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Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents• ••• • . 117 30 .. 117 30 .. 117 30 •. 117 30

Three per Cents.— • • 85 10 .. 85 10 .. 85 5 •• 85 10
New Loan ••••• • • • 1.6 • • 1.6 .. 86 .• 86
Gouin Bank. 1,0001. Shares-1083 ..1095 ..1085 •.1088
ftwigian Bank..• • •••• •• • • • • 652 50 -. 652 50 -. 652 50 •• 652 50
Belgian Fives, 184./ ••••• • •• 104% •• 104% •• 104% 104%
1842 •••• •• 106% 106% .. 106% •• 106%
Four•and-a-Half. 103% .. 103% •• 103% •• 103%
,panlBh Active •• •. • . ;9 ye .. 39% .. 39% .. 49%
Threes • • •• 40% •• 40% 40% •• 40%
Passive .... 6% .. .. 6•% •• 6%
ftrttigueac, Five rer Cents • .
.67'74, ••
.67!6. • •
.67%. .. 67 j 4

Neapjlitan . . . 101 75 .. 101115 .. 101:75 .. 101'15

Ko tut ... ............... t 4

100% 1051 ..

RAILWAY 811
St. Germain . • • • . • • •.......1150 —ll5O ..1150 ..1150
Versailles, R. 11... .......... 610 .. G 27 50 • • 610 .. 625
L.B. • • • • • • 400 .. 400 .. 397 .50 398 75
Rouen .• • • ..............1160 ..1160 ..1150 1150

gouen to Havre ..... • .... • 950
Orleans .• • • • ..............1315

.. 970
-1345

Ftrasburg to 8a1e...". •• •• 330
Avignon to Marseilles...... 1055
ilordeaut to Teste •..... 2 .5

• 950
-1315

.. 970
-1345

•• 337 50 330
•-112" -1085
.. 240 .. 235

336 2!
••1125
.. 240

ratris to Sceaux 7lO 7.0 .. 685
gAILWAYS FOR TUB ACCOUNT, MARCH 16.
St. Germain ••••••
Versa':les, ............610• 610 635 .. 610 .. 63.5
L.B.•••••••••• •• 390 .. 400 .. 390 .. 40,)
Ron= •

Rouen to 11avre............ 947 50 .. 975
Orleans • • • •• • • -.•• —l3lO • .1347

.70
547 50 .. 970
••1300

Strasburg to Bale.. .... •• .. 330
Avignon to Marseilles.. •...1080

•• 33S 75 .. 330
..1130 ..1070

.•1345
. 337 50
.• 1130

LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK

A general meeting of the Proprietors of this Bank was held yester-
day at the otUce in Princes.atreet, for the purpose of electing a
Director in the room of Mr. Derthez, resigned.
Some additional interest seemed to be felt in the proceedings, in
consequence of misunderstandings which had arisen out of charges
alleged to have been made by Mr. Meek, one of the candidates,
against the Directors at a meeting in 1841. The attendance was
very numerous.

Captain LOCHNER, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, took
the chair at twelve o'clock. In opening the business, ho stated
that a vacancy had occurred in the Direction, and two gentlemen,
William James Lancaster, Esq., and George Meek, Esq., had been
proposed as candidates.

On the question being put to to the meeting from the Chair,
Mr. MEEK entered into a statement and defence of considerable
length, in reference to what he had said at the meeting in 1841,
and which was made the ground of opposing his election to the
office of Director.

Mr. HACKLOCK then addressed the meeting, and read extracts
from shorthand notes of Mr. Meek's speech at the meeting in
qtiestion, and contended that, after such observations on the part of
that gentleman, the Shareholders would act imprudently in elect-
ing him to fill the vacancy in the Directory. The Honourable
Proprietor was interrupted several times on the ground that he
was introducing that which was irrelevant to the object of the
meeting.

Ultimately Mr. Meek resigned, and W. J. Lancaster, Esq., was
unanimously elected as the new Director.

A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman, and the meeting
then adjourned,

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Maacu 13, P.M.—Strong Northerly breeze and hazy.—
There was a fall of snow las' night accompanied with a severe frost.
SHIELDS, MARCH B.—Put back Friendship, of Whitby, with bow-
sprit sprung, having been in contact.
DawrmouTu, 3-Wien 12.—Wind E —Arrd. Bristol packet, Llanelly,
to Rouen, with loss of bulwarks &c., and other damage, having been
struck by a sea off Portland.
DUNBAR, MARCH 11.—The Mary Day drove from her anchor in a
heavy gale, and went on the rocks west of Cateraig Harbour ; cargo
discharged—vessel expected to become a wreck.

STOCI:TON, MARCH 11.—The Mary Wilson, Ledsham, of and
from Shields, on running for the Tees, on the 7th inst., struck on the
North Gar and became a total wreck—crew drowned.
WIVENHOE, MARCH 12.—The Rhoda, of and from London, to
Hartlepool, has put in here with considerable damage, having been in
contact with the Parbara of Sunderland.
TONNAGE DUES AT MADEIRA.
Advices have been received at Lloyd's from their agent at Madeira,
announcing that the Portuguese Government had issued and put into
operation, on the 21st of February, a decree, by which all vessels
going there will henceforward be charged a tonnage duty, under the
mune of " Health-office Fees," of 30 rs., equal to I!4d. per ton, and
15 rs. per ton for bill of health at departure, if the vessel be Portu-
guese, or any nation having treaties with Portugal. All others were
to be charged 50 rs. per ton on arrival, and 20 rs. per ton for bill of
kcalth on departure. In all cases the bill of health at departure to
be charged at the above rates till it amount to four dollars, atter
which no more, however large the vessel be. The above decree had
been received with much opposition, and very strong representations
from the merchants and others, were to be forwarded immediately to
Lisbon, opposing the measure.

Lord William Lennox visited Captain Siborne's new
Waterloo model on Wednesday, his Lordship o as the fourth
member of his family on this glorious field, accompany-
ing the late Duke of Richmond who was present, id-
th:mgh not a military man.
CAY A LEY MOVEMENTS.—The following changes of
quarters are now upon the point of taking place amongst
the undermentioned regiments:—The Ist Dragoon Guards
from Canterbury to Exeter ; the 4th Dragoon Guards from
Ireland to Piershill Barracks, near Edinburgh; the sth Dra-
goon Guards from Manchester to Nottingham ; the 6th Dra-
goon Guards from York to Manchester; the 2d Dragoons
(Scots Greys) from Piershill Barracks, near Edinburgh, to
Ireland; the 4th Light Dragoons from Ipswich to Hounslow;
the 6th Dragoons from Brighton to Birmingham; the 7th
Hussars from Birmingham to Ipswich; the 16th Hussars
from Ireland to Leeds; the 12th Lancers from Nottingham
to Coventry; the 13th Light Dragoons from Exeter to Ire-
land; and the 17th Lancers from Hounslow to Brighton.
VAUXHALL GARDENS.—This popular place of en-
tertainment will oe opened at Whitsuntide, for the hundred
and fifteenth season, under the direction of Mr. Robert War-
dell, the former proprietor, who has become sole lessee.
The most extensive preparations are making, in order to
render this delightful retreat as attractive as it was in its
palmy days.
We are assured, in a communication from what
(without mentioning names) we may call the highest pos-
sible official source, that the rumours which we published a few
days back ofintended changes in Sir Robert Peel's Government
are without foundation. We are authorised to declare that Mr.
Goulburn takes a statesmanlike, and not a religious view of
his position in respect of the Bill for admitting Jews to muni-
cipal offices. He is satisfied that the Bill will pass whether
he opposes it or not : he retains his position that the Bill is full
of mischief for the country ; but is that any reason, he asks him-
self, why he should inflict on his country the additional mischief
of the loss of his services as Chancellor of the Exchequer?
Mr. Gladstone is to reunite himself to the Government, suc-
ceeding Lord Ripon as President of the Board of Control.
We regret to hear that the Right Hon. Gentleman's health
has been so far impaired by the frequency and zeal of his
late volunteer defences of the Government, that he is not
likely to be able to attend in his place during the discussions
of the Jew Relief Bill. The Right Hon. Gentlemen will
employ that time in recruiting his health, that he may after-
wards apply himself more vigorously to the dispatch of the
official business which Lord Ripon has, for some time past,
been allowing to accumulate at the Board of Control.—
chronicle.

Tu LITERARY FUND.—The annual meeting of the
members of this Institution was held on Wednesday in the chambers
of the Corporation, Great Russell-str: et, Sir William Chatterton
Bart., in the chair. The report stated that the sum dispensed'
during the past year, to distressed authors and their families, was
9551, and that the total amount applied to this purpose since the
formation of the Society was 31,1831. The Committee felt happy
to announce that her Majesty had granted the Institution the privi-
lege of bearing the Imperial Crown as an addition to its armorial
bearings, with the title of the " Royal Corporation of the Literary
Fund." The Marquis of Lansdowne was reelected President, and
the vacancy, caused by the death of the Earl of Mountnorris, was
filled up by the appointment of the Archbishop of Dublin. After
the adoption of the report Charles Dickens, Esq,, Fraser Tytler,
Esq., the Rev. Dr. Mill, Sir Harris Nicolas, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd,
William Brockeldon, Esq., and Edward Gandy, Esq., were elected
members of the Committee; and, thanks having been given to the
chairman, the meeting separated.
PAISLEY.—A PPLICATION OF GLASS TO LOOM MOUNT-
ING.—For some time past our weavers have been in the habit of
substituting rods of crystal for the complicated mass compris-
ing hundreds of little wooden pulleys that were fixed in their
harness carriages. This week we had an opportunity of
seeing another preparation of crystal far a different depart-
ment of the shawl manufacture, where metal had formerly
been employed. This last improvement has been introduced
into the factory of Mr. Robert Kerr, and when it is considered
that crystal can be at once moulded into any form, and that,
at its formation, it possesses all the smoothness and hardness
' of polished and tempered steel, we have no doubt but, with
the abolition of the duty, it will soon be applied to many de-
partments of our manufactures where light machinery is
used, and that for a great number of purposes it will super-
sede cast metal and brass entirely. Besides its easy mid
complete formation, glass is invaluable. from its being un-
affected by damp, heat, or cold, whi4. wood, and all the
metals less or more, are.---Saturekty Post..
,
CHESTER CkninDßATZ—The amount already sun -
scribed for the restoration of this arcient ecelelastical structure is
nearly 3,0001., including a ti•cond deflation during the last week
of 100/. from the Marquis of Westminster. The cost of the 1
works already contracted for and In progress is 2,504/., and the
complete restoration of Vic choir, it Is expected, oanuot be et-
feted for less than 5,000/.