The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-06 00:00:00

MoNEY AP Tz " AND COMIVEIRCIALMNTELLIC;ENOF, CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Outten Market on Saturday clo , ed very quietly, and prices of all desCriptions were the same as on Friday. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, 500 of which were taken for export. In the Railway Share Market a better feeling pre vailed, and prices were a shade higher than on Friday. The advices from the manufactur ing towns generally mention that the advance in the Bank rate of discount has tended to check business, but the demand for most fabrics is steady at previous rates. At Manchester there has been a fair inquiry for narrow heavy domestics, printing clot'ls, and articles suited to the Indian markets. A larg..r business with Russia is expected through the alteration in the tariff of that country. In Leeds, Norwich, and Leicester there is little activity, but a slight improvement is reported at Halifax, Nottingham, and Bradford. The accounts from Australia are generally con sidered favourable. Greater attention is now being paid to agricultural affairs, and it is stated that the colony would soon be enabled to export grain. The production of gold in Victoria and New South Wales was very satisfactory, and the coinage operations at the Sydney Mint were increasing. The sovereigns coined at this establishment have been made a legal tender in Ceylon, the Mauritius, and Hong Kong, and it is hoped that they would soon be recognised in Victoria and Adelaide. The specie movement last week was very exten sive, and the exports exceeded the imports to the amount of 687,1141. ; the former being 1,352,7841., and the latter 665,670/. Increased confidence in the probable course of monetary affairs has, how ever, been produced by the knowledge that large supplies of gold from Australia are en route. The accounts via Suez state that the ship ments of the precions metals from Australia this year, that is to the 15th of Eebruary, represented a million and a half sterling. Now, as at the most only 500,000/. has yet arrived, a mil lion may be expected in the course of the next two or three weeks. Besides the remittances from this quarter, at least half a million sterling in silver is looked for by the next Mexican steamer ; and if, therefore, the drain to the continent can only be curbed, a satisfactory addition will speedily be Made to the stock of bullion in Threadneedle- Street. It appears that the amount brought by the Marco Polo only amounts, to about 25,0001., but the steamer Royal Charter, which she pas3ed on the voyage, has 501,0001. on board. The Austral, which came in a few days ago, brought 55,5761. in specie. On Saturday there was a considerable demand for discount accommodation, owing to the heavy amount of bills falling due. On the whole, how ever, the engagements were well met, and the in quiry for accommodation has rather slackened. - Very little business has been reported in the Market for English Securities to-day, and although I le further decline has taken place the quotations remain heavy. With money at 61 per cent., and the prevailing uncertainty regarding the future course of monetary affairs, no disposition exists to prosecute speculations for a rise ; the arrivals of gold, and the further remittances expected, however have c h ec k ed the decline, andfor the present there is little movement to report. The account is in course of adjustment, and the charge for continua tion is 4 to a per cent. During the next day or two this event will occupy chief attention. Consols lave been 931 I for money 93. f for account (the Bth inst.), and 93a for May. The new 3 per Cents. are 921 and the reduced 92 and 92 1) both ex-dividend. Bank Stock was 21.61 to 218, and India Stock 2224. The March Exchequer Bills are Is. discount to 3s. premium, and India Bonds is. discount. Foreign Securities are very inanimate. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 94 I, and, the 4 per Cents. re pain at nominal rates. Spanish 3 per Cents. are 41 , Russian 44 per Cents. 96, Portuguese 3 per Cents. 44/ to 451, and Dutch per Cents. 654. Peruvian. Bonds are '7B, and Mexican have been dealt in at 234 I. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign iT Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 3 / 4 7 ; Mexi- 1 eat, 23i ; Peruvian, 77 9 ; do. 3 per Cents., 616 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44i 5i ; Russian 5 Per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 41 per , Cents., 95 7 ; la s Panish 3 per Cents., 41 ; ditto Deferred, 25 ; ditto Certificates, 61 ; ditto Passive, 5i 6. 1C There has b een a very li m it e d b us i ness trans- 2 acted in Railway Shares, the settlement of the ac- 2 count in Consols occupying the chief attention of most of th e s p ecu l a t ors an d d ealers. In one or two Instances, however, a slight advance may be quoted. Eastern Counties improved ss. ; Great Northern, 55.; ( Great Western 10s., Lancashir e a n d Y or k s hi re 10 s ., It and Midland 10s. The Canadian lines have been ' dull, but at steady rates. Grand Trunk have ad vanced about 11., and Great Western ss. The 11 French lines maintain their value. Paris and l 'Yons have advanced 155., Southern of France 55., and Northern of France about ss. 11 n Mining Shares there is littl e variation. -II Gre at, Wheal Vor, Par Consols, an d U n it e d al lexican realise previous quotations. 11 Joint Stock Bank Shares rule inactive, no c hange of any importance having taken place in va lues. Union of Australia, however, have im proved about 10s. In the Miscellaneous undertakings there is no alteration requiring a special report, business ge- nerally being veiy quiet. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Offictxl List;) anginsss (inns Ba nk Stock i Igi 8 Per Cent . Reduced /Union 216 Annuities 924 2 x d x dl ! 3 Per Cent . Consols Annuities 9 31 t en' 3 per Cent. Annuiti es 921 11 ''otig Annuities expire sth Jan. 1860... I ndia Stock 222.1 Ronda. .£lO,lO Consolsl d Ditto for nnder £lOOO d s Ace 1 :count ...... ....... ....... 9 31 tchequer Bills, 20. March. 1 June. ElOOO ........... ............... . ...1 d 3 p X5OO ....................... ... 2 a Small ........... • ..4 p PRIG' JES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'OL0() K itexican 3 per Cent — Di tto Account rert i vian Bonds —4i per Cent Di tto Account 7B D itto 3 r Cen t. — Di tto Acpceount P 074 • olguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 _Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent. 451 41 Russian Bonds, 1822, L, St., 5 per Cent.... -- ,Dittoi 4 per Cent. 96 it'aniEh us 3 per Cent. ttrid h Bonds, per cent 97i Ditto A.ccou n t oividentis on the ahvo ortvable In Lon lun. Latch Exchange, 2:4 per Cen., o 64 12 Guilders C°1:1801 s TWO O'CLOCK. mon Ditto for accoun ey 93h Ditto May Account . . • 933 i PLAISTOW AND VICTORIA DOCK MISSION.—In the advertising columns of The Sun of to-day will be found 44 4,PPeal to the b enevo l en t pu bli c on b e h a lf o f t h e 4 , 000 tZum that h ave b een added to the spiritual charge of th e incumbent of St. Mary, Plaistow, in consequence of too for mation of a porti on o f th e new d oc k s . A new P „ Wi l has been commenced in the locality, and it is pro c'o'sed to send c l ergymen to la b our amongst the newly e D tgjegated masses, and th ere by i mprove b o th th e i r V e „ -- ,7 u al and int e ll ec t ua l con di t i on. The proposition has an d Most favourably received by the Bishop of London, order e veral highly and influential individuals ; but, in ti t o to carry out the whole of the plan —viz,, the erec tea-,h,?f schools, missionary stations, the providing of e t i;"".rit both lay' and clerical—a large number of regu scribers is required. An object so laudable, we feel eo tiv • traced, only requi res to b e generally known t) insure " 614.1;4 ° Dt 10 u! lieu°. CATTLE FOR THE PARIS EXHIBITION.— ve a e h ua L u p ton,Friday.—A very fine coll ec ti on o f p r i ze n U lr i c a , consisting of 20 oxen, 43 sh ee p, 2 p i gs , an d 3 ay resin `l34',in the and also steamer an agrArgyll,icultural Captai machine, left this port n Goodridge, for Z 43, re) en route to Paris for the Exhibition. new theatre is about to be built at Rio Janeiro, 156' ,0 t11 90 ° I. Braz•lian Government has give n t o i t a sum of e e l t ia NRW SUGAR DUTIES.—This day (Monday) the th e 5 i d u ti es w i l l take effect, an d are t o continue to r4ed ' L b of April next year. Candy brown, or white re 4d. the cwt. ; 163. on white clayed sugar; 1 8 3 . 10d. on yellow Muscovado and brown clayed sugar; m o l d • 8(i • brown 5t5 per cwt. es. On Muscovado, an SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Saturday Business done this day. RAILWAYS. ] 2? i kmbg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Juno._ Belfast k Ballymena. Blrmng. Wolvcrh. <it Stour B:rkenhd. Lanesh. .Oheshil a Junct Blackburn Birth & Tyne origins' £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol &Exeter Caledonian. Chester dr Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Do A Do. B . _ ....... 45 Dubiln&BelfastJune all Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. 100 East Anglian all Eastern Cour 100 EasternUnton,A.stic 100 Do., do. B 8 Do. New 174 East Kent 100 East Lancashire all East Suffolk 4 Do. St . 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 10 all Wirth. and Peebles St. 100 Edinb.Prth.d;Dundoe 0 all Forth and ClydeJunc. St. 100 Furness . St. 100 ( Glasgow &S. Western 10 all !Great N. of Scotland St. 100 'Great Northern St. 100 Do., A. Stock Ft. 100 Do., B. Stock St. 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) St. 100 Great Western. St. 100 Do. Str.V.R. gun. Si 12 all Irish South-Eastern. 50 all Lancaster &Carlisle. 16i 1 145 Do., Thirds 16i 1 12 Do. New Thirds St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 16 i 6 Do., do. F. £l6 ... 3 Do., Wet. Riding Mi. 20 all Do. Southport. I.li all London & Blackwall St. ,100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. St. 'lOO London &N. Western 20 I all Do. Fifths • • 10 I all Do. ,16/.Sii.,M&B 0 12i 24 Do. Eighths St. 100 London &S. Western( 25 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine, 25 all Lndndrry. & Enniak 1 St. 'lOO Na,nch.Shef.d;Lincin I 10 1 Metropolif- n 10 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Do. Birming. &Derby Midland G.West.(lr.) Do. •i Shares .. .. Newcastle &Carlisle Newpt.Aberg.dsHrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor • - Norfolk. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock - • Do., A Stock ......... Do., B Stock • N. Eastern— Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G. N. E Pu rch. Do. 'Leeds Do. York North London,. ... N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead-, and City in North Staffordshire NortlrWestern.. N. & S. Wostrn. lane Orford Worcester & Wolverhampton !O 16 Portsmouth .0 10 .Rhymney it. 100 Scottish Central I it. 100 Scot. N. E. Abrdn. St it. 100 Shropshire Union .0 4 Sitingbourne &Sheer. i 0 all South Devon It. 100 South Ea5tern......... 0 all. Do. 4} per c. Shares It. 100 South Wales 0 17 S. Yorksh. RivarDun O 7 D 0... O all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. 5 all Stockton & :5 15 Do. do., 1854 :5 3 Do. do., 1855 16 Stockton & Hartlepl It. 100 Taff .Vale. it. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 i 5 22 - Thames Hay. D. &L .t 0 all Vale of Neath !O all'. Waterfd. & Kilkenny 10 all Waterford&Limerick '0 all West Cornwall...—. .0 all West . End of London St. 1100 St. 100 50 all 25 all LOO all 25 all 50 9 20 all St. 1 100 50 I 3i St. 100 St. 100 St. .100 it. 100 st. 100 5 23 5 16i m all it Le/ ;t. LOO .0 31.1 N) 17i all .0 all it. 100 and Crystal Palaco 1 5 all Do. A 5 all Do. B O all. West.l.iondon .0 all Do. First Class O all Do. Second Class .0 all Wmbledon&Croydou' 0 all .8 9 BRITISH all 10i )o Oi 100 )0 100 Atkin. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,gnar. 5 p.c. Do. A 2sEdi O 1061 Na 1 qi all. '.O 2s. ;t. 100 O 15 )0 all )0 all tO all Buffalo & Lake Hur. Bra, Brut. (SI Godch. 6 p. c.bds., 1 Aug. ;72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do ; E. do Demerara Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do do, do '59, do. It. IC9 K all 0 all O all 'O4 8 )0 all )0 all 0I all 0 I all O all :0 all 0 . 10 O 5 K) 5 Geelong di Melbourne guar, 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben... Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c. Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Do. •New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '60... Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option AI 5 !O all Madras, guar. 4i p.c. Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Eaten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do. Oude (Limited) Made, guar. 5 per c Do -5; 8i - 9 65 - 67 .81 - 9 93 - 92 69 - 69. 31 4 - 5 - 10. 19 - 20 11g - 11 51. - 53 35 - 37 8 - 7 99 - 100 56 = Ei 35 - 354 7i - 81 964 - 974, 86 - •88 121 - 123 100• - 107 661 - 67} 63. - 65 , 68 - 72 6 - 8 6•-- Brl 102 Par — P 1107 - 1091 11031 - 106 i * id 1 03 1033, • - ••• 68-.1 - 39 82 - 82. 53 - 55 ••• 16 - 16 57. - 59 3i - 31 , 1 44- 451 86 —• 87 3 d 1 2t 24 39i 40; 63?,; 64;;, 96 991 4 4id 7• 7i 10 11 30 - 31 6 - 4 LOG - 108 26 - 27 48 - 50 24 - 174 - 184 75 - 76 87 - 88 4 di 4 3 di 41 - 43 203 - 21 4i - 7 - 9 2; - 3 s:t - 6 oSStSSIONS, i - ip li lip 197 99 96 98 96 98 par i p 1 - li pi 109 - 111 - •2p 21 - 22 60 - 62 87 -- 89 21i - 21 1 - • lip 26 - 261 3 - 312 99 - 100 123 - 128 122 • 127 107 109 19i 20 211 —21 i par # iP iP 2 - all all'l :100 IBlyth and Tyne 10 p. c*ef. (issd.at 50/.) Eris. &Ex. 4 p.c. A. Do. 4 per c. Caledn. £lO 44 p. :Ches. dc Ho. 54. p. c. Do: do. 5 per cent... Cork &Bandons4p.c. Dun.Pcrth.So ber.J. E. Anglian' Cls. A Sh. Do. do. C. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 Do., I , Tew 6,pr. c, St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51. , 10 per cent. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent_ East Lancash .6 p.cts. EAW. York. jth: Editi;dr Gl. 5 /3. c: Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.e. Furness, SP. C . . Glas..dr p.c, Great Northr. 5 p.c. Do. 5 7). c. Redcem. at 30 p. c. prem.... Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N.otqcot.lst Pre Gt. S di W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. qt. Gt.W.(B.&ll.Er.spc )o.'con. red. 4.A c. 70. con. red. 4 - ‘.' c. )o. irred. 4 per le Do &p. c. red. pre'. Do: Birm. Pref. •Sh I Do.ol. ester Sp. c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do., Birm; Gua. Ltk Do.. Cresh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do D0.,d0. 'AIL& Yoe?. 6 pc, St. Lon. &B. C. 5 pc. No. 1 Do., P., 5 p. c. Sb. No. 2 Do, New Guar. 6p. c. Do, 'dn. 5 p. c., No. 4 1 ", oh. & N.W., Cov. & Nunea' on 5 p. ct... son. & S. W. 7 pore' late 3d Shares .... Lon':ly. & Color. ,iSh. Londy.&Ennis. i Sh. 'NT., S.. &L. 6 p. Cont Do. do. do. £6 Do.• do. 34 per cos;;. Marydt. R . Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent Do.. d o. ktid.Coir 11.6 p.c. St. Do. Con. Sr. B".. 6 p.c. D0..44 p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. F.PreZ S;;. New., Aber. , &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p. c. pm. Do.. Terpet. 6 pr..ct. Nod I.'Deb. 4 p. c„ sb. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 North British D 0..71. Preference N, D. Derw. 4 p. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 Do. do. QrS., 1846, Do. York 11. &S. rnr Nortb Staffordshire ' Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. D0..6:p• c. Zd guai Scot..Cent.New rref Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.e Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. Do.slo.n p.c. pf. pt Sonai Devon Do. fixed 44 rent S. Eastern (11.' ling Ann.) of £1 Os, Ocl Do, 44 per cent Do. Fixed ‘n p.c. Sli S, Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do, do. 4 p. c.,„ S.Yorksh .4 p.c.Gnar Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do.. do. do. Stock. & Hard. g.. 3 p.c. till July 1, '56 1 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH MINES. Alfred Cons. (Philk.)l British Iron ICondur3w (Cambrn.)l 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 14s Great South Tolgus.. 10t G rt. Alfrd. (Pala. ) 7 Grt.W. Vor (lielstn.) Bs6d,Lady Bertha 7i IN. Frances (I.llNan). 1 N.W.8 a sse 6/15 North Wheal Crotty 1i Cons. (St.Blassy) 9 IPorkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. Dort; Cons. Min. ro 2 3 / 4 IS. Caradon (St. Cleeri 2 S. Carn'Brea 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn. 4 3 / 4 Tani: S. &L. Min. Co 9 Tin Croft lUn.3l 4 tes (Gwonne V. of Towey (Camar.) IW.- Basset (Illogan).. W:Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(C.lstek) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) Wh. Ma. Ann (lVfenht. Wh.• Trelawney (Lis. )1 22 - 23 7 - 8 155 - 165 445 - 465 131 -14? i, 84 - 9} 6 - 6i 16 - 18 27 - 29 - Gi 22i - 23 8 - 9 335 - 345 - 320 . 330 - - . 4 - 5 1 ,210 - 2301 - 1 33 - 34 155 - 165 250 - 270 335 - 345 4 - 41 18 - 20 43 - 45 231 - 25; FOREIGN FOR: :lax. MINES. •i i 3 10 all Antwrp& Rotterdam 7 71 20 14 Ardennes. 20 7 Australian 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm) 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 1i i 30 all Do-Coca.es dr Cuiackt 2 24 20 16 Beziers to Graissessac 32 44 1 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 20 22 6 all Carmeauxdr Toulouse 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Coal Mines and Ry. .51 —5/ Co. of Jamaica a id 20 12 Dutch Rhenish - ; 4 p 40 all Cobra Copper .60 63 20 all Eastern of. France ... '351 25;1 ... 16 Capiapo 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley'... par iP. P 20 all General 20 18 Gt, Central of France 24 244 3 all Linares 20 17 Groat Luxembourg... 6/ 6 ' 5 11 Lilsitanian 10 4 Italian Junction ... --- ••• 1 all 16-Aquila 20 all Lake Const. & Pale ••• 1 all Now Granada 4 ~. 20 all Liana and Turnhout .. •. 6 1 all NOVean Monde 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian . 5 5 . 11 3 11 -i 20 all POnt.Sil.LdM.di Sm' • 7 6 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... - 5 -1 Port Philip • ••• 20 all Lyons and Geneva ... 33 34 30 16., Santiago do Cuba 20 all Lyons k, Mediterran. ... ••• j 1 all south Australian 33i all Maria Antezia - 0.. 10 all Do. New 1 all Do. 10 D. c. Pref.. ••• . •• ao• ..... ••• , 20 all Namur & Liege - 3/ 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Prof. 201 211 .._ 16 all. Northern of France.. 401 -41 i 411 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 all NorwegianTinak.pref 9 10 25 19 Australian Agricult. 204 214 21 20 all Paris and Lyons 62 62. 621 3 10 all Anitraln. Royal Mail .._ 20 all Pa r i s an d O r l eans 6l 6 3 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 4l 51 20 7 Reeife & San Fran., 50 40 Brit. American 'Land ... —' ... (Cream') g. 7P. e• 4 4 p 103 324 Caniuli. - 157 10 7i Rome and Prase t• - St. 100 Do.Ga.6pc•Jan&July ... .. 20 all Royal Danish ls 20 St. 100 Dii,"6 p.c.Feb.&Aug. ... •••• 5 all Royal S we di sh lB 14 , St. 100 DO:6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. . ... 20 all Sambre and Moose 9l 9i St. all C o pp er Mi n . o f En;. 35 40 10 all Do. 51; per cen t. pref B4 9 25 all DO. Prof. 7§ p. cent. 26 --: '2B 20 all Southern of France 3 - 3q 3 1 a . . 5 all Crystal Palace 2g -- 21 Si all West Flanders .... . .. 41 5 5 all Do. Preference 10 all Do. 54 per c. Prof . 94 10 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... ... 20 all WAN.W. of France 32 —33 1 a Masten Iron Ore •• ••• 20 6 Western ofAustria. . par 1 p 20 18 N,V.stern Steam ... ... 20 all West , of Switzerland ... _ ... St. 100 Electric Telegraph 6 all Wiesbaden ....... ... ... .. 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel ... ... 6 all Do. 8 p:cent..pre'f. ... _ ..' • 5 all En•SrAust.Cop•SinCo 11 —3?. 20 all Zealand.: ....... .. ... . _ . • • • lO tOs. Eric. &Ind.Jetii;Tel. par :IP JOINT-STOCK BANK S . 25 All Gen. Ir•Sc.Col.(lim.) ... ... 15 14 Gem Steam Nario ' nt. -...— m 20 ) -5 London Discount ~, •.1 —i, (1 40 1.11 'Australasia 1 I J . ._ !!5 94 4 4 -all Loral. Gen. Omnibus 4 41 4 ,25 181lBank of Egypt - IP 16 1 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... -- ... 1 00 50 Bank of London — •• • 534 10 all Mediteran. Dec. Tel. ... _ ... 40 all Bri. Col Bk•dr Ln. Co ... ... 10 all Mexican& S.Arnelicu 21 31 50 all British N. American ... ... 5 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... 1 -- 3 d 41 ,20 8 C.Bk.of Ind.AL&Ch 11 id 5 5 DO.. New • , 1 00 50 City - • 66 —6B ... 10 5 Netherlands Land i . 14 -. 1 , 1 t 3 25 Colonial 10 all Do. Do. . 3 4 1 00 20 Commercial of Loud. ... ••• 5 all Do.B p.c.Pf. iss. at Id. ' 4 44 20 all Enz..Scot.&Aus.Cht. 17 18 1 10 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust. 174 5 / Da; Do. 10 B 0 80 New H. &N. S. Land 18 22 20 all Ditto New l7i 1 9 8 2 St. ICO N. S• W. Gov , p.e.D. ... --. ... 20 20 London and County .. ••• 1 all N. B. Australasian... - a 1 50 50 Lml.&E.Bnkng.Corp ... ••• I 0 all Nrth.ofEnropeSteam • .:. ..d 114 12 50 10 London Joint Stock ... ... 1 all Oriental Gas. li ig 1.4 1 00 20 Lond.andWestminst . ... 12 ss , D. Now 'Shares par -- it' 1 .. 00 35 National Pro. Of Eng. ... ... 211 2 25 all Peelßr. La. & Marl.' 24 24 20 10 Do. New • •.• 50 all Peninsular & Oriental. 67 6'J 67 50 224 National Bank . ••• 50 10 Do. New 4 MEM 5 p 20 all New South Wales.... 46 48 50 all Rhymney Iron - 25 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 384 394 39 15 all DO. New 4 6 8 20 ' .5 Ottoman Bank 100 135 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1, I!, St l l . l a a oo ll ll S p su . o A b . us na N a . e ri G w n o e v. T 6 e p l. ..e s .b er ds ip . ._.,i .1:. 10 all Do. Now • ••• 5 1 R.Aus•l3.&G.Im.Co ... ... 25 all (South Australia .• ••• •.. 25 all South Austral. Land 35 37 25 all !Union of Australia,,, 56 57 i 564 7.} 1 1 1 00 20' a 2 ' 1. 8 5 1 4 T y r) t a o l i n , s Regist ered tt:l4 e n u i o C n o : s U . C , . 2.4 Do. Now 6 —7/ 1 100 10 Union of London - - ... 100 50 'Unity Mutual 100 50 IWestru Bk • of Lou& • 12 - loci{ M. 1100 V. G . o.6p.cJau • 4 July ... r .....' .. _ ._ 11 - 13 P..... ••• .....__ •• r E SMIN, LONDON, MONDAY EV 1 1 , NG, APRIL 6, 1857; LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. I:`ay ) CRIMINAL COURT—(ibis Day.) Paid' RAILWAYS. Leasing Companies Closing Prices Saturday. Business this day. OLD COURT. The April session of this Court commenced before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Sir J. Duke, M.P., Sir C. Marshall, Sir W. Carden, M.P., Mr. Sheriff Mecbi and Mr. Sheriff Keats, and Under-Sheriffs Crossley and Anderton. The learned Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said he was sorry to inform them that a considerable number of cases would bs brought before them this session. In fact a larger number than had been the case for many sessions past. A greater part of them were of an ordinary description, and would not re quire any observations from him. More than one fourth of the cases were charges of uttering coun terfeit coin, and it was an offence by which. persons 100 Buckghamsh. 100 Clydesdale Jc. all Col.Stour Vy. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p,e all lE. Un. H. Sh. 100 Gla3. Barr. & I Neils.Direct.l 100 Do. New all Glstr.&Dn.Fr all Hull dz Selby all Do. a Shares all Do. 1 Shares all Lon. dr Greenw all Do.Prererence 100 Lon. Til., &S. 54 Do. Bark. Sh. all Man ch.Bxton. and. Matlock 100 Mdld. Bradfd. I 54 Newmarket BugE.G.spc. N,&Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per.ct.. Do:Fixed sp.c Prest. dtlVyrel Do:' Shrs. Roystn. & Hit. Shrews . & Her S. Staffordeh.. WcarVal.g6pci I Do IWi Its &So mrs t carrying on trade in a small way for the most part were the sufferers. There were, how ever, some case 3 of a serious description, and among3t them was that of Thomas Bacon and his wife, who were jointly cbamed with the murder of their two children at Walwortb. The evidence showed it to be a case of a somewhat peculiar de scription. The last time the children were known to be alive was Sunday, the 28th December, and on the following Tuesday they were found mur dered. The two prisoners called on a relation and stated that the husband was about to leave town to obtain work, which he did early on Monday mom ing, and noth;ng mcre was known then, except that cn the Monday morning a person who had appointed to call at the house was unable to obtain admittance. Ori the Tuesday the female prisoner met a female relation, to whom she stated that some person had got into the window of the house and cut the throats of her two children. Subsequently she made a different statement, and said that her husband was the person by whom the act was done. That was not to be considered as evidence against the husband, and could only be made use of against her, and any statement affect ing another person' made by her ought • not to affect their minds as to the course they had to pursue. The evidence against the male prisoner was oft a different description. When the children were found dead on Tuesday morning they were examined by a medical man, who gave it as bis opi nion that they had been dead at least 24 hours. The husband left town early on Monday morning, and the bodies were not seen till about 30 hours or more after he had left the house. The husband at first made a statement in confirmation of his wife's story, and it was - not until after remarks were made that it was strange the house was not robbed. He said he had lost various articles. Evidence would be given to show that his statements were untrue, and that his dress had marks of blood on it. The female prisoner, it was said, was insane. At one time, it appeared, she was confined in St. Luke's Hospital, and the medical man who ex amined her after the discovery of the murder was of opinion that she was of out of her mind. That was not a matter for their consideration. Their duty was merely to consider if the evidence was sufficient for further investigation, and leave it to a jury to say, after a full investigation, whether she was entitled to be acquitted on the ground of in sanity. With regard to the male prisoner, they would have to take into consideration the various pieces of evidence of which be bad only given a general description, an& say (without adverting to the statement of the female prisoner) if there was sufficient evidence to call on him to answer for it before another tribunal, and to show that he was not one of the parties by whom the murders were committed. The learned Recorder next referred to a charge of murder against a fe male named Sarah Price, who destroyed her child by throwing it into the Regent's Canal, and , who was prevented from destroying herself by the acci dental arrival of a policeman ; and also to the case of manslaughter, to the case of maliciously stabbing with intent to murder a person in a railway car riage, and to two charges of cruelly exposing infant children in the public highways, whereby the life of the children were in danger. After which the grand jury retired. PRETTREN THE GENERAL ELECTION. (This Day.) STATE OF TIDE POLLS. MIDDLESEX-10 o'clock. Grosvenor ... ... 1,102 Hanbury ...1,091 Chelsea ... ... 549 11 o'clock. Grosvenor ... Hanbury ... Chelsea ... ••• ... 1,987 ... ... ... 1,981 ... 1,053 j o'clock. Grosvenor ... ••• .. 2,881 Hanbury ... ... ... ...2,876 Chelsea .:. ... ... ...1,577 1 o'clock. Hanbury ... .. 3,496 Grosvenor ... Chelsea ... ... 3,493 ... 1,924 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, April 6.—Wind this day at noon, S. ; light airs and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, April s.—Wind E. to S.E.—Arrived-- Sir George F. Seymour, from Bermuda. Sailri—H.M.S. Nimrod, for China ; William Hammond, for Jamaica; North Britain, for Quebcc. PLYMOUTH, April 5.--Arrived—Persia, from London, for Sydney, N.S.W. Sailed—Niger, (s.), for the Coast of Africa. FALMOUTH, April s.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived— Ohio, from Havana , with dec ks s w e p t, &c. ; H .M.Str. , Minx , from the Cap) of Good Hope. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind E. Arrived, April s—Tuscarora, from Philadelphia; Don Francisco, Mazatlan; Crusader, Macao; Skiddaw, Pisagua; p ado l us, sc rew steamer, Alexandiia ; Ama!;a Lanea, Dantzic. Arrived, April 6—=Arcadian, from Hong Kong ; Agnes Garland, Foo-Chow-2.:0o ; Hannah, Africa; Aquila de Oro, Bonny. Sailed—Anglesea, steanaar, for Odessa; Conquest, New foundland ; Napoleon Thir; l , Bombay. QUEENSTOWN, Apiil 4. Wind P. Arrived—Alexander, from Say ,nah ; Robert Jones, Monte Video; Clymene, Mauritius; rota, Mobile. Sailed—Lady Mansell, for Barbadoee.. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TEL Ea 11,N 3 M) GRAVESEND, Monday, .10 a.m, Wind southerly; tide, four hours' flood ; fine. Arrived, April s—Sir E. Banks, from Calais; FiOucia, Ditzum ; Selina, Algoa Bay; Cambala, Shanghai; Queen of the Seas, Rotterdam ; Anna, Bogense ; Amalius Minu . s 9 , Skive ; Maria, Ostend ; Derwent, Port Philip ; Chas. Tater, Belize ; Clara, Ploake ; Fanna Maria, Thisted ; Hamila, Trinidad; rilhelme Randers; Wind's Bride, Dunkirk ; Geneo, Callao ; Bellamy, Harlingen ; Ausine Maria, Ortense. Arrived, April 6.—Jonge Cornelius, from Derummer soil ; Cressy, Moulmein; • Speedy, St. Michael's; Carl Mulburg, Bandholm; Lionne, Gravelines ; Ellida, Sunne sund ; Dorothea and Clicliot, Odense. Sailed—Wanderer, for Barbadoes. DEAL, Monday, 9.28 a.m. Wind calm. Passed, in tow—John McVicar, from Calcutta for London. Passed, sth—Nina, from London, for Goatzacooles. Anchored, sth—Owen, from London, for Quebec. Passed—Tricolour, from London, for Melbourne ; Tus can, from London, for Swansea ; Majestic, from London, for Blythe ; Derwent, from Shields, for Oporto ; Richard and Alice, from Sunderland, for Bordeaux. 92 - 94 98 - 102 11. - 13 132 - 134 31 - 44 165 12} - 13 23 - - 24 , 104 - 106 - P 24 - 89 - 91 - # 55 * -57 P 131 - 134 8 - 9 9 • - 9} 89 31 i l, - 87 - !E SHARES. 92 - 94 95 9S 5/ - 6 1.08 - 112 108 - 112 - I? - 11i - 7 . 12 73 - 75 •4• - ..... ,•• 113 - 1.1.5 1 107. - 109 1 101 --- 103 61 63 1p 10 - 64 95 - 96 85 87 100 102 10. 10,3 16a 17` 10 —10 it 72 75 19,1 9,3 5 - 144 135 137 - 140 - 116 - 156 - p 66 - 68 133 - 135 97 - :48 87 - 89 •.• - ••• - - 103 0)- 0 3 12 ld, 1 Ad 21i 2 - 111 - 116 - 110 ' - 70 - 181- - 23 - 101 - 10 28 2 - 3p 2/ - 3 CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat, yet the demand for a!l kinds ruled heavy, and inferior samples wore lower to purchase. Spring corn, including flour, cold rather cheaper. Our continental advices almost generally bring lower prices for wheat and other produce. From the United States we learn that very little was doing in grain on Eng lish account. Only moderate supplies of home-grown produce arrived up to our market la3t week. The imports from abroad were large, viz., 9,395 quarters of wheat, 29,124 barley, 41,342 oats, 1715 rye, E 0 beans, 34 E tarep, 11,440 linseed, 5,047 rapeseed, 7,616 maize and hempseed, 146 sacks and 12,566 barrels of flour. Only a moderate supply of English wheat fresh to hand to-day from the neighbouring counties, coastwise, or by land carriage. In the general condition of the samples there was a slight improvement. We observed rather more inclination on the part of the millers to purchase, yet the trade wasfar from active, at a decline in the quotations compared with Monday se'nnigbt, of 2s to 3s per quarter. Several of the inferior samples remained over till Wed nesday. We were well supplied with all kinds of foreign wheat American parcels were heavy, and rather cheaper. Must other kinds moved off slowly, at about late rates. Floating cargoes of grain commanded v ery little atten tion. Owing to the large imports of foreign barley—a portion of which hag gone direct into the hands of the distillers— the demand for that article was heavy, and prices gave way is to 2s. per quarter. Malt moved off slowly, bnt no actuzl change took place in its value. The show of foreign oats was very large, and the oat trade ruled heavy, at is per quarter less money. Beans and peas changed hands slowly, at late sates. The flour trade was dull, yet very little change took place in prices, except tows-made, which declined 4s per 280 lbs. No market will bd held here on Friday next. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex Es Kent, Rod .... new 49a to 58a Ditt0........ old --s —a Ditto, White new 503 65s Ditt0........ old —s —s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old —s —a Ditto new .. •... 48s 58s Rye—Old ...........• —s —S, Malt—Cho - ratter .... 77s to 79s Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsk.,reed 22a 24; Potato . ..•• 238 308 Youghal and Cork 81aek....• .. 19s 23 Cork,Whito ..... 208 28s Bcotch,Feed. •• 25$ 283 Beans,-Tlck .....32s 24s 383 413 Pass—Grey ..:• •••• 36s 37s Maple ........... 38s 393 New .... ........ 38s 403 Barley—Grinding ..... 26s 31s Malting .. 38s 41s Chevalier.. •• . . 445 485 Malt —Buffolk and Nor folk •••••• • • • • • • 675 77s BNIVTI ••. ............62, 633 Kingston xnd Ware 693 783 White •• .. •• .. 37s 4h Boilers •• ......•. 36s 39s Flour—Town-made... Ms 53s Suffolk .......... 39s 40s Btooktn & Norfolk 383 39s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week wero 1,194 head. In the corresponding week in 1856 we received 722 ; in 1855, 931; in 1854, 1,629 ; in 1853, 3,905 ; in 1852, 1,015; in 1851, 2,066 ; and in 1850, 1,004 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam 5O ... 216 ... 105 8 Amsterdam 8 ... Ilamburgh 6 ... Harlingen 236 ... Antwerp Calais .. ...-.. • •• 491 ... - ... 1 ... ... _ ... 63 ... - ... 7 ... - T0ta1.... 300 ... 707 ... 175 E The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1856 276 253 163 1855.... [854 456 ... 209 1853 835 ... 2,654 ... - 413 ... 1852 54 :.. 791 200 851 5lB 1,220 ... 281 ... 37 1850 255 515 224 To-day's markat was very scantily supplied with all kinds of foreign stock, yet the demand ruled heavy. Fresh up from our own grazing districts there was a decided increase in the receipts of beasts as to number, but their general quality was by no means first-rate. Owing, in some measure, to the mildness of the weather, the beef trade ruled heavy, and prices declined 2d per Blbs com pared with Monday last. The quotation for beef was 4s 10d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,209 Scots and short horns ; from other parts of England, 300 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 30J Scots ; and from Ireland, via Liverpool, 100 oxen. For the time of year we wero very scantily supplied with all breeds of sheep ; nevertbless, the mutton trade was heavy, and the currencies gave way 2d. per 81bs. The best Downs, in the wool, sold at 5s 10d ; out of the wool, 4s 101 per 81bs. At least three-fourths of the sheep were out of the wool, and this is the last market day during the present season that we shall quote other than clipped sheep in our tabular statements. The show of lambs was tolerably good, and the demand ruled steady, at from Gs 8d to is 41b per Slbs. About 200 came to hand from the Isle of Wight. The great lamb market will be held here on Thursday next. We were selntily supplied with calves, which moved off slowly. Prices, however, were supp nted—the highest figure being 5s 10d per Sibs. Pigs were in short supply, and heavy request, at barely last week's quotations. Per Bibs to sink the offal,. a. d. s. d. s. d. s d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 PrimeSonthdown 5 6 510 Second quality.... 3 6 3 /oiLa.rge use. calves 4 2 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 6 Prime small do 5 6 510 Prime g eeta, &o. 4 S S 16 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...4 2 4 6 Small porkers 4 4 5 0 Second quality ...4 S 4 10,Suckling calvoß 23 0 30 0 Prime crae.-wlled. s 0 5 4lQuarter old pigs 21 0 28 Lamb, Gs 8d to 7s 4d. TOTAL surrmr; Beasts 3 828 367 Sheep and lambs 17,740 Calves l3l FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ------------------ Sheep and lambs 3lO Calves lO2 Pigs 2lO 1 Pigs A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, Apra 7, 1856, and this day, Monday, April 6, 1857. Per 81bs, to sink the orals. April 7, 1856. s. d. s. d. 2 10 to 3 0 32 3 6 38 4 0 Coarse and inferior beasts Second quality ditto ... Primo large oxen ... April 6,1857 a. d. s. d. 2to 3 4 ;13 6 31• 1 1 4 0 4 6 4. 2 4 4 1 4 8 410 Prime Scots, &e ... Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 3 4 3 81 Second quality ditto ... 310 4 2, Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 4 4' 61 Prime Southdown ditto ... 4 8 5 0 1 Lambs ... 6 0 7 C 14 2 4 8 13 • 15 6 16 8 4 6 4 10 5 4 5 10 7 4 - , Large coarse calves ... 4 0 4 104 2 5 4 Prime small ditto 5 0 5 6 5 6 510 Large hogs ... 3 6 4 2 3 6 4 2 Neat small porkers ... ... 4 4 410 4 4 5 0 Beasts... ... ... 4,355 3,828 Sheep and lambs 22,470 17,740 84 131 210 SIIPPLIBB ON SAL; April 9, 1855.—Beasts, 3,096 ; sheer, and lambs, 29,500; calves, 77; pigs, 465. April 10, 1854.—Beasts, 4,495; sheep and lambs, 23,610; calves, 130 ; pigs, 310. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sAle here are only moderate even for the time of year. The demand, however, is by no means active, at about last week's quotations. Per Sibs by the carcase. _ _ s. d. s. d: s. d. s. d Beef, inferior 210 3 2 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 8 Do., middling 3 4 3 8 Do., middling ..... 310 4 4 Do. prime large 3 10 4 0 j Do., prime 4 6 4 8 Do., do. small ....4 2 4 6 ( Veal 3 8 5 0 Pork, large 3 8 4 2 IPork. small ........ 4 6 5 2 Lamb, Os Oil to Os Bd. BOROUGH HOP. The best parcels of hops continue in fair request at full quotations. In all other kinds very little doing, at barely late rates. Last week's imports of foreign hops were 85 bales from Hambro, 24 dp, from Rotterdam, and 1 bale from Ostend. _ _ _ Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 10s to 5/ 123 ' • Weald of Kent. 31 5s t o 31 18 s ; S ussex , 3/ O s to 3112 s ; year lings, 1/ 10s to Si per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Oar markets continue to be only moderately supplied with molt kinds of potatoes ; nevertheless, the trade gene rally is inactive, .and prices are barely supported. Last week's imports were 65 tons from Terenazsn, 819 bags from Rotterdam, 2 bags from Bremen, and 77 ditto from Schiedam. York Regents, 803 to 120 s per ton ; Kent and Essex do., 80s to 120 s ; Scotch do., 80s to 100. s ; do. cups, 70s to 80s ; Middlings, 60s to 70s ; Lincolne, 800 to OOs ; Blues, 80s to ; Foreign, 75s to 10s. WOOL. Since Monday last the amount of business doing in all kinds of English wool has been trifling, and pnovions rates have been, with difficulty supported. Foreign and colonial qualities have 'tiled heavy, but not cheaper. The imports last weeJ wera 92 bales from roil; Natal, 2,177 from Islay, 232 from the Cape, 2,010 from Launceston, and 2,408 from Adelaide. The following are the current rates of English wool :-- Down teas, is 7d to is 8d ; half-bred hoggets, 6d to is 7d ; Kent fleeces, is 5d to is 6,1 ; Down ewes, is 5d to is 6d ; Loicester fleeces, is 4d to is 5d ; combing skins, Is :la to is 5d ; flannel wool, is 2d to is 6d i and blarke t wool, 10d to is 2d per lb. SEEDS. We have to report a slow inquiry for linseed, at barely stationary prim, Cakes command very little attention. Rape and oil seeds aro a slow sale ; in prices, however, we have, 'my little change to notice. Tarnip.White,per bush. 21s to 22. Swede .......... 21s 224 Mustard, 8r0wn...... 20s 22. White, new...... 10,1 12s Tares, Winter, new.... 6s Od Is Od —s Canary, per quarter .. 642 72. Uye grass (new) ...... 32s 4is Clover,Red Eng • (cwt.) 52s 96. White • . • ...... 663 82s foreign 1ied...... 683 80s White.... C6s 78 Trefoil, hew. •• • •. 283 34 Carraway .... 443 461 Coriander.. • • ........ 22s 24s Hempseed , per quarter 453 46s Linseed, Eng. Sowing.. 703 72s Crushing 563 708 Baltic •• •• •• •• •• —3 —8 Odessa .......... 663 678 Linteed Cake, pr. ton — English .. ...10/ hs 101 108 Fot 7 eign,perton6l io; Rape Cakes, per ton 61 Os 6' lOs RaPmed, pr qr, , 825 841 TAL: 'ow. The amount of business doing in tallow is only moderate, yet importers are firm in their demands, and prices rule comparatively high. To-day, P.Y.C. on the spot, for the month, brings Ms;' April to June, 525; and fcr the last three months, 52s per cwt. Town tallow, Ns, nett cash. Rough fat, 2s 1.1 id per 8 lbs. 1653. -__ 1854. 1855. Stock this day .......1 20.609 Price of Y. C r 455 3a :c• ti 455 6d Delivery last week .. 2,363 Ditto from Juno 1.... 90,986 Arrivals last week.. 393 Ditto from June!.... 79,917 Price of Thwa.., .... 46;1 8J 1856. 1857. 34,194 67s 0,1 'c —s 0, 1,604 87,085 1,315 7,964 67s 6d 34,699 478 9,lrA, 48s 04 1,830 72,017 2,586 70,716 24,019 16,091 47s 01 to 56s Od —s 01 to Od 1,797 1,330 92,022 94,2 8 757 712 69,499 93,081 481 6d 55s 9d 1321 ni 4 1 102} fi 106 h i 6 26i 11 : 1 4 20 St. 64f 3i 97 31 303/4 St. 12/ 12 12/ St. all 100 103 100 103 , 34 100. 20 12i 25 20 25 10 1.0.6 St. 10 100 all 100 100 all all 2612. 14 20 62A 3 2 89 - i 2 1 A 11A 26A i f Ln.&N.W. Ca'scion... E.U.&E.O Gt.Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Do Gt.lrestn Y. & N.M Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do I ILn. &N.W. Qy.Midld., g. Count lUo Do Do L. &I\ . W. Do • Gt.N r o a r s t s hn T. i 3 ey M. MClean SA. &Dar. Do. Gt. Westn. [OO [GO .0$ .00 112 105 65 17 100 .04 5 0 4 1221 i THE RUSSIAN RAILWAYS. La Pressc publishes the prospectus of the Russian Rail way Company, from which we make the following extract: "The company ha 3 for, its object the construction of a vast network of railways, the lines of which have been combined in such a manner as to satisfy the most imme diate and important requirements of Russia. This net work is divided into four lines : 1. The line from St. Petersburg to Warsaw, with a branch towards Konigsberg ... 1249 kilos. 2. The lino from 319 scow to Theodosia ... 1259 3. The line from Kursk or Oral to Libau ... 1227 4. The line from Moscow to Nijoi•Novgorod 427 41G2 k ULb These lengths are -fl o u nlY i approximative, and may be mod fled by the definitive tracitr , of the lines. "A glance at the m a p shows the importance of these lines, the object of which is to secure the conveyance of those articles which are the chief necessaries of life through out the interior, the exportation of agricultural produce, and the importation of foreign products, at the same time that they will facilitate the movement of the population in those parts where it is most dense. "In fact, the north of Russia is partly covered with forest ; the soil does not produce in sufficient quantities the corn required for the support of the .population. The central provinces, around Moscow, are manufacturing, and their soil likewise is incapable of furnishing sufficient food for the inhabitants. F ur th er sou th, on the contrary, there is an immense belt of lands of uncommon fertility , the region of the Black Soils.' Lastly, towards the south, 'coins the steppes, where the greater part of the cattle are reared that are destined for the consumption of Russia. Now, setting aside the line from St. Petersburg to Warsaw, which has its special destination as an interna tional line, ccnnecting the capital with the European sys tem of railways, all the other lines have been combined with a view to favour in the highest' degree home and fo reign trade. The necessities of the first are shown by the enormous differences in the prices of breadstuffs, which fetch low prices where they are grown, at a time when scarcity is severely felt in the northern provinces; the actual importance of the second is to be measured by the fact of one milliard of francs changing hands for the value of goods, most of these cumbrous, weighing ablut 1,500,000 tons, lts future imporknce is limited only by the wants of Europe with respect to wool, corn, oleaginous grains and seeds, skins, wool, tallow, flax, hemp, &c. "The line from Moscow to Nijni-Novgorod connects the industrial or manufacturing capital of the empire with its principal mart, celebrated fur the extensive transactions that.take place there at the annual fair; it places the Volga a navigable artery of 3,600 kilometres, and situated entirely outside the territory which peculiarly belongs to the conceded network of railways, in communication with Moscow by th e s h or t es t li ne o f j unct i on . A large traffic is secured for it. " The southern line connects Moscow with Theodosia (Kaffa), the best natural harbour of the Black Sea, where commerce will find the facilities and accommodation which are wanting at Odessa; besides it communicates with the latter city through the maritime part of the Dnieper and the sea. It crosses the ' Black Lands' for an extent of 700 kilometres ; it affords them an easy outlet towards the Black Sea for their corn, oleaginous grain, tallow, flax, hemp, &c., but a still more important one towards the Baltic. It will convey northwards the cattle of the Step pes, the wines of the Crimea, the salt of the Sea of Azoff, and especially the coal of the Donetz basin, discovered and worked already in the vicinity of Kharkaff, and destined to play a considerable part in the future manufacturing career of Russia. "The line from Kursk or Orel to Libau is destined to become one of the great routes for the exchange of rural produce, so unequally distributed between the various parts of the empire ; it is especially destined to convey to the Baltic for exportation the corn and all the vegetable and animarproduce collected by the southern line in the centre of the ' Black Lands,' and by the Nijni line from the Volga and its tributaries. "England, France, Belgium, &e., import annually for their own consumption more than three million tons of wares, which Russia could exclusively supply them with ; with respect to the greater part of which she has to en counter the rivalry of the United States, but in.which she will have an incoutestible preponderance when the net work of her railways shall have been completed. " One of the most decisive elements of success for the Russian network is to be found in the very rigour of the climate. The cold never prevents the regular despatch of railway trains. The snow has interrupted the traffic upon the average only one day per annum along the line from St. Petersburg to Moscow ; but, on the other hand, the navigable routes are frozen for six months in the north, and during that period the railway will have the monopoly of all the transports, with facilities also, by means of sledges, for the branch communications. "'This advantage is the more striking, because the start ing point of the lines, which form altogether what may be called the exportation system of railways, debonches at the port of Libau, which is three and a half degrees further south than St. Petersburg, and is scarcely obstructed by the ice during three weeks or a month, whereas at St. Petersburg and Riga all navigation is suspended for five or six months together. Libau, which is an unimportant harbour at present, is therefore destined to become the centre of exportation for Russia's produce and of importa tion of foreign products. The Government has engaged to construct the works for improving the harbour of Libau, in order that they may be ready by the time the railway is fit for being worked. "The harbour of Libau will supersede the harbours of St. Petersburg and Riga at those periods when they are closed by the ice. Moreover, the exportation which pro ceeds at present via Memel and honigsberg will resort there for the sake of the facilities afforded to the national commerce, This twofold advantage adds greatly, there fore, to the importance of the line between St. Petersburg and Warsaw, which at the same time will become a great commercial route. "The conceded lines will supply tho inhabitants, and especially the bodies of workmen who are shifted about in the various parts of the country, with rapid and cheap means of conveyance, which have hitherto been quite a desideratum. " The evineers charged by the company with the preli minary survey and estimate of the undertaking have calcu lated that the average gross receipts of the network would come to 45,500 f. per kilometre; this is the result of the calculations in detail for each line, confirmed by the facts observed on the line from Moscow to At. Petersburg, where notwithstanding the insufficiency of the materiel and of the accommodation for the traffic of merchandise, the gross re ceipts per kilometre rose in 1856 to more than 46,000 f. In the estimate adopted travellers have been set down at only one-fourth, although the lines traverse the most populous parts of the empire. In proportion to the facilities result ing from the low price of fuel and manual labour, asps cially on account of the considerable receipts per kilo metre which will be derived, taking the trains on the ave rage, from the goods traffic for great distances, drawn by powerful locomotives, with very favourable gradients, we may estimate the working expenses at the rate of 45 per cent, as the maximum. " In consequence, the total receipts will be159,315,800f. ; the expenees at 45 per cent., 85,205,610 f. ; yielding a net return of 101,140,190 f. " With the exception of the lino from St. Petersburg to Warsaw, all the works are of very easy execution ; upon this line the Government abandons temporarily the 72,000,000 f. it has already expended, and which will be defrayed only by its sharing iu the special profits of this line, after payment of the interest. " The average cost of the lines which go to form the net work, supposing only one line of rail to be laid down, but including the works already finished at 273,560 f. per kilo metre. This average is obtained from the figures given in the concessionary charter, and which have been calculated with the assent of the Government, so as to enable the company to take possession completely, and provide for the exigencies of a considerable traffic. Should there be a surplus, it would be employed in diminishing the com pany's capital, or would form a reserve for the further development of the lines. " The price of land in Russia will be very moderate ; a great part will be made over gratuitously from the domains of the Crown. The wood, an essential element in all Russian constructions, is extremely cheap; the iron and machinery are to be imported free of duty, and conveyed at the cost of back freights by the railway from St. Peters burg to Moscow. Except on the Jine from St. Petersburg to Warsaw there are only a few bridges, not many em bankments or artificial works; and over great tracts of land there are uncommon facilities for construction. Throughout the 4,003 kilometres of network there will not be a single tunnel, oven of inconsiderable length ; the difficulties which would be incurred in crossing marshes will be avoided in the adoption of the routes. "The railways that may best be compared with that of Russia have been constructed at a far less average cast than the present estimate for these railways when com pleted and worked." THE MURRAIN IN CATTLE. Fimn, a Sum/owlet to the London Gazette of Friday). At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 2d day of April,. 1857, —present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas it has been represented to . her Majesty, that G.9i.tain contagious or infectious disorders are now preva lent ;among cattle in certain countries or places border ing up,'n the Baltic Sea, and that there is danger of the said disorders being introduced into this country by means of caNe and horns, hoofs, and raw or wet hides, or skins of ca,t-tle, from such countries or places; now,, therefore, her Mijesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the date hereof, no cattle and no . horns, hoofs, or raw or wet or skins of cattle, shall be imported or introduced int.' the United Kingdom, which shall come from, or shall ha,Fe beon at any place within, those territories of the Emporor of Russia, or of the King of Prussia, or of the Granol Duke of IViecklenbil Sclaerwin which respectively are in or borde r upon the Gulf of Finland, or any other p a rt of the Baltic the Free Sea be tween the Gulf of Finland and th e territories of tie City of Lubeck, or which shall come from been at any place within the territ orio s r o of t o h r e s shall Free have tv of no L c a u t b t ec l e n ; d a n n o d h a o l s r o n s t , h h a t o o fr fs o , m o a r n d r a fter aw o or the h w e date et h hereof, des, or a skins of cattle, shall be imported or introduced into the United Kingdom, which shall be, or shall have been, on board any vessels at the same time with any cattle or horns, hoofs, or raw or wet hides, or skins of cattle which shall have come from or shall have been at any such place asiv afore :j i. e sty, by and with th e a d v i ce o f h er Pr Moth hereby furth er or d er t h at a ll catt l e, Privy And eo heru Council, Majesty, the t p e o d r t a a s ti a o f n o re o s r ai ti a •o n d d uc a t l i s o o n al lv h t e in r7 , f s tr i and all horn s, hoofs, and raw or wet hides, or skins of s so hby rohibi fodder,'litter, or manure, being or having been in or on board any vessels at the same time with any such cattle or horns, hoofs, or raw or wet hides, or skins of cattle as aforesaid, shall, upon their arrival in this country, be destroyed, or otherwiseilisposed of, as the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs may direct. And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury arc to give the necessary di rections herein accordingly. C. C. GREVILLE. [ADVERTISEMENT.] SIGHT AND HEARING SPECTACLM POWERFUL TELF.BOOn3S, OPERA, RA as, AND PERSPECTI , 1 GLASSES.—Messrs. S. and B. Solorawis, opticians, 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe__opp osite t h e York Hot By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patceit for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the ;cost powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spective Glasses. These telescope possess such extraor dinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same teies cope can be seen a person's countenance three .`ulles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. Te•ey aro of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingev- - 'rno Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable, nowly-i nvented , very email, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by VI a person can be seen and known 1, miles distant ; they am wer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera hon ses, country scenery, and ships nee clearly seen at 8 to 10 ini los. They are invaluable for. shooting, deer-stalking, yachting . to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepors, and tourists. Ope ra e3-coerse, camp, and perspective glasses, with weeder frl power. Newly-constmeted Spectacle Lenses of the - grE at: est transparent power. The valuable advantase delis 'C , a from this invention is, that vision becom in g impaimd preserved and strengthened, and very aged person s e..re 7' enabled to employ their sight at the m ost minute oe,e pation—ean see with these lenses of a much less mL~If - lug power—and they do not require the frequent change 't to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deafness.—Now Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an ex- Letters from Vienna (says the Literary Gazette) an traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for i nounee that the celebrated singer Staudigl, who has been deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any. for a long time confined in a madhouse, is now in a worse thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, state than ever ; his mental excitement had, a few days produced. Being .of the same colour as the skin, is not per. , ;Ago, reached such a pitch, that he was obliged to be cor.- ceptiblo ; it enables deaf pe rsons to hear distinctly at church 1 fi ao d i n a s t r ait- w aistcoat. All hopes of his recovery, and at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation of singing even of I his amelioration , are now given up ; indee d, noises in the ears is en tirel y removed; and it affords all the ass istance that possibly could be desired.-39, Alherearle. his speedy dissolution way be looked for, and is earnest l y A dreet, Viccauly„ Observe-- opposite the York Hotel. to be desired. - - THE SOUND DUES. Subjoined is tha translated copy of a circular issued by the Sound Custom-house : In accordance with a treaty, signed on the 14th inst. by his Majesty's Government and the diplo matic agents of (livers foreign powers, relating to the abolition of the Sound and Belt duties, so that their being levied as a source of revenue by this country shall cease from the Ist of April next ; and further, in conformity with a protocol signed at the same time, whereby it is declared that the Danish government is entitled provisionally and as security for the duties which she, by treaty, has consented to abolish,' until the conditions contained in sec tions 7 and 8 are fulfilled by all the contracting powers, his Danish Majesty's Government has hereby resolved, in order to relieve trade and ship ping as much as possible from unnecessary deten tion, to limit these guarantee arrangements as fol lows, viz. : Until the Government of any of the contracting powers has fulfilled the said articles of the treaty, shall the dues con•inue to be calculated on the ships and cargoes of the vessels of such nations as may be passing through the Sound or Belts, with out, however, the actual deposit of such dues being demanded. The captains' personal report and production of the ships papers will nevertheless be required in this stadium. Should, however, the master of a vessel passing through the Sound under these circumstances desire the papers which he has handed in for the regula tion of these charges to be returned to him, he must apply direct to the Custom-house authorities ashore at the Sound Custom-house, or else on board the guardship, where authorised parties will be sta tioned for that purpose, and as soon as the dues are calculated, as also the below-mentioned declaration been duly signed by the captain, a written attesta tion will then be given him of his having reported himself, and he can then proceed without further hindrance on his voyage. Should the shipmaster, on the contrary, not re- • quire to have his papers returned to km, and for this purpose it will be desirable that he be furnished with duplicate sets, and in such cases where his papers are accompanied by the below-mentioned declaration, it will be allowed • him - (without any expense however to the Danish Government) to send his papers direct to the Sound Custom-house or to the guardship, and then to proceed without further delay on his voyage, unless he should require a certificate of having reported. Should the shipmaster (which, however, as a general rule, would not be advisable) desire to have his papers sent after him, he must in such cases, in writing and with care, denote his address and place of destination, and one will then doubtless with success, Consul, obtain your assistance for the ships of your nation, in receiving papers from the cus tom-house, and seeing that they are forwarded to their destination. The above-mentioned declaration, which the shipmaster will have to sign, will be as follows : I, the undersigned N.N., master of the vessel N.N., of the burthen of N.N., belonging to N.N., under to-day's date pawing the Sound on her pas sage from N.N. to the port of N.N. with a cargo consisting of N.N., hereby declare most con scientiously to have given a true and faithful report over my whole cargo ; and further, I bind myself in the case that the treaty signed on the 14th of March of the present year, relating to the abolition of the Sound and Belt duties, be not ratified, then to pay without demur to his Danish Majesty's Sound Custom-house the dues and charges that might legally be due thereon, according to the hitherto acknowledged treaties, on this my present voyage. Solely in the latter case can I then be entitled to the hitherto customary primage. The 1857 _ _ (Signed) N.N., Master of the Vessel N.N. Blank forms of these declarations in different Languages will be procurable at the Sound Custom- house. As soon, on the other hand, as any of the foreign governments in question has fulfilled the conditions of the treaty, will the proof of the vessel's nationality solely be required, and his Majesty's authorities will feel bound, as far as lies in their power, to carry on this arrangement without obliging the captains to come on shore. The hoisting of the national flog and the production of the ship's regis ter will be sufficient. I flatter myself, Consul, that in the interests of the vessels of your nation, you will afford your assistance under these circumstances, and beg you to receive the assurance, &c. Elsinore, 29th March, 1857. (Signed) OLRIK, 'pro tom. Dir. To Consul -- THE ELECTIONS IN SCOTLAND. ROSSS HIRE. The nomination for the county of Ross took place at Dingwall on Thursday. There was no op position to S►r J. Matheson. The lion. baronet was proposed by Mr. D. MUNRO and seconded by Mr. C. MuNno. Mr. J. MATHESON, in returning thanks, said, he had been the representative of principles which had now become established in the political and social economy of the naticn, and never had the nation been so prosperous as it was at the present moment. "Of the soundness of these principles, " lie said, " every succeeding year give s f r e s h confir mation in the unexampled prosperity of agricul ture and the rapid advance of agricultural improve ment, in the vast expansion of our commerce, un interrupted even by the exigencies of the late gigan tic war, and in the elevated position which our COUR- tryoccupies among the nations of the earth. It is satis factory to reflect that the voice of the country, so unequivocally pronounced in the elections that have hitherto taken place, affords an assurance that Mi nisters will now be enabled to persevere in the course of policy and cautious reform which already proved so beneficial to the country, and which is now indispensable not only to our further advance, but even to the maintenance of the high position we have attained. (Cheers.) And it must never be forgotten that gocd government is dependent entirely on the sound discretion and good judgment of the electors, for no Ministry, however able and however honest, can act with efficiency or maintain their places unless supported by the voice of the people. (Cheers.) In looking forward to the future, he must candidly state that he did not think, whatever might be the ardent desires of some public men, that any material change in the present re presentative system was called for beyond apply ing a remedy to such anomalies as have been proved to exist. He was an advocate for reform proceeding hand in hand with the education of the people ; and if this were done, reforms gained would be safe and permanent. But if education were not the basis, no change could be for the public good. With regard to the hostilities in China, had he been present in Parliament at the time of the late division, he should have given his hearty vote for Lord Palmerston, and against the very unpatriotic opposition by which he was assailed. He would continue to give a general support to Lord Palmerston, but yet would act quite an independent part, and on all occasions seek to promote the public good. (Cheers.) SIITHERLANDSHIRE. The nomination took place on Thursday at nor noel), the county town, when the Marquis of Staf ford wac; returned without opposition. Mr. JOHN HALL, of Seihecross, moved, and Mr. GuNN, of G:endliu„seconded the nomination. The Marquis of ,STAFFORD, in returning thanks, was very cordially received by a large concourse of i t t he ti g m re e aal l t i v e had had. electors. R e s3.id the best account he could give of of Sutherland. s h votes b . These f h twh o h e i n s f s e e h i tt l :ytonwerlaeu honour defirstchl registered h e irP n i setpdelrivoloeronisiites: behalfl tng d i tt thecounty ne f ts o sh o u o f n o d t Lis o e int e e e r n est u s n o i- f a n c s i b l i e b e e n r s , a e n o d n s a t l a w n a t y a s nn o n t the o s i t d e e in o ! f progress d . r e dependently, and in no instance in giving an inde pendent vote had he done so with greater satisfac tion than when voting against the Maynooth bribe. lie had cordially supported the Lord Advocate's Education Bill, believing it to be for the good of the country, and he was ready to support any other measure which, while seeking to improve our gene ral system of education, sought also to render more efficient the parochial schools of Scotland. He re joiced in the prosperity of the nation, and hoped that though they had been and still were at logger heads with China they would soon have a perma nent and houourable peace. The British army had been triumphant, and the flag of the British navy had never been tarnished. (Cheers.) In looking forward to the future he should endeavour gtievepatro sue a lberal awl i.ndcpcilcut course, and the Government support only when it appeared to be worthy of it. (Cheers.) held before Mr. C. J. Carttar, at Sandy-hill, Plur ustea d, on the FATAL ACCIDENT AT A. S T REET EXIIIIITTION.-011 SA• tth u r e d ai t o ft , n ti o i u n r ci n n e e s A t r w m as s, body of William James Jewell, six y ears o f age, who met his death by the falling of a pole used by tumblers for ba.lancing in the public streets. The evidence proved that while two men named Parish and Evans, in com pany with others, were exbibiting their performances a s posturers, tumblers, and balancers, the pole acci dentally slipped from their hands, and struck the poor little fellow on the head. The child was raised insen sible, and expired some few hours after. The jury expressed their opinion that such unwieldy objects should not be used in E.tieet exhibitions where a number of per sons were collected together, and returned a verdict that " Death was caused by the incautiousness of the two men, Pariah And Evans.", ;et, Dr. ha ave we itio ;er ing ;ain. me, ad , of ess, slue will fain lered 1 the ickly , and !ch— %ban- lenly tbout out- very men, him, [tat:lie Ire it ay to him awny vind, lofty it oak f tb.o was f his on of rteay any. n his sible gbt • d if , most ,you 691 56 I 35 89 75j i 87i