Glasgow Courier. — 1850-04-13 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

RAILWAY SHARES.—Friday.—Tbe railway share market continued to recede, and closed heavily, but a little better than the lowest point; North-Westerns were very scarce, and j to 1 backward. Closing prices:—NorthWestern 1021 31; Do. New 1•1 1 dis.; -Midland 331 41; Do Halves 271 7 die.; Caledonian 7/ ; Do. Preference 51 1; Great Northern, 16t 1 die.; Great Western 51.2; North British 71 ; York and Newcastle 111 12; Do. Extension 131 dis. ; York and North Midland 151 ; Do. Preference 4 31 dia. - • •  The Lord Chancellor —A report is current that the great seal is to be put into commission, Lord Langdale being reluctant to assume a political position. The Earl and Countess of Eglinton entertained a select circle at dinner on Wednesday evening, at the noble Earl's mansion in St. James's Square. The Earl and Countess have issued cards for another dinner party on Monday next. Louis Philippe at Brighton.—We (.Brighton Guardian) have the pleasure to announce the arrival, on Saturday last, of the ex-King and Queen of the French, and of the Duke and Duchess of Nemours and their interesting offspring—two sons and a daughter. The illustrious party, attended by la Duchesse de Marnes and three aides-de-camp, travelled by a special train from Reigate. The Royal Mint—it is said that the Deputy-Master of the Mint has tendered his resignation, and that it has been accepted by the Treasury. Capt. Harness, secretary to the Railway Commission, it is added, has been appointed to succeed him. Two failures are reported to have occurred at Manchester—namely, Messrs. B. Boyle & Co., manufacturers, and Mr. Thomas Carruthers, manufacturer. The liabilities of both houses, however, are trifling. Dinner to Alderman-Sir John Key.—A grand banquet was given on Monday evening at the London Tavern, by the inhabitants of Lanabourn Ward, to Sir John Key, Bart., on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of his election to fill the office of alderman of the ward. The chair was filled by Mr. G Moffatt, M.P., and covers were laid for 120 By letters from Gottenburg we learn that it was expected, from the backwardness of ,the season, that the opening of the northern ports would be very late this year; the weather is ,described as being very cold. The steam navigation between Christiana and Copenhagen opened on the sth inst. Exchange on London 12 10. The Rev. Canon Bowles.—This rev, gentleman, one of our own poets, and whose controversy with Byron may be recollected by many, died at Salisbury on the 7th inst., at the advanced age of 89. Suicide of a Gentleman in Pimlico.—lnformation was received on Thursday of the suicide of a gentleman named Whitmore, at 1, Burton Street, Eaton Square, London. The unfortunate gentleman, it appears, was a wine merchant, up to a recent period carrying on business at Sloane Street, and had been since then in very reduced circumstances. The cause of the dreadful act, it appears, was mentioned in a letter written by the deceased to have been some disappointment connected with a lawsuit in which he had been involved. The neighbourhood was thrown into a state of considerable excitement by the melancholy occurrence. Death of another Flag Ofteer.—Rear-Admiral Hills died on the Bth instant, at his seat, Asker Hill, Essex, aged 73. Be became a lieutenant in 1798, and a post captain in 1814. The deceased was midshipman of the Eclair at the occupation of Toulon, and was lieutenant of the Amethyst at the capture of the French frigate Dedaigneuse, and of other smaller vessels belonging to the French and Spaniards during the late war Fall of a Scaffold, and Severe Persons Injured.—During the races for the Metropolitan Handicap at Epsom, on Thursday afternoon, a temporary stand gave way, and all the persons assembled upon it, amounting to between two and three hundred, were precipitated to the ground. Owing to the confusion that followed, no correct estimate of the number of accidents can be given, but it is stated that from ten to fifteen were severely injured, and several of them had broken legs, besides a great number bruised and otherwise hurt. _  The report of the quarterly meeting of ironmasters at Wolverhampton, on Wednesday, furnishes another evidence of the depressed state of trade throughout the country. Although nominally there is no reduction in the quotations for pig iron from those of last quarter, it is pretty broadly intimated that not only are the smaller ironmasters compelled to sell under that price, but that those who had a greater command of capital are in the like predicament. Indeed, so low has the rate of profits become, that in numerous instances the truck system has been resorted to in order to screw out a profit, which is barely afforded by the legitimate prosecution of trade. The alteration which is expected to be made with regard to the manufacture of iron in the United States has naturally increased the desponding view of the prospects of the iron trade by the manufacturers. When it is considered, however, the multiplicity of new objects to which this metal is applied, and the constantly increasing amount required for those purposes, the reason for the present depressed condition of the trade is not to be looked for so much in over-production as 'n the increasing necessity of retrenchment, engendered by the free-trade measures of the last few years, which are sapping the foundations of England's wealth and prosperity.—Standard.