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of the 1 of its ng in a of Co- Berlin Gotha ;he diet means 1 of in decree, ing M. I, to be Teragua az, and ibe second 16th of ;onsort, ;amp. derbildb frog" nil, and on the cl about spatcheg pril 15, days at iency of 0 bales; eight at o 9 and 60 accounts )f flour! k o She t. : )tt, an m a rcv• with , d wit 1 Lack" mast 1 110 / river ; q rea ctr steatunt retreat, Tbe° ° Rescu e. I his r e : pro/1" r, q Id, ; 4831. L 14: L 1 6 . d , s ne w-. ales to r, ,hecror , 37 70?* L in ard it., and L 15! %lcutta, rcial aG the el l ' ,f w ater, ,nd 1 01 ' F or beo en Oa gaire 3 ori al3 ec Pe hes t lergas der for MONEY A: P E J.Q AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENOF. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Accounts from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, and last week's prices were fully maintained. The sales amounted to 6,000 bales, 500 of which were taken by the exporters, anti 1,000 by the speculators. The Rasl- Way Share Market closed with au active appear ance, and with a slight advance in prices. The Vinaeira has arrived from New South Wales, with advices to the 25th January. She is not supposed to have any gold on board. Several vessels are now due from Australia, and as they convey a large supply of gold, their appearance is awaited with some anxiety. Although the shipments of silver on the 4th by the steamer to India and China are not expected to prove so large as or late. The wll probably exceed half a million sterling. Even if the comparative reduction is limited however, it is encouraging, as this movement of the precious metals is one of the chief causes at present affect ing the money market. The demand for silver is not very active, but moderate receipts are still an nounced from the Continent, about 25,0001. having arrived yest , rday. _ _ _ The Directors of the Bank of England, as was fully anticipated, have not imoosed any addi tional rest! ictions, and their deliberations at the Weekly court to-day were not protracted. Dur ing the next few days the money market will no doubt remain in a very stagnant state, owing to the preparations for the 4th proximo, and the Settlements in the Stock Exchange. To-day there a full inquiry in all departments. Out of doors high rates are charged for discounts, and in the " House " 7 to 8 per cent. has to be paid for loans on Government Stock.. A failure has been declared on the Stock Ex change this morning. The party in question has sustained heavy losses in French shares, Turki , li stock, and fluctuating securities. His lia bilities have not yet been ascertained. There has' been no movement of importance in the English Stock Market to-day, but business is very dull, and the quotations remain heavy. Since the Bank meeting separated the market has been a shade firmer, but as the arrangement of the Foreign Stock and Railway Share accounts is now in progress speculation is exceedingly quiet. Con kolg have been 92-12- - for money, 92/ for th e 7th proximo, and 931 a for June. The Now Threes are marked 91* the Reduced, 911 the March Exchequer Bills 2s. discount to is. Premium, the June ditto ss. to 33. discount, and India Bonds, 9s. discount. The Foreign Market is very dull, and prices have tended downwards. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 92i 3, and the present value is about 92* s. Spanish 3 per Cents. are 41 to 41g. Russian Small 9 7. Buenos Ayres 85, and Dutch 4 per Cents., 94. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in roard figures as under : 1857. Great Western £28,439 N orth-Western t o uth-Wastern 14,060 Brighton 14,478 Midland liot.th-Eastern 17,656 Great Northern L ancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter etieeter and Holyhead East Lancashire 6,259 s La ncaster and Carlisle Manchest er , Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,223 North Stafford Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh 4.014 r. :I "'burgh and Gla-gow Grand and South-Western 'rand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada.... 14.370 1856. £26,743 59,327 16,221 17 260 29,606 16.856 21,743 21,785 6,035 5,139 5,852 5,581 9.561 7.015 3,332 5.294 5.854 5,242 15.563 The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds. 61 7 ; Mexic tn, 23 R ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 'M I 77-; do. 3 per Cents., 531 54k ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 45 ; kissian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; Da. 4 per Cents., 95 7 ; *4panish 3.petr Cents., 4111; ditto Deferre 1. 44 _1 25; ditto Certificates, 61 ; ditto Passive, s! i - 6. In the Railway Share Market the transactions reported are extremely limited. Prices, however, have shown a slightly upward tendency in some in- Stances. Eastern Counties improved ss. ; Great Western, ss. ; South Western, 10s. ; Midland, ss. , p t s 108,, and North Eastern, Berwick, about ss. • the French lines prices have receded to tconsiderable extent, particularly in Paris and 'lons, which have fallen fully 2/. to 3/. Northern • France 10s. to 155., and Eastern of France ss. G rand Trunk of Canada, and . Great Western of ~ '4 o ada have been rather firmer, as also East In wap, and Great Indian Peninsula. Mining Shares exhibit no change in values re cilliring a report. Joint Stock Bank Shares have been dull, and generally at lo wer quo t a tions. London Joint 4 tock have declined 10s. ; Oriental Bank, 15s. ; and Ottoman Bank, ss. In the Miscellaneous undertakings prices show no alteration of importance. London General Omnibus Company, and Peel River Land were a Shade lower. , BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.. (From the Official List:) !Ilk St oc k 212. 1 14 ° Der Cent. Reduced Annuities 9li 2 i leer Cent. Console Annuities 9 21 i i T (I ‘ 7 3 per Cent. Annuities 914 if i A - ". l z A.nunities, expire :ith .iSn. 1869._ hDitto 39 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 2 3.16 ll* Bonds. £lOOO • - bitto, under £lOOO 9 d c % sots for Account . . 921 BAchequer Bills, 20. March. I June. WO .lp 2di 53d 1580 Small l' pm... 2 d 2 1)15 dpar -- • ,, ES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE o'cLo. t a Ileues Ayres Bouds, 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account B5 , jai' Bonds, 1422, t St., 5 per Cent , " it to, 44 per Cent. — ti tto Smal l T:,lith Bowls, 3 p ar Cen t ... 413 1 I,Kinh Bonds, 8 per cent Ditto Secount , en i 4 on above ~ t ne 4 ' - 10 n. 11 tv . clb Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guilders IJitto 4 per Cent. Certificates 97 k Two O'CLOC K. Consols, money .. 92 Ditto for account Ditto June Account... 93 a TILE PERSIAN EXPEDITION. pThe following letter from an officer of the o litical Agency of Bagdad gives the lates.t news o ttl t io the Head-quarters of the Persian Expedi narY force. It will he seen that only by a happy eee'd av erted could the attack on Mohammerah be - verted I .Yesterday evening we had a special tartar from te°stantinople, who brought us news of peace, but the trns were not known. 1,::I despatched a messenger to BuPsorah immediately, Che will not be in time to save Moharnmerah, unless s'" r ata dad news by way of Aden. My la-t date from I : l4 sorah is the 17th of March. On that day the General on tta to lea ve B us hi re f or th e r iv er , where all the trans were collected,- were collected,- and probably on the 21st they • go at Mohammerah. 1 , 11 4 1 en c l ose a roug h t rac i ng o f th e pl ace , w hi c h shows 4 , ere th e P ers i ans h ave ra i se d tb e i r earthworks; they bdescrib e d a P b e i ng v er y cre dit a bl e pieces of work, ade considerable resistance was expected. We may a news before the post closes, but I dO not expect it o - Morrow. I have two tartars ready for Constantino; le. • a;, ( The force a t Moha m merah was paid to consist of 26 up regular?, 4,000 Arab levies, 1,500 horsemen, and guns, of which two are 24-pounders, four are 18 in unders, and the remainder 9 and 12 pounders, incityl hog °lle mortar. Seven regiments of infantry, 1,200 0 4 ,,, 43e rnen, and north side of the Mohammerah river; the ~ "" cc the south side." Itt_:ATAL ACCIDENT IN HYDE PARK.—Yesterday Mr. b e " ( ord held an i nques t i n St. G eorge ' s H osp it a l, Hyde -411, on th e b o d y o f William 011iver, a well-k n own ors e - trainer and b rea ker in, aged 70. who w as kill e d by 1 11 4 i ling from a horse belonging tl Colonel Airey, which was breaking in, on Thursday last. The deceased as ob served to lose all power over the horse, in cense pence of its backing against the pole of a carriage. The b y another4se suddenlc y rriage in bounding fro fo nt w , rardbut, endeavoured to dash a 1 "" its unfortunate nd, pitchingfell heavily to the rider at the same time with much violence on his bead. Re was as speedily as I : 4B ible cent ey e d to the hospital, where he gradually a uk and di e d.. Verdict, "accidental death." cINCI. rHE SUN, LONDON, , TH URSDAY EVEN_lrst Gr, APRIL 80 1857, NEWMARKET RACES. Naval and Military inien),-,1,0e. (This Day.) Lieut.-Col. E. B. flamley's company of Royal Airtillery, 12th battalion, consi-tinz r.f Major P. Dickson, Capt. A. G. Miller, Lieut. W. G. Branckcr, Lieut. B. L. Foster, 20 non-cominissiotied officers,. an& 120 gunners and artificers have arrived at head quart:l.3, Wrcolwich, from Leith Fort. Lieut. G,,r don's company of the 14th battalion of Royal Artil lery have also arrived at Woolwich from Guernsey, and with Col. Hamley's company were yesterday morning inspected by the Cominandaq and Staff. The latter company is compes-d of the following officers and men :—Col. S. E. Gorden, in command ; Capt. 0. Johnston, Lieut. W. CTilmoin." - ., Lieut. E. Evan, Lieut.' L. R. Cottingham, and 140 rank and (BP ELECTI?!O TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Saxe Weimar 1 Erening Star Colt Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Spinet Delusion Azimuth Five ran. 501. HANDICAP PLATE. . 2 0 .2 0 Yowton le-Wi'lows Kestrel Her Majesty's steam .. stor9; ! hip Buffalo, in tem porary charge of Master-Commander Petley, of the Admiralty yacht Black Eagle (Second-master Jones having been removed from the Buffalo), left 'Wool wich yesterday with dockyard stores for Devonport. The storeship Industry likewisa sai'ed thence with a similar cargo, for the•same destination. Yesterday afternoon the troops stationed at Chat ham garrison, consisting of the Previsional Batta lion (the depots of which were formed irate two bat talions, under the respective commands of Col. H. Jervis and Lieut.-Col. R. N. Philips), the Royal Marine Light Infantry, commanded by Col. E. Rea, and the Royal Engineers, under the command of Major C.-D. Robertson, R.E., were drawn up on Chatham Lines for the purpose of undergoing an in inspection by Col. W. H. Eden, in command Chatham garrison. The regiments of the Line t oo k up their position in the.centre of the column, with the Royal Engineers on their right and the Royal Marines on their left. The entire brigade then went through a variety of manceuvies, which wt re per formed in a-highly eflic . ient manner. The following changes have taken place in the quarters of the several depots at'ached to the Pri visional Battalion, Chatham :—GOth Royal Rifles, from St. Mary's Barracks to Chatham Barracks ; 74th Highlanders, from Chatham Barracks tai -Brompton Barracks ; 90th Light Infantry, from Chatham Barracks to .St. Mary's. Barracks. The strength of the Provisional. Battalion is nearly 3,000 men of all ranks. Yesterday morning an inspection of the cavalry and infantry troops stationed-at the invalid depot, Chatham, was Made..by Lieutenant-Colonel H. • Anderson, when the • names of 100 non-commis sioned officers and men, for who;e discharge an order had been received from the War-office, were read by Adjutant J. Pope, and each man informed of the amount of pension awarded him. They will be discharged from St. Mary's Barracks this morn ing. Owing - • • td the large number of men who have re cently received their discharge from. the Royal Ma rines at the Chatham, _Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Woolwich divisions, that branch of the service is now much below its prescribed strength ; an order has consequently been issued for recruiting parties to be sent out immediately, and the Lords of the Admiralty have reduced the standard for recruits to sft. 61in. _ _ Fourteen ran. • LATEST BETTING. ONE 'THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6 to . 4 on Blink Bonny 7to 2 agst Ayacanora Bto 1 aget Arta • 10 to 1 agst Imperieuse 10 to. 1 bar three 50 to 1 bar four tqmv.v. 8 to 1 agst Skirmisher (taken freely) 8 to' agst Blink Binny (offered) 15 to l agst Lady Hathorn (taken freely) CHESTER CUP. 7 to 1 agst Leamington (taken) 9 to 1 agst Dulcaolara (takeD) 10 to 1 agst Mincepie 20 to 1 ag,st Van Denck ' 25 to 1 agst Pretty Boy 30 to • 1 agst Bly Hilton. 40 to 1 agst Pantonsirne (taken) 40 to 1 agst Sir Colin (offered) 100 to 7 agst Risebtx (taken) 100 to 1 agst Worcester THE OAKS. 4to 1 agat Blink Benny (taken) Her Majesty's ship Cressy, 80, Capt. R. L. War ren, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Mediterranean station. She left Malta on the 15th ult., and Gibraltar on the 7th inst. Having made so long a passage she has no news. She brought home about 50 military invalids from va rious regiments at Malta and Gibraltar, and is or dered to Sheerness (Where . she fitted out) to be paid off. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. C. J. Balfour, to the Princess Charlotte ; Lieut. H. H. M. Magrath, to the Vesuvius ; Lieut.. S. P. Brett, to the Alvan trite ; W. J. B. Hilliard, H. A. Moriarty, and J. Bodie, masters, to the Agamemnon ; R. E. Malow. paymaster, to the Leopard ; K. L. Sutherland, paymaster,. to the Agamemnon ; J. J. Wilcox, clerk, to the' Leopard. LITERATURE. Life and Enterprises of R. W. Elliston, Comedian. By George Raymond, author of •' "Drafts for Acceptance," fie. &c. Routledga, and Co., Far- ringjon-street. The name of Robert William Elliston is a dear and familiar one to all the lovers of the drama, and marked in the Thespian System as a "bright, par ticular star," which shed a memorable brilliancy on the age of its ascendancy. He was the first come dian of his tine, a sound tragedian, and, when he chose to "wear motley," an exce'lent buffo:m. Few men save Elliston could play the role which he filled with such fascinating and masterly apti tude. One night Lord Ogleby, the n-xt Macbeth ; followed in succession by Hamlet, Rang , r, Richard - the Third, Rollo, Mercutio, Harlequin, and even Clown at a pinch—all acted to per , ection, and eliciting clamorous applause from crammed audi ence. It was our fortune to see him once, and once only, at the close of his Men., in the charac'er of Charles Surface. We were very young, but such was the impression he made on our ope Ling mind by his finished performance, that to this mo ment we experience an ohs'inwe c mvietion thtt we have never "looked ou his like again" in the assumption of the generous, gentlemanlike spend thrift; and we have often regretted that tve did nb l±ve esr:ier to have enj•Tett a stronger "taste of his quilty." This volume is replete with the mingled yarn of an actor's life. Letters and coiTespondence in con nex'on with Elliston, orignal anecdotes of himself and the surrounding "greatnesses" of his day, inci dents and a Iventures of stirring awl powerful raAer, era pl-ntifolly and ably given. Moreover, his individual habits, vir'.ues, and failings are jusly set forth and commented on, alike untinged with the glowing inflation of partial enthusiasm and the dark bitterness of unsympathi:Ang prejudice. Mr. Raymond has done his work well. He begins with Ellistou's birth on the 7th of April, 1774, in Orange-stret, Blohmsbury, and ends with his death on the Bth of July, 1831, in Great Surrey street, B'ackfriars, filling upwards of 400 pages with valuaVe and entertaining matter. We cannot resist giving an extract or two, though we cannot possibly do justice to the work in our limited space. • . _ _ . . _ _ The following ii characteristic of our " farmer king," . 6-e - )rge the Third, and our clever actor Elliston had acted this season at Weymouth, a place to which the King was extremely-partial, and where it was no unusual thing for him to take his stroll, unat• tended. On t:,e morning of Elliston's benefit, he bad been enjoying one of these afterno , n wanderings, when rain corning on just as he was passing the theatre-door, in he went, and finding no one immediately at hand, proceeded at once to the royal box, and seated himself in his own chair. The dim daylight of the theatre, and slight fatigue, which exercise had occasioned, induced an inciina , ,ion to drow.iness. His Majesty, in fact, fell into a comfortable doze, which presently became a sound sleep. In the mean time, Lord Townshend, who had encountered Ellisten in the neighbourhood, ingeired whether he had seen the King, as his Majesty had nut been at the palace since his three o'clock dinner ; and it being then nearly five, the Queen and princesses were in some httie anxiety about him. But his lordship gaining no direc tion from the dramatic star, pursued his object in another course. Elliston, now making his way to the theatre for the purpose of superintending all things necessary for the re ception of his august patrons, went straight into the King's box ; and on perceiving a man fast asleep in his Nlhjesty's chair, was about recalling him to his senses, in no gentle manner, when, very fortunately, he recog niz•?d the King himself. • What was to be done ? Elliston could not presume to wake his Majesty—to approach him—to speak to him —touch him, impossible ! and yet something waM neces sary to be attempted, as it was now time the theatre should be lit. Elliston hit on the following expedient ; taking up a violin, from the orchestra, he stepped into the and placing himself just beneath his truly exalted guest, struck up, dolcenrcnte, "God Save tha King !" The expedient had the desired effect : the royal sleeper was gently loosened from the spell which had bound him ; and awaking. up he sprang, and, staring the genuflecting comedian full in the face, exclaimed, " Hey hey ! hey !" what, what ! 04, yes ! t see, Elliston—ha ! ha ! rain came on—took a seat—took a nap. What's o'clock V' "Approaching six, your Majesty." " Six !—six o'clock !" interrupted the King. " Send to her Majesty—say I'm here. Stay—stay—this wig won't do,—eh, eh t Don't keep the people waiting— light up—light up—let 'em in—let 'em in—ha! ha! fast asleep.—Play well to-night, Elliston I Great favourite with the Queen. Let 'em in—let 'em in." The house was presently illuminated—messengers were sent off to the royal party, which, in a short lapse of time, reached the theatre. Elliston then quitted the side of his most affable monarch ; and dressing himself in five minutes for his part in the drama, went through his business with bounding spirit ; nor was his glee at all diminished, when. on attending the royal visitors to their carriage, the King once more nodded his head, saying, Fast; sheep, oh, Ed.ton ! —fasb wsloop !" We meet with rather a curious composition of Edmund Kean's, addiessel to Elliston, betraying thlt the "green-eyed monster" prowls rather savagely about the buskins and "footlights." " Rothsay, Isle of Bate, October 28 " Elliston,—l cannot be in London till Monday, the 11th of next month. Advertise me for Richard, on that night; you must forgive my being jealinis of my hard earned laurels. Young has many advantages that I have not—a commanding figure, sonorous voice, and above all, lordly connections ; I kick all such pests to the devil, for I bate a lord. I am, therefore, coming to :nett an opposition made up of my own enemies (which, like locusts, almost darken the sun), Mr. Young's Mends, and his very great abilities—with nothing but humble genius to support me,—a mere ephemeron, at the command of caprice—the same breath that nourishes the flame this day, to•morrow puts it out. —Aug arsar ant nullus, is my text. If I become secondary in any point of view, I shrink into absolute insignificance. "1 have taken a house in Scotland, for the purpose of retirement with my family at the termination of my en gagements, and all I ask of you is, to let me go with my re putation undiminished. As the Covent-garden hero comes upon my ground the challenger, I have doubtless my choice of weapons ; be must play lago before I act Jaffier. lam told he is wonderful.) , great in Pierre ; if so, lam beaten, This must not be. I cannot bear it. I would rather go in chains to Botany Bay. lam not ashamed to say, lam afraid of the contest. Will you take the thousand pounds, and dismiss me " Elliston, my dear Elliston, I know you. I see the deep entangled web you have extended for me ; but that Providence wbich has guided me through all the perils of worldly chicanery fights for me now, and will defeat the plot, though Coutts's Bank flowed into the coffers of my enemy, and its suite composed of lords and auctioneers.—Yours, &c., " E. KEAN." Here is a lesson in Cupidean economy for the benefit of all frugal Strephons— Munden's eccentricities, and his tendency to parsi mony, are well known. The folloAing is a little amusing trait of his besetting foiblesse. Not very many years before hiiretirement, Munden fancied himself in love ; the object of his sly parssion being a country actress. The role of a lover on the stage of life is always, more or les., an expensive part to play—a feature as unpalatable to our friend, Joe Mun den, as to any perhaps who had stepped forward in the character. Amongst other things, he announced to his mistress that he was anxious to possess her likeness, in the form of a miniature, and requested she would make him happy by giving the limner a sitting. But the history of the portrait was this ; Munden had had in his possession, time out of mind, a little old miniature of some obsolete relation of his own, in the costume of the year '45. This miniature was liberated front its thin wiry frame, and put into the hands of a young friend, an artist; —"just to alter the features," as poor Joe observed, to resemble the lady who would sit to him. This order was given with great secrecy, and duly execut :d. Tae article being now replaced in its fragile frame, and brushed up a bit, with the finger of an old glove, Munden carries it, in topping ecstasy, to his lady-love. "See!" cried he, " here it is 1 and what a likeness ! My friend is a genius, I assure you—only one sitting and see how perfect I —what a likeness ! The old cos tume," added he, cunningly, "is more picturesque than the silly attire of the present day, so I have had y, u panted as one of the beauties of the Court of George the Second." Madden died in February, 1832. • The learned gastronomy may be amused by the particulars of a lay's " dietetics" as detailed her.e.d Amongst the heavenly ere bodies, which hat thwisaspetrhieo were noticed in the 13rumeaag e , n1 h.,." Di d s a P n . luminary Allsop, daughter of - 111.7. 4 . u ° , r own , Mrs. Allsop Daring her sojourn at the above m . and to di up her quarters at the " Hen and Chick,ens," at the expiration of three weeke, her "Mt', account" amounted to 401. Feeling " astonished beyont. ea, sure" at tide such total, for the mere neceparies oi a !oho woman, Mrs . Allsop a pplied to Eliston to tax the bill, On ioveedgatton it appeared the menage had been ordered as follows :—Breattfast, composed of a roast chicken (one perhaps especially picked from the firm), hatn, eggs, boiled meshbrooms, honey, and Scotch cake. This was fllowed by a meridian lunch of cola pa rtridge And noyeau, which two meat§ con etituted the fir , t act of the Lenten day, before re• hearbal at the theatre. At fent. o'clock Mrs. Allsop dined—a repast, whereof " the order of the course" consisted of all delicacies of the Raton ' and expensive specialties. The hot lob ster was charged six ; the cool cucumber, four; the diurnal bottle of Madeira, ten ; and the port wine, seven ; fresh straw berries and preserved cherries had due consideration. After the play, Mrs. Allsopp supped—supper was her "favourite meat," for she had mere time for its discus sion. Broiled kidneys, grilled hones, and brandy and water, were deemed sustaining after the excitement of acting ; and on one occasion, Mrs. Allsopp haying found herself indisposed, a few extra articles were in requisi• tion. Offering our warm thanks to Mr. George Ray mood for these able memoirs of "the joyotr;est of once embodied spirits," and. to George Crwkshank and " Phiz" for the capital illustrations accompany ing them ; we can but cordially commend the ex tremely cheap volume to an appreciating public, SHA .•=iE PIIARKETS—(ihis Day). RAILWAYS. Closing Price. yest^.rday. Business done this 'ley. RAILWAYS. ( Nottng. I3oet. Ss Eastn. June ;Belfast k Ballymena !Birmng. Wolverh. it Stour Valley Birkonhd. Lanesb. it Cheshire Junct Blackl,urn Birth k Tyne oriqinal £ils(iss. at £45) 100 Bristol & Exeter__ 100 Caledonian. I ° o ,Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon. : all ;Cork, Black. & Pass all !Cornwall all I Th. % A. 8 Dn ' 45 ,Hublin&Belfast.Tunc. all ;Dun. 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Do. A Shares ......... Newcastle & Newpt.Aberg.&flifd • Newry & Enniskillen Newry, WarrenpOint & Rostrevor Norfolk.. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock - Do., A Stock ......... Do., B Stock .. N. Eastern Berwick ,Do. do. Extension ;Do do. G.N.E.Purch iDo Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., stead, and City Jn ;North Staffordshire North Western r l N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton." Portsmouth ,Rhymney Scottish Central ,Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 'Shropshire Union .1 iSitingbourne &Sheer South Devon.. .... . Sontli Do. 41 per c. Shares SnttUi Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun 'Do.. S tain es ,Wolc. , &WOk . I 'Stockton & Darling 1 Do. do., 1834 Do. do., L 355 Stockton & Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1.: 'Thames liar. D. &L Vale of Neath iWaterfd.. & Kilkenny IWaterford&Limerick !West !West End of London' and Crystal Palace.. Do. A Do .B West London • Do. First Class._ I Da. Second Class I Wmblodon &Croydol, , BRITISH Litlan . . and St. Li*, Bomb4q, Biroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. Do. Buffalo & Lake Hut Buff. Brnt. & Gorich. 6p. ds., I Aug:,'72, Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Onde (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do Demerara .. Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59; ao. Geelong & Melbourne guir. 5 per cent. " Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 perc Do.'New. guar. 5 p.c. Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Do; • New • • Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, do. Do; do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4i p.c Do. do., 5 per c.• Do. 44 p. c. Exten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do. I Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per c Do kritwrp & Rotterdam Ardennes Belgian East. Junct. Re ifers to Graissegsae Carm eau x & Toulouse Coal Mines and' Ry. Mitch .Rhenish ' Eastern of Franco ... Do. New Euphrates Valley Gt, Central of Prance Great Luxembourg Italian J un ction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lcimhardo-Ven etlan Lucca & Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Maria Antezia Do. New Naihnr & Liege Do. do. 6 p c. Pref NOrthern of France NorwcgianPrnk. Prel Paris and Lyons• Paris and. Orleans Recife & San Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c Rome and Frascati , Royal Danish • Royal Swedish-: Sambre and Meuse )o. 5 per cent. pref Southern of France West Flanders !Do. 534 per c. Prof • I WoStN.W. of France Western of Austria._ West. of Switzerland ,Wiesbaden Do. 8 p ; cent. prof. Zealand . •••• JOINT-STOI Australasia Bank of Egypt- • Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co British N. American C.Bk .of Ind.Au.&Ch City colonial Commercial of Lond Eng. Scot. &Aus.Cht Lon. Ch . Bk. Of Aust: Ditto New London and County Lnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp London Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst. National Pro. of Eng. Do. New k National Bank. New South Wales Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New ~R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co, uth Australia Union of Australia Do. Now Union of London Unity Mutual Weatri Bk.of Lon& 53 - 53 8i - 9 65 - 67 8 - 9 88 -- 90 68i - 31 - 35 :i --- .. - -• - -9 , 13 - 19 1 - 114 54 - 56 36,1 - 8 - 74.1, 97 - 98 1 s 3 3~ 95 - 97 8 - 96 - 97 . 86 - 88 122 - 121 100 - 102 655 - 661 63 - 65 65 - 70 5 - 7pl 5 - 7 100 i -101 pi 6 - 6f 110 - 111 11011 - 105 I d 104 101; 3i - 39 81A - 82 53i - 54- M IGA 60 - 62 3i - 3fl 43 - 44 85 - 86 Si - 3 2i 2i I 39. - 401 - 64 96 - 99 I 15t si.i - 10 - 11 29 - 30 6 - 4 106 —10 i 26 26 . 48 50 21 la 17 - 18 73i —74 i 861 - 874 6 5 :1 1 6 sdl ...... 40 - 42 204 -20 i 4f - 4i 7 - 9 - 3 5i - 6 , SSESSIONS. i - IP par — gyp 196 98 95 97 95" 97 1 - 1# pi 107 -109 lap 20f -- 201 634 -- 641 89 -- 90 21i -21 a -- • 1 p 211 -24 i .2f .20 99 -- 100 118 -- 123 1118 -- 123 106 108 19 2 211 — 21 i d Par iP .14 --.2ip = 71 - 2 - 3 p 4i It Yd 311 —31 i par }P 231 21 6 1 1 7b 41 - 5 P 30 - 32 8 -8! 20i - 20. 381 - • 38. 9 - 10 . . 60.} - • 60; 56 - 53 d pai 17 19 1 11 8 91 13A 9 311 32 4sj— 5 9A 10 29} 304 par 1 ' BANKS. 88 - §0 21 - 144 51. - 53 id' 63 65 17 1 _- 17i 17A -- 18 171 -17 i ••• - 46 - 48 1 * () 58 60 6i -7; - 1 Z 2 i& LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Companies Cl )sing Prices yesterday. PAILWAY3• Pald 1 100 100 all 1 100 all 100 100 all 100 all all Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col..Stour Vy E.Lin. g. 6 p.c E. Un. H. Sh. Gla.s. Barr. di Noils.Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. } Shares Lon.dtGreenw 'Do.Prcference Lou. TH., &S. 'Do. Birk. Sli. iMatich.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld . Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. Est.s p.c.' 'Do. 6 per ct ' ' Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & Wyre Do. A Shrs. 4 11, - )ystn.& Hit. Shrews.& Her S. Sta flordsh WearVaLg6pc , Do.. iWi!ts4rSorrt,t j Ln. &N. W. Caledo❑ E. U. & E. C Gt. Northn E. Count. I Caldonian., Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd.at 501.) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. 0: q. Do. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4A p. c. , Ches. & Ho. 5 P.C. Do. do. 5 per cent Cork &Bandons Ap.c Dun.Perth.&Aber.J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cis. B 6p, c Do.' do. Cis. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 Do.'New 6 pr. c. St East Ull. ' G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh Do. do. 4 per cent East Lane ash .6 p. cts E.&W. York. J. 3ths /Min. & Gl. 5 p. c. Sll. l Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.e. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 .p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. preen. Gt.N . of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. W.( 8.&11.Ex.5pc Do. cou. red. 4A P.C. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per lent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref.' Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Sp. c.P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk, Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh, Do. do. do.. Do. do. do.. Lau. & York. 6 pc.St. Eon. &.; B. G. 5 - pc. No.l D0.,P.,5 p.e.St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. , Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Cov. 6! Nuneaton 5 p. et... Lon. & S.W. 7 perct .Late 3d Shares Lowly.& Color. Sh Lowly.kEnnis. A Sh S.,&L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. .£6 Do. do. 3.1 per cent Maryut. n Carl. 4 p.c Do. 4l per cent Do. do. Aid. Consol. 6p. c. St. Do. COD. 8r.8ir.6 p.c. Do. 4:1 p. c. Pref. S. Do. L. di H. Pref. St. New., Amer., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 n. c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. Norf k Deb. 4 p.c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5{ p.c. pf ,1847 Do..Wv.V.sp. ~1847 North British D.). 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf Do: do. do Do. Leeds 6pe No.l Do. do. Qrs., 184 S Do. York IL &S. Per North Staffordshire Ox:, Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c:, Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar i Scot. Cent. New Pref Sc.N.E Aber.g.6n.c ' Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. •S:: Do. do.3 t , p.c. pf. St ' South Devon Do: fixed 44 pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d Da: 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sl3 , S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Da. do. 4i p. c•• • B.Yorksh.4 p. c. Guar. Stock. &Dar., s p. c. Da, do. do. 108 108 111 9?- 14i 132 137 113 - Stock. & Hartl. g. 5. p:c. till July 1, '56 1 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc.' PREFERENCE SHAPES. 9:1 - 94 94 -7- 96 51 - 6 - 112 - 112 - - OP - 12: 7' ; .2, -73 i - 115 - 108 - 102 - 62 - 10? - O 4 - 96 - 83 - 101 - 101 - 17 - 101 - 73 - 19 - -14 i - 131 - 140 115 - 156 - 68 - 13 - - 88 -1) ioi fda 91 92 ld • 1 - 211 - 22 109 - 110 114 -- 116 105 -- 110 65 -- 70 17i -- 18 22i - 23} 98 - 102 9 - 104 27 - 28 2 - 3p 2/ - 3 MINES. 20 -- 21 7 -- 8 :60 -- 170 -- 460 I3i -14 i 5 -- 6 41 - 51 i 16 - 18 21 - 23 5 - 6 .22 - 23 6 - - 330 - 340 .6 - 7 320 - - 330 - 1 1 41 - 44 200 - 220 - 1 30 - 32 L5O - 160 260 270 360 - 380 44 - 5 18 . 20 45 - 47 24 - 26 MINES. t; - -1 - 18 20 4(1 58 GO 11 13 id 14 15 -- 71 id— p 1 - :31 - 3i BOLTS. 20 - 21 'i -: E* 1.50 - 155 32 - 37 25 - 27 2i 54 - ••• --- ••• 92 - 91 par ip 1 id 4 4ii . 3 4 - 4 4 4i 4R par ip 18 22 - 91 10 ih par —4)? 2 P 25 6 - 8 60 - 62 - 34 - 36 -- 1 - 1 10 - 12 *to . BRITISH ;Alfred Cons. (Philk.)' 'British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.) Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 4 Great South Toiglu_ G rt. W. Al frd. (Philk. ) Grt.W. Vor ) Lady Bertha N.• Frances (Illogan) N. W. B sset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par: Cons. (St.Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleer S. earn Brea (Illogn. S.W. Frances(lllogn. Tam. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un.Mines (Gwennap ;,V. of Towey (Camay.) W. •Basset (IllogAn) W. Caradon (Liskrd ) Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). IVh. Edward(Calstck) I Wh. Kitty (U.. Llant) Wh. Ma. Ann (Menh t. Wh. Trelawney (Lis. )1 FOREIGN Australian Bi-azilianlmp.(issued at £5 pin) Do. Cocaes 6i Cniada i Do. St. John Del Rey, Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Copiapo Fortuna aciaeral Linares Lisitanian Aariquita. Now Granada Novean Monde Pont. Sil.LdM. di Smlt Port Philip Santiago de Cuba south Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 p. c. Pref United Mexican MISC: Australian Agricult.l Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works.. Brit. American. Land Canada.. Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July Do, 6 p.c.Feb.&Auv. D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sepe. °Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 70 p: cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference 'Crystal Pal, of Francei Duston Iron Ore Eastern 5team......: Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Ire) En. &Aust. Cop. SmCo Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. , Gen. Ir. Sc. CoL(lim.) Gen. Steam Navigat. London Discount Loud. Gen. Omnibus Magdalena St. Navig.l M M c ex. i di e t e a r n a & S n .El A e m e . e l e l . Nat. Discount Co Do. New Netherlands Land Do. Do. ' 0.8 p c.Ptiss.at I. d Do. Do. ' New H, &N. S. Land N. S. W. Gov:s p. c. D. N. B. Australasian Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ll Oriental Gas . Do. New Shares ..., Peelßr. Ld. & Minrl 1 Peninsular & Oriental Do. New Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam.,„i Scot.Austral.lnvest. Do. New S. Aus. Gov. 6 p. c.bds. South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered Trust&Ln Co.U.Can. Vau Diemon's Laud Pitt° p. 0,4% & July Do.. G't.Westn. Y. & N.M Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co Do Lti. &N. W ! & E. Count Do Do Do I Do Gt.Nortlin T. Brassoy M. 11101ean' Stk. di Dar Do (IL Woqi n 91 - 93 98 - 102 It - 13 13:3 - 135 3i - 41 106 - 103 12i -- 13 23 -- 24 102 -- 101 ' par -- p 21 -- 2a 88 -- 90 54 p -i 6PI 5 `.., - •• • 131 - 134 •8 - 9 9 - 94 - 86 • - 88 Business this day. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Comnissioner Holroyd.) THE ROYAL 3RITISH BANK. ADJOURNED BIADIINATION UNDER TAE BANKRUPTCY, AND MEETING FOR THE PROOF OF DEBTS. To-day was appointed for the last examination of the directors, who bad beer called upon to prepare the balance-sheet of the company and alio for a meeting for proof of debts. Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, said that no accounts had yet beet] filed, but they were satisfied that every possible exertion had been male to get them completed; an adjournment was, therefor), necessary, and he pro posed an adjournment not to extend beyond the last week in June. His Honour said that a daycould be settled with the Registrar, but the exact day w►e not fixed. Mr. Linklater said that in o•der to conform with the law the directors ought to attend on the present occa sion. Messrs. Esdaite, Valiant, Gilliot, Hurst, and Butt were present ; but Mr, :alderman Kennedy, Mr. Stapleton, and Mr. McLeod 'did not appear. In refer ence to Alderman Kennedy, a medical certificate, verified by affidavit, was put in, btatirg that Mr. Kennedy was at Weisbaden, in an Extremely, bad state of health, and not holding out any great hopes of his being likely to be able to come to England fcr some months ; and it al luded forcibly to the fact that Mr. Kennedy was in his 67th year, and that he had beer for many years physician general of the Bombq array, which had impaired his health generally, and that for Sears he had been labouring under severe illness, and that any .mental or bodily fatigue would probably termtrate fatally. Mr. Linklater said that ho had no reason to doubt that Mr. Kennedy was sufferirg from acute illness, but he did not believe that it was DE that serious character which would prevent him from attending at the ad journed meeting. Mr. Reed (Mr. Commissioner Ken nedy's solicitor) would perhapsguarantee his attendance, as it would be highly satisfactory to have Mr. Kennedy's examination.. Mr. Reed said that he would guarantee that Mr. Ken nedy would attend so soon as his state of health could possibly perMit, but he could sot pledge himself as to time. His Honour said that protection, under such circum stances, would be enlarged. Mr. Liolilider then said that as regarded Mr. Staple ton there way no reason to believe that he was inten tionally absent, but be had ttought that hia examination had concluded. Hie Honour in this case extended the protection, as also in the case of Mr. Cameron, who is ill in Paris —(Mr. Cameron, jun., 'was sworn to this fact)—and Mr. M`Leod, who now resides at 7, Clarendon-road, Ken sington, but who is invalided under a severe attack of small pox Mr. Lin Hater then said that he should proceed with the examination of several of the other directors, but it would not be requisite for h:m to do so at any great length, for, with the except on of Mr. Kennedy, he thought it would not be necessary for him to continue an inquiry which bad been c►rried to that extent, and which would enable the court to come to a conclusion on the merits. The case was proceeding, hit there was no idea that any new facts would be elicited, and it may therefore be reasonably prognosticated that at the end of June the proceedings in bankruptcy wiil have terminated, ex cept with regard to the dividends to be paid oat of the assets after paying law costs. LLOYD'S SHIPPIVG.—ghis Day.) LONDON, April 30. —Wind this day at noon, north ; light breeze and cloudy.. PORTSMOUTH, April 29. —Wird N. E.—Arrived—H. bf. S. Cressy, from Malta. Sailed—MAL& Winchester. Off port— Breeze, from Mauritius. PLYMOUTH, April 29.—Win1 S.E.—Arrived—Jane and Sax, h, from Carnillas, for Antrarp. Sailed —Cape Rouge for Quebec. Off port—Willian and Mary, from Camilla'', for Rotterdam. • SWANSEA, April 29.--Wind IN.E.—Sailed—Bereldeen, for Seirra Lembo ' • Duke of Northumberland, St. Thomas; Countessl3ective ' Cuba. ILFRACOMBE, April Britannia, fishing smack, whilst heaving up her trawl in Barnstaple Bay, this morn ing, was run into by a barque, and received damage. The barque was requested to senda boat, but refused. TEALEE, April 29.—The ralcon, of and from Sunder land, for Quebec, put in to-clay leaky; will probably dis ( ha •ge. FALMOUTH, April 29.--Sailed- 7 -Dasdalus for Quebec. Off Port—Only Son, for Pernimbuco. CORK, April 28.—Wind N VV.—Arrived—Regina, from Mauritius ; Eagle, Buenos Ayres. QUEENSTOWN, April 28—Wind N.N.W, fresh.— ' Sailed—Sutcliffe for Quebec. LOWESTOFT, April 29. Tin William Henry, of Llanelly, has been got off the Newcome Sand, making little or no water. , (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVEIPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind N. T.E. Arrived—Yer (es), from Ferrol ; Alicia Elizabeth, Ams terdam ; ,Bridgewater, Boston ; Balboc (ss), Havre ; Pe kela, R otterdam ; Aernlite, Amsterdam ; Sosmorroatro, Bilboa; Wm. Penn, Baltimore ; Inca, Montevideo. Sailed-Midas, for Newfoundland ; Bostock, for San Sebastian. DUBLIN, April 29. Wind E.N.E. . Arrived—Belvidere, from Antwerp, HOLYHEAD, April 29. Wind E.N.E. Put in---Exmouth, from Glasgow, and Helen Hughes, from Liverpool, for Rouen ; Catherine Proser, from Liver pool for Bilboa. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind N.E., fine. Arrived—Alma, Susannah, and Rose, from Newport; Ariel (s), New York. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITI SU TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.59 a.m. Wind northerly; tide three hour's ebb ; fino. Arrived —Dido, from Norkisping ; Sarah, Antwerp; Catharina, Stralsund; Vrow Gobke, N or d ersc hl u i se ; .Bor get and argreta, Fredneifsand Johanna, Dantsic ; Ame rican Congress, New York ; Concordia, Memel. DEAL, Thursday, 9.39 a.m. Wind N.N.E., moderate and squally. Passed in Tow--West., from Manilla, for London. Passed—lrene, from London, for Port Neuf. Passed, April 29—Margaret Elizabeth, from London, for Algoa Eay ; IT. M. gunboat Levee, Woolwich, westward. Sailed—Tropic, for London. The following has been rec'Aved from the comMittee of Lloyd's, in relation to a communication addro-Aed to them, with reference to t:ne reoent attack by ; d e m of th e Peruvian revolutionists. Oft the mail step,..ne r New Gra nada under Englie., colours :—" Lloyd's, Apiil 29. Gentlemen,—l am, di recte d , on 4, te part of commit tee for Managing the affairs of Lloyd's, to acknowledge the receipt of y our latter of the 22d inst., together with a memorial to, the Eari of Clarendon from some of the underwriter relative to the attack upon the New Gra nada stearier by a steam-frigate under the orders of the Peruvian revolutionists, and to inform you that the com mittee liming forwarded the same to his lordship, they have Calf; morning received a reply, stating 'that strin , gent instructions will be sent by the next mail to the. admirabi in command of her Majesty's naval forces on the station.' The letter from the Foreign -office has been placed in the reading-room —I am, gentlemen. &c., aBouGA A. HALSTRAD, Secretary. To Messrs.. N. Griffith., Tate, and Fisher." THE .NORTHERA BELLE. The following despatch Ins been reeeirel by Lord Clarendon from Mr. Dallas with reference to the loss of the Northern Belle : " The United States' Minister at the Court of St. James's has the honour to transmit to the Earl of Cla rendon 21 silver medals and a bill of cx:hange for 2701. sterling, and to request that his lordship will be pleased to cause these testimonials to be delivered to the brave individnals for whom they are intended by the President of the United States in acknowledgment of the services rendered in saving the lives of the crew of the American ship Northern Belle. "The incidents connected with the fate of this vessel occurred too recently and too close to the British coast, creating too universal and deep a sensation, to render their detailed repetition at all necessary on this occasion. It will, however, be recollected by his lordship, that after p-rforming her voyage across the Athntio from New York, and while approaching the port of her deetinatton, London, the Northern Bell, of 1,000 tons burden, on the sth Jan. last encountered a gale of unusual violence, and was obliged to anchor off Kingsgate at less than a mile's distance from the shore. She rode heavily, and the sea occasionally broke completely over her. Her main and mizen masts were cut away. The fury of the storm in• creased, and raged during the whole of the day, render ing vain every effort at assistance, and engulphing a Margate lugger that attempted it. The Fhip parted from her anchors at night, and, a prey to the tempest, drove, amid darkness, hail, sleet, and snow, upon the rocks be neath the cliff. Her crew, 23 in number, llehed them selves to the rigging of the only remaining mast, strug gled through the horrors of the night, and were disco vered from the beach at early dawn. Gallant and humane exertions were at once made to rescue them from their desperate condition. One lifeboat, manned by 10 brave men, pulled through a boiling surf at imminent peril, reached the wreck, and returned to shore with seven of the sufferers. A second lifeboat, emulating the daring adventure, brought 14 others safely to land, and finally, though long thwarted, by their determination to perish rather than to leave the Northern B4le, the same means redeemed the captain and the pilot from impending death.. • "These are the leading features, as reported to his Go vernment by the Consul of the United States in London, of the series of successful acts of courage and humanity which it is the desire of the President to mark by tokens of American gratitude'and thanks. The undersigned has therefore been specially instructed to lay before the Earl of Clarendon the list, accompaning this letter, of those truly heroic spirits who manned the lifeboats, and to beg that his lordship will cause each individual theran men tioned to be. presented with the silver medal inscribed to Him, and also, from the amount of the bill of erThange, with the sum stated opposite •his namo (augmented ac cording to the number of risks incurred), in evidence of the high appreciation and acknowledgment of their con duct by the Government and people of the United States • " The undersigned avails, &c " Signed) . G. M. DALLAS. "Legation of the United States, London, April 23." John .£lo 0 0 George t'astle lO 0 0 William Hiller, jun lO 0 0 Robert Miller lO 0 0 James Rowe Edward Einptage 10 0 0 John Sandwell Thomas Holborn 10 0 0 William Ralph Robert Gilbert 10 0 0 Jery Walker Frederick Lawrence, 10 0 0 Twenty-el Thomas Sandwell £lO 0 0 Robert Simpson 7 0 0 0 James Bove lO 0 0 Alfred Emptag,e lO 0 0 Robert Parker John Cowell William Wales Jethrow Miler 2O 0 0 George Emptago £2,70 0 0 Neclal. MARKET .NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended April 30, 1857, made up from the Re turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns iu England and Wares, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT BARLEY I OATS I RYE BEANS PEAS 53s 2d 43s 7d 22s 9d 35s 9d 39s 8d 39s 3d TIDE 'SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WHEAT BARLEY OATS I RYE BEANS PEAS 54s 4d 45s 10d 23s Bcl 38s 03 i 39s 8,1139 s Od ' ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 98,343; barley, 20,600; oats, 11,834; rye, 81; • beaus, 5,237 ; poas, 666 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEVIGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade ruled steady, at our quotations :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6(1 ; Hutton, 3s Gd to 4s 8d; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s ed ;Veal, 33 8d to 4s 8d; Pork, 4s to 5s per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 29.—The show of cattle was tolerably good, and the demand ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ' • Mutton (out of the wool). 3s 81 to 4s 8 , 1; Lamb, 6s Od to 6s 01 •, Veal, 3s 8d to 48 10d; Pork, 4s Od to 5s 0d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April 29.—Our ma• Ica ruled dull, and prices were barely supported. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Mut ton, 3s Gad to Gs Od; Lamb, 5s 01 to Cs 01; Veal, 4s Od to 41 10(11Perk, 46 to 56 Od per 81bs. HAY MARKETS. ..:2•MITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21103 to 41 4s • clover do. 3/ Os to 51 Os; and straw, II 4 3 to 4./ 9; per load A. slow trade. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4/ 49 ; clover do., 3/ N to 5/ Oe ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 96 per load. supply goood, and trade steady. - , WHITEOHAPEL. —Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 Oa • clover do., 31 10s to 51'08 ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9s per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. • - - BREAK-UP OF THE QUEEN STEAMER.—Tho Aberdeen, Leith, and Clyde steamer Queen, which last week struck upon the Carr Rock, and from thence ran to Crail, has now, contrary to expectation, become a tot al wreck . The S.E. winds oflast week entirely thwarted the effor's of a large number of men, headed by Mr. Hall, of Aber- deen, and Mr. Mlnzies, of Leith, to get ber off. The vessel piked afore the paddle-heam on Saturday fore noon. As the vessel did not call either going north or south, there were some 3001. worth of articles for par ties belonging to Macduff, besides a large quantity of other goods for Banff, Turriff, &a—Banff:hire Journal. 10 24 1001 1 30 29i 46i 100 100 100 a/I all 100 100 10$ 100 .00 - nll all 104 00 20 12,1 25 20 L 0.61 100 all 100 100 all all 121 12 14s 1113 18 6dl 161151 40 I 1256 1117 s; all all LOs. 1.11 aLL 10 all 100 St. 80 'Co all • all all Pin 55 Pm i 21i id 2 P. 4 676 and conclude our notice with the author's final W Or (1S- In the "business" of the stage, Elliston was alwaya popular. Ile was, what is called a "fair actor,"—ne vo r appropriating the scenic effects of others, but alway s playing in such a manner as might bring into best opera• tion the professional merits of those around him. Thin fact, and a total absence of jealousy towards rising actors, rendered him always popular with his brethren. One thing further we may be permitted to observe (for with. those at all acquainted with theatrical life, it will doubt less be a claim to commendation) : Ellistou never was guilty of the coarse and ungentlemanly act (to say the least of it) of common swearing. No one ever heard an oath pass his lips ; and th , .:ugh be lived in too great neglect of religious observance, , , no man was readier to respect those of better example than himself, and he WAS the very ast to treat with levity any question L.f a sacred nature. We may, in fine, term him as a kind of dramatic Alci biades ; great vereat lity, eccentric enterprise, strange inconsistencies, with a fervent devotion to the public duties to which fortune had called him, constituted hint in his time, if not an exemplary general, at least a bril liant sul The Press and the Putic Service. By a Distin guishA Writer. R ont l e d,r e and Co. There is a large amount of truthful and powerful writing in this work, whether the author be dis tinguished or not. He handles subjects of impor t:int and vital interest to the pubic, under the headings of " Lihtrty of the Press," '' Anonymous Writinz," " Personali:ies," " Oflieal Secrets," (I7c. We are not prepared to admit all the writer advances, but we are far less at to refute the pre ponderance of his arguments and assertions. Most of his opinions are clear, &cider], and just ; and a liberal torte, combining popular sense and constitu tional policy, pervadt , s the whole of the work. Few of our readers will deny the plain accuracy of this statement I "Let an English Government always take care to make its administration correspond with the true spirit of the constitution, and nothing will ever endanger it. Let ft seek to maintain ahu• es by seventy and coercion, neither laws nor arnie will long support it. It is never in such fear of being brought into ridicule and contempt as when disfigured by the indiscreet zeal of ignorance, and fanaticism. It had bAter adopt almost any course of conduct tan that which shows it in no other light than tax'ng, punishing, and restraining." "If Government suffers sometimes severely from the effects of popular ignorance, this arises simply because it has taken away the Ley of knowledge. If it is ever assailed with blind fury, that is only because it has re quired an equally blind submission. The people are generally right in their disputes with Government; they have no interest in disorder. Whenever, therefore, they make complaints, they should be heard at least with re spectful attention. If they judge one way and Govern meut another, it is the duty of a representative ministry to accept the judgment of their countrymen. If they have any objections to offer, the pen should settle the controversy, not the sword. Power applied to influence opinion is merely a means of upholding fallacies, and no English Government will surely profess to study Arbuthnot's art of` convincing people of salutary false hoods for some good end.' Swell they do so, it will be well to keep their design a profound secret, for the people will naturally ask, To what end ? To an end which ap pears good in the eyes of authority or in the eyes of the people ? The Opposition a'so in ikuch a case would be entitled to ask whether the right of coining political falsehoods was a monopoly belonging exclusively to the Government, as the right of print , ng almanacs was for merly reserved to the universities." a very competent essay on " Public Service, speaking of promotion, the author says : " The mau who first pulls down the house of fraud and. nonsense; who seeks to bottom his reputation up on doing good ; who uses the gifts of reason and the efforts of genius to rectify those evils which all the genius and talent of his profession have previously been employed to support and protect ; who turns jobbers into honest men, scares away the plunderers of the public-, and is a terror to wrong-do ,, rs ; such a man is surely the fittest min who can be chosen for advancement. "The hope of renown is the instinct of great souls. Are public servants to be taught that for them the tem ple of Fame shall be merely an inner chamber in the palace of Indolence ! Away with so enervating a cheat. Tne shortest road to riches and preferment should be over the straight rough way of toil and thought." A chapter on " Subordination " conveys some valuable discussion on palpable facts—too lately and. too frightfully illustrated. ; and we regret we cannot afford space for a more lengthy extract than the following : " Men placed in situations for which the strongest talents would not be more than adequate, have fre quently no talent at all. The furniture of their minds is often made up of discordant prejudices ; and they fol low that prejudice by which their interest or the gratifi cation of their humour for the moment is most promoted. So soon as an employment becomes a source of conside ration and of power, it is sought after, bought and sold, or tricked and intrigued away by sharpers who have neither inclination nor power to render themselves use ful in it. Such places are the mere appanage of jobbery, or even the prize of some act too shocking to speak of. Sin snugly have matters been managed by jobbers, that some of tr,e most considerable offices in our empire are not less clear of obligation than a seat at the opera. When they have been begged or bought, all the occu pants have to do, after they have once taken possession, is to enjoy. _ _ " Such persons may exercise their power, without the scnal'est regard for the public welfare, in whatever man ner may be most agreeable or convenient to themselves; and it is the influence they exercise, and the use to which their influence is put, which constitutes the great political disease of our times, and which must ultimately in ing about some sweeping reform as a remedy. "It is impossible to feel re , pect for a man merely be cause he fills high office under such circumstances as these. It is a melancholy thing enough to see some mean and cunning intriguer fed and lodged at the public ex pense, endowed with a rich portion of the product of other men's industry, using all the influence of a great situation, perhaps, to deepen the ignorance and inflame the fury of his fellow-creatures. It is sad enough to know, that in times of trouble and difficulty, the greatest obstacle in the way of every settlement will be found in those to whose counsels the country ought to look for dignity and peace. There is something quite revolting in the power given to such wen. Officials, who have with the utmost ins Bence and in the face of day com mitted the worst acts of injustice and oppression, whose incapacity has been repeatedly testified by the grossest blunders, may unblushingly avow their guilt and inca pacity, and punish any one who has conscientiously ex posed it to the country. They have persecuted such men with a cold-blooded ferocity, the more determined. because they have been conscious that the truth only has been proclaimed against them. " But shall the nation look on apprc,vingly while criminals are protected from the slightest breath of cen sire, and their accusers, wh have gallantly risked every tring t., bring them to justice or stay their mad career, are pot to the rack with imuunil The Night Side of London. By D. Ewing Rikohies. Tweedie : Strand. The night side of Louden is doubtless dark enough ; but we trust that Mr. Ritchie's general denunciatory tone is somewhat exaggerated by th© "one idea" which evidently occupies his brain and rules his pen—viz., that no source of sorrow, suf fering, or wickedness exists, save iu "drink." If our author pursues his well-intentioned subject with more expansive percepticnis and deductions he will probably arrive at numerous ethical points of poli tical and educational defalcations which demand the first and fullest attention of all true "re formers of the people." Mr. Ritchie very justly deplores and condemns the moral fungi of intem perance, but appears not to notice tha more latent social heap of foul subsoil which promotes the poi sonous growth. The advancement of "Teeto talism" is unquestionably the aim of this little work ; but we have a notion that far more power ful and practical levers mu st be applied to raise the mass f ur population, before public-houses, police-cour o ts, o and lunatic asylums will becoiu' tenantless. 'Wild Ad v entures in kcstralia and New South W a les. By Fiederic Do Brebant Cooper. James Blackwood, Paternoster-row. This little volume contains some startling inci detat a ;scar,!ely less startling, by the northern more, thernpart of Australia, where tin l an d, remains of the Aborigines are arid met. and afford ample opportunity for the full gratification of those who are eager to seek a strange and exciting exis tence in far-off lands. Hunting, fighting, gold digging, and hasty sketches of savage and bush life are bountifully scattered through the pages, and will no doubt be wereome reading to those who revel in the bold and wonderful. Aldershot, And all About It. By Mrs. Young-. Author of " Our Camp in Turkey," ttc. &c. Routledge and Co., Farringdon-street. lf.rs. Young has entered with considerable spirit i n t o t io doings and sayings at Aldershot. She gives us lively- sketches of public barracks. privats theatricals, IZ.VaI coaations and regimental balls, with some accoupt of the surrounding country and objects of interest. The iliustrations by the author are very fairly executed ; and, altogether, the book is very readable. _ _ The Angler in, the Lake District. By John Davy, M.D., F.R.S. Longman and Co. The disciples of Isaac Walton will find in this a most attractive and charming work, The book is full of sound piscatorial inform ation Those who woal possess a recherche volume on their favourite pu suit . of " hunting for silver in a sapphire tide," cannot do better than secure Dr. Davy's produ , tion, as its refined and. classical tone recommentia it as much as its practical excellency. A SELF-ELECTED PROCTOR.-- the election of con. r v ocation pron , or at No r* ich, on Tuesday, the Rev. canon Hopper, who was r eturned by a majoity Of 01111 6 voted for himself. --g?-‘ . • - ..„ han t,ess C of uks. Ricci 3 tO B to n of sties 6, or t of ven also v on The Y, at xcel ml of :turn had he: rese, i the ) the chess ;re a; Le 31-- St. 50 St. St. 20 20 201 20 174 20 20 20 20 10 20 5 20 1G 20 20 20 20 1W 25 25 all 10} 100 100 100 2st. Zed 10s FOR: IGN. 69 Ri 18.. 1 ! 114 37f 66 4 110 1011 43 3 86 53 108 4 7i i 54 _~.~ ~' iih '