The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-02 00:00:00

MONEY i‘T) r14:1 AND COT,INERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotten Market yesterday closed With a dull appearance, and prices remaintd Without any parlicnlar alteration. The sales were 0,000 bales, 1,000 of which were t ►ken for ex- Pert and on speculation. Yest,3rday bring a holi dhy in the Railway Share Market there was no bus'ness transacted. _ _ Although some of the items in the Bank of England return which is completel for the week ending the 28th ult. are unfavourabh - , the general zelults are not considered diecouraging. The amount of other securities shows a Fafisfact ry diminution, the total being now under eighteen Millions sterling. The reserve of notes, as well as the bullion, have declined. There is also a con siderable falling off in the private deposits, which Proves that the demand for money has been fully Maintained. The principal items, and the chinges th e y present, are as subjoined : Active Circulation tlncrease Bullion Decrease . £19,788.655 53,910 9,555,235 50,514 1 Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Decrease • Seven-Day and other Bills 725,055 Decrease Government Securities - 11,333,126 No alteration. Other Securities Decrease - Notes unemployed Decrease The official return of the exports of the precious ketals from the port of London for the week end itg Thursday last is as follows : Gold Coin ... Boulogne ... 9,000 Oz 3. „ „ ... Hamburg 2,757 OM & 4,0001. , 83r3 ... Boulogne ... 200 Ozs. Silver Coin ... Boulogne —. 1,200 Oze. „ „ ... Hamburg ... 4,500 Ozs. The European is telegraphed as having arrived at Suez with 50,0001. in gold. By the came oppor tunity we hear of the safety of the Oneida, whose Passengers have 'been brought on by the above : v esse l . This information has given great satis faction in the City, as it was feared that the ship, With all on board, was lost. The Havanna has arrived from Australia, but it is not yet ascertained whether she has any gold on beard. 17,729,004 673 353 3,519,830 129,30 The Ecuadorian Commission of Agency have this 44 Y received 3,399/. 14s. 7d. on account of Ecuador. dividends. There is rather a quieter demand for money to- Y, but no reduction in the rates is submitted to by the discount houses. The broker whose cheques were returned yester day has been declared this mornin&, in tLe house. No variat'on of importance has occurred in the Foreign Market, and the closing prices are the same 48 those officially recorded on Thursday afternoon. Consols have been 92 for money and Thursday next ; and 93k for June. The Bank return has tended to support the market, but speculation, ?Wing to the near approach of th© settlement, is inactive. The New Threes are marked 91 ; the Reduced, 91i ; the March Exchequer Bills, 2s. discount to 2s. premium ; and India Bonds, Os. to 3 s. discount. A large business has been done in Foreign Stocks, and the quotations have been fairly main tained. Turkish 6 per Cents. were 921 , and the 4 Per Cents. 1001. Spanish 3 per Cents., 41i ; ditto Deferred, 24/. Chilian 3 per Cents. 75. Ilrazilian 5 per Cents., 1001. Danish 5 per Cents., I° l . Equador, 141. Grenada 2 1 per Cents. , 231 . Russian 5 per Cents. 1041. Sardinian 5 per Cents., 9 4 1. Belgian 4 per Cents., 96k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :•—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Mexic tn, ~ g ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 761 7745; do. 3 per 531 541 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 46 ; Russian' 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; Do. 41 per Cents., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 ; ditto Deferred, 24 i 25; ditto Certificates, 6g ; ditto Passive, 51 6. t . Au extremely limited amount of business has °nen transacted in Railway Shares, and prices with °no or two exceptions have exhibited but little c hange in value. Caledonian, Eastern Counties, and Great Western were about ss. higher, and Brighton, North Western, South Western, Midland, and North Eastern Berwick declined ss. In the Fo reign and Colonial Lines a moderate business was transacted. Grand Trunk of Canada, Northern of Prance, and Southern of France advanced about ta., and East Indian, Eastern of France, and Yon's declined 10s. Alining shares are inactive at about previous rates ; and Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous il naT es were in moderate request at a slight improve -lent on previous rates. It a IIISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES —THIS DAY. (-From the Offictal List.) 8 Business done. as Stock 214 pT ' ' C ent. Reduced Annuities 9ll $ $ ~ , i . Per Cent. Consols Anunities ()21 4 i a I i ew 3 per Cent. Annuities 9li A i 14 172 4 per Cent. Annuities lig Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1869_, Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l3 Ll tdia Bonds, £ lllO6 Ditto, under £lOOO 3 d 9 vonse% (or Account • , 921 Es !hequer Bill , ?..id.. March. I June. ):11000 E 509 Small 2 p 1 d BraCERIS OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. •,: ___ n_s per Cent. vailian Bonds, 6 per Cent - x d Nto 3 per Cent. u anish Bonds, 3 pei Cent., 1825 — a Ditto 5 per Cent lOl 44 1 11 ador New Consolidated l4 i Ditto Provisional Land Warrant Gr enada New Active, 21 per Cent. tillssian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cont lO4l ti ikrdi n i a n Bonds, 5 per Cent. n P'""iii h Bowls, :i per Cent. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cm'. T Ditto Account 2 ll "Likli Bonds, 6 per cent S23 Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. bitto Account look ,i Idends on the above nayable in 'Anion. l 'e'lgian, 26 per Cent., ex. 25 francs — a Ditto 46 per Cent.. ex. 25 francs 96 "rtivian Dollar Bonds, 4A pir Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money Ditto for account Ditto June Account... 93/ 5 • LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, May 2.—Wind this day at noon, S.E. ; light breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, May I.—WindN.E. to N.W.—Arrived— g•s -.L.S. Majestic, from Malta. PLYMOUTH, May 1.---Wind S.W.—Sailed—Emperor ( 8 .), for Japan ; Catalogue, Bombay. SHIELDS, May I.—Wind N.—Sailed—Garland, for %Lebec. POOLE, May I.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Viva, for Qnelsec. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday, 10 a M. Y. ift Ind W. ; very nearly calm ; thick and, foggy. n,Arrived—Argyll steamer, from Carentoa ; Harriet, Me ranics Own, and Tiber, from Newport ; Peninsula stm., udon ; Colombo, steamer, Alexandria ; Brian Born and lame,,Neath ; Derwent, Cardiff. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind N. Bailed—Amy Louisa, Maria, and Eliza Ball, for Cron stadt ; Rajah, New York; Caroline, Charleston. The Andrew Foster, from New York, and the Tuscarora, r' 3 Liverpool, for Philadelphia, were in collision on the 28th ult.; the former vessel sank immediately; crew an d passengers saved. The Andrew Foster had on board 35,800 bushels of corn, 157,965 lb. of bacon, 3 , 104 barrels 44 flour, and 503 bales of cotton. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITIBa TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.40 a.m. Wind S.W. ; tide 1 3 / 4 hour's ebb ; cloudy and fresh. Arrived.— Vasco de Gama, steamer, from St. Übe's ; London, steamer, Gottenburg ; Belgium, steamer, Ostend. DEAL, Saturday, 9.34 a.m. Wind E.N.E., very light. l'assed, g 'in tow—Havana, from Port Pally, for London. det Paased—Crai ever, from Cape of Good Hope, for Lon- Coming d o wn—Patrick, from London for New York.s -rutted, m a y i—H. U. S. Cressy, from Mediterranean, or Sheerness ; Winfield Scott, frum London, for Port Phillip. Anehored—Erromanga, from Shields, for Malta. TM/ MURDER AT W O OLWICH.—COMMITTAL OF THE PRISON /M.—Yesterday afternoon, George Pave, the se aman charged with the murder f Samuel Long, cor poral of Marines, at Woolwich, was finally Examined, and committed for trial. The evidence was merely a repetition of what has already appeared. The court wee Q 4,111107 crowded. ) Os Oti ; lamb, o 5s Od ; lamb, O 5s Oct ;almor, oleQ, 6,1 re, ls to ,r doz. ; n..lErsh. ; er doz.; gallon ; Inge, Od per 12 s per a to 09; alt fish, ro from ntf. lb, 50 to 6Ad 1641 b hides, ditto • Keats, 69 to 3s 6d. Ver (10. ir r load • clover Dr load. ; clover 3r load' duction issued trka during 3overect pawl: o pet fears crop, o f the t 3,50° lace ira .see of tent of of the es from for th e itel set ts wore 2,00° Ytatioes 3 of the to 65 * eg, Ia doing , trrivala lfford been 5 IN TO ill, as- Dointecl I:ofß ee, BE. COO . lacket t Jerk in )pl otea )9 68 'der of rv eyOr in P r°. to be en Pr o ' ,e ; Pr ° , - .. ;her t'" 6HAR.II MARKETS—(this Day). RAILWAYS. Clotting rrices tas day. ;hr. ai RALLWATS. 1 4 10 A.rribg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June 50 all Belfast & Ballymena 13i all Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley St. 100 Birkenhd. Lanesh. it Cheshire junet 25 all Blackburn ... ... . 25 all 131yth & Tync original £25 (ISQ. at £45) St. 100 Bristol & Exeter__ St. 100 Caledonian St. 100 Chester & Holyead 50 all Cork and Bandon 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. 20 all C ornwa ll 10 all D. A 10 8 . Do. B 50 4 5 Dublin&Belfastjunc , 25 all Dun. P. &Aber.June. St. 100 East Anglian ......... 20 all Eastern Couries- . St. 100 EastornUnion,A.sti. St. 100 Do., do. B. 25 8 4, Do. New A_ ~....., 25 17'F,ast Kent . —... . St. 100 East Lancashire 20 all East Suffolk ........ 10 4 Do. St. 100 Ed inburgh & Glasgow 0 all Edlnb. andPeebles_ t. 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dunde• 0 all Forth and Clyde June. St. 100 Furness ... ' . ... .. .. St. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 10 all IGreat N. of Scotland St. 100 'Croat Northern ...... St. 100 I Do., A. Stock St. 100 I Do., B. Stock ..... St. 100 Gt. Sth.&Wcst.(lre.) St. 100 Great Western. ... . St. [OO IDo. Str.V.B . gua.St 12 all ilrish South-Eastern 5C all ;Lancaster &Carlisle. 1641 14f Do. , Thirds ... - ..... . 104 12 Do. New Thirds St. 100 Laneash &Yorkshire 16 6 Do., do. F. £l6 3 1 Do., Wst. Riding Un 20 , all Do. Southport 114 all London & Blacwall St. 100 Loncl.Briellt.&S.Cst. St. 100 London &N. Western, 20 all Do. Fifths 10 a'l Do. ,16/. Eh . ,M&8... C 124 2!. Do. Eighths St. 100' London & S.lCestert. 25 all Lndndrry.&Colcraine 25 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. St. 1.00 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. 10 I 1 Metropolitan ......... 10 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement ...... Midland Do. Birming. & Derby i Midland G. West.(lr. ) Do. i Shares ... ..... Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newpt.Abcrg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk...—. . .... . Northn. Counties Un North British . ..... N o rth Devon, Rail. Dock Stock St. 100 IDo., A Stock ......... at. 100 , Do., B Stock ... .... .. St. 100 N. E astern - Berwick 25 12n Do. do. Extension ... 25 14 Do do. G.N.E.Purch. 50 ' all. Do Leeds St 100 Do. York St. [OO North London 10 3!.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn 20 1 17A North Staffordshire 20 1 all North Westoru 1.0 1 all N. &S. Westrn. June. St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 20 16 , Portsmouth 10 10 Rhymney St. 100 Scottish Central .... St. 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St St. 103 'Shropshire Union 10 4 IS: ti n gbourno &Sheer. 50 all South Devon St.. 100 South Eastern 10 all Do. 44. per c. Shares' St. 100 Solttli Wales... ...... 20 17 S. Y orksh. River Dun 20 7 , Do .. 20 all Staiues,Wok.,&Wok. 25 all Stockton & Darling.. 25 15 Do. do., 1854 25 3 Do. do., 185 ... 161 Stockton & Elartlepl St. 100 Taff Vale St. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 25 22 Thames Hay. D. &R 20 all Vale of Neath 20 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny 50 all Waterford&Limerick 20 all West Cornwall 10 all West End of London and Crystal Palace 5 all Do. A 5 all j Do. B 20 all West London 10 all Do. First Class 20 all Do. Second Class 10 all Wmbledon&Croydon St.lloo St. ;100 50 all 25 all 100 all 25 all 50 9 20 all St. 100 50 3i St. 100 St. 100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. i 0 all !Atlan. and St,. Law. 8 9 113cmibly, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. .8 all IDo. Oil 101 Buffalo & Lake Hur. )0 1 100 Buff., Brat. & Godch. 100 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do:, 1 July, '73 )0 100 Do. do., 1 June,'74 n 2s. Calcutta and S. East. ZO 2s'd Central Oude ZO 10s . Ceylon A shares I '- par—gip 196 93 95 95 97 - B. d 0........... Demerara Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. 19 —2O t. :00 Gd. Trunk. of Canada 65a O all Do. &p. c. Deben B9i 90A1 O all Gt.-In. Pen. g. 5 per c. 21 211 O 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p. c . pi O all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 21 24i !Oi 8 Do. New )0 all Do. Bds., payable '57 99 100 )0 all Do. d0.,'76, p. '6O ll6 121 ?.0 all Do. do., '73, do. -- 121 )0 all Do. do., '73, without 105 107 option 20 all Madras, guar. 4} p.c l9 20 10 all Do. do., 5 per c. 2ll —21 i 20 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten. 1d Par 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.e. $. $p 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. a p 20 58. Oude (Limited) 20 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c 20 'all Do ;0 1 14 all !A) 2s. ;t.. 100 15 )0 all )0 all ZO all - 4 - - 107 •109 1 - lip 211; FOR IGN. 10 20 5 20 k-itwrp&Rotterdanil Ardennes. 10 20 20 20 Belgian East. Junct ' Beziers to Graissessac Carmeanx& Toulousf Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New Euphrates Valley • (It. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. Lyons and Geneva ... Lyons & Mediterran. Maria Autrs.la Do. Now Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France NorwegianTrnk.Prei Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c Rome and Frascati Royal Danish I Royal Swedish I Sambre and Mouse 10. 5:1 per cent. pref 1 Southern of France 1 West Flaueltrs 7 - .• -- 14 - 2 - 108 16} 41 5h 1 d 31 —31 t par 1 23.1 11) - - 7h 4i- 5 pi iO - 31 - 8i 20 - 201' 38 - 38 8/ - 9i 58 -59 i 57 - 59 d-- par 17— 19 8i 1 8 8t 8i 314 33 4i 96 10 30 31 per 1 r all too. 54 per e. Pref ail W.&N.W. of t France 6 Western of Austria._ all , West. of Switzerland all IWiesbaden all Do.B p. cent. pref. all Zea'and ......... JOINT-STO I all lAustralasia. 18i 'Bank of Egypt 50 'Bank of London all 33ri. Col Bk.& Lit. Co all British N. American 8 I C. Bk.of Ind.Au.&Ch 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cht. all Lon. Ch. Bk .of Aust. all Ditto New 20 London and County 53 Lnd.&E Bnkng.Corp 10 London Joint Stock.. 20 Lond.andWestminst. 35 National Pro. of Eng. 10 Do. Nitiv 22i National Bank all New South Wales sll Oriental Bank Corp ,15 Ottoman Bank 1 ;5 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 11.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co. 11 South Australia all Union of Australia 2 Do. New 10 Union of London 10 Unity Mutual Teat BkosLoad, 65 5 6i 5i 90 214 21 I 10i 99 Business done this day. 51 - 5i gi - 9 G 5 - 67 81 - 9 83 - 90 - C9i 34 - 35 ••• 4 - 5 9A 18 19 IAR 54 56 bGj —37 t 8i —76 d 97 99 55 -- 56 ii. - 3.,i 95 - 97 8 -8! 965 - 973 86 - 88_ 1 21. - 123 101. - 103 66 - 66?, 63 - 65 65 - 70 5 - 7 5 - 7p 101 - 101 - G - 61 110 - 111 101 i -105 i —p d 100 101 36 1 82 - 8? 53i - 543• ••• ••• 16 - 16.! 6) - 62 3i - 31. 1 42 - 43 ..• -.. .•. s.s- S 6 Si - 31 2t -- 314 - 4(4 - 654 96 - 99 5i s 10 11 29 - 30 .6 - 4 106 10 z I 251 26, 48 50 21 11,1 17 18 741 —75 i 86i - alb 6 6 5d 40 - 42 204 -20 i 4t - 4i 7 9 2; 3 bl 6 ~ ...... ... "IRE SUN, L'ON DON, SATURDAY EVENING, MA Y 2, 1857, ItA , LwAYs. St. 101 13uckghamsh. St. 100 Clydesdale Je. 25 air coistour Vy. £t. 100 MIA). g. 6 p.c 5 all E. Uu. H. Sh. St. 100 Gas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Et. 101 Do. Nev 21 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr 50 all i Hull & Selby. 25 all Do. Shares. 124 all Do. 1 Shares. 12i all Lon .&G're enw 20 all Do.Preferencc St. 100 Lon. Til., dtS. 10 54,D0. B.trk. Sh. all Manch.Bston. and Matloelt St. 100 Milld.Bra , lfd. 64 54 New , .narket BuryE.G.spc. 50 all N. &Est.s p.c. 50 all Do. 6 per et 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c 25 all Ptest. &Wyre 12i all Do. Stirs. A St. 10') Roystn.& Hi t. 10 all Shrows.& Her 12 all S. Staffordsh 50 1 all WcarVal.g6pc 25 I all Do St. 'llOO Wilts&Sonirst Lealing .:ompattleA La. &N. W. Cale don ... E. 11. & E. C Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Do I lt.Wostn Y. it N. I Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co Do Da. &N. W Midld E. Count Do Do Do L. di N . W Do Gt. Northn T. Bra ssey M. MClean Stic.&Dar Do Gt.Wer 5 all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. e.pref. (issd.at 501.) it. 100 Bei& Sz.E.L4 p.c. St. :0 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares it. 100 Caledn. £lO 4. p. e it. 100 Ches . & Ho. 51 p.c it. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent 6' Cork kßandonsip.e 64 ail Dun.Perth.&Aber.J 0 2E. Anglian Cls. ASh it. 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. it. 109 Do. do. Cis. C7p. c 63 all Eas.Co.Ev,sp.cNo.l 63 all Do. No. 2 .0' all Do. New 6 pr. c. St 10 all East Un., G. 6p. c 5 all Do. 51., 10 per cent .0 all Do. 101. Delaintr.Sh it. all Do. do. 4 per cent it. 100 East Laucasb.6 p.cts 5 all E.&W. York. J. sths 0 5 Edin.& Gl. sp. c. Sh. t. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.e. 100 Furness, sp. c 100 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c 103 Great Northn. 5 p.c 'OO 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. 44 p.c. Do. con. rod. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per leut. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. firm. Pref. Sli Do. Ches ter Bp. c .P. S. Do. do. 5 p c. do Do. 13 , rm. Qua. Stk. Do. Mesh. Qua. Sh. Do. do, do Do. do. do . Lan.& York. 6 pc.S t. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc.No.l Do. ,P., 5 p.e.St.No.2 Do. New Gear. 6 p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., N 0.4 Lou. & N.W., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares .. Lona y.& Color. # S). Londy.&Ennis. A Sh. S.,&L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 . Do. do. 34 per cent . tdarypt. t. Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. Ilid.Consol.6 p. c. St Do. Con.Br.Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 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. ct \Milk .Deb. 4 p.c. Sh Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 North British D 7/. Preference N.E. Bcrw. 4 p.c. Prf r Do. do. do Do. I eeds 6 pc No. I Do. do. Qrs., 1848.. Do. York H.&S. Per. North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar Do. p. c. 2d guar Scot. Cent. New Pref. Sc.N.E Aber.g.6p.e. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. d 0.34 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 44 pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sh S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 44 p. c S.Yorksh .4 p c. Guar. Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 g I all Waterfd&Kilk. 6 pc. it. 1.03 10 60 0 I an >t,. 100 '0 lo 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 'OO 100 8 all 0 all 0 all ft. 1100 6 all . 3 all lo all 1. 100 ;t. 100 It. 100 It. 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 10.0 PREFEREN .24 all all It. 100 t. 100_ 24 all all ft: 100 ft. 100 ft. 100 .0 I all .0 8 l 0 nll it. 100 it. 100 3t. 100 it. 100 7 3?. 3t. 100 l 7 8 ;5 - 10 ;0 all >t,. (100 St. '4OO 8h all St 100 1100 25 all 10 all ..0.6 all it. 100 .0 all it. 100 it. 100 P .O 811 15 ;5 15 .2A all 54 Is BRITISH . 2/ 12 Alfred Cons. (Philk. .0 14 British Iron . 20 l i Conclutrow (Cambrn.) 1 ) 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) I . 14s Great South Tolgus 11l 3 ,Grt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) . 7 IGrt. W. Vor (Heist%) . Bs6d l Lady Bertha 7i N. Frances (Illogan) . . . N.W.Basset (Mogan) 6115 North Wheal Crofty • Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 9 yorkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. ,Sort. Cons. Min. Co 24 Caradon (St. Cleer 2 Carn Brea (Illogn. 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn. 5 44 'Tana. S. &L. Min. Co. .0 9 Tin Croft 40 Un.Mineo (Gwennap 12s 6,V. of Towcy (Camay.) 14 IW. Basset (Illog An) 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd ) 5A Wh. Basset (Illogan) 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 54 Wh. &Ivo ard(Calstck' 11 7slWh. Kitty (U. Llant: 8 IWILMa.Ann (Monht. 14 IWh. Trelawney (Lis. !O 7 gi 1 27 21 all ;0 15 1 4 Ai a 1 FOREIGN Australian Brazilianlnw.(issued at £5 pin) Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. MM. Co. of Jamaica Cobro Copper. Copiapo Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada Noveau Monclo Pont. & Smli Port Philip Santiago do Cuba , • south Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 p. c. Pref United Mexican MISCEL Australian Agricult. 'Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land ,Canada Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July Do, 6 p.c.Feb.&Autr. D 0,6 p.c. Mar.&Sept. Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7.1 p. cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference prystal Pal, of France iThiston Iron Ore Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Irel. En. &Aust.Cop.SmCo Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. Gen. Ir. Sc. Gen. Steam Navigat. Loudon Discount Loud, Gen. Omnibus (Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel, Mexican & S. Arum - 101l Nat. Discount C 0.... Do. New Netherlands Land , Do. Do. Do.B p c.Pf.iss.at Id. Do. Do. New B. &N. S. Land! N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. N. B. Australasian.. .I Nrth.ofEuropeSteam . I Oriental Gas ... iDo. New Shares l Ld. & Peninsular & Oriental, Do. New l i ßhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam I Scot. Austral. Invest. Do. New S. Aui. Go v. 6 p.e.bds. South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered Truet&Ln Co. U .Can. 1 Van Diemon's Land 'Ditto p.c.JAll• 4i• uLY Closing Moos this day. 90 - 92 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 - 135 - 41 iC6 -- iiiii 12 13 23 24 102 101 par p 21 88 CO - P 54 - 3 - ••• - 133 8 - 9 9 - 93 34 - 88 311 - :tstn.l 86 E STIA.RES. 92 - 91 93 -- 95 - 5/ - 6 108 - 112 108 - 112 - IP - OP ni 12i 72 - 73 113 - 115 105 - 108 101 - 103 60 -- 62 10} -- 10$ - G 4 94 - 96 83 - 85 85 - 87 99 - 101 9/ - 104 - 37 91 - 101 71 -- 73' 19 -- ,llq 14t -- 141 132 -- 131 13T - 140 113 -- 115 • • .54 - 156 - 66 68 131 - 13 96 - E 6 - 88 11 - 11} 0 iOa ft b 2 1i id 21§ - 22 109 - 111 114 - 116 1105 - 110 ii - ie 22i - 23) fig -102 -10. E ii - 28 2 -- 3IY - MINES. 20 - 21 7 - 8 L6O - 170 140 - 460 13) - 14 - 45 - 54 15 - 3 I 7 19 - 21 5 - 6 22 - 25 6 7 -- 11 330 - 340 6 - 7 320 -- 330 4. - 4 i 200 - 220, - 1 30 - 32 L5O - 160 260 - 270 :369 - 380 44 5 17 19 45 - 47 23 - 25 MINES. t, - 1 15 - 11 1: - - 20 58 60 it 13 14 15 6i 74 1d p *6 - i* 34 - 4 .ANEOUS . 20 - 21 i -- 6 . 0 - lE 32 37 25 27 21 2 bi —5?,; i'i _ i ii_ V, ,par ip 1 31 -- id - 36 4 Ig par ip 18 22 103 A iPa 2 - 23 --- ii I) , 6 - 8 60 - 62 ii - 16 34 - 36 - 1 I -- 1 10 --- 12 •••3 !if 4114, Bualneas els day. Aptw,ll-. 1 .)4.... t .,- Cr" *, ( - 4 F 4,4 ...p.422' " SUN OFFICE, ti yen o'Clock. TATTERSALtT—(This Evening.) CHESTER CUP. • 7to 1 agst Leamit gton (taken) 9to 1 agst Dulcamara (taken) 12 to 1 agst Mincepie (offered) 14 tl 1 agst Riseber. 15 to 1 apt Van Dunck (taktb) 100 to 6 agst Gemrna di Vergy 20 to 1 ag4 ty Hilton (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Zig Ztg (taken) 33 to 1 agst Pantomime (taken) 40 to 1 agst Early Bird (taken) DERBY. 12 to 1 asst MD. (take 14 tl 1) NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICES. (This Day.) According to previous announcement, this afternoon afforded us the opportunity (exclusively granted, by the way, to the representatives of the People and the representatives of the Press), the wi icome and. agreeable opportanity of attend ing the Private View of this very remarkable competition. A considerable portion of West minster Hall we observed to have been screened oft, for the display of several hundreds of original plans and designs—all of them, without exception, being minutely detailed, and some few among their number wonderfully comprehensive. In the absence of any catalogue, one's memory, together with a few hastily pencilled notes, con stitute our only availab 'ctablit of reference. It is, nevertheless, a mater of little difficulty, we conceive—even thus, after one cursory examination of the pronosed very diversified , plans here collected together—to discriminate in the throng of Exhibitors (nearly 200 in the ag gregate), those who may be regarded as in every respect the most noteworthy. The ambition of each is, of courss, to approxi mate as nearly as possible to the ulterior in tentions of the Government. Those intentions being directed, in the first instance, to the con centration in Wostminister of all the various departments of the Administration. Besides aiming—mais cela va sans dire—at the some what incongruous union of economy (not parsi mony, observe, but economy) and magni ficence. To the end ill t the now scat tered Offices of Government shall at length be clustered in one harmonious pile, or collec tion of architectural fabrics, in the vicinity of the Old Abbey and of the New Palace at West , minster —the Exhibitors have cut siely "set their wits to work" to some purpese—giving us the different projected. buildings, in what Bus calls somewhere "various stages of affectionate group ing." A bird's eye view of London, hard by the entrance, cheers us with a fancied glimpse of the capital as it may be—as please Heaven it wilt be in the fullness of tine—with—The Thames Em banked ! The Bridges now suffering stricture by toll-bars opened to public traffic—such as those of Southwark, Waterloo, and B,ttersea ! Other Bridges opened—such as one at Lambeth and the new Gothic one at Westminster ! And, radiating from the great London-bridge It silway Station divers " short cuts" conducting us, as the crow flies, to Blackfriars, the Strand, and Westminster! Harmoniously combining with which scheme of the renovated Metropolis come these not easily e numerable projects for the concentration of the new offices of the Go vernment. Projects collecting together the War Office and the Home Office—the Foreign Depart ment and the Colonial Department ; contrasting the office of Woods with the office of Works—the Charity Commission with the Ecclesiasticrl Com mission ! Balancing the Office of the Exchequer with the Office of Emigration t- The Privy Council being brought cheek by jowl with the Paymaster-General ! And the Beard of Cintrol side by side with the Poor Law Guardians ! Bringing, moreover, into close contiguity the Board - of Trade and the Civil Service Co:mission ! And establishing a more intimate do of propinquity than ever between the Admi ralty and the Horse-Guards ! With a view to the carrying out of such bold designs architec turally—lo I and behold, we have Vacs ornate schemes of these ingenious and adventurous ex hibitors. A few of the most noticable amongst them can alone at this moment be particularised. Some even pf these being remarkable rather as imitators than as originators. No. 20, for (x -ample, " Corona" giving to view a facsde of an edifice marvellously resembling that of the Bank in Dublin, the Old Parliament House of Ireland. No. 6, "Bramante" being strangely suggestive of a colossal railway station—a sort of a stupendous edifice to mark thst grandest Terminus G.; of all " The World's End," wherever it is ! No. 34, " Well Considered," looking for all the world - marvellously like St. Paul's Cathedral on the top - of Somerset House ! And No. 81, "ideas, Pacis eras, medias que retaining a strong family likeness to—the Portico of the Church in Regent-street, between a couple of towers, like the Clock Turret at thellorse Guards! This last-mentioned being a "hint" for the Foreign Office. There is in No. 141, however, a comprehen sive scheme of the whole of the Government offices collectively—an elaborate design, labelled " Nec Temere, nee timid° "—squared but gorgeous, and " realised" to the mind's eye by the adroitly casual introduction of her Majesty's State car riage, escorted by Guards and Beefeaters ! Another gorgeous project of a different kind— pinnacled and decorated with fountains and statuary—is No. 112—"-Omicron." There is a species of a sublime carrying out, upon a gigantic scale, of the Carlton Club House, in No. 94, oddly entitled " Utilitas"— having Tuileries roofs and Gothic towers, and statuary intermixed, and upon the summit of the loftiest tower a Figure of Fame, sounding the trumpet of Clio among the Clouds ! More strictly Tuileries-like in effect, ‘ is No. 34, " au bon droit" —and at once Gothic and moresque is No. 35, mottoed " Thou hest covered my head in the day of battle." _Another and a strictly gothic structure is the one designed by " Suaviter-For titer," (No. 54) * having an effect really and truly • very magnificent. May wisdom guide the taste of those entrusted with the selection—and in that guidance may there be no thought of a false economy. Above all, may the most appropriate motto of the entire collection be one very fami liar to the nation—Pa/mam qui meruit ferat— the one inscribed upon the escutcheon of Lord NELSON at the suggestion of Lord GRANVILLE. I3URGLARY IN FLEET-STREET.—Yesterday morning, a robbery was committed on the premises of Messrs. Wills and Wilson, naval and military tailors, 129, Fleet-street. It appears that on the conehr-ion of the day's business the shop, which is separated from the other part of the house, was strongly secured and the keys taken away. When the shopman yesterday morning proceeded to take dow the shutters, he found the place in the utmost (lis p order. Feeling alarmed, he ran to tide poi:oe station, which is but three doors off, and called Inspector Thet ford and Detective Green to the spot. Directly Green entered the shop, his attention was directed to the side door in Shoe-lane, when be found the entrance had bee❑ effected there. The robbery showing gross neglect on the part of the police, has caused a certain unquiet feel ing amongst the tradesmen in the locality. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF CODIVION—(This Day.) The EPEAKEletook the chair at 12 o'cl.ck. The swearing in of the now members was continued ;o•day until the adj'urnment of the bows. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings in Banco. Before Lord Campbell, Mr. justice Erie and Crompton.) THE CONVICT MANSELL V. THE QUEEN IN ERROR. It being known that this case would C3lllO on for rr• guinea this morning, the court was denvily crowded. It will be recollected that the prisoner, Thomas Maose'l, was tried before Mr. Baron Bramwell, at Maid tone, December list, for the murJer of a man named Burney, lance corporal of the 49th Regiment, and was found guilty and sentenced to de4ts. Certain objections were raised at the trial by the prisoner's coun sel, as to the manner in which some of the jury had been challenged on the part of the era sn. In order that these points might be argued, the Secretary of State for the Home Department had respited the cx cution of the prisoner until the sth of May. At 10 o'clock the prisoner was brought into court in custody of Mr. Webtherhead, the Governor of Newgite, and was placed in the seat of the Covimon Sergeant. He is a man of short stature, and rather slight built. He wore a large beard of dark brown hair, and during the proceedings he evinced but little interest. The counsel present on behalf of the prisoner was Mr. F. Russell and Mr. G. Denman ; Mr. Welsby and Mr. Ribton appeared on the part of the Cr) A 3. Mr. F. Russell, in opening the case, said the applica- tiun he had to make to the court was to reverse the sen tence of death which bad been passed upon Thomas Mansell, now a prisoner at their lordships' bar. The learned counsel then read at length an abstract of the record, and at its conclusion said the principal point he had to submit to their lordships was that a certain number of persons who had been called to serve on the jury on the part of the prisoner had been improperly put aside. 'he learnel gentle man tt en detailed the proceedings that had taken piece at the trial at Maidstone, the effect of which was, that instead of the number of persons who ought to have been on the jury to try the prisoner, there were only nine . out of the twelve properly sworn. At the trial several jurors were ordered by the counsel on be half of the Crown to stand by, in consevenee of their having conscientious scruples with respect to the punish ment of death. This proceeding, Mr. Russell con tended, was illegal, as the Crown had not the power to order persons to stand by for su,li reason—it not being a right to challenges. In sup port of the view of the case a number of authorities were cited, and in conclusion the learned ceun el ob eerved, that instead of the right of challenge under the circumstances he had stated being a prerogative of the Crown, it was an abuse of it, and be tru-ted their lordships would agree with him in opinion, that the panel had been gone through before the jury who tried the prisoner was constituted, that the jury by which the prisoner had been convicted was illegal y constructed — and that therefore under such circumstances the convic tion must be set aside. Mr. G. Denman followed on the same siJe. Mr. Welsby, on the part of the Crown, c-m tended that the panel had not been gone through, that the steps taken by the cluasel for the prosecution were in accordance with the law, that the jury by which the prisoner had been tried and convicted was legally constituted, and that therefore the prisoner, Thomas Mansell, had been properly convicted. Mr. Russell having replied, " Lord Chief JusticeCampb_ll, after a few minutes con versation with the other judges, said their lordships wont.' take time to consider their decision. He trusted that the unhappy man now bebre the C mrt woull not, Ly such a circumstance, encourage any hopes, for as far as the Court saw-at present, there was nothing -t' justify any reversal of the sentence. At the present moment it appeared that everything that was proper to be done on the occasion of the trial of the prisoner at Maidstone had been done, and that the prisoner had been tried by a fair and impartial jury. Under such circum- stances he trusted that the prisoner would not drluile himself into the belief that because the Court bad taken time to consider before it declared its judgment, there was hope of map?. The noble and learned kidge having again urged upon the prisoner to avoid indulging in de. lusive hopes, sail on Wednesday morning next, at the sitting of the Court, their lordships would deliver judg ment. During the delivery of this brief address, the pri soner appeared slightly agitated, but nithing more. Ho was then given into the custody of the Governor of Newgate, and4conveyed back to prison. CJURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Nisi nice.) HOLLOWAY V. KELLY. —" SHELLS OF THE OCEAN." This was an action brought by the pl tint'ff, Mr. Ile loway, against the defendant Kelly, for selling a spurious edition of the song "ShePs of tha Ocean," whereby he had infringed the copyright of the work whic'l was the property of the plaintiff. The song was putlished on a sina'l card set for the German con certina, and was sold at one penny each. Evidence having been given that the song in question was the property of 141 r. Holloway. sergeant Thomas, on the part of defendant, said ho trusted that the jury woull give their verdict for the defendant when they became acquainted with the whole facts of the case. The learned counsel said the de fendant was a poor fellow with a wife, mother, and four small chil lrer, who inhabited a small hole in Gray's-inn-lane, and who to gain a living sold penny publications and such like, and amongst other he unfortunately sold a certain song, called " Shells of the Ocear." Notice of action was served upon him, and the present proceedings, charging him with printing and publishing a spurious edition of the song, were com menced. He would call the wife of the defendant, who woull give a simple manner in which the circumstances arose. After that he felt sure they would not ruin him by giving a verdict against him. Maria Kelly, wife cf the defendant, stated that a short time ago a man named Fortune called upon her, and asked her to purchase some music of him, and she bought about two dozen songs. On the second occasion Fortune called, she bought about four copies of the song in question, but she did not know that the copyright of the song belonged to Mr. Holloway. She bad bought in all about a dozen and a-half copies of the song "Shells of the Ocean," and had realised a profit of about 9d. by the transaction. She did not know that she had committed any offence by purchasing the songs in question. In answer to the questions of the counsel for the plaintiff, the witness said that her husband did not print the edition of the sorg now in ques tion, and the reason her husband's name appeared on it as the printer was, that Fortune, the man of whom she bought the copies of the song, stated that as he was continually changing his lodging he hoped she would allow him to put her name on the song, as then his customers would know where to find him. The defendant was also called, and stated that as soon as he received the letter of the plaintiff's attorney he immediately sent to Mr. Holloway all the copies of the song he had, A witness named Fortune said he was the publisher of the edition of the song "Shells of the Ocean ;" he got them printed for him and hawked them about. When he sold the songs to the defendant he did not say anything about copyright. Ho had printed a number of songs, some of which he bad put his name to, others he bad not. When he be came acquainted with the circumstance that Mr. Hol loway's solicitor had sent the defendant a letter, be (witness) took the plate and all the copies he had by him to the plaintiff, and distinctly tol I him that he was the printer and publisher of the song in question. He bought the copy of the song, which he had had engraved, :rem a person in the Male-end-road, and gave a penny Eor it. Verdict for the defendant. Tan TRIAL OF BACON.—The witnesses resident in Stamford who are to give evidence on the trial of Thrs. Fell-r Bacon and his wife for the murder of their child ren received their subreenas on Tuesday. They are summoned to the sessions of the C.ntral Criminal Court commencing on the 11th inst., but it is intimated their attendance will not be required till Wednesday, the 1313, and it is probable the trial will not take place till the following day. Mr. Bodkin will be leading counsel for the prosecution, instructed by the solicitors to the Treasury ; and Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Poland will be counsel for Bacon, instructed by Mr. Atter, of Stamford. It is thought that legal aid will be assigned to Mrs. Bacon by the Sheriffs.—Stamford Mercury. THE RIFF PIRAIES.—A. l-tter from Albucemas has been received at Madrid giving an account of another outrage committed by the pirates of the Rlff. On the 27th of March, the Moors intimated that they had a boatload of poultry and provisions for sale, and four Spanizh T=ailors and an interpreter went from a ves: . el to purchase ; but no sooner had they landed than a dis charge of musketry was made by a party placed in am bush, and the sailors were all more or less wounded and taken prisoners. ITALIAN OPERA CONCERTS, CRYSTAL PALAOP. The announcement that these attractive enter tainmeLt would be rcnewed gave great satisfacion to the patrons of the Crystal Palace, and the first of a aeries of 12 concerts, whi.,•h took .pllce yester day, trorigl,t t etweEn 3,000 and 4,000 re sons to the music -room, provided for the occasi n in the great cent al trans-pt. The new conEtructi , n is very sinilar in plan to tlat in which the perform ances to , k place last season, the arrangement of the pr. scenium, with the chorus and principal sing ers en the stage and the band in the o-chestra, be ing precisely the same. In soma respects the for mer was preferalle ; but as the prPparationsfor the great 11,-,nc1 , 1 Festival made a change of Ei'e from the nive to the triinaept indispensable, allowances nmst, b 3 made. The effect of the music, vocal and instrumental, though good, might still, perhaps, be improved by some such expedient es was adopted previously for shutting out the concee.-room (as far as practicable) from the rest of the interior, and which tended in a great measure t'r modify excess Of reverberation, an inevitable condi ion of so vast and peculiar a building. The best places for hear ing are in the stalls and galleries nearest to the or chestra., which are covered in by a roof of canvas, an I she;te ed on either side by adequate contriv tences. The general aspect is anivated, cheerful, and picturesque • and the idea of a musical fete chumpetre as vividly suggested as before, the fea thered tr b. s, _ " In profuse stra;ns of unpremeditated art:: taking from time to time even a larger :hare in the harmonious proceedings, and establishing a friendly rivalry which adds to rather than detract; from their charm.. The audience were evident' y_ delighted, ani the succe , s of the peiformances gsue:ally was net a bit less than that which crowned the and taking last year. The concert itself calls for lit'le remark. The whole compaly of the Royal Italian Opera (Mario excepted), with the chorus and the splendid orches tri, in all its pride of number, and efficiency, were called int) request. The selection wa3 as follows : PARTE PRIMA. Overture— Zanberfloto Aria—" Ah per sempre" (Puritani), Signor Gra ziani Madrigal—" Who shall win my lady fair I" Pearsall. Duet—" Pronta io sou" (Don Pasquale), Ma dame" Grisi and Signor Ronconi Wie naehte" (Der Freisehutz), Ma dame De :ries " Ferbami Ognor" (Semiramide), Ma dame Grisi a d Madame Nantier Didiee • Air, kith ehorzs,—" Inflammatus" (Stab t Mater), Madame Grisi . PARTE SECONDA. Mozart, Donizetti. Ariai,—' Weber. D uot Rossini. Aubcr. O , erture —Masaniello Aria—" Alma soave" (Maria di Rohan), Sig nor Baraldi "Vella S udi" (Elisir), Signors Gar doni and Tagliafico Diet—" Da qual di" (Linda), Mademoiselle Marai and Signor Gardo i Aria —" San iagiero" (Maria). Madame Didiee Donizetti. Romanza —" thin vergine" (Favorita), Signor Gardoni Finale—" Oh soino Carlo" Ernani Co:dat tor, M. Sainton. Duet—' Douizetti. Ver A. To criticise such a -programme wou'd be super- 1 fluous. Every piece was ss fair il'ar as household words. The l'oa's shire accorded to Don . zetti in the second part was scarcely balancei by th-. 3 bril liant orchestral prelude to Atibet's lest optra, with which it commenced; and certainly not a'oned for by the pompons . and noisy morceau d'ensomb'e of Signor Verdi, -which brought it to a rio ;0. How ever, the singers weie a)1 iu th&r livelife mood, and exerte 1 themselves to the uttnest--the indomi table Grisi, who appeared three times in Part I. (having to sing at night, in the " Trovatele, to r alie up the account !), shining conspicuous above them all. The madrigal of Pearsall was encored ; and a like compliment was paid to Sinter Neri Baraidi in the aria from "Maria di Rohan. We must insist, nevertheless, that the ent.rtainment, considered from a musical point of view, was essen tially poor, unworthy alike of the - Crystal Palace and of tie powtrful resources of the Royal Italian Opera. One great merit, however, calls for notice ; it was short—two hours, an interval of repose be tween the first and second part nclut.led—com- - priiing the ex' eat of its duration. RAILWAY IN TELLIG.IM CE. OPENING OF THE BASINGSTOKE AND SALISBURY. This important link in the South-Western scheme for a direct railway to the West of Eoglaud was opened for passenger traffic yesterday—lessen ing the distance between London and Sadsbury 10 miles, and opening up a new and important agri cultural district hitherto unsupplied with facilities for railway locomotion. The line from Basingstoke to Andover—about 1.6 miles—has been worked fornearly three yews, and the ext:niion of this branch to the city of Salis bury—about 17 miles—Constitutes the new railway. The line traverses throughout the chalk formation —the prevailing geological peculiarity of this district of England. Without presenting any ratiaikabl.e engineerieg d'ffieulty it has some rather heavy arthwerks, which have been admirably executed by Mr. Brassey, the eminent contractor. T,,e sui face of the eiultry is chiefly sh:ep downs. There ars only two s'ations c n the new line, Grately and Porton ; bat Weyhill, the scene of the great a-rri cultural stock fair, and the important town of Amesbury, are served by it, and a large accession of traffic to the mother railway is anticipated from the extension. The face of the cout,try traversed is picturesque, and there are some intereAii g histo rical associations connected with the vicinity. Soon after leaving Andover the village of Abbot's Ann is passed,. remarkable as the scene of George the Fourth's marriage with Mrs. Fitzherbert, which took place at Red Rice, a curious old family man sion formerly belonging to the Pitt family. The river Teat meanders through the valleys of this district, and adds much to the beauty of the land scape. Amport Hall, the ancient seat of the Win chester family, now in process of rebuilding, is next approached, and presently Grately station, over looked by Qurrley hill, ou the summit of which is an eld Roman encampment, commanding an eaten rive prospect of 20 miles in. every direction. The " Hampsbite Gap," a long ridge covered with trees and brushwood, here forms a natural division be tweenthe counties of Hants and Wilts, shortly after entering which Porton station--the point of con nection with Amesbury—is reached. The country continues remarkably picturesque —thenceforward to Salisbury, at present entered over the Bishop stoke line, but the new railway will hereafter have a station at Fieherton, ou the other side of the city. A largo part,/ interested in the undertaking left London yesterday morning to test . the new line, and afterwards, on, the invitation of Mr. Brassey, to dine at Salisbury. Both operations were pre eminently successful and agreeable. The railway proved to be in capital working condition, in proof , of which we may mention that Mr. Beattie, with one of hiS coal engines, ran the whole dis tance of 34 A miles in rather less than an hour ; and the dinner was all that could be desire .1, Mr. Jones, of the White Hart, exhibiting a talent for , catering which will no doubt secure him extensive patronage during the Agricul tural Society's Show in the ensuing autumn. Mr. Lacy, the Hon. Ralph Dutton, M.P., and. Col. Luard, represented the directors of the South- Western Railway, the former presiding. Sir Chas. Fox and several other engineers of eminence were present, and Mr. Brassey (who was himself detained en the continent) was ably represented by Mr. Ogi'vy and Mr. Tomline. The Mayor of Salisbury, Mr. Payne, Mr. Jacobs, and other influential gen lemen of the district, joined the party at the White Flare. The former propovd "Success to the New Railway ;" and the latter, in responding to'his own health, mentioned as a remarkable fact, reflecting great credit on Mr. Brassey's conduct of the works, that, although acting as a magistrate in the neigh bonihood, not a single ease arising from rniscon duct on the pert of the workmen had arisen during the construction of the railway. Mr. Crcmbie, the secretary, Mr. Soott, the ge neral manager, Mr. Stress, the engineer, and Mr. Young, the company's superintendnt, accompa nied the party. Mr. Godson wasp revented being present by pressure of business. The return train left Salisbury at six. o'clock, and ran into Waterloo station at half-past nine. THE INDIAN JUNCTION TELEGRAPH COMPAIVY. The following letter has been addressed by the In&a, house t..) the chairman of this company " East India-House, April 30. Sir, --With reference to the correspoadence that has passed en the subject of the establishment of telegraphic communication between this country and India by way of Asiatic Turkey and the Persian Gulf, I am com manded to state that the Court of Directors of the East India Company have resolved to meet the wishes of the European and Indian Telegraph Company, by allowing Sir W. O'Shaughneesy to accept the appointment of COL sulting engineer to that company. " The Court have likewise resolved to sanction the employment by the Telegraph Company in the construc tion of the line through Asiatic Turkey of Captain Chas; Douglas, of the Bengal Artillery, and Lieutenant Arthur Hawes, 38th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry, it being understood that the salary and allowances of these offi cers during such employment are to be paid by the Tele graph Company.--I am, sir, your most obedient burnt le servant, J.Amf.s C MELVILL. 66 W. P, Andrew Esq." 61 9i 65 $ t3i 4i 101/ 4 1 1101 105 i 4i 2 a 100,i 1 1001 85i 6 5i 6 41 54i i; 1 SI K BANKS. 88 - I 2i - 2 . .311 52 - 51 la ld 62 G 4 17 -- 17/ 17A -- 18 171 -17 i :i4 -: -?~~ 58 6i - .2 1 --7, I 10d 5S i 251 - :5 19 .0 all .0 all SO all L 5 all )0 60 1 all 1 all t. 100 Zi all 1 all 3 all 12 0 ,1 5 10v 281 h. 101 J Pm 55 Pm i 12 1001 Pm El os 11 a 35} ITIES. Mr. Disraeli, it appears, was after all not so far wrong when he told thitr electors of Buckingham shire that nothing of importance would be done in the first short session of the . New Parliament. Does anybody believe that anything of importance will be done between till 7th of May and th 3 he ginning of August in Parliamentary Reform, in Law Reform, in any other description of Re form ? In the language of the Chancery Court, many measures of importance may perhaps be " spoken to," but new indeed will be set down for a serous hearing, and fewer still can be ma tured into law. There is, however, one measure which, as we are informed, Lord Palmerston has wiee'y resolved to urge forward at aly rate. It is an isolatAl measure. It requires no preliminary re search ; it Connec's itself with no long train Of doubtful comequences. All that 0111 b 3 said upon it has been said. Action is required—action, and nothing else. The &fuse it seeks to remedy is one whose perpetuated existence is the infamy of our age. When all else has yielticd in this coun iry to the civilising tendencies of the time, there stands the icsolent Ebsiructien. of Jewi h exclusion—the one foul remnant of mediaeval bigotry which is still suffered to disgrace the practi:e of a liberal and tolerant age. Seven words in an oath, inteedied as a shield against the unscrupulous evasions of the Jesuit, are converted into a fence of exclusion against the con scientious scruples of the Jew ; an oath devised when not a single Jes existed wiihin the Ulnas of the four seas, is wasted from its original use to keep the Jew out of Parliamen', in an age when he is permittel to exercise every other civil office to which an Englishman can a=pirs. L^rd Palmer ston, we believe, has determined to lose no time in putting an end to this state of thing 4. The country has given him a Liberal majority. A more le;iiimate employment for such a majority than the admission of the Jew to Parliament it is impossib l e to conceive. Let this popular and powerful Prime Minister strike home, once and for all, at this mise!able sol,cism, this wretched mockery of a con scientious conviction—this base anachronism that sezks to perpetuate in an age of light a spirit only' worthy of the worst days of darkness. If this first session of the Palmer,tonian Parliament is to be signalised by nothing else, at all events let it earn the credit of hav;ng finally tramplel under foot that execrable mummery which perpetuates the abjura tion of au Extinct family, in order to persecute a living creed, and preserves the rusty touchstone of the Jesuit as an exclusive shibboleth to detect and oppress the Jews.—Daily News. IiEALTII OF THE METROPOLIS. The first number of a new weekly periodical, en titled, " The Rise and Decline of Disease," is issued this day by the General Board of Health. It is compiled from thb district returns by Dr. Conway Evans, with appropriate remarks, and undertakes to set forth, not the number of deaths, for that is already done in the weekly return, but the rise and decline of disease, so that, by recording the num ber of seizures and their o.Aracter, a more correct idea of the state of the public health may ba formed than i 3 possible under the present limited system. It is here stated that " In order to attain the de sired results, it is impe.)rtant that the weekly return should be, for what it pretends to be, complete ; and this it can only bzcorce by a large amount of voluntary co-operation. It aims at enumerating especially the new ewes ofacute disc aB3 which a)mo under treatment by the several public institutions of the metropolis—in its hospitals and dispensaries, in its psuper medical relief, in-door and out-door —in its prisons, asylums, and madhouses. Of these institutions there are so many, that it may perhaps belong before all become contributory to th e return. But the object is so evidently one of public and professional important•., that probably the direc tors and offict-rs of all insti`utions in which r words are kept will be willing to aid its development ; and it is believed that, if some few medical. charities have lancet) registered no particulars of the na tore and number of the diseases which their funds are applied to relieve, considerations of public uti lity may induce them- to commence records of so much importance to socie'y." This new periodical promises to be of considenble value to medical men, to whom it will be an index to the fluctuations of disease prevailing within the metropolitan district,. THE BOMDARD.IfeNT OF CANTO v. The following letter has been addressed by " A Merchant" t- the Editor of the Times : Sir, —During the late debates on the China ques tion no argument in opposition to the course a•lopted by our authorities was found more effec tual, or used more freely, than that contained is eloquent and pathetic descriptions of the destruc tion of life caused by the wanton bomb trdmeut of the most populous city of the East, and the murder of thousands and tens of thousands of innocent men, women, and children entailed by thvt un heard-of act of bar!iarity, in revenge for, at the most, a trivial insul'. It so happens that I have rece:ved by the mail that has just arrived a private letter from H ng Kong, dated March 6, and wri , ten by a person in every way qualified to speak on the subject,. in which this very point is alluded to. I subjoin a abort. extract for the information of your readers, merely premising that the date of the letter proves that it is not " gat up" in reply to the charges in question, as the report of the debates would not reach Canton till nearly two mouths afterwards • " The loss of life at Canton has been very small, the Admiral having also spared the people. The Chinese say that only 23 persons were killed within the city by the bombardment. This is probably too small a num ber, but the Americans killed a far greater number than the English in their attacks, with reference to the farces engaged." On how rotten a foundation has a vast superatruc. ture of declamation and invective been raised I THE LEGION OF HONOUR. Front the Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday.) WHITEHALL, APRIL 30. The Qneen has been pleased to give and grant unto the under•mentioned officers and men in her Majesty's service her Majesty's Royal licence and permission that they may accept and wear the insignia of the several classes of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour, astached to their respective names, which his Maj sty the Emperor of the French hsth been pleased to confer upon them as a mark of his Imperial Majesty's approba tion of their distinguished services before the enemy during the late war, and that they may enjoy all the rights and privileges thereunto belonging. [Here folows a list of tha names of the officers and men on whom the insignia have been conferred, as pub lished in our columns on Friday, April 24.) MEMORANDUM.—The name of Colonel John William Gordon, C. 8., of the Royal Engineers, is inserted in substitution er that of Colonel Alexander Gordon, of the same corps, who was included by mistake in the list of British officers and men appointed to the order of the Legion of Honour, published in the Supplement to the London Gazette of the let of August, 1856. Lieut.-C.d. George Steevens, who died on the 4th of February, 1857, was named to the sth class of the said order, and would have received her Majesty's permission to accept and wear it, had he survived. [Advertisement.] TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE OTTOMAN BANK GENTLEMEN,—The profit of the first half-year of the Ottoman Bank was nearly 18,i per cent., although it bad to contend against great prejudices, and the united efforts of the native bankers to thwart its establishment. Ten per cent. given as dividend to the shareholders. Seven and a-halt per cent. carried on to the next half year. One per cent. nearly, put aside towards preliminary expenses. These results have been attained because all the ar rangements and appointments are good. Mr. Layard, the chairman, is the right man in the right place, and has the personal acquaintance of the lelinisters and of the influential and trading community of Turkey. The directors are all connected with other undertakings which are successfully managed, two of them being directors of the Union Bank of Australia, which pays 42 per cent., and two others being partners in two of the oldest established banks in the city. Mr. Falconnet (he manager), is acknowledged to be a person of the greatest experience in the mode of banking in the East ; whilst Mr. C:leman. (the pub lic accountant), guarantees the correctness of the ac counts, and vouches that no advances are made of an illegitimate character. The scrip certificates having been called in for regis tration, shareholders who had borrowed on them have been obliged to sell in order to pay off their leans, and these simultaneous sales have been the cause of the mar ket value of the shares being depressed ; but, as the shares of several other banks (which have paid only half the dividend of the Ottoman Bank, which have no public accountant as auditor, nor the advantage of limited liability) are selling at a high premium, it is quite certain that when the public are satisfied, and it becomes generally known, that the Ottoman B an k i s daily adding to its sources of profit, that it will not only continue its dividend of 10 per cent,* but aug ment it, and that the shareholders are protected by royal charter with limited liability (and these facts will bear inquiring into), this property will be eagerly sought after, and will rise 50 per cent. in value.—l air, &c. A SHAREHOLDER. London, April 29, 1857. * It will be well to observe that there is no other in• vestment quoted which can be bought to pay this rite of interest, JEWL he Eta tp. ib ., of Li we 3 in uled )s Od —s Os Oa s Od )3 Oa U li Os 03 Os Od Os Oct N Od to Od 18 i lli 82} i 41 A 17f 75 4. 311 f 71 7 8 i i 31 461 7 72. 2 101 i 911 a 4 92 3 3i 3i lk 3i 4 1 I