The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-23 00:00:00

MARKET 61TifY AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed heavily, and prices of 411 1erican descriptions were 1-16 d. per lb. lower, 41 4 all other kinds 1-16 d. - 0 ?,-d. per lb. lower. Ile sales were under 5,000 bales. The Ralway Share Market was firmer, and prices slightly adv anced. The demand for silver is rather quiet, but as it is presumed the shipments to India and China on t his 4th proximo will be of an average amount, f ore activity w ill no d o ubt prevail in a few days. ~ 'ne Purchases on the continent appear very limited 4t Present, th e C us t oms li s t s o f imports announcing fete arrivals. The bar silver brought by the last pac ket was sold yesterday at 61./d. per ounce. lie Russian Railway scheme still continues as Il ePopul ar as upon it s fi rs t appearance on the t° c 4 : Exchange, and the opinion expressed " 8 well a l so as th e intrigues resorted t ., , iu 011 'r to s ecure su b s cribers, must be a source of dee p humiliation to Russia. Apart from political ..°llsiderations, there is nothing to recommend this 11 : d ertaking., especially as in the present depressed i lte of financial affairs there are plenty of cheap arlffvestraents which promise far better returns, and 4',?dgreat7 security than this L. - viat b an speculation. i d cme with the least judgment would hesitate in 4 11ti fYing himself with a project requiring 000,000/. ; but when that project presents such Ille'tionable prospects as the Russian Railways, it f a ° lll Y natural that a general feeling of dissatis ee Should be expressed at the attempt, unsuc i. I t s fill as it may prove , t o i n t r oduce it to the Eng Market, 4 e shares are called ?t to 7 prem., but the tran ktti °I I', if any, aro no doubt traceable to the IPorters of the Czar. b ei the event o f th e capital of the Bank of France e i r li g doubled, it i s s t a t e d th a t the extended note ti~~ulation will be based upon Government securi ths) which th e au th or iti es, it i s presume d, w ill pur ,otti4‘`le) with the additional funds placed at their an d• Various rumours are afloat on t his sub et 111 "wever, and it is therefore advisable that all iho°ll:flation th a t t rans pires, unless authenticated, 111 (1 be received with great caution. uhThe demand for discount accommodation in % b ard-street to-day continuos quiet, and the t e , l3a Per is discounted at a slight reduction in the ' m:4; alteration has been made to-day in the r a jai rates for discount and interest, the directors k k v k in . g separated, after a short discussion, without 4l i s• ln g any announcement. This result was fully , ri ndei Pated. iB'dis English Funds remain very firm, but there * L . 4 1 4 entire l absence of speculative excitement, C oti e , the money purchases are also limited. 1 ,„„ B ° lB have been 93k for money, and 93it for the Reduced The New Threes are 92 to 92}, and 4 i 'educed 94 t o 92k, th e 30 Y ears ' Annuities th e ' j s.l6 . The March Exchequer Bills are par, 98 "Ile ditto 4s. to 2s. discount, and the Bonds V s , Foe 3' little business has been reported in the p ti ei gn Stock M ar ket, and pri ces o f mos t o f th e 4eiPal securities are merely nominal. Turkish Cents. are 1001, and th e 6 p er C en t s . 94k ; . 14 ,.._ 1:141 3 per Cents. are 411 ; SArdinian 5 per iti".) Account, 90 ; and Dutch 2i per Cents., 20 20 10 St. kfollowing are the n om i na l p r i ces of Forei gn ks : - Grenada Deferred Bonds, 617 ; Mexi an, Peruvian 4i per Cents., 77 78 ; do. 3 per 54 55 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 441 51 ; oian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 41. per Cents., ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 2 • ditto Deferred, ; ditto Passive, 5i 6. t o tjlo last wee k' s ra i lway raceipts, ascertained up 4tB day, are in round figures as under West o era 1857. v 1 48 5 7 6 0 .5 X 52 8 9,3 2 9 8 4 1 56,703 0 4 _ n o!'t 15,008 12 052 ~...... ttith•Ea aste ..... 29,853 29,468 004, n rn ... 18,287 16,256 t l‘lorthern 22,681 22,500 tti:shire and Yorkshire 411, 1 Exeter 5,784 5,942 t k lt i 4 r gad Holyhead I,4.:!lca4bire 6.339 5, 8 03 and Carlisle ; i ll I; s e It a eL, Sheffield, and Lincoln 9,456 9,004 VON Worcester 7,344 7,006 Ott, Vvorcester, and \Volverh 3,928 3,229 lat t '~"evon h 0ba .... ............................. 1,646 1,384 I .ll zow rgh and Glaßgow Otid - 1 ,' 141 South-Western e atvllLk of Ca na d a ester n of Canada.... 14,524 13,344 qh,, t .W aY shares have been in very limited re alour,t_ • m qiovi,th some of the chie!undertakings i mprovement has occurred. Eastern Ihi re ;1,1 Great W es t ern , L ancas hi re an d York tnl o c)r fo'k and North Western, advanced 55., ,t ea I ,,: el "jarl and Brighton 10s. The French rates er e dull, but were quoted at yesterday's kto tit jo 'VI. s e atadian. and East Indian improved ni ng Shares the dealings were very 41 , t IW ra don and Westminster, Oriental Bank, 11413es'4.ern Bank of London brought previous 1 5 the i rep o Mis cellaneous Shares there is little change d e nd gll rt R oyal Mail Steam are quoted ex divi c; 2i Mexican an d South American declined dier. an d Van Diemen's Land were a shade 1141,,.._ -*L4II I'uRDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. • (From the Official List.) Business done. 441 t k e , 214 A 15 1 t'" at. • 91 c 2i rtr e,to.i Reduced Annuities 3p e 9 0 nsols Annuities 93 i'g A quit ent. Annuities 92h 2 i iliittelros, expire ;t,, .ian. 1860... 2 7-16 N i cto a, y ears,. expire 10th Oct., 1859 2 3-16 I I) , 11,,0r6 ears, expire sth April, 1885 l7 15-16 o t Itt o . tloini ..... ' tv,tlader tlOOO 63 a th, A ccoun t ..• .• 93$ ko_at gills, 2td• March. 1 3 2 4 d June. 11?„14,00. '•••......._... 61t1t°111. ..................... Cont. .... ..... .... ........... ... par I 2 p i tte. i t' s ll s il t4 s 'i .. ; .... . 9a %te ....... : .... ITitn Bon4aOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOcti . 1 4 to g ee . 5 per Cent. t tk i ii , gees ... - ,, 1. 1‘ii ~ -, 4 „ 4 1 3 per Cent. n "itt o n' cute pQr co t — •- - " A ed, 4 p n or Cent. 'tell Ea I'li'klen,i, 31 !h., above 14, ,, Ah1e in l.a_rai , n. eha nge, 2!,. p er c e n;., 12 Guilders 6 0 5 O'CLOCK. e on TW 93i D form ot e tt,:i c ountcc _______ t.ilii!, tieritelvTß.,Teaoth.A..smhiEpßiKeAa.n--gLarinvnE,RPoot,Weiedeffnreesyd,ayn.f o 4-iiv - eb Captain cl 4 -1 , trn °°l and Philadelphia Steam-PacketCompany, 1-.ll'`raeti'l,(ll.4ll, Captain Jones, of the Mo . n t t h i n ea f l ar l m in e e r , N '' N ew , a tf Past 10 o'clock this forenoon 4 1 10, „4 Yo Past with above 250 passengers . 2 and a full tad 10 T '" the latter with the Canadian mails for Quebec 4,,,RoZjW, with nearly 300 passengers and a large wt,kltt boar, -s4 l -I.:" SEA 1 , / It is a remarkable Cir . Cn te M r: i l a ' T. l 'g from the network of railways tbat now t i n n wna °- tae 41cgdorn that fish is nearly as dear in the /S4t l ' i l : 11tila ted a considerable distance from the sea , r t a h_e_ I fog that those latter towns are connected . by e l _:_ . il,thiwltik fl II 4 ! -suing c ommunities employed in the dep an e d a i l : pth er whereas Sunderland, Shields, Newcastle, 1 4 t iai ld , t uvens in the county of Durham andNorthum k ) 616 "Pend for their supplies principally upon . the fish -144 ete ' e te ja_on the coast, whose inhabitants, with scarcely ), Nan _un• %la only some 10 or 15 miles from the coast i 4 1115... ' °l4 e s, and who also, in rough and stormy , abl e the winds blow from the north and era, tlil:il i'ue for weeks to purkzue their avocation, and idle C f a r r o ve on the shore. The Dogger Bank is about 60 I . i- e • t u the Northumberland coast. Upon this bank 1 11) . a 18 44 InP xlmustible supply of large fish, such as 4 .4 4 t koli ti te e ,?d, but the ground ern? t be fished, except by Ni• P S' t. , di boats, which, o coarse, lire the neces 'sill '"ie, are somewhat out of the ach of the , 44't litnlierland and Durham fishermen. Butche.rs t ile ~,!44 been extremely dear in the north during 1 .40;177% and the fishermen, in consequence of the 4,N ill e",,i,ti, ter, have been much out of employment ek '' ''' ill off. This spring, therefore, several gentle tl,l4 41terested in cheapening the food of 'the . working d gentle tl, others wishful to improve the social con i n,' t 11414 6,=hermen, have unit?d into fishing companies,tree 1 4 0 "'ere is every prospect that within two or . . la . , llth, a. 4 4 "vc companies, at least, upon limited liability, 14' lib" with capitals of 10,0001. each, will have a consider number of decked boats, sailing from the Ty ne, tiPttit e l ' bogl4ll'med ge wit Nor Northumberland fi s h ermen , engaged Bank in the deep sea fishing.' The ex 'gent is of considerable interest, 18 20i .00 .00 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 23 SHARE MARKETS—(This Day). RAILWAYS. Closing Price, yesteniay. RAILWAYS. Business done this day. i I 10 h Ambg. Nottng. Boat. & Eastu. June. all ! Belfast k, Ballymena all Wolverh. do , Stour Valley.... I 'lOO ITV •kenl-d. Lancsh. dr I Cheshire Junct all ;Blackburn I all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).„. 100 !Bristol do Exeter 100 ...... 1100'Chester & Holyhead all 'Cork and Bandon all ;Cork, Black. & Pass all :Cornwall all i D , . Dn. B DublinhEclfastJunc all ;Dun, P. drAber.June 100 !East Anglian ; all i Eastern Counties_ l EasternUnion,A. stk. Do., do. B Inc,. New A East Kent . East Lancashire ;Rost Suffolk ........ Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles._ Edinb.Prtli.&Dundeel Forth and Clydaunc. ;Furness . ;Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern . Do., A. Stock . Do., 13. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) Great Western. ...... Do. Str.V gua.St ;Irish South-Eastern Lancaster &Carlisle. IDo., Third 5........... Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire. Do., do. F. £l6 Do., Wst. Riding Un. Do. Southport, London di Blackwall Lond.l3right. & S. Cst. London & N. Western 'Do. Fifths ..... Do. ,161.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London do S.Weatern, Lndndrry.ike_olerai_ne,l Lnandru Ennisk Xancli.Silef.dELincln Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement !Midland ........... Do. Binning. dr Derby Midland G.West.(lr.) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd 'Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint dr Rostrevor Norfolk.- ..... Northn. Counties Iht North British 'North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock ......... 'Do., B Stock N. Eastern - Berwick IDo. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch 'Do Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp -1 stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Wcstrn. Juno Oxford Worcester dti Wolverhampton 16 'Portsmouth 10 IRhymney 100 ' Scottish Central 100 (Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 100 IShropshire Union 4 ISitingbourne &Sheer all South Devon 100 J South Eastern all Do. 4i per c, Shares 100 South Wales 17 S. Yorksh. Rivik.rDnn 7 IDo. . all 'Staines,lVok.,&Wok., all Stockton & Darlin .. 15 Do. do., 1854 3 I Do. do., 18N5 16;',Stockton & Hartlepl 1.00 ,Taff Vale jlOO Do. Pref., No. 1, 22 Thames Hay. D. all j Vale of Neath all j Waterfd. At Kilkenny all IWaterford&Limerick all West Cornwall.-- all ,West End of Lo-idor and Crystal Palate all j Do. A all Dn. B all ',West London all ' Do. First all , Do. Second Class - .I all I Wmbledon &Croydon BRITISFI Pi 'Atlan. and St. Law. Bombi.y,Baroda, and Con.lud,guar. 5 p.c. Do. Buffalo & Lake Hur. Buff. , Brnt. do Godch. 6 p.c.bds.,l Aug. ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 1 [Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.)' Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. ....... Demerara Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. C. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 perc Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Do. New Do. Wis., payable 's7i o. d , d0.,0. 7 7 6 3, D IDo. do., '73, without. option Madras, guar. 4 4 p. e Do. do., 5 per e. Do. 4 , 1 p. c. Exton. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c. Do. 4th Ex., A.% Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per C Do FOR: A l % 7 d twrP enne 8l s Rotterdam Belgian East. Junct. Reziers to Graissessac Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New Euphrr 'Les Valley Gt.. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Palc Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca dt Fist. 6p. c. p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Maria Ante is Do. New Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref, Northern of France., NorwegianTrnk. Frei Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife dt San Fran (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati , Royal Danish Royal Swedish. Sambre and Mouse )o. 5i per cent. pref Southern of France., West Flanders ..... IDo. 54 per c. Pref, W.& N.W. of France Western of Austria IWest. of Switzerland 'Wiesbaden Do. 8 p. cent. pref. Zea1and.......... - 8i - 9 65 - 67 si 9 6 k 34 - .•• ---- ..• 4 - 5 - 8; - 91 - 20 1I - 52 - 54 351 - 36 - 7:4 , 1 98 - 105 56 7 57 31 - 311 8 ___ 8.1 ; 96 - 97 8; - 88 121 - 123 103 - 105 - (37 63 - 65 68 - 72 6 8 Pi 6 8 1013 102 d par 5i - ;108 - 110 104 1 - 105 2 id pat' 101 102 39 - ,16 82i - 821 ,53 - 55 , ••• •.• 16 - 16.3, 58 - 60 3i - 3. 44 - 45 86.4 —87 i 34 3 d 2/ 2} 394 404, 65 66 96 99 4 4i,1 7i - ' 73 10 - 11 29'• -30 A 6 - 4 706 103 26 27 49 51 24 lid 171 —18 i 75 751 87 - 88 4i - 44 - 36(1 ii - ii 201 - 20 7 - 9 2i - 3 - 6 ... ...... ... ISSESSIONS. 3 - ip i - i P 196 - 98 - 97 95 - 97 - -- ... 1 - 1 / p -- i 107 • 109 11 -1:P 201 21 61 65 891 901 21i 21 4 - 1 i n 1 25 21;1 2a —24 p 99 100 1123 128 (122 -- 127 106 - 108 19 20 211 211 d• Par t al) 'it -21 p" 71 -_-_. n ig - 1i 3 - 4p 4 - 5} I - d 33.1 - 33 - - par IP 23i 2 7 7i •••d1 44 - 54p1 31j - 32, - 81 201 i - 21/ 39i - 9 - 10 62 - 621 59 - 60 Par i PI 17 19 1 11 9 8} 321 33 4t— 5 96 10 SO 31 par 1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 11l !Australasia ............ IA Bank of Egypt ...... 50 Bank of London ...... all Bri. Col Bk Ln. Co. all Britisb W. American 8 C.llk.ofind.Au.&Ch 50 City 25 ,Colonial 20 'Commercial of Lond all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cht all !Lon. Ch . Bk .of Aust all (Ditto New 20 Loudon and County 53 Lnd.drE Bnkng.Corp 10 ;London Joint Stock 20 ' Lond.andWestminst 35 National Pro. of Eng 10 Do. New 22A National Bank all - Now South Walos all ;Oriental Bank Corp. 15 Ottoman Bank I .5 'Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 IR.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co. all ;South Australia all 'Union of Australia 21 Do. Now 10 Union of London i 0 Unity Mutual ... Westru Bk.of Loud 89 - 91 2 - ••• .•• i 63 --6 D ... -- • 171— 17i Ile 18 17i -- 17/1 ... ...... ... 46 - 48 - 58 60 61 - ..... i 7~2 ~ ioa LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS Paid IZAttwlys. Leasing Companies Closing Prices yestenlar. Business this day. Buck gl mush . Clydesdale Jc. Col .Stour Vy. E.Lm. g. 6 p.c. E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. 100 :Do. Nay/ all :Glstr.kDn.Fr all Hull & Selby. ali Do. 1 Shares. all Do. Shares. 'I all Lou. &Greenw all iDo.Preferenee 100 'Lou. Til., &S. 5i Do. B Sh. all • Mancli.Dxton. and Matlock P lOO IM Ilcl. Bradfd. 5 Newmarket , . BuryE.G.spc.' all I N.& Est.s p.c. all j Do. 6 per ct , all ; Do. Fixed 5p c all Prest. & Wyre ; all I Do. A Stirs. 100 Roystn. &hit. all jShrews.& Her all S. Staff ordsh all IWearVal.g6pc j all Do 100 !Wilts!.ES.unrst PREFEREN I 1B; yth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd.at 501.; Illris. & Ex. 4 p.c. St. 'Do' 4 per c. Shares ICaledn. £lO 4{ p. c. I • Ches & Ho. 5 3 / 4 p.c. !Do. do. 5 per cent I Cork & Baudor 5 ip.c. Dun.Perth.kAber.J. lE. Anglian Cis. A Sh. IDo. do. CJs. B 6 p. c. Do. do. Cis. C 7 p. c Eae.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 IDo. New 6 pr. c. St 'East Up.. G. 6 p. c Do. 5/. 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh Do. do. 4 per cent.' East Lancash..lp.cts E.&W. York. J. sthF Edin. & Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dne.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c....• Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. C. prem Do. 4 3 / 4 per cent ..... Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. pre m. GLN . of Scot. 1 s t Pre Gt. S dr W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.drH.Ex.spc 'Do. con. red. 41 p. c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per lent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Eirm. Pref. Sh Do.ChesterBp.c.P.S Do, do. 5 p c. do Do. Birm. Cua. Stk Do. Chesil. Gua. Do. 00. do Do. do. d 0... AU, Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon.SO3.G. 5 nc.No. l 1 D0.,P.,5n.c.5t.N0.2 Do. New Guar. Gp.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 & N.W., Coy. & Nuncal,on 5 p. Lon. & S.W. 7 perc' late .!.:(1 Shares Londy.& Colo - . LSb ILondy.k2onis. u Sh M., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. L 6 Do. do. 3. per cent. Marc d A. Carl. 4p. c. Do. 4,i per colt Do. clo. ViO.Conso l .6 p.c. SL. Do. C0n.8r. 1 3ir.6 p.c. Do. 44 p. c. Pref. S. Do. L. & Pref. S. New., Aber.. &c., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c.rn Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et Norf k D eb. 4 p.c. Sit Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 Not th British ..... Dn. 71. Preference N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6pc No.l Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York EL &S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 P. c. 2d guar Scot. Cent. New Pref , Se.N.E.Aber.g.6p .e Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. d 0.34 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 44 pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 41 % per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. S. Wales Gua. 4 p. e. Do. do. 44 p. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar ( Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c IDo. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 I Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH Alfred Cons. (Phi !British Iron ICondurDw (Cambrn.) iDev. Gt. Cusls. (Tay.) ( Great South Tolgus G rt. W. AM.& (Philk.) jGrt.W. Vor (Lielstn.) ;Lady Bertha I N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset ( Illogan) 'North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St.Blazy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleer S. Carn Brea (Illogn. S.W. Frances(lllogn. Tam. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un.Minea (Gwennap V. of Towey (Camar.) IW. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Illogan) Wh. Bull er .(Rdr oth ). Wh. Edward(Calstok) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. Wh. Trelawney (Lls.) FOREIGN Australian Brazilianlmp.(issuee at £5 pm) Do. Cocaes Si Cuiad Do. St. John Del Re Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Co bre Copper Copiapo Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian IMariquita New Granada No vean Mondo Pont. Sit. LdM. Sml t Port Philip Santiago de Cuba south Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 p. c. Pref United Mexican MISCEL] Australian Agricult.' Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land ,Canada Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July Do. 6 p.c.Feb.&Aup D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 74 p. cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference "Crystal Pal, of France uston Iron Ore "Eastern Steam._ Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Irel En. &Aust. Cop . SmCo Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. 1 Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) Gen. Steam Navigat. London Discount Lond. Gen. Omnibus Magdalena St. Navig. Mecliteran. Elec. Tel. Mexican & S.Aipericn Nat. Discount Co Do. New Netherlands Land Do. Do. Do.B p c.PLiss.at I d. Do. Do. New B. &N. S. Land N. S. W. Gov. 5 p. c. D. N. B. Australasian... Nrth.ofEuropeSteani Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peelßr. Ld. & Minrl iPeninsular & Oriental Do. New Rhymney Iron Do: Nev; Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Do. New S. Ans. Gov. 6 p. c.bds South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered Trust&Ln Co.U.Can Van Diemen's Land Go, poJan. 4.7;4 Ln &N. W. nalQ(lon E. U. & E. C Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Do.. .;st.',Yestn. Y. & N.M Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do La. &N. W. & Midld. Midland... E. Count.. Do Do Do. L. & N Do (It. No] T. Bra M. MC Stk.&] Do ... Gt.w, orthill ►ssey ..lean, 92 - 94 98 - 102 11 - 1:3 133 - 135 - 4i 0 - 1.6 12i 1 23 -- 24 102 -- 101 2a 2i 89 - 91 ,i - $ P 54 - 56 - 134 8 - 9 9 - 9i 31i -32 i 87 - 89 E STARES. 92 - 94 ei : 56 5i - C 103 - 112 108 - 112 - - 111 •-•". ... 73 - 74 13 - 115 107 - 109 100 - 102 GO - 62 10h - 10?, - - - 101 - 10• -19 i - 91 -14 i - 134 - 140 - 115 - 156 - - 68 - 134 - 98 - 89 - 1B p 1 - 103 92 ld id 22 1 - ill - 116 - 110 - 70 - 18 - 23? - 102 -10 i - 28 - 3r - 3 MINES. 2Ot t - - 8 IGO - 170 140 - 460 - 141, 5 - 6 5 - 6 A - 14 - 16 22 - 24 5 - 6 22 - 23 6 - 7 - 340 6 - 7 320 - 330 - - 5 - 200 - 220 - 1 31 - 33 150 - 160 260 - 270 :353 - 370 4i - 4ii 18 20 44 - 46 22 -- 24 MINES. L - I li - 21 19 - 21 id 60 63 11 13 id , 14 15 6i 74 ld p 1 A 6 - 8 - it= ii il 1 ii .A.NEOIJS. 203 -21 i! 1 -: E. 150 - 155 33 - 38 25 - 27 - 2i 51 - 5* 93 7- - 91 111 liar ip 1k - 4 - 41 2 . i I -- i ii d 4 - 1 3 4 4 0 par ip 18 22 i- t 1 "ih 11 par ip 2i 2$ 23 -25 6 - 8 62 - 64 ] i - 1 35 - 37 - 1 - 1 11 - 13 too ft 100 I all I 100 THE DENISON CASE. ARCIIES COUR V—THIS DAY. DENISON V. DITCHER. Sir John Dodson this morning gave his decision upon the point raised by Dr. Phillimore. It will be recol lected that in the court lochw the learned advocate tendered a protest against the report of the commission that had sat at Cleveland in this case, which document clntaited five pleas, of which the following is the sub stance :-1. That the proceedings of the commissioners were null and void by reason of the rejection of a plea tendered before them, and called recusatio ju dicum. 2. That the commissioners had refused to hear the defendant either by himself or by his agent upon the sulject on which ho stood charge , l. 3. Because the requisitions of the statute with respect to the filing of the depositions, proceedings, and report of the commissioners had not, been complied with, the documents having been filed in the diocese of London instead of in the diocese of Bath and Wells. 4. That the archbishop having summoned the de fondant to appear before him at Doctors'-commons, the archdeacon duly attended ; and, as no charges bad been proceeded with against bon, he was entitled to be dismissed. 5. That more than two years bad elapsed between the alleged comtnis:ion of the la6t offence char.zed, and the day on which the archdeacon was cited to appear before the archbishop at Bath. The fifth point was the one most retied or, as upon the validity of which the whole case rested, and according to an arrangement it was decided that the learned judge should give his decision on the subject before the urge ments were fully gone into. The learned judge, in his opening remarks, said this was an appeal from the de cision of the Archbishop of Canterbury, sitting at Both as pre-diocesan in the matter of certain articles adminis tered at the instance of the Rev. Joseph Ditcher, vicar of South Brent, in the county of Somerset, to the Venerable George Anthony Denison, vicai. of East Brent, and Archdeacon of Taunton. The proceed. ings had been instituted under the 13th of Elizabeth, intituled " An Act for the Ministers of the Church to e of Sound Religion," under the proyisions of which the latter gentleman bad been sentenced to deprivation of all his ecclesiastical promotions for an alleged infrac tion of the 28th and 29th Artiele ,, . Tile point which he was called upon to decide was whether the snit or proceeding, or whatever it might be called, was com menced within the terms of the Act 3 and 4 Vic , chap. 86, known as the Church Discipline Act. On one side it was contended that the commencement of the proceed ings should date from the service of the citation to ap pear, while on the other side it was contended that the whole proceedings, according - to the terms of the pro test, were null andlvoid in consequence of more than two years having elapsed between the alleged commission of the offence, and the citation to appear before the archbishop, at Bath. Having alluded to the date of the opening of the commission, and the service of the cita tion to appear at Bath, the learned judge said that cer tainly could not be looked upon as the commencement of the proceedings, as the commission bad no power to punish. The articles were merely filed against the party. He was not called upon to appear before any judge ; he need not take any notice of the -proceedings unless he choose to do so, and, therefore, such proceed. ings could not be binding upon him. The learned judge next proceeded to read a number of cases that had been decided by his predecessor, Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, all of which bore upon the point in qaes tion, namely, whether the 20;1 section of the Church Discipline Act had been complied with. Under all the circumstances, and looking to the cases he had just read, he thought the present proceedings were not in accordance with the act, and unless any error had been committed, or any decision of a superior court could be produced, he did not think he was at liberty to depart from the doctrine of the court. He therefore came to the conclusion that more than two years had elapsed since the commission of the alleged offence, and therefore he dismissed the appeal. Dr. Philimore (counsel for Archdeacon Denison) ap plied for costs. Sir J. Dodson said he would make no order as to the costs in the ease. Dr. Bathurst, on behalf of the Rev. Mr. Ditcher, gave notice of appeal. The case will therefore now have to be submitted to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. LAW INTELLIGENCE.— (Ihi_s Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE THE ROYAL BRITISH DANE.-RE GREIG.- TENDER OF PROOF ON THE PART OF THE OFFICIAL MANAGER, AND DITTO ON THE PART OF THE ASSIGNEES OF THE BANE IN THE SAME CASE. This bankrupt, Greig, was described as of Bartlett's buildings, Holborn, cabinet maker, and his bankruptcy was occasioned in consequence of the calls made upon him as one of the shareholders of the Royal British Bank. Mr. Lewis appeared for Mr. R. P. Harding, the official manager under the Winding-up Act, to prove in respect of the shares. The 'affidavit set forth in form that it had been "settled" that the bankrupt was a contributor. His Honour thought the word " settled" could hardly be admitted in any proceedings in this case at present. Mr. Lewis said it was according to farm. His Honour—Then we wi;l take it au a matter of form, but it is sworn to. (A laugh—not a very usual expres sion of feeling in this case.) His Honour said he would take the proof in the form. Mr. Linklater then said his proof was kr the calla made by the directors on the shares. Mr. West, for the assignees of Greig, said that he should oppose on the ground that the new shares had been issued in fraud. Mr. Linklater said that he should contest that point inch by inch. His Honour said he thought that point had been settled. Mr. Aspinall—As much as most of these matters have been settled it is left for argument elsewhere. After come conversation, it being stated that the first case would occupy several hours, it was arranged that the claim of the assignees shoul I be adjourned, His Honour said that he woul'l appoint an early day, so that the judgments in both cases might follow on the appeals, which it was understood would be made in order to obtain a final decision. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended April 23, 1857, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT I BARLEY OATS I RYE BEANS PEAS 53s Od 44s 7d 23s 5d 36s 3d 4ns Od 39s 4d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT BARLEY OATS RYE I BEANS PEAS Ms 9d 46s 3d 23s lid 38s Sd 39s Sd 39s Od ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 84,689; barley, 22,428; oats, 7,973; rye, 110; beans, 6,184 ; peas, 769 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade ruled steady, atfull prices: —Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 41 8d; Lamb, 58 8d to Cs 4d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Pork, 4s to 5s per 8113 s, by the carcase. SOErTIIALL, April 22.—The demand ruled inactive, at barely stationary prices. The supplies of stock were rather on the increase. Beef, from Ss 6d to 43 Si ; Mut ton, 4s Oil to 63 Oil ; Lamb, 63 01 to 63 8d ; Veal, 4e Od to 5s 0,1; Pork, 4s Od to 53 01 per Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April 22.—The trade was less active, as fol lows :—Beef. from 3s 2d to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 4s Gel to 63 od.; Lamb, Cs 01 to 7s Od ; Veal, 43 Od to 5s Od ; Perk, 43 to 53 Od per Sibs. • HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4/ Os • clover do., 31 lOs to 51 OA; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 9; per load. A moderate supply and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ l2s to 41 Os; clover do., 31 5s to 51 Os ; and straw, 1 1 4 s to 11 9s per load. Trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 103 to 41 Os clover do., 3/ 53 to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 83 per load. A fair demand. FUNERAL OF THE LATE DR. BICKERSTETH, OF LIVER POOL.—LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The funeral of this lamented gentleman took place this morning at St. James's Cemetery. Although the weather was particu larly unfavourable, ROMEO time before the procession was announced to arrive a considerable number of gentlemen gathered within the cemetery. About a quarter past nine o'clock the funeral cortege started from the residence of the deceased in Rodney-street. It was the intention of the members of the medical profession in Liverpool to join the procession in Rodney-street; but, as the family of the deceased were averse to any public c:ernonstration, this project was abandoned. The pall-bearers were Archdeacon Bickersteth, the Thshop of Ripon, Arch deacon Bill, and Archdeacon Jones. The deceased gentleman was tinele' to the present Bishop of Ripon. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.—A boiler explosion, which caused the death of four persons and did serious injury to ten or twelve more, took place yesterday afternoon in Walsall-street, Wolverhampton. The boiler was upon the premises of a llreiron-maker named Mason, and when it exploded several of the adjoining buildings were blown down. The number of persons who were at work at the machinery is not exactly ascertained, but it is supposed there were from 14 to 16, many of whom were much in jured. Two of the workmen were killed, and also two children who were Flaying in the street, a noalthouse adjoining Mr. Mason's premises having fsllen upon the latter. TIIE LATE EXPLOgON AT LUN Win L. RECOVERY OF TBE BODIES, On Tuesday afternoon the volunteers seloeted to commence operations for the recovery of the bodies assembled at the pit, and were arranged into six shifts, to work four hours ea-... 11, to b 3 under the crultrol of Messrs. Brown, \'Vehs•er, R. lladd'son, W. Maddison, Potter, and Palmer, the gentlemen who have all along carried out the instructions of the engineers. Each shift consists of one of the above gentlemen and 12 men. At 12 o'clock en Tuesday night, all the crrange in en ts having been completed, the first party, under the command of Mr. Brown, commenced the search for the bodies of the men. After being in the pit for a couple of hours three bodies were found; and shortly after three o'clock in the morning they were drawn to the top, and at once placed in ceffins and conveyed to the shed erected for tnat purpose. The next bhift commenced at four o'clock, under Mr. Ralph Maddibon, and the men had not been long in the pit before .a fourth body was found and conveyed to the top. The bodies were all much decompo'sed —in fact, two were mere trunks, the legs of one being entirely gone, having evidently been burnt by the fire after the explosion ; two of them were without c!othing, and incapable of being recognised. • It was considered prolyible that the other twd.c9uld be identified, as they had some portion of their clothing on, and as a tobacco-box was found in the tronsers pocket, of one of them. As it was believed to b 3 irripesihle that t wo•of them could be identified, arrangements were at once, made by the authorities for having them buried yesterday (Wednesday) evening in Darfield churchyard. Two of the bodies were found near to the stables, where the fire bad raged to a fearful extent, one under the debris at the bottom, and the other also in the immediate vickity of the bottom of the shaft. On its being made known that, four bodies had been recovered during the night, a great number of the relatives of the unfortunate men proceeded to the shed yesterday 'morning to see whether they could identify the bodies. Up to three o'clock none, however, were identified. - After the recovery of the bodies the men were buaily engaged in making a road through the vast quantity of rubbish and coal, caused by the fall of the roof, so that the horses, which are a great im pedinient to the progress of . the Work, may be got out, and thus afford greater facilities for the finding and bringing out of the bodies. Before leaving the pit at the 12 o'clock shift yes terday, Messrs. Webster and Beaumont were en abled to make an examination. 'llavinz explored the workings to a distance of 250 yards up the south level, and 200 yards up the second south board-gate,, they were obliged to return in conse quence of the foul air they had to encounter. The result of their examination was most satisfactory, as they found that the fire had been CO alpletely ex tinguished, so that all fears on that point are now set at rest. The v.danteers, it is but justice to sta+e, are working with untiring zeal, their energies never appearing to flag. In the event of the effiuviuin being too over- Powering, on the recommendaVon of Dr. Holland, a number of Stenhouse's charccal respirators are provided for those who like to use them. KR PEASE, M P., .UPON THE NEWSPAPER PRESS AND t_HE "MANCHESTER SCHOOL." On Monday evening Lord Harry Vane and Mr. Henry Pease, the members for South Durham, were entertained at a public dinner in Darlington ; Mr. Hutt, M.P. for Gateshead, presiding. Mr. Pease (a Quaker and a Liberal, who was placed at the head of the poll) said, in the course of hie address—" There is probably no press throughout the civilised world conducted with the same ability, or that is managed with the same regard to the maintenance of the constitutional rights of the people, as the press of England. But whilst we rejoice in this fact, let us not shut our eyes to the possibility that even the press may go a step too far. Although I know it is un popular enough to say such things, I am willing to say that when I see the press begin to make up a budget for the Chancellor, endeavour to make or unmake a prime minister for the Queen, about to make war or peace for a nation, and disposed to institute a theology for the Christian world—then I say that it would be well for Englishmen not to rest too securely, or to rely too im plicity, upon everything that issues from the press. We know that every subject is amenable to the laws. The greatest nobleman who sits in the House of Lords a !- mite the same power. The Prime Minister may be arraigned for treason, and royalty itself has limits which it may not forego ; but when you come to speak of the mythical we,' which crushes or creates by every turn of the fiy -wheel, I know not where you will find that with which to hold it in any sort of reasonable check, upon those occasions when, in my bumble opinion, it exceeds its legitimate functions. Whatever may be the defects of the House of Commons —however far short it may fall of its legitimate weight and power in the constitution of the country (and that weight might be -much greater than it is without trenching on any other power)—whatever tendency there may be in the press to exceed its legitimate func tions—our remedy is to be found in increasing to the utmost possible txtent the individual intelligence of our people, their individual independence of mind and action, and through the constituted channels in bringing that intelligence to bear on state affairs. No reform of the House of Commons can do any effectual good unless there bo a people who can appreciate it." After dwel ling upon the importance of education, Mr. Pease said : —" It bas been said by some persons lately that the Manchester school is dead. But suppose the school for the time is in recess, I apprehend there are vital princi ples which will again call that school into action. Its principles live, and to its principles, however little the men themselves supposed it, this country is to-day indebted to a large extent for its greatness, and for the way in which it has come unscathed out of the terrible war we lately waged," The meeting was on the whole very enthusiastic, but the hon. gentleman's remarks on the press did not call forth much applause, nor did they meet:with any response from the six or seven M P.'s who took part in the. proceedings.--Manchester Quardian. THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S XAPORT. The third report of the Postmaster-General on the Post-office, presented to Parliament by command of her Majesty, hasj net been printed. It commences with noticing the extension of inland service during the last year, in which period 368 post-offices have been added, making the whole present number in the United Kingdom 10,866. The establishment of pillar-boxes is noticed as a successful experiment, and it is intereled in a short, time to put up a large additional nurniser in Lon don. Dublin, and Edinburgh, and in varieue parts of the country. The measures adopted for acceienat ing the delivery of letters in London—including the sorting of country letters before they reach town and the division into postal districts—have been so far successful that the morning delivery of letters commences 33 minutes earlier, and is completed 45 minutes earlier than before. The conveyance of mails, exclusive of steam-vessels, and not count ing the walks of letter-carriers, within the United Kingdom, extends to over a distance of 61,000 miles per day, being about 2,000 miles more than in the end of 1855. The number of letters delivered in England last year amounted to 388 millions, being an increase of about 5.j per ceet. on the preced ing Sear. The letters delivered in Ireland in the same pe riod were 42 millions, and in Scotland 43 millione; the for mer being an increase of only 1-75 per cent., and the latter of 44 per cent. on the year preceding. The prop ,rtion of letters is in England 20 to each person, in Ireland 7, and in Scotland 16. The reduction of the postage on letters to India from Is. to 6d., made in the beginning of the year, has already caused an increase from 800,000 to nearly 1,100,000. The correspondence with France has also increased, owing to the reduction of postage, about one million, or nearly one-third of the whole former number. The interruption of the packet service to the United States consequent on the exigencies of the late war caused a considerable diminution in the correspond ence, and, though last year there was an increase of 125,000 lettere, the number is still considerahly less than it was before the interruption. The number of news papers which passed through the Post-office last year is estimated at 71 millions. Of letters returned owing to imperfect directions there were about 2,400,000, and of newspapers 550,000. The money transmitted through the agency of money order offices amounted last year to 11,805,5621. for the United Kingdom, awl the profit from the transmission, after deducting all expenses, was 22,6741. The gross revenue of the Post-office last year is stated to have been 2,867,9541., being an increase of 5i per cent. As compared with the first year of penny postage (1840), the gross revenue was increased by 111. per cent., and, even as compared with the lest year of high rates of postage, there has been an increase of 20 per cent. The report notices the continued practice of sending money and other valuables in unregistered letters as offsriug great temptation to theft, and as not unfre quently raising groundless suspicion. Numerous in stances are mentioned of blame being attached to the Post-office, and to the letter-carriers, when the faults arose from negligence of the parties sending the letters, or from the roguery of the persons to whom they vecre entrusted to be put into the post-office. The recent re commendation to adopt district initials has been re sponded to very satisfactorily. A Ire,ady about 55,000 letters daily, or one one-third of those posted ire the London districts, are so addressed. THE RUSSIAN RAILWAY ROBBERY SCHEME.—The Russian railway shares were quoted yesterday at 'to premium, the fictitious demand from Vienna and else where being sufficient to keep them nominally at that price, although it would disappear instantly if any large number were offered. Notwithstanding the fact of the scheme being unanimously discountenanced by all the leading firms in the city, it is to be presumed. the pro posed 2,000,0001. wilt be subscribed, since doubtless Messrs. Baring, as the London agents of the B.ussian Government, before they intimated to Sr. Petersburg their readiness to offer that reduced a mount ina de ar rangements for its being taken, either temporarily or on such other conditions as might seem e:gpetlient. some further continental orders for investm ent of a cha meter similar to those already mentioned are asFertai aed to Face been received by one or two of the principa d fi rms in tlie Stock Exchange.—Times' City Article. OS all St. 100 St. 100 20 all 10 all 12A 24 St: 10() 25 I all 'lOO ! 3A 100 ,100 101; 66 7 109 10.1 i i 5-4 3i 59i i 60 24 13A 2 , ► St. 100 all 100 100 an all 64i 9J; 89i 191 141 132 i pm 12 51 857 A ',STORY OF THE PALACES (From the .2C' fanchester Examiner.) • Every reader cf Dickens's veracious narrative of the " Adventures of Martin Chuz.zlewit." will doubtless remember that impressive episode in which " Seth Pecksniff, Esq.," arrives in a cab befora the second flo.ir residence of " Mrs. Sarah Garnp," midwife, High Holborn. Perkins or Whias ? Who could it be ? At all events, it was some poor Benedict in distress, pushed off pell-mell at the eleventh hour, with a heart palpitating be tween conjugal solicitude and pat ental anticipa tions. Sr', at lea-t, the matronly gossips who quickly congregated under the windows of the monthly official aforesaid settled among themselves, while cabby's whip was put into requi.ition to make a stir among . the flower-pots, and wake the slum bering km tr aid of Lucina to a sense of her weighty duties. In this pleasing delineation of a frequent dilem• ma who does not recognise a touch of nature which makes, if not all -met), at - least the better portion of them, kin ? We say no more, but pass on to the narration of an incident which comes home to every Briton, whether Ccelehs or Benedict, maid or mo ther. A few minutes before 2 o'clock on themorn- Mg of Tuesday week a gentleman, evidently in dis tress, was steel running in eager hasteinthe vicinity of the Horse Guards, making for a neighbouring cab stand. Whether it was Whilks himself, or some friend:y deputy, is not stated ; but of the urgency of his mission. who that saw him could entertain the slightest doubt t " Cabby" is at that hour of the morning a doubtful personage. What if, atter waling for hours without a call he should have betaken himielf to his pillow The case, like every other ca-e of the kind, depends on speed. If no " Cabby" can be found, who knows but that an inquest must be held in the course of the next 24 hours ? ,Fortune, however, for once pities misforthue. One solitary cab is on the stand, surely kept there by some kind angel. A word and a wink are enough. The poor hack looks tired to death, and the wheels of the vehicle seem meditat ing some centrifugal feat not at all favourable to locomotion ; but man must be reft of humanity, horseflesh must renounce all pretension to creature sympathy, and even matter must be preternaturally ine:trif'such a look'.of diitress as that poor gentle man wore did not send.all three careerin l along the Strand like a young steam engine and appurte nances. The case was critical and pressing. Two doctors had to' be summoned. The creaky vehicle bad to be driven. first to Hertfori-street and back, then to Sackvdle-street and lack. Thanks to your selectest influences, ye vestal stars 1 the work was done, and in a few hours it was announced to the world that "mother and child are doing well." Now, who was this matron whom, in the dead hour of night, " Cabby " so opportunely be friended ? We renounce a climax, and tell our readers at once. It was that most gracious Sovereign who reigns in the affections of 30,0,00,000 of British subjects, and on whose dominions the sun never sets. Far be from us the slightest wish -to squeeze anything melodramatic out of the incident we have faithfully recorded. The Queen of England is neither more nor less than woman ; nor a -whit fairer or brighter for the dia dem she wears than she would be if those domestic virtues which, in her case, adorn the highest rank had been destined to bless the lowest. Still, we do not set so lightly by our Sovereign as to be able to regard the affair with perfect good humour'. We pay handsemely for the maintenance of a retinue of servants to wait upon her on all occasions. Only a small,portion of the munificent sum which is set apart for the Queen's household goes into her pri vate purse. The remainder is for the most part divided among a crowd of splendid retainers. There are masters of the horse, grooms in waiting, equerries, gold sticks and silver sticks, and good ness knows what not; everything, in fact, but one or two sensible, serviceable attendants, who know how to provide for the commonest emergency. One is reminded of the embarrassed old woman's peti tion, " Good stick beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over the stile," 431. c., save that, in this case, the stick or sticks, for there were plenty of them, both gold and silver, did not begin to beat the dog, and that but for a poor, unsalaried "cabby," with his four inches of well-used whipcord, the poor woman would not have got borne that night. The ' trite observation, that the wealthiest people are the worst served, is, it seems, universally true. It is certain that Mrs. Perkins,- blessed only with -a faithful husband and a maid of all work, would have been as well, if not better, attended to. After this proof of assiduity we may well won der that the, Prince Consort had not to run for the doctor himself. The incongruity of the in cident with the previous State arrangements is most ludicrous. Here we have had half a dozen Cabinet Ministers wasting away the_ precious interval of Parliamentary repose for a mouth past, not daring to stir till they bad been summoned to the ante-chamber of the Sovereign. Her Majesty's faithful lieges have been in anxious expectancy for the same period, and crowned heads had given their final orders for the earliest telegraphic an nouncement of the event. All through the previous Monday evening it was evident that the expected moment was at band, yet, when it came, there bad to he a despairing rush at the nearest "stand," and, as fortune %you'd have it, a poor cabby stood between his Sovereign and an exigency which we are too loyal to contemplate. All this while sump tuous stables,. built regardless of expense, threw their stately shadows placidly under the moon's gaze, and a host of lubberly grooms were snoring in the Palace chambers ! LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON. April 23.—Wind this day at noon, S.E.; moderate breeze and hazy. PORTSMOUTH, April 22.—Wind Her Majesty's steamer Furious, for Devonport and China; "her Majesty's steamer Cormorant, ditto, with three gun boats. FALMOUTH, April 22.—Wind W.N.—Arrived—Anna Maria, flow Paraiba; Nathalie, Porsgrund. Sailed— Elizabeth, for Quebec. SHIELDS, April 22.—Wind N.—Sailed—Staat Zerckzie, for Hong Kong, HULL, April 22.--Wind E. —Sailed—Rods, for Smyrna. DOVER, April 22.—Wind W.N.W. to E.N.E.—Arrived Anna Gertraide, from Rotterdam for Quebec, with loss of bowsprit and jibboom, and cutwater damaged, having been in collision with a large ship off Beechy Head, at 3 a.m.; two of her crew got on board the ship, and remained there. SOUTHAMPTON, April 22.—Sailed—Hermand (s.), for New. York. PLYMOUTH, April 22.---Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Coun toss of Malmesbury; for Port Mahon. CORK, April 21. —Wind S. W—Arrived—Saptla, from Barbadoes. CARDIFF, April 22. —Wind N.W.—Arrived—Cleo, from Savant:all ; Aonia, Marseilles. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) • LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. 'Wind S.S.E. Arrived— Marie, from Bandholm ; Taurus, screw steamer, Leghorn ; Typhoon, St. John's, N. 8.; Italian, screw steamer, Havre. Sailed--Catherina, for Revel; Meander, screw steamer, Genoa; Corinthian, screw steamer, Trieste; Alfred, Syd ney ; Dreadnought, New York; Arran and Advance, Quebec ; Warbler, New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, April 2l. Wind S.W. .11:1;1;e21—agitta, from Barbadoes ; Maria, London. DUBLIN, April 22. Wind N. N. W. _ Arrived—Emily, from Bordeaux and Charente. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISII TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10 a.m. Wind N. ; tide three hours' flood; weather cloudy. Arrived, April 22—Rhoda, from Leghorn ; Franklin, Minna; Pillau Emulator, Leghorn ; Halyard, Demerara; Marlborough, Honduras ; Ann Louise, Gottenburg ; Caro line, Helsiugborg ; Bruno, Hookseil; Sunau and Mary, Guernsey. Arrived, April 23—Effort, from Grenada ; Leonne and Furet, Gravelines ; Hercules, Elsingborg ; Castor, Sovan nile ; Leon, Graveliues • Sabrina, Gothenburg; Westpha lia, Frederickshald ; denriette, Preston, Cito, Stettin; Wil!iam Tucker, Leghorn. Sailed, April 23.—Shamrock, for Copenhagen. DEAL Thursday, 9.20 a.m. Wind N.E. by N. ; fresh. _ Passed—H.M.S. Alban, from westward, for the river; Plutus, from London, for Pugwash ; Patelina, from Lon don, for Bermuda ; Dumfries, from Shields, for Cart Cara gena ; Earl of Aberdeen brig, from Newcastle, for west ward. Anchored—Camlnian, from Jamaica, for London; Louiso Maria, from Moulmein, for London. FIRE IN LAMBETlL—Yesterday (Wednesday) morning a fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Stephen Green and Co., in Princes-street, Lambeth. Several hours elapsed before the flames yielded to the exertions of the firemen, and not until the whole of the newly erected pottery and its contents, valued at several thou sand pounds, bad been consumed, with the sole exception of four kilns. The prernises adjoining and counnunicat ing have received serious injury from the flames entering ever y floor, but, owing t o the exerti ons o f t h e f i remen, under Mr. Henderson, Mr. Connorion, and Mr. Hello way, the great hell-tower, which stood in the centre of the works, escaped. The Hide front of Messrs. Jones's whiting-works is likewise damaged by fi re , an d the stock 1 by water. The water-side premises of the same firm are also scorched by the intense heat, and so are several houFes on the opposite side of Princes-street. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—Since our last we have had several days of thorough spring weather. The sun has shone forth in uninterrupted brilliancy, and his cheering rays, albeit tempered by somewhat sharp . breezes, have made all nature, animal and vegetable, re joice in the change. Vegetation has made a rapid ad vance ; the trees are bursting into leaf, and on every side are indications that spring has really arrived. The. wheats continue to wear a promising appearance, and, although none of our crops can be said to be forward for the period of the year, yet all look healthy and vigorous. The grass crops have shot up greatly since the late rains. Altogether the country presents a highly satisfactory appearance, and fairly justifies sanguine hopes on the part of our agriculturists. Feed of all kinds is plenti ful. - , 5 ussex A drertiser. THE ,STATISTICAL SOCIETY. At the ordinary meeting of the Statis'ical Society held at the offices in St. James's-square—Colonel Syke, M.P., in the chair—the usual routine busi ness of the meeting having been transacted, a paper " On the Progress of Fire Insurance in Great Bri-: tain and other Countries" was read by Mr. Samuel Brown. Mr. Brown commenced 11.;$ lecture by giving an historical sketch of the origin and progress of instir ance against loss by fire. He stated that the scheme • first originated in London about 180 years ago, and that the corporation of the City shortly afterwards took the matter into their own hands. But the de lays which 'occurred in forwarding the idea, and the dilatory manner in which it was carried on, inducod many private companies to compete with them. From advertisements published. about 1680, it ap peared that several private companies were ready to effect insurances on brick houses at the rate of 6d. in the pound ; and on wood houses at ls. in the pound. In the year 1682 the Court of Common Council did not find the scheme profitable, for they reliuquished the matter, paying ba c k th e p rem i ums they had s eceived ; and from that time fire insur ances were conducted by private companies and friendly societies. The Hand-in -Hand was the old est oflhe cow existing fire insurance offices, and for 10 years after its establishment it had no rival. • The Sun Office was the next, which was followed • in succession by the Union, the Westminster, and the Royal Exchange. The number of offices had been gradually increasing ever since ; and in 1856. • there were 75 insurance offices in the United Kiog_ • dom. Mr. Brown thew went into a very long state ment relative to th 3 report of Mr. Coode upon fire . . anc., lat.-1y presented to the Houses of Par liament, in which he refuted the facts and opinions expressed by that gentleman, and brought forward. many facti advocating the removal of the duty new - charged upon policies in England. He stated that in England, where fire insurances had been . • known for 160 years, the total amount insured was in 1856 927,000,000/. I while in France, where it had only been in vogue for a period of less than 40 years, the sum insured was in 1856 1,880,000,000/. The great advance which had been made in France in insurance business as compared with England, he attributed to the fact that there was no legisla- ••• tive duty on policies in 'France, and that the inaur- ance of noose property was in a measure rendered compul,ory by the Government holding the tenant responsible far all damage occurring from a fire originating in his tenement, Mr. Brown gave many curious statistics of the duties which were laid upon fire insurance by continental governments, and in every case he showed that the tendency was to diminish the amount of property insured in the countries where they existed. The follow- • ing are the results of his observations :—ln Great Britain the amount insured, calculated from the duty paid, was in 1856 927,000,0001., while the property insured and exempt from duty wits estimated at about 70,000,0001., and the foreign and colonial business, also exempt, 125,000,000/. ; making a total insured for Great Britain , of 1,122,000,00 W. In France the amount insured in proprietary companies in the same year was 1,320,000,0001., and in mutual companies 480,000,0001. ; total, 1,880,000,0001., or about 700,000,0001. more than England. In Germany the amount insured, as far as could be ascertained, was about 1,150,000,0001. For Russia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, and several other countries where it was difficult to obtain in formation on the subject, the amount was calcu lated at about 400,000,000/., making the total amount insured in all the countries mentioned 4,482,500,0001., upon which the estimated annual premiums paid amount to 8,250,000/., and upon which the total annual loss was about 4,750,000/. Mr. Brown stated, in concluding his paper, that he thought there was still ample room for extension of fire insurance iu this country, and that it was only restricted by the duty imposed by Government. He entirely disagreed with Mr. Coode's statement that • fire insurance had reached its utmost limits in Eng land, and that all the insurable property was pro tected. 13:fure setting down he brought forward a long series of figures, refuting the low estimate placed by Mr. Coode upon the amount of insurable property in the United Kingdom. Mr. Brown was loudly applauded on resuming his seat. A considerable discussion then arose upon the points at issue between Mr. Coode and Mr. Brown ; and Mr. Coode made a long statement in suppo. t of the facts which he had advanced in his report, after winch the proceedings terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman. A NEW USE FOB THE FEMALE SEX. Our correspondent on board the United State ship John Adams, in his letter published on Sunday, remarks that the natives of the Marquesas Islands in the PaCific, with whom be had been staying, are in the habit of wooing the fairest damsels they can find, wedding them, and then eating them up. Our gallant correspondent is indignant at this sad misuse of so much loveliness, especially as the na- tive pork and game are good of their kind, and so plentiful as to make it obvious that no man need pick his wife's ribs or cut steaks from her person from necessity. We need not say that we concur with our countryman in this view, not only on humane but on hygienic grounds. Every medical man will vouch that the flesh of female mamtnalia is less wholesome than that of males. We fear the people of the Marquesas must be injuring their health by their unwholesome diet. - The most curious feature in the business is that there is a large body of Chris tian missionaries on the islands, many of themfrom this country. We are not Jed to suppose, indee that these reverend gentlemen are in the habit of lunching off their tender spouses, nor even do we hear of their accepting invitations from the native chiefs to partake of a nice wife ham, or a rasher of a young girl broiled with breadfi nit. But they are there, and from the popularity of these repasts it is evident that the missionaries know of them, and cannot prevent them. It would perhaps be well for some of the gentlemen whose contributions go to sustain these missionaries during their ardnou* labours to inquire what has been done in the past, and what may be expected for the future. We are aware that in May next we shall have in the proper column of the usual report an exact list of the num ber of Marquesas souls conceited to grace, and of those which are considered to be in a softening state ; we think it would .be well to add in a foot note a classification of these fortunate converts according to their gastronomical performances. A few asterisks might do the business. And if in a second note, merely for curiosity's sake, a financial account were given, showing, in a word, how much the salvation of etch Marquesas soul costs the country, we think that also would be useful information. Of course souls cannot pro perly be estimated in dollars and cents, for the simple reason that in the limited sphere we inhabit there is no demand for the article, and his Satanic Majesty may be said to monopolise the market ; still it would be instructive to know that the chief A. B. C. of Nukubiva, who had become a convort and was in edifying state, had eaten three of his wives, nibbled the shoulder of a fourth, and had been saved at a cost of 42,317 65c. to the benevo lent people of the United States.—frete York Herald. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDAN AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Trafile return for the week ending April 19, 1857 -259,281 0 0 Corresponding week last year , 56,703 0 0 GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for ti. week ending April 11, 1857 £22,681 18 8 Corresponding week last year 22,500 17 6 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending April 19, 1857 £5,525 0 0 Corresponding week last year 5,137 0 0 Increase in 1857 . , X3BB 0 0 L A NCASHIRE AND YO RKSIIIRE TIRE re turn for the week enclitic , April 19, 1357 £22,796 1 0 Corresponding week last year 21,363 0 5 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week enciing AprillB, 1857 4. £256 17 6 Corresponding week last year 277 3 8 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAILIVAT.—Traffic return for the week ending April 19, 1857 £942 4 2 Corresponding week last year 5Ol 9 7 LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffic re turns for the week ending April 19,,1857 ...132,195 11 0 EXTRAORDINARY BIRTHS.—The wife of Mr. Hrnry Livingston, one of her Majesty's officers of customs, Sunderland, was on Friday delivered of three children— two boys and a girl. She is about 25 y are of age, and this is the first time she has been a mother. She was following her ordinary household duties till she took and about seven o'clock presented her husband with this threefold blessing. The mother and children are doing well.—Newcastle Express. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—Last. evening Mr. C. Kenny delivered a very entertaining lecture upon the life and compositions of Beethoven. The lectur er elm nienced his subject with a very interesting account of the early days of Beethoven, and ha vin g al luded to some of his early compositions, intro duced Miss Palmer, who sang with great taste tho well known piece, " Kno,v'st thou the lend." Mr. Penny afterwards sang several songs, the music of which was composed by Beethoven, and as the lecture proceeded selectio ns f rom th e mass i n C and the opera of " Fid elio were given. At the con clusion Mr. Kenny wai loudly applauded. We con gratulate Mr. Kenny on his appearance as a lecturer, and from the crowded stat e of the theat r e l a st evening, we hope he will be induced to proceed with his eub.i'vta C and give us further lectures upon " Our Classical W2. posers.' We must n o t om it t o m en tion that the lector* was ably assisted by Miss Palmer, Miss Hughes, and Mr. Allen. 11 ' I all 10 100 100 2sfid lOs 100 15 all all all 110 5 25 25 all all all all all 18 all 16 all all all all I all IIGN. 55 f 394 i 1081 251 i 20 12 25 20 St. 25 10 1.0.6 20 25 25 12i 10 50 100 St. St. 121 12 14s 1013 18gfid! 16/15 40 I 12s 6 11l 7s all all all all 16, 1 all all all all 100 all all 10s. all 10 all all 80 100 ail all all 86 7 108 1013