The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-20 00:00:00

itkAsz. -4 bev twt i s tr) Fi 414 . 44 - .061 A A" SUN OFFICi; 'Fever?, o'clock. BRIXWORTH RACES—(llis Day). (BY ELECTRIC TELEURAPB.) FARMERS' STEEPLECHASE. Acorn The Rector 1 2 Seventeen ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF TEN 'SOVS. Ho7iLlow... Massa Mungo.. Vehal 1 Thirteen ran. GOLD CUP. Johnny Raw Deipised Nine IDTPERJAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LO ,D3.—(Thin Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsazk at 5 o'clock. The Earl of MALMESBURY asked whether the Government had sent down any person to inspect the Southampton and DorcheAer Railway, with a view to as certain, in accordance with the pledge given by the South- Westei n Railway Company, whether a double line of rails had been laid down on that line between Southamp ton and Dorchester ? Lord STANLEY of ALDERLY said that although no person had been sent down to inspect the works, he was informed that a doutle line of rails had been laid down for six miles of the distance, and the remaining 25 miles had been contracted for. SALE OF POISONS. The Earl of WESTMEATH begged to ask, as the Government bad not , brought in any measure with respect to the sale of poisons, whether it was their inten tion during the recess to turn their attention to the sub ject, in order to bring in a bill to meet the evil of which he complained. The noble lord then mentioned certain cases in which fatal results had followed in conse quence of chemists' shops being left in charge of very young persons. The LORD CHANCELLOR—The subject, as before remarked, bad been under the consideration of the Go vernment, and although he could not give a distinct pledge that next session a bill would be brought in to restrain the sale of poisons, yet the noble earl might rest assured that the subject would not be lost sight of, but that the most serious consideration of the Government would be given to it. It had been suggested that che mists Flops where poisons were sob] shorld be licce»efi, and thus to a certain extent the evil might be met, but be thought it was impossible to meet by legislative enactment cases of carelessness The Marquis of CLANRICAR,DE said poison 3 in chemists' shops ought to be kept in certain shaped bot tles,. or coloured papers. The subject then dropped. STANDING ORDERS. Lord REDESDALE moved that the proofs already taken before the ex miners for standing orders, and certi fied by them in) respect of any bill which shall be re introduced into Parliament in the ensuing session, shall be received by the standing orders that session in rela tion to al such bills. The motion was agreed to. On the motion of the tame nolde lord, Samuel Smith, Esq , and Charles Frere, E7q., were appointed examiners for the en.miog session. MUTINY AND MARINE MUTINY BILLS. Oa the motion of Lard PANAICItE these bills 3 were severally read a third time and passed. THE SPEAKER'S RETIREMENT BILL, On the motion of E trf GE ANVILLE this bill was read a third time and pawed. EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL. On the motion of Lord STANLEY of AL DERLEY this bill was read a third time and pissed. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the third reading of this bill. The Earl of E LLENBO ROUGH then, rose for the purpose of calling the attention of their lordships to the general state of affairs of the country. LEFT SPEAKING. LONDON GAZETTL--(This Evening). WHITEHALL, MARCEL 18. The has been pleased to present the R. Henry Alford, 8.D., to the place and dignity of Dean of her Ma jesty's metropolitical -church of Ca.nterbury, void by the death of William Rowe Lyall, D.D., late Daan thereof. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 19. The Qneen has ,bsen pleased to appoint Mr. George Kohler as Consul for the Province cf New South Wales, to reside, at Sydney, for - Ys Mt•jesty the King edit" Nether lands. - CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 13. ME3IBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TUE PRESENT PARLIA ',TENT. County of Tipperary—Danicl O'Donoghoe, Elq., com monly sailed "The O'Douoghoe of the Glens," in the county of limy, in the room of James Sadleir, Esq., who has been expelled the Lower louse of Parliament. HOME-OFFICE, MARC IP. The Dorset Reformatory Sefiool at Milborne St. An drew, neat' Blenilford, in the county of Dorßot, has been certified by the Secretary of State as fit to be a Reform atory School, under the provisions of the Statute 17 and 18 Vict., c. 8;3. WHITEHALL, MARcEr 16. The Lord Chancellor has apimint,ed. Thomas Rirretl , , o No. 10, Whitehall-place, Westminster, Gentlo:n - in,. to 1)1 a London, Commii3ioner to alminiiter oaths in the High Court of Chancery. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MILL, MARCH 20. 4th Regiment of D , agoon Guar , ls—Lieutenant Charles Fleetwood Share to b 3 UJptaill, by purchase, vice Henry, who rctirei • Cornit and A. , ijutant Edward H 1.) rAn to have the rank oiLieutenant ; Ct rnab William Clef.len Goldie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kama; Cornet Hairy Easkett Chilton , from the 7th Dragoon Gnarls, to be Cornet, - vice Go • Ist Drigoons--John Woolmore Simmons Smith, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Grabu rn , p romo t e d. 3d Light Dragoons—Samuel Barrett, Gent., to be Cor rat, by purchase, rice Dell, promoted. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain William Earle, from the Oth Foot, to be Lieuten tut and Captain, vice Brevet-Major W. G. Cameron, who ex -6/i nges. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieuten - mt the Iron. Edward Brownlo , .v to bo Lieutenant and Captrdn, by par dins?, vice Brevet-Major Shticichnrgh, who ;etir.3s ; Robert Augustus Da'zell, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. E. Brownlow; Battalion-Surgeon John Aston Bostock, M.D., to be Surgeon-Maj,r, vice Thomas Richardson, who rctires upon half-pay ;Assistant Surgeon Frederick Robinson, 21. D., to 'be aittalion Sur geon, vice Bostock. Ist ReginFnt cf Foot—Cre3swell 'Keane Charles Reoke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kershaw, who re- Cres. 2.1 Foot—The exchango between Captaics Willan and Griwston, as stated in the Gazette of 30th Sept. last, has bleu antedated to Sept. 29. 7th Foot—Major Richard William Aldworth to be Lien tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel W. H. C. Wellesley, who retires; Brevet-Major Thomas Tryon to be Major by purchase, vice Aldwerth ; Lientes.ut GePrge Henry Wailer to be Captain, by purchase, vice Tryon. 13th Foot--The exchange between Captairs Crinaston Willan-, as stated in the Gazette of 30th Sept. last, has been antedated to 29th Sept, 1806. IGth Foot—DeutenAnt George Barchard to be Adjutant, vice Douglas, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 17th Foot—Lieutenant William Frederick Augustus Edward Presgrave to be Instructor of Musketry. I.Bth.Foot Ensign George Spicer I:latching's has been permitted to resign his commission. -23 d Foot--Assistant-Surgeon John Noble Shipton, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 28th Foot.—Brevet-Major Thomas Haunsell to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lient.-Col. Lindsell, who retires ; Lieut. E. Garmonaway Waldy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Maunsell; Capt. Jns. Grahara Turner, from half-pay 28th Foet, to be Captain, vice Waldy, placed upon half pay. llF;th Foot--Major Patrick Wm. Sydenbam Ross, from the 53d Fool,to be Major, vice English, who exchanges. 43d Foot—Brevet-Colonel Thos. Gore Browne, C B • • 11 from half-pay 14th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Bre vet-Colonel Skipwith, who exchanges; Major James M. to be Lieut -r•olonel, by purchase, vice Brevet- Colonel Brow n.,e - sthFoo v t , -_- N y i ) who retires. o isna Kershaw, Gent., to be Ensign, by p urchase, oth , oo l 6 _l 3 l- r J ev b e z : who retires. Foot—Brevet-Major William Gordon Cameron, .from the Ist or G ron Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Captain, vice Earle, wfi or Fred: 3d Foot , —Maj 'from the 35th Feet, to be Major, vice Ross, 66th Foot—Lieut. Sir Charles FirTet. to be Captain, Lele':hha English, Gg e Bart., "Ypurchas e , ,_ vice Hawkes, who re tires; Ensign Charles Augustus Shnrtt to be ' vice Sir C. F. W. c a - Lieutenant, by purchase,, 76th Foot—Lieut. John William Prestoa to b - 3 Instruc tor of Musketry. . 82d Foot -Lieut. P. T. Dickson has baen ,-,, r, • to retire from the Service by th 9 sale of his -r -c 0 lo roi titt u d C. Neville, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, v i ce -.9' 1 ; Jaen derson, promoted. 93d Foot—Lieut. E. Welch to be Instructor of M. ketry, vice Captain Dawson, who resigns that appoint ment; Assistant-Surgeon Jas. N. Bell, M.D., from th e 79th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon. .94th Foot—Lieut. S. Malthus to be Instructor of Mus ketry, vice Captain St. John, who resigns that appoint went. 96th Foot—C a pt a i n J. Meade, from half-pay of the 30th Foot, to be C ap t a i n, v i ce Di l l on, w h ose appo i n Ement •to the Regiment, , from half-pay of the Rifle Brigade, has been , cancelled. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Charles Townshend -Murdoch bus been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. G o ld Coast Corps—Ensign William Cumming to bo Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Clarke, who resigns. LAND TRANSPORT cORPS. To be Quartermasters—Acting Quartermaster Eigrard Pierson, late Commissary Storekeepe r ; Acting Quarter master Duncan Mclntyre, from Quartermaster-Seljeant 79th Foot. DEPOT BATTALION. Captain Richard D. Astloy, 43th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry. HOSPITAL STAFF. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class R. Templeton, N, LON !lON, PRj DA_ AT IVENI N G, MARCH no 1857, PITA. I 3.KETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. ,It'aidi RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this da. B4siness done this day. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June Belfast & Ballymena Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsb. & Cheshire Junct Blackburn BlYth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter.-- Caledonian.. ..... Chester 4 Holyhead Cork and Bandon__ Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Ds. A Do. B ...... Dublin&Belfast June Dun. P. &Aber. June East Anglian Eastern Counties...: Ea sternUnion,A. stk Do., do. B. Do. New A ... East Kent East Lancashire ...... East Suffolk 41 - 4B 8i - 9 65 - 67 8f - 9 9) - 92 CBi 68t 37 ,- 38 ••• .-p 9 -- 10 191 --201 10i -- 11 43 -- 51 33A -34 i 100 all 100 100 8 - 7 9$ - 99 Do. Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.&Dundee Forth and Clyde June. Furness Glasgow & S.Western Great N. of Scotland Groat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., 13. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Groat Western. Do. Str.V.R. gua. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds _ [Awash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F. .£l6 Do., Wst. Riding Un. Do. Soutbport. London & Blackwell Lond.Bright&S.Cst. London &N. Western Do. Fift hs 'Do. ,16/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London 4 S.Western Lndndrry. &Cdleraine tandndrzy. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.&Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland Do. Birming. dz Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares Newcastle & Nowpt.Aberg.dzlrrfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor _ Norfolk Northn.Couuties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock •• Do., A Stock Do., B Stock ..... .... N. Eastern - Berwick 3 Do. do. Extension it Do do. G. N.E. Parch.' I Do. Leeds 0 Do. York North London .1 N. Sz S. Wstn., Hemp . stead, and City Jn 17:1 North Staffordshire all North. Western all N. &S. Westrn. June 00 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 16 Portsmouth 10 Rhymnoy 100 iScottish Centml ••• -- ••• 56i ••••• 571 E6l : Uf 7i - 81 91 - 96 86 - 88 120 - 123 105 - 107 - 68/ 64 - 66 70 - 75 7 - 8p 7 - 8 p 99 - 100 id-iPI all I all 100 100 6 -- 6f 103 -- 109 1104 f -104 i 100 all all 100 id -- par' dO4 -101 i! • - .•• 47i - 38 31 - 82 63 - $5 15 - 15; St. 50 St. St. 100 3 ' lOO 1100 54 - rg 34 - 3} 44 - 451 84i 4 Sid 3 2i 39 40 611 —62 i 96 93 5 4jd 7 -- 74 10i -- 11 -29 i 301 7 - 5 100 Scot. N.E.Abrd.n. St 100 Shropshire Union 4 Sitingbourne &Sheer all South DOYOII.. ..... 100 South Eastern all Do. 41 per e. Shares 100 South Ha 105.... 17 8. Yorksh. River Dun 7 .D 0............... ...... 110 - 112 26; - 27 48 - $0 2i - 171 - 181 74 - 75 85 - 86 4i— 4d 4 3 d 12 14 41 43 Staixes,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Dar lin De. do 1854 3 16i 100 Do. do.; is Stockton 41 Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D. &R. Vale of Neath... Waterfd. di Kilkenny' Waterford&Limmick West Cornwall 'West End of London and Crystal Palace., Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class I Wmbledon ItCroydol, 201 -20 i 4 - 4i 7 - 5 = I • .'"'. • • • BRITISH .1)1 Atlan. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lud,guar. 5 p.c. Do. 20ii 100 100 Buffalo dr Lak o Buff., Brnt. dti Godcb. 6 p. e.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 Juno, '74 'Calcutta and S. East. Central Owls (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. all I Demerara . all 104 100 ' too Eastern Beugal East Indian Do. C Shares.. Do.4i p c.Bnds. '57 Do. do. do., 's9:dir. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent.... Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p c. Debon Gt. In. Pon. g 5 pore Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wcatn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable's7 Do. (10., 76, p.'60.,. Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option liadras,gupr. 4 p.c. Do, do., 5 per c. Do. 4/ P. c. Exten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. e. Do. 4th Ex., do. Onde (Limited) Sciudo, guar. 5 per C Do.. ISSESSIONS. 681 i 37 191 20 10i 4 i 37} 6 7 951 16 121 105 ,671 99 i i 1014 i 101 i I 21 104 H 371 i i • 814 4 53 18 74i 864 6 201 i 97 6i 50 25 12 20 50 50 50 25 12A St. 6 61 10 St. 20 12} 25 20 St. Lac' 20 25 25 12i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Leasing •.;ompanles Closing Prices this day. Buckghamsh Clydesdale Je. Col.Stour Vy. g. 6 p.e E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils.Direet. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do.. Shares Do. Shares Lon. & Greenw Do.Preferenee Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spe. N.dr Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et Do. Fixed sp. e Prest. & Wyre Do. A Shrs. A Roystn. & Hit. Shrews. & Her S. Stafford sh WearVaLg6pe Do Wilts &S.-uurst Ln. &N. W. Caledon... 90 - 95 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 - 136 3 - 41 E.U.dgE.O Gt.Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Do ;t. Westn Y. & N.M Do tOi - 16 all all all all S.Eastorn Do I - 13 23 -24 102 - 105 - P 2i - 2i 89 - 91 - P 55 - 57 100 51 all Poto &Co Do Ln. &N. W di Midld. 100 54 E. Count Do Do ... Do L. &N. W ! Do Gt.Northn l T. Brasmer MClean Stk. &Dar. Do. Gt. N. 1 131 - 134 8 - 9 9 - 9i 31i - 34 88 - 90 restn. % SHARES. = --- ei 93 = 98 • i -= ci 108 - 112 108 - 112 - iP V - 12 - 1211, 75 - 77 - liG 105 - 110 101 - 103 63 -- 62 10k -- 10? - ... - 95 9; 1.00 100 'OO 100 all 84 -- 86 100 -- 102 10 -- 101 16b -- 17 10 -- 10 72 -- 7i 19. j -19 i 14 -- 14 135 -- 137 13T - 140 11.5 - 118 1155 - 157 100 all 100 100 all all 66 - 134 - 136 93 - 1 4 9 88 - 89 ••• --lip Business this day. x d Pin 561 101 2 ,102 - 104 90 - 92 - 14 91 11 d. 1 - 211 - 221 110 - 111 n.of I 114, - 118 10 - 110 65 - 70 17i -18 i 23 = 234 100 - 101 9f - 10, 27 - 28 2 -- 3p .ii = 3k MINES. 22 - 6} - 7i 155 - 145 150 - 470 14 15 9i - 10 - €i - 1 14 - 20 29 - 31 6 - 7 22i - 8.- 9 140 - 350 6 - 7 325 - 335 21615gi 17525;435 1 - - 35 2130 - 280 11 50 - 370 4i - 5 20 --214 43 - 45 22 - 24 ASSIZE INTEI LIGENCE. SOUTH WALES CIEtCUIT. -CARMARTHEN, MARCH 18. The trial -of prisoners commenced in the county town on Tuesdly, the 17th inst., before Baron Watson. The learned Judge saldrJssed the grand jury, congratulating them most sincerely upon the ab sence of ell crime of a serious character in the calendar. Such a paucity of crime aPer six or seven months had elapsed was most gratifying, es pecially as those mouths included the winter por- - tion of the year, which wasusually the mast produc tive of crimp. There were only six cases in which offences - against the law had been committed, or, at least - ) in which the supposed criminals had been detected, and those were, in every instance but one, cases of petty theft, where the property was of no great value. He attributed this wholesome state of afftirs to the presence of the gentry of the county amongst the people, who, by residing in the midst of them, and setting a good example to those around them or dependent upon them, contributed materially and es sentially to the state of the calendar with which they had then to deal, and showed the inha bitants of the county to be a moral, religious, and industrious people. His lordship the❑ addressed similar observations to the borough grand jury,and dismissed both juries to their duties. The cases tried were of no general interest, and the only nisi prius case occupied but a very short time. The assize terminated about half-past 11 o'clock on 'Weduesday morning. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—March 19. MANSION-HOUSE.—Mr. James Hill and Mr. Thomas Brougb, coal factors, carrying on business at 28, bt. Mary-at-Hill, appeared before the Lord Mayor, in, d s3harge of their reizognisances, in answer to a summons which charged them with having unlawfully converted to their own use two bills of exchange, of the respective sums of 1001. 13s. 6d. and 1001., be!onging to Messrs: Harrison and Co., owners of the Watkworth Colliery, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which had been Qntrusted to them for the purpose of enabling them to take up a bill for 3501., which was about to fall due. Mr. Sleigh appeared in support of the prosecu tion ; and Mr. Robinson attended on the part of the defendant. The evidence taken at the last examination hav ing been read over, Mr. John Harrison, one of the prosecutors, was called,, and,[in reply to Mr. Rolinson, said that on the 23d ult. he forwarded a telegraphic message to the defendants t 3 the purport of that now pro duced. (The nature of this document did not transpire.) Mr. Steigh—l now apply that the further hearing of this matter may stand adjourned till this day week. Your lordship will probably not call upon me to state my reasons for making this application: I think it my duty to db so, and I do not think my friend will otijcct to this course. Mr. Robinson—Oh no • we are quite prepared to give the fullest explanation of this matter. In all probability there has been some misunderstand lug, but I quite accede to the suggestion of my fiend. Mr. Sleigh—My friend speaks of sortie misunder standing. I think it right on the part of my clients to say that this prosecution has been instituted without, I am quite satisfied, any misunderstanding on the'r part. I will say no more. My friend thought proper to volunteer au observation, and that is my reply to it. Mr. Robinson—l did volunteer an observation. I am perfectly satisfied tiat there are many facts in this case of which his lordship is not aware. The Lord Mayor—lf there are any difficulties at all, I will ga on with the case. Mr. Robinson—l do not think that there are any. I think it is a very great pity that my friend ehould make an observation of that kind. I believe that the defendants have a complete answer to this charge. Mr. Sleigh—l will not be provoked into any re ply upon that; but I do not think ray friend ought to make that oluervation. The further hearing of the summons was then aljourned till Wednesday n..lxt, t , .) which dly their recognisancas were enlarged. The defendants in this case are not in any way connected with the highly rospectable firm of Hill, Wood, and Hughes, coal factors, Coil Exch ange . Henry William onsor, who bad been remanded upon the charge of embezzling the moneys of his employers, Messrs. Ashurst and Co., solicitors, of Old Jewry, to whom for evervl years he had been managing clerk, was brought before the Lord Mayor for final examination. Mr. Humphreys atended on the pa=t of the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Robinson. At the last examination, Mr. Morris, one of the prosenitorg, produced a receipt fur 301., which had been given . by the prisoner to Ole managing clerk of Mews. Wilde and Co., solicitors, of Culiege hill, in settlement of a claim in conncctien with St, Bartholomew's Hospital. Mr. Morris stated that the prisoner had not 'accounted to the film for the 30/. Mr. Humphreys said he should proceed with two other out of a great many charges against the pri soner, and then ask for a committal. Mr. John Morris was sworn, and, in continuation of the first charge against the prisoner, said—The money, according to the receipt, appears to Irtve been paid on the 11th of August last. Since that time I have repeatedly spoken to the prisoner upon the subject. I inquired of him the state of the n-gotiation respecting the matter pending between our house and the solicitors of St. Bartholomew's Htspital. His answers generally were that he had not been able to settle the matters with them. I therefore lx-lieved that no money had bon paid, The prisoner was taken into custody at my office. My partner charged him in my presence with hav ing robbed us, and he replied, ",Yes, sir, it is true." I asked him to what extent, when he replied, "Abut 2001. or 3001." After he was in custody I found iu his drawer two blank forms of receipt, which I produce. Mr. J. M'Evily, a saddler, carrying on business. at 26, Great Portland-street, said—On the 16th, of Janu sry last I paid the prisoner on account of his employers 171. Oa the 29th of the same month I paid him 51., and on the sth of February 81. I produce the receipts for these several sums. Mr. T. Down—l am managing clerk to Messrs. Wilde and Co., of lege-hill, who arc solicitors to Bartholomew's Hospital. On the 7'h August last I received a cheque for 301. from the clerk of.the. hospital, and on the 11th of the same month I paid it to the prisoner on account of his employers, and he wrote me the receipt now produced. M. W. Mayor, cashier to the prosecutors, proved that the prisoner had not accounted to the Larm for several sums alluded t) by the prc ceding witnessed. Mr. Robinson declined putting any questions to the witnesses. Mr. Humphreys asked for a committal:upon the three charge& above deposed to. The prisoner, who, after the usual caution, de clined making any defence, and said he would 'caw his case in the hands of his counsel, was' fully com mitted for trial to the Central Criminal Court, the Lord Mayor refusing to take bail for his appearance there. BOW-STREET.--Joseph Thomas, one of the fellows known as "Duffers„" who infest the Strand and live by entrapping foolish people into the pur chase of pretended bargains, which invariably turn out utterly worthless, was brought up on remand on a charge of this nature. Sergeant Allen, of the Scotch Fusilier Guards, was stopped in the Strand, on Tuesday' evening of last week, by. a man who invited him to purchase some cigars which ho had to sell at very low prices. The proposition was accompanied with a hint about a ship's steward. Allen went with the stranger to a public-hotise—the Goldsmith's Arms in Bedford bury—where he was introduced to the prisoner, who was dresscd in the style of a seafaring man, and who enacted the part of the ship's steward. Allen was kept in conversation, the matter of the cigars being postponed, on the ground that a third party, who was absent, had the key of the chest. Meanwhile Allen was induced to purchase a ring and chain ieprezented as gold—the former for 63., the latter for 10s. and his own watch-chain, which was of silver. The same night he found out that the ring and chain were male of brass, and com municated with the police, who apprehended: the prisoner, though his accompli ce got off. Mr. Henry sentenced the prisoner, who pleaded guilty, to four months' imprisonment, remarking that Allen was not altogether free from blame, as, if he believed this to be real gold, he must have supposed it to have been in some way dishonestly obtained, to be sold at such a price. MARYLEBONE.—W. Webb, alias P. Levy, the niqn who had undergone two previous examina tions on the charge of having attempted to murder Mr. Alfred Buckler in a carriage on the North London Railway, was again placed at the bar. The court was much crowded. Mr. Superintendent Lorton, of the S division, in whose district the murderous attempt was made, was present throughout the proceedings to watch the (Ilse. Mr. Phillips, the chief clerk, read over the evi dence of Mr. Buckler as given by him on the 11th instal t. Sergeant Webb, 16 S, now brought forward gozne articles belonging to the prosecutor, ana which he had on when stabbed. Mr. Long (to Prosecutor)—You have something tl add to the evidence which you have already given, I believe. Pr secutor (after examining the things produced by the serjeant)—This scarf, which went four times round my neck, was cut through, and there are three cuts through my coat co'lar. There is another cut under the left arm, and also one through the sleeve, which caused a deep wound. The coat and scarf were completely covered with blood, and the folds of the scarf had been so satu rated as to ba quite matted together. They were shown to the magistrate. Mr. Long (to Serjeant Wehb)—You have afresh witness, have you not ? Webb—Yes, sir.: • Mr. Long—Let him atm./ up. Mr. David Myeri was then sworn. Mr. Long—What are you ? WitneFs—A butcher. , Mr. Long—Where do you reside ? Witness—ln Middlesex-street, Whitechapel. Mr. Long—Do you know anything of the pri soner ? Witness—Yes sir; he has been in my service. He was with me twelve or fifteen mouths, and left pie on the 27th of August last. I thought he hacl gone to Australia. _ _ _ Mr. Long—What name did be go by while with you? _ Witness—Philip Levy—l never knew him by any other name. Mr. Long—While in your employ what was his conduct ? Witness—Very gtiod. lam sorry, and very much surprised also, at seeing him in the situation in which he now is. Mr. Long—Does any one here know what be has been doing since he left his situation at Mr. Myers's ? Sergeant Webb—From inquiries which I have made, your worship, I believe he has been occa silnally working as a labourer at the docks. Mr. Long—Have you any more evidence to ad dnce in the case ? Witness—No sir. I thought I should hive bun able to produce the party from whom the knife was bought, and to have had the prisoner identified as being the purchaser. Long—lf you can get np such evidence you can bring it forward at the trial. The chief clerk having read over the whole of the depositions, the prisoner, after being cautioned in the usual manner, replied that he had nothing to say, Mr. Long told him that it was his duty to smd him for trial upon the charge of stabbing with in tent to murder. It was not for him to express an opinion as to his guilt or innocence ; the verdict in respect thereto must be pronounced elscwheie. The prisoner was then locked up. THAMES.—Patrick Bennett, a i notcrious thief, aged 23, described as a stoker, was charged with stealing a watch valued 81. from the person of Mr. J. Cowan, chief mate of a ship, residing at 78, St. George's-street, alias Ratcliff-highway. Mr. Cowlin said he was passing along Dock-street on his way to the Blue Anchor public-house, to ob tain a pint of beer, soon after 12 the previous night, when the prisoner and two others pushed against him. He felt his watch leaVing his waistcrat pocket and seized the prisoner's hand as ho was iu the act of twisting the chain and severing it from the watch. He pursued the prisoner, who mixed with a crowd of disorderly persons. He continued the pursuit, and the prisoner was at last stopped by a labouring man; the watch was not recovered. Timothy Coglan, an Iri3hmln, said the prisoner got away froth the gentleman he robbe 1, and wit ness laid hold of him and held him until a police man arrived. Abraham Cooper, 27 H, stated p# when he took the prisoner into custody he nr,Ze a most de term ned resistance, and kicked at him. He knew the prisoner well, and ho was one of the worst thieves in the district. The prisoner was convicted at the Clerkenwell seslions in 1855 for stealing a watch from a sailor, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour by a magistrate of the Thames Police-court, tinder the provisions of the new Criminal Justice Act. The prisoner had been in custody on other occasions. The prisoner, in defence, said he did not take the watch. If he had done so it would have been found upon him. Mr. Selfe saidtheprimer had ample opportmay to get rrd of the watch, and had no doubt passed it to one of h's companions. He sentenced the pri soner t, three months' imprisonment and bard labour for frequen ing a public highway with intent to commit felony. THE ISM Mt 7 , 43 OF SUEZ CAN,;L. The committ-e appointed by the Academy of Sciences of Paris to examine the documents pre sented to that body by M. Ferdinand de Leseps on the subject of the projec'ed canal through the "isthmus of Suez has just published its report. After a rapid survey of the various plans either attempted or executed by the ancients in order to establish a communication bAween the Mediterranean, or rather the Nile, and the Red Sea, the report pro ceeds to consider the relative advantages of the railway now in conteruplafon betwt.en Cairo and the Re I Sea and a canal through, the isthmus, as compared with the usual route to India, by the Cape, and shows that the latter will maintain its superiority over the railway on account of i's cheap ness, which, in the eyes of the commercial men, is a eircunastance of paramount importance, although not altogether considered in that light by govern ments. From the late surveys it appears that the mean altitude of the waters of- the Red Sea does not exceed that of the Mediterraaeaa by more than 68 centimetres (21 inches), so that a canal without locks, such as the nature of the ground permits, will not present the, inconvenience of a current constantly flowing in the same direc tion, but will have currents" alternately flowing either way, according as the winds and tides may influence the relative altitudes of the two seat. These facts being established, the report proceeds to detail the efforts made since 1854 by M. Ferdinand de Lesseps to promote the formation of a company, under the title of " Co - tripagnie Unive'sette du Canal maritime du Suez," and the subsequent' appointment of an interna'ional committee to investigate the rela tive advantages of the various plans respectively proposed by MM. Talabot, Barrant, and Linant Bey, that of the latter obtaining a decided prefer ence as the shortest and least expensive. Accord ing to this pl an , S uez an d Ti nc h ( t h e anc i ent Pe t insigne), duff ring only by 1 deg. 5 min. i, latitude, are the extreme points of the canal, the length of which, therefore, does not exceed 117 kilometres (73 miles.) The line, commencing from Suez, will wind through a valley for the space of 28 kilo metres, then describe a circular arc of a large radius, in order to'penetrate into a basin formerly filled with the waters of the Red Sea. In this basin are situated the Bitter Lakes, which the line will tra verse lengthwise, and then proceed straight on in a northward direction, slightly inclining towards the west, until it reaches an eminence ale rut 50ft. high, which must be cut through ; thence it reaches Lake Menzaleh without any further obstacle. In order to ascertain the nature of the soil, 19 shafts have been sunk along the line to the depth of 9 metres (291 ft.), and it has been foundanostly composed of sand mixed with clay, a small portion only con.ist. ing of a kind of sandstone ; so that the excavations will meet with little or no diticulty. It having been objected that the moveable sands of the de sert might obstruct the canal in a short space of time, the report observes that, during the lapse of 19 centuries, the effect of the sands has been so slight as not even to obliterate the vest:gee of the old canal of the Pharaohs. Two parallel jetties, one 2,000, the other 1,800 metres in -length, and 400 metres asunder, are to project into the Red Sea from the port of Suez, leaving a roadstead spacious enough to harbour 500 vessels. To the north of this basin the canal is to com mence, continuing, without any locks or intertuF tien whatever, to the Mediterranean, and forming a kind of Bosph orus . It s other extremity is to open into the Mediterranean, at a distance of 16 miles west of •Pelusium, where a port is to be constructed named Said, after the present viceroy, under whose auspices this great enterprise is to be accomplished. The ccast on this aide has under gone no change during the lapse of nineteen cen turies; the distance between the ruins of Pelu slim, and the sea being exactly the same as it was in the time of Strati°. The winds most to be guarded against on this coast being the westerly and north-westt rly, one of the two jetties to be constructed here will advance 1,000 metres fufi ther into the sea than the other (2,500 metres in length), so as to p ro t ec t th e en t ran ce. The maxi mum difference between high and low water here do:s not exceed 22 c entimes (81- inches) ; and at a distance of 2,300 metres from the spot fixed upon for the port of Said, the depth of water is 8 metres (26 feet), a depth which is more likely t o increase than to diminish, the sea on this side presumedt ding m oerxep expanse e sfionth undertaking i s l a i d at than to deposition. The 163 millions of francs. The report now examin es the y degree may b e e xposed to. As regards the railway, the distance between Alexandria and Suez may b e hours, while it will t a k e twenty or p an o f c ompetition which the canal com pany canal • , a differeece , however, whi c h is more than counterba'anced by th e l oss of time thirtypero performed d tihne nix occasioned by the operation of transhipment. Moreover, the canal offers the advaqtage of the un- interrupted responsihilily of the captain for the merchandise he convels from the point of ship ment to that of destination, what., by the rally* the responsibility is divided - among tires persons, and consequently no one cin L e ma d e answerable on delivery for the bAd - condition of the goods. The Syrian railway now in contemplation, which is to pass between the valleys of the Lebanon, and ter minate at Byr on the - Euphrates, would for the ame reasons, ba more expensive than eves the Care routs. The latt r, therefore, is the only, one offering a chance of successful competition. Here the report enters into various deta 4 ls touching the price of coal, the tonnage of British vessels annll 3ll Y sent to India, &c., and arr i ves a t th e c onolo ions that, from whatever port of Europe a vessel in 3 Y start, there is between 45 and 68 per cent. in fa vour of Suez as regards the length of the voyag e .' and that, as to tonnage, the S uez cana l w ill ad„w l of the passage of merchant ship s o f b e t w een 3 ) 7 and 4,000 tons burden, whil e th e l arges t now ' ll use for the voyage to India do not exceed 2, 040 tons. Moreover, mixed vessels, propelled both bT sail and steam, will offer a decided advantage : '. " O favour of the canal. M ar i'i me i nsurance s will a reduced to one-third of their present amount ; . circumstance of no small impo r tan ce when It s considered that the trade between England a e l India is now upwards of five, times larger tha ll3 was in 18C0. If !he woks of t'.e canal were menced in 1858, it might be opened to the CO ril i merce of the world in 1864 ; th e l owes t es timate e ,„ its annual profits is 26 millions of f rancs . The re ' - 5 port concludes with a g enera l v i ew o f th e niinl ero- 1 social advantages which wo u ld accrue t o the Ic (3r " by the accomplishment of this gigantic enterer. e ' The Academy has approved of the rePcr t * Galignani. 11. , n1 half-pay, to b 3 Staff-Surgeon of the First Claa, vice R. D.tne, M.D., placed upon half-pity. Purveyoi's. Clerk C. B. Knapp, to be Purveyor to the Fumes. Acting Assistnnt-Sorgeon T. A. Finnimore has been permitted to rein his Commission. BREVET. Brevet-LientenAnt-Colonel J. Jacob, C. 8., of the Born. b:ly Artillery, to be Aide•de-camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the Army. The following promotion; to take place in consequence of cliff appointment of Colonel Thornai Gordon Higgins, of the Royal Artillery, to be Major General, on the retire ment to full pay of Major-General Bastard, of that corps :-- Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Macphail, half-pay of 7th Light Dragoons, to be Colonel. Maj<Tr Frederick Douglas Lumley, half-pay Unattached, to b 3 Lieutenant•Colonnel. Captain Francis Lucas, of the 16th Foot, to be Major. The un lermentioned officer having completed three years' actual service on the 3d February, 1857, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th of Obtober, 1851 : Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Wase Whitfeild, of 2d West India Regiment. The undermentioned Quartermaster, retired on half-pay, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of the 17th December, 1835 : Quartermaster William Betson, half-pay, 15th Light Dragoons. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 13. Corps of Royal Marines.—Captain Walter Cossar to be Paymaster, vice Lawrence, deceased. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 16. Corps of Royal 4arines.—First Lieutenant Frederick Llewellya Alexander to bo Captain, vice Cossar. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANr. County of Cambridge—Henry John Adeane, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. County of Salop—The Honourable Rowland Clegg Hill to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Sir Charles Frederick Smythe, Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. ith:or Rnyat South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— William Philip d'Allington Jones, Gant., late of the bit Lancashire, to be Ensign. Ist Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Charles Rodney Huxley to be Lieutenant. vice Jessop, resigned. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Alexander Syme, stationer. Tonbridge Wells, Kent. Henry Denison, money scrivener, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. John Hunter, draper, Nottingham-place, Stepney, to surrender, April 2, and May 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build ings; Benaett and Paul, Sise-lane, City. George Goodwin, woollen merchant, Manchester, April, 9, and 30, at ens, at the Manchester District Court. Her narnan, official assignee, Manchester; Stead, Manchester. John Wrigglesworth, linendraper, Halifax, Yorkshire, March 30, at half-past eleven, and April 27, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Edwards, Halifax ; Bond and Barwick, Lead,. John Samuel Grieves, printer and publisher, Graystoke place, Fetter-lane, April 1, at twelve, and 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Marshall, Sion College Gardens, City. Evan Lewis, victualler, Llantrissant, Glamoronshire, March 31 and April 28, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Cartwright, Bristol. Henry Marlow, iron -founder, Walsall, Staffo-dshire, April 1 and 23, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Daignan and Hemmant, Wals,ll. _ - John Willing Clarke, seed merchant, Whittle/RA, Cam bridge, April 2, at one, and May 1, at two, at the Court oi Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Carr, St. Mary-at-Hill. Samuel Cauldrey, lime merchant, Flower's-wharf, Lime House, Middlesex, April 2, at half-past one, and May 1, al half-past eleven, at the !Jona of Bankruptcy. Canna') official assignee, Aldermanbary ; Chidley, Basinghall street. William Howard, timb-r merchant, Church-steed, Ber mondsey, April 3, at eleven, and May 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Niclr.dson, official assignee, Ba sighall-streeet ; Keighley, Basiugh ail-street. George Constantin Franghiacli, merchant, Gresham house, Old Broad-street, April 1, at one, and May 0, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as signee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Abrahams, Southampton-buildings. Charles - Higgins, brewer, Salisbury, 11It , rch 31, at eleven, and April 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John sos, official aisigaee, Basinghall-street ; Clarke and Mor rice, Coleman-street; Hoddings and Co., Salisbury. Tilden Cbrismae, coal merchant, Chatham, March 30, at half-past eleven, an i April 30, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnsen, otlicial assignee, Basiughall-street; Selby, Coleman-street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Peter Gallacher, grocer, - Glasgow. Alexander Macdonald, merchant, Portree. BANK OF ENGLAND. Ai Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. :12, fcr the Week eliding on Saturday the lath day of March, 1657. ISSUE DEPLIITNENT. • N - OtOS issued .. 24,049,625 Government debt.... 11,015,109 Other securities.. :... 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 9,574,526 Silver bu11i0n........ 224,00,625 £24,049,625 51 ; MARSIIA.LL, Chief Cashier. 187. Dated the 19th day of March, i BANKING DE .f, itoprietore capital. .. 14,5 sa,ono I Best .... 3,800,464 deposit F On eluding Machequer, Governmentsecuritles (includg.DeadWeight 11,G96.733 Other securities ...... 19 f,75,143 Notes 5,632.2 G Gold and savor coin .. 723,010 Commissioners' of Nat!onal Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 8,674,433 ;ther deposits ...... 9,793,857 Jcven Day and other Bills.. , 703,367 437,%7,176 £37,527,17i MARSHALL, Chief Ozt3Wer. Dated the 19th day of March, 1 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. the Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns m a d e i n th e wee k en d ing March 'l7, 1837, exclusive.of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain • s. d. From the ' British Possessions in America 37 10/ Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius • 36 5i Average of the two above descriptions . . 37 81 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tans DAY. tmstenlarn 11 6 Gibraltar . .." ..•• •• •• •• ,Ditto, three months ll 18% Leghorn .. •••• •• 29 4214 Rotterdam ....... . Antwerp Broisels ....•• 25 47% Venice......•••• - 11ambargh Altona .. • • Palermo •• .. 130 Pari5........ • • Ditto, three months Marseilles ............. 25 70 Oporto • • 52 1 ,6 BourrleAux • • 1110 Jitnelro ..... ....., Ft ankfor t-on- sine • . 119% itnenos Ayros .... •• . . Berlin •• •.•••••••• •• •• New York,6o days' sight —• .... 10 27 Philadelphia •... Tri05te........•• •• 10 59 raters Or BIILLIOA, PZA oz. Petersburg 374 Forelgn Gold in Bars £3 17 9 fdadrid. ......... .... 49% Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 cadiz .......... „„. 50 `lexicon Dollars .... 0 5 C % treelona .......... Now Dollars 0 0 _ Inver :n bare -• (1 5 1,4 Country Markets. DERBY SMITHFIELD.-31Ancif 17. There was a good supply of fat beasts to-day, which were in good request, and mostly disposed of. Tho enpply of sheep, which were also in good request; prices as before. The number of fat pigs was not large, but %vole readily disposed of. Fat and store calves a good supply, and sales ready. The following were the quotations :—Beef, Cid to 7i+l; rnuttoa, Bad to 101 ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 7d tc 1 poi lb. ; pigs, 103 6d to lls Od per score; rough fat, 5s 3,i to OF per 141 b. ; hides, 4.1 d to 6,c1 per lb ; calf-skins, 4id 6/d er lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-3IARca 18. Fair supplies of grain of all kinds to-day. Sales were heavy. Prices much better. _Tares from 72s to 87s 6tl per quarter. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, on the top, is down, and on the average is 8d np. Barley, 3s up on the top, and 3s Od up on the average. Oats on the top is Gil up—on the average Os Gl up. Beans on the top 3s down, and on the average Os lid down. Wheat £2 3 5 11-12ths. Do. new -12th. Barley -12ths. Oats 1 8 5 4-12ths. Bean 3 BOSTON—MAnou 13. We had a liberal supply of all kinds of grain. The wheat trade was in a very siuggish state, and best selected samples barely supported last week's currency, whilst the ordinary runs were greatly neglected, and ls per qr. cheaper. Spring corn a slow sale. Prices :—Wheat, red, 44s Od to 56s Od; new, —s to —s white, 51s al to 58s Od; extra, 60s. Barley, 36s Od to 468 Od. Oats . 18i to 275. Peas, 36s to 42s Oct. Beans, 378 Od to 41s Od per gr. NEWARK—AfARaiI 18. We bad a good attendance of farmers to-day at market, and a Isrge supply of grain. Trale was rather heavy, a t late prices. Wheat, white 62s to 645, red 56s to 58s; barley, malting 483 to 523, grinding 36s to 388; oats, 24st. 56s to 38s, 225. 3IJ to 375; beans, 523 to 513 ;* malt, 163 to 803; peas, 33 to 403; tares, 508 to 54s per qr. LOUTH-MARCH 18. The corn market was dull to-day, and only the best dry samples supported last week's prices. Wheat is cheaper for best, and inferior unsaleable. Wheat, 48s to 52s ; extra, 553 ; barley 148 to 475; oats, 24s to 27 s ; b eans, 40 s to 448. _ The pension s accor d e d to the w i dows of off i cers in the French ar myar t e he rearkable for the smallness of their runt, being following :—Widow of a general of c u o v l o i' z i l ° ,, n , , ,L s .7_•_ e a t year; general of brigade, I,ooof. : suhiieutenant, 250 1: F I am ' 400 f.; (major), 'Au o t i. ;limn lieutenant -colonel, 600 E; chef d'escadror lieutenant, 300 E ; and [ADvEwris3tEwr.]::zttne Hallett, of Whitty Head, sufferedo for many years from a bad leg; From thvegjrll near Netherbury, D to the ancle it had severa unable t to stand or move abou y eur of means and applica twhoeuhnoduss,es.o that s h e she tried a varieg a the blessing of pots taro. By tions, but without obt t a h i r n e in e God and using only pots,ns and and taking three boxes of pillar, she Poor v., Man's Friend, 18. fi) 13d. an, Dr. Roberts's Poor Man's Friend, for a w s o P u er d fe ctly cured. erup tions of every description, is sold in 28. 9d. each. His Pilulte Antiscroph u l purities of the blood, is sold in boxes, i s . 'iw r , 2 al l D i d m 4s. 6d., lls.,•and 225, each, by all medicine. vendor --- throughout the United Kingdom and Colonies. i -.- -1 p 195 'S Se 9$ 06 98 rir P li - li pl 11l - 113 2i -- 2jp 21i - 22 53i - 546, 81 - 33 211 - 21 4 1 - ip 1 -26 3 1 - 3 12 99 - 100 120 - 125 ,L 0 - 125 107 109 19i 20 213 22 pa i r 1 .01 1 11 AP •.• - ... 2 -2,!) PREFERENI Blyth and Tyne 10 p. 9.pref. (issd.at 501.) Bris.kEz.4 p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Calodn. £lO 4p. c. & Ho. 5i P.C. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork kßandons p.c. Dun.Perth.kAber.J. E. Anglian Cl 9. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cis. C 7 P. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 ........... Do. Now 6 pr. c. St. East 17n., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 pencent... East Laneash .6 p.cts. E.&W. York. J. sths Edin. & Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c ... . ... Glas. & p.c. Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.... Do. 4i per cent ..... Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prom. dt.N . of Scot.lst Pre. Gt. S 4W. (Ireland)' Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&ll.Ex.spe Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 percent. Do 5 p. C. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp. c.P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gna. Stk Do. Chesb. Gua. Sh Do. 'do, do. Do. do. de Tem & York. 6 pe. St. Iron. &13. G. 5 pc.No. 1 D0.,P., 5 p.e.St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. C., No. 4 Lon. & N.W.. Cov, Nuneaton 5 p. et... Lon. & S.W. 7 peret. late 3d Shares Lon dy. Color, Sh. Lowly. &Ennis. A Sh, N., S., &L. 8 p. Cent. Do do. do. .26 Do. do. 3i per cent Marypt. k Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4{ per cent Do. do. Aid.Consol.6 p.c. St. Do.Con.Br.Dr,6p.c. Do. 44 p. c; Pref. St. Do. L. &H .Pref. New.,A.ber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Porpet. 6 pr. ct. Nog It. Deb . 4 p.c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. .t 846 Do. 54 p.c. pf., 1847, Do.Wv. V. sp. c. , 1847 North British . ...... Do. 71. Preferenco N. E. Berw. 4 p. c.Prf Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6pa No.l De. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York ti. &S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wei% & Woly. 6 p.c., Ist guar„ Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar Scot. Ceut.New ?ref. Sc.N. E. Aber.g.6p.c. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. do.3i p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. axed 4. pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading, Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d., Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sb S. Wales Gua. 4 p. e Do. do. 4. p. s S. Yorksh.4 p. e. Guar Stock. &Dar., 6 p. e Do. do. do. Stock. & Rartl. C. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 Watcrfd& Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH 2s'xi lOs 20 20 204 100 100 ICO 'CO 1111 12 171/ 54 I 83 26i I I Alfred Cons. (Philk. British Iron ... . Condur3w (Canibrn.) ID ev. Gt. Cusls. (Tay.) !Great South Tolgus 'GI t. W. Al frd. ( ) Grt.W. Vor (kielsta.) Lwly Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.B isset (Illogan) 6/15 North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 9 Porkellis U. (Wend-) 6s. Sort, Cons. Min. Co Caradon (St. Cleer 2 S. Caro Brea (Illogn. 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn, 45 Tarn. S. &L.Afin. Co 9 Tin Croft .10 Un.Mines (Gwennap) 1256,V. of Towoy (Camar.) 1i W. Basset (IllogAn) 20 IW. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Mogan) 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 5i Wh. Edward(Calstck) 7s Wb'. Kitty (U. Llant) S IWh.Aia.Ann (Menht. 4 f Wit, Trelairney (Lis.) 12112 20 1 14s 1013 7 Bs6d, lit by 1 011 I -.ill 1 ... •• • FOREIGN. E (i —s' s l s G ue N cl ra--E81::- FOREIGN MINES. FOREIGN. 20 u str al ian 35 27 B rszilianlmp. 1 . -- 10 all Ait wrp &R o tt er d am 6i 71 7 120 14 Ar3 ennes • • ••• 32, 1 3 2 5 0 7 Bi n .aa s tz t i r l al isa ia npm) 1 5 all Bel g i an E as t. .Tunct. 11 11 30 all Do. COMM do Cniado 3 _ .. 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 20 —221 20 1 20 16 fie z i ers t o G ra i ssessac 31 —41 p • 6 all 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Carrneaux&Toulous• Co. of Jamaica__ i ad Coal Mines and Ity. Si —6/ tl 40 all Cobra Copper 6l 61 20 12 Dutch Rhenish ... 16 Copiapo 20 all Eastern of France _ 34 341 34/ 1 2 all ortuna 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 all General / 20 18 Gt Central of France 241 211 3 all Linares 1. 20 17 Great Luxembourg_ 6/ 61 61 6 1 Lusitanian p 10 4 Italian Juncti o n 1 all Mariquita. --• ••• 1 all New Granada,...,,,,, 4 1 / 20 all Lake C oas t. & Bale .., ... 1 all Noveau Mond. 20 all Lierre and T urn h ou t ... ...d vi 20 all Pont r . Sil lip Ldlf.*Sralt 7—20 6 Lombardo-V ene ti an 5" 6Ap 6 1 Pot Phi 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. • • ••• 30 16, Santiago do Cuba 20 all Lyons and Geneva ... 32 33 { 1 all 4 outh Australian - 1 all Do. Scrip -• . .. ... 331 all Maria Antrala 10 all Do. New ' ••• 28 1 all United Mexican,. ..... .; 3 1 — 4 i 4 20 all Namur k Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. e. Pref 2l —21 i 16 all Northern of F r a nce 391 39 8 391 1 10 all Norwe g ia n T rn k.P re f 81 91 25 19 Australia' Agricult. 231 —l4 l 24 20 all Paris and Lyons 604 61 601 U ' 10 all Australn. Royal Mail ... ... 20 all Paris and Orleans 5B 59 1 all - Bertha Water Works.. 5 St 50 40 Brit. American Land 40 --4 20 7 Recife & San Fran., 100 321 Canad a ' (Pernam.) :. 7P. a. i I P 7 4 i 10 7 Rome and Frascati... St. 100 Do.G o. 6 pc.Jan&Ju l y ... • ••• . ... 20 al l Royal Danish l B.. —2O 181 St. 100 Do. 6p. aseb,&;Attr. ... 5 all Royal Swedish 1 —1/ St. 100 1i10.6 p.c. llar.&Sept Si. all C opper Min. of Eng. 35 40 20 all Sambre and Meuse._ 91 10 25 all Do. Pref. 7§ p. amt. 26 28 10 all )0.51 per cent. pref. 8 1 - 9 6 all Cryst a l Pala ce 2l —2/ 24 20 all Southern of France.. ... put 5 all Do. Pref 3renco 81 all West Flanders 4l 44 4f 4 all Orystal Pal. of France .• . --• • • 10 all Do. 5 a p er c . P re f . 91 10 20 all I W.&N.W. o f F rance 33 31 ' 1 1 Duston Iron Oro— ••• "' • ••• 20 6 ' West. of Swit zer l an d ... ... Western ofAustria. . par 1 p 20 18 Eastern Steam 20 all I st. 100 Elect r i e T elegraph 1 all Electric Tel; of Irel ••• ••• 6 all Wiesbaden 6 all En.drAust.Cop.SnoCo 11 11 11 6 all Do. Bp. cent. prof. ... ... 212 1 505 0 1. 111 08 541 . LGeGEouennlird... o t sart.e l smalti nt sc . e J Noo c ula tn vinai . tga T nt e .t: l ).. . pa r __—_- i ! ., 1 3 i , 4 1 20 all ' Zealand -- -. • . JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 95 97 961 6 4 ' all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 41 41 4 25 181 Bank of Eopt - ••• 100 50 Bank of London 57 —59 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ... ••• 40 all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co ... ... ' 10 all Mexican&S.Americn, 21 31 50 all British N. American .. . • 5 5 Nat. Discount C0....1 1 1 4i 20 8 C.13k.0f Ind.Au.&Ch .11 1(1 5 5 Do. Ne w -- -• . 100 50 City 69 —7l 701 170 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Loud. _ 5 all too.B c.Pf.i ss . a t id, 4 41 20 all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cht. 17 18 5 1 Do. Do. - ... .. . Land 18 par 2 2 N. 10 all Lon. Ch. Bk. o f A us t . 18. 19 181 1 100 80 New B. & 20 all Ditto New• lB 19 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.e.D.l ... L .. 20 20 London and County ~. 1 all N. B. Australasian.. 1 00 53 Lud.&E,Bakng.Corp ... ... 20 , all Nrt h.ofEuropeSteam . l . . ...d 50 10 London Joint Stock ... _ 1 all Oriental Gas ....... .1 . 1h 14 14 00 20 Lond.andWestminst ... ... 471 7 1 ss. Do. New Shares par —eP 00 35 National Pro. of Eng. — 25 all Peelßr. La. & Minr/ 12/—23 24 1 50 2 all R P : Dn y i m on.s n uil f sl : w l lz ro O n riental 2 6 2 7 --- 24 69 20 10 Do. New • ••• 41 PIQ 20 22A National Bank 50 all - New South Wales._ 48 SO 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 39 40 391 15 all Do. New .. .. _ ....... 51 7•66 20 15 Ottoman Bank 1 41 'Scot. Austral. I nvest. 1/ 11 1 00 25 Provincial of Ireland ... -- ... 59i 10 all Do. New — 1 all Do. New ... . ..... .- .. ... ... ... "' . ••• -. St. 100 S•Aus. Gov.6p.c..bds . • ._, • 5 I R. Ans. B. &G. I m . C o . - 25 all South Australia— ... 25 all South Au s t ral. Land 35 3.7 35 25 all Union of Australia 55 57 56 1 5 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip — 1 ... 24 Do. N ew 7 _.B 1 all. Do. Regi s t ered --1 50 10 Union of Lond on [0 50 Unity M u t ual 11 9 a lOO 281 Van Dimon's Land 11 -- 16 (0 50 Westrn Bk.:Loncl lO 7 8 d t 5t04.100 Y.Oo.6P.aanok July .I. "" ••• . too 100 20 20 50 ICO 1(0 • ,11, In • ••• FROM LONDON TO LAHORE. From the deep interest which is felt in this ° lin; try amongst all who are i n t eres t e d i n th e future °, our Eastein empire we off er no apo l ogy f or the 1(4 7 lowing extract, evidently the work of a writer Pe r ; feJtly acquainted w;th th e f u ll bearings of lb question : (From the Sindian, of January 7.) a "The magnificent d es i gn emanat i ng f rom , en matured by, the genius of th e c h a i rman of te e Sind Railway Company, for linking London /vi til Lahore by one continuous and direct chain of e °33l , municatiou, is -no longer looked upon by practie3L men as chimerical cr utopian. Step by step b 9. 50 the gigantic plan been developed, and whether vr contemplate the grandeur of the whole in one ge l3 . e : ' ral view, or descend to inquire into the of each individual section, it must be acknowled," 6 o l that the minutest scrutiny proves that the °Ogle es conception was breed on the surest data. T ll % li f„. 0 by rail and steamer between Great Britain and " Levant has been long an established fact. f i f re Southampon, Marseilles, and Trieste, steamers are epeeialinsis constantly plying to and from the eastern por ls the the Mediterranean. To continue this line by die most direct and economical route to Western le ~a and the Punjaub is the object of Mr. Andrew ' l ' i l his numerous influential supporters. By lalt 3/1.3 e 1 we learned that Sir John MWeill and Gell e , r i„ Chesney had selected a spot in the immediate t ',,a cinity of the old port of Se eucia, which Pr°s en ..b e t every facility for forming a harbour. Frore," ar . point to the head of the Persian Gulf they had it veyed th 3 whole country; and so favourable Wt ir for the construction of a railway, that it was ca b l e , lated the line might be laid down at 90001. pe.,,,r 13/ „ l v e which, if compared with similar works in D i ar ,:te and America, will be admitted to be very Ine ue- 0 , indeed. The local traffic is found to be in T he and the existing rates of carriage very high' g ra difficulties in the navigation of the Euphrat es ` ta , by no means insuperable, and can be overcall() f e l. the application of m o d ern sc i ence to t h e i r rense% a Mr. Laird, of Bi r k en h ea d , h as offered to br o , steamers suitable to th e s h a ll ow stream e river ro ; and it is known to many in this P e a vince that Mr. Frer e ' s ti me h as b een much 01 4 32 "..is whilst in England in the formation of a joint-r, company for running a line of steamers from - 0 - e t racaee to the P er s ian G u lf , an d t h a t h e has in : with unlooked-for support in this undertaking. ii ,: It is on this (the Ind us ) part o f th e g reat 11 4 0 way that we would now offer a few remarks. ' or _ importance of such a li ne cannot poss ibly be °to rated. Whether regarded in a political or ° lo t ' mercial point of vie w , it s spee d y f orma tion 113 , o f be deemed of imperi ous necessity. The Frien d India very truthfully remarks that "no line 0 1 °4 A demands the earnest s u pp or t of Government. '' ...„ a period when our relations on the north-wetf,ontier are in a most precarious state, and in., complications may arise demanding th e moveuP"A' of large bodies of troops in that direction, it 09 7 4 , be evident that incre ase d f ac iliti es for their tran g" are not only expedient but ind'spensable. At the present moment, with th e means G overnmen t ha ° o their disposal, it wou ld ta k e months to assemble: an army for defence o r i nvas i on on our frontier; whereas, with the lin es comp l e t e d th a t we 11s1 0 spoken of, 50,000 men might be conveyed 1 _, 11 .,„: shorter space of time f rom E ng l an d to Atlghal„o Por t t sn. Our local rule r s h ave earnes tl y sufpo r utii completion of such a railway as that now procell, between Lahore and U mr it sur . I n a letter 17- e b dressed by th9.4ief commissio ner o f the Parkl a iie , to the government of India in the yearlBss the -ice cessity for such a line was th us s t rong l y urge,, %erS Otter with the proposal for placing eight sfeawll: on the diffdrent rivers :—'tlndeed, these two es'' e b e tials—viz., the railroad and the steamers, may iir said with truth to be the crying wants of the Pt jaub in the department of public works. T bis , e P vided, the com merce an d produce of these "'ills tories will be turned to their due course—viz" t i s t Indus and its feelers • and to thei r na tural 0 4 —viz., the port of iurrachee. F or the rai i , ll° :f the face of the Doab offers an unusual equalite'uio surface, while it p ossesses f ew or none of the re`lo4 site resources for me t a lli ng a road. For the r' s- , a , it were preferable, instead of improving the 3 301 7. 0 . ble stream, to concentrate all efforts in the Ra e vision of powerful st eame r s o f t h e li g ht es t Pas' l y draught. The chief commissioner, while deprede, ting any general exten s i on o f th e pu bli c works o icl partment in the Punjaub for the present, l v , ° e i r yet beg most earnestly t o press these cardinal be , jests on the attention o f th e government. Il e f o r lieved that if carried out they would effect more jES the development of the resource s o f th e se territo r y than any other work, or num b er o f wor ks, t could be devised." LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 19. 4 0 STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market is s t ea d y , a t .. the • t ot current rates of yesterday. Caledonian, 311---gts9e, Counties, 101. 16s. 3d. —Lancathire and Yorkshire, " Ditto (new 91. shares, issued at 1 die.), p--London lfl North Western, 104 .} - 31anchester, Sheffield, and yipc Grand Tran i ` 376—Midland, , 8l e_ North E a ste rn , York CT" ei Stock, 31 —S ou th E astern, 22j Canada, 133 13s. 9d. BIRMINGHAM, MAnoll 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Great Western Birminghsm ranteed Stock was done at 74—Worcester and Birming Canal Shams at 16—Birmingham Waterworks, ne rf t ' e ro, 6/3 p.—Great Western, 674 i—L on d on an d N or th ' We,,,i n s , 1014 I ' 4 —Midlands, 814 i--Crystal Palace, 21 I—Bir— ham New Union Mill, 3i 4. MANCHESTER, MARCH 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was modoratelY and firm. Shefflehiti, 3T i—Do, Prof. , 12A— 16 22j—Great Northern A. 104—L on d on , one - e i g hths, '1 3 ,, d---East Lancashire, 96I—B an k o f St oc k por t, 4i —l)t)ear -991—Leeds new, d.—Midlands, 81k—Lancashire In s ance p. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 18th inst., at 20, Park-street, Grosvenor-Ware, the wife of W. R. Ormsby Gore, Esq. On the 19th inst., at the Grove, Blackheath, the wife of John Ellis, Esq. OF A DAUGHTEZ. On the 18th inst., at 26, Lansdowne -road , , the wife of J. K. Martin, Esq. On the 17th inst., at Dammer-house, Hants, the wife of ;he Rev. James A. Williams,. MARRIED. • F. On the 17 th inst. , at Clovelly C o u r t, C a pt a i n Dave • Yvv.Buauarnti.ig:'emMsts.,dPoa.f Edwinsfordof Creedy-park, Devon, to Edwina August a, youngest Davie Grenadier Guards, eldest son of Sir Ff. F. Da' 4 , le ' ' tighter of Si;r James and Lady Mary Court, Devon. On the 17th inst., at St. Mary's, Lewisham, josepb,.ll32 third son of the late Captain T. Thompson,of Greenerot" to Emma Ellen, youngest daughter of Stephen R. Pro w Esq., of Greenwich Hospital. Carmarthenshire, and Clovew DIED. On the 19th i nst., at 3 , Bloomfield-place, Pimlico, Ge°' Miller, E sq., formerly of Farnham, Surrey, aged 87. i At Port man - p l ace , Ed geware . roa d , Mr. John Cop lane , aged 93. On the 18th inst , Mr. William Yeatherd Ball, of 11/g 11 " bury, aged 53. S mitt, On the 17th inst., at Cheltenham, Anthony T. al Esq., late of West Drove, Edgbaston, aged 63. On the 17th inst. at 99, Westbourne-terrace, Sir q .cm _ Win. Anderson, K. c:B , formerly G overnor of Mauritin et aged 66. Del On the 17th inst., at Brighton, Henry Hugh O'B o Clayton, Esq., formerly of the 2d Life Guards, second s°n of Sir Win. R. Clayton, Bart. Oa the 16th inst., at Eton Coll e ge, th e R e v. G. Be the% aged 78. _....... LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG'' of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Odice, No y 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the S a voy, in the Cow l ' of Middleoex, Friday, March 20, 1857.