The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-13 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COIVIMKRCIPT, INTELLIGENOM CITY, Two o'Cereex. Letts from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday manifested a dull and heavy ap pearance, and prices are without any meter:al alteration. The sales were estimated at from 5,003 t 3 6 ,000 bales, 500 of which were taken on specu lation, The Railway Shire Market closed steadily, 4121 ( 1 Prices slightly advanced. public sales of Foreign and Colonial Wool Which will ter m i na t e on the 17th inst., are progress ing_ very fi rm l y, th e en h ance d prices realised at the r n imencement of the series being ful l y maintained, leAPt for some of the inferior descriptions of Cape, ich are ld . to I,la. per lb. cheape r. The atten dance of buyers is still favourable, but it is noticed that 1. the re p resen t a tives of several foreign houses, ' lav ing, no doubt, supplied their wants, have de- Parted, In the Foreign and Colon i al Produce Markets is week there has been very little animation , and ,T _° 44l purchases have been principal l y co n fi n e d t o immediate wants. Sugar has been rather firmer, but the quantity disposed of by public auction has been small. For coffee the' e has been very little inquiry, but no particular alteration in prices has occurred. The public sales of tea held yesterday Went off quietly, the dealers being desirous of Perusing their letters by the overland mail before extending their operations. Rice has been steady. Cocoa at higher prices, and rum quiet, at previous values. Saltpetre has been inactive, and cochineal rather lower. Tallow has ruled rather firmer, and realises full rates. It is now ascertained that all the gold by the Mermaid and Blackwall has been taken for the Continent. Even this supply has not proved suf ficient to satisfy the immediate demand, and a further sum of 5,0007. was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday. Most of the gold by the Blackwell was secured for the Bank of France, and as purchases of silver are being prosecuted the drain from this side is ex pectad to go on as rapidly as before. About 10,0001. as been announced from Sydney this morning by the Wooloomooloo, which has arrived in eighty-three days, and further supplies are expected in the course of the next fort night. Unless large remittances soon come in and remain here, it is evident that the stock of Precious metals in the Bank of England must ma terially diminish. The Return to be published this evening is expected to show a decline, but net to any great extent. The Bank of France monthly statement, published in an other column, is considered encouraging, as it shows an increase in the bullion and a decrease in the discounts and advances. Still it appears that the authorities are compelled to ob tain assistance from this country through purchases of gold, which, combined with the demand for giver, necessarily lead to a heavy exportation from this side. At the special meeting of the East Kent Rail 'way Company to-day, Sir John Tylden in the chair, a resolution was pawed for raising 233,3331. on de bentures, notexceediug 5 per cent. per annum. The annual meeting of the Van Diemen's Land Company is just terminated. The report was, on the whole, satisfactory, showing an inert ase of land sales, and that a new settlement was being planned Out under favourable prospects. It appeared from the accounts that a balance of 2,9861. was at bankers. A dividend of 10e. per share was declared at the end of 1856. The report was adopted. No alteration of importance has occurred in the English Stock Market to-day, and the prices have remained at their previous range. A few opera tions have been effected, but they were not of a nature to influence values. The expectation that t he Bank of England return to be published this .the will prove unfavourable tends to dep r e ss -,bue market, but it is the general position of mone tary affairs which has most weight with the opera tors. Consols have been 931 # for money and 93 i for the account. The 5 per Cents. have been dealt in at 114 3 / 4 . Exchequer Bills are par to 3s. premium and the Bonds 981. The transactions in the Foreign Stock Market have been of a very limited character, but in most instances at fully former quotations. Peruvian ti per Cents. 781 T 1, Spanish 3 per Cents. 41. Mexican were firm at 221, and Turkish 6 per Cents. improved to 97i. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Mexi can 221 23 ; Peruvian, 4 1 per Cents , 78 80 ; ditto Three per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; do, per cents., 97 99; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 41 ditto New Deferred, 241 5 ; Ditto Certificates, ; Ditto Passive, 5i 6. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, arid Co., report that there has been increased activity in the market for Ame rican Securities during the past week. A fair de mand has existed for State stocks, and a fresh bu siness has been done in the favourite railway bonds : GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Redeemable. Per Cent. United States 6 per Cents. 1867-1%8...105i 106 United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1.868-105i 106 Alabama 5 per Cent..... ... 78 80 STATE SECURITIES. Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)... Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. 1841-1871... 40 42 Bonds Mississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 16 18 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 80 81 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 82i 83 Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 84 86 LOANS OF CITIES. Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 82 84 New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... 75 77 RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not Convertible 1875... 911 921 Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875... 87 89 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 1860...108 110 Illinois Central (Shares), $3O paid.... 32 33 p Michigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860... Do. do. do. 1869... 91. 93 NOW York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 93 95 New York Central 6 per Cent., not Convertible 1883... 80 82 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage 1883... 85 87 N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 80 82 N. York and Erie 7 por Cent. Sinking Fund 1875... 83 85 Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865... 9 ' . Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent.. ist M0rt.1880... 89 CO The Railway Share Market, this morning has exhibited increased heaviness, and a depreciation in values to the extent of fully to per cent. has Wien place on most of the chief linPs, more par ticularly in Great Northern, the decline on which is about 1/. 10s. Brighton have receded 55., South- Western ss. Midland ss. North-E tstern (Ber wick) ss. to 10s. North-Eastain York ss. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, ss. ; and South- Easern 10s. Very li'tle business has been done in the Foreign and Colonial undertakings. Paris and Lyons declined ss. Sambre and Meuse, Lombardo-Venetian and Great Western of Canada were dealt in at yesterday's quo'atione. In Mining Shares the only transaction reported on the Stock Exchange has been in United Mexi can at 4i. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous are very in active. City Bank have fallen 11 108. ; Ottoman Bank, ss. to 10s. ; and Union of Australia, ss. Canada Land Shares have im proved 2. ... 89 91 ...101 102 BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES —MIS DAY. ( Iron) the Official List:) . I notneso done Bulk Stock Shut 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93s 3 per Cent. Console Annuities 93 1 a i 5 per Cent. Annuities. 1146 I idle Bonds, £ lOOO Consols for Account ...... .. 93 1 E &chequer Bills, 26(1. • par £lOOO .......... ...... ...... £5OO .......................................... par* Smell ................. .. ...................... pa Ditto Bonds, 1858, 36 per Cont. .......... 98 D itto. 1659 ............ ... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS —THIS DAY. urenada New Active, 21 per Cent......... 22k Mexican 3 .... 22 3 i Ditto Account p e r . Cent .. ............................................ ........... ‘,. .: i t , 8 Per twia• n Bonds 46 per Cent .................. 716 1 1 Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent.... Ditto, 46 per Cent. . , . 981 1 X l l' an i'll Bowie. • 3 • per C .... t: ......... Ditto Account , en ................ 4l 6 Ditto New Defe .. . Turkith Pontlz. 6 rredl3 Per Con .......... 23 Ditto D A t e vi cr a t ...,t1; .......................... 97 i a per cent , i ° above payable in Lonlc n. Consols, toone THREE (Y CLOCK. Ditto A Y ............ . wouut (4 . ................. 93k $ P r n 8 ) ................ 93i i Tii- _.ie late arrivals of Australian gold were delivered yesterday, and nearly the whole was purchased on ac count of the Bank of France. The remainder scarcely sufficed for the general wants of the market, and about 5,0001. was taken from the Bank. Tan AMERICAN lilans.—Southampton, —The United States' mail stearoship Wednesday, A a Lines, I arrived in the river last night from Have and sailed hence for New York at noon to-day, with the English, French, and German mails. She takes out 90 passen gers from Havre, and 14 from Southampton ; $132,000 in specie, value about 26,400/. E t erlin g, from Havre ; 1,356 Spanish doubloons, wine 4 ,7001., from S o than ton ; and 475 tons of general cargo. The Fulton, Capt. Wotton, beLnging to the same line, is due at this port rom New York on the 18th inst. SECRET SERVICE.—The estimate for "secret service" for the current year is 32,000/., and 10 ,0001. is to b e TOW " on account." CONFIDENCE IN THEGOVERMENT, MEETING THIS' DAY. A large and influential meeting of the electors of the City of London, cornpri&ng merchant-, bankers, traders, and others, was hell this afternoon at the Guildhall— ' the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presiding—" to take into consideration the decision recently come to by the House of Commons', relative to the affairs at Canton, and to express its high confidence in her Majesty's Government." Long before two o'clock, the hour for commencing the business of the meeting, the ball was densely crowded. The interval between the assembling of the electors and the commencement of the business of the meeting was devoted to the usual ebulitions of popular feeling on such occasions as these. The names of the favourites on the popular side of the question were loudly cheered, whilst those on the opposite side were received with groans, hisses, and other unmistakeable tokens of dis approbation. The whole being interspersed with a variety of songs of liberty, the Marseiflaise Hymn being the favourite, the strains of which rever berated through the vaulted ball, to the surprise and astonishment of those sober guardians of the building —Gog and Magog. At two o'clock the Lord Mayor arrived, and was loudly cheered. He was accompanied by Messrs. Raikes, Currie (candidate), J. Dillon, Crawford (candi date), Serjeant Ballantine, W. J. Hall, Deputy Dakin, Oliveira, E l win James, Q.C., Sheriff Keats, Alderman Wire, Whitehurat, Alderman Sir J. Duke, M.P. (can didate), and other gentlemen of influence. The LORD MAYOR, in opening the business of the meeting, said that he had called it at the request of 800 electors of the C►ty. Recalled on them to give all an im partial hearing. The reading of the object of the meet. ing was received with mingled expressions of approval and disapprobation. The following is the resolution to be submitted to the meeting by Mr. Raikes Currie, seconded by Mr. Dillon : " That Lord Palmerston having undertaken the Go vernment of this country under circumstances of ex treme difficulty, and in the crisis of a great war which he successfully carried to the issue of an honourable peace is entitled to the thanks of the country, and hav ing by an adverse vote of the House of Commons been, in fact, censured for hie policy in reference to the pro ceedings at Canton—this meeting feels called upon to express its conviction that from the position of affairs in China and the past proceedings there, no other course was fairly open to a British statesman, or was compati ble with safety to the property and lives of our fell.m countrymen in that quarter, and with the honour and dignity of the nation." There was a great diversity of opinion amongst those present, especially to the expressions used by the various speakers relative to the peace lately concluded being an honourable one, that the country was in a Inirishing condition, and supporting the present Government. To this resolution the following amendment was submitted to the meeting by Mr. MORLEY : "That this meeting detests Bureauacy, which is con tinental despotism, of which Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, is the director. That this system has been acted on by Lord Palmerston's Government, and is closely connected with, and dependent on, the Episcopal church of the land ; and because this church is the rallying point for jobbing corruptiouists and centralising tyrants, increases taxation, and is one of the causes of the pre sent awful state of society. This meeting declares its belief that it is the bounden duty of every one to exert all constitutional means to sever the Church from the State, and will vote for no man at the ensuing elec tion that will not.give this pledge." The resolution was adopted by a very large majority, the amendment having be n previously negatived. The fel!owir , g questions to ask candidates were exten sively circulated in the ba 1 by the movers of the amend ment : "1. Will you, by all constitutional means, as with your vote in Parliament, try to sever the union between Church and State, compelling each denomination to support its own place of worship and institution ? 2. Will you immediately insist on 100 Inspectors to be sent out, throughout Great Britain, by and under the authority of the charity commissioners, to ► xAmine, on the spot, into all the property left for charitable or edu catioual purposes, and where no injury would be dune, support one general act to apply the real amount to the general education of the country, on the principle of civil equity, making the Bible, without note or comment, the standard school-book—purely as week-day schools-- neither extemporising on theology or a catechism to be taught ? 3. Will you support a bill to enforce one uniform Weight and Measure throughout Great Britain, and give powers to a person defrauded, either in weight, measure, or adulteration, to summon the person cfl•:nd irg before a magistrate, without the intervention of a third party ? 4. Will you support an alteration of the law of debtor and creditor, supporting the poor but honest debtor, and punishing the rogues, with such men as the directors of certain banks? 5. Will you restore to Englishmen local self-govern ment, substituting supervi,ion, with corrective powers, to appeal t the County . Court of the district against improper or fraudulent accounts ? Other irregularities by appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench. 6. Will you insist on non-interference in the affairs of foreign countries, insisting that the Foreign Minister shall exert the moral influence of this country in favour of civil and religious liberty, to its utmost limit ? 7. Will you vote for a measure limiting the duration of Parliament to three years, retaining nomination, and addressing the constituencies as at present ? The votes to be taken by voters' papers, as for Poor Law Guardians 8. Will you carry out free trade measures, entering into a British league, for our colonies, and trading with foreigners on the principle of reciprocity ! LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, March 13.—Wind this day at noon, S.; fresh breeze and fine. PLYMOUTH, March 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Admi ral Hamelin, from Havra, for Luna. FALMOUTH, March 12.—A ship, waterlogged and aban doned, was passed, on the 6th inst., in 49 N. 13 W. CARDIFF, March I?.—Wind calm.—Sailed—Luigi, for -- ; Francisco, Rio Janeiro. DARTMOUTH, March 12.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived — Alliance, from Liverpool, for Charleston, leaky, and with loss of Bails and bulwarks, awl part of cargo thrown overboard ; bore up from 46 N. 22 W. TEXEL, March 13. The Marianne, of and for Bremen, from Cardiff, was totally lost on the Terschiling Banks on the 10th inst. LIVERPOOL, March 12.—The ship Mormon, with masts gone by the cap, was spoken on the 10th inst., 50 miles S.W. of Scilly, by the African (9.5.), arrived here. STAVANGER, March 2.--A vessel has drifted ashore bot tom upwards, supposed to be the Fennechiena, of Gro ningen. Mew.—The Fennechiena, from Rugenswald, for Rochester, passed the Soun I on the 13th Dec. . --- -- MALAGA ; March 4.—The Alice Jane, from Cardiff to Messina, which was stranded E. of Eatapina on the 22d Feb., lies buried in tha Sand up to her bearers, and may be considered a wreck ; part of cargo saved, and the re mainder being got out, which will be forwarded to its des tination. _ SHIELDS, March 12.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Alexander ; for Vatparaiso ; Albion, Porto Rico; Hedvig, New York. MILFORD, March 12.—Wind W.—Arrived— Porto No. yo, from Africa. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday, r. a.m. Wind S.. fresh, and vetring. Arrived—Caledonia, from Sunderland ; Charlotte, Guernsey. Sailed —Hampton, for Newport ; Le Coq, Cherbourg ; Ellen, Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind W. Sailed--Parliament, for Boston ; Angelino, Santander; Romance, Lisbon. QUEENSTOWN, March 11. Wind N.N.E. Arrived —Petchelee, from Callao. Sailed—John Romely, for BArbadoes ; Levant and Alma, Antwerp. (BY SDBMABINE AND BRIT,EIi TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.35 a.m. Wind S. ; last hour's ebb ; fresh and fine. Arrived, 13th—Latimer, from Mogador. Sailed, 13th—John Barrow, for Bermuda; Child° Ha roll, Adelaide. DEAL, Friday, 9.27 a.m, Wind S.W., fresh. Passed, 12th—Imperial, steamer, for Valencia; Euro pean, screw steamer, Limerick; Bittern, screw steamer, Cork—all from London. Anchored, 12th—Storm Nymph, for Constantinople ; Cossipore, Wellington—from London. It is said that the treaty ub between the King of Naples and the Argentinehas again which bad been beensuspended revived— that all the emu. ditions have been agreed o for some time, l ic, on, and that it is to be shortly signed.cAcrding to the Kalisch correspondent of the Oest. Zeitung, the Russians are making prodigious prepara tions for their intended expedition against the Circas sian the Persian Ambassador, had yester ertruikbeK. Khan, s F yester day a long con ference with the American Minister in Pa l is t . ne lligence has been received from Mr xicothat Pre sident Comon fort has si g ned a treaty granting American company considerable advantages intletlostahn fstock in of Tehuan te p ec, in the province of Oaxaca. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—AII classes of p r cent. in the Great Northern Railway Company fell and upwards yesterdly afternoo, upon the proceedings a t the meeting b eco ming known ,n THE LATE FIRE IN FLEET STREET —Mr. J. P. Bacon, of the firm of Bacon, Perkins, rkins, an he says : d Co., " has A written most a letter to a conteniporary, in -- exlggerated and incorrect statement of the fire which unfortunately occurred on their promises theWhitefriars street last evening having appeared in papers this morning, we beg to state, for the satisfaction of our cus tomers a nd fiends in particular, and the public in general t hat , although we base suffered severely, and shall cer tainly be inconvenienced by the damage done, ye it bas been excessively magnified as to the amount ; and Eo far st from all the Government phtes and dies being de artyLed, all the postage dies and excise plates, and nearly he postage plates, ere preserved uninjured." AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING. The Can than sc , ew steam-ship Anglo-Saxon, rrom Rrtland, has arrived, with dates from New Yerk to the 28 h ult. The M xican frea+y hal rea',.herl Washington. It is aset.ted that there is no cession of territ: and no preference of individual claims against Mexico. It says nothing of Tehuantepec, or of Sonora, or Lower California. The Mexican Go vernment desires immediate action. According to the Tribune, the majority of the Cabinet has signified a strong feeling against enter taining the new Mexican Treaty, and there was no present probability that it would be submitted to the Senate at all. The Senate had debated the Teriff question. An amendment was adopted placing raw wool at 23 per cent., and that of 20c. a pound or less free. Mr. Hunter's motion, reduc:ng the rites of the present tariff 20 per cent., was also adopted. It wasbelieved that the joint committee of conference of both Houses would :tgree on the details of a bill which would be accepta'de to both branches of Congress. The President had signed the Submarine Tele graph Bill. The Illinois had arrived. at New York, with late advices from California, and $1,700,000 in specie. From Nicaragua we learn that the allies had cap turel a schooner which was conveying supplies to Walker. The Point of Trinidad was occupied by 400 C sta Ricans. Rumours were current that the filibusters were about to attack them. At New York stocks generally uSchanged, except Erie, which is higher; money was moderately active and firm. Sterling exchange was dull and nominal. Cotton remained as last reported. Flour had advancel sc. Pork was lower, but firm. The iron market was steady, at $3l for Scotch p;g. Ken tucky tobacco changed hands at 13c. to 18c. Freights were rather better. At Charleston, February 26, cotton declined ic. to Slc., principally on the lower grades. PORTUGAL. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MaRNINa. Advices from Lisbon to the 6th March state that nothing had 192 en concluded in the reorganisation of the Cabinet. There was no doubt that Gomse and Pessoa bad resigned. The Count de Lavradio bad been in conference with the King, and Ministers had declined to take part in the Administration, though be would sup port it. M. Soure had declined to take office. The Princess Royal, Duke of 'Wellington, and James Watt were in port. The ab've has been brought by the Douro. LOSS OF TILE STEAM-SHIP MADRID. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY. The Pepinsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Sultan, Captain Cook, arrived this morning as an extra bo it from Alexandria, with six passengers, and a large cargo of wool, gum, elephants' teeth, &c. She lea Alexandria Feb. 23 ; Malta, 28 ; G,b7lltAr, March 4. By this srrival we have rec-iv( d from Gibraltar the col'owing interesting le. ter respecting the loss of the steam-ship Madrid at Vigo : The Madrid left Southampton on the 17th Feb., with the usual Peninsular mails, and experienced fine weather in crossing the Bay of Biscay. On the 20th, at four a.m., she male Vain° Light on port how, and continued during the forenoon running along the coast at an offing of abut six miles. On the same day, at 3.30 p.m., whilst in the act of rounding Point Hombres, enteringVigo Bay at full speed, she suddenly and heavily struck on a sunken invisible rock, and remained fixed there. No con fusion ensued. The quarter-boats were in the water' in about two minutes, and the women put into them, whilst her Majesty's mails were brought on deck. The order, " turn astern," was given, and the vessel moved off the rock, gave a heavy lurch t ) port, recovered herself, was caste 1, and as she was fast sinking, the order was given, "turn ahead full speed," and the ship was ran stem on a sandy beail, in a small cove, conveniently situat-d. All this took place in 10 minutes, by which time the forecastle-deck was just awash with the sea, and the ves el surnunded by native fishing-boats, the crews of whiell lay off, and behaved well. , In 13 minutes her M:iiesty's mails, wom , n, and treasure were in the ship's boats, and acting in con cert with the captain after the catastrophe, the Ad miralty agent, Lieut. Tickell, R. N. , left the packet, and in. about two hours after reached the British Consul's house in Vigo. At 10 p.m. Capt. Brad shaw had landed, and reported that the vessel lay still in the same position, but totally immersed. No live 3 were lost. The first-class passengers saved everything, but the second-class lost all their private property. The cargo, consisting of bale goods, remained under water. The same night the Admiralty agent proceeded with a cavalcade of horses and mules, taking with him al the mails and travelling without cessation, reached Oporto on the 22d Feb., at 6 p.m. The Bar being closed, the Admiralty agent determined to proceed to Lisbon by land, and horse 3 and mules were laid on, by Consular assistance, for the dif ferent stages. He took his departure on the 24th, at 2 p.m., and arrived at Coimbra at 6 p.m. on the 25th. There he received most kind attentions from Mr. Buxton, of tie gas works. On the 20th, at 9 a.m., he proceeded by diligence and arrived at Lisbon at 8.15 on the morning of the 27th, and delivered the nrtils correct and un damaged. The British screw steam-ship Thalia, J. Wilson, master, was immediate:y chartered, and on the Ist, at 7 a.m., left Lisbon with the ma is for Cadiz, and arrived at Gibraltar on the morning of the 4th. CONFIDENCE IN LORD PALMERSTON. Yesterday, at a Court of Common Council, the Lord Mayor gave an account of the manner in which Lord Palmerston received the vote of confidence lately agreed to by the Court. The Loan M.a/oR accompanied by the Re. membrancer, yesterday had the honour of waiting upon Lord Palmerston with the resolation of this Court ap proving the conduct of her Majesty's Ministers. I have much pleasure in stating that we were most cordially received, his lordship expressing himself complimented by the vcte of confidence recorded by the Court relative to the courae pursued by her Majesty's Government on the Canton question. (Loud cheers.) Yesterday afternoon the following declaration in favour of Lord Palmerston, numerously and influentially signed, was transmitted from Cheltenham to London : " TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD PALMERSTON. " We, the undersigned residents of Cheltenham, beg to assure your lordship that we have observed with feelings of deep regret the result of the division of Tuesday night last on Mr. Cobden's motion relative to the war in China, and we beg to express the full confidence we still enter tain in the wisdom, efficiency, and vigour displayed by your lordship's administration ; and we trust that the appeal about to be wade to the country will, in spite of the unnatural and factious coalition in the House of Com mons, result in more firmly establishing you in that power which you have so ably wielded during a most trying and momentous period, in support of the beat interests of this great country." It is again affirmed that, during the short period of hostilities between Great Britian and Persia, the Rus sian Government obtained permission from the Court of Teheran to establish military posts and block-houses in the. passes of Ba.vazid, in order to secure the possession of the road by Mount Ararat. ASSAULTS ON WOMEN AND CHILDLEN.—The following is the number of convictions at the various police-courts of the Metropolis for aggravated assaults on women and children in the year 1856—viz., at Bow-street, 15 ; at Clerkenwell, 59 ; at Greenwich, 25 ; at Woolwich, 23 ; at Hammersmith, 23 ; at Lambeth, 24 ; at Marlborough street, 27 ; at Marylebone, 11 ; at Southwark, 47 ; at Thames, 55 ; and at Westminster, 22. GENERAL THOMPSON FOR BRADFORD.—It will be seen from the intelligence given in another column that Gen. Thompson will be requested to offer himself as a candi date for Bradford. The electors of Bradford have done themselves honour by soliciting the services of the veteran advocate of free trade and reform. Gen. Thompson's claims are too well known to need any eulogy of ours. There never has been any doubt as to the place he holds among the most enlightened and consistent reformers of the age. No man living has attained to a better defined position among the leaders of liberal opinion, and few men have laid their country under greater obligations. To Mr. Cobe,en and Mr. Bright the praise 61 having achieved the triumphs of free trade is justly due, but those emi nent men would be the first to acknowledge that they drew tests Di:onions and arguments, in a great measure, from the wriLlzgs of General Thompson. If there had been no " Catechism of the Corn Laws," there woul.d not have been—we are hardly overstating the case—an Anti Corn-law League. It is a reflection upon the Liberal constituencies of England, that such a man should have been allowed to be absent for a single ses sion from the House of Commons, where his great expe rience, and equally great accomplishments, qualify him to be of signal service. We trust that Bradford will have the honour of rectifying this mistake. However great the claims of any 1. cal candidate may be, they cannot weigh for a moment against th ose w hi c h are ac knowledged on all hands to belong to General Thcomp- Eol3.—Manchater .Examiner. IiER MAJE'? Y'S i.E7Eie, His Royal Hii;brit Pruce Albert, on beha'f of he? held a levee (the second this season) vei-tertfa) afternoon in St. James's Palace. His Royal Ili 4 hnesß, attended by his suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace in state, e , c irted by a patty of the lt,yal Horse Guard,, and was received at St. Jame-'s by the Lf.r,l S:ewart , . the Lord C , iatoberlain, the Master of the Horse, aura the Clerk Marshal. The following presentations to his Royal Highness took ' , lace, the names having been previously left at the Lord Chamberlain's office, and submitted for her Ma• jesty's approval : Major• General Alves, on promotion by the Adjutant- General. Mr. Tyssen Amherst, by Rear-Admi•al Mitford. Captain W. M. Armstrong, on promotion, by Lieutenant- Colonel Fitzroy, M.P. Mr, W. Bankes, on his appointment to a corouetcy in the 7th Hussars, by General Sir J. Burgoyne. Captain Barwise, by the chairman of the East India Company. Major Fowler Burton, on promotion and return from the Crimea, by Lieut.• General Proctor. Mr. F. Beaumont, by Sir G Beaumont. Captain Wilson° Black, by Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell. Mr. Wm. Black, of Melbourne, Victoria, by the Right Hon. H. Labouchero. Capt. Borlase, R.N., on - promotion, being made a C. 8., and return from foreign service, by Sir C. Wood. Ensign F. Bourke, by the Marquis of Salisbury. Mr. J. Brant, her Majesty's Consul at Damascus, on his return from Erzeroum, by the Earl of Clarendon. Lieut.-Colonel Briglit, on promotion and return from the Crimea, by Lieut.-General Sir W. Rowan. Colonel Vaughan Brooke, on return from the command of 32d Regiment in India, and on having been nominated C.B. and A.D.C. to her Majesty, by General Sir W. Cotton. Lieutenant• Colonel C. Vesey Browne, on return from the Crimea, by Lieut.• Colonel Sir Colin Campbell. Lieutenant Budd, on receiving his commission, by H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge. Cornet W. H. Burder, by Major-General W. Cator. Licut.-Colonel Hon. H. Byng, on promotion and return from foreign service, by Field-Marshal the Earl of Strafford. Colonel R. P. Campbel, on being appointed a C. 8., and proceeding to G2ina, by H.R.H, the Duke of Cambridge. Captain A. Clark, on return from the Crimea, by General Sir 11. D. Ross. Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General A. Clerk, by Right, Hon. Sir G. Clerk. Lieutenant N. C. Chichester, by Lieut.-General P. A. Lau tour. Mr. Chichester, by the Right Ilon. C. P. Villiers. Lieutenant W. Chimmo, R.N., on return from special ser vice, by Sir C. Wood. Lieutenant Child, 1.N., by the Chairman of the East India Company. Mr. F. R. Condor, on going abroad, by Viscount Palmer ston. Captain A. F. Connell, on return from the Crimea, by General Sir H. D. Ross. Earl of Cork and Orrery, on aceessi in to title, by Earl Spencer. Mr. C. F. A. Courtney, on promotion, by Sir J Liddell, Mr. H. Cox, en appointment as Dep u ty-Li e utenant of Middlesex, by the Marquis of Salisbury , on promotion and return from foreign service, by Sir' C. Wood.o lone l A Crawley,. by cr au f General iudß S . Sir . J. E. Burgoyne. Captain Ensign L. Cubitt, by Lieut.-Col. H. C. Cunliffe Owen. Major C. Daniell, on his marriage, by Mr. Abel Smith. Lieutenant E. P. Dawson, by Lieut.-Colonel White. Lieutenant A. F. Dawson, by Lieut.-Colonel White. Captain E. A. Dawes, on promotion and return from the Crimea, by the Duke of Leeds. Ensign W. M. Davey, by General Sir A. Woodford. Lieutenant-Colonel D'Aguilar, on promotion, by General Sir H. Ross. Lieutenant and Adjutant B. M. Deane, by General Sir J. Wutson. Lieutenant H. L. Dempster, by Major C. Wright. Lieutenant De Moleyns, on return from the Crimea, by Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. D. B. De Moleyns. Major H. F. De Yore, on promotion and return from the Crimea, by his uncle Lord Monteagle, Mr. H. Eales, by Sir J. Liddell. Rev. H. W. M. Egan, by Lord Rokeby, Lieutenant G. Egerton, by Commander C. Egerton. Mr. G. Jacksoi , Eldridge, her Majesty's Consul, Kertch, by the Earl of Clarendon. Lieutenant W. C. C. Elwes, on appointment to the Scots Fusilier Guards, by his Royal Highness the Duko of Cam bridge. his Royal Hi g h ness th e Duke Co L lo i of Cambridge. u e i t e e ; tenant t t- he n 2 e 4 r F il o o o n t . , T. Finch, on appo i n t men t t o th e thy Captain G. R. Fitzroy, on appointment to the Coldstream Guards and return from the Crimea, by Field-Marshal the Earl of Strafford. • Lieutenant the Hon. J. Fitzmaurice, R.N., on promotion, by Captain Viscount Kirkwall. Lieutenant-Colonel Ford, on return from foreign service, by Lieutenant-General Sir J. Burgoyne. Ensign G. T Gape, by the Marquis of Salisbury. Lieutenant Garford, by Major-General Hon, Sir J. T. Scar lett. Lieutenant-Colonel Goodwyn, by Lieutenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans. Major G. L. Goodlake, on promotion and return from foreign service, by Field-Marshal the Earl of Strafford. Mr. Godley, on appointment to be Assistant Under Secre tary of State for War, by Lord Pannmre. Captain Godman, by General Sir T. M•Mahon. Captain R. Gordon, by Viscount Falkland. Lieutenant D. A. Gordon, by Lord J. Stuart. Lieutenant A: C. Gosling, by Lieutenant-Geueral Shawe. Captain Graham, by General Sir J. Watson. Lieutenant W. Graham, R.N., on return from foreign ser vice, by General Sir J. Watson. Mr. T. H. Graham, by Sir A. Agnew. Captain Grant, by Sir Cohn Campbell. Rear-Admiral the Hon. G. Grey, on promotion and return from abroad, by Sir C. Wood. Mr. Wm. Greg, by Sir G. Cornewall Lewis. Lieutenant-Colonel R. Grove, on promotion, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Captain Hall, on promotion, by the Earl of Strafford. Captain F. J. Colin Halkett, on appointment as aide-do camp to Sir J. F. Love, by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir J. F. Love. Brevet-Major J. Hammersley, on promotion, by Major- General Sir R. Airey. Major-General Hancock, on return from India, by General Sir T. M'Mahon. . The Hon. H. Harbord, by Lord Suffield. Captain the Hon. C. R. Hay, on promotion, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Colonel the Hon. P. Herbert, on being appointed aide-de camp to her Majesty, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Mr. Herries, on appointment as Deputy-Chairman of In land Revenue, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Major-General Gordon Higgins, on promotion, by General Sir A. Woodford. Lieutenant-Colonel Hinde, on return from service in the Cl linen and Asia, by the Chairman of the East India Com pany. Mr. Hitchins, on return from special service in the East, by Lord Panmure. _ . Lieutenant-Colonel Hopkins, on promotion and appoint ment to C. 8,, by the Deputy-Adjutant-General of Royal Marines. Dr. Hunter, on return from foreign service, by Major- General Lord Wm. Paul e t. Mr. I, Keith Jolly, of C e 3 lon, by Right lion. 11. Labou. Captain L. Jones, on promotion, by the Adjutant-General. Captain L. I. Jones, R.N., on return from foreign service, by Sir C. Wood. Lieutenant J. E. Ruck-Keene, on return from the Crimea, by Csa3ral Sir H. D Ross. Ensign A. Ruck-Xeene, on appointment to the Rifle Bri gade, by Lieutenant-General W. Knollys. Dr. C. R. Kinnear, on promotion and appointment to the Jamaica Hospital, by Sir J. Liddell. Lieutenant-Colonel Klng, on appointment to Grenadier Guards, by Colonel Wood. Captain Viscou n t Ki r k wall, on a ppointment to the Scsts Fusilier Guards, by his Royal HighLe. , s the Duke of Cam bridge. Lieutenant G. W. Knox, on return from the Crimea, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Ensign J. Knox, by Lord Henniker. Colonel N. Lake, on appointment to command the Royal Artillery, South-West District, by General Sir H. D. Ross. Lieutenant - Colonel Langley, on promotion by Sir C. Wood. Lieutenant H. J. B. Lane, on return from the Crimea, by Field-Marshal the Earl of Strafford. Dr. Lavies, by the Marquis of Salisbury. Major General Lawrence, on appointment to tho Staff at Aldershott, by the Adjutant-General of the Forces. Lieutenant F. Law, on return from the Crimea, by the Earl of Ellenborough. Mr, W. Nassau Lees, principal Mohammedan College, Cal cutta, by Sir J. Graham. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Legh, on promotion and return from Crimea, by Lieutenant-General Proctor. Deputy-Assistaue Commissary -General Lewis, on return from the Crimea, by Lord P anmuro . Mr. Harvey Lewis, on appointment as High Sheriff county Kildare, by Lord William Lennox. Dr. Linton, on return from the Crimea, on receiving the C. 8., aild on promotion, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieutenant-General Sir F. Love, on promotion and appoint ment to the command of the South-Eastern Division, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Mr. J. Lumsdaine, by the Chairmaa of the East India Com pany. Lieutenant-Colonel E. Maberly, en return from foreign ser vice, by General Sir H. D. Ross. Rev. C. Mackenzie, by the Bishop of London. Major-General Macintosh, on return from foreign service, by General Lord Seaton. Lieutenant-Colonel M'Mahon, on being appointed a C,8., and on his return from service in the East, by General Sir T. M'Mahon. Mr. J. M'Swiney, by Sir J. Liddell. Commander F. Marten, R.N., by Sir C. Wood, Captain Martindale, on appointment as Superintendent of Public Works, New South Wales, by Gen. Sir J. Burgoyne. Brevet-Lieut.-Col. E. H. Maxwell, on promotion, by Lord Paumure. Dr. Mayo, on appointment to the Presidentship of the Royal College of Physicians, by Sir G. Grey. Major J. G. Middleton, on promotion, by Lieutenant-Col. Fitzroy. Captain Milligan, by Major-General Lord W. Paulet. Lieut. H. R, Milligan, by Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet. Lieut. J. C. Minto, by L ieutenant-General Proctor. Lieut.-Col. R. Moorsom, on return from the Crimea, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Mr. Mouse'', on appointment as President of the General Board of Health, by Viscount Palmerston. Mr. D. Lloyd Morgan, by Sir J. Liddell. Mr. G. H. Moubray, on return from Foreign Service and appointment to her Majesty' s R oyal Yacht, by Capta i n the Hon. Joseph Denman, R.N. Lieut.-Col. G. Mundy, on b e i ng made C.B. an d h a ving permission to wear the order of Chevalier do Legion dlion neur, by Kord Panmuro. Colonel Mundy, on being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey, with the local rank of Major-General, by Sir a Grey. Captain G. Napier, R.N., on promotion by Sir C. Wood. Lieut.-Col. Neville, on p romotion and return f rom the Crimea, by his Royal Highnes s the Duke o f C am b r id g e. , Lieut.-Colonel Newdigato, on promotion and r eturn from foreign service, by Field Marshal the Earl of Strafford. Major Nicholson, on promotion, by Lieut.-Gen. Knollys. Captain M. S. Nolloth, -•-•.‘•, on return from foreign ser vice, by Sir C. Wood. Lieut. F. V. Northey, by his father, Mr. Northey. Mr. A. Paget, on appointment as See'retary of Legation at Lisbon, by the Earl of Clarendon. C. Paget, R N;, on re t urn from fore i gn ser vice, 1;1" tho Ensign F. FAY) mond ? Riglat Hell, C. r, yiniers. Lieut. of Rich. Captain igen, on return frtm the Crimea, by his itoya Highness the Duke of Cambridge. General Power, on promotion, and being appointed to the command of a battalion Artillery, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridg,a. Lieut.-Colonel E. Price, on promotion, by General Sir-H. D. Ross. Marquis of Queensberry, on accession to his title, by Lord Panmure. C. R. Reeves, on receiving h's commission, by Gen. Sir H. D. Ross. Ensign J. Richards, on leaving for India, by Lieut -General Shawe. Mr. W. Riddell, on his marriage, by the Earl of Fingall. Lient.-Colonel Rooke, on appointment to the Order of the Bath, by Lieut.-General Sir W. Rowan. Mr. Heerjeebhoy Rustomjee, by the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith. Major Sir C. Russell, Bart .) on promotion, by Colonel T. Wood. Mr. G. Russell, by his father, the Accountant-General. Lieut.-Colonel Robertson, on being ordered on foreign ser vice, by Lord Panmure. Dr. J. Sandys, by Sir J. M‘Grigor. Mr. A. Sartoris, by Viscount Barrington. Captain Saunders, on return from foreign service, on pro motion, by General Sir H. D. Ross. Mr. Hercules Scott, on appointment, as deputy lieutenant of Kincardineshire, and on marriage, by the Earl of Aberdeen. - Lieut. B. F. Schreiber, on return from the Crimea, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieut.-Colonel Scrieven, by the Marquis of Salisbury. Lieut.-Colonel Waldo Sibthorp, on promotion by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Ensign C. F. Simms, by Colonel Wood, Major-General Hon. A. Spencer, by Lord Churchill. Lieut.-Colonel Staveley, by Lieut.-General Hon. C. Gore. Lieut. E. Staveley, on obtaining his comadssion, by Gen. Sir H. Ross. Captain R. F. Shaw Stewart, on promotion, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Mr. F. Stephens, by Lieut.-Col. Stephens. Lieut. W. Stirling, on return from the Crimea, by General Sir H. D. Ross. Capt. Stopford, on promotion, by Gen. tiir J. Burgoyne. Mr. C. W. Stoughton, by Viscount Castleross. Professor Sylvester, on his appointment as professor of ma thematics r.t the Royal Military Academy, by Lord Panmure, Captain H. Seymour, R.N., on receiving the companion ship of the Bath, by Sir C. Wood. Rev. F. Temple, by the Subdean of the Chapel Royal. Mi. C Tennant, of Glen, by Lord Panmure. Mr. D. T. Thomson, on appointment as deputy lieutenant, by the Marquis of Salisbury. Captain Thompson, by Colonel Wood. Cornet A. Thompson, by Lieut.-Col. H. C. White. Captain Tower, on return from the Crimea, by Field-Mar shal the Earl of Strafford. Lieut. C. J. R. Tyler, on return from the Crimea, by MAjor- General Brereton, Lieut.-Col. Tinley, on return from the Crimea, on promo tion, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieut. A. H. Versturme, on return from the Crimea and Canada, by Capt. Versturme. Captain Howard Vyse, by General Sir W. Gomm. The Hon. and Rev. S. Waldegrave, on appointment to a canonry in Salisbury Cathedral, by the Lord Chancellor. Lieut. H. S. Bowes Watson, the Royal Regiment, by Gen. Sir A. Woodford, G.C.B. Capt. G. Wellesley, R.N„ on being nominated Companion of the Bath, by Sir C. Wood. Capt. the Hon. W. Wellesley, on promotion and return from foreign service, by the'Earl of Strafford. The Dean of Westminster on his appointment to the deanery of Westminster, by Viscount Palmerston. Lient.-Gen. Wheeler, Bengal army, by the Chairman of the East India Company. Lieut.-Col. H. D. White, on promotion and return from the Crimea, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieut. Wickham, Rifle Brigade, by Major-Gen. Grey. Col. Wilbraham, on return from the Crimea, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Capt. Albert Williams, R.A., on return from foreign ser vice, by Gen. Sir G. H. Ross, G.C.B. Lieut. Sherlock V. Willis, the Royal Regiment, by Gen. Sir A. Woodford, G.C.B. Gen. Sr A. Woodford, on appointment to he Lieutenant- Governor of Chelsea Hospital, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Dr. Wollaston, on return from Scutari, by Colonel Sir H. Storks, K C.B. Mr. Edwards-Wood, by Major-General Sir S. W. Steel, K.C.B. Major Wombwell, on promotion, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Capt. Warren, on being ordered on foreign service, by Lord Paumure. Commissary Young, on nomination to the Order of the Bath, by Major-General Cator, C B. MARKET - 'NEWS.— (rills ay.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was scantily supplied with English wheat, chiefly in middling condition. The attendance of millers was limited, and the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was in a sluggish state. Compared with Monday, however, no change took place in prices. The imports of foreign wheat are 7,1'69 quarters. For most kinds there was only a moderate inquiry, yet late rates were supported. Fine malting barley was scarce, and in raquest, at Mon. day's improvement in value. Grinding and distilling eorts were firm. Fine malt, was quite as dear as on Mondv. Secondary kinds ruled rather dull. We were well supplied with oats, which moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices. Beans and pes were firm ; but flour ruled dull. English Irish ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. 2,160 I 2,050 14,054 Oath. Flour. 870 1,980 7,370 6,420 11,190 barrels Foreign 1 7,660 1 16,270 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET, The show of beasts in to-day's market was seasonably extensive, and in good condition. Most kill& moved off slowly l , yet . Moeday's priers were supported. We were scantily supplied with sheep, which sold readily, at full quotations: The few- lambs on offer realised 7s to 7s 4 I per Slbs. Calves were in moderate supply, and fair qu est, at Monday's currency. In pigs very little was doing. Mulch cows were dull, but not eheapor. Per Ms to gunk the oftahk. e. d. e. d. i 8. n. • Interior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Prime Southdow 13 510 6 0 Sece..nd quality.... 3 8 4 0 lArge crse. calve t , 4 0 5 2 Prim c-large oxen 4 2 4 8 Prime small do 5 4 5 6 Prime Scots, Sto. 410 5 ;!Large hogs Wert er Sheep ...4 6 4 10 , Smallpork era 4 6 5 2 Second quality ...5 0 5 2 Suckling calves-23 0 30 0 Prime orse.-villed.s 4 5 6 Quarter old pi e r I. 21 0 28 0 TOTAL SUPPLY; FOREIGN SUPPLY Beasts 7O Sheep . 4O Calves 7O Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs . 340 Pigs NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. We had a fair demand for each kind of meat, a', ful full prices. Fier Sibs by th 3 carcase. s. d. e. d: 1 11. dl. .. I Beef, inferior 3 0 3 4 I Mutton, Inferior 3 6 310 Do., middling 3 6 310 I Do., middling 4 0 4 6 Do. prime 1arg0..4 0 4 2 t Do., prime 4 8 4 10 Do., do. 5zta11....4 4 4 6 / Veal 3 10 5 0 Perk, large 3 8 4 4 I Pork, small 4 6 5 4 BLE O TION INT:.LLIGENCE CITY OF LONDON. Raikes Currie has published an address to the elector, of the City cf L AsHsunToN.--Mr. Moffatt, M.P., addressed bis constitoenCy at A& boron on Tue,lclay evening. A res lution pledging the meeting to t.uppoit him at the n ext election, pa3Feci without dissent. BEDFORD.—Mr. Samuel WhitEread and Mr. W. Stuart, jun., the ptistnt members for Bediord, both tiler themselves for re-election. BEVERLEY.—Mr. Wells, the old member, and the Hon. W. H. F. Denison, eldest sc.n of Lord Londe sb , rough, stand fof this borough as support ters of Lord PalmerAc , n's Government. BRIDGEWATER.—CoIoneI Tynte and Mr. B. S. Follett, the pre-eut members, will offer themselves for re-liefon. BRIGHTON. —Mr. W. Coningham has issued an address to the electors. CHATHAM. —T h e Conservafves have again brought for ward Sir Frederick Smith, in opposition to Mr. G. W. Romain ,, , C. 8., the Liberal candidate. DEVONPORT.—Mr. James Wilson hAs punished an addl., si to the electors of I:onport and Stone house. CIRENCESTER.—Mr. Ponsonby has issued a se cond address. A canvas has also been made on be half of Mr. Mullings, the slting member, who Ls issued an address, offering himself fer re-election. DROITWICH —The Right Hon. J. S. Pakif.gt, , n has issued an address to the oleo - Los soliciting re election for this borough. EVESHAM.—Both sitting members, Sir H. Wil loughby and Mr. Holland, offer themselves again. GLOCESTER.—The two sitting members ye?trday issued add; (saes to the electors, offering themselves for re-e'ection. HALIFAX.—Sir C. Wood, First Lord of the Ad miralty, h i s i ssue d an address to his constituents at Halifax. HEREFORDSHIRE.—The Hon. Spencer Bateman Hanbury, Mr. Booker Blakemore, and Mr. King have issued addresses soliciting re-election. HEREFORD.— r. G. Clive has issued his address to the electors of this city. HUDDERSFIELD.—Lord Grnierich retires from this borough in order to represent the West Riding. KIDDERMINSTER. —Mr. Boycott, a resident of Kidderm , nster, has announced his intention of opposing the return of the Right Hon. R. Lowe. KNARESBOROUGH.—Mr. Woodd and Mr. Collins, jun., are in the field as the representatives of the Conservative party. The Liberal candidates have not yet made any demonstration. LIMBETIL —X new candida►e has come into the field to contest this borough in the person of Mr. Itoupell, a large landed proprietor in Lambeth, and who is well known from having contri buted largely to all the local charities. A meeting of his friends and supporters will be held at Hawkestone Hall, Waterloo-road, on Wednesday , evening next. His principles are of the most Libe ral description. MAIDSTONE. —Mr. Beresford Hope and Captain Scott, Conservatives, intend to onpose Mr. Lee, the present ni.-mber, and Mr. Midmay. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (SOUTH).—The ' re will be a keen cc ntest in this division of the county. Both parties (Lord Al'hrrp and the present members, Col nel Vyse and Mr. R. Knightley) are marshall ing ther forces, and already an active canvass is going on, NORTHAMPTON.—Mr. Raikes Carrie has accepted a nominition for the City of London. Lord Hen ley or the son of Mr. Currie will be brought forward to fill the vacancy. N ORTHUMBERLAND.—Lords Lovaine and Ossuls ton, for the N , rthern, and the Hon. H. J. Liddell for the Southern division of N(TthumberlAnd, have oft-red thetiiselves for re-election. PORTSMOUTH. —The Right Hon. Sir Francis Thornhill Bating has issuni his address to the elec tor'. Viscount Monck returned to London yes terdsy morning. The unexpected result of the meeting of his lorlship's c.nstituents caused seve ral persons to start for London to look for another can ti PLYMOUTH. —The committee appointed to select a colleag,ae for Mr. Collier have epplied to Mr. Weguelin, who expresses his determination to con tinue his coutlecton with Southlmpton. RADNORSHIRE BoROUGHS.—The Right H. n . the Chancellor of the Exchequer will not, as has been stated, become a candidate for tl , e University of Oxford. He ha% issued an addre-s to the electors of the Radnorsh're boroughs. It is not expected that there will be any opposition to the return of the right hon. b Aronet. ROCHDALE.—Mr. Miall has issued his address to his cons ittients, offering himself for re-election. SALFORD.—Mr. Langworthy, it is confidently , rumoured, does not intend to offer himself for re electlou, anti It is expected that Mr. Cobden will he put in nomination. SCARBOROUGH.—Lard Mulgrave has issued ,an address announcing himself again as a candidate, Rild as a decided friend of the Government of Lord Pa linerstfm. S A EFFiELD. —Mr. Roebuck, an d Mr. HadfiE 1(1- 2 are again candidates for the borough. ._ _ TA'N'TISTOCK. —Should Lord J. iinQsell come for ward he will I e opposed, it is said, by Mr. Carter, a barrister and Radical. TYNEMouTH.—Mr. Lindsay proceeded on his canvass yesterday morning. The friends of Cwt. have announced that he will contest the seat with Mr. Lindsay. WAKEFIELD. —Thera promises to be a smart con test fur this borough. The candidates are Mr. J. C. D. Charleswort (Conservative) and Mr. H. Leathern (Liberal.) YORKSHIRE (East Rid i ng).—No opposition is ex pected to the re-election of Lfird Ho Iram and the Hon. Aram.. Duncombe fur this division of the county of York. BOROUGH HOE. There is a fairdemand for good and fine hops, and prices are well. supported. Inferior kinds, however, command very little attention. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 15s to 51 123 ; Weald of Kent, 31 5s to 5103 ; Sussex, 31 38 to 4103 ; yearlings, 11 108 to 31 15E. per cwt. COLONIAL. TEA.—A. very limited business was transacted by private contract, and the public sales which took place yesterday went off very slowly. Some very fine Oolongs realised high prices. Common Congou is 11 d per lb. SIIOAR..—The market rules very inactive, with little change to notice in values. The arrivals continue light. Prices, compared with those current at the same time last year, are about 12s to 14s per cwt higher. COFFEE. —Plantation Ceylon has been in brisk demand, at improved quotations. Native ruled rather dull, but prices are firm, Mocha realising full rates. RlCE.—Business in this article has been limited, holders derr ending fully former quotations. Fine cleaned qualities of Bengal were in demand, end a good business was done at, in some instarccs, improved prices. SPICES.—A. moderate demand has existed, and ginger, pimento, nutmegs, and pepper ruled rather charar. COCHINEAL. —There has been a very limited inquiry, and prices may be quoted at about former values. - SALTPETRE.—No business of any importance has been transacted, and prices aro unaltered. TALLOW.—There has been a rather active market, and prices ruled firmer. P.Y.C. on the spot realised GOs 9d to 61s, and for late delivery 51s to 52s per cwt.. Home melted has been in demand at E6s per cwt., cash. GREEN FRUIT.—The market is bare of stock, contrary winds preventing arrivals. A cargo of oranges at St. Michael, sold by Keeling and Hunt, went at an edvanoe of 3s per bex. Other kinds were in proportion. There was more inquiry for nuts, prices were fully sustained, and steaks were light. Lemons are dull, the cold weather check ing consumption. In the Melbourne Legislative Assembly on Saturday, 29th November, the first topic that came on for discus sion was Mr. Colin Campbell's motion for opening the proceedings with prayer—a topic peculiarly ill-adapted for general reception by the legislative body as at pre sent constituted. A smart debate followed the motion , in which all the speakers specially stated that prayer was desirable—a fact not deniable in a Christian coun try--the only difference of opinion being as to whether it could properly be used in a mixed assembly, where some of the members held opinions that would prevent their attending to join in it. The tone of the debate, which lasted nearly two hours, would have convinced 'any close observer that, however well intentioned this motion might be, it would, if carried, cause great an 'xioyance and dissension by the repeated attempts which would be made to rescind it, causing frequent theologi cal discussions, if they nay be so termed, which are no toriously acrimonious in their character. The motion was rejected on a division, by 26 to 24. Melbourne A rgua. ATHENS, Feb. 28.—A portion of the French troops have embarked this day, and by to-morrow night, or the day after, the evacuation by English and French troops wi 1 be compete. M. de Olageibel, the Mexican Minister in Paris, had a 1• ng conference yesterday morning with Count Walewski, Minister for Foreign Affairs. It is said that the Mexican Government, perceiving that serious events are impending, has requested the good offices of Great Britain and France to arrange the differences with Spain. PRINCESS'S.—" RICHARD THE SECOND." —Anotber Shakesperian revival took place, last night, at this theatre. " Richard the Second" was produced with similar magnificence to that displayed on previous occa sions of the kind. It wag perfectly successful. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—To-morrow evening there to be an amateur performance at this theatre in aid of tit General Theatrical Fund. The success that has on fit mer occasions attended these benevolent representation( and the goodness of the selection for the coming one, give good promise of a substantial benefit to a most use , • id and laudable institution. SCOTLAND. AYRSHIRE. —Sir Jame-s Fe'gusson, who was elected for this county when in the trenches before Seha , topol, upon the death of Colonel Blair, who was killed at, Inkerman, has again offered himself. As yet there is no talk of oppo.it'on. AYR BURCHIS.—Mr. Crautuid, the sitting TEM ter for these burghs, has not yet mule any corn munication to the elect , lrg, but Mr. Archibald T. Boyle has is,ued an address offering himself as a candidafe. BERWICK. —The candidates are Mr. Marjori banks, the present member, Mr. M. Fo-ster,, and Mr. Stapleton, a director of the Royal British Bank. EDINBURGH. —As yet Mr. Cowan and Mr. Black, the sitting members, are the only oandictt=s. H ADDI N GTONSH IRE. —LOrd ElCh 0 again offers himself to the comitituency. HAI/DING TON BURGIIS. —Sir Henry R. Ferguson DavV has intimated his intention of again coming forward. LEITH BURGHS. —Mr. William Miller has come forward to oppose the Lord Advocate in thew burghs. PERTH. —The Hon. A. Kionaird again offers himself for the burgh of Perth. IRELAND. TIPPERARY.—The polling commenced yesterday mcrning at thee o'clock, and cloz•ed at five p.m , when the g oss poll for Thurles, Clonuiel, and Tipperary, was as follows : The O'Donoghue Waldron Majority for The O'Donoghoe 693 No return has yet been received from tile three other polling places. SIR JAMES DUKE AND THE EAST SUSSEX ELECTION. Our readers will have ok , erved, in the report which appeared in yesterday's paper of the pro edings of the meeting at the London Tavern on Tuesday, relative to the representation of the City, that after the nomination for the re-election of Sir James Duke had been moved by Mr. Alderman Wire, and seconded by Mr. Under-Sheziff Ander ten, Mr. Alderman Salomons thought proper to attempt to create a prejudice against Sir James, and to interrupt th e harmony of fee l ing which existed, by arraigning the Hon. Baronet's conduct in not going down to Sussex, at the late election, to vote for Mr. Dodgson, the Liberal candidate. It would not be possible to imagine anything more ungracious, under all the circumstances, thais the conduct of Mr. Salomons ; and it was as incon sistent in one professing to have decided religious principles as it was ungracious. Sir James Duke, like the country generally, feels strongly on the subject of Maynooth,—and Mr. Dodgson having point-blank refused to vote against the endow ment of that Popish seminary, Sir James very pro perly thought that he had no claims to the support of any one who, like the Hon. Baronet, regards Maynooth question as one of the d eepes t i mpor.- principles of ance. Sir James, in acting as he did, recorded a gbaaninsetofthtobseis country,:and ro strong e ped practical iencyichp are tes tthe a which impair, if they do not destroy, the character of so many of our publi c men . L e t us add, that tbere somewhat is no act in Sir J ames ' s prolonged political career which h as ra i se d him higher in V ' opinion of the count r y t h an this • and were well for others, both i n an d ou t of Parliament , holding, as he do e s, strong views.as to tli levtilsof a particular instituti on or pr i nciple , wou ld only give the same unmi s t a k a bl e pract i ca l utterance t' their conviction. We anticipate the best results personal r to the caus e o f p u bli c i ntegr i t y and of con sistency, by the admirable example Which °aril " has set to us all,—.3fornin9 Advertiser. SCE W STEAMING TO A USTI..eiLLA --~-~-- The Melboorne Argus c - IV - Ains the f . -llowirirr in . teesting letter from the Fey. J. L. laTie, &sot ibi• , g the trip of the screw steam ship Royal Chat t r from Liverpool t- Me bourne " The at rival of the _Royal Charter, after her second voyage from England, is an occurrence of such interest to tie Australian cqonies that a f,,w obs<-Irratious from a passenger relative to the in ciden's the voyag, may not be unaoceptskde t 9 your rod.ers. "We steamed out of the Mtrseyagarist awesterly wind on Thursday evening, the 2d Oct. We ;Int . our plot on ho ar d t h e b arque B en i n, b oun d f:7lr Liverpool, on tho I , rerroon of the 4th, about 21.1 mils to the wetward of Wwerford. We had head inds and calms till the 13th, when we passed the island of Maleira. We got the north-east trade on the 16,11, in lat. 24.52 N., and lost it on the 19th. We crossed the equator on the 27th, in long. 26.38 W., after being 24 days out. During the whole - of this first part of the voy age the winds were either light or con t rary, t h us causing an unexpected deman f on our ste am power . The screw propeller was in action every day ex ce pt th ee, and such was the strength of the wind against which we had to contend Vie second day after start ing that we only made 108 miles in the 24 hours. " Ti:e imporiariee of the screw as regards the health of the pa - . , .sengent was vu y apparent when pass:rig through the calms to.the north of the equa tor, with upwards of 600 people crowded, as they must neci-s , arily be, within the limits of a single vessel, carrying a Lrge cargo bts;des. We sh.'uid have been in great danger of epidemic disease bad we been detained long in those hot and unhealthy lalitudes; as it was, only slight symptoms of ill ness had t;me to manifest thems4vea among the I chiliren, of whomthe-ewete upwards of 60 on board. Two, of very delicate constitution, died during the hot weather, and one at a later period of disease caught at the same time. The tiree were all very young. We had an excellent run from the Equator to the He , :cls, and only required t) steam i on four separate days. ' "On the 18th Nov. we saile'l 325 geographical mile ' allowing 29 minutes for the difference of ion ' gituds ; VI is gives 383 statu' e miles in the 24 hours, tor at the rate of 16 miles an hour. In three come ! cutive days, including the 11th Nov., we ran, making the same allowance for difference of longi ' tnde ' 957 nautical miles, which gives about 13i knots an hour, or 1,108 statute miles, with an average velocity 0f15.4 miles an hour. " Our greatest run was on the 3d Dec., which, after allowing eight miles from 8.12 difference of longitude, gave 360 nautical miles in the 24 hours, or exacily 15 knots an hour ; changing it into sta tute miles we have no less than 417 as the re sult of this day's sailing—a speed of nearly 17i miles an hour. At one time upwards of 17 knots ran off the reel, showing a velocity of 20 miles an hour, the ship all lie while carrying royals and studding stile, the summer season, too, when the winds are from laf. 23.30 south, lung. to Cape Otway. The distance by the route we followed is 8,964 nau tical miles ; this we accompli-hed in 34 days, and in light winds. This exceeds the cel-btated run of the Lightning in the corresponding part of her voyage in the winter of last year, when she completed 8,146 miles in 33 days, or an avetige of 247 miles per day, or 10 knots an hour, whe!eas the Royal Charter's average was 2641 nautical miles a day, or 11 knots an h..ur. " A remarkable phenomenon presented itself Then ruening between the parallels of 43.31 and 45.3 south latitude, and 40.27 and 57.32 east len -1 gitude. For 'hree days, and over a spare of 700 mi!eN the sea was quite changed, and had the dull, i to bid appearance which is so well known to mari -1 ners ashen in soundings. Some parts were more laffected in this way than otters, but the whole was manifest y different from the ordinary colour of the ocean. " Captain Boyce informs me that he observed the same change last voyage, but only for 150 mils, and when his course lay about 130 miles further soutf', and that, though be has re;,eatedly soiled over ti .e same wound, he never saw o beard of it before. Had circurnA tric a admitted of it, it would hive been hiL:hly int,rest.ng :o a,certain whether we real) , wtra in s .undings, a subject of inquiry peculiarly d serving tie at el , ion of future navigators, as connected with ihe ge logii;nl ques tion of aI o sible rie (1 the subjacent laud. The same arrangement with refe . ence t) the compasses was adopted in this as in the pr , ceding voyage, and with th , i same ii'glily satisfactory re , ulti. The comp -i.-Fi, fixed by copper fastenings at an elevation of 42 fret to the rnizenmast, we found to act with ti e knit st mcuracy, and altogether free front the disturbing action of the iron ship. " As a practical pr, of of this, as well Ata of the excellent , of our chronometers and the r-gularity and i.recision with which the ob .ervatif 'nil were taken, 1 may mention that the first laud we dia titie'ly am was a rock called Gough's island, rising precipi• onsty in the inidit of the South Atlantic to the height of. 4,000 feet in 44.19 south, 9.41. w,stx, We sight. d this at the very lout that had been pre dicted to myself the day before by the cap ain, and last night when the loom of the Australian land be. to appear, and, above all, when the beauti ful light on Cape Otway first disclosed itself, at the very time we bad been led to expect, a thrill of emotion passed through all on Loard, caused not more by the thought of having at length got within s'ght of our destination than by admiration for the triumph of science and art which had so strikingly signalised itself by our arrival at the given hour and place after a voyage of 13,000 miles through the trackless ocean. " The feeling or distrust which, for a consider able time and with too much reason, attached itself to iron sh . ps on account of the irregularity and un certainty in the action of the compasses has now disappeared—a cir rumstance of no small moment, when iron is so rapidly displacing wood in the naval arsenals of Europe. "The great drawback in the present voyage as compared with the previous one has been the un favourable west' er we experienced as far as the line. We lost six days on this part of the voyage. Our average speed, chiefly with steam, was rather under seven knots. "Flom the line to Australia, on the other hand, this voyage bears a decidedly advantageous corn par:son with the last. In tote last the run was made in 41 da3s ; in this it has been done in 40 days, with the important difference that we lost several days by being thrown by adverse winds more towards the coast of South Americ t., and had therefore a course fully 1,000 miles longer to de scribe. " The combing' ion of moderate steam power with first c 1 45s sailing qualities is undoubtedly the true solution of the problem of the Australian voyages, as alone disperning with the necessity of eallin; at; intermediate ports ' and at the Ertme tine providing effectually against the inevitable contingencies of calms and unfavourable winds. " I Cannot conclude th's htter without paying a well-merited compl , ment to Captain Boyce for the quiet energy and assiduous attentiou, as well as pr:-fesional skill, N‘i , h which he discharges his im port tut and highly responsible duties. Such a man is undoubtedly in his right place when com manding the Royal Charter." 'TEE TYNE STEAMER SOUTHAMPTON, THITRSDAY. This steamship, which, it will be remembered, was strand( d on the rccky shore off St. Alban's He.td, on her voyage from the Brazils, early on the Morning of the lath of January lot, has at last been rescued from her state of bondage, and is now once more safely berhed in our docks. The at tewpts to float her have been renewed each succes sive spring tide, but all in vain till the morning, when a 11,.avy westerly swell set in, and about a quarter-past 7 o'clock, at the tip of the tide, sloe t o h u a t th she p ' had t m - was found to be afloat. All the necessary prepara tions having previously been made the hull was adndwisthubsheqeruef;:trl: im n, m legr eli:t hi el n y t m ak e e ss n a in ges to w w e b re y three forw an nouncing ni w n h g ic th h e s f t a a e r t te , passed Hurst, and the news was circulation. The consequence E°° ll in general was that when the vessels arrived here,about 3 o'clock, there were several hundreds of people congregated in the docks. The Tyne was towed the Friend to all Nations the river by thiee tugs, the Aid and Phoenix ions (of London) a-head, and a ttached to the hull. As she came up the river the Austra lian Company's steamer Jura, just depar‘ Ing on her voyage out, passed her, and fired a couple of guns as a compli men t ary salute. Th e whole of the steamships in dock also hoisted their colours. k A couple of small engines were eng,isfi, wh on ich de fi c o in d pumping the water out of the Jr in 11flo w paddlewheeled out a small out by the side of the the and cata ract. She was towed direct into . dock, berthed under the shears, s graving dock - n a day or two. he and will be taken into i but her lower masts be, looked a mere nglefts tand j shell, nothing thitig moveable havingbeen taken out to ' ing, every C t * Vincent h „.,.. ap amhopes to get her H o :item , ti in about rei dy for sea 4,aa si x months. The cost willisiug her must have been considerable, and it take a large sum of money to render her fit for sea ~g ai n . When, however, this is done she will b e worth 80 , 0001. to the oyal Mail Company. The distance from the place of the wreck to „South ampton Docks is between 40 and 50 miles. CRYSTAL PALM/Z.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Thursday, March 12.—Admissions en payment, 637; ditto by son tickets, 242; total visitors, 879. Tri Stiv. LONDON,