The Sun. — London, England, 1857-06-01 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA. We have received our despatches from India and China by overland mail, via Marseilles. The dates of these advices, as stated in our telegraphic report of Friday last, from Trieste, are as follows :—Born bay, May 2 • Calcutta, April 23 ; Madras, April 28 ; Hong Kong, April 15. The Indian news, it is satisfactory to state, is not of an exciting character. The regiments of the Persian expedition were returning to India. A part of the 14th Light Dragoons had alreaclyare turned from the Gulf, and it was supposed that the whole of the 2d division were on their way to Bom bay when the mail left. The sepoy of the 34th, who wounded Lieutenant Baugh, had been hanged, and the Jemadar of the guard had been similarly punished. The charges against the latter were as follows : " For having, when officer in command of the quarter guard of the 34th N. 1., on the day on which Mungul Pandy attacked the adjutant and quarter-master, told the men of the guard, when they evinced a desire to goout and aid the adjutant and sergeant-major in reacting the murderous at tack made upon them, "If a man leaves this guard, or attempt to do so, 1 will have him hanged for disobedience of orders." Further, with having in thu lines of the 34th Regiment N. 1., endea voured to spread sedition by telling the men of that corps that if any of them brought him one of the new cartridges he would cut his head off ; also, for having warned the men of the 34th N.I. to hold themselves in readiness for a general revolt on the night of Hoolee. Lastly, with having held a pun chaet in his own quarters for the purpo-e of organ ising a general rising of the sepoys against govern ment ; at which puuchaet two pay havildars, a naick, and a lance naick from the 34th N, 1., were present. " The Jemadar hoped for mercy till he was placed beneath the gallows, and then, finding that nothing could change his fate, he addressed his comrades in the following impressive terms : " Sepys, listen to me. I have been a traitor to a good government. lam about to be punished for my great sins ; I am about to be hanged, and I deserve my punishment. Sepoys, obey your officers, for they are your rightful and just rulers, or else you will, like me, be brought to the gallows. Sepoys, obey your officers ; listen to them, and not to evil advisers—l listened to evil advisers, and you see what lam come to. I call upon God to bless the Governor-General and all the great gen tlemen, the general, and all the sahib logue (gen tlemen) here present.—Seeta Ram Seeta Ram I Seeta Ram !" It was imagined that an outbreak among the sepoys at Barrackpore to prevent these executions was a possible coatingency, and preparations were made accordingly to overawe any demonstration of the kind ; but everything, nevertheless, passed off quietly, and not a whisper expressive of mutinous feelings was uttered, but, en the contrary, the native soldiers on the ground, some three or four thou-and in number, were evidently impressed with a conviction that they would themselves be sum marily dealt with if they displayed the least sign of disobedience or even exhibited disorder in their ranks. The Hurkank remaiks : " Government has put forth its strength wisely in the examples it has recently made of the 19th Native Infantry and the men of the 34th Native infantry, and we-believe that every regiment and sepoy in the naive army are disposed to accept the lessou, and avoid its practical application to them selves. We anticipate no further outbreaks or mu tinies for a long time to come, but should they un fortunately arise, we trust they may be put down as rigorously and effectively as the late unhappy disturbances have been." The Bombay Times, treating of the same event, says : _ That this unhappy man was the prime instiga tor of the mutinous spirit of the corps there is no doubt whatever, and his execution is a plain necessity. It is,satisfactory to record that the disaffection is confined exclusively to the Brahmin sepoys arid officers, the Mussulmans of the regiment standing quite aloof from them, and manifesting the most loyal conduct. An attempt has been made by some of our journals to find the cause of the mutiny in the condu , ..l of the commanding officer. Calenei Wheeler, who is reproached for having attempted to spread the knowledge of Christianity amongst the men. The charge, however, in so far as we have yet seen, is quite gratuitous, and the ex treme readiness manifested by a portion of the Indian press to stigmatise all efforts of Christian men in the army to spread the knowledge of th, Gospel, as indiscreet, is too disingenuous to find much countenance, and is not vtry creditable to our estate. A very strong pi eiumpton against the charge is the fact, stated above, that the - Mussel mans, of all men the most sensitive on the subject of their religion, are. totally free from all suspi civic of disaffection, which is hardly consistent with the belief that the conduct of the Brahmin sepoys is influeuced by such motives. We notice with much dissatisfaction that a circu lar has been recently addressed to the commanding officers of the Bombay regiments, by the adjutant general, on the subject of the enlistment of recruits, in which directions are ilsue.l that a prefei eme is to be given to high caste applicat.ts over low ones. A more mischievous or inopportune innovation could not well have been made. It is well enough known that the high state of discipline maintained in this army is traceable entirely to the utter obli vion of caste in our ranks, and the attempt to Ben galis° the Bombay army in this respect cannot be too strongly reprobated. We publish elsewhere the circular letter in question, and trust that some attention will be excited to the matter." A postscript of the Delhi Gazette of the 18th April received at Bombay, May Ist, has the follow ing :—" We regret to be informed by telegraph that bad symptoms have manifested themselves at Urn balla. The native troops have been ordered to fire what they consider the objectionable cartrid ges to-morrow. The empty European barracks were burnt down at nine last nigut, and the native infantry hospital, a mile distant, three hours After." The Phoenix states that in consequence of the ru mour that Goolab Sing is dead, and that the train of events in his kingdom is not clearly foreseen, officers at Peshawar who had obtained leave to visit Cashmere, have been interdicted from going thither. The iSindian of April 18 reports in the following terms, the finding of coal in that province : " We are happy at being able to announce that the existence of coal in Scinde is an estaNished fact. It has been found in the Sehwan district. The credit of the discovery is due to the deputy-col lector, Captain Phillips. We look upon it as one of the most important discoveries ever made in this country, not second to anything connected with the province. Both as a commercial matter and a revenue matter it must have a great effect in bring ing this province into comp e ti t i on w i t h other parts of India. We shall have the nearest coal fields in India to the sea. The facts connected with this dis covery are the following. Captain Phillips was engaged in sinking a well in the Vera Plain, Mouka,u Gunde- r, about 28 miles from Kotree, and at a depth of 40 feet from the surface the workmen came on a seam of coal, eight feet thick ; and a few feet lower down another seam, 18 inches thick, has been discovered. About 300 'nand have been dug out of the well, and the supply from the country surrounding the spot is probably very large. The well has been sunk to a depth of 80 feet, without, however, coming either to water or to any other strata of coal. Ten camel-loads have been sent to the naval department for an experiment, and we shall look with much interest for the official report of the quality of coal and its value for steam purposes ; there is, however, 110 doubt of its burn mg well, and it burnt in the Kotree factory to a white ash. We trust Government will pursue the important discovery, and a few hundreds expended now may lead to a future revenue of thousands. Our acting commissioner, Mr. Ellis, with expected Promptness, has at once acceded to Ca c t. Phillips's !fish, and has granted money for the purpose of furteer excavations:" Thenotorious a outlaw of Chyle, F uz il Ali, th e murderer of poor B an, has at last me t w i t h hi s desett a . L ieut. Longueville Clarke, of the 3dltegi merit of O u d e Irregular Infantry, on the evening of the 7Th marched with 40 men across th e Nepaul frontier, through the dense ju ng l e w hi c h constitu'ei the Le l d and surprised F uz il Ali and his band in a grove el z ke of trees. The men f oug h t desperately, L' eu t . having one man kill e d and four wounded outtf his small party. Fuzil Ali and two of his brothers, _equally notorious ban dite with himself, were killed, and two others of the gang. Lieut. Clarke was himself slightly wounded. A suttee had occurred at the village of Vung in Kutch. Bhunsalle Sango, 25 years of age, having died, his mother, 65 years of age, insisted on i molating . herself on the funeral pile prepared for the reception of her son's remains ; and though the attendants and by star dersapparently rem onetrat e d with her at first, they ceased to oppose her wishes on "finding that shi was determined to becom e a suttee, which she accordingly did. His Highness the Rao, on learning what had been done, took the advice of Capt. RaikeP, the patical agent, and Pursuant thereto imposed moderate fines on those of the villages which had furnished abettors of the proceeding, and sentenced some of the leading men in it two years' imprisonment with hard labour. The principal parties concerned in the suttee, viz., the Bhunsallees of Vung, Karreea, and Bibba, are poor cultivators, living by the sweat of their brow ; whom a large fine would throw into inextricable I debt and difficulties. There has been another great fire in Pegu. This tirue the rising town of Bassein has been 'totally destroyed. The Rangoon, Chronicle of the 25th March furnishes the following account of the con flagration : We are sorry to hear that Bassein has become a heap of smouldering ruins. About four or five days ago a fire broke out there, the origin of which no one seems to know, which spread with frightful rapidity over the town, not sparing even the court houses, residence of the commissioner, treasury, church, nor, in fact, anything on which it could use its devouring strength. Poor Major Fytche has been rendered houseless and deprived of all his worldly effects ; the treasury bas had its rupees and other coins converted into shapeless molten masses, the opium has had its narcotic pro perty well extracted, and, in a word, the destruc tion has been so complete as to serve all alike, spar ing nothing, and making no distinctions." CHINA. HONG KONG, APRIL 15. Early this morning we received the ugly news that H.M.S. Raleigh, Capt. the Hon. H. Keppel, on her way from Macao to this place, struck upon a rock in the Lemma. 'Passage, and was so near sinking that they were forc.d to ruu her on shore to save the lives of all onboard. At 10 a.m. to-day. Admiral Seymour sent to the assistance of the Ra leigh the Coromandel (a. v.) and Bittern (brig), and the French admiral sent away the steamer Catinat to assist the Raleigh ; but it was feared their aid would not avail mucb. The Raleigh, a new and splendid frigate, had a capital run out from Eng land, and all regret, at this juncture, the mishap. The war is inactive just now, and the admiral is resting quietly until cool weather and a large naval and military force enable him to take aggressive measures. Troops and ships, steamers and gunboats are coming, and an overpowering force is on its way. We are doing strange things. Every one ta'ks about war with China. The fact is we are at peace with China as an empire, our quarrel and war being with the Governor of the Quang-tung, the Mandarin of Cal:A.m. At all the other ports we are on the most friendly terms and doing a large trade, the Emperor probably knowing little or nothing of what is going on at Canton. The enclosed summary from the China Mail of thii morning is the best epitome of news since last mail : "In the colony matters remain in statu quo. His Excellency Admiral Seymour has beeu down here for some weeks. Nothing, we suppose, can possibly be undertaken without large reinforce ments, both of troops and men-of-war. The Cruizer is reported to be at Singapore, and some of the gun-boats at Batavia. " We are told that important documents have fallen into the hands of the Government, proving the complicity of the mandarins and the people of Canton in the various plots of incendiarism, kid napping, and assassination, which have imperilled the persons and property of the resideuts of this colony. " The scarcity of rice is beginning to be seriously felt here among the Chinese, and to day's quota tions are 3.20 dols., with every prospect of a rise, unless we have plenty of rain very shortly. " The people along the river banks are said to be extremely civil, and readily supply the ships with fresh provisions, &c. " Much distress prevails in the interior, which must be greatly increased should the present drought continue. Rice is said to be already at famine price, even in Whampoa. The sca rc ity o f provisions at: Amoy also has materially interfered with business transactions. Rice is at a higher price than it has been for many years past, For mosa being quoted 3 dols. "Froml\lingpo we have little to note, beyond a fight which has taken place between some French men engaged in conveyin g junks, and the Portu guese lorchamen, who claim the monopoly of the convoy trade. The French boat was captured, but as despatches on the subject have been sent to his Excellency M. Bourboulon, the lorchamen are likely to pay dearly for their temerity. Both Chi nese and foreign residents at the port have but too pod reason to rejoice in the prospect of a severe castigation being at length inflicted on these Por tuguese pests, who have for years been a terror to the native coasting craft, committing depredations of all kinds with the most perfect impunity. That the piracies on the coast are not all perpetrated by Chinese is well known to every foreign resident in China. " From Shanghae the most interesting news would seem to be the imminent danger which threatens the traffic, both import and export, throu 411 the successes of the reb-ls, and the con tempi tted. desertion of the imperialists unless their wages are forthcoming. The urgency of the case is shown in the anxious endeavours of the authorities to raise funds by means of subscriptions from the traders, which hAs almost in every instance, we are told, been refused." The North China Herald says that " an imperial duty upon opium has at length been imposed at this port. Small boats, with official flags flying, hav ing been stationed near the opium ships at Woo sung, that the deliveries of drug may be duly re ported, and .the imposition collected from the seve ral Beale sat Shangnae after its arrival. The amount of the duty 12 taels per chest, which, at 33,500 chests (he deliveries of last year), gives about 402,000,000 taels. Of this sum, 335,000 taels, or 10 taels per chest, goes to the imperial service ; the balance of 67,000 taels being allowed for the ex penses of collection." No payment, however, has yet been levied, as the mandarins are desirous of first ascertaining the opinion of foreigners on the subject. Our usual correspondent writes as follows : The report current here a month back that the rebels were making overtures for surrender was a piece of official gammon, bandied about with the hope of exciting liberality in the special efforts then and now on foot to get money for their unpaid troops in this province, to whom, according to I-liang's co fissions in th e document above referred to, payments are clue both to officers and men, to some for two months, to some for three months, and to others for four ; in fact, the whole army is little better than a band of filchers, and the whole coun try round their encampments is a frightful scene of desolation. Nor is this all. The generals have already sent adrift large bodies of the militia, and these are roaming about, gambling by day and plundering by night. The past winter has been very mild, and the spring thus far cold and backward. Drought is again feared. Last year the fall of rain in this region was about 30 inches ; ordinarily it is nearly twice that amount. Here the season has been healthy, but in Soochau great mortality has been prevalent, espe cially among the children. We received lately from Shanghae copies of the impol t and export returns of the port for the half year ending 31st Dec., 1856, issu e d b y th e " Offi ce of Maritime Customs." It shows the imports to have been :—Goods manufactured and unmanufac tured, 5,189,821 do's 62c ; opium, 5,571,000 dols ; treasure, 10,079,567 dols—total, 20,840,380 dols 62c, or at the exchange of 7s 3d, 7,554,650/. 17s 6d; and the exports—Silk, of all kinds, 15,565,422 dole 52c ; tea, 4,388,576 dol s 78 c: sundries 576,337 dols 94 c —t o t a l, 20,530 , 537 d ole 30c, ors at 7s 3d ex change, 7,442,2471. 5s sd. The export of raw silk was—To Hong Kong and London, 58,469 bales raw, 5,469 throwus, 1,297 course, 290 refuse, 287 cocoons ; to the Unit e d St a t es , 831 bl s raw, 4 re fuse ; and of tea— Black. lbs. To Great Britain ~. 6,563,182 Hong Koog and Whamp0a......... Anetralia The Continent Montreal United States . Green. lbs. 7,014,319 Total. lbs. 13,577,501 103,982 111,282 217,264 116,772 33,818 1 , ,0,509 614,800 265,752 8?.0,552 275,027 275,027 361,755 11,275,363 11,619,113 26,720,017 A generally well-informed correspondent writes us from Shaeghae, that—" The rebel force which burned HO-kow (flo-how) about a month ago after wards made an unsuccessful attempt upon the city of Kwang-sin-foo. They then moved north, and are now in great strength in and about Moyune. The whole of the green tea country is at the mercy of the marauders—Hwuy-chow will be again plun dered, and lit le doubt can be entertained that the whole stretch of the green tea producingcountry will suffer far more this season than during the pasttwo years. The population of those districtsis now suf fering severely from the scarcity of rice. So much for the state of the green tea country. To the southward of Ho-kow, the rebel bands which hold the citie4 of Kien-chan and Fu-than are in such strength as to threaten the whole border country between Fokien and Keangse ; and the risk attendant upon sending money into those districts for the purchase of new teas has become very serious. There seems little prospect of any safe passage being secured for the transit of Moning and Ningchow teas across Keangse, so that the production of those districts will probably remain uubought unless it can find a vent at Canton. The disordered state of Keangse has also a most inju rious influence on our import trade here. No move ment is observable in the neighbourhood of Nan king yet ; •but the I m p er i a li s t troops deeare that unless all arrears are paid up directly —say half a Soechau millionof tael!--they will leave the way ope n t o , and th en the effect effectonthe Shanghae mar ket w ou ld be deplorable indeed." DESTRUCTION OF MANDARIN JUNKS, (Prom the China Mail.) The Hon. Company's steamer Auckland, while on a crUiBC 011 the Ist April, obser ve d a M an d ar i n junk in the Bay o f Tung Chun,. The steam er 'came to an anchor off the b ay, and the boats w ere immedia ely got out and despatehed, under the com mand of Lieut. Davies to cut her out. When about 10 yards from the junk a battery, which had up to that time reserve its fire, opened upon the advanc ing boacs with grape and canister. Lieut. Davies immediately ordered the sect.nd cutter and gig, under command of Lieut. Philbrick, to take pos session of the junk. whilst he proceeded with the launch and first cutter to storm the battery. The Chinese stood well to their guns whilst the party were wading on shore, wounding Mr. Williams, the purser (a volunteer), and three seamen, severely. A volley of musketry, however, dispersed them, and the party took possession of the battery, and held it until the junk was observed to be under weigh, when they embarked and assisted to tow her out. During this time three other batteries kept up a heavy lire on the , junk and the two boats towing her, which was returned by the junk's guns and with small arms. Unfortunately Mr. Lowis, midshipman, received a severe wound in the leg by a musket ball, and which it is feared may lead to amputation of the limb, whilst turning the junk's guns on the shore batteries. The Chinese were re markably well armed. Several spent shot struck the boats, but without doing any material damage. One shot took an oar out of a seaman's hand whilst in the act of pulling. The following is a list of wounded : Mr. Williams, purser, severely in the face ; Mr. Lowis, midshipman, severely in the leg ; Edward Lund, A. 8., severely ; T. Welsh, A. 8., slightly ; Wm. tin win, A. 8., slightly ; C. Brown, A. 8., slightly ; E., Yeomans, O.S , slightly. The Auckland has since left this station, having sailed on Monday for Singapore. It is scarcely two months since her arrival, yet in that short time she has doue good service, and has always been ready for work. She helped to destroy a fleet of five war junks, carrying 64 guns ; and to disable a bat tery of 30 guns—defeated the Imperialist fleet of from 30 to 100 junks, at Second Bar Creek—as sisted in the capture of eight pirate vessels and 72 prisoners —took and burnt a pirate at Chung-cho w Island—and ended, as above mentioned, by cutting out a junk of seven guns from under several batte ries in Tung Chung Bay, on the north side of Lan tao, a place admirably adapted for a mandarin sta tion, commanding as it does the passage from the Cup-suy-moon to Macao. She has, in the perform ance of these services, bad one . sailor killed and three officers and ten seamen'wounded. Yet neither promotion nor honours await her captain or officers —they belong to a s en i or ity service. We hear also that the Sampson had assisted in destroyinz a fleet of 13 sail (three lorchas and ten junks), in Deep Bay. This fleet, it was understood, had been stationed there to intercept the market boats bound to or from Hong Kong, and the Ad miral sent Commodore Elliot with the Sampson, Hong Kong, and the Sir Charles Forbes to destroy them. But the bay was found so shallow that the Sampson had to anchor at a distance of eight miles ft om the junks ; and even the small steamers could not approach within four or five miles of them. The work had therefore - to be done in boats, and was performed, we are told, in gallant style, though the shore and the hill-side close to the beach were co vered with matchlock men. The following account of the affair has been sup plied to us : _ _ "At daylight, on the 6th inst., the Hong Kong and Sir Charles Forbes, with the boats of the Samp son, Hornet, Sybille, and Naukin's launch in tow, proceeded up Deep Bay ; but when within 5 miles of the junks it was found there was not sufficient water to permit the steamers to proceed, and Com modore Elliot ordered off the boats. It was ob served on nearing the junks, that preparations for action bad been made, in their having the mast heads crowded with men provided with stinkpots ; the hills and beach were also lined with soldiers, some bearing white flags ; and one large red flag was far in advance of the others, apparently bidding defiance. On rounding the point, the lorchas opened fire from their guns, but were soon silenced; the firing from the bushes, from gingals and rockets, was most terrific. Immed;wely the junks com menced firing, the craws cheered, and proce -ded up the creek, asking the 13 junks in succession. At about 1 o'clock, Commodore Elliot gave orders for the boats to go further up, to search the upper part of the creek ; but on arriving at the place where it was supposed there were more mandarin junks, those at anchor were found to be trading bo , ds. The commodore, after examining them, ordered the boats to return, but in consequence of the tide having fallen very low, the Niger and Sampson's launch,s got on shore, and the boats were detained until they floated ; as EOM as the tide rose, the boat 4 passed down the river, burning and destroying all the junks, and throwing the guns overboard. The commodore endeavoured to save three heavily armed lorchas, but in consequence of their grounding, ultimately ordered them to' he burnt. After completin g th e wor k o f devtructlon the boats directed their course for the steamers,- and be - hg taken in tow, arr i ve d a t th e i r respective ships about 6 p.m., after a bard day's work, the men having been in the boats fully 10 hours. One man, only (a marine) was seriously wounded." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Bombay Times.) REPORT ON THE STATE OF BOMBAY MARKET FROM THE 16TH TO THE 30TH OF APRIL, 1857. The Overland Mail from London of the 26th of March per the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Ganges, reached Bombay on the night of the 20th of April. Our money-market during the past fortnight has con tinued in the same easy state as reported in our last. The rates of discount ruling at the banks continue the same, and are likely to remain so till the season is over. We hear that the liabilities of the branch here of the Lc,ndon and Eastern Bank are not of a serious nature, and it is supposed there will be sufficient funds to meet its en gagements. Government securities and local joint-stock shares continue at about former quotations. IMPORTS. Cotton Piece Goods—The amount of business trans acted during the fortnight has been to a limited extent. Shirtings of all descriptions are ingood demand, as well as madapollams, which are in good demand and scarce, T-cloth is in very good demand, and there is no stock of it available in the market. Bleached and Fancy Goods—Blsached satin spots con tinue very scarce and in good demand. yarns —These have been firm as last reported. Metals—English bar iron and hoops are in fair demand, nails square and round, are scarce, and have advanced in price. Pig lead is dull, tics plates are in demand, speller is dull and has declined, Swedish bar iron is also dull ; Swedish steel, in tubs and fagots, continues to be in fair demand. Cochineal—This article is dull, and there is no change to be noted in the prices. Saffron is dull, and has declined in value. EXPORTS. Cotton Wool. —The market continues dull, and prices have declined, owing to the arrivals being freer. Oil Seeds. These continue in the same declined state as last reported. Opium.—An advance in the price of this drug is to be noticed,Land we now quote I,oBor. to 1,090 r. for Indore 'and Mundlesir. The Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's steamer Aden takes for the Chinese porta about 1,200 chests this evening. Tonnage,—Freights are very dull, and the arrivals are numerous ; and no advance in the rates is expected Boon. Our present quotation is from 2/. 15s. to 2/. 17s. 6d. for Liverpool. Exchange.—A large business was done in local bills, credits, and documents, at 2s. lid. previous to the ar rival of the China steamer, and afterwards, it same rate, for China drawn back, and 2s. lid. for local credits; but this last day or two holders have been firmer, and the rate is now 2s. 1 9-16 d. for best bills, and 2s. 1- 11-16 d. for documents. On Calcutta, sight 99r. ;On Madras, 30 days sight, 99r. ; on China, 60 days' sight, 223 r. (From the Calcutta Englisltataft of the 22d of April ) Wednesday, April 22. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Bin dostan, with the London mail of the lOch ult., arrived hero only on the 20th inst., the advices by her having already been anticipated both by electric tel , graph and the Bombay Dak. Yesterday morning we receives vies Bombay intelligence from Landon to the 26th ult. We have bed no change in our produce market, al though operations may be said to have been on a smaller scale, in consequence of the continuance of high prices for our staple articles and high freights, Very little doing in indigo. We have had a smaller business in sugar for Great Britain, owing to the rise in freights, nor have the Bombay shippers been very eager to make purchases. Of rice we do not notice ary change in table qualities, but Bellew ,has been in active request. Salt petre has been in less demand, and value lower. An active demand prevailed for raw silk at extreme figures, but tho market closes flatly. There have been large sales of flurrypaul, but the middling and low qualities of all denominations are neglected, and comparatively lower offers made for them. We have bad some inquiry for corabs of good makes. Linseed continues to move off for the United States at unaltered prices. Rape, tees, and poppy have been in less demand. No change in the position of other articles. The receipt of favourable advises from the Upper Pro vinces as regards piece goods and twist has caused a better feeling in our import market, and native dealers have shown more willingness to operate. The sales dur ing the past fortnight, notwithstandin g the intervention of holidays, have been t a fair extent, and in some in stances at enhanced figures. Mule twist especially, and coloured yarn have advanced in value, but we have no I change in metals. Money Market.—We have again to report favourably on this head, the market having bscome easier since our last, though not to any great extent. A further reduc tion of 1 per cent. in the rates of the Bank of Bengal took place on Thursday last. The last etatetnentasf the bank's liabilities and assets for the week circling the 15th inst. will be found btlow. The ;mount of cash as com pared with the statement inserted in our preceding num ber has increased from 1te,•87,62,005.8-3 to.Co.'s Rs. 1 ,11,34,597-12 0, while that of loans on deposit of securities has decreased from Rs. 1,38,83,939-11.3 to Rs. 1,28,90,245-6-4. LIABILITIES. Proprietors' capital 1,07,00,000 0 0 Reserve fund Current accounts Cash credits undrawn 10,57,034 3 10 - Other claims 2,49,358 0 3 Bank notes and post bills 1,49,85,635 6 8 Total Company's rupees 3,38,51,184 9 6 _ ASSETS. Government securities Dues from Government 1,46,798 7 9 Mint certificates, undue 8,24,452 12 0 Cash 1,11,34,597 12 0 Loans on deposit of securities 1,28,90,245 6 4 Accounts of credit on ditto Government bills discounted 38,07,244 1 8 Mercantile bills ditto 8,17,766 14 11 Dead stock Total Company's rupees 3,38,51,884 9 6 Sbares—There has been a fair amount of business, Coal Company's shares h av i ng so ld at 1,325 r., India General's at 1,180 r., and Steam Tug's at 1,140 r. The value of other joint-stock shares are well supported, but no transactions reported. The Ganges Steam Navigation Company have declared a dividend at the rate of 24 per cent. per annum. Government Securities —The improved aspect of our money-market is gradually affording more confidence to capitalists and native dealers, although we have scarcely experienced any alteration in our quotations, Company's Four per Cents, only being a shade better. Our closing rates are for this description of paper 15r. 4a. to 15r. 6a , for Sicca Fours 17r. to 17r. 4a., and for Company 's Fives 2s. to 4s. per cent. discount. O.her securities are nominal at our quotations. Exchange.—On London —The rate for the present mail opened at 2s. 11, for first class six months' sight bills, and at this figure considerable business was trans acted, when the rate fell to 2s. 11 1., which may be con sidered the closing quotation, with perhaps a slight downward tendency. On China, some transactions in CO days' sight bills took place at 216 r., but the rate has advanced to 219 r., at which we hear business wa s done l as t. Freights.—A further improvement has taken place since our last, and, although the arrivals during the past fortnight have been more numerous in proportion to the preceding period, yet some of them being American yes• eels and others whose destinations had been previously fixed, the available tonnage bits not been sufficient to meet our requirements. Favourable advices, moreover, for rice from China caused an increased demand on the part of shippers, and consequently higher rates have been paid. We hear as yet only five ships of about 4,000 tons capacity have been taken up by Government for the conveyance of toals and hay to the Persian Gulf, n withstanding that 10,000 tons remain still to be engaged or not hereafter, according to the turn circumstances might take, The rates to China have advanced from 1$ per bag to 1$ 25c., and to Mauritius from lr. Ea. to 2r. per bag, and to other ports on the east and west of the Bay of Bengal we observe a proportionate rise. Onr quotations for London are 4/. 12s. 6d. to 41. 155., and for Liverpool 41. ss. to 4/. 7s. 6,1. per ton, at the close the market showing an upward tendency. Viewing the present aspect of affairs, and the prospect of produce being .a handout on the opening of the rivers, combined with the expectations of a moderate amount of in ward tonnage during the next three months, we might rea sonably look forward to a further advance in our rates to all ports. _ The following charters have been effected since onr last : The Forfarshire to convey coals and hay to Bushire at 50r. per ton ; the Pearl, for the same voyage, at 52r; the Sagoff at 54r.; the Hamlet at 55r., and the Canaifa at 57r. (One or two tenders we hear at 60r. are still pending acceptance by Government.) The Anne Mary, to carry 15,000 bags of rice to China, at 1 dol. 171 c. per bag ; the Merrie England, 18,000 ditto, at 1 dol. 20c. to ditto ; the Lockett, 10,000 bags ; the Liken derea, 3,000; and the Colorado, 20,000 hags, all at 1 dol. 15c. a bag ; the Frederes Area (F), for Mel bourne, 4/. 15s. ; the Winslow (F), for Mauritius, at 2rs. a bag ; the Shepherdess, to take 20,600 bags to Havre, at 51., and if to Bordeaux, 51. 103. per ton. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. HONG-KONG, APRIL 15. ARRIVALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. At Hong-Bong. —April 9, the Neva, from Liverpoo April 11, the Chrysolite, from Llndon. DEPARTURES TO GREAT BRITAIN. From Illng-kong—Mar. 29, the Jupiter, for Falmouth; March 31, the Chieftain, for Falmouth ; the Johann Christoph, for Cowes ; April 13, her Majesty's steamer Barracouta, for England. Shanghai.—March 24, the Confucius, for London. SHIPS OP WAR. A t Hongkong.—He r Majesty's steamer Calcutta ; her Majesty's brig Bittern ; her Majesty's steamers Coro mandel, H.rnet, and Sampson ; the gunboat Starling ; the French frigate Capricieuse ; the French steamers Catinat and Marseau ; the Spanish steamer Magallanes. Macao.—The Portuguelle brig Mondego ; the French frigate Virginia ; the Spanish steamer Jorge Juan. Canton River.—Her Majesty's brig Acorn ; her Ma jesty's sloop C omns ; h er M a j esty ' s brig Elk ; her Ma jesty's ships Nankin and Sibylle ; her Majesty's steamers Encounter, Inflexible, and Niger ; the chartered steamers liongkong and Sir Charles Forbes. Amoy.—Her Majesty's brig Camilla. Foochow --Her Majesty's sloop Racehoise. Shanghai,—Her Majesty's steamer Pique. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, MAY 22. The India and China mails arrived at Suez by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's ste,tmers Ganges and Bengal, from Bombay and Calcutta respectively, on the 17th and 20th inst., and the outward mails, which reached Alexandria on Tues day, will probably leave Suez this day. The fast month of Ramadan is now approaching its end, and the Viceroy, who has passed the greater portion of it at his favourite place of residence at Mat iout, has for some days been at Alexandria. He was to embark this morning by the Feiz-Jehad steam frigate for a short cruise, but his absence will necessarily be a short one, the customary official receptions during the Bairam holydays being al ready announced. His Highness, it is expected, will afterwards proceed to Cairo, and it is reported that he contemplates shortly visiting the Oasis of Siwah. It might appear improbable that he should undertake a long and laborious journey at this sea son of the year, but Said Pasha seems bent upon inspecting all parts of his dominions himself, and his character for indifference to personal hardship and fatigue is now so well established that it will excite very little surprise if the report be confirmed. For the last few days his Highness has resided at a countryhouse, which he has just purchased in the neighbourhood of Alexandria, and which has cost him 35,0001. To those who only know Egypt as it was the price will no doubt appear very large, but the advance in the value of property has of late years been so great and unceasing that it almost seems as if destined to form a permanent subject for wondering comment, even among the most far seeing of the inhabitants. It may, indeed, be country could ocher "old" in the value of !' as that which ha s b een w i tnessed here cpdirotouepbsetoretdeyxwt extraordinary a a r n y y a o n t during the last 12 or 15 years. As an instance, I may men'ion the case of a small property in the Vicinity . of Alexandria, which a few years ago was valued at from 1,5001. to 2,0001., and which has just realised 23,000/.—a pr.ce equal to • little less than 1,0001. an acre. As illustrating the increase in the value of property within the town, I may add that house rent has in many cases been trebled within the last five years. The Viceroy's son Toussoun Pasha, a fine little boy of about six years of age, goes to Marseilles by the next French steamer for temporary change of climate. He will be accompanied by Achmed Menikli Pasha, the General who commanded the Egyptian Contingent in the late Russian war ; by a physician and by his English n urse . Th e little Prince will make some stay at Marseilles, where he will be the guest of M. Pastre, one of the leading merchants of Alexandria, and it is said that his journey will probably be extended to England. Her Majesty's ship Tartarus has sailed for Rhodes, for the purpose of taking a series of deep water soundings on the line between Alexandria and that island. Transactions in our grain-market are almost en. tirely limited to the sale of contracts for future delivery. Of these, for the delivery of Saide wheat in September and October, 182,000 quarters are estimated to have changed hands, and the price is at the present moment equivalent to about 375. 6d. per quarter free on board. Some trifling quantities of beans and . barley have commenced arriving, but they are bought up chiefly for home consumption. The cotton-market was rather quiet during the earlier part of the fortnight, but the receipt of the last intelligence from Liverpool has given it a fresh impulse, and prices are again firm. Exchange on London at three months' date, 1.021 piasters per pound ; Marseilles, 4f. 96c. to 4t. 97 0 . per dollar. A. telegraphic despatch mentions the stranding, on Salvo reef, of Faroe Inland, oft the steamer Imperatrice, Captaila,A.dams, while on her voyage from Cronstadt to London. The crew were saved, and arrangements were n progress with a view to save the ship and cargo. The latter consisted principally of wheat and tallow. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-11ollwa,y's Pills an unfailing Cure for Dropsy. —This truly distressing complaint is suffi ciently prevalent among individuals, especially females, after attaining a certain period of life ; unsightly and painful swelings of the extremities in the first piece, annotthce and subsequently confirm the advent and pro gress of the malady. There are hundreds of sufferer from dropsy, however, who, when their disease even has Attained a formidable height, have been completely cured by taking Holloway's Pills—a medicine pro nounced by millions as the most successful ever intro duced to the world.—Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's Estab lishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane. New York ; by A. Stamps, Constantinople ; A. Qui. dicy, Smyrza ; and E, Muir, Malta. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Among the numerous extraordinary cures without med , .cine effected by Du Barry's Delicious Healil-Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food of Indigestion (Dysp2pnia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Comp!Writs, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debi lity the following are not the least remarkable :—Athol street, Perth, May 2, 1848.—Thirteen years' cough, indiges tion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabico. Food.— James Porter. 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For further particulars respect ing this invaluable food our readers are referred to Du Barry' advertisement in another part of this paper. [ADVERTISEMENT.I SIGHT AND HEARING. —SPECTACLES.- POWERVIIL TELESCOPES„--OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLesses.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomon, opticians, 39, Alhe marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Note', W --By her Majesty's Royal Letters Pate n t f or va l ua b le and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and bril liant neseopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, awl Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. These telescopes 1 , osse s such extraordinary porkier that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eyanoce will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double gars ; with the same t lescoi.e can be seen a pc son's countenan :e three-and-a-half mile, dis tant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the wai tcoat pocket, an , are of larger, and all sizes, with inc , easing pow,'e accordingly, The Royal Exhibition, 1851.—A val a able I.e*ly-inVente t very small pow. rful Waistcoat Pocket Glass, the site of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and Ituditti dile and a half mile distant. They an:wer every purpose On the race-course, and at the Opera Houses. Country scenery, and shies are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sport.mer, gentlemen, gamekeepers, end ton ists. Open s, Camp, Perspectve, and R.teeeourss Glasses, with wonderful powers. —lnvaln ible preserving Spectacle Lenses or the greatest transparent power, .lie great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened, an l very age I persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation— can see with these lenses of a much loss magnifying power —and they do not require the frequent change. to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send ing one of the glasses out of their sped °cies in a letter, and stating the distance from the eye they can read small print , with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—New Discov, ry.— e Or ganic Vibrator, an extra, rdinarily powerful, smut newly invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from al others, surpasses anythi'lg of the kind that i.as been, or pro bably over can be produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely remoJed, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desire —39, Alloamarle-stieet, Piccadilly.---.-Observe—oppoeite the York Hotel. W. PRICES OF SHARES. From the Official List. rUBLISEIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENIN LONDON, FRIDIY, MAT 29, 1857. CANALS. of ii ., Dividend Names of . Dividend Price, Names per Companies. A per Companies. ,-, Annum.. Price. 4 71 Annum. z . , £ Ashtn &Oldl 98 71. p. et. Peak Forest. 78 5/. Os. Birmingham 40 4/. 91 Itegent's•• • • 30 17s . 16 1 A Coventry...• 100 114. Rochdale ...• 85 4/. Derby .. •• • • 100 dl. 15s. &Ord &Won .40 281 GrandJunetn 100 21. pr. et. 51% Stoarbridgc 4 5 121, 10s. Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 6' pr. ct , Severn and 2 , 1 1/. 16s. Grand Uniou 100 71 641 1 Wye Rail. j Kennt & Avi , 40 64. 'Warwick & 2l. 26% Leeds &L'vrp 100 251. 490 Birming. 3 : 00 Leicester.... 100 61. IWarwick & 1 „, 9,4 Lcicstr &Ntl. 83 V. ss. Napton.. j 100 "" Loughborogl, 143 704 ,Worcstr & 78 10s. 16% Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. ; Birming.l Neath •• .. .• ,100 161. :Wilts & BrIlF 7s. Od. 414 Oxford-- •• 100 WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Name of Company. Amount of Share. Paid. Aiinum. Price THE SUN, - LONPON ) MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1857 VAIN FEARS OF ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES fib'd (From the Examiner.) "In case of a sudden war with France and Russia, the Queen's throne would not be worth six months' purchase," says Admiral Sir C. Napier, whose special delight it is to exalt foreign naval forces and to disparage our own. But what puts the throne of our Sovereign in so much danger ? Simply the fact that France and Russia can man their fleets more expeditiously than we can, but how do they man them ? True, the Czar marches regiments on shipboard and calls them seamen, and France,,with better resources, can command the services of 40,000 seafaring people. But does no thing depend on the quality of the crew so pro vided? The Gallic cock has no aptitude for water. The Frenchman is not web-footed. He is horn and bred to strut and crow ashore. The parade is his place, not the deck, where there is no public to ad mire him. We are a nation of the duck kind. Wherever there is a pond or a puddle you see chil dren swimming boats in it, or if there be no boat to swim, they will be paddling in it from the sheer love of water, quite apart from, and irrespetive of, its uses for drink and cleanliness. In France you would see the urchins of the same class playing at soldiers. Nevertheless Frenchmen serve at sea, and perform the duties of seamen, but it is without that aptitude which seems to belong by breed to the Englishman, and consequently, when diffi culties occur in French ships, there is always a want of resource, readiness, and contrivance. They do very well as long as the routine continues un disturbed, but let that be deranged and a rare con fusion follows. Sir C. Napier has given an account, we believe, greatly exaggerated, of the stat e o f thi ng s i n w hi c h be found himself on his way to the Baltic with a newly-nianned fleet. Does he believe that a French fleet, suddenlymanned by naval conscription, would be in better or in equal order? The French, it is true, would not have landsmen, of whom Sir Charles complains he had too many ; but, on the other hand, are their best seamen to be compared with our thoroughly able seamen, competent to every duty of a ship, except the navigation—leadsmen, helmsmen, riggers &c., and the handiest f e ll ows aloft at makinv shortening sail, and reefi ng i n th e world ? Confident we are that an English fleet, newly manned, with its portions of landsmen an able seamen, will in the aggregate of skill be more than a match for a French fleet with its comple ments of regular but inferior seamen. The English landsman, be it observed, is improving with every day's practice, and with an ap,itud e , whi c h we w ill call national, for the work. With the Frenchman, at best, the thing is all malgre. He hates the sea and all belonging to it. The English love for the thing favoured by wealth manifests itself in gentlemen's yachts pecu liar to the Anglo-Saxon race in these isles and America. A French admiral observed to the wife of an English consul in France, that if all other evidence of the madness of English people were wanting, the single fact of rich and great English lords and gentlemen leaving their beautiful places to go sailing about in small craft was enough to prove the national insanity. Upon which the lady replied, that, if all other evidences of the in , aptitude of the French for the sea were wanting, the sp _ech which the admiral had just made, im plying that there could be no comfort and no en joyment in a sea-home, was enough to prove the e'emental incapacity. When Zadig hurt his eye, the surgical authorities all settled that he must lose the sight of it, but when it was so uncivil as flatly to contradict them and to get well, they wrote unanswerable treatises to demonstrate that, according to all scientific pr in ciples, it ought to be stone-blind. Sir C. Napier's naval fortunes have been as per verse as Zadig's eye. He ought to have been beaten on several occasions when he was not : " When he fell in with the Miguelite fleet, which was double or treble his force, one of the enemy's ships was first boarded by his captain and his son, now no more, and they were hardly followed by a single man of the clew. Yet these were British sailors ! And out of the fifty marines only three hoarded. Why was this ? Because the men were undisciplined, and had no confidence in themselves. True, the Miguelite fleet was taken. Yes, but by all the rules of warfare it was the British fleet which ought to have been taken." But it was not, and "if not-why not ?" as they ask in bills of equity. Because, after all, the men pitted against double or treble their force were British seamen. They may have hung back at first, the best will occasionally do so, but they must have made up for it afterwards, or the vic tory could not have been won against such odds. Pursuing a similar train of argument, Admiral Sir C. Napier assured +he Grand Duke Constantine that he might have beaten the British fleet in the Baltic, but perhaps, if the Russian had been so ill advised as to try the experiment, the result would have been the same as that of the Miguelite fl et, and Sir C. Napier could then have told us that "by all the rules of waeare it was the British fleet which ought to have been taken," not the icussian. There must surely be something deficient in the rules of warfare if events contradict them. The great achievements of the English navy were per formed by men who did not act by rule, but who ruled fortune by their genius and daring. Calcu lation has superseded all that, and calculation is fal lible, as it does not always include all the elements which go to make up the re•ailt of success on the one hand or failure on the other. For example, if that Miguelite affair could ever occur again, Sir C. Napier would not fight a battl e i n w hi c h he ought to be beaten, though the event was not a defeat, but a victory. He may have have had an opportunity of the same sort in the Baltic, and lost it by process of the same erronecus calculation. The motion which served to introduce Admiral Sir C. Napier's favourite text, "we have been baton," together with that comfortable assurance respecting the Queen's short tenure of her throne in the event of war, was for a committee to con sider the constitution of the Board of Admiralty. We have lately had a run of good fortune, very able men having in succession filled the office of First Lord, but still we cannot see why a civilian should be placed at the head of the Admiralty any more than over the army. And there is this to be observed, that the management of naval affairs re quires much more technical knowledge than that of ,the army. In both services there is the per sonnel and material to be mastered, but the mate rid part in the navy is much more extensive and difficult. Can any seaman suppress a smile of contempt when he reads that a First Lord of the Admiralty has inspected and approved the equip ment and condition of a ship of which any swabber or cabin boy on board has a better com prehension ? LIST OF SCOTTISR COMPANIES' PRICES. --------- Dividend Amount I Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. 7 Annum. gh ats. s-_ - - -- 1 X a. d. .£ 0. d. I Bank of Scotland .... 74. per cent. 100 C 0 IGO 0 0 19710 s . British Linen Company 81. per cent 100 0 0 100 0 0 231 /08 Caledonian Bank ..... Si. per cent 10 0 0 210 0 31 16s City of Glasgow Bank .51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 13/ 51 ' Clydesdale Bank .... 5%/. p cent 20 0 0 -10 0 0 14 2s 1 C mmercial Bank •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 248 iOs . Eastern Rank.. •• •• - 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 14i es Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3%1. p Mt. 5 0 5 0 0 5/ 2s National Bank ...... 6)6 per cent. 100 0 0 iOO 0 0 192110 NortlioN•eotland Bank 51. per cent 10 0 0 210 051 lOs ' Royal Bank Of Scutt. .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 137/I Union Bank of Scot. - al•percent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 109/05 Western Bank- •.• . - 71. per sent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 '441 Os Mance Fire and Life.. 8)41.pr cent. 100 e.O 11 0 0 17112 s British Guarantee ... IL por cent. 10 9 0 2 0 0 11 lls Caledonian Fire Insur 104. per cent. 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Lite.. al. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 I/ 5s Colonial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 0 '. l Os Edinburgh Life Incur 61. oer cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 28115 s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51.:ter cont. 50 0 0 3 5 0 4/ Os Life Assoc. of 3cutland 61. per Cont. 40 0 0 3 0 0 rii 153 Nationa4 Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 02/ Os North British incur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 36/15s Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 17s Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 031 Os ' Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1. prcent. 20 0 0 1 0 o l/ 15s Standard Life ...... •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 z2l Os MISCELLANEOUS. • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- - Z s. d. £ s. d. - Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. .. • 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Assam tea •... •• •• . it. rer cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Auction Mart........ tltilper cent 50 0 0 - - Australian Asriculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 1 9 Australian Trust .... 81. pr cent 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Austra , tan Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all _ Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 dB • - British American Land Si. per ceps 50 0 0 40 0 0 Canada ............. el. percect 100 0 0 32 10 0 1 51 Do. 5 per cent Bond , 5/. pet cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 5 per cent bds 51. per cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 0 per cent. .. 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - ' Ditto, 6ir c. bds 1874 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - 1 Ditto, 6p c. bds Itt76 6/. per cent. Stock wo 0 0 -. 1 Crystal Palace ...... 2/. per cent 5 0 0 all 2% Ditto Preference.... 71 pr. cent 5 0 0 5 0 0 - ~ Cry s. Palace of France - 40 0 all - c City Nt.vigation Bonds 3%1. per cent - - - Electric Telegraph .. 61. per cent. Stock. 100 0 0 - Eng.& Aus. Cop. Smelt. - 5 0 0 all - Eng.&lris. Mag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all - Equitable Iteversionry 5/per cent. 100 0 0 00 0 0 -: 1 Ditto New .....• - - 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. 11. p c and 11. 100 0 0 'OO tt 0 - ' s Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 95 0 0 all - Gen.SteamNavi , zation 10 1 . per et. & 15 0 0 14 a is - London Gen. Omnibus 121. per cent 4 0 0 all 37. ) Hudson's 8ay........ 5/. per cent. Stock Stock - Hungerford .......... 2'. ss. 100 0 0 all - Lon. Ne. &Na. Mauso. - 10 0 0 all - 0 London Reversionary 5/, per cent. to 0 . all - Alex. &S. American - 10 0 0 0 5 all 2% 3 Nat. Discount Comp • • -'25 0 0 0 N 1 N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. Si. per cent - 100 0 0 - sr. pe G r d c ' ent. 20 1 0 0 0 0 17 all lO 0 - 934 ° Nor. Bri. Australasian North of Europe, strn. PriccesPatenttland. Co - 21 0 0 all 23% ~. Peel River L an dkMin. - 5 0 0 all 2 0 Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 a ll 70 Ditto New •••• • • • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 L - Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%/. pr cect 100 0 0 all Ditto New •• ••• • - .1%/. pr cent. 100 0 0 29 0 0 ._ - Royal Vail Steam.... 41 . p. share. 100 0 0 69 0 0 - Scottish Ans. Invest. 15/. per cent. 1 0 0 all L 1 1 .1 South Australian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all 35 Trust and Loan Comp. 754.• pr cent. 20 0 0 5 t 0 ° r t A2 , Yam jUlemen's Land.. ' 108. 100 0 0 28•-10' -0 A - 1 Do. CoY.6 per ct . Bds. 6 per cent. - , - - GRE .;T 7 O.;'S OF LIFE 0:7 , 7 TIC LAN C 1 . ER ND if LVERSTO:' E SANDS. . Dud, g Friday night or early on Saturday mil'n ing several p ersons were drowned OD the sauds be tween Lancaster and Ulverstone. SaturdaY evening when our report was ofnecessity despatche 3 9 it was not known at Lancaster what was the *Pre" c;se number of those who had !ost their bu t there was reason to suppose that it was not lees then 14, and e bodies of eight of the deceased had 'Yon recovered, having been washed ashore St Heat-ba;:k, ab ut thrt e ft can Lancaster. It was at this p int thai, the fact of the calamity first became known on ti. :e morning of Saturday. k'folal the sands which it will be remembered skirt mere cambe-bay, there were seen floating in the water 3 numb , r of men's hats, some boxes, and other thitlr , and it was at once conjectured that ihe hats, boxe s, (Cc., were the property of persons who, in crof•ei 4 the sand, had either been overtakt n by the tide u r had left the preper track and so got into the water' A. number of men went out i n b oa t s an d rec)ver e,i _l the hats and boxes, and a f ur th er s arc h re veal" the bodies of eight men floiting as n-arly togeth is ': as possible. Tht y were brought ashore, and tutn a " course of the day recognised ; and it was rutneur i e d at this place that at Silverdale, two or three Wile,' higher up the sands, some bodies bad been washe d ashore. It is believed that all the persons who W e lost their lives are single young men, in serVil Some suppose there wer e t wo y oung women Ici t them, but owing to difficulty of obtaining inforPW tion from the other side of the sands our c9rleS' pondent had not learnt whether this was tru e ' Suffice it that a party o f more th an a d ozen pe rso s who had been living in service at Poulton,HeYs ham, and oth r places on the Ulverstone end of the sands, left Kent's-hank on Ft iday night, inteudin s -:;,) be present at the Whit-untidy lurings at P 1 1,.: caster on 'Saturday. Th e i r rou t e was along the sands by the edge of th e h a y, b r i ng th e s o me tho ' is taken by the over-sands coach between Inv er stone and Lancaster. Toe party spent some tl dtiiiloug at Wllcocks's Kent's-bank Hotel, an, they started in twolight one-horse carts. Accoriine to the tide-table it was high-water at Ulverstone Saturday morning at 10 minutes past 4 o'clock 3 3" in order to cro , ,s the sands in safety and avoid th e tide e jeutney should have been conuneeced 3 either end at 41 min. past 9 o'clock on Friday bight? but this party, beside s being intoxicated, are under' stood to have &arted later by an hour or mitre' Some who int-nde 1 to have crosse d w i t h than - a u c i clined to doS9 because f the time they started, an so saved their lives. 'Nothing more is kuo wn tiei party u n til th e bodie s of som e o f th em were wash , ashore as atready described. W e h ave cenitt-0 to mention that at Hest, along with the bottie,w. 3 3 Jecovered on Saturday one of the ca r t s , w i t h 'to; lifeless horse attached to it. Two con jec t ur es hazarded as to the way iu which the accident ruel have occurred, which no one is left alive t.) exp l3l ; One supposition is that the cat ts were floated at 03 . of the sir,-ams that have to be forde 1. At Vie n 30 3" dangerous one there is a guide stationed :rot) su n ; rise to sunset, so that he would not then Lave be e t ' on duty. One young man of the company naw e i ..., Gto. Ashburner k new th e t rac k w h ic h oug ht have bet n taken, hut the probability i s that no one, thought of usin g hi s ex p er i ence.. A not h er cortr t tore is that the whole party hid fallen asleep, il l !, the Moral-s had been left to take their own tou rs ; and that they atemilly followed th e tid e u ntil t' d. ) sle,py occupants of the carts wt re fatally imineVe, The appearance of some o f t h e b o di es h as l e d to tb supposition that suffocath n took place dui.ingsieli Upon the eight bodies recovered at Hest b 3 t s money t.) the amount of about 301. an d 40!. sae found, being th e wages th ey h a d rece i ve d beL° starting. Berlin .... East London Do. 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction Do. New ••• • • • Kent .... • • .... Lambeth . • .... • • • • • . Kew River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Mi(Wiese' • • • • .. Do. D 0....... Name of Company. flungerford....•• .... Southwark ......•-.. Ditto New of 7% P.C. terloo ..... Ditto Old Ann. of Si. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall ............ Name of Company Commercial •• .• •• .. . Do. Preference East and West mina.. Grand qirry D. & Canal 1 , 0. Load Notes .. .. Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .•• • . •• •• •• • . Katharine ........ onthampton ........ Victoria Ditto New • • •• •• •• GAS-LIGH Name of Company. British rrovinelal Brighton ...... •• •• INty of London ...... Equitable •• . .. European .... .•• • • .. 'Areal Central Imperial •• Ditto New Ditto De! , entures.. Do. Continental I st Cap. Do. Do. 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. Independent ......... London Parl. Preferen. Pneenix . •... •• •• • .• Surrey Consumers .... United General Westminster Chartered ')itto, New ....•• •• Western A Ditto B ...... Name of Company. Albion.... • • .... • • .. kilianza Brit. and For. Ditto Marine ithenseura •• • • •• •• • • Xtlas Argus Life ........... Nritish Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London .. •... Cleric" Aed.& Gen •Li fe County Crown .............. Eagle Equity and Law...... European Life......... Family Endowment •• General • • •• • • Globe •• G•esham Life Do. Do.. ... Guardian ............ Imperial Fire... • • .... Imperial Life .. Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire .......... • • Lave Legal and General Life London London & Prov. Law. • Aarine... • • .... • • • • :lied. Ir. vlid & Gen. Life Minerva •••••• • . • • • • Monarch .. • • • • • • . New Equitable Pelican .. •• •• •• • .. •• Phoenix ......... Professional Li fe • • Provident Life Rock Life ........ Royal Exchange ...... Sun Fire Ditto Life ..... United Kingdom .... Universal Life Victoria Life Name of Company. kustralasia........... Bank of Egypt ...... Bank of London ...... British N orth Americay. Ch. Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch, City........... ..... Colonial ... • • • • • • • Commercial of London. Eng Scot. & Aust. Ch. bond. Cnar. Bk. of A us Do. New .. • • London and County .. Lon. & Eastn. I.lnkg. C. London Joint-Stock Londn and Westminstr gat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto. New ...• • • • • Ditto ditto tiationr.l Bank .. New . oath Wales oriental Bank Corpora, Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New;........ ...... ......., South Autrelta Union of luatralla. Ditto • ......... Union of Hamburg.... Union of London...—. Unity Nfutual ........ Western Bank o' Londn 51. per cnt. 61. per cnt. 41. per cent. 3/. per cent. 4i. per cnt. 51. per cnt. 41. per cent. BRIDGE Dividend per Annum. 10e per cent.l 11. 12s. Cd. 11. Ss. Od. 283. DOCKS Dividend per Annum. 5/. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. pr cent. 041. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per C. IT AND Cog Dividend per Annum. 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 2/. 61. per cent. $l, per cent la per cent. 31 ss. 4/. lss: 4/. 10s. 16'. per cent. 5% per ent 5/. 8/. Der cent. 169 Ocl per sh 7 per cent. s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 l 0 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. X s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 'lOO 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 8 Amount of Share. X s. d. Stock. Stock Stock. 100 8 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 ?Rock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 X s. d. 100 all 4 s. d. Stock. .. ,00 0 0 00 0 0 5 0 0 stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 14 11 0 COMPANIES, kmotuit Paid. s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 :1 0 0 29 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 StPck 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 'RANCE COMPANIES. Dividend per Annum. 71. per c. 71. 14s. 6d. , l. p.c. & bs. Iss. Od. & is 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 51. 5 pr ct.& hs. IL per shard 18s. 58. $ l 4 per cent 11. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent 51. per cent 121. per cent :143. ›. P. Ct. &bs 2s & 2s bons 21%. per eh. 4s. per share 18s. & bs. I% per cent 5 , per cent 51. per cent. 6 , 4 per cent 51p. ct. 5/. per cent. 5/. per cent 12% per c. 78 +gyp c &bs ;14 p c & bs Il 14s. 41. & bonus 5/ & bonus. 51. & onus, IINV-SrocK Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. s. d KM 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 e 00 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 n 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 t, 500 0 0 100 0 C too o 0 ►oo 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 .00 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 9 NKS. .£ 8. d 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 all 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 5 0 C , 5 0 4 0 0 all 47 6 ,) 50 0 0 00 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 1) r 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 o o 0 10 0 5 10 1,0 0 0 5 0 0 Amount of share. X s. d . all 150 0 all 12 10 G 100 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 52 0 16 0 10 0 0 4 0 0 Paid AM per cent. 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 4', per cent. 5/. per cent. 7?. p. c. & bs. C. per cent. 5/. percent. 181. per cent. 6'. per cent. 28 per cent. 18'. per cent. 16pc.&bs 19 il.per cent. 20'. per cent. lOL per cent.l 41. p. ct.&bs. U. per cent. M. per cent. IN. per cent. 21/. per cent. [sl.per cen £ 8. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 :00 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 [lOO 0 0 ;100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 MO 0 0 100 0 0 £ e. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 a 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 In o 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Country Markets. HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—MAT 29 0' WHEAT. I BARLEY I OATH. 1 - ~,, - .r. al First 64s Od 42s Od 34s 64 I 483 L i Second 483 6d 1 36s 3d i 30 3 lid ; 443• ,;,1 Third 34s Od 1 27 s 01 I 27s 6.1 i 434 _ v i Total quantity of wheat i n mar k e t, 461 qrs ., 451 no barley „ 141 qrs ., 128 s o ° o oats ,1 188 qrs., 178 ,0 OP beans ~ 64 qrs., 5 ,5 ''' AVERAGES PER IMPERTAL QUARTER. „ ,00 Wheat, 2/. 8 6 8-12 tbs I Barley, ...11. 16 3 5 ",,a1 Oats,, ... 11. 10 11 11-12ths I Beans, 2/. 4 4 114. lit , DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—MAY 23. ~r Qrs. Best. C urren t. Infe"a'a 289; Wheat 62s 6d 4ss Od 407 Oats • 32s 6(1 2Bs 4(1 132 Barley Tla ed 34s 44(1 - 46 Peas & beans 35s Od 44s 41d 42 ABERDEEN—May 23. Potato oats 25s Od to 26s 01 1401bs per bushel Common oats 24 s Od t o 25s Od Bere 31s Od to 35s Od 1 goiL Barley 31 s Od t o 35s Od f u'ius It Wheat, red (spring)3Bs Od to 42s Od 1 621bs , white 36s Od t o 46 s Od ~, Oatmeal 19s Od to 20s 0(1 per boll. Flour 448 Od to 45s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. I ()i s Beef, per lb 6d t o 9d I Butter, plb. Os lid to 1 0,1 Mutton, per lb. 741 to 9d 1 Eggs, p doz. Os 7d to 09 ot Lamb, do., Os Od to Or o.' 1 Hens, p pair 2s 6d to 3s ni Veal, per lb ... 9d t o i s --d I Chickens,do.ls 6d to 26 v o . Bork, perlb...os 6d to Os 7d Ducks, do., Os Od tt, 0.- 0 , Salmon, per lb .........ls 6d Duckling^do2s 6d to 3' 6, Grouse, per brace 0 s t o O s Turkeys, each 4s Od to 44 ,41 Tallow, p stone, O s t o ll s 01 Potatoes, per pock, 0 , 1 to + Rabbits, each I 3d to 4d. ,„ 844 Butter for export a ti on ( presen t cure ) per cwt.._ 80s v" oa Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen sbd to RETAIL F10ur,141b....0s Od to 2s 6d Oatmeal Os Od to 2s Od PRICES. Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 2 0 il q; dust. Os to' 04 Beremeo.l --Os 0(1 to 2s Od Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 8d Cheese, per imperial st, 4-Ib. 10af...7d. I per lb ••• 2d to /0 , Side .... ... . ........ ,one, 48. Ud.. to 4 . 8 .. 2-Ib. DUBLIN, MAY 29. White wheat, 35i 03 to 3 s 6.l ; red ditto, 32s 6d te, 63: ditto now, —s; barley, maltiug, 16s 6d to 25s 6d ; g" 11 ,,e ing, —s to --a ; oats, old, 13s 3d to 16s; ditto, new, 03 to —s Oii ; oatmeal, 15s to 1780(1; bere, new, .—s t 9 0 , 1 ; rapes. d, —s Oil to —s Oil per brl ; 8' flour, : * .d Oil to 21s 01 per cwt; ludiau corn , 38 s 01 to 40 s 6,1 Y -430 lbs. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL. MAY 30. STJOX EXOHANGE.—The market has been without 0 , change, and closed dull to-day at the following lb Chester and Holyhead, Di—East Lancashire, pref., shares 5 per cent., 51--Lancashire and Yorkshire, 19-iea London and North Western, 101—Manchester, Shell s, ; and Lincoln, 424 i i —Midland, 83 —South Eastern, 221 North British, 10i—Grand Trunk of Canada, 15.16.3' a —Ditto, 6 per cent. Debs., 92—Birkenhead, London, si Cheshire, 68t. MANCHESTER, MAY 30. STOCK EXCHANGE. - -There was a very fiat business, and prices were rather easier. Sheffields, 424—Great Virest e f 0, 651 Grand Trunk s , 15 13-1 6—East Lancashire, 9„1'21/ —Dovers, 22 4 —Londons, 104 31—Eastern Counties, 1 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1004- LEEDS, Met 30. li STOCK EXCHANGE.—MidIand, 83—N or th Western, Leeds, 100. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 30. STOCK EXCHANGE. —This market was inanimate to-0 1° but prices a shade firmez. London and North-Wester: l 101 4i-South Staff o rds, 9k—W arw i c k an d Birmingb'' Canal, 24I—Birmingham Bank Co., 32. MILITARY MESS EXPENDITURE. —The &flited Se ' fit Gazette says the Commander-in-Chief has given orders a imitation of charges for dinners. Two shillings P e, diem is to be the maximum charge for an officer's dipper' BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 29th May, at 4, Denzil-place, the wife of th e Rev. John W. Grano, incumbent of Northam, Southatue . ton. On the 29th M a y, a t 5, R oc h es t er -t errace , Camden - ro ad ' the wife of Frederick Clandet, Esq. OF A DAUGLITER. On the 30th May, at Blackheath, the wife of Mr. m fl • Flerbei t. On the 29th May, at 17, Eton Villas, Havenatock•h ig the wife of William Clowes, Lg. MARRIED, On the 30th May, at St George's Hanover-square, ,C : 1 1 . Cook, of 109. Mount.street, Grosven or square , to CarPo v i' second daughter of Mr. Henry Bai n e tt, o f iolantl-str ee Oxford. street. On the 30th May, at James's Church, Holloway, x';',;,,, 0 4 A. Oliver, of Bunbill-ro w , F ins b ury, t o L aura, the elus' daughter of the late Mr. Thomas, of Holloway. 'DIED. On the 29th May, at Cambridge, George Brimley, librarian of Trinity College, aged 37. On the 30th May, suddenly, at 17, Bedford-place, 11 sell-square, Jane Matilda, wife of Mr. Sergeant Miller V t.. On the 2dth May, at 15, Barnsbury road, Islington , Vim. Blzaland, aged 77. On th e 28th M ay , a t B a th, Li eu t.-C o l one l Tattoo, late of 77th Regt., aged 88. e, On the 28th May, at Montpelier-read, Peckham - q v , Mr. Ja me s M a ly on , 40 y ears con fid en ti a l c l e rk to the I Lord Chief Justice Tindal, aged 73. On the 29th May, at Dalston, Elizabeth J. Carter, w ife of John O.rter, Esq. On the 25th May, at Napier Villa, East GreenWi James M'Carthy, Esq., aged 6 7 . W. On the 28th May, Frank John, youngest child of . Leader, Esq., of Breutford-butts. :ONDotr : Printed and Publi , ,hed by AIURDO YOUN' of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at Thc Sun Oleo, 14° 112, &rat& in the Precinct cf the 3::off, the Come t of Middlesex, Monday, Juno 1, 1857. ~. Z B. d. Price. Price. - I ' • is",; 1 ='-i ~ :i 7., 6 Share. Paid. Paid. Paid Price. Price. 119% 102% E'ricr 1'5% 3% .• in , bit lllg th , RA, 1 be Jill rlai Ten rny nri tor : len ' tit+ de: