The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-28 00:00:00

Naval and Military intelligence.

A letter from Malta, dated April 23d, says :
"Admiral Lord Lyons, who by the last accounts
had left Smyrna for Syra, Alexandria, and Malta,
was expected in the Royal Albert, to meet which
vessel,the Centurion, Conqueror, and Brunswick
left Valetta harbour on the 11th, under orders not
to extend their cruise beyond 15 leagues to the
eastward of Malta. On the night of the 13th they
stood close in, and after midnight exercised great
guns, and they have sighted the town almost daily
ever since.

" The British squadron which left Constanti-
nople on the 29th March arrived at Smyrna on the
3d April. On the Royal Albert coming in sight the
English residents assembled in large numbers at the
British and Smyrna Club, and an immense crowd
collected on the wharves to welcome the gallant ad-
miral. Onh sapproachthefrigate Pomone, carrying
the French admiral's flag, fired the usual salute, and
the sailors of the French ships in port manned the
yards and cheered. Salutes were also exchanged
by the Royal Albert with the Turkish brig on the
station. Rear-Admiral Count Bonet Willaumez
repaired on board to compliment Lord Lyons, as
did also the Caimacan of Smyrna through his aide-
de-camp. On the 4th and sth many of the foreign
consuls and English residents visited the admiral.
The squadron took its departure with the same ec-
thusiastic demonstrations which marked its arrival.

"Her Majesty's steamer Caradoc left for Mar-
seilles on the 12th to embark for Alexandria, on
the way to China, Lord Elgin, the Euvoy to the
Court of the Celestial Empire.
" All the disposable vessels of the Mediterranean
squadron are on their way to England, the gun-
boats having first landed their heavy armament to
strengthen the fortifications.
" The Lynx screw steam gun-boat left for Gib-
raltar and England on the 14th, followed next day
by the steam-frigate Malacca.
" The Gladiator steam frigate, which arrived from
Ssra on the 14th, left for England on the 18th.
" Her Majesty's screw steam gunboats Snake
and Wrangler arrived from the Piraeus on the 11th,
and on the 18th the latter left for England.
" The Osprey and Wanderer steam gunboats are
to remain out at Malta, to keep up a constant com-
munication with Sicily and Naples.
" The Swallow screw steamsloop has been
ordered to Corfu.

" The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
packets Pera and Euxine arrived on the 9th from
Alexandria. The Euxine left for Marseilles on the
same morning.
" The VectTs steamer arrived from Marseilles with
the over:and London mails of the 10th, on the 15th.
" The Colombo returned on the 22d, in the morn-
ing, bringing a telegraphic despatch from Suez, an-
nouncing the arrival there of the European steamer
from Australia, with the mails, but no tidings what-
ever of the missing Oncida. The Colombo left
for Southampton on the afternoon of the 22d.

"The Cambria arrived from Marseilles on the
night of the 20th with the overland Australian mail,
and the Etna on the ernoon of the 21st, with the
heavy mails from Southampton, the former baying
had remarkably fine, the latter very boisterous,
weather throughout the voyage.
" Up tp the 14th of April no tidings had reached
Alexandria regarding the musing steamer Oneida,
from Australia. ;

Commodore Shepherd, Superintendent of Wool-
wich Dockyard, accompanied by Admiral E'en,
yesterday inspected the gunboat Slaney, and ordered
her to proceed to the Arsenal to ship her ammuni-
tion and steam down to Greenhithe to be adjusted,
and sail with all despatch for the westward to join
the squadron under orders for China. The gunboat
Leven, having had the damages to her screw pro-
peller repaired, returned to Greenhithe to be swung,
and is ordered to join the squadron with all pos-
sible speed. The freightahip Violet, which arrived
at Woolwich-pier the latter end of March, sail?d
thence yesterday for China, laden with about 800
tons of war stores. Mr. J. W. Rawnsley and Mr.
Branscomiie, of the Military Stoi.e Department, and
some officers ofilthe Medical Corps, took passage in
the Violet for service in China.

Sir Charles Wood, First Lord of the Admiralty,
who is on a vi•dt to Sir Augustus Clifford at R,yde,
embarked yesterday forenoon on board the seam
tender Fire Queen,.Master-Commander W. F. Paul,
and visited the Naval Hospital and other establi.h-
ments at Gosport. Sir Charles was accompanied by.
Sir Baldwin Walker, Surveyor of the Navy ; Lieut.-
Col. Greene, the Director of Admiralty Engineer-
ing and Architectural Works ; and his assistant,
Mr. Scamp, and was conducted by Captain
Superintendent Sir C. Dacres over the gunboat
berthing slips, the new burying-ground for the
Naval Hospital, situated at the western
extremity of the slips, and the new washing
apparatus of the hospital, the supply of water
for the machinery of which is found insufficient. It
is proposed to increase the number of sheds for
berthing gunboats at Haslar, and, as the last well
sunk to obtain water for ie washing machinery
has by some means caused the admission of salt
water into the well supplying the hospital with
water, it has been mooted whether it would not be
advisable to fill the well up, and endeavour to ob-
tlin water for washing the linen of the es'ahlish•
merit from Titchfield or Roundown, or some other
not very distant locality. The First Lord remained
about an hour on the Gosport side of the harbour,
and then crossed over to Portsmouth. The new
burying-ground at Haslar Hospital, which has been
very beautifully laid out and ornamented with
choice shrubs and trees by Capt. Dacres, pleased
Sir Charles greatly.

Tho Wisel-Lester, 50-gun sailing frigate, Captain
Wilson, late flagship on the China station, arrived
at Spithead yesterday forenoon to be paid off. Sh 3
has maie a long passage, and has brought no news.
She has on board 59 naval invalids, 27 military,
and 84 of the crew of the sloop Bittern (made a ten-
der to the present flagship on the China station),
with the following officers of that vessel :—Lieuts.
Walsh and Robinson ; Mr, Johnson, master ; Mr.
Gurney, paymaster ; Mr. Newton, assist.-surgeon;
and the gunner, boatswain, and carpenter (warrant
officers). The Winchester has been upward;; of
five years in commission.

Capt. the Hon. J. R Drummond, C.8.,K.L.H.,
is appointed private secretary to the First Lord of
the Admiralty, vice Mr. T. Baring, resigned. Capt.
John M 'Neil Boyd is appointed to the command of
the Meander, 44, was' guard frigate on the Devon-
port station, vice Drummond.
The Devastation, 6 guns, paddlewheel sfeam-
sloop, Commander Edward Marshall, arrived at
Sheerness on Sunday, last from Devonport and
Portsmouth. She bas brought mull.] with her sea-
men and petty officers from Devonport for the Ve,ll-
- An Admiralty order has arrived for her to
mike good all defects and be ready for foreign ser-
vice. She will be taken into the fit'ing basin for that
purpose forthwith.
The Cumberland is ordered to be out of the hands
of the doi:kyard authorities, at Sheerness; by the Sth
of May next, and to be ready for sea 10 days after
that date. •

Lieut -General Sir Wm. Codrington, M.P., with
his brother, Rear-Admiral John T. Codrington, and
Mr. Archibald, proprietorof the Acadian iron mines
in Nova Scotia, visi;ed Woolwich Arsenal yesterday
morning -b.) iaspecr the machinery departments; and,
accompanied by Mr. Anderson, they passed about
two hours examining thesteam machinery employed
in the manufacture of percussion caps, bullets, fuze4,
&c., with which the large room of the laboratory
is furnished.

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(Trom the New York Times.)

The intimations contained in our leading article
yesterday concerning the intentions of our Govern-
ment in regard to China are fully confirmed by our
intelligence from Washington this morning. The
President has determined upon sending a special
Minister Plenipotentiary to China, accompanied by
a suitable naval force, and has appointed Will'am
B. Reed, of Philadelphia, to that important and
responsible post. Mr. Reed is well known through-
out the country as a gentleman of marked ability,
an eminent lawyer, and for many years a promi-
nent and active politician. Until the late election
he had been a leading member of the Whig party
in Pennsylvania, but he was one of those who, in-
duced partly by their personal regard for Mr.
Buchanan, and partly by their apprehensions of
danger from the alleged sectionalism of the Repub-
lican movement, transferred their support to the
Democratic candidate for the Presidency. They
contributed largely to the result, and Mr. Buchanan
discharges a political debt, as well as pays a grace-
ful tribute to a personal friend by the appointment
of Mr Reed to this mis-ion.

The appointment strikes us as judicious. Mr.
Reed is eminently Conservative in all his senti-
ments and sympathies, and is one of the last men
in the country who would be likely to enter upon
Such duties in a spirit of reckless disregard of the
rights of other nations or of the requirements of
public law. At the same time he cannot fail to ap-
preciate the importance of the mission which he is
to fill, and we are confident he will discharge his
duties in a spirit of enlarged statesmanship, and
with a view to the interests of civilisation through-
out the world.

Mr. Reed will, as a matter of course, be pro-
vided with very lull and explicit instructions for the
guidance of his official conduct. That they will en-
join upon him the most careful abstinence from
everything which can involve us in causeless war
with China, or entangle us in the quarrels and aims
of European Powers, it is safe to assume. At the
same time, we take it for granted he would not be
sent to China if it were not expected that he will
have something to do. It is known that England
and France have resolved to make an effort to
secure for themselves the right of being represented
by Ministers resident at the Imperial Court. There
are abundant reasons why this request, so reasonable
in itself and so thoroughly in conformity with public
usage and public law, should be conceded. We
trust that Mr. Reed will be instructed to urge the
desire of the United States, that the application
should be granted, and that an American Minister
should also have the right of residence at Pekin.
We do not expect much in the way of concession
' fry m the secluded and complacent Monarch who
rules the destinies of the Central Flowery King-
dom ; but it is quite possible that evim he may un-
derstand ihe propriety and policy of conceding a
demand so just in itself when earnestly pressed by
the three great Powers of the Christian world.

Our trade with China is already large, and is cer-
tain to increase. It is carried on at great disadvan-
age—by cot, cessions to, and under regulations from,
the Chinese authorities, which areas humiliating as
they are embarrassing, and without any of the safe-
guards which rec,gnised international law throws
around the commis' ce of the civilised world. If it is
to be conflated it should be put upon a more just
and equitable footing. And we hope the result of
Mr. Reed's mission may be to secure for it a degree
of protection suited to its importance and to the
spirit of the age.

(From the New York Herald.)

The Hon. W. B. Reed, Philadelphia, will shortly
leave this country on a most important mission He
goes to China to represent the United States during
the contest which has just been begun with the
Chinese and the maritime Powers of Europe. It is
understood that Mr. Reed owes his appointment in
some respect to the recommendations of Robert J.
Walker, whose intimacy he at one time enjoyed,
and though formerly acting with an opposite party,
whose views on the subject of the development of
our Chinese relations he is believed to have shared
from the beginning.
Mr. Reed's mission, though in point of nominal
rank bone ith that of France and England, will, in
all probability, be far more important than either
in its practical results to commerce and civilsation.
At the time of writing our news from China is en-
veloped m some obscurity ; it is not possible to say
exactly what is the condition of affairs in that part
of the world ; but, in the absence of authentic evi-
dence, the story of the conciliatory attitude of the
Emperor of China must be received with caution.
But we are more inclined to place credence in the
report of a forcible opening of the ports of Japan
by some English ships of war. This is really a
likely occurrence. No doubt the English comman-
ders in the Pacific—like Sir M. Seymour—have
been instructed to stand no nonsense, and have
availed themselves of the first pretext to bring the
Japanese to their senses. But with regard to China
we have no reason to state anything with certainty
except that a state of hostility exists there, and is
likely to last.

Mr. Reed will go out to that region not to make
war, but if possible, to gain admission to the great
thoroughfares of Chinese trade, and to obtain a re-
ception for himself or successor at Pekin without
fighting. Whether he can succeed in doing this can-
not be predicted with any certainty, though the
Chinese se m to be favourably disposed towards us
as a general rule, and may offer us facilities which,
until badly beaten, they may refuse their enemies.
But Mr. heed may not improbably fill a more im-
portant station still, as umpire between the comba-
tants. He is the most likely person to be chosen,
and should he be competent for the post, he may
absolutely find himself giving the law to both sides.

THE RUSSIAN R4IL TrA Y ROBBERY

SCHEME.

The Nord of Brussels says :—" The systematic
and interested hostility of speculators and news-
papers to the Russian railway scheme has hitherto
had no other effect than to show more clearly
than ever the immense advantages which the
sha-eholders, as well as Europe and Russia,
will derive from that vast enterprise. The shares
are everywhere so much in demand that it is to
be expected that the applications for them will
be far from being satisfied. Even in Austria, in
spite of the tactics of the Austrian press, public
opinion' is favourable to the undertaking ; the
journals of Prague; and a letter from Vienna, in the
Cologne Gazette, state that large . sums have been
subscribed in all the Austrian empire, and paWcu-
lady at Vienna. The Ostdeutsche Post, which at-
tacks the enterprise with some bitterness, and me-
naces the shareholders with the miasma of the
Putrid Sea, fogets that Russia is not Austria. If
Russia, with the immense fertility of her =oil, is
even now, when the benefits of capital and the
spirit of enterprise are unknown to her, the most
productive country of Europe, what will she be
when capital-and enterprise shall have accomplished
for her the miracles which they have effected every-
where else ?"

We have already reported the telegraphic news of
the return c.ll weather at St. Petersburg. Advices
dated the 23d inst. remark :—" Winter has suddenly set
in again, with snow. Yesterday there were 11 degrees,
and to-day 4 degrees frost, with the wind at north•west.
Thtre has been a drift of ice in the Neva yesterday and
to-day."

LA TV AMENDMENT SOCIETY

The firet general meeting of this society since the die-
solution of Parliament was held yesterday evening at
No. 3, Waterloo place, and was numerously attended.
Mr. Ilea;: lam, M P., took the chair.
The SECRETARY (Mr. Hastings) read an address of the
council of the society on its resuming its fourteenth see-
sion. It was as follows :

After the long adjournment of the Society consequent
on the dissolution of Parliament, the council have thought
it advisable to follow the precedent established at the
commencement of the present session, especially as it
seemed to be approved of by the members, and to ad-
dress some observations to the society on those topics of
law reform which are now prominently before the public
notice.

Captain H. B. Saunders's No. 2 Company was
ycst,rday withdrawn from the Horse Brigade of
the Royal Artillery encamped on Woolwich-common
and was ordeted to the s;h Batt-dion Fort. The
horses were d;stributed to the Military Train, and
regimentAl depot, when the company marched down
from the encampment and were told off to barra quarters.
Her Majesty's steamer Locust went to Woolwich
yesterday frrnn Sheerness, and conveyed a party of
Marines to head-quarters who were discharged from
the 50-gnu screw steam-frig. to Euryalus, and the
21 screw steamship Jam .s Watt.

THE LATE FIRE IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCIIYARD.—Up .to
last Saturdays tremendous amount of property had been
secured from the ruins of the premises belonging to Mr.
Goodyear, in St. Paul's Churchyari, including several
thousand bonnets; bat what is better, the while of the
books, &c., j
belonging to the firm were found uninjured,
d ure ,
in one of Mares patent fire•raof
the business can be shortly resumed safes, consequently
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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1857.

fere in any way with marriage settlements, bat enables
a married woman, in the absence of a settlement, to re-
tain her own property ,ind earning., as if she were a
femm sole, making her liable at the same time on her
oan debts and engagements. The society has lately
received the valuable evidence of Mr. David Dualey
Field as to the way in which such a law has worked
in America, and nothing can be more conclusive than
the statements of that gentleman. His only objection
to the alteration made in the law of his own State, New
York, as concerns married women, is that it does not go
quite as far as he could wieb ; but be entertains no doubt
as to the beneficial effect which it has already exercised,
and bears witness that it commands the approbation of
all classes in the State. The example of a population
which has inherited our laws, language, and customs,
can hardly be without weight ; but were it otherwise,
the feeling which has arisen in our own country, and
which increases daily, will enforce the attention of the
Legislature. It is a remarkable fact that more than one
of the public) bodies which were represented at the late
Mercantile Law Conference sent up this subject as one
of those on which the laws of England most required
amendment ; not on account of the hardship sustained
by married women, but in respect to the difficulties
which the present state of the law imposes on their cre-
ditors. The solicitor of the London Association for the
Protection of Trade states that the present state of the
law is a constant source of loss and annoyance to trades-
men, and that such an alteration as would make mar-
ried women the owners of their own property, and re-
sponsible for their own debts, would greatly increase the
safety of trade transactions. It is evident that any
measure which dealt only with earnings would leave this
portion of the grievance untouched ; and for this, no
less than for other well•considered reasons, the council
trust that the subject will be dealt with by Parliament
in a comprehensive way. It has been currently re-
ported that her Majesty's Government intend to bring
forward a measure to remedy the evils complained of,
and the council sincerely trust that the rumour will
prove to have been correct ; but should that not be so,
the bill prepared by the society will again be proceeded
with.

Sportincf Intelligence.

NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.

MONDAY.

Handicap SweepQtakes of 20 soya each, 5 ft. if declared,
T.Y.C. (Five furlongs 140 yards.) Five subs.
two of whom paid 5 sovs etch.
Duke of Bedford's Cruzada, by Cowl, 3 yrs, Brit 71b
(S. Rogers) 1
Mr. Smith's Spinet, 3 yrs, 83t 21h (Fordbam) 2
Baron Rothschild's colt by lago—Evening Star, 3
yrs, 7st 131 b (Chariton) 3
Betting-11 to 8 on Cruzada, 7 to 4 agst Spinet.
Won by a head, two lengths bet ween the second and

third.
Plate of 5I sovs, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. The winner
to be sold for 200 sovs. Allowances if entered to be
sold for less, &c. D.M. (7 furlongs 201 yards.)
Duke of Bedford's Eupatoria, by Weatberbit, 3 yrs
(401), sst 11Ib k.T. Rogers) 1
Mr. Chambers's Hegira, 3 yrs (40/.), sst 111 b
(T. Fordham) 2
Mr Deacon's Sichmus, 3 yrs (401.), 6st (Musgrove) 3
Mr. La Mert's Admiral of the White, 3 yrs, 7st 71b
(Walley) 4
The following also ran :—Raphael, Mary Ann, Jack
the Giant-Killer.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Hegira, 4to 1 agat Jack the
Giant-Killer.
Won by half a length, a length between the second
and third, three lengths between the third and fourth
Mary Ann was fifth, Raphael sixth, and Jack the Giant-
Killer, last, beaten off.
The winner was claimed, and goes into T. Stephenson,
jun.'s stable.
The Spring Oatlands, a free handicap, of 15 sovs each,
5 ft, with 100 added. R.M. 1 mile 17 yards. 28 subs.
Mr. Morris's Admiral Lyons, 3 yrs, sst 111 b
(Grimmer) 1

Baron Rothschild's a by lago, 3 yrs, sst 1311,
(Rayner) 2
Duke of Bedford's Eloquence, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Plumb) 3
The following also ran :—Kestrel, Pembdw, Knight
of Avon, Miss Harkaway, Indulgence, and Tiptop.
Betting-7 to 4 ag4 Kestrel, 7to 2 agst Eloquence,
6 to 1 each agst Knight of Avon and Admiral Lyons.
Won by half s length, same distance between second
and third, Indulgence a bad fourth, Pembdw fifth, Mims
Harkaway sixth, and Ke4trel next.
Sweepstakes of 50 sous each, for foals of 1854, out of
mares that never bred a winner. Colts, Bst 71b;
Bst 31b. A.F. 1 mile .2 furlongs 73 yards. 7 subs.
Lord John Svott's Mceltissima, B=t 3lb (Kendall) w. o.
Handicap Plate of 50 cove, R.M. (1 mile 17 yards).
Mr. Harvey's Renown, by Collingwood,.3 yrs, 5t 61b
(Daley, jun.) 1
Duke of Bedford's Aster, 3 yrs, sst 101b...(3. Rogers) 2
Mr. Waller's Octavia, aged, 7st 12lb
The following also ran :—Tom Thumb, Pitapat, Noi.
Bette, Alcyone, Tester, Hartley Buck, Fright, and
Spinet.
Betting.-4 to 1 each agst Pitapat, Aster, and Hartley
Buck, 7 to 1 each aget Spinet and Renown, 8 to 1 aget
Tom Thumb, 10 to 1 agst Fright.
Won by three lengths, came distance between the
second and third, bad fourth ; Spinet was fifth, and Noi-
sette next.
Bartholomew rode in this race for the first time since
his accident at Goodwood.
Match of 200 Bove, h ft. First half Ab. M.
Duke of Bedford's Pampa, Bst 71$) (5. Rogers) 1
Lord Glasgow's The Blacksmith, 7st 111 b ..(Aldcroftl 2
Won by a length.
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas for mares ; 4-yr-old%
Bst 9i ; 5-yr-olds, gat 81b ; six and aged, lOst. R.C.
(3 miles 4 far. 139 yards.)
Mr. Saxon's Mary, by Idle Boy (Flatman) 1
Lord Clifden's Melissa (A. Day) 2
Duke of Bedford's Eloquence (S Roger's) 3
Betting-6 to 4on Melissa. Wen by six lengths.

TWO THOUSAND.
The race will be run at a quarter past 4 o'clock.
The following is a list of the probable starters:—
Loyola Vidette Matins
Beeswax colt Lord of the Hills Barba colt
Anton Law bourne Apathy
Kent I Sydney I Drumour
Turbit

LATEST BETTING.
TWO THOUSAND.
4to 1 agst Kent (taken)

4 to 1 airit Loyola (taken)

4to 1 :list Vedette (offered)
6to 1 eget Anton (offered)

10 to 1 agat Lanibourn (offered)
12 to 1 agat Sydney (offered)
13 to 1 agst Drumour (taken)
25 to 1 agat Turbit
40 to 1 agst Lord of the Hills

AQUATICS.

LONDON UNITY ROWING CLUB.

The opening match of the season amongst members of
this flourishing club took place yesterday evening, and
was remarkable for the spirit and erlellence of style dis-
played by the several competitors. The contest was in
one heat with five four-oared boats, and had created
some amount of speculation owing to the reputation some
of the men bad acquired as oarsmen.
Messrs. W. Hazlewood, Bate, T. Squires, W. Mills,

_
sen. ;F. Whitaker, coxswain White 1
Messrs. Hurst, W. Atnar, E. Tuttle, C. Glenieter ;

Evans, coxswain Yellow 2
Messrs. T. Day, F. Knight, Palmountain, Sellers; _

'l. Sheppard, Coxswain
Messrs. W. Walker, F. Cask, F. Cross, F. Miller ;
R. Jones, coxswain
Another crew started, but were ultimately left con-
siderably astern.
The race was from the new bridge at Putney to
Barnes railway bridge. Mr. Newnhail, the veteran
oarsman of Lambeth, officiated as umpire. The start
was moat ex;ellent, more so than could have been ex•
pected with such a wind and tide, there not being a
couple of feet difference amongst the quartette, and all
the oars being in the water at the came instant. Yellow
in the course of a few strokes showed in front, and kept
it by dint of the most extraordinary labour, till within
half a mile of the winning post. when White, who had
been engaged in a close race all the way up with Black,
challenged them, and a sharp and game encounter fol-
lowed, which might have terminated differently but for
the two boats separating to clear a barge, and White,
being advantaged by it, won by two lengths. The Citi-
K, steam boat, chartered by Mr. Robert Baring,
oar and skull maker, Lambeth, accompanied the race,
and the arrangements on board, for the comfort of the
visitors, gave general sa'isfaction.

THE BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS. FOX
AND HENDERSON.

Yesterday Sir Charles Fox and Mr. Henderson ap-
peared upon their last examination before Mr. Commis-
sioner Balguy, in the district Court of Bankruptcy at
Birmingham. The abstract of the balance-sheet filed was
published in The Sum on Monday, the 20th inst.
Mr. Beale, of tee firm of Colcu..re and Beale, who ap-
peared as solicitor to the assignees, applied that the
bankrupts should pass. He stated that their affairs had
been under the investigation of the assignees ever since
October last, and they were perfectly satisfactory. A
further adjournment could do vo possible good, while it
might occasion considerable delay and inconvenience to
all parties.
The Commissioner said he thought in a matter of so
much importance, when it was understood there were
disputed claims upon the estate, they should not be in a
hurry, but that the examination should be further ad-
journed to allow creditors time for further examination.
A. conversation betw.en the Commissioner and solici-
tors ensued, when ultimately the bankrupts passed, and
the certificate meeting was fined for the 27th of July.
In the meantime, the creditors and all other parties w.ll
have the opportunity of making all necessary inquiries
into the affairs of the bankruptcy, and be prepared to
lay the result before the Commission on that occasion.
The conversation was carried on in such an under-t:me
that it was impossible to catch it correctly, Int the above
was understood to be its purport. The bankrupts were
nut subjected to any examination, and the whole of the
proceedings appeared to be of a friendly nature.

At the meeting of the London General Omnibus Com-
pany, just held at Paris, a dividend of si. per sha-e was
declared. This is at the rate of 12i per cent. per an-
num. A resolution was also carried for the canclment
of 30,000 unis-ued shares, it being stated that this por-
tion of the company's original capital is not required.
A COURAGEOUS SERVANT GlRL.—Between two and
three o'clock on Sunday morning some burglars broke
into the house occupied by Mrs. Harri-on, in Trani:tiers,-
park, Holt-hill, near Birkenhead, and no doubt they
would have committed a robbery were it not for the
spirit evince by the servant girl. Having heard a noise
in the kitchen, and the striking of two or three matches,
she shouted " Give me that blunderbus, and I'll blow
their brains out." A young man who lives in the house
was then awoke, and having been apprised by the ser-
vant that there were burglars in the kitchen, he fired a
pistol, which had the effect of frightening the nocturnal
intruders, who quickly decamped before they had time
to effect their object.
TIM PERSIAN PEASANTRY.—The Persian peasantry I
have always found remarkably civil and obliging. When-
ever I have inspected their fields and gardens, and de-
sired information respecting their agricultural operations
and such matters, as I have been in the habit of doing
very frequently, I have invariably experienced much
courtesy, and a willing readiness to show and explain to
me everything I wished. This is the more worthy of
note, as euch is not usually the conduct of pea-ants in
most other parts of the world. The higher classes, pa..
ticulaily such as hold situations of importance under
Government, are, on the other hand, notwithstanding
the boasted urbanity of Eesan, by no means disposed
to be courteous or obliging to any one to whom they
dare show a different style of demeanour. In the pn
sence of their superiors, or in any ease where their
interests demands it, they can be deferential and
polite to a servile degree ; but otherwise they generally
comport themselves like true Jacks-in-office, in an inso.
lent and overbearing manner, presuming and taking
liberties as far as they can venture with impunity. Their
arrogance is, however, easily checked ; for it is mere
bluster and vapouring, without any firmness of purpose.
The kindly and civil disposition of the poorer classes
induces one to regret the more the miserable state of
despotism and wickedness in which they are trained up.
With a good religion and under a good Government
there is no doubt they would he excellent people. —Mr.
Binning on POrilich

LIST OF SCOTTISLI COMPANIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ a. . £ a. d.
Rank of Scotland .... 7t. per cent. 100 C 100 0 0 195710
British Linen Company 8/. per cent ±OO 0 100 0 0 22110 s
Caledonian Bank ..... 8/. per cent. 10 0 2 10 0 3/ 16s
City of Glasgow Beak IL per cent. 10 0 10 li 0 131 :is
Clydesdale Bank .... 5Y.i 1. p cant. 20 0 10 0 0 14 Os
0 inmereial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500. 0 100 0 0 248 /Os
Eastern Bank.. •• •... 61. per centl 25 0 10 0 0 14/ Os
Edinb. &. Glasgow.... 3gl. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 51 Is
National Bank .. •• -6% per cent. 100 0 100 0 0 191 i os
Nortliof Scotland Bank 5/ _per cent 20 0 210 0 5/ Os
Royalßank of Scotl. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 100 0 0 133110
Union Bank of Scot. - 41. per cent. 100 0 50 0 0 106/0s
Western Bank •• - .... 71. per cent. 50 0 50 0 0 43/15s
Alliance Fire and Life.. 81,41. pr cent. 100 0 11 0 0 17/13s
British Guarantee . .. 41. per cent. 10 0 2 0 0 1/ 12s
Caledonian Fire Incur 10t. per cont. 100 0 10 0 0 251 Os
City of Glasgow Lite.. 6/. percent. 25 0- 2 0 0 1/ Is
Co onial Life ......... 5/. per cent. 50 0 3 0 0 Cl Os
Edinburgh Ltfe Incur. il. oar cont. 100 0 15 0 0 291 Os
Eng. & Scot, Liw Life 51. ,ter cent. 50 0 3 5 0 4/ Os
Life Assoc. of 3cetland 61. per cent. 41 0 3 0 0 GI Iss
Nationat Fire and Life 6/. per cent. 10 0 1 4 0 2/ Os
North British incur-. 71. per cent. 200 0 20 0 0 361 Os
Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 1 0 0 11 15e
Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 2 0 0 3/ Os
Scottish Unlon Insrnc. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 1 0 o 1/ 15s
Standard Life .• •.• • • 5/ per cent. sO n 7 0 21/ Os
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Atnomit
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
---- - ------ -____ •
£ s. 4. 4 s. d. -
Acadian Charcoal Iron • • 10 0 0 2 0 0 -
African Steam Ship .. .. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
Assam
Lea
~,
......... 5.. rer cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
Auctitn Mart........ Ili /per cent. 50 0 0 - -
Australian Agriculturl _ 25 0 0 19 0 0 211 A
Australian Trust ..., 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Australian Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all -
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. ifs. 10 0 0 all -
British American Land 5/. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 n -
Canada ....... •• •• .. (./, per cebt 100 0 0 32 10 0 152
Do. 5 per cent Bond. 5/. pet cent Stock 1.00 0 0 -
Ditto, 5 per cent bds 5/.per cent Stock 100 0 0 -
Ditto, 6 per cent. .• 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -
Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 CI. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -
Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 6/. per cent Stock 100 0 0 --
Crystal Palace ...... 21. per cent 50 0 all *si
Ditto Preference.... 71 pr. cent 5 0 0 5 0 0 -
Crys. Palace of France 4 0 0 all
- -
City /instigation Bowls 351/. per cent - -
tillectric Telegraph .. 6/. per cent. Stock. ,00 0 0 93
E nt
g:& iis. 1 trus. ittg. T. Co.
Cop.
Smelt,
--5 0 0 all 1%
Eig&
-
50 0 0 alt -
notifiable teversionry Si per cent. 100 0 0 ,00 0 0 -
Dittc New ....... - 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Gen. Revers. & Invest... 51. p c and 11 100 0 0 .00 0 0 -
(len. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 till -
Gen.theaniNavigation 10/. per ct. & 15 0 0 14 0 0 -4
London Gen. Omnibus 12/. per cent 4 0 0 all
Hudson's Bay.. •••••• 5/. per cent. Stock Stock -
Ilangerford ...... •• • • 2/. ss. 100 0 0 all
Loa. No. &Na. Mauso. - 10 0 0 all • -
London ne-verdionary 51, per cent. 15 0 o all -
Mex. &S. Americas: - 10 0 0 all -
Nat. Discount Comp • • - 25 0 0 5 0 0 41/8
- 100 0 0 -
Nor.sL per cent
N.S.WB;iG.
Australasianov.s
6d. 1 0 0 all
ent 20 0 0 17 10 0 -
Price's Patynt Cann. Co -
gl. per c
22 0 0 all 23
North of Europe,Pc. si)tetrt.•
Peel River Land&Min. - 50 0 all 25/
10 0 0 14%
all -
-
ONdowental Steam 71. per cent
50
0
0
Revers / /pr eut• 130 0 0 26 0 0
reDnit&tolonary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent 100 0 0 all -
Ditto New •• •••• •• 4/2- 0 ••-
60 0 0 12
5 per cent. 1 0 0 all
Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0
Scottish Aus. Invest. I, /. 1%
South Australian Land 7l per cent. 25 0 0 all
Trust and Loan Comp. 753,. pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 -
'VAN Diemen's Land• • 109. (100 0028 10 0 11%
Do. Gov. 6 pact. 11(10. 6 per cent.

p a 0 pa A.. ra
Colchester — ---, , ----'
2911 -- 620 \ 75 -- , 0
Harwich 55 S i ,
-
Leigh - ----- -- 2-0- —lO 1392
Haddon 1182? 34 f 310, 23 146 2 10