The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-12 00:00:00

MONEY - E1 RK AND COMryIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. r • CITY, Two o'CLoorc. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed With a quiet aspect, and prices of all kinds were )3 9te as dear as l as t wee k. The sales were 7, 000 lea The Railway Share Market was dull, and Prices Were rather lower. li Th e following Mining News, which is taken from " 81.8 • Watson and Cuells Mining Circu l a r, will be found instructive by parties holding the shares of the Particular companies alluded to : ` ` 4o nemena is looking better. The shoot of ore, a , orked at the 58, has been met wit h at the 70. The the 02 will be 160 tons. At Craddock Moor, 02 end west p ro duces above 4 tons p er fin , of hi g h pri e 87n e i eci Ore ; and at the next meeting a profit of about will be shown on the two months' working. est Stray Park is doing well, and about 6001. worth or e 1,, 4 expected to be raked in two months, which will " a profit of about 100/. Ilerodsfoot.—ln our c'r ctilar of December 4tb, we called attention to the im- Z"ing state of this mine, and said the price at which area were at, viz., Si. 108., was less than the value of Sinmachinery, and advised our readers not to sell. be ee then, the improved t© of the mine has e t l such that shares have advanced to nearly doubl e . Wh ea l R o bi ns i s l oo ki ng b e tt e r going west, Wit h good s t ones o f ore i n the lode. At Great Wheal tu Y, the water is in fork to the hack of the 50. Ltair , e Y have tv,s9 pitches in the back of the 40 at 6s. 83. ;111‘1' l'• in the pound. In another month the returns the increased. Ro , ,ewarne and 11.ria.nd (Special). s e below the Bis down sut 3 has. and the re, though not rich, contains some good work for tin. ab ets lode in the eastern end is disordere.d. At the 18 and " is rather a kindly branch in the end 3 ta G inches e°ll )Posed of spar, blende, mundic, and copper. East co Alfred (Special). I saw some larte rocks of mundic, jack,and PPer, broken from a branch 30 /ma, behind the adit 4". The l o d e i n t hi s m i ne is genet. Ally wide, and the a 18 found in branches crossing the lode in various directions, and not disseminated through the lode , •or / Li ur allehes having the same direction as it. — Cargoll O ur lagt we gave early and special intelligence of the aprovem en t s h ere . O n S a t ur d a y, the shares rose from `". to 401. each.—Great Alfred, according to the a gent's repo r t, is lookin , better in sever al p arts. 2 Jee tlawkmoor, the lode at 50 fin. level west is reported t wid e , w ith a g ood leader of solid s copper ore. T64 ' month's sampling will be about 30 tons. The ; ;ale o f T owey sold 61 t ons of lead ore on the 9th, for lia. ; the highest parcel, 32 tons, realising 141 11s. 6d. per ton." The advices from India, via, Trieste, report no a lteration in the rates of exchange to encourage the 1 1 ,°Pe that the efflux of silver will abate. Endeed t here is reason to infer that it will continue at the P v ,resent state, and the steamer, which is to leave ' 3o uthampton on the 20th inst., is expected to take 1- t upwards of 600,000/. As evidence of the extent tO s :! Which these specie operations are carried, it may mentioned that not only was the whole amount .1 3- the Mermaid absorbed, but a further with drawal of about 40,0001. from the Bank was effe cted I I -A. yesterday. The remittance by the • aekwall, may is thought, will follow, but the and demand ay then be satisfied, 4 d any further receipts will perhaps be r etained here. The demand for money is still main tained; and a few symptoms of improvement are I .Ported. These, however, are not expected to •,;7 1 to-any decided change. The Bank of England • rectors, as w fully anticipated, have separated, aft er their weekly deliberations, without making 441 Y alterations in the terms for loans and discounts. The ma r k e t f or E ng li s h Stocks still exhibits a v e rat ?' 'tranquil appearance. A few speculative ope 0 2ns have taken place, but the sales and pur tres bare pretty evenly balanced; little altera -1:1 in prices has resulted. Beyond this there is _ feature to report, tho uncertainty prevailing the regard to the progress of political affairs, and ail ° continuance of the money pressure preventing extension of business. Consols have been • for money, and 93/ for the account. Exche querl3ills are par to 3s. prem. A moderate business has been clone in Foreign st ocks, and the quotations are without any general ch ange; of importance. Turkish 6 per Cen t s , a re larked 97 to 97k, a slight advance, but the 4 per Cents, have remained dull at about previous rates. Panish 3 per Cents. are 41 • Portuguese 3 per Cents. ; do., 1856, 43; and Dutch 4 p3r Cents., 4 1. Equador New Consolidated were 14a ; Gre • dada New. Native, 22/ ; and Do. Deferred, Gi ; Ntexican Stock has advanced to 22/ to 22g. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred. Bonds, 6/ 7 ; e an, 22k ; Peruvian, 41 per Cents. 78 80 ; ditto Three per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44i 451 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; d). If Per Cents., 97 99; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41j 411; ditto New Deferred, 2445 ; Ditto Certificates, ; Ditto Passive, 5i 6. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1857. 1856. Great Western 225,338 £23,439 South Western Brighton 11,608 11,092 Mid• land "nth-Eastern Caledonian „Great N orthern 22,855 21,753 La ncashire and Yorkshire • ° sanchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 9,014 8,245 triatoland Exeter 5,619 5,739 __ C heater and H o lyhead East Lancashire 6,764 5,977 m orth•Eastern 31.967 80,160 IsTorth Stafford Nord, Worcester, and Wolverh 3 ,820 3,265 .?th London .cllnburgla and Glasgow wand Trunk of Canada orthern of F rance 37,330 327 2 7 tether more firmness has been apparent in the R ailway Share Market to-day, but the operations have Dot been on a very large scale. Eastern Counties are steady • Great Northern have risen. !Os. to 155., Great Western 10s., Manchester, Shef neld, and Lincolnshire.los , and most of the other Principal shares have also slightly improved. Great Northern, which attained the above advance pending. the meeting, remained firm. Colonial bhares were generally a trifle dearer, and Foreign, though quiet, tend upwards. Great Luxembourg are 6. Namur and Liege have risen to 9. Paris and Lyons to 59k. Sambre and Meuae are II 10a. better, viz., 9 1 1 to 10i. English and Foreign Mines are dull, but firm. tank Shares rule rather higher, and in the Miscel laneous Shares there is no change of importance. FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. arm the Official List:) saginc. Anne 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 31 1 India Bonds, £lOOO Consols for Accong 931. ELoheqner Bills, 24d. £1000 £5OO par 3 p Small Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent.. 9Bi 'Ditto, 1659 . . PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. EquadorNOW Consolidated l4} Grenada New Active, 2i per Cent. Ditto Deferred..., 6A Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account 22 i 3 Peruvian Bonde 4i per Cent 7B 9 81xd Ditto 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 45 i Ditto 1856, 3 per Cont. 4:3 &Minim Bonds, 5 per Cent. ..... bpanieh Ronde, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 4l Ditte New Deferred, 3 per 4 :Ell% Ditto Account (March 17) Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. int fun C j i Turlcicii Bonds 6 per cent 97 i Ditto Account , )i w en t s 3.. the above )avable in London. Datch Exchange, V., per Cen`J., 12 Guilders 4 351 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Consoli, money THREE O'CLOCK. 9 Ditto, A — ......... ................. 3 1 $ 91 i ecouut (Ipril ./ ............... -----• 114 -kittET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGS ja i CORN GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF 13R1T t h e Re- For the week ended March 12 1857, ma de up from 4 " D WI'S '" turns of the Inspectors in the different CitieS and England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS RYE 55 s 4d 45s 8d 22s 8(1 I 41s 8(1 1 3 8 9 1 r Id 1 39r3EA84a THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. i PEAS WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS RIM I BEANS 156 E 3d 45s 7d 23s 2d I 40s Od .39s 7(1 I 39 s 41 ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 112,007; barley, 68,523; oats, 1 5,542; rye, 126 ; beans, 6,440 ; peas, 2,344 quarters. __ ......_---. MEAT MARKETS NIEVIGATB AND LEADENIIALL.—The . trade ruled steady, at to 4s fell 10 Pr 3; ice Veals. B, 4s ee f,Od from 38 4d to 4s 6(1 ; Mutto n , 3 s 8d 81bs, by the carcase. s to 5s 03; Pork, 3s sa to 5 2 1 , per SOUTHALL, March 11.—The supplies of stock were mo derate, and the trade ruled less active, as follows :-----Beef, from 3s 63 to 4s 103 • Mutton, 43 03 t o G s 01 ; Veal, 4 s to 5s 03 ; Pork, 4s Od to 43 103 p er 81h 8, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, March 11.—There was a fair trade hen to-d a y , at full prices :—Beef, from 3s Gd t o 5 s ; Mutton, 48 Od to 6s Od; Veal , 4s Od to 5s 03 ; Pcrk, 4s t o 5 3 per Sibs. AY MARKETS. SlarrrurrELD.—Mg dow hay, 21 108 to 4/ Os ; clover do., 31 10s to 51 Os; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 8s per load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41 4s ; clover do., Si lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ Os per load, Trade dull. WITITECILIPEL—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 41 Os clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ 03 ; and straw, 1/ lo to 1Z 8s per load. A. moderate demand, THE SUN, LONDON, THURS AY EVC4 I NING, MAT,OIII , 123 1857. sideration of the introduction of a bill into Parliament be deferred. Mr. MoRGAN suggested that the loss should be treated as, revenue, and spread over a period of five years for liquidation. Mr. NICHOLSON moved that the balance of money now standing to the credit of revenue should be capita heed to meet Redpath's frauds. The CHAIRMAN intimated to the meeting that he had been informed by Lord Redesdale, chairman of com mittees in the House of Lords, that he would not allow hese frauds to be capitalised, but that they should be paid of revenue. If they trusted him (the chairman) they would find their stock would rise; if not he knew it would fall, After a stormy discussion the chairman's resolution was withdrawn, and one substituted that no dividend should be declared, and expressing the opinion of the meeting that the balance of 243,9231. should be applied to meet the losses occasioned by Redpath's frauds, which was carried by a large majority. A proposition was made for the appointment of a nom• mittee of inquiry,, which, after a discussion, was for tnted with limited powers. After the transaction of other business the meeting separated. f3portiug Intelligence ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING. (TUESDAY'S RACES CONCLUDED.) The Chesterfield Plate (Handicap), of 100 Boys ; cert sit winners extra. (One mile.) Mr. Dawson's Mysterious Jack, by Sir Tatton Sykes, 3 yrs, 53t 71b (Bullock) :1 Mr. Barber's Lord Nelson, 3 yrs, bit 611) (Dales) :2 Mr. Bennett's Cardsharper, 6 yrs, 7st 4lb (Fordham) :3 The following also ran :—Bourgeoi., Baroda, 0h I Stringhaults, Stormsail, Evelyn, Charles O'Malley, Pla u• - Bible, and Beauty. Betting.-2 to 1 agst Evelyn, sto 2 agst Lord Nelsol 5 to 1 agst Cardsharper, 6 to 1 each agst Bourgeois an il Plausib'e, Bto 1 agst. Charles O'Malley. Won on tl a) post by a head ; half a length between the second at of third; same distance between third and fourth. Tia e others were beaten off. SUBSCRIPTION Room, TUESDAY NIGHT. CHESTER OM 11 to 1 agst Leamington (taken) Two THOUSAND. 11 to 2 agst Vedette (taken) 6to 1 agst Loyola (offered) 7to 1 agst Sydney (taken) 26 to 1 agst Apathy (take 25 to 1) 100 to 80 on Vedette being one of the first three (t) ONE THOR/321ND. 6to 4ou the field (offered) DERBY. 14 to 1 agat Bonny Blink (wanted) 20 to 1 aget Zuyder . Zee (taken) 30 to 1 agat Saunterer (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agst Glenmasson (taken) 30 to 1 agst Arsenal LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK,-PETITION. To-day was appointed for hearing a petition for pay ment of a dividend on an assigned debt. The meeting was marked in the official list as " private," but Mr. Bayley, as counsel for Mr. Adcock, one of the claim ants, asked whether either party objected to reporters remaining in the room I Mr. Marsden, for Mr.' Adcock, said he saw no reason that the matter should be kept private. Mr. Pifford, as counsel for a Mr. Weatherfield, an other claimant, bad not the slightest objection. The case was then opened, from which it appeared that a person of the name of Hunter had made two as signments of his balance and on deposit notes for 1,0661. 10s. to Mr. Adcock and Mr. Weatherfield, at 10d. 6d. in the pound. Mr. Adcock was called, and proved the payment of the money for the assignment, and bad applied to the assignees and trade assignee to learn whether there were any other claims and did not know until he ap plied for his dividend that there was any previous charge. Mr. Pifford said that as Mr. Weatherfield was too ill to attend, and there was no proof that he had given no tice of his claim previously to the assivnment to Mr. Ad cock, he would at once give up the claim. An order was made for payment of the dividend to Mr. Adcock, each party to pay costs. There was an attachment on the dividend in the Lord Mayor's Court on behalf of a Mr. Shuttleworth against Hunter, which was agreed should be withdrawn, and leave Mr. Shuttleworth to proceed against Hunter. WIDNESDAT. The Betting-Room Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 59 added, for two and three_ yr olds ; certain penalties and al lowances ; the second to save his stake. Rod House in (5 furlongs 152 yards). 18 subs. Lord Ribbesdale's St. Giles, by W om ersley, 3 yrs, Bst 9lb (allowed no (Hibbard) 1 Mr. Morris's Admiral Lyons, 3 yrs, 9st 31b (including 31b extra) (Barham) 2 Mr. R. Jones's Saxony, 2 yrs, 6st 11Ib (Withington) 3 The following also ran : —Adventurer, Daneany, Peto, Melita, Framlis, and f by Jericho. Betting.-6 to 4on St. Giles, 4to 1 agst Melita, Bto 1 agst Adventurer. After going about 200 yards, St. Giles went to the front, and won cleverly by a length and a half ; a head rink• between the second and third. Peto was a moderate fourth. Melita a bad fifth, and Du neany sixth. • • The Juvenile Selling Stakes of 5 Boys each, with 40 added ; colts, 9st ; fillies and geldings, Bst 10Ib ; the winner to be sold for 100 soya ; allowances if entered to be sold for less, &o. Half a mile. Five subs. Mr. G. Barnes's Queen of the Isles, by Mildew, 6st 101 b (401.) (Withington) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's ch c by Chatham, put of Mrs. Taft, 7st (401.) " (Cballoner) 2 Mr. Dawson's Julia, 6st 10lb (401.) ............ (Bullock) 3 INFER TS AT THE NEOROPOLIS, LIVERPOOL. LIMPOOL, Wednesday.—An important inqufry into the truth of certain rumours of irregular proceedings in the interment of the dead at the Necropolis, Low-hill, commenced yesterday at St. George's H a ll, before Mr. Holland, a government inspector. The inquiry was prosecuted by Mr. M'Gowan, the law clerk to the Health Committee, who stated that by an order made by her Majesty in Conhcil on April 7, 1854, directions were given as to the course to be pursued with reference to burial grounds in the borough, and amongst them was an order regarding the Necropolis, to the effect that with the exception of private graves and vaults, no more than one body should be buried in each grave. It had been stated that in common graves it had been the practice to deposit one day a corpse, and on the following morning it would be drawn out again and buried in a common receptacle with many other bodies, and that practice had been repeated over and over again. Thus in one form the order in council had been obeyed by depositing the body in one grave, but on the following morning it was removed to another part. Mr. M'Gowan added, with great regret, that even to these statements he must add that it had been the prac tice to remove from the earth, bodies which bad been placed there under the supposition that the grave in which they lay was to be 'their last resting-place,----in fact, that some of the bodies, t fter being deposited in private graves, had been removed, and those graves had been disposed of again to other parties as nery graves. He concluded by stating that by the act 18 and 19 Vict., cap. 128, sec. 8, any person having the care of a burial ground who should violate or neglect the specified regu lations, should, on conviction, forfeit the sum of 101. He then proceeded to call several witnesses. The proceed ings were adjourned. county. Mr. T. W. Evans, of Allcstree-hall, will be invited to come forward, and no doubt ho will do to, in the Liberal interest. Mr. Colvile has announced his intention of again soliciting the suf frages of the electors. The Conservatives state that they will bring forward a candidate in place of Mr. Mundy. DERBYSHIRE (Nomur). —Mr. Cavendish and Mr. Thornhill will again offer themselves for this divi sion. DE - rum—Mr. Hepworth has retired. Mr. James, of the Chancery bar, and a connexion of Lard Bel per's by marriage, is a candidate, And h as i ssue d an address, in which he professes Liberal principles, and says he shall support Lord Palmerston. DEVON (NORTH.—Mr. L. W. Buck, one of the Conservative members of the northern division of Devonshire, has announced. his intention of retir ing from ill-health. DURHAM (CITY).--Mr. J. W. Mowbray presents himself for re-election. There is no prospect of op position to either him or Mr. Atherton. DURHAM (NORTH).—Mr. R. D. Shafto offers himself for re-election. There is not any probabi lity that either he or Lord A. V. Tempest will be opposed. Firtssmtr.—Last evening a crowded - meeting of the electors of Fi n sbury was held at Baker's Rooms, Upper-street, Islington, for the purpose of hearing fro;n Mr. Cox an exposition of his political opinions. - GUILDFORD. --There is likely to be a very severe contest for this bOrough. Already there are five candidates, the sitting members (Mr. Mangles and Mr. James Bell,' and Mr. Wm. Bovill, of Wor plesdon-lodge, near Guildford (Conservative), Mr. Austin, a local magistrate (Liberal), and Mr. Guildford Onslow (Liberal). The general opinion at present is that the present members will be re elected. HEREFORDSIIIRE.—The Liberal interest are de termined to get one Liberal member in if they can, and there is every reasonable chance of success. The feeling is almost universally in favour of Lord Palmerston throughout the county, and tho fact of Mr. Hanbury, the junior member, havirig voted against the Government .on Mr. Cobden's motion, is expected to tell against him in the contest. KENDAL. Glynn, the sitting member, has accepted an invitation to become a can did a t e for re-election, and there is little probability of any opposition being made to his return. KING'S, LYNN.—Lord Stanley has issued an ad-. dress, in which he again offers himself as a candi date. There are rumours of an opposition. It is said that a gentleman will come forward on " sound Conservative principles." LANCASTER.—Two candidates are already in the field, Mr. William James Garnett and Mr. Robert Gladstone. LEEDS.—Sir George Goodman, one of the pre sent representatives, has issued an address to the electors announcing that, on account of the state of his health, it is not his intention to longer repre sent the borough in Parliament than to the close of the present session. Placards have been issued announcing that Mr. W. E. Forster, of Burley, near -Otley, and of Bradford, a gentleman of Libe ral political principles, will offer himself. LONDON.—We are requested to publish the fol lowing letter, addressed to the electors of the city of London : " Gentlemen,—l observe from a report of proceed ings of the Liberal Registration Association that after my nomination bad been carried some question was raised by Mr. Alderman Salomons (without the courtesy of notice) as to my declining to vote at the late elections for East Sussex. " The meeting being adjourned till Tuesday, it is my intention to offer such an explanation ae,- I have no doubt, will satisfy all my constituents that my conduct was consistent with the principles I have ever professed on the Maynooth question, and which have twice re ceived the approbation of the citizens of London.—l remain, gentlemen, your faithful obedient servant, " March 11. " J. DUKE." MALDON. —Mr. Peacocke and. Mr. Bramley- Moore, the present members, will again com© for ward. Mr. J. Sutton Westron will represent the Liberal interest. Mr. Mecbi having retired, Mr. MacEnteer will again come forward. NORWlCH.—Viscount Bury, a Liberal candidate for Norwich, met the electors last evening, and was well received. Mr. Warner is expected to retire.-- NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (NORTH.)—It is said that Mr. Fitzpatrick Vernon, son of the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, and son-in-law of Earl Fitzwilliam, will contest this division of the county as a sup porter of Lord Palmerston's Government. - PRESTON. —The Conservative member, Mr. It T. Parker, has intimated his intention of resign ing his seat. Sir G. SI riekland has not yet made any announcement. Mr. Greenfell, a Liberal Whig, is now in the field. SUNDERLAND.-4114ddreSS from Mr. G. Hulson, M.P., dated Paris, was issued in Sunderland yes terday. The hon. - member offers himself for re election. He says : "I feel that some explanation is due to you for my absence during the last session, which was occasioned in the first instance by unavoidable attention to a large undertaking with which I became connected in, and for three months by a severe illness. It is true the private interests of a representative afford strictly no excuse for any absence from public duties, but, as the vast under taking which called me away involved seriously the issue of my fortune, I trust that peculiar circumstances will, in some measure, justify this single deviation from right principle, and secure your generous consideration. Be ing now happily relieved of this absorbing claim on my attention. lam again at full liberty to devote my time and exertions to your service." Mr. H. Fenwick asked the electors for a renewal of their trust. Mr. Richard Hoare, of London, has offered hiniself as a second Liberal candidate. SURREY (WEST).--Mr. Henry Currie, of West Horsley, offers himself as a candidate for the Western Division of the county of Surrey, in the room of Mr. W. J. Evelyn, who retires at the close of the present Parliament. Mr. H. Drummond has not yet issued an address, hut it is supposed that he will again offer'himself. SWANSEA.—The present member for Swansea, who, like his predecessors, went into the house without being troubled by an opponent, will, it appears, meet with strenuous opposition to his re election. Already there is one candidate in the field, a gentleman of good local position, Mr. C. It. Smith, of Derwen Fawr, near Swansea. It is said, too, that .Mr. Grove, Q. will also solicit the suf frages of the electors. TOTNES. —There is likely to be a severe contest in this small borough. The present members, Earl Gifford and Mr. Mills will be opposed by Mr. Mac kenzie and Mr. Gregory. TYNEMOUTIL—A Conservative deputation waited upon Mr. Hugh Taylor, of Backworth, yesterday, with a requisition, but, after a conference, that gentleman refused to stand. Mr. Lindsay was to address the electors last night. WIIITEHAVEN. — Mr. Hildyard, the sitting mem ber, has intimated his intention of again seeking the suffrages of the electors. WOLVERHAMPTON.—The Right Hon. C. P. Vil liers and Mr. Thomas Thornely will offer them selves for re-election. Their return will be opposed. WOODSTOCK. —The Marquis of Blandford has is sued an addresss, in which he again offers himself for this borough. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. MEETING THIS DAY. The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of thi s company was held this day , at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ; Mr. Edmund Denison, M.P., chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. This being the first meeting since the discovery of the Red path frauds there was a very large attendance of pro prietors, and much interest was manifested in the pro ceedings. The chairman and directors entered the room and took ' their seats in silence, a rather unusual circumstance. The SECIIBTARY having read the announcement, of the meeting, ;The CHAIRMAN said that it had been customary at pre vious meeting.; to affix the seal of the company to the registry of shareholders, and he therefore proposed to go through the same form on that occasion, but before doing so he proposed to add these words, "The foregoing is an abstract from the several registers of the holders of consolidated and other stocks of the Great Northern Railway Company as they appeared on the books, being closed on the 31st January, 1857, and showing the total amount of stock registered, 8,412,8801., and the num ber of shareholders, 6,1631. The amount of stock in the above 8,412,8801. is about 217,000/. in excess of what it ought to be, and the number of proprietors is the same as before within six." So, therefore, with their permission he would affix the seal to the register. The motion having been sec Aided. Mr. K. KNIGEIT said he objected. He understood from good authority that the directors and auditors bad no idea of the extent of Redpath's frauds. The share holders ought to know it before the seal was affixed to the registry. Mr. BILLING said that if the seal was affixed it would legalise the fraudulent stock. A PROPRIETOR proposed as an amendment that the consideration of affixing the seal of the company should be adjourned until the exact amount of fraudulent stock was ascertained, and the extent of Leopold Redpath's assets. The CHAIRMAN said that affixing the seal tp the regis try did not pledge the shareholders to anything of a dangerous character. (Cries of " Oh, oh.") If the meeting of jetted to its being done, he asked them to consider what would be the effect of such a circumstance on their stock in the market. It was an important ques tion, and the shareholders were responsible for the answer. Mr. BILLING—Never mind that. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN—If the meeting prevented his affixing the seal of the c3mpany to the registry, they must take the responsibility of its effect on public opinion. Mr. LLOYD (barriruer), at the request of the share holders, gave his opinion on the question. He said it wan merely a ministerial act. It did not legalise any thing, but gave merely a prima facie title. A SHAREHOLDER called on . the meeting neither to as sent nor dissent to anything, but leave the matter to the directors, and let them act on their own responsibility. The CHAIRMAN said that the act did not pledge the sharahcliers to anything. He had power to affix the seal without their consent, but out of courtesy the pro position had. been submitted to them. After some further angry discussion, The CHAIRMAN said that he bad the power of affixing the seal to the registry without putting the question, and he should do so. The honourable gentleman then affixed the seal of the company to the registry, and his cool and determined manner took the meeting by so much surprise that they allowed the seal to be affixed in silence. The CHAIRMAN then said—Gentlemen, we meet, at last, I am sorry to say, under more unpleasant circum stances than have occurred since the formation of the Great Northern Railway. Within the last six months frauds and forgeries have gradually come to light, and which, as they came to light, were enough to alarm the pro prietors of stock as to the extent to which these frauds might be discovered. They were more than enough to alarm and mortify the directors, and more than enough to exhaust the ability, patience, and perseverance of all the clerks iu the office to investigate these incorrect accounts, and I am bound to say, in their defence, that they have worked tilt 11 and 12 o'clock at night most willingly to accomplish that object. The result of the investigation is this, that so far as we have gone, we have discovered that you Labe been robbed by Redpath to the extent of above .220,000/., and although the judges be fore whom he was tried, for the offence of committing three forgeries, passed a most severe sentence on him, it is no compensation to you to know, and very little gratification to remember, that he has been sentenced to transportation for life. Deeply do I grieve that any officer, especially belonging to this company or any other company, should have committed such enormous frauds as this man has, and that his example should be added to the many others of fraud, arising from speculations, with which this greet city unfortunately abound. Irrespective of the pecuniary loss we have all sustained, it is a ruelan: choly reflection to find that speculation has led men into such enormities of crime, and such eventful danger and ultimate punishment as he has received. We shall have, I have no doubt, in the course of the day, an animated discussion on the whole of the subject of these frauds, and, therefore, I have this favour to ask you, that you will allow me to go through the business of the ordinary meeting, and dispose of it as far as we can before we launch our selves on the subject of the frauds. (Hear, hear.) Adopting that view of the case for the moment, I will ask you to go through the accounts as if nothing had happened with regard to Leopold Redpath. Irrespec tive of that question, I think you must admit that the condition of the railway was in a satisfactory state, and that had it not been for these frauds, we might have paid a dividend that would have amounted, with the previous one, to 5 per cent. on the year. The traffic on the line goes on increasing, so ' that, not withstanding this annoying amount of fraud, there is no reason whatever that I can discover that ought to shake your confidence or that of the public in the value or progressive prosperity of the railway. I advise the shareholders to get quit of this unfortunate calamity with as much stoicism as you can muster. Not to look back, but to look forward, as I am sure you can, with confidence— (hear, bear)—for I never addressed you with more confidence than at this moment when I say your whole property is on a safe and solid foundation, and en titled to stand as a first class investment in the Stock Exchange of this country. (Hear, bear.) The hon. gentleman then went into the statement of the traffic accounts and receipts (already published), and said that the directors had not yet received Mr. Gladstone's award relative to this line and the London and North-Western Railway ; and he concluded by moving the reception of the report and the accounts. The motion having been seconded, Dr. RILEY addressed the meeting, calling attention to what he called the " pomp, mockery, and deception" of the directors, and charged them with not having attended to their duties, and referred to the statement of the chairman on a former meeting, that from the head engi neer to the fireman, and from the secretary to the porter they had not a dishonest man, and with Redpath's frauds before them how could they believe the chair man's statement ? (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUGHES charged the directors and auditors with a dereliction of duty, and that the accounts for some time past must have been known to them as being in correct. He considered them personally responsible for the Redpath frauds, and he moved an amendment to that effect. (Cheers.) Dr. RiLEY seconded the amendment. After some further discussion of a rather persona character, The CHAIRMAN said that he was not surprised that there was a general feeling prevalent amongst the public that the directors had not discharged their duty. (Hear, hear.) He denied that the directors had neglected their duty, and he would not take any personal responsibility with reference to these frauds. They had done every thing they could from the first to take the best possible care of the property, and be knew the responsibility of Mr. Clarke, who had charge of the transfer office from 1848 to 1854 at a salary of 6001. per annum. It was his duty to have attended to the registry, and dur ing the time he held that office Redpath had committed several frauds, and Mr. Clarke had honestly stated that he had be en duped by Redpath. He asked to whom it had been stated that the directors had afforded facilities for fraud ? Mr. HUGHES—Redpath. The CHAIRMAN—He was clerk to Mr. Clarke, and that gentleman had adreitted that he was the dupe of Red path. It was, the Chairman said, owing to Mr. Clarke's neglect of duty that this confounded calamity had fallen on them. Mr, GASKILL asked if the directors were aware at the gof thesethe th d e iscrepancies when they affixed thesubject was ere. H The utmost confusion prevailedt company to th e t rans f er reg istry ? He r t o o u l d g h t o h u e t ni t haet thedis cussion, is last meeting that the - under investigation. ria wh i e a n u&N proposed to put the motion for the re ception of the report, which cu T ssi h o e n c , objected whicht o la y A w l a r s . 11 ES. LIAIRMAN then put the was amendment, uTohne C g h e n m a jyori aboutt to put the original me . lost The e y C a H n A o t v h e m r A w N he w lo a l s in t tion, when Mr. BILLING moved an amendment "That the charge for religious instruction, now merged in the general ac counts, be at once an d for eve: expunged." The h °n. gent l ema n asked, "Who wi l l s econd i t ?" (Con f usion . ) Dr. KING, alter some slight delay, seconded the amendment, which was put to the meeting and I)st by an overwhebning majority. The motion far the reception of the report and ac counts were then carried unanimously. . The 01,11E11.1N said that as the Directors, according to the Attorney-General's opinion, could not pay a divi dend without a special act of Parliament, and as that could not now be obtained he proposed " that no dividend be declared but that he Directto .ors take be, and are hereby request ed and nulorised nece ssar y steps to solicit and obtain as early as possible an act O f Parliament to enable them to provide for and the ( loss resu l t i ng to the company from the forgeries fraud s o f Redpath, the late registrar." If te passed a resolution for paying .a dividend he would not obey it, but put the money (243,000/• balance for divi de cer""n the Bank of England or in the Court of Chan -11: _where it would be perfectly safe. (Laughter.) '"t? l ,Yr to a question from Mr. IIuGGINs, hatewhttuhe"m""said that he declined then to state before directors intended to do with the money th e act to do so, m was obtained, bccauFe i t mi g ht, were he Avg aterially affect their interes ts. Mr, 11f3 nicqed, as an aineudolents that the eon. CITY OF LONDON. Lord John Russell has resolved to solicit anew the suffrages of the City of London. The noble lord fait night addressed a note to each of the other three members for the City, apprising them of his intention. The address was issued this morn ing. MARYLEBONE. Last evening a meeting of. electors of the borough of Marylebone resident in Camden-town and ifs vicinity was held at the Eagle Tavern, for the pur pose of taking steps for securing the re-election of Sir B. Hall—Mr. T. Smith, of Haverstock hill, in the chair. Mr. FURNISS proposed the first resolution : " That, taking into consideration the tried and faith ful services of Sir B. Hall during Vie 20 years he has re presented the borough in Parliament, this meeting of electors hereby expresiies ils continued confidence in the right hon. hart. ' aud- pledges it se lf t o usa i ts b est endea vours to secure his triumphant re-election." Mr. MORGAN seconded the resolution, and, on its being put, it was carried unanimously amid loud applause. Sir B. HALL, on presenting himself, was received with loud cheering. He proceeded to explain his Parliamentary conduct. He could assure them that the position of a representative of Marylebone was :no sinecure. When first elected for that borough 'the constituency of Marylebone was but B,soo—it :now numbered something like 22,000 electors. He ;believed that their_ local interests had never been :neglected by him—(hear)—and no man in the borough who had ever written a letter to him could may that he had it left for 48 hours unanswered. After referring to the communications offering him 'supports even from opponents, from every part of :the borough, he said he felt it his duty to read a :letter he had received from Mr. Jacob Bell, which did honour and credit to him. [Mr. Bell's letter stated that he had received a letter from Lord For tescue acknowledging his forbearance in not oppos ing his . son's re-election. It was not his (Mr. Bell's) intention to become his lordship's opponent again, :more especially to take advantage of the present state of his lordship's health. Me therefore hoped for the unopposed return of Sir B. Hair and the - noble lord ; but if at the last moment, or after the tlection, his lordship's, state of health should oblige him to retire, then he should be prepared at any - time to come forward as a supporter of the Liberal principle's of Lord Palmerston's Administration.] He (Sir B. Hall) thought it, in justice to Mr. Bell, his duty to read his letter. After giving his reasons for supporting Lord Palmerston on the late vote on the Chinese question ' Sir B. Hall concluded by stating,that when he found his position as a Minis ter incompatible with his duty as a representative he would retire from that position. The right hon. baronet resumed his seat amid loud applause. Mr. HOOPER made some observations on behalf of Lord Ebrington, and moved the appointment of a committee to co-operate in securing the return of Sir B. Mr. W. C. MARLEY seconded the resolution, and Sir B. Hall having expl a i ne d hi s opinions with re ference to the Sunday bands, in answer to a ques tion put to him upon the subject, which were re ceived in a satisfactory manner, The resolution was carried, and, a committee having been appointed, thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. LkMBETIT. Last evening a crowded meeting was held at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, for the purpose of hearing an address from Mr. W. Williams, M.P. for Lambeth. Mr. F. Doniton occupied the chair. Mr. W. WILLIAMS rose amid cheers mingled with hisses, and, after thanking the electors for coming forward in such large numbers to meet him, gave a history of his past political career, and said that the most important poi n t was relative to his vote upon the question_of the Chinese,war. (Hear, hear, and hisses.) Much had been said about a coalition, but he could honestly say that lie never told any man how he intended to vote. If by the vote be had recorded upori that important question he Ind given offence to any one of his supporters, he could only say that it was an error of the Lad, and not of the heart. - When he gave his vote he did not think anything about Lorti , Palmerston or my one else, but merely gave •it according to his con viction. (Cheers 'and uproar.) Several gentlemen ;having addressell some ques tions to Mr. Williams relative to his vote upon the Chinese war, • • Mr. E. GROVES moved the following reaolu- Lon :-- "This meeting, having heard the statements of Mr. W. Williams respecting his; pulitical conduct during the present session of Parliament, are of opinion that his in defatigable and faithful services in the Commons' House of Parliament eminently merit the thanks of this meet• ing, which are hereby most cordially tendered ; and at the same time express their determination to return him to the new Parliament." Mr. ELLINGTON seconded the resolution. Mr. WADE, amid great uproar, moved an amend ment to the effect that the explanations given by the hon. member relative to his vote on the Chi nese war were unsatisfactory, and had deprived him of the confidence of the electors. Mr. BEARD seconded the amendment. The chairman having put the amendment and the original resolution, the latter was carried by an immense majority. A new candidate - for the representation of the borough of Lambeth was yesterday named in the person of Mr. Roupell, a gentleman of considerable property in the parish of Lambeth, and who pur poses, it is said, to start on thoroughly Liberal principles. MANCHESTER. Mr. Cobden is to represent Mr. Bright in his absence, and a meeting of electors is to be held in the Freetrade-hall next Wednesday, at which the hop. - gentleman is to be present. Mr. Bright hav ing been informed that the meeting of Friday last had decided on putting him again in nomination, ieplied by electric telegraph yesterday in the fol lowing terms : "Rome, Tuesday, March 10. "I accept the decision of the committee. You shall have my letter, with the address. "JOHN BRIGHT." Mr. Gibson's address to the electors is to be is sued to-morrow; and Mr. Bright's maybe expected, according to the above message, iu a few days. PORTSJYIOUTIi. Yesterday Viscount Monck arrived in this borough, and in - the evening presented himself at a public meeting at the Hall of the Beneficial Society. After the meeting bad been addressed by the hon. member and several other gentlemen, the chairman put the following resolution, moved by Mr. Alder man Ge'or,;ge Sheppard, and seconded by Dr. Woolley : "That, in the opinion of this meeting, her Majesty's Government has merited the entire confidence of the country, and Lord Monek, as a member of that Govern ment, and al one of the representatives of the borough in Parliament, is worthy of the continued support of the electors." There were about 150 hands held up in favour of the resolution, and about 1,000 against it. There were from 1,200 to 1,500 persons present. Great cheering and uproar followed this result. Mr. H. HOWELL then moved, and Mr. Alder man WHITE seconded— "That, in the opinion of this meeting, it is not judi cious to return Viscount Monck to Parliament, unless he pledges himself to support the extension of the suf frage and vote by ballot." This motion was carried by about the same num. ber of•hauds as ignored the first. BODMIN. —Mr. .James Wyld has issued an ad dress to the electors of Bodmin. lie says : " The dissolution of Parliament has been hastened by a vote of the House of Commons adversely to her Ma jesty's Government, achieved by a strange combination of individuals, who have used the difficulties with the Chinese people as a pretext for endeavouring to supplant the Admiuistration of Lord Palmerston, and for obtain ing the control of the Government of the country. The political, personal, and commercial relations of the Eng lish nation exist with every people and in every clime, and a bold but just policy is necessary for Great Britain, to preserve her world-encircling possessions from menace, her citizens from insult, and her commerce from interruption ; and while I am opposed to the un necessary employment of naval or military force, I would not permit any nation or people upon the face of the earth to offer an insult to our national flag." Mr. Wyld then states that he is prepared to sup port many important questions which the late con flict with Russia delayed. Mr. W. Michell and Mr. C. B. Graves Sawle, the sitting members, offer themselves fox re-election, and another candi data is spoken of in the person of Mr. Cape Whiter burst. BURY ST. EDMUND'S.—EarI St. Jermyn has issued an address, announcing his intention again to solicit the suffrages of the electors. He states he is a supporter of Lord Palmerston's Government. Mr. J. H. Porteus Oakes, the other member, will also again present himself. Mr. J. A. Hardosstle, f Whittle, is also a candidate in the Liberal in terest. COLCIIESTER.-owog to ill-health Mr. Hawkins will retire. 'Mr. Reba w will again present him self, and will be opposed by Mr. Miller, his anta gonist at the recent election. Mr. Hamilton, bar rister, will come forward in the Conseivative in terest. DERBYSHIRE -(SOUTH).--Mr. Mundy has retired from thQ repzmitAtiQA Qf this divtaiQZ4 of the Poltowa and Busy Bee also ran. Betting.-5 to 4 agst Mrs. Taft colt, 3to 1 aget Queen of the kiss. Won easily by three quarters of a length ; half a length between the second and third ; bad fourth. The Grand National Steeplechase (Handicap) of 10 sous each, h ft, with 100 added ; winners of 100 soya clear after the declaration of the weights, 71b ; twice, or of 300 sous clear, 101 b extra ; the second to save his stake. About three miles and three quarters. Forty-two subs. Count de Cunchy's Jean du Quesne, aged, lOst 21b (H. Lamplugh) 1 Mr. Rowley Burden's Hindu°, 5 yrs, 9st (Pearl) 2 Mr. Price's Tom Gurney (h bl, aged, lOst 41b (Thrift) 3 Mr. Hylton's Teddesley, aged, 93 t ..... ...... (Archer) 4 The following also ran :—Emigrant, Victor Em manuel, Maley, Sandboy, The Mayor, The Emperor, Twilight. Betting.-5 to 2 sot: Emigrant, 7to 2 agst Jean du Quessne, 7to 1 each agst Tom Gurney, Victor Em manuel, and Teddesley, 10 to 1 agst Sandboy. On entering the race-course the second time Tom Gurney held a slight lead, with Hindoo, Teddesley, and Jean du Quesne next, Emigrant being fifth, separated frOm them by a wide interval. At the last flight of hurdles only three were 1/ft in the race, Tom Gurney, Hindoo, and Jean du Quesne. They charged 'the obstacle nearly abreast, Tom Gurney being cannoned 'against as they landed. Jean du Quesne kohl that point waited upon Hindoo, quitted. bins without an effort, and won easily by a length. Three lengths between the second and third. . Teddesleyiwas a bad fourth. The Mayor was fifth, having passed - Maley, whose jockey was pulling up' opposite the stand. The next two, more than a dis tance from home, were Victor Emmanuel and Twilight. The Emperor fell at the first flight of hurdles. A dyke in the low pastures proved fatal to Sandboy ; the first time round he, dropped his hind legs into it, and on reaching it the second time he did not " ripe" at it, but ran right into it, elippei up, and broke hi s b ac k. Erni grant fell at a fence at the bend on the race-course the last time round ; he was running fifth, but overstriding himself, he came heavily to the ground ; nsither hors! nor rider was hurt. The Scurry Stakes (Handicap) of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ; the second to save his stake. I*l House in (5 furlongs 152 yards). Mr. Morris's Admiral Lyons, 3 yrs, 6st7lb (Grimmer) 1 Mr. Weit's Plausible, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (Ashroall) 2 Captain Gray's -Mongolia, 3 yrs, Est 41b • (Dales) 3 The following also ran :—Night Hawk, Ulysses, Spinet, Clpuchin, Stormsail, Prince of Denmark, and Princess Royal, Betting-5 to 2 aget Admiral Lyons, 4 to 1 agst Prince of Denmark, 6 to 1 agst Stcrinsail, G to 1 agst Night Ifawk; 8 to 1 agst Alangolia. Won by two lengths ; a length letween the second and third. LATEST BETTING. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 4 to 1 agst St. Giles (offered). Two THOUSAND. sto 4 on Vedette, Loyola, Schiedam, and Lam bourn aget the field (taken. NORTHAMPTON RACES—MABen 25. The Nene Stakes (a Free Handicap) of 5 sovs eacb, in case of acceptance, with 25 added. Once round. Ac ceptances to be declared on the 17th inst. If the highest weight accepting be under Bst 121 b it will be raised to that weight, and the rest in proportion. Age st lb Age at lb Mary 5 8 12 Old Stringhaults a 6 12 Flatterer Mare by Teddy the Our Sal .... . ....... 4 6 10 Tiler Queen Greyling ...••.••••• 3 6 10 Mob's data -6 8 2 Obscurity . ... . .... 46 9 Mary Lovell 5 8 0 England's Beauty 3 6 6 Jack the Giant Maid of Athens... 3 6 5 Killer- Prince of Orange -- 4 7 12 Paula 'Monti ...... 3 6 3 Oakball a 7 10 Gulfina —.... ....... 3 6 0 Blue Rock 4 7 10 Vi o l a ................3 6 0 Moonshine ............ 3 6 0 Commodore Char- Castaway ley * 5 7 8 Hercules Redemption Whalebone Tame Deer Eifrida Miss Hark way 4 7 2 Coal Black Rose., 4 6 12 Cedric ....... 3 6 0 Magistrnie Avenger Latidatnia Salenica Hamlet 3 5 10 Sister to Elfrida 3 5 10 Lady St. Liz 3 5 7 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(Ilis Day.) LONDON, March 12.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, March 11 .—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived— Alma,. from Shields, for Buenos Ayrca. PLYMOUTH, March 11.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Anta gonist, from Batavia, for Hamburg. Sailed—H. M.S. iris, for Australia. FALMOUTH, March 10.—Wind S., strong.—Arrived. Libertas, from the Chincha Islands ; Claudia, Rio Grande, Off the port—Abagail, from Savannah CARDIFF, March 10.—Wi w i E.—Arrived —Matilda, Alexandria. Sailed — Atalanta, for Saa Francisco ; Fran cisco, Rio Janeiro. FATAL, Feb. 19.—Tho British brigantine Louis Napo leon, from Newfoundland • t o L eg h orn , pu t i n h ero on th e 16th inst., very leaky, with loss of mainmast and foretop mast, &c. Cargo will bo sold. EI:SINORE, March 9. Vronw Ida, from Danzig, for Hull, which put in on the 6th inst. leaky, is discharg ing ; cargo partly damaged. HAMBURG, March 12. - ---The Atlas, from Sunderland to this port, is stranded at Schearhorn, and has six feet water in her hold ; it is doubtful if she can be got off. ROTTERDAMMSTCh 19.—The Ruby, from H ar tl epoo l t o this port, ran ashore this morning; two men drowned. (PRR ELECTRIC TELEORAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday, 10.15 n.m. Wind W.N.W. Arrived—Lo Coq, from Cherbourg; Sultan, steamer, Alexandria ; Neptune, Ilfracombe ; Miss Nightingale, Llauelly ; Chester Queen and Taurus, Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind W. Off—Adam Carr, from Demerara. Sailed—Affines, for Buenos Ayres ; Astred, Porto Rico Sir Colin Campbell, Trebizonde ; Alice, Nantes ; Char lotte, Revel ; Ann and Mary, Rouen ;Harriet Stewart Sines ; Orwell, Bordeaux ; Libre Echange, Bayonne ; On tario, Boulogne. QUEENSTOWN, March 10. Wind S. Arrivod—Eichard, from Odessa, (BY SUBALIBINB AND BRITISII TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.20 a.m. Wind S.S.E. ; loa water ; cloudy. Arrived, 11th—Martha, from St. Ritt's ; Melbourne ; Etomanga, Odessa. Arrived, 12th—Thilsecl, from St ra l sun d ; Egelfortuna, Thisted. Sailed, 12th—Albion, steam er, f or Boulogne ; Cluth, Calcutta ; Ellen, St. John's, Newfoundland. Blackwall, DEAL, Thursday, 9.12 a.m. Wind W.N.W., moderate. Passod--Bosphorup, from London, for Buenos Ayres. DESTRUOTIVE FlRE.—Last night, shortly before ninef o'clock a fire broke out on the extensive premises o Messrs. Perkins, Bacon and Co., engravers for the Go vernment, and manufacturers of p ;stage and receipt stamps, in Whiteftiarg. The factory was at least 120 feet wide, and from GO to 70 feet high. The fire engines arrived quickly, and the large steam floating engine was also got into operation near the banks of the river. The flames, however, continued to rage with unceasing vigour for several hours, and illuminated the whole atmosphere. By hall-past 12 at midnight the engines managed to get the fire under their command, but not until the premises and all they contained were for the most part destroyed. It is understood that the principal The damage is estimated at 7 0 ff io e o re o r i s , were insured VICTORIA BANK. It appears that the proposition, mentioned yes terday, of the local Government of Victoria to establish a national bank of issue in that colony is likely to meet with powerful opposition from the body of persons interested in the existing joint stock banks. On the other hand, the scheme pre mises to bo popular with the people at large, the majority of whom are easily led away by the fal lacy that by taking the circulation into its own hands the Government would bring down the high rates of interest at present chargei. The argu ments for tho principle of establishing a national bank with functions strictly limited, by which en tire security wou'd be given to the paper issues while the - country at large would obtain the profits of them, may be generally admitted, but it would be an unjustifiable measure if the Government, after the existing institutions by their enter prise and good management Lave familiaris'd the country with the advantages of a note cur rency, and established general confidence in its negotiability and value; were suddenly and with out compensation of any kind to seek to seize the business that has thus been created. Yet, according to a description of the plan of the Colo nial Treasurer, given by Mr. Westgarth in an ad dress to the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce, something of this kind is contemplated. A cur tain day is to be named on which the banks at present issuing are to be obliged to confine their issues to the extent of their then circulation. Another day is to be named on which they aro to cease re-issuing any notes that may be paid in, and finally a day is to be notified when their notes shall no longer be receivable at the Treasury. The in tervals at which these arrangeLnents aro contem plated do not seem yet to have been mentioned, but it is to be assumed that they are short. Mr. Westgarth, in the interest of the banks, denounces the proposition as an attack upon vested rights, and within certain limits his view is palpably cor rect. In England, when Sir Robert Peel re solved to interfere with the issuing powers of the private banks, he confined himself to restricting them to their then amount, and fixed 10 years as the period before any steps could be taken for the extinction of their privileges. A similar grace should at least be accorded to eitablishments like those in Victoria, which have contended creditably with all the trials and riiks of the most anxious epoch in the history in the colony. Should a less considerate course be pursued it will probably prove less profitable than its originators imagine. The local Government announce that they are de sirous of carrying on the principal railway and other works of the colony by debenture loans, and the rate at which these may be negotiable will not be unaffected by the tone that may be manifested by the Legislature in dealing with existing rights, ac tual or implied. It is understood with regard to the new Internationa Bank about to be established in Paris, that the board o directors is to consist of 25 members. Of these 15 are to be French, 6 English, at d 4 German. The French list is not yet completed, but the names thus far selected are—MM. Vandal, Donna, Jayr, Montams, Arles- Dufour, and Bischoffsheim. Ma. THACIIERAY.—Some absurd rumours having been circulated respecting this gentleman's future arrange ments, in regard to his popular lectures on the Four Georges, we are requested to state that he is under an engagement to Messrs. Cramer and Beale, and that he will appear, under their auspices, on his return to Lon don from his present tour in the provinces. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Wednesday, March 11,—Adinission on payment, 821 ; ditto by sea• son tickets, 327 ; total visitors, 1,148. DEATH BY FALLING FROM SCAFFOLDING.—Yesterday, as some men were employed in erecting a scaffolding for some new buildings in Hyde-park-gardens West, one of them named Leary, stepped on a plank which had been insecurely fixed, and fell to the ground from a height of about 60 feet. Both his thighs were fractured, and he died in a few hems. The poor man has left a wife and six children. THREATENED CONTEST AT MANCHESTER. —We are well aware that for several days past great anxiety has been felt by a large proportion of the electors of Manche-ter to know whether any and what steps were being taken to select and bring forward candidates for the representation of Manchester, in opposition to Messrs. Gibson and flight. We may state that the subject has occupied the earnest and anxious attention of a number of gentlemen who feel deeply interested in it ; and, though some diffi culties have arisen which have caused delay in namieg candidates, we are now enat led to state that the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, Vice• Pres dent of the Board of Trade, and our highly respected fellow towns man, Sir John Potter, will be put in nomination, and we trust returned by decisive majorities. It was intended tLat a meeting of electors friend;y to the return of these gen tleman should have been held to-day, but it was found impossible to procure the use of a suitable room at so short a notice as the time allowed ; and the meeting is necessarily postponed to another time, of which, no doubt, due notice will be given. 'We under stand that the members of the League are at present in great confusion and tribulation on account of the little amount of sympathy for them and the general absence of enthusiasm among those ,classes of electors where their principal strength has usually been found, and also on account of the difficulties in which they are necessarily involved by the present position of Mr. Bright, whi c h very naturally suggests questions as to the future not easily susceptible of precise or satisfactory angwers,— Muckiter GuoiVign of sterqq. SCOTLAND. DI:WARR-Sir John Ogilvie, who opposed Mr. Baxter at the last Montrose election ' is' to be no minated for Dundee, in the room o f Mr. G. Dun can, who, as has already been stated, retires. DUMFRIES BURGHS.-Mr. W. Ewart has again offered himself for these burghs. EDINBURGH.-!--Mr. Black, who was elected for Edinburgh about a year ago, on the retirement of the Right Hon. T. M. Macaulay, again offers him self as a candidate for the city, with every prospect of his being returned. Mr. Cowan, who ousted Mr. Macaulay in 1847, and who still represents the city, has also intimated his intentions again to stand. Various other candidates have been named as likely to come forward, but no one has yet taken the field. GLASGOW.--Mr. Buchanan, the gentleman elected last week to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. John Macgregor, has announced his intention of offering himself at the approach ing general election. There is much difference of opinion as to the second seat. It is pretty gene rally desired that Mr. Alexander Hastie, the sitting member, should retire, and various focal names have been mentioned from whom a successor may be chosen, but as yet nothing has assumed a definite form. GREENOCK.—Mr. A. Dunlop has intimated his retirement from this burgh on account of his vote against the Ministry, which is distasteful to the great majority of the constituency. Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, Sir Henry RawHugon, Lord Melgund, and several loz a l gentlemen have been spoken of for the seat, but nothing is as yet de cided. KIRCKALDY BEG:WHS.—COL Ferguson, who has represented these 'burghs for 16 years, has an nounced his intenti on once more to tender his ser vices. He avows himself a firm supporter o f a Liberal Government, and an opp onent o f a ll su ch unworthy coalition s as that which lately attempted to throw out Lord Palmerston. No opposition has yet been intimated. KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. mated his intention of retiring, on account of health. No successor has yet been nam E l d —Mr. Mackie • LANARKSHIRE.—Mr. A. Bairn° again offered himself for t his colin rane is generally unpopular, for ltd ty. . inti mated bad Coch is Neapolitan pr.e hes in the dm dilections, and his chief streng .4. or, and irk the Cr gaaifiVi state Of the election regi I cochrmar.nc has favour of the Duke of Hamilton and Lord Douglas There is little doubt, however, that he will be oppwe - LEITH BURGHS. —The Lord-Advocate addressed meetings of 11. 7 8 supporters at Portobello and Mus selburgh on Tuesday, and at both places resolu tions were passed unanimously expressing confi dence in Lora Palnierston's Government. Mr. - Miller, of Liverpool, has been mentioned as a pro bable candidate to contest these burghs with the Lord-Advocate. RENTREWSHIRE. —The vote of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, in opposition to the Ministry, on the Chinese question, has given much dissatisfaction , in this county, which embraces a strong Liberal element. It is understood that Mr. Cunningham, - of Craigends, will start on the latter interest, in opposition to Sir Michael: ST. ANDREW'S BURGHS.--Mr. Edward Ellice, jun., has again offered his services to the St. An- • dreves burghs. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Shannon, 51, Captain W. Peel, C. 8., ar rived at Spithead on Tuesday night and received orders to prepare for China. In order to expedite her appearance at Portsmouth the steam-tender Sprightly was sent out to look for her. The following officers have joined their respec, tive regiments at the Provisional Battalion, Chat ham :—Captain W. Patterson, 32d Regiment ; Captain H. J. Robertson, 60th Rifles ; Ensign G. C. Sidebottom, 53d Regiment ; Ensign F. Pavy, 74th Highlanders ; and Ensign F. F. Devereux, 87th Royal Irish Fusileers. The whole of the Crimean stores which were brought home from Kertch by the Turkish Engi neer Corps, and deposited at the Gun-wharf, Chat ham, have now been removed into the places as signed for them at Brompton-barracks, and handed over for the use of the corps of Royal Engineers. Several of the large pontoons which were also brought home from Kertch have been forwarded to the camp at Aldershott, and 12 have been sent to Sandhurst, to be used by the cadets ; the other pontoons will remain on the Gun-wharf, at Chatham, as, owing to their immense size, there is no suffi cient space for them in Brompton-barracks. Up wards of 20 waggons and carts, filled with all kinds of entrenching, building, and artificers' tools, have been forwarded to Aldershott for the use of the Royal Engineers attached to the division at the camp. The sets of harness brought home will be used for the horses of the Field Equipment Corps of the Royal Engineers. The Arrogant, 46, screw steam-frigate, was taken into dock yesterday for repairs. It is presumed she is to be brought forward for further service again speedily. The Admiralty State yacht Osborne, Master Commander G. H. R. Bower, having been thoroughly refitted and re-embellished, was taken out of the steam basin at Portsmouth yesterday, and out of harbour, to try her engines round the Isle of Wight. The Alban, 3, steamvessel, Lieutenant de Bla- , quiere, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon with supernumeraries from the westward. The Plumper, 12, screw sloop, Capt. Richards, fitted out for surveying service, at Portsmouth, is now at Spithead, expecting to sail for the scene of her labours in a day or two. The launch of the Doris, 32, new class frigate, has been fixed to take place on the 25th inst. from Pembroke Dockyard. She is a very handsome vessel. Her ports are 16 feet apart and of greater size than usual, more room having been provided for working the guns, with a due regard to their elevation and depression. Her armament is to consist of 20 10-inch guns on the maindeck, 10 32- pounders on the upper deck, and two 68-pounders. The following are her chief dimensions :—Length between perpendiculars, 240 ft. ; ditto of keel for tonnage, 208 ft. ; breadth extreme, 48ft. ; ditto for tonnage, 47ft. ; depth of hold, 2Gft. Gin. ; and 2,100 tons burden. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty Captain Sherard Osborn, to the Furious ; Com mander S. G. Creaswell, to the Surprise ; Com mander T. Saumarez, to the Cormorant ; Com mander Roderick Dew, to the Nimrod ; Lieut. C. S. Forbes, to the Algerine ; Lieut. A. H. Hoskins, to the Bruno ; Lieut. B. G. W. Nicolas, to the Firm ; Lieut. B. C. T. Prim, to the Banterer ; Lieut. Philip Brook, to the Furious ; Lieut. F. R. Hartwell, to the Centurion ; Lieut. D. G. David son, to the Furious. ROYAL LITERARY FUND. Yesterday afternoon the annual general meeting of the members of this fund was held at the house of the association, Great Russell-street. Earl Stan hope took the chair, and there were also present Sir B. B. Cabbell, M.P. the Bishop of Oxford, Mr. Monckton Miln es , M.P., Mr. J. Foster, Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr. Wentworth Dilke, Mr. Dick enson, dsc. The usual formal business was disposed of, and the.financial report read, which gave a good account of the progress of th e soc i e t y , and showed that its income exceeded its expenditure by a small balance, which was added to the funded stock of the association. On the motion that the. report be received and adopted, Mr. C. W, Dilke, sen., moved a resolution which, under a number of heads, condemned the entire manage.. ment of the fund—first, because, according to its last report, it expended 5741. 18s. 3d. in relieving 53 - cases ; while the Artists' General Benevolent Fund, in relieving 68 cases, only expended 85/. ; and, secondly, because the Literary Fund expended 2001. per annum on the maintenance of a house, and allowed 2001. per annum to its secretary, and. because the accounts of the Literary Fund were not in a satisfactory state, as evidenced by their stating that the house fund, amounting to 6,5401., was still in existence as a separate amount of the so ciety's credit, whereas the books of the society showed that that fund never had been in existence at all ; and, lastly, because the Literary Fund on an average, not giving away more than 1,5001. per annum, yet appealed to the public for new sub scriptions and donations while possessed of funded property to the amount of 30,0001. and of landed estates yielding 2001. per annum. Mr. Dilke sup ported his motion in a long and rather irrelevant speech, which was frequently interrupted by cries of "Time 1" and "Question 1" and which at length drew from the noble chairman a request that the speaker would consider the time of the meeting and come at once to the question at issue. Mr. R. Bell replied at some length for the management of the fund, contending that neither the resolution nor speech of Mr. Dilke was founded on fact. He had prominently put forward the number of cases re lieved by the fund, but overlooked the immense number investigated at its cost. The office of se cretary had been created in 1836, on the motion of Mr. D,ilke himself, and his salary had been gra dually raised to 2001. per annum, in consequence of the really valuable services rendered by that officer. The error with regard to the house fund had originated in the fund crediting itself with the 2001. per annum granted in 1805 by the Prince of Wales towards a permanent fund for maintaining a house, and not counting the annual rent which had since been paid from that income. In fact, the house fund had been involved in the general funded accounts, and tile permanent fund was then debtor to the house fund the 6,0001. mentioned by Mr. Dilke. Mr. Bell then went into the question of general expenditure, and showed, from the accounts, that the society had been greatly the gainer since their present secretary had been permanently en gaged, the average annual increase of income during that time being no less than 5751. Referring to an article which appeared in the Athenceum and which charged the fund with not affording adequate assistance to the widow and children of the late ei s uryfo the rtabn three o another Mr. Hadyn, the speaker went on to sa y th at in six years Mr. Hadyn had received no l ess than 2001. from the funds of the s a o r c l ie o t e y fe , ns t ph h ra a ef t vt one of widowte E had h g in h do t nf he etsile sofh kindness of a memb er o f the committee had r o t rh the kindness children ro th of the Literary Fund, an d t h e third and last been get into the St. Ann's Asylum entirely through the exertions of the fund committee, Who spent 671. in the purchase of votes t o secure its election. M r . Ch arles Dickens relied to Mr. Bell iu a brief s p eec h of much force and humour, sup porting the resolution. of Mr. Mike. A long and at thnes rather acrimonious d i scuss i on followed, in Oxford, . which M r . J o h n Foster the Bishop o f Monckto n Mil nes, and 'Mr. Mike, aen., took part but the latter gentleman's mot was at Some length usual negatived by a ma j or ity 0f69t0 11. routine business was then transacted , and the meet ing terminated with the customary vote of thanks to the noble chairman. ........,...---__— ---_ EMIGRATION TO TEE UNITED STATEEL—LIVERPOOL; Liverpool and Philadelphia Coin f B IC - w steamship City o a un ore, Captain. Robt. pany's sere f m the Mersey for New Y k Leitch, sailed ro . or , at noon with 30 cabin and 220 steerage passengers, and W ednesday. to-day, of merchandise on freight, a full cargo [ADvssTrsinfErr.]—Holloway's Ointment and Pills astounding remedies for Bad Legs. —Extract of a letter from Mr. Charles Same, of Church -street, Woolwich, to Professor Liolloway: —"Sir,—l beg to offer you my sin cere —The . . thanks for the miraculous cure which your invalu. able ointment and pills have effected on my leg. 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