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WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 17. .3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Veterinary Surgeon It. J. G. Hurford, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Shaw, who exchanges. 7th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Richard Charles Echalaz, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Chilton, appoiappointed to the 4th Dragoon Guards. nted Light Dragoons—Veterinary Surgeon Austin Cooper Shaw, from the 3d Dragoon Guards, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Hurford, who exchanges. 15th Light Dragoons—Regimental Sergeant-Major Jas. Mann to be Cornet, without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Maude, deceased. Military Train Aaptain Henry Alexander, from half On Wednesday night at the weekly meeting of the Society of Atts, E. Chadwick, Esq., in the chair, a paper was read by Mr. J. W. Papworth, on " Houses as they are and ought to be." Mr. PAPWORTH said it was much to be regretted that those who invest money in building are gene rally lamentably ignorant of the subject, and the result is in many cases a serious misapplication of capital. Indeed, the building owner and the builder, without the intervention of an architect, meet on very unfair terms. This is the more im portant, since the present system of excessive com petition has gradually reduced the stability of build ings to an alarming extent. It is remarkable that many of the brick buildings erected in the early part of the 16th century still remain and command a fancy price, and in many parts of London those built in the seventeenth century still remain in good condition. Towards the latter part of the eighteenth and beginning of the present century, the solidity of the buildings seems to have declined till it arrived at the present flimsy style. Many ob jections may be made against the present almost universally adopted plan for London houses. The placing the kitchen on the basement is an evil that might often be avoided, and a different arrangement of staircase would sometimes be an advantage. Per haps one of the greatest improvements in London houses of all sizes would be to have the drains laid so near the surface, and so covered by boards, that they could be examined or cleaned without trouble. Many a drain has been allowed to leak its contents away into the kitchen floor and the foundations, from which cause alone there are many damp walls in London. Mr. Papworth then dwelt at some length upon the present competitive system. When tenders are soot in, a most embarrassing discre pancy exists in the amounts named, and generally, if the lowest tender is accepted, it is found to be in the end false economy, and more money is spent eventually than was originally contemplated. The subject of house building, as at present carried on by speculative builders, was then discussed, the badness of the bricks employed, the careless prepa ration of the mortar, the mixing of old brickwork with new, the bad method of laying foundations— these and numerous other evils were pointed out. The rapidity with which the work is carried on naturally produces serious imperfections, among which smoky chimneys are not the least. If the public will avail itself of unlimited competition, and will not pay the builder a fair price for his work, the class of honest builders will die out, and in all our houses we shall see one or more faults Eke those described. With reference to the bad policy of such a system, every year of a badly built hoar?. may be said to cost at least one-third of the rent in repairs ; if they are not done, the horse goes to ruin at once. Indeed, our modern houses are so badly built that even speculative builders now find it difficult to sell a lease. Mr. Papworth concluded by expressing a hope that if the syste►n ho had condemned were continued the blame would not be unfairly laid upon the profession to which he considered it an honour to belong. A discussion ensued, in which Dr. Waller Lewis, Dr. A'nott, Dr. Milroy, Messrs. Robert Rawlinson, Elliott, WinkworLh, Pearsall, and others took part. pay, 10th Light Dragrions, to be Captain, vice John Woad, who resigns; Grahame Craig, Esq., late Chief Accountant Land Transport Corps, to be Paymaster. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Ernest Augustus Mon tague Lloyd has been superseded, being absent without leave. •Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Henry George Bowden, to be Instructor of Musketry. 25th Regiment of Foot—Henry George Ramadge, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase vice Layard, p r o mo t e d. Th e first Christian nam e o f Lieut. Layard, whose promotion was published in the Gazette ot 10th inst., is Charle.. 32d Foot—Ensign Joseph Brackenbury to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Crowdy, deceased ; Ensign James Strachan, from the 44th Foot, to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Brackenbury. 55th Foot—Captain George Anthony Morgan, from half pay of the 55th Foot, to be Captain, vice Bissett, who ex changes. 59th Foot—Ensign Robert Curving to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tucker, who retires ; Henry Seton Wake field, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Curving, 60th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant Matthew Tilford to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Ensign Frederick Simon A. Orchard to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Charles James Phillippe, deceased. 71st Foot—Lieutenant Francis Bonham to be Captain, by purchase, vice F. C. Clerks, who retires. 72d Foot—Captain Oswald Barton Fielden, from half pay 72d Foot, to be Captain, vice Robert Douglas, who exchanges. 73d Foot—Lieutenant J. J. Lloyd Williams to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Knox, who retires ; Ensign Wil liam John Lane Milligan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Williams; Thomas Monsell Warren, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Milligan. • 77th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon George Clarence Hyde, Nal the Staff, to be Assistant• Surgeon, vice Burton, who exchanges. 78th - Foot— Lieutenant William McGregor Archer to be Captain, without purchase, vice Paivis, deceased; E ns i gn Hugh Simpson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Archer; Ensign James Sinclair to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Davithon, who retires. ' 88th Foot—Captain Henry Hooper Day, from half-pay of the 88th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Nathaniel Steevens, whose Brev e t R an k h as b een converted Into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Ostober, 1854. 89th 'Foot—Lieutenant George Harmer Pering to be Instructor of Musketry. 92d Foot—Ensign Francis Roberts to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Swift, promoted, by purchase, to an Unat tached Company ; Alexander Robert Abercromby Boyd, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Roberts. 98th Foot—Lieutenant Peter Edward Quin to be Adju tant, vice Reid, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 'Rifle Brigade—Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Crawford Robinson, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Brown, who resigns ; Assistant-Surgeon John Story, from the Staff, to bo Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thompson, who resigns, 2d West India Regiment—Major John Lewes, from half pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Miller, wholexchanges. ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.—Brevet -Col. C. R. Scott, half-pay Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant-Governor, vce Brevet-Col. Prosser, unattached, who resigns that appoint ment. UNATTACHED. —Captain and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. 3. J. Graham, half-pay Unattached, to the Substantive Rank of Major ; Brevet-Major Nathaniel Steevens, of the 88th Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th Oct., 1851. HOSPITAL STAFF. Assistant-Surgeon Robert Graves Burton, M.D., from the 77th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hyde, who exchanges. REVET. The undermentionedß officers of the East India Com pany's Service, retired on full pay, to h ave a s t ep o f hono rary rank as follows : Ditto, three months 11 19% Rotterdam •• •• •• •• •• •• 11 19 3 4 Antwerp • • • • • • • • .• • • • • 25 50 Brussels .............. 25 50 Ilamburgh.•• .• •... •• • • 13 8 Alton& •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Ditto. three months .. 25 67% MarseWes ••• •• .• •• •••• 95 70 gonrdeatur • • • • • • •• • • so Frankfort-on-Maine ••.. 119% Berlin •• •• •• •• •••• • •• •••• VieTarlA •• •• •• ••••• • • • •• 10 32 Trieste........ •• • • •... 10 33 Petersburg ...........• 3674 Madrid •.••••• •• •• •• ••• 49.4, Barcelona •• •• •e • • •• •,• .... _ -•- - Venice• • • • •...•• •... Naples ..... . 43 Palermo .... Messina ... 130% Lisbon ••• 5214 Oporto •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 52% Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres....Ayres New York,6o days' sight Philadelphia .. .... mugs OF 1171.1.10//, TEI OF. Foreign Gold in Bus £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 b 0J New Dollars ...... 0 0 4 iilarer in hare —• 0 5 SOCIETY OF ARTS. Lieut.-Colonel James TO BR COLONELS. Benwell, Madras Inf a nt r y. Lieut.-C o l one l W ussell, Madras lantry. • Lieut.-Colonel James Holland, Bombay nf Infantry. TO BE LIEUTENANT -COLONEL. Major Lowther Thomas Forrest, Bengal Infantry. TO I3E MAJORS. Captain Claude Frederick Irby, Madras Infantry. Captain Richard Boulton, Bengal Light Infantry. Captain John Peter Mount Biggs, Madras Infantry. COMMISSION SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANT. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Lons dale Pounden, Esq., late a Captain in the Inverness-sbire Highlaud Light lufautry Militia, to be Captain, vice Parry, promoted. FIRE AT BIRKENHEAD.—LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY._ About 4 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the shop of Mrs. Jones, milliner, Chester-street, Birk en h ea d , and for two hours continued to rage freely, there being no water in. the main. After water had been turned on the exertions of the police soon quenched the flames, but not until the entire place was gutted and a large portion of the inner wall had fallen in. Fortunately there were no lives lost, although at the time of the dis covery of the fire, in addition to Mrs. Jones there were twelve females, servants and apprentices, in the house. These running along a ledge one foot wide overhanging the streets, were rescued on reaching the skylight of an adjoining house. NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF FOREIGN EDUCATION OF ENGLISH PRINCES. —Prince NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Alfred, who is still at Geneva, is expected at the nt-General of th e N av begin- Department of the Aceoun ning of M a y t o arrive at G o th a , w h ere h e w ill res id e Admiralty, Somerset-house, April 16, 1857. tty, for a s h ort t i me at S chloss Rosenau. Al the conclusion Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma- of this visit to the territories of which the young rinns, and to all porions interested therein, th a t t h e p ig- prince will probably one day he the reigning monarch, he i tiibtrtion of p rocee d s ar i s i ng f rom t h e l on i an b r i g San will repa i r to the University at Boon, and psissome few i Spiridione, captured on th e 11th May, 1854, by her Ma- terms th ere . F or the Prince of Wales there has also .lesty's ships Fury and Sidon, will commence , on Mon- been taken a convenient and agreeable dwelling in the : day, the 4th May, 1857, i n th e P r i ze B ranc h of the Do- i mme di ate vicinity of the University town, where he partment of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Adtai- will shortly come to reside, and enjoy the advantages of ratty, Somerset-house." the academic course, without necessarily being mixed up Agents and other persons holding powers of attorne virtge , universities do not ' y, with the students, as the habits of students at German prize orders, assignments or other instruments, by of which they may be l egally entitled to claim the share o f refinement English notions exactly tally with t and gentlemanly bearing. The strong feel any captor, serving in the above named ship, are re- • quested to present the same at this office, ing we entertain on this point has, however, almost no Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person who may a pp licabilit y to th e students at Bonn, which is the (led, eto i eceivc his share from the Collector of Customs or Christ Church of Germany ; Prince Albert, the young Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to Princes of Prussia, and many of our own nobility and intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On Prize Bind- gentry, have matriculated and studied there. , TRIAL OF MR. SMITH'S STEAM PLOUGH AT WOOLS E ON. illustrated in going over his crops, showing the cost of cultivating by the ordinary plough and by his system, it appears that the following results are ob tained : Ordinary Plough. Qrs. per acre. Fallow Wheat Beans 4 Beans., Oats Steam. 14 Qrs. 24 Qrs. Tons. Cwt. Tons. Cwt. Clover 2 10 Clover 3 10 It will be perceived that Mr. Smith discards the necessity of fallowi upon his system of culture ; while at the same time he insists that, upon cold lands, under the ordinary plough system, they are indispensable every four years. The fact is, that by simply shaking, and deeply loosening, the soil, without turning it over, the weeds are kept upon the surface and readily removed, while the soil is easily kept clean and ready for seed. The cost of steam-ploughing is about ss. 2d. per acre, of subsoiling 35. per acre, and of scuffling 2s. One em ample or so will suffice to show the practical results of this mode of culture : s. d. Land once steam-ploughed (per - acre) 5 2 „ Twice subsoiled, 3s 6 0 11 2 Oats, 3 bushels, produced 9 qrs. 3 bush. Land, twice steam ploughed, 58. 2d lO 4 ff Once scuffled, 2s, 12 4 Peas, seed 3 bushels, produc e d 5 qrs. 1 bush. The saving in horses is also considerable. Mr. Smith showed clearly enough that ho could dis pense with three horses, which h e va l ue d a t 30 1. each, to say nothing of their keep. The cost of the whole plant for steam cultivation, including en gine, windlasses, ropes, anchors, pulleys, ploughs, cultivators, &c., would amount to about 4001. ; but for those who were already in possession of an engine the difference in saving between horse power and steam-power would be sensibly felt, even in the first year, work measured against work, produce against produce. NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day. (BY ELECTRIC TELEORAPB.) 100 SOVS. SWEEPSTAKES. D.M. C by Orlando—Ma Mie Bannockburn Traitor rHE STUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL' 17, 1857; ness, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Customs or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be convenient to receive such share of prize money. The following are the shares due to an individual in each class : Flag share Captain ll3 7 0 Commander Second class l7 3 8 Third class 11 l3 14 10 Fourth class Fifth class £4 18 2 Sixth class Seventh class Eighth class 1 9 5 Ninth class Tenth class BANK OF An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturda ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap, 32, for y, the 11th day of April, 1857. AITMENT. 183UE DEP, .e Notes Issued .. 22,796,165 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities ...... 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 8,321,165 Silver bu11i0n........ - 422,796,165 £22,796,165 3fAR3IIALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 16th day of April. Is, BANKING DE . Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest ................ 3,237,639 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 5,116,350 Other deposits 10,481,057 Seven Day and other Bills .• •• •• •• •• 717,287 :rARTMENT. Govermnentsecurities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) .......... 11,333 126 Other securities...... 18, 9 / 1 4,64 Notes ••.... • • • • .... 3,044,120 Gold and silver coin.. 743,447 £34,105,333 434,105,333 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. R^ Dated the 16th day of April, 18. !AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. lbe Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, corn . puted from the returns made in the week ending April 14, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 39 10/ Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 39 6 f Muscovado, the produc e o f th e E as t I n di es 37 9A Average of the above descriptions. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Popham Davis and James Davis, slate, marble and brick merchants, Cardiff. BANKRUPTS. James Choat, tailor, Albart-road, Dalston, to surrender April 23, and May 21, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Morris, Stone. and Co., Moorgate-street. William Adams, miller, Huntingdon, April 30, and M a y 26, at two, at the Court o f Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Bird and Moore, Gray's-inn square; Halloo, Huntingdon. Alexander Bloxhatu Henderson, livery stable keeper, London-street, Paddington, April 29, at two, and May 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Vonles, Gresham-street, City. Thomas Richards, draper, Aberystwitb, May 4 and June 1, at eleven, at the Bri s t o l District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Brittan and Sons, Bristol. Frederick Lett, potter, High-street, Lambeth,.April 23, and May 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Phillips, Sise-lane, City. William Tent, hosier, Royal Exchange, City, April 30, at half-past two, and May 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbuty ; Hillyer and Fenwick, Fenchurch-street. Joseph Smith, dealer in iron, Broad-street, Lambeth, April 28, at two, and May 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Tippetts and Son, Sise-ltin?. William James Taylor, cabinet maker, Albion-terrace, De Beauvoir-square, Kingslaud, April 28, at two, and May 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambare. Anderson Stokoe. grocer, Findon Hill, Durham, April 2', at eleven, and June 9, at one, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Watson, Newcastle-uponteyne ; Harwood, Clement's-lane, City. Richard Winter Neave, miller, Sheffield, May 6 and June 3, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Daubney, Market Rasen ; Stamp and Jackson, Hull. George Jayne, jun., builder, Newport, April 27 and May 25, at eleven, at tho Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. Samuel Dalton, Daniel Dalton, and Alfred Dalton, ironmasters, Chester, April 28, and May 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cooper and Sons, 1 Manchester ; Dodge, Liverpool. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John M`Rostie, flasher, Crieff. David Spence, merchant, in Ferry-Port-on-Craig. James Glennie, lace and sewod muslin warehouseman, Buchanan-street, Glasgow. William Sharp, draper, Kirkwall. Thomas Murray, tailor and clothier, Port-Glasgow. COURSE OF EXC. tmaterdarn 11 17 [ ANGE.--Tais DAT. Gibraltar..,,... ..... .. Leghorn .. •• •it.... •• •• 29 GO Genoa ... 25 71 Mi1an...............• --• (From Bell's Weekly Messenger.) The application of steam to the cultivation of the soil has at length received a solution which cannot fail 'to have an important effect upon the farming produce of the country, and upon the general condi tion of those who are immediately connected with agricultural pursuits. This solution t oo k p l ace a t oolston, on Thursday and Saturday last, when it was proved to a great body of landowners and far mers that the power of steam is capable of still fur ther extension than it has hitherto received, and that it is likely to become the most powerful and, at the same time, the most economical agent that the latter can possibly employ. We need scarcely remark that the inventor of this new agent of agri culture, Mr. Smith, has been some time known as a successful cultivator of the soil, and that the state of his farm, long before he thought of applying steam to that purpose, was the admiration of his neighbours, although he had great difficulties to contend against in the generally cold and stubborn nature of the soil. The opinion of Mr. Smith, there fore, as a practical farmer, is entitled to great weight, and the problem which he has been some time endeavouring to solve, with a rare energy, which, though p e rhap s a little too unbridled, is quite natural to original minds, is simply this— whether cultivation ° by the steam-plough can be. brought up to the condition of spade husbandry ? Mr. Smith insists that the most improved of our common ploughs simply turn over the soil, placing the former surface from four to six inches below, and bringing up the smoothed surface of the under soil to the top. By this process all the seeds, weeds, and roots are deposited below the surface, and being divided by the plough are indefinitely multi plied. After four or five years these pests of the farmer become so much increased that he is ob liged to leave his land partially barren, for the pur pose of removing them, and as the common plough fails him he is compelled to have recourse to the scuffler or the cultivator. This is not all ; roots of the thistle kind spread horizontally just beneath the part which is trodden down by the horses, and require deep subsoiling to remove them. In spade husbandry, moreover, the sell is not turned over to anything like the extent that it is by the use of the plough. The system consists mainly of a complete breaking up of the soil, and of mixing the latter with manure. There is a difference, also, in the depth of the cultivation. From four to five inches is the ordinary depth by the plough, and it is a question whether it would be generally advantageous to go deeper, if the subsoil were to be laid on the top. A spade is from ten to twelve inches deep, and in good husbandry it is ordinarilythrust tothat depth; when the leverage is supplied, it does not upturn the whole of the spit, the lower part being shattered by the violence that is given to it, while the upper part is all mixed together and brokea. Again, in spade husbandry, the soil is not compressed either by the transit of a heavy implement, or by the pad dling of horses, both of which to a c o ns id era bl e ex tent diminish the success of agricultural operations; the first, by rendering the percolation of the water, and the action of the atmosphere, less free than they otherwise would be, and the second, by the tread ing on the lower surface, which had been smoothed over by the underside of the share, and thereby forming a crust or pan which retains the water, and which can only be removed by a good sub-soiling. There is, therefore, in all our operations with the plough, not only a great loss, but enormous waste •f power. The power which a horse exerts to carry itself across a field is simply power lost, and the weight arising from gravitation and non-effective effort is not only wasted, but produces a compres sion of the soil, which previous to seed time is gene rally found to be injurious. In spade husbandry, too, the land is completely cultivated at once—the breaking-up, the mixing of the soil, and the separa tion of the weeds, being performed at one and the same time. This is a manifest advantage, as on well-drained land the too frequent turning of the soil causes the natural moisture to evaporate, which retards in spring the germination of barley, turnips, and other plants. We may safely infer, then, that spade husbandry is superior to cultiva tion by the ordinary plough, not because it turns over the soil more completely, but because it dis turbs it deeper, mixes it better, more effectually removes noxious weeds and grasses, and more freely admits the percolation of the water and the action of the atmosphere. The application of steam to prepare the land to receive the seed is, therefore, the nearest approximation to this mode of culture, and, whether by its actual cost or production, is much more economical than that which has hitherto been produced by the common plough. In illustration of these remarks, Mr. Smith, on taking his visitors over the farm, the crops of which were in a most promising condition, and the soil, although a heavy and gravelly clay, in excellent tilth, stated that he had avoided, as far as he could consistently, the use of horses for some years from turning over the soil ; that the peinc;pal imple ments he used were the subsoil plough and the cul tivator, and that this mode of cultivation had been attended with the most beneficial results. He had an average return last year of 46i bushels of wheat per acre, while the produce of the rest of the land, where the plough had been used in the ordinary manure, was so much less that it reduced the total average, over 90 acres, to 42i bushels. This shows that the turning over oc. the soil is not a matter of necessity, and that as good, and, indeed, a better crop can be secured by well mixing the soils, as there can be by turning them over. As regards the relative advantages of the locomotive and traction plans, be gives the pre ference to the latter, from the circumstance that the loss of power even of a team of horses (from 2 to 3 tons), in carrying themselves across a fi e ld , as well as the waste of power in counteracting their own exertions, by consolidating that which they aro employed to render porous, i enormous, while that of a locomotive engine weighing probably f rom 7 to 9 tons, would h o still greater, when it was moving itself across a plo ug h e d fi el d, or up even a slight acclivity. By adopting the traction system, the power lost would be only that which was re quired to overcome the weight of the ropes and the friction over the soil, which would be much less than that required to carry the locomotive, and little or no power would be wasted in counteract ing its own efforts. Besides this, there would be a great advantage in using au engine which could be applied to many other agricultural purposes, such as thrashing, grinding, chaff-cutting, dec. There were upwards of 300 of the gentry and farmers of Buckinghamshire and the adjacent coun ties to witness the trial, and several from the ex treme north and west of England were attracted for the same purpose. The first experiment was trenching the land. The implement was drawn by means of a metal rope, which, being coiled and uncoiled upon a drum, put in motion by a steam-engine, stationed in a corner of the field, passed round three windlasses, the latter being moved as the new ground required ploughing. The engine was seven-horse power, and the rope was three-quarter inch, of four strand. The entire operation required seven men ; one at the engine, one at the drum to put in and out of gear, one to hold the implements, and the others to keep the rope on the windlasses. The imple ment was turned at each end of the land in the simplest manner possible, and worked throughout with the nicest precision over the whole surface of the soil. The depth requited can be easily regu lated by lowering or elevating the shares, and as deep as 19 inches, if requisite, can be thoroughly penetrated. The work was admirably done, and had the soil been a little drier, the effect of tho roughly shaking and pulverising it would have been more visible ; as it was, there was scarcely a dis senting voice as to its general excellence. The implements - in general use may, by their ad justment, be said to comprise four. No. lis a combination of shares, subsoilers, and claw wheels, which is used to break up, trench, and pulverise the soil. By removing the claw wheels and shares, and inserting another subsoiler, a powerful and effective plough is formed, which may be called No. 2. No. 3is also a modification of No. 1, and can be used on light soils, where its wider sweep will enable it to pulverise seven acres a day. These implements are most effective on heavy lands ' • immediately after harvest the w hit e stubbles can be readily broken up at the rate of 4 to 5 acres. per day, and if clean, immediately drilled with vetches, or if foul, crossed with No. 4, the cul tivator, drawn by horses, at the rate of 6 acres per day. Bean and pea stubbles can be treated in the same way for sowing wheat. After wheat sowing is completed, all th e manure that is ready may be SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN A MANCHESTER WARE. drawn out an d spread over the land ; the trenching and subsoiling pl oug h may then be most efficiently HOUSE.—On M onday evening a shock i ng and f ata l acci dent occu rre d i n the warehouse of Messrs. John Ponder 1, applied, as th e so il w il l b e all. broken up, the ma and Co., M anc h ester. A hoist used for the purpose o f 1 nure well cover c d, an d the land trenched up and lifting good s f rom one floor to another had b een f i tte d 1 exposed to the a c ti on o f t h e weather during the whole with Mr. Hugh Baines's patent self-acting safety appa be at once of the winter. In ea r ly spr i ng beans may rates, a cont r i vance for preventing acoident in case of planted on the sides o f th ese trenches, when th© an of the ropes fail ,a ►in the ascent of goods or ser i rows will be about 16 inches apart ; if • this land is not required for beans, it can be sons va y eta from one storey to the other ; and on Tuesday any portion evening a trial was being made of it with six per ofcrossed with the cultivator, and reduced to a fine storey the roe was disconnected (which w ould tilth ready for turnips, or any other crop thought be the same if • as it was broken), and the patent appara, in the cage. On the cage arriving at the upper de:irablo. After a crop of turnips, the cultivat or , sus for checking the descent of the hoist should have if worked by steam, can break up seven acres a day, come into play. The apparatus, however, did net act, and leave it ready either to receiv e th e seed of bar- I and the contequence was that the cage descended with ley or of oats. The ease with whi c h t h e cultivator f r i g h t f u l velocity to the basement floor, a depth of 50 travelled over the laud, and the effective way in feet. Two o f the gentlemen in the cage.. Mr. Peacock, which it broke up its surface, was the theme of mei- bead warehouseman, and bis brother, 1 tad stepped out versa) praise; upon this point there were no two upon the upper floor just as the rope w. Is disconnected, 7 opinions, and for breaking up stubble immediate) and. were saved f rom injury, but the other four sustained y after harvest, all a gr eed that it exc e ll e d anyt hi ng o se ne lo o u f s t i h n e juries, an d were carr i e d t t o e the infirma y r h y, where that had yet be en seen i n th e cu lti va ti on o f t h e soil. Baines is on),f me one m, the sufferers, 811 ts . a h I n . 1 ig a severe lacers: EOM, ti on gtatement, which M r , Smith tott of one fo o t, nad Shaw, diedi esinen v i t NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. SUBSCRIPTION ROOM.—WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 9 to 2 aget Vedette (offered) 6to 1 agst Loyola (taken) 6 to 1 agat Kent (offered) 10 to 1 agst Sydney (taken) 25 to 1 aget Schiedam (taken) 25 to 1 agat Drnmour (taken) 100 to 3 agst Bird-in-the-Hand (taken) 220 to 100 agst Vedette and Kent coupled (taken CHESTER CUP. 6to 7 , agst Leamington (taken) DERBY. 700 to 16 agst Lambourn (taken) 5,000 even on Lambourn agst Commotion (taken, THURSDAY. The Claret Stakes, a subscription of 200 goys each, h ft. for 4.yr-olds ; colts Sit 7lb ; fillies Bst 21b. D.I. (2 miles 119 yards.) (3 subs.) Mr. G. W. Fitzwilliarn's Went svortb, by Bay Middle. ton, Bst 71b (A.. Day) 1 Mr. W. H. Bro'k's Manganese, Bst 21b (.1 Osborne) 2 Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds; colts Bst 71b; fillies Bit 21b; certain allowances. D . M. (7fur longs 201 yards.) (4 subs.) Duke of Bedford's Cruzada, by Cowl, Bst 21b, (R. Pettit 1 Baron Rothschild's W es t ern P ower, 8411 b (Charlton) ) 2 Betting-5 to 2on Cruzada—won by three lengths. Match of 300 soya • 209 ft ' • last balf of Ab M. (3 fur longs 217 yards.) Mr. F. Robinson's Alliance, by Slane, Bst 41b (4.Day) 1 Lord Stradbroke's Rosa Bonheur, Bst 91b...(Flatman) 2 Handicap Plate of 50 soya for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C. (5 furlongs 240 yards.) Lord Clifden's Indulgence, 4 yrs, 6st 71b (T. Fordbam) ♦ w.o. Mr. 'Brown's Flyaway, 4 yrs, Tat 121 b ....(West) t Mr. Payne's Mabel, 6 yrs, 7st 71b (Plumb) 3 The following also ran :—Cock of the Nortb, Jack the Giant Killer, Huntington, Persia, Anemone, Pomoma, Nightshade, Termagant, Poiish, br f by Melbourne out of Birthday, Delusion, Renown, Sichmus. Betting-4 to 1 art Cock of the North, 7to 1 opt In dulgence, 8 to 1 each agst Flyaway and Delusion, 10 to 1 each agst Anemone, Mabel, Nightshade, and Termagant. A dead heat ; Mabel was beaten about a length from the first two ; Huntington was a good fourth, Cock of the North fiftb, and Nightshade sixth ; Renown, who got badly off, was last. Deciding heat—lndulgence walked over. Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-old colts, Bst 71b. R.M. (1 mile 17 yds.) (5 subs.) Lord Glasgow's ch or ro c by Hernandez ......(Wells) 1 Mr. Combe's Traitor (E. Sharp) 2 Sir R. Pigot's Korniloll (Flatman) 3 Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya each, and only 5 if declared, &c , to go to the owner of the second horse, for 4-yr-olds and upwards. A.E. (1 mile 2 furlongs 73 yards.) (4 subs, one of whom pays 5 soils.) Mr. Merry's Uzella, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Kendall) 1 Mr. Byrn's Stormsail, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Snowden) 2 Mr. Mellish's Squire Watt, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Wells) 3 Handicap Plate of 70 Boys., for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Clermont Course (1 mile 6 furlongs 55 yards.) Lord Clifden's Indulgence, 4 yrs, Est 31b (T. Fordharn) 1 Capt. Connell's Little Tom, aged, Bst 71b ...(Clement) 2 Mr. G. Taylor's Newton-le-Willows, 3 yrs, sst 71b (carried sst 91b) (Plumb) 3 The following also ran—Tame Deer, Knight of Avon, Uzella, Jolly Marine, Laura Selina, Neva, Sorceress. Sweepstakes of 50 goys each, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bsl 101 b, and fillies, Bst 61b. Certain penalties for win ners. Criterion Course (5 furlongs 182 yards). 6 subs Gemma di Vergy Lord Nelson Cruzada •• Won by a neck ' • bad third. The Fourth Ask e Produce Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 3.yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; those by untried stallions or, out of untried mares allowed 31b. D.M. (7 furlongs 201 yards.) Queen of the East Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 7lb ; fillies, Bst 41b. Certain penalties and allow ances. D.M. 8 subs. Vanity 2 Walked over. LATEST BETTING. NEWMARKET, LAST NIGHT. TWO THOUSAND. sto 1 aget Kent (taken) sto 1 agst Vedette (offered) 100 to 15 apt Loyola (taken) 7to 1 agst Sydney (taken) Bto 1 aget Anton (taken) DEBBY. 25 to 1 agst Anton (wanted) ANTON AND KENT.—A match has been made between these horses for 3,000/. It will come off on the Monday of the Craven Meeting, 1858, across the flat. PORT STAKES. Fazzoletto (Nat) 1 Vanderroeulin (Flintoff) 2 Bird on Wing (Aldcroft) 3 SWEEPSTAKES, 100 SOVS., AB.M. Kent Schiedam 2 Three ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Poodle 1 Prince of Orange Four ran. 50/. PLATE. Pitapat ... . Squire Watt Hardwick ... 3 LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND GUINEA-S. 6to 1 agst Anton (taken freely) DERBY. 100 to 6 apt Anton (taken freely) GREAT NORTHERN. sto 1 agst Chevalier d'lndustrie (taken) sto 1 agst Skirmisher (taken) sto 1 agst St. Giles (taken) PORT STAKES—YeIIow Jack paid forfeit. Sporting Intelligence. SHAIIE MARKETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices tills day. Business done this day. RAILWAYS. O 4rrbg. Nottng. Bost. dr Eastn. Junc Belfast & Ballymena Btrmng. Wolverh. dr Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsb. dr Cheshire Juuct Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian........ Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon 'Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall DR, A. Do. B ......... Dubl indrßel fast June. Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. East Anglian Eastern Coun'Aes Eastern Union, A. stk Do., do. B Do, New East Kent l East Lancashire 'East Suffolk ........ Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth. &Dundee Forth and ClydeJuuc. Furness ... ....... Glasgow & S.Western 'Great N. of Scotland !Great Northern . 'Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) Great Western. 'Do. Str.V.R. gua. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. ,'Do. p Thirds:, Do: New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F. £l6 Do., Wst. Riding lin Do. Southport. London & Blaekwall Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths D0.,10i.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths f I London & SA - eatern Lndndrry.&Colerainel Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.&Liucln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland . . . . Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. Wes:;.(lr.) Do. 1 Shares Newcastle Newpt.Aberg.drilrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint dg Rostrevor N0rf01k........... 1 Northn. Counties Un I North British ........ North Devou, Rail. dx' Dock Stock Do., A Stock ......... IDo., B Stock ..... lic.Eastern— Berwick IDo. do. Extension !Do do. G.N.E.Purch. IDo. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Ju North Staffordshire North Westerr N. 'St S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester (St Wolverhampton Portsmouth l'Rhymney Scottish - Central ...... Scot. N. E. Abran . St Shropshire Union .... Sitingbourne &Sheer. ,South Dev0n.......... !South Eastern...... . Do. 4} per c. Shares ;South Wales IS. Yorksh. River Dun IDo.. IStaines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1834 Do. do., 18'55 ;Stockton & Hartlepl !Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. Thames Hay. D. &R. Vale of Neath jWaterftl. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0rnwa11........ West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London.... Do. First Class r Do. Second Class... Wmbledou &Croydou 5i - 8i - 9 65 - 67 81 - 9 sp 91 f;94 - 69 31 - 36 - .p 19 - 20 118 - 11 52 -• 51 35 - 36 81 - 93 - 100 53 - 56 33i - 34 7i -8, 97 - 97. 87 - 88 121. - 123 104 - 106 671 - 67! 63 - 65 68 - 72 6 - 8 p 6 8 104 1021 Ind —par 5 i - 6 i ,108 109 ;1051 - 106 id par 101 102 a ''''' ..• 39 - 40 82i - 83 53 - 55 m - m 58 - 60 3i - 314 .14i -45 i 86.4 —87 i 3i 3 d 2t 2f 393 403 64 65 96 99 5 4i d 7# 7i 10 11 29i -36 A 6 - 4- 105 107 25/ 261 49 51 2/ 1/d 174 75 76 87 - 88 4i - 4kl 44 —36 d ii 7- ii 201 -- 20i l 4t -- 4i 7 - 5. - BRITISH POSSESSIONS. !Atlan. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. Buffalo & Lake Hur. Buff , Brut& Goich. 6 p. e.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do, do. , 1 June, '74 Calcutta 'and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do Demerara .. lEastern Bengal , East Indian Do. C Shares.. D 0.41 p. e. Bnds. ,'57 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 perc Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Westn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p.'6o , Do, do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without option 'Madras, guar. 42 p.c Do. do., 5 per c Do. 44 p. c. Exten Do. 3d Ex., g. 5P.e Do. 4th Ex. , do Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c Do Amtwrp & Rotterdam Ardennes Belgian East. Junct, Beziers to Graissessae Carmeaux& Toulouse' Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of Franco 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. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Meditcrran Maria Ante la Do. New Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France NorwegianTruk. Pref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Mouse )o. 5} per cent. pref Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5h per c. Prof iW.&N.W. of France ' Western of Austria._ (West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. S p. cent. pref. Zealand i - fp i -' p 197 - 99 96 - 98 96 - 98 1 - 13 p --- i 108 - 109 la lip 20i -- 21 63 -- 65 89 -- 90 j 21f -21 i , -- 1 25 -- 25 i 2f - 3 p 99 -- 100 [23 -- 128 122 -- 127 LOG - 108 19 - 20 214 -21 i - p - i IP - .1i = 21p. 7i :- 7# 1# - li 3 - 4p 5 5 I q d 3 p s ari 3 par 4p 23i 24 ; 6a 6/1 - 5 1 - SiPI 32 :: 33 8k- 8 , 21 - 21, 34 - 40, 9 - 10 62i - 61 - 63 Par 4 p 17 19 1 14 94 9t SA 33; 31 41 5 94 10 31 32 par 1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. !Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bri. Col Bk.& Ln. Co. ;British N. American, C.Bk.of :City Colonial Commercial of Loud E.n. Scot. &km C ht Lon. Ch. Bk .of Aust jDitto New (London and County Lid. B ukng. Corp 'London Joint Stock Lond.andWestmiust National Pro. of Eng Do. New ,National Bank Now South Wales 1 0 r i e ntal Bank Corp: 1 ,Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland JDo. New I R A Is• B&G I C .• . 0 ;South Australia 'Union of Australia._ Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual... liVetityn Bk,of Loud,, ,I 89 - 91 ~ 24 - 1 1 D 2. 13 ld, 63 65 17 - 18 17A -18 i 171; - 18 48 39 40 id— id, 58 60 6i - 7i! ••• --- •.. 1 12 -- 10,1 Tbirbr Wtittton SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock, MEMBERS RETURNED TO THE NEW PARLIAMENT. (From the Landon Gazette of this evening.) CROWN-OFFICE, A_PRIL 15. Members returned to serve in the Parliament summoned to be holden at Westminster, the 30th April, County of Cornwall, Eastern Division—Thomas Jas. Agar Robarts, of Lanhydrock, Cornwall, Esq. ; Nicho las Kendall, of Pelyn, Cornwall, Esq. Western Divi sion—Michael Williams, of Trevince, Cornwall, E s q. ; Richard Davey, of Bonilla], Cornwall, Esq. County of Devon, Southern Division—Sir John Bul ler Yards Buller, Bart. ; Lawrence Palk, of lialdon, Devonshire, Esq. Northern Division—James Went worth Buller, of Downes, Devonshire, Esq. ; the Hon. Charles Henry Rolle Trefasis, of Heanton Satchville, Devonshire. Borough of Chapping Wyconsbe—Sir George Henry Dashwood, Bart. ; Martin Tucker Smith, Eq. County of Kent, Eastern Division—Sir Brook Win. Bridges, Bart. ; Sir Edward Choimeley Dering, Bart. Western Division—Charles Wykeham, Martin, Esq.; James Whatman, Esq. County of Flint—The Hon. Thomas Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn. Borongh Of Flint—Sir John Hanmer, of Bettisfield, Flintahire, Esq. County of Buckingham—Caledon George Du Prd, of Beaconsfield, Esq. ; the Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, of Hugedon Manor; the Hon. Charles Compton Caven• dish, of Latimers. Borough of Honiton—Joseph Locke, of Lowndes squara, Middlesex, Egg. ; Archibald Henry Plantagenet Stuart Stuart Wortley, of Charles-street, Berkeley square, Middlesex, Esq. LONDON GAZETI'E—(This Evening. WHITEHALL, APRIL 14. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be paved under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land unto Charles Locock, of Speldhurst, in the county of Kent, and of Hertford-street, Mayfair, in the county of Middlesex, Doctor of Medicine, and First Physician Ac stancher to her Majesty, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. WHITEHALL, APRIL 15. ,/ The Queen has been plea se d to give and grant unto Major Charles Nasmyth her Majesty's royal licence and permission that he may accept and wear the Imperial Order of the Medjidie of the Fourth Class, which the Sultan hath been pleased to confer upon him as a mark of his Imperial Majesty's approbation of his distinguished ser vices in the defence of Silistria, and during the campaign on the Danube, in the year 1854. WAR OFFICE, APRIL 17. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Colonel Alexander Murray Tulloch, Unattached, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Divi sion of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. CRO WN-OFFICE, APRIL 15. These are the names of the sixteen Peers elected and chosen to sit and vote in the House of Peers inithe Parlia ment of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, summoned to be holden at Westminster, the 30th day of April instant : The Marquis of Tweeddale. The Earl of Morton. The Earl of Home. The Earl of Strathmore. The Earl of Airlie. . The Earl of Leven and Melville. The Earl of Selkirk. The Earl of Orkney. The Earl of Seafield. The Viscount Strathallan. The Lord Gray. The Lord Sinclair. The Lord Elphinstone. The Lord Colville of Culross. The Lord Blantyre. The Lord Polwarth. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 16. NAVIGATION OF THE DANUBE. A Commission being at present occupied in the prepara tion of arrangements to be established in concert with the Sublime Porte, for the proper regulation of the port of Sulina, in all that concerns the navigation of the Danube, and it being highly essential to the success of the under taking that such measures as may be provisionally adopted by the Commissioners should meet with the prompt con currence and support of those interested in shipping, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations invite the attention of the owners and comman ders of vessels resorting to the Danube, to the importance of ready compliance with such rules and payment, of such tolls as the Commissioners may find it essential to adopt, pending the passing of permanent laws and a tariff for giv ing order and security to the navigation of the river. all i 0 I all L 8 I 9 l£3 I all !Oi 10 /0 100 ), /0 100 ►0 100 9 2s. 2s ,d lOs ;0 1 .74 all O 2s. it. 100 O 15 )0 all all all ;t. 100 10 all 0 all )0i all 9i 8 )0 all * all o all 10 all !O 1 all 0 1 all !O 15s. !O I all A) 1 all !O 18 5 all 6 1 all !O 12 !O all :0 all !O 2s. 5 all !O all ;0 all 13 i all LO all 9 all .6 all .0 all !O all 9 all LO 7i !O all 5 all l 0 all LO all 'Bi all LO all ?0 all ?0 6 !O all 6 all 6 all !O all $ )18i 10 all 20 all 20 20 50 50 50 10 00 20 00 35 i 0 224 l 0 5 LO I all 5 1 5 all 5 all 00 11.5' .00 50 1 100 69 i 35 111 11 f 1021 i 168 i i 105 if i 21 1011 I 10 i 108 i 9 8 ••• ••• 201 i 64 i 3i 4 5 3 891 90 21i 25i I 99 106 I - 32 , 7# i 3n 401 62j 31 9 a i 1 8i 4/ 29i 301 29i 30 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, PaWI RAILWAYS. !1.00 IBuckghamsh 100 ;Clydesdale ali ;Col.Stour Vy. 100 lE.Lin. g. G I).c all lE. Un. H. Sh. 100 iGlas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. 100 Do. New all Glstr.&Dn.Fr all IHull & Selby all Do. . 1 2 Shares all Do. j. Shares all Lon.&Greenw )- all IDo.Preferenee 100 I Lon. Til., &S. ) 5.14)0. Bark. Sh. all Manch.l3xton. and Matlock ;. 100 Mdld. Bradfd. 54 Newmarket 13uryE.G.5pc. all N. &Est.s p.c. 1 all Do. 6 per et.. all Do. Fixed sp.e i all Prest. &Wyre ;:3 all Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit.l all Shrews.& Her' all S. Staffordsh all WearVal.g6pe all IDo 1100 I Wilts&Sornrst Do.. Leasing canpanies Ln. &N. W. Closing Prices this day. 92 - 94 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 - 135 3i - 4i Gt.Northn E. Count.' Caldonian. Rt. Westn. Y. & N.M Do Do S. Eastern, I Do Peto &Co Do La. &N. W. dr Midld. Midland. E. Count Do Do ... Do L. dz N . W Do Gt. Northn T. Brassoy M. MClean Stk. &Dar. Do. Gt.W, 11.67 LT 16 12 - 13 23 - - 24 101 - 103 I - P I - 21 89 - 91 * - 54 - 56 1 131 - 134 8 - 9 9 - 94 'estri -32 A 87 - 897 ,E SHARES. 1021 PREFEREN , all Myth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd. at 501.) 100 Bris. & Ex. 4 p.c. St. 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. 100 Caledn. 4?; p. c. 100 Ches. & Ho. 5. - P.C. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent... all Cork & Bandor 56p.e. a'l Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. 2 E. Anglian Cls. A Sh, 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 100 Do. do. Cis. C7p. c. all Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 pr. c. St. all East JILL, G. 6p. c. all Do. 51.., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent... 00 East Lane ash. 6 p.cts. all E.&W. York. J. sths 5 Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh.' 100 `i3d. Prth. &D an. /. 4 .p.c. 100 Furness, 5 p. c 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem 100 Do. 46 per cent .... . 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. all Gt.N.ofScot.lstPre 100 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) 15 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. ( Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 100 Do. con. red. 46 p.c. 100 Do. con. rod. 4 p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4 per lent. 100 Do 5 p. c. red. pref. all Do. Firm. Pref. -Th all Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S all Do. do. 5 p c. do 100 Do. Birm. Gua. St all Do, Chesh. Gua. Sh all Do. do. do all Do, do. do 100 Lau.& York. 6 pc, St 100 Lon. &B.G. 5 pc. No.l 100 D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 100 Do. New Guar, 6p.c. 100 Do. do. sp. c., No. 4 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares all Londy.& Color, 6 Sh. all Londy.&Ennis. 6 Sh. 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 46 Do. do. do. £6 100 Do. do. 3i per cent. all Marypt. s Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 46 per cent IN Do. do. 'lOO llid.Consol.6p.c. St 100 Do. Con. Br. Bit 6 p.c 100 Do. 46 p. c. Pref. 100 Do. L. &H. Pref. St. all New., Aber. , &c., pr. 5 p.c.red. 513. c. pm? 8 Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. all gorfk.Deb.4 p.c. Sh. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 103 Do. 56 p.c. pf , 1847 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. 1847 100 North British 36 Do. 71. Preference , 100 N.B. Berne. 4 p.c.Prf 82,D0. do. do 13 IDo. Leeds 6pc No. 1' 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848-1 10 Do. York R. &S. Pur. all North Staffordshire 100 Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. 100 Do. 6p. c. 2d guar all Scot. Cent. New Pref, 100 Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. p'. St. 100 Do. d 0.3 p.c. pf. St all South Devon all Do. fixed 46 pr cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 1100 Do. 41 per cent all Do. Fixed 46 p.c. Sh 100 S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c 100 Do. do. 46 p. c all S.Yorksh.4 p c.Guar all Stock. &Dar., sp. c 15 Do. do. do. all Stock. & Hartl, g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 all Waterfd& Milk. 6 pc. BRITIS H I.2lAlfred Cons. (Philk.) 14 'British Iron 20 Condurow (Carnbrn.) 1 Dov. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 14s Great South Tolgus , 10/31Grt.W.A1fed.(Philkj 7 lart.W. Vor (lielstn.), SH6cl,Lady Bertha 7i 'N. Frances (Illogan) , N. W. Basset (Illogan) 611,. 'Nor th Wheal Crofty 1i Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co 2i S. Caradon (St. Cleer 2 S. Cam Brea (Illogn„ 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn. 4i Tam. S. &L. Min. Co 9 Tin Croft 40 ;Un.Mines (Gwennap 12s 6;V, of Towcy (Camar.) 1 W. Basset (Illogan) 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 5 Wh. Basset (Illogan). 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 5) Wh. Edward(Calstck) 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 8 Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) 4) Wh, Trelawney (Lis.) 92 - 91 94 -- 96 51 - 6 108 - 112 108 - 112 11 1 - ~. ...... .., sr. -- .. 73 - 74 113 - 115 107 - 109 100 - 102 60 - 62 10 - 5i- 6 ; 95 - 96 85 -- 87 99 -- 101 9i -- 10iI 1 6 i -- 17 ' 10 -- 10+! 72 -- 75 19i -19 i 9" -- 9i 14 -14 i 132 -- 134 137 - 140 112 - 114 1154 - ]56 $ - 66 - 132 - 134 96 - 98 87 - 89 11 - 10p1 101 . -7- 103 91 93 1i 1d 1 - - 22 108 - 110 114 -- 116 105 -- 110 65 -- 70 17i -- 18, 223 - 23 98 - 102 94 -10 j 27 - 28 2 - 3p ••• - •• 21 - 3• MINES. 7 _ - 8 _ 160 - 170 140 - 460 133 - 141 6 - 7 - 6 r - i 16 - 18 23 - 25 5 - 6 22 - 23 6 - 7 11 - 330 - 340 6 - 7 320 - 330 - 51 - 1 4 t 200 - 220 - 1 31 - 3311 150 - 160 260 - 280 350 - 370 41 - 4i 18 20 44 - 46 22 - 24 FOREIGN MINES. 7 'Australian 27 Brazilian Imp.(issue(' at £5 pm) all Do. Cocaes d; Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Bey Clarendon Con. Min. - Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper 16 Copiapo all Fortuna all General all Linares 1 I Lusi tanian all Mariquita, all New Granada all NOVCaII Mondo all Pont. Sil.LdM. & Smlt 1 Port Philip 16, Santiago do Cuba all 4 outh Australian all Do. Scrip all Do. 10 p. c„ Pref. all United Mexican i - i li - 21 19 - 21 60 63 11 13 id 14 15 6i —7/ ld p 1 - 6 : W' .1 = ii .3~ _ 3~ EOUS. 20,i - 24 ':i = tio - 3.6. ••• -• ••• 35 --- 40 26 -- 28 2i - 2 5 11 - 5 •.. ---- ••• 93 - 91 par -- ip iA - irt 4 - .i i fi d 4 - 1 3 4 4 41 par dip 18 22 i - i I ih - 1$ par 4p 1 2i 2,-1 P 23 -25 6 - 8 62 - 64 11 - 35 - 37 1 - 1 11 - 13 mar., ... Business this day, 10 . St. St. 6i 2 I St. 12i 12 12,1 St. 12i 25 20 St. MISCEL. l 5 19 'Australian Agricult. X) all Australn. Royal Mail .0 all Berlin Water Works 40 ,Brit. American Land 32;i ranail 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jar&July. 109 Do, 6 p.c.Feb.&AuF. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. all Copper Min. of Eng. all Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent, all Crystal Palace all Do. Preference all Crystal Pal, of France, Duston Iron Oro 18 Eastern Steam 100 Electric Telegraph all Electric Tel, of Irel all En. &Aust.Cop.SniCo l Os. Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. ill Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) 14 Gen. Steam Navigat, 5 London Discount .. all Lond. Gen, Omnibus 10 Magdalena St. Navig. all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. all Mexican& S.Americn 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... 5 Do, New 5 Netlierlands Land., all Do. Do. all Do.B p c.Pf. iss. at I.d 1 Do, Do. ............ 80 New R. &N. S. Land 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. lall N. B. Australasian all Nrtb.ofEnropeStea m all Oriental Gas ss. Do. New Shares all all 10 Do. New Peninsulardr. &Oiltinntalrl all Rhyllarley Iron all Do. New 60 R o y a l Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest all Do. New 100 S. Aus, Gov. ti p.c.bds V a il South Austral. Land all Submarine Tel. Scrip all Do. Registered 5 Trust&Ln Co. U.Can. 28i van Diemen's Land V.Go,6p.cJan.4.-July 10 25 15 20 1® St. 911 a 931 ; 4 MURDER IN PARIS. A murder was committed early on Tuesday morn ing, or in the night of Monday, in the quarter of the Madeleine. About six weeks ago a, retired pro vincial judge, 61 years o' age, hired furnished lodgings at No. 43, in the Passage du Havre, where he led a very regular life, and received nu merous visitors. On Monday night he returned home at about 11 o'clock, and retired to rest. At 9 o'clock the next morning a servant entered his rooms to clean them, and was surprised to find that he had not gut up. Sh e wen t to the bed-room door, and call e d to him, but received no answer ; she then entered awl approached the bed, but the moment after she rushed from the room shrieking " Help and fell sensed ss on the stairs. Her mis tress and some other persons hastened to er aid, and when she bad ,soinewhat recovered, she, in great terror, exclaimed, "Madame ! madame ! the gentleman—he is dead. I saw him inlis bed!" The mistress and others then, finding that the lodger really was lying dead in the bed, sent for the commissary of police, and he soon arrived, accompanied by two medical men. Th.y f o und that the lodger bad been killed by two blows on the head from some blunt instrument, which had caused deep wounds and a loss of blood ; and that his hands were tied together by a cord, one end of which was passed round iris neck. On the night-table were some large nails and a knife. Although the furniture in the room was in disor der, it did - not appear that any search had been made after booty ; and though the gold watch a nd chain of the deceased were not found, it is be lieved that he had confided them to a watchmaker for some repairs, as he had spoken of so doing. No clue to the murderer has thus far been discovered, and the motive of the crime is a mystery. Ab o ut an hour before the servant entered the room a well-dressed man called •to see the deceased, but received no reply to his knocks. Ho remarked to the surveillant of the passage that perhaps the gentleman had gone out to be shaved, and that he would go to look for him. In a few minutes he re turned, and said be had not been able to find him.; the other atswered that he had not seen him, but that it was probable he had gone out fora walk : on which the stranger went away and never returned. The police are making a searching investigation into the affair. Country Markets. DERBY SMITHFIELD.—Arnir, 14. The supply of fat beasts was large, and fn good request, but prices unaltered. The number of sheep less than of late, the demand flat, and sales heavy, at high prices. Of fat pigs there were about the average, and better sold. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6ic to rid; mutton, 84d to 10d ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 7d tc 74d per lb. ; pigs, 103 6d t o ll s Od p er score; roug h fat, 5s oj t o Os per 141 b. ; hides, 44d to 6,d per lb ; calf-skins, 44d to 60 per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-APRIL 15. A fair supply of grain to-day. Sales dull for all kinds, and prices better, with the exception of beans. Wheat, on the top, 2s down, and on the average 1 1 10d up. Barley, Oa 6d up on the top, and Os 9d UP on the average. Oats on the top is 6,1 down—on the average Os 1d up. Beans on the top 2s down, and on the average 10d down. Tares from 50s to 60s per quarter. Potatoes same as last week. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £1 18 5 2-12 tbs. Do. new -12th. Barley Oats 1 7 2 10-12ths. Beans BOSTON—APRIL 15. Although the supply of wheat from the growers was only moderate the demand for all kinds ruled firmer, and in' feller parcels were fully is per qr. advance—really line 14 late prices mostly. Oats 6d to 13 higher. Other grain as previously noted. Prices :—Wheat, red, 43s Od to 56s Od ; new, —s to ; white, 51s Od to 58s Od, extra, 625. Barley, 38s Od to 47s Od. Oats 18s to 25 5 . Peas, 36, to 414 Od. Beans, 3 9 Od to 42s Od per qr. NEWARK—Aram 15. We had a full attendance of farmers to-day at market, and a good supply of grain. Trade was rather steady, 54 Is per qr. higher. Barley at late prices. Other articles as before. Wheat, white 61s to 635, red Ms to 58s; barley, malting 44s to 48s, grinding 36 s t o 38s; oats, 24st. 30s to 325, 228 6, 24s to 26s ; beans, 42s to 44s ; malt, 76s to 80s ; peas, 4 0 S to 42s ; tares, 42s to 44s per qr. LOUTH-APRIL 15. There was little business done to-day in corn, all kinds having a dull sale at a reduction from last week's prices' Barley is to 2s per qr. lower. Oats as last quoted. Boni rather higher. Wheat, 50s to 53s ; extra, 55s ; barley 43 s t o 455; oa th 22s to 24s ; beans, 4 08 to 425. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 16. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market was steady to-day, al the rates of yesterday for all the leading stocks. The fel' lowing were the sales : London and North Western , 1051 6 s —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 39 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 101; s 2 8—South Eastern, 2 , —Eastern Counties, 11 Caledonians, 34 i—North British, 11k—Grand Trunk, 15i — Whitehaven and Far; fleas, B—St. Heltn'a 4i per cent., D, 90 c.—Sambre and Meuse, 9/. 6s. 3d. LEEDS, APRIL 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—TiIe market was quiet to-day, 103 prices without much variation. North Eastern, Leed', 20—Sheffield9, 39 c.—Midlands, 82—London and South Western, 100?!. MANCHESTER, Arum 16. STOOK EXCHANGE. The market to-day was doing veil little business, but prices slightly improved, ana at th: close were at th e i r hi ghest quotation. East Lancashire, 99' Midlands, l 2 4—South E as t ern and Dovers, 221 n, 13 —.. ShetEelds, 314 4—East Lan cas hi re, new, 1-16 d. - -Lee ds, 1011 n, 2 A —Milo, new, i p.—London and North Wei . tern, 105 ti i—Ditto, Eighths, 1-16 d.—Eastern Counties, 11 11.16—Grand Trunk of Canada, 16. BIRMINGHAM, . STOCK EXCHANGE The market APßlL Was steady to.dalt and pikes were about the same as yesterday's rates Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, a -- Birmingham Canal, 91 91i—Ditto, New Union Mill, 21 -- Great Western, 661 674—London and North Western' 1041 s —Birmingham Fire, 95. The Parana, which leaves for the West Indies to-dal' will take out 6 0,3001., 44,300/, being gold and 16,00010 silver, [ADvzurismnir.]— The most inveterate liver GO' plaint 'and diarrhoea, which had resisted all medicine o for years, yield e d to Da Barry's delicious Revalour Arabica Food, which removes indigestion (dyspepsiN: flatulency, constipation, nervous bilious, and liver coo' plaints, co ug h , asthma, consumption, and debility. 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On the 15th i ns t. at St„ George's, Hanover-square, Wa lter Long, Esq., M.P., of Roo/ Ashton, Wilts, to Lady BisshoPPP the eldest daughter of the late Admiral Sir James t.tillY ar° K. C. 8.,K.C.H. On the 16th inst., at the parish church of Wexham, BOIT Lieutenant. Colonel George B en t, C. 8., o f th e R o y a l Engine el t ); third son of the late Lieut.-Colonel Bent, R.A. to Elizob ° Adeline, eldest daughter of Major Bent, of Wexham LOW. DIED. g On the 14th inst., at Surrey-place, Thomas 011ey, Ebq . aged 80. J. On the 14th inst., at 41, Craven-street, Strand, John Dominique Deneulain, aged 68. On the 14th inst., at 23, Li s l e s t ree t , Leicester-square, .04 Willi:km Stiles, aged 60. On the 14th inst., at Kentish-town, the Rev. 0 ° Walker, Wesleyan minister, aged 69. On the 14th inst., Caroline, wife of. Chas. Lambert, 94. ' Lansdowne-circus, South Lambeth. ; tee d only On the 16th inst., a t P ark-crescent, Stockwell, Afar " t only surviving da ug ht er of the late James Fenn, Esq., "-‘ 71. On the 14th inst., at Castle-bill, Windsor, Georgina Leuisi',° youngest daughter of Ch ar l es St uar t V ou l cs, Esq solicit or ' aged 15. Accidentally drowned, while crossing a creek at Roc vo River, Australia on New Year's-eve, Henry Ryder, "'lv sou of the l a t e 'George Stow, Esq., of Nuneaton, Warssic shire. ~rasTO LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO Yv of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 27te Sun Office , 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ; in the collo of Middlesex, Friday, Aril 17,1857. 20 20 10 St. 8 1 7 1 100 12' 1100 2 100 - all 'lOO 3i 100 1100 17i all all 1100 all 100 all 100 16; 100 100 FOR IIGN. 34i i lot 64 82 i 51 1 86i 7 20g 2$ 40 643 f 75 i 87 i 2 20 3 5 20 25 25 12h 4 11 i 851 6 18 i 21 i exte era, my Barn, the d char exte are adde hibit alluc Gant those the less 1 base. CA zner Direc Cana a col] the n impo work after FA: Tuoda Fairs 1 111 of S 0 1. Th tw ee , is on, IStf l 11. ab ov , throe June Ph May Cu m , and I eireu ter 8 11e Pas%l Man n San rc Than ( Tran Ac onsly val„ their Or viz. °Ja Th Tues eePti on closii