The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-09 00:00:00

THE NAVY. The Duke of Somerset will hold his third levee rio-morrow afternoon at the Admiralty, Whitehall. The Board of Admiralty, composed of the Duke 'of Somerset, Vice-Admiral ;the Hon. Sir F. Grey, K.C.8., Capt. Charles Frederick, Capt. the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., and Rear -.Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, C. 8., the Secretary, went yester day morning to witness some experiments with le,rge guns at Shoeburyness. In addition to the iron frigate Achilles, 50, 6,079 tons, 1,250 horse-power, building at Chatham dock yard, the following squadron of iron vessels are now under construction by private firms for the Admi ralty, several of which are in a very advanced state —viz., the , Agincourt, 50, 6,621 tons, 1,250-horse power, bii;:iding at Birkenhead; the Northumber land, S( J, 6,621 tons, 1,250-horsepower, and the Va liant, 32,Mil 4,063; tons, 850-horse power, building at wall ; the Minotaur, 50, 6,621 tons, 1,250-horse ?cover, and the Orontes, 3, 2,812 tons, 500-horse Power, building at Blackwall ; and the Hector, 32, 4 ,063 tons, 800-hcrse power, building at Glasgow. • The following iron-plated frigates are now build ing at the several Royal dockyards, the whole of - which are intended to be afloat during the present year--viz., the Caledonia, 50, 4,045 tons, 800-horse pow'ar, at Woolwich;' the Ocean, 50, 4,045 tons, I,o'jo horse-power, at Devonport; the Prince Con sfirt, 50, 4,045 tons, 1,000-horse power, at Pem "broke ; the Royal Oak, 50, 3,716 tons, 1,000-horse power, at Chatham ; and the Royal Alfred, 50, 3,716 tons, 800-horse potrier, at Portsmouth. In addition to thQ above there are no fewer than 31 line-of-battle ships and other screw-steamers now on the stoc'as at the several dockyards, most of whioh 'arr.3 admirably adapted for conversion into shield . s hi ps, on Captain Coles's principle. Of th,a the Bulwark, 91, at Chatham ; the Re- P l3 4se, 91, at Woolwich; the Robust, 91, at Devon ',Jon ; and the Zealous, 91, at Pembroke, are all in very advanced state, requiring only a compara tively small outlay to plate them with iron. There are also three first-class 51-gun frigates also build ing —viz., the Belvidera at Chatham, the Tweed at Pembroke, and the Dryad at Portsmouth—which are admirably adapted for conversion into armour plated ships. They would not require the removal of any decks, as would be the case with line-of-battle ships, but would only have to be lengthened and strengthened to enable them to bear the increased weight vf hich would be placed on them. Of the other vessels in progress several are intended to carry 22 guns and upwards. If completed as iron -cased steamers they would be larger and of greater tonnage than either the Monitor or Merrimac. The whole of the hands have been removed from the wooden ships building at the several dockyards, and are now emplo - sed on the iron-cased frigates under construction ? 'five of which will be afloat by the end of the prerJent year. The tesistance, 18, 3,668 tons, 600 horse-power, iron se.cearaer, fitting at Chatham for particular ser vice., is ordered to be supplied with 700 68 pounder solid shot, instead of 480, as previously di rec:ted. In addition to her deck broadside Armstrong and 10-inch guns, she is to be furnished With two 2 0-pounder Armstrong guns, each of 13 cwt., and, 5 feet 6 inches in length, and one 9-pounder 6 cwt. Armstrong for boat service. Her field guns will consist of one 12-pounder Armstrong, with field carriage and limber,and one 6-pounder brass smooth Lore, 6 cwt. gun, for short practice, with elevating arriage. She will also take on board one field carriage and limber to mount a 20-pounder Arm strong boat gun. The Revenge, screw line-of-battle ship, Capain C. Fellowes, sailed from Spithead yesterday for Ply month Sound and Queenstown. The Tribune, 23, screw frigate, Captain Viscount Gifford, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to Spithead, on the completion of her outfit for fo reign service. Before anchoring at Spithead she tested her machinery for some time under steam. Everything was found to work in the most satis faci/ory manner. The Defence, 18, iron frigate, Capt. R. A. Powell, C. 8., it is expected will go into Portsmouth harbour to-morrow. She is to be placed in No. 10 dock, on its vacation by the Black Prince, iron frigate, to ascertain the effects of the recent grounding on Soutsea beach when returning into harbour from her trim trip at the measured mile in Stotes Bay. ; The officers of this ship speak in the most enthu siastic terms of her recent performances under sail and steam, and further declare that her steering qualities have turned out good. As a general rule in the service, however, officers belonging to a ship are not the most impartial judges of her good or bad qualities, and we trust that the Defence's steering apparatus will be made as perfect as possible before she is again sent to sea. On her trial of speed in Stokes Bay the ship did not steer at all well, she answered her helm at different times, and no rea son was discovered, that we are aware of, to account satisfactorily for this defect. To end her day' s work she grounded twice on Southsea beach, broke the tip of one of her propeller blades to pieces, and may, when she is in dock, be ascertained to have sustained other damage. 4 The paddle steamer Vivid, tender to the Fisgard at Woolwich, was yesterday taken into basin to be fitted with a saloon on deck, abaft the mainmast, for the accommodation of their Royal Highnesses Prince Leopold and Prince Alfred, who are about to proceed on a cruise around the south-west coast of Ireland. The new naval prison at Lewes was opened for the reception of prisoners on Monday. The first instalment received was a batch of seven seamen from Portsmouth under sentences of court-martial. Admiralty instructions were yesterday received at Woolwich, ordering the whole of the shipwrights and others employed in the construction of the Wolverene,Dartmouth, and Sylvia to be withdrawn, and the building of those vessels to be discontinued for the present. The,Dartmouth was commenced in Sept., 1860, and the Wolverene was ordered to be launched on the 7th pros. The whole of the hands are consequently hastening the progress of the Caledonia, about to be armour-plated, and, as stated, to be additionally provided with a formidable iron prow. The Lieut.-Governor of Greenwich Hospital, Rear-Admiral Sir W. Fairbrother Carroll, K.C.8., died at his residence there yesterday afternoon. He was born in 1784, and entered the navy as midship man on board the Diamond, comma n d e d by Sir Sidney Smith, in 1796, with whom he was the same year made prisoner. In 1800 ho was severely wounded in attacking a French sloop under Havre de Grace. He was flag-lieut. to Sir Sidney Smith, in the Pompee, in 1806, at the sieges of Gaeta and Scylla, and storming of Capri ; and in 1807 com manded the seamen and marines at the destruction of th e battery and guns on Point Pesquies, and the guns in the wrecks of the Turkish ships. In 1811 his ve ssel was sunk at the attack upon Fort Cata lina. 11 e rated With as_commander of the Volcano, he co-ope rated Spanish patriots on the coast of Cata lonia. His s twice honourably mentioned by the Duke of aWellingtonG in despatches, and officially recorded in they o re in 1805, twice in 1806, and repeatedly after wards up to 1814, In April, 1852, he nominated a Knight Com mander of the Bath. 1853, he was ap pointed Cornmander4o.chiehtlY, Queenstown, and remained there till 1855, Whei a l t , Lieut.-Governor of Greenwich he .was appointed com missions bore dates Marchs, itt i al• His MayDlesc., 1805; Commander, 4, 1 811 ; i t' 6, 1813 ; and Rear-Admiral, Jan. 24, i g r . o The following appointments were. made yester dayx ' at the Admiralty :—Lieut. W H. m to the Coquette ; N. C. Hath erl y , surgeon, to the Coquette; Daniel A. Cochrane and W. E. Shi nt i c. ... ton, Fecon d-class assist..engineers, to the Asia, si , supernumeraries ; W. H. Fitzpatrick, assist—pay master to the Marlborough, as supernumerary; and Francis E, James is nominated to a naval cadetship. On the re-distribution of the Royal Marine corps, and the separation of the Light Infantry from the Marine Artillery, a number of officers belonging to the latter corps were promoted over the heads of those of the Light Infantry, although seniors in the service. In consequence of this a memorial was forwarded through the Lords of the Admiralty to her Majesty. In reply a communication wa s ye terday received at Woolwich from the Royal , Marine-office, which states that the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have approved the commissions promoting Captains W. P. Dodson, C. F. Short, Francis Lean, a B. Colwell, and Henry Swale, officers of Marines, to the rank of Captain, being dated the 27th instead of the 28th March, 1862, the former being the date of the vacancies on which such promotions took place, THE ARMY. A revised edition of the "Field Exercise and Evolutions of Infantry" having been published under the authority of the Horse Guards, a general order has been issued by the Duke of Cambridge, direct ing all general officers in command of troops to give the most scrupulous adherence to the system pro mulgated. Yesterday, Major-General A. J. Lawrence, C. 8., Inspector-General of Infantry, accompanied by Lieut.-Col. A. Alison, C. 8., Assistant Adjutant- General, paid a visit to Colchester Camp, and com menced and inspection of the Indian depots quar tered at that station. The 9th, which is by far the strongest of the two battalions, was mustered in the barrack-square, and the inspection in companies having been completed it marched to the extensive grounds of the Abbey Farm, upon a portion of which the new cavalry barracks are now in course of erection. There it was put through a variety of evolutions, all of which were executed in the most satisfactory manner. Col. Guy, the Commandant of the Garrison, and Brigade-Major Cooch, accom panied Major-Gen; Lawrence in his inspection. In the absence of Col. Dixon, C. 8., through protracted illness, the command of the battalion was assumed by Lieut,-Col. Laye, with Major Swaffield as his subordinate. The troops, who appeared in their new clothing, presented a very smart appearance. Major-General Lawrence subsequently examined the books of the battalion. He will this day pro ceeo. with a similar inspection of the 10th depot battalion under the command of Lieut.-Col. Street, C.B. COURT OF ALDERMEN. A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday at the Aldermen's Chamber, at Guildhall. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair. The Sheriff's report, on the condition of the pri sons, stated that the number of prisoners in Newgate was 185, and three in the infirmary ; in the Debtors Prison 89, and four in the infirmary; and in the City Prison, at Holloway, 157, and seven in the infirmary. Several brokers were allowed. A report was brought up from the General Pur poses Committee. On the reference to consider the petition of sworn brokers of the city of London, praying that the admission of brokers may be dis continued, together with the rules and regulations now established, stating that the committee had been waited upon by a deputation from the sworn brokers, and they had, after carefully considering the existing rules and regulations, suggested certain rules and regulations for the consideration of the Court, for the purpose of remedying the objections which had been made, and which rules, &c., the committee thought more suitable to the present times than those now in force: A list of the rules as suggested were appended to the report. Mr. Alderman GABRIEL moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Sir F. G. Wort. Mr. Alderman FINNIS said he was sorry to oppose a report which he saw was signed by five mem bers of the Court of Aldermen ; at the same time, although it was well known that from time imme morial that Court had made rules and regulations as to the manner in which brokers should carry on their business, he thought that the brokers them selves were the best parties to make those regula tions. He thought it would be much wiser that the oath of the broker should be taken, and to let all rules and regulations alone. He therefore moved as an amendment, that the report be referred back to the committee for reconsideration. Mr. Alderman BESLEY hoped it would go back for reconsideration. He thought the committee had not dealt with the petition as they ought to have done, seeing it was signed by such a large number of influential men. It seemed to him that it was a very important question; the petitioners had entirely omitted to show that there was any great public interest, in volved in the removing of the rules and regulations. He believed there was a great amount of utility in the surveillance which the Corporation had over the brokers. He would like the report to be sent back, and have further opinion taken upon the subject—the opinion of merchants and men who were not brokers. The brokers were anxious to do away with the regula tions, that they might be merchants as well as brokers. He therefore seconded the amendment. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said it was the custom and law that the Corporation should have a control over brokers, and until the Legislature removed that control he thought they ought to net up to it. The committee had modified the existing rules as far as it was possible to do so, and he thought they would work with credit to the Court, and with benefit to the citizens. He supported the recommendation of the committee. Sir ROBERT CARDEN supported the amendment. Mr. Alderman and Colonel WILSON thought that neither the motion nor the amendment would satisfy the deputation. The amendment on being put to the Court was lost, and the original motion carried, and the Court adjourned. CITY COURT OF SE WE.RS, -e• At the weekly meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers, held y es t erday in the Sewers Court-zoom at Guildhall, Dr. Letheby, the medical officer, reported on the state of 169 houses that had been inspected during the week, and he submitted a list of 100 places for sanatory improvement, and also submitted a list of places for further proceedings, on account of orders already issued and not yet complied with. The market and slaughter-houses had been duly in spected during the week, and 3,8801b5. of meat had been seized as unfit for human food. It consisted of 19 sheep, 1 calf, 3 pigs, 20 qrs. of beef, and 11 joints of meat ; 3,3261b5. were diseased, and 6541b5. were from animals that had died from natural causes. Seventy-four births and 57 deaths were registered during the week. The number of deaths was below the average for the corresponding week of the last six years ; 18 of the deaths were among children of less than five years of age, and 14 among old persons of 60 and upwards. The chief causes of death were as follows Phthisis, 7 ; mesenteric disease, 1 ; pneumonia, 2 ; bronchitis, 9 ; continued fever, 6 ; erysipelas. 2 ; infantile diarrhoea, 2 ; measles, 2 ; whooping-cough, 1 ; making 10 deaths from tuber cular disease ; inflammatory affections of the lungs, 11 ; and zymotic disease, 13. The deaths from fever were greatly in excess of the usual number. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR informed the Court that the precept issued by the Metropolitan Board of Works amounting to upwards of £16,000, for the mai n drainage rate, which was duo on the 25th ult., and which it was reported at the last court had not been paid, had, since the meeting of the last court, been duly paid by the chairman. A discussion ensued, in which it was urged that in future the collectors should be requested to collect the rates at an earlier period, in order that the pre cept might be met on the day it became due. The CUAIRMAN laid before the Court for signa ture a petition, which had been agreed to at a pre vious against the bill for embanking the north side of the Thames. The chairman stated that the object of the petition was to give that commission a locus standiin order to be heard against the provisions of the bill, if it should he thought desirable that it Should be opposed. The petition was then signed, and after transact ing aurae routine business the Court adjourned. 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The committee re-assembled yesterday—Mr. E. Egerton in the chair. John Johnson, bricklayer, recalled by Sir F. Slade, said the paper produced was a copy of the letter he sent to his wife while he was in London. In the letter, which was dated 2d March, 1862, he said she was to tell his friends that he had said nothing about the money. (On Monday he swore that hi s wife gave him five sovereigns, but on being ealled she flatly contradicted him, and said she never re ceived any money whatever during the election.) place, and h T e he ha w d ri n t e e v r e a r ls s o ee s n ai a d ny L th on in d g on lik w e a i s t, a a fi nnde that he was living at a first-rate house. He requested his wife to address her letters to him at the Bath Hotel, lArlington-street, Piccadilly. By Sir F. Slade—When he requested his wife to tell' his friends that he had said nothing about the mone y, he alluded to the £5. By Mr. Phinn—l took the money out of the writing-desk. It came to my wife through Fanny King, By Sir F. Slade—The night before the election Thomas Newby said he would give me £5, but not through his own hands, as it would come in a dif ferent direction. When I went home I said to my wife, " Have you got a£s note ?" She said, " Yes ; it is in the writing desk." I have never seen my wife since I came to London. lam still divorced from her. (Laughter.) My wife did not say to me in the lobby yesterday, " John, if you go in there and perjure yourself I will come in and contradict you." I never saw my wife nor spoke to her. I was not guarded by six policemen in the lobby, but I saw some around me. You know I was valuable. (Laughter.) Fanny King had told me before the election that she had seen a gentleman who had promised to give me £5, and I founded my opinion that my wife had got the money upon that circum stance. Charier, Ilitllington, Don of John Ridlington, who keeps an eating-house in the Market-place at Grimsby, said that on the election day he recol lected a stranger coming to the house—a stout man, about 40, dressed in black. He was in the habit of taking cards, and having figures written on them, from the stranger to Mr. Gamble, at Chap man's committee-rooms. Oyster George and many other persons came to see the stranger. Cross-examined—He did not see a bag of gold in the room where the stranger was. Could not say whether the figures on the cards represented money. His father voted blue, the Liberal colour. Wm. Emerson, a voter, said that on the election day, as he was going to the polling both, Dr. Hol land came up and said, " Come with me and vote for Chapman." He replied that he had promised Heneage, and he would keep his promise, Dr. Hol land then crossed over the road and spoke to a stranger—a stout, full-faced man with grey whis kers, about 40, wearing a military cape. Did not recollect ever seeing him before. Several persons during the election asked who he was, but nobody could tell. fn five minutes the stranger came to him and said, " Emerson, have you voted ?" He answered that he had not, The stranger said, " Will £2O be of any use to you ?" Witness said, "No, nor £3O either. I have promised Heneage, and I will vote for him." Saw Dr. Holland very busy assisting getting voters to the poll. He handed them up to the polling booth. Cross-examined—Had always voted "blue." Was an uncertificated bankrupt. Was a nephew of John Barker, the petitioner. Winteringham opposed him in the Bankruptcy Court, but he withdrew his opposition before the election. John M'Gregor, the landlord of the Wine Pipe, at Grimsby, said that about a fortnight before the election Thomas Newby told him that he would give him £5 if he would vote for Chapman. He replied that £5 would be of no use to him, nor would £5O. Newby said that he would give him £5 for each vote he could get, and all his expenses. Witness said he would do what he could for him. Afterwards witness offered £5 each to Peter Daw son, J. C. Parker, and Samuel Parker, but they refused it. Saw Newby at the Fountain on the polling day. He asked him if it was all right. Wit ness said " Yes." He then asked him if he had polled. Witness said " No." He replied, "If you vote for Chapman, we are still prepared to give you £5. Cross-examined—The Wine Pipe was Dann's house. Dann was a supporter of Mr. Heneage. Witness did not sell his vote, but offered to buy other votes at £5 a head for Chapman, but did not succeed. Kept stanch to Heneage. No amount would have bought him over to the other side. (Laughter.) Only expected to get paid for his expenses in procuring votes. There were two or three ways of asking for votes. He might have first treated the voters, which he did. You, a lieneage man, endeavoured to get votes for Chapman. Witness—Yes. Did you wish to catch the " reds" out ? Witness—l won't tell you. The Chairman—You must answer the question. The witness hesitated. Sir F. Slade—Make a clean breast of it. Witness—l don't know that I can. Mr. Longfield—Did you wish to detect the bri bery which was suspected to be going on on the other side ? Witness—To tell you the truth, I did. Mr. Liddell—Then you acted the part of a spy ? Witness—l don't know. (Laughter.) By the Committee—Distributed beer at his house to Chapman's voters. The bill amounted to £6 odd. He asked Mr. Daubeny for the money, but he refused to pay it. Afterwards he went to Win teringham and told him about the bribery. J. C. Parker said M'Gregor offered him £5 to vote for Chapman, and said he would give his brother the same. Bromley also offered him £5. He was proof against both offers. William Sleight, fisherman, of Cleethorpes, who had promised his vote to Heneage, said that Thos. Sawnby on the polling-day said he would give him £5 for a bag of cockles if he would vote for Chap- man. He replied that he would vote for Chapman, and he did so. A bag of cockles was worth 3s. or 4s. Never got the £5, and had never been paid for his cockles. (Laughter.) William Robinson said he was employed to bring a witness, named Dockaday, from Grimsby to Londdu. On arriving at King's-cross station Josee, Newby, and Ackrill, who were waiting there, took Dockaday from him,put him into a eab and drove off. (Laughter.) He had never set eyes on him since. By the Committee—Dockaday did not scream or struggle. (Laughter.) Cross-examined —He bad Dockaday in custody, and he watched him closely all the way to London. He slipped away at the first opportunity. He would not have got away but for the assistance of the others who put him in the cab, (Laughter.) Cornelius Jenny, a gasfitter, said that George Skelton asked him to vote for Chapman. He replied that he had promised to vote for Heneage. Skelton said "Scripture teaches us that a bad pr om i se _ i s better broken than kept." (Laughter.) Skelton also said "If you wont vote for Chapman will you be out of the way ?" Witness replied "No; it will be such a disgrace." Skelton said "We will hand somely reward you if you will go out of town." Witness asked how. Skelton said "£4 or £5." I will not give it you myself, but I'll get it for you." Witness said " I could not think of doing anything of the sort." Jane Jenny, the wife of the last witness, corro borated a portion of her husband's evidence. John Jenny, the father, said ho had been for many years a night porter at the Grimsby station of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire lino. He was not a voter himself, but his son was. Mr. Skelton and M r . Reed tried to induce him to get his son to vote f or Chapman. He said he could not wn interfere with hi s son, who stood on his o bottom. (Laughter.) Afterwards three hours ex t ra duty imposed upon him, and rather than s u b mit to This concluded th e evidence for the petitioners. it werehe left the comp any ' s service. The committee then adjourned. Sir F. Slade will d to - day on behalf of M r. a Chapman, ders s h t the e teco s m itt m in it gm e member, THE INDIAN TA.RIF.P. Last evening a public meeting was held at the Corn Exchange, Manchester, the Mayor in the chair, to receive the report of the deputation to Lord Pal merston and Sir Charles Wood, appointed at a for mer meeting, and to originate petitions from every cotton mill in the country. Mr. S. Giles, the hon. secretary, read the report detailing the proceedings of the deputation which waited upon Lord Palmer ton and Sir C. Wood, ample reports of which have already been published. The following was then proposed as the draught of a petition to be circulated through the 'various cotton mills for signature:— " To THE HON. THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN. AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. " The humble petition of operatives working at mill, and of others interested in the Indian tariff on cotton goods and yarns, sho',veth,— " That your petitioners are mainly or wholly de pendent for their support on the prosperity of the great staple industry of this country—viz., the cot ton trade, which has been so greatly benefited and . largely increased by the revisions of our tariff, and by those free trade measures which the British Parliament in its wisdom has passed. " That the beneficial operation of these measures has, however, been greatly frustrated in consequence of many of the dependencies of the British Crown having, during the last few years, largely increased their tariff on cotton goods and yarns, thereby fet tering our industry, limiting our exports, and pre venting that increased consumption of cotton goods and yarns which the large increase of the wealth and population of these dependencies might reason ably have led your petitioners to expect. None of these colonial tariffs has, however, so excited the surprise and indignation of your petitioners ; nor is there one that has proved so injurious to the opera tives and others interested in the cotton trade as the Indian tariff, which, while it violates the principles of free trade by protecting and fostering the manu factures of India, has, during the short period it has existed—viz., since April, 1859, increased the num ber of looms and spindles actually working or pro jected in India tenfold, thus diminishing the demand for your petitioners' labour, and keeping back a large quantity of cotton from coming to this coun try, the scarcity of which is causing such wide spread ruin. " That your petitioners ars of opinion that the climate, soil, and inhabitants of India are much better adapted for agriculture than for manufac tures; and that if the Government would encourage the Cultivation of the soil by promoting irrigation and the construction of canals, bridges, roads, &c,, they would exhibit a much more enlightened policy than by unwisely and unnaturally stimulatin g the erection of cotton mills in India, ,to the serious in jury of the master manufacturers and the operatives of this country. " That your petitioners now regard these very injurious duties as wholly unnecessary for the pur pose of revenue in India, as it is clear from official returns that the state of the Indian finances has greatly improved ; and this improvement may be much increased by the Government vigorously car rying out the policy happily begun, by honestly cutting down sinecures and the expenses of the civil service, and by an immediate and large reduc tion of the number of native and British troops in India. " That your petitioners consider it highly incon sistent that the present Government, which is pro fessedly a Liberal and free trade one, should have allowed the late Mr. James Wilson to impose, and the Government of India so long to have continued, this unjust tax. They were, however, glad to learn from Sir Charles Wood's reply to the late deputa tion that ' he had been a Freetrader all his life, and could assure them that it was put on for revenue only, and not for protection ;' but, at the same time, your petitioners cannot refrain from express ing their surprise that, if levied for revenue only, a similar tax was not laid on the productions of the Indian cotton mills; and however unintention ally, the Indian Government have instituted a most injurious protection in favour of Indian manufac turers and spinners. "That your petitioners understand that in the Indian mill the natives and other workpeople are compelled to work on Sundays—that is, seven days a-week ; and most of the agreements with skilled artisans who are engaged in this country to go to India have a clause inserted in them that they shall, if required, work on Sundays and weekdays ; thus a tyranny and slavery of the very worst kind exists, and the workpeople are thus deprived of the means of living on the other six days of the week, if they will not violate the holy day of rest, so indispensably necessary for man and beast ; and your petitioners respectfuily submit that in vain will Christian philanthropists and religious socie ties send out missionaries to advocate the religious observance of the Sabbath day when it is openly violated in consequence of the false steps taken by the Indian Government. " That your petitioners lastly would impress on your honourable house that no mere modification of these unjust and injurious duties will satisfy them, inasmuch as they will regard any such modification as simply a modified injustice, Wherefore your petitioners humbly entreat your honourable House to adopt measures for the entire and immediate re peal of the duties of ten per cent. on cotton goods, and of five per cent. on cotton yarns, now levied under the Indian tariff, and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray," &c. The petition was under consideration when our report left, the meeting not being concluded. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, April B.—There has been rather more business in yarns, and buyers appear to show more disposition to give the prices demanded by spinners than for some time past. The feeling is decidedly more cheerful, and if no advices come from America to disturb confidence it is very pro bability that prices will advance. A fair amount of business is reported for India and China. The home trade are also buyers. In some instances higher rates have been obtained. For Germany and the Medi terranean but very little business has been effected. In the cloth market the improvement noted in our 1 last report is maintained. Towards the close of last week, as we then stated, a considerable business was effected, which was partly due to lessened produc tion, and a fear that prices had reached a minimum, and partly to sales being forced by manufacturers in want of money. These goods having been moved off the market, a slight advance in prices has taken place, amounting on Indian shirtings to about lid. per piece today, but there is nothing like any gene ral or legitimate demand. The fine weather and the knowledge that a great curtailment of produc tion has again taken place are probably the chief moving causes of the improvement for the moment, but stocks have been a good deal lessened by the operation of the last few days, and there is a pro -5P prices as a Consequence. Thes e re maerektsoafplirpryGtr to long cloths, T cloths, and most kinds and fabrics suited to the Indian mar kets.from American cotton continues sc arce , and are rather Cheaper. Messrs. John Slag g an d C Since Tuesday last a more cheerf u l of o. sbr shirtings, pt Yarns o th r t g feeling has prevailed in the market, and during the last few daya a moderate amount of business has been done at th e full quotations of last week. To daymanufacturers generally are asking a slight a dvance, butso far without success, and there is consequently but little doing. At last week's prices, however, a large business might be effected. LEEDS, th.--The weather has improved and become somewhat springlike, but it has little or no perceptible effect upon the woollen cloth markets to-day. The attendance of buyers in the halls was scarcely an average, and their operations, whether in detail or in the aggregate, were less than the improvement in the weather and the reports of the state of the woollen trade in the metropolis would have led us to expect. ROCHDALE, 7th,—The flannel and wool trades to-day have been much the same as lately reported, but hi ra in tl g ier more was done in heavy flannels, a few pp orders having b ee n received. Iu the home trade there is m uc h qu i etness, an d for Y or k s hire s goads very little call indeed. Wools move off slowly, but prices are steady. AT7EMPTED ESCAPE FROM BEADING JAIL. A littla excitement has been created in Reading by the report of a daring, but unsuccessful attempt to escape from the county gaol. About a fortnight ago, a stylishly dressed fellow was apprehended on the charge of having passed two counterfeit Bank of England notes to tradesmen of the town, to whom he had given orders for new clothing and boots. In neither case had the tradesmen parted with the possession of the goods, for although he had paid them with the counterfeit notes, he directed the parcels to be sent to the Great Western Hotel, where ho alleged he had taken up his quarters. it was • soon discovered that ho had cheated the tradesmen, and when in formation was given to the police, he was sought after, and in the evening found near a public house. Seeing a policeman approaching, he ran off in the direction of the railway station, but was eagerly pursued by the police-officer. The cry of " Stop thief" caused others to join in the pursuit, and when getting near the South-Eastern Railway station, the noise attracted the attention of a porter named Horwood. The continued cries .led him to look out, and seeing a man running, he stepped out from the doorway of the station, and made an attempt to stop the fellow, whose name is Jackson. The latter, seeing the probability of a capture, became despe rate, and with a life-preserver which he carried in his hand, he struck Horwood a fearful blow on the side of the head, and felled him to the ground. The noise was so great that other railway officers were quickly at the spot, and seeing Jackson they at once stopped to ascertain the cause for which he was wanted. The porter Horwood was found to be seriously injured, and for several days his life was despaired of. Jackson was afterwards removed to the station, and after an examination, two days from that time, he was committed to the county gaol for trial at the summer assizes. His attempted escape from the gaol was characterized by great dexterity and ingenuity. It appears that to the hammocks upon which the prisoners sleep are at tached hooks, to place into pins in the walls of the cells. He had ripped one of those off and bent it into a semi-circular shape, in order that by throw ing it on to the top of the wall it might fasten there. The sheets with which he was supplied he tore into strips, and at the end he fastened the hook. In order to have accomplished this task he must have been engaged nearly the whole of a night, but he carried on his work so quietly that he was not heard by the warder on watch, although he several times passed the cell. After attending chapel in the morning he was taken out for an airing into the yard with the other prisoners, having twisted the long rope which he made with the sheets around his body. At the usual time the bell rang for the priso ners to be taken into the gaol from the airing yards, and by some extraordinary means he managed to get over the iron rails of the airing yard, of the height of seven feet, and he ran to the boundary wall of the gaol. As quick as lightning he threw up his rope to the top of the wall, and the hook having made a secure fastening, he ran up like a cat,and had nearly reached the top, when he was espied by a warder at a distant part of the prison grounds. He ran at once and gave an alarm to the governor and deputy governor, who were quickly on the spot, and pre vented the fellow effectually escaping. Jackson fell down exhausted, and was removed to his cell. If he had not been observed just at that moment,there is little doubt he would have scaled the wall, and, as he would have alighted on the side of the Abbey ruins, it is probable he would have been unobserved, and got clear off. On examining the rope, it was discovered that he had fastened in a wooden spoon i to form a kind of step upon which to rest his foot, but this appears to have given way, and thus he lost the support upon which he reckoned. He was closely searched on being taken back to the gaol, and there was discovered upon him an iron hook, which he had taken out of the cell in the Borough Bridewell, where he was confined on being first captured ; and this he had used to enable him to carry out his escape. He has since professed to be deeply penitent at what he has done, and with the utmost sang froid has told some of the officers that if the gaol gates were thrown open to him he would not run away, for he would prefer undergoing the punishment due to the crime with which he stands charged. Jackson is about 32 or 33 years of age, and is suspected to belong to a gang of London sharpers. POLITE INTELLIGENCE.-April 8. MANSION-HOUSE.-41 German named Fritz Kohse was brought before the Lord Mayor charged with stealing a bill for 200 Spanish dollars, belong. ing to Philip Debroy, also a German. It appeared that the prisoner and prosecutor and a person named Sixtus Zach, came over from Ger many together, and the two former took lodgings in the Minories, both occupying the same room. On Monday morning prosecutor had the bill in ques tion for 200 dollars in his pocketbook in his coat pocket, and yesterday morning he missed it, and ac cused the prisoner with having taken it, but he de nied it. Shortly after the bill was missed, however, it appeared the prisoner met each and told him he had taken a bill for 200 dole. from the prosecutor, and had been trying to get it changed, but could not, at the same time telling him that if he could get it cashed he mould give him half. The witness Zach pretended to take him to a banker's, and iook him past where he was lodging, where he saw the prosecutor and a constable, whom he told the pri soner was the man who had the bill. The prisoner, in defence, said he did not steal the bill ; he picked it up off the floor, and only kept it to frighten prosecutor. He knew he wanted to get it changed, and he thought to get the money for it, and astonish him and please him at the same time. The prisoner was committed for trial. BOW-STREET.—_Henry Geo. Lockyer, late ser vant to Mr. Wilkins, collector of fines for the prin cipality of Wales, whose offices are in Spring-gar dens, was charged with stealing three £lO notes, the property of Mr. W. Wilkins, the collector of Crown rents for the principality, whose offices are in the same house, and who is the son of the pri soner's master. The notes were missed by Mr. Wm. Wilkins's clerk from a desk, which had been opened by means of a false key. At the same time the prisoner, who had received notice to quit Mr. Wilkins's service, disappeared, and subsequently he was apprehended on a charge of obtaining a situation by means of a false character, pretending to be signed by Mr. Wilkins. On that charge he was committed to prison for three months, and on the expiry of the term he was apprehended by Sergeant Thomas, of the detective force, upon the present charge. Evidence was given that he had changed one of the notes at a tradesman's in Oxford-street, and had paid the others into his own account at a savings bank. He was committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—AIfred Bowling, a respectably dressed person, was charged by the keepers of Kensington-gardens with fishing in the ornamental water in the gardens. The keepers said that although inconvenience arose from persons fishing in Kensington-gardens, the most serious evil was the mischief the fishers did by destroying the bank s i n di gg i ng f or worms and bait, and in leaving holes which in wet weather collected the rain, and were both unsightly and a public inconvenience. The commissioners had or dered the keepers to prevent persons from fishing, and in case they were found trespassing to take them into custody, under 7 and 8 Geo. 111., 3.29, sec. 34, which enacted, " Whosoever shall unlawfully and wilfully take or destroy, or attempt to take or de stroy, any fish in any water not being such as here inbefore mentioned, but which shall be private pro perty, or in which there shall be any private right of fishery shall, on conviction thereof before a justice of the peace, ferfeit and pay above the value of the fis h s u ch sum, not exceeding £5, as to the justice shall seem meet." Mr. Knox considered the question involved in the case was one of importance, and before giving his decision would look carefully into the act of Par liamert. Yesterday the further hearing of the case was resumed, Mr. L ew i s , o f Ely-place, being in attend ance cn behalf of the defendant. Mr. Lewis argued that defendant ought not to be K in custody, i nasmuc h as Kensington-garde ns were public property, and the defendant, as one of the fish public, h a d a r i g ht tosh in the wa t er f or h i s amusement. Mr. Knox differed from this view of the case. Kensington-gardens were not p u bli c b ut crown Property, The crown could givo or withhold per mission to the public, as was proved by public vehicles, such as cabs, having been excluded from St. James's-park by the authority of the crown, up to a late period, and only permitted to pass through in consequence of leave having been given to construct a road through the park. The argu ment that the gardens were public property, must br considered as overruled. Mr. Lewis then contended that the commissioners had no power to authorise the garden-keepers to take np any one. In such cases, admitting that the gardens were crown property, it was the crown that ought to prosecute. Mr. Knox contended that the commissioners were acting on behalf of the crown, and therefore this objection must also be overruled. He was of opinion that an infringement of the Act of Parlia ment had occurred, and ho should therefore inflict the mitigated fine of 10s. LAMBETH.—James Nunn, late porter at the Victoria Station, and in the employment of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Com pany, was brought up on a charge of assaulting Charlotte Gascott, a respectable young woman, in one of the carriages while the train was travelling between the Norwood Junction and the Pimlico station. Mr. Inspector Carpenter attended from the com pany to watch the case; and Mr. Hutchinson ap peared on behalf of the prisoner. The complainant, who gave her evidence with much modesty and intelligence, said that having received a telegraphic message that her mother was in a dangerous state of illness at Exmouth, she left the residence of her master on the 10th of last month, and took the train at the Hassock's•gate for the Victoria Station. Having to change at the Norwood Junction, she got out of the third-class carriage in which she travelled, and seeing the pri soner in the dress of a porter she asked him to put her into a carriage going to Pimlico. He put her into a carriage in which there was no other passen ger nor a light, and the train went on its journey. At the next station the prisoner unlocked the door, came into the carriage, and seated himself by her side, and asked her if she expected any person to meet her at the station ? She answered no, that she was a stranger in London, and was going to Exmouth to see a dying mother, and wished to get a lodging for the night as close as possible to the Waterloo station, and from whence she was going to start. The prisoner said he could recommend her to a very comfortable place, rat his hand round her waist, and asked if she should feel insulted if ho kissed her. She told him she should feel highly offended, and should not permit it. The prisoner then asked her if he recommended her to a respect able place to stop in for the night what she would give him ; and after a few more words he placed his hand indelicately outside her dress. She told him he was very much mistaken in the character of the person whose company he was in, and he re plied, " Oh, no, I consider you an unprotected female." At this time the train had reached and stopped at the next station, and as the witness was getting frightened she asked the prisoner if she might not get out or get somebody to bring her a glass of water. He would not allow it, but seeing a porter she called him, and asked him to put her into another carriage, as she was very much in sulted by a man who was there. The man did as she requested, and on arriving at the Victoria Sta tion, reported the whole matter to the guard. The witness was submitted to a searching cross•exami nation, but the only thing materially elicited from her was that the prisoner had his arm round her waist all the time the conversation she repeated was going on, but in her former statement to Mr. Carpenter she declared that it was only through fear, and being alone and in darkness with the pri soner, that caused her to permit this. Henry Rhodes, the guard of the train on the night in question, said he had seen the prisoner at the Norwood Junction on the night in question, hut he was not on duty there. On arriving at the Victoria Station the last witness had complained to him of having been insulted, but said that if the man made a proper apology to her she should for give him. He looked for the prisoner, but could not find him. Three or four days after he saw the prisoner and spoke about the report, when he said it was a bad job ; that all he did was to ask her for a kiss, and telling her he should like to go and lodge with her for the night, and wake her up in the morning. George Wotman, the under-guard to the train, said that on the night in question, as the train was about to start from the Norwood Junction, the pri soner got into his brake and said, " I made it all right with a young woman ; I'm going to get into the carriage to her at the next station." Witness told him he had much better not, as he had taken a glass, and should get himself into trouble. He got out at the next station. At Wandsworth station witness was told of what had happened, and reported it to the guard. In reply to a question from Mr. Carpenter, wit ness said it was quite contrary to the regulations of the company that the prisoner should be allowed to travel by the train without a pass, or that a ser vant of the company should travel with passengers. Mr. Hutchinson addressed the bench at some length in extenuation of the offence, and expressed a hope that a small fine would meet the justice of the case. Mr. Norton, after commenting on the gross con duct of the prisoner, committed him to three months' hard labour. THE HENDON TRAGEDY. Yesterday afternoon Mr. G. S. Brent, deputy coroner for the western division of Middlesex, re sumedlan inquisition, adjourned from Tuesday last, at the Adam and Eve Inn, Mill-hill, Hendon, touch ing the death of Anne Cox, aged 24, the unfortunate girl who was shot by James Lawrence, a young man whose addresses she was receiving, on the morning of the 29th ult., and who having also at tempted to commit suicide by shooting himself, is now an inmate of Middlesex Hospital, and pro gressing slowly, but favourably towards recovery. The object of the adjournment to the present oc casion was for the purpose of having a post mortem examination of the body performed, so as to prove beyond question the actual instrument of death, and t o as ee :tain if the poor creature was. pregnant, that being the rouse assigned by Lawrence, in a letter, for enacting the tragedy. Inspector Lindsay, of the police at Edgware, was present, and produced sever a 1 shots which police constable 293 deposed that he foiLnd in the wall of the kitchen, and which corresponded. in size with those found in the shot bag. Mr. W. Growse, surgeon, practising at Readon, was re-examined to give the result of a post-mortein examination. He said he found three shots and a piece of an earthen cullender in the neck and throat, which being suspended from the ceiling of the room was shot down and smashed. It was evidently a singular fact that that piece of the cullender must have struck against the wall and rebounded with such force as to be driven into deceased's neck and throat. All the large vessels, the windpipe, and the gullet were completely divided. On examining the abdomen no pregnancy was found, but a very large ovarian dropsy, which must have existed for years, out of which witness drew at least two gal lons of vicid fluid, and which caused during life great peculiarity in her appearance, and may have given rise to the suspicion that Lawrence seemed to entertain. Witness also added that he found the womb healthy in every respect. George Wells, an uncle to Lawrence, was called, who identified to the best of his knowledge the letter previously published and now reproduced as being in the handwriting of his nephew. He knew nothing of the circumstances of the case. He had known James Lawrence all his life. Never knew him to threaten to destroy himself or any other person, and never considered him to be of an insane state of mind. ilt was further proved that the gun with which the deed was committed was not kept in the same house, but in the next one. The Deputy-Coroner said here was a man who goes into another house and brings backearegnu for the the express object of shooting anotherp act. e therefore it appeared to be a delib erate It was have shot herself in ous the hapless girl could no . proved by the medical testimony t that it was obvi ous been publicly stated. the manner found ? It was useless wasting " words or time over such a clear case. Whatever t circumstances there may be of extenu ating before e would ha ve tances wou l d be for the considera tion of another ju ry whom I to be taken, and the only verdict he could possibly reco mmend now was that of wilful murder agai nst Lawrence. The jury were then left alone to deliberate upon their verdict, and, after the expiration of 27 minutes, unanimously agreed to the following 'verdict : " That on the 29th March Anne Cox was found bleeding, helpless, and dying in a certain kitchen, and instantly afterwards did die, from the mortal effects of a loss of blood from a of a gun loaded w i t h s h ot, b y one Wound in the neck, made by means James Lawrence, who is guilty of the wilful mur der of the said Anne Cox, and who committed the murder aforesaid whilst ho was excited by jealousy." Coroner fully acqu i esce d i n th e ver dict.N() Deputy-Coroner there were some extenuating cir cumstances which wo u ld b e properly considered at The EI another tribunal. Th e Deputy-Coroner having made out his war rant for the arrest and committal of Lawrence on a charge of wilful murder, and bound over the wit nesses to appear at the trial, was apprised by In spector Lin dsay that he was already in custody of `th e police, and Would first have to be taken before t h e resident magistrate at Edg ware. The proceedings then terminated. A0........'..t 1 t 3N66 '. FROM THE GAZETTE OF L. 4 ST N•T WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 8. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for th e appointment of John Hoskins Brown, Esq., Colnman der on the Retired List of the Royal Navy, and Registrar- General of Seamen, and of Isaac Watts, Esq., Chief Con structor of the Navy, to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 5. The Queen has been pleased to approve of 'Friedrich ' August Krull as Consullat Wellington, New Zealand, for the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburgh. WAIL-OFFICE, APRIL 8. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. W. Ploos van Amstel as Consul at Melbourne for his Maj °sty the King of the NetherlOncls. CROWN-0 IfFICE, APRIL 5. MEMBER RI: . TURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIA M ENT. Borough of Presto:'—Sirl:lioinas George Hesketh , o f Rufford Hall, in the county of Lamcaster, Bart., in the room of Richard Assheton Cr 0,24, Esq., who , has accepted the office of Steward of her Maje,sty's C.'illtern Hundreds. DEPARTMENT OF THE .ACCOUNTANT -GENE RAL OF THE NAVY, ADMiltAleT Y, SOMERSET HOUSE, APRIL 8. Notice is hereby given, that her laAl eL lty's ship Prome ,,,l Clas theus has been added to the list of ship,,s vvhcse crep,ws and are entitled to the Crimean Medal, Sebaste.p s are now Turkish Medal, and that the medals and Cra sp ‘sonally or ready for issue in this department. Application may be made for them, either perk by letter, by those persons only who served in the Black Sea in the ship in the year 1855, and the necessary certifi cate of suet service must accompany the claim. BANKRUPTS. Robert Goacher, farmer, Woodsetts, Yorkshire John Orrell, joiner, Hindpool, Furness John Roff, publican, Tovil, East Farleigh. John Bond Cooke, hat manufacturer, Newcastle-upon- Tyne Edward Henry Weeks, confectioner, Bristol John Brabin, cattle dealer, Liverpool Patrick Rowan M'Nicholas, schoolmaster, Seacombe Henry Cox, blacksmith, Storrington, Sussex Samuel Russell, licensed victualler, Coventry George Enoch Onions, baker, Madeley, Salop Daniel Cakebread, currier, Sambridgeworth, Boris George Ingold, pump maker, Bishop's Stortford, Herts Robert Philip Etheredge, Great Yarmouth Edumund Daniel Jewell, fish dealer, Great Yarmouth John Carver, printer, Huddersfield George Calvert, joiner, Dalton, Yorkshire Josiah Glover, stationer, Dresden, St affordshire John Cuthbert, carpenter, Shropham, Norfolk Wm. Booth, horse keeper, Thestly Field, near Rochdalo Arthur Akhbar Mahomed, bath proprietor, Brighton John F. Devitt, late beer retailer, Wolverhampton Elijah Williams, beer seller, Wthehhall, Staffordshire Joseph Crow, jun., grocer, rainh Yorkshire Richard Kettle Barnes, surgeon, Dover-road George Lethall Robins, hatter, Lincatt's-inn-fields George Cranstone, ironfounder, Hemps,tet;cl John Butler, farmer, Ash, Surrey Frederick Game, farmer, Flowton, Suffolk John Lilly, clothier, Chiswell-street William Paton, traveller, Dalston James Edward Betts, publican, Deptford Nicholas Bull Jay, shopman, Hamniersmith Augustus J. L. Meiningen, author, Bagnigg Joseph Bull, Walthamstow Mary Dawson, Robert-street, Hampstead -road Alfred Brightly, publican, Ratcliffe e-wo2ls-road John Maddocks, builder, Burton-upon-Trent • Edward A. Lines, painter, Birmingham Edward Parsons, Jun., farmer, Arlscott, Salop Wm. Edgerton, publican, Longton, Staffordshire Joseph Shilton, draper, Derby Edward Westmoreland, machinist, Nottingham John Vial, grocer, Blackwater, Cornwall Charles Firby, Leeds Thos. B. Palfreyman, bear dealer, Middleton, Yorkshire Wilsh Crowe, miller, Yorkshire John J. Berry, nurseryman, Cabbage-row, Chester John Midgley, commission agent. Manchester Henry Scholes, wheelwright, Leavengreave, Rochdale John Bateman, builder, Bury, Lal2cashiro Richard Davis, butcher, Bermondsey John S. Muir, schoolmaster, Brighton Thomas Halstead, innkepeer, Chigwell, 175 sex Thomas J. Holmes, solicitor's clerk, Caradvi-town Frank Bailey, ink manufacturer, Barnsbury Francis B. Aysliford, assistant to a brewer,Little Britain Lucy Emily Fenton,licensed victualler,BurySt.Bdmu utds John L. Fysh, hosier, King's Lynn, Norfolk Bernard 0. Colnaghi, publisher, Bouverie-street, City James M. Pincott, Kew Edward Attridge, assistant to a publican, Mitcham Harrington Parker, wine merchant, Pall-Mall George J. Heathorn, brewer, Birmingham. James Hodgson, grocer, Leeds Cassius D. Boyce, plumber, King's Lynu, Norfolk William Jones, farmer, Trefnant, Guillsfield,MontgomerY Betsy B. Jones, innkeeper, Whitchurch, Salop John Lewis Evans, corn dealer, Tean, Staffordshire Thomas Battersly, stone mason, Worksop, NottinghaM Henry Elliott, publican, Worksop, Nottingham SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. James Catanach, shipowner, Dundee Matthew M'Allister, cow feeder, Coatbridgo Robert K. Barbour, writer, Ayr Thomas Paterson, bootmaker, Glasgow Alex. Low, farmer, Hassiewells, Aberdeenshire Geo. D. Milne and Thos. B. Sim, builders, Glasgow Alex. Walker, farmer, Hassiewells, Aberdeenshire John and William Ferguson, tailors, Inverness James D. Paul, baker, Airdrie COUNI BY MARKET S. 2.IIISTOL—Arnm 8. At our market to-day there was a good attendance of country buyers, and a considerable inquiry for wheat took place. Sales were actually , made at an advance in some cases of 6d per qr. Oats, barley, peas, and beans were at last Tuesday's rates. Barrel flour rather cheaper. LEEDS—APRIL 8. We have to report only a moderate show of grain to day, and in order to supply their wants millers had to give the full prices of last Tuesday. Barley in fair demand, at full prices. Beans and oats at late rates. MELTON MOWBRAY--Ayun. 8. There was a pretty fair supply o f w heaA to-day, and, with a quiet trade, prices little changed. 13:2rley was lin moderate request, at extreme prices. White wheat, 61$ Od to 65s Od ; red, 54s ON to 588 per 36 stone ; b° 311 .. slow, at 40s to 46s for old; new sorts, —s per 38 B t. barley, 36s to 39s for malting, and 28s to;32a per qv, for grinding ; oats, 30s to 33s Od per 24 stone. SHEFFIELD-APRIL 8. At our market this morning the show of wheat was' small, but the attendance about an average. Dry wheats alone saleable, at the rates of the week previous. Oats in smaller supply, but values unaltered. Red wheat, per lead of 3 imperial bushels 20s Od to 2250 d White 9, , 228 Od to 23s Od New red . , i 2ls Od to 235 Od New white ~ ff 24s Od to 260 Od Beans 117, ~ l6s Od to 19s Od Peas, per qr 58s Od to 600 Od Grindinc , barley, per qr 32s Od to 36s Od Malting ditto, „ s Od Oats 2OB Od to 26 _ . 7, 20 5d per Millers' prices for flour--2s ld, 2s 3d, and 141 b. 36s Ocl to 408 Oil NEWCASTLE-UNDER -LYME—ArRIL 8• At this market to-day there was only a'moderate show of wheat, the demand for which was limited, and factors made full prices. Fine barley sold at is per qr more money. White wheat, 60s to 66s ; red, 48s to .59s per 36 stone. Barley at 36s to 39s per qr., grinding 28s:to 32s per 30 st. Oats, 23s to 26s per 24 at. ; beans, 40a to 465; new, 388 to 46s per qr. FOREIGN JIJAIL PACKET LUZ MAILS DUE. Aus'aalia and Mauritius, via Southampton. April 18 ' via Marseilles ..April 12. Trirazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. May 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. May 3. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. April 18. k:. via Marseilles ...April 12. ..... Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton April 10. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton April 18. -- via Marseilles Aprilil2. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. April 10. via Marseilles April 20. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April 10. via Marseilles April 12. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo April 11. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet April 10. by Cana di an packet Ap r il 9. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, an d Teneriffe .... April 10. Bahamas, via New York ' . .. April 10. Mexico. by U.S. packet.... . , ~. April 28. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, California, and British Columbia.. i App 14. BIRTHS. CAZALET.—On the6th inst., at 38, Acacia-road, Regan* park, the wife of Lieutenant -Colonel P. G. Gimlet, of a son. FENWICK.—On the 7th inst., at 33, Rutland-gate, Hyde park, the wife of C. R,. Fenwiek, Esq., of a son. S rolf Walter wso t --0 ns Sprott t 6, t L h s in g. s , t. o , f a a t 5 2,/ o l n a . yfield, Sussex, the SEARIGIIT.—On the 6th inst., at Bedford-hill, Balham, the wife of James Searight, Esq., of twin daughters. MARRIAGES. ROLINSON—TOWNSII;;;.- --- 0; the 7th inst., at St. Jude',Ef Southsea, William Robinson Esq., fourth son of Admi ral Hercules Robinson, to Olivia Townshend, the fourth daughter of the late Bishop of Meath. RYAN—DOVETON.—On the Sth inst., at St. Barnabae, Kensington, William Cavendish Bentinck Ryan, Lieut. 3d Punjaub Cavalry, youngest son of the Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan, to Maria, youngest daughter of Lieut. Col. Doveton, late H.E .I.Co.'s Service. DEATHS. ADDISON.—On the 6th inst., at Crossrigg Hall, Westmor land, Robert Addison, Esq., aged 86. I3ROOME.—On the sth inst., at Holly-green, Worcester shire, Penelope Isabella, widow of the Rev. J. Broome, aged 98. GALWAY.—On the 7th inst., at Bath, Catherine Elizabeth, Viscountess Galway, widow of the late and mother of the present Viscount Galway, aged 79. SHAFT.—On the 7th inst., at Greenwich, George Shaft, Esq., aged GG. WALDUCK.-011 the Gilt i n st., at Worthing, Sherwin Walduek, Esq., aged 90. WARDEN.—On the 7th ins ~ at Peckham r Ye, Thomas Warden, Esq., of the 11.E..M.5., aged 37. fal ( l )r p in ub te l r is ? h a e t d T b n y E J S O U l N lN Oil e ic l e l , A N l o l . ,l l N - 2 : St r and, of : 1 Printed Strand, the Precinct of the Savoy, i n th e Coun ty of Nidd i um oz.—WecluoodaY) April 9, 1862, 40 i.N )0 0. I,s, of ul C( Bo: isf til o( lit EE' Prc ere cal Con 1 114 RO