The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-07 00:00:00

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, Every day, almost every hour. now makes on evident change in the internal arrangements and fittings of the Exhibition. It seems to grow with , a progress to whiCh the rise of the fabled beanstalk was as nothing. The space which on one day is allotted to shavings and straw is during the next covercd with counters and filled with cases, and dosing the third buds forth the promise of its rature glories; in bronzes, rare textiles, iron work, pottery, or glass. The progress which English exhibitors have lately made has been most praiseworthy, and already they are now far in advance of the foreign department which but a fortnight ago was as much in advance of them. We are sorrow, however, to learn on the best autho rity that within the last few days they have ranch relaxed their efforts, and most especially in unpack ing their eases. The building is now actually so lum bered up with cases of all kinds that it is with the utmost difficulty a way can be found through them. Already they are becoming obstructions in the way of other exhibitors whowish to arrange their coun ters, and for the convenience of all it is necessary that steps should be taken to at once abate what is becoming a nuisance. Most especially do these re marks apply to the exhibitors in the Western an nexe, for machinery in motion, where ponderous cases, containing each many tons of metal, have been poured in with such profusion that they now act as a positive obstacle to the reception of any more. We believe an urgent remonstrance on this subject has already been sent out by the Commis sioners, and still more stringent measures will be adopted if this warning is disregarded. It is said that owing to this cause the railway stations are at present crowded with packages of machinery, which cannot be delivered until exhibitors have moved the packages already in the shed out of the way. At the urgent representation of Mr. Clark, the superintendent of this class, the Commissioners have decided to give him additional help to complete the work which the exhibitors ought to have effected long ago ; and for this purpose Captain Maynard, with several gangs of seamen riggers, will to-day undertake the labour of removing the packages, if not to the sites they are to occupy, at least out of the path of others. The French are fixing a large marine engine in this shed, which, as a specimen of mechanical construction, is not likely to find many imitators in this country ; but, with the exception of this machine, the other portions of this Court are unoccupied ; as are also those allotted to Belgium, the Zollverein, and Austria. In fact, as a general rule, the foreigners are far less forward than our selves. The English picture gallery is almost finished ; hardly any of the foreign pictures are hung ; the English goods are fast getting ready for display, while not more than half the foreign goods are in the building. It is abs3lutely ne cessary that no public time should be lost in these deliveries, for until all are completed the entrances into the building cannot be filled up, nor the cranes removed, nor the paving of foot or roadway pro ceeded with. Of course, everything cannot be in finished order by the Ist of May,but the fewer there are of unsightly external deficiencies the better. The raised dais under each dome is nearly com pleted, and on that under the eastern dome is being erected the huge orchestra for the musical perform ance at the opening. This orchestra is to contain 1,600 vocal performers, formed of the choir of the Sacred Harmonic Society, a selection from the Me tropolitan chores of the Handel Festival, and the choirs of the Chapels Royal. The whole orches tra and stage are to be completed before the 18th, and the rehearsals will take place in Exeter-hall. It has been decided that invitations to distin guished personages in this country to assist at the opening ceremony will not give admission to the building unless those invited are also holders of season tickets. For any person so invited a seat will also be provided for one lady, who, like the gentleman, must also be a season ticket holder. These reserved seats will be in the galleries and transepts overlooking the Eastern dome, w here the ceremony, snob as it is, will take place, and, what is likely to be far more attractive, the fine selection of music will be performed. Mem bers of the House of Peers will, we believe, attend either in uniform or in their robes, and other per sons who occupy reserved seats are, from the word ing of the invitation issued, evidently expected to appear in uniform or Court costume. The opening, therefore, is likely to be much more brilliant as a spectacle than that of 1851. A desire has also been very generally expressed in various quarters that, in consideration of the national character of the ceremonial, the day should be kept as much as pos sible a holiday throughout the metropolis, but on this point nothing has been decided. We take this occasion to resume our notices of the chief objects which visitors may look for in the various classes. Classes 6, 31, 32, and 86 are all placed under the charge of Mr. T. Wright, who is using his long experience in various exhibitions to secure the finest possible show in his departments. Class 6 comprises carriages not connected with rail or tram road, and this section will include every possible variety of carriage from a Bath chair to a velocipede, and from a four-in-hand to a perambu lator or a self-propelling bathing-machine. There are barouches, landaus, single and double brough ams, Eugenics, sociables, and phaetons, broughams under I cwt., Stanhopes;phaeton waggonettes, dio rophas, and one ambitious vehicle which i s a a b a ronage, sociable, coach, and landau" all in one. Among the novelties is a cart to form either a cart or sleigh, and the model of a plan for the preven tion of all accidents to carters. Mr. Evans, of Li v erpool, shows, an improved Hansom cab, which is designed as the London vehicles ought to be, but certainly are not, to accommodate two persons a very handsome Fitzroy phaeton comes from North ampton,constructed with malleable steel and wheels of hickory. Mr. Mulliner, of Leamington, is send ing a four-wheel dog-cart, which folds open and forms a waggonette. Shillibeer is to exhibit an improved omnibus—a vehicle which is a capable of improvement as anything that runs on wheels. This is described as a vis a vie omnibus, with sepa rate seats inside, the outside seats on the roof and box being reached from the interior. Starey, of Nottingham, shows a landau with :flat fall of head, with elastic springs and noiseless wheels in chain tires ; Vezey, of Long-acre, sends a carriage with noiseless springs in indiarubber bearings. On the whole, the show in this class will be, of its kind, equal to any in the building. Class 31 is for iron goods and general hardware of all kinds. In this class Birmingham has a large and very handsome Court of its own, though, of course, goods from that town belonging to other classes are shown indis criminately among those of other exhibitors. This i Court s situate midway between the central aye nu. e and th e eastern transep t. The sides are occu pied by P eyton an d Peyton, who chiefly show verities of handsom e metallic bedsteads, while in the centre of the court is a canopy, from which will be suspended a number of beautiful chandeliers. Messenger and Baas, 0. J. Phillips, Rennie, and Adcock, and other of the principal manufacturers, show f a immense metal assortment thislacosfs,useful and orna mental eismalmviorske. Messrs. betties shovi al s s o o m , t e h b o e u a g u h ti n fu ot in this Court , l brass-work chandeliers, while. m. the glass Court they are likely to take the highest hono urs. Crysta r l l:h a e n ir a gr w e i a l t l in the chandelier is a perfect temple , of certainly be one of the finest °Dints of • . of the p a s Exhibition. It is no less than 22 feeltt4l high and 14 grqs are 3 feet diameter at the base ; some lass col u m n s feet 6 in length , a nd the Ott g lass still which adjes,,, the larger. In the Sheffield Court,he eastern transept, will be found all the great maker s kingdom. There of cutlery and steel goods in the tin spngs, are steel cranks and p is t on-rods, railway steel tires, ingots of steel, cast-stee l disc wheels, and " scalping knives. " The show of steel g really rates, stoves, fenders, and fi re - i ron ornaments will be beautiful in' itself from its own artistic and manu facturing merits, and made still more attractive from the admirable and most tasteful manner in which the exhibitors are setting their goods off to the best advantage. To the south of this Court is another Court, one side of which is allotted to the Walsall carriage buil ders' and saddler? ironmongery. The rest is given up to the Wolverhampton exhibitors of hollow ware, such as locks, safes, and general ironmongery. In this class Loveridge and Co. and THE ' Ii,SUN;\ LOADOM MONLMY EVENING, APRITA 1, E. Perry send a very fine exhibition of japanned g oods of every description. The south end of the east transept is already entirely occupied by the trophies of the great manufacturers belonging to the two classes we have mentioned—namely, iron and tors, Than some of these trophies, there will be nothing more beautiful in the buildirg, and !ler ' thinly nothing which of their kind will show more prominently the superiority we enjoy over other nations in our iron manufactures, It is not too much to say that the best works that Quentin Matsys ever produced will, at the least, find their equals here. Among the finest of them all is the rood screen for Hereford Cathedral, manufactured by the Skidmore Art Company of Coventry from a design by Mr. Scott. This noble work, both in its form and general effect, and, above all, in the exqui site elaboratiod with which every scroll and even the minutest-leaf among the clusters of flowers that fill the basement panels are finished off, is left with out a rival in the building. On the opposite end of the transept to this are the trophies of the Cole brook Dale Company, which consist of an heroic statue of Cromwell, 14 feet high, and some most elaborate metal vases and fountains. They also show a noble pair of bronzed iron gates, the chief beauties in which are now hidden under wrappers to protect them from injury. In our judgment, however, the design of these latter is scarcely equal to that of the beautiful wrought iron park gates which are being erected as a principal nave trophy by Messrs. Bar nard and Bishop. These latter, as ornamental gates, will, we think, be adjudged to be the best in the Exhibition. Also in this transept is Warner's trophy of a peal of eight bells, which, though not very hand some, will be interesting as illustrating a new inven tion by means of which one man will be able to ring a whole chime. Mr. Bessemer, whose process for making steel is now fast taking root throughout this country and the Continent, has also a very beautiful trophy Court in this transept. It consists of a raised floor approached by wide steps, and surrounded by a very handsome carved screen in polished mahogany, the outer edge of which is surmounted by a fretwork of bronze and rail of burnished steel. This screen is double, and its upper side forms a counter, while in the centre is a very fine glass and mahogany case,the woodword of which is beautifully carved in bold relief. In this case, secure from rust and damp, will be shown some of the most important of the various applications now made of what is called the Bessemer steel. There will be a crank shaft of a5O horse engine in one piece, with piston rods for en gines of from 50 to 250 horse power, the powerful screw of a fly press used in the Mint, with a circu lar saw made from one disc of steel over 7ft. in dia meter, with teeth of 10in: in length. There is, however, a larger saw than this shown in another part of the building, made from steel by the old process, and either of them, turning at the rate of 500 revolutions a minute, would cut through the thickest timber as fast as a man could walk. With these massive examples will be shown smaller ones, such as plates used in boilers, ships, and bridges, rising in regular gradations from 1-50th of an inch to nearly 42 inches thick. Specimens of steel wire will also be shown, from a thickness too great for a strong man to bend, :down to the 250th part of an inch in diameter. Among the applications of steel wire will be exhibited several specimens of cotton cardi, used in the best carding engines, with steel in round, flat, and square bars of every size. Two important examples of steel ordnance will also ne shown—one illustrating a mode of mounting guns without trunnions, the elevation being effected by a screw, and the axles of the wheels admitting of ad justment ; the other a 24 pounder, with trunnions forged on it out of one solid ingot of steel. Mr. Bes semer also shows samples of railway bars made of his steel, some few hundred tons of which have already been laid on various lines for trial. He claims for these metals that they will last between four and five times as long as ordinary rails, and that they are not liable to snap in frosty weather, in proof of which is shown a bar bent double during a hard frost by an eminent railway engineer. If those allegations can only be supported, Mr. Bessemer need not much trouble himself about other applica tions of his process, inasmuch as our great railway companies use about 15,000 tons of rails a year, the average life of a rail on a main line being only 10 years, and at important stations as low sometimes as four months. Messrs. Naylor and Vickars also show in this transept a fine trophy of large castings in steel, and a peal of beautifully sounding steel bells. There is a fine metropolitan trophy of class 31, the chief contributors to which are Bailey and Sons, and Fulham and Co., who will send some specimens of renaissance metalwork, while to the same trophy Hart and Sons and Benham and Sons will contri bute equally beautiful examples of medim sal work in iron and brass. Hardman and Co. are to have a bay on the eastern side, which they are fitting up most beautifully as a distinct Court. It is to con tain examples of the ecclesiastical, domestic, and decorative arts of the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th cen turies, comprising sculpture in English alabaster and stone, jewelry in enamels and niello, chalices, ciboria, flagons, &c., in gold and silver, with monu mental brasses and memorial tablets, inlaid with coloured cements. Class 36 is set apart for the dis play of dressing-cases, despatch-boxes, portman teaus, &c. This class will furnish a most beautiful trophy for the nave, to which Messrs, Asprey, Leuchars, Mechi, and West all contribute their chef: d'auvres in the way of dressing-cases. GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY. An extraordinary meeting of sha re h o ld ers i n this dissolved company was held on Friday, at the London Tavern, for tho purpose of finally wind ing up and settling the accounts and affairs of the concern. Mr. Raikes Currie presided, and after some preliminary remarks, expressed his belief that although they had waited a long time for the final accounts of the liquidators, they would, upon the whole, ba considered satisfac tory. The assets of the company in Indian Bonds, interest due thereon, and cash in the banker's hands, amounted to £41,061 18s. 11d.; against which there were liabilities, ascertained and contingent, amounting to £1,332 9s. 10d. ; leaving £39,728 19s. ld. This, if divided up close, would give 16s. 10d. per share on the total number of 47,118 shares. (Hear, hear.) But as it would scarcely be prudent in winding up such a large concern to di vide every farthing, making no provision for pos. sible errors, it was proposed to return 16s. 6d. a share as a final payment, leaving the small balance in the hands of the committee as a guarantee against any claims that might have been overlooked. This he hoped would be approved. (Hear, hear.) That being the case, perhaps some shareholder would move a resolution to the effect that the shareholders expressed satisfaction with the statement of account, and the proposed distribution, and resolved that a final return of 16s. 6d, per share be made, the share-, holders releasing the directors and liquidators from all further claims. Sir D. CROSSLEY, after thanking the winding -up committee for the care they had taken to realise the assets to the best advantage, and congratulating them upon the success of their labours, moved the resolution as suggested ; and Captain HALSTEAD having, in seconding it, declared the result was far more satisfactory than he had expected, it was car ried unanimously. In reply to a question, the CHAIRMAN stated that the committee guaranteed the shareholders against being called upon for any lability on account of claims which might possibly arise hereafter ; and Mr. PEACHEY road the fo;mal document the share holders would have to sign on receiving their money, showing that the release was mutual, and and that no a f ter c l a i m cou ld be made by either the s t! rehold ers aga i ns t t h e li qu id a t o rs, or by the liquidators against the shareholders. [Anim ß .„, m used by the weakesti''k."-- Certainty w u to m : t lr:l-llolloway's Ointment and Pills. — These curatives may be fearlessly purifying and coolin ° J.3est delicate invalid. From their flow from their em b a o l y 't rn ils in all diseases, benefit must danger. Holloway's rena t di e X4 without inconvenience or t ve suitable to every climate, and are admirably adapted cures of the ! seX-8, at any age, and under i ':, r jestoring health to both 1 4 0 X 1 :cunastances. A long Itraetable complaints list of wonderful 4es:ntda,e,llafety. They ca n be produced to prove their utility lways do good, never mischief. T :aluable in the nursery, when slight aceidieunidietlecnieoorsu:trriesfuning ailments can at once be corrected by the H o lloway's medicaments, which cannot be wrongly applied. Iif.ETROPOLHAN / ,:z7:II3TER,- BANEAN .17AIL TA . On Saturday afternoon, a eniaber oC. the three __a shareholders, and others, interested in this important line of metropolitan communication, paid a long visit of inspection to the w orks as far as they have yet been completed, from Victoria-street sta tion, Clerkenwell, to the Great Western Rail wa y. A short time since a detailed notice of this very curious undertaking, and of some of the, great con structive difficulties which Mr. Fowler, the engi neer of the line, bad to overcome, appeared in our columns. At that time, however, the line proper was only completed to King's-cross, for, though the greater portion of the tunnelling was finished to the beginning of the New-road, no rails were laid, and the passage itself was almost filled with ballast. Since then the works have been pushed on with the utmost activity, and the line now brought beneath Coppice-row to where its main station is to be erected on the dirty piece of waste ground on the east side of Victoria-street. Now, therefore, we shortly hope to see at least one side of this disrepu table-looking thoroughfare, which has been an eye sore and almost a disgrace to our metropolis, occupied en permanence by the warehouses and builLngs of a handsome railway station, when, in the natural course of things, it will not be long be fore the ground on the opposite side of the road will be covered with shops and places of business, and the hideous ruins of Field-lane and Saffron-hill concealed from the public gaze. Thus, in every way the public will be gainers by the completion of this project. The Victoria-street station being intended as a main terminus for the Great Western, Great Northern, London, Chatham, and Dover, and Metro politan traffic, is to be one of great size and extent, the whole of the eastern side being devoted to a goods station and warehouses. Ultimately the sub terranean line will be continued from this place in an easterly direction, passing under the ground north of Smithfield by Charterhouse-square, and so on beneath the Barbican to Finsbury-circus, where its final London terminus will be erected. Its total length will then be about four Miles and a half, of which little more than three miles is through tun nels and the rest through open cuttings. The works for the great station in Victoria-street are going on very fast, and there being now through communi cation into the Great Northern Railway, the earth is taken away as fast as excavated. The founda tions, retaining walls, bridges, sewers, and drains are advancing, and the temporary offices, which are to be of timber, are already in frame at the work shops, and can be put together in a few days after the site is ready to receive them. The visit on Sa turday was chiefly made to inspect the new stations on the line, and the accommodation they will afford with regard to light, space, &c., for the traffic. The first length of tunnel passed through was that lead ing from Victoria-street to Frederick-street, a dis tance of some 700 yards. The party were conveyed through this in trucks, on which candles were stuck, with a few candles along the walls of the tunnel, just enough to "make darkness visible." From Frederick-street the line is continued along an open cutting to King's-cross, the various roads leading to Pentonville and Bagnigge-wells being carried over it on handsome bridges. The station at King's-cross is one of the principal halting places on the line, where it effects a junction with the Great Northern Railway ; this station is about 20ft. below the surface of the ground. The side re taining walls are constructed as for piers and arches spanning a width ofnearly 90ft., and sustained upon powerful open-work girders is the station building itself with its booking-offices, waiting-rooms, &c.; duplicate stairs, one for arrivals and one for depar tures, communicating with the rails beneath. The whole is to be covered with an elliptical wrought iron roof, let in with glass sufficiently to light the entire substructure. Another chief station is near Gower-street, in the New-road, which is constructed in a different manner. The platforms here are under the footpaths of the roadway above, and the whole station is comprised in a huge arch of 45ft. span. The sides of this arch at its springing are perforated with circular openings, extending outwards and up wards through the thickness of the brickwork, till they they emerge in the fore courts or front gardens of the houses on each side of the road, where they are glazed in. The sides of these openings are lined with glazed tiles, so that both direct and reflected rays are thrown upon the opposite platforms, and com pletely illuminate the station with a clear and strong though not a glaring light. Ingress and egress to the stations are obtained through the booking-offices on the north and south sides of the Euston-road, in gardens purchased for the purpose, and thence by exit and entrance stairs to the platform below. The Portland-road station is complete, and the rails for the mixed gauge laid. There will only be one book ing -office here, and the station beneath will be lit from glass doors and openings in the crown of the arch. The station at the Edgware-road is smaller, but very similar to that at King's-cross. The brick work_ is faced with Ransom's patent stone of which all the ornamental work of all the bridges is formed. Throughout the whole journey on Saturday the air in all the tunnels was perfectly sweet and good, free even from the peculiar damp and coldness almost always to be met with in underground works of every kind. When locomotives were used in draw ing the trucks they were those of Mr. Fowler's patent, which have been specially designed for use on this line. These engines condense their own steam and consume their own smoke, so that no matter how long in the tunnel neither gas or vapour is perceptible. Of course, without some invention of this kind subterranean railway travelling would not only be too disagreeable, but even too painful and injurious for anybody to endure. With Mr. Fowler's engine, however, all these threatened in conveniences are totally obviated. As a practical illustration of its advantages, the party wore drawn on Saturday from the King's-cross station to the Great Northern line by an ordinary locomotive, and the gas and vapour in the narrow tunnel were all but suffocating. The surface of the rails on the line is all of steel, and the points and crossings of Besse mer steel, which is now coming into use for this and other purposes. The line is laid for the mixed or double gauge throughout, and it is intended to open the first part from Victoria-street to the Great Western by the beginning or middle of next June. The !carriages will be roomy, well ventilated, and handsomely fitted, and each one well lighted with portable gas. Whatever the financial results of the scheme may be, the line will prove of the greatest convenience to the public, and will do very much to relieve the present overcrowded traffic of our great thoroughfares to the city. EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 6. An inquest has been held at the Canteen, Crook horn, on the body of George Stevens, a blacksmith, employed on the fortifications now being con structed on Portsdown-hill. It appeared that some three or four navvies were returning from Bedhampton late at night, when one of the party was missed. The others went back as far as what is termed " Capon's Cutting," close to the Old Sema phore, and called out the missing man's name, and were answered by him from the bottom of the ex cavation. On going down they not only found their companion, who was uninjured, but the dead body of Stevens. Mr. Stedman, surgeon, of Havant, was sent for, and on arriving at the cutting at 3 a.m., he found the poor fellow had been dead for some hours, and had him removed to his surgery at ' Crookhorn. Having made a post mortem exami nation of the body, Mr. Stedman gave evidence that he found very extensive extravasation of blood under the scalp, and a fracture commencing above the left temple, and extending downwards through the temporal bone and along the base of the skull. He was of opinion that this severe fracture was caused by a fall from a height, and that no blow could have produced an injury of so extensive a nature. There was no external mark of violence whatever on any part of the head or body. It was certainly a most remarkable coincidence that two men should have fallen down the same cutting, on the same night, and that one should be killed and th e other perfectly uni n j ure d, a nd without a mar k of chalk on the clothes of either ; but as no evidence was produced which would tend to implicate any other person, a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. The poor man had, it appears, some 235. or 245. when he left work, but not a farthing was t found on him after death. WRECZ . OF TILE MARS STEADIER. 112,15t0.L.--Tho following account of ohs loss of his ill-fated vessel has bcen obtained from jame-s Case, one of the two seamen who were saved, and, although it does not account for the precise cir cumstance to which the wreck is to be ascribed, it gives the best history of the !natter that is likely to be obtained. Cam states that the Mars left Waterford at very near to her advertised time, ten o'clock on Tuesday morning. After they had been at aea some time the weather thickened, and although the wind was not very hth a great deal of fsca got up. As night drew on the thickness increased and it became very dark, and for many hours they did not see a thing. Case de- scribes Captain Blin man as having been remarkably attentive to the working of the ship, and seemingly anxious. and it was remarked that he did not go below for more than five or ten minutes during the whole of the afternoon and evening. He also caused the patent log to be kept out, by means of which the ship's progress is self registered, and so things went en till approaching 8 o'clock in the evening, at which time the ship must have been nearing the Welsh coast—unfortunately nearing it more rapidly :han any one on board could have been aware. Somewhere about that time Massey's log wastaken in, for it was seen hanging on the rail of the quarter deck. At 8 o'clock the watch was changed, and it became the turn of Case, Joseph Cross, the other seaman who was saved, and some of the poor fellows who were drowned, to go for what sailors call their " watch below." At about 10 or 15 minutes after 8 o'clock the vessel received a tremendous shock, and it at once became evident that she had struck on a rock. The vessel at the time when she struck was going, Case supposes, about 9 or 10 miles an hour. The captain was heard to call out " Hard a-port !" and in a few moments after, "Reverse !" and it is believed the engines were then reversed. As may be supposed, all at once became confusion. The sea broke over the sides of the ship and poured down the hatchway into the engine-room, and it soon became evident she must become a wreck. Case believes that the boats were then hurriedly re sorted to. He and Cross, with assistance, got a very small boat and succeeded in getting her afloat, and into that he, his messmate, two of the firemen, brothers named Sutton, a youth who was about to emigrate to Australia, and a drover named Kane, got. Another drover was approaching to get into her, but was too late. The Mars went down, as near as the survivors can guess, in about five or six minutes after striking. Just before her being en gulphed Cross saw a woman, who he is certain was the stewardess, Mrs. Way, standing on the paddle box, wringing her hands. After the boat was floating and being tossed about by the heavy ground swell Case and his companion heard the cap tain and others shouting to them as if to urge them to keep near, but whether they were clinging to the wreck, to some floating fragments, or had succeeded in getting into the lifeboat they were unable to say. But although Providence had so far favoured their efforts as to enable them to got into the boat and get clear of the wreck and the rock, the dangers and difficulties of the unhappy men were by no means at an end. They were without light, food, or rudder, and the seamen had very little clothing on. The boat in which they were was tossed vio lently about, while the risk of capsising was every moment increased by the drowning cattle, some of which swam about, occasionally thrusting their heads over the boat, and threatening it and its occupants with instant destruction. It was besides dark and very thick, and the greatest difficulty was experienced, by means of a couple of oars, in keep ing the boat's head to the sea, so as to prevent her being swamped. Luckily, Case was a very good seaman, and he hit on a plan for keeping something like steering way on the boat by lashing an oar through the rudder-hole. In this way the occu pants of the boat passed the long hours of the night, tossing about at the mercy of the elements, not knowing where they were, and praying rather than looking for a deliverance. They suffered greatly from exposure to cold and wet, and after a time Case and Cross's hands became so benumbed that they could hardly grasp the oars, in their power to use which alone their chance of reaching the coast lay. Break of day enabled them to see where they were, and they made desperate efforts to get their boat to the coast. This at length they happily succeeded in doing, and landed ultimately at St. Gowan's Head greatly exhausted, but with hearts overflowing with gratitude at having been spared. Once on the coast they received assistance from the Coastguardsmen and others. They went to Milford, where information of the wreck was given by them. Since then they have been sent on to 'Waterford, and it was in that city that Case gave the narrative from which this is prepared to his aged father, through whom it has reached us. The following is a statement s of the passengers on board, as far as we have been able to ascertain, none of whom have escaped from the wreck : Cabin passengers—Dr. Blist, of Portlaw, on his way to Bristol ; Captain Russell, with his wife, child, and servant, who were coming to this city previous to their departure for India ; Miss Coombes, residence unknown. Deck passengers—There were 15 persons entered as passengers on deck, of whom the following were known to be present, and who were all pigdealers coming to this city :—Messrs. Cooper, Belcher, illshire, Keswick, Brien, and Molloy. These are described as residing at Water ford, and most of them have left families to deplore their loss_ 18 /Z E "EEL LIGE C ClitaLTIT,--KINGSTON, April 5. (I-?cfcro Mr, J'aFtice AT:.gb.tman and a Common BELSEN V. 13ELSEN AND ANOTHER—TM. llEllt-AT LAW—CISPTOTTS WILL CASE, This INTu an aetiel of ejectment brt"ight by Jas. Belsen, egainet Caroline Belson, and Soen Belsen, h's uncle and aunt, to recover poseession of a house and land at Frauley, in this county, Me. Hawkins, Q.U., and Mr. Garth for the plaintiff; and Sergeant Slice and Mr. Pearce for the defendants. It appeared that the property in question for merly belonged to James Belson, the grandfather of the present plaintiff. This James Belsen had seve ral children, among whom were the defendants, and there was an elder brother James, who was the father of the plaintiff, who, being dead, the plain tiff now claimed the property as his heir-at-law, alleging that his grandfather had died intestate. The old man, it appeared, died in 1845, and the de fendants had been in possession of the estate ever since, the title upon which they claimed never hav ing been brought forward, and it was not until the present action was brought that they set up a title under a will which they alleged to have been made by the grandfather on the 17th of July, 1844. It was not disputed that, but for this will, the plaintiff was entitled to the estate as heir-at-law to his father, the eldest son of the deceased ; and the question now to be decided was whether the will in question was a genuine instrument or not. • At the request of Mr. Hawkins, the witnesses were ordered out of court and examined separately. Sergeant Shee, in his address to the jury for the defendant, said he should not attempt to dispute that the plaintiff in the action was the rightful owner of the property, supposing that his grand father had not made a will, but he believed he should be able to satisfy them that the old man did, in point of fact, make a will shortly before his death, and that the will contained exactly such a disposi tion of the property as would have been expected, according to the circumstances of the family. He should show that the paper upon which the will was written bore the water mark and date of 1842, and that it was actually written upon one of the sheets of a brief for counsel, having reference to an action at law that was pending about that time, and in which the family wore interested ; and he should also produce two most respectable witnesses who were present when the will was executed, whose evidence, he believed, would leave no doubt as to its genuineness. The learned sergeant then read the will in question, of which the following is a copy : " I, James Belsen, of Frimley, in the county of Surrey, revoke all former wills and testamentary dispositions by me at any time heretofore made, and declare this to be my last will and testament. I give and bequeath all my property whatsoever of which I am now, or at any time hereafter may be possessed of, unto my daughter, Caroline Belsen, requesting her to give all orders for my funeral, and to bury me respectfully, and to pay all funeral expenses ; and after my death I desire Caroline Bel sen to take care of my afflicted son, Edward Belsen, as long as he do live, and I desire Caroline Belsen to keep this, my will, secret as long as Edward Bel sen do live, and for 12 months after, unless great disturbance should arise amongst the family; under these circumstances the will may be brought forth to protect Caroline Belsen. I desire Caroline Belsen to reside in the house as long as Edward Belsen do live, and after he dies to bury him in my grave, and to bury him respectfully' as myself, and after the expiration of one year after the death of Edward Belsen, Caroline Belsen to do as she pleases with the house and land, being her own property—the house, and garden enclosed, oneacre and a quarter, 11 acres of common land allotment, with the house on the opposite side. Should the said Caroline Belsen die before Edward Belsen, then I desire that the same property shall be for Maria Augusta Bel sen, the illegitimate daughter of Caroline Belsen, leaving Charles Miles, Bank Farm, Kingston, in the county of Surrey, and Henry Mumford, of Frimley, in the same county, upon trust, that Maria Belsen take every care of Edwara Belsen, so long as he do live, and to bury him as before said. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four: " . JAMES BELSEN t his mark. " Signed in the presence of us, who were each pre sent at the same time, is and for the last will and testament of James Belsen. (Signed) "HENRY MIIMFORD, Grocer, Frimley. "AMELIA GuRNEY,Grove-lane, South wark, London." The learned counsel then said he should call the witnesses who were present when this will was exe cuted by the deceased, and when the jury had heard the evidence they would give upon the subject, he believed they would not entertain any doubt that the will was a genuine one, and that the defen dants were entitled to hold possession under it of the property, of which the plaintiff, by the present action, sought to deprive them. Henry Mumford was then examined—He de posed that he formerly lived at Frimley, and carried on the business of a grocer, and knew the grand father of the plaintiff, old James Belsen, for thirty years, and frequently used to go to his house and visit him. Witness signed the will that been produced, and saw the deceased put his mark to it, on the 17th of July, 1844. A Mrs. Gurney came in and witnessed the will afterwards. Witness read the will to the deceased, and he said it would do very well, and he then put his mark to it and said " I declare this as my act and deed." The deceased had a son named Edward, who was afflicted with fits, and after the death of old Belsen, Caroline Belsen lived in the house and took care of him and the other children. Cross-examined—He never saw the will again, or was asked any questions about it from 1644 to 1862, and he was not aware who made it, He went into the house quite by accident on this occasion, and found the will already prepared, and the deceased asked him to be a witness to it. The deceased could not read, and he read the will to him. No one but witness was present when the old man put his mark to it, and Mrs. Gurney did not come in until after he had done so. Amelia Gurney said in July, 1844, she was acquainted with old Mr. Belsen, and she went to his cottage by chance on the day he made his will. She heard Mr. Mumford read the will over to the deceased, and he said it would do, and he then asked them both to sign it, and they did so, and the deceased then put his mark to the will, and said, "This is my lest will and testamert." To the best of her recollection, she and Mr. Mumford were both in the room when the deceased put his mark to the will. Cross-examined—Witness would not swear posi tively they were both present when the deceased signed the will, or put his mark to it. Caroline Belsen, one of the defendants, deposed that she was fifty years old, and she had resided the whole of her life in the house in question. Her mother died in 1825, esid ever since that time she had taken her place and had had the charge of her brothers and sisters. Her father died in 1845. He was very anxious that his son Edward, who suffered from fits, and was otherwise afflicted, should be provided for, and he talked of selling his property and investing it for his benefit. She knew nothing about the will until about a month after her father's death, when she found it among his papers and showed it to Mr. Mum ford, seeing that his name was upon it, and he said it was all right. She continued to provide for the family as directed by the will, and her brother Ed ward died in 1851, and she supported him until his death. Upon one occasion the present plaintiff came to the house and told her that she must pay rent, and she inquired who she was to pay rent to, and he said that he would show her. He never com menced any legal proceedings, however, against her until the present action. Cross-examined--She was of course very well pleased to find the will ; but she .never said a word aboutits being in existence to James, the plaintiff, or her brother John, who lived with her, or any one else.. She remembered that in 1851 the lord of the manor set up a claim to the property on the ground that it was copyhold and belonged to the manor, add she consulted her attorney and showed him the will. He took the necessary steps, and the action, she believed, was abandoned by the lord of the manor. She believed the action was defended in the m.me of the plaintiff James ; but it was by her au thority, and bile paid the bill of costs. She told Mr. Binns there was a will in existence at the time of the action, b u t reques ted him not to tell the plain tiff anything about the will or show it to him. She thought it was qu it e time enough t o p roduce t he will when anybody troubled her in the possession of the property. A letter that was produced was in her bandwritin 0., and she remem bered sa y in g in it that she h a d heard some one say that James was the rightful owner of the property, and that if he was in his place he would clear the house of the-- lot and " muck" them all out, as they had no right there; but notwithstanding this she never showed the will to any on e , or produced it until the present action was brought. Re-examined —Witness considered that by not bringing the will forward until legal proceedings were actually co mmenced against h er s h e was ac ting in accordance with the injunctions of her father that were contained it. Mr. Binns, the defendant's attorney, was then ex amined, and proved that to .the best of his belief Caroline Belsen showed him the will in 1851, but he could not swear positively to the fact; and he said that he defended the action that was commenced by the lord of the manor at her request, and 14 7 her THE SOLDIER AT ALDERSHOTT. Nearly all the troops in the British army pass through Aldershott in turn, and it is calculated that about two-thirds of those who are quartered there have on an average five hours of leisure in the day, making nearly 50,000 hours daily among them to be used for good or for evil. If the question is asked in what way do they spend this leisure time, the answer is that, out of camp, they are in the habit of resorting to publichouses and beerhouses, the cha racter of which may scarcely be sketched. Several of the publichouses have large music-halls, fitted up with great splendour, and, as an inducement to the men to visit these places and spend their money in drink, the attendance of prostitutes gaily dressed is encouraged, and entertainments are given of a highly demoralising tendency. The publicans in some cases keep prostitutes in their houses, and pass them off as servants, and in other cases provide lodgings for women in the neighbourhood that they may draw custom to their houses. The beerhouses are said to be, almost without exception, brothels of the worst description. The women generally live in these houses, and have the free use of certain rooms in consideration of their drawing men to drink ; in some cases the women pay for this privi lege, making what they can from the men. The most craftily devised plans are in operation first to attract, and then to excite and gratify the sensuous passions of the men, No system could be better planned for sapping gradually the health of the soldiers. Of all the admissions to hospital at Alder shott one-third are for diseases incident to lust. When the men go out for a change of scene they have no resort but bad houses, and no company but prostitutes. The new village of Aldershott is inha bited principally by publicans, brothel keepers, prostitutes, thieves, and receivers of stolen property. No prosecution has ever been instituted against the tenant of any publichouse or beerhouse for harbour ing prostitutes or keeping a public brothel, or against any prostitute as such. These statements are made upon . he unquestionable authority of Capt. P. Jackson, it.A., and are contained in his re port presented in fept. last to the Secretary of State, after an inspectioi of the camp which ho had been instructed to make—a report which was last Weeli published by oiler of the House of Commons. Whether all this evil is unavoidable and necessary yet remains to beproved. Captain Jackson, after making these statements, reports in favour of the establishment of vhat he terms " Homes," to give the aecommodatbns of a club, with a museum, workshops, grourds for outdoor games, and a mu. hall, and he is abe to mention as available a bu ild ing situated on the very way from the c amp to these haunts of vice. Nearly 3,000 of the non-com missioned officers and men at Aldershot are already found desirous of having such establishments. Their example mould tell upon others, and in time life at the camp might cease to be such is flagrant disgrace and scatdal. written authority, which he ?reduced. Hs taw!, proved the moment the pre , .ont action was cominueed by the plaintiff, the will was brought to hini by Mr. Mtnnford and. Caioline Belsen. Upon b.ing I admitted that Cat:l"3o o:', * the proceeil,ogs to which he referred, that took place in 1851, 1116 clerk made an affidavit, In which he stated that the . 2rc,F,ent plain tiff: .vas the landl! - :,td and occupier o 7 the property, and that it was upon this affidavit that tho action by the lord of the n-.Luor was put a atop to. It also appeared that the action was defended in the names of the plaintiff, James Belsen, and his sister Caro line, one of the defendants. He also admitted that in the communications that took place in reference to the former action between him and the steward of the manor, he did not mention a syllable about the existence of a will, and he accounted for this by saying that he, of course, kept the opposing party "in the dark" as to the nature of the defendant's case. Mr. Hawkins then proceeded to reply en behalf of the plaintiff. He called the attention of the jury to the very remarkable circumstances under which this will was supposed to have been made, and he submitted that if it had really been a genuine in strument it was not probable that it would have been kept a secret for so many years, and he said that in point of fact, down almost to the very moment that the case was to come on for trial, those who were conducting the plaintiff's case had not the slightest idea that such a defence as this was to be set up, and the will was sprung upon them almost at the very last moment, and no opportunity whatever had been afforded for making inquiries respecting it. 'll3e witnesses who had been called were, un doubtedly, apparently persons of respectability, and he should be very sorry to impute to them that they had committed perjury, but at the same time he thought that the jury would be justified, under the very extraordinary circum stances connected with this will, to pause before they came to the conclusion that it was a genuine document, and permit the plaintiff to be deprived of what were undoubtedly his just rights by such an instrument. He then said that even if the jury should be of opinion that the will was a genuine one, he should submit as a question of law to the Court that, upon the evidence of the witnesses Mumford and Gurney, it had not been made in con formity with the statute, and that it was conse quently of no value, Mr. Justice Wightman, in summing up, called the attention of the jury to the material points, and he also read the section of the statute relating to wills, and said that in order to render an instrument of this kind a valid instrument, it was absolutely necessary that it should be signed by the testator in the presence of two witnesses, and that these wit nesses should also sign it in his presence and in the presence of each other. He then observed that the witnesses who had been examined contradicted each other upon these points, and if they should be of opinion that the will was a genuine one, ho should then ask them to answer these two questions, first, did the witnesses sign the will in the presence of each other in conformity with the requirements of the statute ; and, secondly; did the testator put his mark to the instrument before they signed it, and not in their presence. The jury, after a short deliberation, answered these two questions, the first in the negative, and the second in the aMrmative. The learned Judge then said that upon this find ing the will was not a legal will, and could not be acted upon, and the verdict must. therefore be for (Before Lord Chief Justice Erle and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN V. TRAIN AND OTHERS. The trial of this indictment for a nuisance and obstruction to the public highway in the Kenning ton-road, by the formation of an iron tramway, was proceeded with at 9 o'clock. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr_ Joyce appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. Knapp, and Mr. C. Pollock appeared for Mr. Train; and Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Garth appeared on behalf of several gentlemen, members of the Lambeth Vestry, who were included in the charge upon a count for conspiracy, the act alleged against them being that they had unlawfully per mitted the defendant Train to establish the obstruc tion and nuisance complained of. The evidence that was brought forward to-day was pretty much the same as that which had been given on the previous day, and consisted of proof that several accidents had been occasioned by the tramway, and as to the general annoyance and in convenience that the public passing along the road sustained by it. The jury, after two or three hours had been occu pied by the examination of witnesses, interposed, and inquired whether it was necessary to proceed further with the examination of witnesses, to prove the inconvenience and obstruction to the public by this tramwaT, as their minds were quite made up upon the point. It was also stated that many of the jury were acquainted with the road, and were personally aware of the inconvenience occasioned by this tramway. Lord Chief Justice Erle addressed Mr. Bovill, and said he had heard what had been stated by the jury, and he inquired the nature of the evidence he pro posed to adduce in answer to the indictment. Mr. Bovill said he had a great number of wit nesses who would prove that they were in the habit of continually travelling upon the road, and that they had never sustained any inconvenience by rea son of the tramway. Lord Chief Justice Erle said he was of opinion that this would be no answer to an indictment like the present, and that even if it were proved that 99 persons travelled safely, but that the remaining one out of the 100 was endangered or put to inconve nience, that would be quite sufficient to support the charge that was now brought against the defen dants. The learned counsel then conferred together, and it was arranged that verdicts of guilty should be taken as far as regarded Mr. Train, and his sur veyor, Mr. Hathway, but that with respect to the other gentlemen, the members of the vestry, the verdict should he suspended until the legal ques tions that had been raised in their behalf by their learned counsel, and which involve the point whe ther persons in their position can, under the cir cumstances, be legally included in such an indict ' ment, have been argued. ----------- BRE.ACII OF PROMISE CASE. At the South Lancashire Spring Assizes, on Friday, the case of Warbrick v Dean was tried before Mr. Justice Wil liams. The plaintiff was a person in humble circumstances, the daughter of the late Mr. Warbriek, who kept the Globe Inn, in Liverpool. The defendant was a person presumed to be possessed of considerable property, living at Crankshaw Hall, Bold. In 1851, the defendant was in the habit of going to the Globe Inn, when an intimacy, which after wards ripened into courtship, commenced. When the de fendant first became acquainted with the plaintiff, a young gentleman, named Dove, was paying his addresses to her, and, being in London, at the Exhibition, during 1851, he wrote a letter to Miss Warbrick, in which he made a decla ration of ardent affection for her. By some means the de fendant, who was at the Globe about the time of the let ter's arrival, became cognisant of its contents, and he at once set up a claim to be considered a suitor cf Miss War brick. After some time taken for consideration, the de fendant was accepted by the plaintiff and recognised by her friends as her lover. When this acquaintance was com menced Miss Warbrick Ras 29 years of age. In the offers which the defendant made in order to induce the plaintiff to accede to his wishes, he professed to be able and anxious to provide for the object of his affection in a style every way equal to that which Mr. Dove could promise. About two years after this courtship began, Mr. Warbrick, the father of the plaintiff, died, and the plaintiff, w;th her sister, left the Globe to live in lodgings. In 1854 her sister was married, the defendant giving her away. Before this mar riage, Dean had professed a desire to be married at the same time, but from some peculiar affection for his tilbirtiiihs day, ho wished the ceremony to be postponedeks next birthday, which would occur a subse quent to the sister's marriage. in good health, was recommended w The to visit pflea lw. t n h t e wi ff is Isle not t f b ß e l i a n n g , expected then that the the marriage would almost hero she remained untidlesfehnedarentcovwesruedld. caShrerynaotuutrahlliys proper time for the at t M he r. m D u e t an, however, still immediatelyexpressed ingto his take intentions,birthday, place. s .a t that marriage to take place, said he wished to postpone the wedding until his birthday in 1855 ; and to this the plaintiff agreed. Before this day came round the defendant's father fell ill, and the son, professing great affection for him, said ho could not think of marrying while ono so nearly related to him was so ill and feeble. The plaintiff, seeing some reason in the plea, consented to this arrangement. In the course of some time the father died, and then another excuse was preferred, rho mother of the defendant, in her bereavement and decline, was then said to have such claims on her son's attention that he could not think of marrying during his mother' s life time. After the father's death, the defendant still pro fessed an intention of marrying Miss Warbriek, and, as a proof of his sincerity, he caused some articles of furniture to be removed from the plaintiff's lodgings to his own house. In 1860, the Mother died ; and then, of course, the P l a intiff, seeing that a ll th e obstacles had been removed, l oo k e d for a speedy realisation of her hopes. But while she was indulging the hopes which had so long animated her spirit, the defendant became the husband of another lady. Witnesses for the plaintiff were called, and some of them spoke in the most positive manner of the direct promises of the defendant to marry the plaintiff. Two letters proved to be written by Dean were read, and in those letters the usual avowals contained in that class of correspondence were made, and the present of a moss rose was acknowledged. Witnesses for the defence were called to prove that the en gagement was dissolved in 1855.—The jury returned a Yodict fur tiau plgutiff; (Imago, XlOO. MANC.TIRSTER -- UNITED FRIENDLY SOCIETE A met - ;11, 7 .11g 31 a somewliat novel character in the metropolii, too' s -, - .lace on NVednescley evening at Taylor's Depository, St. George':-road, when a lec ture was delivered by Mr. Charles Hardwick, of Manchester, upon " Friendly Secktie9„" to members and their friends who were interested. • Mr. Hard wick is well knowr: in this order as an earnest la- bourer for many years - oast in the advancement of friendly bocieties, and has written an excellent manual for their guidance. The South London district with praiseworthy liberality engaged him to give a free lecture, in order to disseminate in a popular way the important subject of friendly societies' statistics and finance. A. H. LAYARD, Esq., M.P., presided, supported by the Committee of Management, and several influential gentlemen of the borough. After a few remarks from theichairman, the lecturer pro ceeded to address the large audience assembled. The main points touched upon by Mr. Hardwick were, that friendly societies were too often blamed by well-meaning persons on account of insecure rates of payments for the benefits provided, for getting that at the time the great societies began their operations there was little or no data to guide their promoters; that now the societies' expe rience had evolved complete and reliable statistics upon which to work and which should not be dis regarded, that the large orders were gradually strengthening themselves by adopting higher rates, that a noticeable feature in many branches of the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows was that they were getting into the practice of having periodical valuations made of their assets and liabilities, the members thus acquiring a knowledge of their true position. He showed by full but simple diagrams, the rates of mortality to be provided for by funeral money subscriptions, and the average sickness ex. perienced at each age of life—pointedly dwelling upon the important fact of the rapid increase of aggregate sickness at the higher ages of life ; and instanced the increased rate of contributions necessary to be paid in consequence by the man advanced in years, over the young one. The lecturer also insisted upon the absolute ne cessity for the members looking well after the management of their societies, particularly with regard to the investment of the surplus funds, and argued that the best way to improve them at interest, was to place the amounts in the public funds, or other unquestionable security ; the other chief point dwelt upon was the advantage of due enrolment of every society, under the statutes in force, for the better security of the funds, and thereby obtaining speedy j aline if the law coprts were resorted to. Notwithstanding the crowded state of the large room, the lecture, which occnped more than an hour and a half in its delivery, was listened to with the most marked attention. At its conclusion the Chairman addressed the meeting at some length in support of the principles enunciated by Mr. Hardwick°, and expressed his appro- Ibation of the efforts being made to convince the 1 members of Friendly Societies of the necessity of accumulating sufficient funds to meet the liabilities which experience shows to be so considerable at the more advanced periods of life ; he concluded by moving a vote of thanks to the lecturer, which, with a vote of thanks to the chairman, both of which were carried by acclamation, concluded the business for the evening. The meeting was alto gether a great success. COUNTRY MARK.E2 S. - NOTTINGHAM-APRIL 5. There was a middling show of wheat to-day, and the trade ruled steady ; former rates being fully maintained. —White, from 61s to 665; red, 42s to 635. Barley waa in small show, with a firm trade, and prices rather higher —malting, 34s to 398 ; grinding, 29s to 31s. Oats were steady at 30s to 355, old ; 24s to 27s new. Beans were sold at 38s to 505 per qr. Flour, 38s to 425. NORWICH-APRIL 6. Wheat to-day was in rather limited supply, but millers buying only for immediate wants, sales proceeded slowly at about the prices of last week. The quantity of barley at market was very small, and again more money demanded. Flour unaltered. ' White wheat 610 to 63s I Red wheat. 578 to 60s Malting barley 36s to 38s I Chevalier barley...34s to 350 New d 0...... —s,to —s Oats. ~259 to 300 Flour, 40s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller. NORTHAMPTON—Lynn 5. The trade to-day was more brisk, and prices were fully supported. A limited supply of wheat, and the quality by no means good. Old, 66s to 60s, and 58s to 62s for neW. An improved business in barley—malting sorts 38s to —8 grinding 34s to 36s per qr. Oats quoted at 20s to 2 80 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 338 to 40s ; peas, 34s to 420. Rye, 37s to 425; malt, —s to —8 ; flour, 40s to —0 Per sack. LEICESTER-APRIL 5. The supply of wheat to-day at market was barely an average, and late prices about sustained. White, 62s to 668 1 ; red, 63s to 63s per 36 stone. Barley was in short sup ply—grinding, 30s to 32e; malting, 34s to 38s per "qr.; oats, 24s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans at former rates, new, 36s to 38s ; old, 42s to 45s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 45s 1 Seconds, 42s I Thirds, 40s:por sack. YORK-APRIL 5. We had a small supply of wheat to-day from thelp ewer& Trade ruled steady, and previous rates were maintained. A good business was doing in barley, and prices for Mc' samples were a shade higher ; ordinary run s a t last week rates. Oats is limited sale, and former prices barely made. Beans at former currencies. _ _ Wheat, red 56s to 59s I Oats.... 22s to 24s White do .608 to 648 Beans , 40s to 44s Barley .30s to 38s Peas ....—s to —0 Malt, 66s to 68s per qr.:; rye, 34s per qr.; flour, 430 to 45s per sack. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET MST. MAILS DUE. Aup'‘ralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. April is. via Marseilles April 12. 11razi1 and Cape Verde, by British packet. April 0. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena May 3. China, Penang, and Singapore, via S outhampton April --" via Marseilles April 1 2 . Falk/and Islands Gibraltar, via Southa m pt on April --* India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton April ,--• via Marseilles April 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton April 10. via Marseilles April --' Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton April 4 . via Marseilles A Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet .. April ll rAprilrApril Il l il t by U.S. packet by Canadian packet. April 9. 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