The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-02 00:00:00

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Ito Os; C hic . to N ; ELL'" ts le , i ; Pheass n o xlcocks, t a ct oOs od; ; Plovers, v 8 )asting Pieba ; —s to — 4l a 6 0 nglish egg",;th L2O ; Lever tobs o 4s 8d ; 1 I 03 4s Od to us pi br to 4s M Od "" „aft each; eac h . Sol 1e to ' L o b s tersp c , l „; to lOs Per 13 ;11.; to —s P er ao%' ; o Os Od per co ; 5 Od per g' o ' 64 HerrioEcet Od to Os ut` ' p ot ks, 5s to 12 .: 0 01 vas, 6s Oil tbitit each ; doz. ; sn ° fa ° p lig g f r°° ; . r 4lb 10. , t , st / ilb to 72".13; 1 to 741 b Slb, 64' 1 , Id to la ; d ; hor se aitv' to 5s Od ;,, eo th ) Od 'fcfrl Downs 2s 3d 3° 3 04 4s ; clocerpoi• it Ss O r to 0 4/ 6g; ° r o od' 1/ 9s P er fi r c 0 to 4 1 46; le , 1/ 9g Pe r • rices. MONEY MARKET AND CONIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with a dull appearance, and prices remaintd without any parliciAar alteration. The sales were 6,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken for ex port and on speculation. Yesterday being a holi dty in the Railway Share Market there was no business transacted. Although some of the items in the B ink of England return which is completed for the week ending the 28th ult. are unfavourabF - , the general results are not considered discouraging. The amount of other securities shows a satisfact , ry diminution, the total being now under eighteen millions sterling. The reserve of notes, as well as the bullion, have declined. There is also a con siderable fa'ling off i❑ the private deposits, which proves that the thmand for money has been fully maintained. The principal items, and the ch►nges they present, aro as subjoined : Active Circulation Increase Bullion Decrease . £19,788,655 53,910 . 9,55,235 50.514 Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills 725.055 D -crease Government Securities No slterwion. Other Securities Decrease Notes unemployed Decrease The official return of tip exports of the precious metals from the port of Loudon for the week end ing Thursday last is as follows : Gold Coin ... Bonlog . ne ... 9.000 Oze. „ „ Hamburg ... 2,757 Ozs & 4,0001. Bari ... Boulogne ... 200 Ozs. Silver Coin ... Boulogne .. 1,200 OZ9. ... Hamburg ... 4,500 Ozs. The European is telegraphed as having arrived at Sties with 50,0001. in gold. By the fame oppor tunity we hear of the safety of the Oneida, whose passengers have been brought on by the above vessel. This information has given great satis faction in the City, as it was feared that the ship, with all on board, was lost. The Havanna has arrived from Australia, but it is not yet ascertained whether she has any gold on board. - •• • The Ecuadorian Corannis4on of Agency have this day received 3,3991. 14s, 7d. on account of Ecuador dividends. There is rather a quieter demand for money to day, but no reduction in the rates is submitted to by the discount houses. The broker whose cheques were returned yester day has been declared this moininE in the house. No variation of importance has occurred in the Foreign Market, and the closing prices are the same as those officially recorded or: Thuri,day afternoon. Consols have been 92/ for money and Thursday next; and 931 for June. The Bank retur❑ has tended to support the marliA, but speculation, owing to the near approach of the settlement, is inactive. The New Threes are marked 91 ; the Reduced, 91i ; the March Exchequer Bills, 2s. discount to 2s. premium ; and India Bonds, 9s to 3s. discount. A large business has been done in Foreign Stocks, and the quotations have been fairly main tained. Turkish 6 per Cents, were 921 /, and the 4 per Cents. 1001. Spanish 3 per Cents., 41# ; ditto Deferred, 24k. Chilian 3 per Cents. 75. Brazilian 5 per Cents., 1001. Danish 5 per Cents., 10 1. Equador, 141. Grenada 2f per Cents., 231. Russian 5 per Cents. 1041. Sardinian 5 per Cents., 93 3 1. Belgian 4 per Cents., 961. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 i 7 ; Mexic tin, 23 i g ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 76.1 7 7 ; do. 3 per Cents., 531 541 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; Do. 4/ per Cents., 0 5 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 4111; ditto Deferred, 241 25; ditto Certificates, 68 ; ditto Pasaive, 5 6. . An extremely limited amount of business has been transacted in Railway Shares, and prices with one or two exceptions have exhibited but little change in value. Caledonian, Eastern Counties, and Great Western were about ss. higher, and Brighton, North Western, South Western, Midland, and North Eastern Berwick declined ss. In the Fo reign and Colonial Lines a moderate business was transacted. Grand Trunk of Canada, Northern of France, and Southern of France advanced about 10s., and East Indian, Eastern of France, and Lyons declined 10s. Mining shares are inactive at about previous rates ; and Joint Stack Bank and Miscellanems shares were in moderate request at a slight improve ment on previous rates. BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. (Iron the Offictal List:l Business done. rank stock 3 Pe ' Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 Per Ccnt. Consols Annuities 92 A i 4 B i Ne • sv 3 per Cent. Annuitles 9 li I =d ew Ll 2 per Cent. Annuities 7B 'q(l. / I, F Aainuities, expire ;tt Jam. 1861 r_ l). `tte. 3i) Years, expire , sth April, 1885.. 1S Indic Bonds, :61(00 .„ .......... . Ditto. , der £1000...... 3 d 9 Consol.s ' ?o i r tonnt .teek. Exchequer Bills, 24d March. I Jane. £IOOO £500 Small . • , 2 p 1 d PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Brazilian 5 per Cent. C4ilian Bonds, 6 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent. . • 75 Danish Bonds, 3 pet Cent., 1 825 Ditto 5 per Cent 101 . 44 1nador New Consolidated l4 1 Ditto Provisional Land Warrant Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. Russian B on d s , 1522, E St., 5 per Cent l O 4l Sardinian Bonas 5 per Cent. . ......... ... 91 1. fiPaniEh Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per cen . Ditto Account tiritith Bonds, 6 per cent 92 a Ditty Account Ditto Guaranteed, .1 per Cent. i/itto Account lOOl Diction 1,. a , ....., above ivae.t. 'n Lo i. n. 1/el gian, 26 per Cent., ex. 25 francs — Ditto 46 per Cent.. ex. 25 francs Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 46 per Cent. T W 0 O'l ILOC &. Conaols, money 92 i Ditto for account Ditto June Account... LLOYD'S SKIPPING.—(This Day.) ght bLONDreez ON, anMayloudy 2. Wind this clay at noon, S.E. ; n e dc. PORTSMOUTEI, May I.—Wind N.B. to N.W.—Arrived— 'l ~ M.S. Majestic, from Malta. PLYMOUTH, May 1.- —Wind S.W.—Sailed—Emperor 6.). for Jai an ; Catalogue, Bombay. SHIELDS May I.—Wind N.—Sailed—Garland, for Quebec. POOLE, May I.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Vira, for Qubac. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday, 10 a in. Wind W. ; very nearly calm ; thick and foggy. Arrived—Argyll steamer, from Carentoa ; Harriet, Me chanics Own, and Tiber, from Newport ; Peninsula stip., London ; Colombo, steamer, Alexandria ; Brian Boru and Salame, Neath ; Derwent, Cardiff. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind N. Sailed—Amy Louisa, Maria, and Eliza Ball, for Cron Bt4 dt ; Rajah, New York; Caroline, Charleston. The Andrew Foster, from New York, and tbo Tuscarora, fl mil Liverpool, for Philadelphia, were in collision on the 28th ult. ; the former vessel sank immediately ; crew mut Passengers saved. The Andrew Foster had on beard 35 ,800 bushels of corn, 157,963 lb. of bacon, 3,104 barrels of flour, and 503 bales of cotton. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISII TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.40 a.m. Wind S.W.; tide 11 hour's ebb ; cloudy and fresh. Arrived.— Vasco de oama, steamer, from St. Übe's ; London, steamer, Gottenburg Belgium, steamer, Ostend. DEAL, Saturday, 9.34 a.m. Wind E.N.E., very light. Passed, in tow—Havana, from Port Pairy, for London. Passed—Craigevar, from Cape of Good Hope, for Lon don. coming down—Patrick, from London for New York. Passed, May I—H. M. S. Cressy, fiorn Mediterranean, for Sheerness; Winfield Scott, from London, for Port Phillip. Anchored—Erromanga, from Shields, for Malta. THE MURDER AT WOOLWICH.—COIMITTAL OF THE PRISONER. —Yesterday afternoon, George have, the seaman charged with the murder of Samuel Long, cor porfl. of Marin( s, at 'Woolwich, was finally examined, and con - mitred for. trial. The evidence was merely a repetitive of what has already appeared. The court was densely crowded. V.) x d ;HARE MARKETS—(TthS Day). RAILWAYS. Closing Price , this day. ,ir ai \ RAILWAYS. 10;Ambg. Nottng. Bost do Eastn. Junc...... all Belfast & Ballymena all Birmng. Wolverh. dr Stour 100 IBirkcnhd. Lance). di Cheshire Junct all Blackburn all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) 100 Bristol & Exeter 100 Caledonian 100 Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black. & Pass all Cornwall all D. A. 8 Do. B ..... •• •• • 45 Dublin&BelfastJune all Dun. P. &Aber.June. 100 East Anglian all :Eastern Counties 100 'EasternUnion,A.stk 100 Do., do. 8............• 8. Do. New A... ....... lil l East Kent ... „... 100 :East Lancashire all :EAst Suffolk ...... 4 I Do. 100 j Edinburgh & Glasgow all :Minh. and Peebles 100 :Edinb.Prth.eiDunde: all I Forth and ClydeJunc. 100 Furness 160 : Glasgow & S.Western all :Great N. of Scotland 100 :Great Northern 100 IDo., A. Stock 100 I Do. , B. Stock ..... 100 IGt. SQL &West.are.) 100 Great Western. 100 Do. Str.V.B. gua.St all South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle. 141 Do., Thirds 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Laucash dt Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F. .£l6 I Do., Wst. Riding Uu. I all Do. Southport all Loudon & Blackwall 100 Lond. Bri gilt &S. Cst. 100 London &N. Western all Do. Fifths all D0.,161.5h.,M&8 0 2: Do. Eighths 100' London is S. l';'6 6 tern all Lndndrry.&Ooleraine ' all Lndndrry. & 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. a Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle.. all Nowpt.Aberg.&Hrfd 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 Norfolk.. 31 Northn. Counties Un 100 North British . ...... . 100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock . ..... 100 Do., A Stock 100 Do., B Stock . 100 N.Eistern - Berwick 23;111o. do. Extension _ 161 Do do. G.N.E.Purch all Do Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London 3'.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn 17 ) North Staffordshire all North Western all N. & S.Westru. June 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 16 Portsmouth 10 Rhymnoy 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St :100 Shropshire Union 4 Siting : bourne &Sheer all South Devon 100 South Eastern all IDo. , q per c. Shares 4. 100 :South Wales 0 17 IS. Yorksh. River Dnn 0 7 :Do.. 0 all IStaines,Wok.,&Wok. 5 all IStockton & Darling— , :5 15 Do. do., 1854 5 3 Do. do., 1855 16!,,Stockton & Hartlepl It. 1.00 (Taff Vale it. 100 IDo. Pref., No. 1 15 22 :Thames Hay. D. &R 10 all Vale of Neath. ..... 10 all Waterfd. 4 Kilkenny i() all Waterford&Limerick 10 all West Cornwall .0 all West End of London and Crystal Palace 5 all Do. A 5 all Do. B 10 all West London LO all Do. First Class 10 all Do. Second Class LO all Wmbledon &Croydo). BRITISH P 1 all !Atlas. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, B Lynda, and Cen.lud,guar. 5 P.C. all !Do. 10 'Buffalo & Lake Hur. 100 'Buff , Brnt. & Go4ch. 100 6 p.c.lxls., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June,'74 2s. Calcutta and S. East. !sld Central Oudo (Lim.) lOs Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do. all Demerara . . 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all Do.4i p c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do. all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent ICO Gd. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p c. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada S Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '57 a l! Do. do., 76, p. '6O all i Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 41 p.c all Do. do., 5 per c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten. 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. 58, Oude (Limited) scinde, guar. 5 per c 1 t.ll Do FOR: 1 all Antwrp & Rotterdam 18 Ardennes all Belgian East. Junct, 16 Be z iers to Graissessae all Cann eau xdr Toulon& Coal Mines and Ry i 12 Dutch Rhenish I all Eastern of France all Do. New 2s, Euphrates Valley 18 Gt Central of France 18 Great Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Bale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 •Lonahardo-Venetian , all , Lucca dr Pist.sp.c.p. all ILyons and Geneva all Lyons ST, Meditenan. l all Maria Antr.zia I all Do. New 1 all Namur & Liege I all Do. do. 6 p c. Prof, i all Northern of France ) all NorwegiauTruk.Prei ) all Paris and Lyons ) all Paris and Orleans ) 7 Recife dr San Fran (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c ) 7A Rome and Frascati ) all Royal Danish 5 all Royal Swedish D all IS:131113re and Mouse 0 all -)o. 51 per cent. pre( 0 all Southern of France. 8i all West Flanders 0 all IDo. 5) per c. Pref 10 1 all . W.& NAV. of Franc !0 6 Western of Austria... :0 all ',West, of Switzerland 6 1 all ,Wiesbaden 6 all Do. Bp, cent. pref. 20 1 all Zealand 20 20 20 20 2i 101 100 1® 20 50 all all 20 50 all 1 all all JOINT-STOI Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bri. Col. Dr, dr Ln. Co IBritisb N. American ,C. lik . of Ind. Au. &Ch 'City Colonial Commercial of Lond Eng. Scot. drAus.Cht Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust Ditto New • London and County Lnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp London Joint Stock Loud. andWestminst. National Pro. of Eng. Do. New National Bank New South Wales Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New Aus.B. &G. Im.Co South Australia Union of Australia 6, Do. New I Union of London Unity Mutual Westrn Bk.of Load .IGN. 5i - 5,3 8i - 9 65 - 67 81 - 9 88 - 90 69.1 - 69 34 - 35 ... 5 4 - _ BA, - - 19 11a 114 54 - 56 36A - 37? 8i - VA 97 - 99 65 : 56 31 - 32 95 - 97 8 - 96i - 97 86 - 8S t2l - 123 101 - 103 66 - 63 - 65 65 - 70 5 - 7 r 5- 7 p 101 - 101 i - * 6 - 6f 1.10 - 111 1011 - 105. I - d 1001 101 34 t 39. - 82 - 82 53 i - 54 16 - i. 60 - 62 3i - 31 , 42 - 43 85 -86 i, 3 - 3 24 4 24 I 39i -40 i 64A - 65 96 - 99 5. si. -8, 10 - 11 29 - 30 6 - 4 106 - 103 251 -26 i 48 - 50 - 17 - 18 74 -75 i 86 - 6 - 5 :I,' 6 - 5 40 ::: 42 ... , ••• ...... • 204 - 20 i, 4i - ••• '''''' •, ... """ 7 - 2 5 i - ... ..-.-. 6:►,} 9 i SESSIONS , i - iP par p 196 98 95 97 93 97 1 I'l,l 107 • 1091 1 - lip 19 - 20 651 - 66 1 89 - 90 21 - 21} - 21 -24 i 2f - 99 - 100 1 116 - 121 -- 121 1 105 107 19 20 211 d par - •.• - ••• li - 2lp 65i 5 61 51 90 211 214 10a 99 7 - 71 2 3 p 4i 5q 1 d 31 par 4P 23+ —23 i 6i 76 4 - 5 p io =:-. ii 7/ - 20 - 204 38i - 381 84 - gz 58 - 584 , 57 - 59 f d par 17 19 1 8i - 314 3 2 - 4i; 96 10 30 31 par 1 p !K BANKS. 88 PO 1 2i— 2d 52 51 li to 62 64 171 - 174 174 - 18 171 - 174 46 I - 48 ••• I - (11 58 60 6i -7; r 2 : ]Ad Basineis done this day. -I. St. St. St. St. 50 St. St, 20 20 10 St. THE SUN, L'ONDON, 4 SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 2,1857 i NEW- GOVERNMENT OFFICES, (This Day.) Paidj BAlLwiirs. Leasing Companies Closing Prices this day. Business this day. Ln.&N.W.I Caladon... E.U.&E.O Gt.Northn E. Count. Caldonian. 90 - 92 98 - 102 11 - 13 L 33 - 135 - 4i According to previous announcement, this aft.3rnoon afforded us the opportunity (exclusively granted, by the way, to the representatives of the People and the representatives of the Press), the welcome and agreeable opportunity of attend ing the Private View of this very remarkable competition. A considerable portion of West minster 'Hall we observed to have been screened oft, for the display of several hundreds of original plans and designs—all of them, without exception, being minutely detailed, and some few among their number wonderfully comprehensive. In the absence of any catalogue, one's memory, together with a few 'lastly pencilled notes, con stitute our only available t Witt of reference. It is, neverthelesq, a matter of lit le difficulty, we conceive—even thug, after one cursory examination of the proposed very diversified plans here collected together—to discriminate in Do Gt. Westu , Y. & N.M Do Do 10G - 108 S. Eastern Do Peto & Co Do La. &N. W & 121 13 23 24 1102 101 par p 21 —2; 88 90 E. Count Do Do Do L. dr N . W Do Gt. Northu T. Braesey M. MCleau Stk.&Dar I Do 54 - -56 P 1 1 ; 3 - 9 - 133 8 - 9 9 - 9i - 32 86 - 88 the throng of Exhibit ors (nearly 200 in the ag gregate), those who may be regarded.- as in every respect the most noteworthy. The ambition of each is, of course, to approxi mate as nearly as possible to the ulterior in tentions of the Government. Those intentions being directed, in the first instance, to the con centration in Westminister. of all the various departments of the Administration. Besides aiming—mais ce/a ea sans dire—at the some what incongruous union of economy (not parsi mony, observe, but economy) and magni ficence. To the end th,.,t the now scat tered Offices of Government shall at length be clustered in one harmonious pile, or collec tion of architectural fabrics, in• the vicinity of the Old Abbey and of the New Palace at West minster--the Exhibitors have certainly "set their wits to work" to some purpose—giving us the different projected buildings, in what Boa calls somewhere "various stages of affectionate group ing." A bird's-eye view of London, hard by the entrance, cheers us with a fancied glimpse of the capital as it may be—as please Heaven it will be in the fullness of time—with—The Thames Em banked 1 The Bridges now suffering stricture by toll-bars opened to public traffic—such as those of Southwark, Waterloo, and Battersea I Other Bridges opened—such as one at Lambeth and the new Gothic one at Westminster I And, radiating from the great London-bridge Railway Station divers " short cuts" conducting us, as the crow flies, to Blackfriars, the Strand, and Westminster! Harmoniously combining with which scheme of the renovated Metropolis come these not easily numerable projects for the concentration of the new offices of the Go vernment. Projects collecting together the War Office and the Home Office—the Foreign Depart ment and the Colonial Department ; contrasting the office of Woods with the office of Works—the Charity Commission with the Eeclesiasticil Com mission ! Balancing the Office of the Exchequer with the Office of Emigration I The Privy Council being brought. cheek by jowl with the Paymaster-General ! And the Board of Control side by side with the Poor Law Guardians ! Bringing, moreover, into close contiguity the Board of Trade and the Civil Service Commission I And establishing a more intimate tie of propinquity than ever between the Admi ralty and the Horse-Guards ! With a view to the carrying out of such bold designs architec turally—lo 1 and behold, we have the ornate schemes of these ingenious and adventurous ex hibitors. A few of the most noticable amongst them can alone at this moment be particularised. Some even of these being remarkable rather as imitators than as originators, No. 20, for ex ample, " Corona" giving to view a fagide of an edifice marvellously resembling that of the Bank SEIARES. Duct— Finale—' in Dublin, the Old Parliament House of Ireland. No. 6, "Bramante" being strangely suggestive of a colossal railway station—s sort of a stupendous edifice to mark tit st grandest Terminui of all " The World's End," wherever it is ! No. 34, " Well Considered," 'coking for all the world .marvellously like St. Paul's Cathedral on the top of Somerset House 1 Ana No. 81, ----" idem, Pacis eras, medial que brlli," retaining a strong family likeness to—the Portico of the Church in Regent-street, between a couple of towers, like the Clock Turret at the Horse Guards! This last-mentioned beings, "hint" for the Foreign Office. There is in No. 141, however, a comprehen sive scheme of the whole of the Government offices collectively—an elaborate design, labelled " Nec Temere, nee timide "—squared but •gor;eous, and " realised" to the mind's eye by the adroitly casual introduction of her. Majesty's State car riage, escorted by Guards and Beefeaters ! Another gorgeous project of a different kind— pinnacled and decorated witlf fountains and statuary—is No. 112—" Omicron." There is a species of a sublime carrying out, upon a gigantic scale, of the Carlton Club House, in No. 94, oddly entitled " Utilitas"— having Tuileries roofs and Gothic towers, and statuary intermixed, and upon the summit of the loftiest tower a Figure of Fame, sounding the trumpet of Clio among the Clouds ! More strictly Tuileries-like in effect, is;No. 34, "au bon droit" —and at once Gothic and moresque is No. 35, mottoed— " ThOu bast covered my head in the day of battle." . Another and a strictly gothic structure is the one designed by " Suaviter-For titer," (No. 54) having an effect really and truly very magnificent. May wisdom guide the taste of those entrusted with the selection—and in that guidance may 'there be no thought of a false economy. Above ail, may the most appropriate motto of the entire collection be one very fami liar to the nation— Palinain qui meruit ferat— the one inscribed upon the escutcheon of Lord NELSON at the suggestion of Lord GRANVILLE. THE TRIAL or BACON.—The witnesses resident in Stamford who are to give evidence on the trial of Thos. Fuller Bacon and his wife for the murder of their child ren received their Buhl_ ceuas on Tuesday. They are summoned to the sessions of the Central Criminal Court commencing on the 11th inst., but it is intimated their attendance will not be required till Wednesday, the 13,14 and it is probable the trial will not take place till the following day. Mr. Bodkin will be leading counsel for the prosecution, instructed by the solicitors to the Treasury ; and Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Poland will be counsel for Bacon, instructed by Mr. Atter, of Stamford It is thought that legal aid will be assigned to Mrs. Bacon by the Sheriffs.—Stamford Mercury. BURGLARY IN 1' LEFT-STREET.—Yesterday morning, a robbery was committed on the premises of Messrs. Wills and Wilson, naval and military tailors, 129, Fleet-street. It appears that on the conclusion of the day's business the shop, which is separated from the other part of the house, was stroegly secured and the keys taken away. When the shopman yesterday morning proceeded to take dow the shutters, be found the place io the utmost dis order. Feeling alarmed, he ran to the police station, which is but three doors off, and called Inspector Thet ford and Detective Green to. the spot. Directly Green entered the shop, his attention was directed to the side door in Shoe-lane, when.he found the entrance had been effected there. The robbery showing gross neglect on the part of the police, has caused a certain unquiet feel ing amongst the tradeenien in the locality. CORPORAL PUNISIIHENT. — On Thursday morning the troops belonging to the provisional battalion at Chatham were marched to the fortifications at the Spur battery for the purpose of witnessing the infliction of corporal punishment on a soldier of the Ist battalion of the 60th Rifles, named John Quintrell, who had been sentenced by a district court•martial to receive 50 lashes for having ) robbed a comrade, named Evane, belonging to the 53d R-gitnent, of a silver medal. The battalion having been fortiied - into three sides of a square, the sentence was read to the troops in the presence of the prisoner —' was then fastened to the triangles, a' • ieflicted. The prisoner wen _ garrison hoop it a sue punishment afterwards removed to the IAMENT. ITALIAN OPERA CONCERTS, CRYSTAL PALACE. The annonncement that these attractive enter tainments would Le renewed gave great satisfaction to the patrons or the Crystal Palace, and the first of a series of 12 concert., which look place yester day, brought between 3,000 and 4,000 persons to the music -room, provided for the occasion in the great central transept. The new construction is very similar in plan to that in which the perform •ances to )k place last season ; the arrangement of the prcsc..eniutn,.witli the chorus and principal sing,- ers on the stag. and the band in the' orchestra, be ing precisely the same. In some respects the for mer was prefer able . ; but as the preparations for the great Handel Fetival made a change of site from the nave to the transept indispensable, allowances must be made. The effect of the mu.ic, vocal and instrumental, though good, might still, perhaps, be improved by some such expedient us was adopted . previously for shutting out the concert-room (as far as practicable) from the rest of the interior, and which tended in a great measure to modify excess of reverbqation ' an inevitable condiqon of so vast aid peculiar a building. The be=t places for hear ing are in the stalls and : ealleries nearest to the or chestra, which are covered-in by a roof of canvas, and shelte-ed on . either &de by adequate contriv ances. The general aspect. is animated, cheerful, and picturesque ; anti the idea of a musical fete chathioctit as vividly suggested as 'before, the lea thered tr.bt s, " In profuse strains of unpremeditated art," taking from time to time even a larger Phare in the harmonious proceedings, and establishing a friendly rivalry which adds to ratirer than detracts from tlr3ir charm. The audience were evidently delighted, a,nd the succe-s of the performances generally was nct a bit less than that which crowned the and ,r -taking last year. The cone:3rt its9lf calls for lit'le remark. The whole compa•ly of the Royal It than Ope.a (Mario excepted), w.th the chorus and the splendid orches tra, in all its pride of number, and efficiency, were called into request. -The selection was as follows : PARTE PRIMA. Overture—Zauberflots Aria—" Ah per sempre" (Puritani), Signor Graziani Madrigal—" Who shall win my lady fair I".. Duet—" Pronta io sou" (Dou Pasquale), Ma dame Grisi and Signor Ronconi Donizetti. Aria—" Wie nachte" (Der Freischutz), Ma dame De .ries " Serbami Oguor" (Semiramide), Ma dame Grisi a d Madame Nantier Didiee Air, with choras—‘ 4 Inflammatus" (Stab .t Mater), Madame Grisi PARTE SECONDA. Overture —Masaniello Aria—" Alma soave" (Maria di Bohan), Sig nor Baraldi Duet—"Venti S _udi" (Elisir), Signors Gar doui and Tagliafico . Bethel. . Pearsall. Weber. Auber. Duet—" Da quel di" (Linda), Mademoiselle Marai and Signor Gard°, i Aria —" San lagiero" (Maria). Madame Didiee Donizetti. Romanzh—" Una vergine" (Favorita), Signor Gardoni Donizetti. " On somo Carlo" Ernani CoL•ductor, M. Sainton. To criticise such a programme would be super fluous. Every piece was as familiar as household words. The lion's share accorded to Donizetti in the second part was scarcely balanced by the bril liant orchestral prelude to Auber's best opera, with which it commenced, and certainly not atoned for by the pompous and noisy morceau d'ensemb'e of Signor Verdi, which brought it to a close. How ever, the singers were all in their liveliest mood, and exerted themselves to the utmost—the indomi table Grisi, who appeared three times in Part I. (having to sing at night, in the " Trovatoie, to ake up the account I), shining conspicuous above them all. The madrigal of Pearsall was encored ; and a like compliment was paid to Signor Neri Baraldi in the aria from " Maria .di •Rohan. We must insist, nevertheless, that the entertainment, considered from a musical point of view, was essen tially poor, unworthy alike of the Crystal Palace and of the powerful resources of the Royal Italian Opera. One great merit, however, calls for notice ; it was short—two hours, an interval of repose be tvieen the first and second part inclutled—com prising the extent of its duration. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. OPENING OR THE BASINGSTOKE AND SALISBURY. • This important link in the South-Western scheme for a direct railway to the West of England was opened for passenger traffic yesterday—lessen ing the distance between London and Salisbury 10 miles, and opening up a new and important agri cultural district hitherto unsupplied with facilities for railway locomotion. The line from Basingstoke - to Andover—about 16 miles—has been worked for nearly three years, and the extension of this branch tothe city of Salis bury—about 17 miles---Con startles the new railway. The line traverses throughout the chalk formation —the prevailing geological peculiarityof thisdistrict of England. Without presenting any remarkable engineering difficulty it has some rather heavy earthwcrks, which have been admirably executed by Mr. Brassey, the eminent contractor. The surface of the country is chiefly sheep downs. There are only two stations on the new line, Grately and Porton ; but Weyhill, the scene of the great agri cultural stock fair, and the important town of Amesbury, are served by it, and a large accession of traffic to the mother railway is anticipated from the extension. The face of the country traversed is picturesque, and there are some interestil g histo rical associations connected with the vicinity. Soon after leaving Andover the village of Abbot's Anu is passed, remarkable as the scene of George the Fourth's marriage with Mrs. Fitzherbert, which took place at Red Rice, a curious old family man sion formerly belonging to the Pitt family. The river Test meanders through the valleys of this district, and adds much to the beauty of the land scape. Amport Hall, the ancient seat of the Win chester family, now in process of rebuilding, is next approached, and presently Grately station, over looked by Quarley-hill, on the summit of which is an old Roman encampment, commanding an exten sive prospect of 20 miles in every direction. The " Hampshire Gap," a long ridge covered with trees and brushwood, here forms a natural division be tween the counties of Hants and Wilts., shortly after entering which Porton station—'-the point of con ne..tion with Amesbury—is reached. The country continues remarkably picturesque thenceforward to Salisbury, at present entered over the Bishor stoke line, but the new railway will hereafter have a station at Fisherton, on the other side of the city. A large party interested in the undertaking left London yesterday morning to test the new line, and afterwards, on the invitation of Mr. Brassey, to dine at Salisbury. Both operations were pre eminently successful and agreeable. The railway proved to be in capital working condition, in proof of which we may mention that Mr. Beattie, with one of his coal engines, ran the whole dis tance of 34 miles in rather less than an hour ; and the dinner was all that could be desire !, Mr. Jones, of the White Hart, exhibiting a talent for ca'ering which will no doubt secure him extensive patronage during the Agricul- tural Society's Show in the ensuing autumn. Mr. Lacy, the Hon. Ralph Dutton, M. P., and. Col. Luard, represented the directors of the South- Western Railway, the former presiding. Sir Chas. Fox and several other engineers of eminence were present, and Mr. Brassey (who was himself detained cn the continent) was ably represented by Mr. Ogilvy and Mr. Towline. The Mayor of Salisbury, Mr. Payne, Mr. Jacobs, and other influential gen lemen of the district, joined the party at the White Hart. The former propos,d "Success to the New Railway ;" and the latter,,in responding to his own health, mentioned as a remarkable fact, reflecting great credit on Mr. Brassey's conduct of the works, that, although acting as a magistrate in the neigh bourhood, not a single case arising from miscon duct on the part of the workmen had arisen during the construction of the railway. Mr. Crembie, the secretary, Mr. Scott, the ge neral manager, Mr. Stress, the engineer, and Mr. Young, the company's superintendent, accompa nied the party. Mr. Godson was prevented being prezent by pressure of business. The return train left Salisbury at six o'clock, and ran into Waterloo station at half-past nine. it. 100 it. 100 15 all it. 100 5 all it. 100 Bnekghamsh Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. . lE.Lin. g. 6 p.e Un. H. Sh. I • ! Was. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. New IGlstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. Shares 'Do. l• Shares Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference I Lon. Til., &S. I Do. B irk. Sh. Maucl - i.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. all N.& Est.s p.c., all Do. 6 per et 1 all Do. Fixed sp.c all Prest. & Wyre 2AI all Do. Shrs. 1! it. 1100 Eoystn.& 0 all Shrews.& Her 2 all S. Staflordsh 4) I all W • cal •V• 1 Ca, .g, ipc - • all Do.. ' I St. 100 Wilts&Sornrut ;100 ;Mall i 9 all 5 all .2i all .21 all it. 100 .0 51 5i all h. 100 64 54 92 - 94 93 -- 55' - ... 51 - 6 108 - 112 108 - 112 - i - OPP 11i - 124 - Fi ii -- iii 108 - 108 101 - 103 60 62 10i -- 10$ —6/ 94 96 83 85 85 87 99 101 9/ In 17 91 10 . 1 71 73 19 196 96 —9/ 14i 14/ 132 134 'I3T - 140 113 -- 115 1154 - 156 1 - 3P 66 - 68 131 - 133 96 - 98 86 - 88 ••• .... ••• 11 - 111 ••• "-".. 101 - 103 91 92 ld Ti - 21§- 22 1109 - 111 114 - 116 1105 - 110 17 - 18 22i - 98 - 102 9 - 10. 27 - 281 2 - 3p ••• -- ••• 2i - 3 IMPERIA HOUSE OF COMMON' - '—(This Day.) The Sr EAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The swearing in of the new members wa3 continued today until the adjournment of the house. LAW INTELLIGENCE.— ;This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENOIT. (Sittings in Banco. Before Lord Campbell, Mr—Justice Erie and Crompton.) THE CONVICT MANSELL V. THE QUEEN IN ERROR. It being known that this case would come o❑ for ar• gurnent this morning, the court Wai dense ly crowded. It will be recollected that the prisoner, Thomas Mansell, Wag tried before Mr. Baron Bramwell, at Maidstone, in December lest, for the murder of a man named Burney, a lance corporal of the 49th Regiment, and was found guilty and sentenced to death. Certain objections were raised at the trial by the prisoner's coun sel, as to the mariner in which some of the jury had been challenged on the part of the Crown. In order that these points might be argued, the Secretary of State for the Home Department had respited the execution of the prisoner until the s;h of May. At.lo o'clock the prisoner was brought into court in custody of Mr. Wer.therhead, the G•rvr rnor of Newgate, and was placed in the seat of the Coiornon Sergeant. He is a man of short stature, and rather slight built. He wore a large beard of dark brown hair, and during the proceedings he evinced but little interest. The counsel present on behalf of the prisoner was Mr. F. Russell and Mr. G. Denman ; Mr. Weleby and Mr. Ribton appeared on the part of the Crown. Mr. F. Russell, in opening the case, said the applica tion he had to make to the court was to • reverse the sen• tence of death which had been passed upon Thomas Mansell, now a prisoner at their lordships' bar. The learned counsel then read at length an abstract of the record, and at its conclusion said • the principal point hi had to submit to their lordships was that a certain number of persons who had been cal el to serve on the jury on the part of the prisoner had been improperly put aside. The learnel gentle man then detailed the proceedings that had take❑ place at the trial at Maidstone, the• effect of which was, that instead of the number of persons who ought to have been o a the jury to try the prisoner, there were only nine out of the twelve properly sworn. At the trial several jurors were ordered by the counsel on b,- half of the Crown to stand by, in consequence of their having conscientious scruples with respect to the punish ment of death. This proceeding, Mr. Russell con tended, was illegal, as the Crown bad not the power :to order persons to stand by for such reason—it not being a right to challenge. In sup port of the view of the case a number of authorities were cited, and in conclusion the learned ceun-el ob served, that instead of the right of challenge under the circumstances he had stated being a prerogative of the Crown, it was an abuse of it, and he trusted their lordships would agree with him in opinion, that the panel had been gone through before the jury who tried the prisoner was constituted, that the jury by which the prisoner had been convicted was illegally constructed — and that therefore under such circumstances the convic tion must be set aside. Mr. G. Denman followed on the same side. Mr. Welsby, on the part of the Crown, con tended that the panel had not been gono through, that the steps taken by the counsel for the prosecution were in accordance with the law, that the jury by which the prisoner had been tried and convicted was -legally constituted, and that therefore the prisoner, Thomas Mansell, had been properly convicted. The case was proceeding when we went to press. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Nisi Prins.) HOLLOWAY ♦. KELLY.-" SHELLS OF THE OCEAN." This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mr. Hol loway, against the defendant Kelly, for selling a spurious edition of the song "Shells of the Ocean," whereby he had infringed the copyright of the work which was the property of the plaintiff. The song was published on a small card set for the German con certina, and was sold at one penny each. Evidence having been given that the song in question was the property of Mr. Holloway. tiergeant Thomas, on the part of defendant, said he trusted that the jury would give their verdict for the defendant when they became acquainted with the whole facts of the . Cage. The learned counsel said the de fendant was a poor fellow with a wife, mother, and four small children, who inhabited a small hole in Gray's-inn-lane, and who to gain a living sold penny publications and such like, and amongst other he unfortunately sold a certain song, called " Shells of the Ocean." Notice of action was served upon him, and the present proceedings, charging him with printing and publishing a spurious edition of the song, were com menced. He would call the wife of the defendant, who would give a simple manner in which the circumstances arose. After that he felt sure they would not ruin him by giving a verdict against him. Maria Kelly, wife of the defendant, stated that a short time ago a man named Fortune called upon her, and asked her to purchase some music of him, and she bought about two dozen songs. On the second occasion Fortune called, she bought about four copies of the song in question, but she did not know that the copyright of the song belonged to Mr. Holloway. She had bought in all about a dozen and a-half copies-of the sang "Shells of the Ocean," and had realised a profit. of about 9d. by the transaction. She did not know that she had committed any offence by purchasing the songs in question. In answer to the questions of the counsel for the plaintiff, the witness said that her husband did not print the edition of the sorg now in ques tion, and the reason her husband's name appeared on it as the printer was, that Fortune, the man of whom she bought the copies of the song, stated that as he was continually changing his lodging he hoped she would allow him to put her name on the song, as then his customers would know where to find hi'n. The defendant was also called, and stilted that as soon as he received the letter of the plaintiff's attorney he immediately sent to Mr. Holloway all the copies of the song he bad. A witness named Fortune said he was the publisher of the edition of the song " Shells of the Ocean ;" he got them printed for him and handed them about. When he sold the songs to the defendant he did not say anything about copyright. He had printed a number of songs, some of which he had put his name to, others he had not. When he be came acquainted with the circumstance that Mr. Hol loway's solicitor had sent the defendant a letter, he (witness) took the plate and all the copies he bad by him to the plaintiff, and distinctly toll him that he was the, printer and publisher of the song in question. He bought the copy of the song, which he had bad engraved, from a person in the Mile-end-road, and gave a penny `or it. Verdict for the defendant, SUICIDE AT ROTHERIIITHE. —A few days ago a man named Knight, a butcher in the Hackney-road, became insane, and was taken to an asylum. His wi e, with her child, a boy three months old, wet to live with an uncle, 'near the Rotherhithe Parish Church. On Thurs day morning the uncle got up, and on going into the yard, found in a water butt the dead body of Mrs. Knight, and in another butt that of the child. An in quest was held yesterday, and a verdict returned to the effect that the woman destroyed herself and her child while in a state of temporary insanity. THE SUEZ CANAL.—The Viceroy of Egypt has ad dressed the following letter to Mr. C. Kenney, the author of "Tbe Gates of the East :"—" Alexandria, March 18, 1857.—Sir,—His Highness the Viceroy, on his return from his late progress into the Soudan, re ceived the copy you sent him of your Memoir, in ten chapters, entitled 'The Gates of the Feast.' His High ness was not surprised at finding that your patriotism should have impelled you to raise your voice in favour of a project whose execution must be more profitable to your country than to all other nations. But what more especially struck him in your Memel' was the largeness of the views, the logical reasoning, and the laudable par tiality which form its most conspicuous features, and which of necessity must render more conclusive the arguments by means of which you refute the objections that have been raised against the canalisat on of the Isthmus of Sure • For these reasons his highness has instructed me to convey to you his thanks for the l'yal and enlightened support you have given to this great un dertaking. With this letter you will receive a ring , with the Viceroy's name, which his highness begs you will accept as a souvenir, and as a proof of his high satis faction. Receive, sir, with my cougratulations, the aQ serene° of my most distinguished con-ideration. -- The Secretary of the Council of his Highness the Viceioy, KseNIG BEY.' THE RIFF PIRATES. —A lttter from Albucemas has been. received at Madrid giving an account of another outrage committed by the pirates of the RH. •• 27th of March, the Moors intimele' boatload of poultry e--' Spanis,- ..,. vae snat they bad a provisions for sale, and four and an interpreter went from a vessel to purchase ; but no sooner bad they landed than a ei , - charge of musketry was made by a party placed in am bush, and the sailors were all more or loss wounded ar.d taken prisoners. ,luo 65 1011 4 1 1 - 101 105#41 2 1 100,1 1 1001 85i 6 5i 65 4/ 54/ ISi Gt.w, PLLEFEREN all Bly th and Tyne 10 p e.pref. (issd. at 501.) 100 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares 100 Caledu. £lO 4A p. c 100 Ches. & Ho. 5. P.C 100 Do. do. 5 per cent all Cork &Bandonsp.c all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J 2 E. Anglian Cls. ASh 100 Do. do. els. B6p. c 10') Do. do. Cls. C7p. c all Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l all Do. No. 2 ....... . all 'Do. 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Registered Trust&Lu Co.IJ Lan 101 l 23., Van Diemon's Land St • lOki Ditto p.o.Jan. MINES. - 1 l t l - 11 18 - 20 # Ad 53 60 11 13 1, id 14 15 6i 7i 1d p i 1 i i - 8 36 - 4 • .ANEOUS. 20 - 21 1 - [5O - 1.16 32 - 37 25 - 27 24 - 21 54 - 52 ••• ••• 92 - 91 - par ip 3 31 2i 3} i -- Rd • ] •1 3i 4 4i 4j par ip 18 . 22 li - 14 - i 2 - :3 -- 5 , 1 P 1 6 - 8 60 - 62 14 - li .. ...' ••1 24 - 36 - 1 -- 1 fa - 12 , el Pm 55 Pm i 12 72i 2 100 i i 101; 91i 3i 4 101 1 lg iP 2i 92j 3 si 31 1/ 43/ 14 a 35 JBWIS. 'TIES. Mr. Disraeli, it appears, was after all not EO far wrong when he told the electors of _Buckingham shire that nothing of importance would be done in . the first short session of the New Parliament. Does anybody believe that anything of importance will be done between the 7th of May and the be ginning of August in Piirliam.entary Reform, in Law Reform, in any other description of Re form ? In the language of the Chancery Court, many measures of importance may perhaps be " spoken to," but few indeed will be set down for a serous bearing, and .fewer still can be ma tured into law. There is, however, one measure which, as we are informed, Lord Palmerston has . wisely resolved to urge forwhrd at aey rate. It is an isolated measure. It requires no preliminary re search ; it connec's itself with no long train of doubtful consequences. All that cell be said upon it hai been said. Action is required—action, and nothing else. The a' - iuse it saeks to remedy is one whose perpetuated exis'ence is the infamy of our age. When all else has yielded in this coun try to Vie civilising tendencies of the time, there stands the insolent ob s t ru cti on of Jewi-it. exclusion—the one foul reran tut of mediaeval b geitry wl ich is still suffered to disgrace the practice of a liberal and tolerant age. Seven wor is in an oath, intended as a shield. against the unscrupulous evasions of the Jesuit, are eonveited into a fenca of exclusion against the con scientious scruples of the Jew ; an oath devised when not a single Jew existed within the limits of the four seas, is wrested from its original use to keep the Jew out of Parliament, in an age when he is pertnittei to exercise every other civil office to which an Englishman can aspire. Lord Palmer ston, we believe, has determined to lose no time in plaiting an end to this state Of things. The country has given him a Liberal majority. A more leitimate employment for such a majority than the admission of the Jew to Parliament it is impossib'e to conceive. Let this popular and powerful Prime Minister strike home, once and for all, at this miserable sol-eism, this wretched mockery of a con scientious conviction—this base anachronism that seeks to perpetuate in an age of light a spitit only worthy of the worst days of darkness. If this first session of the Palmerstonian Parliament is to be signa'ised by nothing else, at all events let it earn the credit of having finally trampled under foot that execrable mummery which perpetuates the abjura tion of an extinct family, in order to persecute a living creed, and preserves the rusty touchstone of the Jesuit as an exclusive shibboleth to detect and oppress the Jews.—Daily News. BEALTIi OF THE METROPOLIS. The first number of a new weekly periodical, en titled, " The Rise and Decline of Disease," is issued this day by the General Board of Health. It is compiled from the district returns by Dr. Conway Evans, with appropriate remarks, and undertakes to set forth, not the number of deaths, for that is already done in the weekly return, but the rise and decline of disease, so that, by recording the num ber of seizures and their character, a more correct idea of the state of the public health may be formed than is possible under the present limited system. It is here stated that " In order to attain the de sired results, it is important that the weekly return should be, for what it pretends to be, complete ; and this it can only become by a large amount of voluntary co-operation. It aims at enumerating especially the new cages ofacute disease which come under treatment by the several public institutions of the metropolis—in its hospitals and dispensaries, in its pauper medical relief, in-door and nut-door —in its prisons, asylums, and madhouses. Of these institutions there are so many, that it may perhaps be long before all become contributory to tb e return. But the object is so evidently one of public and professional importance, that probably the direc tors and officers of all institutions in which records are kept will be wiling to aid its development ; an i it is believed that, it s)me lew medical charities have hitherto registered no particulars of the na ture and number of the diseases which their funds are applied to relieve, considerations of public uti lity may induce them to commence records of so much importance to society." _ This new periodical proilses to be of considerable value to tnedical men, to whom it will be an index to the fluctuations of disease prevailing within the metropolitan district. THE BOMDARIMENT OF CANTON. The following letter has been addressed by " A Merchant" t 3 the Editor of the Times Sir, —During the late debates on the China ques tion no argument in opposition to the cuurse adopted by our authorities was found more effec tual,-or used more'freely, than that contained is eloquent and pathetic descriptions of the destruc tion of life caused by the wanton bombardment of the most populous city of the East, and the murder of thousands and tens of thousands of innocent men, women, and children entailed by that un heard-of act of barbarity, in revenge for, at the most, a trivial insult - . It so happens that I have received by the mail that has just arrived a private letter from Hong Kong, dated March 6, and written by a person irt every way qualified to speak on the subject, in which this very point is alluded to. I subjoin a short extract for the information of your readers, merely premising that the date of the letter proves that it is not " got up" in reply to the charges in. question, as the report of the debates would w-it reach Canton till nearly two mouths afterwards : " The loss of life at Canton has been very small, the Admiral having also spared the people. The Chinese say that only 23 persons were killed within the city by the lipmbardment. This is probably too small a num ber, but the Americans killed a far greater number than the English in their attacks, with reference to the forced engaged." On how rotten a foundation has a vast superstruc• tare of declamation and invective been raised I THE LEGION OF HONOUR. From the Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday ) WHITEHALL, APRIL 30. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto the undermentioned officers and men in her Majesty's service her Majesty's Royal licence and permission that they may accept and wear the insignia of the several classes of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, astached to their respective names, which his Maj , sty the Emperor of the French hash been - pleased to confer upon them as a mark of his Imperial Majesty's approba tion of their distinguished services before the enemy during the late war, and that they may enjoy all the rights and privileges thereunto belonging. [here follows a list of the names of tho officers and men on whom the insignia have been conferred, as pub lished in our columns on Friday, April 24.) MEMORANDUM.—The tame of Colonel John William Gordon, C.B. of the Royal Engin , ers, is inserted in substitution for that of Colonel Alexander Gordon, of the same corps, who was included by mistake in the list of British officers and men appointed to the order of the Legion of Honour, published in the Supplement to the London Gazette of the Ist of August, 1856. Lieut.-Col. Gearge Steevens, who died on the 4th of February, 1857, was named to the sth class of the said order, and would have received her Majesty's permission to accept and wear it, had he survived. [Advertisement.] TO THE SHAREHOLDERS :OF Tif,E OTTOMAN BANK GENTLEMEN,—The profit of the first half-year of the Ottoman Bank was nearly 181; percent., although it had to contend against great prejudices, and the unitsd efforts of the native bankers to thwart its establishment. Ten per cent, given as dividend to the shareholders. Seven and a-halt per cent. carried on to the next half year. One per cent. nearly, put aside towards preliminary expenses. These results have been attained because all the ar rangements and appoietrueuts are good. Mr. Layard, the chairman, is the right man in the right place, and has the personal acquaintance of the Ministers and of the influential and trading community of Turkey. The directors are all connected with other undertakings which are succeslully managed, two of them being directors of the Union Bank of Australia, which pays 42 per cent., and two others being partners in two of the oldest established banks in the city. Mr. Falconnet ( he manager), is acknowledged to be a person of the greatest experience in the mode of banking in the East ; whilst Mr. Coleman (the pub lic accountant), guarantees the correctness of the ac counts, and vouches that no advances are made of au illegitimate character. ---e-...._ - The scrip certificates having b een called in for regie- The following letter has been addressed by the tration, shareholders who h ad borrowed on them have India House to th© chairman o f this company :—. been obliged to sell in order to pay off their o le f a t ris e , and " East India-House, April 30. these simultaneous sales have been the cause of t tabr " Sir,--With reference to the correspoadence that has ket value of the shares being depreosse a ; ve b h as,. til e passed en the EUbjed of the establishment of telegraphic shares of several other banks Bank, which hate y communication between this countr and India by way half the dividend of the Ottoman B advantage of of Asiatic Turkey and the Persian Gulf, lam com- no public accountant as auditor, nor the : mended to state that the Court of Directors of the East limited liability) are selling at a . high premium,. it in India Company that when the public are satisfied, and it have resolved to meet the wishes of the quite certain that the Ottoman Bank is E.uropean and Indian Telegraph Company, by allowing becomes generally known, Sir W '' suiting ' ° Shau "ihneag engineer to that company to accept, the appointment of con- daily adding to its sources of profit, that it will not " The Court only continue its dividend of 10 per cent,* but aug -1 and that the shareholders are protected by etnnle- tave likewise Tr:solved to sanction the rnent i , ---,went by the Telegraph Company in the construc-. royal charter .w.ith into),limited liability (and these facts will bear inquiring this property will be eagerly tion of the line through Asiatic Turkey of Captain Chas. \ ASH ARELIOLDEI Douglev, of the Bengal Artillery, and Lieutenant Arthur sought after, and will rise 50 per cent. in value. I an', Hawes, 38th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry, it being &c. understood that the salary andareatiloowances of these o in ters during such employment graph Counpar.y, am, sir, you , servant, "W. P. At.drevv, Esq." r most obedient humble , C M Jen. r JAMEE; ELY . . int:tont:7 April 29, 1857. --- * It will be well to observe that there is no other vestment w e which can be bought to pay this rate a THE INDIAN JUNCTION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. I l will LS. 13 lli 82i i 4! i 17i 75 4; 108 16 i 31} a 71 1 7 58i i Si 311 463 7