The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-05 00:00:00

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

Bank of Westen- oreland, Kendal
Barnsley Bunking Company, Barnsley
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 48,384
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad-
ford ....,....
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking
Company. Chesterfield
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work- _ _

ington
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com-
pany, Cheltenham
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company
Coventry
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 12,440
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel-
tenham
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company
Carlisle
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19.298
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company,
Dudley
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 18,543
Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com
pany, Darlington „ 15.120
id

Ecist O!- England Bank, Norwich
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 127,892
Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 35.340
Hull Banking Company, Hull . 22,263
Halifax Commercial Banking Conspany, Ha-
lifax
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax
Helston Banking Company, Helston
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 16,294
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough 23,046
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,163
Lan:aster Banking Company, Lancaster ... 71,962
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 42 163
Leamingto'i Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors
Ludlow and Tenhury Bank, Ludlow 8,159
Moore and Robiniton's Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing t lompany, Nottingham 28,598
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
Company, Nottingham ... ................
,Nevves,stle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-
Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 1,245
'National Provincial Bank of England, Birming-
ham, Head-office. 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London
North '-irilt: Banking Company, Melksham 39,466
Northamptonshire Union Rank, Northampton 60,651
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton
North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 22,411
Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei-
cester .•_
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,090
Sheffield Banking, Company, Sheffield 37,023
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Corn-
-46,692
Stii
dng Company, Bristol Somerset-
shireSna Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang-
pc3kneY;,s tßaantri

port
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ... 37,782
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com-
pany,
Sheffield
gaemshire Banking Company,
Sa tnod u r
iblrgilid
Sheffield ... • ..
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking
Company, SheilioM
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond .. . 39,782
Storey and Thomas's Banking Company
Shaftesbury
Wolverhampton atidStaffordshire Banking Com-
pany, Wolverhampton 31,886
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 12,653
Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company,
Whitehaven
,
Warwick and Lewoir.gton Banking Company,
Warwick . .
Wilts
Wrtlicct.
EtEnonsolini. and South Wales District 30'577
and nonsett.Banking Company, Salisbury 67,070
61,108
West hidingdersaeld Union Banking Company, Hud-
Whitchurch ;iriii Ellesmere.
Whitchurch ..Company,
Worcester City and d0...........................
Worcester..... Count. Banking Company,
..........
York Union Banking Coln a. ... ' 4,051
York City and County Rant ‘IY, York 64,9(15
Rankin co log Company, York 78,290
Yoi kshire Bpa.n
DugmiZpaeanyaz.. Le,Qs
117 355
Return.
met Rouse, Feb.
Inland Revenue. Some, Reg stray of Bank
........--______ e ' 28' 1852'

THE LATE T Hciiii'—
A. s Air
TO THE EDITOR OP TRE 'LLOORE.
Sir,—ln your excellent memoir ofT,plEs.
is stated, in re'erence to hiscanadl'ealas Moore it
that the book in which the original o,,mpabn.Boat Sung,.
ormtion was in-
scribed found its way, at the expiration
discovered that the music
back to its former owner, who, to his green' Years,
in %per was as much his owsuurPrise,
words.a Thisas the
account, which i 3 in the latter part
correct,
last edition
from a note attached to the son
But
the edition of the poet's works.
book did not rev& rt to the poet, nor are the
circumstances,
s„ ir, againrewchiiecihy
dar,etaiiin:de.resting, under which he
In 1839 1:
of Science in that city. I, .orßer visited Dublin on the oceasiOn of the
rn—ting-cf the
were not rare events, of
Asiociation fur the Advancement
%A/11'0h at that perioclrty. At one of the festive scenes,
he wouldsurroundedmost
o hbeaveprveosueenhtesdafetdo
lady, had snot my brother
_egged to learn how
' Canadiati"EiSohaet f'l
possesses the original
Song.'" At these words the poet begged
enough. The
this came to pass. The facts were simple
book, which was " Priestley 's Le
blank leaf of which t
the song and i hemuskure;" and on the
were pen-

Gilled, belonged to Mr. HSTDPB9, with whom Moore was
travelling in Canada. On his dea,h the volume came
into the possession of Mr. Maconchie, of Edenmon.
near Dublin, who presented the book to his daughter,
and who very properly regarded the gift as most
precious. _ .

- Moore then expressed the strongest desire to see the
book, and it was arranged that I should accompany
Miss Maconchie on the following day to a bookseller's
shop in Grafton-street, where the poet had a
room for writing his lettere, and where he
arranged to meet us. I shall never forget the plea-
sure he manifested when his eyes fell on the well-
remembered lines. He gazed at them long and
earnestly;—so long and so earnestly, that my fair com-
panion at length exclaimed, " Oh, Mr. Moore, I hone
yen do not want to rake the book from me." " No
Miss Maconchie, indeed I do not," he replied; " but if
you knew what thrilling remembrances of a happy past
the contemplation of this page presents, you would not
wonder at my feelings. Since I wrote these lines," he
added, I have been going so fast down the rapids of
life, that I owe you much for enabling me to live, though
but for a few minutes, in the past, and I shall long re-
member this pleasant meeting." But for once his gal-
lantry played him false, for, in the note to which I have
referred, he states that a " gentleman" showed him the
volume in question, and the lovely girl—for such indeed
she was—is not mentioned. It would not have been so
in his more }outhful days.
At my request, Moore authenticated the lines, stating
the circumstances under which they were written, add-
ing his autograph; and, with the book thus made addi-
tionally valuable, I escorted Miss Maconchie home.
I am, Sir, your humble servant,
Hastings, M.tecii 2. C. R. WELD.

THE LATE AND THE NEW MINISTRY.

We have received a copy of the following addres., by
Mr. Macgregor, the Member for Glasgow, to the con-
stituency of that important city. The opinions of such
a man as :1f r. Macgregor, who it is well known assisted
Sir Robert Peel so materially in framing those free-trade
measures from which the country is deriving so much
benefit, will he read with peculiar interest at the present
time.—ED. Sun ]

TO THE ELECTORS AND NoN•ELECT, RS OF GLASGOW.
Geutlerueu,—l consider is my duty, as your Repre-
sentative, to submit to you my opinions on the present
uncertain state of public affairs, at a time when you may,
as a great manufacturing, mercantile, and maritime
community, nanually apprehend with consternation any
attempt to disturb the commercial legislation of the last
ten years.
When I recently addressed you on the subject of
our national defences, we had then a Ministry pledged
to Parliamentary reform, and to a free-trade po-
licy. That Ministry has abruptly fallen. It died
of the senility of an unprecedented official exclusive-
ness, of the :obsolete folly a nut renovating
with health, vigour, and efficiency the decrepitude of
its wasted body, by the admission of popular strength.
It was no more a national Government than St. Albans
is a great and pure borough, when compared in the
moral, political, and material scale with London or
Glasgow. It was an Administration which was only
endured by the good-natured sufferance of the House of
Commons; for, as a party, it hail no majority
.either in
the country or in the Parliament. It will be Judged of
by posterity even with less credit than it really deserves,
because it wanted both grace and dignity, as well as
the elements of conciliation, pepularity, and confi-
dence ; and, more than all, because its manners
were contumelious, while it was also impotent in the
Legislature. During six years we were told by
the thorough adherents in Pail acne nt of the Russell
Ministry, that that campaet Government must exclusively
continue to govern the dr;tish empire, on the presump-
tous gtound that there were not other men iu the whole
nation who could succeed them; and at the same time
possess the confidence of the country. This ungracious
assertion was allowed to pais over, partly as the pert-
ness of official levity, chiefly because there was no
desire to be obstructive, while in the present House
of Commons, tparties were subdivided into four or
five sections. But it was at the same time considered
by reflecting and reasonable men, to be an insult to
the Parliament and to the nation, for the immediate
undeilings of any Government to say there were no
others but their masters, or ministers, who could
administer the affairs e,f this mighty country; and that,
in fact, one or two Whig families were alone gifted with
the Divine right of breteding the Statesmen of the Bri-
tish empire, to the exclusion of all the other Lords and
Commoners of the United Kingdom. That assumption,
as well as the fact, was felt to be contumelious in senti-
ment and arrogant in practice; not but that there were
highly gifted and able men in the late Ministry, but that
the principle of its infatuaVd official exclusiveness, of its
selfishness and nepotism, disgusted the whole nation. It
was further remarkable, that taking the whole public press
of town and country, there was only one newspaper—
an evening journal—that did not denounce the selfish-
ness and nepotism of the late Government.
In addressing you as my constituents, I must not
shrink from boldly stating facts. I speak of the late
Cabinet as a Government, not as individuals. Tte
country ones gratitude to Lord John Russell for abo-
lishiog the Test and Corporation Acts, for his share in
the Reform Bill, and other measures. No ort) can
speak psreonally against L ,rds Linsdawne, Clarendon,
Carlisle, and Granville; Mr. Labuuchere, Sir Francis
Baring, and even the much-abused Chancellor of the
Exchequer—who, in reality, was too frank and honest
to ne popular—were all gentlemen , of the meat upright
charecter, bows ver much ethtrs may have differed from
thsm on public Tv stiens.
A year ago the Russell Ministry resigned, and on re-
turning to office, it survived through the session, on the
Bill for resiSing Papal Aggression. But all discerning
mess clearly saw its approticnieg downfall, and its utter
powerlessness. It 'chit not, in fact, possess the coefidence
of Parliament and the country to carry any reul mea-
sure of financial, legal, or Parliamentary reform.
There was, however, in that Cabinet one eminent
statesman, who gave great strength to the Ministry
in the House of Cemtnens, and woo was at the same
time a favourite with the people. Yet he. the ablest
member of that Miuistry—the most popular in Par-
liament and the country—the moss truly British, libe-
rel. generous, and patriotic in the administranon of his
de7, artment, in Parliament, and in society—the most mag-
nanimous in mind, temper, and character, was abruptly
dismissed—in a manner, I believe, unprectd,nted. Not
for a c mversation with the French Ambassador, not for
writing a private opinion to Lord Nor manletn bat evidently
because " he would not lict,"..in the termer laeguage,
in Parliament, of his recent accuser, " as the minister of
Austria, ur as the minis,er of Russia, or of France, or
of any other country, but as the Minister of Er:glaze],"
I believe . that I quote Hansard, of the 2011 June,
1849, correctly. lie was oistun,sed, in fact, because
he would not fraternise with Schwariz,tiberg and the
des; ors, who now opeely
menace with ex:emanation the
constitutiowil Gov -rnments of Switzerland, Sardinia, and
Belgium. lie was dionisstd for reasons which would
have pieced him, at least, in a high peeition; before the
ountry, but wnich it would have been impossible for
him, as an ex-Minister, to have revealed, when he, in
reply to the late Premier. made t.is a xpl.uatious in the
House of Commons. The moment the Foreign Secre-
tary ceteed to be a member of brie late Cabinet, its dis-
sotution was not only evident, but inevitable. It has
died, and it bas been entombed, unlamented, never, as a
party, or as a compact. to have a resurrection,
The late Ministry bar, notwithstanding, considerable
merit due to it for some of its measures. I entertain,
and I believe many, others do also, the highest esteem for
several, who, in their individual departments, have done
good service to the state. But that compact Ministry
has passed away, and w.ben Lord Lansdowne bade fare,
well to public office, with that grace and dignity which
has always distinguished him during a long and merito-
rious public life, the sole link in the chain which con•
nected the great Whig Sta'esmen of the age of Fox with
the present time, deespp, ared, and the Whig., as a
party, or rather us a compact, has vanished for ever.
With respect to tee new or Protectionist Ministry,
power was forced upon them. Office overtook them,
ill-prepared for its administration, and if they would
at once abandon the impracticable and impossible
policy of reviving any tax on the essential food of man,
I think that, for the present eession at least, the House
of Commons ought to Extend to them as much sufferance
as that which was displayed towards the Whigs.
But we will have no Parliamentary reform, no legal
reforms, no law on education, no financial reform daring
the present session. The estimates brought in by the
late Government, and the renewal of the Income-tax fur
one year, will probably be serried; and the Parliament
will then be either prorogued or dissolved, that is to
say, if the Government he not defeated cu the motion of
which notice has been given by Mr. Villiers, in which
event there can be no doubt of an immediate dissolution.
We will probably have little Irish discussion this
session. Lord Clan ndou, if he has act left Ireland in
a thoroughly satisfactory c ndition, has administered
the government more sblv and justly than any Viceroy
since the, days of the celebrated Lord Chesterfield. If
this session endures, it is, however, more than probable
that the Mayttooth Grant will be 'evoked, and the
money thrown, into a General Educational Fund for
The question of untaxed 'or taxed faod will, however,
be the main subject of debate, and, to the Ministry, of
danger. They are pledged to protection, and if Lord:
Derby and his colleagues abandon the taxing of food, be
willand
hb designatedc abi
u e
Cabinet,
a an organized
greater traitor than Sir Robert Peel
organized perfidy.
But the principles of free and unrestricted trade will, it is
supposed, not be inter:erect with mite after the next elec-
tion. Lord Derby does not, however,'sbandon the doctrine
of protection. lie admires, but does net by any means com-
prehend the tariff s) stem of the United Stases. If he did,
and compared the old high protective tariff of America
with the present one of compeiratively moderate duties,
and then judged impartially of the favourable effects of
the latter, both tiscsily
on too& or on any
and judgment would have led hire :o conclu.ions not fa-
vourable to protectton, but to free trade. I have no ap-
oreheeion whatever of any return to protection duties
e revived in these kin dome. If a five-91'1148g duty per
quarter had been 'g.
might have been main-
tained in 1846, it
Lathed for a fe " other article. Food duties never can
kept up for a Log
town
be found with restime ; but I
believe there is having
o
ever been removed, n instance of such a toll-bar.
may bew years A toll-bar close to or within a
and afterwards restored. So it will
re-establish a tollP-Isseatr t
the food which is between
the mouth of man and
theessential to his health, strength and life._
The people have for six
abundant and cheap fooedTaarnsdeperienced the blessings of
fo ari no power can now
Sir R. Peel, " it is the sweeter,
with the leaven of injustice," because it is not reasoned
prohi-
bitory duties, even for purposes of return to .11b:he memorable words of
revenue or protection
—to tamper with the free-trade policy of the last ten
years, would inevitably donne etll luduettio, .trodisg,

and maritime engegements. A policy so dangerous
would do far more, it would engender a spirit'sof anar-
chy and insubordination,; and it would be impossible
to calculate the consequences of a strife between the
bread-eaters and the landlords. Of all the dangers to
be dreaded, none would be so fatal as those which would
be the consequence of a re-imposition of the FOOD TAX.
Parliamentary Reform was to have been the great
public question of this session. The unsatisfactory
England, Scotland,-and Ireland, which
been presented to the Commons by the ex. Prime
mhaedasures for En
Minister, and which have, of course, vanished with
the late Cabinet, did not, far from it, contemplate a
fair representation of the people, on the maxim
which I hold to be the only one of legislation and
finance that can be just. i. ee that representation and
taxation should be inviolably made inseparable. The Eng-
lish Bill. instead of preventing, would have greatly ex-
tended corruption. If a well of foul water is not to be
purified by pumping into it the dirty liquid of the
neighbouring ditches, rotten and corrupt boroughs
can only be purified by disfranchisement. Can
equitable taxation and just representation be
possible, when there are more than one hun-
dred English Members who have now seats in the
House of Commons, the population of whose united
constituencies do not amount to the population of the
city of Glasgow, which only sends two Members to Par-
liament? The English Bill also, which would have
greatly increased the elements of corruption, would have
also rendered the ballot, which it bad not, indispensable.
We must and will have, but not during the present Par-
liament,
eebeyatfhaer
latediff Gerenhvtaprlaamneon.
of Reform than that intro-
ducedLsgal Reform.—. With the opinions said to be enter-
tained by the ex-Lord Chancellor, no one expected any
good legal reform. Much to the credit of the new Go-
vernment, their law appointments, from the Lord Chan-
cellor downwards, have perhaps never been surpassed for
judicial and legal abilities. I wish, however, that in-
stead of leaving the affairs of Scotland to a Lord Advo-
cate (and none could have given more satisfaction than
Mr. lAhnevief ), that there would be appointed a Secre
tary for Scotland, who would not be compelled to attend
in the Parliament House, in Edinburgh, for the greater
part of the time which his duties to Scottish affairs re-
quire that he should devote to his attendance in the Par-
lietnent at London. The public and legislative affairs of
Scotland can never otherwise be satisfactorily discharged.
Colonial Policy.--The Colonial- .ffice which has ling
been the most arduous and perplexing department of
the State, requires at its head a statesman of the
greatest colonial information, the clearest sagacity, the
most dispassionate temper, and the most soundjudg-
ment. Exclusive of the Indian empire, of which I shall
say nothing in this letter, but that its charter must next
session at farthest be subjected to Parliamentary revi-
sion, we have in our North American colonies that sa-
tisfaction and prosperity which has resulted from having
fully conceded to them responsible self-government.
In the West Indies. the question of abundant labour
is essential to their prosperity, almost to their existence
as British colonies. I hope that without attempting Si
restore or continue differential sugar duties, which
would tend not to benefit, but to bring against those
colonies further competition from India and Malacca, the
present Government will take up the question of allow-
ing the West India planters to procure, without restric-
tion, abundant free labour.
The Kafir war is a calamity which affects all British
taxpayers. I fear it will absorb all the surplus revenue.
and leave nothing to enable the new Chancellor of the
Excht quer to abolish any odious tax. Lord Grey is, how-
ever, tar from being answerable for all the Cape Colony
evils. He inherited some of the most difficult to remedy,
especially that of the unjustifiable extension of dominions,
far beyond the means of defence, over the territories
of the K.-firs. Had the ex-Colonial Secretary (pos-
sibly be may have been restraieed from doing so),
five or six years ago, sent the Cape .colonists a consti-
tution, giving them the same responsible government
as that which her Majesty's subjects in British North
America have for twelve years enjoyed; had no attempt
been made to force the Cape of Good Hope to become a
penal colony, he might then have said to the colonists,
"Retreat within the limits which you can defend your
selves, for you shall have no portion of the taxes paid
by the British people, to fight in defence of your avari-
cious and dishonest encroachments.
Ceylon and the M,urititis are tranquil- and, we hope,
prosperous. The Australian colonies, Van Diemen's
Land and New Zealand, have recently received consti-
tutions. May they be found practical and satisfactory.
Yet, I fear, the gold discoveries will ruinously derange
the labour and industry of these settlements.
As to our foreign relations, I have no doubt but
that the Earl of Derby's policy will be as pacific
as that of Lord John Russell's would have been. Yet
if, as pretended, Lord Palmerston was dismissed for
considering that the French alliance was the most im-
nortant of any for the peace and interests of the United
Kingdom, and that, of the two, be considered the internal
peace, the security ot the property, and of the credit, and
of the progress of the trade and manufactures of
France, were better insured by the President gaining
the ascendant, than by letting loose on the country
the Red Republicans and Socialists, who swarmed
in the late National Assembly; it is also asserted,
that Lord Malmesbury is the intimate friend who
had frequently visited Louis Napoleon at Ham, and
extended to him princely hospitalities in this coun-
try. I disbelieve the alleged cause of Lord Pal-
merston's dismissal; for, if I am not greatly mis-
taken, Lords John Russell, Lansdowne, and some other
members ot the late Cabinet, were of even stronger opi-
nions than the ex Foreign Secretary with regard to the
coup cf Etat of the 2d December last.
1 abhor despotic acts, whether by a president, an
emperor, or an oligarchy; and I consider anarchy and
disobedience to the laws the most odious evils and
ulnicting calamities which can heftsl a nation. it is the
vital interest of this country to avoid intermeddling
with the affairs of other states. We may abhor th.,
attociles committed by the Neapolitan Government
—so generously and ably exposed by Mr. Gladston. ;
we m.y condemn despotism in France and, worse
; but we have nothing to do
policy or government of those
countries. Let us remain neutral, as we can wi 11 do
from our geographical in; let us tree ourselves, us
thanwith all,:he in
internal
A,reuasitrie
too termed, in his valedictory address, " entangling
alliances" with foreign powers; let us avoid war, anti }et
be in a sufficiently defensive state; let us never assume
soon as we honourably can do an, from what
wa„hine
the aggressive, except to recover positive rights, or in
order to maintain, on just grounds, the freeckm of
our natural and equal right to the maritime highways and
markets of the world; let us strive, not by any act dero-
gatory toneantionaanlydipgenoitt, or state, and let us endea-
but by honourable conduct,
nut to
otoofflainid ltieartceoutrhsee between the British empire and
goodwill and extend and main-
tvaoiu t o conciliate
hr
afr
e
all the nations of the world. Such is the foreign and
commercial policy that we ought to pursue ; that
which will be just and dignified to ourselves and to
others—that which I will always contend for—and
which, I believe, is regarded as wise and just by the
great majority of the people of the United Kingdom.
I entertain a high personal respect for many of the
members of the new Cabinet, whom I know, and how-
ever much I do differ from them on cumanrcial,
financial, and Parliamentary reform questions. I believe
them. at the bailie time, like all
to be sincere and honourable in their sentiments and
opinions with regard to the dignity and safety of
the empire. I, for one, with many of my friends, will
neither encourage nor take any partsiu a factious oppo-
sition to their administration.
But this new Cabinet must not hold the empire in sus-
pense as to its commercial policy, nor can we allow them,
without dissolving Parliament, to frustrate or deter a re-
form in the representation of the people. We want, in fact,
to know what we are to expect from them, and what they
intend to deny us as a people. If they persevere in a
mush
to relax food—to invade free-trade
st drive them to a resignation or a
principles, olivei
dissolution;
l u ot tfh intending
eunumddi
then
a general election must decide
a bather the people, as far ai tney are now represented,
are to prefer our policy to that of the Government now
holding power.
I will conclude by one or two observations in refer-
ence to the press. During and stems the late coup detat
in France severe animadversions hays been passed by
is certainly not infallible, but notwithstanding all its
faults,
ssh
we
emustthe British press. That press
statesmenauckonnoeledge that its virtues and its
usefulness are transcendent; and let it not be
forgotten, that there is no true liberty except
where the press is free, where it can only be
said to be free, in Great Britain, America, and the
ephreilsdsreedn, upthoantthe yourl nlibietridtys,
ot
British Colonies, and
where the Anglo-Saxon race and
language predominate, Wherever the press ceases to
be tree, the people lose their religious and political
liberties. Wisely did Juums any—any—'`L .t it be im-
of all the civil, bere
press
instilledthe
palladiumiutoye) your
children,
political, and religious rights of an
Englishman. lethite p

In the foregoing
far as just and frank duclarationg would permit me to
do, nut to manifest the bad grace of individual person:di Your representative,
ties. As observations I have endeavoured, as
I speak us onH of your.experience, and my
selves; as a legislator, I have independently expressed
the opinions resulting from my
honest convictions.
I have the honour. Gentlemen, to remiin
Your faithful servant,

1, Princea-terrace, Hyde-park, - J. MACGREGOR.
March 1, 1852.

RECOVERY OF LOST NOTES.—A little after one
King
o'clock in the afternoon of Friday last, a gentleman from
Stockport left the bank of Messrs. Loyd, Entwistle. and Co.,
street, having
placed in his trowsers pocket five 1001.
Bank of England notes, and proceeded to the Branch Bank
of England. Although in the immediate neighbourhood,
he found, on entering the latter bank, that he had lost the
notes. He forthwith gave information to Mr. Chief Super-
intendent Beswick, at the Town-hall. The number of one
of the notes was unknown. A public notice of the loss wa4
issued, offering 20/. reward. 00 Saturday a gentleman ljyr-
ing ink the tuarket-place handed one of the notes to M.
Beswick.
tookild
On Sunday a boy, living in Cross-street,
after some communication on the subject,
three of the others to the office. One was still wanting, and
latterway day
produced by the same boy on Monday. On the nen.--
the five notes were handed by Air. Beswick to the ow
Manchester Exanziner.
0 g. -- The
STOURBRIDGE. --- EN Or THE ,JTRlters
but two
milers resumed work on Tuesday, all the 111
i Nonls for twenty
having agreed to continue the old Pr-Ces. i a strike as
that
years have the operatives suffered so severely
during the last month, and it and that their
in peace. t poor sufferers that they endured Chronicle.
ur lverhamp on
conduct has been un'f "i ood ---- •• °
i orm yg '
p TOWMARKET.—This
MELANCUOLY SUICIDE A- S'clock, James Race, a
morning (Tuesday), about twelve 0
h oldest inhabitants of i very respectable mita, and one of Le • h. If M
hanging Imse . r. ,
the town, csmmitted suicide by ,
Race had been in a desponding way for some time, and had
is much to the credit of the
only recently retarged from an asylum
.reft•

OUT ASTERN RAIL WAY.

The spring half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of
the South-Eastern Railway was held yesterday at the
Bridge-house Hotel; Mr. James M‘Gregor, chairman
of the board of directors, in the chair.
The advertisement convening the meeting having
been real by Mr. G. S. Herbert, the secretary, the re-
port was submitted to the proprietors, which has already
been published in The Sun.

The CHAIRMAN thet---Pjeiceeded to address the meet-
ing as follows:—As you have been pleased to take the'
accounts and report as read, I shall ask your permission
to make some few observation on them, and to state that,
in my humble view, the position of the company as
therein pourtrayed is a satisfactory one. The increase
in last half-year's receipts, compared with the corre-
sponding half of the preceding year, is 58,1781.35. id.—
(Hear.) •I admit that we all expected a greater result
from the last half year's traffic with the continent, seeing
that the Great Exhibition was a paramount attraction, but
the competition for the continental traffic was severe, and
although no other route presents to the traveller so much
comfort or so much expedition as that by the South-
Eastern Railway, the difference in price in the fares
charged by our route compared with the rates charged
by other inferior means of transit was great, and many
passengers to whom economy was a greater object than
comfort, and to whom time was unimportant, were ab-
stracted from us—(Hear, hear)—and, besides, we must
in justice remark that the Northern Railway of France,
after having made a compact with us for express through
trains at reduced rates for return tickets, made a
still further reduction in their rates by other
routes.—(Hear, hear.) The whole continental traffic of
the year 1651, between Great Britain and the ports of
Antwerp, Ostend, Dunkirk, Calais, Boulogne, and
Havre was 317,104 passengers, of which number 170,966
travelled by the South-Eastern Railway.--(Hear, hear.)
The gross increase of receipt for through traffic earned
last year, compared with the half-year ending on 31st
January, 1851, was 23.0001., a small sum under the cir-
cumstances of the half year, an increase, indeed, that
might have been expected from the facility given by toe
tidal train's, ensuring every day a journey to and from
London and Paris in twelve hours, without other attrac-
tions.—(Hear, hear.) lam persuaded that the expedi-
tion and the comfort which was secured to continental
passengers by the south-eastern route, and by which
,to service was performed. without a single failure, will
ensure its being known and availed of to a greater ex-
tent, year by year.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, you
will notice, with great satisfaction, the increase of re•
ceipts upon the main line of 18,000/. ; upon the North
Kent line, or 5,000/, ; upon the Reading, Guildford,
and Reigate. O 1 16,000/4 and upon the Greenwich lice,
1,9001., from domestic passenger traffic—an increase
which will, I trust, be maintained heereatter.—(Ceeers.)
the increase in the goods and coal traffic has been
gradual and satisfactory. La,t half year it was 11,115/,
open the main line and branches.—(Hear, hear.)
I venture to submit to you the particulars of
goods end coal traffic, as it is shown from the
soar 1844 to the present time. For the half-year end-
ing 31st July, 1844, the earnings from goods traffic,
when the South-Eastern Railway had 89 miles open, was
87/. per mile. For the half-year ending January, 1852,
eith 270 miles of railway open, the earnings were 2461.
per mile. Of coal traffic the same comparison shows in
1844 the quantity carried to be less than 50 tons per mile
of railway open, and now, with the increased mileage,
it is 157 tons per mile of railway open.—(Hear, hear.)
I make this statement in earnest that time and
careful attention will enable us more skilfully and
more successfully to meet the competition by which
we are surround, d, to increase the comforts and facilities
given to the inhabitants of our district, and to insure a
greater return to ourselves. The accounts submitted
present to you evident:; of economy in the management
of the company, in regard to the points which are within
the control of the directors.—([Tear, hear.) The con-
,umpiion of coke is diminished—the improvement in
engines has lessened the quantity of coke used—with a
grouter amount of traffic and mileage run, and larger
arrange, wahave burnt a less quantity of coke.—(Hear )
We have run 168;300 more train miles, and consumed
650 tons less coke.—(Hear, hear.) At the same rate
per mile as the charge for the halt-year, an economy of
1,750/. has been effected.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen,
you will observe that, from the commencement of the
present year, we have contracted for a supply of coke,
in excess of what is manufactured by the company, at
one out of three sets of ovens, at an economical price.
We are to pay 17e. lid. per ton, instead of 20s. 3d., the
charge last half-year.--(Cheers.) There is also a pros-
pect of this cost being further reduced, by the establish-
roent of a more economical mode of transit from the
coal pits to the coke ovens, by the use of iron screw-
steamers.—(Hear, hear.) We have taken mea-
sures to t conomize the consumption of stores.
—(Hear, hear.) An improved system of superin-
tendence during the latter months of last half-year
enables me to say that the advantage thus gained will
be contisuous, and that further economy will appear in
our next half-yearly report.—(Hear, hear.) I esti-
mate the saving in coke and sores during the
ensuing year at 4,000/. to s,oool—(Loud cheers.)
Gentlemen, you will observe that the accounts presented
to you, which have been verified by the auditors, and
by Messrs. Quitter, Ball, and Co., the accountants em-
ployed by them, show that you may declare a dividend
at the rate of three and a half per cent. per annum, or
10e. 6i. per 301. consolidated stock, and that a surplus
will remain of 4,26£1. 12s. 10d.—(tiesr, hear.) I have
to submit to you, nu the part of the directors, their eati-
mate of the amount at which the capital account will be
closed. Gentlemen, assuming that t he engineer's estimates
for the completion of the works in progress will cover
the outlay requisite for that purpose, and that the asses s
set forth in the company'a balance-sheet to 31st Ja-
nuary, 1852, and the surplus property will realiz the
:11031 at which they are respectively estimated, et ,d of
wn!ch the directors have satisfactory evid, nce. tlse pre-
sent means of the company are sufficient for the cloaieg
of the capitol account, at the teal sum of 9 692 3751,
which will be thus represented:—
Consolidated stock ............... £7,433,700
4 Guaranteed 5t0ck.,.... 481,300
Bond Debt ........................ 1,784,375

£9 699 375
We suggest in the report the propriety of c .nverting 1h"
bond debt into a permanent guaranteed stock, and look-
ing forward to effecting that measure at the rate of 34
p-r cent. per annum, there would be a reduction on the
outgoings of last half-year of 8,7371, or 17.4741. per
annum.—(Cbeers.) Gentlemen, I will not occupy your
time by alluding at present to the lease of the Reading,
Guildford, and Reigate Railway, as that subject must be
discussed at a special meeting when this general meeting
is over.—
(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) At this meet-
ing one of the auditors, Mr. John Morgan, and three
of the directors, Mr. Renshaw, Captain Warren, and
I, retire by rotation. The directors were alive
to a sentiment entertained by the proprietors that the
system
of re-elecing retiring directors should not pro-
ceed without exception, and in deference to that senti-
ment we submitted to you a proposal that on the present
and future occasions one retiring director should not
offer himself for re-eh.ction,—(Hear, hear.) The pro-
position so submitted to you has met with universal ap•
probation. By agreement among the directors, my
honourable colleague Captain Warren does net offer
himself for re-election on this occasion. The directors
respectfully submit to you that in their humble opinion
it will be for the interest of the company to elect Mr.
R ch, the Member for Richmond, who is one or the can-
didates soliciting your suffrages as a member of the
board. They believe that by such an election the influ-
ence of the direction and the interests of the company
will not be diminished.—(Cheers.) The Chairman con-
cluded by moving that the report of the directors and the
statement of accounts be received and adopted.—(Hear.)
The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN seconded the motion.
In reply to Mr. LEVY,
The CHAIRMAN said she reduction in the cost of coke
was upwards of 2,000/. compared with the preceding
half-year.
Mr. LEVY wished to know how much the company
had been robbed of this year in the purchase of coke?
The CHAIRMAN did not like a proprietor using such
an expression. If any gentleman would look to his
household accounts, he would see that there had been a
great difference in the price of coal since the Great
Northern Railway bad been opened.
Mr. LEVY said ho knew well what ought to have been
the proper cost for coke.
The CHAIRMAN said the directors did not put forward
the reduction as one showing great merit on their part.
They only relieved the revenue of a portion of a heavy
charge in consequence of a reduction taking place in the
price of coal.—(Hear.)
Mr. GEo. SMITH regretted that the smallness of the
dividend, compared with that given by neighbouring
raileays, called from him an expression of disappoint-
ment and dissaisfiction—an expression which he be-
lieved would be entirely shared by other proprietors.lf he wanted to bring forward a vote of want of confi-
dence in the direction, he w m heid do so manfully; but
hesitated doing so. What was their situetion after the
flsurishing year of 1851? Why they had got 34 per
cent. for the year.
h oh!)
A VorcE—Na for the half•year.—
(C) the was satis-
Mr. GE ROE SMITHI wished it was NO, taut but
fi rt that it was only 34 per cent. for therreela,,te year;
h.° believed
is. theirs ystem of nir.nage>ment were correct, r
the
half-year. -
thte dividend would be 34 per ceer. .erneritconsist,,,i•
in
(H. ar, hear.) The defective
manage'me'nt put iiito first.-
this, that second-class pas-tenger passengers into seconadd
cla carriages, and third-ctlahses
class carriages; a lamp to the
contended, was wrong, be-
causethird-cfass carriages h
also been refused, that,
carriages without light.
shall have you in, shan't
no man would tbrauvtelwine
Mr. LEVY—NV'''. e what your system of maneament
vto ? then we shall Be.
b.de
,petter or worse.—(Laughter.)
it would be better; but while they
is. It will eitheree
Mr. Hams hsotron. which chore passengers to carry
tolerated s y
. system
the directors hail got rid of the
oar dl, with
danger
which the remedy for a light gave rise to, of set-
ting strain on fire, by making the carriages uncovered.
—(Cheers.iof electl
He thought when they had an opportunity
, .ug new directors they should send men to the
board who would look to their interests, and on whom
they might depend.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. LEVY said the public voice was in favour of new
blood being introduced into the board. Now though he
thought it desirable to have new blood, he would never
pander to such an appetite,—(A laugb.) It was a de-
praved appetite. If there was any good blood in the
noard—and he did not think there was much—he thought
they ought to keep it. The proposition of the board
with regard to the appointment of new directors was
nothing more than a j but it was wrapped up well.—
(Laughter.) The best man, Captain Warren, had been
turned oat of the board.—(Hear.) He was a British
sailor, who had done much for the company in France,
and he was the last director who ought to have been
ousted.—(near.)§Ele should be glad to know if he could
not give his vote for Captain Warren's re-election.
e.
The CHAIRMAN told Mr. Levy that, as an indepen-
dent proprietor, he mut liberty to prom" hie I
election -(Cheer.)

Mr. LEVY said that he would move his reeelection, for
no one knew more of their French traffic than Captain
Warren.—(Cheers.)
Mr. CROOK was glad to hear that the capital account
was about to be closed, for until the capital account ot
railway was closed there could be no dependence in the
genuineness of the dividend.—(Hear, hear.) He was
very much disappointed in the amount of the dividend to
be declared on this occasion, and he hoped in future
economy would be studied even to a greater extent than
that pointed out by the chairman.—(Hear, hear.) He
announced his intention to propose a resolution to the
effect that the chairman's stipend be reduced from 2 0001.
to 1,0001, and the directors from 2001. to 1001—(Oh.)
Mr. LEVY called the Hon. Proprietor to order.
Before such a resolution could be proposed, notice of it
must be given in regular order.—(Hear, hear.
The CHAIRMAN overruled this objection. The Hon.
Proprietor was quits at liberty to propose such a reso-
lution, but it must be at a later period of the meeting.
Mr. CROOK—Then why did not you interrupt me
before, if I was going wrong?
Mr. LEVY—Because I like to hear as much as I can
of your jaw.
Mr. GEORGE thought the only method to improve the
dividend was to reduce the working expenses.—(Hear,
hear.) Why not take the printing into their own hands,
and allow the salaries of the heads of departments to in-
crease with any advance in the dividend, as was the case
on the Brighton line.—(Hear, hear.) It was a false
policy to reduce the pay of a servant, and he hoped it
would not be applied either to the directors or the work
ing staff:—(Hear, hear.) He recommended, in future,
that all the contracts should be open, but, above all, pay
their servants well, and also serve the public well.
Mr. W. REID should be glad to know when prelimi-
naries were likely to be ace enplii.hed for clueing the
capital account? He thought the account ought to be
closed at once.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN said it was impossible to close the
capital account now, but, excepting with regard to the
work now actually in progress, and the goods ware-
houses on lines recently opened, the directors were pre-
pared to give a pledge that uo works should be under-
tsken vvithuut ihe sanction of a general ineeLing.—
(Cheers.) The working eat-rinses of the railway were
greatly exaggerated by improperly importing into the
calculations the Interest and commission attendant upon
their mortgage bonds.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. LEVY asked what they were paying to the Beek
of Eeglatel?
The Cnaleeraer said ei per cent., but the money
which the Bank lent them was worth that price when it
was wanted.—(Hear, hear )
Mr. LEVY complained of the extravagance of the
interest.
The CHAIRMAN !aid 030 proprietor had found fault
with them tor not ptetieg lights into the third-etas
carriages; but why should they so long as they were
ferced to run a Parliamentary rain at a los4—(dear )
be carriages which formerly induced passengers to
provide themselves with candles were now all run in
daylight.—(H. ar, hear.)
Mr. LEVY tidied how much they were going to speed
on the North Kent line? Five thousand pounds were
spent upon this line last year.
The CHAIRMAN correc,ed the Hon. Proprietor. They
did not expend 5,0004 upon the North Kent alone; but
the proprietors, if they wished to have their property
protected from unjust and ruinous competition, must
repose confidence in the directors as to the expense
they went to on that account.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. LEVY repudiated the idea that it was a boon con-
ferred upon the shareholders to allow them to elect their
directors. It was their right, and he objected to Mr.
Rich, M.P., being brought forward in this way.—(Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN said Mr. Rich was a highly respec-
table man, and besides being a director of the Sun Lie-
Office, ho had also been honoured with the confidence of
her Majesty's late Government, and was a thorough bu-
siness man.—(Hear.)
Mr. LEVY repeated, that in losing Captain Warren
they were going to replace him by a vastly inferior
man.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. BROWN said Mr. Levy had made some reference
to him, when tie spoke of the interest paid to the Bank
of England.—(Hear, hoer.) Now, he begged to inform
the meeting, that the statement he made to Mr. Levy
was given in confidence.
.Mr. LEVY denied this. Mr. Brown came to him and
wanted him to join with him in getting up an opposi-
tion to turn out the chairman.—(oh, oh! and cries of
" Turn Brown out.")
Mr. BROWN made some confused explanation, bat he
did not deny the charge made by Mr. Levy.
Mr. Weesoer attributed the low dividend to the ex-
travagance and mismanagement of the executive. He
had long ago warned them of this, and worse would fol-
low if they did not follow the advice which he had so
long ago dinned into their ears. The great evil was
the many tributaries which the directors bud so per-
versely persisted in buying on all hands, which never
would. be of the slightest use, whatever promises the
directors might continue to hold forth. As for
the dividend, he believed that it was the best they ever
would have ; next year it would be more likely to be
6d. instead of lOs 6d. The management was most
detective in every point of view.
The CHAIRMAN threw back the insinuations of Mr.
Wilson on himself. He would ask that gentleman with
regard to tributary lines, who was it that was se
anxious for the extension of a railway to
Blackwell ? Whe Was it that had subscribed
a sum twenty times larger than his interest in the South-
Eastern Railway to supp+lt a line to Gravesend to com-
pete with this hue?
.Mr. WILSON denied that ho bad ever done so.
The CHAIRMAN said that his source ot information
was a Parliameteary ducument, and be might have peen
mistaken.
The resolution confirming the report was then put and
carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution declining
Iliviciend of 3 per cent., which wee secoeded by the
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN, and carried Unwinnoudy.
Tee t HAIRMAN next pie-posed, and the I)EPUTY-
CHAIRMAN seconded, a resolution empowerieg the
bier cams to tele., such steps as they might thole fit to
entorce the payment of owstanding calls to arrear, whim,
wa- alto cirri. d without de,cussion.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed, and the DEPUTY-
CHAIRMAN secouded, a resolution empowering tte
dire titers to sell the shares purchased by the company,
and converted into consolidated stock, by tender to the
highete, bidder.
Mr. WILSON objected to the, sale of the shares.
Mr. Alderman SALOMONS was quite of opinion that
the shares ought to be sold, but in such a matter he
would not trust either broker, public meeting, or board
of directors; he would suggest that the shares should be
sold by public auctoin.
A SHAREHOLDER proposed that the pre-emption of the
shares should be offered by letter to every one of the
shareholders in proportion to the interest they severally
held.

Mr. Alderman TH-DIPSON asked the Chairman
whether the financial state of the company was such as
to render it absolutely necessary to bring these shares
into the market?
Tne CHAIRMAN said, in answer, that the sale of the,
shares was absolutely necessary betore the capital
account could be carried. The uumbt rof those shares
was 6,200.
Mr. Small said he should propose an amendment.
that a committee of five shareholders should be ap-
pointed to confer with the directors on this subject, and
report in a month.
Mr. LEVY seconded the amendment.
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON proposed, by way of rider,
that the directors should have the power which they
sought when they were able to close the capital account.
The CHAIRMAN said he should have no objection to
add words to this effect.
A SHAREHOLDER proposed that this matter should
be deterred to a future meeting.
The CHAIRMAN said the only desire of the directors
was to convert these shares into bonet fide assets, end it
the meeting would pass this resolution, which
amend-
ment would
have that effect, he had no hesitation in saying that
directors would take no further steps until the next
meeting.
Mr. Alderman 5AL03102,18 then moved as an g the
that these shares should be distributed among
eou
proprietors pro rata, at the rate of 201. p
The CHAIRMAN intimated the readinesesrosf the directors

to accede to this arrangement.
After a short discussion the original motion and Mr.
an
Smith's amendment were viithdrawn, d the amend-
tnent of Mr. Alderman Salomons was carried unani
mously. and the DEPUTY.
The Crurnivre.st next proposed.
CHAIRMAN Seconded, a resolution ernpowerir g tn,
Four
ofp aslTetd 1 iotrt
dl ee
rui :leg.
directors, in case the shares should not be taken up by
that a
the shareholders, to dispose of them- as they thought tit.
Th, CHAIRMAN then said that he had next to pro-
pose a resolution which was t.o do away with an ite, of
''yxeaPresn7govisibireih>sowlt7tsior hudalebtleveen
list Of the shareholders should be
affixed to the name of thoseprinted with a star
the office of directors. Out qualified for
those printed each year of 5,000 of
only thirty-seven
hid been sold in three . ..,y-seven copies
had cast 250/. He sh,,„,rals. The printing of those
lists 41)0135_4
no "' - I°"rd.re. propose that tbip.e
intend, dto offer longer, but thit an) gentleman %kilo
fortnigtit',,, not:" himself as a •
caniltd.v_o should give a
The DE IPUTY-,..1.
11A1
LI
Mr. WILSON on' MAN seconded the motion.
which had been
to the abandonment of a reso-
lutionfie been come to at a former meeting.
should • proprinted as us pose an amendment that the lists be
the name of mil, and that a star should be affixed to
had. every shareholder for every vote wbich he

This amendment was put and lost, bat a subsequent
ndEnent, thatasc 500 copies,
ami.
the same as before, should
w
be printed, carried.
Mr. Morgan was then re-elected as an auditor.
The CHAIRMAN then announced, that as his termof
office had expired, it was now his duty to retire from the
position which he held, and l-ave his re-election or ie.
j( ction in the hands of the shareholders.
Mr. M•Gregor then vacated the chair
• which was
taken by Mr. Swale,
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the re-election
of Mr.
M‘Gregor, which was seconded by Mr.
GREY,
sup-
ported by several other shareholders, andand
unanimously.
Mr. M‘Gii,Ecion then resumed his seat amid the cheers
of the shareholders, after thanking them for the honour
which they had conferred on him, and pledging himself to
devotel a. his, energies and z, to their service.
On the motion of the c
_ LIAIRMAN, seconded by Mr.
Alderman TifoxPlox, M r. Renshaw was re-elected
a director.
The CHAIRMAN
then proposed, and Mr. Alderman
SALomoNs seconded, the election of Mr. Rich, M.P., as
room of Captain Warren, retiring by
rotation.

Mr. LEvir proposed the re-election of Capt. Warm.
Air. Wiatai iecadad the azandment.

The CHAIRMAN denied that the candidature of Ur
Rich had originated with him or with the directors.
Captain WARREN explained that the chairman, the
deputy- chain:tar, and himself being the directors to re-
tire by rotation, ho had, in deference to the position of.
the two others, volunteered not to offer himself for re-
election. It was with feeling,s of great regret that /10
left, the board; and if, at any future time, they should
think fit to repose this trust in him again, he should be
moat happy to undertake it.
Mr. CROOK then proposed that the salary of the Chair-
man should be 1,000/, per annum, and the directors 1001.
per annum.
The motion was not secomled.
Tno meeting was then made special, and the draft of
the Bill for the amalgamation of the Guildford, Reading,
and Reigate with the South-Eastern Company was SP"
proved of, and a vote of thanks concluded the business
of the meeting.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS•
continues D tBY t
o SMITHFIELD
be well
supplied A l A
withßKETf,at MAReH
beasts
England, Rotherham market, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghagl'
shire. The supply of to. day was about the average, and the
quality of the animals was generally good, fully maintaining The
number week's prices. There was a fair supply of sheep, w,
were in good request, most of which found buyers.
number of fat and store calves was somewhat larger to•claft
and readily disposed of. Fat pigs more plentiful. Beef, 4idrd
from Our
the nmoratrhke of
5d ; mutton, 51d to 61d ; veal, 5d to sid per lb ; pigs, 7s
to 7s 9d per score. Rough fat, 3s 6d per stone of 141bo.
Hides, 11,c1 to lid per lb ; calf skins 2d to 3111 per lb.
UPPINGHAM, MArtcx 3.—Wheat 40s to 445; barley Vitt°
31s Od ; oats 19s to 245; beans 29s to 32s per qr. Butter Ilia
per lb ; eggs 24 for ls.
LOUTH, MARCH 3. —Wheat 36s to 42s ; barley 255 to 295 a
oats 15s to 20s ; beans 25s to 20s per qr. tp
NEWARK, MARCH 3.—Wheat, white 46s to 455, red 411
455; barley, malting 32s to 355, grinding 26s to 28s; oath
seed 25s to zlis. feed 23s to `Pis; beans, 325 to 42s
malt, 56s to 618; tares, 35s to 4os per qr.
MELTON MOWBRAY, MARCH 2.—Wheat, 40s to 44241
barley, 26s to 31s; oats, lips to 23s ; beans, 2Ss to
per qr. Butter 11 dto 12d per lb ; eggs 20 to 24 for le. 43,
BOSTON, MARCH 3.—Wheat, red 36s to 425 Od, ',hitt to
to 455, superfine 47s to OOs; barley 27s to 30s; oats, 14s
Os ; beaus ttis to 32s ; peas 26' to 29s per qr. tj
An
LYNN, MARCH 2.—Wheat 36s to 38s Od, fine ..-1„1.
445; barley 2, s to 235, fine 398 to 325; oats OOs to 005 v°l
beans Os to
ED fine Os to Os per qr. A
:ell
INBURGH GRAIN MARKET, MARCH 3.--T°.""lek
market wee well supplied with all kinds of grain. Sal" I'6l,
The top of wheat was 2s, and the average Is the top
Barley on the top Is, and the average 10d up. Oats on the toP
I s 2d, and the average Is d up. Beans •n the top the 501
as last week, and the average lid up. Uusold, 61 qrs wb°B7
64 qrs barley, 186 qrs oats, and 6 qrs beans.
Top of Whcat
~ Barley 654411bb: 53°3: °cLcid
), Oats ... 46 lb 265 0"
„ Beans
Od ter
EDINBURGH CATTLE.jUAR;;T, gA.8.C6Ht131.t4.:1711.8 nit "dd
of cattle was 644, or 17 more than last week.. Top price,
to 6s 9d; current, 6s ,'d ; secondary and inferior, frrlted,
to 5s tid per Dutch stone. A good clearance .was emelloss
The number of sheep at market this Inormlig t
2,767, being 268 more than last week. Best vvedder Inut4d;
top price, 5d per lb ; current, 5d to Od; ewes;
A clearance was not effected.

UURK, MARCH 3.
Barrels. curreeePotos
O White wheat 00s Od to 00$ Od 00s Oci-.-2
O Red wheat ols Od to 90a Od do
0 Ditto oos Od to 00s Od.)- 00$ Od---..-
en
O Date oos Od to 00s Od
45 Barley 13s Od to 00s Od la do
0 Ditto .oos Od to 00$ Od} 00s Odd
O Ditto oos Od to 00s Od
0 Bere
146 Oats
160 Ditto lf's 4d to 10s Bcl 00s v.""14
O Ditto ... Oth Od to 00s Od) Olt
51 Pigs 251 6d to 31s 6d CO. Od per
Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:— 6 004
0 barrels white wheat ; 00 red ; 00 barley; 0 bore,
17 pigs..
Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week V.:
Whew' 335. _ Barley, 518. Oats 3831, ~
pip. 41

Return of Cattle sold for week ending Feb. 28.
Pigs, 712. Sheep, 205. Cows, 93. ifis Od;
CoaE.—Flour—tirst 12, 6d to 14s Od; to 91
seconds, lOs 6d to 12s Od; households 9s to 108 6d; thirn' eat'
per cwt. Oatmeal 10.6 d to 1 1s; Indian meal 7s 3d to Is °"; -▪ ho
per
meal, 10s Od to tOs 6, per cwt. Indian corn 71 25 6d to 717_,40
ton. Bran 85s to 87.6 d per ton. Hay--LFarmers 20s to 395; 6,"11
275; dealers 33s to 42, Od; average 35sper ton. Straw.---F,;"
145 Od to 22s Od ; average 18s ; dealers 221 Od to 30+
average 005 Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 61d 84• to
household loaf Old to Od per 41b. Fresh buttersN.4..
10d per lb. Eggs-4s 4d to 45 6d per hundred. t16:101,
Newnort 15, Od ; Lydney 155; Landore 00s; girt.
12s 6d per ton. Tallow 38a Od to 405 Per Best
Whisky, 25 o. p., 55 9d per imperial gallon. bi to
—Beef 4d to 6d; mutton 5d to 6d; veal vines
7d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausage. 5d per lb t:01.
818. to 9/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 2/ 17s 6d to 3103 Pe' too.
Bark, red 71 to 8110 s per ton. Fleece wool 145 to 15s P I roil
Hemp 291 to 341 per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19s to 0011 ne
ditto, 24s to 001 per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ 05 to lielfoss
ton. Timber—Memel, 70s per ton; red pine, 31 51; Leal.
ditto, 2/ 155 per ton ; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. Alas
Market 18s to 255. salted 20s to 26s per evri c 4" ftiks.
3d to Od per lb. Potatoes, white 7d to 80; „
81
10d to 12d. Guano— Peruvian, 10! 10s to 11/; tonlw—
to 91,, per ton. Tar—A rellangel, 199 per barreL

—lSTULin,ahrkaertt cwiats 4v.ery
STOCK Exc ...ANGBER.
RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS
The “til • •
STOCK EXCHANGE.
sales reported were—South Devon, Preference, 12%t
—Taff Vale (New), 1 p. '
LI V ERPOOL MARCO' 4.
good to-day, and prices nenerally bad downward tendency
r. ektransactions to-day were as rollow:—Catedonian, 1061
Pi, erhhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 113/4 dis. -- Ea.s_.
inactive to-dsP
Ditto, Fitt/
Lancashire, Di—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 69 -
( est Riding Union), 4'4, dis. alanchester Sheffield, /I.lld,
Lincolnshire, 3USi —Midland, —sB—York and North MI
- The sha're rket snot quite so
land, 21 ~
Caledonian, l 7 M A NTCHI4•:sT ER. MARCH 4. at of
,VOCK E
business done to-da but ' in most cases were low.
t 1 •
ian those of prices rir follow ••••
Junction,Westerri
Cal • yesterday.
Ne".l"4lE. —There has been a fair anlcia _.—r
74;4—East
—Dian., Pre'erence, 8 ~.. —..Eigi ern.
iiCIAVa;
-Anglian, 7 per cent., 2,4
• Midland 507 e • and
Chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,3 lfi Lancashire
Yorkshire, 69—Ditto, Fifths, 65,4d5. ' London and Sortll-
- New Quarters, -,
11113,6id'is.—DiStotutti-Eastern and Dover, 2O N°.11°147
-

zRN._ F arero i
u the
Feb.
FRENCH RAILWAY TRA
-----,-----
NORHFIC.
The following
elba"l2
ceipts of the principal French Railways :--- erg,
192.5401.; goods, 260,009 f.; total, 452,549 f. eh
ROUEN.—From F.,b, 15 Feb. 21 : risseng
60,n.n, . to
a ‘3"`., goods, 91,067 f ; total, 159,5401. er*
iIAVRE.—From Feb.. 15 to Feb. 21 : PaSsol3g
returns of ()Ifs t:hersgsereolsasg re:
24,1201.; goods, 42.869 f. ; tutl 66,989 f. ogeris
ORLEANS.—From Feb. .16a to Feb. 22: FAllie
68 0481. ; goods, , 147,329 f total, 215,337 f. e pasSeagellt
BORDEAUX.—From Feb. 10 to Feb. II': -
40,7371.; good!, 72,7281.; total, 113,465 f; pSS seugellr
VIERZON —From Feb. 16 to Feb. 22:
27,252 f.; goods, 57,549 E; total, 84,800 f. vp mager*
NANTEs.--From Feb. 12 to Feb. 18 : .1- 1199-
25,2591.; goods, 304301.; total, 56 089 f. •,-, net%
Z`attASBURG —From Feb. 12 to Feb. 18: rasse
89 2921,; goods, 110,1101.; total, 199,402 f. ot
BALE.—From Feb. 9 to Feb. 15 : 13959013ger
19,5031.; goods, 20,3471.1 t0ta1,39,750f.
MONTEREAU.—From Feb. 12 to Feb. 18: Passenger*
7,919 E; goods, 15.6511.; total, 23:5701
MARSEILLES.—From Feb. 5 tot b. 11: Passenger*
32,8221.; • goods, 30,17 a.; total, 697 f.
Lyoris.—From Feb. Bto Feb. 4 14 : passenger.,
•
177.365 f.; goods. 105,315 f., total, 282 , 680 f .
CHAATIIES.—From Feb. 16 to Feb. 22:
Passage"'
422 • total, 47,635.
22 213 r.; goods, 25, f• ,
_ .

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BIRTH-R. •
0 F A 11 0:N.
On the 2d inst., at Barton Grange, near Taunton, the IVO
Of F. W. Newton, Esq. of an heir.
On the tat inst., at 'Edinburgh, the lady of Sir Grahtlia
Montgomery, Bart., of Stanhope.
OF A DAUGHTER
On the 2d hie., at Preston, Lancashire, the lady of
I'.
Miller, Esq.
On the 2d inst., at Tulse-licastle.

MARRIED. eut.
On the 2d inst., at the parish church, Lewisham, Li..,
James Gordon Nixon, 1.N., son of the late Captain C. ks•
Nixon, R.N., to Charlotte Mary, eldest daughter of George
Walter, Esq., of Gre.nwich. ..la
not
Ernest., On the 2d inst., at Arciglass, county of Down, AA—
Ernest., youngest son of C. Thelluson, Esq., of Worthii
Sussex, to Emily, only daughter of A. Robinson, BE*, °
Orchard-street, Portman-square,

DIED.
On the 2d inst., at Orcheston Rectory, Wilts, the Re'
Edward T. Bidwel, aged 59.
On the 2d inst.. in Clifton-park, Birkenhead, Robert L.
Carr, Esq., aged 63.
Oa the SOth ult., at Guildford, Mary, widow of the late
William G. Field, of London, aged 55.
At Bedford-road, Clapham, on the 3d inst., John Broca,
Esq., late Collector of Excise, aged 77.
On the 2d inst., at Tunbridge-wells, W. Offiey,

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