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disgraceful imputations, the day will ultimately MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. arrive when his boldness and honesty will be to the full appreciated. Happily, it is already be- CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. coming evident to larger and yet larger numbers The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterdayBoEgyptian t were ina of the int e lli gen t popu l a ti on, that we have not estimatedaftor es,otoObt and ales 900 of which 0 American of sppecu " counted without o ur h os t," as the saying is— lation.w.e taken The market closed heavily, and prices of that ` Mr. C OBDEN an d th ose w h o agree with him American under 6d. per lb . were 1-16 d. l ower . have not calculated without ample reason that The sales comprised 3,500 American, 100 Pernam there are guarantees visible in Franc ey . s, even and Maranham at 61d. to 60. 1,000 Egyptian at in France, rather should we say peculiarly in 4d. 'to , ad., and 30 Sea France-4 51-d. to lid., 300 Surat at Island at ls. 7d. to is. 10d. per 16. In Railway France—for the continued preservation of peace Shares a moderate business was done, at rather between the nations of the Continent. illustra- higher rates. tions of this are each day, as it were, being rani- In the London Mercantile Price Current the fol tiplied. Besides the diminution of the French lowing are given as the latest statements from the navy by 2,000,000 francs in the amount of the United States, dated New York l , B, F 3 ebruary 1 1 5 8 : 7). annual expenditure ; b es id es th e re d uct i on o f th e p Recei ts at the ports bales 2 , 066 , 000 ... 1,564,000 French army last y ear b y 30 , 0 00 men, an d it s Exports to Great Britain „ 848,000 ... 526,000 still further reduction this year by 20,000, as re- Ditto to France 148,000 ... 197,000 YY cently promised by the EMPEROR—there have Total exports 1 1 1 132 000 ... 827,000 • YY been the re newa l o f th e commerc i a l t reaty with , Stock on hand 1 f 6 7 0 , 000 ... 534 , 000 v i The state of the currant market, at Liverpool, Belgium, an d th e t a lk o f a yet more im- ' is described by Messrs. Houghton and Levy as Portant one w ith G rea t B r it a i n , an d th e follows : marriage with the youthful EUGENIE ; and i " The market for this article during the past month last, but not least, the singular hesitation on 1 has materially improved, both as regards the consump the part of the Councils of the Tuileries to co- i tion and value, the clearances being about 170 tons, operate with the Cabinet of St. James's in a . ag,tinst only SO fori te month tll of i January, ino be drawn from London. i addition to which large warlike demonstration in the Dard a n e ll es ! R e - su"rea fori The t continue t increased home consumption and collect, the plea for that hesitation was an un- demand for exportation, ship stores, &c., has principally 'willingness on the part of the EMPEROR to give a consisted of low and middling qualities, better descrip pretext for umbrage to the Northern Powers of tions being . naturally . influenced by the same ; holders of the Continent ! Fortunately the difficulty in- fine fruit remain equally firm, as noted in our several , past circulars, under the impression that this quality volved in this new evidence of the anxiety will reach 80s. to 905., provided the accounts now to of the French Government to sustain, at all hand from the currant growing countries be confirmed l t since t o t u o r the la st next consists of s about crop. B T o h hazard, the interests of peace for Europe, hase tons onlyfraormriva New i t n his re sin p o been obviated by the happy issue of recent nego- York. We note a large business has been done in tiations. The settlement of the quarrel between London, both in old and new fruit, during the month, Austria and Turkey has dissipated the cloud of at improved rates." uncertainty that appeared for a moment to augur Most startling information has come hand .l to udr e a divergence of p o li cy i n regar d t o f ore i gn refs- date m e o ir f D s e t e ral 6 ia by the Ov l erland ta l te ndi th produc tions, as vie we d s i mu l taneous l y f rom two differe nt tion a at the *Ovengso . m c d r ß cu eu a digo rs s " diggins," and, in points of view—f rom P ar i s an d f rom L on d on. India mail. deed, at Mount Alexander generally, were materi- But obviated though the difficulty is, it has yet, ally falling off, and that only 5,000 to 8,000 ounces unlike most difficulties of the kind, left behind it weekly were being brought by the escort to Mel a not unsatisfactory remembrance. For through bourne. Considerable despondency is stated t ju o exist l it, as al rea dy o b serve d , we canno t f a il t o recog - among the miners, who were out'' prospecting" being al employed, nise the soli c it u d e i n b e h a lf o f peace c h er i s h e d by manypartiesdirections, anfedareBdo,toho persons e 0 " diggins" were e3chausted. the Fren c h I m p er i a l Government--a a solicitude doubt there is gross exaggeration in all this , rendered more noticeable by it than, perhaps, by but as it appears in gold circulars , w e g ive it as i t any previous incident since the new reign was stands, leaving the rest for future explanation, of first inaugurated. Everything, indeed, appears which it is no doubt susceptible. to encourage, nowadays, our pacific aspirations.ood news from The steamer Atlantic exchange on London was 110 to 4 . Together with the facts here commented upon America. The Business brisk. briefly by ourse l ves , mus t b e b orne i n remem-Tbe Bankers' Magazine for the present month brance the sympathy expressed only a few days contains the customary quantity of interesting Since for the objects, the hopes, and the principles matter connected with monetary affairs, and from of the Peace Association, by the Noble Earl at a review of the " Meetings of Joint-Stock Banks," the head of the present Administration. A recent so far as regards those of late date, we take the occurrence in Turkey has shown us how war is following Th e rat x s tr o a f cts: dividend—a point of high consideration with parties recoiled from by the Empe ror o f th e F RENCH — who have permanently invested their capital while a recent occurrence in Downing -street has in the shares of these institutions—have, in all cases, revealed how earnest is the homage entertained been fully supported if they have not been increased, for peace by the Pri m e Mi n i s t er o f E ng l an d, and this end has been a ttained in a period of great plethora, and when the va lu e of money at the Bank of England, and in Lombard-street has not exceeded 2 per cent. To have been enabled to realise p rofits, uncer such circumstances, equal in any instance to 6, and in others to 8 and 9 per cent., cannot but be re garded as a most gratifying test of the ability of the directors and managers, and the general consequence has been, that a further advance in the value of the re spective shares has taken place. " On the whole at the meeting, the pertinent fact elicited has been that the various banks are rapidly ex tending their business, and that the facilities which are offered through these channels, not only accommodate trade, but also nurture it, and tend to render its positio n much less fluctuating. Banking, thus fostered and en couraged, cannot fail to give a tone to mercantile trans actions, and while those of the most ordinary grade have experienced benefit from their introduetion to such re sources, others of greater magnitude have derived the support necessary to carry them successfully through." The English Stock market has been rather feeble and there is less doing. The nearer we approach settling day, the greater the disinclination to ope rate for the next account. Consols are 99i .R- for transfer, and 99 i for account. The New 31 per Cents. have been lon to 1 -, and the 3 per Cents., 1001 to ly. Bank Stock is firm at 228, and India Stock rather heavy, at 265. Exchequer Bills are 12s. to 18s premium. The Foreign Securities have been buoyant. Spanish New Deferred are 23i to 24, and the Cer tificate is at 7to i. The Swedish Loan is 1:7 dis count. Portuguese Four per Cents. are at 39. Mexican Bonds have been up to 24 to I, and Peruvian Six per Cents. are firm at 1061. Bra zilian New Stock is worth 971 to 98. Buenos Ayres Bondi are at 62. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are marked 66g. Not much business has been done in Railway Shares, and the quotations are rather weaker within the last half-hour. The principal transac tions have been in North Western, Midland, Great Northern, Caledonian and South Western. Lan cashire and Yorkshire are lower. The Gold Mine Shares have receded, especially the Great Nugget Vein, the Port Philip, and the Colonial. The Land Companies' Shares have been de pressed, with limited transactions. In the Joint Stock Bank Shares large dealings have been entered into. Considerably higher prices have been paid for the Australia, namely, 2 to 3 advance. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. (Front the Official List.) Business aonu. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities....... ...... 109 a 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities. Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6a Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 -16 India Stock Consols for Account 10th March 99 Exchequer Bills lid. £lOOO.. 18 12 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 9B 7 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 62 Greek ex over-due Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent Peruv:an 6 per Cent. Portuguese 4 per Cent. 39 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 24 3i Spanish Passive (Converted) sa Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 7t Swedish Loan Dutch Excliange 24 per Ceut l ai HALF-PAST TWO. P Consols Ditto March Account • BANK OF. ENGLAND. —It is understood that the ad vances of the Bank of England during the approaching shutting of the transfer-books will be at the rate of 3 per cent. On former occasions it has been customary for the Bank to make these temporary advances at a half per cent. below their current rate of discount for three months' bills, but the active demand for money which now prevails has prevented in the present instance any reduction from being adopted uo . tation of gold at Pa ris is PRICE Or GOLD.—The q about at par (according to the new tarill), wuncehich, for at the English mint price of 3/. 17 s. 101 d. per o standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.071, it follows that gold is about 0.38 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Harnburgh the price of gold is 429 per mark, which, at the English mint price of 3/. 1 7s. 10 1 d. per ounce for standar d gold, gives an exchange of 13.7 ' • and, the exchange at Harnburgh on London at short being 13.6, it follows that gold is 0.47 per cent. dearer in Harnburgh than in London. COURSE OF EXCHANGE AT NEW YORK.—The course of exchange at New York on . London for bills at 60 days' sight is 110 k per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the' exchange is nominally 0.67 per cent. in favour of England ; and, after making allow ance for charges of transport, the present rate leaves a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. AUSTRALASIAN STEAMSHIP ComPANT.----The first vessel of the Australasian Steamship Company (Panama to Sydney), about to commence operations in New York, will, it is stated, be a new one just completed, called the Golden Age. She is of 2,864 tons' burden, and has capacity for 1,200 passengers (200 first cabin, 200 second, 800 third), with 1,200 tons of coal, and 500 of i l n in te e n , d a t cargo. Her frame was of Adriatic, the fifth ship the ori f r I t t since been completed with special reference to the pas senger trade in the Pacific, so as to secure room and ventilation for the largest possible number of persons. According to the calculations in the prospectus of the company, it is expected that she will enable the passage to Australia to be completed within 35 days from New York and 50 days from England. THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851.—The following five members of her Majesty s Government have been elected cx officio members of the Royal Commission for the Ex hibition of 1851, in pursuance of the charter giving it powers to carry out the surplus scheme :—The President of the Council, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, the President of the Board of Trade, and the First Commissioner of Works. Mr. Dis raeli has also been elected a member of the Commission. THE SAILORS' STRIKE AT SOUTHAMPTON. —Several of the seamen on strike at Southampton have given in. They have applied to the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany for employment at their former wages, and have obtained it. REPRESENTATION OF BLACKBURN. —Mr. Eccles hav ing been unseated, Mr. W. Hornby is spoken of con fidently in the Tory interest, and Lord Duican and Mr. Fielden (son of the late Sir W. Fielden) are mentioned vie likely to offer in the Liberal intereet. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1853. I MPERI A L PARLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. Colonel MAULE took the oaths and his scat for For• farshire. The committee appointed to try the Waterford elec tion was sworn at the table. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion for the second reading of the Ribble • Navigation Bill, HEADtAM moved that the bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. W. Patten, Mr. T. Parker, and Mr. Strutt sup ported the bill. The amendment was ultimately with drawn, and the bill read a second time. The SPEAKER acquainted the house that he had received notice that the petition complaining of an undue return for the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull would not be proceeded with. A number of petitions were presented against the ad mission of Jews into Parliament. Sir G. FILMER presented a petition from 250 work ing men of Sydenh►m, against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. PHINN presented a similar petition from the working men of Bath. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. CHEETRAM, from Bury, and by Mr. BOUVERIE from Ayr. Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from Maryport, praying for Parliamentary Papers. Mr. V. SMITH moved that the evidence taken be fore the Cambridge Election Petition be printed. Agreed to. UNION OF BENEFICES BILL. Mr. FRE WEN moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. S. HERBERT opposed the bill. He thought that this was a kind of isolated legislation on a great subject like this. The bill militated in its principle against a project now in contemplation by the commis sion which was issued on the proposal of Lord Shaftes bury some years ago, for the purpose of inquiry into the subject of sub-division of parishes. The house might probably not be aware that in the city of London there existed a great number of parishes from which the popu lation had altogether migrated, and in which the churches were almost deserted. The population of the city at the last census was found to have diminished to little more than 40,000. It was proposed in such cases as these to amalgamate one or more livings, and to devote the sur plus revenue, if any there should be, to the creation of new cures in populous suburbs. Now, if that project were to be carried out, the first thing which would have to be done would be to repeal this bill, and he thought it would be inconsiderate, then, without some great object to be gained, which the hon. gentleman had not shown, to impose the future necessity on Parliament of retracing its steps. With re gard to the provision of the bill to prevent heads of col leges and masters of public schools from holding bene fices, to which, from the nature of their functions, they could not attend, he quite agreed with its expediency ; but he thought it was clear that they ought not to pro ceed in the matter hastily, without giving time to the public bodies interested to supply the deficiencies in the incomes of such functionaries which would thus be created. He objected altogether to the third clause of the bill which proposed to enact that in parishes where there was no church, the revenue should be sequestrated for a certain number of years until a fund had been ac cumulated sufficiently large to build one, on the ground that it would be leaving the inhabitants of those parishes in spiritual destitution for that long time without reason. He hoped the hon. gentleman would not press the bill, but if he persevered with it, he trusted the house would be of opinion that it was an evil to legislate upon great and important matters by small piecemeal measures of this kind. After a few words of explanation from Mr. FREWEN, Mr. SPOONER hoped the hon. member would with draw the bill after what had fallen from Mr. Herbert, who said that many of the evils to which it referred were under the consideration of the Government, and who held out a kind of prospect that some measure with re spect to them would be introduced. Mr. FREWEN acceded to the suggestion, and the bill was then by consent, withdrawn. MAYNOOTH. On the order of the day being read for resum ing the adjourned debate on the appointment to enquire into the College of Maynooth, Mr. HADFIELD supported the appointment of the committee, not simply beca.uie he was opposed to the grant to Maynooth, but because he protested against the Regium Donum, and every other kind of religious endow ments. There were thousands of Dissenters and Non conformists in the country who did not receive a penny from the State, and he thought that not only the Roman Catholics, but the Church of England, and every other religious sect, should be placed in the same situation. Yet, while the wealth of the Church of England was so enormous, he could not see on what ground of justice the hon. member for North Warwickshire could object to the Roman Catholics receiving a small grant from the State. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD explained the reasons which had induced him to propose his amendment for extend ing the inquiry of the committee to all religious endow ments, and said he had thought it right to omit from it Ministers' Money and the Regium Donum, as they formed exceptions to other grants, being included every year in the es:imates. Colonel SIBTHORP should support the original motion, because he considered that the grant to May nooth had been perverted from its original purpose. Mr. DUNLOP approved of the amendment, and should vote in its favour. Mr. NAPIER defended the Established Church in Ireland against the attacks which had been made upon it by Mr. Hadfield, believing that it had been a great boon and blessing to that country. So far from only one person out of in Ireland being members of that church, he understood the proportion was more nearly one in every four. He was opposed to the amendment, as it would have the effect of sweeping away all grants. He thought there was something inconsistent in the hon. member who moved it, because while he advocated the voluntary principle, he wished to force that princi ple by force and compulsion upon the adherents of the Church of England. (LEFT SITTING.) BANKRUPTCY COURT (THIS DA Y). (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonbianque.) IN RE RHODES-AN IMMENSE CLAIM FOR 500,0001. This bankrupt was described as of No. 2, Terrace, Kensington, milliner, and to-day was appointed for con sideration of the certificate. The balance-sheet, pre pared by Messrs. Robinson and Knowles, Basinghall street, commencing Jan. 1847, and ending Dec. 1852, shows Dr. to Crs., 8171. 18s ; ditto holding security, 1001. ; capital, 1091. 2s 2d ; profits (exclusive of the millinery business) as commission agent, &c., 1,975/. 18s ; profits, 2,3591. 13s 9d ; Cr. by good debts, 851. ; pro perty, 17C3. 13s 9d ; ditto in the hands of creditors, 1441. ' • 2531. ; rent, 670/. ; trade expenses, 2821. 15's ; house, 1,7391. 15s 6d. The bankrupt is a claimant to an estate in India, called the Troutbeck Estate, estimated of the value of 500,000/. The bankrupt states that his father considered himself entitled to the whole of this property, but had not the means to prosecute his claim. At present the parish of St. Ann's, Limehouse, is in receipt of the dividends, through some information given by a pauper, since deceased. Bankrupt expended about 401. in en deavouring to get evidence, but was obliged to abandon the inquiry for want of funds ; the claim, therefore, has now been transferred to the assignees. There was no opposition, and an immediate certificate was granted of the second class. KISSING GOES BY FAVOUR. It is again our duty to call attention to the appoint ment of Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge, re spectively, to the Colonelcies of the Ist Grenadier and of the Coldstream Guards. Mr. Ellice, the Chairman of the Committee which had been appointed to regulate the subject, on Monday evening, in the House of Com mons, made a statement to the following effect :—The Committee found upon inquiry that the emoluments of the Colonelcy of the Ist Grenadier Guards reached as high a sum as between 4,0001. and 4,5001. per an num. But the Duke of Wellington then held the appointment. It was determined that, until the Duke of Wellington's death, regard being had to his great services, matters should be kept as they were. After the Duke of Wellington's death, the emoluments of the Colonelcy of the Ist Grenadiers were to be reduced to 3,0001., and those of the Colonel cies of the two next regiments of Guards were to be maintained at 2,0001. per annum—in other words, respectively at triple and double the amount of or dinary honorary Colonelcies in the English army. But the committee retained these excessive emolu ments solely upon the condition that these Colonel cies should be considered the prizes awarded to the most distinguished military merit—to the noblest—. to the most capable veterans of the British army—to men who had given proof of their courage and of their capacity upon the battle field. Well, then, Prince Al bert and Prince George of Cambridge have teen ap pointed--the first, Colonel of t he Ist Grenadi er Guards at 3,0001. per annum ; the second, Colonel of the Cold streams, at 2,0001. per annum. r Colonel. Sid n ey Herbert,ndsay t i h n e the s e er n e t o a u r y s e . a o t . f W Co N a m r o m: v a on f s o l , a r m s a t s a k u l e i g d q h u M t : question upon this subject, in reply to which he made a statement which will be found in our Parliamentary report. Mr. Herbert was at some pains to commend the liberality of Prince Albert to his regi ment, and to prove that, according to all precedent, the Guards should be commanded by Princes. We have no doubt of it ; but that is not the question. Mr. Ellice and Mr. Hume have informed us that, in 1837, a new system was introduced by which all precedent was set aside, and the discussion resolves itself into a mere ques tion of testimony, which we leave to the parties con cerned. Mr. Ellice, the Chairman of the Committee, makes a positive statement upon a question of fact on Monday night ; on Tuesday night Mr. S. Herbert contra dicts him. On which side is there good faith I Is not Mr. Ellice—supported as he is by Mr. Hume—a man upon whose veracity the public can place reliance ? Times. A deputation from Wakefield had an interview yester day with the General Board of Health at their office, Whitehall, with respect to the application of the Public Health Act to that borough. The deputation consisted of Mr. Micklethwaite and Mr. Lamb. They were in troduced by Mr. S. G. Smythe, M.P. A deputation from Portsmouth had an interview with the General Board of Health yesterday at their office, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Dr. Engledue, Mr. Oundle, and Mr. G, Sheppard. THE SHARE MARKETS, BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Yesterday. Paid !Aberdeen . Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. S Cheshire Junet 1 Do. Chesh. & Bi r k. , £5O tit £25 Cons Do., £2O Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. ..... Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. /, 'ass Dublindzßelfast June Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New . East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., (£lB E. & H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., do.. LOO LOO all all 100 100 100 1100 100 all 11! 100 114 all all all Do., B. & C.. ••• East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Pecblzr Edinb.Prth.&Dunde,! Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.; Great Western.. Ir:Jh South-Easters. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. dzYorksi;i;e . Do., Fifths Do., IVst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. & Southpt. 'Loudon & Blackwalli iLord. Tilb. & Stheud.l Loud. Bright. & S.Cst. Loudon kN. Westerni Do. Fifths D0.,10/.Sh. London & £50........ Do. ..... Lndr. dr. - Colerai Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Man ch. Shcf. &Li ncl n. Do., Man. &Lin. Un Midland . Do. Birming. & Derby Midlar d G. West. (Ir., Do. 6 Sr •es Newcastle & Carlisle New market Do. Bury EL' visions Newptaber: , &I Id Newry & Enniskillem Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k................ Do., New .............. Northu. Counties Un North British ..... .... (North Devon, N 0.1.. Do., No. 2. ....... .....1 'Do., 6 A Deferred... Do., 6 B Guarantees: North Staffordshire.. North We ctern N. &S. Westrn June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhamptor..... Scottish Central Scottish Midland.. Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock... Shre;vo)y. & Herefd. 'Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.)...... irio. Halves, do . 00. Oswestry Shropshlro llnio . South Devon. (South Eastern.. South Wales.... S. Torksh. River Duni Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath.. Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limelick, West C0rnwa11........, Wrabledon &Croydon Woodford ....... York Newctl. &Bern. Do. Extensions Do. G.N. E. Purchas4 iYork & N. Midland.; - 33 6i - 10 - 6t 64d 21 -- 22 3 -- 2i d 108 -- 110 64i -65 i 23 -- 23. 184 -- 1941 8 - 5i -- 58 4 44 13i -13 i 11 - 11} - 8i - 77 84 - 75 57 -- 60 76 -- 78 id -- ip 32 34 [ 61 -- 63 804 81, 41 -- 46 122 - 124 107 -- 108 91i 92 65 -- 7 92 -- 97 13 14 p 78 -- 785 4i -41 d 3/ -- 16 -- 165 94 103 A -1 64 a 119 v -- 1204 2 -- 3ip -- R 90 -- 1 91 p 44 3ad 4 -- 3 d 11 -- 12 19 -- 21 29a -30 i 3 A -- 3 a 7 4 -77 i 45 --47 49 -- 51 2 i -- 3 1 84 -- 8 d. 8i -- 8$ 84 -- 94 56 -- 58 8 -- 84 2i -- 2$ d 36 -- 87 61 -- 61 d 2k 2i — d 4d - 441 8 -- 3i 4i 2 p 48 -- 49 IC3 -- 102 64 - 66 65 -- 67 70 75 ... die 18 - 20 9 - 10 14 - 15 - 3< 21 - 23 80 - 80: 86 - 87 13 - 13. 4 - 2} 2i 15 16 28 i 30 9i 10 I d ip ... ... 70 71 . r -- 7 d 2i -21 d 60 61 PREFERENCE SHARES, Aberdeen . Do., No. 2, 7 p. 1... Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledonian £lO ...... Chester k Holyhead Guar. 53 per cent... Cork &Bandon 53 p.c. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... EastA nglian (.£3 10s, 6 per cent. Do: (E 5) 7 per cent.. Do. (1;717s) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2............. , _ ............ Do., New i p. et. St.. Eastern union, Se - . Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLancash. 6 p. cts. Edinb.Pr' . l.&Dunil•e 1 5i per Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5.p. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem . Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths... Gt. Westn. (Berke; & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. G. West. fixed 4i p c. Lan. & York. F. £2O. Do., 6 p. c., Stock... London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 6p. c.,1852., Do. New Gua .. 6 p.c London & S. Western Con. Third 5........ ., Londonderry& Coler. Shares Londy. & Ennis. k Sh Manch.,Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1...... Do. New, £lO. ....... . Mary pt.d;Carl. 4 p: c : 4,1 per Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Eristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i par cent Norfolk Extension Do. Guar. 5i per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c Do Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent..., South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £108.6d. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.e.Pref De York& N.Midland H. k S. Parch 466 108 riiie = 167) 19 20 i d pa] 6i -- 6f sa -- 31 -- - P 1 p 12 -1! 1! 19 3 - 3i L 25 - 127 .11 - 113 8 - 8 105 E-107xd par pi 150 152 ... xd ... --- xd •.. xd 3 1 -- 2 1 P 10 -- 11 134 -13 i 84 -- 94 10i -- 114 -- P. ... ... I - 1 1 P 146 —l4Bxd 221 P 5i 6 108 2 110 25 26 1 4 11. 174 18 16 —1 7 lip Par P 26 28 20 21 id Par 101 103 5 54 P - lip! 1471 s d FOR: Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgianßasta. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Besangon Dutch RI e-iish East Indian . Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd, Junct. of France Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoja sp. prof Luxembourg.. Do. (Railway) 'Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons di Mediterran L Madras Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds (fmy. B. &Am s. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyoas Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ?axis and Strasbourg ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Quebec &Richmond Rouen and HaTre Sambre and House._ Do. 5i p. ct. pref Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders. Do. 5i per c. Western of France._ West. of Switzerland Zealand.. 1 Z- - T c ri; 1 131 -- lai 21 2 lidis p 6 -- Of p 1 2 -- 2 p 1i -- 2 p i - -i p i* 4 - 41 - - 9 - 11 p 2 - 8 - gi 6 - 7 35/ - 36 14 -14 i 8 -- 9 16t 17ip 40 -- 42 40! -- 321 -- 33 4 -- 5 p 19t -- 191 9 -- 9 3 -- 1 -- 4iP 5 4 P -- 4 9idis -- -- par -104 p is p 1-d Agua Fria Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British A.ustrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del They Carsons's Creek Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7i p. cent English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General.. Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth . Lake Bathurst Liberty Lor d . &Califoen. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita ........ Mexican&S.Americn New Granada Nouveau Monde Poi . 6 Philip Quartz Rock Rhymme Iron Do. New S.- - itiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa JOINT-STOI Australasia British N. American Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Aus alia, b, China Colonial Commrcial of Lond English Sottish and Aastral;an Land. Chart. Bk. of Avstrr'ia London and County. London Joint Stock. Lond. & We-Amins : London Bank of Aus• tra'ia aid Ind:a Na',:onal of Ire , incl Oriental Bank of Col pot aeon Do. New Proyineial of Ireland Do. Now Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co South Australia Union of Australia , Do. New Union of London__ Union of LATEST FROM AMERICA, ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING. This morning at seven o'clock the United States mail steam-ship Atlantic, Captain Nye, entered the Mersey, from New York direct, with 60 pas sengers. The screw steam-ship Alps had arrived there on the 17th, and the City of Manchester at Phila delphia on the 18th. On the latter date the royal mail-steamer America, from hence, arrived at Boston. When the Atlantic sailed business was brisk in nearly all the cities of the Union. The money market continued in a satisfactory condition ; money was by no means scarce, and trading pros pects on the whole were good. Stocks of a dividend-paying character were firm, but those of a speculative kind were much depressed. Money was in active demand. In the Breadstuff market prices had given way, owing to the advices by the previous steamer from England, and there was little disposition to pur chase at the rates then prevailing, namely : Western Canal Flour, 5 dols. to 5 dols. 12ic. per barrel ; Gennessee prime wheat, 1 dol. 20c. to 1 dol. 92c. per 60 lbs. ; Indian corn, round yellow, 62 to 64 cents. per bushel ; Indian meal, 3 dols. 37i-c. to 3 dols. 50c. per barrel. The New York cotton market continued in a de pressed condition. Sales could not be made ex cept at a reduction, which holders had generally submitted to, of one-eighth to a quarter of a cent. New Orleans and Mobile mid fair to fair, 111 c. to 12&c. ; Uplands ditto, 10Ic. to Mc. The America's sews received at New Orleans on the 18th had rendered the cotton market some what firmer, strict middling being quoted sgo. to 19. The provision market was brisker than at the previous steamer's departure, and prices firmer. New prime pork, 15 c. to Ic ; . ,new mess, 17c. to Mc. Freights remained unchanged at the Atlantic's departure, the asking rates being, flour to Liver pool, 2s. to 2s. 3d. per barrel ; grain to ditto, 7d. to Bd. per bushel ; cotton, *d. to 3-16 d. per lb. Exchange on London ruled at 110 to 110 k, and paper was in moderate demand ; on Paris, 5 124- ; Hamburgh, 361 to 36f ; Bremen, 80 to 80k. The President had sent a message to the Senate announcing that England had made a proposition to withdraw her protection from Musquito, and make Grey Town a free city, and informing the Senate of a proposition for a canal across the Isthmus by both Governments. The International Copyright Treaty had been signed, and sent to the Senate for confirmation. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. The Emperor and the Empress went on Monday night to the Theatre-Lyrique to witness the repre sentation of the Poupee de Nuremberg. In conse quence of a grand dinner being given at the Tuile ries, their Majesties did not arrive until nine o'clock. The performance was suspended an instant whilst the Imperial party took their places. Their Ma jesties arrived without escort, and with no other suite than M. de Beville, M. de Tascher, an orderly officer, and two ladies of honour. The Empress was dressed in half-mourning with black lace in her hair. An immense crowd was assembled on the boulevard du Temple to witness their arrival, which was the signal for repeated cheers. Loud applause also greeted them in the theatre. After the prin cipal piece, the ballet of the Lutire de la Vallee was given, in which Mme. Guy and M. St. Leon more than once drew down the applause of their Ma jesties. A bill has been laid before the Legislative body for reducing the postage of letters circulating ix Paris, and the following is the expose des Matif, and text of the bill. " Messieurs, the prepayment of letters materially simplifies the service of the Post-office. Paid letters re quire much less labour than those which are not paid, as the latter both on arrival and departure are to be verified as to their weight, their number, and their re presentative value. Prepayment is a better guarantee of the rights of the treasury for the recovery of the post age against any kind of fraud, and it renders the dis tribution of the letters more easy and more prompt, - It is calculated that a postman distributes eighteen paid letters in the time required to deliver one unpaid letter. Lastily it does away with dead or unclaimed letters which bring nothing to the treasury, and cause con siderable trouble. The Post-office has used all its efforts to increase the number of prepaid letters, and it was for this object the Postage Reform Bill of August 24, 1848, authorised the prepayment by means of postage stamps. This encouragement, has, however, been found to be insufficient, and the experience of neighbouring countries shows that the most efficient plan for increasing the number of prepaid letters is to subject them to a differential passage. In Eng land, where letters not prepaid are charged double postage, the number of paid letters is 97 per cent. of the whole. In Belgium, where the difference of the charge is only one-half more, the prepaid letters reach the proportion of 60 per cent. In France, where the postage in both cases is the same, only 17 letters out of 100 are prepaid. We propose to you to apply, but by way of experiment only, a system of differential taxation to letters circulating in Paris. They are ex ceptionally subject to a charge of 15c., whilst that on letters within all communes is only 10c. The bill which we submit to you has for object to reduce the postage on prepaid letters, written and circulated in Paris, to 10c., while those unpaid will continue to be charged 15c. This will cause a habit to be acquired of prepaying let ters, and will allow a judgment to be formed whether that prepayment, by facilitating the service of the Post office, is not sometimes attended with the inconvenience of rendering the delivery of the letters to their proper owners less sure. In restricting its operation to Paris, .there is this advantage, that the experiment may be made without causing any very serious prejudice to the treasury. In 1852, the number of letters circulating in Paris was 7,559,000 ; they produced to the treasury 1,133,859 francs. If the reduction of the postage on prepaid letters to 10c., leaves the proportion of 20 per cent, which they are now in Paris, on the number of letters above mentioned there will be 1,511,800 prepaid letters at 10c., giving 151,180 fr. ; and 6,047,800 unpaid, producing 907,080 fr. ; making totals of 7,559,000 letters, and 1,058,260 fr. The produce being thus 1,058,260 fr., the loss to the treasury will be 75,599 fr. The differential charge will, however, increase the number of prepaid letters, and if we calculate that it will come up to 50 per cent. of the whole, as in Belgium, the 7,559,000 Paris letters will pay one half 15c. and the other half 10c. The produce will then be 944,802 fr., and the loss to the treasury will be 188,977 fr. This loss will be soon covered by the natural increase in the num ber of letters. The reduction in the postage of prepaid letters will be a fresh cause of this increase, so that the loss to the treasury by the increased number of prepaid letters will be by degrees made up by the general in crease in the number of letters. The bill makes no changes in the regulations which have fixed the pro gressive increase of the charge in. proportion to the weight. It has only for object to grant a premium of sc. on the prepayment of letters written and circulated in Paris whatever may be their weight. We hope that you will not hesitate to adopt it." The bill only contains the following article : "From tb• Ist July, 1854, the postage on prepaid letters written and circulated in Paris, will be reduced Sc." The Emperor again presided yesterday at a meeting of the Council of State, in which the dis cussion of the Budget was terminated. It is be lieved that the navy estimates have been reduced during the discussion on the budget in the Council of State by four millions, and a considerable re duction in public works has also been made. The Mediterranean squadron, under the orders of Admiral Lassusse, composed of eight ships-of the-line and a steam-corvette, assembled on the 24th at Antibes. An official article in yesterday morning's Moni teur, ascribed to the pen of the Minister of Finance, calls attention to the circumstance that forty mil lions of taxation have been remitted, which pressed most heavily upon agriculture and the labouring classes, at a time when all the resources of the na tion ought to have been applied to prevent her ruin ; and that fifty thousand men have been liberated from the army, and restored to their fields and worshops. Two Imperial decrees appear in the same journal, the one convoking tke Council-General o f L ot and Garonne, and the other authorising th e f ormation of of a company for the construction of a way be tween Graissessac and Beziers. The Union, in alluding to th e new i nstitution of arts and manufactures in England, expresses a l arm for some of the most flouri s hi ng b ranches of F in ra the e h industry. Its fears are, p er h aps a little exaggerated, certain arts . for every country has it s per f ections rench and manufactures, whi c h depend upon English can make progress that th e in real protection for French industrthes e tn y of the people. S u p pos i ng, however, e g s e , ni th u e s endeavour to go on ' will be an earnest improving progress of the English ~, so as to render the comparatively unavail ing. Monopoly and. this. Theprotection will not effect made sensible of the manufacturers of France must be The Gout/tut' necessit of enterprise. tonne/ declares that tl accounts le given 43y the telegraph dispatches from Vienna, of the co • ncessions made by the Turkish Govern ment t o Austria, are rather too absolute. The ter ritorial question, for instance, it says, cannot be settled without reference to the other European Powers. It concludes by stating that the return of the Count de Leininge n is a happy presagefor the arra ngemen t o f all diff erenc es between Austria kind the P or t e but that an i mportance must probably not be given to what has been done i whicht pro it were proper that f does not merit, for that, if par par -- par i -- 4 4i 29 30 par i* 42i —43 A 3 at 60 --"- 70 7i 0 17 18 3 11 —lg p p d 1 p A - d a d— p 61 1 -- 1 la P p par —1 p 21 23 p . 6i . par p 7 - 7} #A - 2Ap P - P - 1P BANKS. 95 - 97 21 - 2ipl 3- 3 p - 6113 I - RP' Bas:nese done this day. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen had a dinner party last evening at Buck ingham Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Baron and Baroness de Cetto, the Prince and Princess di Carini, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Earl and Countess Granville, Lord Seymour, Lord James Murray, the Earl of Desart, Lady Willoughby d'Eresby, Sir R. H. Inglis, and Sir Charles Lyell. The band of the Coldstream Guards attended in the Palace during dinner and played the following pieces : Overture, " Part du Diable" Auber. Aria, " Cujus Animam" (Stabat Mater) Mazurka, " Pietro it Grande " Jullien. Selection, " Sur le Chalet " A. Adam. Quadrille, " The Emperor Foun tain" A.De lara Bright. Polka, " Valerie " (first time) D. Godfrey. The Marquis of Ormonde and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore have relieved Lord Rivers and Sir Edward Bowater in their duties as the Lord and the Groom in Waiting on the Queen. Colonel Bouvefie has relieved Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk Marshal) in his duty as Equerry in Waiting to the Queen, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros has re ned Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon in his as Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness "„,nee Albert. - 1 - he band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dlnner i n Buckingham Palace on Monday evening and Performed the following compositions : Overture, " Les deux Avouyles" Mehul. Hymn, " Das hit der Tag den der Kerr gmachthat" H. W. Stolze. Chor., " Die Gebirgs.Jagd" Waltz , 4 s ee l eiliqp i7; gel ;; Stenzer. Selection, ..Preccostis' Labitzky. C. W. v. Weber. Galop, " Ein Gruss au Prag" Kaschte. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended on Monday evening and played the following selection : Sinfonia, No. 7 Haydn. Selection, " Bertha von Bretagne" Rastrelli. Coro, " Il Crociato" Her Royal Highness the Duchess Augustus of Saxe Cobourg visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence-house, St. James'. A deputation, consisting of Mr. R. Davison, M.P., Mr. Cairns, M.P., Sir William Verner, M.P., Mr. Grogan, M.P., Mr. Vance, M.P. Mr. French, M.P., Mr. Goold, M.P., Mr. Kirk, M.P., Mr. Butt, M.P., Mr. Wilcox, M.P., Mr. Ewart, Sir J. Kingston James, and Mr. Watson, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday at the Board of Trade. Viscount Canning, Postmaster-General, had an inter view the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman at his official residence in Downing-street. THE STEAM-SHIP AUSTRALIAN. PLYMOUTH, FRB. 28. This steamer, which sailed for Australia on Thursday, and put back on Friday, was received into dock in her Maje s ty' s arsena l, D even p or t, on Saturday night. Yes terday an official inspection of her was made by Lloyds' Surveyor Mr. Mare, engineering surveyor to the Bol t of Trad e ; Mr. Stewart, engineer of the Devonpo dockyard ; Captain Hoseason, R.N., and the engineers of the company and of the ship. The bottom of the ship le stated to be in very good order, and there is no ap pearance_ or indication of leakage of any conseque nce. when she was placed in the dock there was from three t s four feet of water in the hold; and this was reduced ,l n lY three or four inches after she had been eight hours ' l 7. It would, therefore, seem that there is some defect which admits the sea into the ship, but does not allow it to escape again. This arises, probably, from some o bstruction to the working of the valves in connexion with the machinery. A small portion of coal getting i nto the pipes would prevent the valves from closing after they were opened. A cursory examination of the engines and machinery was made yesterday, when the Whole seemed to be in good "order. A more minute in sPection is to be made to-day. Some 60 bags of letters, Partially wetted last Thursday night, were returned by S unday's mail to St. Martin's-le-Grand for the purpose of being opened and dried. , MARCH 1. • liPon a personal inspection of the exterior yesterday, ul dock, a few defective rivets only could be observed, and the weeping" from them was barely sufficient to keep the i n t er i or o f th e h o ld swee t. However, while 81 ''e was in dock these slight defects were made good, !Id several b o lt s i n th e heel of her main sternpost were ta ken out, a n d re pl ace d by new o nes of a larger size. F rom the bil ges f orwar d th e h u ll is in every way per fect ; the defective rivets occurred only from the bilges "", Possibly from the working of the machinery and Propeller in th a t par t o f th e s hip. The engineers and tourer s being at work in the hold, there was no oppor tunity for examining the interior ; but it is stated that Z, of the s t ar b oar d bil ge p i pes , which feed the pumps , v ',al water from the bilge, is entirely deficient of its ! . uve ' and that the v a l ve o f a second starboard bilge Pipe has been kept open two inchei through being cli cked with dirt from the bilges. In this part the dock ardtn e _ j a b , _ .e. l l have been employed shovelling out the rub fee which has been improperly allowed to accumulate. condition of the Australian's bilges and the de in, State of the valves of the bilge pipes claim Perative attention. Here is a valuable ship, with a l s tlY cargo and the lives of the passengers and crew th e filled through the want of ordinary attention on sh o ßart of some one upon whom the responsibility oc __` ,l rest. Derangements of pipes and valves have ,: ci urred in ships belonging to different companies, hi seri l t is to be lamented that there exists no orga ea',l:fleans for the prevention of such well known the .aelties. the present instance it is reported that r oo L aYage ro se t o th e l eve l of the floor o f t h e engine th_"'__inbefore it wa s known that there was any extra yu illation. The Australian was taken out of dock ee rPernin g at nine o'clock, and she will probably pro inglic'eu Thursday for her destination. Previous to sail epgines are to undergo a thorugh examination, t a ,V , r u e r pair if requisite, and the ship o will make a trial jear..,ander the inspectionlof Captain Lowe, of her Ma thia , s hip Impregnable. The Australian will, through ti ers ' f e a c r ood overhaul, proceed on her voyage in a condi the more satisfactory to the company, the passengers, crew, and the freighters. Th e G., Ile eneral Screw Steam Shipping Company's ship to, llespont, Captain W. Watts, is appointed to call here "„. 4 3r en route for the Cape and Australia. , -16 'Y the Indiana General Screw Steam Shipping Corn iti's, the packet, which arrived on Saturday, we learn C aptai n Australian Royal Mail steam-ship Melbourne, th-‘l,l nutton, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on of e 27th of January, and sailed for Australia on the let 4:4:1441-1417- No news of the returning ship Sydney had I ,ed the Cape up to the 24th of January. The t l . l -148 of the Great Britain, Captain Mathews, adver b dee d her to leave the Cape on :the. Ist of February for ''J., n glatid • • , et of j a l a She Was appointed to leave Australia on the uedry for the Cape. 91i 1 i d zi 78 i 7i 1191 i 91 901 x d 77i f i d =d 554 x d 13 x d . 81. 70i id zd 60 x d ra 141 i f i P d 103 z 2 716 331 3 1 20i f 14 50 - 52 78 - 89 84 - 8i MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Aastialian Agricult. X 250 255 ' 115 12 xPee 20 4 Australsn.Pc;fic.Mail 10 5 Australn. Royal Mail ... 386 Brit. American Land 100 326 Canada — b b Crystal Palace 5 B 4 2 Crystal Pal.of France 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 1.5 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — 100 50 General Screw Steam 20 26 Irish Beetroot Sugar 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 2 Netherlands Land 20 2. Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 25 25 South Austral. Lana. 60 - 62 1 1 Submar, Telegraph 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonintion 100 286 Van Dien• en's Land 19 20 THE COLONIAL WOOL SALES. The colonial wool sales, which commenced on the 10th of February, have approached their close, and the whole quantity offered has been disposed of at an average ad vance, compared with the last series, ranging from id. to 11d. per lb. Throughout the sales an improving tendency was manifested, and the attendance of home buyers from the manufacturing districts was very large and constant. The proportion purchased on foreign ac count was unusually limited. The following is the quantity the sales comprised : Sydney ... Port Philip and Portland Bay Van Diemen's Land South Australia Swan River ... New Zealand ... • Cape of Good Hope •• Bales. —. 11,219 —. 14,515 —. 1,602 —. 1,006 Total (colonial) East India and China German ... Russian ... Various 255 5,797 Total ... ... 34,400 ... ... 2,690 . . 1,090 ... ... 969 ... 2,331 7,080 ... 41,480 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was very moderately supplied with English wheat. Although the attendance of buyers was limited the demand for all kinds ruled steady, and a good clearance was effected at fully Monday's prices. For for ward delivery only a trifling amount of business was doing, yet the growers were very firm in their demands. The impor;A of foreign wheat have been very, limited. Most de3criptions moved off slowly, and last week's quota tations were barely supported, except for the finest samples. In floating cargoes very few transactions were reported. Barley—the show of which was limited—sold freely, at extreme quotations. The malt trade ruled steady, at full prices. There was very little doing in oats, yet prices were supported. Beans, peas, and flour were a dull inquiry, but not cheaper. English .. Fore ARRSALS THIS *AEC Wheat. Barley. I Malt. Oati. Flow. 2,910 3,280 3,780 2,240 1 1,020 9,190 4SO 3,1C0 WHITECHAPEL. The general demand for all kinds was steady, as follows 2 Beef, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; real, as 4d to 4s 4d; pork, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is very firm, and prices have further ad vaned from 2s to 4s per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DA Y. ) LONDON, March 2.—Wind at Noon, N.N.W., light breeze, and dull, cloudy weather. FOLKESTONE, March I.—Arrived—Amanda, Porto Plata, for Hamburgh. DEAL, March I.—Arrived—Albyn, Penang ; Syria, Cal cutta ; Lady Bruce, do. ; Baretto Jan, Singapore ; Launna, Cape of Good Hope ; Lady Helda, Demerara ; Mehemet Ali, Shanghai. PLYMOUTH, March I.—Wind, N.N.W. Sailed—Euro pean (s), Coast of Africa ; Lady Peel, New York, via Newport. FALMOUTH, March I.—Wind, W. Arrived—Madonna, Bahia, for Gothenburg ; Mazeppa, Charleston, for Ham burgh. Sailed—Oriental, Newport and New York. OFF DARTMOUTH, March I.—Toronto, Mauritius; Enter prise, do. ; Achilles, Guadaloupe, for Havre. LIVERPOOL, March I.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—Earl of Liverpool, Africa ' • Underwriter, New York ; Abera mon, China ; Firefly, Buenos Ayres ; Pelot Fish, Pernam buco ; Annie, Maranham ; Camillus, New Orleans ; Levia than, do. ; Ocean Queen, do. ; Lady Russell, Mobile ; William Hatchcock, Apalachicola ; China Savannah ; Sackem, do. ; Elize, New York. Sailed—lnternational, New o;leanf ; Empire, Sydney, N.S.W. ; Anna Hender son, Calcutta ; Diagaum, Bombay ; Daniel, Hayti ; Shang hai, New Orleans ; William Rathbone, New York ; New World, do. ; Conqueror, do. ; Kalamazoo, do. ; Liberia, St. John's, N.B. Off Port—Duncan, Calcutta; Vermoni, New Orleans ; Beethoven, Windermere, Peter Foulkes, John Wood, Rhune, Amette, Gilbert, Bucephalus (sup posed), and Robert Barfour. BRISTOL, March I.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—George, Demerara. Sailed—Florenoe, Africa. ---- HULL, Feb. 28.—The Amazon of this port, Shields, for New York, has been docked, having been on shore. —March 1. Sailed—St. George, Grceuland. SHIELDS, March I.—Sailed—Salisbury, Mani ma i n ; Moslem, Calcutta. GLOUCESTER.—Arrived—Bessel, New York. WEST WORCESTER ELECTION.—The election of a knight of the shire for the western division of this county, in the room of General the Hon. H. B. Lygon, raised to the peerage by the title of Earl Beauchamp, took place yesterday, at the Grand Stand on the Wor cester race course. At half-past ten o'clock, the high sheriff, Charles Noel, Esq., opened the proceedings. The Hon. W. Coventry then proceeded to put in nomi nation Henry Lygoir, Lord Viscount Elmley, as a fit and proper person to represent the division in Parlia ment. Sir Hungerford Lechmere seconded the nomina tion. The customary question having been put by the high sheriff, and no other candidate being put in nomi nation, Lord Elmley was declared elected. Lord Elmley then addressed the electors, thanking them for the high and honourable position in which they had placed him as their representative—a position of which he was justly proud, and which he hoped he duly appreciated. The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the sheriff. ~• COLLISION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN LINE.-011 Saturday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, a s one of the up trains was proceeding from York to Lon don, a waggon train ran into the ca rriages . L uckily the approach of an accident was observed by the railway official, and although the shock was rather severe, only two persons were injured ; one a gentleman, who wa s very.severely cut on the left eye, and a young child whose front teeth were forced out, an d face slightly ' damaged. 23 a 21 g ti 13i Turkey should give to the European Powers repa ration for well founded complaints, it was equally necessary for the maintenance of peace that the Turkish Government should preserve an honour able position necessary for the maintenence of the equilibrium of Europe. __ . The Bourse was exceedingly firni yesterday, and both the Rente and Railway Shares have advanced. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are 55c. higher, and the Three per Cents. 65c. higher, the former closing at 106 f. 50c., and the latter at 80f. 85e. Bank of France Shares are unchanged ; those of the Mortgage Bank are 12f. 50. higher, and those of the Societe Mobiliere 25f. higher. Foreign Funds remain as they were. Railway Shares have advanced from 10f. to 15f. each on an average. Exchange on London (short), 25f. ; ditto (90 days), 24f. 90e. A committee of AUSTRIA. ladies at Vienna, who had pro posed to erect a monument on the Bastei, at the place where the Emperor was wounded, have with drawn their projects.as the relations of his Majesty intend themselves to erect one. A letter from Vienna states that autograph let ters of felicitation for the preservation of the life of the Emperor of Austria, were presented to his Ma jesty on the 23d ult., from the E mperor o f t h e French, the Ki ng of Prussia, the Duke of Bruns wick, and the Count de Chambord. The accounts received from Vienna, by telegraph which are to the evening of the 27th, state that the Emperor is rapidly recoveriug froth his wound, and that his health is in the most satisfactory state. The Austrian troops in march for Croatia had re ceived counter orders. The Augsburg Gazette of the 26th states that the Austrian Government had formed the " energetics determination" of requiring from the British Go vernment the expulsion of Mazzini and Kossuth. In case of refusal no British subject would be per mitted to cross the Austrian frontier. A telegraphic dispatch, dated Vienna, 28th, says :—" There has been a considerable rise in the leading securities at the Bourse to-day. The pub lic mind is completely trancrillised on every sub ject." MONTENEGRO. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 22d ult., in the Augsburg Gazette, states - that it was on that day that Prince Mentchikoff, the Minister of Marine, was to leave on his mission to Constantinople. " His mission" says t h e the letter "h as een con certed with Austria , and the object of it is b to coun sel the Ottoman Porte to act with moderation with respect to its Christian subjects in general, and the Montenegrins in particular." The Minister was to be accompanied by Count Dimitri _Nesselrode, Prince Lobanoff (son-in-law of General Paskie witsch), aide-de-camp to the Emperor, Prince Galitzin, and by several officers of the navy. A telegraphic message, dated yesterday, from Vienna, says Omer Paella has received orders to suspend hostilities against the Montenegrins. The Austrian troops en marche have received counter orders. ITALY. The Ticino Gazette states from Berne that the Austrian Legation presented a third note to the Federal Council on the 19th ult. It does not give the contents of this note, and says that the Federal Council has adjourned its decision for the present. The Opinion of Turin quotes a letter from Milan of the 22d ult., stating that arrests still continue there. Among the persons arrested, it mentions a priest named Don Giovanni Rossari. The church bells are still mute, the authorities having had all the doors giving access to the staircases of the steeples closed until further orders. A letter from Bellinzona, in the Piedmonte,se Gazette, states th a t , on the 22d ult., the Govern ment of the canton of Ticino had the printers of the Patriota arrested at Faido, and seals affixed to the printing office. This act of rigour is attributed to an incendiary article, in which the Patriota called upon the people to effect a revolution. It is stated that two agents of American Emi gration Companies have left France for Switzerland to propose to the government of Tecino, to convey to America the natives of that canton who have been expelled from Austria. The Count Rayneval, Ambassador from France to the Court of Rome, was received with great pomp and cordiality on the occasion of presenting his new letters of credence from the Emperor to his Holiness. Nearly all the cardinals, accompanied by the whole dipl omat i c b ody, the Ministers, and the chief officers of the F renc h army in Rome, attended at the ceremony. The Superior Council of the order of Jesuits have presented to the Pope ' • with a pray er th a t his Holiness will t ransm i t i t to the different Catholic powers a protest against the decision of three of the Republics of South America, banishing the Jesuits, and confiscating their property. IPRUSSIA. The trial of Professor Gervinus for "exciting to treason, &c.," commenced and terminated at Man helm on the 24th, but judgment has been deferred until the 2d of March. A recently published statistic gives the number of individuals of both sexes now in divers penitenti aries and houses of correction within the monarchy at somewhat more than 90,000. The Grand Duke of Oldenburg died suddenly, and without suffering, on Sunday morning, at 11 o'clock. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Manua 1. The Agamemnon, 91, screw line-of-battle ship, Cap tain Sir Thomas Maitland. We regret to state that many fresh cases break out amongst the crew, who are berthed in the Camperdown alongside ; and although no serious results have yet arisen, it still continues to baffle the skill of the medical officers, who, to their credit be it said, use every exertion and kindness in administering to the comforts of the sick men. The Cruiser, 16, screw steam-sloop, commander the Hon. George H. Douglas, having received her supply of coals from the coal depot, hauled out into the stream, and awaits sailing orders. The Rolla. 6, apprentices' tender, Lieutenant Com mander Fenwick, hauled into No. 1 Dock to-day, to have her copper cleaned and examined, preparatory to fitting her out for her usual summer exercises by the naval apprentices. The Oi.estes, old 18-gun sloop, that we announced some time since had been converted into a moveable coal depot, was this morning put into operation by being towed out of harbour by the Echo steam-tug, and laid alongside the Basilisk, steam-sloop, which received her full supply therefrom ; after which the Echo returned with her into harbour. This is a vast improvement upon the old system of war-steamers being first obliged I to die charge their powder at Spithead, and then come into harbour to coal. When the Pitt is ready, there will be a still greater advantage, as she will be stationed at the Motherbank for vessels to run alongside, thereby sayi ng much time as well as expense. WOOLWICH, M&nm 1. APPOINTMENTS. L r i r tElliottservinglB 4 at p , arnedseJnotseipnh tlih; Marry Sidon steam-frigate, have b een appo i nted to the P'hcenix steam-sloop, , commission e d a t W oolwich by Commandera.ndCommanderr a the 8 latter E e y u at e n ( l a B n s t s 2 ) J , Edward A. Inglefield, for service in the Arctic reg . Lieutenants Elliott and M arryat served previouly io nsin Captain Austin's expedition. Master William Stanton (1852), from the Horatio, 24, screw steam gu ar d s hi p at Sheerness, to the Phoenix. Surgeon ( 1 845), to th e phcenix. John F. Charlton, M.D. Paymaster Henry Hawley (1850), to the Phoenix. Mate Robert P. Jenkins (1852), from the Victory flag ship at Portsmouth, to the Phcenix. Assistant Surgeon John R. Holman (1847), recently serving as additional assiAtant surgeon in the Portland, 50, flag-ship, on the Pacific station, to the Phoenix. Second Master Edward H. Mills (1842), from the St. George, 120, guard ship in ordinary at Devonport, to the Phcemx. Clerk William P. Richard to the Phoenix, Boatswain Henry Osbourne to the the Phoeni x. Carpent er H enry Palmer to Ph oenix. little after m idnight, iI, MALTA, arrived F E B t 0 . 23. The a The Ripon , beating the French steamer about with the Indian 36 hours from Alexandria. A Court of Inquiry has been sitting lately on Captain Jones, of the Sampson steam-frigate, and Captain Symonds, of the Arethusa. These vessels put to sea for Naples on the 12th inst., and on the night o f Saturday, the steamer leading, and the frigate in, her position, a heavy squall took them after dark, an d the steamer Mang up suddenly the Arethusa ran into her. Luckily, she caught her sponson ; had it been d i s ed t o e ret urn ap ti o therwise the Samps on would no lon g er have fi g ured in the navy list , in all p robability. As it was, the shock was so great as to sna p the chain of the Arethusa's bowe r anc hor, which fell int o the p addles of the steam er and was r ecovered, and doing about 5,0001 . damage in a ll . Sh e is repairing. The A rethusa, had but little dami tge , an n an leave to-day forT The c apl o e n s, whe nce reprimanded she an Jones, and blamed him severely for not sho w i The lkiodeste and Spitfire which had gone o d th w e ill 6 ng a li g ht . out to sur vey a newly discovered shoal near Messina night. The shoal has been surveyed by returned last but we have no particulars. 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