The Sun. — London, England, 1860-03-26 00:00:00

JHE The launch of the Frederick William, screws 86, took place at Portsmouth Dockyard on Saturday, under the superintendence of Mr. Abethell, the mas ter-builder, and was attended with perfect success. The ceremony of naming the vessel was performed by the Countess of Bernstorff, the wife of the Prus sian ambassador. A large number of people were present, and among themavere the Count and Coun tess of Bernstorff, Vice-Admiral Sir R. D.Dundas; Vice-Admiral Bruce, commander-in-chief at the port ; Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Gray, super intendent of the dockyard ; the Prussian Consul, Mr. L. A. Vandenbergh ; and many military and naval officers and ladies. The band of her Majesty's ship Victory was in attendance. The iron pigs of ballast which played so unobtrusive but important a part in the proceedings have marked upon them :—" Victoria, Novem ber 12, 1859 ;" " Duncan, December 13, 1859 ;" " Prince of Wales, January 25, 1860 ;" " Frederick William, - March 24, 1860 ;" the whole of which vessels, on the dates indicated, they have assisted in launching from Portsmouth dock yard, and which represent an aggregate of tonnage, 15,036; horsepower (nominal) of engiues, 3,100 ; and 439 guns. Admiralty instructions bare been received at Chatham dockyard for a considerable reduction to be made in the number of hands employed at that establishment, the order applying to those men who were hired during the last year. In accordance with the order, the whole, of the hired ship wrights who were entered to be employed in breatc ing up the old ships directed to be taken to pieces received a notification on Saturday last that their services were no longer required, and they were accordingly discharged that afternoon. Notice was also at the same time given that 40 hired ship wrights, with a proportionate number of the mechanics belonging to other trades, would be dis elnirged on Saturday next, and a similar number on each Saturday after, until the number of ship wrights and other persons employed at Chatham dockyard has been reduced to that authorised for the next financial year. The sailing ship Collingwood, 80, at Chatham, has been removed from that port to Sheerness, where she is to be lengthened and other wise altered, and converted into a screw steamer of 80 guns. The Bacchante, 51, screw, at Portsmouth, has landed her propeller at the dockyard, for the purpose of having its leading corners cut off, preparatory to another trial at the measured mile in Stoke's Bay. The screw steamship Hero, 91, Capt. Seymour, steamed from Plymouth Sound on Friday into Hamoaze, to have defeats made good, and to be fitted for the reception of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Commandant Le V. de Lavassire de Lavergne, of the steam vessel Le Corse, 2, now at Plymouth watching French fishing boats, called on Port Ad miral Sir B. Reynolds, K.C.8., Admiralty-house, Mount Wise, on Friday. The screw steamship Conqueror, 101, Captain Sotheby, C. 8., from Portland, which arrived at Plymouth under canvas on Friday, will discharge her powder in the Sound, and go into Hamoaze to refit. She is reported to be very leaky when under steam. Her Majesty's ship Greyhound put into Harwich in the course of last week. She sailed again on Thursday. The military store steam transport Lord Pan mare, H. T. Moore, commander, having been fitted with a new screw propeller, and having l had her defects occasioned by the recent gale made good, was on Saturday unlocked and hauled alongside the gun-wharf in Woolwich Arsenal, in prepara tion for shipping Armstrong guns and other war stores for Milford, Pembroke, kork, and Dublin. the Military and Naval Intelligence in he Sun of Friday, the name of Lieut. H. T. Boger, ap pointed to her Majesty's ship Excellent, was erro neously printed Rogers. The followingappointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—J. H. Ryan, master, to the Wellington, for the Orlando ; Win. E. Fitzgerald, midshipman, to the Trafalgar ; G. Bellamy, assist.- surgeon, to Bermuda Hospital • G. B. Beale, assist.- • surgeon, confirmed, to the Herald ; J. C. Grigg, acting assist.-surgeon, to the Hydra • and Thos. 0. Joynson, assist.-paymaster, to the Wellington. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief will hold a levee at the Horse Guards, al one o'clock on Thursday next. Lieut.-Col. J. G. H. Gascoigne, of the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry, will em bark to day for China, to take the command of the Royal Marines serving with the squadron under Admiral Hope. Lieut. Hamilton, Royal Engineers, and a detach ment of ettificers belonging to the corps under his command, having completed a course of instruction in the machinery department of the Royal gun factories, in MroJlv.ich Arsenal, under the superin tendence of M. Anderson, are about to :ake pas sage for the Mauritius, in charge of various cases of steam machinery, circular saws, :aiming and boring lathes, and other instruments, intended for building operations in that island. Lieut. Hamilton and his party having rendered theinselves profi cient in the department, they will erect, repair, and work the whole . of the machinery without assist ance. The Volunteer Artillery Corps belonging to the carriage department of Woolwich Arsenal gave a concert on Saturday in the lecture-hall of the Lite rary and Scientific Institution at Woolwich, to promote the funds of the band committee. The hall was well filled with members of the corps and their friends, to the number of about 600 persons. The concert was under the special patronage of the Commandant ; Sir T. M. Wilson, Deputy-Lieute nant of the county ; Sir William Armstrong, Mr. Anderson, Superintendent of the Royal gun fac tories; Alderman Salomous and Mr. Angerstein, the borough members, &c. The 4th company, o=ll - landed by Colonel .Thorold, were last week supplied with the Enfield rifle, by order of the War Department, and at the request of the Commandant they have been granted permission once a week to perform a course of rifle practice in the racket-court. Every avilable spot in the Ar senal was on Saturday crowded with squads, under the instruction of the drill sergeants, all of whom display- the most laudable. willingness, and devote greater portion of each Saturday afternoon (the usual holiday) to the volunteer movement. The lst battalion Rifle Brigade, under the com mand of Lord Alexander Russell, consisting of four field-officers, eight captains, 18 subalterns, and four staff, 48 sergeants, 21 drummers, 784 rank and file, 58 women, and 53 children, w ill marc h out o f Ports mouth garrison to-morrow morning, and leave the Landport Station for Aldershott at S a.m. The Ist battalion, by their diciplime and good conduct since they have been stationed at Portsmouth, will carry with them the esteem and best wishes of the in habitants. The Ist battalion Ilth Foot (North. Devon), consisting of 30 officers, 817 non-commis sioned officers and men, 60 women, and 74 children, will leave Aldershott Camp on the arrival of the Rifles, and proceed by the return special train to PortsmoUth. • The West Suffolk Regiment of Militia will as semble at Bury St. Edmunds on Monday, the 30th of April, for 27 day's training. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, A commissionership of audit has become vacant in consequence of the death of , Mr. Charles Ross ; salary, £1,200. War Office: There are several vacancies in the War Office, for which acornpetit.ive examination is about to be held. Mr. Henry Wil liam Reynolds has been appointed assistant-clerk, commissariat service, at the Gold Coast, and passed his examination. Customs : Mr. Joseph Robinson, 2d class tidewaiter and boatman at Ne , ,vhaven, has been promoted to the first class. Inland Revenue Department—Excise Branch : Mr. Thos. Dowling, - second clerk Liverpool. " collection, ,has been ap pointed first clerk, and :q r. J. Rowlan ds, third clerk, has been appointed second clerk, Liverpool collec tion. Mr. David no:y.2oll r officer of Queensferry seconddivision, Linlithgow collection, has been ap poimied to 13Iairgowrie• division, Dundee. Mr. E. Matthews, officer of Hinckley second ride, Leicester collection, been appointed to Queensferry second Linlithgow collection. Mr. Patrick Egan, officer of Southam second ride, Coventry col lection, has been appointed to Auchtermuchty division, fir st Perth collection. Mr. James Carpenter, officer of Worcester third divi sion, Worcester collection has' been appointed t () Derby thi r d division, Nottingham collec tion. Mr. Charlesti J CrOsb3 . , oL b eer of Derby third clivi,,l on Notngt . c.tni collection, has been ap pointed to Worcester third division. col lection. Arr. F re d erio _ Woreos r ter a . tthew Fowle, officer of Glasgow th irty-seeon i G . laB g ow collection, has been appointed to Olia i r , 0 0 ,v b i a . n district. obi 31r. John Campbell, officer of 0 ' h i a ') n .ll district, has been appointed to GlastC)l::,niliirtalT-- Mr. I iain second division, GlasgovV - collecti on . Sheerman, officer of Wednesbury fourth dEvision. Lichfield ciAleetion, has' been appoint e d t v . s tor : rington dilision,,Hants collection. Mr. 362112. Will cox, officer of Storrington division, Hants collec tion, has been appointed to Wednesbury fourth division, Lichfield collection. r.St. Lucia..--Th e treasurership of St. Lucia has become vacant by , the death of the Hon. It. G. M‘Hugh ; also , comptrollership of customs and navigation " I ,a,Ws. .C'ivil &nice Gazette. NORTH BRITISH. The half-yearly meeting of this company' tcok place at Edinburgh on Thursday, Mr. Sy rot in the chair. The report was held as read. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the re= port, and congratulated the shareholders On the steady increase of their traffic, which ; had enabled the directors to recommend a dividend of 3 per cent., the largest dividend that had been paid for several years. Looking to the increased, mileage they would have to provide for on the Border Union line, the directors had turned their atten tion to various improvements in their depots for construction of plant on the most approved prin ciples. Notwithstanding the long and severe' winter, the contracts for the Border Union Railway I were making satisfactory progress. The directors ! now asked approval of the amalgamation with the North British, of the Peebles and Jedburgh com panies. The capital of the former was £70,000 ordinary stock, on which 41 per cent. was , proposed to be guaranteed, and £2,700 preference stock on which 5 per cent. would be paid. The Jedburgh capital was £30,580, on which a dividend at 4 per cent. was proposed. He thought they had offered these companies a fair dividend, and also that their own shareholders would be benefited by the agree- [neut. Colonel KINLOCH seconded the motion, remark- ing that, in his opinion, the line ought never to have paid a 3 per cent. dividend till the present time, but he was satisfied that that was now a le gitimate dividend. The report Was adopted ; dividends of 5 per cent. on preference, and 3 per cent. on ordinary stock were then declared. The preliminary agree ment with the promoters of the Galashiels, Inner leithen' and Peebles line was sanctioned. Mr. Hodgson and Mr. Ronald were re-elected directors, and a vacancy was left open ; Mr. Wilson and Mr. Irving were re-elected directors to represent the Border Union - shareholders, and a resolution was passed authorising the directors to exercise the borrowing powers conferred by the Border Union Act, to the extent of £165,000. The meeting was then made special to consider the Peebles and Jedburgh Amalgamation Bill, which was approved, and the meeting was ad journed till Wednesday, April 18, for the consider tion of the other bills on their list. CALEDONIAN AND DUMBARTONSHIRE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Wednesday at Glasgow ; Mr. J. Baird in the chair. The report stated that the revenue account showed an increase in the receipts of £748 over the corresponding period. The total receipts for the half-year amounted to £7,625 and the working expenses to £2,980. The available balapce for dividend was £4,873, out of which the board recommended the payment of a dividend at the rate of £4 7s. 6d. per cent. per an num, leaving a balance of £724. The total expen diture on capital account amounted to £259,265. Resolutions were passed adoping the report, declaring the dividend, and re electing the retiring directors. RAIL TV A Y INTELLIGENC'E: M . r, ;wanton, the entire expense of the Scinde lIMe, with the additional works necessary, would be under £1,400,000. Although the extent of the line was not more than 114 miles in length, the termini were necessarily applicable to a traffic' carried over 700 miles—viz., from Mooltan to Keamaree. The average cost of the railway would be about £lO,OOO per mile. The capital account showed that £1,239,683 had been received to the 31st of December, and £895,128 expended, leaving a balance of £5,200 in hand, and £339,355 with the Secretary of State for India in Council, The report respecting the Indus steam flotilla. states that the six towing steamers and 25 cargo barges arrived at Kurrachee in November last, with the necessary artisans and appliances, and the eight remaining cargo barges left some time ago the port of Liverpool for Kurrachee. The passen ger steamer drew only 22 inches, with a speed of • 13 miles an hour, and had space for 500 men ; the towing steamer drew 17 inche4, and towed at the rate of 81 miles an hour four barges, carrying to ..ether 450 tons. There was every hope of seeing at rto distant period the entire flotilla of 53 vessels in active operation on the Indus. The native craft on that river had been increased during the past year, by 3,625 boats and by 19,790 tons. The capital account shOwed an expenditure of £165,870. BOMBAY, BARODA, AND CENTRAL INDIA The first section of this company's line from Umrolee, on the north bank of the Taptee river, to Unklesur, near the south bank of the Nerbudda river, was opened at eight o'clock in the morning of the 7th ult. by a royal salute from the Castle of Surat. The first train, containing between 500 and 600 European and native gentry resident in the district, performed the distance, about 30 miles, in an hour and a quarter, the road being in excellent condition. The bridges, more or less extensive, were all of iron, each girder having been fully tested previous to its being sent from England. The peculiarity of the bridges on this line consisted in their being made on one and the same plan, as originally deslgned by the consulting engi neer, Colonel Kennedy. The spans were uniformly of 60 feet each, the piers and abutments were formed of cast iron screw piles firmly braced toge ther, and the superstructure of triangular girders. The bridge now in course of construction for car rying the railway over the Taptee river was about one-third of a• mile in length, while that construct ing over the Nerbudda river was about two-thirds of a mile in length, of which rather more than one fourth was completed. The visitors crossed the river Nerbudda in boats to a pavilion erected for the purpose, where a grand entertainment was pre pared, at which Mr. Lane, the general manager, presided. Various toasts were given and responded to, after which the visitors recrossed the river, and the train started at 4 45 p.m. for Umrolee, where it arrived in the course of two hours. It appeared that the proceedings throughout were of a very satis factory character. VALE OF NEATH. The report of the directors states that the reenue account showed that while there had been some in crease under the head of passengers and coal there had been a falling off under the head of iron ore, traffic, and general merchandise. The directors looked forward with confidence to the fulfilment of the hopes they had ever expressed with respect to the increase of trade at Swansea when both decks were in full operation. The reduction in the receipts from merchandise traffic was attri butable partly to the competition of the nar row gauge lines, and partly to the defec tive arrangements of the great lines with which that railway was in communication. The directors had closed the contract for the main tenance of the permanent way, and had resolved to employ the necessary labour under the superin tepdence of their own officers. The manager's report stated that the maintenance of the permanent way by the officers of the company and a staff of their own had more than realised his expectations, and that a considerable saving might hereafter be ex pected under this head. Mr. Harrison, C.E., in his report strongly urged upon the directors the desi rability of steps being taken to complete the Briton Ferry Docks ' as he believed a considerable increase of traffic would be secured by the additional accom modation the company could then offer to freighters. The committee of investigation, at the conclusion of their report, stated that they had great satisfaction in drawing the attention of the shareholders to the correctness with which the accounts had been kept, as evidenced by the fact that out of 70,000 vouchers not one was even mis laid. _ _ _ The revenue accounts showed the receipts for the half year ending Dec. 31, 1839, to have been £42,278, and the working expenses £25,275, inte rest on loans £8,683, and £440 for the Aberdare Valley guarantee, making a total of £34,398; leaving a balance of £7,879, which the committee of investigation recommended should be placed to the credit of the suspense account. and in this re commendation the directors entirely coincided. GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA. The report of the directors of this company states that the receipts on capital account during the half year ending Jan. 31 last amounted to £175,523, making the total receipts to that date £5,160,267. The expenditure on construction account was £4,902,104. The half year'S traffic and rents amounted to £207,503, the 'Working ex penses and renewals to £125,284, and the net revenue to £82,218. The surplus from the last half year amounted to £8,168, ;flaking £90,386. From this was deducted £30,063 for in terest on loans, £5,780 for payment on account of Desjardins and Flamboro' accidents, £1,186 an account of bad debtS, and £12,045 for half year's - interest not received on Detroit and Milwaukie loan, leaving an available balance of £41,311 ; out of which the directors recommend the payment of a dividend at the rate of 2 per cent, per annum, which would absorb £31,693 and leave a. balance of £9,618. In the present accounts there was no charge for interest on the balance of the loan from the Govern ment of Canada, the Government of Canada having consented not to call upon the company for the payment of interest for three years from the Ist of July, 1859, before which time it was hoped that the company might' be enabled to complete the arrange ment made in 1857 lbr paying off the entire debt; and when that was done a settlement of the whole account between the Government and the company . would be made, including the payments in previous' years towards the sinking fund. The traffic during the last half year, as compared with that of the corresponding period, showed a decrease of £3,480. The working expenses, &c., showed an 'increase of £4,591 over the corresponding period, caused prin cipally by the working of the Sarnia, branch of 51 miles in length. The cost per mile per train had been reduced from 4s. 2d. to 3s. 101 d., which was the lowest rate at which the trains had been worked since the Opening of the line. During the six years the line had been open bad debts to the amount of £7,119 had been incurred, and it was proposed to write them off by *six half-yearly instalments of £1,186 each. The disastrous and impolitic com petition of American liars among themselves during the last three years had forced upon the company rates which were not fairly remune rative. The traffic accruing 'to the Great Western of Canada from the Detroit and Mil , waukie line dari n g the a past ha If-y r amounted to 8 0 that extent- a clear addition to 3 thereceiptsof - lie Great - leiresternßail way, without involving an extra train, where there was a prospect of a much larger businesS hereafter. The critical financial po6itionitok the Detroit and Yil w aukie Company had induced the directors to a a u t th W or e it srn authority. recommen d that a committee of p ropr i etors be ap pointed at the app roachin g meetin g for the purpose o f investigating th e affairs all of requisite the Gre Railway of Canada, with BUTCH-RIONIBM. The receipts for the fortnight ending the 29t1 of February, 1860, amounted to £5,227, and for the corresponding period of last year to £4,327, s h ow _ ing.an increase of LOW.' The receipts since the commencement of the present book year on the Ist of May, including the above, amounted to L 132,713, showing an increase over the corresponding period of last year of £1,918. The working expe nses for the fortnight 'amounted to £2,474,• or 47.33 per cent upon the receipts, and for the correspon din g period of last year to £2,329, or 53.82 per. cent ., . showing an increase of'crpenses amounting to £145. The working expenses from the Ist of May, 1859, to the 29th of February last, amounted to £53,101, or 40 per cent. of the receipts. The working ex penses for the year 1858-9 were 42.40 per cent. S(,INI)L. The report of the directors states that the agent and chief engineer feel assured of having the entire !ine opened for traffic about the expiration of the present Tear. More than 50,000 tons of materials and machinery conveyed in 100 ships had been lauded at Kurrachee for the Seinde Railway with out accident or loss in the harbour. The commerce of the port amounted for the past year to £2,584,800, showing an increase of 191 per cent. on the previous year, which was almost entirely owing to the in creased importations froth England direct and from Bombay. According to the estimate of 111 E INDIAN BUDGET. We have now received the full report of Mr. Wilson's Budget speech; delivered in the Legisla tive Council of India, on Feb. 18. It occupies 24 closely printed columns of the Friend of India, and occupied three hours in delivery. The leading men of all classes in Calcutta, merchants, civil and mill fury officers, Bengalees, Parsees, and others crowded the Chamber to hear it. The following outline of Mr. Wilson's statment is from the Friend of India : After an introduction, in which he referred to his own appointment, to the bill previously intro duced by Mr. Harrington, and. now abandoned, and to the events of the rebellion, and the financial disorder to which it had given rise, Mr. Wilson pledged himself to lay before the Council " without suppression on the one hand, and without exaggera tion on the other, the exact state of the financial position." Government, itself suffers most from secrecy or uncertainty. Though India has no re presentative assembly, and it may be idle to specu late on the time when it will have such an institu tion, there is an enlightened public opinion, a free press, and free discussion,—all necessary elements of a prosperous social structure ; by frankness will the sympathies and aid of the public best be- en listed. The final estimate of the income and expendi ture of 1859-60 shows a deficit in India and England of £9,230,129, or nearly three millions more than the accounts sent home by the govern ment of India in September last. This discrepancy is owing to a mistake in the military expendi ture of Bombay of £600,000, and in the c ornmis sariat of Madras of £300,000; while the estimated receipts from proposed taxes to the extent of three fourths of a million proved a failure, there was an unexpected increase in the Public Works Depart ment, the railway account was wrong by £833,000, and the Home charges showed an increase of £640,000 ; the whole amounting to upwards of three millions. The September statement was issued in good faith, but such errors as these are a proof of the necessity for an immediate and radical change of the system which originated them. The actual deficit of 91 millions arises thus : Income £37,706,209 Charges (including stores horn England) 41,770,008 Deficit in India Deduct railway returns £3,783,609 Add deficit in England Total deficit If we deduct from this the million allowed for compensation, a decrease in the military charges of 11 millibn, and an increase of income from the salt duties of £410,00 0 , the estimated deficit of next year, 1860-61, will be 61 millions. If - to these two deficits we add those of 1857-58 and 18.55-59, we have a total deficiency of 37 millions, which with interest will give 40 millions sterling as the cost to India of her rebellion. The total India debt at the present moment is £97,851,807, of which 201 millions is in London, and the annual charge of interest is £4,461,029. . We must not lull ourselves into composure by the fact that there have been financial difficulties before, and that they have been surmounted by no extra ordinary sacrifices. The deficit. of Lord Amherst's time, owing to the Nepaul and Mahratta wars, was only three millions. • Lord W. Bentinck, after the Burmese war, had to cope with a deficit of five years, amounting to only £14,000,000. When Sir B. .Yeel revolutionised English finance in 18•12,1 he had to meet a difficulty of little more than 10 millions, the accumulation of six years. We have to deal with a deficit - of upwards of 37 millions, the fruit of only four years, with a presemt lack of 91 and a prospective want of 61 millions. • Deficit has been the almost normal state of In dian finance. In the 26 years since 1834, when the trading functions of the company ceased, there was a surplus for only seven , Sears, the remaining 19 exhibited large deficiencies. Of the 59 years of the present century, there were only 15 in which large additions were not made to the debt. We cannot be content to continue in this state. And this is not the only source of uneasiness as to our re venue. ;The five millions a year derived from the sale of opium are insecure. It is not wise tin. a great empire to rely Tor more than half its income on the land, and so to run the risk of op pressing the people and. impoverishing the ex chequer. But bad as is our condition there is no grent, d for despair. Everything points to a prospeepus future. Nowhere can be found a richer soil, a finer climate; a more docile and - industrious population than in India. Her capabilities for development are immense ; her railways have proved a great success. The increase other commerce since 1834 is astound ing; it has risen from 13 to 60 millions sterling. Her internal prosperity has been equally great. The sales of estates in default, which in 1834 5 re presented an annual - rent of £95,650, were in 1858-9 only £1,449. Arrears of land revenue have almost ceased to exist. The labouring and cultivating classes have shared in the guieral prosperity. Wages have risen in the last few years in many eases threefold. This anomaly of the absence of sympathy between the finances and the commerce of India, must be removed. All must contribute their share. ExNuditure must be reduced, but recourse must be had to new sources of taxation. At present the whole amount, of taxes paid by India is £9,027,97.3 a year,' for th e l an 4 revenue i s ren t, an d Chi na p a y s for opium. taxed only l s. 4d . a h ea d , w hil e i n E ng l an d th e ra t e per newrs i c h a £2 3s. of 132,292,000, India is . pul The taxes proposed by Ur. Wilson were fourfold. • 1. Customs...lt ea h r a , : clic' ek a c r d iti tariff found that the increase from 10 to :20 per cent of duties by last on certain articles yield the expected iitere - a ' se the import, and did not the rate is. to be 10 • • ' ot revenue. Henceforth pit cent. Tran•• duties sit on art , d i e s passing froin native states t British and vice versa, amounting, as i: the exh territory, li , e oi cuteh wool, to 10 p , ...r cent. export and 3 are abolished ; native producers wiliTtrlZ-111; CmPrt, e encou raged. On the principle that an expo r t duty should e not be levied. on articles in which India a m t o ) fr e tt x with other nations in neutral markets, tea, e jute, hemp, hides, flax, and wool Will pass out free, and maps and prints , l ike books, be admitted fre e. The total annual :less will be £82,000. But. t:,;.. , India . is the only count r y which p roduces salt pAre,.and any increased duty will fall ultimately on the consumer, that article is charged £5 Ws 4 ton. The duty on manufactured tobacco is raised to ls. a pound, and cn the raw article to 6d. a pound. Cotton twist, which was rated a 5 per WA, or lower than piece goods, because it is in an earlier stage of manufacture, is raised to 10 per cent. The same reason would apply to igrey cloth, as compared with the bleached, dyed, and printed ar tide. But existing contracts now afloat will be admitted at the old duty. Thus we have a tariff imposing one single uniform ad valorem, duty of 10 per cent : on all dutiable articles except beer, wine, and spirits, which remain unaffected. The total gain to the state by this modification of the tariff is £351,700. The standing orders were suspended to allow of the bill being at once passed through council, and it came into operation on the 20th February. IL—Trades License Bill.—The license duty pro posed i 3 extremely moderate, but it is meant to be passed for ever. It consists of three rates :-Ist, two shillings a year on artisans, including weavers, lather workers, and small traders, but excluding the agricultural menial classes in village commu nities who Are attached to them, and are generally paid in grains. 2d, eight shillings a year on retail shopkeepers and small manufacturers, who work for local retail sale ; and 3d, one pound on whole sale traders, bankers, manufacturers, and profes sional men. These rates will be uniform, and apply to all of each class without any discrimina tion as to incomes or extent of business. The licenses are to be taken, out each year. Thus a complete register of trades will be formed, and act as a check against evasion under the income tax., lll.—lncome Tax.—The tax will apply to all incomes above the limit of £2O, a year. From that sum to £3O the rate will be two per .cent. On all incomes above £5O the rate will be four per cent., of which three will be paid to the public treasury, and one be appropriated to strictly local purposes. In the appropriation of the latter, municipalities, where they exist, will have a voice as in the United StAtes. There will be four schedules—No. 1 will .nclude income derived from real property; No. 2, Income from trades and professions ; No. 3, income from the public funds ; and No. 4, income from public salaries. There will be no exemption what ever. The case of the Zemindars who are subject to periodical revisions of settlement, will be met by levying the tax on one-half the rental which they pay to Government. At present .it is 66 per cent., one-half of which represents the net income of the Zemindar. But the same standard will obviously not apply to estates under the per petual settlement. The several provisions of the bill for assessing profits are the same as in England, by voluntary returns made to the commissioners to their satisfaction. But to meet the peculiarities of special districts or cities, Government will be at liberty to adopt any other mode of assessment, through a punchayet for instance, or by levying a lump sum on a certain city or community. IV.—Tobacco Tax.-- Home-grown tobacco will be taxed at a rate corresponding as nearly as possible with the import duty, that is, sixpence a pound on the raw, and a shilling on the manufactured article. There will be„ difficulty in levying such a tax, but when an English Minister makes such an excuse he his told that he holds office for the purpose of over coming difficulties. Such are the new taxes. They are equitable and just to all alike ; they infringe no principle of wise legislation; they offer no impediment, on the con trary, they remove hindrances to future develop ment. They may involve opposition—even risk and danger—but it is our duty to incur these that we may remove a greater evil, the deranged state of the finances. As to reduction. There is much room for improvement and re-arrangement, but none for re duction of the civil expenditure. As in England, that must rise with increasing prosperity. But a great reduction can be made in the military departments, not in the pay and emoluments of either officers or men, but in tile numerical strength, by a better dis tribution of forces, and by contracting commissariat and military expenditure. The native army must be reduced to the smallest possible minimum, the country held by European forces, and by a police somewhat of the character of the Irish constabulary. to perform all civil and quasi-military duties. The deficit is 91-, millions, and will be - 62 .next year. What the new taxes will yield India happily affords no data from which to form an idea. But, however sanguine we may be as to their result, large military reductions will be necessary until we come to the expenditure of 1856-57. In the conclusion of his speech Mr. Wilson declared against an imperial guarantee for the Indian debt. He urged the necessity for administrative changes, so that the finance department should control the revenue, and that the local governments should be tied down by annual estimates for each branch of expenditure. What is wanted is central control and local responsibility. For the present there will be no necessity for a loan. The cash balance in the Indian treasuries is £15.000,000, and in England £4,600,000, the highest point which it has reached for many years. Until the new taxes become fruitful and the reduc tions are carried out, this will be found sufficient. • Mr. Wilson sat down, promising to hear and weigh • all objections in detail, but declaring the crisis too serious for argument and discussion. The time for L energetic action has came. He gave notice of a bill to extend to the whole of India a system of well secured convertible paper note currency, to be in troduced either on the 25th inst., or on the 3d of March, Sufficient time has not yet elapsed to allow of an expression of opinion fram all classes and all quar ters as to Mr. Wilson's financial measures. There can be no doubt that ,they will be passed in all their entireness. We believe them to be equal to the difficulty which they have been brought for ward to remove. Though a four per cent, income tax will fall heavily on the public, we believe the public will willingly bear it. There may be oppo sition on the part of the native land and fund holders, and the organ of the former has already begun to grumble ; the license tax may be difficult of collection from the a artisans, and the 2 per cent. income tax may be met by passive resistanee in the shape of fraud on the part of the natives. We have throughout disapproved of the tobacco tax, which we lock upon as oppressive. But we.have as much confidence in Mr. Wilson's " executive ability and power to give effect" to his measures, as admiration of the wisdom which has planned them. We believe that the new taxes will yield far more than he an ticipates ; that even without reduction they will extinguish • the deficit, and render it possible within the next five years for us to look upon an income tax as no more a permanent impost than it is in England. If Mr. Wilson is able, without universal opposition from the natives, to carry his measures into effect, he will, indeed, justify the opinion which sent him out to India as even some thing more than her Chancellor of the Exchequer. THE NATIONAL GALLERY. 0 The choice collection of pictures fohned, for the most part within the last 20 years, by M. Edmund Beaucousin at Paris, has been recently purchased for the National Gallery for the sum of £9,200. The condition of taking a whole collection generally supposes a considerable elimination, but in this in stance, out of 46 pictures, 11 only have been con sidered superfluous. The addition of 35 specimens, following upon those purchased at the Northwick sales, will tax the ingenuity of the authorities at the National Gallery to exhibit the new acquisitions satisfactorily. It appears that, to meet the present necessity, a screen is to be placed in the west room of the Gallery in' Trafalgar-square, low enough" not to obstruct the distant view of large pictures on the walls, but affording'sufficient superficial extent to accommodate some of the smaller, works already in the Gallery. By :this arrangement—which must be regarded as temporary only, and which may even serve to hasten the decision of the question I respecting a IICW National Gallery — the recently purchased pictures can occupy fitting places on the walls. The work of placing them and of making the requisite preparatory changes will of necessity be gradual, there being only two days in the week (Thursday and Friday) when such operations are 'practicable. As yet, the portion of the Beaucousin collection which is exhibited to public view consists of the following pictures,:—A " Portrait of a Man," by Mabuse ; the " Death of the Virgin," by Martin Sehon ; this excellent specimen of a rare master wag formerly in the Gallery of the King of Hol land ; an "Allegory of Venus, Cupid, and Time," by Angelo Bronzino, probably the artist's master piece ; it was painted, according to Vasari, for Francis I. of France, and about 30 years since it appears to have been in the Gallery at Althorp ; "The Virgin and Child, 'St. Catherine, and St. John the Baptist," by Titian, formerly in the sacristy of the church of the Escurial, and subsequently in the Coesvelt collection; two half figures, life size, called " Daphnis" and " Chloe," by Paris Bordone ; a Magdalen reading, by Roger Van der Weyden the younger ; a whole-length portrait of a lady, by Bronzino. Among the works that are to follow are two portraits, heel size, by itoger Van der Weyden the younger, of himself and wife; a Virgin and Child, by Cima da, Conegliano, a small but charac teristic specimen, once in the possession of Mr. Coningham ; lone well known Giulio Romanos, (rein the Orleans Gallery, and which have been more than once engrafted; a small Mazzolino, formerly in the cen thill Gallery; " The Virgin and Child with Saints,' half figures, by Francia• .a portraq of Atiosto, probably that mentioned 'by Itidolfi, by Titian4e. Tag ORFAT TASMANIA,—Two more of the sol diers who returned franc India in the Great Tasmania died on Thursday. The first was Patriot Leary, ono of those who Were sent to the workhouse, and the speonri William Oshorna, who is said to have enlisted and to have passed the usual niedieal examination. The latter was found dead in. bed at his I"l;iniPsi BOARD OF TRADE _RETURNS. The Board of Trade returns for the month of Feb ruary were i, - Fited. on Saturday. We subjoin a state ment of the total declared value of the exports of British and Irish produce and manufactures during the month and two months of the last three years : _ _ For the month. 1858 1859 1860 For two months. 1:11,510,016 .... 19,207,566 .... 20,088,437 The aggregate shipments in February were larger by £1,107,797, or 11 per cent., than in Feb ruary, 1859, and larger by £3,433,524, or 47 per cent., than in February, 1858. Those for the two mold JH of the present year were larger by £880,871, or per cent., than in 1859, and larger by £5,578,421, or 38 per cent., than in 1858. . . Examining the chief items of these evports, we arrive at the subjoined general figures for the month, viz.:— Month of February. 1858. 1859. 1860. Apparel and slops £115,281 £159,648 £152,365 Beer and ale Books 27,914 36.131 39,494 Butter Coals and culm . Cot to ns Cotton yarn Counterpanes and small wares Earthenware and porce lain Furniture 17,79 G 33,095 25,259 80,855 17,074 20,929 94,996 17,174 24,508 110,323 16,770 29,661 Glass, common bottles.. Haberdashery and mil linery ' 219,113 Hard wares and cutlery 188,699 Leather, unwrought Ditto, wrought 90,085 Saddlery and harness 17,986 Linens (cloths of all kinds and cambrics) Linen yarn ••• •• Machinery, steam en- 327,114 254,893 30,950 93,889 20,852 369,532 288,255 36,591 121,110 21,567 268,175 76,766 321,672 159,038 381,697 162,692 gines Ditto, other sorts .. 76,798 130,160 47,337 124,372 43,336 129,412 46,244 160,495 66,721 129,087 36,108 169,699 Iron, pig Ditto, bar, bolt, and rod Ditto, railway of all kinds Ditto, cast Ditto, wrought Copper, unwrought Ditto, sheets and nails Lead Tin, unwrought Tin-plates Silk manufactures (silk only) Other articles (of silk only) Silk, thrown Ditto, twist and yarn Spirits (British) Wool Woollens (cloths, &c.).. Ditto (mixed stuffs, flannels, &c.) Worsted stuffs Woollen and worsted yarns 153,696 58,773 140,146 62,103 122,710 28,169 16,926 80,502 158,402 50,438 189,627 68,870 98,524 31,430 20,096 107,726 194,564 36,022 227,697 78,492 135,743 23,152 17,103 121,181 27,520 66,338 57,827 17,786 18,022 10,181 16,055 65,503 178,048 32,063 53,155 17,275 11,420 32,530 238,471 34,211 24,063 15,218 22,065 40,247 304,432 .220,973 195,535 328,0(33 351,822 358,606 413,394 126,873 163,749 274,898 The principal increase is in cottons (including yarn), woollens, and worsteds, linens, haberdashery, hardwares, and cutlery, beer and ale, earthenware, and 'other manufactures. The export of iron shows a moderate increase. There is scarcely an item of importance on the unfavourable side. The annexed shows the quantities of the chief articles of food taken for consumption during the month : Month of February. 1858. 18.59. 1860. Cocoa lbs. 263,977 358,159 310,530 Coffee Wheat qrs. 263,553 226,239 53,087 Flour cwts. 309,172 246,966 125,263 Butter cwts 26,094 26,195 39,848 Rice cwts. 127,149 121,982 116,745 Cheese cwts. 23,503 24,114 21,580 E ggs No. 8,486,200 9,107,000 9,919,400 Pepper lbs. 322,561 319,790 276,382 Rum gals. 301,710 288,748 383,349 Brandy gals. 86,050 90,561 8,406 Sugar, uurefined,cwts. 680,976 619,741 606,882 Tea lbs. 5,433,387 5,939,113 5,582,106 Wines gals. 503,365 604,762 161,924 There is an increase in coffee, eggs, and rum, but a coni:iderable decrease in wines and brandy, the operations in which were paralysed by the expec tation of Mr. Gladstone's financial scheme. The consumption figures relating to sugar and pepper are likewise below the average. The quantity of foreign bread-stuffs required was small. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—WARwicK, March 24. (Before the Chief Baron and a Common Jury.) MYERS V. WALLETT. Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., and Mr. Field were for the plaintiff; Mr. Mellor, Q.C., and Mr. Wills repre sented the defendant. The litigant parties are the celebrated equestrian clowns, the plaintiff being known to the public as " Jim Myers," and the defendant as the " Queen's jester" and Shakesperian clown. The action was 'brought to recover a band carriage, which de fendant had seized, with a number of articles stowed away inside, and damage for the loss sus tained by reason of its non-possession. The de. feyndant pleaded not guilty, and that the property in question was his own. The plaintiff being about to perform at Birming ham, published an advertisement in the Birminy lam Journal to that effect, on the Bth of October, 1859. The band carriage had been seized while plaintiff was absent at Birmingham, and it soon transpired that defendant had seized it, and the present action was the result. For the defence Mr. Ramplin was called, who proved that he and " Jim" were cronies of an an cient date, having first became acquainted in Ame rica. It appeared that Ramplin had made an agreement to sell to Myers two horses for £5O. One, called the " Birgey" horse, was described as " white and blue," whilst the other, which was known by the name of " Jem," was a brown. In the corner of the agreement for the sale of the horses were the words " and one band car," the de fendant alleging those words were inserted, and done so without his knowledge, and were a fraud upon him, he having hired the van from Ramplin, in whom the property of the van w as , R ampl i n having simply " loaned" it to Myers. This, how ever, was entirely repudiated by Myers, and it ap peared from some letters put in, written by Ram plin to Myers, he says," You are the only man that ever took any interest to do me good ;" and it was contended for Myers, it would hardly be likely that he, who had befriended him in more impor tant matters, would defraud him in the matter of the band car. The jury ultimately found for the plaintiff the value of the car, £l9. OXFORD CIRCUIT.---HEREFORD, March 24. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER. • Charlotte Dailey, aged 18, was charged with the wilful murder of her illegitimate child, at Ledbury, on the 18th December. Mr. Powell prosecuted: Prisoner was defended by Mr. Matthews, by request, of the Judge. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had been for several short periods an inmate of the Ledbury Workhouse in the three months preceding the commission of the alleged offence, and on T :- day, the iith December, being pregnant, she again became 'an inmate, remaining in the house until the birth of her child, which took place on the 18th December. A woman named Presdee heard her express - a hope that the child would not live, but it was a fine healthy infant, and came on well. OR the Tuesday night prisoner had her child in bed in a ward where some other women were sleeping, and in the night they were awakened by a noise proceeding . from the child, not natural cries, but somethin,g more resembling sneezing or conghing. One of the women, named Anne Davies, effeiecl to get up for a light, and inquired what was the mat ter. Prisoner answered, "Never mind, the child is quiet now." About half an hour afterwards pri soner called out that the child was dead, and when the other women procured a light they found the infant was indeed dead. It was lying on the mother's arm, and there was blood on its face and clothes, as well as upon the night-dress of the pri soner. Upon a surgical post mortem examination being made, Mr. Adams found the nose flattened and the mouth partially open. There were woollen fibres on the lips, as though something had been thrust into the child's mouth, and there was no thing to account for death but the supposition that it was caused by the exclusion of the air from the lungs by mechanical means. Mr. Tanner, another medical man, concurred in the opinion of Mr. Adams that there was nothing externally to account for death, which resulted from asphyxia, or suffocation. In cross examination, the medical witnesses both said the appearances were consistent with death by suffocation without violence. Mr. Mattb;;;,for the defence, contended that there was nothing to show an •intention t o mur d er the child, as the expression deposed to Was natural before the child was born.; but when the birth took place prisoner behaved affectionately to the infant, and said Ow anticipated comfort from it. The Jury, acting on the suggestion of the Judge, acquitted the prisoner. UN N ATUU,AL hobby, 18, 4iabourer, was indicted for committing an unnatural offence at Llan warne, on the Bth September last. Mr. Pritchard prosecuted; Mr. C oo k e E vans de fended the prisoner. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and sentence of death recorded against him. The business of the sksi4e4 t o • rounated at one iI/yg~! 4~~w.rYM,iT,.~..a~ ...w... o'clock p.m. The civil business had terminated on the previous evening. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—March 24. LAMRETH.—Tint EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ROBBERY, &C., IN ADDINGTON-SQUARE.—Charlotte Elizabeth Beaumont, late a servant of all-work in the family - of Mr- Lombard, a gentleman of pro perty, resi:ding at 19, Addington -square, Camber well, and who has been in custody since the 19th instant oil two separate charges, the one with steal nearly £ GO, the property of her master, and the 1 other wi tb inducing her master's niece, a young woman .nineteen years of age, and who, it is said, is entitled to considerable property, to leave the house of her uncle for improper purposes. It will be u'collected that the prisoner and her young mistress left the house of her master on the night of Saturday, the 11th of last month, and though every effort had been made to trace them nothing was heard of their residence until the morning of the 9th instant, when they were found at a coffee-shop in Long-acre, the young woman in a frightful state of illness, and the prisoner with a large box, containing silk dresses and fashionable wearing apparel, of the value of £3O, packed up "ready to be taken away. Ac cording to the disclosures made by the prisoner they had left home with the intention of leading a "gay" life at the West-end, and that the first week they visited Weston's, in Holborn, and other places, where they had been in the habit of picking up gentlemen, and in fact led &life of perfect profligacy, from the effects of which the prosecutor's niece is at present a severe sufferer. On the prisoner being put to the bar, Mr. Beard, who attended for the prosecution, said that such was the present state of buffering of the young lady, that it would be some weeks before she could attend to give her evidence, and as he under stood the prisoner would plead guilty to a part of the charge, it was not the wish of Mr. Lombard to prosecute the matter further, but to leave the case in his worBhip's hands, to dispose of it in what way he might deem proper. Mr. Lombard was here sworn, and said that on the 4th or sth of last month he handed the prisoner, who was at the time his servant, LI ls. 2d. to pay to the gas collector, and half-a-crown to pay to another account. Mrs. Lombard had also given her is. 6d. to pay for some soap, and all these sums she had applied to her own use. On the night she absconded from his house he missed £55 in gold, but could not take it on himself to say that she actually took that. Sergeant Bell, the officer who had the case in hand, gave a short history of the case, as far as it came under his notice. Mr. Newingham, a medical gentleman, said he was in attendance on Miss Dudman, who was at esent suffering under so severe an attack of rheu matism as to be scarcely able to move, and it would be some weeks before she would be able to attend. The prisoner pleaded guilty to taking the smaller sums, but declared that it was Miss Amelia who took the 55 sovereigns. Mr. Beard wished to say, on the part of the pro secutor, that he had received a good character with the prisoner, and it was not his wish to press the case severely against her. Mr. Norton said he was sorry he could not take a favourable view of the case, for, according to the prisoner's own showing, she had, before leaving her master's house, carried on a course of profligacy which was not often heard of, and that she received gentlemen for improper purposes with the know ledge of her young mistress, who, he feared, had become too willing a victim to her designs. It was also clear that if she did not steal the 55 sovereigns herself she was a party to the stealing and its sub• sequent appropriation ; and, under all the circum stances, he did not see he could do less than give her the utmost which the law allowed him to give, and that was, six months' hard labour at Wands worth House of Correction. The dresses were ordered to be given up to Mr. Lombard. WORSHIP-STREET.—ANOTHER EXTRAORDI NARY CASE IN BASTARDY.—WiIIiam Hughes, a gentlemanly person of middle age, was charged upon a summons, granted by Mr. D'Eyncourt, with liability of support for three children born out of wedlock. Mr. Venn, for the complainant, a very lady-like person, but manifestly past the " May of life," stated the facts, and the case appeared to excite an unusual interest in a most inconveniently crowded court. The lady said—l am single, and have borne Mr. Hughes four children, one, born in October, 1858, died when fifteen months old ; three are living— Annie, born on Qot. 30, 1852 ; William, on Feb. 17, 1854 ; and Martin on July 30, 1855. He was introduced to me by a lady friend of mine, when I was residing in Brunswick-square, about January, 1851. He visited me continually, and I believed he was a single man. He was a clerk, and I passed by the name of " Sutton." Six months after our acquaintance I removed to Shrubland-road, Dalston. The first and second children were born there. De fendant afterwards became a commercial traveller. I went with bim upon his journeys, and when he was in town ho slept at my house. In all, I have received about £lBO from hi m . H e appeared very fond of the children, and the letters I produce were written by him. Numerous letters were here put in, and all tended to show that the parties were manifestly in correspondence as man and wife, inquiries about the " kids" were freqUent in them, and a strong expres sion of affection breathed through all. Witness continued—l ever felt assured that he believed himself the father of my children, and he constantly evinced the fondest affection for them, making. remarks upon the similarity of their coun tenances to ours. In March, 1859, I found he was a married man, and received nothing for their sup port afterwards. - Cross-examined—When Mr. Hughes first had an interview with mei was in the family•way by Dr. Coventy. He is now dead, and the child is in the hands of his friends, at Essex Villas, Cheltenham. Eight or ten months after my acquaintance with Mr. Hughes, Dr. Coventy returned from abroad, but I swear that I had not any intercourse with him after I knew defendant, who always rive me money to defray the expenses of the births, and he was aware of my previous connexion with Dr. Coventy. I admit that I had one child previous to an acquaintance with the doctor. The mother of the complainant was called to sub- Stantiate the evidence of her daughter, and created by her honest simplicity of speech considerable amusement. She said—This gentleman always appeared to think the children his own, and I re member that, when the first one was coming; he be sought me to let him know. Consequently I did, and when I told him the sex he exclaimed, " Oh, ain't I glad I've got a daughter." He used to nurse the children, play at cock-horse, drink gin and water, and smoke his pipe with me. (Much laugh ter.) Little Billy was born about seven o'clock in the morning, and Mr. Hughes was ferocious over him. I have changed several X 5 notes that he has sent my daughter. I admit that she had two children by other persons ; one by Dr. Coventy, and the second by a gentleman-who went abroad. But I swear that - I saw nothing in her conduct after Tier acquaintance with defendant that was blameable. The defence set up was that the co mplainant had no claim in consequence of her extensive connexion, but Mr. D'Eyneourt thought the case fully proved, and ordered the usual half-crown per w ee k for each of the three children (pretty . little things, playing about the court), together with £3 14s • costs. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills Cure All.—No season tests human strength to resist disease more than the spring, hence the many afflictions oppressing whole families at this time. Every one, whatever the con dition of body, should always in the spring take some cool ing and purifying medicine, and all suffering from skin diseases will find this the most favourable time for their cure. For external ailments nothing equals Holloway's ointment. The rough, uneven skin, and the deepest malig nant-looking ulcer yield alike to its power of always sub stituting wholesome for depraved blood Holloway's puri fying pills, by cleansing and stimulating, exercise the same beneficial action over every internal organ. From the combined use of ointment and pills, the body regains tone and vigour. [ADVERTISEMENT.].—We have read with much pleasure Du Barry's Report on the cure of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, without medicine, by Di Barry's Food. The following are a few extracts which appear to merit the attention of many :—Cure No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham-cross, Herts : a cure of ex treme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure No. 48,314.—Mi5s Elizabeth Yeo man, Gateacre near Liverpool : a cure of ten years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 54,812.—Mi5s Virginia Zeguers, cured of consumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of re covery. Cure No. 51,514.—8ar0n de Polentz, Prefect of Langenau, of many years' horrible sufferings of the nerves and of an obstinate liver complaint, for which the German spas had been tried in vain for years. Cure No. 48,721.—General Baron do Zaluskowski, of many years fearful disorders of the digestive functions. En tins, at ls. 6d. ; 11b. 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 125.; 121 b. 2 65. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt of past c-street London office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, • • and ' l5 Fortnum, Ma.son, and Co., 182, Piccadilly • Abbis, 60 49 and 60, Bishopsgsb. Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside , 63, 0, Oxford street; 330 and 451, Strand; street ; 85 Totter-eouri-road. Also at Dam n . Bewley 'an i Draper ; at Edinburgh,_ . Rahn ea and Co. • at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew ; at Nltuichester, Sharp an j Scott ; at York, Raimes, Blanchard, and Co.; at ampton, Randall sad Sok SHOCKING DEATH. An inquest was held at Stamford on Monday evening, en the body of Miss E. Pulley, aged 63, who was found the same morning burnt to death in her own residence. It a p pears t h at t h e d ecease d, who lived by herself in a house in High-street, St. Martin's, and was a regular attendant at church, did not make her appearance on Sunday, and as she had not been seen since the previous Wednes day, and no smoke had issued for a few days from either of the chimneys of her house, fears were en tertained that something serious had happened to her. On an entry being made a fearful sight was presented. The body of the unfor tunate lady was on the floor, with the heed near the fire grate, a black and charred mass, resembling in appearance a burnt log of wood. Her clothes, which were all burnt to tinder, lay on the floor around. The right bandana arm to the elbow were burnt nearly to a cinder. The materials for kindling a fire were laid in the grate, and a candlestick (the candle burnt to the socket) was standing near the grate by the side of the corpse, from which it is supposed that the un fortunate deceased came downstairs on Thursday morning, and was going to light the fire, when shefell down in a fit, her clothes caught the flame, and she was burnt to death. Search was made to ascertain if there had been any robbery or violence, but nothing was discovered to lead to a suspicion that any property had been stolen. On looking over the drawers and boxes of the deceased several Touchers and documents of different matters were found, several trinkets, many valuable books, and an un used cheque for £5OO. The deceased, who, although eccentric and penurious, was very charitable, lived in the house a ll a l one , no t h av i ng b ad a domestic • for many years. She had neither bell nor knocker to the door, having had them taken off on account of being frequently pestered with beggars ; and It was often difficult for persons to get access to her on business. She died without leaving a will, and her property, about £l5O a year, will go to a rela tive at Putney. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidentally burnt to death." COUNTRY MARKETS. NORTHAMPTON—Manou 24. At this corn-market wheat was in middling supply, with a tol€rabls trade, at about the rates of this day se'* night, prices ranging from 44s to 478 fot• old, and 40s to 46s for new. Thero was a slow business passing in barley, maltinc , 36s to 40s, grindi ng 28 s t o 32 A per qr. Oats ill limited ° show, with a languid sale, quoted at 2os to 28 0 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 47s to 50s ; now, 43s to 4 6 °' Rye, —s to —s ; malt, 68s to 70s ; flour, 33s to 360 Pe r sack. NORWICH—Naucx 24. At our market to-day there was a limited supply of w heat, and the domand being still brisk, prices were fully insist taMed, and in some instances is to 2s more money. There was only a small supply of barley, but higher rates were obtained. White wheat. 46s to 49s I Red wheat 4oa to 41 0 Malting barley.... 42s to 46s I Chevalier barley 340 to 41 0 Distilling do ......25s to 278 I Oats.. 24s to 2 10 Flour, 29s 6d to 31s per sack from the miller. CAMBRIDGE—MABcu 24. There was again a fair supply of wheat, and, with! steady demand in the trade, white moved off at 44s to 4 9 a) red, 43s to 47. per 36 stone. Th era was a small show' °: barley to-day ; malting, 36s to 40s ; grinding, 280 to 31 ' per 30 stone. Oats at 26s to 28s for new ; old oats, —s t 1 —s. Beans in limited supply, an d a s t ea d y sale—now, 4", to 43s ; old, —s to —s p er 38 s t one ; peas , 40 s t o — s 36 stone. White clovorseed, 86s to 89s ; red, 46s to 60s Po quarter. YORK—MA.ucK 24. To-day's market was moderately supplied with wheat, improved condition, and all descriptions sold readily t is to 2s ove r l as t wee k', ra t es. B eans a b out the same ''' last week. Oats firm. Barley a tolerable show. Malt, 6Ss to 70s per qr. ; rye, 32s per qr.; flour, 33s I. 355 per 20 st. DUBLIN— The market was steady for quotations. •MARCH 24. everything at last Tuesdel s. d. s. d. s. d. 0. 0 Wheat, white 28 6to 30 6 Do., new ..... —0 to ---, 0 Do., red 27 ot o 28 6 B erg Do., new .... —oto 0 I Rapeseed Barley . 16 ot o 21 0 ' O a t mea l l3 6 t o i n 0 Oats ,1 7 0 Do., black ll 6to 12 6 Indi an corn ;. 32 6to .1' FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. In the following table E signifies that letters are desplitc hl by evening mails from London, and M by morning mail.' - . , - - sK DESTINATIONS. Despatch Port of ' "'-ail of Mails. I Despatch. Australia and Mauritius, vial I A prill° Southampton Aprill2,3l i SouthamP Apr if 4 Ditto, via Marseilles ,AprillB, 111, Bahamas and Havana via Newl ril 1S York lAprill3,ELiverpool.. .C c a a i l i je ad o a t , &c. Go Good by d Cr op a e ln A . p sce ck n t.2 l A M p a ri r. l 2 s B . , 2 .lll D Ll: v e o rp np O o O rt i..) A o A i rP p e r r o dl : mon. and St. Helena 1 China, Penang-, and Sings 31taarr.. 2 2 7 6 : ' 11 3 pore, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Gibraltar, via Southampton Honduras and Blewfields India (Calcutta) and Ceylon,' 1 1 ril 3 via Southampton (April 4, 31Southamp. —P 0 Ditto, via Marseilles iMar. 26, Ei Ma. India (Bombay), , via South -1 aff 25 ampton Mar. ; 27. 11Southamp. ..- 4 _,r' l 4 Ditto, via Marseilles 'April 3, E' Apr. Lisbon, Brazils,Buenos Ayres,l I ril 6 and F. Islands April 9, 31 Southamp. Ap 1 Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Mar. 27, M'Seuthamp. April Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via 25 Southampton Mar. 27 ,31 Southamp. Mar. „ 4 Ditto, via Marseilles Mexico and Havana Newfoundland Mar, 30, E Liverpool.. United States and British N "4 America (by British packet) Mar. 24, E Liverpool.. Mar. Ditto (by U. S. packet) West Coast of Africa, Ma deira, and Teneriffe Mar. 23 E Liverpool.. April if West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey town. New Granad a , A c . ..- A BLONDTN IN GLASGOW.—On Saturday placar o , were posted throughout th e c it y o f G lasgow announc i ot that, by the permission o f th e L ar d Provost, " th e worl d renowned Signor Duvalli," from London, who had crest, a great sensationby hi s cross i ng the rivers Tyne and Thain a la Blondin, " wou ld ma k e his terrific ascent and descen t on a rope 600 feet long over the river Clyde." Great n l'' titudes assembled to witness the feat, and it being aPPI I I hended that the suspension bridge might prove too NOS for the ext raor di nary strain upon it, the police had to el"' it. Signor Duvalli, however, did not appear; but the crowd' seemed loth to be d e f rau d e d o f t h e won d er f u l s i g h t, and did not disperse till near fi ve o ' c l ock. It turned out that ,1, Provost had withdrawn his permission for the performs!" of the feat.—Daily Courant. The sale at the Hotel des Ventes of the late Pierard's fine collection of pictures has terminated tl prices h av i ng b een i n genera l hi gh. " Animals in they ope n country," by Ommegank, brought 11,200 fr. ; " Aladv dre° ° : ing," Terburg, 5,300 fr. ; " The indisposition," Steen,6,Bsofr.! " The village wineshop," David Teniers, 14,100 fr. " View in Norway," Ruysdael 12,600 fr. Flo o ' under sail," Vandervelde, 14 ' 500fr. ; I 4 c asea dO of Tivoli," Joseph Vernet, s,ooofr i . ; " The lady w ith tb° fan," Rubens, 13 ,700 fr. ; " The falcon chase," Weave r. mans, 18,800 fr. ; " A halt of horsemen," by the saral 25,700 fr. ; 44 Landscape," Hobbema, 6,000 fr. ; " Portrait o f Gerard Dow," by himself, 37,0001 r. (for the museum °, Rotterdam) ; " The dismounted cuirassier," Karl Duill, r din, 17,000 fr. ; and " The hurdy-gurdy player," Costal 2a,ooofr. The total amount received for the two days' 0' (103 pictures) was 395,920 fr. THE REFOItAI BILL.—A meeting of magistrate: has been held at Leeds to take into consideration the point whether the whole of the West Riding should form 0 0 ; constituency, as proposed by th e i n t en d e d R e f orm Bill, °:. should b e di v id e d i nto two separate districts, each returnitit two members to Parliament. The Hon. Edwin. Laseelle l ' who was in the chair, proposed the following resolution. " That inasmuch as the probable number of electors in the West Riding by the proposed Reform Bill will amount? 65,000, such a number is far too large to form one maton constituency, and that theßiding should therefore be sops rated into two divisions, each returning two members Parliament, such divisions to be called the northern AP southern divisions of th e W es t Ridi ng, an d such divisiou", to consist, as nearly as circumstances will allow, of r; equal number of the entire electors at present on the regt ter, which is 40,600." The resolution was agreed to. A': amendment, deprecating the discussion of political q uo! , tions by magistrates, w as re j ec t e d, an d a deputation 10"/ appointed to wait up on L or d J. R usse ll an d i nform him 0' the opinions of the meeting. BIRTHS. BaiturrT.--At Abbot Oak, Russland, Lancashire, the wit . of the Rev. Tuffnell S. Barrett, of a son. BARNARD.—On the 24th inst., at Cheani, Surrey, the S . of Mr. Francis Barnard, of a daughter- • of KENNEDY.—On the 23d inst., L a dy Ni ge l Kennedy, t/- daughter. WATsoN.—On the 23d inst., at 59, Burton-crescent, )1 Jacob Watson, of a son. M A EL It I A.G 14 S. EDYE—DENNY.—On the 22d inst., at Tralee Church, I: mander Adolphus George Edye. R.N ., e l dest son of CO , um Edye, Esq., of Penlee, Stoke Dev ouport, to Bessie,, eldest daughter of W. Denny, Esq., Deputy-Lieutens' of co. Kerry, Ireland. RAINY—HINGSTON.—On the 22d inst., at St. Googe o , Hanover-square, George Rainy, Esq., of Rassy, t or to Isabella, widow of the late Rev. G. C. Hingston, re c of Queenstown, co. Cork. DEATHS. BATES.—On the 22d in s t., a t Ramsay, LM., Thomas, eldest '— ra li son of the l a t e Li eut. . Colonel Bates, late 21st Light goons, aged 57. BLACK. —On the 23d inst. , at Queen Anne-street, Cavell, dish-square , J ane , wido w of Lieut.-Col. Patrick aged 75. CUPPAGE.—On the 21st inst., at Cheltenham, Capt. Adams Cuppage, R.N. Tonto' LAMB. —O n t h e 2 1st inst., at Beaupor t, Sir Charles Man lieu Lamb, Bart., aged 7.5. Chel - LuNo.—On the 19th inst., at Charlton Kings, ne ar • tenham, Colonel William Long, late 71st Highland b bt Infantry. RE p NIiE.: 43 - 60 On e t it he en 2 n 2 i d e i , n y : s t q . ialands, aged 5:1. I.,atla3t2'e York -t e e i r • orartellUTalgetow.--ut'ilci lON DON : Printed and Published by-MURI)O youriT2: of No. 112, Strand, P r i n t er , a t Ths Buts OW" " o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 000 i Middlesex, Monday, March 26, 1660. the 91 ton S (8s an rningi nesbu (13s at 6.20 p. 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