The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-27 00:00:00

lsge 11411 DAY. ock. fare Viri inst Churcl from Eli° ,•our of fence t 3kt. " was orderoi c Iding of t, his bill bi l4 er 119 ;holt' 5 3 , and ° n p d :omPan - t i bo ceP° f ,n wh y the i Dn proposeuoi esolutioo use , tb e -Ad to their ,4 nton !it;11 a previ° f #1 , 0 ! ition 0 " e j, be adO t ri ve o l arne an 'etr could, t h is inesdol' Lis° he teficri 'hanee g ler this P p: reniarlcs postPof c i I a gree H r c lauses "V, ictmeilo L. pone° bi g biu, id absell9 msicleir ly PaFel'e 1 01 sirabl eat he:l// D p ro il of the ° v ier, f e f 0 0 a -flupy ed g• I e uoti A 1 1° 5 1 it of " ART UNION OF LONDON. The following is a complete list of the prizes drawn at the annual meeting held yesterday : Entitled to a Work of Art of the Value of £2OO. Lygon, Hon. F., Grosvenor-place. Entitled each to a Work of Art of the Value of £l5O. lla Sues, 8., Ewell I Wilson, H. ,Bury St. Edmund's Entitled each to a Work of Art of the Value of £lOO. Al i _l°n, Rev. H. Cauonb ur y Snee, Miss M., Islington R"uung,C.,Euston- square s t a ti on Ya r rcll, W., Ryder-street Richmond, W. A., Kensington Entitled to a Work of Art of the Value of £BO. Baich, W . y., Boston, U.S. i Mlore, Dr. J., Van. Diemen's lAiddulph, W., Shadwell Land. Brandard, E. P., Islington , Norton, John, King-street, St. Edwards, G. C., Mincing - lane; James's Hardman Miss A., Bolton Swindell, C. E. Stourbridge H arris) F. Abingdon Turner, G., jun., Torquay Mandsley, T. H., Lambeth Walker, J., Manchester • Entitled each to a Work of Art of the Value of 60/. Barstow, C. H., Spofforth Ramsey,Rev.S.T.,Newmarket Pe rrester, Mrs., Belfast Shearman, Harman, J. H., Philadelphia Smirke, S., Berkeley-square li arli:?ge, Sir ~ Hobart Town Thomson and Son, Dalkeith Inueks, C., Brompton Walker T., Keppel-street Hooper, —, Bideford Wooleott, Mrs., Bedford-st. ICaight, G., Scarborough Yates, J. A., Eryanstone-sq. L ow, J., Norbreck Entitled each to a Work Arnold, G. Edeubridge Q.krt vr, J. Bacup G., Demerara Dalton 11. 'iusbury G oodfellow, 8., Mond ester Rorsley, W,, Alfreton Entitled each to a Work A cworth, Mrs. Chelmsford 1 , 41 J. F. 50, Cornhill Bedford-ro* ela eCii"eaoerr:raviee,ellJr,R,. "S R 'h'e . PM' entonville J. , Woolwich G., Chichester Pouglas, IL, Dunfermline Everett, Rev. T., Riddesden Goddard, Geo , Kendal tartshorn, Mrs.,. Worcester irst W. Derby T., Falkirk 1 4.0 'p. C., Springfield t io rd, C.LCoventry-street lig ' G. W., Kingslaud Entitled each to a Work of Art of the Value of 251. Alel4 ' l4 er, A Madras Lamb, James, Queen-A., City Lancaster, Rev. T. 8., Clifton Port Philip Lucas, Miss, Chester _P ro itt, S. A., Philadelphia , Marsden, S. Cambridge 'Rekin riglia , Brompton-place Morley, H.:Birmingham 'Clark„ Ludlow Reading J. W.,Westbourne-grove c ob , %, E. Ludlow , R. G., Warwick c r0 7,..., 1 gai ID • , Pall - mall Vast Swanton , W., jun., Newcastle Cini7 n4ll ;W. C., Stockport Taylor, G., Commercial-road b,, - "fr, Rev. G., rexham Thornton, P., Museum-street ? - ,P e r, Justice, Toronto Tuke, —, Manchester e ' r .es, J Paisley ; Wedmore, J., Upper Clapton r y lfi Mrs., Stafford Walker, T. 31, Keppel-street ") Mrs. M ., Sus sex - s t ree t Westley, `94, 24, Regent-street Entitled each to a Work of Art of the Value of £2O. ' 4. „ (14 1 118 , Rev. G. Farndon Dyke, D. S., Denmark-hill 1 1 ;"_. 84 eY, Rev. A. , Salisbury Galsworthy W. H. , Portman-sq w ker, Rev. R. S. C , Ponte- Hall, R., Cork B r act * Hornby, T., Chelsea sunictnineagu, Warren-street Jones, R., CanterhurY 16, Union-street Lawrence, H. Jamaica Z w ell, J. Shrewsbury Mahon, Rev. G. W. Woburn 11,. ; tad t s haw, J., Nottingham Morse and Gridley, Springfield, egut, E., Leamington U.S. c ril wn, C., Lower Tooting Obbard, J. Denmark-hill a e, J. Grenada Clark I Ogden, R. L., Manchester , W., jun. Southwark- Ousey, R. Ashton br idge -road Rhodes, d. Manchester har oberlaine, C., Barnsley Takely, J., Lambeth Cole, Upper Norton-street' Von Dadelszon, Mrs., Block b Elder Walker, P.P. per Smith and heath Walker, Mrs., Chester 4411 , R. C., Port Philip Entitled each to a Work o Adaln s, H., Boston, Li nco l n , G., Great Marlborough-st. c0n., 11 , Miss, Merthyr. -- , l non, A., Darlington Danford9 l. ° ll A., Poplar ~, F. Wisbech ; 4v ies, E. S. Sligo oWles, R., Ginster-hall Ecclefechan "%skein, 'Clarges-street of Art of the Value of 501. Hughes, —, Wordsley Jarratt, W., Greenwich Lindsley, J. C., Boston,U.S. Logan, A.M., King William-st. West, C. H., Lahore White, H. H., Lin . coln's-inn Df Art of the value of £4O. Mitchell, R., Liverpool Money, D. J., East Indies Morrell, Mrs., Woodham Mor timer Parker, F., Liverpool Peeling, J., Cambridge Penny, E., Bradford Rickards, S., Acton Rogers, B. L. and W. Bank, Lothbury Sherrard, T., Bloomsbury Tucker, W. H., High Holborn Windsor, Rev. F. 8., Hobart Town White, W., Cirencester f Art of the Value of £l5. Hayward, Dr., Boston, U.S. Jopling, R. T., Brompton Kennedy, S. H., New Orleans Lewis, Mrs., Albany-street Maynard, T. C., Durham " Marian," Devon-bse, Bristol Muzio, J., Highbui7 Price, W., Albion-grove Rose, T. J., Warwick Sentis, A., Glasgow f Art of the Value of £lO. M'Bean, A., Leghorn Maudsley, H., Lambeth Naish, J. F., Midhnrst Neald, A. C. R., Cheltenham Pilkington, G., Haslingden Philip, J., Cape Town Richardson, Rev. H., Leek Service, W., jun., Glasgow Shadforth, W., Durham Trotter, T., Lydney Twiss, J., Northchurch Watkins, J., Parliament-street Wilson, W., Blackfriars-road each to a Work ° Entitled Br each, it., &eYning B 'ilev W. Preston C rotty, Master, Carlow br inka.ld, J. J., Newmarket Evans, Dtiggin, T. 8., Berbice Lieut. H., per W. Shaeke r Flood, F. H., King-st., Soho Freeman, F. T., Upper Berke ley-street Gibson, W. It Manchester Gordon, Lieut., 9th Lancers Craves, C., New Bond -street Macleod, G. M., St. Lucia Entitled each to a Groupe in Chapman, R., Sheffield%over, Mrs., Gla sgow Bughes, M., Maidstone Entitled each to a Bronze Sta Barlow J . Manchester „Athol)'C.Sherborno "ter n ehead, Rev. A., Ches t tcrA e l d food Mr s. 8., St. John's tatitkei each to a Tazza in es l d Bronze, " Satan Dismayed." Joyce, J., Philadelphia Wood, A. C., New Amsterdam stuette, " A Boy at a Stream." Coleridge, Rev. E., Etou Cox, G., Stoke Newington Gibbs, D. W., Granada Higginson, J. M., Mauritius Ledsom, J.. Birmingham d Richars, T., Boston, U.S. [ron, modelled from a Greek ign. A. Pall-mall „„UrLoo I„,Oxford-st, "S " haul e F ., Down ham e c., Lynn ri Nt tiv u ITs. Bath vpi ' ; `' P.• J. Banbury S. Dublin Owett, Turnham-grn-rd pr r'lll vat. , lr B. B, Liverpool 11: e4 g, B New Orleans Joewtou--Ywa • , • E G. , A B ton-stdmre ontonet ru i.,:,."Nton, J., 36, Old Broad-st. I,vel'sege, R., selby 14,..,'`unber, Miss, Great Tow — " 444 , L. C., Philadelphia A ird Entitled each to a Parian W Grenada 4i-nrde •, ,11. S , Copthall-crt. lslicroftile , W Liverpool Bail ee W., Earl-street. Ra tta ," , J. Old Brentford .ett tlet , Ra msga t e • Cornhill firoolles, s,, Bath 1: 48 4, E., Port q Cabello ~Uswell, R., Lutterworth ' 481, 3T, J., Guildford-street 11. W., Brewer-st. sik, sle T. Worcester 'olerook, E. Calcutta ColtArd, E , Il?pper Thames-st• bark, B. Leeos hbiel"°n, Lambeth- —opaldson, w. rairfo ton-street L. SouthamP ot, Miss, D oughty-st. Fisher, J. Walworth-road I:°.x, lass D. Plymouth '1"111 , E. P. , Guernsey Itliarrison, M. Woolwich uartley, E., Chipping Norton 13. Peckham Entitled each to a Porcelain 4-o streetlte repo! rik„ ln, R., jun„ Regent- All z ms S, Ware Alley ay, J• Ross kll-1,1"1., (I .. ,' D p u u n l i wi ermli ch no a ,, ,e s, - vv . • G , Hemmings-row kiathurst, 0 • Rochester B easle y , Ban l P- B t o4 Chapel 11 ew, p ' , Shre ws b ur y Brown Jun,, Stourbridgo *u WG Paisley DoDolan' Yt Clark J , Dolan' Mrs, 'Addington R 'Greenwich 1, - " e n, J. 13., Devizes • ae, Colonel, 'Omar , noo k • W• L., New York rorrest, Mr s . H . R., Man chester Grob Nler, R. Chichester :, 4h—argeY, J•, Abin g don street I , dwiek w , E•, Kidderminster ihr od, W Mitcham el ug, W. , j u n. rtse lici v den, J. W doven Che try Y • , Monsell, J. E. Cheltenham 31ont,pmery, Dr., Penzance Morris, C. S., Ely Morris, Rev. Dr., Ch. Ch. Coll., Oxford Nutter, N., Wanstead Peckover, A., Wisbech Poniter, R., Fakenham Snow, Mrs., Kensington-crsct. Smith, A., Stroud Stillwell, E. S., B•rnsbury-Pk Stopford, R., Cork Sutherland, R., Birmingham Wall, T. S., Edgware-road Wesson, Jas., Bristol Statuette of " Solitude." Heywood, F. D., Lower Thames-street Heoth, S., Dunchurch Ho iges, W., jun., Reading Ho wton, Miss Hunt, J. L., Martham Jack, W., Airdrie Jennings, F. W., Leek Johnstone, Mrs., Edinburgh Jones, R., Union-street Kennedy, D. H., Aberdeen Kent, G., Little Moorfields Lilly, W., Dzoitwich Mounding, G., Ramsgate Neal, E., Jersey Nicholson, Jas. ,Oxford-terrace Pike, G., Alnwick Roper, W. J., Hampstead Rugg, R., Stepney Stacey, Rev. T., Cardiff Thompson, G., Oxford Trimings, J., Oldbury Walker, L., Stockport Wardman, H., Leeds L Wichelo, R. M., Camden-town Wood, S., Craig's-court. Statuette, " The Dancing Girl Jaggars, H., Haverstock-hill Lane, J. M. Lichfield Le Couteur, Col., Jersey Limby, H., Watling-street Mackintosh, L.J. ,Kennington- road Martin, Mrs. J., Berkeley-sq. Martin, W. , Manchester- square Midgeley, W. Selby Moore, W., Leatherhead Munday, Mrs., Wolverhamp- ton Murray, Geo., Douglas Pace, E. H., Pershore Richards, S., Leeds Roape, L., Great St. Helen's Rowland, George, Richmond Singleton, J., Howden Skelton, R., Kendal Society of Artists, Clipstone. street Taylor, Gen., Bagshot Tyler, W, W., Holloway Veness, W. V., Deptford Walter, Major, Parliament-st. ' Warren, G. H., Gloucester-st, Washington, George, Boston Wines, Mrs., Abchurch Villa C'nt 1 4 — T 3 . —Gold continues to be sent to Paris, not in quantities, but in frequent small parcels, which p al te in th e aggregate a considerable total. The Agua r. 14 G old Mining Company state that they have re tie advices advices of the remittance of 189 ounces of gold, ile - r esult of 10 days' further working at the Gold-hill b s t-tultzisli SCRIP Notice has been given to such onlders of Turkish — scrip as have not presented their m . l 'da for registration and repayment that from and inter the 28th instant up to the 15th of May the regis 44tion and repayment of all remaininw bonds will tape a..? 5 only at the Ottoman Embassy at'Paris. VERUVIAN LOAN.—The agents of the Peruvian Four -1,110,411-1-lalf per Cent. Loan have intimated that the ')1 1,000/. and 500/. are now ready for issue in e o r s ilange fox: provisional cer t i fi ca t es an d t o th e h o ld er s scrip receipts who ma y pay up t h e rema i n i ng instal nents in f u ll . eA uSTRA LIAN CORDILLERA GOLD C OMPANY . —This 07.41Pany have issued a report furnishing the particulars ex pedition dispat c h e d b y t h e C ompany on the 12t h _V g ., to work th e land leased by them from the Australian lo rie ultural Co m p any ; i t consisted of five officers and With 2 9 nien, of whom t h e latter are to 1 e paid 1/. per week, per cent. of the net profits. A steam-engine of ofaa or se power, tools, saw-mills, carts, saddlery, s clothing . 11 kinds, a n d a year's suppl y o f the general nece aries of life were forwarded at the same time. chiSl'uttiouB NUGGETS.— Statements have been circulated the last day or two that some of the leading hau " in Australia have sustained heavy losses by the Threhase of spurious nuggets in Sydney and Melbourne. tr a.dvices received by both the Union - Bank of Aus- I, a t l a and the Bank of Australasia, which reach to the lossesl, est dates, not only make no mention of any Such _ but show,- from the caution exercised, that they were Wholly unlikely to occur. TILE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY 'EVENING, APRIL 27, 1853. consider the.whole bill as thrown out by the Cham ber. Theßreslau Gazette contains a letter from Vienna of the 21st, which says :—" It is affirmed that the Emperor sanctioned some days back the authorisa tion given to the bank to issue its reserved shares, to the number of 49,300, at the rate of 800 florins. The holders of the old shares will have the prefer ence in the new issue." The city of Bremen, wishing to co-operate in the erection of the gigantic monument to the memory of Washington, is about to send to New York a large block of German marble, ornamented with lions and the arms of Bremen, and with the. follow ing inscription engraved on To Washington, the great, the good, and the just, the friendly city of Bremen." NE \\ ALA nI t it r t 141 ' )3r 7 " -- F'r 1 TEE SHARE MARKETF. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES. 50 Sovs. D.M. Filbert walked over. • SWEEPSTAKES, 50 Sovs., A.F. Speed the Plough Diomedia Sittingbourne did not run. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Moniteur announces the appointment of M. Delangle as president, M. Perier as vice-president, and M. d'Eiclithal as secretary, of the depart mental commission of the Seine. __------ ------- It also announces the appointment of a central commission for the regulation of races and race courses. It will be chal ged with the decision of claims or contests which local commissions may have considered it their duty not to determine. It is composed of M. de Morny (president), the Baron de Rochette, Baron de Lecoulteux, Colonel Fleury, Baron de 1 3 ;erres, M. J. Reiset, and M. E. Leroy. Monday the ratifications of the convention re cently concluded between France, Belgium, and Prussia were exchanged between the French Minister of Foreign Aft'airs and the representatives of the other two Powers. A telegraphic • dispatch from Cherbourg an nounces that the Phlegeton, 400-horse screw steam-corvette, was launched there in presence of a great assemblage of persons. A French ship called the Empereur du Bresil, arrived on Monday morning at the port of Havre, and immediately the police went on board, and prevented any of the passengers from leaving her. The crew, however, were allowed to go on shore ; but no communication between her and the shore was permitted. The cause of these measures is not known. At the Bourse yesterday the amount of business transacted was not extensive, with a downward tegilency in prices, the Three per Cents. and the Four-and-Half per Cents. for cash having declined 15c. on Monday's quotations, the final prices being —Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 103 f 40c. ; Three per Cents., 80f. 30c. ; Bank Stock, 2730 f. There was also a general decline in the prices of Railway Securities ; in Paris and Strasbourg shares to the extent of 6f. 50c., and in the remaining lines generally of from if. 50c. to 3f. each. Paris and Rouen shares attained an advance of 2f. 59c. at the conclusion of business. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 21st contain no news of importance. The Diario states that some sur prise had been caused on the Stock Exchange by a sudden rise of 4 per cent. in what are called the Committee Bonds, which had been considered, to use its own expression, " definitively dead," and it requests that information as to what it is in tended to do with respect to them may be given, so as not to lead speculators into error. The same journal announces the appointment of M. Augustin Munoz, Count de San Augustin, as member of a commission at London, with a salary of 24,000 reals (6,000 f.) General Aupick, the French Ambas sador, had left Madrid, and the first secretary of the Embassy was to carry on the business until the arri val of M. Turgot, who was expected at the end of the month. A letter says :—" Most of the capitalists have hastened to renew their credits to the government. The Bank of San Fernando has ad vanced to the Minister of Finance the sum of 10,000,000 reals, which he required to complete the payments of the month. Notwithstanding the avowed intention of the Ministry to adopt a policy of conciliation, a certain number of members of the Opposition seem disposed to refuse it their co-ope ration. Cabinet councils are frequently held. A question, which seems to occupy the Ministers more than any other, is relative to the concessions of railways of which the works have not been com menced. General Concha and some members of the Opposition seem principally opposed to the conces sion of the Northern line." _ _ The ceremony of the baptism of the infant child of Prince Henry of Bourbon, brother of the King of Spain, took place on the 22d with great pomp m the church of St. Sernin at Toulouse. On leaving the church handfuls of small silver coin were thrown amongst the crowd. The Espana states that the number of passengers on the railway from Madrid to Aranjuez during the first three months of the present year has been 52,274, and the quantity of goods conveyed 12,164 tons. In the corresponding period of the preceding year, the passengers were 63,785, and the goods 8,190. The falling off in the passengers is attri buted to the backwardness of the spring. ITALY. A telegraphic dispatch from Turin, dated Mon day, says :—" In the Chamber of Deputies yester day, M. Brofferio put some questions to the Minis try on the subject of the seizure of journals lately made at Genoa. The Ministers of Justice and the Interior replied, and maintained the legality and the opportunity of the measures which had been adopted. The Chamber passed to the order of the day pure and simple." The Piedmontese Gazette of the 23d has the fol lowing article in its first column " T,,e Milan Gazette of the 20th quotes an article from the Sentinella Cattolica of Nice, of the 13th ' respecting a pretended stay of Garibaldi at Nice, and imaginary connivance at it on the part of the authorities whose duty it is to provide for the safety of the State. Before the said article was repeated by the Milan Gazette, the Go vernment of the King had considered it its duty to in quire who was the author of it, and having learnt his name, to invite bins to declare what proot's or what cir cumstances he had in support of his allegations ; upon which he confessed that his statement was solely founded upon vague rumours, the origin of which lie could not even point out. One fact alone alleged in that article is true, substantially at least. A British schooner did in deed pass a few days in the port of Nice, and when she dot under weigh she fired off five guns at about a mile's distance from the port, for the purpose of saluting a joyous company who were at supper, and with whom the captain of the schooner had passed the evening. The schooner belongs to one of the members of the British Yacht Club." The Giornale di Roma of the 19th contains a notice from the Peruvian Legation at Rome, an nouncing that orders have been received to have an equestrian statue of General Bolivar executed for that government, besides twelve statues more, and inviting artists to address themselveS to the Embassy for further particulars. A letter from Naples, dated March 24, stating that news had been received there of a soldier having been murdered at Palermo, and that to the dagger with which he had been stabbed was at tached a paper with the words, " Vengeance of Mazzini," that a great number of arrests had been made, that five persons had been immediately shot, and that General Filangieri, the Governor of Palermo, had published proclamations announcing severe measures for the repression of any attempt at insurrection, which was published rather more than three weeks ago in one of the Paris journals. The Constitutionnel now publishes a letter from Pa lermo, dated the 15th, and signed Caldareira, in which the writer asserts that the murder spoken of was never perpetrated, and that no proclamations of the nature alluded to had been published. All that was true in the letter of the 3d, says M. Caldareira, was the fact that arrests had been made of some conspirators against the Government. Four of them were condemned to death for having concealed arms, but the king almost immediately granted their pardon. GERMANY. A letter from Fribourg of the 23d says —" Per rier has been brought before the court-martial. He wore a blouse and spectacles. On the table had been placed a pistol with seven barrels, the carbine, the sabre, and the cartouch box which belonged to him. He appeared quite unconcerned : the wound which he received on the head is very slight. Ma jor Gerbex saved his life by warding off a thrust of a bayonet which was directed against him. The Public Prosecutor demanded the application of the punishment of 30 years in irons. The civic guard unanimously demanded that he should be con demned to death. The court adopted the applica tion of the Public Prosecutor, and has thereby caused great exc it emen t among the civic guard, as they say that in a few months he will have obtained his pardon, and will m v akea fresh attempt at revolt. Col. Perrier has not • en any information . as to who h h e i s h a a c d c o n m o p i n li t e e e n sg io n oef pretended weret hatsheddingblionod his defenceNever ' theless it was he who distributed the powder, , and he was himself fully armed. The f • anatical cure of and Louis Week have beenarrested. The Director . of the college and all the pupils wre made prisoners by the insurgents, and Carrare proposed that they imbibed bad all be put to death, as they had • • d bad principles ; but he was killed at the moment that he was leaving the church of the Jesuits. The civic guard fought very well : they were p l aced in a very difficult position, having had, in order to reach the College, to ascend two flights of steps and to pass through a narrow street. The Ca - r_ bineers soon dislodged the peasants, who were sta tioned at the windows. A number took i efuge in the church, where they were fired on with grape. The government has made many arrests. The state of siege has just been raised. The town is tranquil, and the market to-day has been nume rously attended. Among the prisoners taken are several cures." It has already been stated that the Second Chamber of Prussia has rejected by 147 votes to 139 the authorisation demanded by the Government to prohibit without a previous judicial decision, the introduction into Prussia of foreign publications. Before this vote was come to, the Chamber admitted an amendment pres ented by the Catholic fraction, declaring that the authorisation, if granted, should only apply to works published out of Germany. The ministers were called on to declare, if after this de cision; they would withdraw the bill they had pre sented, but they declined to reply. Being pressed, however, they eventually declared that if the prin cipal article were rejected, the Governinent - would TURKEY. "We understand," says the Patric, " that intel ligence has been received from Broussa, which states that the town was perfectly tranquil. The movement which took place there, and of which the details are not yet arrived, is said to have been un important, and totally independent of politics." We read in the Akhbar of Algiers :—" A column lately left Biskara to establish itself on the Oued Itel, from whenceit pushed forward to the south ward as far as Dzioua, a small Saharian town, which derives its sole support from supplying water to the caravans which go from the Oued Righ into the Nizab. This recbunoisarice, which was prished further than any which has yet been made into the Sahara, was executed without firing a shot, and the column returned to Biskara at the end of last month, having only had to suffer from the dust and the sudden changes in the temperature, which, though very cold in the night, became oppressive from heat in • the day. Notwithstanding these in conveniences, the health of the troops was perfeCtly Fatisfactory. A letter from Constantinople, in the German, _ Gazette, says :—" On the day of his arrival, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe had a long conference with the Grand Vizier Mehemet Ali. He afterwards was received by the Se l .tan, to whom he presented an autograph letter of Queen Victoria and made a speech, in which he pointed out to his Majesty the perilous position of the Ottoman Empire. The various representatives of the foreign powers have of late had numerous conferences amongst them selves." RUSSIA. The St. Petersburg Journal of the 17th states that a fresh condition ha-s been imposed on Russian subjects who desire to travel to foreign countries, namely, that they must not owe money to the Im perial Bank. The reason of this arrangement is that of late the Imperial Bank has become prin cipal mortgage-creditor of all Russia. The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort announces from Moscow that the cholera has broken out in that city. The hospitals have been placed at the disposal of the patients in eight districts. The number of persons attacked had not been ascer tained. The cholera continued at St. Petersburg. On the 14th there were 35 new cases-20 deaths and 13 cures. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. The entries for the first match of this distinguished club on the 3d of May (Tuesday next) closed at 10 last night, and are as follows : FIRST CLASS. Yacht. Tons. Musquito 5O War Hawk. Volante 4B Pauline 35 SECOND CLASS. Owner. ... Lord Londesborough. • Barlett, Esq. • Craigie. Brandreth. Thought Phantom Sapilla The Meteor steamer will accompany the race, and leave London-bridge at 9 precisely, calling at Blackwall. The band of the Royal Horse Guards will be in attend-. ance. GREAT ROWING MATCHES. Three great boat-races amongst gentlemen amateurs of position in society, and celebrity in the art of rowing, took place yesterday, and attracted a great assemblage of spectators. The first on the list was between Mr. Oswald Diver, of Great Yarmouth, and Mr. H. Playford, for a silver cup ; distance, from Putney to Mortlake. The various boats accompanying the race having taken their stations, the ge ntlemen started at a beautiful pace. After the first two or three strokes, Mr. Diver began to take the lead, and off Messrs. Searle's had drawn him self more than his own length clear. Mr. Playford rowed very gallantly throughout, but never could change the fortune of the day, and eventually resigned near the conclusion of the stipulated distance. Immediately after this start, Mr. J. Payne and Mr. Kippinghall came to their stations at Putney-bridge, to row the same distance as the previous pair, for a similar prize. Mr. Payne took the lead, and although, as before, the opponent tried his utmost to work out of the "stern sheets," he was unable, and Mr. Payne won by two hundred yards. Messrs. Knight and Price were the competitors in the third race, the former being the Norwich champion, and the latter a celebrated London a•nateur. The course in this race was the same as the others, but reversed, the men rowing down from opposite the Ship at Mortlake. It was one of the greatest races ever witnessed but was undecided, owing to a foul occurring when within sight of the goal. Price had a fine lead at the go off, which he cultivated into.four lengths at one part of the distance, but the beautiful lasting, not to say improving, qualities of Mr. Knight, brought them scull and scull at last, when a barge being in their course a foul occurred ; to determine which under its peculiar circumstances is a matter of considerable difficulty, owing to the gentlemen being so pressed and surrounded by boats. The umpire has reserved his decision. STATE OF TRADE. (From, the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, APRIL 26.—Not quite so favourable an account of business in Liverpool appears to have lessened the activity of the New York cotton market, but without affecting prices ; while a decline in the ex cess of receipts to 360,000 has somewhat strengthened the southern markets, which are quoted le. higher. But there is no return of confidence in cotton, either in Liverpool or Manchester. The settled opinion of con sumers seems to be, that their safety lies in buying only from hand to mouth ; hence the limited amount of busi ness in the article, and the failure of every attempt to obtain the least advance of price. This caution in regard to the raw material is naturally extended to yarns and goods. No parties are disposed to buy largely ; and, therefore, our market is inanimate, and the amount of business inconsiderable in yarns, and but moderate in goods • though there is rather more inquiry to-day for cloths of the lighter fabrics, such as jacconets, madapollams, printers, and some kinds of shirtings. Relatively, there has been less done in yarn than in cloth. As regards the prices of yarns, there is now, in the medium and lower counts, so small a margin between the cost and the rates latterly demanded, as to have produced, during the last two or three weeks, a dogged sort of firmness, upon which buyers can make no impression. The general characteristic is, therefore, that of marked steadiness. If any articles are to be excepted from this statement, they are some of the medium counts of warps, in which, however, there is no quotable change. In goods, there is fully as decided a firmness as in yarns. ROCHDALE, April 25.—The flannel market still con tinues good, notwithstanding it is that time of tne year when it is usually fiat. The manufacturers have ob tained an advance upon their goods to meet the price of the raw material. The price of wool is still on the advance, and some sorts are becoming very scarce, more especially broke wool and noils. HALIFAX, April 23.—There were more persons in our piece hall to-day than for some weeks past, but we can not learn that much business has been transacted in any description of worsted goods. The merchants are shy of giving out orders for yarn, at the rates asked by the spinners ; but where orders are given out, those rates are submitted to. There is not much doing in wool, and no change in the quotations. usDmUnNeDhALpxleaAslrunre E to Ntr e is e K n i a r ih if e ri d t ß o A i i n ir orm Av. on -I r t r a e ff ad o e rd rs s of this company hav e more especially the commercialelo public,sed u that thediretcetrorsfinally s for constructing the completion of th K e il l l i e n n e farnodm Moore, Castle Castle blayney to Enniskillen. Brothers, were on Thursday declared the contractors for s undertaking enteyelainr an dto fully have it theope opened s e n d com pleted to Enniskillen in 1854. , e will thus join En niskillen Railways at the fair green o sum of C ef loili 2 e 3 s s W o i o th iN in the th e p y re will thus nearly the whole of the not di-west Irish traffic f the Sligo and Enniskillen, and the Lon f d E on n d n e is r k ry ill a e n n d and, c steamT om h e e c into communication Liverpool ta i nn c c a de t dio St. n o George's Saturday aliy England amr hooru b n r y i n, gn m ,e e aa a rn n cd s s)hn o a- s Con way, in Wales, thus effecting, on that route, a savin way. The advantage which must ensue to of fifty miles on the Chester and Holyhead liitiehoofr,,,• trade and port of Dundalk from the completion of this im portant line cannot be over-estimated, and we de . ire, in connexion with the subject, to record our warmest ap preciation of the exertions of Sir John Mac Ne:11 in bringing about the speedy consummation of his labours with regard to the Dundalk and Enniskillen line. The works will be commenced forthwith, ,and pushed for ward expeditiously, and thus a great impulse will be given to the labour market in and around the extensive district through which it is to run.—Newry Examiner. REPRESENTATION OF MAIDSTONE.—There are already two canditates in the field to contest the vacancy caused by the result of the petition against the return of Mr. Dodd, the late member for Maidstone. Mr. William Lee, the defeated Radical candidate at the last election, the petitioner of the Parliamentary inquiry, has issued an address to the electors,. in which he solicits their suffrages ; and Mr. Charles Wykeham Martin, who Icomes forward in compliance with a numerously-signed requisition from the Conservative party of the borough. been carried on with great activity by both parties. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF LORDS-APRIL 25. CLERGY RESERVES (CANADA) BILL. MAJORITY AGAINST LORD DERBY'S AMENDMENT. H. R. il. the Craven Falmouth Foley Duke of Cam- Clare Al assareme GodAphin Ini tga Clarendon Sydney (Renelg Lord chancellor Cottenhim Torrington liatitertm ARCHBISHOP. Co w per BISHOPS. Kea ne York , Cianw ' , Ham Chichester Leigh MIMI. Chichester HereCor i Milord Argyll Devon Mane! ester Londesborough Ilueeleuch MR gham :Norwich Lovat I (luster E'!enborough Oxmr I Lyttelton Newea-tle ling,ll St. 1/avid's Manners' Norfolk Fitzwioiarn Sall,blry NPford Wel iing'on Gostord Worcester Methuen MARQUISES. Gran,. lLe BARONS. therSIOHO Anglesey Grey Artuldell l'anniuro Dreadalhano Iladdlngton Ashourton retro Camden Home Beaumont tel imgre Clanricarde Don •gal Lansdowne Nortnanby Northmmpbn Ormoude Sligo II rroarby enmare Rintn e Leicester Romney Sc trborough Sefton Somers Speocer Suffolk Yarborough VISCOUNTS. Bolingbroke Canning Enfield Baglan Itinb;edale 'livers Itlannore 543 e and Sele Stafford Stanley of Al derley Suffield Vauz Ward Wenlock Wharnelifle Wodehonse Wrottt sley Blantyre DroiNliton By, on Cam oys Carew Carrington Churchill Colborna Cremorne Crewe Congleton De Table) , Dufferin Dormer Elphinstone PAIRS. Lauderdale, Earl of St John, Lord Richmond, Duke of Exmouth, Viscount Bateman, Lord POW'S, Earl of Sandwich, Earl of Lanesborough, Earl of Leven, Earl of Howe, Earl of Lonedale, Ea•l of Dartmouth, Earl of Hill, Viscount Illountcashell, Earl of Rutland, Duke of Egmont, Earl of Southampton, Lord Cardigan, Earl of Beaufort, Duke of Jersey, Earl of Dynevor, Lord Saltoun, Lord Tenterden, Lord Sidmouth, iscount EARLS Aberdeen A ithe Aloemarle Bessborough Bruce Burlington Carlisle Belhaven, Lord Bedford, Duke of De Manley, Lord Clifden, Viscount Uxbridge, Earl of Vivian, Lord Glasgow Earl of CamperSovtn, Earl of Stair, Earl of Sutherland, Duke of Heytesbury, Lord Zetland, Earl of Fortescue, Earl of Bri,tol, Marquis of Durham, Earl of Ellesmere, Earl of Radnor, Earl of Portman, Lord Roseberry, Earl of Campbell, Lord Monteagle, Lord Rardinge, Viscount Essex, Earl of Brougham, Lord HOUSE OF COMMONS.-APRIL 26. ( From the Votes and P. oceedings of the House of Commons.) EDUCATION (IRELAND). Motion made and question proposed—" That a select committee be appointed to inquire into the working of the national system of education in Ireland, with the view of ascertaining how far the instructions contained in Mr. Secretary Starley's letter of 18!)0 have been followed or departed from by the commissioners, or in the practical operation of the system ; and whether and to what extent a united or combined -education has been attained under the national system ; and also to inquire whether, by any further extension or modification of the rules framed by the commissioners or otherwise, the conscientious objections which many of the people of Ireland entertain to the sys tem as at present carried into operation might be reason ably obviated, so as to enable them to partake of the public grant, and render the system more comprehensive and national." The house divided—Ayes, 109 ; Noes, 179. MINORITY—AYES, 109. Adderley,iC, Gladstone, Captain Mullings J. 'Randolph Alexander, J. Goddard, Ambrose L. Naas, Lord Archdall, Captain M. Granby, Marquis of Neeld, John Bagge, W. Greaves, Edward Neeld, Joseph Ball, Edward Grrenall, Gilbert Newdegate, C. Barrow, Wm. 11. Grogan, E. North, Colonel Bateson, T. Guernsey, Lord Pakington Sir John Beresford, William Gwyn, Bowel Palmer, Robert Bernard, Viscount Halsey, Thomas P. Percy, J. Booth, Sir R. Hamilton, Lord C. Seymer, FI. K. Brooke, Lord Hamilton, J. Hans Smijth, Sir W. Brooke, Sir A. B. Hayes, Sir Edmund Smyth, It. J. Buller, Sir J,Y. Heider , . J. W. Sotheron, T. H. B. Butt, Isaac Hume, W.Fltzwilliam Spooner, R. Cabbell, B. B. Jollllfe, Sir NV. G.H. Stafford, A. Cairns, H. M`Calmont Jones, Captain Stanhope, James B Campbell, Sir Arch. Jone^, David Taylor, Colonel Chambers, Montagu Kendall, Nicholas Tollemache, J. Christopher, R. A. Ker, D. S. • TroDope, Sir J. Christy, S. King, James King Turner, O. Clinton, Ld C. Knatchbull, W. F. Tyler, Sir George Clive. R. Knight, F W. Vance, J. Cobbold, J. C. Leslie, Charles P. Vausittart, 0. H. Compton, Henry , Liddell, H. G. Verner, Sir W. Conoily, Thomas Lockhart, W. Vivian, J. Ennis Corry, H. L. Lovaine, Lord Vyse, Capt. Cotton, W. H. I, iwther, Captain Welcott, Adm. Davison, R. Ilitacartneyi G. Whiteside, James nod, John W. Macgregor, James Wigram, L. T. Duncombe, W. E. Mandeville, Viscount. Wy aeham, ulen. Egerton, Sir P. Manners, Lord J. Wynn, Herbert W. Emlyn, Viscount March, Earl of Wynne. Wm. W. E. Farnham, E. B. Maxwell, James P. Yorke, Eliot Thomas Floyer, J. Niles, W. Forester, Colonel Michell, W TELLERS. Frewen, Charles Hay Montgomery. 11. L. Galway, Viscount Mont,goniery, Sir O. Hamilton, Geo. A. George, John Moore, Boss S. Napier, Joseph MAJORITY—NOES, 179 Aelimil, Sir T. GAskell, J. M. Osborne, Ralph A'Court, C. (leach, Charles Otway, Arthur John Anderson, Sir Jamcs Gladstone, William Paget, r,o,d Alfred Atherton, Win. Oh 'ii, George Cm: Paget. L. - ad Geori.e Baines. M. T. Oedcrich, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Ball, John Goodman, :Sir Geor o Peaeocke, G. M. W. Baring, Sir F. Cluo:d. W. Peellell, Sir G. U .ring, T. Graham, sir J Peel Frederick Dames, T. Greene, John • I hitilmore, It. Bass, M. T. Greene, T. Plihni, T. Bell, J. Gregson.:samuel Pilkington, James Berkeley, A dm. Grenfed, C. Pinney, William Bezhell, Richard Grevale, Col. Pollard Urquhart, W. Biddulph, R. M. Grey, Sir G. Ponsouby, 11n. A.G. J. Biggs, William Grosvenor, Earl Potter, it. Blake, M. Ha 'field,"G. Power. N. Bland, L. Banner, Sir John Price, W. I'. Bonham-Carter; John Henchy, D. O'Connor Repton, G. Bower, G. Heneage, Geo. F. Thcardo, 0. Boyle, Colonel Herbert, H. A. Robartcs, T. J. A. Brady, John Herbert, Sidney Roche, E. B. Brand, H. Hervey, Lord Alfred Rumbold, C. E. Bright, John Heywood, James Rus,ell, Lord J. Broeklehurst, John Hind/oy, Cuarles Russell, F. C. Ittotitet ton, Joseph Howard, C. W. G. Russell. F. W. Brown, W. Howard, Lord E. Sadleir, J. Browne, y. Ingham, R. Sawle, C. B. G. Bruce, Lord E. Jermyn, Earl Scobell, Capt. Bruce, H. A. Keating, Robert Scully, Francis Butler, Charles Kennedy, Tristram Scully, V. Cardwell, Hon. E. Keogh, William Seymour, Lord Caulfield, Colonel Kershaw, .r.,,,, ghee, W. Cavendish, C. C. Kingscote, R. N. F. Sheridan, R. B. Cavendish, George Kit k, Willam Smith, It. V Challis, Alderman Lahouchere, H. SAllng, W. Clinton, Lord It. Langston, J. It. Strut', Rt. Hon. E. Cobden, Richard Lawless, C. Sullivan, M. Cockburn, Sir Alex. Lawley, F. C. Tancred, 11. W. Coffin, W. Legh, G. C. Thiclutesse, R. A. Collier, Robert P. Lindsay, Col. Thompson, George Cowan, Charles Locke, J. Thornely, T. Cowper, W. Lowe, Robet; - , TOMlnle, G. Craufurd, E. Luce, Thomas Tow _ieley, C. Davie, S'r H. M'Cann, J. Vet non, G. Denison, J. E. 'Wagon, W. H. Villiers, Hon. C. Dent, J. Maguire, J. Vivian, J. H. Duff, George M aule, Colonel Vivian, Henry H. Duff, James Milligan, Robert wahnsley, Sir J. Duncan, Geor,Te Mille, T. • Wells, W. Elliot, J. E. Moffatt, G. Whalley, G. H. Esmond°, John A, wick, Viscount Whitbread, Samuel Euston, Earl Moncreiff, James Wilkinson, W. Evans, W. Monsen, W. Wilson , J. Fagan, W. Morris, D. Wmr'ngton, S'r T. E Fellden, M. llostyn, E. M. Wood, Sir C. Fitzgerald, J. Mute, Col. Wortley, J. S. 'Fitzroy, Hon. 11. Murfough, J. P. Young, Sir John Forster, C. O'Brien, Coinelles Fortescue, C. . O'Biien, Patrick Fox, R. M O'Connell, Maurico Fox, W. J. O'Flaherty, A. Gardner, Richard TELLER I. Hayter, W. G. Berkeley, Grem :21e SOUTH SEA AND OTHER ANNUITIES COMMUTATION BILL. Order for third reading read • motion made, and ques- tion proposed, "That the bill b a now re; - .d the third time ;" yvhereupon motion' made, and question put, " That this house do now adjourn." The house divided —Ayes 20, Noes 57. Blake, M. Buller, Sir J. Batt, 1. Galway, Viscount Orel' he, Colonel F. Grogan, E. Gwyn, Rowel Henley, Joseph W. Bass, M. T. Bethel', Richard Bonham• Carter, J. Bowyer, George Boyle, Col. Brocklehurst, J. Brotherion, J. Bruce, Lord E. Cardwell, E. Cowper, W. F. Craufurd, E. H. J. Duncan, G. Feilden, M. Fitzroy, Henry Fox, R. Gladstone, William Geoderjch, Vis., Goodman, Sir G. Graham, Sir James Greene, J. ilereert, H. A. MINORITY—AYES, 20. Jones, D. Percy, J. William Macgregor, James Taylor, Col. Masan, W. It. ToPemache, John Michell, W. Turner, C. Moore, R. S. Mullings, J. R. MUMS. Naas, Lord . Newdegste, C. N. Fackington, Sir J. Spooner, Richard MAJORITY —NOES, 57. Herbert, Sidney Power, N. Hervey, Lord Alfred Price, W. p. Heywood, James Ricardo. 0. • Howard, C. W. G. Sotheron, T. II Ingham, II obert Strutt, E. Keogh, William Thicknesse, R. A. Kershaw, James Thompson, G. Kirk, William Thoinely, T. Lowe, R. Vansittart, George II Luce, T. Whalley, - G. M'Cann, James Whitbread, S. Moffatt, G. Wilkinson, W. A. Monck, Lord Wilson, James Moncricif, J. Wortley, Jas. Staart Monsell, William Young, si r I . Muljave, Earl Murrough, J. P. Osborne, Ralph Palmerston, Vis. Pils ington, J. Pinney, W 117 rarl. Hayter, W. G. Berkeley, Granville DRE A DFUL DEATH.—Last e venin g , at a f ew minute s before six o'clock, a shocking accide n t o ccurred at the rectory-house of St. Mar tin Ongar, Mai tin's-lane, New Cannon-street, City. Three men were endeavoui:ng to raise an oaken frame a nd bracket intended to receive the clock which it is intended to place in the tower now occupying the site of the old church, when the rope broke, and the frame , weighing 12 cwt. struck one man on the head, shattered his skull, and severely injured another. A double purchase of 2l r inch rope was in use on the occasion, but there was no leading block for the tackle fall. A coroner's inquest will investigate the cause of this calamity. SUSPECTED POISONING NEAR EDINEURGH.—On Satur day the police received information that a man named Thomas Neil. about 40 years ox age, residing in Gifford park, had died from the eacts of a quantity of laudanum administered to ;ern by his wife. It appeared on in quiry that the deceased was much addicted to dr:eking, and having come in drunk on the evening in question, he expressed a wish to go out with his wife, whereupon, in order to keep him quiet, and enable her to get tot the t h ea tre, she sent out fer a g ill of whisk y , and gave to him mixed with a considerable quantity of the drug. She states, that on return home, about eleven o'clock, she found him, as she imagined, fast asleep in bed, and did not discover that he was dead till next morning, when all her attempts to awaken him proved fruitless. In these circumstances, the woman has been taken into custody, and the case is undergoing investigation by the proper authorities.—Edinbuiv 4 News. 25 25 St. 50 FOREIGN. 10 3 %ofwerp&Rotterdam Ad , 5 3 riclgianEastn. Junct. 1 13 20 all (Jharieroi&Erquelin. 13A —1 4 ti 20 6 Dijon and Besancon P 20 8 Dutch 111-enish IA 1 dis 20 all East Indian 54 6 p 20 1 Do. Extension ..- 1i 111) 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 24 —2: p 20 7 Gd. Junct. of France 21 3 p 203 153 Gt. Western VCanada Shares — 1 p 5 1 [mem& Pisoja sp.c prof id p 1 20 15 Luxembourg fi - 10 10 Do. (Railway) — 41 5 2 Do. 5 3 )o. (Canal) l. 2 10 `z, Do. 6p. ct. pref d —p 20 7 ',pans & Mediterran — —— p 20 4" Madras 2l 2D) 20 all Namur & Liege (with i n t eres t) 7l 8 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all N'orthern of France 36a —- -36 h 20 a ll Do. 20/. 3p. c. Eds (Any. B.& kins. Slis.) 14 —14 i 10 all NorwegianTi ankPref 8 9 20 10 Paris and Lyo-is l7i —lB p 20 all Paris and Orleans 4lr 42 20 all Paris and Rouen 44 451 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 35 354 35} 41 20 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 5 5p 10 5.; Quebec &R'ehmoud — p 8 20 all Rouen and Havre 2O. 214 20 all Sambre and Meuse 9 9k 10 4 Do. p. ct. prof — 20 4 Southern of France 6 6 1 , 20 2s. Upper India Scrip , p 81 all West Flanders 4i 5 Pm 10 6 Do. N per c. Pref 3dis 20 10 Western of France ll —111 p 10 2 West. of Switzerland id 20 3 Zealand.. ....... ........ 1. id MINES. 1 all Agua Fria l ll 2 p 34 10s. all Anglo Californian s p 10 2 Australasian — 1 p 20 5 Australian l6 5 p 1 all lAustralian Cordillera par— 1 p 1 all Australian Freehold I, 1 all Ave Maria d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of, par N p 1 all British Austen. Gold I pl/ 20 13.5 British Iron — 10 35 246 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm si 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 5 5 4 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 1 Carsons's Creek par— 'p 40 all Cobre Copper 4 6.' 474' 5 1 Colonial Gold 1 11 21 3 ... 14 Copiapo . 64 74 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 75 85 25 all Do. Pref. 76 p. cent. 9 —lO p 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. la 1 d 3a 20 all General l5 17 2 all Great Nugget Vein. 14 —l4 p 3 all Great Polgooth ' par— p 1 all Lake Bathurst 4 1 all Liberty par— p 1 all Load. &Cali forn. Gold Quartz Crush. Co 4 1 d 1 all Mariquita .. .... d— par 1 10 9 Mexican&S.A mericn. 74 81 1 all New Granada 4— 4 p 1 all Nouveau Monde l4 14p 5 1 Port Philip lpl4 4 1 all Quartz Rock — p 50 all Rhymney Iron 24 —26 p 15 Do. New 7 8 30 104 Santiago de Cuba 6 , 7 1 all South Australian..,, d— ip 1 n 10 7 Tin Croftlo —l2 284 all United Mexican 6 —6A 1 all Waller par— p 14 1 all West Granada par— p 1 all West Mariposa pa r-1 all Yuba s p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B2 85 86 5 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 4 1 p 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commorcial of Loud 10 Engl , sli Scottish and Austral' In la lap 20 124 Lond. Chart, Bk. o Australia 24 3 p 50 20 London and,County 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Loud. & Westminster ... 36 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 22. 1 ; Nat'onal of Ireland.. 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 5l 53 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 49 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co $ 4 a 25 all South Australia 47 49 25 all 'Union of •A ustralia 74 76 . . 2; Do. New 8 9 50 1 0 Uuicn of Loncion 40 all Union of Madrid • I! RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. No ttng. Bost & Eastn. Junc Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanes' & Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. & Birk.,, £5O & £25 Cons Bristol & Et.. - e:;er Caledonia's. ..... Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Dublin&BelfastJune Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New .............. East Anglian (X 25 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., (£lB E. & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., d 0...... ....... Do., B. & C East Lancashire ... East & West Incl. DI:. & Birmiug. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edlub. and Peebles... Edinb.Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk.. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock 'Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Easters. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Laneash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lord. Bright. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,101.S 1 . London & S. Western Do., £40. .. Lndndrs; ":Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. &Lincln. Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland . Do. Birming. & Derby 'Midland G. West. (Ir. ) 1 I Do. She-es. . Newcastle &Carlisle Newmarket.. Do. Busy EL' Tssions Newp Aber- k": l ltfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warranpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk... ......... Do., New ...... Northn. Conn Yes Un North British ........ North Devon, No.' ' Do., No. 2........ Dc., A Deferred Do., A B Guaranteed Mort); Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (No , !. W. Min.) Do. Palves, Co Do. Oswestry 'Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales. S. Yorksh. River Dun D 0... ....... .......... Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Hay . en Dock and Rai1w?y.....,... Vale of Neath......... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ Wmbledon &Croydop Woodford .. York NewetL&Berw. l 5811 Do. Extensions.......l sit Do. G.N.E. Purchase ! 2 f ; York dr N. Midland.. 'Closing Prices Yesterday. 28 -- 29. 6 10 10 7, 3 1 -- 6i di 21 -- 22 31 21 d 103 105 641 651 - 22k 23 21 22 4 -5 p 8 - 9 5 - 5i 3i 4 138 - 13 - 10 - 11 7 - 72 - 74 55 - 57 72 - - 74 32 -- 31 I 63, -- 65 87 -- 89 55 -- 56 128 - 130 109 A -- 110 911 - 92 7i -- 92 -- 9 1 t 13 . -131 p r7 k a 3 1 4i —3R d I. —16 i 91 -- 9 -- 2 p 101 -15 A 1184 -- 11 . 4 21 -- 2i p 14 -- lip 903 -91 A -- 4Ad 4 -- 3Ad 12 -- 13 19 -- 21 23 306 3i -- 3 d 74i -- 75 42 -- 44 50 52 par - 3 3i 8 9} 51 r — 53, 3 —2i dl 31 354 41c11 2 3 P 63i - 98 - ED 62 - 63 64 - 66 73 76 11 Oidis 17 19 8-- 9 ! ! ! 13 -- 15 3 d 204 -- 214 75t - 754 36 --• 37i 13 -- 14 4 -- 41 19 21 31 15 -16 314 324 10i 11 (.1 - par 100 Si 181 100 100 all all 12, 11 59 PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 'Alacraeua ...... - 5 all Do., No. 2,7 p. c•.. - - St. 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 105 - - 107 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... I St: 100' Caledonian .£7O lO6 10S' 108 15 all (Chester & Holyhead Guar. ki per cent 2OA x d e, 34,Cork&Bandou152;P•c• " 4par 64 all Dundee Pertb&Aber dean Jurctiou... . 6 6 3?, all ogi;an (3 I Os) 6 per cent........... 3i 5 all Do. (t 5) 7 percent.. 4• 74 2 Do. (£7 /.7s) 7p. ct.. 1. —13 p Gt all Easi,ern Couutics Ex tension, sp. c. No.l n—2A p pm 6` ; all Do., No. 2. 10 all Do., New 6p.c. St 144 —15 k 20 all Eastern Ur 'on, Scrip • Guar. 6 per cent lBl St. 100 EastLan cash. 6 pets — 5 all Edinb.Prth.&Dundev 53 per cent.. St. 100 Glasgow &S. Western guar. 5 per cent. S' . 100 Great Noi;,lin. 5 p.c 129 131 ,t. 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at.lo p. c. prem ll2 114 64 all Gt. Southn. (1. - Wcstn (Ireland) Eigb;:hs — 9 50 6 Gt. Westu. (Becks & Rants Ex. sp. c.) 6 71 St. 101 G. Wes:,. fixed. 4: t p c lO6 108 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, Ad— iP St. 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock. —l5l 153 • St. 100 London and Brighton GuarPnteed sp. c — xd St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St, xd 50 all Do. Convertible, op. c., 1852 - ••• St. 100 Do. New Gp•lr. 6 p.. ' i. 52 -- 155 153 • 50 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 3l 4 p 121 10 Low) onderry& Coler Shares . 121 all Londy. & Ennis 1 13g 13 1 1 131 25 all Manch.,Shef., &Lin., Shares, No. 1...... 8 9 10 all Do. New, ...... 101 11/ 6 3 Do., £6.... , A— -12.151 ; illarypt.&Carl. 4p. c. 121 all per cent. — p 121 81 Do St. 100 \lid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. ... St. 100 Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cer 148 —lsoxdl 16 ! 5 Do. Pre. 4i per cent. A— 1 p 20 all Norfolk Extension... 221 —23 5 all Do. Guar. 5:1 per et.; 5 61 2 all Do. Way. Val. 5p c 18 • 2 s St. 100 North British lO9 111 20 all North Staffordshire 25 26 St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wo', verb . £15,6 p. c. •• • • 15 9Do 2 2,p 8 all Shrews& Birm. N. G lOl 111 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min) ; B p. c. 171 181 10 10 Do. 5 per cent —11 P 25 all South Devon l4l 15 10 14 Do. New par P 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. 26$ 26# 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar. 191 5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. Ad Apar 3 St. 160 York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref. 102 104 17 5 Do 5B - 5# 25 10 York& N. Midland H. & S. Pruch p p, 10k B ws'n ess done th's day. tlO3 77 8i 1054 14i118f 19k 914 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shr. Paid , Leasing Closing Prices Busine ss IZstr.w AY— Compans. Yesterday. this day. _--- -'- 50 all i3Alord and London & Bletchley .... N. West ... ... 304 all Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee ... Gt.Westn. ... ... 30i all Do.withoutgr Do ••• ... 304 all Birm.Wolv. & Dudleyguar. Do 304 all Do.wthtguar. Do — ••• St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W lO7 —lO9 50 all ClydesdalsJc. Calgdon, 53 —55 St. 100 E. Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent..... Gt.Notrhrl.49 —lslxd El x d 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt. Westu. 33 —33 i 100 all firtlpl. Dk. & I r k. New. Railway & Berw.. ... 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md . 112 114 25 all Do. A Shares Do 56 57 124 all Do. i Shares.;Do 1.21: all Lov.&GreenwiS.East ern IP 2S.i 144 14 20 all Do.Preference'Do 26 27 20 all Lowestoft gr. all 4 per cent... Norfolk 20 all Do. 6 per ct...' D o 26 27 4 5; all Hanch•Exton. r.n.&N.W and 3r , .tlock & Midld 3 3 i l 50 all Midi ll c...s ;)ro' & Stekton 'd: Rcdcar 100 all Midld.Bradfd M D icl a l i a l u il r.. : 166 -- 108 50 all Northern and Easternsp.e. E. Count.. 65 67 50 all Do. 6 per et Do ••• ... 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do ... ... ____ .. • 25 all ?rest. & Wyre L. &Is .W. &Lu&Yk ... .. D Gt o .Northn 149 --- ].:.11 5 2 t. 1 1 0 1 , •, R D o o y . L T: l 7s t: St. 100 Do.Shepth•St. Do 149 151 25 18;1 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& Goole g. 5. p. c Yorksh - ... 12. 9A S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean 1 . d 50 all WcarValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent ... Darling . ... ... 25 all Do.. Do 32A 334 St. 100 Wilts&SomrsOt.Westn 101; 1054 MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 , Australian Agricalf,. 81 83 82 20 8 Australsn.Pcitic.Mail ... ... 10 6 Austinln. Royal _Mail . . . 4h 50 383 Brit. American Lands 89 82 100 32.4 Canada _ .. 5 5 Crystal Palace 4 2 Crystal Pal.of Frau- N / 1 3i 20 1 Eastern Steam - ••• 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir. ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... ... 100 12 General Screw Steam ... ... 20 V Irish Beet:oot Sugar ... ... 1 all - Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... 10 2 Netherlands Land_ .., _ .. 20 7A Nrth.orEuropeSteam ... ... 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... ... 83 50 25 Do. Do. ... ... 46 100 GO Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austml.Land 47 40 1 all Submar. Telegraph ... ... 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization ... ... 100 281 Van Diemen's Lind 191 201 MARKET NEWS_ THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The show of English wheat in to-lay's market was very limited, but in fair avenge condition. Although the atte_idance of both {own and country millers was small, the demand ruled steady, and Monday's prices were well supported. The arrivals of foreign wheat have been trifling. Goed heavy qualities changed hands at full p r i c e s ; but par 031s were much neglected. Very little English barley was brought forward, and the supply of foreign was but moderate. The trade was firm, at full currencies. We had a fair sale for malt, on former terms. Oats, the show of which was very moderate, sold steadily at full prices. Beans, peas, and flour were in somewhat improved ralue3t, at late figure!. Wheat. _;l3 ARRIVALS TIIIS WEEK. . 1 Barley. t Malt. 510 ( 2,110 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Oats. I Flour. 60 I 470 1,500 6,090 I 880 sks 3,430 Ws k 1,97,0 3,180 __ __ WHITECHAPEL. The demand for eadh kind of meat at this market to-day ruled steady. The following are the quotations : B3ef, 2s 6d to 3s 8d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6cl; lamb, 4s 10d to 6s 2d ; ve%l, S. 4d to 4s 4d ; pork, 3s 0d to 4s 4d per Sibs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. About an average business is doing in this market at last week's currency. LLOYD'S SHIPPIAG-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, April 26.—Wind this day at Noon, W.N.W.; fresh airs, and fine. MILFORD, April 26. Wind, N.W. Arrived—John Bunyan, Newport, for New York; had sprung in lat. 50 N., long. 10 W. RAMSGATE, April 26.—There is a brig sunk on the Goodwin Sand ; crew missing. DEAL, April 26.—The Carl Johan, Danzig for London, was wrecked on the Long Sand yesterday; four of crew drowned. PORTSMOUTH, April 26.—Wind, W. to N.N.W. Ar rived—Pendleton, Matanzas. COWES, April 26. —Wind, N.N.W Arrived—Hijal mar, Maroom, and sailed for Copenhagen. Off the Wight —Columbia, Now Orleans, for Antwerp. DOVER, April 26.—The brig Garonne, of Teignmouth, Cardiff to New York, was signalled April 22, lat. 48 N., long. 12 W., in a sinking state , and crew and passengers taken off by the Standard, arrived hero. r force, TORBAY, April 26.—Arrived—Will m Wilbe nocked London for Dalhousie, leaky, r,nd with pt of keel k away. Sailed—Springflower , Q uebec. BRISTOL, April 2G. — Wind , N.W. Sailed—Protector, Melbourne; Venture, ditto. . QUEENSTOWN, April 25.—Wino,N.W. Arrived— Salacea, Callao ; Large, Barbadoos ; Li lias, Liver pool for Halifax, N.S., leaky.. Quebec. fAorniHamburgh. FALMOUTH, April 26.—Wind, N. Arrived—Harlin led sea, Bahia ; Lies, Havannah ; Clarosse, Porno Rico ; Ve nNay. ; aNn T l h s o .aw s i . locipedo, ditto ; Catharina, Guayaquil. Sailed—Jane GMAT AStkbAnar,dreCawp'es, SWANSEA, .April 26. 7 -Wind, Ogilby, Coqui nib". Sailed—Boundary, Sydney, ved--Lord Reconnaisa , nco, ditto; Chieftain, Jamaica. N.S.W.: -, CAB REFORIf.--Yesterday was printed the Govern ment bill, bearing tbe nam eg o f M r. Fitzroy and Vis count Palmerst o n, " For the better regulation of Metro politan Stage and Hackney -carriages." Cabs will come under the denomination of " Ha ckney -carriages." Te bill contains 19 provisions and th ree sc h edules of formsh. The preamble states, that it is desirable to improve the condition of the metropolitan stage and hackney-car- ilages, and to alter and amend the system of licensing such carriages. From O c t o b er lst, application is to be made to the Police Commissioners by persons desiring to obtain a lic ense . All public carriages are to bein spected, and if not in a fit condition the license to be suspended. Th e f are for a distance not exceeding a mile, in a h ackney-carriag e is to be 6d. ; or for not ex ceeding 15 minutes, the same sum. The fares are to be exhibited out s id e and inside. In future no advertnie ments inside or outside are to be allowed in metropolitan s z t states. Wh en a dispute arises and a magistrate is ting, the d r i ver i s to drive to the nearest police -court. THE EXTENSIVE FRAUDS UPON THE ISLE OF WIGHT SAVINGS BANK. EXAMINATION OF MR. YELP FOR FORGERY AND EMBEZZLEMENT. NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT, Tuesday. The Mayor and other magistrates of this borough were engaged nearly the whole of yesterday, at the Town-hall, investi gating a series of charges, forgery, embezzlement, and other frauds, against Mr. William Wheeler Yelf, actuary of the Isle of Wight Savings Bank, whose defalcations amount to the large sum of 8,2761., the deposits exceed ing 60,0001. The prisoner was generally much respected on the island ; for many years he was the distributor of stamps, had a large printing establishment, and was a Wesleyan preacher. As may be imagined the suspen sion of the bank has produced much sensation, and the Town-hall was -crowded by the depositors to hear the proceedings. Mr. Eldridge appeared to prosecute, and Mr. Bick ingsall attended for the accused, who seemed to feel his situation most keenly. In consequence of his delicate state of health he was allowed a chair. Mc. Eldridge, in opening the case, expressed his regret at being placed i n th e di s t ress i ng p osi tion o f being Obliged to b r i ng c h arges o f so ser i ous a character against the prisoner, who had held an important office in the society, and enjoyed the confidence of the directors and trustees ; and although he (Mr. E.) would ai oid everything vindictive, he must say that the cases were marked with an enormity which removed them from the general class of off,:nces. This was not a case where, under powerful tempt a ti on, a man had fallen into the commis sion of crime, but it. was carried on for a great number of years„ and even the sacred name of religion had been prostituted to enable him the better to carry on a system of forgery and embezzlement. Mr. E. then explained the system pursued at the Isle of Wight Savings Bank, and the way cheques were signed and handed to the prisoner for parties who might appear to have given notice for withdrawing some of their deposits. The first case of forgery he should go into was a cheque which had been drawn in favour of George Vine, when no such person had an account at the bank. It was drawn as though Vine belong6d to the Ityde district, and on examining the Ryde cheque-book, it was found that a cheque had been cut out between the counterfoils of the trustees of widow Towles and Martha Damp, the amount for which it was drawn being 761. 12s. 2d. The name was altogether fictitious ; there was no such person, and he would call witnesses who would establish a clear case of forgery. Mr. George Kirkpatrick deposed, that he was one of the trustees of the Isle of Wight Savings Bank, and the prisoner had been actuary of the bank for many years. On the morning of the 16th instant he received the rinwwashrehadhLacknow. i f e o d l l g o e w d i f e a r lea fro ti m on t s h . e 13 T r l o l n e e tt r e ntgheledtet " Saturday Morning, April 16, 1853. "tir,—An unsupportable and daily-increasing weight of anguish compels me at length to reveal a secret that has destroyed my health, and is, I feel, cutting short my days. ni f y all e a h c a i r o a u o s te h r op a e n d o f r e b p e a i n ir g t a h b e le w , r b o y n some . m e ‘ a , ' n F s o , r t o y e r a e t rs ri e t v h e e guiltyduced m sil e e , n i e n e, s w pi h t h of l m d y ar b e e n ttAr on jgm g u e d reo e n n t t in , u to e. maintain a " The awful fact is, that the unbounded confidence placed in me was, many years ago, in a moment of sudden and great pecuniary embarrassment, abused, and the boundaries l o e f d t a s s etph by y n d s t h e p o in e s t t y h e o d n o c e w broken p t a hr h to g h r , n w a s I m n i s: w r a f b e l e y l that the only thing I can do is, by a disclosure, to prevent the evil spre a di ng f ur th er, an d beg of you and the other trustees at once to t a k e possession o all I have on behalf of the sufferers ; and I do voluntarily place myself in the hands of the trustees, to receive that punishment which I deserve, as the only means I have left to prove my siticere repentance of the crimes I have committed. It will be the more necessary for prompt and imme diate action, as I fear _ hourly a distraint from the Crown, which your possession may prevent. " Before you receive this I shall have broken the terrible secret to my unfortunate and innocent wife and son, and, may God support them under the awful trial; and I sin cerely hope they will experience that merciful consideration and pity from your hands, and the hands of the trustees, which I dare not hope for,_ and do not d eserve . "I am, Sir, y our unfaithful, but truly penitent servant, • W. W. Y." Witness afterwards saw the prisoner, who explained the manner in which the frauds were committed. He said it was by getting false cheques signed by the trustees, and by abstracting the cash that ought to have been taken to the bank afterwards altering figures, and falsi fying the accounts. He stated that the sum deficient was 8,2761., that it commenced in 1839, and continued until 1849. Prisoner had since placed in witness's hands a paper, which he said was a true statement of the abstractions. It was as follows :—ln 1839, 210/. ; 1840, 6:10/. ; 1841, 735/. ; 1842, 1791. ; 1843, 450/. ; 1844, 430/. ; 1845, 558/. ; 1846, 501. ; 1847, 7601. ; 1848 and 1849, 1901. There was neither promise nor threat used in his making the statement. Mr. Kirkpatrick then deposed that the notice produced purported to be the claim of George Vine, of Ryde. It was in the custody of the prisoner. The account should appear in the Ryde books. The numbers appropriated to that town were from 5,000 to 7,000. Notices from Ryde were sent by the secretary of that branch every week, and laid on the table with the cheque-book. It was the prisoner's duty to prepare the cheques which were signed by the acting director. The prisoner re ceived the notices from Hyde. The filling up of the blank in the cheque produced was in his handwriting. The cheque was ,drawn to pay 761. 12s. 2d. Had examined the index of the Hyde ledger, and could not find the name of George Vine. In the book of counterfoils of the Hyde cheque-book, produced between those of the trustees of the widow Towles and Martha Damp, ono had been cut out. Had looked through the coun terfoils, and there was not one for the cheque drawn in the mine of Vine. He produced the Newport ledger, and showed that under an old number, 4,633, 17th August, 1846, was the name of George Vine, labourer, Neweburch. The account was in the handwriting of the prisoner. Mr. Monett, manager of the National and Provincial Bank, Newport, and treasurer of the Isle of Wight Savings Bank, produced a cheque for 761. 12s. 2(1. • it was signed W. W. Y e lf , actuary, and Joseph Maude, director. The blank was filled up in the prisoner's hand writing. He was in the habit of paying into the Na tional and Provincial Bank the money received at the Savings Bank. On the 9th of July, 1849, he paid in the cheque produced, with coin, to the credit of the di rectors; he produced the slip with the items, they amounted to 2551. No cheque was cancelled by the late Mr. James Cowdery. The money and cheque, tied in a bag, were in the custody of the prisoner. Mr. Eldridge then proceeded with another case, which occurred on the same day, the 9th of July, 1849, in which by changing a 5 into a 3, a fraud of 201. had been effected. It appeared a Hyde remittance of 531. 7s. had been altered to 331. 75., which was clearly proved in evidence. The, next case gone into was another of forgery in tho name of Robert Lock, for 741. 4s. 2d., which was esta blished. The evidence of the Rev. Joseph Maude, who signed the cheques as one of the directors, being neces sary, and that gentleman being daily expected from Wales, the further examination of the prisoner was ad journed for a few days, in order that the above case might be completed. Mr. hldrid g e remarked that he had one more charge to bring forward, and if in the examination then going on, anything material amongst the many instances should strike attention, he would submit them to the court. The prisoner was then removed. It is anticipated that little of Yelf's estate will be al lowed to go against the loss sustained by the depositors. A distraint for 1,500'. has been put in by the Crown for arrears in the prise cr's stamp account, and it appears that an execution was previously in. The trustees and directors of the bank have requested the depositors to leave their pass-books for examination by the London accountant, who is now engaged investi gating the affair. SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CIIILDREN.-The annual dinner in aid of the funds of this excellent institution will take place at the London Tavern, on SLtarday. Few charities are mord largely or deservedly patronised than this valuable hospital, which gratuitously supplies, without letters of rtc.nn; mendation, medicines and attendance to sick women and children in all cases of disease. It is a very com mendable feature in this institution, that foreigners in distress, of whatever country, are equally en titled to its benefits. The practical working of the by obtainth e a building large e nou g h for the accommodation of 200 charity during the six years it has been in existent e shows the number of cases tmated up to the . pre sent the p is intended, uroso, 0 t s a e i( n i t o t f im su e ffi t c o ie a r l l n t o c u o n n t t t r o ibu 43 6 ,o o o n o s . for in-patients, which would prove a most beneficial pro ) a numerous vision for the humbleafilictedthaemwoenlgi-ktnhoewtl abilities dustrious th there will l f b the e o p li ar t l poor. a \ n v d e tthreusgtreathtatatttheen present as on all former occasions at tendance —when from skilful caterers — entrusted with the prcliminar as the potential claim s o f the charity,y arrangement s , as well feel well assured of being ratifie the v i s it ors may g and for once at least mingling th d in every particular, ful with th e very agreeable. e unqueEConably use- BRITISH REFORMATION ra iS annual meeti ng o f this society tOcrETY. —Yesterday the square Room s ; M r. Noel H oare in th e c h a i r. T he chair man in op en i ng the proceedings proceedings of the Popeia referr e d t o th e recent ment has acted with iber Holland, whe re th e govern ment proof o f t h e actively liberality to th e R om i s h clergy, as aggressive spirit o f th e R oman Catholi c Ch urch. A. report stated that the appeals which have been made from time to time to the liberality of the British Protestants had met with an unprecedented re sponse. During the year meetings had been held and lectures d e li vere d , or sermonsenumperraetaedm ehed i a d t an thilarge num ber of pl aces w hi c h were period f ree grants o f b oo k s and tracts had b l eenn e raCl a e m t e e clergymen and others engaged in d's;eminating the Pro testant faith in Great Britain and Ireland. The 'total number of books sold by the society within the year, amounted to 799 volumes of controversial works, and 20,666 tracts; whilst the number gratuitously distri buted was 78 volumes, and 46,430 tracts. The ac c o u nts for the year ending March 31, 1853, showed receipts 4,3801. 19s. lid., and expenditure 3,6151. 9s. 4d., leav ing a balance in hand of 765/. 10s. 7d. The report was adopted, and various resolutions were passed iii further ance of the objects of the society. - PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY.—TaIk of the love that outlives adversity !—the love that r emains with prospe rity is a thousand times more rare. The one is the keen ten but bracing north wind of oxis ce that invigorates and nerves for exertion ; the other is the enervating , hot breath of summer, which sicklies and weakens OUT, best resolves --making us feverish, captious, and suspicious even of those we love best.—Kidcks On hum/. 1 , i _ , r iclg o a 113 „e B',te r ac e- ue 1- n 1 f 0 LIP 10 1Al' 20 114 ! I 10' St. St. 20 100 42 34 all all 100 100 - 100 47 17 all 100 100 all 3 100 100 100 100 100 21s. 1 100 1100 131 55 i G9A 7id 24d s'•`4