADY OF LYONS. Supported by Messrs. II Farren, G. Cooke, Shaldere, Edgar, and Bender ; Mes dames Davenport, B. Bartlztt, J. Adams, &c. After which, the TYROLESE SINGERS, will give their National Entertainment in the Costume of their country. To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE. Boa-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence of Mr. E. Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.: Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. LAST WEEK BUT ONE of Mr. BATTY'S MANAGEMENT. Brilliant Routine of Equestrian Achievements. THIS EVENING, 3Liacn 4, And during the Week, the Entertainments will commence with the superb Spectacle of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HO SE, reproduced with all its original magnificent effects. To be followed by an inclmpirable display of Eques to ian and Gymnastic wonders in the Scenes of tte Arena. To conclude with a popular Farce. Denys wren at Aix To commence al - Seven. nox-0n , ,1e open daily front Eleven to Four. Stage Man ti er, Mr. W. West. DIGIT WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Pin DAT —norning 22 min. after 8 Evening 5 Tn;:n .aft. 9 To •Aonnow—gorning 51 miu. after 9 Evening 33 mm n .aft. 10 THE WEATITER.--Strg OFFICH, MARCH 4. THERMOUETER, ET THE SHADE. sinco noon yesterday. 23—lowest this morning and during the night. 35—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'17. WIND, variable from W.S.W. to W.N.W.—Fine,; clear, sunshiny weather. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERT AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND TDB LATE OR THIRD EDITION"; CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENI NG, With all other Hews arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by 'the Latest Trains. /0 ; , LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1853. NELSON'S DAUGHTER. " Westminster Abbey or Victory !" It was the battle-cry of the noblest, the truest,, the bravest of the hero-sons of England. It was the exclamation with which he signalised the migl atiest of his many glorious achievements. It was with this ejaculation on his lips that he bore dow n his ship " The Captain" (74) on the 14th of Febmary, 1797, upon the Spanish squadron, under Ad) - Ural CORDOVA, and, by a memorable disobedien.3 e of orders, won the great fight of St. Vincent--4 tfter boarding the " San Josef " (112) and the " San Nicholhs" (74), and grappling with a still 'more formidable antagonist (136), the " Santi s,sima Trinidada." It was with that sentiment i n his heart that he succeeded, on the Ist of Au gust, 1798, in utterly destroying the French fleet, under Admiral BRUEYS, in the wonderful a ction of the Nile—an action fought at anchor, ai n 1 at midnight, for which and other reasons it has been regarded by . our naval historians as in man y re spects altogether unparalleled. It was with the same magnificent alternative burning in, his bosom, firing his valour, inciting his genius, and exalting his enthusiasm, - that he effected on the 2d of April, 1 801, that extraordinary conquest at Copenhagen, which was at once a triumph of courage and a triu a iph of diplomacy. It was animated by the same ar dent aspiration that he gained the crowning gl'.c.ry of his career on the 21st of October, 1805, pur chasing the final victory of British arms upon tile ocean off that fatal Cape of Trafalgar, with - the very name of which his memory has been e•. Ter since identified. -HORATIO NELSON gave everything to his COP Di try He devoted himself from a child to the cause of patriotism. He dedicated to its sacr ed int erests all the energies of his impassioned toe perament. He offered up to the service of Ervig land all the force of his genius, all the ardour of his daring, every personal comfort, every priva to or merely selfish consideration. He sacrificed for her his scanty fortunes, his health, his time, and at last his very existence. His bodily wounds are of all this surely sufficient attestation. He lost an amn, having his right elbow perforated by a mull cet ball, at Teneriffe. Re lost an eye, upon anot h er d. encounter. occasion, in a hand - to - sand He :had his forehead, so to speak, scalped b y a lanoTi due shot, during the carnage in the Bay of Aboukir Although merely forty - seven when he di e d , • age very wonderful considering all his a s t onisth an l achievements—his frame was so battered a'-nd maimed by hard usage, that life seems only to have been sustained through all those shocks and disfigurements by the innate vigour of his still youthful constitution. Comparatively brief thorgh his existence was, beginning on the 29th of Sop- . tember, 1758, and ending on the 21st of October, 1805, it nevertheless comprised more suffering than is frequently endured by a score of octoge narians, besides being illustrated during four-and- thirty years of active service in the maritime pro fession, by deeds of valour sufficient to build up a dozen heroic reputations. The service began at thirteen on board the " Raisonnable," and ended only with death, appropriately, it must always be . , ..... .. felt, on board the " VICTORY." And from first to last there was manifest the same zeal, and the v ..„ ..... same dauntless set sacrifice—the Admiral display -7,----\!MPAiwzimiiar manner, and with a loftier pur fr ... : : 7 ,7:77 ..,.-, _ _ Wiftoble qualities which had been revealed ';'';!:- I -, c- - --1 -3 - >;-,., 1, 'Were(' or by the schoolboy, and in N ita .. ''''''' .. ''l -1- - )Y , it sik- „t i ~,:,,,,., ~.....,,...., c ,___ . 11 rile arctic regions by the mid :; k --, ii,,, i j , ! 7, •ski:o4 , 4 -We speak of the things to, a race (___ <` : ---; -__ fivini - 4?' ita the incidents in the career of this j ,_ , - i. - ,*r; , a Captain. We address ourselv es t o a 4.`i people proud of tht fame and memory of this immortal, Englishman. Ev er y one amongs t us surely sears in vivid recollection the records of that strange and inspiriting biography the fame of which opens in the sequestered rectory of Birnam Thorpe, and closes only with funereal pomp under the gorgeous dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. Yes, and we all of us, each and all of us, men and women, sages and children have listened to that moving narrative not without peculiar and profound emo tion. For we have unanimously recognised the hero-patriot under the form of that " little pale lameter"—withered and blurred one might almost deem it by the storm of those thunderbolts which he had called down upon his head as a champion, or hurled around him as an avenger—mighty soul in a feeble ftame thus apostrophised by an elo quent writer of our generation—" Admiral Ho- RATIO, Viscount NELSON, and Duke of BRONTE : great at heart as a TITIAN ; gallant and heroic as all the world and age of chivalry ; leader of the might of England ; commander of her strength on the deep; hurler of her thunder over the flood." (SHIRLEY, iii. 63.) Yes—it is thus that NELSON, ever since the famous day on which he died, has been loved, andhonoured, and idolised by hisfellow countrymen. It is thus that he has long since come to be regarded as " the darling hero of England." It is thus that the souls of his compatriots glow within them at his remembrance. And nobly, and touchingly, and exquisitely has it been said of him, as we well bear in our recollection, by one whose comprehensive genius finds sympathy for all the indications or attributes of sublimity, whe ther of war or peace—nobly, and touchingly, and exquisitely has it been said of " the darling hero of England" by Sir BULWER LrrToN—that the glorious race of mariners that commenced with BLAKE, " found their most illustrious archetype in the gentle and daring heart—in the patriotism, disinterested and sublime—in the valour that was ever merciful—in the ambition that was never base—in all the memories of devoted life and heroic death, which, age after age, shall render not less holy than unfading the laurel -and the cypress upon the tomb of NELSON." (The Sea Captain. " Preface," p. viii.) Britain felt this when in the first anguish of her loss, she offered to the remains of her hero son the posthumous homage of a more than- - regal sepulture. It was in that first sense of her calamity that England went, in her regard, beyond even the ambition of the dead conqueror of Trafalgar. Victory had been his— but Westminster Abbey in her eyes, in the estima tion of the country for which he had yielded up his life in a blaze of glory, was not worthy, with all its grand historic associations, to memorialise the grateful homage of a nation by becoming the depository of his ashes. And so the body of NELSON, on its arrival in the Thames, was buried in great pomp under the dome of the metropolitan cathedral. Deprived of her hero through the very achieve ment of his last and greatest exploit, England endeavoured in some measure to attest the depth and fulness of. his appreciation. Together with a grant of 6,0001. a-year, an earldom was be stowed upon his brother. Parliament voted, in addition to this, 100,0001. for the purchase of an estate for the family—and granted the sum of 10,0001. to each of his sisters. Monuments were erected, and statues sculptured to his me mory in most of the principle cities of the United Kingdom. The leaden coffin in which he had been conveyed homewards, was cut into small fragments, and scattered among the fleet as relics of the departed warrior. The flag that had be longed to him was, by a spontaneous movement, torn in pieces by.the sailors, as it was about to be lowered into his grave, and the shreds treasured up by them as sacred mementos. Every one vied at that period in displaying the sense entertained, that the loss sustained by the empire was, in the fullest signification of the word, irreparable. Was there not in all this, let us ask, a secret feeling of compunction ? Had not England a painful consciousness that she never once acted generously to NELSON during his lifetime Did she act—during all those four-and-thirty years of unexampled heroism and devotion—did England act even once towards NELSON with generosity Why, at the period of his death he was only a Viscount ! After all his victories ! After losing an arm, and an eye, and being hacked and hewn away piecemeal as never Sea Captain was before or since ! After having, even as early as 1795 passed through no less than 140 separate skirmishes and engage ments ! While HOWE, for a single triumph, was created an earl during the same reign ! Nay— while JERVIS was advanced to an earldom for that battle of St. Vincent which NELSON gained for him by a splendid act of disobedience ! For this the captor of the " San Josef " and the " San Nicholas " was merely promoted to the dignity of knighthood ! For the Nile he was simply de clared a Baron, and for Copenhagen a Viscount —being insulted, moreover, after gaining the former "then" matchless victory, by being placed second in command under Sir HYDE PARKER on the fitting out of the Danish expedition. Nor was this all. Unfortunately, it was very far from constituting the whole of our national ingratitude during his lifetime towards the greatest Sea Captain of any ago, or of any country, of whom mention has been made in the records of either ancient or modern history. England—the wealthiest country in the world—England, who was then subsidising the armies of the Continent by such enormous sums of money that she increased her debt in two and-twenty years by the vast additional amount of 500,000,000/. sterling; England, who after the death of NELSON could give 10,0001. to each of his sisters, and 6,0001. a-year to his brother, and vote 100,000/. in a single grant to purchase a family estate—could yet leave her hero during his lifetime in a condition, literally, of comparative indigence. We do not exaggerate. We upeat the phrase comparative indigence. Why NELSON was so poor; even after he had been so very munificently raised to the peerage, he was so embarrassed in pecuniary matters whenever he returned home for a little repose after active ser vice afloat--that ho was never once enabled to keep a town-house—although a patrician. It may be argued, however, that even a peer can manage to exist very comfortably without a town house. Not a very generous excuse, howbeit, for the paltry treatment of a man who had shed his blood so often in the cause of his country— who had gained three such battles as St. Vincent, the Nile, and Copenhagen—and who, besides all this, had gone through the flame and smoke of nearly one hundred and fifty separate engage ments. But let that pass. We have something to say about the poverty in which NELSON was allowed to remain, up to the moment of his death, by England. It is not generally known, we be lieve, but it is, nevertheless, not one jot the less true on that account, that Lord NELSON was so straitened in pecuniary circumstances at the period when he was going to join the fleet off Cape Trafalgar that he was without sufficient plate for ordinary purposes to keep up a decent appearance at his table as Admiral on board the " Victory !" And to relieve himself from this embarrassment, and to supply the deficiency, he was actually compelled to pawn the few jewels presented to him in gratitude by foreig,n Sovereigns ! This, remember, in order that he might be enabled to go out to sea for the last time, there to purchase, by a glorious death, the t C hy, Trafalgar.it may ape riumph of E ng l an d t h rough the victory off be inquired, ar e we , nowa d a y s , at this particul ar period, forty-eight years after our " darling hero " was interred in St. Paul's Cathedral, recalling the popular attention to this ver y grievous and lamentable evidence of national .ingratitude ? We answer sina,ply—Because, not withstanding that great lapse (xf time, rather let us sa y by reason of that great lapse of time, we feel assured there is need, as we know there is unregarded by the opplloort:AriityA, is still iu h reparation. iving ,he A r , se o lf ne be w in h g o the na tion—a numerous family inheriting from her the fame of her illustrious wife of a poor clergym • ai si i re— Ho st m ' an almost unexampled claim u p on the countr y , a claim, arising out of the one fact tha t she is—Lord NELSON'S daughter. Here is the reason for our revival of the melancholy story of the paltry and ungenerous treatment of that great man during his lifetime by his fellow-countrymen. And not only during his lifetime, but actually, let us add, after his death and interment ! Ungenerous England had shown herself towards him during the period of his existence, but after his burial she must be said, in truth, to have proved herself doubly ungrateful. Look at the facts. A codicil to his will was written by Lord NELSON on the morning of the famous 21st of October, 1805, the morning of Trafalgar, in which codicil the hero penned these words—" I leave also to the beneficence of my country, my adopted daughter, HORATIA NELSON THOMPSON ; and I desire she will in future use the name of NELSON only. These are the only favours I ask of my King and country, at this moment, when I am going to fight their battle. May GOD bless my King and country, and all those I hold dear ! My relations it is needless to mention : they will, of course, be amply provided for." Moreover, when the action had actually commenced—indeed, after the fatal wound from the effects of which NELSON but too speedily expired—he exclaimed, " Thank GOD, I have done my duty. . . . Remember that I leave MY DAUGHTER HORATIA as a legacy to my country. Never forget HORATIA." Recollect those words—" I leave to the beneficence of my country my adopted daughter HORATIA." And more —" These are the only favours I ask of my King and country, at this moment when I am going to fight their battle." And last of all, almost in the act of expiring—" _Remember that I leave my DAUGHTER, HORATIA, as a legacy to my country." Forty-eight years have since elaps e ed, and the country has paid no regard to that sacred legacy— the nation has done nothing for that Daughter. Endeavours, it is true, have been made, and are still being continued by a Committee, comprising six of the surviving officers of the "Victory," and originally presided over by Sir EDWARD CODRING TON, with a. view to offer to the Child of NELSON the tribute of a tardy Testimonial. But that Testimonial, at the best, could he only of a private and restricted, whereas it should be of a national and munificent, character.. The time has arrived, we believe, when the people may at length hope to witness this sinister blot of ingratitude wiped away from the national escutcheon. The glorious NELSON has himself long since passed away, it is true—so that we cannot offer him reparation. Had he been a Sea Captain, not under GEORGE 111., but under NAPOLEON the GREAT, the latter would have created him a PRINCE long before the battle of Trafalgar. • But we have still the opportunity for atoning, as becomes a magnanimous people, for our deplor able and protracted negligence in regard to his wishes—for, if we have not NELSON still amongst us, we have one who was very dear to him, and whom he bequeathed to us as his only legacy— we have EfORATIA, his Daughter. Confiding, earnestly, hopefully, in this particular, we look to the munificence of the House of Commons, or, rather let us say, to the conscientiou s and recol lected patriotism of the Imperial Legislature. A more important question in all its details, or one requiring more attentive consideration, could not have been brought forward than that which was last night discussed in the Rouse of Lords with extraordinary ability and energy. We have so frequently explained some of the many evils arising from the vexatious delays, the ruinous expenses, and the perplexing doubts in separable from the transfer of real property—have so frequently insisted on the imperative necessity of a large and comprehensive measure in that, perhaps, the most important and most urgently required of all legal reforms, that our readers must be in some degree familiarised to the topic. The question has been repeatedly asked why landed estates may not be transferred with as great facility, and (the stamp duties excepted) with almost as little expense, as money in the Funds or shares in joint-stock companies ? The problem has been' solved elsewhere. The difficulties have been overcome in other lands. Why may they not be successfully encountered in the British do minions, so that the " black mail" now levied on such of the territorial aristocracy as may be com pelled to dispose of or encumber their estates may be avoided, and one of the most onerous " burdens on land" fully and completely re moved? There is no extraordinary difficulty in framing suitable answers to these interrogatories. The causes may be easily traced out by these who enter on the investigation zealously and energeti cally, with an unflinching determination to elicit the truth. The abuse has been so long main tained—partly through the influence of practi tioners—who--and we would not wish to be sup posed to attribute any dishonest or improper motive to many respectable men belonging to the profession—are deeply interested in its perpetua tion, and are also greatly biassed by their educa tion and early training in favour of the "grey iniquities," and partly by the unreasoning preju dice of the community, that sacrifices a reality in search of a phantom. "An Englishman does not choose to expose his title 1" "He likes to have his own sheepskins in his own box." Such are the arguments that are put forward in favour of concealment Why, if every thing is bond fide and straightforward, should any man, if he be really the owner of property, desire concealment? Why should he want to retain his title-deeds in his own possession—if equal, if not greater se curity could be obtained by placing them in a public depositary? It surely cannot be the wish of the Legislature to enable parties fraudulently to .continue in the enjoyment of the rents and profits of lands really. and truly belonging to others. Such an imputa tion would be indignantlyand instantly disclaimed, and, undoubtedly, with abundant justice. It is not for such a purpose that the Members of either Houses of Parliament would advocate privacy. But the only practical result of the existing sys tem is to place difficulties almost insuperable in the way of claimants for justice. A man is not bound to expose his title. No, not unless a bill of discovery--it may be what is technically termed " a fishing bill," founded on some kind of infor mation, licked into shape by an acute and skilful lawyer—be filed for the purpose. But if the information can be obtained, even by means of a tedious, expensive, and vexatious process, what can be the necessity or utility of a mystery that can be thus cleared up, which might be injurious to legitimate claimants of slender means, but could not possibly avert, or even retard, the proceed ings of the concoctors of an ingenious and com plicated fraud. Nay more, would pro - Vide plausible excuses for the total ignorance of the parties cone 3rned as to documents that might alter the right of succession. There is no such objection to the publication of the names of share holders in a joint-stock company, nor to the registration of the proprietors of Bank of England Stock, or of Three per Cent. Consolidated Annuities. Men who have unquestionable titles to property do not object to the public announce ment of the fact. Much ,property is also held under wills, recorded at Doctors' Commons, which can be perused, at the small charge of a shilling, by any person interested. We have never heard that any mischief arose from the -power. If, however, it was considered indispensible that secrecy should be observed, except when a trans fer was about to take place, means might very easily be adopted to prevent any access to the books, except on the part of persons authorised by the nominal owners, or enabled to adduce satis factory reasons for the application. On the second point, as to the retention of a " man's sheep-skins in his own box," it is just as easily disposed of. The point, indeed, does not arise, for it would be merely a duplicate and not an original that would be deposited, and addi tional security would thus be afforded, inasmuch, as the simultaneous destruction of the deeds in his own possession, and that deposited in the public registry, would be an exceed ingly improbable occurrence. Thus, then, the chi e f o bj ect i ons to t h e sc h eme f or an general reg i stry, can eas i ly b e set as i de. B u t though we may approve req o ui f re the ele p s r e inc e i x p a le mj principle, u th a e tie d n e: tails of the project into which our space prevents us from entering this day. We shall, however, return to the point on an early opportunity. COURT CIRCULAR. Intelligence having been received of the death of Prince Reuss Ebersdorff, which took place at Dresden on the 18th ult., her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the royal family will go into mourning for a fortnight from this day. The deceased Prince was first cousin once removed to her Majesty and his Royal Highness, and first cousin to the Duchess of Kent. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prin cess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, and attended by the Countess of Desart, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, the Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel Bouverie, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, honoured the Prin cess's Theatre with their presence on Wednesday evening. Prince Albert, attended by Coi. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, presided, yesterday morning, at the Council for the Ma nagement of the Duchy of Cornwall, at the Duchy Office, Somerset-house. The Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. Beatrice Byng have relieved the Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon. Flora Macdonald in their duties as Maids of Honour in Waiting to her Majesty. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Ade laide of Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness do Speth, and Lord James Murray, honoured the Haymarket Theatre with her presence on Wednesday evening. The Due and Duchess de Nemours visited the Duchess of Kent on Wednesday at her residence, Clarence-b se, St. James's. A deputation on the subject of the track system had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Home-office. The deputation consisted of Viscount Go derich, M.P., Viscount Lewisham, M.P., the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., Mr. Thomas Thornely, M.P., Mr. Charles Forster, ~ the Hon. General Athoon, M.P., Captain Rushout, M.P., Mr. Hutchins, M.P., Messrs. J. R. Robinson, T. P. Brettell, W. H. Duignan, and John Spicer, from Walsall; Messrs. Robt. Sargant, Charles Lester, Peter Peters, and Joseph Linney (Bilston); Messrs. T. E. Ward, Edward Hopkins, and James Aston (Tipton), and James Darby and S. C. Cook (Dudley), and Mr. J. Bingham (Wolverhampton). Mr. Hamilton Lindsay, chairman of the Eastern Archi pelago Company, Mr. Henry Wise, managing director, and Mr. Edmund Scott Barber, engineer, had an interview with the Duke of New cas tl e on Wednesday at the Colonial office. The O'Gorman Mahon had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday. Mr. Muntz, M.P., had also an interview with the noble Viscount at the Home-office. A deputation from Worcester on the subject of the Pub lic Health Act, had an interview with Sir William Moles worth yesterday, at the Office of Works and Public Buildings in Whitehall-place. The deputation were in troduced by Earl Beauchamp and Viscount Elsnley, and consisted of Messrs. J. W. Knipe, James Wall, Minchall, Haigh, and Bozward. A deputation from Lambeth had an interview with Vis count Palmerston. The deputation consisted of the Rev. C. Dalton, rector of Lambeth, Mr. W. Williams, M.P., Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, M.P., Mr. Tayor, churchwarden, Mr. Doulton, Mr. Evans, Mr. Giles, Mr. Adamson, Mr. Grove, Dr. Buskell, and Mr. Wiltshire, surveyor. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the Governors of Australia, Hong Kong, Ceylon, and the Mauritius. ELECTION COMMITTEES-(THIS DAY.) KINGSTON-UPON-HULL. The committee appointed to try and inquire into the merits of the petition presented against this electipn sat this morning at half-past 12 o'clock. The committee consisted of Mr. Bagge, Mr. Davison, Mr. R. Currie, Mr. Henry Berkeley—Mr. Labouchere in the chair. The sitting members petitioned against are Lord Go derich and Mr: Clay. Mr. Sergeant Wrangham was stating the case for the petitioners when our report left. CHATHAM. On the sitting of this committee, Mr. Sergeant Kinglake proceeded to reply on the whole case, and had not concluded when our report left. WATERFORD COUNTY. On the sitting of the committee this morning, The case of Thos. Bennet was resumed, and the room having been cleared, the committee deliberated, and on parties being readmitted, the committee decided that the vote be allowed. The committee then adjourned until one o'clock, it being understood that the question of registration should then be proceeded with, and if it were decided against the petitioners the petition would be abandoned. DERBY. The committee to inquire into this petition met this morning at eleven o'clock—Mr. Ingham , chairman. Mr. James, Q.C., appeared for Mr. 2 Weymouth, the petitioner ; and Mr. Sergeant Wrangham for the sitting member. Mr. James, in opening the case for the petitioner, stated that a few days before the election Mr. Henry Cox had an interview with Major Beresford at the Carlton Club, and then Major Beresford wrote the letter which had since obtained so much notoriety ; thatletter was transmitted to Mr. Frail, and brought a person named Morgan to Derby. The money winch had been used for the purpose of bribery had also been obtained, on the. strength of that letter, from the firm of Cox Brothers, with whom Mr. Horsfall was con nected. On the arrival of Morgan he gave his card to Taylor, the landlord of the County Tavern, to be taken to Cox Brothers' lead works, and this oard was directed as ordered in Major Beresford's letter. A gentleman named Hilbock was sent for from Nottingham by Mr. Thirsk, the recognised agent of Mr. Horsfall, and the expenses guaranteed by him under the pretence of suspecting foul play on the opposite side. It was found at the election that from the number of violated promises, a system of secret bribery existed. The police went to the room which had been engaged by Morgan, and found him there with a large sum of money and a list of voters on his person, and the man who kept the door was one of the men who had been brought by Hilbock from Nottingham. The good and safe man had not been wanted to prevent persona tion on the other side, as had been alleged, inasmuch as he was a total stranger in Derby, and also that he had never been seen in the town at all, and even if he had known the person of the voters he could hardly in his back room at the Country Tavern have prevented personation. The money found on Morgan came from the lead works of Cox Brothers ; it was carried to Mor gan by a man named Lund, to whom it was given by William Thomas Cox, and he believed that he would be able to prove Cox to be an agent of Mr. Horsfall. The seat was claimed by Mr. Heyworth, on the ground that he could prove a greater number of persons bribed than the majority by which he had been defeated. Mr. Jones then called Thomas Hunter, who remem bered, the night before the election, at the King's-head Tavern, hearing some partizans of Mr. Horsfall say that they had loads of money, and were sure to win. The case was proceeding when our report left. ANOTHER BREAK DOWN OF THIS AUSTRALIAN.—The Australian, mail steamer, left Plymouth yesterday morn ing at nine o'clock, and returned again about noon, in consequence of the discovery of some defect. ' She was expected to leave to-day at nine a.m. The Hellespont sailed yesterday evening for Australia. Her Majesty's ship Sanspareil arrived from Lisbon at five p.m., yes terday. THE INDIA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The mails which were made up this morning at the General Post office and dispatched via Southampton per steam-ship Indus for Egypt, India, China, and Australia, were the largest that have as yet been forwarded, comprising no fewer than 163 boxes, besides several bags, these include the letter portion of the mails that were on board the steam-ship Australia, and which have been forwarded by the Overland India Mail via Singapore, from which place they will be forwarded to their destination, the heavier parcels, consisting of newspapers, publications, books, &c., will be forwarded by the Australian mail-packet via the Cape of Good Hope. ENGINEERING IN THE ROYAL NAVY.--A correspon dent of a Mining paper says that some time since the Admiralty were so alarmed at the attacks from the public press at the deficiency of skill displayed in the steam engineering department of the Royal Navy, that they offered the engineering chief of one of the private steam packet companies a salary of 2,000/. a year to enter into the service of the Government. The offer was declined. ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—An accident of a serious nature occurred early this morning, near to the Merstham station, on the South-Eastern Railway. A luggage train ran into a ballast train, whereby several persons were severely injured—two seriously so. All trains were detained at Redhill for an hour or two. GENERAL MINING COMPANY OF JAMAICA.—At the half-yearly meeting of the Liguanea and General Min ing Company of Jamaica, held yesterday, the report was adopted. The principal point of operations was stated to be at Riverhead, where five Europeans and 50 na tives were engaged, a promising lode of copper having been found in that place. No other important disco veries had been made. From the cash account it ap peared that the total receipts were 21,6221., and that the balance at the bankers' was 1,068/, The 9.GUA FRIA. COMPANY state that they have re ceived advices from California to the 14th of January, and that as these makes no mention of any destruction by floods of the mills of the Gold-hill Company, with which they are connected, they consider the recent in telligence to that effect to have been unfounded. Their operations, however, were wholly suspended from the state of the season. ARRIVALS OF GoLD.—Advices have been received from Constantinople to the 17th of February, in which it is stated that 80,0001, in gold had been shipped for England on board the City of London steamer, which was to sail on the 19th. This remittance was in con nexion with the liquidation of the liabilities of the Bank of Constantinople. The shipments of specie by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Indus amount to 95,7441., of which 81,7341. is silver for Bombay and Calcutta. The only large shipments of gold are 6,2401. for Alexandria, and 5,0001. for Ceylon. NEW MAGISTRATES.-A new commission of the peace has recently been issued for the county of Surrey, under which the following magistrates have been already quali fied—viz., Earl Cottenham, Lord Abinger, Wm. Beck ford, Esq., E. 13. Beynon, .Esq., Captain Burdett, R. Carter, Esq., C. W. Calvert, Esq., Joseph Compton, Esq., G. Cubitt, Esq., J. P. Gassiot, Esq. , Jam es Gadsden, Esq., Thom as G r issell, Esq., S. Haydon, Esq. , Felix Ladbroke, Esq., J. Patrick Macdougall , Es q ., George Marshall, Esq., John Linde Palmer, Esq., C. Rawson, Esq., and C. F. Robinson, Esq. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 1,500 American taken for expOrt. The market closed tamely. The sales comprised 5,250 American, 250 Pernam and Maranham at 6Rd. to 6d., 200 Egyptian at 6d. to 71d. ' and 300 Surat at 4d. to 4i-d. per lb. Rail way Shares were flat. _ In the produce markets this week, both Coffee and Sugar have had an improving tendency, with more doing. Tea has been rather quiet, and not much has been done in Spices. Rice has been well supported. Cotton has gone rather lower, and Tallow has been steady.. _ _ _ Of the Silk Market, Mr. H. W. Eaton reports as follows : "In Chinas, notwithstanding the increased stocks, a large business has been done during the last month, at least 4,000 bales having been taken by the trade, say Tsatlees from 15s. 6d. to 195., Taysaams from 14s to 16s. The deliveries, it will also be seen, are in excess of any previous month. The advices received from China this morning, state that the remaining stocks of Tsatlee Silk had been sold at an advance, both in price and the ex change, and that Taysaam had become extremely scarce. In Bengal Silk there is no alteration." In summing up matters connected with the Stock and Share Markets, Messrs. Lamond and Co. remark : "The railway meetings, which have now been in active progress from the beginning of last month, have exercised a favourable influence upon share operations. The depression occasioned by the previous reports of diminished dividends, damage to works from the floods and rain, and the increased rate of wages, has given place to a revival of confidence, which, though barely sufficient to impart buoyancy to prices, has at least tended to their increased firmness. Within the last day or two, this has been especially the case ; and at the conclusion of the late account there was a greater scarcity of stock than has been the case for some time past. The unfavourable state of the wea ther, and the ineffectual attempts to arrange differences between the Great Western and the London and North Western Companies, are circumstances which have been against a healthy tone of business ; but, after all, the shares have recovered in a sensible degree, not withstanding the respective dividends are not more than 4 and 5 per cent. This question of dividends is inva riably looked at with great concern by those interested in these securities, but these, no doubt, have been con siderably affected, the last half-year, by the large amounts paid for compensation in the shape of casualties, and also by the law expenses incurred for resisting coin petitive branches, &c. ; but, admitting this to be so, other important points exhibit 'themselves, the effect of which will, before long, be felt with greater weight than immediately —viz., the saving of interest on bonded and debenture debts, and the future prospects of management as derived from the experience of the past. Such auxi liary causes as these must tend eventually to increase the value of railway property." From the annual return of the commerce and navigation of the United States, we find that during the past year 1,444 vessels were built measuring 351,494 tons, and that the tonnage in the United States now amounts in the aggregate to 4,138,441 tons. In Maine 354 vessels, measuring 110,047 tons, were built last year. The success of the efforts made to reclaim land, may not be so generally known as it deserves, but it is susceptible of proof that in England, few in vestments of capital have yielded a handsome re turn to landowners where the operations have been judiciously and scientifically carried out. The Netherlands Land Company is silently but rapidly achieving the objects contemplated when it was founded, as the following extracts from the last report of Sir John Rennie, their engineer will show : " The first polder, containing about 1,500 acres Eng lish, has now being gained, and will be ready for culti vation during the ensuing season. The work has been attended with unusual difficulties, on account of the late. period when it commenced—the unfortunate temporary embarrassment of the contractors, which caused above a month's delay at the most critical period—and the ex traordinary unfavourable season, which consisted of an almost uninterrupted succession of violent gales and high tides, even since the beginning of August last. The works for the second polder, which will contain .about 2,500 acres, will be resumed early in April next, after the winter is over ; and I have no doubt but that they will be completed during the summer, so as to admit of the land being sown in August next. The cost of the two 'polders, containing about 4,000 English acres, will be nearly 150,0001. This amount, for the reasons above given, forms no criterion of the cost of the remainder, which will be very much less. The alluvial deposit, as I anticipated, increases in pro portion as the works advance, and, in some places, a depth of from 6 to 9 feet has already accumulated on the outside of the embankments. The canal has been com menced, but has been much retarded on account of the embarrassment of the contractors ; a new contract has, however, now been entered into with highly respectable and responsible parties, so that I have no doubt it will be completed within the time required. The position of the company is very encouraging, and I feel confident that the prospects held out in my report of April last will be realised." The Stock Market has been made rather flat upon the speech last evening by Lord John Russell concerning the Turkish question. It is impossible to conceive, nevertheless, how any other tone could have been adopted, for every one is aware of our traditional policy in supporting the Ottoman Em pire against Russian encroachment. It is in truth a very satisfactory declaration that Austria is con tent to take the same view as ourselves, and also France. Consols have been 99i to I for transfer, and 99t to for account. Bank Stock has been firm at 227. Exchequer Bills are 13s. to 18s., and India Bonds 435. premium. Foreign Stocks are very buoyant. The Peruvian New Loan has been done at 5 and 5i premium. The applications for allotments are said to have been unprecedented, a 4i per Cent. Stock at 85, with the guarantee of the guaito proceeds, being exceedingly cheap, looking at the price of the Brazilian 44 per Cent. loan contracted last year, and quoted this day 97i to 98. Equador Bonds have been done at si. This seems a favou rite stock just now, probably on account of the intended surveying expedition. Mexi can have improved 25 to 25k, but it is diffi cult to state precisely on what ground. The Greek Bonds are nominally 6 to 71, but there are very few to be obtained. Belgian and Dutch Stocks are active. Spanish New Deferred bring 24k to , and Portuguese 4 per Cents. 39. Gold Mine Shares opened flat, but are now im proving. The Land Company's Shares have risen a little. The Joint Stock Bank Shares have been all in demand. _ Railway Shares have been heavier, but with little doing. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOO4 s g 3 per Cont. Consols Annuities Now 34 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 7-16 India Bonds, £lOOO 43 7 Consols for Account 10th March 9 93 Exchequer Bills 1 £lOOO. . £5OO l3 18 Small l3 18 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 43 per Cent 9B 7i Milian Bonds, 3 per Cent Equador Bonds si Grenada Bonds, Deferred, Greek ox over-duo Coupons ( 6} Mexican 3 per Cent • 25 i 5 a Peruvian 6 per Cent. Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 64a Portuguese 4 per Cent. 39 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 41 per cent lO3l Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. . ... 951 6} Sp mish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4B Is Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 24a , -.1 Spanish Passive (Convert e d) sgt Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. n o t fun 7446 i Pe Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852. li 11 P Venezuela Bonds 3i per Cent. Belgian Bonds, 41 per Cent. Ex. 25fr. . 991 9 Dutch Exchange 21 per Cent 66a I • Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates......... . THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto March Account 99?) AN INNOCENT MAN PARDONED. Strange as this heading may seem it is nevertheless true, and the case to which we are about to refer affords another instance of the necessity for new trials in criminal cases. At one of the summer sessions of the Central Criminal Court last year, a young man named Henry Harrison, respect ably connected, was convicted for falsely charging a tradesman, named Anderson Massey, with a serious misdemeanor as he was returning home late at night along Oxford-street, and sentenced by Mr. Justice Tal fourd to ten years' transportation. Harrison has just received a free pardon, and he immediately left Leicester Gaol (whither he had been sent about three months ago with other convicts), and started by train to join his friends in London. Mr. Massey was formerly a trades man at Stamford, in Lincolnshire, and it is said that Harrison's liberation is chiefly owing to investigation made in that town by order of the Home-office. The result of the inquiry satisfied the authorities that the un fortunate young man was thoroughly innocent of the charge which had been made against him, and of which he had been erroneously found guilty. Of course an that the Home-office could do was to order his immedi ate liberation ; but besides the annoyance and shame which this accusation had brought upon the young man's friends, they w ere p u t to considerable expense in establishing its injustice. GOLD.—The Roxburgh Castle, nowin th e E as t I n di a Docks, has brought over a splendid sample of gold. A large quantity has been delivered to Messrs. E. Moses and Son, who have now in their window, in Aldgate, portion of it, in "nuggets" of various sizes ; one is sup posed to be worth nearly 2001. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Jiinet Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Laneah. & Cheshire Junet. Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons: Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead, Cork and Bandon... Cork, Blackrock and Passage Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (18/. E.& H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do do IDo., B. and C. -. all 100 all all 11i 100 11} all all all 3 100 100 10(/ 100 47 171 all 100 East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. Juno Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash.& Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un, Leeds Northern Liv.C:sby. &Southpt. London & Blackwall Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Brigt. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do., Fifths. D0.,.E10 Sh.M. &B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londerry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland 100 all 36 100 Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. s Shares Newcastle & Carlisle, Newmarket -7i all 10 LOO Do. Bury Extension. Newp. Aberg.kHftd. Newry & Enniskillen' Newry, Warrenpoint, and Restrevor Norfolk Do., New Northn.Counties North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., 4 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. S. Westin. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn, Guaranteed Stock. Shrewsby.& Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves do Do Do. Oswesti y Shropshire thilon South Devon South Eastern 'South Wales. IS. Dun. Do. 'Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway' Valo of Neath • Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&Croydi Woodford York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midlaud Closing Prices this day. 30; -31 i 63 - 6 10 101 - 21 -- 22 3 2A d 106 -- 108 64 -64 A! 22A -- 23 18A -- 19 , - 1 . -2 p 8 -- 9 5a -- 5i 4 -- 4i 13} -- 13$ 11 -11 i ... -- .. 8i -- 8$ 73 -- 75 57 - 60 76 - 78 A 32 - 34 61 - 63 80 - 81 43 - 45 121 - 123 108 -- 109 9G? -- 91 6A -- 7 90 -- 95 13 -- 14 p 774 -- 78 4 -- 40 d 2t 15/ -- 164 81 -- 9i 14 -- 2 p 103 -- 104 119 -119 i 3 -- Sip 11 -- 1A p 90 -- al 4 3d 3 d 11 —12 i 19 21 29i 30 3 d 761 - 77 45 47 --' • ••• 49 51 3$ — 3 3i 3 d 36 8i 9i 54 56 8 8} 2i 36 371 6 d i 2$ i id 4a 4R i 8 8 3 4ip 47 -- 48 100 -- 102 64 -- 66 65 -- 67 70 75 —dxd 18 20 9 10 14 15 34 3 d 21 23 78 —78 i 36 87 13 131 4 44 - 15 16 29 -- 31 10 d ip d — 72 a 2 d 59 60 PREFERENCE SHARE 'Aberdeen ..... Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Bris. & Ex. 4 p. o. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent. Cork&Bandon 51 p.c. Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction E. Aug. (705.) 6 p. .. Do. (X 5), 7 per cent. Do. (£7l7s), 7. p ct. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l o No. 2., Do., New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent... East Lancash. 6 p. cts. Edinb. Prth.&Dund. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent... Great Northn. 5 p. e. Do. 5 p. e., Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem... Gt.S outhn. & Westn. (Ireland) Eights... Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed 4i per cent Lan. & York. F. £2O Do., 6 p. 0., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. a._ Do. Pref. 5 p. 0., St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c. , 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p. c London &S. Western Cou. Third 5......... Londonderry &Coler, Shares Londndry. & Ennisk, A Shares . . ..... Manch., Shef.,& Lin Shares, No. 1 Do New, £lO Do., £6 Marypt. & Carl. 4 p. c, Do. 4 1 per cent 2 Mid. Consol. 6 p. c . St. ' Do Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent....' Do!Pref. 41 per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5i per et. Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent........... North British ...... ... North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6p. a. Do. Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.W. (Min), 3 p.c. Do. 5 per cent. South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. S. Yorksh. 4p. c. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do .............. , ........ York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase... 1166 = 108 lioo 11 1o• 19 20 id 6 1 - 31 - 6i 3 1p 3i -- 1 1i -- 2 p ig p 14g -14 i 18i-- 19 3 - - 127 1111 - 113 8 i 6 i 71xd 105 107 P IP .50 -152 o• •• --- ... 3 1 10 11 131 -- 134 8i -- 94 104. -- 4 -- P 146 - 143 - 224 - 23 P 5A -- 6 1 2 - 24 108 - 110 25 - 26 i -14 p 11 -11 i 17A 18 16 p 17 p par r p 26 —26 i d par [Ol - 103 5 -- 54 par -- i pi FOREIGN Antwrp. &Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Besangon.. Dutch Rhenish. East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares !Lucca and Pistoja, per cent. prof. Luxembourg ..... Do. (Railway)._ Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref Lyons dz Mediterran, Madras (Maria Antonia IDo. New Namur & Liege (wi interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. ,S; Ams. Shs. - Norwegian Truk. Pre] Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans ' Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbour Paris Caen &Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse , Do. 5 per cent. pref Southern of Franco Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Pref... Western of France... West. of Switzerland , Now Zealand... • ..... 1 -Oi d 1 - 1. - 13/ -13 i 2 -- 2Ap 2i -- 2d If, -- 2k p -- 2 PI i -- ip G 1 —7 xin 4 —4ixin 4 —lBxin dis 9 —ll p 2 —2 p 8 -- 8i 6 -- 7 35i -- 36 141 -14 i 17 -- 17ap 40 -- 42 41 426 , 32i -33 a 4t -- 51 p' 196 I P -- 9 —9A 4 4ip $ 3 P - 5i $ d 10 —104 u id— 01, Bubiaesi done this day. 32i 2 i 80 i 1221 91 1901 778 i 10d 9 103 i 4 119 g. 19 90A 1 29/ 30 77 64 i x d LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Leasing C ompans Closing Prices this day. Bedford and Bletehley Binh. & Cixfd• guarantee Do. withoutgr Biriu Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do. vrtlit guar. Buckghanish. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr. & Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon. & Grcenw Do. Preference Lowestoft *T. 4 per cent. Do. Do. 6 per ct. Mauch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbre' & Redcar. Midld.Bradfd. Northern and' Eastern sp. c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & Wyre London & N. West.l IGt.Westn 1110 Do Do L.&N.W Caledou. Gt.Nrthn. Gt Westu l k. Now. & Berw. Y. & N Do Do Do. i bliares. Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth. S t S. EasteiZll Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midi& Stckton & Darlingt. Midland E. Coint Do Do L. &N.W. &Ln&Tk Do Gt Northn Do Shef. Roth.and Lancash & Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh.. S. Staffordsh. M.MClean Wear Valleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent Darlingt. Do Do Wilts&SomrstlGtWestn Bttsilless this day. 30 - 31 29A -30 k 30 31 29 30 105 —lo7xd 522 —s3lxd 150 - 152 32A - 33 111 --113xd 554 --564/cd, 264 --274xd' 13i -- 141 254 -- 26 19 --19ixd 24 -- 26 ad 1251 3 - 34 liiii -- -: 166 64 66xd xdl xd - pm 152 - 154 151 - 133 , xd I xd 32i -33 i 103 - 104 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 10s all Anglo Californian — 1 p 10 2 Australasian.. l4 —2/ p 41 31 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera par 1 p 11 1 1 all Australian Freehold. 1 # p 11 1 all Ave Maria - 1 p 1 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrin. Gold 4 p 11 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 p 35 244 Imp.(issued at X 5 pm.) 4 44 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 21 -2/ 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O • 1 4 Carson's Creek par 4 p 40 all Cobre Copper 424 434 5 1 Colonial Gold 2l —2l p 34 14 Copiapo Si. all CopperMinersof Eng 6O 70 25 all Do. Preference 74 —B4 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l/ 4 d 34 41 20 all General l7 —lB 2 all Great Nugget Vein 24 3 p 41 3 all Great Polgooth l-1 p 1 all Lake Bathurst o dia— par 1 all Liberty 4 p 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co — d 1 all Mariquita.... d par 10 9 Mexican &S. I mer i c . 64 7 6 * 1 all New Granada — p 1 all Nouveau Monde l4 —l4 p 2i 5 1 Port Phi li p ll - 1g p 2 4 d 4 1 all Quartz R oc k par — p 1 50 all Rhymney Iron 2l —23 15 Do. New — 30 104 Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian par —4 p 10 7 Tin Croft ll —l2 284 all United Mexican 7 74 7 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada — p 1 all West Mariposa * 4 p 1 all Yuba - P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 193 - - 94 93 4 3 50 all British N. American .. 20 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 21 —23 p 1 4 100 25 Colonial. — 100 20 Commercial of Lon don — 4 English Scottish and Australian 2l — 34 p 7 4 7 20 74 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia 54 6 p 134 / 50 2Q London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock ... 100 20 Lond. &Westminster ... 354 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 224 National of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 55 56 55 654 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp. Co — 14 25 25 South Australia — 54 25 all Union of Australia._ 78A 794 784 8 9 ... 24 Do. New Bi 94 50 10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELL.A.NEOITS lA.ustralq.n Agricult 1 100 110 AUstrlasn .Pc ifio . Mail [ ea P ee l & a d Australn. Royal Mail !Brit. Americn. Land, Canada — Crystal Palace — Crystal Pal, of France Eastern Steam — Electric. Teleg. of Ir — Gen. Steam Navigat — General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar, Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land.. I Nrth. of Europe Steam . . Peninsular & Oriental' Do. DO. Royal Mail Steam , South Austral, Land 53 55 Submar. Telegraph.,,; Universal Emigration and Colonisation,,,! ,Tan Diemen's Land lB 20 1 0 'a l [sna 5 i 56 i 5i I 4 i 28 18k k LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAT.) LONDON, March 4.—Wind at N oon , W. S . W . to W.-- • WO % light breeze, and fine clear f ros t y wea th er. Th e 001 . ,„ from Canton to San Francisco, has put back to the force" port, with damage, having been struck by a sea. DEAL, March 3.—Wind, N.N.W. Sailed. hret e°r ,' Sydney, N.S.W. ; Madagascar, Maypo and Bristol,. f: bourne - Pauline, Adelaide, S.A. ; M er l on, S wan Rive Nathalf, St. Thomas ; Retriever, St. John's, N.B. FALMOUTH, March 3.—Wind, N.E. Arrived.—Ham7-a Crowther, Bro wn, N ew Orleans ; Rosalie, _Pallas, Naisus, Alexandria ; Louise, Stamboul, Mari 13riec e Magna Charta, and Pobey, Odessa ; Florist, Eliza Bowe r d , Queen Esther, and Dorcas, Galatz ; Telegraph, Ric i t m , Ibraio, Elena, and Stairanski, Constantinople; Droine" .— Rodesta, Queen of the Isles, and Renshaw, Trie s ' Castor, Malta ; Farmer, Longsonnd ; Ballassare, Cons , tinople ; Allen, Karamouth. Off Fort —Ankather, Odeor' Mary Loui sa , ditt o ; D undee, Mediterranean; Idalih."' Galatz : Express, Loguna. LIVERPOOL, March 3.—Wi n d, N. Arrived--Emma' Pernambuco ; Laura Campbell, Maranham ; Hohenstael 9 , Galvest on; Maid of Orleans, N ew O r l eans ; Gipsy, Ch 9r Ti e s. ton ; J ane G ou di e, P ernam b uco ; Eberhurd, New O r lee i ), Sailed—Sir Robert Feel, ValparaisO ; City of Glasg. Ica • Philadelphia ; Cambaln, Shanghae ; Triton, A n iro ; Celma, Bonny ; Harriet L. Rossignol; Rio Jan e w ; Amada and Casualidad, Havannah ; Sumati a, Jailae Chace, Koniguin, Elizabeth, Louise, Andrew Foster , - 0 Hunter, and Hero, New York; Saxon, New Orlon Howard and Brilliant, Beyrout. OFF DOVER, March 3.—Wind, E.N.E. Lisbon, Brinton, Manila ; Nonpariel, Mills, St. Mich° j PLYMOUTH, March 3.—Wi n d, N.N.E. Saileu," lespont (s), Melbourne. • or° GRIMSBY, March 3.—A very large fleet of con-le — be er) now lying in the Humber, and much damage hib B bat done ; twenty vess e l s h ave b een as h ore on theßink°' the greater past were got off without much damage' . WATERFORD, March 2.—S a il e d—St. Constantine , 00/1 stantinople. CORK, March 2.—Arrived—Free Trade, PhiladelPhill* Sir V /P . t , SHIELDS, March 3.—Sailed—B r iti s h T ar , and eert Liam Gowen, Calcutta ; Times, Panama ; Mountsio; New York ; Ann Elizabeth, a Jane, Quebec ; t Malta. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A fearful railvtaYPtb; dent happened a few yards on the western side ° A r''' rlt Willington viaduct of the Tyn emou th b ranc h of the w from Berwick Railway, about th ree m il es au '. 1 E;0 0 mouth, yesterday evening. The Willington viaduc t cli ,, ° o l - as a large valley at a considerable height, and the railw e J d o of along an embankment on the western and eastern e n .age it. Some repairs have been going forward on the br l s recently, and about a fortni g ht ago t wo coal thew went over the bridge, and were smashed to shivers• f i l e afternoon the four o'clock train left Tynemoutb usual time for Newcastle, an d h a d ca ll e d at the Sbie,ovi Percy Main, and Bowden stations. The train .7, it crossed the viaduct, and w hil e at t h e wes tern Sidc°oo- the passengers experienced an unpleasant oscillati e l 6 tion, and were speedily all knocked together in confuec; er, In looking out they discovered that the engine , t i e l Li w ore and guard's van h a d b ro k en t h e coupling chain, an off the way, and had gone down an embankment a up tance of about 15 feet. Those that were ab le P t o er discovered to have rolled upon and immediately ran down the embankment to n o tain what injury had been sustained. The eng ine e driver, and crushed him in a Most frightful 131 a o s. smashing in his head and breaking his legs an d er He of course had been killed on the spot. The stole rse was much injured ; but it is hoped not seriously. , cio , guard was also considerably hurt. The four so 3i train from Newcastle came down shortly after thoe_ dent, and the engine was put about, and sent off trel; re castle for assistance. Several of the pa,ssengere are th ou or less . injured by the concussion, but none to seriously. As far as I can learn they have all g 0 0,"7,, f , Stephenson, er, their homes. The cause of this unfortunate lossssef,eli will be inquired into at the inquest ; but the pa, 4. 1 b0 e who examined the rails in the neighbourhood v er! accident complain that they had not been Prop bolted. 30, St, co St. all 100 all 100 St: St. 25 11 Tl 0 18 7 81a 70 69i 121 fi 9 59 14 50 all 1 all' 25 60 25 107 6 7 108 7i llfi 15i 16i in 4i x in 1 x . in L x in 36a 5i g pm *HE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, WARCH 4- 4, 1853. 100 all all all 20 14 50 20 St: St. 50 25 100 St. St St. St. 100 100 100 100 ail' 100 all 100 20 114 100 100 all 100 5 100 all all all 8A 100 100 10 25 10 106 10 All 1.1 all 10 20 1 20 29 10 all j 20 20 10 20 6i B 107 64 22 6 13i i 811 i 55A 5 47. 1001 12q -110 1471 26$ 2i 3 pa 10 51 6 27a a 4