The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-26 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

(FROM OVA OWN CORRESPONDINS.)
MELBOURNE, Dcc. 25, 1855.
The produce of this year's wheat harvest has com-
menced to come in, and the crop is reported of very
favourably.
The December sales of Crown Lauds have moved
off very heavily, competition among bidders has bees
quiet, and many lots for which there were no offers
were withdrawn.

Contracts for the erection of the New Houses of
Parliament have been called for, and it has been made
iraptrative that the portion of the work more imme-
diately required shall be completed by the let day of
May next. The building may be said to consist of
two parts—the outer and the inner ; the outer bear-
ing all the architectural and decorative features, and
forming the necessary chambers, offices, and appur-
tenances; the inner being plain and inexpensive, and
containing the two halls of assembly with some minor
accommodation. The plan has been so laid down that
the edifice can be erected by degrees, and this course
it is now proposed to follow by the erection in the
first place of the legislative esosrably chamber, the
legislative council or representative house continuing
to occupy St. Patrick's Hall. The style is the modern
Roman, and the whole building, when complete, will
cover an area of 305 feet by 250 feet. The grand
façade will front Spring-street, and will be sixty feet
in height. The exact site is between Spring-street
and St. Peter's Church, almost facing the upper end
of Bourke-street, one of the most airy and elevated
situations to be found in the immediate vicinity of
Melbourne. The Bile walls of the chamber will be
divided into compartments by lonic c ilumns, and
coupled columns of the same order are ranged along
the ends. The apace between the pilasters will
form panels, in which the heroes of our colonial
history will find niches for their portraits.
The opponents of the 53rd clause in the new Con-
stitution Act—the clause which grants 50,0001. an-
nually for the support of religion—have met with a
signal defeat in the Legislative Council. A motion
was introduced by au overzealous member for the
purpose of defeating the clause, but it receit ed the
support of but four members in a home of forty. The
old grant was 30,0001.. and the vote of the Council
increasing the sum to 50,000/. was carried by a majo-
rity of four to one. Alma 95 per cent. of the popu-
lation of Victoria are in the receipt of state support,
and may therefore be said to be in favour of it, whilst
those who do not receive the endowment are 7,000
protestant dissenters, 4.000 Baptists, 3,000 Lutherans,
1,180 Unitarians, and 281 members of the Society of
Friends, or the very smallest fraction of the com-
munity.
The import duty charged in England on articles of
gold manufactured in this colony his excited consi-
derable discussion. The question has recently been
brought before the Council, and the following motion
adopted:
° That this house having learned that an import
duty exceeding the duty of excise is levied in the
ports of Great Britain and Ireland on articles manu-
factured in foreign countries from the precious metals,
including thereby all such articles the manufacture
of this colony, take s this opportunity of requesting
his Excellency the Governor to bring the matter
under the notice of the home government, with a
view of placing the Victoria artist in precious metals
on the same footing as the British manufacturer."
The Melbourne and Hobson Bay Railway Company
have obtained leave to bring a bill into the Council
to enable them to extend their line to St. Kilda and
Brighton. The government are pledged to support
the bill, and the operations will commence so soon
as it has paned the house.
The foliowiog congratulatory addresses to her most
gracious Majesty the Queen and the Emperor of the
French on the success of the allied armies before
the walls of Sebastopol have been passed by the
Council :
May it please your ;Majesty, we, your M•jetty's most
loyal and dutiful subject., the members of the Legislative
Council of Victoria, in council asremtltd, humbly beg to
approach your Majesty's Orane with renewed expressions of
loyalty and affection. The accounts of the Worious success
mirth has attended the WWI of our fellow-rountrymen and
their brave allies have lately :etched our shores, and we
hasten ti offer to your II our emcee. ongratulations
on the glorious remits which have attended the operations
of the allied forces Toth by sea sad land, and more parties-
lsrly on the di structirn •-t Sebssiopol, aod the ant re anni-
hilation of the enemy's fleet in the Black Sea. At the same
time we otter to your blejes7 our eungratulati.ms on this
sums., we deeply sympatoise with your Majesty sad the
whole British Empire in deplorir g the intones) sat rifica of
life at which suzh lllCCeifti have been obtsised ; and we de-
sire enthusiastically to ezprees our admit ation at the unsnb-
deed courage and patient endurance wts,ch has so nobly
characterised our brave fellow-countrymen and allies,
wader the complicated hurt...real war, privation, and disease.
(The address to the Emperor of the French was
mutates mutandis a copy of this.)
A motion has been introduced into the Council is
reference to making the clown lands of the colony
available for the purpose of rewarding meritorious
soldiers is the Russian war, but the question is not
yet decided. The other colonies in the Australian
group have set apart a day of rejoicing on the same
account; but the government of Victoria have dc-
elected to do so, alleging that they have not received
° official informatiou" of the fall of Sebastopol. About
twelve months ego the same fact was announced by
the same government in flaming placards, and now
they appear to be shy of acting till assurance becomes
doubly sure.
The chief feature in trade claiming attention is the
' rapid decline which has taken place in the price of
flour, which a fortnight back was at 381. and 401.,
and is now freely sold at 301. The new crop is
coming forward in good grinding condition.
As a sample of the value at which the Sydney
sovereign is held in Victoria, a local bank has just
received one bag of a thousand, seat by mistake
among a shipment of British sovereigns, and they
are now soliciting the government to allow them to
send them back to Sydney duty free ; for the Sydney
coin not being legalised here is liable, of course, to
the gold export duty of 2s. 6d. per oz. It is to be
hOped that our legislature will not sanction the cur.
reucy of the Sydney mint, as we have always a euffi.
ciency of British sovereigns for circulation, and abun.
dance of raw gold to remit fur alt commercial pur-
poses.
The diggings on the whole continue to yield favour-
ably; but concerning one locality which a short while
back attracted considerable numbers of the popula-
tion, a local correspondent writee:—" Mount Black-
wood will soon be deserted. The diggers have fled
from there, and in many instances have left their
tools, tents, &c., behind them, not thinking them
worth carrying away." But a few weeks back and
this was one of the principal " rushee."
December seems to he a fatal month for Ballarat.
Last December, the rebellion, which cost numbers
their lives, and this year the loss of about twelve or
fourteen lives and an immense quantity of properly
by fire and flood. Early in the month the largest
fire which ever occurred in Ballarat took place; six

er eight dead bodies were dammed among the nine
of a whole street, and others are supposed to have
been lost, the remains of whom have sot been lowed.
The property consumed by the fire is estimated at
over 30,01)01. The N turd Jambe narrowly escaped
with his life, and had all his properties burned.
The excitement consequent upon the fire had morally
passed over when a severe thunderstorm broke over
the doomed township, accompanied by very heavy
rain. The water which collected on the sorround-
log ranges and hills came rushing down in torrents,
and with such vehemence as to carry tents, stores,
and dwellings in its course. Up to the presset time
six bodies have been discovered, but this number, it
is fiend, is far below the actual number of
who have lost their lien by this terrible =
The amount of property destroyed is estimated at
over 100,0001. Ot the lose occmiened by this visits.
tion, by far the greater proportion will fall upon the
mining community, all operations being for the pre-
sent totally suspended, almost every shaft suffering
more or less, and in many instances the work 0/
months being entirely lost to the present owners. Nor
is this all ; many who, after months of anxious toil
and privet ion, saw themselves repaid by a heap derails.
ing stuff which promised a rich return for their labours,
have found their hopes blighted. The amount Met
in this way cannot be estimated, on account of the
uncertainty of its value, but the occurrence will
doubtless make a marked difference in oar escort
returns for the next few months.

LAW DITELLIGENCE.

TRIG DAY.

COURT OF OF BMOC
11,05.3 n 00113aMOMONSII

IN la DIMON AND 313180 N.

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The bankrupts, Elisabeth sad Bush Beres, described
as hotel and boerdiag-house keepers, of Maseind-atreet,
Portland-plan, applied f r their esnifkaate. The pardon-
ing of the can have already appeared. The baskrapts kept
• boardisig establignest is St. Petenbars up to the cm.
nesessent of the war, when they were compelled to give
ft up aid tenant to Emend. They kneeled their sapital,
1,400 L, is the passim" of the buisess to Maselleitneseet,
which toned out to be ea unprofitable we, sad hewn their
appearance is this court. There wee so opposition.
Ms. Mead, kr the sosiesees, reneansaded the can to
the favourable sonaideration of the Kostt nose ter Int
clan sealant. They bad carried oa badness for 12 nue
is flt. Petennug. They had expected that the cassestios
they had there would be kept up is this mama, ; but is
this they bed bees disappoisted. The lament they found
thenielves is difikaltin, they had placed themselves Is the
bends of their erediton.

Mr. Stanslieli:tieeilleial sodgme, odd be emu Mend the
case a very deeseriag ome.
His Hosea, said it append to be a very 'meritorious
ere, sad he would gnat lint-rims certificates.

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A few days ago the government resigned, in con-
sequence of Mr. William Nicholson's motion in favour
of the Ballot being carried in the Council by a majo-
rity of eight-33 being for, and 25 against, the in-
troduction of the system of secret voting. The ma-
jority is exactly the number of the digger represen-
tative members, all of whom voted for the motion.
This may be looked upon as one of the first-fruits of
reel representation. Others will follow in due course,
which it will be my duty to report to you as they
occur. Some of your readers will wonder that we
should require the Ballot here, when everybody Is
supposed to be independent; bet! can ware you we
do want it, although not to the extent that you dohs
England. The ministers were wrong, in my opinion,
to resign ; they might have allowed the Council to
Introduce the Ballot into our new Electoral Bill with-
out soy very serious inroad upon principle. Bat
they chose to act otherwise, for some reason not yet
patent to the world. Nothing has yet been defini-
tively settled as regards their successors. It is,
however, believed that Mr. Nicholson will be able
to form an administration, in which O'Bbannani7,
Grooves. and Fslkccr will not be included, and in
which Messrs. Michie and Chapman will be Attorney
and Solicitor Generals.

IX 11 SWU'.
The bankrupt, a eerpeuter end ►colder, of Murray street,
Heaton, applied for his certificate. His unestotred debts
were 1,2231 ; meets returned at 2001. During a trading of
three years and a half his prefiti had been nothing; louse,
3781. ; expenses, 6121. There wan as opposition.
Mr. Leer, en behalf of the bankrupt, attributed his
' failure to the meat rise in the price of =wrists, after the
bankrupt had entered into attain eoatracte. He had began
with a email capital of 1601.
A mooed elan certificate wan granted.

THE POLICE COURTS.
THIS DAY.

Zama Ca:, a winos or the tows, was brought before
the Lord Mayor, darted with haviag made a great Doke
i• the street is sempeo, with mom Whirl, sad with hey-
bug rosiatod ail attempts of the polio* to provost dietarbsaa
tow lababitaata.

It will be remembered that when a new bank, pro-
jected under the style of the Colonial Bank of A.as-
tralasia, first announced its existence, its title wan
opposed by the Bank of Australasia, on the ground
that the similarity in their titles would lied to eon.
fusion in business. The matter proceeded to a trial,
which occupied several days, during which about 150
witnesses were examined pro and cos. The result
was in favour of the defendants, who are accordingly
entitled to retain the name they first assumed.
The first fire in the Melbourne Gas Works was
Lighted by his Excellency daring the past week.
Active preparations for the introduction of gas are
now being carried our, and in another month we
shall have lights in our shops and streets.
The Chamber of Commerce have decided that any
scale of fixed tares and allowances other than that
now customary here, would be inoperative, and pro-
bably injurious to the community, and have recom-
mended the acknowledgment of the principle of actual
tare is all transactions where no sgreement to the
contrary exists.

The Meets said the defeldent was the nonviolent (Tes-
tate they had ever beheld in the lowan streets of the me-
tropolis, and that at the station she tad sot only gives as
Masao, of her power of milts the most horrible language, but tin she bad bitten one of them fa the head, ars& I
smother, sad kicked a third.
TM defeadaat issoned.auly *ea 0 exhibit her power of
abuse, sad tacludod the Lord Mayor Is a string ef dreadfi.l
eases whisk she had so completely at bar commaad as to
eoaviaos all present that she mut be in tlie habit of prods-
eiag them Is every sentence she uttered.
The Lord Major said toe woman appeared to be so snob
eacited that he could int think cf adjudicating, until a good
night's steep had restored her to reams.
Junes Maylard, Mama/Jr to Mows. Coleman, of Cannon-
street, mustard name , was brought up for final sea-
Lesbos ohasged with kayo's embooled severs! sums of
messy whisk le lad r. calved for his employe's, sad was
esesaitted ise trial at the Central Criminal Court.

BOW-STREET.
All 1311113D1A IN CHAIIII7II.
A snartly-droned and rather well-locking young man,
who stated that Ms ammo wet Hoary Morgan, bat positively
refitted to Live say address, was charged , Gs rental, with
bong on the promises, 17, Liston's-Ina, for seam supposed
unlawful parpois.
Soma Willis, 'Andress at the house is Twat's (which
islet is chambor.), stated that, as this 11th natant, she was
oa the lint Am stain when the heard a door closed at the
upper nosy. Eaowing that Mr. Seymour Chow,
the occupant of the dumber when she heard
this scuad, was aot at home, dm wait up stein
sad bud the prisoner is the lobby, sad sari
hi. what iso wanted ? Hs said it was " all right,"
and burrietUy pawns her, went down stairs. lb. fiolo cod
him slimly, deolariag tt at it was aot all right by may amass,
sad that she would have a satinsetin explaattion or giro
Wain chug*. Ho (nisi endeavoured to get 'trey from her,
but elts followed him Cower the stairs, sad oat if is. tome.
Ho raa away, still pursued by her, urns ths souse, and
tato the Haw square, where she observed him throw lose-
thing into tho Menem. Prneatly they mgt a policeman
to whom she pre him in charge He said b. tolled ti see
a Mr. Barra. No gentleman of that mass resided in the
bow.

NORTHAMPTON AND PUCHLEY

HUNT MEETING.

THIS DAY.

(IT BLICTILIC irmaampz.)

GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
Siding 1
Freddy . 2
Bobby Taft
.. 3
A good rue. Five or six false starts.

20 ran.

THE TRIAL STAKES.
Fisherman beat Tun Deer.

Polkueonstable Whiners, P 71, who apprderaded the
primer, proud that, at the spot w►ero last wibaesesaw
hl. *row eeeaetNag into the eulosare, witaw head •
►eagle et shale»m and latch keys. By bigotries its.. the
sessanoase ho had aloe »UAW that a Mr. Bean fonairly
lived at He. 62, linsola's-ina, bat had left *beat six or
NM ran age.
Farther »Hearn was slyest* show that, on &Ratan ant-
eke, primmer was 'sea in the chambers of Mr. Prides...
banister, 44. Liawria's-inn• fields, by a gentimaaa armed
Moody, weepy», the Mar above. Mr. Moody's attentive
was draws by sane miss is Mr. Pridasin's chambers, and
he leaked is, sad saw the prisour, who was aloes there,
sad asked hi. what he wasted. Teo prisoner replied that
be had called to see Mr. Prideanz's clerk, who was his
breaker. Mr. Moody »preachad himeelf for his "officio».
aess," sad weal back to his own roma. He had since
bees »Lined, !wiriest, that Mr. Preleatz's clerk had no
brother.

Oa the former aeries prisoner had Mated that be woo
formerly dirk to Kr. Beeem, a ooLe tor, w►o resided at
No. 62, Limo sad that having sailed thine to in-
quire for his old employer, hi wu told that Kr. Been had
removed to No. 42. He denied that he wee "highly re-
epeetablit," but duliaed to give say aliment of himself, ma
the mead that he 64 mot wish hie frauds to hum of his
patios.

Mr. Weataor, who sow arpoared ter Ida, offend no
deface, and

Ho WU eotaultted to the Hoses sf Convetios fu thus
months.

♦ SEAM

MOXIT UNDMI PALI

Janes Love, *gel 33, rendlog at 2, Goldiagtos-street,
fkowier's,orro, s.d deeeribod ea lhe polies *beet as of ao
occurrence, wa pissed et the bar oa remand before Mr.
Tyrwhitt, charged with ob...iainp, by tabs sad fraadaleat
;swore's, the sae of 2E, Goa R.bent Pratt, of 23, Colon-
aade-atews, Rassoll-pair*, sod also with falsely rope-
seating hineelf t. be • polio -nastable.

It appeared Irma the evidence the*, ea Wedaseday
atomise last, the ctup!ainent was driving his cart la Judd-
street, near Btanswick-squsre, the cart haring his name
chalked, Lasted of painted, on it. When no., Hunter-
street, the defendant, who was standiag cm the herb, galled
to the aomplaineat, sad op sa his poiag to him, ha said, '• I
am s pol ce•coutable. You have net got yoar tame oa the
cart in a legal way, and you may think yoanelf lucky that
my sergeant is net with me, or I shoitli he compelled to
take it to the green-yard." He farther sated that he had
jest returned from the Marylebona Pollee-emit, where
two men had been deed—oae 301. acd the other
2.5..—f0r the same Wag; bet he would say nothing
about it if he was given 10e. The complainant
told him that he bad not got say money with
him, and the defendant said he wall gall in the evening
for it. About seven o'clock he railed, and said, It wee all
right," and that he had settled it quietly. He then asked
(or the money, when the prow rotor said he had only got
21 , whic% he placed oft the table, sad whiels, altar some
demur, the prisoser took up. He wee then told that he
would be given into cast xly, When he rutted sat of the
house, but was, alter a smart chase, uttered near the
foundling Llo•pitaL
The prisoner in defence said he took the mosey se corn
pensatioe, because the prosecutor's ►eta had hawked
against him and hurt hint. lie hal never represeated
himself u a polier-:onsteble.

Other evidence having b vet giros, and witnesses milled
wl o bore oat the statement of the promeator,
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it ires • molt reriosa charge, and one
Which mast be determined by a higher tribunal. Hs should
thereon commit the prison for trial.
WORSHIP-STREET.
111P17DINT 1.."1111 888

young man, why

A rapt.
gave the same
of It.bert Hughes, was chirged beta@ Mr. D'Systosrt

TIM EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAWS 26, 166&

with the failowfog footles! MOEN it the home of Mrs.
Peoples, la Curter road, Skereditek.
Promotes stated that "yestseday swain tits primer
eagsged a feesiebed apartsaset, and pm s 'shrews at
the west end of the town, statiag that he bad just hem
appoMted le a responsible @imam at the desks
or carom, she forgot which, and must sissy at
her haw that Eight. He mpearsoes sod gessol was
were ef gosh sponse respectability that she did set triable
her elf M make my inquiry, ad umuspeetlagly ha wus
permitted to take up kis quarters them. At sa early hoar
this monisg she heard emu penes creppiag sualtbtlp
dews stain, sad ft lustaatly dashed wren its seed that
she bad harboured a thief. Putty opeeiag a deer by which
the primes meat pain, she saw Ida wit► two bmilles be.
math lie sou, ad bread, lassremted him, with m
sastlos of robbery. He admitted it, ad bsggsd a M
forgives, but he woe trivia late custody. The beadles sow
tala.d all the bed lima, and other articles were &girdled to
a striae farmed sada hie clothing. In fact, he had stripped
the room of all the lima.
_ _

Mr. D'llyacoart (to the prierate)—What are you 1
Primer—l use aa animasr by trade. wiz. Fenny dk-
seasioa occasioned we to leave my relative., who Si' very
respectable Inhabitants of Livapool, sad seek work to Loa-
don, bat, Ming, I resolved to return. Belag without the
maws of so &imp, I eertainly committed myself as data,
bat would lave seat the vela* of the property back on
reach* there.

Mr. 1311yaeoart—Your condos; allowing this automat
to bs taw, is most usgntefol and asaadakinsa. Oa your

own representations, tie present/in socosswodates
end is rewarded by th;s attempted theft. I dell order MI
to be leoprisswed for two Eloaths is the Hesse of Cat-
enation.

SOUTHWARK.
1111101/L•11 Cl•R011 OP 17TTIZING •
•RILLIXO.

Carolina Plimpton, a very resperiable-leakieg woman,
18 yang of ago, was broaeht Were Mr. d'Heakotti obarral
with uttering a coanterfait Milling to This,.. Oliver, the
ptopthtor of the Railway Coffm-hosee, Old Beet road,
nadir the following rather singular dramatise's :

no proortator sold that about half-peat two o'clock this
morales the primmer came into his shop sad celled for •
cep of coffee. His she p was nearly fall of customers Min
to Greenwich fair, bat he scow supplied bar, sad she give
him • shilling to take for the cadre. Oa emminiag the
coin he found it to be a coaaterfeit, conseqamtly he sided
is • constable sad gave her into cartody.
dated the shilling, which had bees out from the mmir. of
an old George the Ilitd soma, epparantly mach item sad
he positively swore that he took it from her.

Ir. Al34cistt said that if sack was Uts case. le mist rs-
wad her wad Saturday for Um atteadaacs of the Mist
aatkorithie.

T. pritontr hum, ia aa earnest tact, and saying bitterly,
&Wand that the shilling she gave 0 the prosecutor was a
now sae, tad not tbe rose produced by him.
Mr. A'Beckett asked the prosecator whether he handed
the shilling to tareo elm betides the timetable ?
He replied that he did sot. As won as ha took it from
bar, he discovered it to be • counterfeit, and having marked
it, he handed it to the constable.

Mr. A'Beekett told the prisoner that obis nut be m-
ounded to prima.

Prisoner (crying)—l hops not, dr. Maul send vas to
prison, as I fan maitre you the sharp la fan. I had bunt
to Greatittlob fair with a friend, mad I want to go how.
Mr. A'Stekott—The pnowator swain that you tattered
the eountarfoit shilling, aad I am tharototo bound by law
to rinaitail you, but I will take bail for your mppearaaa
until Saturday.

The prisesir was then with eons dillicelty 'moved by
the jailor, crying very mech.

SHARE LISTS.-THIS DAY.

Two o'Cloac.

The railway share market to-day is dull. Bani-
ster is very inanimate, and the market is slightly
prejudiced by the Bantus of Consols. In some oases
a decline of about I per cent. is observable, bat ge-
nerally the market is fairly supported.

Grand Trunk of Canada shares Cr. better. Sambre
and Meuse have Hem considerably, marking as high
as 12g. Great Luxembourg, are rather flatter.

I Wes today
1 to 1 p.n.

'MONEY MARA-Br-7 HIS DAY,

Two o'CLocw.
The Snide lave again been rather latter to-day,
bat a tespormy decline of 1 to per cent.
has bees almost recovered. Priem are now
quoted nearly as good as they closed yesterday.
Consols for the 10th of April, after receding
to 921 to 1, have rallied to 921 to 1. For
money the price is 921 to 1. Bank Stock,
has been dealt in at 918 I Exchequer Bill (March)
at 2s. to 4s. prem.; ditto (June) at 1.. dim. to la.
prem.; Exchequer Boods, 1868, at 981 to 1; and
India Bonds at 10s. to 11.. dia. Coosa Scrip is
quoted 21 to 21 prem., and the Exchequer Scrip 21 to
21 Ste•

Turkish Six per Cents. are also rather fatter,
marking 971 to 1. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per
Cent. Bonds are somewhat offered, and have been
dealt in at 78 to 781 ex. div. The other sales include
Eqoador Bonds at al ; Peruvian Three per Cents. at
67; Spanish Old Three per Cents at 441; ditto,
Defined at 24/ ; the Committee Certificates
at 51 per cent.; and Turkish Four per Cents. at
1001 to 1.
The 190,0001. in gold brought in by the Admiral
and Lightning was in hand 'ewe: day, soda portion of
it was sent into the Bank. The gold ex the Emma
is not yet deliverable.
The ship Brilliant, from Geelong, passed Port
Philip Heads on the 28th of December, for London,
with 16,428 ounces of gold on freight, worth about
81,7001.
The bar silver brought in by the Tyne was yes-
terday for India, at 6s. Id. per ouncestandard, being
an advance of Id. over the price realised at the last
male.

The Liverpool firm to the easpension of which re-
ference wee made in the Express of Monday is
that of Mr. Nicholas Main. The liabilities, which
are believed to have arisen chiefly from speculations
in tallow, are stated by report at about 25,0001.
We understand that Mr. Henry Luard hem re-
signed his situation es manager of the London and
County Bank. Personal grounds are migned as the
motive.

The annual election of the Committee of the Stock
Exchange took piece yesterday. The members of the
old committee were all re-elected.

The committee of the Royal Swedish Railway
Company announce that, in consequence of the una-
voidable delay in communieating with Sweden, the
meeting of shareholders appointed to be held on the
27th inst. is postponed until the 25th of April, by
which time the Swedish directors of the company wilt
have arrived in London. In the interim the commit-
tee, we understand, have arranged to send out a first
rate engineer, charged to make a special report upon
the works and general state of the company's 'Stirs in
Sweden. The meetings of the committee are very
frequent, and every exertion is bring made to pre-
sent to the shareholders an accurate statement,
showing the results of the past management, sa well
se the immediate position of the undertaking.
Owing, however, to the fact that one half of the Coen-
pany's executive is in Sweden, and to the oonfosion
into which its affairs have been plunged, the pre-
paration of reliable details upon the various points
involves considerable difficulty. The shares and
obligations left with the oornmittee for examination
of the signatures are to be returned to the depositors
on and after Wednesday, the Ist of April.
Friday next has been appointed special settling
day in the Stock Exchange for the shares of the
Ottoman Bank, which are to be officially marked.
The Rut India Company will receive tenders on
the Seth instant, for the conveyance of stores from
Mesa to Bombay.
Relative to the freight market, kieon. Offor and
01111111111 report ue knows :
auss tubas of ear lot most we tree hat he 'Menlo of too.
ripo. Ng Woos has bon non away% but than Is WI ow little
dligoitleo M rums to tioolio of Ye twotr Alm. pow
le se
on lloot peogie eat opoestme
eon Me mile on wile* bows. £ tow Brio lave
Wee=lo4lll athtsa yip Ismom tot at Meet Ma her
tom Ms =We moot loot—ften lostea or
L fie mos; gm Oosto. No, •artailt to
lois or aye armsi. see le Boa. Ow tallow ; 47e. ad.;
vivhsitte 1.5..71t tease, Ole.; of mer,
et IP4ll=
um weft saiterrusse have bees • shade army, but,
T"XlCsoles petard freely, they we Ease weak. Pon the
Nee 114 i. pot with option of Beek 080, at Vet.. Iv
the Ulnae MlwaaW, while be. Birk/Shied skip we aced tee.
=.llkinswerallmin
illephnnatr., Bleak Bea, et which rates teenage is
weittkoldebtrieyood the speculetive
inlets
OallaoldPaighlo r awls allow stoi deprewel. Ocala
ease wy Nom MI the mole 411 to Meth ins with tillleultv.
aarmosof joe psis limbos weds at tea per tea. The vessels
alma awl Owl dubs lot weds eeniklehi hike ienowell:
IMP' at Clewed.
adeiwau Niro Tessope Mot iteasio
New SOS
Swao Low 1 470
BOW NI 1 663

$ 1,646 11 4,012
Crel trickle Is the Ert lobo scatiarllns. tat is other rompers
rue
=is wry Mb mew swat Is thle rift The rates are :—Cal. 1. ; rem er IL Ihe Ike the
ir rem& taking code or tree ;
,Si hers; reelereis. W. Ms, leak; 3150111 a, 44 ht.;
knee ea
lE. Ire dr nese.
earlis
Ibl
redo Sir In Net mar aeUrity—.beat 73a.
Errs* ter the need, rift ere her the Tyr, air ra. 60.
inreirksite= ode test Weise. are the samba gootallons. Is
Githree t
theyar re Mk erre Ole. Bettse. ms. es. Parr art or
Oreeme Aretee Is Ihe aerie are Sneer, chergert ire the
almmatest Merl kr enrage Imarewards Oars
her re Ober erelene Mir United Ma lerrfreir
Neer Amer. *seat helehr ere =kr re lerations
rind mire). 3-4101 re le , Irk or Im
Ille.per red ; Ogres to Ilerperti=l‘ Nag auti. Ns . Bel-
rd. re.; Illneriell Se rer. Whet. or l ookrolorry. tee.
re elerhad rib; a Ma's to Ns pre err. ten
The aneet querree her the !yon tee are or. r foam,
Fir beet or II 1-11* ree: —Ore, NIL ; Karr or Orion, 141. ;
600,67., ail, Calmat, 3,4 ; essireers, stL iltra, 344 ; Yer-
rob re, Ill.; Arks, parr led, ere per ton; Berner, W. ;
Odloo or Coders, SO& per toe; Clegelenr, Die. rum feel ; Ham-
ar. SOL; litalanses, SOL; Monte Tire er Deem Are., 361.;
Press, 430. per tom ; Pate, era per toe ; Itto laseiro„ SU ; Rio
Omer. NM ; Valparaiso, Sr. par toe ; Ore et Good Hope, 1314
Ore dr Veda, 111.; Merles, lel.. Siena Lear, 741.; Senegal,
CI.; New Tort, IV . Philadelphia. 271.; Gashes, 121 lee.; Poet-
WA, EU.; Oporto. Ir.; Ara. 1111. . Alesandria, Bereekes. Port
Nara. dredra. Toros. all 361.; Meer, Alleatts. Palermo, all
M. ; Canes, 331.; Oda Tearla, 321.; Certaatisoro or Borplaoror,
361.; opted Bret gr. 461. ; Wats, 4',1.; Ganes, 321.; Germs.
trt ; 13/. ; randllee, rt. ; lealta. 811.; doted, All.;
1 Naples, 11St. ; ferragoss. 311. ;Tan id Mar, Sr. ; Oars; se+. ;
1 Triads or Terse, Sr. 0..

TIIIIIDAT limply'.

Business throughout the Stock Exchange is sin-
gularly inanimate, but prices, upon the whole, are
steadily supported. The fund, were slightly Hatter
to-day, bet the reduction finally established did not
amount to fr per coat., u compared with the closing
1 quotations of yesterday.

The discount market remained quiet today, bat a
more active demand for money was experienced in
the Stock Exchange, where 6 per cent, could be ob-
tained for short loans upon government securities.
This demand arises from the preparations for meet-
ing the instalment on the new loan on Saturday
next.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 923 to 3 for the
10th of April, receded this afternoon to 921 to 3, and
were last quoted 923, exactly. For money the Wain
price was 923. The official business report is as fol.
lows:—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 921,
3,3; ditto, for account, 10th April, 923,3, 3, 3. Bank
Stock, for amount, 218. Conte Scrip (new loan),
23, 23 prem. Exchequer Scrip, 23, 21 prem. Three-
andm-lialf per Cent. Exchequer Bonds, falling
payable in 1859, 981. India Bonds, Bs. dim.
The New Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were also
dealt is at 78. _ _

The Conseil scrip of the new loan closed at 21 to 2/
preen., end the Exchequer scrip at 21 to 21 prem.
The Mirth Exchequer Bills were quoted 2s. to ss.
prem.; the June bills, 2e. dia. to 2e. prem.; and Itx.
chequer Bonds, 981 to 1.
The foreign stock market was also quiet, but steady
in price. Sardinian Bond. were more inquired for,
and are marked as high as 96. Peruvian Four-and-
a-Half per Cents. were rather Hatter. Turkish secy.'
rides closed the same as yesterday —the Six per Cents.
at
9710 to 1, and the Guaranteed Four per Cents. at
001 tt.
The foreign exchanges this afternoon presented no
alteration of importance. The rates upon Amite?.
dam and Frankfort were a shade lower, but in ;Aber
nesse steadiness prevailed. The current qwjtatious
are annexed:

11.14 t•
;ARooastaordwals,.33.soamsthabs,.l3l.22.l2 tl 1 ; stmt,
I " ilatwerp and Bros-
' ials. 3 10atit;,"".:_",.."4,4.: 3 solidi', 13 114
to 4; Paris, 3 manna, 26.41 to 824 ; ditto, short, 25.371
to 4.21; Marsoillea, 3 months, 25 80 12 824; Frankfort,

on-tho-Heine, 3 iscatbs, 1211 to I ; Petoribsitg, 3 140464.
36} ; Wilma, 3 months, 10.28 to 32 ; Thou, 3atostho,
10.30 to 34 • Naples, 3 isostho, 431 to 4 ; Chaos, 3 .oaths,
25.8 n to At
ji Leghorn, 3 math., 30.06 to 10; Polomo,
3 smelt, li to ; Messina. 3 months, 131 i to 2;
Ilarbl, • states, 422 to ; Cot* 3 mouth', 44 to 60;
°PM,3 tleaSl4l/2113* ; Baba, 3 months, 63j to e.
1117cagne were quoted this afternoon
1 toprin.; astern Bank of London, 31 to 2i
;load Nuked Discount company, i to 1 di&
Those of the Load) and Paris Bank were flatter, at
Sto din Gonads Lend shares were weaker, other
land stooks remaining steady. The snares of this
London Oenerel OlinibeeCompany continue to droop.
General Screw Steam shares were dealt in at 16t
to 16i.