The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-17 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. -21ITING NOTES --No. CCCCXXIV. )34.TR MEETING.—T o - morrow ' s races commence at two o'clock, with the City Cup of 100 sovs., added to a lasweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, to start at the Red Post nd go once round —a few yards over two mil®s and ti the Twenty-one animals are entered for this stake, but twothirds or more have very little chance of seeing the Red post p ea Weathergage, of course, does not run, 4°r gY. The probability is that AUDUBON, if not rendered too stale by his exertions this day, will be the winn er, as no ne of his opponents seem better adapted to the course. The Weston Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 50 added, T.Y.C. "—straight half -mile --will be a test of speed and temper between. the Cheshire Marquis, Mouser, Oliver, and S a e and it would not surprise me in the least to /13:r lionslzu the winner, although Cheshire Marquis and f Oliver both darkies, are held in high estimation by their ernends, Epaminondas is said to be amiss, and conse rent'Y will not run. Himalaya, who has been backed tsarne money, is also a non-starter. Pyrrha and igutsbade are, I believe, also in the same predicament. leas The Dyrlaa,m Stakes of 100 sovs each, mile and a half, 7'llobtained thirty-five nominations, and I should say- Produce the largest field during the meeting. Russ (3mgh -lave does not run. Lamartine, at Bst 101 b, cannot sh any chance. Old Clotliworker stops at home. 41aravogue is overdosed at Bst 81b. Cardinal Wise 11e'iwochifZae, at Bst 71b, together with Stapleton's, awteghts, very indifferent. Abdallah's, and all the middle indifferent. Gossip is the first that Possessilk es ay eye in running down the list that seems to ~, a respectable chance. He figures at the same k 41b —as Lady Emily and Tweedside. I C eres nothing in favour of the four year old Harry, or ru e !es ; but I expect to see Katty Darling and Massena 3,tolerably well. To arrive at a point, I shall look / 71 th e winner in GOSSIP ; and that Katty Darling and a l s , se na will occupy the next two places I reckon upon. The fourth race on the card is the Aristocratic Han -I'l, of 10 Boys. each , with 20 added, mile and a This stake will probably be carried off by WATER ?ALL, The ludi na i i sw i eePstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, in kAv r ' e ats, will bring the meeting to a conclusion. a , --,,RESTER SPRING MEETING.—Three days' capital fo ticiit are marked to come off to-morrow, and the two hepedays' Th e fi rst race to - morrow w i ll b e, I be one Mile, i r e ! te,iklain Handicap of 5 so . vs. each, 50 added, lag in th The re are several names of some note figur tenni a entry, among others, that of Longbow, who s e ulaio,l i g entertain doubts 437. Looking over the re va4zi er, should say the race will lie with Osbaldeston, Ost ALT ; and Dressmaker ; and the best of this trio is tion ti i llTON. Thi s , h owever , I g i ve w i t h t h e reserva &ldleto n o S hould Longbo w st ar t h e w ill pl ay secon d of 5 s e r , l7ll jea Cup of 200 sovs., added to a sweepstakes entr,,,each, mile and a quarter, has the very large Para . v (3 ' 4.l tY-nine I need not wade through the corn give !ve Merits of ' the animals engaged, but will at once th e b it 48 ky opinion (and not a very confident one by and that that the Begrim colt will be about the mark ; The old Gaffer Green and Placid may run forward. T.f.e e a Pling Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft.,. 100 added, which ,Kling another strong entry, the major part of La ve. 1 4 , 3 not yet appeared in public, and those that . surdi t "'ng only inferior animals, it is almost an %i s Y attempting to point out the winner in a race like ; but opi tiion as it is considered necessary to give an lt you ngster. Il ly accounts lead me to infer that DERVISH is of some little promise. 41,10) Third Produce Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 100 twgoed, mile- and-a-half. The major portion of the forty deathelltzias have their chances already disposed of by . 1,44 4, Or being out of training. Some half-dozen only he ir obably be led to the post. Master Norton, had toleell quite up to the mark, would have been a and c ertainty ;as it i s , I mus t l oo k to MOCASSIN ThLAIYY 'VERNON to fill th e fi rs t an d secon d places. f are, Maiden Plate will terminate the first day's bill of Spo THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. BATH.—THIS DAY. lb, BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. e SE S ARRIVED.—In th e number of horses arrived Ly dart-Over La Malheu reuse , H arry , co l t b y Alfred, dart tk n Z• Faustus , Monie Moses, Am azon , I re l an d' s E ye , W ed — `,„ lllll _, Gossip, Audubon, filly by V en i son ou t o f din Day, Sharavogue, Red Li on , D a b c hi c k , Ch ase , 4 . ,"tclaide, Francesca colt, Cestus filly, Massaroni, Glen iibandy, Diomedia, Norna, Montague, Waterfall, h :Pantes, Lady Emily, Massena, Tame, Spinaway, ti b i,`", Mouser, Ceres, Spiro, Balmoral, Che s hi re M ar - Ratty Darling, ardinal Wiseman, Abdallah, Clio, filirMlade, Royalist. Miss Talbot, Topsy, Zenith, W m , l l Lothario, Joe Miller, Odiham, Economy, Lady )actocit, Volusia, gelding by Idas out of Axon, Ceres, -rtie r• Russborough expected. MANCHESTER.—THIS DAY. EntrßY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. i t i P for th e Queen ' s Plate. Three years old, 7st Threeu four, gat 21b ; five, lOst ; six and aged, lOst 51b. miles and a distance. 'th e , f i Justice, 6 yrs—Red Lion, 4 yrs—Georgy, 3 yrs 11 1--.l\Vf; 4 yrs—Audubon, 3 yrs—Lady Agnes, 4 h a oro ugh a ssa roni, 3 yrs—King of Trumps, 4 yrs—Russ ' Thi---Th Itch 3 s—Saquenay, 3 yrs—The 14 r ,, W eath:rgage, 4 yrs—mare by Faugh a - 4 Allay )j.":4,0f Miniature, 5 yrs—colt by D ra yt on , ou t EntB dam, 4 yrs. Run on Thursday. 4 . 4 5 , trliegah,f2r th e Maiden Plate. Two miles. chlTaturb,444oot, aged—colt by Drayton, 4 yrs— We4' 3 Yr 5 yrs—filly by Verulam, 3 yrs—M i nerva 141.1 .lorist 3 yrs—Hafed, 4 yrs. Run on ,_4 lOl y. v ev aLg The Alp, Brown Brandy, Lerrywheut, Bloc or, h ee on gL _ 'Jo Osbaldeston, Dressmaker, Sur -411.411)? Jack Leeming, Gaffer Green, Orange af— ) lia r r„', ll r Wellesley, Master Norton, Buccaneer, — vu, and Little Fawn. Iik TrICRSALL'S—YESTERDAY. TO THE DERBY. nBe ei •t Y , business ruled remarkably e du f ll. " ti t: 11 7 1341 tra -11 : s c e tions were in reference to th then a . - f/14DLauolat whom 3 to 1 was taken to nearly a in -°l4cieh'3B, several of his old supporters hardening ° J. th e i'ee, aed increasing their investments, whilst some . \\ 'ere eZeld on," who had been dead against him, tting on for the purpose of reducing the giht tli r e liabilities. Sittingbourne gave way a j u t ? t i a Lirst el Boo to 100 was taken, shortly afterwards Cos Was laid, and finally, 9to 1. 1,700 to 200, „i °o (l., R7O, andl,soo to 200 were booked about Honey • iP c _ l _ was, however, the current price at the t o 38, and Was taken to upwards of 500/. about na"° • ,lU,OOO to 1,000 afterwards offered. 1,200 QaedU.,.;°, gin bet, as also laid. Pharos, Orestes, 1• I.‘et W ereg backed for various sums at 11 to 1 l o Th e ~..11rt comment iS unnecessary. ‘' ? :---. 4-te es at the conclusion of business were as fol- 7 to SOMER SETSHIRE STAKES. ti . to 2 4 •ao•st Aud u b on (2 t o 1 ta k en). agst Diomedia (taken). 8 to 1 agst Red Lion (taken). DERBY. t o 1 agst West Australian (taken freely.) oto 1 agst Honeywood (taken). 9 to agst Sittingbourne (taken). 11 10 to 1 agst Cineas (taken and offered). Ito 1 agst Pharos (taken). ;to 1, agst Orestes (taken). s to 1 agst Umbriel (taken). 25 ,to 1 agst Jerry Kent (taken). 141 1 a t Ninnyhammer (taken). 4 0 to 1 agst Eth lbert (taken). " t ° 1 gs e to 1001.). 6 0 t agst Peggy (taken 100 0 ° 1 agst Filbert (taken 10000 10 10 a gst Golden Plover ) . taken to 351.) (J4ors to agst Bevelac (taken). - take 1000 to 15 about Talfourd. OAKS. 4 to 1 agst Mistletoe (taken). 4 t o 1 agst Catherine Hayes (9 to 2 taken). , 10 to 1 agst The Queen (taken,to 100/.). t k - uhe tr , to 1 agst Lady Louisa (taken). lvviiittlltZill be open every day this week. Satur to'llikt kist general comparing day. d f or the Won eu„ ,_gl'ES.--This horse was scratche tte, o I, alanchester, and for the Northumberland %, oeh„ S to t t, oclock ye;terday afternoon. 'okt 4. - 00. b e , t _- erby horses passed through London, en ...4eatherhead, last evening. Tilt 114CIN ------- FOR 1853. fizol,ea . PIXTURES of within parenthesis denote the number IL 1 I A , 4 days' r ac i ng. bkii: (2) MAY . 18 (2) . ••• ............ 16 I Manchester (3) 24 Itlv " ... .• ......... 17 I Epsom (4) ' t he t°ll ( 3 ). . trUISTE. 42 Not (4) .... ... . .......... 2 Bibury (1) R 2 lltI,_1)too ~:•••• .......... 7 Stockbridge ( 1 ) 28 otley, itit;l•,• .......... 15 Winchester (1) •• 2g • Iv, 1. , ite• (2)...15 Newcastle (3) VV INkticet (nN JULY. 19 ti°t;4stei, ~,,,-.1••• ......... 5 Stamford (2). 21 liiv`ille (a).‘29...• •• • .... ... 5 Nottingham ( 2 ) 26 Iv e s Oht(a; :: .• • " ........ • 5 Goodwood (4) b,, ........... .13 o 4 12 A UGUST 17 ‘,`„Vi too 6 1 ) ''• ••• . • .. ••• 3 York 3 zelvl4,_ ob (1).. ........ 5 RadclCdo (3) 22 ',;.041111N4411took (3) ... 8 h (2) 23 )) No °Neill ... g am 24 -,ektiitllltli (2).. le(2)••• 9 Derby (2) 29 ,_ g (2 ) • . •' ..... •••• 9 Eccles (3) 30 w .•'' ••• •"••• 10 Lichfield (2) 141 1 vi ipet,frek (2),, Pr EMBER. 22 •tk,o4 aot (2 ) •••• • • - - ..... 6 Lanark i .a.,4,, .... •.• • • . 8 -... a (2) - 2 1 22 14Ito (2)(4),...... ...:..IzenchesterAuturni(l3()./ 27 Ne t (2) • ::: ••...........20 .L.N. 29 owrtlnhaatetto: (02) l'e':,4l' A t OCT° ~ marketrioll (2)••••• 4 ,AAT,, ' • (o) ..... 10 kiNteeßter 1 4 - ° III A . c 2) ' • • ... ..1.4°-VP: til,briceiltilPll4 (i) .. :: 3 ert'°°l4l'ult (2) ..... . 9 Autumn)...... (2),.. 9 N I , tth Niutti ‘:t'Attl:l,t•thaetAtel3llt444.---t Letters from St. Petersburg of the , , „_ navi_.,_ gto the setting in of mild , ~14,,, uhe 1,a,!0n Waa expected to open in a day '"oN .' Pro. ''oglish ag q la * . ent ed „ 5 r Purchases of tallow and other fili;.to .).ratio for`itlh.sate of exchange from becoming h tla,t, e t P I rote p c 1 "tilatrY, and the qmotation was i) ga. the advices are to the 9th, at Wo4th et W4B fine and warm. q3ER . Richmond (2) ..... (6) ....... 1 2 9 Ne wmarket MB ER. Warwick Autumn (2)...16 Shrewsbury (2) .. . . Aberystwith (3). 1a.5 i .... 23 week THE DV: BITION. DUBLIN, MAY 16. On Saturday, during the whole period that the Indus trial Palace remained open to the public it was filled with visitors, fresh arrivals continuing to pour in from twelve until five o'clock, although the last corners had scarcely an hour to enjoy the scene. The peculiar fine ness of the day was an additional inducement, and the building in every point of view looked to great advan tage. On Saturday the total number of visitors, exclu sive of exhibitors, was 5,113, of whom 231 were admitted on payment at the doors. Holders of season tickets are admitted at the entrance of the Great Nave, and those on payment at the doors at that of the Northern Hall, where it may be well to observe that a:notice is affixed intimating that "no'change can be returned." This is for the obvious purpose of preventing delay. The egress for all visitors is through the porch of the Southern Hall, no person being allowed to pass out through the other doors. The sale of season tickets still proceeds with great vigour. _ The work of unpacking and fitting up additional cases goes on apace in all quarters, and Mr. Thompson, under whose able superintendence they are classified and ar ranged in their respective positions, is pressing forward the arduous labours of his department with unceasing zeal. Waggons laden with packages continue to arrive at the building, and Mr. O'Hagan, who has charge of their reception, is still actively engaged with his assist ants in superintending their storage and facilitating their distribution in their proper classes. Further arrivals are yet expected, of which the most important are among the French contributions, which will, when completely developed, form a very interesting section of the foreign display. _ _ On Saturday a still further advance towards comple tion was apparent in the improved appearance of all parts of the Exhibition. In the Great Nave several new cases for the display of manufactures were put up, and additional statues were mounted. The fountain, which is to form a very conspicuous ornament, stand ing about thirty feet high at the eastern end, is rapidly assuming its graceful proportions ; and, at the other extremity of the hall the foundations of a second fountain, to correspond, have been laid. In the inter mediate space will be an oblong iron stand of consider. able dimensions, contributed by the Coalbrook Dale Company, which, from its superior merits as a piece of ornamental casting, will, it is supposed, compensate for marring the effect of the fine vista which the whole ex tent of the great hall, in its uninterrupted prospect, would present. On the platform at the western end, below the organ, two full-sized bronze figures have been erected, and form conspicuous and classic ornaments. They were cast by Messrs. Elkington and Mason, of London, from a design by Sir Charles Eastlake, and are intended as ornaments for the House of Lords. Their ap pearance in our industrial temple is an evidence of the in terest felt in the Exhibition by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. On Saturday afternoon, the opening of aponderous chest attracted general attention, and the name of the exhi bitor engraved upon the outside in the significant terms, " Her Majesty the Queen," excited an intense curiosity to witness the treasures which it was expected to con tain. A crowd of spectators soon collecting around, awaited the tedious process of removing the mass of paper shreds in which the contents were enveloped, and were ultimately rewarded for their patience by discover ing that the enclosure, so carefully protected, consisted of magnificent specimens of regal plate. As an evidence of the interest felt as to the Exhibition by the French Government and press, we may state that the proprietors of the Pays, the Paris journal which is most directly in communication with the French Go vernment, have sent M. Alfred Busquet, one of their most distinguished writers, to Dublin, to report upon the Exhibition. M. Busquet arrived on Saturday. M. Lemoine, of the Journal des Debut:, and two of the best artists of the Paris Illustration, will be here in the course of the ensuing week. Tin] SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1858, MAIDSTONE ELECTION. MANNING THE ROYAL NAVY. (From the Times.) The Order in Council of the Ist of April, 1853, with reference to the manning of the Royal Navy, deserves to be considered as the charter of the British fleet. We have already described in general terms its leading pro visions ; but, as the document itself has just been pre sented to Parliament, together with the report of a com mittee of naval officers and the correspondence of the Admiralty on this subject, we propose to state with more detail the precise advantages which the new system holds out to seamen entering the Queen's service. It is extremely desirable that the utmost publicity should be given to these arrangements, which are highly favour able to the interests of the seafaring population ; and it is impossible to overrate the importance of the subject to our national interests. The principal object of the committee of naval officers and of the Admiralty has been to substitute a fixed engagement of ten years for the present mode of entering seamen. From time immemo rial the practice of the navy has been to enter men for particular ships selected by themselves, nominally for five years, but practically for only three years, unless the ship be detained longer on a foreign station ; and then, after much expense, time, and labour bestowed in training them, they are disbanded, and often lost to the service. Some carry the fruits of their training to foreign flags ; the larger number return at periods dic tated by their own convenience, and not by the wants of the service. Hence it is uncertain when ships can be got ready for sea. Several instances have recently oc curred of first-class vessels detained for months for their complement of men ; and the 5,000 additional seamen voted last December have not yet been entirely raised. The evil, therefore, becomes one of serious magnitude when the rapid equipment of a fleet is required by the public interests or public safety. The object of the mea sure now put into execution is, "to give the Royal Navy a permanent constitution, in order that it may be brought to a higher point of organisation, efficiency, and discip line, and thus be enabled to fulfil the expectations of the country." These are the terms in which the Secretary of the Admiralty describes the scheme, which has since received the approval of the Crown. The first step is therefore to render the condition of boys and seamen who shall engage for a continuous period of service in the navy of ten years from the age of 18 considerably better than that of seamen entered on the former system. For this purpose all seamen enter ing hereafter on these terms, including in the time of their engagement their present period of service, will have an increase of pay to second-class ordinary seamen of a penny a-day, to ordinary seamen of twopence a-day, to petty officers and able seamen of threepence a-day. A class of leading seamen is established with twopence a-day in addition to any other pay to which they may be entitled. Men and boys are permitted to purchase their discharge on a principle similar to that in force in the army and. marines. The ratings of petty officers in line-of-battle ships are increased 3d. a-day, and a con siderable increase will be made in the number of petty officers who are eligible for the good-conduct gratuities of 71. and Si. when ships are paid off. Pensions as at present will be awarded to men for continuous and general service after 20 years, instead of 21, reckoning from the age of 18, instead of from the age of 20. But the Admiralty have now a discretionary power of granting short service pensions of 6d. or Bd. a-day to men who have served 10 or 15 years respectively, on condition of such men holding themselves in readiness to give further service, in the event of an armament or of war. The number of men in the receipt of such short-service pensions is not to exceed 10,000 ; but the existence of this reserve of seamen-pensioners would enable the Admiralty, in case of emergency, to equip a squadron with well-trained seamen, and with the utmost despatch. The pay of the warrant officers of the fleet is increased by about one fourth ; and warrant officers who have distinguished themselves by acts of gallantry and daring in the service will be eligible to hold commissions in the fleet in such rank and position as they may be deemed worthy and competent to fill, and such warrant officers will receive, on promotion, an outfit of 1001. These changes have been framed and adopted with an earnest desire to improve the condition of the seamen and petty officers in the Royal Navy, and we hope they will have the desired effect. At the same time they imply, to some extent, a change in the habits of that class of men to which they are always averse, since they are to surrender their liberty of choice for a particular ship, and the advantages offered them are more pros pective than immediate; But the permanence of the service, the rank which may be acquired in it, and the certainty of a pension for life, are advantages which the merchant service cannot offer in the same degree as the Royal Navy ; though, if a mere increase of pay were proposed, the effect would probably be a general rise in seamen's wages, leaving the proportion between the two services the same as it is at present. It is stated by the Registrar-General of Seamen, that the actual number of persons employed in British registered ships in 1851 was 175,000. The Committee of Naval Officers have not thought fit to recommend the adoption of the ballot, or any system of compulsory enrolment, because, at the very moment it might be most needed— on the sudden outbreak of hostilities— the' best seamen would escape its operations by their absence abroad. But the committ ee relies mainly on the formation of naval reserves upo n th e voluntary prin ciple, and to this end the policy of the Admiralty is now, as we have seen, directed. The difficulty is, that as British seamen are scattered over every part of the globe, it is computed that not more than 21,000 are to be found at any one time in the United Kingdom ; though, of course, the sudden check which would be given to maritime trade by the commencement or near approach of hostilities must render a far larger portion of the seafaring population available for the defence of the country. The French navy, though vastly inferior to our own in the number and force of its vessels and materials of war, has this great advantage, that by the admirable or ganisation of the whole maritime population the entire fleet of France could in a short space of time be manned for sea. The maritime conscription is, relatively, and in time of peace, less severe than the military conscrip tion, and the persons subject to it are free from all other demands of the public service. With fewer vessels and fewer seamen, the French naval forces might, at a given moment, be more available than our own because they are more immediately dependent on the will of the State. To provide against that first emergency is, therefore, the most essential point ' • for, that once past, we have not the slightest doubt that the resources and the pa triotism of the country would do the rest. It now re mains to be seen how the proposal of continuous enlist ment for ten years is received by the seamen, when the new conditions offered by the Government are fully un derstood by them ; and if, as we hope, it proves success ful, no further time should be lost in organising the re serve, which might be formed at once of old men-of-war's men who have already completed the requisite period of service, THE FRENCH EMPIRE, Whitsunday was kept as a holiday at all the offices of the Paris journals, and consequently not one of them was published yesterday. In its sitting yesterday, the Corps Legislatif adopted the Civil Pensions Bill, as submittd by the Government. The numbers were-for the bill, 154 ; against it, 76. A large number of private bills were after wards passed without any discus sion. The debate on the Budget for 1854 has been fixed for Wednesday. A moderate amount of business only was trans acted yesterday at the Bourse, at a general decline in prices compared with those of Saturday, all de scriptions of stock having fallen, except the Four aild.-a-Half per Cents., for cash, in which no change occurred. The Three per Cents., for the account, declined 50c., the Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 20c.; and the Three per Cents., for money, 10c. Bank of France Shares remained without variation. The closing prices were-For cash : Three per Cents., 81f. 70c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 104 f. For the end of the month : Three per Cents., 81f. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 104 f. 10c. ; Bank Stock, 2,725. The Mortgage Bank shares declined 2f., closing at 88f. 50c. There was a fall of Of. in those of the Sociige Mobiliere, which were last quoted at 949 f. 75c. The favourable condition of business reported as existing in the Railway Share Market was not maintained to-day, shares in most of the principal lines having experienced but little demand, with a general decline in the quotations. Paris and Strasbourg fell Of. ; Nor therns, 7f.; and the remainder from lf. to sf. each, with the exception of Paris and Orleans, Lyons to the Mediterranean, and Rouen and Havres, which remained unchanged. Final quotations :-Nor therns, 928 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1120 f. ; Paris Strasbourg, 944 f. '7sc. ; Paris and Lyons, 967 f. 50c. ; Paris and Rouen, 1165 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 857 f. 50c. ;. Western of France, 790 f. 50c ; Rouen and Havre, 550 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 672 f. 75c. ; Caen and Cherbourg, 645 f. 50c.; Dijon and Besan9on, 578 f.; Dieppe and Fe camp, 363 f. 75c. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 11th contain no news of interest of any kind, foreign or domestic. The vacant posts in the Ministry had nit yet Nen filled up. A Madrid letter of the 11th mentions a rumour that Queen Christina intends to visit Italy. The Three per Cents. were at 44g. PORTUGAL. Although the Lisbon mail has announced that the Queen of Portugal had just performed the ceremony of turning the first sod of the projected railway, the private mercantile advices state that owing to the want of funds no expectation was entertained of the project being carried out. The wealthy natives are said to stand aloof from it, while the wise decision of the London Stock Ex change to shutout all Portuguese undertakings will prevent anything being obtained in England. The Minister, moreover, had declared in the Chambers that as yet no contract had been signed confirming the original concession, and it appears that a bill on London at 90 days for 30,0001. given by the projectors to rcomplete their deposit of 40,0001., must be paid before the Government will take up their promised share in the concern. Reports, it is added, were circulated in Lisbon that the pro jectors hope to dispose of their interest whenever they can secure any valuable concessions from the Government, and some went so far as to assert that M. Salamanca was in treaty with them. This, however, was not credited. Meanwhile it was believed that the Government were desirous that the line should be carried out in defiance of the ban put upon it in this country, so that they might escape the necessity of abandoning their course of spoliation. A statement having been circulated in Lisbon, that the Portuguese Government and the Bank of Lisbon had come to an arrangement of their differences, the Bank has notified that the report is entirely false. ITALY. In its sitting of the 12th, as already stated by electric telegraph, the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies discussed the Relief Bill in favour of Sar dinian subjects whose property is under sequestra tion in Lombardy. M. Valerio, of the Opposition, gave his adhesion to the bill and to the spirit of the report of the committee, but wished it might be understood that the bill did not propose to divide refugees into two distinct families. M. Asproni observed that there were many refugees who had not yet obtained naturalisation in Sardinia, and asked whether Ministers would object to extending the benefit of the bill to them, by naturalising them. The Minister of Finance, Count Cavour, expressed his satisfaction at the unanimity dis played by the chamber on this question, and then said he could not at present answer M. Asproni's question, but so much he would say that ho was ready to do what he had done hitherto, always fol lowing the rules of good policy and justice. The Minister's speech was received with loud applause, and the bill was voted by a majority of 127 to 7. The Chamber then proceeded to consider the Savoy Railway Bill, the discussion of which was ad journed to the following day. A letter from Turin says :—" The Prefecture of the Apostolic Palaces at Rome has sent a very handsome present to the Grand Dukes of Russia who lately visited Rome, consisting of a copy of two groups in the gallery of the Vatican, repro senting a stag bitten by dogs." The Augsburg Gazette has the following from Milan of the 18th :—" A rumour has been in cir culation hete, that it was in contemplation to at tempt another rising, but we believe that if the audacious crime of February 6 should be again essayed, the result would be even a greater failure than the first. The military authorities have adopted all the measures necessary to prevent such an event. It is worthy of remark that this ru mour of a new attempt at revolt at Milan had been disseminated at the same time in Switzerland, Piedmont, and Savoy. The plot was directed at the same time against the Austrian Government, and against that of Piedmont." St. 20 THE SHARE MARKBTS. Paid.' 1100 St,. 50 50 20 100 100 all all all 8i all .00 all all 1 11i 100 111 all I all all 'Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost & flastn. Junct Biruag. • Stour Va11ey....... Birkenhd. Laucsh. & Ch6ibire Junct. Do. Chesh. £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O ' Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock and Passage Dublin& Belfast June Dundee Perth &Abe deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (X 25 L and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (181. E.& H.) Eastern Counties... Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sli.) Do., do Do., B. and C.......,, East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June ' Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. and Peebles._ ,Edin. Prth. &Dundee 'Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Great Southern and 'Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Do., Thirds Lancash.& Yorkshire Do Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un, !Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &Southpt. London & Blackwall Loud. Tilb. & Sth end. Loud. Brigt. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do., Fifths Do. ,£lO Sh.M. &B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londeriy. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Enuisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln Do. , Man. & Lin. Un 'Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension. Newp. Aberg.&llftd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warmnpoint, and ltestrevor, Norfolk Do., New Norihn.Counties Un, North British North Devon, No. 1 •,No. Do 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western ....... N. & S. Westm. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock. Shrewsby.& Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves do Do Do. Oswesiii:, Shropshire Union . South Devon. South Eastern South 'Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do. Stockton & Hartlepl Thames Haven Dock and Railway' Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Whubledon&Croydn. Woodford York Newctl. &Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland 1 Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO !Chester &• Holyheadi IGuar. 14 per . cent. Cork&Daudon 53 p. c. Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction E. Ang. (705.) 6 p. c. Do. (X 5), 7 per cent. Do. (X 7 17s), 7. p et. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 p or cent... East Lancash. 6 p. cts. Edinb. Prth.&Dund. Glasgow /4L S. Western Guar. 5 per cent... Great Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. e., Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.. , Gt.S outhn. & Westn. (Ireland) Eights Gt. Westn. (Berks at Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Great Western, fixed , 4. per cent Lan. & York. F. £2O Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p. c London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color A Shares Londndry. dr Ennisk A Shares MAch.,Shef.,&Lin., 4. Shares, No. 1.... Do., New, ....... Do., £6 ....... ........ . liarypt. do Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent Do Mid. Consol. 6 p. c . St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4A percent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5i per et. Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent ~ . North British ......... North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. Do. (Shrewsbury & Birm New Guaranteed... Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.W. (Min), 3 p.c. Do. 5 per cent. South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. S. Yorksh. 4p. c. Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk. 6p.a. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref Do York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase... FOR: Antwrp.&Rotterdam Belgian Eastu. Juliet. Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Besangou Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares THE BRAZILS. The clipper-ship Reindeer, Captain Hunt, arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning with advices from Rio Janeiro to the 24th March, ten days later than by the last Brazilian mail steamer. The Reindeer sailed in company with the Joshua, of London, and Catherine Swanston, for Constan tinople. The Ranger had sailed a few days previ ous for Bahia. The fever was ra g ing to an alarming extent among the shipping at Rio Janeiro. Business generally was good. Dates from the United States to the Bth February had been re ceived at Rio Janeiro, advising an advance in the price of coffee, which caused some excitement, and a large purchase was made at advancing prices, chiefly for shipment to the United States. Supe riors are quoted at 4,000 to 4,200 reis, and good firsts 3,800 to 3,900 reis. The stock in first hands was estimated at 35,000 bags. Exchange on England, 28 d. to 281 d. Freights to the Channel, 655. to 705.; New York, 100 to'los cents.; and New Orleans, 110 to 120 cents. 100 42i 31 all all 100 100 all 1011 100 100 100 100 all all 6i all 100 all 20 114 106 i 54 all all all 8 100 100 10 all 14 all all 10 all all all AUSTRALIA. Australian advices have been brought by the overland mail more than a month later than those previously received. They reach to the 3d of March, and are from Melbourne, whence the accounts that last arrived in England were to the 30th of January. Their contents are of a casual nature, as they had arrived only by a t ra di ng vesse l (the arian Moore) to Ceylon. One very impor tant , fact, however, is announced—namely, that there has been a rapid advance in the price of gold to 775., and in the exchange on London to par, so that shipments of coin from this country may now be expected wholly to terminate. By a previous arrival at Ceylon, Melbourne papers had been re ceived to the 26th of February, and in these it is mentioned that a lump of gold, exceeding in size any former discovery, had been found by four men about two miles from Ballarat, its weight being 1341 b. 8 ounces. With regard to the general pro duction at the mines no details are given, but the tone of the remarks respecting the state of trade and the progress of the colony seems to indicate that it must have been very favourable. At Sydney, according to the latest intelligence received at Melbourne, the date of which is not given, busi ness was exceedingly active and money plentiful. The immigration at Melbourne had been continu ously heavy, and some cases of death from exhaus tion and destitution are said to have occurred. The total arrivals had been 11,699 in December and 8,101 in January, and this pressure of population, without any ad equa t e preparat i on for it, appears nieeks.ingAmnore expectation quiet subsequently to ha ve caused many to resolve upon se pur t s h u a it t s so in me tl p le art ad o j of the over flowcolo would fi n d its way to Western Australia, whence the advices also reach to the 3d of March, is mentioned, and it is stated that in Van Diemen's Land, even at the beginning of February, landed property at Launceston had been sold at an advance of 400 per cent. upon the prices current a few weeks previously. The 'Melbourne steamer arrived at Melbourne on the 4th of February, and the day on which the Sarah. Sands sailed appears to have been the 10th of February. The finders of the nugget of 1341 b. had taken passage in her. 50 40 25 25 St. 20 20 10 St. 12. 12i 124 St. St. 20 5 2, 10 20 20 33A BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. 29 - 30 6 - 64 - 7 - 21 -- 22 d 34 24d 102 -- 104 704 -- 7l 23 -- 244 224 -- 234 4 -s pm 8 -- 9 • 6 13 E] 101 -- 11 71 - 73 74 54 - 55 73 - 74 ii - iii 88i - 56 -89 i 54 133 -135 'll3 114 90f 914 -- 94 96 13 14 p, 79f sot 3 d 161-1 ! 1 -- 2 p 1041 --105 1181 118 i 2A 2ip , 13— 1i I) 90 -- 5 -- 4 -- 36(1 12 -- 13 19 21 33 -- sOi! -- 2idl 74 -- 42 -- 44 50 52 par p 4 d 2i 31 8i 9i 52 54 - - - 31 - 21 d 35i - 36 •:: .. . • :d1 .• • - 1 - 1 41 i l 8- - 8 53 - 54 96 - 98 60 - 62 65 - 67 73 -- 76 11 -- Oid 18 20 9 10 13 15 3i —31 t 204 -21 i 75 754 30. 37 13. —14 i 4 4.-i 19 -- 21 2 1 1. 3 15 15 9 i 10, 331 34, 10 d par 704 71i 31 6f d 2 2 d 6. —64 i PREFERENCE SHIRES. 92 - 98 i - I 106 - 108 liiii - 109 19h —2o4xcij P 64 -- 6ixd 4-- 4i 4 $4 -- 1311 lf -2 & p -- 2 p 14 -15 A 18 -18 i 3 i - 31 130 7- 132 12 - 113 - - 71 .06 - 108 52 p - iP - 154 1 . 67 34 - 4 p 10 - 11 13 —l4.lxd 8 9 101 111 i ---ipxd 149 - 151 - iP 115 - 117 25A - 26 21 213 p 1 10/ 114 174 —18 i 1 p 15 16 par p 261 —26 i 19. 20q Pzir 10¢ 106 51 5 3 P Closing Prices I Business done this day. 1 this day. shr.J Paid Leasing Compans, London dt N. West. iD Gt o .Westn L. dIN.W. Caledon.. IGt.Notrhn •Qt.Westu Yk. New. & Berw. Y.&N. Md Do Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk ... 'Do .. . dt Midld. Stektou dz Darliugt. Midland.... E. Count Do L. & .W. dr.Lnd; Yk Do Gt.Northn ,Do Lancash.& Yorksh MrliClcan Stockt. & Darling Do Gt.Westrt Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref, Luxembourg , Do. (Railway) , Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref Lyons & Medkterran Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege (with 1 interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds, (fnly.B.SzAms.Shs; Norwegian Truk. Pre] Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen &Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond' Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 5i per cent. pref. Southern of France Upper India Scrip ' West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Pref... Western of France... ! West. of Switzerland! New Zea1and......... 291 i 61 170 i 1 701 i 891 84 55 1344 4 1134 i 914 1 80i i 86 i 161 I II 105 44 119 181 14 2 1 301 74 1 i i 54 3i 65 i 75 # 36i 7 33/ / iti 63i I 4 31 li pm Ifs 15G} 8f 100 117 161 2f i 61 i 4i4 38i i i Pm 4i 21i i RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley Birm. & guarantee Do. withoutgr Birm.Wolv. & D udley guar. Do. wthtguar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr firtlpl. Dk. & Railway dull & Selby. Do. Shares. D Lo o n p l e G fe r e r Preference Do. Shares. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent._ Do. 6 per ct... Manch.lcton. and Matlock Mikkllesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Eastern sp. c; Do. 6 per et.. Do. Fixed sp. c Brest. & Wyre Do. i Shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g. 5. p.c S. Staffordsh WearVallcygr 6 per cent Do.. Wilts &Somrsi Closing Prices this day. 'GN. ld Oid 1 14 131 14 2 -- 1 p 1 3i d 5 5i p 1 P 1 —lB 2 —24 p 2 24 2 par P id :-- 7 41 - 111 1 ,- 11 d 2 2g p 74 -- 8 361 -- 27 141 -- Itl 81 -- 18 -- 18 p 44 -- 45 454 -- 46. 371 -- 38 5§- 6p 2ii -- 22 9 -- 9 6k sip iP 44 5 l id —, 1113 all 100 all 100 25 12 12 20 300 100' 20 107 -109 54 - 56 150 - 152 33} - 34 112 -- 114 56 -- 57 274 -- 284 14i -14 t 26 -- 27 9S - 100 3 - 31 166 - 108, 65 - 67 51 - 15* 151 - 1531 ••i • --- • i •• d 33 - 34 105} - 106} Busines, this Jay. 107 A 33} i MINES. 1 all Agna Fria lOs all Anglo Californian I p 1 10 2 Australasian.. par— 1 p 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera par— 4 p 11 1 fill Australian Freehold. id par 1 all Ave Maria - par 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par 1 all British Austrin. Gold pli 20 13.5 British Iron 35 241 Brazilian Imp. (issued at .45 pm.) 5 53 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cui a ba 4 • - 5 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —3l 314 . all Carson's Creek — p 40 all Cobre Copper 463 471 1 Co'onial Gold - 2 p 14 Copirpo B4 9 9Si St. all CopperMinersof Eng 65 75 25 all Do. Pre:erence 8 S p 5 all English aid Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l/ —l4 d 20 all General l5 —l7 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2 2 p 3 all Great Polgooth par— p 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 d 1 all Liberty par— p 1. all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 4 1 all Mariquita ld par 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 8 83 1 all New Granada * p 1 all Nouveau Monde ll —ll p 2i 1 5 1 Port Philip par-- p 1 all Quartz Rock — p 1i 50 all Rhymuey I ron 24 —26 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10/ Santiago de Cuba.., 6 7 1 all South Australian p l 4 10 7 Tin Croft 9 —ll 281 all United Mexican 5 51 51 1 all Waller .... 1 all West Granada Ad p 1 all Weals Mariposa par— 4p p 14 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B7 -- 88 87/ 7 50 all British N. Americani 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China! 100 25 Colonial — •• • 100 20 Commercial of Lon don — 10 English Scottish and Australian 14 —13 p 20 123 bond. Chart. Bk. o Australia 3 b 0 20 Loudon and County 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India (1— par 50 223 National of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank • Corporation 53 51 54 3 4 25 5 Do. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New • • • 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp. Co 4d— par 25 25 South Australia 25 all Union of Australia._ 78 79 788 981 21 Do. New 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian Agricult 79 81 81 79 3 ) 20 8 Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail . — 38A Brit. Ainericu. Land 67 72 100 32i Canada 65 70 5 5 Crystal Palace 3i 3 3 81 983 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 1— 20 1 Eastern Steam 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 50 General Screw Steam 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land..., 20 7i Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular &Oriental • 50 25 Do. Do. ... 47i 100 60 Royal Mail Steant — 77 25 25 South Austral. Land 46 49 1 1 Submar. Telegraph — 5 2 Universal Emigration and Colonisation.,,l 100 28} Van Diemen's Land I 20 21 21 20 20 -7- 21 21 20 LLOYD'S SHIPPIAG-(TEIS DAY.) LONDON, May 17.—Wind this day at Noon, S.E. ; light pleasant breeze , and fine clear su lt r y wea th er . PLYMOUTH, May 16.—Wind, E. Off Port—Georgia, Calcutta; Mary, St. Croix, for Copenhagen. FALMOUTH, May 16.—Wind, E., fresh. Arrived— Ceres, Buenos Ayres, for Liverpool. BRISTOL, May 16.—Wind, S. Arrived—Nancy Treat, Havannah ; Malina, do. LIVERPOOL, Mayl6.—The Madonna dells Grazie, Naples to Hull, got on shore near Longo Sardo, Bth instant, and went down with three of her crew. SHIELDS, May 16.—The Nuova Vencedor (Portuguese), from Antwerp, has come on shore on the Mussel Scarp. POOLE, May 16 . — Sailed—Mountaineer, Newfoundland. CLTDB.—Arrived—Jane Clark, Bombay ; Countess of Durham, Callao. Sailed—Hugh Walker, Sydney, N.S.W. ; British Princess, Quebec. LIMERICK, May 15.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Adelina, Bar badoes. MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) The mark e t s will re-open to- COLONIAL morrow. SUGAR. --The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,548 bhds, 307 tierces, 418 barrels ; there were taken for home con sumption 960 hhds, 52 tierces, 273 b arre l s . Th e s t oc k , i n the same places, i s 6,531 hhds, 1,209 tierces, 1,304 barrels. COFFEE.—This article is nominal in the absence of public sales. RUM.—Tho quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 181 puns, 16 hhds • there were taken for home consumpti on 213 p uns , 26 hhds, and ex ported 186 puns, 180 hhds. The stock in the same places is 8,750 puns, 529 hhds. . TALLOw.—P.Y.C. is 47s por cwt on the spot, and town 49s 3d. TEA.---Tho public sales are going Of steadily. HAY ➢iARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 15s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 5/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 7s to 1/ 15s per load. A full average supply, and a steady trade. CumBERLAND.--Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 4/ 16s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to Si 103; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. Supply good, and trade firm. WIIITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 315 s to 41 15s ; clover ditto, 41 Os to 51 103 ; and straw, 1/,7s to 1/ 15s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. INDIA.—The commercial advices by the Overland mail to-day show no revival in any of the markets, but an absence of heavy arrivals had operated, both at Bom bay and Calcutta, in preventing an increase of heaviness. At Canton transactions had been more numerous, but at lower prices, except for metals ; while at Shanghai, in consequence of the progress of the rebellion, business was in a great measure suspended. The Singapore dates are to the 4th April. Transactions were limited, the Chinese dealers having refused to buy at present rates, and holders being firm. Four vessels had been char tered to load coals at Labuan, and the accounts from that island and Borneo Proper were to the sth of March. The new Sultan of Borneo had formerly ratified the en gagements made by his predecessors with the Eastern Archipelago Company. FATAL ACCIDENT.—LOSS OF' EIGHT LIVES.—About four weeks ago, a fishing-boat, containing eight men, put out to sea near the distri ct of Ness. The practice is to shoot the lines used in the deep sea fishing, and when night comes on the part ies lull themselves to sleep in the bottom of the boat. Mae friends of the crew in question, having found that tins boat had not returned as usual, went in search, when they discovered that it was stove and upset. As the wreck was tied to the painter, which is generally sec aired by a stone and a buoy to denote the boat's position, and as a vessel was seen hovering out at sea not far distant from where the boat was floating, it was thought that, during the darkness of the night, and while the crew were fast asleep, the vesse I. must have run her down. Thus instantly perished eight persons. The vessel's name cannot be ascertainec l, and the cause of the acci dent is merely conjectural , as none of the crew sur vive to tell the sad tale,— -Inverness Courier. OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL, In consequence of the conflicting statements put forth with regard to the numbers polled, the official declara tion of the mayor was looked for with some interest, and it was anticipated that a protest would be made against the return of Mr. Lee, on the ground of the i3roceedings at the Corn Exchange, the effect of which, it was said, was to prevent a number of Mr. Martin's voters from going to the poll. At 11 o'clock yesterday morning the mayor took his place upon the hustings. Mr. Lee only was present, accompanied by a large number of his friends. The mayor then said that upon a correct examination of the votes he had ascertained the numbers polled to be the following : Lee • Martin . Majority for Lee And he therefore declared W. Lee, Esq , to be duly elected to serve as a burgess in the Present Parliament for the borough of Maidstone. This announcement was received with loud cheers. PERTH AND INVERNESS RAIL WA Y. (From the Inverness Courier.) The Commissioners of Supply of the County of Inver ness held their annual meeting on Saturday, at the Court-house, Inverness, for the transaction of business ; Cluny Macpherson in the chair. Among those pre sent were Duncan Grant, Esq., Convener ; J: M. Grant, Esq., of Glenmoriston, Vice-Lieutenant of the County ; Colonel Mackintosh of Farr ; Duncan Forbes, Esq., of Leanach ; Andrew Belford, Esq. of Glenfintaig ; Wil liam Fraser, of Culbokie ; Captain Fraser Tytler, yr. of Balnain ; the Mackintosh ; Arthur Robertson, Esq., of lashes; A. Fraser, Esq., of Abertarff ; Eneas Mackintosh, Esq., of Raigmore ; W. H. Colquhoun, Esq., Sheriff- Substitute ; Patrick Grant, Esq., of Ballifeary, Clerk of Supply ; T. P. B. Biscoe, Esq., of Newton ; Aneas Mack intosh, Esq., of Dalmiga,vie ; James Sutherland, Esq., Provost of Inverness : and the following Heritors, or mandatories for Heritors, ani Justices of th e P eace : Mr. Patrick Grant for Dochfour and Leys, and as judicial factor on the estate of Dunmaglass ; Mr. Mac tavish, solicitor, for Lord Macdo na ld an d M r. Margil livray of Aberchalder ; Mr. Mr. Alex. Grant, account ant, for Glengarry's curators : Mr. Charles Stewart, solicitor, for Lord Lovat and Achnagairn's trustees ; Mr. Peter Anderson, solicitor, for Mr. Clark o f Fi ngas k ; Mr. Robert Smith, town-chamberlain, for Bunachton trustees ; Mr. Falconer, solicitor, for Miss M ac ph erson ' ; of Belleville • Mr. Macpherson, solicitor, for Mr. Mathe son, M.P. Mr. Wm. Stewart, solicitor, for the Earl of Seafield and Col. Gordon of Clun ; Mr. George Anderson, solicitor, fo r Gl en t ru i m ' s trustees • Mr. Forbes of Leanach for Cull o d en ; M r . Simpson, solicitor, for Reelig ; Mr. William Robertson, Aigas, for the Chisholm ; Major Macpherson, Falls of Truim ; Mr. Fraser, Abersky, for Balnain, Balnespick, and Corry brough ; Mr. George France, Lovat • Mr. George Mackay, Millerto n C o tt age ; and Mr:Macleod, Hill park. - Mr. MACKINTOSH of Raigmore said that he had a motion to submit to the meeting respecting the move ment now being made to establish railway communica tion between Perth and Inverness. They were all aware that when the project was before the public in the years 1844, '45, and '46, it met with great support throughout the north of Scotland, 75 petitions having been forwarded in its favour from the northern counties. The bill had been thrown out, in direct opposition to the purport of the evidence of Mr: Locke, the famous engineer. The ostensible reason given for throwing it out was that Par liament had no knowledge of the practicability of gra dients such as were proposed. As to what other reasons might have influenced them, it was needless at this time to discuss. The line was abandoned as a speculation, but it was never given up by those wh o were t h oroughly aware of its great national importance, and convinced of its practicability ; that is to say, of the reasonable cer tainty that such traffic as might be fairly calculated on would yield an ample return on all necessary outlay. Since that time every circumstance connected with rail way enterprise had been minutely investigated, and the result had tended to prove the soundness of that opinion, and a committee of gentlemen was formed for the pur pose of carrying the scheme into effect. There were many circumstances which justified them in that course. With regard to the gradients„ it was now known that the ruling gradients on the Caledonian line were as great as any Which were proposed on the Inverness and Perth Railway. There had been one of about two miles near Nairn, as a branch line, which was very severe, but it was not in the main line. This could, therefore, be no obstruction, since it offered none on a line on which the traffic was about the heaviest in this country, being at the rate of about 501. a mile a week. The length of the line proposed was about 1251 miles, but the traffic was now nearly double what it was assumed to be when first proposed, and it was hoped that the length would be shortened, especially if the Midland extended theirs to Dunkeld, which was in deed no object to this company, as the country there was populous and wealthy. It was also expected that the line would be shortened in various parts. Near Carr bridge, for instance, on one of the worst parts of the line, Mr. Mitchell hoped to gain nearly three miles, and a considerable saving on the expense of the line, as ori ginally calculated, wo u ld b e ma d e b y a more careful sur vey and by the altered feeling of the proprietors on the subject. 'They were now alive to the advantages to be derived from a railway passing through their property, and were ready to give every assistance in their power. Re was glad to see the following article in a recent number of the Railway Times :—" The men of the north have gone out in search of experience, and, after edu cating themselves with th e examples f England, Scot land, and America, they arrive at the sound conclusion that it would be profitless to construct a line at 35,0001. a mile, when one at 5,0001. is sufficient. These researches into economy are exceedingly useful, not merely to the parties more immediately interested, but to companies in which the desire of extension and encroachment can not possibly be stayed. When less is made by lawyers, engineers, and contractors out of projects on the economic system, the excessive urgency as to their being at once taken in hand will not, of course, be so readily apparent ; and thus, if by no other means, proprietors may be secured a longer rest than their over-busy prompters and counsellors might be inclined to sanc tion. Our Highland friends having thoroughly opened their eyes to the advantages of railway communica tion, continue in the exercise of their national cau tion. More inquiry, closer investigation, reduced esti mates, new allies, avoidance of offence with existing in terests—these are the means of progress which they use, and although little may appear to be accomplished in any particular session, we doubt not the healthy result will be a remunerative line, paying a dividend sooner than many of earlier construction. The example is decidedly praiseworthy. Would it were found contagions. But it would be a great matter, if they had the promise of sup port from the proprietors, that they should have a guar antee to that effect, namely, some document signed by them expressing their views on the subject. All useless land should be given gratis, and arable land at what it is worth, and no more." (Hear, hear.) The original cal culation of the length of the railway to Dunkeld was 117 k miles. The cost was formerly estimated under 1,100,0001., or 9,4001. a mile. The traffic returns were estimated at 130,0001. by Mr. Pare, the principal statist of the day ; so that if they allowed the working ex penses to be 45 per cent., they would have 75,0001., or fully 6i per cent., a-year to pay dividend. But he must remark that Mr. Pare had always been so moderate in his calculations of traffic, that they had been invariably within the actual result ; and in assuming the working expenses at 45 per cent. of the gross receipts, he (Raig more) assumed about the highest sum paid by any line, and arrangements might be made by which they would be much less. For instance, an arrangement which he might mention was that by which the Caledonian line worked the Edinburgh and Glasgow line at 35 per cent. on the gross receipts. The Great Midland, also, worked the North-Western, which was aline of about 50 miles in length, for 50 per cent., until the income should amount to 47,0001., and for 33 per cent. of the gross revenue when the income rose beyond that sum. In this way many of the southern railways would be glad to work the Inverness and Perth line, as a feeder to their own traffic. • The gentlemen who now took up this, subject were re presented by a committee which embraced the corn growers, the merchants, and all the important interests of this part of the country ' • and they were assisted by gentlemen who to a very high professional character joined a knowledge of the nature and capabilities of this country which was possessed by no one else. Having entered upon the necessary investigations on the sub ject, these gentlemen now came forward to ask of the county of Inverness to put upon their records some ex pressions of the great importance of this line, and of their confidence in such arrangements as had been entered into and furthered by all parties interested in it. There was nothing unusual in expecting the county to . do this ; in fact, it was only due to the county to put some such expression upon their records. It would a strong guarantee to capitalists in the south that be if they had any intention of taking part in thisi scheme, they would have to deal with men who would act as was, after of an enlightened public body. T his after all, a matter of some importance, when they re membered how some of the early lines had to fight their way as if every estate was a separate stronghold, and each proprietor an independent robber - chief, intent on spoil. (Hear, hear.) Besides that , so much was due to tcuunty for the maintenance of its own character, such a line of conduct would furnish a strong ground to go upon, if hereafter it should be thought advisable to appeal to Government for assistance in prosecuting the scheme. This was a course which he did not look for ward to adopting, but which it would be nothing ex traordinary for them to do, as it was but in accordance with the policy of Government in assisting thercaiteoe make roads and bridges, and in the drainage l and im provements loans—railways being now acknowledged as a legitimate mode of developing the resources of a coun try. They could ask a id w i t h a much better grace if they could come forward with some such gua ran t ee as that which he propo se d f or the adoption of the meeting. some such principl e , To show how gene ra l it was for counties to recognise he might mention that several Irish counties v o l un t ar i ly assessed promotion of rail way purposes, or themselves f or th e what was th e same thing, agreed to assess themselves to supplement the traffic if necess ary, though in no case had they been obliged to do so . I t was tus, on the security of the county of Fermanagh, that the Du n d a lk an d E nn i skillen Railway Company had raised 120,0001., at four per cent, __. „ ................s from Government. But the receipts of the line ha been enough, and no assessment was necessary. lie would not insult the meeting by saying one word on the advantages to be derived from railway communication. It had been put very pointedly to him, by a gentleman of much experience near him (Mr. Waterston, banker), by the illestration, that the Perth and Inverness Rail way would put Inverness in the position with respect to London that York had been in the days when mail coaches were the fastest conveyances between the north and south of England. There was no doubt that if this line were once made, the \extension of it would be very great. We should soon have lines to Fort-William, to the north, and to other parts of the Highlands. if they would allow him, he would allude for a moment to the traffic returns on the different railways throughout the country. Those which he held in his hand were for the month of April, which, as they all knew, was a poor month on almost all the railways. Now, it appeared "that the traffic returns on the Aber deen Railway in April 1853 were 221. per mile per week on 72 miles ; on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, 411. per mile per week, on 89) miles ; on the Glasgow and South Western (Dumfries) Railway, 251. per mile per week, on 171 miles; on the Caledonian Railway, 51/. per mile per week, on 189 miles ; on the North British Railway, 231. per mile per week, on 149 miles -56 being main line, and all the others, Dense, North Berwick, and Hawick, branches ; Dundee and Arbroath Railway, 301. per mile per week, on 164 miles ; Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Railway, 241. per mile per week, on 31 miles ; Edinburgh, Dundee, and Perth Railway, 311. per mile per week, on 78 miles; Monklands Rail way, 231. per mile per week, on 37 miles of railway ; Scottish Central, 401. per mile per week, on 50 miles ; Scottish Midland, 211. per mile per week, on 32 miles of railway. From the above statement, it would be seen what the returns were per mile per week on the Scottish railways. To pay 7 4-7th, or 8 per cent., on the entire scheme of the Perth and Inverness, would require only a re t urn per m i le per week of 191. 4), 6d.” While upon this subject he could not but recal a letter in which one of their own number—than whom none was more respected (he meant Macleod)—had contrasted the disadvantageous position of the Western Highlands, as regarded the markets of Glasgow and of London, when compared with the Irish coast and with Scotland. In conclusion, he begged to move " that the meeting should acknowledge the great and pressing importance of the extension of railway communication from Perth, the present centre of the Scottish railway system, by the most direct route to Inverness and the northern counties ; and recommend to the favourable consideration and sup. port of the public the preliminary measures now in pro gress for carrying out that object." Provost SUTHERLAND, of Inverness, said he seconded the motion with very great pleasure. He expressed his concurrence with what had been said on the subject by Raigmore. The direct line was decidedly the line Fhich was most wanted, for to save time was the great object of all travellers ; and there was no other line by which a man might breakfast in London, dine in Edinburgh, and go to bed in Inverness. No other line 'could com pete with this in advantages to the public. But he did not wish to throw cold water on any other line of com munication. If any other company would bring a line of railway to Inverness, he would give them a hearty welcome—a Highland welcome. But he thought, nevertheless, that the direct line came from the proper quarter. The public and the landed proprietors were now fully alive to the necessity of having railway com munication with the south, though recently it was otherwise ; and when lie saw so many proprietors along the line—like their worthy chairman, Cluny Macpherson —offering their services and their land to promote the undertaking, he had no doubt that it would be supported by all the northern counties and by the public. (Hear, hear.) There was a very important railway proposed to provide railway communication with the east. The Inverness and Perth Railway Company would offer no obstruction to it. He also understood that his friend Mr. Mactavish was desirous to promote a great scheme of communication by the west coast, to be called, he heard, "The Glen-Mutchkin Railway." He would give it a hearty welcome when it came, even though he should go the length of Aldourie to meet it. (Laughter.) RATUMORE said he forgot to mention previously, when speaking of the traffic estimates between Inverness and the south, that there had been an enormous increase in the passenger traffic through Inverness. He was afraid to trust to his memory for the exact figures, but he be lieved he might say that the number of passengers who travelled last year through the Caledonian Canal was nearly double that in 1846. The Cuaramarr havina• been alluded to in the conver sation, felt called upon to congratulate the m ee ti ng upon the fact that this movement had been so well supported. He was one of those landowners on the line who would materially benefit by the establishment of the railway, but he did not on that account feel disqualified from taking this opportunity to express his hearty desire to see this movement meet with success and the support of the county of Inverness. If once established, railway communication between the north and the south would be the greatest boon that could be conferred on the north, and on the town and county of Inverness in par ticular. It was clear that the most direct and shortest route to the south, and the one of easiest construction, was the most desirable and eligible. This line embraced all these advantages, and it was clearly the advantage of all connected with the north, and particularly of the county of Inverness, to promote this scheme by every means in their power. But to induce capitalists and influ ential parties in the south to embark their means in a pro ject of this kind, it was necessary for those promoting it to be able to announce to the public that they were supported by the landowners along the line, and by the public bodies connected with the towns through which the line would pass. For this reason it was de sirable that the county of Inverness should record on their minutes a favourable expression of opinion with regard to those parties directly moving in the matter. This he trusted would be the case, and ultimately it might perhaps be the means of crowning the labours of these gentlemen with success. Most of the proprietors along the line who had been communicated with on the subject, had expressed themselves favourable to the un dertaking, and many of them took a warm interest in the success of a project which would be particularly beneficial to their interests. It was impossible to calculate the results that might flow from the present movement. They were in a superior position to those who had pro moted it in 1845, inasmuch as nearly all the preliminary expenses bad already been incurred, and those which were still to be incurred were merely to reduce the general expenditure. Further, all the calculations of the traffic on other lines had fallen short of the actual result, and he was sure that this would not be an ex ceptional case in that respect. He concluded by com mending the motion to the meeting. Mr. GRANT of Glenmoriston said he had the misfor tune to have been connected with this movement when it was first commenced, and he had been greatly disap pointed by the result. He was very glad, however, to associate himself with the present movement, and he had no doubt it would turn out well if sup ported by the county and town of Inverness. The town would perhaps benefit more than the county by the establishment of a railway with the_ south, by inducing persons to come on to Inverness and to stay in it. But he could not but see that the whole country suffered a great drawback in their markets ; for their corn and cattle must be 'sold at a disadvantage as compared with the south. There the dealers could bring their corn and cattle to a great market, but here, before one could hear of a good market it was already too late. There was really no object connected with the county of equal im portance to this, and he thought they were bound to support it heartily. Mr. Robertson of lashes entirely concurred with the preceding speakers, and expressed hi s w illi ngness, as a proprietor through whose lands the railway would pass, to do all in his power to promote the scheme. Mr. Alexander Mactavish said that as the Provost of Inirerness had, with his usual good taste, chosen to allude to other railways, he felt call e d u p on t o rep l y . It certainly would h ave been better to have left them alone, for no obstacle was sought to be thrown in the way of the Perth and Inverness line. No one wished to discourage the undertaking, and he certainly would not have taken any part in tho discussion but that he had been alluded to in the manner he mentioned by the Provost. There were many persons in the north of Scotland, however, of influence, position, and property who did not think that direct communication with Perth was the way in which they could most directly and best bring the north into connection with the great markets of the south, and on their behalf as well as in justifica tion of himself, he must express his opinion that a coast line was the proper one. He must say, that if these discussions were to be provoked at the outset, h"u would tell the Provost that the success of the scheme not be such as he supposed. Let this scheme, now be• fore the meeting and the public, be tested upon its proper merits, and not by casting reflections upon other linos. (Hoar, hear.) The PROVOST said he was very sorry to find that what he had said had been taken up so keenly. He had said they would throwatthe comingw ay t , °but Inverness would was sure, however, givetha t w h i e t m l i regard g h a d tyon.ineylcoomtl obstacles iee.rliHn in en s of the inhabitants of Inver ness, at a public that if the merits of o m f e t e h t e ing different lines were to be consi dereds they would decide in favour of the direct line to Perth. It was the best line for Inverness. Mr. MACTAVISH mentioned that he had that morning received a letter from The Chisholm, in which he ex pressed himself highly favourable to the motion before the meeting. Mr. P. ANDERSON said, that in this movement the great difficulty they had had to contend with was the incredulity of the public as to the possibility of this line paying for the outlay. He has Just obtained a state ment of the highest importance, and which he thought would remove all doubt on the subject. The traffic on which they calculated on the Perth and Inverness rail way was 1,0201. per mile a-year. There was not in the whole kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with one exception (the East Anglian), a line on which the traffic returns were lower than 1,020 f. and the exception was under such peculiar circumstances that it ought not to be reckoned. He would read merely the traffic of Scot ish railways for the year ended April 15, 1853 :-:,,.. Aberdeen, per mil e ... ••• 212uu 1250 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen ..• .._ Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee 1855 Scottish Centr a l ... ••• 60 Edinburgh and Glasgom • ••• 22 ..• - • • •• 2360 Glasgow and South West ern ..• 1410 North British •.. ••• ••• • • • ••• 1325 Caledonian 2640 Average of railway traffic in S cotland, per mile, per annum ... ••• ••• ••• Do. of Great Britain and Ireland, per mile 2400 They were, therefore, putting themselves at the bottom of the scale when they asked credit for only 1,020/., and it would be a very extraordinary thing if they could not realise this. The CHAIRMAN then put the motion, which was agreed to unanimously, and directed to be communicated to the members for the county and burgh.