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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. • • THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, Will be perthrmed ELOPEMENTS IN HIGII LIFE. By Messrs. B. Sullivan, Chippendale. Howe, W. Farren, Buckstone, and Comp. ton ; Mesdames Filzwilliam, Raynold% L. S. Buckingham, &c. After which MR. JIUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR. NASSI7B. To conclude with OUR MARY ANNE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Msmagement of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, Will be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. Principal charac ters by 31r. and Mrs. C. Kean. After which will be performed the new Drama, adapted from the French of Mons. Scribe, by Mr. Palg, eve Simpson, called MARCO SPADA. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Aram 20, Will be performed USED UP. Principal character Mr. C. Mathews: After which, THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD. Charae ers by Messrs. F. Matthews, Suter, Horncastle, and Templeton; Madame Vestris, M;sses Robertson, Eglinton, &c. To conclu!e with A PRACTICAL MAN. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, Will be performed A DESPERATE GAME. After which, MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Ctutain—by Messrs. B Webster, L. Murray, Honey, P. Bedford, and 0. Smith; Mesdames Celeste, Woolgar, &c. To be followed by BETSY BAKER—by Mr. and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with PEPIN° THE DUMB BOY, AND PUG, HIS MONKEY. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. For the BENEFIT of Mr. KINLOCH. THIS EVENING, Aran. 20, Will be performed THE COUNTRY SQUIRE. Characters by Messrs. Farren, Kinloch, Morgan, and Clifton; Mesdames A. Phil lips, H. Gordon, E. Turner, and Adams. To be followed by a MU-ICAL MELANGE. To c , nclude with THE FLYING DUTCHMAN. Supported by Mes:rs. 11. Marston, F. Robson, litnlcch, Rolfe, ard Morgan; Mes dames H. Gordon, and A. ASTLE'Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Brilliant career of the New Spectacle. The extraordinary and novel Feats of the Horses, the Passage of the Bunting Wood, the Leap through Fire, and the terrific spring of Amakosa's Steed from the fearful Heights of the Umtata, continue to be nightly received with increased astonishment and enthusiastic approbation. The training of the Horses for these astounding - Feats has occupied Mr. W. Cooke's unremitting attention for months past. THIS EVENING, APRIL 20, And during the week, the Performances will commence with the highly successful and magui:lcent spectacle of AMAKOSI; or, Scenes of Kafir W or f are ; w i th all its new, beautiful, scenic, inte resting, dramatic, and astonishing Equestrian effects. To be followed by a most novel and brilliant Routine of Gymnas and Equestrian Achlevement4 in the scenes of the ARENA, sup ported by the most eminent British and Continental Artistes of the day. To conclude with a Popular FARCE. Box-office open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr W. West. lIIGH WAVER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIES DAY —Morning 27 min. after 11 I Evening 0 min.aft. 0 To-Moaßow—Morning 57 rain. after 11 Evening 22 min.aft. 12 THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, APRIL 20. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 53 this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'85. WIND, N.N.W.—Light breeze, and cloudy, with sun. shine. There was rain in the night. THE PUBLICATION OF ‘, THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES IN PARLT A if ENT THE SAME EVENING, 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 the Latest Trains. _.4..... ~4ari, , , . LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1853. On Monday next the discussion, or rather the series of discussions on the Budget, will commence, and with what result remains to be ascertained. The debate on the renewal of the now extinct Income Tax will naturally obtain priority, for, after all, that is the great feature of the scheme— the point on which the entire structure rests. If that' be removed, then the whole must fall to the ground, and there must, either be a change of Ministry, or what is called " an appeal to the country," namely, a dissolution of Parliament and a general "election, while many petitions are stil pending, and the members have as yet scarcely settled down to the practical business of the nation. This suggestion of a dissolution is rather a formid able-one to members, who do not feel very certain of " a renewal of confidence " on the part of their constituents, or whose pockets have been ma terially affected by the legitimate (!) expenses of a contest. This, however, appears to be a merely brutum fulmen—a threat to terrify the timid— which there is not the slightest possible intention of carrying into execution. On what cry would they go to the country ? Would they endeavour to excite the feelings of the " free and independent electors ?" There is no question now depending as to the revival of Protection. The doctrines of " unrestricted competition," or Free Trade, have been accepted on all sides ; and every pos sible security has been taken, not only against any attempt to revive the extinct monopolies, but even to make more rapid progress in the course which has hitherto proved so beneficial to the country. • There is no great question pending, save " an unmodified Income Tax," on which the friends and adherents of the " Joint-stock Admi stration" can claim the suffrages of the people. Even Mr. GLADSTONE himself would scarcely ad vise a general contest on that principle. He may be able to satisfy his own mind by a species of casuistry totally beyond ordinary comprehensions -p—he may be able for a due " con-si-de-ra-tion," to get rid of the most powerful Opposition with which he had been threatened, to silence the once strenuous ad vocate for the earners of precarious and fluctuat ing incomes ; but he cannot find many " forty thousands per annum" to distribute, and the re sult of such a contest would be at least doubtful. We do not then anticipate a dissolution, whatever may be the final numbers on the first division. The members of the Government must either suc cumb, and compel their unwilling Chancellor to render justice to the physical or intellectual la bourer, or be prepared to relinquish the position for which they are no longer eligible. So far as that portion of the financial statement relating to the Property Tax was concerned, there never was a greater tissue of fallacies and contradictions than those put forward by Mr. GLADSTONE. He showed the extraordinarily beneficial effects of the impost, wherever it was in operation—that it was equally efficacious in time of war or peace, while hostilities were fiercely waged, or universal tranquillity prevailed ; and for that purpose . he directs all his efforts to the extinction of the charge, which he himself has shown t o b e th e b est for the community ! !—which, to use his own words, " in a time of vital struggle enabled us to raise the income of the country aabnodveci,tws . h ex e ra t _diture . of war and civil government," was hi eateirtf, who had once shielded us in war, indust toils in to come and assist cur o r i l l r i t e l e h a t c f > second Income Tax peace." The results no less endur ing and memorable 'than the first.been eltitazescititieo in strument by whi c h vre have in troduce, and :hop e , ere long,t o . perfect th e effective ref6i-ins of our commercial and fi cal systems. And yet thi s trustworthy i ts ment, this tried and faithf u l weapon is n t s o r b il- e flung away the moment the great emerg ency has passed by. We are not, it appears, to per fect these effective reforms by its means. It is to be reduced in 1855 ! and again in 1857 ! and extinguished in 1860 ! ! Credat Judceus Apella. Sur ROBERT PEEL, with much greater cause, pro raised its removal in 1845, when the temporary purposes for which " the giant was called from r epose" had been accomplished. It survived eight years, the uticipated period of its dissolution. And a ne ie'frr seven, not merely for three, is no cr4ct Mr. GLADSTONE say what , ie au:a ind his successors in office, ive any valid or bind -4 .es on su4d cunt. The proposed ter -n'atiOil of the ta4r, i ''',"" 860 is neither more nor .4/ • --: =c c , cs. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1853. less than a gross and palpable delusion—a trap to catch the veriest tyros. And, even if it were practicable, would it be wise or political so to do ? No stronger arguments need be adduced than those put forward by the Right Honourable Gentleman himself in the course of his elaborate statement. • The second ground assumed was no less incon sistent. Mr. GLADSTONE declared that "itis on all hands agreed, that the Income Tax is not adapted for a permanent portion of the fiscal sys tem, unless we can by reconstruction remove its inequalities." But that attempt he will not even make. He relinquishes this useful and efficient finan cial instrument rather than encounter difficulties from which any merchant's clerk in the City worth 1001. a-year would not shrink. Like Tom THUMB, he " raised the giants first," but unfortunately not for a similar purpose. It was not "to kill them," but to fly dismayed before the shadows he himself had conjured up. Indeed, after the une quivocal admission just referred to, he goes on to show that there is really no inequality to be com plained. of. We trust, then, that Fiscal Reform ers—men who have already pledged themselves in the most solemn manner against the renewal of the Income Tax in its present form—will be true to themselves, and reject the proposition made, unless accompanied with a pledge for an equitable adjustment of the impost. Anothei Dragon of Abuse has been assailed by the St. GEORGE of Marylebone. Sir BENJAMIN HALL last evening took occasion to direct the at tention of the House of Commons to the evil in fluences too often directing the system of naval promotions and of appointments in our Dockyards. Although the Hon. Baronet rose ostensibly for the simple purpose of condemning the course pursued in this matter by the late Secretary to the Admiralty, acting under the auspices of his Grace the Duke of NORTHUM BERLAND, his weapon of attack proved in reality a two-edged sword, directed with impartial severity, now against the Tory-Reformers and now against the Whig-Conservatives. His accu sations were thrown yesterday with even-handed justice alternately against the Ministry and against the Opposition. He balanced his argument delightfully by adducing evidence of gross culpa bility on the part of the DERBY Administration, after insisting upon the heinous guilt of its predecessor, the RUSSELL Government. There is something wonderfully winning in the uncompromising pertinacity with which the Honourable Baronet insists upon the necessity of innovation under every emergency of this character, whether the affairs of the nation hap pen to be presided over at Downing-street by gentlemen in buff or white waistcoats. It matters nothing if the majority of the Ministers of State be the result of a coalition, or the consequence of a selection from available chairmen of quarter sessions. He has carefully stored up against them all proof positive tending to their official condem nation. To a considerable extent, indeed, he occupies his leisure hours by ingeniously enacting the part of a sort of political SATTILLFUNGUS. From Dan to Bersheba all is barren—or rather, with him, from Chesham-place to St. James's-square. He finds in the demerits of our rival administra tors that the proportions run to about six of one and half-a-dozen of the other—yielding, in fact, a highly satisfactory equipoise of demerit. His obvious rdle in criticism would be rather that, we take it, of Mr. SNARL than of Sir FRETFUL PLAGIARY. He has a marvellous eye for shortcomings. Happily, the House of Commons possesses in him a pilot-fish for those voracious sharks, the Reformers. Other Repre sentatives may pin down their hopes to the cause of some particular and favourite achievement. Mr. HENRY BERKELEY may pine solely for the Ballot. Mr. EDWARD HORSMAN if he could only get " in" again—for just now his position and lamentation seem to be the very converse of those of the Starling would content himself with yearning only for ecclesiastical improvements. Sir JosHuA WALMSLEY may satisfy his longings with regard, merely, to the one great scheme of financial retrenchment. The Hon. HENRY FITZ ROY may aspire after legal reforms exclusively. These and others may restrict their efforts re spectively to their one chosen department. But , it is not so by any means with the Hon. Baronet the Member for the borough of Marylebone. Like RICHARD 111. in his " great revenge," he, in his great horror of abuses, " has stomach for them all." Among those abuses may now be numbered the monster evil discernable in the manner of canducting naval promotions and ap pointments in the Dockyards. It is impossible for the Derbyites to deny that Mr. AUGUSTUS STAFFORD came out of the cursory discussion of last evening, not by any means so satisfactorily as could have been expected, we fancy, • by the supporters of the late Administra tion. Although the Hon. Gentleman distinctly contradicted the assertion made by Sir BENJAMIN HALL, that a change had been made by the. Board of Admiralty under the Duke of NORTHUMBER LAND, in that memorable circular issued, in 1847, to the heads of the departments by Mr. (now Sir HENRY) WARD, the then Secretary, during the naval administration of Lord AUCKLAND, there can be little- question, we fear, that that minute had, even earlier than 1852, become virtually forgotten. That circular can scarcely be forgotten directing, in 1847, that the vicious practice on the subject of promotions should thenceforth be regu lated by the merits of the candidates. Would it not be preposterous to pretend for one moment that this recommendation was scrupulously carried out, either under the RUSSELL or under the DERBY Administration ? Political sympathies, of course, under both, biassed too many of the maritime as well as of the other appointments. Family sym pathies and friendly predilections directed too many of the naval promotions, not less, we are bold to aver, under Sir FRANCIS BARING than under the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND. With the latter, in.truth, it came by a species of natural or inevitable reaction. Mr. STAFFORD, indeed, can- didly acknowledged as much last night, when he said that the cancelling of the order of 1849 in 1852 was attributable to the recognition of the abuses prevailing in the exercise of patronage, and in the favouritism shown in the distribution of work to artisans who enter- tained liberal opinions. There is something really admirable in the simple honesty of the de- elaration. The Liberals under Lord JOHN Rus- SELL had enjoyed too many promotions in the Royal Navy, and too many appointments t in the Dockyards. So thought the Earl of DERBY and his colleagues, and so thinking, they determined that the bias should be reversed, and that, as M. DE LAMARTINE once said of Russia, that its " slope" was towards the East, so in justice under the late Cabinet the slope of the Dockyards should be towards Derbyism, or, perhaps it should be said vice versa, of Derbyism to the Dockyard. In order to render this change the more feasible the circular of 1849—the circular directing that all ap- plications for promotion should be sent through the Surveyor to the Navy—was cancelled, in order hat they might be forwarded at once to the Secretor; of the Admiralty, to be laid by him before the Lords Commissioners. In extenuation of this course it must be remembered that, as Mr. STAFFORD observed yesterday, not one appoint ment in the dockyards was made during the ex istence of the DERBY Ministry without having pre viously obtained the sanction of the Commodore Superintendent. Besides which, as Gentleman very reasonably and the Hon. remarked, the transfer of the guidance of the ap pointments from the Surveyor of the Navy to the Secretary of the Admiralty made them more amenable to the judgment of the House of Com mons, or, in other words, brought them more directly under the surveillance of Parliament. Of that there can be no doubt whatever. Neverthe less the whole of the proceedings explained last evening by Sir BENJAMIN HALL cannot b e justified by th a t solitary consideration. It were needless to enter into details in reference - to the letter inopportunely burnt by Sir WILLIAM. PARKER, or to recapitulate the different circum stances mentioned in regard to Sir BALDWIN WALKER'S resignation. It is sufficient to note the satisfactory upshot of the discussion provoked y es t er day in the Lower House by the dashing diatribes of the Hon. Baronet the Member for the borough of Marylebone. That upshot is the really important Legislative promise of a compre hensive and searching inquiry into the whole sys tem of the exercise of dockyard patronage. AUSTRALIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) FALMOUTH, APRIL 20, Just arrived, the Ballerat, Captain Jones, from Melbourne for London. She brings on freight seventy-three thousand ounces of gold, and many passengers. IMPORTANT FROM ODESSA. Dispatches from Odessa, by electric telegraph, state that on the Ist inst. a courier had arrived from St. Petersburgh, bearing an imperial order to suspend the military and naval preparations that have been going forward for some time past at that place. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour. _ _ The Countess de Neuilly and the Duchess Augustus of Saxe Coburg visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence-house, St. James's. Colonel Fitzgibbon had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were sent yesterday to the Governors of Ceylon and Hong Kong from the Colonial-office. ADELPHI THEATRE. Established favourites still constitute the strength and attraction of the little Adelphi—meaning of course by established favourites both the members of the company and the pieces making up the entertainment. Last evening was a capital illustration of this : and the audience—crowded as ever from pit to gallery—seemed to think so likewise, if we might judge from their frequent applause and their hearty shouts of laughter. Keeley was "great," as he always is in that delightful extravaganza, A Desperate Game, but greater still as Mr. Marmaduke Mouser —amorous little Mr. Marmaduke Mouser— the " victim " of the m an y se d uc ti ve c h arms of Betsy Baker. Mrs. Keeley, as Betsy Baker, was, of course, delicious—more particularly in her memorable demand upon Mr. Crummy for her pattens. Mr. Parselle—it seems a ridiculous thing to say—was an excellent Crummy. In the clever drama of Masks and Faces—a drama admirably conceived and executed—the feature was (everybody knows what we are going to say, who has ever witnessed it) Mr. Webster's masterly delinea tion of the poor poet - painter-actor-dramatist, starving in his garret--raining tears of despair over the manuscript of his half-written comedy. It is an exquisite por traiture, minutely and delicately finished, and full of genius. It renders altogether subordinate even the im personation by Madame Celeste of merry kind-hearted Peg Woffington—the cynosure of such "neighbouring eyes " as Paul Bedford as Quin, 0. Smith as Snarl, Honey as Colley Cibber, and Leigh Murray as Sir Charles Po mander. The performances closed last night with that strange, fantastic melodrama, Pepino, in which Flex more—that marvel of India-rubber—enacted the part of Pug the Monkey. THE INCOME TAX-THE BUDGLT. We have reason to believe that the Budget of Mr. Gladstone will, in many of its essential features, have to encounter the most determined opposition from such combinations of parties as have lately put Ministers in frequent minorities. The right hon. gentleman's pro posals with regard to the income tax are deemed pecu liarly vulnerable. That part of his plan, which per petuates the existing injustice of making no distinction between precarious and fixed incomes, will be strenu ously assailed ; while the proposal to extend the tax to seven years will call forth an amount of opposition, which, we are told, will in all probability prove suc cessful.—Morning Advertiser. LIVERPOOL, TIIESDAY.—The great subject of conver sation, to-day, both on 'Change and in general circles, has been the Chancellor of the Exchequer's financial statement last evening. All parties agree in awarding to the right hon. gentleman the highest meed of praise for the ability he brought to bear upon the various com plicated questions which he had to grapple with. From what we have been able to gather, the budget, taken as a whole, has been favourably received ; but it cannot be said that the propositions with regard to the income tax have given general satisfaction. MANCHESTER TUESDAY.—The Chancellor of the Ex chequer's resolutions have been favourably received here, with the exception of that which continues the in come tax for seven years more, and the extension of that unpopular impost to incomes of 1001. per annum. The abolition of the soap duties is justly regarded as a great boon to our calico-printers, and other manufacturers, into whose products that article largely enters. RECEIPT STAMPS.—It appears from a Parliamentary document, just issued, that in the year ended the sth January, there were 2,041,667 receipts at 3d. issued ; 1,568,136 at 6d.; 1,051,828 at ls. ' • 360,628 at is. 6d.; 165,947 at 2s. 6d.; 44,109 at 45.; 28,112 at 55.; 15,878 at 7s. 6d.; and 14,356 at 10s.—making 5,290,661 receipt stamps. GOVERNMENT STOCKS.—The subjoined calculations show the rate per cent. per annum yielded by our Go vernment Stocks at present prices. To render the results strictly accurate, the proportion of interest which may have accrued since last dividend period should in each case be taken into account: Int. per Gent. Price. per annum. 1001 ... £219 6 100 ... 3 0 0 Three per Cent. Consols Three per Cent. Reduced Bank Stock (div. at the rate of 73 per cent. per annum) 225 India Stock 2623 Exchequer Bills March (interest I.d. per cent. per day). 3 6 8 4 0 0 Bs. pm. ... 1 10 3 BAIL IN ERROR.—A return to the House of Lords has lately been issued respecting bail in error, to which Lord Campbell referred on the first day of term. It appears that in 17 cases recognisances were filed under the Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 68, and, except in one case, no render was made. Lord Campbell said the new rule now made would prevent the gross abuse of the act which gave power to give bail in error, which in a number of cases had been done to avoid the sentence pronounced. THE ROYAL SOClETY.—Viscount Palmerston was admitted into the society on the 14th inst. A commu nication .from Dr. M‘Donal3, attached to the Herald conveying ship, was read, describing the anatomy of the antennae in a small species of crustacean. The paper, which was entirely of an anatomical character, was ac companied by very elaborate and beautiful drawings. ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— Yesterday (Tuesday) morning an accident occurred on the main line• of the Great Northern Railway, near the junction with the Lincoln Shire loop line at Peterborough, which resulted in the destruction of property to some considerable amount. It appears that the No. 1 goods train from the metropolis to the north, consisting of several trucks and cattle-vans, had arrived at the junc tion about the usual time, when the man at the points put the train on to the loop instead of the main line, and then, apparently, discovering his mistake, he sud denly reversed the points, thereby dislocating the train, and producing a shock which threw several of the car riages off the line, smashed some of them, and killed three bullocks. Part of the train being on one line, and part on the other, both were blocked up, and the next down passenger train was delayed an hour before a clearance could be made for it. An investigation into the conduct of the pointsman is immediately to L• made. SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.--A special court of this institu tion was held in the Scotch hall, Crane-court, yester day—Sir John Heron Maxwell, Bart., in the chair—to take into consideration the propriety of erecting some building for the pensioners of the charity in connection with the chapel and hall, or otherwise. Dr. G. Webster moved a resolution to the effect that a new hall be built, with a home for the pensioners attached. He described the present hall as unhealthy and unsafe. A committee, appointed for carrying out this purpose in 1848, stated the average rent paid by each pensioner was 2s. per week, and that a home could be erected for them at the cost of 8,0001., in which they could obtain lodging for one-half that sum, and yet return the charity a fair in terest upon its outlay. Mr. Wm. Donaldson seconded the motion. Dr. Webster thought that a new hall was necessary, but condemned the project of building the home. Mr. Liddle, Mr. Stephenson, and several other gentlemen look part in the discussion, at the conclusion of which it was resolved to renew the building committee of 1848. DEATH OF LODER THE VlOLlNlST.—Yesterday Mr. G. S. Brent held an inquest at the Oxford Arms, Hamp stead-road, on Mr. John Fawcett Loder, aged 41, whose performances at the different theatres, concerts, &c., gave him a distinguished character in the musical world. The jury having viewed the body at deceased's private residence, .6, Hawley-crescent, the following evidence was given. Ellen Douglas, deceased's servant, stated in consequence of her master's illness on the previous night she went to his bedroom on Saturday morning to see if he required anything, when she found him appa rently dead, lying half way out of the bed, and she gave the alarm, whereupon medical aid was instantly ob tained. Mr. Henry Loder deceased's brother, said that upon being informed by the previous witness of his bro ther's condition, he immediately sent for Mr. Muschett, the surgeon, who upon his arrival declared that his bro ther had been dead some hours. On Friday night deceased returned home complaining of illness, which he said resembled cholera, and having taken a small quan tity of brandy, he retired to rest without betraying any dangerous symptoms. On Wednesday night he per formed at the Philharmonic Concert, Exeter-hall, and also night. th e H aymar k et Th eatre orc h estra t h e fol deatahs.e" I : to wing ght. Mr. Mus c h e tt, surgeon , ma d e a p os t of the h ear t an d l ungs. Verdict, " Natural disielein examination, and f o u n d th a t d ea th resu lt e d from MONEY MARKET A ND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWO C )CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,500 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market was tame, but heavily supported. Prices of all kinds were in favour of buyers. Americans, at sd. and under, were 1-16 d. per lb. lower. The sales include 250 Egyptian, at 7d. to Is. 2id. ; 20 Sea Island, at Is. 10d. to s.; and the remainder nearly all American. Railway shares were steady. The schedule of new duties published this morn ing enable the commercial public to form a better idea of the plans and intentions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Following an elaborate speech, it is difficult to arrive at an exact appreciation of alterations upon minor articles of consumption ; and, in the present case, the Chancellor only spe cified the more important products that were to be relieved. It is now found that the list of alterations does not remove the objection so long entertained as to the imposition of small duties upon a list of articles, which, in the aggre gate, do not yield much to the revenue, but at the same time occasion great expense in collection. The progress of the Chancellor, however, is in the right direction, namely to raise a large revenue from some 20 or 30 important staples, and to free the rest. The tables now published show, however, a species of frittering which is decidedly objection able. There is no immediate occasion, if the public income can spare the amount, for touching many of the items included ; but if they are to be dealt with, it would be better that they were at once removed from the duty list and made free upon importation. There seems to be a very unsettled feeling among commercial men regarding this Budget, for although we are bound to state that. in substance it meets with great approval, the Income Tax always ex cepted, there is a fear that between the opposition that may arise to the latter, and the dissa tisfaction which the Irish members may feel, the Government may sustain a de feat. An immediate effect has been produced upon some of the principal articles. Thus tallow has risen Is. per. cwt., and palm oil is in great demand, and held for higher prices. Tea is very firm, but there is no positive change in the quota tiors. Various suggestions are made regarding particular items of the Budget, and some of them deserve attention. We 'mentioned yes terday our objection to the placing of mere postage stamps upon receipts, consith ring that they may be liable to removal by accident or design, a receipt unlike a letter or envelope being retained for many years. It would meet approval, we think, if blank slips were issued, as at present, with the Id. charge stamped upon them • unifor mity of charge ren d er i ng it tolerably certain that every man of business would keep an ample supply for use ; whereas, when the stamp ranged from 3d. to 10s. it was useless almost to attempt to keep an assortment, and recourse was had instead to the nearest licensed seller. One advan tage of the one penny. stamp is the fact that it can be attached to the account itself, whereas a separate receipt must be folded therein. A plan that would meet general approbation also would be the stamping of all cheques. If every banker passed his cheque-books through the Government offices prior to issue, and had them indented with the penny stamp, all further trouble and difficulty would cease, the amount being charged by the banker to the customer. As there are a great bankers,m Queens andea head whothpay by y o cheque, y n would suffice for them, the amounts involved a e riart refore ies never in such cases being usually very small. The position of the Land Companies in the British American Provinces—Canada more k h li e parti cularly—is likely to be considerably improved 'by the intended formation of a central railway that will connect the most distant parts, and open up tracts of country hitherto debarred from these facilities of communication, which will give a mar ket value to produce. The Canada Company have for years past rendered essential service to settlers upon their estates by attending to this primary consideration, and they have succeeded in enhancing the value of their property, and at the same time in establishing a character which causes them to rank very high with the agriculturists. Another company, however, having its territory in Canada East, has been much less successful, pre cisely from the absence of that outlet which the lakes in the upper provinces have partly afforded. The-British American Land Company was resolved, however, a year or two back, to take a large inte rest in the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railway Company, which passes directly through their pro perty, the town of Sherbrooke being the principal station. This undertaking will be opened on the Ist of next July. As far . as experience yet justifies, this undertaking will be of immense service to the company, and the grand trunk also is calculated to improve it very considerably. The shares of the Company which were formerly quite neglected in the Stock Exchange, and were only transferred among a few parties who had care fully watched its progress, have recently been so largely dealt iii, and have experienced such an extraordinary rise, that it may be interesting to give some particulars °fits position. The capital is divided into 6,000 shares of 501. each, with 381.105. paid-up; representing 231,0001., against which the company . holds 1,2421 acres of land in the town of Sher brooke, containing upwards of 3,000 inhabitants, having doubled itself within the last 18 months, and being still rapidly on the increase. According to the calculations of parties who, being interested, have gone fully into the matter, it is said that this town property is worth 1001. per acre, and the various items are thus computed 1,2421 acres in Sherbrooke £124,250 564,016 k acres (taking the average at 12s. 6d , according to previous sales) 352, 510 Property in Montreal 377 Mortgage debts and loans secured on real estate 94,390 Bills receivable; accounts, and other debts 3, 430 Shares in the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Rlwy 25,000 Debentures on ditto 2,949 Loan to St. Lawrence and , Atlantic Railway.... 25,000 Sundries, as per report l, 833 £629,639 It is stated that 100,000 acres of the land are about to be sold to a Mining Comp an y, on very favourable terms, while the increased value of all the remaining land, when the Canadian Trunk Railway is completed, is estimated at 7s. 6d. per acre. The result, excluding the mining offer and this estimated increase, would be that each share might be valued at 1051., but of course th ere are certain contingencies to be tak en i n t o accoun t. The Reserve Fund is about 25,0001. The last ad vices from Canada state that there is a considerable local excitement about the gold, and that Professor Logan had examined four localities on the Magog river, and has found gold at each spot. Thi s r i ver runs into the St. Francis River, both of *which go through the Company's property, the formerve ry near to the town of Sherbrooke. Other minerals are said also to have been discovered. The Forei g n Exchanges yesterday were a t a b ou t the same rates as previously for three months' bills on Paris, Amsterdam, Hamburgh, Frankfort, and Trieste. The English Funds are very quiet, and decidedly flatter. The quotation of Consols for Transfer is Nog to f, and for Account 1001 to I. There is increasing doubt about the Budget passing. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, have been 103 k to and the Three per Cents. 99g- to Bank Stock has advanced to 2251 and 227. Ex chequer Bills of March are 4s. to Bs. premium. Foreign Stocks have been steady generally, but Mexican are rather lower, being 27i to 28. Spanish Certificates bring 7i to it. Portuguese 4 per Cents. are 401 to f. The Railway Share Market is drooping, the de cline being to 1 per cent., but the French lines are firm. _ _ Gold Mine Shares are heavier, and the Land Companies are down 3/. to 5/. The Joint Stock Bank Shares are dull. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (.From the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock • . 3 per Cent. Reduced. Annuities WI i 3 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities lO Ol I i 4 New 34 per Cent. A nnu iti es . . ...... ..,.. . .... 1034 ,4 3 4 Long Annuities, Expi re sth Jan., 18G0 6- 6 6 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct.' 1859 5 13-16 11-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 3-16 South Sea New Annuities .. . . ................ 100 i Consols for Account Exchequer Bills lid. June. March. £1000...... £5OO Small 5 9 8 4 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Braelian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ... . .............. 1004 Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent .............. 991 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent ............. 654 Milian Bonds, 6 per Cent .... . .... ••••••• 104 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent ....... 854 Grenada Bonds, Deferred .. .................. Ditto Er. Dec., 1149, Coupon Greek cx over-due Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent. 274 Ditto for the Account ..... . Peruvian Scrip . . ....................... . Portugueso Bonds, 4 per Cent. .1 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4A per Cent lO4 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bouds 3 per Cent 484 i 8 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 24 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 73 i 7 P c TIMER O'CLgeli. Consols.... looi Ditto May Account lOO3 YORK RACES. (THIS DAY.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. EGLIN TON STAKES. Ivan.. Vindex . Two ran. bttion YORK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LONDESBORO-UGH CUP. King of Trumps Haricot Seven ran. CONSOLATION SCRAMBLE British Farmer Game Tommy Nine ran. INNKEEPERS' STAKES. Surprise ... Sweetness . Three ran. CHESTER CIIP. 8 to 1 on the field. 25 to 1 agst Scarecrow (taken). ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(THIS DAY. BARNSTAPLE. This committee resumed this morning at 11 o'clock. F. M. Clay and S. Kingson, agents of Lord Ebrington, were called to give evidence as to the persons who can vassed at the last election. S. Ringson, in answer to questions put by the com mittee, stated that it was notorious that bribery existed to a considerable extent among the freemen, at every election for Barnstaple. F. M. Clay fully corroborated this statement. Lionel Metcalfe was town-clerk of Barnstaple. Was canvassed by Sir William Frazer. Messrs. March and Saville were with him. Saw Hornby, on the polling day, bringing up voters to the poll; most of the voters were dreadfully drunk. Mr. James then proceeded to sum up the case on behalf of the petitionerr, and was proceeding when our report left. MAYO. At the meeting of the committee, this morning, Mr. Bovill proceeded to sum up the case of the petitioners, and had not concluded his address when our report left. COWES, ISLE OP WIGHT, April 18. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) STOPPAGE OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT SAVINCS' BANS.— The numerous depositors in this unfortunate concern were thunderstruck this morning on seeing a bill pub lished by the directors and trustees, stating that "in consequence of a defalcation in the actuary's accounts, the hank s for the present closed." Nothing can exceed the consternation this has caused, as it has been the deposit of the little savings of the whole island. The Odd Fel lows, Foresters, and nearly all the other benefit societies have their funds deposited in it. It is unpardonable that persons should undertake the offices of directors and managers of concerns and never look into the ac counts. Poor people deposit their little alls on their faith in the directors' names. It is not a fortnight since the Ryde actuary of this bank was tried at Winchester for receiving 301. and appropriating it to his own use, lin place of putting it to the subscribers' account, when the present defaulter appeared as a witness against him. Rumour is busy in naming the deficiency, and the pro bable loss—some accounts state that the loss to the de positors will not exceed 3s. in the pound, while others state that they will not be paid above 3s. in the pound— that the accounts have been bad for ten years. Fortunately for the neighbourhood of Cowes numbers have withdrawn their money lately to purchase shares in the National Free hold Land Society, which has purchased two large estates in and near the, town of Gurnard, of 143 asses, and Mill Hill of 25, for distribution amongst the mem bers. The stoppage of this savings' bank is likely to have a very bad effect on the depositors generally, as having conceived that their money was secured by the Government ; and now finding that it is not, it may cause many to be less provident, under the impression that if they save any money they know no secure place to deposit it in. 'Tis high time that Parliament took the matter in hand. The defaulter, we understand, was a local preacher. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The continued fine weather has brought the land into fine condition, and a great deal of spring wheat has been sown in the island. The land has also been got into fine condition for oats and barley. The turnips are nearly done, and the grass is very backward, for this, some warm showers are much wanted. "lay has advanced to 5/. and Cl. a ton. La bourers' wages has advanced in many parts to 12s, per week, and a great difficulty found -in obtaining a suffi cient number of hands even at that rate, The potato crop being almost entirely lost last year, few will be tempted to plant to any extent this season. APRIL 19. REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT.— Her Majesty and the Royal family are expected to arrive at Osborne House on Saturday the 30th inst. Lord Godolphin Colonel Smith, Mr. Mease, and several other members have arrived at the Royal Yacht Squadron House. The signalman, porters, &c., are to be taken on for the season on the Ist of May. It is proposed to have a review of all the yachts in all the yacht squadrons in front of Osborne in August. ISLE OP WIGHT SAVINGS' BAHL—Mr, William Yelf, actuary of the Isle of Wight Savings' Bank, was this day examined on a charge of defrauding the depositors in the bank of 8,2761., and remanded till Monday next. The total deposits exceed 68,0001., the present deficiency ap pears to be'8,267/. Mr. Yelf commenced helping him self in 1839, the first amount taken being 150/. ; he continued taking toll annually till 1848, since which period it does not appear that he has abstracted any thing. The director, trustees, and auditors do not seem to have given themselves much trouble in examining the accounts in the past 14 years. It is that one column, the total of which should have been 300/., was set down 1,3001. We have great reason to believe that the depositors will receive back 17s. for every IL deposited, but even this is a serious loss to poor widows, servants, and orphans. The shock to confidence and public credit is most serious ; the loss of their saving will prevent many from putting by to make provision for a rainy day, for sickness, old age, or misfortune • many have deprived themselves of necessaries to make some provision for future wants but if there is no safe place to deposit their savings in, they will have no incitement to be provident. LONDON FEMALE DORMITORY AND INDUSTRIAL IN STITUTION.—The annual meeting of the friends of this society, established to afford protection to the poor out casts who procure a wretched existence by a life of sin, and, if possible, restore them to their friends or procure them situations, so that they may sin no more, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, on Monday evening. Mr. Wilkinson presided, in the absence of the Earl of Shaftes bury, who was detained in the House ofLords by the May nooth debate. The chairman having opened the business, Lieut. Blakemore (the secretary) read the report, which stated that the objects ofthe society were fivefold :-1. To provide a refuge for friendless women and street-walkers ; 2. To restore such of them, as they could, to their friends, and to defray the expense of doing so if necessary ; 3. To place them in hospitals, or provide them with medical assistance if they were ill or afflicted. 4. To provide situations for penitent women as domestic servants; and lastly, to assist those who could not be otherwise pro vided for to emigrate. During the past year 140 unfor tunate women had been admitted into the dormitory, of whom 105 had been domestic servants. Of the 140 ad mitted, 42 had been placed in situations, 14 restored to their friends, and 30 had been otherwise provided for. 31 women remained in the dormitory when the report was made up, and 21 had left from various reasons. .Of the 140 so received, 46 had been born in London, and the remainder came from various parts of the country. The society had received most valuable assistance • and, at the close of the fi nan ci a l y ear , th ere was a balance in hand of 1401. Auxiliary societies had been established in St. Pancras, and at Brighton and Dover ; and similar institutions were being established in other towns. The report was adopted, and a number of resolutions in sap port of the charity carried. FUNERAL OF THE LATE MASTER SHIPWRIGHT.—The remains of Mr. Oliver Lang were conveyed in a hearse to the grave in Old Charlton churchyard to-day, and only one mourning coach followed. The carriage of Commodore Henry Eden, superintendent of the dock yard, and several private carriages containing intimate friends of the deceased, could not resist their desire to pay a last mark of respect to the memory •f one so highly esteemed as Mr. Lang was during the long period of his employment in the Government service. Upwards of 700 of the shipwrights and workmen of the yard also joined in a procession to Charlton churchyard, having obtained the CoMmodore Superintendent's sanction, which was expressed in the following terms : " It• having been represented to the Commodore Superintendent that the majority of the officers and workmen are very desirous of showing their respect to the late master shipwright, by following the remains of the deceased to the grave, " The Commodore Superintendent sanctions such parties quitting the yard for that - purpose at nine o'clock for preparation ; adding, that the dinner hour for the four following days will be from 12 to one o'clock, in. stead of 1•30 p.m. "The dinner hour will be as usual to-morrow. "By order of the Commodore I S D u o pe oc i K i t s e n e c d r e e n t t a , r y " Woolwich Yard, April 18, 1853." BOOKS, &0., TO THE EAST INDIES. —The Post-master General has issued a notice to the public from and after the first day of May nex't specifying that , printed books may be transmitted by post between the United King dom and the East Indies by the Overload Mail, Southampton, or by the direct packet from Plymouth, vice the Cape of Good Hope (subject to the usual con ditions as to being in o p en covers, having no writing or marks, &c.), at the following rates of postage :—Packet not exceeding lb. weight, 6d. ; not exceeding 11b. not exceeding 2 lb. 2s. ; an d not exceeding 3 lb., is. 10 20 10 20 THE Sil ARE MARKETS. BRITISH IaIT4WAYS RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junct Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct. Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 28i -29 A - 6 10 -10 i 7i -- 6d 21 -- 22 d' 3i-- 24d 103 -- 105 1 63i -- 64fi 21t 224 214 -- 2241 Chaster & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock and Passage Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction Do. New 4 - 5 pm East Anglian (X 25 L. and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (181. E.& IL) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) Do do Do.; B. and C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk, & Binning. June 1 Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow&S. Western Great Northern Stk Do A. Stock iDo., B. Stock (Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern ' Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash.& Yorkshire Do Fifths Do.: Wst. Riding Un, Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. ,Loud. Brigt. & S. Cst. London & N. Western' Do., Fifths Do. ~ElO Sh.M.&B. C London & S. Western Do., £m Do., £4O Londerry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Enuisk. Manch. Shef. &Liucln Do., Man.& Lin. Un 'Midland Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension Newp. Aberg. &Hftd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Restrevor Norfolk Do., New Northn. Counties Un, North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., i A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland ___ Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westn.! Guaranteed Stock. Shrewsby.& Hereford! Shfewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) ... Do. Halves d 0. . ....,., IDo Do. Oswestiy. Shropshire Union Son h Dev0n....... South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh.River Dun Do. IStockton & Hartlepl. 'Thames Haven Dock, and Railway' Vale of Neath ' Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&Croydu. Woodford York Newctl. &Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. -Midland Closing Prices Business done this day. this day. 8 -- of - 4 1311 —13 i - U 7 - 7i 72 - 74 55 - 57 73 - 75 32 - 34 62 - 64 82} -83 i 47 - 49 125 -127 109 -110 91A -- 92 7t 64 92 -- 94 13 -13 A P 76A -- 77 4t -- 4i d d 15t 161 94 2 101 -- 10 5 1194 -- 120 -- 3 p lg -- la p 904 914 , -- 34 -24 d 34d 114 -12 i 19 -- 21 294 -- 304 34 -- 3 d 74 74t 43 - • 451 50 52 I par pI 3i— 3d 3 —3/ 52 - 54 ... ... 38 2i d 34i —35 i. .. ...d 4 - 4r d 8 -- 81 2i 34 50 —51 i 99 i 100 , 62 63 64 66 73 -- 76 li -- Oid 17 -- 19 84 91 13 -- 15' 3i -- 3A d 20A 216 75 - 75 - 36i 37 12A -13 A 4 -- 41 19 -- 21 3 -- 34 149 -- 156 96 -- 10 32 -- 33 9A -- - 10 d -- par 63 6h 74 -- 7 d 26 -24 d 584 -- 599 PREFERENCE SHARE, 100 Aberdeen 4 ............. 911 Do., No. 2, 7 p. c.... 100 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St: 5 Do 4p. c. Shares ... 1.00 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 53 per cent. Cork&Baudon 53 p.c. all Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction all E. Ang. (705.) 6p. c. all Do. (£5), 7 per cent. 2 Do. (£7l7s), 7. p ct. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 all Do., New 6y. c. St all (Eastern Union Sc rip Guar. 6 per cent. 100. East Lancash. 6p. cts. all Edinb. Prth. & Dund. 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. 5 p. c., Redeem at 10 p. c. prem.., all Gt.S outhn. & Westn (Ireland) Eights 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. C.) 100 Great Western, fixed 4i per cent 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock 100 Londonand Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. a 100 Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St. all Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar. 6 P.C 5 London ez S. Western, Con. Thirds, 10 Londondeny & Coler ? Shares . all Londndiy. & Ennisk, 1 Shares . all Manch., Shef.,& Lin Shares, No. 1 all Do., New, £lO 3 Do., X 6 . . . all Marypt. all Do. 41 per cent B.i Do 100 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c.St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 16i 20 5 2 5 Do. Pref. iA percent. all Norfolk Extension... all Do. Guar. 5i per ct. all Do. Wascney Valley 5 per cent....... :... 100 North Britis'a all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. X15,6p. c. 9 Do. all Shrewsbury & Birm - - • - New Guaranteed... all Shrewaby. & Chester Nor. W. (Min), 3 p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent. all South Devon 14 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. all S. Yorksh.4p. e. Guar. 3 Waterfd.Siilk. 6p.c. 100 York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 5 ID° 10 York &N. Midland, Q. Sz S. Purchase 3 Antwrp. &Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. Junet. all Charleroi & Erquelin 8 Dijon and Besanp 8 Dutch Rhenish,...... a ll East Indian 1 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 7 Gd. Junet. of France 154 Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 2 Lucca and Pistoja, 5' per cent. pref.._ 15 Luxembourg... 10 Do. (Railway) ....... " 3 Do. (Canal ) 2 Do. 6p. cent. pref. 7 Lyons & MediXerran 74 Madras 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New all Namur & Liegc (with interest all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France , all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds (fmy.B.ScAms.Shs ] all Norwegian Truk. Pre 1 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 Paris Caen &Cherbrg. 54 Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and Meuse 4 Do. 5i per cent. pref 4 Southern of France 2s. Upper India Scrip al West Flanders 6 Do. 5i per c. Pref 9 Western of France 2 West. of Switzerland 3 New Zealand... . r - ••• - 1105 - 10' 11456 --3.Ci 19 —2O id id— i 6 -- 61 xd 3i 3i 4 41 1 -- - P 1 z - p 143- -154 i -18 i - 128 --__. 129 -- 113 - - 06 - )0S - iP .51 - 153 [5l - 154, 3 i - 4 P i 10 -11 135 133 xd 8 -- 9 101 -11 j i --ipxd -- ... 148 - 150 22 4 4 - 23 p - 2i 109 - 111 25 - 26 2 - 2,1, p .0/ - 111 17 —18 i 14 —15 i par p 2Ga 26 19 -20 A d pai 1102 - 102 5 - 51 par i pi FOREIGN. T - Fr 1 -- 13 i -- 14 3 3f p oi d i -- 6 p 1 -- p 2$ -- 2# P 2 2 - 1p id p 74 -1 7 t 4i -- 4A 11 1,„ -- 2 p 2i - 2i p , . ..--. ... 7l- 8 ..._ 361 - 364 14 -- 15 8i- Bi, 17t -- 18 p 41 -42 i, 444 -- 45 ' 34 -34 h 5i -- 6 p -1 p 21 --22 9 -- 94 7i 7 26 6- 7p 4i - 5 - 4 d 11 llip Pm 15 1283 8 I 113 12 /12 Shr. I Paid.' ipt. 100 0 8i A 1 all 11 I 28 37 ll r 2 181 ft. 100 It. 100 iO all iO all !O all 45 5 all 5l all r 5 all .8 all :0 all :5 all 15 8i 15 all It. 100 i 0 all Lt. 100 LO M. 100_ it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 Lt. 100 ft. 100 L 2 11 50 all L6l 111 ft. 100 ?,0 15 L 4 11i st. 100 15 all 50 36 st. 100 L 6 13 L 6 6i 8 all 8 5 !O 174 !O all 10 10 It. 100 ft. 100 ft. 100 ;t. 100 ft. 100 1.0 8 !6i all r.3h !O all !O 6A N all 100 50 all 20 15 20 5 161 25 19 20 17 20 all 50 all 0 1/.ls l 0 1 it. 100 15 20 ?,5 114 It. 100 ' 44 341 a 4 i pm 41 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compans. Closing Prices this day. RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & Oxfd , guaranteo. Do. withoutgr Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do.wthtguar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Du.Fr Dk. Railway Hull & Selby.] Do. Shares. I Do. Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Do. 6 per ct... Manch.l3xton. and Matlock Middlesbro' Redcar. r N 3 , l ßo ic a l rst lti e l a ra s d pa i n. d. ed. Do. 6 per et.. Do.Fixedsp.e Prest. &Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.&Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.c S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts &Somrstl Blaine° 149 I d 33k 1131 13 1071 London & N. West. Gt.Westn Do L. &N.W, Caledon.., 107 -109 52 - 54 Gt.Notrhn Gt. Westn . Yk. New. dr Berw Y.drN.Md Do 148 —lsoxd 321 331 112 - 114 56 - 57 27i -28 i 14 -14 k 26 - 27 S. Eastern, Do Norfolk Do Lu. &N. W & Midld Stekton &; Darlingt. Midland 19i -19 i 26 -- 27 2/ -- 3 ••• ••• ,105 - 1071 E. Count Do 64 - 66 Do, L. &IS . W &Ln&Yk Do Gt.Northn Do 149 - 151 149 - 151 Lancash.& Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. & Darling Do 1 i d iii - iii 104 § - 1054 Gt.Westu. • MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 10s all A.nglo Californian._ h 1 p 10 2 Australasian p 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera ar— p 1 all Australian Freehold. } p d par 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrln. Gold 1 P 20 13.5 British Iron 6 71 8 35 241 Brazilian Imp. (issued at £5 pm.) 5l 6 ,• 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 54 - 6 gi 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 1 4 Carson's Creek par— 1 p 40 all Cobre Copper 46 - 471 5 1 Colonial Gold 3.1 - 2 p 321 ... 14 Copiapo 64 —7l St. all CopperMinersof Eng 75 85 • 25 all Do. Preference 9 —lO p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l3 —ll d 33 20 all General l6 —lB 2 all Great Nugget Vein l3 —l4 p 31 3 all Great Polgooth — P 3 4 1 all Lake Bath urs t — 1 d 3 1 all Liberty — p 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 1 1 all Mariquita ld 4ar 10 9 Mexican &S. A mer i c 8 —8 1 p 4 1 all New G rana d a 1 1 all Nouv eau M on d e l4 —l4 p 21 5 1 Port Philip par— 1 p 1 1 - all Quartz Rock par— 4 p ,• 50 all Rhymney Iron 24 —26 241 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10-i Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian ld 1 pxn x 10 7 Tin Croft lO —l2 xd x 284 all United Mexican 6 61 1 all Waller par pll 1 all West Granada _ , par -- p 1 all West Mariposa par p 1 all Yuba - gp 14 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. • 40 all Australasia B7l 881 50 all British N. Ame r i can 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 4 1 p 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lon don •• • I ... 4 English Scottish and Australian 1 I{p 114 20 71 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 3 3/p 16/ 153 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India par 50 221 National of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 54 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 10 all Do. New — .• • 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg 25 25 So .fi— utfil d ustglia 4BA"— par 50 25 all Union of Australia_ 76 77 774 2/ Do. New 8 9 50 10 Union of London.-- ••• 40 all Union of Madrid. MISCELLANEOTJS, 100 35 lAustralian Agricult ) 80 83 - 82 79 82 8 20 6 Austrlasn•Pcific.Mail 10 5 lAustraln. Royal M a il 38A 'Brit. America. Land 78 -- 80 81 79 100 321' Canada I ... 691 5 5 I Crystal Palace lll 1 61 1 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France' —l4 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 100 50 General Screw Steam ... 20 24 Irish Beetroot Sugar • 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel p La eS n te d am ••••l 2 1 0 0 2 2 4 N /sT j e t t h h e . f l a E n a d r s o 50 all Peninsular & Oriental' 100 50 2 6 5 0 Royal Do Mail Do. po*Stears.... •••_ •• • 74 25 25 South Austral. Land 48 50 1 1 Submar. Telegraph...l 5 2 Universal Emigration' " 10 and Colonisation...l . • 100 2811 Van Die men ' s Land..' 1 . 9 20 20 LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, April 20.—Wind this day at Noon, N.IV; strong breeze, and cloudy. LIVERPOOL, April 19.—Wind, W.N.W. to W.N.Vi r ' Arrived- - Stanley, Galveston ; Arabian, Mobile ; Janes and Grotto, Savannah. Sailed—Zealous, Pernambuco; Union, New York ; Herald, Quebec ; Aldellaran, sydnelf N.S.W. ; Argent, St. John's, New Brunswick; St. G e orge, Newfoundland ; Fanny Fordyce, Sydney, N.S.W. ; John Bagshaw, Africa ; Elizabeth Moore, B a hi a ; E s th er and Sophia, St. Thomas ; Charles Walton, Castini ; Wasterli Empire, New York; Isaac Webb, ditto; Ocean Queen, Halifax. Off Port—Stranger, New Orleans. Sailed -- Atala, Montreal ; Genova (s), Quebec ; Favorite, Nevi' foundland ; Nerid, ditto ; Camilla, ditto ; Sylla, ditto. DEAL, April 19.—Wind, S.W. Arrived from the River—lnvestigator, Sydney, N.S.W. TEIGNMOUTH, April 19.—Sailed Haberdine, St. John's Newfoundland. NEWPORT, April 19.—Sailed Niord, New York ; Queen Bee, Rio Janeiro ; Sarah and Louisa, Quebec. WATERFORD, April 18.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Kam' chatska, Balltimote. BELFAST, April 18. —Wind, W. Arrived —Achille? Now York. CORK, April 18.—Wind W. Sailed—Garland, John's, N ew Brunswick. VESLLS W. The New England S , from SBOKEN Savannah to IT H Liverpool, Feb' 24, lat. 46, long. 27. The Ocean Queen April 5 lat. 49 N., long. 17 W. The John Knox, ' Liverpool to Melbourne, Feb. 14, lat.. 8 N., long. 23 W. The Arethusa, Hartlepool to the Cape of Good Hope, lat. 15 N., long. 26. W. The Thomas H. Perkins, of Philadelphia, March 23, 193 ' 33, long. 74. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. 0 r.r market to-day was very moderately supplied with English wheat ; nevertheless, the demand for all deserir tions was in a sluggish state, at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday. The general quality of the s amples was tolerably good. The arrivals of wheat from abroad have exceeded 9,0 0 ° quarters. Really fine parcels changed hands at full quota tions ; but all other kinds were very dull, and almost nominal in value. Floating cargoes off Falmouth were somewhat easier to purchase. Barley—the show - of which was limited—sold steadily , and late rates were well supported. The malt trade was inactive, but no change took place in prices. We had a fair inquiry for oats, and last week's quota' tions were freely supported. The arrivals continue limited. Beans, peas, and flour moved off slowly, on former terms. ARRIVALS TIIIS WHIM. Wheat. ) Barley. I Malt. Oats. 1,120 850 ( 490 140 3,C90 5.0 English .. Irish •. • • Foreign .. Flour. 710 9,563 i 1,160 __ __ ..... - 500 $k IVHITECHAPEL. Tho demand for each kind of meat at this market to-de ruled steady. The following are the quotationi :- Beef, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; lamb, 50 2° to 6s 4d ; veal, 3s Id to 43 4d; pork, 33.4 d to 4s 44 per 8 113° by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is vory moderately supplied with most kinds of hops, in which only a limited business is doing, at last week's prices. Tan MILITIA AND THE LINE.—In consequence of the number of men who have volunteered from the militia into infantry regiments of the line about to proceed t ° foreign stations, it has been found necessary again t,, enrol men for the first -mentioned service, in order to 6" up the vacancies. The Tower Hamlets Militia, CO l3v manded by the Marquis of Dalhousie, requires a lair number to make up its complement, and the office": surgeon, and serjeants of the corps are in attendall e ; daily, at the head- gar t ers, Hackney, to inspect and pit. such efficient you ng men as may offer themselves. cording to present arrangements, the metropolitan reffl_ merits of militia will be called out for training early the ensuing month. 30i St. 50 St. all 100 all 100 1041 4 64 4. 21i 2 4 22 5i 13}a 7 72i 2 83i 3 49 110 9 911 a 2 76f pm 16 15 9 i 104 119 23 91i 903 29i mi i 53i 4 111 100 100 188 121 13 50i 1 37 61 134 68 9 12 9 59i i 9 Do. Do.