The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-23 00:00:00

MONEY 7 " -1,2,4 AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocl. Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed heavily, and prices of American descriptions were 1-16 d. per lb. lower, and all other kinds 1-16 d. t) d. per lb. lower. The sales were under 5,000 bales. The RailA ay Share Market was firmer, and prices slightly advanced. The demand for silver is rather quiet, hut as it 18 presumed the shipments to India and China on the 4th proximo will bo of an avcrage amount, kere activity will no doubt prevail in a few days. li 'he purchases on the continent appear very limited a t present, the Customs lists of imports announcing few arrivals. The bar silver brought by the last Packet was sold yesterday at Old. per ounce. The Russian Railway scheme still continues as !nPopular as upon its first appearance on the Stock Exchange, and the opinion expressed as well also as the intrigues resorted t Order to secure subscribers, must be a source of deep humiliation to Russia. Apart from political c onsiderations, there is nothing to recommend this l iodertaking, especially as in the present depressed state of financial affairs there are plenty of cheap i nvestments which promise far better returns, and kfford greater security then this! - viath an specul at ion. any one with the least judgment would hesitate in Identifying himself with a project requiring 40 ) 0 00,000/. ; but when that project presents such questionable prospects as the Russian R.lilways, it 18 only natural that a general feeling of dissatis 'action should be expressed at the attempt, uusuc ,,cet'sfnl as it may prove, to introduce it to the Eng market. The shares are called to prem., but the tran s k letion3, if any, are no doubt traceable to the 84 PPorters of the Czar. In the event of the capital of the Bank of France ue illg doubled, it is stated that the extended note circulation will be based upon Government securi ties, which the authorities, it is presumed, will pur eua''le, with the additional funds placed at their ! ( 'ltinand. Various rumours are afloat on this sub feet, however, and it is therefore advisable that all 4l fermation that transpires, unless a uthenticated, 86111 d be received with great caution. I The demand for discount accomm o d ation in 44 ,bet to-day continues quiet, and the .rat paper is discounted at a slight reduction in the 'erlns. N 0 alteration has been made to-day in the n cia,l rates for discount and interest, tha directors "'"Ving separated, after a short discussion, without making any announcement. This result was fully 44 ticipatecl. The English Funds remain very firm, but there 14 an entire absence of speculative excitement, While the money pu rc has e s are also limited. c onsols have been 93k -11 for money, and 93i for aecount. The New Threes are 92 to 92i, and t he Reduced 911 to 92k, the 30 Years' Annuities 17 15.16. The March Exchequer Bills are par, t ile June ditto 4s. to 2s. discount, and the Bonds 8i Ir erY little business has been reported in the "reign Stock Market, and prices of most of the principal securities are merely nominal. Turkish !Per Cents. are 1004, and the 6 per 0,-nts. 94k ; S panish 3 per Cents. are 411 ; Sardinian 5 per Ceh , Account, 90i ; and Dutch 2-i per Cents., 651 . ,The following ar e th e nom i na l p r i ces o f F o reign 2ttooks : -G renada Deferred Bonds, 617 ; Al ex i au, e d g ; Peruvian 4iper Cents., 77 78 ; do. 3 per 11t4 ” 54 5 5 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44i 51 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 4& per Cents., u ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 2; ditto Deferred, 25k l ; ditto Passive, 5k 6. to last wee k' s railway receipts, ascertained up t this day, arein round figures as under :-- 1857. 1856. Great Western £28,943 £24.705 o.rth.Western 59,281 56.703 15 , 008 12 052 :;,'" l4l and ............... 29,853 29,468 ta3nth•East n er . ealed on • 18,287 16.256 lan Gre at Northe rn 22.681 22,00 tik!leashire and Yo r k s hi re ;pato( an d E xeter 5,784 5,942 beater and Holyhead La sater - Lancashire 6,339 5,803 and Carlisle 411 ehester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 9,456 9,004 North Stafford So lord, W orces t er , an d Wolverh 3,928 3 , 229 o th Devon 'u lster evon 1,646 1,384 4 4 1 111 burgh and Gla"gow 'Ow and South-Western Great Trunk of Canada '. ir !'t Western of Canada 14,524 13,344 citi.4ailway shares have been in very limited re : eat, although in some of the chief undertakings sli ght improvement has occurred. Eastern s. lltl ties, Great Western, Lancashire and York- Norfolk and North Western, advanced 55., li n , C aledonian and Brighton 10s. The French r at : 'were dull, but were quoted at yesterday's ab Canadian and East Indian improved out 10, In • 4144 `.Luling Sharon the dealings were very ar i d ,„. Lond o n and Westminster, Oriental Bank, v alues, Neste Bank of London brought previous saii re Miscellaneous Shares there is little change 4 11 ( 6 ° .11. Royal Mail Seam are quoted en dim 2 to I. Mexican and South American declined hi g her , -L and Van Diemen's Land were a shade Ilgr,„ MEI FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES 7 -n1 IS DAY. k_ (from the Officzal Lest:) Business done. k Stock ~ Der d , tp er kent : Reduced Annuities 4 'tew ,''''lU- Consols Annuities L ao ' per Cent. Annuities 9 2 3 /4 '2 I , 0 Aulluities, expire -Ai, Jan. i 860 .. 2 7-16 ,itto bt.. 3 0 Years, expire 10th Oct 1859 2 3.16 .-1. 4Di 30 Years, expire sth April, I ' BBs l7 15-16 t ::. T-send., 4:1011(1 C ts ,,L t o. under £lOOO 6 3 d A; ' t !' for Account 933 A a -e gocittor Bills, 24d. .••.•. •• 00 0 . March. I June. iso .. par 3 2 4 d par Outll . . . par 2 p Ditto Bonds, 11453, 3i per Cent. ... .... 99 3 .'‘to, 1359 k ` II ICES OF FOitEIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. a, 4 e rd i4 ! l3 Per Cent 233 1) 1t. 1" ilou4s, 5 per Cent. . ......... ir Rp, ll l, 4 ecount Turk i l :', guilds, 3 per Cent. 1) 14 - 0 " A Bonds, ii per cent Dit to a ccount ‘ .. ruarauteed, 1 per Cent. botch t , I ~,„,, 3 t.,. sthovt, v.,1111 in ~ ,, ,a ,ll. • ' ' - ' l Chann.e ' 2, 4 - per Cen!;., 12 Guilders C5l ' ' - HIRER O'CILOCK. C onsols u.. money lotto Account (May 7) 931 '1 Eirr,, Wednesday 1 li,-.wIIATION TO AMERICA.—LIVERPOOL, _, sti;:p, serew steam ship Kangaroo, Captain Jeffrey. o.,y °' it ' 4l7 ereoel d Philadelphia Sea m-Pack et Comp . e , ' l d th Indian, " . 'ailed e the farmer Captain Jones, of the Montreal Ini , 1 r 10 . 4 t half past 10 o'clock this forenoon ; _ a , Oil :r . " e w York, with above 250 passengers and I ilaliol,ntidbe t :i h a e r ' d la . tter with the Canadian mails for Quebec ea Montreal with nearly 300 passengers and a large at e , t , o D EEP SEA FISHING.—It is a remarkable circum e ar 'aingfro m the network of railways that now inter opta the kingdom that fish is nearly as dear in the towns to me the Tyne and Wear as in Birmingham and other inland fact situated a considerable distance from the sea ; the w orte ing that those latter towns are connected by rail with qo fishing communities employed in the deep sea sshi th e other towns in the county of Durham and Nortnuin ibne,,rl,?:?d depend for their supplies principally upon the fish -4,06 'loges on the coast, whose inhabitants, with scarcely i n cep ion, fish only seine 10 or 15 miles from the coast ve ornall cobles, and who al.°, in rough and stormy rother, when the winds blow from the north and east, e unable for weeks to pursue their avocation, and idle r : l l ,d starve on the shore. The Dogger Bank is about 60 here from the Northumberland coat. Upon 1. 0 r e it' an inexhaustible supply of large fish, such as this hank 1 1 . , g and cod, but the ground cannot be fished, except by *rge decked boats, which, of course, with the neces• var y tackle, are somewh a t out o f t h e reac h o f th e Nort humberland and Durham fishermen. Butchers' eat has b een extremely dear in the north during t e he spring, and the fishermen, in consequence of the 81° a nd v er llll Y winter, have bee n muc h out of employment y ill off. This spring, therefore, several gentle r:aft i nterested in cheapenin g th e food of the working cle. B a ss, and others wi s hf u l t o i mprove the social condi ' %lad i nn of the fi s h ermen, h ave unit , d into fishing compani,r, there is every prospect that within two or three months two companies, at least, upon limited liability/ sod with capitals of 10,0001. each, will have a consider able number of decked boats, sailing from the Tyne, „kid manned with Northumberland fishermen, engaged 00 the Do gger B ank in the deep sea fishing. The ex periment is of considerable interest. once !d in- iouily anllOt winu id the rise in oat, in .crease le lot !ready' .eturns apared yea r. shouhl too d pro' whoS° leserve a ffairs still of lerablo ono 0_ found Drmoti g iulated t Mock n eats' r atted► mit, an ,st par in the Boo' ,By rill nc 4 ed and rvant, J. a 9 a p e d { atle 0 meee 1A vded 1° 0 . VA e. g ill' ie strith g . l is grs' l ' are °P- aely i n u g aji bee - . John •4hio°' ",,ty h rioret:i eso, ad ho l3° tb 9 it., IGO ; sp peer o l Tal on Fto oat l ong meb ur oer • c be A li • t „ [e big ter' Y3ueegLi°4 n, b y ace d tre°' 'Wet ~,~ i THE SUN, VONDON, THU RS DAV EVENING, APRIL Q 3 1857; LINES LENSED AT FIXED RENTALS Companies Ln.k,N. W. Calr•don E.U.&E.O Ot.Northu' E. Couut. Caldonian. Rt. Westn. Y. & N.M Do S. Eastern. Peto &Co Do La. &N. W. & Midld. Midland... IE. Count Do Do Do L. e,.; N . W , Do Gt. Northol T. Brassey M. MClean I Stk. &Dar Do Gt. West n Closing Prices this day. 91 - 93 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 - 135 3i - 4i 107 - 109 13 23 -- 24 1102 - 101 2i 89 - 91 - 0 PI 54 - 56 lil - 134 8 - 9 9 - 314 - 32 86 - - 88 'E SHARES. ?aid RATL7TAY3. 100 IBueltgbarash. 100 'Clydesdale Jc. all iCol.Stour Vy. . 100 'E.Lin. n. 6 p.e all ;E. Un. H. Sh. 100 G!zi.s. Barr. di Neils. Direct 100 IDo. Now all (',4lstr.gLDn.Fr. all Hull & Selby. all Do. i! Shares. all ! Do. I Shares. all !Lon.&Greenw all 'Do.Preference 100 !Lon. Til., &S. 5i Do. Mirk. Sh. all 'Manch.Bxton.! and Matlock! Bradfd.: INewmarket ! 13oryE.G.5pc.! N.diEst.s p.c.! Do. 6 per et Do. Fixed sp.c Brest. &Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shrews.& Her S. Stallordsh WearVal.g6pc Do Wilts&Somrst 100 Do.. Do . PREFEREN IBlyth and Tyno 10 p. e.pref. (issd.at 501.) I • • • Bris &Ex 4p c • I Do. 4 per c. Shares.. !Caledn. £lO 4i p. c. (Ches. & Ho. 5i p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork k Bandon sip c • ; Dun.Porth.Aaber.J. lE. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.ll Do. No. 2 ....... Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. c: Do. 51., 10 per cent., Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh., ! Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash .6 p. cts. E. &W. York. J. sths & GI. sp. c. Sh. Ed. Prth./k:Dun. 4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & -4.W.G.5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c. Re'leem. at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. . Of Scot. Ist Pre. Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. Qt. Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con red. 4p. c. Do. irred. 4 per ent. Do 5 p. c. red, pref. Do. firm. Pref. Sli.. Do . Chester Bp. c . P. S. Do. do. 5 p c. d 0.... Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. Do. Mesh. Gua. Sh. Do. do. do. I IDo. do. do. & York. 6 pc. St. Con. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 I D0.,P., 5 p. c. St. No. 2 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Do, do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et... Lon. & S.W. 7 per et. , late 3d Shares ...I Loncly.& Color. Londy. &Ennis. A Sh, 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 3i per cent. Marypt. Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4 z per cent Do. do. Consol.6 p. c. St. Do. Con.Br.Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. dr.H. Pref. St. New., Aber.. &c., pr 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm Do. Pcrpet. 6 pr. ct Norf lr. Deb. 4 p.c. Sh Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 North British D 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p.c.P r f Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc No.l Do. do. Qrs., 1848,. Do. York H. &S. Pur.' North Staffordshire.. Ox., Wor. & Woly. 6 p. e., Ist guar. . • Do 6 p c. 2d guar Do. Scot. Cent.New Pref Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c Do. do. 7 p c. pf. St Do. d 0.3 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 4i pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of D. Oa. 6d. Do. 4); per cent Do. Fixed 4. p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4i p. .c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do do. do. (Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd& Bilk. 6 pc. 2/ 12 Alfred Cons. (Philk. 14 British Iron ..... 20 'Condurpw (Cambrn.) 1 iDev. Gt. Cusls. (Tay.) 14s Great South Tolgus 10/ 3Grt.W. MN& (Philk.) ,Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) S6G(l'Laciy Bertha (N. Frances (Illogan) Bisset (Illogan) 6115:North Wheal Crofty 1 !Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 9 IPorkellis U. (Wend.) Gs. IS. Cons. Min. Co 2 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 2 S. Cam Brea (Illogn.) 19 S. W. Frances(lllogn. ) 4! j Tank. s. &L. Min. Co 9 !Tin Crofi 10 (Gwennap 1256 V. of Towey (Cainar.) lh 11. V. Basset (Illogan) 20 11V. Caradon (Liskrd.) 5i Wh. Basset (Illogan). I\ll. Buller (Rdruth). 5i I Wh. Edward (Calstek) 1/ 7s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 8 Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) 4i Wh. • Trelawney (Lis.) 92 - 94 94 - 96 51 - 6 108 - 112 108 - 112 PI ) i2i 73 - 74 113 - 115 107 - 109 1.00 - 102 60 -- 62 10i -- 10$ - 64 85 -- 87 99 -- 101 917 -- 10} 1i - 17 10 -- 104 71 -- 73 19i - 19 - 9g -- 9i 14 -14 i 132 -- 131 137 - 140 113 -- 115 154 - 156 66 - 6 '132 - 134 96 - 98 87 - 89 'la iiii -- 16 91 92 Ij Id 1 id 210 22 109 - ill 114 --116 105 -- 110 65 -- 70 1 17i -18 i 22} -23 i 98 - 102 9i -10 i 27 - 28 2 - 3p •••1 - 3-• ••• 2 BRITISH MINES. 20 - 24 7- 8 - 160 - 170 140 - 460 -14 i 5 - 6 5 - 6 14 - 16 22 - 24 5 - 6 22 - 23 6 - 7 330 -- 340 6 -- 7 320 -- 330 41 -- 5 200 - -- 220 - 1 30 - 32 150 - 160 260 - 270 60 - 380 4 - 18 20 44 - 46 22 - 24 FOREIGN MINES. FOREIGN. 20 7 Australian - , 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued to j all I A itwrp &Rotterdam 74 7. 7i at £5 pm) 20 18 'Ardennes ... •.• 30 all Do. Cocaes & Caw:l:, , . 5 all 'Belgian East. Junct. i.g l a 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 18 20 194 20 16 ,Beziers to Graissessac 3 4p 1 5 t"larendon Con. MM . 6 all ICarrn eaux & Toulous, Co. of Jamaica.— a Ad 40 all Cobre Copper 6O 63 61. 20 12 1 d 12 3 ... 16 Copiapo IDCuotael Dutch Rhenish a sh nd R r 5l, 5$ 20 all 'Eastern of Fr ance 2 all Fortuna 20 all Do. New 20 2s. ;Euphrates Valley ... par 1p r , 3 all Linares 5 14 Lusitanian 2 2 0 0 1 1 8 8 l ( G lr t. ea C t ei L it i r ix al ein of b France 2347 -- 2 71 4- 7i 1 all Mariquita 11. 4 Italian Junction...... ... ••• 1 all New Granada 4 i 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ••• ... 1 all Noveau Monde 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... —'..•fl 20 all Pont.Sil.Lol4Smlt 6 8 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 5 512' 5 1 Port Philip 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ..• —.. 30 16,, Santiago de Cuba 20 all I Lyons and Geneva ... 31 32 1 all south Australian 20 all 'Lyons & Mediterran. ... ... 1 all Do. Scrip .• ••• 331 all 'Maria Ante . ...la 10 all ( Do. New 20 all Namur & Liege - " 20 all Do. do. 6p c. Pref 2 211 204 MISCELLANEOUS. 16 all Northern of France 39 391 398 25 ' 19 Australian Agricult. 204 21 1 10 all NorwegianTruk. Pref 9 10 10 I all Anstraln. Royal Mail ... ~ 20 all Paris and Lyons 6li 62/ 62 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 4 5 20 all Paris and Orleans 5B 59 50 40 Brit. American Land ... 20 7 'Reeife & San Fran , 100 324,Canada - 155 153 2 :32 ; ,Canada g. 7 p c par 4 p i St. 100 !Do Go 6pc.Jan&July „, ,„ 10 7 Rome and Frascati... St. 100 !Do . , 6 p . . c.Feb.S:Aug. ..„ ~,, 4 .. ... 20 all Royal Danish l 7. 19 1.C. 1 3 St. 100 D 0.6 P.C. Mar.&Sept. ... 5 all Royal Swedish 1 14 11 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 33 38 20 I all Sambre and Mouse_ 9 94 9 1 25 all Do. Pref. 7; p. cent. 25 27 10 I all i )o. o 4 per cent. pref. 8. 9 5 all Crystal Palace 2 .1 24 20 al! (Southern of F rance. . 32 ; 33 I 5 all Do. Preference 83 all !West Flanders 44 5 4i 4 a ll ( C rystal Pal. of France ... ... 10 all Do. 54 per c. Pref ••• 20 all W.&N.W. of Franc e 30 31 ••• 20 18 Eastern Steam.... 20 6 ,Western of Austria._ par 1 p .••• ... ... all )West. of Switzerland „, ~, St. 100 Electric Telegraph 20 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel ... .. 6 all Wiesbaden .. .......... ... _ ... 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 1a i i la 6 all , Do. Bp. cent. prof. ..• ... 10 lOs. Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. par 1p 20 1 all - ... 23 all Gen. Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) ... .. -----. . Zealand JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 15 1.4 Gen. Steam Na.vigat. ... ... 20 5 London Discount ... 1 id 100 50 Bank of London I . Egypt - 89 91 1 4 ail Loud. Gen. Omnibus 4 41 414 it 20 10 ,Magdalena St. Navig. ~, .., 10 all IMediteran. Elec. Tel, , , r 5 t t % I Itsit-t. Australasia 10 all Mexican &S. Am ericn 24 31 21 50 all British N. American „, _ ... 5 5 Nat. Discount C 0..., i __.l id 40 all Bri.Col Bk.& Ln. Co. ... ;;; 63 65 ... 10 5 Netherlands Land.... i . 1 1 1 1 2 00 0 50 8 C ci . t r y , k.of Ind•Au.&Cli 11 i i 5 5 Do. New • 100 25 ,Colonial 100 20 ,Commercial of Loud. ... ~, • 5 all Do. S p c.PLiss.at Id, 4 44 20 all •Eng.Scot.drAus.Cht. 174 174 5 1 Do. Do. 10 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust. 174 18 . 100 80 New K. &N. S. Land 18 22 20 all Ditto New ..........••............174 —r i ..: . St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.e.D. ~ , 20 20 London and County .. ---•.• 1 a ll N . BAkustralasian... ..3 i • 50 53 Lnd.&E Bnkng.Corp ... ... 0 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ... ...d 50 10 London Joint Stock.. ... -- ... 301 1 all Oriental Gas 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. ... •.• 4613 . 100 35 .National Pro. of Eng. ... ... - , .i,i 25 all Peelßr. Ld. & Minrl 24 21 20 10 Do. New , . ••• 50 all 'Peninsular & Oriental ~,, . ... 50 224 National Bank 15 5 0015t 0 501. laa 1 a6 : 1:111 itssD c. hoA D oy. tuomN. Royals. An: N :uwe : e soa : vi v lr a ll .roso . Iron Steam,,., . Invest, r ay. be . ds. ts. 26.31614 ____ 2651834 20 all New South Wales.... 46 48 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. .. ... 41 20 15 Ottoman Bank 90 I .:5 Provincial of Ireland ... ... Ili, all Do. New • • 1 all Do. New ••• 5 1 R.Aus.B.&G.lrn.Co. .. ... , 25 all South Australia . ... 364 •• ... 25 all South Austral. Land 35 37 25 all Union of Australia 5B 60 1 afl Submarine Tel. Scrip I 1 1 1 ... "1 Do. New 64 7 4 ] all Do Registered 100 10 Union of London .... ... - • ... 120 --. 51 Trust&Ln Co. U.Can. 100 50 Unity Mutual ......... ... --.„. , •• ... 10 1 233 Van Di emen ' s L and 11 -- 13 114 4 i 15i iltiestru 13k.91 Lond.. 12 ;-:: 10(11.39 t, log 0 p.ojin.,si_juil ... ___ :.., , = OIL Business this day. DENISON AIIC,dES COI:RV—THIS DAY. DENISON V. DITCH ..R. Sir John Dption this morning gave hi decision upon the point raked by Dr. Pnillituore. It will be recol lected t.at in the court bel9cv the learned advocate tendered a protest against the repor,p of the commission that hal sat at Cleveland in this case, which document contained five pleas, of which the following is the sub stance That the proceedings of the commi• , sionsrs were null and void by reason of the rejection of a plea tendered before them, and called recusatio ju dicuns. 2. That the commissioners had refused to hear the defendant either by himself or by his agent upon the subject on which he stood charged. 3. Because the requisitions of the statute with respect to the filing of the depositions, proceedings, and report of the commissioners had not been complied with, the documents baying been filed in the diocese of London instead of in the diocese of Bath and Wells. 4. That the archbishop having summoned the de fendant to appear before him at Doctors'-commons, the archdeacon duly attended ; and, as no charges had been proceeded with against him, he was en'itled to be dismissed. 5. That more than two years bad elapsed between the alleged commission of the last offence charged, and the day on which the archdeacon was cited to appear before the archbishop at Bath. The fifth point was the one most relied or, as upon the validity of which the whole case rested, and according to an arrangement it was decided that the learned judge should give his decision on the subject before the argu ments were folly gone into. The learned judge, in his opening remarks, said this was an appeal from the des cision of the Archbishop of Canterbury, sitting at Bath as pro-diocesan in the matter of certain articles adminis tered at the instance of the Rev. Joseph Ditcher, vicar of South Brent, in the county of Somerset, to the Venerable George Anthony Denison, vicar of East Brent, and Archdeacon of Taunton. The proceed ings had been instituted under the 13th of Eiizsbeth t intituled " An Act for the Ministers of the Church to he of Sound Religion," under the provisions of which the latter gentleman bad been sentenced to deprivation of all his ecclesiastical promotions for an alleged infrac tion of the 28th and 29th Articles. The point which he was called upon to, decide was whether the suit or proceeding, or whatever it might be called, was com menced within the terms of the Act 3 and 4 Vic., chap. 86, known as the Church Discipline Act. On one side it was contended that the commencement of the proceed ii,gs should date from the service of the citation to ap pear, while on the other side it was contended that the whole proceedings, according to the terms of the pro test, were null and;void in consequence of more than two years having elapsed between the alleged commission of the offence, and the citation to appear before the archbishop, at Bath. Having alluded to the date of the opening of the commission, and the service of the cita tion to appear at Bath, the learned judge said that cer tainly could not be looked upon as the commencement of the proceedings, as the commission had no power to punish. The articles were merely filed against the party. He was not called upon to appear before any judge ; he need not take any notice of the proceedings unless he choose to do so, and, therefore, such proceed. ings could not be binding upon him. The learned judge next proceeded to read a number of cases that bad been decided by, his predecessor, Sir Herbert Jenner Fust, all of which bore upon the point in qaes tion, namely, whether the 2Nli section of the Church Discipline Act had been complied with. Under all the circumstances, and looking to the cases he had just read, be thought the present proceedings were not in accordance with the act, and unless any error had been committed, or any decision of a superior court could be produced, be did not think be was at liberty to depart from the doctrine of the court. He therefore came to the conclusion that more than two years bad elapsed since the commission of the alleged offence, and therefore be dismissed the appeal. Dr. Phil imore (counsel for Archdeacon Denison) ap plied for costs. Sir J. Dodson said he would make no order as to the costs in the case. Dr. Bathurst, on behalf of the Rev. Mr. Ditcher, gave notice of appeal. The case will therefore now have to be submitted to ;he Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE TPEE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.—RE GREIG.— TENDER OF PROOF oN THE PART OF THE OFFICIAL MANAGER, AND DITTO ON THE PART OF THE ASSIGNEES OF THE BANI IN THE SAME CASE. This bankrupt, Greig, was described as of Bartlett's buildings, Holborn, cabinet maker, and his bankruptcy was occasioned', in consequence of the'calls made upon him as one of the shareholders of the Royal British Bank. Mr. Lewis appeared for Mr. R. P. Harding, the official manager under the Winding-up Act, to prove in respect of the shares. The affidavit set forth in form that it had been " settled" that the bankrupt was a contributor. His Honour thought the word "settled" could hardly be admitted in any proceedings in this case at present. Mr. Lewis said it was according to farm. His Honour—Then we will take it as a matter of form, but it is sworn to. (A. laugh—not a very usual expres sion of feeling in this cape.) His Honour sail he would take the proof in the form. Mr. Lin Hater then said his proof was for the calls made by the directlrs on the shares. Mr. West, for the assignees of Greig, said that he should oppose on the ground that the new shares had been issued in fraud. Mr. Linklater said that he should contest that point Loch by inch. His Honour said he thought that point had been settled. Mr. Aspinall—As much as most of these matters have been settled it is left for argument elsewhere. After some conversation, it being htatod that the first case would occupy several hours, it vns arranged that the claim of the assignees should be adjourned. His Honour said that be would appoint an early day, so that the judgments in both cases might follow on the appeals, which it was understood would be made in order to obtain a final decision. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day ) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended April 23, 1857, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wates, per Imperial Quarter. WITEAT BARLEY I OATS RYE I BEANS PEAS 53s Od 44s id 23s scl 36s 3d Ors Od 393 4d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT BARLEY I OATS 1 RYE 1 BEANS PEAS 54s 9d 46s 3d 23s lid 38s Sd , 39s Sd 39s Od ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST' WEEK. Wheat, 84,689; barley, 22,428; oats, 7,973; rye, 110; beans, 6,184 ; peas, 769 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade ruled steady, atfull prices: —Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8,1; Lamb, 5s 8d to es 4d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Pork, 4s to 51 per Sibs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 2`2.—The demand ruled inactive, at barely stationary prices. The supplies of stock were rather on the increase. Beef, from• 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Mut ton, 4s Od to 6s Oil Lamb, 6s Od to 6s Sd ; Veal, 4e Od. to 5s Od ; Pork, 4s Od to 5s 03 per 81bs, to'sink the offal. RODIFORD, April 22.—The trade was less active, as fol lows :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 4s osd to 6s Od ; Lamb, 6s 01 to 78 Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Perk, 4s to 5s Od per Sibs. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4/ Os • clover do., 31 lOs to 5/ Os; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 9s per load. A moderate supply and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41 Os ; clover do., 31 53 to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 48 to 11 9s per load. Trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 41 03 ; clover do.. 3/ 5s to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 8s per load. A fair demand. FUNERAL OF THE LATE DR. BICKERSTETH, OF LIVER POOL.—LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The funeral of this lamented gentleman took place this morning at St. James's Cemetery. Although the weather was particu larly unfavourable, some time before the proceSsion was announced to arrive a considerable number of gentlemen gathered within the cemetery. About a quarter past nine o'ciock the funeral corMgeatarted from the residence of the deceased in Rodney-street. It was the intention of the members of the medical profession in Liverpool to join the procession in Rodney-street; but, as the family of the deceased were averse to any public demonstration, this project was abandoned. The pall-bearers were Archdeacon Bickerseeth, the Bishop of Ripon, Arch deacon Hill, and Archdeacon Jones. The deceased gentleman was noel& to the present Bishop of Ripon. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.—A boiler explosion, which caused the death of four persons and d►d serious injury to ten or twelve more, took place yesterday afternoon in Walsall-street, Wolverhampton. The boiler was upon the premises of a fireiron-maker named Mason, and when it exploded several of the adjoining buildings were blown ' down. The number of persons who were at work at the machinery is not exactly ascertained, but it is supposed there were from 14 to 16, many of whom were much in jured. Two of the workmen were killed, and also two children who were playing in the street, a malthouse adjoining Mr. Mason's premises having fallen upon the latter, 7'llll LL YB EXPE9 O II)N AT LtINDHILL. RECOVERY OF THE BODIES. On Tuesday afternoon the volunteers selected to commence operations for the recovery of the bodies assembled at the pit, and were arranged into six shifts, to work four hours ear:h, to b 3 ender the control of Messrs. Brown, Webster, R. Maddison, W. Nladdison, Potter, and Palmer, the gentlemen who have all along carried out the instructions of the engineers. Each shift consists of one of the above gentlemen and 12 me-n. _ At 12 o'clOck on Tuesday night, all the arrange ments having been completed, the 'first party, under the command of Mr. Brown, commenced the search for the bodies of the men. After being in the pit for a couple of hours three bodies were found, and shortly after three o'clock in the morning they were drawn to the top, and at once placed in coffins and conveyed to the shed erected for that purpose. The next flift commenced at four o'clock, under Mr. Ralph Maddicon, and the men had not been long in the pit before a fourth body was found and conveyed to the top. The bodies were all much decomposed —in fact, two were mere trunks, the legs of one being entirely gone, having evidently been burnt by the fire after the explosion ; two of them were without clothing, and incapable of being recognised. It was considered probable that the other two could be identified, as they had some portion of their clothing on, and as a tobacco-box was found in the trousers pocket of one of them. As it was believed to be impossible that two of them could be identified, arrangements were at once made by th e authorities for having them buried yesterday (Wednesday) evening in Darfield. churchyard. Two of the bodies were found near to the stables, where the fire had raged to a fearful extent, one under the debris at the bottom, and the other also in the immediate vici. ity of the bottom of the shaft. On its being made known that four bodies had been recovered during the night, a great number of the relatives of the unfortunate men proceeded to the shed yesterday morning to see whether they could identify the bodies. Up to three o'clock none, however, were identified. After the recovery of the bodies the men were busily engaged in making a road through the vast quantity of rubbish and coal, caused by the fall of the roof, so that the horses, which are a great im pediment to the progress of the work, may he got out, and thus afford greater facilities for the finding and bringing out of the bodies. • Before leaving the pit at the 12 o'clock shift yes terday, Messrs. Webster and' Beaumont were en abled to make an examination. Having explored the workings to a distance of 250 yards up the south level, and 200 yards up the second south board-gate, they were obliged to return in conse quence of the foul air they had to encounter. The result of their examination was most satisfactory, as they found that the fire had been completely ex tinguished, so that all fears on that point are now set at rest. The volunteers, it is hut justice to state, are working with untiring zeal, their energies never appearing to flag. In the event of the effluvium beinz too over powering, on the recommendation of Dr. Holland, a number of Stenhouse's charcoal respirators are provided for those who like to use them. 1 1(R. PEASE, M . P., UPON THE NEWSPAPER PRESS AND 111 E "MANCHESTER SCHOOL." On Monday evening Lord Harry Vane and Mr Henry Pease, the members for South Durham, were entertained at a public dinner in Darlington ; Mr. Hutt, M P. for Gateshead, presiding. Mr. Pease (a Quaker and a Liberal, who was placed at the head of the poll) said, is the course of hiv address--" There is probably no press throughout the civilised world conducted with the same ability, or that is managed with the same regard to the maintenance of the constitutional rights of the people, as the press of England. But whilst we rejoice in this fact, let us not shut our eyes to the possibility that even the press may go a step too far. Although I know it is un popular enough to say such things, I am willing to say that when I see the press begin to make up a budget for the Chancellor, endeavour 0 make or unmake a prime minister for the Queen, about to make war or peace for a nation, and disposed to institute a theology for the Christian world—then I say that it would be well for Englishmen not to rest too securely, or to rely too im plicity, upon everything that issues from the press. We know that every subject is amenable to the laws. The greatest nobleman who sits in the House of Lords ad mits the same power. The Prime Minister may be arraigned for treason, and royalty itself has limits which it may not forego ; but when you come to speak of the mythical we,' which crushes or creates by every turn of the fly - wheel, I know not where you will find that with which to hold it in any sort of reasonable check, upon those occasions when, in my humble opinion, it exceeds its legitimate functions. Whatever may be the defects of the House of Commons —however far short it may fall of its legitimate weight and power in the constitution of the country (and that weight might be much greater than it is without trenching on any other power)—whatever tendency there may be in the press to exceed its legitimate func tions—our remedy is to be found in increasing to the utmost possible extent the individual intelligence of our people, their individual independence of mind and action, and through the constituted channels in bringing that intelligence to bear on state affairs. No reform of the House of Commons can do any effectual good unless there be a people who can appreciate it." After dwel ling upon the importance of education, Mr. Peace said —" It has been said by some persons lately that the Manchester school is dead. But suppose the school for the time is in recess, I apprehend there are vital princi ples which will again call that school into action. Its principles live, and to its principles, however little the men themselves supposed it, this country is to-day indebted to a large extent for its greatness, and for the way in which it has come unscathed out of the terrible war we lately waged." The meeting was on the whole very enthusiastic, but the hon. gentleman's remarks on the press did not call forth much applause, nor did they meet with any response from the Rix or seven M P.'s who took part in the proceedings.—Manchester Guardian. THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S REPORT. The . third report of the Postmaster-General on the Post-office, presented to Parliament by command of her Majesty, hasj net been printed. It commences with noticing the extension of inland service during the last year, in which period 368 post-offices have been added, making the whole present number in the United Kingdom 10,866. The establishment of pillar-boxes is noticed as a successful experiment, and it is intended in a short time to put up a large additional number in Lon- ' don, Dublin, and E linburgb, and in various parts of the Ceuntry. The measures adopted for accelerat ing the delivery of letters in London—including the sorting of country letters before they reach town and the division into postal districts have been so far successful that the mornieg delivery of letters commences 33 minutes earlier, and is completed 45 minutes earlier than before. The conveyance of mails, exclusive of steam-vessels, and net count ing the walks of letter-carriers, within the United Kingdom, extends to over a distance of 61,000 miles per day, being about 2,000 miles more than in the end of 1855. The number of letters delivered in England last year amounted to 388 millions, being an increase of about 5i per net t. on the preced ing year. The letters delivered in Ireland in :he same pe riod were 42 millions, and in Scotland 48 millions; the for mer being an increase of only 1-75 per cent., and the latter of 44 per cent. on the year preceding. The prop ‘rtion of letters is in England 20 to each person, in Ireland 7, and in Scotland'l6. The reduction of the postage on letters to India from ls. to 61, made in the beginning of the year, has already caused an increase from 800,000 to nearly 1,100,000. The correspondence with France has also increased, owing to the reduction of postage, about one mil'ior, or nearly one-third of the whole former number. The interruption of the packet service to the United States consequent on the exigencies of the late war caused a considerable diminution in the correspond ence; and, though last year there was an increase of 125,000 letters, the number is still considerately less than it was before the interruption. The number of news papers which passed through the Post-office last year is estimated at 71 millions. Of letters returned owing to imperfect directions there were about 2,400,000, and of newspapers 550,000. The money transmitted through the acency of money order offices amounted last year to 11,805,5621. for the United Kingdom, and the profit from the transmission, after deducting all expenses, was 22,674/. The gross revenue of the Post-office last year is steted to have been 2,867,9541., being an increase of 53 per cent. As compared with the first year of penny postage (1840), the gross revenue was increased by 111 per cent., and, even as compared with tie last year of high rates of postage, there has been an increase of 20 per cent. The report notices the continued practice of sending money and other valuables in unregistered letters as offering great temptation to theft, and as not unfre epiently raising groundless suspicion. Numerous in stances are mentioned of blame being attaehed to the Post-office, and to the letter-carriers, when the faults arose from negligence of the parties sending the letters, or from the roguery of the persons to whom they were entrusted to be put into the post-office. The recent re commendation to adopt district initials has been re sponded to very satisfactorily. Already about 55,000 letters daily, or one one-third of those posted in the London districts, are so addressed. THE RUSSIAN RAILWAY ROBBERY SCHEME.—The Russian railway shares were goofed yesterday at 4 to premium, the fictitious demand from Vienna and else where being sufficient to keep them nominally at that price, although it would disappear instantly if any large number were offered. Notwithstanding the fact of the scheme being unanimously discountenanced by all the leading firms in the city, it is to be presumed the pro posed 2,000,0001. will be subscribed, since doubtless Messrs. Baring, as the London agents of the Russian Government, before they intimated to Sr. Petersburg their readiness to offer that reduced amount made ar rangements for its being taken, either temporarily or on such other conditions as might seem expement. Some further continental orders for investment of a character similar to those already mentioned are ascertained to have been received by one or two of the . principal firms in the Stock Ezchange.— Nimes' C i ty Ando. It A.ILW A YS. Closing Price this day. R,sthwATs. 10 .kinb.g. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June....... all !Belfast & Ballymena all Birmng. Wolverli. Stour 100 ;13irkenhd. Lancsh. di I Cheshire Juliet__ all Blackburn all M £25 'yth (iss. & Tyne original' ` • 100 Bristol & Exeter...... 100 Caledonian. 100 ehester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon.... all ;Cork, Black. & Pass all !Cornwall all D 6,. 8 Do. B Dnblin&Belfast Jun?. Dun. P. & Aber. June. Fait Anglian ........, ;Eastern Counties..... EasternUnion,A. stk, Do., do. 8........ B. !Do. New A... ........ , Est Kent 100 rEast Lancashire all :E.st Suffolk 4 Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edinb.Prth. &Dunde , all Forth and elydeJunc. 100 Furness ... 100 Glasgow & S.Western, all Great N. of Scotland 100 ,Great Northern ...... 100 Do., A. Stock 100 B. Stock St. 1100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. St. 100 Great Western. . St. 1 100 Do. Str.V.R gna. St 12 all Irish South-Eastern 5R all Lancaster &Carlisle. 161 14, 4 ; D0., Third 5............ 16A/ .12 Do. New Thirds ... St.lloo Lancash &Yorkshir, 16 I 6 Do., do. F. £l6 3 f Do., Wst. Riding Un 20 j all Do. Southport. 11 all London & l3lackwall St. 100 Lond.l3Aglit. &S. est. St. 100 London &N. Western 20 all 10 all 12A St: 100 I Do. Fifth!! Do. ,10/.Sh.,M&B C , Do. Eighths Lonl on & S. Weateri, LTI dndrry.diColeraini Lndndrry. dr Ennisk ]ranch. Shef. &Lincln Metrop&itan ......... Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement ...... Midland..,. 100 Do. Birming. & Derby all ;Midland G.'West.(lr.) all IDo. A Shares . ..... ail Newcastle & Carlisle all INewpt.Aberg.&Hrfd 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint Rostrevor 100 Norfolk. 3). Northu. Counties Un ,100 North British ICO !North Devon, Rail. & 1 (Dock Stock . ... 100 , Do., A Stock ......... 100 Do., B Stock ......... 00 N. Eastern - Berwick 23 3 Dc'. do. Extension ... lq,Do do. G.N.E.Purch all IDo Leeds WO IDo. York 100 INorth London ..... 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn 17:i Staffordshire all !North Western.. all I N. &S. Westrn. June. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton.. 16 I Portsmouth 10 I Rhy inn ey 100 I Scottish Central 1100 Scot N.E.Abrdii. St 100 Shropshire Union 4 !Sid ogbourne &Sheer all South Devon 100 South Eastern all Do. 41 per c. Shares 100 South Wales 17 S. Yorksh. RivarDun all !Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all , Stockton & Darling 15 I Do. do., 1854 3 1 Do. do., 1855 16F, Stockton & Hartlepl 1100 !Taff' Vale 100 ,Do. Pref., No. 22 ! Thames Hay. D. &R. all !Vale of all IWaterfd. & Kilkenny all I Waterford&Limerick all ! West C0rnwa11....... all !West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A all I Do. B all !West London. all 1 Do. First Class all 1 Do. Second Class all IWmbled on &Croydon IvIARK.F,TS—(This Day). Business lone this day. BRITISH Pi all jAtlan. and St. Law. 9 Iflonaby, B troda, and Cen.lnd,guar. sp.c. all Do. j Buffalo Lake Hur. 1 100 Brut. & God eh.. jlOO jti p.e.tds., 1 Aug. ,'72j I Do. do., 1 July, '73 1100 j Do. do., 1 June, '74 2s. Caleutta and S. East., 2scld Central Oude (Lim.) , 10s Ceylon A shares 1 1 I Do. B. do. ....... all ;Demerara 2s. Eastern Bengal 1100 ;East Indian 15 I Do. C Shares _ ;11 Do 4i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 a Do. do: do. ' '59, 'do. all Geelong dil\lelbourne guar. 5 per cent. .00 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. Westn. of Canada; S Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '57 all Do. do., '76, p.'6o '! all Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without, option ill Madras, guar. 4i P.C all 1 T)o. do., 5 per c 10 Do. 44 p. c. Exton 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c 5 Do. 4th Ex., do ss. ,thule (Limited) 5 iScimle, guar. 5 per c all i Do 5 - 52 8i - 9 65 - 67 8/ - 9 39 : gi. 34 -30 ... - ... 4 - 5 S' - 9 l) 9l) . 19i - 2 9 0 11 - 11 52 - 54 36 - 37 8i 7Adi 98 100 j 56 - - 57 3 . 4 8 - Bi l 96 - 97 81 - 88 121 - 123 103 - 105 - 67 63 - 65 68 - 72 6 - 8 p 6- R p 1013 - 102 2 -• 2 6 - 6} 103 - 110 1041 - 104 t par .01 102 39 - :16 821 -- 824 53 -- 54 M 7 . - i'i 59 61 3i aid 44 45 864 —87 i 3i 3 d 2t 24 394 —40 i 65 66 96 99 54 44,1 ii - 8 10 - 11 29 -30 i 6 - 4 106 10; 26 27 48 50 2 lid 174 18? 75 —75 i, 87 - 88 5) ; 52 4!,d. 41 - 43 201 - 21 4,t - 41 7 - 9 2,} - 3 5i - 6 SSESSIONS. 3 - i - i P }96 - 98 95 - 97 95 - 97 1 -r) - - 107 - 109 11 - 20} -- 21 61 -- 65 ! S 9? - 90 - 21i -- 211 1 --1 p! 25 -- 2$ - 217' 99 -- 100 123 -- 128 1122 -- 127 106 108 19 20 211 —21 ii d par - 1p § - ap -- 2.6 20 St. St. 25 25 all 100 100 81 St. 50 St. St. 20 20 is 2O 00 .00 St. 20 100 100 20 20 20 20 89 Ofi I 111 i 8 37 64 94. 8 551 34i : 103 6G 7 6 i 109 104 5i i 21 101 3 391 82 54 3i 59 60 591 861 7 I 64A 4 91489 i 90i 89i 12)a I I 2i 25#}5 all iOO all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 400 all 100 100 all i pm 12 A !;!1 1 U.Rir OY THE PALACE. (Firmn the Manchester Examiner.) Every reader cf Dickens's veracious narrative of the '' Adventures of M+rtin Chuzziewlt " will doubtless remember that impre sive episode in which " SetO Pecksniff, Esq.," arrives in a cab before the second floor residence of " Mrs. Sarah Gamp," midwife, High Holborn. P rkins or Whilks ? Who could it be ? At all event, it was some poor Benedict iu distress, pushed off pell-mell at the eleventh hour, with a heart palpitating be tween conjugal solicitude and parental anticipa tions. Se, at lea , t, the matronly gossips who quickly congregated under the windows of the monthly official aforesaid settled among themselves, while cabby's whip was put into requi'ition to make a stir among the flower-pots, and wake the slum bering hauditaid of Luciva to a sense of her weighty duties. In this pleasing delineation of a frequent dilem• ma who does not recognise a touch of nature which • makes, if not, all men, at least the better portion of them, kin ? We say no more, but pass on to the narration of an incident which comes home to every Briton, whether Ccelelis or Benedict, maid or 1110- thx. A few minutes before 2 o'clock on the morn ing of Tuesday week a gentleman, evidently in dis tress, was seen running in eager hasteinthe vicinity of the Horse Guards, making for a neighbouring cab stand. Whether it was Whilks himself, or some friendly deputy, is not stated ; but of the urgency of his mission who that saw him could entertain the slightest doubt ? " Cabby" is at that hour of the morning a doubtful personage. What if, after waiting for hours without a call he should have betaken himself to his pillow ? The case, like every other ca-e of the kind, depends on speed. If no " Cabby" can be found, who knows but that au inquest must be held in the course of the next 24 hours ? Fortune, however, for once pities misfortune. One solitary cab is on the stand, surely kept there by some kind angel. A word and a wink are enough. The poor hack looks tired to death, and the wheels of the vehicle seem meditat ing some centrifugal feat not at all favourable to locomotion ; but man must be reft of humanity, horseflesh must renounce all pretension to creature sympathy, and even met ter must be preternaturally ineit, if such a look of distress as that poor gentle man wore did not send all three careerine along the Strand like a young steam engine and appurte nances. The case was critical and pressing. Two doctors had to be summoned. The creaky vehicle had to be driven first to Hertford-street and back, then to Sackville-street and lack. Thanks to your selectest influences, ye vestal stars the work was done, and in a few hours it was announced to the world that "mother and child are doing well." Now, who was this matron whom, in the dead hour of night, " Cabby " so opportunely be friended ? We renounce a climax, and tell our readers at once. It was that most gracious Sovereign who reigns in ttte affections of 30,000,000 of British subjects, and on whose dominions the sun never sets. Far be from us the slightest wish to squeeze anything melodramatic out of the incident we have faithfully recorded. The Queen of England is neither morenor less than woman ; nor a whit fairer or brighter for the dia dem she wears than she would be if those domestic virtues which, in her case, adorn the highest rank had been destined to bless the lowest. Still, we do not set so lightly by our Sovereign as to be able to regard the affair wi;h perfect good humour. We pay handsomely for the maintenance of a retinue of servants to wait upon her on all occasions. Only a small portion of the munificent sum which is set apart fur the Queen's household goes into her pri vate purse. The remainder is for the most part divided among a crowd of splendid retainers. There are masters of the horse, grooms in waiting, equerries, gold sticks and silver sticks, and good ness knows what not; everything, in fact, but one or two sensible, serviceable attendants, who know how to provide for the commonest emergency. One is reminded of the embarrassed old woman's peti tion, " Good stick beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over the &c., save that, in this case, the stick or sticks, for there were plenty of them, both gold and silver, did not begin to beat the dog, and that but for a poor, unsalaried "cabby," with his four inches of well-used whipcord, the poor woman would not have got home that night. The trite observation, that the wealthiest people are the worst served, is, it seems, universally true. It is certain that Mrs. Perkins, blessed only with a faithful husband and a maid of all work, would have been as well, if not bee ter, attended to. After this proof of assiduity we may well won der that the Prince Consort had not to run for the doctor himself. The incongruity of the in cident with the previous State arrangements is most ludicrous. Here we have had half a dozen Cabinet Ministers wasting away the precious interval of Parliamentary repose for a month past, not daring to stir till they had been summoned to the ante-chamber of the Sovereign. Her Majesty's faithful lieges have been in anxious expectancy for the same period, and crowned heads had given their final orders for the earliest telegraphic an nouncement of the event. All through the previous Monday evening it was evident that the expected moment was at hand, yet, when it came, there had to be a despairing rush at the nearest "stand," and, as fortune would have it, a poor cabby stood between his Sovereign and an exigency which we are too loyal to contemplate. All this while sump tuous stables, built regardless of expense, threw their stately shadows placidly under the moon's gaze, and a host of lubberly grooms were snoring iu the Palace chambers ! LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, April 23.—Wind this day at noon, S.E.; moderate breeze and hazy. PORTSMOUTH, April 22.--Wind W.N.W.—S;.iled-- Her Majesty's ste ,mer Furious, for Devonport and China; her Majesty's steamer Cormorant, ditto, with three gun boats. FALMOUTH, April 22.—Wind W.N.—Arrived—Anna Maria, from Paraiba ; Natbatie, Porsgrund. Sailed — Elizabeth, for Quebec. „ -- SHIELDS, April 22.—Wind N.—Sailed—Staat Zerckzie, for Hong Kong, HULL, April 22.--Wind E.—Sailed—Rods, for Smyrna. DOVER, April '22.—Wind W.N.W. to E.N.E.—Arrived Anna Gertraide, from Rotterdam for Quebec, with loss of bowsprit and jibboom, and cntwater damaged, having been in collision with a large ship off Beechy Head, at 3 a.m.; two of her crew got on board the ship, and remained there. SOUTHAMPTON, April 22.—Sailed—Hermand. (s.), for Now York. PLYMOUTH, April 22.--Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Coun tess of Malmesbury, for PortMahon. CORK, April 21.—Wind S.W--Arrived—Saptla, from Barbadoes. CARDIFF, April 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Cleo, from Savannah ; Aonia, Marseilles. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.S.E. Arrived— Maria, fromßandholm ; Taurus, screw steamer, Leghorn; Typhoon, St. John's, N. 8.; Italian, se rew steam er, Havre. Sailed—Catherina, for Revel; Meander, screw steamer, Genoa; Corinthian, screw steamer, Trieste; Alfred, Syd ney ; Dreadnought, New York ; Arran and Advance, Quebec ; Warbler, New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, April 21. Wind S.W. Arrived— Sagitta, from Barbadoes ; Maria, London. DUBLIN, April 22. Wind N.N. W. Arrived—Emily, from Bordeaux and Charente. (BY SDBIttABINE AND BRITi S.l TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10 a.m. Wind N. ; tide three hours' flood ; weather cloudy. Arrived, April 22—Rhoda, from Leghorn ; Franklin, Minna; Pitlau Emulator, Leghorn ; Halyard, Demerara; Marlborough, Honduras ; Ann Louise, Gottenburg ; Caro line, Helsingborg ; Bruno, Hookseil; Sanaa and Mary, Guernsey. Arrived, April 23—Effort, from Grenada ; Leonne and Furet, Gravelines ; Hercules, Elsingborg ; Castor, Sovan pile ; Leon, Graveliues • Sabrina, Gothenburg ; Westpha lia, Fredericksh a ld ; Henrietta, Preston, Cito, Stettin; Wiliam Tucker, Leghorn. Sailed, April 23.—Shamrock, for Copenhagen. DEAL Thursday, 9.20 a.m. • Wind N.E. by N. ; fresh. • Passed—H.M.S. Alban, from westward, for the river; Plutus, from London, for Pugwash ; Patelina, from Lon• don, for Bermuda ; Dumfries, from Shields, for Cartha gena ; Earl of Aberdeen brig, from Newcastle, for west ward. Anchored—Cambrian, from Jamaica, for London; Louise Maria, from Moulmein, for London. FIRE IN LAMBETH.—Yesterday (Wednesday) morning a fire broke out on the premises of Me ssrs . Ste p he n Green and Co., in Princes-street, Lambeth. Several hours elapsed before the flames yielded to the exertions of the firemen, and not until the whole of the newly. erected pottery and its contents, valued at several thou sand pounds, had been consumed, with the sole exception of four kilns. The premises adjoining and communicat ing have received serious injury from the flames entering every floor, but, owing to the exertions of the firemen, under Mr. Henderson, Mr. Connorton, and Mr. Hollo way, the great bell-tower, which stood in the centre of the works, escaped. The side front of Messrs. Jones's whiting-works is likewise damaged by fire, and the stock by water. The water-side premises of the same firm are also scorched by the intense heat, and so are several houses on the opposite side of Princes-street. Tin WEATHER AND THE Crops.—Since our last we have had several days of thorough spring weather. The sun has shone forth in uninterrupted brilliancy, and hie cheering rays, albeit tempered by somewbat sharp breezes, have made all nature, animal and vegetable, re joice in the change. Vegetation has made a rapid ad vance ; the trees are bursting into leaf, and on every side are indications that spring has really arrived. The wheats continue to wear a promising appearance, and, although none of our crop can be said to be forward for the period of the year, yet all look healthy and vigorous. The grass crops have shot up greatly since the late rains. Altogether the country presents a highly satisfactory appearance, and fairly justifies sanguine hopes on the part of our agriculturists. Feed of all kinds is plenti ful.—Sussex Advertiser. 4'4* 4 - 4 g 4a aton SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. MALTON RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TBLECIRAPH.) TWO-YEAR•OLD STAKES. Soothsayer Darkie Three ran. MALTON HANDICAP. Liverpool. Martlett .. Courteaay. Seven ran. NORTCLIFFE PLATE. Peto Magnolia ... 2 Eight ran. RUN r CUP. Hero ... . Mischief.. set. 1 Eight ran. BIRDSALL HANDICAP. Attorney-General Laird o' Dale 1 Six ran. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.) The following appointments were made at the Admi ralty this afternoon : Captain G. St. V. King, to the Princess Charlotte. Lieutenant John Swinburne, to the Vesuvius. Clerks—Humphrey Brett, to the Cumberland ; John P. Dore, t o the Impregnable. THE STATISTICAL SOCIETY. At the ordinary meeting of the Statistical Society held at the offices in St. James's-square—Colonel Sykes, M.P., in the chair—the usual routine busi ness of the meeting having been transacted, a paper "On the Progress of Fire Insurance in Great Bri tain and other Countries" was read by Mr. Samna Brown. Mr. Brown commenced his lecture by giving an historical sketch of the origin and progress of insur ance against loss by fire. He stated that the scheme first originated in London about 180 years ago, and that the corporation of the City shortly afterwards took the matter into their own hands. But the de lays which occurred in forwarding the idea, and the dilatory manner ia which it was carried on, induced many private companies to compete with them. From advertisements published about 1680, it ap peared that several private companies were ready to effect insurances on brick houses at the rate of 6d. in the pound ; and on wood houses at Is. in the pound. In the year 1682 the Court of Common Council did not find the scheme profitable, for they relinquished the matter, paying back the premiums they had received ; and from that time fire insur ances were conducted by private companies and friendly societies. The Hand-in-Hand was the old est of the now existing fire insurance offices, and for 10 years after its establishment it bad no rival. The Sun Office was the next, which was followed in succession by the Union, the Westminster, and the Royal Exchange. The number of offices had been gradually increasing ever since ; and in 1856 there were 75 insurance offices in the United King dom. Mr. Brown then went into a very long state ment relative to the report of Mr. Coode upon fire insurance, lately presented to the Houses of Par liament, in which he refuted the facts and opinions expressed by that gentleman, and brought forward many facts advocating the removal of the duty now charged upon policies in England. He stated that in England, where fire insurances had been known for 180 years, the total amount insured was in 1856 927,000,000/. ! while in France, where it had only been in vogue for a period of less than 40 years, the sum insured was in 1856 1,880,000,0001. The great advance which had been made in France in insurance business as compared with England, be attributed to the fact that there was no legisla tive duty on policits in France, and that the insur ance of nouse property was in a measure rendered compulsory by the Government holding the tenant responsible for all damage occurring from a fire originating in his tenement, Mr. Brown gave many curious statistics of the duties which were laid upon fire insurance by continental governments, and in every case be showed that the tendency was to diminish the amount of property insured in the countries where they existed. The follow ing are the results of his observations :—ln Great Britain the amount insured, calculated from the duty paid, was in 1856 927,000,000/., while the property insured and exempt from duty was estimated at about 70,000,0001., and the foreign and colonial business, alsu exempt, 125,000,0001. ; making a total insured for Great Britain of 1,122,000,0001. In France the amount insured in proprietary companies in the same year was 1,320,000,0001., and in mutual companies 480,000,0001. ; total, 1,880,000,0001., or about 700,000,0001. more than England. In Germany the amount insured, as far as could be ascertained, was about 1,150,000,000/. For Russia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Holland, Belgium, and several other countries wh ere it was difficultto obtain in formation on the subject, the amount was calcu lated at about 400,000,0001., making the total amount insured in all the countries mentioned 4,482,500,0001., upon which the estimated annual premiums paid amount to 8,250,0001., and upon which the total annual loss was about 4,750,0001. Mr. Brown stated, in concluding his paper, that he thought there was still ample room for extension of fire insurance iu this country, and that it was only restricted by the duty imposed by Government. He entirely disagreed with Mr. Coode's statement that fire insurance had reached its utmost limits in Eng land, and that all the insurable property was pros tested. B fora setting down he brought forward a long series of figures, refuting the low estimate placed by Mr. Coode upon the amount of insurable property in the United Kingdom. Mr. Brown was loudly applauded on resuming his seat. A considerable discussion then arose upon ti) points at issue between Mr. Coode and Mr. Brown; and Mr. Coode made a long statement in support of the facts which he had advanced in bis report, after which the proceedings terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman. A NEW USE FOR THE FEMALE SEX. Our correspondent on board the United States' ship John Adams, in his letter published on Sunday, remarks that the natives of the Marquesas Islands in the Pacific, with whom be had been staying, are in the habit of wooing the fairest damsels they can find, wedding them, and then eating them up. Our gallant correspondent is indignant at this sad misuse of so much loveliness, especially as the na. tive pork and game are good of their kind, and BO plentiful as to make it obvious that no man need pick his wife's ribs or cut steaks frore her person front necessity. We need not say that we concur with our countryman in this view, not only on humane but on hygienic grounds. Every medical man will vouch that the flesh of female marumalii is less wholesome than that of males. We fear the of the Marquesas mtht be injuring their health by their uuwht'lesome diet. The most curious feature in the business is that there is a large body of Chris tian missionaries on the islands, many of themfrom this country. We are not led to suppose, indeed, that these reverend gentlemen are in the habit of lunching off their tender spouses, nor even do we hear of their accepting invitations from the native chiefs to parta ke of a nice wife ham, or a rasher of a you ng girl broiled with breadf t "it. B ut t h ey are ' there, and from the popularity of these repasts it is evident that the missionaries know of them, and cannot prevent them. It would perhaps be well for some of the gentlemen whose contributions go to sustain these missionaries during their arduous labours to inquire what has been done in the past, and what may be expecte4for the future. We are aware that in May next we shall have in the proper column of the usual report an exact list of the num ber of Marquesas souls converted to grace, and of those which are considered to be in a softening state ; we think it would be well to add in a foot note a classification of these fortunate converts according to their gastronomical performances. A few asterisks might do the business. And if in a second note, merely for curiosity's sake, a financial account were given, showing, in a word, how much the salvation of each Marquesas soul costs the co un•ry, we think that also would be useful information. Of course souls cannot pro perly be estimated in dollars and cents, for the simple reason that in the limited sphere we inhabit there is no demand for the article, and his Satanic Majesty may be said to monopolise the market ; still it would be instructive to know that the chief A. B. C. of Nukubiva, who had become a convert and was in edifying s tate, had eat en th ree o f hi s wives, nibbled the shoulder of a fourth, and bad been saved at a cost of $2,317 65c. to the benevo lent people of the United St a tes.—M eta York Herald. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Traflie return for the week ending April 19, 1857—E59,281 0 0 Corresponding week last year GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffict return for O. week ending April 11, 1857 £22.681 18 8 C o rrespond in week last year 22,500 17 6 Est of )1v of ,gs ,re- )oo for "MU ous AY lave 'ere way orth r in bout ) but i are ied, their toted Tate emu- ive-- hares me r the m in- InBA 16 17 20 12 25 20 25 10 I 1.0.6, 108 1011 97 i 87i 9} a 102 86 7