The Express. — London, England, 1851-04-03 00:00:00

.. II Tbt gtprtss (THREEPENCE. No. 1,437.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, I‘sl. Opplei ,L EXHIBITIO N CATALOGUES.— in past centuries, and that cannot be considered siwxwrisitsitstswia causer vibe moral f 7 martian net ...airy to the development and free exercise of alas wads' tlaalloinies•srtaa the auale t: me Oa rattatea re- t h e Houma cathol i c rchition. ✓itsri "'" i i• si b' e.:irot the celi cAu sw is - ! • Sis r. t a ;n b"u ts.s n it tn te s . , a y .y 4l .l " o.,l 7 si%.f w pin The ltoman eatholics themselves have from the by tie ta.t, 4 A ;T.:. doe ( ' V1..." 1 " 010 . 40.A . 200 . 0 " 1 . 7 " I ° °..- °Lye earliest times of jurisprudence passed laws to limit ame. ,f a o..sta 4 Ca tas. await +w, MMe era far tra Mama , i i, i r . ,....„....d ....1 Pr, ~,...d (i, a . L4t ,5,,,,... . u .s 1,,, ...t the transference of property to such uses, of the only raw 4%alueres by tae Wth a %ad. property—viz., lund—which existed in those times. linaLK ra. ))))) YIK W1K. 0 ."."".a 7 M 0 Julate ' n " scbm'whe Flom are quite as ample reasons why the personal m.0.1)..s sso w/70 Printer., i Clam! Caaasteaua t o,..ic a s,i, gue 18111.4. as ..ait Image-Amu blaaftial, propertv of the present day should no more be tied up unedevoted to the ascetic aud the idle, than land rI A PeltlO -. .t!f NUBSIITG rE toe stLvv.h.— in ancient times. TM r. e . le n t ai s o it y lc ..... va. st oosi LTlLlL"atr ui.„...4 rtared 1 1 . 1 eta: 41 ...... .) a L , There la a great deal of effervescence and agile smash. sad Ca, Is brad .., grawaaors ter eery In et &MUr tion in the public, which we regret to see undirected wait t . .. 0,4•4 ' 411•1 IA " ' a* t ''''''P w w l "" 114 ' h " " 44 ' 111 to some of these protestant ends. Of itself, we at prim,. ,usay, or b 7 so warble tea ea , . a be Aletiaaa.beti IT,. lea NOW. rel i . .z. T! . .raa Kars may depend upon it, the legislature will shirk Pmt,,.. Pattern. Pwtwrs• these questions ; and if the present movement Ti. spews% per dam Drawn. t . Rill . ..... . o ,s. &I, . aft. pass uway without producing remedy or law. t5..,,t so qui ~ ...... TOll O . Y 7lB a •—••••-••••• "'" 636 ' '" 78° ' ' tor the future he managed with mom Se- Tab vales a Tea sat • , 100 P•ta reatara earreaw, se, at arapretscante crest' and discretion, and grow to such a pitch. 11000 a AL an lam raiiiitaiegmee 0 19 a Paewt Irma ., that when some fortuitous discovery arises to a eveal Unlit ALLY rents SILKY. NUT rLATED. F AL.. Thr . d . ii,,,e s them, the public will mistrust the law, and seek to remove the objects of their indignation with the below and the brand. Paid !vy bT DU liAltltY S IIk:VALES i A A ItASICA 1 txnl. dkoott.s. coneipanort. Nervothrerm, Ahltuak taarb., ►kath.eil y. haat . ," at no: ,toradeta l r!enhing. She krak.,.., kb +WM! . Id *lnch h tk me to Ptah ...tk,ree Mat Ifa Wwtre a, eltarkut meet., have ben eatll , ',V realuval by DC • see.lent It JOU —Mans hod, Worthakka Law, war Dan" hkmaar metal:gawk', dt mire. hem tha tarn• Ilrat. toe lard etude sa , s Vk i mh.e hamanaer tol Woe . ovrt, MI Tanana King. }...ed,mr.; 11 Iltarbeef ke.d.ke, thinker taal.ede, Ate, a eon! nt pan . at i.L kak ,aa, r curt. or nennus. an I ohnuaelat rh ,kdlyitairma arc. an atinatera wtth tall taark: w.-14hitke Lts.„ at 3. gal. ; ."11a. at' aka W.; ela ., at lie.; 12.0., at • ,!Ilhe rklak-d oak!ity. Mb.. at 3..1e.; Nth.. at 1.01. and 121. eanicern are I ea ardhA tree al ekerl.are r..eript of a :04-.llrm 11141 r. he loU lIAILIth and I Lota.k.n u.. r e 11. an t ft. htraml; 4. tn. adman; torateetake , tnat ;I t, laleha,nakte to abut; and IS, hang Wkl- Itarahrtne. I kty. THE CASE OF MISS TALBOT. (Vies tbe lady News.) LITE BOILER EXPLOSION AT STOCKPORT. The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the un fortunate persons killed by the esplosion of a steam boiler at Mr. Henry Marsland's cotton mill, Stockport, on the 17tli ult., ras Mid yesterday. The prises dings took plain at the Warren Bulkeley Arms Inn, before Mr. Chas. coroner, and a jury of thirteen respectable tradc.men of the borough. The following are the names id the uutOrtunate mitfererif—Jam: Chapman, Alice Forrester, Ann Forrester, sarah Wild, Mary Anu Wright, Jll.lll/11 Brown, Elizabeth Brown, \William Braccgirelle, Lather Filder, Ann o lder, Hart Machin, Elizabeth Itirehenongh, Eliza Miriam. Jane Hart, Sarah :Mellor, William Bardsley, Jowiilt Smith. Itowhottom, l'eter Bancroft, and John Fuller. Some further evidenee as to tLe identity of the bodice ! tak, n trims the ruins of the building having been given, Mr. Henry Hurst was sworn, and am manna .4 of the manufacturing department of Mr. Nlardand's run!, and hare been from 1340. 'the plan produced is an cecurate one of the Park Mills. The parts occupied by Mr. 11. Mandand in manufacturing an, N.. 10. 11, 4, bd, and 26: in bleaching, NO, 12, 13, 11, 15, 16, 17, and 111. The mill destroyed is No. 11 upon the plan, and is coloured red. It was f.'s stories high, and a cellar. The cellar was not used, and is nut numbered. The next room alio. e was the No. I carding 1 . 00111. There arc seven swam boilers on the pre mises occupied by Mr. Marslaud, whirl, are ad shown on the plan. (Witness pointed out the position 14 the boiler which had exploded, On the plan.) 'the boiler which had exploded was brought into the yard on the 25th Juno, and was made fur the Newbridge-lane bleachworks by Mr. Samuel Morris, butler-maker. Aft :I , the boiler was brought I was desired by Mr. Marsiand to sae Mr. Morris. and he came to the Park Mills. 1 asked him there if the boiler could not he made tocarry a pressure of ,I 6 m. to the square inch, and he said, Yes—and let me have me Owl, way with it, and stay it a. I think proper ?" said, •• Very well, you shall. - It was agreed, therefore, that he should stay the boiler to carry Null., lie said it he must have his own way with it he would guarantee it to carry:lollw. for 12 month.. The persons employed to •• mount •' the hoiler were Joseph Hyd,, the engineer, and Itubt. Walsh, the These were, our own men. Mr. Morris and hi• men fitted in the stays and the junction pipes at the top, and they Ind thi ir own way without interference. Witness then described the manner in which the boiler was mounted and stayed. The boiler was tested after it had beenstayed, by Joseph Hyde, not by hydraulic pressure, but by getting spike steam, at only 121 b.. fur two or three weeks, and after Smith's indieat .r was fixed, it was tried up to a pres sure oh klll.. We did not test Smith's indicator, but we tested the boiler by a memory guage of .lUr own op to 121bs. By smith's patent indicator we worked it up to a pressure varying from 29 to tiles., and both ;;urges agretd up to 1211 n. Whin the boiler was put down, 1 noticed that water oozed out just at the corner of the angle iron a the bottom of the fire place, and 1 believe 1 tainted it out to Morris. but mu not sure. I hare nut the bill Mr Morris's alteratimic but he charged fur day-work, and nut by contract. The engineer managed the whole seven boilers, and he bad three firemen under him—named Thomas Buns/her, Henry l'artiugunn, and John Fuller (killed). I recollect au explosion occurring some menthe ago at Messrs. Marshall's mills, Portwood, Stockport, in consequence of the jun.:tau valve being screwed down. In consequence oh' that aevithat Mr. Marsland gave orders that all the junction calves on the boilers connected with the bleaching department should he fitted with a lock and keys --one key to be kept by the engineer and the other to be deposited in the counties house, so that uo • ...mid shut or open th, mores without the key. 1 gayo that order Irma Mr. Manhunt to the engineer. 'the loners fitted up in this way were three belonging to the manufacturing de partmcut, and the other four were nut so fitted, up because they were ...much exposed that no one could go upon them without hieing seen. The order was given for the whole seven to be so fitted. By the coroner: Who took upon them to disobey the, order Hyde and myself agreed that there was no necessity for it on these blur boilers I be lieve Mr. liirsland did nut know the order was disobeyed till the exploon had oceuris d. The boiler which has exploded was us. -I lath Mr working the ...urine and tbr the bleaching department. The last time this boiler was used lhr working the engine was On the Saturday belore the explosion ktltc 16thl, her about two hours. Between it and 9 on Monday morning, the 17th, the steam was got up in this boiler to work the howking Merl in the bleaching department On Monday afternoon, from 2 tot past J. we were moving the carding d intim., and I passed the boiler four ur lire times, but I heard no whistle or signal from the lailer or I should hate gone to ascertain the c ause. I 1410411 the boiler tour or live minutes before it burst. and I heard no whistle, nor is impossible nut to we that Lord Teruo. in giving judgment in the for-ever-celebrated ease of Nliss Tvi.nor. has sought to make the best tit a very ugly affair. Nothing could be more amiable or more perfect than his judgment. coming from an arbiter. It deals out praise and blane. so inter mingled and equipoised, that it is hard if any puny goes away very discontented. Although Mr. liuntiEllA's petition is I.everely characterised. and pronouncid to be sadly deficient in prottE its want eornetuess and denunistration is alleged to be ray eounterlsilanctsl by tin excellent results which it, has had. And henceforth, whenever a grim caltenny or libel, by rolling forth the spirit of the itecustsl. pnslueem a successful vindication with the best results to his position and eharueter, the author 14 ti,• libel in ty Ise liberuted from the onus of paying nets, if lre phad the good i.thet of his pray+s action. Tlwti agiin. if a gentleman be appointed by the will of a u iug man or fortune guardian to his iutitut, —it this guardian be recompensed beforehand bir his future }tutus by the splendid gnerdun of the whole of the dying instils personal property,—if this guardian, notwolistamiing this confidence and this generosity, is guided to distsmal of the young creature left to his charge by no one thought of his ward's tsnutiirt. eduration, weenier`. or prosperity; if the solo thought of this man is. not how to enable his ward to enjoy and to dispense and to use the princely fur tune that is MT. , . but. on the contrary, how to reduce her to an automatim—n living corpse—a joyless, se cluded. lowly clad, worse tended mitfeast wretch, , with intellect narrowed and independeuce destroyed. —when the plain consequence of such treatment most be to transtly the b stone of the young creature so extitigniAled to the use of the sect and the establish ment in whieh this guardian is so deeply inte rested; — o ho' to bring about this result the basest dvevit. the grossest lying have been practised. with neglect too flagrant not to have been maculated— the man who has done this ought certainly not to I hare found in that dignitary whom the law and the coven .gui have appointed to the guardianship and protection fir the inphan either it lenient critic or a benign judge. It may nut have been possible to iudiet any sentence of punishment : out most I irertaiuly. if in the course or such vfliwts and suck neglect a man should be found bold enough to chal lenge inquiry. and to produce the beneficial result of no smut' agree of e. in% iction of foul play. tlw remiuberated guardian ought to have been left to pay the rusts the small, sole penalty for such geese miScon duet. It is not the amount of the costs that would have made the thing important. but the fact of touching, is his poach one who was evidently callous to :ill "titer considerations. In some respects, indeed. the judgment recalls that which is humortnear related in Knickerbocker's History of New where a certain hutch judge dismisses both plaintiff and defendant, as two amia ble nick who had no business to quarrel. winding up the sentence by ordering the astonished e of the court to pity the costs. Hod Miss T %Lima been allowed to acquire any knowledge of worldly affairs. of those attains in which she had so large an interest, she was? be not a little surprised and amused to learn, that fur Mr. IteaseLEY's chivalry. Dr. 1/oiLes neglect. Lonl SIIREWsHURVII tertian Et of feverish attention to a ward, who might marry a friend of his, followed by the cold fit which prompted his lonlship to turn her out doors, when she would nut marry.— fur all this. us will as for Dr. lIENIMEN'S veracity, find Miss JERNIXOUNICS maiden ingenuity. Miss Tama has to pay. Fur this there was in sooth but one reason 7 that Miss TALBOT was able to pay. And that is a point of law which, we have no doubt. Lord Tautto borrowed from his friend., the CILLNCELLon of the EXCHEQUER, whose only anxiety time out of mind has been to lay the burden, where it can and will be borne• without troubling his hind about the relative rights or wrongs of those who pay too much or too little. With respect to Mr.HERXELEY. we should certainly give him something more than exemption from costs. He ought to have a civic crown for showing courar at a time when the characteristic of most public men is cowardice in expressing themselves upon questions in which religion is mixed up. It is plain enough that the great danger of the eaptation of heritages, and the destruction of families, by a hungry church. concern the Homan catholic+ more than other members of the community. Those wills which rule the transmission of the "Luxor properties. and which were produced in court, show how fully aware past ruerations were of the peril, in however slight u degree, existing then. Now, however, it has become an epidemy, a Vague, menacing to society, its rights and its peace. or our part we sec no remedy, but in a total prohi- bitiou of utonastie establishments of any kind, which have none of the excuses that they might have had --- did I pirresive any SWAM blowing off. if steam had been blowing off I must certainly have both wen and heard it. When L last passed the biller lioughey and Fuller were talking near the tire-p Lice : Fuller was leaning on a spade by a wheelbarrow, and Ilinothey was talking to him. They had been getting out cinders. After passing them I went into the second story of the mill (No. 30 and Mr. Marsland came to me there. Ile would have to come past the boiler. I was than giving some orders to a workman named Joseph Allen. and just at that moment 1 heard an unusual noise. nut unlike a clap of thunder, and the mill-gearing gave a sudden jerk. I ran out to where lb, exploded boiler had stood and found a large portion of ' the mill in ruins. I saw Fuller thrown down, and directed him to be taken care of. There was so much steam I could not see the building which the boiler had partly destroyed. I went through a building to another part of the yard. and the R saw about a thirst in the six-story mill knocked down. I saw people in the ruins (the principal beams hanging Os, r them'. and I sent other workpeople who came crowd ing round to ;mist the workpeople in the ruins to escape. I assisted. but three was a cry of "tire raised and 1 went to look atter the water plums. The boiler appeared to have been driven into the null and destroyed part of it : the tire gut a-head and destroyed the remainder of that building. The sat, ty valve was fitted up with a lever and ``slot. The engine junetitm valve, by which steam was tffncil on to the engine. was found outside the mill, having also been blown off. It was screwed down, as it ought to Ise, because we were not using this boiler toe the engine at the time. The mereury gauge had been taken away some time before. flu junetion-valve which was nect,sary to turn the steam on to the kiers was timid under the exploded boiler in the ruins. It wan also screwed dosin, and when found was given in charge of a policeman. It was in the saute state when Messrs. Lillie and lledgisinson found it as when in the ruins. IL y Mr. Oldham. solicitor (who appeared for Mr. Mam ie:.—The maker of the boiler said when the boiler was tint • brought it would stand pressure to the inch and if he was allowed to have his own way with it, he could make it stand adlis.. The inquest was proceeding wh...n our report left. TIM EAR:Ma - AKE AT RIIOUES tutne out to have been far more destructive than was :t tint supposed. lA.- ifty u utterly demuli.-hed: WO persons perished in the ruins. A 'awe near Chiorges was also destroyed. The shocks continued fur six days, during which the inhabitants took refuge in the open spaces of the port. The daughter of the English vice-consul was extricated, fortunately with ' out harm. from the ruins of the consulate. The arency i f Lloyd at Rhodes has been completely smashed by the fall of its square tower, whi,h eommandea the port. • REPAVEMENT OP LONDON BRII.NiE.—In conse quence of the anxiety manifested he the Bridge-house Estates Committee. connected with the corporation of the City of London. that that important thoroughfares-the cars riage war of London Bridge—should be repayed at rapidly as possible. Mr. Chadwick. the contractor, has, in obedience to their wishes. put upon the work a large number of hands. Although the hrcaking up of the roadway was not emn mewed until Monday morning last, above two-thirds of the paring stones, 011 the wect , ris side, have been removed, and a considerable portion of the track filled in with granite blocks of excellent quality, larger ones, similar to kerb stones, being laid longitudinally from the southern to the northern shores of the Thames. The surveyor to the City Sewers Commicsion having reported that during the tem rary and but p ir tial stoppage of the trattic ou this great Cline of way. it would be desirable that the pavement of King William-street should bc retold during the progress of the works at the bridge, an order has been made there upon, which order it is expected will be carried out simul taneously with the great work at London-bridge, now so satisfactorily proceeding under the superintendince of the contractor and his principal foreman, Mr. Clears'. It is ex pected that the work will be completed by the first of May neat. Tab Par hod Peels. Wei" pr dons Perri ma,. tad ditt0...... lt... ... 21 .. 15e. T. Oats 1.R.04 BEDSTEAI)S and CHILDREN ' S COTS. A Twirl hap Nowt:weft .4 • .loot Ws:ftrado 1100 awl Brew, IS• 1q • r ; ore. Cote 'torn to h. latte 4 with dovetail *ohs awl ietzt .ini vt.unly Inre h •nt •nwee, este. or pow. to tr'S NA'..F. at the ale.e.reens of WILLIAM S. I;UKTOI4, •h •It are 4.4.-.4 in th • wont Where may :bo he Fees the rA IL r.lth 1.1:s ..ay YIIIBG htlt, which u 1 gyrated* al.ae In 1r.,. au) emod.h • tweet - 1, It has hen found, av ' war sid l i i seir er bed. Thu new 41111.1 eta set Iltra mewl. • Detailed tidalortore,•llll eagraviage dwell Iromatoilert7 vet rwr poet) tree. %ILIA 1311 C. SCRIOVII a•Lotelt of GENERA , . FCRNISIIING MIA* oN4 IttltT is :peral.r the ;aroma In the .141. awl as a• tars ewe, ewe he oat. ore to wee a eararea. aka Ma variety and attest. prosehamers Of. 11,104 te tall and isievat it. The newer returned (or every Ito lei , . tron appraerl iaravr 0 . and No. I, SIWNIAN-STICYJIT. lwerkw.—Eeta• lalsetttlat Weile•etreel. 1 )SAIILY iEE I 11.-110) A LAN 1/S . ()I/ON'lt). .L 14 VP:till. I. ISTIIIIII[II'. a alit, p tat.,, entmenunied of the .Moro anti o.o*. relterch6 ieurredx...b...: the oriental hefted. It eradicates New Itiellt 010 tee tit, 11111111.0. 0 • vests W u.etetent clew, pOOOO • enel rat et. tat , etleelae 1. tali tte• mot pore and eh whttlittao, tool IT, atireteren a.Il periti Le ti the breath. scare,. tet tey .I• tiara. oracle seal le en U..• trures, seal a bealthr ant :ad n doom arc minuet; ars the. ter Um to (it Are thus resolcret Urns to tortr norm to. It. tee4ree e 11 - a nt and tralrreht aro- =Cie protret4-• hm- ohcamol Ito ...or etc .s by the Waren, the Own, and it,. Aord fancy 01 Carat it.,., ••41 the lattatre 1.11111 wad Itlerouty throw churn Leone. Eree 4 .t. per 4.a.--4%,0tt..n. The weds " War/ands' cre th• I.•et :Itits..l on each 130 C.— POlll Sy A. KIM I %%It anel '4l•Na., by ad ehrisie.• well reramana LAW INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. /41701d1 Me. Caseates:oats Goetseast. 1N ILE Br MON.—FORM) SA LEN. The bankrupt, a linen-draper. in Whitechapebroad, applied fur his certificate. Ilia halanesesheet. prepared by Merin. Hart anti Brothers, of Georgesyard. showed debt., 6141.; assets, lila In, capital had been IN/. ; there were 110 profits; the expeuses were put down at 1961. ; hwscs, 2781. Mr. Lowrance supported. Mr. Ashuret, jun.. opposed for the assi,gnere, chiefly on the ground that the bankrupt had, for several months be fore his bankruptcy, carried on a system afore:el tales. and 11:111 obtained credit on false pretences, when he knew him ,. If to be insolvent. In August and September last he hid conehmed goods of the value of 20W. to his brother, for sale At his auction rams on Ludgate-hill; and un the very day Is( the last of these transactions, the 2tith September, he had called on Messrs. Boyd and Co., of Friday-street. aud after taking up a bill of 11W.. nut then slue. tar the cake of iu spirina confidence, obtained credit for lilt. worth of goods, and afterwards for a further parcel. lie had become bank rupt within two months. Mr. Joseph Barnieutt, of the firm of J. 11. Boyd and Co., of Friday-street, deposed that in May, ISIO, the bankrupt called on them, and, after referring to Messrs. Morrison, Dillon, and Co., an account was aliened with them. Ou the _Kith September he said he had disposed of the business he had carried on at Hackney without a sacrifice, and was commencing in Wkitethapel. lie wished his account to he c ratinued, and said he was prepared to take up a bill fur I LW., due un the 4th October. 'this mated confidence, and goods were supplied to the extent of IW. Tice terms of that hewn were two months' credit, with a discount if payment was then nude, otherwise a three menthe' bill was drawn. Mr. Lawrence submitted that there was nothing here in the nature of a false pretence. The bankrupt, kilowatt; that the limit of his credit was idO/., had gone with moiler in his hand and taken up a bill a week before it was due. Surely there was nothing dishonest or en trails:ern:utilise in that. Ile paid lIS/. and got credit for 22/. more. Ilad he been a toga., he would have ke;.t his ready money and gone elsewhere. Tho trans action, if blameable at all, was so us to an improper pre fersmet: to Messrs. Boyd and Co. Ile only owed 0151., and hut for the loss on realisation his stock would hare yielded 4001. This loss was no less Blau SW., the stick having been disposed of by tender,--a vicious system. which operated in favour of the large dealers to the prejudice of the email. and fair traders. His V511131.4/5 lied leen =Aerate; and he had placed himself unreservedly in the hands of his creditors. Hie Honour thought this a very had case, and considered that the commercial public was indebted to the assignees fur bringing it forward. It was important that practices of this description should be eupprtawd, and that traders ge nerally should Ise warned itaanot theta. To hold that tbo bankrupt had eoutructiall tilts by traud would bring hint wahiu the hiakly penal clauses ot the att. and deprive him of all protection ; hat, without shutting hie eyes t , the pr.- visions of the act, he did lea feel called on to dud the bank rupt guiity under the Valth clause. The assignees did not put their charge on this ground, but simply alleged that the liankrapt's conduct had been bad as a testier. This siew was fully eupporte el. The bankrupt had begun with a small capital, thereby favourably contrasting with many others who came here; he then obtained credit—a very easy natter now, when competition was so rife—and, almo .t directly he got the goad., I.e proceeded to dispose oi l them be forced sales. a prartke which was iu itself almost (Linda:a, as the creditors had no idea of the way in which the goods were slispowel of. it was true he had laid the 1181. bill before it was slue ; but haw had he got the money: A mau who picked pckets might us well claim credit fur afterwards paying his debt.. Retina got money by thee., tuned suite, conducted by all sue tiouccr brother. he had artfully taken up the autlue bill, and thus got further credit. Such conduct was of a very had di ecription, indeed ; it betrayed a great deal of art, contrivance, awl moral turpitude. and mast prevent the bankrupt from entering into trade again fur a consider able period. He must then have known that he we. luso:- vent. It was to his credit that he had not delayed long is lamina himself into the hand, of his creditors; but lie ought es have done it before making the eared sake. Ile had given up a eou.aierablc amount of stock—auuther point in which the ease was favourably distinguished 11.0111 the generality. The ease wieS nut one, though the hanketipt's conduct had been faulty in the extrerue, for which he ought to be trot to prison; but the certificates of the third ebbs, must he swam:ask-1 for twelve months from this date, with protection fur three inundes. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. WORSHIP-SEILEET. 11. Williams, iihocasker. charzed, with stabbing police eouAtuble Wvlch. was _ _ Mr. Ilona=ll .aid the conitut.sioner, had requested hint to adjudicate in this ease. and declined prosecutuitt, ua th, prbsiner 'wattled tart Jingly penitent. Not any injury loot resulted tram the a ound indicted on the °theist's hand. and, under all the eircutustancts. he should order the prianer to be imprisoned toe one mouth. SUNDAY TRADING PREVENTION BILL I.aot night a public meeting. w,in held at the Insti tutimi. rarlieleedrect. l'ortatan-market, tar the purpose. as expressed by the public placard., " to take into crinsidern thin the bill introduced into parliament, by W. Williams, E.g.. NIA'. for Lambeth." Mr. L. KYEZOIL en being elected to the chair, stated that on all occasion he was ready to stand forward in ad vocacy of the intervene of the porttraslesmau. The meaeure which they were met to &era,. had been introduced into the Ilowie of Commons by Mr. Williams. hut if he persisted in this bill he would be sent to taitutry by the people of Lambeth, a, he formerly lent hie seat thr voting against interest, of the people. lithe Mosaic law wan to be the law of the land, let them carry it out so as to embrace all elaseee, and not the poorest and those least able to help thentselv“. if they were to have a Sunday, let the whole inuntry, and all clawies, have it. The cimages of the rich were not to be touched, nor the railways, nor the retie, nor munibuets, why then apply it to the poor petty tradesman who was rtnttrgling to get a living ? Mr. 'WILLIAMS moved a resolution affirming "That the bill fur the suppression it Sunday tradinei, now in com mittee, is partial, unjust. and cruel." The bill. he said, only applied to the metropolis, so that while it was Sunday here it might be some other day iu another part of the country. The bill wan mo,t tyrannical. Evert man had nut a Saturday night on which to pnrefiuse his provisions, and many of them lived live or six 114 A single room, where the pros isiell4 could nut hi long kept. The great brewers supported this bill because it shut up shop:, while it left their public-hones untouched. Mr. lit/WEN seconded the reeolution—He said that no M4ll hail any right to legislate between him and the war in which he occupied the Sunday. A working man could only devote himself periodically to his children, and on Sunday if he gave his children a halfpenny they wished to spend it. and if they were to be interfered with, all item under ten years of age must meet and petition parlia ment against the 1111,49111 V. Dr. M.DOL - ALL spoke to the resolution: if the poor were to he pointed at by the acts of parliament, it would go on till at last they would arise to put a stop to it. Mr. JEWELL proposed a resolution declaring " That this meeting reprobates legislation be the House of COM motu for the iiheervance of the Sabbath. such being a step ping-stone to abridge religious liberty, and au assumption of power over the consciences of those who dissent from the doctrine of the church of England." The resolution was seconded by Mr. Darettt : and, after being supported at some length, the resolution was carried, and a pAitiou to parliament agreed upon against the bill. REPEAL or THE TAXES ON R-NOWLEDGE.—A pub lic nit cOug was held on Tuesday at the Institution, Sohn stn,t, tottentuun-court.road, to advocate the repeal of the tax. son knowledge. Dr. Epps took the chair, and said that their object was to inturm government that they were desirous of having the mit:s on knowledge removed as well as the taxes on bread. lie stated that the Penny Colopwlite had cost a sum of 42,0001., and that the pro prietor had derived no benefit from it, though he had to pay tar it to government a duty of 16,000/. .• Chambers's Miscellany," which had contributed so greatly to the diffusion of knowledge, had to pay govern ment a sum of 6,0001. out of 18,0001., which the work cost. Before disemtinuing the work, they had r ceived a communication from America stating that the y were to cease from sending their publications to the United State. because the duty on paper enabled the Americans to produce them cheaper; and so they lust the sale of their work, not only in the fruited States but in the British colonies. In ,very stage of the manufacture of paper the manufacturer was hampered by the excise regu lations. which were must tyrannical. They must have tree trade in knowledge, by the removal of all taxes which pre vent:a the circulation of knowledge. If these duties CS knowledge were taken of it would add greatly to the amount of labour and industry. The experiments made in making paper from straw were put a stop to from those Laws which shackled the making of paper. Mr. Richard Moore moved a resolution denouncing all taxes which impede the spread of know ledge as highly obstructive to popular education and to the intellectual and moral improvement of the people. The whigs, he said, when in opposition called fur the freedom of the press. hut when in power did nothing to remove the shackle- which humid it. Mr. Alexander Campbell seconded the resolution. Mr. C.,llet moved a censure on the conduct of the Board of Inland Revenue in permitting a number of registered newspapers to stamp only a part of their edition, while denying that privilege to others. Mr. Holveake seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. BAILWAYS. THIS DIY. Two o'CLosx. The appearance of the share market to-day is very unlike that of yesterday. The speculative sales, from which the market has been suffering, have ceased. and the expected reaction has been much strengthened by a renewal of purchases iu severaldescriptions. The consequence is, that prices have sprung up again with extraordinary rapidity. The improvement ex tends to evc ry description, but many of the heavier stocks have experienced the chief benefit from it. Gnat Westerns, Lancashire and Yorkshires, London and North Westerns, South Westerns. Midlands, South F..uderns. and York and North Midlands, all mark considerably higher. MAIM AND *roma UNGUARANTEED. timing (Time Yestertay. 14 141 3} 3 die 10/ 111 $3 19 131 214 221 20 10.118 odla to-daF up I to 1 o'clock. 30 30 I'.oo o .oen SO 0. untvry., Sotting., Basta _ . . Pd.• 13t 04. :it. 30 50 23 RAILWAYS. -- 131 11496.5•V01v. kStmarl•llBB ISO Brotol and F:seter AO 1.1•484.81.91 50 Chester 3841 1101yhop1 43 nut', n uad EtrlfutJune . 23 Favt At.Zien (X 2.5 L. AC. , awl L.k D. 13 : 15 ! Do. . ... tll. 20 ,Eaptets t mantles 26 23 iii94cra 191014 4, ems A... ) IS 93 . etas' II mad CAM U fib fraPt lanamhir• NI ! Do. New I .hsres IL' 30 Eillt.burab and Glistew 34 33 23 25 hilapourdl3, Mrttli.Disidet 7 8 19 11F. !deter auk h:assoutA 25 21 140•thrre . .17 171 121 12; low FA kr.p.A.Delattel 5 36 125 11, IF,. , Fsirep,ll.6perCL 11 12 30 50 South. ,s.d 58449.i1n.) 11 43 9410 0 ..ire" Viepti•rn 834 884 IT 17 , at 21 ths. 39 39 Lawrie? Fnd Carlisle ... 73 80 11.1 110. Tbird4 8 10 pm Pt. IA) 'Lasemaire .84 • Torkslatte 57; 39 23 23 I 1 Fbireo ISI 9 dia. 20 11,. Do. Fifths ..•„ 20 11 • 11 r. st R!,11916 • 12 8 5 " So 5" IF ip!, , and 'l' hirFk . 15 17 1 1 1 Fli 01.1,,n and Pl. c!:P1:1 •. 7A 8 10 I, Do.Tilbury F stem. Pair: dMt Pt. 100 ,L0n..13ri61t . .n. As. Gas: 9: 05 M. 1- 1 ! 'Landon a Nona-Wasters 124 121 23 17 I Do. , New 1 Mums 14 3 pis 2.12 I 1.10. F Atha 3 3; " 10 1 , 13,31,••411..M..md H.(C): 21 3pm St. 100 !I.,•ndos R 61.0tb„Wee6sra 84 67 30 121' 4:30 ...I 7A 81 die 40 34 D.,. LlO , 6 4 dla 16 • 3: 11ar.M.,Itux.,andalatIaek. 36 31.118 St. ; 43nett.,8bcl..sLumplipb.. 32 31 8. 1) 1-a. A 00.31 Us& I:4lun , S 2; ilk 80.. 0' 51141294 . 59 336 30 35 Loa. C 39 shares 15 121 418 M. 1 - 'O IFo.lstrut. mid Derby !33 33 IS :5 ;:elivllla/LCt . 9 9b MIN $1 i 1: 1 41L1 41 6 3 3 74 ;6 II I s ib 44 Itli f 3 1 dis 17 1 A A al i 1:1 12 86i 7,1 3.' e ;Newport. Aberrovenme,, sod Hereford.- .. ...1 24 15 . 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New ... ... ...I j 7 dis 2) . .;.; ah lu rypare Union ... .. 1 3i 21 die iOl 53/ 5- ; 33uot la-non ... .„ ..., 111 20 St.. 311 9,31'.h Mo . tets .„ ... .. ; 264 /61 30 •30 '9.330 a Wa.39, ... . -., 34 35 30 • 19 :I..uth Yth - k-h.V,llleerlAne, 1 4 die 23 . ti thetf.,11.30.,aPi0u1e.9.13v.: 3 44 ... 11. .9 - , e.,..a and Hartlepool-I 0 10 30 . 91 faw Vo!e haseadon - , 7 7 311 30 ' 17 tham.sllorentkekkhaLl 1 2j 00 • 13 V.,:e 01 N.o-h r: . ... .. 1 -- die 20 -2u , Waterford:34 , l lalkeemv. 50 . 54) "Oioterf .th oral Limerick; 2u ; 9 . Neat 3:55r0w.il - St., 25 Vurk,NewesatleScHerwiti.; 21 114 23 20 . Da. 319. P at.e,, , ,na _ „ 4 34 lis 2s' 0 , Du.G.s.F..Voreli,e " 16 la las lit.' 33 'Tuck nod North 511311a0d 25 16 Hin6o n 4i I? i Si Iti in i ri n NI is V MI, NI 1 11 91 10 tui II 111 21 31 4 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& 30 ! 6 Hera, m Eat.s pert 0, 0/mtera! 1 pm 20 immmitham.aosioni2umi i • mu.-201ppeLowlmthguar-{ MEW* .to 04.! 234 294 .... • fto 20 • Mao wlio..at a ttu 111.11VOI tOOteSt M:049111 17 23 so ''! lAu !Y l- 4.: °rw lYg! il; * l -7 .: ( 118 pm IS • 13 Ditto without sourest:eel (lelorl u.titvat **potent f I pia 174 i 171 IluctOrEruarhke *rico to 1001005514.0 , ewers, 171 171 23 123 Eartinothoh.guer 61,0. •l• or 4 t I.it..Surtbernti 311 33 30 ' 30 Ilullarelby(l.lorkaN3lld 101 103 33 23 14.1 shorn (ditto) 30 11 124 121 Do. • roar. • (l1.tto) 23 21 SO Lied.* Ittratlbrd t 3441400 971 104 121! 12/ 1.402011 sod tireerrnob lieer4.l to *natla Lotern 111 111 30 30 Illtto l'ret,rence (ditto, 24 33 :0 20 Lowevort Grlsr.lpereent. ( eared to Nueni.k) 50 30 Northern...Y.:Wen 5 p,K2 I (leaned to klastAAwantaw II 5G 50 ,43 Ditto w oldwo) 63 35 pe r edownWyee (lest. Loa wN.Wed.WLane.tel'ork 41 43 12; IN Dan.. e (A' Idttto) 7 1 4Pa 00 20 Re id., Unikl., and dentate • ;leased .o s , uth e tem 25 111, 6111nyeron littattn Item wUrea Nur (hem 611 $1 Do. Shesdeth Eaten-nUttoj 11 pm 12 91 loath Stadowd.hire (lensed to Mr. NIVIA,v3 24 616 23 : 23 Wear Vail, e. op. ksetd to stneatossDar. U 241 50 50 jWilta, somereet.etWeyol. (lensed to Uri. (. o 'o_ 14 4 434 ►s IS al i I as 181 7 1 : IN i PILEFEILENCII 011AlitES. 141 61 - Atert!een... ... -, 1 4 ail 10 , 10 Cried°, ion £lO ... 6 61 15 15 ctu,ter 400 Holyhead ... 15; IP (ex die 61; all • Duiptec, 1'; rh, and Aber ; tteel Junaiug — 1 die par ~ 31 1 31 Eletinira.to(sl.lo,)6,6Ct. 2. 21 $ I 5 Ditto (5/4 7 per Cent. ...: i l 71 2 'Mu; (71.17 e.) 7 per Cent.' 4 01 Psm4ern ()winks Estene..! i per CL No. 1 par i pas It 64 plum do. No. 2 par pm 10 10 . Lk,. 1.4,w 6 per Cent -loci In l 1? 20 20 'oa ir p ea-Uniox,,r gu.6el - 135 16 3 5 liellnburgh, Pert:2, and; I Dututev, 5 7 per Lin t - I dal IP a 13 121. Gnat Nor in•rn.i per t.. 14 14 4 13 6 I,p GI Max up; tru (I; Uglithe 1 pea 20 0 .Lancaci!n.s.Vorku I Lac- 1 14 din St. ,101 1141 u 6 per Cent ".' 81. 1 100 Lowilon,ftright.,X 8 Wad, 131.518-3:14.4.4.;r0yd.Thr1e, Bt. 160 Inuo New guar. Ii per Lt. 136 ISO 50 5 Lotall6nsoull Water° New 2 211210 13 i-3 -11a8.81511.AL - ite.1•15.2101. 13 141 10 ' 10' Ito. New Y:0 .. 11 12 11 3 UP- 06 St. 100 'l4ullan-Conf.i...t 13.6 p.Ct 131 131 Se 20 ; Norfolk titeneaca .. 17 IS 3 , 5 I lb. 51 per C4Bl °oar. 4 44 kt. ' 5 North MOW% ... 3 3 54 en d 1 15 1 2 'o2tord, Worcester, sad ,' Wolter., el 'S.G per Cent 111 li pm 11 8 ' 'brew -burgaßirsain-N•w I GliazAnteed ... ... . 10 10 .01arewelietweter(Nor.11 KW• . 8 per Cent-. ... 26 U month hewed .. 17 17 York. New e-wotte,/t 13ere . e . .,, GLNurth of Eng.puruh.! 17 , S i Ditto Ditto 23 I 10 jTorkkN.33.Bl.l I die 16a ex di. 4 es div ild FOREIGN R I 20 1 2n Boulogne bud Amiens .. 20 120 Central broom iNwrams, 20 3 Dumb libetusa . 20 . E.ot 1n3123 S 5 1223313 ludion Peninsula.. 5 2; Do. 10 M 1 Luxembourg 20 10 11.31 23 !Maria XoteMia... to 111 Do. do. New 10 SO .31..mur and Urge )0 11{ IN, rthf rn or France . be 11 dlelowbo B , rdowai MI 1 SO 'Paris and t3rlbuoi 10 1 30 ;P230064 &mem I N :Par) mad str,bours 10 1/Isern and 11.sr• 10 )3 ;flaxabre and Mout.. ... 10 13 'Torr. aryl NAnteo 11 11i IS4 In 14 14 116 IT 41 4k 1f 1 dim LILWAYR. 171 17 • 9 1 O db 1 Ii ps I t I I " Pi 7 1 9 1 ▪ 4 7 .1 s' 1 13 4 3f dis II Se IS le at 31 ilia 1 34 I I 3 I 9 dig I LONDON AND NoRTHAVESTERN RAILWAY. Traffic for week ending March 30th :—Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, and mails, 22,7131. 4s. 2d ; merchandise, 18,0121. 19.. 9d. ; cattle, 7391. 12a. ; total. 41,465/. 15s. I Id. Corresponding week, 1850, 39.690/. 7s. Aggregate —lB5O, 507,7981. 16a. Bd.; 1851, 518,1811. 3s. 4d. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic (Rail way and Canal) for week ending 23rd March, 4,7661. ; corresponding week last year, 4,324/. The above is delu sive of the receipts available under the agreement with the London and North Weatera Railway Company. MONEY MARKET. THIS DAY. Two o'CLoca. Every department of the Stock Exchange wears an improved appearance to-day. Though the busi ness m Consols is the reverse of extensive; it is of a satisfactory character, and includes further purchases on public account, the govern ment broker having operated at 96Z. Addi tional confidence may be derived front the con tinued favourable results shown by the Board of Trade returns for the month (issued this morning). The various branches of business appear thriving. and though a slight decrease is perceptible under the head of exports, it is to be accounted tot in a satisfac tory way, by the diminution which has taken place in the exportation of cotton earn. Consols have improved from 96! to at which they opened, to 96i to?, which is the present quo tatfon of the market. The official report of business in this department embraces only ; Three per ('cut. Consols, 96 ; , j, ; ditto for the account of the 10th April, 96Z. The market for the floating debt is very firm. Exchequer Bills, 1,000'.. mark 565. and 535. prem. ; India Bonds, large and small, 60s. and 635. prem. In the foreign stock market the general feeling is better, and improved prices have in many instances been realised. Spanish stocks have rallied to a con siderable extent from yesterday's depression. Rus sian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are still sought after for investment. Mexican Bonds, however, do not show much sign of improvement. The official report is :—Danish Three per Cents., 761 ex div. Two-and-a-Half per Cents. Dutch, 581 ditto Four Cent. Certificates, 69! cx div. Equador Bonds, 31 . Grenada Deferred, 44. Mexican Bonds, :t3 ditto for the 16th April. 334. Peruvian Fonr-and-a-Half tier Cents., 1549, for account. $4! ex div. ; ditto Deferred, 381, 39t. Portugtase Four per Cents., 36; ditto for acct., 351; ditto small, :161. Russian our-and-anall per Cents.. 981, 1. Spanish Active Fire per Cents., 21 • ditto for aecount, 21, ; ditto Passive, 64, 4; ditto Three per ('eats., for ac count, :19i. Among the miscellaneous shares dealt in this week the Canada Company's mark 46 to ; Iludsou's Bar, 205 ; Price's Patent Candle, 21; South Aus tralian. 21; Van Diemen's Land. 1 to 2. The .fogrsal des Chemins de !IT contains some account of the working of the dear telegraph system in Francs.. It seems that the number of messages forwarded in a fortnight was 29, or about 2 per day, the avenge receipts being 6s. per message. The French commercial public arc requiring like ours to be put on the same footing as the United States and Germany. 'f he French government has a bill before the assembly for telegraph lines from Paris to Dieppe, Nantes, Boulogne, Strasburg, Bordeaux, and Lyons. INOUsU rums. —Tnto D.•. • Ft3,nk +lost..Lut 3 Om. Am.. • I 1 ..er Vt. Itoi Anne.. that 811^-+cN•.hut 3eCtOca.Anaa.. z•ti t Itzetwooor !Ode. to O , tICION b \t•n. t. Ct. t0...1n Hood.. I per 4 L (dermas 1144. 181 It per Ct. 11... bond, 52 4ex 41v Oretvels Iwterred it•to .1 i•cr Cent.. I s per Ct N. t. Itas.. .1 II per Ct. Ilemellien tile, 88 50 ex d Panora Ude. f•tt Mao Nue. rti 8 I Porturnee. Converted. per Cl. tit... Ayres. 53 rer Ct. Mr... It 111 titer 17r. entltsal 1O 4et div' Iltte Neaten LAVA eadurnb. ; ter Notate.. It.ic.;nti ts.lorn' kola, 144.. 51 4 1 , 0. le&vred - 3 r I". I , Nur.ll WI TY ex 1..tt0 ra.,sve 2t Der IN. Mart lids, ine 41 2,1 . V...ozuoift 32 3 4par Ct. limo , di teen 41v s-neeore. lheteer... Rou tr. 1.5 13 LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES. /or Amount. P.tßlfi, Anat. 2. I F°F Itumey. 'Umiak* I llLebest , Lovreu per Cents. „.. ,' 57 8l '1 37 40 I 57, So 77 Go , 7,7 40 5 eel. C,ntr. I 93 30 ' 93 GO 93 10 53 25 1 93 10 i4S per Cents. ... ... ... do. New Lma . ... 3 per Own. I Esehange on Landon: al wiiii . t., 25; 90da5s, 21321. Begun, a, li4o DO. .5, 1815...... ... :loam Loan, 1450 7 5 ... Do. 41 ... ....... . ... Do. In:, , 110. 2i Piedmont 5 p.O 1549 81 99 1 Beak shares • ltur.wavc—Versailles (right bank), 170; du. (left 3.nkl, 17a • Paris and Orleans, Vii; Pair , and Rouen, la 30; Kwon and Plasm 235 • 3larved:ea and Asirnan. 2( 1 6 2 3 ; ritrae• team and 14:e, iSe 75 ; Centre, lie; Omens and berdesnar 4'07%; North, 477 .30; Paris and eirasbourg, 371 23; Tears aid Nantes, 37$ 73 ; Dieppe and Iss WO. Mmntin, MAtcrit °.l{.—Three per Cents., Sir; after Doha, 34 9-16 cash, 3:iji paper. Four per Cents., with three coupons, at 15i. Fire per Cents., 1%; alter 171, cash, Is paper. Coupons, 91, ; alter Bohm, sk cash, 91 paper. l'asaives, 7 9-16 ; after Balsa, 7 9-16 7a paper. Bank of St. Ferdinand, 1021 cash. Exchange on London..io.9o lIEILLIN, AVEIL I.—Voluntary Loan, 10/1. New Limn, Four-and-a-Half per Cent., 1011. National Debt, B.ii; Command Marine Society's Premium, 129:. Bank Shares, u6l. VIENNA. Mama 31.—Fire per Cent. Metalliques, 96i ; Four-and-a-Half per Cent. ditto, 81i. Bunk Shares, 12,0. Exchange on London. 12. W. MINES. (From Mr Daily New %) W RON P-SnAY EVFNINn. At a sale of foreign copper ores held at Swansea yesterday 2.161 tons sold for 2.1,790/. 10,4. 6d. Tao following amounts were realised by the different mines: Tom. s. d. Cobre Bearharen liatockinthon 460 Kapundu 172 Nyate!Dixi Slag Aberdovey _„ Tigrony Crunchttne 185 i 76 11 6 78 1 6 Total The next hale will take place on the 22nd instant, and consist of 1, WO tons. The following Parcels of lead ore were sold at Aberystwith on the 31st March:— Lisburne Ditto BO .. 11 8 0 .. 912 0 Tons From a statement of the amount of copper ore from the mines of Cornwall and Devon sold by ticketing in the quarter ending the 31st March, we find that the total amount sold is 36,890 tons, which realised 192,356/. 11s. 61, giving an average price of 5/.45. 3d. per ton. The produce is 7 81-100 per cwt., requiring 12 tons 11 cwt. of ore to produce one ton of fine copper. Compared with the returns of the previous quarter there is a decrease of 2,453 tons of ore, and 17,666/. in amount. The tUirer comparison, however, is with the corresponding quarters of previous years. In the March quarter of 1850, the grass amount realised was 221,0301. 19s. on 37,6 08 tons, giving an average price of W. 17s. 64. per ton. In the same quarter of 1819, 36,093 tons were sold for 188,5071. Os. lid., which shows an ave rage rate of 11. 6s. 91d. per ton. The present return is therefore 718 tons, or 28,6751. 7.. lid. less than that for the March quarter of last year, and 797 t to h n e s, a o v r 3 ernge , 849? rita li rn b 4. more perto t n ha i r s ltht less than ( t 't.l9;hils either w of t the previous years. An account of the copper ores from foreign, Irish, and colonial mines, sold at Swansea during the same quarter shows that the total quantity disposed witha n and theth e rgua r tt ot that return of is 6,302 tons, which realised 81,4961. Pis. h In the corresponding quarter of 1850, 8,690 tons were sold fur 121,7111. 65., and in 1849, 7,893 tons realised 97,7811. Is. lid. ; so that the present return shows a considerable decrease us compared with the corresponding figures of the two previous years. Some time ago we drew attention to the fact, shown ' by the comparative returns for the year 1850, that the salFs . of . foreign copper ores at Swansea be we ara re o dl ut au this nish :Te g w% of decrease, up to the present time, is much aug mented.l2/. ltis. 74 Th .; e whi av ls e t ra in V the pri A ce larc i it was 14/. 9s. 5d., and in 1849, 12/. Bs. The Cohrc mines realised on an average, 141. 15s. 41; the Cu ban, 131. 2s. 7d.; the Burrs Burrs, 281. Is. Bd.; the Santiago, 81. 68.71: the West Kaw-aw, 5/. 17s. 101: 'the 13earhaven, 8/. 10s. 6d. ; the Kaw-aw, 121. 45.; the German, 6/. 9s. 11d.; the South Australian, 18/. lls. artutil:te ratiofbu e ' el ariny COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS MDICING-LtINE.--THIS DAY. Recta.—The public Ktles consisted nt 3,300 huts Per. namburro, for wliieh there did not apnear to he buy,rs at previous rater, and they were withdrawn. 'f lie private eon tract market continues inactive. Relined remain, quoted 48s. to .10%. Covrrt.—We have not had a public sale to•day. fiord ordinary native Ceylon quoted 430. to 13s. lid., with v very limited bushiest" done. _ _ . Cot-wt.-10U bags of Trinidad were offered and :sulftht in, Pls. to 5.11. Tr.a.—The market continue■ tinn. RlCE.—Thia article wear. a firm appearance. St.turr..—ltum :tad !Smutty continue thin Or, ,old Lite iestcrilay in pl..orr ..i'._ at a shade decline ; Nutmegs at a decline of 2d.; 31.0 d pre vious rates. l'orrom remain. inactire.:butprieel ere supportt6d. In other article+ no material alteration. The monthly circular of Messrs. 11. W. irw,• , ;,ury and Co. rertros W totiows on the market for dry...alter,. • r.i• .• seml dulness which we no, li al to ieport in the foreign and tenon it tiros duce markets daring Pie set twit months still moo lime, an +omen In several instances h further desliord. i nparters have s wittier the markets Ifet ly. owl hove shown a disposition to terve stew et buyers. by aempsinv lower r des; the deliveriessie I or 'e for consun.ptioa, and are leicrealomr tor rap irt ; cocks are m Aerator, enure itowever, little or nothing ding on -p vulation, t are weaned to imtnestate requiseturrits. The laic . deice • t•••• the continental in •rkets aeon notice great fiatni as in a I odium ankles. The demand for dies and tiering mart lair instmoo- ann. excel,: for lac dye, which tow horn taken to solve err rat ex en partauots ; the sequitur, for h -me ow are limits d . pacer ,r.- sail downward tendency for cacloncal. Indigo mato, nal, ash dy• woods b.relr maintain previous stootatium. the :light improves went se Pleb was noticed in our last, in the troth& oristufans taring dnelnete, has further increased, and armilderal•le eveiternent ler prevailed httrir, consequent umo the ialrices rceetved f nos .‘suertaa, which together with Um demaiel for China. have Ce LIA. it en -tee OW in price", and nide - . to a hone trade have ban m ..and Doha are kw, and priers are without :.It, rattan. The Ido sotto. • 'runt India LoUre a tether r :kyr stns of the mobey Cats cites and Sambas% the markets insromulle were dui' ; a shalt[ im provement had t.iten places in imports at the tatter ;l•^, tan the most fa...smote reports were Mon:alum. where laige.l7l.o It ti hero made at better n aws. Titre es no to mkt-. in the nt mar ket ; se therefore ma. ~sersoun gootation% fir:-.;ova ewmp tamer. 3 ..su at ter ; .ether UV. :dad Ptlttl:.:, • to ; And MOney cal, "; to ,' per rent. Ity the ...then) lets r f 'he in ter cios.ior of the ••vsvlorid mat, re h.h e •t • - Ina* (;alescra, .ath Febmary, and from Itornbay to slot •It. Ti, Dade reports we much of el, tame elnuael.r AS theft MAIM ,r..' TALLOW NIAILKET—THIS DAV The market it !wary, with a fair demand fin this month, but not much doi u Mr dishy three iuoutht. 'the pre , ,:nt quotation,. are : Pt t.-rdnirt V. C. un the spot, RI. tat three months, 4th. ILLY MAILKE'r, Cowollll . anti Da% n port tht• .41 good &multi, at the Wllowina quotation. Hay, sdo. to Ns. ; itift.rior ditto. 70s. to 7.1 to Cluctr, 74'4. to ; second tut. 70, 27.. to 30s. last %%,t 'l'arnw, •ry in —Tlus ) AY. . a Amw, LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RA I I .1V AY. Yesterday a speeial meeting of the propriftors of this company was held at Manchester to umiie ingc meat as to matters in dispute with the hu:ders ! 1.• fifth shares. Mr. (:ILL, chairman, proposed a irsolutiod to t't that, sultimt to the se tiolrawal of the throe sods company the capital of the fifths paid up shall I from 111. ' 10.. to 11/, :tint 1..11(Ty ratoable other stock 111101.1 lOt. for last half-ye:it ; alt.': I IL, or the future paid-op 1,1.11it./1, and that'/. 111 dition be called up at 11 IN. per annum (*.11.. March. and :Ms. every , th sleptimiber) 1,. dinning September. The arroar, ,d dividend to b, I, ti 01nitill.'d to kit.tliSC this agreement and tonm, temp-. Q ty's arts, and to sathorise the disposal 0; the trot shares hall in Otillsr cutupanies by th,. lw cd t the lit upon In .el y Mat .13teit ,ct4are „•i tte the ••• • of Mr. LEEMAN ,11111 , teli the prispir•it..ii. t.. wits agreed vv., with 4 rider providitni that thi. L. v. . the ontunittion up to Lunn/. he puid by the isont!..(u. There win only only one (16...uticut to tht, p.• .!,..u. ILULIVAY MARKET,. Arnt 2.—There havt• born v• ry tv trate', action. , to our "does. Eaehanee to-al and the eretk.-• • ..• en a very el,preteeil elate; prier, ed all bifida of at•erk maw that: quittrd petenlay. liirkenbe .d. Lamearlure, ant —Ditto (late (Meter awl lirkenbead', 2 , 11 e.—C.C.sl le t• I ("heart aid Holy tool (peel. guar. .7,) per et.). - d. I a 1:1•4111(111. Ini—Lancteehire and 1 terk.here, 171 4/ N (Web N 1%.16 el. autlllier-h. 171 —len.d.m and N.-0 te tc t ,urn, 127—Ditto (new I.nunn! 4 i Z p.—Divu - 01 - h 0, - rk— Mandw-ter, Stetackl. andLineo n„ 3131 4 —e•l'to prt rate .r- a), 12—Midland, AI —Ditto (hal aearew, Ili d.—V,alil et•u,'l; North Stel t ,44.lfe, 7 d.—shrrarshetry and Ulerattr , ;ry -nd theme'', —svutla haatero and Darer, 'fere, or. :wk. -aid Berwick, 2I —York and North Midland, _:—torch eirte, l d. 11.INCLIP.bTlall, APRIL 2.—Tht re was rtlfiltrr 11.1p21.11. Aka of pricer, but Y good Seal of toUt.lll4.l.ll.rin oar. A elight prawn& at was pereepuble after till, tem dphed wur.stiuns fro. LarWun had n reoc.rcd. Arm!. 2.—M'e hare had ;utother •cri.., rail in the raw, market tat. illarataa. o .1 I irt.4 :utd Yorkshirra showind a decline ~! na iose than .t. •O" 011 y ntiot Thinks halo hkrwl, ru'i'n Ins., an r a stria:Jr tTwn . ney, the ni - srkot tarn, in Terry re. , vet %sleeker. i Limner sales this morning : -.lnileeerate, Nntlinahern. and le.atePas 3 1 no , ; Lenesallire . . Ini Midland •ttaak, Ga1..a.111111 and s:1 ; ditto Oahe, 7 l tn..; North ors, I 41.18.; twa,b inn r!Ar,ke, 17in.; ditto I .. .ErriTionit, No. BIItMINOIIAM, Arun. 2.—This market Ira: very •law to .tay, and lere hulr der, stint% wa.. niar.itiend • .r Lay ..., ;.r. lent :a1... 31 1 . .1 , nd' een- none at . 0 1 ; Awe - . A's at i dts. ; and I; ' .. fir rub, at 31. nItIATOL, Ar nil. 2.—The market contitintel 'Torn, :old rather better prices wen übtoint d for slums. 4na .ti'. •. n. Tinned •tif ; MIA Exeter et ; Innwhire rad YatL•aila at 42; t; . iatta Wat4.3lcarka at Ith ; West at Eastand Bank Itt Li;. LONDON AND SOUTD-WESTERN n,iLwAy.-- Truth° for the week ending ;Sikh Mardi, ltiil . • et„iii3/. V*. 2111. ; 4titAls, 2,230/. 8,9331: 17, 64. The present week's traffic is in onni.ari,on with the (loud Friday week ot List year. Nftpt-tsn ItAlLwAr.—ltetarn of traffic week end ing March 30th, 10441, 20,3419/. 99. 44. . • ditto turch, 1440, 211,613/.9, :id. Aggregate, 12‘50,24.11,0-10!. 13tt. ; 1351, 2.37,8751. DRAM OF M.GOR-GENERAL SIR DUDLEY ST. !AWES Hitt, K.C.B.—By private accounts we have been informed of the death of Sir Dudley hill, one M the general officers commanding the troops in the Bengal presidency and the colonel of the Stith Regiment. This ili.tinguisheil "dime mitered the army in 1801 as an ensign in the tand Regiment. 'fhe following year, having exchanged into the 91th (now Ride Brigade) lie proceeded with the expedition to South America, volunteered the forlorn hope at Monte Vid , w, and led the storming party that sealed tic! walls of the batteries at the south of the fortress ; he was also pre sent at the battle of Colonia and the attack IM Buenos Ayres, where he was wounded and taken prisoner. Ile proceeded to the I'eninsula in 18011 with his reg . 'at, and was present at the battle of Bohai (wounded lit the leg), action at Benevento, and the retreat to Corunita. Lieut. having come home in ironscquence of wound, returned Da l'urtugal in 180t1 and way present ut the battle of Talaveni, action of the Una, and in all the different actions the Rifles were engaged in until he was appointed major in the Lusitaniau Legion, previous to the battle of Beam°, where he commanded a wing of the regiment, and was wounded. Ile commanded half the regiment aud the British Light Companies at Fuentes d'Onor, the hth Caca dores at the storming of &dap's, and, unassisted by any other troops, took the strong fort of Purshileris on the night of the assault. lie again commanded the battalion at Salamanca, and was twice severely wounded. At the siege of Burgos he was, however, present, and, during the retreat, defended the passage over the Carrion, where more than half his battalion were killed, and he was himself wounded and taken prisoner. At Vittoria, awl during the entire siege of St. Sebastian, Lieut.-Col. Bill again com manded the battalion. At thu storming of this fortress ho headed the attack of the sth division, when he was twice wounded; and, finally, he commanded his regiment at Bayonne, and the repulse of the sortie. This gallant offi cer had been wounded severely on seven occasions. In 1816 he was knighted, and in 1848 nominated a K.C.B. He was also a knight of thu foreign order of the Tower and Sword. In 1834 he was appointed Governor of St. Lucia, and conveyed there the act of emancipation of the slaves. lie returned to England in 1636. In 1848 Sir Ihtilley !fill was appointed a general on the staff in Bengal, and the fol lowing year ho obtained the colonelcy of the laJth regi ment, now vacant. METROPOLITAN FREE HosMAL—Yesterday even ing the thirteenth annual festival of this excellent charity was held at the London Tavern, Mr. Alderman Salomon, (who presided in eousequenceof the absence of Lord Dudley Stuart, through indisposition) in the chair. The peculiar characteristic of the institution is, that it receives sick poor without recommendations of any kind. It is walgh that a person should require medical relief, and it is itumediattly afforded to him. The annual expenditure fluctuates between 6001. and 7001. per annum; but it was stated that no less than 9161. 18s. had been contributed during the tat year, so that there had been a handsome surplus. The collec tions announced during the evening, however, amounted to the scry liberal sum of 1,31,/. 14s. In addition to the loyal toasts, "Prosperity to the Society, the Chairman, the Vice- Presidents, Mr. John Gurney Hoare (the treasurer), Mr. John Gurney Fry and the Committee, the Stewards, our Hebrew Guests and Supporters, the Medical Officers, the Ladies," aix., were enthusiastically drunk. During the evening an eloquent appeal was delivered on behalf of the charity by the chairman, and some handsome compliments were paid to its Hebrew supporters.