The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-24 00:00:00

THE BRAZILS.

(BY ELECTRIC TKLEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING'
The Royal Mal Company's steamer Tamar, Ci:ara
twin Jellicoe, has just arrived with the Braol'a,„.
Mail.; and dates from Buenos Ayres to Feblua„Zt
1 ; Monte Video, 5 ; Rio de Janeiro, :4`'tl
Bahio, March 1 ; Pernambuco 3 ; St. Vince°
; Teneriffe, 16 ; Madeira, 17'; Lisbor, 20.
She landed 34 passengers, and things 35 here' as
On freight she has specie value 4,8851., diamond
value 25,8001., 100 barrels tapioca, 14 serouscg,
ipecacuanha, 25 bags of cocoa, 334 bags of coelun'
and 113 packages of sundries.
The Brazilian Minister's had had several aii.uo
ences with the Emperor, and it was believed
a new Ministry would be soon called.
There was nothing stirring in politics.
Exchange was flat at 27k.
Yellow fever prevailed at all the Brazilian 'lt
but at Bahia and Rio principally, among the
ping, of a very malignant type. • , hoe
The Buenos Ayrean money-market hau_u" 00
very tight. Exchange opened at 725., ca„',',oo
London ; subsequently declined to 71, wn!,el;,,,g
maintained until-the day of the packet's ;
when some large amounts were done at 69 a: for
short credit. Large transactions for freighll.tero
England and the continent, but for other qua
a limited business. inef
During January the Norwegian brig Ca.--zwas
laden with wet sorted hides for Englarid
.110 a
wrecked on the Parecha rock, off Monte Vide° 'lb
the American barque E mily, from Baltimore, rnatt
cargo of flour, was-capsized in a heavy squall;
of the cargo saved. Both crews saved. coffee
At Rio little done in freights. Prices Or er,""sie
had undergone no variation ; about 100,000 bass
stock. 4 Of
Bahi, • - irlatiert

At . ,ahia there bad been large impo- arks'
goods, and stocks were all full. sugar 11‘,,, „is
active, and browns eagerly purchased at 392%-iir
per arroba, in cases, with slight abatements ,°-faii
ferior descriptions. Coffee in brisk demand' to
quality from the interior selling at prices 80 jolt
445. 4d. and 435. 3d. per cwt., free on board, f.,earog
excluded. Cocoa much inquired alter, at
prices. Rum firm, and higher prices deTanila irr
Hides much inquired for, and stocks 011_,ta- go
significant. No tapioca in the market. Y-4.3.°"-1)
settled down to 23, at which it eloped fiat. „to
Business at Pernambuco was very brisk. Sa.ca,
in active demand, and high prices fully maintalo het
Cottons firm ;_ bides in less request, and 1°
prices expected shortly. Freights very dull. the
The steamer Norman left Bahia for Rio on
21st of February.
The Salclinian steamer Genoa arrived at ni°
the 23d of February. 13abilb
The Union was at Rio and the Celt at
when the Tamar left. 06
The Medway sa lid from St. Vincent on the
of February, outward bound. 'h Of
The Avon arrived at Madeira on the 170-
March, outward bound.

THE WEST INDIAN MAILS.

[A summary of the following appeared hi V.
Sicn, of yesterday :—]
SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNII4gb
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Peri the
Captain T. A. Bevis, arrived this morning viritijoba
West India mails, in charge of Lieutenant
Brown, RN., Admiralty agent. Her dates are 0
Nassau (Bahamas)..Feb. 17 Grenada ....... 1
Beliza (Honduras... 17 St. Vincent... ...... Mar
Kingston (Jamaica) 27 St. Lucia ............
Jacmel (Hayti)...... 28 Martinique ...••••••
San Juan (Porto Guadaloupe ......... 5
Rico) March 2 Dominique ..........
Georgetown (Deme- Antigua ............. S
rare) Feb. 26 Montserrat .........
Tobago 26 Nevis ..............
Port of Spain (Trini- St. Kitt's ............
dad) — 27 St. Thomas .........
Bridgetown (Bar-
badoes) March 1 the
The Parana was delayed at St. Thomas's
7th inst., waiting for tue mail steamer Trent, tter
the mails from the Spanish Main ; but theilad to
vessel not having arrived, the Parana proceeds
England on the morning of the 7th, and we to
consequently without mails from that quarter.
have no Pacific advices by this arrival. bt
This steamer brings 26 passengers. On free per
she has specie, in silver, $37,440 ; gold and 5 tai,
coin, $21,386 50c. ; and old silver; $515---t° s_
si
seronse
$37,341 50c. Her cargo comprises 191
cochineal, 230 serous of indigo, 90 bags of co
8 cases of succades, and 40 packages of sundries. 11
Her Majesty's ships at Port Royal, Jamaica, vb,
Feb. 17th, were the Termagant, Imaum, Alhe
and Pioneer •, on the Windward Island station, Lver
Eurydice and Brilliant. The Basilisk was on
way to Bermuda, to join the Admiral ; the
alus at Havannall ; the Aranche at St. Donoinn
The United States' steam-frigate Merrimac calico;
off St. Thomas on the sth inst., but having sevierto
cases of fever on board she was not allowed be
communicate with the shore, and on the all
proceeded on a cruise to the northward. ao•
There is no news from Jamaica. The nevi' day
vernor was anxiously looked for, and every ,61
expected. The Legislature was not in Weld
The island was generally healthy, and the ehell'
sugar crops presented a very cheerful aspect.
1
Mining operations were reported to be very fav° of
aide. In butter there had been some sales,,ot,
Irish at 14d. per lb. There was no coffee at mark of
and no operations in corn to report. Resales
or
flour had been made of 1,500 barrels, at 429• Pero
barrel. The stock of lard was very light, and last
hid been sales at 12d. to 131 d. per lb. The el.
sales of alewives in cargo realised 245. per L'3.1,"
ut
In pork sales of mess hid been made at 1-053',A .
the stock being very light 115 s. was apmande'i;ot
lot of 600 odd barrels prime mess sold at 925.9,
tire market was firm at 100 s. for that descripti°i
Rice was dull of sale at 14s. 6d. The sugar mO%,
was very active, and sales averaged 225. to 253.9 ao,
cording to quality. Nothing to report in tobaceo
Irish tongues were very scarce ; a small lot sold,
68s. Exchanges on London, at Jamaica and ca`°,
nial banks-90 days, per cent. prem. ;60 JAY',
1 per cent. prem. ;30 days, per cent. pron. ;
private bills at par. On *ow York—merchante
bills, 1 per cent. prem.
At B illoadoes the attention of commercial raell
was occupied with a project static 1 by the " Wre
st
India, North, and South American Telegraph Cons'
~
parry," to lay down a line of submarine telegraPl
connecting the West Indies with the North en
South American cont'nents, the line then to
is
s 1 itnt coo
bnenleaxiido connexion tnh. tlpieut'briliincsmatelaetnitnigcslibnaedwbbeiec:
held to hear the scheme explained by °apt.
r2hfle,r,itlagteenlytleinin
thean osefrgyriceeatorfeliriuistaptioannisahs
Majesty:
jeensfc:
S-. Augustine,
T,_ilgi?roposed terminus of the submarine telegraph
in Florida, or some other convea.
n_ient point on the south-eastern coast of the Unite
‘.ta es. It will be carried thence to St. Thomas °J
der a concession which has already been obtained
f ona the Government of Denmark, and thenc), to
some suitab!e peiut on the coast of South Arner'eil
via, the West Indian Islands. The required caP.`,[ls
0 lay down the line will ho 350,0001. ; and I'll 3
proposed that, while the British Government shot .Po
be acked to guarantee the company (on the 119ot
coming into operation) business to the extent
7,0001. per annum, certain of the West India e°,io,
nice most favourably positioned for the laYniv
down of a direct line should also guarantee the 001110 i
parry for a term of years business to the amount
7,0001. a-year likewise ; which would together beg
guarantee of 4 per cent. on the assumed caPit'id
The company, wishing to have as direct a route 01;j,
few stations as possible, had determined to aPPe
in the first instance to Barbadoes, Demerara,, tad
d
Antigua. The plan 'had been well receive J, and
House of Assembly had almost unanimously ad°l3`,ed

resolutions approving the project. His Excellency.
the Governor had, in reply to a deputation, pro-
mised his cordial support to the measure. The
weather at Barbadoes continued cool, and some-
what tantalising for crop operations, which had,
nevertheless, ben active, and a fair amount of
sugar had been made. 1,363 Mids. 89 tierces and
76 barrels had bean shipped to the 26th ult. The
health of the island was all that could b 3 desired.
From Trinidad advices are to the 27th ult. A
detachment of the left wing of the 41st Regiment,
under the command of Major Bush, arrived from
Portsmouth on the 17th, in excellent health and
spirits. In the absence of arrivals flour had taken
an unexpected rise since the previous mail. Pro-
visions hal also improved in value. 1,350 bags of
East Ind'a rice (yellow), from Demerara and Bar-
Woes, had arrived, and remained mostly in the
bands of importers, as the offers made for it by
retail dealers were not sufficient to cover cost and
charges. Dry and pickled fish was getting in
demand, which would continue during the season
of Lent. In produce there was a very dull fort-
night to report, little or no business being done.
The weather had besn so exceedingly wet that
-nearly all estates had suspended crop operations for
the moment, and the season bore all the appear-
ance of continuing a wet one. Tonnage not re-
quired just now.
His Excellency Governor Kortright met the Le-
gislature of Granada on the 17th ult., and opened
the session. The bill for incorporating the town
of St. George and enabling other districts of the
colony to incorporate themselves had been thrown
out. The weather had turned out very unfavour-
able for the reaping of the sugar crop, in which a
general beginning had been made throughout the
colony. Heavy rains daily interrupted the manu-
facturing proces., and ships which ought to have
had quick despatch were thus detained waiting for
prcduce. The public health continued good.
Business 'vas pre ty brisk, and expected to continue
improving.
From Martinique we hear that the unfortunate
inhabitants of Gros 3lorne have been the victims of
another fire, which hefel them on the 2d of Feb ,
and totally consumed the few houses which had
escaped the conflagration of Christmas Eve. Sub-
scriptions were being raised in Guadaloupe and
Martinique for the benefit of the sufferers. Sugar
Was reported scarce in the St. Pierre market, and
the prices there ranged from 32f. to 35f. per 50
kilogrammes (about to 265. to 295. per cwt.)

AmEr,i CA.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

The royal mail steam-ship Niagara has arrived
with the Boston mails of the 11th, and Halifax of
the 13th.
She has brought 304,166 dollars specie on freight.
In the Senate the Republicans crumbled at the
formation of the committees, considering that they
were not sufficiently represented.
The Democrats had monopolised five-sevenths
of all the important committees. Mr. Crittenden
bad introduced resolutions in opposition to the
new maritime code of the European powers with
reference to privateering, and in favour of the com-
plete exemption of all vessels engaged in commerce
and their cargoes from seizure in time of war. It
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations.
The Standing Committee on Foreign Relations
was composed of Messrs. Mason, Douglas, Slidell,
Palk, Crittenden, Seward, and Foot,
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Courier and Enquirer statf s that the British
treaty had been referred to the Committee on
Public Xffairs, and that the determination ap-
peared to be to act upon it. The President is said
to have expressed a wish that the Senate would act
immediately on the matter.
The correspondent of the New York Times is of
Opinion that this negotiation of the treaty is im-
possible in its present form.
Much sensation of an unplesant nature had been
created by the decision of the Supreme Court in the
Dred Scott" case. It was to the effect that the
plaintiff, Dred, being of African blood, was not a
citizen of the Uniterl States. The seven Demo-
cratic judges pronounced for the slavery of Dred,
the two Whig judges for his freedom.
The Secretary of the Navy has ordered the
United States' steam-frigates Niagara and Missis-
sippi to be equipped for sea with all possible de-
!patch, as these vessels have been selected to assist
in laying down the Atlantic telegraph cable be-
tween Newfoundland and Ireland, in compliance
with the Act just passed by Congress.
The remains of Dr. Kane lay in state at B alti-
more.
Her Majesty's ship Euryalus was at Havannah
on the 2d inst.
In the New York market on the 9th inst. the re-
duced rates of foreign exchange and the accumula-
tion of specie in the country had created a better
tone. First-class bills on London could be had a
fraction under 8 per cent.
In the stock market there were some indications
of improvement. Foreign exchange was quiet,
some bankers having reduced their rates. We quote
bankers' signatures, 60 days' sight on London, 108
to 104 ; Paris, 5 22i to 5 221.
In the cotton market for the past week there had
been a good demand, the market closing firmly at
an advance of lc. per lb.
Flour was dull and heavy, with a tendency down-
wards. Wheat was quiet, with small sale. Corn
moderately active, and prices buoyant. New mess
pork was buoyant. • Beef was active, at full prices.
spirits of turpentine were lower. For common
rosin there was an improved tone.
In freights to Liverpool there was a nominal
improvement in rates for grain.
On the evening of the 10th stocks at New York
were dull and heavy. Rock Island Railroad, 10*
Illinois Central Railroad, 138 i ; Reading Railroad,
811 ; Erie Railroad, 57k.
At New Orleans on the 9th cotton was firm.
LATER VIA HALIFAX.
NEW YORK, MARCH 12.
The steamers Kangaroo and North American
Lave arrived.
The money market continues active. Cotton
quiet and unchanged. Breadstuffs generally are
dull and declining. Flour sc. to 10e. lower. Pork
is active, and 50c. dearer.
NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 9.
Sales' to-day 2,500 bales. Receipts decreased
130,000.

NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 11.
Cotton quieter to-day. ,Sales, 2,000 Wes.
Walker's troops at San Juan have forced their
way up the river and captured a steather, arms,
and ammunition.
WASHINGTON, MARCH 11.
The Mexican treaty is rejected by the President.
The Senate have ratified the Dallas-Clarendon
Treaty in its amended form by a vote of 31 against
15.

[A. summary of the following appeared in The
Eun of yesterday
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 23.
The Liverpool and Philadelphia Company's
screw steamship City of Washington, Wylie, corn-
ma,nder, arrived this morning from New York.
She left that port early on the morning of the 10th,
but only brings advices to the 9th inst., and had
30 passengers.
On the 10th inst., off Sandy Hook, the City of
Washington passed the Cunard screw steamship
Email, hence. On the 11th, at 6 a.m., pasL;ed a
screw steamship, supposed to be the Kangaroo,
hence for New Yo ; and at noon on the same day
the United States' mail steamer Hermann, from
Southampton for New York. On the 22d inst., 0g
Tuskar, the Royal Mail steamship Asia, hence foe
New York, was passed.
The Belgian. screw steamship Leopold 1., from
Antwerp and Southampton, arrived at New York
on the 7th inst.
The political advices are very meagre. Mr.
Buchanan called his Cabinet together early on the
morning of the 7tth, and the sitting was.aa
upnro.:
tracted one. They were to meet every comas
l
all the urgent business before them
posed of.
Reciprocating the courteous reception which
Dallas, the United States' Minister at the Court of
St. James's, received at the hands of the merchants
of this poet, the New York Chamber of Commerce
resolved to extend a welcome to our ambassador,
Lord Napier; and with this view a deputation
waited upon his lordship at the Clarendon Rotel.
At his request the ceremony was entirely private.
Among the merchants present were Messrs. M. 11.
Grinnell, James G. King, Thomai Tillotson, Henry
A. Colt, Deming Duer, Adam Norrie, James De
Peyster Ogden, E. E. Morgan, Henry Grinnell,
John A. Stevens, Alexander Duncan, and P.
Perit. The deputation was introduced by Mr.
Joseph Fowler, her Majesty's acting Vice-Consul ;
their reception was cordial, and the impression
produced on both side 3 an agreeable one. Mr.
Perit, the President of the Chamber of Commerce,
addressed his lordship as follows :
" In behalf of the Chamber of Commerce of New York
we have called to pay our respects to you, and to offer
to you, your lady, and family, a cordial welcome to the
shores of our country ; in doing which we but give ut-
terance to the sentiments of the whole community.
Your arrival in this country is the more interesting, as
it will fully restore the diplomatic relations of Great
Britain and the United States of America, and will we
trust be the means of adding strength to the ties of con-
sanguinity, friendship, and interest which bind these
nations together. On this continued harmony of feeling
and action depend not only the prosperity of two great
and powerful nations, but the advancement of commerce,

•Ermanwommik
civilisation, and liberal institutions t hroughout the wet P.
. It will be the distinguished privilege of your mi.sion, we
trust, to contribute largely to these great otj, cts.
regret that your early departure fir Washington vc ill
prevent the opportunity of tendering the attention
, iwhich it would have afforded us and our fellow-citizens
great pleasure to render, and that we can only offer yon
in this interview a hearty welcome."
. Lord Napier replied
" Mr. Presidt nt and Gentlemen,—l beg you will con-
vey to the New York Chamber of Commerce my highest
sense of the honour they have done me in offering me
their congratulations on the occasion of try arrival in
this country. I can assure you that no efforts shall be
wanting on my part to realise the happy anticipations
which you have had the goodness to express, and to de-
serve the favourable opinion which you have gratuitously
formed of my ability to promote the interests of our
respective countries. I -come with every desire to be
useful. Although I have never visited America before,
I have enjoyed the intimacy and friendship of many of
your countrymen abroad, and I would gladly merit that
regard on the part of the nation which I as been ex'ended
to me by its individual members. The sentiments of cor-
diality which you have conveyed to me are those which
atiitnate tho Government and peorleof Great Britain. If I
fail in giving effect to them it may arise from a deficiency
of ability, but never from a want of goodwill. I am,
moreover, justified in anticipating that nothing can occur
to mar the harmony of our international relations, or to
diminish those friendly sentiments which, under no cir-
cumstanc,ls have ever expired in the hearts of- the two
nations. I venture to hope that the period of my em-
ployment in the United States may be passed in that
concord and co operation which are so essential to our
mutual welfare and to the best interests of mankind."
After a trief greeting the deputation retired.
His Lordship was to depart for Washington on
the 10th or 11th inst.

Tl 7 E BREAD POISONING, AT CA N TON.

•
The Moniteur de la Flotte gives some details of
the arrest and first interrogatory of the Chinese
baker Allum, whose execution fur poisoning his
bread has been already mentioned
" Allum, who is a man of large fortune, and who
has extensive mills and granaries at Canton, where his
family usually reside, took to flight immediately after
the perpetration of his crime, and embarked in the night
on board a junk for Macao. An English steamer was
sent in pursuit of him, and lie was brought back on the
19th to Hong Kong, where he was immediateiy sub-
jected to an interrogatory by Capt. Adams, charged to
investigate the affair. The questions and his answer",
which were as follow, were male through an inter-
preter :—Q. On the 15th December all the foreigners
who deal with you received bread which had been
poisoned with arsenic. Those who partook of it soon
felt the effects of the poison, and several are still in a
dangerous state. Soon after the committal of this
action you toek to flight. Your domestic?, on being
arrested and interrogated, declared that the bread had
been prepared under your direction, and that you per-
sonally mixed the poison, and threw the arsenic into
the dough. What have you to say to this r—A.
I acted agreeably to the order of the Viceroy, which
was brought to me by a satellite of the mandarin.
That Order told me that, the English having de-
clared war on my country, it was my duty to as-
sist in their destruction ; that the soldiers used fire
and sword to fight them, and that I was to use poi-
son ; that it was natural to do everything to injure an
enemy.; and that, moreover, if I disobeyed his orders
my family at Canton would be thrown into prison, an
the
d
all my property confiscated.'—Q. The conduct of
Viceroy is horrible, but it is no excuse for yours. The
act which you have committed is contrary to the laws
of war, as it is to those of humanity, and he who commits
such a crime is equally guilty with him who advises it.
It is useless foryou to attempt to excwe yourself by saying
that you acted against an enemy, for you have also poisoned
Germans, Russians, Italians, Americans, and French
with whom you are not at war.'—' A. It was involuntarily
that the pOisoned broad was distributed to thesSforeipers.
Q. ' What you now say is not the truth. Your domes.
tics have declared that, on that day, you made two kinds
of bread; one, poisoned, which was distributed by your
orders to all foreigners indiscriminately ; and another,
which was good, and given only to the Chinese.'—A.
My domestics are mistaken.'—Q- 'That we shall see
hereafter. Your crime is so horrible that it is very na-
tural that you should seek to dissemble, but when the
day of your trial arrives we will furnish proofs of all we
charge you with.' The first interrogatory took place at
the moment when the baker was brought back and
lodged in the prison of Hong Kong. It is a carious
document, and shows the feelings which now animate
the Chinese."

Mlle. Luther," the 'welbkno wn French actress, has
just been married to M. Raphael Felix, brother of Mlle.
Rachel.
THE WEATHER IN THE WEST RIDING.—For the last
few days the weather in the West Riding has been of
the most inclement nature. Throughout Sunday awl
yesterday there was almost a continuous fall of snow,
and the country presents the appearance of midwinter,
the snow lying several inches deep.
PLATE ROBBERY.—Yesterday, at Worship-street
'Police-court, a man named Browning was fully com-
mitted for trial for stealing plate from the residence of
Mr. Wilkinson, a wharfinger, residing at Lower Clap-
ton. The fellow went to the house to solicit work and
o',3rity, and by some means or other contilved to get
Into the butler's pantry.
The prospectus has been issued of the Trinidad Rail-
way Company, with a capital of 300,0001. in 101. shares.
It is proposed, in the first instance, to construct about
50 miles, to bring come of the principal sugar districts
into connection with the coast, and an application will be
made to the local Legislature for a guarantee of 6 • per
cent.
The departures from the port of London for the Aus-
tralian colonies during the past week have comprised six
vessels—three to Sydney, two to Port Philip, and one
to Adelaide—with an aggregate capacity of 3,740 tons.
The rates of freight have exhibited greater firmness. •
In the general business of the port of Landon during
the past week there has been increased activity. The
total number of ships reported inward was 238, showing
an augmentation of 95. Those included 54 with cargoes
of grain, rice, &c , 22 with cargoes of sugar, and three
from China, with tea and silk, comprising 24,734 pack-
ages of the former, and 4,800 bales of the latter, worth
about half a million sterling. The number of ships
cleared outward was 130, including 11 in ballast, show-
ing an increase of 9.
REBUILDING OF THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPEBA.—Yes-
terday notices were affixed to the walls of Covent garden
Theatre, announcing that the ruins would be submitted
to public sale by auction early next month. This looks
like a beginning to the rebuilding of the edifice. It is
said that Mr. Gye is about to give English operas on the
" off nights" of the Lyceum, at Drury-'ane Theatre.
Mr. Sims Reeves will sustain the leading parts..
THE LATE GAROTTING CASE AT CAMBRIDGE.—Yester
day the three men charged with garotting 'and robbing
Mr. Ambery, who, it will be recollected, is an under-
graduate of St. John's College, and was proceeding from
the Market-place to Sing'sparade, through St. Ed-
ward's-passage, at 11 o'clock at night, on the 12th of i
January, and had just entered into the passage when an
arm was suddenly thrown round his neck and gradually
tightened till he lost all consciousness and was robbed of
his money. The three fellows were transported for 20
years each.
THEATRE-ROYAL, EDINBURGH.—On Saturday night
last Madame Celeste again made her appearance in the
Theatre-Royal, in the exciting drama of " Like and
Unlike," and was received, as she deserved to be, with
rapturous applause. Her double personation of this
difficult piece was admirably sustained, and it is due to
Mr. Wyndham to state that the novel stage accessaries
which he has introduced afforded the highest satisfaction
to the crowded audience. Madame Celeste will appear
in a number of new characters each evening during the
prevent week.--Caledonian Mercury.
TaBB tHICRUPTCY OF LEOPOLD REDPATEL—Two
named Primrose and Dennistoun, applied through Mr.
Lawrence, and with the consent of the assignees, yes-
terday to the Bankruptoy Courii that certain furniture,
pictures, &c., which they bad left in the care of Mrs.
Redpath, wife of the notorious railway defaulter, for
safe custody, might be given up to them. The affidavits
of the ladies were handed in (or rather their declara-
tions.) The goods bad been taken possession of by the
messenger, and held under the order and disposition
dime (125th). Hi.; Honour made an order accordingly.
DETERMINED SUICIDE.---A suicide of a very distress-
ing nature occurred on Sunday morning, at half-past 10
o'clock, at the City-road bridge, Begent's Canal. It ap-
pears that a man named Henry Wilson, a tailor, of about
5• years of age, residing at No. 4, Francis-street, Barns-
bury-road, had been out walking with his wife early in
the morning, and, on returning by the City road, he
was observed to look very intently over the bridge into
the water. They proceeded home, and, shortly after
arriving there, Mrs. Wilson being called up stairs, the
unfortunate man took the opportunity of his wife's ab-
sence to leave the house, and going direct to the City-
road-bridge, threw himself into the canal. The alarm
was instantly raised, and, though but four minutes
elapsed from his fatal plunge, he was taken out insen-
sible, and removed to the wharf of Messrs. Sturge, coal
merchants, who rendered every assistance, and in the
most kind and prompt manner procured medical aid,
but without effect. The body was removed to St. Luke's
Workhouse, to await an inquest. It was ascertained
from the wife of the unfortunate man that he was in very
distressed circumstances, and had on the previous Sa-
turday night attempted to drown himself in a ,water-
butt at his home.
ALARMING FIRE NEAR TEMPLE-BAR.—Last night, at
a fere.minutes past 9 o'clock, an alarming conflagration
bioke out at Watkinson's furniture warehouse, Strand,
on the south side, a few doors from Temple-bar, which
in a few minutes communicated to the premises adjoin-
ing, a lath and plaster house, occupied as an Alton ale
store and dining rooms by Mr. M‘Lean. The flames
mounted rapidly, and the light of the conflagration
brought an immense multitude. into Fleet-street and the
Strand, completely blocking up, the thoroughfare be-
t Clement's Church and Chancery-lane. Several
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subdued, the Alton ale-house being entirely, and Wet-
kinson's furniture warehouse partially, destroyed, and
Several houses in Palsgrave-place and Thanet-place much
damaged. The origin of the fire could not he ascer-
tained. TI e partieg are insured.

E T

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLoorc.
The Liverpool Cotten Market yesterday closed
quietly, but firmly, at full prices. The sales were
6,000 bales. The Railway Share Market was very'
firm, and prices were a sh%de higher than on Sa-
turday.
The Commercial advices from New York, re-
ceived per steamer Niagara, state that the demand
for general accommodation was \stlll exceedingly

active, and as the wants of the mercantile commu-
uity, as usual during March, were increasing, no
favourable change was yet anticipated. The im-
portation of foreign goods was rapidly augment-
ing, while the exports remained small, and as
the European demand for American securities
is much contracted it was thought that large specie
shipments would soon ensue. This steamer brings
a far greater amount of specie, viz., $304,166, than
for a long time past ; but it is no doubt destined
for France, as the current rate of exchange on
London prevents an efflux to this country. Dining
the week ending the 7th inst. the exports of specie
were equal to 967,405 dols., but in the same week
last year it was 1,204,746 dols. A moderate busi-
ness was doing in Stocks and Railway Bonds, and
prices were mostly tending upwards.
About 31,0001. in gold was taken from the Bank

•
of Eugland yesterday, showing that preparations
have already been commenced for the remittances

by the steamer to China and the East Indies, on
the 4th proximo. In a few clays there will, no

doubt, be a good supply of gold from Australia ;
the Austral, the Orwel►, and two or three other
vessels being now overdue, so that a sufficient
quantity will probably arrive, and priment such an
extensive withdrawal from the Bank's vaults as that
effected shortly before the departure of the Pers.
The Tamar, from the Brazils, brings about
4,8351., and the Alhambra, from the Peninsular,
6,8351. in specie, realising together 11,7761.

The dividends on the 3 per cent. Peruvian De:
ferred Bonds are payable on and after the Ist of
April, and the half-yearly dividend on the Brazilian
5 per Cent. Loans of 1824 and 1829 is obtainable
at the same time.

No alteration has taken place in the English
Stock Market, and the transactions, if possible, are
of a more limited character than before. The public
still abstain froth operating, and there is nothing to
encourage speculation. The market, consequently,
is left to its own influence. Consols for money
have been 93k 1, and for account 935 1,, their for-
mer value. The New 2i per Cents. have been 761.
Exchequer Bills, March, 3s. prem., and ditto June,
par.
In the Foreign Market also there is very little
variation, owing to the absence of dealing. Turkish
Bonds up till one o'clock had not been officially
marked, but the. 6 per Cent. are about 98. Rue-
Sian 44 per Cents. are 972, Peruvian 44 per Cents.
771, Chilian 6 per Cents. 105, and Brazilian 45
per Cents. 97i to 98. Mexican Bonds are very
flat, being 23 to 231.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6/ 7 ;
23k 1 ; Peruvian, 77 79 ; ditto Three per
Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 445 55 ;
Russian 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; do. 45 per Cents.,
97 99; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 ; ditto
Deferred, 25 k ; Ditto Certificates, 6i ; Ditto
Passive, 55 6.
A moderate business has been done in Railway
Shares this morning, and prices in most instances
show a slight downward tendency. Eastern Coun-
ties have receded 55..; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dun:
dee, 10s. ; Brighton, ss. ; North Western, ss. ;
North British, 1/. ; and South Wales, ss. Great
Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Midland
Were at yesterday's quotations. Grand Trunk of
Canada have advanced about ss. to 10s. Great
Western of Canada, Northern of France, and Paris
and Lyons have ruled at steady rates.

Mining shares have ruled inag3tive, at about for-

mer prices.

For Joint Stock Bank Shares there has been a

limited inquiry, but little variation in prices can
be qucted. Union-of Australia were rather higher.
London and County, Bank of Australasia, and
Ottoman Bulk ara at previous rates.
In the Miscellaneous undertakings no transac-
tions of importance have been entered into. Aus-
tralian Agricultural Shares have declined 10a t)
155., and Peninsular and Oriental Steam New
3 about ss.

FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List;)
Fie miles' done
3 per cl,nt. Consols Annuities 93.1 ti
New 2i per Cent. Annuities 764
V:onsol6 or A.comat 938
E cahequer BAIs, W.; March. I June.

£IO6O.
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PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
arazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. —
Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent.
Chißan Bonds, 6 por Ccnt losi
Jlexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent . --
Ditto Account
luslian floods, 1522, £ St., 5 per Cont —
Ditto, 41 por Cent. 974
i idends 0,-, the above ,avable in London.
patch Exchange, 21 per Cent., 12 Guilders
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 99
TWO O'CLOCF,
Consols, money. 9:311 #
Ditto for account

The Vienna Gazette officially announces the nomina-
tion, some time since mentioned, of Baron Boller as
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of
Austria to the Court of Berlin and to the Courts of the
Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg.
The Russian Government is most anxious that the
Duke of Ossuno shoull remain at St. Petersburg as
Amba-sador from the Qaeen of Spain. No person is
surprised at this preference. No one could be more
easily and more uncansciou-ly cajoled than the Duke.
THE PRINCIPALITIES.—Our latest advises from the
Principalities inform us that M. de Talleyrand had ar-
rived' at Bucharest, and the Austrians would evacuate
the Principalities immediately.
The Patric announces that the steam cutter Averne is
about to sail from Toulon for the mouths of the Danube,
where she is to be stationed according to the stipulations
of the treaty of Paris.
Letters from Hamburg state that the money market
has again become easier, the rate of discount having-
receded to 5 per cent. .
It is stated from Amsterdam that an application for
the new Spanish loan of M. Mires to be quoted in the
official list has been rejected. The rule on that Bourse
is the same as in the London Stock exchange with re-
gard to the securities of countries degraded by acts of
confiscation.
It appears that the capital allowed by the Russian
Government for the Riga Railway is 1,636,500/., with
a guarantee of .'43/4 per cent., of which * per cent. is
to be applied as sinking fund. The directors estimate
the actual cost at 1,340,0001, and they will conse-
quently be enabled to issue the 201. shares at a discount,
no as to snake the guaranteed interest equal to 5 per
cent. The arrangements originally held out by them in
their prospectus will therefore be virtually realised.
PRICE OF CONSOLS.—The highest price of Consols be-
tween the 6th April, 1855, and the sth April, '1856, was
93i; the lowest price, 858 ; and the mean price,
89/. Bs. 9d., or under 84 In 1854-5, the mean price
was 911. 7s. Gd. ; and in former years, up to 18478,
93/. is. Si., 100/ 3s. 9d. (the mean price of 1852 3),
97/. 7s. 6d., 96/. 15s , 941. 53., 871. 55., and 841. 7s. 61.
THE CHELSEA BOARD OF INQUIRY.—Yesterday was
published, by order of the late House of Commons, a
memorandum and explanation in regard to a section of
the Report of the Board of General Officers appointed
to inquire into certain statements contained in the
reports of Sir John N'Neill and Colonel Tulloch.
The explanation was called for by the First Lord
of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer with reference to the alleged insufficiency of
the land transport service and the supply of forage,
the want of which, it is intimated in the report, was
owing to the omis-ion on the part of the Treasury to send
out a proper supply of that article from England. This
explanation was called for last August. Sir C. E. Tre-
velyan's explanation occupies a space of some 22 pages.
Having completed his narrative and explanation of the
proceedings of the Treasury with reference to the series
of Commissary Faders letters, Sir Charles thinks "he
may justly state that to long as those letters were sugges-
tive and indefinite, and not immediate, the Treasury pro-
ceeded towards the fulfilment of his suggestions and
recommendOions with a proper reference to the cir-
cumstances before them. But when, as in the latter
letters, the suggestions had the character of requisites,
and became precise, pressing, and urgent, they were im-
mediately acceded to by the Treasury, and distinct direc-
tions were given to carry them promptly into effect."
" In this view of the proceedings," he adds, " they are
entirely free from the blame implied in the report of the
Board of General Officers in respect to the non-supply of
forage ; and accordingly, even if the want of forage had
been the proximate cause of the failure of the land trans-
port, and consequently of the sufferings of the army the
- Treasury could not justly be held in any degree Tespon-
Bible for those sufferings." There are copious appendices.