The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-22 00:00:00

y •.r . .~..... ~►......-. ~. .. THE ITNITED STATES. At six o'clock yesterday morning, the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Arabia, Judkins, commander, arrived at Liver pool, from New York direct, with 250,000 dollars in specie on freight (the greater part for Havre), 55 passengers, and the usual mails from all parts of the United States and British America, in the charge of Lieutenant J. Grant Raymond, Admiralty agent. The correspondence respecting the Clayton and Bulwer Treaty, relative to the Nicaragua, had been called for in the Senate by Mr. Clayton. The treaty for an international copyright between Eng land and America, was expected to be ccntirmed by the Senate. In the course of his speech Mr. Clayton said, that while the Bulwer Treaty was under consider ation, he had held several consultations with Mr. King, and they both agreed that in the treaty there was to be no recognition of any right of Great Bri tain to the domain in Honduras—they both believ ing that Great Britain had no other right there than the right of occupancy for certain purposes under the treaty with Spain. He then contended that this, and nothing else, was recognised by the treaty. He denied that the explanation of the treaty by himself and Sir Henry Bulwer was un known to Gen. Taylor's Cabinet at the time of their exchange, as had been insinuated in the debate in the Senate. He then entered into a historical and geographical examination of the territorial and poli tical boundaries of Central America, and into an elaborate examination of this point as commented upon by the Committee on Foreign relations. He had just concluded on this part of the question, when the Senate went into an Executive session— after which they adjourned. A good deal of dissatisfaction has been expressed that Howell Cobb was not assigned a place in the Cabinet, according to an arrangement between the Whig and Democratic compromisers of Georgia, which assigned Mr. Toombs the Senatorship, and Mr. Cobb, a Cabinet appointment. Uraga had invited Santa Anna to Mexico, and Tampico had also pronounced for him. The pro position made by the Government to restore the old tariff of duties, is resisted by the citizens, who threaten to oppose its execution by an armed force. The Cabinet of the President, the list of which was received by the last steamer, had been con firmed by the Senate. A well-informed writer in Washington says " There has been a good deal of feeling here during the last few days with reference to the Cabinet ap pointments. Jefferson Davis has been conscien tiously opposed to the compromised acts of 1850, and has persisted in his opposition, with an honest consistency, to the pres e nt h our ; s ome of his more timid friends feared that the very strong endorse ment of the compromise made by the President in his inaugural was designed to force Mr. Davis to decline a Cabinet appointment. A great fire had occurred at New Orleans, in which more than 18,000 bales of cotton were de stroyed, of which the Liverpool, and Royal Liver pool Insurance Companies will have to sustain a loss of 90,000 dollars, as their proportion of the damage. J. C. Bates, Boston, has failed, with liabilities to the extent of 300,000 dolls. Disturbances of a serious nature were threatened between the citizens of San Juan or Greytown, and the Nicaragua Transit Company. The captain of the ship Inez, arrived at New Or leans from Liverpool, reports having fallen in with, in lat. 20 N. lon. 82 W., a vessel bottom up, of about 800 tons—appeared to have been ashore. There was a hole in her bottom, and she was co vered with Muntz metal. Sent a boat alongside, but could find nothing to particularise her, except that she had painted ports, and her shoe was fast ened by cast composition clamps. By way of New Orleans, Galveston (Texas) dates to the 25th and Indianola to the 24th February, have been received. A tremendous gale took place at Galveston on the 221 inst., commencing about 3 a.m., from the N.W., moderating towards the evening, and doing immense damage. When the Arabia sailed, business matters in general were not quite so favourable as at the last accounts, and money was decidedly more difficult to obtain. The stock market was weak, and "fancy" Stocks had fallen about 5 per cent. in two days. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MARCH 9.—The stock and money troubles of Wall-street continue, and the former grew quite seri ous in the forenoon, from the continued stringent calls of the banks on their demand loans. These loans are Mostly made subject to call, without an hour's notice, and they are now being used to strengthen the position of the banks with each other, for their daily or weekly settlements. The market for breadstuffs is quiet, andprices rule at very nearly th e same rates as at the last advices, West ern Canal flour being quoted at 4 dols. 87c. to 5 dols., steady ; Genessee wheat, 1 dol. 22c. to 1 dol. 24c. ; In dian corn, round yellow, 64 dol. 66c. well supported ; Indian meal, 3 dol. 25c. to 3 dol. 374 c. The following are the latest quotations in our cotton market :—New Orleans and Mobile, mid fair to fair, llic. to 12c. ; Uplands and F lorida, 108 c. to 111 c. per lb. The provision market is dull, and prices have a down ward tendency. The rates demanded for freights are rather easier than those last reported. Flour to Liverpool was taken at 2s. 6d., and part to fill up at 2s. 6d. ; corn at 71d., and wheat on private terms ; tobacco, 30s. To Havre, bone was taken at lc. ; cotton at lc. ; and rice at 8 dols. to 10 dols. Exchange on London was dull, at 1091 to 1094 ; Paris, 6 121 ; Hamburgh, 361 to 361 ; Bremen, 80 to 811. NEW ORLEANS, March 4.—The sales of cotton to-day 'Were 8,000 bales, at steady prices ' • middling is quoted at ale. to 9c. The sales of the week are 60,000 bales ; the increase in the receipts at all the southern ports over the same time last year is 539,000 bales. The Hum boldt's news came to hand this afternoon after business hours. 10,000 brls. Ohio flour sold to-day at 4 dols. 124 c. to 4 dols. 25c. WEST INDIA MAIL The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Parana, Captain Woolley, with the West India mails, in charge of Lieutenant Veitch, R.N., Admiralty agent, arrived yesterday morning at Southampton. During the homeward voyage of the Parana, she bad to contend against strong head winds nearly all the way, and a derangement in her machinery detained her a day. The latest dates brought by the Parana are : Chagres, Feb. 23 ; Carthagena, Feb. 26 ; Jamaica, Peb. 27 ; Demerara, Feb. 25 ; Trinidad, Feb. 25 ; I 3 arbadoes, Feb. 27 ; Grenada, Feb. 26 ; St. Tho- Inas, March 5 ; Grey Town, Feb. 17. The following is the list of passengers : Sir. and Mrs. Hume and two children, and Mr. H. Groom, from Jamaica • Lieutenant Knight, from Barba does ; Madame Boucanhe, two children, and female ser vant, from Martinique ; Mr. Begg and Master Garraway, from Grenada ; General Crookshank, from St. Kitts ; Messrs. Bourne, Perron, Paraud, Comynet, Crave, Le Conte, and Sansome, from Navy Bay ; Mr. Green from . s earthagena ; Mr. Calcano, from St. Thomas's ; 12 soldiers, 3 women, and 5 children ; 13 shipwrecked seamen. The Parana brings on freight--$372,235 value of Silver in bars, *11,138 on merchants' account, $529,204 value in gold dust and gold bars, 2161. value in platin a , 6141. -value in British coin, 7501. value in pearls, 185 serons cochineal, 292 serons indigo, 15 bales sarsaparilla, 1 box vanill a , 30 kegs succades, 20 bales bark, 3 bales Wax, 2 bales manna, and 42 packages sundries. STATIONS OF THE COMPANY'S SHlPS.—Great Wes tern with inward island mails • Trent, Gulf of Mexico ; Dee, Spanish Main ; Medway, Spanish Main ; Conway, Nassau ; Eagle, Belize. STATIONS 01' ii. M. SHlPS.—Geyser, at Grey T own, Bermuda, cruizing off Coast Mosquito ; Daum and Alban, at Jamaica ; Dauntless, of the Coast of D u b a ; Vestal, at Havanna ; Devastation, at Belize. On the 27th ultimo the Parana spoke the barque Protector, from Liverpool, entering Port Royal. On the Bth instant, the English brig Phoebus ; 01 1 the 14th, the Creole and the Success. The Middleton, of Maryport, from Liverpool, L aundered on the 21st ultimo, near Carthagena. The crew came home in the Parana. • JAMAICA. The dates from' this island are to the 27th ult. proclamation, bearing date the 18th day of F ebruary, has been issued by his Excellency the revernor ' promulgating an ord er rece i v ed from l" r Majesty's Privy Council, bea r i ng d a t e the 28th 44 37 of December, 1852, consenting to the following 'le ts passed by the Legislature of Jamaica, viz. : „ "An ac t f or th e ra i s i ng o f moneys to be applied to ‘'le instruction of free labourers, and for other pur -134e8 ; and " An act for appointing Commissioners, and autho -423.'13g them to provide for the return passage of cer- Z 4l O emigrants brought into this i s l an d, an d f or other purposes'." the Excellency the Governor has give n assent to e Loan Act. „, manufacture of sugar will not be to any con 'lgerable extent thi s season , b u t it i s sa id that it (Ibe very goo d. A num b er o f l arge fi e ld s have . yet b een go t i n. the is the i n t en ti on o f th e A ssem bl y to w i thdraw I sland Treasury notes from c i rcu l a ti on , an d to ASubstitute others in their stead, a bill for that pur o 11 aving passed through several stages. p a , "Ir. Hague, a reporter for one of the lo ca l of' r s, has been committed to prison for a breach P r i.vilege, under a warrant from the Speaker, • 4.1 „ _ t 1.2,J. THE MEDITERRANEAN. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Bengal, Captain Henry Powell, arrived yester day at Southampton, at four o'clock, and landed mails from the following places and dates, in charge of Lieutenant Stevens, R.N., the Admiralty agent. Her dates of sailing were :—Alexandria, March 6th ; Malta, 11th ; Gibraltar, 15th. The passengers by the Bengal were :—First cabin, 55 ; second, 11 ; children, 12 ; seamen, 22; total, 100—amongst whom are Messrs. Pember ton, Sparkes, aneMercer, from New South Wales. The former of these gentlemen has, perhaps, for the first time on record, circumnavigated the world by steam, having gone out in the Great Britain to Melbourne and Sydney, and returned by the Chusan to Singapore, and thence by the Company's other steamers to Southampton ; Drs. Ross, Thomp son, and Fitzpatrick ; Majors Killoe, Phibbs, and Norgate (Calcutta) ; Capt. Cawell, 3d Dragoons, and Lieut. King, from Bombay ; Major Northey, Hon. A. Legge, from Malta ; Messrs. Ehress, &c., from Gibraltar. The freight of the Bengal consists of 16 packages of specie, in value unknown, 402 bales of silk, 152 bales of flax, 46 bags of nuts, 187 bags of wool, 56 elephants' tusks, 50 boxes of oranges, 25 boxes of dates, and 160 packages of general merchandise. Stations of her Majesty's Ships.—At Malta, Rear-Admiral Dundas's fleet. At Gibraltar, H.M. steam-ship Furious, and Antelope packet. The Peninsular and Oriental steam-ship Tagus left Gibraltar for Cadiz on the evening of the 14th, with the homeward Peninsular mails. Stations of Vessels of War of Foreign States. At Alexandria, the usual Egyptian fleet. On 14th, 40 miles east of Cape Degatt, passed a square-rigged ship flying a St. George's Ensign, and distinguising pendant No. 5,480 ; supposed to be a yacht ; she was about 400 tons, and steering E. Ships observed on the voyage.—At noon, on the 11th, 60 miles west of Malta, exchanged colours with the Haddington, and at 10 a.m. on the 12th instant, the Indus, 12 miles west of Gibraltar, or 310 from Malta. The screw steamer Livonio entered Gibraltar Bay on the 15th, whilst the Bengal was lying there, and leave for Liverpool the same day. When off Tariffa, same day, passed an apparently new steamer, showing Austrian colours and steer ing for Gibraltar. The Bengal, on her outward passage met with favourable weather, and performed the distance to Alexandria in 11 days 4 hours, going an average of 114 nearly. On her homeward passage, she has experienced a succession of strong head winds all the way from Alexandria, and on the 16th, coming up the coast of Portugal, met with a severe gale, flying round from W. to N.W., blowing in the squalls furiously. She behaved uncommonly well, and proved herself a first-rats sea-boat, shipping no water, and going along smoothly. She carrAed this strong breeze to Fimsterre, a - id after rounding that, they met with hard N,E. and E. gales across the Bay, with squalls of hail, snow, and very cold weather. These head-winds, added to her deten tion at Malta for the Corfu mails, has prolonged her voyage at least two days. But for it she would have been in on Saturday the 19th, corresponding to the 16th of any other month, February having only 28 days. The earliest previous arrival was on the morning of the 17th April last, when the Bentincic arrived with the earliest India mail ever received in London. AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY.—At the meet ng of the Australian Gold Mining Company yesterday he report and accounts were adopted. It appeared ,hat Mr. Harding, the general superintendent, had ar rived at Sydney in July last, followed by the machinery in September. He had since been occupied in seeking an eligible spot for the commencement of operations, but up to the date of the last advices had not been able to select one where the quartz rock was in his opinion rich enough to justify the heavy expense that would be in curred by transporting the machinery into the interior. A district in the south had, however, been pointed out, which he thought of visiting to ascertain its real cha racter and fitness. The 2,000 shares appropriated for the colony had been speedily subscribed, and the parties requested to form a local board had consented to act. Of the general capital of 19,0001., 14,0001. to 15,0001. remained intact, exclusive of the ma chinery, stores, &c., dispatched to Sydney, which had cost about 2,4001. A ch ar t er o f incorpbra tion has been obtained, limiting the responsibility of the shareholders. The chairman (Mr. H. Buckle) explained that, although the directors regretted they could not present a more satisfactory report, they did not consider their prospects discouraging. Mr. Harding's experience in Brazil had probably led him to believe that the ap pearance of the quartz rock veins was not sufficiently encouraging to induce him to erect their machinery ; but it was known from assays of specimens received in this country, particularly in the case of the Peel River district, that very satisfactory results had been obtained, even from those which presented the most unfavourable indications. Instructions would be forwarded to the local board and superintendent to put themselves in communication with the agent of the Peel River Com pany, who would be empowered to negotiate with them, if necessary, for a site to carry out the contemplated works. Several shareholders considered that the dis cretion of Mr. Harding was entitled to commendation, and the directors having pledged themselves that no new call shall be made until they lay a further state ment before the general body, the usual complimentary votes were passed. ATTACK ON AN EMIGRANT SHlP.—lntelligence has been received at Lloyd's, under date Stanley, Falkland Islands, Jan. 5, of a most daring attack on the ship Por cupine, of Liverpool, Millinger, master, by the Patago nians. It seems that in passing through the Straits of Magellan, on her way to California, the Porcupine grounded. Early next morning she was surrounded by numerous canoes, full of natives. The captain, thinking they might be useful in getting the vessel off, allowed some of the principal chiefs to come on deck, when they offered to exchange a copy of "John son's Comprehensive Dictionary," signed on the fly leaf "John Badiam, January, 1851," a Prayer-book, and other articles, evidently belonging to an English ship. The captain, now observing a fleet of canoes approaching nearer, many bearing lighted pine branches, gave orders for the crew and passengers, most of whom had revolvers, to arm themselves, and a terrific conflict ensued ; the sava,gesfought deeperately, and tried to burn the ship. After a severe struggle and great slaughter they were beaten off, and 300 bags of oats being thrown overboard, the ship floated. Two of the emigrants, named Geo. Rowsell and Henry Boyle, were killed, and several others severely wounded. The ship returned to the Falkland Islands, terribly disabled. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. —There is not the remotest prospect of a dividend in this company as it is now constituted. The balance sheet just issued shows a gross income for the half year of 20,3141., the working expenses being no less than 17,3361. This is exclusive of Government duty, rates, and taxes. The whole balance carried to dividend account is 1,6201., b an en d tu ou re t s, of a t n h d is h d, a 3 s 2B to l. b e e n p balance on hand of 15,4681. is The old r d iesfe l tr , h s eun s sc 4 e L res a di s iva i cr n ee t sd e . re l s 2 t , o 2 n s3 d l. e ; b a ei id ng by th t u he thus upheld on a l n y by the St our Valley dividend, p of 3,0461. North-western: to the extent A PRIME JORE.—A capital joke occurred yesterday, which has set all Paris l aug hi ng and talking - to-day. A , t o u f e a d t ' h Ar ief - large crowd had asse m bl e d yesterday in the genteml, near the Palai s Royal, inconsequence detected reaching in the the act ro o t o f whererobbing it a was house d havingteurt was v ous s to u f c ee o elldoewd in N if it s h e t without shoes, The man, who h a d on a blousean shoes, was seen to mov e a b ou t f or some time, as ing a window through which to escape, and at last he disappeared altogether. Meanwhile a detachment of soldiers was sent for, and they blocked up all issues from the house ; some firemen were also sent for, who went on the roofs, but they arrived just as the man vanished. The military, firemen, and crowd waited for two hours, and then a commissionaire gave the follow ing letter to the sergeant in command :—" Brave Ser geant,—Do not fatigue your men any longer by making them wait for me ; when you receive this letter I shall be a long way off. In visiting the house next to that in which your men are, you will see how I escaped—no thing was more simple. After havinc, passed from one roof to the other, I opened the window of a chamber, which I found to be nicelj , furnished. I found in a box placed under the bed, a great coat, and a pair of varnished leather shoes ; and after having put them on, I went away by the porte coehere which the too curious porter left free. I talked a few moments with you, and told you that you would have a good deal of trouble in catch ing the thief. I said thief, for I confess that having found a 100 f. note, and 100 f. in gold in the trunk with the coat and shoes, I could not resist the temptation of taking them." The statements of this letter having been ascertained to be exact, the soldiers were sent home, and the crowd dispersed. The secret police have commenced a strict search after the man. REPRESENTATION OF BLACKBURN.—The writ for the election of a member for Blackburn in the room of Mr. William Eccles (unseated at the late parliamentary in quiry), was received by the Mayor of Blackburn on Thursday, who at once fixed upon Wednesday next for the day of nomination, and the following day for the polling. During the past week both parties have been unremitting in their exertions to promote the return of their candidate, and there is every prospect of the con test, being a close one. and after remaining there some days he was ordered to be released, but the fees of the clerk and ser geant-at-arms are so enormous that Mr. Hague has not the means to liquidate them, and consequently still remains in durance vile. Kingston is healthy, but in some of the provin cial towns small-pox is prevailing. At Savanna-la- Mar many of the most respectable inhabitants are now on their beds of affliction with this fell com plaint ; there were four cases out of town, and one fatal case, on the 18th instant. The prisoners in gaol are also attacked. The paupers in the poor house are, indeed, in a very bad state, on account of its having been made an hospital. The weather during the past fortnight has been fine and dry, no rain having fallen for some time, which is much'wanted. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1853. Tir I THE FRENCH EMPIRE. ject to establish in a formal manner the solidarity of the ' European powers with respect'to Turkey, and to put an end to the almost exclusive protectorate, which Russia had then possessed since 1832, in virtue of the famous treaty of Unkiar-Skelessi. It is sufficient on this point sbr. to quote the solemn declaration which the powers who signed thought fit to make on Sept. 17, 1840, for the st. execution of the treaty of July 15 :—'The plenipoten- 20 tiaries of the courts of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, a ft er h av i ng exchange d t h e ratifications of 14 the convention concluded on the 15th of July last, have resolved, for the purpose of placing in its real light the 31 disinterestedness which has guided their courts in the conclusion of this act, to declare formally, that, in execu- 27 i tion of the engagements resulting from the said conven- 22 tion by the cont rac ti ng powers, t h ese p owers w ill no t E . seek for any augmentation of territory, any exclusive st. influence, any commercial advantage for their subjects 50 beyond what any other nation can obtain equally. The 50 plenipotentiaries of the said courts have resolved to in- 20 sert this declaration in the present protocol. The pleni potentiary of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, in rendering a 50 just homage to the probity and disinterestedness of 25 the policy of the allied courts, has formally marked down the declaration contained in the present protocol, N and undertakes to t ransm i t i t to h i s cour t. (F o ll ow th e signatures of the plenipotentiaries.)' An aggression 18 against Turkey, emanating from one of the powers who . 70 then signed, would not constitute merely an attack on 25 the integrity of the Ottoman Empire : it would also be the flagrant violation of a treaty, which since 1840 binds 25 the various contracting parties. But whatever may be 25 the rumours that have been in circulation for some days St. back, they do not go the length certainly of admitting, 50 even hypothetically, that Russia desires to tear up vio- St,' lently and without preliminary or previous declaration 10 the conventions which bind her to the great powers of st. Europe, and to attempt enterprises contrary to the letter s t. and the spirit of these conventions. Besides the loyalty, st. the wisdom, and the interest of Russia are a sure guar- St. antee that it cannot be otherwise. But this all-impor- St. tant consideration is sufficient to cause it to be compre- St. hended that there cannot be question in the present dif ference of anything but a mere personal matter in the St. relations between Russia and Turkey, and that the 12 matter does not in any way implicate, in any direct or 50 definite manner, general compli ca ti ons , or th e rupture, T 3 more or less prompt, of the diplomatic acts which sane- 20 tion the integrity and neutrality of the Ottoman 14 Empire as one of the essential conditions of the peace 50 of Europe." 20 The Debats says :—" However offensive for the dignity of the Porte the concessions already made 10 to Austria may be, General Menschikoff is charged s t. to obtain others still more humiliating." 20 In the Assemblee Nationale we find an article 10 which, in some parts, almost amounts to an appro- St„. bation of the policy attributed to Russia, and con veys a sort of sneer against the French Government, 25 by insinuating that it makes a mere display of its 25 fleet, without any intention of using it as a coun- St. terpoise in favour of Turkey. 8; The Siecle, after giving from the Moniteur the g t t : announcement of the French fleet at T ou l on hay- 50 ing been ordered to proceed to the Archipelago, 25 says : _ 100 The Moniteur publishes the returns of the re ceipts of the customs and indirect taxes for the last month. They amounted to 9,638,175 fr., being a decrease on the corresponding month of 1852 of 617,544 fr., and an increase on that of 1851 of 801,152 fr. The receipts of the first two months of the year amounted to 18,583,722 fr., being 1,959,344 fr. less than in the corresponding period of 1852, and 1,535,554 fr. more than in 1851. The _Mare of Cherbourg says :—" Great ac tivity is being displayed at Lorielt in getting her machinery on board the Jear-Bart steam line-of battle ship. It is said that the Emperor and Em press in their visit to Brittany in the course of the summer, are to embark on board the Jean-Bart, and cruise along the coast, visiting St. Nazaire, and afterwards Nantes. The steam-power of this ves sel is of 450 horses." A letter from Toulon says :—" Great preparations are being made here in the Napoleon, which, it is said, is designated to proceed to Civiia-Vecchia to bring the Pope to France. His Holiness, it is said, will arrive in May, for the coronation of the Em peror." It is reported that five of the French cardinals will leave Paris on the 27th of April to meet the Pope, and escort his Holiness into France. He will be received at Toulon by several of the Ministers, whence they will proceed to Avignon, remaining there one day ; thence to Lyons, stopping there three days ; from thence they will go to Paris, and afterwards to Compiegne. Yesterday the Emperor passed in review on the Place du Carrousel, the 6th and 9th regiments of light infantry, the 51st and 56th regiments of the line, the 7th aid 10th artillery, the 7th lancers, and the 6th and 7th regiments of cuirassiers, all of which are on the point of quitting Paris or Ver sailles for other quarters. The infantry was drawn up in the Court of the Tuileries, and the artillery and cavalry in the Place du Carrousel, the former facing the iron railing. The Emperor, followed by a numerous and brilliant staff, made his appearance at one o'clock, and passed in succession in front of all the troops. Prince Jerome and his son, Prince Napoleon, Marshal Magnan, and Generals Carre let, Renault, 'Levasseur, Couraut, and Korte, were in his Majesty's suite, and amongst the persons of distinction present were Generals Mahmoud-Ben- Ayet and Reschid, Envoys of the Bey of Tunis, M. de Persigny, M. Abbatucci, M. de Morny, &c. The Emperor after going through the lines re turned at full speed, and placed himself in front of the Pavilion de l'Horloge. The troops then passed before him, and a certain number of crosses and medals were distributed. THE SR,ARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid f RAILWAYS. 1100 Aberdeen 86 Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Janet all Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet. 11 Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 183 Do., £2O 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon .. all Cork, Blackrock and Passage 45 Dublin&Belfast June all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction..,.., all Do. New all East Anglian (£25 L and E. & L. & D.) a ll Do. Do. (IS/. E.& H.) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. figh.) 83 Do., do all Do., B. and C 100 East Lancashire all East & West Ind. Dk & Ti: "Ling. Jur e 100 Edinburgn &Glasgow 16 Ediu. and Peebles 100 Edin. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Great Southern and Western t.reland) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle ni Do., Thirds 100 Lancash. & 'Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths 11 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwall 3 Loud. Tilb. &Sthend. 100 Lond. Brigt. &S. Cat. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do., Fifths 1 D0.,£10 Sh.M.&B. C 100 London &S. Western 426 Do.; £5O 84 Do., £4O all Londerry. &Coleraine a ll Lrdndny. & Ennisk. 100 Manch. Shef. &Lincln 461D0., Man.& Lin. Un. 'lOO W.d , And 100 Do. Firming. & Derby 47A Midland G. West. (Ir.) 171 Do. 4 Shares all NeweaUe & Carl'oe. 100 Newmarket 8 Do. Bury Extension 16 Newr. Aberg.&Hftd 74 Newry & Enniskillen a ll Newly, Warren_ 'int, and Restrevor 'lOO Norfolk a ll Do., New ' gx Northn.Counties Un 106 North British 13 North Devon, No. 1 64 Do., No. 2 a ll Do., I A Deferred . 5 Do., i B Guaranteed ITA North Staffordshi; : a ll North WesLern ..... 10 N. &S. Westrn. dime 100 Oxford, Worces'Ler, & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Sdotlsh Midland 100 Furevrsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock 8 Shrewsby.& Hereford all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all Do. Halves do all Do Do. Oswestiy 63 Shropshire Unio-i all South Devon LOO South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Torksh.River Dun 5 Do. 16i tockton & Hartlepl 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway' 17 Vale of Neath i S all, Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Virateilord& Limerick 13 West Cornwall 1.18 Wimbledon&Croydn 1 Woodford 103 York Newetl.&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 114 Do. G. N. E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland. Closing Prices TesterAay. 29 - 30 61 - - -63 dad 21 22 d 3i —Wad' 104 105 631 64 —22 i 18 19 1 —l.i pxd, 8 -- 9 M. Bouquin de la Souche, a dealer in curiosities, appeared on Saturday before the Tribunal of Cor rectional Police, charged with distributing seditious publications, with having in his possession prohi bited arms, with writing with charcoal on the walls " Vive Henri V.," and with having in his apart ment a copy of verses speaking abusively of the Emperor and the Empress. The accused having been surprised at night in the Rue Louis-le-Grand writing on the wall " Vive Henri V." the police made a visit to his residence, and discovered the prohibited articles. He was condemned to three months' imprisonment and 50 fr. fine. The Independant of St. Omer states that a camp for between six and seven thousand troops is about to be formed near that town. The Nary el steamer has been appointed to con vey M. de la Cour to Constantinople, as Ambassa dor of France to the Sublime Porte. That vessel is appointed to leave Marseilles on the 28th of 5 - 31 - 4 121 -13 The case of the infernal machine at Versailles is likely to be relinquished from want of evidence. A reconciliation has been effected INtween Prince Jerome Bonaparte and the Princess Mathilde, who 10 - 11 7 8 714 —74xd 55 57x(I' 74 76xd 32 35 61 63 80 81' 45 47 123 —l24xd' 107i-108ixd £3 sai 61 711 92 94xd 13 13ip 75 75 . 5 Et —3 d 15 161 x d 1 . si SW' 103/ 1044 118 114 21 —3p acd. lk —llpxd 894 201 54 —44 d 41 SA 111 121 19 21 29 SO 31— 3d 74 741 43 45 " The sending of the fleet to the Archipelago is an St. indisputable sign that the Eastern question has be 6 2 brought by Russia to a grave position — we cou ld w i s h A 5 to say a decisive one, for it is time for Turkey to ac 20 - quire, by the co-operation of her allies, a real indepen dence, and a situation so fixed and so firm as to permit St. her to apply to the reform of her instituti ons th e f orces 15 . which she consumes in the arrangement of quarrels of 50 neighbourhood, which she is brought into one after the St. other." 16 The Illoniteur announces, in its non-official co- PI lumns, that private letters have been received from g Constantinople, giving hopes that the compli ca tions 20 which have arisen in the affairs of the East will be 20 settled without compromising the good agreement 10 which, as yet, has subsisted amongst the European. S. Powers. The Cologne Gazette of the 20th, after comment.. ing severely in its leader on the proceedings of Austria and Russia towards Turkey at this moment, concludes as follows : " Will England and France look on quietly ? If so, Turkey must yield and be again weakened. Will Eng land and France oppose the Russian demands ? Then the peace of Europe is threatened. If we are not mis taken, circumstances give considerable weight to the voice of Prussia ; and judging rightly of this weight she may—nay, she must—use straightforward and resolute language. She must oppose with all her might whoever by his arrogance may threaten to disturb the peace of Europe ; she must use the language of moderation and conciliation, but not hesitate to threaten with war who ever shows a disposition to break the peace of Europe. Even at this moment, but perhaps not for long, England, powerfully supported by Prussia and France, may be able to save Europe from the universal anarchy which is breaking in upon us." The Augsburg Gazette has the following from 1 0 Constantinople : " The impression produced at 25. Constantinople by Prince Menschikoff is extraordi- 25 nary ; the Turks are astonished, and the Greeks St. enchanted. Crowds of Greeks assemble daily in front of the Russian Embassy, and when the Prince appears he is saluted with cries of enthusiasm, and St the Greeks take off their hats, which is very un- St u usual with them except for religious ceremonies." 26 50 - 3 3 ! - 52 - - 1 2f -2, 10 SI 84 ;$ d 36i 35 - - 41 4 d 8 - 8i 4p 4n- 48i 100 102 63 65 64 66 St St St. St, 70 - 75 ... - a Business dons this day. 724 a 74 5 for several weeks have been on bad terms. xd xd 911 90A / 934 Pm 75i 1 104 ,118 i x xri i)01 The Countess of Montijo, mother of the Empress; is reported to be about to marry the reigning Prince of Hesses. The Emperor will present her with a dowry. Dispatches from Cairo state that the Viceroy of Egypt has concluded a loan of 285,0001. with Eng lish capitalists. There was a very heavy decline on the Bourse yesterday in the prices of all securities. Rentes, railways, and other obligations have alike partaken of the depression, which has been of a serious char- acter. }lank Stock declined sf. ; the Three per Cents. fell as much as below the closing rates of yesterday, both for money and the account, and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents, fell lf. 10c. for _ _ 13 20' 20 50 cash, and If. 25c. for the settlement ; the last rates this afternoon being—for the Three per Cents., 78f. 25c. for cash, and 78f. 15c. for the account ; Four and-a Half per Cents., 102 f. 15c. for money, and 10].f. 75c. for the account ; Bank Stock, 2,695 f. 20 20 50 20 PREFERE. 100 ;Aberdeen.. ITALY. ,An ImperiPl decree ordering the abandonment of 3 all prosecutions for high treason, was proclaimed 6 at Mantua amidst the warmest acclamations. The Austrian commandant of the town and 5 fortress of Ancona has issued an order forbidding 7 more than five persons being together in the streets 6 after sunset, and directing that the arrival of tra vellers must be notified to the police an hour after 106 at the latest. 20 The Parlament° of Turin states from Florence, 14th instant, that, in the case of Guerrazzi and St. others for high treason, the Attorney-General has 6 proposed—imprisonme n t f or lif e f or G uer razzi, e x - St. provisional chief of the Executive ; 63 months' im- St. prisonment for Romanelli, ex-Minister of Grace and St. Justice under the provisional Government ; 90 months' imprisonment for Capecchi, an old officer, 6 .i convicted of having sp o k en publicly against the zo Grand Duke ; 11 years and 3 months' imprison ment for Montazio, convicted of high treason com- s t , mitted by means of the press ; and 56 months' imprisonment in a house of correction for Dami, 16 ex-President of the Popular Club of Florence and Pantaneili, Secretary o f th e P opu l ar Cl u b o f Siena. The Deputy Attorney-General, in summing up the st. case for the prosecution in that portion which had 50 been carried on at Pistoria, but had subsequently been annexed to the prosecution at Florence, pro- St. posed—imprison men t f or lif e f or M a j or P e t racc hi , 56 months' imprisonment in a house of correction 12i for Cimballi, with five years! surveillance of the police after the expiration of his punishment. 12} Piccini, Agostini, and Lottini are to be set at liberty. 25 The Vienna papers mention that the search or 10 - dered by the Piedmontese <uthorities in the forests 6 on the Lombard frontier, led to the discovery of 12 3,000 guns and a large quantity of ammunition, 124 secreted by the refugees in case of the success of St. the attempt at Milan. St all iDo., No. 2,7 p. c 100 Brits. & Ex. 4 p. c. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 14 -- 15 34 3d 21 -- 22 77 -77 i 36 37 12i -- 134 4 -- 44 1i - 2/ 1 15 -15 i 9 - 9. 29 - 31 id- 91 9i 68i -- 69i1 7/ -- 7i (11 2i -- 201 58 -- 59 34. 77a a 69i 9 CE SHAMES. all Chester & IJolyhead Guar. si . per cent.' 3ilCork&Ban - dOn iii p.c. all Dundee, Perth, andl 1.0 . 6 - 108 Aberdeen Junction all E. Aug. (705.) 6p. c. all Do. (X 5), 7 per cent. 2 Do. (£7 17s), 7. pct. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 all Do., New 6p. s. St 106 - 108 all Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent... 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts. 184 -- 19 id par 64 -- 64 3g -- 34 3h -- 4g lipi all Ediub. Prth. & liund. 100 Glasgow &S. Wes6ern Guar. 5 per cent... 100 Great Northu. sp. o. 100 Do. 5 p. •., Redeem. at 10 p. o. prem.. , all IGt.S outim. dz-Westu (Ireland) Eights 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke St, Hants Ex. 6 p. e.) LOO Great Western; fixed 43 per cent _ _ 6 I Lan - . & York. F. £2O IA Do., 6 p. c., Sto-k.. 100 London and Brighton' Guaranteed 5 p. e... 100 Do. Prof. 5 p. c., St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. c 6 London &S. Western Con. Thirds 10 Londonderry & Cole Shares .......... . all Londndry. & Ennisk Shares all Manch. , Shef. ,& Lin Shares, No. 1 all Do., Now, XlO 3 Do., X 6 ..... ..... all Marypt. di Cal. 4p. c, a ll Do. 4i per cent. 8 Do 100 . Mid. Consol. p.e.St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Bina. 6 per cen;;.... 5 Do. Pref. 4{ pe:cen;;. all Norfolk Extension... all De. Guar. 5 per eL. all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per ....... [OO North Bri,ish ......... SPAIN. Wo have received the Madrid journals of the 16th, but their contents are without interest. The Chamber of Deputies continued to be occupied with the verification of the electoral returns, and the Senate was not to sit until the 18th. The weather, which for a few days had relaxed in severity, had again become very cold, and the influenza was very prevalent. 16; 20 6 2 all North Staffordshire.. [OO Oxford, Worcester, & _ _ Wol fcrh. £15,8p. c. ASSOCIATED SOCIETIES OF EDINBURGH 'UNIVERSITY. On Friday evening, at a meeting of these societies, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton was, without a contest, elected their first honorary president. The hon. baronet is ex pected to visit Edinburgh and address the societies in December next. A SCIENTIFIC GOLD-DIGGER.—Among th e passengers by the Falcon, which arrived in the M ersey on Tuesday hasfr bomeSeyndnlely, years wa in was Mr. eJoAhunsCtraalivian colonies. During trt, a geol og i s t, w h o that time he has made a geological survey of all the mi neral districts in Adelaide, Van Dierr en's Land, Sydney, and New Zealand, and he has brought back w i t h hi m a map of the weste rn go ld 'ids which alone is 30 f ee t l ong . He has also a larg e nun , ber of drawings, some o f th em valuable in a scientific po . nt of view, and others pleas ing and instructive, as giving a sketch of life and man ners at the gold diggings. Mr. Calvert has himself been engaged for eight years in tracing the auriferous veins and in procuring gold. A short time ago he sent home a block of quartz wei g hi ng a t on an d a-half, and he has brought with him in the Falcon 730 nuggets of the pre cious metal. One of the pieces weighs 231 b. of pure gold, and we had the opportunity of seeing a piece weigh ing 141 b., which is considered one of the best specimens, being, in the state in which it was discovered,- above the standard. -The amount of gold brought home by Mr. Cal vert is about 3301 b. gross, between 701 b. and 801 b. being dross or quartz more orless mixed with the gold. The largest quantity he ever obtained in on e day was 761 b, we i ght, which lie broke off with his geological ham mer i n pieces va rying from half-an-ounce to 21b. weight. H e had been came nearer, spotntleiaere r,for a d by auriferousitasnce of nearly indications, n increasi ng as h e s, 40 miles. The quartz vein ran north and south, and was from about 9 to 15 feet in breadth, half-a-mile from where he robbed it of its precious treasure. It stands out in large blocks of from 15 to 20 feet in height, looking in the distance like white houses. This place is distant from Sydney about 215 miles, and a long way from any at present worked goldfield. During the latter part of his resi dence in Australia, Mr. Calvert had a camp, and three men as assistants, and, properly equipped, he pursued his scientific survey. Among his discoveries, he found diamonds, rubies, and many valuable minerals, in which the Australian colonies abound. We understand that Mr. Calvert will proceed direct to, London, where he in tends to get his drawings and maps transferred to can• vass, for the purposes of exhibiting them as a panorama of the gold-fields, illustrative of lectures which he in tends to deliver on the origin of gold, and on the colo nies', towards which so many. lhousands of his fellow countrymen are now turning their attention,—Liverpool Mercury. 9 IDo. - - all 'Shrewsbury & Birm - - 1P- p P 14.4 - 15 ISi -- 19 3i -- 3i 26 - 128 109 - 111 8/ 8 6/ —7/ 105 )07 id ipxd 150 —153 ••• 50 153 8 4 - 3 iP 103 113 13 - 133 8 - 9 .0i - 11; ---iPx( New GlLirantocil all Shrewshy. & Chester Nor. W. (Min), 13 p. c. 10 Do. 5 RA: cent. all South Doyon 30 29j 30j 74i I f • .-" • • • . - .•. . -. ... 148 - 149 - i 224 4 - 23 r -- 61 1k - 2 109 - 111 25 - 26 1 -- 11 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading • Ann.) i£l Os. 6d. all S.Torksh. 4p.0. Guar. 3 Wa.te-fd.StKilk.6p.e. 100 York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p.c. Prat 5 D o 10 York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase FORE. 3 Antwrp. &Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. unct. all !Charleroi & Erque l in 8 Dijon and Besan2on 8 Ditch Rbenish all East Indian 1 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Poninsu 7 Gd. Jurct. of Franc 15 3 , Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 1 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref .15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 11 - 17 15 - par 2 Do. 3 Do. (Canal)... 2 Do. 6p. cep . prof 7 Lyons & Mediyermn 1 4i Sfadras 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New all Namur & Liege (with interest t all 11: Tol o.. 6 e le x rnof interest). France all Do. 20/. 3p. .. Bds (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.i all Norwegian Trnk. Pre 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all. Paris and Strasbo 4 Paris Caen &Cl• erbrg. 5i Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and Meuse 4 Do. 5* per cent. pref 4 Southern of France 2s. Upp ellndia Scrip all West Flanders 6 Do. 5.. 1 1 per c. Pref 9 Western of France_ 2 West. of Switzerland a_ow 18 lip 16 OP, Mt - 20 - } a 101 - 103 li - 54 Par IGN. I. 1 _l - - 61 p 1 p 2 p li p IP . 4 71 1 1 1 P 9 8 164 401 40.4 34 it tt?_ -74 :in xin -1 zin 1 -2 xin I kp' 11 p 2i p - 'li pm li pm -35 i 18A i 1094 364 5i 27i i 50 I 1 40 I a. 32i 7 4 p 20 - 9 4ip i 1 3 51 Pa' 33i 3 Shr. 1 n $ 04i St.lll 25 I a] 100 I a] 12 1 St.li 25 1L 2511 St. 1.1 25 I 100 2 10 a] GERMANY. A letter from Bremen, of the 12th, in the Ger man Journal of Frankfort, says :—" The budget for 1853 has just appeared. The receipts of 1852 have considerably exceeded what was expected ; and and although, in consequence of extraordinary pay ments, there has been a deficit of 25,000 thalers, the surplus in hand at the end of 1851 remains at 107,000 thalers." A 'letter from Vienna of March 17, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The Minister of Police has just put in force the order published, when General Haynau was attacked in London, against English travellers in Austria. At that period the Lloyd of Trieste made remonstrances on the ground that the line of steamers to Alexandria would be entirely ruined, being almost wholly dependent on English travellers. The order was then withdrawn. It is now certain that the measure will be maintained, but it will only produce the result of causing Eng lish travellers to avoid the Austrian states, and consequently Trieste. Switzerland and Piedmont will be the gainers by the measure. The English have ne ver established themselves in Austria for mere pleasure_; the persons of that nation residing there are engineers, and others connected with fac tories, railways, • and industrial establishments. Should the Government send them out of the coun try, it will do the greatest injury to itself, and trade would suffer considerably. It is hi the capital that the Anglophobia is most rabid, being nourished by the hatred of servile journals."—Another letter from Vienna, in the same journal, says :—" A pro position is spoken of, which several governments are to make to the Germanic Diet relative to Eng lish passports, and fo English travellers in general. This proposition is to be independent of that of Hesse-Darmstadt relative to refugees. This affair is to be regulated by a resolution of the Diet obli gatory in all the states of the Confederation." A letter from Hanover states that all the guns of the ex-German fleet have been purchased by the Hanoverian. government for the artillery. The .Prussian Gazette of the 18th says :—The centralisation of the high Prussian police, which has been for some time spoken of, has just been realised ; the President of the Berlin police has been invested with the most extended powers. The Minister of the Interior has just addressed to the Presidents of the provinces the following rescript : " Recent circumstances have shown the necessity of centralising the general police, and establishing more direct relations between the President of the Police and the Minister of the Interior. For this purpose, the affairs of the superior police have been, with the appro bation of the king, confided to M. de Hinkelden, Presi: dent of the Police, under the superior direction of the Minister of the Interior. From this day M. de Hinkel den is authorised by the Minister to issue decrees, and to adopt measures which all the police authorities of the kingdom are bound to execute." A letter from Berlin states that in its sitting of the 17th, the plenipotentiaries at the Customs' Hanover and of the Steuerverein. to the conference approved without reserve of the acces siongrea association of Northern and Southern Ger der date of the 17th We learn from Vienna, had ed , that . the Emperor of bastions.us la a li ree is stated his in manyto.f on the troops have marched the same Lombardy. of walking t g hat more for rt Gazette des Postes, an organ of the habit of Frenkfo_ and the King of Prussia, of Austria ernmentia,states that the Emperors Austrian Gov are shortly to meet at . to be attached to that meet ing,political importance Russia, Vienna, but denies that any _ or that it is to be regarded as a congress of crowned heads. The centralisation of the ' Prussian police has been effected. M. de Hincheld r y , chief of the Berlin police, has the control over the entire country, subject to the Minister of the Interior. TURKEY. Most of the Paris journals of yesterday have articles on the Easte rn ques tion. The Constztu tionnel says, " Th e re i s reason , u p t o this time, to be lieve that there is nothin g on th e p a rt of Russia but an idea of intimidati on i n or d er t o b r i ng the differ ent claims to a prompt result, and that on the part of France the measures adopted are only those of prudence taken in case any unforeseen incidents should arise. The int egr ity o f th e O t t oman Em pire is in n o wa y called i n t o question / . the discus sion remains on the pacific ground of negotiations, and there is no reaso n t o su p pose t h at ulterior events may arise out of it.' The Pays repeats the expression of its belief that nothing serious will result from the mission of Prince Menschikoff, and shows that the Emperor Nicholas cannot, without dishonour, demand from Turkey concessions and privileges against which provision has been made by treaty, In concluding its remarks, the Pays says : "The treaty of July 15, 1840, had precisely for ob- LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Id.' RAILWAYS. Be iford and Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... DO. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. ID°. vrtiit guar . Buckghainah. ill Clydesdale Jc. )0 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. ►ll Olstr.dr Dn. Fr ill }hap'. Dk. & Railway 11 Hull & Selby 11 Do. Shares. 11 Do. Shares. 11 Lon.&Greenw 11 Do. Pmferenee 11 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. 11 Do. 6 per et. 11 Manch. Extn. and Matlock 11iMiddleribre' kl Itede.ar . ..... 111 Midid.Bradfd, 11 Northern aol Easternsp.c. 611 Do. G per et. 611 De. Fixeds p c JI Prest. & Wyrc L4IDo. Shares. Roystn.& Hit. )0 Do. Shepth.St L 8 Sher. Roth.and Geo'e g. 5 p. c. 9i S. Stlflordsh. 111 Wear Valleygr 6 per cent ill Do.. Wilta&Somrst. Letudng ompans. London & I N. West. IGt.Westn Do' Do Do L.&N.W Caledon !Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. New. k Berw. Y.S;NMd Do S. Eastern' D 0... Norfolk Do L.& N.W. & Midld. Stckton k Darlingt. Midland.. FE. Count Do D• L. & N. W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northn Do . . Lanc,ash& Yorksh. M.YOlean & Dal mgt. Do IGtWestn Closing Prices Yesterday. 3 0 - 31 291 -301 30 -- 31 29 - 30 101 -106 521 -531 151 - 153 321 - 331 Lll 113 554 56: 27 -- 28; 2i— 1 264 19 —l9j 25 27 2i 3ixd .05 —lo6xd 64 - 66 xd X 49 —lslx3' 48 —lsoxd - 1— 1 d 32i -33 A 103 - 104- 103 A MINES. Agua Fria Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 5 Australian ill Australian Cordillera 1.1 Australian Freehold 11 AT° Maria 11 Baden (Gd. Duchy of)j 11 British Austrin. Gold ,5 British Iron I.li Brazilian Imp. (issued ) at £5 pin.) ill Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 5 Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek...... . 11 Cobra Copper 1 Colonial Gold 4 Copir po 11 CopperMinersof Eng. ll Do. Preference 11 English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 11 General. li Great Nugget Vein 611 Great Polgooth 11 Lake Bathurst 11 Liberty 11 Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 all Mariguita 1.0 9 Mexican &S. Imerie 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde 5 1 l'ort Philip 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron 1 I al 1 30 1 1 a 10 ' 24 a' 1 a 1 a 1 a 1 .5 •Do: Nevi ~0.1 Santiago de Cuba ill South Australian 7 Tin Croft 11 United Mexican 11 Waller 11 West Granada 611 West Mariposa 11 Yaba JOINDSTOC. in Australasia dl British N. American 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 35 Colonial KO Commercial of Lon don 4 English Scottish and Australian 7i Loud. Chart. Bk. of Aubtaalia A London and County .0 London Joint Stock ;0 Lond. & Westminster 2 London Bank of Aus- trilia and India ... 2i National of Ireland... Il Oriental Bank of 6 D C o onza r tion. 15 Provincial of Ireland. 11 Do. New 1 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. dr Gold Imp. Co 25 South Australia .11 Union of Australia 24 Do. New Union of Loudon.. Union of Madrid... 1 - 11 p - i P d- i p - 6 par— 4 P Par — i/3 i din— I p par— p i i 7 9 p 4 - 5 j 3j - 4 • _ - 30 par 47 -41 21 - 2j 5 - 73 - 7i 7 - .11 - 17' -- 10 24 -- 2 p 1* -- 1# p dim— par P d p a i l 8 -- 8i P lg -- 11 p P d p 2 -- 26 7 -- 8 6i -- - 11 --13 P 6s -- 7 1 P iiig iI) Par i p !K BANKS. 92 i - 93i1 li - 2ipl 2i - 2ip 4 1 - 5 1' i - ip 56i -- 57 i dis— lip 49 ril 76 77 81 9 MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 20 6 10 S 38A 100 Australian Agricult 101 104 Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail ... ... Australu. Royal Mail .., ... Brit. Americn. Land ... - ... Canada J . . ... Crystal Palace I ... Crystal Pal. of France,, ... ... Eastern Steam . ... Electric. Telcg . of Jr ... ... Gen. Steam Navigat ... ... General Screw Steam ... ... 'lrish B - etroot Sugar ... ... Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... Netherlands Land .. ... NAIL of Europe Steam ... ... IPeninsular St Oriental ... ... 32i 5 S 4 2 9 1 1 1 5 14 . ), 0 2i 1 all 1.0 2 i 0 all 50 25 )0 60 15 25 1 1 5 2 Do. Do. Royal Mail Steam.... South Austral. Land 51 53 Submtir. Telegraph... Uniyersal Emigration and Colonisation...! Tan Diemen's Land— , 23i —24 i 533 2A 244 3/ RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—TraffIo re turn for the week ending March 19, 1853 E10,921 711 Corresponding week last year 10,516 8 7 Increase in 1853 ROI 19 4 GLASGOW AND SOUTII-WISTBRN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending March 19, 1853 £4,227 16 5 Corresponding week last year 3,776 18 5 x (1 Increase in 1853 £450 18 0 BORDEAUX AND CETTE RAlLWAT.—Yesterday a meet ing of the committee in respect to the Bordeaux and Cette line took place at the London Tavern, at which were pre sent Mr. Ald. Salomons, Mr. Oliveira, M.P., Mr. R. W. Kennard, and Mr. B. B. Williams. The chair was taken by Mr. Ald. Salomons, who gave an account of the visit of the committee to Paris, which had ended in no satisfactory result as to the caution-money, although they had the greatest expectation that the Emperor would KO justice done to the shareholders. After a statement from Mr. Kennard, various resolutions were submitted and adopted, the chief of which was to the effect that the caution money of 10,000,000 f. had been in suspense since 1846, and that the interest on it at four per cent. would amount to three millions more. They, therefore, conceived that it could never be contem plated that the sum of 5i millions of francs should be a payment in full for this caution money, unless the five millions deducted from the new company be added thereto. Several other resolutions were passed, and a vote of thanks was given to the committee. DETERMINED SUICIDE. —A SUICIDAL NEIGHBOUR HOOD.—Between one and two o'clock o 4 Sunday morn ing, William Thomas Tucker, aged 47, a married man with a large family, residing at 39, Wells-street, Oxford street, returned home, and soon afterwards went to bed a little excited from drink, but without betraying any strangeness •f manner. Upon his wife awaking, about eight o'clock, she was horrified at finding him apparently quite dead, and immediately gave the alarm, when a medical man attended and pronounced life extinct some time. Near the bed was found a laudanum phial recently emptied, the contents of which deceased had swallowed. No doubt poverty led the unfortunate man to drink, and that induced him to seek a remedy for his troubles in suicide. Mr. Tebbuits, the summoning officer, forwarded information of the melancholy occur ,rence to the coroner. Singular to say, in the same street, within a brief period, several persons •have committed suicide. E N ir Jenny ih to e . will J L ND —lt is stated from a credibl e source that Madame dthsignviaifiietd de terminationthoerthi; country. s p L a i y nd an G o ochmi t l h ds er professionalat various plac es i n G ermany during the present year, and the following season will appear in opera at London. Afterwards, she will come to the United States, and give operas in all the Princi pal ci ew ties, rema Paper. ining here pr o b a bl y two or three years. N York NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. --The results of the meet ing of the North British Railway, just held at Edin burgh, have inflicted another check upon the attempted repudiation of the preference shares. - Upon the divi dend on these shires being proposed, a poll was de manded, but out of the shareholders present, only three could be found to support the resistance, while 122 were in favour of the payment. As regards proxies, the re sult was less creditable, since, although there was a con sithra.ble majority for sustaining the rights of the pre ference holders, the minority was sufficiently large to cause regret among all parties interested in the stab ili ty of railway property, the numbers being 87 5 a g a . i t T Many persons are in the habit of parting with their proxies upon mere general solicitations, without ; Put and it considering the uses to which they may bte the unsatls is to be hoped that it is to this reason tsbacomp compared with factory amount of the proxy majority,eate be attributed. their the personal one, is in the P ‘ - R re v sent rarliamentary return OCCUPIERS (IRELLND / •--.7 a my., it appears that obtained by Sir Robert Ferguson, ns Ireland, is 564,144. D. the total number of oc cup ier s in all the electoral divisions in numbers are—in Connaught, • ces the a in lueLat ins : 4 l. and under, tributed in provinces Munster, 149,803 ; 92,612 • in and is trlster s MU& Leinster, x in a in JO AI 25 al El al 20 al 20 a] 20 I a] NI al 50 I a] 100 I a] 50 al DO a] 50 a] 25 a] 1 a] lOs 10 20 30 I 20 I 1054 x d ad 149 ad ad 3 i li i i 102 i 5 645 h LITERATURE. Business this day Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa, performed in the years 1850-51, under the orders and at the expense of her Majesty's Government. By the late James Richardson, author of " Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara." 2 vols. Chapman and It is greatly to be regretted that the author, who has so ably compiled these accounts of wanderings, and given to us the benefit of his travelled experi ence, should have been snatched away in the midst of his labours. The principal object of his expedition being to endeavour to substitute legiti mate commerce for slave traffic, unfortunately is not yet realised, but it is to be trusted that the exertions of the departed will not have been thrown away, but that some of the many who admire his actions " will go and do likewise." We are in formed in his own words of his motives for his travels "Since my return from a first tour of exploration in the great Sahara, I had carefully revolved in my mind the possibility of a much greater undertaking—namely, a political and commercial expedition to some of the most important kingdoms of Central Africa. The plan - appeared to me feasible, and when I laid it in all its details before her Majesty's Government trey deter mined, after mature consideration, to carry it out. Two objects—one principal, but necessarily kept so.: ewhat in the background —the abolition of the slave trade ; one subsidiary and yet important in itself—the promotion of commerce by way of the Great Desert appeared to me, and to the distinguished persons who promoted the undertaking, of sufficient magnitude to justify consider able sacrifices. Much preliminary discussion took place, but the impediments and difficulties were gradually over come, and in the summer of 1849 it was generally known that I was about to proceed by way of Tripoli, the Sahara, and the hitherto unexplored kingdom of Akees, to endeavour to open commercial relations, and con clude treaties with any native power so disposed, but especially with the Sultan of Bornou. It was not thought necessary, however, to surround my mission with any circumstances of diplomatic splendour, and it was still in the character of Yakot—a name already known throughout the greater portion of the route in tended to be traversed—that I proposed to resume my intercourse with the Moors, the Fezznees, the Tibboes, the Tuaricks, and other tribe s an d peop l es of the desert and the countries beyond.' "Before commencing the narrative of my journey, it may be as well to introduce a few observations on the commerce at present carried on with the interior by way of Tripoli. There are now four general routes followed by the trading caravansfrom the Barbary Coast, leading to four different points of that great belt of populous country that stretches across Central Africa—viz., to Wadai, Bornou, Soudan, and Timbuctoo. "Wadai sends to the coast at Beugagi a biennial cara van, accompanied by a large number of slaves. The chief articles are elephants' teeth and ostrich feathers. Bornae sends to the coast, by way of Tezzan, I am sorry to say, chiefly slaves ; but a quantity of ivory is now likewise forwarded by this route. Soudan exports slaves, senna, ivory, wax, indigo, skins, &c., &c. Nearly half Of the commerce with this important coun try consists of legitimate objects of trade and barter. Wax began to be sent seventeen years ago, elephants' teeth fifteen, and indigo only four years ago. " Timbuctoo now forwards scarcely anything but gold to the coast of Tripoli, together with wax and ivory, but no slaves. The gold is brought by the merchants in diminutive roughly-made rings, which they often carr y in little bags concealed in the breasts of their gowns." Language. By C. Marcel, Knt., Leg. Hon., French Consul. 2 vols. Chap m an an d Hall. The mottoes of this work are , " L'etude d es lon gues cst la premiere ct la plu s indispensable de toutes les etudes, and " Les methodes sout les maitres des maitres." The author has endeavoured to He consid ers . andprecede thinks impress these ideas on th e m i n d o f t h e reader, and has rightly entitled hi s wor k, ,a " Mangy of anual the teacher and learner of lan guages ." st t u h d e y mthoedmernost languages sve should in of o ui any, thusth a education Latin and Gre e k, Re gives a close analysis of the parts o f speech, &e , and directi ons for the acquisition a the powers . of reading, speak ing, and writing, and in what dor er they sho u ld b e book cultivated. Ther e i s one bo on " The Three Great Agents o f Education"_ and method. Th e d es and o duties I parents, teachers, former are set forth q ualifications of the social positi on enfo 1, and the importance of their and re-- , on the 't tion The a, en . author ha s entered fully, and treats it in. a intohe subject The complete and skilful manner. volumes are likely t o b e o f great service to all students of a foreiern tongue, and an equal assis tance to teachers, in shower them clearly of what Cons equence it is that they s h ou ld be well fitted for their p os i t i on. The introductory chapter on edu cation in general is interesting and instructive. IVIRTILOPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—A special Court of Sewers was held yesterday at the Court-house, Greek -street, Soho ; Mr. Jebb in the chair. The other Commissioners present were Mr. G. Baker, Major Daw son, Mr. G. S. Smith, Sir C. Fellowes, Mr. J. H aw k_ shaw a nd Mr. T. F. Gibso n . The court was summoned for e leven o'clock, from which time till ten minutes to twelve, when it commenced, every person attending on business bad to wait, or suffer the consequence of non attendance. The great inconveniences and annoyance arising from the habitual unpunctuality of the commis sioners have long been a subject of well-grounded general complaint, and now that what it was charitably h o ped was an exception bas devel }lied into a po ool i., irf i n t at i t v hih. : eae rule, have become a public grievance of the most objec tionable, because of the most easily avo c i( r l e a ie b ni l v e o , llv k 3e i d3 n 6 d 7 . sp T ur h em e l f u oi n irl i a n tr i bi o e i svgeaosriiihoe various having rd n oi g sutgr i b h e c, e t n st,h oe d f i r s le p c3 o : s lm e 9 d ionl o e. f n , ;d3ath: recommendations a2l a d so i e v: i i .as s r n iktch C .e . f , Surrey general andcommittee gent, 121. werfeorcotnhseideeroeudn. Counter's They ,s for the Ran e rf l o a g sre h twh , ee 9 r 8 5 , / 7 1 7 0 t fors . . io s. Regent-street ftoldirei the htereai district, t n , division of Westminster sewers, and 9,0991. for level, w W esesteniB Westminster the Finsbury division. The recommendations were ap proved and san c ti one d , with but one exception—of 3,2621. for 5,180 feet of brick sewer, 4ft. by 2ft. Bin., along the liornsey-road (on contribution of three-fourths of such expense)—and in this case the proposition wai postponed, but n o t negatived, The History of the Holy, Military, Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, or Knights llospi taliers, Knights Templars, Knights of Rhodes, Knights of Malta. By John Taafe, Knight Com mander of the Order, and author of " Adelais." Vols. 111. and IV. Hope and Co. The two first volumes of this series appeared some months ago—these complete it. Much ineeresting and important knowledge is here met with concern ing that mighty fellowship of arms, which sustained for so many years the glory of chivalry, and whose memory is ever held in veneration by all lovers of ancient honour and renown. One of these volumes is devoted to the knights when at Rhodes, the other desseibes their fortunes at Malta. Their sufferings and calamities Were very great at Rhodes. Solyman the Magnificent (as he was termed) completely destroyed the island, as it is recorded : " The renowned, splendid, beautiful island of Rhodes, and its ancient and most noble capital, which the order had acquired with so much generosity and boldness, and maintained their state there . for 213 years, with mar vellous vigour, libe ra lit y, and gentleness, and mighty expenses o gold, and defended with an infinitude of blood, had now passed away beneath the Paynim's harsh rod. ' Oh, my unfortunate Country 1 Oh, left to what perfidious despotism ! ' exclaims Fontainez. L'lsle Adam, the Grand Master ' refused t q yield t o th e insult ing terms proposed by his conqueror, and his guud faith and courage drew down the applause of his haughty opponent, who, to do honour to devoted constancy, raised the imperial diadem a little from his head, a ceremony the Ottoman sovereign uses with none of earthly kings, nor in truth, with any but in naming God or Mahomet ;" And he afterwards suffered him and his knights to depart free of injury. Their troubles were only suspended to be completed at Malta. There the horrors of their fate were beyond bounds. Valetta was the Grand Master at that time, and afterwards had a city built, and " named with his name," in honour of his heroic exploits. Solyman, their old enemy, sent two pashas to overthrow the island, but they were repulsed after repeated attacks, and the loss they sustained was that of thirty thousand men. Solyman letting fall the dispatch containing the awful news, exclaimed, "It is only in my own hand that my sword is invincible." The knights and their followers, with Valetta himself, fixed his head-quarters at Boyo, and sent Colonel Ulas to defend St. Elmo, at a little distance from him, but the Turks cut off all communication between the places, and, finally, they gain e d a b r i e f v i ctory at St. Elmo thus the high-spirited Valetta was comp e ll e d to see his followers perish in his sight, he not being strong enough to make a sally in their behalf. But their loss was gloriously avenged in a few days. In the following manner he exerted himself in emergencies : " The Grand Master went to the infirmary where, sum moning into the hall o arms all the wounded who could leave their beds, ;pia- b t Although I too am severely wounded, yet contrive to continue my duty. Other valiant knights and soldiers do the same, though they are almost all wounded men, and none, but are fatigued in the extreme, and deprived of the greater part of their bodily strength, has nevertheless stood unconquered in mind and full of vigour. Too plainly do they see that things are at a crisis, when it is better to end life valiant by fighting with arms in their hands, than basely wait to be mas sacred in hospitals or houses, or undergo torments from most cruel barbarians, firmly resolved not to spare a single soul of them • and enough were theselew words which penetrated like sharp darts into every one, and drawing power from their very weakness, none remained in the hospital except those already in the final agony." The subsequent evil genius that attended the order is traced through succeeding generations, till we reach our own times, and then we leave it in its retirement to dwell on the memory of its past history which belongs to everyhistory of the world.. par 4 i 57, 8 91 24 i la