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LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1851.

In the House of Lords last night,
The Earl of CARLISLE introduced a Bill to regulate the
sale of arsenic. The Bill required that all vendors of
arsenic should keep a register of the rames and real-
&ewes of the persons to whom they may sell it, and also
of the quantity sold and of the purpose for which it is
intended to be used.
Lord BROUGHAM drew their Lordships' attention $o
the careless manner in which the collectors of the in-
t:lP:lie-tax performed their duties, the consequence of
which was that in many instances the returns of income
Blade by various, parties had become publicly kn. an.
Their Lordships then adjourned.
The Commons did not sit, as at four o'clock there
was not a suffiient number of Members present to form
a House.

agree with everything that
Although we do not
falls from Sir CHARLES NAPIER
respecting naval
architecture and niival affairs in geworal, we fully
recognise the high honour, unblemishedintegrity,
Admiral, and his
and great experience of the Reliant
anxious dire to increase the efficiency, While dimi-
of the important service of which be
nishing the cost,
is one of the most distinguished ornaments, and
thereby to promote the interests of his native land.
He may have his " hobbies"—few are without
them, more especially on subjects to which
their thoughts and energies are chiefly directed—.
that constitute the employments and occupations
of their lives. Whatever may be these hobbies, they
do not diikqualif
Y S,ir CHARLES from being a faithful
IFldttrlfitworthy witness—one whose evidence should
lye ji7ecOv,sed with high respeot and maturely consi-
dered laeccr a final decision was arrived at. We do

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tiosA cpweirp*, seek to attach any additional weight to
tKe e letter which will be found in another
ou. of: MFclay's impression from the name, rank, or
A j‘eit. .. of its author. If it had even emanated

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from the pen of a nameless and unknown
writer, it would still be entitled to a
favourable reception on its own merits. It
contains internal evidence of being the production
of one thoroughly acquainted with, and who had re-
flected profoundly on, the subject-matter on which
he was engaged ; we commend it to the public atten-
tion on these grounds, and these grounds only. Let
It be taken for what it is worth, and we feel assured
that the statements and arguments therein contained
will carry with them conviction to every unprejudiced
mind, and show the errors into which some of the
popular representatives have fallen.

It will be seen that Sir CHARLES nanea enter-
tains the same opinions on the naval estimates to
which we gave expression on Tuesday last. "It is
not," he says, " the vote for men that governs the
amount of the navy estimates, it is the vote for artifie
cers employed in the dockyards that ought to rule the
expense." This is indeed the truth, and its accuracy
is established by the simple rules of arithmetic. Our
entire effective force of seamen, marines, and boys—
what may be termed the personnel of the service, only
costs 1,936,355/. out of the gross total of 5,727,259/.
required, or, in other words, little more than one-
third
of the entire amount, that sum including
every expense for wages, victualling, clothing, &c. ;
while 2,011,3071. is required for the dockyard expen-
diture. Every shilling of the former outlay is, or
rather, under a wiser system than is now pursued,
would be, applied to a good purpose. Sailors, when
fully trained and disciplined, become exceedingly
valuable. It takes several years to make a thorough
practical seaman. A few months may en-
able a soldier to go through his drill,
load and fire his musket, and point his
bayonet against any aggressor, but it is not so
easy to teach sailors to ascend the masts, spread
themselves out upon the yards, furl or unfurl the
sails, or perform the various operations that may fall
to their lot in the ordinary routine of duty. There
is not, therefore, so imperative a necessity for keeping
a reserve of the former as of the latter. Besides, if
necessity should arise, we could more easily col-
lect the disbanded men. Their pursuits keep
them on terra firma, and they could be found when
wanting. But still we reverse the proper policy.
We watch lealri,,VaiMortifr soldiers, maintain depots,
and skeleton3reilidenti;and objections are made to
enlistment for limited periods. In fact, when once a
man joins as a recruit, he becomes so very dear to
his country that he will not be willingly parted with,
save on the payment of a good round sum of money.
And why ? Because, say the authorities, " a soldier
is an expensive machine." We believe each man is
estimated to have cost some 351. before he became
really valuable, and it would take an equal sum to pro-
vide an efficient substitute. It would, therefore, be an
unwise economy to discharge such a man because
there was no immediate necessity for his services, and
this judicious view is fully carried out in practice.
But how do we act with regard to our sailors ? A
vessel is commissioned and sent on foreign service;
the crew are collected together with great difficulty,
and considerable delay, months being often consumed
before the entire complement can be obtained,
or the gallant ship fully manned. At first the
men are unable to work efficiently together. They
do not understand their different posts, or the sub-
division of labour, so as to do the largest amount of
work with the least possible expenditure of trouble ;
by degrees this valuable knowledge is acquired,
everything goes smoothly. The captain, officers,
and seamen become accustomed to each other ; com-
pliments are freely bestowed on the high state of effi-
ciency into which they have been brought,
when the usual three years' term expires, and
these valuable men, each of whom costs for pay,
clothing and rations, as much as three soldiers,
and requires thrice the time in acquiring the full
practical knowledge of his business—so that the
" naval" actually costs about eight or ten times the price
of the " military machine"—are paid off discharged,
dispersed throughout the globe, where they cannot
be procured, under any circumstances or at any
price, when there is again occasion for their services.
Nay, we actually fling them into the arms of our
maritime rivals, to be used in case of emergency
against their ungrateful country. What madness is
this, and on what do our sapient rulers rely
for replacing these unappreciated but inestimable
men? Is it on the iniquitous and now happily obsolete
practice of impressment? Do they suppose that they
can get together at a moment's notice the hardy band
tbey have recklessly flung away? No, the infamous sys-
tem of impressment has departed, never to return, and
with Sir CHARLES NAPIER we say, "they might just as
well attempt to return to Protection." It we want
to obtain good men, we mutt pay for them justly and
honourably, and we must hold out advantages to in-
duce efficient volunteers. Why not give
the men, after a return from a five years' voyage—
and the ship's findings and fittings would
fully last that period, thus saving 50 or 60 per cent.
on the repairs—a reasonable leave of absence, to see
their friends and enjoy themselves after their labours,
their pay continuing, but their rations and
allowances of course being withheld ? They
would willingly return at the appointed
time, and an invaluable reserve would always
be available at a cost but little exceeding the duty on
grass seeds, for the remission of which Sir CHARLES
Wool) claims so much credit from the agriculturists.
" But," say our " penny-wise-and-pound-foolish"
statesmen, " they would, after five years' services,
become entitled to extra pay." It might, therefore,
cost the country a few thousands additional. Ah,
gentlemen, how full are you of the propriety and
necessity of " keeping faith" with the men of your
own order ; of keeping an utterly useless set of
admirals, because it would be " a breach of faith"
to deprive the post-captains, who have not
been afloat for the last twenty years, of the
prospects of their flags ; but where is the faith with
the sailor, without whom the captain and admiral
could do little, if we tern him adrift, care-
less of his future fate, because, if longer
retained in the service, he would become entitled to
extra pay and additional advantages ? Was he in any
degree tempted to enter the service on account of
these prospective advantages; and is not the turning
him off, when he has almost become entitled to them,
but little better than an act of " swindling ?" Examine
it in its details, and see whether it is not conduct
unbecoming a mighty nation, a people who boast of
their integrity, and who hold as a proverb that
‘g honesty is the best policy ?"

But it in the dockyards that economy is practi-
cable. There we maintain a body of men, far more
than can be required, and we are bound to provide
employment for them, lest the nation should be dis -
gusted if they were seen eating the bread of idleness.
Like a man who evoked an evil spirit, the Admiralty
is compelled to find work for its servants, and
that work is often of the most useless and unneces-
sary character. It is for that purpose that
vessels are unrigged, dismantled, or altered, when
there is no real necessity for such acts, but when, on
the contrary, they are worse than useless. If
the 2,011,3071. were applied to the best
purposes, we might assent to the outlay ;
but as it is, we protest against the pr'fuse
exrndifure. We fearlessly assert that 1,000,000/.
sterling, or one-half that expenditure, might be saved,
and that the business would really be better done,
and the fleet maintained in a more efficient condition.

We are rejoiced to observe the promptness evinced
by the Noble Lord the Earl of CARLISLE in hastening
the passage of the Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill
through the Upper House of Parliament. Last even-
ing it was read a second time, and before long we
shall undoubtedly have the satiafaction of announcing
its completion as an enactment by the Imperial Le-
gislature. Ghastly evidence of the necessity existing
for a measure of this character has unfortunately
been afforded too frequently of late—a terrible in-
stance of the crime resulting from the absence of a
law of the kind having only within the last few days
horrified the public imagination. The consequence of
the unrestricted vending of deleterious drugs has in
fact, been in certain agricultural districts nothing
less than the organization of a regular system of
poisoning. Such are the principal calamities flowing
from the remissness of the Legislature in this parti-
cular, not to speak ofthedaenngerrslmultiplied by it
firnigrhegtfaurldilltuosttrhaotisoen who are entirely
the latter effecyt inwnaoscenilde
t;Ad
very recently by an occurrence which createdy no
mall degree of excitement in the secluded hamlet of

Bishop's Sutton, in Somersetshire. Upon this
occasion it appeared that no less than sixteen
lives were placed in the most imminent jeopardy
by the want of all precaution evinced by
the dealers in arsenious acid and other
destructive commodities. The particulars, as briefly
given by the local newspapers, are simply to the ef-
fect that white arsenic, instead of carbonate of soda,
was by mistake mixed with the batter used in!the cook-
ing of some pancakes on Ash. Wednesday, the poison
having been sold at the general dealer's in lieu of the
harmless powder asked for by the purchaser. This
circumstance—happily in no way fatal, seeing that
the proper antidotes were betimes administered—
comes to us as a powerful corroboration of the argu-
ments lately put forward by our contemporary,
Household Words. According to a writer in that ex-
cellent periodical, no reasonable, or, at any rate, no
adequate precautions are taken to prevent the acci-
dental distruction of human life by the careless em-
ployment of this very poison, arsenic. "A sporting
friend," says he, " writes to us, that having shot
away all his powder the other day, he had occasion
to go into a rural grocer's shop for more. While
he was being served, there came in a little girl, who
ended a long order for tea, sugar, soap, currants, red
herrings, and flour, with the remarkable demand—
' and two ounces of arsenic.' No comment whatever
was made by the shopkeeper, who pulled a small
blue paper of poison out of its proper
compartment in a drawer, with the same
composure as he handed over the packages of tea,
sugar, currants, and flour. The little girl jumbled
them all into her apron and went away. Perhaps,'
remarked our friend, some of those ingredients are
for a pudding." Loikely,' answered the huxter, with
a strong Derbyshire accent. And should the blue
paper burst, or a little mistake be made by the cook,
the whole family will be poisoned. ' They should
moind what they're at,'—this was the only life-pre-
server which occurred to the chandler's mind—
' they should moind what they're at.' " Now, in
the very case we have instanced the accuracy
of this home-description was exemplified. The
blue paper, it is true, didn't burst, and the poison
thus get mingled with flour used in making the pan-
cakes of the farmer down at Bishop's Sutton—but
the shopkeeper made just a trifling blunder of selling
a packet of arsenic when he was asked for a couple
of ounces of carbonate of soda. It was merely a mis-
take in the compartments. That was all. A trivial
one enough in itself, but one, which threatened to
terminate not less than sixteen lives prematurely.
Our observations upon this point may call
to the recollection of some the witty and
humorous manner in which the danger referred
to was pointed out just sixteen years ago by CHARLES
DICKENS, in one of the most brilliant portions of his
immortal "Pickwick." The illustration occurs in
the course of the great trial of BARDELL V. PICK-
WICK, when the jurors are being severally sworn in.
We don't think our readers will regret a quotation of
the passage in these columns just now, when the in-
terest of the subject it alludes to has aroused even
the attention of Parliament. Some difficulty is ex.
perienced in making up the requisite number of the
jury. Ten jurymen are sworn in—two more are want-
ing, and a green-grocer and a chemist are caught di-
rectly. The green-grocer is "all right," but the chemist
demurs when his name is called. "‘ Tuomes
GROFZIN." Here,' said the chemist. ' Take the
book, gentlemen. You shall well and truly try—'
' I beg this Court's pardon,' said the chemist, who
was a tall, thin, yellow-visaged man, but I hope
this Court will excuse my attendance." On what
ground, sir ?' said Mr. Justice STARELEIGH.
have no assistant, my Lord,' said the chemist. I
can't help that, sir,' replied Mr. Justice STARELEIGH,
you should hire one." I can't afford it, my Lord,'
rejoined the chemist. Then you ought to be able
to afford it, sir,' said the Judge, reddening; for Mr.
Justice STARELEIGH'S temper bordered on the irrita-
ble, and brooked not contradiction. know I
ought to do so, if I got on as well as I deserved,
—but I don't, my Lord,' answered the chemist.
Swear the gentleman,' said the Judge peremptorily.
The officer had got no further than the ' You
shall well and truly try,' when he was again
interrupted by the chemist. lamto be sworn, my
Lord, am I?' said the chemist. ' Certainly, sir,'
replied the testy little Judge. Tery well, my Lord,'
replied the chemist in a resigned manner. Then
there'll be murder before this trial's over ; that's all.
Swear me, if you please, air; and sworn the chemist
was before the judge could find words to utter. I
merely wanted to observe, shy Lord,' said the chemist,
taking his seat with great deliberation, that rue left
nobody but an errand boy in my shop. He is
a very nice boy, my Lord, but he's not
acquainted with drugs; and 1 know that
the prevailing impression on his mind is, that
Epsom salts means oxalic acid, and syrup of senna,
laudanum.' " It is precisely to prevent the possi-
bility of such very harmless little false impressions as
these that the Bill to regulate the sale of poison has
been just introduced into the House of Lords by the
Earl of CARLISLE. The propriety of such an enact-
ment needs no argument in proof—it is visible on the
very front of its consideration. Every chemist in
the United Kingdom is neither so laudably scrupu-
lous or, to say truth, so agreeably intelligent as
honest THOMAS GROFFIN. The majority of village
chandlers and general dealers in the agricultural dis-
tricts have about as much knowledge of drugs as Mr.
GROFFIN'S errand boy—and, in the instance already
given by ourselves, it will be observed that if the
huxter at Bishop's Sutton did not actually sell
oxalic acid for Epsom salts, or laudanum for syrup
of senna, he made a mistake quite as terrible of its
kind by selling a paper of arsenic instead of a packet
of carbonate of soda. No wonder, seeing the peril
incurred by this extraordinary want of caution on the
Feat of the Legislature, no wonder, we say, that the
Earl of CARLISLE has at last attempted to
force upon Parliament the necessity for some strong
legislative interference. The marvel is, the endeavour
has not been adventured upon previously. While,
nevertheless, we are disposed to exult most cordially
in the rapid progress already made in the carrying
this Sale of Arsenic Regulation Bill through the
Legislature, we are most solicitous that it should be
rendered yet more stringent and comprehensive in
its character. We are, therefore, looking forward
anxiously, but hopefully, to the introduction of ad-
ditional clauses, rendering it in every way more likely
to prove efficient in operation, a change easily ca.
pable of being effected when it comes before the House
in Committee.

ALARMING EXPLOSION OF GAS IN LIVERPOOL.—
About one o'clock to-day (Thursday) the inhabitants and
neighbourhood of Renshaw-street, in this town, were thrown
into a state of great consternation and alarm by a loud report
resembling the discbarge of a heavy piece of artillery. The
cause was speedily ascertained to have arisen from an acci-
dental explosion of gas, at the shop of Messrs. Herring and
Co., wholesale confectioners, at the corner of Roscoe-arcade,
in the above street, by which nearly the whole of the plate-
glass front was demolished, the woodwork being riven as
though struck by lightning, and considerable damage sus-
tained t, the stock in trade, a large portion of the latter being
contained in expensive show-glasses. The precise origin of
the disaster is not known, but from minute inquiries made
upon the spot, as well as at the gas-office, it is supposed
that an escape had been for some time previously going on
beneath the double sashes of the shop, and that upon a light
being tv.en near them for some purpose connected with the
business an ignition took place, which might have proved
still more destructive in its con-equences than is the case at
present. We are happy to add, that beyond the injury to the
shop front and the st ck no material damage has been sus-
tained, although, from the nature of the explosion, it was
likely to have been attended with some loss of life.
DEATH OF THE VISCOUNTESS NRWARE.—We re-
gret exceedingly to announce the demise of this lady, who
expired on Monday last, at her residence, near Torquay,
having survived her lamented husband only a few weeks.
The deceased lady was second daughter of Lord Hatherton,
and sister to the Countess of Cavan.

LIMERICK ASSIZES.—In the Criminal Court, on
Moneay, before Judge Jackson, a ca a charac eristic for
cruelty was tried. The accused, Pen Willianv, of Bath-
k eale, was iodictfd lir attempting to burn a iittle boy, nine
years old, in a bed . f straw ! It appeared that the pri'oner's
husband is a sweep, and the juvenila prt secator had bt*n
s .1d by his unnat, al parents to 14 illiams for ss. Tr e child
was subjected ,o great seve itv by Ellin Williams, whose
conduct was ferocious, but h.ving been only found guilty of
a common assault she was sentenced to twe ve months' im-
prisonment. Patrick Looby, c lavicted before Judge Jackson
of the mu. der of Anthew lieeliher, was sentenced to execu-
tion on the 20th April.

Trn D ODDING HURST MURDER.-CONFESSION.
Information reached London this day from the Essex con-
stabulary, that a most important and satisfactory message
had been forwarded to the proper quarter relative to the con-
fession of the prisoner Drory.

The Rev. Robert Eden, D.D., Oxon, whose elec-
tion to the see of Moray and Ross, vacant by the resignation
of the Right Rev. Dr. Low, recently announced, was con-
secrated to his office by the Bishop of Aberdeen and Primus,
assisted by the Bishops of Edinburgh, Argyll, and Glasgow,
in St, Paul's Church, Edinburgh, on Sunday last.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, YIARCII 14, 185

is called the party of order, having in its number of
the 25th ult. published an article tending to impute
reactionary tendencies to his Royal Highness Prince
EUGENE of Savoy Carignan, three gentlemen of
Turin, named CASTELBORGO, CUSENI, and VIMER-
CATI, proceeded to Genoa, and called upon
the editors of the Strega, requesting them to
retract the article in question, since it had no
foundation in fact. Having obtained a sort of
promise to that effect from Signor DAGNINE, the
chief editor, they believed the matter settled. But on
the 4th of March following, the Strega appeared
with an article headed as follows :—" The Strega
never recants." This led to a sharp correspondence
between the parties, which attracted a good deal of
public attention. We now learn from the Corriere
Mercantile, of Genoa, of the Bth, that a most dis-
graceful outrage was committed in consequence on
the morning of that day, the printing-office of the
Strega baying been forcibly entered by a mob,
and completely devastated. The authorities of
Genoa have determined to act with the greatest rigour
against the ringleaders of this act of violence.
An Austrian battalion of 1,300 men and 26 officers
arrived at Ferrara on the 28th ult., and set out on the
following day for Bologna.
A letter from Bologna of the sth, in the Corriere
Mercantile, announces that an Austrian camp is to be
formed at Jesi, in the Romagna. Austrian troops
continue to stream into the country. The banditti
continue their outrages undismayed in the open face
of day ; the bodies of several soldiers, who had fallen
in various conflicts with them, have been found dread-
fully mangled. Not less than 48 stabs have been
counted on one of them, showing the rage with which
even the dead are treated by these desperate men.

PRINCESS' CONCERT ROOMS.
SIGNOR LANZA'S CONCERT.

Signor Lanai gave his concert at the above rooms
last evening, and the concert-room was crowded to
excess. The principal performers were Miss Poole,
Mrs. Donald King, Miss Theresa Jefferys, Miss Lowe,
and Miss Lansa, with M. H. Drayton, Signor Montelli,
M. N. de Becker, Mr. Chatterton, Mr. Case, Mr. H.
Griesbach, and Master Heinrich Werner. Several
beautiful ballad compositions by Signor Lansa were
given in the course of the evening, and among them a
Polaces, exquisitely rendered by Miss Lanza, is worthy
of especial commendation, on account of its deli-.
cious melody. Mozart's duet in D for two piano-fortes
was admirably performed by Miss Theresa Jefferys and
young Heinrich Werner. Miss Lowe sang "Il soave e
bel content° " very beautifully, and afterwards gave the
duet, " Dunque io son," most effectively with Signor
Montelli. This young lady is one of the
most promising of our young concert singers.
Miss Poole was encored in Mendelssohn's "First Violet,"
and- in Charles Glover's new ballad " I cannot pretend
to say," which she acted as well as sang charmingly.
Mrs. Donald King acquitted herself excellently well in
some variations on " Cease your funning," and was
much applauded. Altogether the concert went off very
well.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, MARCH 13.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked early this morn-
ing in Osborne Park and Grounds.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, and the younger members of the Royal Family,
took their accustomed walks and rides.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Fanny Howard, Lady in Waiting, crossed from
Gosport in the Fairy yacht, Commander Crispin, yes-
terday afternoon, and reached Osborne a little before
four o'clock.

Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting, went to Gos,
port to attend her Royal Highness from thence to Os,
borne.

The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East
India Company had an audience with Lord John Russell
yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street.
The Right Hon. Henry Goulburn had an interview
with Sir George Grey at the Home-office yesterday.
The Earl of Lovelace had also an interview with the
Right Hon. Baronet.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.
Dispatches were also received from the Governor of St.
Helena.

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL
CLOOW'S'
CITY, TWO O'a ti-
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were e....
mated at 7,000 bales, of which 500 American were tilii:tii
for export, and 700 American and 600 rebel° °AOO
Mantilla= on speculation. The sales comprised
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American, 1,200 Pernam and Maranhao, st 61e•9a.,
70.; 100 Bahia, at 'lid., 100 EgYPtisl3,ll,Vhttnat°srices
andel 500 Surat, at 4fd. to 51d. per lb. -.'-''' ,1- bust
osed rather heavily. In Railway Shares a ge°-
ness was done at full prices.seek
The sales in the Produce Markets have not those
been of importance, and prices have alternated
efore°,i
portionably limited extent. Sugar has not beenPr with
upon the market, and Coffee has been Tea bps been steadilyia fair
scarcely any inclination to buy.
la quest;f Tallow supported, and. Cotton hes'Y' a .v so-
he proposed new Bill for the audit of railwayrill'iv-
counts, and for other purposes connected with
n., 11,
eluding the
provides a particular form of soca
nt.,
t'he
uding the stuck and shares and mortgage scout:oot
capital account, the working stock account, sttiditure,
oaf, debentures and other loans, abstracts °B ill
es fol-
. id a revenue account. The heads of the Bill are
lows:— u to b•
ca;jeCdotmhepaanuydittocoemlecmtifittreee shareholders annul l'
'n of Mt
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" At second half-yearly.meeting after posi "d.
au,d,iAtorfs to. go out of office, but may be tee dot
After
osefcooffincimmeeting auditor not to be re-eleet4
going second bilif.
" Company to elect two auditors at the
not t°
yearly meeting.
" Director or person employed by corePB°',,,
vote in election of audit committee or of auditor&
,4
Auditors to
only need be a shareholder. us.
~
mu itors to have same powers as given biirreholder
liirectors to dispatch by post to each 0.8
report, accounts, and scheme for dividend. , feticide°
O
n requisition of not less than twenty 1.8- be sub-
holding one-twentieth of capital, accounts ton
mated to a special auditor. .Atioll not
" List of shareholders to be deposited for i 091)
shareholders, and to be printed. Wer
" Directors may require every person attending 0 is,s
ing to declare that he is a shareholder, and
to sig
name in a book to be
kept for that purpose.
"Director or auditor in arrest of
months disqualified. coed of
"No person eligible as director unless Poo jowl so
previous
necessary
qualification for six month*
:POnly one retiring director capable of re-018°6°11.
4, ower to reduce number of directors. road* °P
Register of shareholders, ilcc., to be tool
also ete
monthy and to be open to inspection, as
of traffic, &c." any
ea_ll for three
hoe °II
_ Hamburgh letters of Tuesday quote the E - . boll
London steady, at 135. 41 Coffee firm, and Orlin
for fuller rates. Pia'
The English Stock Market has improved this Innr ..,
~, *0 refer
and although the business doing is small, She tone
1 sfer
dedly encouraging. Consols have been 96} havef°r
I°l°d
and 96-t i for Account. Exchequer bills res•sph
535. to 565., and India Bonds, 585. to 61°' ,P„r7e4ins
being a further advance. South Sea Stock 58 7.rftiall
Foreign Securities have been brisk• lliitel`cill,- Cents'
rallied to 331 ,i. Peruvian Four-and-Ole° P.- 41.
are 841 to 85i. Grenada Deferred have been 0-
sr
Brazilian Old Bonds are 113 i; Buenos Ayrel',s6.'s 201
Chilian 105 k; Spanish Five per Cents. are steo/6eess,
and the Three per Cents. at 34; Dutch FOar pet -
are 91i. ; and
Railway Shares have been very buoyant agt&°' , asif
immense business is doing. This is the AccolsB%o to
and a failure is reported of about 3,000/. in acii our
the stoppages in the provinces. At the tiro* ° 161;
writing, Caledonian have dropped from 171 ,rhoisb
Sambre and Meuse have risen to 4; and Dutch ''''t AA'
also; Great Northern are buoyant, and also P -
glian. York and North Midland are cheaper. deo
4,, T r '
HALF-PAST - than
The failure in the Stock Exchange is much hlrge-sde
was expeoted,being for about 50,0001. The part,' wil.„o iteri
Bear of Caledonian and other shares, and severs
b.-
lose 2,0001. and 3,0001. each. TROI4.
QUARTER TO ' -
96
••• •••
961 „cogi
••• •••
PRICES OF BRITIsfI. FUNDS O'COLN:CK. cf,v,e4
3 •c, vent. Reduced Antis
l' 9/4
j9.6:4
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities 96% N "/0 " 7
L mg Anna. to expire Jan 1860
5-i
661111-Ppl4/6 •C'''
:0611
71.1P6
India
Dittßoonundsd,erl,ol%ol.
1. .
South Sea Stock ".....
*******
150873/4
Uo.. ns.ols for Account 9611
96%.0,,A
exchequer Bills. 140. 0 " 56 P
1,0001. June 56 53 56 56 P
500/. June
Small, June 56 53 O 6 P cl4o*lg,
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. SICS 4
_ 93
tSonds-
6 net Cent 931,4 66,
'OS/
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent -
105% ..--ci.
Danish Bonds,lB2s,3per C.. 101
Do., 5 per cent
..
--
Grenaa Bonds, 11,.'2 per Cent. ..,
10
Do. Ex Dec., 1849 Coupons .....• 161 4*
Ditto Deferred
1846, *
with Coupons Cont.'.
Coupons ........
33331124 55144._
Mexican,
Ditto,Ditto,
. Accountjan33-a
peluivlttoitn, SiToauldle,
4% PIA
851,1
Ditto Ditto,
Deferred Account
per Cent_ _ • 851 i g/
85:Y4 84/4 3914
353/ 39* ---,z
..... -.. /4 341

Consols ...
Ditto Account

dpser Con
RPoicstsuiangueßseonei
Ditto, 41p4erp
Ditto,oitto r 4
DDiittttoo.,
3Smp -
33% ~.s4
Do., 1838-40, div.frm. Nov., '4O --• 9,
Small 9i
,---ni 974
195
40ividends on the above psya 14°I)
97% 16';'s
5 ~,Ila; 5 nee Cent. I k, ,
% per Cent t,V
Belgian,
-
Ditto 11
3)34
:In
4 per Cent.. 12 Guild. --,,,
381/‘ doll. 01i
jj
'tell
2,'*Der rttates
_:97g(,,nt. Ce 9234
LONDON,ssEA.
LLOYD'S S lIIPPIN Gr.--( I"`t-:llSg9blitbrtll.:t.'iL
,Mme RAC:
H 141.3—.
and fine. d. $OO-,
SWANSEA,
Valparaiso;Arrd'
William Gales, '
Cuba. ,• fresh•'-• it of
MILFORD, MARCH 13.—Wind
dat DN0.w012.......p.A, -rri- , a
12.—Wind 8.1 N., ~,,,r etc
Lord Byron, Moulmein, with nearly all the c'
scurvy. .o,,beA
NT Arrd'AV'Sail
QUEENST
OWN, MARCH 12.--Wind ,•-•---- lA-. , ef
Mauritius; Swadavelk,ditto; = dittel 011`15-•
Naughton, ditto; Noe ano, ditto, . osero,
, Callao; Niagara' nahtico; '
Lacs, Bahia. Harrison,' 'L Chilton, Yeragi—
Callao. , rs af lard
TERCEIRA, MARCH 1. Scme tin canisu'ioe boa
marited " Boston", wreck timber, and Pisi3l.!t,/ of haien.
_ washed up on this coast lately, and a quail° d
brel‘l9
have been seen floating at sea., ~-, nail r
GALATZ, FEB. 27'. The iee on the vi.o--- the riles
is
sp on the 25th inst., and in this neighbottr"veyol rises
both
how free. The Jana Archibald and the
gill be owl
aground, but without dams an
ge,
got afloat. :to Airft
Ceres,
DEAL, MARCH 13.—Wind W., varia—e•bherine-
Meares, Banjoewangee, from ROllOOO3 ; CLa,7O2 ipt-
ria, Batavia; Margaretha Ida, Rajasthan, both 'Lwly;
Thomas Blyth and Devonshire, Mauritius. 'rrcipto (
Gthoeodßiver, Sea Witch, Shanghae; en alore, osti• o
Florida;ope; Rose, St. Thomas s; SPrIghtIYVII/jely'
Ant, St. John's, New Brunswick; 1
ditto. Sid. City of Hamilton, Montreal. Arrd. 1/41:
LIVER 3
1 OOL, MARCH 13.—Wind W.----, • ite-'
Thistle
I"' Demerara ; James Scott, ShaaguAa;;,,, PI;
Calcutta
; Leudmuns, Mauritius ; Eric, .%gii-opoli,
Lund, St. Domingo; Kingston, Savannah; 13' poar°'
Baltimore, Sld. Ben Muich Dhue, Rio Janeir2e;ooool.
. Valparaiso; Nymph, Pernambuco; Queen, •L'i
land. Off port, Andrew Fo,teri,Ternplar. , BOOS
WEXFORD, MARCH 12.—The V eloa barque, 0' ~,ile§
tell '' '0
bound to Liverpool, came on shore last night, eiiel 1
rhe le
to the southward, with masts cut away. '
tight, but
much exposed. „e Pr
CowEs, MARCH 13.—Wind W.—Arrd. Balet!'c, for
gard, Rio Janeiro, for Copenhagen; Argo, cIIP iorr
Harnburgh; St. Lawrence, United States' Woo,
York. gOO%
FALMoUTLI. MARCH 13.-- Wind Isi.N.W",. f:o'.
brefze.—Arrd. Runnymede, Rio Janeiro; Rose"' Icf•
'cumuli, for Bristol; Father Mathew, Pernauthue,?' ton,
Atweek, Philadelphia. Off port, Duke of Vir,feillefes,
Rio Grande, and sailed for Exeter; Pilar, Ptaill
for Bristol.
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lea •ge
aBBl.VCeerenCLentts, "

NEW DOCKS AT SWANSEA.—The Stvawl-uace u.,,
states upo,J "official authority" that arrangesient!._bicti tP
inaCe within the last few (lave, in pursuance of wo,01310:
construction of the long-contemplated clocks 0F444 O'
row. at Swansea will be almost ireJusdiatsly prow"