The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-30 00:00:00

AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MAY 28. By the Royal mail steamship Asia, Lott com mander, we have advices from New York to the 18th inst. She has brought $615,450 in specie on. freight. The Asia passed the following vessels :—On the 18th, the ship Meta, of Bremen, going into New York ; on the 2 0 th, the sh i p Union ; o n the 21st, at 4.45 a.m., the steamer Franklin, from Cowes, for New York ; on the 24th, at 3.50 p.m., the screw steamer City of Manchester, from Liverpool, for Philadelphia ; and, on the 27th, the bark St. Andrew, steering north-west. The captain of a schooner, arrived at New York from Florida, reported that, when about 100 miles north of Matinilla , Reef, Bahamas, he was spoken by a British barque, from New Orleans, bound to Liverpool with cotton, who reported having picked up on the previous day 25 passengers of an Ame rican ship, and wished Captain Nickerson to take them on board. Owing, however, to the latter's vessel being of small tonnage, with a very short supply of water and provisions, and filled with a large cargo of timber, he could not take them. The barque also reported that she had previously spoken a brig, which had declined taking them off. The owner of the clipper ship Sovereign of the Seas, having challenged any other vessel to run her between New York and San Francisco, the captain and builder of a newly launched vessel, called the Young American, had offered to back their vessel for $lO,OOO. The caloric ship Ericcson was undergoing exten sive alterations in her machinery, and would not be ready to sail for Europe for several months. A Sardinian frigate had arrived at New York with contributions for the Crystal Palace Exhibi tion. Accounts from New Brunswick mention that the Lieutenant-Governor had had three of his ribs broken by a fall from his horse, which was attacked by a dog. W. B. Taylor, of Liverpool, Upper Canada, and formerly a member of the Provincial Parliament, had committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol. The Countess of Elgin had been safely delivered of a son. The following communication was received at New York, a short time previous to the Asia's sail ing, by telegraph from Canada : "Wonderful discovery of gold and other minerals by Professor Logan. Gold has been found in large quanti ties all along the Magog river. Great excitement in British American Land Shares, which bring enormous prices. Masses of the people are rushing to Sherbrooke, the centre of the excitement." The committee appointed by the House of As sembly at Quebec to investigate and report upon the subject of the fisheries presented their report on the 11th inst. The document, which is lengthy, sets forth the disadvantages under which persons engaged in the fisheries in the Gulf of St. Law rence and on the coast of Labrador labour, pre scribes the best means of removing them, and ad vocates the expediency of legislative encourage ment for such fisheries. We have intelligence from Kingston, Jamaica, to the 9th inst. On the 4 th the Assembly passed the following resolution : " That in consequence of the rejection of the Revenue 13i11 by the second branch of the Legislature, and the reclajssness and utter disregard of the interests of the colony thereby displayed, this house feels that it cannot, -with any confidence, continue to originate legislative measures for the benefit of its constituents ; and, in self-respect, and in vindication of the rights of the people, it declines to do further business with the Hon. Board of Council." This resolution brought things to a stand, and the house asked the Governor for a recess, which he refused, and the house adjourned to the 13th. The alove resolution called forth the following from the Council "That the assertions contained in it (the Assembly's resolution) are as unfounded in fact as they are a gross violation of the usages and customs of Parliament, and a wanton insult to the honour and dignity of the Council ES an independent branch of the Legislature." " The Governor," says a correspondent of the New York herald, "Then finding this attitude assumed, prorogued the house until the 17th inst., until which it stands prorogued. There is every probability that on the 17th the Assembly will pursue the same line of policy, in which case the only thing left to the Governor will be a dissolution. But this will not alter. matters, for I am sure the next house will follow the footsteps of the present one. In the interim, of course, there is no revenue bill. The Rum Duty Bill, levying a duty of about 30,0001. on rum consumed in the island, has also been thrown out by the Council, because of an appropriation clause similar to the one in the Im port Duty Bill. By this rejection an additional 30,0001. has been sacrificed since the 30th of April, upon which day the revenue hills expired. Speculations are of course going on. One merchant has sent a small vessel to Culart to load with tobacco, while others, in anticipation of the crisis, have written for large cargoes to the States. If they arrive in time great lo.s to the country will ensue." The Illinois had arrived at New York, from As pinwall, with 52,265,248 in gold-dust on freight. The weather was excessively warm, and the pub lic health good. From Vera Cruz we have advices, vici Havannah. The Avon arrived at the latter port on the 9th with ex-President Arista on board, and advices to the sth, which have been partially anticipated by tele graph. Many newspapers had been suppressed, and the liberty of others restricted. A decree of General Santa Anna dismissed from the army all those officers who had voluntarily constituted themselves prisoners to the North American army which invaded the Republic in 1847. General Arista was put on board the Avon at Vera Cruz under an armed guard, who had instructions, in case the steamer had left, to hold him as prisoner in the castle of San Juan de Ulloa, until an opportunity offered to send him out of the Republic, to which .he is not to return until permitted to do so by the Government. Santa Anna had been decorated with the Grand Cross of Charles 111. of Spain, sent to him by Queen Isabel through her Ambassador to Mexico. Rumours of the intended annexation of Mexico to the Spanish Crown were very prevalent. The Common Council of Tampico having refused to acknowledge Santa Anna as President, the - Whole body were made prisoners by General Woll, the military Governor of that place, and sent to Mexico. The smallpox and cholera had made their appearance at Vera Cruz, and a considerable num ber of cases had occurred. The following is a list of the new Foreign Minis ters :—General Almonte, Washington ; J. Ramon Pacheco, France ; General Urago, Prussia ; Cas tillo Y. Lanzas, England ; Manuel Larrainzar, Rome ; Buenaventura Viro, Madrid. A good business hnd been transacted in the New York stock markert, and at improving prices. Money abundant at per cent. for loans ou call, and 6 to 61 for four to six months. Exchange not quite so firm ; bills on London, 1091 to 1094 ; Paris, 5.121 to 5.131 ; Amsterdam, 4q to 411- ; Bremen, 79i to 79-i ; Frankfort, 404 to 41. Cotton in good demand at very firm prices, with sales for the three days of 7,200 bales. Flour had receded about 6.1 cents. per barrel on the ordinary brands. Wheat in good de mand, the market being barely supplied. Indian corn firm and in good demand for export. For mess pork a good inquiry existed at improving prices. Beef dull and !heavy. Cut meats in mode rate request. Lard, butter, and cheese unaltered. Scotch pig iron in limited demand at $32 to $33 per ton, usual credit. Freights to London.—Tobacco, 30s. per hhd. ; flour, 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. per barrel ; turpentine, 2s. ; measurement goods, 28s. to 30s. per ton. WRECK OF THE WILLIAM AND MARY, AND AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE. A vessel had arrived at New York with the captain, first and second mates, and six of the crew of the barque William and Mary, which foundered on the 3d inst. at Storrey's Key, Bahamas Islands, with 170 passengers on. board, nearly all of whom perished. The William and Mary (a Baltimore vessel) left Liverpool iii March last for New Or leans' with 208 passenger s, principally Irish, Scotch, and German emigrants;. On the 3d inst. they j entered the dangerous channels of the Bahamas with, the most unfavour,able weather ; the sky was gilded, the wind blowing strong from the south emasotria, with .. a heavy sea. About 7 o'clock in the the m iat a he bark passell " the Hole in the Wall," called fro t r o t n hern point, of the Island of Abaco, so coast being r.e : f of the m ost prominent rocks on the visible from a ce ° 3l ll tted I.vith a large hole, which is this in safety capt :?Aeral )1e distance at sea. Passing w uk as S i t o in son steeredfor Stirrup Key, which at 12 re. miles distant, the weather becoming more cloud 4 . v and the wind increasing. without the afternoon the - without accident of alli rtel kept on her cour g se . on which She o'clock she struck on a k "tink n e d 2 but at half-past 8 remained for about 15 in Mute i :, r4 cr k ? she received extensive damag e . ur,l r n h g W hich time appears, had at sunset :lost sight o f the rain, it minutes supposed that it lay to tl ie south, as he had steered north-west from 12 o'clock. trd the accident, however, he changed his course, steer ing west by south, and cli d not discover his mistake until the mment the b argue struck. The scene presented on board the ,doomed vessel at this mo m !the extreme. About 15 went was terrible i off ; but she had minutes elapsed before s ie wore htis rook when she . struck on scarcely got clear of t . ~ t so rtpidly as to Cal wan It aer , another, and began . s utterly useless. to render all labour at the pump ~, q) rapidly on At midn;ght the water .had gained . the old, the sinking vessel that it was four feet in_ the y , re 10 dawned when it was an nouneed that there w e 1 feet of water in the hold, and the pumps were abandoned in despair. The boats—the last resort of the terror-stricken passengers—were unshipped from the davits, but of four or five all except two were swamped. The captain and his crew, and about 30 passengers got into these ; the remainder, numbering little less than 200 souls, being left, from terrible necessity, to their fate. There they stood on the deck, vainly calling for that assistance which it was impossible to render without risking the lives of the few who had got into the boats. In a few minutes after they left the vessel went down, and all on board, numbering about 170 human beings, perished. It would appear that one of the boats was manned entirely by the crew, all the passengers being crowded into the other. This, however, is uncertain, it being supposed that there were three or four of the crew in the boat contain ing passengers. After beating about for some hours the captain, first and second mates, and crew, were taken up by Captain Edward Cobb, of the brig Reuben Carver, bound from Sagua La Grande to this port. The haste in which they were com pelled to leave the vessel rendered it impossible for them to save aay property, and some were glad to escape only half dressed. Captain Cobb reported that he saw the passengers taken up by a vessel which he supposed to be English, so that no appre hension need be entertained for the passengers who made their escape in it. One of the sailors was of opinion that some of the passengers might have formed a raft and saved themselves upon it, or by floating on some frag ments of the vessel. This he considered not at all improbable, as there were two or three sailors left behind on the vessel, and these he believed would have devised some such means of saving themselves and some of the passengers. Should they have done so, they would not be long floating about before they would be picked up by some vessel, as the place where the William and Mary foundered is a general highway to vessels bound south. Of the rescued passengers not more than three or four were women, and these flung themselves precipitately over the side of the sinking vessel into the boat. Several were severely hurt in jumping into the boat, and some leaped into the water in their efforts to escape. One of the sailors, named John Best, says that the boat was so crowded that they were seriously debating the propriety of drawing lots to see who should go overboard, as it was feared that the boat would be swamped. The poor fellow was stand ing on the side of the vessel just as the rope which held the boat was about to be cut, and asked the mate if he should jurap ; but receiving no en couragement from him, he was about giving himself up for lost, when he thought that by rendering some service he might be allowed to get into the boat. Knowing that they were in want of a sail, he took one of the ship's skysails and handed it to those in the boat, who, although the boat was already overcrowded, could not refuse him a chance for his life. The rope was cut by another sailor, named Ridley, who then jumped into the water and was taken on board. The following is a detailed account of the catas trophe, written by the captain of the unfortunate vessel, addressed to the New York Herald : " The William and Mary sailed from Liverpool for New Orleans on the 24th of March, with an assorted cargo and 208 passengers, including the cook and stew ard. Nothing of particular moment occurred during the passage, save the deaths of 14 persons and one birth, until after passing the Hole-in-the-Wall, on the morning of the 3d of May. The wind was blowing fresh from east-south-east, and the weather partially cloudy. I found it necessary to carry a heavy press of sail in order to make the Isaacs before dark. Up to 12 m. Stirrup Key bore south 10 miles. I then shaped my course west by north, for the point of Soundings, north of the Croat Isaac, when the weather became still more cloudy and unfavourable/ with a heavy sea. Owing to these circumstances it was impossible to get the sun's altitude, that we might determine how far we were to the westward. At sunset, about seven o'clock, the weather became very thick, and the wind increased in squalls, changing to the south east. At eight p.m., judging ourselves to the north ward and westward of Great Isaacs, kept the ship west by south, and commenced heaving the lead ; at 8 found no bottom in 20 fathoms ; at 8.15 the same ; at 8.30 struck on a sunken rock and hung about midships, with 10 fathoms water all around. After pounding heavily about 15 minutes she went off and struck on another rock within a few rods of the first, when she pounded a few times and went off. We then let go the anchors and commenced getting out the boats, the pas sengers at the pumps, but could not keep her free. At 12, midnight, found four feet of water in the hold ; 4 a.m., weather black and squally, with a heavy sea, eight feet water in the hold, both pumps going ; 7 a.m., 10 feet water and the ship going down ; mates and crew in the boats, together with as many passengers as could be stowed in the longboat and lifeboat, the other two boats having been stove after launching. At that time the passengers abandoned the pumps in despair, and finding it utterly impossible to save the whole of them it was with the greatest difficulty that I could induce them to launch the longboat, so great was their fear of being swamped. I should state at this time (7 a.m. 4th of May), the Great Isaacs bore east-south-east six or seven miles, the wind blowing heavy from the south-east in squalls, so that it was impossible for us to have reached them against the wind and sea unless we ran the risk of losing the lives of those we had been so fortunate in saving from the sinking vessel. The only resort now left us was to keep our boats before the wind and the sea, in the hope of reaching the Florida coast. Half an hour after we left the ship she disappeared, and we sup posed that she had gone down, together with, probably, 170 passengers and one or two of the crew and the ship's steward. At;l2m. ,barque hove in sight, bound up the Gulf, which proved to be an English vessel. The lifeboat in which I was too far to leeward to be seen by the bark, but she fortunately fell in with the longboat, con taining the passengers and some of the crew, and picked them up. The number of passengers and crew in the longboat was, as near as I could judge, about 20. At 1 o'clock a brig hove in sight, which proved to be the Reuben Carver, of Rockland, Maine, Captain Cobb, bound from Sagua la Grande to New York. She was, at the time we boarded her, under close-reefed foretop sail and two-reefed mainsail. As Captain Cobb's con duct in not looking after the sinking vessel has been censured in some quarters, I desire to state here that it wculd have been perfectly impossible to have beat his vessel against the wind, sea, and Gulf stream, to reach the William and Mary, even if she had been afloat, wkich it would have been foolish to suppose." One of the surviving seamen gives the following account : "We weighed anchor on the 24th of March, and set sail on the same day from Liverpool, bound for New Orleans ; the wind was favourable, and the passengers seem happy in anticipation of a pleasant and prosperous voyage. The wind continued favourable for us two or three days, until we were safely out from the channel, which is most dreaded by seamen. Nothing transpired after this worthy of note for some days, when we expe rienced a very heavy gale from the south-west, which lasted nearly two weeks ; the ship being loaded very deep with iron, and that being all in the lower hold, caused her to roll very badly ; indeed, sometimes it was impossible to get about the deck with safety. After this we were highly favoured, not having occasion to reef topsails again. The passengers were all in good health and spirits, except the Germans, 13 of whom died during the passage. Of these the most were chil dren—all, I think, except three or four. There were 15 deaths during the passage in all, the other two being Irish. On the 3d inst. we made land about 2 a.m., and ran down and passed the lighthoute on the Hole-in-the- Wall about 7 a.m., with a strong breeze from the south east. This we passed safely, and made Stump Key to the leeward at half-past 10. At 12 they were still visible. Everything passed on as usual during the rest of the afternoon, and at 5, as was our usual custom, we got supper. This night, however, the starboard watch were engaged in shortening sail. It was my watch below from 6 to 8, though I spent most of it on deck. I don'tremember suing the passengers more cheerful than they were this evening. I conversed with a number relative to their intentions on their arrival, the friends they expected to meet, arid their prospects. At 8 p.m. I bade them good night, and in obedience to the command of the mate went aloft and helped to furl the mainsail. After exe cuting a few other orders, it being my lookout, I went forward and relieved it, as near as I can remember, about half-past 8. When I stepped on the forecastle I heard the mate order the lead to be carried forward. The man had just picked it up and got forward with it when she struck. Orders were given immediately to brace the yards round, which was done as soon as possi ble, but without effect. By this time the passengers were all on deck, running and screeching, 'We are lost, we are lost !' and crowding the deck so that it was almost impossible to get from one part of the ship to the other. The captain ordered the boats to be cleared and launched. The two lifeboats were launched first, and four men got into the starboard boat, taking with them two cans of water, a compass and some bread. They remained in the boat all night, and with the greatest difficulty kept her from being stove. The lar board boat was safely launched. and but about half-an hour after was stove under the quarter. This was caused by the decks being so crowded aft that the boat could not be dropped astern. The boat at the cranes was so filled by the passengers that they bent the cranes down to the water. This boat was stove also. The long boat was still remaining on the after house, unfit to be launched without caulking. Part of the crew were or dered, however, to get that ready, and the remainder to lay forward and get ready to cut away the mast. The the ship was now rolling very heavily, the sea breakii g over not to l h ie e r aci every few minutes during the squalls. Some of the stays were cut, and everything got ready to let get the l l foremast . go over board, but the captain gave orders menced caulking,aready to caulk with were t cut it, as the sails kept the ship from rolling. We %o g r b d o er t ed to lay aft, and do what we could to to launch, after which we cons tearino• up our quilts, for the cotton, s tii-aotstrrd many Wh en • We had' been there but a few minutes immediately, went37i2ffaritiltaiezkie;wallr expected she would sink evidentall e, anchors were letgo ode she as poss many more such sho shiP heavily that it serecene could on t t d deck, possibly Itlwa stand upon their knees, pray others t c u l t° n them —some were beyond description. °Sosi7oe was now dreadful ing for the Lord to have mer e : ho te la ni of the officers tgsave them,nwere unprepared m e r t a o t crying, others were runni t and crew, begging them they were unfit to die, that they THErSUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 30, 1665. meet their God. Some, who had the evening previous been boasting of their infidelity, were the first upon their knees and loudest in their cries for God to have mercy upon them. It now seemed evident to all that the ship would go down immediately. Men, who before this had acted their part nobly, now ceased to make any effort to save themselves or others. Some went to a cask of liquor that was between decks, and there forgot their dangers and troubles. The mate and myself went below about twelve o'clock to ascertain, if we could, the amount of water in the ship. It was then but little above the kelson, much less than was ex pected. We informed them on deck immediately, which seemed to encourage the hope that the ship might be kept afloat until some assistance could be procured. They laboured more earnestly at the pumps, and all who were willing to work were kept caulking the longboat. It was almost impossible, in fact, to get them to work, as they despaired of saving themselves. The mate and myself again went to the hold to find out whether the water was gaining, and found that there were seven or eight feet of water. We still endeavoured to encourage the passengers to work at the pumps, hoping that she might be kept afloat till daylight. At daylight we looked after the boats, and found that the quarter boat was stove. The mate, not being aware of its condition, got into it and attempted to bale it, but, making no progress, he was finally compelled to give it up. He then got into the lifeboat, not daring to return on board the sinking ship, which was at this time rapidly going down. I got into one of the boats that was stove, and hauled myself along by a rope running from the ship to the lifeboat, into which I got. I was followed by John Best, who jumped overboard and swam to the boat, which 'was now about as full as it wouldpold. The spray was breaking over it. The captain was the last who got into the lifeboat, and even then he bad to be urged very strongly before he would consent to leave the vessel. When the passengers saw him leave the ship they knew there was no longer any hope, and became perfectly frantic with despair, screaming and calling wildly for that assistance which it was impossible to render them. As soon as the captain left, six of the crew, who still remained in the ship, got ready the long boat, into which several of the passengers jumped indis criminately. I never saw anything in my life so fearful. Women and men jumped overboard from the after part of the vessel near where the boat lay, and many were drowned. One of the crew who was in the longboat was compelled, with a hatchet, to keep off the passengers who were crowding into the boat, and who, if allowed to enter it, would undoubtedly have sunk it. We cut our boat loose from the vessel, rigged a sort of sail, and ran before the wind. The longboat followed immediately, and we kept company for a short distance, when we separated, but still kept in sight. We saw the longboat picked up between two and three hours after she left the vessel. About two hours later we were picked up by the Reuben Carver, Captain Cobb. I have only to say that we received every kindness and attention that the captain, his wife, and crew could render us." As none of the papers of the vessel were saved it was impossible to give the names of all the passen gers. The following are the names of those who were known to the sailors :—Mr. Brooks and wife, from England ; Mr. Luke Steward and wife and two children, also from England. They were ac companied by a married daughter and her hus band, the latter of whom was supposed to be saved. Mr. Brown, a civil engineer, wife, and three sons ; Mr. M'Clusky, wife, and eight or nine children, from Ireland ; Ann Martin, Joanna Boes or Bores, from Kilkenny ; Rose and Patrick Bryan; Bridges Donnelly, supposed to have been saved ; Sally Archer and two or three children ; John Dolan ; Luke Cavanah ; Miller, of Edinburgh ; • Kiltee, Doyle, and O'Brien, from Ireland; Peto M'Donald ; M. Aime Bonne, a Frenchman. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. At New York.—Atlantic steamer, from Liverpool ; Leviathan, Glise, J. C. Calhoun, Continent, from Liven: pool ; William Bateman, from Newport ; Leshmahagon, from Cork ; Ann M‘Lester, from Newport ; Helena, from Glasgow ; Matilda, from Cardiff. At Boston—The Buena Vista and Goojerat, from Liverpool ; Hindoo, from Bangor ; Cicilia, from Glas gow ; Ulverstone, from Newcastle ; George Carl, from Lou don. At City Point, Virginia—The Harwood, from Liver pool. At Montreal.—The John Bull and Pearl, from Lon don ; and Genova steamer, from Liverpool. At New Orleans.—The Saxon, Otseante, and North ampton. from Liverpool. At Philadelphia.----The Deodata, from Londonderry. At St. John's, New Brunswick.—The Sybil and Ve , rona, from Liverpool. THE MAURITIUS. PLYMOUTH, MAY 28. The intelligence from the Mauritius by the Bos phorus is to the same date—the 6th of April—as by the Queen of the South vitt India. Up to the 2d of April about 63,000 tons of sugar had been shipped, and the crop was expected to reach 70,000 tons. Ships were scarce and freights to England were 3/. 10s, ;to Australia, 4/. 10s. Exchange on England was 2i to 3 per cent. discount. The Mauritius Commercial Gazette of the 4th of April says : " The arrival of three steamers, on three consecutive days has infused life and animation throughout the co lony. The Hydaspes was 64 days from Plymouth and 22 from the Cape. Her machinery is out of order, and she returns to England. The Queen of the South has made the quickest voyage to the Mauritius. She left Plymouth on the 16th of February, and made the pas sage in 46 days. The Bosphorus performed her voyage from Calcutta admirably for so small a vessel, being only 20 days from that port to the Mauritius. When she arrived at Galle on the evening of the 23d (March), the Suez steamer (Hindostan) had not arrived, but Captain Benson went very creditably to the postmaster and an nounced his intention to wait three days, if necessary. Fortunately he had to wait only a few hours." The ship Alexander, from London, laden, and ready for sea, and the brig Lady Sale, with guano, from the coast of Arabia, bound to Dundee, were at the Mauritius on the 6th of April. The ships Eleanor, for London, and the Woodstock, for Liverpool, were loading. STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) MANCHESTER, May 27.—American advices to the 11th inst. and subsequelA accounts to the 14th inst. show that disappointment at the tameness of the Liverpool market had occasioned a decline of fully ic. per lb. in the price of cotton at New York and New Orleans. The total receipts amounted to 3,017,000 bales against 2,742,000 at the corresponding date of last year. The Liverpool market has continued inanimate since our last advice ; yet cotton has quietly gained in value, and is found by purchasers to be id. to id. per lb. dearer this week than it was a fortnight ago. In this market, the prices of yarns have exhibited a gradual upward tendency ; and, taking an average of the me dium and lower counts of mule and water, in all forms, we consider the advance to be id. per lb. within the last 16 days. Last week, there was a complete interrup tion of business after the Tuesday's market ; but, since the holidays, there has continued to be a good demand, both for shipment and for home consump tien. The rise of prices has undoubtedly restricted the operations of buyers, and yet sales to a considerable amount have been effected. Alto gether, the position of the spinner has latterly been undergoing an improvement in consequence of the price of his production having riset2 more than that of the raw material. For jacconets, madapollams, the lower qualities of 40-inch shirtings, T cloths, and 7-8 and 9-8 printing cloths, there has been a steady demand at rather higher rates. As regards domestics, the situation of the manufacturer, which had slightly improved, is again changed for the worse, and that very decidedly, by the advance in yarns, which cannot now be made into cloth except at a serious loss. However, a rapid reduction of the stock, which has pressed so heavily on the market, is now taking place. This leads many to look for a speedy improvement. NOTTINGHAM, May 26.—The lace and hosiery trades are each in a less healthy state than we have had occa sion to report for some time past—the latter being to some extent overdone by too large a production. The dulness with respect to the former is owing to fashion being at present decidedly against us except for silk goods, for which there is yet a tolerably fair de mand. Silk is yet scarce and very dear, as is also cotton for each trade, and their does not appear to be a prospect of any immediate reduction in the price of either one or the other.. —Nottingham Journal. Letters from Leghorn announce the arrival there of her Majesty's sloop;Modeste, and that that )port would, for the present, be head-quarters ; she was to visit Elba on the day following her arrival at Leghorn. 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Being of the same colour as the skin, it is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public as semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears are entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could be desired.—S. and B. Solomons, Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street Piccadill y. Observe, opposite the YorlZHotel. COMPANY. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM The dividend declared at the half-yearly meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company held on Suturday, was 3 per cent., and the report and accounts were unanimously adopted. It was explained that the reduction in the rate of distribution had been occasioned by the increased expenditure for the freightage of coals to their stations in the East, and that, although present earnings justified a higher dividend, the directors con sidered it prudent to limit the amount as stated. Having previously reduced the rates for passengers and goods, the board were not desirous of returning to the old tariff, believing that in struggling with the difficulty thus tem porarily presented they would be able to show the pub lic that it was their interest to support the company. With regard to the conveyance of mails to Australia, the managers, it is stated, have lately laid before Govern ment a plan through which, by their route, the time of transmission may be reduced to 57 days. Nothing official has transpired relative to the future arrangements for the service between Bombay and Suez, conducted by the East India Comany, but complaints continue to be made as to the manner in which it is performed. The loan to the Pasha of Egypt, represented by debentures amounting to 300,0001., is in regular course of liquida tion: The portion that became due last March has been discharged with punctuality, the money having been remitted before the date of payment ; remittances are already being made for the second portion of debentures, payable in October; and the remainder will be liquidated in March, 1854. The whole of these explanations having been received as satisfactory, the usual compli mentary votes were passed. Annexed is an abstract of the report : " The directors are enabled to state that the operations of the company for the six months ending the 31st of March last are satisfactory, and the result would have war ranted them in rec•mmending the usual dividend of 4 per cent. ; but owing to the late unprecedented and extraordi nary scarcity of shipping destined for India and China, a large increase in the expenditure of the company has been created. " From the commencement of the year to the present time, the freight of coals to India and China has exceeded, by upwards of pc, per cent., the prices paid during the cor responding period of last year ; and, although shipping is not quite so 4carce as it was, the rates of freight are still unusually high, and there is every prospect of a continuance of those prices for some time to come. Taking these cir cumstances into consideration, and looking to the perma nent interests of the company, the directors feel they would not be justified in recommending a higher dividend than 3 per cent. for the half-year. As a means of meeting the diffi culties referred to, particularly at the important stations of Hong Kong and Singapore, they decided on purchasing an iron-screw steamer, since named the Rajah, of 600 tons and 60-horse power, for the express pnrpose of carrying coals from Labuan, or other places, to depots alluded to. This vessel is being fitted for sea with all dispatch, and will take her departure in the course of a few days. The company's local agents have also been instructed to spare no exertion in endeavouring to engage vessels at their respective stations to proceed to the coal-producing districts ; and by the last overland mail the agent of the company at Kong Kong in timated that he had every expectation of receiving a con siderable quantity of good steam coals from the Island of Formosa. - " " The directors, pursuant to the power granted to them to take up money on debenture to the extent of 500,0001., have now to announce that 258,0001. have been taken up for three years, and 125,0001. for five years, making to gether 383,0001., at 3:4 per cent. A large portion of this amount has been invested, at a moderate rate of interest, until required to pay the instalments on the new vessels in course of construction. " The Bengal, of 2,300 tons and 460 horse power, was despatched to Albxandria, on her first trip under the new mail contract, on the 20th of February last ; and being the first of the large class of screw ships building by the com pany, her performance was looked upon with more than ordinary interest by the directors, and they are gratified in being able to report that the result has far exceeded the expectations they had entertained. Since the last animal report the following vessels have been launched, viz., the Cadiz, screw, 850 tons, and 220-horse power, now ready for sea ; the Valetta, paddlewheel, 900 tons, and 400-horse power, will be ready for sea in June ; the Vectis, paddle wheel, 900 tons, and 400-horse power, will be ready for sea in July ; the Douro, screw, 850 tons, and 221-horse power, will be ready for sea in July; the Himaylaya, screw, 3,600 tons, and 700-horse power, will be ready for sea in Sep tember. Tho commanders on the Singapore and Austra lian line having reported the necessity of a coal hulk at King George's Sound, and another at Adelaide, the direc tors lost no time in purchasing two suitable vessels, viz., the Larkins and the Orestes. " With regard to the transit through Egypt, the direc tors have every reason to believe that the railway from Alexandria to Cairo will be completed for the conveyance of passengers in the course of the next six months. The road across the 'Desert has been latterly much improved, and the Transit Administration are adopting measures for supplying a superior description of cordage to that at pre sent in use. Extended accommodation necessary to the more frequent and increasing transit of passengers will also, it is believed, be provided. The directors trust the period is not far distant when they may be enabled to re port the intention of the Egyptian Government to extend the railway from Cairo to Suez ; and as they have engaged to submit to a reduction of 20,000/. per annum of the mail money payable under the new contract on the completion of a railway throughout from Alexandria to Suez, they have reason to hope that the British Government will look upon the execution of such a work as a matter of public interest. " The first mail for Australia under the new contract, left Southampton on the 4th of March last, and would start from Singapore about the 16th of April. The steamer with the first return mail would probably leave Sydney about the 20th of May, and letters by her may consequently be expected here about the 4th of August next. The ex perimental trips on this line, previous to the commence ment of the mail contract, have been attended with much expense, but have reseltod in the delivery in London of letters from Melbourne in 62 days." The following is the steam-fleet of the company : Bengal, for the Sonthak - pton and Alexandria service, 2,300 tons, 500-horse power, screw. _ _ _ . _ _ . Ripon, for the Southampton aid Alexandria service, 1,600 tons, 450-horse power, paddle-wheel. Indus, for the Southampton and Alexandria service, 1,700 tons, 450-horse poNier, paddle-wheel. Sultan, for the Malta and Marseilles service, 1,100 tons, 400-horse power, paddle-wheel. Euxine, for the Malta and Marseilles service, 1,100 tons, 440-horse power paddle-wheel. Bentinck, for the Suez and Calcutta service, 1,800 tons, 520-horse power, paddle-wheel. Hindostan, for the Suez - and Calcutta service, 1.800 tons, 520-horse power, paddle-wheel. Precursor, for the Suez and Calcutta service, 1,600 tons, 500-horse power, paddle-wheel. Oriental, for the Suez and Calcutta service, 1,600 tons, 500-horse power, paddle-wheel. Bombay, for the Suez and Calcutta service, 1,200 tons, 280-horse power, screw: Madras, for the Suez and Calcutta service, 1,200 tons, 280-horse power, screw. Singapore, for the Bombay and China service, 1,300 tons, 500-horse power, paddle-wheel. Ganges, for the Bombay and China service, 1,300 tons, 500-horse power, paddle-wheel. Malta, for the Bombay and China service, 1,250 tons, 450-horse power, paddle-wheel. Pekin, for the Bombay and China service, 1,200 tons, 430-horse power, paddle-wheel. Pottinger, for the Bombay and China service, 1,300 tons, 450-horse power, paddle-wheel. Achilles, for the Bombay and China service, 1,000 tons, 420-horse power, paddle-wheel. Erin, for the Calcutta and China service, 850 tons, 280-horse power, paddle-wheel. LadyMaryWood, for the Calcutta and China service, 650 tons, 260-horse power, paddle-wheel. Formosa, for the Calcutta and China service, 800 tons, 220-horse power, screw. Chusan, for the Singapore and Sydney service, 750 tons, 100-horse power, screw. Shanghai, for the Singapore and Sydney service, 700 tons, 100-horse power, screw. Canton, for the Canton local service, 400 tons, 150-horse power, paddle-wheel. Haddington, for the Constantinople and Peninsular service, 1,500 tons, 500-horse power, paddle-wheel. Tagus, for the Constantinople and Peninsular service, 900 tons, 280-horse power, paddle-wheel. Iberia, for the Constantinople and Peninsular service, 600 tons, 200-horse power, paddle-wheel. Madrid, for the Constantinople and Peninsular service, 500 tons, 160-horse power, paddle-wheel. VESSELS BUILDING. Himalaya, at Blackwall, 3,600 tons, 700-horse power, screw. Simla, at the Clyde 2,400 „ 600 ~ Nubia, at Liverpool 2,200 „ 450 „ Candia, at Blackwall 2,200 „ 450 ~ Pora, at Liverpool 2,200 „ 450 ~ Colombo, at the Clyde 1,800 ~ 450 ~ Vectis, at Cowes 9 OO ~ 400 „ paddlewheel. Valetta, at Blackwall 9OO ~ 400 ~ Cadiz, at the Clyde B5O „ 220 „ Douro, at the Clyde B5O „ 220 ~ Tartar, at Cowes 4 50 ~ 150 „ paddlewheel. Rajah, at Blackwall €oo ~ 60 ~ screw. ISTOISE SHIPS. Zenobia, at Suez, 900 tons. Fort William, at Hongkong, 1,800 tons. Santa Anna, at Gibraltar, 1,500 tons. Ariadne, at Alexandria, 900 tons. Larkins, at King George's Sound, 1,000 ions. Orestes, at Adelaide, 900 tons. Total, 57,950 tons ; 14,350-horse power. ~ screw. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAY 28. - - - ENTERED INwARDs.—The Galeed, from St. Übes ; Vitus, Kioge ; Palmyra, Barbadoes ; Concordia, Emden ; Christiane, Nykjobing ; Dublin, Trinidad ; Hornby, St. Vincent's ; Lydia, Ceylon ; Maria Christina, Cadiz ; Rat cliff, Calcutta ; Europe, Charente ; Eliza, ouen ; Arab, Fayal ; Cleopatra, Demerara ; Laura, Nevis • Cuthbert, Sydney ; Ranger, St. Petersburgh ; James, Antigua. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Perdignera for Cuba ; Albrecnt, Konigsberg ; Argus, Terceira ; Ingle wood, Sydney ; Hornby, Barbadoes and St. Vincent ; Propontis, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Ceylon, Ma dras, and Calcutta ; Queen of the Isles, Algoa Bay ; Maria Christina, Santander ; Victory, Calcutta. CLEARED OUTWARDS, WITH CARGO.— The Nuevo Leon, for Trinidad ; Queen of the Isles, Algoa Bay ; Sassone, Syra ; Athens, Smyrna ; Antina, Hamburgh ; Agatha, Lisbon; Devonshire, New York; Geschwister, Hambuagh ; James, New ork ; Petra, Bilboa ; Leila, Gibraltar and Cadiz ; Carmin, Cadiz and Malaga ; Lord Hardinge, Bombay ; Grecian, Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, May 28. The screw steam-ship Frankfort, arrived here from Pa lermo, experienced very heavy gales from N.N.E. for three days, off the coast of Portugal. The Sarah Sands (s.s.), from Melbourne to Liverpool, was spoktn. with May 26, off Cape Finisterre. The Concord, outward bound, May 27, was spoken with off Tuskar. VESSELS SPOKEN' WITH. The Emma, of and from Liverpool, for Calcutta, April IG, lat. 2 N., long. 21 W. The Immagonda Sarah Clasina, outward bound, May 21, lat 45 N., long. 10 W. The Westbroko (barque), Demerara to London, April 20, list. 50 N., long. 7 W, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. 130W-STREET.—.Henry Arnold, police•constable F 75, was called in the usual manner to answer a charge preferred by Mrs. Louisa Nathan, the wife of a respect able tradesman in Covent-garden Market ; but the de fendant did not appear, and Inspector Mackenzie in formed his worship that he had absconded from the from the force. It appeared from the statement of the complainant, when the summons was applied for, that Mrs. Nathan and two other ladies were about to cross the road from Covent-garden Market to James-street, during the even ing of the 18th instant, when the defendant accosted them in a rude and insolent manner, desiring them to " Move on," and on being remonstrated with for his unprovoked misbehaviour, addressed them in the most disgusting language, and called them prostitutes, stating that complainant was a "well-known one." On the following morning her husband, Mr. Nathan, having ascertained the constable's number, proceeded to lodge a complaint against him, and the commissioners, after hearing the charge, ordered the defendant to answer it before a magistrate. Hitherto it has been the cus tom of the commissioners to send the offending con stable at once before the magistrate, to save the com plaining parties the trouble and delay of proceeding by a summons, as in ordinary cases ; but a change ap pears to have been lately introduced in the system of con ducting police investigations, in consequence of the recent refusal of Mr. Yardley to depart from the ordi nary course ; consequently Mrs. Nathan and her wit nesses, after previous visits to the police station and Scotland-yard, were called upon to attend twice at the police court—first, to apply for a summons, a week ago, and now to prove the case ; but in the mean time the defendant, after failing to get the case " compromised," declined to meet the charge, and preferred leaving the force at once to the chance of being imprisoned, with certain dismissal afterwards. So that the defendant appears likely to escape punishment—the first result of the " new system." Mr. Henry, however, directed that a warrant should issue for his apprehension, in case the defendant's retreat should be discovered. MANSION-HOUSE.— William Nash, who has been examined several times on charges of extensive forgeries, and who, it will be remembered, was apprehended in the 13ank of England, disguised in a red wig and whis kers, but was identified by H a yd on , a d e t ec ti ve o ffi cer , as "Bill Nash," a notorious man upon town, was brought up for final examination. - The prisoner, upon being asked by Alderman Hunter whether he wished to say anything, replied, " No, I shall reserve my defence for my trial." He was then committed. LAMBETH.-,-This day being appointed for the final examination of Mr. Charles Cunningham, alias Smith, alias Taylor, and Mr. James Thompson Currie, who de scribed themselves as surgeons, and Mr. George Thomas, a chemist, charged with having used a certain instru ment on the person of Miss Eliza Morden, with the in tent to procure abortion, the court was much crowded by persons anxious to hear the further details of this dis gusting and painful investigation. On the appearance of the legal gentlemen engaged in the case, the prisoners were brought from the strong room and placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton. Mr. Parry, the barrister, accompani e d by Mr. Sleigh, and instructed by Mr. Sheen, appeared for the prosecu tion ; Mr. Williams, the barrister, attended for Cunning ham; Mr. Robinson, the barrister, for Thomas; and Mr. Binns, the solicitor, for Currie. Lord William Lennox occupied a seat on the bench during the examination. Mr. Parry, addressing the magistrate, said he had but little to say on the present occasion. He should call one witness, Mrs. Bobbett, the landlady of the house, No. 1, Bryan-street, Islington, where Miss Morden had lodged for a fortnight previous to her going to Stockwell, and this witness would corroborate the testimony of the young lady as regarded the fact of her having been visited at that place by the prisoner Cunningham. The witness would further prove the fact that Miss Morden had been visited, while at her house, by the Rev. Mr. Gordon, who, he (Mr. Parry) much regretted, was not at the bar with the other prisoners, and also a third person, whose name had been used in the course of these proceedings, namely, Mr. Maddock, a solicitor. Inquiries were still going forward to ascertain the extent to which this latter gentleman had mixed himself up in this matter, with the view, if necessary, to ulterior proceedings ; and as the inquiries were still in progress, he (Mr. Parry) should abstain from saying anything that might prejudice the case. After the examination of this witness he should call on his worship to send the prisoners for trial, but at the same time he should not like to pledge himself that other witnesses than those who had already been examined and bound over to appear on the trial, might not be necessary, but thus much he would promise, that should other witnesses be required, the gentlemen em ployed for the defence should have ample notice of the fact, and also be supplied with the additional evidence by the attorney for the prosecution. Mrs. Bobbett was here called, and entered the wit ness-box. She is s middle-aged, fashionably-dressed woman, and, when sworn became much excited, sobbed, and begged the magistrate to protect her from insult. Mr. Norton assured her that then-, was no person pre sent, he felt convinced, who had the slightest disposition to offer her any insult ; but if there should be, she might rely upon the utmost protection. The worthy magis trate also begged the witness to be composed, and at once ordered her a seat in front of the clerk's desk, where she could be heard with less effort, and this for a few mo ments had the desired effect of allaying her excitement. She was examined by Mr. Parry, and said—My name is Mary Frances Bobbett, and I am the wife of Mr. James Bobbett, of No. 1, Bryan-street, Caledonian road, Islington, gentleman. Mr. Parry—Do you recollect a young lady, Miss Eliza Morden, coming to lodge in your house ?—Witness—l never considered Miss Morden my lodger. Mr. Parry—She was at your house, and why not con sider her your lodger ?—Witness—Because Mrs. Corne lius took my apartments. . Mr. Parry— Was there anybody with Mrs. Cornelius when she so took the lodging ?—Witness—Yes, a little boy. Mr. Parry—Do you know the prisoner Cunningham ? Witiess—l know that person, pointing to Cunningham. Mr. Parry—Did that person visit Miss Morden at your house ?—Witness—Yes, sir, he did. Mr. Parry—Did other persons visit her ?—Witness— Yes. Mr. Parry—Did the Rev. Mr. Gordon visit her there ; Witness—l did not know him by name. Mr. Parry—Had Cunningham visited the young lady often for the fortnight she was at your house ?—Witness —Yes, I saw him come there several times. Mr. Parry—State what occurred when Mr. Cunning. ham first called ?—Witness—The first time he came lie had " low" shoes and stockings on, and was dressed very low. Mr. Parry—What, do you mean to say that he called without shoes or stockings on ?—Witness—l said "low" shoes and stockings, but the next time he came like a gentleman, with rings on his fingers. Mr. Norton—You mean to say he was much better dressed on the occasion of his second visit than his first ? —Witness—Yes, sir, much better. Mr. Norton—How often might he have called on the young woman altogether ?—Witness—She was at my house for a fortnight, and I think he did not omit coming one day. Mr. Parry—Now tell us, Mrs. Bobbett, what occurred on the first time of his calling ?—.Witness—Why he said "Is there a young woman here out of health ?" and I said, " No, not that lam aware of." I felt an impres sion of something wrong ; and, to tell you the truth, I thought he was a detective policeman in disguise. He had neither shoes nor stoekings on. Mr. Parry—That is just what you said before. Do you mean to repeat that he came shoeless ?—Witness— That is not exactly what I mean. Mr. Parry here said it was quite apparent that the witness was labouring under the effect of something be yond mere excitement, and he should not only decline examining her further, but should reject her evidence alto gether, and would not require her to be bound over for the prosecution. He, on the part of the prosecution, should close the proceedings, and call on his worship to commit the three prisoners to take their trial at the Central Criminal Court for the felony. Mr. Robinson, as well as Mr. Williams, insisted that the latter part of the testimony, on oath, given by Mrs. Bobbett—namely, that the prisoner Cunningham, when he first came to her house was without shoes or stock ings—should be added to her deposition, and this being done, and the learned gentlemen declining to cross-exa mine the lady, the • latter rose from her chair, and curt seyed so low and so often to both the magistrate and the learned counsel, that all doubts as to her being affected with something much more powerful than the heat of the weather, and the crowded state of the court, were re moved. The prisoners were then committed for trial, and on the application of Mr. Binns, Mr. Currie was admitted to bail, provided the sureties, whose names he gave in, should be approved of. THE SALT TRADE.-Out of 97 salt-works in the king dom, 79 are situate in the valley of the Weaver, in Cheshire, where the supply of salt is supposed to be practically inexhaustible. It is found in a dry semi transparent state, resembling lumps of alum, when it called rock salt, which is mainly exported to Holland and Belgium, for manufacturing there into white salt. But the supply is chiefly produced by evapo rating brine pumped up out of the earth from the beds of the rock, which, when crystalized, is termed common salt, and used principally for pickling and preserving fish, meat, and vegetables ; also as a mor dant, and generally by all manufacturers of alkalies ; then, again, when dried and rendered fit for table pur poses, it is denominated stoved salt, and consumed as a seasoning or condiment. It requires about twelve cwts. of coal (burgie) to evaporate brine suffi cient to produce a ton of salt, the entire produc tion of which, in this kingdom, now amounts to 800,000 tons per annum : one moiety is exported to North America, the Baltic, and the northern parts of Scotland and Ireland, and the other half is consumed at home. Of this immense manufacture, nearly 7-Bths are produced on the banks of the river Weaver, the bulk of which is exported from Liverpool ; another por tion is used by the al kali - manufacturers in St. Helen's ; and the residue is chiefly sent to the east coast of Eng land ; scarcely 10,000 tons per annum being consumed in Liverpool. Mr. Braith wa i te Poole, in his " Statistics of Commerce, says—" There are upwards of a million feet of pannage contained in saltworks of the United Kingdom, which, together with the necessary machinery and other appliances, 600 flats, trows, barges, and boats, to prosecute the traffic, has been estimated as represent ing a capital of 1,000,0001., and employing upwards of 3,000 men." PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Officil List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 17. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ____ - .. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Australasia........... 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 86% British North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 62 Commercial of London. 61. per cent. 150 0 0 10 0 0 - Colonial . W. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - lonian. - Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. - 29 0 0 210 0 15% London and County .. 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 35% London Joint•&ock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 23 Provincial of Leland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New......... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland.... 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New ........ 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Oriental Bank Corpora. 81. p. ct. & bs. 2.5 0 0 25 0 0 53% South Australia .... 6/. p. ct.& bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50% Union of Australia... - . 1 61. p. ct. & bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 78 Ditto .. ... ~...... 6/. per cent. - 210 0 8% Union of London ..... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. AlblOn .............. 31.105. 500 0 0 50 0 0 90 Alliance Brit. and For. 71.145.6d.b5. 100 0 0 11 0 0 - Ditto Marine...-. 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 Anchor .............. 6 per cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 - Atlas A rgus Life ........... 41. per cent. 100 6 0 25 0 0 24% British Commercial .. 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life spr ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20% County . 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 121 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 17M Eagle Equity and Law__ 4% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5 Euro oean Life lss. 20 0 0 All paid. 211% Genera 1.............. - 5 0 0 e 5% Globe .. . 61. per cent. Stock. 150% Guardian ............ 5/. per cent 100 0 0 45 0 0 61% Imperial Fire......... 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 - Imperial Life ... ... 12s. 109 0 0 10 0 0 le% Indemnity Marine.... 1/.0. & %)s. 100 0 0 20 0 0 6% Law Fire ............ 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 4ti Law Life..... .. .... - 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 5% London Fire . 10s. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 29 Lomion Ship.... Marine .. .. 15s.per share 100 0 0 lb 0 0 26 Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 Minerva ............ sp. et. & bs. 20 0 0 2 0 0 6 Monarch ............ - 5 0 0 1 0 0 21s. National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2,4 Palladium Lite. Pelican - - - 45 l'hcenix . . • .. - - - - Professional Life-. .. 5/. per cent 6 5 0 010 0 Yu Provident Life .... .. .. 11. ss. & bs. , 100 0 0 10 0 0 41 Rock Life.. .......... ss. 5 3 0 010 0 8% Royal Exchange .....• 6/. yo.ct. & be. Stock. all 236 Sun Fire ... 61. lOs. - OP - Ditto Life l/. 6s. - 29 65 United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 5 Universal Life ... ..... 2L ss. per eh. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45} 2 I Victoria Life ........ 51. per cent- - 412 6 5% BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. llungerford ...... .... - - - 12 Southwark .. - 100 0 0 - - Ditto New of 7% pc. 70s. per cent 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo • ... ........ . - 100 0 0 - - Ditto Old ann. of 8/. 2/. Ss. Oil. - 60 0 0 - Dit,o Nw ditto of 71. 2/. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 - Vauxhall - 21 WATER-WORKS. - Dividend Amount Name of Company. , per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. 0. X s. d. East London Grand Junction 2 Kent - 84, Lambeth . ..... ••• • • • ' - 100 0 0 - - New River Company 2l. 10s. - - - :Southwark &Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 90 West Middlesex -. 6/.os. pr cnt. - - 114 COUNTRY MARKETS. DALKRITH GRAIN MARKET—MAT 26. There was a good supply of all kinds of grain at this day's market. Sales were heavy. Wheat on the top same as last week. Oats on the top 4d per qr. down. Barley on the top 2s 3d per qr. down. Peas and bobs same as last week on the top. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 278 Wheat 49s Od 462 Oats 22s 4d 42 Barley 33s Od 31 Peas & beans 38s Od Average of wheat, 2/. 63 sid. ABERDEEN—MAY 27. The prices of grain are—Old oats, OOs Od to OOs 01, 401bs per bushel ;new oats, 17s Od to OOs Od, 40110 per bushel ; bere, 28s Od to 29s Od, 531bs per bushel ; 27s 6d to 28.3 6d, 531bs p er bushel • wheat, red, 36 s Od t° 38s Od, 621bs per bushel ; w h ea t, White, 46s Od to 47 , 8 13/ 621bs per bushel ; oatmeal, 13 s 9d tc 15s Od per boll flour, 35s Od to 36s Od per sack. Provisions—Beef , Pe r lb '. 6d to 8(1 ; mutton, ditto, 6d t o 8d ; vea l, ditto, 6d to Oda', pork, per lb, Os 6d to Os Bcl ; salmon, per lb, is 3d to Os ; rabbits, each, 7d to 8d ; tallow, per stone, 4s Od to 48 Od i! potatoes, per peck, is to is 4d ; b u tt er , p er lb, 9d to 0s 1.1.t t : , eggs, per doz, Os 5d to Os 7d ; hens, per pair, 3 s (i n d 6d 38 6d. ; chickens, ditto, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; ducks, ditto, As to 3s Od ; ducklings, ditt o , O s Od t o O s Od ditto, each, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; geese , ditt o , 3 s 6d t o 4s Od ;1 ) 11 for exportation (pr esen t cure ), p er cw t, 84s to • e ditto (summer cured), OOs t o OO s Od ; eggs , w holesale P ric k ' ' per dozen, 5d to 00d ; 41b l oa f, 6d • 21b loaf, 3d; I r a ! fine small, Os Od to Os Od ; p or k, large, Os Od to Os lamb, per lb., Os 6d to 8d ; cheese, per imperial st °ll.l 5s 6d to Vs. CORK-MAY 27. Ms. 15 White wheat 24e Redwheat 00s Ditto OOs Ditto OOs 26 Barley l2s Ditto OGs Ditto OOs 24 Bere l2s Curren* , Od to OOs Od Os Od- 2001 Od to 00s Od ~ Od to OOs Od OOs Od--2 0 d e ' Od to 00s Od 8d to 00s Od Od to 00s Od, 00s Od-16(101 Od to 00s Od Od to 00s Od Oa Oi _ -- 34 Oats Ditto 00; Od t o 00 s Od lls 8d Ditto.. OOs Od to OOs Od Pigs Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week Wheat, 35. Barley, 215. Bere, 00. Oath Pigs, 00. Return of cattle sold for week ending May 21 Pigs, 289. Sheep, 382. Cows, 19. Cosa.—Flour—First, 14s 6d to 15s Od ; extra, seconds, 13s Od to 14s Od ; households, lOs to 12s 6d ; the 7s to 10s Od per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 7s 6d to los v s - f t. oatmeal, lOs 6d to lls ; wheatmeal, 9s 6d to lOs 6d pet e Indian corn, 71 Os Od to 71 12 s 6d per ton. Bran, 4/ 10: 00, to 5i Os Od per ton. Hay—F armers, 26 s Od to 46 s 0d; a" it, 30s; dealers, 27s Od to OO s Od ; average, O s per ton. St/dto Farmers, 25s Od to 30s Od ; average, 00s ; dealers, 2 7 °,, to 00s Od ; average, Os. per ton. B rea d—Wh ea t en ledi n ' A to Od ; household ditto, 6d t o Od p er 41b . —F res h b u tt e r, v; ee t lid per lb. Eggs, 4s Od to 4s 2l per hundred. Meat' At* , qd to 8d ; mutton, 6d to 6): 2 d ; veal, 5d to 8d ; pork, 4;01. 6d ; bacon, 7d to 8d ; saus ages , 6d per lb.—Fish, New'fisoes; land, 11/. Os to 12,1 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 00s i, Red, do., 30s per brl.—P o t a t oes, w hit e, 10d t o 12d, l 9 1 19 12d to 15d.—Coals, Newport, 20s ; Lydncy, 20s ; Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., Os 10d per imperial gial s il Hides, market, 30s to 365; Salted, 30s to 38s per ovitl" skins, 3Ad per lb.—Bangor slates 2/. 17s. 6d to 31. Pet„, 'set Fleece wool, 00s to 00 s p er s t one . —H emp, 38 1. to oni,N, ton—Timber, Memel, 31. 15s ; r e d pi ne , 3/ . 15s; yellTrogl, 31. ss. per ton ; deals, 191. to 201. per hundred.—Ballth;p6 Si. to 101.10 s. per ton.—Tallow, 49s to 49s 6d p er cwl.--„0- 71. lOs to 0/. per cwt.- Tar, Archalk - , , e1, 19s. per Peruvian, 121. Os to 001. por ton. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 28. I ' l ' STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been quiet re 0 0 and prices were a shade lower. The quotations 08 , 7 0; follow :—Caledonian, 35 ; Lancashire and YorkshireL: feo ), London and North-Western, 1171 ; ditto (eighth Titos $ 3-16 prem. ; ditto on Bankers' receipts, $ prem.' 'it yia• and Driffield, 30 ; Midland, 74a • York and North land, 31e, ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolli‘o new), 9-16 prem. ; Midl an d (4i per cent.), -a prem. ; 9 u Rhenish, 1 8 dis. DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. X s. d. Commercial .........* 4/. pr cent. Stock. - - East and West India. '6%1. pr cent. Stock. - 162% East Country.. 2os. per sh. - - - London .... 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 101 Ditto Bonds - 4/. per cent. - - - St. Katharine 4 per cent. Stock. - - Southampton l/. per cent. 50 0 0 , 50 0 0 38 Victoria .. •• .. • • •• • • - 20 0 0 ! 2 0 0 , - CANALS. Names of 2.) I .1 Dividend Dividend Names of c., Der Companies. :a per Pri ce. Companies. t . l. ' Price. .g • Annum. cr, Annum. 0r.., £ 1 £ Ashtn& Oldh 98 7i. p. et. 140 Macclesfield . 100' 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley • • • • 160 - - Neata .. •. • • 100) 161. - Brknk&Abrg 150 51. 62% Oxford.... •• 100 13 . - Birmingham 40 41. 105% Peak Forest. 78 3'. 18s. 70 Coventry.. • • 100 1 251. - Regent's • • .• 33 , ii. Os. 18 Derby • • • • • 100, 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 2/. - Ell,,rc&Clis 69 274 p. ct. 34% Semrset Coal 1 ,50 - - GrandJanotn 100 3/. pr.ct. 68 Do.LkFdSt 12. - - Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. et, - Btlrr4 &W ore i4 A' 28/. 405 Grand Surrey 100 2/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 Grand IJulon 100 11.10, 12 1 4 Stourbrhigv.. , 45 201. 290 Kennt&Avn 39 6s. Od. 7 Severn and 1 ' ; n y . ~s 24 Lancaster . 100 - - Wye Rail. k 26 1 4, v • Leeds& Livrp 100 251. 550 Warwick& Leicester.... 100 51. 66 lAirming. J 1 01 1 41 - 40 Leicstr &Nth 83 41. 44% Warwick& 7 28 Loughborogh 142 70t. 510 Napton.. 0 1 31. - i Monmonthsh 100 - - Worcstr & / 8 3/. - slntgmerysh 100 - - Binning. Meltnhlwbrylloo - - Wilts & Brlis' -10 s. Od. 7 BIRMINGHAM, MAY 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was rather - 01 to-day, and except in local stocks very little businervi done. Birmingham and St our V a ll eys were d one I" to; London and North-W es t ern N ew Ei g h t h s, at Pirevirest Shrewsbury and Birmingham, a t 65i ; D u dl ey and _u_ Bromwich Bank shares, a t 204 ; Birmingham Cau"'" 1041 ; and Perefordshire Banks, at 5,-3. MANCHESTER, MAT 28. fi l th STOCK EXCHANGE.—Prices were rather easier, 1 1 .1 ,0 limited business. Eastern Counties , 13i ; East Lana) 18A ; Lancashire and Yorkshires, n ; London and ' q yj i Western ' New Eighths, 7-16 prem.; Manchester, She , ' and Lincolnshire, 29i ; South Eastern and Dover, 22i. LEEDS, MAY 28. 12 0 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market to-day has o f t very inactive, and pric e s s h ow a downward tentliia• though the actual fall i s but slight. York an d North 81 lands have been done at 31a ; an d N ort h Westerns, 0 BRISTOL, MAY 28. t r i jee STOCK EXCHANGE.—The mark e t was flat. Tafticeii were done at ; Bristol Steam Navigation, 54; of England Bank, 16. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. D ay w h en made upl From what "i DI COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port Jil oo ll. Dividend , Amount Office, London.* Dispatched. Er Name of Company. per of Paid. P r i ce. - - -_- rob 0, Annum. Share. Arnerica(byßrit.pack)l.B Every Friday .... Liverpool ... America (by. United Sts. 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. packet) ..........N May 31 ...... - Liverpool ... Arrifej British ••• • • • ..•• •• .. - - - - America (by U. States lo a I Ditto provincial.... 1/. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 23 packet) ..........N May 25 -- - - Southampton i 4 Brighton ••••-• • • • .. 5/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 16 Auszalla (via South- City of London ...... 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 130 ampton) M July 4- _ - .... Southampton J. ::; Si Continental (3d Cap.)... 4/. 75 0 0 43 10 0 ' 67M Ditto (via Marseilles) N J u l y 8 . Dover .. •• ••• - .1 Equitable.. ••.•- • • .. 50/. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Ditt o ( v i a C ape of Goo . f i r AP" . Great Central:- -- . 10 per cent. 10 0 0 10 00 , 1 4M H ope ) • • .......... N June 4 ... . ae ..' - I 7 r it) erial .. • • ........ 31. & bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 87 Africa (West Coast) ..N 23 r d o f t h e month. Plymouth •• lye )7 Independent ..... - - 61. 40 0 0 40 00 ' 46 Al exan d r i a .......... N 8,9, 24, & 30of m. Dover .. •• • • - o ns i London •••.-•• • •• • • - 50 0050 0 0 - Al exan d r i a - -Id 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton a pe ' Do., Pail. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 247 B a h amas ........... NI 2nd of the month Southampton one , Pbcen ix .••.. • • •..... 311. per cent.) 50 0 0 49 0 0 28M B e l g i um ............N Dai1y............ Dover ...• •• o ne , L Ratcliff ••• • . _ ...„ 51. 1100 0090 0 0 70 B raz il .............. M 9th of the month.. Southampton Jane 01' United General .... - 4 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 20% Buenos Ayres ----NI 9th of the month.. Southampton ja il l i Westminster Chartered 51. per cent, 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. 700 3 1 Ditto, News - ...... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 00 ; - Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth • Apri ls Cape de Verde ......N 14th o f th e month. Plymouth • LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Ceylon (see India) . APr i/ p 56 0 1 Ceylon ..............N 14th of th e month Plymouth •• T O • Dividend Amount Channel Isles ........N on ~Wed .,&Frid. Southampton got Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Chi 11.......... - - -32 td & 17th of month Southampto n 0 Annum. Share. China (see India) • gel i Constantinople .... - N 7,8,17,24,&27 am. Dover ..•••; one ce# ll/ £ s. d. £ s. d. C ons t an ti nople ........ 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton roi Bank of Scotland . ..... 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 190/10 cont. of Europe AI & N Twice daily ...... Dover ..... . _ei British Linen Comp-. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 , 2121 0 Egypt (see India) tficr Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 101 I3s Gibraltar ..........51 4,7, 17,20, 27 ofm. Southampto n Clydesdale Bank -• •• .• 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12. 17s Greece (see India) •-. V ic I SO Commercial Bank ••• • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 1841 0 Greytown ..........M 2nd &17thof mon. !iouthampw - I ves. , Eastern Bank* •••• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 101 Os Hamburgh ..........N Tuesd a y & Friday London ••• e' jaec h sfe Edinh &Glasgow .. •• 31. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 41. 9 s H avannah .......... Ai 2nd of the month Southampt on gonli Exchange*Bnk of Scot - 100 0031 5 0 Bs. Od Holland ............11 Wednesday & Sat. London ••••: Jane ; National Bank ••• • • • 6% percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 16/10 s Honduras •• M 17th of the mo n th. Southampt on ane:i North of Scotland Bank 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 4/386d India (viaSouthampt.)3l 4th & 20th of mon. SouthruniA nn gal'' Boyalßank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 t5llO I n di a ( v i a Marseilles)3l Bth&24th of month Dover ...... 'Te olf ilton Bank of Scot. Western Bank ••• • . Alliance Fire and Life , 8 %/. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 24110 s Li s b on .............. 31 7,9, 17, & 250 f m. Southainpto! ' J oe ~ , `,i British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26/. Od Madeira .... City of Glasgow Life * 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. lOs Malta (see India) Colonial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 4/7s 6d Malta ...... • .......N 7,17,19,28, 30 of m. Dover .• •• 0 Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 1251 Os Mauritius (see India) ~. Apr il Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51 . per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 4/. Os Mauritius ........N 14th of the month PlymoUw4 2 ' June U e 4 Life Assoc. of Scotland . per cent. 10 0 0 110 1 4/ . O s Mexico ........... - . 51 2nd of the month.. SouthamP w su e National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 , If. 13s N ap l es.... • ........ N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover • • • L: n . 111/ 1 !0 North British Ilium * Si. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 ,35/ los New Granada ...... Al 2d & 17th of month Southall:P: 4 911 0 "*.i Licottishljnlonlnsrnc. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11/. I4d New Zea1and......... By private ship .. Various P an- tine i standard Life - .... _ N sthl sth2stharnon. Dover •• •::.; aria . United Dep. Assurance 51. p er cent . 10 0 0 1 0 0 Ills 6, Peninsula - - .... _3l Ith l 7tb2Bthofmon. Southampton tine 1 • El Dividend. Peru ...... • • ......3.1 2d & 27th or mon Southang"" . AP's 1 outa ' ti ne Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth S 11 er ...' " one MISCELLANEOUS. Sicily • .... ...... ...N sthlsth2sthofmon. - 0 v . .1 Tuscany ............N sthlsth2stbofmon: Dover ...:„ an- Dividend Amount Venezuela ..... ....121 2d & 17th of month Solthamr''' Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Van Vemen'sLald (see 1 JO Annum. Share. Australia) .......... A nwton West Indies .......31 2d& 17th of month South £ s. d. £ a. d. Ato Assam Tea ••..•• .. • • - 50 0 0 20 0 0 10% sils s ic i° the ra 100 0 0 2/. ss. 50 0 0 35 - Auction Mart.• ••- • • * When any of these dates fall on a Sunday , o f the . 4 1 Australian A4Ticultnr I I/. 35 0 0 30 100 0 0 35 0 0 81 Australian Trust •• .. 61. per cent. - Southampton), and the Malta, both of which dispatched on the following day, with the exce wii pti l o b n e ain ,---atC 4 + Australian Royal Mail - 10 0 0 6 0 0 - d a y preceding. kabl e ..,.....,............................... Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 105. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - ..- British American Land 15s. - 38 10 0 71 roll ° Vita ..............Si.per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - , rills; are and m earn Do. 5 per cent Bonds /. per cent. - -102 3 i -. for their efficacy in curing indigestion, sale sa le ° f 4 - 116% 6pr ct. Bonds 61. per cent. - Navigation Bonds 3* per cent. - - - eit D y it i r a • vig Electric Telegraph (A) - 25 0 0 20 0 0 22 invaluable complaints. The immense increase irl A r' s " i ; Afri .t c . h a v , so v. pills throughout Europe, deniab le ...7ies, ~, Ditto.. •••• • • • • (II) - 25 0010 0 0 - the vast continent of America, i s an ma i-kroPe.'" men Equitable Reversienry 51 pr. cent. 1 50 0 0 100 0 0 116% . Ditto New ......, .. - 50 0 0 12 10 0 -proof their vincing of really „,. e DOW 1 Gen. R&M'S. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 - well as their great popularity. They .•-• Th for t he cumo Gen.SteainNavigation 10 p. et. 15 0 0 14 0 0 31 preference to every other m . edicine I . hileP a t i l e efficacious r t a ke o f ndigeStion, Hudson's Bay.. ~ _ _ - Stock. - 224 • Hungerford .......• •. 21. 108. 100 0 0 100 0 0 47% diseases of the liver and stomach, ris heir 0 0 ;1 4 . 11 : the numerous other ills that flesh la n du 0 ,10 4 London Institution ... - - - - London Reversionary Si. per cent. 15 0 0 15 0 0 - cures daily attested by their use shou I ion , s o Russell Institution .... - - 12 10 0 - ' Price's Patent Cond. Co. 10!. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 2s % bV all dru Str °l suffer from any of these complaints te bave ggls te i Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 106 recourse to Holloway's Pills. Establishment, Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 77 at Professor Holloway's --- South Australian .... • 51. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 46 London. Trust and Loan Comp. -Sold - 2 44, of Ulmer Canada - - - 20 0 0 30 0 - ___ ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB. The first match of the present season of this club will take place to-morrow. The course will be from Erith to Hole Haven (about 10 miles below Gravesend) and back to Erith, and the club have chartered the Meteor steamer, together with the band of the Royal Artillery, to accompany the match. The following is a list of the yachts entered, and their owners, viz. : Tons. 1. Julia ... 8 Mr. 2. Mischief 3. Britannia 4. Valentine 10 Mr. 7 Mr. 8 Mr. W. Bain. 5. Blue-eyed Maid 6. Romp ... 7. Alpha ... 4 Mr. 8 Mr. 10 Mr. J. R. Kerby. G. Legg. B. Wallis. W. Tuckwell. R. and J. C. Knight. F. B. Bayley. 8. Kitten ... 10 Mr. T. Harvey. One minute per ton is to be allowed by the larger to the smaller vessels. The three larger vessels have just been built by rival builders, and on that account considerable interest is excited as to their respective merits. The other vessels (except the Blue-eyed Maid, which is a new vessel) are the " cracks" of last year, and a very good and close match may be anticipated. The club steamer will leave London-bridge at a quarter past nine o'clock precisely, and Blackwall pier at ten o'clock precisely, calling at Greenwich and Erith. BIRTHS. O 3 A BON. til e On the 26th inst ,at Cleaver - lo d g e, near Will'3s°l.' ;1' ai Hon. Mrs. Charles G ra ntham Scott. On the 25th inst., in the Close, Norwich , the,, w—e d . Y e Rev. J. C. F. Vincent, LL.D. OF A DAUGFITDB. On the 27th inst., at No. 7, a otr e°' Hyde-park, the wife of Thomas Chambers, EOU,,e. 0' On the 27th inst., at Hampstead, the .13.. V Maurice Drummond. MARRIED. art Pri.' Stoic ' 00 14 Great Cunaberlseilir. On the 26th inst., at Ringwood, James D. ..,,..... Do of the Peninsular and Oriental Service, to Dit.7ooa. second daughter of the Rev. G. Harr is of itingW DIED. t he w ife of . I°°. On the 26th inst., at Brixton, Eliza, Dafferne, Esq. Pao t w.O. D. .th p e a 2 , 6 a t t h , R ins N t.., at Eaton place, St. . je,tes.vrood P APO' on the 26th • • ' ge( • ii Arlingt°ll inst., at eauort- use, Culling Charles Smith, Esq., aged 78. ---- -frOffl'lC' _,....... m rvit ..._ i l LONDON : Printed and Published by 11 tmw :; o 14 .0 . of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Pi Sltin f _, con oty Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in taf Middlesex, Monday, May 30, 1856*