The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-12 00:00:00

EY MARKET CITY, Two o'CLoorc.. r With a with 411 Liverpo o l Cotto n M ar ket yesterday closed quite quiet aspect, and prices of all kinds were bales ' as dear as l ast week. The sales were 7 , 000 prices The Rail wa y Sh are M ar k e t was dull, and 4 '"ees Were rather lower. The Re% follo wing Mining News, which is taken from r a• Watson. and Cuells Mining Circular, will be rh.tia instructive by parties holding the shares of „Ppieular companies alluded to : wok o.noinena is looking better. The shoot of oze, te xt a Q at the 58, has been met with at the 70. The th e 6 8 2 414 1 3 4 g will be 160 tons. At Craddock Moo-, Ry es Will i,:ferrlielde.west produces above 4 tons per fm. of hie' be e nd at the next meeting a profit of about shown on the two months' working. of t Str ay Park is doing well, and about 6001. worth le o ; exPected to be raised in two months, which will till er a Profit of about 1001. Herodsfoot.—ln our Fir prov. of December 4th, we called attention to the un iih,tring state of this mine, and said the price at which the e it s :,, er ,e at. viz., 3/. 103., was less than the value of A -- I — al r lerY, and advised our readers not to sell. be e c h - teen, the improved state of the mine has tioti,l. su uh that shares have advanced to nearly With Wheal Robins is looking better going west, Il tie good ston es o f ore in the lode. At G rea t Wheal T ill !, the water i s i n f or k to the back of the 50 . std 83. two pit c h es i n the b ac k o f t h e 40 a t 6s. Bd. willb s e •ia the po un d . I n another mon th the returns T he ve incr eased. Rosewarne and Herland (Special). l ode inzs below the Bis down about 3 fns., and the ugh not rich, contains some good work for tin. ti,u_e to in the erstern end is disordered. At the 18 o m b e a re is rather a kindly branch in the end 3 to 6 inches with', Ati r ce PPosed of spar, blende, mundic, and copper. East toppere" (Special). I saw some large rock of mundic, j ack, and olud., broken from a branch 30 tins. behind the adit ore• The lode in this mine is generally wide, and the di r ,,,. f ound in branches crossing the lode in various -- ` l°llB , and not disseminated through the lode, or i ° bra 1. o „ l leues having the same direction as it.—Cargoll : r Last we gave early and special intelligence of the 2strovements here. On Sat i urday, the shares rose from l tge to 40/. each.—Grco.t Alfred, according to the At report report, is looking better in several parts. 2 f -Qakmoor, the lode at 50 In, level west is reported T h ?et 'wide, with a good leads: of solid copper ore.' v l , B Month's sampling will bo about 30 tons. The 76 ate Tovvey sold 61 tons of lead ore on the 9th, for 1 1 / lei.. , the highest parcel, 32 tons, realising lls. 6d. per ton." advices from India, via Trieste, report no ho' e ration in the rates of exchange to encourage th e the re that the efflux of silver will abate. Indeed „,, e re is reason to i n f er th a t it will continue at the pres ent state, and the steamer, which is to leave o °ll thanapton on the f4 - .3th inst., is expected to take t l : lll Pwards of 600,0001. As evidence of the extent Which these specie operations are carried, it may by mentioned that not only was the whole amount t he Mermaid absorbed, but a further with eeetal of about 40,0001. from the Bank was 111 eq yesterday. The remittance by the a ukwall, it i s thought, w ; 11 f o ll ow, b u t the 413111'c'inediate demand may then be satisfied, ret a ;_ a llY further receipts will perhaps, be l ued here. The demand for money is still main re'llled) and a few symptoms of improvement are le l3 2 rte d• These, however, are not expected to • I\ '-t to any decided change. The Bank of England td, 47trectos, as was fully anticipated, have separa k L er their weekly deliberations, without ma g any alterations in the terms for loans and discounts. p T he market for English Stocks still exhibits o rel'Y tranquil appearance. A few speculative p eht-n: have taken place, but the sales and par tiou'le. have pretty evenly balanced; little altera ,ll in prices has resulted. Beyond this there is 4() f eature to report, the uncertainty prevailing . the continuance regard to the progress of political affairs, and "u continuance of the money prenure preventing_ arr.. ii k ,J extension. of business. Consols have been v ‘ j i for money, and 932 for the account. Exche (lller Bills are par to 3s. P moderate business h r as en l; been done in Foreign Sto ch ange and the quotations are without 6 per Cent - J. are ithout a ny general 4 lige of i mpor t ance . Turkish Staked 97 to 974, slight advance, but the 4 per s. have remained dull al i ab . out previous rates. per d ents. 3 per Cents. are 43;4 Portuguese 3 o ents • do., 1856,andDutch 4per Cents., : 9 i. • E 4s qua - d ' or New 2C2oin;solidated were 14a and Do. Do. Deferred, 6 4 ; New Native, texican Stock has advanced to 224 to 222. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stocks :--Grens,da Deferred Bonds, 6i 7 ; Mexi e:4l 224 ; Peruvian, C I per Cents., 78 80 ; ditto " iqo Three per Cents. 9 55 57 ; Portuguese__ ; 3 per manta4l 45 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 do. Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 41f ; per Cents., 97 99; m itto N e w Deferred, 241 51 ; Ditto Certificates, 61 ,2 ; Ditto Passive, 5 i 6 . The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up this day, are in round figures as under .- 1857. 1856. Great Western ......................... £25,338 £23,439 It t i lt h Western ... ........ - .......... 13,759 12,828 Midland 11,608 11,092 S enth-E t Eastern .... ................ 14,968 14,950 11,830 10,519 Lancashire Caledonian Northern Manchester, and Yorkshire Ist?nehester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 9,014 8,245 Cheater Ittol and .Thas and Exeter Holyhead t Lancashire 6,764 5,977 North-Eastern North s taffs) rd 7,080 6,642 Oxford, Worcester and Wolverh 3,820 3,265 North London ; Edinburgh 2,166 2,019 and Glasgow Grand Northern TruonfkofCanada 'lath France Rather more firmness has been apparent in the Railway Share Market to.day, but the operations have Counties not been on a very large scale. Eastern 'enties are steady ; Great Northern have risen .e 8 ' to 155., Great Western 1G.3., Manchester, Shef -131(1) and Lincolnshire 10s. and most of the other Great I /r ineipal sharea have aiso slightly improved. Qre Northern, which attained the above advance Pending the meeting, remained firm. Colonial Shares were generally a trifle dearer, and Foreign, though quiet, tend upwards. Great Luxembourg are 4. Namur and Liege have risen to 9. Paris and Lyons to 596. Sambre and Meuse are 1/. 10s. bette r , viz., 97 to 106. English and Foreign Mines a re dull, but firm. Batik Shar es rule rather higher, and in the Miscel laneous Shares there is no change of importance. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the O f ficial List.) sustne. , done 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities India Bonds, £lOOO Consols for Account ...... ....... ........ 931 R &chequer Bills, 24d. £l000 £5OO par 3 p Small PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Equador New Consolidated 1 43 Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 6A Mexican 3 per Cent • — Ditto Account 22# Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 4si i Ditto 1856, 3 per Cent. ii3 Spanish tkquis, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account . _ Turkish Bonds, 6 por cent 97 i nt wen is 3 i the above eavatiun I,: London. Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cen., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money ............................. 931 i Ditto for account ........................... 938 St. 50 St. St. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE I Shr. MARKET NEWS.--(this Day.) EXCHA-5". AVERAGE GENERALCORI4 57 made up from the Re ?F,nt Cities and T owns in PR ICES OF BRITIS II CORN or the w ee k ended Marc h 12, I'q turns of th e I nspectors in the diff e re 1 o rt t r. England and Wales, per Imperia- ar. c E EINs 55s 4d I rEis AA 39 s ... NYTIEAT I 45s BEI 'MEE I 0 &TS I R TE I q 93 4d c 1 223 8d 41s 8d ' THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. 'IVIIEIT 1 BARLEY I O, T , 56s 3d 45s 7d I 23 s 2d 140 s RYli Od 1 333 : 3575d 1 3r9r4d ENGLISH GRAIN S OLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 112,007; barley, 68,52 3; oats, 15,542; rYO) 126 ; beans, 6,440 ; peas, 2 ,344 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWOLTH AND LEADENHALL.—The trade ruled steady, at full prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 48 6d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s by t he 10d ; V ea , 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s l 8d to 5s 2d per Blbs, carcase. SOUTHALL, March 11. —The supplies of at )ck were mo derate, and the trade ruled les active, as follows :—Beef,-L, from 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; lltutto n , 4 s O d to 6s 0d ; Veal, 4s -) to 5s Od ; Pork, 4s Od to 49 10d per Blbs, to sink the offal. at ROHFORD, HFORD,March 11.—There was a fair tr a d e h ere to-day, l prices :—Beef, from 3s 6d t o 5s ; Mutton, 4s Od to 6 s Od; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Perk, 4s to 5s per albs. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 10s to 4/ Os ; clover do., 31 10s to 6/ 03; and. straw, 11 4s to 1/ 8s per load. 1 A slow trade. 11 CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 12s to 41 4s; clover do., 31 lOs to 5/ Os; and straw, 11 4s to 11 93 per load, Trade dull. W RITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 10s to 41 Oa ; clover do., 31 lOs to 51 03 ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 8s per load, A moderate demand. The Royalist brig was yesterday moored off Somer- Fet-hotise, having been completely fitted for a Thames Police Station. The Investigator, formerly used as a police-station, was towed to Woolwich, and is ordered 1 to be broken up. E S N, LON DON, TRU'RSDAY rVENING, MARCH 1 1857, ,AILWAY. 77.eration of the introduction f a la o l Into Parilament be deferred. Mr. MORGAN suggested that the loses , cold be treated as revenue, and spread over a period of five years fur liquidation. Mr. NICHOLSON moved that the balance of money now standing to the credit of revenue shoal be capita lised to meet Redpath's frauds. Toe CHAIRMAN intimated to the meeting that he had been informed by Lord Redeedale, chairman of com mittees in the House of Lords, that be would not allow t. hese frauds to be capitalised, but that they sl',ould be paid of revenue. If they tru-tcd him (he chairman) they would find their stock would rise; if not he knew Leasing Companies Closing Prices yesterday . Att9111633 this cloy. LD.&N.W. CaWon... E.U.diE.O - ;' , t.Northn E. Count. Caldoniau. it would fall. After a stormy discussion the chairman's resolntion was withdrawn, and one substituted that no dividend bonld bo declared, and expressing. the opinion of th • meeting that the balance of 243,923/. should be applied to meet the losses occasioned by .11,cdpath's frauds, which was carried by a large majority. A proposition was made for Coe appointment of a com mittee of inquiry, which, after a di,cu sion, was negati v ed. Mier the transaction of other busit esi tie meetil g separated. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before'Mr. Commissioner Hoiroyd.) THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.-PETITION. To-day was appointed for hearing a petition for pay ment of a dividend on an assigned debt. The meeting was marked in the official list as "private," but Mr. Bayley, as counsel for Mr. Adcock, one of the claim ants, a-ked whether either party objected to reporters remaining in the room Mr. Marsden, for Mr. Adcock, said he saw no reason that the matter should be kept private. Mr. Pifford, as counsel for a Mr. Weather6eld, an other claimant, had not the slightest objection. The case was then opened, from which it appeared tbat a person of the name of Hunter bad made two as signments of his balance and on deposit notes for 1,0661. 10s. to Mr. Adcock and Mr. NVeatherfield, at 10,,. 6d. in the pound. Mr. Adcock was called, and proved the payment of the money for the assignment, and had applied to the assignees and trado assignee to learn whether there were any other claims, and did not know until he ap plied for his dividend that there was any previous charge. Mr. Piff , rd said that as Mr. Weather& Id was too ill to attend, and there was no proof that he had given no tice of his claim previously to the assi,:ninent to Mr. Ad cock, he would at once give up the claim, An order was made for payment of the dividend to Mr. Adcock, each party to pay costs. There was an attachment on the dividend in the Lord Mares Court on behalf of a Mr. Shuttleworth against Hunter, which was agreed should be withdrawn, and leave Mr. Shuttleworth to proceed against Hunter. • INTEIigEIVTS AT THE NE TOPOLI, LIVERPOOL. LIMPOOL, Wednesday.—An important inqufry into the truth of certain rumours of irregular proeeedings in the interment of the dead at the Necropolis, Low-hill, commenced yesterday at St. George's Hall, before Mr. Holland, a government inspector. The inquiry was prosecuted by Mr. M'Go wan, the law clerk to the Health Committee, who stated that by an order made by her Majesty in Couhcil on April 7, 1854, directions were given as to the course to be pursued with reference to burial grounds in the borough, and amongst them was an order regardingthe Necropolis, to the effect that witb the exception of private graves and vaults, no more than one body should be buried in each grave. It had.been stated that in common graves it had been the practice to deposit one day a corpse, and on the following morning it would be drawn out again and buried in a common receptacle with many other bodies, and that practice had been repeated over and over again. Thus in one form the order in council bad bee❑ obeyed by depositing the bce'y in one grave, but on the following morning it was removed to another part. Mr. M‘Gowan added, with great regret, that eve❑ to these statements he must add that it had been the prac tice to remove from the earth, bodies which had been placed there under the supposition that the grave in which they lay was to be their last resting-place,--in fact, that some of the bodies, after being deposited in private graves, bad been removed, and those graves bad been disposed of again to other parties as new graves. He concluded by stating that by the act 18 and 19 Viet., cap. 128, sec. 8, any person having the care of a burial ground who should violate or neglect the specified regu lations, should, on conviction, forfeit the sum of 101. He then proceeded to call several witnesses. The proceed• ings were adjourned. Mt.! Paid' RAILWAYS. 100 Buckghamsb 100 Clydesdale Jc. all Col.Stour Vy. 100 E. Lin. g. 6 p.c all E. Un. H. Sh. 100 Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. 100 I Do. Now all IGlstr.&Dn.Fr all 'Hull & Selby all Do. Shares all Do. 4 Shares all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference 100 I Lon. Til., &S. 54 Do. Bark. Sh. all IManch.llxton. and Matlock 100 IMdld. Bradfd. 54INewroarket BuryE.G.spc. all Nok Est. 5 p.c. all Do. 6 per ct all Do. Fixed sp. c all Prest. & Wyre all Do. A Shrs. A 100 Roystn. &Hit. all Shrews.& Her} all S. Staffords'i all WearVaLepcl all Do.. 100 Wilts&Sonarst 25 50 25 12} 12i 93 - 95 98 - 102 11 - 13 134 - 137 31 - 44 l l oi 16 - 13 23 - 24 106 - 108 - P - 2i 90 - 94 53 - 3 P - 17 1131 --- 131 g - 9 9 - 9i •.• 33 - iii $8 - .0 !B SIIA.RES._ 92 - 94 93 7 iiio i : Ci no 115 4 - tP 12A - 13 5 : i i X ll5 - 117 LOS - 112 100 - 102 62 - 64! 10 - 10 95 - 99 84 -- 86 100 -- 102 10 -- 16i -- 17 10 - 10 - 72 -- 75 19i -- 20 9, -- 10 144 -- 15 135 -- 137 1137 - 140 115 - 118 57 - 159 • • • .'"" • • • 1 - S ID 65 - 68 134 - 136 68 - 99 88 - S 9 .ii -7- - iip' 'XO4 - 103 £3 92 1 11— ld 1 - 4(11 2l - 22 ,110 - 111 114, - 118 (05 - 110 65 - 70 1 171 - 1111 24 1 00 101 9 lc, 2ip **ii = 4 MINES. 22k - 6i - 74 155 - 165 150 - 460 14 - 15 1, 3 / 4 - 10 6 - 63 - 20 - 22 32 - 34 6 - 7 23 - 24 8 - 9 14 -1/ 340 - 350 7 - 8 340 - 360 - 11 4 -4/ 215 - 235 1 - 1} 35 - 36 160 - 170 1 1811 - 300 330 - *5O 18 - 21.1 46 - 48 23 - 25 GREAT NO MEETING THIS DAY. The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held this day, at the London Tavern, Biahopsgate-street ; Mr. Edmund Denison, M.P., chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. This being the first meeting since the disowery of the Red path frauds there was a very large attendance of pro prietors, and much interest was manifested in the pro ceedings. Tae chairman and directors entered the room and took their seats in silence, a rather unusual circumstance. The SECRETARY having read the announcement of the meeting, y The CH AIRMAN said that it had been customary at pre vious meetings to affix the seal of the company to the registry of shareholders, and he therefore proposed to go through the same form on that occasion, but before doing so he proposed to add these words, "The foregoing is an abstract from the several registers of the holders of consolidated and other stocks of the Great Northern Railway Company as they appeared on the books, being closed on the 31st January, 1857, and showing the total amount of stock registered, 8,412,8801., and the num ber of shareholders, 6,1631. The amount of stock in the above 8,412,8801. is about 217,000/. in excess of what it ought to be, and the number of proprietors is the same as before within six." So, therefore, with their permission he would affix the seal to the register. The motion having been seconded. Mr. K. KNIGHT said he o bj ec t e d. He understood from good authority that the directors and auditors had no idea of the extent of Redpath's frauds. The share holders ought to know it before the seal was affixed to the registry. Mr. BILLING said that if the seal was affixed it would legalise the fraudulent stock. A. PROPRIETOR proposed as an amendment that the consideration of affixing the seal of tie company should be adjourned until the exact amount of fraudulent stock was ascertained, and the extent of Leopold Redpath's assets. The CHAIRMAN Said that affiling the seal to the regis try did not pledge the shareholders to anything of a dangerous character. (Cries of " Oh, oh.") If the meeting of to its being done, he asked them to consider what would be the effect of such a circumstance on their stock in the market. It was an important ques tion, and the shareholders were responsible for the answer. Mr. BILLING—Never mind that. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN—If the meeting prevented his affixing the seal of the company to the registry, they must take the responsibility of its effect on public opinion. Mr. LLOYD (bards' er), at the request of the share holders, gave his opinion on the question. He said it was merely a ministerial act. It did not legalise any thing, but give merely a prima facie title. A SHAREHOLDER called on the meeting neither to as sent nor dissent to anything, but leave the matter to the directors, and let them act on their own responsibility. The CHAIRMAN said that the act did not pledge the shareholders to anything. He had power to affix the seal without their consent, but out of courtesy the tow position had been submitted to them. After some further angry discussible, The CHAIRMAN said that he had the power of affixing the seal to the registry without putting the question, and he should do so. The honourable gentlereal then affixed the seal of the company to the registry, and his cool and determined manner took the meeting by so much surprise that they allowed the seal to be affixed in silence. The CHAIRMAN then said—Gentlemen, we meet, at last, I am sorry to say, under more unpleasant circum stances than have occurred since the formation of the Great Northern Railway. Within the last six months frauds and forgeries have gradually come to light, and which, as they came to light, were enough to alarm the pro prietors of stock as to the extent to which these frauds might be discovered. They were more than enough to alarm and mortify the directors, and more than enough to exhaust the ability, patience, and perseverance of all the clerks in the office to investigate these incorrect accounts, and I am bound to say, in their defence, that they have worked till 11 and 12 o'clock at night most willingly to accomplish that object. The result of the investigation is this, that so far as we have gone, we have discovered that you have been robbed by Redpath to the extent of above 220,0001., and although the judges be fore whom he was tried, for the offence of committing three forgeries, passed a most severe sentence on him, it is no compensation to you to know, and very little gratification to remember, that he has been sentenced to transportation for life. Deeply do I grieve that any officer, especially belonging to this ,company or any other company, should have committed such enormous frauds as this man has, and that his example should be added to the many others of fraud, arising from speculations, with which this great city unfortunately abound. Irrespective of the pecuniary loss we have all sustained, it is a melan choly reflection to find that speculation has led men into such enormities of crime, and such eventful danger and ultimate punishment as he has received. We shall have, I have no doubt, in the course of the slay, an animated discussion on the whole of the subject of these frauds, and, therefore, I have this favour to ask you, that you will allow me to go through the business of the ordinary meeting, and dispose of it as far as we can before we launch our selves on the subject of the frauds. (Hear, hear.) Adopting that view of the case for the moment, I will ask you to go through the accounts as if nothing had happened with regard to Leopold Redpath. Irrespec tive of that question, I think you must admit that the condition of the railway was in a satisfactory state, and that had it not been for these frauds, we might have paid a dividend that would have amounted, with the previous one, to 5 per cent. on the year. The traffic on the line goes on increasing, so that, not withstanding this annoying amount of fraud, there is no reason whatever that I can discover that ought to shake your confidence or that of the publio in the value or progressive prosperity of the railway. I advise the shareholders to get quit of this unfortunate calamity with as much stoicism as you can muster. Not to look back, but to look forward, as I am sure you can, with confidence— (hear, hear)—for I never addressed you with more confidence than at this moment when I say your whole property is on a safe and solid foundation, and en titled to stand as a first class investment in the Stock Exchange of this country. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman then went into the statement of the traffic aceounte and receipts (already published), and said that the directors had not yet received Mr. Gladstone 's award relative to this line and the London and N orth-Western Railway ; and he concluded by moving th e rece p tion of the report and the accounts. The motion having been seconded, Dr. RILEY addressed the meeting, calling attention to what he called the " pomp, mockery, and deception" of the directors, and charged them with not having attended to their duties, and refsrred to the statement of the chairman on a former meeting, that from the head engi neer to the fireman, and from the secretary to the potemr they had not a dishonest man, and with Redpath's frauds before them how could they believe the chair man's statement? (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUGHES charged the directors and auditors with a dereliction of duty, a n d t h a t the accounts for some time past must have been kno wn to them as being in correct. He considered the m p ers onally responsible for the Redpath frauds, and he moved an amendment to that effect. (Cheers.) Dr. RILEY seconded the amendment. After some further discussion of a rather persona character, _ _ The CHAIRMAN said that he was not surprised tha there was a general feeling prevalent amongst the public that the directors had not discharged their duty. (Ilear, hear.) He denied that the directors had neglected their duty, and he would not take any personal responsibility with reference to these frauds. They had done every thing they could from the first to take the best possible care of the property, and he knew the responsibility of Mr.. Clarke, who had cherge of the transfer office from 1848 to 1854 at a salary of 6001. iier - annum. It was his duty to have at,ended to the registry, and dur ing the time he held that office Redpath had committed several hands, and Mr. Clarke had honestly stated that he had been duped by Redpath. He asked to whom it had been stated that the directors had afforded facilities for fraud ? Mr. HUGHES—Redpath. The CHAIRMAN—He was clerk to Mr. Clarke, and that gentleman had adinitted that ho was fie dupe of Red path. It was, the Chairman said, owing to Mr. Clarke's neglect of duty that this confounded calamity had fallen on them. Mr. GASKILL asked if the directors were aware at the last meeting of these discrepancies when they affixed the seal of the company to the transfer registry The CHAIRMAN said they were. He tell them at the last meeting that the subject was under investigation. The utmost. confusion prevailed throughout the dis cussion, when The CHAIRMAN proposed to put the motion for the re ception of the repels - , which was objected to by Mr. HUGHES. The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment, which was lost by an overwhelming majority. The CHAIRMAN was then about to put the original mo tion, when Mr. BILLING moved an amendment "That the charge for religious instruction, now merged in the general ac counts, ha at once and for ever expunged." The hon. gentleman asked, "Who will second it?" (Confusion.) Dr. • ICING, after some slight delay, seconded the amendment, which was put to th e meet i ng an d l i st by an overwhelming majority. The motion for the reception of the report and ac counts were then carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said that as the Directors, a ccording to the Attorney-General's opini on , cou ld not pay a divi elend without a special act of Parliament, and as that could not now be obtained he proposed " that no dividend be declared but that the Directors be, and are hereby requested and authorised to take all necessary steps to solicit and obtain as early as possible an act of Parliament to enable them to prcvide for the loss resulting to the company from the forgeries and trends of Redpath, the late registrar." If the meeting pass ed ubey it, but put the money ( 24 3,000/. balance for don dnEngland or a dividend he would not or iu Court of Chan - c eryu, a Bank resolutionwould f for b Ee perfectly sa f e . (Laughter.) In reply to a question from M r . L uGGI NS, Th e CHAIRMAN said that ho declined then to state what the directors intended to d o with the money before the act etas obtained, because it might, were he e where in rthees it toxio so, materially affect their interests. Mr. MULES moved, as an amendment, that the con- Do.. Y.& N.M Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co Do Ln.&N.W. & Midld. E. Coant Do Do ... Do Do lt.Northo Bragsey 1. MClean •;tk.d&Dar vlo qt.Westn PREF ERENI all Blyth and Tyn, 10 p.. e.pref. Gssd.at 501.), 100 Bris.,SsEx.4 p.c. qt.' 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. 100 Caledn. £lO 4 p. c. 100 Ches. es Ho. 56 p.c. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent... all Corkkl3andons6p.c. all Dun.Terth.3tAbor.J. 2 E. Anglian Cis. A SF. 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. e. all Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 0 pr. c. St. all East Un., G. 6 p. c. all Do. 51. , 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent_ 'OO East Lancash.6 p.cf s. all E.&W. York. J. 5,11; 5 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. Sh. 100 E3.Prth.&Dun.4p.e. 100 Furness, sp. c ...... . 100 Glas. & 1.W.G.5 p.c. 109 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 100 ~Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.... 100 Do. 4i per cent ..... 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p, c. prem. all ots - .o"Scot.lst Pre 100 Gt. S dr W. (Ireland) 15 Do. 4 per c. Prof. St. 4 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 100 Do. con. red. 46 :-.c. 100 Do. con red. 4 p. c. I C Do. irred. 4 percer ' 103 Do 5 p. c. red. pref all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh al! Do.ChesterBp.c.P.S all Do. do. 5 p. c. do WO Do. Birm. Gua. Stk all Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh all Do. do. do all Do. do. do, . ... ..„ 100 Lin.& York.. 6 pc 3t. 100 Lon,EsB.G. 5 pc.l7 .1 100 D0.,P., 5 e.c.St.No.2 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. 100 Do. do. sp. c.. No. A. 100 Lo , ). & N.W., Cov. & NisneaLon 5 p. ct 100 Lon. &S.W. 7 perc late 3d Shares all Londy.& Color, A Sh. All Londy.&Elnis. 6 Sh. 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Celt. 46 Do. do. do, LI ... . . 100 Do. do. 3i per cent. all Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 46 por cent 106 Do. do . 100 Wid.Conso".6p.c. St. 100 Do.Con.Br.Bir.6 p.c. 100 Do. 46 n. c. Pref. St. 100 Do. L. ~.11. Pre - . Si ell New., Aber. , te., pr. sp. c. red. 5 ~c. pm.l 8 Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. all \Torfk.Deb.A.:).c.Sh. 100 Do. sp, C. Ext. .46 100 Do. 56 p.c. p' , ' S 4, 100 Do.Wy.V.sp.c.,_ ,47 1.03 North Eritisb 36'11% 71. Pre:elen2) LOO %T. E. Bern. z: 4c.2r : )o. do. do 13, )o. Leeds 6pc 1.0.' 9 1 . )o. do. Ql.s., 1848_, 10 Do. York H.ILS. Pu . a'l INorth Stafrordshire„ iOO Ox.,Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. 100 Do. n. e. 2d guar 1 all Scot. Cent.lSew Pref. 100 5.,:.N.." , 1 Abe ..g.6).c. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. p 4 '. 5.,. 1C) Do. d 0.3 p.c. p;:. St all South Devon all Do. fixed 4i p.: cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Da. 4i per cent all Do. Fixed 4. p.c. Sh 00 S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c .00 Do. do. 46 p. e all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Gua: all Stock. &Dar., sp. c 15 ID*. do. do. all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '56 all Waterfd& Kilk. 0 pc. BRITISH 112 Alfred Cons. (Philk, 14 British Iron ....... 20 Condurow (Cambrn 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tar. 14s Great South Tolgus. 1013 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk. 7 Grt.W. Vor (Liclstu Bs6d Lady Bertha 7i N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) 6115 North Wheal Crofty 11 Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy: 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.' 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co' 24 S. Caradon (St. Cleer' 2 S. Cam Brca 19 S.W. France3(lllogn. 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co 9 Tin Crofi: 40 Un.Mines (Gwe r. '.256 V. of Towc; (Cam- .) 14 W. Basset (.11aq in) .., 20 IW. Caradon (L'skrd.) 51 Wh. Basset (Illogan) 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 54 Wh. Edward(C-Istchl 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llan Wb.Ma. Ann (Menht. 4i Wh. Trelawney (Lis. ) FOREIGN MINES. -2—___-------- FOREIGN. _____....---------------~•—•—•-•-' 20 7 Australian 10 all I Antwrp &Rotterdam 6i 61 85 27 Brazilianlmp.(issuei 20 14 !Ardennes 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 14 —1/ 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiadk 3 84 20 16 Beziers to Graissessae I 4 p 20 15 Do. St. John Del Ref 19 21 24 all Carmeaux&Toulous• 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Coal Mines and Ry. 51 a Co. of Jamaica__ id , 20 12 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of France ... 334 16 Copia,po 20 all Do. New 20 2s. Euphrates Valley ... par ip 20 all General 8 all Linares 20 20 1817 aGrteaCteuLtii;ailemortFourrs.nge..e. 28 —.... 24/ li 5 1/ Lusitanian 10 4 Italian Junction ...... ... ... 1 all Mariquita -- i 20 all Lake Conet. & Bale •- 1 all New Granada 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... ..-. ...d 1 all Noveau Monde i .1p 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM. & Smlt '7' 9 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 6 6 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... —* ••• 5 1 Port Philip • ••• 20 all Lyons and Geneva ... 31 -- $ 2 30 le Santiago do Cuba 14 2 20 all Lyons It Mediterran. ... ••• .1 1 all i 'oath Australian 33i all IM aria Antrzia 10 all I Do. New 1 all jiNo. 10 p. c. Pref.._ ... .. ... ..• 20 all Namur k Liege - 9 9 284 all !United Mexican ...... • 4 44 20 all Do. do. 6p. 0. Pref 2l 214 MIS CELLANEOUS. 16 all Northern of France 3Bl 3 9 1 39 gianTrnk.Pres 8/ Si ~,. 25 19 A us t ra li an Agricult.` a 25 10 all Norwe 20 all Paris and Lyons 584 -- 58 i 6vi 10 all Australis. Royal Mail ... .., 20 all Paris and Orleans 57 5 9 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 5 54 20 7 Recife I San Fran 50 40 Brit. American Land 40 45 10 74 Roma and m u d . ) F g r . a Frascati a p t . i '•• I . . i . -- - - !. 4 . r 100 324 Canada ........ ... .. 150 155 155 20 all !loyal Danish lB 20 5 all Royal Swedish 20 all Sambre and Mouse • 8 1 i -- 1 9 i 10 91 101 S a t.. 1 1 00 00 DDoo..G6p.6.cpcF..Jebar.s:&AJuulry. ...;. ...= ...: S S t t .. 1 a °o ll DC46pePr.cMlaina.io• . f i S L Eng.S e p t . 3 . . 5 . —-: 46 10 all )o. 54 per cent. prof. 84 g 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent. 26 28 20 all Southern of France 6 all Crystal Palace ......... ' 2 i A,,, 81 all 'West Flanders 44 —4/ 5 all Do. Preference ...... 51 6g 10 al' Do.I 5A per C. Prof 20 all , W.& N.W. of France 324 334 1 4 Dustou Iron 0r0...... ... ••• 20 6 Western cf Austria. . par 1 p 20 18 Eastern 5team........ ••• ••• 20 all West. of Switzerland ... ... St. 100 ElectrieTelegraph ... 924 94 934 2 6 all Wiesbaden 6 all \ Do.B p. cent. prof. ... ... , 5 all Eu.&Aust.Cop.SrsCo • 1f 1 4 20 all Zealand — ... 10 10s. Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. ... .. • . 25 all Gen, Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) ... •• JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 15 14 Gen, Steam Navigat. . : ..., __._..--- ----7 2O 5 London Discount ... i e't 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 41 41 41 40 all )Australasia 18i Bank of Egypt - ... 2510 all IMediteran. Elec. Tel. ... ... i r 100 5( 1 1 ,135 Br n i k co o L f E L kl o n . dl d o L n iii ... C . . 3 . .... 5 .. 8 . - 6 .. 0 . 40 a • 10 all Mexican&S Americn 21 - 3 1 5 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... id par r 15000 a : 601 (British \ccißtyil...o. f. N .i. n .. . d.. A.. ................... .. i I _ _ T._ i .. i .. d 5 5 Do. New.. 20 ' .68— 70 ... 10 5 Netherlands Land..., • 1 14 251 . 10 all Do. Do. 5 all Do.B p c,Pf.iss,at 1d 4 44 20 all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cii . t 171 —18 i 5 1 Do. Do. t 18 19 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land ~,,. _... r, Bk of Aus . . ; 110000 2250 Ccoolraonmiaelre.i.a.i.d..i .............. ..... _ ... 10 all Lon. Ch. • 1 . 8. t —l9 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. . :** 0 1 all N. B. Australasian... .4 i' County •• ..... ... 20 174 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ..,, ...d 100 50 Lnd.&E.Bal, g• -11 Corp l ..• 20 a2lOl IpLoitutaooNne:nti ....... .... a ..... ... 1 all Oriental Gas 1 ss. Do. New Shares i 41) I. 10050 10 London '''2s all Peelßr. Ld. & Minrl 24 —2/ 24 100 35 \National Pro. of Eng. ... ....... 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... ••• ••• 50 10 Do. New -..p 141 er 20 10 'Do. New ......••• ... _ a.anJdolivnetsStintoicnks.t.. :: ••-___ ........ d, 20 22. National Bank ...... ••• . 5 .; 50 all Rhymney Iron 50 all - New South Wale s .... 49 41 15 all Do. New 6 _ 8 100 60 Royal Mail Steam ... ... er 25 all O r i en t a l Bank Corp. 40 d. 2 ,5 0 5., 15 01 Ottoman IDlto.insNe.Bw : 8 k.. a 6 n ... k i .................. .#.. ~........ 11 . : 16i 1 all Scot. Austral•lnvest• li —ll 100 ..... ••• 1 all Do. New 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 3r. , zo all South Australia. ....• ... ''• 10 = ..• St. 100 S. Au% Gov. 6 p.c.beti. ... ... ... 25 al South Austral. Land 35 37 es 25 all Union of Australia... 60 '. 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip i 1 a go x. Do.o New 7 ..... 62 9 6 0 i ed 100 5 , ‘ ,U n ion of London .... ..• •'' 1 1200 1 0 all 258 T D \ 7 r o ai Do. Registered . 9tt iLe lin i ec uo;Eiu .1.4 ac . . Inn .(i 14. ....—... ... . . 1 16 u tYlVfut 1 '• 9 d 1 St. ,100 V.Go.6pieJau.dattly ... ...._._ ... 100 l, Val . FU Westrn 13k,0f Lona., 10 t',..- 1 . - VICTORIA BANS. It appears that the proposition, mentioned yes terday, of the local Government "of Victoria to establish a national bank of issue in that cllony is likely to meet with powerful opposition from the body of persons interested in the ex sting joint stock banks. On the other hand, the scheme pro mises to be popular with the people at large, the majority of whom are easily led away by the fal lacy that by taking the circulation into its own hands the Government - would bring down the high rates of interest at present charge t. The argu ments for the principle of establishing a national bank with functions strictly limited, by which en tire security would be given to the paper issues while the country at large would obtain the profits of them, may be generally admitted, but it would be an unjustifiable measure if the Government, after the existing institutions by their enter prise and good management have familisris d the country with the advantages of a note cur rency, and established general confidence in its negotiability and value, were suddenly and with out compensation of any kind to seek to seize the business that has thus been crested. Yet, according to a description of the plan of the Colo nial Treasurer, given by Mr. Westgarth in an ad dress to the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce, something of this kind is contemplated. A c,:r tain clay is to be named on which the banks at present issuing are to be obliged to confine their issues to the extent of their then circulation. Another day is to be named on which they are to cease re-issuing any notes that may be paid in, and finally a day is to be notified when their notes shall no longer be receivable at the Treasury. The in tervals at which these arrangements are contem plated do not seem yet to have been mentioned, but it is to be assumed that they are short. Mr. Westgarth, in the interest of the banks, denounces the) proposition as an attack upon vested rights, and within certain limits his view is palpably cor rect. In England, when Sir Robert Peel re solved to interfere with the issuing powers of the private banks, he confined himself to re , tricting them to their then amount, and fixed 10 years as .the period before any steps could be taken for the extinction of their privileges. A similar grace should at least be accorded to eAabli-hments like those in Victoria, which have contended creditably with all the trials and ri4cs of the most anxious epoch iu the history in the colony. Should a less considerate course be pursued it will probably prove less profitable than its originators imagine. The local Government announce that they are de sirous of carrying on the principal railway and other works of the colony by debenture loans, and the rate at which these may be negotiab l e will not be unaffected by the tone that may be manifested by the Legislature in dealing with existing rights, ac ual or implied. It is understood with regard to the new Internationa Bank about to he established in Paris, that the board o: directors is to consist of 25 members. Of these 15 are to be French, 6 English, and 4 German. The French list is not yet completed, but the names thus far selected are—MM. Vandal, Donon, Jayr, Mon:and, Arles- Dufour, and Bischoffsheim. MR. THACKERAY.—Some abiurd rumours having been circulated respecting this gentleman's future arrange. ments, in regard to his popular lectur.es on the Four Georges, we are requested to state that he is under an engagement to Messrs. Cramer and Beale, and that he will appear, under their auspices, on his return to Lon don from his pr: Sent tour in the provinces. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Wednesday, March 11.—Admission en payment, 821 ; ditto by sea son tickets, 327: total visitors, 1,148. DEATH BY FALLING FROM SCAFFOLDING. —Yesterday, as some men were employed in erecting a scaffolding for some new buildings in Hyde-park-gardens %Vest, one of them named Leary, stepped on a plank which had been insecurely fixed, and fell to the ground from a height of about 60 feet. Both his thighs were fractured, and be died in a few hours. The poor man has left a wife and six children. THREATENED CONTEST AT MANCHESTER. -- We are well aware that for several days past great anxiety has been felt by a large proportion of the electors of Manchester to know whether any and what steps were being taken to e3lect and bring forward candidates for the representation of Manchester, in opposition to Messrs. Gibson and Blight. We w ay state that the subject has occupied the earnest and anxious attention of a number of gentlemen who feel deeply interested in it ; and, though some diffi culties have arisen which have cal sed delay in naming candidates, we are now °nal led to state that the 'Veit Hon. Robert Latve, ViccePres dent of the Board of Trade, and our highly respected fellow townsman, Sir John Potter, will be put in nomination, and we trust returned by decisive majorities. It was intended that a meeting of electors friendly to the return of these gen tleman should have been held to-day, but it was found impossible to procure the use of a suitable room at so abort a notice as the time allowed ; and the meeting is necessarily postponed to another time, of which, no doubt, due notice will be given. We under stand that the members of the League are at present in great confusion and tribulation on account of the little amount of sympothy for them and the general absence of enthusiasm among those classes of electors where their piino.pal strength has usually been found, and also on acanint of the difficulties in which :hey are necessarily involved by the present position of Mr. Bright, w hi c h very naturally suggests questions as to tle future not easily susceptible of precise or satisfactory answers. Manchester Guardian of yesterday. r'''".mia'u"mia"°."l"ll%l FlARKErS—phis ay.) RAILWAYS. Closing Price g yesterday. Basinesadone Ws day. St d RAILWAYS. 98 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Juno all Belfast & Ballymena all Birrang. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 100 Birkonhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct all Blackburn .• all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) 100 Bristol & Exeter, , 100 Caledonian..... •.., 100 Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon__ all Cork, Black. & Pass. all Cornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B ......... 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. all Dun. P. &Aber. June. 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties 100 EaaternUnion, 1. stk 100 Do., do. 8...• Si Do. New East Kent 100 East Lancashire all E; -t Suffolk 4 Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles... 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee all Forth and ClydeJuie. 100 Furness ... . ...... 100 Glasgow &S. Western all Great N. of Scotland 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 De., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) 100 Great Western. 100 De. Str.V.R. gua.St all li;sh South-Eastern. all Lancaster & Carlisle. 14K )0., Thirds. ...... 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire, 0 Do., do. F. £l6 ... Do., Wet. Riding Un. all De. Southport. .... all London & Blackwall 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western all Do. FifthA all Do. Jai. .t. Mth8...0 2i Do. Eighths, 100 London 45 S.Western, all L n dndrry.&Ooleral ais all LndndrrY. & Ealliffi. 100 Nfanch.Shef.&Linclr. 1 Afe:,ropoliLtan ....do's 1 Do. J. . Ricar arrangement 100 Midland ....... 100 Do. Eirming. &Derby all Midland G. West. (Ir.) all Do. t i Shares ......... all Newcastle & Carlisle all Newpt.Aberg.dtHrfd 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint & RostreYor ...... 100 N0rf01k............ 3i Northn•Counties Un 100 North British 100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock ,100 Do., A Stock 100 Do., B Stock .... . . 100 N. Eastern Berwick 23'; Do. do. Extension ir Do do. G.N.E.Purch all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Harap stead, and City Jn 17l North Staffordshire all North Western all N. &S. Westrn. June 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton.. • Portsmouth 10 llhymney 100 'Scottish Central 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. Si 100 iShropshiro Union 4 iSitingboUrne &Sheer. all ,South Devon 100 ;South Eastern all Do. 4} per o. hharea 100 South Wales 17 S. Yorksh. RircrDun 7 D 0............... ...... all Staines,Wok.,&\Yok. all Stockton & Darling 15 Do. do., 1854 3 Do. do., 1855 16i Stockton & Hartlepl. 100 ' ' Taff Vale 100 IDo. rref.. N.. 22 rhan:•es D t all !Vale of Neath all , Waterfd. & Kilkenny all lWaterford&Limerick all West C0rnwa11........ all West End of London and Crystal Palace.. all Do. A all Do. all West London all 'no. First Class all Do. Second Class all Wmbledon &Croydon BRITISH pi ail Atlan. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Con.lrd,g: 5 all Do. 10i & Lal:e Hur. .00 But , Dr. C yleb. .00 6 n.c.bcis.,l lg. '72, Do. eo 1 Jul", '73 [OO Do. do. 1 Jure.'44 2s. C.:eutt^. mud. S. Rost 2sr: l Central Oade 10s Cejion A abr.. 1 Do. B. de. Demer?•!a 2s. Eas..,ern Emgal 100 East Indian 1 15 Do. C 5hare5......... all Do.4} p.c.8nd5.; 5 71 all Do. do. do. '39, do. all Geelong & Melbourne ) guar. 5 per cent. 1 IC3 Cd. Trunk. of Canada all Do. 6D. 0. Doben... all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 rare. 4 Do. New. guar. sp. e. all Ct. Wcstn. of Canada' S Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '571 .11 Do. do., '76, p.'6o all Do. do., '73, do. a ll Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 4i p.s all Do. do., 5 per • 10 Do. 4i p. e. Eaten 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. s p.e 1 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. ss. Oude (Limited) 5 &hide, guar. 5 per c 0 all IDo 20 St. 20 100 100 100' 100 100 ICO 41- 4A 81 - 9 69 - 71 Ei - 91 - 90 - 92 •.• 694 -69 i 37 -- 38 iof -- 10 19 -- 20; 10! -- 48 -- 50 33 -- 35 fi - 7 98 - 99 iz b -_--- ii, iii sr •• 7# - •8, 951 - 9 6 : 86 - 88 123 - 124 LO9 - 111 68 - 68+ 64 - 66 72 76 7 1 aP I 74 g . 101 1014 d pm' - (ii 7 ii 403 -- 109 1104} -- 105 id par ;101 101 ash a 7 si - 8!i 63i - 644 14i - 15 56 - 58 34 - 454 - 451 84 - 7 - 4/ - a - 384 - 61 - 97 - 4kd 7 74 101 11 SO - 81 7 - 6 iU 110 50 274 — 2 8 2 i 6 24 lid 1$ 19 734 744 . - 864 44 34. 4 d L 2 14 41 - 201 = ii 7 - 9 2i - 8 5- i II - 97 61 7 83 9 123 ion a 104 i Si 41 48 Si 0 ISSESSIONS. t- 1 p 1 lip 196 98 98 9$ 96 108 per—AP 11 . p 1- , :6 -- 114 2i -- 2IP 21 -- 22 ili 81 -- S 3 211 -- 21 1i- 10p 251 -251 i Igg i ::. a 7 l ll 1120 -- 125 120 -- 125 1 1107 109 1 19 20 21 22 ,par p t 1p j = gip 90 i d 98 $ Sporting Intelligance, DONCASTER SPRING MEETING. (Itl,-..so&Y's RACES CONCLUDED.) -- - The Chester!:e:d 1)!;-03 (Flar,dicap), of 100 sovs ; certain winners extra. (One mile ) Mr. Daw , or.', My terious Jack, by Sir TAtton Sykes, 3 yrs, 5 t 71b ( Bub ,clO 1 Mr. Barber's Lord Nelson, 3 yrs, 64 6lb (D.-1- 3 ,) 2 Ur. Bennett's Card,barper, 6 yrs, 7st 4ib (For. ham) 3 The following el-o ran :—Bourgeoi-., Barnda, 0 d Stringhaults, Stornovaii, Evelyn, Charles O'Malley, Pian sible, and Beauty. Betting.-2 to 1 agst Evelyn, sto 2 aget Lord Nelsnr, 5 to 1 aget Cardsharper, 6 to 1 each agst Bourgeois and Plausib:e, 8w 1 agst Charles O'Malley. Won un the pot, by a heal ; half a length between the second a,;(1 third ; same distance between third and fourth. The others were beaten off. 's..ULISCRIPTION Room, TUESDAY NIGHT. CHESTER CUP. 11 t 1 ::gA I.,:ntoinT on ('alias) Two Tiff - MS:IM). 11 to 2 ng4 V, 0 r .1, e 6to 1 agst Loyola (“ffered) 7t9 1 t;ydrny (taken) 20 t Apathy (take 25 to 1) 100 to 80 on VAettt , t being (moot the firLt three (t) ONE THOUSAND. 6to 4on the field (,ffeied) DILLBT. 14 ti 1 :T e st Bonny Blink (wanted) 20 to 1 apt Zuyder Zee (taken) 30 to 1 agst Saunterer (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agst Glenrua - , , son (taker) 30 to 1 agst Arsenal WRDNEEIDAY. The Betting-Room Stakes of 5 says each, with 5. aided , far two and three yr olds ; certain penalties acid al lowances ; the second to save his stake. Red House in (5 furlongs 152 yards). 18 subs. Lord Ribbesdale's St. Giles, by Womersley, 3 yrs, - 83t 91b (alowed 51h) (Hibberd) 1 Mr. Morris's Admiral Lyons, 3 yrs, 9st 31b (including 31b extra) (Basham) 2 Mr. R. Jones's Saxony, 2 yrs, b a t 111 b (Withington) 3 The falowirig al.* ran : —Adventurer, Duneany, Peto, Melita, FrainLc., and f by Jericho. Betting.-6 to 4on St. Giles, 4to 1 agst Melita, Bto 1 asst Adventurer. After going about 200 yards, St. Giles went to the front, and won cleverly by a length and a half ; a head only between the second and third. Pet" was a moderate foul th. Melita a bad fifth, and Du neany sixth._ . . _ The Juvenile Sellirg Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 a3cled ; colts, 93t ; fillies and geldings, Bst 10lb ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; allowances if entered to be sold for less, &a. Half a mile. Five subs. Mr. G. Barnes's Queen of the Isles, by Mildew, 64 10lb (401.) (Withiogton) 1 Mr. J. Isb , irne's eh cby Chatham, out of Mrs. Taft, 7st (401.) (Challoner) 2 Mr. Dawson's Julia, 6st 10Ib (401.) (Bullock) 3 Pultowa and Busy Bee also ran Betting.-5 to 4 agst Mrs. Taft colt, 3to 1 agat Queen ~f the I•lc 3. W..n easily by three quarters of a length ; half a length between the second and third ; bad fourth. The Graud Nationpl Steeplechase (Handicap) of 10 soya each, h ft, with 100 added ; winners of 100 80V6 clear after the declaration of the weights, 71b ; twice, or of 300 sovs clear, 10113 extra ; the second to save his stake. About three miles and three quarters. Forty-two subs. Count de Cunchy's Jean du Quesne, aged, 10st lib (El. Lamplugh) 1 Mr. Rowley Burden's Hindoo, 5 yrs, 9st (Pearl) 2 11Ir. Pr:ce's Tom Gurney (h bl, aged, lOst 41b (Thrift) 3 Mr. Hylton's Teddesley, aged, 9st The following also ran :—Emigrant, Vict u. Esti manual, Maley, Saudboy, The Mayor, The Emperor, Twilight. Betting.-5 to 2 agst Emigrant, 7to 2 agat Jean du Quesne, 7 to 1 each agst Tom Gurney, Victor Em manuel, and Teddesley, 10 to 1 agst Sandboy. entering the race-course the second time Tom Gurney hal a slight lead, with Hindoo, Teddesley, and Jean du Quesne next, Emigrant being fifth, separated from them by a wide interval. At the last flight of hurdles only three were left in the race, Tom Gurney, Hindoo, and Jean du Quesne. They charged the obstacle nearly abreast, Tom Gurney being cannoned against as they land - d. Jean du Quesne from that point waited upon Hindoo, quitted him without an effort, and won easily by a length. Three lengths between the second and third. Teddesl.-...y:was a bad fourth. The Mayor was fifth, having p4ssed Maley, whose jockey was pulling up opposite the stand. The next two, more than a dis tance from home, were Victor Emmanuel and Twilight. The Emperor fell at the first flight of hurdles. A dyke in the low pastures proved fatal to Sandboy ; the fire time round, he dropped his hind legs into it, and on reaching it the second time he did not " rise" at it, but ran right into it, slippei up, and broke his back. Emi grant fell at a fence at the bend on the race-course the last time round ; he was running fifth, but overstriding himself, he came heavily to the ground ; neither horse nar rider was hurt. The Scurry Stakes (Handicap) of 3 Bove each, with 20 added ; the second to save his stake. Red House in (5 furlonvs 152 yards). Mr. Morris's Admiral Lyons, 3 yrs, 6st7lb (Grimmer) 1 4r. West's Pltusibl , , 5 yrs, Bst 91b (A.Plarn all) 2 Captain Gray's Mangelia, 3 yrs, 6sf, 41b (Dales) 3 The following also ran :—Night Hawk, Ulysses, Spinet, Capuchin, Stormsail, Prince of Denmark, and Princess Royal. BAcing- a 5 to 2 agst Admiral Lyons, 4 tl 1 agst Prince or Denmark, 6to 1 agst Stnrinsail, 6 to 1 agst Night Hawk, 8 to 1 agat Mango Ha. Won by two lengths ; a length between the second and third. LATEST BETTING. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 4 to 1 agst St. Giles (offered). Two THOUSAND. 5 to 4 on Vedette, Loyola, Schiedam, and Lana. bourn agst the field (taken. NORTHAMPTON RACES—MAncrt 25. The Nene Stakes (a Free Handicap) of 5 says each, in case of acceptance, with 25 added. Once round. Ac ceptances to be declared on the 17th inst. If the highest weight accepting be under Bst 121 b it will be raised to that weight, and the rest in proportion. Age st lb M?ry... 5 8 12 Flatterer Mare by Teddy the Tiler Queen :Mb's dam Ma►y Lovell 5 8 0 Jack the Giant Age st lb 013 Stringhaults a 6 12 Ulysses Our Sal 4 6 10 Greyling Obscurity England's Beauty 3 6 6 Nia,id of Athens 3 6 5 Killer Prince of Orange 4 7 12 Oakball 131ue Rock 4 7 10 Moonshine Commodore Char- Verona Pavia Monti Gulf - Ina Viola 3 6 0 larecA Castaway ley Hercules Redemption Whalebone Tame Deer Ettrida Miss Hari< way Coal Black Rose 4 6 12 Cedric - 3 6 0 Magistrate Avenger 3 5 12 Laudamia 3 5 12 Salooica 3 5 10 Hamlet Sister to Elfrida 3 5 10 Lady St. Liz . 3 5 7 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, March 12.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light b,eeze and cloady. PORTSMOUTH, March 11.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived— Alma, from Shields, for Buenos Ayres. PLYMOUTH, March 11.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Anta gonist, from Batavia, for Hamburg. Sailed—ll.M.S. Iris, for Australia. FALMOUTH, March 10.—Wind S., strong.—Arrived — Libertas, fr the Chincha Islands ; Claudia, Rio Grande. Off the port—Abigail, from Savannah CARDIFF, March 10. —Wind E.—Arrived —Matilda, Alexandria. Sailed—Atalanta, for Sau Francisco ; Fran cisco, Rio Janeiro. FATAL, Feb. 19. The British brigantine Louis Napo leon, from Newfoundland to Leghorn, put in here on the IGth inst., very leaky, with loss of mainmast and foretop mast, &e. , Cargo will be sold. ELSINORE, March 9. —The Vronw Ida, from Danzig, for Hull, which put in on the 6th inst. leaky,l is discharg ing; cargo partly damaged. HAMBURG, March 12.—The Atlas, from Sunderland to this port, is stranded at Scbaarhorn, and has six feet water in her hold ; it is doubtful if she can be got off. RoTTEßDAmillarch 10.—The Ruby, from Hartlepool to this port, ran ashore this morning; two men drowned. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday, 10.15 a.m. Wind W.N.V. Arrived—Lo Coq, horn Cherbourg; Sultan, steamer, Alexandria ; Neptune, Ilfracombe ; Miss Nightingale, LlanellY ; Chester Queen and Taurui, Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind W. Off—Adam Carr, from Demerara. Sailed —Affiu,s, for Buenos Ayres; Astred, Porto Rico; Sir Colin Campb.:4l, Trebizonde ; Alice, Nantes ; Char lotte, Revel ; Ann and Mary, Rouen ; Harriet Stewart, Sines ; Orwell, Bordeaux ; Libre Echange, Bayonne; On tario, Boulogne. QUEENSTOWN, March 10. Wind S. Arrivel —Richard, from Odessa,. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.20 a,m. Wind S.S.E. ; 100 water ; cloudy. Arrived, 11th—Martha, from St. Kitt's ; Blackwell, Melbourne ; Etomanga, Odessa. Arrived, 12th—Thilsed, from Stralsund ; Egelfortuna, Misted. Sailed, 12th—Albion steamer, for Boulogn e ; Cl u th , Calcutta ; Ellen, St. John's, Newfoundland. DEAL, Thursday, 9.12 a.m. Wind W. N. W., moderate. Passed—Bnsphorup, from London, for Buenos Ayres. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Last night, shortly before ninef o'clock a fire broke out on the extensive premises o Messrs. Perkins, Bacon and C o., engravers for the Go vernment, and tnanuracturers of postage and receipt stamps, in Whiteftiars. The factory feet wide, and from 60 to 70 feet high. The fire orgi n s e : arrived quickly, and the large steam fl oating engine _ was at least . 12 0 also got into operation near the banks of the river. Ta e flames, however, continued to re with the whole vigour for several hours, and illu min ated . oe out atmo-phere. By ha;'-past 12 at inidnightvbo, but not managed to get the E. , 0 mlct- their the principal until the premises and all they cobta°i:riajbeadmtw' most part &strayed. It is understood e is estinrated at sul , r4-rs were insured. The datuag 30,000/. ere for .the ASSIZ - B?. NOR FOLK CI RCU TT. —AYLIBURY, Mar, h 11. ORO N COURT, (L'ef, - _ , re the Chef Baron.) 1 -1 4ilip White, ar.l 45, the bd against whom fer mar der;Pg Mary White, his wife, was yesterday thrown t ut by the grand jury, wie PThagred this morning P 4 at' other charge of au abn,)st eq ;ally wrocious character — that, raruely, of nd,nini9terirg an obri, xious drug c:1 ed hiera picra to Ann Seavard, on th, 3.1 and of Dee. la , t, with intent to nrocure a miscarriaae. As this char4e arose out of the ingniry.int o the cause of Maly White's death, and but I,r that would, in all hon,an probability, never have been brought to light, it msy ' e desirable that the wi,ole hi,tory of the prisoner should he disclosed. It app ar.i that Phi:if) Whi e, who was a shoemaker by trade, heed in Übesbarn, where, Lavin, inareied in ear:3' lite, he brou 4 nt op a lirge family. Litin,rtucately h s wife died. anl, at the invitwion •f eldest daughter, Ann a girl of t•re. ty , wee 11011./CA 10 rt:) hr r. 1 ErC Itt i s „„,,,„, in , q , ler tea% Plie .iFc'tintge the household duties in ,h 3 into v „i ; r.f h at;;,23 , lairtee et the silk ruill iathe to Nll. This to,lt pl about 16 m toile; back, aed in a sh-rt irno aft: r the re i:on-r eeC..ttced his hou , ieke, per. Indeed, report said that he had rude improper at empts 00 the honour of Lis ov:ii child. Be that as it may, he ucce, dad but too well with the p7o , ecutrix, and conti nued hie connection until lie took a secoLd wife at Whit suu ide, 1356, the woman selected for that honour being the mother of three illegitimate children by other m , n, the youngest being an infant, all which fac's were welt known to the prisoner, who undertook to support this burden. He seems, however, as 'night well be expected, to have grown tired of this charge ard of his poor wiFe also, for he was often heard to wish hirnelf unmarried, and a< he was a year ag , '. About October or November last his wife went out to nurse at Chesbam Bois Common, in order to gain the means of supporting her child ; and during her absence the prisoner induced Ann Seaward, with whom he had not ceased to csrry on his illicit intercourse, and even with the knowledge of his wife, to come again and take care of things. During this visit the wife used to come home on Sundays and once in the week, and on the 31 Dec., being at home, she bought a quantity of arsenic mix ,d with soot, alleging that she wanted it to poison mice. What . became of that poison is not known, except by inference; no trace of the packet or of its contents was ever discovered ; and it was (rear that Mrs. White that dsy returned to the common, where she remained till the 14th Dec., when her hu , band came and fetched her home, saying ho could not get en with out her, Ann Seaward's attendance being uncertain, and her presence not al ways pleasurable. The prisoner evirced feelings ofjealousy, and about this tine asked Ann Sea- ward to marry biro, u tying his wife Lad teli hint sheahoald shortly die. Whcn his wife came home she was suffering from erysipelas in her face, and after a few days, growin 4 worse, she took to her Led, and ultimately expired on the 48ih Doc. The absence of any doctor till the last mo- ment, when the poor woman's mother eilled in one, and some suspicious symptoms which gradually beca•ne known led to a coroner's inquest. Previous to this the prisoner had statad e3nfideniialiy t') his sister and a wo man named Mitchell that his wife had been accustomed to take arsenic, in order to procure a miscarriage, and when the coroner ordered a post mortem e xamination the prisoner frsnticaly ruched out of the room and threa tened to blot( •nt his brains, saying he knew they we uld find arsenic, for his wile used to take it for the car:ee above stated, , and that they would bring it in man daughter. During the inquest Ann Seaward was an important witness, and in the course of her evidence de taicing her intimacy with the prisoner and attendance on his wife during her last illness, she stated that, hay ,ng informed the prisoner of her apprehension that she was in the family way by him, he said he could give her something to " set her right," and the n. xt uay, Dec. 3, gave her 31., with directions to buy A ez. of what he tertued " hicra picra." The gtrl obeyed, and having prc cured the drug (which was stated to be in common use among women as a cordial aperient:, a dose being about 10 ra i n k) plat d it in the hands of the prisoner, who mixed a portion of it in gin and something else, and gave it to her to drink, saying that it would m Ike ber poorly and sick, but would set her rig'.t. The coroutr's jury having eturned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the pri. sonar, the present charge was also gone into, and ho was committal t.) take hie trial on both ; but, as has be( a already sated, the grand jury ignored the bill fir the capital offence. Mr. Dasent now, in opening th 3 present caso, en• treated the jury to dicard from tLeir minds all that they might have heard prejudicial to the prisoner in reference , o his wife, and to coi,fine their attention Exclusively to the evidence which he would adduce in refereeca to the Charge now immediately before them. The learned counsel then called— Ann Seaward, who repeated her former statement, and added that, by the directions of the prisoner, she had taken two dozes of the same mixture on the 34 and 7th of Dec., and that on both occasions she was sick at the stomach, and rendered incapable of work during the day; but experienced no further inconvenience. She also stated that, though she belleved herself to have been in the familyway when she took the drug, she was now Ba, La that she bad never been in that situation. A. medical man proved that the excessive quantity ai miniAtred to tae girl was her safety, as she had evi dently thrown it al up on each occasion, and, is order to show that the prisoner knew the n s'ure of the drug, the keeper of the Chesharn lock-up stat-d that atter the inquest the prisoner, among other statements relative to his wife's case, said—" I suppose Ann Sea ward is the cau , e of my being here ;" and afterwards added, "If I had a fast breeder I would give her some bicra picra if it would not hurt her." Mr: H. Mills having addressed the jury for the pri soner, Hie Lordship left it to them, after hating gone over the evidence in detail, to say whether they attached credit to the evidence of the prosecutrix, o .nfirmed it was in a strong point by that of the keeper of the lock-up. . . . The jury having without any hesitation returned a verdict of guilty, The Chief Baron proceeded to pass sentence. In so doing he enlarged upon the conduct of the prisoner, statmg that, in his opinion, this was the must aggra vated case under the Act which he had ever met with. Without importing into it the recol.ection of the other and more serious charge now hanging over his head, but the bill for which had been thrown out, he thought the pre-ent case was one so serious as to call for the inflic tion of the utmost sentence sanctioned by the law, and, in accordance with that opinion, the sentence of the Court was that the prisoner should be transported for the term of his natural life. The prisoner was then arraigned on, and pleaded "Not Oulty" to, the coroner's inquisition. Mr. Dasent, with whom was Mr. Keane, stated that, as the grand jury bad in their discretion thought proper to throw out the bill which had been presented to them in supp .rt of the cwital charge against the prisoner, he did not think it right, as representing the Attorney General, that any evidence should be offered in support of the in quisition. 7u his opinion such a course would be both unusual and disrespectful to the grand jury, and aloe fore subject to the sanction of the learned Chief Baron, he would withdraw from the present charge. The Chief Baron, having expressed his concurrence in the course proposed by the learned counsel on behalf of the Crown, a., one which wai both usual and correct, directed the jury to acquit the prisoner. Tne jury thereupon returned a verdict of Not Guilty on the coroner's ihquisition, and the prisoner was at once rt.inoved from the dock. George Dixon, 22, and George Hearn, 21, were in• dicted for night poaching at Ellesborough, wad also for feloniously assaulting the keepers of Lady Frankland Russell on the B'.h of December la=t. Mr. Stephenson was muusel for the prosecution, and called the two keepers, who stated tb a t on th e night in question, being out watching w th a large muzzled mats tiff, near a wood in which was a grew. st )re of ``loi g tails," they distinctly heard the report of three guns dis charged in rapid succession. On entering the wood they saw some men running down a glade, and, unloosing their friend the dog, tl ey set opt in pursuit. The dug soon. overtook the poacht,re, who were four in number, and knocked over three of them, one after t'le other,' by jumping upon them, but without injuring them, tit-1r g et ll muzzled. By the time the keepers came up tt e poacheis had recovered their legs, and t hen a " battle royal" en sued, which resulted in divers broken heads and guns. The odds being so decidedly in favour of the poachers, the k e i e n p u e te r s fs , , a a f t te r lastsu s t c a r ini an iednfHold, o unequal id, en c u o g i h i t for and someth the m poachers, taking them at their word, c used from fur- ther molestation, and all marched out of the wood, while the keepers and their quadrupedal ally wended their way homewards. The question, under those cir cumstances, was whether the prisoners werecleadrellyi. identified as having participated in this affai r . O n thi s theme Mr. Mills addressed the jury , who, after a brief beration, returned a verdict of Nut Guilty. n o lN it l a ar ,b tin.) March 10. N 0 R T H E (. :N iof CIRCUIT .— I l lt iar C u. d U ß l la T irro: YoRK, CIVIL V: L e oN O G U BI T T . ox. , ADAMS o Cs f. r the defendant! ' plaintiff l‘lr : K ; n o M. w r l . e J s appeared for the This was an • action for a breach of promise of mar. nage. The defendant denied the promise. The plaintiff, a young woman of 23 years of age, wss one of a large family, and mined on the business of a dressmaker in the neighbourhood of Leeds. The de . fel . e. dant was a young man, son of a person who was sacifetno. have made money I.'" rail way w " .a°t" Th an e ar e ties e ap dant himstlf was engaged in collieries, threeP years age, peared so have become acquainttatiwyo I to be infrred from and the promise to marry wicabounding in s the moit several letters of the defen d a nt , i()ns ad aspirations of a lover. fervent, amatory "P i r a e i g n 6 tiff was csllci as a witness, and A brother of the p 't of the defendant to the plaintiff , ' and spoke to the receivedvists byher family as an accepted suitor. to his being visits for some cause or other ceased, and Suddenly his , orra his engagement, although h e de he refuse d to p er, d that be had n° com fli pnt wb t a ever to make as to clare It's conduct. the plaint' behalf of thed e fendant Mr. Jones urged that this Oa ke case of two young persons, after a short court was t ship, quarrelling, and finding teat their tempers did not harmonise. Under such circumstances it was perhaps best for both parties that matter 3 had not gone further. The learned Judge, in summing up, observed teat the promise on the part of the defendant having been proved the plaintiff wa boat able herself to datrinine whether the performance of it would be to her advantage. The jury, taking all the facts into theh . consideration, would give such temperate dirnsges as they thought ju4t. AS,er a short coinmitatten the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 260/, 37} 7 211 2 61j 2 30/ i 01 4 1011 104-4 121 i 1121 21i 514 82t 21a 261 I 25 10 1.0.6 35 1 x a