The Express. — London, England, 1851-03-25 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA MAILS. The Royal West India Mail steamer Avon, Licut. It N.. Commander. arriv , 4l rat South ampton this m ffning, and landed her mails, ander charge of the Admiralty agent, Licut. Purser. R.N. The dates are: Ilavannah, Feb. 23; Ihagrea, 23; Honduras, 19; Carthagena,l Jamaica, 27 (anticipated); St. :Ingo del Cuba, 24 : Demerara. 27 ; Trinidad, 27; Barhadoes• March ; Grenada. Feb. 2 , 3 ; Porto Rico, March 3;1 St. Thomas, 6; La Guayra, Feb. IS; Jacmel, March 1 ; Santa Martha, Feb. 13; St. Juan de Nicaragua. Feb. 19. Slw brings 917,467 dollars on merthauts' account, and 40 passengers. The Avon, having experienced contrary.winds and foul weather on her voyage out, waa obliged to put into Fayul for coed. Leaving Fayal on the 26th January, the steamer only arrived at St. Thomas's on the 6th of February, thus delaying her departure for the Spanish Main until the loth. At St. Thomas's, were lying lEM. brig Helena, from Barbadires ; and a Danish brig of war, visiting the adjacent islands. On Feb. 10, the Avon fell in with H.M.S. Scorpion, surveying vessel, coming out of St. Thomas. On the 11th, at Carthagena, the Avon received on Ward Col. (Loan, appointed consul-general from Grenada to the Uuited States. There being no har bour fur vessels of large tonnage at Chagres, the Avon anchored in w he nadsa A heavy surf di fends the ent mace an y ~ wind blims, and renders it very difficult for boats to land. An Arne-' rhea" !schooner lay wracked on the shore, with the surf breaking overlier. The railroad from Chagos to wards Panama is being constructed and surveyed ; but the diffii allies frrmn marshy ground and uncut forests, aid sit kness from the • xhalations, continually retard the proceedings. There are ten engineers employed in different parts ut the lirst 20 miles. They have not yet got a clear line in conjunction. A miner from California he re took his 'message in the Avon to Grey Town. Ile had been thirty months digging at California. Ile it is alas found ut the diggings the !typist lump of pure gold yet found; it weighs 231155. 6 ounces. Ile proposes to exhibit it at the Great Exhibition. lle said that the miners had agreed together to enforce several laws of n very stringent nature ins!, ; and that they still cont• subject to those 'laws. They had consented to burn one another for murder; and to hang each other for robbery. This passenger assured the Admiralty agent on board the Avon that he hail las n present at the burning alive of three individuals fur the crime of rape and murder, and witnessed and assisted at fifteen exceutions by hanging for robbery. Such was the effect in al ,short time of thew executions--these laws known to Is• surely executed--that a miner could safely leave hie plot with his tools and his gold in their place, and go his way with the utmost confidence in their si•eutity. The King of the Mosquito territory came on hoard the Avon at Grey Town. Ile is a boy of la yerins of age, a very dark ~tultitto, and of no figure or manners. 1k is ill at ease with grown men about him, of whom the chief is the consul, who acts as the King's chan cdlor and keeper of his conscience. The King speaks English well, and is desirous of viidting nig htie', but fears the cold. From Jamaica our dates by this packet have been anticipated by the news brought, via New York, by the Cambria. IlltlTltill GUIANA. 'Phu ryal I its:elle of the 27th February, in its review fur home readers, toys 'I lee chief veld of the Lot fortnight was the meeting of the combined court yesterday. The session was opened, as usual by his exeelleney, the don noir, in person. Portions id the specs h di livered by Ills excellency on that occasion will be found below. Though party spirit runs rather high at present in the Comm 'ity, but one feeling pervades the minds of int-Iligent and moderate men of all pionry with respect to this uddress—unruingled satisfaction at it.. eon tents. So flourishing have heen the finances of the colony under his eicelleacy's administration, that, it will be seen, he, ear, 11ra y ha, been placed in the proud and plea-ins plaiti.nv of this year reemumending to the eombined court , a bold Rai comprehensive measure of reduction fur those burdens that press most heavily on the poorer classes of meaty, at the same time that they clog and impede the wheels of COU11111"0-, awl retard the progress of the colony in its 041Wairtl career of improvement. Ills excellency, it will he oho rved, suggests to the combined court nil immediate ;Auction in taxation to the extent of two hundnd thousand dollars, which, his excellency eon -I.lVre, ran be effected without danger. A inure popular . proposal was never enunciated iuuur legislative hal l, and is the more wekome at the present moment, because unso licited, and linause the pressure of the time, form, the sub pet of general 411 not complaint. In England, where the revenue and population are counted by tens ..f millions, this AM, appear nu great saving. but the importance of things is relative to their 1119riVil and incident.. In this colony, where Our wbule public retinue &Ca not exceed eight or nine hundred thousand dollars, two hundred thousand of course is an immense sum ing as much to British Guiana as ten or twelve minims sterling would be to Great Britain. After the delivery of his excellency's address, and prior to any other business being entered on, a technical ohjeetion was raised as to the right of two of the member.. Mr. O'Dono,rhue, member for Derhice, and Mr. Daly, member for Kssequebo, to retain their slate, those two gentlemen having quitted the colony during the non-session tit the Com bined Court for a few weeks in the course of last year. It was thought by iaone persons that their doing so vacated their seats, and that pruchunations ought to have been is sued by the executive calling fur new elections. Our files by the present mail arc chieliy filled with re ports of the proceedings of the Supreme Criminal Court tor Demerara and Essequelm in two libel cases, which attracted a good deal of public attention,- -the Queen against G. A. M'Xidd, printer and publisher of the Coionist newspaper, firstly, for the publication, and, secondly, for the republi citiesi of a certain scandalous and defamatory article in that journal against his Excellency the Governor, in tel - bon to the disposal of certain tenders, in the course of last year, for the supply of forage, saddlery, &e., for the use of the police force. In that review ,we stated that, owing chief y to an eloquent address to the jury from the counsel Ise the defence, Mr. J. E. homy, the publisher of the Cuiorcist, had:luckily pit off; but that the second ease was then going on. 'this second Can, was brought to a close on the en gof the tame day, and some hours after the appeanince of our review. We ate glad to state that the verdict, in this mound ease, exuneratiml his Excellency iu the mart smple manner from the unfounded and unwar rantable aspersions attempted to he cast on him re specting these tenders. It is true that the jury acquitted Mr. M•Kidd ; but it had been emphatically stated by the Law officers of the Crown that the object of the prosecution was not so much to punish that party, 110 was never suspected of having written the article, as to vindicate the character of the Governor, and that if the jury could bud out any way of effecting that, the purposes of justice would be fully answered. The Governor had been examined in the course of the trial; and " on this this trial" the Jury spoke ;" returning the following ver dict, '` Not guilty ; but ve do not believe his xcelleney the governor had any other m"hvts in dealing with the tenders than those stated by him in the evidence on the trial." Now, as no other motives were stated by the go -1,01101, his evidence than such as were honourable, high minded, and strictly proper, it is clear that this verdict must have been extremely gratifying to bit—far inure so, indeed, than if his vindication haul been purchased only by the punishment of, in all probability, a harmless and mof- Doane publisher. With this government triumph all inte rest in the proceedings of the Criminal Court ceased. It; proclamation, under the handand seal of the governor, vessels coming from Martinique, Cayenne, 04111 Jamaica are to be put under quarantine. Ifer Majesty's steamer Inflexible arrived here on the 2.lth inst., with a detachment of the 2nd West India Regi ment from Jamaica, and, in COnreilUelleC of the prevalence of cholera in that island, is now in quarantine. The lord bishop of the diocese returned to the colony by the royal mail steamer Derwent, on the 13th instant, alter a lengthened absence from the colony in Europe. By a circular to his clergy, published in our tam . ber it will be seen that his lordship, having rerer e nce n to the awful visitation of cholera, with which it may please Providence to Millet us, as well as our neighbours, has appointed Wednesday next. being Ash Wednesday, as a day of general prayer and humiliation throughout his The weather during the fortnight has been favourable to the planters. The colony continues healthy. I%e governor, in opening the combined eons • honourable Gentlemen of the Court of Policy, Gentlemen Financial Itepreventatives,—ln vs together to fix and provide for the public expenditure of h. • present year, I have to congratulate you on the fulfilment of the anticipations of improvement in the revenue enter tained by the last combined court, in spite of the financial emliamosraent which prevailed at the time of its meeting. The estimate of Ways and Means fur MO his indeed been more than realised, and a balance of income over ex penditure left, even after the liquidation of the arrears which accrued in 1548 and 1849 during the stoppage of the supplies. Pert of this improunatat in the revenue is attributable to improved laws fee its collection ; part, no doubt, arises from the feet that the liege stock of spirits and other articles admitted dash els waspensien of the tax ordinance was worked ad fate, than was expected. Some of the laws referred to were only pared by the court of policy in the middle of the year, and as the effect of the diminished weeks es howl was teat fully telt until recently, we might tarty ..halos to • orailaued increase in the nveipts of the MINIM tot away dadmi the present year, in the trent of dallied trim suas ••altered. totoort la the expenditure of the IS IMO bre atessag,lthiak. waded@ that the ties leraboilllsedondl kw Ow otwoomite to imp the bwolt ft. irengemie airaile Mamba servii e which it lite be , n my endeavour, in conformity with the views of tile elective members, during the theca last v•ssions of the Combined Court, to tarry into practical op. ration. Assuming that a reduetien of taxation to the extent of Lynn oar hundr.a anti iiity to two hundred thousand dollars per annum should, on close examination, prove feasible, the question immediately arises under what heads it could be effected most advantageously for the interests of all claims. This being the must constitutional opportunity for expres sing my views on such a question—since my attendance in committee of ways and means would be unusual—l will offer a few suggestions, not as doubting that you would come to an impartial decision on the subject without them, but as having from my position necessarily acquired expe rience of the pressure of different imposts upon different classes, which I feel it incumbent on me to impart. During the past year the receipts were contributed about one half by duties on articles imported, the other half by duties levied internally. some of them partaking more or less of the nature of direct taxation. I should not deem it prudent to vary this proportion. It mar be alleged that the application of the entire sur plus to the diminution of the customs duties would foster trade, and prove a boon to the productive industry of the country, by enabling the labourer to support himself in equal comfort on lower wages. I am fir from denying the force of such arguments, but it appears to me that both objects might be sufficiently ac complished at a smaller sacrifice of revenue than is thus oinemplated. The chief articles of imported food consumed by the labouring classes in the way of luxuries are flour, rice, fish, and pork. The duties on these four articles alone during POO amounted to about 230,000 dollars, or far more than a moiety of the eeneral import duties received. Sixty-five thousand barrels of flour, at I dol. 75e. each, contributed one half this sum. Were this rate reduced to I dol. per barrel, it might at first make a difference of 50,000 doll. to' the revenue, whilst the duties on the other articles men -6.11.4, if reduced in a similar proportion, would put in jeo pardy a like sum—siay, together, 100.00') dollars. Looking, indeed, to the prohtble immediate effect of such reductions in stimulating import., there can be little doubt that other alterations of less moment might be made in the tariff with- I out much risk of a larger deficit than would be covered by the moiety of th...airplits already spoken of. That a reduction greater in extent is by no means impe ratively called for under this head, even if stronger claims for remission of taxe s did not exist, might easily be proved; for, however, high the duties on such articles as I have enumerated may be. they have not yet had the effect of checking that steady advance in their consumption since emancipation, which I hope we may attribute, among other C 31141 s, to the improving tastes of a portion of the labouring population. I think, however, that any person reviewing our fiscal system attentively cannot fad to see that there are taxes of a direct nature pressing far more heavily on the labouring classes than the import duties. I allude to some of the licenses imposed, such as those on hucksters and shop kweperi, which I have always considered to be particularly inapplicable to a state of society like ours, where retail trade of every kind should be encouraged, were it only that it creates in the mind of the labourer a desire for comforts and luxuries obtainable by industry alone. As a measure of police the continuance of the licenYng system may be ad visable; but the tax on hucksters, should, in my opinion, be reduced to a very low GI: for registration ; that payable on account of shops aboli.4hed in the rural districts, and, if continued in the towns, levied under a general system for municipal purposes only. If those suggestions were adopted' I sles* of nearly thirty thousand dollars would accrue. There are other lie, uses, such as the cart-tax in the rural dis theta, and the porters' license in town, which, though equally vexatious in their operation, bring in little or nothing to the revenue. Another strong claim for reduction will be preferred by the shipowners connected with this colony, and, indeed, by the whole commercial community, whose interests are in juriously affected by the heavy pert charges now levied. It seem, fair enough that the shipping should contribute n suffi cient sum to defray the expense of lighting and buoying the harbour, and providing a hospital for seamen, but very inex pedient that such a tax should be made a sourer of revenue. Yet, it will he found, I think, that the beacon and ton nage duties, together with fees on entering and clearing, produce three or four times as large a sum as is disbursed for all the above named purposes. A liberal reduction on this head would occasion a defalcation of thirty thousand dollar, more. Other valid claims will probably be urged, but I need not here pass them in review. I wuuld fain, however, direct your attention to the advantages winch would arise from the withdrawal frum circulation of the debased guilder currency, which might, I believe, be effected by an appro priation of some ten thousand dollars, spread over a con siderable period of time. More sweeping reductions than are here contemplated should by no means be assented to, bearing iu mind the fact, that the colony still continues en• tenovely borrowing money fur immigration purposes, and that next year one of the earliest of these loans will have to be renewed, either wholly or in part. I have to announce the confirmation of the ordinances passed by you in special 74:5,1011 in February last, for the purpose of sharing, to the extent of two hundred ana fifty thousand pound., iu the guaranteed loan offered by parliament. You will perceive from the Secretary et State's despatch, which will be laid before you, that the royal assent was given upon the faith of some slight often times being wade in one of those ordinances. I have availed myself of the consequent permission to draw bills (or fifty thousand pumas ou the Lords Commissioner* of her Ma jesty's Treasury, forty-live thousand pounds of which have ! already been paid, under the direction of the Court of Pe- Hey, to the Demerara Railway Company, who had pre. viously opened their line to Victoria, and thrown up the earth work for a part of the distance between that village and their terminus at klahaica. It is probable that a further sum of 50,0001. of this par liamentary loan will require to be raised before the end of the year, for immigration purposes more immediately to I meet the expmees of the renewal of Coolie immigration, and' to pay the bounty offered by a committee of the Court of l'olicy to induce those Coolies who have already completed their term of residence in the colony to remain longer. The latter is a heavy and unforeseen item of expenditure, but it nevertheless does not exceed what it would have cost to provide to es bade to India, whilst the labourers whose services are thus retained, being acclimatised and accus tomed to the work of sugar estates, are more valuable than any two such immierants who could he introduced in their stead. It is to be hoped that these expenses will prospec tively be much reduced by the ordinance passed by the Court of l'olicy fur providing a fund towards the return passage of Coolie immigrants out of their own earnings, but it is not yet in my power to state that the objections of the Honourable the - East India Company to such a measure have been entirely overcome. The whole subject of immigration will, I doubt not, receive your deliberate attention, and I shall be happy to lay before you all the information which it is in my power to communicate. _ . As it is prohibie that the greater part of the Paella mentai7 loan will nut by wanted for immigration fur several years to come, whilst, in ease of necessity, money could be raised for that purpose under the old immigration loan ordinance, it is well worthy of consideration whether a portion of the balance might not advantageously be made applicable to drainage or other agricultural improvements. Gentlemen Financial Representatives, The estimate it now beture you. It differs little from the last, save in some trilling reduction in the eroleshiastical provision for the church of England, and in additions made also sharing its progress through the Court of Policy, with the view of calling your attention severally to the import ance of steam communication with the remoter portions of the colony, to the expediency of upholding the inland posts just established, to the necessity of placing a sum at the dis posal of the Central Board of Health, for sanitary precau tions against cholera, and to the desirableness of ' , king as accurate a census of the population during the present year as may be found practicable. All these objects, I need hardly say, have my hearty con currence. With regard to the non-provision of the curates' salaries. I feel that I cannot express more forcibly than I have tried to do on previous occasious, my view's OS to the necessity of providing increased means of religious lie-trac tion for our population, and as to the impossibility of many of our present parishes being adequately served, owing to their great extent. The only difference in my position is, that 1 then ventured to urge those points in the face of a large deficiency of revenue—now I du so when we ore about to dispose of a surplus. Yielding to none in my desire to see the government of this colony economically conducted, 1 still maintain this to be a question in which economy should give place to considerations of far higher import. It surely would be better to postpone fur a time the renewal of steam navigation to Esacquebo, fur which some twenty or thirty thousand dollars will have this year to be appropriated, than that the worship of God should be abandoned in temples long since consecrated to his praise, for the sake of saving scarce a tenth of that amount. I con fidently trust that you will consider this matter in the light in which I have thus placed it, especially after you have read the despatches of the Secretary of State on the subject of proper provision for the civilisation of such immigrant labourers as may be introduced, and that you will make that provision accord with the improved prospects of the colony generally. That these prospects are materially improved since w• last met, I think few will be disposed to deny. The great increase in the consumption of sugar in Europe, accompa nied by no commensurate increase of production in tropical countnes, has not only cheered the much depressed planting Interest with a gleam of returning prosperity, but seems likely for some time at any rate to sustain prices at a remu- ' serative point, especially - if the slave trade be effectually kept under, either by treaty or by force of arms. I am far from meaning to infer that all the perils to which property in this country has been exposed Dave been finally surmounted. Serious domestic diMeulties unquestionably surround us. The constant seeessi.m of labourers from the cultivated districts—the scarcity of labour caused thereby in many parts—its uneertainty in all—the fearful drain on our re sources. oceasimied ley immigration, the remedy to which reeetuee has necessarily been had—present evils of no com mis magnitude to be dealt with. Even as regards foreign sompetition. it is impossible to ascertain what our position will eventually be, so long as we continue to enjoy a rem nant of prot.ction. But allowing for all this, it is nevertheless a great fact— s fact no one here present would have deemed within the limits of possibility . , even whilst slaw labour was in exist ence—that estates in British Guiana have for the most part been profitably conducted during the past year, with a dif ferential duty of less than five shillings a hundred weight in favour of Colonial sager over that of Cuba and Brasil. Damien frem without ead from within may mall remain ' to be encountered, bat we have, at Meet, seised time to enable tie to away them eal.ly 1 end whatte=l THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1851 in conclusion beg most earnestly to impress upon yon is, that according to the manner in which advantage is taken of that breathing time, su will the future fat: of this colony be cast. If it h e spent by each branch of the government in de vising in harmony such nieasuro as are likely to conduce to the spread of education , the promotion of industry, and the repression of crime, more good may be accomplished than is perhaps deemed possible by many. If, on the other hand, which I would fain avoid anticipating, it be wasted in idle l recurrence to bygone contests, or amid the hazardous ex citement of party strife, the opportunity now a ff orded may I pass by—never to return. HENRY BARK LY. The George Town market was fairly supplied with breadatuffs. Exports in good demand. Freights, 2s. to 2s. 3d. TRINIDAD. In this island the Governor had proclaimed Ash- Wednesday to be set apart for fasting, humiliation, and prayer, that the island might be spared the visitation of cholera. The Pert if Spain Gazette, of Feb. 25, says : " The new steamer of the Orinoco Steam Company — the Apure arrived this evening, bringing bad 1 news from the Gold Diggings. Little or no gold can be obtained; many of the diggers are threatened with starvation, and, to add to their misery, fever has broken out amongst them. We fear there is now an end to all hopes of the produc tiveness of these mines, and of the benefit that might result therefrom to Trinidad. We learn that matters wear an unpleasant aspect at Caraccas. The chambers have met, but are wasting their time in idle debate, and making no provision for the claims of British subjects who have suffered by the infa mous law of Espera. We fear it will need the pre sence of a British spadron at La Guayra to bring them to their senses. The Ist Feb.mails, due here yes terday, have not vet made their apjxorance. We are tired of noticing these constant irregularities. and shall look anxiously to our papers when they arrive to sec whether some steps have not been taken by the mercantile body in England connected with the West Indies, to procure a remedy for so serious an evil. An ordinance " for the establishment of a public library in the town of Port of Spain," passed on the Ist inst. at the council board, and was proclaimed in the journals. The Gazette, alluding to it, says : " It now remains for the community to show whether they will support such a desirable in stitution. The colonial government has behaved with very great liberality. The town council will, we feel assured, do its utmost to aid so good a work, of which Port of Spain is to derive the chief benefit; but it still mainly depends on the community at large whether this is to become and remain a valuable public institution—n lasting credit to the colony,—or whether it is only to prove one of those abortive attempts at a better state of things for which this colony is already unfortunately too famous. The committee named by his excellency will, we feel assured, lose no time in meeting together, and preparing rules and regulations." On Feb. 10, Mr. Swift's pitch works at La Brea were destroyed by tire. It is believed to have been the work oa r an incendiary. The value of the pro perty destroyed is estimated at 2000 dots. The papers reeeired from St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, and Antigua, contain nothing of striking import. At liarbadoes, and indeed all the Windward Islands, the weather was considered most favourable for sugar making. IRELAND. Dunum, }WICK 24. SERIOUS OUTRAGE IN TILE COUNTY OF DOWN. Accounts have reached town to-day, stating that on Thursday last Mr. Tatlow, A. C. Sheriff, with ; one policeman, and the sheriff's bailiff, proceeded to , some lands near Bambridge, in the county of Down, for the purpose of serving a writ on a te nant who owed four years rent. Upon entering the estate they perceived the people in alldirections leav ing their houses and running together, summoned by the sound of horns, upon which the Sheriff and Mr. Tallow, Jun., went towards a house to inquire into the cause of the movement, Mr. Tatlow,Senior, walking up the road to make the same inquiries of the people. Ile had not, however, proceeded 200 yards when three shots were discharged at him by some men ensconced behind a ditch, one of which struck his hat and the other grazed his skin. Upon hearing the reports, the sheriff and young Mr. Tutlow, by whom he was joined, perceived the rising ground to the right and left occupied by 200 people, who commenced firing deliberately at the sheriff and leis son, the policeman and sheriff's bailiff at the first firing having got upon a car, and left the grounds. The firing was not in a volley, but one . shot followed another to the number of 50 or upwards, but providentially without fatal effect. After the general firing one man rushed out from behind Nlagill's house, with gun in hand, prepared to fire. Ile was met by young Mr. Tatlow, who very gallantly ran up to close with him, which the man perceived, and rapidly retreated with . out having fired, and escaped. From this fear ful position the gentlemen resolved to retreat, which they did slowly and deliberately, reaching ! liambridge by a circuitous route in the evening Offi cial accounts of the outrage have reached the govern ; ment. A proclamation will he forthwith issued offering a reward for the apprehension of the ring , leaders. _ ----- Alderman Rooney and Mr. if. Gore Carolan ap peared before the magistrates yesterday to answer a complaint for forging a name to a voting paper, but owing to some informality in the proceedings the case, without being entered into, was dismissed with out prejudice. Some properties were sold in Cork on Thursday and Saturday last, under an order of the Incumbered Estates Commissioners. An estate divided into two lots, yielding respectively the net annual income of 1271. 175., and 901. 108., subject to annuities amount ing to 1001., was sold for 2,3101. An estate yielding 1061., after payment of several weighty annuities, brought 3001. as the highest bidding. At the Nenagh assizes, on Saturday, a "fairy doe tress" was convicted on an indictment, charging her with producing the death of a child, by administering large quantities of foxglove. It appeared by the evidence that the prisoner had repeatedly caused the sick child to be exposed at night on a shovel after administering an infusion of foxglove and vervain, and that the victim on one of those occasions was aatually found dead on the dung heap. THE SAILORS' STRIKE—II Will be nrmeml that • fertile source of complaint among the seamen of the northern ports has existed with respect to the fees payable upon each voyage by the crew. It was argued that these fees were unequal in their bearing, for while the seamen who made but short and frequent voyages had to pay their stilling, on each engagement and discharge, those who proceeded on longer and more profitable voyages were exempted from paying more, perhaps, than once in the course of the year. The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have taken this point into con sidendion, and the following notice issued by them has come into operation at Hull and the northern ports: For the purpose of reducing the fees payable by masters and owners of ships which make short and frequent voyages, and the deductions to be made from' the wages of crews on account of such voyages, the lords of ' the committee of privy council for trade have been pleased to direct that the fees payable upon the engagement and discharge of crews, under schedule B of the Mercantile Marine Act, shall not be paid more than twice in one year in respect of the same ship ; so that, after making the ordi nary payment on two voyages, any further engagement or discharge of the crew may be effected without further pay ment. The year for the above purpose is to be taken as commencing on the Ist of January and ending on the :Slot et December. The above arrangement will have rho effect et preventing any deduction being made from the wages of the crews of any ships which have already made two voy- Npea In one year. F. W. Bacux, W. H. NVALIMI, T. H. ILIKAR, secretary." As the present is • slack period et the year, many men remain ashore unemployed, and lb* engagement by owners is not at all accelerated by the obstructions,' placed in the way by the mariners' committee which is still sitting. The men even now ignore, as far at least as they possibly can, the existence of the shipping office. They stipulate upon engagement that the fees, which would be ordinarily paid by themselves, shall be dis charged by the master or owner; they refuse to sign arti cles at the shipnissj Ake, and one of the committee of the Seamen's Friendly Society is generally in attendance when the agreement between the owner and the crew is come to, la order to see that nothing is inserted in the articles which is at variance with the rules of the society. The expences of the agitation and of the committee are defrayed by sub scriptions among the sailors, in addition to which the men Occasionally parade the streets with music and with ban ; nen, while the committee carry money boxes and solicit ' owallamtione from the inhabitants. The seamen have even rieurcundows to the neighbouring tonne, and have the wins opt= thus with wow two& Rain interticsence. HOUSE OF LORDS -YESTERDAY. Famor: Tug Luau LAID BREKORAII.ATO LARD nr. I .V MM.*. ' nig EDINBURGH ♦ND GLASGOW RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE MAOISTRATES AND TOWN COUNCIL OF LINLITII GOW.—BuRGH CUSTOMS AND BRUM! CUSTOMS. Mr. Hope's reply to the arguments for the respondents occupied their lordships up to half-past 3 o'clock. He con tended, first, that the respondents had failed in showing that they were entitled to receive any customs on cattle and other goods carried on the railway carriages through the burgh; and, secondly, that they load no title to any tolls from the appellants upon cattle and goods carried through their viaduct, which crossed the river Avon at a point remote from the burgh bridge. The derision of these questions I was of the greatest importance to all railway companies in Scotland. Their lordships postponed their judgment. Barone Vier•Cnsiresuba irstonr Bever. RD TOMSK-10GS AND Limes DIRECT RAILWAY COM PANT.—IIERCHELL'S CANZ.—\IiNDING•I'V Acts. Mr. Matins and Mr. Southgate supported an appeal from the decision of the Master, placing the appellant upon the list of contributories. The appalant had applied for shares on the 7th of October, 1545; on the 17th of November, after the panic had set in, a letter of allotment was sent to him. He denied, however, having received it. "Capper's case" (15 Jurist), and " Maudslev and Field's case' (17 Simons), were cited in support of Ste ap(teal. Mr. Bacon and Mr. Daniel for the Wheal manager, con tended that the present ease was distinguishable from those cited by the eircumstanee that the prospectus sent to the appellant stated that the deposits were to be applied in pay ment of the expenses. The Vice-Chancellor said that he considered that he ought to follow the decisions of Ina 1 Cranworth which had been cited, and that they gorenied the present case. The ap pellant's name must therefore be removed. NOVELL° C. JANIES.--COPTATOBT. Roundill Palmer and Mr. C. Hall moved on behalf of the defendant, the publisher of the Pianista, to dissolve an injunction which had been obtained by the plaintiff, re- straining the defendant from publishing in the Annista Mendelssohn's Linter ohne worte," of which the plaintiff claimed to be entitled to the copyright. The grounds on which it was sought to dissolve the injunction were, that the piece of music is question had been published in France and Germany before its publication here that was, how ever, denied on the part of the plainti ff ), that Br. Mendels sohn was not resident in England at the time of the pub lication, and that the plaintiff could not have an injunction till be had established his title in an action. Mr. itolt and Mr. J. Bally, for the plaintiff, were not called upon. The Vice-Chancellor mid that there appeared more than enough, upon the evidence, to support the injunction until further order. But the plaintiff must undertake to bring un action, and to abide by any order the court might make as to damages sustained be grunting or continuing the in junction, and the plaintiff must bring the action within ten days. The costs must be reserved. BusixEss us- THE COL'AT. The Vice-Chancellor said that the sittings would not terminate before Tuesday, and that there would be no sitting after that day till the Term. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIHCUIT.—MoDsroNE, MARCII 24. CIIIL RIblE.--BITORII lax LAM, CIIIVV Jo Mies AND A 81PRCIAL irk?. MR MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF ROCHESTER v. LEE. The above cause was resumed this morning, when The Lord Chief Justice summed up the whole of the evi dence with great care, and clearly explained to the jury the nature of the several issues they were required to dispose of. The jury did not delilwrate more than five minutes, when they gave a verdict for the corporation upon all the issues. The various legal proceedings in this matter have already, it is said, entailed an expense of many thousand pounds upon the parties, hut it is expected that the present verdict will finally set the question at rest. Frederick James Burgis, who was convicted on Friday of forging a receipt, was brought up for judgment, rind Mr. Baron Parke sentenced him to be transported fur seven MIDLAND CIRCCIT.—CovENTr.r, MAnen 22. The judges arrived here yesterday and opened the com mission. The calendar presented the names of 41 prisoners for trial, but th,• cases were quite devoid of interest. The business of the assizes was concluded by mid-day, and their lordships at once proceeded to open the commis sion at Warwick. WARWICK, MARCH 22. Mr. Baron Alderson arrived here to-day about four, and opened the commission. The business was then adjourned till ten o'clock on Monday morning. The calendar, es regards the number of offence' is heavy, there being entered above 120 prisoners for trial ; these include rape, burglary, wounding with intent to do bodily harm, manslaughter, embezzlement, and other minor of•nces. It is expected that the business on the civil side will be light, and that the mutes will be got through by Tuesday. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—CAMBRIDGE, '.►inners 24. A Rsov. ...... George and Thomas Whittaker, father and son, were indicted—the father fir having set fire to a certain dwell ing-house in the parish of the Holy Trinity, Cambridge, and Thomas Whittaker, the son, for being accessory lwfiire the fact, with intent to defraud the West of England Fire Insurance Company. The prisoners pleaded not guilty. The learned counsel for the prosecution stated the case to the jury at very great length, illustrating his remarks by frequent reference to a model of the premises on the table before him. Mr. William Crow examined by Mr. Burcham—ls the owner of several houses in Cambridge. Knows the prisoners at the bar ; owned a house burned on the t2nd of No vember, situate in Sidney-street, and occupied by the prisoners. They did not keep a servant. Shortly after last Midsummer he had to distrain for rent. Remem bers the house adjoining being pulled down about two years ago, and the prisoners complained that this process had shaken theirs. In a conversation about this time, he told the prisoners that the house was not insured, and if it fell down through the other house being taken down, the owners of the old house roust build it up again. Cross-examined by Mr. Prendergast. Whittaker claimed of him compensation for damage done to their goods by the building next door; sent in, through Mr. Hollingsworth, the surveyor, a claim upon the owners of the savings bank fur 3001. for damage done to the house; this did not include damage to Mr. Whittaker's furniture, nor, he believed, damage for probable loss of rent. His tenant threatened to leave unless repairs were made. These repairs had not been made. lie had promised that they should be done if the rent were paid. lie had distrained for his rent and gut the amount, but the repairs were not made. Several witnesses, who were present at the fire, deposed that on asking the elder Whittaker how it occurred, he stated that the gas exploded in one of the lower rooms of the house, knocking him down, and setting fire to the place. Whituker's face was blackened very much, as if by soot, and he walked lame. On examining the fan-lights, however, it was found that they were not broken, and se veral persons, who were deemed competent to form a correct judgment shout the matter, gave it as their opinion that gas flame could not produce the blackness which was ob servable on Whittaker's face. Neither his face nor his hair was burned or singed, and there was no discoloration on his hands. Some of the witnesses spoke to conversations with Whittaker, in which he complained of being treated badly by his landlord, and threatened to be revenged. It was also shown that the prisoners for some days previous to the fire had been removing their furniture to a house in Hub son's-place. Mr. Henry Rancc—is a*solicitor, residing at Cambridge, and is the gent the West of England Fire Insurance Company. Witness produced the register in which are en tered all policies of insurance effected in this locality. Charles Lewis, actuary to the company, produced the polity of insurance, to which he was the attesting witness. The policy was read by the clerk, which showed that the household furniture, &c., was insured for 2001., watches and trinkets in dwelling house 40/. ; china, glass, &c., in dwelling-house, 35/. ; fixtures and prints, ditto, 351.; stock in trade, SOW. Mr. Rance continued—About nine o'clock in the morn ing of the fire young Whittaker had called upon him, and said that most of this household furniture had been removed but that the whole of the stock-in-trade was destroyed. Saw him again on the evening of the 27th, when he put in a written claim— Total km £1,02010 G -Stock BOO 0 0 Furniture 33 3 0 £833 3 0 The goods in the showroom, of which Mr. Knowles held the key. were valued in the claim at 3181. 11.. Mr. Cornish, surveyor of the West of England Insurance Company.—By order of the directors, came to Cambridge on the 2nd of December. Next day saw Thomas Whittaker at Mr. Rance's. Witness told him it was necessary for him to sign a declaration to be inserted in the claim; and also to go through every item in the claim. He said, they were about to quit 63, Sidney-street, becauso it was not fit to live in. Paid 601. a year rent. On the jewellery pledged and in the hands of Knowks, be had paid off 461. Some picture., prints, &c., were then with friends for sale ; no goods hal been sent to his brother, at Bury; they removed the goods in the day sometimes; slept in Hohson's-place the night before the fire ; left the house in Sidney-street about eighton the night previous. Went over the house to see all was safe. The first he heard of the fire was a knocking at Mr. John Swan's door. I went to the window and said "There's a fire at Rutter's, the baker." Got dressed and went to the fire. _Witness said it was neces- sary to have an inventory, and thinking it better to take it himself, be went unexpectedly to llobeon-place, and found a very considcrable quantity of furniture, very many pictures, 21 drawings, 476 prints, drawings, and engrav ings ; a bundle of engravings, principally heads, number ing 300, and 333 volumes of books, and carefully packed up, loose pamphlets, &c., estimated from the rate of charges in the claim ; the goods in llobaon's-place must have been of the value of between 2001. and 300/. Went to a stable of the Whittaker'', in Park-street, and found many large boxes of glass, china, &c., most candidly pocked. Found at Mr. Roeper's two seep large engravings ; at Mr. Peters', four oil paintings; at Mr. Yorke's hurl sad et prints, and six others ; at Mr. Wisbey's lbws 30 and plats sad agrayisp, all the of Whittaker said he hail bought many of his News of Mr. liankin, two pictures he had bought at Cheri,- hinton, and some property he had bought of Mr. Rance. Mr. Prendergast cross-examined this witness at great length, witness remarking that his suspicion was aroused by the similarity of items in the claim a ith the lots of mi.(' found in the house at Hobson's-place, and elsewhere. Richard Whittaker, builder—Was in the habit of doing repairs to the house before it WAS burnt down. lie and his men sifted all the rubbish that could be got through • sieve. The principal article of value found was a glazier's diamond, valued at 2.55. Employed four or five men in the process, witness himself being in attendance most of the mite. When not there himself, left a person named Jonas Self in charge. Found twenty loose picture rings, about ten attached to broken frames. Found a great quantity of burnt books. Witness said that the sliding sash of the hooded window en the basement opening into Mr. Carter's garden (through which the furniture was re moved) had been removed, and placed against the savings bank wall. It appeared to have been removed and placed there most carefully. Mr. Prendergast cross-examined, mainly to prove that there was a sufficient inflammable communication between the two houses. Iles been applied to frequently to ease the doors and shutters, in consequence of a settlement • found four or five swords, and a vast q uantit y of other &rigs in the ruins; disposed of the rubbish to a person of the name of Sparrow. Mr. Prendergast having addressed the jury for the de fence, called • number of witnesses who swore that Mime- diatcly before the occurrence of the fire, the stork, &r., on the premises were in their usual s tate. Dr. 11. Leteby was produced fur the purpose of showin g that the prisoner's statements respecting the tire might be perfectly correct, and it was shown that in the rubbish taken from the ruins a quantity of brass ring,, hinges, bookbinder's tools, picees of picture frames, &c., was found. Mr. Justice Erie hosing summed up, at great length, the jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of d Guilty, and both prisoners were sentenced to he transporte for lite. The elder prisoner exclaimed, "It is a wrong verdict ;" and the younger prisoner was much affected. The sentence has caused great sensation in the town, the prisoners having been in business many years, and being well known. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Ln - elu•oor., MARCH 24. Although the Judges have not yet arrived, they arc fully expected to do so by railway, and the commission will be opened pro brnoi at six o'clock this evening. They will attend divine s^rvice at St. George's Church to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock, when a sermon will he preached by the Rev. Sumner ; alter which the courts will be opened and business proceeded with. NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.-ANGLESEY, MARCH. 20. 13270111 MIL 'MICR MAU Lt. The only ease of interest was the trial of the seven bur glars, whose capture by one policeman was announced in the Daily News of the 14th inst. George Robins, 25, Alexander Gough, 30, Thomas Smith, 22, William Thompson, 25, William Wriyht, 27, Richard Pugh, 33, and WiWant Kiny, 26, severally pleaded not guilty, the three former to a charge of breaking into the premises of John Williams, at Clandensant, in February last, and stealing therefrom a quantity of drapery, and the four last-named as accessories after the fact. At the close of voluminous evidence, a verdict of Guilty was returned. Robins, Gough, and Smith, were senteneed to transportation for seven years; and the four other., alter receiving n caution from the bench as to their future con duct, to six months imprisonment with hard labour. Upon being removed : Robins said "It is my fervent prayer, my lord, that you may sit there till I come back." THE POLICE COURTS. MANSION-HOUSE. A young man of respectable appearance, who mourned the name of James Bond, was brought before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of having robbed Mr. Acton, of Shoe-lane, emery manufacturer, of twelve cheques, u bill of exchange, and other securities for money, under the sin gular circumstances stated in the following evidence. Mr. George William Acton, of No. 72, Shoe-lane, said— I went to-day, at about half-past twelve o'clock, into the London Joint-stock Wink, where I keep an account, and was about to pay in 9til Ns. Id., in twelve cheques, a bill of exchange far 2054. 14s. 6.1., and a country letter of credit for 1001. 1 had placed the cheques and other parrs, on the counter, and was waiting my turn to he attended to when I saw the prisoner suddenly snatch them from the counter. I turned round, cried " Stop thief," and fol lowed him, and I caught him at the outer door. Ile hail the papers all rolled up in his hand, and he immediately gave them up to me upon being brought hack to the office. At the moment he seized the papers I was looking for one of the subscription books, several of which are kept on the counter. One of the cashiers confirmed the account given by Mr. Acton in its essential points. The Lord Mayor asked the prisoner, who stood at the bar with his hands before hi. face, whether he wished to put any question t o the witnesses? Prisoner—So. Daniel Forresteg who had been sent for to the Mansion house upon the occasion, said-1 told the prisoner that he was accused of having stolen cheques and a bill of exchange, and a letter of credit, and he said he had nothing to say, and that it was all perfectly true. Ile told me his name was James Bond. 1 found in his pocket au empty purse, a penknife, a key, and a piece of paper covered with writing in pencil. The written paper appeared to hove been com posed with some skill for the occasion, and was destined to express with suitable incoherency the wild frenzy of a man of sensibility driven by hunger to beg or steal. The closing sentence was a statement that the writer was mad. Mr. Acton expressed a wish that the Lord Mayor would deal summarily with the case, but Ilis Lordship said it was one of too serious a nature to allow it to be taken out of the ordinary modeof prosecution, and committed the prisoner for trial. BOW-ST RE ET. William Jones, 20, and Thomas Newman, 19, were charged with hurglariously entering the house of Mr. Samuel Tapp, draper, 34, Broad-street, St. fides's, and stealing therefrom 11 neck-ties, 18 handkerchiefs, three scarves, and other articles, his property : Prosecutor stated that on Saturday . night, about a quarter before 12, he closed his shop, leaving all the fastenings secure. On Sunday morning, about half-past four, he was called up, and on going downstairs found that a shutter had been forced down, two panes of glass broken, and goods taken away by the entrance thus obtained. His family bad heard unusual sounds, but, being a stormy night, attributed them to the wind. "--constable,los E, was on duty in at half-past 3 on Sunday morning. Hearing a noise in Endell-street, he went there and saw the prisoners getting over some railings. On perceiving witness, they ran away. lie pursued and caught Jones in liroad-street. When taken to the station-house, he had under his coat eleven neck-ties, eighteen handkerchiefs, and three scarves. Policeman 42 F was on duty at half-past one, in Drury lane. Saw the prisoners together at the corner of Shaw's gardens. Some tune after they went towards Endell street. About ten minutes from Jones's apprehension, he saw Newman standing outside the railings in Endell-street. Took him into custody, but found nothing upon him. Newman said he was merely passing through Endell street, on his way to Church-lane, when the policeman took him into custody. The prisoner were remanded till Tuesday next. PUBLIC SALES. 2,lsnen 24.—8 y Meson. li. Ilat'ma and SOH, at GUTH. way's.-lAnse and goodwill of the Salutation Tavern and Wine Vaults, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, held for 22 years from Midsummer last at a rental of 601. per annum, furniture, fixtures, and stock in trade to be taken by valua tion in the usual manner-9901. Lease and goodwill in trade of the Coach and Horses Wine Vaults, Leather-lane, Holborn; the lease has 60 years to run, at a net rental of 1(151. per annum ; the house and shop adjoining is let off for 401. per annum ; the furni ture, fixtures, and stock, to be taken at a valuation-2,7601. Mr. R. CHADWICK, at Garraway's.—Leasehold house and shop, Ox ' John-street, Oxford-street, let fur 901. per annum, held from the Duke of Portland for 16 years un expired at 421. per annum-2951. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. The State of the Weather at Nine o'clock yesterday arranged in order of !otitis. rtiPADLY, MARCH 2.5. 18.51. each of the following places at moraing. The stations are _ - N 51611 at Mow I el,ru.d.°l Mato at Westber. KINGSTUWN (IX.w. N W. er:~:. - --------------------- Buenos Ilurutas 841. n Strong Breese Itain - - - 81=0KM/A ......... YAtworrs la3ol Ca.. OnstwAT 1101 A RIAD 1 an d Dazuseroa 8.1.41 Beareist Gentle 17;eete Partially Cloudy Gristle Breeze PutLally Cloudy Gentle Breeze Overcoat Geode Beene Overcast (7aq iTr ; — as • 6 - 17 ;Mad) Ocala Inns Cowl, Qlsthrrrert a — eels Brew ii;;;;;ssi as - Brent Overcast Geode Breeze Overea4 - Ossellelleem Pertally Mad, Cake _ I Overcast Okuda Breese Partially Cloudy Ais I Partially Cloudy Gentle Partin'ly Cloddy Freels Breese Partially Cloudy *mule Sre«ae I Partially Coady Strong Breese Partin !lowly Gentle 8... Cloudless . rliruag Bterse Partlalry Clotriy Calm Partially Cloudy &rang Bram RIM Strung Berme Rain Gantt. Brame I Rain - Hard Wind Y Partially Cloudy THIS DAY, Noox. 0311/10 et Wind. Strength of mate of the Wcathge. ire - tee: The retarn from the following place did not reach this office in time for publication yesterday; it therefore Indicates the state of the weather on Saturday morning at l Woo o'clock. I I. I lasi, lbws I Nov Bala MARKETS, COTTON.—Livistroot., MAILCII 24.—There hes been • iota etaily demand to t h e Goths market to-dey et evurday's pricer. Ts.e amiru,t ebeut IV tel bOes, 1,5 , e , of which we e retch an .;1,11 , 1•,, , e, mei I,neltle 7..4 A.ll.l.Can het.", and /Clean tuns, 7 id. 4, bid.; v fa, :A to 14 Eciptit,o, t haw 01.1.; 1,200 ewe% eid. to Sid. CORN.—CtuaNcesritit, March 2t.—There is no ahem tioa of any ilrivOrtattte to none in toe pewee ruling our rnte.et to day from thore quoted bats day week; they rondo the some for all sorts of grain. lIADLEIOII, March 21.—We had a motlerate supply of corn toKtsy, and btu, not much altered kin, Lint week.; it any varlet' tn, it WAS in floe Whew, to those in want. The finest Itarleia 6d. to Is. dearer. STEYNINO, March 21.—A eery short supply of that, and but little other grain. Priors unaltered. Wheat, white, to/. to WI. lee.; red, 111. to 9r. Barley, 2.te. to 26a. oats, 13a. to his. Beans, 24a. to 258. Peas, 23a to ffe. CATTLE, &c.--COLcIIreTRE, March 29.—The ehow of idea was about an enrage ..or for the season of the year; the um. ply of fat Sheep end Beat. wits goal, and Oct; week's prow a, to rol l *typo. (ed. There war ali tie more lormitne.e in the lean ace, an the beet dereriptione of wakert realiord rather Letter priers than of late. The earner may he paid with rtgard t. lean be - .SM. Thom wan a fair show of swine, most et vadat changed hal!, p0k.,,, were .host the 'name ea MK week. Si.. good Nlich 01•11r4 shows. Supply Sheep and Lambs, S,aBo; hears, .71; Figs, 296; Canes, IS ; tiara and rubies, 511. SoltlVltit, March 22.—Our market exhibited a largo Show Mature cattle ; the bad amount. u( time lot m /rite: prevent imprint. merits in the trade; 6d. was with &latently nude kr the praueot Soot.. and ?r. Gil. UP Se. for mho' t-harno, per .tune, .tat zlrly half unsold. Fat Belot-is rod show, at from Vie. to Go. tier rt It, ; few prime ones cads 6,6 d. The loin* well filled awl bosses all mid, at late rateo. Fat Shier, 70. to 70. Col. tar .tape. (loud stuns Yip, lie. to 22e. per blood. Fat Park, do. tu de. Cd. per atune. - - COALS.—LONDON, MARCIE 24.—CLOSE OP 2119 MAR arr.—Carr'. tiersley. 11e. Eld.; Howard'. %%rat 'lanky 21riber. ton, 14e. Gd.; Soitth Peareth„ lie. Id.; Ten Add Montt.; a. It.; sao. Add /door Balm 13e. tel.; Wale End 1111da, 1 v. ; N alb Erd Law. 1.013, 12.. Gcl.; Eden Main, 13.. 9d, lar.; iot Wane end hrannyll, 15e.; Will. End Iletton, 15.. Gd.; Wall. End Stticre Iltdovri 158 . 3 11.; Walla End stewaree, 15. 3 d.; Walla End Edits., 15..; Wn End *Nib llurtlrivail. 15e.; Wall. End SS bltworth, 12.. 6 , 1.; W a 3ll . . Soil fees. 15.. 3d.; Compels llertley. 1I•. AL; lerrwentwater nettle?, 14..6c1.—Ships at market, 113; odd, 52. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE (From our Carreafaa4esla. the 7 ll%l -7 p.5 7 .4 -. Outtie,'• art Llopl t Wt. CASUALTIES. Alfred, from the Clyde to the coast of Chili, was destroyed by tire near the Island of Quirquina, in the Bay of Tal cahuano, Jan. 11; crew saved.—Valparaiso, Jan. 16. Border Queen (s.), Thomson, of Leith, trout Aarhuu♦ to Leith, struck at the Wing° Beacon, during a tug, Mirth It, and is expected to have sunk; part of materials and cargo saved—Gothenburg, March 16. Don Juan (sell.) Bong, from Liverpool to Newfoundland, having taken fire, was run ashore outside this harbour, and has burned to the water's edge. Holyhead, March 22. Eclair, Ellis, of Cardigan, from Glasgow to Genoa (with pig iron), sank at her anchors in Derbyhaven Bay, in about twelve feet, at low tide, last evening.—Castletown, 1.M., March 20. Infanta, Purdy, from Liverpool, put in here oa the 13th, short of proi isions. and with 11 deaths on the passage. — N.S., March 13. SEABORNE MAILS. (N *guinea NM tle. o at - , ate went mai the Marrs( PoNeodiee M the night-. wwl M ew the mar nina—~:enr•: . . _.._ ....... Day when AM& up From what CHUMMY& InOfil General PO*. Port ININN ee LrA4on. thrapatobeti. Cue. ----- Amerionbyßrikrocket N March 20 ... . .. Liverpool April 10 tmerico(byCnited Stater packet) "ii April 4 —.. Liverpool April 0 Amerlag(byD.StateePkM March 28 lcuillsonsplimi April S Africa ( West Croat) ...N 11th of the iota* nraconli ... April 3 Alexandria* N l'ihSclOilt groom Dover Muth 23 Belgium N ' oily Brazil l4 9th of the 'month SouthamptomiApril II Buenos Amrte N .rib of the :Bomb koutbsmpten.;April IS Cablorigia(vlaoeoresl34 17th of the month i s.ogthampteo., %Loch 26 • Cape of Hood Hope. 74 11th of the month; Plymouth...... April 3 Covistanthaople • N 7tbl7th27thof MOll, I hirer Central America N Ind&l7thof month 'aoiltnimptrin. numb 20 Channel Isle' S. nom,Wed.,lterid.l gouthamptoo. TALTMOa Chill Ml7th el the raostkA-Aitimoptes. March 29 France Min N rota* Agile Dove, Greece* N 7thl7th27thi if nus. Dover March 30 Hamburg N rueolay & '. Frei !modem DI Wed.*. k .tor. i tondos Tues.,Sat Holland Mon.Thii Honduras N 17th of the month •southompwo. March 20 Ireland M& N [Mice daily . 1 11olyhe d .... Twice do ladle (via Southern. tile 20th of the month iimithampung March 23 India (via Itarorilleo) N 70.&24th0t mouth i Hover 'April 1 Mediterranaan(via South groptow) M loth of the month -Muthamptos.l March 2S liitto(ria Marge Wes) ls Wiiik24th ot month [hirer .. .. . ... 'April 1 Mexico M Ind of the month 4outhaingitos. Aprils Madeira 24 Alt of the month Southampton. April 13 Malla• ,„, g 7t1t,17th,19th,27th ' *Junto( the month Dover *torch 21 Naples. N athlsth2stilof 'non Dover Papal *atm. N Mb! Sth2Athi f monifkomr ' April 2 Peninsula N Ithl7ol27thof mon isouthampton 'Arrived Peru N 17th of the month ISouthamptoo. , March 25 Discany• N ithlso2stbof mor. Dover 'April 2 Wait iodise N 17th of the month Southampton. March U West iodise (except Me ows. gion Nano) N led of the mon th Amithamptoni April 5 • The Inane to tbsige eoantriee thus marked (.) use oonseyol by trench packot via Marna& 74iai i 1 imatltsiaptawlApril $ (*) are =mod Or Alt RIVE D. Ayers -at Liverpool, March 21, hoot autrlrMott Avocera-at Qureatown, March 21, from Callon Alumnae-at Portemouth, March 22, from London Ablb-at Plymouth, .March Y 2. from Camtantloopla Air...roe-at Gravesend, March 21, tram Lebo' AM...1-at Gravesend, March 21, form- .Antwerp Boanso-at Gravesend, March 21, from. -........ ..... e -..Ceron BLANCIIII - of Deal, March 23, from Gotha 81111.411111.11-of Deal, March 22, tram Altoona Ccirooma-at Queenstown, March 21, fres.. B. Arm , Civamm-at Grave/rend March 21, from ..........Gabita , triansarre -at Beirut. March 24, from Barba/loco CbllbbllST-01 Liverpool, March 24, tram Charente Insraoce-at Liverpool, Much 24, from Merinos Etas-at Cowes, March 22, from RIO Janeiro Fiantorrw-at Queenstown, March 21, from .... ........... .. Calla* YLOSA Ii'DONALII- at laverpwl, March 24, fr0m........ Baltimore Paranain-at Liverpool, March 21. from Apalachicola JVAN-at doleambe, March 23, dram ................._...........L0nd0n Loam Emon-at Queenstown, March 14 trima-• Callao Mutr'a BAT-off Peol, March 22, from ............ ......... Bt Übe's Mosearti-at Queenstown, March 21, from Mauritius MANOALOAS-at Torbay, .ill•Sil 23, from Landon Maitre-at Grimaced, March 24, from Me Michael's NOI.OLR-at Yarmouth, I.W , March 22, from London Moo us FOrbbl:b -at Erhard, March 24, from. Oman at Falmouth, March 22, from Catalan rani Q.:rum-et Torbay, March 23, from London PIUMCII Gamut -at Queenstown, March 21, from Moulmein Prtuancer-at Liverpool, March 24, from. Doran PTIIIIPILIO-It Torbay, March 2.3„ from London Proasua -at Scilly, March lb. from Liverpool Boss--at Plymouth, March 22, from London Moran Comma-at Gravornd, March 24, from et, John's Iticimao Mover -at Gravesend, March 24, from Monte Video Itecrim-at Gravesend, 'March 24, from. Winbay Roscoe -at Liverpool, March 24, from... New Truk bbOlibtab-ottliristol. March 24. from ... Manilla Summon -at Liverpool. March 24, from ...... Archangel Orme-et Gravesend, March 24. truer Bt. MichaelN Tat.iv.no-at Queenstown, March 21, from ...... ..........Port Lagos VICIORIA -le, Queenstown, March 21, from Iquique WM. AND Alen-at Liverpool, March 24, from Lisbon Mamma-at Groomed, March 24, from ...-.........-Jamarcia SAILED. Aonm—from Gravesend, March 24, to Jamaica Nowt—from Liverpool, Mush 21, to Vero Crux DIAMANT—tIOO Graverend, March 211, to Denton) Jestatce—from Queenstown, March 22, to. LOadoll 4113 MA—from Liverpool, March 24, to Calcutta MrCA—frora Queenotown, March 22, to London °ow—from Plymouth, March 23, to Leedom PLUSOLTIf !loco—from Liverpool, Morel, 21, to Boston °mai—from Queenetown, March 22, to Loudon Sreemat —from Queontomi, Much 22, to L oudon Vivi', froas QUetllliao • n Ma. eh 22, to —..............— 1.0 540,1 VICTORIA—from Queenahion, Much 22, to. London Warcowoma —from Liverpool, Morel 24, to Corfo VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Admittance (ship), Dee. 29, lat. 56 S., lon. 70 W. Cheater (Min), Dee. 30, to .55 ft., ton. 66 Chieftain, from London to Valparaiso, on Dee. 7, lat. 67 S., ton. 116 W. Tailor (Map), Dee. 6,lrt. LW 1., lon. 6130 E. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. 20, at Norwich, the wife at P.. Atka, Esq., of • &Yachter. ANDER4O,l„—Mareh 11, at the Pavilli , m, Kandy, the wife of his Excellency Sir O. W. Anderion, K.C.8., of awn. CUlthEY.—March 20, at Chepstow, the wife of A. Currey, Erne., of A DOM - - FINNET.—Plareh V. at Unloa.plaoe, New-road, the wife of 1. D. 'hum, Seq., at a davahter. MARRIAGES. ADTE-8011ESTILLE.—March 18, M Edinburgh, W. Ad'', Esq., M.D. Great Bradford, Dllethire, to Miirgmre only surviving daughter of A G. Somerville, Eq., of the Central Fostoffl d. LYTE—MARADEN.—]Iarch IS, at the Cathedral, Manchester. Fre derick Orgui l , son o f the late (Dpt. Lyte, of Christ Church, Dante, • to blizabetb, relict of the late H. Mar,den, Lsq. DIARSH—WATSON.—MareII 18,ot Bangor Church. Flintehire, G. 81. Marsh, Erg., late of the Hoye! Welsh Fusilier", to Harriet, eldest daughter et the late W. 11. Watson, Hsu., of Lowe HaL, Shropshire. WAITHMAN--SHARP.—Mareh 28, It Wartoc, Lancashire, by the Hee. T. Des.. A M., Vicar, K W. Wslthrnan, keq.. of Bentham House, Yorkshire, eldest son of W. Waithm E4q., of West Ville, Teamed °waren% Lansuldre, to Melieent, third dtughter of W. bliarp, YAg., of Linden Hall, in the tatter county. DEATHS. F BELL.—lfeb. 7, at Lucknow, East Indies Louse Ann, wife Of A. Bell, Esq., LIM., Residency Surgeon there, aged 27. BACKE. —March 21, at the Roo, Herta, fliorcas Lord Deere, aged 77. FRANES.—ILeroh 22, at Caiogamplue, Elnabeth, relict of the late 3. IL Pranks, Esq., of Misterton Rail, Leicestershire. GERSTELL.— March 21, at Upper Gloucester-place, Regenttopark, Pranees, widow of the late W. Grenfell, harp, aged 81. LANE.—Marelt 8, at Parts, Mrs. H. Lane, of Deaborough, North ampton, and Lately of Great Iterkbanistead. LOVELL—Ms:eh 19, at Hayes, near Uxbridge, Elizabeth. daughter of the late G. Lovell, Esq., of Bookley-house, Hants, aged 39. LUDLOW.—Hareb 18, at Alrnonitsbuiy, tear Bristol, E. Ludlow. Esq., serjeant-m-law, and one el the Conimiarloners ef Bankruptcy lot Me Bristol district, W 4 74- Pflaisa sod veitilisi 117 Was,ux Kos Homo, of No. B. Wotan& Moat. la ibe .1 Motor. st the Oil" Loglibsid• west. tatlasigetcllftlestdon.—Usaa.Mmioa:4ls64