The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-14 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. 12. Th . e Cott on M ar k et at Li verpoo l yes t er d ay c l os ed quietly, without an y ma t er i a l a lt era tion in prices. The sales were estimated at 17,000 bales, 1,000 of *w hich were taken for export and on speculation. at. The Railway Share Market closed steadily , and 25 Prices were rather lower. 25 T he Bank of E ng l an d return, completed for the St. week e nding the 6th inst., is cert ainl y of an un- St. f Durable character, but not more so than was St. g e nerally expec t e d , ow i ng to the payments on the 20 fourth" of the month, and the continued pres- 20 Sure for discounts which still prevails. There is a 10 L con siderable diminution in the other deposits and 50 the reserve of notes, while the withdrawals of gold 25 4 °e necessarily occasioned a reduction on the stock 8 2 t 0 O f bullion. As these adverse influences have been in St. f : 111 1 force during the last few days, it is feared that 25 t he next statement will not show much improve- 25 kent. A noticeable feature in the present balance 2 S O t- Sheet is th e falling-off in the private securities, not- 10 nhstanding the advances on bills which th 9 Bank St. ilte3 Stated to have recently made. The principal s i t ° . , 418 1 and the changes they present, are as sub- 10 gt. Activ e Ci rcu l at i on Increase Bullion -- ... St. Decrease St. St. St. 12 £18,827,185 230,435 10,310,496 33,219 8,786,603 66,749 8,137,341 453,152 9,955,504 760,107 739,595 Rest ........... Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills Decrease _ 2,968 Go vernment Securities ~,.. Increase Other Securities .„, Decrease g 4 otes unemployed .r, Decrease fat the last two or three days i t is stated several small parcels of gold have been taken r ts ul the Bank, but the precise amounts have not conspired. In the rates of Continental Exchange yesterday I dternoon a slight decline was in most cases appa tent. The official return of the exports of the precious 'petals from the port of London for the week end 14g Thursday last is as follows Gold Coin Boulogne ... 23,841 Ozs. „ PI Bars Boulogne ... 4,800 Ozs. Silver Coin „ PP Bars Boulogne ... 400 Oas. Bullion It ; stated that the Riga and Dunaburg Railway e ha ze (the Commercial Railway of Russia) obtained th e i r concess i on o n favourable terms. T he shares o f t hi s company, it w ill be remembered, her e l exclud e d f rom t h e official Stock Exchange }Tats some months ago ; but it is to be hoped that e informati on th e di rec t ors have received this til t a Z zlin g will be amply verified, and that their quo may again be permitted. 4 "e report o f th e Ot toman B an k has been issued, . ti shows that the profits up to the 23d Dec. were ~,L4 , ' 79/ .) and a dividend of 15s. per share (being e qual to 10 per cent. per annum) is recommended, /t o ll ioh will l eave a b a l ance o f 12,7291. t o b e carried f a rd• It states that branches bad been eatab ,h,"ed. at Smyrna, Beyrout, and Galatz. R-utiere has been a very flat market for Public jeurities to-day, and a decline of about 1 per :lA. has taken place. In addition to the heavi •hess which previously prevailed, the unfavourable h ave Return and the sustained inquiry for money tended still further to affect values. Consols -„Y money have been 931 1, and for account 93i 1. 'Azehequer Bills are 3s. premium, and the Bonds 981 Forei gn S ecur iti es h ave b een ra th er ac ti ve . T urkish 6 per Cents, have been 96f 97k, and the pr esent cpuytation is about O h.= ng buoyant. lho 4 per Cents. are 1001. Sardinian have been dealt in at 91, Spanish 3 per Cents. 44 the d h it to Deferred 24/, Portuguese 3 per Cents. 45 i, • 21 per Cents. 651, and ditto 4 per Cents. 99. The foll ow i ng ar e the nominal prices of Foreign _____ S tocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds , 61 7 ; Mexi- 1 ;2 i▪ t▪ ), 22k 23i ; Peruvian, 78 80 ; ditto Three per 18 18 Itu l lts., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; Russ' 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; do. 4i per Cents., 120°0! 1 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41 f 41 f; ditto New 100 p eferr ed, 24f 5 ; Ditto Certificates, 6# ; Ditto 1.00 aaa i 've, 5- 6. 20 I tc 1 d every limited business has been done in th e t h i 20 ay Share Market, the dealers having been 20 2° e flY occupied with the usual arrangements for 17 tit 7 se ttlement on the nth inst. Prices have been 20 thi e eted to a s li g h t extent on th e d e pression in the 20 dud Market. C a l e d on i an , Edinburgh, Perth . 19 . 42 vendee, Gr ea t W es t ern , North-Western, and luu 20 North-Eastern (Berwick) rule about ss. lower ; south Western, 7s. 6d. to 10s. ; and Midland and a 430tith. Eastern, 10s. ; North British, Brighto n, and 20 Nat Northern realise about former values. Northern 20 ; I f F rance, and Paris and Lyons are also at sl i g htl y 20 , ° 'wer values the former declined 7s. 6 d., and the 100 'tither ss. Grand Trunk of Canada improved 11. vg Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are 100 I , a active, but steady. 911 $$ 13H FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE (YCLOCK. (From the Offictal List.) % 3 suon..6 done i 02' s r 'dent. Consols Annuities 93 nsolff Tor Account ,.. 93 i 14 : 0, equer Bills, 20. £11)00 V6OO 3 p Rice gill Ditto. Bonds 1868, 3A per C en t. 9Bs i , 4- RICIUS OF ' FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Ara •li k , zi a Bonds, 5 per Cent. lO3 G renada New Active, 2} p e r C ent. e • 23 M zican 3 per Cent 23 El °rtuglicse Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 451 s.rdi n i.in Bonds, 5 per Cent. 131/ "A Bonds, 3 per Cent. Ditto. New Deferred, 3 per Cen'. ilarkith Bonds, 6 per cent 97 61 7} Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ire ki i , eirb , ~ !hp above oeysibiP in T,nndcn. nth Rentes, 4i per Cent. 92f. 25c. x d ex 25f. 25c. Aint4h _Exchange, 2 per Cenl., 12 Guilders 65k %to 4 per Cent. Certificates 99 TWO O'CLOCK. 7 , ionso , la. money 9 31 Nit° for account , GOVBENMENT. PARISH OF 41-cinnunrc.—YesterdONFTD WOE IN TIIIIa y a notice was issued to the eh e ors of the parish of Mar o y v le e b o o e ne,t t hat e on o Monday 4 W the electors will be c nd and to disapprove express their oontlence in the present Government,,, o x s the o f to factious opposition it hametofwtihthe b i borough,, of Commons." The represen ta tives %cal Liberal members, are expecte d to attend in su p - Por. of th e no ti ce of meeting vrhih will b e b roug h t f orwar d i and of the resolutions n ac cor fi da re n t ce ba t t h f e e r l e io to n . e of lie Pays announces that the two f ntrY the 7th regiment of Austrian infantry of the Bukovine, had arrived 0 4 tie 4th at Czernowitz, the cap ita l _ art o f the gar. Calling from Jassy, where they forme d n r bi Provinces was ris)i. The evacuation of the Danubi an is expec ted by Proceeding without interruption, an d it the French Government that it will be veri few days, published by the com plete in a ICARBEILLES MARCH 12.--A repor t Chamber of Commerce shows that 40 OAP" rrived in f thin port from Newfo un dl and between the month o AuEust last an d t h e 31st of December, laden with 69, 00 0 me t 3 cal quintals o f co d f i sh, of which 30,000 qu intals 0 Wer e re-exp or t e d. W e have likewise received 10 , 00® metrical quint a l s o f codfish from Cette, cured on t he bents of Newfoundland. Tnc Punta° DEBT. —The gross amount of all sums received and credited (including interest) by the commis sioners Tor the reduction of the debt on account for banks for savings and friendly societies, from August, 1817, up to the 20th of November in 1856, was 74,801,6121., and the gross amount of the sums paid 37,729,691/. 33,645,826/. was paid for the purchase of the folio wing stock, standing in the names of the corn missioners—viz., 27 , 2 50,423/, Three per Cents ; 31,900/. Two-and-a -Half per Cents. ; 5,480,000/. Exchequer -bills and 1,765,0001. Exchequer -bonds. The gross amount of interest p a id an d credited to savings banks and so cieties np to and d ue on the 20th of November last was 29,262,481/. 74,218/, immediator and 1,300/, deferred annuities were granted within th e year ending the sth of January, 1857. 246,999/. is th e gross amount of all moneys received and paid by the commissioners on ac count of the fund for military savings—banks between the 19th of September, 1845, and the sth of January, 1857. Surivayons OF STAMPS AND TAXES.• —lt appears, from a return, that there are in England 11, inspectors of taxes, receiving (in the aggregate) salaries of 5,500/. ; in Scotland, seven, receiving 2,4001.; and in Ireland, three, receiving 1 ,500/. The nuniiber of surveyors of stamps :and taxes is. in England, 19'4, salaries, 49,7801. ; in Scotland, 37, salaries, 6,200/. ; a TICI in Ireland, 17, salaries, 4,4901. lenE SUN, LON PO'N, SATURDAY VVENING, MARCH 14, SHARE MARKETS—(This Dap•) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this say. Business done this day. 'Paid RALLWATO. 98 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc all Belfast & Ballymena all Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 100 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Juliet__ all Blackburn all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) 100 Bristol & Exeter 1 00 Caledonian. ......„.. 100 Chester & Ca1ed0nian.. ......, all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black. & Pass all Cornwall all Da. A 8 Do. B 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. all Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. 100 East Anglian ......... all Eastern Counties... .. 100 EasternUnion,A.sk. 100 Do., do. 8............. 8i Do. New A............ 17i East Kent ...... 100 East Lancashir e ...... all East Suffolk ........ 4 Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles_ 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee all Forth and ClydeJunc. 100 Furnoss ... -.. 100 Glasgow & S . .Weftern all Great N. of Scotland 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do. B. Stock 1 ~ 100 .ot. Sth.&West.(lre.) 100 Great Western... 100 De. Str.V.R. gua. St all llrish South-Eastern. all !Lancaster &Carlisle. 141 Do. ' Thirds 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Laneash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F. £l6 k Do., Wst. Riding Tin all De. Southport. all London & Blaokwall 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western all Do. Fifths all D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0 2i Do. Eighths 100 London is S. Western , all Lndndrry.dgeolerainej all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. I 100 Manch.SheL&Lincln. 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement ...... 100 Midland . ... 100 Do. Birming. & Derby all Midland G. West. (Ir. ) all Do. i Shares .. ... ... all Newcastle &Carlisle.. all Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd. 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint St. 50 St. St. 4 ROstrevor 100 Norfolk. 33 Northn. Counties Un 100 North Britisi 100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock . ....... 100 Do., A Stock 100 Do., B Stock 100 N. Eastern Berwick 23 1 Do. do. Extension 161 Do do. G.N.E.Purch all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn 173 North Staffordshire all North Western.. all N. &S. Wostrn. June. 1100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 16 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney 100 Scottish Central 100 iScot. N.E.Abrdn. St 100 •Shropshire Union 4 Sitingbonrne &Sheer all South Devon , 100 South Eastern .. ... all Do. 4i per c. shares 100 South Wales 17 S. Yorksh. River Dun 7 D 0.... all Staines,Wok.,&Wok all Stockton & Darling 15 Do. do., 1854 3 Do. do., 18q5 16f, Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale ,100 Do. Pref., No. 1 22 Thames Hay. D. &R all Vale of Neath ...... all jWaterfd. & Kilkenny all IWaterford&Limerick all West Cornwall all West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A an Do. D all West London all De. First Class all Do. Second Class all Wmbledon &Croydon BRITISH all Atlan. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. , all Do. r 10i Buffalo & Lake Hur. 1 100 Buff., Brnt. & Godch. 100 6p. c. bds. , 1 Aug. , '72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 2s6d Central Oude (Lim.) 108 Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. de. all Demerara 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all D 0.44 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do. all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6p. c. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 8 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '57 all Do. do., '76, p. 'CI all Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without! option all Madras, guar. 44 P.C : 01 Do. do., 5 per c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten. 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. ss. Oude (Limited) 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c all Do FOR all Antwrp & Rotterdam 14 Ardennes all Belgian East. Junct. 16 Beziers to Graissessat all Carmeaux&Toulous Coal Mines and Ry, 12 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France all Do. New 29. Euphrates Valley 18 Ct. Central of France 17 Great Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Bale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian all Lucca do Pist.sp.c.p. all Lyons and Geneva all Lyons & Meditermn all Maria Ante - Qla all Do. New all Namur k Liege all Do. do. 6 p. e. Pref all Northern of France , all NorwegianTrnk. Pref all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 7 Reoife dg San Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. 74 Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 5i per cent. pref all Southern of France all West Flanders all IDo. 54 per c. Pref all W.& NAY. of France 6 ' Western ofkastria all 'West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Do. Bp. cent. pref. all ,Zealand JOINT-STO I ------- tO all )Anstralasia ;5 18i 113ank of Egypt ..... 50 Bank of London .. . [0 all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co 50 all British N. American 20 6 C.13k.0f 0 50 City ..................... O 25 Colon ial ........ ..,.. O 20 Comm ercial of Lou .. d. 0 all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cht. A all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust. 0 all Ditto New ............ 0 20 London and County , 0 50 Lud.&E.linkng.Corp O 10 London Joint Stock.. O 20 Lond.andWestmin st. 1° 35 i N :N pio a a t.o t t t:i ° o r n u n n a a c al i a ß Pi a . !et 10 Do. New 10 5 0 a aa 2 1 1 : 2 5 1: i ll oi South D N A Nv .nutsa a I Wales c Corp. e nik of E .. 1 1. a 2 1 5 l ISouth. Australiaßloaf nk . Ireland ••• &G Im.Co 1 IR • New all Union of 2i Do. N ow .. Australia,,. 10 (Union of Loudon 50 ) U nity M utual . 50 Wcst ru Bk . cf Loud •• 4i -4; Si - 9 67 - 69 81 - 9 93 - 92 704 - 70 37 - 38 j 10 - 10 19 - 20, 101 - 10 1 48 - 50 33 - 35 8 - 7 98 - 99 a = ii ... - ... 36i, - 37, 95 - 96 86 - 87 120 - 123 103 - 105 63 - 6841 64 - 66 72 - 76 73 iiP 7i -- Sip 101 i -101 t d -- par ••• ''... •o 5i 6k 108 - ]O9 104 i - 16411 #d —par 10 101~ 37 - S 7 81 - 81 63i - 64 ii = ii 56 3i : id 46 47 84i - 85 4 - 33 , 3 -2) 39 - 40 614 - 62 97 - 99 5h 4d 7 -74 i - 11 29A - 301 7 - 5 108 110 27i 28 50 62 2 lid 17 18} 73 74; 85i -86 - 3i I - ll 1. 4 2 3 14 4 41 - 43 201 - 214 4 - 4i 7 - 2 - 5i , SSESSIONS, I - - 196 - 83 96 - 98 96 - 98 Fir - A P .••i - ••• l li p 112 - 114 2i -21 p 21 1 — 221 51i -- i2a; 211 -21 a 14 - -- 10p 1 261 -26 i 3 1 — 31 p 99 -- 100 120 -- 125 420 -- 125 1 107 109 19 20 21 22 Par iP 'p ". 2- 2ip 6i - 61 - 3 - 41 - 33i 4 P 10 11 par 4p 24 —24 i 61 6i ..d .. 61 - 61IP 30 - zl 8i 21 21, 38a 38 ; 8i 94 58— 69 57 59 I •1 pa] 18 - 20 1 - 11 10 -10 k 8i - 9 4 . 4 4t 94 10 32i 33 par 1 p BANKS. i - A 1 58 - 60 11 — 7 oid 68 ". 17i -- 18 18i -- 19 18} -- 19 Paid' RAILWAYS, 100 Buckghamsh. 1100 Clydesdale Jc. all Col.Stour Vy., 100 E.Lin. g. 6 all E. Un. H. Sh. 100 alas. Barr. di Neils. Direct. 100 Do. New all Glstr.&Dn.Fr all Hull & Selby all Do. 1 Shares all Do. 1 Shares ! all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference 100 Lon. Til., &S. 54 Do. Birk. Sh.l all Manch.Bxton. and Matlock, 100 Mdld.Bradfd. 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. all N.&Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 per ct.. all Do. Fixed sp. c all Prest. &Wyre all Do. Shrs. A 1 100 Roystn. & Hit.' all Shrews.& Her all S. Staffordsh.. all WearVaLg6pc all Do !100 !Wilts 6rSourirst Leasing Companies Ln.&N.W. Caledon E.U.&E.O Gt.Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Do Igt. Westn Y. & N.M Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do Ln. drN. W. dr Midld. Midland... E. Count Do L.las.W Do Gt. Northn T. Brassey MClean Stk.(tDar.l Do FOrt.Westn. PREFER: all Blyth and Tyne 10 p e.pref. (issd. at 501., . 100 Bris.&Ex.4 p. c. St, 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares., . 100 Caledn. £lO 4i p. c. 100 Ches. & Ho. 5i p. c. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent all Corkkßandonsip.c. i all Dun.Perth.kAber.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 Un., G. 6p. c. all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent 100 East Lancash.6 p.cts all E.&W. York. J. sths 5 Edin. dz Gl. sp. e. Sh. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 100 Furness, sp. c 100 Glas. dZ 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. 44 per cent 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 1 p. c. pram. all Gt.N.of Scot.lst Pre 100 Gt. S dr W. (Ireland) 15 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 100 Do. con. red. 4i p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4 percent. 1.00 Do 5 p. c. red. pref. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do. Chester Bp. c.P. S all Do. do. 5 p. c. do [OO Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. all Do. Chesh. Gua, Sh. all Do. do. do.. all ,Do, do. do.. 100 Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 100 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., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares all Londy.& Color. Sh all Londy.&Ennis. Sh 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent 44 Do. do. do. £6 100 Do. do. 3i per cent. all Marypt. & Carl. 4 P.C. all Do. 44 per cent 10 Do. do. 100 Wid.Consol.6 p.c. St 100 Do. Con.Br.Bir. 6 p.c 100 Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St 100 Do. L. &H. Pref. St all New., Aber, , &c., pr 5 p.c.red. sp.c.pm 8 Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct all Norf k D eb. 4 p.c. Sh 100 Do. SP. c. Ext. 1846 100 Do. 54 p.c. pf., 1847 100 D0.Wv.V.5p.0.,1847 100 North British ..... 311:) , ). V. Preference 100 K. E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. _8 Do. do. do 13" Do. Leeds 6pc No.l 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848_ 10 Do. York 13.&5. Pur. all North Staffordshire I°° x 0 ~ Wet.. & Poly. 6 1 p.c., Ist guar. 100 Do. 6p. o. 2d guar all Scot. Cent. New Pref. 100 Sc.N.E Aber.g.6p.c. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St.] lop do.sa p.c. pr. St all South Devon all Do. fixed 44 pr cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ain.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 44 per cent all Do. Fixed 44 p.o. Sh 100 S. Wales Gua. 4 p. e 100 Do. do. 44 p. all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stock. &Dar., sp. c 15 Do. do. do. all Stock. & Elartl,g, 5 p.c. till July 17 '56 all Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH 2/ 12 'Alfred Cons. (Philk. ; 14 British Iron 20 Condurow (Cambria.) 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.> 14s Great South Tolgus 10/ 3 G rt. W. Al frd. (Philk.) 7 Grt.W. Vor (llelstn.) Be6d Lady Bertha 7i N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Illogan) 6/ 15 North Wheal Crofty 1i Par. Cons. (St. BlairY) 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co 2i S. Caradon (St. Cleer 2 S. Carn Brea (Illogn. 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn. 4i Tam. S. &L. Min. Co 9 Tin Croft 40 lUn.Mines (Gvrennap) 1256 V. of Towey (Camay.) W. Basset (Illog m).. 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) iVirh. Basset (Mogan) 5 IWIL Buller (Rdruth). 55 iWh. Edward(Calstek; 11 7s'Wh. Kitty (U. Llant; s Ma. Ann (Menht. ; 4 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.; FOREIGN 7 Australian 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm) all Do. Cocaos Cuiath. 15 Do. St. John Del Rey' Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica...... all Cobra Copper 16 Copiapo all Fortuna all General all Linares 1 Lusitanian all Mariquita all New Granada all Novean Moude all Pont. Sil. LdM. k Smlt 1 Port Philip 1.5 i Santiago de Cuba all 4 outh Australian all Do. Scrip all Do. 10 p. o, Prof.._ all United Mexican MISCEL: 19 Australian Agricult. all Australn. Royal Mail all Berlin Water Works 40 Brit. American Land 32 3 / 4 Canada 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 100 Do. 6p. c.Feb.&Aug. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. all Copper Min. of Eng. all Do. Pref. 70 p. cent all Crystal Palace all Do. Preference all Crystal Pal, of France Dustou Iron Ore 18 Eastern Steam ... 100 Electric Telegraph ... all Electric Tel. of Irel. all En. &Aust.Cop.SnaCo, 10s. Eur, & Ind.Jetn. Tel.' %11 Gen. Ir. Se. Col. (lim.) 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 5 London Discount ... all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 10 Magdalena St. N av i g . all IMediteran. Elec. Tel, all Mexican & S America' 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... 5 Do. New 5 Netherlands Land all Do. Do. . all Do. 8 p c.Pf. iss. at 1d ' 1 !Do. Do. 80 New B. &N. S. Land 100 N.S.W. Gov.b p.e.D. all N. B. Australasian... 174 Nrtli.ofEuropoSteam all Oriental Gas ......... ss.jDo. New Shares all IPeellir. Ld. & Miurl. all Peninsular Si Oriental 10 Do. New all Rhymney Iron all Do. New., 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral. Invest all Do. New 100 S. Ans. Gov. 6p. c.bds al South Austral. Land all Submarine Tel. Scrip all Do. Registered 5 T rust& Ln Co. U .Can 2S. Van Diemon's Land 100 V.Go.6p.cJar. &Julys Closing Prices this day.! 93 - 95 98 - 102 11 - 13 134 - 137 3 - 4.1 1 . 67 :=16.6 12i -- 13 23 -- 24 100 -- 105 par -- # p 2i -- 2i 90 -- 92 P 55 -- 7 1 131 - 134 8 - 8 - 9i 31i- 32i 88 - 901 CE SHARES. - 94 - 99 oi c -s; 110 ::: 115 ••• - ••• - § iP 124 - 12 ••• •. *. --- . • • • -... • in 1 - 77 ••• •••• .. I 114 - - - ..„: 1.1:0 LOS - 110 9 9 - 101 5 9 -- 61 10 10, - . 95 - 9€ 84 - 86 - too -- 102 10 -- 10. 1(L -- 17' 10 -- 10: 72 -- 76' 19 -- 20 9 -- 10 14 -- 15 135 -- 187 I* ."--. ••• __ 137 - 140 115 - 118 .57 - 159 • - P 65 - 6 8 .• •• 34 - 136 98 - 99 88 - 39 .. ••• 1,1 - lip • ...". ••• g - lin 90 - 92 it 1d ••• 1 - 01 211 - 224 1.10 - 111 . ..-. .•. Ll 4 - liB tO5 -- 110 06 -- 70 17i -- ISi 23i - 24 .00 - 101 91 - 10} '''.... ••• 27 - 28 I 2 - 3p 2i .7. 4 MINES. 23 -- 24 61 -- 71 155 -- 165 150 -- 460 15 10 --10 1 6 -- 61 - 1 19 -- 21 31 -- 33 -- 7 23 -- 24 8 - 1 i -- 340 - 6i - 330 - A ..... 4 - 215 - 34 -35 i 160 - 170 2 7 0 - 290 310 - 370 4i - 6 19 - 21 46 - 48 23 - 25 MINES. - 11 11 - 3 - 3 19 - 2 . la I GO - 62 12 - 11 i -i( 8 ld p a 7 - 9 - 2 - 4 ---- ii rANEOUS. 24 - 25 6 - 6i 40 45 155 - 160 35 - 40 26 - 2S :1 __ 25 sad = as - ii : it - 4i - ". ." 2 - 31 - 3 4 4 4i p a r iP I = i ' • 14 iP 21 - 21 ... 23 --25 p 6 - 8 - ii .1 - ii 35 - 37 1 --1 13 -- ii Business this clay. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(This Day.) The house met to-day at one o'clock, to facilitate the disposal of the necessary business to be got rid of prior to the dissolution of Parliament. Mr. B. CARTER presented a petition from the in habitants of Notting-hill, praying for the removal of alt turnpike gates from the neighbourhood of the metro polis. MR. SPEAKER'S RETIREMENT. The report on the address to her Majesty relative to the Spe36er's retirement was brought up and agreed to, and a bill ordered to be brought in accordingly. WAYS AND MEANS. The report for a grant of 13,700,200/. out of the Con eolidated Fund, was br0u...71,t up and agreed to. - MUTINY BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. F. PEEL, in reply to Mr. HENLEY, said that clauses bad been introduced iota this bill to prevent soldiers being billeted on private houses in Scotland, and making the billetting law tho.same throughout the whole of the United Kingdom. After a short discussion, the bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. MARINE MUTINY BILL. • This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. MR. SPEAKER'S RETIREMENT. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought in a bill for authorising the payment of the Speaker's annuity. It was read a first time, and ordered to be printed and read a second time on Monday. SAVINGS BANKS BILL. Mr. SOTHERON expressed a hope that the Chan cellor of the Exchequer would renew his bill on savings banks immediately after the assembling of the new Par liament. Mr. H. HERBERT concurred in Mr. Sotheron's views. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was his intention, in the event of his having a seat in the new Parliament, to introduce his savings banks bill very early in its present form. EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought in a bill formed on the vote agreed to in ways and means. It was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. APPROPRIATE BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER, this bill was brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. The house adjourned at 20 minutes past 1 o'clock. MARKET NEWS.—(ms Day.) COVENT The supplies of fruit and vi the trade ruled steady, at ful Fla GARDEN. 'egetables Were moderato, and [II prices. MT. Pine apples, per I b. 6s Od to lOs Colonial do., ea. Os Od to Os Od Grapes, per lb 12s Od to 20s Foreign do Os Od to Os 041 j Melons, each 3s Od to 5s Od Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to 88 Od Nectarines, do. 2s Od to 8s Od Apples, p. h. sv. Cs 041 to 8s Od Pears, per d0z....8s to lOs Od Oranges, per 100.3 s 6d to 9s Lemons, p. doz. Os 9,1 to 2s Od Apricots,p. doz. 250 d to 6s Od Cherries, per lb. Os to 03 odl VEGET. Filberts, pe r 1b.....18 to ls 4d Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 140 s to s Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od WalnuLs, per 100 6d to is Od Figs, per doz is to 3s Od Strawberries, per pottle.. ............ Od to Od Gooseberries, per half sieve ....Os Od to Os Od Currants, p. do. Os Od to Os Od Plums, per do. 2s Od to 5s Od Green gages, do. 4s Od to 7s Od Raspberries, p. potl. Od to Od `ABLE h. Greens, p. doz. bun. 3s to 336 d Shallots, per lb.. 6d to 8d Cabbages, per doz. is to is 9d Elorseraddish, p. b un. 2s to 5s Savoydo.,p. do. is Od to 2s Gd Parsley, per do. 3d to 4d Cauliflowers, do.2s Od to 5s Oil Celery, per do Os 9d to is 6d Brocoli, p. bun. Is 01 to is 81 Beet, per doz. is Od to 2s Od Potatoes, per ton 603 to 130 s Parsnips, per do. is Od to Os New do., per do Osto 0- Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 3d Peas, per quart ...9d to 1s Oil Mushrooms, p.pt1.280,1t0253d Turnips, per bunch 2d to 6,1 Artichokes, each ...4d to 8d Carrots, per buneh 5d to 7d Lettuces, per score 9d to ls 3d Cucumbers, each 2s to 4s Od Endive, p er score ls 6d to 3s Garlic, per 13 Bd to Os tid Radishes, per bunch 2d to 3d Sorrel, per sieve Od to Os Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to 6s Od Spinach, p. d0...2s Oil to 2s 6e, Walnuts per 100...0s 8d to is Brussels sprouts, per Chillies, per 1001 s Od to is 6d half do 2s 0,1 to 3s 0.1 Capsicums, nor 1001 s Od to 2s Onions, p. bush 2s 6d to 43 9(1 Rhubarb, p. bun. 9d to is 6d New do., pee bunch 4d to 6d Asparagus, per 100 6s Od to 9s French beans, per Sea kail, Per pun. Os Od to Os 100 23 6d to 4s Oa Turnip greens, per Leeks, per d 0......... 2d t o 4d b us h ........ is 3d to is 6d NEWGATE AND LEADENFIA.LL. Turkeys, 5s 0,1 to lOs Od ; Geese, 5s 6,1 to 7s 6d each ; Ducks, 2s 01 to 3s 6d ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2s 0:1 each ; wild do., 10d to is 2d ; Pigeons, 8(1 to is Od each • large Surrey Fowls, lOs to 12 1; b arn -d oor d o., 4s Oil to 66 ; 'Chick ens, 5s 0,1 to 9s Od per couple ; Capons, Os Od to Os ; Hares, 2s 6,1 to 3s 6,1 ; Grouse, 2 s 3d t o 3r Od each ; Pheasants, 3s to 4 s 6,1 ; Partridges, is 9,1 to 2s 3d; Woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3m Od ; Snipes ' is 6d to 2s 3d; Te a l, is 6d t o i s 9d ; Wil d Ducks, is 9,1 to 2s Od ; Widgeons, ls to is 3d ; Plovers, 2s 0,1 to 010.1 each ; Gaines. Fowls, 3s to 3s Gd ; Roasting pigs, 63 Od to 9s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to —s Od ; English do., 15s Od to 18s Od per dozen lbs. ; English eggs, 8s to lOs ; French do., 7s Od to Os per 120; Leverets, 2s 6d to 3s Od each. NEWPORT. Boef, from 33 4d to 43 6d ; mutton, 33 8d to 43 10d ; veal, 45 Od to 53 Od; pork, 43 Od to 5s Od per Blbs., by the car case. WHTTECFIAPEL. Boeffrom 3a 4d to 4s Gd; mutton, 3a 4d to 4a 8d; veal, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; pork, 358.1 to 5s per 81be., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s to 2s 6d • Brills, I s Od to 7s each; Salm on , Is 9d to 2s '6d per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s 61 to 7s each ; Soles, 6d to 3s ed per pair ' • Trout, l s to is 3d per lb ; Lobsters, is to 4s 6d; Crabs, ed to 3s Od ' • Whitings, 3s Od to 7s per doz. ; Common Oyster s , 12 3 t o 16s ' • Natives, SOs to —s per hsh. ; Mackerel, 60s to s per 100 ; Smelts, is Od to 3s 6d per„doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters, 5s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 6s to OA per 100 ; Scotch do., Od ' • Sprats, 6s Od to Os Od pa; bushel ; Doreys, 2s Od t o 7 s each ; Haddocks, 4s to 128 per doz ; Pike, 6d ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 7s Od to Os; Mullets, Gd to is 6d each ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut, Rd per lb ; Flounders, is Od to 2s 6d p e r doz.; salt fish, Od per lb ; Eels, 8d t o Is. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis ars from aid to 9d ; of household ditto, 7d to 8d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, sid to 51(1; 641 b to 721 b, Sid to 6d ; 721 b to 801 b, Cd to 6.,d ; 801 b to 881 b, 64d to 7d ; 881 b to 961 b, 7d to lid ; 961 b to 1041 b, 71,1 to lid ; 1041 b to 1121 b, 0.1 to Od ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides, 103 Od to Os Od ; Calf skins, light, 3s 01 to 5s Od ; ditto full, Os 6cl to Os Od • Polled Sheep, 103 Od to lls 6d ; Rents, 8s 6d to 9s 6d ; Half-brecls, 8s Gd to Os Gd ; Downs, Gs 6d to 8s 0(1 ; Stioarlings, 13 44 to is 5d ; Lambs, Os Od. HAY MARKETS. S i m o rr s atonEsr; and straw,.o7Meadowhay 1 2/1 4s los t too 31io 4/os; i p clo, 31 load. A moderate supply and a fair demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4/ 4s ; clover do., 31 lOs to 5/ Os • and str aw , 11 5 s t o 1/ lls per load, Supply rather limited, and trail° firm. WRITECRAPEL._Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ Os ; clover do., 3/ 10s to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 10s per load. Both hay and straw sold steadily, at our quotations. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. —(This Day.) LONDON. March 14.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; fine and blowing strong. The Hungarian, Baker, Which sailed from Liverpool on the 29th Oat. last for Philadelphia, has not since been heard of. FALMOUTH, March 12.—Wind S.W. fresh—Arrived— Euroclydon, from Tag anrog, has a leak' in under trunk; Leon Raymonds, Valencia. —Wind S.S . E . —S a il e d —Chelidra, MILFORD, March 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Fiente, from Bahia, for the Clyd e . an B d w C A i N ty sE o A eli Maanrdcyh, 13. —Wind Coqui m b o. QUEENSTOWN, March 12 . -- A.rrived—Olive Branch, from Callao, with fore and mainmast sprung. HOLYHEAD, March 13 . —The brigantine Jane, of Aberyatwith, drifted against the breakwater this morning during the gale. RAMSGATE, March 13. Tho Hertha, from Shields, for Naples, took the ground in th e outer harbour to day, and it is thought she is settling on her anchor. It is blowing a gale from the S.S.W. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday, 10, a.m. Wind S.W., blowing bard all night, with heavy showers of rain. Arrived—Vivid, from Honfleur; Endora, Pinos; Trades man, Marseilles; Limerick lass, Gertrude, and Royal Eagle, Newport ; Argyll (s.), Carentau ; Triton, Neath ; La Poule, Cherbourg. Sailed—Fox, for Sunderland. LWERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind S.W. Arrived.—Ann Cheshire, from Cald era ; Sunderland, New Orleans ; cin t ra,( . .8 ), Black Oporto; Prin I c e Valencia elI, nia; s t. Domingo. Oft.--Heron, from New Orleans ; Willi am Owens, Africa ; Lindisfarme, Ceara. _ QUEENSTOWN, March 12. Wind S.S.W. Arrived.—Prince Woronzoff, from Alexandria ; Ocean Sprite, Ibraila; Sophie, Uruguay; Captain Cook, Ibraila; Pepiza, Marseilles; Stefano Ohnich, Trieste; Olive Branch, Callao; Arab, Ibraila. DUBLIN, March 13. Wind S. Arrived—Richard, from Lisbon. Sailed—Casper, for Cadiz. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITIs.I TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturd ay, 9 . 55 a.m. Wind S.S.W. ; low water ; light, w ith rain. RoAuteTni.ved,l3th—Wooloomooloo, from Sydney; Ashberry, Sailed, 14th—Holland, steamer, for Ostend. DEAL, Saturday,9.47 a m . • Wind S.W., a gale, with rain. Arrived at Sandwich—Active, ft OM Goole. Pa*ed—Wanderer, from Demerara, for Sandwich • Lin derdyk, from Patjitan, for Rott er d am ; Anne d orice, from Ancona, for London. NlNrs.—The general market for stocks and shares is dull, and much change for the bett er i s Lot expected to take place till the general election is ov er. W e canno t, therefre, hope for a very active market in mining shares, although to the present time there has been more doing in there than in rail say and other stacks. Heavy divi• dend hares, vitnost without excepticn, are flatter ; Bas set, 260 to 280 ; Dovon Great Cons , ls, 455 to 460. For Alfred Consols the demand has increased, and, shares, which remained most of the week at 22i to 23, I.ft off firmer, at 23 to 24 ; Great Alfred also, before the close, became in demand, and rose from 9i to 10i ; East Alfred rose to 2,1, but a few sellers appearing left off flatter, at 21 to 2A ; St. Ices Consols, 120 to 125. South Frances shares have been flat, at 330 to 310 ; one of the branches of old Basset lode has improved. NV, st Basset, 351 to 36 ; Nort). Basset flat, at 32 to 3 3.—Mining Journal of this day T-cbtr'i TiElitti*lt SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock, REPRESENTATION OF EXETER. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Sir John Duckworth has resigned. Mr. Gard is safe. SPAIN. MADRID, March 9.—The projected expedition against Mexico assumes an aspect of some import ance. Considerable preparations are making. General Pezuela is spoken of for the chief com mand. The choice of the Government is said to lie between him and General Lersundi, the present Minister of Marine. The Palace is dissatisfied with Senor Nocedal, on account of the number of Polacos whose can didature at the elections he admits and favours. The dislike entertained in the highest quarters for that political clique can only b 5 explained by a lingering and painful recollection of the revolution to which its tyranny and misgovernment led, and which placed the Queen, her Crown, and her mother in real danger, averted only by the efforts and popularity of Espartero. The Three per Cents. were done at 39.20 ; ditto Deferred, 25.30 TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA. We have received the following communication relative to telegraphic communication with India:— " TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " reference to statements which have ap peared in several of the public papers regarding the es tablishment of telegraphic communication with India, via the Red Sea, I am in a condition to state that her Majesty's Government and the Honourable East India Company have decided on the route, via Selencia, on the Mediterranean, to Kornah, at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates and the Persian Gulf, and that they have entered into a provisional agreement with this company to that effect ; and further, that they have not agreed to enter into any contract with any other parties for establishing telegraphic lines to India. " In a communication, under date the 221 Jan. last, addressed to me as Chairman of the European and In dian Junction Telegraph Company, the Secretary to the Treasury remarks that, lam commanded by the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you that my lords have been in communication with the Foreign-office and the East India Company respecting the proposal to establish a telegraph from Selencia to liornah, and that my lords are prepared to enter into a contract with your company.' "-With a view to insure to the Government that en pervision and control to which their stake in the enter wise justly entitles them, the Treasury shall have the power of appointing one official director.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant, " W. P. ANDREWS, " Chairman of the European and Indian Junction Telegraph Company. " P.S. —The correspondence with her Majesty's Go- vernment and the East India Company on the subject to - which this letter refers may be perused at the offices of this company. " W. P. A. "European and Indian Junction Telegraph Company.—Limited. Gresham House, Old Broad street, London, March 13, 1857." MR. COMMLSSARY-GENER AL FILDER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIB, —In your paper of yesterday I read "that you are authorised by Lord Panmure to state that the :easertion made by Commissary-General Filder, in a pamphlet recently published by him, that Colonel Tul loch, when sent out to the Crimea, carried with him a commission to supersede Mr. Fdder as Commissary- General of the army, is without foundation." I never made the assertion here imputed to me. What I did say was, that " when Colonel Tulloch left this coun try as one of the two Commissioners for the East, he bad been named to succeed me as Commissary- General, with the rank of Major-General, on my being displaced and the Commissariat remodelled." When you are authorised to deny that Colonel Tulloch had been named by the Secretary for War, in a despatch addressed to Lord Raglan, to succeed me as Commissary- General with the rank of Major-General on my being displaced, I may address you again. I svoul I have written yesterday, but was prevented doing an by my medical attendant. I remain, air, your most obedient servant, WILLIAM FILbER. 57, Eaton-square, March 13. UNION OF THE ATLANTIC WITH THE PACIFIC. A communication from the Gulf of Mexico, in the Moniteur de la Flotte, corroborates the state ment that General Comonfort had sold to an American company a tract of laud in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, with the right to cut a canal to unite the Atlantic with the Pacific. The plan of canalising the Isthmus of Tehuantepec is said to be very old, and has been frequently re vived within the last 50 years. The intention at tributed to the company is to unite the rivers Huascualco and Chimalapilla by a canal which will be about 35 miles long, and thus connect the two oceans. The writer of the article asserts that com petent judges think it the most practicable and least expensive plan yet suggested. It says : "The province of Oaxaca, in which the land granted to the American Company is situate, is one of the most fertile in the Mexican Confederation. The climate is good, and it contains much mineral wealth. The capital is in the rich valley granted by Spain to the descendants of Hernan Cortes, and from which they derive the title of Marquis del Valle. The treaty now in question was signed at Mexico on the 25th of January last, but it is not to be definitive until it is ratified by the Government of the United States. The price to be paid by the Company is $25,000,000. The numerous enemies of General Comes fort attack this treaty. They asikort, not without some show of reason, that it tends to a further annexation with the United States, as it introduces the Americans to the centre of Mexico." A SUBSTITUTE FOR SILK WORMS. Happily, there would seem now to be little need of the eria, or the Chinese silkworm, or of the cocoon of com merce, for the production of silk will are long in all proba bility be derived, not from the worm, but the leaf on which it has hitherto existed. It is now not the breeding of the insect, but of the mulberry tree—that species which was its only food, and which from that circumstance gave the savant the cue that led to his making the intimated disco very. His name has not yet been announced, although we should imagine it was none other than Signor Lotteri, who in the course of last year fully ascertained that a silky substance could be procured from the bark of the mulberry tree, and that by maceration good silk, and paper also, could be easily prepared therefrom. The savant in ques tion, ruminating, it is said, on the circumstance of the silkworm living on one description of food, came to the conclusion that "the silky substance must lie not in the animal, but the vegetable matter" which supported it. He therefore "analysed the composition of the mulberry leaf, and, by boiling it to a thick paste, produced every description of silk in immense quantities." Such a sub stance being obtained from that species of leaf, it is not at all unlikely that from the Chinese oak and the castoroil plant a somewhat similar result might be obtained. Be that as it may, and the truth of the other being shortly , corroborated, neither Moreton-bay need sigh for the intro duction of the cotton plant, nor the northern and southern States of America shed their blood for the suppression or in the defence of slavery, nor England much longer play the hypocrite by condemning that accursed "institution" with one breath and with another admitting the expedi ency of, at all hazards, strenously upholding it. This is the land—every land within the temperale zone is, more or less—favourable to the rearing of the vine, the mulberry, and the olive. Every one, therefore, the possessor or oc capier of a small spot of ground therein, may rear the great substitute for cotton, and, in so doing, weaken more and more this lamentable and apparently indispensable t adhesion to slavery. He may " put money i n his purse ; and, clothing his family and himself in " silk attire—such as Imperial Caesar had not dared to wear—drawn from the branches that give him shade and refreshing sustenance by day and by night afford him the sleep of contentment, he may well thank Heaven that he is permitted to reap the fruits, though he have shared not the labours, of the thoughtful and perhaps ill-recompensed analyser of the enigmatical phases of nature. He may cheerfully and confidingly believe thenceforth that i n the varied produce tions that she surrounds him with lie hid the main causes of the world's progress, and the renewing sources of peace and goodwill to men.— Sydney Empire. MELANCHOLY FATALlTY.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley, coroner for West Middlesex, held an inquest at the Mar quis of Hastings, Ossulton-street, Clarendon square, on Mrs. Eliza Calkin, the wife of a dancing -master, aged 35, who died under the following dis'ressing circum stances :—The deceased resided with her husband in Bar clay-street, and with the exception of occasior•al fits she erjoyed very good health. On Monday moreirg. that be ing her birth -day, she awoke her husband, complaining that her nose was bleeding. The bleeding left eff in a few minutes, when the husband remarked, " Ah, this is your birthday, and many returns of the day." They then kissed one another, but almost immediately the hapless deceased complained of her head, and her hus band then got out of bed to procure some vinegar to bathe it with, but on returning to they bed•ide be found the deceased in. an unconscious state, and she never spoke afterwards. Mr. Mentufore, a medical attendar t of the family, was at once sent for and quickly arrived, when the most prompt and ac!ive treat ment was at once resorted to, but unavailingly, as the poor woman gradually sank and died the same afternoon. Mr. Mentmore, who performed the post mortetn txami ration, proved that death arose from an extensive ext.' a vasation in and upon the brain ; and the Coroner, in commenting upon the painful nature of the case, gave it as his opinion that the fatal attack might have bet brought l about by excessive enaction or jay. The jiffy recorded a verdict in accordance with the medical testi mony, and the inquiry terminated. St. St. 25 20 20 100 10 hi 25 25 40i 16i 16 39k _ 40i 1 p 59 61 - ••• 7 9 26 11 9d 10 8d 36f I 6} 6 1081 1044 i 811 f 110 St. 20 50 27i 87i 734 i 4 Do Do., 1011 i 10 11 4i x d 24} i 1,j65 6i 1857 ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. BODMIN. —Mr. Wyld has issued the following address to the electors of Bodmin : Gentlemen,—The dissolution of Parliament has been - hastened by a vote of the House of Commons, adversely to her Majesty's Government, achieved by a strange combination of individuals who have used the difficulties with the Chinese people as a pretext for endeavouring to supplant the administration of Lord Palmerston, and for obtaining the control of the Government of the country. The political, personal, and commercial relations of the English nation, exist with every people and in every clime ;—and a bold but just policy is necessary for Great Britain, to preserve her woill-encircling pasessions from menace, her citizens from insult, and her commerce from interruption. And, whilst I am opposed to the unnecessary employment of naval or military force, I would not permit any nation or people upon the face of the earth to offer an insult to our national flag. Should I therefore be honoured by a seat in the ensuing Parlia ment, it will be my duty to give an honest but indepen dent support to the Government over which Lord Pal merston so honourably and ably presides. The late cpn that with Russia has delayed the consideration of many important questions which must be discussed in the new Parliament. I may be permitted to state a few of them : —The question of extended education, and the right of every citizen of this great empire to moral and secular instruction. Is it not better to educate your population and prevent crime, than to punish the ignorant for the commission of crime ? The modification of the statutes affecting the punishment of those who have broken the laws ; a more equitable adjuitment of taxation, and an alteration in the details of the present financial system ; the renewal of the charter of the Bank of England, and the regulation of the affairs of that great corporation, whose monetary operations interfere with the profits or losses of the whole community; the future government of our extended Indian empire, and our political and commercial relations with the peoples of Asia, 2tc. 1 venture humbly to suggest these great topics, which have already occupied your intelligent investigation ; because those who seek to represent the county town of Corn wall in Parliament, in addition to their strict attention to all local matters and affairs, should take at least some small share in the deliberations affecting the national welfare. Permit me to add, that during the time I had the honour to represent you in Parliament, on many occasions I received your warm approbation, and in no ' instance did y ou o bj ec t e i t h er to my conduct or my votes. My political principles are those for which you first gave me your confidenee, strengthened and matured by reflec• tion and experience. —Your faithful servant, JAMES W YLD. DEVONSHIRE. —Mr. L. W. Buck, and Sir T. D. Acland retire. Mr. George Stuckley Buck, son of Mr. L. W. Buck, and the Hon. C. W. Trefusis, eldest son of Lord Clinton, come .forward as can dilates. DUDLEY. —Sir Stafford Northcote will again offer himself for this borough, so that the rumour of his probable intention of seeking the suffrages of the North Devon electors is unfounded. DURHAM COUNTY (NORTH).—Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, the Conservative member for this division of the county, issued an address yesterday, offering himself for re-election. DURHAM COUNTY (SOTJTH).-Mr. Farrer, the Conservative member for this division, has ad dressed the electors, offering himself again for the seat. ESSEX (SOUTH).—Mr. Thomas Wm. Bramston again offers himself as a candidate for South Essex. EXETER.—Sir J. T. B. Duckworth, the present Conservative member for this city, has just issued an address, in which he announces his intention again to become a candidate. FINSBURY. —Mr. Henry Beverley Wakeling, Mr. William Cox, Mr. Sergeant Parry, and Mr. Thomas Duncombe, seek the r e p resen t a ti on o f t hi s bo rough. dr. Duncombe's election is certain. HASTINGS. —The two old members, Mr. F. North and Mr. F. P. Robertson, both of whom voted in favour of the Government on the Chinese question, are not likely to be disturbed. HIGH WYCOMBE. —There is no appearance of opposition to the return of the two sitting members of this borough. HORSkIAM.--Mr. Scott, the deputy chairman of the London and Brighton Railway Company, has started for this borough, in opposition to Mr. W. R. S. Fitzgerald, who voted with the majority against Lord Palmerston's Government on the Chinese question. HUNTINGDONSHIRE. —The opposition threatened to the return of Messrs. Fellowes and Rust has at last assumed an active form. Mr. J. M. Heath cote, of Conington Castle, has issued au address, and there is no d ou bt th ere w ill b e a stirring coat est. IsLB OF WIGHT, March 13.—A. requisition was on Wednesday drawn up, and as numerously signed as' the time would allow, soliciting Sir John Simeon, Bart., to offer himself for the Isle of Wight : but Sir John, considering that it was not sufficiently numerously signed to justify his doing so with a certainty of being returned, to-day de clined the honour. Had ho offered himself, there is no doubt but that his return would have, been certain. Th;s aft ernoon , Ch ar l es Cavendish Clif ford, Esq., has published an address to the Liberal electors, and Col. F. Harcourt has addressed the Tories. KIDDERMINSTER.—Yesterday Mr. Boycott, the gentleman who unsuccessfully opposed the election of Mr. Lowe on his appointment to the office of Vice-Presideit of the Board of Trade, issued an ad dress to the electors of this borough placing his ser vices at their disposal. Mr. Lowe has concluded his canvass of the electors. LAMBETH.-Mr. W. - ilollpoll, who comes for ward on the Liberal interest, had a private meeting of his friends and supporters last night, at which he expressed his determination to go to the Poll. LEICESTER.—There is little doubt of the re elec tion of the two sitting members, Sir J. Walmaley and Mr. Biggs. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.-Mr. Headlam and Mr. Ridley offer themselves for re-election. There is no opposition. NO RTHALLERTON. —No opposition is expected to the re-election of Mr. W. B. Wrightson for this borough. WESTMINSTER. Yesterday evening a public meeting of electors was held at the Craven Head, St. James's, Piccadilly, at which it wa s reso l ve d t o solicit Mr. Westerton to become a candidate. WARWICK. —Mr. Greaves and Mr. Repton, the present members, are again in the field. Sir C. Douglas, the late Conservative member, starts as a Liberal, to oppose Mr. Repton. LIVERPOOL —A numerously attended meeting of the Liberal party was held at the Royal Hotel yes terday, for the purpose of promoting the re-election of Mr. J. C Ewart. Resolutions of energetic sup port were agreed to. MANCHESTER.— Yesterday a large meeting was h eld for the purpose of taking steps to induce the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and Sir John Potter, to allow themselves to be put in nomination for the suffrages of the elec tors, iu opposition to Messrs. Gibson and Bright, and the whole of the proceedings were characterised by the greatest enthusiasm. Resolutions in ac cordance with the objects of the meeting, were una nimously agreed to. BIRMINGHAM.—Messrs. Muntz and Scholefield have issued addresses to the electors of this borough, in which they solicit re-election. There does not appear to be the slightest attempt made at an opposition. NORTHITBIBERLAND (Sorrn.)—The Hon. H. G. Liddell and Mr. B. Beaumont, the sitting mem bers for this division, issued their addresses. There will be no opposition. Nouwicn.—Viscount Bury and Mr. H. W. Schneider are the Ministerial candidates for the representation of the city. The Conservative party held a meeting on Thursday evening at the Nor folk Hotel, and Sir Samuel Bignold delivered an address. No second candidate has yet appeared. NOTTS (NORTH. )._.There is a rumour that Lord H. Bentinck will not again offer himself, and a re- I quisition is being got up to Mr. J. E. Denison, the present member for Malton, requesting him to come forward. SALISBURY. -Mr. Chaplin has resigned his seat, and Mr. M. H. Marsh offers himself as a candidate on the Liberal interest. Major-General j Buckley oilers himself for re-election. SOUTHAMPTON.—The reconciliation of the Libe ral party in this borough may now be Considered as completely effected. The sitting members, Messrs. Wilcox and Weguelin, will be re-elected. TAUNTON. —Only one of the sitting members (the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Colonial Secretary) has offered himself for re-election. TEWKESBURY. —Mr Humphrey Brown has issu e d an address to the electors, offering himself for re election. Mr. Martin, the other sitting member, also renews the offer of his services. A third can didate has appeared in the person of the Hon. F. Lygon, son of Earl of Beauchamp. TIVERTON.—OppOSithaI to the return of ti e Premier is threw erred at Tiverton by Mr. J. Heron Maxwell, a Conservative. WALLINGFORD.—Mr, R. Malins has issued an addrPsi to the electors of Wallingford. WALSALL. —Mr. Charles Forster is again in the fiell as an indopendent Ministerial supporter. No other candidate is spoken of or likely to be named. Warm-v. —Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., an nounces his intention of again coming forward as a candida+e for the rein eseritition of the borough. WOL VERHAMPTON. ----- Messrs. Villiers and Thornely offer them se l ves f or re-elect i on. No °P_ .pc,si•ion is expected. YARMOUTH. —Mr. W. L. McCullagh and os rt.ri E. Watkiii, two Lib era l can did a t es , a with Sir E. U. K. Lacon, M.P. , and erect n e a c Verek e r, the Conservative candidates, for the representation of this port in Parliament. SCOTLAND. AYnsarnE.—lt was said that there would not be any opposition to Sir James Fergusson, but Lord James Stuart will oppose him. CLACKMANNAN AND Knynoss. --Lord Melgund has accepted a requisition. from the Liberal eledtord of these counti es , an d h as issued his address. FALKIRK BURGHS.' -Mr. James Baird has inti mated his intention of retiring from the representa tion of these burgh s . M r. George Baird his bro ther, has address e d th e e l ectors, offering himself on the Liberal-Conservative interest. FIFESIIIRE.-Mr. Balfour, of Balbirnie, has been mentioned as a probable candidate for this county. GrasGow.—Ther e are now t h ree caudidates the field for this city—viz., Mr. Alex. Katie, the sitting member ; Mr. Buchanan, two only took his seat on Wednesday last ; and Mr. Robt. Dalglish. LANARKSHIRE.—It is understood that Sir Ed ward Colebrooke will conttst this county with Mr. R 4 illie Cochrane. PEEBLESSILIRE. —Sir Graham Montgomery, it is under-tool, will again come forward for ►his county. No opposition is likely. SELKIRKSHIRE. -It is understood to be the in tention of Mr. Allax E. L,ckhart to present him self again for this county. There is no likelihood of any contest. WICK BURGHS. —Mr. S. Laing is a candidate for re-election. He opposed to the Government policy in regard to China. IRELAND. There is a probability o f a s h arp contest for the borough' of Carrickfergus. The candidates are Mr. F. Macdonough, Q.C., a Derbyite ; and Lieut.- Colonel Frederick Ferguson. Mr. J. J. Richard son retires from the representation of Lisburn. Mr. Peel Dawson and Mr. Clark, by their friends and agents, are busily engaged in a canvass of the electors of Londonderry county. TIPPERARY.—(By Electric Telegraph).—At the close of the poll on Friday the O'Donoghue had a gross majority of 729 over Mr. Waldron. REPRESENTATION OF CARDIFF. TO THE EDITOR OP THE BUN. SIR, —I feel confident you will allow me, as a constant reader and firm supporter of your truly valuable paper, to use your columns for the purpose of contradicting the report which has appeared in several of the morning papers, to the.effect that I am about to come forward on the Tory interest for the borough of Cardiff. The facts are entirely the other way. Some time ago I was requested by several of the Lib. ral electors to allow my self to be put in nomination, in oppositicn to the present candidate, Col. Stuart, but I then declined to disturb the peace of the borough, unless there was a clear pro. epect of the Liberal party being able to withstand the vast power of the Castle interest, which was certain to be exercised by the marchioness in favour of her nephew. Cardiff will soon only be second to Liverpool, and in. stead of only having one member, the nominee of the house of Bute, it ought to have at least two free and in dependent members, unshackled by party influence. Universal suffrage and the ballot will alone bring this about. —Faithfully yours, JOHN NICHOLL CARNE, D.C.L. Cardiff, March 12, 1857. ARMY SURGEONS AND THE VICTORIA CROSS (Front the Lan•et of March 14.) Consistent with their previous treatment of the medical officers of the army, the authorities have decided that they are not entitled to the Victoria Cross ! That distinction, it was said, was to be conferred upon those who had distinguished themselves by personal courage in action. On looking over the long list of gallant men whose bravery and devotion were recorded in the Government Gazette, no one will for a moment deny that the Cross was most justly con ferred upon every one of them ; but we contend that a gross injustice has been inflicted upon our brethren in the army by shutting them out from the honour. Many acts of heroism were performed by the sur geons of the English army in the Crimea, which fully entitled them to the Cross. Independently of that personal bravery which was evinced by such men as Thompson, after the bloody fray, there were many instances in which even in action the surgeons greatly distinguished themselves. It was to the personal bravery of Wilson, an assistant-surgeon, that the Duke of Cambridge owed his life, and his division its salv a ti on f rom destruction. re could mention other acts of heroism which called for some signal acknowledgment at the hands of the authorities—some unusual distinction, such as that of the Victoria Cross. We me know that two surgeons were hhly recom mended for that honour —one by the the Medical Director of the Army, for carrying a wounded soldier into the trenches under a heavy fire •• the other by several di s ti ngu i shed officers, who bore personal testimony to his claims for the honour. The latter gentleman is Dr. Frederick Robin son, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, who, ou the heights of Alma and under a fire of musketry, which makes us ast,nished that he escaped alive, succeeded in rendering assistance to Captain Oust, who, in the front, had been mortally winueled. The 2311 Regiment was broken up, and ietreating in such disorder to the rear, that Dr. Robinson was nearly knocked down in the confusion. When are we to rise above the petty, contemptible /tiles of what is called the " discipline" of the Horse Guards, and act in a liberal spirit towards medica officers, who " are more than armies to the public weal 1" At a meeting of the Van Diemen's Land Company. held yesterday, Mr. J. Cattley presiding, the report and accounts were unanimously adopted. It was stated that the revenue has slightly increased, and that the an nual rental is now about 3,0001. The proprietors will, however, have to look principally to the sales of land for dividends, and the agents will arrange these as opportunities may be presented. Some expense has been incurred through a lawsuit for the recovery of forfeited shares, the directors having been defeated by a technical objection. The accounts, made up to the 31st of Dec. last, show a balance of 2,9861. THE CHURCH ESTATES COMMISSIONERS.—The report of the Church Estates Commissioners (the sixth general one) was published yesterday. During the past year they have approved the terms agreed on in 255 cases, 232 being cases of sales of reversions, and 23 of purchase of leasehold interest, while the value in fee of the estates so agreed to be dealt with exceeds 900,000/. The aggro. gate number of cases enumerated in the yearly reports as approved is therefore 1,082, and the value of the pro perty dealt with 4,200,0001. and upwards. The com missioners have still reason to believe that the terms required for enfranchisement have proved generally satisfactory. EXPENSES OP THE METROPOLITAN PoLIOE.—The total sum paid for the Metropolitan Police in the year 1856 amounts 434,0811., and the balance remaining at the ecd of the year to 45,6351. The total amount received on account of the metropolitan police included 281,0361. from parishes, and 102,377/. from her Majesty's Treasury * voted by the House of Commons in Committee of Suppl7,-. These, in addition to a balance of 58,105/. and miscella neous receipts, raised the s um t o t a l o f rece i pts to 479,7171. The following are the items of expenditure,_ viz., 10,7571, for office expenses, 335/. for legal charges, 363,4781. for the pay, clothing, and equipment of the police force, 2,9751. for medical and funeral expenses, 9,6391. for - horses and vans, 21,904/. for police stations and section houses, 15,5351. for light and fuel, 6,8161. fo.l miscellaneous charges, and 4,6911. for retired allow ances, Ac. The receipts on account of the Superannua tion Fund amounted to 61,5851. and the payments to :_yiteatre,rriwbitihe affairftf 36,7751. The expenditure for the service of police carriages in London amounted to 11,698/, ei: h T sil i h T he total do tri .nione.... sum paid for the expenses of the police courts (chiefly out of the Consolidated Fund) amounted to 67,0081. One magistrate receives a salary of 1,5001, and 22 magistrates 1,2001. each. The rent of the courts costs tt2,0031., and the exeadpnietnoasrrems( yloofootlfe,sPa,Bro4ecice3,lnsGf7:l7. ehrneedeesalary s w t io i t t fu h tiet s s s a salaries of 440/ . down to, 2560-63011 C. fienrelgt42eaabnlietnz spects, with soaf range a li c t e 9 s i o r. o f tm200076183./..0t; 0 81 a4 / n9 . 811.18s.and 5'05 6 ; 0 salariesND SUICIDE AT PRAM:: whose w i th ij s al a ries i iie A and clothing. oceurred last week at r Prague , regiment of hussars, stationedsom widow thirty years of age. his re i aphbaasclyenahtneerdinathiviiigjits;lawfnitdfh a -11. e mil o e u s n f g ro o m ffi t ce ha r t o c f it; l ,. he found vith her some officer s t *thout leave, to. the garrison. The whole party supped together, and at a o r f fi r . we a lth y ies, i r I n n s g gt o h a f jme t a eee n h v cav e i e r e n :n f s h a wi ' n n o :g t u r a s y o e mf r a e : t g jh i Prag u e , eKm4eatnth h e a late hour the officers departed, leaving the young hussar alon e with Mine. Katz. After awhile the latter t sent her gervat.t to purchase some be e r; and the serv an t on her return found, to her surprise, the o u ter d d oor fastened, and received no reply At last, after waitirg who happened to pass, and effected into the stained 'with blood was an inner room t he fully mutilated, 1 breast and arms .were s o be recognised; her bracelets, . some time, she summoned a patrol, widow's spart . a forcible entrance was to her !snacks and ca l ls. ment EThe o ffi cer's sword picked up in the . rutty ; and in widow ass found lying dead, fright 'l3 a pot' of blood ; her head, neck, hacked that they could s carce l y her silk gown was cut to pieces, and broken into fragments, were scattered about the floold;ol,noyonbeeheaondtosrhoe fhreolmd a to q e u o a ffi nt c i e ty r.s of h e hair, z,d which had tvi and in the other the knot of his s wor d , w hi ch b ad b een violently dragg ed off. I n another room the officer himself was found lying dead, with his throat cut. What took place between the two before this horrible r murder and suicide were perpetrated is not known. From the officer's sword having been found in the entry, it is. supposed that he had conceived the design of taking to' flight, and of cutting down anybody who might attempt to resist bin ; but that, finding the patrol at the door, he felt the uselessness c f resistance, and, throwing aside his weapon, or t his throe. IIGN. 95i 86 i 122 4 68i 1013 104 h 47 6f 2f 39f f 611 2 1124 21i i 3 6 1 i 381 i 9f Liill 1 1i i 91 10 18/ i 33 2i 31i 47 it 50 50 50 25 41 i 2} 67h 8 14i