The Express. — London, England, 1851-03-27 00:00:00

I P • /per , I I No. 1,431.] rRE PERI , ELT SUBSVITUTE kr SILVER.— The REAL NICXFL SILVER. Intraimod 14 pen= LLIAM 0. IC RION. tilos ORM Ay timpani& prams d 11Riattoe and Co, is Lei ted en elognelinia Rio verulmot aid* oat to flirltiftf ether that can In eenpinyed al web. dikat work er ornameato:y, es by no intetibie teet aim it he dlitiaraillmel trot Allane. maw mast Mee Patters. Patters. /kll Tea Sorn~ per doses Duren L., Iv . . - Ho. - Ma DIPPOrt PO4:1114 . ... aft. .. Me. .. Ai lasi. Po i.. . ... 4(M. ... Um ... 70s. Sabo Sim. se . -77 a. Tan and ec I.e lAA waiters. ela 4l .tidia. am, s 7 Pf*P o77 i.lot. 141•14. All 1.3,.1A of o mating done by Die r.trot prno--.. CHEMICALLY PEKE NICKEL. NOT PLATED. tlddit. ned. Ribs% MR Armor nrrl Forlu. ogleian per doses I. ... Pht. ... eue. pleeert attto imtl ditto Tr ditto 1 I:0 .4 BEDST :.A DS rad CHILDREN'S COTS. A trey Lome toorle • - fil of theme Bedewed. in Iron end But" 16. GA. ...oh . ...... ( - ..t0 hoes Ne. mil, AMA midi doleful. Mau awl :Wen t 0:.1114, .toll entirely tree loan K - 14”, set., or piss. i. ON 8 %ILL at the -Itow.rootta of WILLIAM S. RP RTON, erbleh ate the l Brow in toe wrote ; where tatty aim be teen th PATENT ItltElot 1.1,1 t., or ..en IKON ,PILING OLD, IWO' 1. applic.M., eine to it m and nook. Seem:oile. It bee been loan& to gla aWIII I Ar y to I,APT .N. : rrot, PUMP it. ..i., to the ...ta . led The new Pellast P.Ttable Deti.xerl, INs. Gd. erten. Cosmos Bus bodstesde at IL. dd. mieh. Detatteti Catalonians, with enintebisa edevery Irenteettenf7brDele. Mit (pie pool free. WILI.IAbI .. BURTON'S stook of GENERAL FURNISHING ISONNONtiEItb Is to. rally the largem in the .044 and am me too. =be m II a sw!ye ailoplis_Lidse et Ms 'rim sad mew; an .144141Pffirgm. it. int. tome, named I . stag .tide 11... 11; , prOfillt Of. -.0. wur .au.sumar (..,..., of 10.1111.111144/tet), an, No. 1, NEWMAN-STREET, LONIJIL-iilti lOW ill WOUFOillel• Digo. _ _. rtLADIES.—ROWLANDS" KALYDOR, for he .Not snot eovplesseo.— It it distingulithed for its eMremely put.) MI sad oothisi eft eta . n the skin, whio, iv tut mike Am tie pares ai.d mott.te L. vereury moo* it t spas al insidious* teem Ike *totem. sham every ter. deity to taltanonsuon. and vats elhomally dimits.tos ell minims, tan, tomplea, sods. freckles, do. toleratsno. and . the, mammon. vivitstionk The roliant bt',om It lasperts to the cot k. rot tie- salsas and .lettesey "'Web it brawl". a the hamly set nen" renders it uel/sp ne.tble t. every taint ties- Yemen, altar ettivrats, mil mud it shay kl amt..tion and tenderness of Ys skin. 4ad It nun .t eat smooth. awl *mad. beware olopurions Zalyoure Mr Nils. Tie 1.1.6. . Ilowiditie lialydor " are on the wrapper of the Illfetillle .t 1.14 4 ., sit "A KowilAad and Pon, 20, MOM o•Stirli," are also mottavol ou the uvernmeat stamp atfla.4 ea .s &elle. Po Me M. id. and 5.1. Gl.—Sold by them, and by Cielaasta and Perh.era. .---- "F' 1 11.1 Y YEARS' I N DIG V.STION, Gmetioation, ..,..r.e., wthms, cough, tableau, omen% elckitio M theilleesech. not ennating, the iade.efiletbte agony 01 which lisd NO deem me to cm itileiffee that Iwe liftable tamale WithoUlliTll6lllol, love be• eirannly et unwed by LIU linlCKY'n excellent HEALTH -111311P0111:ei i Kt PA LANTA kit.% I 41CA Y. n Hy— Marie Jolly Warthes, 111.4,11 , f i.e.' . I , 4failia . Watuuoiltaai ul ewes Iron we Milli lion. the le ed.. use! 4 Dente., the Venefatile An:mime:on Alelandel `Wool, al Man liene-lenter.a thanes King * rattoath; WtWaat thet,req, lameteest.law , li IWO tottlece. Ceaaleridoe. a ewe of 011 year , pare. Ca d Vete 004 19:40.41f 1 [off ..4 UM. IMMO. aIPROYa. all l etotnechic alempleatte, ;ton'. rltttlatell+Ta. 46441111411. Una, tee. paid iii eilliloiet it oak WI toi.fitelos , ..., mollipaf a t 2e. 9d. ; Mk, at lic. eal.. at:... et 111.; ti4la, et 42%1 11 a, quality. WM., at 13a.; 5111., al 214. The IM!.. and I !. . are I relertkel tree el earetegena wry* cc a noct,erlee eidelb Illt PARIAT aw e g a it ed New tiatl.etivet, Luella , awl be di usearmiii• sad Omen+ CURE I , t TIV EN EY YEA HS' AS IHMA by LA. 1.1.4.‘11 MAYERS—Yrest Mr. R. Misitty, Inetteeter. ir. , nnumit uotre,t..t.orioett: --.` tar hlfb.e.renielletat4e gelitkusau lu S.. balurd haat not rimed the oast weediest Is sett ts it wren. en' ,51b..),111.1 Jo, sm, Into ',sat be MIA been ItoUniert Mr the 1.. t ts.sts ye... 1 save odd •Insens of boxes entirely thretso tas ree..”.. mists's." Dr. boaclea l'ulaturis Waists eft bilast relal owl • r•l il ure rams euusite, and all 41faerder• of losisk asol lasso. base a pinatas taste. Pries Is. 14d., laniassil I 1.. per boi. &Id by .al &twists. Al.* De. LOCOCK'S WCYISILS tbe but ostaxiss kw Jemmies. led Mies Ibesuldi warp we. agate of assatatietts BEFISI. or VD: WINDOW TAI.—A meeting of 1111011spolitui delegates, for obtaining the total and uncon ditional repeal of the window tax, was held lust evening at Ow Marylesbian. Court-house, " to take the most tangent Illeinenres in nab rto secure the above object." There was abase attendants: of delegates, including representatives iliona the p trishes of Marylebune, St. Pancras, St. Anne's, Sao; St. James's, Westminster, St. (tiles's, St. Luke's, Old-strect ; and St. Marc. Islington. There were also pre sent Sir B. Mall, M.P., and Mr. Mowatt, REGENT CAN %I. COMPANT.—Yesterdny • meeting Of the proprietor. in this company took place at the com pany's °thee-, City-nod Mr. Alamo.' in the chair, gm the purpose of approving of a bill, at prevent before parliament, fur oMaining an enlargement of the powers of the company, with a tit'W to enable them to increase the wapacity of the reservoir iif water in the Brenta ('anal. The bill was stews' us having been n-ail a emend time, and ordertil for minutiae' on the 2nd of April. After some discussion, consequent on an amendment proposed by Mr. Greene, to the effect that the consideretion of the question be postponed until the next half-yearly meeting, a resolu tion of approval of the bill was carried by an immense majority. It was in it resolved to raise 60,11001. to carry out the projected work by the creation of new 1001. shame, at the rate of 161. per share. The proceedings then ter minated. Ittfes.tt OF A CIT.ROTWAte TO trim A The /jA•aei. h Express says: "We are extremely sorry to mama.. the following extraordinary instance of refusal to bury a child hr a gelltli man who at the present moment stools as candidate for the ministerial office vacant by the decease of the Rev. W. Harbor. Thomas Whitman, rend ing in the isiruh of St. Mary Key, lost his child by death on Tuesday last, and as others of his family had been in. terred in the graveyard attached to this church, he wished liar,' the deceawil buried there on Sunday. The Rev, John Dunintchain had engaged to perform the Sunday mornimea service at the church, and application was of course made to hint by the clerk to undertake the duty of burying the child. Mr. Dimingham asked o lf the child had been christened ?" The clerk said, "He thought it had been privately baptised, hut he did not know by whom." Information was subsequently given to Mr. Dilnincham that the child had been baptised by a dissenting minister—the Rev. .1. Gay, of Salem Chapel. Mr. Duningliain then asked to see the certificate of its bap tism, and the clerk was requested to go with the father of the child to the dissenting minister to see that the cer tificate was not a fictitious one. In accordance with the clerk's application, the certificate was given by Mr. Gay, but in it no mention was made of the name in which the infant bad hero baptised, although Mr. Gay verbally informed the clerk that he had, of course, used the name of the Trinity the only name he had ever em ployed. It stems Mr. D un ingbam was not satisfied with this certificate and the solemn assertion of the clerk regarding the mention of the Trinity. 'Whitman expressed his surprise that Mr. Dunlnghtun should doubt the clerk's solemn assertion, when he an f tiered that' "he couldn't place confidence in any man— tic had had a sufficient proof of that that day." Although it was twenty minutes past ten o'clock (Saturday night), the clerk and the father of the child bad then to trudge once more to Mr. Gay's. They found that the family tad retired to 'rest, and each party then returned to his home. Early the following morning (Sunday), the brother-in-law of the father called on Mr. Gay and ex plained Mr. Duningliam's objection, when Mr. Gay gave a second certificate to the following effect Emily Whitman, daughter of Thomas and Louisa Whitman, was baptised by me, March 16,18.51, in the name of 'the Father, and of the Son. and of the Holy Ghost.' S*ned, J. Gay, 'lnsister." This was taken at 9 o'clock by Whitman tothe clerk, who was in the church, and who at the father's re greet immediati ly carried it to Mr. Duningham. In a few minutes the clerk returned with the message that Mr. Dun- Ingham had looked at the certificate, and said " It was all right," but had declined to hare anything to do with the affair. Application was then made to Mr. Rigand, to whom rune of the circumstances were related. This gentleman expressed his surprise that Mr. Duningbam had refused, and at once offered to attend himself and perform the ser vice at two o'clock. At the appointed time Mr. Unclad was iu attendance, and kindly relieved the parents of the great distress into which this extraordinary affair had thrown them. Tilt CHILD MURDER AT WINOPIELD.—On Mon day Maria Clarke, the wretched woman who stands accused of having murdered her infant child by burying it alive in a Mid near the village of Wingfield, in Suffolk, was brought up for final examination before the magistrates, at the Queen's Head Inn, Stredbrooke. On the previous Friday a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned by the coroners jury, and the proceedings before the magistrates consisted merely of a re-examination of the witnesses pro duced on the inquest. The following evidence, which was elicited in the course of the magisterial inquiry, would Went to warrant the inference that the unhappy woman insane:—Mrs. Bates said. The prisoner was pretty well before her confinement, except Ming given to fainting stray. After her confinement she did well at first, bet another person was confined and died, and as the prisoner was obliged to be in the same bedroom, the surgeon said this upset her. After being confined a fortuight, or it 'Meta be more, she seemed very much fiarrkil, and we thought it was from weakness. She thought dm saw something by her bedside, and called on me to broil it away from her, and then she said it seemed to coot SEIM to her. 81se woo wry weak and ill after that Mg, Barton, the ompola to the house, had little lbws atiorabar her cootanssotood was allot to blood l o w—mss poloolor, who during So WY, pot of dui to w• inimaks bossow muehiliCe. Mink, WWI. Our dew etodoll chomp. wok Sr 1 lov a roWiz i to say, otborwimo gtortrittMout kb* I MI mot bow I wit after wire I istylt bolog whether oho ewY spa N too lhe polowses slate et WM, replied that she was Wad ianinfl GU all UMW SW quainted with the raw MIA, Erilieh WOW 1111 =NOE h ee .—The magistrates mid It woo their plea duty to commit the prisoner so the chaos of murdem She was sub seqaenUy conveyed to Ipswich psi. Ttt rXl3rt% LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1851. Downing-street, January, 7, 18.51. Six,—l have already acknowledged Mr. Montagu's letter to Mr. Ilawes of the 24th of October, and I have expressed the satisfaction with which I have learned from the further letters from Colonel Mackinnon, which were enclosed in it, that all the uneasiness with respect to the tranquillity of British Kaffruria had erased. It is nut enough, however, that this alarm should have passed away. Its occurrence points out the necessity of endeavouring to ascertain and to remove the causes of that discontent on the part of the chiefs which feems to have been its origin. Though the statements furnished to you by Colonel Mackinnon afford satisfactory evidence that this feeling did not exist amongst the Kaffir popula tion generally, and that owing to their experience of the beneficial effects of Briti-h rule in Kalfrana, the great majority of these people showed little or no inclination to support the chiefs in any attempt to throw off subjection to British control, still it would be unsafe to presume that if the chiefs should continue to be dissatisfied with the ...—.—.„ state of things which has arisen, their followers may not hereafter he in.luced by their influence to join in an attempt to effect a change by violence. It is also certain that the relaxation which is now taking place of the ancient ties of dependence which bound the people to their chiefs is attended with con.iderable inconvenience in other re- specie, besides its being calculated to create a discontent on the part of the Litter, which is natural, at all omits, if . 0 not well fosozial fa The difficulties new experienced in British Kaffraria 132 appear to he of the same character with those which arc st, very generally found to arise from similar causes in a par- at. titular stage of the progress of barbarous tribes, when 30 brought under the authority of a civilised power. The first effect of establishing such an authority is to put a stop '" to the injustice and tyranny almost universally exercised is over savages by their chiefs by enabling the population to 8. appeal to the government for protection against the wrongs 25 which they may suffer. But it unfortunately happens that 33 it is impossible to protect the people from acts of violence and injustice on the part of the chiefs, without gradually 61 breaking down the authority of the latter for all purposes, at. and depriving them of the means of maintaining that social 23 position in their tribes to which they have been accustomed. le It is obvious that the effect of thus breaking down the 23 „ authority of the chiefs, and lowering their social position, i;i must be, not only to create discs:intent among them, but so also to impose upon the British government the tusk of sup- at plying the place of that authority which it has superseded 17 in maintaining internal order among the tribes, and set- SO tling the various disputes amongst individuals which must :,, G , ll inevitably arise. But this is a task which the British go- 13 vernment possesses no adequate means of efficiently per- 20 forming, and I consider, therefore, that it is the wiser 20 policy, instead of destroying whatever of social organise- 20 Lion has hitherto existed among the savage tribes now 11 ,1 brought under our control, to endeavour to maiutaM as L . much of it as possible, correcting the abuses and supply- ht , ing the defects of the system. You will recollect that this 23 is the policy which 1 directed you to pursue with regard to 2C Natal in my despatch of tho 10th December, 1847, and 10 having recently had occasion to enter more fully into Su the subject in a despatch addressed to the governor of the 40 British ports on the Gold Coast, I cannot more clearly ex- 16 plain my views to you than in the words I have used in at. writing to Sir W. Winniett, which convey instructions Itl not less applicable to lialfruria than to Western Africa : 81 -„ " if I am correctly informed as to the state of society which existed in this part of Africa before it was modified 23 by the influence of British power, the chiefs were enabled 2: to maintain their station and to live in the manner con sidered suitable to their rank, by means of exactions of a St very arbitrary character, and by the forced and gratuitous I! services of their people. These sources of income could ; 3 ' not but fail with the establishment of a more regular e t . system of government, and it would be good policy to pre- 31, vent the discontent which this is calculated to excite in te the chiefs, and to give them • substantial interest in the 10 ' maintenance of the protectorate, by allowing them, as a rt : substitute for what they have lost, salaries or emoluments 13 sufficient fir their support in a style of living fully equal 23 , to that to which they have lain accustomed, the duty being I 5 imposed upon them in return of acting as the executive 434 officers of the government is maintaining order and curry -20; ing the law into effect. Great care should be taken to make the performance 22 i of these duties the condition on which the proposed pay- 2ii ments should be intuit., lest they should reduce those who 10 might receive them to the character of idle dependents on 20 se the government. " I have said that the condition on which the chiefs f 0 AWrdu~ Amding, ottn es and root Junction 131111i;;;.% ; 4;;; 'llOO Kriet..l and Laster 30 iniester and Ilnlybead 43 I tub n.ad Ileits&Junc.. 33 MA AnKllan (E 23 L. & L aut - LID. . IS Do. (EIS E. h ... should receive these salaries ought to be that of maintain- 2a ing the general regulations which may be established, and 23 enforcing order in their several districts. For this pur pose they should have the assistance of a certain number of the inhabitants of each district who (if this slight di* g tinction were likely to affiird any encouragement to their 2 0 exertions) might be enrolled as constables, receiving some se small annual fee fur their trouble. 20 I naterit lott6oe6 23 ElmGrrs U6OO, Clam A . ((late F.. 62 ate U. .) 23 bo. elan s sal 22 East I aneashire . 6, W. New fPh u^es 30 VAli6burgh anti G1a0606, 23 FalinburAla, Etrth,Uunde. 21P. Exeter and Exmouth . •" The chiefs should not have the power of inflicting it. punishments for offences by their own authority; but ~.5 15 should be required to bring the olleuders to be dealt with ;;.. by the nearest magistrate. " '4o provide the funds necessary for making these pay ments, and meeting some other expenses for which pro- SI vision win, I think, be required, it appears to me most advisable to have recourse to taxes on land* and houses, or perhaps to a pull-tax. " The most convenient form of imposing a land tax in a 20 rude state of society I believe to be that of requiring from all who cultivate the soil a tithe or some other fixed pro- SO portion of the produce, as their contribution toward. the public expenditure. This is the mode of raising a revenue s fur public purposes which seems to have been the first adopted by mankind in the earliest etages of civilisation, irg and to have prevailed generally among all nations in the remotest periods of which we know anything from 2$ history, while in Asia it continues to the present day to be .„ almost universal. It is also a mode of taxation which, in 2 7 5 an early stage of civilisation, when money is scarce, and Ili when little capital lass been invested in land, seems to be so the least burthensome that can be had recourse to, though 121 in a more advanced state of society it is the reverse. lam of opinion that the circumstances of the Gold Coast at the present moment arc precisely those in which the levy of tithes of the produce of the soil would afield tho easiest so and best means of raising from the people the means of providing for the expenditure which is necessary in order 50 to supply that want of a more effective system of adminis tration which in the progress of improvement is beginning 121 to be felt. So " The levy of tithes would have this further convenience, that they might be received by the chiefs, to whom they al would perhaps afford a more suitable equivalent for their former exactions than a money payment, and from the ,t tithes so received by them they might be required to rema- • nemte the persons whose employment under the name of is constables to assist in enforcing the law I have already suggested. SO " I should not, however, consider the imposition of tithes as expedient or even safe unless it were guarded by giving to the cultivator a right of commuting the payment of tithes in kind for a money payment at a very low rate in proportion to the extent of land in cultivation. By giving the cultivator this right from the first the danger of check ing industry and improvemeut might be averted, while the facility . of obtaining contributions in the fi rst instance 1 , from men in a very barbarous condition, and among whom money is very scarce, would be retained. "If the levy of tithes did not, after adequately paying the chiefs mid their followers, afford a sufficient surplus fur other necessary expense*, it might be expedient also to im Io - pose a house tax, which ought to be very moderate in n amount, and should be graduated on the principle of requiring all permanent inhabitants to pay something, is_ while dwellings of greater value than the ordinary ones (ff such there be) should be assessed at a somewhat higher 10 rate. I believe that very moderate taxes of this description would act, for obvious reasons, rather as an encouragement to industry than the reverse, and that if it were explained to the population that these taxes were a substitute for the IN arbitrary . exaction* to which they were formerly subject, 2t and also intended to promote objects in which they are 10 greatly interested, they would be cheerfully submitted to." 4 . I have Mc., (Signed) Gant. 21 Governor Sir 11. U. Smith, Bart.. ie. S REPRESENTATION OP Rocuatt.E.—The prenent member fur Rochdale, Mr. Sharman Crawford, has signified hie intention of retiring at the next general election; end it is stated that it is in contemplation to invite Mr. Roger Fenton, son of the lint member for the borough, to become a candidate. HEREPORDSTIIRE RErBESENTATTON.—Mr. Wegg- Prosser retires at the di..elution of parliament. The choice of the protectionists has fallen upon the Hon. E. Banbury (brother of Lord Bateman) and Mr. King King. The free leakier', when the election comes, will bestir themselves to mire a liberal colleague for Mr. Cornwall Lewis. THE NEvr VICE-CIIANCELLORSIIIP is expected to be given to Mr. George Turner, or to Mr. Kinderidey ; it was said yesterday in Lincoln's-inn that the chanties are in favour of Mr, Turner, who is at present member for Coventry. QUICK PASSAGE: LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—OIIe of the aunt remarkable passages ever made across the At lantic under sail only has just been accomplished by the new American ship 1 yphoun. She sailed from Portsmouth C.S., for Liverpool on her trial trip, coming over in ballast only, and entered the Mersey to-day, completing the passage in the extraordinarily short time of 14days from port to port. NAVIGATION or TUE TIL►YES. —The opinion is very prevalent that the intricacy of the navigation at the mouth of the Thames renders it perfectly secure against the approach of any foreign ships unprovided with pilots. For the purpose of undeceiving those persons who entertain this opinion, it may be mentioned that the Governolo (Sardinian man of war steamer of 1,400 tons, and mounting 12 kmg 68- pounders, lately arrived at Woolwich) found her way from Spithead, through the Downs and up the river toWoolwich without a pilot, though not a man or officer on bowl had ever been up the river before. 16 144 31 S dis Ib 111 61 63 Ni lI 24 23 .1 16 626 3 3 :I 1 71 7 :I :1 174 18 $7 ex 4I•1 1:1 12 41 ei die Ilji 2 dls.. - ez div —wee 411 99 di, 91 994 .. I / 11 , 19 se 09 ei at 95 1 N I Pal 139 IJOE 51 61 pet 24 Si 2i SI 4 pat 211 3 dis S 4dl. as s 37 3I %lig] ... "i "it the 63 64 ii} ii die 34i se. i ii 41 ,1W 26 26 13 ii U. G It' dis 11 1O 1 le pis IN ISt 17 13 in it - 1 - 1_ 4 N Ma Se 11 414 S 1. dla 19 21 14* IS i I die $ 2 Ate 1$ 20 dig 38, 37 dig ~ 10 40 90 10 7 . 13 di. 1 1 7_ di. 21/ 221 ex dil 2 3 tie „ 1 li Us 2; 2b a I pm 2i 02 27 IS 0 4 9 4 Put 7 Spa 171 171 244 32 101 103 50 51 13 21 97/ 931 111 111 24 25 I 3 1$ 4 1 4 i 4 !If I " " 264 41 5/ 1 1 41 171 334 Is 1:1 14 43 37& 7 54 54 4 0 pek 41 43 ea dlv 001 60 6141 a a $ 1 94 3 128/ 9 71 7 i le Poi 2L Sle •s I 1 i.• 21 21 ille i $4 U 43 41 811A11101. r 4 es 17 17 11 1r I. 4P. 5 r 85 5 111 II 341 4 II 1 621 S I 8I 21 i 101 le i 11 toi 111 418 18 t 11 1 pm 14 Ali 101 Si 4i dls Ilse its 1 aai 14 IS IP I I2i 1 131 4 134 Pul 0 IS_ 14 27 a 7 j 21 i i 161 / g g 27 1 i i i DU lee MI 111 1 Si ISI i MONEY MARKET. THIS DAY. _ Two o'Czoits. The Consol market opened with a steady appear ance this morning, which was further strengthened by another purchase on public account; but the demand for money in contusion with the settle ment in the railway share market, where the rates of "continuation' for carrying over arc almost unparalleled in magnitude, has naturally brought forward sellers of money stock, and . prices are now quoted at a decline of 1. The business marked is at 961 and 1 fur money, and 961 for the account of the 10th of April; whilst the present quotation of the market is 961 to 1, and 961 to 4 respectively. No other stock hos met with the least attention in this department. Exchequer Bills also show the effect of the tempo rarily increased value of money, the rate of premium being quoted Is. lower. The I,OOOL bills mark 535. and Cals. prem.; ditto small, 595.; whilst India Bonds have been sold at 61s. prem. for all sizes. In the foreign stock market the settlement of the account is in progress, and the arrangements requi site have imparted an upward tendency to several of the more speculative descriptions, including Mexican Bonds, which have reached 331 fur the account of the 16th of April, and Peruvian. Other stocks are firm at late rates. The business list is as follows: Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Bonds, 58 to 1. Grenada One-and-a-Hall per Cents., 17. Mexican Bonds, 331, 4; Ditto for the account, 334,1. Peru vian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 1849, 85; ditto for account, 851 ; ditto Deferred, 39, 1. Portuguese Five per Cents. Converted 1841, 35! ; ditto Four per Cents., 344. Spanish Active Five per Cents., 211; ditto Coupons, ; ditto l'assive Bonds, 6; ditto Three per Cents., 3141. Business in Bank Shares is upon a steady scale, at about former rates. London and Westminster shares are firm. The lust prices realised arc :—Bank of Australasia (401. paid), 331; Commercial of London (201. paid), 2.5; London Joint Stock (101. paid), 171, ; London and Westminster (201. paid), 27i ; Provincial of Ireland (23/. paid), 43; South Australia (23/. paid), 331 1; Union of Loudon ( 101. paid), 121. In Dock Shams the chief business has been in East and West India Stock, but with no change in prices. London stock is a shade weaker, but St. Katharine continues firm. The sales are: Commer cial, 84; East and West India, 144, 1431, 144; Lon don, 115. ' St. Katharine, 76; Southampton, 15. We observed in this morning's paper that the Spa nish American Committee were reported to have re ceived advicts from Buenos Ayres and Venezuela, which they had not communicated to the public. We have now to lay before the bondholders the fol lowing communication in reference to Venezuela: The Committee of Spanish American bondholders have received a letter from their Vethauclan agent, dated La Cluayra, Feb. 22, 1841, of which the following is an ca tract: "My representation to Congress (urging them to make arrangements for providing fur the arrears of inte rest) was presented and read in the Chamber of Repre sentatives on the Bth instant. It was at once passed to the Committees of Finance and Foreign Atfairs, for them jointly to report upon it. lor the present the Finance Committee is occupied on the formation of a new law upon public credit, that has been recommended by the chamber as urgent, and to be considered preferably to every other matter before the committee." Whether the Spanish-American committee re ceived any information as to the proceedings in the Venezuelan Congress previously to the arrival of the Avon, we are not able to state, but, as the bill was laid before the Congress ou the Bth February, and the committee say their agent wrote on the 22nd February, it may very well have happened that ad vices were received rto the United States before those by the Avon. Certain it is that on Monday it was reported in the City the committee had received ad vices from Venezuela and Buenos Ayres. What the advices are from Buenos Ayres we are not informed, but the bondholders will be very glad to hear some account from Buenos Ayres, Equador, and Guate mala. The case of " Wadsworth against the Queen of Spain" has brought other litigants into the Lord Mayor's Court. It is now the turn of the Queen of l'ortugal to be summoned, and the various defaulting kings and states may in turn be brought before the same tribunal. The claim yesterday, whicli was reported exclusively in that day's Express, was on the part of a general creditor of the Queen of Portugal upon a fund for the payment of dividends. Sir F. Thesigcr, who appeared for the Portuguese authori ties, represented that it would be a hardship upon the Portuguese bondholders to have their funds so attached, but the ground on which the Recorder directed a verdict to be given for the London Joint- Stock Bank against the attachment was because it was not shown that the Queen of Portugal or the Portuguese government had any control over these funds, which were under the direction of the corporation or junta of public credit specially and distinctly appropriated to the payment of dividends. It was held, in fact, that the disposition of the Portuguese government over the funds has ceased, and that no general cre ditor can come in and claim the property of the bondholders. However desirable it may be to en large the powers of bondholders in recovering their claims, yet it is very evident there is a conflicting interest of the bondholders that monies duly appro priated for dividends shall not be turned from their purpose. The present decision is, therefore, particu larly important, and it is likely to influence that in the ease of "Wadsworth against the Queen of S ~n ." The following are the latest quotations of cxc , ge at foreign places on London : Previous Latest Quotations. Quotations. Florence (3 months) 291. 85 2W. 90 Madrid Maples Pah of Spain, Trinidad (90 days) orne 4BO Trieste DWELLINGS OF THE LONDON POOR. (Prom the D sill News.) AMONG the varied objects of surpassing interest that will shortly engage the attention of our own public and of assembled nations, not the Icast inter esting will be the " model lodging-house" now rapidly in progress of construction under the imme diate auspices of Prince ALBERT. All thevaricd im provements which the experience of the past few years has suggested in edifices of the kind will be therein displayed, together with many novel appli ances conducive to the comforts of these lowly tene ments. The experiments for improving the dwellings of the poor, tried in a variety of localities, and in many instances under most adverse circumstances, have been almost uniformly successful. It is not therefore too much to hope that yet more extended exertions may be made in the cause of suffering humanity. The incredible amount of miscry,of squaror, and of proffi• gacyyetrife in every quarter of the capital renders it incumbent upon every member of the community to promote to the utmost of his ability this important end. In the dark purlieus of wen the wealthiest pa rishes there are nocturnal receptacles for the chil dren of misery, the Nun contemplation of which would appal even a casual spectator. Front natural causes and the daily advent of fresh streams from the country, the accumulating tide of pollution, and sin is ever on the increase, its only outlets being the portals of the gaol, the hold of the convict-ship, or the festering precincts of the charnel-house. The youthful stranger arriving in quest of honest em ployment, buoyant in spirit, and animated by Mtge rity of purpose, soon loses all that can render life estimable in the baneful atmosphere of these pesti lent dens. Little chance is there of escape from amid such scenes as must be Cncoun- tered in the ordinary lodging-houses. In one apartment, so low, so foul, and close, that the miserable rushlight seems scarcely able to con tend with the dank vapours through which it dimly peen, sixteen beds may be counted, containing in the aggregate some two-and-forty human beings of both Ruses ! None of them endowed with the power which the Fair .Rosamond or Lord llerbert $f ehrrbury possessed of exhaling aromatic odours. 'flee denizens of such sad abodes comprise those whose pernicious avocations occupy much of the attention of the police, occasionally intermingled with a small minority of the humblest artisan*. It were no easy matter concisely to depict the condition or appearance of the edifices, wherein these unfor tunate creatures herd, for nothing can exceed their filthy and cadaverous aspect. But it is not diffi cult to form some faint idea of the depravity thus en gendered and perpetuated. In the opulent district pertaining to St. George's, Hanover-square, 1,40 families of the labouring class were recently found to ?assess, for residence, 2,174 rooms and 2,510 beds; 929 entire families existed in single rooms, while seven dwellings were destitute of the rudest apology for a couch. On learning facts like these, we cease to wonder at the eagerness so frequently manifested to exchange the horrors of such a home for the less hideous seclusion of a prison. The " Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes" have, within the last few years, happily effected much to remedy these crying evils. They have, by the most unremitting exertions, and aided only by voluntary subscriptions, accomplished the most beneficial results. Under their direction comparatively comfortable buildings have been pro vided, in various parts of the town, for the reception of the houseless poor. These lodgings remove the poor but industrious mechanic from immediate con tact with the " tramp," whose means of subsistence are more questionable and precarious. The sexes are separated, and a degree of privacy is attained, calculated to give rise to feelings of decency and self respect. Wise and salutary rules regulate these communities, and, strangely compounded though they be, their internal harmony is rarely disturbed. In the crowded neighbourhood of Bagnigge-wells, in Charles-street, Drury-lane, in George-street, St. Giles'e, in Hatton-garden. as well as in other locali ties, model lodging-houses have been established, and their internal economy can readily be studied by all who take sufficient interest in the important subject. The one in George-street can accommodate 104 inmates, who each enjoy the advantage of sepa rate dormitories,—a commodious kitchen, common to all, a waahhouse, bath, and a copious supply of water for all purposes. It should be recorded that the gas and water companies charge little more than the actual cost of the commodity they severally sup ply. In a sanitary point of view there can be no question of the superiority of this establishment over the loathsome lodging-houses around. During the prevalence of a recent epidemic, the latter abodes contributed largely, as might have been anticipated. to the long list of victims, while in the " model" house, scarcely one case of illness was to be found. We have not space to dilate upon the pressing urgency of providing improved accommodation for the necessitous stranger, or the friendless visitors to the metropolis. It is, however, obvious that in a few weeks the exigency will be felt severely by our own poor. if no timely preparation be made for the accommodation of the countless thousands who will require at least temporary shelter. The extent of the demand will naturally enhance the rent oven of the meanest lodging. In Pimlico, at Kensington, and at Westminster, preparations to a certain extent have been made ; they should be in progress in other localities. Whether in furtherance of this temporary pur pose, or for the gradual promotion of the welfare and comfort of the humbler classes, we cannot but express gratitude for Lord MILLET'S exertions gene rally in their behalf. The prolonged debate alone prevented his lordship bringing the subject before parliament. It may be well to note here, for the encourage ment of those who may bo disposed to take up the matter upon mere speculative grounds, that these undertakings, commercially considered, may be deemed more than ordinarily lucrative. The society to which we have alluded reserve the whole of their profits for the purpose of more widely , extending their system. But the capital thus employed would produce for those who arc not actuated solely by cha ritable motives a very remunerative return. It is an admitted fact that three-fourths of the crime committed in England originates in London alone. Nothing can tend more strongly to dissemi nate the principles of vice in their vilest form than tho degrading practices everywhere in vogue in the old over-crowded lodging houses. Until they are abolished or altogether reformed, any attempt at educating the masses compelled nightly to take refuge in them, must be nugatory and delusive. A SHIP oN Film.— The steam-packet Cambria, when on her passage from Kingston on Saturday morning, and when nearing the South Stack Light at the entrance to the bay of Holyhead, came in view of a vessel, schooner rigged, at a considerable distance off, apparently rounding the Sherries. The attention of the Captain and crew of the Cambria was called to the appearance of the ousel, which was evidently on tire. The Cambria having ran into Holy head harbour, and landed her passengers, put to see again at once, having on board the marine superintendent (railway company), who accompanied the Cambna's commander, Capt. Hirste, to the scene of the disaster. On approaching the burning vessel they found her taken in tow by another vessel. Sail had also been got upon her with a view of making the harbour. The commander of the Cambria hailed her and tendered his assistance. gratuitously, but the master of the schooner refined the aid thus offered, in the most rt i o a ls refine d terms, although the fire seemed rapidly gaining ground, and, as it was afterwards ascertained, the lives of all on board the schooner at the time were in fearful peril. Her name was found to be the Don Juan, of about 300 tons burden, bound from Liverpool to Newfoundland, with a largo of salt. and an additional freight of 25 casks of gun powder. The fire appeasing to increase, it was found necessary to beech the vessel as soon as possible. She was then scuttled, and her cargo submerged. She now lies in this condition—burnt down to the water's edge, at the mouth of the harbour.—Freemon's Journal. RAILWAYS. THIS DAY. Two o'CLocx. ' The anangement of the past fortnight's account, which, as we anticipated, proves exceedingly heavy, hilly occupies the dealers in shares to-day. Emir- mous rates of " continuation " are demanded for carrying . over, as much as GO to GO per cent. having in a few cases been paid; the consequence is, that the sales have in many instances been pressed, for the purpose of closing accounts, and the market has worn a very . unsettled aspect. A eon biddable reduction in prices has been submitted to, especially for Caledonians, Lancashire and York shirt., London and North Westerns, South Westerns, Midlands, and North British; but a great many descriptions have already rallied from the extreme point of the day's depression, whilst others, under the circumstances, show great steadiness. The rates _ of the day's actual bargains Will be found below. ;HARM AND STocKS UNGVARANTEKD. Ciro pnces listevlay. Italman. Cs tralay up to I o'clock. SS Cifrat S~rthen 1121 1 )u.3 nharen,Aefete 121 o. shoresl3.6perCt. Su ,01 South. and Won. gm/ 1011 lOrtat Western I SO Lutes.sttr and Grills 111 Do. 1100 labourbire .ndYorlubir 15 U. I r.tures !!i Po. D. W..tP.%4l Y~ feeds gal _ l'h4.k I i 4 1: 11 Do.T iibury Latent. Stoic 100 Lon, BrorbtBn. &8. Cow Lou "lon. B North- Wootton 17 Do. do , New .1 shares 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.£ to th„M.orst 11.(C; 100 . London h . South-Wl:eta* 4 TT. Dr.. Mamtb.,Hux., and Matlock 100 tilaneh.,Sber.,rrLiweolnab IM.Man.rt t:akm 101 Illetana 3$ Do. £3O ammo lee 110. Bum and Derby .. LS Newmarket . . t. Newport, Aberpwatay, SOB Norolk . Do. New£lo.:. 34174711;;;WC7iileiles 7 Newry ■nd Enniskillen 27 North &Web 17 !North N 1 'Of rn I; k t SO Oxford, Won., IL Wulver 23 Seas tab ()mgr.! 35 Scottish 141.1444 . 21 LW New . . 13 4hrews. a Do., Clam B. 4 ihrelroburykkleretofdOli. 311 .breirsbury end Cheerer 20 De. Oevrestry 1 Dn. New 6h 4bropshire nks . w :both . ri7nitT2 el liteV,X;h7XGC.oiii=a) - ;. is; straws and Hartlepool.. 96 rim Vale Eltension is"~i.. of H~.ie_ 20 SO Water bed and Limerick West Cornwall „ 1.1 YMIc~NeRWI~7 10 Uo. do. klttli.lolTh I 9 Lho.G.N.E.Vorehooe . 30 York mg North Bildloari LINES LEASED AT I Bab & littute. Eat. S p -- Ct.. tklued to DLylestel ealbdlll2.7; tn.; Ithg use - entre (Lis . to tit-Vim. 20 Ditto without • dowantee (laded toOrestWeefrm IS Bird., Wolv and Dudley ealhathdype,orwitainur. (lamed to OreatWatern IS Ditto without • guarantee (Sewed to GreatW rotten to Lawton& N.% everod n aged to Gt. Norther n; so Du o llidelby(LlurkkNNid 2S Do. Awes (ditto) 12( Do. chart (dtto) SO Leedelk Beadlord ;Midland 121 Loadoa and Greenwich (leased to South !eastern 20 Ditto Preference (ditto) 20 Lowestoft Guar.SperCemt. SO I(leased Norfolk) tu SlortheratEastern rrp - (lamed to Eaet.Cotintiew 43 .Ditto New (dttto) 23 'Preston/Mrs (leaa. ton kN.Weet.*LascJiYork 104 Ditto stares (A) (ditto) 20 Read., Outld., and Reigate (leasid to tOutA Rowan 01 Royston and lidoltio (Waa to Great Notthera Do. Kbegretb Eaten (ditto 9) South titatFordehire Owed NS 'West !Wks, 6 p. et: 1 (lewd to Stocatat& 60 Wilt% &menet, &W( (Wood to Got. Wei SI/ 111:•birtkes... 1 ... ... .... '" (0 Csisdooian S 0 su ls Cluwwilartdorr,"drevilthg,sli'saitlrii deem Junction ... 34 EnstAttplitin(3l.loa)Sp.Ct. S !Ditto (50 7 per Cent. ... 2 IDitto(7l. 175.) f per CM: $4 Eastern Counties Eat en.. , 1 6 per Ct No 2 IS I Kowa per Cent. mom, Cs. tioloo,Fenplru•Ooct ii. gem „in,. sad u l o tdigftl rea Zbe watr. s4 : pe n t i ) pe "(' : ist r 4 Cea t it.. ..i , I WO 14. 7 814 e ( w is ;usr 4lart‘m7d 7G li pe .°'"I'E Th r r illi C i: : ' , WO Imiall treL e a If LsodonlsthWeetern Ne w , 21 7 fi S i usta llsn wol ..Site terust ff twiris k rurt Li c. ne.... ,:. purt l:ll :oc.... N .d ol l. IS: Yillars.. ne. Ne Cons. ‘ 11 11 4 11 k B 6 .. p.C . t 1 MI Illseloik Extension . .. • Qtreweburyik&rnsin.Nser 10 &brewers Chester(Nor.W. Ills.)) 8 per Cont... ... 25 dead % De , m ... .. 17 York, Newerstle,k liorw t Gt.Nortlt of Lne•Poroh• 3 Ditto Ditto 10 Tockl4l.7lld.ll.lktPureb FOREIGN RA 2 0 logree Amiens - 20 Cestrol Promo (Vienne) I+ lEaus Indian 3 Do.india.l 141;12;2;1o.. 10 Da 25 Voris AstOnla::: 7i Do. oto. Now 10 lamer awl Uwe Is !lhathintof Frame_ . $ Oilers ettor . deanz 20 Pads led 20 rails sod Cana I II Pods mul Illtseavarg 28 lialawasi 20 ! Snobs Mil Mum IS , Toms NA Meat= 81!Wiet Roam ' , lt :I std' 1 If pa II 114 134 l 5 ex 13 1$ Is It ea div 44 1 do .ILWATS. 11 4 4 I I psi Pat Pia 1 ai a I 4 5s u 34 3 34 3 ds 16 11 424 I 1 4 II 4 4 4ls LEEDS, ifigar.A 26. show a !lilt improvement tojti.i, but the b 7 07h,..7h bOsaab;c7sCwisilurre racier and Matey for the minuet Male d AFL mi. Ent Lancashire, 18i; 5.4. Midlcads. Igo d 4; Lads Ildroks, 191. Werth 101 ; North Weeterm, 104 Ms.; I &Mani endDovers, 2111; ambergate, Nottingham, aud BMWS. $ 4d. 68 to 44.70 480 1211. 48 Vienna 128. 67 The Copiapo Mining Company have received ad vices dated Jan. 24. The manager's report of the workings of the copper and silver mines is considered satisfactory. At La Compania copper mine, in driving the 18 fathom level east, there is a lode 4 feet wide, thickly interspersed with rich ore throughout, and a must promising looking lode. The stapes in the back of the 10-fathom level are looking much the suave as last month, and continue to yield ore of a superior quality. At La Reyna—The lode in the shaft is still very large, having no wall on either side, and although not yielding a great quantity of ore fit for exporta tion, must improve in depth. The operations at the other mines are steadily progressing. The total pro duce for December was 70 tons of copper ores. At Alfin Hallada (silver mine).—ln this mine a fair quantity of average quality ore continues to be raised. 'the different levels still look well, and more particu larly in the bottom of the mine,where the lode is large, and thickly interspersed with white silver. The north part of the mine is also looking well. The ore now on the Concha is about 10 cajunes (30 tons), l and will be divided on the 30th. At Carmen Alto.—The lode in the 16 fathom level is 3 feet wide, composed of fine quartz and prian, and in the Peruna it shows a little silver. From the gold mine, Deseubridora de Oro, we learn that little has been done during the past month, but 14 ounces of gold have been returned, and the same quantity may be expected for the present month. From 4 to 5 tons of superior copper ore have been sent to the port of Flamenco. ot+nusii resits.—fn,. u.s. Hank Mural. 21103 et ll• 3 per et.C..n Ace HI ► 3 per Ct. god. _l5l lee &lei vvr Ct.thut 3ea CCOoe. Anon. 361 I.nrltorwer otre.soe. £3. ifikRlUN trit!thrt. 5 per CC Auevleo 50, de, n 6 .41., ei Onltada Ma. 10 1 74 ee per IX Be*.a. Wilde PI 3 ..cvolda Dotterel 314. . 41 2fi sr Csee . 5 per CI Mel. 8d... 334 per Ct. BrneOlan Iksr., It 3 Pe-u. eta Ills 85 6 DM* Yew. id 1 Formren.. Converted 6 ter Ct. Rues.. Arm. 64 6 9 per Cf. 2166 . B Iv-42 11 6per Ct. Milieu Wt., 106 T 1111.3 Slosh, ad, Li I , atto t 3 per CC 11 , 16311 - 31 w Ct. 75 90 list, PA.IIII 6i 6 I net Ct. ten We.. 50i 9 2yer V•120111.1i Isoe 32 9 61). 01. MU* Owls.. IN 31 Vanineela Wined Moak 13 13 [THREEPENCE. PARIS, Masca 96. 1 Money. es I 37 AS 30 9130 3 per Dents. 5 per Cents. 44 per Celt's. . 5 do. New Lain 3 per Oentp. Ezehangeoe [Ameon: allsiitit. 23; 90. Belgian, 5. 1910 - Do. 5, 1842 Do. 4 Do. 2i .. Ito jury Ronda... 31 Piedmont l edmont 5 p.et- 1849 82 30 Reek ShAres 37 73 94 10 94 - 0 Bonn-cit.—St. Germain, 412 50; Vermilles (right hank), 171 23; ditto, (lest bank 170; Barn , and Organ*. a 95; Pavia and Rohm 955; llou.en and llavre 295; Marseilles and A•i K - nov, 303 50 ; :Braid:arum and Bale, 1511 75; Centre, 415: Boulogne and Amiens ; 250; North, 490; radii and Strarlrturg. 373 75; taunt and Nantea, 2:5; Hotdertau and Inner, 100; Dieppe and lecarup, 206 25. MADRID, NE tacit 21. Three per Cents, 351 ; after Bohm, 35 7-16 cash, 351 paper. Four per Cents., 1.51. Piro per Ceara., 17/ ; after Dulsa, 171 rash, 17: paper. Coupons, 91 after Boise, 91 cash, 91 'paper. 71; after llolsa, 7 3-16 cash, 71 paper. Bank of St. Fertlinmul, 104 paper. Exchange on Landon, 40.7.1. BERLIN, MAILCII 2 - I.—Voluntary Loan, 105. New Loan Four-and-a-Half per Cent., 1011. National Debt, 85/ Commercial Mance Society's Premium, 130. Bank Shares, 961. Vtr..xi, Matto( 24.—Five per Cont. Metalliques, 96 ; Four-and-a-11:11f per Cent. ditto, 2112. Dunk Slutres, 1262. Exchange on London, 12.66. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MINCLNG-LANK-THIS DAY. SI:GAIL—There Mu not been a public aalc to-day. anti the market remains dull Refined, grocery lutnp.., 435. to SO& Gd. Cll , rElL—The public sale of 130 ca.ks and 250 bags plantation Ceylon was nearly all withdrawn 5,r Wine of buyers, at previous rates •. good ordinary natis-: Ceylon is , quoted inactive, at 445..t0 41s. fat. Cortax.-2.lobags Trinidad offered and nearly all bought in at 40s. to 475. ; 80 bags Grenada bought in at 42.. to 415.; and 100 bags Para, at 28s. TEA.—The market remains very firm. SALTrELILE.-1,400 bags Madras were offered, Ind bought iu at a high price ; refraction 13, at 265. Rice.-2,000 1) . V: goa l Middiillg white Bengal will freely in public sale at a slight advance, 641. to IN. fid. ricer remain steady. Malabar Pepper sold 31. Pi mento bought in nt to 51d. per lb. eorros.—Prices are firm, but the market is inactive. Re continues dull of sale. In other articles no alteration, but markets generally dull and inactive. TALLOW MARKET.-THIS DAY. The market is firm to-day, with but little business doing for want of sellers. Prices are quoted: Tuwa Tallow, 395.; Petersburg, Y. C. on the spot, 40s. buyers; March and April, 41:6., buyers; last three months, 40a., buyers. SMITIIFIELD HAY NIAHK ET.—TIIIS I/AY. Messrs. Cooper and Doris report the supple short and trade brisk at the following quotations: Prime Meadow Hay, 80n. to 84s. ; inferior ditto, Ws. to 7,5+. ; Uowen, SW. to his. ; Clover, 70s. to 80s. ; second cut, loin. to 725. ; Straw ; 255. to 30a. LIVERPOOL, .!arch 26. SYOC/C-EXCHANOr.—The bu,iness done today ,has not been extensive, owing to the eettlement of Wyount *huh it to merrOW. Friel.. Were, however, Mini at testerddy's and the market closed steadily at the quotations. Lanca shire, and Chmhire, 9 d.—Caledonian, 133 4 -Elfst Lftel.Wiliee, —Lancashire 111211 Yorkshire, 614—Ditto (fifth shaves). tip 4 d. Liver. pool, Cloak), and Southport, 3 p.-11.ondon rind North VI rotent, 1194 --Ditto (new shares:, 24 I Dt-fh shares) it. —Ditto ft shares C), 3 13-16 p. —Manebeeter, Sheffield, and Lincon, 364 De to (pref. shores), 114—Ditto (ht. new prt f.), 514-- Ditto (half shares). 13 d. North British, ID eltrewehary and Birmingham VB. 12e. 3d. B ), 6a—Soutb lastern and Dover, 214 4 I—York sad North Midland, 214—Dutch Its catch, d. MANCIIESTEII, March 26. &MCI Eiexusos.—Them wax not much business done, !mewl." improved to a alight extent-Caledonia. from to .31; Great N,rthern, Ibi to it; and London and North %Vivie n , 20e., but afierwg.de wow dose at 130, or 10.. lower. Sheffield stock, 36,; South Canteen '271; Lunen-bare and tiorkonire, 02; Last Lanca shire, 17d; E.,:acrn Counties, 7f. BIRMINGHAM, ilarrk.26. STOCK EXCRANOK.—This market has been tolerably aetiee to-day and prises rather drier. Mielands so redone at 644; Shrewsbury and Birmingham A's at 3 die.; Ws at h and 4 dia.; and South Eastern. at 28. BRISTOL, March 26. • SVOCg EWCHAWOZ.—Tho market WSJ very Bat, and •hares experienced a reduction. The following are the quntatiohe Great Weitern stack, .0111; Smith Lateen and Dover, R 7,; Borah Devoe prefer - nee sbarec.:ll. ADMTRALTY, MAncrr 26. -- APPOINTMENT. Acting Assistant-Surgeon John Angus to !mp•e• . ynable. TilF. VACANT COLONELCY OF THE 37TirEsr. —lt is expected that Major-General Smelt, CB., the colonel of the G2nd Regiment, will Succeed to the coloneley of the 37th, which he formerly commanded, and that Major-General Lightfoot, C. 8., will succeed to the 62nd. Major-General Smelt commands the troops at Ceylon, in which island the 37th Regiment has served since early in 1847. _ _ DEATH OF MAJOR•GENERAL PARKER, ROYAL Mt- TILLEKT.—This gallant officer, for many years Lieutenant- Governor of the ltoyul Military Academy at Woolwich, died on the 25th inst., after an illness of six days. SCOTTISH AMICABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The annual meeting of this society was held at Glasgow last Thursday, when the report of the directors stated that the society has within the last 18 months established a London branch. During the past year the amount of ca pital sums assured during that period was 346,3671., and the premiums were 12,278/. Os. Bd., the net increase to the total sums assured since the commencement of the Suei , :ty, deducting for policies emerged, &c., being 272,3541. 95., and the net increase of premiums 8,7641. 15s. For single pre miums for assurances and annuities 4,9621. 12s. 9d. was re ceived. The policies issued during the year were 914. The rate of in rtality among the society's members during tho last year was only one i>er cent. EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT OF A CARRIER PIGEON.— The instinct of the carrier pigeon has often been exempli fied in a manner to excite astonishment. Almost us singu lar a case as has ever been brought under notice occurred on Saturday last. Some weeks since Mr. Martin, who was formerly gamekeeper to W. Stirling Crawfurd, Esq., removed to Fernley Hall, in Yorkshire, taking with him some birds of the Antwerp breed. On Saturday one of these pigeons re-appeared at Calder, carrying betwixt tho claws of the feet an egg, which, rather than suffer to bo placed amongst grangers, had been conveyed in that fashion from beyond Leeds. It was slightly broken.— Gloves, Daily Mail. IWEL BETWEEN TWO OF JULLIEN'S MUSICIANS.— Prior to the commencement of M. Jullien's concert at Lin coln, on Tuesday last, an incident which might have been attended with tragic consequences took plate. It appears that Herr Summers, the saxophonist, and M. Grillen, one of the French drummers, had an altercation respecting some pecuniary obligation existing between them. High words ensued, and a duel was decided on to settle the dis pute, which might also have " settled " the disputants as well, had fortune willed it so. Pistols were procured, and the seconds, Messrs. Winterbottom, Cloth, Franks, and Vint, quickly measured off twenty paces in one of tho passages of the Assembly•rooms; the combatants took their respective positions, and, on a preconcerted signal, both fired. The bullet from one missed its mark, but the other passed close by the neck of his antagonist, carrying away a portion of his coat collar, which was shot through, and striking the wall some paces distant deeply indented th brickwork. The seconds now interfered, and each party deeming he had obtained sufficient " satisfactio n " as es pre scribed by the code of honour, shook hands, and then went into the concert-room to take their respective parts in the evening's entertainment with the greatest nonchalance- The audience were profoundly ignorant of what had trans pired.—Linoolusliire Times. MERCHANT TRADERS' SHIP, LOAN, AND ASSUR ANCE COMPANN.—Yesterday, before his Honour Sir Wm. Home, after considerable discussion, Mr. Pearce, of the firm of Maples and Pearce, the representative of the trade assig nees of this estate under the bankruptcy, consented to deliver over the books and pap e rs of this company, on an understanding that he should be paid his costs out of the funds, to Mr. Harding, the official manager, who is to bring in a state of facts relative to the present position of the affairs. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Traffic for the week ending March 23, 1851: Paasengers, parcels, carriages, horses, and mails (ordinate, 21,7941.95. Id., extraordinary, 4051.), 22,1991. 9s. Id. S merchandise, 17,5831. 7s. fin.; cattle, 027/.os. 3d.: total, 40,409/. 16s. 10d. Corresponding week 1850, 40,13591. fle. Bd. Aggregate-- 1850, 4683081. 9s. Bd.; 1/451, 478,7151. 9s. Sd. LONDON AND SOCTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.— Traffic for the week ending March 23, 1851 :—Pamengera, .5,8141. 2a. ; goods, 2,1631. Is. 11d. ; total, 7,9691.35. 11d. 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