The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-25 00:00:00

'MONE Y MARKET AND COMAIE'RCIAL INTELLIGETICF. CITY, Two o'CLocl. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday clost d very quietly, and prices of all descriptions were Without any material alteration. The sales were estimated at 4,000 bales. The Railway Share Market manifested a steady appearance, and prices closed at an improvement. Although it is generally presumed that the trade of the Kingdom is in a sound state the fre quent failures reported create some uneasine - s in the various departments of business in which they occur. It is feared that others will follow, and in that case the anxiety now felt will, of course be proportionately inereased. The pressure and strin gency in the money market while exercising a salutary influence in n , cessitating caution and lindi ng speculative dealings, of course, s affect Weak firms, and it is among these that further casu alties are apprehended. Yesterday a large and im portant firm was freely spoken of as having failed, a certain number of bills having been returned, but, as the effect of a suspension would be very preju dicial, and bring down other smaller houses, an endeavour is being made, which, it is hoped, may Prove successful, to p• event such an untoward event ; pending the arrangements it is of course advisable to withhold the name, especially as a gene ral desire exists to concert such measures as will enable the party involved to extricate himself from his embarrassments. From the principal continental cities the advices report increased ease in the various money markets. At present there is no alteration in the rakes at Paris, but the payment of dividends and other cir cumstances have afforded additional. relief. The administration of the Bank of Amsterdam have lowered the rate of discount to 4 per cent., and in Borne of the other cities a similar movement is soon expected. The rates of exchange on the chief citi es of the Continent yesterday afternoon were firm, and in one instance rather higher. The meeting of the Submarine Telegraph Com pany, advertised for to-day, was adjourned to the 15th of next month. The English Funds are very inanimate, but there is no alteration in prices. The attention of the Members of the " House" has been chiefly engaged in the election of the new committee, and this has added to the previous dullness of the market. The speculators are undecided, and the public still 'wept aloof. Consols for money have been 931 and for account 931 East India Stock is 2231. The March Exchequer Bills are par to 3s. prem., and those dated June 3s. discount to par. The fonds are 98l The Foreign Market also remains in a very dull state. Sardinian Bonds a re 91, Portuguese 3 per Cents. 45, and Peruvian Bonds 77±. Dutch 4 per Cents. are 981, and Brazilian 5 per Cents. 1021. Mexican Stock is heavy, at 23 to 231. Turkish 6 ,Per Cents. are about 98, but scarcely any business °as been done. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stocks :—Grenada De ferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 23 I ; Peruvian 41- per Cents., 77 79 ; do. 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; do. 4 per Cents., ~9 7 99 ; Spanish 3 p er Cents., 411 ; Ditto ditto -Deferred, 25 / ; Ditto Cer tificates, 6/ Passive, 5i 6. A very limited business has been done in the Railway Share Market this morning, but there is a slight improvement in prices to report. Caledo nian advanced ss. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, lOs ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, lOs ; South Western, 10s. ; North-Eastern (Berwick), ss. Chester and Holy bead receded 10s. ; Great Northern, ss. ; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 55.. The Canadian and French lines have exhibited an improvement. Grand Trunk of Canada have advanced ss. ; Northern of France, ss. ; and Paris and Lyons V. The East Indian lines rule steady. Joint Stock Bank Shares have been dull, and in most instances at rather reduced quotations. .Australasia declined 10s, Bank of London 10s., City Bank 1/ , and Union of London 10s. In Miscellaneous Shares no business of any im portance was reported. BRITISH FUNDS. —CLOSING PRICES —TH IS DAI (From Olt Officzal List;) itutoeNs done .k 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ........ 93 223 India Stock Llldia 1-tond.s, £lO9O ....... — Ditto, under £ lOOO 553 d Consols for Account ...... . .... ...... ..... I E tchequer Bills,, March. Ju , ne. £lOOO .......... ........ 3 p par par d aen ........................ . 3 p par 4 pl 3 ...... .3 p par Ipa 3 r e d Small ..... ........... e r Cent— 9 8 i fi ........... d a Ditto Bonds, 1858, p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS —THIS DAY. Rrazilian Bonds, 5 per Cont . ............ lO2, 3 Grenada Now Active, 21 per Cent. . 22, 3 1 Mexican 3 per Cent .............................. Ditto Account . . ... ....................... 23 13 it Peruvian Bonds, 4.. per Cont .................. Ditto Account .......................... 771 Portuguese Bonds, 5 . Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent. ..................... Ditto Account ........................ ......... 45 Sardinian Bonas, 5 per Cent. .......... 91 Spaniel Bowls, 3 per Cent. .................. 413 Ditto Now Deferred, 3 per Cen'. ......... 25k Turkieh Bonds, 6 per cent ..................... 97k icen.ls o , the Above Lonlen. Austrian Bonds, 10 Gull., £, 5 per Cent. 82 Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cen;., 12 Guilders 65 s 9 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ............. 9k 71IREE O'CLOCK. Consols, money ........................... 931 Ditto, Account:( April 8) ................ t93i 6 20 TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH 20 20 INDIA. 20 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin, —Mr. Pioniger, in his letter to you of the 18th inst., accuses me of not observing good faith, and I therefore rely on your fairness to admit this my explana tion. I have been always most anxiou e to promote the tele- • graph either by the Red Sea or by any other route to India, and I readily admit that when I was first put into conimunication with Mr. Pinniger by Mr. Andrew, I was willing " that arrangements should be made to bring the whole support upon one line, provided I could be sure that the line by the Euphrates Valley would then be immediately carried out. The negotiations for the agreement were com menced, and for several months carried on with Mr. Pinniger, under the belief that he was representing the Euphrates line. There was a delay of many months in completing the terms of that agreement, and when it was to be com pleted, my friends (I was myself in Russia) learnt with surprise that instead of my firman having been adopted by Mr. Andrew, I was to carry out the contract with Mr. Brett, who represented an Austrian company, which alone is named in the agreement. My friends would not have been willing to have broken off the treaty, and they had a right to do so, but they desired on my behalf to keep flith with Mr. Pinniger. fie well knew that during the delay I had obtained a f u rther firrnan for the line down the Re A d Sea, and he wa s conscious that (whatever right Mr. Andrew might have had) the party on whose behalf he was now carry ine, out the treaty had no right to stipulate against mrosecuting t h e new so firman, and he made y p no stipulation against m y doing The words which he has partially quoted from thec.ontract restrict me from competing with any line from any part of the Turkish dominions in the 'Mediterranean to Egypt ; but they were worded with care, purposely to leave me free to carry out the firman for the line through Egypt and thence to- India. The precise words of the whole stipulation are as fol lows : Art. 7. " That the said Liontl Gisborne will not assist in the projection or formation of any other line of tele graph from or to any portions of the Ottoman dom inions in the Mediterra n e an, t o or from, o r from the p rov ince of Egypt, or vice versa, nor oppose any other line or to the Ottoman dominions in the Mediterranean, to the province of Egypt, or vi ce v e r sa, which may be projected by the said John Watkins Brett." The Austrian company could not land their line in Egypt from Candia, or connect Alexandria with Seleu cia, as they propose doing, without holding , the ceded finnan, as it gives the concessionairethe right of r pre ven ting any lino reaching Egypt from Ottoman domi nions in the Mediterro.nean.—l LIO at NE e, & e L' GISBORNE Hotel Bristol, Paris, March 21. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN -ROAD. - Th e number of patients reli eved at this hos p ital during the week ending 21 st Mar ch, 1857, is 2,785, of which 1,151 were new cases. TRADE OF ASTRAKHAN. —According to the Revue Maritime, of St. Petersburg, 792 vessels entered the port 1 : Astrakhan in the year 1856, of which 142 were small coasting vessels ; 357 of these vessels were emuloyed to convey government stores. There is now upon the Cas pian Sea, besides the steam boats engaged in the mili tary and postal service, a passenger steamboat, the R ones Ptavoslavnaja, belonging to the Messrs. Nikol ski, and making regular trips between Astrakhan, 1 Bakou, Aetara, and Enzili. 1 THE SUN, TLONIMIST, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 25 857; SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS Closing Prices this day. Basiness done this day. r.lra I RAILWAYS. 21 9 1 8 !Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June-- all Belfast & Ballymena, 3i all Bfrsnng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley t. 100 Birkonhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junc::. 5 all Blackburn 5 all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £l5) 100 Bristol & Exeter., t. 100 Caledonian. 100 nester & Holyhead ) all Cork and Bandon ) all Cork, Black. & Pass ) all Cornwall ) all Do, ) 8 Do. B ) 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc 5 all Dun. P. &Aber•Junc ~ 100 East Anglian ) all Eastern Courties 100 EasternUnion,A•stk ;. 100 Do., do. 8........ 83 Do. New A i 173 East Kent b. 100 East Lancashire ) all East Suffolk ...••• 1 4 Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow I all Edinb• awl Peebles_ 100 i Edinb•Prth.&Dundo , I all ;Forth and ClydeJunc. 100 ;Furness ...... . . 100 IGlasgow & S.Western all :Great N. of Scotland . 100 !Great Northern .1100 !Do., A. Stock .1100 :Do., B. Stock , :100 'Gt. Sth. &West.(lro.) 100 ',Great Western. 1100 !Do. Str.V.R. gua..St all llrish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle. 14i Do.,Thirds 12 Do. New Thirds _ . 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F. £l6 ••• i Do., Wet. Riding Un. all Do. Southport. ...... 3 1 all London & Blackwall 1100 Lond. Bri &S. Cst. 100 London &N. Western 1 all Do. Fifths all D0.,101.5h.,M&8...0 3 1 23 Do. Eighths 1100 London & S.Weatern 1 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine 1 all Lndudrry. & Enuisk. ;100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. I 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming. & Derby all Midland G. West. (Ir.) , all Do. 3 Shares I all Newcastle &Carlisle.. 1 all Newpt.Aberg.&llrfd. 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor :100 Norfolk.. 33 Northn. Counties Un 100 North British 100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock . ...... . 'lOO Do., A Stock 100 Do., B Stock ICO N. Eastern Berwick 231 Do. do. Extension 16/IDo do. G.N.E.Purch. all Do. Leeds .100 Do. York 1100 North London ,31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn 1 173 North Staffordshire all North Western all N. &S. Westrn. June 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 16 I Portsmouth 10 : Rhymney 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 100 Shropshire Union 4 Sitingbourne &Sheer all South Devon ..... 100 'South Eastern... all Do. 43 per c. Shares 100 South Wales 17 S. Yorksh. River Dun 7 Do ............... ...... all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all Stockton & Darling 15 Do. do., 1854 3 Do. do., 18N5 16 Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 100 Do. Pref., No. 22 Thames Hay. D. &R. all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny, all Waterford&Limerick all West Cornwall all iWest End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B all West London • all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class all Wmblodon &Croydon BRITISH Pi all I Atlan. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. all Do. 102 Buffalo & Lake Hur. 100 Buff. , Brnt. & Gocieh. 100 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73, 1 100 Do. do., 1 June, ' 741 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 2s9d Central Oude (Lim.) 10s Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do. • all Demerara • 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares... a ll D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 a n Do. do. do., '59, do. all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p c. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pert. 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. all Gt. Westn. of Canada, 8 Do. New ............ all Do. Bds., payable '57 all Do. do., '76, p. '60... all Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without option ........... . ... all Madras, guar. 4i P.C. all Do. do., 5 per e. 10 Do. 4i p. e. Exton. 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 5 Do. 4th Ex., d 0.... ss. Oude (Limited) 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per e all Do 4i - 4E 8i - 9 65 - 67 8/ - 9 93 - 92 68 - 68 35 37 - 10. 19A - 20 , 104 - 11 50 - 52 34 - 35 8 - 7 N - 99 i6i = 6*i E 6 - u 7i- 8, 96 - 97 86 - 87 121 - 123 104 - 106 67i - 68, 64 - 66 '7O - 75 1 7 - 8 rii 7 - B p' 102 - 102 - 107 - 109 104 - 104t1 ••• ••• id par 101 1041 68i = 5 82 - 824 53 - 55 in 7: in 54 5G 3i aid 44 45 85 - 86 - 4 - 344 3 - 2:3 39. - 404 62 - 623 96 - 99 5A 4d 7 7i 10 11 30 - 3 1 6 - 4 110 112 25 - 27 48 - 50 24 - 171 - 181 75 - 751 86, -87 t 4i 4 t l 4 3 d 12 14 41 43 20A - 21 4 - - 43 - 7 - 9 21 - 3 153, - 6 ISSESSIONS. i - il) - ii lip 196 98 96 98 96 98 Far h P ... - ~• • ••• ii - - 13 p 110 : li . 2 -24 P 21i -- 22 55' -- 56 84 -- 85 2 1 1 -- lip, 261 -261 i 3$ -- 3 52 99 -- 100 120 -- 125 120 - 125 107 109 19 20 211 —21 i par IP ". -- -. 2 -- 2ip 111 101 111 17 21i 55 4,i 5i 6 84/ 4 214 26i i i 111 Business this day. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(this Day.) BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. O:)tnrni'isioner Hciroyd.) THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.--FURTHER EXAMINATION OF MR. ESDAILE.-DECLARATION OF DIVIDEND. Te-day was appointed for the further examination of the Royal British Bank. Few were present except thoso profersiorally engaged. His Honour having taken his seat, Mr. Linklater said that before be proceeded with the examination of Mr. Esdaile, he had to apply to his Ho nour to appoint a day for the declaration of a divi dend. The dividend had been delayed in the hope that the assignees would have been in possession of con siderable funds arising from a subscription on the part of the shareholders, but the compromise bad not been effected i❑ consequence of the r'is•olution of Parliament, which would probably occasion further delay. They had funds now sufficient to pay a dividend of 2'. 6d., or at all events, 2s. in the pound, which would have been de.elared but for the negot;ation with the share holders. He, therefore proposed the meeting to be appointed for the 17th April; the proceedings under the compromise were proceeding, and more than half the creditors had agreed, and it was desirable that the others should promptly signify their assent. Mr. PADDISON, in conFequence of the reprt of the last examination of Walter's account, and the transaction with Mr. Humphrey Brown, said that, as regarded the ships, be had advised the Directors to have them regiF tared, and he had also advised the Directors if they had sustained a serious loss, that it was their bounden duty to call their shareholders togetbtr and take their opinion. His Honour said that such was the advice which ho should have expected from their legal adviser. Mr. Esdaile then made some remarks in justification of his own conduct and that of the other directors. He was examined amongst much coausion, Mr. Esdaile re fusing to answer many questions, and his I.:gal adviser taking numerous exceptions. The exlmination was proceeding when our report left. MARKET NEWS.— (This ray.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-clay's market was but scantily supplied with English wheat; nevertheless, as the attendance of buyers was limited, the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, and the quotations were almost nominal. We were well supplied with all kinds of foreign wheat, and transactions in all kinds were trifling, at Monday's currency. In floating cargoes of grain next to nothing was doing. Barley was in good supply and heavy request, at the late decline in value. Malt sold steadily, and late rates were well supported. There was a dull inquiry for oats, beaus, and peas, at Monday's decline. Flour moved off heavily. ARRIVALS TINS WEER, Wheat. Barley. Malt. I 570 3O 460 Oats. Flour. 740 English.... :risli Foreign 420 1 1,131 12,440 brls.l2lo scks. BOROUGH HOP. Our market may be called steady, but the business doing in it is very moderate. WHITECTIAPEL. Each kind of meat moved off slowly, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 43 8(I ; veal, 3310 d to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 8d to 5s Od per 81bs by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—{This Day.) LONDON, March 25.—Wind this day at noon, S.E. ; light breeze and cloudy, with rain. PoRTsmoUTII, March 24.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Wm. Hammond, from Barbadoes. PLYMOUTH, March 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrived--John Philips, from London, for Mauritius, bore up leaky ; For titude, Columbia; Water Witch, Corunna. FALMOUTH, March 21.—The Elizabeth, of palcornbo, was in contact last night off the Manacles with a steamer, and lost mainmast, &c. BELFAST, March 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Schooner Richmond, of Dublin, from Balling, for Liverpool, with loss of foremast and other damage ; barque Castleton, Li verpool, for Fernando Po, towed leaky. SCILLY, March 23.—Wind N.E., fresh.—Arrived — Heroine, from Cardiff, for Southampton, leaky and with loss of sails ; Edith, from Llanelly for Southampton, leaky and with sails split. MEWPORT, March 24.—Wind E.—Arrived—Rhine, from London, for Malta ; Thomas James, Gloucester, for Que bec. Sailed—Emma, for St. Thomas. CARDIFF, March 24.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Ellen Simp son, fur Rio Janeiro. RAMSGATE, March 24.—The Hertha, from Shields, for Naples, which came in on tho 13th inst., and sat on her anchor, is being lightened to examine her bottom. LIVERPOOL, March 24.—The Melbourne, from St. John's, N. 8., which drove on shoro at Southampton on the 11th inst., with masts cut away, was got off dry, after being lightened, and was towed into the Mersey waterlogged. BERWICK, March 24.—The Heinrich Gerdes, from, Ros tock, for Leith, which drove on -ehorecri Spittal Point, is expected off; part of cargo landed. TENBY, March 24. —A largo quantity of wreck has come on shore, supposed from a large vessel wrecked on the coast. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday, 10 a.m. Wind W.S.W. ; occasional showers of rain. Arrived—Hamburg°, steamer, from the Spanish ports; Napoleon, steamer, Havre; Tiber, Newport; Washingten, steamer, Bremen, having been detained there two days by the south-east gales. Llvotroot, Wednesday Morning. Wind S. Arrived—Friends, from Paraiba; Caledonia, Savannah ; Secret, Zante ; Heinrich, Lisbon. Sailed—Sylvanus Blanchard, for New York. QUEENSTOWN, March 23. Wind N.B. _ Sailed—Cameron, for Havre; Planter, for Lisbon; Thames, for Bilboa ; Jessy, for Lisbon. WATERFORD, March 23. Wind N.N.E. Arrived—Victor Emmanuel, from Oporto. (BY SUBMARINE AND 13RITifil TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.1 R.M. Wind S.E. ; tide 11 hours' flood ; raining. Arrived, March 24th—Anne Langton, from Foo-Choo- Foo ; British Tar, Jamaica ; Adacia, Stralsund ; Enve lope, Odessa ; Bonocer and Augusts, Manilla ; Brilliant and Admiral Nelson, Guernsey; Euphrates, Befast Lass, and Johns, Dunkirk. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.40 a.m. Passed, er T M h r a e r e c , h L 2 O 4 n . d — o O n , e N m, e , Wind S.E., fresh. Nu m westward. w fr p o o m rt L . Passed—H.M.S. Rh a d ama nthus, from Woolwich , for London, for' Guernsey; THE EXECUTION OF 3L4TRACCIA. Matraccia, the Italian who, as reported in the essen gc., was some short time back condemned to death by the Court of Assizes of Aix for a series of extraordinary murders at Marseilles, was executed in the latter city on Saturday morning. AA four o'clock he was awakened by the chaplain and director of the prison, and told that the petition for a commutation of punishment, which be had sent to the Emperor, was rejected, and that he was about to be executed. He received the an nouncement with the greatest calmness, and getting up, seated himself on the side of the bed, and took some coffee and smoked several cigars. At six o'clock he attended •inacs, and during the service he appeared very devout. The mass was followed by a ser mon, which seemed to make a great impression on him. The service was attended by all the pri soners. When it was concluded, Matraccia was taken back to his cell, and supplied with breakfast. Shortly before seven the clerk of the Court of Assizes read to him the text of his condemnation, the chaplain translat ing it into Italian. Ile listened to the reading and translation with great resig‘nation, and when they were concluded embraced the clerk and all the persons pre sent, most of whom were so affected that they shed tears. Shortly after, the executioners of Aix and Nimes, accompanied by an assistant, arrived, and proceeded to pinion the condemned. He was then freed from the irons on his legs, mid he asked if he could not be allowed to walk to the scaffold, but was told that he must be conveyed in a cellular van. lie then begged, as a special favour, that ho night be accompanied by ens of his friends, a countryman, who had been with him all the morning, and that his parrot, which was in a cage in his cell, might be taken with him to the scaf fold. Both these requests were granted, and be was placed in a van, the chaplain being in attendance on him. Arrived at the scaffold, which was erected in the place St. Michael, and which was surrounded by an im mense crowd, consisting of at least 30,000 persons, the vehicle stopped, and the cage containing the p...rrot was, to the surprise of the spectators, first placed on the scaffold ; the criminal, his friend, and the chaplain tben alighted from the van. Matraccia cast a glance at the guillotine, and embraced several persons who were present. Then supported by his friend and the chaplain, he ascended the steps of the scaffold, and in doing so it was observed that lie slightly trembled. When he reached the platform he kissed with great fervour the crucifix which the chaplain pre sented ; then he embraced the chaplain and his friend and then, turning to the parrot, ho said in Italian, " Your master is about to die, and he embraces you for the last time !" Afterwards he advanced towards the front of the scaffold, and cried to the people, " I demand pardon of the inhabitants of Marseilles for the scandal I have oceasione.l! Pray for me, for in a few minutes I blind pray fir you !" He was then seized by the execu tioner', and in a few seconds all was over. A letter from Smyrna gives a few details concerning the loss of the Roscoe, already known by telegraph. An Austrian steamer having arrived with intelligence that a vef srl, laden with coal,-was on fire near Ghediz, the admiral dispatched the Brandon, steamer, to her assist ance. She proved to be the English brig Roscoe, which was on shore, and burning furiously in consequence of the inflammable nature of the cargo, and the wino blow lug fresh at the time. The crew, nineteen in number, had got into three boats, and been able to save some of their property. Just after the arrival of the steamer, the trig, having burned to the water's edge, filled and went down. The crew were afterwards taken on board the Brandon and conveyed to Smyrna. fizrvi, 4 INAUGURATION OF THE PRESIDENT _HEALTH OF LONDON DURING TBZ fko Agf •?. N 1 4 Itgz'-' 1 ) iv 44, OF THE UNITED STATES. j WEEK. SUN OFIICE, o'Ctock. NORTHAMPTON RACES.—(This Day., (BY ALEOTRIC TELEURAPB.) TRIAL STAKES. Flacrow Huntington Odd Trick Lord Nelson came in without his rider Five lan. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. St. Giles Skirmisher A ssayer Sixteen ran. QUEEN'S GUINEAS. Fisherman ... . Malacca► Greyling - Four ran. Won very easy. Will TTLEBUR Y . STAKES. Gamma di Vergy Volatore Shepperdess Seven ran. Won easily, STAND ',LATE. Huntington Jack the Giant Kil!er On the 4th cf March the Administration of Mr. Pierce ceased to exist, and Mr. Buchanan, the new President, entered on his term of office. The.cere monie3 thrt transfer the Government from the out going to the in-coming chief of the State are of the very simplest kind. The Constitution only pie scribes that the new President shall on that dty b 3 sworn in by the Chief Judge of the Supreme Court, the term of his przdecessor. and the exist ence of COngress ending at noon. The inauguration of Mr. Buchanan was singu larly favoured by the elements. The day was beau tiful, though before it the weather bad for some time been detestable, and relapsed into the seine state immediately afterwards. During' fullr or aye hours there was a - glimpse of spring,-,--a bright sun and soft airs. The next day came a piercing winter's wind and clouds of dust. The city was crowded with guests and visitors ; on the 2d and 3d, when the special trains fr,sina Baltimore mid Philadelphia began to pour in thousands in addition, Vie crowd became a crush, and the late comers found gr, at difficulty in finding shelter ; but by close packing, ten and foutt-en in a room, and the seizure of bars and biiliard-tables, the influx was shaken down somewhere. The short-distance trains did their work very well, but pilgr;ms from New York and more distant points went through all sorts of dimster3 ; a vio'ent storm s opped the ferry across the Susquehanna ; the different lines did not " con nect," and there was a great accumulation of way farers at various points, to the profit of the loc 3 l hotel-keepers. Th ese ho left New York at oue particul my unfortunate juncture were four days on the road to Washington, though the d stance ought to be accomplished in 12 hours. Much baggage went astray, and many ladies who came to attend the Inauguration Ball fully provided with dresses by the best New York artistes, heard at the last moment that the swims had "gone south" in the confu-ion. These mishaps were, luckily, the worst. There was• much vexatious delay with the railroad trains, but, though the traffic was so im mensely increased on the first three days of the month, no serious accident is reported on any of the lines. The -portion of the proceedings of the day that comes under the head of " spectacle" scarcely re paid the thousands who flocked inta the city, if they merely came to see a dhow. The point of simplicity has been passed, but grandeur is not yet attained. As a sight it was not, equal in effect to a general parade of the New York fire companies. The, military past of the procession is nearly all voluntary, and consists of companies and detach ments of the countless Guards, Fencibles, Rifles, Highlanders, and Jagers, in all kinds of uniforms in which the citizens of the Union delight to enroll themselves. They came in in delegations from 40 to SO strong from every State of the Federation ; some of the companies were in excellent order—their uni forms clean and bright, and their drill good ; the pecuniary condition of the ctizen very much affects the outward appearance of the soldier. These brilliant companies were evidently well to do, and could affordto expend something for the credit of the corps. But there were other detachments so oddly threadbare and dilapidated, that if their patriotism had not exceeded their vanity they would surely have remained at home. The most striking of all the military companies was one in the uniform of the " Continentals" of 1776—bluewith buff facings. The colours still linger as a party badge in the cover of the Edinburgh Itiview—the three-cornered hat and topboots. It is very nearly the dress military , artists give Napoleon in his early campaigns. Com pared with more modern military tailoring it loses very little. The hat would certainly catch rain like a dish, but would pour it off clear of the collar ; the shako conducts it down the neck. The boots look better than any form of the trouser. On the whole, as a fighting and marching dress, it was quite as good as most of our present uniforms. The officers add an elaborate lace shirt frill, which throws in a touch of the drawing-room ; the " 76th'sa" were quite' a feature of the day. Another relic of the past turned up among the crowd ; an old gentleman wore a real queue, a veritable pig tail, carefully trimmed and tied ; in the New World one ancient fashion still survives. The procession was formed in front of the city hall ; the President and President elect joined it at Willard's Hotel ; they rode in the same carriage to the Capitil, making the centre point of the caval cade. In front of their carriage was a decorated car with a pole of liberty, and immediately behind it the model of a ship rather overmanned with an oversized crew. The rest of the procession con sisted of the different Democratic clubs and a‘zso ciations from the chief cities of the Union, the Washington firemen, and one fire company and its engine from New York. Within the Capitol, on the arrival of the Presi dent, a smaller procession was formed in the Senate Chamber, including the Judges of the Supreme Court, the foreign diplomatists, officers of the army and navy and heads of departments. It crossed the Rotunda to the great eastern portico, in front of which a platform, with a few seats, had been constructed. Mr: Buchanan, preceded by the United States' Marshals of the district, descended the steps, tho other authoritie., and those who had formed the procession, occupying the marble ascent behind him. The lofty columns of the porch made a very good frainework of the picture the whold group presented. In front an immense crowd had gathered in the . grounds of the capitol ; a sort of flooring had been constructed about four feet from the earth for their accommodation. Looking across this mass of people, Mr. Buchanan exactly faced the statue of Washington at the end of the long walk. In a few minutes after he had taken his place, Mr. Buchanan advanced to the front of the platform and read the address, which appeared in The Men of Saturday last. ?he oath of office was then administered to Mr. Buchanan by the Chief Judge of the Supreme Court, and the ceremony of the day terminated. (Irma the Report of the Registrar-General.) The tote! number of deaths registered in Loii-'_ dolt, which in the previous week was 1,156, waif; in the week that ended last Saturday, 1,195,,0f which 627 were deaths of males, and 568 those of females. In the ten years 1847-56 the average num . - , ber of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last' week was 1,198, which almost entirely agrees with' the number now returned ; but, as last wer4es. deaths occurrel in an increased population, the average must be raised for the purpose of compari-: son proportionally to the increase, in which case it will b:come 1,318. Hence it appears that 123 per sons am vived last week, whose navies would have been inscribed on the registers if the average rats of mortality had prevailed. As it has Lean shown in recent returns, the eases classed under the general term ",eyhtotic,r and the most important of which, with th e exce l ton of typhus, are fatal principally to children, exi hibit in the aggregate a considerably reduced rate of mortality. The deaths referred to th's clays ars in the pre eut return 197 ; the corrected average o f con espmding weeks is 254. The decrease appears under smal:pux and typhus (or common fever) ; the former was fatal in four cases, the average 15 ; the latt-r in 24 cises, the average being 51. Scarlatina, which carried off 27 children, and whooping-cough, which carried off 58, both make a close approxima tion to their averages. Tweuty-six children died of measles, a number which very slightly exceeds the average. Seventeen persons died of diarrhoea. On reference to the Tab:e of Epidemics it will be scan that the deaths from the six diseases which have just been specified occurred in proportions not very dissimilar throughout the different parts of the metropolis ; but that the four sub-districts which compose East and West London contributed only 4 out of the 157, and the city none, which is in part to be explained by the fact that this portion of the metropolis is in a less degree than others occupied by the younger members of families. The deaths from bronchitis rose last week to 164. Eight nonagenarians died in the week; the olde3t were a nurse who died in Walworth at the age of 94 years, a gentleman who died at the same age in Upper Charlotte-street, Tottenham-court-road, and a widow in the German Jews' Hospital at Mile eud, who had reached the age of 99 years. A man died in the sub-district of Finsbury, St. Luke, from privation ; a horse-hair drawer from glanders ; a person from intemperance ; 4 persons from carkincle. Last week the births of 939 boys and 916 girls, in all 1,855 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 the average number was 1,603. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.719 in. The higlir-sr reading in the week was 29.90 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the week was 45.1 deg., which is 3.3 deg.-above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was above the average till Saturday, when it was 6.2 below it. The air was warmest on Wednesday, on which day the highest temperature of the week occurred, and was 66.2 deg., and the mean temperature was 53.2 deg., which is 11.4 deg. above the average. The lowest temperature of the week occurred on Tues day and Saturday (the latter a bitterly cold day), and was 33.0 deg. ; and the entire range of tem perature in the week was therdere 33.2 deg. The mean dewpoint temperature was 39.7 deg., and the difference between this and the mean temperature of the air was 5.4 deg. The wind blew first from the south-west, afterwards from the south-east, then from the east, and on Saturday afternoon changel to north-east. Rain fell to the amount of 0.33 in., nearly all of which was melted hail that fell on Sunday (the 15th) ; on which day the horizontal movement of the air was 310 miles. On Thursday the motion of the air was only five miles. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 21. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 49 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 292 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion - Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin ; &c. Malformation; Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy Old Age sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 3 -2 Causes not specified 73 21 27 45 11 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 1,195 Population Deaths in corre- Deal i s Enumerated. sport:ling week in the 11551. of 1856. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Mals 627 Fvmales 563 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. Total . 939 916 1,855 THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE BOURBONS. It was mentionedsome time since that differences had arisen between the representatives of the two branches of the Bourbons about the non-recogti tion of the tricolor flag by the Count de Cham bord. In the month of August last a letter was addressed by the Duke of Nemours to :one of the leading members of the Fusionist party in Pari9, in which he announced that, as an understanding could not be come to, the Princes of Or:eans considered themselves as released from every obligation that they might have contracted. The Fusionist leader kept the contents of the letter to himself till the month of November last, when he communicated them to a well-known Legitimist, _ and requested him to bring them to the knowledge of the Count de Chambord. Two sentences only were extracted and sent to the head of the hours of Bourbon. The Count was hurt at a communi cation being made to him in such a form ; he re plied that he regarded it as non avenue, and that he should still consider that matters remained: un changed. In the meantime occurred the death of M. de Salvandy. which gave occasion for the letter of the Count de Chambord to M. Pageot, in which, it may ho remembered, the assurance was repeated of the political reconciliation remaining eztablished between the elder and younger branch of the Bour bon family. The Orleanists were thrown into great confusion at the protest of the Duke of Nemours, and they insisted that a categorical explanation should be demanded. The Duke of Nemours,con sequently addressed a letter to the Count de Cham bord, to which the Count replied, "My Cowin ; —l have read your letter with deep regret and sorrow. I was pleased to think that we had , undtratood in the same manner the reconciliation efft cted between us now four years ago. That re establishment of our political and family relations, while it was gratifying to my heart, seemed to my judgment a pledge of salvation for France, and one of the firmest guarantees of her future. In order to justify my hope, in.order to render our union at the same time efficacious and worthy, there were want ing only two things which yet were very easy —to re main, on your part as on tame, equally convinced of the necessity of our union, and to maintain a confidence equally solid in our mutual sentiments. I have not doubted your devotedness to the principle of Mo narchy ; and no one can calk in question my attachment to France, my respect for h er g l i . ry, for her greatness and her lib er t y ; an d my aruP '- thetio gratitude is giv en t o t h ose w h o have my good wishes at every period done for her what is good, useful, and great.' I have never ceased to think, I have always sa id I have always beli e v e d, an d I still believe in the impropriety of regulating, before the moment comes when Pro v id ence s h a ll impose "t' t h at e duty, questi ons w hi c h the interests and wishes of our coun t r y shall reool! It is not % (I' in the union of our house, while we ar e f ar f rom France, andtwthitehloests F pr r e a s n e c r e v , e th m a y t people can dispose of her. profound conviction that it i f s the defenders of monar chical in the common effot; o Fra nce will be one day chical institution+, that not weakened my faith. saved ; HENRI." and her saddest tri als have n Pares ofGoLD.—The quotation of gold at Parii is aLboonudto6n p er is 2 i 2 1 5 1e p p e r r e u . m t , e r a l n i n cl g t . h e short On c o mparing exchange on these ese rates with the Eng lish Mint p rice of 3/ . 17s . 10 d. per ot ince for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 3-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By a dvises from Hamb-rg the price of gold is 424 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4 i per 1/. ster ling. Standard gold, at the English Mint price, is there fore rather more than 1-10th per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on Loudon for bills at 60 days' sight is 108 k per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is nominally against England ; but, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmission of gold either way between the two countries. LIMITED LIABILITY ACT. Owing to accounts respecting the power of com panies incorporated under the Limited Liability Act of 1856 to issue scrip, the committee of the Stock Exchange recently took the opinion of counsel on the point, and yesterday adopted the annexed reso lution, which was posted in the house this morn ing : " The following resolution has been passed by the com mittee, and will in future form part of the law of the Stock Exchange, " In settlements of shares of companies under the Limited Liability Act, when the allotteec have signed articles of association, the delivery of shares must be by deed of transfer; and in cases where no such articles have been signed and scrip certificates only have been issued, the committee will not fix a settling day in such scrip, unless they bear a stamp of one penny, and a limited period be stipulated on the scrip certificates for their re gistration.' "By order of the Committee, "GEORGE LOVELESS, Secy. "Committee-room, March 24." [ADVERTISEMENT.] WINGFIELD FOR SOUTH ESSSX. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SUN. the Election Notices of the Times of this day it is stated that if Mr. Wingfield (the Liberal Candi date) be put in nomination he will not go to the poll. I beg to state that not only does Mr. Wingfield intend to go to the poll, but from the promises of support he is hourly receiving on all bands he will do so with every prospect of success.—l remain, &c., 11. E. GURNEY, Chairman. Green Dragon, Bishopegate-atreA, 25th March. The Petropolis, of the Hamburg and Brazil line o steamers, which left Southampton for Lisbon and Bra zi on the 27th alt., put back to Litibon on the 16th o. March with her screw broken, and waits until another can be obtained from England. In addition to the fell cargo of goods, she has on board 68,0001. of gold sent from London to the Bank of Rio. TIIE NEW RUSSIAN FILONTIIIII.—S9 many incorrect versions have appeared in several European journals about the pmeeedings and intentions of the European Commission of the Danube that there, is considerable danger of false views being taken by the public on this important subject. I take, therefore, this opportunity to give you a concise account of the present position of the Danubian Commission, on the correctness of which you may rely. The Commission met the first week in Nov. last at Galatz, since which time they have been em ployed in the examination of the different mouths of the river, in the formation of a working staff, and in the con sideration of questions relating to the state of the naviga- - tion of the lower Danube. In their examination of the mouths, which from the lateness of the season could be but cursory, they were much assisted by the valuable surveys of Capt. Spratt, IL and by the lucid reports of this efficer. These are the only authentib and accurate surveys to which the Commission has Lad access. The project of an A . ustrian engineer was su b m i tte d to th e Commissioners individually, but with ou t th e surveys on which it is based. The works therein projected involve an enormous expenditure, and it is rot probable that they will be adopted. The Co mm i ss i on w ill n ot pro nounce finally until. its own engi neers h ave made their surveys and recommendatio ns . I t is thought tha t the St. George's mouth of the Danube proper a i I ultimately be fixed upon as that best calculated to afford most ac commodatione to commerce, an d to repay of works that must be constructed whichever e will be chure is selected. In the e ar ly spring attempts made to afford a temporary i m provement •tt o s n the na vigatio Salina the exp m e t n io se e. • branch and mouth, for the factlitating of l until the more extensive works oontemplated are finished ' . 1 Paid RATLwAYS. Leasing Companies Ln. &N. W. Cal ,don E. U. &E.O Ct. Nortim E. Count. Caldonian. ißuckghamsh Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. g. 6 p.c. E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Ncils.Direct. Do. New Glstr,&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. Shares I Do. Shares Lon. &Greenw I Do.Prefereucc I Lon. Til., &S. I Do. Berk. Sh. Manch .11xton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. New market BuryE.G.spc. N.&Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & Wyre Do. :3 Stirs. A Roystu. & Hit. Shrews.Sz Her S. Sta.ffordsh WearVal.g6pc Do Wilts&Somrst Do.. qt. Westn. Y. & N.M Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co Do Ln. &N. W Midld IE. Count 'Do Do Do L. &I\. W Do Gt. Northn T. Bra ssey M. MClean Stk. &Dar Do Gt. Westn PREFERENI ill Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd. at 501.) )0 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. ►0 Caledn. £lO 41 p. c. 10 "Ches. & Ho. 5. p.c. st. 01 Do. do. 5 par cent... 6ll' Cork &Bandonsip.e. al Dun.Perth.taber.J. 2 E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. 10 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 11 Do. do. Cls. C 7p. c 11 Eas.Co.E , c,sp.c No.l Xll Do. No. 2 .......... . 611 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. 611 East Un., G. 6 p. C. Xll Do. Si.. 0 per cent. ill Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent... 00 5 a: 10 a: St. al St. R 5 a 10 St. 10! St 101 St. 101 St 10 St. IC St. 101 .00 01 East La.neash .6 p . cts. dI E.&W. York. J. sths 5 'Min.& Gl. sp.c. Sh . O Ed. Prth &D un. 4p. c . O Furness, 5 p. e O Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c 11 Groat Northn. 5 p.c O Do. 5 p. e. Reacere at 10 p. c. prom ►p Do. 4iper cent ..... ;0 i Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. ill iGt N.of Scot Ist Pre 10 , Gt. S &W. (Ireland) .5 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. ,Gt.W.(ll.&H.Ex.spc ►0 Do. con. red. 4. p. c. 10 Do. con. red. 4 p. c. ►0 Do. irred. 4 percent. 10 Do 5 p. c. red. pref. 11 Do. Birm. Pref. Sh 11 D.o.Chester Bp.c.P.S 11 Do. do. 5 p c. K) Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. ill Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh. 111 Do. do. do. Do. do. do )9 Lan.& York. 6 pc.St 93 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l 00 D0.,P.,5 p.c.St.No.2 00 Do. Now Guar. 6 p.c. CO Do. do. sp. c., No. .00 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. LOO Lon. & S.W. 7 pert. late 3d Shares all Londy.& Color. sSh. all Londy.&Ennis. i Sh. 100 M., S., &L. 6p. Cont. 44 Do. do. do. £6 100 Do. do. 3,1 per cent. all Marypt. A. Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 4A per cent 10,1 Do. do. 103 4id.Consol.6p.c. St 100 Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c 100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St 1 100 Do. L. &H. Pref. St all New.,Aber., &c., pr 5 p. c. red. 5 p, c. pm 8 Do, Perpet. 6 pr. ct ill Norfk .Deb. 4 p.c. Sh )(1 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 10 Do. 5i p.c. V., 1847 10 D0.Wy.V.5p.c.,1847 ►0 . North British 36 Do. 71. Preference N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf 83 Do. do. do .3 Do. Leeds 6pc No. 1 0 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 LO Do.Yorkll.&S. Pur 11 North Staffordshire Ox.,Wor. & Woly. p.c., Ist guar. 00 I D°. 6 p. c. 2d guar.,: St. 1 1 - 1 St. 111 St.' 14, 12 2 i! 12 10 a St. 10 St. IC St. 101 St. 1101 St. 1\ 17 20 1 12?; 25 1 , 20 a St. 10 St. '1 a St 110 St. 'lO St. 10 25 a 10 a , 1.0.6 a (Scot. Ceut.New Pref. Se.N. E. Aber.g.6p.c. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. d 0.34 p.c. pf. St 11 South Devon 11 Do. fixed 44 pr cent 11 S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 0 Do. 44 per ccut 11 Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sh 0 S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 44 p. c 11 S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar 11 Stock. &Dar., sp. e .5 Do. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. p.c. till July 1, '56 11 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. St. 101 10 al St. 10i St. 101 20 a] 25 al 25 11 126 a; 5 I a] BRITISH 1 12 ;Alfred Cons. (Plink. .4 British Iron ICondurow (Cambrn.) I 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) I is Great South Tolgus )/ 3;G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) 7 IGrt.W. Vor (Heist%) 16d Lady Bertha N. Frances (Mogan) N.W.BAsset (Mogan) 15 North Wheal Crofty LA Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) 9 ;Porkellis U. (Wend.) s. ;Sort. Cons. Min. Co Caradon (St. Cleer) 2 'S. Cam Brea (Illogn.) .9 S.W. Frances(lllogn.) ; 4 Tam. S. &L. Miu. Co I Tin Croft 0 Un.Mines (Gwennr,p) !s6 V. of Towey (Camar.) ,4 I'SV. Basset (Illog.in) !O (W. Caradon (Liskrd ) Sh 'WI. Basset (Mogan) 5 ;Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 55 ;Wh. Edward(Calstek) .1 7s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) S 'Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) 4{ Wk. Trelawney (Lis.) FO REIGN MINES. 20 I all I vo ..................... _____—_____ FOREIGN. 20 7 Australian 10 all Antwrp &Rotterdam 61 —75 7 6 / 1 74 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued 20 14 Ardennes. ........... • •.. ••• at £5 pin) 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 11 11 N all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2i 31 20 16 Beziers to Graissessac 35 —41 p 15 Do. St. John Del. Rey 19 21 204 1 A Clarendon Cou. MM. 6 all Carmeaux&f.Toulouse Coal Mines and By. 5/ 6 Co. of Jamaica.-- a id 20 12 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Easter's of France ... 341 —31 i ... 16 Copiapo 20 all Do. New 20 all General ............... ..• ... 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 18 Gt. Central of France 211 2ii 3 all Linares 20 17 Great Luxembourg... 61 q 514 Lusitauian 1 all Mariquita 1G 4 Italian JUllCtiell ...... ..• ••• I i 1 all New Granada , • 20 all Lake Const. & Bale .., „, 1 all Noveau Monde 20 all Lierre and Turnhout .... ...d 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 5/ —6 p . 20 all Pont.SiLlil.M.&Smlt 7 9 5 1 Port Philip 5 all Lncea & Pist.sp.c.p. ••• ••• ••• ••• 30 16,,, Santiago do Cüba. 20 all Lyons and Geneva ... 311 35/ 1 1 all 'South Australian ... ... 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... ... j 1 all Do. Scrip 335 all Maria Ante - ala ....... ..• -- .•• 1 all Do. 10 p. c. Pref. ... . 10 all Do. New ............... ..• ••• 20 all Namur & Liege ...... 84 9 83 I 284 all United Mexican _-------- 35 4 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Prof. 21 211 MISCELLANEOUS. 16 all Northern of France.. 39a —39 i 10 all NorwegittuTrnk.Prel 25 19 Australian Agri eult. ' 21 23 20 all Paris and Ly0n5...... 611 —6262 1i 10 all 'Australn. Royal Mail .. p ..... a5: — ; .tc:A 14 41 20 all Paris and Orleans.... 59 61 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 44 51 20 7 Recife & San Fran., 50 40 'Brit. American Laud 40 45 (Pornam.) g. 7p. c. 1 -- 1 p 7a 100 325 Canada 10 75 Rome and Frascati... ... ••• St. 100 Do.Go.6pc•Jan&July ... ••• 2) all Royal Danish lB —2O St. 100 Do. 6 p.c.Feb.&Aug. ... ... 5 all Royal Swedish l— li . St. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Scpt. ... „.. 20 all Sambre and Meuse 9), 10 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 35 40 10 all Do. 51 per cent. pref B5 9 25 all C o. Prof. 71 p. cent. 46 28 20 all Southern of France 3l 311 5 all Crystal Palace ...•••••• 21 21 25 81 all West Flanders 4l 5 5 all Do. Preference ...... 51 —sg 10 all Do. 56 per c. Pref 20 all W. & N.W. of France 32A 336 1 a Duston Iron 0re...... ... ... 20 6 'Western of Austria par 1 p 20 18 Eastern Steam. ... ...• ... ... 20 all !West. of Switzerland ... ••• St. 100 Electric Telegraph ... 92/ 935 93 24 6 all Wiesbaden 6 all Do. Bp. cent. pref. ... .•• 5 all Em&Aust.Cop.SmCo 11 13 20 all Zcaland ... - ... 10 lOs. Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. par 1p 25 1,11 Gen. Ir.Sc.Col.(liin.)j ... ... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 15 11 Gen. Steam Navigat.! ... ... -------.-----,- 2O 5 Loudon Discount ... i 1(.1 40 all 'Australasia '93 96 944 3 , 4 25 184 Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of London. 57 —59 575 8 20 10 Magdalena, St. Navig. ... --- ... 40 all PM. Col Bk.& Ln. Co.! ... —.„ 10 all Mediteran. Bloc Tel. ... • ••• 10 all Mexicau&S.Americu 24 31 50 all (British N. American ..• ••• 20 8 C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Cli 11 I 5 5 Nat. Discount C0....1 a —4 d 5 all Do. 8 p c.Pf.iss.a i t 4, l l : l l d . 1 4 8 5 5 Do. New 00 50 !City ..................... 63 70 69 - ... 10 5 Netherlands Land., 4 11 100 25 !Colonial .. .... .. ..... ••• _ ... 10 all De. Do. . 100 20 Commercial of Lon . ••: ... o 0 all l ion g. Se()t.&A us.Cht. 171 --- 18 174 5 1 Do. Do. 100 80 New B. &N. S. ... ltP . 19 1200 :all, iitoClriiewlik...o.f..A..u..st. 18. :, 19 ' 4122 o 0 20 !London and County ~.. •• • • St. 12 a l l 01 1 N N"NI i : • N.S.W.StIII :II. . V o A. f u E (ls u °t [:o :t i . sl s a e ls S )i l et e li al :lll r 0 Laid &E.Bnkng.Corp ... ••• 15 0 '' . T• 1- Stock.. ... 31 150 10 (Loudon .0111,, •• • 1 all Oriental Gas 1 ss. Do. New Shares par ip 00 20 ILond.andWestinfEinst. ... ... 46k 5 ' 00 35 National Pro. o ng. ... ... 25 all Peelllr. Inl. & Minrl.l 21 2 - a ........ ..• ••• 50 all Peninsular & Oriental, 67 69 685 8 1 5 2 0 0 1 2 [( 2; 1 : 1 ,: , ,, i 50 10 Do. New !4 5 p 20 all, 50 all Bbyinney Iron le . s . : : .. .. 4 - 8 . -- 5 - 0 15 all Do. New s i 3 /4 76 100 60 Royal - Mail Steam 1... _ ... t 120 15 !Ottoman Bank ..... N olvi:Tio:IIAB-11:C11.1c. a. '-' 25 all !Oriental Bank Corp: 1 39 k ...= 1440 p 161 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1.4 1 A 1 00 23 !Provincial of Ireland ~. .. 1 all Do. New ) 10 all Do. New ............... ... "- St. 100 S. Aus. 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WI Closing Prices yesterday. 92 - 94 98 - 102 it - 13 134 - 137 3 - 44 iiii :16 - 134 9 9i 311 - 32} 83 - 90 E SHARES. ii -= 94 oi :1= e• .6 ---: 6 108 - 112 108 - 112 - 12 - 12?, 75 - 77 115 - 117 107 - 110 101 - 103 63 - 64 10 10 54- - 64 95 - 96 84 -- 80 100 -- 102 10 -- 103 16 i --17 10 - 101 - 72 -- 75 19.1 -19 i 94 -- 144 --14; 135 ---137 138 - 141 ,115 - 118 1155 - 157 - 66 - 68 134 - 136 97t; - 984' 88 - 89 1., - IIP' 102 - 104 90 92 ii ld - 1 ad 21i 22 110 - 111 114 -- 118 105 -- 110 65 - 70 17i "- iSh 23 - 234 100 - 101 0/ -10 A 27 - 28 1 2 -- 3 pl '4= ii 124 - 13 23 - 24 102 - 105 - P 24 - 2i 89 - 91 i - 55 -57 P 9i i MINES. 21 - 23 7 - 8 155 - 165 150 - 470 13# - 14; 8i - 9i 6 - 29 - 31 6 - 7 9 22i -23 i 8 - - 1 1 345 - 355 6 - 7 320 - 330 - -1 1 54 - 54 210 - 230 - 1 31 - 35 165 - 175 250 - 270 335 - 345 1 4i - 51 18 - 20 43 - 45 24 - 26 I ISO 18 563 7 36/ 3 1041 5,f 68. f 8 1011 a2:} 1034 1041 81i i 2i SR ii 301 i 30 8 4 10 9 108 89i 90 91i d S;x ran. LATEST BETTING. NORTHAMPTON STAKES. 4to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's St. Giles (taken) 11 to 2 agst Lord Zethnd's Skirmisher (taken) 7to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Sir Odin (taken) 8 to 1 agst Mr. Mellish's _Mamas (aken) Bto 1 agst Sir J. lla.wley', Porto Rico (taken) 9to 1 agst Mr. Thornps ,n's Codrington (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 100 to 8 ag6t Kent (taken) DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Kent (taken freely) Sporting Intelligence. BIRMINGHAM STEEPLECHASES.—TUESDAY. Tee Sutton Steeplechase.—A free handicap of 5 says. each with 25 added. The winner of any handicap steeplechase after the weights were declared 51b., twice 71b extra. The winner to be sold by auction for 801. If entered to be sold at the time of accepting for 601. allowed 7lb ; if for 501., 101 b; if for 301., 141 b ; if for 201., 181 b. About three miles. 7 subs. Mr. Deacon's Weston, by Tearaway, 5 yrs, 501., 9st 41b (Mr. Edward,) 1 Mr. Jennings as May Day, aged, 201., 9st Gib (J. Shepherd) 2 Mr. Ben Land's Penelope, 6 yrs, 201., B , t 131 b (Ni2btingall) 3 Mr. J. Page's Peter Snipe, aged, 201., Bst 10Ib (W. White.) 0 Betting-7 to 4on Weston, and 3to 1 3;4 Penelope. Won in a canter by 10 lengths. Penelope ft-11 at the last fence when leading, and walked in third ; Peter Snipe refused the first fence. The Grand Annual Steeplechase, a handicap of 10 sovs each, 3 ft, with 100 sovs added. The second to save his stake. A winner of 1001. clear after the weights were published, once, 71b. ; twice, or a winner of 3001. clear, 101 b ( xtra. Four Viscount Talon's Sting, 6 yrs, 94 71b (Weaver) 1 Mr. Wright ns Forest Queen, aged, lOst (Waddington) 2 Mr. Andrews's Hopeless Star, aged, lOat 9ib...(Blake) 3 The following also ran : Minerva, Case Cow, Dan gerous, Little Buck, The Gipsy King, Sesame, The Painter, Theodine, Goldfinch, Sultan, and Miss Nutty. Betting-2 to 1 agst Dangerous, 4 to 1 a.zst Sting, 5 to 1 agst Casso Cow, 6 to 1 each agst The Painter and Miss Nutty, 10 to 1 agst Forest Queen, and 10 to 1 agst any other. A good rac', was won by two lengths. Hopeless Star passed Minerva within the distance, and defeated her for third place by a couple of lengths. The Hunt Cup Steeplechase of 5 sovs each, with a silver cup, value 50 sovs, added. For all horses that have been regularly bunted with any established pack of hounds, carrying list 71b each. Hor-es never having started in any steeplechase allowed 71b. A winner of a steeplechase in 1856 cr 1857, value 301., 71b ; twice, 14lb. ; or any handicap steeplechase of the value of 200/., 28Ib extra ; gentlemen riders. Professionhls, 101 b ex! ra. The second to save his stake. Three miles. 16 hubs. Mr. Henderson's Maley, aged, 124 t..... (Mr. Gordon) 1 Mr. Andrews's Freedom, aged, list 7ib...(tlr. Blake) 2 Mr. Black's Red Cap, aged, 12st 31b (W. Archer) 3 The following also ran :—Heymaker, Cornberfard, Conrad, Sir Charles Napier, The Archduke, Ganyinede, Fearles4, and Growland. Betting—Even on Maley, 3 to 1 az:st Ganymede, 4 to 1 agst Red Cap, and 5 to 1 agst Freedom. Won by a length, two lengths between the second and third, and a neck between the third and fourth. Fear less, while in possession of the lead, fell at the last fence but 0110. Surrey Handicap Steeplechase of 5 soya esch, 1 ft, with 25 added. Two miles. • 10 sub.. Mr. Gardner's Evington Lass by Idas, aged, 10st 10Ib (Mr. Blake) 1 Mr. Deacon's Weston, 5 yrs, 10st 6'b (Mr. Edwards) 2 Mr. Jennings's Aldershot, 5 yrs, lOst 3lb (G. Stevens) 3 The following also ran :—Theodine, Cigar, and Roy alty; Royalty fell. Betting-6 to 4 agst Evington Lass, 2to 1 apt Alder shot, and 3 to 1 agst Theodine. A fine rac', won by a neck ; hall a neck between the second and third ; bad fourth. The Selling Steeplechase did ❑ot produce a race. The weather wab favourable, and the attendance of company very large. The course was in fine running order. THE NOMINATIONS. ENGLAND A TIIIIRSDAYJ ND WALES. March 26. Carlisle Het tford Nottingham Windsor Siarch 27. Lymington • Lynn Maidstone Maldon lton Manchester Mallow Newcastle-on-Tyne Newport (Isle of Wight) ' Northallerton Northatnptou Norwich Oxford University Pontefract Poole Westminster Bath Bedf- , rd Blackburn Map AY, City of London Finsbury Tower Hamlets Abingdon Andover Arundel Aylesbury Banbury Beverley Bawdley Birmingham Blackburn Bolton Boston Bradford Bridgenorth Bridgewater Bridport Brighton Bristol Buckingham Bury Caine Canterbury Chatham Cheltenham Cheater Chippenbam Christchurch Cirencester Coventry Derby Devizes • Dover Droitwich Dndley Exeter Frame Gloucester Grantham Great Grimsby Guildford Halifax Harwich Hastings Huddersfield Hull Ipswich Kendal Kidderminster Lancaster Leeds Lewes Leicester Liverpool Portsmouth Reading Reigate Retford Richmond Ripon Rye Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scarborough Sheffield Shrewsbury Southampton Stafford Stamford Stoke-on-Trent Stroud Sn tided ind Ta in worth Taunton Thetford Thirek Wakefield Walsall Wallingford Wareham Warrington Wells Weymouth Wigan Wilton Winchester Wolverhampton Woodstock Worcester Wycombe Yarmouth York March 28. Lichfield Oxford (city) Peterborough Preston Shoreham March 30. Oxfordshire Rochester Rutlandshire Shropshire (South) Stafford (North) Surrey (East) Wiltshire (North) Worcestershire (West) SATURDAY, Lambeth Marylebone Cambridge Cambridge 'University Huntingdon MONDAY, Southwark Cu mberlaud (East) Derbyeh it e (South) Essex (South) Gloucestershire (East) Huntingdonshire Kent (East) Leicestershire (South) Not thamptonahire(N.) TUESDAY, March 31. Northareptonshire(S.) Nottinghamshire (N.) Shropshire (North) S'afford (Soutb) Berkshiro Buckingbams'oire Cambridgeshire Hertfordshire Leicestershire (North) WEDNEBD. s, April 1. Surrey (We.it) Yorkshire (North) THIfIIESDL' April 2. I Wiltshire (South) Middlestx FRIDAY, April 3. Cheshire (South) I Kent (West) SATURDAY, April 4. Hampshire (South). 18 20 100 100 GS a 35i 1011 3S i 55 i 44 i 100 54 all .100 all all all all ,100 100 100 all 100 all 100