The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-16 00:00:00

ling ation re ts. is 'Atop, ;,to dered. ttions )e re ),j ect s 3after ffi cers MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with a quiet aspect, and prices of all kinds were unchanged. The sales were 6,000 bales, 500 of which were taken for export. The Railway Share Market opened rather fiat, but late in the day a reaction took place, when a slight improvement occurred. The directors of the Agra and United Service Bank have issued a report of the proceedings which took place at the meeting of proprietors held at • Calcutta on the 14th February. The statement then presented exhibited a net profit of Company's rupees i 4,93,602-5-9, being at the rate of rupee , , 13-2-6 per cent. For annum on the paid-up capital of seventy-five lacy. After providing for a divi. dend at the rate of ten per cent. per annum, there Would remain 3,18,602-5-9 to the Reserve Fund. The half-yearly meeting of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was held to-day; Capta'n C. E. Mangles, M.P., in the chair. The report has been already before the public, and shows an increase in • the aggregate receipts of the company of 51,5411., Which was a source of satisfaction to the directors, and enabled them to pay the usual dividend of 21. Per share, and besides that a bonus of 11. 10s. per shire, free of income tax. The Tyne had been re covered in a very satisfactory manner, and it was believed that the whole of the expense would be covered by the sum appropriated to insurance for the first half of the current year, viz., 22,5001. The surplus on the whole account available for appropriation was 266,1061. 4s. ld. A few obser vations took place on the part of Dr. Beattie, Captain Barber, Mr. Ru , sell Gurney, Deputy Chairman, Mr. Hawes, and the Chairman in ex planation, when the report was carried, and the dividend and bonus agreed to unanimously. The very uneasy feeling produced in Stock Ex change circles yesterday, through a combination of adverse circumstances, has given place to increased Confidence, in consequence of the Bank directors, as anticipated, not having found it necessary to adopt fresh precautionary measures at tbeir meet ing to-day. Although few imagined an advance in th e terms of interest and discount would be an- Isounced, there was nevertheless a manifestation of anxiety ; for the recent course of events, so differ ent from what had been anticipated, has perplexed even those usually enabled to form a pretty correct idea of what is passing in the financial world. No Wonder, therefore, that the result of the Court's deliberation should have been awaited with great interest. After a discussion only occupying a few minutes the directors adjourned, so that it may be f s upposed the position o f a ff a i rs , through the influx o gold and other circumstances, has im proved within the last few days. There is little cause, however, for presuming that there Will be any immediate relAxation of the stringency. If it does not even increase the current rates will no doubt be enforced for some time to come, al though further arrivals of gold will go far to pro duce relief. About 500,0001. in Australian gold was deposited lu the Bank of England yesterday. The Funds, which opened flatly, have become ra ther, firmer since the adjournment of the Bank Court. Speculation is rather dull and the Bears 11 , ° ‘v appear to be acting with more caution. There ts still a demand for loans and discounts which isun favourable in its influence on prices, but during the last few days the sales have represented a large total, and a disposition may soon be shown to close s uch operations. Of course all will depend, how ever, upon money and specie movements. Consols have been 92! 4 and 921-, for money ; for the ac count they have been 931- A. The New 3 per Cents. have been 911 1-, and the Reduced Mil The March Exchequer Bills are 4s. to 3s. discount, the !Tune ditto Os. and Bs. discount, and the Bonds are almost the same as before: Bank Stock is 213, and India Stock 221. to 222. A very limited business has been done in the Foreign Stock Market, and, with the exception of Turkish Bonds, prices have not varied to any ma terial extent. Brazilian 5 per Cents. improved to ICOi. Danish were 85. Sardinian 901. Spanish Deferred 25, and the Commitl;-!e's Certificates 6al l . Turkish 6 per Cents. were 931 and 91 t , ) 91i. Belgian 41 per Curti. 99, and Dutch 2i per Cents. 65. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign ; Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 231 & ; Peruvian 4i per Ocuts., 76 7 8 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 441 51 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41 1 ; ditto Deferred, 21i 53 ; ditto Certificates, (in ; ditto Passive, 51 6. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1857. 1856. Great Western Norta-Western S outh-Wostern 15,370 14,272 Brighton 15,425 12 289 'Midland S outh -Eastern - 18,265 15,200 Valedonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 6,240 6,178 Chester and Holyhead Bast Lancashire 6.357 5,836 ' Lancaster and Carlisle Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 9,827 8,773 North Stafford North London Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh 3,863 3,143 South Devon Taff V a l e 4,307 4,047 . tlster 1,344 1,389 Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgo w and South-Western • Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 11,507 13,134 Northern of France ' The Railway Share Market has been exceedingly inactive, and the business done has been chiefly in • connection with the settlement of the account. Prices have shown some fluctuation. Caledonian, • Eastern Counties, South-Western, and South- Eastern declined 53. ; and North-Western, 10s. ; Great Northern and Great Western improved ss. ; Midland, 103. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, . 15s. The French lines are also rather higher ; Paris and Lyons improved 15s. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 11. to 1/. 10s. ; Great Westorn of Canada, Dutch Rhenish, and Sambre and Meuse are at about previous rates. Iu Mining Shares there is no change to report in prices, the only dealings being in Great Wheal Alfred at 6:1-, and Linires, 74. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares rate rather flat. Bank of Egypt declined ss. ; Ottoman Bank, les. ; C rystal Palace realised 2g. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o•CIAY. (Fran the Official Ltst.) : i sin" , hula Bank Stock . 3 P* ': ()nt. Keducod A nuuittem _ 3 per gent. consols Aainßities 924 i . 1 i New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9li e l i 5 Lodz, Annuities, expire itt. lan. 1860 .. 2 -16 4 Ditto 31) Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 2 5.16 . India Stock Consols ?or Account ... . 93,-ii .1 Etchequer Bills, 24d. March. I June. £1000 2500 4 d 1 p 1 5 d 6 • Small ..par 3 p 3 dl 9 3 d ' PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE o'o m), trazilian 5 per Cent. .. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. S P‘niih Bonds, 3 per Cent. - • Dittc New Deferred, 3 per i len . S panish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6 .i Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent... 932 , 11 'den t. 3 , . the ah,,ve .1, - 33i 5 in _u .. don. Eelgian, 2.1 per Cont., ex. 25 francs — • _Ditto 41 1 per Cent.. ex. 25 francs Linten Exchange, 2: 1 1 per Con.;., 12 Guilders 65 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money Ditto for account • - _ BREAKDOWN ON THE GREAT NORTHERN.—Between and 8 o'clock On Tuesday evening, as a long coal train ! c m proceeding from Tux ford to Carlton, on its way to London, an axle of one of the trucks brok e , and 16 of the waggons were thrown off the line by the violence of the recoil. Both lines were completely blocked for a considerable distance, and shortly after the accident a do wn passenger train from King's-cross came in sight, but was stopped by the timely use of signals. The pas sengers w ere , however, delayed upwards of two hours befo re a singl e li ne could ' be opened, and the next pas senger train which came up was retarded for a similar Period. The traffic was resumed as usual yesterday Morning. 20 20 10 St. 18 20 .00 .00 COM - f one ,e able tss, or otract ribed. aental lu ex- )th as on re- jutant m an mili- Itioll9. he re jaiter called nislied net ry, breign groper know )f per- ;rapbY to the :rs. led for [aster it atiest ridges, pies of eneral placed . ree set S py of for the 3/3UMe d n whit he plot •, it in. chaste, ) much id {mail e plot/ e plow lug it. ecialll of tb• o bay° makes 'And givel r ch the ly 8U gelinao in her nd suf• gindo per Bed ;rirne tb Ily e l 3. Enano. owded that it —The ent for lice at ist the hag s in itg (wail :e,siOtt )ver t° to n ion of ~..._ beivg egar' roi . C .-- SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. Bastnesi done this day. RAILWAYS. 50 20 20 10 St. 25 25 St. St. 0 0 St. all all all all 100 8} 17:3 100 1100 all 100 all 100 Do. !Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles ,Edinb.Prth.diDundee 'Forth and ClydeJunc. IFu-ness ...... . . . 'Glasgow & S.Western I Great N. of Scotland ,Great Northern !Do., A. Stock IDo., B. Stock !Gt. StlL&West.(lre.) !Great Western. iDo. Str.V.R. gua.St, 'lrish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle. Do., Thirds.. . Do. New Thirds Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F.£l6 Do., Wst. Riding Un. IDo. Southport. London & Bla.ckwall Lond.Bright&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifth Do. Eighths ! London As S.Weatern Lndndrry.&Coleraine, Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.&Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland ... Do. Birming.& Derby I Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. 1 Shares ..... Newcastle & Carlisle Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warreupoint & 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 L0nd0n........ N. &S. `'stn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June 'Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton.... Portsmouth St. l loo St. 100 St. 100 St, 100 12 all 50 all 161 1 14-1 16112 St. 100 16 6 3 1 20 all 1.4a1l St. 100 St. 100 ?,0 all 10 ; all 12A ; 2: 2 St.' 100 25 I all 11 I , 100 100 'lOO 23:4 16 4 all I WO 100 ;31.1 I Rhymney I Scottish Central I Scot. N. E. Abrdn . St iShropshire Union ~ Sitingbourne &Sheer ' ,South Devon ;South Eastern 'Do. 4i per c. Shares South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dan IDo.. all r Staines,Wok.,&Wok.l all Stockton & Darling 15 i Do. do., 1854 3 Do. do., 18;5 16 ' ; Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Ta.fl' Vale 100 !Do. Pref., No. 1 22 ( Thames Hay. D. &R all Vale of Neath all Waterfd.. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limeriek all West all West -End of London) and Crystal Palacc l i all Do. A all Do. B all West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class Wmbletion &Croydon ) , Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc Belfast & Ballymena Blrmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley tirkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol &Exeter Caledonian........ Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass ,Cornwall Do. Do. B Dublin&Belfast June Dun. P. &Aber. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A. stk Do., do. B Do. New A East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk ........ ItRITISFI PO: 5i- Si - 9 65 -67 81 - 9 90 - 92 68 - 68 34 36 4• • • • • 4 - 5 - 9i 191 - 20 114 - 11 52 - 54 37} - 361 ••• - • 8i - • 99 - 100 , 56, ia?; 7i -8: 96 - 97 86 - 88 121 - 123 103 - 105 661 - 66 63 - 65 68 - 72 6 S p 6 8 p 1001 - 101 d par 51 - 6h 107 - 309 1101 - 104 id par 100 101 38i - 7 - 39,1 81 - 814 53 - 54 i*6 - 16 58 - 60 3i - 3i.1 44 - 45 854 - 864 - 3#(l 2t 2i 394 - 404 634 - 96 - 99 5k 4i d 7# 7i 10 11 H 29i -30 i 6 - 4 105 107 253 26 3 49 -- 50 21 lid . 171 183 753 87 - 88 4 - - 41 -- 43 20i -20 i 4t -- 4i 7 - 9 2i- 3 5i - 6 ... ."-• ... ISSESSIONS. lAtlan. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and lud, gua.r. 5 p.c. I Do. BuiTalo d; Lake Buff. , Brnt. GoAch. G p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73; Do. do., 1 June, '741 1 1 Calcutta and S. East.' 1 1 Central Oudo (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Demerara Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares D 0.4 A p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong di Melbourne guar. 5 per cent Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. G p c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c 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. 4. P.C Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 44 p. c. Exton. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do. Oude (Limited) Sciude, guar. 5 per c Do i - it) a 1 p 97 99 96 98 96 98 I•• ••• 1 .... 1 A p 108 - 110 1B - lip 208- 21' 62 -- 63 88 -- 90 218 -- 21 --1 pl 25 -- 3 -- 312 99 -- 100 1'23 -- 128 122 -- 127 'lO6 108 19 20 211 —21 i id— ASP tP —P .- - ... it, - 2/p FOREIGN. A. atvrrp & Rotterdam Ardennes Belgian East. Junct. Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaus&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New Euphrates Valley Gt, Central of Prance Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Coust. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Vcnotian Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. Lyons awl Geneva Lyons Mediterran, Maria Antezia all i Do. New .... . all Namur & Liege all Do. do. 6 r . c.. Pref aP Northern of France all NorwegianTenk.Pref all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 7 Reeife tit San Fran , (Pernam.l g. 7 p. c 7. Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 51 per cent. pref. all Southern of France.. all 'West Fland ers..,.. all Do. 5A per c. Pref„. all W.& N.W. of Ejanee 6 Western of Austria._ all West. of Smitzerland all Wiesbaden . ........... ' all Do. Bp. cent. pref. all Zealand ... .... JOINT-STOI '4l (Australasia Isi Bank of Egypt . 50 Bank of Loudon all ; Bri. Col Bk.& Ln. Co all B r itisb N. American 8 'C.Bk. of Ind. Aue&Ch 50 I City. 25 Colonial ......• 20 Commercial of Loud. all Eng. Scot. &Aus.o ht. all Lon. Ch . Bk. of Aust. all 'Ditto New .......... .. 20 ILondon and County 50 ELnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp 10 London Joint Stock.. 20 ,Lond.andWe - Aminst. 35 National Pro. of Eng. 10 !Do. New 22.3 National Bank all :New South Wales ' all 'Oriental Bank Corp 15 !Ottoman Bank i 5 :Provincial of Ireland all :Do. New 1 R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co all South Australia all Union of Australia V Do. New 10 - Union of London . „ 50 Unity Mutual ... XI Webtrn Bk.vf Loud., 78 - 7$ ig i• 3 - 4p 5 d par 34i par iP 23i 21 5f 6i ••• '... ..• ••• 'Bl sapl = 13 8.1 - 8i: 21 - 21,3 39i - 9 - 10 62h - 623 61 - 6.3 par i p 1 17 -- 19 1 -- li 9 -- 9A 8? -- 5 331 -33 i , It -- 5 9i -- 10 31 -- 32 par -- 1 p BANKS. 93 - --- : - T - 57 2i - upl • 1 2 ld 63 65 17 -- 18 17A -- 181 17i -- 183 ... 46 48 3Eq 39: i d par 58 • 60 6i - 7 ••• ••• 1 12 —10 d St. 100 St. 100 THE 66i 7t 104 1 6 it 100 H 81i 2i SUN, LONDON, THUR - SDAY - EVENING, APRIL 16, 1857; LINES LEtSED AT FIXED RENTALS rA , LWiItS. IBuckghamsh IClydesdale Jc. ,Col.Stour Vy. g. 6 p.c lE. Un. H. Sh. Gias. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. New I Glstr.kDn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. ;?., Shares Do. Shares Lon. & Greenw IDo.Preference I Lon. TO., &S. 'Do. Bark. Sli. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock iMdld. Brad fd. INewmarket l3uryE.G.spc. rsT.lEst.s p.c., Do. 6 per et Do. Fixed sp.c • Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs..,4 Roystn. & Hit. Shrews.& Tier S. Staffordsh WearVaL g pc Do Wilts &Somrst Closing Prices yesterday. 92 - 94 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 - 135 3/- 107 : 109 12i -- 13 23 - 24 1101 - 103 24 - 39 - 91 54 - $ -56 P - 134 8 - 9 9 - ••• , - 32 1' , 87 - 89 E SHARES. Leasing Companies Ln.&M.W. Cale:don E.U.&LE.O Gt.Nortlan E. Count. Caldonian. Do [ Gt.Westu Y. & Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co Do Ln. &N. W & Midid j E. Count Do Do Do L. &N. W Do Gt. Northn T. Brassey M. MClean Stk. &Dar Do PII,EFEREN , c.t.w Blyt. and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 50/.) Bris.k,Ex.4 p. c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares.. Caledn. £lO 4 p. c. Ches. & Ho. 54 p.c. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork &Bandons4p.e. Dun .Perth. &A ber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 ....... 'Do. New 6 pr. c. St. Bast Un., 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.&117. York. J. sth.s .Edin.& Gl. sp. c. Sb. Ed.Prth.S.;Dur.4p.c. Farness, 5 p. c..... .. Glas. & 4 .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. prem. Gt.N. of Scot.lst Pre Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4k P.C. Do. con. red. 4 p. Do. irred. 4 per 'ent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh 'Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan.& York. 6pc.St, Lon. &B. G. 5 pc:No.l D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0.2 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., N 0.4 Lou. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct. late 3d Shares Londy.& Color. Sh Londy. &Ennis. Sh M.; S.,&L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. c10..E6 Do. do. 3i , per cent. Marypt. R Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4. per cent Do. do. • Aid. Consol. 6 P.C. St. Do. Con, Br. Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &H. Pref. St. New.,Aber., &C., pr. 5 p.c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. •Perpet. 6 pr. et. Norf k Deb. 4 p.c. S 6. Do. 5 p. e. Ext. 1846 Do. 51 p.c.•pf , 1847 IDo.Wv.V.Sp. ~1847 North British Do. 71. Preference Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6pc No.ll Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York H. &S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox.,'Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c. ' Ist guar. Do, 61.3. c. 2d guar Scot. Cent. New Pref Sc.N.E.Aber,g.6n.c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. DO. d0.:31 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 4i i cent 1 1 S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 42 p.c. Sb S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 44 p. c S.Yorksb. 4 p.c. Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do. do. do, 'Stock. & Hartl. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 \Vaterfd& Bilk. 6 pc. 92 - 9~ o'i =96 51 - 108 - 112 108 - 112 4 - - OP 111 - 12:1 73 - 74 113 - 115 107 - 109 100 - 102 60 -- 62 10i -- 10$, - G 4, 95 - 96 85 -- 87 [OO 102 10 -- 103 16i -- 17 10 -- 103 72 -- 75 191 -- 194 95 -- 91 141 -- 144 .32 -- 134 37 - 140 .12 -- 114 1154 - 156 ••• - ••• 66 - 68 132 - 134 97 - 98 87 - 89 ••• ••• li ...... IBP 166 :=1,54i 91 - 93 - 1(1 1 id 21a 22 1 108 - 110 11. -- 116 1 105 -- 110 65 -- 70 17i -- 22} -23 i 100 - 101 9 - 27 - 28 2 - 3p ••• ...... • • 2i - 3 • BRITISH MINES. Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 'British Iron . Conduraw (Cambrn.) I D ev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) I Great South Tolgus G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par, Cons. (St.Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min; Co S; Caradon (St. Cleer) : S. Carn Brea (Illogn.) S.W. France - 4 ) ; Tarn. s. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft ITn. Mince (Gwenna ! V. of Towey (Caw ) W. Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskrd ) Wh. Basset (Mogan). Wb. Boller (Rdrath). IWh. Kdw ard ( Calstek ) ,Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) IWli. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) NIL Trelawney (Lis.) 21 22 - - 8 [6O - 170 F 45 - 465 t3?_; - 14 - 7 51 - 6 - 16 - 18 23 - 25 5 _ 6 22 - 23 6 - 7 11; - 335 . - 345 6 - 7 320 - 330 4i- 54 200 - 220 - 1 321 -3 3 i 150 - 160 160 - 280 350 - 370 4 - 41 18 20 44 - 46 23 - 25 FO REIGN Australian Brazilianlmp.(issued at .£5 pm) Do. Comes & Cuiade Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Copiapp Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Maxi qui ta New Granada Noveau Mondo Pont. Sit. LAM. & Sre Port Philip Santiago de Cuba 4 outh. Australian Do. Scrip Do: 10 p. C. Pref. United Mexican MISCE: Australian Agricult. lAustraln, Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American. Land ;Canada 6 - pc.Jan&July ;Do, 6 p,c.Fe'o.&Aug. D 0.6 p.c. Kr.. &Sept. Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7a p. cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference I Crystal.Pal. of France ! ID Liston Iron Ore Eastern Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Irel. En. &Aust. Cop. SalCo Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. Gen. Ir. Sc. Col. (Rm.). I Gen. Steam Navigat. London Discount Loud. Gen. Omnibus Magdalena St. Navig. iMediteran. Elec. Tel., Mexican & S.Americnl Nat. Discount C 0.... Do. New o. D Netherlands o. D llo.S p.c.PLiss.at I d. I 'Do. Do. New B. &N. S. Land, KS. W. Gov.s p.c.D.l IN. B. Australasian... l Nrth.ofEuropoSteanal Oriental Gas .. ,Do. New Shares IPeelltr. La. & Peninsular & Oriental, Do. New Rliyinuey Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Do. New S. Aus. Gov. 6 p.e.bds. South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered Trust&Ln Co.U.Can. Van .DiemoA's Laud dkj" uly MINES. - - 21 2 19 - 21 id 60 63 11 13 id 14 15 7 7i ld p .6 -: **l - i* ..• -- ... :31- 3i .A.NEOUS. Loh. 24 I - * fi4 7 IE:3 35 - 40 26 - 28 - 2i 54 - sfl 93 ••• -,--91 ••• ILc par • ••••••• - 4 - 41 111 d - 4 4 4i par 18 22 - par ip 2i 23 -25 6 - 8 li - li 35 - 37 i - 1 i - 1 ii_ -13 ... Business this day. NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC) , TEL SVRAPII.) CLATIET STAKES. Wentworth beat. Manganese by ten lengths. 50 SO JS. SWEEPSTAKES. P.M. Crusada Western Power Two ran. MATCH. Albano beat itos . a . B9nhfur easy. • 50/. HANDICAP PLATE. Dead Heat.' Indulgence and Flyaway. Sixteen ran. TWO THOUSAND. 9 to 2 agst Kent 5 to 1 ag,t Vedette Arrived—Schiedam and Prince of Orange. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Chief. Justice Campbell.) THB QUEEN, ON THE PROSECUTION OF THE HON. MR. CLEMENTS ROLANDS. -CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Sir Fitzroy Kelly this morning applied for a criminal information against the defendant, a gentleman described of the Army and Navy Club, for conduct calculated to induce the Hon. Mr. Clements, M.P., .to commit a breach of the peace by - fi g htin g a duel. It appeared from a voluminous correspondence, which was read by the learned Counsel, that Mr. Clements, Mr. Rolando, and Mr. Ross were employed to arrange a difference between a Dr. Barker and Mr. Urquhart, gentlemen residing in Ireland ; and in the course of the mediation, which did not end satisfactorily; an 'angry correspondence took place between Messrs. Clcrnents • and Rolands, and the latter, in one of his letters, requested Mr. Clements, if he did not at once accede to his terms, to - concert measures for an immediate meeting. Afterwards on the sth of March, Mr. Rolands called upon Mr. Clements at his house in • Grosvenor-Square,. to deliver a certain letter. Mr. Clements refused to receive the note, or in any way to re-open a ccrrespondence that had been closed, and said, in the event of Mr. Relands leaving the letter, he (Mr. Clements) should return it unopened to the writer. Mr. Rolands then said, "Am I to understand that you positively.decline to receive the letter I" and Mr.. Cle. ments said, "I do ; and if you leave it with me, I shall return it • unopened." Upon this reply Mr. Rolands said, without provocation," You are a coward and a scoundrel." Mr. Clements refrained himself, and took advice on the subject; and it was considered, under all the circumstances of the case, the proper course to take was an application to this Court for protection against such an insult, which was evidently intended to incite him to commit a breach of the peace. Mr. Clements bad informed Mr. Rolands that it was his intention to make the present application, but no • notice had been taken by that gentleman. . Lord Carupbal—Take a rule to show cause. CARLEWIS V. EARL OF MORIIINGTON. This case, which wrs beard before a Middlesex Corn. mon Jury, was for . the recovery of the amount of a fashionable tailor's bil', upwards of 1,0001., incurred by the Hon. Mr. Wellesley with the plaintiff. From the evidence, it appeared that the bill had been standing for some years ; in consequence of recent circumstances the present action was brought. It• was stated that the charges were not above those usually made by west-end tailors, and that all the articles supplied were of first-rate excellence. A number of witnesses were examined in support of the plaintiff's charges and the valet of Mr. Wellesley proved that the goods had been supplied. For the defence it was contended that the charges were excessive and ex3rbitant. Twenty-one guineas were charged for a foreign dressing gown ; six quilted waistcoats were set down at nine guineas ; and two or three etirtout coats were charged at 6/. 10s. each. Another objection to the bill was that the alterations of the clothes were all charged for : the alteration of one Tagliont great coat costing no less than 8/. 18s 6cl. The jury had not returned their verdict when our re port lett. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. The Lord Chief Baron was occupied the whole of the morning in hearinga casearising out of a warrantry that had been given with a quantity of linen. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. An action on a bill of exchange occupied the court the whole morning. The case was entirely devoid Of public interest. MARKET NEWS.—(This lay.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE ICES OF BRITISH CORN For the meek ended April 11, 1857, made up from the Re. turns of the Inspectors in tie different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT I BARLEY OATS I RYE I BEANS I PEAS 53s lid 458 9d 24s 4d 38s 9d 39s 10d 38s 5d THE SIX WEECS' AVERAGES. WHEAT BARLEY OATS RYE I BEANS PEAS 55s 2d I 46s 5d 23s 9d 39s 7d i 39s 7d 39s Od ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 93,545; barley, 32,175;. oats, 9,725; rye, 419; beans, 6,119 ; peas, 436 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.- , --The trade ruled firm, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 6cl to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 49 81; 'Lamb, 6s to Cs 8d '; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; Pork, 4s to 5s per Sibs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 15.—The supplies of stock here to-day were limited, ,and the trade ruled firm, at our quotations. Beef, from 3s 6d to 51 Od ; Mutton, 4s 6d to 5s 8d ; Lamb, 6s 01 to 6s 8d ; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s 4d; Pork, 4 s Od to 5s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April 15.—The trade ruled steady, as follows : —Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s 2d ; Mutton, 41 4d to 5s 10d; Lamb, es 01 to 7s Od ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; Pcrk, 4s to 53 Od per Sibs. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4/ Os ' • clover do.' 3/ 51 to Si O. and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 8s per load_ Trade dull. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2l 12s to 4/ 03 ; clover do., 3/ 10s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ Os per load. A fair average supply and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL. —MeadOw hay, 2/ 10s to 4/ Os ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ Os ; and stravi, 1/ 4s to 1/ 83 per load. A fair . demand. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LoxpoN, April_l6.—Wind this day at noon, S.E.; moderate breeze and cloudy, after a heavy shower of rain. Doygn, April . 51.--Wind W.--Arrived—Ann, from Shields, for Queenstown, to stop a leak ; August and Ed ward,, from Rostock, for,Bordeaux, with to is of bowsprit, • jibbootp, bulwarks, &c. PLYMOUTH, April 15.—Wirid S.W.—Arrived—Louisa Maria, from Moulmein, for Falmouth : Vesper, Corunna ; Toleo, of Sunderland, for; Calcutta, with damage to reefing apparatus. Sailed—Princess Royal, for Quebec ; Specula tion, ditto. PILL, April 15.:--Wind W.N.W.—Sailed LDora, for BarbAdoes. . (PEII,ELEOTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. _ _ Wind S. Arrived—Niddleton and &Imo*, from Savannah ; Ti grapes, Barbadoes ; John Martin, Savenilla ; Balbeo, screw steamer, Havre. Sailed—Ready Rhino,,and Rattus, for Newfoundland ; Agatha Jutrind3, St. Petersburgh ; Jeanne, Genoa. . (BY SUBMARINE 4k7D BrWriSLI. TAaE4ktAPI - 1.) GRIVFSEND, Thursday, 9.50 a.m. Wind W. ; five hours' ebb ; fresh and fin , .. Arrived, 16th—Ada, from * Gottenburg ; Royal Saxon, Table bay ; Calypso, Jamaica ; Hendrika Maria, Am sterdam. Sailed—Gibraltar, screw steamer, for Cadiz. Dg4a, Thursday, 9.40 a.m. Wind S.S.W., strong, with squalls of rain. Anchored—Beta, from Newcastle, for Carentan. Passed, April 151--Monasco, from Mobile, for the Baltic. THE BOARD OF HEALTH.—The expense of the Board of Health for the year ending the 31st March next is 12,325/. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Evening.—A telegraphic despatch nag received this afternoon by. Captain Engle due, Superintendent of the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany at this port, froni 'Messrs. Pox, Son, and Co., of Plymouth, stating :—" Tagus just towed in the Martin Luther, from Liverpool.for Quebec dismasted. No par ticulars yet." This accounts for the non-arrival of the Tagus, which was due here with the P e ni n sular mails on the 14th (yesterday). She is now expected here during the night or early in the morning. THE EXPLOSION AT LUNDHILL.—The pit was un roofed yePterday, about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. On Tuesday there had been a stoppage in the drawing out of the water for 24 hours from the time of the chair being raised, caused b 3 the repairing and lengthening of the conductors. These repairs, were, however, completed a little before 3 o'clock yesterday. When the operation of drawing again fairly commenced it was continued with great rapidity without interruption up to the time of our parcel being despatched. During yesterday and the previous night there had been several large escapes of gag, but no indications of . fire had been observe& It was stated that shoat 2 o'clook the depth of water in the shaft had been lowered to about six feet, at which time only one of the bui;kets could be brought out full, as the other could not descend to the bottom on account of some defect in the conductor. Since the operations of drawing were again resumed on Tuesday afternoon no persons have descended the shaft, as it was considered dangerous to do so while the pit was in process of un roofing, as the escape of gas might have caused another explosion. A - placard has been issued calling upoa volunteers who may be willing to take part in the re covery of the bodies to attend or send in their names to thicolliaiy by Monday next, on which day it is expected theii services will be required. P_ERUVIAN BONDS. The following letter relats to a new attempt likely to be made to obtain the introduction on the London market of those psrtiois of the home debt of Perri which have long been celebrated for their qucstionalde origin. The temptation to be offend is said to be an increase of 2 percent. on the sinking fund of the :English debt; but the prec?dent would be 'bad, and should be resisted. If the existing Perri vi an Governmen t,notwithsti nding their former determination to the contraty, choose now, for reasons known to themselves, to recogni , e then liabilities, they can do so, and pay the proper ra - e of intere-t upon them at home. The fact of ih it having them repreented;)y st't ling bonds shows that' the object is to get rid of thin here—a rozult which wouti operate on oar market just as if the amount were raised by a new loan : "Sir,--z-The last advices from Lima state that General Castilla bad signed a decree acknoaledaing the iniqu- tons increase of the internal debt under E , _Menique, and the conversion of 11,000,000 dollars of that debt into 2,200,0001. of sterling .bonds. "It was to oppose the introduction of these bonds, which the Government and agents.of Peru had so treach erou_sly converted, and were endeavouring to put on this marl:et, to our greatinjury ; and to take such other mea sures as might be deemed nec:,,sary, that a committee was appointed on the 11th of January. 1854, of which Mr. Ricliard Thornton is chairman. Ti the viglance and strennous exertions of that committee we owe the defeat of the various,attempts first made with those ir teral bonds, as well as the incn'ased sinking fund we have on our own, and if the committee had been pro perly supported by us no doubt our 19ga1 right of five eighths of the proceeds of guano sold in this kingdom' (which by this time would have liquidated more than half the debt owing us) could have been obtained'; and the payment of the interest and purchases fir the sinking fund, as also some minor points, placed on a more satis factory footing than they now appear to be to the genera body of the boridholders. But instead of giving those representatives the support they deserved, we suffered them to he insulted at a meeting notoriously packed by parties well known to have . for their sole objectthe circu lation of the intrusive bonde, and who, after the .adjourn went of that meeting, constituted a committee of their number,•whiclr obtained the name of the ' New Com: mittee.' . _ "Annoyed as the Old Committee must have been at our culpable neglect in not supporting them against the machinations of a cabal opposed to our interests, they deserve much praise . fOr not having thrown up our cause, and for resisting the two attempts which the New Com mittee Made to obtain an official quotation of the noxious bonds. Nor among our obligations to them can he forgotten their opportune Protest in our behalf against the acts of the New Committee, thus maintaining our right to five-eighths of the guano proceeds, which wool! otherwise have been lost through the suicidal resolution passed at a meeting hell by the New Committee, accept ing the present sinking fund as final. "Our actual position is most unsatisfactory, as well as dangerous. No one can doubt that renewed efforts will now be made to circulate the spurious bonds in this 'Market, and it is essential to our interests and to that of the British public.that such attempts he opposed, no matter by whom made, or however plausible the pretext or bait offered; for we need no new lessons, in Spanish- American faith. Nor should we forget that our- present sinking- fund has not yet received the sanction of any Peruvian Congress. "Our old friends have-evidently continued to watch over our interests ; but I understand that, tired of the unthankful task they accepted, as well as of the expen diture of their time and money, they have long wished to resign, and it is not to be wondered at. "As. we have no right to expect the Old Committee to persevere in our behalf after the treatment they have received it behoves us to lose no time in ap pointing men of efficiency, knowledge, and fidelity to enforce our legal 'rights - and 'confront the imminent danger we are exposed to. An internal debt of some 27 or '2B millions of dollars, an external one of about 4f millions of &Mars, 'and our own debt of nearly 4,000,0001. sterling (no trifling total for a popula tion of less than two millions, two-thirds Indians), a costly naval force, without native seamen to man it, and of but little utility, a staff of military officers sufficient for an army of 150,000 men, the chief industry of the country (mining) in decadence ; an internecine warfare wasting its resources, and which, if now put down, may again soon spring up when there are so many greedy of the spoils of the State, and a rapid diminution of the deposits of guano, .which are in the hands of an insur- , gent force—such is a sketch of the actual position of Peru, and let us, old bondholders, beware lest, before our debt is extinguished, we learn that a few bare rocks alone remain to show where our principal, and probably only, security was. " London, 'April 15." AN OLD BONDHOLDER. LYONS AND MENTFRRA NEIN RAILWAY. The Journal des Chemins de Fer, referring to the at rangement entered into for the amalgamation of the Lyons and Mediterranean railway, says :—" In our last number we indicated the basis on which the amalgamated capital was to-be constituted and divided ; but if we were per fectly correct in stating that the Mediterranean shares would serve as the type - and would be divided into two, whereas the Lyons Company would receive six shares of the amalgamated . company for four of its pre sent one, the same was not the case with re spect to the aggregate of the capital. New capital is to he formed, first of 90,000 Mediterranean shares, divined into two, or 180,000 in all ; and next, of 265,000-Lyons shares, which, being divided in the pro portion of six new•for four old, give 397.500, or, for both the companies, a total of 577,500.• It is asked what will be the probable revenue fir the new shares, and in what prOportion the new lines Whioh are to be construct ed, and the reductions of tariff which' are imposed on them, may modify the future fortune of the amalgamated company. As capital, in taking as the starting point the present . quotation of shares, we will first establish the price of the new share :—For the Medi terranean, at the • price of 2,150 1 r., with a dividend of 85fr. due in• a month, which reduces it to 2,0651 r., the value of the share at the present time, the price will be 1,0321 r. 50c, For the Lyons, in taking:for basis the quotation of 1,580 fr. and deducting the dividend to be received of 501., the price of the share will be 1,5301., or. 6,120 f. for four shares, consequently the new share only represents a value of 1,0201. As to the probable revenue, it . is necessary, in order to estab lish it s to examine in the first place what was the pro f duce for 1856. A Mediterranean share produced in that year 110 f. ; four Lyons shares at 75f. each, 3001., making together 4101., which for eight new shares represents 52f. 50c. each. For 1857 the probable revenues are, • according to the receipts—for one Mediterranean share 1401., for four Lyons shares (100 f. each), 4001., making together. 540 f. for eight new shares, or 67f. 50c. each. These calculations are not founded on mere hypothetical provisions, and represent only the minimum revenue to be hoped for, thanks to the system adopted for the construction of the lines, which have been conceded in exchange for the amalga mation, and by the approaching absorption of the Grand J Central. In the first place, the company is authorised to i ,, sue bonds for the amount of the new works con- - ceded to it. A special account will consequently be Opened for all the works relative to the new lines, and that account will be debited not only with the expenses of the. construction, but also with the interest of the bonds which will have bean successively issued. No charge wilt, therefore, for ten years be imposed on the revenues of the amalgamated company, which, on the contrary, will every year see its receipts augmented by the increase of the traffic resulting from the completion of new sections and their junction with the line from Paris to Marseilles." ALTERATION OF THE, HOP DUTY. . . On Tuesday afternoon a very t umerous and influential meeting of hop-planters was held at the Star Hotel, Maidstone, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the Chancellor of the Exchequer for an acre age duty, instead of the present excise duty. Mr. Elvey occupied the chair, and there were about 150 hop growers present. Mi. - MONCICTON, of Ma'rden, stated that the planters generally felt that they were unjustly taxed, and it had been thought a Ivisable to petition the Chancellor of the Exchequer to commute the present payment for an acre age duty of 31. At this moment the hop grivi4r4 were paying a larger sum per annum in the shape of duty than the profits arising from their plantations justified, and they complained that the duty was levied in an unequal manner. Many persons were in favour of free trade in bops,; but he contended that it would be ruinous to the planters of this country to throw open the markets and I encourage unlimited competition on the part of the fertile plantations on the. Continent.. At the present moment the hop duty was estimated to produce 200,000/., and if the duty was commuted to Si. per acre, he believed that the cultivation of hops would, be increased, and that in point of fact the revenue would sustain no loss. Mr. HENHAM proposed the follewing resolution That this meeting is of opinion that it would be con ,ducive to the interests of the planters to petition the Chancellor of the Exchequer for an acreage duty of 3i. per acre, in lieu of the'present excise duty," After considerable discussion, Mr. L. LUCAS moved the following amendment :—That this meeting does not consider it expedient to agitate for an acreage duty on hops." The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, which was nega tived, 'and the original 'resolution having been agreed to, the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. • NEW READING-ROOM AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.— We understand from good authority that the prmont reading.roonus of the British Museum will not he used for the purposes of study after the 30th inst. During the first week in May, when the Museum will be closed as usual, the library of reference will be removed from its present locality to the new reading-room ; and, in order to avoid unnecessary interruption while this °Pe' ration is being carried on, no strangers will be admit te d d to the libraries for any purpose whatever. On the 8t of May the new reading - room will be thrown opsit en to the public generally, who will be allowed to vi freely until the 16th, after which day it will be devoted exclusively to the use of the readers. This arrangement will involve the loss of a few days t o students, but it is anticipated that it will . afford much gratification to mui. titudes who would otherwise hav e little chance of seeing a building of which competent j u dges say the nation ought to he proud. As the entrance t') the new reading room is through the front ball, it will be necessary that readers should bring their tickets of admission with them - until they have become 1010Wla to the doorkeepers. SINGULAR CASE PF AIESMERIS.II. T 1 o young „woman in this town (Galashiels) whoge extraordinary case ekeited the liveliest attention.in the medical world and throughout the country is.now!cittite recoxered, and restored to the use of her faculties, mental as well as physical. In the beginning of June last the girl, whose age was 17, was se!zed Fith setere gastric fever, which left her in'a very prh;trafe'condition, during which she Was attacked with a violent. spasmodic cough, which lasted without intermission for 24 hours. Dr. Tweedie, seeing.that she would die from sheer wea!,:ness: , ..-aftt-i he had exhausted all the remedies in the Pharinae , pcen—resolved upon t ying inerism. After itinth ictr . seve'r i . i!nee he succeeded in putting the s patient into a sound sleep, !which controlled the spar=ms.• • The character of the disease was then changed; The patient fell into a trance, in which she remained for five weeks; during which time she was unconsciously fed with Th beef , e t, being me.anically roused to ;this exert.oit thrOigh • mesmeric passes for eheit - weeks more she remain edniidef the-magnetic influence, any attempt to remove it even. for the briefest time being in stantly o*lowed •si rongbonvhlsi - .ns. Gradually, however; she was able to be detnesmer sed for the space Of A. few Minutes, till, by.degfew, the natural period ext , mdel from 5 to 10 minutes,. and from a half-hour - to two or. thres-bours; The intervals in the'end rapidly lengtheryed, till she at last com pletely recovered. _The_ first night she slept in a natural . state was .on the.lsth of March, and her • rect. i tery since that. has ..been.rapidly progressive Alfragether ' the process of cure extended over nine mouths, and during that time—het hearing, speech, and ability to walkliavirig beets lost—these were re stored se iatint by 'the magnetic pioceSs,.and in the. same gradual.iway...FulL power of hearing was pre ceded by noises in the ears of various kinds, and at longer or alibrtet intervals. In like manner speech wag prec'edei b`y mohning S'Oun'cls andindistinct mono syllabic: - utterances,. until . , in . both instances, the full action of the organs was reAored—the recovery taking Many,weeks to be accomplished. We - do not adstert to the-extraordinary developments of clairvoyance 'and' other inagntic'etifecti which the patient exhibited in a way probably never seen be, fore, and which she. is still capable ofshowing. rather remarkable and even ludicrous circumstance attending her recovery is that en meeting Dr. Tweedie in the street atter • she began to walk abroad she immediately fell into the magnetic sleep, and it was not till she had fairly been brought_ to dispense altogether avithmesmerism to induce sleep at night. that this influence of-the operator ceased. Of course she is still Uglily susceptible of the power when atipliekin the usual way, but in every re spect she is well and healthy, 'and has even grown during .her illness.. We. may remark that during her protract-A. attack she always , appeared to be free from organic disease ; the skin was clear, the lips full and led, and the complexion he filthy, not withstanding' the terrible'severity of the convulsive spasms.—Border Advertiser. . THE SUSPECTBD CASE OF POISONING AT GLASGOW. M. L'Angellier resided in Dundee for nine months in 1852, and was consequently well known to many parties in the town with whom be was on terms of intimacy, and who beard with . regret of his sudden and untimely end. According to .the statement of those who were acquainted with him here, he . was born and bred in Jefsey, and wits therefore not a Frenchman, as has been stated ;•but he was. of French extraction, his father having fled from France at the period of the first revo lution, hod Bettis& in Jersey as a nurseryman. His father dying, the business•was carried on fur the benefit of his mother, -and young L'Angellier was sent to Edin burgh with the view - of gaining the necessary experience as a nurseryman tii . enatile him to conduct the business successfuly ireJers!l. He obtained a situation in the establishment of Messrs.. Dickson and Co., seedsmen, which he held for upwards of six years. He then went to France, where he spent about two years ; and he was in Paris at the, time of the revolution in 1848. He sub sequently returned to Edinburgh, but was not successful in obtaining a situation on this his second visit, and indeed it is believed he did not seek one very anxiously, as be was then 'somewhat gay in his habits, and by no mean's • remarkable for his devotion to business. He had. contracted an attachment with a young lady belonging to . Fife, an residing at the time in Edinburgh ; but from some cause or other—it is believed owing to the lady's want of faith in his ability to undertake rae responsibilities of married life—" the course of true love" was interrupted, and L'Angellier left Edinburgh in January; 1852, for Dundee, where he obtained' a situation with Mr. Laird, nurseryman, Nethergate, with whom he lodged during his nine tnonth4' .residence liere. M. L'Angellier had not been long in Dundee wh'en news arrived of the marriage of his sweetheart, which fillcd him with grief, and for some time he was uncommonly melancholy, declaring that he .ran aia.serate. a.a wvetnhed on account of 'his bliehted hopes. •• Indeed so. much did he feel this disappointment that he at one time threatened, in the hearing of more than one . person, to- commit suicide—even threatening to stab himself with alcnife—Ta fact which is considered of great importance In connection with the present case, as it showa that it waif by no•meane an incredible thing that a young man of such excitable temperament might, while smarting under a love disappointment, actually commit the rash act which, undersimilar circumstances in Dundee, he bad threatened to do. It is also reported---although we have net been able.to verify the statement—that in an other instance, when not so successful in a love affair as he desired, he threatened to drown himself. Indeed he is represented by all who knew him as being of a roman tic, excitable, thoroughly Gallican temperament; either greatly-elevated or-dejected, exceedingly happy or ex ceedingly miserable; lively, frolicsome, and ambitious to make conquests amongst the ladies in a station far above his own. He was very proud of-his family descent, and kind of talking of the connts, marquises, and dukes of the old French nobility to .whom he was related, bat when in Dundee Was so poor - that those to whom be spoke of his high connexions used to joke with him, and say it was a pity his aristocratic friends did not remem her him. The parties here most intimately acquainted with the youth at once wrote to the young lady's father on learning from the papers the nature of the charge against her, and a -legal- gentleman from Glasgow has already visited Dundee, and collected such evidence as is considered material for the defence.—Dundee Advertiser. THE FATAL ACCIDENT IN LITTLE RUSSELL-PLACE. — DEATH OF ANOTHER OF THE SUFFEBERS.—lnformation was forwarded yesterday evening to Mr. Bedford, the coroner, stating that .Tobn Sbaen, the "man whose thigh was amputated immediately after being extricated from the ruing, had died in King's College Hospital during the afternoon. Hehad been in • a state of utter pros tration from the time of his arrival at the hospital until his death.' The inquest, which was adjourned on Mon day upon the body of Fitzgibbon, and stands'for Friday next (to-morrow), will have to be opened de ,novo, in con sequence of this man's death. An official examination has been made of the ruins, and the jury have also in spected the locality since the last hearing of the case. EXTORTIONS OF GOOLAB SuteL.-r•A friend writing from Murree on the 26th Feb., saye'that Goolab Sing is ... .. in creasing the burdens of the people to such an extent that the inhabitants of. villages are emigrating in great num bers, and taking refuge in the British territory. A tax is levied on every child born—ten annap fora borand eight for a girl ! For every buffalo two rupees and eight annas, 4e.:ides five seers of ghee, and in the event of the ani mal's dying, the • skin has to be shown to Goolab Sing. At the death of key relative or connection of Goolab Sing the people are compelled to mourn for six months the women are not allowed to spin cotton; and the Hindoo men are obliged to - shave close ; on such occa sions as the birth of a child to any relative, or on the re covery from sickness of any one of them, CT' oelab Sing cut; from his servants (including troops, &c.), one month's pay as a sign of his joy I Oathe marriage of a girl he takes - three rupees; and - en the- re-marriage of a widOw five rupees. He will only receive Nauksbaee rupees, 'but pays in 'Cashineeree ores---value about eight annas ; each ! The-above little facts speak volumes, But how long will such a state of affair§ be allowed to continue Oude was annexed because 'it was misgoverned. Is Cashmere, or rather Goolab, to escape t The unhappy people are oppressed beyond all endurance. Bribery and extortion reign, no woman is safe if she is so unfortunate as tapossess beauty, and no man's property (to make a bull) *his ow n.—Lah,ore Chronicle. . DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Monday weaning shortly after the *5.50 . express train .from the north arrived at Stafford, a melancholy accident happened to one • Of the men in the service of the Loudon and North-Western Railway Company, whereby 'his head was completely severedfrom - his body. The un of fortu :nate man t iname .was Wm. M'Cabe, a person . con siderable engineering skill, and'who, c ane den t of his ability, and the- loss, through an acci h d ad for the line 16 years ago, • of one of his legs ' ement of many years been intrusted with themmadnag ou ay evening, the engine-shed at the• station. x . p O ress had passed the immediately after the north bridge where the Shropshire 11.rtien Raileay runs into the main line, an engine draw ing t a nu mber of empty ballast waggons„errived at the sun , an d, after p ass i ng the junction of .the lines, stopped to put down a man who bad had his band smashed near Norton Bridge Station, and who was conveyed through New Town to the infirmary at Stafford. just at this moment M'Cabe, who had but a few minutes previously left his home, was standing on, the line noticing a train shunting into a siding, and. about ten yards in front o f the ballast train, when the engine of the latter 'train was again put in motion, for the purpose of proceediog' towards the station, : which M'Cabe ob served just before it reached him ; but in attempting to Make his escape' the' outside of the buffer of the , engine caught him, and knocked him back again into the "four-foot" space between the rails, when he fell with his head across the rail. The wheel of the engine pushed him before it a short distance, and then passing over his neck, decapitated him. His son, a very .steady young man, also employed by the company, wit nessed the 'sickenieg spectacle, and pulling off his coat, threw it over the lifeless head of his parent, which was carried forward a distance of five or six yards. As t. speedily as possible the mangled body of the deceased was conveyed to an adjoining public-house, where it a waits the issue of a coroner's inquisition. 'Cabe was , well known and respected by all the authorities and 4 efficials on the line. He leaves a widow amt six children. ,--MmitOter Guardian. 100 all all ; 10s.; all 10 all all Naval and Military Intelligence. The steam troopship Hithalaya, Commander Has• well; embarked the headquarter 3 of the 90th Reg& alongside rortamouth 'dockyard yesterday amount ing. to 'about 900, making, with her ship's company, about 1,100 persons, and dropped out to Spithead, which she will leave this morning for China.. • The troops seemed most comfortably berthed, aid snp plied with comforts not known to troops employed • in the former China war. The Boseawan, 70, Capt. Glanville, shuck the:gag of Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., last evening. at sunset, and left. Spithead since for Plymouth, to be p sidoff atid re-comanjSsonea to carry the flag of R sar Admiral the HMI. Sir F. .W. Grey, K. C. B , on lie Cape of Good Hope statiun. The Boscawen sailed frog'. Berinuda.,ou the 26th ult., .experienced strong. N. W. and %V. width the whole passage. The Indus, 78, Capt. Stewart, C. B mg of Rear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K. C. 8 ..; arrived out on the 23d of March. Tice strain-sloop t)wed the Bosca wen out through the Narrows and proceeded ou for St: Thomas's and the -West Indies. Ihe Bo , cawetilost wo 'then on the voyage home one fell frotn.aloft on deck, with the exception of Capt. Glativil.e, who left h er at Portsmouth, and inva 7 lidea to Haslar. . The depot of the.37th Regiment, consisting of 8 sergeants and po rank and file, with Brevet-Major J. R. latoi#, EiY;ign R. J. Bell Ensign S. Ilawkes,Endgn F. O. Foily:l4, and Ensign M. A. BorthWick, will proceed from - the Provisional Bat talion, Chatham, this morning to Chicheaer, kit the:purpose of joining the Depot Battalion un.ler the comiliand of 061bnel*C. The Puke of Cambridge has awarled a sitiei• medal, with &gratuity of. 51. to James Byrne, a private in the 81st Regiment, at Chatham, for ling and meritorious conduct:• The Turkish frigate Geyvau. Bahri sailed fr , m3. LiverpoOl for Con4autin'ople :on Tuesday,. having been prevented by the weather from taking her de parture .011 Monday. She. fired a royal salute, as passed the Rock Light, • in honour of the Britsh flag, a compliment which was returned by the ar il lery m ilitia stationud at' the North Fort. Since the vessel has remained at Liverpobl she has lost 4 of her e,mplemeut. of Men, who were all buried in the Necropolis, a Dissenting burial-ground. A, numerous body of the unemployed assetnMed yesterday evening in the paper factory of the .11r senal at - Woolwich, in order to devise the means. (if possible, . hy soli ;ding contributions from their com rades, who are in rho receipt of wages) to reduce the long list which has been presented to Lord Pim mare, containing the names of those who have pe titioned. Government for the grant of a free passage to .Canaaa. A reply was received on Tuesday, in which his lordship stated, with much comixiiserati,on for the distress of the men, that his department has not the means of complying with their request. A deputation immediately went to the residence in Lond.n of General CodringtOri, one of 'the mem bers for the borough, but untoitunately the general was absent from home.. .With a lit+le hesitation they then prciceeded to lay their petition•before :Sir B. Hawes, who received them most cordially, sym pathising with their distressed position, and advis ing them to return to - Woolwich an:cl,endeavour to reduce their number. This was the -object of the meetinglast evening in the Royal . Arsenal. The assistance, however, which their .fellow-labour.ers were enabled to render them- was very trifling. An additional 100 aie.under orders of dismissal from the carriage department. Hof the. Royal Arsenal, alio it is probable may yet be retained through the hu mane interference•of Col.-Tulloch, superintendent of that branch of the establishment, who has conside rately represented to GOVernipent the feasibility of employing the services of ttie entire number now engaged- thrOughout the ensuing year, and also of reducing the hours of -labour. The Colonel con siders that in place of granting the, afterpart of Sa turday:as a holiday to the men, if the whole day were ceded to them a great portion of them, who are induAriously.inclined mechanics,. would be in duced to turn the day to the advantage of their fami lies. Since the termination of the Russian war up wards of 7,000 men and boys employed in various capacities have been disChar , ed from the Arsenal alone. Many of their families are. consequently in a State• of utter starvation, and thousands are re duced to an inconceivable state of distress. To morroW a public meeting . (as announced by placards through.the streets of Woolwich) of the ratepaye rs and the discharged workmen from the Royal Ar senal and doCkyard will beheld at the Ratepayers'- hall, to consider and adopt such resolutions as may be deetned expedient to relieve the painful distress caused'by the lati3 . discharge of artisans from the public .establishments in the. town. Mr. J. Town send, the newly-elected member for. Greenwich, will occupy the obair. 'screw steam corvette Scout, lately con structed in Woolwich dockyard, is.pow ready to be placed under the hands of the riggers, and was yis terday removed from the fitting basin for that pur pose. . The screw steam storeship Hesper, under fitment for China, was hauled out of basin at Woolwich y.:s terday, and proceeded 'down to the river to try bier Machinery at therseasured mile. She hasbeen sup plied with'one of.Griffiths's patent screw propellers, which admit_of placing the blades in line with the keel when not steaming, thereby obviating the necessity of unsliipping the screw, and giving tue vessel the full advantage of sail. The storeship Buffalo, alo.ng the wharf at Wo d wich, has cleared out her cargo, and prepared for survey . preparatory to being paid off, and laid up in ordinary.- The, Lords of the Admiralty have sanctioned an exchange of divisions between Captain John; B. Prynne, of the Woolwich division Royal Marines, and Captain R. C. Spalding, Plymouth division. Mesars. Lucas Brothers, haviog completed the erection of the ghn-factory • boring-mills and gas- Works in Woolwich Arsenal, have handed them over ;o•the charge of the Government officials. The clock tower, destined - to be carried 120 feet in height and to tontain a-peal of chime bells, is stayed at the height of 90' feet, and is to be converted to the use of a water tower. NATURAL EBSOUIiCES OF PERSIA. The soil and climate of Persia are only partially favourable to production, and the country is sub ject to.iiroagh's so severe, that when they occur they are followed by .a general famine. The soil is . g enerally a hard clay, luxuriantly productive Wuere 'water can . be procured ; but owing to the scarety of -water, to the unsettled s'ate of the Govei:nment, to the oppressive *posts, and fre quency of civil wars, there have been times when hardly a twentieth part of the. land has been under cultivation. Wheat is the, chief Produ.3e; barley,. millet, and oats are also grown, and rice is produced in large quantities in the provinde of .gaztnderan. Persia iecelebrwed for her gardens, Which produce the most esteemed fruits of Europe, r such as the fig, pomegranate, mulberry, almond, peach,and apricot, which are believed to have been originally brought from that country. The orange, the melon '(of which . there are twenty different species), and the quince, are indigenous, and , in perfection. Hemp, tobacco, opium, sesantum, rhubarb, manna, saffron, cotton, turpentine, mastic, gums,. • gall-nuts, are amongst the .:products of Persia. Its vines also excellent, and the silk .. • • . Worm is extensively cultivated. Persia produces, also, the white and black naph tha, which was used by the people for lamas before it becUme for a time fashionable in Eoglard. The. black ,naphtha is found in Irak Arabi ; but: the more productive fountains are near lierkoak. ' The white naphi ha is found floating like a crust on the surface of the wetter, and is of a thicker consistence, resembling tallow rather than pitch, - for which the . bl ac k naphtha is the Persian substitute: Its li g ht With this exception "the • mineral produc ts ro d nc ts of Persia are of particular value. i s b a et disagreeable. With ble. than that of 'the not .lack, and its smell less Salt is so abundant as to be almost valueless. There are some copper mines in tire mountains of Mazauderan and Kerman ; and in Adjerbijan there are mines of iron apd,silyer. Sulphur and nitre are found in the mountain of Dernawend, and the tur quoise, which' is peculiar to Persia, is found in the mountains,of Khorassan ; the best in amine near Nishapore. The marbles of Persia are valuable, especially the transparent stone called . Tabriz ,mar ble, which is produced by the petrifying waters of a spring near Maragha, the most extraordinary of its kind in the world... ... The horses are the handsomest, though not the fleetest, ofthe East. • •The camels of lihurassan are equal to those of Arabia. Mules are in gener a l use, and their breed an object of .particular atten tion. The wild ass, an animal in every way supe rior to ours, larger and amazingly swift of foet, is an object of chase, an d its flesh a delicacy. Cows and oxen are kept for agricultural purposes, and by nor the for the dairy, 'Chew, flesh e aten onlyits'e lower classes. The Persian s heeP, with mous flat tail, weighing alone often as much as 301 b., forms, togetTaerwith . their flocks of goats, the wealth of the wandering tribes. The boar, the tiger, hyena, jackal, eagle, vulean, iu the southern provinces bear, the lion,' a c r a e t .f :s u n li gt 4 es die forests that border on The and o fa a l s c p o i n a , h the Caspain. The am:elope, hare, - zebra, foi, and deer, are found in sufficient abundance for the pur poses, of the sportsman.--Morning Advertiser. • About 4 . 50,0001. out of the late ,gold arrivalmaki s from A us tralia was sold to' he Bank yesterday, ng th• total .taken there daring the present week 670,0001. This, kowever, still fall.. short of the amount necessary to repair the extraordinary drol4 ,of the past fortnight. er. ion the ists, to !sof Rise Vlar rl of rlie, Sel :lair, and ,med. Lent, nary )ral. all I 10A 100 - 1100 lOs 203 203 100 100 100 100 all all all all 100 100 100 1031 21 Cl 3 21i 268 11 St. 12i 121 12 all 100 103 100 100 17 1 20 25 20 1.0.61 all 100 100 all all 121121. 1886d1 Paid" 100 sil 14s 1013' 16/151 40 1 12s 6, 7s 80 1 100 all all all