The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-27 00:00:00

Stroud.—Mr. George Poulett Scrope, Right Hen. Zdward Horsman, and Mr. M. M. Turner. Sandeeand.—Mr. George Hudson, Mr. Henry Fen nick, Mr. R. Hoare, and Mr. R. Walters. Taunton.—Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Mr. Arthur Mills, and the Hon. W. F. Campbell. Tavistock.—Hon. George W. C. Byng, Mr. Robert J. Phillimore, Sir John S. Treliwney, Bart., and Mr. S. Garter. Totnes.—Mr. Thomas Mill=, Earl Gifford, Mr. Mac kenzie, and Mr. Gregory. Wallingford..-7Mv. Richard Malins, Captain Sartoris, and Mr. J. Morrell. Wareham.—Mr. J. S. W. S. E. Drax, Colonel Burton, and Mr. Cilcraft. Wells.—Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, Capt. H. 11. Jol liffe, and Mr. E. Webster. W e ymouth and Melcornhe G-. Mudßatt. Col. W. L. Freestun, Mr. R. J. R. Campbell, aMr M'Waller. Wigan.—Col. Hon. Jas. Lindsay, Mr. Joseph Acton, Mr. Woods, and Mr. Powell. Winchester.—Mr. John Bonham-Carter, Sir J. Bul ler Ea.t, Bart., and Mr. W. Portal. Worcester —Mr. Wm. Laslett, Mr. Osman Ricardo, and Mr. Alderman Sidney. Yarmoutb.—Sir E. H. Lacon, Part., Mr. Chas. E. Rumbold, Hon. C. S. Vereker, Mr. T. M'Cullagb, and Mr. E. W. Watkin. York.—Col. J. G. Smyth, Mr. J. P. B. Westhead, and Mr. Malcolm. SCOTLAND. The following 38 seats are uncontested up to the time we write :—Aberdeenshire, Lord H addo (C) ; Argyll shire, Mr. Findlay (L) ; Banffshire, Earl of Fife (L) Berwickshire, Hon. F. Scott ( C) ; Butesbire, Hon. J. Stuart Wortley (L) ; Caithness-shire, Mr. Trail!, of Ratter (L); Clackmannanshire, Lord Melgund (L); Putn bartonehire, Mr. Smollett, of Bonbill (C); Dumfriesshire, Mr. Hope Johnstone (C) ; Dumfries burghs, Mr. W. Ewan (L) ; Edinburghshire, Earl of Dalkeith (C) ; Edin burgh, Mr. Adam Black (L), Mr. C. Cowan (L) ; Elgin shire, Mr. Cumming Bruce (C) ; Elgin burghs, Mr. G. rikene Duff (L) ; Forfarsh ire, Lord Duncan (L) ; Gree nock, Mr. Dunlop (L) ; Ha ddin g tonshire, Lord verness- Elcho (C) ; Haddington burg hs, Sir H. Davie (L) ; Mr. A. In shire, Mr. H. J. Bane (C) ; Inverness b ur g hs, Matheson (L) ; Kilmarnock burghs, Hon. E. Bouverie (L) ; Kincardineshire, Hon. H. Arbuthnot (0) Kirk aldy burghs, Colonel Fe r g uson (L) ; Linlithgowshire, Mr. George Dundas (C) ; Montrose burghs, Mr. W. E. Baxter (L) ; Orkney and Shetland, Mr. Frederick Dundee (L) ; Peeblesshire, Sir Graham Montgomery (C) ; Perthshire, Mr. Stirling of Keir, (C) ; Perth, Hon. A. Kinnaird (L) ; Renfrewshire, Sir M. Shaw Stewart (C) ; Ross and Cromarty, Sir James Matheson (L); Roxburgh shire, Hon. J. E. Elliott (L); Selkiikshire, Mr. A. Elliott Lochart (C) ; Stirlingshire, Mr. P. P. Blackburn (C) ; Sutherlandshire, Marquis of Stafford (L) ; Wigton shire, Sir Andrew Agnew (14'; Wigton burghs, Sir %V. Dunbar (L). The other features of the present election are the facts that nine seats are contested by L k iberals ' against Liberals—viz., Aber deen, Glasgow, ► Leith, Kit cudbrightshire, Paisley, Stifl in g (burghs), St. Andrews (burghs), Wick ( nrgbs) ; also, that four seats only are contested by Tories against Libera's, or vice versa. These are—Fifesh'ire, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, and the Falkirk, burghs.—North. Briton, March 25. THE NOMINATIONS. ND WALES. rrow), March 28. Midhurst N e wcastle-undr - Lyme Oxford (city) Peterborough Preston Lichfield Shoreham Radnor (Boroughs) March 30. Noithamptonshire(N.) Oxfordshire Radnorshire Rochester Rutlandshire 5a1.13 (South) Shropshire (South) Stafford (North) Staffordshire (North) Suffolk (West) Surrey (East) Wiltshire (North) Worcestershire (West) Yorkshire (West) March 31. Hertfordshire Lancashire (North) Lincoln (North) Leicestershire (North) Northamptonshire (S.) Northumberland (S.) Nottinghamshire (N.) Pembrokeshire Salop (North) Shropshire (North) Stafford (South) Staffordshire (South) Westmoreland Worcestershire (East) ENGLAND SATURDAY (To -m Lambeth Southwark Barn-taple Beau 11l arig Cambridge Cambridge University D.nbigh Boroughs Flint District Rochdale Huntingdon MONDAY, Brecknockshire Brecknock Cumberland (East) Derbyshire (South) Devon (South) Durham (North) Essex (South) Gloucestershire (East) Herefordshire Hereford Honiton Huntingdonshire Kent (East) Leicestershire (South) Norfolk (West) TUESDAY, Bedfordshire Bedford Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cardiganshire Carmarthenshire Carnarvonshire Devon (North) Dorset Durham (South) Essex (North) Glamorganshire Gloucestershire (W.) Hants (North) WEDNESDAY, April 1. Wilts (South) Warwickshire (South) Yorkshire (North) Lancashire (South) Linc Aushire (South) Suffolk (East) Surrey (Nast) TEIIIRSDA' ', April 2. I Montgomeryshire Northumberland (N.) I Wiltibire (South) Yorkshire (East) Middlesfx Cornwall (West) Merionethshire Monmouthshire FRIDAY, Anglesey (County) Cheshire (Soutb) Denbighshire April 3 Kent (West) Warwickshire (North) SATURDA' Cheshire (North) Corn wa 1 (East) Flintshire •, April 4. Hampshire (South) Wilts (South) MONDAY, Derbyshire (North) I , April 6. I Norfolk (East.) SCOT I SATURDAY, lAND. March 28. Kirkcaldy Kilmarnock Dumfries Falkirk Barghs Inverness MONDAY, March 30. In vernessshire Linlithgowshire Montrose I Paisley Stirling Burghs March 31. Fife PeeblesAire Renfrewshire Selkirkshire Banffshire Bute Forfarsbire Glasgow Haddingtonsbire TUESDAY, Aberdeen Ayr.hire Olackmanan &Kinross E linburghsbire Kirkcudbright WEDNESDA' , April 1. I Elgin Wzgton Burghs Aberdeenshire Duinfrieg6hire THIIRSDA' Elgin and Nairn Kincardineshire April 2. I Stirlingshire FRIDAY, Aberdeenshire Argy leshire April 3. Dumbartonshire Lanarkshire SATURDA' April 4. Wigtonshire Caithness MONDAY, April 6. Wick IREL. SATI7BDAY,. ,AND. March 28. Enniskillen Limerick Portarling ton March 30. I Galway Kilkenny Kinsale Newry I • Waterford Cork Dublin Ennis MONDAY, Armagh Athlone Carlow Clonmel Dublin University Dundalk March 31. I Bandon Cashel C arr ickfergus Mallow WEDNESDAY, April 1. TUESDAY, Drogheda SATURDAY, April 4. Louth Carlow (County) Queen's • Cork (County) D I Sligo (County) Derry (County) Limerick (County) ~ MONDAY, Apr" v. C a van (County) Meath (Coun t y) Kilkenny (County) WEDN D ESDAY, April S. Armagh (Coui.ty) IDonegal (County) THURSDAY, April 9. Antrim (County) I Fermanagh Down (County) Longford (Colul t Y ) Dublin (County) TUESDAY, April 14. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—The So u th-E astern Rail way's direct, daily, tidal service to Paris, via Folkestone and Boulogne, with tri rough registrati on o f b aggage , will be resumed on the let of A p ril. THE MIDDLE AGES AND OUR OWN TlMEs.__Th ere another fact I would dare to match with ail the uptn,l-tery confession of the middle ages. Show me the equ i valent to a money-loving people putting its hands into its own pocket, not to build proud towers, but to emancipate de graded savages ; giving 20,000,000, not at the bidding o f an imperious monarch or a tyrannical priesthood, b ut at the spontaneous uall3 of the national conscience, and by the immediate instrumentality of the national will. Then( is a moral grandeur in this " money I.:rant " that sinks the Pyramids into littleness. As tor Christian heroism, what can history ohronicfe or poetry invent of Godfrey, Richard, or St. Lou's, that does not pale before the simple details of that poor despised Patagonian mis Sion of the other day ? I will nut be content myself with even the names of "Nightingale " and her noble aistere.—.Rev. Edward Young on Pre-.Rojfaclitioni. LATEST N E WS. TRIESTE, MARCH 25. A.counts from Constantinople of the 20th state that 16,000 Turks are on the frontiers of the prin cipalities ready to eater them in a case of need for the protection of the rights of the Porte. An at tack of the Russians in Circassia is regarded as imminent. HANOVER, MARCH 25. The First Chamber has adopted unanimously, and the Second Chamber by a large majority, the bill for suppressing the national guard, instituted in 1848. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY. The Moaiteur publishes a decree containing a rist of 14 promotions and appointments in the ma gistracy. Another decree nominates 18 officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates to the rank of knight in the Legion of Honour. The reception of M. de Falloux at the Academy to-day, to fill the place of the late Count Mole, at tracted a more than usual concourse of visitors. It was previously known that M. de Falloux's speech had, at the request of the Council of the Academy, been considerably modified. The political world was moreover curious to see how the ancient Mi nister of the President of the Republic would recon cile his new position with his former opinions. Neither was it an easy task for M. de Falloux to de liver an eulogium on Count Mole, his predece, sor. It was recollected that the political career of the illustrious deceased was not always consistent. Count Mole, who Wll3 Minister under Napoleon 1., and under Louis XVIII., conducted in the Cham ber of Peers a strong opposition against the Govern ment of the Restoration. Count Mole was subse quently Prime Minister under Louis Philippe. He became an ardent fusionist after a visit to Count de Chambord at Frohsdorff, and so continued to his death. M. de Falloux acquitted himself of his difficult task with great skill. His flexible talent and supple tongue carried him through, and his dis c urse was vehemently applauded, particularly the passage referring to the year 1830. He concluded amidst three rounds of applause. The " Code Napoleon" is in course of translation into the Turkish language. It is done with a view to assist the Commission appointed by the Sul! aa to examine and report on the ref irmi which it is possible to introduce into the laws of the empire. The M oniteur de l' Armee annouLces th,tt in con sequence of Vie East India Company, through the intervention of the British Government, having ceded to the Emperor of the French the house oc cupied by the first Napoleon at St. Helena, and 'he tomb in which his mortal remains were liepo.iited until the year 1840, the house is immediately to be repaired. The tomb is to be restored to tha state it was when it contained the remains of ; he great man, and probably a funereal chapel will be aiided. All the places in fact which have been immortalised by his presence will be carefully guarded—the hill from which, in fine weather, he couteurp'ated the sea, and the point of the road at which he returned when riding on hors tback. A Paris letter in the Nord of Brussels, says " It is stated, in well-informed circles here, that several changes are about to tike place in - he French diplomatic body at various Courts. The Duke de Grammont de Guiche, it is said, is to re place Count de Morny at St. Petersburg. The mission at Turin is to be confided to M. de la Tour d'Auvergne, who yields his post of minister pleni potentiary at Florence to Baron de Malaret. M. de Segur, first secretary at Constantinople, becomes minister Cal disponibilite. M. Lallemaud quits his post at Brussels to replace M. de Segur at Constan tinople. Count d'Astorg becomes first secretary at Brussels. M. de Frezll quits his post at Stockholm for the Hague, and is replaced by the Count de Digeon, la , ely third secretary at Naples," BOURSE, March 26.—The following were the last quotations Cash. fr. c. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents 7O 25 New Loan Bank Shares Credit Mobilier 1,46 50 Austrian Belgian Fives lOl Spanish Threes... Piedmontese (5) 9l Home Debt End of Month. —fr. --0. 70 60 - RAILWAYS—FOB CASH. fr. c. fr c Orleans 1,500 Western - Northern l,OlO Strasburg Lyons 1,540 New Ditto Mediterranean 2,075 Grand Central Lyons Geneva Midi - _ SARDINIA. TURIN, MARCH 23. Yesterday afternoon Count Paar officially commu nicated to the Minister for Foreign Affairs here the instructions received by him from his Government, that he should at once demand his passports and withdraw, with all the personnel of his mission, from a Court which had refused to satisfy the de mands of the Austrian Government he at thersaom time informed Count Cavour that the Prussian Legation would undertake the duties of viseing p a ssports, and the protection of Austrian subjects, &c., on his departure. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 16:h, in the Constitutionnel, says :—" The pa.sage of the Neva, on the ice, is forbidden t , ) m consequeoce of a troika having d'sappearcd under 4:ie icy, be t ~steen Petersburg and Peterhoff. The thaw had set in with consideraie intensity, an I the streets of ti , e capital were full of rapid streams, impassable for foot passengers. Two days ago, Count de Morny, whilst indulging in aride down a montagUe russe, sustained a fill which reiulted in some c,in tusions which have forced the count to remain at home." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 221 are without any news of interezt. It the Epoca is to be believed, the Government, contrary to its first intention will c.)n-ent to receive M. Lafiagua, the Mexic'in envoy, in order to he-ar what he has to say. The Government having c,►lled for volunteers for the army in Cuba, a greater number of men had pre sented themselves than was required. The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia em barked at Vilatranca on the 21st for Genoa, where he only arrived on the night of the 22d, owing to the stormy weather. General Lamarmora lett Turin for Genoa on the same day, iu order to pay his respects to His Imperial Highness. The Duke of Modena is recovering from the rheumatic fever under which he has been labouring since the it of this month ; and according to ac counts from Parma, of the 21st, the young Duke of Parma is also progressing favourably. A letter from Naples states that the Chevalier Pinelli has been sent by the Neapolitan Govern ment on a mission of conciliation to the western powers, and that he was to make a short stay in Rome prior to his visiting Paris and Loudon. A letter from Vienna, in the Bcersenhalle of Hamburg, says :—" It is stated here that, in consequence of the late violation of the Austrian territory committed by the Montenegrins, and the seizure of Louis Radovicb, the Australian Govern ment has the intention of insisting on proper reparation." A letter from Remagen, in the Cologne Gazette, states that the Prince of Prussia had a providential escape on the 24th. As he was entering that place to be present at the inaugural fe.e of the church of St. Appolivarius the horses f his carriage took fright and ran down the steep banks towards the river. The carriage was knocked to pieces, but the prince and the persons who accompanied him saved themselves by jumping out. The Special Diet of the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha- Coburg has approved of the monetary conven'ion cone uded at Vienna, and expressed a wish for the oduction likewise, into that count?y, of the s ystem of the weights and measures of the &live rein. The Belgian Chamber of Representatives is at present engaged with the diseuss!on of the bill for tna ldtig a partial revision of the customs tariffs. the special c• mmittee charged to examine the treaty for the abolition o S Sound dues on Bel gian vessels has rertninb.ted its labours and recom mended the adoption of the measure. Madlle. Bosio, the singer, has arrived at Paris from St. Prt,rshurg. S AND LIBERATED A FR ICANS .—Th - foi - IMMIGRANTI" ii:g are the numbers of i mm i gran ts and liberated Africans introduced into the West India colonies and -6 1, 1 11! 1-( 9 ; it T t'fl i:b!.,!, the Ikle of France from 1847 t the end of 1856—viz to Jamaica, 5 195 • tiTrhiniiiad, 9,699 ; Antigua, 1,119 ; Guial,a, 27,425 ; S. Lucia, ' Brit 292 • St. Vincent, 895 ; and Grenada, 4 1. 716 ° 6 making a total, ' as regards the West Indies, of . The total Lumber introduced into the Mauritius was 97,542 between 1848 and 106. TEE , SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,- MONEY riIARKE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two'o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotten Market yest.J.day mau: fested a qu'et appearance, but the demand was more general, and increased activity prevailed during the early pa!t of the day. Prices of all kinds wen) without alteration. The sales were esti mated at 7,000 bales, 500 of which were tiketi by the speculators, and 500 by the exporters. The Railway Share Market closed steadily, and prices were well maintained. The tightness of the money market - , and the ex citement attending the elections sill caus.3 a limi tation of business, and in Mincing-lane and during the pa-t week the transaAions have b?eu very much contracted. The only article in which any important change has occurred is tallow, the stock of which beii , g in the hands of one large speculator has occasioned a furiher improvement, and the price now stands at about 80s. per cwt., for March, and 555. for April. In sugar these is no alteration to report, but an increased export demand has prevailed, and the quotations are there fore very firm. An advance of ls. to 2s. has oc curred in Coffee, and a moderate business has been done. The rise was promoted by the favourable result of the sales in Holland. Rice has advanced 3d. per cwt. Cocoa is cheaper ; MA remains quiet, and Spices have been in limited request. Cassia Vera has declined 2s. to 35., and Ginger is dearer. The adjourned meeting of the creditors of Meisrs. Copland and Barnes, provision merchants, took place yesterday, when it was arranged to wind rip the estate, under the control of the Bankruptcy . Court, by private petition. Messrs. Harker ' An derson, Ward, and Phillips, were nominated as inspectors and trustees. It was stated that three years ago the firm was quite solvent, and that the loss entailed by the Royal Mail contract amounted to as much as 25,000/. The meeting of the General Screw Steam Navi gation Compsny advertised for to-day, was post poned on account of this being nomination day fur the City election. . About 75,0001. in bar gold is stated to have left the Bank yesterday for transmission to the conti nent in payment of slyer. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that the market for American secwitie4 durin; the past week has been unusually inactive, and prices in most instances are nominal. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Redeemable. Per Cent. United States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...105 106 United States ti per Cent. Bonds lB6B 105 106 Alabama 5 per Cent, ... 78 80 STATE SECURITIES. ‘Taryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. Bonds Mississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 16 18 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds ..1.877... 80 81 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds .1886... 831 84 Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ...1888... 84 86 -. 89 91 -.101 102 St. 50 St. St. LOANS OF CITIES. Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 82 84 ' , Tear Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... 75 77 RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not I onvertible 1875... 90 91 xd Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875... 89 51 qlinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 1860...109 110 Illinois Central (Shares), $3O paid 33 33 p Nlichigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860.. Do. do. do. 1869.. 91 92 New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864.., 93 95 New York Central 6 per Cent., not Convertible 1883... 81 82 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage 1883.. 85 86 N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862.. 80 82 1. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund 1875... 84 86 Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865... -- 93 Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent., IstMort 1880... 88 90 The market for Public Securities is firm, but business is exceedingly dull. There is nothing new to report, both real and speculative dealings being very limited Consols have been 938 4 for money, and 934 8 4 for the account, but they are now rather flatter, viz., 931 4 for the former, and 93 sellers for the latter The June Exchequer Bills are at ss. dis., and Exchequer Bonds at 98k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Mocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 64 7' • Mexi ;an, 22i 31 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 77 9; do. 3 per Cents., 55 7 ; Portuguese 3 per ents., 44 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; do. 411 per Cents., 97 9 ; ;-;pp.nish 3 per Cents., 411 ; ditto De ferred, 25 ± ; ditto Certificates, 61 ; ditto Passive, 5i 6. The Foreign Stock Market has been very inac tive, and prices in most instances ruled steady. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. brought 85/ ; Sardinian 901 ; Spanish Passive Bonds 51. Turkish 6 per Cents. opened at 98g: but they have declined to 98, and Mexican, which were 228, have since im proved to 221 to 23. The Railway Share Market this morning has been very quiet, and the variations in prices of the vari ous shares dealt in have not been important. Great Northern B Stock declined 10s., Great Southern and Western of Ireland 11., Great-Wes t Brighton 55., South-Western, 10s., Mid land 55., North Briti-h ss. Lattcashire and York- Aiire improved 55., No! fol k 11., Norte-Eastern (Berwick) 7s. to 10s., North Eastern York 10s., and South-Eastern ss. Tha French lines o)ntinue to be well supported, and Northern of France have advanced 10s. ; Paris and Lyons are film ; Great WeALrn of Canada show a slight improvement, anti Gran I Trunk of Canada have advanced about 21. Antwerp and Rotterdam and Namur and Leige are of previous valws. Mining Shares have ben very dull, Wheal Ed w trd ate 41; South Caradon, 350 ; and Fortuna, 1. Joint Stock Bank Shares have, in most instances, tuled at lower races. Bank of Egypt declined about ss. ; EbOish, Slotish, and Australian Chart-red, ss. ; L'aldon awl Westminster, ss. ; Ottoman Bank, ss. ; Union of Lon , lon, ss. nsce]aneous Shin-s have been depressed, Aus tralian Agricultural readsed former rates, and North GfEurope St am declined 31., consequent upon the dit.:el, sures mtde at the meeting yesterday. L )n -don General Omnibus Company were dealt in at 4i 41. BR IT] SH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY. (from the Official List.) onsinee , done 3 per rent. Consols tnnaities 93 i [...,, , _Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 . Litto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 2 11-16 n II:. ~ , ,itt,, .t:11160 Ditto, under £lOOO par 4 d onsols ol accoant ... .. .. 931 i a E on.quer Balk, z;d. March. I June. £l000 £5OO — I S m e ll 4 p ldpar _. Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent. Ditto, 1359 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account ' 85 5 Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. iflexicau 3 per Cent 22 Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 -- Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent. 4li 'ardinian Bon.:Is, 5 per Cent. . . ... 901 Spanish lioxds, .-i per Cent. .. — Ditto Account . 411 Dittc New Deferred, 3 per Ccn . Fitt, Passive Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not tun 64 g Turkish );ond ,, , 6 per cent 9Bii Ditto Account Venezuela Bonds, 44 per Cent Ditto Deferred, 10 per Cent. .. . l4i Lit .I,,en. Ou no. above payable In Lori., n. 7IIREB O'CLOCK. Consols, money 93i Ditto, Ae,;ouut:(April 8) .......... 9,s a ROYAL SOCIETY OF MUSICIANS. —The 119th anniver sary festival of this highly u-etul charity took place at •the Freemasi , ns' hall yesterday, when about 130 mem bers, subscribers, and visitors sat down to au exoeltent dinner. FRUIT AND POTATO METAGE.—Yesterday a meeting of the trades concerned in toe importation of fruit and vegetabl,:s took place in the bale-room of Messrs. K.-el int; and Hunt, Monument-yard, for the purpose of adopt ing measures to resist the payment of the unnecessary charge for metage on these articles. Mr. Keeling, the chairman, observed tbat the interference of the city meters was uncalled for, aid useless to the trade. Times of Wednesday announces the fact that the wet-known American house of Dodge, B:con, and Co., had re-umed payments, their suspension having been caused hy liabilities in DO way affecting the ,trade posi tion of the firm, which is said to be in a highly prosper ous and healthy condition. Toe house of Dodge, Bacon, and Co, has always been regarded as one commanding -consid,Jrable mercantite energy, and its rise to its present position is, perhaps, in no slight degree due to the un precedented advance in the price of leather, which has afforded them the opportunity of introducing throughout Europe a singularly close and valuable imitation, known as " Crockett's Leather Cloth," and which is now ap plied to most purposes where formerly the skins of vari • ous animals were used. This, and their India rubber banding, &c., for machinery, to supersede leather, h a v e , trout the advance in question, thrown upon the resources of the firm an unusual amount of business. Such dis coveries and inventions having placed them in the cate gory of public benefactors, a general sympathy was occa - Mooed by their temporary stoppage.—Globe. sHAaE MART ET3—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this lay. Businesq done this day. Ilaid RAILWAYS. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June....., Belfast & Ballymena Bfrrang. Wolverh. & Stour Valley_ Birkenhd. Lancsb. & Cheshire Janet Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter_ _ ..... (Nester di Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall D. 4, A Do, Il Dublin &Belfast June. Dun. P. &Aber.June. East Anglian ........, Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union , A. stk, Do., do. B. 'Do. New A.., 'East Kent !East Lancashire ,!East Suffolk ...... I Do. 'Edinburgh dr Glasgow lEdinh. and Peebles :Edinb.Prth. &D uncle I Forth and Clyde June Furness ... . ...... I Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland 'Great Northern 'Do., A. Stock iDo., B. Stock ;Gt. Sth.&West.(lro. ) !Great Western. Do. Str.V.E gua. St ilrish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. Do Thirds Do. NOW Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F. £IG Do., Wst. Riding Un, Do. Southport....... London dr Blackwall Loud.Bright.d/ S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifth- . .l D0.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S. I.76titern Lndndrry. &Coleraine I Lndndrry. & Ennisk. ffanch.Sh e f. &Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's l arrangement Midland Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. 2 Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newpt.Aberg.& fd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk... ...... Northn. Counties Un North British ..... . North Devon, Rail. di Dock Stock . ....... Do., A Stock ........ Do., B Stock .. i N.Eastern Berwick do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York ':North London.. ..... N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. dr S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester di ' Wolverhampton..... Portsmouth Rhymuey Scottish Central Scot. N. E. Abrd n . St !Shropshire Union Siti ngbourne &Sheer. South Devon South Ea5tern.........1 Do. , q per c. Shares South Wales S. Yorksh. RiverDuu Do. Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do 1854 Do, do., 1855 'Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1., Thames Hay. D. &R I Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11......., West End of London , , and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West Loudon.., Do. First Class... Do. Second Class... Wmbledon &Croydon 4a 4a 8i - 9 65 - G 7 8i - 9 91 92 cBl 68 34 36 j - 4t - 10 19!; - 20. 11 ; 50 - 5t 31 - 35 8 - 7 99 - 100 ... •-.. . , ss = SG - 36 7 4 - 96 - 97 86 - 87 121 - 123 105 - 107 68 -8 8 i I 64 - 66 70 - 75 7 - 81 I 8.i)! 'lOlA 10:3 ; hia—i PI 6 - 10S - ]O9 1011 - 105 I id par' :103i 104 081 39. 82 - 82 51 - 55 m - i 4 55 - 57 - 14 - 45 86 - 87 - 34, 3 - 2 1 -39 i - 463 62A 96 - - 99- 5 cid 7 74 10 11 30 - 31 6 - 4 109 111 251 261 21 ld 171 181 75 76 87 - 83 4i 44 4 3 d 12 14 41 43 201 - 21 4 - - 4i 7 - 9 2?; - 3 51 - G RRITISJH POSSESSIONS. Atlan. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. Do. Buffalo & Lake Bur. Buff. , Brnt. & Go I ch. 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., I July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Gude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Demerara ... Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.41 p c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per rent.... Truni. of Canada Do. 6 p c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g 5 per c Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Westn. of Canada► Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 O. do., 76, p. '60... Do. do., '73, d 0... Do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4i P.C Do. do. , 5 per c. Exton: 3d Ex., g. sp.c, 4th Ex., do. Onde (Limited) - --- Seinde, guar. 5 per c Do A itwrp & Rotterdam Ardennes. ........... Belgian East. Junct Re ziers to Gmissessac Carmeaux &Toulon& Coal Mines and Ity. Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New ••• Euphrates Valley Gt Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. l Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterian Maria Ante;:la Do. New Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France NorwegianTrnk. Pref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans ißeeife & San Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 1 , • c. 7. Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish .. ... all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Mouse all Do. 5. per cent. pref all Southern of France all (West Flanders all IDo. 5 per c. Prof all W.& N.W. of Franc( 6 Western of Austria all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all I Do. 8 p. cent. prof. all Zealand i - ip 1} - lip 97 - 99 96 - 98 96 - 98 par P •.. -- ••• . ii - 1 3 P 110 • 112 2 - 2iP 211 22 2 57 59 86 88 211 1 — 2 11 i 1 p 1 265, 99 Icip 1. 12 23 3 1118 107 109 20 214 —21 i par IP to iP ... "i -- 2ip IGN. 7 - 74 : 14 3j 4ip 51 6 id— * p 31;f 341 11 per 41) 24+ 21 1- 6/ - 6P ii = ii - 9 21 - 211 404 -41 i 9 - 10 61,1 -61 i 59 - 61 3 s 18 20 1$ 9$ sl 9 34 4i 5 94 10 33 34 par 1 p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of 1 ondon Bri. Col Bk & Ln. Co British N. American C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Ch City 'Colonial Commercial of Lond. Eng. Scot. &Aus.Clit. Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust Ditto New London and County Lnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp London Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst National Pro. of Eng Do. Now National Bank New South Wales Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. Now R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co. south Australia Union of Australia Do. Now " Union of London Unity Mutual Nestrn Bk l o fLond 92 - 1 - p 56 - 58 11 id 68 70 17 -- 18' 17A -- 183 17i -18 i 4r) - 48 39 - 40 4- 1 p 54 56 6 - 7 11 9d' 10 8d MARCH 27 1R5,7. EiMwAYs. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.e E. Un, H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. bo. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby. Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do.Preferencc iLon. Til., &S.', Do. Birk. Sh. IManch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N.&Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et.. Do.Fixedsp.c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shrews.& Her S. Staffordsh.. WearVal.g6pc Do. Wilts!.lS,-)mrct Leasing Companies Ltt.&N.W. Caledon E.U.61E.0 Gt.Northn E. Count. Caldonian., Do qt.Westn Y. & Do Do S. Eastern Do 'Peto &Co Do La. &N. W. di Midld. Midland... E. Count Do Do Do L. do A. W Do Gt. Northn T. Brassey M. MClean Stk. &Dar Do Gt. West n PREFEREY I 1 Blyth and Tyne 10 p e.pref. (issd.at 50/. 0 Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares. 0 Caledn. £lO 44 p. c. D Ches. & Ho. 51 p.c. D Do. do. 5 per cent... 11 Cork &Bandonsip c. 11 Dun:Porth.&Aber.J, E. Anglian Cls, A Sh. Do. do. Cis.. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cis. C 7 p. c II Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l 1 Do. No. 2 ....... 1 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. 1 East tin., G. 6p. c. 1 Do. 51., 10 per cent. 1 Do. 101.,Del.)entr.Sh. 1 Do. do. 4 per cent._ East Lane ash .6 p.ets. 1 E. &W. York. J. sths i [Min.& Gl. 5 p.c. Sh. / Ed . Pah. &Dun. 4p.c 1 Furness, 5 p. Glas. do 5.W.G.5 p.c . I Great Northn. 5 p.c. I Do. sp. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. I Do. 44 per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. I Gt.N. of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S di W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc Do. con, red. 44 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4 percent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh I Do.ChesterBp.c.P.S I Do. do. 5 , p. c. do Do, Birm, Gna. Stk Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St Lon.&B.G. 5 pc.No.l Do., P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6p.0. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Cov. dt Nuneaton 5 p. ct Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares Londy.& Color. ASh Londy.&Ennis. Sh, M., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. .£6 Do. do. 31 per cent. Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4. per cent I Do. do. Mid.ConsoL 6 p.c. St Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c Do. 4i p. c. Prof. St Do. L. &H. Pref. St New.,Aber.. &c., pr . 5 p. c. red. sp.c. pm Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct gorfk.Deb.4 p.c. Sh Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 54 p.c. pf., 1847 D0.Wv.V.5p.c.,1847 North British Do. 71. Preference i.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6pc No. 1 Db. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York HAS. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Woly, 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar._ Scot. Cent. New Pref. Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. d 0.3 1, p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 44 pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of El Os. Od, Do. 43, per cent Do. Fixed 4{ p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 44 p. c S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p c Do, do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. Closing Pnce.s this day. 92 - 94 98 - 102 11 - 13 134 - 137 3 - 4.! 107 - 109 1 - 2 A - 13 23 - - 24 1 102 - 105 - P 2i - 2i 89 - 9L - 55 - 57 1131 - 134 8 - 9 9 - 91 313 - 32?, 88 - 9O :E SHARES, 92 - 94 oi 7- 6 - 6.1 108 - 112 108 - 112 - - 2P 12 - 12. 75 - 77 .15 - 117 1107 - 110 1101 - 103 62 - 64 101 - 10; -6: 95 - 96 84 -- 86 100 -- 102 10 -- 10, 164 -- 17 10 -- 10 72 75 19i -- 14 9fi 9 1 f 14i -- 14 135 -- 137 1138 - 141 115 - 118 1155 - 357 - ?21) 66 - GS L 33 - 135 97h- 984 88 - 89 - lipl ... - ... .02 - 101 91 - 93 1i - 1,1 1 - 21. - 22 LlO - 111 114 -- 113 105 -- 110 65 -- 70 17i -- 13: 123 -23} 100 - 101 14 - 104 27 - 2 - 3 1,1 .•• - .•• a - 3 BRITISH MINES. 2612 Alfred Cons. (Philk. , 14 British Iron 20 ,Condurow (Cambrn.) 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 14s Great South Tolgus 10/ 3 Grt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) 7 iGrt.W. Vor (Helstn.) BFnid,Lady Bertha 7i N. Frances (Mogan) N. W. B isset (Illogan) 6/15,North Wheal Crofty 1i iPar. Cons. (St. Blazy) 9 IPorkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. 'Sort. Cons. Min. Co 24 S. Caradon (St. Cleer 2 S. Carn Brea (Illogn. 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn. 43 Tam. S. L. Min. Co 9 Tin Croft 40 Uu.Mines (Gwennap 1256 V. of Towoy (Camar. I.A . N. Basset (Illog in) 20 IW. Caradon (Liskrd.) 51; Wh. Basset (Illogan) Wh. Buller (Rdruth ). 5A Wh. Edward (Caistek) 1178 Wh. Kitty (U. Llaut) 8 IWh.Ma. Ann (Menht. ) 1 4 } IWk. Trelawney (Lis. )' 21 - 7 - 8 155 - 165 150 - 470 134 - 14, 84 - 6-61 18 28 - 30 6 - 7 22i -23 i 8 - 9 1$ -- 345 - 355 6 - 7 :320 - 330 - 1 5 - 5. 210 - 2 1 34 - 35 165 - 175 250 - 270 '335 - 345 18 - 1 -- 2U 43 -- 45 23 -- 25 FOREIGN MINES. 20 7 Australian 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pin) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Ray 19 21 1 6 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica— Ad 40 all Cobre Copper 6l 6i ... 16 Copiapo 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 1 Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada — 1 all Noveau Monde 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.& Smlt 7 9 5 1 Port Philip — 30 16. Santiago de Cuba 21 3 21 1 all 4 outh Australian 1 all Do. Scrip 1 all Do. 10 p. c. Pref.._ 281 all United Mexican .34 MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Agricult. 21 23 22 1 4 10 all Australn. Royal Mail . 10 all Berlin Water Works 4 5i 50 40 Brit. American Land 40 45 igo 326 Canada St. 100 Do. Go. 6pe. J an&J ul y St. 100 Do. 6 p.c.Fcb.&Auv. St. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. . , St. all Copper Min. of Eug. 35 40 25 all Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent. 26 28 5 all Crystal Palace 2l 20 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 Dustou Iron Ore — 20 18 Eastern 5team........ St 100 Electric Telegraph 1 all Electric Tel. of [rel. 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 1 10 10s. Eur. & Ind.Jctu. Tel. par p 25 .411 Gen. Ir. Sc. Col. Oim.) 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 5 London Discount 4 all Loud. Gan. Omnibus 41 43 41 4 1 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 all Mexican& S.Americn 2i 3} 5 5 Nat. Discount Co — d 5 5 Do. New 10 5 Netherlands Land.,.. 1 10 all Do. Do. 5 all Do.B p c.Pf. iss.at 1 d 4 44 5 1 Do, Do. 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 18 22 21 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D.! 1 all N. B. Australasian... 20 , all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ...d 111 11 12 1 all Oriental Gas 1 58. Do. New Shares par ip 25 all Peelßr. 141. & Minrl 1 21 50 all Peninsular & Oriental• 66 68 50 10 Do. New 4 p 50 all Rhymney. Iron 15 all Do. New. 5l 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 65 67 65N 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l4 16 1 all Do. New • ••• St. 100 S • Aus. Gov. 6 p.c.bds • 25 all ionth Austral. Land 35 37 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip 1 1 all Do. Registered 120 5 Trust&Ln Co.U.Can. 100 284 Van Diemon's Land 11 13 St. 100 V.Go.6p.cJan. 4 July Business this dsy. ..I±43r V VA r ,}3 lil t n ir eii Item vy k 16.1 # SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Olock. IMPORTANT FROM PERS:A AND CHINA. THE EMPEROR OF CHINA AGAINST THE WAR. GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN THE PER SIAN AND BOMBAY CAVALRY. The Admiral at Malta to the Secretary of the Admiralty, 24th March, 1857. (From Agent at Suez, 20th March, 1857.) The Bombay brings no news of the HindOostan: The passengers reported that the night before they left Bombay a telegraphic mesFage was receivel from Calcutta stating that the Em peror of China disapproves of the proceed ings of the Governor of Canton, and had given him orders to conciliate the English. Also that a battle wai fought on the Bth February, about 40 miles from Bushire, between the Bombay and Ptrtian cavalry, which ended in the total rout of the latter, with the loss of 800 killed. The loss on our side was 10 killed and 62 wounded. THE GENERAL ELECTION. STATE OF THE POLLS-(THIS DAY.) BA'fa Elton Tit Way Three o'clock. 1,104 1,058 1,019 BEDFORD. Whitbread Bart.ard Scum t Smith CARLISLE. Hodgson Graham.. • Ferguson COVENTRY. E'rce.... Paactln Trehetne Phi llitnore resigned. HERTFORD. Cowper Chambers Farquhar LEITH BURGHS. Lord Advocate Miller NOTTINGHAM Paget Walter Jon es WINDSOR. Vansittart Ricardo ... Grenfell ... Quarter to Eleven. 188 177 176 LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening). WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 27. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of the Right Hon. Thos. Wyse, C. 8., her Majesty's Minister 'Plenipotentiary to the King of Greece, to be an Ordinary Member of the Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Hon ourable Order of the Bath, and of John Hay Drummond Hay, Esq., her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires to the Sultan 01 Morocco, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Divi sion of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Most Honourable Order. .11 • • , • " FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAW R 24, The Queen has been pleased to approve 'of M. John Warlam as Consul at Malta for his Majesty the King of Greece. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 27. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Commis. sion..r Designate of the Civil Court of the Colony of ‘V es. te'n Australia (Mich.', B •rry, Elq.), and Sawn& P. Phillips, and Edward Hauiersley, Esqs., to be Members 01 the Legislative Council of the said Co!ony. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint James Leith, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council ut the Island of Tobago. CRO vVN-OFFICE, MARCH N. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. City of Westminster—Lieutenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans, G.C.8., and Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart. MARCH 27. Borough of Marylebone —The Right Hon. Eir Benjamin Hall, of Idanover, iu the county of Monmouth, Bart., and the Hon. Hugh Forteecue, commonly called Viscount Ebrington, of Castle-hill, iu the county of Devon. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 27. ht Regiment of Life Ga..rds—To be Comets and Sob- Lieutenants, by pnichase—John Henry Reginald, Lord Earisfort, vice the Hon. Cecil Dauctnbe, promoted; Her bait Hay Lanham, Gent., vice Viscount rowel-scout, promoted. _ - . Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet the Hon. Geoffrey R. Clegg Hill to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bathie, who retires. 2d Dragoon Guards—Paymaster Frederick Windham Lukin, from the 21 Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vice King, who exchanges. • 2d Deagoous—Paymaster John Henry King, from the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Paymaster, vice Lukin, whk, exchanges. 3d Light Dragoons--Lieutenant John Norcliffe Preston to be Captain, by purchase, vice Draper, who retires. 11th Light Dragoons—Cornet Robert Dunmore Napier to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mitigate, whe retires ; R. R. Harrison Mitigate, Gent., to be Riding Master. Military Tr sin—Paymaster Benjamin Robert James, from the Land Transport Corps, to be Paymaster. Royal Artillery—Second Captain John La wi ance Bol ton to be Captain, vice Flint, deceased ; Lieutenant Augustus William Johnson to be Second Captain, vice Bolton. The dates of the promotion of the undermentioned officers to be altered us follows :—Captain W. B. Saun ders to 13th January, 1857; Second Captain C. B. Le Mesurier to 13th January, 1857 ; Captain C. H. Smith to 24th January, 1857; Second Captain H. S. Elliott to 24th January, 1857 ; Captain H. T. Fitzllugh to 21st February, 1857 ; Captain W. N. Hardy to 21st February, 1857; Second Captain H. P. P. Phelips to 21st February, 1837. Royal Engineers.—Second Captain Andrew Clarke, on the Supernumerary List, to be Captain; Brevet-Major Francis Du Cain to be Captain, vice reprice, resigned ; Lieut. G. Neville to be Second Captain, vice Du Cane. 9th Foot—Lieut. A. G. Douglas to bo Instructor of Musketry. 23d Foot—Lieut.-Col. R. Pratt, from half-pay 41st Foot, to be Lieut.-Col.; Captain C. G C. Norton, from half-pay 231 Foot, to be Captain, vice F. Sayer, who exchanges; Ensign Frederick Wollaston Hatton ' to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Griffith, who retires ; George Frederic Rus sell Colt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hutton ; Ensign Charles Jacquet to be allowed to retire from the army, her Majesty having no further use for his services. 39th Foot—Captain Thomas Adams, from the 78th Foot, to be Captain, vice Foster, who exchanges. 40th Foot—Ensign Henry Ross-Lewin Morgan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cook, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 25th May, 1855, has been cancelled. 66th Foot—Thomas Gambell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Shortt, promoted. 72d Foot—Herbert Barron, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Burnet, who retires. 78th Foot—Captain Frederick Wilmot Foster, from the 39th Foot, to be Captain, vice Adams, who exchanges. 81st Foot—Lieutenant Walter Musgrave to be Adjutant, vice Wilkinson, who res gns the Adjutancy only. 92d Foot—Lieutenant William David Inverarity to be Captain, by purchase, vice D. P. Campbell; who retires. 97th Foot—Ensign Robert Cecil Kearney has been per mitted to resign,his Commission. . STAFF. Brevet-Colonel Honourable W. L. Pakenham, C. 8., upon half-pay Unattached, as Lieutenant-Colonel, to be deputy-Adjutant-General to the Troops proceeding on a particular service. BEevet•Colonel E. R. Wetherell, C. 8., upon half-pay Unattached, as Major, to be De.puty-Quattermaster- General to the Troops proceeding on a particular service. Brevet-Colonel Studholme Brownrigge, C. 8.. upon halt pay Unattached, as a Lieutenant-(Jolouel, to be Deputy- Quarterwaster-General to the Forces serving in Ireland, vice Brevet-Colonel Wetherell, appointed Deputy-Quartei - uiester-Geneial to the Forces employed on a particular service. HOSPITAL STAFF. Deputy-Inspector-G , neral of Hospitals—A. Gordon, M. D., C. 8., from 111.1 f-pay, to be Depnty-luspector-Gene ral of Hospitals. T. C. Beale, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces. BREVET. The undermentioned Officer having completed three years' actual service on the Bth March, 1857, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to he Colonel in thu Army, under the Royal Wm rant of 6th October, 1864 : Lieutenant-Colonel R. Waddy, C. B. 50th Foot. The nu& rmentioned office); having Joni - pleted three years' service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, aceordieg to the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 3d Novtraor, 1854, to be Colonels in the Army, viz. : Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. Ormsby, Royal Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel H. Servante, Royal Eugirc - ,!:d full- Lieutenant-Colonel St. Alibyn Molesworth , r o n t equenee pay of the Royal tngineers, to be Colonel, i Di n o :Bon, of the of the promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Engineers, who stood below 11: 7 ' n strength of the corps when he retired. Brevet -D i al A, Douala, Brevet-Majg Carton and Brev e the effective on retired fall-pay (Staff officers of Pensioners), to be Lieu tenant-Colonels in the Army, the sank being honorary only. The undermentioned Cadets of the East India Cam. pany's Service to have the local and temporary rank of En sign during the period of their being placed under the com mand of Col. Sandham, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for Field Instructions in the art of Sapping and Mining. Isaac Pratt Westmorland, Gent. Arthur Charles Par Hay, Gent. Thomas Freeman Dowden, Gent. Oliver Beaucha mp Uoventry St. John, Gent. Augustus Le Mosurier, Gent. David Henry Trail, Gent. Arthur Herbert Bagge, Gent. William Couingham, Gent. Frank Robertson, Gent. ADMIRALTY, MAUCH 25. The following promotions, dated the 19th inst., conse quent on the death of Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Joshua Ricketts en Rowley, Bart., on th e 18th inst., have thi s d a y tak place :-- Rear-Admiral theßight Hon. George Anson Lord Byron, on the Reserved Half-Riy List, to be Vice-Admiral on the same list. Rear-Admiral of the Red the Right Hon. Edmund, Lord Lyons, G.C.B. (holding th e t emporary rank of gd.. miral), to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Reii.- - Admital of the White the Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir S. LubhinAton, K. C.B , to be Rear-A.4mi' al of the White. Captain H. D. Trotter, Captain Sir G. Back, Captain Wm. Hill) ar, To be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved Half-pay List. Captain Henry John Codrington, C.B , to be .Rear-Ad miral of the Blue. Captain Jawe9 Barney and Captain James Morgan have also been promoted to be Reined Re..r-Admi►als on the "`"> terms proposed m the London Gazette of Sept. 1,1846, with out increase of pay. r-J WHITEHALL, MARCH 26. The Lord Chanceilor has appointed William Robinson, of No. 32, Charterhouse, Gentleman, to ba a Londou Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Henry Blyton, clothier, York-terrace, Ratcliffe, Mid dlesex. BANKRUPTS. Benjamin Smith, licensed victualler, Whitechapel-road. Andrew Hind, tea dealer. Pleasant-row, Pentonville. William Dickens Evea, victualler, Old Street, St. Luke, Middlesex. John Marshal!, coal merchant, Railway Stations. Joseph Skinner, auctioneer, Great James-street, ,Bed. f°l d-row. James Kent, rag merchant, Kent-staeet, Portia's. John Jones Roberts, metal broker, Liverpool. Hillyard Nichols, corn mer c hant, Bedford. Benjamin Hornby, hotel keeper, Hoylake, Chester. Thomas Brooke Wavell, bill broker and commission agent, Achins-court, Old Broad-street. William Jeffcoatt, baker, King's Heath,Woroestershire. James Smith, marine store dealer,- Walsall. Thomas Dillon, boot and shoe maker, Halifax. John Stewart, ironfounder, Preston. George Lashmar, seed crusher, Brighton. Solomon Solomon, tailor, Strand. James Stevens Tripp, commission agent, Lombard strtet chambers, Clement's-lane. Charles James, victualler, Loughbourongh, Leicester shire. William Mee, fancy hosiery, Liecestershire. Jonathan Wright, Burnley, shoemaker, Lancaster.! Edward Watwough, draper, Manchester. SCJTCH SEQUEiTRATIONS. John Robert Finlay, commission agent, Glasgow. William and Joseph Broadbent, jun., and Co., wool dierchants, Glasgow. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 21st day of March, 18b7. MCI DEPARTMENT. Notes Issued £24,065,160 Dated the 26th day of March, 1 SLNKING eroprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 dent ................ 3,813,985 eublic deposit t (in cluding Exchequer, CommLssioncrs of Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities.- 3,4b9,500 Gold coin and bullion 9,500,160 Silver bullion.... - 224,065,160 1. MARSIILLL, Chief Cashier. 167. ;rAßTlczia. Government secnritioa (Includg.llead Weight Annuity) 11,646,08 Other securities...... 19 9911,712 Notes •• .. .... • ....• .5,44 ,721 Gold and silver coin .. 732,137 National Debt, Say- ing's Banks, , and Dividend Accounts) 8,906,791 , they deposii I ...... 9,902,845 ,even Day and other 8i115.... .... ~.. . 680,966 437,857,587 $37,557,587 F. MARSHALL, Chief 157. Dated the 26th day of March, 1, AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending March 24, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : a. d. From the British Possessions in America 37 Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius.... 4O 1 Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 2B 9 Average of the above descriptions. Ten o'clock. 250 240 128 65 Two o'clock. 486 445 423 One o'clock. 1,959 1,642 436 318 Quarter to Eleven. ...... 104 Two o'clock. 769 ... 659 Quarter to Eleven. 573 438 138 91 6SA 1 353 5 10 1 1 11 122 1i 104 5i 684 7 1011 2 163 1041 103/ 4 3i 3 64 39 8i 9 82 i i i i 86j 1 2i 62i i 121 B 75g i 87 i 57 9 86i 7 8 21A 6 26} I llg 6 103 73 18i 18 93 174 13 461 1 i 4' 39A 16i 15 591 23 k Pin 1341 4 974 00IIRSR OF EXCHANGE.--THIs DAT. 11 14 i Gibraltar •• •• •• Ditto, three months .. 11 1I Leghorn .. • • •....... 29 45 'aotterdam 11 Itt% Genoa ...... ..•• '45 75 Antwerp .............. 25 50 Milan - Brussels ....•......... 25 50 Venice........ • • - aamburgh ............ 13 8% Naples .• •• .. ..... •.. 48 Altona ...• Palermo .. - 130 Paris...: .. 25 2714. Messina .. 130% Ditto, three months .. 25 72,54 LtaboA ....... 52% Alarseilles 25 723t i 1 Oporto 52k :,:ourdeatax ........ Rio ..anelro ..... ....... Fianktort-on- 'lain° •• .. 1195 i Buenos Ayres ..... Berlin ................ New York ,60 days' sight Vienne- 10 29 Philadelphia •• . . rne5te................ 10 30 pawns or suLLiox, rim oz. eotersburg ............ 37% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 10 Madrid .........., 49% Portugal Gold Coin 3adiz SO Mexican Dollars ilarcelona New Dollars • 0 0 in bars .. .• 0 b 1% MARKET NEW s.--- Day.; CORN EXCHANGE. Notwithstanding that we had a very , limited supply of English wheat in our market to-day, the demand for alt kinds ruled exceedingly heavy, at barely Monday's decline in the quotations. The general quality of the samples was by no means good. The fresh imports of foreign wheat have been limited, yet the show of samples, ex granary, was good. So few transactions took place that prices were almost nominal. In floating cargoes of grain very little was passing. Barley was in fair supply and sluggish request, but not cheaper. There was a fair demand for malt at full prices. Oa's, beans, and peas changed hands slowly, at Mon• day's fall in value. The flour trade was very dull. ARRIVALS TIIIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. 1,670 I 450 i 1,270 Cita. Flour. 1,560 English Irish Foreign. 1,770 I 9,780 3,000 16890 -- brig. 310 acks. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of beasts in to-day's market was very mole rate in number and detic,eut in quality. For most. breeds we had a fair lemand, at Monday's currency. Sheep, the show of which was limited, moved off slowly, yet prices were supported. 'There was very little inquiry for lambs, and the top figure for them was 7s per 81bs. From the Isle of Wight 2 i hta I came to hand. We were scantily sup. plied with calves, which were sold briskly at an improve. meet in value of 4d per 811)9. Pigs were dull, but not cheaper. In milch cows scarcely any transactions took place. Per 81bs to sink the offal& s. d. s. d.l a. (1. k Interior Beasts... 3 4to 3 6 PrimeSouthdown 5 8 6 0 Second quality.... 3 S 4 0 Large tree. calves 4 4 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8 Prime small d 0... 5 6 510 Prime Scots, die. 410 5 . Large hogs 's 8 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...4 4 4 8 Small porkers ... 4 4 5 0 `Second quality ...4 10 5 oSuckling calves.. 23 0 30 0 Prime erse.-wiled.s 2 5 6 Quarter old pii76.21 0 ::8 0 TOTAL SUPPLT I FOREIGN SUPPLY Beasts 6O Sheep Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs 2BO Calves NEWGATE AND The trade generally ruled e Pigs LBADENHALL. steady, at'fall prices. the varetuse. Per Sibs ey s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d tied, interior t 210 3 2 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 4 3 8 Do., middling ..... 3 8 4 4 Do. prime large 310 4 0/ Do., prime 4 6 4 8 Do., do. email... 4 2 4 4 I Veal 3 10 5 4 Perk, large 3 8 4 2 1 Pork, small 4 6 5' I BOROUGH HOP. Fine bops continue in moderate request, and prices are well supported. In all other kinds very little is d o i ng, a t late rates. The imp4ais of foreign hops co n ti nue l ibels/. of 2a K i e d nt a , n 3 d l 5s to 5 1( l Oenst;l3°Scuksseetl 31 15s to 5/ 12 4 ; wesi d , 313 s to 41 O s per cwt. COLONIAL b u T s i ß ri A. e 8 8 — h T a li s e b e m e n a rte n t e bas in g b o e o e d n u d a e u f l u l , l ci b u n a t i aie: privately of gr e a e a g 9 0o:i t full rates. On Tuesday n ex t a l arge quant i ty i s a dvertised for public eale,.includi ng some Com mon Congou is at is 11l per lb. continues SUGAR.—The demand for home consumption ta. ec, rather active, and fully previous rates sit, tultsle 1 Li Lunen al though stocks are slightly increasing- e . . . 17 ,,a ry quotations are hai been done in the relined mars."7-s -packages of Assam. , 3 6d per cwt. rather lower. Brown lumps Mocha is also in de native Ceylon at frilly former rates.tationp. de mand and realises enin'nebdu:ltalLs has been transacted in COFFEE.—There is an activreeailnisqeuiry for plantation and. RICE.—A larva 7 private e high rates. Other sorts are also in demand A y t fu b l ee n an active demand fot Leeward. Rl:rm.-There bass and slight advance may be quoted un good Bengal an 't Madras alt. and Jamaica, an 4u . alitie :g.. -The markets ruled dull, but former prices are mace, rtpper, pimento, and nutmegs. veryformer values. ginger, sUB L•—There is a air f • demand for all qualities at COCHINEA . t prevlOUS quotations. . a bout RE• -The market is dull, no public sales having SALMI' • k place, and there is little change in prices to report. taken firmness of the market still continues. particulaily for present delivery, P.Y.C. on the spot baying advanced to 80s and 82a 6d; April delivery, 55a (3 56s ; and hat 3 months, Us 6d to 63s per cwt. I. P a x i l c , tt - t - 1 for- LONDON AND N oftT Et- W ESTICRN KAILWAT.—Traffi c return for the week ending March 22, 1851 £57,580 0 0 Corresponding week last year GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—Tratho return for the week ending March 15, 1857 £21,782 17 11 Corresponding weak last ye,ar 21,016 18 11 2011 100 • 'lOO 3 100 1100 23 16/ all 100 [OO 31.1 20 20 10 St. 163 100 100 all all all all all 10 100 100 10s 00 100 100 20 all 1 all all FOR' 203 i 12 A 9i 10 2111 404 17j 18 18i 321 25,i i 50 25 124 20 50 50 50 25 12A St. 1 12 i 124 St. all 100 100 100 100 34 100 12 , 25 20 St. 1.0.0 100 all 100 100 all all 1100 100 all 100 all 100 100 54 97h 6 931 1101