The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-07 00:00:00

SIR EDWARD BEL WER LYTTON'S NEW WORK, 1 Y ~~ .N 0 V By PISISTRATUS CAXTON ; E L. OR, VARIETIES IN ENGLISH LIFE. 4 vols. post Bvo. 425. ATI:MN/EMI. " My Novel' is a work of art, as distiaguished from a work of accident—a work of thought, and as such engaging to the thinker— s work of characters, to test whose reality we must engage in the fascinating occupation of analysis —a work fall of shrewd sayings. and containing some sayings deep as well as shrewd—a work full of individual views concerning the questions of the day—a work, finally, possessing scenes and combinations, lacking which a novel is no novel, but a treatise, an extravaganza, a poem, or a pamphlet, as may be." - - Williamplackwood and Soaq, Edinburgh and London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- Mr. E. T. SMITH'S BENEFIT, THIS EVENING, Monday, March 7.—lmmense attraction for this night. A new Drama. First attempt of Sands, the American Air Walker, who will go through his astonishing performances, walking across a marble ceiling (with out the assistance of any wires, iron rods, hooks, or rings, as here tofore practised), with his head reversed, the most wonderful and incredible performance ever attempted, and without any risk, every precaution having been taken by the Lessee to provide against acci dent; after which the Brothers Siegrist will go through their extra ordinary performances on the Perche. To conclude with an entire new Ballet Spectacle, dresses, scenery, and effects, entitled THE TURKISH LOVERS.—Mr. E T. Smith respectfully solicits the patronage of his friends the public on this occasion, his first Benefit at the people's national theatre, trusting tbat his efforts to sustain the credit of the profession and the Drama, asd to produce novelties for the amusement of his patrons, may not altogether prove useless. This evening THE SCHOOL FOR KINGS. Atter which Mr. Sands' wonderful performances.. To be followed by the Brothers Siegrist's entertainment. To conclude with Captain Armstrong's new Ballet, The Turkish Lovers. At the reduced prices :—Boxes, 3s. , pit, Es. ; gallery, Is. ; upper gallery, 6d. Doors open at half-past six. THEATRE ROYAL, HILYMARKET. Farewell . Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, MARcs 7, Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in five acts, called NOT SO BAD ♦S WE SEEM; or, Many Sides to a Charac ter. Supported by Messrs. B. Webster, Barry Sullivan, Keeley, Buckstone, Leigh Murray, Stuart, Howe, Miss Rosa Bennett, Miss A. Vining, Mrs. Leigh Murray. To conclude with the Comedy of MASKS AWD FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Yates. THIS EVENING, MARCH 7, Will be performed A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Horncastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. After which, the popular new Fairy Extravaganza entitled TILE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. Matthews, Suter, llorncastle, and Templeton ; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Wynd ham, Miss Eglinron, and Miss Rosins Wright will appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPFIL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Meacs 7, By desire, the popular Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES; or, a Hundred Years Ago. Supported by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Honey, 0. Smith, and Parselle ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Fanny Maskell, &c. To conclude with JACK SHEPPARD. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, Mazes 7, Will be produced Shakspere's Tragedy of MACBETH (us acted at Windsor Castle, by Royal command). Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. ROYAL OLYMPIC; THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, Masai 7, Will be presented TAE SERGEANT'S WIFE. After which, LILIAN GERVAIS. Supported by Messrs. Comp ton, W. Farren, G. Cooke, Shalders, Edgar, Bender, and Clifton ; Misses Anderton and H. Gordon. To conclude with the Ballet of THE DUMB RECRUIT. Box-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superinten dente of Mr. E. Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Positively the I ast Week of Mr. Batty's Management. THIS EVENING, MARen 7, And during the week, the Entertainments will commence with for the Last Six Repsesentations, 3L&ZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, with all its original magnificent effects. To be followed by an incomparable disply of Batty's Scenes in the Arena. Supported by the first Artistes of the day. To conclude with a popular Farce. Doors open at calf-past Six k'clock. To commence at Seven. Box-otllce open daily from Eleven to Four. stage Manage:. Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tel 3 DAY —Morning 5 min. after 12 I Evening 36 min.aft. 12 Te-Mortaew—Morning 5 min. after 1 Evening 29 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—Soap OFFICE, Mescu 6. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 50—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.93. WIND, W.S.W.--Smart breeze, and fine, clear, sun shiny weather. MARCH 7. 51— highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'03. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, and rainy, dull weather, with a tendency to fine. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND'THB LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE DEBATES N PARLIAMENT Till; 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. Tht ."111,1L LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1853. WILLIAM PATERSON-the Founder of the Bank of England—was the originator of one of most magnificent enterprizes ever projected in the shape of a colonial speculation. Hitherto its splendour has failed to be correctly recognised. Its glory was overshadowed by misfortune almost from the moment of its commencement. Its me mory has only been preserved to us in the melan choly narrative of the ill-fated Darien expedition. Never, we may safely aver, was any adventure, ancient or modern, opened up to the energies of a civilised people under circumstances more pro pitious. Yet never were the golden day-dreams of a philanthropist more speedily or more de plorably dissipated. PATERSON proposed •to found a colony on the narrow isthmus connecting the two American continents. He proposed to unite by this means the commerce of the Pacific and the Atlantic. He proposed to render the scene of his extraordinary undertaking the channel through which should pass to and fro the mer chandise of the Asiatics and the Europeans. All this he projected, and, in doing so, he proferred to the English Cabinet th en p res idi ng over th e destinie s of the Anglo-Saxons, an opportunity for good such as was, perhaps, never before submitted for the acceptan c e o f an y G overnmen t. The annals of that time inform us in what man ner the scheme of this remarkable man was re sponded to b y the • British Administration. We learn from their sorrowful records how grievously all his majestio aspirations were doomed to disap pointment. The colonists sent out under his com mand were dispatched those tropical regions only to be abandoned there to destruction. To the eternal infamy of the statesmen then in po Arer in the United Kingdom, be it said—the com panions of the neglected _ Scotchra an were all owe d to perish under the combined influ A mere handful alone escape d ence of fami ne and pestilence. from those crowds of ar dent speculator s Who h a d left the shores of their native country under cir cumstances so promising but so illusory. A mere handful returned to tell the narrative of their sufferings, and to leave the remains o f the beloved and lamented mouldering in what proved to be not simply their own grave, but the grave of their unparalleled enterprise. It was left for another and a wiser age to realist= the beautiful vision of PATERSON. The glory of carrying out one of the principal objects of his design appears to have been reserved for our own generation. There has, within the last few days, been presented to the public in these islands the prospectus of a Company, which, if properly carried out, must effect- in a different manner, it is true, from what he could ever have anticipated, but, for that very reason, the m ore comp l e t e l y an d i mme di a t e l y , th e .theme projected a couple of centuries ago by the depreciated and Caled on i a. almost forgotten dreamer of This Company, already provisionally registered, it is ;reposed shall be ultimately in corporated by Charter or Act of Parlia ment AccordingAccordin a Royal to a t re ferred to, it would se the prospectus above era that the arrangements have b een so far completed, preliminary different officers req u i re d in the earlier that th e stages of iih tHEJUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1853. the undertaking have been appointed by its pro jectors, and their names issued through advertise ment. Besides a full complement of Directors, headed by a Chairman and a Deputy-Chairman, Bankers, Solicitors, Official Auditor, Consulting Engineer, Engineer-in-Chief, Secretary, and Stock broker, have all, even now, been nominated. A preliminary deposit of 75,0001. will• have to be raised forthwith, for the purpose of taking the first step towards the development of this gigantic en terprise. • Among the earliest objects kept in view by the Company, are--the obtaining a right to open a line of navigation and of land commu nications through or over the Isthmus of Darien ; and, to this end, the securing a concession of 200,000 acres to be granted by the Republic of New Granada. Already, of course, there is a route for travellers through the territory of this Republic. But such a route ! A railroad twenty five miles in length has already been constructed. It connects a little inland village on the Chagres river, called Barbacoas, with another little village on the sea coast, called by the natives Colon, but by its builders (settlers from the United States) Aspinwall. Aspinwall or Colon, situated about midway between Chagres and Portobello, consists of about fifty wooden houses, while little more than half-a-dozen huts constitute Barbacoas. Between these two wonderfully important villages, we have said there already exists a rail road. But this railroad consists of only a single line ! And, after having adventured as far as its inland terminus, the pleasures of the journey may be averred then really to begin in earnest. Leaving the huts of Barbacoas, which are plea santly surrounded by swamps of a sufficiently picturesque and salubrious character, as may be conjectured, the traveller across the Isthmus of Panama finds himself agreeably conveyed at a snail's pace in a flat-bottomed boat drowsily along the cur rent of the Rio Chagresto another delectable village, Hight Gorgona. Thence, during the dry season, ho can advance by a horrible road, twenty-three miles in extent, to the old city of Panama—the object of his destination. During the rainy sea sqn, however, this same road being altogether impassable, he is compelled to welter along the surface of the Rio Chagres, eight miles more, to a spot called Cruces. Cruces being twenty-eight miles from the shores of the Pacific, the adventurer his, in his journey along that route, the full benefit of all its delightful sources of enjoyment —including, from one extremity of the road to the other, the variegated charms of marsh mists, mud holes, musquitoes, scorpions, and centipedes. It can scarcely be supposed that the miseries derivable from these accompaniments to the tra veller can be in any way compensated by the mere sight of the luxuriant foliage of the tropical forests passed through, enlivened though the woodland solitudes may be by a profusion of parroquets and humming birds, and beautified though the very air may be by the wings of the most gorgeous butterflies. A writer who would seem to have but very recently traversed this singular route across the isthmus from Colon to Panama, tells us that you encounter, along the road from Cruces, " sometimes double-distilled Sloughs of Despond, composed of black mud five feet deep; at others, great stones, eight inches apart, sharpened and stuck upon end ; then long rows of wooden sleepers, placed in every conceiv able position, except the right one"—(Household Words, VI., 522),—and so on, as the narrator informs us with truly Irish naivete—" through" a tropical forest " matted and impenetrable." A better line of communication than this between the Pacific and the Atlantic is surely, after all that has been here observed, in every respect desirable! And this better line of communication is at length promised to the world by the Company just orga nised for the construction of a railway across the Isthmus of Darien, and for opening up in connec tion with that undertaking the long-desired faci lities in the way of uninterrupted navigation. How all this is to be accomplished the general public is now enabled to comprehend, without much diffi culty, through the aid of the very curious and interesting volume* lately written by the Engineer in-Chief of the NewCompany—LioNEL GISBORNE, C. E.—a work describing the Isthmus of Darien as it appeared in 1852—the narrative being, in fact, compiled from the author's Journal of an " Expedition of Inquiry for the Junction of the Atlantic and Pacific." It cannot yet be forgotten that the deplorable loss, by fire, of the Amazon steam-ship, interrupted a somewhat similar ex pedition on the part of the gifted and lamented ELIOT WA,EtBIIRTON. From the intelligent and entertaining pages of Mr. GISBORNV " Journal," it will at once be perceived how very desirable is the speedy commencement of such a project as the one upon which the new company is about to adventure, boldly enough, no doubt, but by no means precipitately. We would, more particularly and earnestly, direct attention to the supplemental portion of the volume, being the report addressed by the writer to Messrs. Fox,- HENDERSON, and BRA SSEY (in obedience to the instructions of which firm, indeed, Mr. GISBORNE had, in company with Mr. H. C. FORDE as his assistant, entered upon the labours of the expedition) upon the question, of all the most important in connection with this subject, namely, upon that of the feasibility of " Darien Ship Navigation." It will be perceived from that report—a report, recollect, written from perSonal and very recent examination of the loca lity—that the author, speaking authoritatively, remember, in his capacity as an engineer, after recommending the making a cut(across the Isthmus of Darien) of sufficient capacity to form an unin terrupted navigation (without locks) from sea to , sea, pronounces his opinion as to the practicability of that plan thus distinctly (p. 230)—" Its • exe cution offers no engineering difficulties, and no chance of future failure ; it is simply a ques tion of cubic quantity of excavation, dependent on the dimensions of the cross section." After that very explicit declaration on the part of so very competent a judge—as it will be ob vious on the face of it that Mr. GISBORNE must be, from the simple fact of his having been selected by so eminent a house as that of Fox, HENDER SON, and BRAME; to conduct last year's import ant Expedition of Inquiry—alter an assertion on his part so very clearly and resolutely expressed, it must be manifest that the project about to be ad ventured upon by the new company, gigantic and magnificent though it is, undoubtedly, is, neverthe less, at the same time, altogether devoid of any thing in the slightest degree bearing the semblance of extravagance. Cordially, and very earnestly we wish well to this noble enterprise, because we regard it as of extraordinary import to the wel fare of both the eastern and the western hemis phere—because we consider it, in truth, to be very far, indeed, from the least, perhaps on the con trary the most remarkable, step made within the last few years in the onward march of civilisation. * "The Isthmus of Darien in 1852: Journal of the Expedition of Inquiry for the Junction of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. By Lionel Gisborne. With four maps." Bvo, pp. 238. London : Saunders and Stan ford, 1853. It would be well if the advocates of a fettered and restricted commerce, of onerous import duties, and all the numerous phases of indirect natio-nu_ ta xation, miaeatcinedluirf;: w res oul o d f study the statistics of different requirements, ' examining the different productions and ber of the inhabitants, each, the genius and charac ienNgothing could be better calcu itants, and the nature of their fi dtlalaninutu , al dnepoetnadence and d oneous opinions, remove exist ing prejudices , views on fiscal subjectsgenerally to produce sound They would other, n or at least , if such an exami wouldof material] thena t i o o n n . 0 o T n he t each y otherassisting in the de pendence, a power fe n r e t ti t ving of welfare and prosperity o f which t in terchange of commodities. The by the as with her superfluities, in one respect, she is unable to produce on as favourablea as her neighbour. It is - with nations families. A large and industrious famil y may possibly be enabled to get on without extrinsic aid, but it will be badly. There may be a sufficiency of the actual necessaries of life, but many coin _ forts will be wanting that could be obtained under a more judicious system. The tailoring and shoemaking work might be done coarsely, and the baking and brewing likewise in an inferior , man ner, while the time bestowed on the matters imper fectly executed might have been far more pro fitably occupied in some other branch of industry, i n which the membeh of the family were pro fideots, and the disposal whereof would enable them ttr obtain the required ar ti c l es i n grea t er abu ndana f and of much better quality. What madness would it be of such a family to place im pediments in the way of receiving articles from the neighbouring shops, certain that measures of retaliation would be adopted, the result whereof would be to curtail the demand and depreciate the prices for their own productions ? They would incur boundless ridicule for their folly so long as the rash experiment was persisted in. Bitter experience would, however, speedily convince even the slowest of apprehension of the absurdity of such conduct, and induce them to adopt imme diate measures for putting matters upon a more politic foundation. Nations, however, that erect Custom-houses, and levy heavy import duties, are acting in this objectionable and impolitic manner. They know that similar measures will be adopted by other countries—that the magnitude of their own import duties will lead to hostile tariffs by those who under a different state of things might be their best customers. The effects of this imprudent course are not, perhaps, as easily perceptible as in a single family, but they are not less certain, and may be as accurately ascertained by a close ex aminer. The pride, the prejudices, of the diffe rent communities prevent the first step from being taken in the right direction. But if one were to adopt the laudable precedent of throwing her ports open to every corner, of receiving the products of every nation, and giving her own in return, with out tax or duty, others would speedily follow the example, and endeavour to meet their - kind neighbour on reciprocal terms. The greatest benefactor to mankind would be the man who could persuade any important country to enter on the initiative, by taking even a single step in the right direction. Let us, for example, take the cases of France and Great Britain, perhaps the two most important nations of the world. They would willingly and freely take our cottons, cotton wool, woollen yarns, machinery, cutlery, coals, &c., if we ac cepted of their silks, wines, fruits, &c., in return. We foolishly levy enormous duties, equal, perhaps, on an average, to 200 per cent. on their cheap wines, which practically prohibit their introduc tion into this country. The natural consequence follows : the commerce is limited in amount ; we do without a very beneficial and useful article, while they abstain from commodities for which there would otherwise be a considerable demand ; and gr'eat injury is done to both parties, to the industrial interests of both countries. The valuable statistics teaching such salutary lessons have hitherto, however, been difficult of attainment. They were as sealed books to the community in general, who could not afford the time and research necessary to the acquisition of this useful information. This evil has, however, been remedied, and no excuse will henceforward be afforded for ignorance on this all-important subject. Thanks to Mr. H. FRASER, the veil has been uplifted, the mist dispelled. That gentleman has just published, in a cheap and useful form, two excellent charts,* exhibiting a synoptical view of the resources of all nations, comprehending the area, chief town, population, and religion of each country ; the principal produce and manufactures, description of the general imports and exports, particularly those from or to Great Britain and Ireland, receipts, expenditure, and public debt, with a variety of other topics, affording altogether an unprecedented quantity of valuable information. It would, indeed, be impossible without an inspec tion to convey any adequate notion of the quantity and quality of that information. On these points the public must judge for themselves. This, how ever, we may say, that this information will enable Fiscal Reformers to meet and confute their opponents and provide unanswerable arguments against the injudicious system of indirect taxation that has so long paralysed the industry of the country, and prevented it from attaining the ' prosperity that could otherwise easily be achieved. We need not say that Mr. FRASER has not attempted to inculcate any political views. He merely states incontrovertible facts, the knowledge whereof will lead to the other matters above alluded to. * A View of the Resources of all Nations. Parts I, and 11. By H. Fraser, Esq. London : Smith, Strand Wyld, West Strand ; Sherwood, Piper, and Co., Pater• noster-row, &c. - Elsewhere in our impression of this evening will be found a rather curious chapter of Parisian gossip, furnished by the correspondent of one of our morning contemporaries. We have considered it advisable to transfer the narrative to our columns, not merely from the interest with which our readers cannot fail to peruse any account, however shadowy; that tends to illustrate the family history of the house of BONAPARTE, but also because, by so doing, we are enabled to warn the public mind in its regard against one or two very singular misrepresentations. It will be ob served that tha account transcribed from the Morning Chronicle has reference to the expulsion from France of the Countess de Sono and her brother by order of the Imperial Government. The writer therein states that the lady in ques tion is the daughter of LETITIA (fourth child of LUCIEN, Prince di CANINO, brother of NAPOLEON the Great) by her marriage with the Right Hon. THOMAS WYSE, who has been for several years past, and is still, accredited to the Court of Athens as her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador. Not long since we ourselves fell into a similar error inadvertently. Shortly afterwards, how ever, we took occasion to correct the uninten tional mis-statement made by our journal in this particular, by announcing, " upon authority," that the only offspring of those nuptials were two sons, both still surviving, namely ALFRED NAPO LEON and WILLIAM BONAPARTE. Remembering that, as we have just remarked, we were once the means of promulgating the same error which has now been reiterated by our morning contemporary, we are the more anxious to avail ourselves of the opportunity here presented tens, by again rendering , this journal the medium of an authoritative con tradiction. Besides the blunder already pointed out, it should be observed that there are others which have crept into the communication of this same Paris Correspondent. ' Not merely is the writer mistaken in stating the Countess de SoLms to be the daughter of the English Ambassador in Greece—his Excellency having, as already ob served, only the two children before particularised —but, if our memory does not fail us very mar vellously, he is also misinformed in his allusions to the wedding of the lady in question ; and this, moreover, both in regard to the time and circum stances of its celebration. Unless our recollection of events on the opposite shores of the Channel deceives us very wonderfully, this wedding—the wedding of MARIE STADHOLMINE LETITIA and the Count de SoLms—instead of occurring in 1849, as stated by the Correspondent of our contemporary, took place in 1848, being, conse quently, before and not after the election of the Prince LOUIS NAPOLEON to the chief magistracy of the Republic. Equally erroneous, if we mis take not, is the assertion that the marriage was attended by the various members of the Imperial fizaily, who thereby afforded it their countenance. Whether this latter circumstance, however, be accurate or not, there can be little doubt that the incident recently described by the Morning Chronicle is not very likely to terminate at the point at which it has now arrived. There aro lights and shadows in the picture dim enough at present—that must, before long, we conjecture, be rendered in some degree, at least, more ap parent. Whatever events may transpire cut of these occurrences, we shall endeavour to place the facts before the public accordingly as they may arise, as befits the duty of impartial and con scientious journalism. A deputation of the Board of the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Company had an interview with the Minister of the United States, at his official residence in Port land -place, on Saturday. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 6,000 bales, all to the trade. The market closed tamely at previous rates. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 200 Pernam and Ma ranham, at 61d. to lid. ; 100 Bahia, at 6Ad. to ; and 300 Surat at 3td. to 4-0. per lb. Rail way shares were flat. In Mark-lane to-day, prices are barely supported. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing : Company. Date. Place. Caledonian Mar. 22, Glasgow. Chester and Holyhead Mar. 9, Euston Station. City of Toronto & L. Huron Mar. 7, 13, St. Helen's-pl. Edinr., Perth, & Dundee Mar. 10, Edinburgh. Glasgow and South-Western Mar. 9, Glasgow. Lowestoft Mar. 12, Lowestoft. North British Mar. 18, Edinburgh. Scottish Central Mar. 17, Perth. South-Eastern Mar. 17,Bridgehouse-hotel, London-bridge. Tourn., Jurb., Land., &Has. Mar. 17, Brussels. West London Mar. 10, London Tavern. Mail bags will be made up to-morrow evening for Australia, via Singapore. Also, on the 24th instant, to be sent by the Osmanli steamer. The Antelope, another steamer from Liverpool, takes out letters. As regards the Australian, her depar ture is likely to be delayed yet for some time. The accounts by the steamer from the West Indies report the probability of smaller sugar crops than has been anticipated. The health of the islands was improving. The following observations in reference to the Cost-Book system, which Mr. J. N. Higgins, the author, considers should by a special Act of Parlia ment be made applicable to the new Colonial Mining Companies, may be found interesting at the present time : " I can hardly help thinking that, even upon the sup position that the cost-book system was not of local but of general application—admitting that it is a legal basis for the companies adverted to, it cannot be denied that they have not adhered to its principle, and while they have accepted its shadow, they have rejected its substances. In which of these has a general meeting of the adventurers preceded the settlement of the capital, the division of the same into shares, and the other pre liminary business of an association of mining adventur ers ? In how many instances has a regular cost-book been opened ? Which of them observes the rule about frequently recurring general meetings of the share holders, or the right of an individual proprietor to call for an account at any time in order to obtain the repay ment of his money less the debts and liabilities (if any) of the concern ? In most, if not all of them, the direc tors act as if they were appointed under the deed of set tlement of a company constituted under a royal charter, letters patent, or the 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110, and not as mere temporary agents, with power merely to perform such acts as are absolutely necessary for the working of the mines, until the next general meeting of the shareholders, which, in fact, is all that they can properly assume to be. The circumstance of there being a committee of management, and not an individual purser, makes no difference as to the rights of the for mer, and can confer no more power or authority on the committee-men or directors than would belong to a purser, if the management had been delegated to him. It is plain, then, that the companies in question follow the Cost-book system only so far as it renders conformity with the 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 110, unnecessary, and not in all its positive injunctions and essential charac teristics. There is a further important consideration which seems to have been wholly overlooked by the pro jectors of such companies. The Cost-book system, as it has been worked in Cornwall, is placed under the special and competent jurisdiction of the Stannaries' Courts, with an appeal in some cases to the Court of Chancery or the Privy Council. Until a recent statute, the stewards of the respective stannaries exer cised common-law jurisdiction within their own districts. All these courts are now consolidated into one court, presided over by the Vice-Warden, who also administers equity. He has authority to adjudicate in all claims fot money in respect of the working, or management, or of the providing goods for any mine within the limits of his jurisdiction. The important effects of this summary jurisdiction will be obvious at once to a lawyer. The difficulty and expense of dealing with a similar case in the ordinary course of law, should be a consideration of some weight with those " Cost-book Companies that cannot avail themselves of the Vice-Warden's Court." The English Stock Market has been very . quiet, and not quite so firm. Consols have been quoted 99A for transfer and account. The "continua tion" to April is about I per cent. The New 3k per Cents, have been marked 103# A, and the 3 per Cents. 100 i #. Bank Stock is steady at 227 to 228. Exchequer Bills are 175., and India Bonds 455. premium. n Foreign Securities a good deal is doing. The Spanish Certificates have been in demand at 6a to 7. The Greek Bonds are firmly maintained at 7±. Tho quotations in the " official" list on Saturd - ay, for the accuracy of which the Stock Exchange autho rities alone are responsible, were erroneously given at 9to f. Equador Bonds are supported at 5g and Grenada Deferred at 11g. Chilian 3 per Cents. have been marked 80. Mexican Bonds are 254 f. The Peruvian Loan is allotted, aid is in demand, being scarce at 5 to 54 premium. The Turkish! Loan is at 1 premium. Dutch Four per Cents, are worth 99 to f. Sardinian Stock has risen to 971 and 98. The New Three per Cent. Loan has been taken at Paris by Messrs. Rothschild, at 71. Railway Shares have been at lower rates gene rally, with moderate sales. The French lines are also rather lower. In the Gold Mine shares there is not much doing, and prices are about the same. The Australian Bank shares are much heavier, but the land com panies are better supported. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Officia2 List.) _ Business cone. 227 8 Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... lOOl 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities lo3k i Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860..... 6i India Bonds, £lOOO 45 50 Ditto, under £lOOO 5O Consols for Account 10th March 99 i a A Exchequer Bills lid. £l000. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account , Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent 1074 Ditto, 3 per Cent BO Equador Bonds ss i Grenada Bonds, Deferred, Greek ex over-due Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent 25 g Ditto for the Account 2 s fi B Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 64 Portuguese 5 per Cent. 4l x d Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 96? 81 76 8 74 si I Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 471 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 24i 4 31 4} Spanish Passive (Converted) si Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun Raw . Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852. l2 P Belgian Bonds, 4i per Cent. Ex. 25fr 99 / 81 Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent 66i THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto March Account 991 1 LLOYD'S SHIPPINQ-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 7.—Wind at Noon, W., light airs, and dull oloudy weather, with rain. DEAL, March 6.—Wind, W.S.W., fresh. Arrived Johanna Catharine, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh • Admiral Van Hemskirk, ' Kley, Batavia ; Pax, Stewart, New Or leans ; Ellenborough, Lansdowne, Calcutta ; Brilliant, Mentz. Arrived from the River—Elizabeth, for Barba does ; Long, Melbourne ; Competitor, Sergeant, Adelaide, S.A. ; Diana, Getting, Bahia. The Valiant (brig), of Workington, was abandoned on the 20th of February, having sprung a leak, and the crew taken off by the Ellen borough, arrived in the Downs. LIVERPOOL, March 6.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—John M`ViOar, Dalyell, China ; Sea Lark, and Snowdon, New Orleans ; Yorkshire, and Empire State, New York ; Pil grim, Jones, Bombay ; William, Crescent City, and Mada waska, New Orleans ; Helen, Jackson, Mobile • Harriet Francis, and Cit y o f M anchester, Ch ar l es t on ; Wansfell, and Star of the East, St. John's, N.B. ; Mary Queen of Scots, Blackmore, Paraiba ; Guisachan, Jeffery, Deme rara • Pequot, St. P e t ers b urg h ; M a rtha, W as hi ng t on ; Herald, Marshfield, and Siddons, New Orleans ; Medona, Manice, Boston ; Nile (s) Olive, Alexandria. Sailed— Melita, Smyrna • Lydia, Africa ; Arrow, Para ; Matthew King, Wilmington ; Southerner, New York , Canada, Boston ; Paulin e , Al g i ers. SOUTHAMPTON, March 6. —Wind, N.W. Arrived— Thames (e), Abbot, West Indies. FALMOUTH, March 6.—Arrived—Jane Andson, Maid of the Mill, and B ran d en b urg, Al exan d r i a • Gustaf Wasa, Princess Eugeni a , M eggy, Symmetry, dommercial, Le banon, and Ino Odessa ; Eliza, and Georgians, Galatz ; Minnet, Fate, Alchiali, Elizabeth Morrison, Kyle, Eupa tonia, Francis Yates, and Mora, Port Lagos ; Graf von Bulow, Berg, Alexandria, Greyhound, Barker, Latakia, Ann and John, Ibrail • Anne, Hassebaum, Ismael Dobre Egar, and Ligusto, Trieste. OFF POINT LYNES, March 4.—Laidmans, Mauritius, for the Clyde. CLYDE, March s. —Wind, S.W. Arrived—Barbadian, M'lntyre, Mauritius ; Sarah Jane, Stevens, Mobile ; Mary Morris, and New England, New York. QUEENSTOWN, March 4.—Wind, S.W. Arrived— Jane Henderson, Collier, New Orleans; Balli, Varner, Urania ; Kylandere, Sandford, Callao ' • Manilla, Rothe say ; Muir, Pern am b uco ; St e tt on , St. Michael's ; Ad mind, Schmidt, Ibrail ; Mary Louise, Folett, Odessa ; Landscape, Richard, Trieste. Off Port—Lawrence, Mau ritius. BARBADOES, Feb. I.—The Ottawa, of Greenock, from Pernambuco, found e r e d a b ou t 100 miles east of this island, previous to 18th Jan. ; crew saved. VIGO, March 2.—The Lading Packet, of Newcastle, foundered in lat. 40, long. 11 ; crew saved by. the Eliza, Bunn, from Lisbon, which vessel put in here 21st Fob., is want of repairs. LISBON, Feb. 28.—The Eclipse, of Penzance, with loss of foremast, four feet water in her hold, and abandoned, was picked up off Vigo, and has been towed in here by the Estrella, from Liverpool. The Colombina, from Bris tol to California, put into Lisbon 18th Feb., with fore mast sprung, and leaky ; cargo discharging. ELECTION COMMITTEES-( THIS DAY.) DERBY. The committee sat at twelve o'clock. Mr. Taylor, the landlord of the County Tavern, was recalled, and, in answer to the committee, said, that he sent Morgan's card to Cox's by a messenger named North. He had no Communication with Morgan on his return. Henry Sharrack, a journeyman butcher, examined—l have a vote for the borough of Derby. I promised it to Bass and Heyworth. My master had promised to vote for the other side. I was in a hay field on the polling day, where a man named Cyrus Babb came up to me, and said to me, " Come along, Harry, there is a pig for you." I went down to the Northern Star, where I met a man named Clarke, who asked me what I wanted for my vote. I said I didn't know. He said he would give me 21., that was the farthest extent. I was to vote for Horsfall. I said very well. I went down to the com mittee-room for a ticket. There I found Mr. Ackermann, who gave me a ticket to go to the polling booth. I then went to the polling booth, and voted for Mr. Horsfall. I then went to the Northern Star, and had some porter. Babb was with me. He left me, telling me I must wait till a stoutish man came to fetch me to go for the money. After a while a stoutish man did come for me. I should know him again. His name is William Savage. Savage was called in and identified by the witness. Examination resumed—Savage and I then went down to the County Tavern. We went into the stable yard, and up a flight of stairs. There was a man on the stairs ; he let Savage pass, but stopped me. Savage went in, and after a few minutes came out again. He took me to the door, laid hold of my shoulders, and turned me round w ith my back to the door. I put my hand behind me, and two sovereigns were put into it. I then went down stairs again with Savage. My num ber on the register is 1,053. Morgan's little book, in which he entered the sums he paid, and which, it will be remembered, was found on the table before him at the time of his apprehension, was handed in, and in it appeared an entry of 21. paid to No. 1,053. This witness was under examination when our re porter left. CHATHAM. The committee at their sitting this morning proceeded to hear the arguments of counsel on the legal bearing of the evidence, which were not concluded when our report left. HUDDERSFIELD. This committee sat this morning at half-pa,st eleven o'clock, when the examination •of witnesses in support of the petition was proceeded with. RYE. This committee resumed this morning at 12 o'clock. In consequence of the sitting member having aban doned further opposition to the petition, the room was cleared for the committee to agree to the necessary reso lutions. The parties were not re-admitted at the time when our report left. HULL. At the meeting of the committee this morning, Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., stated, that after the evi dence which had been adduced, it was impossible to deny that indiscretion had been committed by certain parties, he should, therefore, abandon his opposition to the petition. The room was then cleared, and the parties were not re-admitted when our report left. The decision will appear in our late edition. GUILDFORD. At the meeting of the committee this morning, the learned counsel for the petitioners stated that it had been determined to abandon the petition, and, therefore, he should adduce no further evidence. The room was then cleared, and when the parties were re-admitted it was announced that the committee had come to the resolu tion that James Bell, Esq., and H. Mangles, Esq., were duly elected to serve in the present Parliament as bur gesses for the borough of Guildford. That all the costs of the inquiry must be defrayed by the petitioners. SOITTHAMPTON. - - The committee assembled again this morning at 11 o'clock—Mr. H. Herbert in the chair. The first witness called on the part of the petitioners was a David.Witcher, a master painter, who deposed that he had promised to vote for Mr. Cochrane at the last election, but that Mr. Scrace, a brewer, called upon him on the morning of the election, took him off to the pier, gave him Bs., and sent him in a boat over to the Isle of Wight, in order to prevent him voting. He had never voted at an election before. He was a Tory, but had only been so since the last election. He did not know the difference between a Tory and Liberal. (Laughter.) This witness's examination had not concluded when our reporter left. SEIZURE OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP, DETENTION OF ITS LIVING CARGO, AND RECOVERY OF ABOVE 2,5001. WORTH OF PROPERTY. This day, at noon, Mr. Hamber, the senior messenger of the Court of Bankruptcy, came up to town by express, and reported that he had succeeded in seizing the emi grant ship Salsette at Portsmouth, under, the following circumstances : On the 23d of February last, a petitionin bankruptcy was presented to Mr. Commissioner Goulburn by Mr. Philp, solicitor, of Bucklesbury, against Joseph Henry Dunne and John Venables, of 9, Craven-street, Strand, shipowners and merchants. It appears that the parties had purposed going out to Port Philip, the former as passenger and part owner of the Salsette, and the latter as the master and part owner. They had been pre viously arrested for debt, but had obtained their liberty. At•the latter end of last month the Salsette left the Lon don docks in charge of Wm. Hay, the chief officer, with a valuable cargo on board, and about 30 emigrants, but on going down the channel he lost an anchor, and was obliged to put in at Portsmouth to get fresh anchors. In the meantime Venables and Dunne joined the vessel, and a warrant was granted, and put in the hands of Mr. Hamber, who proceeded to Portsmouth, and found that Venables had been arrested and lodged in Winchester gaol by a sheriff's officer, who met him in company with a lady in Portsmouth. His whiskers had been closely shaven off, and he wore a cap drawn over his face to conceal his features, and he was otherwise disguised. Mr. Hamber immediately proceeded to Winchester gaol, and searched Venables, from whom he took a valuable gold watch and chain, and a number of letters, disclosing the intention of the parties to elude their creditors. The messenger then returned to Ports mouth, seized the vessel, and left one of his assistants named Howarth on board, who still'' remains in possession, under Commissioner Goulburn's war rant. The Salsette is estimated to be worth above 1,5001., and in addition to that, Mr. Hamber seized a valuable freightage consisting chiefly of agricul• tural implements obtained from the celebrated machinists, Messrs. Deane, Dray, and Co. of Swan-lane, and which have not been paid for. The whole of the cargo is valued at above 1,0001., making upwards of 2,5001. recovered for the benefit f the creditors. Dunne was promised protection if lie would surrender to the court, but up to half-past one this day he had not done so. The emi grants still remain on board. SHERIFFS COURT.-(THIS .DAY.) (Before R. Gurney, Esq.) IMPORTANT DECISION UNDER THE INSOLVENT LAIV.- GEORGE V. 000 PER. This was a judgment summons calling on defendant to show cause why he did not,pay a sum of 151., for which a judgment had been obtained in this Court, and why, in default of doing so, he should not be committed. Mr. Hicks, - Clifford's-inn, appeared for the defendant, and put in the discharge by the Insolvent Court, and contended that the defendant was thereby exonerated from the present claim. His Honour, after referring to the act, said that the Courts had a concurrent jurisdiction, and therefore he must inquire into the circumstances of the defendant. Defendant, on being sworn, admitted that he was still on the same premises as before his insolvency, and the rent for the apartments is 1001. a-year, but he had not been able to pay the rent, through his profession as an artist having fallen off during the winter, and he had also other judgments against him, and two more sum monses for this day. His Honour said that madi') the case worse, and defendant ou g ht no t t o i ncur so muc h f or rent ; but,i as it did not appear he had means to pay at present, no commitment would be made. LADY PEEL.—The Morning Herald and Morning Ad vertiser of Saturday last announce, in somewhat positive terms, that Lady Peel has joined the Romish com munion. There is no truth whatever in the statement, nor in another put forth by the same journals, to the effect that Miss Peel has also joined the Roman Catholic Church, preparatory to her marriage with the Hon. T. Stonor, son of Lord Camoys, a Roman Catholic peer. Both ladies attended divine service twice yesterday, at the Spring-gardens Episcopal Chapel of Ease.—lfforning Post. ROBBERY AT THE MESSRS. ROTHSCHILD'S, IN GER MANY.—lntelligence,; has been received in LonclOn of a robbery at the establishment of Messrs. Rothschild's, at Offenburg, in Germany, of a quantity of valuable mer chandise, consisting principally of the new description of purses called port monnaies in every variety of orna mental manufacture. It is suspected that the stolen property will be brought to this country • and as the marks and numbers of the packages, and other parti culars of the property, are known, arrangements have been made to intercept them on arrival here. CAPTAIN JOLINSOIi'S BAIL.-At the Central Criminal Court, on Friday, an application was made by one of the persons who had become bail for Captain Johnson that the enforcement of the bail might be stayed till next session, on the ground that the prosecutrix had refused to prosecute, and was at that moment harbouring Cap tain Johnson at her residence. 411 e had done his best to cause the apprehension of the accused, but at present it had been found to be impossible, and unless this appli• cation were granted, the bail would be forfeited. The Recorder said if tradesmen were so foolish as to become bail for persons of whom they knew so little, they must take the consequences. The bail had become forfeited by the non-appearance of the accused, but if the appli cant should be instrumental in effecting the capture of Captain Johnson, the court might be induced to take a different view of the case. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie and Captain' he Hon. Dudley de Ros, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Sa turday afternoon, at Gloucester House. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Cap tain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, went to Chiswick Gar 'dens on Saturday morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and Prince Arthur, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, Miss Hildyard, and Mr. Gibbs, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday afternoon at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's. The Tyrolese minstrels had the honour of attending at Clarence House, and sang several of their favourite national melodies for the gratification of the royal circle. Her Majesty had a dinner party on Saturday evening at Buckingham Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene High ness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of Hamilton, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, his Excellency the Netherlands Minister, the Marquis Massimo d'Azeglio, the Mar chioness of Ormonde, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Ellenborough, Lord James Murray, the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, the Right Hon. Spencer and Mrs. Walpole, Colonel the Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey, Mr. Frederick Peel, the Lieut.-Colonel F. Seymour. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following composi tions : Overture, "Fest" Lachner. Lied "0 ! War ich dock des mondes Licht" Kiicken. Potpdurri Concertante Hartriaann. Bolero Cusent. Polka, "Plankler" Stasny. Waltz, "Die Heiteren" Kiihner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Palace, and played the following pieces : Overture, " Lucretia" Marschner. Selection, 2d Act, " Zauberflote" Mozart. Cavatina, " Freischutz" Yesterday morning her Majesty and his Royal High ness Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentlemen in 'waiting, and the do mestic household, attended divine service in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday, at Gloucester house. A deputation on the subject of the water supply had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, on Sa turday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation con sisted of Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Colonel Bagnold, Mr. G. H. Bovill, Mr. Thomas Dakin, Mr. S. C. Ho mersham (engineer to the London (Watford) Spring Water Company), and Mr. W. T. Robinson, solicitor to the company. Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A deputation of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle at the Colonial-office, on Saturday. The deputation con sisted of Messrs. G. W. Alexander, R. Alsop, Thos. Binns, Jos. Cooper, Robert Forster, J. Horman Fisher, the Rev. J. Kennedy, Messrs. Jos. Sturge, Samuel Sturge, and L. A. Chameroozow. Adeputation on the subject of East Indian affairs had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen, accompanied by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The deputation included Mr. Hibbert, Mr. Denison, Mr. M‘Gregor, and Mr. Cave. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, on Saturday afternoon. The Ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours and a half. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. The opening of this establishment for the ensuing sea son has been appointed for the 29th of the present month —the Tuesday in the Easter week. M. Costa will con duct, and will be supported by Mario, Ronconi, Formes, Tagliafico, Polonini, Stigelli, Soldi, and Tamberlik, together with Mesdames Grisi, Castellan, Bellini, and Bertrandi ; Mdlles. Bosio and Jullienne. Zelger, the basso, returns, after an absence of two years, and Lucchesi, the new tenor, has been engaged, and will make an early debut. Madame Medori has also been engaged, and will make her first appearance in June. In the ballet department it is intended to call in greater talent, as well as larger numbers. Spohr will conduct his opera of Tessonda. The stage manager will be Mr. A. Harris ; and Mr. Beverley, of the Lyceum, will succeed Mr. T. Greive as scene painter. The band and chorus will be the same as before. One of Donzelli's daughters will make her debut in the course of the season. —Observer. THE STEAM-SHIP AUSTRALIAN. PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY. The result of the trial trip yesterday, which did not finish until the evening, was, as far as regards the en gines, not satisfactory to Captain Lowe. To-day that officer, assisted by Mr. Stewart, engineer of her Majesty's dockyard, Devonport, and Mr. George Turner, the assistant-master shipwright, will make a minute inspec tion of the machinery and engines, to facilitate which the crew have been engaged in clearing the water from beneath the engines, to enable the surveyor to make a complete examination. It is stated that " the bed plates of the Australian's engines became loose on the last voyage, and that the braces which were put to sup port them work from three-eighths to half an inch at each stroke of the 'piston." It is further said, that the bed-plates of her engines are insufficient in size and strength. Whatever decision the surveyors may arrive at to-day, it is not at all profitable that the Australian can proceed before Tuesday or Wednesday. 8 P.M. Captain Lowe concluded his official inspection this afternoon. It is stated that a vibration has always ex isted in the after-engine, and it was believed that the sleepers on which the engine-plate rests were insufficient in strength, or that the rivetting was unsound. When put under full steam to-day no vibration of any conse quence was discovered, but a lifting motion occurred at the turn of the stroke, and on examining the feet of the columns it was found they had worked loose, and that there was no draught in the keys for tightening them down. The strength of the kelsons is satisfactory. It is said that the new keys and adjustments will be com pletely fitted by Wednesday, and the ship be ready to sail on Thursday. UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION.—The twenty-second annual meeting of this institution took place on Satur day, in the theatre of the Museum, in Whitehall-yard, the Duke of Northumberland presiding. The report stated that 133 new members had joined during the year ; the total number of life subscribers on the Ist of March was 810 ; and of annual subscribers, 2,291. There was an excess in the ordinary expenditure over the in come of 781., which had been paid out of capital. This excess had been occasioned by an unusual heavy poor's rate, extra printing and advertisements, and an omission brought forward from the last year's accounts. The council had received of the 1,2001. awarded as compen sation for the damage done to the building by the opera tions of the Commissioners of Sewers 8551., the law costs having absorbed the remaining 3451., and the rebuilding of the premises had cost 8591., in addition to which 2901. had been expended in furnishing and fitting up the library. Another item of extraordinary expense was an arrear of poor rate, which had been appealed • against, and decided against the in stitution, and which, with th e so li citor ' s bill, e e n amounted t o 3231. The w h o l e of the stock (Three -and-a-Quarter per Cents.) whi c h the institution possessed at the i of h t hr the e eyear was a balancehad been of rea 621. 1isin gin6t7hBeLn commencement ce to mwenhtie bankers' hands from last y ear ' s account ; 1141. had been received for life subscriptions, and 1121. from the Waterloo Medal Fund committee • making together a gross total of 966/ .-695/, of which ' had been appropriated to the liquidation of the charges alluded to, and 2001. had been re - invested. The estimate of the current year's expenditure was 1,2551., and the receipt s were estimated a t 1 , 2 811. Lord Rastock moved the adoption of the document, and its circulation amongst the subscribers. He dilated on the advantages the in stitution was calculated to confer upon the army and navy, and expressed his astonishment that it was not more generally appreciated by those services. Colonel Lindsay, in seconding the motion, drew attention to the present state of the institution, which he said exhibited a falling off in the receipts from annual subscribers. After some conversation the resolution was put. and car ried, and the ordinary formal business of filling up the vacancies on the Council, thanking the retiring council. lors, the auditors, and the president, having been trans acted, the meeting separated. SINGULAR DELUSIONS.—On Saturday a commission of lunacy was opened at the Maidenhead Tavern, King's cross, before Mr. Commissioner Barlow and 19 special jurors of the county of Middlesex, to inquire into the state of mind of Miss Julia Hutchinson, a maiden lady, of Russell and G rosvenor - squares, and for some time past residing with her brother-in-law, Thomas Henry Hall, Esq., at No. 49, Tavistock-square. After the re ception of some medical evidence of very decided cha racter, the unfortunate lady was introduced. She ap peared to be about 50 years of age, and in good bodily health ; she was elegantly attired, and upon takirg a seat said, in answer to questions put to her by the com missioner, that all her property was now gone, and she herself had been buried, and was to be burnt ; she was buried before she was born. Her house in Grosvenor square was worth 30,0001. a year, but she had let it for 2001. She had at one time spent 25,0001. per annum, when she lived in Grosvenor-square, where she had set up a theatre. Her head had been cut off , and there were epaulets upon her shoulders. After, other answe rs of the same incoherent description, she was led out of the room. Further evidence was then adduced to fix the period of the commencement of the insanity, and the learned commissioner having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict dating the insanity of Miss Hutchinson from the 18th of November, 1834. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the leading markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with English wheat. Although the demand was by no means active, prices were well sup ported. The sale for barley ruled steady, at extreme rates, whilst there was rather more inquiry for malt. Oats, beans, peas, and flour moved off slowly at barely previous currencies. The latest aclvice9 from New York state that a good business was doing in flour on English account, The near continental markets have ruled dull ; but no material change has taken place in prices. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were but moderate. From abroad we received 880 quarters of wheat, 620 oats, 23 beans, 9,459 linseed, 2,930 rapeseed, 39 sundry seeds, 10,382 sacks and 5,565 barrels of flour. Fresh up to-day the arrivals of wheat, coastwise, from Essex, Kent, and Lincolnshire, were very moderate, and in but middling condition. From other quarters they were limited. By land carriage the supply was by 1 20 means extensive, and the aggregate show of samples was small. Owing, however, to the change in the weather, the thin attendance of both town and country millers, and the large imports of flour from France, S pa i n, " m ad the United States, the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was in a very inactive state, at prices barely equal to these paid on Monday last, and at which a clear ance was with difficulty effected. For forward delivery a very limited business was doing; nevertheless growers in general wero firm in their de mands. The show of fresh foreign wheat was limited ; but We had a large number of granaried samples on offer. Se lected qualities changed hands slowly, at l as t w e ek's cur' rency ; but all other kinds were dull in the extreme, and, in some instances, the quotations were the turn in favour of buyers. Floating cargoes off Falmouth—the number of which has increased—commanded very little attention. In their value, we have no change to notice. Scarcely any foreign barley was in the market, and the supply of English was by no means extensive. On the whole, the demand was less active of late ; nevertheless , prices were supported. We had a fair inquiry for malt, the supply of which was good, at full quotations. _ _ A large supply of Irish oats being on sale, the de mand for them was heavy, and prices had a downward tendency. English, Scotch, and foreign qualities, moved off slowly, at late rates. Beans'NVere in moderate supply, and very inactive bra quiry, at unaltered quotations. In the value of peas no change. Holders were firm, and the business doing was limited. . All kinds of flour was very dull, and American parcel° gave way is per barrel. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. ('Malt —Chevalier .... 61s to 63 % Oats Yorkshire and Lincohish.,Feed 169 22 % Potato ...... ...• 21E 2411 Yonghal and Cork 169 195 Cork, White . 169 2 59 Scotch, Feed. •• • • 219 25 ' Beans—Tick .•• •• •• •• 34s 3 85 Pige0n5.......... 36+ 449 Peas—Grey „.. .• 315 355 Maple. .. ...• •• 33s 365 White........... 361 404 Boilers ......... Vie 4 Flour—Town-made ..• 415 4611 Suffolk 3 50 Stockta & Norfolk 32s 3sll Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red .... new 42s to 48s Ditto..... old 51s 54s Ditto, White new 44s 54s Ditto.. • ..... old 49s GOs Ncirklk and Lin coln, Red, old 47s 53s Ditto new ...• • • 37s 47s Rye—Old 298 82s New .........• 298 31Is Carley—Grinding. •• • • 28s 30s Malting ......... 31s 34n Chevalier.... ... 338 893 &fait—Suffolk and Nor folk.... • • • . 54s 88s Brown ............... 46s 528 Kingston and Ware 57s 60s SMITHFIELD. The imports of foreign stock into London, last week , were good the total s upply amoun ti ng to 2,83 4 head. During the same period in 1852 they amounted to 1,519 ; in 1851, 3,327 ; in 1850, 1,318 ; in 1849, 1,695 ; snd in 1848, 701 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pi"s• From Boulogne Ostend.... Harlingen 316 Antwerp -- Rotterdam 159 403 90 114 1,503 45 ... 175 ... Total . ~ 2,126 ... 227 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under :-- Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. 116 11 ' 344 ... 985 190 ... ~. 395 ... 1,571 341 ... QO • 529 ... 552 ... ... 237 ... ▪ 369 ... 1,142 .. 184 ... , 203 ... 289 ... 109 ... The show of foreign stock in to-day's market was veil moderate, and in but middling condition. From our Own grazing districts, the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morn: ing were somewhat extensive for the time of year, and of full average quality. Owing chiefly to the change in the weather, the demand for all breeds ruled heavy, at a de' cline in the quotations obtained on Monday last of 2d pe r 81bs, and a total clearance was not effected. The prime' Scots sold at from 3s 10d to 4s per 81bs. The receipts of beasts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, amounted to 1,800 Scots and short horns ; from other parts of England, 800 Herefords, runts, Devote &c. • and from Scotland, 300 horned and polled Scots. Notwithstanding that the supply of sheep was again very limited, the mutton trade ruled exceedingly inactive , at prices barely equal to those paid last week. The extreme value of the best old Downs, in the wool, was 5s 2d, out of the wool, 4s 2d per 81bs. We were very scantily supplied with both English and foreign calves, which moved off slowly, at barely late rates. The top quotation was 4s 6d per 81bs. The sale for pigs ruled heavy. In prices, however, no change took place. Per Sibs to sink the offaLs. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts ...2 10 to 3 0 Second quality ...3 2 3 4 Prime large oxen 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots, &c. 3 10 4 () Inferior sheep ...3 10 4 0 , Second quality ...4 2 4 6 Prime crso.-wlled.4 8 4 10 s. (1. 0 . d' Prime Southdown 5 0 5 Large crse. calves 3 0 4 ,-; Prime small do 4 2 2 3 Large hogs 210 1 i Small porkers 3 6 0 Suckling calves 20 0 : 0 Quarter old pigs 19 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep ~ Calves .. Pigs .... . 4,407 .16,140 148 1 165 FOREIGN BUpPLY• Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs .. es fat A statement and comparison of the s u pplies and prices o f stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, o'" e Monday, March 8, 1852, and thi s d a y, M on d a y, Mara' " 1853. Per Blbs, to sink the offals. March 8, 1852. i Mar. 1 1 a. d. d.fs. d. '; ...2 4to 2 62 10 to 3 .. 2 8 3 03 2 3 .. 3 2 3 43 6 i! .. 3 6 3 83 10 2 8 2103 10 4 s ig .. 3 0 3 64 2 4 1 5 .. 3 8 3 104 8 , .. 4 0 4 45 0 0 .. 3 4 310 3 0 4 0 i; 4 0 4 64 2 4 g' .. 2 6 3 6 210 3 .. 3 8 3 103 6 4 4, 4 °' ... 3,874 1.40 16 .., 21,900 , 145 ... 138 1 65 SUPPLIES ox SALE, March 10 ,.1851.—Beasts, 3,779 -; 1.9,11,0; calves, 131; pigs, 350 Coarse and inferior beasts Second quality ditto Prime large oxen Prims Scots, &c Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality .ditto Primo coarse woolled ditto Prime Southdown ditto Large coarse calves Prime small ditto ... Large hogs ... Neat small porkers ~. Beasts. Sheep . Calves. Pigs March 11 , 1 850.—Beasts, 3,600; sheep, 20,2.20; calves, I ° s; pigs, 185. NEWGATE AND LBADENHALL. Since Monday l as t th e arrivals of country-karma meat up to these mar k ets have been very extensive, they' ka °l/1 0 7 exceeded 8,000 carcases, in fair condition. The sutpPues,,,.- meat slaught ere d i n the metropolis on offer to-d ay,,lv—° tolerably good ; yet the trade ruled steady, at full. Vice° Per Blbs by the carcase. cl• s. d. s. d. s . d. 0. 6 Beef, inferior 282 10 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 Do.,middling 3 0 3 2 Do.,middling 3 8 4 6 Do., prime large 3 2 3 4 Do., prime 4 2 4 4 Do., do. small ....3 4 3 6 Veal 2 8 4 0 Pork, large 2B 3 4 P or k , small 3 6 BOROUGH HOP. a tb e The demand for all kinds of hops being firm, an show of s am pl es compara ti ve l y sma ll , pr i ces h ave inirV b ve er since our last report, w ith ever y prospec t o f even 01- „g to rates being obtained. Mid an d E as t K en t poc k e t s 1 1 -, 9 1 fp 168 s • Weald of Kent, 105 s to 120 s ; S ussex , 1000 to •`" per c wt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIBLDS. Coastwise and per railway, the arrivals of potatoes gam been very moderate since our last, but the imports if„ ° 6 l abroad have been liberal, viz., 890 tons from Ron elly_o from Dunkirk, 120 f rom Calais, 234 from Havre, a from Gravelines. The d eman d rules steady, as foil owy o. , York Regents, 105 s to 155 s per ton ; Lincolnshire; o . 95s to 125 s ; Scotch do., 95s to 1158; foreign, 90s to 1 WOOL. cl The public sales of colonial wool were b roug ht to /' o°B of on Wednesday, under favour a bl e ausp i ces , u pws rds 40,000 bales hating found buyers, at an advance of ifi lol l l s o f to lid per lb. In the private contract market all ki %nce wool are very firm, and quite as dear as last week. fro el our last, the imports have amounted to 716 balee' ' 17 Algoa Bay, 325 do. from the Cape, 46 from Antwvp_39 from Madras, 'l5O from Melbourne, 15 from Osten „'d from Leghorn, 525 from Sydney, 27 from Boulogne, an from Mogadore. SEEDS. 50 3 East India Linseed is in moderate request, at fro: 111 0 . e j to 52s per quarter. Black Sea, for arrival, has ell' fi tta hands, at 51s to 525. Rape steady, at 50s for Cal, oll- „f.: Most other seeds are a dull inqui r y. s pr i ng t a res f0r, e ,,, re .. - fering at from 6s to 6s 6d per bushel. .akes suppoil' vious rates, with a firm demand. 41 0 Carraway, new ••• • • • °"„ 17 0 Coriander new .. •••• •• 7. P 3 Hempsoed, per quarter o ,l 09 Linseed, Eng. Sowing.. 89° 643 Crushing •• •• •• •• 4 ,!:' Baltic •• .• •• •• " E 53 Odessa •• •• •• •• • .49 Linseed Cake, P. . 1 oi 10 0 English •• • 91 "' 101 Foreign, per ton 7110 s bi Rape Cakes, pr ton 61 08 1 610t1 Rapeseed,New, pr lot 23/0s; Tarnip,White, per bush. 93 to 11s Swede .•• • • • • • 1 0s 128 +Award, Brown • • • 7s lOs White, new ••••• . 73 hd lOs Tares,Win ter, new.. • • 48 6d hs Od Spring •• • • • • • •• Os Od Os 6d (inary, per quarter .. 38s 42s Rye grass .. ••• • • • 28s 3 +s mover, Red Enh (cwt.) 48s 623 White •• • • .... • • 46s 6is Foreign Red.... • • 488 623 2 4 6 6 5 s 3 6 0 4 5 s Trefoil, new .7.11.i!4!:::: TALLOW. , been Since Monday last a very moderate business hiu' e h a s doing i n this market. In prices, h oweve r, no charkg taken pl ace. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is Hata 44s 3d to 44s 6d per and for delivery during the last j r months, 44s G cwt. Town tallow is 433 6d to 4 e cwt. net cash, rough fat, 2s 5d.-1, d per 8113 s. _---- ---- 1852. .u. 20. 15OU. 1 . _ f ,.... 7 ---_ .,, Stock this day ...... 29,081 37,030 1 39,612 49,344 3 4 _Sr te Price of Y. C . ... f , 40s 6d 375 Od to 38s 6d to 3bs 94 . 4 4 3 al • to 0050 d 375 3d 00s Od to 009 oa, ' 1 802 Delivery last week .. I 1,560 1,515 1,727 2,1 60 i '6Ol Ditto from June 1.... 82,660 76,272 77,822 87, 754 ' - ?2,66 4 Arrivals last week .. 434 • 35 . „,,, 7 gi Ditto from June 1.... 104,208 88,733 1 91,916 1 100,564'w ," ~ ISO P " Price •f .Toom ...... :48e Ott 395 6 d 39 s 6d 39a 6el - 1852 1851, 1850. 1849, 1848,