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even though not more . than half a dozen signa bums can be procured. The object should be to get a petition from every r_c.frish. The number of the petitions, if from different places, and signed proportionably to the Population and Anti-Church-Rate feeling of the r l ace, is wh a t we i g h s w ith Parliament. We be _eve that in ne ar ly ev ery parish some persons are Dis senters, and feel annoyed to have to p a y a direct irect tax for services they do not attend, and per "Pe disapprove, or which, at least, they do not like 50 Well as another mode of worship. What can be easier for them than to tell the Government so. Petition can be written on a sheet of foolscap P a per if the numbers of persons be few ; signed, a nd despatched, post free, to the Hon. Member for-- ---. When the penny po s t i g e was under d iscussion, nothing more impressed both Houses o f Parliament than the innumerable names of Places unknown before which asked for the boon. It Would astonish our sleepy senators equally if All in every parish who feel Church Rates a griev ance informed them of the fact in the black and 'White of a petition. _ _ _ There is another form of black and white also ' re q . effective indeed ; especially effective with a I)a rliament lying under a reprieve ; and that is letters from constituents. All the constituencies Whose Anti-Church-rate voters have supported some slippery Liberal, should let him know that not hing will now do but a clear vote—if Sir W. CLAY'S Bill comes to a second reading—or a dis tinct pledg e , if it d oes no t, for the abolition of c hurch Rates. The bill is now an unqualified aboliti on bill. The test is, therefore, quite satis factory. There are no riders to it from Lambeth. Chur chmen will be left to rate themselves, if they like, for their own casual expenses, and the repairs o f buildings which cost them nothing ; or they 41 a7 subscribe as District Churches and Dissenters 1141-0 to d o . It will co me to this at last, and the Liberal who would peril his election by refusing to liberate any of his constituents from the badge o f ecclesiastical subjection would deserve to lose 41 a seat. And here let us just whisper a word in the 6 4 4 ' Of some supercilious Whig who wonders What they make so much botheration for about a two-and-fourpenny payment." Why we illa Y ask him would he, who would willingly treat a 0 Ca bby to a shilling glass of something "warm " 11 a bad n i g ht, w hy w ould he summon Mr. C4)3131. if he demanded payment for two miles ov er Which he had not driven him? Now our c, lb ' may bluster about " law of the land," in Im memorial usage," " our glorious constitution (~ Church a n d St a t e ," an d all the approved slang : h vested wrong an d h ere dit ar y stupidity—but e n he has exhau s ted thatintellectual vocabulary t he fact remains. The man who refuses to pay does it for the same reason that M.P. will not pay m f CA-815 Y. The Member of the Conve nticle etels like th e M em b er o f P ar li a ment. He kicks a the extortion of the shilling. The same m an W ould give d ou bl e or twenty times the sum to any case of charity, or perhaps to the very cler °Mau himself, if he asked it to enable him to do l ' el lgious or social good in the parish. full th e usualappliances may, of course, be made 41 n 1 use of. Public meetings will come in aid of Petitions and most probably originate them, but a Petition should everywhere be a settled point, a nd the accompanying letter when needful. Now, t ' 3o , will be the time to make power felt in election committees. Why, would you embarrass ns ? will be the question in many a Whig coterie kl ul committee. The obvious reply is —You, not We , cause the embarrassment. It is a disgrace 4 ° any Liberal to be embarrassed on a question W hich so many Liberal constituencies have settled fo r themselves. Those who feel a Church rate an ° l l Pression and a brand of inferiority, may well k lic how long they are to be the only party ae°l- ited, or alighted, or put aside in these days of r° feased religious liberty ! Dissenters are a la rge section indeed of the Liberal constituency ; tll° Y may well be a majority, in th e borou g hs at least ; and they are entitled, if they are to sup -I)°rt the Liberal party as a PARTY, to have one of their prominent claims of the last thirty years Unconditionally granted. Liberals who quibble a nd evade in this case must be but milk-and :later Lib era l s, an d h a d b e tt er b e o ut of nails.- oat for a session, enjoying the tonic influence of political rustication. ° nee more, we say, let us settle this plaguy Settled it never will be but by aboli tion ; let u s , th en , h a ve done with it at once. we hare seen the two returns obtained by Lord " 41 cIL and Sir WILLIAM( CL A.; but, unluckily, t hey are so incomplete, or rather the inquiries I tialeh they answer are so ill-devised, that they tell us as little as such bulky papers could tell us. We only know this, that the amount paid by Dis senters must be so small that for Churchmen to prolong the contest to wring it from them. is both ill-natured and foolish. If Churchmen have not legal power to rate themselves, let them petition for an Act of Parliament to enable there, in some Way to do so ; but if they care for their Church as much as Dissenters care for theirs, then let them. make up their minds In pay for it a 3 Dis. senters do. The Church can never escape this dilemma. Either it has succeeded im rendering 448 worshippers as generous as Dissenting wor aappers, or it has not. If it has, it does not need Church Rates; if it has not, it 'does not deserve them, LATEST NEYVS. NAPLES, MARCH 6. The official Gazette publishes a roy.l decree, on the occasion of the birth-day of the Prince Royal, granting a remission or diminution of punish ments inflicted for misdemeanours or other con traventions of the law. In the absenca of any political amnesty, the mere application of the royal clemency to persons convicted by the correctional police is considered a mockery. Owing to the stormy state of the weather the French and German mails had not arrived when we went to press. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY, MARCEL 9. The Queen and Prince walked in the grounds adjoin ing the Castle this morning. The Prince of Wales went out bunting. The younger royal children tc ok their accustomed exercise. A deputation xo hequer yester from the Corporation . of London bad an i nterview with the Chancellor olr the E day at hi s o ffi c i a l res idence _iti . g The deputation con- Downinstreet on the subject of th e C oa l Duties )3i'c misted of Mr. Cox chairman), Mr. n cer, and Mr. Scott. Mr. Co c k erell, the City Rerambra Mr. Scarnell, Mr. Connell , of Alderley Lord Stanley A deputati on from the C ana , c li an Loan and Investment Society h a d an interview with yesterday at the Board of Trade. The deputation con sisted of Mr. W . R. Wagstaff (acting under power of attorney from Si r Allan Nl‘Nab and others, the pro moters in Canada), Sir H . Maddock, M. 13.9 Lord Bury, Mr. Clabon and Mr. William Austin ( promot ere in Englan 1, d` and The Royal Co mm i ssion for determining the site of the new National Gallery met yesterday at 17, Great Queen street, Westminster. Prtreent :—Lord Broughton (chair man), the Dean of St. Paul's Professo r F ar r day, Mr. . Cockerel!, and M r . Richmond Despatches were received at the Colonial-office, 9 69- terdah from the Governors of the North American Pro vinces, and the G overnors of Labuao , Hong Kong, and Ceylon. The Chancellor of the :Exchequer will give his first Cabinet dinner to-morrow, and we ho h. •Pe his last in that capacity. The Countess of Westrnorele.ndlarrived in to evening from Aptho r p e House, Northatriptonshir;n last The Earl of Stradbroke is expected in town t • o•day from Ireland. The Countess Granville bas issued cards for an assem bly on Thursday next. The Duchess Dowager of Beaufort and the Ladi es S he familyomerset a seat in re expe Gloucestershire.cted in town shortly from B a d minton, t DEATH OF MASTER llENN.—William Henn, Esq., Senior Master in Chancery in Ireland, died suddenly yesterday morning. As Senior Master, his salary was 2,500/. a-year. The vicarage of Chertsey has become vacant by the death of the Rev. Charles Cotton, M.A. The benefice, which is worth 4001. a-year, is in the gift of the Haber dashers' Company. We understand that Sir Henry Rawlinson has been requested by Lord Palmerston to accept the mission to China, but has not y e t ma d e up his mind to undertake the delicate and difficult task,—,Daily News. TilE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY VVEMING, MARCH 10, AUSTRIA. His Excellency Field-Marshal Count Rad.elzky, on retiring from the military government of Lom bardy, issued on the Ist inst. the following order of the day : I have schinissively prayed hts Majesty, our most gracious Emperor and Lord, to permit me retiring from affairs at a period of life extending beyond ninety years, and his Majesty, in his inexhaustible favour towards me, has deigned to transmit to me the following most gra cious autograph communication. [Here folows the Emperor's letter, which we pub lished a few days ago.] Soldiers, I bid you no farewell, for I shall remain amongst you. I leave to more youthful strength the arduous duty of forming and training you, so as to enable me again to show at the decisive moment, should the voice of our be loved monarch summon me peradventure again, that the sword which I have borne for 72 years, and on many a battle field, remains still firm in my grasp. But I must thank you for your confidence, your at tachiment to my person, your discipline, your devoted ness and valour, that have led us on to so many vic tor:es, gaining the admiration and esteem of the world. 'Willingly do I repeat, what I said to you at the end of the year 184.9, that the glory, which, like the evening gl3vr after a fine day is shed over the evening of my life, is your work. To your courage do I owe what I have done; your military virtues wove for me the crown that now adorns my hoary head, by the supreme favour of our exalted Emperor and Commander-in-Chief. Rec Ave my thanks for this, soldiers Keep this in constant remembrance, and you will, I am convinced, preserve the rights of your Emperor, and the honour of your arms unto death. Long live our beloved Emperor, Francis Joseph AUSTRALIA. By the arrival of the Mermaid we have received files of papers from Melbourne to the 16th of De cember inclusive. The Royal Charter had arrived out in 66 days. We take the following from the Melbourne herald of the 15th of December : " MELBOURNE GOLD CIRCULAR. " SATURDAY, Dec. 13. " The prica of gold has kept firm, with a rather up ward tendency. On the gold &Ps the competition among the bankers is such that they are paying at pre sent prices close on 2 per cent., while their selling rate for drafts is only 1 per cent. prem. Gold is now 76s ad to 76s 9d. "Our report for the week from the various gold fields is condensed into the following : "T hat deserted and deprived —of sub-treasury— Avoca has been resuscitated by parties having struck payin g ground, and an old favourable lead has been again hit upon. At Ballarat they were succeeding as w ell as could be desired. At Dunolly new life had been imparted by fresh alluvial ground and paying reefs having been discovered. The report front the Ovens is favourable, both in regard to the production of alluvial and rich quartz reef gold. At most of the fields the digging community while attend. ing to their individual interests s . re not forgetful of their social and political condition—the local court, sanitary, and other public measures being agitated at different settled diggings. " The escort for the week is slightly under the ave- rage. Number of persons arrived Number that have left Additions this week And year " The escorts have brought from— 1,605 370 Mount Alexander and Bendigo Ballarat Maryborough Daisy Hill Avoca 1,235 18,211 41,644 .... 2,503,833 Oz. 21,152 16,308 6,564 369 251 Amount this week And year Gold shipped in 1856 Per Havilah to Adelaide Steamers to Sydney Judge Sha A to Calcutta Derwent from Geelong to London Coringa to Calcutta . 2,793,696 S 2,029 15 40,889 4,418 2,857,109 Or 119 tons 3qrs. 71b. 50z., at 803.-11,428,4361. " Exchange ou London—Drafts against gold pur chased at par. " Freight 41d. per ounce, delivered at the bullion office, Bank of England, London. " Insurance, lid. per cent. " Edward Khull, bullion broker, 69, Collins-street west." " Our prices for gold during the week have been Castlemaine Bendigo 76s. 6d. to 76 2 . 93 . Maryborough ...... ... Korong Dunolly Chinaman's Flat . Avoca Fiery Creek Ovens Ballarat 775. 6,1. 775. CJ. 78s. " The supply has been good, and a good demand has existed as the opportunities for shipment have been vary eligible. "The escorts have furnished us with a very fair amount of gold this week, and a larger amount than usual has been forwarded from Castlemaine. By the way, we may notice that two more nuggets from Korong have been sold at that field, and have arrived by this escort. They are not so large as those previously found, and weigh respectively 99 ounces and 122 ounces. It is singular to remark that these were found in the same claim as the large ones now at our office. " We have frequently adverted to the want of escort accommodation from Korong, which entails consider able hardship and risk to the lucky digger, who has to carry his ad] a distance of 40 miles to market it, and then probably to Castlemaine or Bendigo, where its superior quality is not appreciated. We hope that this will not be the ease long, as a fortnightly escort from that place, through Dunolly and Ciainatnan's Flat to Maryborough, would be found to be deserved by the yield of those fields. " We have reason to believe that a large emigration will take place from California to our fields immediately, as the prospects are anything but encouraging to miners in that country. 'Upwards of 50 persons arrived from there last week. ____ ___. RECEIPTS PER ESCORT. Gold Field. oz. dwt. Cmtlemaine Sandhurst Ballarat Creswick Creek Avoca 251 0 Amherst 369 0 Maryborough 6,564 10 Total 44,644 0 GOLD EXPORTED DURING. THE WEEK. Loudon, per Admiral 40,689 Calcutta, per Coriuga Sydney, per Telegraph 2,00) Total , 47,106 SPECIE. London, per Admiral ----- £40,000 Mauritius, per Pauline and Victoria 16,690 Total £56,000 " \Vm. Clarke and Sons, gold brokers and bullion merchants, 86, Elizabeth-street." The Melbottrne Herald of the 13th of December says : "Entries of gold for shipment were passed at the Cus toms to-day for 7,991 oz. for London by the Admiral, which vessel cleared out with 40,689 oz., of which the following amounts' were shipped by the banks : Oz. Victoria ................................ 14,097 Australasia ................................. 10,000 Uni0n........................... ......... 7,991 English, Scottish , and Australian ... 5,750 Oriental .............. .................. ... 1,361 39,302 "Entries of G old for ship exp ort were passed at the Custom s f or 500 ounces, for London, by the Mermaid." The Melbourne .Araus of the 16th December has to th th© foll • •• owing : bourne are Ballarat line of electric telegrap and We a re glad to learn that the Melbourne; Geelong, send private h will ue opened Heads otore p c u b b r l i i s c tui th a i s s .,, morning.. All shipping arrivals at the now known in Ballarat as soon as in Mel from this date the public will be enabled to e- ate messages . The Bendigo line will be opened "TASMANIA. we have received Hobart Town papers to the 12th, and Launceston to the 11th Deo. Inc the Legislative A.svmhly, on the 9th, tue Colonial Treaiurer brought forward. the E,tinlatos. It appears, from the hon. melt ber's statement, that tho revenue for 1356, which was estimated to produce 368,542/ , will not realise more than 260,0001. The expenditure of the colony was set down at 310,9371. ; and the Colonial Treasurer, in the coarse of his stl:etnent, as,erted that the finances of Tasmania were never in so bad a state. Mr. Maxwell Miller has given notice that he will introduce a bill prohibiting any person engaged in mercantile affairs from holding the office of Colonial Treasurer." THE BRAZILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY. The Hamburg and Brazilian Steam Navigation Compan)'y steam-ship Teutonia, Captain Malchin, arrived here to-day, bringing dates from Rio de Janeiro to Febru , ry 1 ; Bahia, 7 ; Pernambuco, 10 ; St. Vincent, 21 ; and Lisbon March 4. She has a ship letter mail, 16 pass urgers for SAttliamp ton, and 7 for Hamburg, besides having landed 150 at Li bon. The Teutonia brings no c trgo for this port, but has 1,200 tons for Hamburg, consisting of 11,090 bags of coffee, 1,700 bale,s of tobacco, and a quantty of ivory and other goods. There is no political news by this arrival. Corm - nerd - a advices from Rio are to the 31st of January. In coffee limited supplies had kept the stock continually at a low figure, being barely suf ficient to meet the demand, and prices had in con sequence slightly improved. Exchange operations had been of some importance for this conveyance —London chiefly at from 271 d. to 28d. ; Hamburg, 650 reis ; Pads, 343 to 345. The Teutonia encountered strong head-winds with heavy head-seas, all the way from lat. 2 N. to lat. 36 N. Between 2 and 3 o'clock on the morning of Satur day last in the Bay of Biscay the schooner Smug gler, of 47 tons, Capt. Young, of Cardiff, bound to Corunna with a cargo of coals, came in collision with the Teutonia, and went down directly. The steamer's boats were instantly lowered, but could only succeed in saving the captain, who was in the water three quarters of an hour. Three men and a boy were drowned. The mate was Wm. Stephens, of Plyinou - h, who has left a wife awl family in Jer sey ; one of the sailors was Robert Jerrim, of South ampton ; the other's name we would not ascertain ; the boy was James Do wnham, of Aberdeen. The captain, who came here in the Teutonia, lost every thing lie had on board. The schooner belonged to Mr. E. P. Carrel, of Cardiff. PORTUGAL. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 9. The st-amer Teutonia brings Lisbon dates of the 4th inst., when she left the following vessels of war anchored in the Tagus :—Her Majesty's screw ships Duke of Wellingivni, Rear-Admiral Sir R. C. Dun da,s ; the James Watt, Captai❑ T. V. Anson ; the Prince , s Royal, Gaptain G. Giffard ; and the French screw ship Austerlitz. The English brig Haidee, W. Simpson, which had left Lisbon on the 28th of February, in ballast, for Swansea, was towed back the following day by the French steamer Helvetie, with the loss of her mainmast. . The Hamburg steamer Petropolis, from Ham burg and Southampton, had arrived on the Ist, and had steam up to proceed for the Brazils on the 4th, whon the Toutouia left the Tagus. No a'teration had taken place in exchanges since the news by the Sidney Hall steamer, already pub lished. PiIOPOSED ALTERATION OF THE ClR cuim AND LAW TERMS. A series of alterations are about to be suggested by the ' Council of the Incorporated Law Society to the Common La v Judicial Commission, as being desirable to be made in the present circuits and law terms. Considering the long interval of eight months betwee❑ the summer and spring circuits, it is submitted that there should be a third circuit in every year throughout England and Wales, for the trial of civil causes as well as criminal, and that the terms should be reduced to three ; and either Easter or Trinity term be abolished. Each term should be immediately followed by the nisi prius sit logs in London aid Westminster, and a circuit should take place immediately after the termination of the sittings. This disposition of the terms, sittings, and circuits, the council say, might be re arranged as to leave a vacation in the autumn immediately preceding the Michaelmas Term of about the same length as at present. Each term and each sittings after term should occupy about the same time as the present terms and sittings, and each circuit occupy about seven weeks. It is further submitted that any addition to the circuits, unless a term intervene between each, woul I be of comparatively little utility in civil business, while it would entail great expense and inconvenience to the public and to the several counties, and that it could be so arranged that one judge should sit at nisi prius throughout the term for the trial of co:nmon jury causes, which would, it is thought, allow of the sittings after term being shorter than at present. As the length of time occupied by the various circuits is very unequal changes might be made in many of the circuits so as to shorten them. In car• rying into effect the proposed changes the council sug gest that' the present arrangements be retained with slight alterations in regard to Michaelmas and Trinity terms, and the sittings at nisi prius in London and Mid dlesex after those terms—Easter term being the term recommended to be abolished. EMIGRATION TO AIISTRALII.—The Black Ball clipper War Spirit, Captain Gray, sailed from the Mersey yes terday morning for Melbourne with 250 passengers and a full carg ). The story of the death in a Vienna hospital of Mme. Heinef-tter, the singer, which lately went the round of the Fr, nch and English papers, appears to have been a canard. It is now stated that she is living in easy circumstances in a villa near Baden-Baden. In the general business of the port of London during the past week there has been little change. The num ber of ships reported inward was 122, being 22 less than in the previous week. These included 31 with cargoes of grain, See., 7 with cargoes of sugar, 5 with cargoes of dried fi uir, and 2 with cargoes of tea—the latter incla l ing 31,170 packages, 21,399 of which were brought by the Earl of Eglinton, 12,545 of her cargo being chests. The number of ships cleared out ward was 117, including 12 in ballast, showing a decrease of 14. The last papers from Sydney call attention to a matter of great importance to English underwriters. It is stated to be a frequent practice on the part of some consignees to get perfectly sound goods condemned as " damaged by sea water." Honest importers are, of course, unable to compete with these fraudulent persona, and a number of respectable Sydney firms have appealed by an advertisement in the Sydney Herald t 3 the London insurers to appoint some person in the col any to protect their interests. GLASGOW, MARCU 7.—COTTON.—The business in our cotton market during the week just closed has been considerably impeded by the Parliamentary election, but where transactions have taken place the tendency in price has been upward. Goods and Yarns.—There is more doing in the markets for goods and yarns, and, from the lightness of stocks and the dearness of the raw material, prices look as if they would still tend upwards. Iron.—Througbout the past week our pig iron market has been very firm, with a large business done in war rants from 765. to 763. 6d. cash. T. -day we are qniet, but very steady, at 765. Shipping iron is quoted—No. 1, 765. 6d. ; No. 3, 735. 6d. ; No. 1, Gartsherrie, 80e. MR. SPEAKER LEFEVRE.—Mr. Speaker Shaw Lefevre was elected to his high office on the 27th of Al ay, 1839, by a majority of 18 votes, over the late Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, the numbers having been 317 and 299. The right bon. gentleman was subsequently re elected to the chair nem. dis. in the three enccessive Parliaments of 1841, 1847, and 1852. His term of office has been nel.r!y 18 years. His predecessor, Mr. Abercromby, was elected in 1835 by a majority of 10 over Mr. C. Manners Sutton, afterwards Viacouut Can terbury, and held office about four years. CASUALTIES AT SEA —BELFAST, March 9...—The Royal Mail steamer Stag, of and from Glasgow for Belfast, with a general cargo, and 90 passengers, during the snowstorm yesterday morning ran on the rocks near Blackhead. The Cambria, from Ardrossan, came to her assistance, and took off the passengers. The Sag then backed off, and with the assistance from the Cambria, reached tee quay, with the food compartment full of water. Tee screw steamer Semaphore, of Belfast, from Liverpool for Belfast, when off the Calf of Man yester day morning, was struck by a heavy sea, which stove in the front of the cabin on deck, and nearly filled it with water. FEARFUL SCENE IN A CHAPEL—SUIELDS, March 9. —A. dreadful scene occurred last night in a new chapel opened by the Wesleyan Reformers in North Shields. The Rev. W. Griffith, a popular preacher in that body, was preachine one of the opening sermons. The cha p el was crowded', the aisles as well as the pews bein g filled with peop'e, when in the middle of the rev, gentleman's discourse a cry was raised in the gallery of " Fire !" and on looking up to a dome-light in the roof the congrega tion saw that the gas had set fire to the ceiling and was licking its way along the woodwork in an alarming manner. They appeared to be fascinated for a moment, and then amid screams and shouts a general rush was made to the doors. Many women fainted, and the scene that followed was of the most alarming and fearful cha racter. Several of the officers of the church, however, are seafaring men, and, with the usual promptitude of their class, they kept back the crowd. By a fjrtunate coincidence, Mr. W. Gray, a shipbroker, was le; tin; a woman and child out of one of the front doors at them nd om h e e n t t hr h e e w he it ar o d pe th n e . crowd rushing rsope rng from an fromn, a on, i t a le e e afp gallery,reanh.... , who was eturni e a was also comine, in by the other front door, and h® threw A open, so that the crowd had free egress. Three or four hundred persons were also got out by the back doors, arid—what is, perhaps, almost unprecedented in a panic of this character—the whole of the densely packed congregation was got out without the least per- The preacher and the officers exhibited B:lantB;llyincjJuurrya.ge and self-possession during the whole of the trying scene s and they deserve every credit for the spirit they show ed in resisting .the cowardice of the o a f l m so en e e w ls h i b o i t s e h d a w noble o self ue p h o itsrense courave in clearing out the people very speedily extin- Th S e o s m a e me " cra e ss n guished the fire without any serieNclamage having been crowd. sio dune to the chapel. :as 'PA E I A ------: w iv, FP MARKETS—(nis Day.) 114. A. 4-3 RAILWAYS. AND COMMERCIAL INT7LLIGENCE. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yestzr&V. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Leiters from Liverpool state the Cotton Market yesterday closed with a hardening tendency, at the extreme rates of last week. The gales amounted to 7,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the speculators. The Railway Share Market was quiet, and prices were a shade easier than on Satur day. Thera was a meeting held yesterday of the credi tors of Messrs. Sevayne and Bovill, merchants and engineers, when it was agreed to w:nd up the estate under inspection. The statement submitted by Mr. Turquand, the accountant, showed liabi lities to the extent of 61,0951. 6s. Bd., and assets —consisting of cash in hand, good and doubtful to the amount of 39,2221 . debts, consignment s owl. advances, and property unencumbered—were 13s. 11d., from which must be deducted about 1,7001. for paym e nt s requ i re d t o finish works on hand, leaving a deficit of 23,5721. 12s. 9 , 1• Another mercantile firm has been added to the list of failures recently published ; but, although these embarrassments have been more numerous than expected, th ere i s no unsoun d n ess in business. The continued dea rness o f mone y mu st tell very seriously upon those es t a bli s h men ts which are not in a strong positi on , b u t ow i ng t o the caution lately observed in all branches of business, the commer cial community are generally prosperous. Messrs. Doge, Bacon, and Co., merchants and patentees of india-rubber cloth, and who have a house in Ame rica, have suspended, owing to their not having re ceived remittances by the last mail. Their liabili ties are estimated at 100,000/ , but a good dividend is expected. The amount of bills drawn by the Hon. East India Company upon the three Presidencies of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, from the 25th ult. to the 9th inst., both days inclusive, was as under : Rates of Exchanges— £ B. d. On Bombay, per rupee ......... Nil. On Bengal, 2s Aid per rupee... 68,465 2 9 On Madras, 2s OA per rupee... 14,163 16 8 Total. The half-yearly meeting ofj the East Anglian Railway Company has just been held. The balance of cash in hand was 13,9551., equal to the interest on the Bond debt and on the A and B Shares, and leaving sufficient to pay 4/. 15s. per cent. per annum on the C Stock. The Mermaid has arrived from Australia with 50,000 sovereignsand 41,892 ounces of gold, valued altogether at about 217,5681. This is a very oppor tune supply, for the withdrawals of gold were becoming very extensive, 40, 0001. or upwards having been taken from the Bank yesterday for remittance to the Continent. In addition to this receipt a further quantity is overdue by the Blackwall and other vessels, which are supposed to convey in the aggregate about 800,0001. Theeffiux from the Bank will now cease for a time, and it is probable that some addition will be made to the stock of bullion, although the greater part of the imports are likely to be sent to the Continent. There continues to be a very active demand for disoouut accommodation, and full rates are still current. The Admiral, which left Melbourne on the 16th Dec., will bring 47,000 ounces. The market for Public Securities remains in an exceedingly dull state, and there is no particular feature to notice. The quotations have been rather flat, but there is an absence of fresh speculative dealing to affect them. A little additional firmness has been produced by the arrival of gold above alluded to. Consols have been 93) for money, and 931 i for April 8. Exchequer Bills are still par to 3s. prem., the Bonds 981, and Bank Stock is 220 to 222. Foreign Securities are also very quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents. are heavy, having been 961 to 97, and the 4 per Cents. are 1011 ; Dutch 2i per Cents. are 65i ; Sardinian, 91; Russian 41 per Cents. 98i ; and Ptruvian, 7Si. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, Gi 7 ; an, 221 4 ; Peruvian, 44 per Cents., 78 80 ; ditto Three per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 441 ; 45i ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; do. per Cents., 97 99; Spanish 3 per Cents., 401 411; ditto New Deferred, 241 ; Ditto Certificates, 6f i; Ditto Passive, 5i 6. The 11, , ,ilway Share Market h.Ls rulei rather heavy, and a slight decline may he quoted in the values of some of the principal lines. Eastern Counties receded about ss. ; Great Western, ss. to 10s. ; Brighton, ss. ; North-Western, ss. ; South Western, 10.=. to 15s. ; Midland, 5.. ; and South Eastern, 7s. Gd. to 10s. Paris and Lyons have improved about 11., and Grand Trunk of Canada declined 10s. The Committee of the Stock Exchmge have ap pointed Thursday next, the 12th instant, as the settling day for the shares of the Punjaub Railway, as also for the new shares in the Great Indian Pe ninsular Railway Company. British, Foreign, and Colonial Mining Shares are almost neglected. Great Wheal Vor brought 5i 6, and United Mexican 41. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares rule very quiet. London and Westminster advanced about 55., and Ottoman Bank declined ss. Aus tralian Agricultural shares improved 10s. Bitrns F UN ( D r STIi I S oDffit List:)AT O ' eCL o e.ti. done bank Stock (from the 3 p.it Cent. Consols auunitio 931 1. 11, is Bonds, .£lOOO .......„ ........_ — Ditto, under 21000 2 a 1 p ~. ;'onsol.s for t.ceouat .., „, .. 93i 11 E teliequer Rills, 2td. , . £lOOO 8500 . . p B=ll . Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent........... 11 Ditto, 1959 .. P &ICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE ( Yilla () '-' 1 " . • 1 , , irazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1024 li Peruvian Bonds 41 per Coat — Ditto Account Russian Bends, 1822,, £, St., 5 per Cent Ditto, 44 per Cent. Sardinian Bouts, 5 per Cent. .„, ....... Turkieli ,;onds, Ii per cent — Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account ... lOl4 i , f Wen is 3n tt.e ab.:e ~ ,a ro. 1, t eIT , n. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cen . :,., 12 Guilders 654 TWO O'CLOCK.. Consols, money 934 R 1 Ditto for account ....... ..... .. 934 i Viscount and Viscountess Curzan left town yesterday morning for Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire. Lord and Lady Forester ere expected in town on Thursday. Lady Dover is expected in town to-day from Hollenby lipuse, Northamptonshire. THE RIFORIE CLUNl.—George W. Harris, late stipendiary magistrate of Granada, has been chosen secretary of the Reform Ciub. Tne candidates were 126 in number. CONSERVATIVELAND SOCIETY.—The eighteenth annual meeting of the members of this society was held this day at the offices of the company. The chair was occu pied by Viscount Ranelagh. The report (for which see advertisement) was unanimously adopted. At a general meetirg of the South-Eastern Railway of Switzerland, lately hell at Caire, a convention was ratified for uniting under the same direction the lines of St. Gall, Appenzall, and Glatthal. The firm of Messrs Dodge, Bacon, and Co., merchants, and patentees of Indiarubber cloth, have suspended in consequence of the non-receipt of remittances expected to-day by the American mat. Their liabilities are stated to be upwards of 100,0001., of which a large portion is on accoant of correspondents, by whom it is hoped they will be met, in which case the assets avail dile for the general creditors may, it is said, realise a considerable dividend. The house have an establishment in America, at Newark, New Jersey. SINGULAR ACCIDENT TO Mn. GLADSTONE, M.P.—An accident of an unusual nature, the occurrence of which seems to be known to very few persons, happened on Tuesday night last to the right hon. gentleman. Mr. Gladstone was returning from the House of Com mons to his own residence in Carlton-house Ter race after the division on Mr. Cobden's reso- ' lutione, and in a somewhat hazy state of mind, when he inadvertently trod on a fog-signal which some _ rail way guard, in passing the Duke of York's column, had carelessly dropped on the pavement. The effect was instantaneous : the right honourable gentleman L i was projected some feet into the air, and de scended with a heavy fall. A policeman was by his side in a moment, and found him apparently unconscious. 1; On being asked where he lived, no reply could for some 11 time be obtained except the one word "Sixteen," though 11 in the course of a quarter of an hour, Mr. Gladstone, on being more urgently pressed as to his address, got so far as " Sixteen —Downing - street." He was forthwith conveyed thither in a cab and on knocking up the old helporter, the latter at once recognised the cx Chancel lor of the Exchequer, and the right hon. gentleman was I removed to his own residence. Hedezed throughout the remainder of the night and was better in the morning. The story of the fog-signal rests uponitho authority of a policeman, who declares that he distinctly heard the explosion, of which he was well acquainted with the pe culiarities ; but we hear that several members who were in the house on the previous evening are sceptical on the 11 subject. They allege that unmistakeable symptoms of spontaneous combustion had exhibited themselves in the , right hon. gentleman during the debate, and attribute the apparent accident to the [matured development of those symptoms. We rejoice to hear that Mr. Gladstone is now comparatively calm, though his friends sill feel Ii grounds for considerable uneasiness,—Morning Post, 1 Business done this day. 131 91 50 all 13i all ;t. lioo 15 1 all 5 all ;t. 100 3t. 100 ;t. 100 50 all ?I) all all .0 all 0 8 Amhg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June. Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Va11ey,........ Birkenhd. Lancsb. Cheshire Juuct Blackburn ............ myth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... Bristol & Exeter...... Caledonian. . Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon 'Cork, Black. & Pass. Cornwall DA A Do. B. Dublin&Belfast.Tunc Dun. P. &Aber. June East Anglian ..... . Eastern Cour tics ... EasternUnion,A..stk, Do., do. B Do. New A East Kent ........... East Lancashire EAst Suffolk ........ Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... jEdinb.Prth.&Dunde, Forth and Clyde June. Furness... . ....... . Glasgow & S. Western ;Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., I. Stock ;De., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) ;Great Western. Di. Str.V.R. gna. St ;Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds _ Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F.£l6 Do., Wst. Riding Un. De. Southport. London & Bls.ckwall Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. Eighths London ix S. Western; Lndndrry.dt Coleraine; Lndudrry. & Ennisk. I Manch.Shef.&Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G.West.(lr.) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nowpt.Aberg,.&llrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warreupoint & Rostrevor Norfolk Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. dr Dock Stock ........ Do., A Stock ......... Do., B Stock .. N. Eastern - Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G. N.E. Parch. Do. Leeds Do. York North Loudon N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western.. N. & S. Westru. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth.. Rhymney.. 161 1 1 141 16112 3t. 100 16 6 3 1 20 all t 1 all st. 100 St. XlOO [0 j all it. ;100 15 I it. iloo LO 1 LO 1 'OO all 5 all )0 all 5 all ;t. 'lOO .0 It. 100 a. ,100 q. 400 ,100 ,t. 100 ;5 23 1 15 i 0 all it 100 it. 100 .0 :31.1 !CI 17i !O all .0 all it. ilOO 'D 16 0 10 3t. 100 ;t. 100 it. 100 LO 4 Scottish Central Scot. N.E. Abrdn. St Shropshire Union Sitingbourne &Sheer 0 all ;t. 100 0 all ;t. 100 0 17 !O 7 (South Devon. 'South Eastern 'Do. per e. shares ISonth Wales Yorksh. RiverDna' ID() ..... ..... all 5 all 15 15 15 3 16 100 1 IStaines,Wok.,&Wok.l 'Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18K5 Stockton & llartlepl iTaff Vale t. 100 5 22 n all ?() all ;Do. Pref., No. ;Tliame3 Hay. D. &R. Vale of Neath......... 1 Waterfd. & Kilkenny i() all Waterford&Limerick' ;O all ' , West C0rnwa11....... LO all West End of London 5l all 5 all and Crystal Palace. Do. A Do. la West London De, First Class Do. Second Class Wmbledon&Croydon mo 1 all .0 I all !O all 0 all 0 all 18 9 L 8 0 10 100 0 2s. 0 ard ;0 108 !O 1 all ;t. 100 0 15 )0 all )0 a ll !O all BRITISH P Atlan. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lud,ga ar. 5 p. c. Do. Buffalo & Lake Hur. Buff., Brut. & Godch. p.c.bds.,l Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 , Do. do., 1 June, '74 1 Calcutta and S. East. Ce Aral Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A whares Do. B. do Demerara Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent Gd. Trink. of Canada Do. 6 p c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. Gt. Westn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. 'GG Do. do., '73, do. Do, do.; '73; without) option Madras, guar. 4. p.e Do. do., 5 per e. 10 Do. 4i P. c: Exten. 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. 5p.0. 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. ss. r Oude (Limited) 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c all I Do FOR 19} I 20 25 LO all !O 14 5 all 6I all 4a 43 81 - 9 C. 9 - 71 81 - 9 90 92 G9i -- 704 374 -- 341! t p I i•ó:: 1~4~ 193 10a 10, 48 50 34 36 7i - 6 99 - 100 57 -- ‘8 86 - 37 7i - 951 - 96, 84 - 86 123 - 125 109 - 111 681 - 69 64 - 66 74 - 78 7i -- S?;p 7i -- 811 - , 1011 -- 102,f d par 1 - 4 al 108 110 105 -10 N id par ;1014 103 1 si --- iia Eli - $2 54 - 65 iii = ii 56 - 58 3i - 31 4 45A - 4U 85 86 3i 3i 3 2 d 39 40 62 63 96 100 4j qii 7 - 74 10A - 11 30 - 31 LOS 110 274 28 50 52 2i lid 18 19 74i 75 - 86 44 4 3 d 12 14 41 43 io 3 / 4 = ii 7 - 9 2i - 3 6i - 6 *i - -si ISSESSIONS i - 1 P 1 lip 196 98 96 98 95 97 par p ••• - •• 11 - IL • P 112 -- 114 21 -21 p 211 - 22 51 - 62 81 - 83 211 - 211 1}- 1p 25/ - 26 31 - 31 7 99 - 100 120 - 125 120 - 125 1 107 -109 19 - 20 `27.i - 22 P" -P 113 *i I= 2it; 'ION. Antwrp & Rotterdam lArdenues. Pelgian East. Junct.' Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaua& TonlousP Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New Euphrates Valley IGt Central of France' Great Luxembourg Italian Junction ' Lake Const. i k Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. Lyons and Geneya Lyons Sr, Mediterran. Maria Aute::.la Do. 'New Namur Do. de. t L p ieg e e pref. Northern of France.. Norwegian t rrnk.Prel Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San Fran , (Fermin.) g. 7 p. c. 7. Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all ")o. 5i per cent. pref all Southern of France , all West Flanders all IDo. 5A per c. Pref all W..IrN.W. of France 6 ,Western of Austria._ all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Do. Sp. cent. pref. all Zealand . ..... Gi - 6 _ ii - ii S - 4 p 5; 6 334 —3 4 P 10 11 par 11) 44 5p 6f Gi -- .d - 4 -- iiiP ioa iii S 4 - 91 21 -21 i 39i -39 i 59 • - 594 57 - 59 - iP 1 - 1i 8t - 9 - 9 7 9,4 10 321 3.{} par 1 p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all lAustralasia 99 101 25 181 Bank of Egypt Lop 50 !Bank of Loudon 53 60 40 all 'Bri.Col Bk.& Ln. Co — 50 all British N. American 20 6 C.Bk.of Ind. Au.&Ch 14 LO O 50 'City 6B 70 70 [OO 25 Colonial IN 20 Commercial of Lond. 20 all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cht. 17 134 10 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust. 18 3 / 4 19 20 all (Ditto New l B 3 /4 19 20 20 London and County .• 100 53 Lnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp ..• 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond.andWestminst 46i 1 00 35 !National Pro. of Eng ... 20 10 New • ••• 20 22 National Bank 50 all New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 39 41 20 15 Ottoman Bank 100 25 ,Provincial of Ireland 10 all po. New ..• 5 1 In. Aus.B.&G.lm.Co — 25 all ; South Australia . . 361 25 all Union of Australia 6O 62 tO 21 bo. New 7 9 10' t Uniou of Londo• 1 00 50 Unity Mutual 100 50 ;Wostrußk4fLond , 10 8 cl% ;Oi all !Oi 8 )0 all !O all )0 all all !O all 'A all Lt 3 all 1.0 all 20 all ;0 1 7 1857; 100 100 all 100 all 100 L AY Buekgliamsh , iale Je. Col.' t cur Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.c E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils.Direet 100 Do. New all Glstr.k.Dn.Fr all Hull & Selby. all Do. g 1 Shares. all Do. i Shares. all Lon. &Greenw all Do. Preference 100 I Lon. TU., &S. 5.1 Do. B:rk. all 'Mancli.Paton. and Matlock 1100 Mdld. 1;;.a.1 rd. 51 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. all NT. az. Est. sp. c. al Do. 6 per et ll Do.Fixe'l rip. c 1 Prest. & Wyre ' Do. Shrs. A Roystn. & Hit. iShrews.S: Her IS. Staflordsli Wear Val. gape IDo Wilts&S.rni-st I E. &E.O Gt. Nortlin E. Count. Ciddonian. Do At. 'estn Y. k N.M Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co Do tin. &N. W S. Count Do Do G. &N. W a. Northnl T. Brassei M. MClean Stk.6lDar I Do at. Westn 12 I all I 50! all 25 all 5t.11.00 all l3lyth and Tyno 10 p. e.prof. (issd.at 501. 103 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares., 100 Caledu. £lO 4. p. c. 100 Ches. & Ho. 5A p. c. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent... all Cork &13andon5Ap.c. all Dnn.Perth.&Aber.J. 2 E. Anglian Cls. A Sh.' 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c 1 all Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l i all Do. No. 2 ...... all Do. New 6 pr. c. St. all East Un., G. 6p. c. all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent 00 East Lancash.6p.cts all E.&W. York. J. sths 5 Ediu. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. 100 Ed.Prth.kDun.4p.c. 100 Farness, sp. c .... 100 Glas. & : , .. , .W.G.5 p.c 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. preen..: 100 Do. 4A per cent ..... 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. all Gt.N.ofScot.lst Pre 100 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) 15 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. 6 Gt.W.(ll.&H.Ex.spc 100 Do. con. red. 4A p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p. c. 100 ID°. irred. 4 percent. 100 Do sp. c. red. pref. all Do. Birm. Pref. s'h all Do. Chester Bp. c.P.S all Do. do. 5 p c. do 100 Do. Birm. Gna. Stk all Do. Chesil., Gua. Sh all Do. do. do all Do. do. do. 100 Lan.& York. 6 pc. St. i 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc.No.l 100 Dp.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. 1.00 Do. do. sp. c., N 0.4 100 Lon. dr N.W., Cot. & Naneaton 5 p. ct... ;00 Lon. &S.W. 7 perct. 1 late 3d Shares all Londy.& Color. A Sh. all Londy.&Ennis. A Sh. 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 44 Do. do. do. £6 100 Do. do. 34 per cent . all Marypt.. Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 45 par cent 10; Do. do. IC3 Wid.Consol.6 p.c. St 100 Do.Con.Br.Bir.6p.c , 100 D.. 44 p. c. Pref. S 103 Do. L. ik H. Pref. S'‘ , all New., Aber.. &c., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 Lc.pm 8 Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct all lorf Ir. Deb. 4 p.c. Sh 100 Do. sp. c. E. 1846 100 Do. 55 p.c. pf., 1347 100 D0.Wv.V.5p.c.,1847 100 North British 1 1 N D ,, . 71. Preference 100 N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf Si Do. do. do . 13 Do. Leeds 6pc No.l 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 \ 10 Do.YorkH.&S. Par, all North Staffordshire.. 100 Ox.,Wor. &Wolv. C p.c., let guar...,... 100 Do. 6p. e. 2d guar... all Scot. Cent. New Pref 100 3c.N.E Abe-.•.g.3).c. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 109 Do. d 0.33 p.c. pf. St all South Devon all Do. fixed .1 pr cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of El Os. Gd. 100 D.. 4A per cent all Do. Fixed 4A p.c. Sh 00 S. Wales G'IA. 4 p. c 00 Do. do. 41 p. c all S.Yorksh.4p c.Guar all Stock. &Dar., 5 p c 15 Do. do. do . all Stock. & liartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 all Waterfd& K ilk. 6 pc. BRIM R 21 I*lfred Cons. (Philk. 10 14 'British Iron .. 20 Conduraw (Cambru.) 0 1 iDev.Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) .. 14s (Great South Tolgus .. 10/ 3;G rt.W. Alfrd. (Philk.) 7 jGrt.W. Vor (11elstn.) 886d 1 Lady Bertha 71 N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.lltsset (Illogan) 6/15;North Wheal Crofty (Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) , Porkellis U, (Weed.; Gs. !Sort. Cons Min. Co 2i iS, Caradon (St. Cleer ... 2 i 5. Carn Brea (Illogn. ... 19 S.W. Frauees(lllogn., 5 4 f (Tarn. S. &L. Miu. Co 10 9 (Tin Croft ... 40 jUn.3l ines (Gvvenuari 12s0 V. of Towey (Canaar., ... 14 IW. Basset (Illogan)., ... 20 IW. Caradon (Liskrd. 5i Wit. Basset (Illogan) 5 Wit. Buller (Rdruth). ... 5i Edward(Calstek ... 1/ 7syrh. Kitty (U. Limit . 8 'Wh.3.lk. Ann (Menht. • 4{ Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) !O I 7 15 I 27 10 all !O 15 1. 4 Q I all Le:i4'ng • C Inal - antes yeste:aey. Lm.OLNVj 93 -- 95 , Aovdon_i9B -- 102 - 13 - 137 31 - 4i iOi -7- liii I 12i -- 13 23 -- 24 'llO7 -- 109 P - 2 90 1 -92 i i - 4P 5i - 67 131 s __ 9 9 32 - 3:3 88 - 90 PREFERENCE SHARES. 5i -- 94 oi = 100 6 - Gi - 115 12 - li3 - 77 - 117 - 112 - 104 64 10 - 96 - 86 - 102 - 10. - 75 - 20 - 137 - 140 - 118 - 159 - 6i3 - 136 - - lip - 107 - 92 Id' icil 221 - 111 118 110 70 18, 9l 69i 70 691 3: 191 10i i 20 9G St. 8$ St. St. 63j i 10 661 1011 i i 1081 1051 4i 54 813 j lO St. 20 50 45A 6 86 10 10 St, St. St, St, 20 1 , i 25 20 25 10 1.0.6) 1131 82 21 5i 5 1 I 51 1 41 25 gi i 84 100 10 19 14 9 1 135 211 ,110 114 -- 105 -- 65 -- 17i - 23i - 24 100 - 101 9i - 10, - 28 9:3 ••• f - ••• 2 - 3i MINES. 22i ,- 23 6* - 74 155 - 165 145 - 455 14 - 15 - 10 51 - - 1 18 - 20 32 - 34 6 - 7 23 - 24 8 - 9 1* -1/ 330 - 350 7 - 8 1340 - 360 - 4 - 4* 1 220 - 240 - 35 - 36 160 - 170 280 - 3 0 320 - 340 19 - 21 46 - 48 23 - 25 MINES. - - 2 3 - 3t 19 - 21 id 59 61 12 it id 7i 8} ld p 4 - 4 7 - 9 'll ... --- ... 4 - 41 27 - FO REIGN Australian Brazilianlmp.(issue ( at .£5 piu) Do. Cocaes & Cuhuh Do. St. John Del Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobro Copper Copiapo Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada Novcau Monde Pont.Sil.l,lM.& Smlt Port Philip Santiago de Cuba =oath Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 p. c. 'United Mexican MISCEL: ,A.NEOUS. 23 - 25 Australian Agricult. lAustraln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Laud ; Canada Da.Go.6pc.Jan&July Do. 6 p. c.Feb.&Auv. 1 D0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 71 p. centH Crystal Palace Do. Pref.:mice Crystal Pal. of France, Dustou Iron Ore Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Irel„ En.drAust.Cop.SinCo, Eur. & Ind..Tetn. Tel.l Gen. Ir. Sc. Col. (liin.) l Gen. Steam Navigat. London Discount , Gm. Omnibus 1 ij h i M o Magdalena e c u cl x d i i e t e ' a r tl a s . s S l ,. ell m N e . : v T ii i c e g. l. a Nat. Discount Co._ Do. New Netherlands Laud.— 1 1A Do. Do. - Do.S p c.PLiss.at ld ' , 4 V, I Do. Do. , par ip New B. &N. S. Land ... N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D) N. B. Australasian._ Nrth.of Europe Steam, Oriental Gas ......... Do. New Share s I IPcelßr. Ld. & Minrl Peninsular & Oriental Do. New Rhyinney Iron Do. New. Royal Mail Steam._ Scot. Austral. Invest. Do. New S. Auk Gov. 6 p. c.bds ', South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip, Do. Registered Trust&Ln.Co.l.T.Can 1 Van Dienion's Land' V, Go,6p.cJan. dr July 5 - 5i 40 - 45 liB - 153 ,• -... ... 35 - 40 26 28 2 bi 5 - ii 7- - iii li = iti i - ilt 4k - 4i :1_ 31 id par .•• -- .. ?‘2 -"" I lk - ii 2 ••• ...... . - 23 -2 . 5" P 6 - 8 1i - 1 ii -- 37 I' _ 1 14 _ __ -- 16 ... 0 - ••• 15 19 Q all all SO t. 100 1 all !O 17y 1 all 1 5s 15 all 50 all 58 10 50 all 15 all 00 60 1 all 1 all St. 100 25 al 1 all 1 all 20 5 ,t. 1100 1 llns!nes, this flay Si i 9 i i 1U 10 i 6 I DONCASTER RACEF..--Citas Day). (BY ELEI Lu Odd Trick Bourgeois . Ten ran. All ran but Spinet and Peter Fla THE REP ik'ESENT ATi 0 OF THE CITY OF LON DO v. af'.,erno n a n3eering of the me 1111a.n, of the Libe ral Re 4 tatration Assoc , ation of the flty of L3edon was held at the Lontivn Tavein, Bislcp,gat -street, to con .:idtr the state of tb represeia,,tn& H •,t the ()ay ot Lon don, in reference to t'ne tinpenditig e l ec ti on , Tne meet ing was called by advettl emet,t in the llewSpspr'. and describ,d as a " gen, rr.l meeting of the members or the Association," stating the ctj ct for wi.iott it was h.l-1, and conveying an tuipressio,i that the reprisentitiv es o f the organs of pubic opinion (.6 is usual in these cases) would lie adinitled. On attending at the hppoint(-.1 hour we were informed by the secretary Chet the "associa ti.ti " bad determined on ho ding a prv,ite and emir. dentiai meeting, and that conseque rep.,rters could not be admitted, at the same r-i,::;to;ng a c rceltr notice. -•1 the mse• 'lig (c,nuclie I i . .tefina that of the advertisemen ), in fw , p , :rt l f his as erlon, that it way a private ineetin;z, viz.—" That a special meeting of the General and Parliamentary Ginimitteen of the Association will be la:lien," &c. Much disapprobation was expressed by many of the members at such a course of proceeding, as being likely to give it the character of a "hole-and-corner" meeting, rather than one caled, as it wag understood, for the purtsai of allowing the members of the association to give pression to their feelings with reference to the conduct of the present members for the City on recent events, and also an expression of approval of Lord Palmerston's pt licy. An idea was generally pre- . valent that this illiberal proceeding of the association bad been adopted out of deference to the feelings of a few influential members who are firm supporters of Lord John Russell, and who wish to stifle, if possible, tin expression of indignation entertained against him for his recent conduct by the great majority of the subscribers. LAW INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN BE BAINBRIDGE AND LEELL. These bankrupts were described as of Southwark-bridge road, boos and shoe nianufa.:turers, and to-day was ap• pointed for their last examination. The case has been before the court for a considerable time, and was at length adjourned sine die without pro tection, as the bankrupts hrod been.unsble to file a balance sheet. _ _ _ _ The bankrupt Bainbridge left England shortly before the proceedings in bankruptcy, and, it was alleged, had taken with him a considerable sum of money in contem-. plation of bankruptcy, but he returned, and denied the allegation, or that he had contemplated bankruptcy, and had only taken a small sum, and had left Leell to wind up the business. The statements of the two bank rupts were very conflicting as to the state of affairs, and some of the books had bean lost. Mr. Pettis, of Rising hall-street, was then called in, and made oat a general. statement, which to a great extent reconciled the ditcre pancies, and accounted for the supposed deficiency. • !` Mr. A. Turner, for the assignees, was still dissatisfied with the statement, and the bankrupts underwent a fur ther rigid examination. The bankrupts were supported by Mr. Bayley, instructed by Mr. Warrand, Basirghell-street. The case was proceeding when our reporter left, and will most likely end in a further adjournment, as no formal balance-sheet has been filed. SAL4R.ES 01? ACTJ.R4. Dowton's salary at Drury-'ane. in the season of 1801- 2, wa. 8/. per week ; he subsequently received 121., but never more than 201. It is cori me to remark the _differ ence in the salaries paid to dramatic performers during the last hundred S ears. In the better days of the drama these salaries appear to be small, bu , , there can scarcelf' be a doubt tbat a healthy action was then enj.)ye 1, which the "star" system tended to impair. If we look into Gar- - : - rick's theatre we find the Roscius himself at the head, with a stipend of 21. 15;. 6.1. per night ; B errs and his wife, 3/. ss. Bd. ; John Palmer and his wife, 21. ; King, the unrivalled Sir Peter Teazle and Lora Ogleby, 1/. 6+. Bi. ; Parsons, 1/. 61. Bd. ; Mrs. Pritchard, 21. 6s. Bd. ; Mrs. Cibber, 21. 10s 0.1. ; Miss Pope, 13s. 4d. ; and Signor Guestinelli, the principal singer, 1/. 13s. 4d. Succeeding the days of Garrick came a host of distinguished performers, including Lewis, Quick, Bannister, Munden, Mrs. Jordan, Miss Farren, cum ntultis alii.s, not one of whom ever received " star " salaries. John Kemble, as actor and manager, was content with 561. 14s. per week ; George Frederick Cook received 25/. ; and Mrs. Jordan, in her zenith, an average of 311. 10s. Drury-lane, in seasons 1812-13, boasted of an excellent company, including John Johnstone, who was retisined at 151. per week, and Dowton, whu received 161. Covent-garden, at the came period, numbered among its members Emery (whose highest salary during his career was but 141. per week) Mathews, Fawcett, B'an chard, Liston, and Simmons, and their united receipts from the treasury were fess than has since been paid to one actor at a metropolitan minor theatre ! Edmund KeAn's first engagement at Drury-lane, in 1814, was for three years, ranging from 8/. to 10/. per week. This was subsequently converted int; a contract at 501. per night. Eight years prior to this great change in the fortunes of Kean-in the year 1806 - he was playing at the Haymarket, unnoticed and unknown, his salary at that time being 2/. per week. Twenty years later, when wrung in heart and fame, physically and mentally weak, he received at the same house 501. per night. Who will say he was a better actor than he was in 1806 1 As a contrast to the sums paid during the past century, we may state that at Drury-lane, when under the management of the late Stephen Price, the nightly salary of Edmund Kean was 601. , and that of Madame Vestris and Liston 251. each ; whilst Farren received 351. weekly, Jones 351., James Wailack 351., and Harley, 30/. In 1838, Tyrone Power was receiving 961. weekly from the Adelphi, and Farren 401. from the Olympic. It was once remarked, in reference to the enormous sums lavished upon " stars," that the President of Ame rica was not so highly paid as Ellen Tree ; whilst the Premier of Great Britain had a less salary than Mr. Macready. Madame Malibran was said by the same writer to draw five times as much money as the Colonial Secretary, and Mr Farren nearly twice as much as the representative of the Home-office. There can be no question that t,his extravagance of salaries has been one of the means of the depreciation of the dramatic art, alike fatal to the interests of managers and the prospects of the profession. MARKET NEWS.— (Ms Day.) HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 41 Oa ; clover do., 31 lOs to 51 Os; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 8s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 12s to 41 4s ; clover do., 31 I.‘ s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 9s per load, A moderate demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 4/ Os : clover do., 3/ lOs to 515 s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 8s per load. Trade rather dull. COLONIAL T$ A.—There is very little doing in this article, and prices are without any material variation. The ad journed public sales are announced to t .ke place on Thurs day nest. s s SUGAR —There has been a very limited business trans acted, but holders demand full rates for all descriptions of both foreign and colonial. The refined market is very steady. COFFEE.---The demand has been less active, but there is no alteration to notice In prices. RIDE. —There is a steady demand for 'fine qualities of Bengal at fully former quotations, and a large business has been transacted in Patna. at 13s. to 19s. per cwt. Rtmi.—The demand is rather active, and prices gener ally show an upward tendency. Tenow.—The market is very inactive, and quotations have declined to I'. Y.C. on the spot 61s. to 61s. 3d. June delivery, 525. 6d., and last three months, 51s. 6d. to 52e. per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPINCI.---ahis Day.) LONDON, March 10.—Wind this day at noon, moderate breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, March 9.—Wind N. to N. by E.—Sailed —Wisconbin, for Sydney, N.S.W. ; Anglo-Saxon, Alex- andria. l ut for reh9.—swWanini River.N.N N.N.E.—Arrived—Clara,, .—A.dr_rivu m ed— . C s l . a e ra o , l fr from FORELAND, March 9.—Off th e port—Sinamonds, from Callao. BELFAST, March 9. rho mail steamier Stag, of and o ' L I' s ir P , 1° for Or° Lisbon. ° from Glasgow, for this port, with a general cargo, ran on shore on the rocks near Blackhead (luring a snow storm. She was got off with one of her comp..rtments full of water. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Wind N.W. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morn in g. Sailed—Ashburton for New York ; Johanna. B u i 1 . 1 1 t ; Industry, R o tt el d ana ; Susan, Lisb ; Albert, D nK I 9 HOLYMIAA Mar Ch Wind N.B. Arrived—Alarm, from Seville. QUBENBTOWN, March 8. Wind N.W. Arrived—Coquette, from Galats. (BY stIBMARINN 6,BNADvBERsiETN. I:uHelZGaftvAP9 fresh and HA a.m. Wind N.; tide two hours' flood; weather fine. C. RohinsponE,lfLre,mpruSets.aDayo,m9i.n2g7os..m. A sa r i r l i e v d e , d 9 , f o e Naples. Sailed, 10th —Speedwell, for Jamaica. Wind N. fresh. Passed— ;y i n. Bryan, from London, Poole; John and Eleanor, Newcastle, Genoa. Sailed in tow—Primula, for London. An address from a large number of the principal persons engaged in the colonial produce trade was pre sented yesterday to Lord Palmerston by Mr. James Cook and Mr. Fraser, requesting him to become a can didate for the City. The Primula has arrived from Sydney, but is not believed to have brought any gold. The Etna, wh;ch left Southampton on the 24th ult. with the overland Australian mails, arrived out at Malta. in seven days and 14 hours. She left for Alexandria on. the sth inst. x 41