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SIR EDWARD Bur, WER LYTTON'S NEW WORK. Nl_ YN 0 V E L, By PISISTRATUS CAXTON ; OR, VARIETIES IN ENGLISH Luz. 4 vols. post Bvo. 425. ATHEN/EIIH. " 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 fall of shrewd sayings. and containing some sayings deep as well as shrewd—a work fall of in ilvidual - views concerning the questions of the day—a work, finally, possessing scenes and combinations, lacking which a novel is no novel, but a treatise, an extravaganza, a poem, or a pamphlet, as may be." William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London FAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The DIRECTORS hereby Give Notice, that it is Intended (unless the charges shall have been previously paid) to sell, on the I Ith A pril 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 1,1853. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Marta' 4, Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in five acts, called NOT SO BAD AS WE SEEM ; or, Many Sides to a Charac ter. Supported by Messrs. B. Webster, Barry Sullivan, Keeley, Bnckstone, 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 Vestris. THIS EVENING, Maxon 4, Will he performed A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Horucast 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, Borncistle, and Templeton; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Wynd ham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosina Wright will appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New B md-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Hesen 4, By desire, the popular Drama of TILE GREEN BUSHES ; er, a Hundred Years Ago. Supported by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Honey, 0. Smith, and Parselle ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Mils Fanny Maskeil, &c. After which, a selection from the Ballet of ESMERALDA.. To be followed by the Farce of a LUCKY FRIDAY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREBT. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, MARCH 4, Will be produced Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH (an acted at Windsor Castle, by Royal command). Piincipol characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Christ mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND' FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, raLd the Singing Tree. ROYAL OLYMPIC; THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farrell. THIS EVENING, MARCH 4, Will ba presented THE LADY OF LYONS. Supported by Messrs. 11. Farren, G. Cooke, Shalders, Edgar, and Bender ; Mes dames Davenport, B. Bartlett, J. Adams, &c. After which, the TYROLESE SINGERS, will give their national Entertainment in the Costume of their country. To concinde with THE SWISS COTTAGE. Boa-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superini m ndence of Mr. E. Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.: - Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. LAST WEEK BUT ONE of Mr. BATTY'S MANAGEM Brilliant Routine of Equestrian Achievements. THIS EVENING, MAxcit 4, And daring the Week, the Entertainments will commens with the superb Spectacle of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD lIC )RSE, reproduced with all its original magnificent effects. To be followed by an incamparable display of Equestri a n and Gymnastic wonders in the Scenes of the Arena. To conclude with a popular Farce. Doors open at Half-past Six ~ ' clock. To commence at [Seven. nov-oil;ce open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manag W•. Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY —Morning 22 min. after 8 Evening 5 min. .4 ft. 9 To -Moaßovi--Norning 51 min. after 9 I Evening 38 min. a ft. 10 TIIE WEATHER.—Sm Ovrics, MARC!! 4. THERMOMETER, IN THS SHADE. 35—highest since 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, o: lour ; sunshiny weather. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERT AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THB LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENII iG, With all other News arriving up to the hour of Post,. AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by t h e Latest Trains. ttut Pik, LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1853. NELSON'S DAUGHTER. " Westminster Abbey or Victory !" It '4 ras the battle-cry of the noblest, the truest, Ihe bravest of the hero-sons of England. It was Ihe exclamation with which he signalised the might i est of his many glorious achievements. It was v r ith this ejaculation on his lips that he bore down . his ship " The Captain" (74) on the 14th of Febru2ti 7, 1797, upon the Spanish squadron, under Adro u al CORDOVA, and, by a memorable disobedience of orders, won the great fight of St. Vincent—aft er boarding the " San Josef" (112) and the " 3 tn Nicholas" (74), and grappling with a still ma. re formidable antagonist (136), the " Santissi is Trinidada." It was with that sentiment in - b is heart that he succeeded, on the Ist of Augu.s t, 1798, in utterly destroying the French flee t, under Admiral BRITEYS 2 .II2 the wonderful actic n of the Nile—an action fought at anchor, and .at midnight, for which and other reasons it has bee n regarded by our naval historians as in many ru spects altogether unparalleled. It was with ti same magnificent alternative burning in lx is bosom, firing his valour, inciting lii is genius, and exalting his enthusiasm, th a t he effected on the 2d of April, 180 1 , that extraordinary conquest at Copenhagen, whit'3lt was at once a triumph of courage and a triumph t of diplomacy. It was animated by the same ar dent aspiration that he gained the crowning glory of his career on the 21st of October, 1805, pur-- chasing the final victory of British arms upon the , ocean off that fatal Cape of Trafalgar ; with the , very name of which his memory has been ever . since identified. floßATio NELSON gave everything to his coun 'LlT- He devoted himself from a child to the cause of patriotism. He dedicated to its sacred. 1 interests all the energies of his impassioned tem perament. He offered up to the service of Eng land all the force o f hi s genius all the' ardour of I his daring, every Per sonal comfort He e , +y private or merely selfish consid eration. sacrificed for i her his scanty fortunes, his health , h His bodily Wo is ma i ds me =c, of at last his very existence. all this surely sufficient attestati on . He lost anaarrem having his right elbow perforat e d b y a musket : ball, at Teneriffe. He lost an eye, upon another occasion, in a hand-to-hand encounter. Re had his forehead, so to speak, scalped by a langrid o . e shot, during the carnage in the Bay of Aboukir. Although merely forty-seven when he died, an age very wonderful considering 0- all his astonishing achievements—his frame was so battered and • maimed by hard usage, that life seems only t o have been sustained through all those shocks and disfigurements by the innate vigour of his still youthful constitution. Comparatively brief though his existence was, beginning-on the 29th of Sep 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 d ea th, appropr i ately, i t must always . be felt, t on board th e " V ICTORY. " And from first to last ere was ma n if es t th e same zeal, and the same there dauntless s elf - sacrifice—the Admiral i display - ing in a similar manner and wth a 1 pur pose, the nobl e qualities Which , had oftier been revealed in the pilfered orchard by the schoolboy, an d i n the bear-hunt in th e arctic regions by the mid shipman. We speak o f t h ese familiar with the incide n t s i n the ca gs ree t r o a f race this great Sea, Captain. We address ourselves to a people proud of the fame and memory of this immortal Englishman. Every one amongst us surely bears 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 frame 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, and honoured, and idolised byhis fellow 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 LyrroN—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 resaains 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 10,000/. 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 I 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 How; 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 to wards the greatest Sea Captain of any age, 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 10,000/. to each of his sisters, and 6,0001. a-year to his brother, and vote 100,0001. 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 repeat 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 he was never once enabled to keep a town-house—although a patrician. It nay be argued, however, that even a peer can manage to exist very comfortably without a town- Not a very generous excuse, howbeit, use. 'or the paltry treatment of a man who had shed its blood so often in the cause of his country— Ao, had gained three such battles as St. Vincent, ;he Nile, and Copenhagen—and who, besides all ;his, 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 .NFLsoN 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 admiral al f to keep up a dece n t a pp earance a t hi s t a ble as o ro n m bo t a hi rd s the`‘Vict embarrassment, oiyI" and d d t t o o relieve supply the deficiency, he was actually compelled to I?awn the , few jewels presented to him in gratitude by foreign Sovereigns This, remember, in order that he might be enabled to go out to sea f or th e last time, th ere to purchase - Ole triumph of England by a glorious throu ghdeath, the victory off ei Cape Trafalgar. Why, it may be inquired, are w at this particular period, fort Y - yh et, years a ft er nowadays, orz "darling hero " was interred Cathedral, recalling the popularattenintionttoPatul l ii 's s very grievous and lamentable evidence of national We answer simply—Because, not ingratitude ? withstanding that great lapse of time, rather let us say by reason of that great lapse of time, we feel assured there is need, as we know there is oßportunity, for reparation. HORATIA is still living—unregarded by the na tion---a numerous family inheriting from her the fame , of her illustrious sire—she herself being the wife of a poor clergyman. HORATIA, one who has an almost unexampled claim upon the country, a claim arising out of the one fact that 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 thesewords—" 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 iwY 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 elapsed, 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 be 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 NiThsoN 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 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 HORATIA, 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 House 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 those 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 !" "He likes to have his own sheepskins in bis 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 indignantly and 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 provide plausible excuses for the total ignorance of the parties concerned 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 ownhis chef i possession, and that deposited in the p u bli c registry, would be an exceed e i g t :hegonlieYirgahl improbable occurrence . Th us , th en , objecti ons t o th e sc h eme f or an wreegismatyry,appcarnoveeaosfilythbeersreitneiapslied, the aside. u e tails of the project require close examination, THB SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 185 3. 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 wss first cousin once removed to her Majesty and his Royal Highness, and first cousin to the Duchess of Bent. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prin cess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, and attended by the Countess of DesarL, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, the Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel Bouverie, and Captain the Hon. Dndle7 de Ros, honoured the Prin cess's Theatre with their pretence on Wednesday evening. Prince Albert, attended b! Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, presided, yesterday morning at the Council for the AI.- na,gement of the Duchy of Cornwall, at the Duchy Office, Somerset-house. , The Hon. Eleanor Stanle3 and the Hon. Beatrice Byng have relieved the Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon. Flora Macdonald in their tuties as Maids of Honour in Waiting to her Majesty. The chess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Ade laide of Hohenlohe, and atitmded by Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Laid James Murray, honoured the Haymarket Theatre witl her presence on Wednesday evening. The Duo and Duchess d 3 Nemours visited the Duchess of Kent on Wednesday at her residence, Clarence-h se, St. James's. A deputation on the suiject of the truck system had an interview with Viscomr 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., M. Thomas Thornely, M.P., Mr. Charles Forster, M.P., ;he Hon. General Anson, M.P., Captain Rushout, M.P., Mr. Hutchins, M.P., Messrs. J. R. Robinson, T. P. Bre;tell, W. H. Duignan, and John Spicer, from Walsall; Messrs. Robt. Sargant, Charles Lester, Peter Peters, and Joseph Linney (Bilston); Messrs. T. E. Ward, Edward Hepkins, and James Aston (Tipton), and James Darby and T. 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 Nevrcastle 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 hitehall-place. The deputation were in troduced by Earl Beauchamp and Viscount Elmley, and consistc - 1 of Messrs. J. W. Knipe, James Wall, Minchall, Haigh, and Boiward. A - dOputation froMlambeth 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. Eying, Mr. Giles, Mf. 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 DA Y.) KINGSTON-UPON-HULL. The committee appointed to try and inquire into the merits of the petition presented against this election 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 Wra,ngham 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. Veymouth, 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 which 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 card 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 or Yin AIISTRALIAN.—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 1,0681, The .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. GOLD.—The Roxburgh Castle, now in the East India Docks, has brought o ver 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, a portion of it, in "nuggets" of various sizes ; one is sup posed to be worth nearly 2001. NEW TRIALS IN CRIMINAL CASES. —Yesterday Mr. Butt's bill to make further provision for the granting of new trials in criminal courts was issued, There are 35 clauses in the bill, and one of them is that a judge may appoint a reporter in capital cases to take the evi dence. It will surprise many that the bill at present is only to extend to Ireland. • 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 6,1 d. to 6-0., 200 Egyptian at 6d. to 7id., and 300 Surat at 4d. to 4id. 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 com 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 Busse. 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 991 to "for transfer, and 998 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 5f premium. The applications for allotments are said to have been unprecedented, a4l per Cent. Stock at 85, with the guarantee of the guano proceeds, being exceedingly cheap, looking at the price of the Brazilian 4 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 251- ' but it is diffi cult to state precisely on what ground. The Greek Bonds are nominally 6/ to 74, but there are very few to be obtained. Belgian and Dutch Stocks are active. Spanish New Deferred bring 24i 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 AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY , (From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities IC34 -3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 10 9 31 I New 31 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860...., 6 7-16 - i India Bonds, £lOOO 43 Consols for Account 10th March 993 Exchequer Bills lid. £lOOO l3 18 £5OO l3 18 Small l3 18 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Now, 1852, 43 per Cent Equador Bonds Mexican 3 per Cent Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent.. Portuguese 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 43 per cent lO3l Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent............. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 24i / Spanish Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee Ce r t. o f C oup . no t f un 7 Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 Belgian Bonds, .4 . per Cent. Er. 25fr 993 9 Dutch Exchange 23 per Cent 66a Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 99 HALF-PAST TWO. 991 99/3 98 7i 5h 25 i 5 64h 39 a d Consols Ditto March Account 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 all that the Home-office could do was to order his immedi ate liberation ; but besides the annoya nce an d shame which this accusation had brought upon the young man's friends, they were put to consid era bl e expense in establishing its injustice. NEW MAGISTBATES.—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. B. Beynon, Esq., Captain Burdett, R. Carter, Esq., C. W. Calvert, Esq., Joseph Compton, Esq., G. Cubitt, Esq . , J. P. Ga ss i o t , Esq., James Gadsden, Esq., Thomas Grissell, Esq., S. Raydon, Esq., Felix Ladhroke, Esq., J. P a t r i c k Macdougall, Esq., George Marshall, Esq., John Hinde Palmer, Esq., C. Rawson, Esq., and C. F. Robinson, Esq. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. Baslness done this day. Paid 1 Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junc....... Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ' Birkenhd. Lancsh. (St Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do . , £20. ........ IBri.Aol & Exeter !Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. Sr, Pass I Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East iiglian (£25 L. & E. ,E L. & D.)..... Do., (J 'lB E. &11.).. Easter:). Counties..... Easter:l Union, Class A. late E. U. 5h.... Dodo ....... Do.; B. & C..... East Lancashire East & West Ind. Di. & Birmins , . June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.&Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western.. Iron South-Easte-u. Lancaster & Carlisle Do. Thirds Laneash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & So aLlipt. London & Blackwall Lond. TO. & &lend. Lo - id. Bright .& S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths London &• Western Do £5O IDoj, Lnctrdr_7. k;z Ennisk, rfanch.Shef.&Lincln Do., Man. &Lin. Up Midland ..... ........ Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. We :t. (Ir.) Do. Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newma - 'k et ... Do. Bury Newpt.Aber,, Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk. Do., New Northn. Count' es Un North British 'North Devon, No.l, Do., No. 2............ Do., A Deferred... IDo., 4 B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Wesl.n Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) I D - o. Halves, do, ,Do. Oswesti7 .. Sbropshire South Devon ..1 South Ea5tern......... , South Wales S. Yorksh. Riier Dun, Stockton 6t Hartlepl. Thaw: :-s Haven Dock am: 'Vale o Wateri'd. 6t Kilkenny l West IWmlited or, aCroyd or, IWoodford York Newctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. 30 31 - 6A - 10 - 10, Q 6d 21 - 22 -- 2i dI 108 -- 110 1 63i -- 64' 23 -- 23 I 18i -- 19 . i li . " 8 - - 5 i -- 5 11 .4 411 131 U 11A gi —. Sa 75 77 57 60 76 -- 78 id spl 32 34 61 63 80 81 44 46 121 - 123 1070, 108 90i 91, 92 97 13 14 p 77 781 4 4(1.1 3 16 - 16 i 8i - 9i -2 p 1023 - 163, 1 , 119 -119 i - 3 p - 1.1 p 90 - 91 4i - 3id 4 3d 11 12 19 21 29 —30 i 3 3d 76 77 45 47 49 -- 51 3/ -- 3A 3A -- 3 d 3# -- 3$ 8A -- 9A 56 -- 58 8 -- 84 2i -- 211 - d 36 -- 37 6/ -- 61 d ... 2i -- 2. / ---- d 4$ 40 8 -- 8A 3A -- 4A p 47 - 43 100 - 102 64 - 66 65 - 67 70 - 75 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 14 -- 15 21 -23 d 78i -79 i 36 -- 37 12i -13 i 4 -- 44 15 2a 2$ --16 9a -- 9$ 28 -- 30 9a d P -. 69 -- io 7a -- 7 d 2A - 24 d 59 -- 60 PREFERENCE SHARES, Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. e.. Brcs. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Stares Caledon'an £ l O ..... Cbes:;er & Er.alftead Guar. 51 per cent... Cork &Bandon 5 p.c. Dur (ice Perti. &Aber deen EastA nglian (£3los; 6 per cent...... ....., Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (2,7175) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex- 1 tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New p. e. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent EastLancas - 2. 6 p.cts• Edinb. prth.dr,Dundee 51 per cent Glasgow & S. Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem., at 10 p• c. prem Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Belts & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 4 p c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do.-, 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852. , Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares j Lundy. & Ennis. Sh Manch. ,Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1... • Do. New, '2lO I Do., £6. 'Marypt.&Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent....... Do Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4. per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. .% per et.. Do. Way. Val. - 5 p ,North ..... North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester dt Wolverh. £15,6 p. C. Do.. _ __ Shrews Birm. 27. G. Shrews 'y. & Che7;z3r (Nor. ./.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 p-r cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os. 6d., S. Yorksli.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.e. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. Do. .............. York& Midland IL & S. Purch.. ..... - 106 - 108 106 - 167, 1 9 20 4 d --- pa, 68 -- 61 3a _ sit 4 1p —2 p lf p 14a 14 18i-- 19 3 - 3 lin 17. th 1111 - 113 8 - 105 Lioud par p 150 152 ••• Xd. • • xci •a • - xu 3 1 -3i 1) 10 -- 11 13i -13 i 8A- 9i 104 -11 k P -1 / p 146 -14 W - P 22A - 23 54 - 6 2 - 2i 108 - 110 25 - 26 11 - 1 It 1i! p! 17,4 18 16 17 p ar 26 264 20 id -- par 1 101 - 103 5 54 P - iPI FOR: An twerp&Rotterdare B elgianEaltr. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijor r.ndßesangon Du;,ch Tienish East Ind'an Do. EzLeneon Gt. Indian Peninsula GO. Juuci,. of France, Gt. Westere o: Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoja sp. op pref... ..... ............ Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons Air Liediterran Madras Namur I:, Liege (ve.h interesi) Do. (ex iatereso Northern of France Do. 20. 3 p. c. Bds ('my. B. &Ams. She.) No7weg;anTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Ronen.. Path and Strasbourg ParisCa►en & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. ct. pref Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders.. Do. 52 per c. Pref.... Western of France..., West. of Switzerland, Zealand 1 - 1 - 14 1 3 4 - Igii - p 24 - - 6 P 14 - lip 2 - p - 2 24 p P 6 - 7 4 - 44 1/ - 14 - 12 ( 1 9 -11 p 2 - 2Ai‘ 8 - 6 - 7 35A - 3G 14i - lk 8 - 9 1741/ 40 - 42 414 - 42,3 3!- 33 4 - sip - 19 - 20 9 - • i 4 i p 5i # idis IO —1 id p d 7 4:' all 10 151 161 I 4" 1 11 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Leasing Compans. Closing Prices Yesterday. Shr.l Paid 301 304 London & 1 N. West. Gt.Westn Do IDo . Do. Business this day. Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Osid. guarantee Do. withontgr Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. D o. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 par ct Hancli.Baton and Matlock Nlidllesbro' & Ree car 30 -31 293 -303 30 —3l 29 30 105 —Wad i 52A —s3ixd L. &N.W Caledon.. Gt.Notrhn' Gt. Westn. Yk. New. & Berw Y.&N. Md Do 150 - 152 324 -33 i 111 —l.l3xdl 551 —s6Axcl 261 —274 d 131 141 251 261 S.M.-stern Do Norfolk Do Ln.&N.W & Midid Stokton & Darlingt. Midland 19 —I9PEd 24 26 19 x d 25i 3 - 31 Midld.3radfd.l Northern and Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per et.. Jo. Fixed sp.c ?rest. &Wyre 108::: 1;c0i E. Count Do —66 id ad ad L. das . W drLndlYk Do 111 100 100 188 Shares. Roystn.&HiL. Do Shepth.SL. Roth. & Gt,oleg.s.p. c 'affordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do IGt.Northn Do ... - pm 152 - 154 151 - 153 cash. & York&.. lirMeear Stockt. da i - Darling Do Wilts &Somrstl 32 - 33 103 - 104 (Gt.Westn. MINES. 1 all Agra Fria _ N p 4 2 10s. all Anglo Californian _ § p 10 2 Australasian l— 21 p 20 5 Australian — 7 p all Australian Cordillera par p 1 all Australian Freehold. pl} 1 all Ave Maria par 4 p 1 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par A p 1 all British Austrin. Gold p 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 241 Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm 4 4. 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 24 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 1 Carson's Creek par p 40 all Cobre Copper 42i —43 A 5 1 Colonial Gold 2i 2 34 14 Copiapo — St. all Copper Min. of Eng 6O 70 25 all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent 7i Sip 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l .l - 4 d 34 20 all General 1 62 —l7 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2i 4- 3 all Great Polgooth. li —lg p 1 all Lake Bathurst . d 1 all Liberty 1 p 1 all Lond.&Californ: Gold Quartz Crush. Co f d 1 all Mariquita Bl d— par 10 9 Mexican&S . A mer i cn —'7 6i 1 all New Granada sr _ p 1 all Nouveau Monde 1; lfp 2 1 Port Philip l-4 lip 24 I all Quartz Rock Par p 50 all Rhymm e I ron 2l —23 p 15 Do. New 30 104 Santiago do Cuba 6A —7A 1 all South Australian par 4 p 10 7 Tin Croft 284 all United Mexican 7 —7, 7 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada — I p 1 all West Mariposa par— I p 1 all Yuba — I P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 92 94 '93 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 2 —2.1 p 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Lond — ~ 4 English Scottish and Australian 3 31 p i 76 7 20 76 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia si —6,1 p! 136 50 20 London and County — 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Lond. & Westminster —35 i 20 2 London Bank of Aus tral'a and India 50 22l Nat'onal (3_l' 25 all Oriental Bank of corporatlo7 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 P,.ovincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 11, - .7a1 Australn.Bkg (; Gold Imp Co — 25 all South Australia 54 56 25 all iJ7 ion of Australia 77 79 784 8 26 Do. New B6 9 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid.-- - ' MISCELLANEOUS , • 100 35 Australian Agricult. 105 109 710 20 4 Australsn.Pcitic.Mail [ex Peel its Land 3 0 -` 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail 38q Brit. American Land ... 100 326 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace — 4 2 Crystal Pal.of France 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navisat — 100 50 General Screw Steam ... 20 26 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land ... 2i 20 26 Nrtb. oCuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 25 Do. Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Land 54 57 56 1 1 Submar. Telegraph 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization LOO 286 Van Diemen's Land 18 20 181 LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DA lr.) LONDON, March 4.—Wind at Noon, W. S.W. to light breeze, and fine clear frosty weather. The 010% from Canton to San Francisco, has put back to the former port, with damage, having been struck by a sea. DEAL, March 3.—Wind, N.N.W. s a il e d : N[ e teor, Sydney, N.S.W. ' • Madagascar, Maypo and Bristol, bourne ; Pauline, Adelaide, S.A. ; Merion, .Swan. River Nathali, St. Th omas ; Retriever, St. John's, N. B. FALMOUTH, March 3.—Wind, N.E. Arriv e d —l3;:annal l Crowther, B rown, New Orleans • Rosalie, Pallas an il Naisus, Alexandria ; Louise Stamboul, Mary I irsch' Magna Chart a , and Pobey, Odessa ; florist, Eliza le :ow eo' Queen E s th er, and Dorcas, Galatz ; Telegraph, RI elculrw Ibraio, Elena, and Stairanski, Constantinople; Droi Rodesta, Queen of the Isles, and Renshaw, T flow' Castor, Malta ; Farmer, Longsound ; Ballassare, C °nobly tinople ; Alf en, K aramouth. Off Port —A nkather,. Odes' Mary L ou i sa, ditt o ; D undee, Mediterranean; Ustil(7o Galatz : Express, Loguna. LIVERPOOL, March 3.—Wind, N. Arrived- --Em, Pernambuco ; Laura Campbell, Maranham; Hohe: tanne r ' Galveston ; Maid of Orleans, New Orleans ; Gip s y, C ton ; Jane Goudie, Pernambuco Eberhurd, N ew C )rlealra' Sailed—Sir Robe r t P ee l, Valparaiso; City of Glsfig ;ow ( 6 )P. Philadelphia ; Cambaln, Shanghae ; Triton, 1 1-fri. ea ' Celma, Bonny ; H arr i e t L. R oss i gno l , Rio 3: ane!rsi Amada and Casualidad, Hamannah ; Sumatra Ja 0 1 ,„11 0 Chace, Koniguin, Elizabeth, Louise, Andrew iosto r, Hunter, and Hero, N ew Y or k ; Saxon, New 0 rlean s, Howard and Brilliant, Bei - rout. OFF DOVER, March 3.—Wind, E.N.E. A .r 1 Lisbon, Brinton, Manila ; Nonpariel, Mills, St. M icl tiaei °• PLYMOUTH March 3.—Wi n d, lespont (s), Melbourne. N.N.E. Sail al --41°1- GRIMSBY, March 3.—A very large fleet of coUit now lying in the Humber, and much damage lul s been done ; twenty vessels h ave b een as h ore on the Bi l lies, "" the greater part were got off without much damage. WATERFORD, March 2. — Sailed—St. Consta,nting COav stantinople. CORK, March 2.—Arrived--Free Trade, Philadelq ihi 9 " SHIELDS, larch 3.—Sailed—British Tar, and E3i r liam Gowen, Calcutta ; Times, Panama ; Moun' -in eer 4 New York ; Ann Elizabeth, an k Jane, Quebec ; I abc — Malta. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A fearful rails my ac u ci t: dent happened a few yards on th e western s id .e o f ti;: - Willington viaduct of the Tynemouth branch oft V I :: and Berwick Railway, about three miles fro at trYli mouth, yesterday evening. Th e Willi ngton v i a d v c ross : a large valley at a considerable height, and the ra ilw - 4• 11113 along an embankment on the wes t ern an d eas t ern ends ° it. Some repairs have been going forward on the br id i g n e s recently, and about a fort n i g ht ago two coal w: went over the bridge, and were smashed to shivers. • : 4 1, afternoon the four o'clock train left Ty &la nemouth at ,/ usual time for Newcastl e , an d had called at the SI had Percy Main, and Howden stations. The trait crossed the viaduct, and while at the western side °` the passengers experienced an unpleasant oscillatin g . 1711 tion, and were spe e dil y a ll knocked together in conf own. In looking out they di scovere d that the engine, tt rder re , and guard's van had b ro k en t h e coupl i ng c h a i n , a nd g r . ° . . off the way, and had gone down an embankment tance of about 15 f ee t . T hose that were a bl e got L ipr; andimmediately ran d own the em b ankmen t to a: I ° l 3 0 tam what inju r y h a d b een sustained. The engine t v .. he discovered to have rolled upon Wm. Stephenson , driver, and crushed hi m in a most frightful man smashing in his head and breaking his legs and at He of co urse h ad been killed on the spot. The st( f k e , e was much injured ; but it is hoped. The four oc l ec not seriously. , • -1 1 guard was also considerably hurt' train from Newcastle came down shortly after the a " .1. dent, and the engine was put about, and sent off t o N esv castle for assistance. Several of the passengers are r eere or less injured by the concussion, but none of ;he m seriously. As far as I can learn they have a ll g o ne to . lif e will h omes . Th e cause o f t hi s un f or tunate loss o life will be inquired into at the inquest ; but the passe urgers " who ex am i ne d th e ra il s i n th e neighbourhood of the accident complain that they had not been proper ly boltod. all 100 all 100 103 I 1191 19 12 12i 25 1.0.61 8i all 100 all St. 10 St. St. all 11f 100 50 16-1 St. 20 114 all all all 100 all 100 17i all 10 100 100 100 100 100 20 20 50 20 21s. 1 100 20 111 100 100 6 100 100 8? 100 100 all all all 100 all 100 :IGN. 64 i 22i 3 91 & 77i 10 90A1 77 6; 121 591 i ad 1-~