The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-16 00:00:00

I VIONiy MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Lette rs CITY, Two o'CLocic. lvrfrom Liverpool state that the Cotton Market on Saturday closed very quietly, hut prices remain Unchanged. The sales were estimated at 300eozree63iy,d0i0n0gbales. The Railway Share Market quiet, and prices were again sh ade low er. Th e l etters f rom the ma- Aroacturing districts generally report no im vgue elnent in trade, but the excitement cense ch °n the e l ec ti on accoun t s f o r the limited tialaraeter o f t h e demand. In Leeds, Bra df or d , an d Weei _ Tf aX th e b us i ness transacte d d ur i ng th e pa s t I was small, but no alteration in price is re- I Perted . the The accounts from Leicester state that how lure of Mr. William Mee, in the fancy 4 3 1 . e , r .Y department, had excited some sensation. The inties are estimated at 7,0001., and a dividend ' s f 4s, . m . the pound is expected. in:i stringency of the Money Market is fully ee et i ll • tai , n efle the inquiry in all directions being ex lriglY active. During the last few days aug e-40enutited pressure has been experienced, and, if it th e "ea) fears may ere long be aroused of a fur hor increase in the minimum rate of discount. p rev P a Ynient of the April dividends, however, may p arv ellt so unfavourable a contingency, but most le a concu r in the belief that money will be sup ported at its present value for some months to come. t extraordinary movement in the precious metals s 4_7 to aggravate th e evil, and judging from pre - St this i ndications th ere i s more to apprehend from 1:4, t ei B infl uence than hitherto. Stimulated by the 11 elZraPhie advices f r om India, regarding the ex - 16 . - .Os, the dem an d f or silver has increased, and n jg e r remittances of gold are sent to the Continent. 3 b addition to the supplies received from Victoria 20 1 , 1 t he Mermaid, and the Blackwell, some large 4t : t: n rcel e) including 92,0001. on Saturday withdrawn st. a l tl , the Bartk, have been sent across the Channel, 20 10 may be questioned whether the 202,0001. 12 a .67 o unced on Saturday by the Admiral will arrest drain or if so, mo re than for the moment. E Floe or six other vessels, with large amounts, are : e ked fo r f rom the same quarter, but owing to the lo 10 - "ter in which the late remittances have been tqributed, it is impossible to predict theirprobable st uence on monetary affairs, and the position of 5( tte sank of England. 2 „,1-,a.st week the arrivals of specie were about lC , 000/, and th e ex p or t s , as f a r as can be ascer- Al , rn li ed, 750,000/. 4 ' 4r ee vessels have arrived from Australia this tt :P li ngs viz., the Vocalist, the William Money, 41 the Electra, but the amount of specie they ) 1 , - . ll g has not yet transpired. The last named, 130; eve r) is said to have 14,000 ounces of gold on raver, ex lthe \ 'arsenics portion of the Overland Mail is P A ee ted in tow n thi s afternoon. tu 'le 'wavy tone pervades the market for public se i4rities, and the tendency of quotations is evidently a. favourable direction. This is immediately produced , r ;. by sales on the part of the speculators for i st ol -- ; who consider a lower range of prices not tual)rnhable. The drain of gold also checks li i k tl e e i ss ' and for a time no improvement ''y to occur. A fall of I per cent. has taken 144 ea tor transfer, t (3- --a3T- Consols have been 93L - 1, and 9n ransfer, and 94 and 93a is for the Bth prox. a ene quer Bills are steady, and the Bonds 981 b. St India Stock is 223. 4 /Te r.Y little ibusiness is recorded in the Foreign tlet a ; t i ket, the usual formalities connected with the p e ,, -ern ent occupying chief attention. Turkish 6 P arke gents. are firm, but dull at 971. Spanish ed at 241, and Russian 5 per Cents. are bei cl 9 8k. Mexican Bonds have risen to 23i pri .o g about It per cent. better. t t ( he following are the nominal prices of Foreign °e ks :--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Mexi 0b , ' 2 3i 231 ; Peruvian, 78 80 ; ditto Three per It " s ., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; ti:' i nn o per Cents., 107 9 ; do. per Cents., : 9 ; Spanish 3 p er C en t s ., 411 411; ditto New 11 ( "rred, 24 5 ; Ditto Certificates, 6# # ; Ditto 4 1 - "iV e) 5 / 6 . i r ll the Railway Share Market this morning the 4 nsactio ns entered into have been chiefly in eon h:eti°4 with the settlement, and prices have in LA o(*t" instances ruled rather lower ; but the charges _____ continuation" have not been heavy. Great 117 ( . )rt6 rn receded about 5s , Brighton 5 5. , North- 18 T er n 103 , South Western ss. to 10s., South - 18 E s s. ; ' Grand Trunk of Canada , G reat West -120 00 z b of Can a d a , N or th er n of France, Paris and 100 1 .,: ° ") and Sambre and Meuso realised forme r 100 T eB ; Rigas have risen to 21 prom. 20 I ) : ll ‘Tining Shares no business of any importa nce 20 bean done, and prices are nominally unaltered. 20 20 at Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are 1 0 : tea dY quotations. Bank of Australasia ruled . 2 . 0 . le„ e r, and City B an k a d vance d about 11. Canada 20 - "l'd shares declined 11. , 100 100 20 lit , r , I Siot , FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES —TB IS DAY. (From the Official List.) 3 on,_. Anne. Isil,wer cletd. flonAolg Annuities 9`. ' 3 ' ; t 3 i Ituli a 2 s t Per Cent. Annuities 223 Como,?ct 93i a i Ig. --: 8 .or Acc ount - 4 'ollBquer Bill is, 2id. £196 0 par 4-.:560 ti Nell 3p ' t t•co Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent. 9B i D itto, 155 9 • t ta .,R. ICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. . 1031 , i . zi.c.an Bonds, 5 per Cent. ....... ...exi zis pi g ~.ean 3 per Cent 231 3 P at° Account (-fugues° Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. IS4I 4 - 51 $D tan 1 853, 3 per Cent asi a•O fonds, 1A29 i; St., 5 per Cent 11..)D1t.t0, 4i per Cont.-. -ii)?,lElt itom.le, 3 per Cent ~!tto New Deferred, 3 per Cen'. thtto Account .., `nrkiti, itonds, 6 per cent 971 i Dit to Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. 01 , oende on the above ayable In Londir. ]Pr each 71f. ex 25f. 25c. kel. Rentes, 4i per Cent. .1,°. 14 n, 24 per Cent., ex. 25 francs — Ditto 4i per Cent.. ex. 25 francs THREE O'CLOCK. Coneols, money 93 * O at°. Account (April 8 ) k c ircular (says the Literary Gazette) has been issued 4 3' the s o li c i tors to the ass i gnees o f M r . Edwin Baldwin, kci3ouncing that the copyrights of the Morning Herald, 12, 4 , 4 dard, and AFt. James's tootChrnicle newspapers are for ,;"`e, and that they are ready eceive tenders for their ' ll "hase, either together or separately. hi T he intelligence from Persia does not confirm the ru- Vired P a march of English troops into the interior. In t Bushire the latter suffered severely from — ctuies s WRECK OF THE MADRID.—The captain and crew ° ;, - ",o Madrid wrecked near Vigo on the 20th ult., a t'oiecuersat S:)u P thainpton in Tagus to assist in saving the Tagus yesterday. The tla and men sent out in the 6 dadrid also arrived home yesterday. The unfort o u f - Vte vessel had broken up, and some trifling portior.' ", such as a roast and an anchor, were the only things r'red from her ably b her. In the summer an attem pt pwtewatillheprrois e made t o save her mac hi ner y. Present too severe for any such attempt to be made. at..-Et_,e c orrespondent o f the Banff Journal says :—" Th e is a fit of most mar k this session at King's C olle g e 4 Donald Robertson, a f t from farm-servant i llan who holds the and with 14 8 plough during summer , earnings in th e fi eld k hi m self at Speyside— eeps and educates 'college in winter. All honour to him ;ma y his ls said s uccess to equal t o hi s desertst As a mathematician, i t‘ .e to display wonderful power and quickness." ST. PAUL'S, KNIGIITSBRIDGE.—LIDDELL V. WESTI3:II - long conference was held on Saturday after- Iloon, at the Privy Council Office, byi the Pri vy C ounc il , w h o sat as judges ' members of the this case. Those Present were—the A rc hbi s h op of Canterbury the Lord Chancellor, the Bi s h op o f L ondon, Leigh, Sir 'W. Mania, Lord Wensleydale, and Sir P. P a t teson The time for the deliv er y of the judgment did not • anspire. THE ART TREASURES PALACE AT MANCHEST ER.- high wind on Sat ur d a y morn i ng did considerable dame to this buildi ng , by d es t ro yi ng port i ons of tbeamel Vhicti runs along the ce n tr e an d most exposed - a" the s em i-circula r roo f. At one ti me i t was deernpeadrtdofe from to withdraw the workmen empl o y e d i ns i de, fror the danger to which they were exposed by the fallin g frag ments o f g l ass , b u t f or t unate l y the wind abated to wards noon, and the damage will be easily repaired. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—Tiao Council have decided upon the establishment of a new class of two-guinea members, and the abolition of admission fees, 42l new subscriptions being in future payable in advance. Mr. George M'Ewen, formerly gardener to the late Duk:e of Norfolk, at Arundel, has been appointed general superintendent. INLAND REVENUE.—The net produce of the duties on legacies and successions in the winds of the united king dom in the year 18.56 amounted to 1,848,9461., against 1,6 28,688 in 1855, 1,501,8371. in 1848, and 839,5301. "3 r 5, em the passing of the Act 16th; and 17th Vic . c 51 to -1 -r • 1854. • THE S'UFN, 110 N D O'N, M'O N 1) A Y SHARE MP.KETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Price. thin lay. Basiness done this day. RAILWAYS. 41 - 8i - 67 - 69 8i - 9 9) - 92 70i -70 t 37 - 381 ... -. • 1.• ..""... ... -- 10 io. 19 20 10 11 43 - 50 :33 - 35 8 - 7 98 - 99 ••• '''- 56~ -- G 7 37 - 38 ... - 7f - 95 - 96 86 - 87 1 20 - 123 [O3 - 105 67f -67 f 64 - 66 72 - 76 - BAp 74 - SIP .02 - 102,i d par. 6 - 6i 108 - 109 104 - 164 id pari LO 1041; a 7 37, 81 -8: 533 - 51 iii ----- in 56 - 58 3 i - Si 46A - 47. 85 - 86 4 - 33( 3 - 39 - 40 61i - 62 97 - 99 5A 7 -- 10i -- 29i - 3O 7 - 5 103 -- 110 27. -- 28 50 -- 62 2 -- lid 17 -18 A 73' -- 74; 85 - 86 4i 4 3 d 12 14 41 431 ... ..-.' ... 201 -21 i 4 - 44 7 - 521 - - , . -. ... St. 100 St. 100 .?5 all 61. 100 5 all it 100 St. 100 25 all 50 all 25 all 124 all I2i all ,t 0 all 3t. 100 LO 54 5, all it. 100 6 1 5.1 50 all i 5 all 1.2 i all it. 1100 LCI I all 2 all 15 all ;t, 100 ItAILwAYs. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.c I E. Uu. Sh. Glas. Barr. dr Noils.Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr, bull & Selby. Do. 1 Shares. Do. 1 Shares. Lon. & Greemi Do. Preference Lon. Til., &S. 'Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spe. N.&Est.s Do. 6 per et.. Do. Fixed 51) e Prest. & Wyre, Do. Shrs. A Roystn. & Shrews. & Her S. Staffordsh i NVearVal.g6pc Do.. Wilts &Somrst Leasing Companies Ln.&N.W. Caledon ... E. U. di E. C Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian., Do. qt. Westn. Y. & Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do Ln. &N. W. & Midld. Hidland._ E. Count Do L. it N. W Do Gt. Northu T. Brassey M. MClean Stk.dtDar Do at.Westn. Closing* Prices th's d Ay. 93 - 95 98 - 102 11 - 13 134 - 137 3:1 - 44 A 7 - 109 12i -- 13 23 -- 24 100 -- 105 par -- p 2i -- 2i 90 -- 92 P 55 -- 57 1 131 - 134 8 - 9 9 - 9i 311- 32i 88 - 90 PREFERENCE SHARES. 5 all Blyth and Tyne 10 p c.pref. (issd.at 501. , t' 100 IBris' &Ex. 4 p. c. St 0 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares. t. 100 Caledn, £lO 43 p. c t. 100 Ches. & Ho. 53 p. c 1. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent... 34 all Cork &Bandons3p e. 14 all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. ) 2 E. Anglian Cis. A Sh. 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. e. 109 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c. i 2 all Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l all Do. No. 2 I all Do. Now 6 pr. c. St. I all East Un., G. 6p. c. all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. . all Do. do. 4 per cent._ . 1 00 East Lancash. p.cts. all E.&W. York. J. sths 5 Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. 100 Ed . Prth .&Dun. 4p. c 100 Furness, sp. c 100 Glass. & q.W.G.5 p.c 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c 100 Do. 5 p, c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem 100 Do. 43 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.(B.&H.Ex.spc 100 Do. con. red. 43 p.c 100 Do. con. red. 4 p. 100 Do. irred. 4 percent 100 Do 5 p. c. red. prof all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh.. all Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S all Do. do. 5 p. c. do. [OO Do. Birm.Gua. Stk, all Do. Chesh. Gus. Sh, all Do. do. do. all Do. do. do . 100 Lan.& York. 6 pc. St. 100 Lon.&B. G. 5 pc. No.l 100 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. 100 Do. do. sp. c., No. 4 100 Lon. & N.W., Cov. di Nuneaton 5 p. ct... 100 Lou. & S.W. 7 peret. late 3d Shares ... all Londy.& Color. ASh. I all Londy.&Ennis. Sh. 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cont. , q Do. do. do. £6 100' Do. do. 3,1 per cent. all Marypt. h Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 4.1 per cent 10. , , Do. do. 100 - Nfid. Con sol. 6p. c. St. 100 Do. Con. lir. Biz% 6 p.c. 100 Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St. 100 Do. L. dai. Pref. St. all New.,Aber.. &c., pr 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm 8 Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et all N'orf k.Deb.4 p.c. Sh 100 Do. sp, c. Ext. 1846 100 Do. 54 . p.c. pf., 1847 100 D0.Wv.V.5p.c.,1847 100 North British 3iID ). 71. Preference 100 g. E. 13erw. 4 p.c.Prf. Do. do. do 13 V Do. Leeds 6pc No.l 9 Do. do. Qrs., 10 Do.Yorkll.&S. Pur. all North Staffordshire.. 1100 Os., "War. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. 100 Do. p. c. 2d gu.tr... all Scot. Cent. New Pref. 100 Sc.N.E Aber.g.6p.c. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pt. St. 100 Do. d 0.33 p.c. pf. St all South Devon all Do. fixed 4h pr cent. all S. Eastern (Reading Aim.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4. per cent all Do. Fixed 4. p.o. Sli 100 S. Wales Gua. 4 p. o 100 Do. do. 4i p. all S.Torksh.4 p.c.Guar all Stock. &Dar., 6p. c 15 Do. do. do. all Stock. & Hartl. L. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 all Watcrfd& Kilk. 6 pc, BRITISH 2/ 12IAlfred Cons. (Philk. 14 British Iron 20 ICondur3w (Cambrn.) 1 iDev.C4t. Cnsls. (Tay.) 14s 'Great South Tol gus 1013 I Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) l 7 Grt.W. Vor (Heists,) Bs6d Lady Bertha 74 N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Bisset (Illogan)' 6115 North Wheal Crofty 1 iPar. Cons. (St.Blairy,' 9 IPorkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co 2;; Caradon (St. Clee l I 2 S. Cars Brea (lllog% 19 S.W.Frauees(lllogn. 4i Tam. S. &L. Min. Co 9 Tin Croft 40 Un.Mines (Gwennap) 1256,V. of Towey ( Camay.; W. Basset (Illog 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 58 Wh. Basset (Mogan) 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstck) i TsNb. Kitty (U. Llant) 8 Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht.) 4} Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) FO REIGN 7 Australian 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm) all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Res Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica., all Cobre Copper 16 Copiapo all 'Fortuna all General all Linares 1 Lusitauian all Mariquita all New Granada all Noveau Monde all Pont. Sil.LdM. Smit 1 Port Philip 15i Santiago de Cuba all youth Australian all Do. Scrip all De. 10 p. e. Pref. all United Mexican MISCE 5 19 'Australian Agricult. 0 all Australis, Royal Mail 0 all Berlin Water Works 0 40 Brit. American Land 0 32i Canada. t. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&JulY t. 100 Do. 6p. c.Feb.&Aug. , t. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. 4. all Copper Min. of Eng. 5 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent 6 all Crystal Palace 5 all Do. Pref-renco 4 all Crystal Pal. o f F rAnce 1 a Duston Iron Oro !O 18 Eastern Steam It. 100 Electric Telegraph 1 all Electric Tel. of 'rel 5 all En.drAust.Cop.SmCo .0 10s. Enr. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. 5 sll Gen. Ir. Se. .5 l 4 Gen. Steam Navigat. 0 5 London Discount 4 ail Lond. Gen. Omnibus' !O 10 iMagdalena St. Navig.] 1.0 all 'Mediteran. Eke. Tel LO all Mexican & S Amerien' 5 5 sat. Discount Co. 5 5 Do. New 5 Netherlands Land._ All Do. Do. all Do. 8p i. Pf. iss. at Id. 1 Do. Do. SO New B. &N. S. Lanai 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.e.D. all N. B. Australasian... 17 Nrth.of Europe Steam, all Oriental Gas ss. Do. New Shares all 'Peel RI% LI. & Minrl. all Peninsular & Oriental: 10 Do. New all Rliymney Iron all Do. New. 60 Royal Mail Steam all , leot. .kustral. Invest all Do. New 100 S. Au% Gov. 6 p.e.lods al South Austral. Land all Submarine Tel. Scrip all Do. Registered 5 TrustkLn Co. U.C.in. 23?, Van Diemen's Land Ioj - V,Go.Gp eJan. & July 92 - 9 97 -- 99 6 - 6 10 - - il ) 121 - 12; ... .--.' . , ii -=-- ii o • • ..... ~ ~s iii 05 - 110 99 - 101 59 - 61 10 10 i 95 - 96 84 -- 86 100 -- 102 10 -- 10: 163 __ 17 . 10 -- 10: 72 -- 75' 193 --20 93 -- 10 143 -- 15 35 -- 137 37 - 140 .15 - 118 .57 - 159 68 p i Business this day. lAmbg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc....... Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolvurh. dr Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet Blackburn ..... Blvth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) 00 Bristol di Exeter 00 Caledonian....... it. 100 Chester & Holyhead i 0 all Cork and Bandon... !O all Cork, Black. & Pass, l 0 all Cornwall 0 all De. A 10 8 Do. B ... ..... 50 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc 2,5 all Dun. P. &Aber. June. t. 100 East Anglian ......... lf) all Eastern Counties..... it. 100 Easternljnion,A.stk. it. 100 Do., do. 8............. 25 82 Do. New A.. . 25 172 East Kent ........... St. 100 East Lancashire ...... 20 all Ea st Suffolk ........ 10 4 Do. St. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow :0 all Edinb. and Peebles._ :t. 100 Edinb.Prth.ixDunde 0 all Forth and ClydeJunc. 4. 100 Furness ... ... ...... . it. 100 'Glasgow & S.Western 0 all /Great N. of Scotland 4. 100 'Great Northern ...... It. 100 Do., A. Stock t. 100 Do., B. Stock ..... t. 100 Gt. Sth.&West.are. s: t. 100 'Great Western. ..... 4. 100 IDo. Str.V.R gua. S ; all ,Irish South-Eastern 1 all Lancaster &Carlisle. ; 14,5 Do., Thirds.... ...... .. . 12 Do. Now Thirds ... ..'lOO Lancash. &Yorkshir , 6 Do., do. F. £1.6 ... I Do., Wst. Riding Un all Do. Southport.... 3, all London & Blackwall 1.00 Lond. Bright. &S. Cst. 1100 London &N. Westerr all Do. Fifths all D0.,10/.Sh.,M&B 0 , 23 Do. Eighths 100 London dr S.Weeterr, all Lndndrry.drColeraim all Lndndrry. de Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 100 Midland .......... . 100 Do. Birming. & Derby all Midland G.West.(lr.) all Do. 3 Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle all Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd. 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostreror 100 Norfolk... ...... 32 Northn.Counties Un 100 North British . ...... 100 North Devon, Rail. di Dock Stock 1.00 Do., A Stock ......... 1.00 Do., B Stock .... 100 N. Eastern Berwick 23i Do. do. Extension .. liii Do do. G.N.E.Purch, all Do. Leeds .00 Do. York .00 North London . . ... 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn 173 North Staffordshire all North Western.. all N. &S. Westrn. June 100 Oxford Worcester dr Wolverhampton 16 Portsmouth 10 .Rhymney 1100 I Sottish Central 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 100 !Shropshire Union 4 Sitingbrurne &Sheer all South Devon 100 South Eastern all Do. 43 per c. Shares 100 South Wales 17 IS. Yorksh. River Dun 7 'Do.. all r i Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all Stockton & Darling 15 Do. do., 1854 3 i Do. do., 1355 16 !Stockton & Hartlepl 100 !Taff Vale 100 IDo. Pref., No. 1 22 (Thames lay. D. &R all ;Vale of Neath all i Water fil. dr Kilkenny all 'Waterford&Limeriek ',() all 'West C0rnwa11....... 0 all ,West End of London ' and Crystal Palace. • 5 all Do. A 5 all Do. B O all West London O all Do. First Class O all Do. Second Class 0 all Wmbledon &Croydop 21 9i 50 i all 3il all st. 1100 25 I all 25 I all BRITISH Pi all !Atlan. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda, and CenJud,guar. 5 p.c, all Do. 101 Buffalo dr Lak• Hur 100 Buff. , Brut. dr Gorich 100 6p. c.bds., 1 Aup,;.,'72 1 Do. do., 1 July, '731 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 2s id Central Oude (Lin].) lOs Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do. all Demerara . 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all D 0.44 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do. all Geelong dr Melbourne guar. 5 per cent ICO Gd. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Deben all at. In. Pen. g. 5 per c 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 8 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '57 all Do. do., 76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, do. I all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 4. p.c all Do. do., 5 per c. 10 Do. 4, p. c. Exten. 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 5 t Do. 4th Ex., do. ss. Oude (Limited) 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c 0 I all Do 20 20i 20 100 100 FOR: all Ikatwrp & Rotterdam 14 Ardennes all Belgian East. Junct. 16 Beziers to Graissessac all Carmeaux&ToWous, Coal Mines and Ry 12 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France all Do. New 25. Euphrates Valley 18 Gt Central of Praia 17 Great Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lake Coust. & Bale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian all Lucca & Pist . sp. c. p. all Lyons and GeaeTa all Lyons & Mediterran. all Maria Ante - .21a all Do. New all Namur & Liege all Do. do. 6 p. e. Prof all Northern of France all NorwegianPrnk. Pref all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 7 Reoife & San F ran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. o 7A Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse._ all Do. Si per cent. pref. all Southern of France all West Flanders all Do. 5i per c. Pref all W. &N. R. of France ; 0 6 Western of Is-Istria_ 0 ,0 all !West. of Switzerland 6 all ,Wiesbaden 6 all Do. Bp. cent. prof 20 all 'Zealand I SSESSIONS. I - lip -96 98 96 9$ 96 98 Pa' P ... ... 1 1 - li P 112 - 114 2i - 21 - 22 51 -52 i 81 - $3 211 -21 i - Isp 2 , 31 - 262 3 - 3 17 99 - 100 120 - 125 1120 - 125 107 109 19 - 201 21 22 par ip 'p ... -- . .. 2 -- 2ip 63 - 6 - 3 - 4 51 6 par 33.:4 34, 10 11 par i 241 —2 4 P 6 6i 6 - 6~p 301 - 31 .. ....- .. 8i - 9 21 - 38; - 38 i 8 - 94 s') - 60 57 - 59 i i - PI 18 20 1 li 91 0i 8 9 4 4 9A 10 331 par 1 p ... - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ----_,------ A) all Australasia ............ ',5 lSi Bank of Egypt ......I )0 50 !Bank of London ...... i 1,0 all !80. Col B'. - .(tLn. Co. 50 all 'B ritish N. American, 20 1 6 !C. I llc .of Ind.Au.StCh' 0 0° 0 20 5 1 CC C E lo o t t i l l y i n : s n a c e : • o c : u 0 00 a a2 l lo l l oo Dittonn.d Co Newl a B o . c. nd ou• nty °° 213500: 'L 1 11 i 4 1 , l o a n ti g. London P t S o m t f oC E i e n °k ri s l 121 10 ID° t . N W Pro. a 0 22 National Bank ;0 all2,New South 'Wale s 5 all priental Bank Corp 0 15 ;Ottoman Bank 0 25 'Pr ov i ncial of Ireland .0 all Do. New .... . . 111•Aus.B.&G all South Austra▪ lia, all Union of Australia._ 24 po. New.. 10 l . ... Union of 50 I) raj- Nlntnal z. 50 Westru Bk.;;f1:ond 166 100 97 - 99 1 - A_l 5 - 9 - - 60- ... --- •.• 1 d 69 —71 i 17i -- 1 18i -- 19 isi -- 19 .. - .. 39i - 413 -111 ... - • ••• •. • ..... • 5i 7 9 26 26. 11 9 10 8 d St. 50 St. St. St, St, St, 25 50 St St. 10 20 20 10 St. 10 20 20 20 lon si l 2i 04 3i 81 80 14j 15 57i 6i 471 6i 74i i 3/ 2t3i 11a 991 161 i I 53,i 9i 702 / 11 10i 20 12 25 20 St. 25 10 1.0.6 20 100 St. 05 - 134 - 93 - 88 - li - lip - 107 90 92 li ld 1 - 21 -22 i 110 - 111 414, - 118 - 105 -- 110 65 -- 70 17i -18 i 231 - 24 .00 - 101 9i - 101 27 - 28 2 - 3p '4 2- - ii MINES. 22A -- 234 6, -- 74 155 -- 165 150 -- 460 14i -- 15 10 --104 6 -- 6A -- 1 18 -- 20 31 -- 33 6 -- 7 23 -- 24 8 - 340 Gz - 330 - 5 - 215 - 235 - 1 34i -35 i 160 - 170 - 280 340 - 370 4 - 19 r - 46 - 23 - 5 21 48 25 MINES. 11 11 3 19 21 I id 61 63 12 14 id 7i id 1 i ::- "13 7- 4 : 4#i ANEOITS. 24 - 25 i - 4 40 P'' 45 155 - 160 35 - 26 - 28 - 51 - '9'2A = iii - ii - ii - 4i - i2' = i't 1 ii 3 4 4 4{ par i p - lA - pr T - 2g - 23 -- 2V PI 6 - 8 - ih = ii 35 - 37 --- ..• - • • . 12 - 14 84 P i 40 28 24 5g EVENING, MARCH 16 1857 MARKET NEWS.— (This Pay.) CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat, in which only limited business was transacted, at barely stationary prices. Fine barley was scarce, and in request, at extreme rates. In the value of other articles very little change took place. The continental markets continue inactive for wheat; but our New York advices bring a slight advance in the quotations. Very moderate supplies of English grain were received up to our market last week. From abroad the imports were-7,919 quartets of wheat, 20,684 barley, 13,058 oats, 570 rye, 4,457 beaus, 5 peas, 362 tiros, 2,688 linseed, 1,910 rapeseed, 40 mustard seed, 1,940 Indian corn, 134 sacks, and 6,429 barrals of flour. The supply of English wheat received fresh up to our market to-day was very moderate, and in but raiddlisg condition. For all kinds, however, the demand ruled heavy. The primost qualities were mrtly disposed of at pikes about equal to those of Monday List. Secondary and infe rior kinds wore with diffleulty sold, and prices were cer tainly rather in favour of buyers, who evinced no inclina tion to get into stock. We were tolerably well supplied with most descriptions of foreign wheat. The market for that produce was heavy, yet no quotable change took place in prices. Although the i m p or t s of foreign barley last week were extensive, the quantity here—as the bulk of the supply went direct into the hands of the distillers—was small, and the trade ruled firm, at full quotations. Fiue malt moved off steadily at very full prices. In ferior parcels, however, were rather dull. Floating cargoes of grain were steady. Wo were well supplied with oats, for which the inquiry ruled heavy, at barely last week's prices. Beans were in good supply and sluggish request, at barely last week's prices. In poas, only a mo d erate business was doing, at barely I previous rates. - We had a dull market for flour. In prices, however, no actual change took place. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red .... new 49g to 60s Ditt0........ old —a —a Ditto, White new 503 63s Ditt0........ old —s —3 Norfolk 9.nd Lin coln, Rod, old —s Ditto new ...... 48s 603 Rye—Old ............ —s —Ol 76s to 78a Potato .•• • • 258 323 Tonna' and Cork °5l4At Ist —Chevalieri ncl ns Yorkshire , F . o'n and 24s 25 81ack....... 208 26. Cork, White ••••• 211 29s Scotch, Feed.•• 268 303 Beane—Tick 328 35s Pigeons 333 413 Peas—Grey .......... :37s 33s Maple .......... 39s 40s Whit 0........... 39s 42s Boilers ......... 38s 408 Floor—Town -made. •• 535 5 " 501101 k ......... 4 1 s 42s 9toektn . Norfolk 40s 41s Now •• •• •• •• •• 383 Barley 7 Grinding .• • .• 306 Molting •. •• 314 40s Chevalier. •• • • . 423 493 Plalt—Suffolk and N0r f01k........... 6 . e 63 s Brown G2s 63s Kingston snd Ware 68i 77s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. ------ - The imports of foreign stock into London last week were moderate—the total supply being 1,9 , 48 bead. In the corresponding week in 1856 we recorted 181 and in in 1855, 555 ; in 1854, 2,399; in 1853, 2,488 ; in 1852, '1,726 ;1851, 2,121 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WARR. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Hamburgh 5O ... 653 Antwerp Harlingen 323 ... 22 ... Schiedam Rotterdam 6O -- •• 96 ... - 4 ... - ••• -- ... ••• 132 ... - Calais Ostend Oporto 8 ... - 2 ... - T0ta1.... 517 .... 1,229 ... ... 242 .. The yearly comparison of weekly Imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1856 122 ... 17 ••• •.. 42 ... 1855„„ ...., 350 ... 66 ... ... 133 ... 1854 746 ... 1,377 ... - •.. 206 ... 1 853 615 ... 1,577 ... - •.. ... 296 1852 3 7 ... 1,2 Z ... ••• 184 ... 1851 466 ... 1,395 ••• ... 219 ... 4 There was a very middling show of foreign stock in to - day's market, both as to number and quality. Nearly an average time of year supply of home-fed beasts was received here this morning, but there was a slight fall ing off in their general weight and condition. The attend ance of buyers was less numerous, and the beef trade ruled inactive, at prices barely equal to iy last. The ex treme value of the best Scots was 5s per Sibs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 1,9)0 Scots and shorthorns; from other parts of England, 2:)0 of various breeds; from Scotland, 350 Scots; and from Ireland, 160 oxen. The supply cf sheep was again limited, but the quality of the stock was prime. The mutton trade was much less active than on Monday last, yet that day's prices were sup ported. The best old Downs in the wool were worth 66., out of the wool 5s per 81b. There were about 3,000 shorn sheep in the market. We had a good veal trade, at last week's currency. The supply of calves was limited. In pigs, the supply of which was small, very little was doing, at last week's currency. Per Sibs to sink the offal,. s. d. s. d.l s. (11. a. d Warier 8cr.5ti..,.3 4to 3 6'PrimeSouthdown 510 6 0 &mad quality.... 3 S 4 01.4:+rge eree. calves 4 0 5 2 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 S!Prinio small d 0... 5 4 5 S Prime Scots, dm 410 5 I , lLarge hogs 3 8 4 4 Inferior Sheep ...4 6 4 10 , Srua11 porkers ... 4 6 5 2 ocond quality ...5 0 5 2Suckliug calves.. 23 0 30 0 Primo ers,..-wlled.s 4 5 61Quarter old piv. 21 0 28 0 TOTAL SUPPLY; YORILION army. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs 222 Pigs - AL statement and comparison of the supplies and prices sf fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Mark, t, on Nfonday, March 17, 1856, and this day, Monday, March 16, 1857. Per gibs, to sink the offals. March 17, 1856, \March 16,'57 s. d. a. d. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... 3 2to 3 413 4to 3 6 Second quality ditto ... 6 3103 8 4 0 Primo large oxen 4 0 4 2it 2 4 8 Prime Scots, 3;c ... 4 4 4 6,4 10 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 4 3 SA 6 410 Sepreimonedeqoaulasleitywodoitteod ditto ::: 43 140 4 4 62', 5 5 4 . 5 Prime Southdown ditt o 4 8 4105 10 6 0 Lambs ... 0 0 0 00 0 • 0 Large coarse calves 4 6 5 4.4 0 5 2 Prime small ditto li 6 6 0 5 4 5 8 Large hogs 3 6 4 2 3 ti 4 4 Neat small porkers 4 4 410 4 6 5 2 Beasts._ 3 , 700 3,503 Sheep ... 21,51 5 0 15,650 Calves... 4 114 Pigs 140 230 SUPPLIES as Sus, March 19, • 1855. —Beasts, 4,311; sheo ; 20,040; cal ves , 107 ; p i gs, 3 10. March 20, 1851.—B eas t s, 3 , 63 1 ; sheep, 18,8" ; calves, 119 ; pigs, 335. NEWGATE AND LEADENETALL. The supplies of most kinds of meat on sale here con tinue very moderate. Generally speaking the demand is steady, as follows . Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, Inferior 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 310 Do. primp large 4 0 4 2 Do., do. small 4 4 4 Pork, large 3 8 4 4 s. 4. s. Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 10 Do. oniddling ..... 4 0 4 6 Da., prime ......... 4 8 4 0 Veal '3 10 5 0 Pork, small ...... ..4 6 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. There is a fair average business doing in most kinds of hops, the show of which is tolerably good at last week's prices. Mid and East Kent pockets, 31 153 to 5/ 12s ; Weald of Kent, 31 5s to 51 Os : Sussex, 31 3s to 41 Os ; yearlings, 11 lOs to 31 15e. per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since Monday last about average supplies of potatoes have come to bend, coastwise and by land carriage. For most kinds we have a slow inquiry, at about stationary prices. Last week's imports were 110 bags, 3 baskets from Rotterdam, 15 tons from Loer, and 6 tons from London derry. . _ York Regents, 1103 to 1203 per ton ; Kent and Essex do., 110 s to 1203; Scotch do., 100 a to 120 i ; do. cups, 90s to 10OR ; Middlings, 65s to 755; Lincolns, 103 s to 120 s; Blues, 100 s to 110 s. WOOL. At the public sales the attendance of buyers continues good, but Cape wools are le3s active, and the full advance at the opening is not supported, e rise being confined from is to is 00 per lb. Other wools, however, are very firm. The following rates have been paid :—Australian— Clean sheep's la 8.4 d to 2s Odd ; scoured, is 11Ad •, scoured lamb's, 2s 24d ; skin, 2s 2d; do. handwasbecf 1s 101 to 2s lA I. Port Philip—Clean sheep's, is 2d to 2s 20; scoured, is lld to 2s 9d ; lamb's, 2s 00 to 2s 5d ; locks, is 3Ad to i s 10d. V an Di eman ' s Land—Clean sheep's, 2s 3d to 2s ; skin, is 7,1 to 1s 11:W ; do. scoured, 2s 2Ad. Cape— Clean sheep' s , i s 40 to 20.1i1el ; handwashed, is 4d to 2s ltd ; do. superior, 2s 63 ; lamb's, 2s. E ast India— Sheep's, 2s Oid to 2s 6d per b. The private market is very firm. Last week's imports were 620 bales from Sydney, 2,:'00 from Melbourne, 441 from the Capa, 79 from Mogalore, 194 from Odessa, 143 from Havre 2 from Boston, and 64 from Hamb ro '. , The following are the current rates of English wool : Down tege, is 7d to is 8d ; half-bred hoggets, is 6d to is 7d ; Kout fleeces, is 5d to Is 61 ; Down ewes, is 5d to is 6d ; Leicester fiascos, is 4d to ls 5d ; combing skins, Is 4 41 to is 51 ; flannel wool, is 2d to i s 61 ; and blanket wool, 10d to is 2d per lb. SEEDS The smallness of the stocks of linseed enables holders to maintain their prices, notwithstanding the extremely dull tra le for it. Bombay has realised 71s, tine Calcutta 693, end Odessa GSs per quarter. Oar market for linveetl cakes bas been more active, but without imp rovement in price. The bulk of the Calcutta rare otr.raig is out o f con di t i on ; juices, con , equoutly, !nri.•,4) wifely. S o u n d may be quoted 67 ; r°.l c ( u )rTell e o cl v se, 6 s 8 Bombay, l 738 1 ; whito S esame, 62s 6d to 63e •, C,,ltta t N Igor,- 503 per quarter. r,,,,iip.Wnite, per bush. 21, to 22 ~l arraw ~ .y ...... ...... 44 465 S we de ........ .. 213 224 C0riander............ 22s 24 s hing . ..... .. 583 72s etuAtgrd, 8r0wn...... 20, 22, flctupseed, per quarter 45 463 .... 6. lo o s ti 7,1021 Lins c ee r i t l i , s Eng..lowlng.. 72. 74s mi.__ ~..., ~ —s ---44 El Nltie .......... __, s Canary, per quarter •• (.23 7,14 o.l,‘ssa .......... 68s 60s ... 35s 4 ,44 Linioed Cake, pr. ton— Rye ~,,,,,s (new) .. CloYer,Ued ba , ',i • ( M t . ) • S•C 9,1' English • • ...10:103 10'15s white ........ .. G , to, h... Foreign, per ton 910 n 0,0,1 Foreign Red.... •• b B i 8 -' 5 , l L+Pe Cakes, Per tor, 6: O. 6 10 r tre W s,W 4l i t ac n r e , w ne . w .. .: White •• • • F 6, 80 , 4 , .pe50.,1, pr qr. ...... 863 88• Trefoil, now •• •• •• •• " 234 35' TALLOW. Since our last repart only a limited busi transacted in tallow, and prices have eon way. T,,dly P.Y.C. on the spot is sell cwt. Rough fat has declined to 2s 3d per iness has been tinnorl to give •13g. at 615 e. per Sibs. 1856. 1657. Stock trice o t this y. C s da y r 44, GI *.• G4A Od Delivery last week .—. 2,0 n 1,407 Ditto from June 1....! 84,84 i 82,9t1 ..trrivalA last week.. ! 72'3 2,`‘ , 0 9 Ditto from .0u 79,103 5 0'49 Price of TUW11..... ye 45 9 L 4 9.1 35.532 17s 6,1 t, —8 Od 22,652 14,893 u 063 0,1 —9 0,1 Od 334 88,535 90,217 1,4.39 66,891 592 6(1,123 50s Od 491 1,394 64,610 88,130 533 61.1 52:01 CONFIDENCE IN THE GOVERNMENT. CITY DEPUTATION TO LORD PALMERSTON. This morning the deputation, consisting of the Lord Mayor, Sir J. Duke, M.P., B. Oliveira, M.P., W. J. Hall, J. W. Elliott, G. Allan, E. James, Thos. Christie, T. J. Holt, Herbert Lloyd, Thomas Dakin, R. Raley, R. Obbard, J. Dillon, Alderman Rose, and Sir C. D. Crossley, appointed at the City meeting held on Friday last, at the Guildhall, waited upon Lord Palmerston at his residence, Cambridge-house, Piccadilly, and pre _sented his lordship with a copy of the resolution agreed to on that occasion, expressing the confidence of the bankers, merchants, traders, and electors of the city of London in the general policy of his lordship's Govern ment, especially with relation to• the late events in China. The Right Hon. the Loan MAYOR, accompanied by the City Remembranc,r, and the members of the depu tation, arrived at Cambridge. House Ehurl ly after twelve o'clock, when they were admitted to an immediate inter view with his lordship. The LORD MAYOR having introduced to his loriship the members of the deputation, expressed the pleasure it afforded him in being able to present his lordship with what he believedjto be the unanimous feeling of the mer chants, bankers, traders,. and electors of the City of London, in reference to late events connected with his lordship's political conduct, and handed him the resolutirn agreed to at the meeting above refetred to. Lord PALMERSTON, in reply, said that it gave him great satisfaction to find that the course that had been adtipted by her Majesty's Government, with reference to late events, should have met with the approbation of so great a commercial community as that of the City of London. He regretted that the House of Commons should have-come to an adverse vote on the motion of the hon. member for the West Riding, but such being the fact,. no other course than that which the Govern ment had adopted was open to them to foilow for the protection of life and our great commercial interests in China. The Government had thought it right to pro tect the servants of the Crown in China in the course they had adopted, from a conviction that had her Ma jesty's Ministers been there they would have acted pre cisely similar. The Government, in cbnsequence of the adverse vote referred to, had found it necessary to appeal to the country, and he was proud to hear that a city possessing so great and so many interests as the City of London should have testified its approbation of the conduct of her Majesty's, Government. The deptitation then withdraw. SPORTING NOTES. The programme prepared by Mr. Merry for Warwick does nut require much discussion. It presents only a scanty promise of sport, but the racing will _doubtlass, in certain respects, be interesting. Some formidable names are appended to the Trial Stakes, for which I shall let Fisherman do battle for me, despite thC - pro bability of his encountering two. such "clippers" as Melissa and Gemma di Vergy. By the way, if Gamma di Vergy be really.the property of Mr. C,)glau, there may be some difficulty about his starting. For the Willoughby Handicap I shrill give my faith to _Prince of Orange and_Mysterious Jack. For the Mile Handicap I shall select Lord Nelson and Plausible. Jaek the Giant Killer, Questionable, and Profile are my fancies for the T.Y.C. Handicap. Should Codr►ngt%m go to the post be shall be my selec tion for the Great WarWickshire Handicap. In his ab sence either December or Tame Deer may pull through. The Two•Yeal-Old Stakes I assign to Greenwich Fair. Thursday's races I will touch upon on Wednesday. March 16. A FRESH MAN. WARWICK RACES.,—MONDAY. ARRlVED.—Mysterious Jack, First of May, Emigrant Royalty, and Merry Sunshine. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, March IG.—Wind this day at noon, W.S.W. to W. ; fine and clear. It blew a gale yesterchy with very heavy squalls, and snow, hail, and rain. PORTBMOUTH, March 15. — Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Hannibal, from Canton ; Speed well, London, for Ja maica. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOI3THAIIPTON, Monday, 10 a.m. Wind W. Arrived—Constitution, steamer,from Antwerp; Harriet, Cardiff; Carolinida, Cherbourg ; Spr.iy, Havre. Sailed—Effort and Flor_a,, for Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind S.W. Arrived—Eagle Speed, from Mobile ; Henry Buck, New Orleans; Agenora, Savannah ; Rolling Wave, Mauritius ; Vocalist, Sydney; Patriut Queen," Calcutta ; Cdssispia, Mauritius; Addis Snow, New Orleans. It has now been determined that the Emperor Alexander will pay a visit to the Emperor at Paris, and also visit Italy. During his absence there will be a Council of Regency. LLANDAFF CATUEDR&L.—After a restoration extend• ing over a period of ten years, the cathedral church of Llandaff is about to be re-opened for public worship. The celebration has been fixed for Thursday. the 16th Proximo, whea a sermon will be preached in the morn ing by the Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Oxford. THE INCUMBENCY or CLRKENWELL.— The election to the incumbency of Clcrkeuwell has been Sue fur the 30th instant. The Rev. Horace Roberts has retired from the contest, having been*appointed curate of Bed ford Episcopal Chapel Chapel, Bloomsbury ; and it is supposed that there will be no strong opposition to the election of the Rev. R. Maguire, the secretary of the Islington Protestant Institute. The Court of Assizes on Friday tried a man named Plu for the murder of his sister. On the morning of the 27th Dec., the man, who for five years had lived with his sister in the Piece d'Armes at St. Denis, in formed some of the occupiers of the house that he had found his sister lying dead in bed. Those persons imme diately wont up to the novo, and found the woman dead. The man said he would have the corpse buried at once, and that he himself would prepare it for interment ; but his .neighbours informed the commissary of police, and that functionary had an examination made of the body. It was then discovered that the deceased, after receiving a blow on the head from some blunt instrument which stunned her, had been suffocated by having a large piece of wool thrust into her mouth, It was further discovered that a number of pieces of gold, chiefly foreign, and some securities, which the woman was known to possess, had disappeared. The man was suspected, as for some time he had been on bad terms with his sister, and had fre quently illtreated:her ; and the cause of their dissen sions was that he was lazy and drunken, and made her maintain him.. On the previous evening the people liv ing in the adjacent rooms had heard the woman bitterly reproaching some one, and shortly after they beard smothered cries. As the woman had scarcely any friends, it was morally certain that the person whom she re proached could be no other than her brother. More over, there were no signs of any forcible entry having been made into the apartment, and the brother alone had a key of it. He pretended that he bad passed the whole of the previous evening and night in a new lodging which he had hired in a different part of the town, but, l on inquiry, it turned out that he had not been near the place. He was searched and a eurn of 306 f., of which 230 f, were in gold, was found on him ; some articles of jewellery, a voucher fur 141 f. rente, and a bond of the City of Paris of 1,000 f., were besides found in a trunk which he had secreted in a garret. He pretended that be had saved up the sums in ques tion, but he could not state how he oricinally became possessed of them. A further sum of 1,860 f., chiefly in gold, was found in a drawer, and when it was discovered be alleged that it was his, but he could not state what the precise amount was ; so that it was reasonable to assume that ho had secreted it without counting it, But what was the strongest proof of his guilt was that the gold found on him was of the reigns of Bonaparte Con eel, Napoleon 1., Louis XVIII , and Charles X , and his aivter had bad pieces of those reigns, and took plee• sure in shoiving them to her neighbours ; and, besides, he bad some pieces of Italy, England, and Holland, which also his sister had possessed. The jury dechred the man guilty, not of murder, but of manslaughter, and the Court condemned him to 20 years' hard labour. THB TROUBETSKOT FAMILY.--The F anco-Sclawonian Review gives the following biography of the Troubetskoy family, with which the Count de Morny has lately allied himself by marriage:—" The Yrincee Trou betekoy are descendants of Olgord, Great Grand Duke of Lithuania, son of Geedindoe, and father of the celebrated Jagellon. They derive their name from the town of Trout:- tchevek, in the government of Tchernigoff. At the com mencement of the 17th century, at the time of the war of independence undertaken by Russia, defending- herself against the establishment at M-tscow of the Polish dy nasty, Prince Dmitry, of the family of Troubetskoy, was proposed for the throne by the Co sack troops and by a minority of the army, and was thus presented to the elec tion of a new dynasty to which the Grand Council of the Empire was about to procee 1. Other candidates were op posed, to him, and from the conflict issued the Cz ar , th e young Michel Romaueff. It was thus the!' Prince Dnitry was rejected from the throne of Russia. Under the reign of the Cz tr Alexia Prince Alt xis Treubstekoy wad one of the most distinguished statesmen in Europe ; and the Czar, as a reward for his eminent services . , gave him, as his absolute property, the town of Troubtehevsk, tae ancient domain of his ancestors. The deed of gft is con tained among the archives of the town, but the donation was not transmitted to the family, Prince Alexis before his death having given back the town to the Czar. This family has produced other distineuished men ; Prince John was field-rnarshsl of the empire, as was also him nephew, Prince Nikita. The latter also bee:me Pro cureur-Gereral of the Sena e, a dignity which corre sponds to the present functions of 11.1inist•tr of Justice." MADRID, March 9.—The projected expedition against Mexico assumes an aspect of some import ance. Considerable prepari,t'on; are making. General Pezuela, is spoken of for th© chief com mand. The choice of the G,veyntnent is said to lie between him end General Le:•sundi, the present Minister of Marine. • The Three per Cents. were done at 39.20 ; ditto Deferred, 25.30 PREACHERS AND PREACHING. LITERATURE. ...„....____ The following letter has been addressed to a i r p rieras contemporary : of -Bohemi a; or , Phases of London Life. Sir,—One Sund a y morn i ng a b ou t a mon th ago I f Classes." B E. 2 vols . Whitty, anth e r of "The Governing my wife raid, "L e t us sen d th e c hild ren to St. Smith and Elder. Margaret's to h ear th e A rc hbi s h op of preach yet p ro d uc i ng I This is a work o f a sinoular and original kind, on behalf of th e SO c i e t y f or A ge d E cc l es i ast i ca l displaying n o i nconsiderable ability on the part of Cripples, which i s t o celebrate to-day its three the writer,a degree of disap of the reader. It is entitled "A Satirical pointment and dissatisfaction in the mind hundredth anniversary." So the children went, I though the parents, for reasons immaterial to men ' net before him as h s object a spirit of depreciating Novel," and truly the author seems to have lion, could not go with them. "Well, children Novel, sarcasm. It is maintained throughout, and thereby how did you like the Archbishop of --, and what loses its effect, for i'; naturally 10-es its point. We did he say about 'the Aged Ecclesiastic A Cripples?' are doubtless bound to suppose that the opinions Here the children—for it was during their dinner —attacked their feed. with great voracity, but never a word could we get ou t o f th e i r mou th s and characters are n o t th ose w hi c h the author ' rna r about the spiritual feast of whi c h th ey h a d j us t I g nee should be, but whit are, and that in portray pa, raken. No! not even the text c ou ld th e brie and them in ;heir true colo urs , h e h as had the out. The more they Were pressed - th e mors y they g m laudable ambition of effecting by r idi cule what could not be done by moralising. But it is clues b'ushed and hung their heals over their plates, tiouable if his work will produce tny such effect. until at last, in a rage, I accused them of having In the first place, he does not st r i ve to i mpress any fallen asleep during the service. This char ge th re w my firstborn on his defence, and he sobbed out the definite principles. He shows us a mournful pano rama of the worldly, the selfish, th e di s h onest, the truth, for by this time their eyes were full of -tea's. vicious, the idle, and the vulgar minded; but, " Why, p a p a ! we can 't say what the Archbish o p of -- sail, because we could not hear a word he said. He is very old, and has got no teeth ; and, do you know, I don't think he has got any tongue either, for; though we saw his lips moving, we could not hear a single word." On this I said no more, but I. thought a good deal of "the Aged Ecclesiastical Cripples" and their veuerable advo- though we may gather from occasional passages that his admiration is given to a higher class of motives and actions, he does not even imply it, or lead his re viers' to do so. In the second place, with very few exceptions, all his charactsrs are of this class. He scarcely snows us a glimpse of real goodness and simplicity. It may be doubted, from , his pages, whether he believes in their existence in cate, and, being something of a phil &gist, [ tn .. the every-day world o f b us i ness an d po li t i cs. But ' dulged i n d reamy speculations on the possibility of setting aside these consideratio ns , th e b oo k i s a my wife had no t roused me f an alphab e t composed entirely from mof labials / dream b and if lively picture, or r a th er a series of pictures, y some mere matt er - o f-f act question I almost think 1 of social life. There is little direct story. It is should have given my reflections to the world in more a collection of sketches, which somewhat per the shape of a small pamphlet entitled "The Lan- plea the realer with their entanglements. There is gunge of Labials, or how to preach sermons without one serious fault, however, to be found with the the aid of either tongue or teeth ; published for style--its occasional want of refinement. Satire the benefit of the Society of Aged Ecclesiastical need never be coarse - and the keenest weapons are Cripples, and dedicated, of course by permission, to usually the most highly polished. This will render the Archbish o p of ---." many passages distasteful to the reader, and the a Now listen to an o th er s t ory. A f r i end of mine author would do well t o rev i se hi s pro d uct i ons in future. Notwithst an di ng it s a Scotch P res byt er i an, comes up to town and says, , more careful ly faults, th e b oo k w ill pro b a b ly have many admirers "I want to hea r Sp urgeon; l et us go. " Now, I am —those wh o w i s h t o amuse a passing hour with li ve ly supposed to be a Hi g h Ch urc h man, so I answered, sketches of the fault s an d f o lli es of ethers, and those " What, go and hea r a C a l v i n i s t— a B apt i st—a min who appreciate the ability without being very cri who ought V > b e as h ame d o f hi mself for being so, tical as to the w a y i u w hi c h i t i s employed. An near the Church and y e t no t w ithi n i ts pa l e ?' " Never mind, come an d h ear hi m. " W e ll , we went other class, those w h o see k t h e startling and un- common, will find m any s , et:es and histories in yesterday mor n i ng t o th e M us i c -h a ll , S urrey Gar- these volumes suit e d t o t h e i r taste. They -cer dens. At'first I felt a strange sensation of wrong- taiuly display originality an d a b ility, a quick doing. It was some thi ng lik e go i ng t o a morning theatrical pe r f ormance on S un d ay; nor di d a terrific eye to detect the vices and f o lli es o f the social sys gust of wind which tern, and a skilful band t o d ep i c t t h em. There is sent the Ar c ti c ß eg i ons , erected only wanting the spirit to find th e di amond in the out of laths a n d p as t e b oar d i n a sty l e regardless of charcoal as welt a s tie d ross i n t lle gold,. the expense, flying across the water of th e l a k e , t en d to basis of solid pri n cipl e an d th e superstructure of cheer a mind d epresse d b y the novelty of the scene. Fancy a cong rega ti on, cons i st i ng of 10,000 souls, taste, a plot better mould e d an d a st yl e more fully penned , to care streaming into the h a ll, moun ti ng t h e galleries, among present w render the author rem ar k a bl e humming, buzzi ng , an d swarm i ng —a mighty hive of riters of fiction. bees—eager to secure at first the best places, and at last any place at all. After-waiting more than half an hour—for, if you wish to have a seat, you must be there at least that space of time in advance—Mr. Spurgeon ascended the tribune. To the hum and rush of trampling of men succeeded a low concen trated thrill and murmur of devotion, which se( med to run at once like an electric current through the breast of every one present, and by this magnetic chain the 'preacher held us fast bound for about two The Second Wife: a Novel. 3 Vols. Hurst and Blackett. This story possesses so many features of interest that the reader who is not pleased with one portion of its contents will find no difficulty in meeting another more suited to his taste. An unusual number of heroines appear, but it is to the merit of the author that the individuality of each is pre- . served. Although they are some of the same age, and of equal station, the distinction is marked, and one cannot serve as-a copy to the other. The vary ing shades of disposition are depicted, from the giddy, trifling Georgy Bloomfield to the reserved and haughty Miss Mainwai ing. The fine lady of fashion, the Countess of Armadale, is a contrast to the unsophisticated and timid Blanche, while the chief character, the second wife, Edith, is an ad mirable impersonation. Firm in purpose, kind of heart, giffid wish considerable penetration, and, 4bove all, possessed of high principles, she w as no t likely to pass unnoticed i n any spere, still less in . the peculiar one iu which she was placed. •The arrangements of the plot are very skilfully devises)._ and if anything could naturally ccincltiO to A1k0,,, step Blanche took, certainly the events ;narrated, would do so. It is not, however, gtnerally deemed •,!: advisable to introduce into the pages of romance a subject such as forms the groundwork of this novel. Those needing a solemn w.ainiug, or a strikint illustration, would not seek th em i n li g h t reading ; and the indignation which conduct such as Vivian's and others must excite, loses its ferLe when merely brought before us iu the guise of fiction, and con fused in the in;nd with the follies of fashion and the mere comuion-place details of ever day. AlNie and beybud these considerations, it may be urged. that forms ot fath demand an undivided attention if one is to pass censures on the modes adopted by their devotees to carry out their peculiar (' purposes, and it stems wanting in respect to introduc3 them in the way here described. Apart from these thought 4, the story con tains many m , rits. As before remarked, . the points of attraction are not few nor far between. It is not, therefore, probab!e that it will fail in affording entertainment The election which is introduced forms a subject of in terest and excit em e n t. Th e friends Mainwaring and Egerton are placed in a strange position as rival candidates, and the vexation of Egerton when he finds himself victorious is amusing to contem plate. • Lord St. Ormonde presents au in stance of an excited temperament, worked on by superstitious fears. Major Aubrey is a clever sketch of a vain and selfish man. Al gernon Tere is of a higher order of merit, and the little that is said of him attracts admiration. Some of the secondary characters display great skill iu delineation, and form no mean auxiliaries to the elaborate plot of the story. hours. It is not my purpose tb give a summary of his discourse. it is enough to say of his voice that its power and volume are sufficient to reach every one iu that vast assembly ; of his lan guage, that it is neither highflown nor homely; of his style, that it is at times familiar, at times de climatory, but always happy and often eloquent ; of his doctrine, th.tt neither the Calvinist nor the Baptist appear in the forefront of the battle which is waged by Mr. Spurgeon with relentless animosity and with gospel weapons against irreligion, cant, hypOcrisy, pride, and those secret bosom sins which so easily beset a man in daily life ; and, to sum up all in a word, it is enough to say of the man him self that he impresses you with a perfect conviction of his sincerity. But I have not written so much about my child ren's want of spiritual food *hen they listened to the - mumbling of the Archbishop of and my own banquet at the Surrey Gardens, without a de sire to draw a practical conclusion from these two stories, and to point them by a moral. Hera is a man not more Calvinistic than many an incumbent of the Established Church who "hutsb!esan.d mura -1 bles," as old Latither sitYs, over his liturgy and text. Here is a man who says the complete im mersion, or something of the kind, of adults is ne cessary to baptism. These are his faults of doctrine, but if I were the examining chaplain of the Arch bishop of I would say,—" May it please your Grape, here is a man able to preach eloquently, able to fill the largest church in England -with his voics, awl, what is more to the purpose, with people. And mayit please your Grace, hero are two churches in this metropolis, St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey. What does your Grace think of inviting Mr. Spurgeon, this heretical Calvinist and Baptist, who is able to draw 10,000 souls after him, just to try his voice, s ome S un d ay morn i ng, i n the nave of either of those churches? At any rate, I will an swer for one thing, that if he preaches in Westmin ster Abbey, we shall not have a repetition of the disgraceful practice now common in that church of having the sermon before the anthem, in order that those who would quit the church when the arid sermon begins may he forced to stay it out for the sake of the music which follows it." But I am not, I am sorry to say, examining chap lain to the Archbishop of -- ; so I can only Feud you this letter from the devotional desert in which I reside, and sign myself, HABIT.A.NS IN Sicco. Broad Phylactery, Westminster. Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches. T. Carlyle. Vol. I. Charles O'Malley. Ely Clrsrles Lever Gihapman and Hall. These two popular editions of twopopular writers in most opposite styles and subjects are continued with credit. The Letters and Speeches of Cromwell, edited by Mr. Carlyle, is a work well known and widely circulated. Though the opinions expressed in . it have been often challenged, its value as a standard historical work is indisputable. Ttippre sent volume is the first of th ree , w hi c h will com plete the work, and will be issued monthly. Charles O'Malley is completed in this volume, and will no doubt afford as much entertainmen4io the lovers of the humorous as it did on its first appe tr ance. The illustrations, by H. K. BroWne, ara not the least among the attractions of the volume. SIR JOHN AVNEILL AND COLONEL TULLOCH. Vol. 11. The following letters published in a Parliamen tary paper on Ivriday, complete the correspondence, part of which has already appeared in The Sun:— " 63, Eaton-square, 24th Feb., 1857. "My Lord,--In acknowledging the receipt of your lordship's letter of the 20th inst., I have the honour to express my obligation to her Majesty's Government for the recoguition of the cervices rendered by Sir John M'Neill and myself, and for the expression of your opinion of their value. "It 'affords me also the utmost satisfaction to find that, atter the severe and very unusual test to which the report of my colleague and myself has been exposed, it should at length have been honoured by the approbaticn of her Majesty's Government. " As, however, it would neither be in accordance with the motives which induced me to undertake this service, nor the high opinion you have expressed of its value, to accept any reward of the nature proposed, I beg respect fully to decline any pecuniary recompence whatever.—l have, &c., (Signed) " ALEX. M. TULLOCH, Col. " The Right Hon. Lord Paumure, &o." THE NE IV HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. ( Prom the Building News. ) - Many of the internal portions of the structure are now completed, and the upper portions of the Victoria and Clock towers are proceeding, externally, as rapidly as the 8f3a3011 will allow and the hazardous nature of their works admit of. The scaffolding is now erected to its full height for the setting of the crowning portions of the turrets at the angles of the former tower, and the roof of the latter is nearly completed. In the interior, the Peers' staircase is now finished, and is a perfect gem of architectural design in the style of which it is composed. The spanerdls between the 'lb; of the groining of the roof have been coloured blue, of the richest ultramarine, and are studded with go'den stare, that relieve the quiet light and shade of the•mouldings of the roof, which are very judi ciously left in one colour—that of the stone itself. The bosses, clasping the various intersections of the ribs, are embeltished with emblazoned shields, sur roun d e d w i th foliage in great variety. The Peers' corridor, leading directly to the House cf Lords, is now also completed. The roof of this communicating passage is constructed of a pointed arch, the form of which i s p ecu li ar to the Tudor period, and is divided into compartments, havinggsrteaatinaedd. sitQiouneeutindVeari n c Vi ctoria onerisi a enth r o n e d , glass inserted in them, which has at once a pleasing effect, and serves also to light the corridor very effectually. In the Prince's chamber very vances have been made. Mr. Gibson's colossalg r ou p, nowof the entirely n tprin cipalir e ly representing aying be e n placedh e r in Majest y po room, sitting on a throne, finish eadrc.beTe Tile on oQnueeseindeisofrotphreersoo holding the sceptre in her right hand, s d,and from her left ipsosut:dpeonodetteariglahutreblywaresattaht.ue of j o t vereign d le o n s t u h p; left by Clem ency ; the former bolds the ua laat sword an an d ba lance, and th e l atter has a shembed sword in her left side upwards of hand, and an olive branch, emblema tical of peace, ill her right. e figure,of the Queen is • each The whole are carved from the purest I locks of statuary mart 7 ft. each. The 8 ft. Irgh, of Carrara could aff, , rd and as a great work of ideal c n wh.ch the Queen sits is ecuipture deserves great praise. The back of the throne ded by lions, , x cithuoasrerioens me- in front of the primitive of Bilthsti treugih- eat courage. In on the footstool er..; sea-,orses, Ocean, and inserted in r surrounded that a t u h d e redestal are bassi reliett back ground, in faint relief, the ~ ; , , ,e f ir uc i b q o l en c i l u n n aa e t r h e e: three n s o i sides and df theth e ras'eful alt.:, I eying th e innites o f the 1 ; e.ectr.ct telegraph, and i4:am-engine, the .o w ns of useful objects. Around the other represeetall , p pared for then), eight of Mr. Theed's wails, in P ane L ' re - been fixed, t getter with two I beautiful works have , __ . Edward VI., an I Maly in the larger panels paintings of above them The former ire exq u i-i te producticns of . the scu lptors 5.5 ' art, and have hee ls euczess(u ' lye a erotYPnd . 1 from the original models. The The -übjects on -I:ibond respec tiv e ly, " Ed card VI. sizi.ing the Ch. r,,er 1 lor Chri4',.z Ilcspital," " La iy Jane Grt , y,'"l:3asti.at Catherine of A ragon appealing to Henry Sir Walter Raleigh vprtading the Cloth for Queen E :' ;zlheth,” . ' Tie Death of Sir Philip Sidney," , Q 'l:r e bei' e :''' 'i en : Mary licking back on France," and tie " Mur der of David Il,izzio in the prepense of Mary Queen of Scots!: The two Paintings to which we have advertel are stiff, *liberate, a , d Holheinish in their character, and by having a somewhat deep plinth at bottom, somewhat eestroy the Ofect aid propel tiou of the oblong panels in R ilcl, tilt:, a:o placed. "(No. 4.) " War-3fnee, Feb. 28, 1857. • " Sir, —I have the honour to acknowl e d ge y our l e tt er of the 21st inst., in reply to mine of the 20th. "I should not have thought it necessary to add to this correspondence had it not been for the interpretation which you have put upon a passage in my letter, and which I feel it to be due bosh to yon and myself to cor rect. " I certainly had no intention whatever to place a money value on the advantages derived from your re• port, and on a careful review of my letter to you, I can not help considering that such a construction of its terms is somewhat i.trained and hypercritical. " All that I aimed at v. as to convey to yon, in the most courteous manner, the offer of the Government, and to signify my regret for my own personal omissions in this matter. "I have, &c., " Sir John M'Neill." (Signed) " PANMURE. "(No 5.) "Granton-house, Edinburgh, March 2. "My Lorl,—l had the honour to receive this morn ing your Lordship's letter of Feb. 28, in which you in formed me that all 'you aimed at in your latter of the 20th ult. was to convey to me, in the most courteous manner, the offer of the Government, and to signify your regret for your own personal omissions in this matter. "This assurance has afforded me the greatest satisfac tion, and I deeply regret that the proceedings in regard to the commission with which I was connected have not been such as would have entitled me to assume that your Lordship's inteulions were friendly or courteous, t%ough the terms in which you exp r essed them appeared ►o imply a different weaning. "I have, 411 t:%, "JOHN Wig EILL. "The night Hon. the Lord Panmure, G.C.8., &c." FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH KENT RAILWAY. —On Thursday night, as the 12 30 train from L.,nd,m was passing the Spa-road nation, a sudden jerk was felt by the passengers, and on the arrival of the train at New cross station the chief guard, \V. C. Jones, was missing from his box n.xt the tander. The station -master and the night watchman isumediato-ly went ap the line, and a few 3ards from the Spa -read station they found the body of the unfortunate man lying on the rails, deadand horribly mutil a t e d . An is cineAt was h e ll on 'atur day. The Spa•road station -mast, r stated that he had c ea,ionally seen the deceased get out of his brake and g a!ong the steps of the carriages to see that all was right, and had rein , alstiated wi hhiln on tl,e danger of iv) doing. A verdict of " Accidertal death" was returced. DISEASE AMONGST THE COWS OF LONDON.—It hur log been reported that a fatal epizmtic di6ea'e i e g f / P „ r ;li pre vailing muongst the Cows of Lnndon, and that the Ge. of the diseased animals is sold for human vtheerurtengattlisoatvise, a irt n i d cte i t n ia o n i t r e es e t ff ir ci t s ion iot f :t d e h d e _ t g th t : e f I:nuenaita.n constitute t he ii inquiry ;I r a :" b b y ao t , be we co u n r s d u e n r .i s qt a i n ci r oV b s e n el e i h en d t i s r e u n, , s te e d d to Dr. Greechotv.— The Lancet. 21 IGN. 82,E 211 j 1 ..(11 1# 41 3i 108 j 54 x d