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London, England, 1856-04-17

MEETING OF CONVOCATION.

Yestiriay morning both Houses of Convocation re-
assembled at Westminster by adjournment from the pre-
vious day.
THE UPPER HOUSE.
The Upper House assembled at 11 o'clock. There were
present the Archbishop of Canterbury (who presided),
the Bishops of Oxford, Winchester, Llandaff, Worcester,
and other right rev, prelates.
Soon after their lordships assembled, the Archbishop
of Canterbury received from the Prolocutor of the
Lower House a report which bad been agreed upon
by the Committee of Gravamina, in reference to the
question of Church rates, which matter was fully dis-
cussed on a previous occasion. The committee strongly
reemninended that, as there was a bill on the question
now before Parliament, it would be exercising a wise
discretion not to persevere until the decision of the Le-
gislature should be ascertained.
The ARCHBISHOP, after consulting with the bishops,
stated that he had laid the matter before their lordships
of the Upper House, who begged him to say that they
fully concurred in the propriety of not at present making
any formal report on the subject. The question would
probably be settled by the Legislature in the course of
the present ses,ion.
On the retirement of the Prolocutor, there being no
other business, their lordships adjourned.
The Lower House was occupied with the re-considera-
tion of the report on Church discipline, referred back to
them on the previous day. The house being unable to
get through all its business asked and obtained leave to
sit again to-day.
Dean Milman has placed in the hands of the Prolocu-
tor the following notice of motion : "To propose a peti-
tion to the Upper House, praying their lordships to con-
sider the propriety of presenting an address to her Ma-
jesty for the discontinuance of the order requiring the
use of the oecasional4rvices for the sth November, the
• 39th qanuary, -and the 29th May.

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BUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.

'. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

CLARET STAKES.

Rifleman
St. Hubert
Capucine

Three ran.
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.

The Earl
Diego
Fisherman

Nine ran.
ASKE PRODUCE STAKES.

Tyritts .

`Palmer ~

Five ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOUS.
Dead heat with Pitapat and Theodora.
Three ran.
50/. HANDICAP ,PLATE. A.F.

Ghika

Eight ran.
SWEEPSTAKES 10 SOVS.

Rudstone
Rattler .

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.)
The Lord CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wooleack
at five o'clock.

The Earl ST. GERMANS presented a petition in
favour of the bill for an amendment of the marriage law.
The Bishop of ST. ASAPH presented a petition
against the abolition of Church•rates.
t Lord DYNEVOR presented two petitions against
the abolition of Church-rates, and also one against the
removal ofLampeter College to Brecon.

The Earl of DERBY presented petitions against the
abolition of Church-rates and the legalisation of the mar-
riage with a deceased wife's sister.
PROTECTTON OF THE HOUSE FROM FIRE.

Lord STANLEY, a'lverting to a question put to
bins the other evening by Lord Redesdale respecting
the flew arrangement's for the protection of the house
from fire, said that be had put himself in communi-
cation with the Chief Commissioner of Works, who
informed him that, in consultation with Sir R. Mayne,
it was thought more desirable to give the custody of
the !Ouse into the hands of a fixed body of police
rather than the !nixed body now in charge of the
The-.pr esent force placed within the building con-
sisted of one inspector, two sergeants, and 18 policemen.
The most ample ire Ans was taken for the protection of
the/ lrAse. The arrangement was precisely similar to
those adopted in the dockyard at Chatham.
Lord' REDESDALE said he did not think the new
arrangement as good as the old one. He hoped it would
be reconsidered.

, Tile Duke of SOMERSET hoped the body in charge
of the building would have complete control over the
water-pipes.

TROOPS FOR NORTH AMERICA.
In answer to the Earl of ELGIN,
Lord PANMURE said it was quite true that a large
body of troops was about to be sent oat to the Canadas,
but it was most unfounded to suppose that it was for
thOptipose of aggression. It was merely to replace the
fore that bad been withdrawn from North America to
the scene of the late warlike operations. The
Government Lad also ordered out large muni-
tions of war to North America, which were simply to
make up for the large quantity which bad been with-
drawn from that quarter during the war.

THE EDUCATION BILL.
Th 3 Bishop of OXFORD asked the noble earl the
President of,the Council what curse it was intended
to adopt with respect, to the Education Bill ?
Earl GRANVILLE said it was not intanded to pro-
ceed,
with the measure after what had occurred in another
place.
Their lordships then adjourned.
London, England, 1856-04-17

Country Markets.

EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET--APRIL 15.
There were in the market to-dap 16 sacks oatmeal, each
weighing 280 lbs imperial, which sold at 425. Od.

EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET—
A PRIL 1. •
Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large.
Oat straw, from Es Od to lls Od per kemple of Lb stones
tron; wheat do., 8s Od to lOs Od; barley do., 7s 7d to 8. 61
Ray from 10d to 15d.

DALKEITH MEAL

IKET—Arnar, 14.

Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. f Third.
imperial
Barleymeal, per ditto
Peasemeal, per ditto
d"'

Flour, per ditto
Pot-barley, per ditto

353 Od —s Od —8 Od
—s Od. s Od I—s Od

GLASGOW-APRIL 16.

Weather brilliant. There was an unusually small at-
tendance, and a very restricted trade. Wheat a slow sale
at a reduction of fully 6d,to is per 1401bs on new, and 3d
to 6d on old. Flour i❑ fair demand at is to 2s per sack,
and 6fl to is per barrel less money. Barley quiet and un-
changed in value. Oats dull at 3d to 6d per 26i1bs., and
oatmeal at 6d to is per 2801bs cheaper.

CORK—APRIL 16.
"White wheat, 35s ; red, 28s to 31s 6d ; barley, Ms 6d to
21s; oats, 12s to 15s.

DUBLIN-APRIL 15.

We had a very dull market for all kinds of grain. We
do not, however, alter our quotations of Friday, except for
wheat, which was is to is 6d, and Indian corn, whioh was
is lower.

White wheat, 375 Od to 41s ; red ditto, 34s Od to 38, 01 ;
barley, 14s Od to 108 Od ; oats, lls Od to 14s ; rapeseed,
—s Od to —s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 14s Od to 15s 64 ; bakers
Boor, 21s Od to 27s ca per cwt ; Indian corn, 29e Od. to 31s 01
per 480 lbs.

COAL MARIE'
Prioes of Co&1 per toa at

:T.—APRIL 16.
the close of the atal tot.
Wellsond, al c.

s. d.
Buddlo W. Hartley lB 3
Byass's West Hartley 18 3
Hasting's Hartley lB 3
Howard's West Hartley
Netherton 17 9
Tanfield Moor l4 0
Tanfield Moor Butes 14 C
Walker Primrose l4 3
West Pelton
West Riding Hartley l7
Wylam 15 6

5. ;4.
lelmont
Braddyll
Framwellgate
laswell _...,.18 6
fetton
Retton Lyons Main l6 6
Kepler Grange 6
Lam bton lB 0
reusher . l6 2
Russell's Hetton..... 17 3
South Hetton ... 18 0
Stewart's 18 6
Caradoe ......16 9
Champ l6 9
Hartlepool ... 18 6
Hough Hall
ICelloo l7 6
South Hartlepool 17 0
South Kelloe ..... l7 3
Tees
West Kelloe
Whitworth
Birchgrove Graigol a 21 9

18 I Sold
London, England, 1856-04-17

SHARE! f d nh'gTB.

LIVERPOL, .
STOCK EXCHANOR.—TheO
market APRIL
hasl6 been fair to-day,
awl prices aro about the same currency as yesterday.
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 89 1018—London and North-
Western, 101 -g—Ditto, shares, g d.—South Eastern,
22 Ll—Midlands, 75—Dutch Rhenish, 1 13-16 pm.—
Eastern Counties, lin—Great Western of Canada, 26
- Ditto, new, 31 p.—Ditto, 2d Law, 34 p.—Buffalo and
Lake Hurou, 15.16 pm.
London, England, 1856-04-17

BIRTHS.

OF & SON.

On the 12th inst., at 4, Park-terrace, Croydon, the wife
of the Rev. R. Inchbald.
On the 13th inst., at St. Ann's-road, North Brixton,
the wife of Edward Mence, Esq.
London, England, 1856-04-17

PUBLICATIONS.

TWELFTH EDITION.
Now ready, with 15 illustr,tions, Gs., bound,

THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS.
By ELIOT WARBURTON.
_ _ _

" Independently of its value as an original narrative, and its use-
ful and interesting information, this work is remarkable for the
colouring power and play of fancy with which its descriptions are
enlivened. Among its greatest and most lasting charms is its reve
rent and serious spirit."—Quarter►y Review.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers. successJrs to Henry Colburn.
London, England, 1856-04-17

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London, England, 1856-04-17

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

We have received our advices in anticipation of
the Overland Mail. The dates are : Calcutta,
March 10 ; Bombay, March 19.
The following is from the Bombay Times of
March 19

The past fortnight has been newsless. Lord Can-
ning reached Calcutta on the 29th of February,
and was immediately sworn in Governor-General.
The Marquis of Dalhousie left on the 6th, carrying
with him a larger measure of respect and regard
than has perhaps ever before attended a retiring
Governor-General.

The Sonthal insurrection has closed ; 14,000 Son-
this have sought and found work on the railway
passing by their hills. -
Peace and prosperity universally prevail.
Everything continues quiet in the kingdom of
Oude. The troops have tendered their services to
us to a man. A portion of them for a short time
hesitated, under the apprehension that they might
be compelled to shave ; on being assured that the
bushiest of beards were no objection, they enrolled
themselves at once. The villagers seem to experi-
ence equal astonishment and delight at receiving '
prompt and punctual payment for everything re-
quired from them for the public service, and at be-
ing permitted to give or to withhold whatever they
please. We have heard nothing within the last
month in reference to the proceedings at Herat, or
threatened hostilities with Persia. The capture of
the former is matter of supreme indifference—war
with the latter about as unlikely a thing as can be
conceived. The money market is somewhat tighter
than it was a fortnight ago. There is an improving
tone in our markets for most descriptions of grey
goods.
London, England, 1856-04-17

Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols.,

MARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS.
By the Author of " Woman's Devotion." •

"We recommend all who are in search of a fascinating novel to
read this work. ••They will find it we 1 worth their while. There
are a freshness and originality about it quite charming, and there is
a certain nobleness in the treatment both of sentiment and incident
which is not often found. The story is v. ry interesting."—Athenmum.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Uolbum.
London, England, 1856-04-28

_19,929,)

MR. ALBERT SMITh'S MONT gLANC,
TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday),
et 8 ~'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and ~qtturday Mornings at 3.
=tails, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, 'B.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

THE . ROY A.L PANOP.TICO.N.-
MONDAY EVE NINGCONCERTA.—On MONDAY EVEN.;
ING. April 28th, 1856 (by special desire). HAYDN S ORATORIO.
TIIE CREATION (first two part-). Vocalisos—Miss Ransford, Mr.
Wilbye Cooper, Mr. 11. Whitehouse (of H.M. Chapel Royal, Windsor),
with an increwel and Selected Chorus. Mr. E. T. Chipp will preside
at the-Grand Organ. To commence at 8 o'clock p.m. After the
Oratorio the Ltiminous and Chromatic Fountain will be exhibited.
Adniission, Is ; lower gallery ant reserved seats, Is. extra. Children
and schools, hal-price.
London, England, 1856-04-28

IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.

TRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an
Injunction was granted by the high Court of Chancery, ana
on the 1 lth of Jane following -was made perpetual, against Joseph
Franklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou-
land Pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected
ROyal Aids,
Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of tilt
Ecole de
Ph de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine
Vienna.

TRIESEMAR, No. 1,
is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcen, and all the distressing
consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and' its effects are effi-
cacious in youth, manhood, and old age ; and V those persons whc
are prevented entering the married state from the results of earl)
errors it is invaluable.

TRIESRMAR, No. 2,
effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirel
ersclicatea all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and CubelY
have so lung been thought an antidote for, to the rum of the healt;
of a vast portion of the population.
TRIESEMAR, No. 3,
is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whist
nmertunately the English phymean treats with Mercury, to the in
tvitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all th
sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove.
TRiEgEIIAR, Ncs. I, 2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell,
Ind of all nauseating qualitia. They may lie on the toilet teal
Withont their use beim? suspected
TRIEENIAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3 are sold in tin cases, price lls., or
our cases In ono for 335., which saves I Is. ; and in Si. eases, where b:,
there is a saving of Id. 125.; divides Pits sydarate doses, as adminis-
tered by Valpeica, Lallemand, Roux, &c.
To be had Wholesale and 8e..a1l in London -of Johnston, CS,
CornhM; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and ganger, 150, Os •
ord- street ;R. 11. Ingham, druggist, 46. M arket-street, ancheste: :
Bradbury, bookseller, Dean gate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 12,
ord-atreet, Liverpool ; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-atree.,
D ‘1?1111 ; Winner, bookseller, 1110-street, Birmingham
London, England, 1856-04-28

DIED,

On the 25th inst., John Donaldson, Esq., of 46, Gloms.
ter-terrace, Hyde-park, and Cheswardine Hall, Market
Drayton, Salop, aged 53.
On the 24th inst., at Rudge Hall, Salop, Thomas Boy-
cott, Esq., of Boycott and Budge, aged b 5.
On the 241 k inst., at Cheltenham, Anne Jane, relict of
the late Skrine, Esq., of Glocoster-place, Portman-
sqnare.
On the 24th inst., Henry Richardson Chester, second son
of Mr. E. Chester, of Staple-inn, solicitor, aged 33.

LONDON: Printed rid. Publlshel by MURDO YOLTNI:,
of No. 112, Strand, Printer. at The Sgn Odiee, No. 112,
Strand, in th 3 Precinct of the Savoy, in the amity
Middlesex, Monday, April 28, 156 U.

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DUBLIN, Arm, 25.

White wheat, 37s Od to 41s ; red ditto, 31s Od to 38. 0 ;
barley, 14s Od to 19s Od ; oats, lls Od to 14s Od ; rapseert,
—s Od to —a Od per brl ; oatmeal, 14s Od to 15i 01 ; bakers
dour, 21s Od to 27s Od per owt ; Indian corn, 29s Oct to 31s Od
por 430 lbs.

SHARE MARKETS.

...
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 26.

STACK En/HAMM—The market has been dull to day,
and transactions limited, closing at the following rates:
—Caledonians, 294 i—South Eastern, 218 i—Mi Bands,
738 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 891 B—Great Western
of C?nada, 2i 3 p.—Lnxembonro., 7, dis.—Loudon and
North-Western, 994 I—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
coln' 28 7i —North Eastern, Berwick, 191 Liverpool
and London Fire and Life, 58 pm.
London, England, 1856-04-28

LATEST NEWS.

RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY

OF PEACE.

PARIS, SUNDAY.

At three o'clock this day a solemn sitting of
the Congress took place at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, under the presidency of Count Walewski,

for the purpose of exchanging the ratifications of
the Treaty of Paris.

Austria, was represented by Baron Hub ier ;
France, by Count Walewski and Baron Bour-
queney ; Great Britain, by Lord Cowley ; Prus-
sia, by Baron de Hatzfeld ; Russia, by Count
Orloff and Baron Brunow ; Sardinia, by Count
Villamarina ; and Turkey, by Aali Paella and
Mehemed Deremil Bey.

The Plenipotentiaries drew up a proees verbal
of the exchange of the ratifications, and all the
members present affixed their signatures to the
London, England, 1856-04-28

OF A DAUGHT)III.

On the 26th inst , the wife of Sir Charles Watson, Bart.
On the 26th inst., at Cork, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel
Arthur J. Peck.
On the 26th inst., Mrs. Louisa Maerlonnell, 117, Fleet-
street—twins.

MARRIED.
On the 26th inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover-
square, Colonel Goulburn, Grenadier Guards, of Batch-
worth House, Surrey, to Maria Louisa, daughter of the
late Rev. Wm. Tower, of How Hatch, Essex.
On the 26th inst., at All Saints', Fulham, Enemy
Mansell Power, Esq., to Elizabeth Lady Panmure.

•
DIED.
On the 25th inst., John Donaldson, Eq., of 46, Olives-
ter-terrace, Hyde-pack. and Cheswardine Hall, Market
Drayton, Salop, aged 53.
On the 24th inst., at Rudge Hall, Salop, Thomas Boy-
cott, Esq., of Boycott and Rudge, aged 85.
On the 24th inst., at Cheltenham, Anne Jane, relict of
the late Win. Shrine, Esq., of Glocester-place, Portman..
square.
On the 21th instfr, Richardson Chester, second son
of Mr. E. Chester, of Henry'Staple-len, solicitor, aged 33.
On the 231 inst., at 45, Lower Grosvenor-street, Caro-
line Elizabeth Ai .ry, Dowager Lady Whaincliffe, widow
of the first Lord Wharnclifte, aged .78.
On the 22d inst., at Stratford-upon-Avon, theßev. John
Peglar, vicar of Alveston, and incumbent of Bishopton,
aged 72.

LONDON: Printed and Published by IfURDO YOUNG
of No. 112, strand, Printer at The Sic: OffiNl, ',T. 112,
Stranil, .n he Precinct of Savoy, in tho smutty of
migtheisej, Zlonclays April 28,18861
London, England, 1856-04-28

PUBLICATIONS.

Just published, in 3 vols. post Bvo.,
rirRAvELs in PERSIA, GEORGIA, and
KOORDISTAN ; with Sketches of the Cossacks and the
Caucasus.

Ily Dr. MORITZ WkGFER.
Hurst and Blackett. Publishers, sum/soil to Henry Colburn, 13,
Great Marlborough-street.

Now ready at all. the libraries, In 3 vols.,
rtirARG*REV AND HER BRIDESMAIDS.
17_ nythe Author of " Woman's Devotion."

" We recommend aH who are in search of a fascinating novel to
read this work. They will find it we I worth their while. There
arc a freshness and originality about it quite chdirning, and there is
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witien is not,. often found. The story h vtry interesting. We hope
the eathor will:Afflnt, come mostaxailififelalgoocLask! Margaret and
her Bridesmaids."—Athenaeum 4

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Now Ready, in 1 vol., with,l,soo Engravings of Arms,

Tin PEERAGE and BARONETAGE
for 1856.

By Sir BERNARD BURKE Ulster King of Arms

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This day Is published, the Seconl Volume, completing the Work,

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firISTORY of the OTTOMAN TURKS, from
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LTISTORY of RICHARD CROMWELL and
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MANCHESTER, APIUL 26.

SToOic EXcHANGR.—This market was doing a rather
dull business to-day, and prices rather lower. South
Eastern and Dovers, 21i J—London and North Western,
100—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire. 274
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 27d- Midland Railway Con-
sols, 731.
London, England, 1856-04-28

MEETING OF CONSERVATIVES.

A meeting of the C mserva.tiva party also took place
to-day at the residence of Lord Derby, in St. James's-
square. The attendance was very numerous.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon
at the Foreign-office, D awning-strtet. The Ministers pre-
sent were—Viicount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor,
Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Granville, the Earl of
Harrowby, Sir G. Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Sec-
retary Labouchere, Lard Panmure, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. Vernon
Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right lion. M.
T. Baines, and the Duke of Argyll. The Council sat
three hours and three-quarters.
The Sultan Abdul-Medjid has just entered on his 34th
year, having been born on the 23d of April, 1823.
It is said that Turkey will be represented at the ap-
proaching coronation of the Emperor Alexander, by
Reechid Pacha.

Cunt Morny's suite at Moscow will be exceedingly
numerous, the sum of a million having, it is said, been
placed at his disposal to derray the expense.
Viscount Palmerston will give a grand full-dress ban-
quet on her Majesty's birth-day, bat her ladyship's
Saturday reunione will be discontinued this season, in
consequence of the sudden and lamented death of her
eldest son Lord Cowper.
Lady Panmure, widow of William, late Lord Pan-
more, who died in 1852, was married on Saturday last
to Mr. Power, one of the Queen's foreign service mes-
sengers. The marriage, which was solemnised at Fulham
church, was
quite private. Her ladyship and Mr. Power
left town shortly after tide ceremony for Paris fora few
weeks.
London, England, 1856-04-28

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

On Saturday a special Court was called for the pur-
pose of considering the propriety of preparing an address
to the members of both Houses of Parliament in con-
formity with the resolutions agreed to by the Court on
the 11th inst.

Deputy HALE said it would be in the recollection of
many members that on the 11th of April the Court 1-ad
agreed to certain resolutions (the resolutions proposed by
Mr. H. Wellington Valiance), up'n which a petition to
the House of COMMODE; had been founded ; but on that
occasion, by some extraordinary and unaccountable omis—
sion, no committee or body of gentlemen had been ap-
pointed to communicate with the law officers of the
Court for the purpose of carrying the resolutions ?rito
effect, and presenting the petition to Parliament. The
law officers of the corporation were therefore standing
comparatively still, as far as the Court was concerned,
instead of being in a position to oppose the second read-
ing of the bill. He had therefore asked the Lord Mayor
to call a special Court, in order that steps might be im-
mediately taken to organise or appoint a committee to
carry the resolutions of the Court into effect. They all
knew the character of the bill ; it was an act of sp
tion ; it took from them a vast portion of their dignity
and income, and it was a measure which required their,
most strenuous opposition. (Hear, hear.) He there-
fore moved—
_

"That a committee be appointed to prepare an ad-
dress to the members of both HOUSOS of Parliament set-
ting forth the grounds on which this corporation feels in
duty bound to offee its strongest opposition to the second
reading of the bill entitled A Bill for•the Better Regu-
lation of the Corporation of London,' and to 'conduct
any proceedings that may be required to prevent the
future progress of the same, and to report from time to
time to this Court."
The motion, which was seconded by Mr. BLAKE, led
to a long and rather acrimonious discussion, in the
course of which the bill was denounced in strong terms.
An amendment was suggested, but the Lord MAYOR
decided that it could not be put.
Upon a division, the numbers were—
For the motion • 56
•• •••
Against it ... ••• ••• 8

Majority ... ••• 43
A committee, consisting of three aldermen and 15
cominonerg was then appointed to carry into effect the
object of the motion.

MERITORIOUS MASTERS IN THE NAVY.—We are glad
to have the opportunity of publishing the names of cer-
tain masters and second-masters in the navy, honourably
mentioned in despatches Since the commencement of the
late .war with Russia. They aro- as follows :—Mr.
Robert C. Allen Mr. John J. Ball, Mr. George H.
Blakey, Mr. Frederick J. 0. Evans, Mr. DanielM'D.
Jago, Mr. James H. Lawrence, Mr. Jabez Learn, Mr.
Wm. Long, Mr. Henry A. Moriarty, Mr. Frederick W.
Rea, Mr. James Roche, Mr. George B. F. Swain, Mr.
Edward J, H. Tucker, and Mr. George William'', Six
of then officers hays been inomotedt • ----- -- -
London, England, 1856-04-28

(THIS DAY.)

R AILWAYS.

hr. Paid RAILWAYS. i
3t. IC A; 1b0rdcen„.......„
122 8a tunbg. Nottug. 864
and Eastn. Junct
3.-Ifant 5.7, Ballymena
'lrming. Wolverh &
Stour Valley
296 Birk eAlui. Lancet: &
Cheshire Janet 1
;11 Do. Chesb. & Birk.
£5O and 225 Cons
19 Do., £20...... ..... ...
all ;Byth &Tyne origina
£25 (isad. at £4i-
-100 Bristol and Exeter
100 Caledonian... .....
61s. harm. and Cardigan
all Chester & Holyhead.
all Cork and Bandon
all Cork, Black, et Palm
18 Cornwall
all Do. A
8 Do. B
la CrieT Junction ......
45 Dublin&BelfastJune
all Dun. P. & Aber. Jnc
100 East Anglian .........
all Eastern Counties
100 East. Union, A SO
100 De., B. Steet
8 Do., Now A.....:,
10 Bast Kent
100 East Lancashire
100 Edinburgh& Glasgow
all Edinb. and Pedbles..
100 Edin. Prth & Dna cior
9 Forth & Clyde Jun !.
all Furness
all Do. Extension ...
100 Glasgow &S. West,
all Great N. of Scotlnd.
100 Great Northern
100 Do., A. Stock ......
100 1)o., B. Stock
100 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ),
1100 Great Western I
'lOO Do. Stour Val. Rail
Gua. Stk
all Iriah South-Eastern
all Lancaster & Carlisle
14# Do., Thirds
8 Do. New Thirds
100 Lancash. andYorksh
4 Do., Wet. Biding Uri
all iLiv.Crshy.&Southpt
all London & Blackwall,
100 Lond.Bright &S.Cst.
100 Loud, and N. Weatn
16 Do, Fifths
52 D0.101.3h.,111&8...C'
2a De. Eighths,.
1001' London and S. Westn.
all 1,D0., £50...... ,

'4 all
13i all

i 0 all Do., £40..
5 all Lndndrry&Coleraine
all Lndndny. & Bnnisk.
100 Iteanch.Shef.&
tits. Do., Man. it Lin. Um
1 Metropolitan
100 lidland
. 100 /o. Birnang. &Derb3
all Mild. Q. West. (Ire,
all Do. Half Shares
all Newcastle & Carlisle
all Nwpt.Aberg. &He'd
83 Newry &Enniskilleu
all Newry Warrenpoint
sod Rostrevor
100 Norfolk
3i Northn.CountiesUn
100 North British
Nth Devon Rail. &
100 Dock Stock
100 Do., A Stock
all Do., B Stock ,
all Do., B Guarantee
100 N. astern—Berwic
214 Do. do. Extension „.
15 Do.do. ?moll
all Do. Leeds
100 Do. York
100 North London
31 is N.&S.Wstrn.,llamt
read, and City Ju
17i North Staffordshire;
ali North Western
all N. &S. Westrn. June,
Unnenton, Hinckley,
and Leicester.....,,.
100 Or., Wore., & Wolv.
8 Pr.rtsmouth
100 Scottish Central,..
100 Scottishlifidland....
100 Shropshire Union
all South Devon
100 South Eartern
100 South Wales
15 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Duo
5 Do
16 Staires,Wok. &Wok
al Stockton & Darli
16: StoAton & Hartlep'
110 Taff Vale...
100 Do. Pref., No.
9.2 19-Mmes r[P.T. D.SZ R
Ulverstone & Lanes
all Vlle of Ncath
all Watered. & KilkenT,
all Waterford&Lirner:cl
all West Cornwall.
all West End of London
and Crystal Palace
all Do. A
3 Do. B
all West London.
all Wimbledn &Croydon

SHARE MARKETS.
London, England, 1856-04-28

BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.

We have received only moderate supplies of potatoes,
coastwise and by railway, since our last report. The de-
mand for all kinds is in a sluggish state, as follows :—York
Regents, 80s to 95s ; Scotch do., 60s to 75s ; do. cups, 503
to 655; Middlings, 30s to 408; Lincolns, 6 s to 110 s; blues,
60s to 70s ; Kent and Essex, 653 to 85s per ton.
London, England, 1856-04-28

Vir 4-4
1,0 t :13 44, w 1
- t 3.40

;')UN OFFICE, ,evert o'Clock.

A ME ra

--^,. . . .' ' 'A . • - - - • - •

ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.
(BY MAGYETIO TELEGRAPH.)
(FROM OUR OW CORRESPONDENT.)

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

This day, at 4 p.m., the Royal Steam-ship Asia,
Captain E. G. Lott, arrived off Holyhead. She
was to leave New York on the 16th inst. with the
mails from that port and British North America.
She is expected to arrive in the Mersey about
9 o'clock this evening.

MEETING AT LORD PALMERSTON'S.

(This Day.)

At one o'clock this day 204 members of
Parliament assembled at Lori Palmerston's resi-
dence, in Piccadilly, by invitation. The only Taos-
tion brought before the meeting was the caurse
to be adopted in reference to the impending moaon of
which Mr. Whiteside had given notice for this
evening. After some discus3ion, it was • decided
that it should be met by a direct nogative, and
that the amendrnent -of Mr. Phillirnore should not
be proceeded with. The members in attendance, with
few exceptions, agreed to support the Government, and
there seemed a general impression that the motion would
be rejected by a considerable majority.

MEETING AT LORD DERBY'S.
(This Day).

There were 190 members in attendance at Lord
Derby's Mansion in St. James's Square, at one o'clock.
The same subject was discussed as at the Premier's,
viz , Mr. Whiteside's motion. There were several dis-
sentients, many considering the proceeding premature.
The Marquis of Granby spoke in decided opposition to
the motion. It was, however, decided by a very large
majority that it should be supported, and there has con-
sequently been considerable activity manifested by the
whippers'-in on bo'h sides. It was generally understood
that Sir E. Bulwer Lytton would speak in support of
the motion this evening. Both sides seemed disposed to
let off Lord Stratford de Redcliffe as easily as possible.

PROCLAMATION OF PEACE.

(Aroma Supplement to the London Gazette Extraordinary;

BY THE QUEEN.-A PROCLAMATION.

VICTORIA R.—Whereas a Definitive Treaty of Peace
and Friendship between us and our Allies and his Impe-
rial Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias was con
eluded at Paris, on the thirtieth day of March last, and
the Ratifications thereof have now been duly exchanged ;
in conformity thereunto, we have thought fit hereby
to command that the same be published through-
out all our Dominions; And we
.do declare to all
our loving subject=, our will and pleasure that the said
Treaty of Peace and friendship be observed inviolably,
as well by sea as by land, and in all cases whatsoever ;
strictly charging and commanding all our loving subjects
to take notice hereof, and to conform themselves there
unto accordingly.
Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this
twenty-eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and in the nine-
teenth year of our reign.
GOD SAVE TIIE QUEEN.
London, England, 1856-04-28

BOROUGH HOP.

Medium kinds of hops, though in good supply, move oft.
steadily, and prices have an upward tendency. In other
hops only a moderate business is doing. Last week's im-
ports were DO bales from Rotterdam, and 55 from Hambro'.
Mid and East Kent pockets, 4/ O to 61 Os per ow t;
Weald of bents, 3110 s to 5/ Os. ; Sussex, 31 Os to 41 15s.
London, England, 1856-04-28

doubtedly entitled him to a brief memoir. Instead cf
record in some proportion to his claims, four volumes of
a bulky life, for which a Mr. John Holland is chiefly
responsible, though it bears a second name upon the
title-page, have already appeared, and two more at least
are yet to come. So gigantic a monument to a person
of no particular eminence provokes ridicule of "-
and the sentiment becomes one of disgust when the long
drawn narrative is found mainly to consist of verbose,
pompous, dreary inanities. The poet speaks for himself
in his works, hut the man, to his lastinginjury, is judged
by the medium through which he is seen, which is that
of his feebiv, and incapable biographer."
Mr. Wood Warter fares rather worse, however,
we cannot but think-, altogether, than even Mr.
John Holland—and, alas ! deservedly. He is, in
fact, loudly and haughtily denounced by the Quar-
terly Reviewer as a writer who "has not the art of
eKpressing himself with clearness"—as a writer
afflicted with "utter incompetency for this or any
other literary undertaking"—as a writer with "
total want of the most ordinary perspicacity"—as
a writer affording us at one moment a "ludicrous
exhibition of hopeless nonsense"—and at another
preserving for us what if not " rejected for its pro-
fanity" ought at any rate to have been "suppressed
for its dullness !" So much for the latest; Dumber
of the Quarterly, with its cordial reprolbatio❑
the "solemn silliness" of the Vicar of Tarring-
and Feathering !
London, England, 1856-04-28

Now Ready, in Two Vols., Bvo., 285.,

r:r 'STORY of CHRISTIAN CHURCHES and
SECTS from the EARLIEST AGES of CHRISTIANITY.
By the ,ev. J. B. MARSDEN, A.M.,
Author of " The Early and Later Puritans."
London : Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.

FRASE R' S 3IAGAZINE for , APRIL,
1856, price 2$ 6d., contains—
College Life at Glasgow.
Tne United status, Cuba, and Canada.
A River in the South.
Kate Coventry, an Autobiography. Edited by the Author of
" D4by Grand." Part V.
Sketches on the North Coast. By a Naturalist. xo.lr.—Tho
Rocks in Spring.
Sonnet to May.
M. Montalembert and .Tolin Wilson Croker ; or, Traduttoro Tra-
ditore.
Old Rings. Part 111.
Alison's History of Europe.
he New Pitaval.
The Treaty.
Loudon: John W. Parker And So, IVest 7"•iVatid.
London, England, 1856-04-28

FRANCE.

The Moniteur of yesterday (Sunday) contains the
monthly returns of trade awl navigation for tl •
month ended 31st March. The total of customs
duties paid during the month of March of the pre-
sent year i5,14,382,224f. against 15,149,671 f. paid
during March, 1855. The total paid during the
first quarter of the present year is 38,518,400 f.
against 38,358,628 f. paid (luring the first quarter of
1855. In the course of the first quarter of the
present year 4,950 vessels, with an aggregate ton-
nage of 796,356, were entered inwards in the
French ports ; the number entered inwards in the
corresponding quarter of 1855 was 4,337 vessels,
with an aggregate tonnage of 655,342. The num-
ber entered outwards in the first quarter of the pre-
sent year was 3,193 vessels, with an aggregate ton-
nage of 537,966; the number entered outwards in
the corresponding quarter of 1855 was 2,778 ves-
sels, with an aggregate tonnage of 428,524.
The Moniteur also announces that Count Cavour
bad an audience of the Emperor on Saturday, the
26th inst.

The Mo- niteur of Saturday contains the following
highly-important circular, dated April 24, ad-
dressed to the prefects by the Minister of the In-
terior :

Monsieur le Preet —On the occasion of a recent dis
cussion on the diStributions of voting bulletins in matters
of municipal elections, doubts were thrown, in a general
manner, on the free and bona fide practice of universal
suffrage. This fundamental principle of our institutions
should not be the object of any doubt or equivocation.
The desire of the Emperor is that universal suffrage
shall be perfectly free, and moreover that every one
shall be well aware of it. I therefore consider it my duty
to remind you of the simple and precise rules which, con-
formably to law and jurisprudence, constitute our public
law on this point. According to Art. 10 of the law of
July.l6, 1850, during the twenty days which precede
the election, the circulars and political programmes,
signed by the candidates, may, atter having been depo-
sited at the office of the Procureur Imperial, be potted up
and distributed without any authorisation being required.
The voting bulletin, bearing the name of the candi,late,
is a natural annex to his circular, and may be freely
distributed with it. Any candidateship, avowed by
him who is the object of it, is thus at perfect liberty
to make itself known, and to distribute to the electors
the material means of making their choice known. But
this exception to the general law on the distribution of
written or printed papers is only admitted in favour of
candidate hips the reality of which is guaranteed, and
the responsibility publicly accepted by the signed circu
lar of tile candidate. It does not apply to anonymous
distributions of voting bulletins, and does not blindly
permit the hawking about of names which, frequently
published without the consent, or even at times in spite
of the legal incapacity, of those who bear them, may
become the occasion of a disturbance or a public outrage.
Fa IlUch clietributions the 00213194 le!w murals its API
London, England, 1856-04-28

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, Arr.n 20.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Pert arrived here yesterday with the London mail
of the 10th of April, which was thus brought to
Alexandria in eight days, and, as there will Le no
delay at Suez, this mail will have been transmitted
to India in a shorter time than any preceding mil.
Her Majesty's steam surveying-vessel T;irtarus
is here, and is in the first instatice to make an ac-

curate survey of the coast of Egypt. The report
on the coast of Damietta and Tineb, where the
projected Suez Canal is to join the Mediterranean,
will tend much to assist the public in England to
come to a conclusion with regard to the practica-
bility of the canal across the isthmus.
A new Governor-General of the Dutch. East In-
dies (General Pa.hud) has jest passed through Egypt
on his way to his post. On the 18th be had au
official interview with Said Pasha, whom he pre-
set) tel with the insignia and decorations of some
Dutch order, for what object it is not known, and
Said Pasha did not seem to appreciate the honour
imposed upon him.
After making a portion of the embankments for
the line of railway between Alexandria and Mare-
otis, Said Pasha seems to have abandoned the idea
of completing this work.
The works connected with the deepening of the
Mahmoodieh Canal were commenced on the Bth
inst., with about 100,000 labourers, and it is ex-
pected that it will be completed by the beginning of
May, when the canal wilt be again navigable, and
the trade of Alexandria will resume its wonted ac-
tivity, as since last January little or no produce,
except cotton, has been brought down from the in-
terior, and the vessels in the harbour have found
great difficulty in completing their cargoes. The
Pasha has already deepened the important canal of
Drmanour, which feeds the Mahmoodieh canal at
low Nile, and is making, or has ordered to he made,
several good roads in the interior, connecting the
principal towns, all of which will eventually be
very beneficial to the country.
4isl3ighness has also ordered a light-house to be
erected at Suez, the lantern to be brought out from
England, which will be of very great advantage to
the steamers on arriving at Suez by night.
Trade in Alexandria is very dull, the only com-
mercial transactions being contracts for wheat', de-
liverable in August or September next, and some
sales of cotton, which is.hrought down by railway
and on camels' backs.
Exchange onlondon, 99i piastres the £ sterling.
London, England, 1856-04-28

WOOL.

Last week's imports of wool were only 2 bales from Ant-
werp, 69 from Ilatnbro,' 56 from the Cape, and 337 from
Algoa Bay. Although over 40,000 bales will be offered at
the approaching sales, the demand by private contract con-
tinues very firm, and prices generally are well supported.
The following are the current rates of English wool :
Down tegs, is 3d to is 4,1 ; do. ewes, is 2d to Is 41; half-
bred hoggets, is 2d to is 31 ; do. wethers, is ld to is 2d ;
Kent fleeces, mixed hog and ewes, is 21 to is 3M;
combinc, skin, is to is 31; flannel wool, is to is d;
blanket wool, 101 to is Riper lb.
London, England, 1856-04-28

tgua
&nglo Austria. Gol
:Anglo Californian
kust ralian

Nust,ra! jail Cardillo:
Ave Maria ,

Baden (Gd. Duchy 01
Blienar. iron & Co:
British Iron ,

Brazilianimp.(issul
at £5 pm.)

Do. CoCsaes & Culab,
Do. St. Johr. Delßey.
Clarendon Cons. Min
Co. of Jamaica
Cobro Copper
Colonial Gold
Copper Min. of Eng
Do. Pref. 7i p. Cell'
Copiapo . -
Fortuna
Genc..al
Dt.NuggetVoinßeg,
Great Polcooth

Gt Wheal Vor United
Liberty
Linares.

Lusitanian...

Now Granada
N'ouvcau Monde.,
Pontgi. Sit. & Le. Min
Port Philip
Quartz Rock
Rltymney Tron ...... ,
Do. New

4antiauo de Cuba.,
Sort. Cons. Min. Co.
4,‘utl, Australian..
Do. Scrip
Do. 10 por cent P'•ef
Tam. S. & L. Min. Co.
rill Croft ..
::Jnited Mexican
Tailor
West. Mariposa......
'Vorthing Mining o'
Australia
'Tuba
London, England, 1856-04-28

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday
closed quietly with a steady feeling. The sales
Were estimated at 8,000 bales, 1,500 on speculation,
comprising 200 Pernam and Meauham 61d. to
Cid., 120 Bahia qd. to 6g-1.,100 Egyptian 7d. to
'ltd., 1,000 Surat 4id. to sid., and 20 Sea Islands
is. 6d. per lb. In the Railway Share Market
prices were a shade lower.

The English Stock Market has been somewhat
agitated by a variety of unfavourable rumours,
principally with reference to the New Loan, but it
is likewise stated that a dissolution of Parliament
Will soon take place. Some large sales have been
made, and a decline of per cent. has occurred.
Consols for money opened at 92k g, but they have
Since receded to 91i. For account prices have been
92 and since 92 to 92A. The New 3 per Cents.
have been 911 to 92, and 912 while the Reduced
are about 901-. The June Exchequer Bills have
been is. discount, and India Bonds Bs. discount.
In some of the principal Foreign Securities there
have been numerous transactions, but sales having
again preponderated prices have taken a lower
range. Turkish 6 per Cents. have receded
fully 1 per cent., the lowest quotation being about
35g 1. The 4 per Cents. have been 101/ and 1001.
Sardinian Bonds have been at 9.4-, to 95, Spanish
3 per Cents. at 44, and the New Deferred at
23 ; all being at a reduced value. Dutch 4 per
Cents. are 93.

The Railway Share Market is depressed, by sym-
pathy with the Funds, and the decline in some
cases is to per cent. In Brighton, North-
Western, Midland, and North-Eastern, a large
business has been done. The foreign and colonial
lines are not so much affected, but they are mostly
at nominal quotations.

Foreign mining shares are neglected ; banking
shares are heavy, and also the miscellaneous un-
dertakings. Canada Land are 1/. to 2/. lower.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
i troin the Oticscst List.. ;
ftn,:t, - done.
3 per Cent. Red'eccd Annuities ....... 91h i 90/
2 per Cent Console Annuities 924 $ 11
li,w 3 per Cent. Annnit'e.
New 2 per Cent. Annuities 76
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. MO.._ ,
Ditto 30 Yea's, expire sth April, 1885 l7 1-16
Indic Bonds, ..CluOu ..... •
Consols .or Account ....., ................. ... 921 i 2
Exchequer Bills, 2icl- March. June.
21000
.
I "
E5O
Smalol •••
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Hex i c al, 3 per Cent
rdinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Svanisl Bonds, 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Turkic!, Bonds, 4; per cent 964 4 i 51
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
;Mvuiende n' Vie above ..Fable iti Lobaurs,
Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guil —
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 93
QUARTER PAST TWO.
Consols for transfer 9147- 92
92 9218
Ditto Account
London, England, 1856-04-28

CHINA.

We have received. the Overland Friend of China
of the 15th March. It cobtains no additional news
to what has already appeared in the telegraphic de-
spatch.

The fire at Hong Kong took place on the 23d
Fe6i nary. 80 houses were destroyed (the value
es7imated at $100,000). Seven persons lost their
lives.

We tike the following from the Overland Friend
of hina :

•`Tne currency change at Shanghai seems to be beset
with unexpected difficulties. Tne Chinese bankers have
refused to take Mexican dollars, or to give money•orders
them. Tne Taontae is trying to accommodate this
difficulty, hut it is very doubtful if he will succeed. It
is asserted that only one foreign firm tried to keep the
b mks in Mexicali dollars, and that that one bad to give
it up_

" We are sorry to have to rep'rt that the firm of Nye,
Brothers, and Co,, of Canton, ha, been compelled to
s paytn ,nt. Theis liabilities are, we hear, very heavy
—t i, sa►id a, m xch as $1,50j,000. Of the means they
have of meeting those liabilities we are not as yet in a
Do-ition to give any authentic information."