The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-16 00:00:00

I I ; 0 ,27. 72 Ter latimavesvarmamat AA' H rT MA4 ip.„ , AND SOLIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday clo , :ed with a quiet aspect, and prices 'of all kinis were unchanged. The sales were 6,000 bales, 500 of which were taken for export. The Railway Share Market opened raJher flat, but late in the day a reaction took place, when a slight improvement occurred. The directors of the Agra and United Service Bank have issued a report of the proceelings which took place at the meeting of proprietors held at Calcutta on the 14th February. The statement then presented exhibited a net profit of Company's rupees 4,93,602-5-9, being at the rate of rupees 13-2-6 per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital of seventy-five lacs. After providing for a divi dead at the rate of ten per cent, per annum, there Would remain 1,18,602-5-9 to the Reserve Fend. The half yearly meeting of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was hell to-day ; Captain C. E. Mangles, M.P., in the chair. The report has been already before the public, and shows an increase in the aggregate receipts of the company of 51,5411., which was a source of satisfaction to the directors, and enabled them to pay the usual dividend of 21. Per share, and besides that a bonus of 11. 103. per share, free of income tax. The Tyne had been re covered in a very satisfactory manner, and it was believed that the whole of the expense would be covered by the sum appropriated to insurance for t he first half of the current year, viz., 22,5001. The surplus on the whole account available fel appropriation was 266,1061. 4s. Id. A few obser vations took piece on the part of Dr. Beattie, Captain Barber, Mr. Russ , ll Gurney, Deputy Chairman, Mr. Hawes, and the Chairman in ex- Planation, when the report was carried, and the dividend and bonus agreed to unanimously. The very uneasy feeling produced in Stock Ex change circles yesterday, through a combination of adverse circumstances, has given place to increased c onfidence, in consequence of the Bank directors, a% anticipated, not having found it necessary to adopt fresh precautionary measures at their meet ing to-day. Although few imagined an advance in the terms of interest and discount would be an ounced, there was nevertheless a manifestation of anxiety ; for the recent course of events, so differ ent from what had been 'anticipated, has perplexed even those usually enabled to form a pretty correct idea of what is passing in the financial world. No Wonder, therefore, that the result of the Court's deliberation should have been awaited with great interest. After a discussion only occupying a few minutes the directors adjourned, so that it may be "Pposed the p os iti on o f a ff a i rs , th ro ugh the influx O f gold and other circumstances, has im- P r c r yod within the last few days. There is little cause, however, for presuming that there will be any immediate relaxation of the stringency. If it does not even increase the current rates will I ° doubt b e en f orce d f or s ome time to come, al thoughl further arrivals of gold will go far to pro duce relief. About 500,000/. in Australian gold was deposited la the Bank of England yesterday. , The Funds, which opened flatly, have become ra tr.ier fir mer s i nce th e a dj ournmen t o f th e B an k Speculation is rather dull and the Bears appear to be acting with more caution. There ?still a demand for loans and discounts which is un 4,vourable i n it s i n fl ue nce on prices, but during t he last few days the sales have represented a large total, and a disposition may soon be shown to close such Operations. Of course all will depend, how !vet') upon money and specie movements. Consols have been 92 i and 924 for money ; for the ac count they h ave been 93i 1. The New 3 per Cents. have been 91/ I, and the Reduced 91Z The Larch E xc h equer Bill s are 4 s . t o 3 s . dis coun t, th e J une ditto 9s. and Bs. discount, and the Bonds aro Almost the same as before. Bank Stock is 213, Mild India Stock 221 to 222. A very limited business has been done in the Poreign. Stock Market, and, with the exception of Turkish Bonds, prices have not varied to any ma terial extent. Brazilian 5 per Cents, improved to 100/. Danish were 85. Sardinian 90/. Spanish Deferred 25, and the Committee's Certificates Gal:. Turkish 6 per Cents. were 932 and 94 to 94,. Belgian 4i per Cents. 99, and Dutch 21 per Cents. 65. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Mexi can, 233 I ; Peruvian 41 $ per rents., 76 7 8 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 441 51 ; Russian 5 Per Cent s ., 104 6 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41 1; ditto Deferred, 241 51- ; ditto Certificates, 6i i ; ditto Passive, 51 6. The la s t wee k' s ra il way rece ipt s , ascer tained up t 0 this day, are in round figures as under :- 1857. 1856. Gr eat Western £28,539 £26,271 North-Western loath -Western outh-We t B righton 15,425 12 289 Midland I%nth-Eastern 18,265 15.200 0 ‘Aleclonia i .. rem Northern ttleasbi re an d Y or k s hi re B ristol and Exeter 6,240 6,178 t'hester and Holyhead -- - 2011 100 100 kit Lancashire 6,357 5,836 IClacaster and Carlisle % ri anchest er , Sh e ffi e ld, and Lincoln 9,827 8 ,77 3 North Stafford 'North London oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh 3.863 3,143 South Devon Taff V a l e flat e r 1,344 1,389 E dinburgh anci Gla-gow Glasgow and South-Western Grand Tru n k o f C ana d a at Western of Canada... 11,507 13.134 Northe rn of France The Railway Share Market has been exceedingly motive, and the business done has been chiefly in Connection with the settlement of the account. Prices have shown some fluctuation. Caledonian, astern Counties, South-Western, and South- Eastern declined ss. ; and North-Western, 10s. ; Great Northern and Great Western improved 6 8. ; Midland, 10s. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 15s, The French lines are also rather higher ; Paris and Lyons improved 15s. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, V. to I.f. I.os. ; Great Western of Canada, butcb. Rhenish, and Sambre and Meuse ar e at about previous rates. 2011 100' 100 100 100 20 20 20 20 In Mining Shares there is no change to report in prices, the only dealings being in Great Wheal Alfred at CL, and Linares, 71. Joint Stock Bank and Miseellanelus Shares rate rather flat. Bank of Egypt declined ss. ; Ottoman sank, 10s. ; Crystal Palace realised 2g. lI RITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY • (from the Official List.) Bustnest• done ERnk Stock 8 . , Der Cont. Reduced Annuities 0 - - ver vent. Console ft.nnuities 92s i Ne w 3 per Cent. Annuities 9l 4 i i i 1. ( 3 .1z Ann u iti es, ex pi re sth Jan. 1860... -1 -a v 2 Ditto 35 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 2 5.16 India Stock 112.dia Rends, £lOOO Ditto under 43000 4 d uensolg for A coonnt 934 :} Etches:lller Bills, 20. March. 1 Juno. £1000................. „ _4 3 d •••••••••••• 9 8 d atm4 d 1 5 cl 6 4 8 m 41 1...... .... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. il razilia . n 5 per Cont. ehi lian Bonds, 6 p er C en t. ~.D i tto 3 per Cent. , alo xican 3 per Cent 23a r eruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent - - r: Ditto 3 per Cent. 5l N r diniau Bonds, 5 per C en ti it niEh Bonds, 3 per Cent. - Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cen% ft ,'Panish Committee Cert. o f Coup. n;)t, fun 6s 3 .Uurkith Bonds, 6 per cent... 931 Ditto Account . .. Irenezuela Bonds, 4.1 per Cent ~ ~ ea!, 3 tr.o tit)Ov., , v4t3it3 in t, ;‘,L an. Lelgian, 21 per Cont., ex. 25 francs .. ... W4Ditto 4i per Cent.. ex. 25 francs batch Ex'e,,aog o ''! per Cen:;., 12 Guilders 65 .. 2 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. Consols. money Ditto, Aczouut (M a y 7) 93i THE - BOARD OF HEALTEL—The expense of the Board °,lllealth for the y ear en di r g the 31st March next is t 2,325/. ailed ished etry, reign -open now per- .apby o the .d for :aster atics, dges, les of Ineral )laced ee act 3 1 3 Y O f Jr the 3 timed L what Le plot it in- :haste, much I fault; I plot, ) plea- 't ng 1 • ciallf of the ) have nakeg gives hits• 3h the sus. Selina, in bet id suf. ;m eet 3erßed If in' rcana,_ Dwdea that it .The ent fo r lice 0 6.-' ist tho Y I ' 3° 8 in it' npAlif :e , Ater to o ny, t ,ion 0' being °ward' SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) RAILW A YS. IRt.;Lwers. I:Hosing Vrice this Jay. Business done this day. 5i - si) Si - 9 65 - 67 8i - 9 - 92 9 - €9 34 - 36 - ... I . - 5 •••P gj - 9A 19 - 20 1.14 52 - 54 35 - 36 8i lid 98 100 . - - 56 ~3 - 34. 7- - 84 96 - 97 86 - 88 [2l - 123 !04 - 106 67 - 67 63 - 65 - 8 pl 6 8 102 102,i d par - 1108 - 109 1105 -105 i, id par 101 102 , - 40 82 - 82 • 53 - 54 M 58 - 60 31 - 44 - 45 , .. ..... ... 86 - 87 3/ - 2/ - 2i 39 - 403 634 - 644 96 - 99 5 4id 74 7i 10 11 29i - 304 6 - 4 105 107 25 263 49 51 2A —13 d 173 183, '5 76 87 - 83 - 4:H 4t - 30 41 - ii 201 -20 i 4# - 4i 7 - 9 24 - 3 51 i - 6 Pat trnbg. Nottng. Bost Or. Eastn. June— Belfast St Ballymenf Blimng. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. ti Cheshire Junct Blackburn Myth Sc Tyne origina, (isa. at £l5) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. Cbester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon—. ." . :,`ork, Black. Sc Pass Cornwall D(4, Do. B Dublin&l3elfast Jun:. Dan. P. &Aber. June. !East Anglian ;Eastern Counties..... EasternUnion,A.stk Do., do. B. Do. New A._ .. l East Kent East [An cashire East Suffolk 'Edinburgh & Glasgow Ed inb. and Peebles... Edinb.Prth.&Dundee l IForth and ClydeJunc. 'Furness ... . ........ 'Glasgow & S.Western Great N. of Scotland "Great Northern ...... Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. SUL &West. (Ire. ) St. jlOO Great Western. St. 100 I Do. Str.V.R. gua. St 12 all Irish South-Eastern 50 ! all ; Lancaster & Carlisle. 165 145 Do., Thirds ..... ....... IG-5 12 Do. New Thirds „.. St: i 100 16 6 3 20 all all St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F. £l6 ... Do., first. Riding Un. !Do. Southport. ...... London & Blackwall Long. Bright& S.Cst. St. 100 LOI all London & N. Western Do. Fir*.s. Do. ,IG/.5h.,314c8...C1 Do. Eighths London etz S...W6stern Lnd ndrry. &Col era I ne Lndndrry. & Ennisk. gan ch. Sh e f. &Lin cln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland . Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G.West.(lr.) Do. i Shares Newcastle do Carlisle Newpt.Aberg.dalrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint dz Rostrevor Norfolk.. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern - Berwick Do. do. Extension IDo do. G.N.E.Purch Do. Leeds Do. York North London ..... N. &,- S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Ju 'North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton.... 16 I Portsmouth 10 'Rhymney 100 Scottish Central .. 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 100 ;Shropshire Union 4 Sitingbourne &Sheer all ISouji Devon 100 South Eastern all :Do. 43 per c. Shares 100 ISotiLli ...... . 17 jS. Yorksh. RiviirDun 7 1D0......... ...... all ' Staines,Wok., & Wok all 'Stockton & Darling 15 1 Do. do., 1854 3 Do. do., 1855 16? Stockton & Hartlepl 1100 iTaff Vale 100 ',Do. Pref., No. 22 Thames Flay. D. &R. all IVale of all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Watc. , rford&Limerick all West Cornwall all ' West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B 'West Loudon ... Do. First Class Do. Second Class Wmbledon &Croydon BRITISH Pi lAtlan. and St. Law. 'Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. I Do. Buffalo do Lake Hur , Brut. & Go(ich 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug. ,72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 ' Do. do., 1 June, 74 1 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oudo (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. '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 cent. Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pert Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Do. New IDo. Bds., payable 's7' Do. do., '76, p. '60... !Do. do., '73, do. Do. , do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4i p.c Do. do., 5 per c Do. 44 p. c. Exton Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c Do, 4th Ex., do 'Oude (Limited) I lSciude, guar. 5 per c Do A n twrp &Rotterdam Ardennes Belgian East. Junct. Be ziers to Graissessae Carmeaux&Toulous, Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New • !Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France 'Great Luxembourg Italian Junction ' Lake Const. & Bale Li erre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterrau. Maria AntrTja. I• o New Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France NorwegianTrnk. Fret Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Reeife & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p• c Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Mouse Do. 5i per cent. pref. Southern of France.. !West Flanders !Do. 5A per c. Pref :W.,SLN.W. of France 'Western of Austria..., West, of Switzerland ,Wiesbaden ............ Do. S p. cent. pref. 'Zealand. ........ , SSESSIONS. 3 - ip i - 1 P 197 - 99 96 - 98 96 - 98 1 - T) 108 • 109 li - lb 20. j -- 21 63 -- 65 89 -- 90 211 -21 i -- 1 pi 253 --3 fpi -- 61 1 99 -- 100 1123 -- 128 1122 -- 127 106 108 19 20 211 214 id I 413 ". ". -tip 7- 1 1 1 - - 7i •.. - • 3 4p 5 d par 343 par 23i . 2P 6 Gi .. __ ...d 74 -- sgp 3 . 2 :- 33 - 8 21 - 21 39 - 9 - 10 62i - 63 61 - 63 par— } p 17 19 1 —1; 91 9it 81 9 33i 34 4/ 5 9i 10 31. 32 par 1 p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. allli' Bank of Australasia sEgypt 50 Bank of London all Bri. Col Bk.& Ln. Co all British N. American 8 C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Ch 50 ,City 25 ............. 20 Commercial of Lond. all lEng. Scot, &Ans. Cht. all Len. Ch. Bk.of Aust. all 'Ditto New 20 'London and County 50 , Lud. &E. Bnkng.Corp 10 I London Joint Stock 20 ILond.andWestminst. 35 National Pro. of Eng. 10 I Do. New 22A ,National Bank all INew South Wales all ;Oriental Bank Corp. 15 Ottoman Bank IProvincial of Ireland all iDo. New 1 R. Ans. B. &G. Im.Co. all 'South Australia all Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Wostru J3k,of Loud., 10 50 130 93 - 95 2.2 - up 63 - 65 17 - 18 17A -18 i 17,3 . - 1861 46 i 38A 3W ia— id 58 - 60 6i - 12 10d' 'lOO 100 160 all all all 2 100 100 3 100 100 St. 50 St. St. St. St. St. 25 20 20 10 St. all all all all THE , " STN, LONDON, TITURSDAY EV.ENINGI 50 25 LINES LENSED AT FIXED KENTALS. Patd s nsVer. IBuck - ghamsh. • Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. g. 6 p.c E. Uu. H. Sh Glaa. :Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. Now 5 11 ' ~_~r;i;~ie Ln. &N. W. Caladon 124 12 5 St. E.O E. C Gt. orthn E. Count. Calclouian. 1.0.61 all 100 all all all all 100 20 25 25 124 Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Hull & Selby. Do. A Share::. Do. Shares. Lon. dr Greenw iDo.Preference ( Lon. Til., &S. I Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdhl. Bradfd. , • No-Nvmarket BuryE.G.spc.. N. dr Est.s p.c Do. 6 per et 1 Do.Fixedsp.c Prest. & Wyre Do. A Shrs. A Roystn. dr Hit. (Shrews.& Her S. Staffordsh WearVal.g6pc Do.. Wilts 4Sorrirst , Do.. qt. Westn. Y. & Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do Ln. &N. W. & Midld. i E. Count Do D 0... Do L. .W Do Gt. Northn T. Brassey M. MClean Stk.d/Dar.i Do Cinsin!, this 92 - 94 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 - 135 31 - 41 I =l6 12i - 13 23 -24 101 - 103 - gP 2/3 89 - 91. - g P 54 - 56 1 131 - 134 8 - 9 9 - 9} 31i -32 i 87 - 89 'e.stn. !E SHARES. 92 - 94 R 7- - -- 96 - 5i - 6 108 - 112 108 - 112 1 ..... P - I GI 1 ) 11i - 12: ii =-- ii 113 - 115 107 , - 109 100 - 102 I . .usiness this cis t' r • ~, ?t,' I Yetnl t . . 11 1 .44 k to" 1/ 7 SUN OFFICE, Six ''Block. NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.) (BY BLECTI?I0 T.ELECiRA.PII.) CLARET STAKES. Wentworth beat Manganese by ten lengths. 50 SOVS. SWEEPSTAKES. D.M. Crusada Western Power Two ran. MATCH, Alliance beat rtosa Benheur easy. 501. HANDICAP PLATE. Dead heat between Indulgence and Flyaway. Stakes divided. Sixteen ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. C by Hernandez— Physalis Traitor Korailoft Uzella Three ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Stormsail Squire Watt 60 - 62 101,- -10 i Three ran. SWEEPSTAKES, 50 SOVS., C.C. Gemma di Vergy. . Lord Nelson Crueada Won by a neck. SWEEPSTAKES, 100 SOVS., D.M. Vanity walked over. 701. PLATE. • 5i - 64 95 - 96 PM i 85 -- 87 99 -- 101 9i -- 10} 164 -- 17 10 -- 10 72 -- 75 9 196 -- -- 19 14i --14 i 132 -- 134 137 - 140 112 -- 114 Indulgence Little Tom Newton le Willows • • Ten ran. Won by two lengths. 1154 - 156 66 - 68 132 - 134 96 - 98 87 - 89 TWO THOUSAND. 9 to 2 agst Kent sto 1 agst Vedette lap .•• 101 - 103 91 93 li ld ... 3 1 - 4,1 212 - 22 '1 103 - 110 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Chief Justice Campbell.) 1171 91 A it - a 114 -- 116 tOS -- 110 65 -- 70 17i - 18 - THE QUEEN, ON THE PROSECUTION OT THE HON. MR. CLEMENTS ♦. ROLAND% -CRIMINAL INFORMATION. 1 100 all 100 100 all all Sir Fitzroy Kelly this morning applied for a criminal 22i - 23 98 - 102 - 104 27 - 281 2 - 3p information against the defendant, a gentleman described of the Army and Navy Club, for conduct calculated to induce the Hon. Mr. Clements, M.P., to commit a breach of the peace by fighting a duel. It appeared from a voluminous correspondence, which was read by the learned Counsel, that Mr. Clements, Mr. Rolando, and Mr. ROSS were employed to arrange a difference between a Dr. Barker and Mr. Urquhart, gentlemen residing in Ireland ; and in the course of the mediation, which did not end satisfactorily, an angry correspondence took place between Messrs. Clements and Rolando, and the latter, in one of his letters, requested Mr. Clements, if he did not at once accede to his terms, to concert measures for an immediate meeting. Afterwards on the sth of Mart Mr. Rolands called upon Mr. Clements at his house in Grosvenor-Square, to deliver a certain letter. Mr. Clements refused to receive the note, or in any way to re-open a correspondence that kad been closed, and said, in the event of Mr. Rolands leaving the letter, he (Mr. Clements) should return it unopened to the writer. Mr. Rolands then said, "Am I to understand that you positively decline to receive the letter I" and Mr. Cle ments said, " I do ; and if you leave it with me, I shall return it unopened." Upon this reply Mr. Rolands said, without provocation, "You are a coward and a scoundrel." Mr. Clements refrained himself, and took advice on the subject, and it was considered, under all the circumstances of the case, the proper course to take was an application to this Court for protection against such an insult, which was evidently intended to incite him to commit a breach of the peace. Mr. Clements bad informed Mr. Rolanda that it was his intention to make the, present application, but no notice had been taken by that gentleman. Lord Campbell—Take a rule to show cause. CARLERIS V. EARL OF MQBNINGTON. This case, which was heard before, a Middlesex Com mon Jury, was for the recovery of the amount of a fashionable tailor's bill, upwards of 1,000/., incurred by the Hon. Mr. Wellesley with the plaintiff. From the evidence it appeared that the bill had been standing for some years ; in consequence of recent circumstances the present action was brought. It was stated that the charges were not above those usually made by west-end tailors, and that all the articles supplied were of first-rate excellence. A number of witnesses were examined in support of the plaintiff's charges and the valet of Mr. Wellesley proved that the goods bad been supplied. For the defence it was contended that the charges were excessive and exorbitant. Twenty-one guineas were charged for a foreign dressing gown ; six quilted waistcoats were set down at nine guineas ; and two or three surtout coats were charged at 61. 108. each. Another objection to the bill was that the alterations of the clothes were all charged for : the alteration of one Taglioni great coat costing no less than 81. 188 61 The jury had not returned their verdict when our re port left. ...-. ... - 3 PREFEREN , Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd. at 501.) Bris. &Ex. 4 p. c. "A't. Do. 4 per c. Shares..) _ _ Caledn. £lO 4i p. c. Ches. & Ho. 5:1; p.c. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork &Bandon 5 ip.c. Dun.Perth.SzAber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. C. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ee,sp.cNo.l Do. No. 2 ....... ;Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lane ash .6 p. cts. E.&W. York. J. sths Edin. & Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed. Prth 4p.c. Purnecs, 5 p. Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do.. 4? 2 per cent ..... Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N. of Soot. 1 st Pre Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc Do. con. red. , q p. c. Do. con. rod. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per lent. Do 5 p. c. rod. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh,. Do. Chester Sp. c.P.. S. Do. do. 5 p c. Do. Birm. Gila. Stk. Do. Chesh.. Gua. Sh. Do. do. do I Do. do. do Lau.& Yor 6 pc.St. Lou. &T;. G. 5 pc. No. 1 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 L 00..; N.W., Coy. & Nunea',.,on 5 p. et... Lou. & S.W. 7 peret. late 3d Shares ... Londy.& Color. Sh. Londy.&Ennis. Sh. 5.,&.L. 6 p. Cont. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 31, per cent. 31a•y.>t. ' Carl. 4 p.c, Do. 4l per cent Do. Aid.Consol.., p.c. St. Do.Cop.Br.Bir.6 p.c. Do. 4i c. Prof. Do. L. di H. PreZ New.,Aber., &c., pr. l 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c.pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. Norfk Deb. 4 p.c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i 71. c. pf , 1847 ~1847 North British . ...... Do. 71. Preference NT, E. Berw. 4 p. c. Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6pc No.ll Do. do. Qrs., 1848.. Do. York EI.& S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 61 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. c 10.3.1 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 41 pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. Gd. Do. 41 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do : do. 41 p.. c S.Yorksb.4 c. Guar. Stock. & Dar., 5 p, c. Do. do. do. . Stock. & liartl. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 Watered&lk. 6 pc. BRITIS F{ 12112 'Alfred Cons. (Philk British Iron 14s 1013 MINES. 211 - 221 7 - 160 - 170 445 - 465 13i - 14 16-7 5i - 6 16 - 18 23 - 25 5 - 6 22 - 23 6 - 7 1l 1 335 - 345 6 - 7 320 - 330 200 - 54 - 220 - 1 32 - 33} 150 - 160 260 - 280 150 - 370 41 - 4i 18 20 144 - 46 23 - 25 1866 d 16/15' 40 I 1256 11178 Condurow (Cambria.) De v. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) Great Sont.h Tolgus Grt. W. Alfrd. (Ph ilk. ) Grt.W. Vor (llelstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Risset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Cara Brea (Illogn.) S. W. Frances(lllogn.) Tarn. S. St L. Min. Co Tin Croft lUn.Mines (Gwennap) of Towey (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogan).. W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). IWII. Edward(Calstck) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) Wit. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) IWh. Trelawney (Lis.) FOREIGN MINES. 20 7 Australian 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issuecl at .£5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada ••• 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 19 21 1 Clarendon Con. MM. Co. of Jamaica — id 40 all Cobro Copper 6O 63 . . 16 Copiapo 2 all Fortuna 20 all General 3 all Linares 5 1i Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 1 all New Granada 4 - 1 all Noveau Monde ••• 20 all Pont. S LdM. & Smlt 6 8 5 1 Port Philip — . • 30 16., Santiago de Cuba 2.4 5 1 all N'outh Australian 1 all Do. Scrip 1 all IDo. 10 p. c. 28) 3 . all ( United Mexican 34 3i MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 'Australian Agricult. 20:1 214 10 all Australn. Royal Mail 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 4 5 50 40 Brit. American Land ... 100 32 Canada - 155 St. IC3 Do,Go.6pc.Jan&July St. 100 Do, 6p. c.Feb.&Au7. St. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 35 40 25 all Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent. 26 28 5 all Crystal Palace 2 2i 2i 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 Duston Iron Ore 20. 18 Eastern Steam — St. 100 ElectrieTelegraph . . 93 91 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel. 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 1 10 10s. Eur. & Ind•Jetn. Tel. par ip 25 'dl Gen. Ir. Sc. Cul. (lim.) 15 L 4 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 5 London Discount 1i 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 4 44 4 20 10 1 a u 0 1 141 .1: a e g d c i l t a e l l e a n: . S E t ie N c. a T vi e g. l. • 10 all 1 M exicau&S.Amerien 21 31 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 ld 4 44 5 1 Do. Do. 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 18 22 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 1 all N. B. Australasian... — 0 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ...d 1 all Oriental Gas - 12 ss. Do. New Shares par 41 , 25 all Peelßr. Ld. & Minrl 24 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 661 7 50 10 Do. New p 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 all Do. Now 6 8 100 60 Royal Mail Steam — 66 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest ll I 1 all Do. New St. 100 S. Ans. Gov. 6 p.c.bds — 2 5 ' all South Austral. Land 35 37 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip I 1 / all Do. Registered - 1 12 0 5 Trust&Ln Co.U.Can. ••• 100 28q Van Diemon's Laud 11 13 St 1 100 V.Go.6p.cJanoSkJuly COURT OF EXCHEQUER. The Lord Chief Baron was occupied the whole of the morning in bearing a case arising out of a warrantry that had been given with a quantity of linen. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. An action on a bill of exchange occupied the court the whole morning. The case was entirely devoid of public interest. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended April 16, 1857, mado up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT BARLEY I OATS I RYE BEANS I PEAS 53s lid 45s gd 24s 4d. 38s 9d 39s 10d 38s 5d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT I BARLEY OATS I RYE I BEANS I PEAS 55s 2d 46s 5d '23s 9d' 39s 7d , 39s 7d 39s Od ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 93,845; barley, 32,175; oats, 9,728; rye, 419; beaus, 6,119 ; peas, 43G quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NICWOATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade ruled firm, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s Bcl ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; Lamb, Gs to Cs 8d ; :Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; Pork, 4s to 5s pet Sibs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 15.—The supplies of stock here to-day were limited, and the trade ruled firm, at our quotations. Beef, from 3s Gd to 53 Od ; Mutton, 4s Gd to 5s 841 ; Lamb, 6s Od to 68 8d ; Veal,. 4s 2d to 5s 4d; Pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 8113 s; to sink the offal. • ROMFORD, April 15.—The trade ruled steady, as follows : —Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s 2d ; Mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 10d; Lamb, Gs Od to 7s Od ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; Pcrk, 4s to 5s Od per Bibs. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 Os ' • clover do." 3/ 5s to 5/ 03 ; and straw, 1 1 4s to 11 8s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 123 to 4/ Os; clover do., 3/ I.os to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 9s per load. A fair average supply and a sluggish demand. WHITEOEIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 4/ Os ; clover do., 31 lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 Ss per lead. A fair demand. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—{This Day.) LONDON, April 16.—Wind this day at noon, S.E.; moderate breeze and cloudy, after a heavy shower of rain. DovEn, April M.--Wind W.--Arrived—Ann, from Shields, for Queenstown, to stop a leak ; August and Ed ward, from Rostock, for Bordeaux, with loss of bowsprit, jibboom, bulwarks, &c. PLY/SOUTH, April 15.--Wind S.W.—Arrived—Louisa Maria, from Moulmein, for Falmouth ; Vesper, Corunna ; Toleo, of Sunderland, for Calcutta, with damage to reefing apparatus. Sailed—Princess Royal, for Quebec ; Specula tion, ditto. PILL, April 15.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailek: Dora, for Barbadoes. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S. Arrived—Niddleton and Samoset, from Savannah ; Ti granes, Barbadoes ; John Martin, Savanilla ; Balbec, screw steamer', Havre. Sailed—Ready Rhino, and Battus, for Newfoundland ; Agatha Jntrinda, St. Petersburgh ; Jeanne, Genoa. MAILS FOR NORWAY.—The steam packet communica tion between Denmark and Norway having been re established, the mails from the United Kingdom for Norway will be conveyed direct by sea from Denmark to Norway, instead of via Sweden, until further notice. The rate of postage to be taken on letters addressed to Norway will be ls. 4d. the half ounce, and so on, accord ing to the scale in operation for charging inland letters. This rate comprises both the British and foreign postage on the letters to the plAce of their destination ; and it may be either paid in advance, or the letters may be forwarded unpaid, at the option of the send , -r, except, •however, as regards registered letters, the postage upon which, as well as the registration fee, must be paid in advance. —By command of the Postmaster-General, xvOIVhAND Mu, Secretary. 96. 6 122 66i 7,k 1.041 4 i 1001 i 81i 24 1081 9 8 21 20i 30 2 :1/ APRIL 16 ; 1857, PHAUVIAN BONDS. The f vilowing le ter relat-s to a attempt !ikely to be made to obtain introduction on the Lcurclon market of those portions of the home debt of Peru winch have long been celebrated for their questionable origin. The temptation to be offered is said to bo au increase of 2 per cent, on the sinking fund of the English debt; but the precedent would be bad, and should be resistol. If the existing Peruvian Government, notwithstanding their former determination to the contrary, choose BOW, for reasons known to themselves, to recognise, these liabilities, they can do so, and pay the proper rate of interest upon them at home. The fact of their having them represented by sterling bonds shows that the object is to get rid of them here—a result which would operate on our market just as if the amount were raised by a new loan : "Sir,—The last advices from Lima state that General Cistilla had signed a decree acknowledpring the iniqui tous Increase of the internal debt.underEchenique, and the conversion of 11,000,000 dollars of that debt into 2,200,0001. of sterling bonds. "It was to oppose the' introduction of these bonds, which the Government and agents of Peru had so treach erously converted, and were endeavouring to put on this market, to our great injury, and to take such other mea sures as might be deemed necessary, that a committee was appointed on the 11th of January, 1854, of which Mr. Richard• Thornton is chairman.. To the vigilance and strenuous exertions of that committee we owe the defeat of the various attempts first made with those in teral bonds, as well as the increased sinking fond we have on our own, and if the committee had been pro perly supported by us no doubt our legal right of five eighths of the proceeds of guano sold in this kingdom (which by this time would have, iquidated more than half the debt owing us) could have been obtained ; ani the payment of the interest, and purchases for the sinking fund, as also some minor points, placed on a more satis- factory footing than they now appear to be to the general body of the bondholders. But instead of giving those representatives the support they deserved, we suffered them to be insulted at a meeting notoriously packed by parties well known to have for their sole object the circu lation of the intrusive bonds, and who, after the adjourn ment of that meeting, constituted a committee f. , f their number, which obtained the name of the New Com mittee.' "Annoyed. as the Old. Committee must have been at our culpable neglect in not supporting them against the machinations of a. cabal opposed to our interests, they deserve much• praise for•not having thrown up our cause, and for resisting the two attempts which the New Com mittee made to obtain an •official. quotation of the ob noxious bonds. Nor among our obligations to them can be forgotten their opportune protest inzur behalf against the acts of the New Committee, thus maintaining our right to five-eighths of the guano proceeds, which would otherwise have been lost through the suicidal resolution Passed at a meeting held by the New Committee, accept ing the present sinking • fund as final. "Oar actual position is most unsatisfactory, as well as dangerous. No one can doubt that renewed efforts will now be made to circulate the spurious bonds in this market, and it is essential to .our interests and to that of the British public that such attempts be opposed, no :matter by whom made, or however plausible the pretext 'or bait offered; for we•need no new lesson& in Spanish 'American faith. Nor should we forget that our present sinking fund has not yet received the sanction of any ,Peruvian Congress. • • "Our old triends have evidently continued to watch over "our interests; butt understand that, tired of the unthankful task they accepted, as well as of the'expen diture of their time and money, they have long wished to resign, and it is not to be wondered at. "As we have no right to • expect the Old Committee to persevere in our behalf- after the treatment they have -received it. behoves us to lose no time in ap pointing men of efficiency, knowledge,, and fidelity to enforce our legal rights and confront the imminent danger we are exposed to. • An internal debt of some 27 or 28 — millions of dollars, an external one of about 4i millions of dollars, and our own debt of nearly 4,000,0001. sterling (no trifling total for a popula tion of less than two millions, two-thirds Indians), a costly naval force, without native seamen to man it, and of but little utility, a ,staff of military officers sufficient for an army of 1501,000 men, the chief 'industry of the country (mining) in decadence, an internecine warfare wasting its resources, and which, if now put down, may again soon spring up when there are so many greedy of the spoils of the State, and 'a rapid diminution of the deposits of guano, which are in the hands of an insur gent force—such is a sketch of the actual position of Peru; and let us, old. bondholders, beware lest, before our debt is•extinguished, we learn that a few bare rocks alone remain to show where our principal, and probably only, security was. . " London, April 15." AN OLD BONDHOLDER. LYONS AND MEDITERRANEAN RAILWAY. The Journal des Chemins de Per, referring to the ar rangement entered into for the amalgamation of the Lyons and Mediterranean railway, says :—" In our last number we indicated the basis on which the amalgamated capital was to be• constituted and divided ; but if we were per fectly correct in stating that the Mediterranean shares would serve as the type and would be divided into two, whereas the Lyons Company would receive six shares of the amalgamated company for four of its pre sent one, the same was not the case with re spect to the aggregate of the capital. New capital is to be formed, first of 90,000 Mediterranean shares, divined into two, or 130,000 in all ; and next, of 265,000 Lyons shares, which, being divided in the pro portion of six new for four old, rive 397.500, or, for both the •companies,• a total of 577,500. It is asked what will be the probable revenue f)r the new shares, and in what proportion the new lines which are to be construct ed, and the reductions of tariff which are imposed on them, may modify the future fortune of the amalgamated company. As capital, in taking as the starting point the present quotation of shares, wo will filet establish the price of the new share :—For the Medi terranean, at the price of 2,150 Fr., with a dividend of 851 r. due in a month, which reduces it to 2,065 fr., the value of the share at the present time, the price will be 1,0321 r. 50c. For the Lyons, in taking for basis the quotation of 1,530 fr. and deducting the dividend to be received of 50E, the price of the share will be 1,5301., or 6,120 f. for four shares, consequently the new share only represents a value of 1,020 f. As to the probable revenue, it is necessary, in order to estab lish it, to examine in the first place what was the pro duce for 18.r:6. • A Mediterranean share produced in that year 1101. ; four Lyons shares at 75f. each, 300 F., making together 410 f., which for eight new shares represents 52f. 50c. each. For 1357 the probable revenues are, according to the receipts—for one Mediterranean share 140 f., for four Lyons shares (1001. each), 400 f., making together 540 f. for eight new shares, or 67f. 50c. each. These calculations are not founded on mere hypothetical provisions, and represent only the minimum revenue to be hoped for, thanks to the system adopted for the construction of the lines, which have been conceded in exchange for the amalga mation, and by the approaching absorption of the Grand Central. In the first place, the company is authorised to issue bonds for the amount of the new works con ceded to it. A special account will consequently be opened for all the works relative to tba new lines, and that account will be debited not only with the expenses of the Construction, but also with the interest of the bonds which will have been successively issued. No charge will, therefore, for ten years be imposed on the revenues of the amalgamated company, which, on the contrary, will every year see its receipts augmented by the increase of the traffic, resulting from the completion of new sections and their junction with the line from Paris to Marseilles." SINGULAR CASE OF MESMERISM. The young woman in •this—town • (Galashiels) whose extraordinarylcise has excited the liveliest attention in the medical world and .thtouohout the country' is now quite recovered, and- restored to the use of her faculties, mental as well as physical. In the beginning , of June 4st the girl 4. 'whose age was 17, was`seized with a severe gastric fever, which left her in a very prostrate condition, during which she was attacked with -a violent spasmodic cough, which lasted without intermiision for 24 hours. Dr. Tweedie„ seeing that she would die from sheer weakness—alter he hadexharisted:all the remedies in the ,l'harmacopoeia—resolved upon trying mes merism. After much .perseverance he succeeded in putting the patient into a. sound sleep, which controlled the spasms: 'The character of the disease was then changed. 'The patient fell into a trance, in. which slip remained for five weeks, during which -time she was unconsciously fed with beef te being me,thanically roused to this exertion through maiineric passes foreight• weeks more she remained under the magnetic influence, any attempt to remove it even for . the briefest time being in stantly followed by strong convulsions. Gradually, however, she was able to be demesmer'sed for the, 'space of a few minutes; till, by degrees, the natural period extended from 5 to 10• minutes, arid from a half-hour to. two or three hours. The intervals in the end rapidly lengthe.ned,. till she at last com pletely recovered.. The first night she slept in a natural state was on the 15th of •March, and her rec very since that has been rapidly progressive. Altogether, the processof cure extended over nine months, and during that time . —her hearing, speech, and ability to walk having been loStthese were re stored seriatim by the magnetic process, and in the same gradual way. Full power of hearing was pre ceded by noises in the'ears Of various kinds, and at longer or shorter intervals. In like manner 'speech was prece dedby moaning sounds and in distinct mono syllabic utterances, until, in both instances, the full action of the organs wasrestored—the recovery taking. many weeks to be accomplished. We do not advert ,to the extraordinary developments-of clairvoyance and other magnetic effects which the patient exhibited in a way probably never seen be fore and which she is still capable of Sho w i ng . A ratherremarkable and even ludicrous circumstance' attending her recovery is that en meeting Dr. Tweedie in the street atter she began to walk abroad she immediately fell into the magnetic sleep, and it was not till she had fairly been brought to dispense altogether with mesmerism to induce sleep at night that this influence of the •operator ceased. Of course she is still Lighly - slisceptible of the power when applied in the usual way,. but in every re spect she is well and healthy, and has even grown during her illness. We may remark that during her protracted attack she always appeared to be free from organic disease ; the skin was clear, the lips full and I ed, and the complexion healthy, not withstanding the terrible severity of the convulsive spasms. —Border Advertiser: Tii 1 SUSPECTED• CASE OP POISONING 'AT •GLASGOW. M. L'Angeffier resided in Dundee for nine months in 1852, and was consequently Well known to many parties in the'town...with .whorn, he was on terms of intimacy, and who heard with regret of his sudden and untimely end. According to the statement of those who were acquainted with him here, he was born and bred in Jersey, and-was therefore not a Frenchman, as has been stated ; but he was of Frenei extraction, his father having fled from France at the period of the first revo lution, and settled in Jersey as a nurseryman. His .father dying, the business was carried on fur the benefit of hisanother, and young L'Angellier was sent to Edin burgh with.tbe view oi . gaining the necessary experience as a nurseryman to enat.le him to conduct the business successfully in Jerm-y.. He obtained a situation in the establishment of Messrs. Dickson and Co., seedsmen, which he held for upwards of six years. He then went to France,.where he spent about two years ; and he was in Paris at the time of the revolution in 1843. He sub sequently returned to Edinburgh, but was not successful in obtaining, a situation on this his second visit, and indeed it is believed • he 'did riot seek one very anxiously, as he: was then somewhat gay in his habits, and by no means remarkable for his devotion to business. —He hid contracted an, attachment with a young lady belonging to Fife, and. residing at the time in Edinburgh ; but from some cause or other—it is believed owing to the lady's• want of faith in his ability to undertake Coe responsibilities of married life—" the course of true love" was interrupted, and L'Angellier left Edinburgh in January, 1852, for Dundee, where he obtained a situation with Mr: Laird, nurseryman, Nethergate, with whom he lodged during his nine months' residence here. g..L'Ai3 g ellier had not been: long in Dundee when news arrived of the marriage of his sweetheart, which filled him with grief, and for some time he was uncommonly melancholy, declaring that he was , miserable and wretched on account of his blighted hopes. Indeed so much did he feel this disappointment that he at one time threatened, in the hearing of more than one person, to onnimit suicide—even threatening to stab himself with a knife—a 'fact which is considered of great importance in connection with the present case, as it shows that it was by no means anincredible thing that a young man of such excitable temperament might, while smarting under a love, disappointment, actually commit the rash act.which, under similar circumstances in Dundee, he had threatened to do. It is also reported—although we have not been able to. verify the statement—that in an other instance, when not so successful in a love affair as he desired, he threatened to-drown himself. Indeed he is represented by all who knew him as being of a roman tic, excitable, thoroughly Gallican temperament; either greatly elevated or dejected, exceedingly happy or ex ceedingly miserable ; lively, frolicsome, and ambitious to make conquests-amongst the ladies in a station far above his own. He was very prdtid of his family descent, and fond of talking of the counts, marquises, and dukes of the-old French nobility to whom he was related, but when in Dundee was so poor that those to whom he spoke of his high connexions used to joke with him, and say it was a pity his. aristocratic friends did not remem ber him.. The parties here most intimately acquainted with the youth at once wrote to the young lady's father on learning from the pipers the nature of the charge against her, and a legal gentleman from Glasgow has already visited Dundee, and collected such evidence as is considered material for the defence.—Dundee Advertiser. THE FATAL ACCIDENT IN LITTLE RUSSELL-PLACE.— DEATH OF ANOTHER OF THE SUFFERERS.—lnformation was forwarded yesterday evening to Mr. Bedford, the coroner, stating that John Shaen, the man whose thigh was amputated immediately after being extricated from the ruins, had died in King's College Hospital during , the afternoon. He had been in a state of utter pros tration from the time of his arrival at the hospital until his death. The inquest, which was adjourned on Mon day upon the body of Fitzgibbon, and stands for Friday next (to-morrow), will have to be opened de nose, in con sequence of this man's death. Au official examination has been made of the ruins, and the jury have also in spected the locality since the last hearing of the case. EXTORTIONS OF GOOLAE SING.—A friend writing from Murree on the 26th Feb., says that Goolab Sing is in creasing the burdens of the people to such an extent that the inhabitants of villages are emigrating in great num bers, and taking refuge in the British territory. A tax is levied on every child born—ten annas fora boy and eight for a girl For every buffalo two rupees and eight annas, besides five seers of ghee, and in the event of the ani mal's dying, the skin has to be shown to Goolab Sing. At the death of any relative or connection of Goolab Sing the people are compelled to mourn for six months ; the women are not allowed to spin cotton, and the Hindoo men are obliged to shave close ; on such occa sions as the birth of a child to any relative, or on the re covery from sickness of anyone of them, Goelab Sing cuts from his servants (including troops, &c.) one month's pay as a sign of his joy ! • On the marriage of a girl he takes three rupees, and en the re-marriage of a widow five rupees. He will only receive Naukshaee rupees, but pays in Cashmeeree ones—value about eight 'annas each ! The above little facts speak volumes. But how long will such a state of affairs be allowed to continue ? Oude was annexed because it was misgoverned. Is Cashmere, or rather Goolab, to escape ? The unhappy people are oppressed beyond all endurance. Bribery and extortion reign, no woman is safe if she is so unfortunate as to possess beauty, and no man's property (to make a bull) is his own.—Lahore Chronicle. DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Monday evening shortly after the 5.50 express • train from the north arrived at Stafford, a melancholy accident happened to one of the men in the service of the London and North-Western Railway Company, whereby his head was completely severed from his body. The unfortu nate man's name was Win. ltl.Tabe, a person of con siderable engineering skill, and who, in consequence of his ability, and the loss, .through an accident on the line 16 years ago, of one of his legs, had for many years bean intrusted with the management of the engine-shed at the station. On Monday evening, immediately after the north express had passed the bridge where the Shropshire Unisn Railieay runs into the main line, an engine drawing a number of empty ballast aggons arrived at the sp ot, a n d, after passing the junction of the liner!, stopped to put down a man who had had his band smashed near Norton Bridge Station, and who was conveyed through New Town to the infirinary. at Stafford. Just at thi s moment M'Cabe, who had but a few minutes previously left his home, was standing on the line noticing a train shunting into a siding, and about ten yards in front of the ballast train, when the engine of the latter train wa s again put in motion, for the purpose of proceeding towards the station, which M'Cabe ob served just before it reached him • but in attempting to m a ke his escape • the outside of the buffer of the engine caught him, and knocked him back again into the "four-foot" space between the rails, when he fell with his head across the rail. The wheel of the engine pushed him before it a short distance, and then P as sing over his neck, decapitated him. His son, a very steady young man, also .employed by the company, wit nessed the sickening spectacle, and puling off his coat, threw it over the lifeless head of his parent, which was carried forward a distance of five or six yards. As speedily as possible the mangled body of the deceased was conveyed to an adjoining public-house, where it awaits the issue of a coroner's inquisition. McCabe was well. nown and respected by all the authorities and officials on the line. He leaves a wide* all ► six children. —Manchester Guardian. ALTERATION OF THE HOP DUTY. On Tuesday afternoon a very r umerous and influential meeting of hop-planters was held at the Star Hotel, Maidstone, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the Chancellor of the Exchequer for an acre age duty, instead of the present excise duty. Mr. Elvey occupied the chair, and there were about 150 hop. growers present. Mr. MorrcilTorr, of Marden, stated that the planters generally felt that they were unjustly taxed, and it had been thought advisable to petition the Chancellor of the Exchequer to commute the present payment for an acre age duty of 31. At this moment the hop growers were paying a larger sum per annum in the shape of duty than the profits arising from their plantations justified, and they complained that the duty was levied in an unequal manner. Many persons were is favour of free trade in hops ; but he contended that it would be ruinous to the planters of this country to throw open the markets and encourage unlimited competition on the part of the fertile plantations on the . Continent. At the present moment the bop duty was estimated to produce 200,0001., and if the duty was commuted to 31. per acre, he believed that the cultivation of hops would be increased, and that in point of fact the revenue would sustain no loss. Mr.. BENHAM proposed the following resolution : "That this meeting is of opinion that it would be con ducive to the interests of the planters to petition the Chancellor of the Exchequer for an acreage duty of 31. per acre, in lieu of the present excise duty." After considerable discussion, Mr. L. LUCAS moved the following amendment :—That this meeting does not consider it expedient to agitate for an acreage duty on hop'." The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, which was nega ' tived; and the original resolution having been agreed to, the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. NEW READING-ROOM AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM. — We understand from good authority that the present reading-rooms of the British Museum will not be used for the purposes of study after the 30th inst. During the first week in May, when the Museum will be closed as usual, the library of reference will be removed from its present locality to the new reading-room ; and, in order to avoid unnecessary interruption while this ope ration is being carried on, no strangers will be admitted to the libraries for any. purpose whatever. On thent of May the new reading-room will be thrown ope.to the public generally, who will be allowed to v -t . freely until the 16th, after which day it w ill be devotes exclusively to the use of the readers. This arrangement will involve the loss of a few days to st udent ! , but it is anticipated that.it will afford much gratification to mul titudes who would otherwise have little chance of seeing a building of which competent judges say the nation ought to be proud. As the entrance to the new readi ng . room is through the front ball , it will be necessary that readers should bring their tickets of admission with them until they have become known to the doorkeepers. N al ttaC Intaligence. Tile steam troop hip Commander Has well, e aibaxiei tne, ht-ad-quarteri of the 90th Regt. alongside' Perini:loan dockyard yesterday amount ing to about 900,' making, with her ship's company, "about 1,100 personi, and dropped out to Spithead, which she will leave thi s morning f or China. The troops seemed most comfortably berthed, and sup- - plied with comforts not known to troops employed in the former China 'war. ' The Boscawen, 70, Capt. Glanville, struck the flag of Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., last evening at sunset, and left Spithead since for Plymouth, to be paid off and re-comtnissioned to carry the flag of Rear Admiral the Hon.-Sir. F. W. Grey, K. C, 8., on the Cape of Good Hope station." The Bosca.wen sailed from Bermuda on the 26th ult., experienced strong N. W. and W. winds the,whole passage. The Indus, 78, Capt. Stewart, C. 8., flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Houstou Stewart, K..C.8., arrived out on the 23d of March. The steam-sloop Basilisk towed the Boscawen out through the Narrows and proceeded on for St. Thomas's and the West Indies. The Boscawen lost two men on the voyage home ; one fell from aloft on deck, with the exception of Capt. Glanville, who left her at Portsmouth, and inva lided to Hasler. The depot; of the 37th . Regiment, consisting of 8 sergeants and 50 rank and file, with Brevet-Major J. R. Heaton, Ensign R. J. Bell, Ensign S. Hawkes, Ensign F. C. Forbes, and Ensign M. A. Borthwick, will proceed from the Previsional Bat talion, Chatham, this morning to Chichester, for the purpose.of joining the Depot, Battalion 'under the command of Colonel C. Eltnhirst. The Duke •of Cambridge has awarded a silver medal, with-a gratuity-of Si. to James Byrne, a private in the 81st Regiment, at Chatham, foriong and meritorious conduct. . . The Turkish frigate Geyvan Bahri sailed from Liverpool for Constantinople on Tuesday, having .been prevented by the weather from taking her de parture on Monday. She fired a r oy a l sa l u te, as she - passed the Rock Light; in 'honour of the British flag, a compliment which was retuned by the artil lery militia. stationed at the North Fort. Since the vessel has remained at Liverpool she has lost 4 of her complement of men, who were all buried in the Necropolis, a Dissenting' burial-ground. A numerous body of the .unemployed assembled yesterday evening in the paper factory. of the Ar senal at Woolwich, in order to devise the means (if possible, by solhiting - contributions froin their com rades, who are in the' receipt of' wages) to reduce the long list, which has been presented to Lord Pan inure, =containiug the.names of those who have pe titioned Government for the grant of a free passage to Canada.— A reply was received on Tuesday, in which his lordship stated, with much commiseration . for the distress of the men,, that his departm en t h as not the means of complying with their request. A deputation-immediately went to the residence in London of General Codrington, • one of the mem bers ~ for the borough, but unfortunately the general was absent from horde. With a little hesitation . they then proceeded lay their petition before Sir. B. Hawes, who received them most cordially, sym pathising with their distressed position, and advis ing them to return to Woolwich and endeavour to reduce their number: • This was the object of the meeting la . St evening in the' Royal Arsenal: The assistance,. however,. which their fellow-labourers were enabled to render them was very trifling. An additional 100 are under orders of dismissal from the carriage department of the Royal Arsenal, who it is probable may yet be retained through the hu mane interference of Col. Tulloch, superintendent of that branch of the establishment, who has conside rately represented to. Government the feasibility of employing the services of . the entire number now engaged throughout the ensuing year, and also of reducing the hours of lab Our. The Colonel con siders that in place of granting the afterpart of Sa turday as a holiday to the men, if the whole day were ceded to them a great portion of them, who are industriously inclined mechanics, would be in duced to turn the dap to the 'advantage of their fami lies. Since the termination of the Russian war up wards of 7,000 men and boys employed in various capacities have been discharged from the Arsenal alone. Many of their families are consequently in a state of utter starvation, and thousands are re duced to an inconceivable state of distress. To moriow &public meeting (as announced by placards through the streets of Woolwich) of the ratepayers and the discharged workmen from the Royal Ar senal and - dockyard. will be heldat the Ratepayers'- hall, to consider and adopt such resolutions as may be deemed expedient to relieve the painful distress caused by the late discharge of artisans from the public establishments in the town. Mr. J. Town- send, the riewly-elected member for Greenwich, will occupy the chair. H.M. screw steam corvette Scout, lately con structed in Woolwich dockyard, is now ready to 15e placed under the hands of riggers, and was yes terday removed from 'the fitting basin for that pur• pose. . . . . . - The screw steam storeship Hesper, under fitment for China, was hauled out of basin at Woolwich yes terday, and proceeded down to the river to try her machinery at the measured mile. She hasbeen sup plied with one of Griffithi's patent screw propellers, which admit of placing the blades in line with the keel• when not steaming, thereby obviating the necessity of unshipping the screw, and giving the vessel the full advantage of sail. The storeship Buffalo, along the wharf at Wool wich, has cleared out her cargo, and prepared for survey preparatory to being paid off, and laid up in ordinary. The Lords of the Admiralty have sanctioned an exchange of divisions between Captain John B. Prynne,, of the Woolwich division Royal Marines, and Captain R. C. Spalding ' Plymouth division. Messrs. Lucas Brothers, having completed the erection of the gun-factory boring-mills and gas work. in Woolwich Arsenal, have handed th e m over - Co the charge of the Government officials. The clock tower, destined to be carried 120 feet in height and to contain a peal of chime bells, is stayed at the height of 90 feet, and is to be converted to the use of a water tower. NATURAL RESOURCES OF PBESIA. The soil and' climate of Persia are only partially favourable to production, and the country is sub ject to (trough's so severe, that when they occur they are followed by a general famine. The soil is generally a hard clay, luxuriantly productive where water can be procured ; but owing to the scarcity of water, to the unsettled state of the Governinent, to the oppressive imposts, and fre quency of civil wars, there have been times when hardly a twentieth part of . the land has been under cultivation. Wheat is the] chief produce; barley, millet, and oats are also grown, and rice is produced in large quantities in the province of blazandera❑. Persia is celebrated for her gardens, which produce the most esteemed fruits of Europe, such as the fig, pomegranate, mulberry, almond, peach, and apricot, which are believed to have been originally brought from that country. The orange, the melon (of which there are twenty different species), baud the quince, are indigenous, and in perfection. Hemp, tobacco, opium, sesamum, rhubarb, manna, saffron, cotton, turpentine, mastic, gums, gall-nuts, are amongst the products of Persia. Its vines also are excellent, and the silk worm is extensively cultivated. Persia produces, also, the white and black naph tha, which was used by the people for lamps before it became for a time fashionable in England. The black naphtha is found in Irak Arabi ; but the more productive fountains are near Kerkook. The white naphtha': is found floating like a crust on the surface, of the water, and is of a thicker consistence, resembling tallow rather than pitch, for which the black naphtha is the Persian substitute. Its light is better than that of the black, and its smell less disagreeable. With this exception the mineral products of Persia are not of particular value. Salt is so abundant as to be almost 'valueless. There are some copper mines in the mountains of Mazanderan and• Kerman ; and in Adjerbijan there are mines of iron and silver. Sulphur and nitre are found . in the mountain of Dentawend, and the tur quoise, which is .peculiar ts' Persia, is found in the mountains of Khorassan ; the best in a mine near Nuhapore. The marbles of Persia are valuable, especially the transparent stone called Tabriz mar ble, which is produced by the petrifying waters of a spring near Maragha, the most extraordinary of I its kind in the world. The horses are the handsomest, though not the fleetest, of the East. •The camels of Khorassan are equal to those of Arabia. Mules are in general use, and their breed an object of particular atten tion. The wild' ass, an animal in every way supe rior to ours, larger and amazingly swift of foot, is an object of chase, and its flesh a delicacy. Cows and oxen are kept for. agricultural purposes, and for the dairy, their flesh being eaten only by the lower classes. The Persian sheep, with its enor mous flat tail, 'weighing alone often as much as 301 b., forms, together with their flocks of goats, the wealth of the wandering tribes. The boar, the bear,- the lion, tiger, • hyena, jackal, eagle, vulcan, and falcon, are found iu the southern provinces. The Caspian cat 'ranges the forests that border on The antelope, the Caspain. hare, zebra, fox, and deer,..ate foundin sufficient abundance for the pur poses of the sportsman. —Morning Advertiser. About 450,000/, out of the late gold arrivals from Australia was soid to the Bank yesterday, making the total taken there daring the present week 670,0001. This, however, still falli short of the amount necessary to repair the Extraordinary drain of the past fortnight. 3d .t, ry on, t • OAS re cis rter sera OM- 0120 abl© I or Tact bed. , ntal ex- h as ❑ re- itant a an mili ions. 0 TO" dant aster all 104 WO 100 25 ( 41 lOs all all all all 20 20 33 10 20 20 all all all all 50 20 100 100 100 100 100 .100 FOR: IIGN. 64 3 89i 214 26i 63 2i 61 161 i