The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-25 00:00:00

Prj CNE MAVS ET AND COriIDIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotten Market yesterday closed very quietly, and prices of all descriptions were without any material alteration. The sales were estimated at 4,000 bake. The Railway Share Market manifested a steady appearance, and prices closed at an improvement. Although it is generally presumed that the trade . of the United Kingdom is in a sound state the fre quent failures reported creat3 some uneasine s in the various departments of business in which they occur. It is feared that others will follow, and in that case the anxiety now felt will, of course be proportionately increased. The pressure and strin gency in the money market while exercising a salutary influence in n-cessitating caution and limiting speculative dealings, of conrse, affect weals firms, and it is among these that further casu alties are apprehended. Yesterday a large and im portant firm was freely spoken of as having failed, a certain number of bills having been returned, but, as the effect of a suspension would be very preju dicial, and bring down other smaller house!, an endeavour is being made, which, it is hoped, may prove successful, to p• event such an untoward event ; pending the arrangements it is of course advisable to withhold the name, especially as a gene ral desire exists to concert such measures as will enable the party involved to extricate himself from his embarrassments. From the principal continental cities the advices report increased ease in the various money markets. At present there is no alteration in the rates at Paris, but the payment of dividends and other cir cumstances have affordwl additional relief. The administration of the Bank of Amsterdam have lowered the rata of discount to 4 per cent., and in some of the other cities a similar movement is soon expected. The rates of exchange on the chief cities of the Continent yesterday afternoon were firm, and in one instance rather higher. The meeting of the Submarine Telegraph Com pany, advertised for to-day, was adjourned to the 15th of next month. The English Funds are very inanimate, but there is no alteration in prices. The attention of the members of the "Home" has been chiefly engaged in the election of the new committee, and this has added to the previous dullness of the market. The speculators are undecided, and the public still keept aloof. Consols for money have been 93i I, and for account 935 8. East India Stock is 223 k. The March Exchequer Bills are par to 3s. prem., and those dated June 3s. discount to par. The Bonds are 98l The Foreign Market also remains in a very dull state. Sardinian Bonds aro 91, Portuguese 3 per Cents. 45, and Peruvian Bonds 77/. Dutch 4 per Cents. are 985, and Brazilian 5 per Cents. 1024. Mexican Stock is heavy, at 23 to 235. Turkish 6 per Cents. are about 98, but scarcely any business has been done. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Defe rred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 23 ; Peruvian 45 per Cents., 77 79 ; do. 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46 Russian 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; do. 4i per Cents., 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 ,t 7 ; ditto Deferred, 25 ; Ditto Certificates, 6/ ; Ditto Passive, 55 6. A very limited business has been done in the Railway Share Market this morning, but there is a slight improvement in prices to report. Caledo nian advanced ss. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 10s L ancas hire and Yorkshire, lOs ; South Western, 10s.; North-Eastern (Berwick), ss. Chester and Holy head receded 10s. ; Great Northern, ss. ; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 55.. The Canadian and French lines have exhibited an improvement. Grand Trunk of Canada have advanced ss. ; Northern of France, ss. ; and Paris and Lyons V. The East Indian lines rule steady. Joint Stock Bank Shares have been dull, and in most instances at rather reduced quotations. Australasia declined 10s, Bank of London 10s., City Bank 1/ , and Union of London 10s. In Miscellaneous Shares no business of any im portance was reported. • - BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List:) flngtness done 3 per Cont. Consols Annuities 93g India Stock 223i India Bonds, £lOOO .. . ...... Ditto, under £lO OO Consols For Account ...... . ............. E :chequer Bills, 2,d• March. June. 81000..........._. ........ 3 p par par 3 d £5OO . ....................... ...... .3 p par par 3 d ............... ............. 3 p par 4 p 3 d par Ditto Bonds,. 1858,34 per Cent...9Si PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Peruvian Bonds, 43 per Cent............ Ditto Account . Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent. Cent Ditto Account Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cont. . ........ . ..... 91 t trerrig 1 , , e above -flyable 10 Lordcn. Dutch Exchange, 2? ...; per Cen:;., 12 Guilders — 1 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ............. 99 11 TWO O'CLOC C. 93.1 ~ 93g Consols, money Ditto for account TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA. TO THE EDITOR or THE SUN. SIR, —Mr. Pinniger, in his letter to you of the 13th inst., accuses me of not observing good faith, and I therefore rely on your fairness to admit this my explana- tion. - I have been always most anxious to promote the tele graph either by the Red Saa or by any other route to India, and I readily admit that when I was first put into communication with Mr. Pinniger by Mr. Andrew, I was willing "that arrangements should be made to bring the whole support upon one line," provided I could be sure that the line by the Euphrates Valley would then be immediately carried out. The negotiations for the agreement were corn menced, and for several months carried on with Mr. Pinniger, under the belief that he was representing the Euphrates line. There was a delay of many months in completing the terms of that agreement, and when it was to be com pleted, my friends (I was myself in Russia) learnt with surprise that instead of my firman having been adopted by Mr. Andrew, I was to carry out the contract with Mr. Brett, who represented an Austrian company, which alone is named in the agreement. My friends would not have been willing to have broken off the treaty, and they had a right to do so, but they desired on my behalf to keep faith with Mr. Pinniger. He well knew that during the delay I had obtained a further firman for the line down the Red Sea, and he was conscious that (whatever right Mr. Andrew might have bad) the party on whose behalf he was now carry ing out the treaty had no right to stipulate against my prosecuting the new firman, and he made no stipulation againstuot my doingthe socontract, The words which he has partially qed from from competing with any line from any part of the Turkish dominions in the Mediterranean to Egypt ; but they were worded with care, purposely to leave me free to carry out the finnan for the line through Egypt and thence to India. The precise words of the whole stipulation are as fol lows : Art. 7. "That the said Lionel Gisborne will not assist in the projection or formation of any other line of tele graph from or to any portions of the Otortoman dominions in the Mediterranean, to or from, from or to, the province of Egypt, or vice versa. nor oppose any other line or to the Ottoman dominions in the Mediterranean, to the province of Egypt, or vice versa, which may be projected by the said John Watkins Brett." The Austrian company could not land their line in Egypt from Candia, or connect Alexandria with Seleu cia, as they propose doing, without holding the ceded firman, as it gives the concessionaire the right of pre venting any line reaching Egypt from Otto man domi nions in the Mediterranean. — l am 1 , - —e., LIONEL GISBORNE. Hotel Bristol, Paris, March 21. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN•ROAD. The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending 21st March, 1857, is 2,785, of which 1,151 were new cases. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. KEMPSTON.—Mr. Kernpston, the proprietor of the Armagh, Guardian, di e d su d denly of apoplexy on Saturday evening. He was in hi s 36 th year, and a great favourite in the locality. TRADE OF ASTRAKHAN.—According to the Revue Maritime, of St. Petersburg, 792 vessels entered the port of Astrakhan in the year 1856, of which 142 were smell ooasting vessels ; 357 of these vessels were employed to convey government stores. There is now upon the Car pi an Sea, besides the steam boats engaged in the mili tary and postal service, a passenger steamboat, the R ouss Pravoslavnaja, belonging to the Messrs. Nikol ski, and making regular trips between Astrakhan, Bakou, Astara, and Enzili. St. 50 St. St. 20 20 10 St. TIVE SUN, LONDON, W DNESDAV V G, Leasing Companies Bqsiness done this day. Ln.&N.W. Caledoi... E.U.dtE.O Gt.Northn E. Count. Caldouiau. I Do ; I t.lVestn Y. & N.M Do Do S. Eastern Peto & Co Do Ln. &N. W & Midld E. Count Do D 0..... Do .... L. &1\ Do .... Gt.No T. Br.] M.l l / 1 :: Stk.& Do. r L. NV, 92 - 94 ~. - ... 95 -- 98 6 - 61 108 - 112 108 - 112 4 - i 4 - Rt) P 12 - 121 75 - 77 115 - 117 105 - 110 101 - 103 62 - 64 108 - ril - GI 95 - 96 84 -- 86 100 -- 102 10 -- 10?, 161 -- 17 10 -- 10 72 -- 75 191 -- 194 9A -- 91 141 -14 i 135 -- 137 133 - 141 115 - 118 4.55 - 157 $ - 1P 66 - 68 134 - 136 93 - 99 88 - 89 1, 3 / 4 - lip' 102 - 101 90 92 ld 1 I,d l 21i 22 110 - 111 all 100 100 103 all all 01 - 118 105 - 110 65 - 70 173 - 183 25 10 1.0.6 23 -23 i 103 - 101 01 - 10 20 25 25 12i 100 all 100 100 all all 27 - 28 2 - 3 p 2i - 3i MINES. 121 12 22 - 23 7 - 8 155 - 165 150 - 470 14 - 15 9 - 10 14s' Kg 31 6 Q $ h 17 19 20 31 6 7 22i —231 c 8 9 21i A • 55 4;. 6/ 841 1886 d! 161151 - 2 345 - 355 6 - 7 320 - 330 it. - li 61 - 51 215 - 235 - 1 34 - 35 165 - 175 250 - 270 310 - 360 41 - 18 - 20 43 - 45 24 - 26 1 1256 11l 78 Closing Prices yesterday. 90 - 93 98 - 102 11 - 13 134 - 137 3 - 41 107 - 109 124 - 13 23 - 24 XlO2 - 105 iP 24 - 89 - 91 iP 55 - 57 131 - 134 8 - 9 9 - 96 - - 31?,; - 32!,' 83 - 90 Business this day. English Irish Foreign. 420 1 1,130 LAW INTLILIGENOF-,—(rhis Pay.) BANKRUPTCY COURT. (B. fore Hr. Cinittli3itioner Htlroycl.) THE ROYAL BRITIj BANK.--FURTHER EXAMINATION OF MR. ESDAILL-DECLABATION OP DIVIDEND. To-day was appointed for the further examination of the Royal British Bank. Few were present exe Tt. those profe•sioral'y engaged. His Honour having taken his seat, Mr. Linklater said that before he proceeded with the examination of Mr. Esdaile, he bad to apply to his Ho nour to appoint a day for the declaration of a divi dend. The dividend had been de'ayed in the hope that *the assignees would have been in possession of con siderable funds arising from a subscription on the part of the shareholders, but the compromise had not been effected in consequence of the dissolution of Parliament, which would probably occasion further delay. Tbey bad funds now suMeient to pay a dividend of 2s. 6d., or at all events, 23. in the pound, which' would have been declared but for the negotiation with the share holders. He therefore proposed the meeting to be appointed for the 17th April, the proceedings under the compromise were proceeding, and more than half the creditors bad agreed, and it was desirable that th© others should promptly signify their assent, •Mr. PADDISON, in courequescs of the report of the last examination of Walter's account, and the transaction with Mr. Humphrey Brown, said that, as regarded the ships, he had advised the Directors to have them regis tered, and he had also advised the Directors if they had sustained a serious loss, that it was their bounden duty to call their shareholders together and take their opinion. His Honour said that such was, the advico which he should have expected from their legal advis6r. Mr. Esdaile then made some remarks in justification of his own conduct and that of the other directors. He was examined amongst much confusion, Mr. Esdaile re fusing to answer many questions, and his legal ad%iser taking numerous exceptions. The examination W 29 proceeding when our report lefi. MAIMET NEWS.- (This ray.) CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was but scantily supplied with English wheat ; nevertheless, as the attendance of buyers was limited, the demand for all kinds rule I heavy, and the quotations were almost nominal. We we--e well supplied with all kinds of foreign wheat, and transactions in all kinds were Wiling, at Monday's currency. In floating cargoes of grain next to nothing was doing. Barley was in good supply and heavy request, at the late decline in value. Malt sold steadily, and late raf3s were well supported. Them was a dull inquiry for oats, horns, and peas, at Monday's decline. Flour moved off heavily. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. I Oats. I 570 30 460 I Flour. 740 12,440 1 2 - 10 B b e r k i it BOROI7OH HOP. Our market may be called stea,iy, but the busincis doing in it is very moderate. WHITECFEA Each kind of meat moved off slowly, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4g 8d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; pork, 33 8d to 5s Od per Sibs by the carca7e. LLOID'S SHIPPING.--(This Bay.) LONDON, March 25.—Wind this day at noon, S.E. ; light breeze and cloudy, with rain. PORTSMOUTH, March 24.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Wm. Hammond, from Barbadoes. PLYMOUTH, March 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—John Philips, from London, for Mauritius, bore up leaky ; For titude, Columbia; Water Witch, Corunna. FALMOUTH, March 21.—The Elizabeth, of Salcombe, was in contact last night off the Manacks with a steamer, and lost mainmast, &A. BELFAST, March 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Schooner Richmond, of Dublin, from Ballina, for Liverpool, with loss of foremast and other damage; barque Castleton, Li verpool, for Fernando Po, towed in leaky. SCILLY, March 23.—Wind N. 8., fresb.—Arrived— Heroine, from Cardiff, for Southampton, leaky and with loss of sails ; Edith, from Llanelly for Southampton, leaky and with sails split. MEWPORT, March 24.—Wind E.—Arrived—Rhine, from London, for Malta ; Thomas Jame, Gloucest3r, for Que bec. Sailed—Emma, for St, Thomas. CARDIFF, March 24.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Ellen Simp son, for Rio Janeiro. RAMSGATE, March 24.—The from Shields, for Naples, which came in on the 13th inst., and sat on her anchor, is being lightened to examine her bottom. LIVERPOOL, March 24,,----The Melbourne, from St. John's, N. 8., which drove on shore at bouthanipton on the 14th inst., with masts cut away, was gat off dry, after being lightened, and was towed into the Mersey waterlogged. BERWICK, March 24.—The Heinrich Gerdc^ ' from Ros tock, for Leith, which drove on shore on Spittal Point, is e-meeted off; part of cargo landed. TENET', March 24. —A largo quantity of wreck has come on shorn, supposed from a large vessel wrecked on the coast. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wclne2day, 10 a.m. Wind W.S.W. ; occasional shoWers of rain. Arrived—llamburgo, steamer, from tho Spanish ports; Napoleon, steamer, Havre; Tiber, Newport; Washington, steamer, Bremen, having been detained there two days by the south-east gale% Li VERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S. Arrived—Friends, from Paraiba; Caledonia, Savannah ; Secret, Zante ; Heinrich, Lisbon. Sailcd—Sylvanus Blaachard, for New York. QUEENSTOWN, March 23. Wind N.E. Sailed—Cameron, for Havra • Plantar, for Lisbon; Thames, for Bilb oa ; Jassy, for 'Lisbon. WATERFORD, March 23. Wind N.N.E. Arrived—Victor Emmanuel, from Oporto. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRIT' S I TELEGRAPTi.) GA Wednesday, nip 10.1 a. m. Wind S.E. ; tide I.lg N hours' flood; r Arrived, March 21th—Anne Langton, from Foo-Choo- Foo ; British Tar, Jamaica; Adacia, Stralsund; Enve lope, Odessa ; Bonocar and Augusta, ; Brilliant and Admiral Nelson, Guernsey; Euphrates, Belfast Lass, and Johns, Dunkirk.' DEAL, Wednesday, 9.40 a.m. _ ----, Wind S.E., fresb. Passed, March 24.—Gem, from London, for Guernsey; Number Three, London, Newport. Passed — H.M.S. Ehadamanthus, from Woolwich, for westward. NORTLTAMPTON RACES.—(This Pay.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPB.) Flacro w.. Huntington.. TRIAL STAKES. Five tan. LATEST BETTING. NORTHAMPTON STAKES. 4to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's St. Giles (taken) 11 to 2 agst Lord Zetlsnd's Skirmisher (taken) 7to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Sir Colin (taken) 8 to 1 agst Mr. Mellish's Adanias (Laken) Bto 1 agst Sir J. liaerley'm Porto Rico (taken) 9to 1 agst Mr. Thomps n's Corirington (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 100 to 8 apt Kent (taken) DERBY. 20 to 1 apt Kent (taken freely) Sporting Intelligence. BIRMINGHAM STEEPLECHASES. —TUESDAY. The Sutton S•eeplechase.—A free handicap of 5 soya. each with 25 added. The winner of any handicap steeplechase after the weights were declared 51b., twice 71b extra. The winner to be sold by auction for 801. If entered to be sold at the time of accepting for GU. allowed 7113 ' • if for 50/., 101 b; if for 30/., 141 b ; if f or 20/., I.Blb. About three miles. 7 subs. Mr. Deacon's Weston, by Tearaway, 5 yrs, 50/., 9it 41b (Mr. Edwards) 1 Mr. Jennings ns May Day, aged, 201., 94 Glb (J. Shepherd) 2 Mr. Ben Land's Penelope, 6 yrs, 20/., 84 131 b (Nightingall) 3 Mr. J. Page's Peter Snipe, aged, 20/,, Bst 10lb (W. White.) 0 Betting-7 to 4on Weston, and 3te 1 &get Penelope. Won in a canter by 10 lengths. Penelope fell at the last fence when leading, and walked in third ; Peter Snipe refused the first fence. The Grand Annual Steeplechase, a handicap of la soya each, 3 ft, with 100 soya added. The second to save bis stake. A winner of 100/. clear after the weights • were published, once,' 71b. ; twice, or a winner of 3001. clear, 1016 extra. Four mil -3. Viscount Talon's Sting, 6 yrs, 9-t 71b (Weaver) 1 Mr. Wright ne Forest Queen, aged, lOst (Waddington) 2 Mr. Andrews's Hopeless Star, aged, lOst 9ib...(Blake) 3 The following also ran :—Minerva, Came Cow, Dan gerous, Little Buck, The Gipsy King, Sesame, The Painter, Theodine, Goldfinch, Sul , ln, and Miss Nutty. Betting-2 to 1 agst Dangerous, 4to 1 agst Sting, 5 to 1 agst Cass() Cow, 6 to 1 each agst The Painter and Miss Nutty, 10 to 1 agst Forest Queen, and 10 to 1 agst any other. A. good race, was won by two lengths. Hopeless Star passed Minerva within the distance, and defeated her for third place by a dup l e of lengths. The Hunt Cup Steeplechaseof 5 sovs each, with a silver cup, value 50 sovs, add- i. For all horses that have been regularly hunted with any established pack of hounds, carrying list 71b each. Horses never having started in any steeplechase allowed 71b. A winner of a. steeplechase in 1856 or 1857, value 301., 71b ; twice, 141 b. ; or any handicap steeplechase of the value of 2001., 281 b extra ; gentlemen riders. Professionals, lelb extra. The 'ae — cond to save hid stake: Three miles. 16 subs. Mr. Henderson's Maley, aged, 125 t... - (Mr. Gordon) 1 Mr. Andrews's Freedom, aged, list 71b...(Mr. Blake) 2 Mr. Black's Red Cap, aged, 12st 31b (W. Archer) 3 The following also ran :—Haymaker, Comberford, Conrad, Sir Charles Napier, The Archduke, Ganymede, Fearles', and Growl:yid. Betting—Even on Maley, 3 to 1 aryst Garymede, 4 to 1 agst Red Cap, and 5 to 1 eget Freedom. Won by a length, two lenitbs between the second and third, and a neck between the third and fourth. Fear less, while in possession of the lead, fell at the last fence but one. Surrey Handicap Steeplechase of 5 soya each, 1 ft, with 25 addcd. - Two miles. 10 subs. Mr, Gardner's Evington Lass by Ides, aged, 104 10Ib (Mr. Blake) 1 Mr. Deacon's Weston, 5 yrs, 10st G;b (Mr. Edwards) 2 Mr. Jennings's Aldershot, 5 yrs, lOst 3lb (G. Stevens) 3 The following also ran :—Theodine, Cigar, and Roy alty ; Royalty fell. . Betting-4 to 4 agst Evington Lass, 2to 1 aget Alder shot, and 3 to 1 agat Theodine. A fine race, won by a neck ; half a neck between the second and third ; bad fourth. The Selling Steeplechase did not produce a race. The weather was favourable, and the attendance of company very large. The course was in fine running order. THE NOMINATIONS. ENGLAND A THUBSDAT kND WALES. March 26. FRIDAY, City of London Finsbury Tower Hamlets Atingdon Andover Arundel Aylesbury Banbury Beverley Bewdley - Birmingham Blackburn Balton Boston Bradford Bridgenorth Bridge water Bridport Brighton Bristol Buckingham Bury Caine Canterbury Chatham Cheltenham Chester Chippenham Christchurch Cirencester Coventry Derby • Devizes Dover Droitwich Dudley Exeter Frome Gloucester Grantham Great Grimsby Guildford Halifax Harwich Hastings Huddersfield Hull Ipswich Kendal Kidderminster Lancaster Leeds Lewes Leicester Liverpool Carlisle Hertford •Nottingbam Windsor • :arch 27. Lymington Lynn Maidstone Mahlon M,lton Manchester Marlow Newcaatle•on-Tyne Newport (Isle of Wight) Northallerton Northampton Norwich Oxford University Pontefract Poole Portsmouth Reading Reigate Retford Richmond Ripon Rye Salford Salisbury .Sandwich Scarborough Sheffield Shrewsbury Southampton Stafford Stamford Stoke-on• Trent Stroud Sunderlind Tam worth Taunton Thetford Thirsk Wakefield Walsall Wallingford Wareham Warrington Wells Weymouth Wigan Wilton Winchester Wolverhampton Woodstock Worcester Wycombe Yarmouth York March 28. Lichfield SATURDAY, RAILWAYS. Ambg. Noting. Bost. & Eastn. Junc Belfast & Ballymena Birreng. Wolverh. & Stoar Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire. Juliet Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45)..• Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall D:4. A 100 100 100 all all 81 173 'lOO all Do. B Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dun. P. &Aber.June. East Anglian Eastern Courtier.....' EasternUnion,A.stk.! Do. Do. 'New A........ .... East Kent • East Laneashiro East Suffolk ...... Do. ) Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edinb.Prth. &Dundee [ ' Forth and Clyde June. IFurness . ....... . I !Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland IGreat Northern Do., A. Stock I Do., B. Stock Gt. Stb. &West. (Irc l . ) I Great Western. r Do. Str.V.R gua.Stj I Irish South-Eastern !Lancaster &Carlisle. 5 Do., Thirds.... ....... . Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F. £l6 Do., Wst. Riding Un Do. Southport . London & Blackwall Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. , London &N. Western De. Fifths ..... Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S.Wbutern' Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.&Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland ...... Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G.West.(lr.) Do. t i Shares Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newpt.Aberg,.&Hr&l Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k............ 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 Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. dr S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth ,Rhyrnney I:' , !cottish Central ... Scot. N. E. Abrcl n . St Shropshire Union Siti ngbourne &Sheer South Devon South Eastern Do. 43 per c. Shares South Wales S. Yorksh. RivarDun Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18N5 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Valo Do. Pref., No. Thames Hay. D. &R. Vale of Neath... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall wo.t End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class, Wml - 31edon &Croydou, BRITISH pi Atlan, and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar, 5 p, c, Do. Buffalo & Lake Huy. Buff. , Brnt. & Gorleh. 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug. ,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oudo (Lim.) Ccylon A shares Do. B. do Demerara Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. G ee long & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p c. Deben Gam. In. Pen. g. 5 per c Do. New. guar. 5 P.C Gt. Westn. of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., :76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, do , Do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 42 p.c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 41 p. c. Exten. Do. 3cl Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do. Oude (Limited) &Ind°, guar. 5 per c Do 4a 4 8i - 9 65 - 67 8i - 9 90 - 92 €8 - 68 36 - 37 9 3 10 . 1 19A 20?, 10/ - 11 - 51 33A - 8 - 7 98 - 93 ... - • 56i - 57. 361 - 37 7i -8; 96 - 97 86 - 87 120 - 123 105 - 107 67i - 68 64 - 66 70 - 751 7 - 8 p 1 7 - 8 -100 f 6 - ;107 - 109 ,104 -104 t i #d parl 101.:11 -- 813 -81 i 53 - 55 ... - ... 15 -15 i 54 - 56 3i - 31‘ 1 44 - 45 - 86 4 - 3 - 21 391 -404 i 62 - 623 96 - 93 .6h 7 - 74 10 - 11 29,i - 30 6 - 4 110 112 24 26 48 50 lid 171 —18 i 74 75 86 - 87 4}— 4.1 4 3 d t 2 14 41 43 201 - 21 4_ - 41 7 - 9 2} - 3 54 - 6 ISSESSIONS. 13 - iP 1i - 1 P 196 - 98 96 - 98 96 - 98 par p ••• - ••• 11 - li p • 112 2 -21 p - 22 54 - 5 5 82 - 84 21} - - 21 23i - 2fik i 3 - 3 i2 99 - 100 120 - 125 120 125 107 109 19:; 20 211 22 par p iP 110 , .. 2 -- 2ip RAILWAYS. Buckglamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.e E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. di Neils. Direct. Do. New !Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Hull & Selby. Do. A Shares., Do. f Shares. Lon.&Greenw' Do. Preference Lon. TB., IDo. Bark. Sh. Mancli.Bxton. and Matlock lidld. Bra:lid. Nos .rarket BuiyE.G.Zipe. N. &Est. 5 p.c. Do. 6 per Do. Fixed sp. c Pry t. & Wyre Do. a Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Thre'. .& Her Starordsh.. WearVal.g,6pc Wilts&Saini PREP E etEN , Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.prcf. (is;d. at 501.) Bris.BtEx.4 p. c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn. £lO 41 p. c. Ches. & Ho. 5t p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork kßandonst p.c. Dan.Perth.kAber.J. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. B 6 p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.E .c No.l Do. No. 2 ....... Do. New 6 pr. c. St. East TJn. G. 6p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lane ash .6 p. ets. E.&W. York. J. sths Edin. & GI. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed. Prth &I) n. 4p.c. Furness, 5 n. c....... Glas. & `4.W.C.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., 1 / 2 cl. at 51 p. C. prom. G t.N . of Seot.lst Pre Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(l3.&H.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 percent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Cl' ester Bp. c. P. S ,Do. do. 5 p. c. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh. Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. ] D0.,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N. W.. Cov. & Nureaton 5 p. Lon. & S. W. 7 per ct, late :;( - 1 Shares Londy.& Color. ASh Londy. &Ennis. A Sh M., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 3,i per cent. Marypt. R Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do. Wid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. S. Do. L. di 11. Pref. St. New., Aber.. &c., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c. pin Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct !Corr lc. Deb. 4 p.c. Sh Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. V., 1847 Do. Wv. V. sp. c.,1847 I North British 7L Preference PT. E. Berw. 4 . ;?.c.Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6pc No.l Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York El.& S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox.,Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c. Ist guar. Do. dn. 2d guar Scot. ( . -,ot.New Prcf. Sc. N.B. Aber.g. 6p. c. Do, do. 7 p.c. St. Do. d 0.33 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 4. pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4i p. c S.Yorksh.4 p. c. Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. C Do. do. do. Stock. & Hayti. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISFI 'Alfred Cons. (Philk.) British Iron Conclurow (Cambrn.) Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) Great South Tolgus 1G rt. W. Alfrd. (Plink.) IGrt.W. Vor (ilelstn.) ,Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Mogan; North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blasy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleer IS. Cam Brea (Illog,n.) S.W. Frances( Illogn. ) Tam. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft lUn.Mines (Gwounap) V. of Towoy (Camar.` jW. Bas3et Caradon (Liskrd.) I •Wh Bas3et Rogan) 'Wh• Buller (Rdruth). 11Vh. Edward(Calstck) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht.), Wh. Trelawney (Lis. )' THE EXECUTION OF MATRACCIA. Matraccia, the Italian who, as reported in the Messen ger, was some short time back condemned to death by the Court of Assizes of Aix for a series of extraordinary murders at Marseilles, was executed in the latter city on Saturday morning. At four o'clock he was awakened by the chaplain and director of the prison, and told that the petition for a commutation of punishment, which he had sent to the Emperor, was rejected, and that he was about to be executed. He received the an nouncement with the greatest calmness, and getting up, seated himself on the side of the, bed, and took some coffee and smoked several cigars. At six o'clock he attended mass, and during the service he appeared very deviant. The mass was followed by a ser mon, which seemed to make a great impression on him. The service was attended by all the pri soners. When it was concluded, Matraccia was taken back to his cell, and supplied with breakfast. iihortly before seven the clerk of the Court of Assizes read to him the text of his condemnation, the chaplain translat ing it into Italian. He listened to the readinn and translation with great resignation, and when they were concluded embraced the clerk and all the persons pre sent, most of whom were so affected that they shed tears. Shortly after, the executioners of Aix and Nimes, accompanied by an assistant, arrived, and proceeded to pinion the condemned. He was then freed from the irons on tie legs, and he asked if he could not be allowed to walk to the scaffold, but was told that ho must be conveyed is a cellular van. He then begged, as a special favour, that he 'night be accompanied by one of his friends, a countryman, who had becn with him all the morning and that his parrot, which was in a cage in his cell, might be taken with him to the scaf fold. Both these requests were grant-3, and he was placed in a van, the chaplain being in attendance on him. Arrived at the scaffold, whioh was erected i❑ the place St. Michael, aid which was surrounded by an im mense crowd, consis ing of at least 30,000 persons, the vehicle stopped, arc: the cage containing the parrot was, to the surprise of the spectators, first placed on the scaffold ; the criminal, his friend, and the chaplain thee aligited from the van. Matraccia cast a glance at the guillotine, and embraced several persons who were present. Then supported by his friend and the cha7lain, ho ascended the steps of the scaffold, and in doing so it was observed that he slightly trembled. When hi reached the platform he kissed with great fervour tie crucifix which the chaplain pre sented.; then he embraced the chaplain and his friend and then, turning the parrot, ho said in Italian, "Your waiter is about to die, and he embraces you for the last time !" Afterwards he advanced towards the front of the icaffol I, end cried to the people, " I demand pardon of the inhahitints of Marseilles for the scandal I have occasioned I Pray for me, for in a few minutes I shall pray for you I" He W 93 then seized by the execu tioners, and in a few seconds all was over. A letter from Smyrna gives a few details concerning the loss of the Roscoe, already known by telegraph. An Austrian steamer haling arrived with intelligence that a vess,l, laden with c)al, was on fire near Gliediz, the admiral dispatched tae Brandon, steamer. to her assist ance. She proved to be the English brig Roscoe, which was on shore, and horning furiously in consequence of the inflammable nature of the cargo, and the wind blow ing fresh at the time. The crew, nineteen in number, bad got into three bogs, and been able to save some of their property. Just after the arrival of the steamer, the Lrig, having burned to the water's edge, filled and went down. The crew were afterwards taken on board the Brandon and couleyed to Smyrna. FOREIGN MINES. _-____'-------__ FOREIGN. 20 7 Australian - f —ll 35 27 Bra.zilianlmp.(issue( at £5 pm) 10 all Antwrp &Ro tterdam 7 7 4 7 20 14 Ardennes • ••• ••• 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiad: 2 1 — 3 / 4 2 5 all Belgian East . Junct. 14 lf 20 16 B ez iers to Graissessac 3 1 — 43 p 15 Do. St. John Del Re 20 22 6 all C a rmeaux&Toulous , 1 1 Clarendon Con. Min. Coal Mines and Ry. 51 6 Co. of Jamaica—. f id 20 12 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France ... 341 -34 f 34f ... 16 Copiapo 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley ... par —ip p 20 all General 20 18 Gt. Central of France 241 -21 f 3 all Linares 20 17 Great Luxembourg... 6 1 61 5 li Lusitanian 1 all Mariquita 16 4 Italian Junction...... ... •„ — -- 1 all New Granada 20 all Lake Const. & Bale .., ••• 1 all Noveau Monde 20 all Lime and Turnhout ... ...d 20 all Pont. Sil.LaM. 4 &nit 7 9 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 53 S i lp 5 1 Port Philip 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. •.• . •••..• ••• 30 16, Santiago d. - Cuba 20 all Lyons and Geneva ... 32 —33 J 1 all Louth Australian 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... ••• 1 1 all Do. Scrip 331 all Maria Ante:la - •••• 1 all Do. 10 p. e. Pref.._ ... .., 10 all Do. New - • 7 , 284 all United Mexican ..... 31 4 20 all Namur & Liege 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref 2l 211 MISCELLANEOUS. 16 all Northern of France 391 —39 a 10 all NorwegianTrnk. Pref 9 10 25 19 Australian Agricult. 21 23 20 all Paris and Lyons _. ••• 20 all Paris and Orleans 5B 59 10 all 13erlinWaterWorks.• 4f 51 20 7 Reeife & San Fran , 50 40 Brit. American Lan , 40 45 (Pe r g. 7P. c. i '3 p 10 71 Rome and Frascati ... ... 100 32 ,;Ca naC 9. St. NO Do.C).6pc.Jan&July ... ,•• 20 all Royal Danish lB 20 St. 100 Do. 6p. c.Feb.&AwY. ~„ ... 5 all Royal Swedish 1 11 St. 100 D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. ... 20 all Sambre and Mouse 9/ 10 ,:',t. all Copper Min. of Eng. 35 40 10 all Do. 51 per cent. pref Bl 9 25 all Do. Prof. 7c, p. cent. 26 28 20 all Southern of Franco, 34 344 5 all Crystal Palace 2l 2A 21 Si 11111 West Flanders • 4f 5 5 all Do. Preference 10 all IDo. 51 per c. Pref . 91 10 4 all Cryst al Pal. of France ... 20 all INV.& N.W. of France 321 331 1 3 Duston Iron Ore 20 6 'Western of Austria._ par 1 p 20 18 Eastern Steam ... ••• 20 all West. of Switzerland ... ... St. W O Electric Telegraph 6 all 'Wiesbaden 6 j all i Do. Bp. cent. pref. ••• ..• 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 1f 13 20 I all Zea l an d ' .. - ... 10 I.os. Eur, & Incl.Jetn. Tcl..par ip - 25 1.11 Gen. Ir. Se. Col. Olin ) ... ... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 15 1.4 Gen. Steam Naviq,at. , ..• ... 40 all lAustralasia 93 —95 94/ 31 20 5 London Discount .. f 341 17 1 (( ):10 a a a usall l olosll. l 1 17ND,v Im L 7 o ccoace n tw.gx, :Id: Netherlands ,t . pßaretl. G ircnoaai e :pn n aNd s.fs. Flee.. ALa St. tnNn: Omnibus d 1:i.:ec:1.u... : ..4 1 i 1 _—__ : 4 . , li 25 le, :Bank of Egypt 100 50 Bank of Loudon 57 59 571 40 all IBri.Col Bk.&Ln. Co ••• - ... 50 all 'British N. American ••• ... 20 8 C.Bk.of Ina.Au.&Ch 11 fa 5 5 Nat. Dkcouut C 0.... i —id il 5 5 Do. New . is s s i at i ja 1: 1 1 ( 11 1 4 4 100 50 City ..................... 63 70 69 10 .• .., 10 all Do. Do. . 11°0°0 25 C cE o on l io.n o . n lsn i c a coi l .et .. i . i i rli . s . L ... oc . n . h . dt . .. iii —___ . i .. 8.. iii 20 al l . 5 1 Do. Do 10 all Lon. Ch . 13 . k. of Aust. 18 —l9 1 62 C : 5 01t D . lawallll 20 a ll Ditto No* .......... .. 13. 2 1. 19 London and County ~ ••• 20 20 Loa( . 1 a' 1 NNN1:18 B. Oriental W°Af.iEGl Gas s:tl:°a. PlsaePsSi. tacen.l 1:: 8 la!: --= - - 3.• 1. 2 *: d 1 50. Do. New Shares ...... 'par i , 50 so l'„ind.&E.llnkrig.Corp ... ... 50 10 !,Loudon Joint Stock.. ... _ ••• I 1 h la • 25 all Peelßr. La. & MiurLi 2a A 20 10 Do. New ............ ... ••• 11•• 100 100 3 2 50 Ilic,oaitlid.o.pa,nti(lgtfiEinusgt: .. 1 .. _...-- .:: 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 67 69 50 10 Do. New 1 41 5 p 50 all Rh3_uney Iron 2 0 0 a 2 I 2J, Ni.i.eaNytiociiitßhawnkaie ... :::: . 4 . i ..._.— . ii 25 all ,Oriental Bank Corp. 39 40 15 all Do. New 5l 71 100 GO Royal Mail Steam,,,, i 4,,, 20 15 Ottomanl Bank ...... 11 —lg p 1 all Sco t. Austral. Invest. 11 1 ; 00 25 'Provincial of Ireland ... ..• ~, 1 all Do. New 1 10 all Do. New. .............. ••• "' ••• ••• St. 100 S. Au% Gov. 6p. c. bds. •., ... 5 1 R.Aus,B.&G.Im•Co. ... -- ••• 23 all South Austral. Land 35 37 25 all South Australia...... ••• 25 . all Union of Australia... 54 56 55i 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip, i— 1 1 all Do. Registered ... 2.(D0. Now 6. 71 •i 1 120 5 Trust&Ln Co.U.Can. ••• .. 50 10 - lUniou of .............. n ” :::: 251 2iil 251 00 50 Unity ( Mutual ... 11 "- 9 d 100 28?, Van Diemen's Land 11 -- 13 St. 100 - V.C4o,6p.eJan, 4 July .„ - 1 0 0 ,50 Yestrn Bk.of Loud. , 10 IOU. all 100 all 100 MARKETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesteriaY. 68b 1 351 56i 7 36i i 101} i all all ;100 ;100 O 4 i 1011 81i i 100 100 25 St. 5 St. all 3_oa all 263 13A 2,1 St. 1-03 5 100 100 1 00 a'l 1C) 100 'lOO 100 all 20 25 20 St. all 100 l Cl 100 100 Irthr! lEseyl Jlean Dar. E SHARES. 9 } I 89 DO Westminster Bath B Aft rd Blackburn Lsmbeth Oxford (city) Peterborough Preston Shoreham MONDAY, March 30. Marylebone Cambridge Cambridge. University Huntingdon Oxfordshire Rochester Rutlandshire Shropshire (South) Stafford (North) Surrey (Fast) Wiltshire (North) rt b) Worcestershire (West) Southwark Cumberland (East) Derbyshire (South) Essex (South) Gloucestershire (East) Huntingdonshire Kent (East) Leicestershire (South) Nor thamptonshire(N.) TUESDAY, March 31. Northam ptonshire(S.) Nottinghamshire (N.) Shropshire (North) Stafford (South) Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Hertfordshire Leicestershire (North) WEDNESDAY, April 1. Surrey (West) Yorkshire (North) THURSDAY, April 2. I Wiltshire (South) FRIDAY, April 3. Cheshire (South) I Kent (West) SATURDAY, April 4. Hampshire (South). Middlesex The Foam has arrived from Shanghai with 513,600 lbs of tea and 1,383 bales of silk. There were no withdrawals of specie from the Bank yesterday. The arrivals have been-4,8851. by the Brazil steamer Tamar, 6,8351. from the Peninsula, and 61,0001. from New York— the latter, most probably, on Frenvh BeCOUnt, INCUMBENCY 0? OLEBEENWELL.—The senior church warden has issued a notice that the election of an Incum bent is postponed from the 90th inst. till after adjudica• tion on the matters still pending in the Consistotial Court of the Bishop of London, which adjudication can. , not be given till the 22d of April. ROYAL ACADEMY OF MDSIO,—The first concert of the season took place yesterday morning, at the institution, in Tenterden-street. His Royal Highness Prince Albert and her Royal Highness the Princess Mary honoured the meeting with their presence, and the rooms were crowded to excess even before the commencement of the concert. It is believed that the contract between the represen tatives of Sir M. Peto and the Portuguese Government, for the construction of certain railroads, will soon be signed, and that the conditions are very favourable offering advantages to both parties. MA CII 25 57, I INAUGURATION •OF TILE PRESIDEST lIBALTH OF LONDON DURING THE OF THE UNITED STATES. - j WEEK. On the 4th of March the Administration of Mr. Pierce ceased to exist, and Mr. Buchanan, the new sident, entered on his term of office. The cere monies that transfer the Government from the out going to the in-coming chief of the State are of the very simplest kind. • The Constitution only pie scribea that the new President shall on that day ba sworn in by the Chief Judge of the Supreine Court, the term of hits predecessor and the exist.; ence of Congress ending at noon.. The inauguration of Mr. BuChanan was singu larly taxeured by the (len - lents. The day was beau tiful, though before it tl.e weather had for 801113 time been detestable, and relapsed into the striae state immediately afterwards. During four or :Iva hours there was a glimpse of spring,—a blight sun and soft airs. The next day came a piercing winter's wind and clouds of dust. The city was crowded with guests and visitors ; on the 2d and 3d, when the special trains frem Baltimore and Philadelphia began to pour in thousands in addition, the crowd became a crush, ant the late comers found great difficulty in finding shelter ; but by close packing, ten and fourt 'en in a room, and the seizure of bars and billiard-tables, the influx was shaken down somewhere. The short-distance trains did their work very well, but pilgrims from New York and mere distant points went through all sorts of disasters; a vio'ent storm sopped the ferry across the Susquehanna ; the different lines did not " con nect," and there was a great accumulation of way farers at various points, to the profit of the local hotl.-keepe-s. Those who left New York at one particularly unfortunate juncture were four days on ihe road to Washington, though the d stance ought to be accomplished in 12 hours. Much baggage went astray, and many ladies who came to attend the Inauguration Ball fully provided with dresses by the best New York artistes, heard at the last moment that the sa'ins bad "gone south" in the confu-ion. These mishaps were, luckily, the worst. There was much vexatious delay with the railroad trains, but, though the traffic was so im mensely increased on the first three days of the month, no serious accident is reported on any of the lines. The portion of the proceedings of the day that comes under the head of " spectacle" scarcely re paid the thousands who flocked int') the city, if they merely came to see a show. The point of simplicity hss•been passed, but grandeur is not yet attained. As a sight it was not equal in effect to a general parade of the New York fire companies. The military part of the procession is nearly all voluntary, and consists of companies and detach ments of the countless Guards, Fencibles, Rifles, Highlanders, and Jagers, in all kinds of uniforms in which the citizens of the Union delight to enroll themselves. They came in in delegations from 40 to 80 strong from every State of the Federation ; some of the companies were in excellent order—their uni forms clean and bright, and their drill good ; the pecuniary condition of the citizen very much affects the outward appearance of the soldier. These brilliant companies were evidently well to do, and could affordto expend something for the credit of the corps. But there were other detachments so oddly threadbare and dilapidated, that if their patriotism had not exceeded their vanity they would surely have remained at home. The most striking of all the military companies was one in the uniform of the " Continentals" of 1776—blnewith buff facings. The colours still linger as a party badge in the cover o: the Edinburgh .Review—the three-cornered hat and topboots. It is very nearly the dress military artists give Napoleon in his early campaigns. Com pared with more modern military tailoring it lo , es very little. The hat would certainly catch rain like a dish, but would pour it off clear of the collar ; the shako conducts it down the neck. The boots look better than any form of the trouser. Oa the whole, as a fighting and marching dress, it was quite as good as most of our present uniforms. The officers add an elaborate lace shirt frill, which throws in a touch of the drawing-room ; the " 76th's" were quite a feature of the day. Another relic of the past turned *up among. the crowd ; an old gentleman wore a real queue, a veritable pig tail, carefully trimmed and tied ; in the New World one ancient fashion still survives. The procession was formed in front of the city hall ; the President and Pi esident elect joined it at Willard's Hotel ; they rode in the same carriage to the Capitol, making the centre point of the caval cade. In front of their carriage was a decorated car with a pole of liberty, and immediately baind it the model of a ship rather overmanned with an oversized crew. The rest of the procession con sisted of the different Democratic clubs and wso ciations from the chief cities of the Union, the Washington firemen, and one fire company and its engine from New York. Within the Capitol, on the arrival of the Presi dent, asmaller procession was formed in Vie Senate Chamber, including the Judges of the Supreme Court, the foreign diplomatists, officers of the army and navy and heads of departments. It crossed the Rotunda to the great eastern portico, in front of which a platform, with a few seats, bad been construc'ed. Mr. Buchanan, preceded by the United States' Marshals of the district, descended the steps, the other authoritieq, and those who had formed the procession, occupying the marble ascent behind him. The lofty columns of the porch made a very good framework of the picture the whole group presented. In front an immense crowd had gathevd in the grounds of the capitol ; a sort of flooring had bean constructed about four feet from the ewe) for their accommodation. Looking acrirs this mass of people, Mr. Buchanan'exactly faced the statue of Washington at the end of the long walk. In a few minutes after he had taken his place, Mr. Buchanan advanced to the front of the platform and read the address, which appeared in The Sun of Saturday last. • The oath of office was then administered to Mr. Buchanan by the Chief Judge of the Supreme Court, and the ceremony of the day terminated. (12.0,y6 the Report of the Registrar-General.) The total number of deaths registered in Lon don, which i n th e prev i ous week was 1,151), was, in the week that .ended last Saturday, 1,195, of which 627 were deaths of males, and 568 those of females. In the ten years 1847-56 the average;num ber of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,198, which almost entirely agrees with the number now returned ; but, as last 'week's deaths occurred in an increased population, the average must be raised for the purpose of compari son prportiou?lly to the increase, in which case it will 13,c me 1,318. Hence it appears that 123 per sons sut vived last week, whose names would have been inscribed n the registers if the average ruts of mortality had prevailed. As it has been shown in recent returns, th e di, eases classed under the general term "zymeti c , ,, and the most important of which, with the excep tion of typhus, are fatal principally to children, ex hibit in the aggregate a considerably reducea rat, of mortality. The deaths referred to this class are in the pre out return 197 ; the corrected average of corresponding weeks is 254. The decrease appears under smallpox and typhus (or common fever) ; the former was tat Al in four cases, the average 15 ; the latt-r in 24 cases, the average being 51. Scarlatina, which carried off 27 children, and whooping-cough, which carried off 58, both wakeake a close approxima tion to their averages. Twenty six children died of measles, a number which very slightly exceeds the average. Seventeen persons died of diarrhoea. On ieference to the Table of Epidemics it will be seen that the deaths from the six diseases which have just been specified occurred in proportions not very dissimilar throughout the different parts of the metropolis ; but that the four sub-districts which compose East and West London contributed only 4 out of the 157, and the city none, which is in part to be explained by the, fact that this portion of the metropolis is in a less degree than others oe f oupied by the younger members of families. The deaths from bronchitis rose last week to 164. Eight nonagenarians die'i in the week; the oldest were a nurse who diet in Walworth at the age of 94 years, a gentleman who died at the same age in Upper C barlotte-street, Tot tenham-court-xoad, and a widow in the German Jews' Hospital at Mile end, who had reached the sge of 99 years. A man died in the sub-district of Finsbury, St. Luke, from privation ; a horse•hair drawer from glanders ; a person from intemperance ; 4 persons from cart uncle. Last week the births of 939 boys and 916 girls, in all 1,855 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 the average number was 1,603. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.-719 in. The highest reading in the week was 29.99 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the week was 45.1 cle4., which is 3.3 deg. above the average o f the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was above the average till Saturday, when it was 6.2 below it. The air was warmest on Wednesday, on which day the highest temperature of the week occurred, and was 66.2 deg., and the mean temperature was 53.2 deg., which is 11.4 deg. above the average. The lowest temperature of the week occurred on Tues day and Saturday (the latter a bitterly cold day), and was 33.0 deg. ; and the entire range of tem perature in the week was therefore 33.2 deg. The mean dewpoint temperature was 39.7 deg., and the difference between this and the mean temperature of the air was 5.4 deg. The wind blew first from the south-west, afterwards from the south-east, then from the east, and on Saturday afternoon changed to north-east. Rain fell to the amount of 0.33 in., nearly all of which was melted hail that fell on Sunday (the 15th) ; on which day the horizontal movement of the air was 310 miles. On Thursday the motion of the air was only five miles. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTEEFD IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 21. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of. the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 49 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion ... ••• ... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c Diseases of the Joints, Dona, and Muscles lO Diseases of the Skin s &c. Malformations 1 Premature Birth and Debility 2l Atrophy 27 Old Age sudden .. 11 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 32 Causes not specified 78 DEATHS BROM ALL CAUKIES Population Deaths in come• peat/ s Enumerated. sponding week in the 1851. 401856. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts 616,635 327 Totals Males C27 F3males . 1;63 BIRTHS IN TIIE WEEK. Males Females.. Total 1,855 THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE BOURBON'. It was mentioned some time since that differences had arisen between the representatives of the two branches of the Bourbons about the non-recogni tion of the tricolor flag by the Count de Cham bord. In the month of August last a letter was addressed by the Duke of Nemours to one of the leading members of the Fusionist peep in P a nie, in which he announced that, as an understanding could not be come to, the Princes of Or:eans considered themselves as released front every obligation that they might have contracted. The Fusionist leader kept the contents of the letter to himself till the month of November last, when he communicated them to a well-known Legitimist, and requested him to bring them to the knowledge of the Count de Chambord. Two sentences only were extracted and sent to the head of the house of Bourbon. The Count was hurt at a communi cation being made to him in such a form ; he re plied that he regarded it as non avenue, and that he should still consider that matters remained un changed. In the meantime occurred the death of M. de Salvandy. which gave occasion for the letter of the Count de Chambord to M. Pageot, in which, it may be remembered, the assurance was repeated of the political reconciliation remaining oitablished between the elder and younger branch of the Bour bon family. The Orleanists were thrown into great confusion at the protest of the Duke of Nemours, and they insisted that a categorical explanation should be demanded. The Duke of Nemours con sequently addressed a letter to the Count de Cham bord, to which the Count replied, "My Comia,—l have read your letter with deep regret and sorrow. I was pleased to think that we had understood in the same manner the reconciliation effected between us now four years ago. That re establishment of our political and family relations, while it was gratifying to my heart, seemed to my judgment a pledge of salvation for France, and cne of the firmest guarantees of her future. In order to justify my hope, in order to render our union at the same time efficacious and worthy, there were want ing only two things which yet were very easy—to re main, on your part as on mine, equally convinced of the necessity of our union, and to maintain a confidence equally solid in our mutual sentiments. I have not doubted your devotedness to the principle of Mo narchy ; and no one can call in question my attachment ,to France, nay respect for bar glory, my good wishes for her greatness and her liberty ; and my BYmPa thetie gratitude is given to those who have at every period done for her what is good, useful, anal great. great. I have never ceased to think, I have shyer said have always believed, and I still b :h li e e" rno n ment impropriety of regulating, befo re pose on us that comes when Providence shalt interests and the duty, questions which 1 ritlhl the resolve. It is not wishes of our country people can dispose of that it it is in the union of our house, profound conviction:, fforts of all the defenders of monar w w e are far less France,preserve t that and in the commonthat France will be one day saved ; ehical institution q, FiENBI." an d her saddes t trials have not weakened my faith. PRICIC OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is About 6 per mile premium, and the short exchange on Lon d on is 26 . 2 5 per 11 . sterling. On comparing there r ates with the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 3-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of guld is 424 per mark, aisd the short exchange on London is 13.41 per 1/. stor ling. Standard gold, at the English Mint price, is there fore' rather more than 1-10th per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 108.1- per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is nominally againbt England; but, after making allowance kr charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmission of gold either way between the two countries. LIMITED LIABILITY ACT. Owing to accounts respecting the power of com panies incorporated under the Limited Liability Act of 1856 to issue scrip, the committee of the Stock Exchange recently took the opinion of counstl on the point, and yesterday adopted the annexed reso lution, which was posted in the house this morn ing :-- The following resolution has been passed by the com mittee' and will in future form part of the l aw o f th e Stock Exchange, " In settlement - 4 of shares of companies under the Limited Liabi'ity Act, when the allottees have signed articles of association, the delivery of shares must be by deed of transfer; and in cases where no such articles have been signed anscrip certificates only have been issued, the committee will not fix a settling day in such scrip, unless they bear a stamp of one penny, and a limited period be stipulated on the scrip certificates for their re gistration:' "By or ler of the Committee, "GEORGIC LOVELESS, Secy. "Committee room, March 24." [ADVERTISEMENT.] WINGFIELI) FOR SOUTH ESSEX. TO - THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SIB,—In the Election Notices of the Times of this day it is stated that if Mr. Wingfield (the Liberal Candi date) be put in nomination he will not go to the poll. I beg to state that not only does Mr. Wingfield intend to go to the poll, but from the promises of support he is hourly receiving on all hands he will do so with every prospect SUCCC3P.—I remain, &C., E. GURNEY, Chairman. Green Dragon, Bishopsgate-street, 25th March. The Petropolis, of the Hamburg and Brazil line of steamers, which left Southampton for Lisbon and Brazil on the 27th ult., put back to Lisbon on the 143 th of March pith her screw broken, and waits until another can be obtained from England. In addition to the fell cargo of goods, she has on board 68,0001. of gold seat from London to the Bank of Rio. THE NEW RUSSIAN FEONTIEB.--SO many incorrect versions have appeared in several European Journale about the proceedings and intentions of the European Commission of the Danube that there is considerable danger of false views being taken by the public on this important sul ject. I take, therefore, this opportunity to give you a concise account of the present position of the Danubian Commission, en the corrcotness of which you may rely. The Commission met the first week in Nov. last at Galatz, since which time they have been ern p!oyed in the examination of the different months of the river, in the formation of a working staff, and in the con sideration of questions relating to the state of the naviga tion of the lower Danube. In their examination of the months, which from the lateness of the season could be but cutlery, they were much assisted by the valuable surveys of Capt. Spratt, R N., and by the lucid reports of this efficer. These are the only authentic and eccurate surveys to which the Commission has had access. The project of as Austrian engineer was submitted to the Commissioners individually, but without the surveys on which it is based. The works therein proje cte d involve 1 an enormous expenditure,_ and it is not pro b a ble that t i,c7 will be adopted. The Commission will not pro nounce tin y ; until its own engineera have ma t te a r the r surveys and reocan23entlations. It is St. George's mouth of the Danube p be fixed upon as that best calcula ac commodation to commerce, and to rep of works that must be constructed. chore is selected. In the early made to afford a temporary branch and month, for the fac until the more extensive works th" ' g l b u t itima tel y expenses hicYhever embou wattempts will be tre°dPteees7tothred moat spot:Let to the Sulina imililltrating of its navigation, branch contemplated are fin Abed. —Tinto. 18 20i 100 100 20 20} 20i 100 100 100 100 'lOO 100 jlOO all 10i 100 100 2s(3d Ws all all all all