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CHELMSFORD, MARCH 1.--Prices to-day were as follow :
Wheat, white, old 37s to 43s ; new 3s. to 445; red, old
35s to 395; new, 36. to 40.; barley, 24s to 27$ ; chevalier
259 to 28s; grinding 21s to 23, ; oats 16s to 225; malt 54.
to 56s ; chevalier 54s to 58s ; peas, partridge, new 26, to
283; old, —3 to —s ; white, new, 2 sto 27. ; old, —s to —$ ;
dun, new, 24s to 265; beam, tick, new 24s to 26, ; old, 27s
to 29. ; harrow ticks, new 25s to 27s ; old 281 to 30s ; ma-
zagan, new 23$ to 25. ; oil 24$ to 26iiier qr.
COLCHESTER, MAR= 2.—Wheat, white 44s to 48s ; red 36s
to 40s ; barley 241 to 281; beans, mazagan 22s to 26s ; middle
and small 24s to 285; peas 24s to 28s per qr.
HADDINGTON, MARCH I.—The following are the prices of
grain at our market to-day
Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. I Bean
%
First ... 41s Od I 30s Od I 25s Od I 335 Od

Second
Third

... 353 8d 21s 51 l7; 9d 26s ld
.. 30s Od 18s Od 14s 6d 22s Od

. .
Total quantity of Wheat in market 774 qrs., 670 sold
Do. Barley do. 222 qrs., 151 sold
Do. Oats do. 675 qrs., 439 sold
Do. Beans do. 117 qrs., 112 sold
KIRICALDY, MARCH 2.—The following are the quotations
up to this date :
Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I Beans. I Peas.
First 41s Od 21s 6d 18a 6d —s Od —a Od
Second. 37s 6d 193 6d 17s 6d —s Od —s Od
Third 3ls Od 16s 6d 14s 6d —s Od —s Od
Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 24s to Os Od.
GLASGOW, FEB. 28.—Provisions—Cheese, 48s Od to 50s Od
per cwt • retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 18s Od to Os per
cwt. Country fresh butter, Os 9d to 10d per lb. Irish pow-
dered, in lumps, 9d to 10d; country powdered, wholesale, 70
to Bd. Country eggs, 9d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 51 6d
per hundred, or 7d per dozen. Hens, 2s Od per pair; Ducks,
23 Od.

STIRLING, FEB. 28.—Wheat, foreign, 21s to 23s Od; ditto,
home, Os Od to Os Od; ditto ditto new, 15s to 18s; barley, per
boll of 6 bushels, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 13s 6d to 16s 6d.
Oats, common, 00s Od to 005 Od ; ditto new, Os Od to 10, 3d;
ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od; ditto ditto new, Os Od; malt,
distillers, 32, Od to 341; ditto brewers, 35s Od to 37s ; beans
per boll, Os 6d to Os Od; ditto new, 13s Od to 14s 6d; pease
lls 3d to 13s 6d; flour, new per sack, 33s to 335; ditto common
ditto, 20s Od to 22s 6d; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to Os Od ;
ditto new 22s Od to 24s ; ditto per peck of 71bs, 7d to 8d ;
fresh butter per lb, 7d to 10d; eggs per dozen, 6d to 7d;
hay per ton, 50s to 60s.
KELso, Mencu I.—Wheat, old, Os to Os ; ditto, new, 23s
to 28s Od ; barley, new, 12s to 15s Od ; ditto old, Os to Os ;
potato@ oats, 00s to 00s ; ditto new, 9s to 12s 6d ; common
oats 00s to 00s Od ; ditto new, 00s to 00s Od ; peas, COs Od
to 001; Od; beans, 00s to 00s per boll of six imperial bushels.
PERTH, FEL 28.—Wheat, 33s Od to 386 Od ; barley, 16s
Od to 20s Od ; oats, 14s to 181; peas and beans, 20s Od to 24.
per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 25s to 26a.
HAvvics, FED. 28.—Wheat, new, 20s Od to 29s Od; barley,
new, 12s to lbs Od ; ditto old, 00s to 00s ; potato oats,
10s Od to 12s 6d ; common oats, 8s to 12s Od ; peas, 20s Od
to 24s Od; beans, 20s Od to 24s Od per boll of six imperial
bushels.'
FEE. 28. —The supply of grain in this day's
mirket was 458 bolls; wheat at 16s Od to 18s 6d per boll. ;
barley, 14s Od to 15s Od ; oats, 105 6d to 131 6d; beans, 12s 3d
to 14s 3d per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load.
BERWICK, FEE. 28.—Wheat, 331 lid ; barley, 178 bid ;
oats, 14s lid ; rye, Os Od ; beans, 21s 8d ; peas, 00s Od
average per imperial quarter.

COAL MARKE'
Buddle's W. Hartley 15s
Carr's Hartley
Chester Main l4s 3d
Davison'sWest Hartley 15s
East Adairs Main l3s Oil.
Hasting's Hartley Ds NI
Holy well
New Tanfield
Canfield Moor Butes 11146353s °66ddcll
Townley lss Od
West Hartley
Wall's End, &c

Acorn Close ...
Brown's ... .
Brown's Gas .

15s ed
1s Ott
13s Od'

Hotspur l4s Ed
Hilda l4s 9d
Original Gibson

:T.—YESTEnDAY.
Eden Main •. l6s Od
Hetton
17s 9J
pltussell's Hatton
lit letsu Haswell
15s Gd
West
1 s 9d
LI West lletton lss 6d
I: Whitworth l4s Od
I Maclean's Toes l4s 6d
i South Durham lss 6d
Fees
Birchg. Graigola
Cowpen Hartley
iiartley
Howard's W. H. Neth. 15s OJ
Llangcnnech 2ss Od
Sidney's Hartley
Shins at market, 343.

RAILWAY 81-1 A At, MAktKETS.
BRISTOL, MARcu 4.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has had rather a
better feeling, still little business hms been done. The trans-
actions were as follow :—Great Western, 171. Shares, 7%
dis.— Midland, 39.

LIVERPOOL, DIMWIT 4.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was firmer to-day, and
a go,,d business has been done, the market closing firmly
at the quotations. The transactions were as follow:
Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., 48% Ditto, Fifths,
3s. 9d. dis.—Ditto, 321. Shares, 11 dis.—London and North-
Western, 1034 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 3fi c. dis.—Ditto,
Fifcl;a, 1/s c. dis.—Ditto, Quarters (C), %
c. p.—Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters (No. 1), 6%—Midland,
40—Ditto, Halves, 24% dis.—North Union (13), 164—York,
Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E Purchase), 6 per cent.
till 1850, 614 dis.—Dutch Rhenish, 6!. Is. 3d. c. dii.
MANCHESTER, Maxcir 4.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our share market was very firm
to-day, and a fair amount of business has been done. The
transactions were as follow : —East Lancashire, sq—Ditto,
Quarters, 2 5-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 18—Ditto,
Fifths, 834 dis.—Ditto, 32/. (late Extension), 10;4 dis.—
Ditto (West Riding Union), 7 dis,—London and North -
Western, Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 7-16 n.
p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters (No. 1),
7 c.—Ditto, Preference, 6,—Ditto, Grimsby (121. 10s.
Shares) 1 r,2--North Staffordshire, 11 dis.—South-Eastern and
Dover, 17% —Ditto, Thirds, 5 %—Ditto, Scrip, s%—White-
haven and Furness, 15 dis.

BIRMINdIIAM, Maacir 4.
STOCK EXCHANGll.—Business on our Stock Exchange
was very dull to-day, and there was little or no improve-
ment in prices. The transactions were as follow :—London
and North-Western, Fifths, 14 .—Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham (B.), 61A ddis.—SouthStpaffordshire, 4 1-3 dis.

YORK, MARCH 2.
Sloes Exemenon.—The transactions to-day were u
follow York, Newcastle, and Berwick 1314 —Ditto (New-
castle Extension), 8 4—York and North Midland, 17M c.

PRINTERS'
PENSION SOCIETY.
The annual general meeting and twenty-eighth
election of the Printers' Pension Society took place
yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street,
to receive the report of the committee for the past
year as to the state of the society's affairs, with an
account of its finances, to appoint the officers for ge-
neral business, and to elect seven pensioners on the
general funds, with the eighth on the poll as the
Whittingham Pensioner ; Richard Taylor, Esq.,
F.R.S., in the chair.
Mr. J. S. I-lonsost, the secretary, read the report,
which stated that the committee had great satisfac-
tion in stating, that no retrograde movement had
taken place in the annual and life subscriptions to
the society, although the annual dinner had not been
so productive as usual, the amount then received
being but 1401. It had for several years been the
practice to invest the interest of the funded property;
but they were apprehensive they should, in
the forthcoming year require the same to
meet the current expenses; but it was to be
borne in mind that formerly nothing was funded but
the interest of the life subscriptions. The amount
for the property thus invested was 2031. 15s. 44., the
total funded property at this time being 5,512/. 17s.
3d. During the year eight pensioners had died, viz.,
John Towns; Augusta Young, William Walker,
Mary Deney, William Dunn, David Charles Stewart,
and Hannah Knight, the relief received from the
society averaging from one to twenty-one years, the
number of pensioners being reduced to 47, which
with this day's election would be again raised to 54.
The report concluded by stating that though it might
appear barren of striking or exciting incidents, yet it
contained sufficient indications to point out the abso
lute necessity for unceasing exertions in the society's
behalf. The balance-sheet showed that the balance in
hand sfrom last year was 661. 15s. 4d.; annual sub-
scriptions and life donations, 4491. Bs. ; subscriptions
with the
for anniversaries, 1241. 4s. 6d.; receipts for amuse-
ment., 161. 15s. ; interest, '203/. 151.
;maankniinvgera.
total of receipts of 9101. 18s. 2d. Amongst the items
expenditureanniver-
sary
dinner,
74were, 4
2p pensioners, i o
invested
ners, 556 L
commis-
sioners for the reduction of the national debt, 2031.
15s. 44., making a total expenditure of 8701. Gs.;
leaving a balance in hand of 401. 12s. 2d.
The report was received and ordered to be prints
and circulated.
Richard Taylor, Esq., was re-elected treasurer for
the ensuing year.
On the question being put as to a secretary for the
ensuing year, Mr. CATcaFOLE proposed Mr. James
Darkin, in opposition to their late secretary, Mr.
Hodson.

Upon the question being put to the meeting, the
CHAIRMAN declared the election to have fallen upon
Mr. DArkin, upon whioh Mr. Nod demanded A

poll, which will be taken at such time and place as
may be appointed by the committee. The appoint-
ment of a collector will also then be determined.
The other officers were then appointed.
The result of the poll for pensioners was then an-
nounced, when the elected were:—Robert Johnson,
George Westray, George Green, Esther Roberts,
Sophia Whittsker, Grace Cranwell, and Frances
Nicholls. Sirah Ellis was elected to the Whitting-
ham Pension. The meeting then dissolved.

MAJOR EDWARDES IN SHROPSHIRE:
The announcement cf the return of this distin-
guished officer to the land of his birth, after 10 years'
arduous service in India, created the liveliest sensa-
tions of joy and pride in his native county, Shrop-
shire ; and on the fact becoming known that he would
arrive in Shrewsbury on Saturday last preparations
were made to do him every honour it is in the power
of the inhabitants to bestow.
A meeting of the Town Council was held on Fri-
.

day evening, at which it was resolved that the cor-
poration should meet Major Edwardes at the rail-
way station, and escort him to the Town-hall, and
there present him with a congratulatory address.
The address, which was written by Mr. J. J. Peele, the
town-clerk, was agreed to with a unanimity and hear-
tiness strongly in contrast with the peace preservers of
Southampton.
On Saturday afternoon, about three o'clock, the
Mayor and other members of the corporation
formed in a line of procession in front of the
Town-ball, and, preceded by a hand, walked to the
railway station. A large number of the most re-
spectable tradesmen of the town and gentlemen of the
neighbourhood joined the procession ; the streets were
crowded, and the windows along the route were filled
with ladies.
At a quarter to 4 o'clock the train reached the sta-
tion, when the band struck 'up " See the conquering
Hero comes," and a number of fog signals having
been placed on the rails, their explosion had the effect
of the firing of cannon. The interior of the large
and handsome station was crowded with a most re-
spectable assemblage of ladies and gentlemen, the
latter of whom cheered the gallant Major loudly and
repeatedly on his alighting from the carriage, which
he repeatedly acknowledged with frank cordiality.
Major Edwardes was accompanied by his aunt Lady
Edwardes, and by Mr. J. T. Edwardes, of Shrews-
bury, his cousin. _ _ _ _ _

The procession having reformed, Major Edwardes
walked by the side of the Mayor to the Town-hall,
which was speedily filled to overflowing, the galleries
being occupied by ladies. He was cheered most en-
thusiastically along the streets.
The following is a copy of the address read to Major
Edwardes by the Town-clerk, Mr. J. J. Peele. It
was frequently cheered during the delivery :
" Major Herbert Edwardes,—The corporation of this
town, convinced that they are acting in accordance not
with their own sentiments alone but with those of the
inhabitants generally, have unfeigned pleasure in at-
tending upon the present occasion to express their sin-
cere and most hearty congratulations to you, sir, upon
your return to this your native land, after a career so
honourable to yourself, so deeply gratifying to your
friends, so beneficial to the interest of the empire, and
of that very liberal service to which you belong.
Most cordially, sir, do we bid you welcome.
" The long connexion that has subsisted between your
family and the borough and county we refer to with
pride and satisfaction, and it emboldens us thus early to
occapy your attention; for, sir, we do not forget that to
the influence and exertion of one of your ancestors, who
became a burgess just three centuries ago, Shrewsbury
is indebted for that royal grant from the pious Edward
which established our excellent foundation, the Free
Grammar School; others of your predecessors have
filled the highest honours of this town and county, and
also represented our interest in the Legislature, and all
do honour to the Salopian burgess-roll; but we cannot
doubt that in future ages no name among our freemen
will be received with more respect and esteem than that
of Major Herbert Edwardes.
" We would assure you, sir, that whilst your eventful
career has been so justly and universally appree'ated in
this country, it has been viewed with peculiar gratifica-
tion by Shropshire men. We heard with satisfaction of
the posts of grave responsibility entrusted to your care
and judgment—viewed with pleasure how amply you
justified by your firm and judicious course the confidence
reposed in you; but, sir, it is to your deeds of daring
courage and brilliant success we would venture pecu-
liarly to allude—deeds that we do hope and trust will
tend, under Providence, to the permanent security of the
blessing., of peace, and the extension and due apprecia-
tion of the benefits of British rule in her eastern posies-
sions. Early selected as an &de de-camp by the gallant
and victorious chief whose return also to this country
will be warmly greeted by all true British hearts, you,
by your talents and enterprise, fully justified that ho-
nourable preference. It was, however, on the plains of
Moulton, nearly two years since, on the anniversary
of that most memorable day in England's history
which released the destinies of Europe from a
despot's power, and shortly afterwards, on the field of
Ssctooz-tm, opportunities were afforded of developing
your eminent talents as a soldier, and whtre, with a
triumphant success, fit to be mentioned with the glories:of
Pla,sey and the chivalrous courage of a Clive, you se-
cured great honour to yourself, gave a noble example to
others, obtained important advantages for the pnblic
service, and added a brilliant page to the annals of the
Indian army. To one circumstance we would particu-
larly allude—those achievements were accomplished by
you, sir, not at the head of British soldiers, but with
the aid alone of native troops, hastily collected and kept
together by your almost unexampled energies and influ-
ences—troops relying upon your undaed courage and
resolution, and thereby evincing a conlideace most flat-
terite, to yourself and to the name and character of a
British officer. But, sir, we will not weaken by attempt-
ing to describe your successes; the knowledge of
them must have conferred extreme pleasure upon your
family and friends; they have been viewed with grateful
interest by him whose nomination you by your conduct
have so greatly honoured, have been the subject of general
approbation through the length and breadth of the land
have been publicly spoken of by that illustrious soldier, the
late Governor-General of India, Lord Hardinge, 'as
merits and eminent service of which it was impossible to
speak too highly,' have been alluded to in Parliament
by the First Minister of the Crown in terms of great
praise, and, above all, have been stamped by the special
favour of our most Gracious Sovereign.
" As, however, Sir, another opportunity will, we trust,
be afforded of publicly bearing our testimony to your
eminent services, we now emclude by adding that whilst
in returning to your native country you not only meet
honoured relatives, anxious warmly to greet you, we
trust that you will believe that the men of Shropshire do
feel that of your career of triumph they have just cause
to be proud, and most unfeignedly do we welcome and
congratulate you. May you long be spared to do credit
and honour t your country. May you reap a rich re-
ward for your great services. Sir, may we add a sincere
hope that your future course in this world may not be
devoid of those sources of domestic happiness to which
you have lately so pleasingly and feelingly alluded?"
Major EDWABDES replied as follows :—Mr. Mayor,
ladies, and gentlemen of Shropshire,—When I left.
London this morning I was quite unprepared for the
honour you have paid me, and I hope you will accept
of the unstudied but heartfelt thanks of a soldier.—

(Applause.) I have been ten years absent from my
native country, and I need not expatiate to you on
the pleasure I feel on my return home, or on the
feelings I entertained in my absence of the miseries
of the one or the pleasures of the other.—(Applause.)
The return to one's own native county, I should say,
is the very centre, core, and kernel of the joy of re-
turning to one's native land.—(Cheers.) Since I
last stood on English soil I have travelled over many
lends—over a great part of the globe. I have seen
the ocean in its anger and in its repose ; I have seen
the glorious sunrises and sunsets in that gorgeous
land and over those lovely waters of the Indian
Ocean ; I have been through the whole of
Upper Indio, and have seen that beautiful
range of mountains so celebrated in Affghan story;
but not for one moment, in all those enchanting
scenes, did I forget my native Salopia.—(Loud
cheers.) Even among the splendid range of the
Himalaya mountains, whose grandeur is said to ex-
ceed the Alps and the Pyrenees, I never forgot, even
amid their magnificence, to recall to memory the blue
mountains of Shropshire and Wales.—(Prolonged
applause.) With reference to the services so kindly
alluded to, it little becomes me to speak. They have
been described in words too flattering, but I hope
you will excuse my vanity if I thank you as if I had
deserved your praise.—(Cheers.) But of all the
hheerceonc say,
concluding
I ae
honours which I have received, the dearest to me
have been the cheers which have greeted me this day
in my native county.—(Loud cheers.) I have re-
turned a little worn and tired from service, but I
doubt
3lsni ewo nooutf ol d tPharaoh'sl u lean
tkine, your good old Shropshire ale will soon restore
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not one of those who say that soldiers should not
be married. I myself hold by the faith of the knight
of old, who thought he was no knight at all till he
had got a " ladye love."—(Cheers and laughter.) I be
lieve that in the fair eyes of woman no soldier can see,
reasons for deserting his duty.—(Cheers.) Once
more allow me to say that I feel most heartily your
kindness. Believe me, I have made a speech, such
as I was not prepared to make, and I thank you from
my heart for the flattering reception you have given
the this day.—(lmmense cheering.)
The " loving cup" was then handed to the gallant
Major by the Mayor's sword-bearer, and having
pledged the. Mayo—
r EDWARDES said—The Clip I hold in my
hand---unfortunately in my left band, for I have lost

the use of my right—is, as I have just been told by
my cousin (Mr. Smitheman Edwardes), a present to
your corporation from the great Lord Clive.—
(Cheers.) I was ashamed to reply to the allusions
made by Mr. Peele in his address referring to myself;
but I am proud I am from the same county as Lord
Clive—(Cheers) —and that the few laurels which I
have won have been gained in the same field in which
he fought and conquered.—(Cheers) In conclusion,
Shropshire ladies and Shropshire men, I drink good
health and happiness to each and all of you.— (Cheers.)
After cheers for the Queen, the Mayor, Ste., were
given, the proceedings terminated, and Major Ed-
wardes drove off in a carriage with his relatives.