The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-02 00:00:00

~ r ...~.. ~ u-_ • ,CC- C.!! "-1 1 , 1 4 . t 4 -; 4' • SUN °PUCE, Seven o'clock. TATTERSALLS'—(This Evening.) LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. sto 2 agst Bashi Banuk (take 3to 1) 3to 1 agst Gitana (taken) 7to 1 agst Lima LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. sto 1 agst Escape 10 to 1 agst Minos 15 to 1 agstTeddesley 100 to 8 agst Emigrant 100 to 8 agat Hopless Star 100 to 8 apt Omar Pacha 100 to 6 agst Little Charley 20 to 1 agst Jean du Quesne 28 to 1 agst Forest Qaeen DERBY. 13 to 1 eget Blink Bonny (taken) 100 to 0 agst Zuyder Zee (taken) 20 to 1 agst Kent (take 25 to 1) 22 to 1 agst Bird-in-the-hand (taken) 25 to 1 agst Saunterer (taken) 25 to 1 agst Sprig of Sailleligh (taken) 100 e to 30 agst Arsenal (taken) 50 to 1 agst Purston (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Victor (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Blue Jacket (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 1 agat Vedette (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Loyala (offered) 6 to 1 agst Schiedam (offered) • Bto 1 agst Sidney (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agat Sir Colin 20 to 1 agst Commoner ARRIVALS AT LIVERPOOL. Fisherinan, Janet Pride, Peachum, T. P. Cooke, Garneboy colt, Mary, Siding, Waterfall, Miss Hark away, Tom Thumb, Gitana, Lady Helen, Pizarro, Wea thercock, Reveille, Miss Birch, Pera, Lazy Lass, Sir Humphrey, Casse Cou, Jean du Quesne, Garry Owen, Black Swan, Dangerous, Squire of Bensham, Forest Queen, Trembleur, Midge, Albatross, • Sting, Lady Arthur, Harry Lorrequer, Omer Pacba, First of May, Wild Strawberry, Maurice Daley, Free Trader, Dis pute (2 yr.), Ida, Red Rose, Little Charley, Emigrant Westminster, Treachery, King Dan, Kilkenny Boy, Special License, Woodmite, Lady Hercules, Indian Queen, Luna, William, Croxtetl►, Our Sll, Duet, Ted deal'', Romeo, and Minos. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woo'- sack at 5 o'clock. THE MEETING OF CONSERVATIVES. The Earl of DERBY said he wished t) correct a mis representation of a portion of the public press. He had laid it down as a rule during.bis political life never to notice any mis-statement regarding him that appeared in the public journali. If he had now departed from that rule it was not so much to set himself right with the public, but to prevent injust ice b e i ng d one t o o th ers . A report had surreptitiemety been mate of a meeting that bad been held on Friday lan. It was so far true that a meeting had been held on that day, but not at his house. The statement as to what took place at that meeting was, generally speaking, most incorrect. He was.repcited to have said the reverse in many instances of what he.actually . did, and in other points his meaning was entirely misconstrued. He was at a loss to know who it was that could have furnished the report, and supposed it was written by some one who was present, but who had given a grossly inaccurate account of the proceeding at the meeting. He made this explanation in order that it should not be supposed that by his silence he assented to the statements contained in the report to which he had alluded. CHINA. Earl GREY presented a petition against the continuance of the war with China. The noble earl said he begged to• a-k her Majesty's Government the questions of which be had given notice to the noble earl the Lord President of the Counc 1. Great anxiety existed with re-pect to the news arriving from China. He wiabta to know whether the Government had re ceived any information, affording any prospect of an early termination of the war in China; whether it was still carrried on for the purpose of obtaining the free en trance of the British into the city of Canto-a, or for any other object,; and illeCy, whether any reinforcements had been sent to China? Earl GRANVILLE said the last intelligeuee from Canton contained no account of any further operations having been taken there, ixiept those necessary for self defence. The Chinese had taken the most hostile steps at Hong Kong, and had issued proclamations offering re wards fur incendiarisrns and assassinations. Under such circunietances there did not appear to be any prospect of a speedy tehninatiou of the presei.t war. There WaR, however, no interruption in our commercial relations. It was impossible for any change to take place in the prlicy at present pursued there, for if so it would have the appearance of receding whicia would lead to tho most disastrous results in Canton and, in other parts of the empire, as the lives and property of the British subjects, as well as of other Caristians, depended upon toe determined position of our forces in China. With respect to the Tiestion whether any reinforcements had been sent to garrison Hong he had to inform the nobl e e ar l that one, rf.:imelit had been sent there from India about three weeks ago. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OP 031yEvIONS—Criii3 Evening.) The SPEAKE3 t,ok the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. CARP. t )ok the oaths and his seat for Do wnpatt ick. Capt. BARNARD took the oaths and his seat for Ban don. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following private bills were read a second time and ordered to be corumitt:d :—EAstern Counties way ; Fraserhurgh Barb - ur ; Gr:?at, Yarinoun Water ; S dist - airy and Yeovil Rail Nay ; South Lor.dwi Rail vay Stockpi t, Dlsley, and Will,ll Bridge Riiiway - ; Strat- LrJ-apon-Avon tiai vay ; S.vansea lll6our Trust and SNansea Deck Compaoy ; West Somerset Railway ; and the S)men,et Ra4,va . y. • On the motion of Mr. T. GREENE the standing order No. 175 was suspended in the case of the Wek.t Somerset Mineral Railway 13:11 and the Wefit Somerset Railway 13il!, and they were referred to the committee of selection. RAILWAY RATING. Ou the motion of Mr. lIADFIELD, a return waa ordered of the duty paid by railway companies in the United Kingdom during five years last en passengers' traffic, and distinguishin g the amount paid by each com pany each year, and the respective cl.ses for which such duty was charged and paid, and the amount pAid acts class respectively.y TAXATION. Mr. GLADSTONE gave notica that in conformity with what he stated on a former day h e should move on the motion that the Sp-alier leave the chair to enable the house to go into supply, that in order to s ecure the country that relief from taxation which it reasonably ex pected it would he necessary further to reduce the ex penditure of the State. PERSIA. Mr. GLADSTONE further- gave notice that to morrow he should put three questions to the Go vernment on the subject of the papers with reference to Persia. The first was whether the financial year mentioned in the Litter of .the President of the Board - of Control, dated 9th December last, had the same meaning as to the ensuing financial year as that of Sir Charles 'rrevelyan's of the 21 Dectem k'er, and if no', by whose authority was that charge m ade? Secondly, whether any estimate of the charge for the Persian war for the ensuing financial year had been presented by the East Indian Company to the Go vernment ; and it so, when it was so made, and when it would be laid on the table of the house ? Thirdly, whether any supplies or ammunition of war, the pro perty of her Maidsty — , had been despatched from this country, or wary of the Britishin aid of the Persian possessions, Mr. GORDON g „ jk e l ‘ a n ElCA. m ti t c , e that on Friday next, on the motion for the adjour: ( e 3 f the house, he should put a question to her Majest?! the re:ations (xisting bet Neen _,7erurnent relative to United States. billa country and the COL. TULLOCH AND SIR. j r t zt to th e Mr. EWART ga ve notice of a n motion of Mr. Palk , the member for sao relative to the service s of Sir J. AVINTeiI. auc l i )ev j o u i . Tulloch ; viz., that an hu mble addre s s be presented t . her Majesty, praying that some special mark of appr-u -bation be conferred on there two gentlemen. GUANO. In reply to a question from Mr. DENISON, Mr. LA BOueIIERE said that since he 1 set addressed the house on this subject he had been informed by Messrs. Ora and Co., who had the exclusive license o - f the trade o f gua n o in the islands re f erre d to, of their intention to supply persons who fetched the guano at 11 per ton. The Government had made provision for the protection of the British farmers should the t upply be found longer than was anticipated. CIVIL SERVICE. Mr. MACARTN EY asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether the inquiry of the Civil Service Cum mission was so advanced as to enable him to lay the re port upon the table of the house before Easter, as pro posed by him in reply to the question put by the hon. member for Lanarkshire on the 6th of February last ! The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the report of the Commissioners appointed to in qu'rd into the Civ , l Service Superannuation would be laid on the table ebfrtly before Easter. He referred to his atement _of last week relative to hie procet dings with THI SUN, LONDON MONDAI HARE MAP.KETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing rrice , this day. 41 - 4i 8} - 9 C 9 - 71 8i - 9 91 1 -92 i 69i -69 i 38 - 39 10/ -10 i 19 1 -- 204 101 -- 111 49 -- 51 '63 -- 36 7i - 9'3 - 101 6i -- iii ii - ii 7i -- 8 96i -- 97 85 -- 87 123 - 125 111 -- 113 68i -- -68 i 62 64 74 78 7 7 8 1 LO2 10 . 2 d par I all 1 all 100 100 6j .09 111 Ooh 106 ,• .... ••• 121' Bt. 25 25 1 all ' 2i 100 1 all 1 all :100 .05i - .10t 38 -- 83 - 83: 54 - 55 St. 50 St. St. 'lOO 3 100 ,100 20 20 10 St. 144 - 14 53 - 60 3i - 31 - 46: 87 88 3i- 3d 3 2i 40 41 63 64 96 100 20 20 50 20 4i qd 7 10 10 31 - 33 106 - 108 - 27i -28 i 50 -- 52 2i -- 18i -- 19 76 -- 78 j 84 1 81 / 4t 3 1 4 3 d, 12 14 40 42) 4,1 i 91i 2 69t 38 I 21 wq 6 204 --- 21 7 - 9 2 - 3 5i - 6 59 81 .• ••• 7 - 9 121 / 76/ i 7 84j 41# Ilssiness done this day. 10i 191 11 11 33i 4 951 6i 7i 7 854 5 125 6 8 it 1 f i DU i 3J 6 109} 110 106 i i i i 371 8i 8 i 831 3 1 46#51 6: St. li St. II 25 1 St. li RAILWAYS. Backghamstt. 0 Clydesdale Je. 11 Col.Stour Vy. 0 E.Lin. g. 6 p.e 11 E. Un. H. Sh. 0 Gla.s. Barr. di Neils. Direct. St. ID Glstr.&Dn.Fr. 611 Hull & Selby. ill Do. Shares. ill Do. Shares. 611 Lon. dr Greenw all Do. Preference 9 t 110 2 . 4 al 50 a] 25 a 12i a 121 1 a. Do. Now St. 6ii Leasing Companies Cal on._ E.U.&E.O Gt.Northtti 'E. Count.' Caldonian. Do Git.Westn V. & N.M Do Do S.Eastorn Do /0 Lon. Til., &S.' 54 Do. Bark. Sh. 11 Manch.Baton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd 54 Newmarket Peto &Co Do Ln. &N. W. & Midld. Midland... 50 al 50 a 50 a BiuyE.G.spc. ill N, &Est. 5 p.c. ►ll Do. 6 per ct.. Do. Fixed 5p . c ill Prest. &Wyre 11 Do. Shrs. A Roystn. & Hit. 12 a, St. 101 10 a] 12 al 50 a] 25 a] E. Count I Do Do Do L. dc Is. W Do ill Shiewk.....,l Her Lll S. Staffordsh 611 WearVaLg6pe , LII Do ,Wilts&Somrst Gt. North* T. Brasseyl M. MCloan Stk. &Dar. Do. .. Gt.W, 8T i 40. I G 3 3 3071 2 1 21 1 'estn. 21 20j i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Closing Prices this day. 95 - 97 98 - 102 11 - 13 134 - 137 - 41 liiii ::: iiii 12i -- 13 23 -- 24 107 -- 109 - P -- 2 90 - - 92 - P 55 -- 07 1 131 - 134 18 - 9 9 - 9] 32 - 33 88 - 90 T SHARES. the income tax and sugar dutie:4, and said that be was in error ai regarded tee form of the house. He now found that he eras not obliged to proceed fir,t with. the income tax resolution ; and t I relieve the tea and sugar trade from any further anxiety- he gave notice that he should, in cotnmittc e, first proceed with the tea and sugar duties resolutione. INDIAN LOANS. Mr. OTWAY asked the President of the B3ard of C3ntrol whether any instructions had been sent to the Governor-General of India, or whether any communica tions had passed between the home authorities and the G )vernor-G.nercil of India, with reference to the opening of a new Government loan in India, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum ? Mr. V. SMITH said that from the communications received by this morning's mail, lie found that the Go ernnr-General had entsred into a new loan of three millions, limited to 15 years. No communication had been*rinde between the home and Indian governments relative to this loan. The loan was made for general purposes and he'apprehended that included public works. CHINA- ADJOURNED DEBATE. The adjourned debate on China was resumed by Dr. PHILLIMORE, who addressed the house at con siderable length on the legal bearing of the question, in the course of which he argued that under no statute or international law could this lorcha be considered a British ship. Assuming that the lorcha was a British ship, as contended by the Government, he called on the house to look at the hideous difference between the grievance complained of and the chastisement given. A. middle course was open, that of reprisals, and that should have been adopted. He considered that the Chi nese gave ftip satisfaction for what they did, and that it was not lawful, on any principle of law, justice, or humanity to make war a punishment to a nation for the , injury that had been inflicted and the reparation made. In conclusion, he said that he was led, by the plain dictates of com mon sense—by the principles of reason—by the laws of his own country—by the international lasi— and on the foundation of the eternal principles of justice written by the finger of God on all men whether English or Chinese—to pronounce the war to be unjustifiable in its origin and unblessed in its continuance. (Hear.) Sir G. GREY rose to address the house on the facts of the case. (LEFT SPEABLNG.) CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. The March Sessions of the Criminal Court commenced this morning, before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman Sir R. W. Carden, Alderman Hall, Alder man Wire, Mr. Sheriff Keats, and Mr. Under-sheriff Crosley and Andertoo, Sta g &c. The learned Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said that he was happy to inform them that the number of prisoners for trial was small, and the nature of the charges such as to need no lengthened remarks from him. There was but one case involving the loss of human life, viz., that of a man named Hammond, charged with manslaughter. It appeared that in a drunken brawl a blow was struck, and the deceased man fell with his head upon the kerb-stone, and in that way met his death. if it were positively proved that the prisoner Hammond struck the blew that knocked the deceased down, he was Undoubtedly guilty of man eltughter. There was another serious case, that of a man named John Holmes, charged with arson, and as persons were in the house at the time he set fire to it, it was a capital offence. The evidence he thought was very clear and distinct against him. The learned re corder then referred to the case of Sawo xi and Anderson, charged with forgery, which would present no legal difficulties. Ho regretted to find that one of the prisoners (Saward) was a member of the profession to which it had been his (the Recorder's) pride, for many years, to belong, and the crime he was charged with committing.was, as he had said, the serious one of forgery. The chief evidence against the prisoners was trust of two accomplices, and the grand jury would have to take care that their evidence was corroborated. It would not, however, be necessary for them to enter into the case with that minuteness that the jury who would hereafter have to deal with it would consider it. lie thought it his duty to make one general observation in reference to what occurred at the last session. Tee grand jury now administerec: an oath to the witnesses, and it was provided that they should place their initials against the names of the witnesses to whom the oath had been administered. In most cases it was not necessary for the grand jury to examine alt the witnesses in order to return a true bill, but he thought, that before they de termined to throw out a bill, all the witnesses in thecase should be examined, for it was impossible for gentlemen who did not know the merits of the case, to,say whit 'particular witnesses might be able to throw a light on the subject. He had been led to make this remark, be cause he thought that tho.graud jury of last ressioa had thrown out bill] without examining all the witnesses, no initials having been placed against the names of some witnesses who certainly ought to have been examined. The grand jury then retired to the discharge of their duties. 'Nay 11 and Dillttaily Intelligence. Her Majesty's steam-crigate Retribution, 23, Captain Barker, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from the Medi terranean, with the Grinder, screw gunboat, Lieutenant Hamilton, in tow, 15 days from Malta. The Retribu tion reported the D3uotless, screw frigate, Captain R;oler, will the Cracker screw gunboat in tow, outside of Pot t , mouth, from the Mediterranean ; they have since male port. Durincr 13 months' service the Grinder h as been under steam 225 ' days, being, as tender to Admiral Lord Lyons' flagship Royal Albert, employed on most important duty. She went up the Danube as far as Galatz. She is now ordered to be paid off. The Urgent, steam troop-ship, Commander Phillip., left Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon with the troops before reported for Barba.does. Tire new ecrew gunvessel Nimrod, 6, Commander Dew, left Portsmouth- on Saturday afternoon on a trial cruise in the Channel. Her Majesty's new gerew-frigate Diadem, 31, was un docked at Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon. The Bulllog, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Gordon, was brought into harbour, apparently not t pay off but to be docked for repair. She was docked on Saturday to be cx tmined, as she had, when towing the sailing coastguard ship Melampus, 43, round from the Noro to Portsmouth, g t into collision with the Hanoverian schooner Ma thilde, from Malaga for Hamburg, on the 20 Beachy Light open off the head, bearing north-west ball west, distant 11 miles. It appears she struck the schooner amidships, and cut her down below the watee's edge. The commander of the Bulldog sent a lieutenant on board the schooner, and she was run ashore at high water on the beach at Eastbourne, where she remains on her Starboard broadside. His Prussian Majesty's frigate Thetis, 36, Capt. Sun dewal, was undocked at Portsmouth on Saturday, and the Lucifer, steam-vessel, taken in for repairs. Her Majesty's 4-gnn store-ship Tyne, Master• Com. James S. bill, and the screw steam tank-vessel Wye, George l‘loore, master, were paid off at Woolwich on Saturday. The Algerine gun-boat, of 300 tons burden, has arrived at Woolwich for fitment. The following vessels of a similar tonnage—namely, the Lee, Leven, and Shiley— are nearly completed, and will shortly follow the Alge rine to be fitted out at Woolwich. The Imperador steam-yacht, under fitment for presen tation to the Emperor of Japan, is ordered to be cam , plated with despatch, so as to admit of her being for warded to her destination during the latter part of the present month. First-Lieutenant Arthur Onslow Lake Lewis, of the Portsmouth di vis i on of Royal Marines Light Infantry, received his promotion on Saturday as Captain, and is appointed to the Woolwich division, vice Captain Mar ge'', who is permitted to retire on half-pay. A considerable reduction is about to take place in the depot of the Medical Staff Corps at Chatham, the estab lishment of which is to be fixed at 630 mon of all ranks, including stewards, wardmasters, and orderlies. The Renown, 91, screw steamer, just c omp l ete d at Chatham dockyard, is to be furnished with the followina. armament : —Lower deck, 34 8-inch 65 -cwt, guns, each 9 feet in length ; main deck, 34 32-pounders, 58 to 56 cwt., each 9 feet 6 inches ; upper deck, 32 pound ers, 45 cwt., each 8 feet 6 inches. In addition to these she will be furnished with a long-range pivot 6 8-pounder of 95 cwt. and 10 feet in length. She will be launched during the present month. The America, 50, is to be got ready for the flag of Rear-Admiral P. W. P. Wallis, appointed to the cool mand-in•chiaf of the South-East coast of America, and when ready she will proceed to relieve the Indefatigable at Rio, with the flag of Admiral Hope Johnstone. The all Dreadnought hospital ship, now breaking up, is found to be in a very rotten condition. On Friday last, two of the men eruployed were on the mast of the vessel, when Second Master Jones who was near, per. ceived th a t i t was giving way. With great presence of mind te called out, " Come down directly--I wa n t you in the ri gg ing -house." The men, unaware of their ateger' came d own qu i ckly, and ;in less than a minute at more er warda the mast f e ll w ith great f orce ; an d i t i s upper are than pr o b a bl e that the lives of the men were saved by the p r ompt order g i ven. A body of 120 shipwrights and labourers decks and the en gaged in th e wor k of d emolition, per and ca b ins h ave already disap peared. The work by the end of M arch, afourutder contract, to be compl e t e d Lieut. John W ard, of heuslum of 849/. steam-vessel Por cup i ne, has left S tr e veyiog paddlewhe e l rness for Word winh, and has commissioned the new steam for the purpose of conveying' her to Japanyacht Em peror, , f ro m her Majesty to the E mperor ofapana.s a zi y t r e e r s e d n t livering up the Emperor at Japan, Lieut. Ward join will a surveying vessel for the purpose of •,. , carrying out Admiralty orders for surveying certain parts of that coast. The Cyclops, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam frigate, tow at Sheerness, will take on board her armament of 2 10-inch and 4 8-inch guns this day, and will leave the basin to-morrow. 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Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh 0 S. Wales Gna. 4p. c 0 Do. do. 4i p. c ill S.Yorksh .4 p.c.Guar ►ll Stock. &Dar., sp. c .5 Do. do. do. .11 Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '5B 11 Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. BRITIS H 51 al 12112 Alfred Cons. (Philk. .4 British Iron .. . 0 Condurov (Cambrn.) 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 14s Great South Tolgus )13 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 7 Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 16d Lady Bertha N. Frances (Mogan) N.W.B asset (Illogan) lb North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St.Blasy) 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co 4 S. Caradon (St. Cleer 2 S. Carn Brea (Illogn. .9 S.W. Frances(lllogn. Tam. S. & L. Min. Co I . Tin Croft 0 Un.Mines (Gwennap 86,V, of Towcy (Camar.) 0 IW. Basset (IllogAn) W. Caradon (Liskrd ) Wh. Basset (Mogan) • Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstek 7s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant IlVh. Ma. Ann (Menht. vrh. Trelawney (Lis.) FOREIGN 20 35 I 2' 30 I al 20 11 5 1 a.: 1 a] 1 a] 20 a 5 30 1. 1 Al 7 Australian 7 Brazilianlmp.(igsued at £5 pin) 11 Do. Cocaes <Sr Cuiadw .5 Do. St. John Del Re 4 Clarendon Con. MM. Co. of Jamaica 11 Cobre Copper 6 Copiapo 11 Fortuna • .. General Linares 1 Lusitanian 01 Mariquita dl Now Granada Lll Novcau Mondo 11 Pont. Sil. Ld M. (IL Smit 1 Port Philip q Santiago de Cuba d south Australian i 1 all Do. Scrip 1 all Do. 10 p. c. Pref 28 all United Mexican MISCE: 19 Australian Agrieulti all Australis, Royal Mail all Berlin Water Works 40 Brit, American Land 32i Canada 100 Do. Go. 6pc. Jan &July 100 Do. 6 p.c.Peb.&Aur. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. all Copper Min. of Eug. all Do. Pref, 7§ p. cont all Crystal Palace all Do. Preference all Crystal Pal, of France Duston Iron Ore 18 Eastern Steam .00 Electric Telegraph all Electric Tel, of Irel all En. diAust.Cop.SmCo 108. Ear. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. all Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) 14 Gen. Steam Navigat, 5 London Discount all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 10 Magdalena St. Navig, all Mediteran. Elec. Tel, all Mexican & S.Americn 5 Nat. Discount Co.._ 5 Do. New ... . 5 Netherland s Land.... xll Do. Do. ..... .11 Do.B p I Do. Do. .... 30 New B. U n a' )0 N. S. W. Gov. sp.e. D. I N. B. Australasian...l L7i Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ill Oriental Gas ....... 58, Do. New Shares.,, . al Peelßr. Ld. de liinrl.l ill 'Peninsular di Oriental L O Do. New ........... Rhymney Iron 11 Do. New .. . . .... ;0 Royal Mail Steam.. 1 all Scot. Austral, Invest. 1 all Do. New .......... bd..... St. 100 S. Aus. Gov.6p.c.s. 25 all South Austral, Land 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 1 all Do. Registered ...... 20 5 Trust&Ln. Co, ILI.Can.I 100 28A Van Diem on's Land' St. 100 V. a 0 . 61). cJan. di July! RAILWAYS. Nottng. Bost. & Bastn. June. Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Jnnct ,Blackburn ...... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian.... ..... Chester di Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass 1 Cornwall De. A Do. B DublindtßelfastJune. Dun. P. &Aber. June. East Anglian Eastern Cour EasternUnion,A. stk. Do., do. B Do. New East Kent .... . East Lancashire East Suffolk Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edinb. Prth. &Dundee Forth and ClydekTune. Farness Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotlan d Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ~ Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) Great Western. Do. Str.V. ft. gna. St Irleh South-Eastern Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F.:816 Do., Wst. Riding Un. Do. Southport. Loudon & Blackwall Lond.Bright. & S. Cst. London k N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,16/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London k S. Western Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. She f. &Lincln. Metropolitan ......... Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement ...... Midland ................ Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G.Wel t. (Ir. ) Do. 2 Shares Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newpt.Aberg.&llrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint do Rostrevor Norfolk.. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock . ... . . Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York I North London . N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire ,North Western N. di S. Westrn. Juno Oxford Worcester di Wolverhampton Portsmouth leßhymney 17i all all 100 Scottish - Central ...... Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St Shropshire Union .... Sitingbourne &Sheer. South Devon .......... ISotall Eastern.., Do. 4 per c. Shares) South Wales S. rorksh. River Dun Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do 1854 , Do. do., 1855 Stockton dc Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Prof.,No. 1 IThames Hay. D, &R. Vale of Neath ...... ... Waterfd. dt Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11....... . West End of London and Crystal Palace. Do. A Do. B West London Di. First Class Do. Second Class... Wmbledon&Croydon, BRITISH p Atlan. and St. Law. j Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. Do. Buffalo d; Lake Hur. Buff., Brat. & Godch. 6 p.c.lads., 1 Aug. ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 Juno, '74 'Calcutta and S. East.' Central Ond• (tim.) Ceylon A shares all 'Demerara all 10i 100 100 2s9cl' 106 Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares all all all all D°.4i p e.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. ... GC!. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pert Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Westn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '60... Do. do , '73, do. • Do. do., '73; without option Madras, guar. 4i p.c. Do. do., 5 per c Do. 44 p. c. Exten Do. StlEx., g. sp.c Do. 4th Ex., do Onde (Limited) jScincle, guar. 5 per c Do A.ntwrp&Rotterdam Ardennes. Belgian East. Junct. Bcziers to Graissessar Carmcaux Toulous Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Etstern of France Do. New •.• /Euphrates Valley Gt Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca do Pist.sp.c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Maria Ante;:la Do. New Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Prof, Northern of France., NorwegianPrnk. Prei Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 54 per cent. pref. Southern of France_ West Flanders IDo. Si per c. Pref . i W.& N. W. of France 'Western ofAustria West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. S p. cent. prof. , Zealand ......... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. lAustra.lasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London IBri, Col. Bk.& Ln, Co British N. American C.Bk.of Ind.Au.dtCh ;City 'Colonial ..... Commercial of Lond Eng. Scot. daus.Cht (Lon. Ch. Bk .of Aust Ditto New !London and County Lnd. &E, B nkng. Corp ,London Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst National Pro. of Eng Do. New National Bank ,New South Wales Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New R. Aus. B. &G. Im. Co I South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Westru Bk. Loud 99 -101 4 - i PI 59 - 61 1 li - 1 - d 68 - 70 18 -- 184 18i -- 19 181 -- 19 47 - 49 33 - 39 60 62 7 - 9 11. S 1 d 10 ti 8 d a i 113 144 178 51$ 814 11 251 I 7 ... 1 6/ ... 1 5 4 10 , ... I 21 I 55.' -18 21 39i / 40 571 8 101 100 191 39 14 16 153 39 40 42 1.0.61 a: 20 al 25 al 25 11 12i a] 20 1 1, EVENIN G, MYi. - -11C11 2, 1857. SPOF ,T: CNG NOTES. THE LIV POOL MEETING. Despite the dissatisla Alois and complaint; which the handicap occasioned, tit a Grand National Steeplechase will be contested by as largo field, and will produce a race of surpassing intern it. Mr. Topham may therefore regard with indifferered the adverse criticism which his task received, and poise; with triumph •to the successful result of his labours. The most indiscriminate abuse was certainly heaped unon him by those persons who, in their zeal for the a 1:1 edition of l'ght weight, seemed to totally forget or igt a )re the character of the horseh with which Mr. T, Alain had to deal at Liverpool. Why, with half a doz r n exceptions, there is not a weight carrying horse, or on e capable of getting across country among the nominati x is, and to have adopted a heavy scale of weights wou hi have been to handicap nearly h-lf the horses out of the re ice. /dr. Topham unquestionably exercised a wise di st :retion when he disregarded the clamours of the many mouthed multitude, and worked out his own notions with respect to the distribution of the weights. He r noel!) , incurs a heavy pecuniary risk with his Spring i\leeting at Liverpool, and he bad, therefore, his own i n terest to consult, and not the pre judices of a clique of :turf reformers. When the saddlin g bell is rung it is estimated that about twenty-five cm n petitors will be stripped and drawn up in battle array. F ecent movements have advanced Escape to the " pren ti ership," and he is likely to retain office to the end. Pas partisans derive their confidence from his well-known: jumping qualities, and from his reputation of being t 1 41 only real first-class steeplechaser in the race. Yet they require something more consider. ing the crowd of ligleft-weight competitors Escape will encounter, and who well cut out the work at a racing pace. On examinati on of Escape's performances, too, I have arrived at the goonclusion that he is not so vastly superior to certain of h sr animals in the race as his sup porters would lead us. to infer, and I think he will find it difficult to cents ae the weights to Minos, Little Charley, Hopeless Star, Forest Queen, Teddealey, " Hughes's Lt," and, one or two others. Since Minos has come into the possession of Mr. Mellish, a great improvement has cer tainly been worked in his form and appearance. Of his; jumping powers wo have had abundant proof, and le the country were a little " stiffer" at Aintree, I should select him unconditionally. The running of Wrsatrninster at Derby has canted increased attention to be directed to Hughes's lot, and which ever is th s best of that lot will assuredly attain a forward position. Little Charley and Hopeless Star I have already ;indicated as being " well in ;" to state their special clef:sus to attention would only occupy space to little purpone r , as the reader is already familiar with them. Of the " French horses"—or rather the English horses with French names—l have no expecta tions. Emigrant has since the exhibition of First of May at Derby encountered violent hostility. Still I confess that I have to a certain extent the " fondness" of his owner. That the horse has some stuff in him we have bad frequent proofs, and I shall be both surprised and disappoieted if he be not in the first flight of com petitors at the finish. " Barring accidents,"—that very necessary proviso in dealing with steeplechases—l shall Expect to see Minos, Little Charley and the hest of Hughes's lot foremost at the finish. Of the outsiders I prefer Teddesley and Forest Queen. Gitana and Bashi Bazouk have monopolised nearly all the little betting that has taken place on the Spring Cup. If Fordbam can get himself down to the weight he will doubtless have the mount on Gitana, whom I shall be inclined to let do battle for we. For the Aintree Plate Assayer and "Barber and Saxon's two"—(Tom Thumb and Miss Harkaway)—seem the most attractive. On the Sefton Handicap I shall not express aniopinion, as the result of the race will depend upon the running on Tuesday. By the way I have been requested to state that the Mr. Barr who advertises to execute commissions, &c., is not the Mr. Barr the well-known and respected member of Tattergall's. March 2. Racing Fixt. Business this day. 21 91 x d 6 : 94 oi 7-: iiio ..6 ::: s 4 iiii - 1-15 P 1) 12t - 12; ••• --- •• 75 - 76 -- 1111 - 113 1103 - 105 62 - 64 10 - 10. -6: 95 - 96 4 -- 86 100 -- 102 10 -- 10 ! 16 -- 17 10 -- 10! 74 -- 76 191 -- 20 9 -- 10 14 -- 15 34 -- J 36 - 140 115 - 118 07 - 159 - 65 • - 6 8 ... - •• • 34 - 136 97 - 99 87 - 89 ••• - ••. li - lip LOi :- 167 bo 92 It ld i - 411 .10 - 111 Ll 4 - 118 LOS - 110 65 - 70 17j - 18 23} - 24; LOO -1.02 n - 10 27 - 28 24 - 2fp 2~ - 3~ MINES. 22 - ri j 155 - 165 t5O - 460 ISA - 16 9 - 10 5.4 - 61 ' - 1 18 - 20 32 - 34 '6A - 7 23 - 24 8 - 9 14 -- 330 - 350 74 8 :340 - 360 1 - 4 - 41 230 - 250 - i 35 - )1 160 - 170 1 ?80 - 3 0 280 - 300 5 - 5k 19 - 21 46 - 48 20 - 22 • MINES. - - 2 3 - 31 19 - 21 id p 57 59 12 H id ..• ... 7/ gi ld p 'i - 16 'i : ii - ii --: ii EOUS. 21 - 26 40 - 45 140 - 145 110 - 111 18 - 40 26 - 28, 54 24 - 6 5 2i 11 •.• - ••• 92 - 91 1 i ----- ii i - P 4k - 41 ... "a ... ••• ....... 2i id 4 par -- li 4 4i iP i - k 2i - - - P 23 -25 6 - 8 - ii = ii 35 - 1 --- 14 = 16 1.351 98 9 44 a d 5i 1101 142 3i g A FRESH MAN, vs for 1857. Liverpool Spring 3 Warwick Spring . Doncaster Spring 10 Northampton .... Salisbury l2 Croxton Park .... MA ,CET. APRIL. Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven 13 I York Spring Durham l3 Coventry l3 I Catterick Bridge l5 Mahon _ --- Newmarket F S ... MAY. Chester Shrewsbury Ludlow ' 14 JUNE. Manchester Ascot . Beverley, Hull, &c 10 Hampton l7 Newton 17 Newcastle 23 JU Woroester Newmarket Liverpool ...15 AUG Ripon North Staffordshire 4 Brighton Brighton Club Wolverhampton lO Reading l2 SEPTI Warwick Cardiff . 3 Thirek Lichfield Derby OCT , Northallerton Chester Autumn 6 Wrexham 8 Rickmoad 8 Bibury Club Stockbridge Winchester Carlisle Chelmsford Newmarket'S 0 ~ Warwick Autumn NOV E Newmarket H.. Worcester Autumn ..., 3 Wenlock. Shrewsbury Autumn l7 lIIER. Liverpool Autumn Ludlow Autumn .. Nottingham 2l Stamford 23 Goodwood 28 UST. York 19 Radcliffe 9 4 Egbam 25 Stockton 27 Hereford 27 'MBER. Doncaster 15 Leicester 23 Manchester Autumn 24 Monmouth . 24 Newmarket F 0 29 IBER. Irish Racing Fixtures for 1857. MARCH. Howth and Baldoyle 5...17 Curragh Camp Meeting,' APRIL. Curragh 21 MAY. llowth and Baldoyle Summer 19 JUNE. Wicklow Monckstowo (Co. Costs) 9 JULY. • B Alewstuwn 8 Heath of 11laryboro'...2 Down P. Corporation 2l AUG UST. Galway 4 1 Ballyeigh 25 Tamore ll 1 Tuam not fixed Killarney lB I SEPTEMBEft. Curragh 2 I Jenkinstown P ar k 2 2 Catherciven ......... ...... 8 Johnstown 29 THE HOLT RABBIT CASE. The man John Hagon, mentioned in Thursday even ing's Sun as having been summoned to answer another. case of alleged trespass on "the Lows Common in pur suit of conies," appeared on Saturday last at the Shire hall, Holt, before tho Right Hon. Lord Hastings, Lieut.- Col. Astl , 3y, and W. Hamilton Pemberton,'Elq. Notwithstanding a most able defence on the part of Hagon by Mr. J. H. Tillett, of Norwich, and evidence being adduced clearly showing that fora period of forty five years not only the holders of common rights, but other poor inhabitants, hal maintained undisturbed pos session, exercising this right, the magistrates convicted flagon in the penalty of 21., with expenses , or, i n de fault, two months' imprisonment with hard labour. THE DIVISION IN THE LORDS.—It is au instructive fact, that notwithstanding . Lsrd Derby's earnest appeal to the Christianity and humanity of the Bench of Bishops, in the peroration of his speech on Thursday, only four Right Rev. Prelates, and these all Tractarians, voted against Ministers. No fewer than fifteen Bishops, with Lord Shaftesbury, voted with Minis.ters. —.Morning Advertiser. • ACTION Off SUGAR ON THE TEETH.-14. Larez, in a course of investigations, arrived at the following con clusions relative to the action of sugar upon the teeth —l. Refined sugar, from either cane or beet, is injuri ous to healthy teetb, either by immediate contact with these organs, or by the gas developed while it is in the stomach. 2. If a tooth be macerated in a saturated so. lution of sugar, it is so much altered in its chemical composition that it becomes gelatinous, and its enamel opaque, spongy, and easily broken. 3. This mod fica tion is due, not to free acid, but to a tendency of sugar to combine with the calcareous basis of the tooth.—. Medical Times and Gazette. rAnysarisssizsr.l—Among the numerous extraordinary cures without medicine of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous,- Bilious, and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, effected by Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, the follow ing aro not the least remarkable :—Cure No. 47,121.—" Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Walthamcross, Herts : a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gathering, low spirits, and nervous fancies." Cure No. 48,314. " Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool: a cure o f t en years ' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability," Cure No. 3,906. Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food.—Janins PORTER, Athol-street, Perth. Supported by testimon'als from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry Dr. Andrew lire ; Dr. Shoriand ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzel.; Dr. Ingram; Lord Stuart de Dodos ; the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many o her respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. For further particulars re•pect ing this invaluable food our readers aro referred toDu Barry's advertisement in another part of this paper. BAIL WAY lAT .PLI. IGEN OE. The rc,port stated that in the last half-yearly report they were informed that a preliminary a , reement had been entered into with the South Eastern Railway Com pany for the working and maintenance of the line. Sa tisfactory arrangements had been come to by the Bait Kent and Cray Companies with the Weflt-end Railway Company, for obtaining access into London totally in dependent of the South-Eastern Company to London bridge, Waterloo•bridge, and Sloane-street, By the end of the present year the West-end aid St. Mary Cray lines would he completed for traffic, Tho capital ac count to the 31st IY•cembe,r showed that 10,931/. had been received, and 4,210/. expended, leaving 5,250/. in the hands of the accountant-general, and 1,470/. at the bankers. ..21 ..23 ..27 EAST KENT. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday, at the Lyndon Tavern ; Lord Sondes in the chair. An abstract of the report has appeared in The Sun. The CFIAIBMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that the works on the l!ne were progressing favour ably, and that the whole concern was in as flourishing a condition as they could expect. Mr. C. M. LIISIIINGTON, M.P., seconded the motion, and called attention to the fact that the South-Eastern Company at their last half yearly meeting had admitted that the traffic on the North Kent line was so great that they intended to apply to Parliament to authorise a re lief line from Dartford to Lewisham. This, however, did nut meet the requirements of the Eset Kent, nor did it give the public the accommodation of a West-end termi nus. (Hear, hear.) When the East• Kent had a West end terminus they would be independent of the South- Eaqern, and he able to convey their pas.engers to within a quarter of an hour's ride of Buckingham Pa lace and Pali-mall, (Efear, hear.) Mr. HARTRIDGE deprecated the making of any branches in the present state of the money•marktt. Mr. CRAMPTON considered that the proposed line from Strood to St. Mary Cray would be a valuable adjunct to the East Kent line, which he considered was one of the best lines in the kingdom, and that it would pay 8 or 9 per cent. After some observations from Sir J. TYLDEN and other proprietors, the report was unanimoudy adopted. The'retiring directors and auditor were re-elected, the forfeiture of certain shares confirmed, and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. ..12 ..28 24 ..25 ..26 .30 ..30 WHITERAVEN JIINOTION.—At the half-yeallv meeting of this company, held at \Vhitchaven on Friday, a divi dend at the rate of 7s. per share, less income tax, was declared, and the proceedings terrAnated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. WEITEHAVEN, CLEATOR, AND EGREIIONT.-2V; the half yearly meeting of this company, hell at Whitehaven on Friday, a dividend at the rate. of 6 per cen`. per an nual, lees income tax, was declared, and the proceedings terminated. 'BRISTOL AND EXETER —At the half-yearly meeting , f this company, held on Thursday at Bristol, a dividend of 2i per cent. for the half-year was declared : SOUTH DEVON.—At the half-yearly meeting of this cc:rui-my, held on Tuesday at Plymouth, a dividend of 12i. 61. per 501. share for the half year wai declared. THE LAST VICTIM OF HENRY I.—Roger of Wendover and others rellte that " the comae of the dead king lny for along time above ground at Rtmen,where his entrails, brain, and eyes, are buried, the rest of the body cut and seasoned with salt, to destroy the offensive smell, which was great, and annoyed alt who came near it. It was wrapped in a bull's skin, and the physician, who was engaged for a large suta of money to open the head with a hatchet, and extract the brain after it was already too much corrupted, nothaithstanding that the heal was wrapped up in several napkins, was poisoned by the noisome smell and the money which he received was fatal to him." The historian adds, " This was the list of King Henry's victims, for he had killed many before.'"—Medical Times a;zd Gazette. SURVEY OF THE THAMES.--ln the leading article in the Builder of last week, you ask, " Can the statement be correct, that there has been no survey of the river since that of Telford ?" Allow me to say that in 1852 the NavigatEoa Committee of the Corporation of Lon don caused a survey to be executed, extending from Battersea-bridge Bto Woolwich. The special object they had in view was to have an authentic record of the existing state of the river, so that future coat pari,oneP could be made, in order to ascertain the ext en t of the deepening of the bad of the river which is in progress from a variety of causes. This survey was exe cuted under - my direction by Mr. T. Macdougall Smith - and as the utmost attainable accuracy was required, every sounding f-,r the longAudinal and the nuwerou3 cross sections was taken with the spirit-level ; and, by a process originated, I believe, by Mr. Smith's assivant, Mr. May, the precise position of each sounding was ob served ia such a manner that it eau be exactly found at any future time.—S. W. LEACH, Engineer of the Tnames Navigation and Port of London. —The Builder. [ADVERTISEMENT.] SIGHT AND lIRARING SPECTACLES, POWERFUL TELBSCPTES, OPRRA, Rees, AND PEREFECTIT A GuassEs.—Messrs. S. and B. Solenions, opticians, 33, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel (W.) By her Majesty's Roial Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per. spective Glasses, to know the distances. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece, Frill show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly.—The Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable, newly-inveutecl,very areal' 9 powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 13 miles distant ; they houses,answr every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera _miles. They scenery, and ships are clearly seen at Bto 0l . They are invaluable for shooting, deer -stalking, yachting, opera w sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, andto wi u ' ri th wonderful ra,le-course, camp, and perspective glasses, - o f the great estpewer. Newly-constrtsted Spectacle Lenses advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming transparent power. "2he valuable inna paired is preserved and strengthened, and ver y the most a minute occe ge d persons are enabled to employ their sight at ing power—and they do not require th werful assistance. s o to the dangerous effects of further p patiou—can seo with these lenses. of a_ e mu fr c e h qu le e s u s t m e an u i;y e . th • spectacles in - cm by seeding one o distance from the eyes they can read Persons . can be suiftetdheatgtlhasesemsoostutof remote part of the world, letter, and stating the . print spectaclesw ith hy it; st a tiaungd theirtho s e a ;w e h . o D h e a a v f e . not t al m l a n d eN o vsp u tze o r f ness. New olliesiclouLerysm.a—u, newly - invented instrument f or ea The Organic Vibrato r , an ox. t d rao f r u d e i ss utnaroypw irely different from all others, to surpass any thing of tho kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per naptiblo ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctlyAa:eeraharnrieeh. isnd at public assemblies; the unpleasant. sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed , and it affords all the assistance rivaaa tha iii t y,, pos o si b b a ly ceolldeplaveeeidteesirtbeed.y—a3k9livei. (W.) treet, METROPOLITAN. At the half-yearly meeting of this company, bill on Saturday at the office, Great Georgcostreet, Westmins ter, Mr. C. Pearson (city solicitor), in moving the re election of the directors, said that when lie left the direc tion of the company it appeared as though they were about to have the work carried into execution. The Bank rate bf discount was then four per cent. It was no's, six per cent., a state of things widely different. At the earlier period the G ofernment was oppesid to the carrying nut of the bill, and the corporation of London was not well affected towards it, and it was this feeling which ;had induced him to retire from the direction. Shortly after his retirement he attended a meeting at the Privy Council Office, when Lord Palmerston, the Home Secretary, Sir W. Molesworth, Mr. Cardwell, and Loyd Canning were present, where he explained his project, after which they came to the determination that they would sanction the formation oaf the rai'road. Then the Russian war broke out, and the difficulty of obtaining money prevented the work from being com menced. The corporation of London were not favour able to the scheme, but they agreed to subscribe a large sum of money in public improvements arising out of this railway, such as the filling up of the Holborn valley, and the expenditure of 450,0001. in the New Cattle-market, Copenhagen-fields. He was perfeo•ly confident that the corporation never would engage in any railway enterprise, sad if any of the shareholders of the company entertained any such notion the sooner they dismissed it the better. The corporation of Lon don eschewed all speculation, and would not render themselves liable to any charge of jobbing in railway matters. (Rear, hear.) He was net quite sure, how ever, but that the directors might in some other form induce the corporation to assist them. In order to ob tain this support it would be the duty of the directors to take a bold vie w of the question, and till the corpora tion that if they did not. come forward to help them they would wind up the affair, and that for ever arid aye there would be an eod to it. If the directors adopted the same course towards the Great Northern, Great Western, and London and Ncrth-Western, each of those bodies would see and feel that it was their interest as well as their duty to come forward and render what assistance they could. (Rear, hear.) A gen.le man had spoken of what had taken place before a com mittee of the corporation. He was perfectly justified in making that statement. The fact wax the corporation of London had prepared plans for the establishment .of a meat market in connection with Smithfield, add in anticipation k that this railway would be completed, and afford a means of coml_aunication between the mar ket in Smithfield and the cattle market iu Copenhagen fields. (Rear, hear.) , The plan which he had originally proposed was now being carried out in Paris, and an underground railway was in course of construction from the central dead meat market to the cattle market abattoirs, which were about the same distance from Paris as our cattle market was from the centre of London. The railway was already made, and provided with turntables and other conveniences for tragic, under the cattle market, and the line will run between the Rue St. Martin and the Rae St. Denis, under the Boulevard de Sebastopol. A suns of 1,400,000/, had been already expended on the works, but at present they were partially suspended for want of funds, a further sum of 200,0001. being required to pur chase the required property. If they lould only obtain the funds necessary to complete this line, there would be no difficulty as to obtaining the co-operation of the other great lines. The Great Western, which stood like a naughty little boy in the corner of London—(a laugh) would be most glad to avail themselves of the adv.,n tages which the line would afford to them by giving thorn a City terminus, and the same with the other com panies. (Rear.) MID-KENT (BROMLEY TO ST. MARY CRAY.) The half-yearly rne;:ilog of thii company wai held at the offices, South Sea-how, on Saturday ; Mr. W. Dent in the chair; SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY The annual meeting of members of this important mu sical institution was held at Exeter-hall, on Tuesday evening. Feb. 21. Th e President, J. N. Harrison, Eq., occupiecl the chair, as usual, and after a few remarks, con grAtulating the members upon the recurrence of another of their annual meetings, which have now been participated in for twenty-fi ve consecut i ve years by some of those pre sent, himself included, calla I upon the H on . Secretary, Thomas Brewer, E sq., to read the report of the proceed ings for the past y ear. The report was th en rea d , and contained allusions to the following amongst other masers. As part of some statistics of the society's constit u ti on, i t was stated that of the w h o le number of members (in whom are vested the management) now connected with the society, one third of them had been connected with the society at least three-fourths of the whole period of its existence, some of them having taken part in its original formation. The committee, feel ing., no doubt, the propriety of th e remar k s w hi c h public criticism has so frequently urged on their attention, now distinctly announce that in the admission of practising members int-) their orchestra, care continues to be taken, by means of private trial and other probationary measures , to avail themselves only of that assistance which is really worth the having, and to satisfy the public requirements which t he society itself his created. The report announces that between Jan. 4, 1856, and Jan. 2, 1857, the society has given, including repetitions, fourteen concerts, of which six were perform: noes of Handel's Oratorios. Amongst these concerts are also to be reckoned four pen ormances of Costa's " Eli," in the production of which work the talented composer has, no doubt, received the most zealous assist ance of the members of the society. The vocalists who have made their debut at the society's concerts during the past year have been Miss Sherrington (Dow Madams Leintnans), Miss Ransford, Mrs. Clare Hepworth, Aliso Louisa Vining,l and Mr. Montem Smith. Amongst the acquisitions to the Society's Musical Collection► one of the most important ever formed, are an autos graph letter of Handel, an article of acknowledged rarity, many rare musical works and books illustrative of musical history and theory, and some manuscript works of consi derable interest. The financial statement, as embodied in the report, states the gross receipts from subscriptions, di vidends on stock, proceeds of concerts, &c., to have been for the past year 5,2261. Bs. 101, which, with disburse ments for concert and other expenses, amounting to 5,374/. 3s. 91, leaves a deficiency of 1271. 14s. lid. Against this deficiency there is to be put acquired property added to the society's stock, valued in the report at 2001. The re port further alludes to a matter, not strictly forming part of their own proceedings, but nevertheless of some interest to the mesical public. It is well known that the autograph scores of Handel's compositions are in the Royal Library at Buckingham Palace. There have, however, been recently brought to light the manuscript scores in the handwriting of J. C. Smith, Handel's amanuensis, bearing internal eel' dence, which is supported by ample testimony otherwise, that then were the identical volumes from which the great composer conducted his oratorios and operas. They contain numerous emendetions and interesting memoranda in Handel's autograph. They have been recently a cquired by Mr. Victor Scoelcher, who is well known to be occu pied in preparing a life of Handel, and to whose liberality and courtesy in placing these invaluable manuscripts at the disposal of the committee, for use and reference, the report bears testimony. The report also acknowledges the receipt of a most interesting and authentic portrait of Handel, being the picture painted by Penner for Handel, and by him presented to J. C. S m ith, no ti c ed in " COM:, , 8 Anecdotes of Handel, and his Amanuensis," published in 1799, which picture has within the last few weeks been generously presented to the society, by LadY Rivers, who is in the line of descent from J. C. Smith. This interesting and valuable picture was exhibited in the room. A 9 a ma-k of the good feeling subsisting between their talented conductor, Mr. Costa a nd the society, the repo r t s t a t es t h at that gentleman had of fered to the acceptance of the society, a very beautiful'y executed bust of himself, by Mr. Oliveira. The forthcom ing Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace in the ensuing summer was briefly alluded to, and an intimation afforded that it wo u ld pro b a bl y be found advantageous to appoint the performances some few weeks later than ori ginally proposed. Full information on this subject was promised to public announcement within a week. The arrangements for the erection of the orchestra, and the construction of the organ were represented as being in • very forward state. The report refers to some other sub jects of more private interest, and concludes by alluding to the establishment o f a b enevo l en t f un d f or distressed persons, amateur or profesdonal, who, have at any time been connected with the society, and notices the liberal support this charitable association has hitherto met, both in and out of the society. The detailed balance-sheet hav ing been read by the treasurer, it was, aNith the reports formally received and adopted by the meeting. The never' eery elections to supply vacant offices were then proceeded with. In the course of the evening an appeal to the di rectors of Exeter-hall was unanimously agreed to, calling on them to give attention to the representations so fre quently made by the public press and by the various en" cietios meeting in the hall, to provide additional means of ingress and egress, and expressing a strong opinion as to the duty of the directors of Exeter-hall to yield to remon strances so frequently submitted on the subject. Several votes of thanks to the committee, officers, and others who had rendered service during the past year closed the pro* ceedings, Country Marko. lIADDINGTON GRAIN MARK: WHISAT. BARLEY I First 7os Od 48s Od Second 42s 3d } ) 4Cs 7d Third 3 23 Od I 34s Od 1 :ET—FEB. 27. OATS. 403 Od 50s Od ) 29s Od ) 413 4d 1 17s Od 34s 04 .- . . Total quantity of wheat in market, . 848 qrs., 742 sold OP Pt barley ft 280 qrs., 209 sold PP , oats ,) 885 qrs ., 644 s aid t! PP beans 294 qrs., 266 sold AVERAGES PER IMPE - RTAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 2 3 5-12ths I Barley, —.T. 0 j 3.l2ths Oate, ... 11. 9 0 3-12ths 1 Beaus, .....21. 1 4 2 -12 tbs DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—FEB 26. Qrs. • Best. Current. Infeifor 598 Wheat 64s Od 1124 Oats 36s Od 23s 8(1 ..... ... 178 286 Barley 44 s 6d 3 ss 9id 121 Peas & beans 54s Od ABERDEEN—FEB. 27. Potato oats Common oats 20i Od 0 0 d d to t 2 to 1s 0 22s °d d 1401bs per bushel Bore 1 38 Od to 36s Od 1 531bs ~ Barley '33 s Od t o 36 s Od Wheat, red (Fpring)3s s Od t o 38 s Od } 621bs ~ white 30 s Od t o 45 s Od Oatmeal 17s 6d to 18s 6d per boll. Flour 48s Od to 50s Od per sank. PROVISION MARKET. - -- Beef, per lb 6d to 9d Mutton, per lb sdto 8d Lamb, do.; Os Od to OH 0 Veal, per lb ... rd to Os 9,1 Pork, per 1b...0s 5d to Os 6d Salmon, per lb Os to Os Grouse, per brace Tallow, p stone, Os to 12s 61 Rabbits, each... Butter for exportation (preset Eggs, wholesale price, per do: RETAIL F10ur,141b....0s Od to 2s 9d Oatmeal Os Od to is 10d Bereuieal Od to 2s 01 Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 8d Cheese, per imperial stc 4-lb. 10af...7d. I Butter, p lb. is 01 t 1, 21 Eggs, p doz. Os 8,1 to Os 1.03 I Hens, p pair 33 Od to 3s 6d Chickens,do.2s Od to 2 s 6d Ducks, do., 2s Od to 2s 61 Ducklings,do Os Od to 0: 0 1 Turkeys, each 4s Od to 5i 01 Potatoes, pr peck, 81 to 101 9d to 10d. nt cure) per cwt. 100 s to 1066 , zen PRICES. Barley flour,l4lb.oB to 2s 41 VP dust, per lb 2d to 2id. Sids, 6l one, 4m. Od. to 48 6d 2-Ib. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS, LIVERPOOL. FEB. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was steady, and trans. actions to a fair extent at about the rates of yesterday. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 703 —Eastern Counties, 104, 18s. 9,1. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1011 —London and North Western, 104 4 s 4 ex d—Midland,, 844 3c. i—North 6. 3. —North Eastern, Berwick., 214 ex d— South Eastern, 23i 43 Grand Trunk of Canala, 123—Royal Bank, 10 8—Pacific Steam Navigation, 37—Ditto (new shares), 13 d. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE. This market was flatter to-day, and prices a shade lower. London and North Westerns, 109 ex div.—llanchester and Sheffield, 374 3.4—Birming ham and Stour Vally, 9—Birmingham Canals 924—Co ventry Canal, 175—Bi rm i ngham and Staffordshire Gas, 15s. ex div. LEEDS, FEB. 28. STooic EXCHANGL—North Westerns, 73,—North East.. ern, Leeds, 20. [ADTERTISEMENT.]—Jane Hallett, of Whitty Head, near Netherbuty, Dorset, suffered for many years from a bad leg. From the knee to the ancle it had several. wounds, so that she was unable to stand or move about the house. She tried a variety of means and applica tions, but without obtaining a cure. By the blessing of God and using only three pots of Poor Man's Friend, and taking .three boxes of pill, she was perfectly cured. Dr. Roberts's Poor Man's Friend, for wounds and erup .l.o., 2 s . 9d., cine vendors erup tions of every description, is sold in pots, la. lid. and 2s. 93. each. His Pilules Antiscrophu l m , for all im. 4pBu.ri6tije., l sof is t „ he an b ( l i oo 2 d 2 , o. is essocldh, by all medi cine in boxes, is. throughout the United Kingdom. BIRTHS. OF ♦ SON. On the 28th ult., at 4, Providence-row, Finsbury, the wife of NI r. John A. Coffey.t c On the 27th ult., a 39 • rav en - hill -gardens, the wife of Henry P. Wolrige, Esq OF A DAT:TOUTER. On the 28th ult., at Homerton, Mrs. Edward P. Bond. TayOn the 27th ult., at Eagl e L odge, Old Brompton, Mrs. Toni lor—stillorn. MARRIED. On the 26th ult., at Wotton Fitzpaine, Colonel Benbow, E s. eldest son of the late John Benbow, Esq., M. P " to Maria, fifth daughter of the Rev. Andrew Tucker, M.A., rector of Wotton Fitzpaine, and of Catherstone Leweeton, Dorset. On the 28th ult., at the parish church, Hampstead, Mr. James Hall, Staining-lane, city, to Helen, third daughter of the late John Graham, Esq., Hollows, Dumfriesshire. D D. On the 27th ult, at at Clifford's-inn, William Anderson Portal; Esq., aged 76. • On the 27th ult., at Gravesend, Mr. David Scott, of Beres. ford-street. Walworth, aged 73. On the 27th ult Wiliam Blake, Esq., of Wokinghaini aged 68. On the 28th ult., Mrs. Robert Devonshire, of East Acton, Middlesex, age d 90 . On the 27th ult., Hannibal Dunn, Esq., of 7, Great Tower• street, and Northfleet, Kent. Corrie Jowett, aged 40. • • Westbourne-park On the 26th ult. at Sleaford, Lincolnshire, the Rev. WM:, On the 28th ult., at 1, Kildaie-terrace, the infant son of Mr. Gco. E. Tilbury. On the 2.lti, nit., at 2, Field-terrace, Wood, aged 73] Wandsworth, Mr. G.; LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Monday, March 2, 3857. 20i 100 100 20 ' 17i 20 St. 20 100 100 10 20 5 20 50 100 100 all all all all all all all all all all 2} 10 - 50 50 FOR: IGN. 6 I la 1.3 1 3 32A 47 4 1;f 1~ 5i 5 41 if