The Express. — London, England, 1847-05-13 00:00:00

4 - - - 1 715 to 1801,—that is, on an aggregate interval of 16 years, of - 177 per cent. In 1811 the poor-rate for Herefordshire was R 2,9311.; in 1321 it fell to 62,7281. ; and in 1831 to 62,622/ At the nest decennial period, ending March, 1341, the sum expended in this county for the relief of the poor was 43 5121., or lees by 3,0001. nearly than it had been in 1801 Oa the jourrods of the House of COMOIO6II we find entries of petition', complaining of the conduct of the sheriff of the county at elections for the shire in 1703 and 1710, and of the proceedings taken in respect e' such petitions. In 1802, several freAtolders of Herefordshire presented peti tions against the recent returns for it. Among these was one from Richard Middleton Biddulph. Em., im- S:ftriii;ig the e e l e C ction n rclf r. Cie t r tiler ea lli n e we ir. B ani a ret l! The committee determin ed and reported " that Sir George Cornwall, Bart., was duly elected ; that J. G. Cotterell, Esq., was aot duly elected ; that R. M. Biddulph, Req. , was Lot duly elected;" whereupon a new writ was ordered to he issued, and a Mr. Mathews was returned as the colleague of Sir George Cornwall for this county. Of the three members at present repeal/eating Hereford shiro—and all of whom were returned, at the last election, without opposition—Mr. Hoskins (who haslet for the county ever since 1831, and is very populse with the constituency) is a Whig. Mr. Bailey, jun., and Mr. Mynors Baakerville are • Conservatives. There are few counties in which the strength of family inflames' is more intensely felt; and that this state of things must have existed centuries beck enmity infer from the two.and.twenty lordly castles, the remains of which, in various stages of preservation or of ruin, still attest the vast estabbshments of their baronial masters, who have thence overawed the neighbourhoods they protected and overlooked. At the present day the Bishop of Hereford and his 'epode./ clergy, err said to secure the return of one member for this county. The Duke of Norfolk and Lord Foley ore supposed to secure another. The third—thanks to the Reform Bill—is, or should be, the free choice of the electors. The bishop and his clergy are known among the Herefordshire constituency under the " Very (it) Reverend" deaignation of the " Black and Tons." The other principal partite, who undoubtedly more or lea' infiwince the returns for the county . , are the heads of families, whose landed posiondons in it are, for the most part, pattimonial and hereditary; in some, mom recently acquired, hat very large. Among the former, are these in whew line , like the heirs to the peerage of Lord Bateman, titles have become extinct, or lain dormant ; then have revived or are again in abeyance. Among the latter may be instanced the newer Arkwrights, and the older Mynors, Baakervince, and Prices. This county is a pet seat of one, at least, of the titled orders. We observe among its resident denizens the following baronets: Sir Velters ComewaU, Sir Stanhope Seedamore, 8' ir James Money, Sir Arthur Craft, Sir Robert Price, Sir Harford Brydges, Sir Hu ford Hoskyns, Sir Hattori Colt, Sir J. Cottcrell, Sir J. J. Washout, and Sir T. Biddulph. The number of registered voters at the last general election was 7,289. This was somewhat increased upon the lest registry returned to parliament, the number being 7,371. The history of the county returns since the pewee o!' the Reform Act is remarkable. At the het 'dec. tioo, es we have stated, Mr. Hoskins, a Whig, and his two Conservative colleagues, Mr. Baskerville and Mr. Bailey, jun., were returned without a contest. At the preceding election of 1837 Mr. Hoskins and Sir Robert Price, Bart., both of them Whip, end Mr. Foley, a Conservative, were returned without opposition. At the election of 1935 these two Whigs -Mr. Hoskins, who had represented the county since 1831, and Sir Robert Price, who had represented it since 1618—were returned, the one by 3,159 voter, and the other by 2,804, together with Mr. Foley, the Conservative, who, like Mr. Hoskins, bad sat for the county since 1832, and new polled 2,931 votes:—than defeating the other 'candidate, Mr. Poole, who, however, had 2,070 voted. The previous genera election in the very first excitement of the triumph of parliamentary reform, had returned exactly the same candidates. Looking at the" fair chance " thus given in turn to all the three sitting members; to the numbers on the registry ; and to the severity of the contest just noticed ; we axe inclined to allow to the constituency of Herefordshire the praise of having set a highly meritorious example to the other electoral constituencies of the empire, of fairness and free:lom in the exercise of the elective franchise. They have shown, in no ordinary manner, bow far couttitueuts may be just to particular political principles themselves, and yet, occasionally, give their antagonists the chance of vindicating their opposi tion to the application of such principles in the treatment of eertaia specific questions. They have also shown that there are cams in which individual merit and integrity are more certain claims to their confidence than even the ties of com munity of party. IL. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAY It. The official bulletin of this morning thus described Lis excellency's state : The Lord Lieutenant's state has undergone no material change since yesterday. To inquiries this afternoon, the answer was that he continued as in the morning. I need scarcely remark that such accounts are, in his condition, very unfavourable. _ _ . . . People cannot be induced to believe, without ocular testimony, in our hideous social condition; but there can be very little doubt that Ireland now labours more severely than at any period since the commencement of the crisis. April has proved a most disastrous month, more particularly in the remote mountain and maritime districts. The government depots were tilled and drained over and over. The supply was liberal; but where the daily pressure consisted of hundreds of thousands, the granaries of ancient Itome would be inedequate to the demand. In a north-western dis trict, where a large depot was in continuous flow, the pariah priest gives the names of " seventy-two indi viduals" who perished of west and hunger in " three villages " on the highlands during the month of April, out of a population of about 300 families. At West port, a town of some trading pretension, the state of the markets will afford an illustration of the state of tho poor. Miserable moor-fed mutton sells at 10d. per lb. ; butter of an inferior description, Is. 4d. ; bacon, from 10d. to Is. per lb.: while bread and flour are higher than in Dub lin . Spotted fever prevails in • every street. SCOTLAND. Our Edinburgh correspondent's letter of 11th May, is to the following effect The money pressure is being felt in all branches of business and at Glasgow it threatens a collision between the banking and mu nicipal authorities. One of the banking houses of the western metropolis has suddenly called on the police board to pay up 25,6501. at Whitsunday, that is four days hence. In general, ouch a good understanding prevails between the Scotch banks and public trusts, that a demand of this kind indicates no ordinary crisis. Should there be no modification of the Bank Acta, Scotch members may lay their account to Peel's bill being made a hustings question. The Scotch banks, from their widely-spread constituencies, caution, and, above all, their twice-a-week exchanges of each other's notes, rest on foundations so solid, that nothing short of national insolvency could shake them. Our mer chants cannot, therefore, divine how any limit should be put to the issues of parties, who, in all past times, have shewn • wise discretion . in the administration of their own affairs, and subordinately a reasonable amount of attention to public wants. The bankers themselves, who, at the passing of the act, chuckled at the idea of the mono poly which was conferred on them, and trusted to the chapter of accidents for escaping the troubles of the restrictive clauses, are now in despair at finding themselves surrounded with full coffers which they dare not open to satisfy the clamorous reqnesb of their most stable customers. They are not, however, isactive in their movements, as they are still plying government with deputations, petitions, and ad dresses." -.~- PROVINCIAL. INPLUIL OP laux PAI;PEIS INTO LITIRPOOL.—Yester - Lay afternoon, a public meeting of the inhabitants of Liver pool, convened, in compliance with requisition, by the Mayor, was held at the Sessions House, to consider the beat means of relieving the ratepayers from the burdens likely to be entailed upon them by the influx of Irish poor into the town, and of guarding against the spread of disease. The meeting, which was numerously and influentially attended, was presided over br G. H. Lawrence, Esq., the Hem. His worship, in opening theproceedings, said the inhabiants of Liverpool bad always been willing to provide for thirst it poor without grudging—always ready to hold out Alban& of charity to the carnal poor, those whom aceldeed bad driven upon their shores ; but they could not see the inva sion of the town by thousands without feeling the injestice of the burden entailed open them, and conceiving that the Irish poor should be maintained by Irish lands and Irish property, rather than become dependent on the hardworking people a Liverpool, Ile trusted they would call loudly on parliament to carry out the proposed Irish acts in all their Integrity —Mr. Rushton, the stipendiary ma gistrate, was called upon, and gave a history of tho Irish immigration to Liverpool, and the AaOs which the authorities bad been induced to take, =at Aet had to be suspended, o th erwise gaol areamiew. wield have been required for 10,000 perms& The grew number of Irish poor lauded in Lipid undue the remeare of the calamity, amounted to 1 Deduatieg *odorants who had left the port, and wham shodees. • twentieths were tries, there was atotaL it ads* kspeemeed, of 1117,519 destitute persons now in the town vier tic* country. Of the population of Liverpool, XI OIS Hee i s gelato ; many wretched cellar+ closed under tie Mallory Ala% were forcibly taken poreseion of; and bac, then wretched abodes were huddled sewed Ihmilige, dm dying, the deed, with the healthy. It we In iihese Ulm these that the parish ofileials were smitten with gal. Velem mate extiaordheary precautionary measures wapitattew, he was &aid the Gimme dm generated would Ogee dews the Itimat artfsaaa Ot Liverpool, and spread aim* Omagh Ile isles. NA lid • sot speak thus by way et them a . bilinstmesk unnecessary alarm had taken place respecting the erection of fever sheds. Mr. Rushton concluded by hoping that the Irish Removal Bill and the Irish Relief Bill, now before parliament, would speedily pass.— The Rev. Rector Brooks moved the first resolution, which was chiefly of • declaratory character. It stated that since the let of January 165,000 poor Irish had Laded la Liver pool, of whom 65,000 had emigrated, leaving 110,000 located s e t,. in the town, or gradually dispersing themselves bout 1 the kingdom , end that a part of this distresse d were crowded into habitations previously over- ed, and into hundreds of cellars, forcible possession o w ' had been taken, although previously condemned and closed as unfit for human habitation. Malignant fever and small-pox had in nonce invaded certain districts, and fears were entertained that ensuing warm weather might generate such pestilence as seriously to effect the lives of the inhabitants. — Mr. It. 'larboard seconded the resolution, which was una nimously carried.—Dr. Colliassalled attendee tense secessity 1 of both acts before parlisasaalselogpseeed, berme were the Removal &Meese carried it weal& he anal le reArawspoet the poor to where &miasma pestilenee rasped.—Mr. J. Taylor moved the ani resolution, decimeter, ef the vagrant law having become a dead letter. Ile said the kindness of the people of this country to the bin poor was worthy of all gratitude ; bet the Iris) beadlords had not done their duty. The seethe was seeendal and alto unanimously passed.—Mr. Jahn , Jimdth neeeed die next resolution, showing the 1240.11fti peen ivy hordes cast upon the parish. He said the isesteses in the poor-rate ooze awned by the influx of bib per amounted to 33j per cent. Unless, he said, a per law was pawed for Ireland, the poor of England erodible brought down both physically and morally tothe Irish level. Ireland was able to support three times her present population, but to do this there must be three times the skill and industry at present applied to its fertile nil.—Mr. Jeffrey seconded the resolution, and stated that the increased cost to the wish in relieving poor, u compared with 23 corresponding weeks of last year, was no less than 22,6134 He suggested that all the fever patients in the town should be removed to the lazarettos—that con demned cellars should be cloned, and their wretched inmates accommodated in the present fever sheds—Mr. Wm. Earle said there were 40,000 people inhabiting these cellars ; it was a pretty story to talk of providing accommodation for them. (Laughter.)—Mr. We,, Bennett moved the next resolution, That a petition should he adopted, preying the legislature to pass the two bills before it.—Mr. Denson seconded the Mo tion, which was likewise unanimously carried.—Mr. Wm. Rathbone read a form of petition, which was agreed to.— After one or two routine resolutions the meeting broke up. Raraseartranow or Btacieuax. —The Blackburn Standard of yesterday states, "oa authority," that it is not the intention of Sir William Failden to offer himself as a can didate for the representation of that borough et the ensuing general election. Ton A PrIIOASMIXO EtacTiow.-11r. J. L Blackburn, the present member for Warrington, has issued his adding@ to the electors, a step, he intimates, rendered imperative on him, in consequence of Mr. Aticard having announced kis intention of becoming a candidate. A Fuss took place at the sew milli near the railway sta tion, Lancaster, on Tuesday, which wee not subdued until the building was destroyed. The loss, estimated at 8001., will, it is mid, fall upon the contractors, Messrs. Stevenson and Co. _____ . Nolan DURHAM EL;Jrzon.—Mr. Robert Duncombe Shaft*, of Whitworth, has issued an address to the electors, and is now a candidate on the " Lambton interest." Mr. Shafto, it will be remembered, was defeated at the general election in 1832 for the southern division of the county, when Mr. Bowes and Mr. Joseph Pease were returned on the liberal interest, and at which time Mr. Shafto profaned to be a moderate tory. Mr. Shafto now professes in his address t. be a liberal. Colonel Beckwith has not yet commenced his canvass, but it is said his nomination has the concurrence of the leaders of the liberal party; and that Mr. 'Marto will act cordially with him, so as to secure, if possible, the election of two liberal candidates. Mr. Liddell will he supported by the conservatives, and his election is said to be safe. It is ex pected Lord &sham will abs be a candidate on the con servative interest, so that the real strength of political parties in this county will be fairly measured. CHESHIRE. AN INFECTIONS DISEASZ Orli typhus kind has re-ap amongst the Irish paupers in the Stockport Union eitrrekd house. At the board, on Monday, the propriety of removing these cue, to some other place was discussed ; and, after the opinion of the medical officer had been heard, it was resolved to tabs the Heaton Norris Workhouse, at present untenanted, for fever patients ; and that thee* arrmagements be com pleted as loon as potable. Toe RIOT* IX TH . Wi[I - NIII.ALDISTRICTII.-0111. corre spondent at Birmingham, writing last evening, says : " The disturbances which commenced at Wale.] Ntonday (re ferred to in the Erpress yesterday) are spreading to an alarming extent throughout the entire district. Yesterday, many hundreds of the miners assembled at Wedoesbury, and unducted themselves in a most riotous manner. They turned out the whole of the Irish employed in the pits and manufactories, and ill-treated them in the most violent fashion. Another very large meeting of the colliers took place on the high road near Wolverhampton, and outrages of a similar character were committed. Several of the offenders have been captured both at Wednesbary and at Wolverhampton, but it is feared that we have only yet seen the commence ment of these tumultuous proceedings, inasmuch as through out the entire district, matters wear a most threatening aspect. The whole body of miners are manifestly bent on riotous proceedings, but it is proper to state that other causes than the high price of provisions appear to have led to these outrages. For a long period the colliers have persisted in working four days only • week: this has been productive of serious inconvenkmois and lose to the masters, who have pat on numbers of Irish labourers. This the native colliers are determined to resist ; and in their present temper, unless the causes for these differences are removed, it is probable that in ■ few days • general strike will take place amongst the men employed throls out the entire mineral fields of South, Staffordshire. The authorities at Wolverhampton have placed themselves in communication with the military authorities, in order that they may be prepared for any outbreak of a more violent character. Reports received today from the northern parts of the county (the pottery districts), represent that there a similar disposition for riotous proceeding■ have been mani fested, hat from different causes. It seems that there the operatives are suffering most frightfully in consequence of the high price of food, and the bad state of the trade in those parts." lIIATRIanI2 AISOMISM, DISTCHBANCFA tvROTTINOILAIC—The stagnation in trade and the high price of food have induced a disturbed state of public feeling in this town. On Monday a large concourse (called together by the Chartists) assembled in the Market-place, to listen to addresses commenting upon the great distress of the working clams. After the meeting a number of individuals attached themselves to a waggon which had served as a platform, and, followed by a large mob, drew the vehicle through the streets, entering every haker's shop, provision warehouse, and respectable tradesman's dwelling, soliciting bread, food, and money. Three men were in the waggon, who, as loaves of bread were given, deposited them in the waggon till it was more than half filled. This visita tion is said to have startled the shopkeepers and the inhabi tants generelly. The men did not demand but solicited bread ; the police did not interfere ; but the magistrates assembled at the police.office, and took precautionary step incase of any violation of the public peace. Some hare were entertained of an outbreak late in the evening, but happily none occurred. THE MONETARY di 1108 2 -11Wfollowing petition to the House of Commons, from the merchants and maanisterers of Birmingham. now in coarse of signature in that tows: no rot Tko Tisk deep 'wrap eel abana dre ma tinee= !Pak lea Flee of Okla& it 01.14 awl the PPP, ilminida- Pa ilemal ler awr. mineraseat=pies et Pod eel ileddikell damei Yaw bat peal ply*. Was epee ibebriserbees dm" awl =paw el the eseatz7 ba helm eager. 'Mt symptom el tobtoe boo bon Prude maridelellassese of the nimirtedmi &Ida. la emeepeale of the daillolla it bugs weialeve ef Ow apralhe dada Wm pa* acme, Ihwellin. prey ask laterir ad many taildarawa be elm isip to en Me sastaxsy he pmearlar Pei de Ow auloweece of her erliple. yew lasieweas beesa• la will bar prenwassi. ell bareadiehey aalhaebe li rt k er: of llealead ash agape* et ampere Plea at stay be imaialeerry le war* Ile *mai mad, se pedlis, ef the phi ads lel belbarg~ Prippiat la pampa ter Pa Pod taw ao Impally legadeL Mak W e d g e e T wa f ..l _ pear patina% mien the trans ein be e ado deliamaai won, tie Metre. deo apersibe ion wlll be wily be Pe forded with drawal ef geld tat Ilia wastry, IMP. owapplat ilmindlea of dal dreekirka seam la alith the yew el balm ere We& pii. Tear Waliaa e xalt ONO PP Pas ef impend limb asap ma be " C l wbalsailisat el the eaatiary bag be= seeeplireeil by Pe laPledwa dale Vasil ~am Iwrionwsirre to Durd.a7.—Nansmsas "Alio band inge are now in progress in Dudley, sal whin the railway works at the foot of the Ceetle-1 are ilabbsd, the town pre dent to the dimmer an appearance worthy of its ation, wealth, and intellignees. This good effect will considerably heightened by the wisdom of Wwatiowsl sctieob in the New-rod. In esswskw with sinstiewsli institutions. it may bs nortesd that es trawiladoneesse wee recently laid by Lady Ward, Sir dm sesslin of satiewsl sehools. near Bt. Thease's Chunk heZinestrint, whisk are now in proper, end will greatly brews drtS part of the town. At gissen'snan ground is being awoken for the burial of the dead, in nwnexion with St. Themes, sad at Porter's-Sold preparations an nails for other ground for St. Edmandre.• la W • new church is in WAWA of 011011111161? Isepo sad in creasing body of members of tket denendnetins. The new gaol, in Priory-street, is new needgemplefti, sad adjoining it is the new town-hall, wlski Is a taw nook will be ready for or. The two latter Wallop will be sessed Is as ether erections of the kind in the birkip, so fir ws their adaptation to the purposes kr wink they as ; and when the Middle-row, in Hlrlrftsef, Is pulled down, It will present to the eye of the sibaigsr a Tory gen= market place. THICAIMIDLTI7I —OnWelnomdaybratinedCaatilsp and U. Frewen met at the market din= at Hayward's Math, and on Thursday and Saturday his limieklp anlindei at Lewurand Hastings ; but though then WY, all •111116 w a swain, nseh talk, very little of monist or of • isiblits shanntsw was said. Mr. Frowns still Ham " Frabsstlon," and Lord Cantilups avowed himself an okaker af We R. Peel. His lordship Is dipssull le alma& the mak tan when a suitable marinate Is heal he kyles Mr. haven is for giving basesdiatoralL At lamsni. sip raßrifttsn Guardian, no lama &OW GM Id* priplery frif Id* =tic. to the ensmatly pledge Ms wee Om era womb( dodo& Houeatt.-16.7srrla •••••••li a personal canvas of the aleatory cm Kraft arealwg.—la his address he mays: "My father's monanssisa Ittkr um Ent pesenment is • murkiest guarantee en of shy spline, and will enaure p z imi sorilat inineet imr gnat assannem of social and Implanimat whist her Majwitre Wallo ws are azulons in igsasaft." . . OITOID lISMULIITT ELICTION.-Mr. Edward Cantwell of Baliul College, M.P. for Clitheroe, and nephew of Dr. Cardwell, principal of Bt. Albaa's Hall. is a candidate for the representation of the University. A committee for con duct/eg bL election hes been formed, the chairman of which we randeestand is Dr. Joshing, master of Baliol College. The names of the gentlemen who oomprias his committee include many heads of houses and other members of the University who have made a stand against the trectanan party. MIL MUBLENTELDT'S CONCERT.-11th gentleman gam a " grand* soiree musicale " lest evening in the Prin. CM'S Concert Room. The pommel's° was of a vem mis callassous dmeription, and contained matter enough for two eoncerts of moderate dimensions. Mr. Mublenfeldt is de servedly regarded as a sound musician and a good /name, and we have often heard him with much satisfaction ; but, last evening, it seemed to us that he did not appear to so much advantage as usual. This was certainly owing in a great measure to t':e room, which, having too much vibra :ion, or echo, is very unfavourable to the effect of music, which, from the rapidity of its passages, or complication of its parts, requires to be very distinctly heard. Beethoven's fine trio In E flat, op. 70, performed on the pianoforte, violin, and violoncello, by Messrs. Muhlenfeldt, Balaton, and Rouwelot, was completely marred by thin circumstance. It was, through out, very indistinct; and, in the loud and rapid parts, the sounds of the three Instruments were blinded in a confused, learn culete noise. The same cause, it may be added, ruined Madame D'Eichthel's solo on the harp. The vocal music was heard to more advantage. There was an immense quantity of it, rung bye host of performers, among whom were Miss 8. Novelle, Madame turner, Madame Macfarren, Mr. Lockey, Herr Brandt, and others; but few of the pieces ware at all remarkable. There was an unpreteuding little English ballad, " Come to my fairy home," sung by • very young lady, Miss E. Nelson, with such a fresh, youth ful voice, and such unaffected simplicity, that it gave us more pleasure than any other thing we beard. If she is not spoiled by the fashionable education of the day, she will be a very charming singer. The concert was attended by a numerous audience. gibe Drama. PalNcEda's THEATRE.—The play of "The Wife" was produced at this theatre last night, Mrs. Butler per forming the part of Mariano. This work has the geniality proper to all the dramatic writings of Mr. Sheridan K nowles, is graced with some choice poetry, and ha • bustling plot. It is wholly deficient in a psychological theme. The wife like qualities of the heroine are treated, as Horace thought that the murder of Medea's children ought to he treated, as matters supposed to be exhi bited behind the seines; for no attempt is made to dis play any of them save that common to the virgin as well as to the wife— a WOMILII . 6 indignation at impeachment of her purity. The law which says that it is a crime for • husband to harbour a wife guilty of felony, but no crime for a wife to harbour a husband so guilty, by one rough dictum doe, homage greater to the virtues summed up in the word " wife," than is yielded by all the five acts of Mr. Knowles's play. Indeed, the piece ought rather to he called " The Husband ; " for, despite the dainties of Leonardo Gonzaga, it is not to be denied that the poet has invested that character with an exemplary marital faith. The deficiency already mentioned has compelled the author to resort to melodramatic expedients; to those mire salons coincidences of situation and unlooked-for changes of fortune, which delight homely audiences, because they pre sent a solution of difficulties conformable to the decrees of that retributive justice which, at the moment, each excited spectator longs to deal out. Unhappily these melodramatic expedients travel too far out of the pale of probability, and the most accomplished actor has • hard struggle to keep alive the interest of the plot. The touching gentleness of Mrs. Butler, and the grand passion of Mr. Ores wick, who played the part of Jedien Sr. Pierre, saved those portioas of the play in which either was engaged from the indifference with which the remainder was received. The character of Marian* was presented as that of one whom it was a sin to wrong ; whose meekness, irresistance, kindness, openness, simplicity, were weapons against which no enemy could prevail. The charming melody of tone and prodigal variety of inflection, which the voice of Mrs. Butler poeseems enabled her to curry the ear and heart of every one with her; but, it must be confused, the composure and placidity of manner which belong to her conception of the character, caused the extreme and painstaking artificiality of her gestures to be readily observed. That movements so grace ful and a earriage so elegant should be matters of deliberate assumption avouches the refined and unerring taste of the actress; but the finish of the performance is somewhat im paired by the disclosure. Mr. Creswick showed himself an actor of great judgment azd skill, by avoiding the tempta tion to bombast and violence which the part of Julien i Se. Pierre holds out. The scene in which he betrays Fernando Goestagn into revealing the plot against Jfaricosa, and takes it down from his lipe, bad some appear ance of probability imparted to it. The subsequent in which the Duke finds himself in the power, passage whimsical madman, whom he may humour, but of a wily adversary, whom he must obey, was given with great ani mation. Oa the other actors, except Mr. H. Hughes, who played most creditably the part of the Curate, it is unneces sary to bestow a remark. At the conclusion of the piece, Mrs. Butler was led on by Mr. Creawick, and both were heartily welcomed. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1847. CLERICAL. Parmuncer.—gee, W. ii7v1,17;i1;:x...: to the rectory of St. Helen, with St. Clement, 'parch: dio. Norgr. ; value ; patron, RC. Nottidge, Req., and others; vacant by death of Rev. J. T. Nottidge. Vanuer.—Bioneld R., Norf., dlo. Norw. ; nine 8161., with red aces ; mom, Was Cob., Comb. ; nowt by death a Bey. Y. D. Dodos. MILITARY. Woosnems. Mau I.9.—MiffTe. 7 6=.7. iiers, of the Royal Engineers, ex *red gennergry at Ire e9tree In Woolwich. The dierred oncer had Jo= simplethil 40 ran at active wen= haying entered the corps Y most inthirat of the Ind May, 1800. life =frequent promo time ere dilsl as tallow :—Finit dent, 19th Aprif, 1601 ; captain, gegt,_6llllll; limit 12th Ancor, 1919; lieut.-col., 23n1 MN* eolseil. 10th Jan., 1637 ; and maJor-gen., 9th Nov., ISIS. a• 1•15 a Palm& officer, haring *erred in the rocrof able ampript at Camas. SPORTING • The Darby be4i ti.. Allteagh etheinely Am, mos not unimportant, lammauchaa Haut and Bowstring prominently el to ap his, mil est Mr. If rot altogether oat of the market, at tart get deny Mid of favour, the aide quoted being quite nominal. Tam Tramp ; and, for the Oak; as much as 10 to I was hag aphis' His Daughter. These were the only more mob of any mmatiatmee: Dann. -7 te 4 apt Jabs Days lot, 13 to 9 apt Kent'. lot (1 n, M MP Comack,'S le apt Courtesan. 9to apt vas Tromp ft to Mt). 11 te 1 apt Most Oh to - to apt Mr. Largo, 93 to 1 apt Wpm (4). 23 to 1 apt Mar Eagle (t), 23 to 1 eget ()paha b r a ni e r .: 211: 1 0 d irt eit ( l r i a t tfrri v e i r e 33 to 1 sts t ll le log apt 1r 0 11:510), 1,000 to az d t I Ti rme n. (t), 1, to omut-4 tel i a go thaurpitna, to apt The Parmerha Daughter. a AT KAM Ttramay. 1 : 199 T. -5 to 1 apt Ompilam, Slb 1 apt Comet, 6 to 1 apt Vaa Tromp t If le 1 apt P , UM 1 apt Mr. Marlin (cot), 23 to 1 le 1 Mathematician. 30 to 1 apt Omaha, apt 30 to 1 apt Halo (t), 30 Ml apt Hood Coin (t). Om.s.--3 to 1 apt The Farmer's Daughter, 3 to 1 ogut aemenlisia, 14 to 1 apt Lady ilk 16 to 1 apt Ellentale, 20 to 1 apt Maid of Motherwell. lath 'lnternam'''. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. lithos' at Niss .—Betore Mr. Jostles Erie sod a cesemm Jury. COINING V. INCE ♦ND °THIEL—AVOIDANCE OE AN AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BY AN ALLEGED LUNATIC TO PROCURE A STAY OP PROCEEDINGS UNDER A CON- mission or Lv;;CX.—On the 12 h;116; last the plain tiff, who is an old lady far advanced in life, was placed in a lunatic asylum at the instance of the defendants, who are her two daughters, and their husbands. A commission of lunacy was issued on the 29th of July, and proceedings in execution of it were had before Mr. Barlow, partly in the month of August and partly in the month of September. Before the case in opposition to tho alleged insanity had been brought to a clan, an arrangement was entered into, on the propo sition of the counsel in support of the commission, between the plaintiff, by the advice of her counsel, and with the knowledge of the commissioner and the defendants. The object of the arrangement was to relieve the former from any apprehensions as to her personal liberty, and the latter from misgivings as to the ultimate devolution Ma psi efthe plaintiff's property, which is considerable. The amespement and all the proceedings were submitted to the LinniChwaseller by the commissioner, and his lordaltip allowed the jury to be discharged without giving a verdict, and so empended the' return to the comoresion. In pursuance of the and to give it effect, certain title deeds of the woo delivered up. Afterwards, however, the p deminadad them back, and brought an action of troves to reovem thus from the gentionea with whom they had bsia depadloi. They, however al they had no interest in the amen o p. plied to the swirl lbw a rule under the Llatopluais, flat , 17 which the poem really interested were sow twig* helm' the court on on keno whikh was framed to try the gawk= whitlow the plehtA notwithstanding the arreneme t. wee net wedded le the Mediae and uncontrolled of the hats dee& Those fans wars admitted, and woe drown =oho rdenilre alemsay that she had been day by day tom the Nylon to the place where the inquiry was held ; that she poised the evening between the proposal for an aneeipment and the discharge of the jury on the next m anise house of a friend on his undertaking to produce he7 B ;ldrather irritation at being detained in the asylum had bemuse hat airs appeared to him ready to make any sacrifice citospaft helosswe her liberty. Mr. Cockburn, Q. C. with wee Iris Hence, contended that these facts showed the phial to bare consented to this arrangement under abouestaacoe that did not constitute a flee and voluntary toneent ; that bat for the dread of balsa oak areipned an asylum& as mew would have mO k; ead that it was k hes lavelidefed by the hoes sad reetreht soder whisk it had bola made.—Mr. Wain% Q.C. with whoa was Ir. Yrahly, hr the delimitate, iiMd that the sly quail= was ate of law for the eserl, Meet l y , obsther the plaintiff had in hat rotated kb the epeesolas ; that= had been no duress Is bet, its the widow only legal imprhonmeat; dualism wens hum in law, blame the law of dunes applied say to the MIN Of deeds areated or °beaked by saashetieed reetralat ad Wimbledon, and not to them hubbub they had ben easseled or l as is hie hisses b! the advise et ailleasy:= sad an gra smeßinsissik. wih lkses. _ - Iffr. holies li. wee d spike OM when the plaintiff ezended this arum* she lad been, in eenemg, of law a lanatis emthed in an asylum • end eited a mange from " Vines.% Abridgment," to the Mace OM if a man law fully in rises metes an agreement asinet Ns will, he say avottl. aerosol of imam therefore, that the lemseC cenned euritht Ss addr i t il eJnry se to wskotbat the agreement had Mee made against the will of the phdatif. Mr. Watson then submitted to the jury that the preeau dons which had been taken before this arrangement had been entered into, extending even to theproeunng the went of the Lord Chancellor, showed, at all events, that the agree ment was one which, under the circumstances, it was not improper for the plaintiff to enter into. Then what were its terms 1 She was to enjoy her property for her life, with power of appointment over one-third of it, the other two thirds to be divided equally between her daughters at her death. For those daughters she was bound to provide. Looking, then, at the protection which the plaintiff had enjoyed, and the equitable provisions of the deed, the jury would not hold that it had not been made with her free consent. Mr. Justice Bale repeated the opinions be had already ex pressed, and left it to the jury to say whether the consent of the plaintiff to the agreement, which formed Cis subject of the present inquiry, bad been given by her free will, or bad been obtained by means of the restraint under which she was at the time it had been given. If by the latter, thin their verdict ought to be for the plaintiff. The jury, after delibe rating for a few minutes. returned a verdict fur the plaintiff. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Nu Penn.—Before Mr. Justice Coltman and a Common Jury. Heinle O. Wien.—COMPENSATION FOR Till 1.0114 07 A Wire.—Mr. Montagu Chambers and Mr. Farrar for the plaintiff, and Mr. Scejeant Bytes and Mr. Ogle for the de tandem. The plaintiff in this case was a waterman attached to a cab-stand, and he brought his action under the 9th and 10th Vict., cap. 93, to recover compensation in damages for an injury which he and his children had sustained by reason of his wife's untimely death. The facts were briefly these : On the 26th Oct. last, about 9 o'clock at night, the plain tiff's wife and her sister had been to the railway station at Paddle n, and were returning home with a niece who had arrived 7 the train. In passing through Victoria-grove terrace, ayswater, one of the females dropped her cuff, and whilst she went to look for it, the deceased stood opposite to the house No. 9, which belonged to the defendant, and was then in an unfinished state. Suddenly the deceased disappeared, and her companions found she had fallen into the are., which was not protected by any railings, or even by temporary hoarding. Assistance was procured, and the woman, upon being removed from the area, was discovered to be dead. The defendant being the owner of the house where the accident happened, proceedings were commenced against him, and his defence was, that there was no public footway abutting upon the area as alleged in the declaration; that, according to the authority of " Turner tr. Chadwick," (6 Bingham's New Cases, r. 1), the defendant had a right to make the hole or area upon his own premises • that it was morning when the accident occurred, and th at there was no evidence that the unfortunate woman had lost her life through any negligence on the part of the defendant. Evi dence was adduced for the plaintiff to show that there was a public footpath running close to the area, but the witnesses varied in their statements as to the relative position of thepath and the house. It was further proved that the deceased was not intoxicated at the time of the accident, and that tier death was owing solely to the unprotected state of tin area. Evidence was also given to prove that the deceased was a charwoman, and that she contributed as much as 2s. ed. or 3s. a day towards the support of her family, consisting of two girls and a boy, The learned judge, in summing up, told the jury they were to consider whether or not there was a public footway abut ting upon the area, or whether the path was so situated that passengers could not walk along it with safety, unless the area was protected by • railing. They were also to say whether, in their opinion, the woman's death was in any de gree caused by negligence or want of caution on her own part. If they should find a verdict for the plaintiff, it would be their duty to say what amount of damages they would give to the husband, and how much to his children.—The Jury retired, and after a abort absence returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 3001., apportioned as fellows : 1001. to the plaintiff, 751. to each of his daughters, and the remaining 601. to his son. Certain points of law were reserved, upon which the learned counsel for the de fendant obtained leave to move the court above. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Win Pall:S.—Beton Sir F. Pollock, C.S., and • Special Jury. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. AVERY.—FRAUD ON ENE CEETONB. wan an information tiled at the instance of the customs department against the defendant, a sugar broker, in Mincing.lane, to recover penalties for having been concerned in one of the twelve transactions in which Howes, the defendant in the case published in this journal yesterday, was a principal actor. It appeared that on the 24th of July last the present defendant bought, at a public auction, four parcels of sugar, weighing altogether 35 cwt., at the rate of 275. 6d. per cwt., duty off. On the 211th of Sept. be got a war rant for the sugar and paid the price of it, and upon that day he sold it to one Freeman at 375. 6d. a cwt., duty paid ; Freeman obtained the warrant, and gave it to the Messrs. Pickford, carriers, who sent to the St. Katherine's docks and got the sugar from Howes, who then held the important ales of locker there. It was soon afterwards discovered that the duty on those parcels of sugar had not been paid,and Mr. Freeman was applied to upon the subject. He denied all knowledge of any fraud, and stated the fact of his having bonl fide purchased the sugar from the defendant, who represented the duty to have been paid. For the prose cution, it was relied on is a strong fact, that though the duty payable upon the sugar was 14s. a cwt., and it had been pur chased for 275. 6d. a cwt., the defendant should have sold it fee the price obtained from Freeman. If the duty had been paid, a loss of 4s. a cwt. must have been sustained by the defendant, which, it was submitted, was not very probable. On the other side, it was contended that the defendant had bought the sugar for Mr. Fennell, a who!esale grocer and sugar dealer in Tooley-street, and that 110 had sold it to Free man for Fennell. This defence was not sustained to the satisfaction of the jury, who, without a moment's delibera tion, returned a verdict of guilty, and found that the penal ties to which the defendant is liable amount to 1961. 16s. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. Kerp, 24, and Alfred Wilbeans alias Brown, 33, were indicted for feloniously forging and uttering a bill of exchange for 6001. with intent to defraud Meson. Fuller and Co., bankers ; and Joeepa Alexander, 60, a Polish Jew, was charged as an accessory after the fact by harbouring and assisting the other prisoners knowing them to have committed the felony. A gentleman named Ohrly kept an account at the bank of Menem Fuller, in Lothbury, and on the 29th of last December, a bill of exchange for 6001., purporting to bear the acceptance of this gentleman, was pre sented by Wilbeam for payment, and the amount was paid in four notes of 1001. each, and two of 501. Almost imme diately afterwards Keep went to the Bank of Eng land and required gold for the four hundred pound notes. This exciting some suspicion ' inquiry was made whence the notes had been obtained, and on the prisoner stating, the clerk proceeded to Messrs. Fuller, and made inquiries, and on his being_ informed that it was all right, the notes were changed. The fifty pound notes were sinned for gold on the same day. On the morning on which the forged bill was presented, Wilbeam, who was in a most ragged pl . ght, went with Here to the shop of a Jew clothes salesman in Westminster, and porch/used a complete suit of new clothes with which he was at once equipped. It was presented that Wilbeam proceeded immediately to the bankers', and that the clothes had been purchased to enable him to present a respectable appearance. With regard to Alexander, it was shown that oa the 6th of February, one of the City police constables being on duty in Bartholomew lane, observed the three prisoners standing together, sad after a short time, Alexander beckoned him, and gave the other two men into his custody for forgery upon Messrs. Fuller, Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, and also open the Bisnk of England. They all proceedeettowards the police-station in Coleman-street, but Wilbeam contrived to get away. The officer on duty detained Kerp, and the constable, at the re quest of Alexander, took him to Messrs. Fuller's, where he was given into custody. Wilbeam was not apprehended until the 31st of March, and be then told the officer that he had received the order upon Messrs. Fuller from Alexander, and that he gave him the four 1001. notes and the two 501. notes, and that he received 261. for his trouble. The officer stated that before the prisoner made this statement he gave him • caution net to say anything that might criminate himself.— Baron Alderson told the officer that be had no business to stop a prisoner from opening his mouth if he chose to do se voluntarily. An officer had no right to force • man =speak, , but if he did so of his own accord it was no part of his duty I to prevent him—After these facts had been elicited, Baron Alderson said he did not see that there was any evidence to go to the jury against Alexander.—Mr. Clarkston (for the prosecution) said be could show that some of the signatures upon the noses were in Alexander's handwriting.—Mr. K. C. Oates, an attorney. was then called, and he gated that, according is Ms belief, the signature upon sae of the notes was this handwritlig if Alexander. XiMeinder, with great velemeeno, ineiMeilimes hie right to eta antamine the witmee.—Moron Alamos hid the prisoner he tam* he had mak bedew leave lde OM in the hands of hie ennui, tut the prime possesisivkk great violence of mature to make a variety of ommoliam wined the witness ; end it was not until after the hmened ria l . lhod repeatedly aid him that his observations ware Irrelevant, and that he was wasting the tines of the mem, he deeisted.— After some farther @videos*, as sameel for the other pri soners addressed the jury. —Mr. Dorm Alderson summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Owilty against Kerp and Wilicatn, and acquitted Alexander. A HALI , CROWN. The pramer Alexander was then charged upon another indictment with stealing a half-crown, the property of Samuel Alexander. —The prosecutor in thin ewe, although of the as.. name, was not at all re lated to the prisoner, but they having been on intimate' terms be was in the habit of visiting him, and in con sequence of money having been mired on several occasions, a half-crown was marked en the 16th of March, anti placed on the chimney pine. The prisoner came to the house soon afterwards, sod when he had left, the coin was missed, and on his beim gmened and taken into custody, , the marked half-crown pas hand in his pocket, he having previously declared to the sminble that he had no silver money in his pommies. The sovereigns and twenty-two sultans* were found in hie pocket betides the marked coin. grimace, who madanal his own defence, made a lam rembluss Motemst to the jury, declaring that the (Amp me the remit of a ameglerep.—Mr. Robinson, who aced am et the wham= whether he hid not that the Wafter hid eniftroadeix months' imprison ment kr ihned.—Tbe prisener mid he objected to thl. guts :el:B%le 1.) — Brea Alderson told hint that as he had mila it ragman ids character, the counsel for the preemsties bad a right to ascertain what his character really wee.—The Minus then admitted that he had heard of the het af t pitener's t for fraud, and also soggeebing a • sheep et .—Tbe jury returned a mak* of Gaillre—llemet Aidemen mid he should consider what seatems might to be preessneld. POLICE.—YEsTERDAy. MARLBOROUGH-STREiTTLiranWo ROBBERY.— Wm. COX and Eliza Smith were charged with robbery. 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Muth: o s . recovered her senses she found herself in a cab with her four behalf of the IlsrUepool Dock Company. vi conspani ou. ona so t e Cho on if e synsu .e k d e i t a . tel T y h pelhea ti cab sto h r i ped do ,..and , an sh d e f G Ozoi vpa r N N o o.. r.91.1ka.....u.R7wi5a_22.1-302.:40.20.6voltublwincr.Ainuieand idforwda (13 Smith snatched bee shawl, worth 21., kola her shoulders, (o b l . b,b ). Enomeence , i ,„,... , aise kl e c d ., x..._11..... 111 .. A.R a 1t u 1 . ..1y a.... . sad can off. She cave en alarm, and now afterwards she saw her shawl at the station -house, awl the two prisoners who had robbed her of it.—A boy nammi Batton sew fi v e i urn, di* 01/id• Ila /41.• •:117.4711. ".a4 1... .... pinions get out of the cab, one of whom wing's cows mans. -or Re saw owe of the men Fe -- the campledmat a width _ - give . knocked her down, and he then lati a woman snitch her shawl off and run away.—Police-constable Caught, C 140, said, on being told that • robbery had been committed in the Haymarket, he ran into Orange-street, and saw four persona in company. He followed them, end on fl= that be wee noticed and that an attempt was to be made by the party to escape, he ran forward and seised the two prisoners. Cott struggled violently, and got away. Smith threw a shawl away, which was identified by the complainant. As witness was taking the prisoner Smith to the station-house, a man eanseiup to them, and said to the female prisoner " Keep it dark, Lis, end all will be right." Witness immediately knew him to be the prisoner who had made his escape, and he accordingly took him into custody again.—Both pnsoness were fully committed. 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WEDNESDAY EVENING. The stock market ham presented a satisfactory ap pearance to-day, more, however, from the steadiness which it has gained, than from any remarkable improvement in prices. The higher rates of exchange on England brought from New York, where they were quoted 106 to 4, have, doubtless, reckoned fur some weight in this more favourable position of the funds, as encouraging the hope that no very immediate shipments of gold are likely to ta ke place to that quarter. The more easy state of money in the stock market, and in some degree out of it, together with the seasonable and auspicious change in the weather for the last few days, have contributed more materially still perhaps to promo.e a better feeling among the dealers in stocks. Consols opened at 861 to i for money, and 861 to 1 for time. At the close of burins they were quoted 87 to for money, and 871 to 8 for time. The advance was gradual and well sustained, without s pec ulative movement or trans actions of any magnitude. Reduced Threes were 85/ to 1. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 871 to 1. Exchequer Bills Is. to 56. premium. India Bonds par to ss. premium. Long Annuities 8 15-16 to 9. Bank Stock 189 to 190. India Stock 242 to 4. The improvement of the funds had no effect upon foreign securities, in which the dealings were of little consideration, and prices scarcely supported. Dutch Two-and-a-lialf per Cents were, however, rather better, at 574 to 8; the Fours at 871 to 81. Danish were lower at 811 to 21. Spanish Fives, 22 to j ; the Threes, 331 to 1. Portuguese, 338 to 48. Mexican, 194 to 20. There was no particular feature to observe upon in the general money market to-day. Discount accommodation was somewhat more free, but high rates were still demanded. Liverpool letters still advise of much threatening derange ment should relief not be afforded by a more substantial relaxation of the stringency of banking action. ' The movement some time in progress for obtaining &curtail ment of the present hours of business, in behalf of the meri torious class of bankers' clerks, bids fair, it is gratifying to learn, to arrive shortly at a desirable coniummatioa. All the banking establishments, without exception, are under stood to have forwarded it with their good wi shes and en couragement from the beginning, so far as they were con. corned. But, at the same time, as it was expedient to consult the convenience of their customers, as well as their even inclination, the bankers' clerks' committee were advised to take the proper steps to obtain that concur rence else. It eonsequcnce an extensive maven ofl the mercantile and trading community was undertaken and is now nearly completed, which leaves no reason to doubt so far of complete success. All the leading and re spectable commercial establishments have signed their " hearty " approbation of the proposal, that the hour for " closing banking business should be four o'clock instead of five, as ' heretofore," . . . " believing that no incon venience can arise to the public from such alteration being immediately effected." Although the time for dosing Duel. nese will thus be fixed one hour earlier, it must be remem bered that the clerks are not, therefore, and cannot be, dis charged from their employment at that hour. They have to remain still in the office until the books of the day's trans actions are made up, and balanced, cash and all, to the greatest exactness. And although boldness closes with respect to paying out money, yet so long as the clerks are there, or the doors are open, money to be placed to account, or to retire bills lying for payment, will still be taken in, only it will be carried with out prejudice to the parties interested into the next day's accounts, so as not to interfere with the making up of the day's balances. The cheering results of this philanthropic movement cannot fail to be most satisfactory to Mr. Pollard, the respected managing director of the London Joint-stock Bank, by whom indeed it was first originated one or two ran since, and to whose unremitting killdeer and exertions in the cause the bankers' clerks are greatly indebted for the approaching fortunate accompltrhrin nt of its object. The Berlin Gazelle wires the following statement of the situation of the State Bank of Prussia on the 30th of April, in pursuance of the regulation for tie publication of monthly returns - 13 , 2578:—Resern ha Ma tad fagots Trimmer Mee Bilk et Lem le=t4e rime 10,485,100 Nadi ma'am state endues P.348m.-84.3 Mei Is dreolatien 9,348,100 CRONY la &poet 24,838,200 /Me lees le Treasury bills 4,000,000 Dein= et the difiteent &patriots at Mee. heetitetkas sod Isitehloals (experme if ineepenset b 8824841) 5,160,600 Spar Ot. Nod. tom, Ile W todlo Stoek.l4l 1 per Ct. C. 1.0 Rel. ism, lOW. Moo, Beads, miller 1,0491., A pew a per Cr. Co.. /moo, NI i el 7 Rooth Pea Stott, Neer le p Ca Am., an 7 a Dolmen toe ...et., 4 1 7 1 7 . 99 9 0... 900..000 Jam.. 1109. 9 Di n e Mills. CON, ad e Po• De., 20 yeare.ooo .1019 Ott .1130.14 , LON. I I I pa Do ,30 years, Cep, Ilk 19•..1749,9i , Demo. Soap. 0 a I per el Dasisb loads, 1,24444 - 814;tCZep..us. meek us I Vid , Doeilpimia Dom* tattrikeratiat, Kay 14, 414 4 par Cent Pon dram Boats, 311 4 3 per C. Belgian Heade, Dz. ,13 I per Cl apaalali Di., Dl v. tram 4 per Cr. do. do. do., II Noy., 1840, 22 par Ct. Dated Z... II gall.. Dico Ardour, Way 14, rri 4 per Ct. Debra Unlit:dun, al Ditto Pamirs Diraat 44___ PAWS, M 11. 11Zy. i Ipm 00•16. . 116 73 11 Do. . . 17 96 66 Do. . . .. 4 D. 11619166 1. 1 646.. 43 ' 136. 1.1643. 100 Do. 3 : 9311 Ow 434 Naples 14.. t.. _ 10.1 71 11.071•• 1.496 . I 401 T.vantry bonds 3f haat 4146,44 L.Y.143 Dreba444l su Lo 130 46176/. 1144.14, Y.. I.—Threo per prr Or 114. 113 mammy ; 196 00 Deeper. 14; bask of 110. Per4l. 77 SO 7I • • • • '• • al. meas.* 710 .0 000. a ••••••t ; down ea Loadre. 0 N. II& 10 I II 40. Ont., COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. PRODUCE.—Miscuto-tit, ,May IL-1b saw asehet bee shown a further increase in morel cadtkalth sal abviseely the potability of the MMus Wag Sousa k the re of gran la the event of rem hip shams la Sepals et ism hir bal aa alma *ea bath Wow eat ails; Ma la Lep le the Sok ea Isesel. onto km Yes She diosal beta list era ma an =OWN * lie Whew Moe we a/Vbiers ip Zeit eels' Is the rah Wee; ahema east *IN Mot bays; at Tay hi weighs Idea So al. m ; raw boss le Ye my, aa. 46. ; flismisect tetra at. elhisl. eat ddi said, 414 gle.s hentsbt tn, fits. ; sled* sterced ; kw* on the sterierd, 61a. In the Vie.ftest arellet, 630 We. Shia talk emit OW askew The Amoral trevaas esterase egSMAR7 CeSca. Ma SI. 37.. ed. Ran r Ste mama tee beta blamed by re Owthaws Bill hating ease Ye V as shame ct attest SI. Ms teen pad apes ImW ; poet Lewis& are bald at fa ad. Loam 1,4311 abuts have owed oaks to-day , of add* al wore Oat rm. mai 470 WV* In, leaving an sal at rate soh the re ea olerday ; total pond. MIS iris. Ities amiland a Slade mein to&y. Good EMI*: elite load eat. fle. id.; Madras, 7141.; whits .7a•N 14a, he lis pow slim, spa a gam hosed in. Tallow, 47.. 6d. The tea market emote. inactive. Debt In 1617 to last week .—Londan, 11,244,331 ;Li 747 10s. • Bristol, 233,437 lbw; lt ; 7 ; WO, h i r2,636 ; one M. Is ISA SOPS Sew phi dB ene sok Isestaa Rat and SI Civil, 1, MS cwt.; to revs ome parted yorr, i tt7,3.li cwt; Isetesio 137, cwt. COTTON.--Livzoraos, /Lty 12.—The musket continuo doll ; 3,900 bolos sure said at yeenerday's plan COALS, JILT If —NIP. I; NW S. N• 11.2,.. IRS MALL.. Clown Mala Deionl Hanky ls. Od W.U. NM M.D. ... ..... Nto N WINN 184 Moines lO6 M RAILWAY NEWS. The market showed more firmness yesterday, with a greater facility for effecting sales at current quotations. London and North Westerns (the Railway Consols) adranced from 168-9 to 171-2. RAILWAY BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. COMMITTEE OF THE LORDS ON THE MERITS ( Tservmse).— Newmarket and Chesterford Railway (extension to Thetford) ; New. market sad atesterford Railway (extend= to Bury St. Edmund's , with a branch to My). Preamble, proved, and the clauses agreed to. The bills to be reported on Friday. COMMITTEE 01 0 THE OOMMONB ON THE MERITS (Yuman:ice). ()sour No. IL Roos 30.-33. Yearn, Micas" sad Exeter, with breaches. Local evidence in support of the Omar No. 9. Room 33.-137. West Cornwall Railway Breathes sad Improvement. Proosedhoge adjourned until Tuesday week. Oscar No. 11. Room 8.-212. Drantree and Halstead Railway. Preamble not Omer No. fr Preamble proved nd. Bedford. ke.). Roon 2E-201. Eastern Counties (Cambridge to Caorr No. 17. Roar 23.-1171. alldleadExtersion tram afar Leicester to Burble, RE). Comma head Rio MIL (Mout. No. IL Boon 23.-96. London, and Cheltenham Railway and Breathes (Melt/Mina to TOM& Re.). Tra ad or evidence la fewer of the Rae. 1 47,0rif. No. 84. ROOM 27.-1183. Mold Railway. act way. — Omar No. 23. BOON Manetwaase sad Birsalasham, endNorth Osca Staffordahlre Junction Railway. Preamble proved. r No. 26. Rona 12.-117. North atallordelthe (Mutat Vol. ley line and Trent Valley Railway Junotkm). Preamble sot mowed. (Moor No. V. Room 111-235. Cheat Northers Railway (breach to beard King% Lynn). Opposing evidence or behalf of ilaweara Waldo ifiaipor No. SI. Room $4.-146. Beath Terlahlus, Dinosaur, and Dons, Pannone, la. ( urehaw of Rheileid. Rotherham, BarsaSey, in favour o Wskeneld, Hf the UM. and Goan Railway, id). Tana evidence Gnoor Na "Si. Room sl.—Promeclamp ooktoorned for railway report. iii ;s - PI N NI IS 7111 SO MEN, 111 Ar 11. Farb ar10•1•••• iuTZ.7I - 0747,4 Avigeoa!blanell atrasteari it bale Cam, (thence) . Sarin. tai IS Ills ti OU su ii MI iles se 703 lia is .. . 44 i a a iii ss 677 se iOi is SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—MAris. Y. sys.l.an. ins..l•oo. rim dIal• Mg. DOM . . .0 , 0 Hollud . . 0 0 1•11/•,•ta 0 Nycka aai Watarferd 011 /UMW. . 0 nontlialoptoa a Wvaaa Jr newitulea I I Pease*. . .0 0 Itydy.,/o.n.W. 00 W. 101161111 Goma kn. • , Lena . May le am. ••11 10 Ina .Jr IP Kulp' . 010 /110flunta. .01 11011/01,1tay CiaA•ma."o, MST I2.—Arri ved: Clifeon, Gottenhurg; Gaffney Gotten/nog ; Eighteen Sisters, Sweden; Triton, Otend ; Balmier, Rotterdam; Pathfinder. Bombay; Neptune, Ostend; Cam*. helm. Gotteabeirg ; daivator, Gottenharg; Nbrd, Gottenburg; Whiso Gottenbarg ; Unica, Aarbutes; Aimee, Guns..; Germania, D. sic; Caroline, Denmark ; Ralph Bernal. New Zealand ; Amtrak C. cutta.-Balled Napoleon, Cherbourg ; Sarnia, Guernsey; Meta, Wait ladies; eftm•W Brook, Bt. Vincent'a; John Ball, Hanted; Edward Basks, Ostend; Omen, Rotterdam; Rapid, Rotterdam; (By of Rotterdam; Alkmaar, Rotterdam; Neptune, Gravelling; Magnet, linden ; Carobs', Jamaica; Young Charlie, Fluablag; Frederick Wilhelm IV., Koolgebeug ; Henrietta, Caen; Jame Kam Galata MIT It—Arrived Mary Hartley, Bombay; Parity, Rio Grande; Irt, Pernambuoo ; Favourite, and ,teadfset, &chocks, ; G. Dean, Habana; Flint, New Orleans; Scotia, and Colin/him, Baltimore ; Rohm Fare, M. Andrew; Ann, Roe - holm ; Jane, Rah dun; ; Tyro. Lisbon. Sdled Defiance, Riga ; Itordious.,Alkenair; Po/aria, Surinam ; Canadienne, Ripe; Ells. Radcliffe, Una ; Eagle, Aarbous; Sophia. Belize, Honduras; Abbotafurd. Roam ; Jury, Newfoundland; Swan, New York ,• Moncegshilic Philadelphia; F. geld, Rotterdam ; Castries, St. Ludo- ; Mary, M. Petersham ; Wot. gg, Thomas; Delphisea, Copenhagen Richmood, Bream e n e Port R. Whiteway. and Bella Portena, America; *ibis Sophia, and Helene. [Advertisement] A CABE OP ULCERATED BAD Leos men BY Hem:Away% Oterenorr AND PHA. —Extract of a letter from Mr. W. at $7, WlRlam.streeL EMnbugh, drat dept. 10, 1646 :—Pregmane —Me, I Mg to ottani. you nat for Are years I wand dreagfally ~ a groat number of Moen an both toy loge doting whisk Um I Teo attended by wverel meant men, beside. trying venom n o recommended by my MEM, and oleo bad advice from lento Howe, bat all to uo puma. I rm, however, Moly happy to my I haw got my lop u cell m ever they were In my We by wing yow PIM and oMtment. Surned l. lllln Kemp.—These medicines are oald by WI druggias, and at Uollowera establishment, 7144, 901E4 Medea. RAMIATTICL—May 3, at Obaa, — tre . .71b of th• Rev. A. Ilmahlgul, el • daughter. COD DER.-Iday 7, at imam, Leataahlre, the Atte et IP. I.olsaar, eaelater. et • sea. CHAU C kl).-51sy 7, at Edinburgh, the mite of J. Omar.* IYo, adr. Cate. at • dattatotr. DOA DES W ELL.—ltar I. at Ripple 11•11, Warteatmhlre, >lra J destrell, et a rm. &STOOD ItT.—ltar 6, at !Altar= Rectory, Ms. L & &mow, le • daaaater. 71M - 0 . 17/17.14ay I, at Oroneek, rya. C. R. neg., a•dearater. 017111.—alay 7, at geminate..., Ito•bureltehlre, the Info o, 0 8.010, afCalts, gating.Rilfro, ea boo atof heir. 11•14VRY.—May 7, at Beadfiel4 Cottage, ettottfte-31talkett, the efffe 4 R. Hareey, Reg Xatattosbrilte, of • we. HUNTER —May 3, at D.aglat, Isle of Yam, the olfe of A Hamer, 1/.4., of Iletraole, of. ran IJIWAINCR —Kay 4, at VW Recto.). Sally, Glanaegaraff, IM ff4f eg tete Rev W. 14 lairreate, of • tee. Illlll.l.—May 4, at Ur. Prwri. to. ' , IA of 04 8.f.?. V. Mkt DA of • eau. ROO% ILL.—Ray I, at VAC.. antslt. Rm. R Rea well. of a am. BTLVENSON.-14, 7, at Ediaborob , the Rite of J. ammo" SW. ifiß saperistaadlas eargeoe of the Madras establishment, of sm.. TINLING —May kat Otaegow, tH %lie of Kew TWA(, 747 b MIS . Maaists. of a ma WINTRIL—May a, at itelliM town, Mrs O. Rimer, of * da•fhath I.LIK—BUTTEIWORTK 12, lt streailom March, by ilts lac J. K. Nkooll.. AA. new, J. J. . All*. My.. MOW. to Way Art Taw, eldest daaobter ot Y. Mammoth. &A. et 1. 1 12. I. esmoy. AITIIK—ZATOIC-147 C at Me net, R. Mir. Ma • of ReentotacM Marta, m14.+1. of UK lap J. Low LI.. at Label iskr4s—suoirr—ltay 11, at Yoyom, NMI, by go Roo. ham filootott, okay, tith MOW ItmACIMAOKIIKAMTtaMm. M Sabo. ssly .1 tor et Kt. AWOL WITOII..DISS Vlll —Way 11.. It. Ostrawa. MKAKtimm. Ms. ma eo. w. Talbot, KY. OotteL et tbe ILL MAK KM o. m LIMAN. SW W. Oottoc O.CII, to Molar AtIKKA KKK. d C. fise Irma. Ism. =14)11, at W. Jamete, Pedant., I. 0. Ctino. 000. et Limehtea. te Mary, relict of the late OW. P. S. My, of Ste Deg. ermy. DCPV—ASTLIT —Way 11, at St. Oeergell Cheryl, Ifesomommm,Th• Rev. W. R. 110111 p 11.11., (hie. It. 0. Del. et the I,th Welft• rt. Daly of of W. 111 Maley. Mg, of .. ettoe WM , 101, of RISTMCOTS—TYSON.—May at Sette by the Key Smell, the rt T. H. llembeete.lCL, vicar et Welt, asal chaplets to the heel al Me. cleegeld, to WM D. Tye.. of Witten., Lemma ire. MIACKWIIZII-11Till —Way 11, at ell Meth' Clank. Lembem plan, J. 1111mbasfit" Seq., ma of Mr 0 a. Km Mehl, Mrs.. of Coal. Sometsee. Yeelegeet Mulder ef the mu Fur P . H. uyht, UM, 10 Chelle, West W.e4lMUNDllitle—May 11, at N. Ja.el, WOWNWO. Sm. et MU., Keetaree, es Ma deaellse. d Oat. —4.7 I. it Ilremegrem, by the W. MOM the arr. 1. Ila&IMP 1 mow ad Aahomr . m Wert Mw, 7oen 0 t• •• • ••• of the ru n listabew, gem. 11.11 . Cb•Pertleld. IMILSB—HOWL..-11.7 4, at Ifeellem. Medea. by We Sm. W. 0. IMOII.I, ILL, W. Mem, ley. of Polograllo• Lomb., Mem &War at A. Memo. Bee of the Mow pign. PACILNI—WWITUIT.—Ma) 4, at Illtehem. Cembrldgmblot. y tuber, the Rev. M. W. Pecker. MA., the Me. L W. Puler. LA., vitae of when., to 1111m11. i Watley. ICKllllßill-11000M70X.—Xe1 11, es Tomah, Via. Schreiber, Wm., of tbe geemtweed, mar 'pieta. to Matilda eel, MIL of the late A. Membiee, of Oleadalostmet. Ilmever- MWargh BILYWILOCIL—MOO4--Ilay at gs. Thematy of Iltaasfeed J. 1111•4ffligel .141, to WY WM. *MY Mlle.. al 4. 11. 1 . 1 0 : 5 IligrroM:llll—lday 11, at Kerma% Mew , b 7 0 1 . Wm. !ma 00beet. Wear, Ur. lamed Slight, deem eau of tree Slight, Mg., Me eel to the magealeekeien of letettoe. to Yery endow of the WM. tlawlmlllm.. et the gawk IMehrege. W RATILT—GAY.—May It, at 10.001', Camberwell, by the 170.00 l • SSA.. Omega. eldeft Ma al George Nodal Wltmely. leh. (Wk..* amebae low, towa ge. daeghter of the late lame My, MUM et Clbimplme MW, Seta), 004 Olsealladlme. L.• 0 0- MYTHS. /1111117{.—Xay 10. at Maim, ileum Mm. the MM. d° 4 4 A ' !Mettle. Zee., aged 11. 00WILL—Way b. at 4, Cheeterlerrece, Ira* Parimmee, Ameb a 0101. W. awe!. She. lase of the Megal NW ankh 71fIlig.—Xay 11, at Weeiwthb. Uhler thleml W Ltd WlSarl.—May I. at 11, lartertmet, Wart.lass. P. 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